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Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter (Levi Miller) finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook (Garrett Hedlund) and the warrior Tiger Lily (Rooney Mara). They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman). Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Levi Miller, Amanda Seyfried, Adeel Akhtar, Nonso Anozie, Kathy Burke
Director: Joe Wright
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Children
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Is You rLoved One Getting the Necessary Mental Care Treatment That Is Needed?
My yoga teacher told me that an evil spirit is essentially bad thoughts repeating in a person's head. I keep PRAYING, but the evil thoughts persist like they are out of my control. I read in a kid's Bible, and one verse said to give up all of your possessions."
The nonverbal student stood in front of his tutor meekly offering two different Star Wars space ships. One was big. One was small. The scribbled message, however, seemed to be a combination of something that was both big and small. A big worry, with a small offering for some kind of help. With his parent standing close by, the 14-year old Autistic student was clearly asking for help. Could the tutor, by accepting the offering of these Star Wars toys, rid the student of his rituals? Was there a way for the tutor to help rid the young man of

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Certifying woman-owned business
Why should I go to the trouble to certify my woman-owned business?
Being a certified woman-owned business can get you business. According to a recent survey by the Center for Women's Business Research:
- 79% of corporations have policies to promote purchasing from certified Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs).
- 38% of corporations require bids from at least one certified WBE.
- 44% of WBEs say that certification was helpful in getting business with corporations.
- 56% of WBEs say that certification made a positive difference in finalizing a contract.
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I am a local artist who is passionate about the basics of designing. I have over 15 years of professional experience in the graphic design industry, but my love for art goes back further still. During my early years I would mimic my father Charles' pictures and spend countless nights drawing anything I could get my hands on. I have always been drawn to comic book art, paintings from the renaissance, and religious art. I also am very passionate about website design and functionality. My goal when creating a website is not only to capture my clients goals through imaginative design, but also to ensure that the site is user friendly and easy to navigate for both my client and their customers. I pride myself in the outstanding quality and service I provide at a competitive cost. Learn about Services
I reside in New Hampshire with my wife and our 3 beautiful children. My children were my inspiration in my beginning days of mural art 10 years ago. I wanted each of them to have a room that was more than just paint on the walls and decoration, but something where they could feel the room come to life through the art designed just for them. As my son gets older the projects get more involved, stay tuned for updates on the "new room" coming soon. Visit the Portfolio
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If you're thinking about purchasing a plant from another country, you may need to apply for a permit from your local government office. Even though some sellers will still attempt to ship your plant it may be intercepted by customs. Along with a permit, you may also require a phytosanitary certificate from the originating country. This explains if the plant could potentially harm or destroy other agriculture in the destination country.
Certain countries actually ban specific plants from being imported. For Canadians you can download the PDF application to import plants.
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Sidney Poitier became a stage actor after moving from Cat Island in the Bahamas and serving time in the Army. By 1949 he was so respected that he was offered a role in No Way Out (1950) directed by Darryl F. Zanuck. In this film, Poitier is playing a black doctor that must treat two white racists, one of which is played by Richard Widmark.
This was the first of the roles he played that showed the conflict between the races. In the Blackboard Jungle (1955) he played a resentful youth that was won over by his teacher played by Glenn Ford. In The Defiant Ones (1958) he played an escaped convict shackled to a white prisoner. In Lilies of the Field (1963), he helped white nuns build a chapel and became the first African-American to win an Oscar for a lead role. In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) he is engaged to a white girl and has to deal with generational bigotry from both sides. In To Sir, with Love (1967) he played the teacher of inner-city London kids with racial and cultural differences.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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Tommy Hilfiger Spring/Summer 2016 Collection – New York Fashion Week
Tommy, Tommy, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind! At least that's what comes to mind upon seeing the latest in collections, the Tommy Hilfiger spring/summer 2016 ready-to-wear lineup that traipsed onto the catwalk during the New York Fashion Week. It was the island life that Hilfiger planned to capture and boy did he do a good job at it, bringing in the themes from the exclusive Caribbean island of Mustique, turning the show into a nostalgic experience for those, who have had the pleasure of enjoying the island's beauty for themselves and creating a sense of awe among those who have yet to taste the forbidden fruits of the hidden paradise. Crochet bikinis appeared on stage and were most certainly reminiscent of all that the islands had to offer with sexy gang of Gigi and Bella Hadid, along with Hailey Baldwin and others skipping into the water for a rather interesting finale to the show.
While many focused on the clothing itself, the Tommy Hilfiger spring 2016 collection brought its focus on colorful and creative swimwear, though not without the accompaniment of youthful and rather upbeat vacation pieces that we can already imagine lining our luggage that will be taken with us on our next trip down to Portofino. Among the 60 pieces presented, there were more than enough pieces of inspiration to give us tropical island dreams for months on end, getting us through the colder days of winter with ease. Youthful and playful was the theme and the knit trend seems to continue with gusto, appearing on bucket hats (another must-have for the season to come, as it appears) in sunny colors, mesh vests and soccer tracksuits in an interesting burgundy suede.
Crochet is big now and we can certainly see why! With its airy appeal and gorgeous effects on the skin underneath, it brings grandmother's renditions to mind while still maintaining its contemporary feel. The 1970s might have been so very last year but that does not mean that 2016 won't be bringing in hints of those trends this year as well, something this collection has proven in abundance. Patchwork and billowing chiffon dresses aside, that crochet is all the 1970s bohemian you need this year.
While we certainly do have hints of the others, it is the bikinis that really get the blood boiling at the moment. We can't be seen striding down the streets in a string bikini unless we're beachside these days, but we can certainly put on any of these awesome dresses, or even decide to traipse about in a trademark orange and navy colored knit sweater with a monkey staring out the front. Nothing to see here folks, carry on! It's fun, its happy and the Tommy Hilfiger spring 2016 collection is all the summery you really need! The knit sweater and crochet dresses will get you through the cooler spring days at least, before you can go frolic in the sun in a bikini that makes you feel like you are young, no matter what your real age may be.
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I'm beyond help...
I threw a football before I could walk. Everything in my life revolved around football–and I loved every second. I was a star. Until, suddenly...I wasn't. Now everyone thinks I'm the monster who killed his best friend. I'm an outcast on campus, silent and alone. Then Taylor Selmer walks back into my life. When will she learn–I'm beyond saving.
I need to save him...
Chase and I used to be friends. But after the accident, nothing was the same. We used to have something special–until we didn't. But he doesn't smile anymore. Doesn't talk. Doesn't play. It hurts me to see him this way, and I will do everything I can to get him back in the game. Whether he likes it or not.
Jen McLaughlin's 'The Backup Plan' isn't quite what I'm used to each time I dive into a book of hers. This one's a New Adult read with specific collegiate issues of future plans, identity-crises, leftover teenage angst and overflowing hormones that I admittedly struggle to get into as the years roll on. It means as well, that my own expectations require a bit of adjustment.
Still, I thought it started off quite well, as Mclaughlin pits Taylor's sass and never-say-die attitude against the piss-poor one of Chase in a rather odd arrangement by Chases father. The rough start is expected, but delicious in a way doubles the tension and the release of it later.
I thought the pacing seemed a little awkward in parts nonetheless; the sudden change in personality that Chase seemed to display at the quarter-mark of the story—it felt almost like a personality-transplant—when he turned from jerk to sweet boyfriend for one, along with the quickness with which Taylor fell for Chase's own funny and sometimes unpleasant brand of unpredictability.
Mix in a conniving ex-girlfriend (ugh) and a manipulative father and things really go awry to the point where you wonder if the irony is such that only Taylor and Chase can't see that they're the ones being played. In the end, the small fires do add up to create a conflict I could see happening from a mile away, and the resolution is one that you always hoped they would have taken before it all blew up in their faces anyway.
However, 'The Backup Plan' does sit squarely in the category of college drama, complete with a dose of typical high-school 'politics' with a hazy but hopeful HFN. Still, there's nothing really unexpected here that threw me off and sometimes, there's actual relief in predictability.


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Group Wants Kim Kardashian to Pay More Taxes
(LOS ANGELES) -- It's time for Kim Kardashian to pay up.
At least, that's according to proponents of a proposed tax increase on millionaires in California. Courage Campaign has created a video urging the reality TV star to support a proposed initiative in California that would increase taxes on state residents who earn more than one million dollars per year.
The video, posted on TaxKimK.com, states Kardashian made $12 million in 2010 but paid only 10.3 percent in income taxes, compared to the average middle-class Californian who made $47,000 and forked over 9.3 percent in income taxes.
The campaign's website says those numbers are "not OK, especially when budget cuts are decimating schools and critical programs for children, the elderly, and the disabled."
"Not everyone was born a Kardashian, but we all need to pay our fair share," the video states.
"We are not judging Miss Kardashian, we are just making a very simple point," Rick Jacobs, the chair and founder of Courage Campaign, told ABC News. "It isn't fair or appropriate for someone who makes that kind of money to pay the essentially the same tax rate as someone who makes $47,000 a year. It doesn't make any sense."
According to Jacobs, if Kardashian was taxed an extra five percent, she would still make over $10 million a year.
It's been estimated that the Kardashian family collectively raked in $65 million in 2010.
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John Naughton has been involved in the Locksport comunity since 2006 after taking up lockpicking as a passing interest. Quickly becoming an active member of the online comunity, withing the first year he became involved in he now defunct NDEmag and talkign his way in to the Dutch open in 2007.
Inspired by time spent in Holand with Toool at the Dutch open/Lockcon along with friends made and knowledge gained from real world events John started to motivate the UK comunity, aranging small local meets with forum memers. Based on these efforts John now holds the position of "UK Regional President" within Locksport International / LI:UK, Running regular workshops based at the in London and Nottingham hackspaces as well as founding and being involved in the Manchester workshops. These workshops have now started to outgrow the hackspaces they are hosted in and interest has started to grow in larger and private events which are still hosted under the Locksport International Banner.


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NOTE: While I still subscribe to the theory that Philip Wood's cell phone outcall from Diego Garcia could be legitimate...I am no longer recommending Jim Stone's website (unfortunately this is the only website that carries the story) due to the disorganized and flaky nature of his website. What I think was going on was that Philip was subjected to a "honey pot" sting involving his relatively recent girlfriend Sarah Bajc. I think she is part of the cabal and lured Philip into taking the plane, etc., etc., etc. I also think this happened to journalist Michael Hastings (with his new wife) prior to his untimely death.
UPDATE on this story from last post. Lots more disinformation on the M$M like this:
"...Confirmation that the signals picked up by the Australian navy ship Ocean Shield belong to Flight 370's black boxes could take days, but the discovery offers "a most promising lead" yet..."
According to alternative news sources here are some possibilities:
Proof that MH370 landed in Diego Garcia:
The Australian "search" vessel Ocean Shield was in Diego Garcia just a week or so ago...stopped there to pick up a "black box"?
Other updates on this story include: Military Leave to Diego Garcia has been abruptly cancelled (it used to be a popular place to take military leave because of its snorkeling and other tropical amenities).
The girlfriend of passenger Philip Wood, Sarah Bajc, has a resume that includes being CEO of some military telecommunications companies, including recently working at one in Israel.
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A blog featuring Japanese kimono for sale, kimono for show, artisan crafts, and general cultural discussions.
October 15, 2012
Nagatsuki, The Long Month
Momiji has turned vibrant- in yellows, oranges, and reds, the world is an explosion of colour! Kiku are in full bloom. My favourite are the spider chrysanthemums and ogiku (large kiku with inverted petals towards the bottom). For some reason, roses were also popular this time of year during the Taisho era, as evidenced by postcards and photographs of maiko and other women wearing rose-kiku combinations.
Really, I'm not sure why this month is 'the long month', considering that it doesn't appear to be any longer than the others... Nagatsuki begins today and ends on Nov. 13th, or slightly less than 30 days. So... ? If anything, it seems like this part of the year is about waiting for more holidays, such as New Years, various winter festivals, and the like. I can only think of two events happening between now and Kaminazuki (the 11th lunar month)!
But that doesn't mean the year is less exciting for me. I've been able to purchase some of what I need for the kimono show coming up, and I'm looking forward to earning the money for one or two items still missing. There are all kinds of festival preparations, and Halloween is coming too! So please don't think it is a boring month. There is so much to do, so much to come!
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We all edit videos sometime in our life. It can be your Granny's video or Mom's special recipe video or your artist awesome line that you need to upload to youtube. On Linux, we have an awesome video editor which is fairly easy to use and is very much powerful. The editor I am talking about is Avidemux.
The team behind Avidemux defines it as:- "Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue, and powerful scripting capabilities."
It is easy for beginners as is GIMP. You can find a guide on basic image editing with GIMP on LinuxAndUbuntu here.
How To Install Avidemux In Linux?
Getting Avidemux is pretty easy and fast. You need to search it in your software store and install it. The problem arises when you cannot find it in store. The solution is to manually add the repo and you are done.
Enter this command for Ubuntu/Debian based distros to add repository for Avidemux -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update && sudo apt install avidemux2.6-qt
Avidemux is now installed. But we still have some work left. Now go to your software center and search for Avidemux, now you will find results. Install all necessary files.
Remember installing all necessary files (specially plugins) resolve a most common error of Avidemux which is it cannot find a demuxer. The demuxer error is common and can be resolved by above step.
If you are not Ubuntu/Debian based go on this link and get the appropriate package for your distro.
Now, we are completely done installing Avidemux. Let us move to the editing part.
Basic Editing
There is nothing in reality that you will ever need a guide to understand how to do editing on Avidemux. Really on my whole use, I find it very simple that even a newbie can do pro like editing on it.
Here are some tips on basic editing that I did on Avidemux.
You can easily Cut, Copy and Paste selected part of a video in Avidemux.
You can see two options namely A & B on the bottom near seek buttons. A goes for start mark and B goes for Stop Mark. Select a portion using them and hit the key i.e. Crtl+X to cut, Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. This is also easily done from Edit menu.
You can easily alter the output using the left tab options offering to set your custom format for Audio and Video.
You can edit the video more like adding a logo in video and much more at the top option Video and then Filters.
Overall, It is really very easy to edit videos with Avidemux and I can bet you are not going to search for any guidance on the internet as it is very much easy and powerful.
It's an easy to use video editor
I spend some days with Avidemux and I am glad to say that it is a good and easy to use. Although there were certain things that disappointed me and many things that made me happy. Here are the points in brief for you.
I also got disappointed with a few things like
Overall, I think Avidemux is awesome and every newbie should try it while they are going through a way to find a fairly easy to use video editor on Linux. Avidemux is small, powerful and awesome. I was really impressed by it.
What do you think about Avidemux? Do you use it or any other video editor? I would love to hear your feedback. Inform us by dropping a comment below now!
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Recent changes to the modern Italian restaurant have seen chef Massimo Mele (ex Hugo's, often seen partnering with Salt Meats Cheese) take over the kitchen and offer a more relaxed, authentic Italian experience.
|Bar at La Scala on Jersey, Jersey Road, Woollahra
Cocktails at the bright, botanical-themed bar are a good place to start after the hike upstairs, especially with a cocktail list put together by drinks consultant Julian Serna (currently at Eau de Vie Apothecary, formerly The Morrison and The Fern).
|Cocktails at the bar: Regal Rogue Rosso (left) and He's in the Garden (right)
Not on the menu but sold convincingly to me by the bartender was the He's in the Garden - a savoury take on a classic Tom Collins. With Hendricks gin, lemon juice, a slice of cucumber and soda, the cocktail was topped with salt which could be stirred into the drink to taste. With its salted gin botanicals it hinted at a softer and highly drinkable version of a dirty martini with its olive brine.
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|Black Russian, cherry tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, capers, basil, balsamic
La Scala's take on classic insalata caprese makes some unexpected additions and improvements even. Creamy buffalo mozzarella came torn over Black Russian and cherry tomatoes; both exceptionally sweet and ripe.
Balsamic vinegar brought new perspective to the Caprese salad while capers added saltiness to the mozzarella which sadly never tastes as good as when in Italy.
|Wagyu beef carpaccio with truffled egg, rocket
The dressing seemed a little overpowering on the thin slices of raw beef but when eaten together with the gooey yolk of the boiled truffle-scented egg, it all made perfect, delicious sense.
|Butterflied king prawns, oregano, chilli, lemon
Fantastically large and fairly meaty specimens, the prawn's crisp legs and shells could have been eaten too while the oregano made for an appetising match to the set of crustaceans.
|Strozzapreti, oxtail ragu, pecorino, gremolata
This strozzapreti was bit like long spiral pasta with shreds of oxtail meat in an unexpectedly light ragu sauce, topped with grated pecorino cheese and refreshing gremolata of parsley and lemon zest.
It went quite well with the reservedly fruity 2010 Scagliola "Busiord" dolcetto from the Piedmont region of Italy, listed under 'Old World Reds' in the wine list and selected with a bit of help from the waitstaff.
|Grilled organic spatchcock, olives, lemon, prosciutto, broccolini rapini
Beneath the bird was an interesting array of supporting ingredients including silky prosciutto, salty olive segments, a bright green herb sauce and wilted leaves of lemony broccoli rabe that provided every bite of spatchcock with a different highlight.
|Witlof, radicchio, pickled beetroot, candied walnuts, sour cherries, goats curd
|Polenta chips, parmesan and truffle aioli
Finished with parmesan cheese and served with a truffle-flavoured aioli, the crispness of the polenta chips with hot, light and fluffy insides made me reach for one after another and momentarily forget how full I was getting.
|Tiramisu "modo mio" (left) and gelato (right)
The gelato option proffered three scoops: chocolate, fig and raspberry with the latter being the refreshing highlight while the chocolate was a lovely and rich finish.
While chef Mele's menu is clearly Italian, there's a modern sensibility to it that is light and fresh yet unpretentious; making you want to eat it over and over again. Meanwhile, the upstairs restaurant space is simply fabulous: airy yet intimate, cosy and classy, and a place you're happy to linger over coffee or digestifs.
As we went to descend la scala, it seemed clear that the Paddington and Woollahra end of Oxford Street are stepping up the dining game to an approachable yet refined offering for locals and food lovers alike - and that's worth taking the stairs for.
Food, Booze & Shoes dined at La Scala on Jersey with credit, thanks to Agency G.


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Ministry is something that we all do. Ministry is our ministry because we were baptized. "All Christians are set apart by Baptism to carry out their calling to a lifelong ministry in the world. This ministry of the baptized is fundamental to all ministries in Christ's church." This is the way ministry in the ELCIC was explained in one ELCIC report.
However there are specialized kinds of ministry as well. If you are a layperson, one of the vast majority of members of the church who is not a member of the clergy, you have a ministry, a calling, that is uniquely yours. At the same time I, as a member of the clergy, have a ministry, a calling, that is uniquely mine. Sometimes there is a problem sorting out what is yours, mine and ours because the lines between the various ministries are sometimes blurred.
Technically, no one except an ordained pastor may preach or administer the sacraments. Exceptions are sometimes allowed to that rule. For example, it may be broken for baptism in an emergency.
Ordination is not just a matter of ability or training. Some laypeople may be better trained in theology than their pastor. Some might be better public speakers. However, we recognize that some people are specially gifted and called by God to be pastors. When we as a church recognize these gifts and that calling in people, we ask them to devote themselves to this ministry. We provide the necessary training for them and ordain them as pastors.
In some congregations you will find a person called a diaconal minister. According to the guidelines our church uses to describe this role, these lay church workers are called by God, and affirmed and recognized by the church, to witness to the gospel through a public ministry that both exemplifies the servant life, and enables and equips the people of God in their ministries. They serve as agents of the church in interpreting and responding to needs, hopes and concerns within church and society.
Diaconal ministers usually help where a congregation wants to focus on a particular ministry need that requires special leadership. Because of their specialized knowledge and skills, you might find them serving in such roles as congregational outreach coordinators, music directors, youth workers, parish workers, Christian education directors, parish nurses, and congregational administrators. This is a growing ministry in our church and we are only beginning to discover the wealth of ministry that diaconal ministers have to offer.
We have another group of ministers we call bishops. The national bishop is elected by a convention of the ELCIC and the synodical bishops by their particular synod to a four-year term. While we've identified the ministry of the bishops as unique, we still haven't worked out the details of exactly what we expect our bishops to be doing. You will find them presiding at special events in the life of the church. They often chair conventions and have legal responsibilities as chief executive officers. They become especially important to a congregation that is looking for a minister because the congregation is supposed to work with the bishop to find a minister.
We Lutherans usually call our ordained ministers "pastor." At least this holds true for those who have been ordained to a ministry of Word and Sacrament. We prefer that you don't call one of our ministers "the reverend." We only use "Rev." when we are putting something down in writing.
Those of us who serve in the church as pastors each have our particular strengths and our unique peculiarities but the thing that most of us have in common is a real love of God and a strong love of people. That's why we put in long hours and get out of bed in the middle of the night to rush to a dying person's bedside and attend all those meetings and preach and teach and visit. We care. We really do.


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Emmerdale fans are bracing themselves for harrowing times ahead for the long suffering Dingle clan – with many expecting that the end could be nigh for Cain, Debbie or even both following recent events which saw the death of Joe Tate.
Debbie is currently oblivious to the fact that Joe is dead but is already facing a traumatic goodbye as she could be potentially jailed for up to four years in her upcoming acid attack trial. Debbie is so convinced that she will be locked up that she has already made arrangements with Cain and Moira for them to look after the kids if she does go down.
But it's not just Debbie who could be facing an Emmerdale exit as Cain's involvement in Joe's death appears to have put a ticking timebomb on his time in the village – with the revelation all but set to blow up this Christmas time when truths are rumoured to come to light, will Cain be forced out by graham Foster as he seeks to protect his own back?
MORE: 10 Emmerdale spoilers: Debbie's shocking Joe discovery, Jacob at risk from Maya and Victoria in danger
When Cain and Graham clash once more, it remains to be seen who will come out on top but actors Jeff Hordley and Charley Webb recently warned that it could be the end of Cain and Debbie as we know them when Debbie learns what he did.
Jane Hudson, the show's boss, also recently promised turbulent times ahead for two leading Dingle family members who could be ripped apart forever – but will the scenes see Cain and Debbie saying final goodbyes either by heading to prison or not being able to be around one another?
Or can they sort things out between them and unite against the common enemy which is deceitful Graham and the mastermind of Joe's death which is Kim, who will return next year?
Whether this is the end of the road or just the beginning of a whole new turbulent journey, there are dramatic scenes still to play out.
MORE: 10 Emmerdale spoilers: Debbie's shocking Joe discovery, Jacob at risk from Maya and Victoria in danger
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Cloud: A melting pot for Innovations
With its promise of lower capex spending and a lower IT footprint to manage, cloud computing is increasingly becoming a go-to option for enterprises when evaluating their IT and apps spending during refresh cycles. Virtualization and automation of service provisioning is enabling IT to be leveraged more efficiently. Adoption of private cloud based solutions is


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You are cloxacillin, a kind of medication and an entity that some people may not know a lot about, but part of a bigger class of medicines that people are familiar with. And you're taking a visit through a search engine as someone has been recently prescribed to you, and they want to know more about you.
They copy your spelling from the bottle they got at the pharmacy. They couldn't read the handwriting of the doctor who initially prescribed in. Good thing pharmacists are trained in reading doctors' writing.You name is spelled out, and a press of the search box button and knowledge is on its way.
A search engine could just look at how you are spelled, and find a page on the Web where you are also spelled the same way, and return that page, especially if it has lots of links pointed at it and a good share of PageRank. But that's not the only way that a search engine like Google is helping people find out.
Google might also look through the knowledge it has gathered about facts on the Web to share information from there with searchers. As an entity, you don't have to just rely upon commercial websites to share information about you.
Before Google shows off a knowledge panel to searchers about you, it decides whether or not you are commercial enough to show advertisements for.
None appear at the top or right side of search results for you, so no one appears to be advertising for cloxacillin. Maybe because you're a prescription drug? When's the last time you've seen an advertisement at Google for a related entity such as the much more popular penicillin, which is in the same class as you?
A patent about you in particular (it includes you as an example) tells us about this visit to Google's knowledge panel to help find out information about you. It tells us (again mentioning you by name:
The class "painkillers" includes the instances of cloxacillin, vicodin, and other types of drugs that are typically classified as painkillers.
Each instance, in turn, can have one or more attributes, each of which describes a quality or characteristic of the instance.
Knowing what attributes are associated with the instance described by the search term (e.g., whether "cost" or "side effects" is associated with "cloxacillin") can help the search engine in the search process.
That patent is:
Extracting instance attributes from text
Invented by Enrique Alfonseca, Marius Pasca, and Enrique Robledo-Arnuncio
Assigned to Google
US Patent 8,538,916
Granted September 17, 2013
Filed: April 11, 2011
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for extracting instance attributes from text are described. In one aspect, a method exploits weakly-supervised and unsupervised instance relatedness data, available in the form of labeled classes of instances and distributionally similar instances.
The method organizes the data into a graph containing instances, class labels, and attributes. The method propagates attributes among related instances, through random walks over the graph.
It's not quite the way that information tends to be indexed for web search by Google, but it could possibly look at information about the entity cloxacillin and understand relationships that web search approach otherwise might not.
Take Aways
When you type a query into a search box, you start a journey for information that triggers a series of events and inquiries which end up resulting in a page full of information uniquely tailored to the words and terms that a searcher wanted to know more about.
Our search was for a single word, and one that most people know little about. This post started off by calling it an entity, but it's more than than. It's also an instance, or a specific example of something that is part of a larger class of entities. And there are specific facts about both the entity and the class that it belongs to that could help with returning something like the knowledge panel above, and quite possibly the search results that accompany it too. As the patent tells us:
For example, if a significant number of user queries include both the information instance "cloxacillin" and the attribute "pharmacokinetics," the system can determine that the attribute "pharmacokinetics" describes at least one aspect or characteristic of information instance "cloxacillin," and store a mapping between "pharmacokinetics" and "cloxacillin" in instance-attribute database.
This connection between the entity cloxacillin and an attribute of pharmacokinetics isn't based upon links between web pages, but rather connections between pieces of data that people are interested in finding out more about.
No Entities were harmed in the production of this blog post.


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- Celebrities
- Robert McNamara, Leonard Nimoy (Spock) on Star Trek; George H. W. Bush, law professors and legal scholars.
- Hairstyle
- curly and golden .
- Shoes
- $150 tasseled loafers.
- Favorite Television Series
- Masterpiece Theater every Sunday night on PBS.
- Mythology
- Apollo was the Sun god, the lawgiver, and the god of art, music, and poetry. With the motto "Nothing in excess," this was art of good taste and moderation.
- Apollo became god of prophecy after killing the oracular serpent Python. This symbolized an archaic goddess of prophecy superseded by the rule of law. Today we use laws to make prophecies, e.g., "If you park in that handicapped space you'll get a ticket." Or we use Oracle(r) computer databases to predict everything from elections to economics.
- Emotional Control System
- The right hemisphere of the cerebral cortex processes new information. It's connected to the limbic brain, and so we incorrectly say that emotions are "right brain." Saying that the right hemisphere is more holistic is more accurate.
- The left hemisphere, in contrast, analyzes information and creates logic, associations, and abstractions. Language is produced in the left hemisphere. The left hemisphere develops later in utero than the right hemisphere, and is thought to have evolved later.Closing
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- Artemis's shadow includes contempt for vulnerability, and difficulties with intimacy. She was associated with goal-directed, merciless, destructive rage:
- Outrage at wrongs done, loyalty to others, strength to express a point of view, and a propensity to take action can be very positive characteristics of Artemis and Artemis women. But the mercilessness of the punishment they mete out can be appalling. [E.g., 1970s feminists raged at men] with intense hostility that was often out of proportion to the particular provocation.[2]—Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Everywoman (1984)
- Under Stress
- Under stress, Artemis becomes her brother Apollo. Artemis women think clearly and unemotionally under pressure.
- When Safe
- When safe, Artemis becomes Demeter. When they can, Artemis women help less-fortunate individuals.
- Other Personality Type Systems
- Artemis isn't represented in astrology. Artemis is Enneagram personality type #8, the Boss.
- Sex
- Artemis women see sex as an adventure. For them, sex is a recreational sport, not an expression of commitment (Hera) or an occasion for sensuality (Aphrodite).
- A lesbian Artemis woman will have many friends, a band of nymphs looking for adventure. If her lover is another Artemis woman (her "identical twin") she should consider whether her partner is her best friend or her romantic lover. She may better off with a more feminine lover-the goddess and her nymph.
- Meeting
- To attract an Artemis woman, be civilized, radiantly sunny, and pray to Aphrodite for help.
Apollo-Artemis MarriageEdit
An Apollo-Artemis marriage tempers goal-seeking (and adventure) with good sense. A couple that successfully uses this energy achieves their goals-and has stories to tell their grandchildren.
- Apollo
- Apollo men approach marriage as they approach applying to law school. They rationally decide whether a woman will be a good match, rather than acting on passion or impulse.
- Artemis
- For a relationship with an Artemis woman, a man shouldn't be Orion, the hunter and Ares archetype. Her competitive nature unintentionally caused his death. Challenge her, and she'll obsess until she wins-another man to beat.
- But if he moves closer emotionally, wants to marry her, or becomes dependent on her, the excitement of the "hunt" is over. Moreover, she may lose interest or feel contempt for him if he shows "weakness" by needing her. As a result, an Artemis woman may have a series of relationships that go well only as long as the man keeps some emotional distance and is not always available.[3]—Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Everywoman (1984)
- The lasting relationship for an Artemis woman is with an Apollo man. Apollo was her twin brother. Her domain was the wilderness. His was the city. He was the Sun god. She was the Moon goddess. He was the god of domesticated animals. She was the goddess of wild animals. He was the god of laws. She lived in the wilderness, away from civilized laws.
- This relationship starts as brother and sister. The Artemis woman may have another boyfriend (or girlfriend). Give her space to roam, and she'll be back at your door when she's "in town."
- Apollo and Artemis work well together because they both tend towards being emotional 'escape artists'. Apollo lives in the intellect to the exclusion of emotion. Artemis is very threatened by emotional attachment, and so Apollo's lack of emotional involvement allows her room to breathe.
- The story of Atalanta and Hippomenes shows how to marry an Artemis woman.[4]
- Atalanta was a beautiful princess. She enjoyed hunting and sports. Many men wanted to marry her. She promised to marry the first man to outrun her in a race. Losers were immediately killed. Atalanta won race after race. This is a metaphor that competing with an Artemis woman kills the relationship.
- Unathletic Hippomenes (an Apollo man) truly loved her. He decided that death was better than life without her. He prayed to Aphrodite for help. Aphrodite gave him three golden apples.
- When Atalanta took off ahead of Hippomenes, he threw the first golden apple into her path. She stopped to pick it up. She saw her face reflected, but distorted by the curving apple. She realized that she would not be young and beautiful forever. Someday her body would sag like the reflection in the apple.
- Hippomenes passed her as she pondered this insight. Atalanta took off again, repassing him. He threw the second golden apple. When she stopped to pick it up, Aphrodite caused Atalanta to see in the shiny apple her dead lover, Meleager. She yearned when she remembered their physical and emotional closeness.
- Hippomenes passed Atalanta again. She took off and repassed him again. He threw the last golden apple. When she stopped to pick it up, Demeter caused Atalanta to see her reflection, surrounded by loving children. Atalanta was transfixed by the realization that she wanted a family. Hippomenes ran across the finish line. They married that afternoon.
- ↑ United Press International photograph. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-121433].
- ↑ Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Everywoman (HarperCollins, 1984, ISBN 006091291X, p.68.
- ↑ Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Everywoman (HarperCollins, 1984, ISBN 006091291X, p.67.
- ↑ Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Everywoman (HarperCollins, 1984, ISBN 006091291X, 72-74.
|About This Book · Q&A · Recommended Books
|The Science:
|The Evolution of the Human Brain · How Women Select Men · How Men Select Women · How Our Ancestors Lived · Monogamy and Polygamy · Hormones · Communication Styles
|Life Stages:
|Childhood—Seeking Unconditional Love · Adolescence—Seeking Romantic Love · Adulthood—Families And Forgiveness · Agape—Altruistic Love
|Practical Advice:
|Where Couples Met · Flirting · How to Write a Personal Ad · Dating · Sex · Becoming a Couple · Conflict In Relationships
|Personality Types:
|Emotional Control Systems · Zeus-Hera · Poseidon-Athena · Apollo-Artemis · Hermes-Hestia · Ares-Hephaestus-Aphrodite · Dionysus-Demeter · Hades-Persephone


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Bacillus anthracis spores are deadly biological weapons. After terrorists delivered mails containing anthrax spores in 2001 in the United States, again awaken the world to the attention of anthrax. Dr. Der-Shan Sun, Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics of Tzu Chi University cooperated with Professor Hsin-Hou Chang and Institute of Preventive Medicine and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Mennonite Christian Hospital. They found that anthrax lethal toxin can kill megakaryocytes (the precursor cells of platelets in the bone marrow) and red blood precursor cells, and cause anthrax symptoms like thrombocytopenia, anemia, hypoxia in mice model; however, if administered thrombopoietin (TPO), erythropoietin (EPO) or granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) to promote platelet production, erythropoiesis and released into the peripheral blood, you can relieve these symptoms, and improve the survival in anthrax lethal toxin-injected mice. These results provide another way to treat anthrax besides antibiotic use. These findings were published in three recent papers (PLoS ONE, 8, e59512, 2013; PLoS ONE, 8, e71718, 2013; PLoS ONE, 9, e111149, 2014) [1-3].
Anthrax is a zoonotic disease, usually only infect person engaged in agriculture or eating anthrax infected-meat. Bacillus anthracis spores can survive under heat or cold environment for many years. Early flu-like symptoms of anthrax is not easy to attract attention. If found early, antibiotics can be used to effetely kill anthrax, but once the treatment is not immediately lead to the release of anthrax toxins over the body, nothing will be helpful. Thus, the development of additional therapy against anthrax toxin is a very important issue.
These fruitful results are from the cooperation with the Institute of Preventive Medicine and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Mennonite Christian Hospital and the Medical Statistics Jen-Hung Wang from Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital. In addition, hard works and research efforts from master students of Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics and doctoral students from Institute of Medical Sciences in Professor Der-Shan Sun's and Professor Hsin-Hou Chang's laboratories are the major contribution. All results come from the excellent research environment from the animal center and the center of Campus Precious Instrument of Tzu-Chi University as well as financial support from Tzu-Chi University, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Science and Technology. The research teams currently use Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin as molecular screening tool for further study the molecular mechanism of erythropoiesis and megakaryopoiesis.
Related Links
Professor Der-Shan Sun laboratory site: http://dssun.tcu.edu.tw/
[1] H.H. Chang, T.P. Wang, P.K. Chen, Y.Y. Lin, C.H. Liao, T.K. Lin, Y.W. Chiang, W.B. Lin, C.Y. Chiang, J.H. Kau, H.H. Huang, H.L. Hsu, C.Y. Liao, D.S. Sun, Erythropoiesis suppression is associated with anthrax lethal toxin-mediated pathogenic progression, PLoS One 8 (2013) e71718.
[2] P.K. Chen, H.H. Chang, G.L. Lin, T.P. Wang, Y.L. Lai, T.K. Lin, M.C. Hsieh, J.H. Kau, H.H. Huang, H.L. Hsu, C.Y. Liao, D.S. Sun, Suppressive effects of anthrax lethal toxin on megakaryopoiesis, PLoS One 8 (2013) e59512. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605335/pdf/pone.0059512.pdf
[3] H.H. Chang, Y.W. Chiang, T.K. Lin, G.L. Lin, Y.Y. Lin, J.H. Kau, H.H. Huang, H.L. Hsu, J.H. Wang, D.S. Sun, Erythrocytic mobilization enhanced by the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor is associated with reduced anthrax-lethal-toxin-induced mortality in mice, PLoS One 9 (2014) e111149. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226491/pdf/pone.0111149.pdf


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Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
Nausea and vomiting are the most common symptoms experienced by patients with cancer after chemotherapy. Some patients in chemotherapy still have the symptoms even with common use of antiemetic ( anti-vomiting) drugs. The aim of this study is to assess the effects and safety of acupuncture for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with advanced cancer.
Who can participate?
Patients aged 18-75 with lung cancer, breast cancer or gynecological cancer
What does the study involve?
Participants are randomly allocated to one of two groups: the intervention group or the control group. Participants in the intervention group receive acupuncture therapy 6 times in 5 days. Participants in the control group receive minimal acupuncture therapy 6 times in 5 days. They complete questionnaires at the start of the study and during the study to find out about any changes in the severity of nausea and vomiting, sleep, appetite and emotion. They are followed up for 3 weeks to assess long-term effectiveness.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
All participants receive free treatment for 5 days and a series of free examinations. The symptoms of nausea and vomiting could be relieved. The results of this study may help to provide evidence that acupuncture is effective for managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. The risks of taking part are minimal. Acupuncture is a very safe treatment when given by properly trained clinicians. Occasionally acupuncture can make people feel nauseous or faint or experience a temporary increase in pain either during or after treatment. Participants are warned of these potential side-effects before consenting to have acupuncture.
Where is the study run from?
1. Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China)
2. Beijing ShijItan Hospital (China)
3. Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University (China)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
January 2014 to December 2016
Who is funding the study?
Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals (China)
Who is the main contact?
Dr Xiaomin Wang
Trial website
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
A multi-center, randomized controlled clinical trial: the effect of acupuncture in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with advanced cancer
Study hypothesis
To assess the therapeutic effects and safety of acupuncture for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with advanced cancer.
Ethics approval
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Ethical Committee, 27/11/2014; ref: 2014BL-067
Study design
Multi-center randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
The 136 eligible participants are randomly allocated to two different groups:
1. Participants in the intervention group will receive acupuncture therapy 1 hour prior to chemotherapy administration, 6 hours after chemotherapy administration, and once acupuncture therapy on the following day 2 ,3, 4, 5. The stimulation points are RN12, LR13 (bilaterally), RN6, ST25 (bilaterally), PC6 (bilaterally). They will receive Ondansetron Intravenously twice a day during the chemotherapy administration period.
2. Participants in the control group will receive minimal acupuncture therapy at the same time as the intervention group. The stimulation points do not belong to traditional Chinese medicine. They will receive Ondansetron intravenously twice a day during the chemotherapy administration period.
All the patients will complete some questionnaires at the start of the study and at day 1, 2, 3, 7(±1), 10(±1), 14(±1), 21(±1) intervals to find out about any changes in the severity of nausea and vomiting, sleep, appetite and emotion. They will be followed up for 3 weeks to assess long-term effectiveness.
Intervention type
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), formerly called the Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC or NCI-CTC), are a set of criteria for the standardized classification of adverse effects of drugs used in cancer therapy. The CTCAE system is a product of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI). It includes the standard to assess nausea and vomiting. It will be assessed at baseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 7(±1),day 10(±1), day 14(±1), day 21(±1). Patients have a daily questionnaire about nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy to record their feelings.
Secondary outcome measures
1. TCM symptoms scale to evaluate TCM syndrome
2. ECOG score scale to evaluate physical condition of patients
3. HADS: a questionnaire to access the anxiety levels of patients
4. Brief nutritional evaluation
These measures will be assessed at baseline, day 3, day 7(±1), day 14(±1), day 21(±1). Patients will be assessed with questionaire by doctors.
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients with definite pathological diagnosis of lung cancer, breast cancer, and gynecological cancer
2. Aged 18-75
3. Patients will receive chemotherapy treatment including cisplatin, anthracycline or taxane during the study period
4. ECOG score is between 0 and 2
5. The patients are diagnosed with insufficiency of spleen-qi and stomach-qi, reverse ascending of Stomach-Qi in traditional Chinese medicine theory
6. The expected lifetime of the patient is longer than 6 months
7. Patients willing to participate in the study and sign the consent form
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients have serious disease in cardiovascular system, liver system, kidney system, immune system and hemopoietic system
2. Pregnant and lactating women
3. Patients have intractable vomiting caused by malignant brain metastases, intracranial hypertension, digestive tract obstruction, severe liver or renal dysfunction, brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease, or other reasons
4. Patients with coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, or suffering from bleeding disorders
5. Patients have been definitely diagnosed with depression, anxiety disorders and psychosis
6. Patients with sepsis or bacteremia
7. Patients have lymphedema in acupuncture stimulation area
8. Patients who are afraid of acupuncture stimulation or allergic to stainless steel needles
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
Trial participating centre
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University
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Trial participating centre
Beijing ShijItan Hospital
10 Tieyi Road Haidian
Trial participating centre
Beijing Friendship Hospital
36 Yong'an Road Xicheng
Funder type
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder name
Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
The trialists intend to publish the protocol in March 2015, others to be confirmed at a later date.
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Stored in repository
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2017 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427442


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Could these 2 local filmmakers succeed? Maybe – because they're doing something few do
Small independent filmmakers have the survival record of possums crossing Charlotte Motor Speedway during a race. They max out credit cards, exhaust themselves and their crew, hurl their films hopefully into the gaping maw of American culture, hear no more about their work and are never heard from themselves.
Thomas Torrey and Justin Moretto look like exceptions.
Their first film, "Fare," won audience awards at festivals and landed at The Orchard, which will give it a national digital release Feb. 21. They're working with Relic Pictures – whose founder, Eric Schultz, was named by Variety one of 10 producers to watch in Hollywood – on their next project, "Premise."
And with the backing of diverse investors, including olive oil producers in southeastern Georgia, they have embarked on a four-film slate for Bad Theology Pictures – and quit their own prosperous jobs, Torrey with the INSP network and Moretto with the biotechnology firm Biogen.
Torrey and Moretto, who met through friends in 2006, became an oddly well-matched pair of business partners.
The first is a confirmed Christian with missionary parents, a wordsmith who grew up mostly in one place in Connecticut. The second is a respectful atheist, a neuroscientist who moved more than a dozen times as a youth. (Asked to name his hometown, Moretto replies, "The East Coast.")
After Torrey and his family came to Fort Mill five years ago, he and Moretto began writing a movie by long distance: "Premise," about a man in a basement laboratory who learns how to fragment his consciousness.
A major change of heart
In 2015, Torrey "had an epiphany. I decided, 'There's an artist in me. This film company I'm talking about having someday – maybe now is the time to start it.' "
Says Moretto, "He gave me books about how indie companies work. To me, as a scientist working with venture capital, always running and running in circles to make (individual) movies seemed crazy. I thought, 'Get the money up front.' " (He has five patents, mostly related to Raman spectroscopy. Moretto found a way to investigate what's happening in a bioreactor in real time, without having to remove a sample.)
They incorporated in April 2015, championed by their wives and buoyed by an investor who came aboard that month. They took their company name from Madeline L'Engle's comment that "Bad art is bad theology." Says Torrey, "It's a reminder not to make bad art."
They got frustrated trying to raise $400,000 to shoot "Premise" – $1 million, if they had to pay name stars – and decided to make "Fare," an inexpensive, sophisticated first movie that crossed genres.
"Failing is always a good thing if you can do it quickly, and you can learn from it," says Moretto. But they did not fail.
Shooting cheap and fast
Moretto produced. Torrey wrote the script in one weekend and hired actors from short pieces he'd made at INSP. He directed, edited and contributed music under the name Forward Pilgrim. And he shot at top speed: Three days, mostly in the evenings, recording 30-minute takes via three cameras suction-mounted around an S.U.V. (The cameraman and sound guy hid from sight in the rear compartment of the vehicle.) Expenses totalled $25,000, plus deferred paybacks if the film makes money.
"Fare" takes place entirely in an Uber car driven by Eric (Torrey), who believes his 10-year marriage to Audrey (Katherine Drew) has degenerated past the point of repair. An enigmatic rider (Pat Dortch) gives him blunt advice about love before getting out. As Eric contemplates it, he picks up another fare: Patrick, the man having an affair with Audrey (J.R. Adduci, famed as Bobby of Morris-Jenkins commercials but a strong dramatic actor).
After Audrey enters the car, you think you know where the film's going. But just as Eric decides to fight for his marriage – well, to say more would be to spoil it. Suffice to say audiences have responded to "Fare" as a thriller, a horror movie, a hard look at wedlock and a "What did I just see?" puzzler.
The 75-minute drama took audience or jury awards at the 2016 Charlotte Film Festival, South Bay Film and Music Festival in California and Push! Film Festival in Virginia. Torrey and Moretto cold-called sales representatives; they found a willing ear at Circus Road, which sold the movie to Random Media, a boutique art-house distributor with an exclusive output deal with The Orchard and Sony Home Entertainment.
Meanwhile, they quietly sought investors.
Finding financiers
A chance meeting in Lyons, Ga., brought them Darrien Ramsey, who with partners Tommie Williams and Clint Williams runs Terra Dolce Farms and the upscale restaurant Elements Bistro & Grill. (This trio won a gold medal at the 2014 New York International Olive Oil Competition.) Torrey was visiting his brother-in-law, a forester who works for Ramsey, and he and Moretto met the Georgian over lunch.
"They weren't trying to sell me anything," says Ramsey. "They didn't even ask me if I wanted to invest; I asked, they said yes, and Thomas explained about 'Fare.' I was intrigued, because they both had high-paying salaries with uptrending careers. I always tend to invest in people, and I knew if they were willing to put their lives on hold, they would produce. They didn't walk away from those jobs on a whim.
"They answered all the right questions, Thomas from an artistic standpoint and Justin from a financial standpoint, which is where my background lies. They let my two partners and me have a little equity chunk of this, and they haven't come back to say, 'We need more money, things haven't gone well, we're going to have to close down.' "
At this point, "uptrending" applies to their cinematic future. Though Torrey remains in Fort Mill and Moretto has left Plaza-Midwood for Durham, they continue to raise the targeted $2 million for their four-film slate.
Torrey says they're happy to share responsibility for "Premise" with Relic, and investors have been pleased to learn a bigger company wants to work on the project. They hope neither to write nor direct Bad Theology films three and four; they have a pool of scripts, treatments and ideas they own, have optioned or are considering.
"We have figured this out as we've gone, and we've made a ton of mistakes," Torrey says. "We first tried to sell ourselves as creatives; then Justin completed a rigorous financial analysis that became a business model we could pitch. Our first pitches took an hour; after six months, a pitch consultant helped us cut that to 15 minutes.
"Looking back, we can see the points along the way where (a lot of) people would have quit. This drained every last ounce of savings – but it's worth doing."
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Socrates Academy: Artwork Screen-printing with Nick Paparone
Socrates Sculpture Park
Sunday, June 10, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Learn to silkscreen with a limited edition text by artist Rirkrit Tiravanija. Join former EAF artist Nick Paparone as he guides you through the making of your own t-shirt emblemized with one of Tiravanija's original quotes.
Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to present this workshop as part of our third annual Socrates Academy: Skills for Resourceful City Living adult workshop series offered on Sundays in May and June. These seven DIY workshops led by local, eco-conscious partners, will impart sustainable skills through fun and creative projects.
Space is limited and registration will be on a first come, first served basis. A small materials fee is required with a partial refund available up until 10 days before the event.
When & Where
Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Boulevard and Broadway
Long Island City,
Sunday, June 10, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
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Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park is the only site in the New York Metropolitan area specifically dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to create and exhibit large-scale sculpture and multi-media installations in a unique outdoor environment that encourages strong interaction between artists, artworks and the public. The Park's existence is based on the belief that reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment.
Founded in 1986, Socrates is celebrating its 25th year of exhibitions and programming. During this 25-year period, the Park has been host to over 900 artists facilitatiing the production and exhibition of outdoor artworks. We would like to thank all our supporters, artists, performers, teachers, and public for making Socrates Sculpture Park a very special place.
Please join us for our exhibition openings, workshops, special events, and more! We look forward to seeing you at Socrates.


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The Union home ministry is working on a proposal to create Lok Sabha seats in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in what is being seen as a far-fetched and potentially controversial move to assert Indias right on the territory.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde is reviewing the proposal,which involves amending Article 81 of the Indian constitution,and is said to believe that the change should be made early.
Top MHA officials led by Home Secretary Anil Goswami,who is from the Jammu and Kashmir cadre,held discussions earlier this month and felt that the matter needs to be legally examined by the law and justice ministry first.
The officials have cited the composition of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly where 24 seats are reserved for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir but are vacant as the territory is in Pakistans control. However,these seats are not taken into account to consider the total membership of the Assembly.
It is strongly felt that there is a need for making amendment in Article 81 of the Indian constitution so as to include a provision similar to the provision in the Jammu and Kashmir constitution for keeping seats vacant for the Lok Sabha in respect of the territory illegally occupied by Pakistan, says the MHA proposal,prepared by joint secretary R K Srivastava.
It is not understood as to how a reference to this provision was not included in the Indian constitution and how this mismatch has occurred in the two constitutions, the proposal adds.
While stressing on the need for the law ministrys opinion,the proposal says that an amendment in the Indian constitution would give weightage to the statement made by the Prime Minister and the resolutions passed by the Parliament a reference to Indias public assertions that PoK is an integral part of India and will remain so.
It is important that we claim our right on the territory forcibly occupied by
Pakistan,even if the Lok Sabha seats like Assembly remain vacant, said a top MHA official.
Analysts,however,feel the move is incongruous with reality as India has for long emphasised the sanctity of the Line of Control and does not really expect to
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I went from no Tom's to way to many pairs of Tom's and completely obsessed with these shoes in just a matter of months. Come on, music note Tom's, those are perfect!!!! I know the shoes don't sound all that important but it kept my mind off the tiredness and gave me the extra push I needed to finish up my workout and get to a computer to shop.
The lunchtime workout was water aerobics and it was pretty fun. The pool was a little bit warm for my liking but I definitely think I got a pretty good burn, and it was fun to workout with some of the girls that I work with (and an assortment of old folks that I dont know!)
The final workout actually changed before I knew what was happening. I was going to ride the bike again tonight, but after about 3 mintues on that seat I gave up, I was going to have to come up with something else. What I wanted to do was run, outside, concrete run! but its raining and its been raining all day long. I just couldnt think of anything else I wanted to do. So at 30 degrees and raining I bundled up and took to the road.
I forget how much I love to run on the road and not on the treadmill. In the first 5 mintues I lose my breath and think, "I can't do this!" and then the breathing regulates and you can just go for a while with nothing but your thoughts.
It sounds crazy but it is so good for my mind to go outside and run. After the first half mile I thought I might be crazy for going outside and running in this weather. But its my crazy. I solved all the worlds problems when I was out there, I got to think about my year long challenge, and plan my runs for the rest of the week, and even try to figure out if there was any way I was going to be ready for 13.1 in April. I talked to myself about what I was going to wear tomorrow to work and how good it was going to be to ice my knees when I got done! And I got to write my blog post in my mind while I was running.
It wasn't a long run but it felt so good.
A few more bits of news, I made a gym friend today! Thats right, I have a new friend. I have worked out at the same gym all my life so to change and not have all my peeps there has been weird. But I have officially made a friend. We really don't workout together but its nice to have someone to talk to when I get there.
Tomorrow is my weekly weigh day! Im not nervous about it because the number better be down. Im not telling my loss until the end of the Phase One. haha! I just hope I make my Phase 1 Goal!
Tomorrow its a morning workout with an Arms Circuit and the an evening of REST!!!!! Much needed rest after the 3 a day today!
Now I just have to finish up my nightly packing and get in the warm bed, Im cold to the CORE after that run and its not helping anything that I'm sitting with ice on my legs. For sure an early bedtime tonight!
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Marseille take on Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final at the Groupama Stadium with Rudi Garcia's charges bidding to become the first French side to win the tournament.
As for Diego Simeone's Atletico, Los Rojiblancos will be without their coach on the touchline following his sending-off in the semi-finals, as the Spanish club look to win a third Europa crown since 2010.
Marseille - the first club to win the current Champions League format in 1993 - make the short trip north as they aim to claim their first Europa League crown.
Les Phoceens are into the final having edged past Red Bull Salzburg courtesy of an extra-time goal from substitute Rolando that ended a closely-fought semi-final.
The French club started their Europa campaign early in the third qualifying round. Marseille have managed to win eight out of their nine European home games this term, but the side's away form will be slightly worrying heading to a neutral ground - competing away from the Stade Velodrome in Europe, Marseille have won just once in nine.
Having come runners-up in the 1998-99 and 2003-04 UEFA Cups, Marseille have now reached the Europa League final at the fourth time of asking. The club currently sit fourth in Ligue 1 and are one point outside of the Champions League spots. They will either need to win the final or usurp third-placed Lyon on the final day of the domestic season should they want to feature in the elite competition next term.
Facing Spanish opposition, Marseille have won just four of their 15 UEFA games, losing eight of those contests. What will please coach Garcia, however, is that his side have already won twice against Athletic Bilbao in this term's round of 16.
To combat Atletico's recent continental experience, Marseille will be relying on the likes of Dimitri Payet, Adil Rami and Luiz Gustavo. Payet has recorded seven assists, the most by any player in this season's tournament
As for Rami, the centre-back has started 16 of Marseille's 18 European encounters and also won the tournament when playing in defence for Sevilla during the 2015-16 season. Gustavo is the only Marseille player to have started all of the team's 14 matches in the competition this year.
OM head to Lyon knowing that no French side has ever won the UEFA Cup or Europa League, but given the number of games they have played this term, combined with some of their mercurial talents, Marseille might just fancy themselves to rewrite history at the Stade de Lyon.
Recent form: WWDLWD
Recent form (all competitions): DWWDWD
Atletico Madrid
Atletico enter Wednesday's final looking to add another piece of European silverware to an already-laden collection, but the club will be without boss Simeone on the touchline, as he continues to serve a four-match ban following his dismissal against Arsenal in the semis.
Simeone's charges have won the Europa League twice already, collecting the inaugural prize in 2010 before coming back to win the tournament again in 2012.
Atletico have had a five-year absence from the competition and have put that time away to good use in the Champions League. Madrid have taken part in two Champions League finals, a semi-final and a quarter-final during their break from the Europa.
On the club's way to the final in France, Atletico reached the knockouts after a lacklustre showing in the Champions League group stages. Entering the Europa, Madrid have since knocked out FC Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal.
Against Arsene Wenger's charges, Madrid showed commendable tenacity and industry despite not being at their best. The two-time winners are in the final after producing a standout collective effort to draw 1-1 at the Emirates with 10 men, before capping off an impressive display to win 1-0 back in the Spanish capital.
Atletico have managed to win three out of the eight major UEFA competition finals that they have reached in the club's history. Those cup-winning efforts came in the 1962 European Cup Winners' Cup and in the 2010 and 2012 incarnations of the Europa League.
The club travel to Lyon having lost just one European away game outside of Madrid this term. Atletico are currently sitting in second place in the La Liga standings and require just a single point on the final day to claim the position and finish above city rivals Real Madrid.
Fellow Spanish side Sevilla are the only club to win three Europa League crowns and Atletico now have the opportunity to match Los Hispalenses. Coach Simeone is the only non-European manager to win the Europa League.
Recent form: WLDWLW
Recent form (all competitions): DDWWLW
Team News
Rolando is still likely to be struggling with a knock, meaning that Gustavo should continue alongside Rami at centre-back.
Garcia should opt for a 4-2-3-1 that sees Payet, Lucas Ocampos and Florian Thauvin providing creative support for frontman Valere Germain.
Sime Vrsaljko has served his suspension for being sent off against Arsenal, although Simeone could leave his faith in fellow defender Juanfran.
Filipe Luis is back from injury and could force Lucas Hernandez out at left-back, while Gabi is favourite to start alongside Saul Niguez in the centre of the pitch.
Antoine Griezmann and Diego Costa will lead the line for Atletico with wide support being provided by Angel Correa and Koke on the flanks.
Marseille possible starting lineup:
Pele; Sarr, Rami, Gustavo, Amavi; Lopez, Sanson; Thauvin, Ocampos, Payet, Germain
Atletico Madrid possible starting lineup:
Oblak; Juanfran, Godin, Savic, Luis; Correa, Gabi, Saul, Koke, Costa, Griezmann
Head To Head
The only previous two fixtures between the teams came in the 2008-09 Champions League group stages.
Atletico, led by former boss Javier Aguirre, beat Marseille 2-1 in the Spanish capital in the opening fixture, before the reverse saw a goalless draw played out in France.
Atletico have only lost one game against a French side. That defeat came against Lens in the fourth round of the 1999-02 UEFA Cup. Marseille have lost eight out of 15 against teams from Spain.
We say: Marseille 1-2 Atletico Madrid
OM have a Champion League title to their name, but that success came over a decade ago. At times this season the French club have proven destructive going forward and they stand a chance should the likes of Payet and company rise to the occasion.
Atletico have crucial experience in both Champions League and Europa League finals, coming into this tournament having won it twice already.
The club will be missing Simeone on the touchline, although this Madrid squad has so many experienced players when it comes to UEFA competitions that the Argentine's absence may not be too destructive to Atletico's chances.


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Rainiers - Sky Sox Postponed0 comments Posted by frinklin at 12:28 AM
The Friday night Sky Sox-Rainiers game that was supposed to serve as Colorado Springs Home Opener was canceled due to extremely cold temperatures.
Sounds like fun. Weather permitting, the Sky Sox and Rainiers will play one Saturday and a doubleheader Sunday.
Maybe Rhubarb Ain't So Bad: Week 20 comments Posted by frinklin at 11:14 AM
The Charlotte Knights, Triple-A farmclub of the Chicago White Sox have a lot of things going for them: a burgeoning market that many think is ready for a major league club, a distinctive name and striking logo, a nice stadium and plans for a new downtown stadium that will be state of the art for a minor league team. Not everything is perfect; the color scheme isn't perfect and the uniforms are seriously overdone, but nevermind that. The Charlotte Knights are one of the very best franchises in minor league baseball. Well.... we do have an issue. This is the Knights mascot:
Rainiers 2, Grizzlies 10 comments Posted by frinklin at 8:03 AM
Last night on the radio broadcast, Mike Curto said, "If the Rainiers get pitching like this, they will win a lot of games." Yes, Mike, yes they will. After R.A. Dickey's masterful job on Wednesday, the Rainiers Robert Rohrbaugh (say THAT 10 times fast)pitched a gem in his first start of the year. Rohrbaugh scattered three hits over six scoreless innings, matching Dickey from the day before. Cesar Jimenez continued his hot pitching start, striking out five of his six batters faced. Wlad Balentien continued to heat up, driving in the only RBI of the game with a sixth-inning double. Wlad went 2-for-4, the only Rainier with multiple hits.
Tonight the Rainiers head on the road for four in Colorado Springs and four in Fresno. The game tonight is starts at 5:05. Jose Capellan (0-0, 5.40) for the Sky Sox. Still no announcement for the Rainiers. This is assuming that the game gets off at all. The current forecast for Colorado Springs calls for highs in the thirties and light snow. Good luck fellas.
Rainiers 5, Grizzlies 10 comments Posted by frinklin at 2:48 AM
Another rain soaked early-season game in Tacoma, as the Rainiers beat the Grizzlies for the second straight day. Two Our Favorite Rainier candidates lead the way, as R.A. Dickey threw a no-hitter for 6 2/3 and Wladimir Balentien jacked his first homer, a grand slam in the fifth. That was all that Dickey needed, as he picked up his first win as a Rainier. Dickey, after losing the no-hitter on a soft Scott McClain single in the seventh. Dickey recovered and finished with eight strong innings and his first win of the year.
The last game of the four-game series and the homestand Thursday night at 7:00. This is the first Dollar Days promotion, so come out for some good baseball and cheap eats. Sean White (0-0, 0.00) for the Rainiers, and former Rainier and Mariner Julio Mateo (0-1, 9.00) gets the start for the Grizzlies.
Our Favorite Rainier 2008: Update0 comments Posted by frinklin at 7:49 PM
Matt Tuiasosopo is in the lead, despite being off to a bit of a slow start. His .063/.063/.167 line is pretty unimpressive, but it's still very early. As to be expected, the more-major league ready Rainiers are off to better starts. Jeff Clement is tearing the cover off the ball at a .400/.467/.526. Considering how much Jose Vidro and Kenji Johjima are struggling for the Mariners, Clement might well be ready for the show.
In a completely unrelated note, we are currently listening to the Rainiers broadcast so ably manned by Mike Curto and we do wish KHHO wasn't so quick to switch to the FOX Sports Radio feed during rain delays. This is for two reasons: 1-FSR really sucks and 2-It's fun to listen to Mike Curto talk baseball. Hey, need a co-pilot Mike? Bloggers are the next media stars you know.
Rainiers 6, River Cats 20 comments Posted by frinklin at 12:09 AM
The Rainiers shook off the beating Fresno gave them on Monday, jumping out to a five-run lead after three innings. Tacoma then rode six strong innings by Ryan Feierabend to pick up their third win of the year. The Rainiers struck quickly, scoring three runs in the first, triggered by back-to-back doubles by Greg Norton and Bryan LaHair. Tacoma never looked back, as Feierabend picked up his second win of the young season, and extended his scoreless streak to twelve innings to start the year.
Fresno and Tacoma again tomorrow - the still-shaky weather notwithstanding - at 7:00. Our Favorite Rainier candidate R.A. Dickey (0-1, 3.86) against Matt Palmer (0-1, 4.50) of the Grizzlies.
The First Annual Feed Tacoma Bracket Challenge: We Have a Winner!3 comments Posted by frinklin at 11:14 AM
Our Feed Tacoma bracket challenge has come to a close and big congratulations go to our champion: bracket buster. Taking charge over the weekend, bracket buster withstood a furious rally from Izenmania, who was the only Feed Tacoman to choose the Kansas Jayhawks as the NCAA Champion.
Congratulations to our winner, who now gets the privilege of hanging out with No Rhubarb! and his or her choice of coffee and a scone at Satellite, cupcakes at Hello, Cupcake or a dog and a beer at the Red Hot. Anyone else who entered the contest is welcome to come along. We'll have to do this again next year.
Grizzlies 15, Rainiers 20 comments Posted by frinklin at 12:08 AM
We here at No Rhubarb! usually spend our Monday nights at the Red Hot with various other bloggers and friends. Tonight we watched the final of the NCAA tournament, then followed that up with the most demented TV show ever. On the way home we flipped to KHHO to check up on the beloved Rainiers and hear the dulcet tones of Mike Curto. At that point Mike let us know that the Grizzlies four and five spot hitters (Scott McClain and Brett Harper) had accounted for nine RBIs.
As you might imagine, this is not a good sign. Tacoma could have used some of Sunday's rain as they were blasted, pummeled, obliterated... take your pick. The Grizzlies picked up a run in the second, two in the third and six in the fourth, racing to a 15-2 win at Cheney Stadium. Rainier starter Joe Woerman picked up the loss, giving up eight runs in 3 and 2/3 innings. Andrew Baldwin took over and didn't do much better, giving up seven runs in two innings. The only real bright spot for Tacoma was Jeff Clement's two-run double in the fourth.
The same two teams tomorrow. Hopefully it will go just a touch better for the hometown nine.
Our Favorite Rainier 2008: Vote Early and Often!0 comments Posted by frinklin at 9:30 AM
The time has come to choose Our Favorite Rainier 2008. Who will it be? Matt Tuiasosopo, the young third basemen from a legendary athletic family? The knuckleballing PCL Pitcher of the year, veteran R.A. Dickey? Perhaps Jeff Clement, the powerful catcher and top Mariner prospect? The flashy outfielder Wladimir Balentien? Or maybe Rhubarb, the beloved - if slightly crazy - mascot? Who will you choose? The polls opened at midnight Monday morning and will remain up for one week. Next Monday, April 14, we will name Our Favorite Rainier!
Game One: Rainiers 3, River Cats 20 comments Posted by frinklin at 12:12 AM
Due to some nasty on-again, off-again rain and a soaked playing field Tacoma and Sacramento were only able to complete one game of the Sunday doubleheader. Veteran Mike Kinkade punched a two-run homer in the fourth, and Phillip Barzilla vultured a win after replacing starter Sean White in the fourth. Cesar Jimenez pitched a perfect ninth to record his second save. The second game was eventually called off, likely to be made up later in the season.
The Fresno Grizzlies come to town, starting a four-game series on Monday. Each of the four games starts at 7:00 PM.
PCL Baseball on TV0 comments Posted by frinklin at 1:48 PM
The Hated Portland Beavers have a TV deal with Fox Sports Northwest, and unlike last season, they are broadcast up here in Tacoma. The Lucky Beavers and Fresno Grizzlies are on FSN at 2PM. This is a very nice chance to see both a fellow PCL team and Portland's PGE Park, which Jamie used as a photoshop to show what a Foss Waterway park might look like.
Update: Seems that nobody told the fine people of Portland that the Beavs would be playing today. There are maybe 250 brave souls in PGE.
Update Again: And now we get a rain delay!
Our Favorite Rainier 2008: Rhubarb!1 comments Posted by frinklin at 12:07 PM
During the inaugural season of No Rhubarb! we faithfully followed the exploits of Our Favorite Rainier, outfielder Adam Jones. Jones is in Baltimore now, on his way to what we firmly believe will be a long and excellent career. The title of Our Favorite Rainier cannot stay vacant though, and we will take the next few days to find our new favorite. This year we will let you, the reader chime in on the subject. No Rhubarb! will present the case of several players and then let you vote who you think is Our Favorite Rainier. After which we will almost certainly ignore the results and just name whomever we want anyway.
Next Up: Rhubarb!
1.Beloved by (most) children.
2.Always fun and cheerful.
3.The Face of the Tacoma Rainiers.
Three Reasons Why Rhubarb is NOT Our Favorite Rainier
1.Technically NOT a ballplayer.
2.Possibly devours children.
3.Crossdressing Reindeer probably not what the New York Knickerbockers had in mind when they came up with the rules of the game.
Rainers and River Cats Postponed0 comments Posted by frinklin at 12:06 AM
Let's Play Two! So says Ernie Banks and the Rainiers will listen. Thanks to the rather nasty rain on Saturday night, Tacoma and Sacramento will resurrect one of the great traditions in baseball: the Sunday doubleheader. The River Cats and Rainiers go for two seven-inning games starting at 1:00 PM.


text: I am located on the Cycladic island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea, one of the most magnificent islands in the world. Steeped in a history and mythology believed by many to be the location of the Lost Atlantis. I first came to Santorini in 1983, loved it so much, I moved here in 1990. I have plenty of experience with the island and have been photographing here professionally for many years. All you need is a point & shoot, hand held or a DSLR camera and a desire to see this amazing island and I will take care of the rest. This half day photo tour around the island is intended for those stopping off from their onward cruise ship or those of you island hopping and have a limited amount of time. I will give you an insider's view of some of the places you will be sure to want to photograph for an ever lasting impression and reminder for years to come. Santorini's stunning vistas and magnificent sunsets are sure to leave you breathless.