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Dir. Pascal Laugier
Anna (Morjana Alaoui) and Lucie (Mylène Jampanoï), two girls with revenge on their minds, track down a family who held one of them captive as a youngster. Their quest for vengeance and knowledge leads them on a gut-wrenching and depraved journey into the dark recesses of pain and suffering, anguish and torture.
Brutal. Shocking. Intense. Provocative. Raw. Unflinching. Disturbing. Numbing. Powerful. Unforgettable.
These are just a few of the words that have been used to describe the jaw dropping spectacle that is Martyrs. The thing is though, they are all actually true. However, no words can really be utilised to fully prepare you for the visceral onslaught you will experience (undergo) while watching this breathtakingly extreme film. Daily Mail readers in particular, beware.
Much of the astounding and sadistic imagery, while firmly rooted in the current climate of horror cinema, dubbed 'Torture Porn', is handled with a purity and sense of purpose and it strives to provoke and stimulate as much as it does to unsettle and horrify. Martyrs successfully transcends its contemporaries – which is fitting really, for a film ABOUT transcendence. The sheer scope and intention of this film accounts for all the pain and humiliation inflicted upon its protagonists and its audience.
Martyrs begins as an archetypal horror film and is so convincing in doing so that it has us fooled for a while. We feel we know this type of film so well. Horror fans in particular will relish the whole new direction events will drag them in. As soon as you start to think you know what's going on, the story swerves into uncharted territory. And it continues to swerve and tease throughout.
Martyrs toys with the conventions of the horror genre like a sadistic cat mercilessly clawing and playing with a defenceless mouse. Genre and audience expectations are shredded and left to bleed, much like the protagonists, all over the place. The film offers up a few genuine surprises along the way and several plot twists are used here that other, lesser films would have saved for their climax.
The film begins intriguingly with a young girl, Lucie, fleeing from a warehouse she's been held captive in. For how long we know not – this is just the first of many questions Martyrs poses throughout its running time that will have you salivating for answers. All we know for now is that she is battered and bruised and bloody and running for her life. The stark imagery recalls the famous photograph, by Nick Ut, of a young girl running bleeding and naked from the bombed Vietnamese village of Trang Bang in 1972. After we follow her experiences at a children's home and her tentative friendship with another girl, Anna, the narrative follows Lucie as she bursts into the house of her suspected former captors as they sit down for breakfast. At this stage, the film briefly resembles a typical 'home invasion' flick akin to Funny Games or Ils (Them); however it soon becomes obvious this is not how things will continue to play out.
Like the subject matter, the film soon transcends this approach and adopts an almost spiritual glean as a meditation on the nature of suffering, guilt, redemption and existentialism unfurls from beneath the bloodshed and endless torture.
The violence – and there is a lot of violence – is blunt and realistic. Nothing occurs to lift the audience out of the film, such as CGI or spasmodic editing (a common staple of today's impatient and stylised horror flicks; all strobe cuts and hyper pacing). Every blow that's dealt in this film plunges you deeper into its murky depths. At one stage though the violence just simply becomes unbearable, and its methodical and systematic occurrences run the risk of rendering it mundane and numbing. One suspects this is the point though, as a commentary on violence in horror and why we as an audience choose to experience this facet of cinema. Laugier seems to be saying that if we want violence and suffering then we've come to the right place. However he is not just content to create scenes of bodily devastation – he also wants us to think. We are almost snapped out of the story into the realm of repeating 'Its only a movie, its only a movie', before we are yanked off into another extraordinary direction and sucked back into the compelling story...
The acting is solid throughout and the special effects courtesy of the late Benoit Lestang, are startling in their simplicity and effectiveness. The morality and ideology of the film, for all its physiological horror, maintains a contemplative and almost spiritual essence – a rare thing in the genre. Something undeniable pulls us into the midst of it all and holds our attention – the audience will find itself wanting answers.
There is a lofty justification for the bloodshed and pain, which successfully negates crassness and even pretension and goes some way to reflect contemporary society's evolving attitudes towards what counts as 'suffering' and our need for answers concerning our place in this universe and what comes after...
The dénouement, when it comes, is utterly surprising and yet truly fitting for a film that dares to be so different.
A transcendental horror film guaranteed to jolt your thoughts as much as your nervous system.


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I'll yell, ill joke with my corner, sing songs poorly, whatever it takes for me to feel/look like nothings phasing me.
The quiet reflection kills me if i try to sit down, close my eyes and imagine whats supposed to happen in the ring. i choke if i feel like there's too much pressure on me so ill lie to myself to calm down


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Herren, in all seriousness, was once considered an upside-laden combo-guard type. He lasted two years in the NBA, and eventually landed in the CBA (where he most recently played for the Dakota Wizards), but was tailed all the while by whispers of off-the-court issues. Looks like he's finally hit bottom after a drug-related arrest this past week.
Throughout the past few years, Herren would periodically appear in the news, but not for his on-the-court prowess. In 2004, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, he allegedly lost control of his car in a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru; police subsequently discovered 18 empty H bags, a needle, and a spoon in his car. A year later, Herren got a heroin-related DUI in Massachusetts (he later pleaded no contest to reduced charges).
Now he's in the soup again, headed for the dreaded jailhouse kick. On June 4, he was discovered in his hometown of Fall River, sitting in a stopped car with the engine running and in gear, slumped over the wheel. Herren was sweating and having trouble breathing, his skin an "ash-gray color."
Cops took him to a hospital, where he regained consciousness. Police found his works in the car, however, and he's being summoned to District Court on charges of driving under the influence of drugs, possession of a Class A drug, and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
Not much to say about this except that it's sad. Heroin: it's his life, it's his wife. Give him the minimum 25 points for the DUI, minus three for being an ex-Celtic.
Heel on wheels
Well, there wasn't much activity on the Justin Miller Award front this year — none of the prospective NFL draftees got arrested right before the draft, undercutting their chances at professional gridiron fame and fortune. We do now have, however, the second such entrant on the NBA-draft front. Earlier, UTEP's Stefon Jackson got himself in trouble for allegedly withholding information about an FBI fugitive (Jackson's cousin, as luck would have it), and now we have another hoops hopeful trapped in the net of fate. Ty Lawson, point guard of the North Carolina Tar Heels, got popped in Chapel Hill on June 6 and charged with driving after consuming alcohol, violating a local "noise ordinance," and driving with a revoked license.
Lawson, it should be noted, might very well have drawn some interest from the Celtics in the upcoming draft. An undersized one-guard with good quickness, he was on the bubble of the first round — right in the Celtics' sweet spot, as the team certainly needs a backup for Rajon Rondo. One wonders if this incident will push Danny Ainge away from even considering Lawson . . . time will tell. In the meantime, give Ty the requisite 25 DUI points. Go Heels!
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Olympic boost for Halesowen's first road race
Olympians Kristian Thomas and Jess Varnish greeted throngs of runners as they took part in Halesowen's first road race.
Olympians Kristian Thomas and Jess Varnish greeted throngs of runners as they took part in Halesowen's first road race.
Around 450 runners, including dozens of families, took to the start line for the inaugural fun run through the streets of the town.
The Team GB stars were joined by Paralympians Jordanne Whiley and Helen Scott at the event held yesterday. The 5k charity race was the brainchild of Rotarian Alan Bowler of Halesowen and Rowley Regis Rotary Club.
Organisers said they were delighted with the turnout. Runners were introduced to the famous Midlands Olympic and Paralympic athletes by Mr Bowler before the race was started by the Mayor of Dudley, Councillor Melvyn Mottram. The athletes then helped give out medals to people as they completed the course. Cyclist Jess Varnish, who is a member of Halesowen Cycling Club with Helen Scott, said she enjoyed the day: "It is incredible being able to see people take part. The Olympics really have inspired a generation."
Bronze medallist Kristian, who trains at Earls Gymnastics Club in Halesowen, said he was overwhelmed by the reaction from the public. "You saw what is like for the Olympics and Paralympics and it has been absolutely amazing to see the support we have had and to see everyone down here is great," said the 23-year-old from Wednesfield.
The Olympians warmed up for their starring roles yesterday by watching their respective team-mates on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night. Gymnast Kristian said Louis Smith – who was paired with Flavia Cacace – will relish taking to the dancefloor on the hit television show.
"He is a showman and this is just his cup of tea and I'm sure he'll do well and be there towards the end," he said.
Jess said she would love to follow in the footsteps of her friend, recently retired Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton. "I think she is going to do really well, she looked great."
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Jazz-gone-country duo Tattletale Saints are heading out on tour with their almost-debut album. They talk to Lydia Jenkin about their short genre-hopping history
It's a little misleading to call How Red is the Blood the debut album of alt-country-folk duo Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan. For although this is the first release under their new name Tattletale Saints, they've been performing together on and off since they were 16, and previously put out an album as Her Make Believe Band in 2009 when they were based in Britain.
Both began on the piano at a young age, progressing through a variety of instruments, until they met in the Queen City Big Band in their mid-teens - McGowan on double bass, Winstanley on guitar - and discovered a shared passion for jazz.
In intervening years, Winstanley headed to London to spend seven years busking, performing and touring the country, having discovered folk, country and bluegrass, while McGowan moved to Las Vegas to do her Masters on jazz bass.
But when they were reunited in 2007, it became clear their path ahead lay as a duo - so Winstanley convinced McGowan she could sing, introduced her to some of his folk favourites, and away they went.
"I think there is a big jazz influence in there still," McGowan says of the change. "I don't think we can get away from the fact we both love and listen to a lot of jazz. I didn't even really know bluegrass existed until Cy introduced me to it at about 25," she laughs.
"But she took to it very easily," Winstanley adds. "And I just love country, and bluegrass, and old-timey type stuff, and acoustic instruments played in a country context with open chords. They sound perfect with the voice.
"It's so unpretentious, and the songs tell a distinct story from A to B. I prefer to avoid, impersonal, non-descript metaphors that don't really go anywhere."
The pair complement each other nicely - McGowan's rapid-fire enthusiastic speech contrasted with Winstanley's more laid-back, contemplative manner - and they seem very comfortable together, so it's perhaps no surprise that they were a couple for some time. But slightly more surprising is that now they're not they've remained a duo, and steadfast friends; they recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of their break-up.
"It has been a real challenge. But I guess in a funny way, if you see the band as our baby, though breaking up is difficult and maybe you want to go separate ways, you've got this baby that ties you together, and you don't want to abandon it, so you push through that stuff, and don't give up the thing you love. We still love playing together," Winstanley explains.
Maybe it's not a particularly relevant point then, except that the break-up also marks something of a difference in tone between the songs of HMBB and Tattletale Saints. Though there's a shared sense of romanticism, How Red is the Blood definitely takes on some darker themes, sometimes potently contrasted with their sweet musical disposition.
"HMBB had a lot of love songs. But the songs on this album are a bit darker. Kathleen is really about someone who tries to rape a 17-year-old, but can't, so kills her. It's a murder ballad.
"And then Emily is about a guy who's with a horrible woman, and Molly is about a guy who's in a very conflicted relationship with his brother's wife. So I feel like they're not love songs in the traditional sense, even though they deal with affairs of the heart," says Winstanley.
That's not to say there's anything graphic or grotesque anywhere on the album - Winstanley has a clever way with lyrical phrasing, hinting at the darkness with subtlety, which he attributes to a love of books.
"I didn't really read at all in my life until about seven years ago, but since then I've read voraciously. I think it's widened my scope. There's only so much you can say in a traditional love song. It's nice to dig a bit deeper, think a bit broader."
To get the true folky bluegrass sound they were after, the pair wanted to work with a producer experienced in the genre - so they pitched themselves to Grammy-winning producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien, via an emailed video show reel.
"We wanted Tim because we wanted a producer who was very song-based, and interested in keeping the song at the centre, and also someone who could deal really well with acoustic instruments," McGowan explains.
"We wanted the album to be a beautiful representation of what we actually sound like when we play together, rather than a layered-up, produced version."
O'Brien was keen to be involved, and suggested they come to his studio in Nashville to record - an opportunity the pair jumped at. They just had to figure out how to pay for it.
And rather than rely on getting funding from any government bodies, they decided to get involved in New Zealand crowd-funding site PledgeMe - essentially asking interested parties to pay for the new album before it had been recorded, offering a bunch of incentives, and relying on supportive fans to raise a final total of $22,000.
It was an impressive effort - admittedly a lot of work - but one that allowed them to realise their Nashville dream, and also proved they have fans up and down the country who are keen to hear their particular, lovely, modern country-folk sound.
"We wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise," McGowan explains. "I think for the kind of album that it is, it worked out perfectly. And we do have a great pool of fans who are very generous, and into the music, and they're quite passionate about it. People were amazing."
Who: Tattletale Saints
What: New album How Red is the Blood
Where and when: They embark on a 22-date national tour, starting at The Bunker in Devonport on Tuesday. The rest of the North Island dates are as follows: Artworks Theatre, Waiheke, Apr 12; Old Library, Whangarei, Apr 13; Whangateau Hall, Apr 14; Acoustic Club, Tauranga, Apr 16; Kauaeranga Hall, Thames, Apr 17; venue TBC, Wanganui, Apr 19; Bent Horseshoe Cafe, Tokomaru, Apr 20; Wellington Bluegrass Society, Petone, Apr 21; The Cabana, Napier, May 8; East End Cafe, Wairoa, May 9; Dome Cinema, Gisborne, May 10; Vinnies, Raglan, May 11; Kings Arms, Auckland, May 12
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This is my final entry for the Aspiring Bakers event this month. A very common kuih and i've seen quite a number of bloggers making this kuih recently.For those of you who enjoy eating this kuih but not easily available at your place can try making this at home, it requires very little effort to make this. Just mix all the ingredients with a hand whisk and bake it till set.
I just made a very small batch ..half of the original recipe in a 8.5" x 5.5" baking tin
Original recipe ( from Nyonya Flavours)
some butter/oil for greasing tin
1 piece of banana leaf for lining tin
650gm tapioca, peeled and grated
200ml thick coconut milk
1/4 tsp salt
6 tbsp sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp tapioca flour
1tbsp butter/vegetable oil
1. Grease a 20cmx20cm ( 8"x8" )square tray with butter or oil and line with banana leaf
2. Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend together with a hand whisk. Pour into the tray.
3. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 30-40minutes until cake is set. Turn up the heat to grill the cake/kuih at 250C for 5-10minutes, or until the crust is browned and aromatic
4. Remove from oven and leave to cool for several hours beofre cutting into pieces.
I am submitting this to the Aspiring Bakers# 12- Traditional Kueh ( Oct 2011 ) hosted by Small Small Baker and also sharing this in the Muhibbah Malaysian Monday Event hosted by 3 hungry tummies


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page 38 & 39 of feb. '09 issue of T & TH shows 5 struttin' longbeards.
it looks to me that the 3 on the left are double bearded. what do you make of it?
in my area i've seen some ,,,never killed one myself,,,and the ones i've seen didn't have two FULL beards like the BIGSHOTS in the mag. do you reckon they are brothers or cousins?
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sick/injured? kuhli loach (now dead) :-(
One of my seven kuhli loaches just died. I am not sure why and would like your insights. Here is what I wrote to post as I first observed the problem about an hour ago (sorry for the length; it's an amalgamation of three shorter posts I wrote on a local aquarium forum):
A short while ago I noticed that one of my loaches was writhing around in a manner distinctly different from the "happy kuhli dance." It then draped itself passively a few places in the tank, panting heavily, and was fairly easy to catch when I removed it.
It has a whitish-grey area on its side -- more on the right side than the other, and it looks like a circular spot on its back where the paler spot spreads out from. It's belly seems swollen and there seemed to be some substance peeling off from its underside. I'm wondering if that circular spot is a bite mark. The tank has been a bit more aggressive in the last two days as the new female GBRs settle in. This loach was hanging out in the upper greenery where two of the new fish were hiding.
If it's not injury, then likely it's a parasite or bacterial infection of some sort. I have maracyn, maracyn 2, and maracide available. If any of the other loaches show similar symptoms, which of the meds should I use? Do I cut the dosage for loaches or is that just when treating with salt?
Tank details:
- planted with a sand substrate
- river rocks and driftwood but no other decor
- 50% water change last night
- water parameters are currently: pH 6.6, ammonia 0, no2 0, no3 5, 80F (There was a bump in the ammonia to 0.25 or a bit higher prior to the water change. I added three female German Blue Rams on Friday last week.)
- 25 gallons
- two filters: Aquaclear 50 and Aquaclear 20; the 20 was added to the tank setup with new media when I added the three new fish, so it's been running only a few days.
- tank has been cycled with the Aquaclear 50 since mid-November.
- two pearl gouramis, four GBRs, and seven (now six) kuhli loaches (2 striped).
I've been trying to inspect all the remaining loaches in the tank, but have only been able to see five so far. One of them has very red gills and is red around the anus area; two of them have redder than usual gills. All of the other fish look fine.
I have a 5.5 gallon hospital tank set up with heater and filter but have not put any meds in yet.
I'd appreciate any advice you have to offer.
photo of the loach that died while it was stil in the main tank:
photo of one of the black kuhlis with very red gills:
of two striped kuhli loaches with red gills.
I should add that this is the same tank that I referred to in this post about the broken thermometer -- don't know if that situation would be part of the problem.
so to clarify.
in your 25 gallon tank you have:
2 pearl gouramis
6 loaches
4 german blue rams
over stocking a tank (which you have done massively) causes issues. not only are the fish cramped, but they are stressed because they are cramped and cannot swim.
when you stress fish this way, you make them get sick easier. which could be a strong possibility of this loach and your fish in the very near future.
ammonia spikes don't just happen unless you do things to cause that.
i.e adding 4 rams to a small tank.
spikes in ammonia burn gills, stress fish and repeat what i stated prior. and the red gills you see are more than likely their gills burning/burned from the ammonia spike in the tank.
i'm sorry for your loss, but it looks to me to be some bacterial/fungal issue. it was more than likely brought in by your rams, or caused by the stress of an overstocked tank.
+1 to Mizzoutank
You're definitely overstocked there. Especially on the bottom. These fish all enjoy the lower levels of the tank. The Gouramis will be all over the place, probably utilizing the entire tank, your GBRs will be very territorial over the lower level, and I'm sure your loaches are probably the more timid of the stocking.
There could be territorial disputes going on, which is stressing your loaches out, making them more susceptible to disease. I'm guessing your Gouramis are still fairly young, since they're not fighting yet. But they will end up fighting each other, unless you have enough visual separation between them, in the form of plants/rocks/driftwood/etc. The spike in ammonia isn't helping anything, either, because the most toxic area of the water is the lower level.
Like Mizzou said, the redness around the gills is probably due to ammonia burns. Adding 4 fish to a 25gal tank is a pretty big change. That's going to increase the bioload quite a bit, resulting in more ammonia than your bio filter is capable of dealing with.
That being said, the paleness of the loach that died could be any number of diseases (fungus/parasite/bacteria) brought about by stress.Adventures in Aquaria - The KevinVA Story
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Thanks for the responses. To clarify, I added 3 fish, not 4. The tank is 30 inches in length and at 90% capacity according to aqadvisor (and yes I am aware of some of the limitations in the algorithm it uses). The pearl gourami get along quite well, and as of today, the rams are quite peaceful, too. The loaches are almost always out in the open, swimming up the sides, or lounging on rocks or in plants; their usual behaviour continued even after the addition of the three rams.
The ammonia was elevated to just over 0.25 for less than 24 hours (the time that passed between water tests). It's been zero since the last water change. Will ammonia poisoning kill that quickly?
The loach that died did not have red gills.
I'd be interested if someone could address the question I asked about meds.
3 vs 4 fish does not matter in a tank this small.
those fish being added all at once can and will cause an ammonia spike for a 25gallon tank.
aqadvisor should be used as a reference. i.e can i put 15 tetras in or 20tetras and how your filtration compares.
the interaction between the fish/space requirements/zone they swim in/temperaments...that all is up to the owner to research and ask about.
as kevin pointed out. your bottom half is just crammed.
it doesn't really matter that the tank is 30inches long. that just means it is very narrow and not tall.
your fish get along now b/c it is a new environment and they haven't grown into their normal selves.
I had 2 rams and 1 gourami in my tank that is near 2x the size of yours
the 1 gourami near killed my rams and the rams near killed each other. and you are putting 2 gouramis and 4 rams into a 25gallon.
so from experience, i know it wont work out. trust me. it started off all dandy, but it turned very very quickly and it'll get ugly.
ammonia poisoning can kill within an hour if your fish are stressed, or it can kill in a week if they aren't. just varies on the health/stress of the fish.
and meds, if all you see are red gills, then clean water, and getting your ammonia to 0 is all you can really do.
All I see is red gills on some loaches now. The one that died did not, as I said, have red gills. My original question was about what type of meds and whether they should be adjusted for loaches should any of the others appear to have an infection. Ammonia is at zero, so that is not a concern.
Here's a link to a youtube .
your video didn't show anything besides the rams.
here's the deal.
once you burn their girls. they stay red until they heal.
just like if you scape your arm. it doesn't magically get better...does it?
unless your fish are showing signs of what your stressed from over stocking loach did, there are no meds to give.
the only treatment to keep your fish healthy is to take is to get your tank under control and stock it appropriately. it'll be cheaper than meds and actually PREVENT issues.
you can't give meds to unstress the fish. that is up to the owner.
so the only treatment recommendation: re home your fish to an appropriately sized tank.
then you won't have sick fish anymore.
it's fairly simple
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Originally Posted by mizzoutank
If it was a bacterial or fungal infection, there is a real, not hypothetical, concern that I will need to remove a fish to the hospital tank today, and I would like to have the tank ready to go in that event. It is set up without meds currently.
I have, of course, been actively trying to find answers about the meds elsewhere, too. I'm leaning towards Maracyn 2 as probably the most helpful, but do not know whether to reduce dosage for loaches or not.
If someone with experience in this regard specific to loaches could answer that for me, I'd be very grateful.
Hard to tell what your loach had, but it's possibly bacterial, thus you'd need an antibiotic. I'd use maracyn 2. If it were worms or a parasite or some such thing, I might suggest Prazi Pro.Adventures in Aquaria - The KevinVA Story
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Campfire One: App Engine's 1st Birthday (pt. 5)
Syndicated 2009-04-17 09:10:00 (Updated 2009-04-17 09:10:09) from Arnaud Vandyck
Campfire One: App Engine's 1st Birthday (pt. 5)
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Billy Cobham - Drumsolo IV
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Herbie Hancock Quintet (VSOP) - So What
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MDR is not DFSG-compatible
Wolfgang was right about SPL not being free. MDR is a library that ArgoUML will use. ArgoUML is in contrib at the moment because of Swing issues so it can't be built and run with free software, but there are a lot of progresses in free Classpath based runtime. But now that ArgoUML will switch to MDR, we have another problem: SPL. It seems that SPL is not DFSG-compatible. Bad. I filed an issue on the Netbeans website (Issue#73161) to ask if they could change the license to one DFSG-compatible. If it's not possible, I'll have to package MDR to non-free and leave ArgoUML in contrib.
Syndicated 2009-02-15 14:10:00 (Updated 2009-02-15 14:10:39) from Arnaud Vandyck
TopDev 2006
Yannick Boogaerts, un de mes collègues à l'Université de Liège et moi avons participé au concours de développement Top Dev One. Le concours a réuni 771 participants venant de 65 pays. Nous terminons à la première place.
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First Xen experience
After the Xen presentation at the FOSDEM, I did want to test this wonderful concept. I google around and found a very good page: http://julien.danjou.info/xen.html. I did not read all the document and install and start configuring everything. The first problem was network. It was hard to know exactly what was wrong because the machine is on a NAT, behind a firewall and it's a friend/co-worker who manage it and he really block everything! :-)
I went to OTFC#debian-xen trying to find some help and chatted with 'jd_'... the author of the link above. Some of the best mistake where not configuring /etc/fstab, bad MAC Address, and change the tty1 entry with 'console' in /etc/inittab. Julien also gave me another very good documentation in french: http://wiki.gcu.info/doku.php?id=linux:xen.
The Xen experience is smashing! You have two independant Debian system (with two different IP's) on the same box! Maybe the experienced admins will laugh reading these lines, but I'm very impressed by my Xen experience.
Julien also invited me for a dinner on a wendsday evening because he said "I'm a winner" :-D.
Many thanks Julien.
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IBM to release Java6 (early release)
Sun is now going Open Source for their JDK and that's a very good thing. A lot of people participate in this and I enjoyed when Mark and Dalibor called me to share the news. I thank every people who worked on open sourcing Java but it's not the point here.
The first thing that makes me not so happy was that Sun has no plan for PowerPC (and I can understand, Apple does not use it no more and it's an IBM product!).
The second thing is IBM not announcing their SDK to be open source. IBM also does a lot of things in FLOOS, in Java, IBM is behind projects like Eclipse or Harmony. But there is nothing for Linux on PowerPC at Harmony: platforms; downloads.
IBM release Java 6 (I read it on developers.Slashdot.org) but IBM fails at open sourcing their Java. It's really strange (in my point of view) and I'm sure there is a lot of employee at IBM who are FLOOS advocate and Java devs and are also disapointed because they maybe feel like IBM does not recognize the excellent work they are doing.
I really hope IBM is going Open Source with their SDK... or they will help Harmony for Linux/PPC.
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I'm sorry to be unable to spend more time to Debian and I congratulate to the Debian team: http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214
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When fighting flares over Gaza, world leaders and pundits scamper to the same old and feeble solution: a ceasefire. But that "magic" formula has never worked well and won't succeed now, at least for long. There is only one path to arrest the latest Gaza killings and reduce risks of future bloodshed, and that is for all parties involved to stop blaming everyone else, and start looking at themselves.
There is plenty of responsibility for bloodshed all around, especially with Hamas, and all parties have to see what they've been doing wrong before there is a chance of doing things right. Remaining blind to one's own sins not only guarantees more deaths in Gaza and Israel, but ramps up the odds of new Gaza warfare further inflaming an already burning Middle East.
Hamas bears the lion's share of the blame. Hamas and its friends fired off 600 rockets last year and 700 already in 2012, before Israel escalated its military operations. Hamas's leaders have a million excuses about who started shooting whom first, and how, claiming, for example, that radical groups it couldn't control fired most of the rockets. But a month and a half ago, Hamas claimed all the credit again. Whichever terrorist group actually did the shooting, Hamas had to know full well that if rocket fire against southern Israel continued, the Israelis would not put up with it and would fire back in spades—and that Gazan civilians would be killed. Knowing that puts the responsibility for those deaths on Hamas. It's hard to escape the thought that some of Hamas's leaders even revel in displaying Gazan casualties as a way of scoring propaganda points against Israel, at the expense of their own dead.


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Dental Corner: Diagnosing and treating chronic ulcerative paradental stomatitis
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CUPS lesions are characterized histopathologically by a predominance of lymphocytes and plasmacytes, indicating that the disease is inflammatory rather than infectious. The presumed antigen stimulating the inflammation is bacterial plaque,3 or in terms that pet owners can understand, the dogs become allergic to the bacteria that live on their teeth. Some veterinary dentists refer to this condition as plaque intolerance or plaque hypersensitivity.As the inflammatory condition continues, gingivitis and advanced periodontitis (deep pocket formation, gingival recession, periodontal bone loss, furcation exposure) can occur concurrently. The change from predominantly gram-positive to predominantly gram-negative bacterial flora that occurs with periodontitis seems to fuel the inflammation of CUPS, suggesting to me that antigens from the gram-negative bacteria may trigger an even stronger inflammatory response in affected dogs.
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The federal budget proposed by Representative Paul Ryan, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, extols the benefits of "promoting true choice" for Medicare beneficiaries. In truth, though, the Ryan plan would substantially reduce choice for many people on Medicare -- by cutting them off from their current doctors.
Doctors see Medicare patients, despite the relatively low payments they receive for doing so, partly because Medicare represents such a large share of the health-care market. If a substantial number of beneficiaries moved out of Medicare and into private plans, as Ryan proposes, doctors would have much less incentive to see Medicare patients. And the elderly who want to remain in traditional Medicare would risk being stranded.
The evidence suggests that, in time, this problem could well affect a large share of Medicare beneficiaries. To put that evidence in context, though, it helps to first review the history of the Ryan plan.
The proposal has changed since it was presented in 2011. In the original version, traditional Medicare was eventually to be replaced in its entirety by private plans. The Congressional Budget Office found that this shift would raise health-care costs drastically because the private plans wouldn't be large enough to enjoy Medicare's leverage in negotiating prices with hospitals and other large providers. The savings that private plans could achieve because beneficiaries would share more of the costs, and therefore economize more, would be more than offset by that loss of leverage -- and by the private plans' higher overhead and need to turn a profit.


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Ok. So I have eventually started a blog. I guess it was inevitable :) Today, I also finished my last exam of my Bachelor of Computer Engineering. This means, I now have the rest of my life to develop open source software.
First step, Farsight. I'll be working more on Farsight from now on, including all RTP Gstreamer work. The RTP in GStreamer is coming along nicely, but still alot of work needs to be done. Fortunatly, all this work is mostly enhancements to a base that I hope is solid. Soon we will have drift control in there, as well as support for multiple codecs per stream. Later we will work on mulitparticipant support and alot of other goodies :)
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Ajose: Set for loan switch
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Ajose joined the Posh in the summer from Manchester United, after they beat a host of clubs to his signature.
The 19-year-old had spent the previous campaign on loan at Bury, where he played a major part in their promotion with 13 goals.
However, his London Road career has not gone according to plan thus far - just 27-minutes into his debut he pulled his hamstring, and he has only now returned to fitness.
Peterborough are now ready to let him go on loan and a number of clubs are pursuing him.
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The best advise is not to breed unless you have plans that will include the proper long term commitment to the breed, the health and safety of the bitch and puppies, and the ability to completely understand the Bulldog and its needs. There are too many backyard breeders trying to jump in and breed dogs with almost no experience or understanding of this unique breed. They see the prices they sell for and try to get in and fill their pockets with money. The sad part about that is the end result is not good for the Bulldog.
This is not a breed that you just put two dogs together and forget, let the mother deliver and forget, let the mother raise solely the litter and forget. In the mean time the breed suffers. It can take many years for responsible breeders to correct the damage done by a few backyard breeders. If you really want to breed Bulldogs, take some time to understand the breed, do research, attend shows, talk with breeders, judges, and those who have spent years with this breed. Once you have decided you still want to breed, get help. Find someone who has a great deal of experience to mentor you, teach you, and give you the advise you need. You should own Bulldogs for many years before breeding them in the best conditions.
You must also compliment the breed by breeding to improve it. Find the proper mating pair. Breeding out faults and improving the breed is what it's about. You will not make any money from breeding Bulldogs if you do it the right and the only way it should be done. You do it for the love of the breed and to try to improve it. And the first rule is first of all do no harm. Breeding Bulldogs is very difficult at best, very expensive, and time consuming. It is a 24 hour a day commitment. Once you have decided this is still what you want and you have done all this the right way, then decide why you are breeding. You will be improving the breed through what method? What is your plan? This is a loving breed that needs the respect and care of those willing to provide it for years to come.
There is no shortage of good pets in this country and the animal shelters are full of pets needing good homes. Many dogs who come from puppymills, backyard breeders, and farm operations have health problems that will be passed on to their future litters by breeding them. Most of these people will not do any pedigree research as well. Over 75% of the reasons a Bulldog ends up in a rescue or animal shelter is health related problems which were likely genetic. Good breeders look to compliment the breed through careful breeding and improvement.
C-sections for Bulldogs are very common. The reasons for c-section are discussed later on this page. In recent years, more Bullies are free-whelping and it is improving the breed (anything that could be done without surgery is a major improvement). However c-sections are still common and done far more than free-whelps, like 95% of the tine. You should plan on a c-section for your bitch unless she has been cleared by a vet for free-whelping, then plan on letting her deliver at the vet clinic. This is one reason breeding Bulldogs should be left to those with a great deal of experience. (EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN WHEN A BULLLDOG IS FREE-WHELPING, EVEN UNDER PERFECT CONDITIONS). C-section of a Bulldog is the most preferred way and the safest! Do NOT attempt a free whelp.
This page is not a "how to" section on breeding and whelping, but rather a look at what is involved, what occurs and what to expect in breeding and whelping. You should only breed after substantial research, and using only animals of sound structure, good health, and complimentary/desirable pedigrees that have been well-proven.
WHEN TO BREED: The best advice seems to be not breeding your dogs before 18 months of age. Both the bitch and the sire should have been examined by a veterinarian to be certain they are free and clear of hip dysplasia, cataracts, cherry eye, palate problems, heart conditions and other congenital diseases. You should have also studied the pedigree, and spent a lot of time assuring that you have a good breeding pair that will compliment each other and produce a better quality puppy. Under no condition should you do any harm to the breed through faulty breeding and lack of experience on your part. If you are not sure, then you should not be breeding bulldog's. The Bulldog is, at best, difficult to breed. Bitches can come into there first heat cycle from 5 to 11 months of age, on average it is more in the 6-9 month range. They should not be breed before there 3rd heat or 18 months. Heat cycles usually last about 3 weeks start to finish. You may notice lite red/brown spots at first and then some bitches will bleed a great deal after the first week. Best breeding time is usually 8-12 days, but again can be from 5 to 18 days into the cycle so it's important to do Progesterone Testing to be safe and sure.
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION: Breeding by means of A.I. is usually successful, (and almost always required). The technique for artificial insemination requires the depositing of semen (taken directly from the dog) into the bitch's vagina, past the cervix and into the uterus by syringe. The correct temperature of the semen is vital, and there is no guarantee. Methods include fresh semen, cooled extended and frozen semen.
So the time has come for your bulldog to be bred. Your bitch is sound, her temperament is excellent and she is worthy of the breed. Your thoughts should also have been given to the correct selection of a proper stud. A mating should take place after careful consideration of bloodlines, health, age and how many previous litters. Count 60-63 days before the puppies are likely to be born making sure everything necessary for their arrival will be in order by that time. Note; semen can hold in the bitch for up to 3 days, so be careful not to expect them too early. Example: If she has passed 63 days and you have no puppies she may have not "taken" the day you thought she did. It could be a few more days.
LABOR: A normal gestation is about 63 days. A week before the puppies are due, alert your veterinarian and start observing the bitch for signs of labor. She will generally stop eating 24 hours before whelping. As much as a week before, she will begin "nesting". The bitch should be given a whelping box with layers of newspaper (black and white only) to make her nest. She will dig more and more as birth approaches. Temperatures can also be taken often but are not always reliable. Don't be lead into a false security with that alone. Even with a c-section planned it is a good thing to let her nest!


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Now working for Dot C. Just delivered a certain product which I'm not allowed to talk about (but it's no secret that it has something to do with Alias|Wavefront Maya).
BTW, ajv is right: working in Melbourne for US dollars kicks just about every appropriate part of the anatomy. You have the best of all worlds. I live in two blocks from Lygon St Carlton, too, so I never want for good coffee. It just doesn't get better than this.
This weekend, I officially threw away the throwaway copy of slinc. I'm now rewriting it in Haskell instead of C++. While I like C++ a lot for many applications, I've decided that compilers and C++ are not a good fit.
The obvious way to implement an abstract syntax tree in C++ is using the composite pattern, with the various passes implemented using virtual functions. Adding a pass means altering every object, even if the pass only needs to act on a small part of the tree. This encourages bigger passes which do more, which can make youre code quite unclear. A much better fit is algebraic types, so that's what I'm doing. That way, I'm not punished for wanting to implement lots of small passes.
Of course, any language with strong typing, algebraic types and pattern matching would probably be up to the job. I just happened to install ghc for an unrelated reason (I tutor first year CS students in Haskell), so I figured "why not".


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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:10 PM GMT on July 30, 2012
The first African tropical wave of 2012 with a potential to develop is Invest 99L, located in the Eastern Atlantic near 9°N 36°W, midway between the Lesser Antilles Islands and the coast of Africa. Visible satellite loops show a large area of the surrounding atmosphere has a pronounced counter-clockwise spin, though there is no surface circulation. The disturbance's heavy thunderstorm activity is pretty sparse, but appears to be slowly increasing. Water vapor satellite loops show that 99L has a reasonably moist environment, and the latest Saharan air layer analysis shows that the dry air from the Sahara lies well to the north of 99L. WInd shear over the disturbance is a light 5 - 10 knots, and ocean temperatures are 28°C, (82°F) which is well above the 26.5°C (80°F) threshold typically needed to allow formation of a tropical depression.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Invest 99L.
Forecast for 99L
Wind shear is expected to remain light for the next five days, and ocean temperatures will remain near 28°C, according to the 8 am EDT run of the SHIPS model. The disturbance is at 9°N, which is close enough to the Equator that the storm will have some difficultly getting spinning. Most of the models are showing some slow development of 99L, with the storm reaching the Lesser Antilles Islands on Saturday, August 3. NHC gave 99L a 20% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Wednesday morning. I expect the storm will have trouble with dry air at times this week as it crosses the Atlantic, but I give 99L a 50% chance of eventually developing into Tropical Storm Ernesto sometime in the next ten days. Residents and visitors to the Lesser Antilles Islands should anticipate heavy rains and strong winds from 99L beginning to affect the islands as early as Friday night. The long-range fate of 99L is uncertain, but a trough of low pressure is expected to be present over the Eastern U.S. early next week, which would be capable of turning 99L more to the northwest.
Hot in the Central U.S.
The heat in America's heartland continued on Sunday, with Wichita, KS hitting 111°F, just 3° short of their all-time hottest temperature of 114° set on 8/12/1936. Other notable highs on Sunday:
111° Coffeyville, KS
111° Winfield, KS
110° Chanute, KS
110° Parsons, KS
109° Joplin, MO (all-time record is 115° on July 14, 1954)
The low temperature in Tulsa, Oklahoma this Monday morning dropped to only 88°F. This is the all-time warmest low temperature in the city since record keeping began in 1905. The previous record warmest minimum temperature was 87°F set on August 2, 2011 and July 16, 1980. The high in Tulsa Monday - Wednesday is expected to reach 110° - 111°, close to the city's all-time hottest temperature of 115° set on August 10, 1936.
Jeff Masters
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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With so many activities taking place this summer, the Kalona Public Library reminds you that one of the best activities is simply reading a book. Their Summer Reading program will be starting up tomorrow and the theme this year is Be Creative. Marissa Tartaglia with the library says the program will also incorporate music and art activities. She says the program has events and activities for all ages from kindergarten to teens. Information on the Be Creative Summer Reading Program can be found at 319-656-3501.
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Michigan Future Foundation announces Scholarship Dollars to Benefit Students interested in Insurance Education
Get a head start in an exciting career with the insurance industry! Michigan Future Foundation has created ten $5,000 educational scholarships for incoming students, totaling $50,000 in support of insurance education in Lansing. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote insurance as a career choice for young people or those considering a career change, and to prepare individuals for independent insurance agency related careers within Michigan. Candidates must enroll in requisite insurance classes at both Lansing Community College and Davenport University by January 7, 2013. More on the Michigan Future Foundation
Lansing Community College, Davenport University, and MI Future Foundation is committed to expanding the independent insurance agency system within Michigan by providing Educational Scholarships leading to graduates of a Davenport University Risk Management Specialty enhanced by industry-specific training through the Lansing Community College Business & Community Institute. The collaboration brings together the expertise of both academia and industry resulting in graduates equipped with both academic and certificate accomplishment and industry preferred career readiness.
Application for MI Future Foundation Scholarship:
Management majors with an interest in insurance from DU and LCC are encouraged to apply for this scholarship. There will be a limit of ten awards per MI Future fiscal year (September 2012 to August 2013). Members of the MI Future Board will participate with LCC staff in the selection process.
Requested application documentation:
To be considered as a recipient of this Michigan Future Foundation (MFF) Scholarship opportunity, please prepare the documents listed below to be reviewed by the MFF Board of Directors at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
- Your resume.
- An essay on "why insurance interests me as a career path" within 1,200 words or less.
- Letters of recommendation:
- Insurance professionals currently involved in the industry need to provide two, one-page letters of support from someone affiliated with the insurance industry. Individuals with no industry experience need to provide two, one-page letters from business professionals who would recommend his or her participation in the program.
- Intend to complete the Davenport University Management Degree with the Risk Management Specialty emphasis.
- Intend to complete the following industry-specific programs
through Lansing Community College/Business & Community Institute
and Davenport University:
- Insurance FUNdamentals: This 45-hour course is designed to provide those interested in a career in insurance, or already working in the field, with a general knowledge of basic insurance coverage and Michigan specific laws. Upon successful completion, participants will receive three DU credits for this certificate program.
- Customer Service for Insurance Professionals: This 12-hour class will enhance the skills necessary to provide excellent customer service within the insurance industry. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a certificate of completion.
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 average over three semesters and have a desire to work in a Michigan independent insurance agency.
- Have available time to meet the program enrollment recommendation to complete the program - 6 credits per semester.
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Friday marks the final day to nominate a public employee for the Excellence in Public Service Award. This year marks the 25th year for the excellence awards, which recognize City of Wichita, Sedgwick County and Wichita Public School employees who exhibit the highest standard of public service.
Wichita and Sedgwick County residents are encouraged to nominate public employees. The nomination process will close at 5 p.m. on Friday. Nomination forms are available in the City Manager's Office, the County Communications Office and USD 259's Marketing and Communications Office. Nomination forms are available on the City's Web site at www.wichita.gov.
Three award recipients are selected each year, one from each organization. Each honoree will receive $2,500. The program enhances the image of employees in the public sector and gives recognition to public servants who go beyond the call of duty.
Nominees should demonstrate a combination of the following attributes:
Honorees are selected by a nine-member committee, comprised of members from the public and private sector. Recipients of the award are surprised at work by their supervisors, colleagues, awards committee members and the media in coordinated visits. Recipients are later honored at a reception attended by family, friends and co-workers.
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There's plenty of room left in there for some of my tiny keepsakes from my grandparents Kerr:
- an odd little bead from Evelyn's collection of doodads--it's a replica of a bar of soap, and it says "IVORY" on one side and "Proctor & Gamble" on the other. I hope it's not real ivory!
- a little watch that's lost its chain and doesn't work anymore--it's about ¾" across and is engraved "EK" on the back. I've photographed this watch and used it as a page trim in my digital Evelyn and Rosmer scrapbook.
- Rosmer's Put & Take spinner--I wrote about it here.
- Evelyn's St. Anthony icon--I wrote about it here.
- Rosmer's racy peepshow ring--I wrote about it here.
Starting with the outside:
- the little blue locket that contains snippets of my grandfather's moustache--you can see the inside here.
- a charm that I had engraved with my mom's initials after this picture was taken
- a locket charm just under an inch in diameter--I made a tag with her name on it to identify the contents, which we'll get to in a minute . . . aw, you know what's comin', don't ya?
- an October birth-month charm
In the outer locket, I put pictures of my mom and dad together, one at the very beginning of their relationship, and the other after they'd knocked out quite a few years. (A 50th Anniversary picture? Off the top of my head, I'm not sure. I'll try to remember to update here if I find out.)
Finally, the inner sanctum:
- upper left locket charm--that's me, and a tiny lock of my hair tied with a tiny turquoise ribbon
- upper right locket charm--my sister Kathleen, and a tiny lock of her hair tied with a tiny kelly green ribbon
- lower locket charm--a tag identifying a tiny lock of Alvina Tobian Schulte's hair tied with a tiny pink ribbon. Alvina was my mom's great-grandmother.
- and now you can see at the bottom, in the locket charm with my mom's name in it, a tiny lock of her hair tied with a tiny baby blue ribbon. You can read about Alvina's hair and my mom's here.
Speaking of charms, I've also added my mother's charm bracelet to the tree. That's my happy little face you see in the globe charm!
There's also another locket on the tree now. It's the same, front and back.
Inside, I've put pictures of my son and daughter.
There are three other new photos on the tree as well. I'm in the process of making an identification key for all the photos. But that's tomorrow's post!


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We are proud to provide a sustainable, affordable, clean and safe water supply and to manage and treat the waste water returned to us in a way that protects the environment.
The companies in the Northumbrian Water Group work in three related areas: UK water supply and waste water services, water and waste water contracts and also provide technical and consultancy services focusing on water and environmental issues.
Northumbrian Water Group was delisted from the London Stock Exchange on Friday 14th October 2011 following a cash acquisition by UK Water (2011) Limited (a company indirectly wholly owned by a consortium comprising Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Li Ka Shing Foundation Limited).
Notice of application for a water supply licence under section 17A of the Water Industry Act 1991.
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Australia 1927 – Australia 1982
England 1951-56
Water pond in a landscape II
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152.5 (h) x 122.0 (w) cm
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Water pond in a landscape II is one of Williams's maverick paintings where the strangeness of a feature in the natural environment takes on a life of its own. Here the pond is a bold dominant feature in this landscape, a large abstracted shape almost Islamic in its decorative nature.
It is a work that demonstrates Williams's openness to experimentation and his interest in vibrant, glowing colour that would come to the fore in the following decade.


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Florida Board of Bar Examiners Vacancy: Lawyer applicants are being sought to fill two vacancies on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. The Board of Governors will be selecting six nominees for two lawyer vacancies at its May 31 meeting. The nominations will be forwarded to the Supreme Court to fill two five-year terms commencing November 1 and expiring on October 31, 2018.
Attorney members must have been a member of the Bar for at least five years. They must be practicing lawyers with scholarly attainments and have an affirmative interest in legal education and requirements for admission. Appointment or election to the bench at any level of the court system will disqualify any applicant. Law professors or trustees are ineligible.
Board members of the FBBE must be able to attend approximately 10 meetings a year in various Florida locations. Members volunteer 300 or more hours per year on board business depending on committee assignments. Actual travel expenses connected with the meetings and examinations are reimbursed.
Persons interested may download the Application for Special Appointment from the Bar's website, or should call Bar headquarters at (850) 561-5757, to obtain the application form. Completed applications must be received by the Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee 32399-2300 no later than 5 p.m., Friday, April 5. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the required application. The Board of Governors will review all applications and may request telephone or personal interviews.
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An upper GI and small bowel series is a set of x-rays taken to examine the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine.
Barium enema is a related test.
GI series; Barium swallow x-ray; Upper GI series
An upper GI and small bowel series is done in a doctor's office or hospital radiology department.
You may be given an injection of a medicine that slows muscle movement in the small intestine. This lets the doctor see structures can be more easily on the x-rays.
Before the x-rays are taken, you must drink 16 - 20 ounces of a milkshake-like drink. The drink contains a substance called barium, which shows up well on x-rays.
An x-ray method called fluoroscopy tracks how the barium moves through your esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. Pictures are taken with you in a variety of positions. You may be sitting or standing.
The test usually takes around 3 hours but can take as long as 6 hours to complete.
A GI series may include this test or a barium enema.
You may have to change your diet for 2 or 3 days before the test. Usually, you cannot eat for a period of time before the test.
Be sure to ask your health care provider if you need to change how you take any of your medicines. Often, you can continue taking the medicines you take by mouth. Never make any changes in your medicines without first talking to your health care provider.
You will be asked to remove all jewelry on your neck, chest, or abdomen before the test.
The x-ray may cause mild bloating but usually causes no discomfort. The barium milkshake feels chalky as you drink it.
This test is done to look for a problem in the structure or function of your esophagus, stomach, or small intestine.
A normal result shows that the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine are normal in size, shape, and movement.
Normal value ranges may vary depending on the lab doing the test. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Other conditions under which the test may be performed:
There is low radiation exposure, which carries a very small risk of cancer. X-rays are monitored and regulated to provide the minimum amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image. Most experts feel that the risk is low compared with the benefits.
Pregnant women should usually not have this test. Children are more sensitive to the risks of x-rays.
Barium may cause constipation. Consult your health care provider if the barium has not passed through your system by 2 or 3 days after the exam.
The upper GI series should be done after other x-ray procedures, because the barium that remains in the body may block details in other imaging tests.
Caroline DF, Kendzierski RM. The stomach. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2008:chap 31.
Pickhardt PJ. Diagnostic imaging procedures in gastroenterology. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 135.
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Directory of Buckley Blogs and Bloggers
This is a directory of blogs written about Buckley or the nearby area.
If you know of a Buckley blog that should be listed here, please submit it to our directory.
Note: if the blog is based somewhere other than Buckley, please add it on the page for the relevant place.
Penyffordd and District
This blog is about life in Penyffordd. It is also a protest about 1000 - 2000 speeders a day through the village. Also we have a bypass but HGV's continue to take shortcuts. I want to live in a village not a race track.
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Whether you are a full-time student or have an actual day job, retail positions provide workers with flexible hours like nights and weekends. The drawback is that most entry-level jobs probably pay around minimum wage, but if you can get one with commission from sales,
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My mothers parents came from penycae and ive been researching my grandparents who lived at number 9 hill st penycae. This address no longer exists the street starts at number 15.Many years ago i went to hill st and i think there was a ww1 memorial at the start of the street.Can anyone enlighten me.My grandparents were Charles and Mary Elizabeth Rogers,if anyone knew of them that too would be helpful but i think it unlikley they left wales circa 1900.My grandparents parents lived in stryt issa number 29 i know only my great granfathers name which was john he was a blacksmith and his wife died early.If anyone can give me information with regards to these families i would be grateful.
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The Hoylake Bugle
All the news, views and Barney McGrews you'll ever need to know about Hoylake.
A Liverpool FC fans' blog discussing the latest events surrounding the Reds.
Benefit Scrounging Scum
Life in a broken bureaucracy with a bendy and borked body
Abergele LDP Action Group
Blog raising important issues relating to how the Deposit Local Development Plan being railroaded through by Conwy County Borough Council will affect Abergele and its residents.
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Sick to my stomach
I am 55 years old and have lived in London all my life. Well up to when I moved to Bodelwyddan 5 years ago. The reason I picked Bodelwyddan was I liked the fact that It only had a church, a chippy, a pub, and a post office. Wow that was what I was after a VILLAGE, a real village. Now some beurocratic Basxxxd sitting in an office wants to ruin my environment,I am devastated at what they want to do. I give my pledge that I will do what ever it is going to take to stop these people. They want to build more factories in the shadow of empty factories,The industrial estates are full of empty factories. Houses have been up for sale for over a year, yet they want to build more. What an earth is up with these people, I know, they don't live here.If anybody else want to help Just drop me an email.
LDP fiasco
Isn't it nice of Denbighshire council to give Bodelwyddan residence a chance to discuss the LDP. It won't make a bit of difference what ever is said. All because money talks. If you want a new school let the developers build a few houses. If you want some new roads and infrastucture let Tesco build a new shop. What a poxy way to go on. The ordinary person doesn't stand a chance. So why are we wasting time even talking to the idiots on Denbighshire council who are being led by the nose, What a bloody joke.
Moelfre LL22
Hi I was wondering if anyone has any information on the local history of Moelfre as we are a new family renovating a welsh long-house there, its such a pretty little place I would love to know all about it and any funny stories anybody has to tell please, many thanks ladybug73
A blog about the Parish of Maesbury.
There is a seperate History Blog for the Parish.
The Maesbury History Blog
A potted history of the Parish of Maesbury. A very boring place with a very interesting history and a unique purpose built canal village and inland port.
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Stepping through the vibrantly hued entrance to the Charleston Wine + Food Festival tents in Marion Square for the Festival After-Hours event was like stepping into every foodie's ultimate fantasy.
The crowd was gorgeous, the music was hot, the bubbly was flowing, and everywhere you turned tantalizing tables stacked with tiny, delicious morsels were calling.
Finger food happens to be a personal favorite (Seriously, what's cuter than a miniature hot dog?), and the overarching theme of "late-night munchies" took canapés in a fresh, playful direction while still satisfying the sophisticated palate.
Gourmands lined up in droves for the Gin Joint's German soft pretzels with porter mustard, accompanied by a petite tumbler of King Street Swizzle, as well as Chef Jacques Larson's pork trifecta panino and Husk's fried chicken skins with hot sauce and honey, served in adorable brown bags. After indulging in all things savory, partygoers satisfied their sweet tooth by noshing on such delights as Caviar and Bananas' foie gras cotton candy, the Charleston Grill's chocolate and truffle caramel popcorn, and Chef Kevin McCarthy's espresso and almond churro with malted hot chocolate. Then it was off to grab a Ginger-Apple Mojito, created by Boris Van Dyke, before hitting the dance floor.
Spaced Invaders DJs Sonar and Scrunchyface Flatbroke kept the party pulsing with hot, funky mixes, and partygoers crowded onto the floor to dance off their food comas. Charleston Wine + Food Festival Executive Director Angel Postell could be spotted dancing the night away while local lord of the dance Josef Myer wowed his fellow guests, and Louie's Kids founder Louis H. Yuhasz busted out a limbo line. It was a truly fabulous fete, and revelers showed no signs of slowing down or going home as the clock turned towards midnight.
Festival After-Hours, an official event of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, was presented by the Art Institute of Charleston and Charleston magazine. Now in its sixth year, the Charleston Wine + Food Festival works to enhance Charleston's culinary reputation as well as supporting local charitable endeavors.