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Visit us at: 12817 Main Street, Rogers MN 55374
Mailing Address: PO Box 1625, Maple Grove, MN 55311
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Hope & Hearts
Missing GRACE Foundation offers services for:
Bereaved Parents
Friends & Family
Care Professionals
Fertility Challenges
Expecting Parents
Resources include:
GRACE Care Baskets/ GRACE Care Totes
GRACE Support Groups
Hope & Hearts Events
October 15th Memorial
Christmas Memorial
You're here because your baby died. Your precious little one is now in heaven and your loving arms feel the ache to hold and cradle your baby. Maybe your baby is still with you, but you have found out that your baby won't survive and you must plan to say goodbye one day. We are deeply sorry…the gravity of your loss is tremendous. We want you to know you are not alone as you face the path in front of you which is much different than the one you had imagined and planned. Your baby's life, no matter how brief on earth, is so very important and you have found a safe place to grieve, connect with other grieving parents, heal and find hope again.
Our hope is that you will find the support you need on these pages as well as through the resources we offer.
In Rogers, Minnesota we have weekly office hours. If you are not local to us, we also offer phone support and items which can bring comfort in our GRACE Gift Shop such as our GRACE Care Baskets.
It can be very difficult when someone close to you is grieving the loss of a baby. Often, you are grieving with them and wonder how to support them as they mourn their loss. It can be hard to find the right words.
Here is a list of things to say and do that are helpful as you prepare to reach out to your bereaved friend or family member
. Depending on how close you are to the person grieving and how well you know them, you may decide between giving them time and space to heal or offering a practical helping hand. It's normal to feel helpless though. Your friend or family member must now find a new normal. This simply means that life as they knew it has changed because of this and the death of their baby will affect them. They can't help but be changed by this experience. Be encouraged and have hope though! They will come through and your love and support will make all the difference in the world in their healing process.
We are sorry for your loss, for this is our loss also. Grief's ripple affect goes far and wide from the epicenter of the home of the parents who's baby died. Friends and family all feel the shock waves and each person will be affected and will grieve in their own way. It is important to give the parents your listening ear, to not try to fix or make things better with platitudes and to let them know you care and will never forget their baby. It is common for the grieving parents to distance themselves for a time while they go through deep grief. Just keep sending loving messages by text, by snail mail, by voicemail and through the occasional visit. Doing something is more often better than doing nothing at all.
You can show your support through giving unique comforting items found in our gift shop particularly by giving them the gift of the Grace Care Basket or Tote. We are also just a phone call away. We take the time to listen and can help answer questions you may have.
Missing GRACE Foundation aids care professionals in helping families as they face the loss of a baby. Though the family suffers with having empty arms, we want to ensure that they are not empty handed. Our goal is to help parents create healing memories during their brief time with their baby; ensuring they they are aware of options for what they can do during that time so they will look back without regrets.
We supply care professionals and hospitals with GRACE Care Baskets and Totes. These are a bereavement resource created specifically to comfort, guide and assist parents who receive a poor pregnancy diagnosis (i.e. a baby with Potter's Syndrome, Trisomy, or Anencephally), a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss.
How do you describe priceless? Parents who have received the Baskets or Totes often send letters of appreciation and describe how invaluable it was to receive such a timely resource filled with so many helpful items. They say it was "priceless". They share how the literature in the GRACE Resource Folder was key for them in making the difficult decisions they faced. The items of comfort like the bear, the GRACE Memorial Candle and the figurine are proudly on display in their home in curio cabinets and on fireplace mantles. They sleep with their baby's handmade blanket and they enjoy the scent of the essential oils that come from the GRACE Comfort Warmer which help to soothe their aching muscles and it brings back tender memories of their precious baby. The memorial bracelet is worn proudly on their wrist and they enjoy when people ask…because it allows them the opportunity to share about their baby and keep their memory alive.
Missing GRACE Foundation's staff and volunteers offer a safe outlet for families who are grieving. They can call or email for support and can attend one of our area support groups or events. We also assist care professionals by offering education in the form of literature and classes. This includes information about best practices of care for parinatal loss, proactive prenatal care and subsequent pregnancy care.
Struggling to get pregnant or maintaining a pregnancy can feel like riding a roller coaster. Each month, so much weighs on whether you achieve your hopes of having a baby. This is true whether trying to conceive or while pregnant hoping you make it the end with that much anticipated baby in your arms. Infertility can be a lonely and frustrating struggle. Often you can have feelings of jealousy and resentment when you hear of friends around you who are pregnant or just had a baby. The people close to you may not know how to show support. Missing GRACE Foundation can be that safe place to express your feelings concerning your struggle to have a baby. We offer a listening ear as well as provide practical resources to help you as you make decisions about fertility care.
Links to explore~
~ FertilityCare Centers of America is a dynamic, growing group of affiliated centers that provide professional instruction in the
Creighton Model FertilityCare System
which features the new women's health science,
NaPro TECHNOLOGY
. Centers are also available in Europe.
Pope Paul VI Institute
~ Founded in 1985 by Thomas W. Hilgers, MD, is internationally recognized for its outstanding achievements in the field of natural fertility regulation and reproductive medicine – 30 years of scientific research and educational program development; allied health professional education programs for couples and professionals.
NaPro TECHNOLOGY
~ (Natural Procreative Technology) is a new women's health science that monitors and maintains a woman's reproductive and gynecological health. It provides medical and surgical treatments that cooperate completely with the reproductive system. This is the first women's health science to network family planning with reproductive health monitoring and maintenance. It is a fertility-care based medical approach rather than a fertility-control approach to family planning and gynecological health. NaPro TECHNOLOGY uses the Creighton Model FertilityCare System biomarkers to monitor easily and objectively the occurrence of various hormonal events during the menstrual cycle. NaProtracking provides valid information that can be interpreted by a woman and by physicians who are specifically trained in this system.
Unlike common suppressive or destructive approaches, NaProTECHNOLOGY works cooperatively with the procreative and gynecologic systems. When these systems function abnormally, NaProTECHNOLOGY identifies the problems and cooperates with the menstrual and fertility cycles that correct the condition, maintain the human ecology, and sustain the procreative potential. Women now have an opportunity to know and understand the causes of the symptoms from which they suffer.
Are you pursuing adoption? Missing GRACE Foundation can be of help to you in offering support during the process. Have you perhaps experienced a failed adoption? If so, grieving what was lost is most certainly a true grief. The hopes you had for raising your much planned for child have disappeared. You have experienced a loss of a child because they are not a part of your life. Sometimes couples pursuing adoption have already experienced grief either through infertility or through the loss of a baby. We are available to help through online and phone support. If you have experienced a pregnancy loss or a failed adoption, we are deeply sorry and we want you to know that you are not alone.
Links to explore~
Adoptive Families Circle
~ Find friendship and support in an adoption community from Adoptive Families magazine. Join groups, share photos and stories, get answers, and connect with families like yours. Includes online support groups and forums for those facing adoption challenges including failed adoption as well as information and resources for pursuing adoption.
The National Adoption Clearinghouse
~ A comprehensive, resource on all aspects of adoption that is always made current and up-to-date.
New Life Family Services
~ New Life is one of the few pregnancy centers in America, and the only one in Minnesota, that incorporates both pregnancy services and licensed adoption services.
Are you currently expecting a baby? If you have had a previous pregnancy or infant loss, you may have heightened anxiety about the care during your pregnancy and birth. We offer education for families on how to be proactive in your prenatal care by making informed decisions and taking some of the control back by learning how to listen to your instincts and having an open relationship with your provider concerning your worries and desires during your pregnancy. One of the challenges of expecting a baby after loss is cherishing each day with the baby while pregnant and waiting to hold them in your arms. It can be difficult for some to bond with their unborn baby for fear of losing them. This is a natural feeling after loss but we encourage parents to try to overcome this and treasure each day and try to focus on taking one day at a time. Missing GRACE provides resources to optimize your prenatal care and birth experience to provide for a good outcome whether you have experienced a loss or not.
Missing GRACE Foundation offers educational literature and events for both professionals and families. Ultimately, the goal is for support of families as they struggle through pregnancy and infant loss, pregnancy after loss, infertility and adoption challenges.
Founder and Executive Director, Candy McVicar can be requested for speaker engagements in the community, at conferences and at health care facilities. She delivers messages on G.R.A.C.E., marriage survival, male/female grief , facilitating support groups, best practices of care when there is a perinatal loss and other related topics. Candy has 10 years experience volunteering in hospitals providing services to newly bereaved parents. She developed a Crisis Care Team program and trained volunteers to assist parents during their tender time of "hello and goodbye" to their baby; spanning the time from labor, delivery and the days after birth, providing professional photography and videography, memorial service planning and grief and loss care.
To request Candy as a speaker, please send an
with the details of your event.
Missing GRACE Foundation provides bereavement services for hospitals and clinics and has created a resource called the "GRACE Care Basket and GRACE Care Tote," to be given to parents at the time of a perinatal loss. The hospital pays a discounted fee for the Baskets and Totes. The newly bereaved parents receive the GRACE Care Basket or Tote filled with comforting items, supportive materials and resources at no cost to them. Baskets and Totes are personalized for the family to include gender specific items or white or neutral colors when the gender is not known. The totes are less cost to ship and take less space to store. The baskets make a nice presentation for hand delivery and the basket is useful later to store special items of remembrance of baby. GRACE Care Basket and Totes can be ordered by anyone as a gift for a loved one. They can be ordered
or at 763-497-0709 ext 3 and can be picked up at the Missing GRACE offices in Rogers, Minnesota, delivered by courier or shipped. It is important that baskets and totes are received by the parents while still in the hospital with their baby whenever possible. The resources are critical and offer ways to capture the special moments as well as resourced to help in making difficult decisions. The resources are of great value to parents receiving them after they are home but the contents will be altered to suit their situation. When given as a gift, a personalized card is included from the person purchasing the basket or tote.
Large baskets are intended for those who's baby has died at 20 weeks gestation to term. The small baskets and totes are specifically created for a baby miscarried at 19 weeks or earlier gestation.
Click here to view information about basket/tote contents and pricing.
GRACE Support Groups
PDF Flyer for MN GRACE Support Group Dates/Times
PDF Flyer for Lihue, Kauai Support Group Dates/Times
Events Calendar with Support Group information
A GRACE Support Group is a safe place to find community with others who have had a pregnancy or infant loss, young child loss or who face fertility challenges. The groups are open to individuals and couples looking to work through grief in healthy ways, and to commemorate their loved ones who left this world too soon.
GRACE Support Groups meet either once or twice a month for 2 hours at each meeting. Meetings start with introductions and often include a time of open discussion and sharing of individual stories. Members have an opportunity to share any recent challenges they are working through or are anticipating as well as any areas of progress they have made in their journey. The facilitators often prepare hand outs and materials for topics that are pertinent to the current attending member needs and requests (i.e. Marital issues, strained family and friend relationships, and difficult days on the calendar such as anniversaries, due dates and holidays.) Facilitators may offer a book for purchase for members to collectively read over the course of several weeks.
On occasion guest speakers are invited and videos may be shown.
Currently we have groups meeting in
, but we would like to offer groups wherever there is an absence of support. Let us know if you would consider starting a support group in your area. Interested individuals are screened and go through training.
Missing GRACE Foundation relies upon volunteers to hand make the many items contained in the GRACE Care Baskets and Totes, to assist in assembly and to help with hand delivery or packaging when orders are placed. This allows for families to receive their baskets and totes at such a critical time. A specific time is scheduled and a place is set up to put items together into the baskets and totes. This is a wonderful way to pay it forward and allows bereaved parents to give back to the Foundation and the families we serve.
Please consider contacting the Foundation if you are interested to give of your time this way.
Click here for details on the handmade items needed.
Thank you!
What are Hope & Hearts Events? Here is how the first event got started and what it is all about…
The first Hope & Hearts Run/Walk was held in Minnesota in 2005. April and Dan Wurst and Candy and Steve McVicar founded Hope & Hearts Run and began hosting the event in honor of their daughters, Kaila and Grace, who were both stillborn due to cord issues at 38 and 33 weeks gestation respectively. Proceeds from all Hope & Hearts Run/Walks benefit the Missing GRACE Foundation.
The banner of a Hope & Hearts event is "Raising Awareness About Pregnancy Loss & Supporting Stillbirth Prevention." At the first event, more than 150 people participated and over $13,000 was raised. By the 4th year, more than 1000 people joined to run and walk and raised over $80,000.
Would you like to create an event in honor of your baby that will help provide resources and support for families in your community who have experienced a pregnancy or infant loss, and will fund programs that prevent further loss for others? We invite you to partner with Missing GRACE Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, to create a Hope & Hearts event in your area! Hope & Hearts is about hope for the future through education and research and supporting the hearts of families who have lost to move forward. Help make a difference and join us as we…Run. Walk. Give Families Hope!
Currently, our Hope & Hearts benefit is in Minnesota and is a 5K run/memorial walk event.
Click here
to join us for the 12th Annual Hope & Hearts Run/Walk event!
We are looking to grow Hope & Hearts Run/Walk events into many other states as well as to offer additional kinds of Hope & Hearts events. Creativity is encouraged! If you want to make it a memorial event, your baby's name can be included in the title example: "Baby Rose's Hope & Hearts Bike Across America." Some great Hope & Hearts events to organize are sporting events like golf tournaments, marathons, duathlons and triathlons.
October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day with the purpose of promoting support, education and awareness nationwide and internationally. Missing GRACE Foundation gives families opportunities to come together for support and to commemorate their babies and offers an annual event for this purpose. Photos are taken of each baby/child's name and posted on our social media and emailed to the person ordering that name. Please check back as the date approaches for more information.
Helpful website dedicated to October 15th and pregnancy and infant loss awareness:
Remembering Our Babies
~ The Official Site of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day was created to provide support, education and awareness for those who are suffering or may know someone who has suffered a miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy, a stillbirth, or the loss of an infant.
Annually in December, Missing GRACE Foundation offers a gathering for bereaved families to remember their babies. We understand that the holidays can be a difficult time after experiencing a loss. We have a potluck dinner and provide supplies for making memorial ornaments and stockings for our babies in Heaven.
Visit us at:
The Center for GRACE
12817 Main Street, Rogers MN 55374
Mailing Address:
Missing GRACE Foundation
PO Box 1625, Maple Grove, MN 55311
Email us
Missing GRACE is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit and your donations are tax-deductible.
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McKeever Racing Stable's Crowned King, a 36-1 shot ridden by Chandra Rennie, wore down 3-5 favorite Great Notion in mid-stretch and went on to win the $125,000 Rebel Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park Saturday.The winning time for the bay son of Barkerville was 1:44 for the 1 1/16-mile Rebel. Crowned King, who won by a little more than a length, ended a five-race losing streak.Great Notion and jockey Terry Thompson had a nightmare trip. The son of Elusive Quality, a nine-length winner in the Southwest at Oaklawn on March 1, broke outward from his outside post position in the field of seven. By the time he straightened out, he was 2 1/2 lengths behind Alke and rushed himself to the front, going four wide into the first turn. Great Notion tugged his way to a 1 1/2-length advantage early and maintained his advantage while recording fast fractions of :23, :46 and 1:11 1/5. After spurting away briefly on the turn, he still led by 1 1/2 lengths in the stretch, but tired as Crowned King dug in. After breaking well, Crowned King was able to rate on the inside and moved into contention on the turn for home. Comic Truth encountered traffic difficulties behind four horses on the final turn, but came on after finding room in the stretch to finish third in the field of seven. Owned and trained by Billy McKeever Jr., Crowned King won for the first time since the Oct. 6 Minstrel Stakes at Louisiana Downs. Crowned King lost the Risen Star (gr. III) on Feb. 16 by 37 lengths. Overall, it was his third win in 10 starts. He collected $75,000 for the win to increase his earnings to $130,700. Wafare Farm bred the winner in Kentucky.The second longset shot on the board, Crowned King Paid $75.60, $13.80 and $4.60. Grat Notion returned $2.80 and $2.20. Comic Truth's show price was $2.60. A winning $2 exacta was worth $236.


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We prize the life of the financial free
And those who trade their destiny,
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Who live for wealth, and what it will bring,
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Most want so much but care so little;
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Position: Geotechnical Project Manager JOB CATEGORY * Consultancy, Geotechnical, Project Management, Tunnels JOB PROFILE Company in Singapore , a division of South East Asia Unit, first commenced operations in Singapore in 1972. We place great emphasis on quality service. Projects are designed for safety, functional efficiency, durability and economy. The Company through its links with the Group is able to draw on specialist resources worldwide to provide clients with a standard of service that is second to none. Current resourcing needs require the addition of a Geotechnical Project Manager to contribute and add value to the delivery of current portfolio of work and assist in the growth of our national and international business. A key member of the management team, the role presents an extensive range of career options and opportunities working in a challenging, team-orientated environment. JOB DESCRIPTION The role offers excellent career opportunities to work with a wide range of global clients on some multi-disciplinary, key major projects. This role offers the opportunity for you to broaden your experience, skills capability and project responsibilities. Day-to-day responsibilities will include but not limited to: * Responsibility for the production of geotechnical/ geological design solutions and drawings, covering a range of project requirements; * Management and leadership of design engineering projects from new build to modification, maintenance, refurbishment, foundation design and coordinating civil or structural engineering with geotechnical assessment; * Responsible for managing multi-disciplinary projects and coordinating with other engineering disciplines including, structural, tunnel, maritime or bridge engineers; * Oversight of project teams ensure delivery timeframes are met for deliverables such as rock slope stability, excavatability and earthworks material acceptability assessments; * Potential site investigations and supervision interpreting ground investigations; geological and geomorphological mapping; detailed soil and rock logging, ground work investigations and earthworks construction and contaminated land risk assessment; * Construction supervision for geotechnical works including large scale earthworks, piling, soil nailing, rock bolting, and tunnelling; * Undertaken design development of tunnel excavation and support methodology; * Input has been undertaken from the initial investigation stages, preliminary design, through planning inquiry, detailed design and construction supervision support; * Ensuring the geotechnical aspects of the design are correctly implemented including geo-environmental desk study reports in order to identify potential geotechnical hazards; * Interpretation and verification of ground investigation data and parameters building up a ground model to assist in the tender design; * Supporting colleagues and directly managing project scoping, design, contractual or financial management; * Supporting or leading on pre-quals, tenders or project bids; * Responding to the contractors needs with respect to geotechnical queries and constructability/ programme driven design changes; * Become integral to the division's operations and contribute to the business and graduate/ junior colleagues and team's technical development; * Contribute to risk assessment and specification document.
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So this weekend was super fun & super busy! Last night after church we planned on going over to our friends house to watch the 2nd half of the Saints game! Here in Louisiana it has been crazy with all the people buzzing about the Saints! It was so fun to see a victory last night & we were all excited they will be going to the Super Bowl first time ever!
Well all that being said, I went to the grocery store after church to get some chips & dip to bring & I thought I would make cake balls to take for dessert! Now, I've never made cake balls, but I have seen the recipe all over blogland, so I figured I could "wing" it with the ingredients. Well I text my friend Michelle & she said, "Just get a box of cake mix, cream cheese, and chocolate bark." Sounds easy enough!
I get home realize that we don't have any eggs that I need to bake the cake....I take back off to the store to get eggs, get home bake the cake, crumble it all up...Put the cream cheese in...And here's where things go bad....
They are so dry and crumbly & will not form into footballs...I figure I can make this work so I keep pressing & forming the balls. I heat up my chocolate which at this point I realize is not even enough! I'm determined to make it work so I start dipping my "footballs" into the chocolate for them only to start crumbling all in the chocolate! At this point, my hubby walks in and says "Oh my! What are you doing?" I had a complete meltdown in the middle of my kitchen!! Needless to say, they looked like you know what! LOL
So after wasting about 2 1/2 hours & $8 this what I got:
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SOOO....All that to say! Last night I was telling Michelle about what happened & we realized you are supposed to use Cream Cheese FROSTING!...
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M.B.S. Athletics . . .
Athletics can be an important part of a young person's life. It teaches discipline and self-pride while helping one realize the importance of cooperation.
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There are two leagues in which our middle school students participate. The CSAL (Catholic School Athletic League) is the school competitive teams that usually have tryouts for boys and girls in grades 6, 7 and 8. The CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) allows any boy or girl in grade 5 to play or those boys and girls in grades 6-8 not selected for the CSAL teams (basketball and/or volleyball)to play in a less stressful, competitive environment.
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You know the Orange County Music Awards has truly made a mark when the event starts attracting protestors. And there they were Saturday night out in front of the Galaxy, members of publicity-starved makeup-laden, cartoon metal band Fifi Larue (Gene Simmons, call your copyright attorney!), waving signs and carrying on, ostensibly about the Galaxy's pre-sell ticket policy regarding local bands, which they (Fifi Larue) don't think is fair. This topic pops up from time to time, though we don't think Fifi Larue was necessarily the right act to raise a fuss about it. Seems lead singer Fifi—that would be the one in the bad KISS makeup—had more of a beef with OCMA co-founder Martin Brown, whom he claimed had banned him from performing at the venue. Brown denies it, but whatever: we will say this: when Fifi got into a debate with a pro-Martin Brown passerby, and Fifi realized he was losing the argument, he bizarrely threatened to call the cops and have his sparring partner arrested for obstructing his free-speech rights! Dude: we've heard your band, and if anyone should be locked up for civil-rights abuses, it's you and your crappy band.
Where were we? Awards! This third edition of the OCMAs was the best yet, with more awards, more bands, more drunken revelry, better pacing (only 25 minutes behind schedule instead of an hour!) and from what we could tell, far fewer people than in previous years walking out as soon as their category winner was announced.
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It didn't start out with such promise: last year's Best Country winner Darenda Owens offered the sort of bland pop that's pretty much ruined the genre for good. "Someone said OC was the next Seattle," chimed host Alison Everman, "but after that, I'm thinking Nashville." Gee—we sure weren't.
From there, it was the usual mix of good and much-less-than, as is anything over which we don't have complete control. Best Male Performer (tee-hee!) trophy went to Tyrone Wells, who blurted out, "I might be the only white guy with this name!" The Best High School Band award went to Prizm—from our old La Habra hood!—who later turned in the evening's most crowd-rousing, standing-O performance, even though to us it just showed what some kids can steal off Dad's old Iron Maiden LPs. The tune from 2003 Best Indie victors Afterfall, which came across like bad Queensryche, left us happy that bands were allowed only one song this year. Best Live Male Acoustic went to a shaggy gent who calls himself The White Buffalo, who got one of the biggest ovations of the evening when, after several long-winded acceptance speeches, he stepped to the mic, offered a simple "Thanks," and left.
Sideswipe were their usual fantastic selves. They billed their performance as "the last Sideswipe performance ever," which bummed us out, but we were glad at least to witness it. Best Punk went to Grounded, who won our Biggest Balls Award when they got all Michael Moore at the podium and started going on an anti-Bush tangent, to a few scattered "screw you!" and "shut up!" catcalls (though there were definitely more people applauding them than booing, and not just Martin Brown, either). Acoustic picker Brook Lee's attempt to play with a string section was a good idea, but with tipsy crowd chatter fluttering about, it didn't play well (the tune's ending was beautiful in an "Astral Weeks" kind of way, though). Best rock winner Scarlet Crush's number left us wanting more, as usual, though the obnoxious mirror ball that spun throughout gave us a migraine. Presenter Riz Story of the band Anyone was introduced as "a successful filmmaker," though if you've seen the so-bad-it's-funny trailer for his flick Goloka—where a hot naked blond chick washes up on the beach of a deserted island without a scratch on her—you know that "successful" is very broadly defined.
Electronic band Channel wasted everybody's time setting up a video to accompany their performance, which turned out to be worse than wretched (Fifi Larue should've been protesting Channel). People we like won some awards, such as Natural Afrodisiac and the Helmut Stein Experience. The harp player in Blues BBQ was smokin'. Buchanan took forever setting up to play their OCMA-closing 40-minute set, but everyone who stuck around got to see a band that's clearly one of the two or three best in the country (that's country, not county). And every fourth person who won an award thanked God/The Almighty—who showed His/Her appreciation by not even bothering to show up. Actually, since Martin Brown is the one most responsible for the OCMAs, we've concluded that Brown is God, and that makes Fifi Larue . . . Satan! Let Armageddon commence!


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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. (136 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Titanic (1997)
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.)
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win. (101 mins.)
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Warring Alien and Predator races descend on a rural Colorado town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival. (94 mins.)
Director: The Brothers Strause, The Brothers Strause
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore. (92 mins.)
Director: Tim Hill
Shrek (2001)
After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona for a villainous lord in order to get his land back. (90 mins.)
Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow
Shrek 2 (2004)
Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres. (93 mins.)
Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
The world famous singing pre-teen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes. (88 mins.)
Director: Betty Thomas
Stars: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross, Justin Long
Shrek the Third (2007)
When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming. (93 mins.)
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas
Hitch (2005)
While helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" finds that his game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist with whom he's smitten. (118 mins.)
Director: Andy Tennant
Stars: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself (2006 Documentary)
Jeff and his characters Walter, Peanut, José Jalapeño, Bubba J, and Sweet Daddy Dee for a live show. (76 mins.)
Director: Manny Rodriguez
Stars: Jeff Dunham
The Pacifier (2005)
Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house. (95 mins.)
Director: Adam Shankman
Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett
Se7en (1995)
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. (127 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
The Final Cut (2004)
Set in a world with memory recording implants, Alan Hakman is a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger. (95 mins.)
Director: Omar Naïm
Stars: Robin Williams, Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk
Child's Play (1988)
A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer. (87 mins.)
Director: Tom Holland
Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
RoboCop (1987)
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. (102 mins.)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
RoboCop 2 (1990)
Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2. (117 mins.)
Director: Irvin Kershner
Stars: Peter Weller, John Glover, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons
RoboCop 3 (1993)
Robocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on "their" land. (104 mins.)
Director: Fred Dekker
Stars: Nancy Allen, Robert John Burke, Mario Machado, Remy Ryan
Legend (1985)
A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves. (94 mins.)
Stars: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world. (104 mins.)
Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
A nerdy valedictorian proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school - Beth Cooper - during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life. (102 mins.)
Director: Chris Columbus
Eragon (2006)
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king. (104 mins.)
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Stars: Ed Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich
Gladiator (2000)
When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. (155 mins.)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. (131 mins.)
Director: Robert Wise
Stars: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid
Groundhog Day (1993)
A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again. (101 mins.)
Director: Harold Ramis
Entrapment (1999)
An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief. (113 mins.)
Director: Jon Amiel
Judge Dredd (1995)
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart. (96 mins.)
Director: Danny Cannon
The Jensen Project (2010 TV Movie)
After a 16-year absence, Claire and Matt Thompson are reintroduced to The Jensen Project - a secret community of geniuses conducting advanced underground research to solve the world's most difficult problems. (95 mins.)
Director: Douglas Barr
Stars: Justin Kelly, Kellie Martin, Brady Smith, LeVar Burton
Gamer (2009)
In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free. Or won't he? (95 mins.)
Stars: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta
The Rocketeer (1991)
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero. (108 mins.)
Director: Joe Johnston
True Lies (1994)
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States. (141 mins.)
Demolition Man (1993)
A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society. (115 mins.)
Director: Marco Brambilla
Godzilla (1998)
A giant, reptilian monster surfaces, leaving destruction in its wake. To stop the monster (and its babies), an earthworm scientist, his reporter ex-girlfriend, and other unlikely heroes team up to save their city. (139 mins.)
Director: Roland Emmerich
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria
American Beauty (1999)
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. (122 mins.)
Director: Sam Mendes
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Mad Max (1979)
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. (88 mins.)
Director: George Miller
Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Alien (1979)
After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. (117 mins.)
Aliens (1986)
57 years later, Ellen Ripley is rescued by a deep salvage team during her hypersleep. The moon from the original movie has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, colonial marines have impressive firepower, but will that be enough? (137 mins.)
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Alien³ (1992)
After her last encounter, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161, a maximum security prison. When a series of strange and deadly events occur shortly after her arrival, Ripley realizes that she brought along an unwelcome visitor. (114 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone who must continue her battle against the aliens. Along with a crew of space pirates, Ripley must also prevent the deadly aliens from reaching Earth. (109 mins.)
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. (105 mins.)
Director: Martin Brest
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it. (100 mins.)
Director: Tony Scott
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles. (104 mins.)
Director: John Landis
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta, Eugene Collier
Blade (1998)
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires. (120 mins.)
Director: Stephen Norrington
Blade II (2002)
Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires. (117 mins.)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Blade, now a wanted man by the FBI, must join forces with the Nightstalkers to face his most challenging enemy yet: Dracula. (113 mins.)
Director: David S. Goyer
Braveheart (1995)
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, Sir William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. (178 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal. (113 mins.)
Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson


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38 Canadian Brigade Group
Unit Identification
Ever forward never back"
38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG) is an Army Reserve Formation of 3rd Canadian Division, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 38 CBG comprises a Headquarters, located in Winnipeg, and 13 Army Reserve units distributed throughout Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Today, soldiers from 38 CBG are actively involved in their role as Canada's citizen soldiers. Soldiers from 38 CBG are actively involved in their role as Canada's citizen soldiers. Many proudly served during the Afghanistan War from 2001 to 2012. The Brigade lost many former members where they started their military lives as young reservists - as well as one serving member in 2006 - Corporal Anthony Boneca of the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment.
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38 CBG originated with the formation of the first western Military District in 1870, when Manitoba entered Confederation as a province. In remembering the past, 38 CBG units carry the honour of having received a total of ten Victoria Crosses awarded to its soldiers during times of war. This is the largest representation of VC winners of the three Western Reserve brigades.
Today's recent history has the brigade reforming. 38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG) was established on April 1,1997 after the amalgamation of the previous two districts—Manitoba Lakehead District and Saskatchewan District. 38 CBG comprises a Headquarters, located in Winnipeg, and 13 Army Reserve units distributed throughout Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Indigenous youth challenged in new military co-op program
Duck Lake, Saskatchewan — Twelve high school students from Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation (BOFN) are notably challenging themselves to become members of the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve through a new high school co-op program. Over the past several months, the students have been testing their mettle to complete their Basic Military Qualification (BMQ) and graduate from the program on June 16, 2017.
May 26, 2017
Eye in the sky at Exercise ARCTIC BISON 2017
It is an opportunity that comes around only once per year for Canadian Army (CA) Reservists – to augment their training using a CC-138 Twin Otter aircraft during Exercise ARCTIC BISON 2017 (Ex AB17).
April 6, 2017
Canadian Army begins Exercise ARCTIC BISON 2017
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February 16, 2017
38 Signal Regiment marks inaugural Change of Command
An historic milestone occurred on January 14 for 38 Signal Regiment (38 Sig Regt) when Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel (LCol) John Groves handed command of the Regiment to LCol Jackie Janzen.
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A MAN has been found guilty of bombarding a Labour MP with abusive internet messages after she supported a successful campaign to put Jane Austen on the £10 note.
Peter Nunn, 33, of Bristol, used the Twitter networking site to retweet "menacing" posts threatening to rape Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy, and branded her a "witch".
He launched his "campaign of hatred" last summer after Ms Creasy backed a high-profile bid launched by feminist Caroline Criado-Perez to keep a woman on a British bank note.
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District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe found him guilty of sending indecent, obscene or menacing messages at a hearing at City of London Magistrates Court. He will be sentenced on September 29.


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I believe we all deserve to feel beautiful in our bodies, balanced in our minds, and with those things have the confidence to boldly pursue our life's purpose. My goal is to help you find that without going vegan or giving up all your worldly possessions…unless you want to.
Well, not very long ago I had a killer job in finance and was living the crazy-fun lifestyle in San Francisco. But after more than a few years of 10-12 hour days and trying to keep up with my social calendar, I realized I wasn't happy.
Something was missing and yet it would seem I had it all.
I got serious about eating real food (no more 100-calorie chips ahoy cookies), started exercising more and partying less. I felt better but still not my best. Then I found the love of my life and let me tell you, having another person to deal with after a long, hard day can teach you a lot about yourself.
I realized the real culprit holding me back from feeling my best at all times was STRESS. When I was stressed my nutrition was off, exercise was overlooked and my most important relationships suffered.
I started incorporating more self-care like yoga, meditation, and scheduling alone time. Life seemed a heck of a lot easier, but the best part was that I gained clarity around my career path.
My job in finance paid well, I was good at it and I liked the people I worked with, but it was NOT fulfilling anymore. In fact, it was draining the life out of me. A couple of self-help books and a lot of soul searching later I discovered I had a passion for health and wellness. If I didn't work in finance I'd be cooking healthy meals and studying nutrition books all day.
I had no idea how to make a living doing that, but guess what…the universe delivered! I randomly heard about this thing called a health coach. And even more there was a renowned school where I could get certified. A week later I was enrolled at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
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Music Track Title: Really Trance
Catalog ID: 567145 ISRC: US5UL1250116
Description: Weekend time with friends. Night club way. Jumping with sexy girls/boys. Dance Trance is an excellent choice for parties, clubs, video games, ringtones, television ads and movie trailers.
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Dance/Trance/Really-Trance/567145
Artist or Group: Valeriy Antonyuk
Keywords: rhythmic parties dance vibrant Outgoing fast dancing energetic hip funky jumpy lively wild clubs repetitive drunk excited rebellious cool crunk booming trance
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Duration: 7:54 Tempo: Medium BPM: 105
Arrangement: Synth Ensemble
Instruments: Drum Kit, Drum Machine, Bass, Electric Guitar, Electic Piano, Maracas, Organ, Percussion, Strings, Synthesizer, Shaker
Vocal Mix: Instrumental
Album: Music For Feature Film Trailers/Video Games
Use Restrictions: Use in pornographic, x-rated, sexually stimulating or similar productions prohibited
Use in products or commercial advocating or advertising use of illegal drugs or tobacco prohibited
Use in religious-themed products, commercials or productions advocating for religion prohibited
Use in satan-worship, devil worship, anti-religion or similar extreme productions prohibited
Use in products or productions advocating racial, sexual or similar discrimination or bias prohibited
Use in ads, commercials or productions advocating a political stance of any kind prohibited
Use in productions featuring violence, gore, torture or similar mayhem prohibited
Moods: Atmospheric, Beautiful, Carefree, Climactic, Crazy, Dreamy, Drunk, Dynamic, Erotic, Forceful, Free, Horny, Light, Mechanical, Peaceful, Powerful, Pulsating, Raw, Reflective, Soft
Styles: 2010s (MMX), Commercial / Promo, Documentary, European, Film Instrumental, Party / General, Radio Production, Silent Film, Sports / Extreme, Urban
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Documents seized from ETA say the two groups held meetings where they exchanged information about military tactics.14 November 2008
MADRID - The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the militant Basque separatist group ETA held meetings in Colombia where they exchanged information about combat tactics, the Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reported Thursday.
The two organisations met at least three times, reported Cadena Ser, quoting documents seized from ETA by Spanish police.
One of the 2003 meetings, which involved two ETA representatives and two FARC leaders, was held at a FARC camp and lasted a week.
According to the report, information was exchanged on combat tactics and methods of activating explosives through mobile phones.
FARC offered to hide ETA fugitives and asked ETA to supply medical experts who would work at FARC prison camps for more than a year.
FARC also asked ETA to stage attacks and kidnappings on its behalf in Europe, and requested anti-air missiles from the Basque group, Cadena Ser said.
In the summer, the Spanish judiciary launched an investigation into possible links between FARC and ETA after Colombia said FARC had sought contacts with ETA in order to stage attacks against Colombians in Madrid.
Shortly afterwards, a suspected leading FARC member was arrested near Madrid.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
166 STAR : ' Betty Loh Ti '
(35) ' Betty Loh Ti '
With her two classics movies ' The Enchanting Shadow ' and ' The Dream Of The Red Chamber ', Betty Loh Ti had firmly established her reputation as a mega star and the 'Classic Beauty' in the '60s.
With her role in ' Love Eterne ', she won a ' Best Actress ' award at the 2nd Golden Horse Film Fest.
Posted by Lawrence Tan at Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Labels: Stars Of Yesteryears
3 comments:
- Diane said...
No wonder why Betty Le Di was crowned the "classic beauty" of the modern world, she had the kind of beauty that can mesmerized people. Her melancholic smile added a mystery to her whole being. She was also a very versatile actress, I love all her movies.
- May 21, 2008 at 1:19 AM
- ivan said...
Me too, diane, I love and enjoy her movies.
- May 28, 2008 at 11:16 PM
- ivan said...
New York Times review on Love Eterne:
"The leading players are also fascinating. Betty Loh Tih as the girl—the one who poses as a fellow—is nice to look at, even when she's standing still."
- July 20, 2008 at 11:35 PM
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My mojo is back! * Oh Happy Days *
This last couple of days I've been having so much fun with monoprints!
Monoprinting is a form of "printmaking" that has images that can only be made once, unique prints made by you. There are many techniques of monoprinting and there's really no rhyme or reason. I found it freeing, easy and messy fun, feeling like a child finger-painting.
The bases of my monoprint-pages are scrap pages which I used to blot/rub of excess paint or inks. From there it's just building layers. Be sure to dry your paint/inks in between and (if you're mixing or blending colors) make sure the color combo doesn't turn muddy brown.
Different papers or undergrounds will give different results. In my case I used copy paper, my craft mat, stencils, stamps and leftover paints. Tutorial is coming soon, but just wanted to share this project I'm currently working on.
In a nutshell;
– Make paint swirls on your paper, straight out of the bottle/tube of paint
– Tap the swirly lines with a dry brush, use a stippeling motion to spread the paint
– Spritz / mist with water
– Put a second piece of paper on top and press the two pages firmly together, use a brayer or old book
– Gently peel the paper off each other
Because of the fact that the pages are unique, I'm going to scan the pages and store the originals. The copies I'll use as mail art pieces (pocket letters) and collaging in my art journal. Very convenient if you don't want to start of with an empty background.
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Natural Wealth Can Pave the Road to Poverty
January 29, 2003
Examining how former East Bloc countries have thrived since the fall of communism, Filip Palda, a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute, concludes that natural resources --including forests, minerals and oil -- can be a bane to an economy.
- Palda notes the central European countries that were poor in natural resources, such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, saw their economies grow in the 1990s.
- In contrast, Russia, which gets 57 percent of its export revenue from natural resources, saw its economy shrink between 1990 and 1998, as did the resource-rich Central Asian countries.
Why should natural resources be a curse?
- Palda says the revenues from natural resource abundance induces rent-seeking behavior and corruption across the bureaucracy and business elite.
- This increased corruption slows down economic growth.
In the case of Russia, Palda says a few "oligarchs" bribed and threatened to nab a good chunk of Russia's wealth. Paraphrasing Paul Klebnikov, from his book "Godfather of the Kremlin," Palda says, "Natural resources were the obvious target for post-Soviet businessmen with flexible morals and dreams of quick riches. It does not take a genius to understand that a gold mine can make you rich."
The experience of the former East Bloc suggests that these barons seek to extend their power over labor and commerce in other sectors of the economy, with devastating consequences for their country's wealth. As a result, educated Russians are fleeing their country, as are the middle classes of almost every place cursed with oil and gold.
Palda cautions, "There is little room for humanity or civilized existence in a country where no one sees the advantage of working with his fellow man towards a common good."
Source: Filip Palda, "The High Price of Natural Wealth," Fraser Forum, January 2003, Fraser Institute.
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Sunday, 19 December 2010
Inkspill Magazine Update & Advice from Lord Sugar
Inkspill Magazine issue 3 has been on hold for a while, due to my MA and freelancing taking up a lot of time. But I'm nearly there with the third issue now. I have all the content commissioned (and what a great load of content it is!), and I've drafted it all up in InDesign. I've drafted the cover, and am just awaiting confirmation from the photographer that she likes what I've done with her image. I'm hoping that I can finish everything before January, and send off for a proof copy, ready to start selling in early January.
Running the publication has taken a lot more time and effort than I had originally anticipated. And since my Masters degree and my freelancing work takes priority, sometimes I let things slip a little. I have been on the verge of giving up on it for some time... But in my heart I don't really want to.
I was watching 'The Apprentice' the other day, and someone on it said something along the lines of: If your business is failing, you don't give up on it, you adapt it. You have to constantly evolve it.
Well, Inkspill isn't exactly failing, but it could be better. Issue one and two were printed by differing companies, in an attempt to keep costs low and quality high. But the main problem is the distribution. I have been buying in bulk, and sending out printed copies to contributors across the globe. This leaves me massively in the red. And now that I'm not working full time, I can't afford to be in the red. So once again, I am having to re-think my strategy. And the solution is going to be print-on-demand.
I have always been against print-on-demand because one-off printing means higher costs. So I'm also working on changing the format to keep the price down. I want Inkspill to be an affordable publication. The set postage costs by the print-on-demand company are the biggest worry, though.
And contributor copies... I started off sending a print copy to every contributor, even if they lived in America or Russia. For this issue, I am only sending print copies to those in the UK and Europe, and those outside this area will receive a PDF version. For future issues, I'm considering only sending PDF copies to contributors, BUT having a £10 'prize' for the best piece in the issue. Just some ideas at the moment.
Talking of PDFs, I'm also considering perhaps making the PDF version free. At the moment, I'm charging £1.50, and get quite a lot of people buying them. Yet I wonder, if I make it free, it should reach a much larger audience, and I could hopefully secure some advertising to generate the finances. Again, this is something I'm unsure of, and might have to experiment with...
I'm also going to be changing how I receive submissions. I get hundreds of email submissions, and it's a nightmare to keep them organised. For the new issues, I'm looking forward to finally using SubMishMash.
A while ago I advertised for the help of some guest poetry editors. Again, I have let things slip, and have yet to go through the submissions and select some guest editors, but this is something I am intending to do, to help with issue 4 and 5. I'm hoping SubMishMash will make it very easy for me to share the workload of submissions.
I'm also considering overhauling the website. Many days of work went into creating the current site, but I'm considering changing to a blog platform, simply because I need something that is much easier to change, adapt and move around. Once again, this isn't set in stone.
One last thing. I intended for the magazine to be published quarterly. Yet this year, I have only managed 2 issues. And so I'm considering making it bi-annual. But again, I'm not sure on this point yet.
Any thoughts and opinions on all this greatly welcome. After all, this magazine isn't for me - it's for you! Anyone with a creative spirit. So suggestions and opinions welcome.
Inkspill Magazine issue 3 will be available to buy January 2011.
(With thanks to Captain Cat for the wonderful promo shots)
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Good to hear that you're planning to keep this going, Sophie.ReplyDelete
Hi Sophie - Maybe Lulu might be an option? They offer download and also print on demand - hopefully it'll get Inkspill into the black.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the feedback, Bob and Jessica. And yup, Jessica, I think I will be using Lulu in the future!ReplyDelete
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Len Goodman wanted to keep his wedding to long-time girlfriend Sue Barrett, 47, a top secret and got exactly what he wanted. The couple got married on Sunday at Mosimann's in London.
Invited guests, who thought they were attending a quiet Sunday lunch, were surprised when the registrar arrived. Westminster superintendent registrar Alison Cathcart married the couple according to reports.
This is the third time for Goodman who at the age of 28, married his champion dance partner Cherry but divorced a few years later. He then had a long-time partner, Lesley, with whom he had a son named James.
Talking about his wedding, Goodman said: "I've had a marvellous day, and now my gorgeous Sue is the new Mrs Goodman."
He said: "I wanted it to be a low-key affair, so we didn't tell anyone except my 96-year-old mum as I didn't want her having a heart attack with the surprise."
Adding: "It was a complete surprise to my friends and family today and we've had a fabulous time."
But unlike traditional groom, Goodman didn't get down on his knee when asking Sue to marry him. He Joked: "At my age, no way! I made her go four stairs above me on the staircase so at least she was taller than me, does that count?"
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Atopic Dermatitis
This study has been terminated.
(Not meeting enrollment goals.)
Medical College of Wisconsin
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: April 19, 2011
Last Update Posted: April 8, 2015
Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Yvonne Chiu, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Atopic dermatitis is a chronic skin disease characterized by a defective skin barrier, inflammation, and increased propensity for skin infections. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is primarily acquired through local production in the skin after ultraviolet light exposure but can also be obtained through natural and supplemental dietary sources. This randomized controlled trial will examine the effects of vitamin D repletion on atopic dermatitis severity in patients with diagnosed deficiency. The investigators hypothesize that pediatric patients with moderate or severe atopic dermatitis and vitamin D deficiency will have improved cutaneous disease after treatment with high dose as compared to standard dose vitamin D.
|Atopic Dermatitis Vitamin D Deficiency
|Drug: Vitamin D
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Treatment Of Vitamin D Deficiency And Effect On Atopic Dermatitis Severity
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: atopic dermatitis
MedlinePlus related topics: Eczema Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency
Drug Information available for: Vitamin DU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Yvonne Chiu, Medical College of Wisconsin:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Atopic Dermatitis Severity at the Completion of Treatment [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]The SCORAD (Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis) is a clinical measurement tool assessing the severity of atopic dermatitis. The range of SCORAD measurements is 0 (best possible outcome) - 103 (worst possible outcome). The primary study endpoint will be the SCORAD score at the end of the 6 week treatment period.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Time to Restart Topical Steroids [ Time Frame: 2 years ]The time to restart topical steroids and the SCORAD score at time of restart will be secondary study endpoints.
|Study Start Date:
|November 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Standard dose vitamin D
Treatment with cholecalciferol 400 IU daily at home.
Drug: Vitamin D
Ergocalciferol 300,000 IU single oral dose Cholecalciferol 400 IU orally every day for 6 weeks
Active Comparator: High dose vitamin D
Treatment with ergocalciferol 300,000 IU (6 capsules of 50,000 IU) as a single oral dose observed in clinic.
Drug: Vitamin D
Ergocalciferol 300,000 IU single oral dose Cholecalciferol 400 IU orally every day for 6 weeks
Information from the National Library of Medicine
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Year to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level <20 ng/ml (<50 nmol/L)
- Diagnosed with atopic dermatitis by a CHW pediatric dermatologist
- Age 1-18 years old
- Primary residence in Milwaukee County
- Moderate and severe atopic dermatitis (Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis [SCORAD] score greater than 15)
- On clinic protocol treatment for their atopic dermatitis (desonide ointment twice daily for the face and groin, triamcinolone 0.1% ointment twice daily for other areas)
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01337635
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01337635
|United States, Wisconsin
|Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
|MIlwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
Sponsors and Collaborators
Medical College of Wisconsin
Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin
|Principal Investigator:
|Yvonne Chiu, MD
|Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin
More Information
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|Responsible Party:
|Yvonne Chiu, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01337635 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|November 3, 2010
|First Posted:
|April 19, 2011
|Results First Submitted:
|September 16, 2014
|Results First Posted:
|April 8, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|April 8, 2015
|Last Verified:
|September 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dermatitis, Atopic
Vitamin D Deficiency
Skin Diseases
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Skin Diseases, Eczematous
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
Deficiency Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Vitamin D
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents


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text: Well, got my new rod, a kabuto clear blank, built by JP Ross Rods. What a awesome rod. I can't post pictures with my computer. But if you would like to see it. Go to jprossflyrods.com. Then go to custom on the right side of the front page of the site. It is John Wallace Kab build. So for the Cedar, I get there, get all set up, have my son waders on and off to the river . I have to walk by a guard rail to get to the trail to the river. Well I slip and caught the waders on one of the bolts in the rail. I tore the waders right open in a L shape. 8in one way and 8in the other way. So I take the wader of and waded all day in my shorts. As for the day, it was great. I got 3 fish. Two on wets and one on a dry. The biggest was around 13in. As for the Kabuto rod. What a rod, it cast so ez, it is a med/slow to me. It is the 8' 3pc 5wt. I love the rod, and as to fishing it. I love when you have a fish on, you can fill everything. Had a great day other then I owe my son a pair of new waders. I will be going tomorrow too. You all have a great 4th and good fishing!!!!


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Artistic sculpture and information plaque commemorate over 18000 Chinese immigrants who arrived in Cooktown after the discovery of gold on the Palmer River in 1873 and their contribution to the development of Australia's north.
Palmer River was one of Australia's major gold rush locations. William Hann and geologist Norman Taylor found gold in a sandy bed of the river in 1872. The miners in the Palmer River included Chinese, mostly from the Guangdong Province in southern China The Chinese miners would re-work the diggings of Europeans as they moved on to find richer diggings. In 1876, with the rush to the Hodgkinson River, Chinese miners occupied most of the Palmer Gold Field.
|175 Charlotte Street, , Cooktown, 4895
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|Lat: -15.461027
Long: 145.24998
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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|Hans Pehl
Chinese Miners, merchants & gardeners
News of gold discoveries on the Palmer River in 1873 travelled quickly. Chinese migrants rushed to Cooktown for the overland trek to this rich, new field.
The journey could take weeks. They faced starvation, prejudice and attacks by local Aboriginal clans. By 1878 there were 18,000 Chinese on the Palmer where they outnumbered the Europeans four to one.
When alluvial gold declines in the 1880s many Chinese moved away. Some developed businesses that became household names in Queensland.
The sculpture
Chinese migrants had an important, but underrated role in developing Australia`s north. This sculpture celebrates their contribution. The seated new arrival contemplates his new country before the trek to the goldfield. The two standing figures represent those who later prospered and contributed to Australian business, services and commerce.
This memorial is an initiative of Cook Shire Council.
Hans Pehl, an Atherton Tableland artist blacksmith,
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Keep on Trucking for Day Five of the Trucks Trifecta [Videos]
All week Craig & Al have kept to the the theme of trucks for the morning trifecta. Today, for the final day of the series they went old school and a little off the grid with their choices. Check them out here… (including the bonus fourth song)
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen – Mama Hated Diesels
This one was a little tough to find. Here's the real deal, though, AKA Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen performing "Mama Hated Diesels." Craig and Al were looking for it for the trifecta earlier this morning, and the first version found was… well… less than commanding.
George Straight – Brothers of the Highway
Definitely the most recent song on the trifecta this morning… and probably the one that scared the least of our listeners away.
Flying Burritos Brothers – White Line Fever
Craig said this one was written by Townes Van Zandt, but rumor has it was actually Merle Haggard.
Red Simpson – I'm a Truck
Craig and Al dedicated this bonus song to the corporate suites in town from New York.


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It's been impossible to keep up in recent weeks, I've simply been too busy both with work and at home. Some stunning work in this thread as usual.
I did finally get out with the M9 again, this time to try out a lens I've hardly used and that often gets a bad rap: the Voigtländer Ultron 28mm f/2. A set of test photos and pixel peeping showed the usual mentioned flaws (corner darkening wide open, unsharp corners until two-three stops down); happily no focus shift on this example that I could see.
However, that doesn't stop it from producing some lovely results, in my opinion:
The DNG files were processed in LR 4.2. No adjustments other than adding a little vignette effect and then a border treatment (with Flare). #131 was a square crop of the top 2/3 of the frame. #132 is uncropped.
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Join us for an annual celebration of CLC's volunteers and supporters! All those who have made a donation of $25 or more to CLC in the past year are invited to attend "Petals & Pancakes," this year's wildflower-themed Pancake Breakfast!
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