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Temkin, Elizabeth MSN; Klassen, Ann C. PhD; Mmari, Kristin MA, DrPH; Gillespie, Duff G. PhD
From the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
The authors thank Jonathan Zenilman, Emily Erbelding, and Wynona China for their contributions to this manuscript.
Supported by the Johns Hopkins Training Program in Sexually Transmitted Infections (T32-A1050056).
Correspondence: Elizabeth Temkin, MSN, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21205. E-mail: email@example.com.
Received for publication September 15, 2010, and accepted December 21, 2010.
Background: In randomized controlled trials of expedited partner therapy (EPT), among patients in the EPT arm, the proportion of partners believed to have taken the medication ranged from 56% to 85%. Little is known about the content of successful and unsuccessful EPT negotiations between patients and their partners. The aim of this study was to describe how patients made decisions about EPT and what they did with the EPT medication packs dispensed to them.
Methods: We performed a qualitative study at the Baltimore City Health Department sexually transmitted disease clinics, which instituted an EPT pilot program in 2007. In-depth interviews were conducted with 31 patients, 1 week to 3 months after they had accepted EPT to bring to their partners. Taped interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded using ATLAS.ti 6 qualitative software. Codes were further combined into more comprehensive themes that were mapped onto the study's main aim.
Results: Participants were innovative about how to get medication to their partners and indicated a deep sense of concern and responsibility for their partners' health. On the other hand, participants reported of being anxious about the interaction and sometimes felt that they lacked the words to talk with their partners about EPT. Some participants used EPT in unexpected ways, such as giving it to people other than their sex partners or taking it themselves.
Conclusions: Enhancing the counseling that accompanies EPT may improve patients' success in delivering it to their partners.
Expedited partner therapy (EPT) in its most common form, patient-delivered partner therapy, allows patients diagnosed with curable sexually transmitted diseases (STD) to bring medication to their sex partners without requiring the partner to undergo medical evaluation. EPT has the following 2 goals: the clinical goal of preventing reinfection of the index patient and the public health goal of reducing STD transmission.1 As of September 2010, EPT is permissible in 26 US states, prohibited in 8 states, and has uncertain legal status in 16 states.2
In 5 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of EPT in the United States, index patients reported on the likelihood that their partners had taken the medication. Among patients in the EPT arm, the proportion of partners believed to have taken the medication ranged from 56% to 85%.3–7 Although little is known about how patients decide whether and how to deliver EPT to their partners, previous qualitative studies have examined the decision-making involved in STD disclosure to their partners.8–10 Reasons for notifying a partner of an STD included (1) a concern for the partner's health, (2) a feeling of responsibility, and (3) a desire to avoid being reinfected and to prevent further transmission. Reasons for not notifying a partner included (1) a fear of gossip, stigma, or partner violence; (2) retaliation against a partner who was perceived to have transmitted the disease; and (3) termination of the relationship. In general, patients were more likely to disclose curable rather than chronic STDs and to regular rather than casual partners.
To examine whether decision-making about EPT follows similar reasoning, we conducted what is, to our knowledge, the first qualitative study to explore how patients use EPT. In this article, we describe how study participants at the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) STD clinics made decisions about EPT and what they did with the EPT medication packs dispensed to them.
EPT is not expressly legal in Maryland, but in April 2007, the General Assembly of the state authorized EPT in the BCHD clinics as a 3-year pilot project.11 Recent legislation extended the program to 2015. The health department's 2 free STD clinics began offering EPT in September 2007. To be eligible for EPT, patients must have a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of gonorrhea or chlamydial infection. In keeping with guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, men who have sex with men are excluded (because of insufficient efficacy data on EPT in this population and because of the high risk that partners may be coinfected with undiagnosed HIV).12 Patients may take EPT for up to 3 partners. The medications are single-dose azithromycin for chlamydial infection and single-dose cefixime plus azithromycin for gonorrhea. EPT packs include an instruction sheet that warns partners not to take the medications if they are allergic to them and advises females to seek treatment if they have symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease. The sheet also encourages partners to be examined and lists contact information for the STD clinics. In 2008, 1251 patients were eligible for EPT, of which 492 (39%) declined and 759 (61%) accepted. Of those accepting EPT, 519 (68%) took packs for 1 partner, 187 (25%) took packs for 2 partners, and 53 (7%) took packs for 3 partners (unpublished data; BCHD).
The first author recruited and interviewed study participants at BCHD's 2 STD clinics between September 2009 and April 2010. Clinic patients were eligible for the study if they had received EPT on the day of their visit or in the previous 3 months, were 16 to 50 years old, and spoke English. Participants who received EPT on the day of recruitment returned 1 week later for a single in-depth interview; participants who had received EPT at a previous visit were interviewed on the day of recruitment. Interviews were audiotaped with the participant's consent. The interviews followed a semistructured guide consisting of questions about recent sexual partnerships, reasons for choosing EPT, experiences giving EPT to partners, and opinions about EPT as a treatment option.
The study was approved by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Institutional Review Board and BCHD's Public Health Review Program. Oral consent was obtained from all participants.
Taped interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded using ATLAS.ti 6 qualitative software. Saturation was achieved when no new codes were identified. After all the codes were identified, categories of similar codes were created and mapped onto the following 3 overarching research questions: Why do patients accept or decline EPT?, What happens once patients get the EPT packs?, and What happens once partners are given the EPT packs? This analytic approach not only allowed the content to be analyzed and summarized by key themes, but also allowed for identification of similarities and differences across the interviewees. A decision-making "map" was also created (Fig. 1) to illustrate the process of accepting and delivering the EPT packs to various partners.
Of the 84 people who were recruited into the study, 31 returned for an interview. All 31 participants were black. Characteristics of the study sample are summarized in Table 1. The 31 participants reported 58 sexual partnerships in the 2 months before their STD diagnosis. The median duration of the partnerships was 1 year (range: 1 night–18 years). Figure 1 traces participants' actions regarding EPT. The following narrative expands on the boxes in the flow chart.
Participants accepted EPT for 41 partners (71%). Most frequently, participants described EPT distribution to partners as an act of altruism. One man explained, "I wasn't just gonna take care of myself. I was gonna take care of her too." Several participants talked about EPT as "the responsible thing to do." Others focused on preventing their own reinfection. For 1 woman, concern for her own health led her to pursue EPT, even though she expected it to be difficult:
We argue a lot, maybe, cuz he accuse me of cheating or something like that. So, I didn't really want to give him the medicine but I knew I had to, to save myself. Because he always, I know he would accuse me, then I would accuse him .... But I still gave it to him cuz I didn't want to get reinfected.
Several participants spoke about stopping the chain of transmission. One man explained why he preferred to bring EPT to his partner rather than leave it up to her to seek treatment:
I think the most important reason to give her the medicine is like, even if me and her don't ever do anything ever again, if I was the type of person who was just like, "oh, if she don't wanna come get checked, that's on her." I would feel bad because who's to say the next person she might start messing with wouldn't be one of my cousins or something? ... This is one small city, I learned.
Participants also brought up the practical considerations that made EPT attractive. Partners would not have to take time off of work to come to the clinic. Several women commented that EPT was a solution to men's general aversion to getting health care, whereas men noted that EPT spared women the embarrassment of being seen at the STD clinic.
Although all participants accepted EPT for at least 1 partner, EPT was declined for a total of 17 of 58 reported partners. Two of these partners had already been treated. In some cases, EPT was declined due to the following practical reasons: the number of partners exceeded the 3-pack limit, participants did not know how to locate an ex-partner, or participants thought it was unnecessary to treat partners with whom they consistently used condoms.
Some participants made calculated decisions about which of their partners deserved EPT. One woman described not taking EPT for an ex-partner who previously had never sought treatment for a trichomonal infection: "I'm like, well, if he don't care about himself, why should I help him care?" Another woman recounted,
I ain't get no phone calls or none of that saying that he was feeling any kind of way [i.e., having STD symptoms]. I mean, if he had it, then he'd probably think it was somebody else. Because I know he be with a lot of women. So I didn't feel like I had to be responsible for even telling him.
Six EPT packs were accepted by participants with the intention of giving them to someone other than a partner. One man took 2 packs for his partners and a third pack "for the future, just in case." Another participant, his 2 brothers, his nephew, and a friend all had sex, consecutively, with the same woman. After he was diagnosed with gonorrhea, he brought EPT to 3 of the other men (but not to the woman, whom he did not know). He described his role this way: "I guess they was, you know, using me as a stunt dummy since I came down here. If I'm complaining, they all complaining!" A third participant took 1 pack for a partner and 2 packs "just so I could have them."
Of the 41 packs that participants accepted for their partners, 30 were delivered directly by participants to their partners. Many participants described of being anxious as they prepared for the meeting.
I didn't know what to do. I mean, I didn't know what to do. For one, we had just started dating. And we used protection but it did pop, of course. And I was like, "oh my God, what am I supposed to tell him? I don't know what I'm gonna tell him. (laughs) So, I mean, he came, I told him."
Similarly, one man recounted:
I was kind of scared, like, cuz I didn't know how it was gonna go. I didn't know if she was going to try to do something to me, or, like, try to beat me up, but I'm just like, I gotta be a man about it. Just do what you gotta do.
Several participants found it easiest to downplay the possibility of infection. One man, a mechanic, talked to his partner using language from his trade:
I said, this doesn't actually say you have it, but just in case that you do have it, it's really just, um, it's just really, I have to say preventive maintenance, I guess. Yeah. So it's not actually saying that you have anything, but just in case if you do have something, then this should help you.
Other participants chose a straightforward approach that was careful to avoid blame. One man told his partner, "The doctor told me that you should take this, just to make sure that we don't have to go through this anymore. And to be clear on your side and my side."
Of the 41 packs that participants accepted for their partners, 7 were never delivered. Three ex-partners did not respond to participants' emails asking them to get in touch; the participants had no other way to contact them. One participant had not delivered EPT by the time of his interview, but intended to once he got his HIV tests results; he preferred to present all the information to his partner at the same time. One participant did not deliver the pack she took for her partner because he lives in the western half of Baltimore, and she lives in the eastern half: "I don't feel like traveling all the way up there." Another participant feared her partner's response and felt unable to broach the topic: "It's like, I don't know the words and I don't even know how to say it without having to go through yelling, arguing, and a bunch of accusations." She suspected him of cheating, but she was worried that discussing EPT would be an admission of her own infidelity:
I even thought about chopping it [the medication] up, putting it in the dinner, putting it in a drink so he could just get it in him. Cuz just actually saying "you have to take these, this is what happened." And then what if he's not cheating? So that means I'm telling on myself.
She decided against slipping the antibiotics into her partner's food because she was unsure if they would still work if crushed. Instead, she was saving the pills to retreat herself if she developed symptoms, because she had had unprotected sex with this partner (the condom slipped) since her initial treatment. She and this partner were involved in a threesome with another woman. The participant had also taken an EPT pack for her, but never delivered it because she assumed this partner was uninfected: "As her being a female, if she had it, she should be feeling symptoms like I am .... She hasn't been complaining about anything."
Two participants delivered EPT through a third party. One participant did not know how to contact his ex-partner, so gave the pack to a friend of the ex-partner and asked her to deliver it. Another participant talked to his partner on the phone about EPT, but had his sister bring the medication to her because he was worried about coping with her response face-to-face:
Cuz you never know how somebody will react when something like that – it's kinda personal. And I don't think a lot of people want to accept the fact that that's what they have or that's what happened. So I thought it would be harder to be like, "here, well, take this."
Neither participant knew if their partners had taken the medication.
Two participants tried to bring EPT to their partners, who refused to take it. One partner did not believe that the single-dose oral EPT medications would work, because she had previously been treated for gonorrhea with an injection and a 7-day course of pills. The participant tried to convince her that the clinic would not dispense ineffective treatment, but she refused the EPT and missed several appointments to get treated at the clinic. The participant concluded, "That's letting me know that she really don't care, or she might be really, really embarrassed for other people to see her up here." The second participant's partner refused to meet him to pick up EPT, but subsequently sought care and tested negative for gonorrhea. According to the participant, "if I wasn't so angry with her [over the infection], if we wouldn't have left off on the wrong foot, she would have probably met me."
The man who had shared a sex partner with 4 other men delivered EPT to 3 of them. He regretted that he did not have additional packs to distribute to the fourth man and 2 men's steady sex partners who had already been exposed. Another participant, who had taken extra packs just to have them, became an informal community educator about STDs:
I have some younger guys in my neighborhood who I know are having unprotected sex. So I let them know: if you get a discharge or anything does not look right, you can tell me or you can go get it checked out.
In response to this announcement, one acquaintance disclosed that he was having symptoms and the participant gave him an EPT pack. In addition, "I told him to have his lady friend, if she needs one, then I have another one for her. Unless she's gonna come into the clinic."
The man who had taken an extra EPT pack "for the future, just in case" took the medication himself shortly after he was treated in the clinic. He decided, "I might as well take it myself, to make sure it's out of my system quicker. Cuz I don't like feeling like this." Another man who had taken extra packs with no particular recipient in mind intended to keep one pack for himself as a memento, comparing it with getting a tattoo: "It's just something that reminds you of what you've been through."
What happened to the undelivered packs? When asked about their overall impressions of the EPT program, several participants raised the possibility that the medications would be sold on the street. One man described Baltimore's black market of street pharmacies, whose advantage over formal health care he explained this way:
It's just like going to McDonald's as opposed to going to, let's say, IHOP. You go to IHOP, you gotta sit down, wait for the meal to be prepared .... You go to McDonald's, you go through the drive-through, you get it, you're gone, that's good.
However, no participants reported selling their EPT or had heard of EPT being available on the street.
Of the 30 EPT packs that were delivered directly by participants to their partners, 21 were definitely used; the participants observed their partners swallowing the medication. None of the partners had serious side effects, though 6 had nausea or stomach pain. Fifteen partners read the instructions included in the EPT pack before taking the medication.
Most participants who observed their partners taking EPT described the EPT negotiations as calm and straightforward. Many noted that their partners appreciated their honesty.
He was very calm and collected. He just said that he was happy that I came to him and told him what was going on, and that he just happy that everything is clear. We can go back to living a happy life.
One man said that bringing his partner EPT was an act of good faith that helped to defuse any anger she felt about the infection: "But that right there, that shows her what type of person I am. Not being a bad person, basically." Couples succeeded at EPT when they found a way to put a positive spin on the situation.
So we talked about it and we laughed about it. He said, at least it's something that can be cured, so it's not that bad. Don't think about it being a bad thing. It's not that bad. And I was like, yeah, it's not that bad. At least we can be cured for it. Thank God for that.
As part of the discussion surrounding EPT, participants talked to 14 of these 21 partners about seeking follow-up medical care. By the time of these interviews, 5 partners had already got tested for HIV and syphilis.
In 3 cases, partners told participants that they took the medication, but the participants did not directly observe it. Although EPT is intended to stimulate a conversation about sexual risks and exposures, this did not always happen. One man told his partner that he was bringing her EPT and left the pack in her purse for her to discover.
We ain't never really sit down and talk about it [the infection] because I don't like to sit down and talk about stuff 'cuz I can't stand when somebody's lying to me. So I just left it alone. We never really sat down to talk about it.
For the remaining 6 of the 30 packs delivered directly to partners, participants did not know whether their partners had taken the medication. A common sentiment was that the participants had "done their part" by delivering EPT:
"I don't know if she took it or not. All I did was gave it to her. Now, if she choose not to take it, then that falls on her. I basically did my part."
Although we cannot verify that our convenience sample is representative of all patients getting EPT at the Baltimore STD clinics, it is still informative to summarize the outcomes we observed. Partners definitely taking EPT, probably taking EPT, or getting treated elsewhere were considered successful outcomes. Of the 56 partners who had not already been treated, 26 (46%) had successful outcomes. Female participants had 27 untreated partners with 13 (48%) successful outcomes. Male participants had 29 untreated partners with 13 (45%) successful outcomes.
There was 1 incident of violence triggered by EPT. One participant brought EPT to his long-term partner:
I took [the EPT pack] out of my jacket pocket and gave it to her and she just felt so betrayed and she started screaming at me, told me she was gonna kill me. Yeah. She was like, how can I do this to her? And I'm like, "well, I haven't been sleeping with nobody else." She tried to hit me a couple times.
A physical altercation occurred. The police were called and the participant spent time in jail. The partner saw her own physician for STD testing and treatment. This participant remarked that, compared with simply notifying a partner to seek treatment, EPT was more likely to lead to violence because partners react to the physical reality of the pack:
"Cuz they see that packet, they know it's serious business. Well, it is serious business, but I mean, she just looked at what was in my hands, looked at me, and she just went off."
When asked how the EPT program could be improved to increase the likelihood of success, several participants suggested that patients could use more coaching or written scripts on how to present the information to their partners: "A lot of people don't know how to talk to people or what to say, especially about this subject. I think it would be better if you told people how to talk." One participant, who took packs for 2 of her 4 partners, but delivered none of them, expressed frustration at her inability to carry out EPT: "I just, I wanted to take a packet for everybody, but it's just like, how can you sit and say this to somebody?"
This qualitative study complements the growing body of quantitative evidence in support of EPT as an alternative to standard partner notification.3–7,13 We found EPT being used amid a diversity of sexual partnerships. Patients value EPT and use it thoughtfully to protect their own health and their partners' health, and to limit the spread of disease in their sexual and social networks. In addition to being a method to distribute medication, EPT acts, in many cases, as a catalyst for discussion between partners. Patients were innovative about how to get medication to their partners and indicated a deep sense of concern and responsibility for their partners' health. The fact that 30 of the 41 packs of EPT were delivered directly to partners highlights this responsibility.
This study also suggests that EPT use can deviate from protocol: giving EPT to non-partners within one's sexual network (an epidemiologically sound approach); giving EPT to acquaintances outside of one's sexual network; and index patients retreating themselves. One objection to EPT is that its misuse will exacerbate the problem of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea.14,15 Is this likely? The confluence of the following 3 conditions favors the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea: the ready availability of antibiotics (e.g., in the informal health sector), suspect drug quality, and poor adherence to treatment, that is, taking less than the recommended dose.16 Our study revealed that Baltimore has an active informal health sector. Although there were no reports of EPT being sold on the street, some is being distributed haphazardly. However, the proportion of EPT being misused in this way is small: in our study, 1 pack of 47. The second condition, poor drug quality because of adulteration or lapses in manufacturing, does not apply to medications being dispensed from the STD clinics. Most important, the third condition, incomplete treatment, is not possible with the single-pill cefixime used for EPT. Therefore, it is unlikely that misuse of EPT will contribute to the spread of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea as long as the current cefixime regimen remains effective. If multidrug or multidose regimens become necessary, it will be important to assess whether people taking EPT are as likely to complete treatment as people counseled directly by a clinician.17
Two frequently voiced concerns about EPT are that partners will have adverse drug reactions and will miss out on comprehensive STD testing and prevention counseling.5,12 In our study, as in the RCTs of EPT3–7 and reports of EPT in clinical practice,18 no partners experienced serious adverse drug reactions. Within a week of being given EPT, 5 of 21 partners had already sought further STD testing—-evidence that at least some partners do not regard EPT as a substitute for hands-on health care. We encountered 1 serious adverse event: an incident of EPT-related violence that resulted in the index patient's incarceration. Among the US-based RCTs of EPT, only Schillinger et al. reported on violence; in that trial, 6% of women in the EPT arm and 8% of the women in the self-referral arm voiced concern at the time of enrollment that their partners would hit or hurt them in response to the STD disclosure, but no violent events were reported.3 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening for potential partner violence before any type of partner notification is undertaken.19 In our study, careful screening of the participant before EPT was dispensed would not have averted this incident, because the couple had no history of violence. Further study and surveillance of violence related to EPT and other methods of partner notification is needed.
Our study also found that EPT only reached about half of the untreated partners. This success rate might be improved by enhancing the counseling that accompanies EPT. The patient and the clinician could plan ways to approach each partner and practice talking about the infection and the EPT. Clinicians should ask patients if they anticipate difficulties in delivering EPT and discuss how these might be overcome. Role-playing and sample disclosure scripts could be used. These counseling sessions need not be intensely time-consuming and may not be needed by many patients accepting EPT; for other patients, this coaching could make a seemingly impossible task manageable. Another efficient way to deliver this service would be a website that offers advice about talking to partners, sample scripts, and answers to frequently asked questions. This website could have sections targeted at people delivering EPT and at EPT recipients, and should include a contact number to call for individualized information and assistance. When patients refuse EPT or are unable to carry it out successfully, alternative strategies for partner notification should be available, such as provider-initiated notification by text message20 or anonymous online notification.21
This study has several limitations. First, partners of index patients were not interviewed. Participants' accounts of their interactions with their partners are unavoidably one-sided and subjective; partners may have recounted and interpreted the events quite differently. Future studies of EPT should attempt to enroll patients and their partners to learn how their perceptions of the EPT transaction agree and differ. Second, patients who declined EPT entirely were not included in this study. However, the clinics' electronic medical records shed some light on why patients declined EPT. In 2008, clinicians wrote brief explanatory notes in the charts of 209 (42%) of the patients who declined EPT. The main reasons given were as follows: partners were already treated or had plans to get treated (41%), the patient was no longer in contact with the partner (26%), the patient was unable to identify the partner (10%), and the partner was either out of state (9%) or in jail (4%) (unpublished data; BCHD). In a study conducted by McBride et al., STD clinic patients were shown sample EPT packs and asked if, theoretically, they would be willing to deliver them to their partners.22 Fewer than half agreed, and the main reason for their refusal was the belief that their partner should be treated by a doctor. In contrast, that was not a common concern voiced by patients who declined EPT in our clinics. A third limitation is that clinic patients who participated in this study are self-selecting; their experiences of EPT may have been more unusual or more straightforward than those of patients who did not return for an interview. Fourth, the findings from this small sample of Baltimore STD clinic patients may not be transferable to other populations. A strength of this study is that qualitative methods provide insight into the contexts in which EPT is carried out. For studies of behavior within sexual partnerships, qualitative methods uncover not only what happened, but why. They enable us to understand EPT from the patients' perspective and in the patients' own words.
In conclusion, in addition to preventing STD reinfection and interrupting STD transmission, EPT appears to have the additional benefit of enabling altruism. Patients value this treatment strategy and many of them use it well, observations that support expanding the legal status of EPT.
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Little Bit of Heaven Movie Reviews
Little Bit of Heaven
Release Date: May 04, 2012
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This was a very very bad film and I do not recommend seeing it in the theaters. The film felt incredibly forced and fake and I had the worst time watching it. I can not believe that the filmmakers thought it would be a good idea to make a romantic comedy about cancer, really!? The film is badly written and the execution was awful as well, basically there was absolutely nothing good about this film and I wish I did not waste my time and money on it. Kate Hudson is especially annoying in this film and I wish never to see her again on the big screen.
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After a six year battle Nosratollah Tajik is told he will not be extradited to the US and is due to be set free.
11:40, UK, Tuesday 27 November 2012
A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat has won a High Court battle to avoid extradition to the US.
Nosratollah Tajik, 59, is accused of conspiring to supply military hardware to his home country.
He was the target of an American sting operation in London six years ago and is wanted for conspiring to export US defence night-vision weapons to Iran without a licence.
The ex-Iranian ambassador to Jordan, turned engineering scholar, was arrested in 2006 after agents from the US Department of Homeland Security pretended to be co-conspirators.
There have been long and controversial delays in the extradition process amid fears that sending Mr Tajik to America for trial could cause further diplomatic problems between the UK and Iran and create a "real threat" to staff at the British embassy in Tehran.
Lord Justice Moses, sitting with Mr Justice Sweeney, ruled that Mr Tajik "has escaped extradition" because of a failure to "show reasonable cause" for the delays.
He will now be set free unless the Home Secretary and US government attempt to take the case to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the UK.
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Portland's Lang Baan Thai tasting menu is focused on Northeastern Thai cuisine for May, 2014. Chef Rassamee Ruaysuntia is native to that area of Thailand and she joins Earl Ninsom to delight diners in this back-of-the-house exclusive room three nights per week. After the fantastic southern Thai meal for April, we were eager to try May's offerings.
At first glance, we noticed that the starters were the same, as was their staple lobster salad and great salmon ceviche. But in between, the dishes indeed had traveled north.
Lang Baan has two seatings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, at 6 pm and 8:30 pm. Diners choose between a $40 10-course meal or a $60 option that includes the lobster salad and one other wonderful dish (in May, it is halibut).
An optional wine pairing is available, or select beers. After enjoying the wine in April, I opted for beer. I had finished the Hippie Chick Half Marathon in the morning and thought it would be more hydrating. I loved the Commons Rauch Alt beer, a local Portland craft brewer. I sampled what Burt ordered - Sasquatch Brewing Company's Szechuan Peppercorn Saison, and it was also an interesting and tasty Portland brew.
The May menu:
Miang som-O: pomelo, shrimp, roasted coconut sauce on betel leaf. (one of the tastiest bites you will ever eat!)
Khao tung tang-mo nar tung: pork with roasted coconut and peanuts, watermelon crispy sticky rice to scoop it onto.
Yum plaa-duk fuu: Catfish that was formed and fried as a net, which you crumbled over the green mango salad.
Soup: Gang om nok kra ta: Isaan style soup with quail, wild mushroom, kabocha squash and dill. This was a delicate but intricate soup that was very satisfying.
Lobster salad with asian pennywort, rambutan and thai herbs. Worth the extra price!
Pra Plaa salmon and makhua: My favorite dish, with eggplant and orange.
Now came a duo served with lettuce and herbs. Nahm prik hed lae plaa yang trout and king oyster mushroom in chili relish that my dining companions thought was the best of the evening, and Wagyu culotte tartare.
A fantastic coconut rice accompanied the next three dishes, and we were happy to have more to soak up the great curry sauces!
Gang bai bua bok goong lae lum yai: Spot prawn with curry of asian pennywort, longan and holy basil, with fried lemongrass. Amazing sauce.
Kor muu yang: Grilled Carlton Farm pork collar with grilled tomato for dipping. This was wonderfully roasted and packed with flavor.
Plaa yang bai tong nahm jimm prik kee nuu: grilled halibut wrapped in banana leaf with herb and bird-eye chili dipping sauce (for the premium option). Yes, wonderful.
Dessert: Tap tim krowp: Red rubies made from water chestnut with jackfruit in coconut jasmine syrup. A lovely dessert that wasn't overly sweet, a perfect ender.
We were full and very, very satisfied. Except that we think we need to keep returning!
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Lately I've been in a breakfast funk. It seems oatmeal and peanut butter slathered toast just don't belong in warmer temperatures.
Fortunately for me and my breakfast slump, Ricki Heller of Diet, Dessert N Dogs fame recently shared her third e-book.
Thank goodness because I needed some ideas and inspiration!
Ricki's e-book, aptly called Good Morning Breakfasts Without Gluten, Sugar, Eggs, or Dairy , is jam-packed (pardon the pun) with amazing recipes and information.
If you know Ricki – and I'm sure you do by now – you know just how incredibly talented she is. All of her recipes are ACD friendly (free of sugar, gluten, eggs, dairy, and anything that encourages yeast to grow), but they're still perfectly delicious and incredibly nutritious.
After a thorough examination of Ricki's new e-book, I decided to try three recipes:
- Fluffy Pancakes
- Sausage Patties
- Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Seriously. Look at those pancakes! They were fluffy and delicious. The kids and I gobbled them up for breakfast. Ricki also shares her recipe for berry coulis, alas my little munchkins are fairly strict maple syrup lovers so we stuck with the familiar!
Next up I made the Sausage Patties for dinner one night (we regularly have breakfast for dinner, don't you?). These vegan patties were so easy and so good. I made a few changes based on what I had on hand. That's one of the great things about Ricki's recipes. They're easily adaptable.
I was in the mood for a muffin (if you know me, you know I love a good muffin). Well, look at this muffin! I love lemon and blueberries together. I don't use stevia in my baking, but that's okay because she includes a note about how much agave to use instead.
And because I couldn't leave you without a recipe, here's Ricki's recipe for Lemon Blueberry Muffins.
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
1/4 cup (60 ml) tahini (sesame paste), or use cashew butter if you're not a sesame fan
1/4 cup (60 ml) sunflower or other light-tasting oil, preferably organic (I used coconut oil)
1/2 cup (120 ml) unsweetened applesauce
2 tsp (10 ml) finely ground chia seeds
1 cup (240 ml) unsweetened soy or almond milk
25-35 drops stevia, to your taste (the muffins will taste a bit less sweet once baked), or 1/4 cup (60 ml) agave nectar*
1 tsp (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
1 tsp (5 ml) pure lemon extract or 2 tsp (10 ml) lemon flavoring (flavoring is less intense)
finely grated zest of 2 medium or large lemons
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup (120 ml) dried blueberries (I used frozen)
1/2 cup (120 ml) amaranth flour (I used millet flour because Callum can't tolerate amaranth)
1/2 cup (120 ml) brown rice flour
2 Tbsp (30 ml) coconut flour
1/4 cup (60 ml) garbanzo-fava flour or chickpea flour
1 Tbsp (15 ml) baking powder
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) baking soda
1/4 tsp (1 ml) fine sea salt
Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners, or grease with coconut oil.
In a large bowl, whisk together the tahini and oil until smooth. Add the applesauce and stir well to combine, then whisk in the chia seeds. Add the milk, stevia/agave, vanilla, lemon flavoring, lemon zest and vinegar, and stir until well combined. Gently stir in the blueberries to coat them.
In a medium bowl, sift together the amaranth flour (or millet), brown rice flour, coconut flour, garbanzo-fava flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pour the dry ingredients over the wet and stir just until combined.
Using a large scoop or a 1/3 cup (80 ml) measuring cup, scoop generously and fill muffins tins very full. Bake in preheated oven 30-35 minutes, rotating pan around halfway through, until very well browned on top and a center muffin tests done. Allow to cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely.
Makes 12-14 large muffins or 12 large muffins and about 6 minis. May be frozen.
* You can replace the stevia with 1/4-1/3 cup (60-80 ml) agave nectar if you like, but reduce the milk by 2-3 Tbsp (30-45 ml) if you do.
Here's some of the recipes from Ricki's e-book that I still want to try:
- Cranberry Smoothie
- Grab and Go Breakfast Bars
- Socca Roll ups
- Almond Butter and Jelly Casserole
- Sweet Potato Spread
Guess what?
Ricki and I are giving away two copies of her e-book. Two lucky winners will get 57 pages of recipes, pictures, tips, and information. You won't be disappointed.
To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment below telling us what your favorite breakfast food is.
Contest closes Sunday, June 12th at midnight (EST). Two winners will be drawn through Random.Org.
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DDO guild housing coming
Hi all,
With confirmation of Guild Housing coming in update 5 I thought it might be a good time to ask if we want to try and get a small casual DDO group going again on Khyber.
Perhaps only meeting once a week to to a few quests together?
Thoughts anyone...
I've been dabbling for a while, might be time to settle on a single character (although I've mostly been on Cannith so far). Khyber, here I come!
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hear is the response I received from my Legislator.
Thank you so much for your e-mail concerning HB 1655,1821 & 1822. I have noted your comments to Delegate Lohr, and I know he is always glad to hear from his constituents.
I believe this bill is in Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee as of right now. This is a committee Delegate Lohr does not sit on, therefore he has yet to weigh in on the issue. The Delegate will certainly keep your comments in mind when this bill comes to the House floor.
Thanks again for your e-mail. If we can ever be of any assistance to you please do not hesitate to contact us again.
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College Hockey:Air Force and Canisius End in Stalemate
Falcons Comeback Stymied by Late Griffin Goal
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In a game with a lot of back-and-forth action and lead changes, seemingly the only appropriate result was the one achieved as the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons and the Canisius College Golden Griffins battled to a 3-3 tie Friday night at Cadet Ice Arena.
On a cold, foggy and snowy night made for hockey, the Griffs salvaged the tie after almost allowing a third-period Falcon comeback.
Im happy, said Canisius head coach Dave Smith. It took us a while to get some momentum back " any momentum. I thought we did that near the end of the game.
Though outshot 14-6 in the first period, Canisius came out with the lead in part to two goals on their first three shots. The Golden Griffs first got on the board 6:43 into the period on a Jason Weeks goal. Weeks tipped in a pass from Derek Danowski just inside the left post past Air Force netminder Andrew Volkening (17 saves).
A little over three minutes later, the Griffins went up 2-0 on a short-handed goal by Eric Rex. Rex picked up a puck that was being bobbled at the blue line by teammate David Kasch and Falcon defenseman Matt Charbonneau, skated in unopposed on Volkening and slipped the puck five-hole.
The Falcons did have some good chances late in the period " including a three-on-one " but couldnt convert.
Its almost like weve got to get punched in the face three or four times before we respond and its going to be the death of us if we dont change this because you cant continually spot your opponent points, said Air Force head coach Frank Serratore, commenting that his team has had to come back in 10 of 13 league contests.
Eventually its going to come back and bite you in the tail look how hard it was to claw and scratch our way back into the game tonight? We were lucky.
The teams fought through a scoreless second period that consisted of back-and-forth hockey with both teams getting chances. The Falcons had several chances around the net yet could not get their sticks on the puck. Canisius on the other hand missed an open net and hit a few posts.
The Falcons finally got on the board just as a penalty to Brandon Johnson expired just about five minutes into the third period. Scott Kozlak hopped on the ice for Johnson, got the bounce from a blocked shot by Josh Print leading to a breakaway where he back-handed the puck stick-side on Canisius goaltender Andrew Loewen (30 saves).
Print blocks that shot and makes a big play on the shot block and where [does] it go? It bounces out and just coincidentally Kozlak comes on the ice and picks it up for a breakaway, said Serratore.
Within the next eight minutes, the Falcons took the lead. Josh Schaffer walked a Jeff Hajner tip from the top of the slot to the bottom of the left face-off circle where he put a relatively tough-angle shot past Loewen at the 9:37 part of the period.
Hajner then put a goal of his own off a Matt Fairchild rebound weak side on Loewen to take the lead 12 minutes into the period.
[The] puck got dumped in by one of my linemates, Josh Schaffer, then he ended up getting the puck forechecked deep in the zone, worked real hard, passed it over to [Matt] Fairchild, said Hajner. He just kinda put it in front and I was just lucky to be right around there with no one on me. They did all the work; I just reaped the benefits.
However, the Griffins would not give up and finally tied it back up with a minute and a half remaining in the third. Vincent Scarsella, who hit a post in the second period, took a Brandon Cummings pass out of the corner and knocked it past Volkening for the equalizer.
I thought we gained some very good momentum from two power plays back to back and they scored on a blocked shot breakaway and it really, really took the wind out of the sails, said Smith. Then they get another one.
I thought we started to push back and to take some more pucks to the net and get rewarded with a goal Im happy with the way we responded.
With the tie, the Griffins are 0-4-3 in games decided by one goal or less and both teams went 0-for-7 on the power play.
The two teams face off again tomorrow at Cadet Ice Arena. The puck drop is at 7:05 pm MST.
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Pension Day
November 9, 2012 in Utrecht
Netspar would like to invite you to the Netspar Pension Day, which will be organized at the Beatrixtheater in Utrecht on Friday, November 9, 2012.
The program will consist of a sequence of parallel sessions throughout the day. Subjects are (a.o.) Risk, lifecycle decisions, behavioral economics and health .
For more information, please contact the Events Coordinator Sylvia van Drogenbroek, 013 466 3206.
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Moroccan iftars à la geek: a look at how the Maghreb ecosystem is developing
In Morocco, the geek and startup social life doesn't stop during Ramadan. Au contraire! Two major events take place during the holy month: the GeekFtour and the Ftour 2.0, both of which play upon the Moroccan word for iftar. When these two events launched, respectively in 2010 and in 2011, they were just simple meetings in cafés among members of Weboma, the Moroccan web community. Now, with events built around sharing and friendliness, the Geek Ftour and the Ftour 2.0 have together managed to gather 500 web enthusiasts.
Ftour 2.0, an iftar for web professionals
Organized on July 17, in Rabat, by Social Media Club, Ftour 2.0 is known for its simplicity. This intimate event gathered around a hundred people, mostly web professionals. Before the ftour, participants took part in various team building workshops, in calligraphy, music and tennis, to name a few. The much-anticipated ftour then lead the group to share its professional and personal topics, followed by a musical show.
GeekFtour, where the geeks of tomorrow have fun
In a different city, with a different audience and different atmosphere, GeekFtour took place on July 27, in Casablanca. Organized by Evento, a student-led startup, the event drew in a younger crowd of around 400- including many students- to Casablanca.
Prior to the ftour, there was no calligraphy, but there was a gaming contest; after the ftour, the team hosted a series of "Ignite" talks, which were 5 minute-long talks of only 20 slides. The 10 talks covered various topics from Bitcoin to how to make Morocco a better place, including a debate on which language Moroccan geeks should use- French or Arabic? In between the talks, Evento gave the stage to the participants for a talent show.
Sharing is contagious
This year, for the first time, GeekFtour also made its debut in Algeria. On July 20, GeekFtour Algérie gathered a crowd of around 200 in Alger. How big will it be next year?
This Saturday, the Weboma community will also see another first: a web-related ftour organized outside of the Casablanca-Rabat zone. Webomarrakesh ftour in Marrakech will gather the web community, developers, designers, students and geeks for one of the last iftars of the season.
Each of these events have revealed the community's need to share, as web and mobile developers, marketers, journalists, young CEOs, and students have all come together to share their desire to effect change and continue building the Moroccan web.
To get there, this community needs not only to share, but also to learn from each other and implement some structure; however, GeekFtour and Ftour 2.0 are a step in the right direction.
The vendredit.com series that will kick off tomorrow, fostering values of sharing, giving, learning and progressing, is another event pushing the ecosystem forward.
It's those kind of events that will enable Moroccans go from copying trends to creating new trends that are catered to the Moroccan market.
Fatim-Zahra Biaz is a Moroccan entrepreneur and consultant passionate about startups, collaborative and social economy that disrupt the current economic models. Fatim-Zahra has founded New Work Lab, a collaborative work lab (coworking space) in Casablanca.
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The two bookends of the Bush-Cheney administration should be enough of a sign of what this administration left behind to haunt America for decades to come: 9/11 and the Great Recession. No, I'm not saying that Bush-Cheney were totally responsible for both tragedies, yet these events did occur while they were in charge of our government. It's true that Bush-Cheney and Condi Rice paid no heed to the warnings about a (potential) coming attack by terrorists on American soil. This crowd never gave any credibility to issues which the Clinton administration was involved. Although Osama bin Laden wasn't captured during his watch, he was at least on Clinton's radar. During the time of these warnings, in August 2001, George W. Bush was busy removing brush from his ranch in Crawford, Texas. I guess he liked giving the American public an image which reminded them of the Reagan years.
With 9/11 America had no choice but to go after those who attacked us. The great mistake made by Bush-Cheney, was taking our eye off that primary target, and invading Iraq. The end result of this blunder is that now, after thirteen years of war, we have somewhere around two million veterans crowding an already over-worked veterans administration. I say over-worked because of two other factors: the Vietnam veterans are entering retirement age which means as they age, their needs for medical attention will grow. Beyond this, our World War II veterans are entering the end years of their lives. This critical time in any life is a key driver of soaring medical costs. Just how much time, effort, energy and money should be given to extend what is already a life almost finished? The Bush-Cheney administration never could see the end results of their actions: killing Saddam Hussein uncorked what would become a civil war, the remnants of which Iraq is still dealing with.
The results of physical and mental wounds among tens of thousands of American veterans is overwhelming the Veterans Administration.Hopefully the scandal breaking in Phoenix is limited but it would be hard to believe other scandals affecting more hospitals is not occurring. If nothing else, our government should recruit(if necessary) the private medical system to take care of whatever attention our vets need: America owes them. The Great Recession depleted our available treasury so obviously money is tight, but funding our veterans healthcare system is mandatory. Management changes should also take place to rid this vital department of anyone too greedy or incompetent to make sure our veterans get the best service and care possible.


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Transverse Skidding
Jurong Shipyard took its successful Load-out and Mating-in-Dock innovation further by developing the ingenious Transverse Skidding Method. The combination of these two methods would allow multiple rigs to be constructed simultaneously and assembled sequentially in a safe, secure manner at a relatively low cost. Prior to that, only one semi-submersible could be constructed at any one time.
The yard applied its newly developed "Transverse Skidding" technique together with its breakthrough "Load-out & Mating-in-Dock" process for the fast-track construction of two sixth-generation semi-submersible rigs, West Sirius and West Taurus, for Norway's Seadrill.
The first rig unit, West Sirius, was successfully assembled in the second quarter of 2007 using the "Load-out & Mating-in-Dock" technique. Here, the rig's upper hull was built on a skid truss on reinforced land and skidded over and mated with its lower hull in the drydock. The "Transverse Skidding" technique was then used to transfer the upper hull of the second semi-submersible rig, West Taurus, onto the withdrawn skid truss via a side-skidding process in preparation for its load-out and mating operation
The combination of these two processes enabled multiple rigs to be constructed simultaneously and assembled sequentially in a safe and secure manner at relatively lower cost. The "Transverse Skidding" process further improved on the original "Load-out & Mating-in-Dock" technique which allowed only one semi-submersible to be built at a time.
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For the very first time in my life, I am actually ashamed to be American.
Despite the overt disgust churning in my stomach right now, I'm hesitant to write this.
It goes against everything I stand for. I'm American. I love my country. After traveling the world, I know this is an amazing place. I'm patriotic and political. I believe in change from within.
But then this.
Rich House republicans in Washington would rather see little girls raped than even potentially give up an ounce of power they hold over a woman's body.
Please digest this for a moment.
These men that you and I have allowed to survive in office have publicly voted down a bill to protect children from forced marriage......based on a rumor they might open the door to overturn anti-choice laws.
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D: I'm ashamed to live in America Almost every day. Did you know we're pretty low on the list of accepting evolution as fact?
There are third-world countries ahead of us on that list.
People who are currently in government are obsessed with control, power, wealth--and keeping it. The less education and basic rights we have--the easier it is to control us.
Also, here's the thing with pro-life people: A woman was recently put in jail for getting dizzy and falling down a set of stairs. Because the FETUS CELL BUNDLE in her uterus was more important by law, than she was. Nevermind she should be put on suicide watch first, if she was trying to kill herself that way, she was put in jail, and charged with fetus endangerment--when getting rid of the baby was not on her mind at all when she fell down the stairs. Best part? Nurse in the hospital she went to reported her, and she was arrested and taken from the hospital.
This is why I'd never have kids--unborn, a bundle of cells that throbs in time to music, something without feelings or memories or in-jokes with people--that is more important to these people than I will ever be. It makes me feel like cattle when you know what, women are people too!
I'm normally more restrained with my language, but EVERY SINGLE PERSON who voted against this, no doubt all (or mostly) Republican, are complete and utter callous cunts. Utterly unbelievable, and a country I admire, for it's Constitution & Bill of Rights, is today a country I am very glad I do not live in.
I became embarrassed to be American somewhere in the 90's. Now I'm just embarrassed to be human...and look forward to cleansing oblivion.
In my opinion as this bill "requires that the President and the State Department make child marriage a core part of American international development strategy." is another bill that we don't need as we are already policing the world too much. I do not think that the practices that this bill strives (or seems to strive to thwart) are for the best but it is not our place to tell the rest of the world how to do things. Remember in other countries there are arranged marriages still, it is part of their culture. To have the US decide that we have to impose an age limit for marriage on other cultures that we come across no matter how f'ed up is overstepping bounds. Though I don't really know the exact wording of the bill that is what it sounds like to me.
Simply put it is not our place to impose our values on other counties.
Though if the bill is just solidifying a position that we should take concerning how the US deals with girls wanting to be free of their husbands by coming to America and America not recognizing such unions then I'm all for it.
I cant believe this.
Wow... that's just gross. I feel dirty right now. Just makes me want to leave the US even more.
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Pigs offer a lesson
Published: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 5:10 p.m.
Editor: I think the Valleydale pig parade commercial is cute yet sad for the pigs who are hooraying it up for sausage and hot dogs. Don't they know the pigs have to die before they will become the food?
I think of these pigs when I think of the people who demand their rights to this and that. Sure they have the right, but the outcome may not be so great.
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With the mural art in the foyer of the CologneTriangle, the artist ventures to render writing as a daily and natural form of communication consciously perceptible. The disproportionate size of the text portrayed allows one, instead of responding to the messages conveyed, to perceive writing as an aesthetic entity, as symbols in the sense of painting. This impression is reinforced by the handwriting used by the artist, which represents a conscious break in relation to the usual printed characters to which we are visually accustomed.
Translation of the mural painting
Building of the first Rhine bridge begun in 310 under King Constantine, in addition to fort divitia, from which the name Deutz is derived. After 430, the fort was made a royal court by Frankish conquerors, as the name proves: divitia civitas. Around 1002/03, Archbishop Heribert founds a Benedictine monastery on the banks of the Rhine; around 1020 the abbey church of Saint Heribert is consecrated. In 1230, Deutz is named a city and bears a seal of the city. Since the late Middle Ages, the city of Deutz suffered destruction on many occasions. After 1815, the Prussians extended Deutz and Cologne, making them the most powerful strongholds in the west; Deutz became a Prussian garrison city. In 1847, opening of the entire stretch of the Cologne-Minden railway from Deutz to Minden with a station at this point. In 1859, under Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV the first train rolled over the first fixed Rhine bridge since Roman times. In 1864, the first motor factory in the world was founded in Cologne, which had been trading as the "Gasmotoren-fabrik Deutz" since 1872. In 1888, Deutz became an urban district of Cologne by suburbanisation. In 1913, construction of the dome of Deutz railway station. The station forecourt is named after the inventor of the gas- powered combustion engine, Nicolaus August Otto. In 1924, founding of Cologne trade fair under the Lord Mayor Konrad Adenauer. In 1936, opening of the Rhenish museum in the former Deutz cuirassier barracks as the "house of the Rhenish homeland". In 1957, the Deutz Rhine Park is the venue for the first Federal garden show. In 1959, inauguration of the Landeshaus in Deutz as the head office of the Rhineland Regional Council. In 1998, construction of the Cologne Arena and the Stadthaus. In 2006, opening of the new trade fair halls and the CologneTriangle.
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If you are a regular reader of this column, you know I love sweets. When I have a little free time (which isn't often), I love to bake a cake or a pie or some cookies. That's very relaxing to me. So for those of you who don't like to bake, call me sometime and I'll bake for you because I don't need to eat so many sweets all the time! When you look at the ingredients of this cake, you'll see that it's got to be good.
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Quote of the Day: "They are dumb and they are stupid, stupid, stupid." -Erskine Bowles on the upcoming spending cuts set to start in March.
Who Left out the Meat Cleaver?
THE STORY: President Obama gently poked Congress in the eye to act and prevent automatic spending cuts set to start on March 1.
UH OH. WHAT'S COMING? On March 1, a series of automatic spending cuts known as "the sequester" are set to start. This is not the way either side of the political aisle wants to welcome spring. The cuts, which will affect everything from defense to education, are a result of a previous emergency debt ceiling deal, during which the old Washington adage of 'we'll deal with it later' seemed like a good idea. It wasn't.
SO WHAT'S OBAMA THINKING? He has urged Congress to prevent the cuts from happening by passing a smaller package of cuts and tax increases. Specifically, he said if Congress "allows this meat cleaver approach to take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness." Harsh metaphor.
AND WHAT DID THE GOP HAVE TO SAY? Um, hello Mr. President, we don't want these cuts either but step away from the tax increases. Everyone agrees that the sequester is a bad, bad idea (for good measure, Obama spoke in front of emergency responders who might lose their jobs if the cuts happen. Heart strings pulled.) but the GOP is adamant that they need a plan that successfully reduces the deficit and curbs spending.
SO IS ANYONE GOING TO FIX THIS? DC's ambiguously bipartisan duo-Simpson and Bowles- tried. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles (deficit obsessed) proposed a detailed plan for rewriting the tax code and making major cuts, thinking it would lead to compromise. Unfortunately, they proposed about $200 billion more in spending cuts than the White House would like. They also proposed this while Congress is in recess. If a plan falls in Congress, and no one is around to hear it, does a plan exist?
REPEAT AFTER ME...What to say in a meeting... Surprise! I resign. Marine General John Allen, the longest-serving leader of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, asked the president to accept his resignation. This means he won't move forward with his nomination to be NATO's supreme allied commander (big job) so he can care for his wife who is battling chronic health issues. Aww, but why does his name sound so familiar? Oh yeah, the Pentagon investigated his involvement in the whole Gen. David Petraeus affair mess. He was cleared of any wrongdoing, after investigators combed through his "racy" exchanges with socialite Jill Kelley, and his decision to retire is said to have not been influenced by that blip in his stellar career.
What to say while doing your taxes... This math does not make sense. It's just as confusing as how $50 million worth of diamonds could be stolen in under five minutes. Although the thieves didn't break "Gone in 60 Seconds" records, heavily armed robbers dressed up as police officers made off with the goods during a raid at Brussels' international airport. The robbers drove onto the tarmac and took the goods as they were being loaded onto a plane. No one was injured and no shots were fired. Sometimes you can't help but root for the bad boys.
What to say after Facebook stalking... Is karma finally coming around to get me? Last month, several laptops on the Book's network were targeted by a sophisticated hacking attack. Thankfully, it doesn't seem like they got any info (still I live in fear of my search habits becoming public record). Now, unknown hackers have used the same malicious software to infect some Mac employees' computers. Apple came clean about the cyber attacks--the widest known efforts to target Macs used by corporations. It doesn't stop there -- Twitter was hacked earlier this month in the same campaign and 250,000 users may have had info compromised. @Jeep's account was also hijacked and MTV pretended theirs was as well, showing that just like TRL, their humor is passe. The breaches are being investigated and some think they come from China (although there is no official proof).
What people are morbidly fascinated by... The story of Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic track star and double amputee, who is charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend. Pistorius says he did not mean to kill her and did not know she was on the other side when he shot through his bathroom door. He says he thought an intruder was breaking in and that his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was in bed. Pistorius says he used a bat to break down the bathroom door and then carried his girlfriend downstairs. She died in his arms. Prosecutors say, no bail for you, think he's a flight risk and that it's sketchy he had testosterone and needles laying around. Cold blooded killing or horrific accident? Discuss amongst yourselves.
What to say when you're broke... Now would be a great time to launch a fashion line. The United States Post Service is trying to get creative in how not to lose billions of dollars each year. Their answer? "Rain Heat & Snow," a new line of apparel and accessories modeled off of the Post Service's unofficial motto. The idea is to create "smart apparel," in other words, "wearable electronics." How about -- buy some printers?
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But I Don't Have A Light Cycle: TRON Bicycling Bodysuit
This is the $150 Tron: Legacy inspired bicycling skinsuit available from Podium Racing (of Pee-wee Herman skinsuit fame). Unfortunately, it doesn't actually light up, so unless you invest in some of those flashing bike lights you're going to look like a ninja pedaling around at night. And have you ever seen a ninja biking at night? Exactly, it's nearly impossible until they're rolling across your windshield. This message brought to you by orphaned ninja children and the Ad Council.
Thanks to brie, who bikes with a strobe light and disco ball and isn't sure if it prevents or causes more accidents.


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Life after your music is recorded
I have a question for bands...what do you usually do after releasing your music? Do you ever stop to think about how you can collect royalties? How do you get on the billboard charts? Or maybe about copyrighting your songs? Do you even know what an ISRC is and why you need it if you are going to release your music to collect royalties?
Now the next question is if you were to pay someone to find all the answers for you to take care of this for you, how much would that be worth to you?
Well I've put together a downloadable book for only $10 that shows you step-by-step exactly what websites to register with, how to take care of all of the registration and a list of industry resources. I've even posted my phone number on my website so if you have any questions, then give me a call or text me. I'm based out of Riverside in Southern California.
If you are interested, then check out www.PressKitJunky.com/book.html to download my book for $10. The info in my book can be found on the internet but trust me when I tell you, I've spent hours a day for a full month to research, compile, organize, put to action and write this book. I'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave your replies.
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Why do some people succeed in the music business while others fail? Or, should some change the measure of their success? These are the questions at the core of the the Oscar-winning documentary, '20 Feet From Stardom.' For those seeking to round out their post-Oscars viewing, the documentary deserves a viewing. It is the second year in a row that a music-related documentary has won the category. Last year's winner was 'Searching for Sugar Man.'
There are so many worthy artists, but room at the top is cramped. Some artists have an uncanny gift for staying at the top once they get there. The artists featured in this film are not those top artists, they are the background singers who help define a band's sound, but often do not get the credit they deserve for helping create that sound.
The film falls short of looking at factors outside of race that hold an artist back from being bankable. Being an entertainer is more than just having a great voice. There are factors beyond the voice that vault an singer over other similar artists; a look, charisma, uniqueness, style. Nowadays, songwriting skills make a more interesting and more bankable artist. Without songwriting skills, Cheryl Crow would still be a backup singer.
What makes these particular artists unique and worthy of mention, is their long-standing career as backup singers, even after their big moment was over. Darlene Love's career was sidelined multiple times by Phil Spector, who used her voice to score number one hits under the name of the all-black girl group, The Crystals. She also had an acting career.
Merry Clayton bounced around Hollywood as an actress and backup singer, most famously singing 'Gimme Shelter' with the Rolling Stones. Lisa Fischer, also a backup singer for the Rolling Stones, won a Grammy Award and a number 1 record with, "How Can I Ease The Pain" in 1992. She now blames the second record for taking too long and sounding too much like Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey for her failure to continue her career. A record never released certainly will fail to chart.
Perhaps the most likely to succeed out of all of the singers is Judith Hill, the last backup singer Michael Jackson had hired for his cancelled tour. She writes her own music in addition to singing background. She will be in greater control of her music career than any of the older crowd. As just a voice, she may have been knocked off of NBC's 'The Voice,' but landed in the enviable spot of opening for Josh Groban on his tour.
Ultimately, it's hard to feel sorry for people who had their moment and can't let go of the fact that it didn't take them to the lofty top of the charts, or keep them there. It's a bitter pill swallow when things don't happen in life the way you wish, want, or even deserve. Not everyone can, or should define their success in terms of number 1 hits. And not everyone should expect a continued career as a solo artist. Many rock groups suffered the same fate of fading out as musical styles and tastes change after just one modest hit. Even more never make it at all.
As singers who neither create their own music or recording opportunities, they are at the mercy of others. This kind of 'failure' happens to so many artists who then move on to other things in life. It also seemed that many worthy backup singers were left out of mention, but it's difficult to tell everyone's story all at once.


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Walking With Partch
A new work for Ensemble Musikfabrik, to be performed at hcmf// 2016.
Claudia Molitor is a composer/artist whose work draws on traditions of music and sound practices but also extends to video, performance and fine art. Her work often becomes a site where conventions of music notation and performance, and hierarchies of listening and seeing are explored. Running through her practice is a curiosity in un-noticed and fragile sounds, structures and thoughts. Considering the possibilities presented by the spaces between notions of artistic disciplines is also central to her work.
Claudia's work is regularly commissioned, performed and broadcast throughout Europe, working for example with hcmf//, Wien Modern, London Sinfonietta, Royal Philharmonic Society, Spor, Tete a Tete, BBC Proms, Tate Britain, Turner Contemporary, Electra Productions, Sonica, NMC Recordings, Spitalfields Music, Ensemble Resonanz and Cryptic.
Some recent work include
Remember me… a miniature deskOpera produced by Cryptic that toured throughout 2012 and 2013 to hcmf//, sound, NovemberMusic and Sonic-a, New Directions and Spitalfields Music.
Sonorama, a work for the rail journey from St Pancras to Margate with David Hendy, Electra Productions, Turner Contemporary, Southeastern Rail, The British Library, Uniform Books and Hornby.
And 2TwoLO for the Objects at an Exhibition project by The Science Museum, NMC and Aurora Orchestra
To see The view from behind my desk, part of Brighton Dome's earsthetic, an on-line curatorial project where artists allow us a 30 second sonic glimpse into their creative space, visit A Sonic View.
Her headphone piece for the BBC Proms Music Walk, an event curated by Tim Hopkins, is downloadable from BBC Proms 2012.
James Saunders has interviewed Claudia about her ongoing interest in incorporating touch into her work.
She has worked collaboratively with many other artists and was co-founder and festival director of Soundwaves Festival, a music and sound focussed multi-arts festival that took place in Brighton (UK), as well as artistic co-director of the interdisciplinary music and visual arts festival TöNE: a meeting of sound and light in Medway.


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Avenging his father's murder is a matter of honor for the young samurai Jintetsu. But it turns out that the killer is a corrupt government official-and now the powers that be are determined to hunt Jintetsu down like an animal. There's only one problem: Jintetsu is already dead.
Torn to pieces by a pack of dogs, Jintetsu's ravaged body has been found by Genkichi, outcast and master inventor. Genkichi gives the dead boy a new, indestructible steel body and a talking sword-just what he'll need to face down the gang that's terrorizing his hometown and the mobster who ordered his father's hit. But what about Otsuki, the beautiful girl he left behind? And what will lay ahead in his journey?
Steel armor is defense against any sword, but it can't save Jintetsu from the pain in his heart.