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The following article summarizes key events and developments over the last year in the Ministry of Finance and the Israeli economy, with links to further information in articles posted over the last year by the International Affairs Department in the ministry.
The Israeli economy continued to withstand the global economic crisis in 2011, while maintaining growth: Israel's GDP per-capita is forecasted to grow by 3% in 2011. Also, Israel managed to decrease its unemployment to an historic low level, standing at only 5.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2011, and 5.6% in the 3rd quarter of 2011.
Inflation in the last 12 months (Nov. 2011 compared to Nov. 2010) stands at 2.6%, within the target bandwidth of the Bank of Israel (1%-3%). Average monthly Consumer Price Index (where 2010=100) grew from 101.4 in Nov. 2010 to 104.1 in Oct. 2011. The Bank of Israel Interest rate grew gradually from 2% in Jan. 2011 to 3.25% in June. In between June to September, Bank of Israel interest rate was stagnant, and then was gradually decreased to 2.75% in Dec. 2011.
Both imports and exports knew a recovery in the 1st half of 2011, with a decline in the 3rd quarter. Exports of goods and services are forecasted to grow by 3.8% in 2011, and imports of goods and services are forecasted to grow by 9.2% in 2011.
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Final Conclusions by the Committee to Examine the Policy on Oil and Gas Resources in Israel, Headed by Prof. Eytan Sheshinski were released on January 3, 2011. The Committee recommended several fiscal changes due to major developments and findings of natural gas in Israel.
The outcome of these fiscal changes will ensure that the cash flow of the projects during the debt repayment period will not be impaired, which will safeguard the ability to finance the ventures. That, by reducing the maximum tax rate of the state's share in the profits, which keeps it on par with the accepted rate of taxes in most countries in which these operations are conducted.
Barclays Capital investment bank began operating in Israel in 2008, and in March, Barclays announced plans to open a technology research and development (R&D) center in Israel, to be called the Israel Development and Engineering Center (IDEC).
The decision to establish the center was made by the Barclays Group's management following the unveiling of the government's Competitive Advantage program to promote high-tech industries in Israel, which was formulated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.
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After several demonstrations over prices of specific products in Israel, such as fuel and cottage cheese, a protest over housing prices in July evolved into a cross-nation general protest over the cost of living, including basic grocery consumption products, housing, the price of raising children, and more.
The decision to establish the center was made by the Barclays Group's management following the unveiling of the government's Competitive Advantage program to promote high-tech industries in Israel, which was formulated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.
On August 7, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a professional committee for socio-economic change, chaired by Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, in order to hold a broad dialogue with different groups and sectors within the public, listen to the distress and to proposals, and make recommendations that will be submitted to the Social and Economic Cabinet chaired by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Yuval Steinitz.
So far, the Israeli parliament (Knesset) enacted the committee's tax proposals in December, benefiting middle wage earning workers. In addition, a team to examine how to increase competitiveness in the banking industry was appointed by the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Israel. The team will also give its views on various means for simplifying the banking product, strengthening customers' ability to negotiate with banks, and improving and broadening the service relating to credit information in the household and small business sectors.
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Also, the Committee on Increasing of Competitiveness in the Economy has concluded the interim stage of the formulation of its recommendations at the end of September. The Committee has been requested to examine the effect of the existing structure of the economy on the level of competition in various sectors of the economy, its financial stability and its economic efficiency.
The Committee's main recommendation was to prohibit the control or holding in a significant financial institution by a significant real entity or by the controlling shareholder of a significant real entity,
In September, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its long-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on the State of Israel to 'A+/A-1' from 'A/A-1'. S&P also affirmed the local currency ratings at 'AA-/A-1+'. Also, S&P's outlook is stable, and the transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessment remains at 'AA'.
The rating action reflects S&P view of Israel's improved economic policy flexibility as a result of strong growth and careful macroeconomic management.
Israel's EUREKA chairmanship for 2010-2011 was implemented by MATIMOP, the Israel Industry Center for Research and Development, acting on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor.
Throughout the Israeli Chairmanship year, over 220 cooperative R&D projects were approved, totaling more than 300 million euros of private and public investment. Israel is only one of 40 member countries in EUREKA but represents over one-quarter of the overall number of projects approved during the past year.


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Williams joins Independent Bank as vice president of community banking
February 26, 2013
Malcolm Williams has joined Independent Bank as a vice president of community banking at the Beverly Hills office, located at 32800 Southfield Road.
Williams is responsible for sales, business development and community relations for offices in Beverly Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Farmington Hills and Livonia.
Williams graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio with a bachelor's of science degree in marketing and is an active member in the Young Bankers Club, Winning Futures and Theocracy Ministry School. He is a founding member of the Ways to Work program and a former board member of the Macomb Chamber of Commerce.


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The Gallery usually offers two rounds of internships per year coinciding with Australian university semester schedules.
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Took some display pics under different lighting and settings. Some of you guys on FB have already seen these.
Same old camera from 4-6 years back but no editing.Practicing hard for some big stuff comin in the future.
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What fans witnessed in the class AAA championship at Williams Arena between Park Center and Marshall Saturday night was never seen before and will likely never be seen again.
Park Center made only 4 of 33 three-point shots, but they forced 30 turnovers against Marshall, eventually slugging a 73-71 win in triple overtime to win the first state championship of any kind in basketball. Making Park Center's (27-5) win more remarkable was surviving all three overtimes without McKenna DuBois and Cayla McMorris, who both fouled out in regulation, leaving a group of mostly freshmen on the floor. Under those circumstances, most people in attendance thought Park Center's chances of winning were extinguished.
Just getting to overtime seemed impossible, with Marshall (30-2) content to let Park Center fire off threes with impunity, waiting to rebound the inordinate amount of misses from that range. Marshall built a 52-43 lead with 5:08 left in the second half, but Park Center began to penetrate an impervious zone. Pirate freshman guard Danielle Schaub hit a runner with two seconds remaining to tie the score at 60, setting up the harrowing triple-overtime sequence.
Aggressive pressure defense gave the Pirates a clutch play in the second overtime, with Schaub making a steal and layup to tie the score at 67.
In the third overtime, with the score tied at 69, freshman center Mikayla Hayes gave the Pirates their first lead since the start of the second half, drawing a foul while making a layup. Park Center would later break a 71-71 tie with two free throws, and their stingy defense kept Marshall from mounting a final shot.
The Pirates scored 32 points off turnovers, only giving up 8 to the Tigers.
Freshman guard Ann Simonet led Park Center with 26 points and five steals. McMorris, who will play at Wisconsin next season, scored 21 points, ending her high school career above the 2,000 milestone. Hayes finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Kenzie Beekman led Marshall with 20 points and eight rebounds. Hannah Bennett had 16 points and five assists.
Park Center's girls basketball team had never reached the state tournament round until this year. Several of Marshall's athletes were hoping for a double-dip; nine players on the basketball team competed on the class AA state championship volleyball team this fall.


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On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25B Mitchell bombers attacked cities in Japan, the first retaliatory strike since the Japanese sneak attack at Pearl Harbor four months earlier. Led by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, the bombing raid provided a major morale boost to Americans during some of the darkest days of World War II.
When the Japanese high command decided to go to war in December 1941 with the United States, a key factor in its decision was that no American bomber had the range to hit the Japanese home islands. This became a frequent propaganda tool that was used in the days after Pearl Harbor to reassure the Japanese people that the war would never be brought to their homes. What is more, it had the virtue of being true. American bombers did indeed lack the range or the forward bases to threaten the home islands.
Nevertheless, in the aftermath of the December sneak attack, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt demanded that the American military find a way to strike back at the Japanese empire. A plan began to develop that called for light bombers to launch from an aircraft carrier. The problem, of course, was that carrier decks tended to be far too short for bombers to successfully take off. Additionally, landing the same bomber on a carrier deck presented even more problems and seemed increasingly unlikely to succeed.
Despite these challenges, the military was keen to follow FDR's directive and hit back. Command for the operation was given to Lt. Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle, a military and civilian pilot as well as an aeronautical engineer.
In his book "Flyboys: A True Story of Courage," historian James Bradley describes the then 45-year-old officer, "(Doolittle) was a short, muscular fireplug of a man with a confident grin above his left chin. His nose was a little crooked from having been broken on his road to becoming a boxing champion. He was just five feet four inches tall and never weighed more than 145 pounds, but he was a giant who reached the clouds, a king of the sky."
Doolittle selected a team of airmen to train for the raid, and tirelessly practiced short takeoffs to simulate carrier conditions. The task of preparing these pilots went to Lt. Hank Miller, who trained them at Eglin Field in Florida and McClellan Field in California.
In their article "Countdown to Tokyo," historians Ronald H. Bailey and Susan Zimmerman wrote: "To learn how to take off with a 31,000-pound fully loaded bomber from a runway less than 500 feet long, Miller's students had to unlearn old habits. They were accustomed to taking off from runways up to a mile long and achieving plenty of airspeed before liftoff. Miller had to teach them to take off at a speed so slow the engines almost stalled as the plane lifted off in the short space of a carrier deck."
Weight deemed non-essential for the mission had to be removed from the planes, and in some cases even defensive machine guns were pulled out, to be replaced only with long broom-handles painted black to deter Japanese fighters from attacking.
The plan would be to launch the planes from the deck of the USS Hornet close enough to the Japanese home islands to give the planes maximum range, but far enough away so that the fleet might avoid detection. The bombers would fly to targets in Japan, drop their payload, and then proceed westward toward friendly China. Once over China, the plan was for the pilots to land if possible, ditch and bail out if necessary, and then make their way home via India and the British empire.
Bradley wrote: "When Doolittle's Raiders and the sailors of the USS Hornet task force sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge headed for Tokyo, they still only knew that they were headed for somewhere 'outside the U.S.' When the ships were safely out into the Pacific, the loudspeakers boomed: 'The target of this task force is Tokyo. The army is going to bomb Japan, and we're going to get them as close to the enemy as we can. This is a chance for all of us to give the (Japanese) a dose of their own medicine.'"
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Authorities in this West Texas town are trying to prove that it was a good idea to keep the fight in El Paso, after University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa briefly canceled it in April.
A federal intelligence report had said Mexican drug cartel members might attend the fight.
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All I can think of right now is maybe looking into a way of converting a spare console into a dedicated qemu monitor, but I haven't made much progress on that angle. Google has not been very helpful thus far, but maybe I just didn't think up a cute enough search to dig through the noise.
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Charlotte, NC – Put on your ten-gallon hat and pull on your boots, Junior Brown is returning for his eighth appearance at Neighborhood Theatre on Saturday, April 14. See with your own eyes, the guitar Junior himself invented - one that combines the standard 6-string guitar and the steel guitar - the "guit-steel". General admission tickets are $20 and Gold Circle tickets are $30. Doors open at 7 PM and the show starts at 8 PM. Gold Circle is a reserved assigned seat in the first 5 rows.
Junior Brown is not your stereotypical country singer. His sound is a little bit country and a little but rock 'n' roll. He is also an instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. Known for his traditional country and Hawaiian steel styles, few of his performances finish without some blues playing and surf instrumentals. Brown is familiar with country music naysayers, but he is not intimidated by them: "Just about the time they label me as some old time honkytonk singer, I throw something new in there that surprises them. And then they'll appreciate the traditional styles of country music too. Do something to wow them without ruining the roots of country and they end up accepting the music that they would have been prejudiced against."
Big in the 90s, Junior's talents have led major magazines like Musician to herald him as a genius. Life honored him as the only contemporary musician included in their "All Time Country Band," and Guitar Player magazine's 1994 "Best of..." listings made him their #1 lap steel player, #2 Country Artist, and #3 country album (Guit With It). Brown's career is not over, however, his 2005 Live at the Continental Club: Austin Experience is a fan favorite because it captures his originality and authenticity that can only be experienced in person.
Brown's music has been showcased on various TV shows and movie soundtracks, including Me, Myself and Irene, SpongeBob SquarePants, and the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard remake, in which he also played the narrator.
Always a Neighborhood Theatre favorite, we are pleased to welcome Junior Brown back again on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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Another Anti-Gay Catholic Bishop Arrested for DUI
Another Catholic bishop has joined San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on the list of anti-gay drunk-driving prelates: Bishop Robert J. McManus, leader of the Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, was arrested last weekend in Rhode Island for driving under the influence.
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McManus was arrested at 10:32 p.m. Saturday on charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and refusing a chemical test, Narragansett Police Captain Sean Coorigan said. McManus is to be arraigned Tuesday in district court in Wakefield, R.I.
In a statement posted to the diocesan website, McManus writes,
On Saturday evening, May 4, I made a terrible error in judgment by driving after having consumed alcohol with dinner. There is no excuse for the mistake I made, only a commitment to make amends and accept the consequences of my action. More importantly, I ask forgiveness from the good people whom I serve, as well as my family and friends, in the Diocese of Worcester and the Diocese of Providence.
In addition to forgiveness, Bishop McManus is implicitly asking for Catholics in Worcester follow the example of Jesus by showing him mercy, compassion, and kindness. But these virtues are curiously absent in the Bishop's (mis)treatment of LGBT people.
McManus became Bishop of Worcester in 2004, just one day before same-sex marriages began in the Bay State. He wasted no time in attacking the freedom to marry: when Worcester city clerk David Rushford, a Catholic, said that by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, he was putting into practice the Catholic teachings on "inclusivity, universality, and respect for the dignity of each individual," Bishop McManus hit back with a stinging statement calling same-sex marriages "morally flawed" and characterizing Rushford's words as "morally incorrect and pastorally misleading." He attacked the Massachusetts Supreme Court for recognizing the right of gays and lesbians to marry, writing that "the judicial decision of a court can never make morally right what is by nature morally wrong." And he warned Catholics against participating in same-sex marriages in any way, calling such unions "evil":
Moreover, it must be pointed out that Catholics, especially public officials, who willingly and with approval facilitate the legal sanctioning of same-sex unions are involving themselves in cooperation with evil. Such cooperation is not free from serious moral and spiritual harm.
McManus's homophobic bigotry didn't stop in 2004: when President Obama endorsed marriage equality in 2012, the bishop's office issued a statement calling the President's evolution "deeply saddening" and (falsely) claiming that granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry harms children. Last April, McManus ordered a small Catholic college in his diocese to withdraw its invitation to Vicki Kennedy to speak and receive an honorary degree at its May commencement ceremony, citing Kennedy's views on reproductive choice and marriage equality. Oh, and remember the Massachusetts Catholic diocese that infamously backed out of a real estate deal last year after they discovered that the buyers were a married gay couple? You guessed it: it was McManus's own Diocese of Worcester.
Bishop Robert J. McManus is the worst kind of hypocrite, pleading for love and compassion for himself while demagoguing and dehumanizing others. Here's hoping that Catholics in Worcester see right through his charade.


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Physician offices have easy online access to many functions for Louisiana Medicaid. Verify eligibility, check claims status, review Community Care visits, and the newest addition to the site allows for online prior authorization of high-tech radiology imaging such as MRIs beginning February 1, 2010. For more information, including the specific CPT codes covered, read the release issued by Louisiana Medicaid. To register for provider access to Louisiana Medicaid follow the instructions here.
To access the Radiology Utilization Management, managed by MedSolutions, go to the new program implementation page and click on the orange text "Register for access to MedSolutionsOnline.com" or go directly to the provider registration page here. Complete the information requested and submit. MedSolutions will send you an e-mail confirmation instructing you what to do next.
Another feature that Louisiana Medicaid will be adding to its site later this year is called ClaimCheck by McKesson, owners of Medisoft software. Along with Clear Claim Connection, according to Louisiana Medicaid the system will check for claim issues helping providers to submit clean claims faster and more efficiently. The latest news on ClaimCheck can be found here.
Click her for Louisiana Medicaid fee schedules for physicians. If you are looking for dental, MDE, or other program fee schedules you should be able to find them on the fee schedule page.
To avoid claim and billing errors office staff should read and reference the Billing Information page of the Louisiana Medicaid website. It lists documents very helpful in describing how to file clean claims, defining timely filing, UB04 instructions, CMS/HCFA 1500 instructions, electronic claims and much more.
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Inspirational verses for Young people!
Christian young people today are turning to worldly ways instead of Godly ways..
God expects everyone to obey His commandments, learn to love and fear the Lord, and to follow the will of God by seeking Godly ways.
Here is what the scriptures say for young people:
Colossians 3:20:Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:12:Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 Samuel 15:23:Rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols
1 Peter 5:5-9:Be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
James 1:13:When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
Ephesians 6:1-3:Do what your parents tell you. This is only right. 'Honor your father and mother' is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely, 'so you will live well and have a long life
Proverbs 23:22:Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 1:10:My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them
Exodus 20:12:Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you
Joshua 1: 7-9:Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
Ecclesiastes 12:1:Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"
Matthew 26:41:Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
1 Timothy 4:12:Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
2 Timothy 3:15-17 : and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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I need a little help here. You would figure I'd have more energy. I sleep on average 8 hours a night. Every morning I take vitamin and mineral supplements. Vitamins B12,B1,B2,B6,A,C,D,E,K. Calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc and folic acid (some various others are mixed in my multi-vitamin). I'll take it with a glass of milk, a banana and a yogurt every morning. At work I'll have either a cup of coffee or a mountain dew. Around mid morning I take a 5 hour energy. About 3pm I hit the wall and can not keep awake :24: I've taken the 5 hour earlier and I'm fine 5 hours later. It's always around 3 I hit that wall like someone drugged my lunch.
My job is about 80% paperwork/computer and about 20% physical. I feel great in the morning, but it's always about 3 I want to nap and can't keep my eyes open. As soon as I get home, I'm out like a light on the sofa. I figure with the right vitamin and nutrients in the morning and a nice healthy lunch every day I'd be fine in the afternoon. I can't figure it out. Anyone have any ideas? I'm 29 years old so you'd think I'd have more energy.
On a side note... About 7-8 pm I get that second wind and I'm wound up like a squirrel on crack and full of energy again.


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Iwi praises Govt over water consultation
The northern branch of one of New Zealand's biggest iwi is praising the Government for the way in which it is dealing with Maori over water rights.
Six hui throughout the country are exploring the idea of offering Maori shares with extra benefits when state-owned power companies are partially sold.
Four of the six hui have been held and the fifth was in Tuai, north of Wairoa, on Thursday morning. The last is on Thursday night.
The chairperson of the Ngati Kahungunu Taiwhenua Incorporation Board says the National-led Government's approach is far different to the way Labour - when in power - dealt with Maori concerns.
Rill Meihana says Labour went ahead with its foreshore and seabed legislation, regardless of opposition from tangata whenua.
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How long can you store cigarettes?? I don't smoke em anymore....But If I ever saw a mushroom cloud I'd sure as hell start back up!!! I also bet that they would be great barter goods, like in prisons.Almost as good as guns & ammo & gold.....Heh.....Heh
As far as the TV show goes....I hope the folks with the fish in the swimming pool have the mortgage paid off!! They have trashed that home down to about zero resale value.
Well, if you can eat some fish from a pool, you would at least not STARVE.
Pour in more beer.
Lots of dehydrated stuff and water!
As much of it as you can CRAM into your place!
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This is now a series on NatGeo. The first two episodes were on this last Tuesday when the Gunco site was down (not sure what happened). So I didn't update. Since Tuesday tho - It appears that one of the featured "Doomsday Preppers" had his firearms stolen by the Tennessee Gestapo:
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The lesson here is to diversify and cache supplies at various locations. What could have been a minor inconvenience turned into a major catastrophe for this individual. I have long advocated the art of caching and stashing supplies as a backup.
Good news is that now an NRA attorney in Nashville is taking his case.
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Although there are some women who are at higher risk, the fact is all women are at risk for breast cancer. That's why it is so important to follow the three-step plan for breast health. Early detection of problems provides the greatest possibility of successful treatment.
Some people with one or more risk factors never develop a disease, such as cancer, while others develop cancer and have no known risk factors.
Although certain factors MAY suggest or define a person's possible risks, they do not necessarily cause the disease.
Different diseases, including cancers, have different risk-factor lists. When reading about risk factors for breast cancer, keep in mind that the word "risk" is used in different ways:
Lifetime risk refers to the probability that a person, over the course of his or her lifetime, will be diagnosed or die from cancer.
Over her lifetime, a woman in the United States has a 1 in 8 risk of developing breast cancer, and a 1 in 35 risk of dying from breast cancer.
Relative risk is a measure of the strength of the relationship between risk factors and cancer.
With respect to breast cancer, it compares the risk of developing breast cancer in women who have a certain trait or exposure to women who do not have the trait or exposure.
About 20 percent to 30 percent of women with breast cancer have a family member with this disease.
Source: National Cancer Institute
A risk factor is anything that may increase a person's chance of developing a disease. It may be an activity, such as smoking, diet, family history, or many other things. Different diseases, including cancers, have different risk factors.
Knowing your risk factors to any disease can help to guide you into the appropriate actions, including changing behaviors and being clinically monitored for the disease.
Any woman may develop breast cancer. However, the following risk factors may increase the likelihood of developing the disease.
Risk factors that cannot be changed:
The most frequently cited lifestyle-related risk factors:
Environmental risk factors:
To learn more about women's health, and specifically hormone replacement therapy, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991. The hormone trial had two studies: the estrogen-plus-progestin (HRT) study of women with a uterus and the estrogen-alone (ERT) study of women without a uterus. Both studies were concluded early when the research showed that hormone replacement did not help prevent heart disease and it increased risk for some medical problems.
The WHI recommends that women follow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advice on hormone (estrogen-alone or estrogen-plus-progestin) therapy. It states that hormone therapy should not be taken to prevent heart disease.
These products are approved therapies for relief from moderate to severe hot flashes and symptoms of vulvar and vaginal atrophy. Although hormone therapy is effective for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis, it should only be considered for women at significant risk of osteoporosis who cannot take non-estrogen medications. The FDA recommends that hormone therapy be used at the lowest doses for the shortest duration needed to achieve treatment goals.
Postmenopausal women who use or are considering using hormone therapy should discuss the possible benefits and risks to them with their physicians.
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'Planet of the Apes' features fantastic visual effects
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 3:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 3:48 p.m.
Despite the fact 2014 has been a strong year for film overall, the crop of summer Hollywood blockbusters has been something of a mixed bag. There have been highs ("X-Men: Days of Future Past," "Godzilla") and lows ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Transformers: Age of Extinction"), but now thanks to Matt Reeves and "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," we may have just hit the pinnacle.
Want to see?
• 'Planet of the Apes' is directed by Matt Reeves and stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell and Kody Smit-McPhee. It is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief strong language.
• It is rated three out of four stars.
• Now showing at Lexington Cinema 8; Cinemark Tinseltown USA in Salisbury; the Grande 18, Carmike Wynnsong 12 and Carmike 10, all in Winston-Salem; Regal Palladium Stadium 14 in High Point; and The Grand 18 Four Seasons, GrandLuxe Theatres, Cinemark Brassfield Cinema 10, Carmike 18 and Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16, all in Greensboro.
• Check out the movie news link under Entertainment at www.the-dispatch.com for show times and more information.
Its predecessor, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," was a somewhat surprising smash hit, serving as both prequel and reboot to the venerable franchise that originally began in 1968. That film ended with the human race nearly being wiped out by a disease of their own making, which started as a cure for Alzheimer's that inadvertently turned chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) into a super intelligent ape.
Ten years later, the apes are living peacefully in the forest, while the last remaining humans are struggling to survive in a ruined San Francisco. Power problems, however, have forced the humans out into the woods to search for new sources of energy, and soon the apes find their idyllic lifestyle threatened as they form a tentative agreement to allow the humans to work on an old hydroelectric dam on their land.
However, there are factions on both sides that are suspicious of this fragile alliance, most notably Caesar's right-hand ape, Koba. Angry at the humans after having spent years in a cage as a test animal, Koba decides to take matters into his own hands against the humans, in the process inching the two species ever closer to all-out war.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is almost like a zombie movie with apes instead of zombies. There are times when it almost feels as if we are watching an episode of "The Walking Dead." Humanity continues down a path of self-destruction (a theme echoed in this summer's best film, "Snowpiercer"), even as human nature (and ape nature) leads inevitably toward war.
There are a lot of ethical and moral gray areas on display here, and that's a big reason why "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is such a fantastic, even daring movie. In a world where simple black and white morality is popular, there are few Hollywood films, especially with this large a budget, that could ever tackle such complex thematic material.
However, what really steals the show here are the visual effects. Reeves and his team bring Caesar and his ape family to life in stunning fashion. These apes feel completely real — Caesar's eyes are thoughtful and full of emotion and pain, and they're completely made out of pixels. Serkis' work with motion capture is second to none, but the special effects in this film are perhaps the finest I've ever seen. These creatures come to life, and we believe them every step of the way.
In a summer of bland retreads, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" feels like a shot of mainstream adrenaline, managing to tackle heavy themes without losing its audience. Even if the special effects had not been so fantastic, that would have been a feat in an of itself.
Matthew Lucas, a former Davidson County resident, studied theater and film studies at Appalachian State University. He now resides in Banner Elk and has a blog where he posts movie news, reviews and commentary at www.fromthefrontrow.net.
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■ Prescriptions come with two injectors for a reason. The second injector is there in case something goes wrong with the first, or if the first dose wears off.
■ A practice injector comes with the prescription. Use it! Don't wait until an actual emergency arises! Know what to do before a crisis.
■ Epinephrine auto-injectors should be replaced yearly. An expired one may work, but it also might not be as effective. Don't take a chance!
■ Always get medical treatment after using epinephrine. It is NOT a substitute for medical care, but it buys you enough time to get medical treatment. Even if the injector works perfectly and the person feels better, medical treatment is a MUST. It also is the only way to receive a new prescription. — Heloise
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In yesterday's primary elections, Missouri voters approved Missouri Amendment Proposal 5 by a strong 61% to 39% margin. The ballot described Amendment 5 this way:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to include a declaration that the right to keep and bear arms is a unalienable right and that the state government is obligated to uphold that right?
State and local governmental entities should have no direct costs or savings from this proposal. However, the proposal's passage will likely lead to increased litigation and criminal justice related costs. The total potential costs are unknown, but could be significant.
That description was itself the center of considerable controversy, with critics charging that it failed to describe the full effects of the changes it makes to Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution (the state constitution's guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms). This is Section 23 without the new amendment:
Section 23. That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons.
Amendment 5 will, among other things, remove the language that denies constitutional protection of the right to carrying concealed firearms. That change was one that the anti-gun critics of the amendment found most objectionable. Why--had they designs on repealing Missouri's concealed carry law, and banning the practice?
Also to the dismay of the gun ban zealots, Amendment 5 alters Section 23 so as to subject all state and local gun laws to the strict scrutiny of the courts, meaning that all such laws must a) serve a compelling state interest, b) be narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and c) do so in the most minimally invasive manner possible.
These are all very positive developments for gun ownership in Missouri, but to describe Amendment 5's effect as making the right to keep and bear arms "unalienable" is to betray a fundamental misunderstanding of that term. Most immediately apparent, the "unalienability" of a right cannot legitimately be held subject to the whim of the electorate. If a right is unalienable, it remains so even if 99% (or, for that matter, 100%) of the voters choose to deny it.
Perhaps even more ridiculously, the language of Amendment 5 (and thus, now, of Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution) contains an explicit provision describing just how the right to keep and bear arms can be "aliened":
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the general assembly from enacting general laws which limit the rights of convicted violent felons or those adjudicated by a court to be a danger to self or others as a result of mental disorder or mental infirmity.
On the one hand, it could be argued that the practical effects of Amendment 5 are all good for gun ownership in Missouri--that the changes are all positive. The state, after all, has long assumed the power to disarm felons and those deemed mentally ill, so this adds no new "gun control."
Okay--fair enough. But on the other hand, by subjecting the fundamental human right of the individual to the approval of the masses, by making legal exercise of that right conditional upon the popularity contest of a vote, this approach voluntarily surrenders the high ground inherent to defending a right that is truly unalienable.
That this gambit carries real dangers is not idle speculation. National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea has noted over, and over, and over again that rabidly anti-gun former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is busily but quietly mobilizing his billions to forge a well-organized (and lavishly funded, obviously) anti-gun machine in every state. That effort on Bloomberg's part may already be bearing fruit in the state of Washington, where voters appear poised to approve a ballot measure that would ban private firearms sales in the state, as Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman has extensively covered for months.
Amendment 5, although a large positive step for Missouri gun owners, lends a veneer of legitimacy to the practice of allowing voters to decide whether or not government is to be forced to recognize our fundamental human rights as "unalienable," and Bloomberg is spending scores of millions to convince low information voters to give the government a free hand. Might we have given up more than we gained?
Update: Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman notes that whatever down side there may be to this strategy, at least it gives us the satisfaction of hearing the Bloomberg Moms' (BMs) anguished bleating, in "Antis lament as Missouri voters deliver gun rights victory."
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- St. Louis police chief, others sue to make Missourians' gun rights 'alieanable'
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Police Investigate Non-Fatal Shooting in Precinct 2/Woodlawn
Towson, Md. (October 18, 2013) – Baltimore County Police detectives continue to investigate a non-fatal shooting that occurred last night in the 3900 block of Sadie Road in Precinct 2/Woodlawn.
The victim, a 19-year-old man, told police he was walking outside his home just after 9 p.m. when two male suspects approached him. One of the suspects displayed a handgun. As the victim tried to run, one of the suspects fired the gun, striking the victim.
The victim suffered a non-life-threatening injury and found his own transportation to Northwest Hospital, where he was treated and released.
No suspect information is available at this time. Detectives are investigating whether or not this was a targeted crime.
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They say that auctions are just the tip of the classic car iceberg because only around 15 percent of all collector car sales are transacted in such a public forum. Well, the tip of the iceberg is floating much more prominently since one of the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula One racing cars that carried Juan Manuel Fangio to his second World Driving Championship sold at Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed sale for an astounding $29,650,095.
You read that correctly. The sales figure is just shy of $30 million -- for one car!
Oh, and that figure represents a world record for a classic car sold at auction.
And it's a world record by an astounding margin. The previous high-dollar public sale was for what now seems a mere $16,390,000 -- for a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rosa at Gooding's Pebble Beach event in 2011.
Not to be overlooked is the fact that the ex-Fangio Mercedes wasn't the only car to set a world record at that Bonhams sale, where someone paid $6.09 million for a 1955 Maserati 300S Sport-Racing Spider, a record price at auction for any car beating the Maserati Trident emblem. (As a result, Bonhams, the British auction house founded in 1793 and primarily known for selling fine art and antiques, holds the record for auction prices for Aston Martin, Austin-Healey, Bentley, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce automobiles.)
Overall, Bonhams' Goodwood auction totaled $54.5 million in sales. (The next sale for Bonhams Motoring department is August 16 at The Quail Lodge in Carmel, California, where the catalog includes the prototype for the 1924 Bugatti Type 35, a car that would become the most successful of all Bugatti racers.)
The (almost) $30-million Mercedes is chassis number 00006/54 and was the car Fangio drove to victories in the 1954 German and Swiss Grands Prix.
The high-dollar sale "reflects the true appreciation for cars as art," said Alain Squindo, vice president of RM Auctions.
"It's a validation of purity," he aded. "There were no questions about the car. Everything was right.
"That's exciting for all of us," he continued, adding that the W196 combined history, design and provenance to a degree that was recognized by those bidding in such big numbers.
"And it makes the next few months all the more interesting," he added as he looked toward the classic car auctions next month on the Monterey Peninsula.
While the $30-million sale may not float all boats higher, "the upper end of the market will benefit," Squindo said.
Before Monterey, RM moves to a Motown beat
But don't necessarily look for any million-dollar sales at Squindo's next auction.
We talked to the RM veep during the press preview for the Concours d'Elegance of America at the Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan. For the 19th year, RM will stage a significant auction on the eve of the show.
"This sale celebrates the automotive history of Detroit," Squindo said of the 80 cars (plus two wooden boats and one motorcycle) that will be offered for sale.
No Ferrari will cross the block at the sale, but there will be lots of Cadillacs and Lincolns and Packards, and a lot of cars from the 1950s and '60s.
Many of those cars, 24 in fact, are coming from the collection of Richard and Linda Kughn, long-time and highly respected collectors from the Detroit area.
American concours features automotive extremes
The 35th Concours d'Elegance of America will feature some of the extremes of American automotive production -- from early electric vehicles designed for a top speed of 30 miles per hour to the highest of the high-performance Detroit muscle cars.
The electric car class will include an 1889 Edison.
At one time, noted concours' car selection committee chairman Brian Joseph, more electric cars were being built in the U.S. than those powered by petroleum.
Petroleum won out -- though electrics are making a comeback -- and gasoline-powered cars reached an excess in the late 1960s and early '70s with the Detroit muscle cars. The most extreme of those vehicles -- the "dealer super cars," by Nickey, Yenko, Mr. Norms, Royal Pontiac, Baldwin-Motion, etc. -- also will be featured at St. John's.
Other special displays will include the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette, 1952-1972 Vintage NASCAR, the 60th anniversary of the Porsche 911, Jet Age convertibles, cars that have participated in The Great Race (including two specially built of the movie of that name), the 50th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz 230/250/280SL, a "Racing through the Ages" grouping, one-off Cords and a special collection to showcase the differences between classics built in Detroit (Cadillac, Chrysler, Lincoln and Packard) and the Midwest's other early Motor City -- Indianapolis (Duesenberg, Marmon and Stutz).
The concours is July 24.
Barrington concours moving to Chicago lakefront in 2014
The 1935 Avions Voisin Type C25 Aerodyne from the Mullin Automotive Museum won best-in-show honors at the seventh annual Barrington concours d'elegance, which featured some 140 vehicles on the fairways of the Makray Memorial Golf Club north of Chicago.
A 1950 Vincent Series C Black Shadow owned by Tim Holcroft took motorcycle honors at an event that established an attendance record with 3,500 people, double the 2012 turn out.
Speaking of Chicago, the concours will move there next year.
"The Barrington Concours' commitment to educating the public about the history of motoring aligns perfectly with the vision of the City of Chicago and its desire to draw over 20 million visitors to the city," said concours co-chair Patty Dowd Schmitz, who said the event will be renamed the Concours d'Elegance of Chicago and will be staged on Northerly Island, former site of the Meigs Field airport on the shorts of Lake Michigan just south of the Windy City's Loop downtown.
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Dusty Hernandez-Harrison was hit with a clean left hook and was floored early in his fight on ESPN's Friday night fights from San Diego, but got up off the canvas and scored a unanimous decision over 33 year old Michael Balasi for his 21st win against no defeats. Hernandez-Harrison, has not faced a southpaw since early in his career and none with the experience of Balasi. Balasi, who was knocked out in his last 2 bouts, showed no fear of the up and coming 19 year old. He had Dusty backing up for most of the fight and cornered him on the ropes several times.
Hernandez-Harrison's fans had never seen him take a punch so cleanly in all of this fights and hit the canvas with a thud. He jumped up fast, but had to hold on for much of the remaining time in the round. "I got caught with a good shot. We already watched the tape and that defensive weakness will be corrected. No excuses and an area that I will be focusing on when I am back in the gym on Monday", says Hernandez-Harrison. He had already scored a knock down in the same round and he may have gotten a little careless.
Trainer and father Buddy Harrison lamented, "Nobody wants to go down, but all in all ...a terrific fight for Dusty. He won by a large margin, [a shut out on all judges cards], after dealing with adversity in the ring. This will help when Dusty is in the later rounds of a tough fight down the road." As they say during March Madness, win and move on. Hernandez-Harrison threw a bunch of lead right hands over the gloves of Balasi, 10-3, 7 KO's, and scored consistently. Balasi did not seem be be fazed by the rapid punches from the young Hernandez-Harrison until he seemed to get hit in the temple/ear area and dropped to one knee. Dusty showed his usual poise that his fans have come to expect, even after getting up off the floor.
"We wanted Dusty in against a tough southpaw at this level and to learn from the experience. Mission accomplished. Getting up off the canvas, staying composed and coming on strong in the later rounds is Dusty's real learning experience from this bout", says Jeff Fried of All-In Entertainment, Hernandez-Harrison's promotion and management team. Fried did not say what is next for Hernandez-Harrison, but fans can expect Dusty to be back in the ring much sooner than later. Please subscribe and follow the constant action from Washington, DC and it's many young fighters.


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Sonim Technologies already has a reputation for producing near-indestructible mobile phones but now, in partnership with Land Rover, they've gone one better. The Land Rover S1 is the world's first IP-67 rated GSM mobile, a standard which means it has tested as totally impervious to dust and is waterproof to a depth of one meter. The S1 can also withstand dirt, shocks, drops and up to 400kgs of pressure.Read More
Amateur astronomers around the world have cause to celebrate as the first completely hands-off self-aligning telescope becomes available. First shown as CES in January, the Meade ETX-LS telescope uses a range of technologies, including GPS, magnetic sensors and a built-in CCD camera, to automatically determine its own location and then find any of more than 100,000 celestial objects.Read More
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Eye-Fi, makers of the world's first wireless memory card, has expanded its range with a new SDHC memory card aimed specifically at professionals and photo enthusiasts. The Eye-Fi Pro is a 4GB wireless memory card that supports RAW images and allows direct peer-to-peer connectivity between camera and computer, without the need for an internet connection. Read More
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Gawker Staff Mystified by Cityfile Purchase, Management Shake-up
Well-liked editor Gabriel Snyder is out, and Cityfile's Remy Stern is in, at Nick Denton's flagship website.
Gawker media staffers were left befuddled by yesterday's announcement that owner Nick Denton had purchased little-read New York power-player website Cityfile.com, and had ousted Gawker.com Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Snyder, replacing him with Cityfile founder and writer Remy Stern. It was the first straight-out acquisition by Denton, who has sold or spun off blogs but never bought a website. "It came out of nowhere," one staffer said, noting that there are a few things about the deal that don't appear to make sense. First, Cityfile's traffic is low: about 150,000 readers a month, according to Quantcast. That puts it in an entirely different scale from the rest of Denton's websites, some of which pull in numbers in the millions each month. More than one Gawker Media editor said there was a sense among the staff that they had never really understood Cityfile. And Cityfile's blog, Dailyfile, simply isn't a participant in what Tina Brown likes to call "the conversation."
What Denton appears to be after is Cityfile's roster of 2,144 (so far) profiles of New York's most prominent and newsworthy people. "You know how driven we are by audience response," Denton told Intel over IM. "Readers adore what I call 'instant reference.' It's something like the old Gawker 'Field Guides,' say a profile of someone in the headlines, an article halfway between news and reference." Though Cityfile hasn't much expanded its list since it debuted in July 2008, Denton says that will change with the acquisition. "At Gawker, Remy will have the resources to create new profiles on the fly — and update them more regularly," Denton said. "At Cityfile, he had a great concept — but not enough support."
Some other New York online media types in Denton's circle may have had some influence in this decision. Gawker's VP of Sales, Chris Batty, was an original investor in Cityfile, and Denton adviser and longtime colleague Lockhart Steele is also close with Stern. Denton additionally pointed to a long-brewing convergence of staff between Gawker and its late, former nemesis Radar magazine — where Stern served as a wingman to editor Maer Roshan. "There was a rivalry — and some pie-throwing. But that was probably because Gawker and Radar had more in common than they wanted to admit," Denton explained. "Each was the other's future. Radar served up the exclusives I always envied. Gawker was actually comfortable on the web, in the medium Radar should have made its own. We were like Siamese twins trying to scratch out each other's eyes." Gawker writer John Cook is also a Radar alum.
The second element of the purchase was the one that startled Gawker Media staffers the most: the ousting of well-liked Gawker.com E-i-C Gabriel Snyder in favor of Stern, who has never managed a massive website of that order. As Denton himself noted in his memo announcing the change, during Snyder's eighteen-month tenure, Gawker.com doubled its traffic. "Nick's lack of loyalty to those who build his sites and make him even richer is troubling, for those inside and outside the company," said one Gawker Media editor. Another fretted about a consistent sentiment among the staff that even the strongest team members could be fired at any time. Snyder himself said in his farewell memo that he didn't understand the reasons for his firing, but a staffer suggested that Stern's top job was a condition of his sale of Cityfile to Denton. (Denton himself wouldn't comment on "the mechanics of the deal.")
Another Gawker media staffer saw a certain appeal in the combined one-two punch of the elite-obsessed Stern and Cityfile: "Denton has always had two competing internal tendencies. One is to make a ton of money via traffic. The other is to be a power player. Real Housewives recaps do not make you a power player." But being the go-to resource for the chronicles of New York's other power players just might.


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With face painters continually looking for ways to save time without sacrificing a professional set up, Craft-n-Go has come up with one solution with their Craft-n-Go Pro Workstation. One of the first to embrace the possibilities of the Craft-n-Go, Lenore Koppelman, the Cheeky Chipmunk and new face painting consultant for the Craft-n-Go company, shares her evaluation of this versatile tool for professional face painters.
Artist spotlight: Lenore Koppelman, the Cheeky Chipmunk
Location: Astoria Queens, New York
Kit of choice: The Craft-n-Go Pro Portable Crafting Workstation
Q: You were an enthusiastic advocate of your Craft-n-Go before they selected you as their face painting consultant. How did you become a consultant, and what improvements can we expect from the new Craft-n-Go kit now that you and Cynthia, the CEO, are focusing on developing kits which are even more practical for professional face painters?
Lenore: Being hired to come on the Craft-n-Go team as their professional face painting consultant was completely unexpected, and I couldn't possibly be more thrilled. I was an instant fan of the Craft-n-Go kit from the moment I got my hands on one. It was so easy to set up and trick out, and I instantly knew that this was almost the perfect kit for me!
But there were a few issues that I could not ignore. Living in New York City, I am one of the thousands of city dwellers who do not own a car. We sold our car as soon as we moved to New York nearly eight years ago. It has been a liberating transition to fully embrace public transportation, but it also means that lugging around a heavy kit can be more than a little bit challenging for me. If I had a car I could pop my Craft-n-Go in, I would love it as it is. But I'm a hard-core city dweller. My reality entails going up and down flights of stairs to get in and out of the subway. It involves clients who are throwing birthday parties for their children inside of their fifth floor walk-ups. Sometimes I'm dragging it fifteen city blocks from one gig to the next, or running down Manhattan streets while trying to hail cabs that are whizzing by too quickly to catch.
Since Craft-n-Go has literally the best customer service of any company I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with, I emailed Cynthia Faller, the CEO of the company. Cynthia was so easy to talk to that I immediately felt comfortable and expressed my few concerns. I was incredibly in love with using the kit, but was struggling with getting it to my various gigs. I wanted something just as wonderful to use, but which was more compact. Something with larger, rugged wheels that were meant for subway stairs and city streets.
Cynthia explained that the kit she designed was originally intended for hobbyists, like scrapbookers, crafters, and jewelry makers, to use in their homes when they were ready to work on their favorite hobby. Now that so many face painters were getting excited about using the Craft-n-Go as their professional face painting kit, she was really interested in creating something specifically with professional face painters in mind.
I offered her a few ideas that I had from my own personal wish-list, and we hit it off. Over the telephone our ideas flowed back and forth as if we could read each other's minds. It felt as if we were old friend who had known each other forever, and we made a great team. A week into May, Cynthia impressed me with how much she was attempting to learn about the art of face and body painting and how passionately she was diving into learning about the profession. She had so many questions for me about what we all desire in a kit. That's when she shocked me by offering to hire me as their official face painting consultant.
I went out of my mind with excitement. This was the perfect project for me. I could indulge my OCD tendencies in trying to help Cynthia come up with creative ways to customize the new kit with two of my greatest passions: organizing and face painting. And since I live in New York City, I live in the perfect location for testing out the prototype on busy city streets. I can give it a run through the subway, or up and down those walk-up apartment buildings, or on the street chasing a speeding cab. I'll get to try out the prototype in a real urban setting and tweak any bugs before it becomes the final product.
I'm so happy that I get to work with such a fantastic team. Everyone at Craft-n-Go is incredibly creative and upbeat. They've made me feel right at home. Cynthia is the best boss ever. She's passionate about giving her clientele what they need, no matter what their hobby or profession might be. I mean, this woman has never face painted in her life, yet she is deeply immersing herself in learning everything she can about the face painting profession. This is one of the things that I admire the most about her. Cynthia has a hardcore passion for creating the perfect kit for everyone. She's living her passion, as I am living mine. I feel honored that she asked me to be part of this project, and I pinch myself over it every day. I am so incredibly blessed.
Q: Over the past few days, you've shared the physical specs which you feel make Craft-n-Go a tremendous workstation for face painters. What are your final comments on your kit?
Lenore: I cannot recommend this kit enough! (Although now that I'm officially working for the company, I suppose I am slightly biased.) I feel organized, which is such a calming feeling. Fewer things make me as frantic right before or during a gig as struggling to figure out where my supplies are. Before my Craft-n-Go, I used to stare into my previous kit and fumble around, desperately looking for my spray water bottle, the perfect color poofer, or my liquid bling. I used to dig around for an important tool and would wonder to myself, "Oh no! Did I leave it at home?" This would completely throw me for a loop, even if I did eventually find what I was looking for. I kept thinking to myself, "Get it together! Stop being such a disorganized mess!" I would take a few deep breaths, smile, and go back to painting until a few minutes later when I needed something else I couldn't easily get to.
I am sure that other people are really good at being organized without a special compartmentalized kit, but I'm just not one of those people. I need all the help I can get. I feel more in control of my gigs now and this great sense of confidence is everything.
I also love the looks on parents' faces when I tell them that they can have all of the tables to themselves at every event. No longer do I have to watch the distressed looks when they realize that the table they had promised to provide me with in our contract would mean that they have one less table for displaying party decorations, food, presents, and goodie bags. No longer do I have to watch a mother's face fall as she looks at me and says, "Oh! The little side table next to the sofa isn't big enough? But I don't have another table to loan you." Or, "Ohhh. You need a table at least as big as this one? But this is where I was going to put the chocolate fountain. Now where am I going to put it?"
Now they can have their chocolate fountain, and the rest of their bells and whistles, too. I have everything I need in one place. On wheels. Ready to go in minutes flat. Ready to impress!
Once I arrive at any gig, all I have to do to get ready is lower the legs and pop that baby open. Voila! Once I do that, I can instantly begin to focus on my passion and share it with the world. Life is far too short to waste my time doing anything but that. My childhood dream of becoming a professional face painter actually came true. Pinch me, please! I still cannot believe it. How can it get any better than this? And what if it actually does? I am excited and eager to find out.
The current Craft-n-Go kit is available through the Craft-n-Go website. However, if you'd like wait for the lighter kit designed for face painters, keep an eye out for the next generation which is scheduled to be released later this year.


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Four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris (Apollo 13), Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) and Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement) and Colin Farrell (In Bruges) star in this epic saga of survival from six-time Oscar-nominee Peter Weir (Witness, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).
Inspired by an incredible true story, The Way Back begins in 1940, when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs to join them on their quest. A compelling testament to the human spirit, this gripping wilderness adventure is "Peter Weir at his hypnotic best" (Telluride Film Festival).
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