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By Timothy J. Junio and Jonathan ProtzJune 29, 2010
Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. defense community has focused its futures analysis on a "range of possible outcomes" approach. Planners assume that social behavior, such as that of states in the international system or individuals in markets, is so complex that it defies point prediction. The best one can hope for, goes this mindset, is for a creative mind to envision scenarios that might come to pass, and then to prepare capabilities and strategies to meet challenges in those notional worlds. This approach to planning neglects two key and undeniable facts. First, at a specified level of granularity, there will be only one outcome of social interactions under study-a single equilibrium-just as there will be only one state of reality 5 minutes, 5 hours, and 5 years from now. Understanding which equilibrium will result is an informational, not a logical, research problem. Second, the United States has enormous potential to affect and effect changes in its favor-that is, to drive social systems, such as the international system, toward the particular equilibrium that U.S. policymakers desire.
The traditional view remains correct- for now-regarding the lofty challenge of point prediction for most kinds of social systems. The persuasiveness of this perspective is eroding, however, due to radical improvements in the ability of the United States to acquire and analyze information and the potential for these improvements to make single-equilibrium strategy a preferred approach. Thinking in terms of the range of possible outcomes distracts planners from efforts to achieve a particular outcome. By focusing on maintaining the stability of one ideal equilibrium-what one may call the lost art of grand strategy-defense planners would improve the probability that their desired equilibrium is attained. Such a reconceptualization of futures analysis focuses not on attempting to predict the future, but on treating alternative futures as the consequences of exogenous shocks to a single-equilibrium trajectory. The "deepest thinking" of strategic actors is the one that has accounted for the greatest number of such exogenous shocks and possible interactions in the development of its strategy. Holding material capabilities equal, the deepest thinking actor's desired equilibrium is the one most likely to be attained.
In this article, we advocate regrounding U.S. defense planning in single-equilibrium terms. Given the current tenor of political debate in Washington, this approach to strategy may sound novel. In fact, it is a return to the grand strategy tradition of the United States during World War II. At that time, senior U.S. leaders chose policies to shape the Western political system such that the United States would emerge at its apex after the war. Applying this kind of planning process to today's challenges involves focusing on overarching objectives for the international system while continuing the process of alternative futures planning.
Our framework reconceptualizes scenario-based analysis as a means to return a social system to a desired path in the face of exogenous shocks. The United States could thus create a "funneling effect" on the future of the international system or subsystems of interest; bringing its enormous material capabilities to bear, U.S. shaping efforts may constrain the choices of adversaries and thus reduce the number of possible outcomes. Preparing for exogenous shocks, therefore, may occur in a narrower range and with the intent of returning a system to the preferred equilibrium. Additionally, we argue that the return to single-equilibrium strategy is not only desirable, but also is a necessity given advances in technology. In particular, persistent surveillance, large-scale digital data retention, and advanced algorithms offer state actors enormous potential to better understand and, ominously, manipulate the behavior of social systems. We argue that applying these technologies to national security policy will become a competitive process between states during the coming decades, a claim that has an amoral descriptive component-the possibilities created by these new technologies- and strong normative implications regarding the changing relationship between states and their constituent populations.
One World or Many'
The national security community is plagued by a tension: should planners attempt to predict the most probable state of social systems of interest, or focus instead on the range of possible outcomes' Each approach has relative advantages and disadvantages. Point prediction of social systems allows national security policymakers to allocate their limited time to a particular contingency. Examples abound, but for the sake of illustration consider the potential for revolution in countries of interest to the United States. Political scientists and the Intelligence Community alike have found it extremely difficult to gauge with precision when and where social revolutions are likely to occur. However, attempting to quantify the probability of revolutions and thus rank-order states at risk of political disturbances has strong intuitive appeal for those on the National Security Council or in the Department of State, who would be responsible for dealing with regional crises. An alternative approach-planning scenarios-has an advantage of covering a large range of possible outcomes in the social system of interest, and thus has a high chance of offering analysis of the actual outcome that results. This could mean thinking in terms of what kinds of governments might come to power following a revolution in a country of interest-during the Cold War, this would clearly have been a planning mechanism for a state's fall to communism, while at present the United States may be concerned more about nationalist or theocratic regimes.
The difference in outlook afforded by each approach is significant. Those who prefer the scenarios-based approach argue that the historical record of social scientists seeking to predict social behavior is ridden with false judgments. At the top of the list is the general failure of U.S. policymakers to predict the demise of the Soviet Union; those favoring scenario analysis would note that the Soviet Union's collapse was anticipated while not predicted. The process of anticipating consequential political outcomes and planning for them would, it is argued, better prepare policymakers for future decisions than would dedicating analytic resources to trying to pinpoint exact equilibria. Those favoring point prediction, on the other hand, note that delivering a list of future contingencies that are treated as probabilistically equal is not particularly useful to a policymaker working 18-hour days in the Pentagon or at Foggy Bottom. That person would never have the time or adequate knowledge to conceive of and plan for every possible contingency.
Those who focus on the inability of researchers-or governments-to effectively model social systems tend to note three kinds of limits: observational (data may only be collected on a small part of a system at a time because, otherwise, the sensory, computational, and retention requirements exceed the researcher's capacity); cognitive (even if sensors hypothetically could capture large parts of systemic interactions, researchers would be unable to understand the nature of the interactions); and psychological (modeling social behavior is constantly plagued by humans' annoying tendency to break with expectations of what the "correct" actions are per a utility function). The number of factors affecting the outcome in even the smallest social system is deemed so numerous, and makes possible such a large number of combinations, that overcoming these three obstacles to even describe a social system is pronounced a practical impossibility.
We offer the perspective that these analytic approaches may be combined in a grand strategy framework. Those focused on point prediction of social systems are correct to note that, in fact, there will be one outcome of current processes of social interaction. The extreme of this position was once stated by mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace. He proposed a thought experiment of a hypothetical God-like entity who, if able to know the position and velocity of every particle in the universe, could predict the entire future. This thought experiment captures the difference between informational and logical hindrances to point prediction in social systems: if sufficient data could be obtained and analyzed, a precise outcome could be determined at a reasonable level of granularity. The level of granularity refers to a model's level of abstraction in space and time; since space and time are infinitely divisible, researchers must determine the level at which to gauge whether or not a system of interest is in a stable equilibrium. For example, in terms of the international system, one may think of the distribution of power or states' interests as one level of granularity, and one year as the unit of time. In a smaller-scale social system, such as analyzing a particular state, the level of granularity would be much finer. One may, for instance, look at the preferences of clusters of individuals (for example, ethnic groups) in week-long periods. The long-term objective of social modeling on any system of interest would be to incrementally improve the model's granularity.
One might say this approach is about taking the assumptions out of economic analysis. If an information collection and retention system were sufficiently effective as to identify an individual's preferences, then why bother using a deductive approach such as utility functions' Those on the opposite end of the scenario planning spectrum, however, would rush to point out the aforementioned limitations of identifying even the current processes of social interaction, much less determining the result of those processes a year into the future. The relevant question dividing these approaches, then, is about what advances in data gathering and analysis are plausible regarding social system modeling.
Technology and Predicting Social Behavior
The emergence of several new technologies has placed mankind on the precipice of major breakthroughs in the ability to overcome observational, cognitive, and psychological limitations to predictive modeling of social systems. Critics consistently point out that despite the increasing availability of new information technologies, researchers have not gotten much closer to achieving social prediction. The core flaw in these types of criticisms is a failure of imagination. With an unlimited time frame, incremental improvements in technology will allow researchers to capture greater amounts of social behavior until a point is reached at which prediction is possible with a reasonable degree of confidence. Many decades may pass before social system prediction is possible on a large scale, but we argue that actors with the long view in mind may gain first-mover advantages by beginning to develop technologies and policy processes to support single-equilibrium strategy in the present.
Consider, for instance, a monitoring system that observes, records, and analyzes the behavior of individuals in a pedestrian plaza sized a hundred yards square. Such a system could use cameras, hard drives, and an algorithm to study an aspect of the social system, such as the average amount of time a person spends sitting. The value of such a system could be, in its initial stages, understanding traffic flow for purposes of public safety. The first instantiation of the system could have one sensory input, one means of data retention, and one processing mechanism (the algorithm differentiating between the background environment and the individuals moving within it). Such a system, skeptics of social modeling might say, would do little more than a city employee sitting on a bench in that pedestrian plaza with a clipboard.
One may imagine, however, incremental improvements in the system over long periods of time that have an aggregate effect of creating a powerful surveillance tool. The algorithm may be modified to identify objects other than human beings-for instance, an unattended piece of luggage. Further software modifications could include identifying a specific individual of interest with gait or facial recognition. Another incremental improvement, in the memory capacity of the system, could allow for tracking the frequency of an individual's visits to the area. While this kind of monitoring system may be of limited usefulness at a dog park, the ability to automatically identify long-duration, repeated visits by the same person outside the White House or a U.S. Embassy in a high-threat country overseas would be of great interest.
The listed examples all refer to the scope of the system's monitoring capabilities. One may liken this to increasing the number of variables in an equation; the system seeks to describe more of the social behavior within a given environment. All of the listed incremental improvements are well within the range of existing technology. An example of an improvement in the scope of the described system would be the ability to monitor individual preferences, such as for marketing purposes. For instance, an advanced algorithm could tag individuals in a commercial environment, such as a shopping mall, and develop models of consumer behavior by studying patterns of which stores individuals frequent. A further incremental improvement could be to remotely estimate the age of an individual (a quality related to gait and facial appearance) to add another level of complexity to the model. Yet another incremental improvement to such a monitoring system could include changes in sensory inputs; for instance, in a system designed to study consumer behavior, one would be interested in credit transactions. Incremental improvements in the availability of data, such as tracking sales statistics for those stores, would give the owner of the monitoring system a unique appreciation for the overall behavior of the shopping mall-which stores are most visited and by whom, and which have the highest rates of sales per shopper. More importantly, such a system would allow for the development of an inductive model of consumer preferences in a manner dramatically different from standard approaches such as survey data. Indeed, why study a survey drawn from a sample when the entire population of interest may be monitored'
The other means by which incremental improvements may lead to revolutionary breakthroughs in social system modeling is in the scale of monitoring systems. Our example was first limited to a small pedestrian area of a hundred yards square. A system may incrementally increase in scale, say, by another 50 yards every year or so. Material constraints (for example, how many cameras the local government could afford to buy and the number of analysts to parse the data) may dictate the extent to which the scale of the system may be extended when continuing to apply existing technology.
New technology also offers the ability to expand the scale of social monitoring, however. Consider an incremental improvement in the resolution of the cameras covering the area; such an improvement would allow for coverage over a wider area as well as make possible qualitative improvements within the system (for instance, the new data create a new demand on algorithms able to analyze it). Such a system, using currently available commercial technology, could provide surveillance of the public social behavior of an entire city. Extremely high resolution imagery, such as gigapixel photography, allows an observer to take a picture of an entire city skyline and zoom in on an individual office window or restaurant. The use of this level of resolution, particularly if combined with aerial assets (such as blimps, unmanned aerial vehicles, or simply putting the camera at points of high elevation throughout the city), allows for an extreme extension of the scale of the system.
These examples help to stimulate one's imagination of what is possible, and the analytic distinction of increasing the scope and scale of a monitoring system helps to generalize our perspective regarding long-run incremental improvements. One more way to organize thinking about technological improvements to social system modeling is to focus on the kinds of technologies themselves, thus providing an analytic target to those seeking to understand what incremental improvements may finally lead researchers to attain confident prediction. The most relevant technologies, as noted in the above example, are persistent surveillance, digital memory storage, and advanced algorithms. Advances in each of these three types of technology are the key to understanding the potential for a revolution in the observation and prediction of social systems.
Persistent surveillance (PS) systems are those designed to maintain a constant, watchful eye over a target (for example, an individual person or a physical space, such as a large urban area). Among the most important technologies enabling PS is high-resolution imagery, such as gigapixel photography that allows a surveillant to zoom in on specific objects of interest from within a very large viewing frame.
Large-scale data retention refers to the wide availability of massive amounts of inexpensive digital memory. Google, for instance, draws on this type of information technology (IT) to archive the Internet. Combining large-scale data retention with PS technology allows surveillants to archive enormous amounts of data regarding a target of interest. In the above example of an individual under a multisensory PS system, large-scale data retention would allow surveillants to develop models of that individual's behavior.
Algorithms are the "rules" that tell a computer what computations to perform and how to perform them. While software algorithms have necessarily existed since the beginning of the IT revolution, recent advances create new potentials to automate tasks normally performed by humans. In the case of PS systems, software performs many critical functions, including:
generating models of target behavior, ranging from those of an individual to patterns within groups
spotting outliers from an established model of "normal" behavior
identifying targets of interest, such as by recognizing a person by gait or face, noting the use of "red flag" spoken or written words, or warning of the presence of dangerous objects based on shape or material composition
discriminating between targets
coordinating many sensors within an integrated surveillance system.
Taking these technologies together, one may see how incremental improvements during the next several decades will lead to unprecedented levels of understanding of social behavior. As described in our notional scenario, the extension of sensors in a surveillance network would allow for a high degree of understanding of how a particular individual behaves or, more ambitiously, to understand general tendencies within a large group of people. This level of knowledge, provided development of algorithms proceeds apace with sensory expansion and data retention, may finally allow for near-real-time prediction of social behavior. An important assumption underlying this analysis is that while individuals may have knowledge of the surveillance systems under discussion, for most persons, deviation from norms of behavior to avoid surveillance will be excessively costly. For instance, as evidenced by tepid responses to the explosion of closedcircuit television monitoring, far more than a majority of a population is likely to ignore surveillance systems in public places. While personal privacy concerns may abound, once surveillance systems are in place, most citizens have few incentives to attempt to escape observation by the system.
Once governments begin to achieve high levels of knowledge of social behaviors of interest, this knowledge may be used in combination with tools of national power to effect behavioral changes. Persistent surveillance systems are useful in helping governments understand what actions to take (learning the preferences of an individual or population of interest) and whom to take the actions against (knowing which and/or how many persons must be influenced to achieve a desired political effect). Traditionally, these tools of national influence have been military or economic. Increasingly, IT plays a role in the U.S. ability to shape desired outcomes. While the technologies described above portend revolutionary changes in the ability to understand foreign behavior, information networks also allow the United States to influence persons or populations around the globe. The most obvious examples of these communication technologies are various tools on the Internet (email, Voice over Internet Protocol) and cellular telephones. Governments may also influence foreign populations by punishing them via the content of information systems. The most prominent example is banking, which is almost completely digitized.
The development of precision weaponry is a useful analogue to nonviolent coercion of individuals over communication networks. During World War II, communications were indiscriminately directed at entire populations, such as with radio broadcasts and dropping leaflets from planes. Similarly, munitions were used against entire urban areas. In the following decades, however, "carpet bombing" gave way to the development of laser-guided, and later global positioning system (GPS)-guided, bombs. The increased precision of these weapons has resulted in the scaling down of their size; the military's ideal is to avoid collateral damage by using the minimum amount of explosive. Communication technology has followed a similar pattern whereby access to information networks allows for the precise targeting of an individual of interest from thousands of miles away. Whereas once a government may have focused on posting a Web page to influence an entire foreign population, now one may imagine a smaller "bomb" in the form of email directed to a country's subpopulation of interest, or Web pages that display different content depending on the location of a user seeking to access it. More ambitiously, one may imagine in the near future a replacement of economic sanctions against an entire country-which may have unfortunate humanitarian side effects-with unilateral targeted freezes of individuals' bank accounts.
One may consider these sorts of technological changes and their coercive potential from the perspective of game theory. There is no such thing as "perfect information," although this assumption drives much of economic modeling. In the real world, the costs of acquiring and processing information, and cognitive biases and limitations, place some ceiling on the amount of data being incorporated into strategic decisions. The surveillance systems discussed here suggest a manner in which a strategic actor may begin to raise that ceiling.
Game theory allows for modeling decisions with imperfect or asymmetric information; this approach is fruitful for considering how advanced IT may affect the choices of strategists. Consider two strategic actors. Each seeks to understand the payoff structure of the other as precisely as possible. Discerning the rank-ordering of someone's preferences is, in practice, often difficult-particularly since individuals generally do not sit around making decision trees and ranking their relative valuation of commodities or activities. By observing an individual's behavior, however, a researcher may begin to create a model "as if" that person's preferences were known. The primary logic underlying this approach is similar to why we believe surveillance systems may work to achieve social prediction: deviating from preferred behavior for the sake of thwarting a surveillant is costly to an individual. One may think of this in terms of traditional explanations of collective action problems. A society may, in the aggregate, have an interest in deceiving a surveillant, such as its own government (under a dictatorship) or a foreign government (under a competitive vision of global information networks). For one person, however, the perceived payoff of rebellious behavior is imperceptible, while the cost-even if quite small-will be greater in nearly every circumstance.
The strategic actor with superior information may use that advantage to shape the decisionmaking context of the other actor, thereby driving the outcome of the game toward an equilibrium of the informationdominant actor's choosing. Again, in the real world, the level of capability of each actor is likely to have a decisive effect in such circumstances-an actor may understand how to manipulate an adversary's choice structure, but find himself unable to do so. From the perspective of policy, however, the United States has the material advantage to effect changes based on superior information. Such changes may be for improvements (for example, efficiency gains) in existing policy, or for the development of new policy in pursuit of the same objectives.
The argument here sounds largely academic, but in fact our principles are derived from historical interpretation. Seeking an information advantage to make the most of the material context has been a linchpin of grand strategy for centuries. A prominent example is U.S. policy to dissolve European empires following World War II. As described by Peter Clarke in his The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire, the United States hastened the collapse of the British Empire by withholding financial assistance needed to maintain control over British territorial holdings in India and the Middle East. This dilemma for the British, referred to as a "financial Dunkirk" by contemporaries, was one that the United States created years before it happened by locking the British into the Lend-Lease system. The case demonstrates a combination of U.S. resources (diplomatic and financial) in pursuit of a grand strategy objective (postwar U.S. predominance in the West) at the cost of British might. The United States thus drew on specific knowledge of British finances and the relationship between those finances and foreign policy interests to effect a change in British behavior.
One may begin to consider the potential for advanced surveillance systems to empower similar strategy designs in today's international system. From the perspective of U.S. foreign policy, competition in surveillance technology suggests opportunities for the furtherance of U.S. objectives, and also threats to the United States. Tapping access to foreign information networks, combined with long-range persistent surveillance, could yield unique intelligence collection systems that allow the United States to model general tendencies of population preferences in foreign countries. Such information could be useful in executing such tasks as promoting democratization (for example, one could learn how, given a particular cultural context, to improve the prospects of citizens "buying in" to a new regime) and punishing rogue states (for instance, better understanding how to target sanctions). On the other hand, one may view a parallel between the present U.S. position and that of the British at the end of World War II; massive U.S. debt, which continues to accumulate, puts foreign powers in a position to potentially manipulate U.S. preferences (and, consequently, behavior) in the long run.
Moving Forward
The examples demonstrate that the United States has an interest in developing integrated surveillance systems for offensive and defensive purposes in pursuit of a unified grand strategy framework. The offensive capabilities affirm an efficiency gain while pursuing a unified grand strategy; combining advanced behavioral modeling with the full range of U.S. policy levers suggests the ability to better achieve U.S. foreign policy objectives. The threat from others using similar approaches against the United States, however-particularly should another become the "deepest-thinking" actor by understanding U.S. preferences and incentive structures better than we understand those of our adversaries-necessitates drawing on new IT in pursuit of a single-equilibrium strategy.
We advocate, therefore, a reorientation of defense planning and the intelligence process supporting it. Rather than focus on the future of the international system as something that will happen to the United States, we suggest emphasizing how the United States shapes the future. This process focuses not on the many possible ways that interactions in the international system may unfold, but instead directs efforts toward achieving highly specific outcomes of the many interactions in world politics. As argued above, despite the promise of new IT, scenario analysis ought not be discarded. Instead, scenario planning should be viewed as a critical component of perpetuating U.S. strategy. This is particularly the case as the foreseeable advancements in surveillance do not make information perfect, merely much better, with strong advantages for the strategic actor capable of "seeing" the most.
A framework for single-equilibrium strategy would consist of three primary phases: planning, implementation, and evaluation and refinement. The planning stage would be to identify the strategic goal, design informationgathering systems in pursuit of that goal, and use initial data collection to inform a plan to align material capabilities to attain the goal. It is during this phase that scenario planning is critical; strategists consider how, once implemented, the strategy may fail due to (or be rendered less effective by) perturbations in the social system. The implementation phase is self-explanatory; the United States would bring its material resources to bear to execute its strategy. The third is perhaps the most important from the perspective of long-term strategy: evaluation and refinement refers to using the surveillance system to continue to gather and analyze data on the target of interest. This phase begs the question: "Do we know whether or not our strategy is working' If not, why not'" The strategists may then improve the surveillance system, such as by developing new or tweaking old sensors and algorithms, to constantly deploy incremental improvements that increase the scope (complexity) of social modeling. If the data flow is effective, the strategists may then understand whether or not the strategy itself is working well, and seek to refine the link between material capabilities and actions.
The introduction to this article expressed the idea of a "funneling effect" on political outcomes should the United States reorient toward a single-equilibrium strategy. We conclude by further expanding this concept. In its pursuit of a particular state of the international system or subsystems, the massive coercive authority of the United States may diminish the choices available to foreign powers and thus limit the possible futures that may come to pass. In our proposed approach, planners constantly engage in scenario analysis to consider how the trajectory of the system of interest may diverge, and how the United States may adjust its policies to return the system to a desired path. One may think of this approach as a series of "course corrections" while trying to navigate complex social "waters." The better the United States understands its political "waters"-the output of persistent surveillance systems-the more granular it may make its "corrections"-influence operations via information networks or other tools of national power.
In sum, our ambitions are, first, to convince policymakers to get back into the game of setting explicit goals for social system outcomes; and, second, to demonstrate that the thoughtful use of IT may help the United States to achieve and preserve those desired outcomes by shaping the decisionmaking structures of adversaries and by averting crises that threaten a preferred equilibrium. The technologies empowering such a strategy process will continue to evolve, and to maximize the potential gains from revolutionary advances in IT-and minimize the gains of potential adversaries-the United States should begin planning for, and investing resources in, these breakthroughs.


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Game of Musical Chairs Begins for Committee Posts
In a surprise, senior Democratic Rep. James Oberstar was defeated in his attempt to win a 19th term in the House.
Mr. Oberstar was chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, a position that made the Minnesotan a behind-the-scenes Capitol Hill power broker because his committee approves billions of dollars in federal spending projects each year.
Next year, Mr. Oberstar planned to take the lead in approving a $500-billion transportation-spending bill that is due to expire soon. The transportation bill is usually mundane.
But with the election of tea party Republicans, the legislation could be a flashpoint for a battle over government spending. To help enact the bill smoothly, Congress will need some senior lawmakers in both parties who know how to grease the skids. With Mr. Oberstar gone, it's unclear who will replace him in that role.
Next in line for the role is Rep. Nick Rahall of West Virginia, who narrowly averted his own defeat on Tuesday. Mr. Rahall is currently the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, so it's unclear if he would change jobs.
Next in line for the job behind Mr. Rahall is Rep. Peter DeFazio, a liberal Democrat from Oregon who favors increased spending on public-transit projects.
Another Democrat in the running is Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is the elected representative from Washington, D.C. Because Ms. Norton doesn't represent a state, she isn't a full-fledged members of Congress. She is permitted to vote on legislation in committees, but she does not have vote on the House floor.
If Ms. Norton becomes the top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, she could draw the ire of tea party Republicans, who are already opposed to government spending — much less spending-bills promoted by a lawmaker who doesn't have full voting rights in Congress.
Meantime, if Mr. Rahall moves to the Transportation and Infrastructure panel, he would set up musical chairs at the Natural Resources Committee. Mr. Rahall, who represents West Virginia, is considered to have a better relationship with the coal, oil and gas industries than many congressional Democrats.
Among the Democrats in line to replace Mr. Rahall at the National Resources panel is New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, a supporter of strong environmental regulations who is strongly opposed by the energy industry.

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Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go Chapter 18 Summary
How It All Goes Down
- At the beginning of Part 3, Kathy's story has caught up to the present day again. This means another change of scenery. Instead of focusing on Hailsham or the Cottages, now Kathy tells us about her time in the recovery centers.
- She's a carer and she's exceptionally fantastic at it. But not everyone can handle being a carer, and some even look forward to becoming a donor because the carer gig is no picnic.
- There are two big reasons why the life of a carer is so tough:
(1) Donors eventually "complete." Some of them don't even make it past their second donation. This is bound to be a downer to watch.
(2) Being a carer is a lonely job. There's a lot of driving between recovery centers, and it doesn't seem like there are many days off or much time to make friends. Plus, the friends you make are the donors who will eventually complete. Again, that sounds pretty depressing.
- But Kathy is cool with the solitude and likes all the driving, so she makes a good carer.
- One day, about seven years after leaving the Cottages, Kathy runs into Laura. Laura was in Kathy's girl group at Hailsham and had been moved to the Cottages with Kathy, and now she's a carer, too.
- You know how when you run into an old chum it's so great to catch up about all your shared friends and your favorite memories and that one thing you did at school together that was so much fun? Well that's not what this conversation is like. Not. At. All.
- Instead, Kathy and Laura have mostly sad news to share with each other.
- They've both heard that Ruth had a bad first donation, which sounds horrible. Laura suggests that maybe Kathy should become Ruth's carer, but Kathy's not sure that's such a good idea. Of course, we already know that Kathy soon changes her mind.
- Perhaps the saddest news of all is that Hailsham has closed.
- There had been rumors going around about Hailsham shutting down for awhile. But it wasn't until Kathy ran into Roger C., another Hailsham student, that the news really started to sink in.
- The worst part, for Kathy, is that Hailsham was a place that tied her to all those students she grew up with. Even if she'll never see most of them again, that special place they grew up in would always bind them together, which is important when you lead such a lonely life.
- But with Hailsham closing, what will happen to this bond? Kathy gives us a visual: she sees a clown holding a bunch of balloons shaped like faces (which sounds pretty creepy to us). And closing Hailsham is like cutting the strings of the balloons so that they all fly away in different directions (which sounds really sad).
- This idea convinces Kathy to become Ruth's carer. She's got to try to hold onto at least one of those creepy face-shaped balloons.
- When Ruth and Kathy first see one another again after all these years, it's actually quite touching. They hug and talk about the past.
- But things go south pretty quickly. Their exchanges become awkward and eventually Kathy realizes that Ruth doesn't really trust her.
- Kathy has just about given up on the relationship when a rumor about a stranded boat starts going around the recovery centers across the country.
- It's stranded on the sand, and Ruth thinks it would be pretty awesome to check it out. Plus, as a bonus, Tommy is at the Kingsfield recovery center, which is right by where the beached boat is located.
- With all this talk of visiting the boat and maybe seeing Tommy, Kathy learns how things ended between Ruth and her main squeeze. They stayed together until Ruth left to become a carer. It wasn't a dramatic break-up, or really a break-up at all. It just ended because she left.


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Back in October, Audi UK hosted a showing of Truth in 24 at the Audi quattro rooms in London, an event not to be missed with celebrity guests that included drivers Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish, as well as engineers Leena Gade and Howden Haynes. On hand at the event was Radio Le Mans' John Hindhaugh who interviewed each of the four and a few


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by Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley Official Site
The official website includes a decent video gallery, a small news archive, and the usual downloads and merchandise. Some of the more original features are a "sighting" page and some teacher resources.
A pretty good fan site set apart by its thorough annotated timeline.


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Definition of offence in English:
(US offense)
1A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act: the new offence of obtaining property by deception
More example sentences
- It held such crimes to be offences against the law of nations, much as was the traditional crime of piracy.
- It is also clear that the charge of assault against the second applicant is an offence under the criminal law as well as under the Prison Rules.
- It is the essence of offences against the person that what is done is done unlawfully.
crime, illegal/unlawful act, misdemeanour, breach/violation/infraction of the law, felony, wrongdoing, wrong, act of misconduct, misdeed, delinquency, peccadillo, sin, transgression, infringement, act of dereliction, shortcoming, fault, lapse;
Law malfeasance
archaic trespass
rare malefaction
1.1A thing that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right or natural: the outcome is an offence to basic justice
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- The scorning of the tribes is an offense to the natural order in the minds of many there.
- So abusing the Quran is a hideous offense to Muslims more than the same abuse of a Bible would be to Christians.
- In those buried and bygone days, it was an affront and an offense to join with separatists to defeat a corrupt government.
2 [mass noun] Annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself: he made it clear he'd taken offence I didn't intend to give offence
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- Paramilitary flags or slogans and monuments do give offence to visitors and to different sectors of society.
- 'The argument then was that to allow this element would give offence to people of other faiths,' wrote Torrance.
- Carolingian rule and culture were familiar in many ways; it was its flavour of high-handedness and moral urgency that might give offence to the inhabitants of Italy.
annoyance, anger, resentment, indignation, irritation, exasperation, wrath, displeasure, disapproval, dislike, hard/bad/ill feelings, disgruntlement, animosity, pique, vexation, umbrage, antipathy, aversion, opposition, enmity
literary ire
be/feel offended, take exception, take something personally, be/feel aggrieved, be/feel affronted, take something amiss, take umbrage, get/be/feel upset, get/be/feel annoyed, get/be/feel angry, be/feel indignant, be/feel put out, be/feel insulted, be/feel hurt, be/feel wounded, feel piqued, be/feel resentful, be/feel disgruntled, get/go into a huff, get huffy
informal be/feel miffed, have one's nose put out of joint, be/feel riled
British informal get the hump
3 [mass noun] The action of attacking someone or something: [as modifier]: reductions in strategic offence arsenals
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- The doctor had skipped bail on sex offence charges and Melville nabbed him while on port watch for the Special Branch in Le Havre.
- On Tuesday a bench warrant was issued for his arrest at Limerick District Court when he failed to appear to face two public order offence charges.
- She said Seamus was known to police in Middleton and Rochdale and had been due to appear in court to face motor offence charges.
3.1 (offense) ˈɒfɛns North American The attacking team or players in a sport, especially in American football: he is a wide receiver, playing on offense
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- The rest of the players on offense had to adjust to the change in personality under center.
- Saban will miss quarterback Matt Mauck and the other playmakers on offense who graduated.
- That doesn't bode well for a team whose offense is predicated on running with George.
no offence
- informal Do not be offended: OK, lady, no offence, just shooting my mouth off as usualMore example sentences
- He is, however - no offense, Mark - not the most charismatic guy around.
- Kat, no offense or anything, but how do you think this works?
- Well, no offense, but if that is the case, then I want my money back.
Late Middle English: from Old French offens 'misdeed', from Latin offensus 'annoyance', reinforced by French offense, from Latin offensa 'a striking against, a hurt, or displeasure'; based on Latin offendere 'strike against'.
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(Jill Bock, Staff)
This Veterans Day, New Madrid County dedicated a small park on New Madrid's Main Street "honoring our true American heroes."
New Madrid Mayor Donnie Brown in opening the ceremony explained the park is a "reminder of the sobering effects of war." He called it a chance to remember those who have sacrificed for freedom and for peace.
Brown explained the park was an effort begun by the Riverbend Botanical Society. Since the idea of the park was born the group has raised some $90,000 for its construction, which in addition to the blocks etched with the names of those who have served from throughout New Madrid County, also includes a fountain, arbor, center stone with the symbols of all the Armed Services and memorial benches. Also assisting in its development were the New Madrid County Commission, New Madrid County employees, the New Madrid City Council and its employees, according to Brown.
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Anna M. Mason, 100, of Belpre, Ohio, died Dec. 13, 2012, at her residence.
She was born in Union Town, Pa., on Sept. 23, 1912, and was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Annetta Ciochetty Moroni.
She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church. She had been owner of Moroni Restaurant in Parkersburg and Redwood Restaurant in Belpre.
Survivors include her two nephews, Patrick (Rebecca) Hines of Belpre and Timothy (Dawna) Hines of Belpre; four great-nephews and nieces, Sarah Fitzgerald, Ian Hines, Benjamin Hines and Jennifer Hines; and several great-great-nieces and nephews; her stepdaughter-in-law, Sharon Mason; and two step-grandsons, Michael and Shawn Mason.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James H. (Bud) Mason; a great-niece, Noel Hines; and two sisters, Olga Hines and Lena Maroni.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, with Father Robert Gallagher as Celebrant. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Parkersburg. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre, with an 8 p.m. rosary service.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.leavittfuneralhome.com


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8/28/2014 (1 year ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
If there is any message which can be drawn from St. Augustine's life, and there are many, it is the message of repentance and conversion. This is a message the world desperately needs to hear today. It is one of heartfelt dedication to Christ as Master, Teacher and Savior, which cultivates and nourishes change; it is one of sincere commitment to love in freedom and obedience; it is one of abandonment in trust and ardent devotion to the Other: the source and origin of our being and life.In his book, Confessions, we read of the re-creative and regenerative effects of true and sincere repentance, which, by God's grace, sets a man upon a wholly new journey of life.
St. Augustine: "Too late have I loved Thee, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new. Too late have I loved Thee. For behold Thou wert within, and I without, and there did I seek Thee. I, unlovely, rushed heedlessly among the things of beauty which Thou madest" (Bk. 10, 27, 38).
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8/28/2014 (1 year ago)
Published in Christian Saints & Heroes
Keywords: St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Monica, manichees, faith, works, sanctity, holiness, grace, doctor of grace, F. K. Bartels
GLADE PARK, CO (Catholic Online) -- St. Augustine was born at Tagaste (what is now Souk-Ahras, Algeria) in Northern Africa, 50 miles south of Hippo on November 13, 354 A.D. His mother, St. Monica, was a woman of intense prayer and self-sacrifice, who suffered an unhappy marriage to Patricius, her short-tempered husband. As a young man, St. Augustine taught grammar at Tagaste, and later rhetoric at Carthage, Rome and Milan.
For about nine years Augustine belonged to an heretical sect known as the Manicheans, a religion founded by the Persian Mani that "purported to be the true synthesis of all the religious systems then known" (Catholic Encyclopedia). Styled after Gnosticism, there were few Christian elements to be found in Manichaeism, which is most often classified as a form of religious dualism. The Manicheans taught a false understanding of the universe as the outcome of two eternal principles -- good and evil. As would be expected by a group who professes secret teaching, they held the authority and faith of the Catholic Church in contempt. Soon however, perhaps mainly due to the prayers of his mother, the great intellect of Augustine became dissatisfied with the Manicheans.
Although St. Augustine's rowdiness and sinful lifestyle as a young man is well known from his autobiography, his marked conversion to the faith of the Catholic Church, his repentance and love for God, and his willingness to give of himself entirely to Christ -- albeit with some struggle -- provides us with the real meaning of his life.
Fr. Christopher Rengers characterized St. Augustine as a man "renown for learning, for oratorical prowess, and for holiness. He was a man who loved the truth intensely, whose whole life would be spent in seeking out the secrets of nature and of Divine Revelation" (The 33 Doctors Of The Church 117). St. Augustine, the Doctor of Grace and Doctor of Doctors, is regarded as one of the greatest intellects in the entire history of the Church.
Late Have I Loved Thee, O Beauty Ever Ancient It was in about 397 A.D. that St. Augustine wrote his famous autobiography, Confessions, in which we read not simply of the former life of a man, with all its struggles, adventures and passions, but rather of the story of a man whose life was, by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit, drawn to the Father by that incomparable and astonishing love of the Son. In his book, Confessions, we read of the re-creative and regenerative effects of true and sincere repentance, which, by God's grace, sets a man upon a wholly new journey of life: "Too late have I loved Thee, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new. Too late have I loved Thee. For behold Thou wert within, and I without, and there did I seek Thee. I, unlovely, rushed heedlessly among the things of beauty which Thou madest" (Bk. 10, 27, 38). Here we find St. Augustine expressing a twofold truth: the profound change which results from true repentance and, inseparable from it, the regret which initially envelops the soul who fully realizes the implications of a life previously lived outside of God's grace. Simply, the sudden embrace of Love reveals, clearly and in an instant, our lowliness and sinfulness. It may be characterized as a supernatural infusion of true self-awareness. We see ourselves and our limitations in a new, divinely imparted light, which seems to illumine our every weakness. This, too, is an act of God's mercy: what soul who is in love with God does not desire the annihilation of its pride? Some will here insist that Catholics "cannot let go of their guilt." But it is not about "guilt," rather it is about a healthy awareness of human finitude, the possible effects of free will, concupiscence, and the important role our past errors play in helping us to face the reality of what lay before us. Additionally, the word guilt is often used synonymously with regret; however, these two words have very different meanings. Guilt is imputed to us for those sins we have committed; it is removed through the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Regret, on the other hand, is an emotional response to unpleasant memories. Repentance does not erase our past life, nor does forgiveness erase our memory of those times we have failed to love God with all our heart, mind and soul. In point of fact, the greater our union with God, the clearer we see our entire existence. That greater union can, to some extent, come about as an effect of healthy regret. Therefore regret is not harmful or inappropriate, for it can be the result of an infusion of actual grace which moves us toward a deeper repentance and conversion, and which urges us to seek sacramental confession. Too, an awareness of our failings is a healthy antidote against over-confidence and an incorrect reliance on ourselves as opposed to placing our trust in God. Nevertheless, regret is a feeling. The grace of forgiveness attained through the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation is certain, provided one has made a proper confession. It is this truth and the rest of it, the fullness of truth which has now been transmitted by the Catholic Church for twenty-centuries, that drew St. Augustine away from the heretical teaching of the Manicheans toward the unsurpassable beauty of the consummation of God's revelation: the Person of Jesus Christ.
The Truth and Unity of The Catholic Church If there is any message which can be drawn from St. Augustine's life, and there are many, it is the message of repentance and conversion so eloquently written in the short excerpt above. This is a message the world desperately needs to hear today. It is one of heartfelt dedication to Christ as Master, Teacher and Savior, which cultivates and nourishes change; it is one of sincere commitment to love in freedom and obedience; it is one of abandonment in trust and ardent devotion to the Other: the source and origin of our being and life. Further, as a thirst for truth develops in which God's revelation is sought after as if it is as important as life itself, the soul is led to the truth and unity of the Catholic Church. There, we rest in the knowledge of certainty, removed from those contradictions which otherwise so often plague us, and find our peace in the Word of God who speaks through his Church. Thus St. Augustine became an ardent defender of the truth and beauty of the Catholic Church: "The Church is spread throughout the whole world: all nations have the Church. Let no one deceive you; it is true, it is the Catholic Church. Christ we have not seen, but we have her; let us believe as regards Him. The Apostles, on the contrary, saw Him, but they believed as regards her" (Sermon 238). ----------Deacon F. K. Bartels is a Catholic Deacon and writer who knows his Catholic Faith is one of the greatest gifts a man could ever receive. He is a contributing writer for Catholic Online.
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We visited Keylime Cove February 25 - March 2 2012. I have to say we had a wonderful time. There is always something going on and tons of things for the kids. While staying there there employees made us feel right at home. The rooms are great and most important CLEAN !! I have to say one of my favorites was starbucks being in the building. Make sure u stop to have Rebecca make you a latte, She is a very wonderful person and made us feel right at home. We will definantly be going back. They also have plenty of lifgaurds on watch so it made it alot easier to let our kids and us have a great worry free time.
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Brand New 5 Star Luxury 4BR/4BA Pool/Bch Home!!
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Situated amongst four brand new construction properties (all completed in 2010), all of which presenting the same floor plan, Villa Grenada offers Four Bedrooms with Three Full and One Half Bathroom(s). Entering on the ground floor, you are greeted by an open foyer with beautiful marble flooring throughout, as well as a downstairs bathroom. The large and extremely open chef's style kitchen is truly breathtaking and is equipped with everything one would desire while on vacation: Granite counters with custom wood cabinetry and stainless steel appliances, not to mention a double wide refrigerator and freezer. The elevated granite kitchen counter is extremely wide and spacious, offering dining four. The formal dining table offers seating for six. The living room offers a spacious leather sectional sofa with ottoman and area rug. The entertainment center offers a 46 inch lcd television with dvd player.
The rear yard is spacious (privately fenced) and is equipped with a newly completed private swimming pool. There are pool lounge chairs, an outside dining table and a bbq for your enjoyment.
The second floor offers a spacious and extremely private master suite, equipped with a king size bed, two night stands, a full size dresser and a plasma television with entertainment center. The master bedroom also offers two eight foot French doors which lead to a small balcony overlooking the rear yard. The master bathroom resembles that of a luxury spa, offering a full size Jacuzzi bath, a separate walk in shower, two marble vanity sinks and a private enclosed room with a toilet and separate bidet. Bedroom two offers a king size bed, two night stands and a full size dresser. There are two eight foot French doors which lead to a fantastic twenty foot wide covered balcony terrace. The en suite bathroom offers a custom walk in shower and a marble vanity sink. Also located on the second floor is a computer work station area, as well as a walk in laundry room equipped with a full size washer and dryer with sink.
Bedroom three is located on the third floor and offers a queen size bed, two night stands and a dresser, as well as a stunning, open balcony / terrace with city and partial ocean views. Bedroom four offers two twin beds with a night stand and dresser, as well as a large and open balcony / terrace. The third floor bathroom offers a custom walk in shower with a marble vanity sink.
This home is ideal for individuals and families in search of a relaxing getaway with the convenient accessibility to everything Lauderdale By The Sea and greater Fort Lauderdale has to offer. The home is fully equipped with satellite television and wireless internet service. The home also provides additional linens, pillows and towels. An air mattress and pack-n-play are available upon request.
We look forward to having you at Villa Grenada...
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|Other Fees: 25% of total rental cost + $250 cleaning fee + $ 99 booking fee is required to reserve Balance is due 60 days prior to arrival $400 refundable damage deposit Pet deposit due upon pet approval (inquire for details) Check in time is 4:00 PM and check out time is 10:00 AM * Rates are subject to change during Holidays or special events. Please inquire
Reviews for this vacation townhouse rental in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida
Sheryl Miller
Great Location
March 5, 2013
We enjoyed the location because we walked to nearby restaurants and the beach. Carpet was a little worn and the pool a little small. Pots and Pans were in bad shape along with the BBQ Grill so we ate out ! The Refrigerator quit cooling and they came out and had it running again the same day I called !
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Rent this property! You will NOT be disappointed!
July 11, 2012
You will NOT be sorry when you choose this property for your family vacation! The location is excellent only a block from the beach. Close to terrific restaurants and shopping. The jewel of the vacation was the home! Wonderfully spacious, clean, neat, tastefully decorated, private and quiet. The pool, just steps outside the back doors, was terrific. This home had marble tile flooring throughout, with marble tile kitchen countertops and marble bathroom countertops. When we arrived, it was immaculately clean, superbly maintained and ready for guests. I cannot remember ever staying in such a beautiful and comfortable property. You will totally relax and unwind!


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0008: Best Modern Directors
- Baz Luhrmann - His work, in my eyes, is genius. He delivers art and beauty with more skill and excitement than anyone in the past ten years for me. Maybe this placement is hyperbole, let's see what the future holds.
- Joel Coen - The Coen Bros. create funny, sad, and deep films. With Fargo, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, The Big Lebowski, and Barton Fink, Joel Coen created several career's worth of wonderful, cerebral films.
- David Lynch - The king of weird subversion returned with Mulholland Drive, but his ouvre has always been praise worthy.
- Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her and All About My Mother are enough by themselves to life him to this list...the rest of it ain't bad.
- Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a majoy event in my movie-going life. I even thought that his take on the Hulk was worthy of praise.
- Peter Jackson - Before The Lord of the Rings, there was Heavenly Creatures. This man has a serious gift for movie-making. His work is a career's worth already, and he's still got many years in him.
- Spike Jonze - Sure, it's only been two films, but they were whoppers. I love Being John Malkovich, I admire Adaptation., I think that Mr. Jonze is our most talented satirical director.
- Todd Haynes - See The Velvet Goldmine, then see Far from Heaven, then we can talk. Then you can go rent everything else he's done.
- Peter Weir - An underappreciated director who has made great films and continues to work hard. The Truman Show is one of the best of the 90's, and it's really thanks to Weir.
- Spike Lee - His passion always shows, and that is a very good thing. Do the Right Thing is one of the great films of the century, as well as the 80's.
- Hayao Miyazaki - He creates the best children's films in the world, but they are so much more than that. The term visual tapestry is thrown around so often, but it is truly deserved by every one of this genius' films.
- Wes Anderson - People like to label Anderson's films quirky, and I suppose they are. But I think that Anderson's visual style works so well with his choice of music and words that no matter how quirky his films get, the emotional tug is still present.
- Michael Mann - Sure, blame him for Miami Vice, but his visual flair and gloss have influenced an entire generation of filmmakers. His work in the 90's, with The Insider and The Last of the Mohicans being standouts, is wonderful, and his talent is terribly underappreciated.
- Quentin Tarantino - His style may be borrowed from countless directors before him, but Tarantino created two seminal 90's movies. His Pulp Fiction may prove to be his masterpiece, but Reservoir Dogs is a great film as well.
This includes every director who has made a film that has had a major cultural impact in the past twenty years. I'm not counting the 70's or anything before 1983. This list is based on modern work and modern work alone.
Honorable Mentions
Kar-Wai Wong - His In the Mood for Love is genius, but I need to see more.
Mira Nair - Loved Monsoon Wedding, haven't seen anything else.
Martin Scorcese - His modern work leaves much to be desired. I enjoy The King of Comedy, but I have to leave him off for now.
Steven Soderbergh - He actually probably belongs on this list, but I will need to give it more thought.
Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream and Pi are great, but I need to see if he can do it again.
Lars Von Trier - I adore Dancer in the Dark, but I need to see more of his work. There is no other director like him, and that is a serious compliment in this world of film.
P.T. Anderson - I haven't entirely bought into the hype, but I may yet.
Francois Ozon - His work is steady so far, but I'm not sure if it's him that dazzles me, or the actresses he chooses.
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Petar Wear's movie "The Plumber" is one of the best movie what I have ever seen.
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I think Peter Weir (not Wear).
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I haven't seen The Plumber (but now I will), but I'm most pleased to see Peter Weir on this list. Definitely a director who deserves more attention.
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Let's not forget that before HEAVENLY CREATURES, there was BAD TASTE and DEAD ALIVE. Two of the most underappreciated horror movies ever. And we MUST mention MEET THE FEEBLES.
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your words on Wes Anderson's movies are very true. i think that the music really does make like the anderson movies From "Very Good" Too "Great"
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a very mainstream list ... David Lynch, Peter Weir, and Almodóvar I can agree with ... the others are quite overrated commercial directors .. what about really great contemporary directors Hsiao-hsien Hou (Time to Live and the Time to Die), Abbas Kiarostami (Close-up), Béla Tarr (Sátantango), Atom Egoyan (Calendar), Robert Altman (Short Cuts), Jafir Panahi (The Circle), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a century), Hirokazu Kore-eda (After Life), Mike Leigh (Naked), Raoul Ruiz (Three Lives and Only One Death), Krzysztof Kieslowski (The Double Life of Veronique), Jia Zhangke (Unknown Pleasures), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Uzak)
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Big birthdays prompt us to take stock of life, which can be stressful. But reevaluating your dreams is also potentially a good thing. Try these tips to transform your thinking.
ID your anxiety. What significance does this age have for you? For example, did you think you'd own a house or be married by 40, but you're still renting and single? If so, ask yourself why—perhaps you no longer want to make these old aims a priority. If they are still important, though, use your birthday as the impetus to focus more closely on your goals to be sure you're living the life you want.
Pat yourself on the back. It's easy to fixate on what you haven't done and forget all you have achieved. I felt anxious about turning 40, too, but reminded myself that I have a lot to be proud of—a loving husband and amazing children. I vowed to spend more energy relishing those things instead of just forging ahead all the time.
Talk to someone older. You may find her view reassuring. Many of my patients tell me the older they get, the less they care what others think. That's worth celebrating!


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Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee Community College's men's basketball team has won five straight games and six of seven overall. On Tuesday, the recent winning streak helped the Eagles garner a No. 23 ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association's (NJCAA) Division I Men's Basketball Poll.
It is Tallahassee's first NJCAA ranking of the year.
The Eagles, 10-2 on the season, remained No. 4 in the weekly FCCAA Men's Basketball Coaches' Poll behind Palm Beach State College and Northwest Florida State College, who share this week's No. 1 ranking, and No. 3 Chipola College.
Those same four teams are ranked in the NJCAA Top 25, but in a slightly different order. Northwest Florida State is the highest ranked team from Florida at No. 5. Chipola is two spots behind the Raiders at No. 7. Palm Beach State is one spot behind Tallahassee at No. 24.
The state of Florida, which makes up Region VIII of the NJCAA, is one of only two regions with four schools ranked in the Top 25. Region V – West Texas and New Mexico – also has four teams in this week's national poll. No other region has more than two teams represented.
On the state level, four different teams, including Tallahassee, received first-place votes. Palm Beach State received nine, followed by Northwest Florida State with four. Chipola and Tallahassee received one each.
The Eagles return to action when they travel to Ocala, Fla., for the ninth annual Florida College's Men's Basketball Shootout on Saturday and Sunday, December 11 and 12.
Tallahassee plays the State College of Florida at 4 p.m. Saturday then closes the Shootout with an 8 p.m. tilt on Sunday against host College of Central Florida.


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Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel got ahold of Andrew Bogut on Wednesday morning. Bogut told him he thought his trade to Golden State for Monta Ellis and Ekpe Udoh was "a positive for both." He also said he is flying to the Bay Area on Wednesday night and will undergo a physical exam Thursday. Here are some other highlights:
On whether the 7-footer had a falling out with coach Scott Skiles, his coach for the past four seasons:
"Definitely not. We got into it like anybody else. It's ridiculous. I never came out and said anything along those lines (of a rift). Skiles knew my value and that by defending you helped the team. We got along for the most part. I demanded the best of him; he demanded the best of you. So be it."
On his fractured left ankle, which he said he will have a scan on in two weeks:
"Golden State is very excited to have me and I spoke to their GM (Larry Riley) last night. I'll get a chance to play with Steph Curry, David Lee and they have a talented rookie in Klay Thompson. They have some players to build around. It's exciting to start over but it's always hard and sad to leave."
On his fractured left ankle, suffered Jan. 25 in Houston.
"It was (a cruel blow). I had four blocks in the first quarter and was feeling good. Then I went for one and missed it. Hopefully it won't happen again."
On the other injuries that plagued him in Milwaukee, including an injured hand last year that he still played 65 games with despite not being able to use it to shoot:
"There was no one person to blame in this whole matter. I'd like to be out there every game. I'm disappointed because who knows what could have been if I didn't hurt my elbow."
On moving out West:
"It's a more run-and-gun conference, a high-scoring conference. I'm very, very excited to be out there."
For the whole story, go to www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/bucks.html


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Fall Reflections
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by Leslie Brinkman
Meramec Spring State State Park is the perfect fall getaway. The leaves changing provide a beautiful combination of warm and cool colors. The reflections in the water often look like paintings.
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Arizona Coyotes
Mike Smith: 'We want to be out there, we want to be playing the game'
With news this week that an end may finally be in sight after a two to three-year saga between the Phoenix Coyotes and the city of Glendale — as the Glendale City Council approved a 20-year arena lease agreement to keep the team in town — members of the franchise are anxious to get back to the real business at hand: playing hockey again.
The NHL's second work stoppage in seven years has now reached the two-and-a-half month mark and has already claimed over 422 combined games, the 2013 Winter Classic and the 2013 All-Star Game in Columbus.
While Coyotes players like Mike Smith are trying to stay in game shape despite the extended lockout, as the 30-year-old netminder explained to ESPN Insider Craig Custance this week, at some point enough is enough.
"I guess you could say [a missed season] doesn't hurt me that much, but it's not much fun going to the rink and playing shinny hockey every day," Smith said. "You're working toward the ultimate goal — winning the Stanley Cup. You don't do that sitting out years. As players, that's what we want to do. We want to be out there. We want to be playing the game."
Smith, who is coming off a career year with Phoenix (38 wins, 2.21 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage in the postseason), might be one of the more invested Coyotes in the on-going lockout negotiations, as his contract with the team is set to expire at the end of the 2012-2013 season.
Under the new framework of the owners' proposed collective bargaining agreement, players would not be offered guaranteed contracts past a five-year limit, essentially putting an end to the type of deal (nine-year contract worth $51 million dollars) the Philadelphia Flyers offered former Phoenix goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov last offseason.
"The contractual stuff is something that as players we're not going to mess around with," Smith said. "That's our livelihood. That's a big part about being a professional athlete. You have those rights. When you take all that away, it kind of makes us more like puppets than anything."
One of the other big talking points between the owners and the NHL Players Association has centered around the sustainability of low-revenue markets like Nashville, Columbus and Phoenix.
Based on the latest development in Glendale, however, Smith is convinced that not only is the Valley a sustainable market, but one where the game could thrive for years to come.
"I really do believe there is a market here. We had a great run last year with the team; the fan support behind it was tremendous. I do believe it can be a spot that thrives," said Coyotes goalie Mike Smith during a Wednesday evening phone conversation. "Sometimes it gets misconceived and sometimes it's misleading that there isn't hockey fans in these areas. I can tell you firsthand there is. The playoff run was outstanding. It brought out the best in our fans."
For now, the closest fans in the Valley might get to witnessing Smith in goal this season is at the Ice Den in Scottsdale. The Coyotes goaltender, along with an estimated 40 to 50 other NHL players, have been training at Phoenix's practice facility this week.
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Reimagining a Classic: The Humble Kopitiam Chair
The kopitiam chair is ubiquitous here in Singapore. It's a traditional wooden chair with a round seat that Peranakans have cozied up to for decades. Congregating in coffee houses and discussing the politics of the day are as much a part of this culture today as they were in the past.
Recently, Singapore's Home & Decor magazine sponsored the exhibit, "Remaking An Icon" showcasing a modern take on a well-established design: the kopitiam chair. Five designers were invited to re-create this humble chair in the spirit of celebrating Singapore's National Day. The designs represented modern visions for the simple chair but also encompassed the designer's own vision for the future of Singapore. Lucky bidders brought home these one-of-a-kind designs. All proceeds benefited the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, which raises money for underprivileged children in Singapore.
Shown Above:
1. Belle Ipok by Felix Low
2. Fading Uniting by Grafunkt Studio
3. New Old East West by Kelly Cheng
4. Imprint Chair by Randy Chan
5. A Chair In A Picture by Kevin Teo
For more information please visit The Straits Times.
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Definition of butyrin in English:
Entry from US English dictionary
Any of three glyceryl esters of butyric acid found naturally in butter.
- Chemical formula: C3H5(C3H4O2)3.
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- When combined with butyrin and water, it made a cheap and more-or-less palatable butter substitute.
- In some fats - e. g., butter - part of the fatty acid is replaced by lower fatty acids - e. g., butyric, or in porpoise oil, by valerianic acid - both occurring as glycerin esters, butyrin, valerin, respectively.
- Besides, they possess good storage stability, can be dissolved in low M.W ketones (acetone, butanone) and esters (acetic ether, acetic butyrin).
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Party Lines Slideshow: Daphne Guinness, Iris Apfel, Stefano Tonchi, and More at the FIT Couture Council Luncheon Honoring Valentino
Plus Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff, Shala Monroque, Simon Doonan, and more.
"I don't know what I'm wearing," responded Daphne Guinness when a reporter asked her at yesterday's lunch held by the FIT Couture Council honoring Valentino. "[I got dressed in] five minutes. I can't think about what I'm going to wear, because then I start whirling and I'm going, oh my god." She doesn't miss her McQueen dresses, which are still away on loan for the "Savage Beauty" exhibit. "I like people to see them. That's what they're there for, you know. None of us are here forever; I think it's terrible when people just hoard." How did she choose which garments to include in her forthcoming FIT show? "I did it in like two and a half hours. Like ching, ching, ching, ching," she said, jabbing the air with her finger as though pointing to garments. "I would have probably styled it differently ten years ago. And I'm glad to say that it all makes sense." She paused. "There's only one thing that I was not keen on. I wasn't, like, horrified, I don't think ... I don't know. Whatever. We all make mistakes. But I was nicely surprised, because it was jolly easy to sort of put together." She's still nervous about it, though: "Oh boy, am I scared. To death. I feel sick," she confessed.
Meanwhile, Valentino said he'd had to cut his vacation short for his honorary lunch. "I was on my boat, cruising in Croatia, and I had to stop to come to New York to get this award. But this is very important." Does he bring his dogs when he comes to New York? "Just two. Because there are six; six is too much."


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In the following video you will see Saucedo Estrada "aka" : El Mataperros (The Dog-killer) who is accused of being responsible for the massacre at the casino Royale In where 61 innocent civilians where burned to death.
One of the deadliest attacks on civilians by Mexican organized crime gangs – he revealed the authorities that Los Zetas gunmen torched the casino because the gaming establishment's owner wasn't paying the Racket protection Money and that he was present at the scene in one of the vans to monitor the attack.
At least 17 other suspects are in custody awaiting trial in connection with the deadly casino fire. Police say the suspects ran into the casino and spread gasoline around before setting fires that trapped many of the victims.
Saucedo Estrada – a purported mastermind of the casino attack – was arrested early Thursday afternoon, after driving a stolen car the police thought he was a normal lookout for the cartel and when being dislayed in front of tv reporters he was recognized by the people on the room and at that time there was a 15 million Mexican Pesos bounty in his head he also claimed after interrogation to have participated in the murder of police chief of Santa Catrina.
Regarded as Mexico's most ruthless cartel, Los Zetas is accused of carrying out the August 2010 massacre of 72 undocumented immigrants near the U.S. border and is suspected in several similar cases.
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This tough guy after being displayed for robbing a car was recognized as the master mind of the attack so he weeps that he's being tortured and that they broke his hand and his shoulder and that hes not a criminal at all.
(One bullet to the head its all it should take for this motherfucker)
sources : Grillonautas & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Monterrey_casino_attack
By: vjiced
In: Other News
Tags: mexico, narco terrorist, mass murderer, cartel, zetas
Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (load item map)
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Awww, poor guy.... Break his other hand now. Mass murderers should be handed over to the families of their victims.
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I hope they are torturing him. Those sick fucks all deserve to be tortured and then executed. Even then that isn't enough justice for what they have done to people.
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shoot the bitch in both knees then have him crawl through the salt flats, and it will still not be as bad as being burned alive
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mexico needs the death penalty ASAP for all kidnappers and killers.
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He being tortured by police. Well sounds like cops do good work down there. .
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He wants pity, what about those that he killed? Kill him and be done with him.
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Personally , I'd want him to accuse my men of tourturing him on live tv .
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Can't say I feel sorry for him in the slightest.
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he will be given life and thrown into a cell with all the comforts of home and then miraculously escape in under a year
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Tell him, "We're going to waterboard you now- don't bother giving us any information; we're waterboarding you just because we want to! Then, set his face on fire and ask him if he wants to be waterboarded again.
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Tell him, "We're going to waterboard you now- don't bother giving us any information; we're waterboarding you just because we want to! Then, set his face on fire and ask him if he wants to be waterboarded again.
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RANGELY I Following the kickoff to its Little Points of Light campaign last month, Horizons Specialized Services of Northwest Colorado continues to accept funds for Rio Blanco County Early Intervention and Family Support Services.
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Meeker Parade of Lights Friday, home tour Sunday
MEEKER I There are a couple of holiday-related events this weekend to kick off the Christmas shopping season in Meeker. The second annual Meeker Parade of Lights will be held Friday with activities beginning at 5:30 p.m. in downtown Meeker.
Home tour raises awareness
MEEKER I More than 80 people toured five featured homes in Meeker Sunday, Dec. 2 during the first annual Little Points of Light home tour. The event, which complemented Horizons Specialized Services' annual Little Points of Light mail campaign, raised awareness about, and funds for, the non-profit organization.
Horizons offers compassion, care for children
Horizons receives grant for support program
Horizons Specialized Services announced it has received a $15,000 Daniels Fund grant to supplement funding for its five county Family Support Program.
Child screen event set for Rangely, Meeker
RBC — Child Find is coming. Horizons Specialized Services, in conjunction with Rio Blanco BOCES, the Department of Social Services, County Health, Aspen Dental Clinic and Columbine Medical Clinic are all getting together to screen our young children ages 6 months to 5 years in Rangely and Meeker.