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From Lens To Photo: Sally Mann Captures Her Love
I came across this beautiful, tender interview with Sally Mann just today. Proud Flesh is the title of Mann's 2011 work which documents poetically, her husband Larry's muscular dystrophy. The interview can be found at NPR and is certainly worth the read. In the meantime, take a look at some of the work!
Vanishing Cultures
I just ran across this amazing project by Dennis Manarchy. He has built a film camera that has to be hauled in a semi from one place to the next. His goal is to make portraits of people whose cultures are vanishing. The scope of his project parallels that of Edward Curtis' North American Indian. … Continue reading
The Blind Men and the Elephant
The Blind Men and the Elephant is such a wonderful parable that reminds us that "truth" can be stated in different ways! This parable has crossed between many religious traditions and is part of Jain, Buddhist, Sufi and Hindu lore. A Jain version of the story says that six blind men were asked to determine what an elephant looked like by feeling different … Continue reading
Life Before Death
In Western society, many have lost touch with the spiritual aspect of death and dying. We do not like the idea of death. It conjures up deep fear of the unknown, and it reminds us that we are ultimately at the mercy of life. We put off thinking about it until it comes knocking at our … Continue reading
Interesting Observations Concerning Technological Shifts In The Medium of Photography
Below is a link to an interview with Vance Jacobs. Vance is an alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design. The interview has some interesting observations on documentary work, advertising and technological shifts of the medium. http://popphoto.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/qa-with-documentary-photographer-and-storyteller-vance-jacobs/ Related articles First Look: David Field (lookbooks.com)
Christopher Churchill: Faith
Christopher Churchill's portfolio Faith was made throughout the United States. The photographs show the diversity of a nation and the ways in which people strive to understand their place in the world. See more work at http://www.christopherchurchill.com/ Related articles Christopher Churchill on American Faith (lightbox.time.com)
VIP Art Fair Online Thru Feb. 8
You can attend the VIP Art Fair 2.0 virtually which is pretty awesome. It is the second year for VIP, and I have to say that it feels pretty much like a traditional art fair. There are 135 exhibitors from 35 countries, with good representation of exhibitors from around the world including the Middle East, Asia … Continue reading
"Miracles and Co." by Joan Fontcuberta.
In the Mysterious Region of Karelia, Formerly a border territory disputed by Finland and Russia, stands the Valhamonde Monastery. Practically isolated from the world by its Labyrinthine Lake topography and the perennial mists of Lake Saimaa, Valhamonde was abandoned by its dwellers when Stalin invaded Finland at the beginning of the second world war; half … Continue reading
Picturing 19th Century Savannah, Ga
Sherman's headquarters while in Savannah, GA This is an image By George Barnard looking west from Factor's Walk. Barnard had a practice of combining interesting cloud formations with various landscapes to give the image an over all more appealing aesthetic. Note the large size of the clouds and how they "bleed" into the land and … Continue reading


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On this week's edition of THAT MOVIE SHOW, find out what Dale and Blake think about these newly released films;
Running Time: 95 min Rating: PG
Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pear Stars: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, Terry Crews, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt
Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids
Running Time: 103 min Rating: MA
Director: John Krokidas Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen, David Cross
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs
Running Time: 104 min Rating: M
Director: Ken Scott Stars: Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders, Chris Pratt, Britt Robertson, Jack Reynor, Bobby Moynihan, Simon Delaney, George Lalov
An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity
Running Time: 110 min Rating: M
Director: Gavin Hood Stars: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfield, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Moises Aria
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, a genocidal alien race which nearly annihilated the human race in a previous invasion
... and these titles releases this week for home entertainment
NOW YOU SEE ME – Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Melanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Common, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money
THE HEAT – Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Tony Hale, Marlon Wayans, Taran Killam, Thomas F. Wilson
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord
ELYSIUM – Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Talisa Soto, Diego Luna
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds
We'll check out what has been making money at the Australian and the U.S. box-office
And who's been signed for what film... and what's going into production in the big wide world of movies
All this and loads more in this week's edition of THAT MOVIE SHOW…
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Dale has worked in various positions in film and video distribution including publicity for 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures, marketing for Roadshow Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment & CEL Home Entertainment as well as sales for United Artists and 20th Century Fox.
For three years he co-hosted Sunday Night at The Movies for Radio 2UE, was the film reviewer for Mike Carlton's breakfast programme… and currently for the top rating George & Paul Show as well as John Kerr's New Day Australia for fourteen years.
Film buff and amateur filmmaker, Dale is widely known in the film industry for his off-beat sense of humour, knowledge of film and his wit… which is as sharp and pointed as his head.
Blake Howard
Blake completed his honours in Film, Media and Cultural Studies in 2008 and Tutored as guest Lecturer at the University of Newcastle in 2009 -10.
His research included Cinematic Authorship, 'New Hollywood' American Independent Cinema, Performance Theory and Portrayals of Masculinity.
He's started out as a Writer/Podcaster/Editor/Site Director at CastleCo-Op.com (a Film, T.V, Music and Culture Online publication) between August 2010 and May 2012. Since then he's the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Graffiti with Punctuation, a "Film Geek Website, For Film Geeks, By Film Geeks." Blake is proud of the team of disparate bloggers he and editor/co-founder Cameron Williams have put together for the website that has established some serious cred throughout Australia and beyond.Nicholas Brodie, Maria Lewis, Dave Grenfell, Andy Buckell and Lisa Malouf are among the line-up offering original content with professional polish.
Cinema usher's have been heard whispering that Blake's personal hygiene is way better than that of the average film reviewer.

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May 7, 2009
Praised as 'accomplished researcher, inventor' and 'proven manager'
'I am proud to be a part of a place that understands that this is a campus living within a community, and that the well-being of the community is a prerequisite to the success of this institution.'
UC Davis Chancellor-designate Linda Katehi
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With national awards and leadership roles, 16 patents and a career of nurturing students and their research, Linda Katehi has experience as an administrator, researcher and teacher. [ More on Katehi's biography… ]
Linda Katehi, provost and vice chancellor of the 41,000-student University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a renowned researcher and educator in the fields of electrical and computer engineering, has been named chancellor of the University of California, Davis, by the UC Board of Regents.
The appointment takes effect on Aug. 17. It was made on the recommendation of UC President Mark G. Yudof.
"Linda Katehi is a great success story and a great fit for UC Davis," Yudof said. "She is a brilliant academic with experience at three Big 10 universities."
"She understands the mission and aspirations of a multidisciplinary, land-grant institution dedicated to solving society's problems. She is also an accomplished researcher and inventor, and a proven manager and fundraiser."
Two degrees from UC
"And she comes from the UC family, holding two degrees from UCLA."
Katehi will replace Larry Vanderhoef, who will step down this summer after serving 15 years as UC Davis chancellor.
"Under Larry Vanderhoef," Yudof said, "UC Davis has made incredible strides and become one of America's great research universities. Now we want to build on that progress and I'm confident Linda has the ability to make that happen."
A native of Greece, Katehi first became interested in science as a young girl while watching the Apollo moon landings on television.
"I was impressed by the images I saw, primarily the shots from the control room in Houston," recalled the 55-year-old Katehi. "It was then that I decided I wanted to be an electrical engineer."
Experience at UCLA changed life
After receiving her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece, in 1977, Katehi came to UCLA's Electrical Engineering Department, where she earned her master's degree in 1981 and a doctorate in 1984. Her experience at UCLA, she said, "changed my life substantially."
In addition to serving as provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Katehi also held a joint appointment with the Gender and Women's Studies program.
Previously, she served as dean of engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, and as associate dean for academic affairs and graduate education in the College of Engineering and as professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan.
Her work as both a professor and researcher has earned her several national and international awards, including 16 U.S. patents and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' distinguished educator award in the field of Microwave Theory and Techniques.
Chairs National Medal of Science committee
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Katehi was selected by President George W. Bush to chair the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science. She was named the Distinguished Alumnus of the year in 2006 of UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
As chancellor of UC Davis, Katehi will receive an annual salary of $400,000. This is a 12.4 percent increase above her current salary of $356,000 at the University of Illinois. Vanderhoef currently earns $315,000 as UC Davis chancellor.
UC seeks to be competitive in the employment markets relevant to its faculty and staff hires, and the base salary of $400,000 is still substantially below the 2008 median of $628,000 among chancellors at UC's comparison group of 14 public and private U.S. campuses with medical schools.
Other benefits
Consistent with university policy, Katehi also will receive:
- University-provided housing;
- An annual automobile allowance of $8,916;
- A relocation allowance of $100,000 (25 percent of base salary) to offset various costs associated with her relocation to California, subject to proportional repayment if the position is resigned within the first four years of appointment;
- Payment of packing and moving costs for household effects, library and related equipment;
- Reimbursement of travel expenses for business-related visits to the campus during the transition period; and
- Eligibility for a Mortgage Origination Program loan and payment of relocation costs if she continues in a tenured faculty position after stepping down as chancellor. An annual allocation of campus funding will be established if an active research program is maintained during the appointment as chancellor.
Katehi will receive standard pension, health and welfare, and senior management benefits, including senior management life insurance, executive business travel insurance, executive salary continuation for disability, accrual of sabbatical leave and an administrative fund.
Katehi's husband, Spyros Tseregounis — who like Katehi did his graduate study at UCLA, completing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering — holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Illinois. UC Davis will be considering him for a similar or equivalent appointment.
About UC Davis
For 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world.
Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has 31,000 students, a work force of 21,000, an annual research budget that exceeds $500 million, the UC Davis Medical Center and 13 specialized research centers.
The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science — and advanced degrees from six professional schools — Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
Among their many public contributions, UC Davis scientists and alumni have transformed California agriculture, influenced the course of art history, helped to protect Lake Tahoe and other environmental treasures, and fueled the growth of the $45 billion California wine industry.


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SNAP Re-cap #snapconf
I felt like everyone at SNAP was on the same page with the same intentions…a place where people understood what blogging is all about.
1: me, Kristyn 2: Jamie, me, Janae 3: Desiree, Natalie, Jen, me 4: Andrea, me 5: me, Jen, Jamie, Jodie, Kristyn 5: Landee, me 6: Kristen, me 7: Jen, Katie, me, Mandy 8: me, Meg
As far as pictures go, I have dozens to choose from between my camera + cell phone. If you follow us on Twitter, you can see many more as I was Instagram'ing them all live!
AZ bloggers that we see often:
I love AZ blog friends:
Thanks for the pic, Heidi!
And lots of new friends (thx Kristy for the pics ;)
Top: Shauna
Middle: Mandi, me
Haha..so fun!
More fab girls!
1: Kristy, Jodie, Heather, me, Kristen, Jamielyn, Kristyn, Jen, Jamie 2: Shelly, me 3: me 4: Kristy 5: me, Kim 6: Shelly, Landee, me 7: Shauna, Courtney 8: me, Whitney, Kristy 9: me, Marissa
Adore my roommates…am bummed we never got a pic of the 4 of us together! Kristy & I bought 4 pair of matching polka dot pj's for all of us and decorated our door. Ash and Rach are so adorable in person, love those girls. The only pic I have of them was when they were standing with Amy, oopsie!
I must say we had the cutest hotel door in the whole place ;)
Update: (I stole this pic from Kristy)
A major THANK YOU to Tauni + team for putting this conference together. This was a first for Lolly Jane and I hope they do it yearly! I would definitely recommend going to a blog conf if you're on the fence about it. If you're a veteran blogger or just starting out, you feel like you're all on the same level and will learn so much…I loved it!!
Also, a big thank you to Jen for picking us up and Char for taking us home. You busy gals are so sweet to sacrifice your time.
My final thank you to Miss Lil Luna Kristyn.
She's one of my best friends IRL and is a great support to me.
She encouraged me to go even when I was too scared to go without my blog partner/twin, Kristi. She's a great friend and I'm glad to know her!
impressive! you've already got a recap post up – I'm still recovering and swimming in a mound of laundry. It was a super fun time!
Awesome recap! I love all of your pictures! You look adorable & it also looked like such a great time! Next year I will go, really. :)
Loving all these pictures! Thanks so much for the recap!! Looked fabulous and I agree totally…Kristyn is so GREAT! XO, Aimee
Oh my it looks like you had so much fun! What a great way to spend a weekend :)
Looks like everyone had a blast!! Glad you had a great time!!
It was soooo nice to meet you:) Glad you had a safe trip home~Paige
It was soooo nice to meet you:) Glad you had a safe trip home~Paige
SO fun!!! Hey, that's my friend Shauna in the bottom left collage pic! :)
ps. next year!
Love the photos, chica!! So glad we finally got to meet, if not chat a bit more. :) Tell Kristi good luck!!!!
Freakin jealous u got to meet miss meg and see miss Shelly!!! One day :)
I am so glad that I got a second to meet you, Kelli! I adore you!
It's fun to see all your pictures, and read all about it. I love that you guys decorated your door! How fun!
Amy @ The Happy Scraps
LOVE your re-cap! I'm exhausted after finishing mine at 2am!
We're SO glad we got to meet you Kelli… you are so sweet and fun. Never got a picture with you, we were really bad about taking pics! But the few times we chatted, you really helped me put things in perspective about our blog. Can't wait for next year when we can hang out again (and meet Kristi!)
Great recap! Love all your pics!!!! I didn't get any pictures. Can you believe that? It was awesome meeting you and talking with you. You are totally cute! Wish I could have met the other half of you! Whenever I want to remember this conference, i will come back to this post!!!!!
It was so fun to see you and visit with you at the Queen Bee Market! I just now realized so many of my favorite pins on Pinterest were things from you guys!!! Thanks for all the fun inspiration:)
Kristianne@ Pearls Pinstripes and Peanut Butter
I love ALL the pictures! I'm so in next year!
oh and a big old contrats to Kristi wahoo!
that turned out SO sharp! I'd love you to add it to my WHat We Wore, Read and Made Wednesday link party!
so fun meeting you kelli! but i bet it will be even better when we get to meet kristi! haha. (she is the "real" eighteen25 fan right?) just kidding. miss ya already tyson!
Loved being your roomie!! :) Had so much fun with you girls! xoxo
So excited to meet you Kelli! Sad I couldn't meet Kristi too, but I'm so happy for her!! You two remind me a little of me and my sister…what would we do without fabulous sisters?!
It was exhilarating and exhausting, but Oh so much fun!! I'm so glad we got to finally meet. LOVE YOU!!!


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The Veldt
by Ray Bradbury
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
In our "Setting" section, we've got all kinds of info on the African veldt (to sum up: hot, dangerous, no Starbucks). But here we'd like to talk about one particular element of that setting as a symbol in its own right. That's right, Shmoopers, let's tackle those lions.
Why lions? If you wrote a story where bad things happened to people in Africa, you have a lot to choose from: poisonous snakes, dying of thirst, wild dogs, no Starbucks. Bradbury could have chosen any of those rather horrifying options. But he didn't. He chose lions. And there has to be a reason, right?
When we first see the lions, they are just finishing up eating something (20), which you'll get used to over the whole story's length: the lions are always eating… something. The fact that we don't know what they're chowing down on might make you nervous, especially since it makes Lydia nervous.
Frankly, her instincts are right. Just check out this sentence when the lions first approach Mama Lydia and Papa George:
And here were the lions now, fifteen feet away, so real, so feverishly and startlingly real that you could feel the prickling fur on your hand, and your mouth was stuffed with the dusty upholstery smell of their heated pelts, and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry, the yellows of lions and summer grass, and the sound of the matted lion lungs exhaling on the silent noontide, and the smell of meat from the panting, dripping mouths. (29)
That's one long sentence, and as usual when Bradbury gives us a long sentence, he wants us to slow down and take it all in. Notice how this introduction plays on all the senses. You feel the "prickling fur," almost taste their "heated pelts," see their yellow eyes, hear their "matted lion lungs," and smell their meaty-smelling mouths. This is surround-sound experience, and if you had a sixth sense, it would be telling you run.
These sensory descriptions are, in a word, aggressive. The smell and taste of their fur is like "your mouth was stuffed." That's good when we're talking about cannoli, but very bad when we're talking about lions. And their yellow color is "in your eyes" which also sounds like you had better head straight to one of those scary eyewash stations in chemistry class. Plus, it's not just that you can hear them—they are the only things making a sound in this "silent noontide." The lesson? These lions are dominating the scene, and they are deadly.
It makes sense that it's lions, then, and not some other threatening creature. Lions are often symbols of power and authority, and we can see here that Bradbury highlights their power in the scene by allowing them to totally take over. Plus, that whole idea of power reminds us that this story is, at its heart, a power struggle. The fight between the parents and their twins is a fight for control over the family itself, and that's the Serious Issue that drives the whole family.


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My father was diagnosed with Alzheimers three years and is now exhibiting moderate to late stages of the disease. He has now started to severly lean to his right side while sitting, standing, eating—all the time. Is this an advanced sign of Alzheimers, or attributed to a number of his other health issues (Parkinson's, arthritis, shoulder replacement, etc.)?READ MORE
Leaning to the side can be due to a number of different medical diseases and conditions. It is quite common in people with various neurological illnesses, one of which is Alzheimer's and/or Parkinson's disease. It is also seen in people who are very ill and weak, people who have severe arthritis and because of pain. Because Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative illness that affects the brain it is possible that the resulting brain damage is the cause. It may also be due to something else like a stroke.
There are a number of caregivers to people with Alzheimer's reporting the same issue-leaning to the left or the right side. I think it is good to get your husband to the doctor as quickly as possible to get an accurate diagnosis so that the cause can be isolated and treatment commenced if appropriate.
Coping with perseveration, confusion and challenging behavior is very hard on you. Repeated questions can seem like water torture at times. Reassurance in brief statement or diversions like 'look at that lovely flower', or 'have some chocolate' are the best strategies.
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I am so sorry to hear about your father. Unfortunately aggression is a common cause of placement in a nursing home for people with Alzheimer's. Even though it is a difficult decision I am sure it is the best thing for all of you. It is very hard.
Leaning to the left side can be due to a number of different medical diseases and conditions. It is quite common in people with various neurological illnesses, one of which is Alzheimer's and/or Parkinson's disease. It is also seen in people who are very ill and weak, people who have severe arthritis and because of pain.
Presumably his doctor has examined him and has ordered the best treatment for your father.
I hope this is helpful. All my best wishes at this difficult time
You are right on about the care they need. Ideally, we'd have more help available than what exists in the UK or the US. Meanwhile, we do our best to give loving care. Kindness and empathy can go a long way and you have a lot of that.
It is also a recognised side-effect of long-term donepezil use (Aricept), the drug that's often used to lessen the effect of Alzheimer's. If it's really bad it might be worth stopping the drug. I give my mother a good many other things too (an Albion chelated magnesium suppliment, a good set of combined B's, garlic, a probiotic and ginger for better digestion and many more I think could be doing something but will never know for sure), so I am considering this route myself. Most of the things I get her (from the USA as it's cheaper) have shown double-blind trial results at least good as donepezil, which the verdict is still out on really, if not a little better. None of them cure it of course.
The drug-related leaning problem is called Pisa syndrome, and when it comes for Mum (so far it can come and go) it can be a real pain for us, as Mum is still really active, despite having the disease for well over 10 years now (since the 90's), and possibly as much as 20 years. She is relatively easy to manage though (though she wasn't at all for a period), and just wants to be out and about walking around all day, which I do with her. She doesn't make much sense any more, but her body's held up really well, and she is happy if the world around her is. Constant and interesting excercise (which needs 1 on 1 care) and the best nutrition humanly possible is the best way to tackle Alz I've found. The disease eats up everything and leaves their brains deficient in many areas, vitamins, minerals etc, which is why I suppliment so much.
As usual with diseases try and keep away from sugars, which tend to feed the disease. Best used as treats in the old-fashioned way. Cake isn't great for the elderly anyway. Sugar is taken via fruit anyway, and apples are particularly good: 1 a day at least. Caffein is the quickest hit to the brain, and should be daily, along with plenty of water - a good mineral water ideally if it's known as being bad where you are. Never, ever dehydrate. I go for at least 6-a-day plus supp's to make sure Mum is nutritionally at least okay. She needs patience at the table, as she often gets up and seems to lose interest, when in reality she'll eat it all and more besides! These days I let her start on chopped up dinner, and take just over if she doesn't make it to the end.
Basically, treat them as much like royalty as you possibly can.
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Thanks for your thoughtful answer Matt. You obviously work hard to figure out your mother's unique needs and help her maintain the best health possible.
Take care of yourself, too!
CarolREAD MORE
Thanks, I do when I can, though I don't get always 5 a day myself I admit (it wasn't clear but by "6-a-day" I was talking about fruit and veg).
Every sufferer is unique to quite a large degree I think, but there are also things that can work for all of us. An example I think is to let sufferers dictate their routines wherever possible, rather than us automatically forcing them into ones that suits us. You can often see some quite 'Victorian' attitudes regarding that in the UK, where people often excuse the unpopularity with the sufferers by thinking "you've got to be cruel to be kind". That unhappiness often leads to the use of disease-accellerating sedatives and anti-psychotics that may otherwise not be needed at all. Generally the more freedom the sufferers have (or perceive they have), the happier and more manageable they are.
Of course there are always sufferers who are just plain difficult, and I think they especially need 1-1 care. That's not cheap of course, but is not necessarily more expensive than many care homes that use shared-care in sometimes quite disruptive environments. Ideally Alz patients really shouldn't be kept together too much, and in some cases at all. That makes it an expensive disease to manage of course, as typically in the medical/care world, people people with the same kind of problems tend to be kept together.
If you work out all the various options in the UK, mixing up NHS care (not very available with someone like Mum), the various forms of paid-for care, and family as much as you can (all to make sure the sufferer has always got 1-1 care) it can be a lot cheaper than paying for a care home per week.
In my case, the only person Mum would allow to manage her for the longest time was me, and I still don't feel comfortable leaving her too long (so I don't leave her at all unless my brother comes down for the day which he does from time to time), as when she wants to 'get outside' for example, she can kick up quite a bit of dust. The downside to Mum's longevity I suppose it how demanding on my time she is.
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Hi Karen, My mother has "unspecified dementia" (probably "vascular dementia" due to a stroke), and as the illness progressed, her walking became more difficult, she had many falls using her walker and developed the lean that you mentioned. Her latest issues involve difficulty holding her head up and trouble swallowing food or pills. Remarkably, she still has some degree of clarity in speaking although she is obviously confused. Finding the right words to form a sentence has become a challenge for her, too.
I have witnessed the leaning issue in others with dementia and I consider it a common later symptom of the illness. As far as I know, there is nothing that can be done to correct the problem. My mother isn't even aware that she is leaning. I'm sure that other answers will follow. I hope this helps! -- Joe --READ MORE


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The latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News asks soccer "fans" what they thought about about the World Cup performance of Landon Donovan — who was cut from the team before the cup even began.
The bandwagoners wax poetic about Donovan's "tricycle kick" against Portugal, his seminal off-the-butt goal against Saskatchewan, his signature purple mohawk, and how his performance stacked up against that other giant of American soccer: Lando Calrissian.
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Logan Lisle, a jack of all trades for the Berean Christian High football team, scored five touchdowns as the Eagles handed Valley Christian its first loss of the season, 35-14, at Acalanes High on Friday night.
Lisle didn't practice all week because of an upper quadriceps injury but rarely left the field Friday. He found a variety of ways to the end zone and also kicked all five extra points, making him responsible for all 35 of his team's points.
"After the fourth (touchdown) it kind of caught my attention," Lisle said. "It was cool to get the fifth. I've never done that before."
Primarily a running back, Lisle lined up at receiver and scored on a 60-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Anderson on the Eagles' first offensive play of the game. He also had a 22-yard touchdown reception from Anderson, touchdown runs of 4 and 3 yards, and he returned an interception 45 yards from his linebacker spot for a score.
The Eagles (5-2, 2-0 Bay Football League), who put the ball in the air more than usual, got 205 passing yards from Anderson.
Tyler Charrette was his favorite target and finished with 10 catches for 117 yards.
"Usually we run a lot, but we got ready for this team really well," Lisle said.
Charrette also had an interception on defense, setting up Lisle's fourth score.
Valley Christian (6-1, 1-1), which scored 71 points last week in a win over California School for the Deaf, never got going offensively. Four turnovers didn't help -- including the two interceptions that the Eagles turned into touchdowns.
Howard Wikle provided the Vikings a first-half highlight, breaking tackles on his way to a 31-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Anthony Grant, who led all rushers with 112 yards, scored on a 5-yard pass from Lucas Romanski with 4:48 left in the game.


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Dark Void
Version and / or Patch Used: Benchmark Demo
Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
Developer Homepage: http://www.airtightgames.com
Product Homepage: http://www.darkvoidgame.com/
The game's story takes place during World War II and centers around a cargo pilot named William Augustus Grey (voiced by Nolan North) who is teleported to another world while flying through the Bermuda Triangle. In this world, known as the 'Void', Will encounters an alien race as well as other humans, which are known as the Watchers and the Survivors respectively.
Will reluctantly joins the Survivors who are engaged in a feud with the alien race to satisfy his desire to return to Earth. While aiding the Survivors, Will discovers that the Void is a middle ground that connects both the Watchers homeworld and Earth. It also becomes apparent that the Watchers are supplying the Axis powers with various supplies for reasons unknown. With the help of Nikola Tesla, Will utilizes retrofited Watcher technology to combat the Watchers and eventually find a way to escape the Void.
Dark Void runs great on these higher end cards and again you see the game get playable FPS on all cards here. There's a bit of movement in the minimum department between all the cards, but you can clearly see the averages are almost identical across the board.
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Just forgot to mention:
dmesg gives nothing (/var/log/messages)
the global X log aswell
and in the users .xsession-errors I have:
amarokapp: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdesktop: Fatal IO error: client killed
konqueror: Fatal IO error: client killed
The application 'xchat' lost its connection to the display :0.0;
I dont know what that means, but at least its something
> Hello!
> Excuse my bad english, I am no native speaker. And please CC me, as I
> not subscribed!
> I am running an amd64 system with a stable gentoo. Today I upgraded to
> the kernel 2.6.22 and noticed many programs to disappear.
> I use a kde desktop (3.5.7) and when amarok or kmail crash, normaly
> a "kde-crash-manager" pops up (but that happend very rarely), but not
> with 2.6.22+. It happens often and without any messagebox.
> kdesktop, xchat, kicker, konqueror crashed as well.
> It happens more often under heavy load. But it can also happen when
> idle. Also I have the feeling that it happens more often on 2.6.23+ I
> might be wrong.
> I tried 2.6.23 and the current 2.6.24-rc4, which all show this problem
> aswell!
> What has changed in 2.6.21 -> 2.6.22 that could cause such things?
> Or who can tell that?
> Can I help? How? (I use linux for years and can code, but I never
> debugged anything as big as the kernel...)
> Markus
> PS: Sorry thats so late, but I normaly stay on the distros stable
> and only try vanilla when something is wrong
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Dallas chief looks to stem rise in robberies
DALLAS - (AP) - Police Chief David Brown has increased the number of detectives investigating robberies in Dallas as the city sees an increase in the crime.
The Dallas Morning News reports (http://dallasne.ws/1bfz8C8 ) the reassignments by Brown is a departure from a decision last year to reduce the number of robbery detectives.
Police statistics show robberies have increased about 5 percent from last year, with business robberies up by more than 20 percent.
Officials say as many as 10 detectives will be added to the robbery unit. Another five will be transferred to the family violence unit.
Critics of the plan say the move will weaken other units, such as financial crimes, as detectives are shuffled elsewhere.
The number of detectives investigating the city's most violent crimes dropped by 46 percent from 2010 to 2012.


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My name is Linda Walsh and I'm a doll maker & doll pattern designer who lives with 1,796 dolls of my own creation. The "dollies" think they are human so it is never boring in our house. If you'd ...
My name is Linda Walsh and I'm a doll maker & doll pattern designer who lives with 1,796 dolls of my own creation. The "dollies" think they are human so it is never boring in our house. If you'd like to know more about the "dollies" and me please visit my Linda Walsh Originals information page at http://www.lindawalshoriginals.info/Read More » View all patterns by designer (153) »
LW231 - "Tom A. Hawk", 10" Country Boy Doll E-Pattern - The Egg Muff Series
"Tom A. Hawk" is one of the members of the "Egg Muff Series" of cloth dolls. He also happens to be "Toni E. Hawk's" twin brother.
The "Egg Muff's" are a fun loving group of dolls that love to sneak around and maybe, every once in awhile, drop in unexpectedly. And, the Toni E. Hawk and her brother, Tom A. Hawk, are the most fun loving of the group.
You might find then peaking around a corner, peaking over the windowsill, peaking through a keyhole in a door, or sneaking into your room. You just never know.
Sometimes you might just catch a glimpse of their eyes and hair as they try to sneak a peak. If you listen carefully, you might even hear them laughing, even chuckling away.
Sometimes you might even catch them doing a little jig. You just never know what they may do.
They love to laugh. They love to have fun. But, most of all they love to play hide and peak! No, not hide and seek! Hide and peak!
"Tom A. Hawk" is a 10" squared bottomed self-standing country and cottage cloth doll. He has a 1/2 muslin and 1/2 corduroy body. His face is outlined and embroidered and his eyes are a black and white satin stitch. His nose is pointy and embroidered as is his mouth, eyelashes and eyebrows. He has orange cheeks and loads of brown freckles.
Tom A. Hawk has a mass of burgundy hair on the very top of his head that runs straight down his back that is fashioned in a tomahawk style. It is his trademark and what he and his twin sister, Toni E. Hawk, are best known for.
He is wearing his favorite blue check shirt with collar and a scarf tied in a bow. He is also wearing his favorite knit vest which he considers a perfect match for his favorite shirt.
Tom A. Hawk is anything but shy and well-mannered. He, too, is highly intelligent and loves a good joke and isn't afraid of taking on his twin sister, Toni E. Hawk, or his best friend, Spike A Peek.
Unlike his sister, however, his intelligence isn't intimidating at all. In fact, Tom A Hawk does an exceptional job of hiding his intelligence while showcasing his wit, his charm, and his good looks. The girls just can't resist a charming, good looking, bit of a devil in him type of guy with a tomahawk hairdo.
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Mahesh Babu-Puri Jagannath's Businessman taking off in July
Mahesh Babu-Puri Jagannath, who are busy in their respective films, will be completing their other committed projects by July. Hence, they are planning to start The Businessman in July. The movie is produced by RR Filmmakers, which has a caption 'guns don"t need arguments".
Currently, Puri Jagannath is busy with his Bollywood debut film Bbuddah. He has also reportedly agreed to direct Jagapathi Babu's 100th film. Whereas, Mahesh Babu's Dookudu is expected to hit the screens on August 12, 2011. Meanwhile, the actor has also signed Mani Ratnam's much publicized Ponniyin Selvan.


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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:49 am
Post subject: False Labour?!
Hi All,
My baby is due tomorrow (eeeek cant believe i'm finally saying that), and i've been getting what I think must be braxton hicks for weeks now. last night, i started getting period like cramps and had really bad backache from about 7pm. We went up to bed at 10, and i sat up reading, and timing the pains. I was getting about 3 every hour, and they were lasting between 20 and 40 seconds. Eventually (about 2am), i fell asleep. I've woke up this morning, and my back is still sore, and i'm still getting some pains, and also shooting pains in my pelvis. The pain isnt unbearable, its more like a mild period pain.
Is this labour? Is it false labour? Everyone keeps saying to me "you'll know when you're in labour", but what if I dont?! Its my first baby, and i think my boyfriend is getting sick of me saying "i think this is it"!!! Any advice would be great, thanksxxx
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HI Petralou,
Congrats for your forth coming arrival. I'm due in 16 days time and have been experiencing similar pains and discomforts as you. I have been feeling BH's for weeks now but they have become increasingly stonger lately and are sometimes followed by backache or pains similar to that of menstrual cramps.
I think what you are experiencing is your body preparing for giving birth and it may well be the early signs of labor. The real contractions should, over time, become stronger, longer (lasting about 60 - 75 seconds) with a shorter time in between. Keep your eyes peeled for a 'show' or your waters breaking.
It might be an idea just to inform your MW or the maternity ward?
Good luck x
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Hi Booter, yes i was thinking of ringing them today, but they seem to be so irregular and far apart, i might wait and see if they start regularising! Ive still got backache, but havent had a show or anything! I really didnt want to go over, although i know most first pregnancies do! I'm just desperate to see my little one now!
Thanks for your advice, but i think i might have to wait a few more days yet! xx


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Updated: 03/15/2010 - Family loses everything after a fire caused by a spilled oil lantern.
Updated: 03/15/2010 - Family loses everything after a fire caused by a spilled oil lantern.
Updated: 03/15/2010 - AP writers named UK Basketball Coach John Calipari as the SEC coach of the year, and named freshman star John Wall as the SEC player of the year.
Updated: 03/15/2010 - Kansas was the unanimous number one in the poll, released Monday afternoon. UK was ranked in the top 10 all season.
Posted: 03/15/2010 - Police say 45-year-old James McElroy rammed a police cruiser during the chase in Boyle and Mercer Counties over the weekend.
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Book your room at Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul
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This luxury hotel is located in Seoul (Jung-gu), close to Namsangol Hanok Village, Dongdaemun Market, and N Seoul Tower. Also nearby are Namsan Park and Sungnyemun Gate.
Hotel Features
A full-service spa, a fitness center, and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and a free area shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a swim-up bar, a coffee shop/café, and a sauna are onsite.
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All 50 rooms feature thoughtful touches like espresso makers and bathrobes, plus free WiFi, free wired Internet, and LCD TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include 24-hour room service, DVD players, and minibars.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul60, Jangchungdan-ro, Jung-gu Seoul Seoul 100857
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a swim-up bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 5-star property offers access to limo/town car service and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a rooftop terrace. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul is a smoke-free property.
- Full-service spa
- Rooftop terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Tennis on site
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Number of floors - 19
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
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- Free area shuttle
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
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- Children's pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Swim-up bar
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
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- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- In-room computer
- Espresso maker
- Room service (24 hours)
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- DVD player
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Slippers
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Bidet
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A children's pool and a seasonal outdoor pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club, or fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Basketball on site
- Golf driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
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Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Banyan Tree Spa. Services include hot stone massages, Swedish massages, Thai massages, and massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
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- Facial treatments
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- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
This property's sauna and Troon Golf and Fitness Club will be closed on the first Tuesday of every month. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
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- Breakfast fee: KRW 45000 for adults and KRW 22500 for children (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: KRW 110000 per day
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Will there be another Massacre in the Mediterranean; does Israel dare?
They said it couldn't be done, that Americans couldn't raise money fast enough to buy a boat to join Freedom Flotilla 2 in the fall. But never underestimate American determination in the face of Israeli intransigence and brutality. The launch of the US Boat to Gaza began last night in New York, and Free Gaza was there to participate.
Listen to Col. Ann Wright's eloquent speech at witnessgaza.com.
And this is just a beginning, as witnessgaza.com gets ready to go live for events across the US and across Europe.
David Rovics has written an evocative song called "All Aboard the Mavi Marmara." The Free Gaza team has added images in tribute to the nine brave men on board who gave their lives in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians.
This is our tribute to the men. They had names and families and children. They dreamed their dreams just as the Palestinians do.
Israeli commandos took all of that away from them by murdering them… 31 shots, most through the head and the back. The world needs to remember them. The world needs to remember the Palestinians who Israel kills every day. "All Aboard the Mavi Marmara" will be a song you will sing in your head for days. The images, we hope, you will never forget.
"The Audacity of Hope" is more than just a book title. It is a call to everyone who believes in justice for Palestine… that there is hope, that civil society will do what governments refuse to do, that we will sail again and again until Palestinians gain the human and civil rights that have been denied to them for 62 years.
Greta Berlin has been an advocate for justice for the Palestinians since the early 60s. She has an MFA in Theatre and a bachelor's in English and, when she's not working with the Palestinians, has spent the past 32 years teaching engineers and scientists how to design and deliver presentations. In 2003, she volunteered with the ISM (International Solidarity Movement), working in several villages in the occupied West bank as well as manning their media office, then returned to work again in 2003, 05 and 07.
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PARKERSBURG - Although it was cold outside on Saturday, a traditional Christmas dinner was available inside at the 10th annual Friendship Kitchen Christmas Lunch at North Parkersburg Baptist Church.
Susie Meredith, with the outreach ministries of NPBC, said they served several more dinners then they had before and for the third year the dinner was served before noon.
"We had to start almost an hour early because of the crowd," said volunteer Frank Meredith. "We had gifts for up to 500 and we ran out, this is probably one of the biggest crowds we've ever had."
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Wrapping gifts were Shawnte Watson, left, and Michal Booth, right.
Susie Meredith said the event had some people who came up to three hours before it was scheduled to begin.
"They were waiting before 9 a.m. and we let them come in at 9:30 a.m.," she said. "They kept coming and coming. We had to starting serving at 11:15 and it was crowded, all the seats were taken. We had people standing outside waiting 20 minutes for a table."
Susie Meredith said the dinner was put on by more than 100 volunteers, many of them new to the Friendship Kitchen.
"We send a few out but most people come here for the dinner and the fellowship," she said. "We have some who come every year and there were several who had not been here before."
Saturday's dinner also included a store where those who came could get a gift bag filled with items to give to others for Christmas. Each package contained gifts donated to the church.
"Some people tell us they are getting gifts for themselves because they have no one else and that make you fell pretty humble," Frank Meredith said. "Some will break the gift up and give things to different people.
"It's just amazing what they will do."
Jamie Witkosky was among the volunteers at Saturday's dinner.
"We've been here since it started," she said. "We just come over and help out - it's just a blessing to feed all of those who are in need. It's also a great fellowship time, that's the most important part - fellowshipping with the our church members and our community, it's a blessed day."
Helping with the gifts were students who were members of the People to People organization. Paula Oliverio, with the People to People Student Ambassador program, said the students came to the dinner as their first service project. They are also raising funds to go to Europe this summer where they will do a service project as well, she said.
Oliverio said People to People was started in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower to promote international understanding.
"It was a way to connect students to the world," she said. "His hope was we could stop some of the violence in the world by showing students that students in other countries as just like them."


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NAACP Statement on Death of NYC Man after Police ChokeholdJuly 20, 2014
(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) -- In response to the death of Mr. Eric Garner who was put in a chokehold by a NYPD officer, the NAACP released the following statement.
Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President and CEO:
"The death of Mr. Eric Garner is a deeply troubling tragedy. The use of an apparently illegal chokehold by police officers on a citizen demands a thorough investigation by every appropriate body as quickly as possible. Anything less, or anything later, is unacceptable. The NAACP will not rest until justice is served for Mr. Garner, his family, and the citizens of New York."
Hazel Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference:
"Our hearts go out to the family of Eric Garner, who senselessly lost their loved one at the hands of an officer, whose job was to serve and protect," said Hazel N. Dukes, President of the New York State Conference of the NAACP. "Communities of color are sick and tired of this familiar story. Mr. Garner is one of too many New Yorkers who have unjustly had their lives cut short by police officers over the past decades. The NAACP is committed to working with Mayor De Blasio and Commissioner Bratton to ensure that justice is served and mechanisms are put in place to prevent these types of tragedies from happening again in our city."
Dr. Niaz Kasravi, NAACP Criminal Justice Director:
"In recent months, we have witnessed a troublesome reliance on 'broken windows' style policing, where officers target low level offenders under the misguided assumption that this tactic will ultimately create safer communities and reduce violent crimes," said Dr. Niaz Kasravi, the NAACP Criminal Justice Director. "This tragedy is a grim reminder that aggressive over-policing of apparent low level offenses does not work and will ultimately lead to unnecessary and tragic outcomes. The only proven method to reduce violence is for officer to focus on violent crime incidents, use reliable policing tactics, and work with members of the community to create greater safety for all."
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. You can read more about the NAACP's work and our five "Game Changer" issue areas here.


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Authorities investigating death of 20-month-old girl who died in her car seat Tuesday afternoon in North Richland Hills
Staff writer Michelle Heath reports: Police are investigating the death of a 20-month-old girl who died in her car seat Tuesday afternoon.
Aurora Aryana Hollingsworth was secured in her car seat when the adult driver noticed something was wrong and pulled over to check on the child in the 7500 block of Bursey Road. Police officers responding to a 911 call found the child dead in the backseat upon arrival, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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This is a discussion on Re: SSH and SFTP - openssh ; Joshua Feather wrote: > I'm curious if anyone knows of a way to configure openssh on a > Solaris(8/9) and Linux system (RH4) to use port 22 for ssh and 522 for > sftp usikng only one installed client rather ...
Joshua Feather wrote:
> I'm curious if anyone knows of a way to configure openssh on a
> Solaris(8/9) and Linux system (RH4) to use port 22 for ssh and 522 for
> sftp usikng only one installed client rather that installing seperate
> instances to utilize seperate ports...any help woul dbe greatly
> appreciated!
There are a few 'solutions' but these will require that you have separate sshd
instances and id's for both sftp and ssh for every user. ie: as someone else
pinted out, use two separate config files conf22 and conf522.
Essentially you have to use separate userids on these systems so that userA-ssh
is 'locked' inside a restricted shell (eg:rbash) such that they cannot use sftp
or other file copying utilities (this is not trivial... esp if they need access
to editors, etc). The other account (userA-sftp) uses either rssh or scponly
as the 'shell' and so cannot login interactively using that account.
Finally add user*-ssh to group sshAllow and user*-sftp to sftpAllow, then use
Deny/AllowGroup in the relevant sshd_config to prevent users gaining access to
the other sshd (they are the same process after all and without this step they
can still login using the other process and matching id...)
userA-ssh member of sshAllow
userA-sftp member of sftpAllow
in sshd_config22:
DenyGroups sftpAllow
AllowGroups sshAllow
and in sshd_config522:
DenyGroups sshAllow
AllowGroups sftpAllow
But, as I said, it's not bulletproof (can be v difficult to lock users down
depending on what other access they require to the system), requires multiple
userids/person (never good for auditing), in some cases users may need to
remember multiple pwds or other tokens*, auditing requires extra steps to
'normalise' the user access, etc etc.
*That said, the users could use the same keypair for both accounts, and so
login to either system with the one identity file...policies permitting.
I haven't checked the order in which sshd checks the config - for users that
have both groups configured, does openssh process the deny first, or the allow,
or in the order specified in the file? Maybe just use the Deny option to
forbid users in that category from using the wrong sshd instance... ie:test
whatever you implement to ensure it does what you'd expect...
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scponly: http://www.sublimation.org/scponly/


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2012-12-CA-09KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 17, 2012) – The International Security Assistance Force offers its condolences to the families and loved ones of several children killed in an explosion today in Nangarhar Province.According to the governor of Chaparhar District in Nangarhar, the explosion resulted from the accidental triggering of an old landmine."I'm deeply saddened by this news," said Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of ISAF. "Over three decades of conflict, Afghanistan became one of the most heavily mined countries on earth. The tragic and cruel fact about landmines is that they don't discriminate. These precious children were innocent victims and I express my sincere sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of those affected."
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A Yoruba proverb warns a new bride against vices such as hubris, cockiness, vainglory, and, above all, seeking to profit from the misfortunes of the wife or wives who came before her. The proverb captures the relegation of senior wives in a polygamous setting. The succulent, vivacious, young, new bride, now the focus of the husband's unalloyed devotion, should take no pleasure in the lot of the senior wives. For the koboko of relegation, so painfully administered on the backs of her seniors, is only sent to the rafter on sabbatical leave. In time, when the patriarch goes off and marries yet another nubile beauty, that koboko would come down from the rafter to visit the back of the new wife who now mocks the condition of the senior wives and seeks to benefit from it.
I have researched and taught what we call the verbal arts in Africa long enough to understand the fact that a proverb in one language often has equivalents in other African languages. In essence, I have to assume that the Yoruba proverb about the koboko on the rafter has equivalents in the oral epistemologies of the Ijaw language. It should not be too much of a task for Patience Jonathan's kinsmen and women to share that little wisdom with her in the wake of the ugly roforofo fight that has pitted her against her predecessor, Hajia Turai Yar'Adua. And if there is no one to give her an Ijaw equivalent, Dr Doyin Okupe, the sixty-year old pitbull recently hired by his younger brother and younger sister to do their roforofo fights for them, might as well begin by getting the proverb across to his new employers.
The greatest weakness of incumbency is the trap of the present. Incumbency of power is a mental affliction nurtured by sycophancy. The sycophants who surround the incumbent (staff, aides, jobbers, opportunists, party members, hangers-on, irresponsible elders, etc) nurture this disease by making sure that the patient is deprived its only cure: sentience. Once sentience is permanently lost, it is easy for this disease to begin its work by eroding the patient's memory and the ability to project into any reality beyond his nose. No yesterday. No tomorrow. No past. No future. For the incumbent, the only vivifying human experience is the right now, the today in which he reigns supreme, what with the sycophants telling him that there was nothing before him and there shall be nothing after him.
The trap of the present is how to explain why Turai Yar'Adua could not remember the fate of Maryam Abacha before her while she visited the familiar vicissitudes of First Ladyhood on hapless Nigerians during her husband's reign. She did not remember the ecclesiastical vanities of Maryam Babangida and where it all ended. After working on the backs of the two Maryams, the proverbial koboko of fate went to rest on the rafter. It has now returned and is working with fury on Turai's back. The ancestors are always wise with their sayings. But Turai is not our subject today. Therefore, this is neither the place nor the time to revisit her many sins or to look too closely into how she came about the funds used to purchase the Abuja plot of land that has now become the object of Patience Jonathan's covetousness and unbridled acquisitive wobia. Wobia is one of those Yoruba concepts that the English language cannot adequately carry so we shall have to make do with gluttony.
We all know the details by now and there is no need to rehash the essentials. Suffice it to say, however, that the combatants have returned to court after a thoroughly embarrassed Presidency failed to secure a family affair settlement. Turai would settle for no other land but the disputed plot. We also know that Senator Bala Mohammed, the thoroughly irritating and ultra-sycophantic FCT Minister, has been hee-hawing all over the place, explaining the land mess as a restitutive measure. Nigerians need to worry about this Bala Mohammed fellow. His entire instinct seems to be about how to out-sycophant every sycophant misleading the Jonathans. He exists only to please the Presidential couple. Sometimes, the day-to-day running of the FCT seems a distraction to his higher purpose of groveling for the Jonathans. After renaming Maitama after his boss and grabbing Turai's land for Patience, he may wake up tomorrow and allocate the Eagle Square to the Jonathans.
But the greatest culprit in this mess is Patience Jonathan. Of all the lands she could grab in Abuja, it had to be Turai's land. I am calling it Turai's land because I am not buying the nonsense that these First Ladies acquire such lands for their pet projects. In our national experience, First Ladies' pet projects have always been a clever way of stealing land and the funds donated to those projects during loud launching ceremonies. Those who actually believe that Patience Jonathan has any intention of using the said land for some transformative African First Ladies secretariat need to have their heads examined. They never depart from the pattern because they are trapped in the present. At best, Julius Berger would move in and throw sand and cement around. The project would stall and once the Jonathans are out of office, the real purpose for which the land was acquired would start to manifest. Let's not kid ourselves. This is Nigeria.
This is exactly where I fear for Patience Jonathan. Right now, she lives in the bubble of today. She is trapped in the present, surrounded by aides and sycophants whose function is to keep reality at bay. For now, Patience Jonathan is only guided by one base instinct: her acquisitive wobia. That's why she went all the way back to Bayelsa to become a ghost worker. Those of us who are watching this drama from the outside can only pity her. She does not know that the koboko she is administering so rudely on Turai's back today, using the ever-useable Bala Mohammed, will return to the rafter to wait patiently and calmly. In 2015 or 2019, we do not know the name of the First Lady who will send somebody to fetch that koboko from the rafter in order to send it on new errands but we know certain things for sure.
We know that in 2015 or 2019, the koboko thrashing Turai's back today will begin to work assiduously on another back. And the owner of that back is Patience Jonathan. We also know that Doyin Okupe, Reuben Abati, and the entire cast of sycophantic aides around the Jonathans will be around to help the next First Lady bring down that koboko from the rafter. We know that if he continues to play his card the way he has been playing it, Senator Bala Mohammed may successfully AGIP his way into the next administration and be around to grab this same plot of land from Patience Jonathan and award it to her successor, just after re-renaming Maitama after the next president. We know these things but the Jonathans, trapped in the present, do not.
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Re: Patience Jonathan and the Koboko on the Rafter
Olamide posted on 08-04-2012, 05:02:42 AM
What is presently happening with Patience Jonathan can also be equally explained using the Yoruba concept of Omo aije obe ri, to nja epo saya. She is so excited and over-exhuberant, not believing her 'luck', having probably resigned herself to life at the beginning as the wife of a poor lecturer and she a poor teacher who, if not for Nigerian way of life would probably still be teaching local children in one of the backwater schools in Bayelsa state. She would probably have been praising God if she ever made it as a local Head Mistress in a backwater district but she is now a First Lady, with security details, retinue of aids and sleeping on extra-soft beds, using designer lotions and perfumes instead of Tura and wearing designer dresses and shoes instead of 'first-grade' Okrika' bend down boutique.
She is so much scared of what will happen after she leaves the corridors of power and no longer relevant. One of the ways of remaining relevant is to acquire everything in sight in Abuja but as you mentioned in your article, she has conveniently forgotten that she will also become irrelevant immediately her husband is out of power. She may however go the Delta way by opening the 'Office of the Former First Lady' and continue with her 'foundation' work (euphemism for money laundering on behalf of politicians)
Re: Patience Jonathan and the Koboko on the Rafter
M. Akosa posted on 08-04-2012, 07:44:37 AM
This type of bad behaviours (shameless greed and dangerous recklessness) exhibited by our current first lady is what I blame to the early termination of colonization in Nigeria. Whereby you see a native women carry the same conducts that would otherwise be condoned in their local community or among those familiar and known to her like their family members, into the public arena and national the settings. And yet she gets away with it on daily basis ? with her conducts (further dipping her hands into the cookie jar) getting worse each passing day and people around helplessly watching her. Even though, when her behaviors should not be the national nor universal norm.
I have seen and related to many women from other black nations, and no where will you find such boldness and the audacity in displaying shamelessness in corruption like the women folk do in Nigeria. What the first lady is doing here nothing new to what most middle class women and the female elites gets away with on daily basis in Nigeria. And while at they think they are being smart or bold and powerful, without realising that they are repulsive. We can rightly blame so many criminality, dysfunctions and abuse going on today in the Nigerian homes, family and in the public arena as instigated or manipulated or being carried out and executed by women under the guises of "a happily married woman, wife, mother or family matriarch".
I guess it is a problem that can only be solved by change in mentality and mindset among the Nigerian people in understanding when boldness have turned into recklessness as we say in Igbo that "gra..ah, gra..ah fe..okeh, o buru ara." Meaning; that too much intoxication of power turns to into madness.
There is no boldness or audacity in what the first lady is doing, but only shameless and reckless greed.
Re: Patience Jonathan and the Koboko on the Rafter
M. Akosa posted on 08-04-2012, 08:23:15 AM
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Re: Patience Jonathan and the Koboko on the Rafter
Mikky jaga posted on 08-07-2012, 05:48:51 AM
The fact of the matter is that Patience Jonathan did not grab anybody's land. The land was properly allocated to African First Ladies' Forum under Turai for their Secretariat. After Turai left government, she tried to convert the land to that of her pet project. Madam Jona got wind of it and reverted the land to the initial purpose for which it was allocated.
Much as I know the Dame can not be absolved of land grabbing allegations, I believe she is right on this occasion.


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Two young teenagers have been arrested and charged with multiple crimes after they allegedly tore a local cemetery to pieces. It happened in the former slave cemetery just west of Quitman in the Elwood Community.
Authorities say grave sites were knocked over and the teenagers shot several of the headstones with a gun. The sheriff's department and the cemetery committee is now working to notify those people who have family buried on the property.
Many of the loved ones visiting the cemetery were at a loss of words when they tried to discuss the sadness they feel having seen the vandalism.
"I don't have words to say. It is hard to say what they would say, you know, but I just don't know how to tell you how I feel about it," said George McGee.
For many of the other dozens of people gathered by their loved ones grave sites, the emotions came flooding out.
"I don't care who it is. Normally people respect the dead. For them to do this it's just disgusting," said Raymond Heard.
The scenes were shocking to the family members. Grave stones were knocked over, shot with a gun and in some cases feces was wiped across the headstones.
"It makes you want to go somewhere and wonder what is going on in the world," said Heard.
Many of the family members say they can't believe someone would disrespect the dead in such a dramatic way. Even harder for the people is that two juveniles are accused of the crime.
"They have confessed. They will be charged with felony malicious mischief and cemetery desecration. They are juveniles and will be charged within the youth court system," said Clarke County Sheriff Todd Kemp.
Their names will not be released because of their ages. The sheriff says they were thirteen and fourteen.
Now, the cemetery committee has the huge task of finding relatives who would want to know their loved ones grave sites have been disturbed or even left impossible to identify. In some cases, the headstones were moved so far from the site that there is no marker identifying the plot. Considering many of the people were buried in the cemetery over a hundred years ago, the task could prove to be difficult.
"They will be fixed whether it's the people who did it pay for it or I pay for it. It will not stay like this. It will be fixed one way or another," said Heard.
If you have family buried at the Elwood Cemetery or you think it's possible family could be buried there call 601-776-6619.