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One has to have a measure of sympathy for ITV's head of drama Nick Elliott, who said last week that he was fed up with the negativity associated with the channel, and that his ambition for its new programming is to wash away the tidemark of scepticism and ennui. Following this up with a raft of Jane Austen remakes is probably a good start as there is nothing more life-affirming than a well-executed bonnet-busting adaptation.
But picking up on Elliott's theme of how ITV is talked about leads to the question, how would it like to be talked about? One of the problems for any channel running what is ostensibly a mixed schedule in a fragmenting world is pitching at the right demographic. Anyone with children under 10 knows that, while they might adore The X Factor, they have no idea that it's on ITV.
Last week we had the instructive lesson of the first live Brit Awards since the dog days of Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood - shown on ITV1. First off, Russell Brand is something of a Marmite presenter - you either love him or you can't bear him - and with a ferociously quick wit and wide vocabulary, his jokes were well above the standard for Brits presenters. (Although one might suspect he was reined in a tad by the producers.) However, what traditionally made the Brits edgy was incompetence in one form or another, but in the event, ITV put on a pretty good show with the available material. Thus, millions were disappointed. Even Noel Gallagher's four-letter outbursts were dipped on the 30-second delay.
And this is what ITV now stands for - mainstream event television which will never make you too uncomfortable. Innovation with boundaries. There is nothing inconsistent in this mix of Jane Austen and televising the Brits - which is the 21st-century equivalent of a quick quadrille in Bath's Pump Room. It is borne out by the twin mainstays of the annual schedule - I'm a Celebrity... and The X Factor - which fit this description perfectly. But there is an issue around what this means for delivering new formats or excitement into your programming. The twin launch of Bonkers and Benidorm carried with it far more edge than the Brits, not least because of its precipitous failure to engage the ITV audience.
One could argue that this was due to the conservative nature of the ITV audience or, alternatively, that neither show was as good as they now need to be to command such an ongoing time commitment from a mass audience. But then ITV, in a transitional phase, has to have the right to fail, and here it was exercised fairly fully.
This became clearer in the course of a discussion I had with an ITV director on the subject of ITV Play last week. He wondered what, exactly, were my objections to ITV Play. I replied that, as a public service broadcaster, it was essentially tipping up its table in the market square and performing "find the lady" tricks for cash. He thought for a moment and then said: "We're never going to agree, because I see ITV as a commercial entity which has to use every part of its schedule to maximum effect."
And maybe this is a sound characterisation of the gap that still exists between ITV and its viewers. This is not surprising, as many of the highest rating shows on the channel are, in televisual terms, pretty old. Nothing wrong with a format that is not broken, but even internally the broadcaster recognises that it needs to speed up the renewal cycle. Sci-fi fans have, in general, warmed to Primeval so perhaps something is starting to stir.
If ITV can make sure that its programmes are better, then there is a way through. If it cannot rise to the challenge then it might be the case that being talked about in negative terms is better than not being talked about at all.


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Felling clips Jahanpanah City Forest's green cover
The Jahanpanah City Forest is a lesser-known green cover of South Delhi which acts as lungs for a huge chunk of the Capital's population. However, this 435-odd acres of pristine greenery is slowly and steadily getting its cover clipped, thanks to felling.delhi Updated: Jan 26, 2013 23:57 IST
The Jahanpanah City Forest is a lesser-known green cover of South Delhi which acts as lungs for a huge chunk of the Capital's population. However, this 435-odd acres of pristine greenery is slowly and steadily getting its cover clipped, thanks to felling.
As the Hindustan Times took a 100-minute stroll through the apparently dense forest, many felled tree trunks were spotted in various corners of this vast expanse.
As you enter through any of the nine gates — two near Don Bosco School in Greater Kailash II, one each at Tughlakabad Extension, Batra Gate, Dhobi Ghat, Sheikh Sarai, Chirag Delhi, Masjid Moth DDA Flats and Balwant Rai Mehta School — into this forest, a well-maintained picture perfect setting greets you. But as one ventures deeper, a bit further away from the walkers' trail, the green density increases and decreases too.
Felled tree trunks, some quite fresh, can be seen at every other corner of the denser areas of the forest, especially the portion which shares its boundary with Dakshinpuri. Bunches of twigs and small branches also sport a quite meticulously gathered look.
According to the National Forest Policy, 1988, a minimum of 1/3rd of the total land area of the country should be under forest or tree cover. Delhi, with its abundance of green cover, still fails to fulfill this criteria as only 20 per cent of the Capital is green.
SM Agrawal, president of Friends of Jahanpanah City Forest, said encroachment, lack of proper security and massive tree felling were severely affecting this South Delhi forest area.
"I came for a walk a couple of days back and saw fresh felling. The authorities are apathetic towards the whole issue and if this continues it will spell doom for this place," Agrawal, who has been fighting for this forest land, near his GK II home, for around two decades, said.
According to him, the lack of security guards, who should be patrolling various corners of the forests, is one of the primary reasons for this. "There should be 30 of them, but there are only 17," Agrawal said.
The Jahanpanah City Forest is looked after by the Delhi Development Authority. When contacted, a senior DDA official said people from Madangir and Subhash camp JJ colonies go in and out as they want. "We have complained to the police but in vain. An RCC wall can solve this problem," he said.

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The term was news to me when I first heard it, but observances of a "blue Christmas" seem to be spreading. These are worship services designed for those who know that the upcoming Christmas celebrations will be painful for them, usually because of the loss of a loved one in the past year. A blue Christmas service allows people to acknowledge their sense of loss and the shadow it casts over this holiday season, with its deeply emotional and familial traditions.
I wonder whether there are Catholic parishes that offer a blue Christmas worship service too? And what liturgical forms are proving helpful here?
Expecting a blue Christmas?
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The term was news to me when I first heard it, but observances of a "blue Christmas" seem to be spreading. These are worship services designed for those who know that the upcoming Christmas celebrations will be painful for them, usually because of the loss of a loved one in the past year. A blue Christmas service allows people to acknowledge their sense of loss and the shadow it casts over this holiday season, with its deeply emotional and familial traditions.
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During Advent I usually include in the Intercessions a prayer for those who are not looking forward to Christmas, for whatever reason – for example:
Those who have been bereaved, or who have a family member or other beloved person who has disappeared and is untraced.
Those who are experiencing financial hardship, and do not know how or whether they will be able to provide.
Those for whom Christmas brings bitter memories of deep hurt.
Those who fear violence or abuse or substance abuse or family discord at this time of year.
Those who feel isolated, or who feel alienated by the presumed festivity of the time.
Those who are homeless, or refugees.
Those who have serious illness in the family, perhaps someone approaching death.
Those in a situation of crisis pregnancy for any reason.
Other reasons, I'm sure, could be added.
This has been done in my diocese for the past 10 years or so by a small number of parishes, in the days leading up to Christmas. It is normally a "Blue Mass", with a big emphasis on hospitality, praying specifically and at length for loved ones who are no longer alive but also including others who are in other places (e.g. prison). The rationale for having Mass is that those who attend are precisely those who do not feel able to attend a Christmas Mass which they would formerly have been able to do alongside their spouse, child, parent, partner, etc, because the memories are just too painful. The use of Advent texts, hymns and songs on the theme of watching, waiting, and hope seem to fulfil a need, and numbers attending are often high.
Re # 2: liturgically, this idea of a "Blue Mass" intrigues me. We are gathering a liturgical community here out of those who are pained and alienated by what the liturgical season itself (and its cultural overgrowth) has produced. I wonder whether that paradigm is applicable elsewhere (e.g., Easter — for those who continue to stand under the cross, when the church explodes with Hallelujahs). Or is this primarily a felt need at CHRISTMAS, with its heavily familial, emotional, gift-giving, love-on-earth overtones?
#5 by Fran Rossi Szpylczyn on December 2, 2012 - 10:04 am
I have been working in intercessions that do refer to struggles with this time of year. That said, like you Teresa, am intrigued with the idea of a mass.
And even before I had read your full comment, thoughts of Easter came to mind, because not everyone feels the power of the resurrection on cue, do they? Christmas is so obvious, but there is something about Easter as well…
I will ponder and pray. And bring up at liturgy committee, and additionally to the parish where I am employed.
For what it is worth, a friend of mine is offering an online retreat during Advent, along these very lines. It is called, Waiting in the Night: Spirit and Struggle in Advent I am interested in what she is doing as I consider our pastoral care models in the parish.
Thank you for such rich food for thought.
I can see some sense in having a separate celebration.
But the goal beyond that, surely, is to integrate the blue into the parish community, particularly by bringing about an awareness in the parish that there are those in the parish who are suffering in some way.
The support of the Christian community can be galvanised through this sensitivity, so that those in difficulty do not have the added burden of being unnecessarily isolated. To be Catholic means to be welcoming to all, including those whose experience at this time is not according to the standard presumed model.
The Christmas narrative itself has it's own portents of suffering, as for example in the Holy Innocents, and in the words of Simeon in the Temple.
Teresa, here is a link to an article in our Archdiocesan newspaper about a "Blue Christmas" Mass held last year.
@Pádraig McCarthy – comment #6:
I agree with you about the darker side of the Christian story of Christmas (think but of mangers depicted as miniature coffins in some paintings). It is more the larger cultural production of Christmas that has so sentimentalized the stark reality of God being born into rather miserable human conditions that causes people to have the blues and find them incongruous with Christmas.
In our parish we have been celebrating a Mass of Remembrance on All Souls Day for many years giving those who have lost loved ones to death either recently or long ago an opportunity to honor and remember them before the "holidays" begin. Attendance grows every year and participants voice their appreciation for the celebration but the emphasis is on loss to death. It was originally an effort to respond to Blue Christmas celebrations that this practice began in our parish. This gives me much food for thought about considering either including some of these aspects of the "down or blue" aspects of the season of celebration that are painful for many people either in this Mass or at a separate celebration. I am also intrigued by the idea of a special celebration during the Easter or Lenten season for those who suffer and may feel alienated then.
Thank you for these inspirations.
I am responsible for providing these prayers at Sunday and Holy Day Masses at our four parishes. I regard this duty with an eye towards both the serious obligation to keep the premise of a "universal prayer" in tact, while also bringing forth an acknowledgement of local, national and transnational situations wherein universal prayer within the community appears necessary.
I am therefore ill at ease with any corpus of prayers under the formulae, on any Sunday, that systematically hammers home a series of prayers to edify what becomes then a didactic objective. Universal prayers are not, by defintion, thematic. This is not to say that nuancing each intention is necessarily bad practice. But, for example, to abuse the formula by construing each intention towards AIDS awareness or Christmas Blues is disingenuous, IMO.
Thank you Teresa for bringing this to mind. For me, the most unfortunate aspect of the Christmas season is the materialism. This saddens me the most. Christmas time, or any time, is not a time to judge the lifestyle or possessions of others. Still, as someone who grew up materially privileged, I now realize that a person requires very little for him or herself. More often many persons have an abundance of material and emotional wealth to give this time of year. Perhaps doubts about materialism cannot or should not be expressed explicitly at a Blue Christmas Mass, but this aspect can be considered with internal reflection.
@Charles Culbreth – comment #11:
I don't think I would ever construe each intention of the prayers of the faithful toward those who face the blues during the Christmas season! At the same time, naming some blues (maybe especially those present in a congregation) — whether in the scripted or unscripted part of the intercessions — simply is part of the universality of our prayers. Why occlude that kind of suffering?
Thanks, Teresa – some of us have been fighting society's continued stigmatism of mental health diseases for decades. Clinical depression is no different than someone struggling with cancer – they are both medical conditions, pure and simple. (and so, we may need to be more pointed?)
Those with these conditions need support from family and friends; need to be able to talk and pray with folks; need to not hide or feel ashamed.
Historically, scripturally, and traditionally, the church has always prayed and remembered the sick – guess it is an open question in terms of how detailed you get in specific intentions (would err more to *general* than long winded explanations, topic of the month type of intentions and lots would depend upon the specific community – is this an older group, know each other well, etc. in terms of how specific?) But, your point is well made.
At St. Nicholas in Evanston, (archdiocese of Chicago), our pastoral care ministry to the bereaved organized an evening of prayer and reflection for those who lost loved ones to death this past year, specifically to address the coming holidays. It was held the week before Christ the King and was well received.
A number of things are available in local parishes around here, often cross listed in parish bulletins.
Divorced or separated? Struggling with the holidays? Join us for a special 4-week mini support group for those having difficulty facing the holidays as a result of separation and divorce.
GETTING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS-AFTER YOUR LOVED ONE HAS DIED" – This is a special free program presented by XXX Funeral Home on Sunday November 11th.
This Sunday afternoon we invite all who are facing the approaching holidays grieving over the loss of a loved one to an afternoon called Hope for the Holidays. This simple program takes place in our chapel from 2:00 to 4:00 pm and contains time for reflection, prayer, and sharing ways we can help one another to deal with our loss. There is no cost or need to pre-register. Just come and bring others you know who could benefit from this.
The problem is that Thanksgiving and Christmas are family celebration times. Separations such as divorce and death change those family celebrations in complex ways.
When my mother died 20 yrs ago, I continue for the following 10 years to observe Thanksgiving and Christmas with my father who lived alone. However we went to his sister's house. When Dad died 10 years ago I continued to travel to my aunt's house who lived alone since her husband died the year before Dad. All these celebrations adapted in complex ways to the changing situations.
Last year my aunt had to give up her house; I spent Christmas at home without family. I decided for the first time to observe Advent and Christmas with the local Orthodox Church beginning with the presentation of Mary right before Thanksgiving, daily Vespers the Week before Christmas, the Christmas Vigil, and the day-after-Christmas Divine Liturgy. These new liturgical customs took up the vacuum created by the absence of family rituals.
So liturgical celebrations that we have shared with our love ones might actually not have to become specifically "blue" but just "different" enough to help us through the holidays. We might not have to change the liturgy as radically as Blue Mass seems to imply.
@Paul Inwood – comment #2:
I haven't lived in your diocese for 12 years or so, but I would love to attend such a Mass. I should ask around East Anglia now I'm up here…


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My birthday came and went. I am now officially 38……and i feel like i'm not my age but what is age….
really it's just a number right?! I like to think i'm pretty healthy….i've lost much needed baggage over a 6 month
period and let me tell you…..nothing feels better then feeling good about yourself.
The natural high……
rocky mountain high…..because if the natural stuff doesn't work out….then we are moving to Colorado.
When i was elementary school my parents sent my brother and i to a summer camp that was aptly named
"Get high on Life"
i won't go into the beautiful details of this summer camp or how my parents shipped my brother who was
7 at the time and i was 9…… to this GET HIGH ON LIFE camp….. over to Catalina island for 3 days
and neither will i go into the details on how i was so homesick and my brother was dirty for all three
days and we both had to end up sleeping in the camp directors tent with him and his wife because we
were miserable and i also won't go into details on how much money my parents had to pay in the amount
of collect phone calls i made from the pay phone calling home because i'm sure now that they are reading this that
they will look back on this and think to themselves….
did i really send my two kids to a camp called
Anyhoo……i don't know where i was going with this other than the fact that we are talking about getting
high…but the all natural high that comes with life.
My birthday was pretty amazeballs.
Hands down…it's been one of the better ones i've had….and i would like to also mention that this my 2nd birthday
here in Kauai.
First and foremost….one of my closest friends from back home sent me an awesome box filled with all sorts of
goodies….and in the box was one of the things i had requested from Trader Joe's…..it's called
Cookie Butter.
I couldn't wait…..so i grabbed the jar and twisted the lid……and found this:
apparently someone had decided to try the cookie butter before it went into the box and was mailed to me.
No one has come forward from that household to say they did it…..
but i have to smile because that is something that would totally happen in my house.
Secondly….i asked my family for some perfume
nothing fancy….since i'm over that whole thing of being fancy…..just something that i could spritz on
before i head out the door to work or better yet….something that yells my name when i walk into a room.
Thank goodness for kids that listen….because really…..
I love my new CONFESS.
First of all….i've never been a lover of Obsession….but i do love me some Confess…..
spray version…..
in a can
from walmart
Best card ever…..
two things about the above words from lola make me love her even more…..
1. Paris
2. Obviously
I rented the movie Family Stone over the weekend because i did….no need to explain it…..
and we watched it over and over together.
Lola is turning into a mini me….which i sort of love/hate at the same time. She wants to get a phone so
she can start instagraming…..and she would like to have her own blog.
I asked her what she would blog about….and she told me the first thing would be about her new skinny jeans
that she talked me into buying her yesterday even though the kid hasn't worn a pair of pants in 16 months.
Anyhoo….back to last week.
I mean the week before last week since i just realized today is Monday .
Last Friday morning was my actual birthday….and my good friends decided it was in my best interest
to spoil me and treat me to spa day.
Yes….spoil me indeed.
I would be a fool to turn them down so i obliged…and needless to say….
it's been a long time since i've been to a spa where you actually spend the entire day there for just
one treatment.
the day was nothing less than spectacular….and i am one lucky girl to have made some wonderful friends.
Where was i?
6ix things have happened in the last week….and that is why i have felt compelled to write it all down
here now for me to remember and what not.
The most important of all….
our house has been rented which means that even though the last few months have been more then
stressful….it also means that it gives us some more time to figure out what comes next.
Not that we know what's next…..
at all….but this gives us room to breath.
I am working 2 nights a week. Mondays and Tuesdays to be exact….and i don't walk back home in the door
till after 9 at night….which means i don't see my kids for 2 full days…..but so far…it's worked out with
Bryan's schedule…
but i've made the most of it…because of Don.
Don is pretty awesome
He is one hell of a good listener…….
{even though i'm pretty sure he's recovering from Hepatitis…due to his yellowing skin…so don't judge}
Don raises puppies in his free time and i do believe he used to work for Old Navy once upon a time….
just don't ask him where his hands are.
just don't…….
old war injury.
Saturday i loaded the kids up and we hit the beach.
it's what we do on saturdays
and needless to say….my Saturdays are sort of holy around here……..
Anyhoo times 3.
or 2
what i wanted to mention is that the other day i was wondering around Walmart looking for tape and blank paper
when on the overhead speaker system a voice came on and told all of us that were wondering the aisles
searching for something but not really anything
that the system was down and at this point they were only accepting cash till the systems were fixed.
At this point two things happened.
1. All but 8 of us left their carts right where they were……
and i mean left their carts.
{including what was in them…ie: eggs….milk….for who knows how long…..the point being they left the cart and walked out}
2. Those of us with cash sort of looked at each other……all 8 of us……cash in hand….
giving each other the silent high five because we were the only 8 people in Walmart left….
feeling a little bit apocalyptic …….like we were the chosen few…..
but all of us were slowly eyeing each other as we went through the check out line…..
thinking we might have enough cash in our wallets….
hoping really……
praying in the lines of Walmart…..
and at this point…..life as i knew it was over.
1. I was in Walmart
2. I had to pay with cash
3. There were only 8 of us in the entire store
4. I only had $16 in my wallet and i was one of those that left her cart full of toilet paper and gift wrap in aisle 6
grabbing the much needed shaving cream and toothpaste walking up to the checkout with the silent high-fiving
of the other 8 cash paying customers like i was one of them.
Cool beans people….cool beans.
I'm rambling now….so i must apologize.
Me and my friends at the beach on one of those holy saturdays…..
so really i just want to leave you with this:
1. There are beautiful horses that live right across the street from the beach
2. you don't need a gorgeous house with beautiful furniture to make soft taco dinners looks amazing
3. friends going surfing never looked so good


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In my last blog I have shared with you part of our amazing experience in Puerto Viejo. Now I will share my impressions of Tortuguero and the coastal town Puerto Viejo. Tiffany Dunker and I, Ilona Rietveld, have visited these places one week ago.
Let's start with Tortuguero. Tortuguero can be translated as Land of Turtles. It is a village on the Northern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in the Limón Province. The National park next to Tortuguero has the same name, Tortuguero National Park. The village is situated on a sandbar island, separated from the mainland by Tortuguero River and bordering the Caribbean Sea. Tortuguero is renowned for its canals that run right through the rainforest in the national park, and has such earned the nickname of 'Central America's Amazon.'
The beaches around Tortuguero are key nesting sites for four species of sea turtle, including two critically endangered species. Tortuguero beach is the most important nesting site of the endangered green turtle in the Western Hemisphere. Giant leatherback, hawksbill, and loggerhead turtles also nest here. The National Park is also host to incredible biodiversity of insects, resident and migratory birds, and mammals, including jaguar and three species of monkey. In Tortuguero they have the Howler Monkey, the White Faced Monkey and the Spider Monkey. The small village, which can be reached only by boat or airplane, is sustained almost entirely by eco-tourism. The population in Tortuguero is estimated around 1200 to 1500 people.
Since we live in Guanacaste in Hojancha, it was a long trip to Tortuguero on the other side of the country. We spend around 10 hours getting to Tortuguero with public transport. Luckily we did not have to wait between different buses and the entire trip went smoothly. We had to go with a little boat to be able to get to Tortuguero. Here we already saw some interesting and beautiful views. When we arrived in Tortuguero it was 5pm and already kind of dark. After 5 minutes it also started to rain. In Tortuguero it can rain a lot. Basically we were walking through water everywhere. We quickly bought some umbrellas and started by looking for a hotel. We found a hotel located on the beach. Most of the hotels are located on the beach. After putting our baggage in the hotel we left to the center of town for dinner. We had dinner in an empty restaurant and it was basically the living room of the family that owned the restaurant. There were kids running around and coming to our table for a talk. It was very fun and interesting to see how that is possible here in Costa Rica in some places.
We decided to do a canoe tour at 6 in the morning since we had to leave to Puerto Viejo at 10 in the morning because there was only one boat to Puerto Viejo per day. We were very tired of our travel day and decided to go to bed already at 8pm since we had to wake up at 5am for our canoe tour.
Since we heard stories about caimans and crocodiles being in Tortuguero we were kind of scared of being in a canoe on our own. We had talked about it and just decided to be brave and do it since it was supposed to be very beautiful with a lot of wildlife and that was the reason for us to go to Tortuguero. We were fully prepared for the canoe when our tour guide arrived in a small boat without motor. We thought we would go find the canoes now but we were very happy to hear that we were going with a big 'canoe' with two Spanish tourists and our guide. After all our preparing and talking about what we would do if we saw a crocodile next to our canoe, it was kind of funny that we were kind of safely going together in a boat with our guide and more people. The tour would last 3 hours and when we started it already started raining very hard. We put on some ponchos and rowed our way through the canals. I thought the rain made the canoe tour way more special! The views were amazing with the mist and I really felt like I was on an exciting safari. Of course when you add seeing the first wildlife of the day it was already an awesome tour. During the tour we saw Howler Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Caimans, Toucans and a lot of other special and pretty birds. I can honestly say this was one of the most amazing trips of my life. We only stayed in Tortuguero for a very short period of time but it was a really cool experience.
At 10am our boat was leaving to Moín. From there we took a taxi to Puerto Viejo. The boat ride to Moín took about 3 hours. It was a nice experience because we saw a lot of pretty rainforest. On our way we also say some spider monkeys and birds again. We were in a speedboat and at one time our driver quickly stopped the boat. He was pointing to the shore on the right side of the boat. A gigantic crocodile was laying there. We were so shocked but excited as well. After a minute the crocodile moved one leg. Since it was only about 3 meters away from our boat everyone in the boat was right away making a scared sound. Afterwards we all had to laugh of course! It went into the water and we followed it for a little while. Interesting is that in the water they look really small but on the shore they are gigantic animals. Also after about 2 minutes we ran into an old man in a really small canoe. Basically the man together with the canoe could fit within the crocodile so we were a bit shocked to see that man canoeing in the river. After that we saw two more crocodiles and a sloth.
During our taxi ride to Puerto Viejo we saw several sloths again. The area of Puerto Viejo is an awesome place to spot sloths. When we arrived in Puerto Viejo it was unfortunately raining. We grabbed our Lonely Planet book and just took the recommendation since we did not feel like checking out a lot of hotels because of the rain. The hotel was really pretty and cheap. We only paid 12 dollars per person per night. We did share a bathroom but we never saw the people we shared it with.
Puerto Viejo is a very popular tourist destination. It is known worldwide in the surfing community for the biggest and most powerful wave in Costa Rica, known as Salsa Brava. It is also home to beautiful beaches, such as Playa Chiquita, Playa Negra, and Punta Uva, which are a few of Costa Rica's most spectacular beaches which can be found between Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo. Manzanillo is a popular location for kayaking. The popular Jaguar Rescue Centre, from my previous blog, is located nearby. What can be quite confusing if you are traveling to Puerto Viejo from San José is that there is another Puerto Viejo in northeastern Costa Rica. The buses to both Puerto Viejo's are even leaving at the same station in San José. So when you are going to Puerto Viejo, make sure you are going to the one you want to be going.
Our first night in Puerto Viejo we went out for dinner. Puerto Viejo has some really nice restaurants. You might say that Puerto Viejo is touristy however during the night there are only about 2 restaurants that are popular and with a lot of people. Touristy in Costa Rica is totally different than what I am used to in Europe. After a good night sleep in our nice hotel, the next morning we went to visit the Jaguar Rescue Center. In my previous blog you can find my story about the awesome rescue center. Since we had no plans for our afternoon we decided to go to the beach and relax. The weather on this day was not sunny but it did not rain either so we were happy with that. We bought some really nice sandwiches on the beach and just enjoyed the beautiful beach and the lovely view. After seeing a lot of people in town riding around on the same bikes we decided to rent bikes as well. We just cycled past some of Puerto Viejo's nice beaches.
At some point I heard a loud noise and I told Tiffany to stop because I was sure there were some monkeys close. We looked to our left and all the trees were full with about 25 Howler Monkeys. There were in the trees between the beach and the road. It was a cool sight to see so many of them together and we enjoyed it for a little while before continuing our bike ride. About 5 minutes after we spotted the monkeys, Tiffany told me to stop. She said she had seen a sloth high up in a tree. We went back and looked. And yes, there it was. I was amazed that Tiffany had noticed this sloth since it had the exact same color as the tree and almost invisible. Luckily we brought our umbrellas because it started to rain and we ended our bike tour. We went back to our hotel and relaxed a bit in the hammocks in the common area. It was raining so hard that neither one of us felt like going out for dinner but instead preferred to go to bed early. Since there was no possibility to have dinner in our hotel we went our for dinner anyhow. That following morning unfortunately we had start our trip back to Hojancha very early. The way back went a bit faster. We had to take only two buses of 5 hours. One to San José and one from San José to Hojancha. We did have two hours in between buses but we did not mind since we could have some lunch and we were lucky because there was a traditional Costa Rican parade that day in San José. We arrived around 7pm in Hojancha and that was the end of our beautiful trip to Tortuguero and Puerto Viejo de Talamanca.
I hope you enjoyed reading about my impressions about these lovely places.
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I can't seem to find a good one, could someone please help?
I would like it to be of 2002 Subaru Impreza Outback with the white and tan two tone. It's picky yes but, I would like it to resemble me new toy so i guess I have to be picky. Who ever does it will be highly appreciated.


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Posted by Gina Fleming on October 22, 2012
Recently, Forrester released a report entitled "What Drives Retention and Sales In US Banking?" that tackles this question from the consumer point of view. Using regression analysis, we uncover how these drivers vary for acquisition, retention, and cross-selling in US retail banking.
What did we find? For one thing, consumers value trustworthiness from a bank above all else for both sales and retention. This comes as no surprise to us; with so many financial institutions to choose from, consumers want to do business with a bank that they trust. This finding also supports the key theme that Harley Manning and Kerry Bodine focus on in their recent book, Outside In: Treating your customers well and providing them with a positive customer experience pays off.
The graphic below shows the drivers of retention for the US retail banking customers: The perception of trustworthiness is off the charts as a driver of retention, and offering good customer service is the second-most influential driver. What our analysis shows to not impact retention — and even shows a negative relationship with retention — is having low APR and many locations.
Posted by Benjamin Ensor on October 5, 2012
The other day, Smile*, one of the banks I have an account with, sent me a new contactless card.
The striking thing about this otherwise ordinary event was that the bank didn't mention that it was a contactless card. I know it's a contactless card because it has the contactless symbol on it. But nothing in the letter the bank sent with the card so much as mentioned the new contactless functionality. Logically, one of the following must be true:


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Local MMA fighter suffers setback
Lower Burrell MMA fighter Dominic "The Honey Badger" Mazzotta was eager to get back into the cage and fight after defeating Doug Hodges on Jan. 26 in his professional debut.
But his second fight will have to wait.
Mazzotta was scheduled to fight Jeremy Pender on April 20 in Canonsburg in the "Pinnacle Fighting Championship," but Mazzotta is out four to six weeks with a knee injury.
Mazzotta tore his right meniscus last Wednesday while training for his current fight. According to Mazzotta, the injury occurred while he was wrestling with Isaac Greeley. Mazzotta said he was trying to get out of a single-leg takedown.
"I was screaming in pain and knew something was wrong when I couldn't move my knee, because it was locked," Mazzotta said. "(Greeley) is a chiropractor, and he was able to unlock it a little bit. I told my mom that morning that I think my knee is going to go soon. I just hope it's after the fight."
Mazzotta had meniscus issues in the past. He slightly tore the meniscus in August while training in Brazil. Then, a few weeks ago while he simply was walking up a flight of stairs, he reinjured it but was able to rehab to the point where he felt comfortable to compete.
The Pender fight likely will not be made up. Mazzotta's goal is to make a return July 20 at Stage AE for "Gladiators of the Cage."
"I was disappointed and looking forward to this fight more than any fight I've ever had," Mazzotta said. "I felt this was the best test for me."
D.J. Vasil is a freelance writer.
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IRVINE, Calif. --- Scott Gottchling hit a three-run double in the first inning and Kyle Hooper gave UCI another stellar outing on the mound as the Anteaters defeated BYU, 3-1, Thursday at Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark.
Hooper, penciled in this morning in place of Matt Whitehouse, pitched six innings of one-run baseball, striking out seven and walking just one. The reigning Big West Pitcher of the Week held BYU scoreless until the fifth. After giving up back-to-back singles, Tanner Chauncey grounded to Taylor Sparks, scoring Adam Law to halt Hooper's streak at 22.2 innings without allowing an earned run. However, that would be all for the Cougars as Hooper retired the final two batters of the inning and faced the minimum in the sixth.
Lefty Mark Trentacosta held BYU to one hit in two innings and struck out four, fanning the side in the eighth. Phillip Ferragamo started the ninth and retired the first two BYU hitters before Austin Hall blooped a single to center and Wes Guenther followed with a comebacker that ricocheted off the foot of Ferragamo for an infield single, putting runners on first and third. Jimmy Litchfield came out of the 'Eater bullpen and popped up pinch-hitter Dillon Robinson to earn the save.
Christian Ramirez sparked the 'Eater rally in the first, hitting a double to left off starter Chris Capper. Connor Spencer drew a two-out walk and Kris Paulino was hit by the pitch to load the bases for Gottschling, who drove a 2-2 pitch to left-centerfield, staking UCI to a three-run lead.
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The LA Phil isn't the only game in town when it comes to orchestral ensembles. There is the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra led by John Mauceri. There is the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Last Sunday, I got a chance to hear the Pasadena Pops Orchestra under the baton of their artistic director Rachael Worby. They hold their summer series at Descanso Gardens.
The event ran with the title, "MOZART, McCARTNEY AND MORE!" and was a special event funded by Rusnak Auto Group for their customers and employees.
The event theme was all kinds of music by composers starting with the letter M. Worby seemed to genuinely enjoy hamming it up for the audience and later bantering with Joely Fisher who was the headlining vocalist.
The program with the "M" theme included classical excerpts like the Clarinet Concerto by Mozart with solo by Andrew Leonard a talented clarinetist from the USC School of Music, Mendelssohn's famed Violin Concerto with teenage sensation Kenneth Hamao who brought the audience to its feet with his amazing violin work, Mussorgsky's "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition and Mahler's bright second movement from his Symphony No. 1.
As a pops concert, there was also more contemporary works like Moncayo's "Huapango," an orchestral arrangement of jazz great Thelonius Monk's "Blue Monk," Morricone's main title theme for "Cinema Paradiso" and a medley of Beatles music.
Half the show was the Pasadena Pops working the wide range of music just described. In the other half of the show, they provided the accompaniment to the vivacious singing of Joely Fisher who grew up here in Southern California.
Fisher sang a variety of numbers including material from Barry Manilow, Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette.
She saved the biggest applause getter for last when she started singing Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and was joined on stage with her sister who sang the second verse and then by her mom Connie Stevens who sang the third verse.
The Hollywood Bowl, of course, is a summer institution. But if you are looking for a more intimate setting consider the Pasadena Pops. They put on a really good show!
UPDATE: Here is an item from the Glendale News-Press. Excerpt: It's summer in the city and that can mean only one thing -- there's music in the air. The Pasadena Pops Orchestra is gearing up for its opening performance "Mozart, McCartney and More" this weekend at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada-Flintridge. The special guest is multitalented stage and film star Joely Fisher. Also featured on the program are soloists, violin wizard Ken Hamao and clarinetist Andrew Leonard.
Another added bonus will be nine members from the Side-By-Side-By-Symphony program, which allows young musicians in middle and high schools to gain experience performing with a professional orchestra.
"These are especially gifted students that are probably looking for careers as orchestra musicians or soloists," Worby said.
As for the rest of the summer concert season, Worby is especially excited about the Pops' inaugural appearance at the 79th annual AmericaFest at the Rose Bowl, Fourth of July celebration, which she describes "as American as apple pie."


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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Girls and Their Toys
I wasn't going to post today BUT I've recently gotten a new toy and was excited to show you the first couple of shots from my new...camera! Diamonds are a girl's best friend but a DSLR is a blogger's best friend! :P Here's the first shot ever taken with my new "toy":
I love my little Canon point and shoot BUT have been dreaming of a DSLR for quite a while now. I decided to go with the Nikon D3100 and it is beautiful!
Of course my first few shots are of Toot. Believe it or not, she LOVES to say cheese when this camera is pointed at her. She must be able to smell Mommy's expensive taste...
Now I'm still using the automatic settings which are fine till I figure out what the heck I'm doing...But that's the beauty of this camera, you can taken decent pictures right out of the box and then get into the fancy stuff. :)
I also got a book on this particular camera but unfortunately am having problems. It reads like a text book and my brain wanders like a sheep SO I really need to buckle down and concentrate on getting through it if I wanted to get the most out of it.
Of course today would be cloudy so I haven't tried it outside yet but hopefully soon! I can't wait to see what I can do with this bad boy!
Or is my new toy a girl? Well, it's definitely screaming for a new chic bag and strap so if any of you DSLR peeps out there have suggestions for cutesy bags (that are big enough to double as a purse) and neck straps, please leave me some shop links! :D
Hope you're having a great day! See you tomorrow for another Friday Night Fab Five! :D
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ooh i love those photos of Toot - she is so pretty. Have lots of fun with your camera xxxReplyDelete
I don't know if these are your idea of cute (or if the links will even work) but I have one and its pink inside and really comfortable to carry!! Also you can get them fairly cheap!! Enjoy the delights of the DSLR :-D
Woo hoo! Congrats on your new toy!ReplyDelete
I got my zebra/pink camera bag at www.snugglens.com - mine's the messenger style one, with 2 extra lens pockets & a cell pocket (inside) & 2 exterior pockets (I think it was the small bag...but it might have been the medium) - AMAZING quality & very much worth the price! I've only got the one lens so far, so I keep all the 'extras' (USB cord, lens caps, etc...) in one pocket, and have room for my wallet/keys/essential purse items in the other pocket.
I picked up a pink minky/zebra print strap cover on Etsy - the seller was Chic Camera Strap Covers/heath2009.etsy.com - I found this one particularly cool because it just slipped over the strap that comes with the camera - and it was regular $20, but she was having a sale, so it was only $10!
Hope that helps - happy accessory shopping!!
cute shots! :-) I'd love to get a better camera.ReplyDelete
Hooray for a new camera! I love new cameras: so much fun!ReplyDelete
I am so jealous and I so want one of these cameras! Look how awesome Toot is!!! Just got to love her.ReplyDelete
Toot is such a DIVA! Love these piccies, don't think I have come out of automatic settings with mine yet *g*ReplyDelete
I think your little peanut is as excited about your camera as you are :) So fun to have a willing model!ReplyDelete
Love the Toot pics...and Congrats on the new camera. When I bought my last Point and Shoot I looked a the "big girl" cameras and had an anxiety attack! It's so not going to happen, by the time I figured out how to set the thing the photo op would be over and everyone would have gone home...LOL But I admire that you're giving it a whirl and I know you'll figure it out!ReplyDelete
That new camera sure shows off her shiny little cheeks! Congratulations on your "big girl camera."ReplyDelete
Congrats on your new toy! It does take wonderful shots- Toot is just adorable! As always. Have a great night and have fun!!!! I'll have to keep that camera in mind. :) TheresaReplyDelete
So excited for youand your toy and don't worry I have had mine for a year and a half and I still use the automatic settings:) What sweet pictures of Toot she is such a little cutie!!ReplyDelete
Woooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooo!!! Yayyyyyyyyy for a new toy!! And loving the photos! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)ReplyDelete
Oohhhh...I love new gadgets! So much fun! Love the photos of Toot! She's such a cutie! :)ReplyDelete
I am so jealous and I so want one of these cameras! Look how awesome Toot is!!! Just gotta love her.ReplyDelete
Great photos. Enjoy your new toy.ReplyDelete
What Fabulous Pics!!!! I have a Nikon and I love mine...so many things to learn to enhance your photography!!! I am still finding new things to do with my camera!!!ReplyDelete
ENJOY your new Girl TOY!!!!
congrats on the camera!!!! Looks like your in love already! Toot is getting sooo big! Oh my gosh and cute too Maggie! Hope you are well...ReplyDelete
YAY for new cameras! I LOVE my SLR! It's getting old tho, so we jsut bought our first point and shoot. I'm not much help on cute bags, my husband likes the basic old school black stuff. Men!?ReplyDelete
LOVE the "Cheesy" pics of Toot!
awww what cute pics, toot is adorable!I'm glad you are having fun with your new toy :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your new Nikon!! You are going to love it, and it will become an extension of your hand!ReplyDelete


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Discussion in 'TiVo Series3 HDTV DVRs' started by mchad, Sep 12, 2006.
Do the online chat or call.
Sorry for the dumb & lazy question, what # are you guys calling in and what "online chat" are you referring to?
I need to re-pair my 2 S3 OLED FIOS singlestream cable cards.
I have never gone to the FIOS website nor have had to call since the initial install in 2007.
Verizon Fiber Solutions Center 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966)
Chat from here: http://www22.verizon.com/support/residential/index.htm
(select TV, the issue, etc)
So, called in around noon on Saturday and armed with all the helpful posts here and in other threads I had the Tech Support guy speak to the CableCard group, do a "manual validation", (gave him all the S cablecard info needed) but after waiting 30 min. nada.
I just bit the bullet, drove 10min. to the VZ shop, got 2 M cards, and swapped out the S cards, called to 1) activate (automatic phone service), waited 60min. then 2) called back to speak to Tech Support to do a "manual validation", gave all the M card info and was told the process could take a couple of hours (it is 7pm by now). Went out to dinner and forgot to check that evening.
The next morning I promptly checked ch 131 and all the HBOs (900s and 400s) and all working perfectly!
Thanks all, hope every S3 OLED owner like myself can be successful like myself with M cards.
Note: my Data # did not change during the process as reported by some.
Also a shout out to Chrisentia, aka "Lady Boss", who overseas all the North NJ VZ stores and Carlos "da man who knows it all" in the rte 17 N. VZ store for once again making my visit to VZ a nice and short one.
I have had very good luck when actually speaking with a verizon fios service person on the phone - surprisingly very helpful. This was not an issue with my Tivo, though - the S3 was great with FIOS.
I have a Series 3 and use it with Verizon Fios without any problems.
With Fios CableCards going up to $5 each in August, and with my overall Fios bill having gone up 12% in two months, I think it might be time for my OLED S3 to retire to OTA-only.
I recently installed an M card from Ebay in my S3 HD. Now I have guide data for all the clear QAM stations on my local FiOS system. I mainly use the HD for OTA, but there are several QAM channels I was also watching. The addition of guide data makes me very happy.
Although it is claimed to be common knowledge, I learned about it in the last week from another thread: www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=465274
Quick and excellent experience via chat with regard to finally pairing an M card with the TiVo HD this morning. Took about 10". Value no longer "?" in the CC conditional access screen.
I thought you have to rent a cablecard from Verizon for it to work? I rather buy one if that's not the case.
Read what you quoted again... The eBay card just gets you mapping of the clear (unencrypted) QAM channels (basically just the locals). You can already tune these with no card at all, but they're kind of useless that way on a TiVo, since the guide data doesn't match up. An eBay card fixes that.
But if you want your TiVo to receive all the normal cable channels that you're subscribed to, then (unless you subscribe to the locals-only package) you have to rent the card from Verizon, yes.
Actually it turns out you do need a cablecard from Verizon to get started. The disk died in my HD with the Ebay cablecard. I used a disk with a new image and was surprised when the HD could not pull channels with cablecard that had been in it for years.
But then I figured it out - I put an authorized cablecard in first to pull the channel mapping and then put the Ebay card back in. Verizon cards don't need pairing except for HBO (and perhaps some other premiums) which I don't have.
Now I again have guide data for the clear QAM channels I can receive on my HD. I had to go delete all the other channels the authorized card mapped, since I can't receive those channels. But my experience is that that any changes in channels from Verizon get added to the HD with the Ebay card. Periodically I need to go in and remove the majority of added channels I can't receive. (Curious to see what happens next month when Frontier takes over.)
Speaking of Frontier, anyone know what their support phone number is? I got the letter saying they were taking over, but it had no contact information.
So far, no problems with Frontier FiOS. The Ebay cablecard is still working and receiving channel updates.


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Roy Hodgson is considering playing Raheem Sterling as his team's No 10 playmaker, having deployed the teenager in that position for England's entire behind-closed-doors training session today.
The England manager has more injury concerns, however, after the Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck was forced out of the session with a thigh injury. He has been playing with his right thigh strapped and that is a concern for the England manager with his team's first World Cup game against Italy in Manaus three days away.
Once again Hodgson said that Sterling was "very much" in his mind for the first match. "If I select him, it won't be a risk that he hasn't played so many minutes. And if I don't select him, it certainly won't be because he has only played 39 minutes [in the last five weeks]," he said.
The prospect of Sterling occupying the playmaker role has been raised more than once by Hodgson, who had hoped to play him there against Honduras on Saturday before the player was suspended for the game. It shows just how highly he rates the player that Sterling could yet get that job despite having played so little for England.
The England squad practised the dreaded penalties for the first time since arriving in Brazil for the World Cup but did so without a goalkeeper – instead they aimed at targets in the goal.
They practised at the end of the session with a specially designed net stretched across the goalposts. The net featured five target holes, one in each corner and another in the centre. Hodgson stood by the goal on this occasion and the players had to elect which target they were aiming for before they took the penalty.
Of course, England have to get out of Group D first to reach the knockout stage before penalties become a consideration. Earlier Hodgson said: "We haven't got down to thinking, 'Who will the five be?' But it's not a difficult decision when the time comes because we know who takes penalties for their clubs. It's an easy thing to do [to select them]. You don't need three weeks of preparation for that."
The injury to Welbeck is a worry, given that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is already out the Italy game. Hodgson said that the Arsenal man could be back to face Uruguay in eight days' time. "It looks very unlikely that we'll replace him [in the squad]," he said. "He is certainly working very hard and I don't think he could be further forward in terms of his progression than he is now. He's well up there."Reuse content


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You'll go through a range of emotions as you're watching this trending video. I know I did! I laughed, I winced, I felt sorrow… and I felt like a lot of these people lacked common sense!
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I feel so bad for some of these poor folks – they look like they were very badly hurt!
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Martha's getting older, so Mum's decided she needs a governess, but her new governess hates her and everything she does. After her mother realizes this, she gets rid of her and gets a new governess for her who Margaret loves. Margaret is happy with her new governess, but not entirely happy at the thought of losing her sister, Grisie, to one of her new suitors.
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Martha is frustrated because Mum has said she's too old to be playing on the moors now, and she must have a governess.First there's Miss Norrie. All she must to do is teach Martha sewing and etiquette. But Martha's high spirits are too much for her, and she leaves in a hurry. Martha thinks that's the end of that, but then another governess shows up. Her name is Miss Crow, and Martha is sure she's going to be even worse!.
Down To The Bonny Glen is the third book in The Martha Years, an ongoing series about another spirited girl from America's most beloved pioneer family.
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In Scotland in 1791, eight-year-old Martha Morse, who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, meets her new governess and learns the difference between growing up a laird's daughter and a child of a cottager.
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Moore Becomes Third-Straight Lady Flame to Garner Big South Player of the Week Honors
Moore (Sr., OF, Chesapeake, Va.) guided Liberty to three victories last week over a five-game span. The senior batted .500 as she was 9-for-18, with eight runs scored, a double, a triple, two home runs, eight RBI and a 1.000 slugging percentage.
She hit safely in all five of Liberty's games, including two games where she recorded three hits, marking 13th and 14th time this year the outfielder has recorded multiple hits during a game.
Moore opened the week by going 3-for-4 with a triple in the first game of a doubleheader at James Madison, followed by a 1-for-4 outing in the nightcap against the Dukes, scoring a run and hitting a double to guide Liberty to a 5-3 victory.
During Liberty's Big South opener against Winthrop, Moore capped off a seven-run seventh inning with a grand slam home run, sending the game into extra innings. In the second game of the Friday doubleheader, Moore was 3-for-4 with two runs scored, lifting Liberty to a 7-2 victory.
During the Big South Conference rubber match on Saturday, Moore was 1-for-2 with her second grand slam in as many days, helping Liberty take the series by virtue of a 9-0 five-inning victory over the Eagles.
On the season, Moore leads the team with 12 home runs, 36 RBI and a .782 slugging percentage, while ranking second on the team with a .403 batting average, 36 runs scored and 50 base hits.
Moore is the fifth Lady Flame to be honored this season by the Big South Conference and the fourth over the last four weeks. Sarah Swor was named Big South Player of the Week on Feb. 20, followed by Terra Lowe being named Big South Pitcher of the Week on March 19.
Ashley Williams shared Player of the Week honors on March 26 and Dawn Jeffs received the honor last week on April 2.
Before returning to Big South Conference action this weekend when they host Charleston Southern for a three-game set on Friday and Saturday, Liberty returns to the softball diamond on Wednesday for a doubleheader at Virginia. First pitch of the afternoon is set for 2 p.m.


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Mark Freid (often misspelt Mark Fried; born 31 October 1972),[1] also known as Canuss and ImDrFreak, is an artist and former Burned Fur living in Cupertino, California, USA. He left the fandom in 2001.
Mark Freid's work has appeared in Huzzah!, Rowrbrazzle, various portfolios, and on the online gallery Yerf. His style of art was cute and simple cartoons. His last project was the art for the webcomic Spellshocked.
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A Study to Evaluate How VI-0521 Affect Psychomotor Performance in Healthy Overweight and Obese Subjects.
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|First Received Date ICMJE
|December 9, 2008
|Last Updated Date
|August 1, 2013
|Start Date ICMJE
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date
|May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Measure of psychomotor function using speed and coordination on the CogScreen Pathfinder Number Test, assessed by reaction time for correct responses and coordination error, in subjects treated with VI-0521 compared to placebo. [ Time Frame: Beginning, middle, end of study ]
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|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00806260 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
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|Additional measures of psychomotor function supporting the primary endpoint including: Reaction time, attention, and information processing speed [ Time Frame: Beginning, middle, end of study ]
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|A Study to Evaluate How VI-0521 Affect Psychomotor Performance in Healthy Overweight and Obese Subjects.
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|A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Study to Evaluate the Psychomotor Effect of VI-0521 in Healthy Overweight and Obese Subjects.
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|The purpose of this study is to determine how VI-0521 affect speed and reaction time on specific tasks that require eye and hand coordination, compared to placebo.
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