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SAN JOSE, Calif, and AMSTERDAM, IBC September 9, 2011 Cisco today announced its collaboration with KT, Korea's leading telecommunications service provider, to implement a unified content management system that integrates content management processes, achieves One Source Multi Use (OSMU) objective, and support 'N Screen' services. KT is embracing the vision and strategy of Cisco VideoscapeTM to evolve its system architecture over time to integrate client, network and cloud components and be able to interface with content providers allowing synchronization across TV, PC, mobile and tablet screens.
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"We searched for the right technology partner who shared our 'N Screen' vision, and could help us evolve our strategy for unified content management. Cisco sets itself apart from the rest with its Videoscape platform, as it offers us a clear path to transition to an open IP video architecture that delivers the best consumer experienceswith access to any content, on any device."
"KT needed a platform that can support its new service bundles and manage the complexities of delivering multiple media formats to the wide range of devices available in the Korean market today. Cisco and KT are aligned on the Videoscape vision and strategy to flexibly deliver advanced video and content services to multiple devices. We look forward to helping KT achieve their goals for a unified content managementplatform that will scale with its fast-growing customer base."
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KT Corporation is Korea's top full-fledged telecommunication operator providing wireless, fixed line, broadband and IP TV. KT has been Korea's leader in the development of the information & communications industry for the last 25 years and has helped turn Korea into an IT powerhouse. With the commercial launch of the world's first wireless broadband service (WiBro), KT is paving the way for U (Ubiquitous)-Korea with ubiquitous infrastructure through which people can share information wherever they are.
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> After interviewing four candidates for the new position of fair coordinator, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners has hired Sandy Forman, of Madras.
"The board just felt that Sandy was more receptive to changes that the board felt needed to be done," said Chairman Bill Bellamy, noting that Forman also did very well in the interview process.
Forman, who has been the fair secretary since 2003, was hired for the fulltime position, beginning April 1.
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Hello Gloria,My name isXXXXX a licensed attorney and registered nurse. I am very happy to try and answer your question today. I would also like to take a moment to wish you every success in your business pursuits.This is a great time to be delving into such waters. In fact, as you may already be aware, quite recently Arizona enacted the Telemedicine Reimbursement Parity Act, which is now the law of that state jurisdiction. I offer that comment as a general statement indicating what a favorable environment Arizona is to interested practitioners, patients and providers. More specifically, there are four statutes governing your specific circumstances. This is actually a real and unusual benefit, having an entire statutory chapter devoted to the specific topic of telemedicine, as only a minority handful of states address the topic so directly and provide statutory guidance. Otherwise, in the majority of state jurisdictions, one is pretty much left to guess. If you click on each of the following links, you will be taken directly to the laws:
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That is the first step, simply reading the law. Next, read the official word promulgated by the Arizona Medical Board (it is labeled perhaps a bit off as "Internet Prescribing", but this is the current authoritative word on the topic of telemedicine):
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That is it for the state law aspects of telemedicine, but you also astutely raise the issue of federal privacy law. One could devote literally months of years to reading the voluminous statutes, rules and regulations promulgated upon the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104–191, 110 Stat. 1936. However, for some reasonably concise resources, I would love to point you toward the following item:
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This is a very nice PowerPoint presentation from a real world perspective. Plus, it is tailored to Arizona practice, which is very nice.
The crux of the matter is this. The law already sets forth the standards and expectations for the use, storage, dissemination, transmission, etc. of protected health information and has for many years. Nothing has changed in that regard, meaning there are no "special" or "unique" "telemedicine HIPAA laws". In other words, by compliant (just as one would for a traditional "brick and mortar" medical practice) and all will be well with a telemedicine center, too.
If you have a follow-up question or need clarification, please just say the word by using "reply" to reach me. I will be sure to check back for any further word from you when I am again working online in this forum.I truly hope all works out for you and that the information I have provided proves useful. Thanks so much for using this service!Take care,Ben, J.D., R.N.
This information is helpful and I am thrilled with your background. I have read the Arizona Medical Board rules of prescribing online and in relation to telemedicine. This establishes that prescriptions should not be prescribed to patients that have not been set as established patients and thus may render the process of my business model as limited. Now, there are sites such as http://www.americanwell.com that currently offer services in the state of Arizona. They suggest and promote the idea of being able to prescribe medications for minor ailments over video conferencing. This, potentially, is in violation of the prescribing rules. Do these prescription rules apply also to nurse practitioners? If yes, I am assuming that they are functioning under some other law that would allow them to prescribe for certain conditions without a physical or "hands on" exam. Are there resources to this and what information ought I to seek out to determine those answers? I intend to initiate the venture with nurse practitioners and am not sure if this is what helps to navigate the practicing board.
Thanks so much.
That explanation is very helpful. Now as the medical board rules govern medicine, does the nursing board not govern midlevels differently? Just clarifying my understanding of such.
Now, I read the definition of telemedicine and prescribing rights as one that was only inclusive if you had previous care or "hands om" time for it to be telemedicine. As your scenario describes, this will not be required when run as a clinic format and descriptions of plans of care are appropriate and not merely drug mills?
Are there also currently any stipulations on requirements for policy and procedures, malpractice, etc? Additionally, are there any EHR requirements that will need to be addressed? We are considering creating a login based system that also allows stored video conference for provider and patient (their own of course) use. Are there any issues with that?
This has been very informative so far and I appreciate that.
I am not sure if this follow up question will go to you or not. Current Arizona law dictates or allows insurances to pay for rural telemedicine. If the model of my business venture is one of an "online clinic" - an online Minute Clinic of sorts, what are the insurance billing implications? As this is not directly a telemedicine, what are the steps to take to ensure insurance eligibility or ascertain coverage by Medicare / Medicaid? (Legalities or where to go to find answers...)
Hope you had a great week! We are still moving forward. I have been contemplating on how to protect the company. As we hire health care providers on a contract basis and require them to hold their own malpractice insurance, how do we protect ourselves from being sued for liability of practice? We will also require a contract of HIPPA understanding and compliance. Do you know if it is possible to require them to be responsible if they are contracted employees? I have been wondering if we will be required to develop our own protocols for practice. My knowledge of medical negligence extends towards treatment plans consistent with an individual of the same background engaging in the same prudent plan. Are there situations where a suit can be directed at us in this situation?
Additionally, what are the odds that you are local to Arizona or Tucson? As we move forward, and as much as I truly love this service, I imagine we will need a local lawyer. If not, do you recommend a lawyer in these areas or how do find one? I have done quite a few searches for lawyers with these qualifications and find only medical malpractice lawyers and have been told they can't help with this type of project.
Because these practitioners are online and not physically in contact with the patients, will we still be required to hold employee health records for immunizations, etc?
I also keep getting investors telling me that they believe this type of business is illegal in our state. Do you have any suggestions on what I can say to clarify this better? I have tried discussion of what we have already discussed and often find I am met with more, "I'm still not so sure..." In fact, I had one investor tell me this was completely illegal and he worked in the medical field!
Had another thought! For medical billing, we use ICD-9 coding. If we are offering a beta service of a 20 minute consult with option to prescription for a straight fee (no insurance, no billing, etc) will we still need to report ICD-9 codes to someone or are those only required with Medicard/Insurance?
Hi there Gloria,
I hope this note finds you doing well!
You pose a number of excellent additional questions. I would be pleased to consider your logical points about retaining local counsel, managing legal liability, billing and so forth if you would post here: LawHelpNow
Doing so puts your question directly to my attention, and it would be an honor to be of service to you again.
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Q: I'm starting a mail-order business, using a fulfillment company that will manage my inventory and do the shipping for me. What's a good way for me to advertise? -- P.S., Corona, Calif.
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"If you leave it open-ended, the recipient might take their time," Goodman says. "If you set a specific time, it will increase the timeliness of response and you will also be able to better track your ROI [return on investment] from the piece."
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Finally, of vital importance is the mailing list or e-mail list that you will use to send out your direct-mail piece. The list should target your ideal customers, whether they be individuals or businesses. "Lists can be developed through the phone book, or purchased through several list brokers. Remember that business lists age quickly due to turnover in companies, so be prepared to use the list as soon as it is generated," Goodman says.
If you can get the name of a specific person to address your mailing to, you'll get a better response than if you send the piece to a company or addressed to a generic business title. "Getting names may result in a smaller mailing quantity, but the response will be better," Goodman explains. "You may also want to include or purchase phone numbers so you can follow-up with your top tier prospects. A direct mail piece followed up with a phone call within a week of the mailing will almost always generate a better response that a mail piece or phone call alone."
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Anti Streetcar Groups Win Big at City Hall
Who says you can't fight City Hall?
Opponents of that downtown streetcar have won a complete victory at San Antonio City Hall, as City Attorney Robbie Greenblum read the proposed ballot language of a measure that, if full council gives its approval, will appear on the ballot next May.
"No grant of permission to alter or damage any public way of the city for the laying of light rail or streetcar tracks will ever be valid, unless first approved by a majority of qualified electors of the city."
That means not only can San Antonio City government not fund a streetcar or light rail system in the future, but no entity, local, state, or federal, can build any rail based transportation system in the city in the future, unless voters give their approval.
Anti streetcar groups were pushing for a 'comprehensive' measure, and not just a proposal which would prevent city money from being used on a rail transportation system. Opponents said that would be too easy to skirt, by just transferring city money to some other group, like VIA, and then claiming the city is 'not funding' the project.
Greenblum says the final language was a compromise which required seven reworking before it was approved by all parties involved.
"This language that would be voted on reflects the intent of the thousands of San Antonio citizens who singed the petition calling for a charter amendment," he said.
Councilman Rey Saldana stressed that the proposal, which was approved by the Council Governance Committee and now goes to the full council, would not prohibit a streetcar from being built, but would simply require a public vote on it.
Assistant City Manager Carlos Contreras said the streetcar measure is likely to be on the ballot with two other charter changes in May. One would pay members of City Council a professional salary at an amount yet to be determined. The other would allow the people, and not just city council, to fill any vacancy in the Mayor's office.


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If you're in a long-term relationship, and things are a little stale in the bedroom, consider this: According to a new survey, four out of five people in relationships have a sexual fantasy they HAVEN'T told the other person about.
Meaning, odds are you're BOTH thinking of a way to spice things up. You just haven't discussed it. And there's a good chance that what you want is on this list. According to the survey, here are the top ten sexual fantasies people in relationships have.
1. Having a threesome. Almost 50% of people say they'd consider it.
2. Dressing up in a uniform, like a cop or a nurse.
3. Doing it outdoors.
4. Making a video.
5. Dominating someone or BEING dominated.
6. Using a sex toy while you get-it-on.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I'm gettin anxious dawg
It's almost here man. Shout out to Alex Haldi on the cover, he also did the cover for "The Come Up" that I loved so much. Hit yall with the tracklist later this week.
I think i'll drop 2 joints today, one that made the cut and later on I'll put out some shit that won't be on the "mixtape"(somebody will come up with a better word one of these days)
Here's "Heartache."
This is produced by Elite, you might be able to tell from how epic the shit sounds. As a producer I find myself being in amazement over of his drums. Like how did you do that?
For the record I prefer you to hear the project in it's entirety rather than leaking joints, but it's necessary.
7 comments:
- Elite said...
YEAAAAAAAAAAAA DAWG!!!!! Dreamville..... Hi
- June 9, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- J-Biz said...
Tough ish, my dude... i had to post a simple video of this joint, 'cause it stays on rotation!
- June 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- All In said...
yes, very necessary.
- June 12, 2009 at 1:26 AM
- precyse said...
no lie....your incredible ma dude...dam livin my dream n shit lol...u do ya thing with madd heart , that shit is rare in a nigga...i dont gotta say keep it up cuz i no u will....keep the dream goin and show other dreamers its possible...peace bro, peep my blog , u def got my support..
- July 27, 2009 at 7:42 AM
- lotes rock said...
sup man!
do you have the d'load link for your mixtape the warm up?lights please is on high rotation right now.lovin it bra!
- October 10, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- munchie said...
I love yer music, i even did a cover on you (featured in my blog)
ugh ! i cant wait till i go to one of yer concerts.
- October 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Austin said...
i dont know if you still check this blog but man, shit's been ill since day one! glad all the hard work paid off J, mad love from Canada. Ya never know, if I keep on it,maybe i'll be opening for you one day! shit, just keep living the dream!
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No urge for BM - Is this IBS ?
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Posted 10 May 2013 - 07:44 AM
I am a male 21 years old. The last year or so, I face trouble to get the urge to defecate. I know the poop is there, but I can't get the urge so I can produce a BM.
The last weeks I was capable to move my bowels once a day, but the last days it's getting harder and harder. My eating habbits are super healthy :
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Cooked meals, green/black tea (the black tea helps me in this case sometimes)
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10-15 glasses of water
Fruits/Vegetables/Olive oil in salad.
Especially, yesterday I ate tons of food and fiber (30g +), hot lemon water with honey, including cherries, strawberries and bananas.
So far, 24 hours passed, I feel heavy but not any feeling to go. Most of the times I stimulate the urge to defecate by making anxious thought, but it's not working. If I don't think anything, the natural urge will probably arrive in 2-4 days.
Some days I can be extremely regular, same time every day, and some others, like today I feel completely nothing while I ate the "must" foods for constipation. Not even diarrhea.
Can this IBS or maybe hypothyroidism (I have very few symptoms of hypothyroidism so I excluded it) ? I am so exhausted searching the internet for solutions. I visited two doctors, they prescribed me fiber supplements and stool softeners and to schedule a colonoscopy, which I believe it won't help much as my problem is neurological. I couldn't find something similar to this problem. It looks like colon inertia, but my case is not as severe.
I just want to get this urge back, like the urge to urinate. I am tired of setting my brain to work 100% for hours until I manage to poop, as it's probably the only way to defecate daily.
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Posted 10 May 2013 - 10:00 AM
Some pelvic floor testing may be more informative than a colonoscopy. The lining doesn't do much for the function of defecat.
You could try some bowel retraining. Sometimes it can help the body get the urge as you get it to expect that you will be going to the bathroom for a BM at the same time every day.
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Posted 10 May 2013 - 11:27 AM
I checked the symptoms for pelvic flor dysfunction, but I don't have anything like them.
What really helping is a famous yogurt with Bifidus Actiregularis bacteria. I don't know if it has a secret laxative ingredient in it, but if I eat one every day for 4-5 days, then I'm fine for 2-3 weeks. This is a temporary solution only. I was suspecting gluten intolerance, but since the things sometimes are fine and sometimes not, it's not a permanent situation so I excluded this as well.
Posted 11 May 2013 - 07:12 PM
I have suffered from IBS-C for about 12 years and I rarely ever have that urge to defecate. I take Miralax daily, but without it I typically go 2 weeks or more without feeling the urge to go.


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June 3, 2004 By Jim McKay, Justice and Public Safety Editor
Though we couldn't test it in a live crisis situation, we constructed a series of unscientific durability tests, which had me sweating about what I'd tell Panasonic if we busted its machine.
I'll tell you later how that turned out.
First, some details about what's hiding under the tiny PC's ruggedized shell. The Toughbook sports a full-tilt swivel TFT display and comes preinstalled with Windows XP. It is configured with a low voltage Intel Pentium M 900 MHz processor, is equipped with a 1 MB L2 cache, and has 40 GB storage and 256 MB system memory.
The Toughbook measures 10.7 inches by 8.5 inches and weighs roughly 4.5 pounds. It's not the most handsome notebook, but it doesn't feign beauty; it's made for durability.
It has a moisture- and dust-resistant LCD, keyboard and touch pad, with sealed port and connector covers, shock-mounted hard drive, and a vibration and "drop-shock" resistant design encased in a full magnesium alloy case. The 10.4-inch touchscreen is supposedly protected against scratches by a layer of anti-reflective coating, though I didn't have the heart to test it.
Its carrying strap and light weight make it easily portable, and its battery power is ample, providing nearly 6.5 hours of computing time. My fingers struggled a bit on the smallish keyboard, but they're not that reliable on any keyboard.
Now to the moment of truth.
How did the Toughbook stand up to our impromptu durability tests? For starters, a fall from a couple of feet onto the carpeted floor (simulating a drop while carrying the unit) produced an ominous "thwack," which would be cause for alarm with most other laptops, but not the Toughbook.
So far, so good.
We upped the ante by dropping the unit from four feet. This one had me reeling -- I could barely watch as a colleague raised and released the computer. Again a solid thunk and again no damage. The unit was on with a Word document open during both drop tests, and the document was still there after each one.
This was getting easier and more fun, and we were getting bolder.
To find out what exactly "moisture resistant" means, we borrowed a water bottle with a squirt top and let the Toughbook have it a couple of times with a fair amount of water -- not mist. I can say, as I sit here and type on a water-slicked keyboard, the thing is indeed moisture proof.
Overall, the Toughbook is impressive. If you're looking for a mobile computing device that won't wimp out in the elements and can handle a little roughhousing, the Toughbook is a good choice -- if you can deal with the price of more than $3,000 a pop.
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Melita wins market growth
Melita's broadband internet subscriber base grew by almost 12 per cent over the previous year and the telecoms operator won 88 per cent of all growth in the internet market during the same period, the Malta Communications Authority's report for the third quarter shows.
Melita is the only internet provider which offers speeds of up to 100 Megabits nation-wide without the need for complex installations.
"Melita has invested significantly in its local network and its international connection to the internet to deliver fast and reliable speeds nationwide. These investments are being experienced by our customers and it is resulting in positive take-up of our products," Melita chief executive Andrei Torriani said.
The report shows Melita Mobile registered a significant 30 per cent growth over the same period last year. With more than 65,000 subscribers, Melita Mobile now accounts for 11.8 per cent of market subscribers.
More importantly, Melita Mobile subscribers tend to call more and talk longer, incentivised by Melita rates and offers. As a result, Melita Mobile now accounts for 22 per cent of all mobile call time in Malta.
"Our investment plan continues throughout next year to ensure that we deliver an experience at par or better than our competitors," Mr Torriani added.
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Tallmadge -- Some non-union city employees will experience changes in their benefits now that City Council approved a proposal from the administration.
The way that affected employees earn and use vacation and sick time are among the most significant of the changes.
Some aspects of the ordinance Council authorized Feb. 13 are effective retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014, while others won't be until Jan. 1, 2015.
Mayor Dave Kline told Council the ordinance wasn't easy to work on because it affects employees' personal lives.
"Not all people are happy with it, but not all people are upset with it, either. That must mean it's a good ordinance," he said.
Instead of the city granting vacation time at the beginning of the year, employees now will earn time off throughout the year with each pay period. The amount of vacation employees are eligible to earn won't be reduced, Kline said.
The administration proposed the change in vacation time to prevent employees from retiring on Jan. 1 of any given year and taking vacation time they hadn't earned, a situation he said had happened, but not often.
Employees who have one to four full years of service will earn 3.08 hours of vacation time per two-week pay period; five to nine years, 4.62 hours; 10 to 14, 6.16 hours; and 11 to 15, 7.70 hours. Employees with more than 15 years of service will earn 7.70 hours. Employees will be permitted to bank a maximum of 280 hours, the equivalent of seven weeks of vacation.
Employees hired before Jan. 1, 2010, earn a maximum of five weeks of vacation, and those hired after earn up to four weeks. Employees were permitted to roll over two weeks of vacation and cash out one week.
The ordinance also eliminates existing and new employees' ability to cash out any earned and unused vacation time.
The ordinance didn't change the way sick time is accrued, which also is earned each pay period, but does affect how new employees will be permitted to cash it out. Previously, when employees leave the city on good terms or retire, they were allowed to cash out a maximum of 1,200 hours at 50 percent of their dollar-per-hour wage rate. Now, new employees can only cash out a total of 900 sick time hours at 50 percent, Kline said.
The proposal eliminates Good Friday as a paid holiday in lieu of adding Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve as paid holidays.
A new benefit for permanent part-time employees is the ability to earn paid time off. After working 3,000 hours, they'll earn .038 hours per each hour worked thereafter. The hours of earned time off will cap at 40 and will cease to accrue until some of the hours are used.
Part-timers who are elected officials or considered seasonal, intermittent or special are excluded from the policy.
Councilwoman Carol Kilway proposed an amendment to the administration's original ordinance that increased the number of worked hours required before part-timers begin to earn paid time off from 1,920 to 3,000 during Council's committee meeting Feb. 10
She later told the Tallmadge Express the intent of the amendment was to reward the permanent part-time employees who work in professional roles at the city rather than those who are in seasonal, non-professional roles.
"The city is being pretty much run by a lot of part-time professionals that were full-time at one time, and as the city has changed and we've done collaborations and everything they have gone down to part-time status," Kilway said.
The city employs around 150 to 200 full-time and part-time workers, depending on the season. Of its entire workforce, about 80 are full-time, according to Kline.
Seventy-two employees on the nonunion roster are part-time, which prompts him to say the city has more part-timers than ever before.
Lloyd Alger, who works in the Information Technology Department, voiced opposition to the proposed changes last December, telling Council the administration was trying to take advantage of non-union employees who have no collective bargaining rights in an attempt for the city to save money.
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Exercise researchers now have more evidence that a slow, moderate workout may be the best choice for women who want to burn fat and lose weight. But many men—except for those who are chubby—can get good results from a shorter, slightly more intense exercise session, reports ARS nutrition researcher Nancy L. Keim.
For the study, 32 male and 32 female volunteers pedaled on an exercise bike through a series of 5-minute stints. The workouts were made progressively more difficult by increasing resistance on the bike's braking mechanism. From these mini-workouts, Keim calculated the number of calories—and calories derived from stored fat—that these volunteers would have burned if the sessions had extended a half hour.
Keim did the tests at the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center in San Francisco, California. She collaborated with Teresa F. Barbieri of the center and former ARS researcher Amy Z. Belko, who is now a physician in private practice. Belko originated the study.
So that results would be useful for as many people as possible, they excluded elite athletes from the experiment; volunteers' fitness levels were from "average" to "good." And the group included volunteers who were slightly below or as much as 40 percent above their desired weight.
Most female volunteers, says Keim, would have needed to work out approximately twice as long as the males to burn 300 calories. The 300-calorie target is the workout minimum recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine for weight loss.
These specialists advise 300-calorie workouts three to five times a week, with a minimum intensity of 60 percent maximum heart rate.
For those not familiar with computing calories and heart rates, Keim offers some handy figures: Normally adult women burn about 1,900 to 2,200 calories a day. Men use about 2,300 to 2,900. The minimum intensity, or heart rate, recommended for workouts translates to about 115 beats a minute for a 30-year-old man or woman. (You can estimate your maximum heart rate by subtracting your age from 220.)
To burn 300 calories, with as many of those calories from fat as possible, most of the women in the experiment would have had to exercise from 46 to 60 minutes at about 65 percent maximum heart rate.
Men, depending on their fitness level, would have had to cycle for only 28 to 35 minutes, at the same intensity, to burn the 300 calories.
In general, the male volunteers not only burned more calories while cycling at the same intensity as the females, but also burned more fat calories—that is, calories derived from fat.
"That came as no surprise, because fat tissue in men," says Keim, "is generally more responsive to the adrenaline produced during exercise."
Adrenaline acts to release fat from fat cells so that it can be used by the muscles for energy.
Keim was surprised, however, to find that men with a higher level of body fat had lower fat-burning rates. That finding was true regardless of the man's level of fitness.
Another study, reported earlier, showed the same trend: Tests of men who jogged on a treadmill revealed that volunteers with more body fat had lower fat-burning rates.
Keim estimates that among the males who volunteered for the ARS study, most who worked out at 70 to 75 percent of their maximum heart rate would burn an estimated 303 to 392 calories in 30 minutes, depending on their fitness level. From 45 to 153 of those calories would be from fat. The 70 to 75 percent maximum heart rate is higher than the 60 percent minimum recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine.
Women would burn from 177 to 226 calories, with 27 to 54 of these calories from fat. "For most female volunteers," says Keim, "a 30-minute session at 70 to 75 percent maximum heart rate would fall short of the 300-calorie minimum, even for the fittest women in the study. Yet all but 5 of the male volunteers would have hit—or passed—the 300-calorie-target in a half-hour or less."
The rare exceptions included Todd, a portly, 34-year-old couch potato, who would have burned only 253 calories at the 70 to 75 percent maximum heart rate. But even that modest amount was 7 calories more—and 5 times as many fat-derived calories—as those burned by Sheri, 31, who is lean and fit. At that heart rate, Todd would have had to work out another 6 minutes, and Sheri would have needed to pedal another 7, to reach the 300-calorie mark. [Volunteers' real names are not used in this article.]
Unlike Todd and Sheri, Eric and Lori shared the same fitness level. Both are slender 27-year-olds of average fitness. Despite the similarity in fitness, Eric would have burned about 64 percent more calories than Lori, with about 55 percent more calories from fat, in a half-hour. Lori would have needed to work out another 17 minutes to meet the 300-calorie minimum.
The study is part of Keim's ongoing project to determine the relation between amount of stored body fat and the body's fat-burning rates during and after exercise.
"Eating too much, which can lead to excess body fat," says Keim, "is America's No. 1 nutrition problem. The best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. But specific recommendations about exercise have generally been made from studies of young, lean men—often athletes. We need to develop recommendations suited to overweight people."
Results of the San Francisco study, says Keim, can be used by physicians, nutritionists, and weight loss counselors to help customize the exercise regimens of overweight and normal-weight patients alike.
Keim admits she changed her own exercise habits after scrutinizing the study results. "When I took the no-pain-no-gain approach," she says, "I pushed myself too hard and always quit too soon. Now I've found that it's more enjoyable to keep a smooth and steady pace. And I'm more likely to go back and work out again the next day." — By Marcia Wood, ARS.
Nancy L. Keim is in the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616; phone (530) 752-4163, fax (530) 752-5271.


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You hook the treadle (foot pedal) up to a servo motor just like you do a clutch motor. No, your servo motor does not need to be more powerful than a clutch motor. I replaced 1/2 H.P. clutch motors with 1/2 H.P. servo motors on both of my industrial machines. They work beautifully, and I sew every day for a living. I've been sewing for almost 35 years, and I can't tell the difference.
A servo motor is a constant torque device, so you will get the same amount of power throughout the speed range of the servo. What is the difference between a clutch motor and a servo? The servo theoretically will have less power at slower speeds than a clutch motor, but a servo will have more power at higher speeds. What does this mean for average sewing? You won't be able to tell the difference. The problem with a clutch motor is that it is either on or off. Unless you are willing to spend enough time to be comfortable with the machine, you will still have accidents and screw something up. The servo motor gives you the option of having true variable speed control over the motor immediately. In other words, the less you press on the foot pedal (treadle) the slower the servo will go. The clutch motor is always going at its base speed, usually 1750 RPMs, and you need to slip the clutch to be able to sew slower. This takes a LOT of practice to do it consistently and effectively.
If you want to slow down your clutch motor, you have two options. You can possibly have an electrician re-connect the wiring in your motor down to 875 RPMs, ( depending on the motor) or you can replace the pulley on the clutch motor with one of smaller diameter, or both. If you reduce the RPM of the clutch motor by 1/2 through a pulley on the clutch motor 1/2 the diameter it is now, you will go 1/2 as fast as you do now. The same is true of re-wiring the motor. If you reduce the RPM by 1/2, you will go 1/2 as fast as you do now. If you reduce the pulley diameter on the clutch motor by 1/2, and reduce the RPM of the motor by 1/2 as well, the clutch motor will run at 1/2 of 1/2 of its full speed, or 1/4th the speed it runs at now. Now the bad news........you can do all of this and STILL not slow it down enough to where you are comfortable sewing. A servo motor eliminates that problem. Servo motors are the perfect choice for novice sewers. You can sew as slowly as you want at first and then speed up if you want to. This is not the case with a clutch motor.
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New Fire Brigade for the Reserve
"This team patrols the area, from Corral up to the Valdivian Coastal Reserve and carries out permanent prevention campaigns while meetings neighbors, visitors and tourists, delivering leaflets with information necessary for all who come to these protected areas and its surroundings "Almonacid said .
Sunday, March 16, 2014. A strategic alliance between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and CONAF, unique in the country, has permitted for the second year in a row to permanently implement a brigade specializing in the prevention and control of forest fires during the summer. The purpose of the brigade is to protect the Valdivian Coastal Reserve and the Alerce Costero National Park from any threat.
It is an issue of great importance for the whole nation in summer and it is something that is recurrent on a global scale given the high temperatures reached at that time of the year. According to CONAF, more than 6 thousand fires take place in Chile during the spring - summer period, affecting more than 50 thousand hectares of surface among bush, plantations and native woodland. It is a real threat and even more so if we consider that 99.9 % of them are caused by man. Our region has two protected areas in the coastal zone - a private road and a public one – that total some 75 thousand hectares of high value conservation, such as the Valdivian Coastal Reserve (VCR) and the Alerce Costero National Park (ACNP).
This is why The Nature Conservancy (owners and managers of the VCR) and CONAF joined forces to coordinate the work of a permanent fire brigade to protect both protected areas from this threat. " The first VCR fire brigade dates back to 2005. It was an external service hired through a public tender and where the local people were employed but it was difficult since the members of the brigade had to have some experience and training in order to be employed in this task ", Alfredo Almonacid, VCR Manager and Coordinator said.
After the creation of the Alerce Costero National Park in 2010, it was possible to prepare a protection plan for forest fires for the Park and the Reserve considering it as one single unit. In 2011, a joint work agreement was signed with CONAF that permitted to have the first brigade specializing in forest fires in Chile for protected areas and that has been active for two years now. It was agreed that under this agreement CONAF would contribute qualified technical staff and all the necessary clothing, and TNC would provide transport and accommodation for the fire brigade members as well as helping in the coordination and communication efforts.
As a matter of fact, to meet the last objective , the brigade communicates via a radio frequency with the ACNP and VCR management as well as with the operations center of the CONAF fire fighting department", Almonacid said.
José Carter, regional CONAF director added: "With TNC we have common missions such as the mission of preserving and protecting biodiversity, which is why we join forces to establish a brigade whose role it is to prepare and possibly control events in the Reserve and in the Alerce Costero National Park - both places that are not the patrimony of our institutions, but the patrimony of the region and of the country ". Carter added that, "For us, the main thing is the prevention carried out by the brigade together with our team members that move on motorbikes along the fields and rural sectors of the coast ".
A specialized brigade on permanent alert
At present, the fire brigade, also known as the first attack brigade, is located in the VCR and is made up by a brigade head, people in charge of first aid, others in charge of pumps and tools. Alfredo Almonacid said that "This team patrols the area, from Corral up to the Valdivian Coastal Reserve and carries out permanent prevention campaigns while meetings neighbors, visitors and tourists, delivering leaflets with information necessary for all who come to these protected areas and its surroundings ".
Fortunately, since the creation of the VCR in 2003 up to date, there has only been one serious fire during the summer of 2006, which was successfully extinguished with the help of CONAF, which is why the work of the brigade has been focused mainly on prevention. Fernando Mancilla, the current leader of the brigade, has worked for five periods as a forest fire brigade member. His first job was to manage the first aid kit, then he was in charge of the electric saws and in his second year he became the leader of the group.
According to the brigade member, all places are exposed to risks that might turn into a huge fire: the city center of Corral, the inhabited coastal areas, the natural protected zones, among others. " For example, the bush is a place of easy combustion. The ulex or espinillo is abundant there nd it makes the fire spread very quickly, " he said.
Acting rapidly is essential
The scarce distance between the Alerce Costero National Park and the Valdivian Coastal Reserve makes the work of this brigade easier, since they are the places most visited by tourists together with the Chaihuín beach.
" Anything, from lighting a match to the incorrect maintenance of an electrical cable, can set off a forest fire. We focus very much on prevention ", Fernando Mancilla explained. " The focus is then on marking our presence in the sector to create wider conscience on the efficient use of the resources aimed for this subject and the fact that the Park and the Reserve function, in practice, as one single unit and from the eco-systemic point of view this has made our work easier and up till now the collaboration has been successful ", Alfredo Almonacid pointed out.
Another way of fire preventions, both in the VCR and in the ACNP, is by controlling the entry of tourists to footpaths provided for such purposes in both places. This is additional to information, plus guided visits with the assistance of park rangers and local guides. If there is a fire alarm, radio frequency systems are used to communicate among the brigade members and the park rangers which is more rapid and effective. Patricia Barría, a park ranger from the Alerce Costero National Park, indicated that in case of an alert, " Our mission is to facilitate the brigade members an easy access, even more so if it is an isolated sector without roads. As we know the areas well, we can direct and support the work of the brigade".
" Although it is a small brigade, it can come reach the place in time where the fire is just beginning and this way we can control it in quickly. The agreement with CONAF permits them to reach a bigger fire more quickly and to gain access to complementary support", Alfredo Almonacid said.
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In addition, I strongly believe in preventive medicine and aim to intervene before symptoms appear. Recognizing, educating and counseling about diseases you may be at risk for and guiding you to come up with appropriate preventive plan is one of my important roles as your physician. At the same time, I continue to learn and understand various ethical and socioeconomic backgrounds and their implications on health and respect your individual beliefs during the course of medical care.
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but I have a special passion for horror. My most recent work combines horror
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subject tentatively titled Bad Seeds and Injured Innocents: Evil
Children in the Contemporary Imagination, which is under contract with
Palgrave. Other recent articles include "The Apocalypse Begins at Home:
The Antichrist-as-Child Film," "Negotiations of Masculinity in American Ghost
Hunting Reality Television," "Millennials, Twenty-First Century Horror, and
The Cabin in the Woods," and "Hawthorne's Pearl: The Origins
of Good and Evil in The Scarlet Letter."
I try to design classes that
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to publish the essays they wrote for my classes: Becca Branstetter's
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Dekker's House" appeared in Popular Culture Review and
David Kingley's "Elm Street's Gothic Roots: Unearthing Incest in Wes
Craven's 1984 Nightmare" was published in The Journal of Popular
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to the academic essay--such as blogs, podcasts, websites, and animated
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GPD's Non-Profit Program On The Hook For $2,500
GAINESVILLE - An at-risk youth program up the creek because of a leaky boat.
The Gainesville Police Department's BOLD program on the hook for more than $2,000 in boat repairs. The program received a 17-foot boat as a donation, but it needed repairs.
A former employee of the program approved the repairs, sticking the bold program with a bill it hasn't been able to afford.
So far, the BOLD program has been able to pay a little less than half of what they owe to P&J Marine, a boat shop in Gainesville. GPD officials say the employee who took it there for repairs, did so in good faith but it may have ended up being a greater headache for the non-profit.
This is the 17 foot, 1987 fish and ski boat that was donated to the bold program, which is run by the Gainesville Police Department. It's been sitting here at P&J Marine for five months while the program looks to raise the money to pay for $2,500 in repairs on the boat valued at $4,000.
Antravious Bedford, a former life coach for BOLD, brought the boat to P&J for repair in March.
P&J estimated the repairs would cost around $1,500 and Bedford approved the work.
"Bedford realized he got into a situation he couldn't quite handle and was taking it upon himself to start the repairs on this," said Ben Tobias, GPD spokesman. "He just happened to be the guy that picked up the phone the day that this was donated, so he took it upon himself to do what he thought were the next correct steps in this."
As started work on the boat, the cost got higher, eventually reaching $2,500. GPD officials say no one at the department gave Bedford approval to go ahead with the repairs.
But the BOLD program, not Bedford, will be footing the bill. Tobias said they intend to use the boat for job training.
"That with some of the vocational skills our bold life coaches are teaching that it could be used for that," said Tobias. "Obviously the Gainesville Police Department has no need for a marine unit or anything like that. So it was hoped that some of those members could use it for job training."
Tobias says the BOLD program has used no public money to pay down the bill, only donations. An official with the program said bedford charged $500 of the payment to his personal credit card. The BOLD program still owes $1,560 to P&J Marine.
"The BOLD program does realize that there is some extra money that needs to be paid before they can have the boat back. P&J Marine is keeping the boat until it's paid in full of course and what the bold members have done is they've taken it upon themselves to do fundraisers," Tobias said.
Bedford no longer works for BOLD because the grant funds for his position have run out. The program will have a car wash on Saturday to try to pay off the balance, from 8am to noon at the BOLD house on 1019 NW 5th Avenue.
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Is there a procedure for adding an audio (song) track to play on your cat's page, or is it necessary to have a video tape along with it? (I have no video unfortunately).
Many thanks for your time and any info! (As my daddy's medical treatment will necessitate an extended absence from the Catster site for some time, I will be unable to reply for an indefinite period...sorry).
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Lava Mobiles has launched its first ever touchscreen model A10 in Indian market. A10 is the second mobile to be launched under Lava's A series (first one being A9). Lava A10 is a stylish touchscreen phone with Gun Metal finish Metallic body and comes with a 3-inch high quality IPS touchscreen (type of screen used in Apple iPhone 4 and iPad), featuring a good quality TFT screen and 3.2 mega-pixel camera with flash.
Lava A10 Mobile Phone Price
Priced unbelievably low at Rs 4,650, this is one of the cheapest priced touchscreen phone available in Indian market.
A10 is a Dual-SIM GSM Phone with Java enabled, which can store upto 2000 phonebook entries and 1000 SMS, good enough for our day-to-day usages. It also comes with Opera mini Browser, Nimbuzz Instant Messengers, Email and Social Networking Applications. One special feature, which may take the end-users by surprise, is the built-in "Map My India" maps. For people, who are not aware of, Map My India is similar to Google maps, but with a specialized focus on Indian locations.
Features and Specifications of Lava A10
Its IPS screen gives a wider 178 degree viewing-angle ensuring that the mobile can be held in various positions without any viewing angle issues. Unfortunately, Lava A10 does not feature high speed connectivity options like 3G or WiFi but you can use EDGE/GPRS for the Internet access. It also supports Bluetooth and WAP connectivity and can also double-up as Web cam. It has certain in-built security features as well, for example Privacy Lock and Contacts Backup. It also has a Call/SMS Blacklist feature which prevents you from Bulk/Spam SMSes and unwanted marketing calls.
Its Super Picture Album facility allows unique 3-D picture viewing for all the stored images. It is having a Video Player which can play 3GP, MP4 & AVI Format while you can record videos from its default Video Recorder. FM Feature is inbuilt and you can enjoy the FM Facility any time any where. You can also record your voice with voice recorder. The Yamaha PA system underneath ensures High Quality Audio output and it comes with a 3.5mm universal earphone jack. It also has couple of games pre-installed and a Gravity sensor for motion based gaming. The sensor also helps when its keypad is to be turned into a full querty keypad for faster typing. It comes with Torch, Alarm Clock, World Clock,Indian Calender, Stop watch, Calculator, Magic Shaker and can support Micro SD up to 16 GB.
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Well my new Mommy came to visit me again today, but this time she didn't say goodbye, she took me with her! I was really scared, we went to this terrible place called PetSmart and had a horrible thing called a collar put around my neck. I believe the only purpose of this horrible device is to strangle me, all dogs beware! We then got back into a box thing that moves, another device simply to terrify poor unsuspecting pups. We got to my new home and there were LOTS of wonderful toys! I never had toys before because my Mom and Dad always took them from my three sisters and 6 brothers and I. I have stuffys and bones and rubber toys and blankies etc! I get a really tasty treat whenever I go potty too! My new mommy loves me SO MUCH her daughters love me too! My new mommy picked me up on Saturday the 9th because then she had her two days off and she took another two vacation days so we could do something called ....Bond? I miss all my brothers and my sisters, and my other human Mommy and her kids but I am awful happy here. I am getting used to going bye bye in the car, and after I get my next shots I can go on something called a walk and I heard I am starting puppy class on the twelth of next month. (I wonder if that will be scary) Well gotta go to bed now.
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Founded in late 2012, a collective group of individuals came together after spending countless days and sleepless nights pleading for the city's homeless pets, only to find that most of the efforts were in vain. Many animals remain homeless in our city and continue to be euthanized daily because there is no place for them to go. Our organization not only focuses on our current pet crisis by offering foster and adoption programs, but also focuses on the education of our young generation, so that they will be able to continue our efforts into making our city a no-kill city.
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Camille (1936)
Camille (1936) is one of the most romantically-atmospheric films ever made. It is a tearjerker classic - a well-known, lavish, luxuriously-mounted, melodramatic love/tragedy of Hollywood's Golden Age. Director George Cukor's film, his first with Greta Garbo, was also the first talking version of the content. It was adapted (by Zoe Akins, Frances Marion, and James Hilton) from Alexandre Dumas Fils' (the Younger) 1852 novel/play (La Dame aux Camelias) of the doomed romance of a tubercular courtesan/demimonde of ill repute in 19th century Paris. [Verdi wrote the opera La Traviata based upon this play.] Thirty-seven year old producer Irving Thalberg died shortly before filming ended for his last project with MGM.
Garbo's portrayal of the beautiful but sickly Parisian courtesan, who fatefully falls in love with a young French nobleman (25 year-old Robert Taylor), is widely considered the definitive version of the Camille story. Garbo's first talkie film, Anna Christie, was advertised with the promotional line: "Garbo Talks!" - so naturally, jokes at the time suggested that this film should be advertised as: "Garbo Coughs!"
Cukor (who had already directed the classic Dinner at Eight (1933), and would go on to make further screen greats such as The Philadelphia Story (1940) and My Fair Lady (1964)), captured the most exquisite, poetic, restrained performance of the great screen actress. In her most popular and luminous film, Garbo was recognized for her performance with the film's sole Academy Award nomination, but she lost to Luise Rainer who won for another, heavily-promoted MGM classic, The Good Earth.
The title role character in this tearjerker was immortalized and based upon one of Dumas' actual acquaintances in Paris - a youthful courtesan named Marie Alphonsine du Plessis who died at the age of twenty-four (of tuberculosis). Throughout many years of stage and screen performances of the Camille tale, the heroine had been played by various leading ladies on the screen, including Oda Alstrup (1907), Gertrude Shipman (1912), Sarah Bernhardt (1912), Clara Kimball Young (1915), Theda Bara (1917), Alla Nazimova (in a 1921 film with Rudolph Valentino), Norma Talmadge (1927), Yvonne Printemps (1934 in a French production), and others on the stage including Eleanora Duse (a debut performance in 1893), Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, and Eva Le Gallienne.The Story
The credits play over a lace doily, after which the film's setting in the mid-nineteenth century is introduced:
In the gay half-world of Paris, the gentlemen of the day met the girls of the moment at certain theatres, balls and gambling clubs, where the code was discretion - - but the game was romance. This is the story of one of those pretty creatures who lived on the quicksands of popularity - - Marguerite Gautier, who brightened her wit with champagne - and sometimes her eyes with tears.
In the early evening, a horse drawn carriage on its way to the theatre is drawn up in front of a Parisian flower shop (Mme. Barjon Fleurs) that specializes in camellias. The proprietress of the establishment hurriedly gathers together a beautiful nosegay of camellias and presents them, with a quick curtsy, to the outstretched hand of a woman inside: "Mother lady of the Camellias...And they're almost twice as large as usual." The exquisitely-dressed and jeweled 19th century Parisian courtesan, Marguerite 'Camille' Gautier (Greta Garbo) accepts the bouquet. She is a notorious kept-woman - living an avaricious life of self-indulgence and frivolity (with "too many flowers, too many hats, and too many everything, but I want them.") Marguerite is scolded by her elderly, bawdy and vulgar companion Prudence Duvernoy (Laura Hope Crews) for her extravagance, and cautioned to court a lover who will keep her showered in gifts:
And there's no limit to your extravagance. Now you won't be young forever. It's high time you settle something about your future. And I know the very man for you.
Prudence recommends Baron de Varville (Henry Daniell) - "one of the richest and most elegant gentlemen in Paris." Marguerite scoffs at the age of the proposed suitor: "One foot in the grave, I suppose, and a wig on his head." Not so, says Prudence: "He's young and handsome," and she plans an arranged introduction during their evening together at the theatre.
At the top of the ornate double staircase in the elegant theatre, Marguerite pauses to survey the well-dressed, top-hatted crowd down in the main lobby. Prudence bullies her way into opera box A with Marguerite and displaces Olympe (Lenore Ulric), so that they can be in an advantageous, pre-arranged spot to be met by the Baron, rather than in their own Box B. The middle-aged Baron de Varville is passed a note which he reads with his gloved hand:
There will be a seat in Box A for M. Le Baron de Varville with a certain lady who hopes he will honour her with his presence.
Rather than join them, the Baron sits in his front and center orchestra seat. In a scene of broad comedy, Prudence and Olympe direct their opera glasses during an intermission over the house and point out the Baron to Marguerite. In a case of mistaken identity while looking through her own opera glasses, Marguerite views a different, more handsome, young, naive bachelor Armand Duval (Robert Taylor) - she remarks delightedly and amusedly: "I didn't know that rich men ever looked like that." After Armand flirts with her by a glance directed her way, Marguerite describes its meaning: "His eyes have made love to me all evening." After quarreling together over the object of their affection, Olympe jealously chastises Marguerite for her wantonness:
Olympe: If you don't stop being so easy-going with your money, you'll land in the gutter before you're through or back on that farm where you came from milking cows and cleaning out hen houses.
Marguerite: Cows and chickens make better friends than I've ever met in Paris.
When Baron de Varville arrives at the box after Marguerite and Prudence have left, he cannot be distracted from being "engaged" with Olympe. In the theatre, Marguerite looks down toward the foot of the staircase at the adoring eyes of Armand gazing back at her. They have their first conversation after he pursues her - it is a fateful meeting:
Marguerite: Are you following me?
Armand: Yes, you, well you did smile at me a moment ago, didn't you?
Marguerite: Well, you tell me first whether you smiled at me or at my friend [Olympe].
Armand: What friend?
Marguerite: You didn't even see her?
Armand: No.
Marguerite: That's very nice.
Armand: I was just wondering if you'd ask me to sit down if I knocked at the door of the box.
Marguerite: Why not? We really seemed fated to meet this evening, didn't we?
Armand escorts Marguerite back to Box B. Across the way in Box A, Marguerite's envious rival Olympe has snagged Baron de Varville. Armand protests and confesses his growing affection for her over the past year and a half:
Armand: Fate must have had something to do with this. I've hoped for it so long. You don't believe me.
Marguerite: No.
Armand: The first time I saw you was a year and a half ago. You were in an open carriage and dressed in white. I saw you get out and go into a shop in La Place de la Bourse.
Marguerite: Yes, it might have happened. I used to go to a dressmaker in La Place de la Bourse.
Armand: You were wearing a thin dress with miles of ruffles, a large straw hat, an embroidered shawl, a single bracelet and heavy gold chain. And, of course, the camellias at your waist.
Marguerite: You have a marvelous memory, haven't you?
Armand: The next time was at the Opera La Comique. You were sitting in a box with a fur coat on, and Gaston - a chap whom I know who knows you, said Marguerite's been ill. And it hurt me. Next time...
Marguerite: Well, tell me, if all you say is true, why have you never spoken to me before?
Armand: In the first place, I didn't know you.
Marguerite: You didn't know me tonight.
Armand: No, but after you smiled at me, I knew you wouldn't mind.
Marguerite: And now, since you've met me?
Armand: Now I know that I love you - and have loved you since that first day.
When Prudence arrives, Marguerite realizes, with slight embarrassment (calling it "jolly funny") and self-awareness, that the man she has frivolously fallen in love with is not the wealthy Baron de Varville. Armand is uneasy and disappointed, speculating that she had become interested in him only for his presumed wealth.
Marguerite: Even if you're not Baron de Varville, sit down.
Armand: I can scarcely believe I'm wanted now that my unimportance has been discovered.
Marguerite: Don't be silly. Who are you, anyhow?
Armand: My name is Armand Duval. I've never had any reason to be ashamed of it.
Marguerite: (with a touching smile) Oh, Armand Duval. I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know. But I am not sorry the mistake happened.
Armand: Nor am I.
Marguerite sends Armand on an errand to buy "some sweets" as her jealous, tempestuous, slutty rival Olympe viciously criticizes the commonness of Marguerite in the opposite box to the Baron: "She's not easy to get along with, I can tell you, ask anybody...and she has the reputation of being one of the most extravagant girls in Paris as well as one of the most insincere...She's the kind who says one thing and thinks another." Put off by Olympe's envious back-biting and sniping, the Baron switches boxes and comes up to Marguerite in Box B, just as the lights dim for the next act:
I was delighted when I saw that you were alone.
When Armand finally returns with the bonbons from the confectioners, the theatre box is empty - Marguerite has already departed with the Baron. He discovers her left-behind handkerchief, views it longingly, and pockets it.
Six months have passed by the time of this next scene. Marguerite has become the mistress/lover of her protector, the Baron de Varville. On his imminent departure to Russia, she fingers the string of his monocle and lightly explains how the doctors have warned her about traveling with him ("the trip will be too much for me") on his imminent departure ("I shall get tired, I shall get ill again"). Marguerite lightly complains about his leaving, but she is not emotional or sorry enough for his liking:
Marguerite: Now what shall I give you to remember me by?
Baron: You can't give me anything I'd like?
Marguerite: What's that?
Baron: A tear. You're not sorry enough I'm going.
Marguerite: (in a very affected, hypocritical tone) Oh, but I am sorry.
Baron: Is there anything I can do for you before I go?
Then, the feckless Parisian butterfly stands and begs her benefactor for money to purchase another pair of horses for herself at an auction, because Olympe is equally desirous of them ("She always wants everything I want, and I just don't want her to have them"). She pulls on the beaded chain around her own neck while admitting that she really wants the horses' coachman, and not the horses - she rationalizes that "he'd be miserable without the horses":
Baron: So much heart and so little sense. (She laughs) I shall take a good look at your new coachman when I come back. (She laughs again)
Marguerite: (She accepts his money) Thank you.
Baron: Now, goodbye.
Marguerite: (exaggerated) Goodbye. Goodbye. (She kisses him with a detached, unemotional expression)
At the horse auction with Gaston (Rex O'Malley) and Prudence, Marguerite purchases the magnificent pair of horses for six thousand francs - and gloats about her victory over the bidding of Olympe. Prudence advises her about her soft and big heart:
Gaston: You really have a heart, Marguerite.
Olympe: Yes, it's gonna cost her a lot before she's through. I hope mine never gets that soft.
Gaston: Don't worry, it won't.
Prudence: It's a great mistake for any woman to have a heart bigger than her purse.
Afterwards, Marguerite speaks to Nichette (Elizabeth Allan), her oldest friend in Paris (from the days when she worked as a shopgirl in a linen shop) who is truly in love and engaged to be married to Gustave (Russell Harde). Her fiancee is a promising, but penniless legal student who plans to marry her after passing his exams (and becoming a "real lawyer"). By contrast, Marguerite - with all her worldly possessions - admits that she has a diminished capacity to love:
Marguerite: You seem to think that's very fine of him.
Nichette: But of course I do. After all, I've no dowry, and he's a gentleman and educated.
Marguerite: Even so, why should the mention of marriage go to your head?
Nichette: Marguerite, it's ideal to love, and to marry the one you love.
Marguerite: (She laughs) I have no faith in ideals. You suit yourself as you wish. But remember, you can always do better than a penniless young lawyer.
Nichette: I never want to do better than Gustave.
Marguerite: Well, well, time changes our minds as well as our hearts. (playfully) Perhaps you won't go on being a little goose always. Only come and see me now and then. Remember, you're my oldest friend in Paris.
In addition to her self-immolating love affairs, Marguerite has been suffering from a tubercular condition. Jocular about her health, she confesses to Nichette: "I always look well when I'm near death."
During a chance meeting with Armand after the auction, he returns her dropped handkerchief that he has cherished with some bitter feelings:
Marguerite: And you kept it with you all this time?
Armand: Yes.
Marguerite: Always with you?
Armand: Always with me, like an old friend - to remind me that I'm not the Baron de Varville.
Marguerite: Hmm. Not a very romantic reason.
Armand: No, I kept it as a warning against romance.
Marguerite: How sensible! Has it made you very cynical?
Armand: Yes, very.
Marguerite: Is that why you've never taken the trouble to call on me?
Armand: Perhaps.
Marguerite: I'm sorry. One needs friends.
Marguerite is touched by his sincerity and astonished to learn from her housekeeper Nanine (Jessie Ralph) that while she was ill, he faithfully came every day to ask how she was and to leave flowers, without being introduced. As she covers her mouth with a dainty handkerchief, she realizes his true love:
Marguerite: (She grasps his hands) You might have asked to see me.
Armand: Well, I knew there were so many others.
Marguerite: There were no others, none, during all those weeks the doctors thought I might die.
Armand: Not even Baron de Varville?
Marguerite: Baron de Varville chose to be in England at the time. No, you were the only one that took the trouble to ring my bell.
Armand: But now...
Marguerite: Oh, now I'm well again, and all goes merrily.
Undaunted by her own weakness and poor health, she invites Armand to her birthday "supper" party to be held the next evening after the theatre:
I'm afraid of nothing except being bored.
His present to her will be the book he is holding - a sad story about a young hedonistic woman who suffered a tragic ending:
Armand: A beautiful girl who lived for love and pleasure.
Marguerite: It's a beautiful color. It should be a very good story.
Armand: Yes it is, but it's rather sad. She dies in the end.
Marguerite: Well then, I'll keep it but I won't read it. I don't like sad thoughts. However, we all die, so perhaps this will be sold again someday at an auction after my death.
Armand: I thought you didn't like sad thoughts.
Marguerite: (defusing her melancholy) I don't, but they come sometimes.
At the party held in the mansion, the Bohemian guests feign formality while whispering dirty jokes and laughing boisterously around the dinner table, as they are served partridges. Cigar-smoking strumpet Prudence behaves with her characteristic rowdiness and vulgarity. The aristocratic-bred Armand appears "shocked" by everyone's deportment, although Marguerite (wearing a beautiful strapless white gown) feels left out of frivolity and entreats them:
Well, no fair, tell us all...I want to laugh too, tell me the story.
During the dancing following dinner (Olympe does a fast 'can-can' style number with her dress held high), Marguerite overtaxes herself and suffers a fit of coughing. She retires to her candle-lit boudoir - a scene filmed with delicate lighting and shadows. Armand follows tentatively and appears from behind her in her mirror reflection (decorated with lace), irresistibly drawn to her and worried about her health. In fact, Marguerite is starving and yearning for passionate love in her life:
Marguerite: Oh, it's you. What's happened? You look ill too.
Armand: No, it's seeing you like this, suffering.
Marguerite: It's nothing. It lasts only a minute.
Armand: You're killing yourself.
Marguerite: If I am, you're the only one who objects. Now, why don't you go back and dance with one of those pretty girls. (She laughs) Come, I'll go with you. (He embraces and kisses her hand.) What a child you are.
Armand: Your hand's so hot.
Marguerite: Is that why you put tears on it and cool it?
Armand: I know I don't mean anything to you. I don't count. But someone ought to look after you. And I could if you'd let me.
Marguerite: Too much wine has made you sentimental.
Armand: It wasn't wine that made me come here every day for months to find out how you were.
Marguerite: No, it couldn't have been wine. So you'd really like to take care of me?
Armand: Yes.
Marguerite: All day, every day?
Armand: All day, every day. Why not? (She laughs)
Marguerite: Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.
Armand: I do care for you.
Marguerite: You know what you should do. You should get married. Ah. Come, come. You're young and sensitive. The sort of company you're in tonight doesn't suit you at all.
Armand: Nor you.
Marguerite: No. These are the only friends I have and I'm no better than they are. However, I've given you some very good advice. (She extends her arm to guide him.) Now let's go back. (She notices his hesitation and laughs.) Oh, what on earth am I going to do with you?
Armand: (He repeats his protestations of love while grabbing her tightly.) No one has ever loved you as I love you.
Marguerite: That may be true, but what can I do about it? (She halts his urging to kiss her.) You should go away and not see me anymore. (He turns away to leave.) But don't go in anger. Well, why don't you laugh at yourself a little as I laugh at myself, and come and talk to me once in a while in a friendly way?
Armand: That's too much and not enough. (He holds her hand.) Don't you believe in love, Marguerite?
Marguerite: I don't think I know what it is.
Armand: Oh, thank you.
Marguerite: For what?
Armand: For never having been in love. (She laughs at him.)...


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Buchanan: "Sotomayor is a quota queen" who believes "equal justice takes a back seat to tribal justice"
From Buchanan's June 2 syndicated column [1]:
Like Lani Guinier, the Clinton appointee rejected for reverse racism, Sonia Sotomayor is a quota queen. She believes in, preaches and practices race-based justice. Her burying the appeal of the white New Haven firefighters, who were denied promotions they had won in competitive exams, was a no-brainer for her.
In her world, equal justice takes a back seat to tribal justice.
Now, people often come out to vote for one of their own. Catholics for JFK, evangelicals for Mike Huckabee, women for Hillary Clinton, Mormons for Mitt Romney, Jews for Joe Lieberman and African-Americans for Barack Obama. That is political reality and an exercise of political freedom.
But tribal justice is un-American.
In the 1950s and 1960s, this country reached consensus that denying black men and women the equal opportunity to advance and succeed must come to an end. Discrimination based on race, color or ethnicity, we agreed, was wrong.
Sotomayor, however, has an exception to the no-discrimination rule. She believes in no discrimination, unless done to white males and to benefit people like her.
How can any Republican senator vote to elevate to the Supreme Court a judge who, all her life, has believed in, preached and practiced race discrimination against white males, without endorsing the Obama-Sotomayor view that diversity trumps equal justice, and race-based justice should have its own seat on the high court?
Down the path Sotomayor would take us lies an America where Hispanic justices rule for Hispanics, black judges rule for blacks and white judges rule for white folks.
But why should the white working and middle class stay with the GOP? Its presidents exported their jobs to Mexico, China and Asia, and threw open America's doors to tens of millions, legal and illegal, from the Third World, who have swamped their cities and towns. If the GOP will not end race-based affirmative action, which threatens the futures of their children, why vote for the GOP?
Why should white folks vote for anyone who says, "We are against race discrimination, unless it is discrimination against you"?
Obama would not have selected Sotomayor if he did not share her convictions. And there is nothing in his writings or career to hint at disagreement. Thus it comes down to the senators, especially the Republicans. A vote for Sonia Sotomayor is a vote to affirm that race-based justice deserves its own seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
But if that happens, it will not only be the race consciousness of Hispanics that will be on the rise in the good old U.S.A.
Supreme Court litigator Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog writes [2] of Sotomayor and race-related cases:
In sum, in an eleven-year career on the Second Circuit, Judge Sotomayor has participated in roughly 100 panel decisions involving questions of race and has disagreed with her colleagues in those cases (a fair measure of whether she is an outlier) a total of 4 times. Only one case (Gant) in that entire eleven years actually involved the question whether race discrimination may have occurred. (In another case (Pappas) she dissented to favor a white bigot.) She participated in two other panels rejecting district court rulings agreeing with race-based jury-selection claims. Given that record, it seems absurd to say that Judge Sotomayor allows race to infect her decisionmaking.
Buchanan says Sotomayor's purported discrimination against "white males" similar to "what was done in the South" [3]
During "white males" rant, Buchanan calls Sotomayor "that woman"; Shrum calls on him to apologize [4]
Buchanan: "lightweight" Sotomayor "an anti-white, liberal judicial activist" [5]
Buchanan claims that "it appears" that Sotomayor "believe[s] in reverse discrimination against white males" [6]
Buchanan declares Sotomayor an "affirmative action pick" [7]
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