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Phase 4 has released a new red-band trailer for Another Happy Day, the film written and directed by Sam Levinson that won him the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. High-strung Lynn (Ellen Barkin) and her three troubled children (Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Daniel Yelsky) are hurled deep into the heart of domestic darkness and primal family dynamics when they attend the wedding of her eldest son. While a long-simmering feud rages with her ex-husband (Thomas Haden Church) and his hot-tempered wife (Demi Moore), Lynn struggles against her cold, disdainful mother (Ellen Burstyn) and her distant father (George Kennedy). With an apathetic husband , (Jeffrey DuMunn) at her side, Lynn is left to wander in a generational emotional minefield. The film opens November 18.
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Looks great! Can't wait to see the film!!
saw it at sundance. audience ate it up (I was mixed)
Love the idea of George Kennedy in a supporting dramatic role. He was always more than Joe Patroni and O.J.'s foil. I'd see it on that basis alone.
holy shit. this looks amazing.
Don't bitch about the state of modern film if you're not willing to see an exceptional cast in what looks to be a mature classy film!
Saw it at Sundance, was one of my faves
The two Ellen's look great!
The movie looks so so – feels like been there done that dysfunctional family. Wait for DVD for me.
Caught this one @Sundance. Mixed emotions on it. Ellen's performance is definitely over the top, but she could very easily garner some sort of awards buzz. Demi Moore is pretty wooden and one-noted, especially in contrast to Barkin. Overall I enjoyed the supporting cast, and Ezra Miller plays an entitled, drug addicted brat brilliantly. Don't mess this one up, Phase 4.
can someone explain to me why kate bosworth is in this movie? Seriously anything anyone can tell me would help.
Mom – "Get out of here, you son-of-a-bitch!" Son – "You just insulted your self."
Interesting. At first it looks like another stereotypically quirky indie movie about rich white people and their fake rich white problems. I like that the longer the trailer goes, it appears to get pretty brutal.
Honestly though, does every indie film have to be about dysfunctional families? And do they all have to have the melodramatic line (or one remarkably similar), "you just got out of rehab, why do you still take drugs?? YOU'RE KILLING YOURSELF!" I don't know, the Sundance brand in many ways has become a parody of itself.
Like I said though, it looks like it gets pretty brutal toward the end. Consider me curious. But please, no more rich white indie problem movies after this!
Saw it at Sundance. Tone was all over the place and the directing was amateurish at best. Film will make less than 100k.
George Kennedy?! Count me in! However family dramas featuring a skinny, pasty angst-filled kid are a bit overdone, no?
Only complain is that these women have to stop w/ the fake lips! It's so jarring and it takes you right out of the movie.
"When are you going to grow up?" "Ah, somewhere near the end"
Great line.
Also saw it at Sundance. It was really an excellent, raw movie at times, also very comedic. Difficult to do both but they pulled it off. If this is marketed right, it could make some serious coin. Phase's Four's chance to shine. I would definitely recommend.
Saw it at Sundance – Great movie!! Not predictable which I love – too many movies are. Excellent blend of drama with some comedy. Ellen gives a great performance – wouldn't be surprised if it gets her a nomination. Can't wait to see it again when it's out!


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Grilled Garlic Steak With Tomato and Bread Topping
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From Everyday with Rachel Ray, it's a bit unusual, but it's great, kind of like a knife and fork version of a steak sandwich This uses a skirt steak, but any steak would be good here - I used filet mignons seasoned with my favorite BBQ seasoning, and I used sourdough bread. I cut the recipe in half for two filets, had three smallish vine-ripe tomatoes, and three slices of sourdough bread, it worked out well. Serve with a green salad for a great summer dinner.
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I have to say that it's 5 stars for the bread-tomato salad. But for the steak, the oil with garlic... was not enough for us (not enough flavor). So I tried it again tonigh. I used the marinade of always for only the steak. But did the oil for the bread and tomato. Perfect like that. I added a diced avocado. I used ciabata rolls. Thanks Recipe Reader. Made for PRMR
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- 3 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 3⁄4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 tomatoes, cored
- 2 lbs skirt steaks, seasoned if desired (or any type of steak)
- 2 kaiser rolls, split
- 1⁄2-1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
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- Preheat grill to medium high.
- In a bowl, combine garlic, olive oil, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
- Brush the tomatoes with the seasoned oil, and grill until lightly charred, turning once - about 12 minutes, and set them aside.
- Brush the steak and the rolls with the seasoned oil, and grill the rolls for a couple of minutes, turning occasionally.
- Grill the steak, turning once, to desired temperature.
- Let the meat rest, then slice it thinly, and divide among 4 plates.
- Coarsely chop the rolls and tomatoes, and toss in a bowl with the rosemary, any residual meat juices, and additional salt and pepper if desired.
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The Dallas Cowboys have unveiled a set of rules and restrictions for wide receiver Dez Bryant. The Cowboys aren't looking out for the well being of Bryant. They're looking out for themselves.
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Dez Bryant has had his fair share of screw-ups off of the football field. Bryant was charged with misdemeanor assault in July after allegedly assaulting his own mother. The Dallas Cowboys have thus unveiled the "Dez Bryant Rules" which consist of the following:
Dez Bryant has a midnight curfew. He's not allowed to drink alcohol or attend strip clubs. He can only attend nightclubs that are approved by the Cowboys. Bryant also must have a rotating three-man security team that will have one man with him at all times.
Head coach Jason Garrett talked at length on Monday about giving Dez Bryant the proper "support." Please don't believe that the Dallas Cowboys care about the well being of Dez Bryant more than state of their franchise.
If Dez Bryant only caught a few passes last season, he would be long gone. Bryant had 63 catches for 928 yards and 9 touchdowns. That's why the Cowboys are trying to "support" him (ie protect their own backside by keeping one of their top game breakers).
I'm fine with the Cowboys trying to protect their investment. Just don't fall into the trap of thinking that the Cowboys genuinely care about Dez Bryant because of all of this "support" talk. It's not the real reason they're trying to help Dez. Helping Dez is just part of the process. Looking out for their well being is the main objective. That's the real reason.
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More HTC One X news has come out today in Singapore after the Friday release of the new line up. Singapore can also be getting the quicker twin brother, the HTC One XL. Now when I say quicker, I just mean that the HTC One XL will run on the faster 4G LTE network that Singapore is currently working on, not that the Snapdragon S4 is faster than the Tegra3 because the jury is still out on that one.
By the end of 2012, Singapore should have the second version of the HTC One X, the HTC One XL, that is being offered in the United States and possibly through Rogers of Canada. HTC is not planning on running in to the same debacle that Apple did in Australia with the release of the New iPad. Apple raved about the New iPads ability to run on 4G LTE but failed to mention that it only works in North America.
The HTC One XL that will be released by the end of the year in Singapore will be able to run on many different 4G LTE networks. Apple may need to get some pointers from HTC on that one.
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GOALS Carlton: Betts 5, Robinson 3, Walker 2, Hampson 2, Armfield, Kreuzer, Tuohy. Melbourne: Clark 3, Howe, Jones, Blease.
BEST Carlton: Robinson, Gibbs, Walker, McLean, Scotland, Curnow, Judd. Melbourne: Jones, Frawley, Watts, Bail, Blease, Clark, McKenzie.
INJURIES Carlton: Collins (jarred knee), Yarran (toe) replaced in selected side by Lucas, Henderson (hip) replaced in selected side by Bower. Melbourne: Green (bruised lung), Bartram (knee) replaced in selected side by Tapscott.
UMPIRES: Ryan, Nicholls, Fleer.
CROWD: 28,371 at MCG.
THE mood of this match can be summed up this way: late in the last quarter, a section of the remaining crowd tried to initiate a Mexican wave, perhaps an unprecedented development at a football match.
Like almost everything else on the day, it didn't quite work. Eddie Betts interrupted the jape by kicking the fourth of his five goals, and the sixth of Carlton's blithe seven in the last quarter, requiring the fans to resume their barracking vocation. Also like everything else yesterday, this glut was deceptive. Mostly, it was a dour struggle in which Melbourne's best effort and Carlton's worst form left them about square. At that, it was at least absorbing. But as inevitably as night followed day, the Blues prevailed. Corrected for an imaginary 10-goal handicap, this was a one-kick result. But that did not give it any frisson.
A grey afternoon and the closure of the MCG carpark gave this fixture the air of a pilgrimage. A presentable crowd filed across the parklands. A surprising number were in new Melbourne apparel and warpaint, surely motivated more by a familial sense of duty than any expectation of joy. But their mood was less grim than might have been expected; from where they watched, it could only get better.
And for a while, it did. Chris Yarran and Lachie Henderson were late withdrawals from the Carlton team, emboldening Melbourne. By a narrow margin, it had more of the ball than the Blues in the first quarter, a rarity. By a sliver, it won the contested possession count, even more of a rarity. Jordy McKenzie was collaring Chris Judd. Mitch Clark lurked with hulking intent in the goal square.
But the player who best characterised the Demons was Sam Blease, who ran as if he has not yet given up hope of getting to the Olympics and put a cherry on top by intercepting a handpass deep in the forward pocket and willing the ball to goal, his first in the AFL. If anything, the Demons were trying too hard; all three Carlton goals were from Melbourne mistakes. But the Demons were having a crack. Like the wayfarers in the stands, they closed their minds to their circumstances and kept coming back for more.
Without Yarran and the injured Marc Murphy and Andrew Carazzo, Carlton lacked its early season zap. Experimentally, coach Brett Ratten set up with all three ruckmen on the ground. It was meant to make the Blues look imposing, but initially they looked cumbersome and one-dimensional. Betts was little seen and Jeff Garlett not even that often.
But in AFL, endeavour alone never is enough. Nor is class long denied. The Blues settled and assumed control of the clearances. Mitch Robinson, tasked during the week to fill the absence of Murphy and Carazzo, rose to that challenge. He always will have rough edges, but this day was a silky fist in an iron glove.
Brock McLean and David Ellard, seizing their rare opportunities, busied themselves in the clinches.
A burst of three goals mid-way through the second quarter established for Carlton a three-goal break. That it did not widen substantially until the last quarter was due principally to the Blues' extravagance in front of goal and Melbourne's fanatical zeal, best instanced when Betts, Shaun Hampson and Garlett looked certain to combine for a goal for the Blues, but Jack Grimes and Colin Garland, though outnumbered, threw themselves about to deny them.
But prevention never would be Melbourne's cure alone. The fact is that after the seven-minute mark of the second quarter, the Demons kicked only two goals. As long as they entertained a theoretical chance, their spirit was resilient, but in the last quarter, Carlton crushed it, outscoring them by seven goals to none. The final margin was 58 points. Like so much else about the day, it was a ''not quite'' sort of number.
The final siren signalled relief to both clubs, for Melbourne that another fruitless day was done, for the Blues that its losing mini-streak was over. Carlton's rooms were unusually quiet. Melbourne's were quiet, as usual. Still the Demons are drowning, not waving.
Carlton suffered two hits to its backline before the ball was bounced, with key defender Lachie Henderson and defensive playmaker Chris Yarran withdrawing late. Yarran missed with his recurring toe injury. Henderson was in doubt late in the week with a groin injury. He was replaced by Paul Bower, while Kane Lucas came in for Yarran.
Melbourne was forced to activate its substitute Jamie Bennell eight minutes into the second quarter after Brad Green put his body on the line and paid the price. Green slid to win the ball deep inside 50 and was bowled over by Blues youngster Josh Bootsma. Green was taken to hospital with sore ribs, but scans cleared him of any serious damage to his lungs.
The jury is still out on the three talls for Carlton. For the first time this season, the Blues went with ruckmen Matthew Kreuzer, Shaun Hampson and Robert Warnock in the one team. Hampson started well but faded out, Kreuzer had a hand in a couple of goals, and Warnock finished with 33 hitouts. But the trade-off was a reduction in pace. - MATT MURNANE


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Canada Stocks Fall as Crude Slides Amid China Growth Concern
Canadian stocks fell for a second day, led by raw-materials and energy producers, on concern changes in China's government policy may stunt growth in the world's second-biggest economy.
Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Ltd. slipped at least 2.3 percent as the price of crude fell below $90 for the first time in more than two months. Agrium Inc. (AGU) dropped 2.1 percent after its chairman urged shareholders to vote against a board slate backed by an activist shareholder. Aurizon Mines Ltd. (ARZ) gained 4 percent after agreeing to sell itself to Hecla Mining Co. in a deal valued at C$796 million ($774 million).
The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index (SPTSX) fell 56.16 points, or 0.4 percent, to 12,716.96 at 12:56 p.m. in Toronto. Materials companies erased 1.8 percent, the most among the index's 10 groups, and energy producers slid 0.8 percent. Trading volume was 9.1 percent below the 30-day average at this time of the day. The S&P/TSX has risen 2.3 percent this year.
"The market had been getting close to new highs and people are getting uncomfortable," said Paul Harris, a fund manager with Avenue Investment Management in Toronto, which oversees about C$300 million. "India and China, those stock exchanges have come off a fair bit in the last little while. People have seen the market run up a lot in the last two to three months and were expecting a pullback."
China Growth
The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (SHCOMP) fell 3.7 percent today, the most since August 2011, after China's cabinet last week ordered tighter mortgage rules to cool the property market. The Chinese government is seeking higher downpayments on second-home loans and stricter enforcement of sales-tax policy. Separately, data yesterday showed China's service industries grew last month at the slowest pace since September.
Canadian Natural Resources slumped 3 percent to C$31.09 and Cenovus lost 2.3 percent to C$32. Crude for April delivery tumbled 1.1 percent to $89.69, the third straight day of declines.
Agrium lost C$2.25 to C$105.06 after Victor Zaleschuk, chairman of the Calgary-based company, sent a letter to shareholders asking them to re-elect the existing board at the seed and fertilizer supplier's annual general meeting on April 9.
He called an opposing slate from New York-based hedge fund Jana Partners LLC "a Trojan horse tactic" designed to break up Agrium. Jana has pressed the company to spin off its farm-supply retail network.
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Atlantic Power Corp. (ATP) plunged 15 percent to C$6.18, extending a 29 percent decline on Mar. 1 after the electric power company cut its annual dividend 65 percent to 40 Canadian cents a share. The stock touched its lowest level since November 2008.
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Aurizon added 18 Canadian cents to C$4.53. The cash-and- stock offer from U.S.-based Hecla Mining, which operates silver mines in Alaska and Idaho, comes after Aurizon rejected on Jan. 23 a C$780 million unsolicited bid from its largest shareholder, Alamos Gold Inc. Alamos climbed 6.6 percent to C$15.04.
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Human relationships form a foundation for success between the FLOS design team and lighting designer Ron Gilad
Human relationships form a foundation for success between the FLOS design team and lighting designer Ron Gilad.
It all began with a phone call from a friend to Piero Gandini, president and chief executive officer of FLOS, during one of his trips to New York. The friend suggested that Gandini take time to visit with a designer living near the city, and although he receives such recommendations multiple times a year, Gandini decided to follow the lead. His journey led him to the studio of designer Ron Gilad and the rest, as they say, is history—a beautiful, productive one at that.
The meeting between Gandini and Gilad reflects the founding philosophy of FLOS' management—develop relationships with talented designers based as much on the human relationship as a respect for their design innovation and expertise.
"We are in a somewhat peculiar position in the lighting market," says Gandini. "Our culture is in design. When we bought a lighting company a decade ago, our approach from the start was to focus first on the art of lighting, including working with many talented designers such as Ron."
Gandini believes they have achieved success by marrying advanced lighting technologies with an avant-garde attitude and a burning desire to bring innovative products to a competitive marketplace. "Our international business is growing because we seek to find the ultimate solution for every new product we bring to market," he says. "We are out to change the world with what we offer."
According to Gandini, the working relationship between the company's management and its designers is like a mixed salad when it comes to developing new products. In some instances, a designer brings an idea to the table. In other cases, Gandini or another member of the FLOS team may contact a designer to develop a new solution for a bulb or address a need for a certain price point.
"Whether we are working with Ron or another designer, our relationship is never rigid," Gandini says. "Our discussions are open and we spend time developing prototypes and engineering the product. It's very much a combined venture—perhaps an adventure—between the FLOS staff and the designer."
Part of the adventure for the FLOS design team lies in learning to speak a common "language" with outside designers; in this case, it meant introducing Gilad to the newest generation of LED technologies.
"Working with LED is smaller than what I had previously worked with," Gilad says. "Diving into this new world allowed me to look at products in a new way."
Judging by Gilad's first design to emerge from the collaboration—the technologically advanced La Linea line, a series of three wall-mounted fixtures providing indirect light—he is a quick study. The diffuser is fixed to the body by a nickel-plated neodymium magnet and the feed for the LEDs is located in the rose. The head can be rotated 45 degrees on the vertical axis, and the lights have an eco-friendly spray paint finish. La Linea includes an injection-molded diffuser in methacrylate and a photo-engraved internal finish.
"There is poetry to Ron's work," Gandini says. "His designs are strong yet gentle, and he brings great energy and vision to his work with us."
In addition to his designs for La Linea, which were based on old sconces, Gilad's work includes delving into "soft architecture" products that combine architecture and technology in a light source. "For Wallpiercing, I used the perfect shape—a ring," Gilad says. "All the technology for the light, the wires and diffusers, are housed inside the wall and offer users great design opportunities."
Gilad likens Wallpiercing, which is available in four variations, to a frisbee embedded in a wall. The rings are manufactured from die-cast aluminum and feature polycarbonate diffusers. The light fixture is available as a white or RGB light; the RGB lights may be changed manually with a dimmer or via automatic controls.
The ring theme also appears in Gilad's 2620LED fixture, but manifests itself as a chandelier. According to company literature, Gilad's design for the 2620LED is based on the historic 2097 by Gino Sarfatti, originally produced in 1958. Indirect light is provided via 2,620 LEDs embedded in 20 rings. According to Gilad, the layout builds a chaotic pattern that suggests a rotational movement.
Gilad says that he appreciates the approach that FLOS executives have brought to their collaboration with designers. "I have the freedom to develop a design on the computer and submit small prototypes to FLOS executives for their consideration. We move forward if they see potential in the marketplace for the proposed product."
And while Gilad is energized by the partnership that has allowed him to elevate his work technically and aesthetically, the human relationships that have developed over the course of the process have been equally as important and rewarding. "My collaborators
at FLOS and I enrich one another through the design process," he says. "This is beyond work. It's an exciting opportunity to partner in a very human process to develop great designs."
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FIRST, the good news. You are far less likely to be killed on Victoria's roads now than you were 25 years ago. A combination of factors including better roads, improved safety features in cars and driver education has helped cut the road toll by almost two-thirds in less than a generation, even as the state's roads have become busier.
Last year's toll of 287 was the lowest recorded since counting started in 1952, and a sharp drop from the 776 deaths of 1989.
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Yet, as extensive analysis by The Saturday Age of 24 years of road toll data reveals, the toll remains stubbornly high in some categories and, according to the experts, driver behaviour is most to blame, although dangerous roads also come into play.
The numbers reveal that most deaths happen in outer suburbia or on country roads; that young men still die in far greater numbers than the rest of society; that fatal crashes are most common in and around the afternoon peak; and that motorcyclists have not enjoyed the same declining death rates as people in cars, on bicycles or on foot. ''What you notice as you get to the urban fringe is that the quality of the infrastructure drops off and the speed limit goes up,'' says Stuart Newstead, associate director of Monash University's Accident Research Centre.
''And we know that in higher speed zones anywhere, you're more likely to have a bad crash and be injured because you're just travelling faster.''
As more people move to previously sleepy outlying suburbs, traffic volumes increase to dangerous levels on roads that were not designed for them, Dr Newstead says. He argues the quickest solution is to reduce the speed limit, then upgrade roads as funding becomes available.
VicRoads, which determines speed limits, says they provide ''an appropriate balance between mobility and safety … guided by measures such as road traffic volumes, pedestrian movements, abutting land use, the number of nearby intersections and existing service roads''.
''With increasing traffic volumes due to population growth, VicRoads continues to implement an ongoing program of road improvement projects designed to accommodate this trend,'' a VicRoads spokesman said.
But swelling communities on the urban fringe say roadworks and public transport investment are lagging so far behind the pace of growth that the gap risks becoming insurmountable. Massive state and federal funding is required to catch up.
''Efforts like Talk the Toll Down are fine but if they aren't backed up with funding, support from the police and a focus on black spots the programs are unlikely to work,'' said Luke Donnellan, state MP for Narre Warren North and the opposition's roads spokesman.
Mr Donnellan's electorate sits within the city of Casey, which has seen 286 deaths on its roads since 1987, the fifth-highest of any local government area in the state.
The Yarra Ranges shire in Melbourne's outer north-east has the awful distinction of having seen the highest number of deaths in that time, with 351 fatalities.
''The reality is that as a large council on Melbourne's fringe, there is a heavy reliance on the private motor vehicle as the main means of getting around,'' said Yarra Ranges chief executive Glenn Patterson.
Mr Patterson says the shire council works with police and others to improve road safety, but some in the community, no longer willing to tolerate the high death rate, have begun taking independent action.
Silvan paramedic Jason Callanan has just launched an education campaign for local teens, based on a New South Wales model called ROADwhyz.
Mr Callanan and a mother whose son was killed in a car crash tour schools and deliver what he calls a ''hard-hitting, confrontational and emotional course that gives kids the realities of what happens in road trauma''.
The early results indicate students are receptive to the message, Mr Callanan says, but road safety experts admit that every year the road toll contains a high number of casualties who cannot be reached by any education campaign, because they are drug or alcohol dependent.
''We need to move on from campaigns and look at driving problems,'' says John Thompson, the Transport Accident Commission's senior manager of road safety. He proposes making alcohol interlock devices mandatory for all new cars, just as airbags have been.
''You completely take alcohol out of the driving equation, that's a future that I see,'' he says.
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NEW YORK (Oct. 18)
The Mapai Party in Israel, and the World Union of Labor Zionist Organization, have drafted a four-point program which they will lay before the forthcoming World Zionist Congress, to be held in Jerusalem at the end of December, it was announced here today by Meir Argov, chairman of the Israeli Parliament's committee on foreign affairs and security.
The program, according to Mr. Argov, includes: Broadening the base of the World Zionist Organization: reducing the number of the members of the WZO executive committee; assigning at least ten percent of the WZO budget for youth work and other activities in countries outside Israel; combining the Jewish Agency's immigration and immigrant-absorption activities into a single operation fully coordinated with counterpart agencies of the Israel Government.
According to Mr. Argov, the proposed program represents "the overwhelming majority view of the Mapai Central Committee, contrary to the views often expressed by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion."


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Montreal (AFP) April 19, 2011
Persistent flooding in Canada's central province of Manitoba has forced hundreds of people from their homes and closed dozens of roads, authorities said Tuesday.
Officials worked around the clock to build higher dikes near towns along the Assiniboine River, near the province's western border where flood threats were the most serious.
A total of 763 people have been evacuated from their homes, the Manitoba Water Stewardship said.
"Ice jams along the Assiniboine River between Poplar Point and Baie St. Paul Bridge caused surges in the water levels, and overtopped and breached the dikes in some areas," the government agency announced.
"The dikes took quite a pounding," a government official told AFP, adding that repairs were quickly done.
"You can't stop floodwaters but you can certainly manage them," the official said.
Parts of Highway 75, one of the province's major trade routes into the United States, was closed, due to rising waters on the Red River.
The floods, which began last week, were expected to remain a threat in the coming weeks.
On a campaign stop Tuesday in Manitoba ahead of a federal election on May 2, opposition Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff promised to implement a 225-million-dollar program for flood relief and water clean-up.
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(William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson; 1894)
This paradigmatic Peep-Show device, developed by Dickson for the Thomas Edison Co. in 1894, was the first great American contribution to the mechanics of Motion Picture exhibition. An electrically driven apparatus, designed for use with images produced by Edison's Kinetograph, it allowed its viewers to stand with hands free . . . just as many millions stood decades later in arcades and adult bookstores the world over . . . and behold before their eyes the wonders of the moving image.
So successful was the Kinetoscope in its day that entire venues like Peter Bacigalupi's in San Francisco (pictured above as it was in 1895) made extraordinary amounts of money providing this new form of diversion to a public in its last unsuspecting moments before those very images enslaved their collective subconscious forever.


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The History of Handbags
By Seth Miller
If we were to trace the origin of handbags, women would likely be surprised to know that they were first utilized by a group of men some 2000 years ago. Although wholesale handbags were not in the scene at this time, men in biblical times did indeed carry the equivalent of what we consider to be the handbags of today.
This practice came to women's knowledge and from then on, its handbags became completely indispensable. Handbags, purses, or any other kinds of totes will forever be a part of women's wardrobes. Although some men continue to don handbags occasionally, women have dominated the scene in the handbag industry. No outfit can stand alone without a matching handbag. By far, handbags have encapsulated women's fashion ever since the first modern versions appeared in France.
Nowadays, handbags were everywhere. Thousands of handbags of all imaginable styles and designs are on the market. Apparently, each kind has found its use in the wardrobe of every woman. And yet, with the overwhelming number of handbags that has emerged year after year and grabbed up by female consumers, there are still many, many more soon to invade women's fashionable wardrobes. Moreover, handbags designers are proliferating. From a non-designer label to outrageously priced designer handbags, from a simple and plain masterpiece to shiny and elegantly embroidered handbags, the fashion industry will never cease to crank out new handbags for the market.
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19 October 2010
Jamie McMurray may not be in the Chase, but his win at Charlotte has helped set-up the Sprint Cup end game between Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick.
13 October 2010
Tony Stewart emerged on top at Fontana - one of the few tracks he's never won at before. But it was Chase gloom for Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards.
05 October 2010
Greg Biffle was unbeatable over the final laps at Kansas, but Jimmie Johnson's dogged second place puts him top of the Sprint Cup points, as the Chase tightens up.
28 September 2010
Jimmie Johnson rebounded from a hugely disappointing Sprint Cup Chase opener last week, by claiming a perfect score at the Dover Monster Mile.
21 September 2010
Clint Bowyer followed up his success last week clinching a Sprint Cup place by taking the first win of the 2010 Sprint Cup Chase - running literally on fumes.
22 March 2010
In a milestone race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson took the chequered flag for the 50th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career in the Food City 500.
21 March 2010
Justin Allgaier secures his first Nationwide Series victory at Bristol Motor Speedway
08 March 2010
Kurt Busch survives a wild ending to Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 to win his second-straight spring race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
01 March 2010
Jimmie Johnson rolled the dice on a tyre call in the Shelby American at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to turn the tables on Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Jeff Gordon in the final stint.
28 February 2010
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22 February 2010
Jimmie Johnson makes the most of a caution period to secure his first win of the Sprint Cup season
21 February 2010
Kyle Busch takes Nationwide Series victory at Fontana
15 February 2010
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14 February 2010
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12 February 2010
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07 February 2010
Kevin Harvick wins the Budweiser Shootout for the second successive NASCAR Sprint Cup season
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Cognition Lab
Led by Dr. Dan Corts
Research in cognition covers a variety of complex activities such remembering and forgetting, producing and comprehending language, solving problems, and making decisions. Our lab groups spend most of their time examining two of these areas: Directed forgetting and figurative language usage. In addition, at least one student each year works on applied, grant funded projects in regional public education.
Directed Forgetting
Directed forgetting is a model for studying memory updating, the process through which an individual forgets (hopefully) unimportant information to save room for more important things. There are two dominant lab procedures used to study directed forgetting: item method and list method. Our research group has developed a third technique-- the category method. We are currently exploring the implications of decision making on directed forgetting.
Kimberly Klein, Amanda Murauto, & Chris Fowler (2011). Instructions outshine mood congruence in list method directed forgetting. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
Bethany Lyon (2011). Are there priming effects for intentionally forgotten material? Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
Psycholinguistics: Metaphors, Jokes, and Dirty Words
Our lab has produced a number of papers and presentations on the production of figurative language in various contexts, such as lecture halls, sermons, and political satire. We are particularly interested in the extension of metaphor through novel phrases that reflect typical conceptual metaphors. For example, it is not uncommon to personify divisions of the federal government like this: The Senate seems uncertain how to respond to the president's proposal... Satire seems to involve extending the same basic figure of speech in a way that is novel and a little surprising, such as when Stephen Colbert reported that "Congress feels it never gets to do anything cool. The White House lets the other branches of government do whatever they want."
Kimberly Klein* & Daniel Corts. (2011). Coactivation may cause interference in second language learners' speech. Association for Psychological Science. Washington, DC.
Spencer Campbell* & Nicholis Fox* (2010). Clusters facilitate metaphor reading times: A career of metaphor perspective. Association for Psychological Science, San Fransisco, CA.
Daniel Corts & Spencer Campbell * (2009). Novel metaphor extensions in political satire. Panel at 2009 Corpus Linguistics Workshop. University of Liverpool, UK. Also printed in Barnden, Lee, Littlemore, Moon, Philip, & Wallington (Eds.) Corpus-based approaches to figurative language. University of Birmingham.
Allison Haskill & Daniel Corts (2009). Language Acquisition. In E.H. Sandberg & B.L. Spritz (Eds) A Clinician's Guide to Normal Cognitive Development in Childhood. New York: Routledge.
Educational Measurement & Student Development
Research in this area involves developing and validating measures of student motivation, peer leadership, and dimensions of classroom experiences. The current work on classroom experiences is an attempt to identify the 'personality' of college classrooms. We have found that there are several major dimensions that define classroom experiences such as active vs. passive, interesting vs. dull, practical vs. theoretical, and so on. We hope to see how the classroom environment interacts with personal qualities to produce student learning and satisfaction.
Our consulting work focuses on the measurement of cognitive and behavioral outcomes, attitudes, and opinions. Our major project is with 21st Century Learning Centers throughout western Illinois. These are grant-funded, school-based programs designed to address community needs in nontraditional learning hours (before school, after school, and during summer or other extended breaks). We are also working on evaluating continuing education programs for teachers of math and science.
Deborah Bracke & Daniel Corts (in press). Parental Involvement, Public Schools, and the Theory of Planned Behavior. Education.
Daniel Corts & Allison Stoner * (2011). The College Motives Scale: Classifying motives for entering college. Education, 131, 775-781.
Lab alumni continuing their work in experimental psychology:
Sarah Tauber ('04), PhD in Cognition, Colorado State, Post doc researcher at Kent State University
Jane Stout ('05), PhD in Social Cognition, University of Massachusetts, Post doc at University of Colorado
Anthony Barnhart ('06), PhD student in Cognition, Arizona State University
Aaron Boulton, ('06), PhD Student in Quantitative Psychology, University of Kansas
Katie McCarthy, ('09) PhD Student in Cognition, University of Illinois at Chicago
Spencer Campbell, ('10), PhD Student in Cognition, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kim Klein ('11), PhD student in Cognition, Colorado State University
Beth Lyon ('12) PhD student in Lifespan Development/Cognition, Louisiana State University


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Bethesda Workshops is not responsible for the services of any treatment provider or organization. The following list represents a sample of options available. It is the responsibility of the person seeking help to ensure that the institution, organization, program or individual is qualified to meet the person's needs.
Currently, there is only ONE Christian-based, clinical inpatient program primarily for SA:
HopeQuest Ministry Group – Woodstock, Georgia (Atlanta area)
Phone 866-377-7589; www.hopequestgroup.org
Normal stay 12 weeks; 24 week non-residential continuing care phase
Christian-based, clinical treatment for sexual brokenness for men and women
Other Inpatient Programs:
Capstone Treatment Center – Searcy, Arkansas
Phone: 866-729-4479 – www.capstonetreatmentcenter.com
Gentle Path – Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Phone 888-574-HOPE (888-574-4673); www.pinegrovetreatment.com/gentle-path
Usual minimum stay six weeks
Keystone Center (ECU – Extended Care Unit) – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phone 800-733-6840 or 610-876-8448; www.keystonecenterecu.net
Normal stay 30-90 days
Sante Center for Healing – outside Dallas, Texas
Phone 800-258-4250; www.santecenter.com
Normal stay 30-90 days
The Meadows – Wickenburg, Arizona
Phone 800-MEADOWS (800-632-3697); www.themeadows.com
Normal stay 30-90 days
The Ranch – Nunnelly, Tennessee (1 hour west of Nashville)
Phone 866-381-8447; www.recoveryranch.com
Normal stay 30-90 days
Trauma Treatment - Intensive Workshops
Interact – Rochester, New York – Phone 585-388-8010. www.InterActCounseling.com. Workshop tailored to individual or couple; Christian based, experiential programs include equine and EMDR therapies. Chris Charleton, MA, LCSW.
OnSite Workshops – Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee (2 hours west of Nashville)
Usually 5-7 days (group format)
Phone 800-341-7432; www.onsiteworkshops.com
Psychological Counseling Services (PCS) – Scottsdale, Arizona
Usually 2-4 weeks (individual format)
Phone 480-947-5739; www.pcsearle.com
Couples Workshops
Hudson Consulting Associates– outside Atlanta, Georgia
Phone 678-363-3561; www.hudsonconsulting.info
Linda Hudson, MA and Gary Kimbrough, M.Div. (husband and wife team)
Individualized intensives tailored for each couple; specializes in equine therapy (horses)
Lodging and meals on your own
InterAct – Rochester, New York – Phone 585-388-8010. www.InterActCounseling.com. Tailored to specific needs of each couple; Christian based; experiential therapies include equine and EMDR. Chris Charleton, MA, LCSW.
National Institute for Marriage – Branson, Missouri
Phone 866-875-2915 or 417-335-5882; www.nationalmarriage.com
Bob Paul, MA, LPC – co-president and intensive lead therapist + various other therapists
2 day and 5 day intensives for couples – Christian based
Uses trauma-based approach (looking at each person in coupleship)
OnSite Workshops – Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee (2 hours west of Nashville)
Phone 800-341-7432; www.onsiteworkshops.com
Miles Adcox, co-owner & CEO; Bill Lokey, MA, SLPE + various group leaders
Therapeutic workshops and intensives (most are 5-7 days)
Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction
Exodus International – based in Orlando, FL (Christian based)
Phone 407-599-6872 or 888-264-0877; www.exodusinternational.org
World's largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by homosexuality. A coalition of 245 member ministries, churches and professional counselors divided into 13 geographic regions. Provides help, conferences and events, and education.
Masculine Integrity Quest – Nashville, TN (Christian based)
Phone 615-377-8866; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Clinical intensive workshop (2 ½ days) for men with unwanted same-sex attraction.
Ken Graham, M.A., LPC – Center for Relational Healing
People Can Change – based in Ruckersville, VA
Phone 434-985-8551; www.peoplecanchange.com; firstname.lastname@example.com
Peer-led support groups and weekend retreats (not therapy or religious based) for men with unwanted same-sex attraction and their wives:
- A M.A.N.S. Journey – Support groups for men based on Masculinity, Authenticity, Need Fulfillment and Surrender
- Journey Into Manhood – Weekend retreats for men offered several times a year at various locations around the country
- A Wife's Healing Journey – Weekend retreats for wives of men who struggle with unwanted same-sex attraction
Organizations and Websites
American Association of Christian Counselors – Forest, Virginia
Phone 800-526-8673; www.aacc.net
Christian organization for counselors, pastors, and lay leaders; offers professional conferences and resources including videotapes, audiotapes &, books. Has list of Christian counselors.
Clergy Recovery Network – Joplin, Montana
Phone 406-292-3322; www.clergyrecovery.com
Dale Wolery, M.Div.- Ministry leader
Christian organization that provides support and resources for ministers
Faithful and True Ministries – Minneapolis area, Minnesota
Phone 952-746-3882; www.faithfulandtrueministries.com
Mark Laaser, Ph.D.- Executive Director
Ministry for sexual wholeness, including speaking and writing, counseling, consulting,
and workshops for male sex addicts
L.I.F.E. Ministries – Orlando area, Florida
Phone 866-408-LIFE or 407-647-9560; www.freedomeveryday.org
Johna and Bob Hale – Directors
Support group ministry for sexual addicts and co-addicts; provides workbooks and leader materials
National Association for Christian Recovery – Brea, California
Phone 714-529-6227; www.nacronline.com
Dale Ryan – Director
Organization for recovering people, including on-line support groups; suggested resources and conferences
National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families – Cincinnati, Ohio
Phone 800-583-2964 or 513-521-6227; www.nationalcoalition.org
Christian organization that provides help and referrals for people struggling with pornography or those interested in fighting pornography
Pure Online – website only; www.pureonline.com
Christian based online workshops for men and women dealing with Internet pornography and
other sex-related addictions
Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH) – Georgia
Phone 770-541-9912; www.sash.net
Secular organization for professionals working with sex addiction and/or sexual trauma;
provides information, resources, and list of counselors
Ultimate Escape – Allen, Texas (Dallas area)
214-620-1787; www.ultimateescape.org
Steve Holladay, M.A. – Director of Ministry Operations


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Evaluating school policies to prevent childhood obesity in Arkansas
This grant was awarded under a Foundation strategy to build the evidence base to prevent childhood obesity by evaluating state-level policies that might affect children's access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity. The Arkansas evaluation will continue its yearly surveys of parents, youth and school administrators; conduct case studies of school districts; and link each school district's implementation of Act 1220 to that district's BMI data to identify the key elements of policy that contribute to prevention of childhood obesity. The evaluation has been ongoing for three years and, with a renewal for five years, the investigators can monitor the evolution and implementation of the policy over time. The project produces a yearly report that is distributed widely, along with testimony to the state legislature. At the end of the project period, Arkansas will have: (1) an eight-year study linking policy implementation to state and local changes in children's BMI; (2) a powerful data set for use by policy analysts and researchers; and (3) a continuing stream of powerful insights on school policies overall.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $3,993,343.00
Awarded on: 7/30/2007
Time frame: 8/15/2007 - 2/14/2014
Grant Number: 61551
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Public Health
4301 West Markham Street
Little Rock, 72205-7199
James M. Raczynski
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By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 10/10/2011
Camille McDonald became the fourth girl eliminated from
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's all-stars edition's fourth episode during Wednesday night's broadcast on The CW.
On Thursday, the 33-year-old who previously appeared on Top Model's second season, talked to Reality TV World about her
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experience -- including whether her modeling career was going strong and paying well following her first appearance on Top Model since she admitted she had been struggling with bills during last week's episode, how she would change the show's format if given the chance to allegedly improve it, and why she was disappointed with the all-stars edition after all it was hyped up to be.
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Reality TV World: One of the season's early episodes showed you saying you had signed with Milan Models following your first cycle on
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so you had a reason to be a diva and fierce. But then last night's episode showed you talking about how your modeling career isn't going too well financially right now so obviously things seem to have changed. What happened? Is it just the usual case where your modeling work kind of started to dry up as you got older or is there more to it?
Camille McDonald:
Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Turn on the news. CNN. We're in a financial crisis. The housing market -- [Barack Obama] everyday is trying to pass a jobless bill. There's so many people that are out of work. Every corner of business in society right now, a majority of them are suffering. The business just does not pay what it used to.
Mind you, I have been off of
Top Model
Cycle 2 for nine years. I own three properties. I paid off all my student loans. I'm extremely blessed. I did well with making money and managing it, but you have to maintain those things. I walked for Escada, I've done shows in London, I've worked for L'Oreal, I've worked for Lancome. I've done amazing jobs.
I've had a fifteen billboard campaign in Japan. I've traveled all over the world and still, at where I am in my life right now with the economy the way it is, people are still trying to figure out ways to re-invent themselves.
What we are selling as a model is an illusion. So, the fresher, the more vibrant, the fiercer the photo, selling what it is that the company wants you to emote as a model, is what happens, but the budgets are not necessarily there.
As you know, people are not making as much money but the prices are going up whether it's food, gas, so forth and so on. So, some of the girls might be able to sit back and live with mommy and daddy or their boyfriend or not have the financial responsibility as I do, but I'm talking about the big money jobs.
Everything will come back around 360 hopefully and we are in one of the worst recessions since the depression. So, that's really what I was trying to get it. It had nothing to do with Camille being dried up or not working as much because of my age. Absolutely not.
I think that my accomplishments and my success have been phenomenal. I work hard everyday, you know? I have now branched out into owning my own business Signature Walk, which is a fashion marketing company and with this opportunity from
Top Model
-- products.
I'm coming out with a shoe line, which I think is proper when you think about my signature walk and new shoes, a cookbook -- which has recipes in it that I've collected from around the world, highlighting health and wellness -- and the launch of my new website, and being able to now afford a change since the all-stars cycle was a paid show.
I'm looking forward to re-exposing myself and showing the world the naked truth of Camille McDonald and I just aspire to be an icon in the business. Lastly, I have role models... Iman, she has her makeup line. Cindy Crawford has her own line and her skin care line.
Heidi Klum
, obviously,
Project Runway
and Naomi Campbell with her perfume and she also does a lot of humanitarian work and is a spokesperson for companies.
So I have a lot to look forward to. I think it's an amazing time to be where I am in life and I'm just happy for the opportunity of
America's Next Top Model
to give people a taste of what my brand is. At this point, it's about re-inventing and profiting off of the reality show like so many people of so many other programs have done.
Reality TV World: Tyra seemed frustrated that Lisa and yourself had both given excuses regarding your modeling performances during panel critiques following the Express shoot and that was apparently a major reason why you both ended up in the bottom two. Where do you think the line should be drawn between whether you're making an excuse or just explaining why something went wrong and defending what you believe in and looking back, do you regret telling them about falling down the stairs?
Camille McDonald:
My thoughts are that if there's ever another
America's Next Top Model
All-Stars, I think America should vote and I also think that we should maybe have only 20 frames or 10 frames and those are posted and the real world votes on what you think the best image is.
I mean, it's a TV show. It's subjective. It's being shown to you from producers' perspectives. So you can't really say my excuse or Lisa's excuse or what truly happened, at the end of the day, it's all done for entertainment. So, if America was involved, maybe it would be a little different.
Reality TV World: Lisa told the panel after you girls had your Express photo shoot that the male models were tired, grumpy and hungry -- making it difficult for her to perform well. Did you get that sense from the male models as well or did you have a different experience, and how would you say they helped or hindered your photo shoot?
Camille McDonald:
They were! They were. There was a lot of stuff that wasn't shown on-camera, but these three male models were shooting with all of us from sun-up to sun-down and eating is really an important part to getting your energy up and being able to give a great photo.
I just know that I got the best creative direction out of the bunch and that was supposed to be part of the challenge. They said, and it didn't make it on film, that you have to not only take a great picture, but you have to take three guys and create something and work with it.
So, you know, it is what it is but it's all for great television. It definitely was an experience and just because I'm not
America's Next Top Model
does not mean that the brand isn't getting stronger. I'm just happy to be featured as being sexy and proud and strong.
Reality TV World: When I talked to Isis, she said she found no differences between her first season on
Top Model
in comparison to the all-stars edition. She felt the competition was still strictly about modeling although the all-stars version claimed it would be all about branding and finding the total package. What are your thoughts on that? Do you think the all-stars version lived up to how it was promoted? Did you go into the show thinking it was one thing and then discovered otherwise?
Camille McDonald:
That's the bottom line that everyone who has been eliminated thus far has said and it's just unfortunate because what the show pitched to me was that it would brand me in a light that I was comfortable with, and that would be a vehicle for me to take my opportunity to be solidified as a celebrity.
Not saying it hasn't for the person who wins or for the first runner up, but you know, I don't know how it's possible when I just wasn't on the show long enough to feature my runway challenge, my signature walk, or you didn't see me cooking, or you didn't see my beauty routine, or you didn't see my incredible personality.
I read the other girls' comments on Facebook and Twitter and [
Bianca Golden
] said that the show was boring and it just shows the girls -- there was no character development. I'm waiting to see the Nielson ratings and I hope that the show does amazing because granted we're on it, but I've had several parties up until my elimination with friends and family and they were glued to
The X Factor
I'm like, "Turn the channel!
America's Next Top Model
is on! Don't you want to see my commercial?!" And they're all looking at me like I'm trying to get them liquored up, like, come on. (Laughs) Finally, they came to my premiere party and they were able to then go home and continue to watch the cycle. Will I continue to watch because I'm not on? I don't know. That's really up to them.
I'll be watching because it's definitely entertaining. The reality of the situation is that I'm grown, I'm sexy, I'm accomplished, and it's about branding -- who the real Camille McDonald is.
I encourage your readers to go to
in the next two weeks or so and see my amazing new website and never-seen-before photos where my team will be the ultimate judge of the images that go up there and continue to follow my career.
I hope the girls on the show will as well. I wish all of them the best and I hope to maintain my friendships with them, but right now, I'm focused on getting my product lines out there. The guy
Christian Siriano
from Project Runway, do you know how much money he's made since he's been off of his reality show or the Kardashians and how much money they've made?
I want to fall out and turn my branding into an empire!
Top Model
has given me the exposure, but I have to take this opportunity into my own hands, because this is what I do. I'm not a lawyer, I'm not a doctor, yes I have my degree, but I've been pursuing this since Cycle 2.
I have to hold onto my investments and ride through this crazy economical time that we're in and rise to the occasion. There are a lot of people who look up to me and I'm happy that I showed a different side of a woman of color on reality television that people can be proud of, you know?
So, I'm doing the best that I can now that the show has provided me with some finances to be able to pay all these people that it takes to make someone a celebrity and a brand. Wish they would have shown more of my personality, but I don't know, maybe it will come through in your article.
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About John Provost
Welcome! Here is a little background on my education and academic experience. I grew up in California in the San Francisco Bay Area with my four brothers, attending both public and private schools. I was slow to warm up to academia and took advantage of an offer to work overseas when I was 18. One of my older brothers got me a job working as a Life Support Technician for deep-sea divers. I spent the next four years working on North Sea oil rigs and spending my shore time traveling around Europe. Not exactly college, but a wonderful education nevertheless.
When I returned from Europe I began work in Special Education while attending night school. I graduated from San Francisco State University and I obtained my graduate school education at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, receiving both my MA and PhD degrees in Philosophy and Religion. The great thing about this school was that they had a wonderful program where you studied the subject not just academically, but experientially as well. If I took a class in Buddhism it was taught by a Buddhist monk, a class in Taoism was taught by a practicing Taoist, etc. Being able to study under people who did not simply know all about their faith or philosophy intellectually, but actually lived it as well, was a real privilege. These were a rich four years, an intellectual feast.
My experience as an educator includes six years in Special Education, mostly with autistic adults, as well as a few years with high school students. I found my niche in the community college setting in 1998 when I started teaching evening classes at Foothill College. I currently teach online classes for Foothill and other community colleges throughout California. I have been teaching philosophy classes in person at Monterey Peninsula College since 2004 and California State University of Monterey Bay since 2012.
My great passion philosophically is in the field of Integral Philosophy, a philosophy that is both universal and inclusive. I also have a great interest in the contemplative spiritualities found in the world's religions, especially Buddhism and Christianity. One of my favorite authors is Thomas Merton, the late Roman Catholic Trappist monk who pioneered Christian-Buddhist dialogue in the 1960s.
During my years in Special Education I met my wonderful wife Cheryl. We married in 1988 when my stepson Ben was 8 years old. Ben graduated from Cal and Boston University and is currently working as an attorney in the SF Bay Area, where he lives with his wife and child. Cheryl and I moved to the Monterey Peninsula in 2003, where she continues to work in Special Education, now as a Principal for the Monterey County Office of Education. We love Monterey and enjoy the beauty and the culture of the Central Coast!
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This was a week where technical conditions deteriorated very rapidly. We discussed a waterfall event even as I still believe it's a lower probability event. It ended up materializing in Copper. If Copper is an advance indicator for recession, we are on the cusp as it closed slightly below the 200 week moving average. The week started out with a Dow that was up 150+ when the NASDAQ was flat or negative. We haven't seen that before. By late Monday tech almost caught up. But on Thursday we had the same problem. The Dow was up big but the NASDAQ was flat or down. The other problem was intraday rallies could gain NO traction. By Thursday it looked like the European bailout scheme was going to close because Germany decided to approve or guarantee it. Basically what they are doing is coming up with 440 billion and leveraging it to as much as 3.8 trillion to cover all losses on the continent. I think that's good news. If this was 2 weeks ago markets probably would have exploded higher.
Getting a deal in Europe is what everyone wanted, isn't it? Stock market reality is slightly different. When it finally materialized it was seen as a slope of hope high and markets sold off after that. If markets are going to sell on good news then they are in trouble, which they are. Two weeks ago everything bullish was working. Now every set up that's bearish is working. But not only is the Dollar up, the bond market found important support and now has a clear path to retest the high. Doesn't Operation Twist and the buying of 30 year Treasuries kick in on Monday?
Look at this NQ chart from the August low. If we break this down what we have is a likely short covering phase to start back in August. Then we had a wave of selling which probably extinguished any buying on the way up. Then we had a good buying leg and most of those bulls got taken out on the next dip. Then we had a final push to the high. Most of those participants could be gone by now as well. Now, after the Equinox is the first push we've had that broke the spell of higher highs. Consider that as well as the intraday fizzles from last week and you have a problem. Where are the bulls on this chart? IF you are wondering, they aren't there. The only way they are going to be there is if the people who bought the first half of the bull market from prior to April 2010 hold on, will others get emboldened to come in. If whoever is short can't push it lower they'll start to cover. If you look carefully at tech, this sequence is testing the April 2010 high.
The source of the next problem is the bond market. Last week at this time we told you it came off a high which was not confirmed but only dropped to its ridge of support. It found a low and any selling has been met by stubborn bulls which propelled the action higher. Since the drop was consistent there aren't a lot of points where serious turbulence could materialize. We could very easily see another test of the high. You can imagine what that will do to equities.
As you know Copper had one its worst weeks ever. The biggest culprit had to be the Shanghai SSE which has dropped all the way down to the bottom of an intermediate pitchfork. All attempts to put a floor on the market have been elusive as the Chinese; new to capitalism don't understand there is no such thing as a soft landing. But Copper is now at the back end of a 161 day window from the February high and 144 weeks off its commodity crash bear market bottom. If Copper can't turn here, something is seriously wrong.
This is my major concern. The grains and many commodity charts have sold sharply recently. They are close to areas where normal markets should change direction. But the US Dollar, with its bottom in May turned at month 119 which is very close to its 121 month square out. Ever since last December we've been pointing towards the middle of the summer. The Greenback was early but Gold was right there. The Dollar is looking like it wants to go higher, certainly above 80 but there's a chance of 83 on this sequence. There's lots of resistance in that area. So talk of a deflationary phase is slightly premature but should already be part of the discussion. If the Dollar at any point breaks above 83 it will mean the bear phase in equities will be making a serious dent in the old bulls who bought prior to the April 2010 peak. Psychology will then shift to a big retest of the bear market bottom.


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Charming cottage across the bridge on Rutherford Island. Has path to water views and great views of 'The Gut', Damariscotta River and East Boothbay. Quick walk or ride to picturesque Christmas Cove and Coveside Restaurant and marina. Enjoy this spot as a base to explore the beauty of coastal Maine.
My husband and I loved our cottage, and would rent again in a second. Actually we plan on going back this coming summer, although the cottege is winterized for year round living, I understand. The cottage is on a quiet working fishing harbor, and the island is beautiful. A small cafe, bakery, deli. market,store is 2 cottages away. It is non tourist-y, and the deck was fabulous. The furniture very comfortable, clean, beds great, bathroom, newly redone and spacious. We could not believe, renting an unseen property, was so perfect. I would highly reccommend this rental to anyone.
Everything was wonderful. A very cozy and comfortable house in a perfect location. Great for kids with a yard to play in, walks to the water and into town, a big deck with water and sunset views, games, boats and a swing bridge to watch right down hill, and easy drives to many nearby locations. The Birds were wonderful to coordinate with and very helpful, and their beautiful house was just as expected. Highly recommended!
What a great week at the Bird's Nest with my family of 7 on Rutherford Island! The house is very well maintained and had plenty of room for all of us. Pam and Greg do a great job of balancing the historic charm of their cottage with modern amenities like a beautiful bathroom, fully stocked kitchen, TV, and WIFI. We loved enjoying the view of the Damariscotta from the back deck, walking down to "the gut" and the fishermen's co-op, and exploring South Bristol by canoe and bike. The only bad part was having to pack up and leave!
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We had a wonderful time staying at this adorable cottage. As a base to visit nearby family, it was perfect in every way. Very clean and in a fabulous location. It is a gorgeous little gem and we hope to return next year as well. Thank you for sharing!
We had a wonderful week at this cozy, comfortable, very clean and well-equipped cottage on picturesque Rutherford Island. It was the perfect "home base" for our explorations of mid-coast Maine, with great walks, kayaking, visits to the fantastic Popham Beach and the great view from Mount Battie, and nearby Pemaquid Point. There are fine restaurants in the area (Van Lloyd's Bistro in Damariscotta was exceptional), but we also enjoyed our own cooking in the clean, bright kitchen and watching beautiful sunsets from the deck - even seeing shooting stars! Pam and Greg Bird are quite easy to work with and know they have a vacationer's treasure to share. We're really looking forward to returning!
Enjoy biking, walking and kayaking in this picturesque setting. Dining and entertainment just five minutes away at Christmas Cove, with more great dining, shopping and recreation in nearby Damariscotta and Pemaquid Point.
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As we know, living a balanced life is the key to success in getting thin and staying thin. Making the lifetime commitment to putting yourself first, which we have already accomplished, is essential for any positive change. Scheduling specific exercise into your calendar each week must be one of your top priorities to ensure it actually happens. The only way to change your shape and maintain your new look is to move your body as often as possible. To keep you excited about exercise and to ensure that you don't plateau, I have pulled together the best possible ways to sculpt yourself and have a beautifully balanced body for good, this is what has worked for me.
If you are just starting out with the two days per week calendar schedule, I recommend beginning your workouts with high-speed walking. You don't have to walk long distances to get results, you just have to start, get out there and move. A two to three mile speed walk is a great form of exercise and a fantastic way to get motivated. I also recommend getting yourself a pedometer. It is a terrific way to monitor your steps as it senses your body motion and converts it into distance. Wearing a pedometer all day to record and keep track of all of your steps is a great motivating tool. You can also use ankle and wrist weights along with a weighted vest as time progresses to add more resistance to your walks. Adding resistance to any exercise burns more calories in the same amount of time which will help you get thin and stay thin much more quickly.
In addition to walking, getting your heartbeat up even more through jogging and sprinting is the next step to get thin and stay thin. You can start out by jogging the distance of your walking trail and then slowly adding on more miles. In addition, a treadmill is a great exercise tool as it is easier on the knees and joints than the pavement, plus you can set up a customized workout with inclines to add more difficulty to your workout. If you are at this point and starting to jog or run, it may be time to add an additional day to your weekly workout schedule. Why not plan on three days starting next week? If you are doing the Tuesday and Thursday schedule, Saturday might be a good day to add since it is usually a day off from work and you might have more time to give to yourself.
The next level of exercise to consider is circuit training. Combining the cardiovascular workout with light weight training is a fantastic way to get thin and stay thin forever. A workout that I highly recommend is the "Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones" DVD. You will be motivated instantly by her instruction and see the changes in your body just as fast. The workout is forty minutes long and transforms your flab to firm so quickly you won't believe the results. This workout targets shoulders, chest, arms, abs, back, legs, hips and glutes. You will need 3-5 pound weights in addition to a yoga mat for this workout.
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By Ledyard King, Gannett Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON Fifty states, 50 different sets of academic standards. Right?
Maybe not for much longer.
Dismayed that students are slipping further behind their international peers, 46 states have agreed in principle to develop a set of rigorous criteria — the Common Core State Standards Initiative — designed to prepare high school graduates for college and the workforce. Kids who are taking algebra I, for example, would be expected to learn the same material whether they're in
The four yet to sign up:
"This is a giant first step in the right direction,"
Officials say the stakes are high, given that U.S. students are losing their edge in an increasingly global economy.
Out of 30 industrialized countries participating in the Programme for International Assessment (PISA) in 2006, U.S. 15-year-olds ranked 25th in math. American students lag about a full year behind their peers in the countries that perform best in mathematics.
Duncan said it would have been "unimaginable" two years ago to bring together the states, which oppose federalized education standards as a one-size-fits-all model that won't work.
But this time, because state school bosses are leading the charge, it has a much better chance of success, he said.
The No Child Left Behind law that
"Some states set it at a low level, some set it a high level, and you get this hodgepodge of different interpretations," said Gene Wilhoit, executive director of the
The council, working with the National Governors Association, is planning to develop broad standards by July covering curriculum content, professional development, testing and student support. Specific grade-by-grade expectations will be made public by the end of the year and be ready for implementation in 2010, he said.
Because the standards are voluntary, states could opt out — but Wilhoit predicts most won't.
"You can find a student who is half a grade level ahead or half a grade level behind, just based on what that state is doing," he said.
Oster also said states will save money. They collectively spend more than $1 billion developing and administering 50 different tests, so having a uniform assessment should cut millions in costs, he said.
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