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Play: "Promises, Promises"
Group: Stages St. Louis
Venue: Robert Reim Theatre, Kirkwood Civic Center, 111 South Geyer Road
Dates: Through August 15
Tickets: $49; contact 314-821-2407 or www.stagesstlouis.org
Story: Chuck Baxter spends his lonely days toiling in anonymity at a mammoth insurance agency in New York City, circa 1968. While Chuck aspires to a loftier title than one of the sundry staff accountants on the company's payroll, several executives there envy Chuck's single status and, particularly, his apartment. Envisioning it as an ideal locale for their illicit assignations, they make arrangements with Chuck to use his pad in exchange for glowing recommendations about his work performance.
The shy Chuck has eyes for company cafeteria waitress Fran Kubelik, but unknown to him she is the mistress of personnel director J.D. Sheldrake. When Sheldrake gets wind of the availability of Chuck's home for trysts, he pressures the young man into letting him use the site exclusively. When Chuck learns who Sheldrake's mistress is, he must decide whether his moral outrage or career aspirations will win out.
Highlights: Based on the 1960 movie, "The Apartment," by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond that starred Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray and won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, "Promises, Promises" features the magical combination of composer Burt Bacharach, lyricist Hal David and writer Neil Simon. It was the only Broadway collaboration of Bacharach and David, an enormously successful pop songwriting duo who made stars of Dionne Warwick, B.J. Thomas, The Carpenters and others with their melodious, catchy tunes in the '60s and '70s. Simon, of course, was already a hitmaker when "Promises, Promises" debuted in late 1968.
With such lofty pedigrees, "Promises, Promises" is an enjoyable and entertaining musical romp made all the more agreeable in this Stages St. Louis production by the marvelous work of Ben Nordstrom in the leading role of hapless hero Chuck. While Nordstrom's singing is acceptable, it's his genial knack for conveying the humanity of his various roles that always makes him most appealing. Here, he plays engagingly off the delightful Tari Kelly as the manipulated waitress Fran.
There are also two magnificent supporting performances that elevate the production. Richard Pruitt gets the best of Simon's trademark wisecracks and one-liners and makes utmost use of each and every one of them in hilarious fashion as Chuck's physician neighbor, who both disapproves and marvels at Chuck's supposed romantic adventures. The real show-stealer, though, is Brandi Wooten, who embodies the best of physical humor as a tipsy babe Chuck meets at a bar on New Year's Eve. As Marge McDougall, the leggy Wooten somehow maintains precarious balance on her high heels while slurring her attraction to Chuck in a truly uproarious scene that kicks off the second act in rousing style.
Other Info: While Bacharach and David brought a new type of music, the 'pop' form permeating radio airwaves, to the Broadway stage with "Promises, Promises," the passage of time also indicates some of the show's weaknesses. For example, many of the tunes in the first act are performed by solitary artists, limiting Dana Lewis' appealing choreography to just a couple of ensemble numbers and also unfortunately emphasizing the emptiness of the stage in those solo bits. The show doesn't really start generating momentum until Kelly's fine work on the ballad, "Knowing When to Leave" two-thirds of the way into Act I.
Mark Halpin's scenic design is an impressive array of shiny backdrop panels that, splashily illuminated by Michael McCarthy's lighting, present a bright, explosive interpretation of the "Mad Men" time and place, all of which is nicely underscored by John Inchiostro's costumes, including the short skirts adorning Wooten, Kelly and other women in the cast.
Michael Hamilton directs everything with a flair that allows Simon's wit and the buoyant music of Bacharach and David to entertain the audience through the magic of his energetic cast, with the able assistance of musical director Lisa Campbell Albert and the lush orchestral design of Stuart Elmore.
Michael Halling does a good job with the villainous role of Sheldrake, although he looks too young for the Fred MacMurray role. Kari Ely brings her usual panache to the role of Sheldrake's secretary and one-time lover, Peggy Olson, while John Flack, David Schmittou, Edward Juvier and Darrel Blackburn are amusing as the philandering corporate executives, frolicking their way through on the number, "Where Can You Take a Girl?"
Making light of adultery isn't an easy matter, but with the considerable charms of Nordstrom, Kelly, Pruitt and Wooten et al and the appealing artistry of Bacharach, David and Simon it's an entertaining enough evening.
Rating: A 4 on a scale of 1-to-5.


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Fighting hate and anger with hate and anger is counter-productive
You can't fight acts of anger and alleged racism with anger and certifiable racism while expecting something good to come out of it.
After the mob-like attacks on and around the Wisconsin State Fair grounds last night, this seems to be the reaction of many people – both white and black.
Anger is something that is understandable, of course. Whenever somebody is injured or attacked for seemingly no reason, there is cause for great concern because it's puzzling and confounding to not have a solid reason to pin the actions on. It's more unsettling to have acts of violence caused by a group of people that have no real reason than it is to read the news of a domestic beating brought about by excessive alcohol use.
With an attack caused by alcohol, one can point to the depressive nature of the intoxicant. While terrible, and not lighter of a situation by any means, a reason gives the public at large more ability to understand the reality of the issue.
When attacks happen with seemingly no real reason, it's interesting and saddening that people immediately gravitate toward a reason so they themselves can feel better about the issue, even if the issue still sickens them.
That's what makes the reaction to the State Fair attacks so disturbing. Once again, Milwaukee has found itself clinging to race as the prime motivator for the attacks.
The rationale is that the group doing the beating was largely black or minority and the group that was beaten was largely white. Therefore, because of this, it MUST be because of race.
These youths cannot simply be angry and rebellious, as youth from every generation are. They must be a pack of wolves that carefully selected their prey, and the prey of the day was to be deer and only deer.
I made a statement on my Facebook page saying, "Perfect time to cut spending on education and social programs. Because these kids obviously enjoy educating themselves and are taking up basket weaving in their free time."
This angered one of my acquaintances from college so much that this person wanted to have a talk with me. This person is somebody who works in the social services field in the Milwaukee area, specifically with children, and the conversation that took place was alarming to me.
Here are some of the excerpts from this person's comments to me:
"I work in social services and you can't blame the government for this. These "social programs" don't work. They have created people who are completely unable to be self-sufficient, who then have kids who are completely unable to be self-sufficient and they don't parent their children because nothing is their responsibility."
"My organization is all about hand outs and ass wiping, there is no accountability."
"And all the bad things in life happened TO THEM. They aren't taking responsibility. I realize I'm making generalizations, it doesn't apply to all of them, but people cannot act surprised when crap like State Fair happens."
"But I realize it's hard when you have 15 of them with 7 different fathers. It begins to feel like it's a lost cause. It is literally like beating your head into a wall."
"How many chances are we giving these kids who are beating the sh*t out of people for no reason? It is SOUL KILLING working with them I'm not saying f*ck 'em, let 'em rot. I'm simply saying something needs to change."
"There are people like that and trust me I have some of the most wretched co-workers on the planet Earth! But, I will not take the blame for it. I work very hard and I try really, really hard. But when you are not supported by your organization and you work with people that are always handing out free sh*t, we aren't teaching these people anything and I refuse to waste my time and energy on it."
"I didn't make them this way and quite frankly it's not my responsibility to fix it. I thought it was but it's not because there are not enough people out there willing to take up the cause. You will always be fighting a losing battle."
I cannot and will not say that this person's attitude is all-encompassing for the entire social services industry, but I will say that it is extremely disheartening to read this person's comments. If there are any other people in the system that feel this way, and I'm sure there are, then when at-risk children of any color act in this respect it's an even greater showing of these service's failure on the whole.
How many children that don't have a solid family life or home are entrusted to defeated, check-cashing individuals like this? How many people who have unruly kids trust people like this to help their children? How many check-cashers are in the system showing these children the same disdain that society looks at them with? How many "workers" are giving up on these kids just as their parents or society have?
The system, as it is, is flawed, and I think everybody can agree on that. These programs will seemingly hire anybody that passes a background check because they need more warm bodies. How much money is going to people like this person who seems to be phoning it in and is clearly resentful of those for whom s/he is responsible? The money being given to these programs is NOT wayward spending. The money paid to the check-cashers that work for these programs is the waste.
Further complicating the situation are local government officials who believe in using scare tactics to gain re-election and are willing to shame an entire race of people for their issues instead of finding positive ways of helping remedy the many situations these communities are facing.
In a joint statement, Aldermen Bob Donovan and Joe Dudzik took the time to look down their noses at the African-American community in their reaction to the State Fair attacks in a press release that had to be issued twice because of spelling errors.
Donovan and Dudzik had this to say:
"As elected officials, we are shocked and concerned about the senseless violence displayed by the large mob outside State Fair Park last night. On behalf of our city, we apologize to the victims and good patrons who endured or witnessed such horrific behavior.
Sadly, what transpired near State Fair Park last night is only the most recent mob riot spawned by a culture of violence that has been brewing in Milwaukee for some time.
And let's face it, it also has much to do with a deteriorating African American culture in our city.
Are large groups of Hispanics or Hmong going out in large mobs and viciously attacking whites?
We are reaping the harvest that we've sown.
How so?
There are repercussions for the staggering illegitimacy rate in our African American community.
There are repercussions for having little to no positive male involvement in the lives of African American children.
There are repercussions for single-parent homes where children aren't properly supervised, and where they aren't held responsible for their actions.
There are repercussions for a staggering, decades-long near 50% unemployment rate for African American males in our city.
There are repercussions for having a failing public school system, and an outdated juvenile justice system.
There are repercussions for having one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the U.S., and for having kids raising kids.
The community was shocked when the violent mob of African American youths attacked white people in Kilbourn Reservoir Park on July 3. Then, a few eyebrows were raised at the F-bombs and shocking disregard and disrespect for Milwaukee police officers shown by a large and unruly group of African Americans at N. Richards St. and W. North Ave. last Saturday night.
And now this horrific mob violence near State Fair Park.
But for those who live in some city neighborhoods, this violence has been like a steady rain for far too many years now. And the reality is this summer it seems we have five or six shootings each and every weekend!
Unfortunately, this behavior is now all too common in some parts of the Milwaukee community.
Our hearts go out to the older generation of African Americans in this city who remember when their community had one of the HIGHEST marriage rates in the city. Sadly, many of these same residents are now scared of their own children and grandchildren.
Although we hope our law enforcement agencies are able to bring some of the thugs who were involved in these attacks to justice, no amount of millions of dollars in government spending or resources is going to truly address this problem.
We can no longer wish this violence would just go away, and we cannot ignore it; we must see it for what it truly is.
We cannot begin to address the underlying causes of the violence without change. We believe that change must come from within the African American community, where new seeds must be sown."
Donovan and Dudzik's feelings towards black youth are clear. They are thugs. This prejudice in public office is terrible and an atrocity in and of itself.
Let's compare Alderman Donovan and Dudzik's joint statement with the statement provided by Alderman Michael J. Murphy.
Murphy statement says:
"I'm shocked and saddened to hear that a long-standing summer tradition for Milwaukeeans—the Wisconsin State Fair—has made headlines; not for the numerous reasons to attend and enjoy the Fair, but to report an incident of mob brutality that is an affront to all law-abiding citizens throughout this great state. The message should be perfectly clear: This behavior will not be tolerated and every attempt will be made to bring all of the actors in this incident to justice.
As a representative of a number of neighbors that live just outside the Fair grounds, it is my top priority to ensure the safety of the neighbors and fair-goers alike. As such, I am working closely with the Director of the Fair, as well as the MPD and the Mayor's Office, to increase patrols and surveillance and to initiate changes to the structure of the Fair that will benefit those in attendance. The unique quality of the Wisconsin State Fair Park is that it spans three police jurisdictions: Milwaukee, Wisconsin State Fair and West Allis. Our public safety force must act in unison, sharing resources and purpose to keep safe those who want to honor a tradition that celebrates Wisconsin's history and heritage.
The first step in ensuring safety in the coming days of the fair is to apprehend those who committed the crimes so that the community can move forward and work together to reinstate the safe space that is the State Fair.
I plan on being at the fair this weekend with my wife and daughter and have great confidence in the safety of the fair's weekend activities and know the Milwaukee Police Department will be out in force, protecting the public."
Murphy, who's district lands around the State Fair grounds, mentions nothing about race and goes a step further to state that he will be in attendance at State Fair with his family this weekend. This is in stark contrast to the "lock yourself inside and hide your children" attitude Donovan and Dudzik are taking.
Government officials using race and ethnicity as a motivator to further the justification of their own personal prejudices, and those that rally around them, is pathetic and shows them for what they really are – opportunistic fear-mongering racists.
In response to the terrible beginning to this year's Wisconsin State Fair and all of the negative attention being thrown it's way, the very reputable and enjoyable summer attraction has issued new rules regarding youth in attendance.
"Wisconsin State Fair Issues New Youth Parental Guardian Admission Policy
In response to the incidents in neighborhoods surrounding the Fair Park on Thursday evening, August 4, Wisconsin State Fair management will implement a new Youth Parental Guardian Admission Policy.
Immediately, the Youth Parental Guardian Admission Policy will go into effect. At 5pm today, Friday, August 5, 2011, the following policy will go into effect at all Fair admission gates.
1. All youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age are required to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian (age 21+) to be admitted to the Wisconsin State Fair after 5:00pm.
2. Anyone age 18 years or over may be asked to show a valid driver's license or state identification card for proof of age in order to be admitted to the Wisconsin State Fair without a parent or guardian after 5:00pm.
3. Any young adult under 18 without a valid driver's license or state identification card and not accompanied by a parent or guardian will not be admitted after 5:00pm.
4. Exceptions and challenges to this policy will be satisfied at the discretion of Fair Management.
"The foremost concern of the management of Wisconsin State Fair is the safety of its Fairgoers, volunteers, vendors, exhibitors and employees," stated Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Park, Rick Frenette. "The behavior of certain groups of young people last night is not something we will tolerate. The Fair is family oriented event and we are acting swiftly to protect the safety of those entering the Fairgrounds for the purposes of enjoying the Fair.
Wisconsin State Fair is working with the State Patrol, City of West Allis and City of Milwaukee to have increased police presence in the neighborhoods surrounding the Fair Park.
Incidents in the Midway area on the evening of Thursday, August 4, resulted in approximately 24 arrests within the Fair Park. Seven Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Officers were injured, two of those hospitalized, responding to fights in the Midway. There were no reports of Fairgoers injured within the Fair Park.
Wisconsin State Fair will continue through Sunday, August 14 at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis."
Frenette also did not choose to play any race card, or identify the attacks as purely a racial thing.
So, with a social services system that employees angry and defeated people, some Alderman that enjoy running on the prejudice platform, and so many in the public that need to make everything racial, how can these kids – black, white, yellow, purple – NOT be angry?
There is NO excuse for these kids to act as they did, and violence like that which took place on Thursday in Milwaukee at the Fair grounds cannot be excuse or accepted, but when so many in society are already treating them as if they are animals because they are young and of a color that isn't white, how can these youths not be angry?
The reaction of extreme anger and racism only pushes forward the tension and can only lead to more eruptions of anger in the physical form.
Treating people as if you fear them, makes people want to give you a reason to fear them because it is incredibly insulting and disrespectful.
Milwaukee is a large city with lots of racial tension, crime and hate. There is no reason to add even more of that onto the already heaping pile of idiocy.
Fighting hate with hate will NEVER breed peace and responsibility.
ChateauDweller | Aug. 8, 2011 at 10:53 a.m. (report)
This is a ridiculous and naive blog. As a proud conservative, I couldn't agree with mleitner's response more. It is not racist to talk about race, or blame something on racism and race. If you ignore the elephant in the room, it will sit on your head.
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AverageGuy | Aug. 7, 2011 at 8:58 p.m. (report)
JC, It takes a special brand of person to work in the social services. Hearing firsthand how they aren't working is a bit disheartening. It seems that the money going toward these programs is about as useful as the increased spending that has been pumped into MPS with no improvements as a result.
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J | Aug. 6, 2011 at 5:07 p.m. (report)
This is a deeply stupid comment on many different levels. Let's begin with the concept of alleged racism vs. certifiable racism. Would you be making this absurd distinction were it a pack of 400 white folks beating on black folks coming out of African World Festival? I'm guessing not, because it would be an act of racism plain and simple. Which is exactly what we have in this case, an act of racism. This was also confirmed by statements made not only by Police Chief Flynn who said Chief Flynn: Some people were singled out for violence because of their race, but also by a representative of the NAACP in a press conference recently aired by Fox 6 Now. Fox 6 Now also reports that State Rep. Josh Zepnick (D) is calling for a hate crimes investigation. JSonline reports that one witness stated It looked like they were just going after white guys, white people. In fact, the incident is eerily similar to another incident at the Iowa State Fair where violent individuals engaged in what was called, "Beat Whitey Night." http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5719520/beat_whitey_night_at_the_iowa_state.html?cat=17 So the distinction you're attempting to manufacture just doesn't mesh with the facts. Next, you suggest that it's an attack caused by alcohol yet there have not been any reports as of yet indicating that any of the violent individuals were intoxicated. In fact, some of the earliest skirmishes were reported to have taken place around 2:00 p.m. in afternoon. So again, rather than base your opinion on facts, you engage in speculation. To chalk this up to the angry rebelliousness of youth whitewashes the real crux of the problem. Thee have been angry rebellious youths for decades of all races, yet never before have they been coordinating tactical assaults on large portions of the public at large. I must ask, exactly how much education and social programing is required to solve the problem? I ask because for decades we get more and more funding for education and social programing, yet the problem is exacerbating rather than improving. So how can this be the solution when thus far it's proving itself to be ineffective? The correct answer is that it isn't the answer. It's an excuse and a poor on at that. It's an attempt to excuse and apologize for behavior under the aegis of sociological flim-flam because they don't want to have to admit to or deal with the real problem for fear of being charged either a racist or an Uncle Tom. Your efforts to blame "check casher's" lack of dedication indicates that you haven't had much experience in the way of dealing with the "socio-economically disparaged" on a daily basis. I have. And let me tell you, it's no picnic After a time, you have no choice but to become jaded as you get beaten down because they actively and openly fight your every effort to improve their lives. In many cases (not all) they openly state that they aren't interested in long term life improvement, but are only interested in the short term free ride that "social programs" can give them. So your check-casher is right, the system is a failure because the philosophy behind it is inherently flawed. Its giving people fish, rather than teaching them how to fish on their own creating whole generations of incapable people. In essence, these social programs rob them of their potentials and their futures and keeps them subjugated with whatever meager pittance government arbitrarily deems appropriate to dole out to them, robbing them of their inner drive to achieve more. It is not the comments of messengers that shame an entire race, but rather the violent actions that they choose to engage in. In the end, this isn't about race or racism. This is about a set of bad behaviors that is being apologized for and encouraged with the continued use of prefabricated sociological excuses. It's a behavioral issue, not a racial one. To continue to beat the long dead sociological horse that these kids are acting up because of prejudice or that they're treated like animals is moronic in the extreme. There was no racial requirement or restriction for entrance to the State Fair Park or engaging in its activities. No one attempted to round them up and corral them in horse stalls, or feed them bales of hay. These were actions that they freely chose to engage in without provocation because this is the way that their parents, their schools, and their precious social programs have taught and encouraged them to be. Until folks drop the adolescent "anger, fear and hate" Yoda-isms, and directly address the uncomfortable reality of the problem as grown adults without the rosy haze of political correctness and sociological fantasy, the behavior will continue and worsen.
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Musko | Aug. 6, 2011 at 4:44 p.m. (report)
This sort of thing will not continue unchecked. Something is going to happen in response. Hopefully it isnt going to be an equally lawless band of citizen reactionaries, which is what I thought this article was going to be about. But it wasnt. Missed opportunity. And a bad look.
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charliewatkins | Aug. 6, 2011 at 4:25 p.m. (report)
Everyone seems to avoid the question; What caused the black youths to act this way? I have read comments calling these acts uncivilized, racist, and of how ashamed the black community should be. The real question is, Why? My answer is; It is written that " You reap what you sow. " Many years ago the white race decided that they needed slaves, so they enslaved the black race. To ensure their docility they destroyed the blacks sense of pride and family ( which is why today's black families are so dysfunctional, often lacking a father figure. ) It was then that the seeds of the harvest that you reap today were planted. Time and love, is the only solution to this problem. I read somewhere once that it will take a thousand years to eradicate the effects of the enslavement of the black race. You have about six hundred years to go.
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Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
It's all about love with your honey, but it's the other people who are trying to meddle with your relationship that will get you down and irritate you the most. Seems it's time to deal with the frienemies openly and stop those undermining comments, as their bitterness is cutting into your state of mind. If that means calling it quits with them, then know this is the best time to do it.
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Life is going to start to get a little tricky as your boo will be talking to you with his heart, not his practicality. So, as you hear all the promises that come your way, don't get too excited yet. If the logistics of the matter don't match up, take note and then plan accordingly. Sure he wishes he could give you the world, but, as of right now, love his intentions, not the outcomes.
Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
Spring will come early for you as you make a connection that'll warm even the coldest and darkest parts of your heart. Be open to magnetic personalities that'll pop out of nowhere and seize your mind with imagination and depth. While you might not trust this spark immediately, don't be too fast to make any assumptions or you'll miss out on a very interesting opportunity.
Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
Tension is in the air and, if you want to ride it the right way, this will mean being able to confront it and take control. Enough of being on the defensive! It's time to get on the offensive and state your case. With some force and some charm, anything you want is in reach. Sure, you'll have to work it from the bottom up, but as you know, there are worst directions to go.
Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
You are going to have to be decisive and quick. If you don't want to lose an opportunity, you must move into the fast lane. No more thinking you can buy more time to sort out your feelings, because your cred will only decrease with the tick-tock of the clock — but do know that if you can't just say "yes," then maybe it should be a "no."
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
Brilliant ideas will pop into your mind suddenly and this won't be the time to ignore those impulses, as you'll win the deluxe package of love if you follow through. Yes, no matter how silly you feel or how vulnerable you become, expressing yourself will wind up being a liberating experience that will free you exquisitely – in both mind and body. So open up and go!
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Although you might feel like whining to get your way is the quickest method, don't. While in the short term, it'll get you what you need; in the long run, it won't get you what you want. Now isn't the time to be thinking in terms of instant gratification, so do take that time-out to make what you say count, because words right now do have the power to be set in stone.
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
Showing some compassion doesn't make you a doormat; it makes you relatable (at least this week). So, don't draw conclusions quickly or assume that everyone is after you. The fact is not all the info you want right now is going to be attainable and having some faith in yourself is going to be necessary to keep a lid on it. Understand some surprises are worth waiting for.
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If you wish it, it'll come true. While you're not one of those crunchy new-agers, this week you'll find the power of manifestation is real, no matter what you previously believed. If you can think it, you can make it happen, but it'll take vision, direction and determination to get it going. After all, how will you get what you want, unless you know what you are looking for?
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Getting held emotional hostage isn't so fun, unless it's a little game of cat-and-mouse that requires getting dressed up for the part. However, the catch is this week you will wind up being the mouse more than the cat and that might not be to your liking. You have to remind yourself this is just a game and learn to play all the parts.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Magic words are coming and they'll put your life into a whole new perspective, lifting your typical pessimistic point of view into a positive one. Yes, the tides are turning, but it'll be up to you to keep the momentum up. So, as you hear the words you've been dying to hear, give back the enthusiasm and share your dreams. Then, yes, totally expect of one of those Hallmark moments.
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Mystery and intrigue is your thing and this week your blood will be pumping harder, as a secret affair goes to a new level of naughtiness. Forget trying to convince yourself to stop, because you know it's a mute point. Relish in your badness — when your inner vixen is in control you truly are at your finest.


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1. Re: LG Cosmos 2 Text Message - my phone has started reading texts out loud, how do I turn this off?KinquanaH_VZW Oct 13, 2011 4:46 PM (in response to kymberlaine)
kymberlaine, I understand your frustration with this feature and I would check the voice command feature on your phone. Please let us know if this resolves your issue.
1. From standby mode, press[MENU].
2. Press Settings & Tools.
3. Press Tools.
4. Press Voice Commands.
Note: The Voice Commands feature has several settings which allow you to customize how you want to use it. Access Voice Commands, then press the Right Soft Key [Settings]. You will have fiver choices, you will need to choose the "Prompts" menus option to change.
1) Confirm Choices: Automatic/Always Confirm/ Never Confirm
2) Sensitivity; Adjust the sensitivity as More Sensitive / Automatic/ Less Sensitive.
3) Adapt Voice; If the phone asks you to repeat your voice command too often, train the phone to recognize your voice patterns. -Choose from Words/ Train Digits
4)Prompts Mode: Prompts / Readout + Alerts/ Readout / Tones Only Audio Playback: Speaker phone /Earpiece Timeout: 5 seconds / 10 seconds
5) CLR Key Activation: On/ Off
2. Re: LG Cosmos 2 Text Message - my phone has started reading texts out loud, how do I turn this off?kinz888 Jun 9, 2013 7:59 AM (in response to kymberlaine)
I believe you should:
1. From standby mode, select [MENU]
2. Select "Messaging"
3. Select "Settings"
4. Select "TXT Auto View"
5. If "On + Readout" is turned on
5a. select "On" if you want your new incoming texts to appear on the screen automatically even if you're talking/surfing
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The interiority of Frederick Clegg is something we rarely find elsewhere, certainly not in the case of Ariel Castro.
Castro did not have cancer, he said, but his condition was nonetheless "terminal."
After a life-saving colostomy was performed, Castro was deeply distraught.
Castro did not answer the door, perhaps because by that time three women were imprisoned there.
Figueroa had further alleged that Castro "frequently abducts daughters and keeps them from mother/petitioner/legal custodian."
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Mr. Alloway, has any other survey of this river bend been made before?
When the door was closed she turned and looked Alloway in the eyes.
"She's lyin' or she's crazy," replied Alloway, and his voice carried an unpleasant ring.
Or catch'd wi' warlocks i' the mirk, By Alloway's auld haunted kirk.
Alloway kirk is the place where the remains of the favorite Scottish poet should lie.
Alloway and Cartwright rose after a long rest and limped into the camp.
Alloway presently came from his tent and also stood looking on, though he did not join the renegades.
The more Alloway raged the more he weakened his own influence.
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Mark Hollomon <mhh(at)mindspring(dot)com> writes: > I think it would be better to move the test further down, to just before we > actually try to do the update/insert. Maybe into the heap access routines as > suggested by Andreas. I'm worried about whether it'll be practical to generate a good error message from that low a level. Looking at it from the DBA's viewpoint rather than implementation details, I haven't seen a good reason *why* we should support conditional rules for views, as opposed to an unconditional rule with multiple actions. Seems to me that writing independent rules that you hope will cover all cases is a great way to build an unreliable system. regards, tom lane
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Coastal Region Paddle Trails Map with county names.
The trail names can be broken down as follows:
Located upstream from Columbia are Riders and Second Creeks which can offer interesting side trips or a nice round trip from the Visitor's Centers.
Trail map for printing (Adobe .pdf file)
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Pettigrew State Park also offers the canoeist the opportunity for camping while enjoying the lake, park and Somerset Place State Historic Site located adjacent to the park. Pettigrew State Park has several miles of hiking and biking trails, including one that contains several state champion trees. For information on the Lake Phelps Trail contact Pettigrew State Park at (252) 797-4475.


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Cook, Neal (2008) Understanding Narcolepsy, Part 1: Epidemiology and neurophysiology. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 4 (3). pp. 108-114. [Journal article]
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Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder with significant impact on health-related quality of life. The disorder is often misunderstood, and considerably under-diagnosed. Research over the last ten years has made significant progress in identifying the causes and devising management solutions for this condition. Narcolepsy's complexity can make the disorder challenging for the individual to manage, requiring neuroscience nurses to be knowledgeable about the condition and its optimal management. This article is the first part of two, focusing on narcolepsy, offering a definition of the disorder, the pathophysiological process of the condition, and how this is manifested in the individual. The second part will focus on diagnosis and management of the condition
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2010 News ReleasesNO.045
Urban Planning students present their vision for Kansas City's Independence AvenueThe capstone urban planning and design studio in the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design (AUPD) will present ...
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Author Clancy Martin presents keynote speech at New Letters Writing ConferenceClancy Martin, Pushcart Prize winner for fiction and author of the critically-acclaimed novel, "How to Sell" (Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 2009), will present the keynote address for New Letters' Weekend ...
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UMKC School of Law alumnus Arthur H. Stoup honoredThe family of Arthur H. Stoup has given would-be litigators at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law a new place to polish their skills and practice their training. The new Arthu...
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UMKC School of Medicine receives gift to support continued excellence in medical educationThe University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) has received a planned gift commitment of close to $1 million to the UMKC School of Medicine from an anonymous alumna of the school. "This gift is in ...
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Health Sciences Wellness Fair at UMKC Hospital Hill campus this weekendThe University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Health Sciences schools, in partnership with the Kansas City Wellness Network and Cover the Uninsured, will host the second annual Health Sciences Wellnes...
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UMKC School of Law names Davidson and Miller ScholarsThe University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law recently awarded two merit-based full-tuition scholarships. For the fall 2010 semester, Nick (Nicholas) Beydler was selected as UMKC's first...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally appeared in a debate on October 14 in Las Vegas with his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle. The appearance might come as a surprise to consumers of the national media. While Angle has been pounded relentlessly by national media outlets as being both dangerously radical and ridiculous, Reid has been left alone, and untouched.
But what about Harry? He's the Majority Leader after all. Is he, like so many of his colleagues, simply afraid to talk about his legislative "accomplishments"? Nobody's wondered why he hasn't been making the rounds of interviews on national television. While reporters rush to report the latest "wacky" quote from Angle, the networks haven't lifted a finger to cover Reid's cascade of rhetorical stumbles and outrages, especially since Angle won the GOP primary.
We won't count Reid's remarks last year comparing opponents of health reform to supporters of slavery, or his describing those opponents as "evilmongers," which he delighted in repeating and telling reporters he'd coined a new word.
There's a list of fresh gaffes, and it just keeps growing.In the last three months, Reid embarrassed Delaware Senate candidate Chris Coons by calling him "my pet." He said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is the "hottest senator," enraging feminists. He said "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican." Just last week, a reporter asked him to nominate his "greatest living American," and the supposedly smarter candidate cited the deceased senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd.
On Sunday, he waxed Bidenesque as he compared Obama to the Chilean miners trapped underground. When Obama replaced Bush, Reid said, he found himself in a "hole so deep that he couldn't see the outside world." It "was like the Chilean miners, but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said 'I am going to get us out of this hole.'" Oh.
None of these groaners were the subject of breathless reports on television.
For Nevada voters, the debate unequivocally exposed that it was Reid who was the candidate that came unprepared for prime time. But on the three networks, it was a different story. While they tried to acknowledge weakly that Reid didn't win, only Jonathan Karl on ABC played a clip of a confused Reid at the podium, fumbling for his notes: "Okay. Got to find my little notes here...Okay. A lot of paper here." Karl was also the only network correspondent who, after Reid denied that he grew rich in office, featured the Democrat's ridiculous line, "I've been on a fixed income since I went to Washington." Karl noted Reid makes $193,400 as majority leader. None of the networks used Angle's line that Reid most un-politically lives in the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. Some fixed income.
But the worst part of the debate that the network Angle-bashers ignored concerned Reid's biggest and most outspoken mistake: his declaration in April of 2007 that the Iraq war was lost. The debate moderator, Mitch Fox, quoted his remarks precisely: "You were quoted as saying the following: 'The war is lost, and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence.' Do you believe that your statements demoralized the troops and were inaccurate as judged by the success of the troop surge?"
Reid simply lied in response. He tried to suggest he was merely restating the thesis of Gen. David Petraeus: "He said, and I said, the war can only be won militarily, economically and diplomatically." Reid said this, without an ounce of shame, right after the moderator had just quoted him saying "The war is lost."
But then Reid dug an even deeper trench of untruth. "After I made my statement, and Gen. Petraeus made his statement, we did the surge then, not later. And it was the right thing to do."
So now Reid is taking credit for the surge? Again, the moderator had just told the voters of Nevada that Reid declared "the surge is not accomplishing anything." Reid didn't care about the truth of what he said. He was just recklessly, shamelessly inventing an alternative universe. History, truth, facts – damn them all. Reid now says "the surge worked," and that somehow, in spite of his white-flag remarks, he was supportive of the mission and the troops.
How can the "truth" detectors in TV news skip over Reid's fabrications of his own record? They can't, of course unless they're shamelessly partisan, and don't care if politicians tell the truth or invent fiction.
Back in 2007, NBC reporter Bob Faw insisted Reid was merely "saying out loud what many say privately about Iraq." What "many say privately" (read: inside the national media) turned out to be wrong and unwise. So the reporters are not just covering for Reid. They're covering for themselves.


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January 26, 2016 6:47 PMEMC, Virtualization, VMware
VMware ready to drop the axe on vCloud Air, Fusion groups
Profile: Ed Scannell
By Ed Scannell and Nick Martin The bloodletting at VMware has begun. Reports published over the past several days about the company laying off as many as 900 of its 18,000 or so employees are proving correct, as dozens of affected workers are posting about their experiences on a message...
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VMware finally patches ESXi 5.5 Update 1 NFS bug
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New Delhi: The cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to invest $4.3 billion in the bonds of the World Bank group to secure additional cheaper funding from the multilateral agency for infrastructure projects.
"The cabinet has approved purchase of $4.3 billion bonds of World Bank," information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari told reporters after a meeting of the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would invest in the bonds floated by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a lending arm of the World Bank. The bonds would be of various tenures and the RBI would get a return on the investment.
This was done as India's head room for borrowing from the World Bank was reaching its limit, a finance ministry official said. "By investing in these bonds, India will be able to leverage this to get larger sums of infrastructure financing in the country," he said, requesting anonymity.
The cabinet also gave an in-principle approval to the proposal to set up two semiconductor manufacturing facilities to check over-dependence on import of electronic products, especially chipsets. Citing telecom minister Kapil Sibal, PTI said these semiconductor fabrication plants would assist in checking imports of electronic product requirement, including chips.
The investment envisaged for the two units is around Rs.25,000 crore and the level of government support for these units will be decided through negotiation with chip makers.
Continuing its focus on the deprived classes ahead of the general elections, the cabinet also approved a proposal of the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corp. for enhancement of its authorized share capital from Rs.700 crore to Rs.1,500 crore. This will strengthen its equity base and will help more people belonging to backward classes to get loans and financial support.
The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) approved additional allocation of 5 million tonne of foodgrains for the below the poverty line families in the current financial year. This additional allocation will remain valid for lifting up to 31 March, or till the National Food Security Ordinance is implemented in the states.
The cabinet also approved a proposal to provide capital funds of Rs.400 crore to the India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd during 2013-14. It will help the financier in funding viable infrastructure projects through long-term debt, takeout finance and credit enhancement. The cabinet also cleared the licensing of land to the concessionaires for four projects to be taken up in the public-private partnership mode and one project on lease basis, based on tender-cum-auction for setting up a cement bagging plant at Cochin Port.
This decision will help in improving the capacity of ports and will also bring about efficiency in operations at major ports, which will benefit trade and economy as a whole, a cabinet statement said.
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Mother's Day might be on the horizon, but the press is still talking to producer, deejay and rapper Swizz Beatz about the joys of fatherhood. Page Six caught up with the multi-talented star after his performance at the W Hotel in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Swizz described being a dad as "the best thing ever." When asked about the recent birth of his son, Egypt, with wife Alicia Keys, Swizz said, "It's awesome seeing a little you in the making."
Swizz was also asked if he and Alicia's son would be encouraged to follow in their musical footsteps. In response, Swizz said, "I think me and his mom got that covered." On his youngest son's first word, Swizz revealed it was "Baba," which means "father" in several languages.
Swizz also has a son with ex-wife/singer Mashonda, named Kassem Dean Jr., and a daughter Nicole, with UK singer and producer Jahna Sebastian.
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Kaley Cuoco is engaged to tennis star Ryan Sweeting after just three months of dating.
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The Big Bang Theory star accepted Sweeting's proposal this week, after the couple walked their first red carpet at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, ET confirms.
Prior to dating Sweeting, Cuoco was linked romantically to Man of Steel star Henry Cavill.
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Special Guest: Camile Velasco
Family, we're stoked to announce that we've got a brand new single "Liar" coming out September 11! This is our first new release since our 2011 album Ways & Means. We recorded "Liar" with Christian Mochizuki at Island Sound Studio in Honolulu. We're also dropping a remix of "Love & Affection" by producer Billy Van as part of the "Liar" release.
"Liar" and "Love & Affection (Billy Van Remix)" will be digitally released by Easy Star Records on September 11. See you all soon! Aloha
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 2nd Edition
Robert Parrino, David S. Kidwell,
Thomas Bates
This book is more than a collection of ideas, equations, and chapters. It has an important integrating theme–that of value creation. This theme, which is carried throughout the book, provides a framework that helps students understand the relations between the various concepts covered in the book and makes it easier for them to learn these concepts.
Integrated Approach: Intuition, Analysis, and Decision Making
To support the focus on value creation, the authors developed three anchors of distinction that sets fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 2nd Edition apart from other undergraduate Corporate Finance textbooks:
1. An Intuitive Approach: The authors believe that explaining finance concepts in an intuitive context helps students develop a richer understanding of those concepts and gain better insights into how finance problems can be approached. They realize that students who have a strong conceptual understanding of financial theory better understand how things really work and are better problem solvers and decision makers than students who focus primarily on computational skills.
2. Analysis and Problem Solving: With a strong understanding of the basic principles of finance, students are equipped to tackle a wide range of financial problems. In addition to the many numerical examples that are solved in the text of each chapter, this book has almost 1,200 end–of–chapter homework and review problems that have been written with Bloom's Taxonomy in mind. Solutions for these problems are provided in the Instructor's Manual. The authors strive to help students acquire the ability to analyze and solve finance problems.
3. Decision Making:The authors want to prepare students to make sound financial decisions. To help students develop these skills, throughout the text they've illustrated how the results from financial analyses are used in decision–making.


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Explore Native American culture during the 20th annual Four Winds Intertribal Society's powwow at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center this weekend.
The event, which the society's chairman calls the state's second-largest gathering, will feature representatives from various Native American nations competing in contests split by age and gender.
Females will show their skills in buckskin, southern cloth, jingle dress and fancy shawl dances, while men will compete in northern and southern traditional, grass and fancy feather dances.
"The northern traditional dance comes from the Lakota, Dakota and Arapaho," said Ray Duncan, chairman of the society. "They wear two feather bustles on their backs. As they dance, they'll tell the story of a hunt or war party. They dance in a certain style, depicting what they did."
The southern traditional dance is very similar to the northern, said Duncan, except dancers wear a single bustle and dance at a slower pace.
Most performances at the powwow are attached to legends and long-standing traditions, and the participants are happy to share the stories with visitors.
"The dance competitions will be there, but during the day, we'll have intertribal dances where we invite everyone to dance," Duncan said. "You don't necessarily have to be in regalia. We encourage those who have never been to a powwow to dance with us, to learn and have a good time. Basically, it's a big party."
Saturday afternoon, Aztec dancers will perform an exhibition, which is "quite an impressive display," Duncan said.
A documentary team working on a project to take back to France will film during the powwow.
In addition, items from vendors will be raffled throughout the day and Native American food will be sold.
"If you don't know someone when you get here, you will when you leave," Duncan said. "We're some of the friendliest people in the world."
Powwow festivities begin at noon Saturday and Sunday, with the Grand Entry starting at 1 p.m. Events last until 9 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday.


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Tokina has announced availability and pricing details for the Nikon version of its new AT-X 12-28mm f4 PRO DX wide zoom. Designed for digital SLR cameras with APS-C sized sensors, the Tokina AT-X 12-28mm f4 PRO DX offers users a 35mm equivalent focal range of 18-42mm on Nikon DX bodies. Weighing in at 600 grams, the Tokina AT-X 12-28mm f4 PRO DX features 14 elements in 12 groups and boasts a minimum focus distance of only 25mm from the sensor plane. Furthermore, the lens sports Tokina's exclusive one-tocuh focus clutch mechanism that allows the photographer to switch between AF and MF simply by snapping the focus ring forward for AF and back toward the camera to focus manually. In the euro zone, the Nikon version of the Tokina AT-X 12-28mm f4 PRO DX will be available from the first half of the summer, priced at €659.
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Oyster Grounds Closed Since 2010, Reopen
Some waterways along the Louisiana coast that have been closed to commercial oyster fishermen since the 2010 oil spill have been reopened and a New Orleans wholesaler is anxious to learn what they find.
"I'm glad to see the waters finally opening. Tomorrow is our Louisiana Oyster Task Force meeting and we'll learn a lot more at that meeting," Al Sunseri of P & J Oysters told FOX 8.
Sunseri says the volume of his business remains about half of what it was before the spill.
"We used to handle at least double the oysters that we handle today. There are quality oysters out there, just a much smaller amount," he said.
Sunseri suspects food sources for oysters have been impacted by the spill.
"Plankton and algae is the food that they filter...and they are ravenous eaters so if you don't have enough food to keep them alive they won't make the market size," he said.
As for when he expects the harvest to return to pre-spill levels, Sunseri told FOX 8, he's uncertain.
"I thought if you looked at interviews three or four years ago things would be back to normal by now. It's up to Mother Nature."
Some Louisiana suppliers, including Motivatit Seafooods of Houma, are importing oysters from Chesapeake Bay to meet the demand. The oyster population on that waterway in Virginia may be the largest since 1987.


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January 10, 2004 - 5764
Prepared by Rabbi Lee Buckman
Head of School, Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
Department of Congregational Services
Rabbi Martin J. Pasternak, Director
Annual Cycle: Genesis 47:28-50:26 - Hertz, p. 180; Etz Hayim, p. 293
Triennial Cycle 3: Genesis 49:27-50:26 - Hertz, p. 187; Etz Hayim, p. 305
Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12 - Hertz, p. 191; Etz Hayim, p. 312
Joseph flung himself upon his father's face and wept over him and kissed him. Then Joseph ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel… The Egyptians bewailed him seventy days; and when the wailing period was over Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's court saying, "My father made me swear saying, 'Be sure to bury me in the land of Canaan.'" And Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you promise on oath." (Genesis 50:1-6)
When we visit a mourner, we are usually at a loss for words. It is for that reason that our tradition provides for us a formula, "Hamakom…" We say, "May God comfort you among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem." Why is that statement used? What comfort does it offer the mourner? How did the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards come to understand this formula when it is said on Shabbat? What other function does this statement serve?


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52 Weeks of Grateful: The pop in
Where I grew up (Alice Springs, Katherine and down the South Coast of NSW, thanks for asking), you 'popped in' to see people. If you were near their house, you popped in. If you had something to give them, in you popped. Something to collect, yep, that's a pop. Even if you were a little bit bored and just wanted a chat, the pop would be acceptable.
The idea of making an appointment to go around to a friend's house for coffee was a completely alien concept to me until I moved to the city. The idea of making an appointment for your kids to play together was foreign. You went to your friend's place when you bumped into your friend down the town and begged their mum to take you in.
Did we all get busier or did we all just get a little more precious? No one seems to like the pop any more because there's no time to get the house photo-shoot ready before the guest piles in. Someone dropping by unexpectedly is seen as an interruption to our carefully planned day, rather than a welcome escape from the drudgery of it all. Kids lives are so scheduled that play dates are a necessity in order to fit time with friends in.
Well, this week a mate popped in to see me and I nearly wept when she actually used the word 'pop'. I was snowed in with work and considering taking an ice pick to my head (metaphorical, I hope you'll be glad to hear) when she knocked at the door. I thought, "bloody random tree lopper salesperson", because the bloody random tree lopper salespeople are the only people who rock up unexpectedly to my door, dodging the overgrown trees on their way in.
I trudged to the door, frozen smile on my face (ice pick in hand) and… there she was.
"I was down the road and I thought I'd pop in," she said.
I'm not going to lie, my very first reaction was to keep that frozen smile on my face and tell her to call to arrange an appointment. But, of course, I didn't.
We had the most delightful afternoon and it melted my snowy heart. I needed that pop in and part of me knew that I've needed a pop in for a very long time indeed. A friend stopping by like that means life is not a to-do list, it's not something you need to plan the bajeezus out of. Life happens when you drop all those plans and embrace a friend who thought of you and unexpectedly decided to see you.
"Pop by again, often," I told her as we said her goodbyes.
"My door is always open too," she smiled, and meant it.
Three cheers for the pop, I say.
Are you grateful when someone pops in?
No matter what, there is always, always something to be grateful for. Each week an amazing group of bloggers and instagrammers link up their posts and images on what they are grateful for this week. Add a post or image of your own or just visit the links and meet others in this wonderful community!
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Monitoring Dynamic Interactions of Tumor Cells with Tissue and Immune Cells in a Lab-on-a-Chip
Conference Recording Dec 01, 2015
Peter Ertl
Austrian Institute of Technology
A complementary cell analysis method has been developed to assess the dynamic interactions of tumor cells with resident tissue and immune cells using optical light scattering and impedance spectroscopy to shed light on tumor cell behavior. The combination of electroanalytical and optical biosensing technologies integrated in a lab-on-a-chip allows for continuous, label-free and non-invasive probing of dynamic cell-to-cell interactions between adherent and non-adherent co-cultures, thus providing real-time insights into tumor cell responses under physiologically relevant conditions. While the study of adherent co-cultures is important for the understanding and suppression of tumor invasion, the analysis of tumor cell interactions with non-adherent immune cells plays a vital role in cancer immunotherapy research. For the first time the direct cell-to-cell interactions of tumor cells with bead-activated primary T cells were continuously assessed using an effector cell to target cell ratio of 10:1.
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Every one had the smeary look that glasses have if they have been wiped with a damp, and not too clean, cloth.
There was a smeary wetness on his fingers, which he wiped away on the side of his trousers.
Ms Galvez caught me staring at it and handed me a permission slip on smeary Xeroxed school letterhead.
Winnie's small, pointed face was haggard and smeary with tears.
In front of it a sagging woman with tight-drawn hair, and a baby bedraggled, smeary, glorious-eyed.
Care should be taken not to breathe on the glass, or a damp, smeary effect may result.
He had a passion for stealing sugarall the door knobs were smeary and sticky where his sugary hands had reached to open the doors.
Light was that gray ugliness that precedes the smeary glare of dawn on Venus.
He received interviewers, and wrote his poems on prescription blanks and smeary tatters.
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Commercial helicopter pilots cannot operate unsupervised without a CRM certificate, and for single pilot ops where "supervision" is not possible, that means no CRM, no flying!
The qualification lasts for three years, so even if you haven't completed your CPL training yet, it's worth doing. PPLs who want to learn more about the human factor and CRM are also welcome to attend for experience.
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Dr. Elizabeth Rozanski of Tufts University, treasurer for the Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society (left), presents Dr. Carol Reinero, 2012 president of the VCRS, with a plaque recognizing her contributions to the organization.
Dr. Jeff Bryan, associate professor of veterinary oncology at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, listens to a question from the audience following his presentation on the topic "Epigenetic contributions to lung disease," during the VCRS symposium.
The University of Missouri hosted the 2012 Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society's 30th Annual Symposium Oct. 22-25, at the Donald W. Reynolds Alumni Center. The VCRS is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for the discussion of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the respiratory system, and the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease in all animals. The theme for the 2012 symposium was Mucosal Immunity, Inflammation and the Lung.
Carol Reinero, DVM, PhD, an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, is the 2012 president of the VCRS and was responsible for organizing the conference.
"It was a wonderful opportunity for the University of Missouri to host this international conference and bring together the experts in the field of comparative respiratory medicine," Reinero said. "We had representation from eight countries and from all over the U.S. attending the symposium, and presentations of clinical and basic science respiratory research in mice, cats, dogs, sheep, cows, horses and humans. Our College of Veterinary Medicine has taken a strong lead in promoting the "One Health/One Medicine" initiative, and by hosting this 74conference, we again highlight our active international leadership in this arena."
Among the highlights of the symposium was a one-day laboratory on the use of flow cytometry in respiratory research applications presented by Peggy Just, research and development director at eBioscience, and Emily Zalamea, technical support manager at eBioscience. Flow cytometry is a technology routinely used in the diagnosis of health disorders, but that also has applications in research and clinical trials. The lab included an introduction to flow cytometry, a look at intracellular flow cytometry, apoptosis, or cell death, cross-reactivity for veterinary species and applications for the technology in veterinary research.
The scientific meeting also featured thematic presentations by international experts and presentations of oral and poster research abstracts by graduate students and other attendees. Presentations included a number of topics including, "Pulmonary mucosal immunology: The basis for designing vaccines to protect the respiratory tree," "Epigenetic contributions to lung disease," "Chronic respiratory inflammation, air pollution, and the role of epithelial cells," "CT imaging of inflammatory lung diseases in awake dogs and cats: What do we gain, what do we lose?" "Gamma herpes viruses and lung fibrosis: Lessons learned from equine herpes virus-5," "Innate immune responses of the perinatal lung and susceptibility to respiratory syncytial virus," "Bioinformatics of host-pathogen interactions: Linking data and phenomena," "New insights into stem cell modulation of airway inflammation in asthma," "Surprising connections between allergic asthma, immunity and breast cancer," and "Tyrosine kinase inhibitors as a treatment for allergic asthma."
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Oilers sneak past Lightning
Zack Stortini scored the game-winning goal as the Edmonton Oilers got past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Wednesday night at St. Pete Times Forum.
Edmonton won the game as +105 underdogs, while the five goals went UNDER the posted over/under (5.5).
Tom Gilbert and Dustin Penner potted the other markers for the Oilers. Jeff Deslauriers made 32 saves for the victory.
Martin St. Louis and Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning.


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Dr. Robert McMillan is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in total joint replacements of the hip and knee. He also provides general orthopaedic and trauma care. He has enjoyed teaching orthopaedic trainees and medical students his entire career.
Dr. McMillan feels being a physician gives him the privilege and opportunity to significantly help people. His orthopaedic career allows him to restore function and to return patients to a better, higher quality of life. In general, Dr. McMillan prefers non-surgical techniques so long as they effectively solve the patient's problem.
In providing care, Dr. McMillan treats patients with empathy and understanding. He seeks to enhance the body's own natural healing powers with a combination of conservative surgical and non-surgical treatments. His goal is to alleviate pain and restore function.
He enjoys golf, paddle tennis and fly fishing. These activities give Dr. McMillan added appreciation of the importance of healthy joints and helps fuel his determination to improve his patients' conditions.
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|Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods; Public Meeting
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| Please adopt regulations similar to Europe and other countries, which will ease the import of these products and assist the consumers. I am an individual consumer and would benefit from clear labels on the packages.
Please do not adopt the zero tolerance route, this would be too burdensome on manufacturers. Thank you.


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European Law
Have European Law Questions? Ask a Lawyer Now.
Is it not possible to open a company in Tortola for example which has lower TAX rate? It is also a TAX haven I believe?
My apologies, I would like to have a business in Europe but interested in registering a company elsewhere. I would be interested in registering the business in a TAX free country. I have been told Tortola is a good place to start. If I did register in Tortola would there be any complications for me if I were to out source my staff in France, Italy or England.
Thank you in advance
I'm happy to wait thank you. How long until I get a reply?
Thank you for your answer @Thegonnec, I cannot guarantee that I will source my personnel from France, my personnel are located all over the world, I have built a large database of staff through years in the industry, meaning I am asked to provide a person for a particular position which could be placed in the UK, EU country, Caribbean. How would I be TAXED? From which country? Perculiar question I believe.
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This will vary from one country to the other. If placed in a EU country, including the UK, all taxes, VAT, and social contributions would have to be paid in that country.
The problem I will be facing is that once the client has paid my fee for out sourcing my worker, I do not know who I am going to pay my TAX and VAT too? The employer will have to pay the TAXES and insurance for my out sourced staff member. I need to know who I will be paying for my fee received from the client? Can I have a company in Tortola for example and pay my TAXES and VAT there?
You would be requested to appoint a local tax representative which would guarantee local taxes and contributions are paid before any payment is transferred to a so-called tax-haven. Could you explain this a little clearer for me please :)
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Yikes! Trespasser Breaks Into Selena Gomez's New Home!
TMZ reports that last night Selena Gomez's brand new Calabasas home was broken into by a random guy.
Selena and a friend were hanging out when there was a knock at her door with a man asking for her, but the friend said she wasn't home.
After the police arrived, they discovered that the man had actually intruded and was in the house, but he has since been arrested.
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Jewish Wedding Video
The Chupah was held in the Central Synagogue in Bondi Junction
From the synagogue the wedding videographer went directly to the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney's CBD where there were fabulous flowers and food and speeches, interspersed with more ceremonies and hora dancing.
There is a strength of ceremony and a variety of ceremonies at Jewish weddings that ensures the couple are well married and their marriage celebrated thoroughly by all.
Our wedding videographer finished after a beautiful bridal waltz by Gavin and Nicole.


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Hey folks! Check out some DIY done with TLC at AphroChic's auction today. You can have three handmade aprons made by me for your own kitchen, with all proceeds going to help those in need in Haiti. Specify a color and I'll make sure they match your decor perfectly.
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|2478 Non-functional tooth contacts in controls and myogenous masticatory pain patients
C.Y. CHEN, S. PALLA, S. ERNI, M. SIEBER, and L.M. GALLO, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Clenching during wake time has been considered an etiological factor for myoarthropathies of the masticatory system (MAP), i.e. craniomandibular disorders, especially for the myogenous ones. The study investigated how often healthy controls and patients with myogenous masticatory pain have wake time non-functional tooth contacts and tested whether the frequency of non-functional tooth contacts differed between gender, between weekdays and weekends and whether it was influenced by stress levels.
The study was performed on 24 subjects: 15 controls and 9 patients. During 10 days the subjects were alerted by means of a radio wave-activated wrist-vibrator approximately every 20 minutes (08:00 AM to 10:00 PM) in order to report whether the teeth were in contact. Before data collection the subjects were trained to ascertain their ability to correctly feel if teeth were in contact or apart. Subjects also completed two stress assessment questionnaires, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the short version of the Trier Inventory for Assessment of Chronic Stress (TICS-S). Non-parametric statistical tests were performed and corrected according to Bonferroni in case of repeated tests.
Myogenous pain patients had significantly more often wake time non-functional tooth contacts than controls (median 34.9%, range 26.5 to 41.3% vs. 8.9%, range 2.3 to 14.3%, p < 0.001). In both groups the frequency of non-functional tooth contacts did not differ among the various week days. The patients had significantly higher PSS scores and reported to have experienced more stressful situations in the dimensions "social overload" and "overextended at work" than the controls, but in both groups the PSS and TICS-S scores did not correlate with the frequency of non-functional tooth contacts.
Myogenous pain patients had close to four times more non-functional tooth contacts during wake time than controls.
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A leftist rebel movement, the Red Brigades, claimed responsibility for shooting of Massimo D'Antona in 1999.
The arrest in Florence follows the detention of seven other suspects in raids across the country last week.
The Red Brigades have also admitted killing another man last year, who like Mr D'Antona, was working on controversial labour reforms.
Italian police said 44-year-old municipal employee Simone Boccacini was arrested late on Wednesday.
They said he had admitted belonging to the Red Brigades-Combatant Communist party - an offshoot of the 1980s version of the Red Brigades.
He has declared himself a "political prisoner".
The terror movement had been dormant for more than a decade after a series of attacks in the 1970s and 80s - the most notorious being the kidnap and murder of the former Prime Minister, Aldo Moro, in 1978.
Police say the breakthrough in the investigation and the raids followed the arrest earlier this year of an alleged Red Brigades member after a shoot-out on a Rome-Florence train.
The suspect, Nadia Desdemona Lioce, has been in custody since she was captured in March.


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Pic has set a new IMAX record with a worldwide total of more than $35 million drawn from the giant screen.
Not showing any sign of slowing down in selling tickets in its seventh week of release, summer blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" wonderfully continues to strive on the huge screens of IMAX theaters by setting up a new record that's likely hard to beat.
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced Wednesday, September 5, 2007 that the teen wizard's fantasy tale has become the highest grossing live-action Hollywood IMAX release with a worldwide IMAX total of over $35 million. Domestically, the flick has drawn more than $24 million on 91 IMAX screens while pulling in over $11 million on 52 IMAX screens internationally, making its worldwide gross stand at about $906 million to date.
"This film has become a huge summer hit for the IMAX� theatre network and Harry Potter fans have demonstrated that they love to experience their favorite wizard in IMAX 3D," IMAX Filmed Entertainment Chairman and President Greg Foster remarked. "Many of our locations throughout the worldwide IMAX network have reported box office records, thanks to a terrific film from talented filmmakers, exceptional marketing from Warner Bros. Pictures and the strong appeal of Hollywood movies presented in a truly unique and powerful way."
The third installment of "Harry Potter" franchise to be given a simultaneous release in conventional theaters and IMAX, "Phoenix" brings back most of the principal and key characters under the direction of British filmmaker David Yates. Massive cost was spent for the picture's set design with the Ministry of Magic's 200 foot-long hallway being the largest and most expensive one built for the Potter film series so far.


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Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Meg Mackay, Billy Philadelphia perform Cole Porter's songs and it is "De-Lovely"
Also see Richard's review of Immortal Heart
The New Conservatory Theatre Center is presenting Meg Mackay and Billy Philadelphia in their new cabaret show So in Love, which features the music and lyrics of Cole Porter. The review runs through August 1 at the NCTC, 25 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco.
The San Francisco Chronicle calls them "the royal couple of San Francisco Musical." "The incomparable couple has a balance focused act that never loses its way," says the Chronicle. I most certainly agree with both of these statements, since these two fine artists never fail to give the audience a highly professional performance. They are an awesome cabaret team.
Meg MacKay has been wowing audiences both here in the Bay Area and nationwide for many years. She is a supreme cabaret artist who not only has a special velvety voice but also great acting ability to put a song over. She has won seven Bay Area Theatre Critics Awards, several Dean Goodman awards and a Drama-Logue prize. Her talents have landed her lead roles in Gypsy, Call Me Madam and Dear World. Her acting abilities were shown in a wonderful production of Subject was Roses several years ago.
Billy Philadelphia, Meg's husband and accompanist, is one of the best pianists around, and he has a unique voice that borders on a Hoagy Carmichael style. His voice is somewhat raspy but very entertaining. His take on comic songs is top grade. This man tickles the keyboards like no other pianist in the bay area. He will soon be playing the famed Coconut Grove in Florida in his one man show Hoagy in November.
So In Love features 22 wonderful songs by the great master himself, Cole Porter. The couple have a diverse repertoire of Porter's words and music, ranging from the soft romantic well-known songs like "In the Still of the Night" and "Night and Day" sung so beautifully by Meg, to comic songs like "I Hate Men," "The Physician" and "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" with great gusto. Billy comes across as a great entertainer in the sublime "Tale of the Oyster" (originally Porter's title was "Tale of the Scampi" when he lived in Venice), Let's Fall in Love" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare."
Billy's arrangement of "I've Got You under My Skin" is outstanding, with a flowery piano opening with Billy playing counterpoint to Meg singing the main melody. It is lovely. Meg sings a very seldom heard Porter song called "Leader of a Big Time Band" that really catches the big swing band era of '40s and '50s. Meg also sings "Just One of Those Things" in a slow tempo that you very seldom hear from a singer.
As Billy Philadelphia said at the opening, "this is a cabaret act with no two drink minimum." Ninety minutes of smooth melodic moments keep the audience interested - it is gorgeous to hear.
So In Love will play through August 1 at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness off Market, San Francisco. For tickets call NCTC box office at 415-861-8972 or on line at www.nctcsf.org.
The next show in the In Concert series will be An Evening with Spencer Day, opening on August 14 through August 29th. NCTC first Pride Season 10 opens with the world premiere of Breakfast with Scot on August 6th. Albert Evans and Bill Russell's wonderful Pageant opens on September 18th.