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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Harvard sophomore Amanda Sobhy (Sea Cliff, N.Y.), the 2013 College Squash Association Women's Individual Champion, was named the 2013 Ivy League Player of the Year on Friday in balloting of the League's coaches.
Sobhy completed her second-straight perfect season earlier this month, downing Trinity freshman Kanzy El Defrawy for the individual crown to run her career record to a perfect 30-0. She has now gone 15-0 in consecutive seasons on her way to winning consecutive League Player of the Year honors. Last year, Sobhy was also the League's Rookie of the Year.
Earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors this season was Penn freshman Yan Xin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Playing in the No. 1 and 2 positions in her first collegiate season, Xin was 14-4 on the year, falling in the semifinal round of the individual championships to Sobhy.
Xin and Sobhy were both unanimous All-Ivy selections. Joining them on the 10-person All-Ivy squad were Cornell junior Jessenia Pacheco (Bronx, N.Y.) and sophomore Danielle Letourneau (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Harvard senior Laura Gemmell (Toronto) and sophomore Haley Mendez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Penn senior Nabilia Ariffin (Penang, Malaysia), Princeton senior Julie Cerullo (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and junior Elizabeth Eyre (Gladwyne, Pa.), and Yale junior Camilla Tomlinson (Derbyshire, United Kingdom).
Cerullo and Gemmell earned their fourth-consecutive All-Ivy
selections. Gemmell was a unanimous selection all four years,
earning League Player of the year honors in 2010 and 2011. Penn's
Ariffin was a unanimous All-Ivy selection for the third straight
year. Tomlinson also earned her third straight honor, while
Letourneau and Eyre earned their second straight.
*Amanda Sobhy, Harvard (So., Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
*Yan Xin, Penn (Fr., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
*Danielle Letourneau, Cornell (So., Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Jessenia Pacheco, Cornell (Jr., Bronx, N.Y.)
*Amanda Sobhy, Harvard (So., Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
Laura Gemmell, Harvard (Sr., Toronto)
Haley Mendez, Harvard (So., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*Nabilia Ariffin, Penn (Sr., Penang, Malaysia)
*Yan Xin, Penn (Fr., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
*Julie Cerullo, Princeton (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*Elizabeth Eyre, Princeton (Jr., Gladwyne, Pa.)
*Camilla Tomlinson, Yale (Jr., Derbyshire, United Kingdom)
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The Harry Potter star did not wave a wand to achieve her new look the
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Emma, 21, cut her hair short after wrapping the final movie in the boy wizard
series in a bid to distance herself from Hermione Granger, the character she
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But she got her long tresses back as she started working on The Bling Ring on
set in LA, California.
Despite the glorious sunshine, the British beauty was wrapped up in a padded
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The New Year has been officially rung in and resolutions have been made…or not. Let me tell you a story explaining why I don't make New Year's resolutions anymore.
I used to have an eating disorder—bulimia, to be precise. I make this still-painful confession because for many years, my New Year's resolution was to stop binging and purging. As a card-carrying member of the "Late Bloomer's" club, I didn't become bulimic until my early 20s. Why I succumbed to this dangerous and addictive behavior isn't all that interesting or unusual: I thought I was fat (I wasn't), I didn't feel I had control over many aspects of my life, and of course, like many young women, I had your garden-variety case of low self-esteem.
Initially, I just experimented with bulimia to see if it would help me lose a few pounds. And like anyone with an addictive personality, I assumed I could stop any time I wanted. Unfortunately for me, this didn't happen. It sounds bizarre to people with normal eating habits but the excitement of stuffing oneself with "forbidden" foods (donuts, ice-cream and cookies were favorites,) then getting rid of all the evidence - and the potential weight gain - can become too titillating to stop. In a way, it's much like the high of drugs or alcohol. Thus began my 15-year "experiment" with bulimia.
One of the hallmarks of an eating disorder is secrecy. I told no one—certainly not my parents, nor my sisters and friends, and not even my fiancé-then-husband (until later). I was embarrassed and ashamed, not to mention guilt-ridden. Before long, the secret had a life of its own. With the hindsight of years and perspective, I now see how bulimia took control of my entire life.
I was a young adult just entering the working world but my time and energies were not focused where they should have been. If I wasn't currently binging, I was often planning my next one. I was frequently exhausted from throwing up, my mood swinging from one extreme to another (thanks to the abrupt changes in bodily chemicals and electrolytes). I frequently worried about what all this vomiting was doing to my heart…and my teeth. Would my dentist notice a change in my tooth enamel? That's often a glaring sign. It's no wonder I was often irritable, couldn't concentrate, focus effectively on my career or maintain a healthy romantic relationship (although that did finally happen, thankfully).
Ironically, though I became bulimic to keep my weight in check, this backfired after a while because my metabolism no longer knew whether I was eating or not and I actually began to get heavier. Other tell-tale physical signs of my secret behavior included puffy cheeks and red eyes.
As time went on, there would be weeks and even several months when I would eat completely normally and I would tentatively start believing I was "cured." But inevitably, a bad day, unpleasant emotions or simple stress would trigger a relapse. Afterward, came the waves of guilt and shame which were getting worse the longer this went on. I was a reasonably intelligent, self-sufficient woman, right? But I couldn't seem to stop this on my own.
Each New Year's Eve I would vow that the next year would be different. Finally I'd had enough. It was very early in 2001 and I had just binged and purged for reasons I have forgotten. I was suddenly sick to death of myself and very bored with the whole bulimia thing. Without thinking about it too much, I randomly called a therapist in the San Antonio area where we were living at the time. She turned out to be wonderful and our client-counselor relationship clicked almost immediately. (I was lucky—this isn't always the case). I learned that "being bulimic" did not have to define me, nor was it even the crux of my problem. It was a symbol of much deeper, underlying "stuff" that I didn't want to face.
It was not an easy process but just talking about my huge secret to a "safe" person was a tremendous relief. We talked about a lot of things. and though it took time and effort, I gradually lost the desire to binge and purge. I saw the therapist for about six months before we had to move again. I was also pregnant with our first child at this point. My bulimic days were over at last.
Back to New Year's resolutions. I don't really make them anymore. The one I made back in 2001 was the biggest success I've ever had, so why would I try to compete with that?


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Kraepelin noticed that large doses of alcohol failed to produce the usual muscular lameness in subjects who were agitated.
The fusion has, however, been rejected by some—by Binswanger and Kraepelin, for instance.
Kraepelin treats stupors occurring in manic-depressive insanity as falling into two groups, the depressive and manic.
Dr. Kraepelin has been kind enough to send me one of the types.
Kraepelin asserts that mental disorders occur ten times as frequently in prison as in freedom.
Kraepelin and his pupils have contributed most extensively to our knowledge on this subject.
Some experiments of Smith, and others of Krz and Kraepelin have been directed toward the solution of this all-important question.
Kraepelin laid the foundations for systematic classification with his dementia prcox and manic-depressive groups.
The necessity of establishing the possibility of some stupors having a good prognosis has arisen from Kraepelin's work.
He first points out that Kraepelin's "Dementia prcox" includes much more than it should with its inevitably bad prognosis.
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Maybe Prince Harry was inspired after watching all that outdoor fun during the beach volleyball competition at the London Olympics.
He has gone from one giant party at the Olympics to a pool party in Las Vegas this weekend, according to multiple reports.
According to E! Online, the royal was spotted hanging out with friends at a Las Vegas pool party for the first time Saturday, where he nearly blended into the crowd as more attention was being paid to Jennifer Lopez at MGM Grand's Wet Republic.
Lifeline Live still hasn't seen photos of him poolside, but the shirtless prince was dressed in a red floral swim suit, sunglasses and a brimmed hat, reports People.com.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Kyle Fogg scored 21 points, Solomon Hill added 16 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 16 Arizona pulled away late to beat Ball State 73-63 on Sunday.
Jarrod Jones matched his career high with 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Cardinals, who in their season opener dominated the game until the Wildcats clamped on a tight defense in the second half.
Kevin Parrom, playing for the first time after being shot in the leg and arm during a trip home to New York City in September, sank a crucial 3-pointer to cap a 15-5 run that cut Ball State's lead to 47-46 with 12:07 remaining.
Arizona (3-0) outscored the Cardinals 22-8 over the final 6:40.
Parrom drew a standing ovation from the McKale Center capacity crowd when he entered the game early in the first half.
Jauwon Scaife added 14 and Jesse Berry 11 for Ball State. Freshman Nick Johnson scored 10 for Arizona.
Arizona dominated the game at the foul line, taking 30 more free throws than the visitors. The Wildcats were 31 of 43 to Ball State's 6 of 13.
The Wildcats used defense to get back in the game, drawing an offensive foul and forcing a five-second call on consecutive Ball State possessions after the Cardinals took a 42-31 lead on Jarrod Jones' rebound basket not quite two minutes into the second half.
The experienced Cardinals, with four starters back from a 19-13 season, boosted the lead to four on Jones' inside hook shot, but Perry sank a 3-pointer, then freshman Nick Johnson made both on a one-and-one to put Arizona up 56-55 with 6:07 to play, the Wildcats' first lead since the game's opening two minutes.
Hill's two free throws, followed by his 3-pointer from the corner boosted the lead to 61-55 with 2:37 remaining.
Ball State opened a 17-10 lead on Scaife's steal and breakaway layup. After Arizona cut it to 19-15, the Cardinals scored the next seven to go up 26-15 when Berry made one of two free thjrows with 4:49 to play. The turnover-plagued Wildcats went scoreless for just over five minutes during the Ball State run.
Arizona didn't get a field goal for nearly 5 1/2 minutes but crawled back into it at the free throw line. Fogg was fouled by Tyler Koch on a three-point attempt and made all three at the line to cut the lead to 26-20 with 3:53 left in the half.
Johnson made one of two free throws to cut it to 26-21, but the Cardinals, expected to contend in the Mid-American Conference, got consecutive 3s from Jones and Scaife in an 8-3 spurt that boosted the lead to 36-26 with 1 1/2 minutes left in the half. Jones' driving dunk just before the halftime buzzer gave Ball State a 38-29 lead at the break.
The Wildcats committed 10 first-half turnovers to just one for the Cardinals. In the second half, Ball State had eight turnovers to Arizona's three.
The teams met for the first time.
Arizona goes to New York to play St. John's in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on Thursday night. Ball State plays at Indiana State Friday night.


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Blown lead, controversial call send McKeesport to section loss
McKeesport was only six outs away from a statement win in its Section 3-AAAA debut at Franklin Regional.
Instead, all the Tigers walked out of Haymaker Park with Monday was an addition to their litany of bitter defeats.
McKeesport (1-3, 0-1) blew a three-run lead in the bottom of the sixth and saw the potential tying run waved off on a controversial call in the top of the seventh in a 6-5 loss to the Panthers.
"In hindsight, we gave one away," McKeesport coach Rich Satcho said. "Is it frustrating? Yes, because this is the best team I've had since I've been here. But we battled and did all the little things correctly except for one little error, and all we can do is shake this one off and get ready for our next game on Wednesday."
This one will be harder than most to put in the rearview mirror.
McKeesport exposed a mistake-prone Franklin Regional (5-1, 1-0) defense that committed six errors in the game — including five in the sixth inning that led to four runs and helped the Tigers take a 5-2 lead. But the Panthers' strength is their hitting, and they were finally able to get to senior starter Eddie Stockett in the bottom of the inning. They picked up two runs run on three consecutive hits, an intentional walk and a bases-loaded walk and watched Stockett leave the mound with the bases loaded on no outs for reliever Colton Joseph.
"The kids came up in the sixth inning and just had quality at-bats," Franklin Regional coach Bobby Sadler said. "They just looked for their pitches to drive and they got them. He pitched a heck of a game and kept our bats at bay and made us swing at pitches we didn't want to swing at."
Joseph came in with a two-ball count on Nick Munson and hit him to force in the tying run. Then, after a runner was picked off at third and Joseph appeared he could get out of the inning with the game tied, he allowed an RBI single to Danny McGrath that scored Munson with what turned out to be the winning run. McGrath was 3 for 4.
It's what happened in the top of the seventh, though, that had McKeesport players, coaches and fans shaking their heads.
With one out and Franklin Regional closer Nick DiDiano in, Joe Driscoll swung at a pitch in the dirt for strike three, but the ball fell at the feet of Panthers catcher Brandon Nania. Driscoll made a beeline for first as Nania stepped out onto the grass infield for a throw down to first to complete the strikeout. But Nania whipped the ball over Munson's head and down the right-field line into foul territory.
Driscoll kept running and slid safely into third when the throw from right field got away from Franklin Regional's Brett Myers and kicked toward the fence. Driscoll got up and headed for home, but just as he was about to touch the plate to tie the game, the home plate umpire stopped the play and called him out for running inside the baseline on the way to first.
"In all the years of baseball I've played at whatever level, I've never seen a call like that by an umpire," Satcho said. "When the catcher comes out after strike three and goes five steps into fair territory and air mails it, you just don't make that call. Especially at that time of the game, in the seventh inning, that's a tough call."
Satcho vehemently protested the call and even asked for an appeal from the first base umpire but to no avail. Instead of the tying run, the Tigers were saddled with their second out and, two batters later, the game was over.
"Obviously I don't have the angle where the kid was running," Sadler said. "All I saw was the ball go past first base, and I was screaming, 'Three, three, three,' and the umpire was trying to get everyone's attention. That's not my call. That's the umpire's call to make."


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The great Getty Museum is in a spot of bother, and the
Michael Brand is the man chosen to set things right. Dan Glaister
THE visitors throwing coins into the fountain at the Getty Centre, one of the richest art institutions in the world, seem oblivious to the crisis around them.
Tourists laze around the imposing courtyards, as interested in the views over Los Angeles and the Getty's blend of classical and modern architecture as they are in Rembrandt's portraits.
But the Getty Trust, which boasts a $US5 billion ($6.6 billion) endowment and $US4 billion in other assets, has had a tumultuous year, punctuated by resignations, falls in revenue, rumours of staff discontent and allegations of impropriety by senior executives.
A new director, the Australian Michael Brand, was appointed this week and will be trying to sort out the melee. He is fully aware of the difficulties that began last October when the director of the Getty Centre, Deborah Gribbon, resigned, citing unspecified differences with the trust's chief executive, Barry Munitz. Her interim replacement has also recently left.
Munitz has subsequently been accused of financial impropriety and Californian officials are investigating the institution to determine whether it has abused its charitable status. In addition, the Getty's head of antiquities, Marion True, faces trial in Italy this year on charges of conspiring to receive stolen goods. All allegations of impropriety by any staff have been denied.
Things have turned so sour that the Getty has employed an outside public relations consultant, Michael Sitrick. The Getty's in-house head of public relations resigned from her $300,000- a-year job this month.
Sitrick, whose clients have included Halle Berry and the Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles, was dubbed "the flack for when you're under attack" by Forbes magazine. It will be his job to protect Brand, a 47-year-old from a modest museum in Virginia who was once tipped to head the National Gallery of Australia. He will take over the director's job in January.
Asked about his concerns given the upheavals, claims of financial scandal and resignations, Brand appeared concerned only with the price of property in Los Angeles compared with Virginia.
Ultimately, because I am here, obviously my clear position is that I'm very positive," Brand told The New York Times. "One of the reasons why I've come to the Getty is that it is already a great museum. I'm not coming here saying that it needs to be saved or anything like that."
Hugh Davies, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego and a critic of Munitz's policies, heaped praised on the choice. "It's a brilliant appointment," said Davies, who has known Brand for five years.
"He's literally the best qualified museum director in the country and the fact that they managed to get him attests to the ongoing vitality of the Getty. He could really help the Getty return to its pre-eminent role as a collecting and exhibiting institution, where it has faltered."
Although it is unclear where Brand will take the mammoth institution, there are indications that he wishes to shift the Getty's gaze to the west and the south, and away from the traditional centres of world art to the east of Los Angeles.
At the announcement of his appointment, Munitz spoke of making the Getty a dynamic part of Los Angeles, an area with a majority Latino population. The Getty was also keen to trumpet Brand's prowess as a fund-raiser, pointing to the success he had in raising $US158million to expand the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
This would seem a strange qualification for the job of director of the cash-engorged Getty, but the museum, despite its riches, has seen revenues from its investments reduced, and its previous position as a giant dominating the world of art auctions has been eroded. Accordingly, it has reached out to the commercial sector and to private donors to help it out. "Wealthy and fortunate as the Getty may be," Brand told the Los Angeles Times, "it can't do everything it might want to."
This will come as a surprise to those who associate the Getty with lavish purchases.
Munitz is under scrutiny from Californian investigators, who are trying to determine whether his annual remuneration of $US1.2million fits with the trust's charitable status.
The perk of a Porsche Cayenne worth $US72,000 given to Munitz by the trust has also raised questions, particularly as the centre has retrenched staff.
Munitz's role in the 2002 sale of land owned by the Getty for $US700,000 less than its value is another matter being investigated.
The purchaser was the property developer Eli Broad, reputedly a friend of Munitz.
The US Government has also taken an interest in the stewardship of the Getty, the third-largest charitable foundation in the US. The US Senate finance committee has criticised the Getty Trust's failure to curb some of the extravagances.
In the past the Getty has denied the allegations of impropriety. This month, the trust issued a statement saying it would "fully co-operate" with the inquiry led by the California state attorney's office.
Davies thinks Brand will have the strength of character and the integrity to drag the Getty back to where many believe it should be - a shining example of the benefits of unbridled wealth, healthy altruism and a commitment to education and scholarship.
"There was discussion that they would try to find someone very senior who would bring stability for a couple of years, or they would find someone junior who would be easier to manage," Davies said.
He added: "Michael is strong. He is not someone who will be pushed around."
Brand's first test next year will come with the reopening of the Getty Villa in Malibu, the museum's original home, which has been closed for restoration.
It will house the trust's collection of antiquities, under the supervision of True, the curator who is facing charges in Italy.
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FLORENCE, S.C. -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he pays taxes "close to the 15% rate" and that most of his income comes from investments.
Romney made the comments after a town hall meeting here and the day after a contentious debate in Myrtle Beach. In that debate, Romney said he "probably" would release his income tax return in April if he is the GOP nominee.
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Romney's concession at the debate about releasing his tax returns comes after GOP rivals Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich -- along with the Democratic National Committee -- have pressed him for transparency on his taxes. Gingrich said he would release his tax returns Thursday.
Before he ran for elected office, Romney made a fortune as a venture capitalist. He has a net worth of $190 million to $250 million, according to his personal financial disclosure report.
The acknowledgment by Romney that he "overwhelmingly" makes much of his income from investments is significant because investment income is taxed at a lower rate than wages and salary.
The top federal tax rate for investments is 15%, while the top tax rate for wages is 35% on taxable income over $388,350. Wages are also subject to Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes.
At 15%, Romney's income tax rate would still be higher than the rate paid by most Americans.
The Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank, projects households making $50,000 to $75,000 will pay an average effective income tax rate of 5.7% this year. When payroll and other taxes are included, that same household would pay an average federal rate of 16.6%.
Romney said he made "a little bit of income" from sales of his book, No Apology, but gave that money away. He said he occasionally makes money from speeches but not much.
According to Romney's financial disclosure report, he made nine speeches from Feb. 26, 2010, to Feb. 20, 2011, and earned more than $362,000 in speaking fees.
"I know that if I'm the nominee people will want to see the most recent year," he said today about his income.
Newt Gingrich poked fun at Romney, saying he'll rename his flat tax-proposal after his rival since the former House speaker is calling for an optional flat rate of 15%.
Romney said he was surprised how "aggressive" Rick Santorum was about an ad by a pro-Romney "super PAC" that claimed the former Pennsylvania senator supported voting rights for violent offenders.
"I thought it was great to have him make it very clear he's somebody who thinks felons should be able to vote," Romney said.
He also addressed a super PAC ad released by comedian Stephen Colbert that refers to Romney as a serial killer.
"I haven't seen it, so I don't know if it is funny or not," he said. "Colbert is entitled to be a humorist ... hopefully it's funny."
(Contributing: Catalina Camia and the Associated Press)
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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Kurt Angle was recently a guest on 105.9 The Xin Pittsburgh and spoke about his contract status with TNA and possibly making the jump back to WWE.
Angle noted that his current TNA deal expires on September 21st and at that point he will have a decision to make.
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He has big decision, resign with TNA or retire. I'm sure the TNA contract will be for much less.
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Do you know how to make full use of your character –Shaman in world of warcraft? Well, there are lots of knowledge for you to learn. Shaman I always feel it is an important role in the game,most wow players like to choose it ,want to get a well performance and access to success in world of warcraft through the character.
If you want to take full use of Shaman,some guides and tips you must need to know. In some special wow spot, you need to know how to deal with ,get wow gold,healing and some other knacks. For example,Baleroc, the Gatekeeper.The experience This is pretty a good deal the healer check in the zone. It will analyze your capability to control your mana as well as your healing spell choices, and also testing your capability to check your own buffs and also to swap targets.
This is a single-target healing fight for every healer. There are lots of techniques which you can use to coordinate your group of healers, but I'll leave that up to Matt lower to tackle later on in Raid Rx. Instead, I'm planning to speak about how you can beat this fight as a restoration shaman, as it is arguably certainly one of our toughest fights to heal in this tier. The fundamental idea is that healers will be alternating between soakers in the raid and also the tanks on the boss.
Instinct would usually dictate which you use Healing Surge for quick stack building, however the truth is with Tidal Waves, Healing Wave is almost as quick and is a good deal far more cost-effective. Mana consumption is brutal in this fight because there isn't a good deal possibility to utilize Telluric Currents, and also you must conserve it any way you can. This is a outstanding way to conserve mana and keep building stacks. When your turn comes up to switch towards tank who has Baleroc's attention, do so quickly and be ready to pour on the healing.
Baleroc will place a buff on the tank called Blaze of Glory. This increases the tank's maximum wellness by 20% per stack but increases the quantity of damage the tank receives by 20%. It also causes Vital Flame to trigger whenever you cast a direct heal on the Blaze of Glory target. This is very important because when active, your healing finished will increase by 5% per stack of Vital Spark which you were in a position to obtain for 15 seconds. This is particularly very important when he casts Decimation Blade, which deals 90% in the target's maximum wellness as shadow damage.
Keep Earth force field on the tank to take benefit of Nature's Blessing, Riptide whenever it is up, and keep those GHW ready to go. Unleash Elements is also nice to provide an additional boost to your increasing heals. Use supervisor timers to check the timing on Decimation Blade. Try to time it to ensure that the your huge heal will land right after the spell goes off.The key is changing between the Torment soakers and also the tanks properly and quickly. Listen for the call to switch and be ready to stop-cast any spell you're in the middle of and swap targets immediately. issues to keep in thoughts through this fight.
Baleroc is by far the hardest healing experience in this tier so far, just by the sheer amount of all the issues you must watch and also the attention you must split between different tasks. Keeping your targets alive while producing sure you don't waste any of your mana ,at the same time obtain some items,like wow gold, weapons ,is of main importance.
In the difficult part , master the skills is the most important for a Shaman. Though it is difficult ,but it also can be defeat,do not worrry, you also can do it .Good luck!


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Hotel Accademia Milan
Antares Hotel Accademia has 66 rooms including 1 suite and 2 junior suites.
All rooms are soundproof and feature comfortable beds with orthopaedic mattresses.
The rooms of the 4-star hotel in Milan near FieraMilano in Rho and Fieramilanocity, feature all amenities such as mini bar, air conditioning , safe, direct dial telephone, LCD satellite TV, Pay TV.
Large tables, practical outlets for laptops and free fibre optic Wi -Fi Internet access, make Antares Hotel Accademia ideal for business stay as well.
All rooms have a marble bathroom with bath tub or shower and non-allergenic flooring made of fine wood.
All Antares Hotels offer room service at no extra charge from 7:00 am to midnight.
Antares Hotel Accademia
V.le Certosa, 68
20155 - Milano
Tel. +390239211122 | Fax +390233103878
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It looks more and more like incumbent Barbara Payne and former vice mayor Randy Shelton will return to the Galt City Council, with incumbent Tim Raboy tasting defeat after more than nine years on the council.
With all 17 precincts counted, Payne has 1,885 votes (22.3 percent), Shelton has 1,730 votes (20.4 percent) and Raboy has 1,383 votes (16.3 percent). Two seats were available in Tuesday's election.


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Newly contsructed hotel located in one building with big wellness center, cinema and restaurant. Wellness is good, several pools and saunas. Restaurant Pomodoro is very tasty and cheap (considering the class of the hotel).
god prize, god locatio, clean and good breakfast I wod like to control the heat of the room my self, when we arived the room was cold and the reseption had to turn of the aircondition. The frigerator in the room was warm not cold (minibar).
Very comfortable rooms, nice showers and bathrooms, good breakfast, friendly staff.
From the beginning it is necessary to finish all subquality work left by builders Then to open hotel Elementary numbers from a building dirt are not washed From the beginning it is necessary to finish all subquality work left by builders Then to open hotel Elementary numbers from a building dirt are not washed
Except finding the Hotel everything was excellent
Great location, lovely comfortable room with large bed. Tropical pool & sauna, turkish bath etc were excellent and included in the price. Very relaxing place to stop over on a long journey. Excellent breakfast with lots of choice.
The breakfast choices were very poor. Otherwise, it was quite a good deal.
It is very close to Vikolungo & Seravale-))) In general it is a pleasant quiet place, swimming pool could work longer hours though-))) in general it is a good hotel and we will be coming back next year again-)) Some stuff were not helpful at all. different day - different treat-))) Swimming pool should work longer if possible on weekends -)))
the room was good value for money and very clean and the furnishings very modern
the hotel is perfect, it woth all of the four stars, the room is clean and beautiful, the breakfast is very good, everything is fine, you can you some of the facilities of the wellness free of charge we just stopped here on the way to france, the only problem is that the hotel is in the middle of nowhere, so if you want to spend here a week and do not mind that you have to travel 100+ kms to see e.g. portofino that is ok, but otherwise you can only enjoy the wellness part, however we found a very good local pizzeria in the village of spinetta, cheap and very good pizza
Good value for money, clean and nice hotel near shopping area.
Excellent restaurant, menu prices good, restaurant staff very helpful and friendly, reception staff friendly and helpful. Room was clean. Better quality than usual Hotel. Nice large room with two large windows. Booked double room, when we got there, we got twin beds. Requested change but no double room available first night, and we decided to stay in the room provided for the next two nights. No comfortable chairs in the room to relax. Sky TV did not work well till we requested help.
This was a very nice hotel especially for the price
The reception and restaurant staff spoke good English and were very hospitable and helpful. The location was good, near the autostrada (but see next comment). The food was brilliant, especially the risotto - bellissimo! It was difficult to find, because when we entered the postcode on our satnav it took us to a deserted building in a village called Ossiminiano, just outside Alessandria. We had to stop and ask 3 different people for directions. It turned out that we had driven past it. If there had been a more prominent sign outside the hotel we wouldn't have had so much trouble.
Very Friendly staff Nothing
the food was very good, and the hotel was very comfortable.
Location of the hotel is great for a overnight stop since it's at stone throw from highway.Staff is extremely polite and helpful. Dinner was great as they use excellent raw material.Good value for money Room is...confortable and hotel offered me a bottle of wine too !!
staff extemely helpful and friendly, easy access off motorway, evening meal good but breakfast not so good but adequate, easy free parking
the courtesy of employees the hotel is next to the prison and is impossible to reach alessandria downtown without a car
Modern, clean rooms. Just off main autostrade, but despite that remarkably quiet. Friendly desk staff.
Spatious room, clean, friendly staff, excelent price at the time we were there, in november. A bit cold in the bathroom.
The only way to get internet access, they said, was in a double room for single use. Since I really needed it, it cost me in total 10 euro to get the normaly 5 euro internet access.
Relaxed, spacious, clean and comfortable, friendly and helpful
The room was comfortable and the people in reception were always helpful.
the people, the location, all very good. internet service was sketchy
The staff was terrific The location good The facilities updated and very clean Food for purchase was nearby We were very satisfied Breakfast could offer abit more variety for the health and diet conscious
The breakfast. This was not a four star hotel by any stretch of the imagination, and the cost was too much for the value received. Indeed, it cost as much as the excellent four star hotel in Genoa where we stayed the next night.
Staff were very pleasant and helpful, the room was clean and comfortable. Good position in the centre of town. Limited parking. Wifi only worked in the bar.
The staff were superb! The wireless access was inconsistent.
The rooms were beautiful and clean. There was a door that could separate the kids' part of the room from ours which made it convenient. We arrived at night and it was a bit slow at check-in.
Vicinity to Train Station & Bus Station, the staff of Hotel, especially the english speaking staff. nope, everything was just perfect
The excellent staff and the quality of construction and materials
Convenient location, easy to find from train station, friendly staff, quiet and comfortable room, nice breakfast.
Very friendly and helpful staff Bathroom not well heated
Best breakfast so far and included in the room cost. Staff friendly and helpful with maps and translation etc. Good Wi Fi access and nice lounge to rest weary legs. No cons all pluses
Great location, very clean rooms, friendly service
location an garage comfort and cleanliness
This is a very efficient and pleasant hotel. Also, the staff are friendly and helpful. One of the managers speaks good English.
good location, friendly staff
extremely helpful and friendly staff who can make excellent restaurant recommendations. hotel is quiet even though centrally located, being within 5min walking distance to main shopping area and the "best gelateria in the world"
Breakfast was good and plentiful with meats, cheese, fruit and brioches. Room was spacious and clean
The staff has shown me kindness.
Hospitable staff, covered (secure) garage which could also be booked.


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TheShipsList-L ArchivesArchiver > TheShipsList > 2008-09 > 1222636276
From: Sue Swiggum <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] Barnardo's Boys sent to Canada
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:11:16 -0300
In-Reply-To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Hi John,
Sure there is, you are in luck as there is also a "British Home Children"
Reel # Ship Name Shipping Line Special Group(s)
T-485 DOMINION (DOM) Dominion Line (J): Dr. Barnardo's party of boys
from London for Toronto & Winnipeg (304) with J. Golden 28 & girls for
Peterboro' (117) Mrs. Lloyd 38, Matron
Departure Information Arrival
Information Remarks
Liverpool, England 1905-08-03 Quebec, Que. 1905-08-12 / Montreal,
Que. Captain William L. Mendus; death at sea: American infant,
Gordon Cable on 1905-08-11 (mother, Maggie 34)
Canada online Passenger Lists
HINT: click on the image to enlarge, then hit the back button on your
browser to be able to advance forward to the next page or backward to the
previous page
Home Children (1869-1930)
Marj Kohli is away right now, but she would advise that there are also
Barnardo "after care" records available .... her webpages(s)
TheShipsList Website
At 09:34 PM 2008-09-28 +0100, John Barbrook wrote:
>Hi Listers
>Could anyone tell me please if there is an on-line passenger list for the SS
>Dominion in 1905.
>My wife's uncle - taken into care by Barnardo's in London in around 1903 was
>sent to Quebec, Canada on the SS Dominion on 3 August 1905.
>Many thanks
>John - Suffolk
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Welcome to My Personal Finance Journey! If you are new here, please read the "About" or "First-Time Visitor" pages to find out more about us. If you would like to receive free updates on articles like this by email, then sign up here or you can subscribe to the RSS feed. Also, check us out on Twitter or Facebook. Thanks for visiting! Keep on learning!
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Each week (even though I missed the past two weeks! – Oops!), the purpose of the Easy Like Sunday Morning Weekly Recap and Roundup series is the same – for me to be able to connect with you, the readers, on a more personal (non personal finance informational transmission only) level, encourage community, and also to give back to the other bloggers around the blogosphere who have mentioned My Personal Finance Journey throughout the past week.
As far as the theme goes, the title of the roundup gives it away. The roundup theme is named after the Lionel Richie song, Easy Like Sunday Morning (which I play once a week while putting this together), to remind us of the importance of slowing down at least once a week to take appreciation for that which transpired over the past few days.
So, without further ado, let's get started with this week's roundup!
Weekly Updates from Jacob's Personal Finance Journey and Life
- As far as my life in general, since Thanksgiving, time has seemed to fly by at warp speed (please excuse the Star Trek analogy).
- It seems like it was just yesterday that I was taking my Mom to the airport after she visited for Thanksgiving. And now, I am trying to finish up my last set of experiments before leaving next Friday to go home to Arkansas for Christmas. I am definitely looking forward to having some time back where I grew up.
- So far this December, the weather has been strangely warm. As such, I've been taking advantage of the mild weather to get some good long runs in. Several weeks ago, I decided that I'm going to attempt my first ever FULL marathon in March of 2012. I'm planning to start small with a new flat trail marathon race located just an hour East of where I live that has only been going on for one year. So, if I do terribly, I won't be too embarrassed in front of thousands of people.
- Generally, I like to try to get in a ski trip to Snowshoe, West Virginia in December before I leave for the winter break. However, the warm weather this year has delayed the snow-blowers from making large amounts of snow, causing only about 20% of the ski trails to be open so far. Because of this, I haven't yet gone skiing, but maybe today, I'll head over!
- Aside from running and itching to get out on the ski slopes, I have been staying busy attending the various Christmas/holiday parties hosted by various friends and groups I'm associated with.
- Below is a picture taken at a recent Young Professionals Hollywood Christmas party. They had all sorts of fun wigs and props that people could dress up in, so I decided to slap on the Michael Jackson gloves and Mit Jager hair! haha Enjoy!
- As far as my personal finances go, there have been two primary occurrences since the last roundup. These are discussed below:
- First, as mentioned in the last roundup, I had decided to open a self employed individual 401(k) account as a way to shelter some of my self-employed income from 2011 from the tax man.
- Shortly after the last roundup, I was able to successfully open and fund a Vanguard Individual 401(k). It felt great to get this done before we got too close to the holidays!
- Because Vanguard requires a $3,000 minimum to purchase most any of their index mutual funds, I had to do some major reshuffling of my tax savings, December home loan payment, and December day-job income to free up these extra funds.
- However, things should return to normal once January rolls around. However, I will need to figure out my strategy for how I'll contribute to my individual 401(k) account in 2012, since I now have more options for where I can invest any excess funds I have (home loan, Roth IRA, and now, a self-employed 401(k)).
- Second, in the past few weeks since Thanksgiving, (like many people) I have devoted a moderate amount of funds to buying Christmas presents for my family and friends.
- I didn't buy anything overly extravagant and stayed well within budget, but the purchases definitely add up.
- As such, I think It's important to remember around this time of year that only gifts that one can afford should be purchased. You're under no obligation to give expensive gifts, so you should never go in to credit card debt simply over buying people presents.
|My girlfriend and I at the Young Professionals Hollywood Xmas Party Last Week. We're having some fun dressing up with the props at the photo-booth at the party! Don't I look good as a blonde?
My Favorite 10 Posts of the Past Week
If you're interested in submitting an article for consideration/inclusion to this roundup, just email me by clicking here. Since I'm only 1 guy without a time-machine to give me unlimited time each day, sometimes I miss some really good articles in the blogosphere, and it's good to be notified of them directly.
Guest Posts from Personal Finance Bloggers on My Personal Finance Journey
Over the past week, there was one guest post here at My Personal Finance Journey.
Rob Berger, founder of Dough Roller, posted about, "How to Ignore Market Volatility" Thanks so much Rob for the post! It was great to hear the strategies you use to keep the market ups and downs from adversely affecting your investing strategy.
If you would like to guest post on my site, please click here to read more details about how to kick off the guest posting process. I'd love to hear from you!
Blasts From the Past
For the first 6 months after I started this blog, I pretty much "blogged in a cave." What I mean by this is that I cranked out over 200 very good blog articles in this time period, but since I didn't know any better, I didn't reach out to other bloggers, get involved with the online community through commenting on other sites, or do any kind of site promotion at all. As you can imagine, some of the articles written during this time period didn't get the attention that I think they deserved corresponding to the content contained.
The Blast from the Past section will feature one old My Personal Finance Journey article each week that I feel is high quality, but was published prior to my blog having any sort of real readership. This week's article is listed below:
Beer – Bottled vs. Canned, Wine – Corks vs. Screw-Top – Which Are Better? – This post analyzes the somewhat controversial topic of whether or not the taste/quality of beer and wine is better when it is bottled vs. canned or packaged with a cork vs. a screw top, respectively. In an effort to seek an answer to these outstanding questions, I examine some of the research and studies that are available. Take a peek at this article – the answers might surprise you!
Personal Finance "Mad Props" of the Week Award
Every once in a while, when I'm reading an article or site in the personal finance blogosphere, I'll be so impressed in hearing about what a person did or wrote about, that all I can say to myself is WOW! This section of the roundup will serve as a running "home" for recognizing outstanding achievement.
If you know of someone in the PF blogging world that is really doing amazing things, feel free to send me an email for consideration in future roundups.
- My Money Blog is giving away $5,000 cash and 2 iPads until December 21st.
- Free From Broke is giving away a $50 Amex Gift Card until December 19th.
- Mom's Plans is giving away a $50 Starbucks gift card until December 19th.
- Finance Fox is giving away $500 in total prizes until December 18th.
- Dr. Stock is giving away a $25 Amazon gift card until December 24th.
- Invest it Wisely is giving away $300 until December 25th, with half going to blog readers and the other half going to a Canadian charity.
- Your Finances Simplified is giving away $50 cash via PayPal until December 19th.
- Budgeting in the Fun Stuff is giving away $200 in to readers and charity until December 19th.
- Sustainable Personal Finance is giving away over $1200 in cash and tech gadget prizes for their 1 year blogoversity until December 19th (I'm sponsoring one of their prizes!).
- The Frugal Toad is giving away $75 via PayPal or Amazon gift card until December 21st.
- Thirty Six Months is giving away $50 via PayPal or Amazon gift card until December 19th.
- Live Real, Now is giving away over $500 in cash and prizes until December 23rd.
- Jeff at Good Financial Cents is giving away a Nook, Kindle Fire, and an iPad 2 until December 18th (today!).
- Net Worth Project is giving away $50 cash until December 30th.
If you're hosting a giveaway and it's not listed above, please send me an email to let me know, and I'll get it included in next week's roundup!
Blog Carnivals Featuring My Personal Finance Journey Articles
Top 10 Referring Sites to My Personal Finance Journey This Past Week
- Free Money Finance
- Yakezie
- Carnival of Personal Finance
- Wise Bread
- Financially Consumed
- So Over Debt
- Punch Debt in the Face
- Tight Fisted Miser
- Giveaways Are Sexy
- Wealth Informatics
Top 5 My Personal Finance Journey Commenters From the Past Week
- Miss T @ Prairie Eco Thrifter.
- Jon @ Free Money Wisdom.
- Evolving PF.
- Net Worth Project.
- Smart Family Finance
Best Reader Submitted Question From the Past Week
My Other Sites
However, I have several other domain names purchased, and I am currently learning WordPress Self-Hosted to get these sites live as soon as time allows! I'll be sure to keep you all updated on progress.
Well, that wraps up this week! If you have any suggestions or recommendations for things you'd like to see in this weekly roundup, just let me know by sending me an email!
As always, thanks to all the readers for creating such a great community here at My Personal Finance Journey. Your interaction is what keeps me going on this blog!
Until next time – Jacob


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Enterprise Resource Planning is a business management system that integrates all data of the business including planning, manufacturing, marketing and sales. It tries to combine all functions and departments across a company into a single computer system that can give out particular needs of all those different departments of the company.
Typically, an organization wants to implement ERP software to line up the business objectives with latest technology solutions, to improve the confidence of customer and stakeholder as well as to optimally utilize assets and resources of the organization. There are many benefits of ERP software that is the reason why lots of companies choose Enterprise Resource Planning software.
This software initiates the improvement of its business processes efficiency. Good Enterprise Resource Planning software helps you to get transparency and availability of data through all business activities.
This software provides right information to the right people and at the right time for efficient decision making. The decision would be based on correct information that will give positive result and raise productivity. Enterprise Resource Planning software helps you to optimize the management of human resources and assets as well as also improve financial management.
There are lots of other benefits of ERP software. These benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning software are listed here:
1.Integrated Information: The main benefit of ERP software is integration. Enterprise Resource Planning software helps in reducing operational costs by coordinating different departments of an organization. The main idea behind ERP software is to manage accuracy as well as redundancy of information and data entry. This centralized working system also aspires to reduce help desk support as well as marketing cost. Additionally, this real time software also has the abilities of interfacing internal and external entities.
2. Better Decision-Making: ERP software enhances routine management activities. It supports strategic planning also that describes objectives for the business. As it has better data accessibility, top management can also make use of this software to make more effective and better decisions.
3. Easy Reporting: ERP software improves and customize reporting as well as provide simple technique of generating reports. With better access to information you can make and control reports anytime you want to.
4. Easy Data Accessibility: Enterprise Resource Planning software enables you to access real time data and enhance self-service of vital information. Many ERP vendors are also providing mobile functionalities so that you can always stay connected and well-informed about your business processes and functions.
5. Increased Security: the benefits of ERP software include increased security. ERP system not only increases data security and integrity but also improves the data restrictions, allowing you to keep company data safe and secure.
6. Cost Reduction: ERP software can integrate costs, revenue and profits information. Its capability to decrease cost can be greatly improved if the data that is being captured is evaluated and analyzed properly.
7. Better Communication: Another benefit of ERP software is that it enhances communication between various departments within an organization.
8. User Friendliness: ERP software is robust and user-friendly that easily eradicates problems without overrun data tables. In addition, non-technical people can easily access information or data using ERP software.
All of these are key benefits of ERP software. There are lots of other benefits of ERP software.


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Bank customers are being denied access to their cash as technical problems hit the transfer of former Alliance & Leicester customer accounts to Santander.
Listeners have been telling Money Box that problems have been taking, in some cases, weeks to resolve. To make matters worse, customers say Santander has not been explaining why they are being locked out of their online accounts.
Santander, which bought A&L in 2008, insists that the majority of the five million customers affected, have had their account details transferred with no major problems.
The programme is joined by: Guy Anker, of Money Saving Expert and also by Ralph Silva, banking analyst at SRN.
Related information:
Action against unofficial websites
Over the past few months, Money Box has been reporting about websites which charge for access to free government services such as child benefit claims, visa applications and European Health Insurance cards.
Now the Office of Fair Trading has taken action against a number of websites offering to help you apply for a European Health Insurance Card - or EHIC - for a fee. The card gives UK citizens free or cheap healthcare in the EU - and it is free if you get it direct from the official NHS website.
While not doing anything illegal, the OFT found that the sites had misled customers into believing they were providing an official service.
The OFT's legal director, Jason Freeman, talks to the programme.
All that glitters is not gold?
Poor stock market performance and low interest rates have encouraged investors to look at commodities for a good return.
Since the start of 2007 the FTSE is down 20% but the price of gold has doubled - a statistic that caught the attention of Money Box listener Graham Long.
So Money Box fixed it for Graham to meet three investment experts to talk about gold's future prospects - Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management, David Kuo from the financial website The Motley Fool and John Stepek, editor of MoneyWeek.
Over the summer there has been a steady stream of Nationwide customers contacting Money Box complaining about the bank's decision to start charging for cash withdrawals for those using debit cards at ATM machines in Europe.
From November the bank will start making a commission charge of 2% plus a £1 flat fee.
Nationwide says it's made the change to the Flex Account because it was bringing disproportionate benefits to only a tiny minority of its members and insists that its rate is still competitive.
Andrew Hagger, from the financial website Money Net compares the rates for making cash withdrawals from ATMs in Europe.
Student loans interest rates
People with student loans will start paying interest on the amount they owe for the first time in a year.
More than 3.5m student loans have not been accruing any interest because rates are linked to the Retail Prices Index, which last year went into the negative - resulting in a 0% interest rate on such loans.
Some former students lucky enough to have spare cash found it made better financial sense to put the money into a savings account rather than pay off the loan early.
But what's the situation now?
Reporter Charlotte McDonald and Money Net's Andrew Hagger look into the issue.
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ACM, USACM Statements on Draft Strategic Plan for National Cybersecurity Education Initiative
For Immediate Release
October 5, 2011
Statements from ACM and USACM representatives on comments submitted to the National Institute of Standards and Technology on its draft strategic plan for NICE
The following statement comes from Dr. Robert Schnabel, chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Education Policy Committee and dean of the School of Informatics at Indiana University.
"ACM and USACM applaud the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) strategic plan for clearly highlighting the need for a stronger cybersecurity workforce and an education pipeline that supports it. We are pleased to see that numerous recommendations in the NICE strategy align with many projects ACM is actively undertaking to improve computing education, and we look forward to seeing the eventual implementation of NICE.
"As NIST continues to revise the plan, we recommend that the initiative include both education and training as fundamental elements of its strategy. While training of professionals once in their jobs is certainly important, ensuring we have an educated computing and cybersecurity workforce –whether through four year institutions or community colleges—is critical to the success of this initiative. Both are necessary for providing our future workforce with the skills and knowledge they will need to successfully manage the complex problems of the innovation economy.
"When strategizing about cybersecurity education, it is important to note the connection to K-12 computer science education. Adequate K-12 computer science education provides the foundation for the larger and stronger workforce required for properly addressing cybersecurity threats, and overcoming the current crisis in K-12 computer science education –including lack of standards and teacher certification in the states—will increase participation in college and university level computer science education and will certainly improve cybersecurity in the future."
The following statement comes from Dr. Eugene H. Spafford, USACM Chair and Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University.
"Licensing professionals should provide confidence in that person's ability to successfully contribute to and succeed in the IT workforce. Our assessments, however, have shown that the body of knowledge in cybersecurity is not yet developed enough nor is the profession well-defined to the extent that licensing is warranted. Thus, the NICE strategy should not promote that as a solution.
"USACM also recommends that privacy, security and safety should all be closely linked throughout the NICE strategy itself. It's important that the public understand the connections among these properties and how they must support each other, as security does not guarantee privacy nor does it promise safety.
"In addition, as cyber infrastructure crosses international borders, the strategy must recognize the need for international collaboration."
ABOUT ACM and USACM
With 100,000+ members, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. The ACM U.S. Public Policy Council (USACM) serves as the focal point for ACM's interaction with U.S. government organizations, the computing community, and the U.S. public in all matters of U.S. public policy related to information technology.
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hakuna matata.
Good things happen to good people.
(I am interested in many things, just like a normal person is, good music, good company, good food, sports, books, movies and nothing too extreme.)
These were my intrests a year ago. Well my new intrests are still good people, laughter, music, instead of good food i enjoy now healthy food, i love having an active way of life, yoga, meditation, and extreme is something that i found missing in my life so i am making up for the time we didn't get along.
- books
- dining
- yoga
- meditation
- movies
- music
- sports
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Hitching threw Poland in the back of the truck, as cargo ;) around 1000 km. That was awesome, hanging around in my hammock. Good memories.
Countries I've Visited
Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Thailand
Countries I've Lived In
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My family and my friends mean everything to me. They've been there for me no matter what, and I do my best to do the same.
I like to write. Since I was a small child, I've been writing stories. I used to draw comics as well, but in the end, I knew my real passion was in the story, rather than the art. Not that it isn't important, I just wasn't very good at drawing.
My ambition is to be a filmmaker. Like I said, I love to write stories, and what is a movie, but a 90-180 minute story? I have so many stories, whether from high school, or now, or even stuff I've made up, and I'd love to see them be played out on a screen and shared with the world. I've just finished my first screenplay, and am excited to shoot a movie soon.
This is who I am. You can either take it or leave it, it really doesn't matter to me, because I don't change for anyone but myself. I used to. I was young, I was dumb. I was foolish enough to believe that I needed to change to stay in a relationship, but not anymore.
I am funny, creative, and sweet. Or at least I like to think that I'm funny. Everyone's sense of humor is different.
I decided a while back that I wasn't interested in wasting my life or my time. It may not be precious to anyone else, but I only get to live once, so I'd like to spend my time either trying to be responsible or having fun. I don't want to be bored.
I wrote a book once. I was really proud of it, until I realized it was terrible. Seriously, it's literally 100 pages of dialogue with plot points randomly inserted here and there. Now I'm more proud of the idea that I wrote a novel than the novel itself. I adapted it into a screenplay and liked it a lot better. These days, I've been trying to raise up enough money to actually make it. It's slow going, but it's moving along. If you want to help, that would be awesome and you should let me know!
Otherwise? Not too much. Hanging out with friends, having fun. Sure, my life has its low points, but doesn't everybody have those moments? For the most part, I enjoy it.
I used to write touching, sad short stories, then worked a little bit with detached and emotionless characters.
I guess it was kind of a dark period.
Now I dabble with comedy, though it tends to turn into dramas after a while. I try to get a feel for different genres though. I'm outlining an action movie these days.
When I have the time, I try to further my goal of becoming a filmmaker by writing screenplays. I've finished one, and always seem to have several more floating around in my head.
I also have a decent collection of comic books and graphic novels. Scott Pilgrim, Sin City, Y: The Last Man. Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth and Garth Ennis's The Boys are two of my favorites. And if course a slew of Batman, Iron Man and others.
As for movies, that list can go on for days. As I've stated earlier, I aspire to be a filmmaker, so I watch a lot of movies. My all time favorite will always be Clerks, because it inspired me to be a filmmaker. It was a real, "If that's a movie, I could make one too," kind of moment. I try to watch the movies that you'd expect to be at the Oscars, like Milk or Slumdog Millionaire, but I also like to have a good time going to the theater, seeing stuff like Spider-Man or The Avengers. I'm not wholly pretentious, I'll watch a cheesy action movie like The Expendables. The best movie I've seen this year (besides the obvious The Dark Knight Rises) is Moonrise Kingdom. A few of my favorite movies off the top of my head would be The Royal Tenenbaums, Brick, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Empire Records.
I love music, unless it's country or rap. You would think, coming from Texas, country is all I listen to, but I absolutely hate it, it's all so stereotypical. Cowboys, soldiers, drinking, horses, I'd like to hear a country song that has nothing to do with any of those. And rap has never been music to me, it's only been noise. Occasionally though, I'll find a song that I find a little catchy, but it's rare.
I've been on an electronic kick ever since I watched Drive. I've purchased quite a bit of Kavinsky, College, and Chromatics lately. Other favorites would be Green Day, Jack's Mannequin, and Andrew W.K. I also enjoy 80s music from all genres, mostly pop and New Wave, and I've found I really enjoy 50s rock and roll. Other stations in my Pandora are devoted to opera, contemporary jazz, and classical, for when the mood strikes. I like to have a variety.
And finally food. Well, I can't lie and say I eat healthy. I try to avoid vegetables if I can. I mean, I'll eat them, they are good for me, but if given the choice? A big fat meh. I love junk food. I can't get enough of it. I used to have two hot pockets and a vanilla Coke for lunch every day, but I haven't been on that diet in years. I signed up for a gym membership though. I plan to be thin again eventually.
I am also a huge fan of Leona Lewis. I have both her albums.
I like talking about my dreams. I'm not really the type to ask what they mean, they just make me laugh.
Message me if you think we'll connect, even just as friends. I can always use new friends. Message me if you're chatty like I am, and you'll talk about yourself freely, openly, and often, because that's what I do. I like to talk, and the topic I know the most about is myself, so I get lost telling old stories often.
Message me if you like to read. Tell me what you read, why you read it. Message me if you're a fan of comics, or at least open to reading a few. I've got some really good ones you might enjoy.
Message me if you're a writer. I love talking to writers. I like finding out what they write about, what inspires them. Who knows, one day we might collaborate on a project.
Message me if you like video games, or at least don't hate them and won't get mad at me for playing them, because I do, and most likely always will.
Message me if you can act, or you're looking to get into some area of the film business. I'm still raising funds, but it will be good to know people who are ready to help when the time comes.
It should be noted that these are not requirements for you to message me. I'd say the first is the only one you would want to actually follow, otherwise, you'd be wasting your time. I'll make it easier on you. Did you read all of this? Did you find it interesting? Do you think I'm kind of an asshole, but in a charming way (because that's what I was totally going for)? Tell me. Click the button, send me a message, we'll chat.


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Charles Allen Large, 56 passed away February 13, 2014 at the Bailey Hospice Center in St. Augustine, Florida following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Charlie was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 18, 1957 to parents Walter and Kathleen Large. Charlie grew up in Aurora, Ohio and graduated from Aurora High School. He was the owner of Automotive Service Center in Ravenna since 2002 and recently sold to his longtime employee. His lifelong passion for Harley Davidson bikes and classic cars could be seen each day of his life.
Charlie is survived by his sisters: Helen (David) Smith, Martha Jo (Steve) Czirok, Kathy (Paul) Kovach, Karen (John) Jagusch and his brother Larry (Carol) Large and their extended family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Kathleen Large.
A Celebration of Charlie's life will be held at 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Wood-Kortright-Borkoski Funeral Home, 703 E. Main St. Ravenna.
Condolences and memories may be shared at www.Wood-Kortright-Borkoski.com
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the Bailey Family Center for Caring Community Hospice, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32257.
(Wood-Kortright-Borkoski 330-296-6436, RC 3-28-14)
To the Large family: This is Kim Kozsey in Florida. I was able to talk to Charlie several times last year, I called him to find your whole family and see that your all well. I am sorry to hear about Charlie passing I was not aware of his health conditions. I would like to keep in contact with everyone so I will keep in touch and periodically leave a message. Your all in my thoughts and prayers, may you be well and God be with you. I can be reached at (239) 240-3047.


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Best Of :: Shopping & Services
New York City has The Strand, Portland has Powell's, the Internet has Alibris.com, and Dallas has Half Price Books. It's as simple as that and has been since 1972, when Ken Gjemre and Pat Anderson stocked a converted Laundromat with some 2,000 books from their personal libraries and started the place. Thirty-two years later there are some 80 stores in 13 states, but we're betting none is as essential to its community as the Northwest Highway flagship is to Dallas; without this place, trust us, Dallas would be as culturally barren as Los Angeles. The recent addition of the Penguin collection, consisting of thousands of Brit paperbacks costing around eight bucks a pop, has only made us love this place that much more, if such a thing were possible. One tip, though: Never go here looking for something too specific, because odds are you'll come out disappointed; happens to us every other week, which doesn't stop us from going anyway. Just go to browse, and then scour every nook and cranny and corner, because you'll walk away with something you didn't know you needed but couldn't imagine living without.
Readers' Pick
Half Price Books
The new Sam Moon is only a stumble away from the old Sam Moon on Harry Hines Boulevard, but the larger parking area feels like a whole new world. The crowds are still crazy, and the patrons are still overly aggressive, but with more space, there's less a chance of injury. Who are we kidding, though? They could move Sam Moon to an un-air-conditioned warehouse in the bowels of the suburbs, and we'd still make the jaunt for the shiny baubles and "designer-inspired" handbags. We blame it on the cheap, sparkly chandelier earrings; we swear they hypnotize us.
We've seen the movie High Fidelity. Even thought about reading the book once. So we get the whole music-clerk snob thing. But it doesn't impress us. Not even a little bit. That's why we shop at CD Source in the Old Town shopping center. These folks know music, and their eclectic stock is often surprising. But by no means are these music clerks snobs. They know that people have different tastes, and they cater to everyone without prejudice. So we bought an Ashlee Simpson CD. Sue us. But even if the folks at CD Source looked down their noses at our poor taste in music and robbed us of our guilt-free shopping, we'd probably still go there. The prices are low, the new arrivals section always has something we want and their buy-back rates are pretty decent, too.
Readers' Pick
CD World
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A man, at least once in his life, needs to go Tom Wolfe, take the money he saved for the kids' education and buy himself a killer suit. The best place to shop is at Neiman Marcus on Main Street in downtown. There he'll find Oxxford, Zegna, Armani, Hickey Freeman, Paul Smith and Brioni suits. And he'll find them in bulk, racks upon wonderfully tailored racks of clothing--as well as made-for-measure fabrics in the store, which result in still more clothing options. Neiman's is seldom busy during the weekday. Yet the sales associates do not meddle with a man's browsing habits. They answer questions when needed, sure, but then return to their spaces, and the browsing continues. Suits start at $900 and can run upward of $3,000. Tuxedos there can go for more than $4,000. Belts, ties, shoes, all the other accessories that accommodate a man looking great--they're available, too. Plus, a man can get a shave at Neiman Marcus, so there's no way he's leaving ugly, which leaves only one thing to do: strut.
For years (and years and years), comic-book lovers were pretty much S.O.L. when it came to the convention scene. They were almost always second-rate affairs that brought in third-rate talent. But then last year, Wizard magazine finally decided to bring its mammoth affair down south. There were so many booths packed into the Arlington Convention Center--bursting with toys and videos and original art and T-shirts and so many other things we could scarcely afford but bought anyway--that we got lost. Twice. Even though we had a map. And everywhere we looked, there was a writer or artist from Marvel or DC. Jim Lee, the artist who revived a flagging Batman franchise. Joe Quesada, who, as editor in chief at Marvel, revived a flagging company. Filmmaker and comics scribe Kevin Smith, whose appearance in town prompted at least 30 chubby gentlemen to dress themselves as Silent Bob, the character Smith has played in most of his films. It. Was. Awesome. Best part is, it looks like it's becoming an annual event: The second installment of Wizard World Texas is coming in November.
Though he's never let us paint his toenails, our boyfriend has submitted to some of our tamer grooming requests--i.e., "Let me pluck your eyebrows, sweetie." He probably didn't feel very manly as we fluttered around with our cold wax and tiny tweezers, bent on reshaping his brow growth. For men who are not quite as patient or just prefer to put themselves in the hands of professionals, Aqua Spa offers a "men only" night the last Wednesday of every month, where guys can indulge in massage, waxing, facials and other spa services without having to worry about disapproving looks from over-tanned trophy wives. If he still balks at a buttocks waxing (yes, they offer that), tell him, "That's OK, I'll just let my body hair grow out, too."


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Unilever's Lipton tea brand announces US launch of 'Be More Tea' ad campaign, which will kick off with 60-second TV spot during Academy Awards featuring Muppets as they prepare for their upcoming movie 'Muppets Most Wanted'
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey
February 26, 2014
(press release)
– New global campaign makes U.S. debut with commercial starring the Muppets
Lipton® revealed plans for the launch of its "Be More Tea™ campaign," a new global brand positioning encouraging people to snap out of their routines and to embrace each day with a more present, playful and thoughtful mindset. The campaign will kick off with a 60-second spot to air during the Academy Awards featuring the Muppets as they prepare for their upcoming movie "Muppets Most Wanted."
"We live in a busy world. It's easy to slip into a routine with our heads down, moving from one place or obligation to the next. Lipton wants to inspire consumers to 'look up', take in all that life has to offer and enjoy what you may have otherwise missed," said Alfie Vivian, vice president of refreshments for Unilever. "This is what 'Be More Tea' means to Lipton and the philosophy we will bring to life in our new national ad campaign starring the Muppets."
While launching in the U.S., the "Be More Tea" campaign marks the first time the iconic brand has introduced one global positioning worldwide.
The new ad featuring the Muppets will air for the first time on TV during the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2. It highlights the essence of the "Be More Tea" spirit with the playfulness, fun and irreverence of the Muppets. The ad was created and produced by adam&eveDDB, London.
"Making movies and dating Miss Piggy can be stressful – especially the dating part. But I always try to stay cool and look on the bright side," said Kermit the Frog. "That's what this Lipton campaign is all about. In a world filled with high-stress wild-in-the-street types like Animal, you have to take time to enjoy life and 'Be More Tea.'"
Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted," opens nationwide March 21.
To learn more about Lipton or to view the ad, visit Lipton's YouTube or Facebook pages.
About Lipton Tea
With more than 100 years of experience, Lipton is one of the world's great refreshment brands, with tea-based drinks including leaf tea, infusions, and ready-to-drink iced tea. For more information on Lipton, please visit http://www.Facebook.com/Lipton, http://www.Facebook.com/LiptonIcedTea or LiptonTea.com.
About Unilever United States, Inc.
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in more than 190 countries. Working to create a better future every day, we help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. In the United States, the portfolio includes brand icons such as: Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy, Consort For Men, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, Fruttare, Good Humor, Hellmann's, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!, Just for Me!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton, Magnum, Motions, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond's, Popsicle, Promise, Q-tips, Ragú, Simple, Slim-Fast, St. Ives, Suave, TIGI, TONI&GUY Hair Meet Wardrobe, TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies.
Our ambition is to double the size of our business, while reducing our overall environmental footprint (including sourcing, consumer use and disposal) and increasing our positive social impact. We are committed to helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being, sourcing all our agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2020, and decoupling our growth from our environmental impact. Supporting our three big goals, we have defined seven pillars, underpinned by targets encompassing social, environmental and economic areas. See more on the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan at http://www.unileverusa.com/sustainable-living/.
Unilever employs approximately 10,000 people in the United States – generating nearly $9 billion in sales in 2013. For more information, visit www.unileverusa.com.
About Disney's "The Muppets Most Wanted"
Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted" takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe's most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon and Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard. Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted" is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John G. Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, "Muppets Most Wanted" hits the big screen March 21, 2014. For more information, visit Disney.com/Muppets, like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/Muppets, and follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/TheMuppets.
TV credits
Client: Unilever
Brand: Lipton
Launch date: 26th Feb 2014
Project name: Be More Tea
Client: Mohit Anand, Global Vice President and Giles Morrison, Global Director
Creative agency: adam&eveDDB
Copywriter: Patrick McClelland
Art director: Feargal Ballance
Planner: David Golding
Media agency - Mindshare
Production company: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Noam Murro
Editor: Neil Smith @ Work
Soundtrack name and composer: Everybody's Talkin' written by Fred Neil and performed by Harry Nilsson
Illustrator: N/A
Post-production: Framestore
Audio post-production: Clearcut Sound Studios
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Federal Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb has come under fire for defending the ANZ's decision to raise rates, saying the bank is ''not stupid''.
Last Friday, ANZ lifted its variable mortgage rate by 0.06 per cent, citing funding cost pressures.
In response, Treasurer Wayne Swan predicted the bank's decision would see customers ''asking whether ANZ deserves their loyalty and looking closely at the better deals on offer from other financial institutions''.
He said a lot of customers would be very upset by the rate hike, ''coming after their recent massive profit announcement and staff sackings''.
But this morning, Mr Robb - who is acting shadow treasurer while Joe Hockey is in London - blamed the government for putting pressure on interest rates, which has increased the cost of money.
''I don't think [ANZ] would willy-nilly put up their margin like this if they weren't, if they weren't suffering a problem with their margins,'' he said.
When asked about ANZ's huge profits, Mr Robb said that Australians depended on banks performing because of their links with superannuation funds.
''It's the return on capital and things,'' he said.
''Do you want them to have a loss before they can put up their margins?''
This morning Mr Swan said that families and and businesses would be ''rightly ropeable'' with Mr Robb ''out there this morning defending ANZ for jacking up its rates last Friday''.
''Andrew Robb is out there going into bat for a huge bank over struggling families,'' Mr Swan said in a statement.
This morning, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott would not specifically defend the ANZ and its decision to raise rates. But he joined Mr Robb in criticising the government's economic management.
"Look, I'm not here to defend the banks, the banks are quite capable of defending themselves," he told reporters in Melbourne.
Mr Abbott said the banks operated in an economic environment that had been "contaminated" by the government's policies.
"The problem is we've got a government which doesn't understand basic economics," Mr Abbott said.
This afternoon, Employment Minister Bill Shorten said that Mr Abbott had rebuked Mr Robb by failing to back his comments on ANZ.
"I note that Tony Abbott's playing the game 'man overboard' with Andrew Robb," Mr Shorten told reporters in Canberra.
''He clearly thinks Andrew Robb has gone too far in defending the banks."
Last month, Mr Robb was accused of speaking off-script, when he contradicted Mr Abbott's commitment to his flagship paid parental leave policy.
In February, Mr Robb also appeared to be at odds with Coalition colleagues when he would not commit the Opposition to a budget surplus if they won government.
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Actually this is a well known problem with the X5, but BMW has successfully covered it up. It is regularly discussed here on the forum, but as soon as the thread pops up it is deleted.
It is unusual that this has stayed up so long....
In snow country it is common to seen X5s clustered at the bottom of steep hills while other traffic passes them by...indeed, quite a few drivers have been cited for backing the wrong way up hills as well.
BMW should be embarassed.
I wouldn't call it the best system, but Xdrive seems to handle snow pretty well - I have given an example above. Granted, I live in Seattle and we dont get much snow unless venture out to the pass or up to Vancouver ski area. But I have found myself pretty comfortable up there. I did see vehicles that are supposedly good AWD not able to start off on slippery surface (Nissan Xterra). Maybe there's a driver component to it.
The X5 acts differently when it's very slippery. While another (traditional) SUV would lose grip at the front
and just slide straight forward when attempting a turn (understeer), the X5 tends to slide the back (oversteer) - probably due to rear wheel bias?. I found that I prefer that behavior, since it gives more control.
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Is something finally going to happen in this Never-Ending Horror Show of a contest??
Let's check in with Political Prophet Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight to see what the hell is going to happen, before we live it, tomorrow!
❝[The] overall projection [is] 224 delegates for Mr. Romney, which would be a majority. It's now Mr. Gingrich in second place, with 87 delegates to Mr. Santorum's 76.❞
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This article was published 28/2/2014 (1238 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Why am I mad as hell? This week I finally joined "Dignitas," the Swiss organization that allows freedom of choice in death.
Now I'm registered member 18924. I hope I don't get a chance to use it soon or ever. But if I develop a debilitating illness, Dignitas will be available.
Many share my view. We want to cry out "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore."
Let's first get mad as hell at gutless politicians, such as any prime minister who claims our Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects us all from injustice, yet denies freedom from the agony of terminal cancer pain, Lou Gehrig's disease and other degenerative diseases. Some justice!
Then let's get mad as hell at those who constantly oppose assisted death to anyone, for asinine reasons. The ones who claim they have a superior moral code that the rest of us are lacking or insist that assisted death leads to the slippery slope theory of the elderly being arbitrarily removed from society for financial reasons.
These people know this is a blatant lie. The truth is, and history has proven it, that people who are offered the choice of assisted death seldom use it. Rather, it's reassuring for them to know that this exit from life is available if they desperately need it.
I have no problem with those who, for religious, moral or ethical reasons, are opposed to assisted death. They have my blessing to suffer the agonies of painful death as long as they like. But they have no inborn right to say the rest of us are morally corrupt in deciding this is senseless torture.
For instance, 35 years ago, I discovered that heroin therapy had been available in England for 90 years to ease the agony of terminal cancer pain. So I wrote what I thought was a humanitarian column requesting the Canadian government to legalize this painkiller for cancer patients. I was immediately denounced by the establishment as a headline-seeking journalist.
The Canadian Cancer Society responded that morphine was as good as heroin in most, though not all, cases! The RCMP worried about criminal activity and pharmacists about robberies. So I visited England, interviewed Scotland Yard, visited hospitals and pharmacies and discovered these charges were false. Respected Canadian organizations had shamelessly distorted the truth. In effect, they did not want to be told by a medical journalist they had not done their research and had been denying cancer patients relief from agony for 90 years.
Heroin was legalized in December 1984 after a prolonged fight. Roughly $450,000 that had been donated by readers to assist this cause was given to the University of Toronto Medical School to establish the Gifford-Jones professorship in Pain Control and Palliative Care.
So why am I complaining? There should be an even playing field. Terminal pain and the choice to end one's life when circumstances warrant it should be available to any who can't afford to purchase a one-way plane ticket to Switzerland or do not wish to die in another country. This is where our Charter of Rights and Freedoms fails miserably.
An editor once told me it's the job of a journalist to make people think. But he could have added that proposals like this are also dangerous to write in a column. Critics can send complaints to newspapers asking that the author be fired. It can and has happened in the past. Or as Voltaire remarked, "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
But I'm curious to know how many readers are as "mad as hell" as I am. I have no desire to be swamped by email. However, I do know that many currently receive my free medical tips at docgiff.com.
An increase in numbers will indicate how many are just as angry as I am. But I'm convinced that any attempt to change this injustice is doomed unless tens of thousands of people are mad as hell. I'll report the response in a later column.
» Dr. Gifford-Jones is a graduate of The University of Toronto and The Harvard Medical School. He took post-graduate training in surgery at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, McGill University in Montreal and Harvard. During his medical training he has been a family doctor, hotel doctor and ship's surgeon. His medical column is published by 70 Canadian newspapers, several in the U.S. and the Epoch Times which has editions in a number of European countries.