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Here I go again on my own
Somehow when I woke up this morning, it still felt like any other day. Kinda cloudy outside, cold fall breeze rushing in through my window, and my cell phone blaring my annoying alarm to get me up. Even as I was repacking my backpack, it still really didn't feel like I was packing up my life so I could move across the ocean. Although I am going to be there for 7 months, I am taking ONE suitcase. Yes you read that correctly. I have one big suitcase, a backpack and a large purse. THATS IT! Not to shabby considering I tend to over pack. Although I am sad to say that my lotions and purfumes did not make the trip with me. I figured I can buy them there. I also discovered that my Ipod did not make the trip with me, which was unintentional. grrr....
After I said goodbye to my family, and after dad shouted "I love you Amanda!" across the other side of security so everyone could hear, (love him!! Only dad would know that something like that would thrill me beyong belief, dispite the fact it made ever single passenger, guard and security person turn around. haha! ) I wandered off to find my flight. The plane was extremely hot which really did not help when two Italian ladies sat down across the aisle from me and started fanning their arm pits because they were so hot. Apparently they also chose not to wear deoterant......... The reality of this whole moving situation hit me on the plane, when I was staring out the window watching our bags get loaded. That I was actually doing this. I said I wanted to teach in France, applied, and now was on a plane waiting for the journey to begin. Yes, i did feel a bit sad, but really I felt ready. For the first time all summer I felt ready to start this adventure and open up a whole new chapter in my life.
The flight to JFK was fine. Our flight attendent had a pretty sweet New York accent which was accentuated when she said words like "Orange" and "La Guardia". I kind of wanted her to just sit down and talk with me the whole time so I could listen to her speak. I ended up sleeping most of the flight there, which I hope I will be able to do on my flight to London as well. I then had to switch airports so I took a taxi from La guardia to JFK.
Currently, I am sitting in British Airlines World Traveler's lounge after munching on a red pepper and cucumber sandwhich. Those frequent flyer miles can do some pretty sweet things! The lounge is huge and has about 100 arm chairs and 50 couches spread out all over the place. It is nice and quiet except for the bubble of a fountian on the other side of the room and the atttendent whistling the "Andy Griffith" theme song. If you have a "Club World" ticket with British Airlines, you can use their lounge and chill while waiting for your flight.There are even private shower suites that you can rent in 20 minute intervals so you can freshen up before your flight!I really enjoy sitting on a leather couch and checking my email instead of listening to a million screaming children while trying to find something decent to eat in the food court. Don't get me wrong I love people watching, but this is a much more relaxing, tranquil atmosphere. I plan to chill here for a bit longer then maybe walk around a bit to strech my legs since I have a 6 hours flight ahead of me.
Ok so plan for the rest of the trip:
~Get on a plane to London (they annouce when I can board my flight in the lounge. pretty classy eh?)
~hopefully sleep most of the way there so I am not a completely zombie.
~Flight from London to Lyon, France
~Once In Lyon take a bus to the train station (or perhaps another taxi because they are striking in Lyon right now... perfect timing!)
~take train to Roanne, about an hourish away from Lyon
~Meet My advisor at the train station, who will then take me to my apartment!
~Meet roomies if they are there
~Have dinner with my advisor and his fam.
~Try not to colapse from exhaustion.
I don't think i'll have internet at the apartment right away, so it could be awhile until i write again. But i'll try my darndest to put up some info and pictures about my new place!
And thank you all for the words of encouragement!!! They mean more to me then you know.
Miss you all already....On to London!
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Trade Show Handshakes Are Still Important to HVAC Business
December 13, 2010
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The HVAC trade show is a time honored tradition bringing people of the HVAC community together. But in this day and age of e-mail, texting, and Twitter, contractors, manufacturers, and distributors still value the handshake and eye-to-eye contact that is available at events like the International Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), Air Conditioning Contractors of America Expo, and the ABCO Expo.
That does not even take into account the numerous other contractor and manufacturer shows that are sprinkled in at other times of the year.
Many similar meetings have been replaced by the telephone, e-mail, or text. But a lot of people still prefer the method of communication that has worked in the HVAC trade for decades. This method is still relevant and important.
"This business is almost archaic because of the need for touchy-feely," said Jeff Harris, vice president sales/northeast, Mueller Industries Inc. "But the people aspect is more personal and valuable."
Contractor Peter Abreeny of All HVAC Service Co. Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., agrees. "I am old school," he said. "I'm still a strong believer in verbal communications. I get to talk with vendors because I normally don't have the opportunity to interact with manufacturers."
THE CONTRACTOR SIDEMany HVAC contractors in metropolitan New York City come to the ABCO Expo for the same reasons that Abreeny does, to meet and talk with people they would not normally communicate with. These same contractors send a lot of their technicians to learn about products and ask questions. "I tell my service techs to come to talk directly with manufacturers about any service issues," Abreeny said.
Mike Cappucio of N.E.T.R. Inc., Woburn, Mass., comes to the expo because he doesn't get to supply houses very often. "You can see, touch, and feel products," he said. "There are things here that I didn't even know that my supplier sells."
Scott Berger of Arista Air Conditioning Corp., Long Island City, N.Y., believes face-to-face meetings establish trust. "Trust is a good part of every relationship, as well as clear communications and support," he said. "The first time you try and establish a relationship after having a problem is almost too late to save the relationship. Face-to-face is critical as a foundation."
Timothy Dehardt of AAA Refrigeration Service Inc., Fairfield, N.J., said these types of personal meetings are critical to a businesses' success. "Nothing beats a handshake and a face-to-face conversation," he said. "We are all people and have families; no matter how much business we do with a customer, you must maintain some type of a personal relationship as well.
"Too many people today rely so much on the Internet and e-mails and that personal connection has been lost. I feel that it is imperative to either go visit a customer or to pick up the phone even if it has nothing to do with business."
THE MANUFACTURER SIDEHarris said that it is important for his company to learn more about the customer base - so he can service them better. "It is important for us to align ourselves with a company that is customer focused," he said. "I know there may be a day when face-to-face is not viable because it is not economical. But the electronic media jeopardizes touchy-feely.
"Customers define who we are and what we look like. They give us an education."
Birch Taylor, vice president sales & educational services for Emerson Climate Technologies, believes that face-to-face meetings with contractors are essential, which is why he said expos are "a key focal point of our year." He added, "We want to reach out and develop relationships with contractors in one of the biggest markets. We want to make sure that contractors can evaluate our products."
Ed Youngkin, regional vice president unitary products, Johnson Controls, enjoys meeting the decision makers at industry trade shows. "The opportunity is here for us to share product and programs with contractors," he said. "There is a tremendous amount of good quality traffic at the expo - a good percentage of decision makers. And it is good to interact with contractors and get feedback."
Jim Bachman, national sales & marketing manager, DuPont Refrigerants, said his company is very interested in meeting face-to-face with contractors, especially this year in light of the big changes in the refrigerant industry. "Face-to-face communication is critical, particularly during this time of transition as our industry works through the phaseout of R-22," he said. "A personalized connection with customers is not easy to accomplish via e-mail, text, or voice mail.
"We all rely on these tools, and they are a normal part of doing business today, but there's a value in spending time together that the e-tools can't replace. E-communication can be a very one-sided conversation and we're interested in hearing first-hand the concerns of the contractor community."
SHARING WITH THE INTERNETAll contractors and manufacturers who commented for this story agree that the Internet and e-communication is a vital and important part of the distribution channel - and provides a complementary form of communication to the face-to-face meetings. But one should not be used without the other - or to replace the other.
Berger said, "The sheer volume of business makes it important to be more efficient, an advantage of the Internet. But it is still all about a phone call between people. I suppose the traditional model will change when the next generation of owners comes into the business."
Youngkin noted, "The Internet is important on the contractor level because they can get info 24/7 and don't want to wait until the doors open at a business in the morning. However, it is still a people business. All things being equal, people want to deal with people - and people they like."
Tony D'Amico of A&J Refrigeration Inc., Cedar Grove, N.J., said that the Internet allows people to search for products that their vendors do not offer - but there is no relationship. "I like looking people in the eye," he said. "To me, it will always be a people business. The younger generation depends on the Internet, which requires no presentation skills and is very impersonal."
Cappucio believes that even the telephone will become a relic - which will further depersonalize relationships. "It is absolutely important to have face-to-face," he said. "I see my ABCO sales rep once a week - no questions asked. I need the Internet to place orders but I need to see a person in case there is ever an issue. Sometimes you need to stop the e-mails and pick up the phone."
Bachman summed up the importance of both. "There's something very powerful in meeting people in person, and forging relationships far outweighs anything you can accomplish via e-mail," he said. "E-mail seems most effective when a relationship exists already, and e-mail supports the relationship. But e-mail can't convey the trust or commitment that can be shown through a handshake."
Michael Senter, ABCO CEO, summed up the importance of bringing people together in person. "We believe a firm handshake and face-to-face communications are irreplaceable in building relationships and closing transactions," he said. "Realistically, in today's fast-paced marketplace, it is almost impossible to achieve this as often as we would like. With this in mind, we need to maximize every opportunity to talk in person with our customers, manufacturers, and colleagues.
"It is the look in someone's eyes, the expression on their face, and the emotion expressed or withheld that often communicates as much as the actual spoken or written word. The wonder of any successful trade show such as ours is that our customers, manufacturers, and our fellow ABCO team members in one wonderfully fast-paced day achieve intellectual intimacy in conversations while thousands of colleagues and friends explore those latest developments in our industry.
"Truly, there is no better form of marketing than the integrity of a firm handshake, provided the commitment is there to fulfill the expectations implicit in that straightforward and irreplaceable expression of trust."
Publication date: 12/13/2010
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Detroit Gov. Rick Snyder agreed Tuesday to face questions under oath about why he authorized a Detroit bankruptcy under terms of a deal that slows the pace of the biggest Chapter 9 filing in U.S. history.
The deal was hatched on the sidelines of a bankruptcy hearing Tuesday after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes grilled a state lawyer about a last-ditch attempt to shield Snyder and members of the administration from being deposed in the case.
The forthcoming depositions mark a victory for city unions that are trying to prove the city negotiated in bad faith before filing bankruptcy July 18. Snyder must sit for a three-hour deposition on an as yet unscheduled date, under terms brokered Tuesday.
This was a very important day for us to get access to the governor, said attorney Sharon Levine of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25, the citys largest union. It is important to understand the motives behind the filing. Transparency is critical here.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130910/METRO01/309100093#ixzz2eWkNG2xn
Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130910/METRO01/309100093#ixzz2eVte3jIV
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Tue Sep 10, 2013, 06:12 PM
tclambert (9,003 posts)
1. Under oath, he can't lie, right?
Sometimes I crack myself up. A politician, a REPUBLICAN politician, taking an oath to tell the truth. That'll leave a charred handprint on the Bible.
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Tue Sep 10, 2013, 06:23 PM
Demeter (85,373 posts)
2. Love to see that worm squirm
Truth is, Snyder can't lie (very well). But he tries anyway.
"He always tries to utter lies and every time he fails"--Mikado, WS. Gilbert.
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Tue Sep 10, 2013, 06:39 PM
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3. This is good news.
I hope to be able to read that deposition.
Thank you Judge Rhodes and go AFSCME!
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Tue Sep 10, 2013, 06:56 PM
Archae (38,376 posts)
4. Snyder indicted for perjury...
Or he'll take the Fifth to all questions.
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silvershadow (10,336 posts)
5. It certainly would be delicious. nt
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G21 Health & Wellbeing Pillar
Welcome to the G21 Health and Wellbeing website - supporting health and wellbeing for all people and places in our region.
G21 – Geelong Region Alliance auspices the Primary Care Partnership (PCP) which is funded through the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services. The PCP works collaboratively to achieve regional priorities through the G21 Health and Wellbeing (HWB) Pillar.
The HWB Pillar has two guiding documents (right) that provide local government, peak bodies, education institutions, health and community organisations opportunities to collaborate on regional priorities.


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Corporate culture is more important than the choice of CEO at many companies
Attorneys who work inside companies are often very aware of a company's culture. To understand which companies have better cultures, GMI Ratings of Portland, Maine, attempts to rate them.
Strategies for leaner legal departments: Part 2
How to cut external costs and get the most from your service providers
Strategies for leaner legal departments: Part 1
How your department can maximize internal efficiency and resourcefulness
Progressive settles with family of deceased policyholder in wake of PR disaster
There's a reason why Flo—the perky face of Progressive Corp. insurance company—has been unusually quiet on her Twitter account during the past week.


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Vince Vaughn Is Going To Be A Daddy Again
Congratulations are in order for Vince Vaughn!
The funnyman and his wife Kyla Weber are expecting their second child, he told Ellen Friday.
"We're very excited," said the 43-year-old, who broke the happy news while promoting his newest film, A Case of You, on the popular NBC daytime talk show.
The Internship star, who was recently spotted out for a guy's night on the town with Robert Pattinson and Joaquin Phoenix, is already a proud father to 2-year-old daughter Locklyn Kyla.
The notoriously private actor previously opened up to Access Hollywood in 2011 about the joys of daddy duty:
"To me it was just another day, I sort of felt like, 'Really? This is what all the noise is about?'" he joked. "No, it's been really wonderful. I feel really grateful and I've been enjoying it. It's very nice."


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US/ Immigration Reform Risks to Fail, Again
Eleven million undocumented workers in the U.S. live with the daily uncertainty of being apprehended and deported. They entered the country illegally, or they overstayed their visas. They have homes and jobs and families and try to keep under the radar with two-thirds of them here already for more than a decade. The children born to them in the U.S. are automatically granted citizenship. When those with families are discovered, they are faced with the terrible prospect of being separated from their loved ones for years to come.
The "gang of eight", four Democrats and four Republicans, are attempting to craft a new bill to have better enforcement at the borders and to offer a path to citizenship for illegals. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican Cuban-American considered to be a frontrunner in the next presidential election, has taken a particular interest in winning over entrenched Republicans to a new immigration plan. He has worked to persuade not only his party, but also such opinion-makers as conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh. Silicon Valley, with Facebook entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg at the forefront, is pushing for more visas to attract international tech talent. For Republicans watching the demographic trends, the Latino vote cannot be discounted as immigration is expected to overtake new births in population growth by mid-century. Today, fifty thousand Latino Americans turn 18, the voting age, each month.
Previous attempts at immigration reform have largely failed. An amnesty law in 1986 signed by President Reagan did legalize three million immigrants, but did not offer the means to deal with the ongoing flow of illegal immigration. In 1996 and 2000, President Clinton attempted a reform, but a popular backlash stymied any progress. President Bush introduced another overhaul, including a plan for guest workers, but both Republicans and labor unions were opposed. In 2010, President Obama spoke of immigration as a priority, while health care took the front seat.
Now, Obama is trying to move forward with a bipartisan bill, hoping for success after both gun control and the budget fight have ground to a halt. He laid out the criteria for his support of a comprehensive reform bill by asking: "Is it making the border safer? Is it dealing with employers in how they work with the government to make sure that people are not being taken advantage of, or taking advantage of the system? Are we improving our legal immigration system? And are we creating a pathway for citizenship for the 11 million or so who are undocumented in this country." The public debate is on with an 844-page bill and hundreds of amendments in play.


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Alan Bodner is an award-winning animation artist and art director who has distinguished himself during the past 25 years working for Hollywood's most respected studios on some of the most acclaimed animation projects for film and television.
Bodner was most recently at Warner Bros. Animation where he was Art Director for the legendary Looney Tunes series for television, as well as theatrical shorts featuring the classic characters from the series including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Sylvester & Tweety.
Previously, Bodner served as Art Director at DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Television, Cartoon Network, and an earlier stint at Warner Bros. Animation. During those years, he worked on such notable film and television projects as Phineas & Ferb, The Replacements, Emmy-nominated Kim Possible, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, The Iron Giant, Cinderella II, the classic Bugs Bunny short "Carrotblanca," Garfield & Friends, Neighbors from Hell, and The Life & Times of Juniper Lee.
Bodner has been nominated for an Annie Award five times, and won once for The Iron Giant.
Early in his career, Bodner worked on classic shows including Mighty Mouse, The Fat Albert Show, Heckle & Jeckle, as well as illustration for Pee Wee's Playhouse.
Bodner's work is eagerly sought-after by collectors, with his original animation art displayed and sold at animation galleries across the country as well as museums, including the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.
In addition to his work in animation, Bodner is also an acclaimed fine artist known for his unique perspective and vision as well as his distinctive use of colors and shapes. His pieces are often multi-dimensional, and combine bright colors into retro-lounge style works of art. Bodner's original work has been exhibited in art galleries throughout Los Angeles, and he has been the featured artist in several shows.
Bodner was born and raised in Portland and currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
Please join us for Alan Bodner's reception at An Open Invitation on Thursday, March 14, 5—7 p.m.
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It is rare for a significant strategic move in the rural sector to slip through without being noticed but that appears to have happened over the past month as a major foreign owned enterprise tightened its grip on part of the Australian agricultural supply chain.
The sale of local animal health products group Agvantage to Landmark, the country's biggest rural distributor, was not large in financial terms but it would have sent a few shock waves through the ranks of global chemical companies.
Landmark, which is owned by Canadian-listed company Agrium, has made it clear with the Agvantage acquisition that it wants to be involved in the manufacture of generic animal health products as well as being a major distributor.
Landmark, which has a chain of 400 distribution outlets around Australia, is following the lead of grocery and liquor giants,
There are higher profit margins in manufacturing. Owning the manufacturer provides a distributor with the opportunity to sell products at lower margins and win market share from competitors.
Big international suppliers of animal health products will view the Agvantage transaction as another example of distributors trying to squeeze them out of the supply chain.
The five biggest distributors in Australian agriculture are Landmark, Ruralco, AgLink, Elders and Australian Independent Rural Resellers.
The distribution business is in a state of flux because
Elders decided to sell the business after rejecting a proposal from Ruralco.
The sale is happening at a difficult time for the rural sector.
Peter Law, who founded Australian Independent Resellers, told Chanticleer the three months to December were the toughest he had seen in 35 years in the rural industry. Law's group has annual sales of about $300 million.
The high level of foreign ownership in Australia's rural sector is making it harder for farmers to understand the changing dynamics of the sector.
In order to understand what is going on, farmers have to monitor the financial results of overseas companies such as Agrium and Cargill.
Foreign control of key rural businesses is potentially going to increase if the $2.8 bilion takeover proposal from Archer Daniels Midland for Graincorp is successful. However, the bid appears to have stalled and needs another increase to kick it along.
Twitter @Tony__Boyd
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Any seasoned apartment hunter in New York knows the value of exposed brick. Sketched by an New Yorker and highlighted by the shadows of trees and birds, this artwork inspires the cozy setting of a West Village cafe or stroll through SOHO.
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The Hitler Government does not intend to make any compromises whatsoever in its policies regarding the Jews of Germany, despite protests from abroad, declared Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda and public enlightenment, addressing a mass-meeting here.
"When we are accused of being against the Jews, we reply, 'Yes'," he shouted. "Has anybody thought us pro-Jewish? When we are reproached for the vigor of our measures we reply, 'Have we ever said we were not vigorous in our measures?' When we are said to be blunt because we are uncompromising, we reply, 'Yes, our opposition does not need to doubt this.'
"The German nation," he declared, "is fed up with compromises. It wants us to wipe the slate clean."
The German nation does not accuse the Nazi regime of being too vigorous, Goebbels declared, but of going to the other extreme, and tempering its acts by too much humanitarianism. "The revolution is not yet finished," he warned his audience "Worse events are still in store."


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Yan England is only 30 years old but he's been a showbiz kid for most of them – almost 23, in fact, having made his debut in a Quebec TV show when he was 8. Since then, the thoroughly bilingual England has acted in several other francophone series, popular ones like Trauma and Yamaska, hosted youth-oriented programs, been the morning man at CKOI-FM Montreal ("Mes Hits. Mon Fun."), and generally functioned as a familiar face in the Quebec media landscape. It's the kind of scenario that unfolds, one supposes, when your mother – in this case, Diane England – is a prominent, award-winning Montreal film and TV producer with expertise in the youth market.
Even before becoming a professional actor, however, young England claims to have had a passion for the big and small screens. On the phone the other day from Montreal, he mentioned he's been watching the Academy Awards ceremony religiously since age five and has long (but quietly) harboured dreams of going there some day, some way. Living in Los Angeles in his early 20s – he'd gone there to sharpen his English and "learn the game" – England would occasionally visit or pass by the Kodak (now Dolby) Theatre in Hollywood, site of the Oscars – but "I always refused myself permission, I don't know why, superstition maybe, to walk up those stairs. I've always told myself, 'Look, man … walk those stairs only if you ever get nominated.'"
On Feb. 24, a tuxedoed Yan England will indeed stride up the Dolby's red-carpeted stairs with his mother at his side and together they'll make their way to their reserved seats in the 7,000-seat auditorium. England's 21-minute film Henry, a heart-stirring homage of sorts to his late grandfather, is one of five nominees for this year's Oscar for best live-action short. (All five are being shown Friday through Feb. 7 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.)
"It's been a great, beautiful journey," England said, not least because he wrote, produced and directed Henry entirely on his own dime while relying on the kindness of at least 50 friends, family and fellow showbiz professionals to make it a reality. Inspiration for the film came almost nine years ago when he and his mother were having coffee in a Montreal restaurant with England's then-92-year-old grandfather, Maurice England. "All of a sudden he's not sure who we are," England recalled. At one point, "He asked us: 'Have I been a good man?'" The question stunned young England. His grandfather was his "hero," a man who could speak five languages, "always remember every single detail of everything," a one-time intelligence officer with the British army during the Second World War, a film producer in Italy … and here he was falling prey to the ravages of what was soon diagnosed as Alzheimer's.
While not expressly about England's grandfather, Henry uses the confusions of the dementia he suffered to inform its point of view and to tell England's story of an elderly classical pianist (played by veteran Quebec actor Gérard Poirier) who, finding his violinist wife (Louise Laprade) missing from their home after returning from a lunch, becomes convinced something bad has happened to her.
England shot Henry at various locations in Montreal in spring 2011, hustling to get the film into post-production so he could meet the deadline for consideration by that summer's Rhode Island International Film Festival, the only Academy Awards-qualifying festival in New England. He was a couple of days late. Nevertheless, Rhode Island agreed to take a look as it had hosted the world premiere of England's first live-action short, Moi, four years earlier, where it earned "best film" honours. After a well-received screening there, England sent Henry to 10 more festivals over the next several months. "It was my duty to submit it as much as possible, to get the attention," he explained, "because everyone – the cast, the crew, everyone – had given me so much and for free."
In other circumstances, England might have applied to agencies like Telefilm Canada and the Quebec funding body SODEC to help fund Henry. But he claims he was "impatient" and "I knew there was this moment – March, April, 2011 – that I knew I could shoot it." Besides, he was determined to make Henry his way and didn't want to "risk getting a refusal."
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Positive Frontiers: What Is HIV Criminalization And Why Does It Matter?
What Is HIV Criminalization And Why Does It Matter?
There is lots of talk about HIV criminalization these days but if you don't work in HIV or the law, you may not be familiar with the term. In fact, the average gay guy might think it has nothing to do with him but that would be a mistake. HIV criminalization impacts all of us regardless of our HIV status or which state we live in. It's an issue of public health, social justice and human rights. If those things are important to you then HIV criminalization should be too.
Before I get into the specifics of HIV criminalization I think it's important that we ask ourselves some fundamental questions. What is the purpose of these laws and prosecutions? Is it about preventing the spread of HIV? Do we hope to use the law to encourage disclosure? Who is responsible for disclosure when two consenting adults have sex? Is this a about punishment and revenge? What does it accomplish when we put people in jail because of HIV?
This is a very emotional topic. To get a glimpse of that all you have to do is check out the comments section of a story about HIV criminalization. It seems people's nastiness knows no depths when it comes to this issue. But that is understandable. People are scared. Scared of getting HIV and scared of that mythical creature the "HIV pariah," whose singular purpose is to spread the "deadly disease." The media has done a great job of hyping up those fears and subtly, and not so subtly, playing up the racial aspects of these cases. The best tool we have against fear is information and fortunately there is plenty of information about this issue from organizations like the Positive Justice Project and the Sero Project.
When it comes to HIV criminalization there are two types of situations where the law is applied. One is non-disclosure during sex and the other involves bodily fluids – spitting, biting, sneezing, etc. Bodily fluid cases exemplify just how archaic these laws are. Biting, spitting, sneezing, etc, cannot transmit HIV. The CDC has made that very clear in its newly released chart on risk of HIV transmission. Unfortunately, recent research in Michigan demonstrates that in many HIV criminalization cases prosecutors and judges have very little use for scientific facts.
A discussion about HIV disclosure is messy and complicated. It reveals just how complex sex between gay men can be. Sometimes people have a thoughtful conversation about risk and precautions before engaging in sexual activity and other times a word isn't spoken before sex. People view situations differently based on their experience. An HIV-negative top might see a bottom as HIV-positive if that bottom doesn't want to use a condom. That same bottom might see the top as HIV-positive because he's ok with not using a condom. It's complicated but we have to have these uncomfortable conversations if this matter to us.
In many of these cases it comes down to a "he said/he said" scenario. Some people have used these laws as a way to get back at an HIV-positive partner after a relationship has turned sour. Others may fear leaving a bad relationship because of how their HIV-negative partner might retaliate. In court it could end up being the HIV-negative person's word against the HIV-positive person's word and we all know that a "diseased spreading HIV-positive person" doesn't make the most sympathetic witness.
These laws may sound like abstract, theoretical discussions but it's important to remember that they impact the lives of real HIV-positive people. Some are currently serving time in prison, while others have been fortunate enough to get out only to end up living in a different kind of prison on the outside.
Nick Rhoades' story illustrates the travesty of HIV criminalization. He took the precaution of using a condom, had a suppressed viral load and no transmission occurred. Because he didn't disclose his HIV status, he was charged and sentenced to 25 years in prison. After Rhoades had spent over a year in jail, the judge, whom social justice activists pressured, reviewed the sentencing and released him with time served. Rhoades was released on probation with the condition that he register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
There was no transmission. There was no malicious intent. There simply was no conversation. Neither consenting adult initiated a conversation about HIV and as a result, the HIV-positive person was jailed and is now registered as a life long sex offender.
Nick Rhoades is but one of many cases all around the globe. While some might react with intense emotion over non-disclosure, we must be willing to look at this situation with logic and reason. There is no evidence to indicate that prosecuting people for non-disclosure encourages people to disclose. However, there is recent evidence from the Sero Project that indicates HIV criminalization discourages people from getting tested. On top of that, we know that these laws fuel HIV-related stigma and stigma is one of the driving forces behind this epidemic.
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Helen Purcell: Accusation About Spanish Errors a "Malicious Lie," Says Office Will Publicize Election Date of Martes, 6 de Noviembre
As our colleague Stephen Lemons reported last night, Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell set the record straight about the early-ballot collections -- it is not illegal for someone to deliver your early ballot to the elections office for you.
Purcell also addressed the multiple errors on county elections office materials, which gave the wrong date of the election in Spanish only -- and she doesn't sound happy about people claiming it was some sort of voter-suppression tactic.
See also:
-Maricopa County Elections Office Had More Materials With Wrong Election Date
-Maricopa County Elections Department Prints Wrong Date in Spanish
-Helen Purcell Corrects KPHO's Error, Chad Willems Issues Voter-Suppression Robocall
-Helen Purcell Urged to End Confusion Over CBS 5 Early Ballot Report
-CBS 5 Report Regarding Early Ballots Incorrect, Sets Off Firestorm (w/Update)
Purcell issued a press release addressing all the issues that have been raised with her office recently, and here's her statement on the Spanish errors:
Concerning the regrettable error on the Spanish-language Voter ID and bookmark: I wish I could say we never made a mistake in this office. But we do. However, the suggestion that this office would be a party to a dark conspiracy to depress voter turnout among any constituency or ethnic group is contrary to the history, the commitment and ideals of this office, my staff and my life's work. It is simply a malicious lie. We have dedicated decades of the highest public service to expand voter participation. A former President once described the vote as the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice. We agree and our professional careers attest to that high mission.
As Randy Parraz and Citizens for a Better Arizona called for yesterday in their trip to the elections office, Purcell says the elections office "will be launching a very aggressive Spanish language publicity campaign to make sure everyone knows that the election will be held on Tuesday, November 6. Martes, 6 de noviembre."
"Such a message already appears prominently, in Spanish and English, on the Maricopa County Recorder's and Elections Department Websites," the press release says.
Will this reverse the thinking of those who think the elections office is trying to suppress the Hispanic vote? Probably not, considering it's already been exploited for a national audience of left-wingers -- as Rachel Maddow declared the error a "dark political art" -- and as our highly unscientific reader poll this morning indicates, a large majority of our readers think those errors are "suspicious."
Lydia Guzman -- an ex-Secretary of State's office employee who accompanied CBA on their trip to the elections office yesterday -- said at least three or four people must have approved the erroneous materials before they were printed.
However, the elections office has insisted from day one that there was nothing malicious, and that it was, indeed, an error.
"Your vote is your voice," Purcell's press release says. "We take seriously our responsibility to enable you to use it."
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How do you break through all of the information clutter bombarding people today to get them to pay attention to a widespread, but obscure, global health threat? It's a bit like asking someone to pick out the sound of a pin drop in a room full of tambourine-clanging kindergartners.
But for the END7 campaign, that's exactly the challenge we are up against in our efforts to transform neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) into a mainstream health issue.
It doesn't help that we are fighting diseases that defy easy pronunciation, let alone definition. Most people have never heard of schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis or lymphatic filariasis, but these and several other NTDs infect 1 in 6 people worldwide, including more than 500 million children.
NTDs are debilitating, disabling parasitic, and bacterial infections that prevent kids from going to school and parents from supporting their families. They are a major reason poor communities stay poor.
Few diseases match NTDs for sheer terror value. They are the stuff of nightmares: Trachoma, the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the world, causes eyelashes to curl inward, scratching out the cornea of infected individuals; lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, causes massive swelling of the limbs and genitals; schistosomiasis, also known as Snail Fever or Bilharzia, is the second leading parasitic killer after malaria. With it, intestinal worms breed to the point where they can destroy vital organs.
Despite the links between NTDs and just about every global development goal, however, these diseases are largely invisible to the general public and absent from major policy discussions.
To provide fuel to a growing global advocacy movement that began with last year's London Declaration on NTDs, the END7 campaign was created by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to raise public awareness about the devastating nature of NTDs and the relatively simple, affordable solutions available now to dramatically reduce their prevalence. As with any other top health issue, the more people know about it, the more policymakers and other funders will care about it.
We realized that the visual horror/devastation of these diseases can actually be an asset for advocacy if used appropriately. So to build mass awareness, we filmed a handful of celebrities reacting to footage of NTDs, then we challenged YouTube viewers to watch. The result is a powerful new advocacy video called How to shock a celebrity.
Chances are you've never seen anything like it, even if you work in public health. So far, the U.S. and UK versions have received more than 300,000 hits in the first week. Support from our friends at EMI, Sony Music, Universal and UpWorthy has helped us build a lot of early momentum.
Asking people to care about NTDs takes more than just one video. But it's a great start to a movement that could help control and eliminate the scourge of these devastating diseases for millions of people by 2020, a goal that is within our reach and which could lead to broader success with other global health priorities.
We hope you will join us. Visit us at END7.org, watch the video, and be part of the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
For a softer introduction to the NTD cause, please watch our animated Mission in a Minute.
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Richard Hatzfeld is the communications director at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and oversees all communications activities related to Sabin's vaccine development and advocacy efforts, as well as the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases and its
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The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.
"The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter
"When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates
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Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, was a guest of the NFLâs Detroit Lions at OTA practice Tuesday morning, promoting the upcoming Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Logano met members of the team, showed off a Mustang pace car, and even played catch with Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford before taking time to talk racing, football and safety in each sport with media members. Below is a partial transcript.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion - "I always like to come see another professional sport and facility and how they train. This facility the Detroit Lions have is really impressive. The way people train and interact and all, you can take something and actually learn from that today and maybe even put it into our NASCAR program."
WHO DO YOU ROOT FOR IN THE NFL? "I am going to make everyone mad but I root for the Patriots because I am from Connecticut. I have been up to their place, but working for Roger Penske you learn to root for Detroit quite a bit."
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE OUT THERE TODAY AND CATCH A COUPLE PASSES? "As long as nobody is running at me I am alright with that. I was standing out here a minute ago and watching the players go by and I felt really, really small compared to them. There are some really big dudes out there."
HOW IS YOUR YEAR GOING? "So far we have come out of the gates really strong. Team Penske did a good job coming up with a good package with good speed and we have been able to use the new NASCAR package to our advantage. We did a good job in the offseason to make sure we came out strong at the beginning of the season and now everybody is starting to get hold of it and our advantage is going away. We have to keep working hard to maintain that advantage we held earlier in the season and make sure we are running the same pace we are now when the Chase starts."
YOU ARE AT MIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE LAST TIME YOU WERE THERE YOU WON. DO YOU LIKE THAT TRACK? "I do. Anyplace you win you like but Michigan is cool because it is the fastest race track we go to. I canât remember how fast the pole was last year but it was a track record of like 204 or 205 miles per hour, a really fast speed around that place. That part is really neat and it puts on a great race. This year, with the added drag to our cars, the draft is going to be huge, kind of like a truck race."
ARE YOU CONFIDENT ABOUT A POSSIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR? "It is the best shot I think I have ever had to win a championship. That is why we have to keep the momentum going. We were really mad last week about an eighth place and we need to keep that attitude. When you are happy for an eighth place finish that means things arenât going well. We are fighting really hard and we still have speed in our cars. We qualified third there and that weekend was a tougher weekend for us. I felt like we were a fourth to eighth place car and that is where we finished. We have some improvements we need to make on our pit stops to get better there and we need to keep working on our speed and make sure we get the most out of our race cars each week."
WHEN YOU SEE A FOOTBALL COLLISION HOW DO YOU EQUATE IT TO WHAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH? "I am glad I am in a race car is what I say. These guys get hit a lot harder than a race car does. We take some big hits in cars but the safety in our sport has improved a lot, not just with the COT car, but the seats, helmets, belts, all of that stuff keeps improving. Not that it doesnât in football, I think it does there too, but we take a hit maybe once every 15 races or so on average and these guys are taking hits on every play. I feel like my sport is a lot safer. We may look crazy going 200 miles per hour but I would much rather hit the wall at 200 than have a 300 pound linebacker coming at me."
YOU HAVE HAD A CONCUSSION HAVENâT YOU? "Obviously you get hit enough that you get a little spun out, but that is just part of the sport."
DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR ANYTHING TO GO THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU ARE IN A WRECK AND TUMBLING LIKE THAT? "You never stop driving. Even though you may be out of control, you are trying to regain control, get control back to get it rolling again. You are in damage control once the crash starts and save what you have."
DO YOU RELAX ON A SUNDAY OR MONDAY AND WATCH THE NFL? "Monday Night Football are the games that I watch. I donât really have time at the race track, I am in race mode. And I doubt many football guys are watching races on Sunday before their games because you are in the mode, in the zone. Sunday night I get home and I want to re-watch the race we just had and get my notes done while everything is fresh and maybe learn something while my wheels are still spinning about it. Monday nights are my night off and then you get back in the zone for the next week."
HOW HAS IT BEEN WITH FORD. THEY LOOK STRONG THIS YEAR. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHAT YOUâVE GOT? "Yeah, of course. Ford has been a great partner of Team Penske and this is our second year with them and last year it was a little of a learning curve of trying to understand their ways and the way Ford does things but that is a learning curve you will have no matter where you go. Now I think we are all on the same page and able to improve on what we have and are working very closely together, not just with Ford but with other Ford teams out there and we are able to improve all of the Fordâs out there on the race track. We are working on that and it is a never ending thing to keep getting better and that is what we have to do because the competition doesnât get any easier. It is the same in football right? It is getting tougher every year to go out there and win."
YOU MENTIONED YOU FEEL SAFER IN YOUR SPORT. THAT MAY SEEM WEIRD TO PEOPLE. WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY? "Why do I think it is safer? I have a lot more stuff around me. And the amount of hits you take. Our hits may be pretty brutal but at the same time we have done a lot to our race cars to make them safer. It is the seats, and more. It never changes and NASCAR has a constant program of always being able to move up and test cars and crash cars and try to figure out what we can do to make them safer and make the crush zones crush and if there are parts that need to be stiffer they make them stiff. I donât think there are as many areas in football to improve on. Obviously you have pads and helmets but you are still going to get hit every time, there are still going to be big guys hitting you and obviously when you get all the adrenaline going those hits donât become softer. Those guys are big. I think that is a big difference but we are kind of comparing apples to oranges."
IS THERE ANYTHING APART FROM THE HELMETS THAT THE NFL COULD TAKE FROM NASCAR IN TERMS OF SAFETY? "I am sure some of it can, yeah. Pads we donât have much to do with there. We have some certain foams in our seats and headrests and there is a lot of technology in our helmets that may be able to transfer over. It is the same thing, we are looking for the safest helmet at the lightest weight and that is the same thing here I am sure. I am sure helmet companies have gone out and looked at all that stuff."
WHAT ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE NECK OR THE BACK AREA? "We have the Hans Device which requires a seat belt to make it work. I donât know how the heck you make one work in a football scenario. I am probably not the guy to ask on that. Safety always needs to be improved in everything we do, whether it is a street car or race car or football. Whatever it is, it is something that should always be improving."
DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT RACING IF YOU WERE IN A PREVIOUS ERA? "Yeah, our sport was very dangerous back in the day. All motorsports were. Drag racing, IndyCar racing, NASCAR obviously were all very dangerous. You think about where our sport came from; our sport came from the stock car, the cars at the dealership with the bench seat and a lap belt and they just let it rip. That is crazy. They took a lot more risks and a lot of people got hurt and people got killed and to see where we are now, with the cars going twice the speed, I feel like four times safer, that is a big deal. We have made huge improvements."
IF YOU TRANSLATED YOUR TALENTS ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD, WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD LINE UP? "I wouldnât even make the team, I guarantee you that. I wouldnât be good at any position. They tried to teach me how to kick a field goal when I visited the Patriots and it went really bad. If they try to teach me here, it will go really bad again. I donât really know where I would fit in. Probably on the bench somewhere."
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And the dwarf images just keep on coming! We've nearly got the complete set, but here for your Hobbit-anticipating pleasure is the first look at Balin and Dwalin, courtesy, of all places, of Time magazine.
To see the pic full size at Time, click on the image above.
Played by Ken Stott and Graham McTavish, Balin and Dwalin are close kin to badass Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage, who is finally revealed here). And they're also two of his most loyal and trusted mates.
Balin is a crusty old warrior who has lived through more battles and tough times than most of the younger adventurers have had hot dinners. But he's also not sure that the company's quest to the Lonely Mountain is a wise one.
Dwalin, however, has no such qualms, putting his faith in Thorin 100%. He does, though, have his misgivings about the other members of the team since he's not exactly fond of anyone other than his fellow dwarves.
Stott you'll likely recognise from his myriad of UK TV work, particularly the Rebus series and Messiah. On the big screen, he'll next be seen in One Day. McTavish also has a load of telly under his belt, including appearances on 24 and, er, The Bill and will next grace our cinemas in Colombiana.
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Batting first, East Woodhay reached 247-9, with Louis Lynch taking 3-29 for the hosts.
However, while opening batsman Porter was in top form, he didn't get the support he needed, ending up on 103 not out as Hartley were restricted to 200-9, losing by 47 runs.
Overton and bottom side Whitchurch also suffered defeats. Overton were unable to defend their all-out total of 133 at home to Steep, losing by five wickets, while Whitchurch were beaten by 110 runs by visiting St Cross Symondians IV.
The visitors made 228-5 and, while Dave Mariner made 75 in the Whitchurch reply, the other five members of his side's top six were dismissed for ducks as the hosts were bowled out for 118.
Hook and Newnham Basics III did manage to win, beating visiting Littleton and West Hill by 14 runs. Defending 152-9, Barry Goodman took 5-37 as Littleton were dismissed for 138.
Hook's second string did not fare so well in their Division One game at home to Purbrook.
Kevin Light made 58 as the hosts were dismissed for 178, and Purbrook knocked off the runs to secure a six-wicket victory.
Old Basing enjoyed a four-wicket win away at Rowner in Division Two. Nick Cooper took 3-37 as the home team were restricted to 158-9, before top-scoring with 45 in Basing's successful reply.
Basingstoke and North Hants III went down to a 103-run defeat away at Cadnam. Harry Smith took 3-70, but the hosts made 271-6, while Basingstoke were bowled out for 168.
Hobos recorded a win over Hurstbourne Priors in Division Four North, restricting their hosts to 178-7 before getting over the line for a six-wicket win, with Imtijaz making 71.
AWE Tadley lost a close game at Alton III by two wickets. James Lovegrove made 69 as visiting Tadley were bowled out for 205 and while Mike Burt took 3-25, Alton limped home with eight wickets down.