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Our rehabilitation staff uses a multidisciplinary approach to design personalized treatment programs. Wesley Medical Center employs a variety of experienced specialists ranging from speech therapists to physical therapists. Team members maintain close communication with each other and with your physician, family members and any outside agencies involved in your personalized rehabilitation program. The team helps provide continuity of care, beginning with the earliest possible intervention and continuing through the transition to home or another facility.
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Ace film maker Mani Ratnam is a worried man after his recent movie Kadal failed miserably at the box office. But his troubles are far from over. The distributors are now flocking to Mani Ratnam's office to bear some amount of their losses. 'Kadal released last week in Telugu (as Kadali) and Tamil but fell flat at the box office owing to poor reviews and bad mouth talk. The movie failed to attract even decent amount collections and finally ended as one of the biggest disasters in Mani Ratnam's career. Mani Ratnam earlier had also reimbursed some amount to his distributors when his Iruvar movie bombed at the box office.
Kadal is directed and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film features debutant Gautham Karthik, son of actor Karthik and debutant Thulasi Nair, daughter of Radha in the lead roles. The movie was dubbed and released simultaneously in Telugu as Kadali and Telugu version too met the same fate as Kadal. AR Rahman has composed music for the movie.


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Final Fantasy XIII
Review by RoxasANobody
"Puts the "AWE" in AWESOME"
Final Fantasy XIII is the newest addition to the Final Fantasy series. As always, the fans are given an action-packed story (full of plot twists) and a fun bunch of people that the player would wish to spend time with in real life.
A group of soldiers are patrolling a car - not just any regular car - a passenger car connected to a train. In a previous encounter, seen later in the game, Lightning (the main protagonist) heeds a warning to another protagonist, Sazh, to, "...catch another train...". As the train passes by a security checkpoint, the car is riddled with electricity, and the soldiers are caught in a daze. Lightning throws off her robe and proceeds to destroy all the guards on the train. Shortly after, their train gets shot down by soldiers that go by the name of PSICOM. PSICOM is the equivalent to the military that Liquid Snake had control over in Metal Gear Solid 4. The player will be seeing PSICOM soldiers frequently.
PSICOM soldiers' duties are to destroy anyone who has come in contact with, or has become, a l'Cie. A l'Cie is someone who has been branded by a fal'Cie. These "creatures" have mystical abilities (in other words; magic). The normal people (ones who are not tainted with the mark of a l'Cie) are completely and utterly afraid of the l'Cie. So, this is why it is PSICOM's duty to destroy these people. The player will learn later on that some PSICOM soldiers are against killing the l'Cie and are forced to fight their own men.
Eventually the player meets Snow; a fierce young man whom seems to resume the role of Zell from Final Fantasy VIII. The main party, save one (who the player meets later), meets together in the heart of afal'Cie. They fight their way through the fal'Cie to find Snow's future wife and Lightning's sister - Serah. The characters will learn that even when a l'Cie fulfills their "Focus", they will become a crystal and they will be forced to live as one until they are given a new Focus. The group, which now consists of Lightning, Snow, Hope, Vanille, and Sazh, fight their way to the fal'Cie in hopes of restoring Serah back to her former self.
When the player wins the battle, a short CGI scene will resume. It will show that, even though the player won, the fal'Cie has something up its sleeve. The characters become branded (thus becoming l'Cie) and are given a quick glimpse of their Focus**. This is where the story begins. The characters come together and decide to fight this Focus out until the very end.
** Side-note: A Focus is given to l'Cie. If the l'Cie do not finish their focus in time, they become Cieth. Cieth are destined to keep living until they give up and convert to stone rather than crystal. So, it is imperative that our main characters fulfill their Focus and not become walking monsters.
Game Play
Paradigm Shift!
Paradigms are new to the Final Fantasy system. It takes the "Job" system that previous Final Fantasy games have had and it revamped it perfectly. Until you reach a certain point in the game, characters are only allowed to have three set roles. The roles within the game are Sentinel (defensive-guard), Commando (strength-fighter), Ravager (magic-black mage), Medic (magic-white mage), Saboteur (offensive-debuff), and Synergist (defensive-buff). When the player is not in a battle, they can switch roles within the paradigm system.
If a player wants a team consisting of a Commando, Synergist, and Ravager, they can go to the menu and switch paradigms there. The player can consist of up to six paradigms. The player can switch it whenever they want and the way they are placed is essential for staying alive in this game. While the player is battling they can hit the "L1" button to pull up the menu for paradigms and quickly switch between them there. So, the player is never limited to a team of a Commando, Synergist, and Ravager while in a battle. If they are experiencing trouble, they can use the paradigm switch to change into a Medic, Medic, Sentinel class. The game allows you to pick what you want, which makes it extra flexible for those who wish to try out other classes on other people.
For those players who have played Final Fantasy X, the Crystarium has come to replace it and show off how such a simple mod can be so fun to experiment with and so beneficial to your team. Eventually, the game will give access to the Crystarium. The player must obtain CP (gained from winning battles) to advance on the grid. At the beginning of the game, and for about twenty hours of the game, the player is limited to three set roles per character. However, this does not mean that the player will be hindered at all. The player may still have the choice between upgrading, let's say, a Medic Crystarium rather than a Synergist Crystarium.
However, obtaining a skill on the Medic's Crystarium can not be accessible in battle as a Synergist. The player must maintain the role of a Medic to use spells like Cure. The same goes as if the player was a Synergist, the Synergist can use Protect, Haste, and Shell, but they can not use Cure and Esuna because they are not a Medic in battle. If the player wishes to use Cure, they can use the paradigm shift, as mentioned above, to quickly change and heal the party, and after the party is healed, the player can switch back to their original paradigm or they can switch to a different one.
Skills such as HP, Strength, and Magic are universal. They are not class-associated. If the player upgrades an HP bonus on the Syngergist's Crystarium the bonus will be given to the actual character rather than that specific role they were upgraded in.
Auto-Battle, Abilities, Staggering, and Battle Ratings
Auto-Battle is a great new addition to the Final Fantasy series. Since characters are given three (and up to six) ATB guages, they are also given the option to use Auto-Battle to fill all the gauges with skills that the game thinks that the characters should use. The Auto-Battle features makes battles go by much faster and it makes the game less of a hassle. This is used for on-the-fly moves. So, if the player doesn't have to go to the Abilities menu and pick the same things that the game would pick itself. It is a handy feature, but pros at the game would rather prefer using the Abilities menu.
The Abilities menu allows the player to manually stock up the ATB gauges with what they choose (rather than the Auto-Battle button that allows the player just to have the game pick what to use and then choose the enemy). Abilities specific to a character's role will be placed here. The player can choose anything as well as any combination of anything of that matter. Some abilities take up on ATB gauge, while others can take up to three. Instead of needlessly stacking up the same ATB gauge over and over again, the player can go down to the Abilities tab, hold the right button on the directional pad, and then click "Repeat". The gauge will be filled with the same exact abilities that were picked last time. Thus making the battle much quicker.
Staggering is essentially the new "Critical Hit" system. Instead of having a stat the determines how often you may get a critical hit, Square has implemented a way for the characters to always get a critical hit. Each enemy on the battle field is given a Stagger bar. The bar will slowly fill. Ravagers, for example, can fill up the bar faster than a Commando can. Eventually, after the enemy has received enough damage, they will fall into a Stagger. For some enemies, they will still fight back, but for others their ATB bar will refill slower (and for other enemies they will not attack). Special abilities will be activated for your party when an enemy becomes staggered. However, beware, as if the player does not attack the enemy frequently, the bar will drop, and if it resets to zero, then they will be forced to start all over again.
Battle Ratings is implemented for every battle. The player is given an initiative bonus and numerous other factors that come into play will show up on the "winning screen". The screen will show you a rating of 0 - 5 stars. If the player got five stars, then they did stupendous on the job. If the player received no stars, then they did nothing but finish the battle. The rating system seems useless to some players, but if a player has a higher rating, the chances are that they are going to get better items at the end of the battle.
Splitting Characters Up
Throughout the main portion of the game, the whole party will never be all together. For example, Lightning, Hope, Sazh, and Vanille are forced to go separate ways when they disagree on a subject. Lightning and Hope stick together because they want to fight the fal'Cie and PSICOM, whereas Sazh and Vanille want to run away and avoid all those problems. The players will still be forced into battles with the bare minimum of two characters.
The player may want to use Sazh in their party always, but it isn't an option since it's impossible for Sazh to be in a party with Lightning if he is separated from her. This deviates away from the traditional Final Fantasy sense because once the player finds their main team, they stick with them until the very end. In this game, the player is actually forced to play as each character. This allows the player to see all their weaknesses and all their strengths before picking their own party and their own paradigms and their own roles.
The game definitely differentiates in style from the rest of the games. Some say it's too simple, but what other Final Fantasy game allows for on-the-fly style changes and instantaneous stratgies? This is simply a beautiful system, and since the game shows the player how to apply it step-by-step, there is truly nothing to complain about. In comparison to the other ones, the team now has access to six ATB gauges. The player can either way for all of their gauges to fill or they can hit triangle when they deem necessary and they can attack on the fly.
In terms of the map sizes and player feedback; this is where the game gets most of its' heat. Aside from maybe going to another path for a treasure chest, the game doesn't allow for more area exploration. However, this was the case for Final Fantasy X, one of the best Final Fantasy games to date (regards to the fans who have kept it alive for so long). The player had to follow the steps of Tidus all the way until they got to Zanarkand and found a way to defeat Sin. Then the player was given the option to fly around in the airship. This is the same concept. The player has to spend 20+ hours fighting hordes of enemies and following the storyline until they are landed in Gran Pulse.
If fighting tons of enemies is a problem with the general public, then so be it, but there should be nothing to tarnish the amazing concept of "linearity" in this case. Not all games can be like Grand Theft Auto.
Accessories and weapons can now be upgraded via save point. It will allow the player to use "Spoils" (items won from battles) to upgrade Lightning's sword or Hope's boomerang. The concept is great, since the player is given the option to either bolster one character, thus becoming a tank, while keeping one character at a minimum to restore the tank's health. Not much can be said about the Customization feature, except: AMAZING. It truly allows for a more diverse team and it does give the player some thought on whether they should upgrade the characters equally or one by one.
Items, Gil, Shops, and the Save System
Items do not take up anything within the ATB gauges! They can be used whenever the player may choose. Gil is short in this game, the team gets nothing from winning a battle. They most sell their Spoils to receive yen. They can sell the Spoils at any shop. After certain areas in the game, and certain bosses are defeated, the player is given more shops to access. These shops all have different items. All shops are diverse. The Save point is where all the magic happens. The player may upgrade items from the save point, they may access shops from the save point, and they can even save from the save point! Square has made it so that the Save Point is the player's buddy.
Towns are no longer exclusive in the Final Fantasy universe. The concept of towns in other Final Fantasy games was - Run around, open a treasure chest, run around, open another, run around, talk to a person, run around, find the item shop, etc. The concept of towns in this Final Fantasy game is almost gone. The only town the player visits that seems remotely "homely" is later on in the game. The player is still given a some-what linear path. Towns were not needed if they could be replaced with a simple save point. It cuts down on time and it allows the player to jump right back into the game. Although, if the player is one for nostalgia, they may miss the concept of towns.
In comparison to every game on the market, this game has the best graphics. The graphics are so amazing that the player may want to reach out and try to comfort a character during their moment of indecision. Each aspect is detailed so carefully. Square has even used real-life filming techniques to give the players a movie-feel. When Square gave a close-up of a character, they focused completely on the character and focused the background so that it wasn't as crisp and as clear as the character. There is nothing much to say about the graphics. They are truly amazing.
Voice acting wasn't too much of a deal for this game. Games like Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors need better voice actors. The only character that seems to have fallen short of expectations was the lead - Lightning. It may be because most of her lines were delivered in a cheesy-fashion, but any fan should expect that out of a Final Fantasy game. Overall, voice acting contributed to the passion within the game.
Nobuo Uematsu did not come back to orchestrate the Final Fantasy soundtrack. It was a shocker for, but the new composer did a nice job. The music wasn't memorable. The music that stood out the most was the battle music because most of the time in the game is spent on battles. The soundtrack is really nicely done for a Final Fantasy game. There is no reason to bash his composing, unless someone is comparing him to Uematsu. Then again, it may just be a nostalgic feeling kicking back in for those players.
The game. The graphics. The story. The sound. The emotion. The passion. Everything. It was perfect for this game. This is possible game of the year material.
My Suggestion
Do not rent this game. Buy it as soon as possible. You don't have to be a fan of Final Fantasy to enjoy this. If you love fast paced battles, if you love simple strategies, if you love leveling up characters, if you love diversity, then pick up this game as fast as possible. It's simply too amazing to pass by.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 04/12/10, Updated 07/07/11
Game Release: Final Fantasy XIII (US, 03/09/10)
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Finding a way to ship forty-three thousand pounds of clothing more than 9,200 miles away has Lakewood Ranch resident Fred Lopez busy.
After Typhoon Haiyan blasted through the Philippines Nov. 8, Lopez, a Philippines native, knew he needed to get involved.
Goodwill Manasota President Bob Rosinsky and other Goodwill employees are working with Lopez, a Goodwill ambassador, to help bring relief to families in the country.
Goodwill offered something that couldn't be refused — barrels and barrels of clothing — 43, at an estimated 1,000 pounds apiece, to be exact.
Lopez, executive director of the ShelterBox Philippines affiliate and a member of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch, will travel to the Philippines to ensure the items are distributed to those who need them most, with the help of ShelterBox Philippines members, he said.
Now, the retiree who spends his free time volunteering and giving back to his community in Manatee County and overseas, is in a unique position to help his homeland, as he utilizes his position with ShelterBox.
First, though, he needs to find a way to get the donations shipped and in the hands of the rightful recipients.
After speaking with local vendors, Lopez is finding the task easier said than done, because shipping scales are unkind to his wallet. He didn't expect the expense of an estimated $10,000 to move the items out of the country and an additional $2,000 for the labor of picking up and transporting the donations.
With eight siblings living in the Philippines, all of whom are unharmed, this effort hits close to home for Lopez.
Money will be the last thing to get in his way, he said.
"I love helping and doing things like this," Lopez said. "It's the one thing I'm most passionate about, and I know I can make a difference here; I know I can do it."
Born and raised in the Philippines, Lopez always had more of a pioneer's spirit than his brothers and sisters, he said. He wanted to experience life in America. He wanted a new adventure.
He made the move 35 years ago to New York City, where he worked for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It was near the end of his career with the government that he came face to face with what he would later make his full-time career — helping individuals who aren't in a position to help themselves.
Sept. 11, 2001, changed the rest of his life, as it did for so many others.
After his lower-level office at the World Trade Center was transformed into a pile of rubble, he relocated to the Tampa Bay area, where he decided to live in Lakewood Ranch.
The global organization is centered on helping with the essentials — food, water and shelter. Currently, the group has tents set up that provide temporary shelter for victims who have lost their homes.
But, with more people than tents, the group needs help finding a place for everyone who needs one.
That's where Lopez will also step in, helping find emergency homes for those in need.
But, for now, and until he is able to raise the funds for the clothing to be shipped, Lopez communicates as often as he can, using technology, such as FaceTime, to give the ShelterBox employees and victims in the Philippines the hope that he and the donations will be there soon.
Get Involved
Although food, shelter and clothing are among the highest needs in the Philippines, the most helpful donation right now is money toward getting donations shipped to the area.
For more information on how to make a donation, contact Fred Lopez at 350-6108.
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Uber Lost and Found: "Finding Matt Damon"
Every Saturday and Sunday morning I wake up to a flurry of frantic emails for lost iPhones, keys, wallets and more, and we're not too shabby at getting those returned. But one "item" a couple weeks ago was certainly unique: his name was Matt Damon.
And no, I'm not talking about movie star Matt Damon… but I'll let Hannah tell you the story in her own words:
A short while ago, my sister and I had to unexpectedly move out of the house we were staying in. We had to move from one end of DC into Alexandria. Because neither of us had any cash, I decided to use my Uber app. I had yet to use it so I wasn't sure what to expect.
We happened to be picked up by Babar. He was so sweet and helpful loading our luggage into the car. One of the things that I was taking with me was my Betta fish, named Matt Damon. I was fairly apprehensive about taking him with me in the car because I didn't want him to be jostled around. My fears were ill-founded though, Babar was a fantastic driver and Matt Damon didn't get moved around at all. We arrived in Alexandria, collected our things and Babar drove off.
As we were waiting for our friend to let us into the building, I looked down to assess our belongings. As I counted bags and suitcases, I felt a sinking feeling hit my stomach—I had left Matt Damon in the back of the town car. As I pictured my little fish in the back of a car going to who-knows-where, I began tearing up. There was no way I was going to get him back. I frantically tried to contact Babar but didn't have his phone number. I tried requesting another Uber car in the hopes that Babar was still close enough to come back but that didn't work. I thought that by the time anyone found him or saw my email, he would be dead.
I moved into my apartment feeling upset and helpless. As if the move wasn't traumatic enough, I had left my fish in the back of a strange car with no hope of ever seeing him again. I kept checking my email every 10 seconds and must have done this for at least an hour and then I received an email from Uber telling me Matt Damon was safe and Babar wanted to return him to me. Words can't express how relieved and happy I was to receive this news. I immediately called the number that was provided to me and got in touch with Babar to arrange to have Matt Damon dropped off.
Babar went above and beyond what I would have expected anyone to do in this situation—he even went as far as to put Matt Damon in a vase and feed him and then send me a picture to show me that he was ok. The very next morning, he dropped off Matt Damon at my apartment, safe and sound. I can't begin to say how grateful Matt Damon and I are to Babar and Uber for being so wonderful in handling this situation.
Huge thanks for the awesome story, Hannah!
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Global satellite distribution company ViewSat has updated its branding to reflect its growing portfolio of transmission services and to celebrate almost a decade in the industry.
The new branding is designed to reflect ViewSat's ever-expanding proposition more efficiently, comprising delivery via dedicated fibre and satellite platforms, data, encryption, live broadcast solutions and OTT services to its growing client base.
The new unified brand elements serve to make ViewSat immediately recognisable to clients and audiences around the world. The simplified, confident logo, alongside the strapline 'your vision', places the client at the centre of ViewSat's proposition, future-proofing the brand as its service offering continues to expand.
The updated imagery also reflects its client-centric approach, using more human and geographical markers alongside the clean branding to further increase brand recognition.
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The New York Jets do have some viable playoff scenarios, a fact that surely leaves some scratching their heads. After last week's in over the Jacksonville Jaguars we wrote that we would try to refrain from the playoff madness, but there is too much confusion and too many questions about the playoff situation to continue to ignore it. So, we'll help you out and fill you in on who to root for tomorrow.
Even though the New York Jets don't take on the Tennessee Titans until Monday night, it will be a stressful Sunday for those still clinging to green and white playoff hopes. The Jets need some help, but it's not unthinkable that things could fall their way. Of course, it's all contingent on the Jets handling their own business these last three weeks of the season.
To start, it's not necessarily a bad thing that the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night. The Jets want a three-way tie with the Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers at 9-7, as a simple head-to-head with the Steelers would leave them out in the cold. It does mean that the Jets will want a Bengals win over the Steelers next week then a Bengals loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 17, but we're getting ahead of ourselves.
The Jets will be rooting hard for the Dallas Cowboys to top the Steelers tomorrow. The Cowboys are banged up, with Dez Bryant trying to play through an injured finger and Morris Claiborne dealing with a concussion, but it's a talented group playing a Pittsburgh team that hasn't looked so hot lately. A Dallas win would really make a playoff berth a real possibility going into the last two weeks.
The Jets will also be pulling for the Houston Texans tomorrow. It's pretty unlikely, but the Jets could also sneak in if the Indianapolis Colts were to end up in a tie with the Jets at 9-7. The Colts, being 9-4 right now, would have to lose their last three games. This week and the last week of the regular season they face the Texans, so that could definitely go right for the Jets. Next week they face the Kansas City Chiefs.
So, here's the breakdown for tomorrow. Root for the Cowboys to knock off the Steelers. Then, hope that the Texans can knock off the Colts, and maybe a little hangover from the loss spills into next week's game against the Chiefs for Indianapolis.
Then the really hard part has to be done: the Jets need to take care of business against the Titans.
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Salt bush, lemon myrtle, and mountain pepper were just some of the native ingredients used in dishes during a week of cooking by Indigenous chef 'The Black Olive'.
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The Melbourne based chef was in the Kimberley recently to cater for the National Indigenous Remote Media Festival, hosted this year by the Djarindjin community.
Mark Olive isn't daunted by a large group of people to feed, and is passionate about using local produce to get a unique and delicious result.
"I think it's really good that people are starting to understand that Australia has a cuisine here, a National cuisine we should be really proud of."
"Australia has embraced every other culture food-wise except what we've got in our own back yard."
He hopes to one day see lemon myrtle, salt bush, and mountain pepper on supermarket shelves, alongside curry powder.
"People in Australia have just got to realise we've got a viable source of food here, and why not utilise it."
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POVERTY-stricken residents in one of South Lakeland's most affluent towns are flocking to a newly-opened food bank to fill their empty cupboards.
A steady stream of around 100 desperate single parents, families and benefit claimants has turned to a charitable emergency food store established in the basement of No22 Boutique, an upmarket clothes store on Main Road, Windermere.
It highlights that, in a town where houses are on the market for an average of £367,000, unemployment sits at a lowly 2.23 per cent and only seven houses are classed as in 'stage four deprivation', pockets of poverty still exist.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron said the opening of a food bank in the heart of the Lake District served as a 'stark reminder' that lots of people were still living in incredibly awkward circumstances.
Shop owner Rose Booth decided to set up the relief centre after a customer made a passing comment about people going hungry over Christmas.
She said: "Most people think the town is a honey-pot but there are sides of it that tourists don't see.
"There has been a broad spectrum of people through the doors. They are walking among us but we just don't know who needs help until they ask for it.
"A lad said to me: 'Thanks for my spaghetti hoops' – it broke my heart but made me realise why I'm doing it.
"Others have said they had no food in at all and were desperate. It's heartbreaking.
"We can't brush this problem under the carpet. We have to banish the segregation in the community and get over the shock that it is happening on our doorstep."
Food is packaged into emergency three day hampers of dried goods and tins before being collected, or delivered to hungry residents.
Grateful couple Claire Ainsworth, 28, and Scott Beaumont, 32, live in a council flat on Lady Holme Walk with their four-year-old son Connor.
Mr Beaumont lost his hospitality job two years ago and since then the couple have struggled for money after benefit issues.
They began to use the food bank after their situation became so dire that they had to sacrifice two of their daily meals to have enough food for their only child.
Mr Beaumont said of the food bank: "It's a God-send, we would be completely stuck without it. I honestly don't know what we would have done.
"After all the bills have been paid we are left with £20 to last a fortnight."
Ms Ainsworth added that poverty in Windermere was 'masked from the tourists' and that lots of people were struggling.
"People say Windermere could be the eighth wonder of the world but it's definitely not."
Fr Kevan Dorgan, of St Herbert's Church, who has only been in Windermere for three weeks after moving from Barrow-in-Furness, said: "You get the illusion that all is wonderful in this town. But in fact the tourism industry masks the prob-lems and some people are struggling to pay bills and have a decent standard of living."
MP Tim Farron said: " It is a great privilege to live in this very beautiful area but for many people it's a huge, desperate struggle to make ends meet.
"There is hidden poverty throughout England but all colours of government wrongly assume that rural areas are fine and prosperous".
Figures from the 2011 census show there are a number of council flats in Windermere, particularly in the Town ward, where 20 per cent of housing is rented from the council.
Mr Farron added: "I am pressing the Government to build more social housing and working with constituents to help with their individual issues.
"I am also working with the council on its energy switch scheme, which is helping to cut energy bills by up to £300 and I'm pressing for a cut in fuel prices by 5p a litre in Cumbria."
Bill Smith, Mayor of Windermere, said: "What is seen by visitors is not a true reflection of the town. There are people not living in the manner that most people in Windermere expect.
"I am now calling on the community to come together and donate as much as they can."
Ms Booth is now seeking Trussell Trust accreditation for her food bank – the charity offers advice, support and help to more than 200 food banks across the country.
However, the trust requires potential new banks to raise £1,500 and have a stock of two and a half tonnes of food to prove their sustainability.
"There are so many coming here for help that the food is just straight back out – we are finding it hard to build up that much food," she said.
She said the Methodist Church in Windermere had promised her a permanent venue.
- A satellite food bank was set up in Ulverston in December after it was revealed some users were trekking 20 miles and back to the food bank in Barrow.


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Johannesburg - The defence lawyer of Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and Desai Luphondo on Wednesday accused a State witness of covering up for a senior police officer.
Annelene van den Heever said Sergeant Vusimuzi Mogane was concealing the fact that Captain Freddy Ramuhala was present at the police station when a confession statement was taken from Luphondo.
Ramuhala was the investigating officer in the case.
Mogane told the court he had no clue of who Ramuhala was and could therefore not dispute this point.
"I didn't know him. I didn't even know what he looked like," Mogane told the court.
Van den Heever said Luphondo's friends and family could attest to Ramuhale's presence at the station.
Mogane again said he could not comment on the matter.
The State and defence quickly concluded their questions for Mogane and he was released from the witness box.
Ramuhala, the fourth State witness in the trial-within-a-trial, was called to testify.
The trial-within-a-trial was launched after Van den Heever objected to Luphondo's confession being entered as evidence.
She claimed her client had been assaulted and influenced by the police into making it.
Van den Heever has told the court that Luphondo was kicked and assaulted by the police who arrested him at his home on November 22, 2013.
Krejcir, Luphondo, Warrant Officers Samuel "Saddam" Maropeng and George Nthoroane, Jan Lefu Mofokeng and Siboniso Miya are on trial for kidnapping, attempted murder and dealing in drugs.
They allegedly recruited a man known as Doctor Nkosi to help smuggle 25kg of tik (methamphetamine) to Australia.
He worked for a cargo company at OR Tambo International Airport, when he disappeared with the shipment.
Krejcir and his co-accused allegedly then kidnapped and tortured his brother, Bheki Lukhele, in a bid to have him reveal his sibling's whereabouts.
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J. August Richards makes directorial debut. He'll be presenting the nineteen-minute short film, suspense thriller "Privacy Policy", on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles.
Link contains a brief summary of the premise but isn't really spoilery. Don't think this has already been posted, forgive me & feel free to delete if it has!
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This film sounds interesting - I love all the films he references. I hope it will be available to the masses at some point.
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This book is a comprehensive survey of the history and, more particularly, of the thought of Antioch from the second to the eighth centuries of the Christian era. Dr Wallace-Hadrill traces the religious background of Antiochene Christianity and examines in detail aspects of its intellectual life: the exegesis of scripture, the interpretation of history, philosophy, and the doctrine of the nature of God as applied to an understanding of Christ and man's salvation. The community at Antioch stressed history and literalism, in self-conscious opposition to the tendency to allegorise that prevailed at Alexandria. While insisting on the divinity of Christ, they were equally adamant that no other doctrine should be allowed to compromise their central belief that Jesus was really human.
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Pharoahe Monch Wants Us All to 'Get Down' on New Song
With his well-received 'P.T.S.D' album solidifying his spot as one of rap's elite rhymers Pharoahe Monch drops 'Get Down,' an unexpected non-LP treat featuring DJ Revolution and production from M-Phazes.
In celebration of Coalmine Records 10-year anniversary, the label has put together a compilation album titled 'Unearthed,' with 'Get Down' down serving as the lead single.
An head nod-inspiring beat courtesy of M-Phazes and the scratching wizardry of The World Famous Wake Up Show's Revolution create for a jungle gym for Monch's lyrical acrobatics.
The label will also be releasing the single on vinyl for a limited edition Record Store Day exclusive, which you can buy on iTunes.


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SMH > Breaking News
A third of people reportedly suffer from Celebrity Worship Syndrome, a fascination in the lives of the rich and famous that can become a dangerous addiction.
Psychologists Lynn McCutcheon of DeVry University in Florida and James Houran of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine interviewed more than 600 people about their personality and interest in celebrities.
They were asked to rate statements such as "I am obsessed by details of my favourite celebrity's life", "I consider my favourite celebrity to be my soul mate" and "If he/she asked me to do something illegal as a favour, I would probably do it."
The responses cast doubt on the conventional view that celebrity worship is categorised into pathological and non-pathological cases -- in other words, harmless fun and obsession.
Instead, the replies pointed to a "sliding scale" in which the celebrity devotee becomes progressively more fascinated with his or her idol.
In addition, celebrity fans are significantly likelier to suffer from anxiety, depression and social dysfunction than non-worshippers.
About 20 per cent of respondents closely followed celebs in the media for "entertainment-social" reasons, according to the report. They tend to be extroverts: social, lively, active and adventurous.
The next stage, affecting about 10 per cent, is when the devotee develops an "intense-personal" attitude towards an idol, such as the belief that he or she had a special bond with the star.
At this point, celebrity worship is becoming an addiction. Those in this category are often neurotic, tense, emotional and moody.
At its most intense, celebrity worship is "borderline-pathological," a condition found in one per cent of interviewees.
These include celebrity stalkers and people who are willing to hurtthemselves or others in the name of their idol. They correlate with symptoms of psychosis, such as impulsive, antisocial and egocentric behaviour.
"Just worshipping a celebrity does not make you dysfunctional," New Scientist quoted Houran as saying. "But it does put you at risk of being so.
"There is this progression of behaviours, and if you start, we don't know what's going to stop you."
People tend to get interested in celebrities at times when they are looking for direction in life, as in their teenage years.
The interest can develop into addiction at a time of crisis, such as the loss of a loved one, according to the research.
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Character commissioned and series/video game (please include if this was the entire costume, just a jacket, prop, accessory, wig, etc.) Azula from Avatar the last airbender
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1/31/2007- I send her info to get a quote
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From this point on I hear almost nothing even when I email her. Maybe three emails saying "it's in my work queue" between then and when I email her a nasty letter (6/2/2007)
I hear back from her say day (-_-) saying "sorry about lack of email, blah, blah, blah." Says she's just now stating on mine.
I get an email from her ever two days or so about my cosplay and things are looking up. It gets here Wed Jun 20. I try it on. Fitting is poor. There are mistakes in the make -see comments- I email her that same day. I have yet to hear from her.
Describe your Experience. She seemed pretty cool at first. And I was happy that she'd work with a first time buyer like myself so nicely. But lack of emails got to me and when the cosplay did come it was not worth the money I paid! The 'shoes' were she tighter fabric sewed onto the pants. Backwards. Left foot on right leg -_-. ankle straps were to tight (seems small but it really messed me up with you know WALKING!) pants were two big, also made it hard to walk (everything was to big) and it was just a sloppy job all around. (Keeping in mind this isn't really a skin tight costume it should still fit!)
I haven't sent the last payment yet. And she hasn't answered any emails.
Final Grade: D-
I never sent my final payment, and I'm not ashamed about it. She missed my deadline completely, and overall when I got it it seemed very rushed, and there were stains on the shirt. Pretty gross. I was disappointed because she'd had such great reviews over the years, too. It sucks that she's doing this to people now.
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- "Whoa! You KNOW only Los Santos Customs could have pulled off this bad boy for me! I wouldn't trust ANYONE else to touch my Truffade. People are always asking me for the secrets of my success. It's simple: to attain success, you must PROJECT success. In everything you do. Your suit, your home, your watch – and of COURSE your car. One look at what I've done to this $1.7 million dollar beaut and clients KNOW I'm the man to trust with their personal investment strategy."
- ―Tony Posada
Tony Posada is a minor character in Grand Theft Auto V. He is a man stalking Los Santos Customs on Lifeinvader. He owns one of ten Truffade Z-Types in the world.
- "Posada" means Inn in Spanish, crew in Croatian and job in Polish.


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Canes, Nash agree on 2-year deal
Posted July 9, 2013
The Carolina Hurricanes and center Riley Nash agreed to terms Tuesday on a two-year, two-way contract that will pay Nash $550,000 on the NHL level or $135,000 on the American Hockey League (AHL) level, with a guarantee of $150,000 in 2013-14.
Nash will also make $600,000 on the NHL level and $150,000 on the AHL level, with a guarantee of at least $200,000 in 2014-15.
Nash, 24, played in 32 games in 2012-13, scoring four goals and adding nine assists. The Consort, Alb., native netted his first career NHL goal and added a pair of assists for his first NHL multi-point game against Florida on March 2, and had his first NHL multi-goal game at Washington on March 12.
The 6-foot-1 Nash also played 51 games on the AHL level with the Charlotte Checkers, totaling 13 goals and 24 assists (37 points) and ranked second on the team in plus/minus (+14) and fourth in assists (24).
Selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round (21st overall) of the 2007 NHL Draft, Nash was acquired by the Hurricanes on June 26, 2010, in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2010 NHL Draft.


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The U.S. Energy Department will scrap a Bush administration initiative that could have brought billions of dollars in new spendingand a lot more nuclear materials to South Carolina.
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, unveiled in 2006, was a plan to reprocess spent commercial nuclear fuel to maximize its efficiency, reduce waste volume and prevent its exploitation for nuclear weapons. Two of the 11 sites proposed for such reprocessing centers are in South Carolina.
The domestic portion of the international program, which has been criticized by environmental groups as too expensive and too dirty, will not be pursued any further.
The Department has already decided not to continue the domestic GNEP program of the last administration, said DOE deputy press secretary Jen Stutsman in a statement today to Nuclear Engineering International magazine. The long-term fuel cycle research and development program will continue, but not the near-term deployment of recycling facilities or fast reactors.
Tom Clements, the Southeast nuclear campaign coordinator for Friends of the Earth, said scrapping the program has both positive and negative impacts for South Carolina.
Some of the big contractors have been anxious to get new missions for Savannah River Site, including a reprocessing facility, so this will be a big setback to those efforts, Mr. Clements said. On the other hand, it is good news for the taxpayers and good news for the environment of South Carolina in that we wouldnt have all this material being shipped here.
One of the possible sites for a reprocessing facility is in Barnwell County adjacent to SRS. Savannah River National Laboratory within SRS also received a grant to study site possibilities.


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Adding icon imagesEdit
I want to place images of the icons for each subroutine as they appear inside Jet's inventory. I'm not sure about the snazziest way to do this.
Idea 1: Use the actual game files! I extracted the game.rez files using LithRez from the Tron Tools editing suite, and then I used DTX Viewer from WinRez LT Studio. Once all the game files are extracted to a folder, you can view the subroutine icons by navigating to ~\INTERFACE\SUBROUTINES\ICONS\SPRTEX. Some of the icons have funky background colors or the icons themselves look strange.
Idea 2: Just take screenshots from in-game. The problem with this is that the sprite icons sometimes spill outside of their little black background space.
Any thoughts?
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- I opted for screenshots. Because the primitives have no Subroutine object in Jet's "inventory" I just used screenshots of their respective hud icons.
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I feel like such a stranger on MyIGN! I haven't been on as much as usual. My husbands sister came to visit us. We had a blast! I thought I'd show you guys a few pics of the adventure we had yesterday at Zuma Beach / Point Dume. I won't post all of them because I don't want to include the ones with my sister in law without her permission.
I hiked up this beast! There were other sections that were higher than that but like a dope I didn't take any pictures of those. I was too busy trying not to fall on my ass.
My husband.
Isn't this just freaking amazing?!
View from up top.
My hair is a mess, my shoes are crap, my lungs are burning! Time for a break!
I know, I know...cheesy. lol My sister in law made us do it. But honestly, I'm glad she did. It looks awesome!
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The WordPress development team is on the home stretch to releasing the next milestone! WordPress 2.3 is scheduled for an official release on September 20, and right now they are looking for people to test out the first Beta.
Before we tell you what's new in WordPress 2.3 we wanted to clarify that this is a Beta release of the blogging platform. It probably shouldn't be used on any production sites, and the development team has requested that those who participate in the Beta feel "comfortable troubleshooting PHP issues, filing tickets, and backing up your data religiously." Not only that but the new version might possibly break some of your existing plugins.
Okay, here's a sneak peek at WordPress 2.3 features:
- Tag Posts
- Import Ultimate Tag Warrior (UTW) tags or convert select categories to tags
- Improved Post and Draft Management using filters
- Improved publishing workflow with a new post status of Pending Review
- WordPress and plugins upgrades available notification
- Terms tables (combined post categories/link categories/tags)
- Canonicalize more URLs
- Upgrade to "800% faster" jQuery (1.1.4), and some parts of the WordPress dashboard have been converted to jQuery.
- MovableType/TypePad and WordPress Importers memory usage has been greatly improved
- Several bundled libraries were updated to the latest versions. TinyMCE is now at 22.214.171.124, Prototype is at 1.5.1, and script.aculo.us is at 1.7.1 beta 2. More updates to script.aculo.us and an update for TinyMCE Spellchecker are on the way.
- The files in wp-admin were reorganized to make things easier to find.
The new tagging system is a bit of a disappointment right now. It's extremely basic, and I would have liked to see it recommend existing tags based upon the content of the article. Not only that but there is no way to know what tags you've already created, which makes it hard to know whether I've already created a similar tag.
After WordPress 2.3 is released in about 3-weeks work will begin on the next version. There was some discussion in the mailing list about bumping the version number up to "3." Mark Jaquith, a contributing developer to WordPress, had this to say about WordPress 3:
There is one nice solution for the "marketing problem" that I keep throwing out there every couple months: WordPress 2008. Do it like a sports video game franchise does it. For multiple releases within a year, we can do WordPress 2007.2 or WordPress 2007b. This works well with our new 4-month cycle. And people will be made aware of exactly how long it has been since they've upgraded.
The problem with skipping numbers is that before you know it, you're shipping WordPress 14.5, which just reeks of version inflation. What makes good marketing sense for 2.2-to-3.0 bites you in the ass down the road.
My first choice, though is to stick with 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 until we're ready to rewrite 50% of the code and really break stuff for a groundbreaking, spoon-bending, mind-blowing 3.0 release.
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Scottsdale, Ariz. (October 17, 2011) – Whoever said "It's the most wonderful time of the year" wasn't in charge of gift-giving (we're looking at you, Mr. Williams). To the rescue is Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Ariz., which is bringing back its "Twelve Days" gift card program, offering solace to the retail-fatigued. Twelve unique gift certificates are available individually (ranging in value from $24 – $300), or as a complete package for $1,200, giving shoppers access to experiences that will make their favorite friends and family swoon. Gift cards can be purchased for the following gush-worthy opportunities at Sanctuary:
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Jan Berenstain, 88, co-created Berenstain Bears
Philadelphia native Jan Berenstain, writer and illustrator with her husband Stan of the preschool Berenstain Bears books and cartoons that have appealed to the young (and young at heart) for 50 years, died Friday. She was 88.
A longtime resident of Solebury in southeastern Pennsylvania, she suffered a severe stroke Thursday and died without regaining consciousness, son Mike said.
The Berenstain Bears inspired several animated productions, including TV specials that she and her husband created and wrote. The first, the NBC special The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, was produced in 1979. Four other NBC seasonal specials, produced by Joseph Cates Productions, Perpetual Motion Pictures and Buzzco Productions, followed: The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (1980), The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise (1981), The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine (1982) and The Berenstain Bears Play Ball (1983).
As well, the Bears gave birth to two Saturday morning cartoon series on TV. The first, which Jan Berenstain co-wrote, came from Southern Star and Hanna Barbera Australia, running for 28 episodes on CBS from 1984-85.
A season of PBS daily shows was created in 2002, produced by Canada's Nelvana Limited and Agogo Entertainment. Jan Berenstain was executive producer of several episodes.
The human Berenstain family inspired the tales of Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear and Sister Bear, and dealt with children's concerns. The stories offered advice about dealing with visits to the dentist, summer camp, peer pressure, or a new brother or sister.
The Big Honey Hunt, the first Berenstain Bears book, was published in 1962. Over 300 titles have been released in 23 languages, most recently in Arabic and Icelandic.
Around 260 million copies of Berenstain Bears books came out since Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss), then a children's books editor at Random House, helped the earliest books get published.
"They say jokes don't travel well, but family humor does. Family values is what we're all about." Jan Berenstain told the Associated Press last year.
Born on July 26, 1923, Janice Marian Grant met Stan — also 18, and also a native Philadelphian — on their first day at art school in 1941. Five years later, they married; they had two sons.
Son Mike, an illustrator, worked with his mother on the Berenstain Bears books in recent years. Writer Leo Berenstain, his older brother, works with the business aspect of the franchise.
Until her death, Jan Berenstain worked at her home studio in Bucks County, north of Philadelphia. The area helped inspire the books' setting.
"It's wonderful to do something you love for so many years," she told AP in 2011. "Not everyone has that."
Jan Berenstain was predeceased by her husband in 2005. She is survived by her sons and four grandchildren.


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Origins of Agriculture and First Farmers Characteristics of wild vs. domesticated seeds and plants Domesticated: seeds of cereals are larger, crops produce a higher yield per unit of area, lose their natural seed dispersal mechanisms, cereals have tougher connective tissue holding the seedpods to the stem Wild: cereal's axis is brittle, sections of the axis break off one by one, edible portion is enclosed in a tough husk Examples of domesticated animals/plants from class Wheat, barley, teosinte corn, llamas, squash, sheep, goat 7 areas where agriculture was independently invented Near East (Fertile Crescent), Central Mexico, South China, North China, South Central Andes, Eastern United States, Sub-Saharan Africa Where was it first invented and why? Fertile Crescent – people got use to the easy way of life, hard times hit Costs and benefits of agricultural invention Broad spectrum revolution: a period during which a wider range of plant and animal life was hunted, gathered, collected. It lead to food production, human control over reproduction of plants and animals Food production 1st took place during Neolithic era (asso. w/ warmer temp) Clovis tools tradition: a sophisticated stone technology based on a point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear Sedentism (staying put in one place) came before agriculture Adaptive Strategies: Making a Living Yehudi Cohen's adaptive strategies: Foraging: hunting/gathering, rely on natural resources for substance. Often live in 100 or less groups. Ex: !Kung San Pastoralism: herds, animals. Neur/Basseri Horticulture: plots like fallow for varying lengths of time (compare with agriculture) Agriculture: characterized by continuous/intensive use of land and labor Industrialism horticulture and agriculture are organized around food production while the other ones doesn't really What is the difference 'pastoral nomadism' and 'transhumance' Pastoral nomadism: movement throughout the year by the whole pastoral group, in pursuit of strategic resources Transhumance: part of the population moves seasonally while the other part remains in villages What do the three types of reciprocity generalized reciprocity: giving with no specific expectation of exchange balanced reciprocity: exchanges between people who are more distantly related than are ppl of the same group negative reciprocity: dealing w/ people outside or of their social systems, reciprocity is carefully calculated What is potlatching? What are the functions of feasts? Potlatching: competitive feast among Indians on the North Pacific Coast of NA. Functions: sometimes as a memorial to the dead, prestige increased with the lavishness of the potlach Culture Sketches: The Basseri (why have government attempts to 'sedentize' them struggled?) idea that they can still live the same way, but in one place. you can't change one w/o changing everything KINSHIP, DESCENT, AND MARRIAGE Kinship, what is it? What are its functions? Not sure um…organizes social/political life? different types of kinship organization Lineal: uncle applies to FB/ MB. Direct line of descent that leads to and from ego Bifurcate Merging: splits the mother's and father's side but merges same sex siblings of each parent. Like, mother and mother's sister are under the same term (1) Generational: uses the same term for parents and their siblings. Does not distinguish between mother's and father's side. Basically just male/female member Bifurcate Collateral: most specific. Separate terms for M, F, MB, MZ, FB, FZ matrilineal/patrilineal/ambilineal descent matrilineal: people join the mother's group automatically at birth Know the basic kinship chart symbols and how to interpret a chart at a basic level. For example: Triangle: male, circle: female, square: don't know the sex, shaded shape: ego. = married, crossed out shape: dead Lineal vs. Collateral Kin. Collateral: relative who is not in ego's direct line such as B, Z, FB, MZ Affinal vs, Consanguineal kin: Affinals: relatives by marriage. Consaguineal: relatives with the same ancestor Family of orientation/ Family of procreation. Procreation: nuclear family when one marries and has kids Cross Cousins/ Parallel Cousins Parallel: cousin from parents' same sexed sibling. Ex: Father's brother's kids, or mother's sister's kids Cross Cousins: cousin from parents' opposite sexed sibling. Ex: Father's sister's kids Marriage Functions: regulates social links between sexuality/procreation, socially legitimate children, builds alliances, establishes connections, regulating descent (transmission of inheritance) 3 types: polygny, polyandry, serial monogamy exogamy vs endogamy exogamy: rule requiring people to marry outside their own group (bigger social network, adaptive value) endogamy: rule or practice of marriage between ppl of same social group marriage exchange bridewealth - Money or goods transferred to a women's family from the man's after marriage. Brideservice - Obligations a husband owes his wife's family after marriage Dowry - Substantial gifts transferred to the husband's family from the wife's family after marriage. Significance to understanding marriage? it is more of a relationship btwn groups for non-industrialzed societies Theories of incest taboos It is universal because incest horror is instinctive, because of this feeling, early humans banned it Early Homo saw that abnormal offspring were born from incestuous unions, to prevent this they banned it Originated to direct sexual feeling outside (to avoid disruptioion of) existing family structure/relations Most accepted explanation: Arose in order to ensure exogamy, because it was adaptively advantageous Types of families (nuclear, extended) Culture Sketches: Tiwi and marriage practices, beliefs, functions Traditional Tiwi culture ruled that all woman must be married…, before birth - death Belief: an woman becomes pregnant because a spirit enters her body. A woman who was widowed did not leave the grave of her husband without a new spouse…wow I suggest you read this in the book. Its kind of…long. Pg 227s SEX, GENDER AND MARRIAGE What is the difference between sex and gender? Sex: biological Gender: cultural construction of sexual difference. Performance Gender Roles (what are the characteristics of gender roles): tasks and activities a cuture assigns to the sexes Gender Stereotypes: oversimplified, strongly held beliefs about males/females Gender stratification: unequal distribution of rewards between men and women Gender effects (social, economic, political, kinship, etc.). Patriarchy vs. matriarchy: a society ruled by men vs a society ruled by women Sexual orientation: a person's habitual sexual attraction to: heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual Rosie the Riveter, the State and gender roles Not sure um…during the world wars, notion of women biologically unfit for hard labor faded What do the terms 'mommy track' and 'glass ceiling' refer to? Mommy track describe women leaving the workforce (to pursue childbearing. Glass ceiling: a ceiling based on organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions RELIGION/MAGIC Main features of religion (according to Kottak esp.) Cultural universal Include both spirits and impersonal forces Rituals concerned with supernatural beings, powers and forces What are core functions of religion? - intellectual/cognitive, psychological and social. Explain the world, answer questions about how and why the world is the way it is Validate: religious beliefs lend moral weight to decisions and rules, maintain social order Give meaning to events in the world, make what appears to be random explainable Orient: give people a stance to take toward the world Problems of defining religion Tylor: religion evolved through stages, beginning with animism polytheism monotheism. An ethnocentric understanding of process = problem with defining religion. Animism, Totemism, Mana, Taboo Animism: the earliest form of religion, belief in spiritual beings Totemism: uses nature as model for society, enhanced by symbolic association with and imitation of natural order Mana: sacred impersonal force. Belief in supernatural forces. Explains what happen in sleep/death Taboo: set apart as sacred and off-limits to ordinary people 4 categories of religion: shamanic, communal, Olympian, monotheistic Shamanic - part-time religious figures who mediate btwn ppl and supernatural beings and foes Communal Shamans + community rituals: lack full-time religious specialists Polytheism: believe in several deities who control aspects of nature Olympian: arose with state organization and marked social stratification Full-time religious specialists = professional priesthoods Pantheons: collections of supernatural beings (gods with specialized functions) Monotheistic: 1 eternal, omniscient/omnipotent/ omnipresent being, has priesthoods and notions of divine power Rituals and Rites of passage (separation, liminality (communitas), incorporation) Rituals: formal, invariant and earnest acts that require people to join actively in a social collectivity Stylized, repetitive, stereotyped. Can be secular as well as religious, forms a social community, operates to reduce differences in wealth, a form of social control. Rites of passage: customs assoc. w/ transition from place/ stage of life to another. Involve change in social status 3 phases: separation, liminality and incorporation Separation: people withdraw from the group and begin moving from one place/status to another Liminality: the limbo during which people have left one place but have not entered the next Incorporation: reenter society Communitas: an intense community spirit, a feeling of great social solidarity, equality and togetherness What is Syncretism: : cultural mixes, including religious blends, that emerge from acculturation Revisit the Kottak section on Sacred Cattle in India Hindu doctrine of ahimsa: a principle of nonviolence that forbids the killing of animals generally people in India protect and revere zebu cattle Uses power of religion to ensure that a valuable resource (cows) are nto destroyed, even in times of extreme need Western assumptions: ethnocentric and wrong Irrationally ignoring a valuable food b/c cultural/religious tradition, don't know how to raise proper cattle (skinny zebus). Hindus are set in their ways = refuse to develop rationally. Indian view of cows: important role in an Indian ecosystem. Essential to Indian cultural adaptation. Biologically adapted to poor pasture land and a marginal environment, Provides fertilizer and fuel, Indispensable for peasants, affordable How does Kottak describe what magic is?: supernatural techniques intended to accomplish specific aims Functions of 'Magic' : explain the uncertain, establish control, dispel doubts Contagious vs. Imitative magic Imitative: to produce a desired affect by imitating it (voodoo) Contagious: whatever is done to an object is believed to affect a person who once had contact with it ART *film: In and Out of Africa What are the processes through wood becomes art? How does art get its value? How is art studied in an anthropological perspective (chap 22) Religion, Individuality, Representations of art and culture, Communication, Politics, Cultural transmission, Continuity and change, music, POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND DIFFERENCE TRIBES, BANDS ,CHIEFDOMS, AND STATES? Bands: small, mobile, kin-based groups with little differential power Economic type: foraging Type of regulation: local Status system: based on prestige (not differential access) Tribes: Have villages and/or descent groups (clans and lineages) Economic type: based on nonintensive food production (horticulture, pastoralism) Regulation: local, temporary regional, Lack a formal government [DIVISION regarding basis of status: bands/tribes: prestige chiefdoms/state: differential access to resources] Chiefdoms: intermediate between tribe and state. Kin-based social relations (like bands, tribes) Economic type: productive horticulture, pastoral nomadism, agriculture. Trade… Social status: based on seniority of descent from kinship/descent Regulation: permanent political structure State: formal government structure and socioeconomic stratification Economic type: agriculture, industrialisms Type of regulation: permanent regional Basic divisions/ differences between a chiefdom and state States: much clearer class divisions Social relations: Chiefdom: kin-based (kinship, marriage, descent, age, generation, gender) States: brings non-relatives together and oblige them to pledge allegiance to a government Social stratification a key distinguishing features of states What is 'everyday politics'? formal government vs. informal forms of governance, everyday and state forms of "social control") Different ways of studying the state in anthropology (see Powerpoint here) State an an idea vs state as an system, function of concealment State and everyday life (routine rituals of the state, moral regulation "posters that tells you not to smoke") What are Max Weber's Dimensions of stratification (Wealth, Power and Presitge) Wealth: material assets economic status Power: ability to exercise one's will over others political status Prestige: "cultural capital." Esteem, respect, or approval for exemplary things social status What does Philip Abrams say comprises the two basic components of the state (see Powerpoint slide) The state as an Idea vs. the state as a System: Institution with power to withhold info Function of "concealment" Power: gives "it" (classification? State?) life by insisting on hiding and fostering interest Hidden and Public transcripts Hidden: the critique of power that goes on off stage, where the power holders can't see it Public: describes the open, public interactions between superodinates and subordinatess Hegemony: a stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their ruler's values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination (the internalization of a dominant ideology) Offer explanations about why the existing order is in everyone's interest: "this is the way things were meant to be". Instilling desire to consent and be complacent What are the functions of the state? How does a state administer its citizens? Population control, judiciary, enforcement, taxation. Ruling system, government. Conduct censuses and demarcate boundaries MODERN PROJECTS, COLONIALISM AND ITS AFTERMATHS -Industrial Revolution Modern World System: a world in which nations are economically and politically interdependent Imperialism - policy of extending the rule of a nation or empire over other nation Colonialism - political, social economic and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for a extended period of time Core/Periphery/Semi-periphery Core: geographic center. The dominant position in the world system, consisting of the strongest and most powerful nations. Semiperiphery: intermediate - Industrialized nations, Export industrial goods + commodities (like core) but lack power + economic dominance of core Periphery: Less mechanized economic activities, produces raw materials, agricultural commodities, human labor open systems vs. closed systems – can move up vs ppl locked into their parent's social position Globalization: accelerating interdependence of nations in a world system linked economically. Promotes intercultural communication which bring ppl from different societies into direct contact more diversity, new stuff. neoliberalism as a cultural ideology revival of smith's economic liberalism. Gov. should not regulate private enterprise and free markets should rule. Deregulation: no barriers, regulations to commerce is helpful No tariffs if possible, fewer manufacturing restrictions = better Profits from lowering costs A capitalist focus on individualism: more emphasis on "individual responsibility", privatization Culturally compatible development: Respond to local needs, collaborate with local traditions, focus on gender equality, remain flexible Avoid: Overinnovation: too much change. People resist too much major change. Underdifferentiation: tendency to view "the less-developed countries" as more alike than they are. Neglect of cultural diversity (ethnocentrism). different reasons for European colonial expansions (causes of economic expansions/ different 'intervention philosophies') Why in England? Had fewer workers: with increased need for products had to transform their domestic manufacturing system by industrializing Drew on national advantages in natural resources Particular cultural values + religion contributed to industrialization Intervention philosophies ideological justification for outsiders to guide local peoples in specific directions development projects – problems ethnocentrism: regarding one's own culture as being superior and judging other from the perspective of your own underdifferentiation: ignoring cultural diversity. Viewing less developed countries as an undifferentiated group overinnovation: chara. of projects that require major changes in natives' daily lives, esp. interfere w/ routines values of core vs. periphery/semi-periphery NATIONAL TRAJECTORIES/TRANSNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGIES Counterintuitive consequences of neoliberal expansions Anti-globalization movements "Grassroots" environmental racism movements Art as a form of political intervention Three Basic Theories of Representation Reflective: "language" is a mirror on reality Intentional: we impose meanings that we intend onto reality Constructivist: make meanings using systems of signs + concepts that already exist "Biological Citizenship,"—Chernobyl (demonstrating injury from the nuclear fallout increased the kinds of resources one had access to) 'Free market tuberculosis' – sell tb tests so you could be moved into a better hospital Reverse ethnography: deals with visibility, power, and diversity and objectification people as subjects/ people as objects. Coco Fusco: plays with key themes in contemporary life: Westernization, cultural essentialism, globalized diversity. *Film: Life and Debt: What is the film's basic argument, political viewpoint? What were specific effects of IMF loan conditions? 3.10.08 Theories of representation : Reflective: you can represent the world by creating a mirror image of it. Intentional. Constructive Benefits Costs predictable in time and space more work increase in productivity lower adult stature uniform ripening lower quality of food/worse nutrition larger seeds less variety increase in starch (calories) heavier disease burden storable surplus territoriality and competition higher populations vulnerable to collapse Anthro111 Final Exam Review 3
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