text: LONG BEACH, N.Y., April 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Planet Payment, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLPM) (LSE:PPT), a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2013 financial results on Monday, May 13, 2013 at 5:00pm New York time. Hosting the call will be CEO Philip Beck and CFO Robert Cox. A press release with first quarter 2013 financial results will be issued after the NASDAQ market closes that same day. The call will be webcast live from the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.planetpayment.com/ and a replay will be available on the site approximately one hour after the call concludes. The conference call can also be accessed live over the phone by dialing (877) 705-6003, or for international callers (201) 493-6725. A replay will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and can be accessed by dialing (877) 870-5176, or for international callers (858) 384-5517, and entering the conference ID 413496. The on-line replay will be available through the Company's second quarter 2013 earnings conference call and the telephone replay will be available through Monday, May 20, 2013. About Planet Payment Planet Payment is a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services. We provide our services in more than 20 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, primarily through our more than 50 acquiring bank and processor customers. Our point-of-sale and e-commerce services help merchants sell more goods and services to consumers, and together with our ATM services are integrated within the payment card transaction flow enabling our acquiring customers, their merchants and consumers to shop, pay, transact and reconcile payment transactions in multiple currencies, geographies and channels.


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The owners of Gallery 345 found 2 excellent pianos available when York University disposed of them. They brought them to the gallery and started using the place as a music venue as well as a gallery… based on these excellent instruments and the acoustics of the gallery.
Top pianists do pass the word about this kind of place … now, an invitation to play here is welcomed like few other places. Already the list of past concerts here is impressive.
And David Virelles qualifies as one of the great musicians, by nature as well as training, you should try to hear at this place.
Like many of his generation in Cuba who study at the numerous academies of music, he was required to meet high standards mastering the classical theory and repertory. And also absorbed the poly-rhythmic Afro-cuban heartbeat of music that suffuses Cuba. When it became clear this young student was special even amongst the best Cuban musicians, Jane Bunnett sponsored him to come to Canada and complete his musical education with some solid Canadian credentials, at Humber College.
The Art of the Piano: David Virelles
Sunday March 14 at 3 PM
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A MAN stopped on the motorway with fake Ralph Lauren tracksuits and the badges from fake UGG boots has been told to pay back £76,000.
Bernard O'Toole, from Liverpool, was stopped on the M62 at Birchwood with two large bags of counterfeit Ralph Lauren tracksuits, the fake UGG materials and £4,745 in cash in his van.
The 72-year-old was told to pay the money back following a hearing at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday.
If he fails to pay within six months, he would be jailed for 12 months.
The court heard when they went to O'Toole's home, in November 2012, they found 38,000 counterfeit items as well as a significant manufacturing operation involving sewing machines, logo heat presses, packaging materials and all the materials necessary to produce more counterfeit clothing and footwear.
O'Toole was also ordered to pay £9000 towards Warrington Borough Council's legal costs. He had already been sentenced to a six month suspended sentence for the 13 offences.
Clr David Keane, the council's executive board member for public protection, said: "Warrington Public Protection Service continues to lead the way in local government circles in ensuring that those who break the law do not retain their ill-gotten gains.
"The council's financial investigators have demonstrated with this case that through close working with the officers of the Public Protection Team both the cash seizure and confiscation regimes under the Proceeds of Crime Act can be used effectively by local authorities."
Clr Keane concluded: "This result sends out a clear warning to anyone considering entering into this style of criminality: do not become involved in the supply of counterfeit goods, because if you do, when you get caught, trading standards will ensure that all the profits you have made are seized."


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This article was published 18/10/2013 (1403 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
When Christians from around the world gather in Korea in a few weeks, they'll all sing from the same songbook, thanks to the work of a local graphic artist.
Winnipegger Judith Rempel Smucker designed the cover of the 254-page worship book for the upcoming 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea.
"I tried typographically to convey the idea of increasing volume, momentum and enthusiasm," she says of the hymnal entitled Hallelujah!
About 800 delegates from 345 member churches, and about 2,200 guests and observers are expected to gather in Busan from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8.
The World Council of Churches represents an estimated 500 million Christians from a large variety of Christian denominations, including Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Reformed and United. The Roman Catholics are not members of the WCC. The assembly meets every seven or eight years, and in 1983, Vancouver hosted the meeting.
In addition to the songbook cover, Rempel Smucker also designed five large banners measuring three by seven metres, which will hang in the main assembly room, as well as several informational kiosks for the assembly's display area. She also put together banners detailing events and photos of the WCC's previous nine assemblies dating back to the 1948, when the council met in Amsterdam.
One of several designers from across the globe preparing materials for the assembly, Smucker had to balance small details with the bigger concerns of a multilingual gathering. For instance, for the upcoming assembly, all materials are printed in English, French, Spanish, German and Korean.
"It's important to retain simplicity with style, and in the case of WCC, the added challenge is finding a universal visual language that communicates in a variety of cultures," she says of the design issues she faces.
Although Smucker's work will be an integral part of the assembly, she will not be flying to Busan for the 10 days of business, prayers and ecumenical conversations. If she could attend, she predicts her favourite part would be the large-scale worship services, and not only because her art adorns the songbook.
"I would look forward to many radically different people worshipping together; the singing, the communion, the coming together in a common spirit, regardless of denominational persuasion," says the 58-year-old native of Steinbach, who moved to Winnipeg in 2012 after several decades in Pennsylvania.
"I think when we encounter others in such settings, a global respect for each other emerges."
And those settings also remind Canadians of the diversity, size and common purpose of the Christian church, says Rev. Susan C. Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, who is attending the Busan assembly.
"I think the purpose of bigger organizations like the World Council of Churches is to remind us of the vastness of the Christian church," says Johnson, the only Winnipegger in the ELCIC delegation.
"It reminds us to open up to the size God is."
For Smucker, who has devoted about half her working time to WCC materials over the last year, designing materials for the largest ecumenical Christian body reminds her that people of faith everywhere have common concerns.
"It's exciting to be part of the global church community," says the designer and visual artist, who recently self-published a book of collages and reflections on the meaning of home.
"In my work with various denominations I have also discovered that themes such as peace, justice, caring for the environment, gender justice, interfaith conversations are common to the majority."


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4-H is a youth organization that belongs to the members, their families and other interested adults who serve as volunteer leaders. In 4-H, young people share, grow, and learn together from various projects, events, and activities in informal situations under the guidance of their families and other leaders. 4-H is open to all youth from kindergarten through age 19.
Kenosha County 4-H:
- Key Contacts
- 2017 Calendar
- Enrollment Information
- Forms for Members
- Forms for Leaders
- Countywide Project Information2017 Calendar
- Council Information
- Links
Kenosha County 4-H Key Contacts
4-H General Leaders – The 4-H general leader is an adult volunteer who coordinates local community based clubs.
4-H Project Team Chairs – The 4-H project team chair is an adult volunteer who provides leadership for countywide committees focused on a specific project area.
4-H Council Executive Board – The 4-H Council Executive Board consists of adult volunteers who provide leadership to the Kenosha County 4-H Council , Inc.
Kenosha County 4-H Enrollment Information
Kenosha County 4-H Clubs – Each 4-H member joins a local 4-H Community Club. This document is a list of the 4-H clubs in Kenosha County and contact information.
Kenosha County 4-H Clubs Map – This is a map displaying the meeting location of the Kenosha County 4-H clubs.
UW-Extension Code of Conduct for Youth – This document explains what is expected of all Kenosha County 4-H members. This is for informational purposes only and does not need to be submitted.
Program Guide – The Kenosha County 4-H Program Guide was created to give new and returning members and their families an overview of the Kenosha County 4-H program. It also contains a listing of the projects available to 4-H members.
4-H Online Enrollment – Online enrollment for 4-H year begins in the middle of September.
Kenosha County 4-H Forms for Members
4-H Member Record Form
Supplemental Record Form
Member Career Record Form
Clover Award Questions
Kenosha County 4-H Trips and Awards Application Packet
2016 4-H Scholarship Application (for members only)
Space Camp
COOL Form — For animals to be sold at Kenosha County Fair
2017 Base Camp Forms
Camp Letter
Base Camp Registration
Counselor Chaperone
Health Form (PDF)
Day Camp July 20th
Kenosha County Fair Forms
Kenosha County 4-H Forms for Leaders
Volunteer Sign In – Kenosha Project
Volunteer Sign In – Event
4-H Online Project Leader User Guide
4-H Online Club Manager User Guide
Annual Charter Renewal Form (fillable pdf form)
4-H Council Expense Form
Care to Share Form
Attendance Record Form
Minutes of Club Meeting Form
Work Request Form
Friend of 4-H Alumni Nomination Form
Clover Award Form to Nominate Youth
Member Pin Request Form
Kenosha County 4-H Countywide Projects
Countywide Project Team Chairpersons
Model Rocketry
Sewing and Quilting
Small Animals
Kenosha County 4-H Council, Inc.
Kenosha County 4-H Council Policy Handbook
Kenosha County 4-H By-Laws
Kenosha County 4-H-Council Schedule
Kenosha County 4-H Council Inc., Budget 2016-17
Kenosha County 4-H Council, Inc. – 4-H Council Expense Form
Kenosha County 4-H Council, Inc. – Grant Application
Kenosha County 4-H Hall of Fame Nomination Form (pdf format)
Kenosha County 4-H Council, Inc. – Accidental Insurance
Important 4-H Links
Wisconsin 4-H
National 4-H USA
National 4-H Supply
UW-Extension 4-H County Sites
Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development Policies
Federal Volunteer Protection Act 510
If you have any additional questions, please contact the 4-H Program Assistant,
Bethany Sorce
4-H Program Assistant
Kenosha County UW-Extension
19600 75th Street, #2
Bristol, WI 53104
Kenosha County 4-H is a program of the University of Wisconsin-Extension. The University of Wisconsin Extension provides affirmative action and equal opportunity in education, programming and employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, gender/sex, creed, disability, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital or parental, arrest or conviction record or veteran status.


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Brown-Waite to talk on national sales tax
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite will host a town hall meeting to address tax reform and the so-called Fair Tax proposal from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 2348 Collier Parkway.
The meeting will include U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Georgia, who introduced the legislation, which calls for the elimination of the federal income tax and the creation of a national sales tax. Linder is also co-author, with libertarian radio talk show host Neal Boortz, of The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS.
People may ask questions on tax reform, learn more about the other various reform measures pending in Congress and share their views on the topic.
For information, call Brown-Waite's office at (352) 799-8354. Details on the legislation is available online at www.fairtax.org.
Civic club benefit backs scholarships
The Latin American Civic and Cultural Association of Spring Hill will host its annual scholarship fundraiser from 3 to 8 p.m. Aug. 24 at SNPJ Lodge, 13383 County Line Road.
Tickets are $20, which include entertainment, food and dancing to the music of DJ Mike Martinez.
Proceeds will go to the scholarship fund. LACCA hopes to award scholarships to four 2009 Hernando County high school graduates.
For tickets or information, call Noemi De La Rosa at (352) 683-6743 or Elsa Serrano at (352) 688-5890.
Donations wanted for indoor yard sale
The Hernando Beach Marine Safety Support Group will host an indoor yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 23 at the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 4340 Calienta St.
Donations of salable items can be dropped off at the Coast Guard Auxiliary building from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday. Pickups can also be arranged. Donations of large items are tax-deductible.
For information, call Bill at (352) 596-9396.
Officials to discuss Kennedy Park upgrade
Hernando County Parks and Recreation will meet Thursday to discuss the county's application for a Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program grant. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Lorenzo Hamilton Community Center at Kennedy Park, 899 Kennedy Blvd.
The county is applying for help with improvements to Kennedy Park, to include construction of a tee-ball field with sports lighting, bleachers, press box and sidewalks; a large picnic pavilion with lights; a playground/tot lot; and a new entrance drive and parking lot at Emerson Road.
The grant is part of a matching grant program for the development of outdoor recreation areas and facilities.
For information, call the Parks Department at (352) 754-4027.
Singers, it's not too early for Christmas
The Nature Coast Festival Singers will have rehearsals for their Christmas concerts at 7 p.m. Mondays, starting Aug. 25, at Nativity Lutheran Church, 6363 Commercial Way.
The chorus will again present the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, as well as other Christmas songs.
New singers are welcome to join until the third week (Sept. 8) of rehearsals. Music will be available for purchase before each of the first three rehearsals.
Concert performances will be on the following days, each starting at 3 p.m.:
• Nov. 23, Nativity Lutheran Church.
• Nov. 30, Faith Presbyterian Church, 200 Mount Fair Ave., Brooksville.
• Dec. 7, First Methodist Church, 8831 W Bradshaw Blvd., Homosassa.
For information, call Shirley Chaisson at (352) 597-2235 or Sandy Kaliscak at (352) 556-3428.
Sharpen up your computer skills
The Hernando County Public Library System will offer computer classes in September at the Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive, and West Hernando/Staffordene T. Foggia Branch Library, 6335 Blackbird Ave.
Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at both branches' information desks. Telephone registrations will be taken after 10 a.m.; however, in-person registrations will be given first priority.
Seats are limited. To register for classes at the West Hernando Branch, call (352) 540-6392; for classes at the Spring Hill Branch, call (352) 540-6374.


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Also receiving an honor is Melissa Etheridge who was handed with the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award for her prominent work as a gay rights activist.
Country music sensation Taylor Swift has added another major accolade to her collection of trophies after picking up the Artist of the Year Award at a major industry dinner on Monday night, May 17. The "Love Story" hitmaker was honored at the NARM Music Business Association's annual gala in Chicago, Illinois.
Paying tribute to the 20 year old, NARM President Jim Donio said, "We are thrilled to welcome Taylor back to NARM, and we are especially proud to recognize her extraordinary creative and commercial achievements with our Artist of the Year Award. She has made a brilliant and stellar contribution to the music industry in just a few years and we congratulate her on this much-deserved honor."
Singer Melissa Etheridge was also a big winner - she received the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award for her prominent work as a gay rights activist, while songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were presented with the organization's Outstanding Achievement Award for Musical Collaboration.


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In several previous posts we noted that the Investigative Judgment builds on two other Adventist doctrines – Biblical Arminianism and Soul Sleep. Second, we saw that in the Sanctuary, Adventists have a solid basis for assurance. I also shared the rationale behind the Adventist perspective on the Close of Probation. In this article I want to describe a better approach for … [Click to read more …]
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If there is a judgment going on in heaven right now and if, when Jesus comes, His reward is with Him, it stands to reason that at some point before the second coming, those who are alive on earth will have to be judged as well. And, in developing this idea Adventists have come to … [Click to read more …]
Recommended Resources on the Current Seventh-day Adventist Understanding of the Investigative Jugment See our page of blog posts tagged "Investigative Judgment" Also see our page on Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary – Fundamental Belief 24. (Click on the links for each resource below.) Book: The Case for the Investigative Judgment by Marvin Moore. (Amazon) For the … [Click to read more …]
You might think that, although Christians disagree on a lot of topics, they at least agree on the central theme of their religion: the gospel. But no such luck. You have Calvinism on the one side, Arminianism on the other, and an entire spectrum of options in between. And that's just within Protestantism. The Catholic and … [Click to read more …]
After the great disappointment of 1844, a small band of Adventists, unable to deny the presence of God in the Millerite movement, came to the conclusion that, instead of the Second Coming, God had begun what they termed the "Investigative Judgment," now also known as the Pre-Advent Judgment, as distinct from the Final Judgment. Throughout the … [Click to read more …]
1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and while he thought he was finding a short cut to India what he found was a whole "new world." Now granted, the millions of people already living there already knew about it, and there is evidence of visitors well before Columbus. Still that does not change the point … [Click to read more …]
In an effort to "get us," the enemy tells us lies, half-truths and even complete truths (in deceptive ways) in his effort to get us to doubt our Salvation. Let's look at a few of his arrows. Satan says that God doesn't really love us One of Satan's most successful lies is that God doesn't … [Click to read more …]
You can now see the current lesson of the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. (Adobe Flash Player version.) It is an hour-long, inter-active study of the lesson for the week and a demonstration of a good Sabbath School class. You can download the video (MP4) or audio (MP3) files and the … [Click to read more …]
This week's introduction runs just over 8 minutes and would be great as a Sabbath School introductory video. You can see previous videos at the SanctuaryLesson Vimeo Channel. If you haven't seen last week's introduction, we suggest you view it before the current one, because the two videos together help to simplify what some see … [Click to read more …]
Thanks to the work of a small team of volunteers at Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen (link to video tour), a Seventh-day Adventist seminary in Austria, we can invite lesson author Dr Martin Pröbstle into our homes or our Sabbath School classes to introduce the lesson. The introduction to "The Pre-Advent Judgment" runs just over 7 minutes … [Click to read more …]


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Feeding Kids: Sports and Activitiesby Dana Angelo White in Fitness & Wellness, Kid-Friendly, June 14, 2013
Stumped on what to make for the team dinner or confused about the best snacks to bring after the game? Here are tips on the best way to fuel (and refuel) your active little ones.
Team Dinners
Team gatherings are a great way to build team morale and make sure everyone gets a good meal the night before a competition. There's no need for parents to over-think the menu. Provide plenty of fluids (water, 100% fruit juice and milk), some fresh veggies and pasta.
Some parents feel the need to shy away from carbs but this is exactly what athletes need prior to exercise. Pasta dinners are also easy and cost-effective. Add some protein from meatballs, turkey meatballs, chicken breast or chicken sausage, plus a big salad with vinaigrette dressing and voila — all your nutritional bases are covered.
When the weather permits, cook up a team barbecue complete with turkey burgers, veggie burgers, plus pasta and potato salads. Remember to make accommodations for anyone on the team who's vegetarian or has food allergies.
Don't forget dessert! A large fruit salad or watermelon wedges and some small baked treats will please the whole crowd. Cookies, brownies or cupcakes decked out with team colors are always popular.
A team brunch might also be a good idea before the team hits the road for a trip. In this case opt for bagels with cream cheese and peanut butter, smoothies, yogurt, fresh fruit, frozen waffles and scrambled egg wraps. All will provide healthy fuel that is easy to grab and go. Don't forget the fluid here either. Water, 100% fruit juice and if it's a hot day, sports drinks to take on the bus ride.
Before and During Activity
If your athlete has had a meal a few hours prior to activity (a practice or a game) a small snack might be all they need. Half a bagel, a banana and some water should keep their energy levels in tip-top shape.
Longer soccer games, track meets, or tennis tournaments might require some quick fuel at half time or in between sessions. In this case, choose foods like crackers, bananas, oranges, fig bars (like Fig Newtons) or small granola bars – nothing too heavy that they won't have time to digest.
Does your athlete eat to P.E.R.F.O.R.M.?
After Activity
When the activity is over, it's time to recover energy stores and worn-out muscles. Instead of sugary doughnut holes and brownies, bring along chocolate milk boxes, peanut butter crackers, trail mix, small containers of yogurt, homemade energy bars, string cheese and mini-bagels or a bunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Make sure perishable options are packed on ice and offer water and sports drinks (on hot and humid days) to help replenish sweat loss.
Learn more about eating for recovery.
Tell Us: What do you pack for your kids' sporting events?
Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and owner of Dana White Nutrition, Inc., which specializes in culinary and sports nutrition. See Dana's full bio »


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Tire Tag Contest Results
Written by PeaceLoveWorld, Posted in Events, Giveaways
Beep! Beep! Tire Tag Contest has come to an end. Today, we announced our winners of this challenge based on their submission in a timely matter of 5 photos of 5 different vehicles with PLW Tire covers installed on them. The first 5 people to complete this challenge successfully won a fabulous online gift certificate of $100!
Congratulations to:
- Alina Garcia
- Stephanie Alfonso
- Mari Conde
- Iliana Leiva
- Hailey Branchford
Everyone else who completed this task won $50 to spend online.
Thank you to all of the contestants that participated in this nation-wide challenge!
Coming soon: Flash Contests!
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
By Maria Konnikova (Canongate, 273 pages, $28.50)
Would you prefer to think like Sherlock Holmes or his faithful chronicler, John Watson? Holmes is portrayed in the Arthur Conan Doyle stories as a detective genius, a man whose mind can pierce through murk and uncertainty to the truth, while Dr. Watson, smart as he might be, is mostly a bumbler when it comes to solving mysteries.
So when it comes to improving our thinking prowess, Holmes is an admirable model and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, by Maria Konnikova, an insightful guide.
The author, a doctoral student in psychology at Columbia University, takes readers on a tour of the mind and rational thinking by way of a companion tour through the tales of the deerstalker detective. When Holmes was unveiled in 1887, she notes, he became the perfect spokesman for the revolution in science then taking place: "Holmes became a new kind of detective, an unprecedented thinker who deployed his mind in unprecedented ways. Today Holmes serves as an ideal model for how we can think better than we do as a matter of course."
It starts with observation.
"You see, but you do not observe," Holmes tells Dr. Watson in the short story A Scandal in Bohemia. Holmes had asked how many stairs lead to their 221B Baker St. apartment. Although Dr. Watson has climbed them innumerable times, he doesn't know. "I know there are 17 steps, because I have both seen and observed," says Holmes, who is always mindful. One of the constant, delightful features of his stories is how he can reveal so much about a person he has just met by what he observes.
But in our multitasking world, mindlessness is more common than mindfulness.
"All too often, when it comes to our own minds, we are surprisingly mindless. We sail on, blithely unaware of how much we are missing, of how little we grasp of our own thought process – and how much better we could be if only we take time to understand and reflect," Ms. Konnikova writes. "But it's not that we aren't capable of doing it; it's just that we don't choose to do it."
Holmes's mindfulness is in service of inference and deduction, which he boiled down to one main idea: "How much an observant man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came his way."
But if our brain is untrained, we can get into trouble. Ms. Konnikova notes that most psychologists agree that our mind operates on a two-system basis. One system is fast, intuitive and reactionary, operating on auto pilot. The other is slower, more deliberative, more thorough, and more logical. She calls the former the Watson system, and the latter the Holmes system.
"Think of the Watson system as our naive selves, operating by the lazy thought habits – the ones that come most naturally, the so-called path of least resistance – that we've spent our whole lives acquiring," she writes. "And think of the Holmes system as our aspirational selves that we'll be once we're done learning how to apply his method of thinking to our everyday lives – and in so doing break the habits of our Watson system once and for all."
For example, The Sign of the Four adventure starts when a well-dressed young woman arrives to see Holmes. She captivates Dr. Watson with her bearing, and he refuses to attribute anything unfavourable to her, moving quickly from the colour of her hair and style of dress to her character. His favourable bias toward the woman comes from other women he has met, while Holmes sticks to the facts when deducing.
Ms. Konnikova stresses that the scientific method we want to apply in our thinking must be aware of the biases we carry in our brain – she refers to it as a brain attic, with all sorts of furniture – and other factors that can prime us to make a wrong conclusion.
"Holmes knows the biases of his attic like the back of his hand, or the strings of his violin. He knows that if he focuses on a pleasant feeling, he will drop his guard. He knows that if he lets an incidental physical feature get to him, he will run the risk of losing objectivity on the rest of his observation. He knows that if he comes too quickly to judgment, he will miss much of the evidence against it and pay more attention to the elements that are in its favour. And he knows how strong the pull to act according to prejudgment will be," she observes.
Holmes calls deduction "systematized common sense," and this book is a guide to such thinking.
There's no formula and not many surprising conclusions, but thinking is vital to our success and Ms. Konnikova's essay, mixed with lovely descriptions from the Holmes library, makes for a pleasant excursion into the patterns of our brain and how we might improve.
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Feaured Artist - Simon Darveau
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Featured Artist - Simon Darveau
Montreal based French Canadian artist Simon is a singer songwriter, self-taught guitar and piano player and wannabe sound engineer in his free time.
Simon is currently building his home studio where he hopes he will spend most of his time writing and producing his own music as well as collaborating with other artists in a near future.
A proud member of "The Travelling Songstuffers", a virtual international group, Simon hopes to produce an EP featuring some of their work.
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Why Oblivion Looms for Abbas
Guest Column: Mark Perry offers 10 reasons why Hamas, rather than Abu Mazen and his U.S. backers will prevail in the struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds. The Islamists today represent the Palestinian mainstream, while Fatah is broken from top … Continue reading
European Hypocrisy: A Palestinian View
It is with great pleasure that I welcome back Saifedean Ammous, one of my favorite Rootless Cosmopolitan readers and correspondents — he really is a far better political analyst than he is at predicting football results! Saifedean, currently completing a … Continue reading
Yes, Bush is Naked, What of It?
Eloquent Image: There's nothing on the table I posted this piece last week on TomDispatch: President Bush's announcement of a new Middle East summit is being dutifully reported as a move to "revive" the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, designed to culminate … Continue reading
The Dissembling of Dennis Ross
It is time someone in the mainstream media (besides my hard-working friend Scott MacLeod, here and here) took to task Dennis Ross, the AIPAC man who served the first Bush Adminsitration and then Clinton as a Middle East mediator, before … Continue reading
Still Looking Busy in the Mideast
In his latest effort to look busy on the Israeli-Palestinian front, President Bush has now proposed a regional conference to be chaired by Secretary of State Condi Rice, in which Israel would join its Arab neighbors at the table. But … Continue reading
Perry (& others): Why an EU That Knows Better Apes the U.S. on Hamas
A couple of days ago, I did a quick survey of some of my regular readers to canvas opinions on why it is that Europe, so obviously knowing better, has nonetheless wholly embraced the disastrous U.S. boycott of the democratically-elected … Continue reading
How the 1967 War Doomed Israel
I. Avir harim kalul ba'yayin, ve reach oranim… The opening lines of Naomi Shemer's legendary Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) can still bring goosebumps to my flesh, even decades after I deconstructed and relinquished the mythology connoted by the … Continue reading
The West's Costly Hamas Error
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A Capsular Incision and Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Perineal Prostatectomy
This study has been completed.
Samsung Medical Center
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To evaluate the impact of capsular incisions on biochemical recurrence (BCR) and the potential risk factors of capsular incisions.
|Radical Perineal Prostatectomy
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
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|Impact of a Capsular Incision on Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Perineal Prostatectomy
Further study details as provided by Samsung Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer [ Time Frame: upto the final date of study ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- risk factors for capsular incisions [ Time Frame: at surgery ]
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prostate gland
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|June 1995
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|January 2008
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|January 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The pathological classification of the prostate following radical prostatectomy provides important prognostic information; an accurate pathology report is the cornerstone to cancer treatment and follow-up. In addition to the preoperative serum PSA, Gleason score on pathology specimens, seminal vesicle invasion and lymph node status, and a positive surgical margin with extraprostatic extension (EPE) are significant predictors of clinical and biochemical recurrence. However, the prognostic implication of a capsular incision, a tumor extending to the inked margins without a histologically documented EPE, remains to be defined.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|43 Years to 78 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
the prostate cancer patients treated with radical perineal prostatectomy at single tertiary institution
Inclusion Criteria:
- pathologically proven prostate cancer
- follow-up for at least 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- insufficient biopsy data
- seminal vesicle invasion or lymph node involvement on pathology
- neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00748514
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00748514
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|Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 135-710
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Samsung Medical Center
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|han yong Choi, professor
|Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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Chuang AY, Nielsen ME, Hernandez DJ, Walsh PC, Epstein JI. The significance of positive surgical margin in areas of capsular incision in otherwise organ confined disease at radical prostatectomy. J Urol. 2007 Oct;178(4 Pt 1):1306-10. Epub 2007 Aug 14.
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|Choi Han Yong, Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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|NCT00748514 History of Changes
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|September 5, 2008
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|October 6, 2008
Keywords provided by Samsung Medical Center:
capsular incision
biochemical recurrence
radical perineal prostatectomy
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Makes about 64 pieces. Recipe is from Sara Lemon, who said, "My mother, Anna Mae Lemon, now 98 years old, of Jackson, Miss., got this recipe from a friend in the 1950s or '60s. It's just as good now as it was then."
16 graham crackers (the double-square size)
1 cup slivered almonds
11/2 sticks butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put graham crackers side by side on a jelly roll pan (about 18x12x1-inch). Cut small pieces as needed to cover the pan completely.
2. Sprinkle almonds evenly over crackers. Set aside.
3. Heat butter and sugar in small pan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil and boil exactly 2 minutes. Carefully drizzle hot butter mixture over crackers, covering evenly.
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes — watch it because it will burn easily. Let cool in pan and break into pieces along cracker perforations.
Note: To cut the fill-in pieces of cracker, place a long straight-edge knife on the cracker, press it with the palm of your hand, and the cracker will cut with a straight edge.


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The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan this weekend called Mitt Romney "the most dreadful candidate since John Kerry."
Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Sullivan must have forgotten that in 2004 he endorsed Kerry over George W. Bush (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Let's go to the larger question now. This may not be resolved before we get to Tampa, boiling hot down there in the end of the summer. With no decision going into the room, what's that mean for the Republicans to beat Obama?
ANDREW SULLIVAN, DAILY BEAST: Oh, it's obviously not great. Although, you know, they can always reset. They can find some glamorous VP and try and do a Palin moment in September if they can.
MATTHEWS: That's really what it's about. It's not a third man situation.
SULLIVAN: Now, I think it's because Romney is probably the most, he's the most dreadful candidate since John Kerry just in terms of ability to deliver. His speeches are vacuous. He has no real connection with other human beings. I mean, this is a candidate that's a zombie at this point.
I guess Sullivan forgot that on October 26, 2004, while working for The New Republic, he published a piece called "Why I Am Supporting John Kerry: Risk Management" (link goes to Free Republic, TNR link no longer functioning):
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration has shown itself impatient with and untalented at nation-building. Moreover, the toll of the war has left the United States with minimal international support, one important ingredient for the successful rebuilding of nations. If Bush is reelected, even Britain will likely shift toward withdrawal in Iraq, compounding American isolation there and making it even harder for a new Iraqi government to gain legitimacy. In the essential tasks of building support for greater international help in Iraq--financially, militarily, diplomatically--Kerry is the better choice. No, other countries cannot bail us out or even contribute much in the way of an effective military presence. But within Iraq, the impact of a more international stamp on the occupation and on the elections could help us win the battle for the hearts and minds of Iraqis. That battle--as much as the one on the battlefield itself--is crucial for success. I fear Bush is too polarizing, too controversial, too loathed a figure even within his own country, to pull this off. [...]
Does Kerry believe in this war? Skeptics say he doesn't. They don't believe he has understood the significance of September 11. They rightly point to the antiwar and anti-Western attitudes of some in his base--the Michael Moores and Noam Chomskys who will celebrate a Kerry victory. I understand their worries. But they should listen to what Kerry has said. The convention was a remarkable event in that it pivoted the Democratic Party toward an uncomplicated embrace of the war on terror. Kerry has said again and again that he will not hesitate to defend this country and go on the offensive against Al Qaeda. I see no reason whatsoever why he shouldn't. What is there to gain from failure in this task? He knows that if he lets his guard down and if terrorists strike or succeed anywhere, he runs the risk of discrediting the Democrats as a party of national security for a generation. He has said quite clearly that he will not "cut and run" in Iraq. And the truth is: He cannot. There is no alternative to seeing the war through in Iraq. And Kerry's new mandate and fresh administration will increase the options available to us for winning. He has every incentive to be tough enough but far more leeway to be flexible than the incumbent. [...]
Domestically, Kerry is clearly Bush's fiscal superior. At least he acknowledges the existence of a fiscal problem, which this president cannot. In terms of the Supreme Court, I have far more confidence in Kerry's picks than Bush's. In 2000, Bush promised moderate, able judges; for the last four years, he has often selected rigid, ideological mediocrities. Obviously, Kerry's stand against a constitutional amendment to target gay citizens is also a critical factor for me, as a gay man. But I hope it is also a factor for straight men and women, people who may even differ on the issue of marriage, but see the appalling damage a constitutional amendment would do to the social fabric, and the Constitution itself. Kerry will also almost certainly face a Republican House, curtailing his worst liberal tendencies, especially in fiscal matters. Perhaps it will take a Democratic president to ratchet the Republican Party back to its fiscally responsible legacy. I'll take what I can get.
And when you think of what is happening in the two major parties, the case for a Kerry presidency strengthens. If Bush wins, the religious right, already dominant in Republican circles, will move the GOP even further toward becoming a sectarian, religious grouping. If Kerry loses, the antiwar left will move the party back into the purist, hate-filled wilderness, ceding untrammeled power to a resurgent, religious Republicanism--a development that will prove as polarizing abroad as it is divisive at home. But if Bush loses, the fight to recapture Republicanism from Big Government moralism will be given new energy; and if Kerry wins, the center of the Democratic party will gain new life. That, at least, is the hope. We cannot know for sure. [...]
Kerry has actually been much more impressive in the latter stages of this campaign than I expected. He has exuded a calm and a steadiness that reassures. He is right about our need for more allies, more prudence, and more tactical discrimination in the war we are waging. I cannot say I have perfect confidence in him, or that I support him without reservations. But not to support anyone in this dangerous time is a cop-out. So give him a chance. In picking the lesser of two risks, we can also do something less dispiriting. We can decide to pick the greater of two hopes. And even in these dour days, it is only American to hope.
See anywhere in that endorsement where Sullivan said Kerry was dreadful?
No. Neither do I.
In reality, Andrew Sullivan has no clue what he believes or supports anymore.
He has discovered in recent years his bread is better buttered by bashing Republicans whilst praising Democrats.
Indeed, he's supported a liberal in the past two presidential elections.
After eight years of continued attacks on virtually every conservative in the country, why should it be at all surprising when Sullivan finds any Republican dreadful?
The real shocker would be if he didn't.
*****Update: NewsBuster Jack Coleman smartly observed that Sullivan was for Kerry before he was against him.
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Corporate leaders have urged the incoming Coalition government to back Archer Daniels Midland's $3 billion takeover of GrainCorp, warning the deal is shaping up as a test of Australia's openness to foreign investment.
The deal has become a focal point for growing fears in boardrooms that Australia's reliance on foreign capital is being eroded by years of mixed messages under a Labor government and pressure from the National Party to reject the bid.
"The government is going to have to go out of its way to make sure the world knows that the policy is being run centrally and is not being run from the margin," prominent investment banker and former government adviser Mark Johnson said. "A pretty enlightened and open policy towards foreign investment is fundamental to that."
Qantas Airways chairman and former Rio Tinto chief executive Leigh Clifford said he hoped for a "more mature" debate about foreign investment under a Coalition government and criticised the xenophobia he said had crept into the debate around 457 visas and mining investment.
However, key lobby group NSW Farmers said its concern about the takeover was not related to foreign investment but reflected concerns that ADM could increase grain storage fees and make assets to ports more difficult.
"We don't want to be seen as these xenophobic redneck farmers," NSW Farmers grain spokesman
Pandering to populist sentiment
Mr Clifford said: "We have to recognise that Australia is in competition for foreign investment.
" Mining and LNG could not possibly occur without it. I was ashamed about the debate that went on directly after the announcement of the mining tax. I think some in the Labor government did themselves a disservice."
Foreign investment became an election issue when prime minister
While Treasurer-elect
Other senior business leaders and bankers said Australia risked squandering its potential to double agricultural exports by 2025 if badly needed foreign investment in the sector was deterred.
Mr Johnson, a former
"Essentially it is dealing in commodities, and commodities increasingly around the world are dealt with by very competitive global firms and scale seems to be a very important characteristic," he said.
He called for a more transparent approach by the Foreign Investment Review Board, which will assess the GrainCorp bid and make a recommendation to the Treasurer. "I would like to see FIRB making some of its policies a little more explicit and keeping them updated. A little more transparency and a little more missionary work."
Bankers say part of the capital problem for Australian agricultural companies is a lack of willingness by domestic institutions to accept cyclical downturns and invest over the long-term.
"Quite a number of agricultural-facing companies have for significant periods of time traded at substantial discounts to underlying value and have ended up because of that going into foreign ownership," said investor
"It is not as though the opportunities to invest have not been there, but often that the local market values them materially lower than foreign participants," he said; he declined to comment directly on the GrainCorp deal.
Fears of higher fees
Grain growers said the debate about foreign investment had been twisted to make them appear xenophobic when the real issue was around fears ADM's control over storage sites, rail lines and ports would lead to higher fees and lower prices.
Mr Clifford said emotions often clouded good judgment on foreign investment. "We need to make sure we don't have a decision based on Mickey Mouse issues," he said. There was also evidence that foreign capital could breathe life back into farming property that would otherwise be worthless.
Business leaders have compared the debate over agriculture assets to fears about Japanese investment in Queensland property in the 1970s. Mr Johnson said that like the Japanese, Chinese investors would eventually become more savvy and learn how to deal with "Australian marginal sensibilities" better.
"As the Prime Minister [Tony Abbott] said, Australia is open for business, so they are going to have to present serious and sensible policies," Mr Johnson said.
An ANZ report this year forecast that by 2050 Australia will have to find $600 billion to improve farm productivity and another $400 billion for older farmers to sell to the next generation.
Economists says foreign direct investment accounts for about a quarter of all capital coming into the country since the dollar was floated in 1983.
Direct foreign investment into Australian companies rose 8.7 per cent to $550 billion in 2012, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It has risen from $298 billion since 2005, representing a compound average growth rate of 9.2 per cent.
The United States, Britain and Japan represent about half of foreign stock investment in Australia, where as China only holds about 4 per cent of $24 billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Negotiations around a free-trade deal with China will also put the issue in the spotlight this year, with China pushing for the government to relax restrictions on investments by state-owned enterprises.
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This article was published 26/3/2013 (1609 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Police in western Michigan say the mysterious death of a Canadian woman late last year is a homicide -- stunning members of her Winnipeg-based family who initially thought they were dealing with a suicide.
Lee-Ann Elizabeth Shannon, 34, was found submerged in water in the bathtub of her Hart, Mich., home on Dec. 29. At first, family and friends were told by police and the victim's husband she had apparently overdosed on alcohol and taken her own life.
But the case recently took an unexpected twist when police arrested Timothy Shannon -- a well-respected town councilman -- and accused him of killing his wife while keeping a mistress on the side.
"It seemed like a very loving and caring relationship. So when we found out, we were just... it's just a sad situation all around," Al LaRiviere, the victim's cousin, told the Free Press on Monday from his Winnipeg home.
Lee-Ann had dual citizenship but spent plenty of time in Canada, as both her parents were born and raised in Winnipeg. LaRiviere was one of her closest relatives and would often travel to Michigan to visit. He last saw Lee-Ann in May 2012, where he met her husband for the first time.
"They were both so popular in the community. He was on council, his father is a doctor, his family owns some orchards. And she was like Mother Teresa, she was so popular, so involved in the community, working with underprivileged kids," said LaRiviere.
He couldn't believe the initial report that his cousin had killed herself.
"I just thought, 'How could she do that to her kids?' " he said. Police apparently wondered the same thing as they kept the investigation open, leading to them laying a murder charge against the victim's husband.
Timothy Shannon has already undergone a "preliminary examination" in court in which a judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to take the case to trial. None of the allegations has been proven and he is presumed innocent.
The couple had been married for six years and had a three-year-old daughter and four-year-old son. The children are now being raised by other family members.
"They met while both were going to school at a Christian university in Michigan," said LaRiviere. Lee-Ann's mother, Irene Chaffin, is now residing in Texas after spending much of her life in Winnipeg until her husband, Robert, died.
According to published reports on the court hearing, Timothy confessed to police he held his wife underwater for several minutes until she stopped fighting for her life. He said they had been arguing after Lee-Ann consumed alcohol that night and he demanded a divorce.
His wife was supposed to move out of the home on the day she died.
Police say he then changed his clothes and waited several hours before calling 911 to report his wife had drowned. Police have also identified Timothy's alleged "mistress" as a key witness for the prosecution. The woman, Jamie Hathaway, lived in the same house as the couple between October 2011 and May 2012, where she claims to have had a sexual relationship with Timothy.
No trial dates have been set, and Timothy remains in custody without bail.
LaRiviere said he and other family members scattered across Manitoba and British Columbia will be watching the proceedings closely.


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many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
This is the last but drawing of my travel themed Moleskine. There's just one more little page to fill. It's a travel sketchbook with a bit of a twist as I've created all the drawings at home with the souvenirs and memorabilia that I have brought back from my trips. Actually, not just my trips. This book also contains souvenirs from my friends travels too. That's the good thing about being a memorabilia artist; people always seem to bring me bits and bobs back from their trips. For example, a friend brought this back from the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery, London, earlier this year.
I started this Moleskine on the 29th of April 2009. I cannot even begin to think of how many hours work, and love, have gone into it. I think that it is my favourite sketchbook so far. In fact, it most definitely is. I am very proud of it. And now there is just one more page to go. Will I ever finish it?
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Holiday Run of RE-GIFT THE MAGI at Chain Theatre Begins 12/6
RE-GIFT OF THE MAGI, a new play by Janet Hopf, is set to begin performances December 6th, with the Opening Night on Thursday, December 12th at The Chain Theatre. Under the direction of Greg Cicchino, the cast of RE-GIFT OF THE MAGI will feature Steven Bidwell ("Fatal Encounters," URINETOWN), Kirk Gostkowski (LEAVE ME BEHIND, THE SHAPE OF THINGS), Nicholas Alexiy Moran (THE NANNY DIARIES; ALMOST, MAINE), Patrick Pizzolorusso ("A World of Her PWN," THE LAST CYCLIST), and Megan Sass (SURRENDER, "Stop the Bleeding!")
On December 24, 0000, three wise men followed a star to Bethlehem to lay pricey gifts before a baby in a manger. Six years later, said baby was preaching to his elders in the temple, well on his way to becoming an obnoxious slacker know-it-all. 25 years after that, baby Joshua was baptized by his cousin John, and the heavens opened up and the Big Guy Upstairs pronounced himself well-pleased. But how did that obnoxious kid get from point BC to point AD? RE-GIFT OF THE MAGI reveals for the first time why those wise men made their perilous journey and how they helped Joshua, son of Joseph and Mary, take that last step into Son-of-Manhood. Balthazar, the wealthy trader; Melchior, the freedom fighter (and hater of garlic-breath Romans everywhere); and mysterious Gaspar, give Josh an education in the shul of real life. By the time he stumbles into the River Jordan, he'll have met some familiar characters-a Prodigal Son, a young girl in Cana who would like to be a Bride, and a Pretty Good Shepherd. RE-GIFT OF THE MAGI is appropriate for all ages, offensive only to garlic-breath Romans.
Playwright Janet Hopf was also the author of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, GOD BLESS YOU, MR. SCROOGE! She is the current chair of the Manhattan Libertarian Party. Director Greg Cicchino is the Managing Director for Variations Theatre Group, where he recently staged productions of Neil LaBute's SOME GIRLS and Timothy Nolan's award-winning WHAT'S IN A NAME.
This exclusive U.S. production of RE-GIFT OF THE MAGI is presented by The Actors Theatre of Manitoba and will play a limited engagement through December 21st. The performance schedule is 12/6, 12/7, 12/10, 12/11, 12/12, 12/13, 12/14, 12/19, 12/20, 12/21 at 8pm; with matinees 12/7, 12/14, 12/21 at 2pm, and 12/8 & 12/15 at 4pm. Tickets are $10 ($18 at the door) and are available through www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The Chain Theatre is located at 21-28 45 Road in Long Island City, only 10 minutes from Times Square via the 7, E, G and M trains to Court Square Station.
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Photo Flash: Cumpsty And Colella Lead TAKE FLIGHT At The McCarter Theatre
The American premiere of Take Flight, a new musical by David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr. and John Weidman, continues at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ. Previews began April 30 and performances run through June 6. The production officially opened May 13.
The cast features Carey Brown, Jenn Colella, Michael Cumpsty, Bobby Daye, Claybourne Elder, Linda Gabler, Marya Grandy, Todd A. Horman, Stanton Nash, Benjamin Schrader, Price Waldman, and William Youmans.
Scenic and costume design is by David Farley, lighting design is by Ken Billington, sound design is by Ken Travis, with musical staging by Lisa Shriver and musical direction by Kevin Stites.
Take Flight melds fact and fiction to tell the interweaving stories of three pioneers of aeronautics: the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. As their dreams become reality, these aviators discover the real costs of their sky-high ambitions. With style and panache, this lush musical delves to the core of the American experience.
The celebrated team of David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr., has created the musicals Closer Than Ever, Starting Here, Starting Now, Baby, and Big (with John Weidman). Librettist Weidman is also known for his work on Contact and his collaboration with Stephen Sondheim on Assassins and Pacific Overtures. Sam Buntrock's acclaimed revival of Sunday in the Park with George was the smash-hit of the 2008 Broadway season, earning Tony nominations for Best Musical Revival and Best Director.
Tickets can be reserved by phone (609) 258-2787; toll-free at (888) 278-7932; online at www.mccarter.org; or at the McCarter Theatre Ticket Office at 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ.
Take Flight will play the Berlind Theatre Of McCarter Theatre Center Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30pm; Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm; with Saturday matinee at 3pm and Sundays at 2pm. Additional performances will be held on Sunday, May 16 and Sunday, May 23 both at 7:30pm. Public Rush tickets are available for half price day of performance (subject to availability). Pay-What-You-Can performances: Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30pm and Tuesday, June 1 at 7:30pm.
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The website for the American premiere of Take Flight at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ is now live at www.mccarter.org/takeflight. This site includes interviews with the creators and cast members, bios, historical material, rehearsal photos, rehearsal videos and more.
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Miley Cyrus' Torn Up Tights and Boots of Blue
Miley Cyrus, 16, as shown here, is proving that you don't have to LOOK like a multi-millionaire just because you ARE one.
Cyrus (dressed in strategically torn-up tights, an Iron Maiden t-shirt, and funky blue boots with fringe) spent some punk rock time over the weekend with pals.
The girl squad grabbed lunch and then had their nails done in Hollywood. They finished the day by getting a flower for Miley's mom Tish Cyrus (aww) and hitting Trader Joe's.
Pilates sufferer Miley's outfit was definitely the star of the day.
Tonight, Miley introduces her new video from the upcoming Hannah Montana movie ("Let's Get Crazy") on the Disney Channel, followed by her Inauguration Eve concert with the Jonas Brothers.
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I have a new client who imports modular pontoons and installs them. These are mostly of a temporary nature for a particlar sailing event but they can be of a more permanent nature. Being modular, all can be taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere.
The client occassionaly uses subcontractors in the UK - does this fall under the Construction Industry Scheme (I have had a look at HMRC guidence but cannot find anything specific)?
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Temporary structures
It does seem to be the construction and dismantling of a structure (whether permanent or not), which on the face of it is within the definition of a construction operation, within S.74(2) FA 2004 and not covered by any of the exclusions.
However, see the guidance on temporary structures at CISR14100. If it's in place for no more than two months, it's not a construction operation. If it's in place for two months or more, it's a construction operation and he will then need to operate CIS for the subcontractors.


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NSW Deputy Premier
With 70 per cent of the vote counted on Sunday, Nationals candidate and former Gunnedah mayor
Mr Marshall, 28, will be the youngest MP in the NSW Parliament and his victory means the Liberal-National Coalition government has a record 70 seats.
But beyond state politics, the by-election is being viewed as a precursor to the federal election on September 14, when Nationals candidate
The state and federal electorates overlap, and Armidale is the major population centre for both.
Mr Marshall secured a 34 per cent swing in the primary vote in what Mr Stoner described as one of the biggest by-election swings in NSW history.
"The Nationals have never been stronger, and we now represent more of regional NSW than any time in the party's history," he said. "This poll also ... reflects how unhappy local voters have become with Labor as well as the independents that have helped prop up the federal Labor government," he said.
Mr Windsor's support was critical in the formation of the Julia Gillard minority government, while Mr Torbay previously held the seat as an independent by a wide margin.
He was, however, due to contest the federal election as the Nationals candidate against Mr Windsor, but was dumped by the party in March after revelations he had been referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption because of his relationship with Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid.
Meanwhile, the Queensland LNP council has selected a replacement for Senator Joyce, who had to give up his Senate spot if he wanted to have a tilt at the House of Representatives.
The replacement is
Mr O'Sullivan is a businessman, farmer and former police detective who quit as treasurer with the Newman government to consider Senate pre-selection.
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Michelle Bombshell: 'Stop blaming the whores!'
Michelle Bombshell has an urgent message for America. Via PopEater:
"I want to say to the rest of the country, 'Stop taking it out on the mistresses and start taking it out on the men who are cheating on their wives,' " McGee told Inside Edition. "Why are these men getting off scot free while the mistresses are considered whores, and we're stepped on and we're booed and we're called nasty names?"
"It's the man's responsibility, they're the ones in the marriage, they need to keep their vows. It's very easy to say, 'You know what I'm a married man.' They can easily walk away," McGee said.
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"He has carved out a distinctive style in an age where everyone seems to believe they can be photographers. He brings the pages of every publication he shoots for to life. He is a brave photographer not afraid to push directors and the talent. To say that Tony Kelly is one of a kind is an understatement."
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"When you need colour, irony and humor, he is the first name that comes to mind. Think big, think Tony Kelly!"
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"Kelly's images have the kind of crystalline shiny sexiness that you almost want to lick off the page."
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A riot of colour, a lick of gloss and a touch of irony – welcome to the sunshine-filled, palmtree-lined world of Tony Kelly.
Born in Dublin in 1975, Tony worked as a photojournalist before breaking into fashion photography. He worked and lived in Barcelona until he moved to Los Angeles where he honed his signature style that is evocative, provocative and instantly recognisable.
Today he is often described as a visual storyteller who implicitly understands the craft of subtext. His photographs seduce the viewer beyond first glance, inviting them to peel back the glossy veneer and discover work that challenges stereotypes, reverses roles and confronts taboos.
Tony Kelly productions are renowned for their theatricality and spontaneity. His natural enthusiasm persuades celebrities to step out of their comfort zone, while his high-octane pace allows him to negotiate extravagant sets and imaginative tableaus.
The fine art and fashion photographer's work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, Glamour and Cosmopolitan, as well as international campaigns for luxury brands including Custo Barcelona, American Apparel, Steve Madden, Inditex, BMW and Mini.
His first photo book, TONY'S TOYS, was limited to 1,000 copies and sold exclusively in Marc Jacobs stores. His second publication, TAKEN!, was released in September 2016 and was published by teNeues .


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Your goal: invent a terrorist plot to hijack or blow up an airplane with a commonly carried item as a key component. The component should be so critical to the plot that the TSA will have no choice but to ban the item once the plot is uncovered. I want to see a plot horrific and ridiculous, but just plausible enough to take seriously.Link
Make the TSA ban wristwatches. Or laptop computers. Or polyester. Or zippers over three inches long. You get the idea.
Your entry will be judged on the common item that the TSA has no choice but to ban, as well as the cleverness of the plot. It has to be realistic; no science fiction, please. And the write-up is critical; last year the best entries were the most entertaining to read.
Schneier: Aviation security is a bad joke
Schneier: Movie-plot security doesn't make America safe
Pre-screened traveller program a boon to terrorists
Movie-plot security threats bonanza
FBI: terrorists might drive school-buses, but they probably won't
TSA changes laws of physics, declares ice to be liquid
Terrorist movie plot contest
US-VISIT immigration system spent $15 million per crook caught


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Punta Arenas
We made our flight from Puerto Montt with some time to spare, despite our difficulties leaving Chiloé. We'd opted to spend a little more (only about $20 per person) to fly instead of spending 32 hours on the bus. Over the next day (including the time that I am currently writing) I have enjoyed pointing […]Read more »


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Kim Kardashian seems right at home in Miami!
The reality starlet has been busy filming her E! spinoff, Kourtney & Kim Take Miami, but doesn't seem to mind. On Oct. 17, Kardashian, 32, was photographed enjoying a dip at the beach with good friend Jonathan Cheban during a gorgeous sunset.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star flaunted her curves and toned tummy in a light pink, string bikini while splashing in the water. Karadashian, who has been dating rapper Kanye West for about eight months, kept her makeup light for a natural look during the late night swim.
Shortly after this sexy beach photo was taken, Kardashian was treated to a whirlwind vacation in Italy by boyfriend West, 35, to celebrate her 32nd birthday on Oct. 21. The couple visited Rome, Florence and Venice during the romantic getaway.
West later visited his girlfriend back in Miami for Halloween. The twosome enjoyed a double date with Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick.