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As it happened, the corporate IT guy who handled the phones in the main office heard about our decision and went ballistic. He had been responsible for obtaining our branch's previous switch, which was so old that we kept 5 1/4-inch floppies to program it and demanded that we buy another switch from the same company -- though it was now financially unstable.
My coworker went to his boss, who went to his boss, who went to our branch's manager. All agreed that we were on solid ground with the lower-priced equipment that provided higher functionality than a POTS switch. A tactful letter was drafted to the corporate phone guy stating thanks for the input, but the decision was ours, and we were going with the VoIP setup.
The benefits of knowing the big boss
The phone guy in the main office did not like this, so he went and complained about the situation to his boss, who happened to ride bikes on the weekends with one of the owning family members -- and who happened to be our branch manager's boss.
The next thing you know, this family member contacted our manager and told him that (a) we would be buying the POTS switch, and (b) anyone fighting the decision would be looking at a greatly shortened career.
We got a POTS switch that was outdated before it was even manufactured. Within six months of delivery, that company had gone bankrupt. And the corporate phone guy? He retired about the same time.
I -- and many others -- grew tired of waiting on people who were in charge for no other reason than they were descendants of the company founders, and we moved on. For all I know, my ex-employer's building still "enjoys" phone technology that was obsolete long before it was installed. I've heard from other people that many family-owned companies suffer when generation III takes over. I wouldn't doubt it.
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A ROYAL Navy veteran has told how a routine visit to his optician may have saved his life.
Michael Johnson, 71, popped into Specsavers in Bridgwater High Street for his regular check-up, only to discover he had a rare cancer.
Michael's optometrist Steve Rosser, who discovered a problem with Michael's right eye during his examination, said: "Michael hadn't complained of any symptoms when he arrived so I had no reason to be concerned; however, my suspicions arose when I used the store's digital retinal camera to take a photograph of the back of his eye.
"It was clear from the image that there was something seriously wrong with Michael's eye.'
After consulting with his assistant, Steve referred Michael to a specialist at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
After a series of tests, he was sent to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital where he was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer called chorodial melanoma.
Michael, who served in the Royal Navy for more than 40 years, said: "I'd had so many tests that when I was officially diagnosed I already had a feeling it could be cancer.
"As the eye is so fragile it limits the treatment options and quite often with these cancers your eye needs to be amputated.
"The specialist in Liverpool told me about a therapy which uses proton beams to sterilise the cancer cells which are then safely removed, so I decided to go for it."
There is only one centre with the machinery capable of delivering this type of radiotherapy for eye cancers – the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology on the Wirral – and after two weeks there Michael was given the all-clear, although he will need regular check-ups.
Michael added: "I've been so lucky in many ways, thanks to the specialists in Clatterbridge and Liverpool, and to Steve at Specsavers. Without them I could have lost my eye or the cancer could have spread and become life-threatening."

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A sudden encounter at dawn in dense woodland,this is a startled call from an adult deer whose young are nearby.
Thanks up-north,good ear!
Two days ago i finally got a photo from inside our garden...though not before it ate every single one of the tulips!
The deer is a Roe Deer.
Well I just hope that he's friendly Digi!
...and no,there are many deer on the island,the queens'husband comes every year to shoot at them....maybe he's a poor shot lol.
This is the first time I've heard one bark tho'.
Visiting the island I assume? Sounds like my neighbors dog :)
This is so good it is quite scary - such a rare sound too as these creatures are so elusive. Wonderful capture.
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On Oct 31, Robby Findler wrote: > What does it do? (It works on the mac, so I guess you're using a > different platform?) On linux, it does something different -- it looks like (I'm not sure) it's jumping to the beginning or end of the line. -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://www.barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!
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Global private equity investment manager AlpInvest has hired a senior executive from Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group (CFIC), the fund of funds unit being primed for a sale as part of the Swiss banking giant's shift towards more liquid investments.
Nadim Barakat has joined the firm's Investment Solutions team in the position of managing partner based in New York.
Barakat was previously a managing director and chief investment officer at Credit Suisse CFIC, where he managed its investment process and managed separate accounts that made fund, primary and co-investments in private equity, real estate and infrastructure for large institutional investors.
He joined Credit Suisse in November 2000 through its merger with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he had been a vice president of DLJ Merchant Banking's customised fund investment group.
Before that, he was a founding member of the NBK Capital private equity effort and in the mergers and acquisitions department at JP Morgan Chase.
Credit Suisse announced plans in July to sell two of its five private equity divisions within its asset management arm based in New York in a bid to refocus on more liquid investments and uncertainty surrounding the Volcker Rule.
The Zurich-based bank is selling CFRIC and CS Strategic Partners – its private equity secondaries arm that earlier this year closed a $2.9bn investment fund – as part of the plan.
A spokesperson for AlpInvest did not respond to a request for further comment.
Credit Suisse could not immediately be reached for further comment on the sales.
Fortune reported in July that Barakat had resigned as a managing director at Credit Suisse Asset Management to join Carlyle Group, which bought AlpInvest in January last year from Dutch pension funds APG and PGGM.
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St. John's Antigua- Government Microbiologist Dr Lynroy Christian yesterday warned that anyone attempting to tackle the dense seaweed that has been plaguing the coastal areas should seek assistance from the Central Board of Health to avoid health risks.
The complaints have ranged from a fish kill at the Mill Reef Club to difficulty launching fishing boats and from unsightly beachfront property and swimming areas to a stench created by the rotting marine vegetation.
Dr Christian said that the dead vegetation is easy to tackle but urged caution whenever a stink is present.
"Once it's out of the water drying out, (there's) nothing wrong. It just decomposes like it would any other grass, any other carbon compound, so what is the issue is that if it stays in water and then it's allowed to stagnate in an area, then it starts to decompose; then you get the gasses coming off," said the microbiologist.
He used Jabberwock Beach as an exhibit. That beach, which is in the north, routinely has seaweed washing up on shore and deteriorating without problems.
Meantime the Fisheries Division released its findings on the invasion yesterday.
Deputy Chief Fisheries Officer Philmore James identified the variety of weed as Sargasso, a free-floating variety which is quite normal for areas of the Antiguan coastline. What is abnormal is the sheer quantity of the stuff.
James said that the probe also identified a possible origin.
"What has happened over the past few weeks is that because of the sort of tropical systems (that) we have been experiencing, we believe that this might have contributed to (ocean currents) bringing down a lot more than normal," he said.
He said that the extra weed seems to be coming from what's known as the Sargasso Sea – an area of the Atlantic Ocean where Sargasso is in such thick concentration that ships can be trapped there.
The entire Eastern Caribbean and Barbados are said to be seeing similar influx of the plant, and James said that contrary currents have seemingly expanded the Sargasso Sea.
"If you notice it's (seaweed) concentrated mainly along the eastern shores. These are the shores that are opened to the Atlantic, and in particular, it has become of some concern within some of our bays where the water might not be freely circulating in and out," James said.
Eli Fuller, owner of a local boat tour company as well as a life-long fisherman in Antiguan waters, says that around May he started noticing an "incredibly strong southwest current," and he believes that this flow brought the weed into the Eastern Caribbean area.
"This is like nothing we have seen in my lifetime and it seems that there is still more weed floating across," Fuller noted in the blog he regularly writes about the sea life around the island.
Some of the major hotels on the eastern and southern coasts have been trying to keep the beaches clear by removing truckloads of the seaweed daily.


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Watch: Hedi Slimane's directional debut for Saint Laurent
Neo-ballerina shot in b+w.
Hedi Slimane makes his directional debut for Saint Laurent with this film for the new Ballerina line, and boy is it lush. Debuted by Dazed Digital today, its stars the supremely beautiful model / dancer Lida Fox against an eerily-charged tune by Cherry Glazerr, 'Trick or Treat Dancefloor'.
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Lida Fox is stupidly spellbinding as she leaps and glides in between moments of being a straight-up, no-questions-asked babe.
The Ballerina archetype is imbued with Hedi's undying grunge aesthetic. The Saint Laurent ballerina will jeté and plié in leather goods, and she can casually chuck on a flannel over the top. Breezy.
Lida wears Hedi's 'newly designed classic ballerina shoe'. This is great and all, but we're more interested in the wildly mesmerising thing as a whole. Cue cessation of these musings so you can actually watch it for yourself:


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Beer Caves Discovered In St. Cloud – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History'
"Beer Caves" found? On June 7, 1949, a sewer laying crew had been plagued with water when attempting to lay pipes between First and Second Street on Fifth Avenue North. Each time dirt was removed water would ooze up and over the pipe laying operations. The contractor then struck rock which led to the unearthing of a cave 100 feet long, 18 feet wide and 15 feet high.


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Oscar Pistorius will become the first double amputee to compete at the Olympics after being included Wednesday in the South African 4x400-metre relay team for the 2012 London Games, an official said.
Pistorius, who failed to qualify in the individual 400 metres sprint, has been included in the 125-member SA team as part of the 4x400m relay squad.
An additional 13 names were added to the provisional 112-member SA team announced by the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) in the first week of June.
Willem de Beer, Ofentse Mogawane and Shaun de Jager have also been included in the 4x400m relay team, joining 400m hurdles specialist LJ van Zyl, who had already been selected.
South Africa's only medallist at the 2008 Beijing Games, long jumper Khotso Mokoena, has been included in the team after reaching the qualifying standard twice in his discipline.
Rising stars Anaso Jobodwana (200m), Andre Olivier (800m), Lehann Fourie (110m hurdles) and Willem Coertzen (decathlon), who was a surprise omission from the provisional team, round out the country's track and field representatives at the Games.
Open water swimmers Troyden Prinsloo and Jessica Roux, who were the first South Africans to finish at the qualifying event in Portugal recently, have been added to the swimming team, along with Darren Murray (200m backstroke) and Trudi Maree (50m freestyle) who will turn out in the pool.
The complete SA Olympic team list:
Swimming: Men: Jean Basson, Charl Crous, Herman Heerden, Chad le Clos, Gideon Louw, Graham Moore, Sebastien Rousseau, Riaan Schoeman, Roland Schoeman, Leith Shankland, Darian Townsend, Cameron van der Burgh, Darren Murray, Trudi Maree
Women: Kathryn Meaklim, Karin Prinsloo, Wendy Trott, Suzaan van Biljon
Open water: Troyden Prinsloo, Jess Roux
Karen Hultzer
Marathon men: Lusapho April, Stephen Mokoka, Coolboy Ngamole
Marathon women: Rene Kalmer, Tanith Maxwell, Irvette van Blerk
Track and field: Men: Anaso Jobodwana, Andre Olivier, Lehann Fourie, Cornel Fredericks, LJ van Zyl, Oscar Pistorius, Ofentse Mogawane, Willem de Beer, Shaun de Jager, Khotso Mokoena, Willem Coertzen
Women: Caster Semenya, Sunette Viljoen
50km race walk: Marc Mundell
Michelle Claire Edwards, Dorian Lance James, Annari Viljoen, Willem Viljoen
Siphiwe Lusizi (69kg), Ayabonga Sonjica (56kg)
Bridgitte Hartley (K1 500m women), Tiffany Kruger (K1 200m women)
Road: Darryl Impey, Robyn Lee de Groot, Ashleigh Moolman, Joanna van der Winkel
Mountain bike: Phillip Buys, Candice Neethling, Burry Stander
BMX: Sifiso Nhlapo
Track: Bernard Esterhuizen
Paul Hart (Eventing)
Women: Roxanne Barker, Zamandosi Cele, Amanda Dlamini, Judith Hlumbane, Refiloe Jane, Kylie-Ann Louw, Noko Matlou, Andisiwe Mgcoyi, Philadelphia Mndaweni, Portia Modise, Sanah Mollo, Robyn Moodaly, Marry Ntsweng, Nompumelelo Nyandeni, Amanda Sister, Leandra Smeda, Janine van Wyk, Nothando Vilakazi
Men: Andrew Cronje, Timothy Drummond, Ian Haley, Rhett Halkett, Marvin Harper, Julian Hykes, Lance Louw, Lloyd Madse, Thornton McDade, Lloyd Norris-Jones, Taine Paton, Wade Paton, Rassie Pieterse, Justin Reid-Ross, Jonathan Robinson, Austin Smith
Women: Tarryn Bright, Dirkie Chamberlain, Pietie Coetzee, Bernadette Coston, Sulette Damons, Illse Davids, Lisa-Marie Deetlefs, Lesley-Ann George, Lenise Marais, Marsha Marescia, Mariette Rix, Shelley Russell, Kathleen Taylor, Nicolene Terblanche, Jennifer Wilson, Kate Woods
Gideon van Zyl (73kg)
Men's lightweight coxless four: Matthew Brittain, Sizwe Ndlovu, John Smith, James Thompson
Women's pair: Lee-Ann Persse, Naydene Smith
Asenathi Jim (470 men), Roger Beresford Hudson (470 men).
Alistair Davis (Double trap men)
Richard Murray, Kate Roberts, Gillian Sanders
Beach volleyball:
Freedom Chiya, Grant Goldschmidt
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ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SYN), a developer of novel anti-infective biologic and drug candidates targeting specific pathogens that cause serious infections and other diseases, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013 and provided operational highlights.
Recent Operational Highlights
Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) Trimesta (oral estriol)
Prevention of C. difficile (C. diff.) Infections SYN-004 Oral Enzyme
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Monoclonal Antibody (mAb)
Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (C-IBS)
"Over the past two years, Synthetic Biologics has built a strong pipeline of novel anti-infective biologic and drug candidates targeting specific pathogens, such as C. diff, b. pertussis, methanogens and Acinetobacter. We believe that the Company is well positioned to achieve several key milestones during 2014, and should create significant shareholder value," stated Jeffrey Riley, CEO of Synthetic Biologics. "Relevant to a topic gaining increased awareness in the healthcare community, two of the Company's compounds in development are designed to protect the microbiome. When the natural balance of the millions of bacteria in the gut microbiome is disrupted, a person's health can be compromised. We believe we have solutions."
Mr. Riley concluded, "We look forward to the AAN Annual Meeting at the end of April, when Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl will present topline results from the Phase II clinical trial evaluating Synthetic Biologics' oral estriol compound. This represents an important milestone for the Company, and for the potential development of a treatment for MS patients."
Year Ended December 31, 2013 Financial Results
General and administrative expenses increased to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to $5.0 million for the same period in 2012. The increase of 16% is primarily the result of bad debt expense of $763,000 associated with the determination that the note and interest receivable from the sale of Adeona Clinical Laboratory is uncollectible. Charges related to stock-based compensation were $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to $1.5 million for the same period in 2012.
Research and development expenses decreased to $6.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to $12.3 million for the same period in 2012. The decrease of 47% is primarily the result of recording non-cash charges including, the fair value of the common stock issued to Intrexon as consideration for the infectious disease collaboration ($7.8 million) and the fair value of the common stock issued for the acquisition of the C. difficile program assets ($1.2 million). The decrease in research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013 was off-set by increases in employee costs and program costs associated with the Company's infectious disease programs. Charges related to stock-based compensation were $375,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to $400,000 for the same periods in 2012.
Other income was $21,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013, compared to $15,000 for the same period in 2012.
Cash as of December 31, 2013 was $14.6 million, compared to $10.0 million as of December 31, 2012. As of March 27, 2014, the Company's cash balance was approximately $11.3 million.
Conference Call
Synthetic Biologics will hold a conference call today, Monday, March 31, 2014, at 10:00 am EDT. During the call, Jeffrey Riley, Synthetic Biologics' Chief Executive Officer, will provide a brief update of the Company's multiple sclerosis program and its anti-infective drug pipeline for infections and other diseases, including the prevention of C. difficile infections, reducing the impact of methane producing organisms on constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (C-IBS) and the treatment of Pertussis. C. Evan Ballantyne, Synthetic Biologics' Chief Financial Officer, will review the Company's financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Interested parties should call 1-877-870-4263 (U.S. toll free), 1-855-669-9657 (Canada toll free), or +1 412-317-0790 (International), fifteen minutes before the start of the call to register. Registered callers on the toll free line may ask to be placed in the queue for the Question & Answer Session. The call will also be webcast over the Internet at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=98657. If you are unable to participate during the live conference call, the webcast will be available for replay at the same URL, http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=98657 for 30 days after the call.
About Synthetic Biologics, Inc.
Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SYN) is a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel anti-infective biologic and drug candidates targeting specific pathogens that cause serious infections and other diseases. The Company is developing an oral treatment to reduce the impact of methane producing organisms on constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (C-IBS), an oral biologic to protect the gastrointestinal microflora from the effects of IV antibiotics for the prevention of C. difficile infection, a series of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of Pertussis and Acinetobacter infections, and a biologic targeted at the prevention and treatment of a root cause of a subset of IBS. In addition, the Company is developing an oral estriol drug for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) and cognitive dysfunction in MS. For more information, please visit Synthetic Biologics' website at www.syntheticbiologics.com.
Copaxone® is a registered trademark of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
This release includes forward-looking statements on Synthetic Biologics' current expectations and projections about future events. In some cases forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. These statements are based upon current beliefs, expectations and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and include statements regarding advancing the Company's clinical programs, the Company's opportunities and its position in the infectious disease market, the anticipated timing and results of the Company's development efforts and the expected size of the future market for sales of therapies for C. difficile infection, and the Company's ability to create significant shareholder value. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth or implied by any forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in Synthetic Biologics' forward-looking statements include, among others, a failure to receive the necessary regulatory approvals for commercialization of the Company's therapeutics, a failure of the Company's clinical trials, and those conducted by investigators, to be commenced or completed on time or to achieve desired results, a failure of the Company's clinical trials to receive anticipated funding, a failure of the Company's monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of infectious diseases to be successfully developed or commercialized, the Company's inability to maintain its licensing agreements, or a failure by the Company or its strategic partners to successfully commercialize products and other factors described in Synthetic Biologics' report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and any other filings with the SEC. The information in this release is provided only as of the date of this release, and Synthetic Biologics undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release on account of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
- Financial Tables Follow -
Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 14,625
$ 9,954
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Property and equipment, net
Long-term note receivable
Deposits and other assets
Total Assets
$ 16,257
$ 13,423
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities
$ 142
$ 395
Commitments and contingencies
Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and subsidiaries equity
Total Liabilities and Equity
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the years endedDecember 31,
Operating Costs and Expenses
General and administrative
$ 5,832
$ 5,012
Research and development
Total Operating Costs and Expenses
Loss from Operations
Other Income (Expense)
Interest income
Other expense
Total Other Income, net
Loss from Continuing Operations
Income from Discontinued Operations
Net Loss
Net Loss Attributable to Non-controlling Interest
Net Loss Attributable to Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and
$ (12,317)
$ (17,068)
Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Basic and Dilutive
Continuing operations
$ (0.27)
$ (0.50)
Discontinued operations
Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Synthetic Biologics, Inc.
and Subsidiaries
$ (0.49)
Weighted average number of common shares
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STEINBACH -- Helen Cobiness wore a crisply tailored crimson coat to court.
Though visibly frail, Cobiness entered court in Steinbach Thursday on the arms of two granddaughters ready to face charges for doing what most of us take for granted: entering her First Nation's government offices, the equivalent of a town hall.
The elderly woman was recovering from a broken bone in her foot and it was apparent she lacked the strength to walk far.
When the judge called her to the stand, the 82-year-old widow of Eddie Cobiness, one of the Group of Seven aboriginal artists, rose gingerly from her seat.
The court watched while she made her way slowly to the witness stand. Provincial court Judge Kelly Moar was quick to ask her to sit down.
As anticipated, Cobiness pleaded guilty to breaching a court order.
Both her granddaughters and a fellow band member made the court appearance with Cobiness. All four face the same charges.
The four women from Buffalo Point First Nation broke the law last October by going into the band office at the tiny Ojibway First Nation near the Manitoba-Minnesota border.
Cobiness's granddaughter, Kari Cobiness, 21, will enter her guilty plea in March.
The other granddaughter, Kari's sister, Brittany Cobiness, 20, entered a guilty plea, along with fellow band member Andrea Colette Camp, 54.
The First Nation's hereditary leader, Chief John Thunder, obtained a court order against most of the members of his community a year earlier. It bars specifically named band members from entering band offices and all public places on the reserve.
Meanwhile, the chief faces extortion charges in connection with threats made to Sen. Don Plett. Plett is among hundreds of non-native cottagers embroiled in a long-running dispute with Thunder over property taxes at Buffalo Point.
Thunder's extortion charge last October followed an alleged attempt to interfere with a lawsuit over the property taxes levied against non-native cottagers.
The four Buffalo Point residents said they had walked into the band offices in October 2013 to get details on why their chief had been arrested. Instead, they were arrested for violating the injunction.
For the Cobiness family, the breach represented yet another political stand in a list of many against the authority of a chief they don't recognize.
For Camp, the guilty plea put her livelihood as a respiratory therapist in the hands of the court.
She's on record saying she knew the risk and took it on principle. Other band members have described Buffalo Point in stark terms, calling the chief and his administration dictatorial.
After some leniency -- the court stayed a long list of charges against the women so each pleaded guilty to a single breach -- the court also agreed with an unusual request to order a Gladue report.
Courts order these pre-sentence reports for aboriginal accused when there's a possibility of jail time.
A Gladue report takes into account circumstances aboriginal people face, but this report may be among the first to involve grievances against a hereditary chief.
"A Gladue report will show the institutional abuse they are facing is not from the white system but from their own governance system," their lawyer, Norman Boudreau, said.
The most the women likely face is a fine.
In his argument, Boudreau said such a report would outline the discrimination residents at Buffalo Point face daily.
"My clients are being disenfranchised. They are unable to obtain services from their band office. Their rights as Indians have been trampled," Boudreau said.
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I just watched a butterfly sail across the screen in the clippers at jazz game.
I kinda meant this for the random thoughts thread.
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I just watched a butterfly sail across the screen in the clippers at jazz game.
I kinda meant this for the random thoughts thread.
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Absolutely untrue. He had 5 blocks, and challenged and caused them to miss many other times. Without him protecting the rim we probably lost tonight.
Don't look at the stat sheet. Watch how a player truly affects the game.
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
Hard to score points if the team isn't looking for you.
Also, 5 blocks and he challenged 2-3 times more shots than he blocked as well. When you do that you aren't in position to get the rebound b/c your momentum is carried away from the rim. Roy does what we ask of him (protect the rim), it's up to the rest to clean up behind him after he challenges the shot.
There is a reason why some of the All-Stars during All-Star weekend told him they are afraid to drive into the paint when he is there... it is b/c he is damn good at protecting the rim.
You can be a game changing All-Star without scoring or rebounding allot, he does it by being a dominate force on defense protecting the rim. While there is a blocked shot column of the stat sheet, there isn't a challenged shot leading to a miss column. So, looking at the box score doesn't always show Roy's impact on the game.
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
The 76ers scored 94 points on 90 shots. The defense was quite good actually.
I think it would be beneficial to play the bench a little more against teams that aren't as competitive to keep our starters fresh. Also pull a Spurs and rest them on certain nights.
follow me @TruenoPanda - lets talk Pacers!
Agreed. Also:
Vogel a bit defensive when questioned about team's play: "We're playing with urgency. You think we're not playing hard enough?"— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) March 15, 2014
Vogel: "Show me a possession where it looks like we're not playing hard?"— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) March 15, 2014
I agree with Vogel. We played hard... Just we weren't always smart with the basketball. like Mark points out:
Not much a coach can do about turnovers. Can talk about it. Show video. But you can't get inside a player's head and make him have judgment.— Mark Montieth (@MarkMontieth) March 15, 2014
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
We shot 58% from the floor and held Philly to shooting under 40%. If the Pacers don't turn the ball over tonight as much as the did, this is a 20 point win. At this point in the season, I don't care how wins come. After our brutal stretch to end the regular season last year and our subsequent playoff run, I've got every reason to believe is team is going to kick it into another gear come playoff time. Just a matter of winning any way possible the next 16 games.
We won. Heat lost. PD is in panic mode. Sounds about right
Well I think Vogel tried to do this. West and PG sat for awhile in the second. The lead was at 12 at the start of the 4th. But then Philly cut it down to 5 with the bench in. So the starters had to come back
It's amazing that we shot 58% and gave up 94 points on 90 shots and didn't win by 20-25. So we probably lose if we shoot 50%.
Roy, at 7-2, now has 3 more rebounds on the season than the 6-5 Stephenson. His defense is good, but it doesn't make up for his lack of rebounding and his lack of scoring. Of course, for that matter, you would think PG and West would out-rebound Stephenson, too.
Anyone know CJ's status?
I think there's a strong possibility we cut Scola loose and give his minutes to Lavoy next year.
Also refer to the the Roy rebounding thread, which goes even deeper into it. (Including squashing your idea that height is the main factor when it comes to rebounding.)
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
Random comment: I have to give you props for (so far) correctly predicting that Turner wouldn't get enough opportunities here. He was 4-4 against Boston the other night and was hot early on, then we went away from him. Just 4 more shot attempts tonight. 3 shot attempts in the Houston game. 3 shot attempts in Dallas. I get that we didn't need a big game from him tonight, but the guy has shot the ball just 14 times in the last 4 games. We must get him involved. If you're going to trade a guy as popular as Granger, then you better at least use the main player you get back for him.
DeAndre Jordan for the Clippers averages just as many points & blocks as Roy Hibbert, but he also averages 14 Rebs a game. I contend that rebounding on both the offensive and defensive ends is a huge part of playing defense. When you rebound, you don't have to play defense for that possession. So I can accept that When Roy challenges and blocks the shot his rebounds are affected and thus our wings have to swoop in and get those boards for us. But I cannot accept watching Roy on the offensive end not fight for rebounds. He doesn't fight for position to rebound, and he is hanging out by the free throw line trying to take jumpers. If Roy is gonna abandon his post game, then he needs to muscle up and get into the paint for rebounds.
You know the one thing that I noticed about Bynum the other night? He got his *** into the paint early in the possession and worked for his position all game. He never once let himself get pushed out of the paint and out of position to try and go for a rebound. Not only that, but like a true center once he got the rebound, he never brought the ball down low to have it slapped away.
Sure the Pacers are the best rebouding team in the league, but we are also a poor shooting team because our 7-2 center can't give us easy buckets on putbacks around the rim. So we could definetly be alot better, and our offensive would be a **** load more efficient if that guy actually tried to get O-Rebounds.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
I have not read the entire thread yet and I may catch wrath for this but I am as frustrated as ever with George Hill. And I am a big fan of his. Tonite his 3 was off which is alright I don't expect him to be consistent at all times, but at this point I believe Mario Chalmers is a better player than him and that bothers me. I am not calling for a trade or antyhnng but more and more I am on board with having to choose between Lance or GHill hypothetically I want to keep Lance even if it meant Lance at a few mill more.
Hill when he first arrived gave us everything we could ask for, winning attitude and experience with class organization, along with nites where he led the team in scoring and hit clutch shots. I realize this team has way more talent now but there are nites where Hill seems invisible. Im holding out hope Hill gives us what we need in the postseason and that for me now he is simply sacrificing for the greater good but to be blunt I expect more from Hill than what were getting.
For this offense we need a knock down 3 pt shooter or someone that can play lockdown defense at the point position. dare I say it I just feel Hill has become average at both shooting (despite a solid %) and defensively (where he has off nites way too often).
Hill eluded to it in the postgame and I realize he went heavy minutes tonite but its more overall and just the lack of assertiveness that has become the norm; but again Hill made a comment about the point guard position running through screens etc.. I just don't believe Hill is comfortable as a point guard and believes himself to be a shooting guard. as irrelevant as that may be the big picture solution may be this team needs a defensive minded point guard who can lockdown and at 8 Mill a season that should be achievable.
again, not calling out Hill and a big fan but as as even bigger fan for the Franchise I expect more than what Hill has given. if his sole role is passing the ball to DWEST than give us lockdown defesne which he is capable of if the energy is not exerted on the offensive end.
all im sayin is I want better defense because if he gets lit up by Mario chalmers again this postseason to quote Bird I will be "disappointed."
* I am going to add his % should be high since most of his looks are of the open variety. one of the reasons stats and %'s are sometimes misleading. other 3pt assasains are likely to be contested and yet may shoot same%.
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Everyone talks about how Bynum lit a fire under Mahinmi's ***, but I think he's going to light one under Roy too if he can consistently play like he did the other night. He's obviously not going to take his starting job or anything, but he could show up Roy big time on the offensive end and on rebounds. He's just such a talented player.
Agree. Like this idea more and more, esp against a Heat team that will utilize Bosh at the 3pt line. Not sure where the minutes are going to come from tho. Guessing Scola but his ceiling is too high despite the struggles to sit him. However, if Bosh is on from deep Levoy will be a nice situational player off the bench for us in the postseason.
Hill shot 38% from 3, held MCW (16.7ppg) to 12 points on 5/16 shooting with 3 TO, and just narrowly missed a double-double at 14 pts/9 assists. He had the fewest turnovers in our starting unit. If that doesn't fit your requirements of knocking down 3 pointers and playing lockdown defense, you will never be happy with George Hill.
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Brett Myers is on the 15-day disabled list, but he's going to be out for at least three months as he gets his torn labrum in his hip repaired. Myers' injury leaves a serious hole in the Phillies rotation.
The Phillies have gone down to Lehigh Valley to pick up Antonio Bastardo. Bastardo will make his major league debut on Tuesday night in San Diego. Bastardo was 3-2 with a 1.89 ERA in the minors.
"We've had some real good reports on him," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said Friday, before the decision was announced. "He's had some real good outings since he's been in Triple-A."
"I'll try to calm him down and make him feel comfortable," Carlos Ruiz said. "I don't want to put too much pressure on him and have him try to do too much. I heard he has a great power fastball and he throws hard," Ruiz said.
The Phillies had several options for replacing Myers, but the incumbents didn't earn the job. Kyle Kendrick was in the driver's seat, but he's out of fashion right now after going 11-9, 5.49 last year. Then, there's Carlos Carrasco. The 22-year-old was in the hunt for the starting job in spring training, but he was sent to Lehigh Valley in March. Carrasco has struggled with the Iron Pigs. He's 0-6 with a 5.81 ERA.
Chan Ho Park won the fifth starter job in the spring, but he's also been demoted to the bullpen. Manager Charlie Manuel seems content to try an unknown like Bastardo rather than go back to the veteran Park.
"Right now, the way I'm thinking is he's going to make our bullpen real strong, and I don't know if I want to put him back in the rotation or not because I think he's going to help us more in the role he has now," said Manuel.
The Phillies have been known to shop around for starting pitchers prior to the trading deadline. In the past three years, the Phillies have picked up Joe Blanton, Jamie Moyer, and Kyle Lohse before the trading deadline.
Of course, the big name is Jake Peavy, but it seems unlikely that Peavy would be coming east. Peavy is being marketed by the Padres, but he's a west coast guy and has expressed his desire to stay there. Do we hear Dodgers?
The other big name still available is the unsigned Pedro Martinez. The Phillies attendance is showing no signs of a recession so would the Phillies consider opening their pocketbook for Martinez? It's "very unlikely" said GM Ruben Amaro Jr.
As for the latest addition to starting rotation, J.A. Happ has won two games since entering the rotation. He's 3-0 overall with a 3.00 ERA. It's time to consider adding Happ to your starting fantasy baseball rotation.
We'll take the same approach with Bastardo as we took with Happ. Give him two starts and then evaluate and consider adding him to your club in NL-only leagues.


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Reality Bites star Ethan Hawke enjoyed a frozen yogurt, thanks to his adorable 3-year-old daughter Clementine who shared her treat with dad. The father-daughter duo were seen eating sweets and strolling with friends in New York City on Wednesday (March 28).
The Training Day actor, 41, and wife Ryan Shawhughes are also parents to 8-month-old daughter Indiana.
After a painful divorce from first wife Uma Thurman, Ethan says being a father to their two kids Maya, 13, and Levon, 10, and his younger children comes more naturally with age.
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I'm really the right age now," Ethan said. "I like being home. When Mia was born, I was 27. It was three years after Reality Bites came out. I look at pictures of myself and wonder: what was I thinking? I think I thought when I was younger that I would, like, get things and then it would all be easy. You'd be able to walk whatever road you wanted and then sadly you would start having arthritis, but by then you'd have kids and everything would be fine. I didn't really understand what a meandering road adulthood is."


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Just over a decade ago, Daniel Doctoroff got a phone call that would change his life. At the time, he was a successful financier who had an unusual project on the side: a quest to bring the Olympic Games to New York. That pursuit had introduced him to Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who would become the city's mayor.
The call came not long after Mr. Bloomberg was first elected in November, 2001. Would Mr. Doctoroff like to join the new team at City Hall? At first the answer was no. Mr. Doctoroff was caring for his ailing father and committed to his private-equity firm. "I just didn't feel like I could do it," he recalled over breakfast this spring.
Then he met with the mayor-elect for an hour-and-a-half. Two months earlier, terrorists had destroyed the World Trade Center. Mr. Doctoroff's job, as deputy mayor for economic development, would include rebuilding the site and pushing ahead with projects envisaged in the Olympic bid. "He's very persuasive," Mr. Doctoroff said of Mr. Bloomberg. "Look, it was the best decision I ever made."
It was a decision that would lead, eventually, from Mr. Bloomberg's political realm to his financial empire. Mr. Doctoroff, 55, is now chief executive of the mayor's eponymous data-and-media giant, Bloomberg LP. His journey from finance to city government to the top of a privately held company with $8-billion (U.S.) in revenue is one of the more extraordinary career paths in a city famous for them.
We meet early one spring morning at Brasserie, a power-lunching spot at the base of Manhattan's Seagram building. In the modernist dining room – honeyed wood floors, glass staircase – a few other tables are occupied, all by men in dark suits. The diners are more than likely Bloomberg clients; above them sit a phalanx of flat-screen televisions tuned to Bloomberg TV. Founded by Mr. Bloomberg in 1982, the firm grew into a global juggernaut that disrupted every field it touched, from market data to financial journalism. (Since Mr. Bloomberg became mayor in 2002, he has not been closely involved in the company's operations, but he and Mr. Doctoroff talk or e-mail several times a week).
A tall man with graying curls, Mr. Doctoroff folds his frame into our angular booth. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a blue-and-white pinstriped shirt and a striped tie. He orders an ascetic's breakfast – Greek yogurt with honey, accompanied by mint tea. In conversation, he is wry and measured, even subdued, with little of the fervour I expected.
In the media world, Bloomberg is the subject of fascination and fear. Boosted by the profits from its core terminal business, it has gobbled up journalistic talent while many other news organizations cut back. Its corporate idiosyncrasies are legion: a sleek headquarters with an abundance of free snacks; an obsession with data; a rejection of outward signs of hierarchy; and a hard-charging culture in which employees who leave to work for a competitor cannot return.
Well before he arrived at Bloomberg, Mr. Doctoroff had a yen for precision and a belief in the power of data. To eliminate clutter on his desk, he never touches a piece of paper twice. "I either delegate something, I dump it, or I deal with it," he said with a laugh. He is prone to quantifying parts of his job: last year, over the course of the second quarter, he had 757 meetings – which worked out to about 12 each weekday.
Mr. Doctoroff's mission at Bloomberg is twofold. The first is to sell more terminals – a subscription service that costs more than $20,000 (U.S.) a year per person and offers access to an expanding universe of data, analytical tools and news. Last year was a tough one for terminal sales; Wall Street firms continued to shed staff in what Mr. Doctoroff describes as "the fourth year of post-financial crisis adjustment."Report Typo/Error
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LUKE McDonald spent his childhood running around the backyard wearing the blue and white pretending to be Drew Petrie or Daniel Wells.
For the past 12 months he got a taste of what it was like to be in their shoes while he trained at Arden St, waiting for the moment when he officially becomes a North Melbourne player.
The first call of business at yesterday's start to the AFL trade period had McDonald, the son of former North ruckman Donald, joining the Roos after they committed to using their first pick, No.8, in the national draft to take the Vic Metro captain under the father-son rule.
West Coast had forced North's hand in the bidding process by offering No.6 for the teenager.
"It's a little bit of a relief. Obviously it has been a pretty long couple of weeks with all the speculation from other clubs," McDonald said.
"I'm more excited than anything. The dream has always been to be on an AFL list, and to do that at the club that I have gone for from a very young age, it's just a dream come true.
"I remember running around in the backyard in blue and white trying to kick goals pretending to be players like Drew Petrie and Daniel Wells. Now I'm hopefully going to be playing alongside them. I can't wipe the smile off my face."
McDonald, who is studying a bachelor of arts at Melbourne University, trained once a week with the Roos throughout the season and also played in the VFL with affiliated club Werribee.
He said the experience of being around the AFL squad would be invaluable as he looked to make an immediate impact.
"I've been pretty lucky to have been playing VFL all this year, so I think that has held me in pretty good stead," he said.
"My goal is to play some AFL footy next year and I take encouragement from seeing guys like Taylor Garner go pretty well at the top level this year.
"I suppose I model my game on Luke Hodge, and if I end up half the player he is I would be pretty satisfied. Hopefully I'll play half-back or on a wing.
"I'm not a big body like Jack Ziebell or (Ben) Cunnington who are in the midfield at the moment. Ultimately I want to be a midfielder, but think the first couple of years will be off half-back."
McDonald said he wasn't concerned about the controversy that had surrounded his drafting. His father, who played 155 games with the Kangaroos, was forced to move out of the club's football department.
"It wasn't that hard. Dad just wanted what was best for me and the footy club,'' he said. "He's been fantastic all year and he's moved into the commercial side now."
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Reports are circulating this evening that back in May of 2010 Manuel Acosta was stopped by ATF agents carrying illegal ammunition and after he had been connected the purchase of the thousand plus or minus a few Fast and Furious weapons.. Cheryl Atkinson from CBS reports,
Prime gunwalking suspect was held by ATF but released, documents show
The prime suspect in the botched gun trafficking investigation known as "Fast and Furious" — Manuel Acosta — was taken into custody and might have been stopped from trafficking weapons to Mexico's killer drug cartel early on. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) let him go, according to new documents obtained by CBS News.
An ATF "Report of Investigation" obtained by CBS News shows Border Patrol agents stopped Acosta's truck on May 29, 2010. Inspectors said they found illegal materials including an "AK type, high capacity drum magazine loaded with 74 rounds of 7.62 ammunition underneath the spare tire." They also noted ledgers including a "list of firearms such as an AR15 short and a Bushmaster" and a "reference about money given to 'killer.'"
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Where the hell is the Inspector General Report Holders been talking about for a year–
Why have not more members of Congress asked for Holder's resignation
For that mater why hasn't he been charges and arrested for Contempt of Congress–
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" Author: Deborah Moggach / Format: Paperback / Date of publication: 29 January 2005 / Genre: Modern & Contemporary Fiction / Publisher: Vintage / Title: These Foolish Things / ISBN 13: 9780099461845 / ISBN 10: 0099461845 "
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~Inconvenient and Obnoxious Norman~
Life should be good for Dr. Ravi Kapoor. He's got an excellent job at the hospital, a lovely wife and a nice home but there's one big blot on his otherwise happy landscape - his father-in-law Norman. This objectionable old boy has been banned from every nursing home he's been to and by many he's never even gone near and Ravi and his wife Pauline are running out of options. It looks like they are stuck with Norman and that's no easy ride. He smokes in the house, surfs the net for porn sites on Ravi's computer, burps and farts with alacrity and can never resist a smutty joke. After all, Norman's a man of the world who knows how to say "Show me your pussy" in a score of different exotic languages. If the physical reality of his unwanted relative weren't bad enough, Ravi and Pauline's love life has been shot to pieces - there's nothing more guaranteed to spoil 'the mood' than having a farting masturbating father-in-law in the bedroom next door.
At the end of his tether, Ravi and his Bangalore-based businessman cousin Sonny come up with a cunning plan to both solve Ravi's family woes and to make them some money. They decide to set up an old people's home in Bangalore in a run down hotel called Dunroamin. After all everyone knows that Indians are respectful and kind to older people and of course, it's cheaper and far less regulated to set up a nursing home in India than it is in the UK. That's how they can get away with the on-duty nurse actually being an ex-assistant to a chiropodist and the handsome on-call doctor running the local clap clinic. After Ravi gets Norman's prostate doctor to tell him the women in Bangalore are famously voluptuous and 'up for it', he and Pauline have finally found a way to get the old boy off their hands.
~Pleased to Meet You~
Over the first few chapters, Moggach introduces us to the cast of oldies who are about to leave for Bangalore to make Dunroamin their home. Evelyn's unable to afford the fees at a nice retirement home in the UK because her foolish son has badly invested the proceeds of her house sale. Muriel - who hates 'darkies' - hopes that moving to India will help her to find her fraudster son who's on the run from the law. Retired BBC executive Dorothy has complex reasons for wanting to go to Bangalore that appear to the others as signs of senility but may well turn out to be something completely different. Active oldies and world travellers Douglas and Jean might just be the most irritating pair of 'smug marrieds' since the phrase was coined in Bridget Jones' diary and Madge is on the hunt for a handsome and wealthy Maharajah to bring a bit of spice to her twilight years. These and many other endearing and beautifully crafted characters help to keep the pages turning in 'These Foolish Things'. With a staff almost as elderly and decrepit as the residents, life takes on a gentle pace at Dunroamin. Relatives come and go, minor spats break out over who's getting the most attention from the feral tom cat in the garden, hearts flutter over the visiting doctor with his movie-star good looks, and no matter what medical problems arise, Mrs Cowsagee the manager's wife, can cure all manner of wounds, aches and pains with a good pedicure and some nice toenail polish.
~Reverse Migration~
At a time when political leaders are arguing over how to control immigration into the UK, and when the wheels of the NHS would undoubtedly fall off without the support of immigrant workers from the most senior consultants to the poorest paid cleaners, I found it fascinating that Moggach came up with the idea of shipping a bunch of old folk off to India. She sensibly sidesteps a lot of the mystic mumbo-jumbo that many European writers seem to find so tempting but still pulls of a beautiful gentle tale of hope and redemption. If you like, it's a tale in which she shows that you don't always need to wait until you die in order to be reincarnated.
Whilst many people seem to view India as a dirty smelly backward place, Moggach shows us a land where the fact that so many have so little can actually be an inspiration and a source of joy to those who've forgotten how to appreciate how lucky they've been. Even the presence of legless beggars on the street outside gives many of the residents a sense of hope, optimism and rejuvenation and a connection with their fellow man that they'd started to lose back home.
The famous Indian model of respect for their elders plays out charmingly when Evelyn attempts to make a phone call from the 'call centre' over the road from Dunroamin, and finds a group of young telephone workers desperate to pass themselves off as English people from Enfield (of all the unlikely places). Friendships can be formed across the generations and even within the home, between class and backgrounds.
~Deborah Moggach~
Deborah Moggach never fails to surprise or delight me. Every time I see one of her books in a charity shop or a second hand book store, I buy it, often returning home and discovering I've already got it. Best known for her multiple prize-winning historic novel 'Tulip Fever', she can turn her hand to any genre from mystery to comedy to kitchen-sink drama but when she heads for India or Pakistan and particularly when she's writing comedy, I love her books best of all.
Whether it's this book or any of her others you choose, Moggach's talent lies in painting believable characters that the reader can't fail to engage with and in many instances to care about deeply. There's a certain genius in taking a group of ignored, forgotten and (to their families and the social services) largely unwanted and inconvenient people, and creating for them a new world of opportunity and experience and bringing them each back to life when they seemed to have little left to look forward to.
I have often thought that when I eventually retire (goodness only knows when that will be if they keep raising the pensionable age) I'd like to spend 6 months each year somewhere in India. I'd never imagined the world that Moggach created but the idea of passing out the twilight years surrounded by eccentric but loveable ex-pats and locals filled me too with a sense that my bizarre and unrealistic dream might not be quite so crazy after all.
These Foolish Things, Deborah Moggach
256 pages
Published 2004
A very different book to what I had expected. I thought it was going to be a light-hearted comedy when in fact, it's much more. I loved all of the characters, feeling they were a good representation either of their gender, age or nationality. The novel opens with Ravi, born in India but lived in London having trained as a doctor. His wife Pauline has the patience of a saint where her father, Norman, is concerned. Norman is once more living with them, having been asked to leave yet another residential home. This is to Ravi's disgust and is having a detrimental effect on his marriage. One evening his cousin Sonny is visiting London on business and Ravi unburdens himself. It is at this point that Sonny hits on the idea to build a residential home in Bangalore, India. The plan comes through and Norman is the first resident.
Slowly, we are introduced to all the characters who eventually come to stay Dunroamin (play on words from `done roaming'). We hear their stories about why they got there and about their family lives. Some of the stories are brutally honest and seem to be representative of the aged today. Their initial fears of moving to India and also their prejudices are eventually put to one side as they realise one culture is not that different to another. Wonderfully written with superb narrative and characterisations, there are definite highlights and lowlights to retiring to a residential home but moving to another country was not one of the lowlights. It had an effect on all of the residents, making them evaluate their lives and what was important to them. I got to the end of novel having felt happy and sad - all the signs of a good writer to instil emotions in their reader.