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Indian summer heat lingers in Contra Costa, yet it is the wet season on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Take advantage of value season and direct flights from San Francisco International Airport to Puerto Vallarta's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Airport. Enjoy a long weekend in another country — don't forget your passport.
This was my first visit to Puerto Vallarta and I was delighted by the complimentary light show on display each evening. Claps of thunder, followed by bolts of lightening, hit Banderas Bay, like ice cubes shattering sheet glass. Locals welcomed the evening rains, as it cooled things down and brought lush tropical colors to gardens and parks.
Park setting at Casa Velas
Pink bougainvillea spilled from the window boxes and balconies of the all-inclusive Casa Velas resort. Hidden away in the residential Marina neighborhood, this adult-only boutique hotel was ideal for couples seeking romance and value.
Situated on the Marina Vallarta golf course, the 80 suite property offered complimentary shuttle service to their private beach club or guests could lounge by the pool with nonstop cocktails, chips and guacamole. El Centro (downtown) and el malecon — the boardwalk along the beach, are a short cab ride to the heart of Puerto Vallarta. Visit the cathedral and Rios Cuales for flea market shopping.
Authentic Las Palmas
Venture off the tourist trail into the lush rain forest of the Sierra Madre Mountains. I signed up for a horseback riding excursion to Rancho Capomo with Puerto Vallarta Tours, and this adventure was the highlight of my trip.
I drank Mexican coffee from beans picked that morning and rode horseback to El Salto waterfall for a swim before returning to a homemade Mexican lunch. Later, I sipped tequila made from the blue Agave plant unique to the region.
Luxury in the Great Bear rain forest
Fancy yourself a National Geographic explorer type? Add a trip to Canada's Great Bear rain forest in search of the elusive Kermode bear, an extremely rare white black bear, to your bucket list.
You'll need to change planes three times, from commercial to charter to floatplane, for this adventure of a lifetime. But your efforts will be rewarded when you land on picturesque Barnard Harbor and tie up to King Pacific Lodge. Located 380 miles north of Vancouver, you may be in the world's largest intact temperate rain forest, yet you'll be greeted with champagne and welcomed onto a three-story, 15,000-square-foot barge that doubles as a 17-room, eco-friendly luxury lodge during summer.
Sea lions, whales and bears
Ocean fishing is best in July and August, while September is bear-viewing season. Kayaking, heli-fly fishing, sea lion and whale watching for orcas, humpback and fin whales are available all summer at this kid-friendly oasis. Did I mention the gourmet meals served at the lodge? Visit my blog to learn more of this experience.
Career Break: Long Term Travel
Say the phrase "long term travel" and it brings up all sorts of thoughts — "impossible," "travel is for the rich," "not in my life." The term "career break" is picking up momentum because more people are open to exploring the concept of long-term travel. It doesn't have to be expensive, nor ruin your career.
"I want to reach midlife, mid-career families to show that long-term travel with school-age kids is possible," says Piedmont resident and Meet Plan Go Panel Moderator Sarah Lavender Smith.
Come to the Meet, Plan, Go San Francisco panel discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St., San Francisco to learn more. Your $15 donation goes to support San Francisco-based AFAR Foundation, promoting cross-cultural exchange.
Read Nancy Brown's local travel "What a Trip" blog at www.Nancydbrown.com
Casa Velas Hotel — www.hotelcasavelas.com
King Pacific Lodge — www.kingpacificlodge.com
Meet Plan Go — http://meetplango.com/national-event/2011-san-francisco-event
Puerto Vallarta Tours — http://puertovallartatours.net/rancho-capomo-horseback-riding.htm


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The Town Crier article on abandoned cats near Los Altos High School missed a golden opportunity to educate the local community about the resources available to help with such situations ("Expert comes to rescue after feral cats litter neighborhood," Oct. 16.).
The primary role of animal control agencies, such as Palo Alto Animal Services or the Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority, is to ensure the well-being of both animals and people by responding to exceptional situations involving animals, code enforcement and the operation of a shelter and a low-cost spay/neuter clinic. It falls mostly to volunteers, both rescue groups and individuals, to prevent the unchecked growth of the feral cat population through the proven Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) method: The cats are trapped humanely, sterilized so that they cannot reproduce, vaccinated and returned to their home territory, where they are provided food and water regularly and sometimes even shelter against the elements. The person managing a colony knows the cats, recognizes when new cats appear who need to be TNR'd and knows when a cat needs veterinary intervention. The cats that have already been "fixed" are distinguished by having one ear either tipped (the pointed tip is cut off so that it is flat on top) or notched during surgery so that they are not put through the program twice. The cats earn their keep by controlling the rodent population.
For residents of Santa Clara County, the volunteer community established The Cat Resource Center (catcenter.org). Requests submitted via the website for help with cats are routed to experienced cat rescuers who live near the situation and will work with homeowners and their neighbors toward a resolution. The one thing rescuers will not do is make the cats simply "go away," though they may arrange foster homes for kittens who are young enough to be socialized, all of whom subsequently can be put up for adoption.
Santa Clara County has a voucher program for feral cats that makes the cost of fixing and vaccinating one cat just $10 for a resident. The Palo Alto Humane Society (paloaltohumane.org) has a similar program that covers only surgery costs.
When un-fixed cats appear in your neighborhood, the responsibility to act is yours; there is no government service to summon. You need to arrange for the cats to be fixed, vaccinated and fed regularly so that they can have a reasonable life in the environment they know best. Contact The Cat Resource Center or a local rescue group for assistance. Those of us involved in cat rescue are more than willing to teach others how to trap and get cats fixed.
For a cornucopia of information about feral cats and TNR, visit Alley Cat Allies, a national cat advocacy group, at alleycat.org.
Ivor Durham is a Los Altos resident and volunteer at Fat Cat Rescue. For more information, visit fatcatrescue.org.

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Stress-Free Retirement Planning
Planning for the Retirement of Process Automation Assets is Akin to Planning for Ones Own Retirement; Do It Right and the Outcome is Highly Rewarding
By Dave Harrold
Just as employers have shifted retirement planning to the individual employee, the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) process automation systems (PAS) has shifted more of the responsibility for their end-of-life-cycle planning from manufacturers to owner-operators.
For the past few years the aging population of instrument and automation professionals has been widely discussed at conferences and well-documented in major trade-publication. The universal question has been, What is being done to capture the knowledge of these professionals before they all retire? Likewise, ARC Advisory Group estimates that about $65 billion of installed automation systems are nearing the end of their useful lives, which means a slightly modified version of that same universal question: What is or can be done to prepare the aging installed PAS base for retirement?
Whether it is personnel- or PAS-retirement planning, the most successful outcomes are the result of early planning, heeding the advice from those who have already been there and done that, applying the wisdom of advisors and experts who understand your unique situation, regular and sufficient investments, regular plan reviews and adjustments when necessary, and trusted assistance when it comes time to executing the payout.
Retirement Planning Successes
For every horror story you may have heard about a PAS modernization project that went awry, there are hundreds of successes, mainly because these companies heeded the advice of others, sought the wisdom of experts and planned, planned, planned.
Lubrizols Deer Park, Texas, plants manufacturing process used a variety of disparate legacy PAS solutions. Desiring to improve product quality, reduce process variability and engineering and operational costs, Lubrizol created a detailed retirement plan for its PAS solutions that included incorporating Emersons DeltaV Foundation fieldbus technologies.
Bruce Johnson, Lubizols Deer Park manager of instrumentation and control says, Emersons step-wise migration solution provided us an opportunity to gain immediate benefits from our modernization efforts.
Rod Wetsch, project manager for Dakota Gasification Great Plains Synfuels in Beulah, S.D., is another beneficiary of this kind of pre-planning. We were looking for a system that could migrate without touching the field wiring, so that we could minimize downtime. Thus form factor was important to us when we were selecting a migration solution. Because we were able to capitalize on reusing the legacy systems backplanes and card cages, we only had to replace the existing electronics with Foxboros I/A Series (www.foxboro.co.uk/Products/IASeries/default.htm) form factor using the existing racks, thus completely eliminating the need to touch any field wiring. This saved us an enormous number of man hours in completing the migration, which in the end saved us money by limiting our downtime to a very narrow time frame, he says.
Erachem Comilog Incs Johnsville, Tenn., plant, with assistance from Industrial Concepts, Inc. in Hartsville, S.C., formulated a four-year PAS modernization plan to replace its existing ABB System Six with ABBs System 800xA, (www.abb.com/product/us/9AAC115756.aspx), add Profibus networks and I/O products, add seven integrated video cameras and increase the number of operator workstations, all while improving product quality, reducing operating costs and experiencing zero process downtime.
Jim Peppers of Hexcel Corp. in Decatur, Ala, explains how his company approached the decision to upgrade or replace its aging PAS.
In 2002, our management/technical team was faced with deciding if we should upgrade or replace our installed Yokogawa Centum XL system. In order to answer the question; Should we stay with Yokogawa or consider a total PAS replacement? we initiated a fairly lengthy and formalized evaluation process of major PAS manufactures. We even attended the engineering course of one of the suppliers in order to ensure that we confidently determined the best path forward for Hexcel. In the end, we determined the best solution for us was to upgrade to Yokogawas Centum CS3000 (www.yokogawa.com/dcs/products/cs/overview/dcs-cs-0101en.htm) system, says Peppers.
To ensure the evaluation remained as objective and open minded as possible, Hexcels technical/management team evaluated and ranked the top PAS contenders against the following factors (not in order of priority):
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- Service
- Space for expansion.
Following roughly the same strategy as Hexcel Corp., Jeff Mueller, engineering manager at National Starch and Chemical Companys Electronic Materials Division in Salisbury, N.C., was one of the key architects of National Starchs multi-year Manufacturing Control Technology Roadmap.
Challenged to improve product reproducibility, extend the life of its installed hardware base and include automation for a new, nearby manufacturing facility, Mueller and his team recognized that in order to determine the correct automation partner, they needed a detailed and formal process.
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Have you seen anything that specifically suggests that the Pacers Front Office, specifically, botched this trade, or are you merely speculating?Why would the Pacers Front office admit to botching a trade? Of course they are going to deflect.
Could you provide us with a source for this? I don't recall this.Just like Memphis's front office deflected and said the Pacers couldn't get their act together.
How would the above support your opinion that Morway "botched" the trade? This only would suggest that at one point the Memphis owner thought the deal was done, as I believe I recall him speaking to the local Memphis newspaper with word to the effect of what you say, implying that the trade was complete.Didn't the Memphis owner essentially post right when the deal was supposedly accomplished, that he wanted Mayo gone and thought that a change of scenery was needed for him?
They are factual until you get to "Morway failed." That is your opinion, not a fact. Elaborate on what you mean by failed. Do you simply mean he didn't get what he wanted, or are you suggesting something more to the effect that he is incompetent at his job?Like I said i can only factually base my opinion on the end results. We had a deal in place, deal fell thru. Morway is the GM. The GM executes trades. Morway did not produce OJ Mayo at the trade deadline. Morway failed.
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(If you're looking for the most updated collections of healthy holiday recipes, see my post with 25+ Low-Carb and Gluten-Free Holiday Side Dishes, Appetizers, and Salads or check out the whole index page of Carb-Conscious Thanksgiving Recipes.)
We're now entering the time of year when healthy eating can get a bit more challenging. Last year I had a lot of fun sharing recipes and ideas for Thanksgiving Recipes that were lower on the glycemic index than normal holiday fare, while still being the kind of over-the-top delicious you want for a holiday meal. Of course, the low-glycemic South Beach way of eating is also perfect for anyone with diabetes, or anyone who's trying to eat more complex carbs and avoid saturated fat, even if you're not trying to lose weight.
Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms with Spike Seasoning would make a great Thanksgiving vegetable.
Cheesy Zucchini with Garlic and Parsley is another "holiday-worthy" recipe if you can find fresh zucchini at this time of year.
Warm Red Cabbage Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese would be great for Thanksgiving.
Roasted Butternut Squash with Moroccan Spices, and it was a total winner.
Garlic Roasted Green Beans with Shallots and Almonds is a combination that really wowed me when I was trying Thanksgiving recipes.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Red Onions with Rosemary and Parmesan.
Pureed Cauliflower with Garlic, Parmesan, and Goat Cheese.
Roasted Carrots with Moroccan Spice Mix are great for a kicked-up way to cook carrots.
Sauteed Broccoli with Garlic, Pine Nuts, and Parmesan is delicious and quick.
South Beach Friendly Whole Wheat and Mushroom Stuffing will taste great with your turkey!
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts was my first brussels sprouts recipe on Kalyn's Kitchen (but not the last!)
A Few More Helpful Thanksgiving Links:
Easy Holiday Turkey (Video) at Blogher
Elise's Mom's Stuffing (Video) at Blogher
(If you use 100% whole wheat bread this stuffing would be pretty South Beach friendly.)
Green Beans with a Twist (Video) at Blogher
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Domestic Violence
Ending Friendships Based on Sexual Advances
The husband of a couple I used to be friends with on several occasions tried to initiate sexual contact. This went on sporadically for years (from before I was married) until I finally ended the friendship. The issue would seem to "go away" and just when I thought that my husband and I could have a normal friendship with the couple, the man would try to do something more. I never told the wife, the man conveniently made most of his attempts when she was pregnant and I never wanted to harm the baby by dropping that kind of bombshell. It took me years to tell my husband, despite me maintaining my fidelity. I have always wondered why it took me so long to tell the man off. I was not attracted to him and grew to hate him. Is it normal to let things go on like that, to just hide it? I hated myself for not telling the wife, and for pretending everything was just fine. My husband and I no longer have any contact with the man or his wife.
Your response to this situation is not at all unusual. As you indicated in your message, you wanted to protect the relationship, you wanted to protect the baby, and you desired a healthy relationship with a couple. There are typically many responses to this kind of situation: (1) you may immediately address the issue and assert that such behavior is inappropriate and that you want it to stop; (2) you may share the information with another person such as a spouse or partner and work collaboratively on stopping the unwanted behavior; or (3) you may believe that "it" [the behavior] will go away or stop. Unfortunately when one chooses not to address a harassing or abusive situation, the perpetrator either believes that the behavior is o.k., because he is not getting feedback that it is not, or he may think "Oh, I can get away with this—s/he is not going to say anything to anyone." When there is silence, the perpetrator remains unaware that his behavior is offensive. He is learning through the silence that it is o.k.—there are no consequences. The silence may in some occasions lead to an escalation in offensive behavior. The goal here is to learn and to educate yourself and to think of protecting yourself the same way you protected the wife and her unborn baby—you are important too. Do not spend time beating up on yourself for not sharing this information earlier. Take the time to learn other more effective ways of communicating your wishes and desires to others.
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University of Colorado at Boulder economics Professor Keith Maskus will serve as a resource to reporters covering the Denver Summit of the Eight meetings June 20-22. His areas of expertise are international trade, trade theory and U.S. trade policy.
Maskus served a year-long appointment in 1986-87 as a special adviser to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. He conducted trade studies and advised upper-level department officials.
Specifically, Maskus prepared documents on agricultural trade policies for a proposed revision of rules outlined in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, an informal pact established in 1947 guiding the trade policies of member Western nations. The GATT agreement revision slowing worldwide import tariffs was signed into law by Congress in 1994.
Professor Maskus can be reached at his office at (303) 492-7588, or messages can be left at the economics department office at (303) 492-6394. For assistance call Peter Caughey, CU-Boulder Office of Public Relations, at (303) 492-4007.


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Rules Governing Submission of Abstracts
Invited Abstracts
Rules Governing Submission of Invited Abstracts
Multiple Abstract Submissions
- APS members may be invited to present one scientific abstract at a given meeting.
- Except in cases where the speaker is receiving an APS prize or award, individual speakers may not be invited to speak at two (2) CONSECUTIVE March or April Meetings — i.e. a speaker that has been invited to speak at the March Meeting 2017, may not be invited to speak at the March Meeting 2018.
- Plenary speakers at the APS April Meetings may only give a plenary talk once every three years — i.e. a speaker giving a plenary talk in 2017, may not give another plenary talk until 2020.
- One additional invited abstract of a non-technical nature may be presented at a session of broad concern to the physics community if it is sponsored by an APS Forum or Committee.
- Invited speakers may submit one contributed abstract for the regular scientific program in addition to their invited talks.
Invited Abstract Authors
- An invited paper may have only one author, the invitee. Collaborating researchers may be acknowledged in a footnote.
- The invitee must deliver the paper unless other arrangements are made ahead of time with the APS Meetings Department (email@example.com).
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- At the March and April meetings, an invited paper is usually given 30 minutes for presentation plus six more minutes for questions. Unit meeting presentation times vary.
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- Only one contributed abstract per first author (presenter) will be accepted into the scientific program.
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- Additional technical abstracts will be accepted as poster presentations on a space-available basis at the discretion of the Program Committee.
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- APS only corrects LaTeX mistakes and misspellings in authors' names or affiliations.
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- At the March and April meetings, oral presentations of contributed abstracts are usually ten minutes for presentation and two minutes for questions. Unit meeting presentation times vary.
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- If you withdraw your abstract before the meeting bulletin is printed, it will not appear in the program. If you withdraw your abstract after the bulletin is printed, the change will show in the program Corrigenda.
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I was recently traveling to a User Conference that CD-adapco held in Asia and spent a great deal of time staring out the window of various aircraft. With several hours to contemplate wings, I started thinking about boundary layers and how I have been simulating them. After reading "Boundary Layer Theory" by H. Schlichting, I had to double-check to make sure my designs were modeling the fluid phenomena near the wall correctly. What we design is far from well-known and validated fluid dynamics test cases. In fact, we invent some of the most unconventional products.
As I opened the simulations to validate my assumptions, I ran a search in the Steve Portal on "y+". Alongside a "Spotlight on Turbulence", outlining the turbulence modeling options available in STAR-CCM+, the search pointed me to this helpful article entitled "Plotting y+ and u+ profiles at a position on a wall" put together by an Application Engineer at CD-adapco: I followed the methodology outlined to display the boundary layer I was modeling. Thanks to this check, I learned that I have to tweak the prism layer discretization in a few simulations!
More importantly, thanks to this article, the next time I board an aircraft I will be able to enjoy the in-flight entertainment instead of thinking about y+'s again!
Plotting y+ and u+ profiles at a position on a wall
To illustrate the procedure, the flow around a NACA airfoil is analyzed. A point has been defined as a derived part on the lower surface by intersecting planes and surfaces.
The velocity profile normal to the wall is analyzed at this point.
A local coordinate system is created at the point. First, the wall normal is extracted in a table:
This table consists of 6 columns and 1 row: Area, Area, Area, X,Y,Z
The next step is to create a new Cartesian coordinate system "Cartesian 1" in Tools > Coordinate Systems:
For an accurate positioning of the coordinate system, it is recommended to export the previous table as a csv file and to open the file that contains the data with all digits.
After that, a derived part is created by intersecting a plane normal to the Y direction of "Cartesian 1" and a plane in the streamwise direction.
To achieve this, select "Cartesian 1" as the Coordinate System when creating the derived part.
The intersection of the 2 planes produces a line section.
A threshold is then used to extract just a part of this line section near the wall:
The velocity profile can be plotted directly on the threshold, as illustrated in the following image. Here, the boundary layer can be seen:
In order to plot the velocity in the dimensionless parameters u+ and y+, the following report and field functions must be written :
1. Maximum report:
2. Field function:
In this procedure, the reference velocity is defined as a friction velocity based on the wall shear stress report. This can only be done once the wall shear stress in known. In practice, STAR-CCM+ computes the reference velocity prior to the computation of the wall shear stress, using turbulent quantities specific to the particular turbulence model.
3. Field function:
4. Field function:
In the previous expression, the magnitude of the velocity parallel to the wall is required. In the local coordinate system, the direction i and k are parallel to the wall, therefore the magnitude of (Vx, 0, Vz) in the local coordinate system is chosen.
The field functions u+ and y+ can then be displayed in an X-Y plot using the threshold line section as an input part:
In this plot, the viscous sublayer, transition layer, log layer and far field are visible. The y+ range for which the data points match the log layer correlation will depend on the Reynolds number.
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At the recent Dairy Calf and Heifer Association annual conference, Dr. Limin Kung, silage expert from the University of Delaware, told the audience that making good-quality alfalfa silage is considerably more difficult than corn silage.
Among alfalfa's challenges are:
- It does not allow pH to drop quickly
- It is difficult to wilt on cool, wet ground
- It is difficult to pack when dry
- Undesirable clostridial fermentation occurs when dry matter is low (less than 30%)
- It is unstable and easily heat damaged when dry matter is high (greater than 50%)
Kung noted that wet alfalfa silage that goes clostridial can lead to seepage, which is serious and messy problem.
He said two keys to making excellent alfalfa silage are:
- Take a wide swath (9-foot rows) when cutting; and
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SITE Santa Fe embarks on quite possibly its most ambitions venture since its founding for More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, a collaborative biennial with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Open July-January 2013 at SITE before heading over to MIA, the exhibition features more than 25 international and up-and-coming artists, including Ai Weiwei, Seung Woo Back, Zoe Beloff, Cao Fei, Thomas Demand, Mark Dion, Sharon Lockhart, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Vik Muniz, Eve Sussman, Mary Temple and Yes Men, among many others. With many of the pieces in production (even as you read), SITE curator Irene Hofmann takes a few minutes to tell us what to expect. Then you have to decide if she's fo real.
SFR: How did More Real come together?
Irene Hofmann: One could say this collaboration goes back more than 10 years… when the curator of the show, Elizabeth Armstrong…and I worked in California at the Orange County Museum of Art. We were in Orange County where there was so much that was "truthy," so much that was made up, so much that's a fabrication. And she started to think about an exhibition, even then, that was titled Believe It or Not. In 2005, we have Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart—you know, fake news programs started to be more popular than actual news programs. So Liz has been thinking about this concept for a long time.
SFR: Tell us about the Greg Lynn entrance.
IH: One of the things that Liz and I did early on is we went to visit Greg Lynn in Venice [Beach] in California. He comes at spaces as an architect and as a designer. We threw it out to him that we want to create…a disorientation room that might change what people know about our space as a white box with white angles everywhere. One passageway gets you into the building and another launches you into the show.
SFR: The first theme is Deception and Play: From Trompe L'oeil to the Authentic Fake.
IH: That includes pieces like Ai Weiwei's colored vases—these supposedly Neolithic vases that he's dipped in very industrial, cheap house paint. He's photographed himself dropping these ancient objects, but we also learn along the way that there's a huge market for fakes out there. Has he found fakes? Are these real? Is this an upsetting act, an act of vandalism or a symbol of trying to break with Chinese history?
SFR: The second theme is Reshaping the Real: Film, Memory and Virtual Reality.
IF: These are all post-Photoshop. Photoshop is almost too easy, and it really felt outside of what the scope of what this show wanted to do. Thomas Demand, [for instance]…creates life-size scenes out of paper, cardboard and confetti. The series called The Presidency is something the New York Times Magazine commission[ed] of him in 2008. At first look, it looks real, but when you start to look at the details, the artifice starts to become clearer.
SFR: The final theme is The Status of Fact: Unreliable Narrators, Parafiction and Truthiness.
IF: Here's where there are a number of works that are either a fiction or are based on a fiction, and [it] leaves us wondering if it's real or not. One of them is a piece called Phantom Truck. If you google "phantom truck documenta," it's a little video on YouTube, released shortly after the piece was installed in Germany for Documenta in 2007. [Phantom Truck] looks just like the truck that was supposedly real, but never was, and now this artist has made it real.
SFR: And the Mark Dion piece includes a lengthy wait as part of the exhibit?
IF: You walk into the gallery space with a very traditional wood door with a little plaque on it, and then you're asked to take a number. You sit there and you sit there. It's already a little uncomfortable and you've waited, so you might as well wait a little longer to find out what the big deal is.
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness
Opening Weekend July 6-8
Through January 2013
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199


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Welcome to our Biobricks and Characterisation page! Here you can find information about the parts, devices and systems we have produced.
Shown below is our final construct - our light-sensing, clutch-engaging, biomaterial-producing biofabricator. If you move your mouse over a part, it will light up and you can click it to visit its page in the iGEM Registry. If you select the name of a device (or the whole system) underneath the diagram, that device will show up and clicking the name will take you to its charaterisation page.
For now, here are the parts we will submit to the Registry. They can also be accessed here.
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Basically, this is about the Citizen Brown timeline, and more to the point, its history.
In a throwaway line in Ep 4, FCB Doc mentions having a secret lab at Clayton Ravine...at which point Marty mentions Clara and tells FCB Doc about how she's supposed to be his wife in the other timeline(s). From the naming of the ravine, the obvious implication is that since the Delorean was never invented in this timeline, Doc never travelled back to 1885 and thus the original sequence of events, with Clara falling into the ravine, was restored. And on the surface it makes perfect sense...considering the fact that there is other evidence of the 'original histories' being restored; for instance, George and Lorraine are back to their loser selves from the original Twin Pines timeline, since they were never influenced by Marty in 1955. And yet, it seems to conflict with how the ripple effect, and alternate timelines, are portrayed in the trilogy...
Now, based on my understanding of the trilogy, the implication is that at any given point of time, the future is 'not written', and that the actions of a time traveller from the future (or with knowledge of the future) can change the course of the future (i.e. his/her past). As the future changes, objects brought back from the future (photos, newspapers etc) are changed by the 'ripple effect' to reflect the new timeline...and in extreme cases, people from the future may be erased from existence if they do not exist in the 'new future' (as Marty nearly was in BTTF1). The idea is that the ripple effect changes the future and affects objects and people from the future. So, if in 1955, something is done to change 1985, then the ripple effect moves forward from 1985, altering 1985, as well as objects in 1955 which originate from 1985.
However, I think the 1955 segment of BTTF2 clearly implies that while the time traveller, while in the past, can change the future, he cannot change anything in the past from BEFORE his 'arrival point' in the past. This explains why we see Marty from BTTF1 in the background in BTTF2. Old Biff arrived on the morning of November 12th 1955, and his actions radically altered 1985, such that the Delorean was never invented and Marty never travelled back in time...yet, this did not erase the actions of Marty from the original timeline since November 5th 1955 onwards, because Marty's arrival on Nov. 5th, his interfering with his parents meeting, the manure truck crash et all are all part of the 'past' at the point when Old Biff has arrived in 1955...his actions do not affect events prior to the morning of November 12th 1955.
And yet, the Game contradicts this...how? Simply by saying that Clara died falling into the ravine in 1885, in the FCB timeline.
Look at it this way. Marty and Doc arrived in 1931. Their actions in 1931 inadvertently altered 1986, erasing Doc and Einstien in the process as well. Their actions in 1931 also alter ALL the years after 1931, including 1955 (which explains why George and Lorraine have reverted to their 'Twin Pines' incarnations). Fair enough.
But WHY would a divergence created in 1931, alter 1885, a point in time which PRECEDES the divergence? In other words, why would the ripple effect, which usually movesforward in time and changes the future, suddenly move backward in time and change the past? It doesn't make sense.
If we go by the evidence of the game, then logically, when young Emmett hooks up with Edna, 1931 Hill Valley would spontaneously start transforming! The name of the ravine would suddenly change from Eastwood Ravine to Clayton Ravine, Doc's letter with the Western Union would disappear as would the Delorean buried in the Delgado Mine, the pictures of Doc (and Marty) by the newly constructed clocktower, taken in 1885, should also disappear from the book in the library...without anyone noticing anything!
It makes sense for photographs and newspapers from 1986 to start changing, because these objects represent the future, which is not written...but why would objects from the PAST change?


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OROVILLE — Hundreds of people sampled salmon sliders, homemade chili and other local foods at the Bounty of Butte County held Sunday at Sank Park.
The event featured vendors from Oroville and the surrounding areas handing out small portions of food to patrons for either punches in a card or a certain number of raffle-style tickets that could be purchased at the entrance.
The Bounty of Butte County is the final part of the Salmon Festival, but only the main event sponsor, Gold Country Casino, offered the fish as a tasting with its Slamming Salmon Slider.
"You'd always like to see a little more salmon," said Steven Chavis of Benicia.
But the sliders were "out of this world," Chavis' wife Margie Chavis said.
The couple came from Solano County to visit their son Matt Chavis and attend the event at Sank Park.
"We come here every year," Margie Chavis said. "We don't even live here, and we come here every year."
Grey Fox Vineyards and other wineries had wine tasting, breweries had beer available and many vendors sold artwork. The Lake Oroville Area Garden Club gave away succulent plants in exchange for a punch or a ticket and Souper Subs had samples of Edna "Nana" Lightle's homemade chili.
"It's a really good way to see what's available in the county," said Wanda Kruger, of Oroville.
Wanda said she and her husband Mike Kruger have enjoyed the festival each year since their adult son was a small child and it was still called Bounty of Oroville. They came with their friend Phyllis Alexander, another regular customer for the event.
Alexander recommended the pork French dip with a side of chili from the Oroville Rescue Mission, a group that works with the homeless.
"You get to talk to the people about what they make, what they do," Mike Kruger said.
Before they left, they checked their punch cards.
"Are you done with your pokes?" Wanda Kruger asked.
"Nope," her husband said, "I'm getting a beer."
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SANTA CRUZ -- The Aptos High football team had already sewed up a berth to the Central Coast Section playoffs, already sewed up a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title.
What more could they want?
"We really wanted that belt (to ourselves)," Mariners running back Brodie Bennet said. "We've been wanting it all season and we finally got it."
And now, the Mariners don't have to share it with anybody.
Behind yet another exhaustive running attack that saw 14 different ball carriers, Aptos pulled away behind a 24-point second quarter and never looked back en route to a rousing 48-22 victory against host Harbor on Saturday afternoon.
The win ensures a second straight undefeated season for Aptos (8-2, 6-0) in SCCAL play, as well as its second straight outright league title. The Mariners, who finish a game ahead of Soquel in the loss column, haven't lost an SCCAL game since Oct. 16, 2010, compiling a league record of 13-0-2 in that span.
"This was very important," said senior back Aaron McAnerney, who led the Mariners with 107 yards and a touchdown on seven attempts. "Our coaches kept telling us that, in the playoffs, funny things can happen. But if you go undefeated in league, no one can take that away from you."
Aptos will now wait for Sunday's CCS seeding meeting in San Jose. As league champions, the Mariners are expected to receive a home game in the first round of the postseason.
They've been eliminated in the first round of the Division III playoffs two years in a row, including last year's 35-31 defeat to eventual champion St. Ignatius.
Needless to say, the memory is still fresh.
"We're gonna work hard enough that that's not gonna happen again this year," McAnerney said.
Aptos ran the ball for 462 yards on 51 attempts, with Bennet bursting for 86 yards and a touchdown on nine carries and Billy Walls adding 81 yards on 10 carries.
Cody Clifton had one attempt -- a 74-yard touchdown run -- while Eli Ungerecht and Ricardo Medina added touchdown runs as well, of 1 and 3 yards, respectively.
Kicker Brooks Nicholson converted field goals from 26 and 33 yards.
Harbor (3-7, 1-5) quarterback Milo Small eclipsed 1,000 yards passing for the season, throwing for a season-high 274 yards and three touchdowns on 23 of 34 passing. He threw one interception.
The junior signal caller found Cory Harris on a 17-yard score and Cody Sullivan on touchdown passes of 21 and 14 yards.
Sullivan finished with seven catches for 107 yards.
"I was really proud of how they played," said Pirates coach Jeff Cox, whose team rallied around its 17 seniors afterward, many of whom had tears in their eyes following their final high school football game.
"They kept their poise," Cox added. "They kept playing and they kept wanting to play, and that's what we need."
Harbor more than held its own in the first quarter. It forced a fumble on Aptos' opening drive, which was recovered by Joe Wolinsky, and later advanced the ball to the Mariners' 3 following a fake punt attempt where Cesar Guerrero hit Sullivan on a 29-yard pass.
Unable to find the end zone though, the Pirates quickly fell behind Aptos 21-0 midway through the second quarter. Ungerecht first picked off a Small pass to set up a 5-yard score by Bennet seven plays later, while Harbor then muffed the ensuing kickoff as Aptos took over at the Pirates 19.
On the very next play, Aptos quarterback Alex Joh hit Alec Bonsall on a 19-yard touchdown pass.
"We didn't take our opponent seriously at first," McAnerney said. "We just didn't move people."
The play of Small helped keep the Pirates moving the football throughout the game, though, while running back Garrett Fonseca's 88 yards on the ground kept Harbor balanced.
Slowing Aptos' wing-T attack was a different story, however.
"We definitely underestimated our opponent," Bennet said. "But in the end, we came together and we played hard."
Aptos 48, Harbor 22
At Harbor High
APT — Aaron McAnerney 45 run (Brooks Nicholson kick), 6:08.
APT — Brodie Bennet 5 run (Nicholson kick), 5:51.
APT — Alec Bonsall 19 pass from Alex Joh (Nicholson kick), 5:39.
HAR — Cody Sullivan 21 pass from Milo Small (Cesar Guerrero kick), 4:25.
APT — Eli Ungerecht 1 run (Nicholson kick), 1:54.
APT — Nicholson 26 field goal, 0:00.
APT — Ricardo Medina 3 run (Nicholson kick), 9:14.
HAR — Cory Harris 17 pass from Small (Guerrero kick), 11:44.
APT — Nicholson 33 field goal, 7:33.
HAR — Sullivan 14 pass from Small (Small to Sullivan conversion), 1:58.
APT — Cody Clifton 74 run (Nicholson kick), :39.5.
First downs 23 22
Rushes-Yards 51-462 31-85
Passing yards 55 303
Comp.-Att.-Int. 3-9-0 24-35-1
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1
Penalties-Yards 5-45 3-29
RUSHING — Aptos: Brodie Bennet 9-86; Billy Walls 10-81; Aaron McAnerney 7-107; Connon Houser 4-11; Alex Joh 1-7; Elijah Marta 1-15; Eli Ungerecht 2-11; Ricardo Medina 7-37; Miguel Barranco 3-17; Mitch Ocampo 2-7; Jon Sullivan 2-3; Kevin Feely 1-5; Tanner Riggs 1-1; Cody Clifton 1-74. Harbor: Garrett Fonseca 18-88; Adrian Valencia 1-1; Cesar Guerrero 1-1; Jaidon Taubman 5-10; Milo Small 1-minus-12; Vincent Rodriguez 1-0; Joe Wolinsky 1-minus-4; Jasper Andrew 1-3; Angel Juarez 1-3; Dakotah Francis 1-minus-5.
PASSING — Aptos: Alex Joh 2-8-0 27; Cody Clifton 1-1-0 28. Harbor: Milo Small 23-34-1 274; Cesar Guerrero 1-1-0 29.
RECEIVING — Aptos: Alec Bonsall 1-19; Dalton Weitzel 1-8; Connon Houser 1-28. Harbor: Cesar Guerrero 4-31; Cory Harris 5-64; Cody Sullivan 7-107; Nate Williams 2-20; Noah Taul 1-43; Jaidon Taubman 1-2; Jake Patenaude 4-36.
DEFENSE — Fumble recoveries: Aptos 1 (Zach Black); Harbor 2 (Joe Wolinsky, Cooper Shivley). Interceptions: Harbor 1 (Jaidon Taubman). Sacks: Aptos 1 (Tyler Iniguez).
Records — Aptos 8-2, 6-0 SCCAL; Harbor 3-7, 1-5 SCCAL.


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CoverGirl TRUblend Microminerals Foundation Reviews
umi absolutely hated the shimmer. i have a clinique foundation that has shimmer that i dont mind. but this is over the top. i feel like diamond when i step outside — 6 years, 2 months agoaddkg777 | 237 reviews
not bad, but...I wanted to get a mineral foundation for days when I don't have time to use separate foundation and powder. I decided to try this. I like the light coverage. However, there's a bit of a shimmer to this which I'm not thrilled about. It doesn't keep oil at bay for very long. It's good to use if you need to go out for quick errands or going out for a quick lunch. Not great for all day, though. — 7 years, 2 months agoMiss_Vicki | 271 reviews
Super messy & No coverageI tried this and i have to say i used the standard amount i have always used for mineral foundations and i got no coverage none. I used more and still nothing! This is a very messy item and has tons of glow. I am going to return this. If you have perfect skin and just want some added glow go for it.. But if you need coverage don't waste you money. — 8 years, 6 months agoelena62 | 169 reviews
TerribleI am so so so so so so glad that this product has been discontinued. For starters, this product has overly complicated packaging. After struggling to open this product, a puff of powder exploded onto my face. It had so much glitter in it that I was extremely hesitant to apply it on my face. I really wish that I would have just returned it to the store, because the coverage was so blotchy, spotty, ...read moreand pore clogging, it was downright disgusting. The powder got everywhere and was super messy. There was no coverage whatsoever, and my skin actually looked worse. Plus I looked like Edward in Twilight when he hit the sun. Not at all the look that I was going for. Usually, I like Covergirl products for their low price and dependability, but I absolutely hate this product. A terrible product. I wish I could give it a zero out of ten. — 5 years, 8 months agoriley_taylor | 15 reviews
Terrible!Completely clogged my pores and caused me to break out. It is also not user friendly at all. It offers a lot of coverage so I use it occasionally, but I don't recommend using it all the time. — 6 years, 6 months agon_yang85 | 40 reviews
may as well have been emptyThis is the worst makeup i have ever tried. The design concept is good but the product is terrible. My setting powder covers better than this does. It does not stay on your face, even for one minute. And if you can get it to it drys out your skin and makes you look orange-ish. I tried to return it but the store wouldn't let me, cost me about $12 too. — 6 years, 8 months agoflyawayb3auty | 13 reviews
Horrible product!After falling in love with the Bare Minerals brand I decided to try and save a couple bucks by buying this product. It sounded like the same thing. I was so wrong! The brush feels like steel wool on your skin no matter how lightly you try to apply with the pressure. Once you get it on the coverage is horrible. No coverage at all, not even for shine. I tried putting it in another container and usin...read moreg my good brushes to apply but it still does nothing except cause a rash on my face every time I used it. Don't waste your money on it unless you like to feed your garbage can! — 7 years, 1 month agocdmckee | 1 reviews
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I disagree!I found that this foundation, used correctly and not caked on, worked better than other powder foundations I have used. My face didn't sparkle nor were my pores clogged. Of course, I used it sparingly, as you don't need to apply a lot in order for it to work. For trouble spots, I just added a wee bit more, and it worked fine. Smooth and silky finish that didn't wear off too soon, although all powd...read moreers do wear off eventually. I also found that the color matched my skin tone, and for me, that is a hard thing to do! I am one of those rare people who is in both key colors, which is great for being able to wear any color of clothing or eye/lip color, but sucks when trying to match foundations! — 7 years, 1 month agoPiperLady | 1 reviews
this is my personal opinion and im not exagerating like some people on here doi did like this product because it was the perfect coverage. i dont like to wear too much makeup because i know its bad for acne prone skin and i really liked this product because allthough it didnt cover my acne completely it did just enough to make me feel confident. Also it stayed on almost all day even during physical education! i noticed that some people on here talked about it making you loo...read morek orange and i think that was probably because the color was too dark for you or because you put too much on because it always turns out the perfect color for me. i also noticed that people said it was too shimmery and personally i didnt notice any shimmer before now but i looked in the mirror and i knnnnnnndaaaa noticed it and i think it makes me kinda glow(in a good way) you can barely see the shimmery quality though — 7 years, 5 months agoaMBeRheartYOU | 2 reviews
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" Genre: Romance / Theatrical Release: 1995 / Director: Rob Reiner / Actors: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening ... / DVD released 31 August, 1999 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC "
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If you like gentle romantic comedies then you'll undoubtedly enjoy this classic tale of boy meets girl but boy is President of the United States.
Michael Douglas stars as Andrew Shepard the widowed president of the United States, with a well adjusted daughter and a high popularity rating. His big plan for re-election is to get a pretty weak, and mostly unsupported by the other politicians, gun control bill through congress. Annette Benning is Sydney Ellen Wade a lobbyist hired to get the necessary support for a CO2 reduction bill. (Considering this was released in 1995 it appears significant political issues haven't changed much!) The President of France is due to visit the United States, but the President's planned date for the event (his cousin - of course) is unwell. After their first meeting the President invites Sydney, via telephone with the expected misundertanding and disbelief, to be his date for the event. The President also makes a deal with Sydney - if she can secure 24 votes for the environmental bill he will get the remaining 10 - he fully expects her to fail and leave him looking good for having tried to pass the bill. And so the scene is set for the film to examine how a public President can have a private romance, the effect it will have on his popularity and how politics can seriously mess up your social life.
This film has a lot going for it in its writer, director and cast. It is writen by Aaron Sorkin who went on to write West Wing and directed by Rob Reiner. The supporting cast includes Martin Sheen, Michale J Fox, David Paymer and Anna Deavere Smith as the President's staff and Richard Dreyfuss as the bad guy Republican from Kansas.
There are the two threads running through it - the relationship between Sydney and the President with its difficulties and lack of privacy - and the political story which backs this up and adds to the difficulties in the relationship. Although for those that do not have an in depth grasp of the US political system don't worry this is definitely a rom com with a light sprinkling of politics.
I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan of either of the leads in this film but I enjoy it for its gentle humour and the attempt to make the President of the United States seem like any man. The supporting actors are good and provide some witty one liners. It is a film which I have watched and rewatched, an excellent Sunday afternoon movie.
For the sake of completeness this dvd does have limited bonus material consisting of the theatrical trailer (why when you've just watched the movie?), production notes and biographies. It can be found in the bargain basements of many dvd retailers although I think that severely underrates this film.
Aaron Sorkin is a genius in my humble opinion. The West Wing is an excellent hour-long political drama with an equal balance of intellectual political scenarios and quick and witty banter. However, before The West Wing hit our screens, Sorkin dabbled in the politics of the White House in the feature-length movie 'The American President'.
Michael Douglas stars as President Andrew Shepherd, a widower raising his teenage daughter whilst simulataneously running the country. His Chief of Staff, AJ, is played by Martin Sheen (a slightly confusing role, if you're addicted to The West Wing!) and Michael J. Fox plays his Policy Advisor. Other West Wing-er's to appear are Anna Deavere Smith as his Press Secretary and Joshua Malina.
The President is finally ready to re-enter the dating ring and Annette Benning shows up as his love interest, Sydney Ellen Wade. The only problem is Wade is a tough Political Activist and is intent on getting her version of an Environmental bill passed, something the White House are trying to avoid.
Wade and Shepherd soon begin falling for each other and find themselves having to deal with the reactions of the public, the press and the President's own staff.
'The American President' has all the aspects that make a good film great - romance, a central plot (the race for votes) and a villain - Shepherd's adversary in the film is played excellently by Richard Dreyfuss.
If you like The West Wing then you'll love this film - although there are certain parts of the film which are very similar to episodes of the show (but since the film came first I guess that's ok!) BUY IT!!!
Some movies are made to put a sincere touch to a relationship between a man and a women, some movies are made to bring out the situations which leads to love, romance and sex, some movies are made to just show that love exists and whatever you do it, you have to fall to this feeling of nature which is one of the giving of God. Now what is American President all about. Is it about a man in power , having out of the way relationship with a lady. Lets see what is it actually all about. It?s been ages, American movies have always been focusing on their President to be the superman and he can do anything. I don?t what makes them do that, but lets leave that to them and focus us on this movie. This movie is all about the clash of the President?s personal and his political life. American President Andrew Shepherd (Micheal Douglas) who is a widower and a father of a girl, find?s himself stuck with a emotional love affair with an environmentalist, Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening). It?s an emotional balance between his personal life and a political election which is just waiting and his opposition, having no stones unturned to spoil his name. The most powerful man on this earth is showing that I am also a normal person and I can fall in love. In the course of the movie, the Andrew gets to know that Sydney is also lobbying for an environmental bill to go to the House. He has made a deal with her, that if she is able to get at least 24 votes, he will send the bill to the floor. But, it seems that something else is boiling, behind this entire bill, is another bill which is the baby of our President, a crime bill. Hence the president has to choose between Sydney and the Country. What choice the President has made, you have to watch the movie and understand it, instead of me revealing it to you. Cast? Of the star, cast no one could have done it better then Michael Douglas, as the shrewd but loving American President. There i
s no question about his ability as an actor, he is definitely class apart. Most important that he is the perfect choice as the President. Annette Bennig has done good justice to the role and perfect choice as a matured middle aged woman, and a strong environmental activist. But, I feel she acted well in American Beauty. The surprise element of this entire movie was Micheal J Fox, with his amazing lively performance. As usual, Martin Sheen is amazing as the loyal advisor to the President. Overall this movie is a must watch movie and should be in your library of movies. Don?t miss the ?Typical American President?s Speech ?, which is the corner stone in the real life, too.
A film that ought to have come with a small advert saying 'Re-elect Bill Clinton'. This was released in the winter of 1995, just as Bill Clinton was entering his tussle with Bob Dole, and it depicts a lovely cuddly Democrat president, and marvels at his lovely cuddliness. An actor frequently marginalised as a harassed yuppie with an overheating sex drive, Michael Douglas is a remarkably nice Prez, an honourable widower with a so nice teenage daughter and a lot of love to give. Oh, and he also wants to ban guns (obvious subtext - nice people want to ban guns). It's easy to dismiss this film as simply being Clinton's mates ganging up to get him back into the White House (and Douglas, Annette Bening and Rob Reiner are precisely the kind of liberal Hollywood types who keep Democrat coffers swollen), but on its own terms it's a very smart and well-written romantic comedy, with Douglas attempting to woo Bening the spiky environmentalist while trying to be the leader of the free world. Excellent support (David Paymer, Michael J. Fox, a nice cameo from Richard Dreyfuss) and good lines make it an eminently civilised entertainment, even if Mr Bill turned out to be a hillbilly dog on heat.
The American President is a cheery tale of the President of the United States, a widower played by Michael Douglas, falling in love in front of the whole world, and his young daughter. Annette Benning plays his love interest, a journalist. It is unfortunate that this view of a President wooing a woman in a steady romantic manner was released during Bill Clintons 'reign'. The movie tries to re-install the American publics' love for the office of Presidency. The plot covers their meeting and centres on their attempts to keep the relationship under wraps whilst trying to discover whether they have a future. The usual running around, hiding in the back seat, oh my goodness is that the President in the street cliches can be found here. Micheal Douglas plays the President as a quiet, caring family man - no typecasting in this movie! Oh except for Michael J Fox playing the same part he does in Spin City. Overall it is an enjoyable Saturday night date film, perfect for getting sloppy in front of the TV. Interestingly the bits of the script that didn't quite make it into the cinema mutated into The West Wing on TV.
I went to see this film at the cinema when it first came out and loved it. When it came out on video we hired it and then we bought it. All I knew about Annette Benning before this was she was married to warren Beatty and Michael Douglas was most famous to me for Fatal Attraction. This is a very different role for them both and I would go so far as to call it a classic romance. This is one I could watch again and again.
This is in the drama category, but I would definitely class 'The American President' as a romantic comedy. It stars Michael Douglas as the president of the USA, who falls in love with a journalist, played by Annette Bening. We follow their blossoming relationship through it's ups and downs, and see how they cope with his position as the president, plus the fact that he is a widower with a teenage daughter. All in all it's a nice relaxing film, with a good supporting cast including Martin Sheen and Michael J Fox. I'd definitely recmmend it, and have bought it on video after seeing it on TV, because I liked it so much.
This is a clever romantic comedy based on the "American President tries to act like the boy next door" scenario. It's quite a good story, although totally predictable, and if you like Micheal Douglas then you will probably enjoy this film. It's well acted and both Annette Benning and Douglas command your sympathy for their plight. However, it's very slow and middle-of-the-road. It's suitable for all and should probably only be watched on a rainy Sunday afternoon when you really don't have anything better to do.
What sounds like a high-concept romantic comedy pitch from hell--widower president falls for smart lobbyist while the world watches--is actually intelligent, charming, touching and quite funny. Granted, it's wish fulfilment all the way (when was the last time you saw a president who was truly presidential?) but in the capable hands of writer Aaron Sorkin (TV's Sports Night) and director Rob Reiner, TheAmerican President is incredibly enjoyable entertainment with quite a few ideas about both romance and the government. Michael Douglas stars as the president, who after three years in office starts thinking about the possibility of dating. When he auspiciously encounters cutthroat environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), sparks begin to crackle and the two begin a tentative but heartfelt romance. Of course, his job gets in the way--their first kiss is interrupted by a Libyan bombing--but darn it if these two kids aren't going to try and make it work! However, they hadn't counted on the president's Republican antagonist (Richard Dreyfuss), who starts carping about family values. The predictable plot--Douglas finally goes to bat for his lady and his country--is leavened by Sorkin's wonderful, snappy dialogue and a light touch from the usually subtle-as-a-sledgehammer Reiner. Both manage to create a believable White House-office atmosphere (with a crack staff including Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith and Samantha Mathis) as well as a plausible and funny dating scenario. The true success of the movie, though, rides squarely on Douglas and Bening; this is unequivocally Douglas's best comedic performance (ergo his best performance, period) and Bening, usually such a good bad girl, takes a standard career-woman role and fleshes it out magnificently. You can see in an instant why Douglas would fall for her. One of the best unsung romantic comedies of the 90s. --Mark Englehart


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A baker in Des Moines, Iowa has come under fire from LGBT activists — and is being applauded by the anti-gay folks — after refusing to bake a cake for a couple when she discovered they were lesbians shopping for a cake for their wedding.
Victoria Childress, owner of Victoria's Cake Cottage told Fox News commentator Todd Starnes that she had already baked several cake samples for Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers when she asked one of the women if the other was her sister. When the woman said they were partners, not sisters, Childress said she cited her Christian faith in explaining why she would not be baking a wedding cake for them.
According to TheNewAmerican.com — which is obviously a right-wing kind of news site, considering how they put the word "wedding" in quotes in their headline — Vodraska and Sievers then went on the offensive, "alerting their homosexual activist network," according to TheNewAmerican.com, adding that the activist network "quickly organized a boycott of Childress' bsuiness.
TheNewAmerican.com also says Childress has been receiving all kinds of hateful letters and emails since news of her refusal went public.
According to a statement publicized by Des Moines TV station KCCI 8 — which TheNewAmerican.com said gave Vodraska and Sievers "a platform to voice their anger at being snubbed by Childress" — the couple said they went public with the dispute to raise awareness about the need for equality. The statement says, "It is not about cake or someone's right to refuse service to a customer. We are grateful for the outpouring of support we have received and hope that by stepping forward we have prevented someone else from experiencing the same type of bigotry."
But TheNewAmerican.com also reports that Vodraska and Sievers are said to be considering legal action against Childress.
For her part, Childress insists her refusal to bake a wedding cake for the two women is not about discrimination. She told Fox News, "It doesn't have anything to do with them. It was about my convictions. They can get their cake anywhere."
Childress also said she believes she is being targeted "because of my beliefs — my convictions to their lifestyle."
OK, so here's what I think about the whole thing:
Yes, Ms. Childress, your refusal to make a wedding cake for Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers had everything to do with them, because your "convictions" tell you that they are evil sinners who do not deserve the right to be married, and therefore do not deserve to have you bake them a wedding cake. Be honest enough to stand up and admit that rather than trying to pretend otherwise.
And to Ms. Vodraska and Ms. Sievers, first of all, congratulations on your pending nuptials. I hope you have a wonderful day. And while I have no problem with you spreading the word to other LGBT people that they need not bother going to Victoria's Cake Cottage for their wedding cakes, let it go at that. Find some other bakery to make your cake; I bet there are tons of them out there who would love to do that for you.
There's no need for any kind of lawsuit over this. Really. This is supposed to be a free country, and Ms. Childress really should be free to refuse service to you because of her religious beliefs about same-sex marriage. It's like that popular cliche: "Don't approve of gay marriage? Then don't have one."
Seriously, if we don't want right-wing Christians forcing their religious beliefs on us, then we shouldn't be trying to force our beliefs on them or try to make them abandon their convictions. I mean, would you really want her to bake a cake for you, knowing how she feels about your relationship?


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I'm able to feel the rip much better through using a fork type grip which leads to more consistency and ultimately lower scores. I am however able to get much more distance on a 3 finger or full power grip with a loss of feel and consistency.
My question is, how much does using a grip with less than four fingers on the rim (specifically a fork grip) limit a throwers distance? I know Michael Jo uses a fork type grip, does anyone know how far he throws?


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I started Vermont Woods Studios Fine Furniture almost 7 years ago as part of a mission to help with rainforest conservation. We promote American made furniture that's built with local, sustainably harvested wood as an alternative to imported furniture made with illegal tropical timber, clear cut from the world's rapidly disappearing rainforests.
But a couple years ago when we were searching for an eco-friendly line of outdoor furniture, I began to learn that furniture is such a HUGE commodity it's manufacture affects ocean conservation as well as forest conservation. Often when rainforests are clear-cut for timber, they are converted into plantations that require massive amounts of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. The whole process results in soil erosion, run-off, ocean pollution and coral bleaching.
This knowledge is what led us to begin carrying our POLYWOOD outdoor furniture collection which is made from recycled plastic beverage containers, rather than rainforest woods like teak or mahogany. I know this is a convoluted pathyway, but that's what reminded me of today's designation as World Oceans Day.
There's no denying it– we are destroying the oceans and we need to take action to restore them. 90% of the big fish are gone and many of the fish caught today never even have the chance to reproduce. The average size of the remaining big fish has been cut in half in the last 50 years (the average weight of a swordfish caught today is 90 lbs., down from 266 lbs. in 1960).
The Green Prophet has some great suggestions if you're wondering what you can do to help restore the oceans. In addition to avoiding the purchase of furniture made from tropical woods (like teak, mahogany, ipe and eucalyptus) you can also help by eating only sustainably harvested fish and learning more about ocean conservation.
OK, thanks for reading all this. Now time to head out to the beach for a swim!
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SAN RAFAEL -- Nadine Hairston doesn't know what will be inside the package or when it will arrive at her home.
But one thing is certain -- the sender's name is Taylor Swift and that's good enough for #bravenadine, as she is now known on Twitter.
Fans and local media put out the call for the country-pop superstar to step up and show some love for the 8-year-old who was struck in her left thigh with an arrow on Tuesday as she climbed on a play structure outside the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley.
One minute she was preparing to go inside for a school field trip; the next she had a stinging sensation in her leg. Her mother, Alicia Hairston, of San Rafael, said her daughter kept calm and sang Swift songs -- her absolute favorite -- until she arrived at Children's Hospital Oakland.
"She's a huge, huge Taylor Swift fan,'' her mother said.
Police still don't know who fired the arrow, where it came from or why someone was even shooting a crossbow within 1,000 yards of the Berkeley hills museum. They are continuing to investigate the case.
But Nadine, a third-grader at a public school in Marinwood, has gone back to her regular life.
"She's doing amazing," her mother said. "She's adorable. She's bouncing around, doing her thing."
Alicia Hairston said she has "absolutely no idea" what type of gift is coming to her daughter from the pop musician. "It's gonna be a package, that's all I know."
She said a representative for Swift called the hospital while she was there with her daughter earlier this week, but she did not speak with the person. She declined to release the name of the rep or agency involved with the Swift surprise.
Representatives for Swift, who was in Newark, N.J., for a concert Friday night, were not immediately available for comment late Friday.
Although the support in the Bay Area for Nadine has been massive -- cards, flowers, toys, food, clothing and a stuffed bunny delivered to her school -- Twitter users also joined the campaign for #bravenadine. Tweets that say "C'mon Taylor Swift, give a shout-out to the brave arrow girl" are numerous and one fan tweeted "swifties we have a mission."
"She has been absolutely shocked by (all the support)," her mother said.
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Projecting Declines in Margins and Volume
The MBA estimates that total U.S. mortgage origination volume will decline by 19% to $1.41 trillion this year, and drop another 25% to $1.061 trillion in 2014. The Federal Reserve has kept the short-term federal funds rate in a record-low range of between zero and 0.25% since late 2008, and the Federal Open Market Committee has said this "highly accommodative" policy is likely to continue until the U.S. unemployment rate declines to 6.5%. But investors are always looking ahead, and the market yield for 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds has increased by 42 basis points over the past three months to around 2%. Atlantic Equities analyst Richard Staite said in a Jan. 29 report that a concurrent increase in yields on mortgage-backed securities (MBS) led to a contraction in the primary secondary mortgage spread to 82 basis points from an average of 123 during the fourth quarter. Jefferies analyst Ken Usdin said in a report Friday that the median gain-on-sale margin for eight large-cap banks covered by his firm expanded to 3.16% in 2012 from 1.94% in 2011. Usdin also estimated that the median gain-on-sale margin would decline to 2.75% in 2013 and 2.33% in 2014. These combined figures exclude Regions Financial of Birmingham, Ala., because "it does not offer the same granularity" as other large-cap regional banks covered by Jefferies, according to Usdin.


description: December 13, 2012—On the vast plains of Mongolia, a National Geographic explorer is trying to save the saiga, an ancient species of antelope.

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When mammoths walked the earth, so did Saigas, but their time might have come.
I'm Lucie McNeil and this is National Geographic On Assignment-your link to thousands of Nat Geo expeditions around the globe.
Today, we're off to Western Mongolia.
Saiga's are a relic of the last ice age, and roamed Central Asia alongside mammoths and sabre tooth tigers.  Now, these antelopes are critically endangered—and their numbers keep plummeting.
National Geographic's Buuveibaatar Bayarbaatar is trying to find answers.
His team studies baby Saigas—and in this rare footage, we see them placing a radio collar on a newborn.
Tracking calves like this one will shed light on how many are surviving, and help scientists map their movements around populated areas.
Knowing where the Saiga's migrate can help protect areas for their survival.
That's National Geographic On Assignment—your link to our Explorers.


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Plans to treat and assess elderly people in their own homes will ease pressure on Colchester General Hospital, health bosses believe.
The North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will launch a new team of rapid assessment nurses, who will aim to treat patients in their homes rather than in hospital.
The scheme will be carried out in the Tendring area, with the aim of ensuring residents receive treatment as close to home as possible.
Dr Shane Gordon, clinical chief officer of the CCG, said: "If you are frail and elderly and stuck in hospital for three weeks, you lose lots of your confidence, skills and the ability to look after yourself."
A community-based rapid assessment service for Tendring residents will launch in August.
As well as nurses assessing patients in their own homes, a new rapid assessment unit will be set up at Clacton Hospital.
Full story in the Gazette


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Topic: UPDATE ON DISAILIBTY /CC
I had previously posted that I was not approved for disability for my intrahepatic CC. I had received a letter from SS giving me my regular SS (which I had applied for at the same time). The letter indicated that THIS was ALL I was eligible for, so I assumed that they had turned down the disability. Then, in July, I received a packet again from SS indicating that I was indeed approved for disability and would receive my first payment in August, so now my monthly payment will be raised to the disability level. My disability was determined to have begun at the end of January, when I had the CT scan that diagnosed the tumor inside my liver. They figure 5 months after that as the starting point for your first disability check and due to the particular timing of my diagnosis (late in the month) I guess , that figures out for August.
In addition, they indicated that due to the nature of my disease, and the current prognosis, I will be review in about 3 years to see if I am still disabled. That means that in 3 years, there "could" be a treatment that cures me....OR, ......the cancer has not come back after my curative intent surgery in Feb and as such, they may dump me from disability. (Personal note: At that point, I will be 65, so I believe nothing will really change in my case...my disability amount just becomes my social security amount).
There are two other Review Designations to consider: One, they review in about a year...for those people, they expect to see a cure state at that time. The other review is for those people who apparently they don't expect a good outcome and is set for 5-7 years. There are many other diseases besides ours that fall into disability with speeded up approval status. I saw no differences from the three types of CC and doubt that there would be any in getting approved.
In review: While you CAN apply for disability on line at the SS website, I personally would make an appointment to go into the office to speak directly with the SS specialist. (Note: You CAN make a phone appointment also with these people if you are too sick to go out or would rather do it that way.)
The guy we talked to went out of his way to look at just WHEN this disease became known and truly was a disability. His reasoning was that the 5 month waiting period to start payment checks would begin from that point and he wanted to be sure that there wasn't anything I was leaving out that would have indicated the disability sooner. Also, make sure you make a list of everything you have for symptoms and medical treatments you have had, including dates. While CC is an approved disease for fast track approval with disability, all of these things are looked at by the doctor who approves the disability.
Another items that is overlooked by many is that two years after getting disability (24 months), you are then eligible for Medicare early. In my case, that means only a year before I would have been eligible anyway, but okay. I also wasn't sure if I "wanted" to do Medicare early because though our personal retirees insurance (not a Cobra) is expensive, it pays very well, never has questioned any treatment and pretty much allows us to go where we want for treatment without any waiting times or approvals. Our out of pocket is very high...at $11-12K, but worth the piece of mind. It will be less next year when my husband has to go on Medicare and is off our retirees' policy. However....as to me doing early Medicare in 24 months.....I have been assured by some people that I can go where I want to go.....the same as my private policy. I'm still checking into that....because first of all...the provider has to ACCEPT Medicare....or my own personal insurance, for that matter. I'm not going to worry about it for another two years until it happens. At this point, we have been told that I do NOT have to accept Medicare in 24 months if I don't want to take it. (but do have to accept at 65 of course), and our personal policy right now says that if Medicare doesn't require that I HAVE to take Medicare for my disability in 24 months, they will not force me out of the policy and onto Medicare. Everyone's insurance situation is going to be different. I just happen to be in this position and trying to line my ducks in a row. For now, my ducks can wander around all they want as I don't have to make any decisions as of yet. Things can change in two years...with Medicare....with our insurance....with my health....who knows?
Now, I'm going to complicate things even more. My husband retired at the end of June, and in talking to an investment person, we discovered that the amount of my disability payment can be increased by the spousal amount on my husband's payments. So, from the time I started with just SS payments on my own work record ....first payment in June....I will received about $200 more for straight disability (based on my own work record) ...and in August I will receive yet another increase for the spousal part. We had originally been told that the disability payment was only based on my work records. HOWEVER...this is not automatic......you need to apply for it. Hence, I am going to have another meeting with a social security specialist (this time on the phone) in September to complete that. He said that if it isn't in time for the complete check that should be due in late September, I will receive the rest of the amount in a separate check about 2-3 weeks later.
One more thing....about these appointments/meetings. If you set up an appointment with the SS either in office or phone, they count the day of the phone call as the date the clock starts ticking on your application. That is...IF you apply even for straight SS ....if you call for an appoint on August 1, but can't get an appointment for 5 weeks, they still use August 1 as the application date. there is a two month wait for SS to start, so you can see where that makes good sense to do an appointment. It doesn't commit you do finish the application process.....my husband didn't at the time...but then he did have to wait out another two months before his checks will arrive.
This was my/our personal experience with SS and disability.
Julie t.