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Demi Lovato thinks being "sober is sexy". The 19-year-old singer – who was admitted to rehab for three months in November 2010 to receive treatment for an eating disorder and self-harming – admitted while she was previously using alcohol and drugs to "numb the pain" of her emotional issues, she has now found more positive ways to cope with her problems. She said: "I think sober is sexy. It's cool. I think it's way cooler to be above the influence than under the influence. "I'm not gonna lie. I was self-medicating. I was doing things like drinking and using [drugs], like a lot of teens do to numb their pain."
However, the 'Skyscraper' hitmaker explained fellow teen stars Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus have also helped her healing process, as they have "always" been there for her.
Demi added in an interview with Seventeen magazine: "There were two people [who were there for me]. No matter how many times we fight, we will always be in each others' lives.
"[Miley Cyrus and I] are very strong-headed, so when we fight, it's brutal and we're like, 'We're never going to be friends again!' Then two days later, we're like, 'I love you and I miss you!'
"Selena and I, we never fight. She's not a confrontational person at all. Both of them will never leave my life no matter what happens, because we've been through so much together."
- Miley Cyrus: She made a "bad decision" in smoking a legal high
- Justin Bieber: He has been spotted getting close with Selena Gomez
- Demi Lovato: She claims Joe Jonas is her "best friend"
- Demi Lovato: Her recent rehab stint was for an eating disorder
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So this is what a heart attack feels like.
"Babe, babe, something is terribly wrong with me. I need to go to the hospital, like now. I seriously can't feel my legs...I can't feel my legs! I think my arms are going numb too. We need to go, now. I can't really breathe. Babe, I can't breathe. I'm scared. We gotta go now. Let's go!"
Rewind to earlier that morning, I was having the most stressful day of my life. Not only that, but the months leading up to this moment in time were finally paying a toll on my body.
You see, I've always been a hard worker. I've generally always worked 24/7 ever since I could remember. Putting in the all-nighters even back in the college days just to make sure my designs were above the rest of the class. Nothing's new here. But when it comes down to not having food on the table or money in the bank for my new family, there's no letting up and it's game time.
On this unforgettable day I had 5 career breaking projects due that evening. Not just any regular project, I'm talking projects like redesigning a site for National Geographic, or making a sci-fi user interface for the new Transformers movie. Projects that would turbo boost my career. You know, brain rattling creative thinking. You could imagine how much off brand coffee was consumed that day. At least 4-5 cups. On top of that, I had a bad diet going for the past few months being that I was in crank mode. What creative doesn't though. We spend our lives getting critiqued which makes it tough to always stay high spirits and we're always trying to out do ourselves on each pixel. It's tough work.
Fast forward to later that night, those projects are just getting to be in a spot to where I can send them off to the respected clients. However my biggest project, the one with National Geographic, took a turn for the worse. I had a lot riding on this project. The year before, they covered almost my entire salary. And this year, I had to maintain all of that. But what I didn't know, is that my developer working with me would become no where to be found with the deadline right around the corner. Time to panic. We already had the client on our bad side for slow development time prior to this.
I had just started a new business as a small design agency and this was one of our biggest projects. If we pulled this off, it would of set us up for major success. Unfortunately, we failed miserably. Since I was the leader of it all, it took a major toll on me emotionally. Mix the failure, stress of making clients happy, having zero dollars, poor diet and no surfing (exercise) for 6 months - time for a heart attack. Or at least I thought so.
At around 2am that following morning, I had awoken from a light sleep having trouble breathing. Frantically waking up and gasping for air. Pacing back and forth in our loft trying to figure out what was wrong. Suddenly, it's not just hard to breathe, but my body starts tingling. My knees begin to buckle as my legs are going numb. It's impossible to walk in a straight line or walk at all. My chest feels like a huge Mack truck is parked on it and mashing on it's horn with all the extreme thoughts running through my mind. The sharp pains in my chest are beginning to become unbearable and now my arms were going numb. Any minute now I know I'm going to black out, or worse, head out.
"Babe, babe, something is terribly wrong with me. I need to go to the hospital, like now. I seriously can't feel my legs...I can't feel my legs! I think my arms are going numb too. We need to go, now. I can't really breathe. Babe, I can't breathe. I'm scared. We gotta go now. Let's go!"
Before I knew it we were in my Jeep driving through a quiet Gaslamp District night over to Coronado island in San Diego. It was the closest ER according to Google Maps.
"What are you doing stopping at the red lights! I'm not sure how much longer I've got. GO! GO!"
Bless her heart. My sweet wife, being the good citizen she is, stopped at all the red lights when not a single soul was on the road.
Fast forward a few moments later I'm lying on the hospital bed with being pumped with some relaxers. I wasn't having a heart attack. I was having a severe panic attack, not dying, as much as I thought I was. Apparently all of that stress had finally gotten to me. At least that's what I was told. It wasn't until 6 months of smaller panic attacks and terrible chest pains later that I finally had found a doctor that really knew what was wrong. Yes, I did have a panic attack that night but it wasn't because of that stressful day. It wasn't because of all the hard work I was putting in 24/7 and the highs and lows. It was strictly because my esophagus was majorly inflamed. My body was trying to tell me for so many months about this problem but no doctor could figure it out. They just said what all doctors say, it's just stress. Yea, okay, sure that's all it was. Whatever you say doc.
I had actually developed chronic gastritis and GERD mainly due to my bad eating habits, lack of exercise for that time period and consuming too much coffee and caffeine. Stress of course did pay a factor here but not the main culprit. It was a genetic thing. Bad acid problems ran in my family. Now it made sense to why I was having heart attack symptoms with no heart problems. One of the major signs of gastritis is you feel like you're having a heart attack. It mimics it exactly. If only a doctor would of listened to me carefully enough it might have prevented me from having this for good.
It all started to make sense now. That year prior, I was paying over $2,000 a month for my personal trainer/surf coach. I was in the best shape of my life. Surfing like a champ and just overall feeling amazing. I even just got married to the love of my life! Unfortunately though, just less than 6 months after I stopped training, I was in the worst shape of my life. I let work and the thought of not being able to provide take over my soul. My body simply couldn't take that much of a drastic negative change and it had to let me know in the loudest way it could. My body dropped a bomb on itself.
Since then however, I've created my own diet, dannsdiet.com and have calmed my "chronic" gastritis and GERD. It's amazing what a good diet can do. My doctor told me I'd have these pains for the rest of my life but already with my new diet and a lot of faith, those inflammations only come back for a few days about every 3-4 months and hopefully soon, never again.
Diet and exercise, it does wonders.

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ASMAC Celebrates 75 Years
Famed music arrangers gather to honor their craft by Jon Burlingame
STUDIO CITY, Calif.—Nearly 350 people attended the 75th anniversary celebration of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) Sunday afternoon, Jan. 27, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City.
Composer Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille, Up) served as master of ceremonies for the event, which celebrated the history and achievements of the nation's leading organization devoted to the art and craft of arranging and orchestration. It was founded in 1938 and, as ASMAC vice-president Brad Dechter put it, its membership through the years is a "pantheon of musical giants."
ASMAC President, Broadway and film arranger/conductor Larry Blank called the group "the non-political arm" of the Broadway and Hollywood music business, more about "good fellowship and sharing information" than anything else. He reminisced about his first meeting with ASMAC members, who warned him that "if you don't have time for lunch, you're not fast enough to be working in this business."
Giacchino told the crowd: "You guys are genius composers in your own right. Thank you for everything you've done for me over the years." His own orchestrator and conductor Tim Simonec later surprised him by conducting the "ASMAC Chorale" in a kazoo version of Giacchino's waltz theme for the film Up.
97-year-old composer Van Alexander
Van Alexander, composer of the Ella Fitzgerald standard "A Tisket, A Tasket" who at 97 was notably the oldest ASMAC member in the room, brought the house down with funny one-liners like "I was a young man when I got here today" and "Hollywood is the only city in the world where a person can die from encouragement." An arranger, he reminded the crowd, "is a songwriter's best friend."
Veteran composer-arranger Johnny Mandel (The Sandpiper, M*A*S*H) – who studied with Alexander – said that, back in the swing era, he thought an arranger was "somebody who moved chairs around" but quickly discovered that "it's not the song, it's the way the band plays it. Somebody wrote the music for that band. It was an arranger!"
Composer Laurence Rosenthal (The Miracle Worker, Becket) reminisced about three legendary orchestrators he knew and worked with: Alexander "Sandy" Courage ("the intellectual… the most inventive ways of expressing something orchestrally"), Herbert Spencer ("so elegant… the most unbelievable finesse… unexpected countermelodies") and Arthur Morton ("a wit… a real virtuoso").
Broadway orchestrator Doug Besterman spoke of ASMAC as "our community, our neighborhood… a living, breathing, vital organization" and marveled that "we get to put music in front of the best musicians in the world and hear them play it."
British-born composer-arrangers John Altman and Ian Fraser also took the podium to regale the crowd with their own experiences (for Altman, watching the legendary Robert Farnon and Angela Morley work; for Fraser, listening to Anthony Newley sing "Pure Imagination" on the phone for the first time and having to take it down in order to send it to Walter Scharf, who was preparing the score for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the film for which it was written).
Also speaking were composer-historian Alex Rannie (who discussed early Disney arrangers, songwriters and composers), big-band leader Chris Walden (who recalled arriving from Germany but "being welcomed and accepted by the people I have admired all my life"), composer Bruce Broughton (who cited Alexander's seminal book First Arrangement as an early influence), arranger Jimmie Haskell (who recalled studying with longtime ASMAC member Spud Murphy); arranger-producer Jorge Calandrelli (who spoke of his "profound passion for arranging"); and husband-and-wife arranger-composers Conrad Pope and Nan Schwartz.
Video tributes included a history of ASMAC narrated by "the other" Ray Charles (produced by Jeannie Pool) and a rundown of its many award-winners through the years narrated by Ian Freebairn-Smith (produced by Charles Fernandez).
The Elliot Deutsch Big Band performed (including Alexander's "A Tisket, A Tasket" and "Pure Imagination" whose Deutsch arrangement won the 2012 ASMAC-Bill Conti arranging and composing competition). Pianist Mike Lang also performed the Henry Mancini standard "Days of Wine and Roses."
Often mentioned during the four-hour event were ASMAC's workshops and master classes, which began in 1958 and continue today. The 36-page program included a detailed history of the organization written by event producer Jeannie Pool.
©2013 Jon Burlingame
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The Chamber Music Festival of Lexington brings together a quintet of nationally recognized musicians for three formal concerts at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion. Its core group of musicians is led by Music director Nathan Cole, first Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Pianist Alessio Bax, violist Burchard Tang, cellist Priscilla Lee, and violinist Akiko TaramotoFind out more »
Gary Owen, Comedy Off Broadway
Gary Owen will be performing at Comedy Off Broadway Thursday – Sunday. Thursday & Sunday: 7:15 pm. Friday & Saturday: 8 pm & 10:30 pm.Find out more »
Theatre: The Girl Project, Downtown Arts Center
There are performances of The Girl Project Friday-Sunday at the Downtown Arts Center. "The Girl Project empowers teenage girls to challenge the misrepresentation of females in American media culture by unabashedly revealing the experience of what it is to be a female in the 21st century."Find out more »
UK Basketball Alumni Game
The 2014 UK Basketball Alumni Game will be held on August 24, 2014 at the conclusion of the 2014 John Calipari Basketball Fantasy Experience.Find out more »
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A car slammed into a McDonald's on Columbia Road near Calvert Street in Adams Morgan Friday afternoon.
Witnesses said the car was speeding when it crashed into the front entrance of the restaurant, News4's Shomari Stone reported. Beams have been put in place to prevent collapse.
A woman inside the restaurant suffered minor injuries while jumping out of the way, witnesses said.
The driver is in serious condition, according to fire officials.
Streets in the area were closed.
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Attention all budding musicians and music lovers everywhere – Why not come along, join in and enjoy the Bath Guitar Festival this year? From the 19th to 25th July the city of Bath will be home to a fantastic festival of music and talent. In venues across the city there will be a wide variety of performances, workshops and activities for you to have fun with.
This year is the 20th Bath Guitar Festival and promises to be the best to date, with all manner of string instruments being played in almost any genre you could ever want to listen to. Concerts, workshops and international performers will play to crowds of music lovers and the streets of Bath will be filled with the sweet sounds. The annual Guitar Festival is well attended and brings many people to the city of Bath so early booking is essential.
You'll find our Bath bed and breakfast close to all of the action so you don't have to miss out on any of the performances or events held locally. Don't forget to pack your camera and a pair of dancing shoes for the festival as the music will have you tapping your feet and singing along in next to no time.


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Pray as you go: Kenny Be is always brilliant, but "All-Faith Funnies," in the February 23 issue, may have been his best Worst-Case Scenario yet! Let us pray...for many more years of his comics.
Jenny Frankel
Fatwa city: Kenny Be, are you suicidal?!?! The cartoonist in Denmark has a fatwa against him with a bounty of $1 million and a car, and you go and put a satirical rendering of the Prophet in "All-Faith Funnies," your February 23 Worst-Case Scenario!!! You either have the courage of real integrity, or you are nuts! In their point of view, the laws of their lands are applicable here, and you are putting yourself at some significant risk. These people do not play, Kenny, and they do not get your humor. Your constitutional rights are in conflict with their view that you should not exercise anything that offends them.
Be safe, Kenny, be very safe.
Max Winkler
The quiet riot: Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be. Westword is missing the point if it does not fear repercussions for printing such insulting characterizations of the religious and of religion itself. A rational person cancels his subscription to Danish (and other offensive) newspapers instead of killing and destruction, and a rational person encourages his superiors to pull their ad from Westword instead of engaging in violent protest.
Bradley Blue
Simmer in the city: Regarding Jason Sheehan's "All Things to All People," in the February 23 issue:
As a seventeen-year Lafayette resident, I must protest Sheehan's characterization of the city as a place "where Taco Bell is a reasonable choice for Mexican and Olive Garden is haute-fucking-cuisine." Anyone who knows the city would choose La Familia for Mexican, and there isn't an Olive Garden closer than Boulder or Westminster -- so Sheehan's gibe, while it might sound clever, is basically meaningless.
Perhaps Sheehan should actually know something about the city before summing it up and writing it off. His mistaken assessment may have been due to the fact that he didn't actually know where he was. Magnolia, where he was dining, is by no means "in the middle" of Lafayette; it's out on the farthest possible western edge of the city limits. It's in a perfect spot to serve the wealthy populations of the giant new developments on that side of town, but the real city center is a good three miles southeast of it.
Connie Oehring
The hard sell: Having worked in the service industry for a number of years (first as a waitress at a box-chain restaurant, and later as a hair stylist), you might find it shocking that I agree with the anonymous "tipper" who wrote a letter published in the February 16 issue. Yes, servers' base pay is horrible (and ought to be illegal!), but that doesn't mean they should expect a gratuity; service is a sales position, and it is a server's job to sell herself! Bottom line: If your service is crap, your tips will be crap.
By the way, stylists get stiffed far more often than do servers, and we actually have to touch our customers!
Sarah Hoskovec
Scene-stealer: Juliet Wittman's reviews are incisive, insightful and informative. They are my main read in Westword. Thank you.
Barbara Moe
She'll take romance: Regarding Michael Roberts's piece on Il Divo in the February 23 Playlist:
Apologize for being an Il Divo fan? Never. In fact, I plead guilty to all charges leading up to their success in the U.S. It's about time we actually got some class -- and talent -- back in the music industry. What I'm hearing on the radio bores me. One artist sounds like the act before and the act after; no one comes across in a unique style. Is it really so terrible to support something different and beautiful? The overflowing romance and passion that Il Divo delivers through its music infinitely surpasses the moaning mainstream music.
No, I'm not one of the forty-something fans who make up a huge part of their fan base. I'm eighteen, and actually have good taste in music. But don't you think its pretty amazing that there's something about the music of these four guys that appeals to more than one generation, let alone to different cultures?
I'm sorry that Michael Roberts's taste and appreciation for music, real music, is not more fine-tuned. Hopefully, one day he'll realize the full impact and beauty of Il Divo.
Brittany Vasilak
Brant Lake, New York
Unwashing our hands of them: Is Michael Roberts's in-box chock-full of enraged ladies' e-mails yet? He'll be set right before long about how his ears must be shot, how success and popularity justify themselves, how he has no artistic taste (obviously), and how he can't be objective, because he doesn't love Il Divo. And by the way, his mother is a whore.
Is our outrage at this shlock of the same nature as a "good liberal" and "true conservative" being outraged at what the Bush administration does, while the rest of the country doesn't care? It begs the question of whether we should not simply concede to the "great unwashed" their (lack of taste), rather than remain arbiters of our own.
Jens F. Laurson
Washington, D.C.
Simon says: Michael Roberts's opinion (such base use of English cannot be called a critique) of Il Divo is based on ignorance. I doubt he has even listened to the CD. He has read a few other reviews and decided to puff out his chest and swagger with so-called wit and acerbic vitriol.
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Comparing Simon Cowell to a male member is worthy of the writings of a fourteen-year-old -- maybe Roberts is one? As for waiting for an apology from the U.S. fans, he'll be waiting until hell freezes over. The rest of the world is with them! Face it, Roberts, you're outnumbered, outclassed and out of your depth.
Ann Cooper
London, England
Everyone's a critic: Well, I guess we are all entitled to our own opinion, Mr. Roberts. So here is mine: You're an idiot!
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Cape Town - The Right2Know campaign on Wednesday expressed concern at the "mixed messages" emanating from the parliamentary committee dealing with the protection of information bill and an apparent rush to pass the bill into law.
Committee chairperson Cecil Burgess said last week that the bill would not be finalised this year, the campaign said in a statement.
Yet, the committee had been meeting urgently and set themselves the task of producing a "final consideration of the amendments to the protection of information bill" at their meeting on Friday November 12.
"The Right2Know campaign notes that the committee has found little consensus and has - to date - failed to address major concerns expressed by civil society.
"We urge the committee not to rush their deliberations and to apply their minds to the bill and the objections of the thousands of South Africans that have endorsed the Right2Know campaign and marched against the bill in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town."
If the bill was passed with the current agreed amendments, it still posed a threat to democracy and would make South Africa a "society of secrets", it said.
Power imbalance
The bill - with its current agreed amendments - did not limit secrecy to core state bodies in the security sector, such as the police, defence and intelligence agencies.
Rather, it gave all heads of government institutions (including local government and parastatals) the power to classify information at will as secret and exempted the intelligence agencies from any public scrutiny.
The current amended bill still applied penalties for unauthorised disclosure to society at large, not only to those officials responsible for keeping secrets, as was the case in other democracies.
It still criminalised the legitimate disclosure of secrets in the public interest, potentially undermining the oversight role of Parliament and other stakeholders like civil society, the media and whistle blowers.
Instead of the onus being on the state to justify why classification was necessary, the current bill placed the onus on the citizen to show why declassification should occur - a situation which, given the relative power imbalance between state and citizenry, was patently unfair.
"The Right2Know campaign will continue to mobilise and organise to defend our hard-won democratic rights," it said.
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Rangers boss Ally McCoist insists he does not regret signing nine new players in the summer - even though his first-team squad have now been asked to consider a 15 per cent pay cut.
The proposal was knocked back by the players following a dressing room summit on Thursday.
Rangers say chief executive Graham Wallace is still examining other ways to cut costs at Ibrox but McCoist insists he is not to blame for the latest crisis to envelope the fallen Glasgow giants.
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He sanctioned deals for goalkeepers Cammy Bell and Steve Simonsen, defenders Steven Smith, Ricky Foster and Bilel Mohsni, midfield men Nicky Law and Arnold Peralta, as well as Jon Daly and Nicky Clark but claims he has a smaller wage budget than last year.
The Rangers manager said: "I have no regrets. The fact of the matter is that I was given an option to bring players into the club, which I was more than willing to do, at the same time as bringing the budget down again.
"So I have a disappointment and a regret if the club is now suffering from that. But effectively there is nothing that myself or the players can do about it. If we had known about it, it might not have happened.
"But the fact we didn't have a clue about it means we can rest a bit easier about it. If I was told the club would suffer if I brought these players in, then I wouldn't have brought them in."
Asked if others should be held accountable, McCoist respond: "Possibly, but not the players.
"I don't know who is responsible but I do know who is not responsible, and that's the players and supporters, who have given us two years of 36,000 season tickets.
"I have my own ideas about who is responsible, but I would rather keep them to myself."
McCoist met with skipper Lee McCulloch and Wallace to discuss the cost-cutting proposal earlier this week but the Ibrox boss was not present as the players voted down the plan.
The result still leaves the 54-time Scottish champions - who recorded a £14.4million loss in the 13 months up to June - still searching for a way out of their financial dilemma but McCoist refused to criticise his troops.
"I can assure everyone that the players have my 100 per cent backing," he said at a press conference held to preview Monday night's League One clash with Forfar.
"I was absolutely consulted with the idea of that (wage cut) proposal. I didn't say I supported it, I didn't say I didn't support it.
"Why not? Because I don't think that is my business to be honest with you. That is a cost-cutting exercise that is up for debate. But in my reading of the situation it is not me directly who makes the decisions, so I have to go by the people who make those decisions."
McCoist has already accepted a 50 per cent cut to his £825,000 salary and revealed he asked if the club's directors would make a similar gesture.
He said: "I certainly asked him that question (about pay cuts) at the top level and was told that was something that was being looked at."
But the Light Blues' all-time record scorer denied that Wallace had told him players would now need to be sold to alleviate the haemorrhaging of funds, saying: "In an ideal world, this would not be happening and we would not be having this conversation.
"Graham has not indicated to me that players will need to be sold. He has gone on record and I know the severity of the situation. But there has absolutely been no specifics about how those cuts will be made."
Thursday's developments have reignited fears the club could be heading for a second insolvency disaster in the space of two years but McCoist has been told that will not happen.
"I have been categorically assured that there will not be another administration," he said following talks with Wallace.
"On a positive note, Graham has indicated that he is extremely positive about the club's position mid-to-long term, but obviously his concerns are short term."
Meanwhile, McCoist fears striker Nicky Clark could be out for as long as seven weeks after a scan showed he had fractured his right foot.
The Ibrox manager will also be without suspended midfield duo Ian Black and Arnold Peralta for Monday night's League One clash with Forfar as well as injured casualties Steven Smith (ankle), Chris Hegarty (ankle), Kyle Hutton (broken leg) and Ross Perry (ankle).
But there is good news for the Light Blues manager after David Templeton (thigh), Lewis Macleod (calf) and Dean Shiels (arm) shook off their knocks to train on Friday.
Provisional squad: Bell, Foster, Wallace, McCulloch, Faure, Law, Little, Crawford, Aird, Daly, Simonsen, Murdoch, Shiels, Cribari, Mohsni, Macleod, Templeton, Telfer.


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I feel like posting this again... It is a lesson learned.
just saying...
well well well
bitches fold and angels get mad...
i have no idea that G-O-D was listening when i was crying and touched someone's common sense!!!
there are things that you know when you're right. you just know it.
and when you are wrong... you just accept it.
maybe not immediately, but sooner or later.. it will pop up in your head and makes you think twice.
maybe not immediately, but sooner or later.. it will pop up in your head and makes you think twice.
still, truth is i am a winner.
i made my point and i have stood silently crying my sweet victoy.
she folds... i spoke.
i want to be mad because it took her days to realize how much she hurt one person... one team.
but still, i thank the heavens for giving me a reason to smile now...
Losing one and gaining 7 more is the sweetest reward of fighting for the truth of my dignity.
she knew i hated her... she felt it, she deserved it, she got what's needed to be done.
i hope, since it has ended, lessons will be learned. new foundations could be built.
after all... i dont have plans on seeing her for the next years of my life...
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Just building a new wheel up and I can hear something rattling around inside the rim.
Tracked it down to a piece of metal that sits either side of the join. Now I guess these are supposed to be bonded in to aid strength at the join but one of them is loose and making a right racket as I spin the wheel slowly.
I know once up to speed I won't hear it but surely it shouldn't do this.
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Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Voodoo Macbeth
In 1936, Welles was 20 years old and bursting with both talent and ambition. He edited the Shakespeare textalso moving the action from medieval Scotland to Haitiand presented what came to be known as Voodoo Macbeth in Harlem with an African-American cast under the auspices of the Federal Theater Project. While the nontraditional casting and rethinking of Shakespeare shocked and thrilled audiences of the time, these approaches have become so commonplace that director Kathleen Akerley looked elsewhere for inspiration.
The result is neither here nor there. The director's notes set the production in a futuristic Scotland under occupation by U.S. soldiers. They take shelter in a ruined church and seem to have reverted to old Catholic practices (they pray in Latin), but they also make pronouncements about the impending apocalypse and engage in possibly pagan rituals (the witches prophesy after consuming drugs; most of the characters cut themselves and draw blood). Adding to the ancient feeling is the fact that Akerley's cast consists of 13 men and no women: Gruoch (Matt Dewberry) represents Lady Macbeth, but it's never made clear whether the character portrayed is male or female.
In this telling, Macbeth (Joseph Carlson) is a valiant commander, but he and Gruoch are more pawns of fate than people forcing their own destiny. The character who pulls the strings is Hecate (William Hayes), a minor presence in the original play but here the malevolent force that motivates the witches.
The company members work better as an ensemble than in individual performances. While Carlson's performance is fine, Frank Britton stands out as an impassioned (and eventually blood-covered) Banquo.
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Mean Streets
Poverty, unemployment, drugs and a gang culture were the background to the murder of three teenagers by other teens in an Ethiopian neighborhood of Rehovot. Without radical changes, frightened residents fear that the next killing is just a matter of time.
It is afternoon on a cloudy late- summer day. Itai Oshato, 34, a tour guide specializing in Ethiopia, takes a business card out of his wallet. It carries a photograph of a plane against the background of an Ethiopian desert landscape. In the meantime, though, Oshato is here, outside the community center in Rehovot's Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, where an improvised market is being held. The merchandise, mostly used white clothing, lies on the ground. People, many wearing small straw hats, mill around, chatting quietly in Amharic. No one is buying.
"The past few years were very bad for the Ethiopian community in Rehovot," says Oshato - who worked as a youth leader in the community for a decade - as he watches the crowd. "On the surface, everything is fine, but you don't see what is simmering below. The street is calm, and then suddenly a murder and another murder." He closes his eyes for a moment. "It's hard for me to cope with the murders. Sometimes we think things are getting better, that change is starting, but these murders raise the question of whether things will ever get better. It is a truly extreme situation." A note of despair creeps into his voice.
The community has produced three adolescent murderers. Two of them killed their neighbors, members of the community. In 2004, David Masfin, 16, was murdered, and this year, Adameh Tarikan, 17, was slain. Both were stabbed to death. In 2005, Maayan Sapir, a 15-year-old girl - not an Ethiopian - from a different neighborhood, was raped and strangled.
Michal Haim, a spokeswoman for National Police Headquarters, speaks of an exceptional coincidence - "even more exceptional because they took place in the same city and were committed by teenagers. It's also an exceptional level of crime - there is no doubt about it."
"It is inconceivable," Oshato says. "It is brutal. Just imagine, the families of the murderers and their victims live close to each other, just a few hundred meters apart. Yes, the parents of the murderers left the neighborhood and the city, but the blow also affected the relatives, who remained in Rehovot and sometimes suffer from threats. I know an elderly woman who simply cannot go where she wants to, because she gets threats. She went to the police, but it didn't help. After every murder there is fear of revenge. Everything goes haywire.
"There is also a ripple effect," he continues. "I feel that we did not treat the problems in depth, that we messed up. The children grew up with their parents' frustrations. We did not find a solution. To this day there is no communication, no common language between children and parents. I came to Israel at the age of 13. My generation fuses the two cultures, so it's easier for us. But it's harder for the Ethiopian children who were born here. The parents don't know Hebrew, the children don't know Amharic. Communication between them is so skimpy. The best community center in the world cannot bridge problems like that. But I am optimistic."
"I am optimistic, because things could be a lot worse. There could be far worse things. Believe me."
Bloodstained chronology
The neighborhood of Kiryat Moshe is the heart of the Ethiopian immigrant community in Rehovot. In the 1950s, it was populated mainly by Holocaust survivors and North African immigrants; today, more than half the residents are Ethiopians who arrived in the 1990s. The neighborhood soon became a distressed area. According to the municipality, about 10,000 Ethiopians live in Kiryat Moshe. There are many large families, with seven children or more, and the unemployment rate exceeds 50 percent.
Police statistics show that in 2006, 225 criminal files were opened for adolescents in Rehovot, more than half of them (118) for youths of Ethiopian origin. By comparison, in Netanya, where the Ethiopian community is about the same size as in Rehovot, about 160 criminal files were opened for adolescents in 2006, only about 50 of them, less than 30 percent, for Ethiopians.
The bloodstained chronology dates from July 2004, when David Masfin, 16, was murdered by a 15-year-old boy (whose name cannot be published because he is a minor). The two teenagers, both Ethiopians, chanced to meet on Herzl Street and reprised an old dispute over a bicycle. The argument became heated. The younger boy pulled out a knife and plunged it twice into Masfin's chest, eight centimeters deep. All the way to the heart. Other boys who happened to be at the scene called an ambulance - the time was a little after midnight - and fled. Masfin was pronounced dead at Kaplan Hospital, and it was the hospital that informed police about the murder.
In March 2005, a 25-year-old man who worked with street youth was beaten savagely by two youngsters aged 15 and 17 after leaving the Kiryat Moshe community center. One of the youths went up to him on the street and started to attack him for no reason, pulling his shirt and kicking him. The second youth then joined in the assault. The man fell to the ground and the two kicked him all over his body and pounded him with stones. At the time, they were supposed to be under house arrest for drug abuse.
In the same month the community center was set ablaze several times. Staff of the Rehovot welfare services went back to work in the neighborhood only after the municipality agreed ot their demand that guards be posted at the building. A month later, Maayan Sapir was murdered.
It happened on a Friday, May 27, 2005. The boy who became her killer was on leave from a facility for juvenile delinquents. That evening, Sapir met a friend, and on her way home, she was assaulted next to the old ORT vocational school. She was raped and sodomized and then strangled to death. At about 10 P.M., some girls who happened to pass by the site noticed a human leg sticking out of bushes and alerted police. Sapir's naked body lay under a tree in the schoolyard.
Three months ago, there was another murder in Kiryat Moshe, on a night between Friday and Saturday on the city's main street. Adameh Tarikan was murdered in the course of a fight between two gangs. The killer, at 16 a year younger than his victim, had a police record for property crimes, violence and possession of a dangerous weapon. Tarikan was taken to hospital, where he died of his wounds on Saturday morning. His family is still keeping to itself, refusing to talk to anyone. One of the community leaders notes, "It took a long time to resolve the feud between the family of the victim and the family of the murderer, and as part of the effort to keep things calm, the community has no desire to reopen the case."
Murder on a furlough
David Masfin's killer, who was sentenced to seven years in prison, came to Israel from Ethiopia when he was two and a half years old. His mother was referred to a hostel for battered women, and he himself was in the care of the welfare services since the age of 8. At age 11 he was sent for observation to a hostel outside Rehovot, and while he was there, criminal files were opened against him for theft, extortion under threat and aggravated assault (against another youngster in the hostel).
At the age of 12 he was transferred, at his request, to the Mitzpe Yam Hostel in Herzliya. There he was accused of putting out cigarettes on the bodies of other boys. At 14 he was sent for a psychiatric examination; on the way home he escaped from the vehicle that was transporting him. A year later he was arrested again, this time on suspicion of being in possession of stolen property. He returned to the Herzliya hostel, but was evicted for endangering other youths. After committing another act of assault, he was held in detention in Ofek prison for three months. A month before the murder he was tried and sentenced to 10 months in prison. It was during a furlough that he murdered David Masfin.
Investigators from the Rehovot police juvenile unit located Maayan Sapir's killer hours after the crime. Testimonies led them to the boy's house. When their pounding on the door went unanswered, they forced their way in and found the boy watching a pornographic film. "I ran into the girl and suddenly I found myself strangling her," he told his interrogators. "I strangled her and then I went home to sniff glue. I thought it was a hallucination. I was scared and I ran home. After that I called a girl and took her to the place where I left the girl. I asked her if she was really dead. When I heard her say yes I got out of there fast."
A culture of gangs
Maayan Sapir's mother, Sarah, sits in her home, worn out by the relentless burden of her grief. "I am very familiar with the Ethiopian community; I know their distress," she says, almost in a whisper. "I worked as a secretary in a nursing company in Gedera. More than half the caregivers we employed were women from that community. After the murder, all the girls came to me at home. I know they live from hand to mouth, but still, they arrived in taxis. I don't blame the whole community, but there is obviously a serious crisis there, and for that I blame our leadership. Do people have any idea what is going on there? The boy who murdered Maayan is from a dysfunctional family - his mother has five children from different fathers. The mother begged that he should not be let out of the hostel: she herself was afraid of him. But they let him out. And they are not the only family living like that, on the edge."
Sapir remembers how thrilled she was when the new immigrants from Ethiopia, dressed in white, emerged from the plane that brought them to Israel. "They looked so tranquil, so polite; I don't know what happened to them. Where the madness comes from. Things will not work out by themselves. The men there have lost their status, they are simply ground down. In the best case, they drink most of the day, and in other cases they vent their anger by beating the women and the children.
"We had a case at work when a caregiver did not show up because she had been viciously beaten by her son. He went crazy and simply battered his mother. My ex-husband does a lot of wedding photography in their neighborhood. One day they threw stones and beer bottles at his car. That was after Maayan's murder.
"A Harlem culture of street gangs has developed there," she continues. "They pulled my ex out of there by the skin of his teeth. We have a bus driver friend who says he is afraid to drive in the neighborhood. I hardly leave the house now. Not long ago I went to visit friends on a Friday evening. I got back at 4 A.M. and walked along the main street of Rehovot. I was shocked. Piles of young people are sitting there. I was amazed that there were many from the Ethiopian community. There wasn't a kid without a bottle of liquor, and I don't mean beer. I don't know, the youngsters there are consumed with anger, and it will explode again."
Dr. Gadi Ben Ezer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the College of Management in Rishon Letzion, has been studying the Ethiopian community in Israel for more than 25 years. "I think the violent events that occurred there in the past few years are above all due to the failure of the integrating society to create a feeling of belonging among the immigrants from Ethiopia. That is the origin of the problems," Ben Ezer says. "A feeling of belonging within a community, and in particular among youth, generates a desire to cope with difficulties and immunizes people against the hardships they encounter. This community is hurt every day because it is different, because of its skin color - racist remarks are part of its everyday experience. In most cases of serious violence, those involved are young people who have lost hope, who see no future. They feel that the future will be even worse.
"The conflict with the rabbinate concerning their Jewish identity remains unresolved," Ben Ezer continues. "Ethiopian couples who want to marry still have to undergo a check of their Jewishness and sometimes even ritual immersion, which is a form of conversion to Judaism. That is, again, part of the crisis of belonging. They are told, 'You are not sufficiently Jewish,' and that affects every boy and girl. It's amazing how much of an effect it has.
"The authorities' discarding the blood they donated in 1996 [for fear it might be contaminated by the HIV virus] is also part of their narrative. For the young people, such events are a permanent point of reference, which only compounds their everyday difficulties - the poverty, the alienation, their feeling that their parents don't belong, either, and can't back them. They are cut off from the education system: it skips over them and leaves them behind. It's a process in which they simply slide to the margins of society."
One of those on the margins is Meir, 18. It's 4 P.M. He is in front of the Kiryat Moshe community center, waiting for someone. He has a rap group, for which he writes the texts.
What do you write about?
"About my life, about what I go through every day, about what I see around me, about the shit I swallow. About the sadness and the happiness. I write about the condition of the neighborhood, about my friends, it's all bad news. About racism. I am trying to start a revolution. I want to make a revolution in the whole country. I want to stop the racism. I want people to see me as a Jew, not as an Ethiopian. I came here as a Jew, but as I wrote in a song, 'It all changed fast.'"
When did you arrive?
"At the age of 4."
Did you finish high school?
"No. I didn't go to school for a long time. I had problems. I tangled with kids."
Are you going to do army service?
"I want to, but I don't think they will take me."
What do you say about the violence in the neighborhood?
"There were a lot of murders here, but I don't know the people. The bottom line is that I think it bothers people, but sometimes there is nothing you can do. How to explain it to you? 'If someone wants to kill you, kill him first.' There are good kids, too, who murder without meaning to, and there are some who murder on purpose. It's the fault of the state that threw us all into one place. I see it. All I want is for people to see us as Jews. One time I threw a stone at a cat, it was a mistake, and an Israeli neighbor, a woman, saw it and shouted at me, 'Go back to where you came from. Why are you here? This isn't your country. Your country is Ethiopia.' People won't hire me, either. Forget it, it doesn't matter."
Meir takes a long breath. He is tired of talking. He calls a friend over. "Talk with Yisrael a little," he suggests. Yisrael is 19, a member of the rap group. He, too, has been evicted from every institution he tried. "People are given help in the neighborhood, but not the right people," he says. "It's easy to help people who accept help easily, the good kids. But when it comes to the others, the kids who are called 'hooligans,' they don't get help, and it's hard for them to be part of the activities here in the community center."
Are you one of the hooligans?
Do you have buddies in jail?
"Sure, what else? My pals, they all did time. And not just once. But that's nothing. The police look for us, hunt us. They search you six times a day and rough you up."
Did that happen to you?
"Sure, in front of everyone. They provoke us. They provoke you over every little thing and then they screw you and there is no one to help you. The IIU [police Internal Investigations Unit] tells you to give them proof, and you don't have proof. Our police are the shittiest there is."
Where is your family?
"I only have a mother, my father died in Ethiopia, I don't know, I don't know him. Mom works, as a cleaner, I think. I have six brothers and sisters."
Neighborhood of mud
Avi Masfin, spokesman of the Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews, feels that despite the series of murders, the establishment does not realize how serious the situation is. "You don't see this anywhere, a chain of events like this, in which teenagers murder teenagers, anywhere else in the country. But in my opinion it's a miracle it hasn't happened in other places. The authorities don't have a clue about the scale of the problem. I hope the Rehovot case will not be repeated in other places, but I think it's just a matter of time, because the same problem of the Ethiopian community in Rehovot exists in other communities, too."
A few months after the murder of Maayan Sapir, a community police station was established in Kiryat Moshe to deal with the community's young people. The station, located in the heart of the neighborhood, is like a huge monument that reminds everyone about the murders and about how bad things are.
Shaul Sagahon, 30, who has worked for ELEM (Association for Youth in Distress) for more than four years, is proud of the police station. "Listen," he says, "when it comes to the Ethiopian aspect, Rehovot is not the same place it was three years ago. I remember that as a young employee who came here, I observed things and told myself that there were so many things the community was lacking - frameworks for youth, attentiveness, budgets and a huge community center to provide activities. There were a lot of gaps. Today there is a community center, there is a community police station and there is a new leadership. Changes have been made here. Tragedies happen, that can't be helped, but we can make things a little better. Nothing will change overnight. I believe that things have changed for the better, and there are also results - a 33 percent decrease in crime in the neighborhood."
Sagahon arrived in Israel from Ethiopia at the age of 9. "We went straight to the absorption center in Kiryat Gat, where we lived for five years," he relates, skipping over a mound of sand in front of the neighborhood youth club he manages. "From there we moved to Ramle. When you look at us, you see that we look alike. That is legitimate, and I do not get upset at the stigmas, but I will not generalize about the community. We are in neighborhoods where all the people [from the community] live together; sometimes that's good, a lot of the time it's bad.
"These crises are like a mirror: they reflect what is happening and there is no way to evade it. You can't go around pretending there are no problems. I know that this is not an easy place for kids to grow up in. Poverty is a messy producer of huge frustration, and it does its work silently. But I believe that after 25 years the people here have woken up. They understood that there are no alternatives, that if they don't help themselves, no one will help them. We always let others deal with the problems here. We said, 'They will take care of it, they will do it.' Now people are starting to take responsibility for their children, for their neighborhood, they are struggling for their little corner. They needed this shock to wake up."
But a walk through the neighborhood is not encouraging. Piles of garbage lie between the buildings. Every mailbox has been savaged, not even the names left on them. One of these shabby tenements is home to Yael Afriat, 22, coordinator of the Kiryat Moshe branch of the left-wing Hashomer Hatza'ir youth movement.
"When you look at a map of Rehovot," she says, "you see how cut off this neighborhood is from the city. It is a triangle that is isolated from everything. On one side are dunes, and on the other the Yavneh road. There are also class divisions inside the neighborhood: people who live close to the community center have a different status from those who live in the Chika projects. The projects are a square of self-enclosed tenements, and the children there do not avail themselves of the activities in the community center, even though it is only a 10-minute walk away.
"When we invited kids to our activities, the Chika kids didn't show up. It's a different world. The people in Chika are seriously stigmatized. Chika means 'mud' in Amharic. When they arrived, there was no proper infrastructure and the whole area was covered in mud. And that became its nickname."
The Hashomer Hatza'ir branch is in Chika, on Yom Kippur Street. Adameh Tarikan's family lived in Chika, too. "After Adameh's murder, 60 children came to the branch. They did not go to the social workers at the community center. In the end, the social workers came to us. We had whole days of total silence here. It was a nightmare," Afriat says. "He was a very good boy; his family is one of the good families. The murderer's father came to the shiva [the week of mourning] and was thrown out. I was there. At the funeral people fell apart, screamed, collapsed, cried. Busloads of people came to the neighborhood. After the funeral they put a lid on everything, bottled it all up inside and didn't talk about it anymore.
"During the shiva, the children were in a state of shock - the Ethiopian shiva is not just for adults - and there was no place for them to be. They sat around reading the newspaper articles about the murder. We opened the branch every day. The children asked us a great many questions: Does paradise exist? What will happen to Adameh's soul? What is the difference between manslaughter and murder?"
A marginal death
Zaouda Abai, a member of the Rehovot city council who holds the city's sports and immigrant absorption portfolios and is chairman of the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, finds it difficult to speak. He stands by the window in one of the rooms of the community center, lost in contemplation. Asked how the small community is coping with the spate of disasters, he is evasive. "An average Ethiopian family in the neighborhood consists of between seven and fourteen souls," he says. "The average salary here is below the minimum wage, something like NIS 3,000 a month. Usually it's only the wife who works. No one wants to hire the men. That is the starting point. In this state of affairs, the residents face a dire economic situation. When they were offered mortgages to buy homes, they were allocated only a small amount, enough to buy only three-room apartments in distressed neighborhoods. Now they can't get out."
He has a burning ambition for the members of his community to experience a different feeling. In the meantime, he knows that everything is passing them by, that no one is taking an interest in them. Reluctant to express his despair, he lists the problems laconically. "Between 10 and 14 family members live in three-room apartments. Most of the families have relatives who are waiting in Addis Ababa and are not being brought to Israel. I estimate that more than 25 percent of the families in the neighborhood have to provide for the families waiting in Ethiopia. This whole state of affairs generates difficulty and frustration. All the people who had status in Ethiopia - here no one even looks at them, they won't even hire them to do cleaning work. What humiliation that is, how embittering. And they have nothing to do."
One problem of the leaders of the Ethiopian community in Rehovot would appear to be their unwillingness to cry out for help. Abai, an elected official whose task it is to articulate the problems clearly and sharply, ultimately sends a message of "business as usual." He prefers to talk at length about a sports team consisting of Ethiopian youth, about immigrants who were integrated quickly, compared to other groups of newcomers, about generous donors "from the Toronto [Zionist] Federation and the New York Federation, who are putting a lot of money into the neighborhood." But he will not talk about the violence. Instead, he says, surprisingly, "It's a good neighborhood, quiet. People live here tranquilly."
"Yes. The murder could have happened anywhere. Our problem is that whenever something happens in the Ethiopian community, it gets blown up in the media and painted in garish colors. It is a lie to describe us as a crime neighborhood. The Ethiopian community is portrayed as problematic; a murder in the Ethiopian community is covered by the press disproportionately. It is frustrating and destructive."
Would you rather have the papers ignore such events?
"Let them write about them, but not in a humiliating way."
Do you feel that the community is being humiliated?
"All the time. I feel that the media coverage changes in relation to the victim's skin color. When Adameh was murdered I thought the media coverage was meager. Everyone knows who Maayan Sapir is, but no one has ever heard of Adameh. As though his murder was marginal. Of no interest. We suffer from all sides: on the one hand the murderers are given big play, but at the same time the victims are disdained. That is the illogic of this whole story."
Canceled budgets, parental crisis
Carmela Cooper, media adviser of the Rehovot municipality: "The mayor, Shuki Forer, is working on behalf of the neighborhood's residents and for the members of the Ethiopian community in the city in a way that constitutes a learning and role model throughout the country.
"The budget for the neighborhood stands at NIS 11 million a year (thanks to the generosity of the local authority, government ministries and the New York Federation), of which NIS 10 million is allocated for dealing with children and youth. Seventy percent of the neighborhood's budget, NIS 7.8 million, is invested in closing learning gaps, including parental guidance for early-childhood care, bridging between kindergarten staff and the community, integration in Jewish holidays, learning reinforcement, subsidizing day camps, installing computers, health guidance for youth, preparation for matriculation, paid employment for youth and more.
"Following the shocking murder of Maayan Sapir, of blessed memory, the municipality launched the 'Safe Summer for Youth' project, which offers activities for young people throughout the summer vacation, until late at night, including weekends. In addition, this summer the municipality began to operate patrol vans on Friday nights at places frequented by young people.
"At the same time, much work remains to be done, and to that end we have recruited the government of Israel, recognizing the national need to find answers for the neighborhood's integration problems. Two years ago, the Sharon government established an interministerial committee of directors general to find solutions for the neighborhood. The committee, which was under the chairmanship of the Housing Ministry, met for a year and formulated its recommendations, which will cost NIS 170 million to implement. Regrettably, the present government canceled implementation of the recommendations, and since then the mayor has been fighting to get that decision revoked."
Yifrah Duchovny, chief of the Shfela subdistrict of the police, which includes Rehovot, was born and raised in the city. Four years ago, he says, the police began to bolster the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, where four policemen now work, two of them Ethiopians. "In Kiryat Moshe we enforce the law in the classic way," he says, "but we also do community work. We are connected to the community center and have created a large infrastructure of activity groups. The police itself runs a soccer group in the neighborhood. We have more than 30 Civil Guard volunteers from the community. The offenses committed by Ethiopian youth in Rehovot are minor. Three years ago the situation was far more difficult. Youngsters ran wild in the streets and it was dangerous to walk outside. Today, things are completely different, but still, we were unable to prevent the last murder.
"I think the murder was a tragic and sad chance event. The concentration of the Ethiopian community here is one of the largest in the country, but I am hard-pressed to pinpoint a specific reason for the chain of murders, for the crime levels in the neighborhood. I find economic reasons, national reasons, including a huge crisis in the community, children who cannot find their place, a parental crisis, a situation in which parents have barely any influence on their children, and a lack of integration between Ethiopian youth and sabra youth."
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Welcome back Dan. Glad your better.
Thanks for the tips, guys. I have no idea how I could have built her heavy. It's all thin CA with a few dabs of medium mixed in, Solite, and an Astro 010. As Drivie said, perhaps it's the heavier LG, thicker tail feathers and bigger wheels of the new kit. I'm guessing the extra weight is not too much of a big deal as she cruised in large circles at ~1/4 throttle without much effort on my part.
The heavy "feel" came into play when flying low (~50' and lower off the deck) and landing. I'll move the pack back a bit as Joe suggested and see what happens. If nothing else, she should loop tighter!
Ahh! Wing warp? Nooooooo! The wing looks straight to these eyes! I'm not in the mood to start recovering things.
I'm much more comfy controlling with the rudder on the ground and in the air right now! I forced myself to control with the ailerons ~99% of the time today, though. I must "get the feel" for these dang flappy things attached to the wing!
Nice scratch build, thus far! Those tail feathers look familiar.... What's your plan for a power plant and control surfaces?
I weighed my original Dandy. The one with the 1/8" thick copy of the MiniFlash tail feathers and the steerable tail wheel. It should be heavier than yours. Probably what we are seeing is differences in scale calibration. I'd bet all of ours weigh pretty close to the same amount on the same scale.
Move that CG back and it'll become a whole new plane. Don't overdo it though.
Oh, the Dandy2 will get an Astro brushless of course. Is there any other motor?
Congrats on the good flights Dave!!! When you say "heavy feel" Does the plane seem to nose down at the slower speed? I'm thinking maybe it could be an aileron reflex thing. My lefty took a lot of fine tuning and adjusting the ailerons to get the feel I like.
Either way it sounds like it went well. Welcome to the MM club.
Scratch master!! Thanks for the chuckle.
PS. This DVD burner is awesome. I'm encoding all my videos on one disk, so I'm on the kids computer now..
Yeah, my rule of thumb for the test flight is not even to shoot for neutral. Set it so both ailerons "hang down" just a tiny bit, just to be safe. It is better than having up reflex, that makes it tough. For instance, my yellow Edge had some up reflex on it's test flight, and it took a real long take off run, finally took off, pulled to a real high AOA for about half a second, the engine quit since it wasn't too broken in, it stalled in, and thank god didn't do any damage. If you have drooped ailerons, it acts "Tiger Mothish." I have about 35* of it programmed on my spoileron switch, for when I get bored. It is fun to fool around with! It is one of the only times you actually notice the control surfaces really moving in the air, too.
Guys! Guys! I'm not flying my Edge next week! I'm a...
Whoo hoo, never been a beta tester for anything! Can't wait. This is for Tim H's Yak 54, you may have seen it on that little pic at the front page. I'm pretty proud of this, since I am one of two beta testers. This kind of puts everything else on hold, since he wants it done fast, and I don't wanna let him down. It looked like it flew a little different then all the other flat foamies out there, we'll find out!
Dave- hope you get it worked out. Also forgot to say, that getting rid of reflex and moving the CG rearward should help the glide tons. Sho did on my Tribute, and I think that is a rule on all planes.
You guys are a talkative bunch tonight. It took me forever to catch up.
Well, I stopped messing around and bought a Futaba GY401 for the heli. I figure if I'm gonna try to fly this thing, I may as well do it right! Bought it on eBay from a local fella and decided to meet him at his workplace to pick it up...didn't realize he was in south Phoenix...took forever to get there this afternoon and it wasn't the best area of town either. Made it back alive...LOL!
Hehe! Think how long it took me to catch up on my threads! It was better then school, though
Glad you made it back, and with the 401! The fellow that you flew on Realflight with a few days back had a 401 (the very one I have now, in fact) in his $1500+ super 3D Fury for a while, until he got a 601. I plan to use mine for a long, long time. One of these times I ought to chuck it in the Tribute and flip on the heading hold switch once I get it up there a ways to see if it really does hold a straight line. May help in knife edge or something. Dang, I need a heli!
Dave- now my head can't fit through the door I can dream...
Joe's Tantrum
Getting ready to equip it. Let's say I have $200 to spend on a brushless controller and motor. What's going to give me the best bang for the buck and what kind of installation problems will I run into fitting it in? I'm thinking Hacker or Razor but you guys seem all have brushless motors.
I still haven't dumped my Tuscon Shootout video into the computer yet, haven't gotten tired of watching it yet though
That would have been tough to judge. They were all so good. The biplane looked the coolest torque rolling I think.
Biplane? Who? Was it Chip's giant pinky one? (The 40% Ultimate)
I would have to say the Razor 2500 with a Castle Creations Phoenix 35 would be your best bet. You will have a good deal left over, too! $200 won't get you in a Hacker without getting it used, though Mine ended up at $257 with a mount, prop adapter, and prop at Adventure. Another problem with getting a Hacker, is that you would have to chop the nose up on the Tantrum to stuff it in there, or buy the adapter from Steven's Aeromodel and add more weight to the nose. Good luck, it'll be nice to see it fly again!
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Daily Market Analysis Wednesday 02/15/12
OVB Outside Vertical Bar
VRCB Volatility Reduced Compression Bar
STT 1 Trend Based on a Range Violation
STT 2 Trend Based on a Close Violation
RBB Resistance Bollinger Band
SBB Support Bollinger Band
- STT 1 Trend is bearish. STT 2 Trend is bullish.
- DOUBLE VRCB generated today. Possible STT 1 confirmation of a bottom with a range violation @ 1737.30. Possible STT 2 confirmation of a bottom with a close @ 1737.30 or higher.
- April Gold traded within an extremely tight range again today after once again finding its support under $1,715.
- Once Gold trades 1730.00, the upside target for this week becomes 1770.10.
- Projected Daily Range: 21.50
- Projected Weekly Range: 63.30
- Projected Monthly Range: 187.10
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Inspiration comes from all manner of places. Cars often taken their names from animals (Impala, Mustang, Bronco). Cell Phones are often verbs (Captivate, Restore, Vu, Remarq) or just seemingly random word association (Gravity, Pursuit, Fathom). The name of speakers, on the other hand, often reflects the shape of the product (Zeppelin, Soundsticks) or is simply a random pairing of numbers and letters.
Audyssey's latest iPhone dock has taken inspiration from a different place entirely–San Francisco's SoMA district. Says the company,
Nestled between downtown San Francisco and the Mission District, South of Market (SoMa) is a neighborhood of artist lofts and night clubs, restaurants and start-ups. This blend of old warehouses, culture and technology make SoMa a unique and diverse urban landscape. Its eclectic blend of energy and history serves as the inspiration for the innovative audio technology and iconic design of the Audyssey Audio Dock, South of Market Edition.
For those of you on the East Coast, think of these as the Williamsburg, Brooklyn of iPhone speakers, only much, much cleaner.
Speaking of clean–our audio analyst Tim Gideon tried the dock out and remarked how crisp the Audio Dock: South of Market Edition's sound is, particularly in the case of speak phone calls–a place where similar docks often drop the ball. The dock features Bluetooth connectivity, letting users make calls via the iPhone or any other Bluetooth-enabled device.
There are microphones mounted on the front and rear of the device, and the included remote lets users answer the phone from afar, without touching the iPhone.
The SoMa also connects to Macs and PCs wirelessly, letting users stream music, sync to iTunes, and make calls via VoIP. A built-in BassXT subwoofer offers deep low-end sound by "monitor[ing] the low frequency signals and constantly pushes the speaker to its
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Peta Bee explains the American research behind the latest fitness craze: the ultimate abbreviated workout. Plus, other high-intensity routines, from ten minutes down to just two
Fitness used to be all about hours put in at the gym or miles covered in your trainers. Only those who dedicated themselves to suitably lengthy workouts could expect their body fat to plummet and their muscles to become exquisitely defined.
Tracey Anderson, trainer to Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez, said she expects devotees of her method to spend 90 minutes a day on her regime. Madonna set the bar higher, reportedly spending two hours a day with her trainer, Nicole Winhoffer. But now the question on even the most diligent exerciser's lips is not how much should I do, but how little can I get away with?
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Intestinal Problems (cont.)
Leslie J. Schoenfield, MD, PhD
Dr. Schoenfield served as associate professor of medicine and consultant in gastroenterology on the faculty of the Mayo Clinic for seven years. He became a professor of medicine in residence at UCLA from 1972 to 1999 (now emeritus). He was the director of gastroenterology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for 25 years, where he received the chief resident's teaching award, the president's award, and the pioneer of medicine award.
In this Article
- Inflammatory bowel disease facts
- What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?
- What are the intestinal complications of IBD?
- Are the intestinal complications of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease different?
- Do intestinal ulcers occur in IBD?
- How are ulcers in IBD diagnosed and treated?
- Does gastrointestinal bleeding occur in IBD?
- How is gastrointestinal bleeding in IBD diagnosed and treated?
- How do intestinal strictures form in IBD?
- What are symptoms of intestinal strictures, and how are they diagnosed and treated?
- What are intestinal fistulas?
- What symptoms do fistulas cause and how are they diagnosed and treated?
- What are fissures and how are they treated?
- What is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)?
- Does colon cancer occur in IBD?
- What should be done about polyps in IBD?
- What is toxic megacolon and what are its causes and symptoms?
- What kind of malabsorption occurs in IBD?
- Find a local Gastroenterologist in your town
How are ulcers in IBD diagnosed and treated?
Ulcers in IBD diagnosis
Intestinal ulcers can be diagnosed by directly viewing the lining of the intestines. Various procedures, utilizing viewing instruments called endoscopes, are available. Endoscopes are flexible, thin, tubular instruments that are inserted into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract through either the mouth or rectum, depending on the procedure. Which procedure is done depends on the part of the GI tract that is being examined. Endoscopy can be done for either the upper or lower GI tracts. The endoscope is inserted through the mouth for upper endoscopy or through the rectum for lower endoscopy. The colon is examinedeither by sigmoidoscopy (using sigmoidoscopes) for the lower (sigmoid) part ofthe colon or by colonoscopy (using a colonoscope) for the entire colon.
The upper GI tract is examined by a procedure called esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD). An upper GI endoscope is used for this procedure. EGD is useful in detecting Crohn's disease ulcers in the esophagus, stomach, and the duodenum.
Crohn's disease ulcers in the small intestine may be seen by a procedure called enteroscopy, in which a special endoscope (called an enteroscope) is used. But enteroscopies need special equipments and are not widely available. Ulcers in the small intestine, however, are more often diagnosed with an X-ray study called a "small bowel follow-through" (SBFT). In this test, the patient swallows a few cups of barium, which coats the lining of the small intestine. On the X-ray, the barium may show the presence of ulcers. However, SBFT may not be accurate, and may not detect small ulcers in the small bowel. In patients suspected of having small bowel Crohn's disease ulcers and yet have normal SBFT studies, CT (computerized tomography) of the small bowel and capsule enteroscopy may be helpful in diagnosis.
Capsule enteroscopy is a procedure where a patient swallows a small camera the size of a pill. The camera located inside the pill takes multiple images of the inside of the small bowel and transmits these images wirelessly onto a recorder worn around the patient's waist. The recorded images are later reviewed by a doctor. Both CT of the small bowel and capsule enteroscopy in some studies have been found to be more accurate than the traditional SBFT in diagnosing Crohn's disease of the small bowel.
Ulcers in IBD treatment
The treatment of ulcers in IBD is aimed at decreasing the underlying inflammation with various medications. These medications include mesalamine (Asacol, Pentasa, or Rowasa), corticosteroids, antibiotics, or immunosuppressive medications such as 6-MP (6-mercaptopurine, Purinethol) or azathioprine (Imuran). In some cases, ulcers can be very resistant to these treatments and the use of stronger drugs may be required. These drugs include an immunosuppressive medication, cyclosporine (Neoral or Sandimmune), or the newer infliximab (Remicade), which is an antibody to one of the body's inflammation-inducing chemicals called tumor necrosis factor (TNFa). Adalimumab (Humira) and certolizumab (Cimzia) are also in the same class of drugs as infliximab. Occasionally, therapy with medications fails to heal IBD ulcers and surgical treatment is needed.
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You might remember our splitboards post explaining the convenience of these 2-in-1 all terrain sleds…well, let us introduce you to the new kid in town that goes by the name of MTN Approach.
This new system is a progressive approach to ascending the untracked back country that keeps your snowboard intact as one complete rip stick for top performance while advancing a quick and convenient transition from ski to board, or vice versa. Don't believe us? Watch this video in which the new system takes one-half the time of the splitboard.
The new MTN Approach package comes with a sleek and fully strapped backpack designed to carry folded skis in a designated pocket next to your back, keeping the weight close to your center of gravity.
Included with each pack are a pair of dual-fold, locking cam hinge skis with integrated nylon skins, full camber and a complete weight that rivals a snowshoe. The bindings are constructed with the highest quality aluminum, a collapsible heel loop for side hill rigidity and straps made from a heavy duty extra wide polyurethane suited for any style of boot in cold weather conditions.
To learn even more about this new all inclusive system simply watch their How To Use video posted on MTN Approach's Vimeo channel.
So in the words of the Chuck Berry, "Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the news," there's a new jack in town by the name of MTN Approach that is available at Tactics to get your back country excursions on the right path. Now more than ever, "Keep It Together".


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Built in 1870, the lighthouse at Stoer Head has braved the crashing Atlantic waves from its spectacular perch for decades. Positioned on a rocky outcrop surrounded by sheer cliffs, the beacon is a remote outpost on this spectacular and rugged stretch of Scottish coastline.
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UMM's McRoberts 'came for dinner and stayed forever'
Tom McRoberts does not aspire to create a new mission for Continuing Education and Regional Programs (CERP) at the University of Minnesota, Morris. As the department's new director, McRoberts said he will build upon the current mission and vision of CERP and the tradition of service that has characterized CERP over its entire history.
While McRoberts readily acknowledges that the department is not the only unit on campus that provides outreach programs beyond the campus, CERP has continued to be the primary outreach center for UMM and it reflects the strengths of the institution, said McRoberts.
"We will continue to help UMM serve the communities of which we are a part, be they local, regional or international."
McRoberts is the best possible candidate for this position, said Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean John Schwaller in making the position announcement.
"I am extremely pleased to see Tom given full responsibility as he is so deserving and unquestionably qualified," said Roger McCannon, former director of CERP. "His loyalty to the campus, his knowledge of the University and his passion for helping students learn are remarkable assets. He's a workhorse with a great sense of humor. All that come into contact with him will be impressed by his intellect. This is a wise move by UMM, and I'm really very happy for Tom."
One might say that McRoberts grew naturally into his new job.
"Essentially." said McRoberts, "I came to dinner and stayed forever."
A 1968 graduate of UMM, McRoberts returned to the campus following an absence of four years to work in the Social Science Division and to teach a Summer Session course in political ideology. He started in Continuing Education and Regional Programs in the summer of 1975 as an adviser and administrator in the Morris Learning Center and stayed on after that to work in Continuing Education, first as assistant director and eventually as associate director of the department. Along the way, he occasionally taught history in the UMM Social Science Division and in the First Year Seminar and served as the coordinator of UMM's first freshmen course called "Inquiry: Values in the Changing World."
In the early 1990s, McRoberts helped establish the Center for International Programs at UMM, which he also now directs, and served as the University of Minnesota's coordinator of interactive television administered through the College of Continuing Education on the University's Twin Cities campus. He also served as the interim director of the Distance Learning and Media Resources in the College of Continuing Education, Twin Cities.
McRoberts praised the work of his predecessor, Roger McCannon who served as the director of CERP since 1975 and as the first director of the Center for Small Towns until his retirement in 2004.
"Roger's contributions to UMM, to Morris and to this entire area have been extremely significant. Not only that, he created goodwill that has served UMM well—everywhere I go, people know Roger McCannon."
Today, the department that McRoberts directs offers a variety of programs under three primary umbrellas: Extension Classes, Summer Session and Regional Programs. In addition, it administers two somewhat autonomous units, the Center for International Programs and the Center for Small Towns. The Center for International Programs provides study abroad opportunities for UMM students and works with international students.
The Center for Small Towns serves the citizens, organizations and communities of western Minnesota through community related projects, program evaluation, statistical analysis and more. It also sponsors the widely acclaimed Symposium on Small Towns.
Other opportunities offered by CERP include programs for youth, such as Summer Scholars and the Henjum Creative Study Institute. The Global Student Teaching and English Language Assistant programs, offered in corporation with the UMM Division of Education, place UMM students throughout the world. In collaboration with the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus, CERP offers a Master of Education degree, for those in education and related professions. To compliment the growing relationship between UMM and China, CERP offers Chinese language courses, a May Session program in China, and this summer UMM will host students from China in its Summer Scholars program.
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Johnny Unitas is a Baltimore legend, having led the city's NFL team to greatness as he carved out a career few have matched.
Joe Flacco is the city's latest football hero, having led its current NFL team to its latest championship.
And according to The Baltimore Sun, the new star will become the old star in an upcoming movie.
"Unitas We Stand" is the biopic's title. Flacco's job will be to do action scenes replicating the 1958 NFL title game against the New York Giants. That game, won by Unitas and the Baltimore Colts, is considered the greatest NFL game ever played, and it is widely credited with creating the national phenomenon pro football became.
Flacco will have to don high-top football cleats to represent Unitas. It's not clear whether he also must endure his trademark flattop haircut.
On the movie's website, Flacco is quoted as saying he is "excited and honored" to play Unitas.
Flacco was named the MVP of Super Bowl XLVII in which his Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers.
While both QBs represented Baltimore, they won championships with different franchises. The Ravens had been the Cleveland Browns until moving east. Unitas's Baltimore Colts had moved to Indianapolis before the Ravens came to town.
Unitas died in 2002 at age 69. He held numerous NFL records, won two titles before the Super Bowl and was a member of the Colts' 1970 title team. He was considered the greatest quarterback of his era, the late 1950s into the 1960s. Among his records was most consecutive games with a touchdown pass, which Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints surpassed in 2012.
Joe Unitas, son of the Pro Football Hall of Fame QB, admitted to The Sun his dad and Flacco aren't similar in their playing styles. Still ...
"A lot of the way Joe plays and his demeanor reminds me a lot of my dad," Unitas said. "He's not a rah-rah guy. He throws a touchdown and maybe there's a little fist pump. He understands his job is all about winning."
Filming is scheduled to begin July 15, allowing time for Flacco's work to be completed before the Ravens open training camp.
With luck, the movie should be ready for release before February 2014's Super Bowl.
"Of course, this would be perfect with the Super Bowl being in New York-New Jersey," Joe Unitas told The Sun. "Especially with it being a cold-weather championship following the 1958 game when my dad first burst onto the national scene."
Unitas helped write the screenplay based on adapted from the best-selling Tom Callahan book: "Johnny U: The Life and Times of Johnny Unitas."
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The young professionals of "Generation Now" all have one thing in common, we go for it! Recent college graduates and young professionals are apart of the culture that acts now, then asks questions later. We seem to have little fear of how things will affect us in either a positive or negative manner. When we believe in something, then we will chase it and hope that it leads us to something good.
When new ideas or things come to our minds, we try them out with no questions asked. This has definitely been a great trend that has effected the dynamics of the world. Some of the most powerful, successful and wealthy new business owners are under the age of 30.
I am one of many that strives to have a meaningful and successful career before the age of 30, so I make it a point everyday to provide myself with the resources to get me there. While scanning the aisles of the library, I found just the right push that I needed to ensure my journey would be a a great one. The title caught my eye and grabbed both my mind and soul, "Go For It." John J. Tassone, knew what he was doing when he titled his "Practical Guide to Success for Everyone."
Within the book, he provides guidelines that shows you how to focus on the positive and feel better about yourself in order to create a better life. For young professionals and entrepreneurs, he provides a breakdown of what to do and what to expect that will help you jump-start your career and your life.
Tassone places a strong emphasis on staying positive in order to live a happy and successful life. To develop a positive attitude about life, about yourself and about everything around you may not be easy to do, but it's worth developing. His book pushes you to stay positive with every step that you take and be willing to deal with the outcome of the situation. It may or may not be the right decision that you are making at the time, but if you believe in it then go for it.
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The certification criteria adopted for meaningful use of electronic health records conscientiously avoid prescriptive language, minimizing the likelihood that any one patented method or process will cover the implementation, officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said in a blog post this week. For example, they said, "We believe the functionality in the 'view, download and transmit to 3rd party' EHR certification criterion could be accomplished in many ways and does not limit providers in their use of EHR technology and attempts to achieve meaningful use." ONC invites public input on patents and other intellectual property as they relate to certified EHR technology via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. "As matters of general interest arise, whether through comments received or otherwise, we intend to inform stakeholders through appropriate channels," the officials said.
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I love the design, but would prefer to see it on a different color shirt
ahah, cute!
Skulldaggery Artist from New York, United States
wow that's neat. good show.
love the characters.
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Love it!
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eliselovesedwardx wrote:Alrighty..I just posted a heap at the EDC but I'll put some here
My friend likes this one:
Is that a mirror in your pocket? Because I can see myself in your pants..
And then my brother likes this one:
I was going to use one of those lame pick up lines on you but you took my breath away..
My friends and I love finding lame pick up lines all the time..They're awesome!
I doubt they'd work but they surely get some attention!
agreed. its ironic, i just posted a question on EDC and there like a million!