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The objective of this treatment is to assist individuals to resolve crises and improve overall quality of life by learning to regulate emotions and behavioral reactions, learn self acceptance, and learn how to positively influence their environment. Northland Counseling Center has undergone intensive training and is certified by the state of Minnesota to provide DBT.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
- DBT is an effective treatment for people who have difficulty regulating their emotions and behaviors.
- DBT aims to reduce problem behavior and increase skillful behavior.
- DBT helps people learn how to better understand and value themselves and others.
- DBT helps people create a life worth living.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT is based on a treatment model developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. The objective of this approach is to help the client resolve crises by learning to regulate emotions and reactions, learn self acceptance, and learn how to positively influence their environment. The methods utilized in DBT include Individual Therapy, Telephone consultation, Skills Training Group, and Consultation Group.
Clients Served
DBT is available to adults who are struggling with behaviorally and emotionally challenged lifestyles that result in engaging in actions/behaviors that are damaging to an individual and their environment. Individuals often come from backgrounds where their lives have been very invalidating and traumatic. Diagnostic categories appropriate for referral include, but are not limited to Emotion Regulation Disorders. (i.e. Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Disassociative Disorder, Anxiety, and Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.)
Individual Therapy
The DBT program recommends weekly and ongoing therapy sessions. Individual Therapy is offered to support the acquisition and utilization of skills in one's daily life. Telephone consultation to individuals is also recommended and encouraged. This is designed to coach in skill usage.
Skills Training Group
The focus in DBT skills training group are the following four modules:
- Core Mindfulness
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Emotional Regulation
- Distress Tolerance
This group meets one time per week for 2 1/2 hours. Recommended participation is generally one-year. Participants will learn the skills and how to apply them through role play, active discussion, worksheet assignments, and practicing skills in session.
The focus targets in the Skills Group are:
- Decrease therapy interfering behaviors
- Strengthen interpersonal skills and
- Increase behavior instrumental to a positive quality of life; decreasing behaviors interfering with a positive quality of life such as emotional reactivity, self invalidation, crisis-generating behaviors, grief inhibition, active-passivity behaviors and mood dependent behavior.
Consultation Team
DBT Consultation Team includes Therapists and Skills Group Facilitators who meet on a weekly basis. The purpose of these meetings is for team members to discuss DBT Theory and Skills in regards to successfully treating clients, discussing barriers that may arise by the client and/or therapist, coordination of treatment services and support for each team member.
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NCC is a provider for most insurance programs including Medical Assistance. Individuals without insurance coverage may qualify for a sliding fee based on income.
Applied DBT
Applied DBT is a group available to individuals who have graduated from a DBT program. This group is offered weekly and promotes application of skills learned. Our focus is to continue improving quality of life and to enhance and reinforce application of the skills.
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Northland Counseling Center offers an adolescent DBT program as well. Please contact us for details.
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Esther Hunziker: DUMP
Online project, interactive installation with double projection, 2010
Constantly changing, various subjects come up on two screens projected into a corner: single letters of the alphabet, words, sentences and text fields, white an black, once again with, one again without reduced images of roads, crowds, billboards, portraits, even abstract graphics. Every now and then single words and sentences are spoken. The combination of texts and images, sound and film seems endless, the movements seem restless. By mouse click one can choose between 24 scenes, and interactively discover ever new combinations within one scene. The online project DUMP, all in all, comprises 455 images, 323 HTML pages, 288 words spoken and texts read, 52 style sheets and Java scripts as well as 36 sound files and 9 films.
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Reasons for restless nights include children, work stress, relationship concerns, household chores, money worries and pregnancy discomfort.
The survey showed 78 per cent of women had not had a full night's sleep of nine hours in the last 12 months. Just over half had not had a full night's sleep in three years.
Previous studies have reported that almost a third of people in Britain suffer from a sleep disorder of some kind.
The new survey was carried out for skincare firm Eye Secrets as it launched collagen & Q10 Gell Eye patches. A spokeswoman said: "The situation is worsened in the festive season when we go out partying."
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Great Vacation and Great Value
Sail Date: September 28, 2013
Reviewed: 3 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Inside
We loved our cruise on the Norwegian Gem. The ship was beautiful, the service great, shows wonderful, ports awesome, food delish and just a great time with fellow cruisers.
The room was inside, small, but sufficient. Our cabin steward, Hardy, was the top of the line. He could not do enough to be sure that we were comfortable. He called me by name everytime he saw me on the ship.
The ports were interesting and easily accessible to all forms of transportation if you want to excursion on your own. The excursions we took with the cruise line were worth the money.
The food on the ship was a good selection and good tasting. Steaks could have been better, a little tough. Deserts were so plentiful and delish.
Entertainment was excellent and abundant. More options for activities could have been offered on day at sea instead of when we were off the ship during shore excursions.
I would sale Norwegian again!
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|we did a pre cruise stay. Need more than a day!
|Halifax, Nova Scotia
|Be sure to do hop on and off bus...big city
|Saint John, New Brunswick
|rainy day....not much there.
|Bar Harbor, Maine
|loved it...national park was closed
|Boston, Massachusetts
|good public transportation from the pier
|Newport, Rhode Island
|loved the cliff walk and Breakers
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Form to Wizard jQuery Plugin
Janko wrote a tutorial explaining how to create a plugin which can convert html form into wizard (using legends) and he called this plugin Form to Wizard. I liked the idea of this plugin and used it in one of my project. But he wrote a tutorial so he didn't provided any option to customize this plugin. So I added options in this plugin to customize it to meet my needs in the project. I decided to share its source on my blog.
Above demo uses almost all of the new options explained below. Also I placed all the mandatory CSS in formToWizard.css file and rest of the styles used to decorate form are inlined in HTML page.
Original Plugin
Check the demo on Janko's website so you get the idea what this plugin was about.
New Options
Show/Hide Progress
You can show or hide progress of wizard (shown on the top of wizard) using option showProgress. By default its value is true.
$( '#myform' ).formToWizard({ showProgress: false });
Above code will hide the progress of wizard as shown below.
Show/Hide Step Numbers
showStepNo option is used to show/hide Step No in the progress and its default value is true. When you hide the Step No, the wizard progress will become CSS based breadcrumbs. Of course you can change the look and feel in CSS.
$( '#myform' ).formToWizard({ showStepNo: false });
Rename Next/Back Buttons
You can rename Next/Back buttons using nextBtnName and prevBtnName options. Default values are 'Next >' and '< Back'.
$( '#myform' ).formToWizard({ prevBtnName: '<< Previous', nextBtnName: 'Forward >>' });
Validation Callback
validateBeforeNext option is used to pass a validation function to formToWizard plugin so whenever Next button is clicked, this function is called to validate the current step. Here's how to use it.
$( '#myform' ).formToWizard({ validateBeforeNext: function() { //validationEngine is a jQuery validation plugin return $( '#myform' ).validationEngine( 'validate' ); } });
All you need to pass a function which contains an expression for validating the form and return the result of this expression from the function. Next button will only work if the expression is evaluated to true. In the above example I used Validation Engine plugin to validate the form and this is the documentation of the plugin. In following image, validationEngine is displaying error messages for the current step.
Navigate Wizard from External Elements
You can move to Next/Previous or to a particular step in wizard using external elements (like buttons or input box). These three operations can be performed using commands 'GotoStep', 'NextStep', 'PreviousStep'. To use these commands you need to call the same plugin function formToWizard but with command name as parameter instead of options object.
var $myform = $( '#myform' ); $myform.formToWizard({ validateBeforeNext: function() { //validationEngine is a jQuery validation plugin return $( 'myForm' ).validationEngine( 'validate' ); } }); $myform.formToWizard( 'GotoStep', 2 ); //navigate to step 2 directly not matter what current step No is $myform.formToWizard( 'NextStep' ); //navigate to next step from current step $myform.formToWizard( 'PreviousStep' );//navigate to previous step from current step
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My review of the new Ben-Hur DVD set is now up at CT Movies. The set has actually been out for a week now, but the review copy didn't arrive until early last week, and then I had to spend hours and hours just watching and listening to everything — all while juggling my other assignments — before I could write anything. So, FWIW, my review was written under tighter time constraints than I would have liked, and may seem a bit rushed, as a result.
Ben-Hur — the review is up!
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About Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway was the regular film critic for BC Christian News from 1992 to 2011. In addition to his award-winning film column for that paper, his news and opinion pieces have appeared in such publications as Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Bible Review and the Vancouver Sun. He has also contributed essays to the books Re-Viewing The Passion: Mel Gibson's Film and Its Critics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years on (Continuum, 2005) and The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (De Gruyter, 2016).


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Queens Sports Club: Confident after a seven-wicket victory the Zimbabwe cricket team are ready to take on Sri Lanka who are rather low on confidence after they suffered defeat over the hands of Indians.
The African team who are the hosts for the tri-series stunned India with a six-wicket triumph while the Lankans suffered a seven-wicket loss to India on Sunday.
While the home team chased well against the Indians, skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan and his batting team struggled against the Indians. Without regular stars like Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's batting looked brittle against India. The team lacked that hunger to perform against the Indians, the pitch went on improving as the innings progressed and surely it was advantage for India but the way Indians won in a comprehensive manner was quite suprising with the Lankan bowling bowing out without much fight.
In the batting front they have captain Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera and Upul Tharanga who have to click today if they have to stop further embarassment.
Though they had a decent pace attack with the likes of Dilhara Fernando and Nuwan Kulasekara they were not able to trouble the Indian batsmen much. They have to strike for the Lankans if they are to come out with a win against the home team.
On the other hand the Zimbabwe bowling looks high on confidence especially the slow bowlers like Ray Price and Prosper Utseya who can manage to bowl quick spells and bowl out during the powerplay.
Their batsmen are in good form as well with Taylor making a match winning half century against India, while debutant Craig Ervine and rest of the batting line up made important contributions to the successful chase against the Indians.
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Dilhara Fernando, Chamara Silva, Thissira Perera.
Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbura (capt), Andy Blignaut, Chamu Chibhabha, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Greg Lamb, Hamilton Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Ed Rainsford, Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya.


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- Nic, the entry for today was really just an example, meant to help sell the idea to you. I figure you really should be the voice for this section. --Revanche 20:28, 3 October 2006 (CDT)
Minor news[edit]
Although awareness may be low, we have a "Minor News" newsreel. It isn't used often and isn't even on the front page except as a link to the actual content.
I suggest we put both newsreels on the front page with the "Main" news reserved for big/important stuff regarding BattleTech and BTW at large, and the "Minor" news used for the frequent (and rather repetitive) administrative news, especially moratorium clearances. As it stands, I feel the administrative news tend to swamp down the "real" news. Frabby 12:13, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
- I can go either way on this. Admin changes aren't really "NEWS!!!" as is intended on such valuable real estate. Other the other hand, the real news would consist of what? New ribbons, founder's awards? Today's mention of the CBT forums is definitely important enough for the front. However, the front page should appear to be 'alive'...right?--Revanche (talk|contribs) 12:23, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with you on that - that's why I implemented the change. I think the modified setup is a good compromise: Important news stay on top longer and aren't swamped down by minor news which in turn generate more lively traffic. As usual, if you think I was too bold then I won't be angry if it gets reverted. Frabby 12:45, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
- I'm fine with the new method, as it keeps informative admin messages (especially newest moratorium expirations) where users (editors/writers) can see them for a reasonable amount of time. But, just so you know, I'll be culling it down so that the left and right sections match in length.--Revanche (talk|contribs) 14:33, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
- The CBT Forums are back online, but everyone needs to reregister. Also the format of the boards have been significantly changed from their previous form.Tekteam26 00:35, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


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Now that's what I call storming. A gigantic mainsail is thrashing overhead, as if in a hurricane. One man clings to the yardarm while, down below, a sailor appears to be sliding, spread-eagled, off a pitching deck, followed by passengers rolling like tumbleweed.
What's wonderful is the grass-roots theatricality of veteran director Ariane Mnouchkine's epic production, Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir (Aurores) – aka "The Castaways of the Fol Espoir (Sunrises)", with English surtitles, at the Edinburgh International Festival. Loosely inspired by Jules Verne's 1897 novel Magellania, this visually stunning and politically barbed saga sees avaricious European capitalists and Utopian socialists shipwrecked, together, in a freezing wilderness near Cape Horn.
Shockingly not seen in Britain for two decades, Mnouchkine's famed Théâtre du Soleil ensemble, from Paris, conjure up mighty storm scenes with little more than electric fans, rope pulleys, and humorous physical-theatre tricks. Scarves flap wildly on invisible threads, and the low-tech aesthetic certainly comes as a relief when, these days, so many hip and unimaginative directors think we can't do without flickering screens.
This piece is, all the same, technically sophisticated and multi-layered. The shipwreck is simultaneously portrayed in miniature: a tiny clipper, seen by flashes of lightning, tossing on a bath of green, foaming water. Meanwhile, Verne's story is wittily framed by Mnouchkine within a secondary plot: the shooting of a silent movie by an amorous and quarrelsome, left-wing collective (implicitly with autobiographical elements), canned on the dystopian eve of the First World War. Though protracted, at more than four hours, and ultimately losing its satirical complexity to more simplistic didacticism, Les Naufragés is still unmissable.
As for fol espoir, surely it wasn't totally Panglossian to hope that Walking would be first-rate as well. Part of the Cultural Olympiad (care of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival), this al-fresco promenade piece is by the internationally revered director and visual artist Robert Wilson (with Dutch scenographer Theun Mosk and theatre-maker Boukje Schweigman, credited as collaborators). Wilson is Mnouchkine's coeval, but of the American avant-garde school. I have found his highly stylised productions, with dreamlike slow motion, compelling – but then I was not obliged to take part.
Walking turns out to be an exercise in irritation, simultaneously dictatorial and, to put it bluntly, half-arsed. It ought to be idyllic, in essence a rural stroll. Promenaders are dispatched from Holkham Hall in north Norfolk to meander through pastures and woods, over dunes to the sea. The landscape is scattered with sculptural installations. I assume the emotional journey I went on was, however, not quite what was envisaged. "Angels" (guides posted along the way) imply you're en route to Nirvana, whispering, "Relax and enjoy". But you must remain in single file; follow the white stones; and take very, very slow steps.
The walk is three miles. Wilson has decreed that you'll cover the ground over three-and-a-half hours. By the second field I was already infuriated and wanting to run wild, in protest. Casting off the hectic velocity of modern life can inspire contemplation, but Wilson spoils the ramble with his restrictions.
I did calm down for a bit in the middle (by pretending that I was an arthritic nonagenarian). I observed the flora's microhabitats more closely: the perennial ryegrass and hoary plantain, the red sorell and the silverweed. I loved the rustling reeds, loved the towering pine wood. But you can do that any weekend, free.
As for the installations, perhaps they symbolise life's rites of passage. A pseudo-primitive temple at the start has a fascinating deep, black, conical hole surrounded by walls of auburn willow branches, like shaggy hair writ large. At the end, on the sweeping shore, winched "sky beds" tilt you back till you're gazing at the clouds, which feels like a transcendent, poetic death, despite the sore disappointment of noticing planks and pipes that look as if they were sourced from B&Q.
Lastly, the Finborough Theatre on the London fringe deserves its reputation for rediscovering forgotten gems, but Cornelius (originally written for Ralph Richardson in 1935) isn't a blinder, directed by Sam Yates. For sure, J B Priestley's Depression-era office drama has sharp contemporary resonances, for Jim Cornelius's small, aluminium-importing firm is going bust, with a creditors' meeting to be attended by a noxious banker.
Although pleasantly humane, Priestley spells out his criticisms of the capitalist system in plodding, middlebrow mode, with impoverished salesmen passing through. On the night I attended, Alan Cox was semi-bellowing in a small space, never quite managing to weld Cornelius's different sides: cheery chap, romantic dreamer and lonely depressive, let down by the daily grind and economic injustices. Still, Yates's cast are certainly commendable, and stardom beckons for newcomer Emily Barber who, as the new typist, Judy, exudes pert sweetness with a slight edge and a mysterious smile.
'Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir' (0131-473 2000) to 28 Aug; 'Walking' (01603-7664000) to 2 Sep; 'Cornelius': (0844 847 1652) to 8 Sep
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The outstanding verbatim musical London Road, recording local residents' reactions to the 2006 serial-killing of women in Ipswich, is at the NT Olivier, London (to 6 Sep). You Me Bum Bum Train, the promenade production with audience participation that's become a cult hit, is at Empire House in Stratford, east London (to 19 Sep; tickets via the Barbican).Reuse content


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Merry Christmas to you and yours! Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad, or all the other ways of saying Merry Christmas in different languages that I don't know. I'll be taking the rest of the decade off and then start working on those New Year's resolutions…(goals really) like everyone else.
If you're looking for something to read during your Christmas holiday season, here are few Telling It Like It Is gems you may have missed, plus a couple of interesting articles written by online friends.
- Why Are Women So Strange and Men So Weird?
- A Child's Ten Commandments For Parents
- Empty Nest Syndrome-Children Leaving Home, What Do I Do Now?
- Keeping The Fire Alive in Your Marriage
- Female Body Image in the Media-The Pressure to Be Thin in Society
- The Most Unbelievable Story Ever Told
- Finding Joy in December
- Why My Kids Will Drive a Piece of Crap
Are you making New Year's Resolutions? What are your goals for 2010?


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CHICAGO – As they say about Adam West's interpretation of Batman, "he hit so hard, that words describing the impact appeared out of thin air." But there was more to him than just the superhero tights, as Patrick McDonald, Spike Walters and Jon Espino of HollywoodChicago.com remember the three main characters in the career of Adam West, who passed away last week.
Jon Hamm
Film Review: No Need to Bother 'Keeping Up with the Joneses'Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 25, 2016 - 10:07am
CHICAGO – "Keeping Up With The Joneses" illustrates how hard it really is to make a funny action comedy. After watching this, I have begun to think that the ones that work are something of anomaly – more often than not they're like this. An amiable but aimless project that can't quite grasp what it wants to be and doesn't have the vision or the laughs to sustain itself.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to 'Keeping Up With the Joneses' With Zach GalifianakisSubmitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 11, 2016 - 11:36pm
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new action/comedy "Keeping Up With the Joneses"!
Film Review: 'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie' Too Thin to be Completely WinningSubmitted by PatrickMcD on July 24, 2016 - 5:42pm
CHICAGO – As far as TV shows that fans wish could be movies, the cult hit "Absolutely Fabulous" was high on the list. The adventures of Patsy and Edina, two middle age Brits with an appetite for self medication, has had a dedicated following since it premiered in 1992. Even though there were six full TV seasons, and various reunions, "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie" has emerged.
Entertainment News: Best Picture 'The Revenant,' TV's 'Mr. Robot' Are 2016 Golden Globe WinnersSubmitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2016 - 9:47am
CHICAGO – The best of 2015 in film and TV was celebrated at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards on January 10th, 2016. Hosted with the usual sass by Ricky Gervais, the Globes honored "The Revenant" (Drama) and "The Martian" (Comedy) as Best Pictures, and surprised in TV Best categories with "Mr Robot" (Drama) on the USA Network and "Mozart in the Jungle" (Comedy) on Amazon Video.
Film Review: Nothing of Substance in Cute, Fluffy 'Minions'Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 9, 2015 - 9:29pm
CHICAGO – They're cute, they talk like babies, and they already have "brand recognition." In what feels like a product exercise rather than a movie, "Minions" extends its story from the dawn of time to 1968. Did we need that much back story? The voices of Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm star.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to 'Minions' With Sandra Bullock, Jon HammSubmitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 5, 2015 - 12:00pm
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new animated comedy "Minions" starring Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm!
Film Review: 'Million Dollar Arm' Misses the Strike ZoneSubmitted by PatrickMcD on May 16, 2014 - 7:20am
CHICAGO – "Million Dollar Arm" harkens back to a period of shameless family friendly schmaltz that used to play to families in theaters and then run in perpetuity on "The Wonderful World Of Disney" on television. But this treacly baseball drama throws nothing but balls.
TV Review: Larry David's 'Clear History' Appeases Fans of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'Submitted by BrianTT on August 9, 2013 - 2:04pm
CHICAGO – There hasn't been a new episode of Larry David's brilliant comedy, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," in almost two years and the creator of the HBO program has yet to commit to ever doing a ninth season, saying recently to TV Guide to ask him again in six months.
TV Review: Characters of 'Mad Men' Getting Lost in Changing WorldSubmitted by BrianTT on April 7, 2013 - 11:21am
CHICAGO – Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is no longer the most popular person in the room. Time, depression, alcoholism, and the changing politics have altered this character, once such a vital force of human nature. Remember the days when everything Don said hit with the client? When he could juggle secret pasts and multiple mistresses? One of the most prominent arcs of "Mad Men" overall has been how that Don is fading away as the '60s head toward the next decade.
Blu-ray Review: Strong Release For Fifth Season of 'Mad Men'Submitted by BrianTT on November 1, 2012 - 2:13pm
CHICAGO – It may feel like the bloom is off the rose a little bit for "Mad Men" as the AMC hit has seen some of its acclaim stolen by other cable hits like "Breaking Bad," "Homeland," and "The Walking Dead." And yet this is still a great show with yet another stellar Blu-ray season release from Lionsgate. Complete with commentaries and interesting special features, this release is in keeping with the stellar first four season releases for this multi-Emmy-Award winner.


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Lovely Experience
Sail Date: July 02, 2011
Reviewed: 5 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Oceanview
Pros: Adventure & pampering
Cons: having the cruise end!
Recommends Maasdam? Yes!
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Awesome cruise!!!!!
Sail Date: October 01, 2009
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Oceanview
Pros: The food it was the best I've ever had!
Cons: It was our honeymoon and they didn't do anything special for us. But as I was walking down the hall it was someones birthday and they had a banner across there door,you get a birthday EVERY year but you only get one honeymoon. That upset me.
Recommends Majesty of the Seas? Yes!
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|Oh my goodness the food was SOOOO good! I couldn't stop eating lol Oh and If you do go on the Royal Caribbean you HAVE to get this drink called "love connection" It was amazing.
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|Slept wonderfully and it was nice to control our temperature in the room too.
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|Everyone was SO nice and went out of there way to make sure you were happy.
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Port of Spain, July 6: West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has been suspended for one match after his side was fined for a second minor over-rate offence within 12 months during Friday's (July 5) Celkon Mobile Cup match against India at Port-of-Spain.
The West Indies side was ruled to be one over short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration. As such, Jeff Crowe of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed a 20-per-cent fine on Bravo, while each of his players received 10-per-cent fines, ICC said in a media release today.
As this was West Indies' second minor over-rate offence within 12 months, after it was fined for a slow over-rate in Cardiff against South Africa on 14 June during the ICC Champions Trophy 2013, Bravo has also been suspended from West Indies' next game on Sunday, 7 July, against Sri Lanka at Port-of-Spain.
Commenting on his decision, Crowe said: "The captains were informed of their respective positions relating to over-rate breaches before the start of the series. On Friday, the umpires had kept Dwayne informed throughout the innings about the position regarding over-rates, and more so when his side fell behind."
The charge was laid by on-field umpires Nigel Llong and Peter Nero, as well as third umpire Nigel Duguid and fourth umpire Joel Wilson.
Bravo pleaded guilty to the charge and the subsequent penalties were accepted both by Bravo and the West Indies. As such there was no need for a formal hearing.


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But Faulk, who has primarily been used as a third-down receiver for much of his career, is hardly the only back who has lost count. None of the five tailbacks from the Super Bowl who were surveyed by The Sports Xchange could remember, either. Nor could former NFL standout back Eddie George, who was here for the festivities much of the week.
"Oh, a few," George told The Sports Xchange. "Probably more than a few."
Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke at length about concussions and the NFL's increased emphasis on safety on Friday, and was asked at least five questions about head injuries during his annual Super Bowl press conference. The timing of the issue was spot-on, given the recent lawsuits, including one by Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett, a lengthy piece by The Associated Press on the issue and the perception of many former players that the league simply uses them up.
Interesting, and a point raised previously by The Sports Xchange, is that the NFL does relatively little to protect running backs from head injuries. Running backs within the framework of the line of scrimmage are not considered "defenseless" players, according to the rules. "But," said Brandon Jacobs of the New York Giants, "I can't tell you how many times I've been 'dinged' running the ball off-tackle. I mean, it's not like you can change directions once you're in the hole. You really are about as defenseless as you can get."
League vice president Ray Anderson, among the NFL leaders on safety consciousness and an important liaison to the influential competition committee, said the group continues to look closely at the running back spot. "By definition, they are not so-called 'defenseless' players. But we're doing more and more (scrutiny) of it all the time," he said.
Anderson made the point that, running backs often times precipitate almost as many injuries as they absorb. Said Anderson: "You have those times when a back lowers his head, and rams into (a defender), and there's an injury as a result. So the back can be the initiator, too. We probably don't have enough information yet on it all, but it is a matter of concern."
|New England Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis holds an impact indicator chin strap as he is interviewed during media day in preparation for Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants at Lucas Oil Stadium. (Matthew Emmons/ USPresswire) 1/31/2012
Echoing the words of Goodell just moments before, Anderson said: "Believe me, we will not relent."
Notable is that New England tailback BenJarvus Green-Ellis will wear a special chin strap, "The Impact Indicator," during Sunday's game. Created by Battle Sports Science of Omaha, Neb., the device measures the impact of taking a shot through the chin to the brain, and employs micro-sensors to help signal to trainers and doctors when a player might require additional attention.
Patriots tailback Danny Woodhead will also wear the special chin strap.
"It gets the information into the hands of the right people, qualified people, who can determine if it's safe for the player to have (absorbed) that impact," said Battle Sports Science CEO Chris Circo. "It provides the kind of information that we really haven't been able to give in the past."
Goodell pointed out that, while the NFL hasn't yet mandated that independent neurological specialists be present on every sideline, the league continues to explore that as an alternative. He also pointed out that during the playoffs the NFL is making video available to team doctors and trainers, so that they can more closely review head-shots during games. There seems to little denying, though, that even with the new rules and increased emphasis on concussions and head trauma in general, running backs are among the most vulnerable players.
"Maybe the most vulnerable," Green-Ellis said.
Several weeks ago, The Sports Xchange noted a goal-line play that occurred in a Pittsburgh-Cleveland game on Dec. 8, when Steelers tailback Rashard Mendenhall ran a play off-tackle, was well into the hole and couldn't change direction, and took a classic helmet-to-helmet hit from Browns linebacker Scott Fujita. Ironically, it was the same game in which the James Harrison-Colt McCoy hit occurred, for which the Pittsburgh linebacker was subsequently suspended, and the Fujita hit got no attention at all.
Said Mendenhall: "They talk about some (backs) who can change direction on a dime. You'd have to be Superman to avoid some shots in the hole."
As previously reported by The Sports Xchange, some league running backs intend to make the "defenseless" issue a talking point when players get together with competition committee members here at their annual Scouting Combine meeting sitdown later this month.
"We'll be listening," Anderson said, when told of the players' intentions.


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Toronto, Dec 22 (ANI): A new American study suggests that women working as biological and chemical scientists and pharmacists are more likely to give birth to babies with physical defects than other women.
According to the research, these children could suffer from gastrointestinal, spinal and heart malformations.
"Given those job titles, one would expect those women to work with different chemicals or something that could possibly be an exposure," the Globe and Mail quoted study' lead author Michele Herdt-Losavio from the New York State Department of Health, as saying.
Dr. Herdt-Losavio and her team discovered that the foetus could develop one of 45 physical defects unrelated to the DNA, depending on the occupation of the mother.
It was found that female janitors had the highest possibility of giving birth to children with certain defects, while teachers were in the lowest risk category. Scientists' children had more risk of suffering from five of the defects.
The scientists reviewed the information gathered from more than 9,000 mothers across the U.S. who gave birth to babies with one or more of the 45 defects, between October 1997 and December 2003.
The women were listed into 24 occupational categories like office workers, dry cleaners etc.
Thereafter, these women were compared to a control group of nearly 4,000 mothers whose kids were born without any disability.
Researchers then concentrated on those women who were working during the first trimester, which is a critical time when the foetus is more susceptible to develop abnormalities.
Talking about women working in food service or health care, Dr. Herdt-Losavio pointed out: "There were a few groups who had a mixture: they would be at risk for something or at a reduced risk for something else,"
Dr. Herdt-Losavio suggested that more studies had to be undertaken on the issue.
She said: "It's just further evidence to point people in the direction where we should go from here.
"There's lots of questions that can be asked.... What do you do as a janitor? What products do you use? What hours do you work? How many hours do you work?"
However, Dr. Herdt-Losavio also explained that it is not possible to make a clear connection between a job and the likelihood of the child being born with defect.
She added: "No one study will ever really tell you cause and effect."
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FUNDING/SUPPORT: This study was funded by the Terry Fox Research Institute, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Lusi Wong Fund.
aDivision of Respiratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
bFionna Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
cPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
dJuravinski Cancer Centre and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
eOttawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
fInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
gBeatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
hBritish Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
iUniversity of Calgary & Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
jMcMaster University and St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada
kQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada
lDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
mBrock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
∗CORRESPONDENCE TO: Alain Tremblay, MDCM, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
Copyright 2016, American College of Chest Physicians. All Rights Reserved.
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) scan has been demonstrated to reduce lung cancer mortality. Preliminary reports suggested that up to 20% of lung cancers may be CT scan occult but detectable by autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB). We evaluated the prevalence of CT scan occult, invasive, and high-grade preinvasive lesions in high-risk participants undergoing screening for lung cancer.
The first 1,300 participants from seven centers in the Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer Study who had ≥ 2% lung cancer risk over 5 years were invited to have an AFB in addition to a LDCT scan. We determined the prevalence of CT scan and AFB abnormalities and analyzed the association between selected predictor variables and preinvasive lesions plus invasive cancer.
A total of 776 endobronchial biopsies were performed in 333 of 1,300 (25.6%) participants. Dysplastic or higher-grade lesions were detected in 5.3% of the participants (n = 68; mild dysplasia: n = 36, moderate dysplasia: n = 25, severe dysplasia: n = 3, carcinoma in situ [CIS]: n = 1, and carcinoma: n = 4). Only one typical carcinoid tumor and one CIS lesion were detected by AFB alone, for a rate of CT scan occult cancer of 0.15% (95% CI, 0.0%-0.6%). Fifty-six prevalence lung cancers were detected by LDCT scan (4.3%). The only independent risk factors for finding of dysplasia or CIS on AFB were smoking duration (OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.02-1.07) and FEV1 percent predicted (OR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.98-0.99).
The addition of AFB to LDCT scan in a high lung cancer risk cohort detected too few CT occult cancers (0.15%) to justify its incorporation into a lung cancer screening program.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:17 pm
My wife went out yesterday to buy some mimosa trees. We know that their roots are very invasive but have enough land for this not to be a problem. Imagine her surprise when the Garden Centre said that they were not allowed to sell them. In fact they had recently been fined by the Police!!!! (Shame that they do not focus on the real criminals but I guess there is no revenue in this activity!!)
So, does anyone know where we can buy Mimosa (Acacia)? Or do I just go and dig them up from the Mato?
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:13 pm
Please don´t plant Mimosa Tree: they are an invader that is destroying the local plants, targeting mainly the ones that are more rare and sensible.
Mimosa trees seeds travel long distances (wind etc).
Selling them is not allowed and in some places (natural parks p. ex.) is not allowed to plant them as well.
In my area school children make days out to destroy Mimosa Trees which are relentless destroying local rare plants such as aroeira. All i know is, some months later the Mimosas just develop again, like cats they seem to have seven lives...
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:03 pm
Hello Rod
Now I have to ask a possibly to you silly question here ... does your wife want Mimosa (Acacia) or Mimosa (Albizia)? The former being the yellow invasive variety here, the latter being the lovely pink fluffy flowered one?
One must distinquish between the two. One of my hobbies here is dealing with and developing plantlife which can cope with our climate and even stretching the boundaries ... I am attempting to develop my garden into tropical as opposed to sub-tropical.
.... from the land of warmth, sunshine and oranges ....
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:35 am
My wife is no expert so forgive me. We had a mimosa in our last garden and it had a beautiful yellow flower. However, it is very invasive and we dug it up (successfully!!!!) when it was about 5m high as the garden was small and we were building an extension to the villa. Now we have a much larger area and want to add some colour plus grow a fast growing screen.
So it is the Mimosa (Acacia) variety that we are looking for with yellow flowers. My understanding is that Albizia Julibrissin is the Silk Tree with clear pink flowers in late summer/autumn.
Most of the land we want to develop into a Mediterranean style but we do need some trees to give some privacy to the few people who come down the lane.
Rod S
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:59 pm
Yes, it is obviously the Acacia you are wanting but then that makes it difficult if it is forbidden to sell them.
Why not try Albizia julibrissen or Jacaranda mimosifolia, of which I have two. Both are relatively fast growing.
An alternative fast-growing evergreen is the Mioporo. You probably know it is used here as a hedge but I planted one and have trained it into a tree, now perhaps 5 meters tall after 5 years. It has made a lovely addition to the garden and a friend has now planted 5 or 7 of them well spaced apart to hide a chain link fence on top of a wall.
.... from the land of warmth, sunshine and oranges ....
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:05 pm
Ta Victoria1st - I've sent you a PM.
Rod S
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:52 pm
I just planted the first 100 acacias of my hedge; 600 to go.
We have a lot of saved seeds, but I decided to just dig little seedlings out of the forest across the street and transplant them. They're growing everywhere.
I am in the "Natural park" north of Aljezur. All my neighbors use acacia as hedge.
I'm putting in a watering system with a dripper on each plant to speed them along. I hope to remove the tubes in a couple of years when they're semi-mature.
They may be introduced, but they are sprouting everywhere, used as windbreak [around my orchard for instance], hedge, and firewood all over this area.
According to Wikipedia, acacia is no longer considered a type of Mimosa.
The name "Mimosa" has also been applied to several other related species with similar pinnate or bipinnate leaves but now classified in other genera, most commonly to Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree) and Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle).
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There are 1,083 miles of streams and rivers in the Rockcastle River Watershed. Within the watershed, the State of Kentucky reports that 100 miles are impaired. The most common impairments are sediment, nutrients, and bacteria. The most common source of impairment is agriculture.
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World T20: Congress Wants to Shift India vs Pakistan Match from Dharmasala – Just a couple of Days is left for the big ICC World T20 Championship to begin which is scheduled from 8th of March 2016. This time, the event will be hosted in India for the first time, which is expected to be the grand in itself. It will be the mega event with the total of 58 matches including 35 men's matches and 23 Women's Matches to be played in the 27-day tournament in Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru,Dharamsala,Kolkata and Mohali. The Semifinals will be played in Mumbai on 30 and 31st March respectively followed with the Final Match venue on the famous Eden Garden Ground in Kolkata on 3rd April.
Himachal Pradesh CM Denies giving Security to Pakistan Players
Since the venues for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup has been decided by the BCCI, now it is encircled by the controversy regarding the India –Pakistan T20 World Cup which is slated for 19th March at Dharamsala.Himachal Pradesh Congress has raised an objection to the proposed T20 match as they want it to be cancelled or shifted to another venue.
The Himachal Government on Tuesday raised a concerned about this match and since it will be a high voltage match the question arises about the security of the event which is of international importance. The State Government cleared to the BCCI Official that the government is not keen to happen this match at Dharamshala and would not offer any type of Security to Pakistan Players.
Congress Party has strongly opposed and is against the match thereby criticizing the Secretary of BCCI and BJP MP Anurag Thakur for the decision of organizing the Match at Dharamsala.Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee President Mr. Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu cleared that they will not allow Pakistan Players to play the match, and demanded BCCI to either cancel the match or shift it to another State which will be a respect and honor to the sentiments of Families of martyrs in the war.
They also want the clarification from the BJP MP Anurag Thakur on his stand of holding the match at Dharamsala despite the oppositions from the martyrs families and public of the state. Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh has also expressed his concerns with the India-Pakistan match and said he will inform the prime minister about the sentiments of the people.
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Remember the days where we'd have to read about all the Cubs questionable moves? Well, unless the writer is from the St. Louis or the south side of Chicago, the Cubs are getting great reviews around baseball. It's one thing when Cubs fans are optimistic about the offseason, but it's nice to hear it from more impartial voices...
On Edwin Jackson...
- Keith Law of ESPN (insider only) says that Edwin Jackson fits into the Cubs rebuilding plan and that it allows the Cubs to be flexible with trade possibilities. Matt Garza becomes an obvious candidate and the Cubs may have the depth to trade another arm if guys like Scott Baker and Scott Feldman make a good showing and provide the Cubs with the depth to deal. An interesting sidebar is that Jackson got an $8M signing bonus, which drops his annual salary down to $11M/year. If the Cubs do eventually decide to trade Jackson, that will make things a bit easier, though Law considers Jackson (along with Jeff Samardzija and Travis Wood) as a valuable piece for the 2014 team. He thinks it's a good signing to secure a good arm now with next year's SP market already looking pretty thin. Something we noted ourselves here at Cubs Den.
- Ben Rieter of SI writes a nice piece on Jackson being a well-traveled pitcher who has consistently been an above average performer. The chance for some stability helped the Cubs land a good pitcher who deserves some stability. Reiter points out that Jackson began to change his approach last season. He is evolving from thrower to pitcher and it resulted in a higher strikeout rate and less walks. There is still some room for growth here. In general, he lauds the Cubs for landing 4 pitchers with upside for $73M, or as he calls it "half a single Greinke" or as Brett from Bleacher Nation noted yesterday on Twitter, less than one whole Anibal Sanchez. He further notes that the Cubs now have a "real rotation" behind Samardzija and Garza and can begin their march back to relevance.
- I alluded to this piece yesterday, but Dave Cameron of Fangraphs likes the signing as well. He likes that the Cubs are trying to improve and not simply sitting back and waiting for the drafts and for prospects to develop --both of which are more unknowns than we care to admit sometimes. He considers Jackson a valuable pitcher at a reasonable cost. Cameron notes on the Cubs offseason in general,
"The Cubs are a big market team. They needed to add talent to make any kind of serious playoff run in the future. They might not be ready to make that run in 2013, but they've given themselves a better chance to be a surprise team next year, and now they've solidified their rotation beyond next year with a quality pitcher at a decent price.
For Jackson, after years of getting traded and changing teams every year, he now has some security. And he has that security with a team that has made some big strides this winter, improving both their present and their future at the same time."
On Carlos Villanueva,
- Jack Moore of Fangraphs writes that short sample size may have as much to do with Villanueva's short term success as "lack of stamina" but says that Villanueva is a good gamble with some upside. He does say that reaching that upside is unlikely, but even if he doesn't, the contract still has value even if Villanueva is forced to return to his swingman role at some point.
On the offseason in general,
- We've noted that both Keith Law and Dave Cameron like what the Cubs have done this offseason. Buster Olney of ESPN (insider only) notes how that the Cubs were able to add free agent help without sacrificing a draft pick and that it's no coincidence. It is another unintended side effect of the new CBA. One official said, "You've got to keep your picks, because there aren't as many ways to get better as there used to be."
Waiver News and Roster situation
- I've noted several times that sneaking young, talented lefties through waivers is very difficult and that proved to be the case once again as Jeff Beliveau was snapped up by the Texas Rangers. It leaves the Cubs without a lefty reliever after James Russell, though it's possible the Cubs new pitching depth could allow them to try Brooks Raley or Chris Rusin in that role.
- In other news, Sandy Rosario must be feeling like the ball in a roulette wheel. He was just claimed by the Giants as the Cubs continue to clear space. Sooner or later that roulette wheel will stop spinning for him and wherever he lands, he'll provide a team with an intriguing arm for the bullpen.
- The Cubs roster now stands at 39 but there are 3 names to add in OF Nate Shierholtz and recent RHP signees Carlos Villanueva and Edwin Jackson. My guess is Shierholtz number gets called next as Cubs figure out how to open up two more spots.
- UPDATE: Shierholtz signing is official.
- UPDATE #2: Gerardo Concepcion has cleared waivers and has been assigned to Kane County roster. Huge risk but that's a gamble that really helps the MLB roster. The roster now stands at 39. One more space to clear.
Miscellaneous link: This has nothing to do with the Cubs but it's fun to watch
- Here's what R.A. Dickeys knuckleball looks like once you're able to break it down into GIF format. Watch how the hitter freezes and catcher Josh Thole flinches at the last minute. The pitch, which Dickey throws with more velocity than most have historically, is nearly unhittable when it dances like that.
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The summer is sailing by, and it seems like each hour a new series crops up on the tube. I explored a few last week, and I'm still taking your suggestions.
Let's begin:
Gangland (History Channel, Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET)
Suggested by: Pop reader freedumbdrugs, who requested "a weekly Gangland piece." Erick10 says, "I like learning about the past and how these gangs came to be."
My reaction: I've seen snippets of Gangland, so I know this series can get bloodier than open-heart surgery. Fortunately, I saw the Hell's Angels episode -- so, yeah, it was violent, but it was also pretty fascinating. If medals were awarded for Most Intense Narrator, the Gangland dude would certainly be a contender, and by the end of the hour I was so petrified of the Angels that now I'm nervous to even type the words. So I guess that means the show did it's job?
Will I watch again? Well, if I did, I couldn't be eating. Or hungry. Or have recently digested something. Or happy. So that leaves a fairly narrow window, but I'm not ruling out the possibility.
Make It or Break It (ABC Family, Mondays, 9 p.m. ET)
Suggested by: Wendy M., who says, "It is about gymnastics, and a story I read says the actors actually do their own gymnastics. Good show, pulls you in."
My reaction:Make It Or Break It is a show I was prepared to hate: It's about a group of teen gymnasts who are training for the Olympics in Colorado. But I have to tell you, I wound up liking this series a little too much -- it might be the new Dawson's Creek. Even though the show airs on ABC Family, characters on Make It still, um, make it with boys and get drunk at parties. Plus, Roz from Frasier plays a mom! Candace Cameron from Full House plays Dad's young girlfriend! And I'm already in love with Emily Kmetko, the new girl in town who (unlike the rich girls) has to work at a pizza joint to pay for her training.
Will I watch again? Yes, I'll tumble for ya -- and set a season pass on my DVR.
Property Virgins (HGTV, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. ET)
Suggested by:Sherry, who says, "It seems like it would be too much like all the others, like House Hunters, but this show is really interesting."
My reaction: There are few things I fear more than looking for an apartment, so house-hunting shows are usually a drag. But this one is watchable, and thank goodness the host is an actual, intelligent realtor, because some of these "virgins" are idiots when it comes to spending their money. I watched an episode where a couple and their artist friend decided to buy a house together -- worst idea ever -- but the show managed to spotlight the homes and the crazy kids in a compelling way.
Will I watch again? If I flipped past it, I might not turn away.
Z Rock (IFC, Sundays, 11 p.m. ET)
Suggested by: Clay, aka profkool, who calls it "funny as hell. ... Struggling Brooklyn rock band plays kids shows to pay bills while waiting for break. Kinda like a weekly Spinal Tap, but more perverse."
My reaction: A few people recommended this show to me, but I couldn't imagine how good it could be, since former guest stars include Melissa Rivers and Gilbert Gottfried. My first surprise was how R-rated it is -- half the show may be about a kids' band, but Z Rock definitely isn't for children! My second surprise was how it takes absolutely nothing seriously, which is refreshing. For example, John Popper appeared on an ep as "John Popper," a chauvinist who ate steaks with his bare hands. A few lines made me laugh, like when one guy described the band after a gig: "It's like Foo Fighters, only it doesn't make me wanna shoot myself in the face."
Will I watch again? I'm not a metalhead, but the humor could bring me back.
Note: Because of Comic-Con, the Taste Test will return Aug. 4.
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The explosive volcanic eruption signal in northern hemisphere continental temperature records
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Several catalogs of explosive volcanic eruptions are reviewed and their limitations assessed. A new, homogeneous set of high quality gridded temperature data for continental regions of the northern hemisphere is then examined in relation to the timing of major explosive eruptions. Several of the largest eruptions are associated with significant drops in summer and fall temperatures, whereas pronounced negative anomalies in winter and spring temperatures are generally unrelated to volcanic activity. The effect of explosive eruptions on temperature decreases latitudinally away from the location of the eruption. High latitude eruptions have the greatest impact on high and mid latitudes; low latitude eruptions mainly influence low and mid latitudes. Temperature depressions following major eruptions are very abrupt but short-lived (1 to 3 months) decreasing in magnitude over the course of the subsequent 1 to 3 years. Generally any signal is indistinguishable from noise after 12 months but a small recurrent drop in temperature is evident about 12 to 24 months after the initial anomaly. Considering all known eruptions which injected material into the stratosphere over the last 100 years (except the 5 largest eruptions) a significant temperature depression is observed over the continents only in the month immediately following the eruption. There is no evidence that large eruptions over the last 100 years have had a significant effect on low frequency temperature changes.


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