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May 2014
Welcome to the Monthly Book.
Each month Ramona Koval chooses a book, provides reading notes and posts a video interview.
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 – Francine Prose
May, 2014
This month's Monthly Book is a novel set in the dark and somewhat seamy depths of Paris in the 1930s. Francine Prose's Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 was inspired by a black-and-white photograph the author saw in Washington, DC at the National Gallery of Art almost 15 years ago. The work of the famous Hungarian-born photographer Brassaï, it's a portrait of two women in a club: one in an evening gown and the other, her lover, in drag in a suit. The latter is a famous professional athlete and racing driver, Violette Morris, who went on to collaborate with the Nazis. She spied for them, gave them intelligence that aided the German invasion of France and tortured French resistance fighters. She was assassinated by the French Resistance in 1942.
Prose's question is: what made this former Catholic schoolgirl turn from a talented athlete into a woman capable of such monstrous acts?
To answer this, Prose created the character of Lou Villars and has written a novel that imagines Lou's life as told from the point of view of other characters in the Paris of the time. Some of the characters are based on real artists and writers – Brassaï, the American writer Henry Miller, Pablo Picasso – and others are fictions of Prose's imagination.
Prose's chapters are a mix of letters from her Hungarian photographer to his parents at home, excerpts from a biography of Lou Villars being written by a neurotic woman who claims a family tie with the photographer, newspaper articles by the Henry Miller-esque writer (always on the lookout for a free drink and an easy woman) and a memoir by a baroness (married to a gay husband whose money funds the photographer's work) plus contributions from other characters. Through these voices, Prose gives us an insight into a Paris in flux. We are right there in the Chameleon Club in Montparnasse, where the password is "Police! Open up!" and anything goes. Girls here are "dressed up as boys and vice versa. You needed a forensics expert to tell them apart."
Here, as elsewhere in the Paris of the time, things are on the slide so that political tensions sneak up. First one thing is possible, then another, and then the formerly unthinkable is permitted to happen.
Prose writes evocative scenes, from the erotic burlesque on offer at the Chameleon Club to an elaborate dinner party given by Adolf Hitler, and her descriptions of Brassaï's photographs take us into the way they were made (both restaged shadowy street scenes and candid shots) and the vision behind them.
Francine Prose is an American author well known for her fiction, such as Household Saints (1981), Blue Angel (2000) and A Changed Man (2005). She has also written literary criticism for the New York Times, art criticism for the Wall Street Journal, and children's books. Her non-fiction works include The Lives of the Muses: Nine women and the artists they inspired (2002) and Anne Frank: The book, the life, the afterlife (2009).


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Our Leadership
Wayne Bryce
President & CEO
Wayne Bryce is President & CEO of JANA. Wayne is a Mechanical Engineer from McGill University in Montreal and has spent his entire career in the field of piping systems. Joining DuPont out of University, Wayne led the team that developed proprietary process technology saving $20 million in capital and reducing operating costs by over 30% annually. Following that success, Wayne launched a completely new product for DuPont and grew the market penetration of an established product line by 42%. In 1999, Wayne co-founded JANA, with a mission to ensure Better Pipelines for a Better World. Under Wayne's leadership, this Mission defines, directs and drives JANA. Wayne ensures that JANA invests deeply in developing the absolute best technology that empowers gas pipeline operators to genuinely manage their assets in a risk-informed manner and profoundly mitigate the inherent risks of operating pipeline assets.
Ken Oliphant
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Ken Oliphant is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of JANA. "Dr. Ken" received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University. Prior to co-founding JANA, he spent his career at Rohm & Haas and AT Plastics. Ken's specific focus is in piping system risk assessment and management, performance validation and lifetime forecasting. Under Ken's technical leadership, JANA's Expert Team partners with gas pipeline operators to develop Integrity Management strategies based on JANA's state-of-the-art mechanistic-probabilistic risk modeling, allowing pipeline operators to make fully-informed decisions.
Tim Watson
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Watson is the newest member of JANA's Leadership Team, as Chief Financial Officer. Tim completed his Honours Business Administration degree (Dean's List, Gold Medalist – Finance) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University, along with executive education programs at Harvard, Kellogg, Wharton and Western. In addition, he received his Chartered Financial Analyst and Advanced Investment Advice certifications, as well as his ICD.D certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Tim is a proven finance executive with extensive senior management and strategic leadership experience across diversified industries in North America. At JANA, Tim leverages his unique combination of senior leadership roles in both the corporate and financial services sector to drive our financial and corporate development functions.
Paul Dalglish
Vice President, Operations
Paul Dalglish is Vice President of Operations. Paul received his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and his MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He is a Professional Engineer and also has his Charter Director Designation from McMaster University. Paul has worked in the regulated utility industry in Canada, the US and England for 25 years in positions ranging from Engineer to Senior Vice President. At JANA, Paul combines his utility industry knowledge from his time spent at Enbridge Gas and Liberty Utilities with the client delivery skills he developed at Accenture to lead JANA's team in cost-effectively delivering Pipeline Integrity Management services and software to our clients.
Chris Moore
Vice President, Engineering
Chris Moore is Vice President of Engineering at JANA. Chris received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Western University. He has spent his entire career in the regulated utility industry, with specific focus in gas operations. With a career that spanned more than two decades at the Enbridge family of companies – Enbridge Pipelines, Enbridge Gas Storage and Enbridge Gas Distribution – Chris is well-versed in operational, engineering and regulatory requirements involved in managing pipeline assets. As Vice President of Engineering at JANA, Chris leverages his industry experience and his passion for people to mentor JANA's engineers and build strong client relationships that foster the implementation of JANA's Integrity Management solutions.
Aleesha Valentine
Vice President, Strategy
Aleesha Valentine is Vice President of Strategy at JANA. Aleesha received her Bachelor of Science in Management from Georgia Tech. She has spent her entire career in the pipeline industry, with specific focus on client management and project implementation in gas and water distribution. With a background in Business Management, Aleesha's focus is on building client and partner relationships so that JANA can develop and implement the best Integrity Management solutions in the world. Whether collaborating on a new software solution, coordinating training on JANA's risk models, or planning industry events, Aleesha ensures JANA stays at the forefront of the industry and exceeds clients' expectations.
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Try this neat little trick to get your kids a personalized, handwritten letter from the North Pole, from Santa himself this year! Of course you'll want to first have your child "write" a letter to Santa so you can pick up a few tips when you later craft Santa's reply.
It's important to note that the letter "from" Santa is really a letter written to your child by you, but since it is postmarked from the North Pole, It'll seem just like the real thing!
Write a note out to your child from "Santa". It may help to have someone else write the note since your child may recognize your handwriting.
Put that note in an envelope addressed to your child with a return address of "The North Pole". Place a regular postage stamp on that envelope. Seal the envelope.
Put the sealed envelope inside another stamped envelope. Make sure this envelope isn't bulging, or it might not make it there. If you can, it is a good idea to make the inner envelope a 4×6 size envelope for example and the outer envelope a 5×7 size for example.
Address the larger (outer) envelope to the mailing address below:
North Pole Christmas Cancellation
5400 Mail Trail
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The postmark stamp on the envelope with the letter from Santa Claus inside (the outer envelope gets thrown away after it's opened) that gets mailed back to your home will say "North Pole". Slam dunk! How cool is that?!
Send out this letter no later than December 15th to receive your letter from Santa before Christmas.
There you go, 2 stamps, less than $1!
We did this last year with great success and I plan to do it this year again.


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An overwhelming story of friendship, love and the unfairness of the society we live in.
Jared is the new kid in town who instantly finds himself befriended by Luke. They are as different as night and day, but perfect together. While Jared is a shy loner who prefers to keep to himself, Luke is the friendly next door neighbor who welcomes him with opens his arms. They are inseparable and their bond is strong enough to withstand anything. Or so they hope.
From their younger days as friends, through their adolescence as lovers until their lives as adults, Jared and Luke's story is one of love and of hate, of new found love and devastating loss, of new discoveries and repeated let downs. This is their story.
As young boys they find the joy of friendship and brotherhood but also experience the pain of what it means to be themselves in a society that looks down upon the ones that are 'different'. Their innocence and the beauty of their love is tainted by this and Luke never rebounds from that. He questions himself and his feelings for Jared. He has no one to turn to ask for guidance and he loses his way. His confusion and pain, so very palpable throughout the page, is overwhelming. From the beginning he wins a piece of my heart and I want to shelter him from it all – from the hurt and the pain, from the confusion and the fear. His inner struggles frustrate me and his self-hatred infuriates me because he shouldn't be made to feel this way, but it is his unending love for Jared and his acceptance of that love in the end what does me in. It was beautiful. It truly was.
Jared, what can I say about him? From an insecure, shy boy whose whole world revolves around Luke and his love for him, he grows to be an assertive young man who stands for what he believes in and for what he feels. He is dealt some horrible cards and some may say that he runs away from his problems, but I see it as him doing the best he can in unbearable situations. His development is a joy to read, but it is not an easy feat. I am with him every step of the way so I see how much he is broken and how deep his pain is. He encounters horrible events and circumstances that are way beyond his control but he pulls himself together and eventually learns to stand on his on.
As you can probably tell by now, this book touched me deeply.
This coming of age story is filled with complex characters, both main and secondary, who grew throughout the story and who were real to me. Of course, most of all I enjoyed Jared and Luke. I enjoyed their interactions, their development and their connection. The writing was amazing, from the range of emotions to the overwhelming series of events presented in the page, the author, DeeJay Arens, gives us a great debut novel. From beginning to end, everything the author expressed on the page came beautifully together to make a great read. It is not light read, but it is a beautiful story of love lost and new beginnings.
Thank you, Shirley! 🙂


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David Gilliland is MKB Law's Financial Controller. We last talked to him in mid-2013, two months into the new Cloud-based system hosted by Xperience Group. Now, one year on, David explains how the solution has more than lived up to its promise.
In summary, the Xperience Cloud solution has enabled MKB Law to:
- Replace the existing on-site backup system and store critical data, email and databases in a secure, purpose built offsite location.
- House critical software and virtual servers in a secure and resilient platform which is available from anywhere.
- Speed up workflows, day-to-day operations and deliver a better service to clients.
- Benefit from offsite monitoring knowing their IT Infrastructure is available 24/7
- Be confident in a solution that would offer business continuity in the event of a major disaster so the business's core can recover and be operational within hours.
- The situation 12 months on
Ease of use and remote working
"The other thing we've noticed is the ease with which we are able to work from home - or from anywhere else for that matter. Before the Cloud, MKB Lawdid have an onsite system in place, a network that allowed us to log in remotely, but the new Citrix-based arrangement is extremely slick and secure. Users can access it from any device such as a tablet, mobile phone, desktop or laptop and also any platform.
"So, for instance, it's just as easy to log on via an Apple Mac as it is via a Windows-based device, or to alternate between the two, something that used to be relatively tricky. Now you can just click and wherever you are you can view your entire desktop, just as you would at the office, whatever the device. This ease of use has encouraged quite a few of our directors to work at home without the distractions they'd get in the MKB Law Belfast office.
"Yes in theory we could have logged on remotely using the old arrangement, but it didn't offer the reliability and ease of use our solicitors needed, especially with so many of them not being particularly technically minded!"
David explains that one of the directors admits some "difficulty" with IT in general, and had never been able to easily work from home before the new system was implemented. Now she "happily works from home" and it's been a "real revelation" for her.
So, one year on, the system just ticks away quietly in the background. "In fact it's integrated into the business seamlessly," David says. "We no longer have staff complaints about things running slowly, being unable to open such-and-such or log on. It's made my life as the IT manager much easier! On the very rare occasions we've had to call Xperience their support has been very good - the response time is usually the same day.
Return on investment?
"From an ROI perspective, I must admit that a hosted environment isn't the cheapest option," David says. "You can certainly buy and install local hardware at a lower cost, (based on considering a useful life of say 3-5 years) So really the decision comes down to the importance placed on, and the measurability of, other indirect costs and qualitative consdiderations. Issues such as the opportunity cost of directors' and IT manager's time plus the stress and administrative expense of having to replace on-site hardware every few years. If you take these kinds of things into account over, say, a five-year period, the cloud solution begins to make more economic sense.
"But, truthfully, it's really about all the other derived qualitative benefits when using the system: never having to worry about the system slowing down, the ability to easily and securely access everything, from anywhere and on any platform or device plus the benefits of always having the latest software and hardware in place. So my advice to anyone considering whether or not to move to a hosted environment would be to take all of these factors into account."
Finally, David believes that it's important to view an investment like this as a business utility as you might with, say, energy costs. "We pay a monthly fee to Xperience and as we grow, or indeed if ever our business needed to contract - - the fee flexes up or down accordingly," he says.
"For example over the past 12 months we've taken on a few staff and it's been really easy to add them onto the system. You wouldn't get this flexibility with a static piece of hardware with a fixed licencing model. Really and truly, the Cloud solution has made life so much easier and more productive; it allows MKB Law to have the flexibility to stay ahead of the game through the provision of legal services to an ever more technologically advanced new generation of clients. If we had to make the decision again today we would have no hesitation in saying an emphatic 'yes'."


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The Pursuit of Enhancement Episode 1
I'm so excited to bring you this first episode of The Pursuit of Enhancement Podcast.
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My name is Peter Ledwidge and I'm your host. I love listening to podcasts myself whether when I'm out on my runs or on the way to work. I come across new and interesting people on social media and always think I would love to know more about their story. I love having deep conversations with people about what makes them who they are and how we can all learn from each other in our lives. So I decided to start this podcast with that very purpose in mind.
Life can be confusing at times and we are all trying to make our way in the world doing the best we can with the knowledge and understanding that we have at the time.
What if you learned something new that brought into question all that you knew before, would that cause you to change how you live?
Each week it is my intention to sit down with people who have caught my attention, to be able to learn from them and their experiences, share that information with you so that we may all grow together, breakdown myths, collective agreements or assumptions about life or how 'we're supposed to live', so that you can navigate through each day knowing you have done the best that you could.
This week on the podcast I am delighted to be joined by Jarrod L'Estrange of SuperDad University.
Jarrod is an Exercise, Nutrition & Motivation Expert
He is the founder of SuperDad University, a devoted husband and father of three young girls. With over 13 years experience as a personal trainer, health and nutrition coach, and a lifetime of achievements in sports including natural bodybuilding and most recently on Australian Ninja Warror.
Superdad University is a support service offering short courses in parenting and relationship skills, stress and time management, workouts and nutrition for time poor dads, dealing with separation and divorce, budgeting and family finances, healthy sleep habits, overcoming anxiety & addictions and much more besides. Via the superdad App and the closed facebook group you will have not only the support of Jarrod and the other dads but also private & confidential help from a team Of coaches.
Jarrod is an amazing guy that is doing great things in his community through his personal training clients and also online with superdad university.
Jarrod has so much energy and a vibrancy that you will be able to feel coming through the mic throughout the podcast.
In the episode we talk about
- His superdad university, what it means to be a superdad, how it all came to be and what it incorporates.
- Jarrod's own journey as a Dad of three himself, how he manages to balance all his commitments and still find time for himself.
- Personal development, it's importance in his life, what it means to him, what resources he has used and continues to use.
- We talk about his journey as a plant based athlete and competing as a natural body builder on a 100% plant based diet
- And lastly we chat about his experience on Australian Ninja warrior last year, the preparation, the event itself and what his plans are for the future.
You can find Jarrod on
Instagram @superdadsonsinsta
Via his website www.superdaduniversity.com
Facebook Super Dads Online
Resources mentioned
Tony Robbins – Awaken the Giant Within
Jason Reynolds – Quantum Eight
Thank you so much for tuning in for this first episode of the The Pursuit of Enhancement podcast. Be sure to follow or subscribe to your favourite source so you can keep up to date with future episodes.
I'd love to know what you enjoyed most or what was a takeaway from the conversation so please leave a comment and let us know.
If you know of anyone you would love to hear on the podcast, leave a comment below.
If you'd like to support the show you can do so at www.patreon.com/thepursuitofenhancement
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Last month we have finalized the certification of our Solid State Relays for EAC approval.
This certification enables marketing and installation of approved products in the territory of the Customs Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus) without any additional requirements and additional assessment or permission procedures.
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I want to create the following distributed system: Spring back-end microservices containing the domain logic, a UAA (authentication) service, a Eureka service registry/discovery, a Spring Cloud Config service, and a Zuul API gateway.
I am wondering what is the proper way of serving an Angular front-end application. At the moment I am serving it as a standalone application calling the API gateway, but I have seen other approaches like serving Angular from a Spring Boot service registered in Eureka, or serving it from the API gateway itself*. I am leaning towards the latter, as it feels more structured, since the front-end is intended to only consume the API gateway, and nothing else.
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Catch up on everything Xbox including the latest Gaming News, Release Dates, DLC, Xbox Live and Modding..
In the video games industry, it seems that although the most recognized brands such as Nintendo and PlayStation steal the attention of the worlds gamers with their products, Xbox becomes a serious challenger with a console that offers several interesting services: were talking about Xbox One S.
The console of the North American company has a possibility to be the best one. Xbox One is an ideal move for those who only wish to install the platform and start playing, without thinking of any excessive expense to buy a title. After all, now is the era of the Internet and if we don't have enough money to buy, we have more options. Curious? Just click here!
To note, Xbox gives the possibility to access a wide catalog of several successes, such as exclusive releases of most popular games like see Halo 5, the Gears of War franchise, State of Decay, or other classics and even sports ones. To use them, the games are installed on the hard drive and they cant be played through the cloud like other options.
The advantage of Xbox Game Pass is to be able to subscribe for $ 6,990 per month, although first we have the option of a free trial of 14 days, so we can decide whether we need to take membership or not. On the other hand, one of the advantages of the service is to be able to have from the day of release the new titles that come from franchises that Xbox handles. In this way, we can enjoy video games such as Forza Horizon 4, Crackdown 3, among others.
However, this platform is not the only platform capable of exploiting Xbox One S, because there are also other options to enjoy content through streaming with various applications such as Netflix or YouTube, or to play movies in 4K format, thanks to Blu-ray player enabling this technology.
The above is added value, because unlike competition, there is no console capable of displaying this type of content on discs with this format, except for services via an Internet connection.
Regarding low points, even though we have an extensive game catalog to take advantage of the devices, it's no less true that exclusive games present on Xbox aren't as much as what the competition provides, so if we search for products that point more to titles that can't be found in elsewhere, this console is not the best one, not considering that some games can also be achieved via PCs.
However, it is worth mentioning that the latter can be an advantage, because we have the Play Anywhere feature, which means that we can play launches and resume them from various platforms, either on the console or on the computer. As we can see, with Xbox One S we have advantages and disadvantages, but again, if we need a console that can cover many games, One S is the best.
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With the signing of Mike Mussina, it's become clear that whatever is going to stop the Yankees, it probably won't be another team. Nobody can afford to spend on Steinbrenner's scale. Even if all the Yankees' aces turn into David Cone in the middle of next season—and that could certainly happen, pitchers are a fragile lot—General Manager Brian Cashman will break out the checkbook and reload, just like he did this year with Denny Neagle (who turned out to be pretty fragile himself, but never mind).
It is far more likely that the Yankees will eventually short-circuit the dynasty themselves, just as they did in the early '80s. That run began in 1976, and though they won just two World Series over the next six seasons, they took five division titles and four American League pennants. This was a powerhouse, almost on par with the current group, and they were undone by an unusual set of circumstances. First, there was personal tragedy, the plane-crash death of Thurman Munson in 1979. It was a terrible blow, although it should be remembered that 10 seasons of catching had wrecked Munson's body, and his skills were eroding pretty fast. The Yankees stumbled in 1979 but took their division again in 1980 and went to the World Series in 1981. Around that time, however, Steinbrenner decided to rebuild the team for an era of speed baseball that never materialized. He also signed Dave Winfield, who was to the Yankees of the '80s what Patrick Ewing would be to the Knicks of the '90s—a great player who wasn't quite great enough to get a ring.
The Yankees spent the decade as a second-place team, and most baseball people agreed about why. "The problem with the Yankees," wrote Bill James in 1988, "is that they never want to pay the real price of success. The real price of success is not the dollars you come up with for a Jack Clark or a Dave Winfield or an Ed Whitson or a Goose Gossage. It is the patience to work with young players and help them develop. So long as the Yankees are unwilling to pay that price, don't bet on them to win anything."
Good thing Bill James is not a betting man. Though they've developed a handful of excellent young players since then—Jeter, Williams, Posada, Rivera—they've never given up on the conviction that money, not patience, brings championships. For the Yankees, there's no such thing as rebuilding; it's a euphemism for "can't afford to win right now." But James still had a valid point. What he did not foresee in 1988 was that the Yankees would spend so much. Throughout the '80s, Steinbrenner signed a lot of free agents but usually counted on one big signing to put his team over the top. He expected every free agent to be Reggie Jackson, the straw that stirs the drink. More often, he got Jack Clark, who was not all that bad, but you needed about three Jack Clarks to win, and Steinbrenner only signed one a year (as well as a useless Bob Shirley or two). A championship-free decade was very bad for the Boss' mental health, and he ended up getting booted out of baseball for three years because he hired some lowlife to dig up dirt on Winfield.
When Steinbrenner returned, he opened the vault like never before, the team started steamrolling over the rest of the league, and that's where we stand today. You should never discount the possibility of Steinbrenner losing his head again and bringing the dynasty crashing down around him. In the near term, he's faced with the succession of Joe Torre, which should have all the Sturm und Drang of Jack Welch's retirement from GE, and that could easily be bungled.
More likely, however, is that money, or lack of it, will lead to the Yankees' downfall. There is no way of knowing Steinbrenner's financial health. We have known for a long time, however, that he cannot count on the shipbuilding business on which his fortune was originally based. And in this pre-recession moment, the outlook for baseball—and the Yankees, in particular—is far from encouraging. Consider a few facts: We are coming off the lowest-rated World Series ever, and the value of national TV contracts has dwindled to a pittance. The Yankees, of course, have always been fortified by their lucrative local deals, but what's the future of that? At the close of a 12-year, $500 million deal with MSG, the Yankees entered negotiations by arrogantly proposing a 10-year, $2.4 billion contract. MSG coughed and stammered, and finally worked out a one-year deal for a relatively paltry $50 million. When that concludes, the Yankees are hoping to pull off some elaborate arrangement with IMG, which would likely have huge numbers attached, but it sounds tricky (for one, it's unclear who exactly would carry the games, IMG does not own any cable channels) and vulnerable to whatever ill financial winds may be blowing by then. Then there's the much-vaunted partnership with the New Jersey Nets, the least relevant major-sports franchise in the New York area. This was the default deal after the negotiations with Cablevision, owner of the Knicks and Rangers, fell apart, and it has the whiff of a synergistic fantasy. The Yankees might be expecting a bonanza from a new stadium deal, and Rudy Giuliani's inclined to give George everything his heart desires. But watch the city's dormant liberal establishment spring to life when the mayor tries to push through a colossal giveaway in the midst of a recession.
Finally, there are some big bills coming up. Add a million or two to whatever A-Rod signs for and that's what Steinbrenner will have to fork over for Jeter (in part to sustain the fiction that Jeter is as good as his pal). Then there's Rivera and Posada, and after next season, they'll have to replace Brosius, Martinez, and O'Neill—will Steinbrenner be content to go with kids or low-priced vets? Depending on what his cash flow looks like, he may not have a lot of choice. Even Steinbrenner can't afford to spend like Steinbrenner forever. And that's what will open the door for someone to finally steal a World Series away from the Yankees.


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Potomac Playmakers staging one-act works penned by Marylanders
The characters in three Maryland playwrights' works will come to life — except one who's dead — when The Potomac Playmakers produce their second round of one-acts.
Directed by Chas Rittenhouse and co-directed by Laurna Grubb, the plays will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday, July 14, and Saturday, July 15, at The Women's Club, 31 S. Potomac St. in downtown Hagerstown. Tickets cost $11 if purchased online, $13 at the door.
On tap are "Two Grunts For Yes" by Jessica McHugh; "Phineas" by Jacob Waeyaert; and "Absolution" by Gerard Marconi. The Playmakers last featured one-acts by Maryland playwrights in September 2016, as an opener to their 90th-anniversary season.
"It's the best feeling ever to see your characters come alive," said McHugh, 34, of Frederick, Md.
In 2010, she wrote the comedy about a pair of conservative southern parents struggling to accept their daughter's new boyfriend. He is lacking in conversational skills, which might have something to do with the fact he's a zombie. McHugh penned it in a day after hearing about a one-act play festival put on by Thunderous Productions Inc. in Maryland, but said the concept had been "marinating" for a while.
She tweaked the script after the Thunderous production and tried making it into a trilogy, but it didn't sell. She wasn't discouraged.
"I just set stuff aside and come back later," McHugh said.
And coming back she is, with the local production featuring a cast including Grubb, Barbara McCormick, Tod Williams and Adam Martens.
A play she wrote called "Fools Call it Fate," which she said is an "otherworldly" drama, won a competition that led to a full production by The Mobtown Players and The Mobtown Playwrights Group. Even though she has had 20 books published and written short stories, there is something special about plays.
"I just kind of got really, really into it," McHugh said of playwriting. "Playwriting grabbed my heart and never let go."
While she loves writing dialogue, she enjoyed crafting the minimal words uttered in "Two Grunts for Yes" by the walking-dead boyfriend, who sheds some body parts during the play.
"I had so much fun with it," she said, adding that she put a lot more focus on his facial expressions and mannerisms.
Reading books by R.L. Stine and Stephen King while growing up inspired McHugh's love of horror, which she said she pens "in all of its various shades and forms."
"Horror feels like the genre most easily capturing ... the squeamish things about being human," including fears and desires, she said.
It's not her only niche, though.
Coming out this month is a rerelease of "Nightly Owl, Fatal Raven," a book she wrote years ago about dystopia, vigilantes and corrupt government. In August, the fifth in McHugh's young-adult series called The Darla Decker Diaries is due out.
"Darla Decker Breaks the Case" marks the end of the title character's middle-school years and the beginning of a hiatus from the series for its author.
"It's a nice, complete end to the cycle," McHugh said.
A beginning
"Phineas" marks the inaugural production of Hagerstown resident Waeyaert's work on a sizable stage.
"I'm pretty nervous," said Waeyaert, 23. "This is something I want to do. I want to be a playwright," and people's opinions of his works matter, he said.
The light drama, named for the main character's goldfish, is about a writer trying to overcome a creative block. He explores his life story and how it has contributed to that block.
Waeyaert said he hopes the audience can relate to its themes of self-conflict and self-doubt.
The playwright had a hand in casting the unnamed main character, who is being played by Seth Funk, a student at Hagerstown Community College. The cast also includes Gregory Freeman Jr., Mandy McClanathan, Barry Harbaugh and Caitlin McPherson.
During the audition, "he definitely understood how I intended the character to be feeling. He seemed realistic," Waeyaert said of Funk.
Waeyaert is striving to be believable as an actor, too, portraying Frank in "Absolution." His character is in his 40s, and "he still doesn't understand where he fits in the world," Waeyaert said. "He never really understands how to help himself," he added, which is similar to the lead role in "Phineas."
On a serious note
Marconi tackles different life conflicts — spirituality and materialism — in "Absolution."
Starring Nic Randolph Sigman and Waeyaert, the drama is about two brothers examining their life choices. The story has a religiously significant connection.
"I had in mind the Cain and Abel story," he said, referencing the biblical recounting of the former fatally attacking the latter.
"Absolution" explores male siblings who take different paths in life — one becomes a priest and the other an academic lecturer who is trying to disprove the Old Testament. They come together and relive their childhoods, their old conflicts resurface and one threatens the other's life, Marconi said.
"It ends on a very serious note," said the playwright, a Baltimore resident who is in his early 70s.
He retired in 2010 after teaching theater, humanities and art history at Frederick Community College for 12 years. He said he draws on his experiences doing productions there to help visualize the plays he finally has time to write.
Marconi also wrote a novel titled "Gods and Heroes," a collection of short stories and 10 one-acts compiled in one volume. He recently completed a science-fiction short story about artificial intelligence called "The Ice Cream Man."
After seeing a staged reading of a play he wrote called "Rapture," Marconi said he's looking forward to having "Absolution" produced in Hagerstown.
"It's a real eye-opener," he said of seeing his words interpreted by actors and directors. "I was gratified. I was pleased" to see his work on a stage.


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Copy of painting inside the caves of Ajanta (Cave 1)
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
Ajanta (made)
- Date:
1872-1873 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bombay School of Art (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
In Storage
The cave paintings of Ajanta are the oldest to survive in India. They depict scenes from the lives of the Buddha and date from the 1st century BC to about AD 480. The cave complex was discovered in 1819 and later Captain Robert Gill made copies of the paintings. Unfortunately, most of the copies were destroyed by fire, so in 1872 John Griffiths, the principle of the Bombay School of Art, began painting new ones. He and his Indian students made approximately 300 paintings, of which this is one.
This painting depicts a Bodhisatva in a forest setting.
Physical description
This painting is of a bodhisattva in a beautiful forest /mountainous setting. In the top left hand corner there are charm bearers, identified as such by the sword he is carrying which represents their magic knowledge. In the bottom left hand corner you have a royal entourage, local king and queens taking offerings of flowers.
The figure on the right hand side has been the source of many theories.
- Identified as the personification of a Vajra – a vajra is a five pronged sceptre which represents the combination of wisdom and compassion. When a bodhisattva is depicted as holding a vajra, they are called vajrapani and are seen to embody the power of all the Buddhas.
Place of Origin
Ajanta (made)
1872-1873 (made)
Bombay School of Art (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Oil on canvas
Height: 190 cm, Width: 244 cm
Object history note
Commissioned by Government of India between 1872-1885 and deposited at the India Museum, London
Descriptive line
Copy of painting in the caves of Ajanta by John Griffiths and students from the Bombay School of Art, oil on canvas, 1872-1885, India
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
p. 530, cat. 66, fig. 1.36
Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
Labels and date
Copy of a mural painting of AD 400–500
Ajanta, Maharashtra, Central India
Oil on canvas by John Griffiths and students from
the Bombay School of Art, 1872–85
A bodhisattva is a spiritually enlightened being who
helps others attain enlightenment. Here he is shown
in a beautiful mountainous setting. At the bottom left
a king and queen bring offerings of flowers. To the
right is a figure who may be the Bodhisattva Vajrapani.
He holds a vajra, a ritual object representing the
immense power of the Buddha nature.
Museum no. IS.11-1885
400–500 [1/4/2009]
Paintings; India Museum
South & South East Asia Collection


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If you're quite keen to give your girl-child a name inspired by someone memorable and strong, we've scouted a whole bunch of great options for you to consider. Let's begin!


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How to virtually stage newly built property?
Property marketing could be a harsh one, having in mind that the selling property is almost rocket engineering these days. Though virtually staging is one of the best, cleanest and most convenient ways to sell a newly built property.
Such practices are instead a successful way to fulfil all the necessities of the property market nowadays. What is the problem with a newly built property? Is there one? Are there two or three, or even more predicaments in selling the new build places fast enough and get a stabilised place on the market? Some would say now there are not.
They will say that everything depends on how good marketer you are or the agency that you have already made a deal with. But there are some things that are incapable of evolving only with advertising with words. Words could be great, but in these particular situations, there are more likely to be found useful. The reason is that selling property is an act of visual contact. A way to have not a slightest but an expanded idea of the kind of property you want to buy.
This is where the problem that we are talking about pops out. You cannot sell something that not looks good for a reasonable price or the fixed price. You cannot even sell it easy and quick if it looks like an empty space because it is a bit atmospherically shocking, isn't it?
Preparing the new build apartment or house for the market.
That is where the importance of virtual staging comes out and can deliver the specifics of its theoretical and practical ways of preparing the new build apartment or house for the market. And make no mistake – the market is a rough one. Everyone sells, everyone buys, but there are certain conditions that you cannot afford to ignore. That is the whole visual concept of the property you are selling.
Right now, in this minute it matters. It matters so much that in a perfect situation it could increase the value of your property and help you sell it even faster than you have ever expected. These are the rules of the market, and all of us have to participate in it and simply dig in.
Through virtual staging, you have the chance to put some hardcore emphasis on the essential elements of the selling product, which in this case is a property. Technology has its ways to do that, so the empty or more uncomely spaces become attractive to the potential customers and buyers.
Space becomes a real 3D structure with all the specific of the interior design matter. This way the reality in the real estate business develops more sufficient ways of showing the real estate clients what they want to see in their future home. It's more efficient and most of all a lot cheaper way instead of actually staging a property, which basically eats your time and needs even more organization skills and necessities. There are few questions that you might want to be knowledgeable and one of them is Is virtual staging deceptive?
How time-consuming process it is to make a deal with a newly built property?
If you are the person or a company that sells properties you very much know how hard it can be and how time-consuming process it is to make a deal with newly built property. Through virtual staging, realtors can inject a vision into the still space. That means that the staging is achieved by taking all of the plans of the property and putting them into a 3D vision of the possible living space.
This way, clients do not see the empty space, but actual furnished rooms. Through this digital tool and platform customers could be provided with great visualization and receive a high-level understanding of all the things that may be put into the apartment or house and how it perfectly fits together.
Basically, the client even has the opportunity to walk around their future perspective home and all the details, make notes, make changes in the décor, emplacement of the furniture. It is probably the best way to persuade a client that a certain home is designated for him and his family. It also can cut down a lot of the costs of the actual staging and does not put you through the hardship of all the persuasions.
What are the advantages of virtually staging a newly built property?
- Say no to damaged furniture, when the staging staff is working on site;
- Everything is simple and clear, and every meeting with clients is productive. There is no way to waste anyone's time;
- Makes the possibility of successful sale even higher;
- The flexibility that is given through the virtual presentations has no match. You can basically add and clean visual concepts for the client to understand in details the future home and its aspects;
Through all this, a potential client can clearly see what the future home would look like – an aspect that you simply cannot imagine in any other cases and methods of preparing a new built house or apartment for selling.
Well, it is not a big emergency, but at the same time, it actually is. It is quite important to sell a property when you have invested in its preparation. It's the law of the market itself.
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News reports from India are now saying Indian Air Force troops left on Fri Sep 30 for the Sudan, after the UN Security Council extended the mandate for its mission for a further six months.
Western media is not yet reporting the story and no photos of the event appear to be online, so it is difficult to tell how much truth there is to this excerpt from Defence India Sep 30, 2005:
According to the Indian Asian News International (ANI) M. Bahadur, will lead the 10,000-strong Indian contingent. It carrying with it key medical equipment and choppers, because the Indian forces will largely be involved in logistic support.Also note, the article points out:
"The contingent that is going there comes under chapter 7, which means peace enforcement as against peace keeping which is chapter six. Their role will be logistic support, troop induction, casualty evacuation, search and rescue and basic medical support," Bahadur said at an Air Force Base in New Delhi.
India has a strong economic presence in Sudan.Further reading:
The Indian oil firm Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has a 25 percent stake in the Greater Nile Oil Project in Sudan and has interests in two exploration blocks.
In February this year, ONGC was awarded a contract to build a 1.2-billion-dollar oil refinery in Sudan, an African country bordering the Red Sea.
Sudan has also mandated ONGC to build a 200-million-dollar multi-product export pipeline from the Khartoum refinery to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 740 kilometres (460 miles) away.
30 Sep 2005 - Sify.com: India sends peace enforcement troops to Sudan
23 May 2005 - Bangladeshi Daily Star: Bangladeshi troops to leave for Sudan in peacekeeping mission. [in-depth with quotes from Gen Fazle Elahi Akbar, ie: "I have a mandate of 240 days to complete the deployment of 10,000 troops and already a month and a half have passed by with only the Nepalese contingent of little over 200 being in place."
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Justin Lee Collins has been found guilty of harassing his ex-girlfriend, Anna Larke, by a jury at St Albans Crown Court today.
After he was found guilty, the TV presenter's agent told press:
"Given the verdict, we will not be putting out a statement at this time."
Justin's ex, Anna, released a statement to Digital Spy, which began:
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"We are absolutely ecstatic with the verdict and are relieved the jury were able to see through the lies of an abuser.
"We will not rest on our laurels in the wake of this good news and intend to go out into the world and use this experience to empower women to stand up to domestic abuse."
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So I went to the theater to see Blade Runner 2049, and loved, loved, loved it. Loved the original, and the sequel is just as good (and that's saying a lot). I haven't written a review. Just go see it. Right now. I want to again.
But instead I'm pondering the story I've been working on the past few weeks. Having been inspired by Blade Runners 1&2 and in that futuristic frame of mind, I was wondering if I could possibly write a decent science fiction story. I'm not particularly scientifically-minded, and the only sci-fi story I've attempted is my computer chip-brain-implantation story called Plugged In.
But I remembered a story idea I had a few years ago based on a writing prompt from Writer's Digest: someone knocks on your character's door, says (s)he is from the future and is here to save his or her life. Write the story. I came up with a time-travel idea and wrote the first few pages, but then abandoned it. I'm not sure why, probably distracted by another idea (I have that problem). But now seemed like the perfect time to take it out again, dust it off, and finish that amazing story.
Well, as I began again, my mind started to twist into a pretzel contemplating the realities of time travel. I googled "time travel rules for fiction", and it turns out there's a few (at least if you don't want a physicist to cringe), and my story idea violated most of them. So I brainstormed some more and managed to solve most of those problems. As I brainstormed, my story became more and more complicated, with more characters and some futuristic world-building. More problems cropped up, both logistic and creative. But I didn't mind; this is what I loved about writing: solving plot problems, creating characters, diving into a world of my own imagining.
As my story became more complex, I realized I was probably writing a novel. Hey, November is coming up. Maybe I could write it for NaNoWriMo. All I had to do was spend the next few weeks of October planning structure and tying up a few loose ends before I began writing the actual story on November 1. But the more I explored the story and its details, the more roadblocks I encountered. It's like trying to put a puzzle together with pieces that don't quite fit, trying to force the picture to come into focus. Crap. Now what?
I haven't decided yet if I'm going to persevere with the idea until I get it right (never mind Nanowrimo), or let it go for now and work on something else. Maybe I'm not cut out for science fiction. Maybe it's just not meant to be. Or maybe I'm giving up too quickly. Maybe, like marriage, I need to hang in there and hammer out the problems, even when it's not fun anymore.
Maybe I should just go see Blade Runner again and call it a day.


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Luxury travelers are setting their sights for summer travel on emerging destinations all over the world. According to a new analysis from global luxury travel network Virtuoso®it is crystal clear that traveling is the most reliving thing in summers. Known as a prominent trend predictor, Virtuoso has examined its data warehouse of $49.5 billion in bookings to forecast.
The analysis showcases upscale voyagers are heading this summer. European countries continue to be most popular, while the fastest-growing locales point to a desire for culturally immersive experiences.
The Virtuoso Top 10:
The most popular destinations for the summer of 2019 (according to bookings) are:
1. United States
6. South Africa
2. Italy
7. Spain
3. United Kingdom
8. Germany
4. France
9. Ireland
5. Greece
10. Netherlands
The Top 10 Analysis:
- As Americans plan their summer getaways, some are opting to stay closer to home and explore their own country. This puts the United States in the number-one slot. The scenery and diversity of national parks appeal to families and adventurers alike when the temps warm up.
- Europe, always a favorite, claims eight spots in the Top 10. History, culture, cuisine and abundant luxury offerings make Europe a preferred option for upscale travelers.
- Notably, Spain moves up three places from last summer, as it offers better value compared to other spots in Western Europe.
- South Africa's winter season offers excellent viewing conditions for safaris as well as peak whale watching.
The Virtuoso Hot 10:
The countries that have experienced the largest year-over-year percentage increases in summer bookings.
1. Chile (+410%)
6. Kenya (+89%)
2. India (+173%)
7. Egypt (+76%)
3. Puerto Rico (+149%)
8. Singapore (+73%)
4. Philippines (+129%)
9. Costa Rica (+67%)
5. Belgium (+111%)
10. Dominican Republic (+58%)
The Hot 10 Analysis:
- Chile continues its upswing in popularity by offering a variety of terrain from the Atacama Desert to the Lake District to the Andes Mountains to wine valleys.
- India and the Philippines are among the more exotic destinations luring visitors with their ability to deliver on the authenticity so desired by luxe travelers.
- Kenya offers outstanding safari opportunities as well as the wildebeest migration in the Maasai Mara, UNESCO World Heritage Sites and beaches.
- Travelers looking for sun and sand are escaping to Caribbean destinations such as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
- Pop culture tourism is fueling interest in Singapore, the setting for the hit film "Crazy Rich Asians."
P.S: Data is sourced from Virtuoso's U.S. travel agency members and includes travel for June, July and August 2019.
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text: Iranian-Americans protest against the Iranian government in June 2009 in Los Angeles, California [GALLO/GETTY]Los Angeles - Being on the sharp end of US foreign policy is nothing new for Iranians. More than 30 years of sanctions and the recurring spectre of war have cast a heavy shadow over relations between the two countries. Nearly 1.5 million Iranians have made the United States home, seeking their slice of the American Dream. Iran, its controversial nuclear programme, its suspected hand in the Syrian conflict , and its role in regional security are hot topics this US election, figuring prominently in the campaigns of President Barack Obama and the GOP candidate, Mitt Romney. In California, a "blue state", Obama's handling of Iran is not seen in a favourable light. "Honestly, to me, I see no difference in the parties when it comes to Iran." - Sepideh Mortazavi, Iranian-American The state is home to the largest concentration of Iranians in the US - roughly 750,000. Jimmy Delshad, the two-time mayor of Beverly Hills, is the most high-profile Iranian in the community. He's not impressed by Obama's policy towards Iran, calling it "passive". "He was extending his hand, reaching out but getting slapped," said Delshad, 70, adding the president missed out on an opportunity to help the reformists in Iran after the contested 2009 presidential election . "It's an apologetic policy." Although he said he would be watching to hear what Obama and Romney have to say in the final debate, Delshad said he felt Romney would fare better when it comes to Iran. "He comes in with the benefit of knowing what doesn't work. In one way, his position will be very clear." Two parties, one policy Still, some say Republican and Democrat policies towards Iran are mostly the same. "Honestly, to me, I see no difference in the parties when it comes to Iran. It's just political rhetoric to get the votes. I don't think either party is really going to start another war in the Middle East," said Sepideh Mortazavi, 35, a criminal defence attorney who is also the Orange County ambassador for the National Iranian American Council. Mortazavi described Obama's track record on Iran as "lacklustre" and "a huge disappointment". "The current generation of voters doesn't know much about Iran. They know the soundbites - the [1979 Islamic] revolution, the US embassy hostage crisis, they see people chanting 'death to America' and now, they're hearing all this talk about nuclear weapons, even though it's never been shown that they are actually developing nuclear weapons," said Mortazavi. Obama's talk has not translated into action, Mortazavi said. "He's enforced tougher sanctions than most presidents have, he consistently says that all options are always on the table [including military action]," said Mortazavi. She said she's become less optimistic over the past four years. "With Iran, he had an opportunity when he came in to start a détente, to start real diplomatic talks, and he's just gone with the party line in the United States - more sanctions, more pressure, more making Iran look like the enemy." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at the UN 'Myopic' foreign policy The problem, as some see it, is that US foreign policy is basically written four years at a time - just long enough for one presidential term. "I think Obama is a long-term thinking person. But unfortunately, US foreign policy has been dedicated to a four-year span … It's a gung-ho, cowboy mentality that is myopic … Nobody thinks long term," said Babak Mirdamadi, who moved to the US 37 years ago. Looking at it from the perspective of short-term US gains, Mirdamadi, a homebuilder, said Obama has been successful, even if he seems to be putting off what might be his next major decision on Iran until after the election. "He has accomplished a lot with very little, imposing crippling sanctions, with most of the world behind them," said Mirdamadi. "If anything is going to happen in Iran, it has to happen because of economic sanction - you can't bomb Iran, you can't invade it. What can you do?" asked Mirdamadi, 53. He said he is not keen on having Romney for president because, "every advisor on his foreign policy team is a neo-con from the Bush administration - the hawkish neocons that were wrong about every single item on their agenda". One of the key gripes against Obama in California is that he did not provide support to the June 2009 uprising, when Iranian protesters took to the streets after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the disputed election. But Mirdamadi said that such a move would have been a disaster. "If Obama had backed the green movement, there would have been a slaughter in Iran - tanks would be rolling over people." Choice 'between bad and worse' As outspoken as some are, there is a sense that Iran is never really far, even in the enclave of boutiques, kebab houses and bookstores known as "Tehrangeles" (recently recognised by Google Maps). At Pars Books, one of several Farsi-language bookshops on Westwood Boulevard (dubbed "Vestvood" by Farsi speakers), owner Mary Tolami said books on Iranian politics and history sell well. On prominent display in the store window and elsewhere are books by and about members of Iran's last royal family, the Pahalvis. "Of course many Iranians who live here support the monarchy, but people also read the books to learn history, to be connected," said Tolami. While she shrugged off questions about regime change in Iran, Tolami said she supports Obama's sanctions and feels it's the only way to bring about change in Iran. She's not a fan of Romney. "I think he's a robot and can't think for himself." "It used to be we could choose between good and better, but no more ... The US hasn't had decent foreign policy since Nixon." - Daryoush Forouthan, Iranian-American But Tolami does not think a Romney administration would be apocalyptic for Iran. "We had Bush and his father in office. What did they do? Nothing. It's just all talk. We're still here," she said. Of course, not everyone hangs out in Tehrangeles, where Iranians seem to outnumber non-Iranians. Several mini-Tehrangeleses dot the wealthy West Coast. Roughly an hour's drive south on Highway 405 in Irvine is the Wholesome Choice Market, an upscale Iranian-owned supermarket where Iranians - and those looking for a taste of Iranian delicacies - go. The market's outdoor seating area is a popular hangout for Iranian expatriates. It's connected to the Hen House Grill next door - which serves "Dizi", a homey Iranian soup. Here, Daryoush Forouthan, 62, holds court with a handful of friends, drinking cup after cup of fragrant tea and talking politics. "The choice now is between bad and worse," said Forouthan, who has lived in the US for 30 years. He used to own a car dealership, but lost his business in the economic downturn. "Naturally, we'll choose bad," he said, suggesting he would vote for Obama. Forouthan said he is not impressed that the president has used sanctions rather than diplomacy, and made Iran "a scapegoat for what's going on in the Arab world". "It used to be we could choose between good and better, but no more," said Forouthan. "The US hasn't had decent foreign policy since Nixon." Others at the table agreed. "Who writes their economic policies for them? It's useless," quipped one of his friends, a factory owner who did not want to be named. Like many Iranians, he does not like going on the record for fear that someone, somewhere in the Iranian regime, is keeping tabs. Even here in the United States, some Iranians can't shake the paranoia and unease when asked about their political beliefs. Still, Forouthan's friend had much to say. He likened the sanctions against Iran to boiling frogs. "They've put us in a pot and they slowly, slowly turn the heat up, not all of a sudden," he said, as others at the table nodded. "Like the frogs, we get used to the heat, gradually, until we die." Follow D Parvaz on Twitter: @Dparvaz SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR D. Parvaz @ dparvaz Politics US & Canada Iran United States


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Eli Lilly and Co. built its pharmaceutical empire on insulin, antidepressants and cancer treatments. But if CEO David Ricks has his way—and the Food and Drug Administration gives its blessing—the next big push will come in pain treatments, a whole new area for the 142-year-old drugmaker.
Pain medications are the "next chapter of growth" for Lilly, Ricks told investors in January at the J.P. Morgan health care conference in San Francisco.
First up is a migraine treatment called galcanezumab. Earlier this month, Lilly presented data from late-stage clinical trials that it said showed the experimental drug significantly reduced the number of monthly migraine headache days in patients who previously failed to respond to multiple preventive therapies.
The FDA is now reviewing galcanezumab, a once-monthly, self-administered, non-opioid injection drug. An FDA decision is expected in the third quarter.
Lilly is also developing other pain meds, including lasmiditan and tanezumab.
Lasmiditan is an oral treatment for acute migraine headaches. Lilly researchers discovered it and later licensed it to biotech firm CoLucid International in 2005 to develop. In 2017, Lilly bought CoLucid for $960 million, bringing lasmiditan back in house.
The other drug, tanezumab, is an injectable, non-opioid medication for people with arthritis and chronic back pain. The drug was discovered by Rinat Neuroscience Corp., a San Francisco biotech start based in San Francisco. Pfizer bought Rinat in 2006 and entered a joint agreement with Lilly in 2013 to jointly development and commercialize the drug.
If the FDA approves any or all of the pain meds, it could give Lilly a big push into a brand-new treatment area. As the opioid epidemic rages out of control, with more than 1 million Americans a year swamping hospitals for overdose treatments, doctors and public health officials are clamoring for non-opioid pain medications.
Opioids are a dangerous, highly addictive category of pain killers that includes hydrocodone, morphine and fentanyl. A non-opioid pain medication could ring up billions of dollars in sales.
Tanezumab works by inhibiting a protein called nerve growth factor, or NGF, and thus preventing pain signals from hitting the brain.
Analysts have said that a successful NGF inhibitor could become a blockbuster, meaning it could ring up more than $1 billion a year in annual sales.
But the field is littered with setbacks. AstraZeneca and AbbVie both discontinued development of NGF inhibitors within the past decade after results didn't measure up to expectations.


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1965 Gibson B-25 - Cherry Sunburst
Hersteller: Gibson
1965 Gibson B-25 - Cherry Sunburst incl. black softcase
Outstanding clean 1965 Gibson B-25 in Cherry Sunburst finish in all original and near mint condition for its age. This B-25 is one of the desirable models whit a 40mm nut-width, not as thin as the newer ones and it also has the x-bracing instead of the ladder bracing. The guitar has barely any visible play-wear, no repairs, the frets are still in perfect shape. The original Kluson "3-on a stripe" tuners have never been changed and still work fine. The medium sized C-spape neck and is very comfortable to play and sounds fantastic. Comes in a black softcase.
- Mahogany body with solid back,
- Solid spruce top,
- 1-piece medium size mahogany neck,
- Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays,
- Neck-width: ca. 40 mm,
- 20x frets in superb condition,
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- Orig. bridge w/adjustable saddle,
- Cherry Sunburst - nitro laquer,
- Incl. black softcase.
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One of Hollywood's most beloved baseball films is getting a special screening - inside a Chicago ballpark.
The Chicago White Sox announced plans Monday to show "The Sandlot" at Guaranteed Rate Field after the team's game on Saturday, June 23.
The team is showing the iconic film - featuring Smalls, Ham, Squints and the whole gang - as part of a league-wide celebration of the movie's 25th anniversary.
Chicago Baseball
The movie will begin approximately 10 minutes after the end of the game against the Oakland Athletics, which begins at 1:10 p.m., according to the Sox.
It will be shown on the centerfield videoboard and all tickets to the game will include admission to the screening.
Fans will also have a chance to win a copy of the 25th anniversary collector's edition of "The Sandlot" during the Sox game, including 10 custom baseball cards of the characters as well as a poster and booklet with behind-the-scenes photos from the film's director, David Mickey Evans.
Tickets to the game and screening are available on the White Sox website.


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Risk of selling at facebook:
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I once again cannot name this flower. I think it is pretty interesting though and hope to figure out what exactly it is.
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