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I sometimes wonder why blogs post links to articles like this, warning unpublished authors what to be wary of should Simon & Schuster come calling. Let's be realistic, the only thing unpublished writers really need to be concerned with on that dream-a-little-dream day when S&S comes after their mildewing manuscript is that they don't accidentally stomp the dog/baby/roomba while they run to the door to sign their lives away.
Yes, what Simon & Schuster is attempting to do -- 1.retain control of books even after they have gone out of print, 2.consider a book in print, and under its exclusive control, so long as it's available in any form, including through its own in-house database -- even if no copies are available to be ordered by traditional bookstores, 3.be able stop printing a book and prevent the author from publishing it with any other house -- bears all the ugly hallmarks of corporate greed, but guess what? They're a corporate enterprise! If you want to avoid the evils of big business, avoid big business.You don't send Disney your ideas for an updated Mickey Mouse (five fingers and a post-pubescent voice!) and expect a fair shake, do you? Beggars can be choosers. The alternate phrasing of this cliche was birthed in a boardroom.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Just When You Thought Big Business Was On The Side Of The Little Guy...
I sometimes wonder why blogs post links to articles like this, warning unpublished authors what to be wary of should Simon & Schuster come calling. Let's be realistic, the only thing unpublished writers really need to be concerned with on that dream-a-little-dream day when S&S comes after their mildewing manuscript is that they don't accidentally stomp the dog/baby/roomba while they run to the door to sign their lives away.
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Daniel Gilbert's Hints To Finding Happiness (For Answers You'll Have To Buy His Book)
Earlier this week, Daniel Gilbert was awarded some sort of cash-heavy statuette for his book, Stumbling on Happiness. In this video interview, the author speaks to nobel laureate Harold Varmus about the science and philosophy behind turning a frown upside down.
(Interview appears roughly halfway through the program. First up is a brief chat with Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor.)
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Friday, May 18, 2007
When The Inkwell Talks, Oprah Listens
It's being rumorously reported on the infallible internet that Oprah's next book club pick will be Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Now, I know a lot of folks assume that this choice was strongly influenced by the novel having won the Pulitzer Prize and its almost universal critical acclaim, but I ain't buying it. The timing is just a little too convenient to be coincidental, as these links will verify. (Go on, check 'em out. We'll still be here when you return.)
You see what we're talking about?
No, not the recent release of Chabon's new novel. We're referring to the fact that the Inkwell blog just dedicated a whole day's posts to promoting The Yiddish Policemen's Union and the curly-locked dreamboat who wrote it. Yeah, it seemed a little fishy to us, too, so we made a couple of calls to find out the gossip behind the gossip. Our first call was to Harpo Productions, Oprah's multi-million dollar company. Identifying ourselves as her beau, Steadman, we were rudely brushed off by an underling. On our second attempt, we deepened our voice and claimed to be Gayle King, Oprah's best friend and personal 'Johnny Drama.' This time our call was immediately forwarded to the Big O herself, who, after laughing with us about having just avoided a call from 'clingy Steadman,' confirmed that it was indeed the Inkwell's blog that was the tipping point in selecting her newest book club choice. She said that if it wasn't for those three posts, she would've probably chosen Chuck Palahniuck's new novel, Rant, and held her book club at some crappy cold cereal cafe in Park Slope with Sarah Vowell and the girl from Gawker.com as her guest co-hosts. Close call, no? Forward all letters of thanks to the comments section below.
Initial tip via: The Comics Reporter
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Had He Lost, His Next Book Could've Been About Sadness
Besides the Oscars, there's only one other awards ceremony I'll religiously tune in to in hopes of seeing someone's naughty bits through their see-through gowns -- the annual Royal Society For Science Books gala. Not only is there all of the usual cattiness and back-biting one normally associates with competition, there are people seriously discussing hovercars on the red carpet, too! Last night's festivities went off with minimal fire damage and public indecency arrests, and after much drunken speechifying, the grand prize (and appr. $20,000 in cash) was awarded to Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness.
From the BBC report:
Discussing the winner, Professor Colin Pillinger said: "Daniel Gilbert's voice provides a witty companion throughout this exploration of the science behind the pursuit of happiness. He uses cognitive science and psychology to provide intriguing insights into human nature, helping us to understand why we make the decisions we do."
Gilbert himself was thrilled to take the book prize. "I'm absolutely delighted to receive this tremendous honour from the world's oldest learned society," said the Harvard University psychology professor. There are very few countries (including my own - the US) where a somewhat cheeky book about happiness could win a science prize - but the British invented intellectual humour and have always understood that enlightenment and entertainment are natural friends. So God bless the empire!"Easy, tiger. You already won. Oh, that's right -- happiness is your shtick, innit?
Poetry Contest Scandal Rocks Japan! Toilet Themed Haiku Robbed Of First Place Prize!
via: Guardian UK:
Heated toilet seats, pension worries, nagging wives and neglected children were among the most popular themes among this year's offerings of "senryu", haiku-like verse that take a sideways look at the fears and foibles of the put-upon Japanese white-collar worker, or salaryman.
The Dai-ichi life insurance firm, which has run an annual salaryman senryu contest for the past 20 years, today awarded first prize to a verse that alluded to Japan's collective fear of growing old with a reference to the popular Nintendo brain training games:
Nou nenrei
Nenkin sudeni
Or, roughly translated: My brain age is already old enough for a pension.
The second-place entry was a tribute to the ubiquitous "washlet" lavatory, tinged with a melancholy only a salaryman can know: The only warmth in my life is the toilet seat.
Third prize went to a bitter commentary on Japanese society's relative affections for middle-aged men and pets. Referring to the widely televised rescue of a stranded dog last November, it laments: How good it is to be a dog: even when trapped on a cliff, someone saves you.
The contest is open to all, although most of the entries are either written by salarymen themselves, or by others who draw on demanding bosses, distant families and money worries for inspiration.To read the whole article, click here.
Speaking of Award Winners, Here's a Shoe-In for Next Year's Top Honors
Disappointed by the fact that they had to finally bury her body and could no longer parade it around for photo-ops and beyond the grave interviews, the folks who brought you the paternity case of the 2007 now bring you the book of 2008. Bookstores can expect it to be delivered by four horsemen dressed in apocalypticly themed attire.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Our thoughts on BEA - Because Everyone is Asking
"Are you going to BEA?" I'm sure every bookseller out there has been asked that question a dozen times. For those not in the business, BEA stands for Book Expo America. It is the second largest show devoted to books, after the Frankfurt Book Fair. 30,000 people in the business of publishing and selling books gather to network, party, promote, and connect during a long weekend in early June.
So are we attending? The short answer is no. The long answer includes varying reasons why not:
- 1. We don't like to leave our store at the beginning of our busy tourist season.
- 2. Because we rely on our visiting sales reps to show us the important books we may miss when reviewing the seasonal catalogs, we don't need to browse the enormous sales floor at the convention. So although walking the gauntlet of publishers is fun (who doesn't love the occasional free book offered up by those running the show tables?), it's not necessary.
- 3. The cost of getting there, staying there, eating there, is prohibitive.
- 4. I really hate getting up early!
- 5. We are a smallish new store, and that makes us feel invisible (and slightly ridiculous) at such a huge event. Our regional trade show (NEIBA) fits us better.
The obvious answer is yes, and here are our reasons:
- 3. To meet kindred spirits who share their insights and travails with you is our third favorite part of trade shows.
- 2. The educational programming provides us with tools and new ideas to bring back to our store.
- 1. Celebrating the world of books and the incredible passion of everyone involved in this industry is a tonic which has the power to renew our flagging energy. Running a small business (and reading in general) is a solitary business.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Generically Titled Entry Featuring Nothing But Randomly Assorted Links
Billionaire writer's thriving cult threatens, "If Harry dies, we don't want to know about it until J.K. Rowling decides to tell us. We own pitchforks, hot wax and feathers. And we're not afraid to use them."
Neil Gaiman (Sandman, American Gods) shares his photos from Alan Moore's (Swamp Thing, Watchmen, From Hell, just about every other comic book I've ever loved) wedding to Melinda Gebbie (Lost Girls, Cobweb).
Tim Lucas' Mario Bava biography is due in July! (I've been owed this as a birthday present for two years now.)
Katherine Hepburn would've turned 100 this past Saturday. William Mann, the author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (Henry Holt 2006), discusses the saucy dame in the NYTimes.
The perfect idea for writers who hate having to write, publishers who hate having to publish, and readers who hate having to read.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
In Hopes of Selling Lots of Copies of Michael Chabon's Newest Novel, 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union,' We're Going to Drown You in His Internet Hype
Reprinted in whole from Salon.com:
In an essay about the 1958 travel guide "Say It in Yiddish" in Civilization magazine, Michael Chabon contemplated a country where "I'd do well to have a copy of 'Say It in Yiddish' in my pocket." Of course, not only had Chabon not found such a place but, he pointed out, "I don't believe anyone has."
Chabon, it seems, couldn't get this phantom Yiddish-speaking nation out of his head, and now he's gone and created the place himself. Welcome to Sitka, Alaska, the setting for his new novel, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," where the only "American" spoken is swear words. In this imaginary world without Israel, Sitka plays temporary home to Big Macher department stores, a thriving Chassid mafia, and some 3 million very cold Jews.
If less epic than "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," for which Chabon won the Pulitzer in 2001, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" is no less ambitious. In addition to being a Chandleresque murder mystery, it deals with the Messiah, a secretive cabal not unlike the apocryphal Elders of Zion, Jewish-American relations and the perennial question of what it means to be a Jew. If all this sounds like too much, you may be right. But, as is the case in most of Chabon's novels, it is his characters, at once absurd and entirely familiar, that hold the story together. Here we have Meyer Landsman, a secular policeman with a bad case of the shakes, whose favorite daydream is to imagine the many ways he could take his own life; and his half-Indian partner Berko Shemets, a hammer-wielding gumshoe more devout than most of Sitka's Yids. "These are weird times to be a Jew" is the refrain of those in Sitka, and so, one feels, has it always been. Coming from Chabon, it is perhaps unsurprising that a fiction set in a fantastical place, told in a dying language, poses some of the most poignant, difficult questions about the Jewish homeland.
Salon caught up with Chabon in New York, a place he still fancies as "'Kavalier and Clay' land," where he spoke about why he likes being called anti-Semitic, what it's like being married to another writer, and why he's obsessed with Barack Obama.
For the full interview, click here.
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You're Too Discerning to be Swayed by an Interview? How About Some Unbiased Reviews?
The New York Times seems to dig the new novel, praising his imaginative setting, characters, and metaphors (always the tipping point in a book's purchase, no?).
New York Magazine likes it, although they, too, feel that Chabon was "limited by the detective story's familiar machinery."
The Boston Globe is a little less effusive, complaining that "too often Chabon's affections -- for the elegant enigmas of chess, for the modern tragedy of the Jews, for verbal acrobatics and literary shenanigans -- turn into a wild display of warring talents, compromising the structural integrity of the novel and turning its hair pin plot twists into a drive off a cliff." Keep in mind, though, that this 'structural integrity' complaint is made in a fifty-one word sentence.
The LA Times gives it a 'thumbs-up', saying that it is "a spiritual descendant of (Chabon's Pulitzer prize winning novel) Kavalier & Clay," and "a book that expands on the sensibility of the earlier novel and its roots in Jewish storytelling."
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Still Undecided?
Let the author himself read you a chapter.
(appr. 25 minutes)
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Wow! There are a lot of blog challenges out there, and of course I want to do ALL of them! What fun and what an inspiration to start making more cards or layouts and getting feedback on them. Thanks to all who have stopped by so far. I will post more pitures of cards, layouts, and maybe even other crafts soon!
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Artist: Kendoll Brinkley Brown
Song Writer: Kendoll Brinkley Brown
Producer: Kendoll Brinkley Brown
BG Vocals: Kendoll Brinkley Brown
Verse 1:
I'm breaking, on the edge and I'm wondering why
I try to keep it straight take control of my life
I can only be perfect, sometimes,
I don't always get it right
Guess you could say I need you in my life
I rolled a blunt up
And then u texted my phone.
I did a little thinking in my mind
A better a way I was bound to find
Say I don't need this in my life
I figured I'd hit it and quit it
Then I'd walk out the door
But then you texted my phone
Tellin' me you want some more
What in the hell's with all this back and forth.
Now i'm singing'…. You got me sayin'…
Why? Why?
Do I feel this way deep inside
Even when I know that its over… (Maybe Its just in my nature)
But I gotta let you know
But I just can't let you go
Verse II:
Can we work this out, don't wanna start over again
What happen to our love
We used to be best friends….
And Now it appears that I don't know who you are.
And realizing that I don't
That's the hard part.
Situations. I can't help my self
Call on my lifeline, say Lord I really need your help
I can't do this ish all by myself
I take two steps forward then you set me back
But I ain't taking this sh!t no more
Get your sh!t you can hit the door
This situations out of control…
Truth is I love you so
But I just can't take no more
And I just gotta let you know
What the hell are we still fighting for…..
Why? oh, why do we continue to let it show
Why? Oh, why, we just need to let it go
Why? Oh, why? Why? Oh, why? Why?
There's no sense in us trying
We know we'd both be lying


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You've used flyers, adverts, directory listings and even your own website to market your business just like the online experts advised but nothing has really made a big impact on your business.
You've heard of words such as blogs, branding and content marketing but haven't fully dived into it yet. Well now we're jumping straight into it.
We don't know each other yet so think of lesson 1 as an introductory to me and the journey we'll be taking together to start attracting clients online.
In this personal lesson you'll discover:
- My marketing successes and failures
- Why marketing doesn't work for you
- How blogs became business tools
- The real reasons why you're not blogging
- Why you should be blogging
- How we'll be making media and making sales through your brand
Get started on this introductory lesson below…


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Candice and Frewin
Candice grew up surrounded by the rolling vineyards of the Barossa Valley and began working in the wine industry at age 17, straight out of high school. She soon realised winemaking was her real passion – and where the excitement could be found.
Candice studied Wine Science (Oenology) through Charles Sturt University and launched her winemaking career with prominent wineries including Hardy Wine Company and Mollydooker, as well as several custom-make facilities. She has now completed 14 vintages across almost every wine region in South Australia.
In 2009, Candice and Frewin travelled through some of the world's most famous wine regions in Europe, the United States and South America. The trip inspired a whole new appreciation of wine and a drive to create something special and truly unique.
CRFT Wines was born three years later, in 2012. Since then, Candice has devoted her time solely to CRFT, throwing her love and attention into crafting their nine single-vineyard wines.
Candice is a passionate Shiraz lover and, though she and Frewin now live in the Adelaide Hills, she maintains a strong connection to her family and birthplace by making Barossa Valley and Eden Valley Shiraz. Her travels have also inspired a special soft spot for Grüner Veltliner.
Frewin is one of those lucky people who knew what he wanted to do from a very young age. He grew up on New Zealand's North Island and by age 17 had already ticked off his first vintage, at Cloudy Bay in Marlborough.
At 19, Frewin graduated with a wine diploma and went on to hone his skills working 20 vintages across more than 15 wineries and vineyards in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and France.
He developed a love for the intricacies of making single vineyard Pinot Noir while working in Marlborough from 1998 to 2001 and during a stint at the Russian River Pinot House, Williams Selyem Winery in California in 2003.
In 2009, Frewin and Candice quit their winemaking jobs to travel the world on a seven-month wine and food tour, stopping over in the wine regions of Chile, Argentina, the United States and Europe. One afternoon, sitting beside the Danube River after visiting Austria's Wachau region, Frewin and Candice hatched the grand plan to make their own single vineyard Grüner Veltliner back home in the Adelaide Hills.
In 2010, Frewin put his growing knowledge of Australia's unique terroir to work and founded Complexity Wines, a company making wine from more than 50 family-owned vineyards throughout South Australia's premium wine regions.
Frewin continues to head Complexity Wines, is a consultant for United Kingdom produce importer IPL/Asda and is chief plunger and wader for CRFT Wines.


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Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough.
Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough.
We know the date, we know it is the Station Hotel, Brotton and the Darts Team. Trevor Metcalfe tells us: "The man just above the 1952 is my grandfather Joe Metcalfe, a resident of Brotton when the photograph was taken, but in his working life was an ironstone miner at Bell's mine Carlin How and lived in one of Bells huts." The rest we ask for assistance in completing, the gentleman holding the blackboard is in Chelsea pensioner uniform. Norman Patton assisted advising: "Man in uniform at the front has obviously escaped from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He is a Chelsea Pensioner". David Manship has advised the Archive: " The man on the left of the picture smoking a pipe is Tom Verrill; he lived about 100 yards from the Station pub, just past the High Wall".
Temperance Societies sprang up in every industrial town, village and city during the Industrial Revolution as philanthropists and the Church tried to turn the working man away from the demon drink. The Band was one way of rewarding them for abstention. Do you recognise anybody? Sheelagh Dobson tells us:"The man at the far left is my grandad Paul Marshall who was born in Brotton."
Researches have revealed that the 1908 British Brass Band Association contest was held at Loftus, 1st Brotton Temperance Band, 2nd North Skelton Band, 3rd Brotton Old Band. By that stage Brotton Temperance Band had gained five wining places, four 2nd places and six 3rd places.
Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough, thanks to Sheelagh for the update. Additional information from Brass Band Results website.
Here's a picture of Brotton Brownies in the grounds of Castle Howard and now known to have been on Pack holiday at Coneysthorpe; do you recognise yourselves?
Back Row: Adrienne Smits (wife of Rector Eric Smits and 'Tawny Owl'), Mary Reece (Brown Owl), Pam Snaith, Anne Reece.
Middle row: Patricia Scott, Elizabeth Mussett, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, Jane Smits.
Front row: ??, ??, ??, ??, Marie Wood, ??, ??, ??, Lynn Hauxwell.
These are the Brotton Sword Dancers. I expect someone will be able to name them? I've lightened the image to try and show the "uniform" better. Love the double watch chain of the squeeze-box player!
Back row (L to R): ??, George William Riddiough, ??, ??.
Front row (L to R): ??, ??, ??.
Image and name courtesy of Julie Riddiough.
Here is an image taken inside the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Brotton, showing the members of the Sunday School.
Derek Shaw comments: "This photo brought back some memories,On the third row down,1st on the right,is Peter Dobson,on the 4th row down,2nd on the right is Derek Shaw,(which is myself).Keep up the good work,it all fetches back lots of memories for a lot of local people."
(image courtesy of Julie Riddiough and thanks to Derek Shaw for the update)
The children of the Wesleyan Chapel Sunday School at Brotton pose for a photograph in their Sunday best.
Back row: Kath Shepard, Pat Rowe, ??.
Third row: Pearl Stone, Maureen Sigsworth, Bernice Treen, ShirleyRowe.
Second row: Ann Ovington, Jane Stone, Joan Easton, Helen Easton, Sheila Ward, ??.
Front row: Marianne Easton.
This is a scene from Child Street, Brotton; with the local children dressed up as king and courtiers for the 1935 Jubilee Celebrations. Julie tells us "oops sorry forgot to tell you the names."
The five standing at the back (left to right): Leslie Allen, Florrie Chapman, Eric Sibly, Marjory Kershaw, Annie Petch.
The two standing in the middle: Arthur Chapman (left); Jean Sibley (right).
The three sat at the front (left to right): Peggy Harben, Dorothy Kershaw, Matt Theaker.
Image and names courtesy of Julies Riddiough.


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We received this email:
I only attended one event at Kerrisdale Arena and that was in the early '80's to see the Australian band, Split Enz. It was a great concert and I loved the venue because it felt 'raw' and somewhat intimate compared to a more traditional venue.
Cheers, Dee


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When Ali suggested that we go spectate the Niagara Falls International Marathon, I was on board! Not only did we want to see her and her family again, we also knew someone running the full (and the half but we didn't get to see her). Amber and Greg have become amazing friends, they even invited us over to carbo-load for OUR marathon and then again for her marathon, so we wanted to support Amber during her race.
Luckily, the marathon didn't start until 10am so we didn't have to wake up too early. We decided to meet up at what we thought would be a little past 10 miles and we made it through customs and traffic for the Buffalo Bills game easily. (We seriously were the only people at Tim Horton's who DIDN'T have on Bills gear).
While we were waiting for Ali, Colin and Logan to show up we spotted a sign in the distance and walked to it. It was the 15K mark so we realized we were only at 9 miles, which worked out better actually.
Ali and her family showed up and we got ready to cheer our faces off! Logan also enjoyed our leftover Timbits.
The leaders showed up and we spent some time cheering for all of the runners.
We packed up and hit the road to see her again at around 19/20 miles. Mike and I got there right as the leader was going by (Ali and Colin made a pit stop at Tim Horton's).
Ali wanted to make a sign about "the wall" so she improvised on the spot. We even got a few runners to start running again after "breaking through the wall"!
Eventually we saw Amber in the distance and I noticed that she was walking. I ran up to her and offered her some encouragement and she told me that her legs had locked up. I just told her that she was doing great and that she was running a marathon!
At this point, Mike and I wanted to see Amber one more time and Ali and Colin went their separate way (their plan was to take Logan to the falls). I loved seeing them again and we had a great time!
Mike and I drove to mile 24 and waited for Amber's arrival. We eventually saw her with the 4:30 pace bunny and she looked a lot better than she had the last time we saw her. We told her that she was doing great and watched her cross the bridge as she headed toward the last 2 miles.
We didn't end up going to the finish line but we kept in touch with Greg and he let us know that she ran a 4:30 marathon!
I had a great time spectating and I can't wait to do it again! Next time Mike and I will make signs too!
Have you ever spectated a race? What's the best sign you have seen?


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Below I have listed some of the things I am asked on a regular basis. I have given some brief answers but if you require a more in-depth answer, please feel free to ask.
Q. Can you cure me?
A. I can't but with my help and support, you can cure yourself.
Q. Will you give me advice?
A. I won't advise you on exactly what to do but I will help to guide you to make the right choices for you.
Q. What if I am late?
A. You have a 50 minute slot slot that is allocated to you and so I would encourage you to be on time. However, if circumstances change so that you are unable to keep to the same time, we can look to review it.
Q. What if I cancel a meeting?
A. Where possible, 24 hours notice is required and if this is not possible then a cancellation charge of 50% of your normal fee will be charged.
Q. Can you medicate me?
A. No, I am not qualified to administer drugs.
Q. What if I don't feel like talking, should I still come?
A. Yes, in the safety of our area you can sit and reflect until you feel like talking.
Q. What if I want to stop coming?
A. That's OK. Contact me so we can arrange a final meeting. It is important that we have a proper ending to our relationship.
Q. What if I want to come back?
A. That's OK too.
Q. Do you only do Counselling in Hove?
A. No. This is where I am based but I also travel to peoples homes in various areas.
Q. Do you see couples?
A. Yes I offer relationship counselling to couples but I am not able to see a couple individually.
Jan Diaz. Counsellor in Hove.


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Maher HathoutBy The Investigative Project on TerrorismJuly 2007Muslim Public Affairs Council Tries to Halt Congressman Sherman's HearingsBy Militant Islam MonitorJuly 30, 2008The Muslim Brotherhood: What Do They Really Want To Teach American Muslim Youth?The Counterterrorism BlogAugust 10, 2005Napolitano Pick Raised Funds for Terror SupporterBy Aaron KleinJuly 20, 2009MPAC's Maher Hathout on Al-Arian (audio)By The Investigative Project on TerrorismMarch 12, 2006Hathout at Jerusalem Day Rally (video)By The Investigative Project on TerrorismOctober 28, 2000
A supporter of the radical and violent form of Islam known as Wahhabism, Maher Hathout is a founder and director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), a Los Angeles-based Islamic advocacy group that defends Muslim extremist violence. MPAC has condemned the anti-terrorism measures of both the U.S. and Israel, and has called for a repeal of the Patriot Act. Hathout is also a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Southern California.
Hathout characterizes Palestinian suicide bombing attacks against Israelis as the very understandable "bitter result of the reckless policy of [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon." He has also supported attacks by the terrorist group Hezbollah, whose members he characterizes as "freedom fighters." He has called Israel a land of "butchers" who have set up an oppressive system of "racist apartheid." He condemned the 1998 strike ordered by President Bill Clinton against Sudan and Afghanistan in retaliation for the terrorist bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. In Hathout's view, the U.S. response was "illegal, immoral, inhuman, unacceptable, stupid, and un-American." Maher Hathout co-founded the Islamic Center of Southern California with his brother, Hassan. The Islamic Center of Southern California is MPAC's sister organization and publishes MPAC's publication, The Minaret, which has identified Maher Hathout as "a close disciple of the late [Muslim Brotherhood founder] Hassan al-Banna of Egypt." A March 1998 Minaret article titled, "In Appreciation of Dr. Hassan Hathout," also details Hassan's ties to al-Banna: "... Hassan Hathout was a companion of Hassan al-Banna…Hassan Hathout would speak of al-Banna with such love and adoration; he would speak of a relationship not guided by politics or law but by a basic sense of human decency." In 1997, Hathout delivered an address at the State Department on emerging Islamic trends, in which he lauded Hassan Turabi, prominent Muslim Brotherhood member, as a reformer. Hasan al-Turabi was the head of the National Islamic Front, which the U.S. government has condemned for supporting terrorism, launching a genocidal war in southern Sudan, and for continued human rights violations. Turabi also gave Osama bin Laden sanctuary in Sudan. As part of his plan to turn the country into a global militant Islamist base, Hassan Turabi invited Bin Laden to Sudan in 1991. The two, bounded by a personal friendship and shared ideology, began a close financial and military cooperation that lasted until Bin Laden left Sudan in 1996.
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Jun 23, 2016
Friend, Jeff Holsen, guided me up Mt. Wrightson for an all day hike. The poem is a result of coming off the mountain and back into the heat island of Tucson, Arizona.
Feb 28, 2016
Doctress Neutopia's love poem about loving now as a way to stop a nuclear disaster.
Dec 28, 2015
Doctress Neutopia reads her end-of-the year love poem about the our environmental crisis. Do we have the courage to love one another?
Feb 27, 2015
Doctress Neutopia reads a poem about how our planetary salvation lies in making peace with animals. The only solution to the problem of thousands of years of animal cruelty is for humans to be vegan.
Nov 9, 2014
Another love poem to my epic love hero.


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Antique Hobnail Milk Glass Vase, Heirloom Collection, 7.5 in, White, 24 Pack
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rosenclaire / re•collections / 2010
Goodman Gallery Cape proudly presents the first solo exhibition by rosenclaire in South Africa for over twenty years. Working under the name rosenclaire, Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky present a conversation between their respective and collective practices and identities in re.collections.
The show's title refers to a collection of arbitrary objects and thoughts waiting to be re-ordered, renamed and remembered: a heterogeneous gathering. Across-pollination between the flea-market, the studio, art history and personal experience, the show is a juxtaposition of painting, drawing, sculpture and installation. rosenclaire refer to their work as context-specific, governed by implicit signification where the subject matter defines the choice of media and stylistic convention.
re.collections, implies a reference to collections, collecting, correcting, naming, renaming and reframing cultural constructs of art and artifice. Here Gavronsky's remake of Goya's caprices, complimented by her large paintings and bronze sculptures tease and taunt our notions of art and marketing the mark. Shakinovsky's museum sleuthing and Brechtian interruptions dissolve the boundaries and transgress the borders between art and non-art. A video by Shakinovsky from an ongoing series of illicitly filmed museum walks, and a sound piece by rosenclaire complete this intervention.
Shakinovsky intervenes with discarded and decontextualized found objects, now re.collected and reconnected into a new syntax. Magnifying glasses scrutinize, focus, enlarge and force the viewer to recollect and reflect. Many works ask the viewer to engage in joining the dots, to become creative participants in the visual and conceptual games presented by the artists.
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The other day I questioned why Civil Defense did not do a better job of getting notice out to Big Island residents regarding Wednesdays flooding in West Hawaii. I just received the following response:
My questions in BLACK:
County Response in RED:
1. I would like to know how many Hawaii County Residents have signed up for the $40,000 Phone Alert System that the County is paying for: http://www.hawaii-county.com/cd/message.htm
Approximately, 35,000 people and businesses are registered on the master data base. Most of these numbers are currently in the white pages and not on a Federal Do Not Call List. An additional 2,600 people have registered for the service since it debuted in October 2008.
I understand this first year is free and subsequent years will be $40,000! This seems like a large chunk of change for something that has not been proven effective.
Civil Defense has secured funding (through grants) to July of 2011. Basically, it will be free to Hawai'i County taxpayers until that time. Three years should be ample time to determine whether or not the system is worth the cost. It should be mentioned that this system is not only for Civil Defense's exclusive use: Public Works, Water, Fire, Police, Planning, Aging, Prosecutors, and Mayor's office are among participating agencies currently using the system. Public Works has used it for bridge repair notification in Paauilo, for water restriction notification in Kaumana, for brush fire personnel recalls (about four times), and for high sulfur dioxide notifications in Pahala (once) and Volcano Golf & Country Club Subdivision (twice), shark sighting and road closure notification for the Big Island Visitors Security Association (about 10 notifications), and notifying governmental, non-governmental, volunteer, and community associations about our tsunami drill (600+ contacts).
2. I would like to know where the Civil Defense warnings were that West Hawaii was flooding yesterday.
Civil Defense telephoned the radio stations as soon as they were made aware of roads being closed and kept them up to date as new information came in. CD decided not to broadcast a standard Civil Defense radio message because it quickly became apparent that rain conditions and roadblock locations were changing constantly. The usual method of crafting, distributing, and broadcasting a radio message takes time and is not well suited for a quickly changing situation. We decided that notifying the radio stations on the fly and asking the DJs to get the word out was quicker.
3. The only way I heard about the Flooding was through a Twitter Message put out by KWXX: http://twitter.com/KWXX/statuses/1201758225
You probably got the Twitter message only because Civil Defense sent the info to the radio stations.
4. Hawaii County Has A Civil Defense Twitter site… why is it not being used?
Civil Defense is unaware of that account. As I discovered now that I just signed on for my own account, apparently anyone could have set up the CD account. However City Watch is more efficient in reaching large numbers of people, many of whom do not have Twitter accounts. Almost everybody has a telephone. At some point it may behoove us to use Twitter as part of emergency notification procedures but at the current time we do not because of the alternatives available. Thanks for your interest.
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|Dr Mabuse - The Gambler
Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aude Egede Nissen, Paul Richter, Bernhard Goetzke, Alfred Abel
Director: Fritz Lang
Genres: Indie & Art House, Classics, Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Military & War
NR 2001 3hr 49min
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One of the great works of silent cinema
Joe Gola | Connecticut | 12/28/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Dr. Mabuse the Gambler is a must-have for any film scholar. It is one of Lang's best works, and it's hard to understand why this film is so little-known while the flashy but leaden Metropolis is considered a classic. Sergei Eisenstein was an admirer of Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, and supposedly he obtained a copy and studied its construction. I can only assume that the picture had a influence on other filmmakers around the world; it has a much more modern feel than any film I've seen from the early 20s. The pace is quick (at least in the first part), the cross-cutting between scenes is sophisticated, there is great attention to detail in the sets, and it rarely has the "stagy" feel that many silent films suffer from. If one had to point to one element that puts it ahead of its time, it would be its overall construction--the way the various shots and scenes are put together to create the story. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler creates a sense of both time and space; many things happen simultaneously in the movie-world, and the locales we see are not two-dimensional stage sets but rather three-dimensional spaces where we peer around corners and follow the characters from one room to the next. The only silent filmmaker I can think of who lavished so much attention on creating a credible world is Erich von Stroheim, though one could argue that that filmmaker should have taken a lesson from the economy of Lang's storytelling. In addition to its status as a landmark film, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler is also truly entertaining, particularly the first part. There are car and train chases, riotous gambling dens, memorable bit characters, and some great special effects. The basic story of good versus evil is compelling. Dr. Mabuse is one of the screen's greatest villains, a shrewd megalomaniac who seems to be tormented and driven by his overpowering desires. Rudolf Klein-Rogge is truly fantastic in the part. Mabuse revels insanely at his conquests and explodes with fury when he is thwarted. However, though he is extreme, he is no cartoon supervillain or two-dimensional monster; he is a fallible character, not evil itself but rather human evil, and this is what makes him exciting. The quality of the DVD is good to fair. I was thrilled with the clarity and felt that Image had done a superb job, but those who expect every title on DVD to be as crystal-clear as a movie that was released last year will be disappointed. This is not a perfectly restored copy; there are little imperfections in the film, from scratches to missing frames. There are even some very minor shots missing--for example, the very first shot of the seance scene shows the circle of hands from above, and this is missing from the DVD version. However, this is the most extreme case that I noted. In all cases the missing scraps do not affect the film as a whole; it is just that there are moments where you might think that Lang had a poor sense of continuity (and this is not the case!). Another oddity about the copy is that at least one of the shots differs slightly from that on a copy I have on videotape. There is a scene on the DVD where von Wenk is speaking to Carozza in the prison, and the shot shows all of the two characters. On the videotape I have, the shot is a close-up from a slightly different angle. I have had the same experience with another film, The Last Laugh. On two different videotapes the same shot differs slightly. All this being said, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this DVD. One must take into account that the film is from 1922 and is not very well-known. It is not a beloved classic that someone is going to lavish a small fortune into restoring to perfection. Note too that this is a movie that was not previously available on any format, period. There was one mail-order company that offered a home-made version on video, but the quality was poor at best and unwatchable at worst. It was like trying to watch the movie through a bowl of soup. Of particular note is that on the new DVD the film image has been shrunk so that it does not fill all of the available space of the television. This is because the aspect ratio of silent films was more square than the familiar 1:33 to 1 of the television set; sometimes leading to the tops of heads being cropped out when silents are transferred to video. This problem is solved on the DVD of Mabuse. And, of course, the DVD shows the movie at the correct speed. I totally disagree with the reviewer who said that it seemed speeded-up. Some of the chase scenes seem a little faster than normal speed, but I think that this was a device of Lang's rather than an imperfection of the DVD. There is also a commentary by a Mabuse scholar which, judging from the little I heard, is very well-informed. As a side note, Fritz Lang's sequel to Mabuse, 1933's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (the original German version is available only on video), is also very entertaining, and it features Lohmann, the detective from M! However, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse from the sixties (Lang's last film, I believe) is unfortunately quite forgettable and I cannot recommend it."
For And Against
Mr. S. G. Brown | Horsham, UK | 06/18/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"As of June 2004 you need to wait and think before you buy this DVD. In it's favour it has a fantastic commentary by David Kalat. Against it, it's not a complete version. It WAS the most complete available, but now a region 2 release by Eureka contains the whole film, complete and restored."
Fritz Lang's TRUE Silent Masterpiece.
Chip Kaufmann | Asheville, N.C. United States | 07/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Yes METROPOLIS is the movie that everybody knows and while it is a highly influential work of world cinema, for my money Fritz Lang's true masterpiece is DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER especially when seen in this new authorized edition from Kino which runs 270 minutes. That's 57 minutes longer than the previous Image release which was the standard bearer up until now. There is so much I could say about this release but I will do my best to try and be concise. All of the elements that make Fritz Lang's movies what they are are on display here. The set design is truly astonishing not only for how it looks but for how it complements the action that is going on in front of it. The cinematography by Carl Hoffmann is fabulous especially when seen in a proper restoration like the one here. The editing is first rate as it highlights the dramatic action and the characters throughout the film. The characters are also fascinating to watch and there are so many of them. In many ways DR MABUSE plays like a silent version of Quentin Tarrentino's PULP FICTION (the source material IS pulp fiction) which leads me to what for me is the real strength of the picture and that is the screenplay by Thea von Harbou. The principal themes of guilt, intimidation and redemption which occur throught Lang's work are fully displayed here for the first time. Although they are often pointed out as the biggest weakness in his pictures I think just the opposite. Von Harbou's screenplays are grounded in silent film storytelling which makes them appear simplistic but like a fairy tale or other allegorical work there is a lot more when you look below the surface. It is rather telling after Lang left her and Germany that the principal themes of her scenarios crop up again and again in his work from LILIOM to SCARLET STREET to HOUSE BY THE RIVER. Rounding out the film are the vivid performances of Rudolf Klein-Rogge (Harbou's ex-husband and Rotwang in METROPOLIS) as Dr Mabuse, Bernhard Goetzke (DESTINY) as von Wenk, Alfred Abel (METROPOLIS) as Count Told and especially Norwegian actress Aud Egede Nissen as the ill-fated Cara Carozza who is the heart and soul of the story. One unintended effect by Lang is that the film is now an incredible time capsule of 1920's Berlin and what the world of CABARET must have been like. Rounding out this double DVD set are background documentaries on the making and meaning of DR. MABUSE including a marvelous part with composer Aljoscha Zimmerman and how he created his new background score which is absolutely perfect. Any lover of movies silent or sound should have this release as an example of a top director at the peak of his powers and as a prime example of how a restoration of a classic film should be done."
A German silent cinema masterpiece in restored form
Stephen H. Wood | South San Francisco, CA | 08/08/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
Fritz Lang's brilliantly directed and designed DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER (1922, Germany) is one of the crowning achievements of the German silent cinema from the decade following World War One. And Kino Video in Manhattan has given it a magnificent restoration that runs a full four-and-a-half hours. The print is beautiful, way longer than previous versions on home video, and with an evocatively harsh piano and violin score by Aljoscha Zimmermann and ensemble.
Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) is the archetype of all master criminals in a century of espionage movies, from James Bond to Alfred Hitchcock. He is a master of many disguises and is forever masterminding all means of terrorism in early 1920's Berlin. In this respect, DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER is very timely and contemporary.
In a movie that is also a commentary on 1920's Germany living, Mabuse works out of (or frequents) a cabaret with a gambling table that vanishes quickly in case of a police raid, and that offers cocaine for the mere asking. One wonders whether the cast and crew of Bob Fosse's CABARET (1972) saw this movie. Thea von Harbou's adaptation of Norbert Jacques' novel keeps the action moving quickly, despite the mammoth length. Something is always blowing up, and Mabuse is forever in another disguise to elude the police.
Actually, the 270 minute length is an asset because continuity holes have been filled in. We have two separate movies with an intermission for easy two night viewing on home video. (The intermission is at the two-and-a-half hour mark) The cinematography is by Carl Hoffmann, while the wondrous art direction is by Otto Hunte and Carl Stahl-Urach. Other cast members include METROPOLIS' Alfred Abel, Bernardt Goetzke, Aud Egede Nissen, and Paul Richter.
DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER is the grandfather of all espionage movies and cannot be recommended highly enough to fans of this genre. In its Kino Video restoration (which actually is a Berlin-Munich-Moscow restoration with Kino as American distributor), the movie is a stupendous achievement even by today's achievements. If you like it, then check out Kino's impeccable restorations of such other Lang silent restorations as DIE NIEBULENGEN (1924), METROPOLIS (1927), and SPIES (1928).
At (800) 562-3330 or Amazon.com, they are the definitive source for Lang silents.


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The loud debate over what would happen to traditional universities once students were able to receive actual college credit for completing a MOOC seems to presume that:
(1) MOOC classes provided (and could measure) the same amount of learning as their brick-and-mortar equivalents
(2) Presuming (1) was correct, mechanisms could be put in place to allow students to obtain such college credit; and
(3) Students would take advantage of these mechanisms in order to save money, accelerate or even completely replace a traditional (and far more expensive) degree program
This Degree of Freedom project was launched in order to provide input to that first point by communicating student-centric perspectives on what it's like to take a degree's worth of courses based only on MOOCs and other forms of free learning. And during the course of this project, I've outlined different strategies for measuring learning and different mechanisms by which students could achieve some form of credit for MOOCs.
But as this recent story indicates, even with some of these mechanisms already in place, there don't seem to be many (or any) student takers for MOOCs for credit, even though the economics driving those offerings ($89 for a credit for >$1000) seems sound.
Some earlier professional experience left me completely unsurprised by this low level of interest. For years ago, some partners and I put a program we had developed to teach and certify digital literacy skills through the same American Council on Education (ACE) credit equivalency process many MOOCs are currently going through.
This process created a pathway whereby students who had passed our certification could have their results registered on an official ACE transcript which could then be brought to an institution of higher education that had the option of accepting the ACE recommendation and adding credit to a student's actual college transcript.
This would give students the chance to obtain credit for cheap and/or opt out of mandatory technology courses covering material they already could prove they understood through our exam. And unlike some MOOC courses which seem to threaten existing programs, our certification was being introduced into school situations where there were not enough slots for teaching this subject matter (meaning educators looked favorably on third-party alternatives to close the gap between mandatory computer literacy requirements and limited resources to teach the subject).
But despite how much sense this all made, our ACE program (like the recent Colorado State University MOOCs-for-credit project linked above) was greeted by chirping crickets.
For as it turned out, the steps needed to get from A (taking our exam – which was not free) to Z (getting a college to give you credit for the experience) was non-trivial. Getting your ACE transcript was a highly manual process (with a dollar figure associated with it). And once you had this transcript, getting a college to understand what it was (much less accept it) often involved work by students to sell their institution on both on ACE accreditation generally, and the worth of our program specifically. And students could expect more fees from their institution, which meant "free credit" was already climbing into the hundreds of dollars (less than thousands, but still significant – especially when you add the additional logistics involved with making this all happen).
Over time, we put in place services that could help students jump through these various hoops. But the long-term benefit of the whole experience (for us anyway) was the prestige associated with having a program that had gone through a rigorous ACE review vs. an actual army of students who had used our program as a form of alternative credit.
I mention this to explain why the highly limited uptake on offers now in place to allow students to use MOOCs to cut down their tuition bills seem to be triggering student indifference vs. widespread institutional disruption.
Now it may be that this lack of interest is just a result of MOOCs being so new, and the programs needed to turn them into credit still few, far between and largely unknown. Or perhaps hostility towards MOOCs is being played out behind the scenes by institutions and faculty interested in protecting their most valuable asset (control over how one obtains a degree).
But I also suspect that many people are only looking at the most obvious economic arguments supporting MOOCs for credit (that they allow you to get something worth more than a thousand bucks for less than a hundred), and ignoring the other fees, steps and ambiguities that add significant friction to the market for any alternatives for obtaining college credit.
This type of economic dynamic is nothing new. In fact, most technological innovation required time and mediation between producers and consumers before they could "go mainstream."
And it's to this subject of mediation that I will turn tomorrow.


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When I was a child, growing up in Berkeley, my mother was in group therapy with Joan Baez's sister, Mimi Farina.
In 1968 Mimi Farina remarried at Big Sur, in California. The groom was Milan Melvin. These are the photos I took with my Kodak Instamatic camera. After the wedding there was a Folk Music Festival. The next year, 1969, the festival was made into a documentary film Celebration at Big Sur.
Joan Baez wrote and sang Sweet Sir Galahad for the wedding.
These photos were taken with a Kodak Instamatic camera that looked a lot like this.
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In the first month of the new year, our South LA Shelter Intervention Program prevented 91 family pets from entering the shelter. Being there to talk to people, and more importantly to listen to them, made it possible for us to provide services that changed the fate for these 91 animals. Here's what it took to make this possible:
64% of our clients needed help with medical expenses. The problems ranged from skin treatments to ear infections, from paying for X-rays to getting blood tests to removing tumors. Many animals required treatment for upper respiratory infections, Parvo, broken bones and so much more. More often that not, the cases were emergencies, with the pet being in extreme pain. In situations like this, the owner usually doesn't know where else to turn but the shelter. We assisted 15% with spaying/neutering their dogs or cast.
9% of the families needed help getting their cat or dog out of the shelter. It costs money to redeem a lost pet, and in order to send them back home together, we helped pay the fees. The most common reason for being impounded in the first place was that their dog accidentally got out of a gate.
7% of people had a senior or terminally ill pet. We sent them to our local vet for care or humane euthanasia, instead of watching them get surrendered to the shelter. We are grateful for the opportunity to help old animals pass in a calm environment, surrounded by the people who knew and loved them.
We were able to help about 2% of those we served with pet deposits, making it possible for them to keep their dog or cat. Another 2% had no alternative other than rehoming their pet. We supported them through it. Lastly, 1% needed dog training to solve their issues. We offer training classes every Saturday morning, free of charge, not only to people who are facing extreme challenges with their dogs, but to the entire South LA area. Our dog training classes have been going on for years, offering community as well as bonding between pets and owners.
So that's 91 animals who avoided shelter life, avoided clogging up the system further, and were able to stay in their first homes, their forever homes. We want to thank our major funder Found Animals Foundation, because without their support this program would not function, and we would not be able to do what we're doing. We also want to thank LA Animal Services staff and volunteers who are terrific partners to work with and who allow us to be in the shelter, helping families with pets. And of course, we'd be remiss if we didn't thank all of YOU again and again. You, who donate to support us and believe in our efforts. Without you, we wouldn't be able to offer so many options and such a range of resources. You give us the confidence, and the energy. You make us stronger.
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A lecture to be given Wednesday, March 27 at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg will examine various aspects of the ascension of women in higher education administration.
Dr. Celeste Wheat, an adjunct instructor of sociology at Southern Miss, will present "Women's Pathways to the University Presidency: A Qualitative Inquiry into University Women Leaders' Career Paths and Presidential Aspirations" from 5:15-6:15 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building's Gonzales Auditorium, room 108.
Although the number of women working in higher education administration has increased in the last 25-plus years, they remain disproportionately under-represented in key positions, including the presidency. Incorporating results from in-depth interviews, Wheat's presentation will address career paths and credentials, leadership aspirations, experiences with mentors/role models, family relationships and work/life balance issues and perceptions of gender and leadership.
Wheat holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Southern Miss' Department of Educational Studies and Research. Her research interests include university women leaders and legal issues in higher education.
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Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings has sent out his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge. The directions for tonight are:
1) When have you had a dose of good genealogy luck? What document or resource did you find just by happenstance or chance? By being in the right place at the right time? By finding a family history treasure in your family's attic or basement? By finding a helpful document or reference without even looking for it?
2) Tell us about it in Comments to this post, in Comments on Facebook, or in a blog post of your own.
O.K., I have to admit that this is an easy and pleasurable task for me. Please see my post entitled "Can You Say Genealogical Jackpot?" and read all about my "chance happening of a fortunate event." I'm still identifying, documenting, investigating, and photographing these items, and I've even posted the stories of some of them. Thanks Randy! What a great idea. It's like finding them all over again [almost].


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A very good solution for this problem is to find a professional logbook loan company that can lend you the needed money. Of course, the problem is that there are hundreds of such companies and knowing which one of them can really do the job for you is an often difficult decision. One, in fact, that you are going to need some help with. It's not enough to just browse the Internet for logbook loan lenders and pick the first website that pops in your search. This decision must include some careful analysis of your needs (how much money do you exactly need), capabilities (how much money can you afford to loan and safely pay back later?) and, of course, the lender and how well do they fit into your borrowing needs.
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With many of the more recent iterations of the Nike Air Foamposite One being far from customary, today we take a look at a more traditional scheme with this 'Phoenix Suns' makeup. Paying tribute to Penny Hardaway's time with the team from '99-04, this highly anticipated silhouette is slated to hit retailers later this week.
Sporting a electro purple foam-aided upper, the 'Phoenix Suns' also showcases total orange accents along the tongue, heel tab and Swoosh branding. Black suede followed by a translucent outer completes the look of this more foundational Foamposite One. Priced at $220, look for them in stores this Saturday, March 2.


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Marco Garavaglia concentrates his practice in the areas of transactional business, corporate, real estate, finance, health care, and sports and entertainment law. Mr. Garavaglia functions as outside general counsel for clients ranging in size from small businesses and high net-worth individuals to large multi-state businesses. He provides a variety of services to clients, including providing advice at the initial stages of entity formation, rendering ongoing business advice, and executing exit strategies.
Mr. Garavaglia has been practicing law for over 30 years, of which 27 years have been in San Diego, California. He has received the highest rating of AV Preeminent® from Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings for ethics and legal ability. Additionally, Mr. Garavaglia is a licensed California real estate broker. Mr. Garavaglia's extensive legal training and experience, as well as his Master's Degree in Business Administration and his scientific background, provide unique insights that enable Mr. Garavaglia to assist clients with legal issues from a practical and focused business perspective.
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Mr. Garavaglia's legal experience and representative matters include:
- Providing ongoing business and tax advice to, and functioning as outside general counsel for, individuals and entities of all sizes.
- Representation of various national and international motorsport professionals, including race car drivers and motorcycle racers, as well as sports agents, in all matters, including (i) general business advice and contract negotiations, (ii) the structuring and formation of racing teams, (iii) negotiating and documenting driver/rider contracts with various manufacturer-sponsored racing teams, as well as with Indy Car and European formula racing teams, and (iv) negotiating and documenting agent agreements, literary agreements, license agreements, and sponsorship agreements.
- Structuring, negotiating, and documenting the formation, tax structure, and operative documents of various corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, including medical and professional entities.
- Representation of clients in the structuring and transactions relative to mergers and acquisitions involving their businesses, the domestic and foreign operation of their businesses, and the sales of their businesses. Mr. Garavaglia has represented buyers and sellers of businesses in transactions ranging in size to in excess of Thirty-Two Million Dollars ($32,000,000.00).
- Representation of domestic and off-shore real estate owners, investors, landlords and tenants in various real estate acquisitions, sales, financing arrangements and lease matters of all complexities. Mr. Garavaglia has represented clients in real estate transactions ranging in size to in excess of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00).
- Representation of clients in obtaining credit facilities from financial institutions in transactions ranging in size to in excess of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00).
- Representation of clients in the formation and operation of venture capital firms.
- Representation of angel investors and venture capitalists in the investment in newly formed or emerging entities.
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- Drafting and structuring of the operative documents for the affiliation of large, multi-specialty medical groups with various management service organizations and medical practice foundations.
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Daniel Ridgway Knight, American, 1839-1924
Unknown photographer, Daniel Ridgway-Knight in his glass studio in Poissy, France (1892)
His parents were Quakers where he was born in Philadelphia, Pennyslvania. It was a home where you spoke with "thees" and "thous", with simple manners and inflexible rules. There was a ban on pictures and music and every wall was bare. Daniel, after leaving school in Philadlephia, became an apprentice in a wholesale hardware house. It was under this roof that Daniel began fostering his love of copying in pen and ink engravings from books he borrowed from the Franklin Institute Library. It took him six weeks to complete, every evening. It was sold to his sister for twenty five cents and a bunch of grapes as the story goes!
Daniel Ridgway Knight owes the start of his professional career to his grandfather who loved looking at his drawings. One day he showed a selection of them to a friend, who insisted on submitting them to dealers and critics. The drawings made the rounds of Philadelphia, and were warmly praised. Unfortunately, Daniel's father did not agree with his own father and told his son to give up this dream of becoming an artist for it is only a pursuit of stupid fast living people. Thus, Daniel, gave up his apprenticeship and took classes at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. One year was spent in that institution, working from the antique and from life, and the first strictly professional work done was to execute a large number of crayon portraits, life size, during his holidays at Chambersburg. After another season spent at the Academy, Daniel's father urged him to make painting his life work. He went to Europe and took the best courses available. His parents paid for the trip and he eventually settled in Paris, France, where he entered Gleyre's Atelier, the largest in Paris. He passed his exams and became a member of the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He spent three years of close study, drawing at the Beaux Arts and painting at Gleyre's, and then passed a winter in Rome studying at the British Academy, returning to America with many portfolios.
Knight took a studio in his native city, Philadelphia, painted portraits and genre pictures, and conducted a class of female students. It was about this time he married Miss Rebecca Morris Webster and another study period in Europe. He secured a number of orders for pictures from prominent Philadelphians, and had the funding for extended residence abroad. He and his young wife reached Paris in 1871, when the city was still suffering from the effects of the Commune. Paris held little attraction for him and shortly after the birth of his eldest son, in 1873, he moved with his family to Poissy, a pretty, picturesque town on the banks of the Seine, where lived the great French artist Meissonier. They soon became fast long time friends and Knight would refer to him as Master. With his Master's steady council, Knight remained in Poissy painting large pictures of local scenery. Knight chose his models from the peasant girls from the suburbs of Paris. He painted over 20 paintings in rapid succession and were all exhibited at the Paris Salon. They all represented scenes of Poissy and its neighboring villages.
As the number of canvases increased, Knight felt the need for variety. He decided to move farther down the river, still keeping the comfortable studios in his Poissy chateau, called Rolleboise, a tiny village between Nancy and Vernon. He filled it with rare old furniture, tapestries and bric a brac. Half of Rolleboise is located on the bank of the Seine and the other half is on the hillside. He kept a glass studio here with a view of the plains and woods.
Louis Aston Knight (son of Daniel Ridgway Knight)
It is at Rolleboise that (Louis) Aston Knight, eldest son and also a landscape painter, is a constant companion to his father and they both become hermit artists. Mrs. Knight and younger son visit them now and then for days or weeks at a time, and Aston and his father occasionally abandon their work for a month's residence at Poissy. "La Bergere de Rolleboise," was painted here and has become one of the most popular paintings.
At the Paris Salon he was awarded an honorable mention and a gold medal; at Munich he won a gold medal; at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889 he carried off the second medal; he was honored with the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1889 and the Cross of the Order of St. Michael of Bavaria in 1892. He was also awarded a Columbian Medal at Chicago in 1893; a second medal at Antwerp and Grand Medal of Honor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at Philadelphia.


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It was a dark and stormy night...
It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The Russians screamed.
Suddenly, a Pirate Party candidate appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the POTUS lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.
A light snow was falling, and the little girl with the tattered shawl had not sold a violet all day.
At that very moment, a young intern at City Hospital was making an important discovery. The mysterious patient in Room 213 had finally awakened. She moaned softly about the lack of affordable healthcare. Could it be that she was the sister of the boy in Kansas who loved the girl with the tattered shawl who was the daughter of the Russians who had escaped from communism only to embrace a bolder tyrant?
And so the space race was saved.


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Voice of Nations Family and Community is pleased to announce the release of the new book of our Inspirational Founder and CEO's first daughter, Latoya Likambi. Dr Sylvia is as always, very passionate about leading by example, and letting her own life, family, and service to the community be a true testimonial of ther authority and leadership! Latoya has participated immensely at our Little Angels ArC (Art and Creativity) Project, a vision birthed by her and ran by our CEO and her mum; consisting of very powerful creative writing and empowerment workshops designed to unleash the potentials trapped within young girls aged 7-13 years old.Dr Sylvia said, "Too often, children underachieve at school, and some of them are designated as "special needs" children; factors which unfortunately result in the amazing abilities and potentials within such children to become suppressed and unrecognized, due to lack of faith and belief in themselves or by parents/peers and society! These children must be empowered to exploit their natural gifts and potential, and add value to our community and world!"Latoya Likambi, a highly confident, eloquent, and very inspiring 10 year old from Liverpool, sets out to publish her first book entitled "Short Stories By Latoya Likambi" in November 2016. She wrote the entire first draft of the book, including the initial illustrations when she was only 7 years old, and is now passionately working on her second book and poetry, due to be published next year. Latoya is a very creative, strong-minded, and visionary young girl, with a vision bigger than the world she sees in front of her. She is grounded by her profound Christian foundation and family values—rooted in the fact that, she and every single child out there is a unique creation of God, with very unique and exceptional creative abilities to add value to our world and make it a much better, loving, and kind place to live in. Her motto is "My Words Are Life, My Words Will I Use to Build My Life and the Lives of Others." Download the entire Presss Release here:/sites/default/files/Press%20%20Release-%20Latoya%20Likambi.2.pdf
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David G. Omer | Attorney
Personal Injury Practice Leader
David took the scenic route to Felton Banks! After receiving Bachelor's degrees in Piano Performance and Sacred Music from Appalachian State University in 2009, David worked in the legal industry for two years before enrolling in Campbell Law School's Class of 2014. After graduating, David was hired at Wallace Pierce Law, PLLC in Durham as an Associate Attorney practicing Personal Injury and Civil Litigation. David joined Felton Banks in August 2016 to assist in various cases and to build and lead the firm's Personal Injury practice.
David's practice is characterized by thoroughness, attention to detail and, above all, a passion for helping those in need. He enjoys the business side of practicing law, and remains committed to perpetual learning through study and contribution to an assortment of legal blogs and publications. David is a member of the 10th District and Wake County Bar Associations, and is presently admitted to practice in all North Carolina state courts.
When he isn't "lawyering," you can typically find David either making music or doing something outside. He loves to hunt, fish, backpack, and paddle, and he has been active in the music ministry at Bayleaf Baptist Church for over fifteen years. David is a diehard fan of the Carolina Panthers, the N.C. State Wolfpack and the Appalachian State Mountaineers, and he attends sporting events whenever he can.


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Medicines reimbursement savings in 2017 and Finnish risk-sharing model regarding reimbursable medicines
The budgeted cut in medicines reimbursement expenses payable from the national health insurance is 10% in 2017. The cuts will amount to 134 million euros, constituting one element in the overall savings in public spending, targeted at core areas of the Finnish society.
Read more about the medicines savings
Savings measure based on price competition of biological medicines and biosimilars
One of the main savings measures related to the medicines reimbursement expenditure in 2017 is the promotion of the price competition of biological medicines and biosimilars. The patents of many innovative original biological medicines currently in use in the Finnish outpatient care and included in the respective medicines reimbursement system will expire in the next few years. This will potentially lead to the entry of their biosimilars in the Finnish market, with the ensuing price competition.
Read more about the price competition of biological medicines and biosimilars
Reference group initiated by parallel import and parallel distribution products
On 1 April 2017 parallel import and parallel distribution products will initiate a reference price group with the respective on-patent or off-patent original product.
Read more about reference group initiated by parallel import products
Finland will introduce risk-sharing agreements in the medicines reimbursement system
As of the beginning of 2017, there will be a new risk-sharing agreement related to the outpatient medicines reimbursable through the health insurance, the so-called conditional reimbursability system.
Read more about risk-sharing agreements
The Finnish Medicines Verification System takes a leap forward
In December 2016, the pharmaceutical supply chain actors will form the Finnish Medicines Verification Organisation FiMVO (Suomen Lääkevarmennus Oy in Finnish). The organization will take charge of implementing the verification system according to the requirements of the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD).


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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Columbus Day Weekend
7 comments:
- The City Boy said...
looks like a great fall weekend!
- October 16, 2014 at 8:47 AM
Reading before my coffee -- I missed the first line about you being in Boston and got incredibly excited that there might be some incredible seafood restaurant in Essex, Maryland. Pretty funny mistake if you think about it. I should certainly have known better.
- October 16, 2014 at 9:05 AM
- Let The Tide Pull Your Dreams Ashore said...
Ha-ha that's too funny about the Essex mix up! Whenever I think of restaurants in Essex, I think of Chaps BBQ in the parking lot of that strip club. I'm not entirely sure if it's even in Essex but that's the first thing that comes to mind! xx
- October 16, 2014 at 10:27 AM
- Summer is a Verb said...
I'm with JCW; only thing better than fried clam strips are fried clam bellies. Annnd...I may, or may not, have been known to empty out a fried shrimp buffet bin or two at the C'ville Golden Corral on occassion ;) XXOO
- October 16, 2014 at 11:15 AM
- Patsy said...
Chubby Woodman invented the fried clam there a hundred years ago!
This useless trivia brought to you by a north shore girl who eats too many fried clammies....
- October 16, 2014 at 1:25 PM
- sle said...
JCW has a great instagram feed! Except when I'm starving. Then it's torture.
- October 16, 2014 at 7:04 PM
- Alexandra Bee Blog said...
Looks like a great Fall weekend!
- October 18, 2014 at 11:09 PM


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At Scott Orthodontics, we're committed to helping our patients achieve healthy, beautiful smiles that last a lifetime. Dr. Scott and our highly trained team of orthodontic specialists work with each patient on an individual level, designing personalized treatment plans that perfectly suit each patient's unique orthodontic needs. Getting to a healthy smile isn't just about what we do in the office, though. Successful treatment depends just as much on what you do at home - and brushing and flossing are two of the most important things.
Brushing and flossing are the cornerstones of a good oral hygiene regimen, but the mechanics change a little bit when you have braces. To brush with your braces, we'd recommend using a soft-bristled or bi-level toothbrush, although an electric can work well if you're careful to keep it to a moderate setting and not hit the back of the brush against your braces.
You'll have to brush at least four times a day for two minutes each session: once after breakfast, once after lunch, once after dinner, and once before bed. When brushing, use the brush to cover every exposed tooth surface, and try to angle the brush to also clean under and behind brackets. Use small, circular motions to brush the teeth, lifting away plaque and polishing them clean. Don't forget to brush the inside of the teeth as well as the outside.
This small, pine-tree shaped brush can be a lifesaver for cleaning braces. It's great for getting under the archwire and knocking out bits of food that have become lodged in the teeth or braces.
This can be a helpful addition to your oral hygiene arsenal. It's a device that shoots a thin, pressurized jet of water at the teeth, dislodging trapped bits of food in the process. It's easy to use and helpful in a pinch, but it's no substitute for brushing or flossing - think of it as a supplement to your regular routine.
Flossing with braces is a little more comfortable - but it's still definitely doable. To do it, you'll need to use a floss threader, which is a small plastic loop with one long end. Thread the floss through the eye of the loop, then use the long end to feed the floss threader under the archwire. Pull the threader to get the floss underneath the archwire, then floss those teeth normally. Repeat the process for each gap between the teeth, and you're done!
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Caring for Teeth During Orthodontic Treatment Keeping your mouth and gums clean and healthy while undergoing orthodontic treatment can be challenging. Food and plaque can get stuck around braces. Even if you are wearing clear aligners, hygiene efficiency is more important than you might think as you could be more vulnerable to gum disease. It's important to keep on top of the situation so dental disease does not take hold. Dear Doctor magazine offers some tips... Read Article
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Tommy Fleetwood made an ideal start to The Players Championship as he ended an entertaining first round tied for the lead with Keegan Bradley.
Fleetwood's early 65 at TPC Sawgrass looked likely to earn him the outright lead with conditions more difficult for the later starters, but he was reeled in by Bradley for the second week in succession on an opening day which produced an albatross at the 11th and a spectacular hole-in-one for Ryan Moore at the 17th.
Rory McIlroy clearly enjoyed the chance to be more aggressive on a course playing softer and longer than when the PGA Tour's flagship event was played in May, posting a five-birdie 67 and keeping a bogey off his card for only the second time on the Stadium Course.
Tiger Woods had only one par on the back-nine as he returned an erratic 70, but Justin Rose's bid to reclaim the world No 1 ranking from Dustin Johnson got off to a bad start as he stumbled to a 74 which included a triple-bogey at the first and a double-bogey at the fifth.
But there were no such problems for his fellow Englishman Fleetwood, who missed a good early chance for birdie at the 11th – his second – before atoning with an excellent up-and-down from a greenside bunker at 12.
He covered the remainder of the back-nine in six pars before breaking that run with birdies at the first and second, and after he picked up another at five, he holed three lengthy putts on each of his last three holes to card a superb front-nine 30 and enter the clubhouse with the outright lead ahead of Byeong Hun An and Brian Harman.
However, Bradley defied a strengthening breeze and a firmer, faster course to fire the best score of the afternoon starters although, unlike Fleetwood, the American did most of his damage on the back-nine as he made four birdies and an eagle at 16 following a superb 230-yard second to 10 feet.
Bradley also birdied the first and holed from 15 feet on the seventh to join Fleetwood at the top of the leaderboard, but he was unable to take advantage of the par-five ninth and settled for a closing par and a repeat of his halfway share of the lead with the Englishman at last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational.
McIlroy, meanwhile, was able to unleash his driver far more often than in his previous appearances and cruised to the turn in 33 before adding further birdies at the second and fifth as he looks to extend his impressive run of five consecutive top-six finishes on the PGA Tour this year.
Shot of the day belonged to Moore, who sent the vast crowd surrounding the 17th hole into raptures with a slam-dunk hole-in-one, just the ninth on the iconic par-three and the first since Sergio Garcia's ace in 2017.
Moore would go on to hand in a 67 just before sunset after he three-putted his final hole, joining McIlroy and Vaughn Taylor on five under.
Matt Wallace made an encouraging start to his Players Championship debut with a solid four-birdie 69, one of several three-under rounds on the opening day which included the likes of Ian Poulter, the Spanish duo of Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm, world No 1 Dustin Johnson and reigning Masters champion Patrick Reed.
Woods got off to a wayward start, dropped an early shot at the third and struggled to threaten any flags until he got a 15-foot birdie putt to drop at the seventh before missing a good chance for another gain from inside 10 feet at nine.
His closing nine was a roller-coaster affair in which he mixed five birdies with three bogeys, including a six at the 11th after his second found the water, and his excellent birdie at 17 was followed by a missed par-putt from four feet at the last before he trudged off to sign for a 70.
Former champions Jason Day and Adam Scott were also two under for the day along with Harris English, who recorded only the fifth albatross-two in tournament history when he holed a perfect 236-yard long-iron at the 11th.
But Bay Hill champion Francesco Molinari (72) finds himself seven behind his record-breaking Ryder Cup partner, while Rose, Phil Mickelson and 2015 winner Rickie Fowler all have work to do to avoid an early exit as they begin the second round on two-over par.
(c) Sky News 2019: The Players: Tommy Fleetwood leads, Rory McIlroy just two back at Sawgrass