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Hey folks, Harry here... Father Geek and many of the AICN folks had a choice between seeing DR T AND THE WOMEN... and GIRL ON THE BRIDGE... they were smart... they chose GIRL ON THE BRIDGE... so should you... to prove it, here's our lady of the boring theater... who craves a better film than this.... Alexandra... take it away....
ALEXANDRA DuPONT WRITES A QUICK REVIEW OF "DR. T AND THE WOMEN" BEFORE SHE FORGETS SHE EVEN SAW IT
Fellow geeks and geekettes: Have you ever walked out of a movie and realized you'll soon forget you even saw it? You know the experience I'm talking about -- wherein a movie's script, performances, cinematography and other potentially memorable elements are so, well, so UNCOMPELLING that they're shaken from your hippocampus like Etch-A-Sketch dust before they even had a chance to register?
One of those movies, for me anyway, is "Ghostbusters II." At least, I think it is: Isn't that the one with the goo? And a painting or something? And the big walking.... Huh. Was Sigourney Weaver even IN that one?
At any rate, I'm writing as fast as I can, because I'm afraid I'm having another "Ghostbusters II" experience, this time with "maverick" director Robert Altman's latest, "Dr. T and the Women" -- a Richard-Gere-as-high-society-gynecologist comedy.
Let's all stop for a moment and contemplate that.
A Richard-Gere-as-high-society-gynecologist comedy.
Shall we pause for a hearty laugh? Finished? Let's move on.
A well-aged Richard Gere plays high-society gynecologist Dr. T (and why did I keep expecting to see Hans Conreid in this part? "5,000 Fingers," indeed). In the opening credits, Dr. T's busily plunging a speculum into a rich old biddy as she jabbers away at him about nothing -- which, come to think of it, sums up the general vibe of the movie rather nicely.
Anyway, the good Doctor is simply SURROUNDED by rich jabbering Texan ladies in baroque high-society skirts and hats -- patients, daughters, wives of friends, you name it. Thanks to Altman's trademark overlapping-dialogue gimmick (it IS kind of a gimmick by now, isn't it?), these harpies blend together to form a wailing, overly coifed chorus of Sirens, luring the audience to its doom.
Dr. T's daughter (Kate Hudson, looking much older than she did in "Almost Famous" and doing another piece of solid, self-absorbed work) is getting married -- but there are complications in the form of a bridesmaid (Liv Tyler). Meanwhile, Dr. T's wife (a stunt-cast Farrah Fawcett) is behaving erratically, stripping off her clothes at the mall and dancing in fountains and generally behaving like she's 7 years old -- and yes, the real-life parallels to be drawn from her performance are obvious and sort of mean.
There are plenty of other subplots -- an affair with a golfer (Helen Hunt), intrigue with a nosy nurse (Shelley Long, playing the Shelley Duvall role), a daughter (Tara Reid) who works at a JFK conspiracy museum, domestic chaos with a drunken sister (Laura Dern), lots of really bad weather.... I could go on and on.
I know all of the above sounds alluring in that Spanish-soap-opera sort of way, but you've got to believe me when I tell you that, in the case of "Dr. T and the Women," it isn't. Actually, it's sort of noisy and dull. You see, there's this problem of execution.
I should note here that I actually have quite a bit of respect for crusty old Robert Altman: "The Player," "Nashville," "M*A*S*H," "Short Cuts" -- all crackle with energy and are lovely and frequently flawed and just plain DIFFERENT, even when they don't work or don't really add up to much thematically. (Pauline Kael assures me that other of Altman's movies are interesting, too, but I must sheepishly admit I haven't seen them. Flame away, Talk Backers!) Who else takes chances like this Col.-Sanders-looking old codger? God bless and keep you, sir.
But in "Dr. T," the Altman Directorial Method -- which, as I understand it, involves letting actors noisily improvise within a very loose narrative framework -- backfires. Improv is inherently unstable, of course, and Altman's had it blow up in his face throughout his career, so I'm certainly not writing him off as a has-been or anything. But the bottom line is that it's possible to direct with TOO loose a hand when your basic concept is weak. And I'm afraid that's what's happened in the case of "Dr. T."
(I could really back up my whole "basic concept is weak" assertion if I discussed the climax in spoilerific detail, but haven't we had enough spoilers at TheForce.net this week without ruining Altman too? Just trust me: It's silly and out of nowhere and kind of doesn't make any sense. It also casts the entire film as something of a misogynist allegory -- Dr. T's liberation/enlightenment/relief involves a noisy escape from women and his subsequent deliverance of another male -- but maybe that's just me.)
Anyhoo. With the exception of Gere, Hunt, Hudson, and, oh, Fawcett and maybe Tyler, all these talented actors sort of blend together into one improvising, noisy mass -- and this despite Dr. T saying more than once that each woman he meets is unique and special. Plus, that noisy mass exists in the service of a theme that declares women pretty cartoonishly lame as a gender. This is done on purpose -- moments with the noisy harpies are deliberately contrasted with moments of calm, such as Dr. T's scenes with the grounded, self-possessed Hunt character -- but just because something's done on purpose doesn't mean that it works. Altman pits two-dimensional characters (the harpies) against three-dimensional characters (Gere), which means Altman's thematically stacking the deck -- which seems (to me, anyway) artistically unfair. And thanks to the elephant-in-a-bottle narrative compression, even the good actors (excepting Gere) don't get much of a chance to develop any substantial character arc.
(1) Lyle Lovett's soundtrack was overbearing, putting obvious and/or precious neo-country punctuation on every moment. I write this despite the fact that I normally ENJOY Lyle Lovett's music, even though it invariably sounds like it should be playing between news segments on NPR.
(2) Richard Gere? He's pretty damned good, actually. I know people at this site write about how Gere sucks the air out of a room and all that -- I don't entirely disagree -- but his economy in the midst of all Altman's chaos is actually comforting. "Dr. T" features one of his finest, most nuanced performances, and I'm disappointed he had to give it in this movie.
(3) It was deeply distressing to see a nearly unrecognizable Janine Turner, who plays a hypochondriac society wife, looking like her skin's been stretched over her hopelessly tiny skull. I just hope she lost all that weight for the ROLE. Same with Laura Dern, to a far lesser degree.
(4) I could of course be entirely wrong in the above criticisms: The preview audience laughed a few times, particularly in the second half. But I think the ending lost even them.
I presume that many if not most of you read The Onion, the Internet's mightiest satirical publication. In their Sept. 13 edition, one of their lead "news stories" was titled "Every Single Thing Reminds Altman Buff Of Altman Film." Here's the link:
That is all. Now what was I talking about?.... "Ghostbusters II," or something?....
Alexandra DuPont.


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Happy 2013!
2012 FLEW by, didn't it? Thank you for following along with me on the blog as well as on Instagram and Twitter!
Cheers to a new year full of creating lasting memories and documenting them along the way...
Here's how 2012 panned out...
Most recently, I was honored to photograph this lil' girl. I visited Delhi and London and also photographed my fave family in Toronto.
There were many exciting journeys to Miami, Disney World, Block Island (which was the perfect backdrop for this), NYC, New Haven, Baltimore and Pennsylvania...
I also saw a lot more of New England from the Ether Dome in Boston, to the Celtics and the Bruins playing at TD Garden, to a day trip to Provincetown and the Boston Marathon (no, I didn't run it).
Museum visits were aplenty, I won the New Wing Photo Contest at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, met Mario Testino for his "In Your Face" exhibit at the MFA as well as met Tracy Aiguier at her fashion photography demo.
I covered lots of fashionable people and events like Boston Fashion Week, New York Fashion Weeks with some highlights including covering Alice + Olivia backstage (and meeting Jamie Beck and Kelly Framel!). I loved shooting designers at Neiman Marcus in Boston, and in NYC, attending menswear shows by DressCode Boston, and enjoyed covering an elegant evening for Dress For Sucess. I was invited to check out the new costumes for the Nutcracker at the Boston Ballet, and did some work for Zoora.
I celebrated with a lot of bling from David Yurman and Lux, Bond and Green, Anjolee Diamonds and Lia Sophia.
Met up with lots of talented bloggers in Boston at the ICA, at SOWA market, for a February Meet n Greet, and in NYC, for cupcakes and in New Haven for breakfast.
It was THE year of using Instagram.
Dined with Stir it Up and Linden Square, and the REI camp cooking challenge, and I also shared 2 ways of cooking french toast.
BUT, one of the biggest projects in 2012 and one that I'm most pleased about was the Style Profile for Nashua Soup Kitchen Project, a charitable and collaborative endeavor which turned out to be a huge success this past summer!
I'd love to thank the partcipants who made it possible: Holly in Toronto, Jeff of DressCode Boston, Jaime of La Vie Jaime, Christine of Dela Chic, Amy of CSSpectrum (who also covered some of BFW for me), Dave Chen of Neiman Marcus, Lei Ann of Lei Ann Off Duty, Anne of Adjewelry, and Emily of Books & Liquor. Thank you guys!
And THANK YOU for following along with me this past year. I hope you'll stick around!
Happy New Year to You and Yours from Hogger & Co.!


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CBCB Doctoral Student Uses Powerful Computing to Unlock the Mysteries of Microbes
Nidhi Shah loves a good challenge and is inquisitive by nature, so it's only fitting that she's involved in an expanding scientific field where curiosity and determination are essential: metagenomics.
Shah, a second-year computer science doctoral student in the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB), is developing algorithms and software tools to unlock the mysteries of microbes, the tiny microorganisms that make up the majority of our planet's living material.
Until the last decade or so, there were many unanswered questions surrounding microbes, mostly due to the fact that only a small percentage of them could be isolated and studied in a controlled lab environment.
Now, with advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing and other tools, scientists are able to take an environmental sample—whether from a hydrothermal vent or the gut of a sheep—sequence the DNA in it, and then piece together the genomes of any microbes that are present.
One of the biggest challenges in metagenomics is to annotate, or identify, which microorganism or gene that a specific DNA sequence originates from, which is where the research by Shah and other computational biologists comes into play.
"Annotating the sequences found in these samples is complicated work, but it's important because it helps us not only understand the diversity of our environment, but also lets us better characterize a microbe's functional capabilities," Shah says. "This, in turn, can help us understand and have a positive impact on human health, agricultural yield, the environment, and more, by exploring these types of microbial dynamics."
Helping Shah in her work are the vast computing resources available in CBCB, one the dozen-plus labs and centers in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS).
"I use UMIACS' computational resources extensively," she says. "It's practically impossible to run and test our algorithms and ideas for large-scale study samples on our [desktop] computers. So being able to quickly migrate workloads to the large-scale UMIACS data center lets me quickly make informed decisions about the capabilities of our sampling methods."
Shah says that prior to coming to the University of Maryland, she had very little experience with computational biology. As an undergraduate majoring in information technology at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai, she studied computer science theory. When it came time to apply to graduate school, Shah searched for something that would be a "good mix" of both theory and application.
The cutting-edge research in metagenomics underway in CBCB seemed to be a good pathway to explore, she says.
At Maryland, Shah is working closely with her adviser, Mihai Pop, a professor of computer science who has a joint appointment in UMIACS.
Pop, an expert in metagenomics, says that Shah has made tremendous progress in her research over the past year, publishing her initial results in the recent Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI 2017) held in Boston.
"We are already using the new approaches she has developed to study microbial communities from the guts of children from the developing world, as well as to study the impact of brain injury on the gastrointestinal track of mice," Pop says. "Nidhi has strong technical skills, and an amazingly positive and thoughtful attitude—attributes that foretell an outstanding scientific career in graduate school and beyond."
Although Shah doesn't know exactly where her path will lead once her doctoral program is complete, she says that working in CBCB is not only teaching her computational biology, but is also providing the academic tools needed to become an independent researcher.
"Whatever field I end up working in, I want to be able to ask the right questions, and have the intuitive knowledge needed to answer those questions effectively," she says. "Equally important is being able to communicate one's research findings to the public. Working with all of the amazing research scientists, postdocs and other graduate students in CBCB is definitely helping me master these important skills."
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There is this Audio that a guy made kamataring his chic and made it available on youtube. The guy, who seems to have found that ka chic who is just for satisfying the hunger, made sure that he let it all out but getting it into a ka gym kinda thing.
Apparently the 'Mollis' guy made sure that the chile regretted the event or as some may say 'respect' him whenever he sees him around.
From the audio, you can tell that the chile in question is really tired and wants him to stop but the energetic Mollis decided to put all his "hunger' and "Kukaukiwa" into it - that's an investment. click the link below
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Source: www.naturalnews.com
Dr. Mehmet Oz is a huge promoter of vaccines. He's been on television reinforcing fear about H1N1 swine flu and telling everyone to get vaccinated. But what he didn't tell his viewing audience is that he holds 150,000 option shares in a vaccine company that could earn him millions of dollars in profits as the stock price rises. It is in Dr. Oz's own financial interest, in other words, to hype up vaccines and get more people taking them so that his own financial investments rise in value.
Evidence describing these facts was delivered to NaturalNews by a private investigator named Joseph Culligan (http://webofdeception.com/oprah.html#oz). That evidence includes an SEC document detailing how Dr. Oz. bought options on stocks for SIGA Technologies in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. SIGA Technologies (stock symbol SIGA) is a vaccine technology company with many advanced developments whose success depends on the widespread adoption of vaccines. According to SEC documents, Dr. Mehmet Oz. currently holds 150,000 option shares on SIGA Technologies, purchased for as little as $1.35 back in 2005.
At the time of this writing, SIGA Technologies is trading at $7.10, making those options bought in 2005 worth $5.75 in profits today. If all the 150,000 options purchased by Dr. Oz. were exercised today, they would be worth roughly $180,000 in profits (they were bought at different prices, not all at $1.35). This is all revealed in what the SEC website calls an "insider transaction" document (link below).
These options won't expire until the years 2015 - 2019, and the higher the stock price of SIGA gets before then, the more profit can be realized when these options are cashed out. You can see the 2019 expiration date in this "insider transaction" form: http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/...
If the stock price of SIGA Technologies could be pumped up even more -- say, from someone hyping up vaccines in front of a national audience -- these options could mathematically be worth millions of dollars. Just to clarify, by the way, SIGA Technologies doesn't currently manufacture a vaccine for H1N1 swine flu. It focuses on future vaccine technologies that could be applied to many different vaccines down the road.
Dr. Oz. isn't merely a holder of SIGA stock options, by the way: He's on the Board of Directors! As SIGA's own website explains, Dr. Oz has served on the board since 2001 and continues his role there today. This brings up the obvious question:
Is it right for someone talking about whether vaccines are safe on television to also be carrying stock options and serving on the board of directors of a vaccine company at the same time?
Just to make things a little more interesting, SIGA Technologies recently received a $3 million grant in taxpayer dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of the grant money? To fund the study of a chemical adjunct named ST-246 to be used in future vaccines. So taxpayer money is now being used to fund a vaccine technology company whose stock price increases will financially benefit the very celebrity doctor who is hyping up vaccines to a national audience.
Something sounds fishy here...
Conflict of interest?
To my knowledge, Dr. Oz. has never disclosed to his viewing audience the fact that he owns 150,000 option shares of SIGA Technologies. And yet, with an audience of millions, Dr. Oz has continued to beat the drum of the vaccine industry, urging people to get vaccinated while implying that vaccines protect people from swine flu (even though there is absolutely no scientific evidence to back up that claim).


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The mommy in me made these... one says "Family" and then the vintage nest... but my favorite is the vintage red headed boy running. You can't see it but. I added the would "have Fun", because my little red headed boy always reminds me to have fun! These would be great Christmas gifts for you girlfriends, co-workers, and teachers... And as Adelyn's shirt says...
Friday, December 4, 2009
Winner Winner! and gift idea!
And the winner of a monogrammed pendant is... Debbie. She was lucky number one and that was the number pulled for the hat (or pile). Check your email Debbie! Here are a few more of the pendants I made. I bought this kit from the scrapbook show from the 'Craft Fantastic' booth. She had set up a make and take and I was so happy with my necklace because it was easy and adorable. Plus her kits were so affordable... everything you need for 20 pendants for just $29.95! That is $1.50 a necklace! Check out her site... http://www.craftfantastic.com/products/pendant_kit-40-20.html
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
We've been using the Mobiderm bandage that I got earlier this year, it's been real good. It does a great job of softening the tissue and thereby making it more mobile.
I am awaiting a new nightgarment. A JoviPak again but this one will go up around the hip whereas the old one stopped about where my thigh-high stocking ends too. I had developed a little bump/extra swelling where the garments ends and my therapist was a little freaked out by that. She worked intensively on it and brought it under control again. Having wrapped my leg she would some days add an extra roll that would go around my belly and the hip, that worked quite well.
I don't really feel the nightgarment has made any difference. It might help keep the tissue soft but when I measured my leg just before the big session it was the same as before I started using it. My fitter will make some adjustments to the new one and says that if this doesn't change anything he might look into a Reid sleeve that I have been recommended. It is not on the Danish market but he can order it from America or whereever it comes from.
After the wrapping session I've been feeling the right side of my groin when training for my big walk. Not good. My therapist says it's irritated after the bandaging and the dodgy walking. That's another thing I've been thinking about reg. being wrapped for a long time, it can't be good for the rest of the body to be bandaged for more than a few weeks as one compensates for the stiff leg and uses the body in a way that might not be all that great. What do you think?
I hope my groin will recover very soon, just over a week till take-off now. I am going to take it easy this week, no training. I have left my boots at the shoemaker anyway to have the one for the Lymphedema foot made a little wider. Usually it feels fine but there are days when it would be good to have a little tiny bit wider, and I might also wear another sock over the compression stocking, there's gotta be room for that too.
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- Anonymous26 September 2012 at 13:08
Glad to hear you've had a successful treatment and the swelling has gone down! :-) I also have primary lymphedema since 4 years and wear my JOBST compression garment every day without fail . However I've never heard of a night garment. Where did you get yours and how much does it cost? Or does the Danish private or public health insurance cover it? I don't think the German or British public insurance would cover it but am very keen to try it out and see if my lymphedema improves...but obviously not if it'll cost me a fortune!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi there, thanks for writing :-)Delete
My leg still looks pretty good so that's great. I am doing everything I can to keep it that way but for how long it will last I don't know.
My nightgarment is a Jovipak, it is made in America and is developed by a woman (Jo Ann Rovig - hence the name) who has Lymphedema herself. Nightgarments are generally not cheap but I don't know the exact cost of mine as it is covered by the public healthinsurance overhere. Who knows, perhaps your insurance would cover, do check it out. Some insurances do. It is so much easier than wrapping, you just slip on the garment and perhaps the "jacket" to go over it.
Take care,
Thank you so much for your post related to MLD & wrapping session. I am from India and I also have primary lymphedema since 17 to 18 yrs in my left leg. Usually I read your posts and try to implement, As we don't have clinic fro lymphedema in our state, My therapist has started lymphedema clinic first time in our state. I have started my MLD & Wrapping session since 2weeks, swelling has gone down little bit. But still I have one month of treatment left.ReplyDelete
Really thankful to you, as I was not aware of such treatment.
And yes I also don't aware of night garment. Could you please write some more regarding it.
Hello Lovely Bijal, thanks for writing :-)Delete
Fantastic that your therapist has started a lymphedema clinic in your state! It is good to hear your swelling has gone down already and with another month to go I am sure you will see good results.
About nightgarments, it is like a long, padded boot that you slip on and wear for the night instead the hassles of wrapping with rolls of bandages. It has less compression than a compression stocking and works by making the tissue softer so the stocking can do its job even better during the day. Mine is a Jovipak but there are other brands too such as Reid and Solaris Tribute. If you want you find posts about my nightgarment under Labels in the right column.
Hi there! a while ago I mentioned I was going to try kinesio taping, but I never gave you the update on it. I had several sessions with a PT, some of them did nothing to my foot, but others were very good, so I decided to buy the tape and do it myself based on what I saw worked during the sessions. I now use the tape under my foot compression toe sock almost every day and it helps, I noticed that when I use the tape the overall swelling is a lot less, the skin suffers a little bit more, so I'm moisturizing more than usual, but I'm happy. As I told you before my lymphedema is only on my foot, and so far in a year and a half has only stayed there (stopping the typing for a couple of second to knock on wood), the swelling on my toes didn't get worst and I stopped the daily toe wrapping. So far so good, this might be something you may want to explore, it works well in conjunction with some compression. The take helps the liquid circulation with the natural movement of the foot leg.ReplyDelete
All the best wishes on your trip. And don't worry too much about other people noticing your leg, you are not your leg, and who knows! you might even help someone find out that what they have is not a regular edema, but something that should be taken care from the beginning. Enjoy, have fun, make new friends, share experiences, the journey and what you do along the way is all that matters. I'm so looking forward to all the stories you will tell us when you come back :)Replies
Hi NBV - good to have you back :-)Delete
Thanks for the update on kinesiotape, it sounds really promising! I'd like to explore. I wouldn't have a clue on how to do it but I imagine there would be info to find on the web.
Thanks for your words on my upcoming trip, you are right, I am much more than my leg :-) It might be a good learning curve for me to expose my leg a little and learn to deal with the reactions.
Looking forward to share my experience with all my sweet readers :-)
I've had Primary LE for about 12 years now, and I haven't used a night leg wrapping. I used to use a day wrapping (instead of a stocking) but it only ever gave me stiff leg-as you were saying, my back DID suffer from my hips trying to compensate-and so I moved back. Instead of night wrapping: I sleep with a leg elevator cushion!! It's actually quite comfortable and I notice a much smaller leg each morning, giving my leg a better chance to stay smaller throughout the day :) These cushions are also nice for your lower back as it helps relieve pressure! The Cushions are generally less than $100 USD and last for years if you treat them well. I'm so glad that I found your blog! I've tried other social networks but everything is for secondary LE from surgery in arms from mostly much much older women who can't understand my life haha. LOVE the blog about the shoes :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Sopralto,Delete
thanks for writing :-)
I'd love to get one of those cusions, I've had my eye on them for a long time but the costs put me off. I use some old phonebooks under the bed itself and some towels under the top matress. That will have to do for now - combined with the nightgarment. As you may have seen I've just been in hospital with Cellulitis and after ten days of lying down with leg elevated my leg looks better that in years! Much more effecient than ten days of wrapping at the pt!
Thanks for you kind words about my blog :-)


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We've seen this before, have we not? (And you totally got that balance line from me, last time. S'okay, you can have it. Just sayin'.)
[Editor's note- Yup. Needed a day off but we have a new, super funny post tomorrow. And if I recall correctly, last time you said, "Swim or not swim. There is no float." Which is still pretty awesome. john (thoJ)]
Darth Vader on a rubber float on a lake? The theme for this eludes me.
LOL!! May the Force be with you!
(crossing the streams alert) And...... Live Long and Prosper
So Darth Vader isn't allowed to have some hot fun in the summertime?
My son and my niece when they were like 6 would speak in their secret language... made up of squeeks... maybe they could translate. I agree though with Margaret... the theme eludes me too.
"All right, gentlemen, I want a clean fight here."
Oldie but a goodie XD
OK, I laughed harder at this than I have at anything in a long time.
Is it wrong that I would've been thrilled to get this cake?
I think this scenario would be even more awesome when combined with a… SHARKNADO!
Lightsabers > chainsaws
Luke, I am your flotation device.
As kids growing up in outer space, both Darth and Luke were occasional hitchhikers in the galaxy, and both know -- and here prove -- the importance of the towel....
I would love to see 2 Jedis fighting underwater. Imagie them leaping in the air, capes flowing behind them. And if one gets their arm cut off, no messy cleanup!
My son birthday is in august.
And he has lots of star wars figurines.
Maybe i shouldn't have seen this post. It is Epic. And i happened to have a " half vader" figurine to put on a cake, where i could recreate vader in the water. Too many ideas!
Are the sides of the cake black and red?? Worst icing colors ever, especially for kids!
At least there are no sharks. At least not that we can see O.O
I really hate when work gets in the way of my CW fun!
@mel ~ You're kinda awesome. You know that right?
At least Luke was thinking ahead! If his raft pops, he can still get away on his surfboard.
Darth, on the other hand, is looking as handsome as ever.
Backstory, puuuuu-leeez?! :-) This pool cake was deliberate - inquiring minds want to know...WHY?! Childhood memories of recreating scenes from Star Wars Ep 5 or Ep 6 whilst having a dip in the pool? An aquatic version of Eps 5 or 6? A Star Wars-themed version of the Wipeout TV show?! I'm DYING HERE!!!*
*Ok, I'm not - I'd just really, really, like to know... :-)
"If only you knew
the power of the Deep Side!"
Pool noodles thwack
*lighsaber swooshy sound*
@ emmyn:
I'm happy for you, but I also don't get why someone would need a "half" Vader (or half ANYone) to begin with. Just shove 'em into the cake half way (ta-da!). Then afterwards, the kid has a whole figurine to play with, instead of some poor guy with no legs.
OMG Haiku Joy you are hysterical XD XD
I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have water wings... you have lifesavers... but you don't use them.
The theme for this eludes me. Margaret
I agree though with Margaret... the theme eludes me too.Diana C
Okay, then : that's two elusions , so far. Do I hear a third? (No, eluding an officer of the law in a high-speed chase doesn't count. Might make a great cake, though!)
¡Ay, caramba! Doesn't get much better than this.... =^>.<^=
Darth: "Ahhh...Luke...I think a towel AND a surfboard is cheating....."
@Haiku joy: "...power of the Deep Side " = mucho giggles on THIS side! =^~.~^=
I must admit this would have been perfect for my son's party a few years ago. Pool party for 8 yr olds and I made pool noodle light sabers (half noodles with duct tape handles) for all of them.
It'd make more sense to have pre-injury Vader versus Obi-Wan here.
I needed this laugh on a day when I am feeling seriuosly unbalanced due to back pain. (No, NOT mental health issues!) This one is just a mind-boggling mess!
Ok, why is it that, as a Star Wars/Hitchhiker's/Sci-Fi aficinado, my mind was blank except for "Where's the backstory?!" and everybody else (SueBee, Tia, DB, Danny, Haiku Joy, mel, Sir Laffsalot, zoomom, etc.) came up with such GOOD comments?! Lord, please, please, PLEASE tell me I am not suffering early-onset dementia...!
(On the flip side, everyone's comments have me laughing hard enough to nearly knock me outta my chair... :-)
I made something eerily similar to this cake for my own son (*not one of my better creations*) but he loved it. He wanted a "Star Wars" meets "Wipe Out" cake. For a 7 yr old, they are two of the most epic things in the world, so why not combine them on a birthday cake?
@Karate Lady-You need to rest your awesomeness once in a while. Otherwise it stops working.
Now sit back, close your eyes and relax. You can be awesome again tomorrow.
I loved this scene when Vader and Luke fought while floating on pieces of bantha bacon.
I loved this scene when Vader and Luke fought while floating on pieces of bantha bacon.
@TLC - Sorry your back is hurting you! Hope you feel better soon! Rest well & be sure to take your pain meds/ meditate/whatever works for you! :-/
Sometimes I really REALLY need to know the details behind the conception...
@Jodee: nah...just a guy havin' fun....
@Haiku joy: lol...
@TLC: oh...no...hope you're feeling better!
@KarateLady: I agree with Anonynom...
So long and thanks for all the Sith??
Well all Luke would have to do is force push Vader into the water and then the fight is over lol. Ahh the joys of loving Star Wars. Whoever ordered this cake must have had a fun party planned. I kind of liked it hehe.
...and sometimes it's really REALLY better not to know. =^-,-^=
Some things are just as enjoyable the second time around - I'd forgotten about this one. Love the squeaks.
I want this cake.
@Barbara Anne: well done!
I don't think playing with light sabers on water can be safe.
@Joan - Party Pool-per... :-)
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Here's one thing you probably didn't know about the agony of NHL fighting.
Frazer McLaren, the Maple Leafs enforcer, came to practice on Sunday with a face marred by a collection of nasty-looking red marks. The abrasions were, presumably, the fist-induced fallout of his Saturday-night fight with Montreal's Brandon Prust. But McLaren corrected an erroneous assumption.
"It's just a little jersey burn," McLaren said.
Jersey burn?
"If you get the jersey rubbing on your face (during a fight), it's almost like sandpaper," McLaren said. "We call it jersey burn. It's not so much from the punches. Sometimes it's punches, but (Saturday) night it was a lot of jersey burns."
Here are a few things you may or may not know about the ecstasy of the first decent Leafs season in almost forever. The Leafs lead the NHL in hits. They stand first in the league in total penalty minutes. They've racked up an NHL-topping 40 fighting majors in 41 games, which means they've fought twice as much as more than half the league.
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In other words, Blue and White Disease, the affliction of lazy entitlement that's often been used to explain the longest active absence from the post-season in the NHL, has given way to a passion for black and blue and blood. Don Cherry, who spent part of Saturday night insisting that the chief difference between this season and last season is that the Leafs are now "playing their tough guys," clearly approves.
If you were giving Toronto's NHLers a nickname to wear with their soon-to-sprout playoff beards, you'd do worse than, say, The Bay Street Bullies.
"That's not bad," said Mark Fraser, the Leafs defenceman who has partaken in nine NHL fights this season.
Said Joffrey Lupul: "I played in Philly — I don't think they'd be too happy if we used that (nickname)."
All the more reason to use it, of course. Sure, you'd be borrowing from history. But the Philadelphia-based franchise that gave us the lawless Broad Street Bullies of the bench-clearing 1970s has allowed the Leafs to hook and jab their way to the top of the league's face-punching standings. When it comes to total fighting majors this season, Toronto is pummelling Philly by the score of 40-29.
Precisely what it will mean when the games mean the most is anyone's guess. But we do know this: fighting generally becomes less prevalent in the post-season. Last season, for instance, there were fights in 34 per cent of regular-season games, according to hockeyfights.com. But come playoff time, just 22 per cent of games included fisticuffs. There were precisely zero fighting majors doled out in the 2012 Stanley Cup final, and only one fight in two conference-final series.
Given the Leafs have fought in an average of 98 per cent of their games this year — given that the likes of Nazem Kadri claim the violence clears space for the skill guys — it's fair to wonder what the change of tone and tactics will do to the group's mentality.
The stock answer around the dressing room, of course, is that it won't do much of anything.
"It's not a trademark of us to go out and fight," Carlyle said. "Our trademark is we want to be a physical hockey club. We want to be a strong forechecking hockey club. If that leads to physical one-on-one confrontation, then that's the way we deal with it. But we're not specifically going out there to fight."
Don't tell that to the likes of Colton Orr and McLaren, who have obviously participated in many preordained tête-à-têtes with rival enforcers.
Still, no one on the Leafs claimed to have a definitive answer for why fighting diminishes when the regular season concludes.
"Maybe some guys are afraid of being hurt, or whatever it is," said McLaren, he of the 10 fighting majors in 2013.
Fraser theorized that playoff hockey is so crucial and intense, "guys would rather be playing" than sitting in the penalty box.
Carlyle, for his part, pointed out that teams tend to be "very, very careful on the instigator"— meaning players would rather avoid a fight than take an additional penalty for being deemed the catalyst of a tilt not ignited by mutual consent. Witness Carlyle's 2006-07 Anaheim Ducks, who led the league with 71 regular-season fights before they won the Stanley Cup tournament while partaking in precisely four scraps.
"There's a lot more discipline displayed (in the playoffs)," said Carlyle, "and you have to turn the other cheek in some situations."
Discipline might not be a problem for the Leafs. If concussion-swapping is in their DNA, retaliatory stick work generally is not. If you add up minor penalties for slashing, high sticking and cross-checking this season, no team in the league has fewer than Toronto's combined total of 15.
Orr, the team's leader in fights this season with 12, acknowledged that staged fighting can get old in a best-of-seven series.
"In the playoffs I guess you get more fights that are spur-of-the-moment," Orr said.
Indeed, last season's first round saw the high-scoring likes of Sidney Crosby, Claude Giroux and Anze Kopitar dropping mitts in the midst of obvious animus. Lupul said impromptu fighting among un-designated hitters comes with a higher "motivational factor."
To that end, Lupul offered a stone-faced vow: "I only fight in the playoffs."
Lupul, currently recovering from a concussion, was presumably joking. Or perhaps not. Though he has engaged in only a handful of NHL fights during his nine-year career, one of those imbroglios did come in the post-season — a 2006 square-off with Jamie Lundmark.
Fraser, informed of Lupul's assertion, laughed a little: "I guess we'll have to wait and see for that one."
While we do, perhaps Leafs Nation can brainstorm a better nickname than Bay Street Bullies. And perhaps the equipment industry can tackle a cure for jersey burn.
McLaren offered a possible solution: "Cotton jerseys?"


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Friday, April 19, 2013
PAHA Board Meeting, Conference and Lectures in Buffalo, NY - May 15-16, 2013
On Thursday, 16 May 2013, PAHA will hold its midyear board meeting at the Cellino & Barnes Conference Center at the State University of New York at Buffalo. It will be followed by a tour of the Polish Room collections at the UB Lockwood Library. During the lunch break Dr. Stephen Leahy will host a discussion on the placement of the Polish Studies within the Global Studies programs.
The session will be opened by the Director of the Polish Studies Program at UB – Dr. Janina Brutt-Griffler and the Vice President of PAHA – Dr. Grażyna Kozaczka. The keynote lecture will be delivered by Dr. John Bukowczyk. Professor Bukowczyk will explore the questions of racial prejudice among the Poles and other immigrants from Eastern, Southern, and Central Europe and suggest avenues for future research of white ethnic workers and their urban communities in the twentieth century.
The confirmed participants, members of the PAHA Council, include: Dr. Iwona Korga, Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Insitute of America, Dr. M.B.B. Biskupski, President of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Thomas Napierkowski, President of the Polish American Historical Association.
The Buffalo and Western NY Polish American community leaders and organizations which had already confirmed their participation are: the Polish Arts Club, the Polish Legacy Project, the Polish American Congress WNY, and Niagara Polish Cultural and Historical Association.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
6:30pm–9:00pm Program by James Pula, Kosciuszko's Return to America at the Polish Arts Club, 4255 Harlem Rd. Community Center (Amherst NY, 14226)
Thursday, 16 May 2013
10:00am–1:00pm PAHA Board meeting Cellino & Barnes Conference Center (509 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus, Amherst NY, 14261)
1:30pm – Lockwood Library Polish Room tour, followed by the lunch break
5:00pm–6:45pm Academic Session: John Bukowczyk, Ethnic and Not Quite White: Poles and Others in Urban America; Invited Discussants: Keith P. Griffler, Victoria W. Wolcott.
7:00pm - Reception (Conference Center)
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Letter from the President, PAHA's New Board and April 15 Deadlines
April 8, 2013
Dear Friends,
Allow me to begin these remarks with an expression of gratitude to the members of the Polish American Historical Association for allowing me the honor of serving as president of our organization and to my predecessor Professor Neal Pease and, indeed, to all the Officers and Board Members of the last two years for the diligent and professional manner in which they have guided PAHA. I pledge to do my best to fulfill the duties which have been entrusted to me and to continue the work which our previous administration has so ably initiated and managed.
At the same time, I must also note that members of PAHA have surrounded me with extraordinarily talented and dedicated fellow Officers and Board Members. Dr. Grażyna Kozaczka, Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz, Dr. James Pula, Mr. Thomas Duszak, Dr. Pien Versteegh, Dr. Maja Trochimczyk, and twelve exceptional Board Members guarantee that PAHA is in good hands.
The work of this team is already evident in the next two scheduled meetings of PAHA. Under the energetic and skillful guidance of Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz, PAHA will hold its Midyear Meeting in Buffalo, NY, on May 15-16, 2013. In addition to conducting the midyear business of PAHA, the meeting will include events with the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo and with the Polish Studies Program, the Department of Transnational Studies, and the Department of History of the State University of New York at Buffalo. This will give PAHA an opportunity to connect with one of the most active Polish American communities in the nation and with scholars who share common interests.
In a similar way, under the direction of First Vice President Grażyna Kozaczka and Executive Director Pien Versteegh, PAHA's next Annual Meeting is taking shape. The meeting will be held on January 2-4, 2014, in Washington D.C. At this meeting the Officers and Board Members will conduct PAHA's Annual Business Meeting; but the heart of the Annual Meeting will, of course, be the scholarship presented and discussed over three days both formally in panels and sessions and informally in conversations.
I encourage all PAHA members to consider proposing papers or panels for the Annual Meeting. PAHA is the perfect forum for the dissemination of research on Polonia. We are also exploring the possibility that the Embassy of the Republic of Poland will be able to host PAHA's Awards Reception.
The Polish American Historical Association is a unique scholarly organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of scholarly materials focused on Polish American history and culture and on their European origins; this is a mission to preserve and evaluate the past of our community and to help shape its future—a future which looks bright.
Please share this newsletter and your commitment to PAHA with others.
Thomas Napierkowski
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The 71st Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America will be held at Hyatt Arlington Hotel, on Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, 2013. The Program Committee encourages submissions in all aspects of Polish Studies. Complete sessions are preferred, but individual papers will be considered. Sessions are two hours in length and include three papers of about 25 minutes, with Moderator and, where possible, Commentator. Panels of up to five shorter presentations can also be proposed. Proposals should be sent to Paul W. Knoll at: firstname.lastname@example.com by 15 April 2013.
President: Dr. Thomas Napierkowski
First Vice President: Dr. Grazyna Kozaczka
Second Vice President: Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz
Secretary: Mr. Thomas Duszak
Executive Director: Dr. Pien Versteegh
Treasurer, Editor of Polish American Studies: Dr. James S. Pula
On-line Communications Director and Newsletter Editor: Dr. Maja Trochimczyk
Polish American Historical Association Council:
Dr. Mieczysław B. Biskupski
Dr. John Bukowczyk
Dr. Iwona Drag-Korga
Dr. John M. Grondelski
Dr. Ann Hetzel Gunkel
Dr. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
Mr. Mark Kohan
Dr. Stephen M. Leahy
Dr. Neal Pease
Dr. Dorota Praszałowicz
Dr. John Radzilowski
Dr. Theodore L. Zawistowski
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Exactly 40 years ago today, the world was in mourning at the death of the king of rock 'n' roll Elvis Presley was revealed to a shocked global audience.
It was on August 16, 1977 that the musical icon was found dead at the age of 42 - and the world of music was plunged into grief, with thousands of fans staging a vigil outside the star's Graceland home in the USA.
Of course, it is well known that Elvis never played or even visit Britain - his only documented stop in the UK was at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, when the United States Air Force transport plane carrying him home stopped to refuel in 1960, en route from Germany.
But it could have been very different - for believe it or not, The King was scheduled to play Sheffield in 1972 - and it very nearly happened.
The venue was the city's former Fiesta club, now the Odeon Cinema on Arundel Gate, and which back in its day was the place to be seen with a galaxy of stars performing at the venye.
Opened by brothers Keith and Jim Lipthorpe in 1970, the pair had visions of bringing the biggest star in the world to Sheffield in the autumn of 1972.
The Lipthorpe brothers announced they had all but secured an appearance by Elvis, causing headlines across the globe - but it was not to be after the negotiations broke down because Elvis's manager Colonel Tom Parker's demands had become too much.
His insistence 20 more phone lines be installed at the venue – meaning a reconfiguration of the entire building – could not be met, meaning that Sheffield, and Britain, were never treated to a performance by Elvis.
Stars who did appear there over the years however included Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, The Three Degrees, The Four Tops, BB King, Tommy Cooper, and Morecambe and Wise.
But its success was also to become its downfall and the club stayed open just six years, closing down in 1976.


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These trending hair color trends keep getting better and better! This time, experts and hair stylists have taken inspiration from denim, which has recently been spotted in catwalks and runways for Chanel and Celine. For those looking for the familiar and laid-back feel for their tresses, then denim hair might just be your next match. The new hair color is the brainchild of Adam Reed, the co-founder of award-winning London hairdressers, Percy & Reed...Read More
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I was at the observatory last night and took a bunch of images of the supernova. I also found I had imaged M51 on May 8 2011. So I have pre and post supernova images.
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Most of the people choose black bathroom cabinets for the elegance twist than created in their bathroom. In addition, if those bathrooms are intentionally decorated in black or in darker and lighter color composition applied in a place. It will successfully create luxurious and modern atmosphere in the interior. There are numerous styles of bathroom cabinet whether it is designed with mirror or not. These cabinets could be designed together with the vanity, since the cabinet is usually used as the storage in the bathroom.
There are some tips in selecting your black bathroom cabinets. Or it actually can be said as the general tips in selecting bathroom cabinets. Well, before deciding to decorate your bathroom, you certainly have to know the condition of your bathroom included the whole size, and bathroom appliances location. Where the bathroom cabinet should be applied also must be considered gently in order to the result will not create such weird decoration.
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The first step is considering the bathroom wall color. If you prefer to apply black bathroom cabinet, the lighter color than this cabinet should be selected to avoid darker or smaller space effect for the bathroom. The neutral color options should be better solution to blend that cabinet. If you have small bathroom space, a single bathroom cabinet or vanity is effective. Larger bathroom space will allow you to design the bathroom more creatively. Double black bathroom cabinet or vanity will be suitable applied in the larger bathroom space.
Well, black color typically make your room smaller than the original space. Try to choose black bathroom vanity with single door cabinet but it designed with sone shelves in. This black bathroom cabinet will help you to save the bathroom space. Floating or hanging black bathroom cabinet is the second solution to save your bathroom space. It will be efficient if those space saving solution combined in your bathroom.


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I know there is a land shortage in some places… but this is ridiculous
So how large of a lot do you really need to build a nice home for yourself? well the people that built these homes made due with the 5 feet in between that no one wanted I guess.
check out these pics of some very, very, narrow homes… I wonder how they fit a bed or bath into a few of these! This cute home below sheds light on the true meaning of making every inch count.
This lovely home gives new meaning to narrow driveway. Lokks like they literally built this in a small walkway between other houses
Now I have seen some pretty small town homes, but these take the cake. I guess a twin sized bed is probably the biggest they can fit in there. I really love the picture of the woman in front of the town house, her arms are the same length as her home!
I guess you gotta make due with whatever amount of space you have… so a two story 8 foot house… hey, that was all that would fit there. Who needs full sized windows anyway? I wonder what the pool looks like…


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My cat, Sammy, had ear mites as a kitten. It was difficult to cure but we did eventually get rid of them. So now I clean his ears once a week. I didn't realize that I was among the few who did this regularly.
I did some research and found that regular ear care is one of the most overlooked areas of cat health. Many people are actually afraid to clean their cat's ears because they are afraid of "hurting" their cat in the process. The result is that many cats develop infections that could have been treated quickly and easily if caught earlier. Good routine ear care is very safe and consists of a weekly inspection and, if necessary, a cleaning. Some of the more common problems infecting cat ears include:
- Ear mites
- Bacterial infections
- Yeast infections
- Allergies
- Fungal infections on the ear tips
While most cats actually tolerate routine cleanings very well, below are a few tips that will work on most cats, including the toughest old ones.
- First and foremost, make regular ear cleaning part of your routine. If you inspect and clean your cat's ears on a weekly basis from the time she is 8 weeks old, it will become a routine part of life and she won't fight you when you start handling her ears.
- Make it a positive experience. This sounds simple but it's the step that most people forget. Use treats during and after the cleaning to keep the experience positive.
- Only clean the ears when your cat is in a good mood. At home, do the cleaning when the cat is happy, not after a bath or associated with other dreaded treatments such as nail clipping.
- When cleaning a cat's ears, get some help if your cat is hard to handle. Cats don't like to be held down, so try to do it quickly and painlessly.
- Hold the tip of the cat's ear between your thumb and forefinger and gently roll it up so you can see the inner ear. If the cat tries to scoot away, you can gently grab the loose skin on the back of its neck.
- Look inside the ear for redness or discharge. Light brown wax is O.K., but black, red, or infected-looking colors (e.g. yellow or green pus) can indicate a problem. Gently wipe the inside of the ear with the tip of a q-tip or a moistened Kleenex.
- If the ear contains a lot of wax or debris you should squirt 5-10 drops of an ear cleaner into the ear. You can usually get a recommendation of a good ear cleaner from your Veterinarian or local pet store.
- If the ear seems sensitive or infected or if your cat is shaking its head or scratching at the ear, have her examined by a veterinarian.
When it comes to ear problems, if you follow the above steps, it will be beneficial to you and your cat in the long run.
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Published on September 25, 2015
TYLER, TX – Trinity Clinic Henderson will hold an open house on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4-6 pm to meet and welcome the newest members of the Trinity Clinic medical staff, Lori Wyatt, MD and Chelsi Jackson, MD.
"We are excited to add Dr. Wyatt and Dr. Jackson to our already outstanding team at Trinity Clinic Henderson," said Robin Garland, Clinic Manager at Henderson. "They bring a wealth of expertise and experience to the clinic. They will be invaluable assets to Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics and an important resource in offering the highest levels of care to our patients here."
Dr. Wyatt comes to the Trinity Mother Frances team after finishing medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and completing her residency at UT Health Northeast in Tyler this year. She is a member of the Smith County Medical Society, the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. She is active in her community and holds leadership roles within her church.
Dr. Jackson graduated from Texas A&M before earning her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and completing her residency at UT Health Northeast in Tyler, where she served as Chief Resident. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Jackson holds a special interest in Women's Health and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics at Henderson," said Dr. Wyatt. "The physicians, nurses, APPs and staff are top-notch, and I cannot wait to meet the people of this community and get to work."
"I love East Texas, and I am incredibly excited to be joining the Trinity Mother Frances team in Henderson," said. Dr. Jackson. "Providing healthcare to the people of this area is truly my passion, and I am eager to get into the community and do everything I can to help people enjoy healthier, happier lives."
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Guam - It's official: former Guam attorney general Alicia Limtiaco is now the U.S. Attorney for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Island leaders, and family and friends of Limtiaco filled the federal court house today to witness history as Limtiaco is officially the first Chamorro woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for Guam and the CNMI.
Now preparing for her four-year term, Limtiaco was recommended for the position to President Barack Obama earlier this year by Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo. "I believe that she will maintain the integrity of the U.S. Attorney position and uphold the administration of justice on Guam and in the Northern Marianas Islands," said the delegate.
Also recognizing Limtiaco's new role as an historic event was Governor Felix Camacho, who noted, "I think across the board there is a whole lot of activity that she's going to be responsible for in maintaining law and order."
Former Supreme Court of Guam Chief Philip Carbullido gave the keynote address during Limitaco's investiture ceremony today. He commended her for her 20 years of legal experience, working late hours on the mounting caseloads that reach their office, and yet still balanced her time to spend with her family and the community.
"Alicia has literally walked the streets of Guam village by village to raise awareness of family violence as part as Purple Light Night, where law enforcement personnel and members of the community canvass Guam's neighborhoods," said Carbullido.
As for Limitiaco's first order of business, well she says it's to continue combating crime as well as the efforts she has accomplished these past few years. "The Health and Safety Task Force in terms of bringing the needs of having a safe and healthy environment for the children, our gambling and gaming task force, our Human Trafficking Task Force and certainly the various issues where we have children of child exploitation," she announced.
She also leaves this message to acting Guam Attorney General John Weisenberger, who was appointed to complete her term: "Continuing the very good work of the Office of the Attorney General and listening to the concerns that are raised to the community and being responsive."
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Anne Zahalka - Playing the game! 2009
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Anne Zahalka - Wild Life, 2007
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Anne Zahalka, Natural Wonders 2004
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Anne Zahalka – Leisureland, 2000
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Anne Zahalka – Open House, 1995
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Anne Zahalka – Fortresses and Frontiers, 1993
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Anne Zahalka, Natural Wonders 2004
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In her latest exhibition of photographs at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Anne Zahalka adds to her cabinet of national curiosities by taking her viewer on excursions into landscapes both strange and familiar. The large format, high resolution prints of Natural Wonders continue where Zahalka's previous series, Leisureland, left off. Whereas Leisureland documented novelties of Australian leisure activities, Natural Wonders presents curiosities of the consumption of Nature as spectacle alongside spectacular artificial landscapes, kitsch icons of national identity next to eco-emporiums. Coming out of the tradition of documentary photography, Zahalka's work occupies a metaposition in relation to the stock images of Australian tourism. We look at ourselves looking at the postcard pantheon, buying into both 'authentic' and manicured experiences of Nature. The Natural Wonders catalogue reads like an itinerary from a Lonely Planet guidebook with some critical local knowledge thrown in.
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If it's truly RGB style, you'll want to cap all 3, not remove all 3. Removing all colours makes black. 255 of all colours makes white.
Might be. Too bad I do not have any more seals to buy other seeds, also a lot of people want t grow their dyes too. Well, black is not bad too.
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One thing I noticed is that in the companion window, baseline chocobos are listed as being desert yellow, same as the dye. Makes me sorta suspect we'll be limited to the equipment dye colors.
They did mention you'll be able to colour your chocobo in all of the available dye colours, and I would hardly call that limited.
Compared to full RGB, yes it is limited, but you'll still have a lot of options to choose from.
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In before people realize you need 255 of each item to make it max in one color.
Over all still have to wait till my fruit is ready to harvest to even apply the testing. I have the blue and greens going so far.
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Public's Help Sought in Locating Michael Adam Wolfe, 27, Missing and Endangered
FlaglerLive | August 6, 2016
Update: Michael Wolfe was found Sunday in Daytona Beach, by Daytona Beach police, in good health.
Flagler County sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help to locate a missing adult who is considered endangered.
Michael Adam Wolfe, 27, was reported missing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 8:26 p.m. from 66 Russell Drive in Palm Coast. He was last seen on Tuesday, Aug. 2, by his caregiver.
Wolfe said he was heading to Daytona Beach to pick up medication and spend the night with a friend. He reportedly took a taxi (company unknown). He has not been heard from since and suffers from several medical conditions. Wolfe is 5'10" tall and weighs 145 pounds. He has brown eyes and short brown hair.
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UPDATE: Trump campaign fires Virginia chair after RNC protest
(CNN) — Donald Trump's campaign on Monday fired its Virginia chair after he staged a controversial protest in front of the Republican National Committee, the latest flare-up between Republican Party establishment and Trump forces.
Corey Stewart, a candidate for governor next year and a Trump loyalist in the state, has been let go from his unsalaried, but influential position, according to a Trump campaign source. Stewart had been threatened by multiple campaign aides earlier on Monday when he staged his small demonstration against the RNC for supposedly abandoning his candidate.
Stewart shared multiple text messages with CNN from people who claimed to be Trump campaign aides, warning of "major consequences."
"Do not protest the RNC," one text message said, referencing Trump's deputy campaign manager. "Call Dave Bossie immediately."
Stewart and a group of about 30 Trump supporters in Virginia were trying to convince the RNC not to abandon Trump in the wake of falling poll numbers and lewd videos that has dismayed many in party leadership.
Reached immediately after news emerged on Monday, Stewart, who expected to be fired for demonstrating, said he had not heard of his ouster. But he immediately took shots at people like Bossie.
"I'm loyal to him," Stewart said, "not loyal to political operatives."
John Whitbeck, the Republican Party's Virginia chairman, called Stewart's firing "disappointing" but said he supports the campaign's "decision to remove their Virginia chairman. With less than a month until Election Day, we can't afford any distractions."
Trump's support in the GOP has faded in the wake of a 2005 tape that reveals him making lewd and sexually aggressive remarks about women. On Monday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he will no longer defend Trump and instead will focus on preserving his party's hold on Congress, though he did not formally rescind his endorsement.
Over the weekend, dozens of fellow Republican lawmakers withdrew their support for Trump, many insisting he should withdraw from the race entirely. The defections came largely from Republican lawmakers facing tough re-election battles, including Sen. Kelly Ayotte. In the House, Rep. Jason Chaffetz said Trump should step aside.


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Stella is a credit analyst at Route 66, where she focuses on specialty finance and structured credit investments. She enjoys taking an in-depth view of how loans will perform using quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Stella believes in using traditional and innovative data sources to supplement her analysis, and is always on the lookout for creative ways to apply information.
Prior to Route 66, Stella built an enterprise analytics platform for marketplace lending as Director of Product at PeerIQ. She utilized seven years of debt experience to develop a risk system to assess marketplace loan performance and facilitate loan valuation. Prior to PeerIQ, Stella spent five years as a credit analyst at the investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co., in the structured products and whole loan groups. She also previously wrapped corporate and municipal bonds and worked on the financial products desk at Financial Security Assurance.
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