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This will require som heavy realistic CGI human, wonder if this will push the CGI a bit more...
James Dean to star in a Movie with a story set in the vietnam War, and it´s not James Franco or Leonardo Di Caprio that will be in the cast, but a CGI
Though who´s gonna do the motion capture? if any.. (surely not Andy Serkins?)
Or will they have developed algorithms that allows for a completely computer generated actor? also when it pertains the facial and body movement.


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Top 10 Best Cities to be a Renter (Slideshow)
WalletHub just released their 2016 results for the best (and worst) cities to be renting in, comparing 150 of the largest cities in America. Plano, just 19 miles north of Dallas, ranked as the 6th best city on their list.
To determine the best and the worst cities, WalletHub looked at multiple variables, allowing a total of 60 possible points in the area of "Rental Market & Affordability" (such as cost of living, historical rental-price changes, percentage of renters, etc.) and 40 possible points in the area of "Quality of Life" (such as job availability, weather, school systems, driver-friendliness, etc.).
Plano had the 8th best score for the "Rental Market & Affordability" category and 24th best score overall for the "Quality of Life" category. The study also mentioned that overall, Plano ranked #2 out of the 150 cities studied for "Highest Rental Affordability."
Check out the Top 10 Best Cities for Renters by clicking through the slideshow.
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Ethical suppliers with precision cleaning
Our precision cleaning ensures that your commercial environment is motivating for staff to work in and sparkles for customer visits and client meetings.
Our clients range from offices, law firms, finance and media companies, galleries to independent food and drink retailers and pubs.
We're perfect for your company if you demand high standards, value working with ethical suppliers and you care about paying the Living Wage.
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Our high standards ensure that we clean your home as thoroughly as you'd do it yourself. We create a cleaning plan for your home, so that we can focus our work on the jobs that matter to you the most.
Whether you own or rent, we're perfect for people with busy lives who want a wonderfully clean house.
If you value high standards, great customer service and you'd like to work with a company who takes care of its staff we'd love to hear from you.
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When it comes to cleaning services we're glad to say that Jane Jefferson Cleaning is pretty distinctive. Delivering high standards with a team of valued and happy cleaners lies at the heart of what we do. We are proud to be a recognized Service Provider of the Living Wage Foundation.
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As London's first co-operatively run pub, we selected Jane Jefferson Cleaning for their ethics and because they created a cost effective and bespoke cleaning plan, based on our business needs and our customer experience. Our business needs a regular cleaning service that pays close attention to detail, and their very thorough approach and excellent customer service was exactly what we wanted. As a London Living Wage employer it was paramount that we used a cleaning company with the same ethics.
– Leah Mullen, Assistant Manager The Ivy House SE15
We have found Jane Jefferson Cleaning services to be very efficient, reliable and the cleaning is done to a high standard. Customer service is excellent, very helpful to accommodate any of our additional requests. We would highly recommend JJC at any time.
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We work with Jane Jefferson Cleaning as they truly understand that our office needs to look as spick and span as the homes our clients want to buy. It's clear to see that their staff take huge pride in their work and are thoroughly trained on how to clean an office.
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Our offices are cleaned as thoroughly as the first day we appointed Jane Jefferson Cleaning! They definitely understand the term "spotless"! We can see that we're in expert hands and that their cleaners genuinely care about doing a great job. The best office cleaners in the business.
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Surrey Youth Cabinet is a group of democratically elected and selected young people aged 11 – 19 (or 25 if special education needs and disabled (SEND) representing youth participation groups and all of the 11 Boroughs within Surrey.
We all live, work or study within Surrey and our aim is to allow young people in Surrey to have a voice in their community and be heard at Council and Parliamentary level about issues that affect them.
The voice of young people is important to us and we would love all young people to be involved.


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[HONG KONG] China stocks fell on Friday as lingering anxiety over the Brexit vote and weakness in the yuan added to worries over a fragile domestic economic recovery.
The mainland's blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.6 per cent to 3,192.28 points, and the Shanghai Composite Index slid 1.0 per cent to 2,988.09, in their biggest intraday of percentage drop since June 24.
For the week, the blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.2 per cent, and the Shanghai Composite Index ended the week up 1.9 per cent in their second straight week of gains.
While Beijing is expected to offer more stimulus to spur activity, investors remain wary amid a global backdrop of Brexit-driven uncertainty and other external headwinds.
The yuan slipped against the dollar on Friday, heightening worries that a weakening yuan could trigger more capital outflows in coming months.
Listed Chinese firms other than those in the finance sector are in their worst financial shape in a decade, a research body under China's Ministry of Commerce said.
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The surgeries we perform include, but are not limited to, spays (ovariohysterectomy in females) and neuters (orchidectomy in males); hernia and laceration repair; tumor removal and surgical biopsy; urinary bladder, stomach, and intestinal surgeries; abscess surgeries; eye surgeries; and orthopedic surgeries. We also have electrosurgery equipment, which we use to reduce bleeding and pain, thereby increasing safety and minimizing recovery time.
What Options Does My Pet Have for Anesthesia?
At Edgewater Animal Hospital, we offer a number of anesthetics depending on the patient's procedure and medical condition. We recommend the use of balanced anesthesia, which means we use sedation, pain medication, and local and general anesthesia. Balanced anesthesia is desirable because it allows us to use less general anesthesia and provides better patient comfort from start to finish. For additional safety, we provide patients with IV catheters and fluids, patient monitoring equipment, and pain management to ensure their comfort throughout the recovery period.


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Onra is here, kicking off a tour @ Beauty Bar tonight ——— (song streams, dates)
French producer Onra (aka Arnaud Bernard) is here. He'll be kicking off a set of North American dates with a show at the Beauty Bar tonight at 9PM, with support from Supreme Cuts (DJs), Doc Ill & Raj Mahal of Push Beats, and DJ Moppy & RTST of Cutz On Cuts. Admission is FREE before 10PM and $3 thereafter.
Onra is gearing up for the release of his new EP, Deep in the Night, due out on June 12 via Fool's Gold. The first taste of album, a track titled "L.O.V.E.," has arrived and reminds me of SBTRKT's "Sanctuary" with a bit more boogie in its step. Take a listen to that and a few other tracks at the bottom of this post. The EP also features a guest spot from Slum Village's T3 on the album opener "After Hours." Catch a very affordable (free if you can help it) and bound-to-be-interesting performance from Bernard at Beauty Bar tonight.
All Onra dates are listed below, along with some song streams and album info.
01. After Hours ft. T3
03. Somewhere (Deep In The Night)
04. V.B.B. ft. Jay Kin & Amalia
05. Hold Tight
Thurs 5/24 – Chicago @ Beauty Bar
Fri 5/25 – San Francisco @ 1015 Folsom
Wed 5/30 – LA @ Low End Theory
Sun 5/27 – San Diego @ Kava
Thurs 5/31 – Dallas @ Dallas Contemporary Museum
Fri 6/1 – St. Louis @ Lola
Sun 6/3 – Upper Lake, CA @ Raindance Festival
Wed 6/6 – Calgary @ HiFi
Thurs 6/7 – Toronto @ Supermarket
Fri 6/8 – Montreal @ Underworld
Tues 7/17 – NYC @ Santos Party House
Wed 7/18 – DC @ U Street Music Hall
Sat 8/4 – Maui @ Loft in Space
Fri 8/10 – Vancouver @ Waldorf Hotel
Sat 8/11 – Seattle @ The Crocodile
Sun 8/12 – Portland @ Mississippi Studios


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Atlanta, Georgia divorce and family law attorney Diane Cherry is a zealous advocate for her clients.


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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Really Random Thursday 8.21.14
I was supposed to take pictures of these socks for my Aunt. She knitted them for me. It took me forever to remember, because I don't generally wear wool socks in summer! Do you see the river running through them?
I was driving to pick up my kids a couple weeks back. The sky went from grey to brilliant in about 2 seconds. Just beautiful.
We were in Iowa a couple weekends ago. Celebrating a bit of Dutch heritage here with some giant wooden shoes.
Spending some time in the pool. Do all boys take every picture with mouths open?
I know this is a funny shot, but it shows off the fact that all of M's hair can be put into a pony tail, now.
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To pay your annual dues for Sunrise Lodge #783 F&AM, select one option below and press the button below to pay with credit card or PayPal. A service charge of 2.9% + $0.30 will be added to your purchase to offset processing fees.
If you are "not" a member of Sunrise Lodge #783 F&AM and you make a lodge dues payment, your money "will not" be refunded and it will be considered a donation.
Instructions: The links will take you to the PayPal website. If you wish to pay with a credit card, please follow the link which says I do not have a PayPal account. This option allows you to pay with a credit card without establishing an account.


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Returns the intersection of two lists.
list intersect( list list1 , list list2 )
Return the elements of list1 that are also in list2.
{intersect([1, 2, 3, 4], [3, 4, 5, 6])} ---> [3, 4]
Show Feed Items that Match Terms in Custom Interest Array
Use Case: You have users who select writers/authors to follow on your site in case they have new content from them. You'd like to use intersect() to find all the unique authors in the data feed and alert the users with a blurb about any authors who they're following that have new content.
On the profile:
In the Setup:
{allAuthors = []}
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{yourAuthors = intersect(profile.vars.following,allAuthors)}
In the Code:
New stories from authors you're following, including:
{foreach yourAuthors as c}
New stories from authors you're following, including:
Stephen King
Chuck Palahniuk
This script creates an empty array called "allAuthors", and it then uses a foreach loop to iterate through the content feed. Within the loops, the contains() function in conjunction with an "if" statement checks to see if the author of the item (c.author) is contained in the with array. If it isn't, the value for the author variable is added to the array. If it is, then the loop moves on to the next item. Please note that the bang ("!") acts as a "not" statement, so the "if" statement is checking to see that the array does not contain the author value.
Next, the intersect() function finds the overlap of the "allAuthors" array and the "following" array on the user profile. Whatever the overlap is (i.e., the authors that the user is following are in the feed) gets set as the value of the "yourAuthors" array. Finally, in the Code, the "yourAuthors" array is looped through, displaying to the user which authors they're following that are in the feed.


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Steve Davis to wait for right calibre of player
Steve Davis continues to look for the right reinforcements on loan to help his young squad. The Alex boss and his coaching staff have worked tirelessly trying to convince experienced players to come and fight for the Crewe Alexandra cause. The Alex boss has made it clear that he only wants the right calibre of player who is prepared to come to Gresty Road and give their all for the Crewe shirt.
Crewe ran the rule over the Bournemouth defender Stephane Zubar in the week to see if the 27 year-old fitted the bill, but Davis decided not to pursue the matter as the centre-half was not fully match fit. Zubar played for the club's Under-21 side on Monday evening before returning to the south coast.
Steve is still searching for the right players that will help the club going forward and won't be forced into a loan deal that doesn't suit all parties.
Steve told crewealex.net: "We have all being working hard on trying to get one or two in. There are some irons in the fire but I won't do anything unless it is right for us. I won't rush into something if it won't benefit the squad going forward. I want some fighters, who are prepared to come to a club that is bottom of the league and fight for the cause.
"We are trying to get the best in that is available to us. It is difficult but I can assure everyone that we are doing our best.
"I want players with a bit of experience, who have some sort of track record of playing at this level or possibly higher. I think players will that type of experience would help us more than say a promising youngster from a Premier League or Championship club.
"I would be happy to bring in a 21-year-old if I thought he was better than our own young players because when they come in on loan you have to play them as much as you can really. Their clubs only let them out to do that.
The boss added: "We will keep trying and we will wait for the right ones to come along because we need ones who will make a difference to us. Those who have cracked this league before will obviously have a better chance of doing that again and that is what we have been looking for."


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College Orientation
January 5, 2018
This event includes an overview of student support resources, services and friendly people who will assist you during your time at Multnomah University. Orientation is required for all new students. Areas covered include:
• Academic Support
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• Counseling Center
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• Spiritual Life
This is a great time to meet students and professors, and learn more about campus life.
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Dog Photog
Two years ago photographers Heather Lighton and Daniel Aulsebrook decided the world needed better photos of dogs and that's how Dog Photog came about. With a focus on colour and form, Dog Photog Studios have popped up all over Melbourne shooting and dressing up dogs. Heather has been quoted as saying "all dogs look better in hats".


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Where Did Stocking Stuffers Come From?
posted on October 27 2016
Pinned from the mantle, adorning the fireplace or at the foot of the bed.. Stockings come in all shapes and sizes. What's your family tradition? A felted Rudolf or Elf? Was it passed down from your parents? Is it one of those highly flammable furry versions? We love hearing about how unique everyone's stocking rituals are.
Some stockings are small, needlepoint numbers and others are giant hemp bags with sturdy red cords used to cinch.
We started wondering where the funny tradition of stockings comes from?
Whether you call them stocking stuffers or stocking fillers, there is no written records on where they came from, but there is a popular myth called 'The Three Impoverished Maidens'....
A long time ago, there was once a rich man who had fallen on hard times. Now poor, and with 3 daughters of the age to marry, he could not afford the dowry or the gift a family offered a prospective groom. Without this, his daughters were unlikely to marry, and the father worried night after night what would happen to them after his death.
Word of their misfortune reached St Nicolas, the first ever Santa Claus who, coming in secret by night, tossed a bag of gold into the house. It sailed in through an open window, landing in a stocking left before the fire to dry. On Christmas morning the daughter discovered golden coins inside their stockings. Soon after, the first daughter was wed and eventually all three.
Children began hanging their stockings or putting out shoes in the hope that St Nicolas would bring them gifts and that's how the tradition of stockings began.
Did you know through history many actually used real socks? I mean really not very practical for fitting gifts in, maybe a few oranges and that's it! But so sweet.
The Smithsonian published a really great array of historical pictures of families at Christmas. We've copied some of these here but to see the whole collection head over to their site. We love that everyone does it their way and it's a chance for each of us to create our own traditions, making treasured memories that our kids can pass on.


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Dedicated server supports the entire server process because of its resources. New generation processor, advance hard drive capacity, and memory modules all maintained by data center professionals. They work flawlessly considering the amount of effort and investments dedicated server providers integrate in their systems.
But more than just having high-end base essentials, dedicated server providers allow clients to take their services' scalability features by promoting public cloud features. Public cloud enhances server performance while providing more storage and system options for clients.
What can a public cloud do for you? The following are some of offered functionality that will work for your expanding business' benefit.
Computing support
One of the good things about cloud systems is they support numerous functions including computing. Many people use its computing solution applied on cloud servers. Cloud servers utilize high-end local SSDs and running on the best processors sold in the market. With high-end performance, clients will not have any problem doing their cloud computing procedures with ease.
Extra storage
Dedicated servers have an enormous amount of storage capacity, which makes clients with more storage needs confident on the service. However, these customers also need to have extra storage option as a backup in case any problem occurs in the server. Cloud storage is going to be the last resort in saving their files regardless of the type.
Another benefit is cloud storage is readily available and accessible for users. It is vital for clients because they need to get the file immediately.
Database maintenance can also be done in cloud solutions as it supports MySQL database. It allows clients to have other options for their database maintenance. Cloud solutions can support large databases than expected. This promotes scalability because every client has different database clusters to maintain. Cloud system offers high-end performance that won't compromise the company's operations.
Security and network
Many websites aim for high traffic for promotion and more income in the process. Hence, companies need enhanced protection from abusers visiting the site and plant several malwares. Cloud networks support websites to ensure better protection despite the large amount of traffic experienced daily. It also supports DNS systems with enhanced architecture to assure proper configuration and storage. Many clients with better needs want to obtain such feature with their systems.
Platforms for applications
Adding cloud system enhances performance and support numerous heavy applications that numerous experts want to run and create. Combining the power of dedicated servers' resources together with cloud system will guarantee improved operations despite running heavy programs.
In addition to performance, cloud also supports high-end performance monitoring to guarantee continuous service for the company. This is like boosting dedicated servers' performance, ensuring stable operations whenever the company needs to load these programs.
Boosting the entire dedicated server's performance is possible by integrating cloud system regardless of their types. Be sure to check all your options and match them with your needs. Cloud systems are considered as additional investments and may come with additional prices unless the dedicated server provider includes them on the plan.


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Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Ups the Ante
If Sioux Falls (pop. 178,500) suddenly picked up and moved itself to California, South Dakota's largest city would rank only 24th in the Golden State's urban hierarchy. While that size of a city might not rate as a major meeting stop in California, Sioux Falls has long drawn a decent crowd in the upper Midwest—with the potential now for much more.
"We've been a strong meetings destination for 250 to 500 attendees since 1997, when the Sioux Falls Convention Center opened," says Krista Orsack, director of marketing for the CVB. The landscape changed in 2011, though, when voters approved a new $117 million multipurpose arena connected to the convention center and the 243-room Sheraton Sioux Falls. Six years later, that gamble—an effort to draw more and larger meetings and trade shows to town—seems to be paying off.
"We want groups that have a need for greater general session and trade show space," says Orsack, noting the city's current convention mix focuses on emphasis on medical, insurance, religious, agriculture and corporate. The opening of Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in 2014 makes Sioux Falls more competitive within those sectors on a national and international level, she says, by expanding the complex's total exhibit space to 132,000 square feet.
The 2018 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic, expected to bring 25,000 attendees to town next February, is the first big success since the arena opened. "The CVB nurtured its relationship with that group for almost 15 years," Orsack says. The group's 2017 show took place in Minneapolis, a city twice the size of Sioux Falls and with a 475,000-sq.-ft. convention center.
Sioux Falls is also working to dispel the notion that its less-populated setting equates to it being a small town. "It's a vibrant city, and we've really elevated the entertainment here," says Orsack.


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"Chintana`s loving presence allowed me to dive into the liquid body –this ocean so still and alive. I felt in great ease like a whale babyfloating near its mother."
– Judith, soul singer and musicien
"On Chintana's lessons I have enjoyed a lot just living and got many tips for healing and taking care of myself. And PURE fun!!"
– Ulla Karhapää, Finland
Thank you for this enchanting journey of an acting soul, the magic of Life. Everything was there, everyone interconnected with him/herself, the others and the big Whole. Gratitude to you to have created these conditions for a deep reconnection of the heart.
– Edith J.
I am carried by this softness and this strength that is emanating from you both, Chintana and Raphaël. Thank you for this delicious journey, the softness of the heart. My body is filled of this unique moment.
– Huguette
A dance, a music with the vibration of the heart that is reminding our cells that we are Love.
Thank you for this very beautiful and soft moment that allowed me to escape.
A time outside time carried and anchored by the music and the guidance of Raphaël and Chintana, bringing back to the heart of oneself.
How wonderful!Quelle merveille !
The harp that makes my body vibrate and makes it dance in a very natural form; with its delicate and sublime sounds it relaxes inside me and lets my deepest tensions melt.
The drums for connecting to the earth, feeling her support, her rhythm, her stability.
The sounds of the flute enhance my enthusiasm, my impulse, wanting to play, to rise higher and higher in my life, in my dance.
And Chintana's voice who is guiding the session, a voice so soft and melting!
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Let's be honest, "The Huntsman: Winter's War" probably shouldn't exist. Its predecessor, "Snow White and the Huntsman", didn't really need to happen, either, but it arrived at a time when fairy tale reboots were just starting to take off, and Snow White movies were something studios were especially enamored with. The grim and gritty take, which saw Kristen Stewart as an armor-clad Snow White, didn't really take off and certainly didn't justify a follow-up. But because Universal wanted a franchise, here we are with a film that only brings back Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, no Stewart to be found. And maybe it was Stewart or previous director Rupert Sanders (remember they had a very public romantic entanglement) holding things back because "The Huntsman: Winter's War" is vastly more enjoyable; if "Frozen" and "Lord of the Rings" spawned it would look something like this.
Now, that's not to say the film is as good as either of those, but as a fantasy adventure full of evil queens, magical ice princesses, dwarves, and heroic acts it's a lot of fun. Plus there's something to be said about the fact that it doesn't take itself seriously at all, and certainly the star-studded cast knows not to do so. The construction of the story is a little weird at first, though. The "once upon a time" in this case is pre-Snow White and the Huntsman and follows Queen Ravenna as she manipulates and murders her way into power, alongside her mild-mannered sister, Freya (Emily Blunt). Love, as always, is a dangerous thing in this land, and when Freya's newborn baby is murdered by the man she loves, she goes all Elsa on his ass, and then flees to the North to establish an icy kingdom of her own. There she kidnaps children and raises them to be her army, her Huntsmen, with the law being that love is forbidden.
The finest warriors by her side are Eric (Hemsworth) and Sara (Jessica Chastain), who grew up together under Freya's watchful glare. The two fall in love despite the law, and when Freya finds out she exacts a chilly revenge that drives them apart for years. But nothing is as it seems, and when Eric, plus returning dwarves Nion (Nick Frost), and Gryff (Rob Brydon) are tasked with retrieving the stolen Mirror, his past comes rushing back to haunt him.
What emerges from here is an airy fantasy romance as Hemsworth and Chastain bicker like this was an episode of Moonlighting while battling goblins and their fellow Huntsmen. In terms of tone there is practically no relation between the two films, which nobody will probably complain about. However, it's still incredibly unforgiving for those just checking out this franchise for the first time. The story begins deep in the past before springing ahead past the prior film and into the present in order to tell a story that doesn't really include Snow White at all. All that said the humor more than makes up for it. This version of Eric is a goofy lunk, while the comic relief is punched up by scene-stealer Sheridan Smith as feisty, sharp-tongued dwarf, Mrs. Bromwyn. Naturally, Frost and Brydon are great, and so is Chastain although her somber demeanor can be sort of a drag. It's also a lot of fun to see Blunt vamp it up alongside Theron, although more of the latter would have been even better. Looking at the roster (which also includes Sam Claflin reprising his role as Snow White's husband), it's kind of amazing that a random sequel to a forgettable film was able to attract the likes of Chastain and Blunt, but the gravitas they bring to their roles is the reason why you seek out actresses of their caliber.
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, visual effects supervisor on the first film, takes over as director so the strong CGI remains mostly intact. He also keeps a generally fast-forward pace as the Huntsman and his team drive towards a clear cut goal, another thing missing in its predecessor. However, it's tough to escape the feeling that the whole thing feels sort of arbitrary, the kind of studio-mandated flick that moviegoers claim to hate. The ending is a slog of long-winded diatribes and ice walls, so drowned in special effects that it loses any sense of momentum or emotional connection. It also takes heavy steps to leave the door open for a sequel, which despite "The Huntsman: Winter's War" being an entertaining romp, simply does not need to be.


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The marriage of capitalism and poverty reduction is being consummated in a freshly painted office on the first floor of a block of flats in the centre of Maputo, the Mozambican capital. "If we do not invest in our smallholder farmers, then poverty will always be around us. I believe you can have a vibrant small farming sector underpinned by the commercial sector," said Emerson Zhou, the executive director of the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor (BAGC), the umbrella body tasked with building a relationship between smallholder farmers and big food purchasers, like the World Food Programme (WFP) and brewer SABMiller.
But activists such as those in the Mozambican National Peasants' Union (Unac) are weary. They warn that large "corridor" projects, signed off in capital cities, covering millions of hectares and affecting the lives of thousands of small-scale farmers, have a history of handing too much influence to agro-industry at the expense of local needs. Expropriation, resettlement and monoculture loom, they warn, in any setting where powerful agro-industry interests gain the ear of decision-makers.
The Beira corridor is a strip of land running from the Indian Ocean port of Beira, Mozambique's second city, to Zimbabwe's eastern border. Its road and rail lines are crucial to the survival of landlocked countries such as Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. But its 10m hectares of fertile agricultural land remain largely undeveloped.
After Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, threw out most of his country's white commercial farmers in the late 1990s, around 100 of them moved into the Beira corridor, where they tried horticulture and tobacco farming alongside Mozambican small-scale and subsistence farmers. But because all land in Mozambique is government-owned, they could not raise bank loans to establish viable farming businesses. Nor did they have access to any of the technology – such as soil sampling – that had been available in Zimbabwe.
"Less than 10 of them remain in the corridor," said Zhou, an economist and former leader of the Mozambican Smallholder Farmers' Union. "Financing was the killer. The only ones who succeeded were those willing to work as outgrowers for the tobacco industry.''
Zhou argues that the failed commercial farming experiment served to inform the creation of the new project two years ago. Set up with Norwegian funds and aimed at reaching 50,000 smallholders, it is funded by the Department for International Development (DfID) to the tune of £6.5m over five years. It also receives support from the Dutch government.
Zhou's BAGC runs a DfID-supported $20m "catalytic fund" which pays grants and offers loans to farmers. It has four field staff and claims to be intending to recruit 50 more. BAGC also runs a marketing company, Empresa de Comercialização Agrícola (ECA), which acts as the produce broker for the Beira corridor smallholders, who are encouraged to work as outgrowers for agro-business. ECA counts SABMiller, the Tongaat Hullett sugar company and the WFP among its customers. The BAGC "catalytic fund" consists of so called "social venture capital" raised by a London-based company called AgDevCo. It raises money from governments and foundations but also from private investors.
Zhou claims the catalytic fund is not replacing commercial banks, rather that it is stepping in where farmers cannot access funds. He believes that the Beira corridor experiment he heads, if successful, will spawn the growth of a commercial farming services sector that will ultimately do away with the need for government to distribute inputs – such as seed and fertiliser – to smallholders. He claims it will have the reach to transform subsistence farmers into smallholders.
Nigel Fairbrass, a spokesman for SABMiller, said the company's link to the BAGC makes commercial sense. "We do not get a subsidy from anyone to buy our maize from the ECA. Building a local supply chain makes sense. Given the US drought, the poor European harvest this year and the grain crisis a few years ago in Russia, we are heeding predictions that climate change could make supply more volatile.'' Zhou sees his role as spearheading "an experiment the donors want to try. This is the first public-private partnership of its kind in Mozambique."
He adds: "We believe we can take a bite out of poverty. We will emphasise cash crops. Maize and soya are cash crops. We want a smallholder agriculture sector that is interested in making money. We are not interested in the social angle."


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a Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah's roll to them ( Jeremiah 36:14 Jeremiah 36:21 ).
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
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Nursing Career Summary: What Is a Nurse?
When it comes to the medical profession, people usually envision doctors with stethoscopes and surgeons with surgery knives. Even though these two are typical representations of the medical profession, in reality, nurses are the ones that most medical facilities can't do without. Nurses support the general practitioners, physicians, dentists and surgeons, and provide hands-on care for the sickly and the injured. Their importance spans a great deal of other aspects that underlie most forms of medical treatment. Nurses are also there throughout major milestones and challenges of our life — childbirth, accidents, and surgery. They are always there to put the doctor's words into action and to provide the best possible treatment and care for us.
Contrary to popular belief, history seems to paint an ironic picture that depicts men as the originator of the nursing practice. Back in 250 B.C. in India, men were considered 'pure' and thus were the only ones who were allowed to nurse others. In 300 A.D. the Parabolani Brotherhood was a group of men that set up a hospital specifically to nurse those who were suffering and dying of a deadly plague.
There are many other instances in history which shows the same trend of men nursing the sick or those who came to seek medical attention from them. It wasn't until late 16th century when St. Camillus, a priest, began going out in search of the sick and the poor. He contradicted the idea that nurses should sit and wait for the sick to come to them, and thus established the base of what was to become the ambulance service of today. This was the same form of thinking, albeit independently, adopted by Florence Nightingale, the lady with the lamp who started modern nursing, and who unknowingly became the figure that so strongly connects women to the nursing profession. Today however, those who intend to be nurses have to discard the common misconception that nurses have to be clad in white, soft-spoken, and female.
Nurses have one of the most challenging and diversified working conditions of any occupation. If they do not work in doctors' offices, their working hours can be unpredictable. Some work in shifts, others work on 24-hour calls, and a lot of their personal time, even their weekends and holidays, is sacrificed.
Apart from the demanding working hours, they are also exposed to hazards on a daily basis. During outbreaks or epidemics, nurses are among those most vulnerable to infections due to their constant exposure to infected patients. Some patients may also suffer from debilitating diseases and their treatment may result in emotionally-wrenching situations, especially when it involves family members and children. Thus, nurses are those who possess the grit and the emotional stability to deal with death and suffering every day. Even if it does not get to them, they are often subjected to bodily injury from electrical equipment, radiation, surgical equipment and needles as well as many other harmful chemicals.
What's more, nurses who are stationed in military bases have the added danger of being a casualty of war and may find themselves losing close friends during wartime. Yet, it is required that they dedicate themselves fully to the task at hand, emotionally detaching themselves from anything that may affect their focus at work. In short, the life of a nurse may only sometimes be rewarding, while always hectic.
Being a nurse is clearly not as easy-going and as simple we sometimes think. Nevertheless, the benefits are rewarding and the career advancement prospect of this profession is able to rival any other occupation in the world. Currently, the United States is suffering from a shortage of nurses partially due to the demanding working environment and the lack of nursing schools to accommodate the demand.
Nurses salaries, however, are never something to grumble about. As of 2005, the average staff nurse earned a yearly income of $57,600, forming the basic income for all nursing-related profession. Hospital administrators and nursing directors are capable of earning six figures per year. The difference in salaries are due to the differences in work experience, time spent with patients, the types of facilities, levels of education, and certifications.
Career advancements for nurses can be attained through specialization in different medical fields. The longer a nurse has been in a specific field, the more valuable his/her experience and expertise. The multiple medical specialties a nurse can focus on is dependent on factors such as population, the types of illness, the places they work at, and the type of treatment they are trained to provide. Therefore, it is common to see nurses specializing in multiple fields that are related to one another.
For instance, nurses who work in the pediatric department (children and adolescents) may need to equip themselves with knowledge of certain diseases that children are vulnerable to as well as the types of treatment applicable. Similarly, those who are nurse midwives should have the know-how of caring for the mother before, during, and after labor. As for the type of treatment and work environment, nurses must adopt a flexible attitude in areas such as operating new medical machines, or learning to cope with working environments outside the comfort of hospitals and clinics.
Apart from regularly caring for the sickly and the injured, some nurses may even assume other roles, specifically non-medical jobs that emphasize the promotion of public health. Their involvement is crucial to the success of activities like blood drives and exercise programs, as well as instilling health awareness through public seminars and school visits.
Additionally, registered nurses who are trained in the areas of counseling would be entrusted with the responsibility of counseling family members of critically ill patients, or to assist in therapies for affected patients. They are also the ones who provide guidance to patients who are in need of self-administered medication (such as diabetic patients). As nurses advance through their careers, it is also possible for them to apply their expertise to areas of law enforcement and disease control. Advance practice nurses can opt to participate in police investigations and contribute their nursing knowledge to forensic investigations or disease control responses for infectious outbreaks.
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General information:
35 species of this evergreen are widely available in the US. Many
varieties are tall, conical to pyramidal trees, most familiar as a
popular Christmas tree. Some species tend towards globular growth, and
slow-growing spruces can be used as shrubs. Spruce has scaling or
flaking bark, and, in general, its needles are short enough for use in
most sizes of bonsai, with many dwarf varieties available.
Due to the branch formation in whorls and natural
tendancy of some spruce species towards pyramidal growth, the spruce can
be a difficult bonsai subject. It enjoys popularity, however, because it
makes a stately bonsai when properly styled, and material is readily
Needlelike leaves are persistent for several
seasons, but much shorter than those of pine; born singly and closely in
spirals; four-sided or diamond-shaped in cross section. Each leaf
appears narrow at the base. Flowers appear as small cones, male and
female on the same tree. Spruce have a pendent woody cone with thin,
smooth or ragged-edged scales.
Lighting: Full sun,
but needs shade from the midday sun in summer, or needle browning will
Temperature: These
northern trees prefer cool temperatures, although small or young bonsai
may need frost protection. Many species are hardy to zone 3 or colder,
although there are some which grow well only as far north as zone
6.Picea glauca 'Conica' is capable of withstanding heat and drought
better than other spruce bonsai. In general, spruces like wind and need
good ventilation.
Watering: Spruces
prefer moisture, but not waterlogged soil. Reduce watering in winter,
but never allow the soil to dry out completely. Misting is appreciated
Feeding: Every two
weeks, spring-midautumn, using liquid bonsai food or half-strength
general purpose fertilizer. In hot areas, discontinue feeding during the
heat of summer. Apply a chelated iron supplement several times
Pruning and wiring:
Popular both as single specimen trees and when grown in forest plantings
- 'Little Gem' spruce is especially popular for Saikei. Jin and shari
look especially nice on spruce bonsai. When purchasing spruce for bonsai
purposes, be careful to avoid grafted trees as these will form unsightly
bulges at the base. Suitable for all styles except broom, and for all
sizes, with small sizes best reserved for dwarf varieties. New growth
should be pinched, not clipped, several times in spring, when shoots are
about 1 inch long, leaving 4-5 clusters of needles. Do major pruning in
early fall. Never remove all needles. Wire between late autumn and
winter. Picea glauca 'Conica'is a slow-growing specimen. To encourage
compact, dense growth on it, pinch out the apical buds as they emerge
and cut back long shoots. It does not set as well when wired as other
trees. It is often necessary to exaggerate the bend desired when wiring
to end up with proper branch placement.
Propagation: Seeds
need cold pre-treatment, and are generally sown in winter or early
spring. Seeds may be collected from cones between September and January,
late August-September for P. glauca. Remove seeds as soon as they appear
at the edge of the scales, but allow them to mature in the cones as long
as possible. Softwood cuttings may be taken in late autumn or early
spring, but rooting is tricky and may take up to two years.
Repotting: In
general, epot every second year in early to mid-spring, before new
growth expands, or in early fall. Older specimens (+10 years) may be
repotted every 5 years. P. Abies may only need repotting every 3-4
years. Use fast-draining soil mix, and prune roots by 1/3 or less.
Spruce, in general, need to keep a decent-sized root ball, and may need
to be planted in a deep pot to achieve this. Protect from full sun for a
few weeks after repotting. P. jezoensis should be allowed to rest for 3
months after transplanting before wiring. Picea engelmannii is one of
the toughest spruces, and is forgiving of mistakes made due to
over-enthusiastic root/branch pruning.
Pests and diseases: Mites are the worst problem, and in hot weather they can
build to populations which require control. They can be a major problem
in summer after hot dry weather, especially near concrete, buildings,
and other urban surfaces which reflect heat. The small insects can't be
readily seen with the naked eye. The first noticeable symptoms are
yellowing at the base of the oldest needles on infested branches. Close
inspection with a magnifying glass will confirm the presence of the
Two gall-forming insects commonly attack Spruce.
Eastern Spruce gall adelgid forms pineapple like galls at the base of
twigs. Galls caused by Cooley's Spruce gall adelgid look like
miniature cones at the branch tips. The gall adelgids do not kill trees
unless the infestation is heavy. A few galls on a large tree are not
In northern climates, Spruce budworm larvae feed on
developing buds and young needles. The yellowish brown caterpillars are
difficult to see.
The Spruce needle miner makes a small hole in the
base of a needle then mines out the center. Dead needles are webbed
together and can be found on infested twigs. Hand pick these from the
tree to reduce future damage.
Diseases: Cytospora
canker infects a branch then eventually kills it. The lower branches are
attacked first then progressively higher branches. The needles
turn brown to reddish brown and eventually drop off. White resin
patches are seen on infected branches. Prune off infected branches.
Water Spruces during dry weather.
Spruce may be attacked by needle casts. One causes
needles to turn yellow or brown and drop off. Another affects the lowest
needles first then moves up the tree. Infected needles are a mottled
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I started learning to crochet not long after having my daughter and wanted to share my journey. The blog has massively evolved from that starting point now but I am still always learning something new.
I spend most of my time running around after my 5 year old (and occasionally the man of the house as well) but in between its all about crafting.
Every now and again I might throw you off with a new recipe I have found or a picture of some yummy cakes.
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This major research project charts the emergence and development of performance art in Wales during the 1960s and 1970s. The project asks how such a detailed survey can further our understanding of the manner in which performance art as an artistic movement of international reach was realized within a specific local context during its formative years.
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Dove Pure care Shampoo
Green Tea Blotting Paper
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Something that increases the chance of developing a disease. Some examples of risk factors for cancer are age, a family history of certain cancers, use of tobacco products, being exposed to radiation or certain chemicals, infection with certain viruses or bacteria, and certain genetic changes.
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What is it? Each year, our school prepares an Official Program to showcase all student activities. It includes information about the school, student involvement in activities, and advertising from businesses and families. After printing and expenses, all proceeds will go directly to support the student activities at the school.
Why is it important? As a young school, we are developing our programs and activities. Funding from this program is a large contributor to that development. Exciting news - this year, for every ad you sell, you can designate the sport or activity that will receive half the proceeds from the ad! It is a way for you to directly contribute to your sport or activity!
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Khizr Khan on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration: "We remain vigilant"
With Donald Trump just hours away from becoming the leader of the free world, one of his most famous opponents, Khizr Khan, says he remains "concerned" about how the new president will shape America.
"I remain concerned for my nation. I remain concerned for democracy," Khan said in a phone interview Tuesday.
The Gold Star father became something of a national sensation after an impassioned speech at July's Democratic National Convention, in which he spoke to the memory of his son, the late Army Capt. Humayun Khan. He also called out Trump for maligning Muslims, famously pulling out a copy of the U.S. Constitution and offering to lend it to Trump.
Khan even inspired a movement encouraging him to run for office himself.
Khan's words riled up Trump, who later criticized Khan's wife for standing silently beside the podium during her husband's DNC address, implying she was not "allowed" to express herself.
Asked if he might attend Trump's Friday inaugural for any reason, Khan, a Pakistan-born legal consultant who lives in Virginia, demurred.
"I am nobody," he said. "I'm an ordinary citizen and I have not been invited, so it makes no difference whether I come or go, but I have no interest in attending."
But Khan, who had just finished addressing students at a summit organized by the progressive group People for the American Way, told Mic he wasn't utterly without hope for the incoming Trump team.
"I was heartened to hear that most of the prominent nominees of this administration denounce and distance themselves from the rhetoric of the election," Khan said, referring to Trump's cabinet picks disagreeing with the president-elect on major issues.
He pointed to Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions, who pushed back against the idea of a Muslim ban during his nomination hearing: "He said, 'Oh, no, no, no, we don't want to do that. Not all Muslims are that way and I'm not for that,'" Khan recalled.
Khan was "delighted" to hear Sessions reject the idea of keeping Muslims out of the U.S. as a matter of national security, as Trump had proposed on the campaign trail. Still, he said with skepticism, Sessions could have taken that stance merely "for expediency purposes to move the nomination process."
"I remain concerned for my nation. I remain concerned for democracy."
As Trump prepares to take the oath of office, demonstrators are already taking to the streets of Washington, D.C., with protests expected to continue throughout the weekend in cities nationwide.
Khan said he and others who have spoken out against Trump for his apparent disregard of the Constitution "will continue to voice our opposition and our concern" under the new president, and do so partly in the spirit of civil rights leaders of the past.
"Even today, it is because of them that we are the way we are," Khan said.
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Blue Heart, like all of our Glass Eye Studio glass, contains ash from the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens volcano in Washington State, USA. Volcanic ash is the binding agent of our glass. Each piece is unique and the work of our glass blowing artists is sought after by collectors around the world.
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Finding that the trustee did not raise the statutory issue of whether and when a chapter 13 debtor may make voluntary contributions to his retirement account, the Fourth Circuit found no clear error in the bankruptcy court's factual finding of good faith. Gorman v. Cantu (In re Cantu), No. 17-1034 (4th Cir. Dec. 18, 2017) (unpublished).
Ricardo Cantu's chapter 13 plan proposed to pay $51,240 toward his $148,346 unsecured debt over five years. The plan payments were based on a disposable income calculation which contemplated $338 in monthly repayments to two retirement accounts which Mr. Cantu had taken out against his government-backed Thrift Savings Plan. The trustee argued that one of the loans from the TSP would be paid off shortly after commencement of the plan, and applying the forward-looking approach, the anticipated reduction in retirement contributions should be considered in calculating Mr. Cantu's disposable income. The trustee also objected to Mr. Cantu's inclusion of domestic support payments in the amount of $1,625 per month, when his divorce decree ordered monthly payments of $1,500. Mr. Cantu countered that once he paid off the loan from the TSP he intended to resume making contributions in the same amount to that Plan. He also maintained that the discrepancy between the divorce decree and his actual payments was a result of a scrivener's error in the divorce decree. Read More


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AEROSMITH's new song "Lover A Lot" can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track, which is a duet between AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler and the band's bassist, Tom Hamilton, will appear on the band's 15th studio album, titled "Music From Another Dimension!", which will arrive on November 6 via Columbia Records.
Hamilton recently stated about "Lover A Lot", "I like it because it's just a very in-your-face hard rock AEROSMITH song."
"Music From Another Dimension!" track listing:
01. What Could Have Been Love
02. Beautiful
03. Street Jesus
04. Legendary Child
05. Oh Yeah
06. We All Fall Down
07. Another Last Goodbye
08. Out Go the Lights
09. Love Three Times a Day (Hello Goodbye)
10. Closer
11. Shakey Ground
12. Lover A Lot
13. Freedom Fighter
14. Up On The Mountain
AEROSMITH began work on its first all-new album since 2001 last year, with the rest of the band working on music while Steven Tyler made his "American Idol" debut.
"Music From Another Dimension!" was helmed by producer Jack Douglas, who previously worked with AEROSMITH on classic early albums like "Toys In The Attic" and "Rocks" as well as on 2004's "Honkin' On Bobo".
"This record is different from the recent past, say the last 20 years, where everybody is getting in the studio and throwing down their songs," guitarist Joe Perry recently told Billboard.com. "This record is a lot more band-written stuff than there has been in the recent past."
The official video for "Legendary Child" can be seen below. The clip was filmed with director Casey Patrick Tebo, who also is helming a new concert film titled "Aerosmith: Rock For The Rising Sun". According to Tebo's official web site, the movie, which will focus on AEROSMITH's relationship with the group's Japanese fans, will be released later this year or in 2013.
"Legendary Child" recently landed on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart at No. 32 and the Hard Rock Digital Songs chart at No. 2. On the former chart, the song was the group's first entry since 2006, when "Devil's Got a New Disguise" reached No. 15.
"Legendary Child" was supposed to be included in the upcoming summer film "G.I. Joe: Retaliation", but that movie was abruptly bumped from its June 29 release date to March 2013.
AEROSMITH premiered "Legendary Child" with a live performance during the season finale of "American Idol". It is a reworked version of a song originally written in 1991 during the sessions for the "Get A Grip" album.
"Legendary Child" video:
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It is natural for a well-meaning spouse to help you towards self-growth and point out ways you can improve yourself. But what if this tendency is carried to such an extent where it begins to hurt your sense of self-worth and self-confidence. Here are a few ways to deal with a spouse who is all the time and overly critical of you.
It is not about you.
To begin with, realize that your spouse's critical behavior has little or nothing to do with you. He/she might be busy the whole day finding fault with your cooking, your sense of style, the way you keep your things and the people you meet. But this is not really a reflection of the rightness or wrongness of your own choices or qualities. This is happening merely because your spouse's perceptions are different from yours. Like for an emotionally mature person, parking the car at a mere five degree slant might not seem a big thing, but for an overly critical person, the action is not merely unacceptable but actually a reflection of your inability to drive or learn a new skill. And since you cannot fight with a person's perceptions or tell them that they are wrong to feel that way, it is best to ignore such negative attacks. In fact an extreme form of a critical tendency is likely to be an expression of a person's sense of insecurity or a sense of loss of self-control which makes them to focus on the faults of others so that they can feel better about themselves So even though it may be hard not to get depressed by constant barbs from your spouse – after all they are directed at you – try not to take them personally.
Don't let the criticism get you down. Facing constant negative feedback from the person you love is difficult to accept. But don't let your partner's negative comments ruin your day or spoil your mood. Tell yourself that only you have the power to control your mood and no one else. Don't give away this power so easily. Moreover remind yourself that you are responsible for your own feelings and your spouse cannot make you feel unhappy or bad about yourself without your consent.
Don't get defensive.
It may severely try your patience to listen to yet another catalogue of your faults, but try to listen calmly instead of getting defensive. Cutting off your spouse prematurely or reacting with an impatient gesture or tone of voice will only blow up the situation and give your spouse another excuse to criticize your apparently volatile behavior. Rather give your spouse an opportunity to be heard, so that they feel they have had their say and then you can either choose to ignore the complaints or give your side of the matter.
Don't react with counter-criticisms.
You know that your spouse's overly critical behavior is an expression of some flaw in his/her personality but your spouse doesn't. So replying to your partner's constant negative attacks by pointing out their faults in turn will make little sense to your spouse and only escalate the fight to ugly levels. Your spouse is just not aware of how unfair or distressing their excessive criticism is and launching a direct attack to convince them that they are mistaken will almost always fail to produce any constructive result.
Consider their point of view.
When your spouse launches into yet another litany of your faults, you may be tempted to tell yourself, "Here we go again…" and mentally switch off. But just this time, consider if your spouse's complaints might have something to them after all. No human being is perfect and everyone has some faults or other. Perhaps some of your sloppy habits are actually irksome to your partner – after all no one enjoys the sensation of a damp bed which may be the result of your leaving the wet towel on the covers. So take a moment to consider if through his/her usual harangue, your spouse is making a valid point. It is only too easy to get upset and decide that the criticism is unfair and miss the part which has a grain of truth after all.
Have a chat.
It is of little use getting defensive and angry when your spouse is in the midst of yet another negative attack on your behavior. Rather schedule a time to have a talk with your spouse. Discuss how you are feeling unhappy and depressed at being ticked off all the time. Let your partner know that being constantly criticized does not want to make you try harder – in fact it only makes you feel more discouraged and wish to give up on making a difference. Also point out that if this continues over time, your feelings of despair and hopelessness may even make it difficult for you to continue in the relationship. End the discussion by reaffirming your love for your spouse and your readiness to improve any aspect of your behavior which may be actually upsetting him/her. If talking face to face with your partner seems too hard, perhaps you could even write him/her a letter. Here too, sandwich concerns of your emotional well-being between affirmations of love and support for your spouse.
Seek professional help. No matter how strong a person is, facing negative energy day in and day out for a length of time may be enough to wear away all traces of one's self-esteem and happiness. If you feel you are facing such a situation, ask your spouse to accompany you to a marriage counselor or therapist. Sometimes an overly critical behavior may not be about mere nit-picking but about a dysfunctional personality in which case it may not be possible for you and your spouse to deal with the effects by yourselves.
So no matter how distressing a spouse's overly critical nature may appear to be, there are ways to deal with it. The only requirements are tact, patience and of course the desire, on both sides, to make your marriage a happier one.


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- Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States.
- The highest concentration of breast cancer in the United States is found in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Nearly 400 Sonoma County women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
- About 85 Sonoma County women will die of breast cancer this year.
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Dear Californians,
This is the second Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan issued by California Dialogue on Cancer (CDOC), a coalition of cancer control stakeholders from across the state. The goals of CDOC are to reduce cancer suffering and mortalit in California. This plan sets forth strategies that will help to accomplish these goals. CDOC's first plan, published in 2004, helped guide California's efforts to reduce the burden of cancer through 2010. During this period, cancer mortality and incidence rates steadily decreased; however, cancer continues to be a major health threat. Cancer, second only to heart disease as the cause of death of Californians, has touched all of our lives. Approximately every four minutes, a Californian will be diagnosed with cancer, and every ten minutes, a Californian will die of cancer. Thus, we must not relax our efforts to combat this terrible scourge.
This plan summarizes current data on the most common cancers we encounter in California. Cancer control stakeholders should use the objectives and strategies outlined in this plan to guide their efforts in reducing cancer incidence and mortality in the people they serve. In addition, this plan contains screening and lifestyle recommendations everyone can follow to reduce the risk of selected cancers.
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