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Amid soul-searching over their Election Day losses, Massachusetts Republicans face an immediate internecine battle over the direction of their party as they consider whether to adopt the conservative agenda that their national party embraced at the convention.
Massachusetts Republicans are already agonizing over the party's future, having watched the gains of recent years slip away last Tuesday, when presidential nominee Mitt Romney, prized US Senator Scott Brown, and a promising candidate for Congress, Richard R. Tisei, all went down to defeat. Four of the seats Republicans had claimed in the Legislature in 2010 were reclaimed by Democrats.
"I feel humbled," said Jared Valanzola, chairman of the Republican Town Committee in Rockland. "What we had figured was, we did very well two years ago, we can build on it."
Instead, their losses triggered anger and frustration and deepened the longstanding divide between the party's moderate establishment and its more conservative faction. Conservatives have tried unsuccessfully to nudge the party to the right to present a more distinct alternative to the state's dominant Democratic Party. Moderates however, say that approach doesn't appeal in progressive Massachusetts and that the voters made their voices heard loud and clear last week.
"Our message is not appealing to people. It's not resonating," said Jennifer Nassour, past chairwoman of the Massachusetts GOP. "What I saw happening in Massachusetts was not a reflection on Scott or Richard [Tisei]," she added, calling it a reflection on Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, Republicans from Missouri and Indiana, respectively, whose rhetoric on rape and pregnancy shocked and alienated women this election season.
Nassour has started a group called Conservative Women for a Better Future to groom female candidates more concerned with fiscal responsibility.
Others argue that a socially conservative agenda cannot possibly be blamed for turning off voters here; most of Massachusetts' unsuccessful Republicans did not run as conservatives. Conservatives in the Massachusetts Republican Party would like to move in the opposite direction — embracing more stringent conservatism and focusing on social issues — to better distinguish their candidates from Democrats.
In recent months, even as the moderate Brown and Tisei rose to prominence, these conservatives have become more prominent in the Massachusetts party, as well.
"Trying to out-Democrat the Democrats is no way to define and strengthen Massachusetts Republicanism," wrote Dave Kopacz, president of the Massachusetts Republican Assembly, which calls itself the Republican wing of the Republican Party.
The Assembly and other Republican activists are calling for the resignation of Robert A. Maginn Jr., state party chairman, and other party leaders and for a retrenchment on conservative issues. And they have an opportunity before them on Tuesday night, when state committee members are scheduled to consider adopting the national party's platform — a vote the party had postponed from September until after the election. The platform, which calls for a ban on abortion with no exceptions in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother, was viewed as so extreme that it caused controversy nationally and both Brown and Tisei separately spoke out against it. Maginn did not return a call for comment.
The pending vote by the 80-member state committee has socially moderate Republicans worried that their party could move further away from voters turned off by a social agenda.
"What does this debate on Tuesday get us? We're going to look like even more of a whack-job party, adopting a platform that was dismissed by the voters — rejected soundly," said Jason Kauppi, a former communications consultant for the Massachusetts Republican Party. "It says that it has yet to learn any lessons from this last election cycle — what the party is and what we stand for."
Jane Swift, Massachusetts' former acting governor, said in an interview on Friday, "I hope they roundly reject it. We need a brand of Republicanism in Massachusetts that allows us to elect great candidates who actually can lead the way for the national party."
On Friday, Swift also penned a column for WBUR.org's ideas and opinion page Cognoscenti calling the national party "out of touch" and "offensive" to millions of women.
"In Massachusetts, we've always had a big tent on social issues, recognizing it was the right place to be," Swift told the Globe. "We've always had a strong representation of women's voices and frankly, moderate men like Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci, who could win elections and lead our party. I think there is more pragmatism on the state level so I'm hoping that, just as Bill Weld has moved back to Massachusetts, hopefully so will his brand of Republicanism."
Elizabeth Childs, who ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary in the Fourth Congressional District, called last week's elections a "wakeup call" for the party.
"I think our party has to embrace that the American electorate is sending us a signal, that we want you to recognize that more of us think more in the middle," Childs said.
But Medford state committeewoman Patricia B. Doherty, who championed the platform on the state level, said Republicans could not have presented a bigger tent in their campaigns this year.
"I mean, hello? Richard Tisei? Scott Brown? You couldn't call them running on a socially conservative ticket," Doherty said. "And they didn't win. I'm not in the habit of pointing to failures and saying, 'Let's do it again.' "
And Valanzola, who wants a new chairman, also supports the national platform, saying Republicans in Massachusetts need to set themselves apart from the majority party.
"If people are given the choice between a Democrat and a faux Democrat, they're going to vote for the Democrat," he said. "We need to really make sure that we are a clear opposing voice."
Party spokesman Tim Buckley said he could not speak to the platform, which will be considered by members. But he pointed to the efforts made to get out the vote in a state where Republicans are badly outnumbered. The party opened 35 field offices around the state to help Brown and legislative candidates.
"We quadrupled the investment in the ground game. Progress was made there but it clearly wasn't enough and we realized all along that we were at a disadvantage on the ground," Buckley said. "The enthusiasm was there. The resources were improved as compared to 2010. But we clearly have more work to do in that area."
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The first step on faunal analysis is the description of bones or bone fragments found at sites, identifying their anatomical source, taxonomy and the post-mortem traces left by humans and natural agents. The goal is to picture the chain of activities that produced the evidence in its actual state. Later, you try to test different hypothesis about behavior and their cultural, economic or political constraints. My main interests are those practices that are conditioned by economic and political inequalities. From the 500 to 1450 AD the northwestern of Argentina was the stage of various complex organizations and polities (regional cults, chiefdoms). Later, it was conquered by the Inca Empire. These social transformations were based on the extraction of surplus production from peasant communities, and justified by tradition and ritual practices.
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Molten lava cakes have been a favorite dessert of mine ever since I was little. I clearly remember the first time I ate one; I was on vacation in Whistler (a beautiful town in British Colombia), with my family and the four of us had to share one little lava cake. I remember the hot chocolate oozing out with vanilla ice cream melting into the warm cake, my nine year old self wondering how in the world did they get the center of the cake all melty and yummy.


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Genetic disorder sheds light on enzyme's role in bone metabolism
Pycnodysostosis, a condition from which the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec suffered, is a genetic disease characterized by short stature. This rare disease, surprisingly, provides a window into how joints are destroyed by arthritis. It is caused by deficiency of an enzyme known as cathepsin K which hampers osteoclasts (the cells that break down bone in bone modeling and repair), leading to poor bone resorption and dense, brittle bones.
Cathepsin K's role in bone metabolism has largely been studied using mouse models, but a new study examines the enzyme's role in bone resorption in a human patient and shows that it is not required to break down bone. The study was published in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/76509746/home).
Led by Professor Yrjö T. Konttinen of Helsinki University Central Hospital in Helskinki, Finland , the study involved a 55-year-old female patient with pycnodysostosis who also developed psoriatic arthritis. Since the patient lacked cathepsin K due to her condition, researchers hypothesized that this would protect her from the bone erosions in the hands and feet normally seen in psoriatic arthritis. However, she did in fact develop extensive erosions and destructive bone changes in her hands. Blood analysis was conducted to examine the proteinases (enzymes that break down proteins) responsible for bone degradation as well as the cellular mechanisms of bone resorption.
The analyses showed that the osteoclasts formed by the patient lacked cathepsin K, which was expected. Surprisingly, however, this deficiency did not prevent cells from resorbing bone, although the resorption was abnormal. In bone resorption, osteoclasts attach to the bone and dissolve bone mineral in the matrix, a process that appears to proceed normally even in pycnodysostosis. In a second step, known as collagenolysis, peptide bonds in the collagen of the demineralized bone matrix are broken down. The authors expected that this step would be defective in the cells of a patient who lacked cathepsin K, but instead found that it was not, since the patient's osteoclasts showed evidence of bone resorption.
"The results of our study indicate that, against the dogma, cathepsin K is not necessary for osteoclast-mediated bone resorption," the authors state. "The present results and some very recent findings suggest that even total inhibition of cathepsin K does not protect against pathologic bone destruction in arthritis." This indicates that other proteinases may play a role in bone collagen destruction when cathepsin K is not present. The authors conclude: "These findings may be pertinent to our understanding of the functions of cathepsin K inhibitors, which are currently being developed as drugs to treat metabolic bone diseases.
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Sox Allow 15 Runs In Loss To Twins
It was an unexpected night from Minnesota's usually anemic offense.
Pedro Florimon had a solo homer and a two-run double in the Twins' season-high, seven-run second inning that carried them to a 15-8 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
Entering the day with the American League's second-fewest hits and third-fewest runs, the Twins didn't have any pregame batting practice due to some showers at Fenway Park. Then they went out and compiled a season high in runs and hits (20).
"We'll be asking for a little BP rain tomorrow," joked Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "It was a crazy night. The ball was flying early. Both pitchers, their young guy, we didn't let him breathe, and they did that to our pitcher, too."
Ryan Doumit had a two-run homer, Oswald Arcia went 4 for 5 with three singles and a double, and Trevor Flouffe drove in three of the Twins' runs.
Florimon had a career-best three RBIs.
"It felt good," he said, breaking into a smile as he was leaving the clubhouse. "I feel like I'm going pretty good."
David Ortiz went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts and three groundouts to snap his 27-game hitting streak, dating to last season. Ortiz had hit safely in his first 15 games this season, giving him Boston's longest streak since Manny Ramirez also hit in 27 straight in 2006.
Jonny Gomes hit his fourth career grand slam - first with the Red Sox - and drove in five runs. Shane Victorino added a solo homer for Boston, which lost for the fifth time in six games.
In the first two innings, the teams combined for 17 runs and 10 extra-base hits, chasing both starting pitchers as the Twins held an 11-6 edge after posting their big second.
Ryan Pressly (1-0) pitched four shutout innings of relief for his first major league win.
"That was a big pick up by him," Gardenhire said.
Pressly was once part of Boston's organization.
"I just wanted to get out there, speed the game up and get outs," he said.
Boston's Allen Webster (0-1), making his second career start, gave up eight runs, six hits and walked three while getting only five outs.
Twins starter Pedro Hernandez faired just a little better, allowing six runs and seven hits in two innings of his fifth career start.
"(My) head really wasn't in the game today," Hernandez said via a translator. "Someone (I) really loved passed away."
Hernandez said a 38-year old cousin died two days ago and the funeral was Wednesday.
Trailing 5-4 in the second, Minnesota sent 11 batters to the plate and had its biggest inning of the season. Florimon tied it with a leadoff homer into the seats above the Green Monster. Justin Morneau's sacrifice fly pushed the Twins ahead, before Plouffe's RBI double chased Webster. Aaron Hicks then had a two-run single off Felix Doubront and Florimon followed with his two-run double, making it 11-5.
"The team did all they could to help me out," Webster said. "I just went back out there and if I had thrown a zero we'd probably win the game, but I didn't."
That was all the offense the Twins needed.
"A tough night from the mound tonight. A number of pitches found their way to the middle of the plate," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Once again, they swung aggressively, they hit a number of fastballs that didn't get to the intended location. The one thing that's a little concerning with Felix is that while he'll get ahead of certain hitters, still lacks the ability to put some guys away and we've seen that the last two outings for him."
Victorino's homer into the left-field seats cut it to 11-6 in the bottom of the second.
Minnesota added a run in the fourth on Florimon's double-play grounder. Plouffe delivered a run-scoring single and Arcia collected his fourth hit of the game in the fifth - an RBI double - to make it 14-6.
The Twins had grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first. After Webster fanned Jamey Carroll to start the game, he walked the next two before Morneau's RBI double. Plouffe followed with a sacrifice fly before Doumit homered into Boston's bullpen.
Boston responded by taking the lead with five runs after two outs in the bottom of the inning. Gomes belted his slam completely out of Fenway over the Monster after the Red Sox loaded the bases with a pair of singles and a walk. Stephen Drew's RBI single made it 5-4.
NOTES: Ortiz's personal season-opening streak is the best by a Boston player since Tony Pena also hit in his first 15 in 1990. ... The Red Sox honored Orlando Cepeda (Boston) and Ron Blomberg (Yankees) during a pregame, on-field ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the DH. Current Red Sox DH Ortiz handed them each commemorative framed pictures. ... Farrell said 3B Will Middlebrooks had an MRI on his right side after bruising his ribs making a sliding grab of a foul pop before colliding with C David Ross in Tuesday's loss. "He's banged up a little bit," Farrell said before saying the team was awaiting the results. Both Middlebrooks and Ross were not in the lineup. Farrell also said Ross still had "some soreness" in the left quadriceps. ... The Twins close out their 10-game road trip Thursday when Kevin Correia (3-2, 2.83 ERA) is slated to face Boston's John Lackey (1-2, 3.52) is the series finale.
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Salmon Burgers with Lemon-Herb Sauce Recipe
Salmon burgers are a lighter burger than the usual beef and a good option if you want to switch it up. This version, adapted from Cook's Illustrated Guide to Grilling and Barbecue, has mayonnaise to ensure moistness in the final product, as salmon burgers can be dry. They also recommend using a grill grid to prevent the burgers from falling apart and into the coals. Serve with the Creamy Lemon-Herb Sauce that follows the burger recipe below.
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- 1 1/4 pounds salmon fillets
- 1/4 chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons finely grated onion
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Ground black pepper
- Vegetable oil for the grill grid
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 small scallion, minced
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lemon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Ground black pepper
Remove any pinbones from the salmon flesh using tweezers or needle-nose pliers. Separate the flesh from the skin, discarding the skin. Chop the salmon into 1/4-inch pieces. Using a rocking motion with the knife, continue to chop the salmon until it is coarsely ground into pieces roughly 1/8 inch each.
Place the salmon in a bowl and mix with the parsley, mayonnaise, onion, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste. Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions (about 5 ounces each) and use your hands to press each into a compact patty about 1 inch thick. Place the patties on a parchment-lined baking sheet and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, light a chimney starter filled with hardwood charcoal (about 6 quarts) and allow to burn until all the charcoal is covered with a layer of fine gray ash. Build a single-level fire by spreading the coals evenly over the bottom of the grill. Set the cooking grate in place and use a grill brush to scrape the cooking grate clean. Place the grill grid on top of the cooking grate, cover the grill with the lid, and let the grate heat up, about 5 minutes. The grill is ready when the coals are medium-hot.
Lightly dip a small wad of paper towels in vegetable oil; holding the wad with long-handled tongs, wipe the grill grid. Grill the salmon burgers, uncovered, until well browned on one side, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip the burgers with a greased metal spatula. Continue grilling, uncovered, until the other side is well browned and the burgers are barely translucent at the center, about 3 minutes. Serve immediately.
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About 18 months ago I read an article about the new types of jobs the world of digital communications and transactional services had created. What stood out to me was something it named as possibly the newest, and quote, "sexiest" job in the near future and that was the role of a digital communications data analyst. I made mention of this in a presentation I was doing to a group of fledgling digital agency people on the importance, understanding and application of analytics. Not just the platform or tools, but the action of analysis and turning raw data into decisional data for planning and execution of digital marketing and communications activities. The audience seemed surprised that I insisted that job could be called "sexy".
So how "sexy" can data be? As a digital marketer working before and through the advent of social media I had learnt that web analytics dashboards were my decisional instruments in triangulating metrics data and measuring the effects of digital media and CRM campaigns, search optimizations, tweaking website performance. I was adjusting and actioning responses to the communications and pushing for maximum campaign successes. The dashboards were also my tools for reporting the successes, holding my agencies to account and justifying increases in digital spends and re allocation of media budgets to activities of deeper audience engagement. I was, in fact, an iterative and precision driven campaign driver, watching and measuring the actions and responses of our digital communication activities day by day and adjusting them to get the best results. If I had an end goal in mind it was not only to maximize the efficiency of our spend in digital channels or prove the ROI of digital activities but more overtly to track and digitally prove a sales conversion in the "Path to Purchase" through digital channels.
I wouldn't call myself a "digital communications data analyst" and I don't necessarily believe the role of the data analyst is all that "sexy " unless it's clearly defined as, or, contributes as a decisional role. Frankly the "platform jockeys" get boring with their " it does this, how cool is that"; the excited bells and whistles talk. Let's face it, collating data for the sake of collating data, is boring and makes no sense at all unless it can be turned in actionable insights. Mapping it and graphing it only collates it into readable forms. While we are also beginning to see more creative interpretations of data, like information flight paths, and geo mapping the real foundation to the role is that intelligence is "sexy". Intelligence gained through interpretation and, sometimes, the extrapolation of data points can be very "sexy".
The opening up of the internet through the enabling tools of web 2.0 or the social web means consumers talk about, associate with, and can experience your brands and their communications across a whole range of touch points that have you as a brand have limited or no control over (and be careful they can interact with you). Through a shifting of digital behaviours the consumer in this environment seems to be in an ever moving target of new social media communities and technologies. The sphere of analytics in recent years has widened to accommodate the shifts and began to include "Listening" platforms or aggregators of the conversational consumer generated content and news sources. What interesting to me is that while the technographic behaviours change, the language the consumer uses and the way they converse remains consistent. If I was just doing Listening I would have to look hard into the mirror as ask myself is the action of just Listening enough to remain "sexy"?
Social Intelligence is superseding the thinking behind the practice of Listening. Today it's the new realm of text analysis, semantic understanding and sentiment analysis of the actual data itself. I believe in the next step, which is to really harness the intelligence in this data not only for brands but also for companies, as a whole, and taking the "Voice of the Consumer" to the next level. It will be not only informing marketing and brand business decisions with insights but applying it to innovation, business investment decisions and strategy, PR and company image in crisis and reputation management and even market management by undertaking competitive intelligence reviews. As we know in today's world digital communication is not only effecting marketing and communication but also touching many aspects of a company's operations. Social Intelligence and its insights might cross the entire enterprise. Now that's what I call "sexy".Tags: behavior, intelligence, listening, online behavior, online behaviours, social analytics, social intelligence, social media monitoring


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Time for a Big Fat Squee!: I've signed a contract to publish Call of the Sea!
I am so elated to be able to finally announce I have signed a contract to publish my debut novel. My fantasy romance, The Call of the Sea will be published by Inkspell Publishing with a tentative release date of June 2012.
Inkspell is a fledgling publisher, having launched in January of this year, but I am really hoping for good things.
The ink is barely dry on the contract, so I don't have a ton of information yet, but after having to remain hush-hush about everything for a while now, it feels damned good to be able to shout it from the roof tops.
So, SQUEE!!
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Book Review: Cutlass and Musket, Tales of Piratical Skullduggery
Cutlass and Musket, Tales of Piratical Skullduggery by Jessica A. Weiss
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Welp… I have to be honest here, right? Even though I have a story (and a damned good one if I do say so myself) in this book, I really wasn't all that impressed with the anthology. While some stories were good and held my interest (and that shouldnt be hard since I LOVE PIRATES), for the most part, the stories read pretty flat to me.
I will try to go through and select the stories I really enjoyed — like a winners and losers type of thing, but at this point I have downgraded my rating from a 4 to a 3. I mean I can't dislike a book that contains something I wrote…
NOW AVAILABLE: Cutlass and Musket, Tales of Piratical Skullduggery
This collection of pirate adventures is now available in paperback (e-book formats coming soon). The anthology features one of my short stories, titled Lost Hope. I have not yet received my contributor copy, so havent read the other included stories, but I am really looking forward to it.
Arrgh, you scallywags. Rip open these pages to find yerself lost in the world of pirates and their misdeeds. Join them as they travel to misty islands of fortune, sail the seven seas for mysterious items, kill those that betrayed them, and lay siege to monasteries. This collection of new work brings you 18 short stories and a new novella by M.S. Gardner. But beware…if ye escape Davy Jones' Locker, ye may still face the plank.
Here is a small excerpt from my story, LOST HOPE:
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean — August 1649
Sailors shouted to each other, their feet scuffling across the deck as their swords clashed in battle. The air in the lady hole reeked of gunpowder and death. Thankfully, the cannonballs, which had been smashing into the ship's hull with regular, deafening precision, had stopped. A young couple huddled together in the dark. The man wrapped his arms around the woman, who feverishly rocked a swaddled bundle. She cast a wide-eyed glance at her husband as the infant wailed its dismay at the top of her lungs.
"If you don't hush her, Margaret, they'll find us," the man said.
The woman rocked faster. "I'm trying."
The door to the tiny compartment screeched open. The couple squinted toward the portal. A tall shadow filled the doorway, backlit by bright sunlight. Green eyes glowed from the dark form, its thick voice echoed through the tiny closet.
"What do we have here? Looks like a family of bilge rats."
Untangling himself from his wife, the man stepped out first, blocking access to his family. "Please, sir. I'm a man of means. Allow me to pay safe passage for my family.
The woman released a startled scream as her husband dropped to the deck with a sickening thud. Blood gushed from the wide slice across his throat; his unseeing eyes stared at the azure sky.
Rough hands pulled the hysterical woman from her hiding spot, and dragged her, kicking, onto the deck. Tears streaked down her pale cheeks. She closed her eyes and rocked the crying child, her voice cracking as she whispered repeatedly, "though hope is frail, it's hard to kill."
One of the deckhand stepped forward and placed a hand on his captain's arm. "Cap'n, let me and Joe take the baby back to The Albatross. Elsa's been waitin' a long time for a child of 'er own. 'Sides, the wee one shouldn't be witness ta this."
Nicor's eyes narrowed as his gaze fell to the hand on his sleeve. Catching the look, Matthews quickly released the Captain's arm.
Nicor's lips curled into a dark smile. He nodded. "Aye, Pops, take the baby to her new mother while I get acquainted with this lovely prize." The captain's gaze swept back to the woman huddled on the deck.
The sailor squatted and tried to pull the crying bundle from the rocking woman. At his touch, the woman jerked away, locking her bleak eyes on him. "Please, keep her safe for me."
Pops nodded. "Aye, miss, ye have me word."
The woman let out a sigh and released her hold.
Pops rose, nodded to his captain, and took the whimpering child away. As he crossed the deck with the baby, the woman drew a hidden dagger from beneath her skirts and plunged it into Nicor's heartless chest.
The pirate captain's rich laughter filled the air as he pulled the useless weapon from his body. He glared at the wide-eyed woman. "Ah, biscuit, you are really going to wish you hadn't done that."
Pops nodded to his brother, who held a rope at the rail. Cradling the child close to his heart, he took the rope and swung across the space between the two ships. Pops Matthews landed deftly on the deck of The Albatross as the strangled cries of the woman's tortured death filled the salt-kissed air.
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Re: Economic Conundrums
That certainly is a conundrum, probably comprehensible only to shipping industry insiders. I have heard that many of the US port facilities are actually owned by Aramco and other faceless multinational entities, not that that explains anything. I do remember my parents commented that one of my high school class mates (who probably finished in the lower 1/3 of the class) inherited her father's longshoreman position, operating the crane that puts the containers on the ship, bringing home $120k/year at age 19.


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New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway , bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement.
In New York Times bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's newest historical saga, she introduces Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker who moves to Ohio in 1850, only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land. Sick from the moment she leaves England, and fleeing personal disappointment, she is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in a harsh, unfamiliar landscape.
Nineteenth-century America is practical, precarious, and unsentimental, and scarred by the continuing injustice of slavery. In her new home Honor discovers that principles count for little, even within a religious community meant to be committed to human equality.
However, drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, Honor befriends two surprising women who embody the remarkable power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal costs.
A powerful journey brimming with color and drama, The Last Runaway is Tracy Chevalier's vivid engagement with an iconic part of American history.
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Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Chevalier's (Girl with a Pearl Earring) haunting seventh novel delves into the difference between a theory of belief and its practice. When young Quaker Honor Bright's fiance breaks off the relationship to marry outside the faith, Honor goes to America in 1850 with her sister, Grace. Grace is engaged to marry Adam Cox, a young man from their hometown who followed his brother to Faithwell, Ohio. Unfortunately, Grace dies en route, and Honor arrives in Ohio to find Adam sharing a house with Abigail, his sister-in-law, made a widow by the death of Adam's brother. Honor moves into the house, but feels tense and unwelcome. In Belle Mills, a milliner who appreciates Honor's sewing skills, Honor finds a friend and ally. Honor also draws the attention of Belle's brother, Donovan, a slave hunter, and Jack Haymaker, a local farmer, a man "like a pulled muscle that Honor sensed every time she moved." They marry and Honor, drawn by her sympathies into helping the Underground Railroad, is forced to choose between living her beliefs and merely speaking them. The birth of her own child raises the stakes, and she takes a unique stand in her untenable situation. Honor's aching loneliness, overwhelming kindness, and stubborn convictions are beautifully rendered, as are the complexities of all the supporting characters and the vastness of the harsh landscape. Honor's quiet determination provides a stark contrast to the roiling emotions of the slave issue, the abolitionist fight, and the often personal consequences. Chevalier's thought-provoking, lyrical novel doesn't allow any of her characters an easy way out. Agent: Jonny Geller, Curtis Brown (U.K.). (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Honor Bright sailed from England to America in 1850 with her sister, Grace, who is betrothed to a fellow Quaker in Ohio. After Grace's death, Honor is left in the awkward position of an outsider, searching for her place in an unsettled land of restless change where even the Quakers are different from those she had known at home. She finds solace in writing letters to friends and family in England and in the exquisite quilting skills that tie her to her old life and offer some hope of ties to a new one. Honor's only true American friend is Belle, the unorthodox milliner who clandestinely aids runaway slaves, even as her rough and charismatic brother, Donovan, hunts them down. Horrified by the realities of slavery, Honor faces the new complexities of the Fugitive Slave Law and the challenges it poses for the Quakers and for her personally. Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring, 2000) offers a cast of strong characters wrestling with thorny personalities, the harsh realities of the frontier, and the legal and moral complexities of American slavery.--Bush, Vanessa Copyright 2010 Booklist
New York Review of Books Review
Quakers are often lauded as essential actors in the pre-Civil War drama of the Underground Railroad, but not every Friend eagerly harbored escaping slaves. Such is the dismaying discovery of Honor Bright, a principled English Quaker recently arrived in Ohio, after her new American family admonishes her not to aid the covert network. Honor ignores the warnings and becomes' enmeshed in the conflicting agendas of a scurrilous slave hunter with disconcerting sex appeal and his salty Railroad-running sister. Chevalier, the author of "Girl With a Pearl Earring," succumbs to the potboiler temptations of historical fiction as familiar supporting characters muscle their way toward a baldly formulaic denouement. Yet her unfussy narrative voice is well suited to her protagonist's Quaker milieu. Her book is as much about the primacy of quilting in the early American social order as it is about the perils of abetting slaves. An American living in London, she also has a personal line into Honor's wonder at her new surroundings. "The potatoes are larger, with more eyes," Honor writes home, a simple observation that sweetly encapsulates the weirdness of displacement.
Guardian Review
Jilted and broken-hearted, Honor Bright has rashly decided to accompany her sister Grace from Dorset to pre-civil war Ohio. After Grace dies of yellow fever on the journey, Honor lodges with the ailing and hard-drinking Belle Mills, a tough but kindly woman who is heavily involved with the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and food depots that helps runaway slaves make their way to Canada and freedom. From here, Honor moves on to live in a Quaker settlement where a huge moral dilemma arises when she herself becomes involved with the Underground Railroad. In helping slaves, Honor puts her law-abiding new family at risk, and the problem is compounded by the fact that Belle Mills's disreputable brother Donovan has taken a fancy to her. The Last Runaway is an entertaining read, and as a period piece on Ohio life in the 1850s it is admirable but, despite some moving encounters, the themes of slavery and resistance are less developed than the Quakers and quilting angles, and Chevalier has written far better books. - Carol Birch Jilted and broken-hearted, Honor Bright has rashly decided to accompany her sister Grace from Dorset to pre-civil war Ohio. - Carol Birch.
Library Journal Review
Quiet, home-loving, and principled Honor Bright agrees to accompany her more adventurous sister across the Atlantic to 1850's Ohio, to where Grace's fiance has immigrated. The journey is miserable physically and confusing culturally, and when Honor finally arrives at their destination, she is sick at heart as well. Forced to make choices for which she is unprepared and to face challenges to her lifelong belief in the innate equality of all races, Honor matures into a strong woman worthy of respect. Kate Reading narrates the book beautifully, perfectly portraying the timid English girl making mistakes and learning from them. Reading's voice becomes rougher with the American pioneers-louder and harsher for the exacting Judith Haymaker, more relaxed and higher pitched for Belle, the whiskey-drinking milliner. Verdict This is a recording listeners will not want to end. Highly recommended. ["Chevalier's (The Girl with the Pearl Earring; Remarkable Creatures) writing continues to have that can't-put-it-down quality, and her change in settings from Europe to 19th-century frontier America is a welcome one. Highly recommended," read the starred review of the New York Times best-selling Dutton hc, LJ 12/12.-Ed.]-Juleigh Muirhead Clark, Colonial Williamsburg Fdn. Lib., VA (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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A robbery at a Brooklyn bodega involving a man whose pants fell down was the latest of several recent poorly executed criminal raids across the country.
Police are still looking for the man who entered a store at Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood smoking a cigarette. The manager asked him to leave. That's when he approached the counter and jumped over it.
Surveillance video captured the man's pants falling down as he grabbed for cash. The robbery suspect ran away with the loot while holding his pants up.
In another case, a would-be bank robber in New Jersey was scared off by a teller who asked him for identification.
U.S. & World
The man entered a Santander Bank in Jackson Township on March 5 and handed a note to a teller asking for money. The plan fell apart.
"When the teller told the male, who was wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt, to remove the hood and also asked for identification, the male claimed he did not have any and then left the bank," Lt. Steven Laskiewicz told the Asbury Park Press.
In a different case on March 5, police said a Florida man stole his girlfriend's wallet containing $750 cash then ate some of it while on his way to jail.
Leosvel Cordova Parrado was intoxicated and angry and demanded he and his girlfriend go home from a party. After arriving at their home, Parrado stole his girlfriend's wallet, police said.
Police later arrested Parrado and said they found cash and a valium pill in his pocket that he did not have a prescription for.
During the ride to jail, a deputy noticed a strange sound in his backseat and saw Parrado chewing on a mouth full of cash, authorities said. The deputy pulled over and tried to save some of the cash but only $277 was recovered from the $750 that his girlfriend said he stole.
Parrado was charged with robbery, battery, grand theft, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance and tampering with evidence.
And in February in San Diego, one not-so-brilliant burglar left his cell phone at the scene of the crime, and on the phone, his "selfie," which led police straight to him.
According to the Chula Vista Police Department, Adam Howe, 26, broke into a building and an RV at the Hilltop Tabernacle Church. Police said Howe allegedly made off with $10,000 worth of stolen items, including cash and a laptop computer from the building, as well as several purses and watches from the RV.
However, Howe accidentally left his phone behind, and after police examined it and the selfie, one detective recognized the location in the background of the photo and went there to speak to witnesses. Some witnesses recognized the selfie suspect and told the detective of other areas frequented by Howe.
A day later the detective located Howe, who matched the photo, at Harborside Park in Chula Vista – about five minutes away from the church that was burglarized.


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Winschoten (Groningen, Netherlands)
Winschoten, a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. From 1872 regular Mennonite services were held here every three weeks in the Lutheran church. In 1885 a Mennonite Kring was organized here as a subdivision of the Midwolda, Beerta, and de Meeden congregation. In 1893 J. A. Wartena, the pastor of this congregation, moved to Winschoten, which gradually became its center, and since 1900 the old Midwolda congregation is called Winschoten. The pastors after Wartena, who served 1893-1901, were F. Dijkema 1901-1905, J. H. van Giessen Jr 1906-1921, then after nine years of vacancy Corn. Vis Jzn 1930-1938, A. du Croix 1939-1944, R. J. Faber 1946-1951, and J. H. Rawie 1953- . In 1931 a meetinghouse was built in Winschoten. The membership numbered 120 in 1900 and 97 in 1958. Church activities at that time were a ladies' circle, youth group (15-18), and Sunday school for children.
As of 2004 the congregation no longer existed.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1872): 192; (1887): 148.
Reliwiki. "Winschoten, Mr. Jan Friso Vietorstraat 22 - Doopsgezinde Kerk." 2 January 2013. Web. 16 October 2014. http://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Winschoten,_Mr._Jan_Friso_Vietorstraat_22_-_Doopsgezinde_Kerk.
De Zondagsbode 23 (1909-10): No. 24.
|Nanne van der Zijpp
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Winschoten (Groningen, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 29 Nov 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winschoten_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=140846.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Winschoten (Groningen, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 29 November 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winschoten_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=140846.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1137. All rights reserved.
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High-Fashion Male Models Moonlight as Skilled Handymen, Remodeling Homes in Tri-State Area
LOS ANGELES - November 14, 2012 - With a unique approach to stylish living, Style Media's new docu-series "Built" follows high-fashion male models whose handy skills extend beyond the runways to remodeling homes. Produced by Endemol USA, "Built" follows a Manhattan home design and construction service staffed exclusively with male models who are also experienced handymen. "Built" debuts Monday, January 28 at 9pm ET/PT with a 10-episode order, following the season five premiere of "Jerseylicious" at 8pm ET/PT on Style.
On each new episode of "Built," the five-man crew will tackle a home makeover project by helping their clients with remodeling challenges. A prominent interior designer with Hott and Handy lends her insight and expertise to ensure that the creative expectations are being met. With their different personalities and skill sets, the "Built" team sometimes struggles to find common ground in their work; however, their dizzying good looks bind them together and ensure a handsome ending.
The "Built" show page on StyleNetwork.com launches tomorrow, Thursday, November 15, and will give viewers a sneak peek into what to expect on this new series. The site provides insider access to the cast through exclusive personal blogs, videos and photo galleries. In addition, the cast will give their personal take on what happens in each episode and how viewers at home can achieve similar design success as their clients. Fans can follow the series and the cast via Facebook at www.facebook.com/BuiltShow or Twitter at www.twitter.com/BuiltShow.
Meet the "Built" cast:
As co-owner of Hott and Handy, Shane Duffy is the point person for the company, bringing in the clients and ensuring that they are happy with the job from start to finish. Having recruited his handy, model friends for his business, Shane is the only one who can keep them all in line, especially when any problems arise during a redesign. The idea for this business venture came to Shane a few years ago when he was doing general handyman work in between modeling gigs and a client called him "hot and handy." Now, he has offices in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami. As a model, he has become one of the most sought-after face and body parts models and has been featured in national and international campaigns for GNC, Johnny Walker, Banana Republic, ASICS, Marlboro and Under Armour, among others. From Texas, Shane served in the National Guard and is an Afghan war vet who spends time volunteering with the USO.
The foreman of the group, Sandy Dias runs the construction team by the book and manages the execution of all projects. He is proficient in the use of hand and power tools and his experience includes framing, sheet rock, doors, plumbing, trim work and tile, to name a few. He loves to remodel homes, especially kitchens, and his current home is based on a Lego design he built as a child. With a degree in Aeronautical Technology, Sandy always wanted to work with airplanes. However, after several people approached him while he worked at LaGuardia Airport, he decided to give modeling a try - and was an overnight success. One of his main clients is Hugo Boss, and additionally, he has worked with Neiman Marcus, Mercedes-Benz, Brunello Cucinelli, Ethan Allen, Tommy Hilfiger and Bloomingdales.
Gage Cass is the artist of the group and loves providing his creative flair to each project. In his spare time, Gage works as a designer on large scale performance pieces for creative festivals such as Burning Man and Art Basel Miami as well as other private events in the New York area. He especially loves working with metal and steel. Gage recently has expanded from modeling for clients such as Jose Cuervo, Coke Zero, Gilded Age, 2(X)IST and Microsoft, to stunts and acrobatics. The highlight of his career was being asked to do a performance with Cirque de Soleil (he framed the paycheck!), and he also repelled off of 30 Rock for a "Spiderman 3" marketing stunt. In addition, Gage is co-founder and president of Mythic Bridge, a non-profit organization that teaches narrative filmmaking and storytelling to underprivileged kids in the Tri-State area.
The funny guy with great hair and an unforgettable laugh, Donny Ware owns the fact that he is good-looking and is not one to take things too seriously. He may be the comic relief of the crew but his experience working on home remodels includes running heavy equipment and digging trenches. Before he was scouted in the modeling world, he worked at a glass factory in southern Florida. A car accident five years ago left his face partially burnt, and after a hard recovery, Donny is now in demand both nationally and internationally, modeling for Abercrombie & Fitch, Lacoste, Michael Kors, Bottega Veneta and Ted Baker, to name a few.
Raised in a family of "Mr. Fix Its," Mike Keute learned from an early age how to be handy around the house. He excels in carpentry and organizational-inspired design and recently remodeled his penthouse loft into a stunning three-bedroom apartment. Often referred to as "the brains" and "the muscle" of the group, Mike is a personal trainer who is devoted to maintaining his well-toned physique. His efforts have led to an impressive national and international modeling career, and he consistently serves as Calvin Klein's main underwear model and has worked for such clients as Giorgio Armani, Brunello Cucinelli, Saks Fifth Avenue, GQ and Men's Health. In addition, Mike is pursuing his law degree and MBA simultaneously at Fordham Law School through an accelerated three-year program - a first for any student at the university. Earlier this year, Mike formed Famed International, Inc., an entertainment management company that develops, mentors and legally protects models, actors and artists from around the world. His goal was to start small but with his ambition and drive, his company has grown quickly to become a premier destination for the entertainment industry.
Top interior designer and home stylist Kim Gieske collaborates with the Hott and Handy team on their client services. Her celebrity client list includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Chloe Sevigny, Donatella Versace, Pamela Anderson, Martha Stewart and Ivanka Trump, among others. A former model, Kim's passion for home and fashion led to a career as a lifestyle editor for such magazines as Glamour, Self, House & Garden and Vogue Living. Kim was part of the original team that launched the "Martha Stewart Living" magazine and television show, offering her tips and advice for decorating and styling the home. In addition, Kim is a New York Times best-selling author with her home renovation book "Paige by Paige: A Year of Trading Spaces" based on the hit television series.
"Built" is produced by Endemol USA with Karen Young serving as Executive Producer. Sarah Weidman and Merah Chung executive produce the series for Style.
About Endemol USA
Endemol USA is a leading producer of television programming specializing in unscripted and scripted genres for network and cable television. David Goldberg is Chairman and CEO of Endemol North America. The studio produces hit series including BigBrother (CBS), Wipeout (ABC) and the syndicated daytime show "Steve Harvey." They are also known for producing some of the most popular non-scripted primetime programming in North America, including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Fear Factor. Endemol USA launched Endemol Studios in August, 2011 following Endemol USA's successful development of the break-out hit series Hell on Wheels (AMC), now in its second season. Endemol USA's subsidiary production companies include Authentic Entertainment, Endemol Studios, 51 Minds, Original Media and True Entertainment. Endemol USA is a division of the Endemol Group, a leading international content developer, producer and distributor of television andonline programming. The company, headquartered in the Netherlands and the UK, has over 80 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 31 countries, including the major European markets, the U.S., Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Endemol is a privately held company. For more information, please visit www.endemolusa.tv.
About Style Media
Style Media, a global multimedia company that includes Style and StyleNetwork.com, is the destination for women 18-49 seeking to fuel their insatiable appetite for looking great and living stylishly. Style currently counts nearly 77 million cable and satellite subscribers and is the fastest growing women's network in the U.S. StyleNetwork.com keeps women up-to-date on all of the latest fashion and beauty news on the web. Style's popular series include "Tia & Tamera," "Jerseylicious," "Giuliana & Bill," "Big Rich Texas," "Glam Fairy" and "Chicagolicious." Style is a network of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/StyleNetPR.


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"Natalie got to come home Tuesday night. Her immune system cell count went from 38 to 500 in just a few days, which usually takes a week or two. So we got a little miracle from God for Natalie.Natalie still has the chemo treatments on going and she is uncomfortable, has bad sores in her mouth and throat, difficult to eat, gets agitated sometimes too. Lets please continue to pray for more miracles for Natalie. I pray that the medicine will work against the cancer, but that God will make the side effects be very minimal and will heal her sores and let her be more comfortable and of course that the cell count would be reasonable to the medicine but not at the super low numbers that takes her to the hospital." - Jean M.
Dominick had to take her back to Stanford on Friday. It was long day (8AM to 9PM) Natalie and her Dad were getting another Chemo treatment. This time she again got medication that caused a severe skin reaction, she cried for a few long hours and her face and eyes became very red. The Chemo she received required that she be extremely hydrated so after 4 hours of fluids, Natalie's eyes became really puffy. Her mouth sores and other symptoms have mostly subsided but this new medicine threatens the same. We ask you to continue praying for the next two weeks as this represents the last of the really heavy treatments. - Ruth O.
These next two weeks are going to be hard as we may travel to Stanford 2-3 times to receive blood transfusions in addition to our regular weekly visits. We are continually amazed how situations are presenting themselves in many of the people we meet. Just yesterday we chatted to a three people about God (some believers and some not) and shared how God has been the center of comfort though this time. I really believe because of your prayers, we are truly seeing the movement of God's hand in many of the people we meet. Praise God for Yu'All (that was for our southerners readers! :) - Dominick O.


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Hundreds of people marched through the centre of Melbourne, Australia in protest against Israel's offensive in Gaza | CC Corey Oakley
Thousands of people from London to Sydney have demonstrated in solidarity with the people of Gaza and in opposition to Israel's offensive on the Strip.
At least 192 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of Israel's 'Operation Protective Edge' and the UN has said that at least 80 percent of the casualties have been civilians.
The high rate of civilian casualties in Gaza has caused outrage, concern and condemnation from the people around the world.
"We are raising our fists, hands and banners and are speaking against this injustice. The truth is none of this is able to shield the Palestinian people against bombardment …There is no peace because there is no justice" said prominent pro-Palestinian supporter and British MP George Galloway at a demonstration in Bradford, UK on Sunday.
Israeli citizens have also taken issue with this military operation in Gaza. Jews Against Genocide (JAG) held a memorial at Jerusalem's Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, on Saturday. The purpose of the service was to remember the Palestinian children killed by Israel during its current attack on Gaza.
JAG, an international Jewish collective, stated the purpose of the demonstration was to "to show Israel, and the world, the absurd reality of using the memory of one genocide to justify another…We invite compassionate people from across the globe to join the outcry by staging similar protests in front of Israeli embassies and consulates around the world on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th July, 2014."
"We will stay with them in solidarity"
Solidarity with Palestine is also coming from within the borders of Gaza. A group of international volunteers from the USA, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, France, Britain, Australia and New Zealand are staying in Gaza City's El Wafa Hospital, in a demonstration of solidarity. The hospital is the only rehabilitation center in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Fred Ekblad of the International Solidarity Movement, said of the action "The civilian population of Gaza is being bombed. We will stay with them in solidarity until the international community and our governments take action to stop Israel's crimes against humanity".
"This time the media is not playing on the Israeli side"
Social media platforms have played a powerful role in galvanizing action around the globe. The ability to share photos, organize demonstrations and encourage others to join the campaign has resulted in a significant number of people standing in solidarity with Gaza.
"Social media is doing something huge and it is huge what is going on around the world," said Muhammad Abu Toameh, a solidarity activist from Baqa Al-Gharbieh and Tel Aviv. Abu Toameh sees the power of social media as two-fold: it amplifies pressure put on Israel to stop its current assault on Gaza and it is an alternative platform for disseminating news that Abu Toameh feels Israeli media tries to hide.
Unlike in 2008 and 2012 when similar assaults on Gaza took place and "nobody saw the potential of social media," news websites and social media platforms are being updated in real time.
Instead of the "struggle to know what is actually happening in Gaza" many are able to see the atrocities.
"This time the media is not playing on the Israeli side," said Abu Toameh.
A conflict that might have seemed far away is now unavoidably present. With more protests organized in the coming days, it remains to be seen if mounting pressure from the international community can lead to a ceasefire.
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Jason Isaacs has landed the title role in the CBS pilot The Surgeon General, TVGuide.com has learned.
The medical drama, which focuses on the highest-ranking doctor in the United States, was created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me), who will write and executive-produce the pilot.
Pilot Season: Get all the latest news
Isaacs is known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, as well as other inlcuding The Patriot. He most recently appeared on television in the short-lived NBC drama Awake.


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Single of the Week!
Beat Connection - 'Silver Screen' (Tender Age)
One of the supremely obvious realizations that crash into your brain as you get older is connected to just how utterly ludicrous our ideas about age really are. Spend a few minutes looking at the wrong blogs (i.e. virtually all of them) or reading one of you humans' supremely awful magazines, and it is easy to come to the conclusion that people below the age of 25 are not that way by chance; but that they chose to be born when they did. So while the rest of us should clearly do ourselves a favour and end it all now, might I point out that being Officially Old is actually Officially Delicious. Partly because there is a wonderful, supremely amusing sense of Just You Wait as one towers down from one's aged pillar and sees how the clock ticks for all of us. And partly because when one is old enough to not care what anyone thinks anymore, one is free to embarrass oneself and feel (not the slightest!) prick of shame. Going out of one's way to embarrass young people is the most fun and you will have seen that twinkle in your parents eyes, it is Dog's reward for their having to put up with teenagers.
Anyway, anyway, ANYWAY. Beat Connection (who have a combined age of about 12) are a bit ruddy upbeat, a bit ruddy upbeat alright, and I love them. It is of course not their choice or fault that they are young, or that they are preternaturally talented bastards capable of creating a single that sings for the coming Spring (it's not about Spring); or that it is the most fully realised single this week. It is not perfect but 'Silver Screen' is, with all its fuzzy keyboard stutters, warm tone and amiable vocals, definitely the most likeable. So let them stay this way, pickle them in aspic. Because I am old enough to be able tell you - without really caring if you agree - that they are super.
Bibio - 'Excuses' (Warp)
'Excuses' is about how nobody ever tells you anything, something with which the Youngests among us can heartily concur. I mean, even when you are a grown up, Youngests are always the last to know because we have delicate ears made out of pocket Bible paper that just can't take bad news. Then at about 2:17 it all goes quite busted speakers and mid-90s hip-hop; which is definitely back now, time to stick all your Mo Waxes on eBay and let the younglings have a go on them. Overall, Bibio does a fine job of wavering on the precipice between sombre and calming, it is a single of pleasant atmospherics although I have to say, it could do with being a bit less Mercury, and a bit more Mars. And yes, I did just put "Which planet has no atmosphere?" into Goggle, because that is how you find stuff out these days.
Those Dancing Days - 'I'll Be Yours' (Wichita)
Having had the pleasure of interviewing TDD heaps and yars ago I am happy to tell you they are absolutely delightful sorts, capable of putting up with plainly idiotic lines of questioning and yet also open to the idea of Morris Dancing when I thought it appropriate to bring it up and show them photographs of men with bells strapped to their knees. I for one am glad they are back and 'I'll Be Yours' sees them sounding like the Cocteaus gone Go Gos, all vim, verve and vitals; all the best Vs.
Ben Westbeech - 'Falling' (Strictly Rhythm)
I am down with you Ben Westbeech, I am down with your whispery sex vocals and your lyrics about needing and feeling and couplings that were meant to be. And he has definitely driven a Pontiac Trans Am with a red stripe down the side to the recording studio, and it definitely whistled at a leggy bird when it passed one. So because I am fond of exactly this sort of smooth jam; and because I used to have a recurring dream about being rescued from the playground by Michael Knight, it is all alright. This was the itchy trigger single I kept pushing go on this week - but it is only for people who are not allergic to house music as shiny as a salesman's forecourter. The extended mix in particular is fine, fine, fiiiiiiiiiiine.
Dum Dum Girls - 'He Gets Me High' EP (Sub Pop)
Dee Dee Dum Dum looks marvellous on 'He Gets Me High's delightful artwork, she has recreated Sam Taylor Wood's 'Self-Portrait in a Single Breasted Suit with Hare' except she has a guitar instead of a rabbit and rather more red on her gob. So as much as I concur with these additions, and as much as this whole EP is a thoroughly pleasant excursion, it is rather more polished than something like 'Jail La La' suggested. I wonder if there is something actively contradictory about polished mess; I mean, it is all very well making records that sound like they were recorded in a lavvy, but these lavvies are definitely more Claridges than Dublin Castle, and you definitely have to give the lady a quid if you want a spritz of her Ma Griffe. Or Mum's Grief, as we used to call it. A perfume joke for the ladies there.
Trophy Wife - 'The Quiet Earth' / 'White Horses' (Moshi Moshi)
Between 00:16 and 00:31 I am in love with 'The Quiet Earth', it is a perfect construction of purpose and bass that I wholly admire. Unfortunately for Trophy Wife I have to leap off their barrel wagon soon after, because as soon as the vocals come in and wheedle about as if the world owed them a bloody living, I go all reptilian super-Tory on their patooties. Sit up straight and get on your bike Trophy Wife, the world is alright really.
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern - 'Winter Makes You Want Me More' (Fortuna Pop!)
'I'm just an idiot with no clue, except I love you, and your candy-striped flannelette sheets,' sings Darren, and all of a sudden I sort of get him, I understand why boys have a thing about this man and go all doughy in the solar plexus when you mention his name. 'Winter Makes You Want Me More' is a slow swing, it waltzes about in a simple shuffle saying the only things it knows; basic wisdoms, honestly presented. It's charming.
DeVotchKa - '100 Other Lovers' (Anti-Records)
DeVotchKa have used the sort of creepy stop-frame animation that casts terror upon my person and puts me in mind of JAN SVANKMAYER, who I have linked to here without actually watching because one turn about his terrifying Alice was plenty enough for me. As for DeVotchKa's hot new sound, it is itchy, flutey, Bagpuss pop I find I am warming to. It does go a bit dread and boomy on the choruses in what we can only presume is an attempt to chase the Arcade pound. Perhaps they can be persuaded to calm down.
Crystal Fighters - 'At Home' (Zirkulo)
'At Home' is mostly less shrill than Crystal Fighters' previous efforts and as a result is mostly more listenable. They still don't have an edit button though. So even though I am in no position to point the finger when it comes to concision, can I just say that I cannot flipping stand the worldy choir bits on this single. Ooooo no, Crystal Fighters, you sound like a British Airways commercial.
Noah & The Whale - 'L.I.F.E. G.O.E.S. O.N.' (Mercury)
Why has nobody at Noah & His Whale's record label pointed out that his new one is paying an absurd, letter-of-the-law-stretching homage to Tom Petty's 'Don't Come Around Here No More'? Is 'Noah' more aggressive and fighty than his sound suggests? Or are the suits just too darn wimpy? I honestly don't understand how stuff like this happens. So here is Tom (who I LOVE) doing it PROPERLY:
Erland & The Carnival - 'Map Of An Englishman' (Full Time Hobby)
You know, if Gruff Rhys were singing this, it would be alright. The thing is, he isn't.
Manic Street Preachers - 'Postcards From A Young Man' (Columbia)
I met James Dean Bradfield once, I bought him a drink and everything. Unfortunately shortly after I may (may) have accidentally touched (snogged) Nicky Wire (P.K.) out of The Manics (Northern Uproar). Come on, I was VERY young. Also, The Face magazine said they were well cool.
Ex Libras - 'Teenage Eyes' (Wirebird Records)
This begins like my Nanna's musical box doing 'Love Story'. Then it goes all Radiohead or Muse with the sound turned down. Then, then, THEN RIGHT, I spent two ackfing hours trying to work out which mid-90s hip-hop jam [see? I told you it was back] it sounded like, which meant flicking through every single bit of plastic I own, then cursing the void that is Mixing Your Vinyl With Your Live-In Boyfriend And Then Splitting Up With Him, and then I trawled YouTube, and all the time it was teasing and swinging; a diamond on a piece of twine. Then I remembered it was Rob Dougan's Clubbed to Death, then I found the vinyl and uncursed the Ex before promptly realising that I didn't even like 'Teenage Eyes' that much. But if you think I am spending all that time thinking about it and then not making you read about it you are flipping well mIsTaKeN.
J Mascis - 'Not Enough' (Sub Pop)
When I were a lad I had a Dinosaur Jr t-shirt that my Mum abhorred. I wore it to my contemporary dance classes. If you are a lad you should definitely get one but maybe leave off the meaningful dances to Kate Bush/Suzanne Vega/O Superman/The Cure. Because let's face it, it's embarrassing.
Wendy is on Twitter, here. If she could play bass on any song ever it would be Friction by Tevelsion. That is some lively bass, rightverythere.


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Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal are not about to offer Didier Drogba an escape route back to England from China.
After helping the Blues win the Champions League final in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, the 34-year-old Ivory Coast striker left Chelsea for Shanghai Shenhua on a lucrative free-transfer.
However, following an apparent power struggle behind the scenes at the Chinese Super League club, it had been reported Drogba was looking for a way out and could even be released from his deal, said to be worth in excess of £200,000 a week. Asked about a move for Drogba, Wenger said: "At the moment no. In my opinion he is not free. He has just left England."
Those transfer suggestions, however, have since been played down by the striker's UK management company. Arsenal previously tracked Drogba when he was at Le Mans and Guingamp, but Wenger claims the Gunners are not preparing to go back into the market for the former Monaco frontman, who gave their defence so much trouble during his eight years at Chelsea.
Wenger added: "I don't know about the situation because he came out with a completely different statement. You hear he might go to Real Madrid - but then he says 'I am staying in China'. Is it just because he wants to be paid off? I don't know."
Wenger, meanwhile, remains hopeful Bacary Sagna will extend his stay at Arsenal. The France defender is currently close to a return from a broken leg suffered at the end of last season.
Sagna recently voiced his concerns in a French newspaper interview following the sales of captain Robin van Persie and midfielder Alex Song, as well as the desire to secure trophies like former team-mates Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri have done since moves to Manchester City.
The 29-year-old, signed from Auxerre in 2008, also revealed, despite heading towards the final season of his current deal in 2013, discussions had not yet started on an extension. While Wenger is not overly concerned about the situation.
"Bacary didn't want to be negative, but you all know what you can do with any statement," said the Arsenal boss. "It is important to understand what he wanted to stay. What he wanted to say was not exactly the spirit of the whole thing, but you have the freedom to say what you want in life.
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Apple has filed a patent application for an entirely new type of user interface that combines pico projectors, inter-device communications, and gesture recognition.
The filing, "Projected display shared workspaces", envisions users interacting with displays projected by pico projector–equipped devices such as iPhones and iPads, or accessory projectors attached to laptops or desktops.
Pico projectors would let you to share your iDevice's display without passing it around to your grimy coworkers
The filing notes that today's devices make screen-sharing easy. "However," it notes, "to facilitate portability, these display screens may be small, which may inhibit viewing by larger groups of people. Further, to facilitate viewing on the display screen, the electronic device may be transferred between viewers, which may be inconvenient."
That explains the projectors, which the filing states could be of many types: holographic laser, LCD, DLP, liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS), or LED, "among others".
The filing, however, goes beyond mere projection to describe a user interface that takes advantage of communication among the devices, either peer-to-peer or through an intermediary server.
Multiple projected displays would thus be aware of one another, and users could move objects among the displays using hand gestures – or the shadows of gestures – that would be detected by the devices' cameras. Alternatively, users could move objects among displays by manipulating those object's icons on, say, their iPhone displays.
Your iDevice's camera would interpret your gestures, and distribute files accordingly
Sharing permissions could be set up by users or administrators, and file and communication encryption would also be provided.
The items moved from one display to another wouldn't necessarily need to be resident on the devices themselves – the filing lists as further sources streamed image data or image data captured live by the devices themselves.
Items could be zoomed, grouped, shared, duplicated, or distributed in any number of ways. If, for example, multiple displays were communicating among one another, the filing envisions that a gesture of a "larger magnitude" might toss an item through intervening displays all the way to the furthest participating display.
In addition to manipulating items among the projected displays using hand gestures, the filing also envisions a dedicated touchscreen device that could be used to manage the content displayed by each of the participating devices' projectors.
The projections could also be combined into a single display. In one example, the filing envisions the devices being able to pinpoint the locations of their peers, and use that location data to seamlessly create a unified display, presumably by varying the display angle and focal length of the devices' projectors.
An iPhone and iPad combine in a bit of patriotic E pluribus unum
In addition to the projected displays, users would have access to controls on their devices themselves. These on-screen user interfaces could include controls for display positioning and prioritization, soft keyboards for data entry, interfaces for file-system management and item sharing, and the like.
Using your iPhone, you could set display location (top), choose files (center), or distribute images (bottom)
There are, of course, multiple hurdles to be, well, hurdled before "Projected display shared workspaces" could become a reality, not the least of which being the low luminance of pico projectors.
That said, the filing does describe what might be a quite convenient way for iDevice users to quickly and easily share files. Or we might imagine you and your buddies getting together in your dimly lit man cave and combining your iPhone displays for a big-screen evening of mature edification and enjoyment.
Whether devices that use this technology ever see the light of day – or the darkness of a conference room – the filing does demonstrate that the World's Biggest Company is not so big that it can't think outside the box. ®