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Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom For Resolving Inner Conflict
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Inspired by the ancient practice of Chöd, "Feeding Your Demons" is a five-step process created by Lama Tsultrim Allione that allows one to offer compassion and understanding to one's own inner demons rather than engaging in battle and struggle with them. This develops the potential for deep healing and allows the psyche to move from polarization toward integration. The process is of great benefit when working with addictions, physical and mental illnesses, fear, anger, relationship challenges, and other dilemmas of modern life.
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Moses received the Torah from Sinai and gave it over to Joshua. Joshua gave it over to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets gave it over to the Men of the Great Assembly. They would say three things: Be cautious in judgement; establish many pupils; make a safety fence around the Torah...
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Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the arrival of two giant pandas in Scotland.
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NEWS that a family of millionaire travellers were given nearly £500,000 in legal aid for a court battle has sparked anger in the area.
William Connors, 52, wife Mary, 48, their sons, John, 29, and James, 20, and son-in-law Miles Connors, 24, were jailed in December for conspiracy to force homeless people to work for them without pay.
The victims lived in squalid caravans on traveller sites, including one in Pleasley, near Mansfield.
With the profits from the work, the family funded luxury holidays and drove around in expensive cars – yet they were still able to claim legal aid.
It was revealed over the weekend the Legal Services Commission, the organisation that oversees legal aid, paid £461,363.68 for lawyers to defend the family during proceedings at Bristol Crown Court.
The startling figures were revealed following a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association, to the anger of the Taxpayers' Alliance.
The group's chief executive Matthew Sinclair criticised the availability of legal aid to the wealthy.
He said: "Handing wealthy criminals huge sums of taxpayers' money is yet another example of why our legal aid system is in dire need of reform.
"Legal aid is important in ensuring access to justice but it must also be sustainable to taxpayers.
"It's incredible that this gang were able to claim so much in the first place, but now that they have been found guilty, taxpayers have every right to expect their money to be reclaimed at the very least."
The Connors family were snared when police raided the site in Pleasley, as well as Staverton in Gloucestershire and Enderby in Leicestershire, in March 2011 following a long surveillance operation.
William Connors was jailed for six-and-a-half years and his wife Mary received a sentence of two years and three months.
John Connors was jailed for four years and his brother James got three years' detention in a young offenders' institution.
Son-in-law Miles Connors received a three-year prison sentence. A hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act is expected to take place later this year when prosecutors will seek to seize the Connors' assets.
The Legal Services Commission could claw back the money if it is found the Connors have assets of over £30,000.
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"Many poor and sick Floridians hope legislators will think hard about the real life and death consequences of cutting these programs," said Mary Ellen Ross of Delray Beach, executive director of the Florida Transplant Survivors Coalition. Ross has been in the Medically Needy program since 1999, when she received a liver and bone marrow transplant. "If Medically Needy takes the hit lawmakers are proposing, it will cut the only lifeline available to uninsured victims of traumatic accidents and catastrophic illness, along with organ transplant recipients. It could literally mean death to many of these people."
In the petition, supporters asked the Governor and legislative leaders to invest $158 million in state funding into the hospital component of the Medically Needy and Medicaid/Aged and Disabled programs, which will allow Florida to draw down another $196 million in federal funds already earmarked to help the state's poor and sick.
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Oklahoma State University wins Black Hole Award for handling of alleged campus sexual assaults
The national chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists announced OSU is the winner of its third annual Black Hole Award, a title it gives to violators of open records law.
OSU received the award for officials' decision not to notify police or the public about a series of alleged sexual assaults on campus. At the time, OSU officials repeatedly said they weren't able to do so because of restrictions under the Federal Education Rights Privacy Act, commonly known as FERPA.
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Films by two of Sweden's heavyweight directors, Roy Andersson and Lasse Hallström, are among those granted production funding in December.
Roy Andersson directing his upcoming film. Photo: Arsen Airapetian
Roy Andersson gets funding for his upcoming A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron), the final film of a trilogy comprising the Cannes-winning Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen) and You, the Living (Du levande). Following on from Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Lasse Hallström's upcoming film The Hypnotist (Hypnotisören) is based on the best-selling Swedish crime novel of the same name, and stars Lena Olin and Mikael Persbrandt. And controversial artist Anna Odell makes her feature film debut with Anna Odell Untitled, a study of group dynamics and hierarchies.Short films granted funding include The Flogsta Roar (Flogstavrålet), in which Johan Palmgren looks at a student ghetto in the university town of Uppsala. Every night at 10 o'clock the people who live there shout their anguish out loud. A film about how it is to live in a student residence when you're over 60, and how it feels to live directly above a hall where big band jazz is played.
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Anna Odell UntitledDirector Anna OdellScreenplay Anna OdellProducer Mathilde DedyeFunding recipient French Quarter Film ABGenre DramaTarget group AdultTechnique Live actionFilm commissioner Suzanne GlansborgFunding granted SEK 3 000 000Production company´s presentation:Directed by Anna Odell, Anna Odell Untitled is a feature film that reflects group dynamics and hierarchies. In the grey area between fact and fiction, the film examines issues of belonging and identity.
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron)Director Roy AnderssonScreenplay Roy AnderssonProducer Pernilla SandströmFunding recipient Roy Andersson Filmproduktion ABGenre DramaTarget group AdultTechnique Live actionFilm commissioner Suzanne GlansborgFunding granted SEK 12 000 000Production company´s presentation: Two world-weary men on a sales trip selling joke items provide an insight into a chaotic world of the present, past and future, a world of dreams and fantasies. Diverse lives and circumstances are paraded before us, reminding us both of the grandeur of life and the vulnerability of man.
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Miss Blue JeansDirector Matti KinnunenScreenplay Matti KinnunenProducer Anita OxburghFunding recipient Migma Film AB*Genre DramaTarget group AdultTechnique Live actionFilm commissioner Suzanne GlansborgFunding recipient SEK 850 000*Principal producer Periferia Productions; Outi Rousu, FinlandProduction company´s presentation: Miss Blue Jeans is a bittersweet drama about 17-year-old Välde and the vulnerability of youth. Without nostalgia, the story looks back to the arrival of punk in a small, bleak town in the north of Finland, when young men of strange appearance and attitude suddenly began appearing on the streets.
The Hypnotist (Hypnotisören)Director Lasse HallströmScreenplay Paolo VacircaProducers Börje Hansson, Bertil Olsson, Peter PossneFunding recipient AB Svensk FilmindustriGenre ThrillerTarget group AdultTechnique Live actionFilm commissioner Lars G. LindströmFunding granted SEK 11 000 000Production company´s presentation: Directed by Lasse Hallström, The Hypnotist is based on a highly acclaimed crime novel by Lars Kepler. A brutal murderer has virtually done away with an entire family. A son manages to survive with serious injuries, and the hunt to find the killer before he gets to the last remaining daughter is on.
Woman in the Woods (Kvinnan i skogen)Director Rebecka RasmussonScreenplay Rebecka RasmussonProducer Rebecka RasmussonFunding recipient Themisfits FilmTarget group AdultTechnnique Live actionFilm commisioner Cecilia LidinFunding granted SEK 145 000Production company´s presentation: Born deaf and dumb, Edit spent her entire life in a cottage in the forest with her animals. In the village, rumours about her past abound. In 2010 and at the age of 92 Edit dies. Shortly afterwards, as if in a detective novel, documentary filmmaker Rebecka Rasmusson begins to investigate her story. What emerges is the powerful portrait of a woman, her distressing fate and vulnerability.
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The Punk SyndromeDirectos Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P PassiScreenplay Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P PassiProducer Lennart StrömFunding recipient AUTO Images AB*Target group FamilyTechnique Live actionFilm commissioner Cecilia LidinFunding granted SEK 250 000*Principal producer Mouka Filmi Oy; Sami Jahnukainen, FinlandProduction company´s presentation: Punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät is made up of Pertti, Kari, Toni and Sami. All have learning difficulties, and they're hardly the world's best band, yet we grow to love them. A film about the right of everyone to be seen and to feel love.
World of Limestone (En värld av kalk). Photo: Jens Klevje and Fabian SvenssonWorld of Limestone (En värld av kalk)Directors Jens Klevje, Fabian SvenssonScreenplay Jens Klevje, Fabian SvenssonProducer Malin ForsFunding recipient ConjunctionTarget group AdultTechnique Live actionFilm commisioner Cecilia LidinFunding granted SEK 400 000Production company´s presentation: An observation of nature and transience in a limestone quarry just outside Malmö. The film portrays nature's efforts to strike a balance and its ability to create something beautiful and unique in a landscape exploited by man.Photo: Mårten Stenberg
The Flogsta Roar (Flogstavrålet)Director Johan PalmgrenScreenplay Åsa BlanckProducer Johan PalmgrenFunding recipient Strix Television ABTarget group AdultTechnique Live actionFilm commissioner Andra LasmanisFunding granted SEK 300 000Production company´s presentation: The Flogsta Roar centres on a shabby student ghetto in Uppsala and the people who live there. At 10 o'clock every night they shout their anguish out loud. Of all the reasons to want to shout, the film uncovers the most original. How, for example, does it feel to live in a student residence when you're over 60? And how does it feel to live right above a group of old men in their 80s who rehearse big band jazz?
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Question by Sam: Does anyone know where I can find a nice reception hall in Houston?
I am planning my wedding for february of next year and I want a nice reception hall that has stairs if possible. The only ones i found are far far away from me and I dont want my guest to drive outside of houston. Any suggestions of halls would be great
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There are soooooo many of them. It all depends on what part of town you are looking in. What price range you want to stick with. The closer in to town you are, the more expensive it's going to be. I live in Houston and am getting married in May. I can't tell you how many I places I looked at. The best thing to do is to look at a bunch of different sites that can give you information on several places. Then look at their websites and narrow it down. Here are a couple of links to get you started. Good luck! If you need any other idea's, vendors, suggestions, let me know. I will be more than happy to give you whatever information I can. Also, you should post this question in the wedding section as well. It's under Family & Relationships.
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Windows 8 was officially launched more than one year ago, and although you might be tempted to think that people have already gotten used to the Modern UI, this never happened.
In fact, users across the world keep making fun on the Metro interface, claiming that its colorful and boxy design is actually inspired by Windows 1.0. And, to be honest, now that we're looking at this picture, there might be some truth behind these words.
"Gaudy colors, boxy design. Apps can either run as a small tile or fullscreen. No freely resizable/movable windows," the picture we've found on Reddit claims.
And while this could clearly sound like something a Windows hater would say, it's pretty clear that not all users are impressed with the Modern UI. In fact, Microsoft knows this very well and living proof is the recently-launched Windows 8.1 that tries to make Metro a bit more customizable.


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American films in the post–World War II era had begun to grow increasingly bold, both in their sociopolitical messages and in their depictions of sexuality. Summoned to speak before HUAC, Hollywood artists of all kinds (directors, actors, writers) who had ties to the Communist Party or had simply been leftists or progressives were faced with a daunting challenge: they were expected to admit their guilt but also had to give up names of other Hollywood types who had allegedly participated in communist activities. If they chose not to do so, they faced jail time and banishment from Hollywood through a blacklist generated by frightened movie producers.
Many "friendlies," as friendly witnesses were dubbed, capitulated to save their own careers, among them director Elia Kazan, an ex-communist who benefited greatly from his cowardice before HUAC. But a few defied the McCarthyist witch-hunt at great cost to their lives and careers. The most famous of these became known as the Hollywood Ten. They were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Sam Ornitz, Robert Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo. Most were screenwriters whose scripts had dealt with antifascist topics.
The Hollywood Ten were accused of writing and producing films that advanced procommunist propaganda. They argued in return that their First Amendment rights were being violated by being forced to speak when their conscience prevented them from doing so. The courts did not agree, and they were subsequently sentenced to prison.
The careers of these men were either ruined or painfully diminished. The solidarity of the Hollywood Ten also crumbled when Dmytryk, a director, turned on his friends and claimed that they forced him to include communist elements in his films. Forgiven by Hollywood, his career actually improved.
Much has been made of the other nine members avoiding the blacklist by writing under pseudonyms. It is often pointed out that Trumbo was able to write Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus under his own name in 1960. Nevertheless, the number of scripts they could write and the compensation they received were greatly reduced compared to their pre-HUAC indictments. When contrasted with Dmytryk's career, they undoubtedly suffered for their position.
The Hollywood Ten were among many whose lives were ruined by HUAC's Hollywood witch-hunt. Actors and actresses branded as communists saw their lives destroyed to a greater extent than other HUAC targets. Legendary actor Sam Jaffe, who played such roles as Gunga Din, died in penurious obscurity. Other performers whose livelihoods were virtually wiped out include Zero Mostel, Burl Ives, and Dorothy Parker.
The Hollywood Ten remained in the public eye long after McCarthyism came to an end. In 1970 Trumbo gave a speech when presented with a lifetime award by the Screen Writer's Guild proclaiming that young screenwriters, when looking back upon that time, should not "search for villains or heroes or saints or devils because there were none; there were only victims."
Hollywood's reasons for keeping the blacklist in the public eye have less to do with history and justice than with profiting from a sensational topic. At least ten feature films have been produced dealing with the subject. In the 1970s, The Front, a comedy starring Woody Allen, represented the hands-off approach that Hollywood was taking toward the era. The early 1990s produced Guilty by Suspicion, a dark drama starring Robert De Niro that portrayed the Hollywood Ten as nothing less than saints. But perhaps the finest balance is struck in the The Majestic (2001) that combines the comedy of The Front with the drama of Guilty By Suspicion, with Jim Carrey playing a blacklisted screenwriter.
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Further Reading
Wagner, Dave. Blacklisted: The Film Lover's Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist. New York: Palgrave, 2003.


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Bobbi Gibb at The College Club Speaker Series
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April 10, 2013
Commemorate the 116th Boston Marathon and hear the first woman to run Boston, Bobbi Gibb, tell her history-making, awe-inspiring story. After submitting an application to participate in 1966, the Boston Athletic Association director replied. stating that women are "...not physiologically capable of running marathon distances and that under the rules that govern international sports, women are not allowed to run."
The evening begins at 6:00 PM with a cash-bar reception and buffet dinner. Featured speaker Bobbi Gibb will be introduced at 7:00. The evening concludes with dessert and coffee. Reservations are required.
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I am surprised by how many famous people who have achieved great success in their chosen careers have also revealed that they are dyslexic and can't read functionally. Among them are actors Tom Cruise, Henry Winkler, and Cher; millionaires Nelson, Laurence, and David Rockefeller; Charles Schwab, Richard Branson, and others. In the case of the Rockefeller brothers, they all attended the experimental Lincoln School, endowed by their father, where they were taught to read by the whole-word method, which caused their dyslexia. And probably the others acquired their dyslexia in public and private schools much in the same way. But what is even more disconcerting is that none of these famous people have been, or were, cured of their dyslexia.
Some years ago, when I was doing an article on Boston's famous Quincy Market for Boston Magazine, I interviewed the proprietor of one of the upscale restaurants in the mall. He told me he couldn't read. He was a graduate of Indiana University, but still couldn't read. Yet, he managed to become a highly successful entrepreneur. I offered to teach him to read with my Alpha-Phonics reading program. He accepted, and I went to his office in the evening several times a week. When I began teaching him the sounds of the letters, beginning with short "a," he asked if other people knew this. He had never heard of short "a," The sounds of the letters were a complete mystery to him.
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Foreign activists and Palestinians mark the second anniversary of the... NachrichtenfotoAktivist,Bildnis,Gaza-Stadt,Gazastreifen,Gedenkveranstaltung,Gewalt,Horizontal,Jahrestag,Konflikt,Krieg,Mord,Naher und Mittlerer Osten,Nahostkonflikt,Palästinensische Kultur,Politische Versammlung,Vittorio ArrigoniPhotographer MOHAMMED ABEDCollection: AFP 2013 AFPForeign activists and Palestinians mark the second anniversary of the murder of Italian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni on April 15, 2013 in Gaza City. Arrigoni, a 36-year-old member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was found hanged in April 2011 in an abandoned house north of Gaza City after a radical salafist group had posted a video of him online and threatened to kill him unless Hamas released an unspecified number of their members, sending shock waves across Gaza and the community of international aid workers in the coastal territory where he had lived and worked for around three years. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)


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Trial of the Effectiveness of AQ/AS, SP/AQ and SP/CQ for Uncomplicated Malaria in Gambian Children
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The purpose of this trial is to compare the effectiveness of three combination treatments for uncomplicated malaria when given in operational settings, without supervision of doses other than the first dose.
Drug: Amodiaquine plus artesunate (AQ/AS)
Drug: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus chloroquine (SP/CQ)
Drug: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SP/AQ)
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Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness of Amodiaquine-Artesunate, Amodiaquine-Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine, and Chloroquine-Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine, for Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Gambian Children
- Clinical failure by day 28
- Incidence of adverse events
- Compliance with treatment regimen
- Parasitological failure by day 28
- Clinical failure by day 14
- Parasitological failure rate by day 14
- Mean PCV on day 28
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|August 2003
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Children aged 0.5-10 years presenting at health centres with fever or history of fever and other symptoms suggestive of malaria will be screened; children found to have uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria will be randomized to receive treatment with AS/AQ, SP/AQ or SP/CQ. A drug dispenser will supervise the first dose of medication and subsequent doses will be given to the child's parent to be administered at home, unsupervised by the study team. Patients will be visited at home three days later. Unused medication will be counted and the mother will be asked about the number of doses the child received and any side effects. Children will be seen again 2 and 4 weeks after treatment to collect finger prick samples for packed cell volume (PCV) and malaria microscopy. The primary endpoint is clinical failure by day 28. Analysis will be by intention to treat.
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|6 Months to 10 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Presentation at health centre with febrile illness
- Monoinfection with P. falciparum
- Parasitaemia >=500/microlitre
- Fever or history of fever
Exclusion Criteria:
- Signs of severe or complicated malaria (persistent vomiting with or without dehydration, history of convulsion during the present illness, inability to sit or stand, parasitaemia >200,000/ul)
- Severe malnutrition
- Clinically evident concomitant disease
- History of allergy to the study medications
- Residence outside the study area and hence difficult to follow up
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00118807
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|Banjul, Gambia, POBOX273
|Principal Investigator:
|Sam K Dunyo, PhD
|Medical Research Council
|Principal Investigator:
|Paul J Milligan, PhD
|London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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|SCC940, MRC SCC No. 940
|Study First Received:
|July 1, 2005
|Last Updated:
|January 6, 2006
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Keywords provided by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:
malaria treatment
artemisinin based combination therapy
Plasmodium falciparum
pragmatic trial
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Parasitic Diseases
Protozoan Infections
Chloroquine diphosphate
Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
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I saw a random post suggesting Jinx should build Essence Reaver. Upon realization, this might allow Jinx to stay in Fishbones. Thoughts?
I can't see why you'd want to stay in Fishbones 24/7 as Jinx, though.
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On May 3, 2013, the New York City Bar Center for CLE and the Brand Activation Association (formerly the Promotion Marketing Association) will jointly host a Sweepstakes, Promotions & Marketing Laws: Comprehension & Compliance seminar at which Manatt partner Marc Roth will lead a session titled "Privacy Issues in Marketing - A New Colossus."
Additional topics to be addressed throughout the program include the laws governing sweepstakes and contests, social media, mobile marketing, use of intellectual property and gift cards and coupons.
For more information or to register for the event, click here.
Two major corporations recently reached settlements over allegations of privacy violations. Google agreed to pay $7 million after the company's Street View vehicles collected consumers' personal information and Netflix finalized a $9 million deal in a consumer class action alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
Google sent vehicles equipped with cameras around the country to collect images of addresses for its search feature. Unfortunately, the vehicles also gathered e-mails, passwords, and other sensitive information from wireless networks.
Thirty-eight state attorneys general launched a collaborative investigation that ended in March. While the company did not admit liability, it agreed to pay $7 million. In addition to the payment, Google will establish a privacy program within six months and provide privacy-related training for employees, including an annual privacy week event, periodic refresher courses, and the option to take privacy certification programs.
The company must also undertake an effort to educate consumers about privacy issues by placing ads in the largest newspapers in the participating states and creating a YouTube video explaining how individuals can protect themselves from a similar data grab by encrypting their data.
"We work hard to get privacy right at Google," the company said in a statement about the deal. "But in this case we didn't which is why we quickly tightened up our systems to address the issue."
In a second high-profile settlement, Netflix received final judicial approval for a $9 million settlement to end a suit brought by a class of plaintiffs who alleged the company violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by storing their viewing history and financial information after they canceled their accounts.
Prior to a recent amendment backed by the company, the VPPA required video service providers to delete information about former users after one year. But Netflix maintained a "veritable digital dossier" of former subscribers, according to the suit, that included credit card numbers, billing and contact information, and a highly detailed account of their programming viewing history.
U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Davila approved the settlement, which also requires Netflix to "decouple" rental history from former subscribers' identification data within one year after the cancellation of service.
The company will pay approximately $6.5 million to 20 nonprofit groups and $2.2 million to the plaintiffs' lawyers. Recipients of the settlement money are "not-for-profit organizations, institutions, and programs for the purpose of educating 'users, regulators, and enterprises regarding issues relating to protection of privacy, identity, and personal information through user control, and to protect users from online threats,'" including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
To read Google's Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, click here.
To read the order granting approval to the Netflix settlement, click here.
Why it matters: Judge Davila granted approval to the settlement over objections from some users, who complained that they wanted Netflix to keep their data on file, while others expressed concern about class members not receiving any money. Given the estimated class of 62 million current and former Netflix subscribers, Judge Davila ruled that the settlement terms were "fair, adequate, and reasonable" because monetary distribution to the class would not be feasible. As for Google, the company settled with the Federal Trade Commission in 2011 over allegations that it abused users' privacy when it launched the Buzz social networking feature. Last year Google paid a record $22.5 million to the FTC after the agency said the company breached the consent order by circumventing browser settings to track users' browsing habits.
Finding that a seven-second clip of The Ed Sullivan Show played during the Jersey Boys musical "a good example of why fair use exists," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a copyright infringement suit brought by SOFA Entertainment, which owns the rights to the television program.
The company sued Dodger Productions, the group behind the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys, a historical dramatization about the Four Seasons and its members. The clip at issue is played at the end of the first act. One of the actors stands to the side of the stage and describes how the Four Seasons battled the "British invasion" on the airwaves before the clip plays on a screen hanging over the center stage. As Sullivan introduces the band on the Jan. 2, 1966, episode, the clip ends and the musical's actors then perform a song.
Dodger claimed the clip constituted fair use under 17 U.S.C. §107 of the Copyright Act.
The 9th Circuit agreed, emphasizing that the clip was used as a "biographical anchor" in the musical and not for its own entertainment value, as SOFA alleged. Because the use of the clip is transformative, the fact that the musical is a commercial production "is of little significance," the court added.
"By using the clip for its biographical significance, Dodger has imbued it with new meaning and did so without usurping whatever demand there is for the original clip," Judge Stephen S. Trott wrote for the panel. Further, the "clip conveys mainly factual information – who was about to perform."
The court also disagreed with SOFA's argument that the clip capitalized on Sullivan's "distinctive style" of introducing guests. "Certainly movement and intonation are elements in an original performance, but SOFA's argument is not limited to Sullivan's performance in the clip," Judge Trott wrote. "It is Sullivan's charismatic personality that SOFA seeks to protect. Charisma, however, is not copyrightable."
Finally, the court analyzed the market effect of the musical's use of the clip and determined that Jersey Boys is not a substitute for The Ed Sullivan Show. "Dodger's use of the clip advances its own original creation without any reasonable threat to SOFA's business model," the court said. "This case is a good example of why the 'fair use' doctrine exists."
The 9th Circuit also affirmed an award of $155,000 in attorneys' fees and costs for Dodger.
To read the decision in SOFA Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, click here.
Why it matters: After weighing the four factors to be considered pursuant to §107 of the Copyright Act – the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount and substantiality of the portion used, and the market effect – the court found they balanced heavily in favor of Dodger. When examining the issue of market effect, however, the court did note that while the clip is only seven seconds long and appears just once in the play, a reproduction of Jersey Boys – on videotape or DVD – would allow for repeated viewing of the clip. Since Dodger does not currently reproduce the musical in such a format, that issue was not before the court and it declined to decide whether or how that would affect the balance of the factors.
A federal court in Nevada has issued an injunction at the request of the Federal Trade Commission that halted an allegedly bogus prize-promotion scheme being run by defendant Glen E. Burke.
The agency characterized Burke as a "repeat offender" who was enjoined from making deceptive telemarketing pitches 15 years ago. In his latest efforts, Burke and his company, American Health Associates, reportedly used deceptive telemarketing to contact consumers and tell them they won a valuable prize worth thousands of dollars.
To receive the prize, consumers had to purchase vitamins – paying between $300 and $500 – and in some cases, make additional payments, the agency said. But consumers either did not receive a prize at all or got "cheap costume jewelry or a lithograph print," according to the FTC's complaint.
In 1996 the FTC obtained an order against Burke based on his business opportunity scam. Two years later, after Burke violated that order, a U.S. District Court judge entered a second order permanently banning him from telemarketing and from making material misrepresentations about any product or service. Burke has also been the subject of enforcement actions by other federal agencies, the FTC said.
According to the complaint, Burke's latest scheme has been operating in violation of the 1998 order for the last two years and that he was also engaged in a direct mail sweepstakes scheme in which consumers were promised prizes they never received after they completed a form and returned it with a small "processing fee."
U.S. District Court Judge Philip M. Pro froze the assets of the defendants and appointed a receiver for the company, pending the outcome of a contempt action against Burke for violating the 1998 order. The agency said it is also seeking compensation for the consumers harmed by Burke's multiple violations.
To read the FTC's motions and the court's preliminary injunction order, click here.
Why it matters: Burke faces multiple allegations of violating a consent order with the FTC that arose from his telemarketing scheme and his direct mail sweepstakes scam.
First soda, now cigarettes: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed legislation that would require tobacco products and cigarettes to be stored where they cannot be seen by customers.
If passed, the bill would be the first in the country. Similar display prohibitions have been enacted in other countries, like Canada and England. Tobacco products would have to be hidden – behind a curtain, under the counter, or in cabinets, for example – if the Tobacco Products Display Restriction law passed. The measure includes an exemption for stores devoted primarily to the sale of tobacco products.
Under the legislation, tobacco products would remain out of sight except during a purchase by an adult consumer or during restocking. Stores would be allowed to advertise and communicate tobacco product and price information, however, the Mayor said.
Bloomberg said the bill is intended to reduce youth smoking rates. "Such displays suggest that smoking is a normal activity," he said at a press conference about the bill. "And they invite young people to experiment with tobacco."
Criticism of the proposed law was fast and furious. A spokesperson for Philip Morris said the proposed law "goes too far." A similar measure was introduced in upstate New York last year but was immediately challenged by the tobacco companies as a violation of their First Amendment rights and was quickly withdrawn.
Jim Calvin, president of the New York Association of Convenience Stores, a group that represents an estimated 1,600 stores, told CNN that the bill "arises from a wild theory that the mere sight of packs of cigarettes on a wall behind the store counter compels kids to start smoking." "The notion of forcing licensed, tax-collecting, law-abiding retailers to hide their tobacco inventory is patently absurd," he added.
Speaking with NBC news, Tom Briant, executive director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets, predicted that if the law passed, it would be ruled unconstitutional in a legal challenge. "Retailers are responsible businesspeople that go to great lengths to prevent sales to minors, and there are First Amendment protections that extend to advertising," he said.
Why it matters: The legislation was announced just days after Bloomberg's prior health initiative – a ban on "giant soda" – was struck down by a trial court judge, a decision the Mayor vowed to appeal. With just months left in his final term, Bloomberg will now face off against both the soda and the tobacco industries, which are well-known for fighting any and all advertising limitations and restrictions.
The Federal Trade Commission has closed another investigation into a social media promotion for an alleged violation of the agency's Endorsement Guides without taking any action.
The updated Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising took effect in December 2009 and apply to social media, word-of-mouth marketing, and other promotions and advertising in which consumers or celebrities speak on behalf of companies. One of the requirements is that bloggers must disclose whether they receive gifts from a company or have any other "material connection." A company can be held liable if a blogger fails to make the required disclosures.
Since the updated Guides took effect, the agency has conducted multiple investigations, but closed them without taking any action. In April 2010 the FTC declined to recommend an enforcement action against Ann Taylor when the company gifted bloggers who attended a preview of its LOFT Summer 2010 collection but failed to tell the recipients to disclose their gifts.
The agency similarly chose not to take action in November 2011 against Hyundai Motor America in connection with a Super Bowl-related advertising campaign where bloggers were provided gift certificates as an incentive to include links to the car manufacturer's Web site in their blogs and/or comment about Hyundai's ads airing during the big game.
Most recently, Hewlett-Packard avoided legal trouble when the FTC closed an investigation against the company and its public relations firm for providing two $50 gift certificates to bloggers and encouraging them to post about HP printer ink and other products.
Now national retailer Nordstrom can be added to the list of companies dodging liability for a violation of the Guides. In this case, Nordstrom provided $50 gift cards to the "influencers" who attended a special preview event for the store opening of Nordstrom Rack Boise. However, the retailer neglected to tell the "TweetUp" attendees to disclose they received a gift when they wrote about the event.
"Depending on the circumstances, an advertiser's provision of a gift to social media influencers for attending an event could constitute a material connection that is not reasonably expected by readers and followers of the social media influencers who write about the event," Mary K. Engle, the FTC's Associate Director for Advertising Practices, wrote in a letter to Nordstrom.
But after investigating the incident, the agency declined to take action based on "a number of factors," the FTC said, including "the limited nature of the event at issue [and] the fact that several social media influencers who posted content about the preview did disclose that Nordstrom had provided them with gifts."
In addition, Nordstrom revised its social media policy to address the agency's concerns, Engle wrote. "The FTC staff expects that Nordstrom will take reasonable steps to monitor social media influencers' compliance with the obligation to disclose gifts they receive," she added.
To read the FTC's letter, click here.
Why it matters: Although the aforementioned blogger campaigns did not result in enforcement actions against the companies, the FTC's investigations into these "influence programs" should serve as reminder for companies engaging in social media to establish a relevant policy that comports with the Guides, particularly the provision requiring endorsers, bloggers, or other "influencers" to disclose any incentives they receive. As noted by the FTC in its letter to Nordstrom, companies should also monitor compliance on the part of bloggers.
On April 10, 2013, Manatt partner Marc Roth authored a column for InsideCounsel titled "Regulatory: Drafting and Reviewing Your Privacy Policy," the final article in a series of three on this topic. He stressed the need for in-house counsel to involve key company stakeholders in the privacy policy creation process and highlighted key steps in the development process.
Marc noted that it is critical for companies to live by their privacy policies once they have developed them. According to Marc, if companies do not follow their policies, "the legal and reputational consequences that may result from such actions can be extremely damaging, and perhaps irreversible."
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"Isn't that how we ended up with Australia?"ROTFL. Oh crap, now look at the mess I made on my keyboard!
"But what if some other guy can't protect himself from himself. And he's gone and procreated and passed this trait on to his children. And now we have a whole family of people that cannot protect themselves from themselves, causing all sorts of mayhem in the neighborhood, in our justice system, in our schools, in the society we all share."Okay, seriously now. It's a difficult question, no doubt. But I do think that the vast majority of people can protect themselves, they simply choose not to. Jerry seems to want to give everyone a pass - it's not our fault that we're sooooo susceptible to the devious marketing from evil corporations. I simply can't buy that. We do make choices. Too often we choose ignorance. That's not acceptable if we all want to live in a decent society.So the real question, to me, is where to locate the middle ground. Dean talks about governments trying to alter behavior through incentives and disincentives. I agree. It's the behavior part we need to think a bit more about. Really high taxes can change consumption behavior, but they don't really alter thinking behavior (cognitive behavior?). It's not consumption behavior we want to change directly, instead we want people to stop choosing ignorance. When we change that, we're on our way to changing consumption behavior the right way, as well as other negative behaviors. In tandem with that, we want to change behavior from eschewing personal responsibility to accepting personal responsibility.So how to do that? Aye, there's the rub, eh? But I rarely hear the discussion focused on changing the way people think, only the way people act/consume. That's seems backward to me.
It used to be more socially acceptable to drive while drunkor use tobaccoWhatever we did with them seemed to have workedWe should do that with obesity
but they don't really alter thinking behavior (cognitive behavior?).However, PR and marketing do. What I would like to see is eduction on how PR and marketing work. Plus education into critical thinking e.g the trivium.P.S. I do realise that some people believe they are not influenced by marketing.
"Dean talks about governments trying to alter behavior through incentives and disincentives. I agree. It's the behavior part we need to think a bit more about."Well, the problem is that there are so many people who can't or won't take care of themselves and then you and I pay for it. Sorry- I'm opposed to that. I don't want to pay for the "disability" of some 5'8" 420-lb mollusc.Especially the poor- hell, they're too busy surviving to even educate themselves well on political issues so that they can vote rationally, let alone learn about tobacco and high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is WAY down on their priorities list. (This is one good argument for a two-party system, that everyone would at least know basic principles of the parties and be able to vote their will. I don't buy many other arguments for two parties, though. Destroying the two-party system would resolve another 20% of what's wrong with the US...) We- well, me, at least- the wealthy, are much more informed on such issues and financially capable of caring for ourselves to a very high standard.I'm rather annoyed when government fiat legislates on many issues, too. (I tend libertarian on social issues.) But I have no problem with simple incentives and disincentives. They're straightforward To implement, they work adequately, and they infringe on no-one's rights. Hell, as you all know I tend to the right on Second Amendment issues, and I'd have no problems with a tax on the firearms that particularly offend the hoplophobes- perhaps the same as is levied on fully-automatics weapons currently. (Believe me, there are LOTS of my fellow Second Amendment proponents whom I would prefer not to see armed with ARs...)This all comes back to my "corporations are not people" argument. If we forbade corporations to purchase politicians I think that the sugar/corn/oil subsidies would go the way of the dodo, 40-oz fountain drinks would be banned, and sugar water would be taxed, all within the year. I think we'd all be better off, and that's really what it's about.The "slippery slope" argument is not valid. It is an informal fallacy- a false argument, in logic terms. That applies to gun proponents just as much as to chocolate proponents. :) It is false because I said that we should tax sugar water, and doing so does not de facto lead to taxing chocolate. So, to answer your question- Yes, we can set a limit wherever we like- if that's sugar water but not chocolate, that can be done. It's not complex. Very few people chocoholic their way to obesity, anyway, so taxing it would be pretty pointless. Right now, sugar water and putting corn syrup in fecking EVERYTHING is the problem, so address it.
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"Well, the problem is that there are so many people who can't or won't take care of themselves and then you and I pay for it. Sorry- I'm opposed to that. I don't want to pay for the "disability" of some 5'8" 420-lb mollusc."We agree on many things, including this. We might (not sure) part ways on what to do about it. Again, I'm for personal responsibility - whether people want to take it or not. There should be disincentives for not taking it. Serious disincentives."Especially the poor- hell, they're too busy surviving to even educate themselves well on political issues so that they can vote rationally, let alone learn about tobacco and high fructose corn syrup."Not sure I can completely agree on this. I've been poor. Dirt poor. Kicked out of my apartment onto the street poor (well, I didn't actually end up on the street, a friend took me in). It never stopped me from educating myself/being aware of a variety of things. I'm not sure I think there's a lack of access to good information, in fact I'm sure there isn't for the vast majority of Americans.What many of the poor suffer from is lack of fairly easy access to decent 'food.' They don't have the means or time to travel to far away grocery stores, there are no farmers markets, etc. Instead, too many rely on fast food and 7-11, which are plentiful and nearby.Additionally, our school lunch programs are, in far too many cases, a joke. Not altogether healthy. Not nearly resourced enough.And, of course, there's the issue of far too many people having far too many children they simply can't afford, and shouldn't be having. But that discussion can get rather heated...."This all comes back to my "corporations are not people" argument. If we forbade corporations to buy politicians I think that the sugar/corn/oil subsidies would go the way of the dodo, 40-oz fountain drinks would be banned, and sugar water would be taxed, all within the year. I think we'd all be better off."We're in complete agreement here. Except for the drink ban. You can have my Big Gulp when you pry it out of my cold, plump fingers....
@ "You can have my Big Gulp when you pry it out of my cold, plump fingers...." Now there's a bumper sticker waiting to happen...Yes, I think we do agree. Believe it or not I'm a "personal responsibility" guy, too. Moderate conservative, remember? Every time some meatstick tries a Twinkie defense my soul dies a little. But MODERATE- I'm no Tea Party wingnut. I believe that there are subjects on which the government can step in and benefit its citizenry.So I'm talking about the poor collectively- "the poor" rather than "any poor person", as your argument from example would suggest. (You aren't a very good example, and no single example is going to be very convincing.) Why make it so damned profitable for ADM to destroy our health? We shouldn't be subsidizing corn syrup production, we should be TAXING it, fer Chrissakes! There's corn syrup in KETCHUP! Why? That's what I'm saying, and I stick to it.I agree that access to healthy food is a problem for the poor. Again, it's a problem because most of them are a captive market and it is so damned profitable to sell them crappy food. When you can produce something for $0.08 and sell it for $5.69 that's a BIG incentive for a for-profit corporation. (And sugar and carbs are cheap.) So, make it not as profitable- damn the Big Gulps, and tax sugar water. Yes, it's the consumer who will pay those taxes but they will also buy a hell of a lot less of that stuff thus cutting into the bottom line of the sunsofbiches selling it. Maybe then real markets will come into being. Maybe. But maybe is better than "not a snowball's chance in hell as things stand now." Unless, of course, you want to legislate some sort of zoning for markets... :) *joke*As I said, this is my populist streak showing.
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I'm for personal responsibilityBut I know obese people that have unsuccessfully tried really hard to do something about itThere didn't use to be so many obese peopleIs it because the Soylent Green corporations have had very effective reasearch, product design, and marketing?And is it so much harder for people to do something about obesity because of this?Obese people definitely suffer the consequences - there's your personal responsibilityIf we, including the government, could take some actions that resulted in reduced obesity it would be a good thingUnless we go back to Nick's pre 1936 country where the government's sole function was the military : )
First, to all you thin Big Gulp consumers, just because you are not obese does not mean that kinda of junk is good for you. It is not. Increasing the price of food that, however it is defined, is not good for you can help even skinny people. And I don't see how having government involved in this process goes against the constitution. Treating addictions benefits all of society, so if increasing taxes or banning something requires government intervention, so be it. Yes, personal responsibility should be emphasised, but I am first and foremost a pragmatist, and this is never going to happen with those who are already on a path of abusing their bodies. Second, I am seeing this public health crisis from my professional POV as an addiction researcher and geneticist. High sugar, high fat, high salt foods ARE clearly addictive. And its not just humans that have problems. Choose just about any animal model you want, and some genetic strains those animals basically become addicted to certain substances if they are allowed free access to them. So YOU have great willpower, can walk away from bad foods (or other stuff), and are not prone to obesity. Great for you! I am all for treating obesity like any other addiction. Part of treating addiction is to make the addictive substance less easily available, and part of it is about incentivising good choices and dis-incentivising bad ones. I am NOT in favour of locking up people because they have chosen to consume addictive substances, whether that be junk food or P. Treat the addiction, and its causes IMHO. The biggest cause of addiction in animal research is easy availability. To put it another way (ignoring animal models) alcohol abuse is just not a problem in Muslim countries. Ask yourself why...As usual, I find myself mostly agreeing with Dean :)
Not to mention that if as you say, you have excellent self-control and avoid food that is bad for you then this doesn't affect you. So why complain? It can only help people who lack the self-control or who have no other options than eating out of the corner bodega. And you still benefit from the extra tax revenue. Nothing is made illegal- everyone can still have their occasional sybaritic soda-pop, albeit at increased cost. No one is harmed, everyone benefits.@ Jerry- I'm kind of a hard sell on the obese-people-as-victims argument. Very few people couldn't lose weight with enough self-control. VERY few. (I've done bariatrics, but nowadays I refuse to do it.) Many of them complain about a slow metabolism or their "glands", but it's bunk. If nothing else, I've never had someone who was referred to me for obesity actually have any endocrinological issues. Clearly it does happen but it's rare, and more to the point its easily medically treatable. (They are usually claiming hypothyroidism.) And then they can lose weight. Metabolisms do differ- the Vermont prison study is rather telling- but still, essentially anyone can lose weight. I have lost 15 pounds in one month- which is actually rather dangerous, not to mention uncomfortable, and I don't recommend it.But it IS an issue, and I'd rather help them by making corn syrup more expensive than by cutting out most of their stomach and re-routing their intestines.@ Lynn- Re: agreement. So, shall we talk about rescuing our own pets from burning buildings before humans that we don't know? I really never want to be in a lifeboat with you and your hamster... :)
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"@ Lynn- Re: agreement. So, shall we talk about rescuing our own pets from burning buildings before humans that we don't know? I really never want to be in a lifeboat with you and your hamster... :)"Sorry to say, I don't remember that discussion very well. We do all have different attachments to people and pets. I would save a human over one of my cats or chickens, I would be in a dilemma when it came to my dogs.I have always said that losing weight is not hard, but keeping it off is a bitch! Even lacking any measurable endocrine problems, the brain seems to be rewired by spending too much time overweight. Much like the brain of an addict becomes rewired. Now, if we could find a way to reset the brain of a once overweight person to that of a lifetime healthy weight, we will have made great strides in curbing our obesity epidemic. I think the best we can try to do is to prevent the next generation from becoming obese so that they don't end up with brains that think their normal bodyweight is obese. You can't realistically do this as long as parents are teaching their children to shovel junk in their mouths, and I don't know what the solution is here. There are precedents in this country of the evil government taking children away from parents who consistently make poor choices on behalf of their children, but the size of the problem is too big to take all of these 'abused' children away from neglectful parents...
"Not to mention that if as you say, you have excellent self-control and avoid food that is bad for you then this doesn't affect you. So why complain?"Wait, is this just a generic 'you' or are you talking about me (in DeNiro, Taxi Driver speech, if you please). Because I certainly never said I have excellent self control (or even average self control). I also never said (Jason's post) that I'm immune from the effects of marketing (I buy Apple products, for crying out loud!).We've already agreed on eliminating subsidies on corn growers and sugar growers and such (and big oil companies too, but I digress). As far as taxing the heck out of soft drinks and other nutritionally empty foods, go ahead. That part certainly doesn't effect me, I very, very (very) rarely drink a soda, I'm a coffee and water guy myself.Of course, I also think you should pay more taxes, instead of getting tax breaks, for every child you have."@ Lynn- Re: agreement. So, shall we talk about rescuing our own pets from burning buildings before humans that we don't know? I really never want to be in a lifeboat with you and your hamster... :)"Yeah, this is where Lynn and I are in agreement! I can't think of very many people I would save before my pup.....
"Now, if we could find a way to reset the brain of a once overweight person to that of a lifetime healthy weight, we will have made great strides in curbing our obesity epidemic."I've just started reading a book called "The Gift Of Our Compulsions." While I'm not a big fan of most 'self-help' books, this one seems pretty fascinating so far, but I've just started.From the book description: Everyone is compulsive to some degree. People may worry too much, work too hard, or overindulge in food or alcohol or drug use. Once a compulsion is admitted, the usual option is to try to control the behavior. But this effort typically ends with the problem returning, or a new one taking its place.In this book based on three decades of research and teaching, Mary O'Malley has crafted a new approach, with simple exercises and techniques and an inspiring tone. People are compulsive for a reason, she says, and by observing the things they are compulsive about and engaging those compulsions, readers can begin to understand them and change their actions around them. The book's exercises help readers in the engagement process by teaching them to ask the right questions and shows why lasting healing comes from being curious rather than controlling, and self-acceptance comes through forgiveness, not shame.
Hey Douglas, After I have saved my 'loved ones', you and your pup will be next on my to-do list ;)I am also strictly a coffee (black, no sugar) and water person. I have my share of other compulsions though, but a tax on junk food would not cost me an extra cent. At least I can make good choices when it comes to food and drink (now). I was a compulsive drinker of alcohol, and way too much of it. When I finally sought treatment, it was asking those right questions that helped me stop. the only reason I had for my compulsion, was that it felt good and helped me sleep. No, I did not have a disadvantaged childhood, I was not in an abusive relationship, I was under no economic hardship, and all the drinking was really doing was no doubt affecting my health and my relationships. When I realised how much better off I was than most other people with a drinking problem, I just stopped. Cold turkey. Never looked back. However, my relationship with food has been more rocky. This is entirely due to several rounds of extreme dieting for bodybuilding. The rebound weight gain (which IS inevitable) meant that after each round of dieting I was putting back more weight than I lost. And seriously, I NEVER had issues with weight before this. But my brain just went nuts. It compelled me, in the most frightening manner, to eat anything and everything I could get my hands on. 12 years on, I finally have more control of the situation, but it will always be a battle, for the rest of my life. I have seen first hand how bad 'diets' can be, and just telling someone to eat less and exercise more cannot always overcome this kind of compulsion. I have no endocrine problems, but as a menopausal overweight woman, I need less and less food to just maintain my current weight. That is hard!!
"I have no endocrine problems, but as a menopausal overweight woman, I need less and less food to just maintain my current weight. That is hard!!"Ah, so that's my trouble! Not only am I in touch with my feminine side, but she's menopausal and overweight! At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it...... Thanks for giving me my excuse for being overweight!
"So I'm talking about the poor collectively- "the poor" rather than "any poor person", as your argument from example would suggest."I'll admit that I've never had to live in a homeless shelter. But my mom did send me to live in a homely shelter for a while.....
"Ah, so that's my trouble! Not only am I in touch with my feminine side, but she's menopausal and overweight! At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it...... Thanks for giving me my excuse for being overweight!"That's not my excuse for being heavier than I would like, I got there by yo-yo dieting. But now that I wish to lose the weight, it is much harder than it used to be due to a changing menopausal metabolism. Its certainly not an excuse, just a reason why it's harder to lose weight than it used to be. I've dieted several times to below 8% BF, by merely cutting my calories by ~500 per day. So 2000 cals instead of 2500. Now I struggle to lose anything at 1400 cal per day. That's a BIG reduction in intake of yummy food compared to 'the good old days'. Not a lot of room in the calorie budget for junk food! However, I'm glad you are in touch with your feminine side. Probably explains why you might save your pup instead of some stranger...My question is, why does it cost more to buy a head of broccoli in season than a big bottle of Coke?
Doug didn't deserve a serious reply, but something equally sarcastic and un-sympathetic Not that Doug is a bad person, just that good people sometimes do bad things : )
So are you saying I should leave Doug in the burning building and just rescue his dog?
"So are you saying I should leave Doug in the burning building and just rescue his dog?"From rescued dog to in the dog house. Story of my life....
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Bowling Green, KY – The Hot Rods return home from Fort Wayne for a quick, three-game series and homestand with the South Bend Silver Hawks, the Class A Affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Below is a listing of the exciting events, promotions, and activities at Bowling Green Ballpark for this three-game series from August 8-10.
Wednesday, August 8 – 6:35 PM:
- Free Food courtesy of Coca Cola with the purchase of 4 tickets – Fans receive 4 tickets, 4 Hot Dogs, 4 Bags of Chips, and 4 20 oz. Bottled Sodas for just $35 (offer available on all Sunday-Wednesday home games)
Thursday, August 9 – 6:35 PM:
- Thrifty Thursday, featuring $2 food and drink specials
- Guys Night Out – bring the "crew" for some male bonding at the ballpark
Friday, August 10 – 7:05 PM:
- Faith and Family Night presented by Christian Family Radio – pregame faith testimonial from a Hot Rods player plus a concert from national Christian recording artist Unspoken
- Gates open at special early time of 5:30 PM
South Bend Silver Hawks Team Notes:
- This is the third of four meetings between the Hot Rods and Silver Hawks at Bowling Green Ballpark in 2012.
- The matchup features two teams with car-themed names: the Silver Hawks are named for the Studebaker Silver Hawk that was manufactured in South Bend in the mid-20th century.
- Eighth-year manager Mark Haley's starting rotation is highlighted by Archie Bradley, the seventh overall pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.


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Kanye said Leather Kilts are cool, so we guess Leather Kilts are cool. Right?
Kanye West's recent alliance with Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy has triggered a new trend of street menswear aesthetics combined with high-end fashion that oozes luxurious, Americanised urban style. Labels such as En Noir, SkinGraft and Sons of Heroes typically feature collections heavy in leather mixed with unconventional fabrics – leather vests/trousers/skirts that articulate fresh, mildly androgynous and supremely cool new silhouettes for the fashion forward male customer.


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Halle Berry Returns in DecemberPublished by Clay Cane on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 1:48 pm.
It feels like it's been years since we had a Halle Berry movie! Her last film was the brilliant Things We Lost in the Fire in 2007 (one of the most underrated films in the past 10years). Now, according to Deadline.com, her highly anticipated film, Frankie & Alice, will be released December 17th in New York and Los Angeles. This puts her right in line for Oscar season!
In Frankie & Alice Berry plays a woman with multiple personality disorder and one of her personalities is a racist White person. The flick also includes Chandra Wilson and Phylicia Rashad. Berry told Deadline.com:
"Bringing this story to the big screen has been a challenging, yet very satisfying, filmmaking experience," Berry says. "Her struggles with mental illness came at a time when the medical community and the public were still grappling with the veracity of multiple personality disorder, and I approached this role with feelings of humility, yet great responsibility."
Mark your calendars — Frankie & Alice is a movie not to be missed!