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Before I report on "Kinsey", first things first: two of my blog posts have been listed in the most recent Feminist Carnival of Sexual Freedom and Autonomy. This Carnival was hosted by Sugarbutch Chronicles — check it out for at least a day's worth of awesome sex-positive reading!
Now, let's get down to brass tacks ….
The Sex+++ documentary film series premiere was last night! We showed the documentary "Kinsey" (2005), courtesy of The American Experience. I was completely thrilled by how well it went. We were reduced to standing room only during the film, and about 30 people stuck around for the discussion. Awesome!
Firstly, I am so lucky to be working with such great people. Sponsors Early to Bed, Women and Children First and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum all deserve yet another thank-you. Also, radical arts educator Lisa has been the best partner I could have imagined in this endeavor — and our unexpected amazing volunteer, Kim, deserves a big round of applause for all her help!
Secondly, I am so pleased that we were able to screen such a great documentary! Alfred Kinsey was a remarkable figure, and I felt both moved and inspired. I've read a lot of reviews that said that the documentary gave a nuanced portrait of Kinsey's life — one that described his accomplishments fairly and also didn't miss his flaws — and having seen the film, I totally agree.
And thirdly, the discussion was great. It was a bit loose, and we skipped around a lot of generally sex-positive topics without delving too deeply — I thought it was just what we needed to set the tone for the series. I was happy to talk with people I knew personally, as well as people I've previously encountered only through the blogosphere (Aspasia, I'm looking at you), but there were so many people I've never met — and that's so cool!
There were a lot of BDSMers in attendance, at least at the discussion. It wasn't all kinksters by any means, but there were a lot of us, and I worry that the discussion slanted a bit towards BDSM as a result. This partly has to do with my own resources — as someone who is involved in the BDSM community, I obviously have a better idea of how to promote it there than elsewhere. Additionally, members of the BDSM scene are more likely to know me personally and are therefore more likely to attend at my invitation.
I really did my best to contact non-BDSM people; for instance, I called every Unitarian church, gender studies professor, and AIDS nonprofit I could find in Chicago, and I invited them all. I sought out women's centers and free speech groups. I had coffee with Serpent of the Sex Workers Outreach Project, and got her advice on contacting sex workers. I also contacted a number of LGBTQ organizations, polyamory folks, swingers, and one furry listhost. And we posted fliers advertising the series all over Chicago. I will continue to try reaching out to everyone — I sincerely hope that the next groups are more diverse, and I ask that everyone invite all their friends, no matter how they might identify sexually! (They're even welcome if they're :gasp: straight, monogamous, vanilla, and "mainstream". I've said it before and I'll say it again — there ain't nothing wrong with vanilla, it's delicious!)
There were some great critiques of the documentary that came up in the discussion. My favorite was this: this documentary about Alfred Kinsey himself treated alternative sexuality in some pretty weird ways. Why is this film, of all films, still marginalizing some kinds of sex?
I introduced this subject by mentioning how the film described masochism (as a BDSMer, this was the first issue to leap out at me). The film implied that Kinsey's masochistic experiences were fueled largely by depression, an idea that is at best problematic and at worst outright wrong. (If you're interested in reading something by my favorite blogger ever, I recommend Trinity's post on BDSM and self-harm.) The film also used an extremely harsh image of a straight razor during the voice-over describing Kinsey's masochistic experiences. Yes, there are tons of people in the BDSM scene who play with razors, and that's fine — but I personally would not choose a scary, gleaming, sterile razor to represent BDSM to a wide audience.
After I pointed that out, there were a couple of smart comments about the way the film dealt with other sexualities. One woman noted that the movie didn't deal very well with consensual non-monogamy. Kinsey had a non-monogamous relationship with his wife, and although there was nothing overt, I think the documentary still managed to imply that there was something unequal and unhealthy about the couple's relationship without going into it very deeply. On the bright side, though, Kinsey's love for his wife — and her love for him — were both strongly emphasized.
Although the film was pretty good about homosexuality, there were a few weird moments nonetheless. This may partly be because of Kinsey's own ideas about that, though. For instance, Kinsey was remembered as saying in his early sexuality lectures that homosexual women were "like men". Obviously, not all gay women are like men. It's unclear whether Kinsey continued to believe this throughout his life. It's also unclear whether the documentary makers believed it.
Another topic I'm glad we covered in the discussion group was how issues of race and feminism, especially sex-positive feminism, intersect. The sex-positive movement is undeniably dominated by whites; I think it's important to acknowledge that, and to talk about ways we can try to deal with it. I've made a definite effort to obtain films that incorporate race. Since the film list is not 100% finalized, I can't guarantee how many of those documentaries we'll actually screen, but here's hoping! "The Aggressives", for instance, has been confirmed — it's a 2005 movie about a particular idea of butch lesbianism, and I understand that all the women covered in the film are women of color. (As a side note, I've also tried to incorporate other groups you wouldn't "normally" find in the sex-positive movement. For instance, I'm hoping that we'll be able to screen "Equality U", which is about gay Christians and their activism at Christian colleges.)
For those who want to read more about sex-positivism and race, I recommend this blog post by Mighty Quare Dewd (it's long, and complicated, and some points take a while to be made — but it deals with a lot of issues and it's worth the effort). Thanks for the reference to Amber Rhea's Sex-Positive Reference List.
There's a lot more I could say, but let's cut me off here for now. I'd love to hear from other attendees — feel free to leave a comment on this post or email me!
Our February 10th documentary will be Daryl Wein's "Sex Positive"! Starting in the 1970s, "Sex Positive" "unflinchingly tracks the progress of gay activist Richard Berkowitz as he went from cocky S&M hustler, to angry AIDS activist, to broken but proud harbinger of a message too volatile, scary and true to be heard" (Frameline). The screening is courtesy of Regent Releasing. See you there!


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Those who came through WW1 seldom spoke of their experiences, so dreadful were they.
My father came into this category. So, as children, we knew almost nothing about how he suffered when fighting the Turks in Mesopotamia (now
). It was not until well after
his early death that his letters home from the battlefields about his
experiences and how he was shot, then found to be alive among the dead bodies,
and brought back to Iraq England
from the Middle East, did we know some details.
He never really recovered.
In my case, WW2 was a much cleaner affair.
My children, I believe, never enquired about my part in it – until now, when my younger son, Pete, not only asked me about my experiences but wanted a printed account. I think that most of what I now write is in my unpublished autobiography. But here it is in essence, mainly for him.
A lot of what I did is of little account, so I will tell only of my near contact with the enemy – which wasn't much.
Having crossed the Atlantic in The Duchess of Richmond (which was fairly safe as the ship was fast and submarine warfare still not a major force), and reached the USA in 1940 as a refugee, I was anxious to return to join the RAF to fight for my country. So, when old enough, I boarded a Swedish vessel (Axel Yohnson) in
York to sail north to Halifax, in . There, in
1942, we were assembled as part of a convoy to cross the now far more dangerous
Nova Scotia Atlantic.
Convoys are slow – as slow as the slowest ship involved. So, at some 10 knots we set off with a Canadian destroyer as escort. This escort left and we were on our own.
I awoke one morning to find our few passengers and crew standing by the lifeboats. The convoy had been attacked by U-boats during the night. There were now far fewer ships in the convoy. I had slept through all the excitement as Nazi sub-mariners beneath the waves nearby had been attacking us with considerable success. Although unseen, I had now been a bit too near to the enemy for comfort, and unable to fight back. Eventually a British destroyer appeared to see us into
I joined up almost immediately on landing. It was 1942.
Instead of starting my flying training right away I was told to return to civvy street until I could be fitted into the system. As the weather was so bad in
trainee pilots had to wait for vacancies in airfields abroad where the climate
was more conducive to elementary and advanced flying training. England
To fill up this waiting time I took a job as a farm labourer. Rationing was strict and food scarce. So it seemed to me that working on the land might, in a small way, help the national effort.
One day I was in the middle of a field hoeing turnips or swedes or something, when I heard the roar of approaching aero engines. And overhead, banking over the field so low that I could see clearly the pilot's and gunner's faces, was a German JU 88 hugging the ground contours on its way to bomb the railway yards at Reading nearby. Why the gunner didn't just pop me off I don't know. Perhaps being off course he was too worried about navigation to bother. They did bomb
, but missed the
railway and killed many young people at a school. I later took a job as a prop
swinger to be nearer aeroplanes and gain some flying experience. Reading
Now in the system, I was posted to RAF Davidstow Moor in
to be made aware of what was involved in operational flying. From this high
altitude airfield we flew Cornwall
aircraft in Coastal Command. Slung beneath these rather cumbersome,
twin-engined aircraft was a specially-designed lifeboat. Our job was to fly
over the Warwick Bay of Biscay to drop the lifeboats
on their multiple parachutes near to aircrew who had bailed out and needed to
be rescued. My job in the second pilot's seat was solely as another pair of
eyes. Whereas others were looking down to the sea, my job was to search the sky
for Focke-Wulf Condor aircraft. These fast, four-engined aeroplanes were
bristling with cannon (we only had the much smaller 303 Browning machine-guns)
and with mines in the bomb bay to attack Allied convoys at sea.
With wonderful eyesight I saw one of these Nazi aircraft in the far distance. We were as mincemeat had any of its crew seen us first. I switched on the intercom and shouted: "Focke-Wulf…." when the communicating wires somehow parted. So the crew had heard the warning call but had no idea of the enemy's position or distance. So I pointed it out to the Skipper by my side who alerted the rest. There was considerable apprehension in that aircraft. We dived to just above sea level and at full throttle headed back to base. And what was our reward? We were guaranteed a fried egg. And I suppose we were also rewarded with our lives.
Still waiting to go abroad for my pilot's training I was posted to RAF Skellingthorpe, near
. It was a bomber
airfield of Lincoln
aircraft. Evening after evening these magnificent aeroplanes and their crews
would fly to bomb Lancaster
– not always entirely with bombs but sometimes with added cargo such as fake
ration books, money, and other disrupting matter. Germany
One day a
Lancaster was to go on an engine test up to Scotland and back before leaving that night for . As the
rear gunner was unavailable, would I like to fly in the rear turret? Would I?
You bet I would. Germany
So, fully kitted out, I found that, surprisingly, I had enough room to squeeze into the turret in reasonable comfort. It would have been quite different had I been strapped in there for many hours on end.
I was allowed to be in the turret for take-off. And away we went. Despite my helmet the noise was deafening. I could spin the turret around from side to side and raise and lower my four, fully armed-up Browning 303 machine-guns. So, had an enemy aircraft appeared from over the
North Sea, I was fully
prepared (with no training, I might add) to have a go at shooting it down. It
never happened.
My only job in the turret was to occasionally, when asked to on the intercom, tell the navigator the drift. For this I lined up the guns on the landscape below and read the number on a drift scale down on the right.
Returning to Skellingthorpe all crew except the pilot had to leave their allotted stations and gather amidships. The aircraft left as usual that evening. Many did not return. And the rear gunner was the most vulnerable person aboard. It was not unusual to have blood and parts of him hosed out of the rear turret on the aeroplane's return.
On leave in
we were in the
thick of it. Trains were brought to a standstill in a raid, searchlights swept
the sky, sometimes holding an enemy aircraft in their beams. Then anti-aircraft
guns would roar. The sound of bombs was commonplace. V1 Buzzbombs would fly
over at any hour. If the pulse jet engine was alive when the craft was overhead
you were safe. If its sinister and distinctive drumming noise stopped before it
reached you, it was a case of diving for any cover available. But I never got
out of the bath for any of them, even though one once stopped overhead in London Victoria as I was bathing and hit
nearby. Buckingham Palace
The other nasty weapon was the V2 rocket. When still waiting to go to
I was stationed at RAF Hornchurch in Essex. I
had volunteered to mend bombed roofs in Plumstead on the other side of the
river. I had been given an hour's training by a roofer and provided with the equipment
and a mate. With very poor quality slates we mended several roofs in such a
poor district that I remember a pretty girl smile, only for her to reveal a
mouth full of rotten teeth. It was when on a roof (the accumulated Victorian
slate dust and dirt was choking) when there was an explosion in the distance,
followed by a very strange rushing-of-air noise. It was one of the first V2
rockets to hit .
At last I was sent to
Oklahoma in the USA
(in Mauritania and crossing the submarine-infested Atlantic
for the third time) where, after primary and advanced training, I was awarded
my wings and a commission.
Few commissions were awarded. But after crashing an aircraft (not my fault) and visited in hospital by the Commanding Officer and Adjutant, who thought that I might want to give up this flying business, I had my chance. "No sir," I said, "I want to get out of this bed and FLY." I thought I'd overdone it, but the C.O. on leaving the hospital, was heard to say: "That's just the kind of young man we want in the Air Force."
I did sustain one war wound. When having my wings pinned to my uniform by a Wing Commander who had one arm in a sling, the pin on the wings penetrated my uniform's material and drew blood on my chest. I suppose this might be construed as "friendly fire".
It was the end of the war in
Europe. Fortunately we had enough
skilled pilots to fly for us in the Pacific Campaign. So I was grounded to
become a Photographic Intelligence officer.
So you see, my part in the war was very minor and of not of great interest.
I often think that had I been born but a year earlier I would almost certainly have lost my life, probably as a bomber pilot. I was extremely lucky to have timed it so well.

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Sunday, March 24, 2013
CASE Card with Dressmaker
I used a Spellbinders die for the dressmaker. To give it a metal feel I covered it with Platinum colored Ultra thick embossing enamel and heat embossed. Since the ladies on the background DP has dresses with spots I wanted to give my dressmaker a similar look. I also wrapped a bit of tulle around it and added a black bow as a belt. I mounted the dressmaker on foam onto a panel of black and kraft paper to create a layered effect.
I enter this card into these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - #12 CASE
2) Pile It On - Dots
3) 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
4) Happy Campers - #13 Add Dimension
5) Charisma Cardz - #11 Die Cuts
6) Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon or Lace
7) Craft Your Passion - Ribbons or Lace
8) My Craft Spot - Embossing or Glossy Accents
9) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
39 comments:
- Sue - bearhouse said...
WOW! This is wonderful Pia. I love the way you have dressed the Spellbinders die to match the fabulous backing paper.
Sue xx
- March 25, 2013 at 12:05 AM
Very classy Pia! I love the background print and you worked wonders with the dressmaker. From the picture I would have thought it was metal. Great use of the tulle and bow. Another beautiful creation! As always, we love having you play with us at Inkspirational!
- Shauna
- March 25, 2013 at 12:57 AM
- scrappymo! said...
Great card...I really like how you took the spotted dress inspiration from the design papers...it turned out well on your dress form and makes a fabulous card.
- March 25, 2013 at 6:27 AM
- Deepti Stephens said...
You are a genius Pia!!
- March 25, 2013 at 7:44 AM
- karen said...
Smashing card Pia, very chic!! hugs, Karenx
- March 25, 2013 at 7:59 AM
- Donna Heber said...
This is beautiful Pia! Thank you for stopping by to visit me from MIM. Have a great week!
- March 25, 2013 at 8:53 AM
- Chrissy said...
Oh! Gosh Pia, this is just gorgeous..I love it.
Thanks for sharing with us at Make it Monday..
Luv CHRISSYxx
- March 25, 2013 at 8:57 AM
- aussie aNNie said...
Sensationally stylish and love how you placed the image a little to one side, the lacey cover up is a great idea....wonderful card from you again.xx
- March 25, 2013 at 11:05 AM
- Loz said...
Fabulous card Pia. I saw this on MIM...Loz
- March 25, 2013 at 12:30 PM
- Laine said...
You have a wonderful eye for design Pia. Love this
- March 25, 2013 at 1:32 PM
- Michelle said...
Wow such a different card. Great.
Thanks for joining us at Craft your Passion.
xxx Michelle
- March 25, 2013 at 1:52 PM
- KraftyKoolKat said...
This is really lovely sweetie. You have really gone the extra mile by heat embossing the dress markers model.
- March 25, 2013 at 2:59 PM
- Tammy said...
WOW this is gorgeous Pia! I love that die and your beautiful touches!
Tammy x
- March 25, 2013 at 3:22 PM
- Jennifer Grissom said...
This is a great card! Thanks for sharing at MIM!
- March 25, 2013 at 3:29 PM
- Ellen said...
WOW! Gorgeous dressmaker Pia. I had to read what you did because at first I thought it WAS metal! You did a fabulous job making it and I love your card! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational!
- March 25, 2013 at 3:39 PM
- cotnob said...
This is a fabulous card Pia, I love the dimension you have created - quite a simple card but you have packed in lots of detail.
- March 25, 2013 at 3:57 PM
- Lau W said...
Oh so pretty, so elegant creation Pia ! Superb work, wow wow !!!
- March 25, 2013 at 5:19 PM
- Mynnette said...
LOVE the texture in this, Pia! Gorgeous coloring and fabulous use of elements! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational! :)
- March 26, 2013 at 12:16 AM
- Sue said...
Oh Wow! this is gorgeous Pia!! what a fab design! I love the embossing... and the tulle.. and the ribbon… and the paper is just perfect with it!! :-)
Hope you have a good week!
Big hugs
Sue xx
- March 26, 2013 at 12:52 AM
- Ruth M said...
What a stylish card Pia and I love your attention to detail - the embossed dress form and the dotty pattern to match the background paper are fabulous touches! Another wonderful card from you!
Thanks so much for playing along with us again at Inkspirational, please come back soon! Ruth x
- March 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM
- GiGi said...
Fabulous card! I love the dress form and black and white combo! Thanks for playing at My Craft Spot!
- March 26, 2013 at 1:20 PM
- Asha said...
WOW! Sensational and sexy! Love the dress form, hey, love the dress too!
xxx Asha
Sunny Summer Crafts
- March 26, 2013 at 2:53 PM
- Elena said...
uo! it's so cute! i love it!
- March 26, 2013 at 5:02 PM
- Wishcraft said...
This is fabulous Pia, love the embossed dress form! Hugs, Lisa x
- March 26, 2013 at 8:43 PM
- Lisbeth K said...
Wow, mannequinen ser jo ut som metall, kjempelekkert!!! Herlig med tyllen og bakgrunnsarkene <3 Det er så gøy at du uke etter uke deltar hos i Inkspirational :)
- March 26, 2013 at 9:27 PM
- Sandy said...
Wonderful!!! Love how you made the dressmaker's mannequin and the background paper is beautiful!!!
- March 26, 2013 at 10:50 PM
- Elizabeth Hart said...
Your card is so elegant - love this card!!Thanks so very much for joining us this week at the Pile it On Challenge.
- March 27, 2013 at 1:23 AM
- Pryn said...
Fabulous card! Your background paper is the perfect choice to highlight your fantastic dressmaker image!
- March 27, 2013 at 1:26 AM
- Crafty Lark said...
Love this card, fab design and colour choice. xx Flora
- March 27, 2013 at 11:49 AM
- Zippy said...
Wonderful card, very elegant xxx
- March 27, 2013 at 5:46 PM
- Jenni said...
Simple design but stunning card! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at the Charisma Cardz challenge this week.
Jenni x
- March 27, 2013 at 11:01 PM
- SYLVIA-ANNE said...
A classy and elegant card Pia. The dress-form is fabulous, and what a great choice of background paper. Love it!
Have a very happy Easter - hugs, Sylvia xxx
- March 28, 2013 at 9:15 PM
- Carol said...
Gorgeous! Thanks for joining us this week at 613 Ave Create.
- March 29, 2013 at 3:48 AM
- Linda B said...
So very classy... beautiful card. I came over from MIM for a closer look.
- March 29, 2013 at 8:27 PM
- Stamping in Pink said...
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I love this on so many levels - it's a stunning card thank you so much for sharing. Thank you so much for joining us at PCJ for our Ribbon or Lace challenge. Hope we see you again for our next challenge Karen P Paper Crafting Journey DT http://stampinginpink.blogspot.co.uk/
- March 30, 2013 at 1:56 AM
- Julia said...
I saw your beautiful creation on Make It Monday and had to visit and take a closer look. Gorgeous! TFS!
My entries are: #4, #207, #213, and #236.
I would love to have you visit my blogs: Paper and Scraps Creations by Julia and My Art... Healing The Soul.
- March 31, 2013 at 4:59 AM
- Ruthie Lopez said...
Beautiful card!! Love it!!
Thanks for joining us at 613 Avenue Create. We look forward to seeing you again.
Ruthie DT
- March 31, 2013 at 7:29 AM
- Deanne Clarke-Saunders said...
Pretty card! Thanks for participating in our PILE IT ON challenge!! Hope to see you again next week!
- April 5, 2013 at 1:26 AM
- Skye said...
Beautifully stylish. I love the dressmaker model and the lovely background paper.
- April 8, 2013 at 1:14 PM


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- Employment Problems:
About three months ago, I was promised to be sent on a Bookkeeping Course & trained in Finances. With this course in place, I would have had no time for my own personal studies. I would have homework each night, have an evening class once a week, & have weekly tasks & assignments. So I took the step to put my own course on hold while I waited for this new course to start. Three months passed & nothing happened. The promises that were made never came through & I realized that I had wasted all that time on lost time.
- Studies Reopened:
I have finally reopened my course & have completed all my notes on my modules. All that remains now is handing my assignments & completing my course. With that, I'll continue with the next course, thus moving forward closer to my career.
- Drinking Avengers:
I thought I'd share this to lighten up the mood a little. I created a new drinking game idea for my one-night a month girl's night. It's called the Drinking Avengers. Anything that pissed you off, betrayed you, hurt you, etc. – you write down on a piece of paper. On the girl's night, you bring that paper with, & for everything you wrote down, you drink a shooter or take a huge sip of the drink you have. If you have been keeping a list for a whole month, you will have a very interesting drinking challenge.
- Monster's Birthday Party – Cancelled:
As heartbreaking as it is to say this, we have cancelled the party due to financial reasons. Even with the small budget we set up for the party, thanks to all the debt in our life, it would be impossible to even hold the smallest gathering for his birthday. This will just include me, Byren & Monster.
- Hair in August:
I'm hoping to do this to my hair this coming August. In the beginning of the year, I just put highlights in my hair; electric purple. In about two weeks, the highlights washed out because I wasn't told of the proper procedures to look after the highlights. So I pretty much wasted quite a bit of money on nothing. This time, I'll be able to pay pretty much the same price, but do my whole head & make it look awesome!!
- Byren's Parents Remarrying:
So after they divorced in December last year, we all believed it was all over, done & dusted. In January, we received the news that they were back together. This was not really news… The few times I dropped Monster off at his Grandma's place, my father in-law was always there, always. A while later when I asked her if they were back together & she denied my statement. About a week later, we all received the sms that they were giving their relationship another try. A few weeks later, we received another notification that they were getting married out again on their initial date, in July. I'm happy for them, I guess. Everyone deserves a second chance at love… Or a third, or a fourth.
So this is my last month, while I was all quiet. I'm sure there were other things that happened in between but there's nothing I can remember at this moment.
I hope to be around more often now… Once I'm back in routine, you won't be able to get rid of me that easily!


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Phase III Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Use of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy +/- One Year of Everolimus in Patients with High-Risk, Hormone Receptor-Positive and HER2/neu Negative Breast Cancer . e3 Breast Cancer Study - evaluating everolimus with endocrine therapy
This randomized phase III trial studies how well aspirin works in preventing the cancer from coming back (recurrence) in patients with human epidermal growth...
Testing MK-3475 (Pembrolizumab) as Adjuvant Therapy for Triple Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer
If you have "triple negative" breast cancer you may qualify for this study. ...
Randomized Phase III Trial Evaluating the Role of Weight Loss in Adjuvant Treatment of Overweight and Obese Women With Early Breast Cancer
This randomized phase III trial studies whether weight loss in overweight and obese women may prevent breast cancer from coming back (recurrence). Previous...
Modeling the Patterns of Breast Cancer Early Metastases
Our long-range, overall hypothesis is that by adding surveillance imaging to standard follow-up care for high-risk breast cancer survivors a meaningfully...
Pragmatic Phase III Randomized Trial of Proton Vs. Photon Therapy for Patients with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Comprehensive Nodal Radiation: A Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness (RADCOMP) Consortium Trial
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Phase III Randomized Trial of Hypofractionated Post Mastectomy Radiation With Breast Reconstruction
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Watanabe Mayu's 3rd solo single [Hikaru Monotachi] has landed 1st place in the Oricon daily sales charts in its first day on sale. It sold a total of 40,187 copies.
Mayuyu was facing tough competition from 2nd place Generations with 33,232 copies, 3rd place Momoiro Clover Z with 31,889 copies, and 4th place Shoujo Jidai (Girls Generation/SNSD). Will she be able to fend them off in the weekly sales battle?
This single sold more than Mayu's 2nd single [Otona Jelly beans], which sold 38,109 copies on day one, but not more than her 1st solo single [Synchro Tokimeki] which sold 50,145 copies.
[Hikaru Monotachi] is her 2nd first day sales number one after [Synchro Tokimeki], but neither previous single achieved first place in the weekly sales.
Congratulations to Mayuyu for first day number one! I'm glad her sales are increased from her 2nd single as well. Good luck to her in the weekly chart.


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Too much to say but the short of it is they talk of core principles yet don't seem to do anything to improve upon them or customer satisfaction. I'm amazed that by spending a little extra effort and cost upfront would save them money on the backside not to mention help the customer satisfaction level.
I won't buy another Lennar home at this point.
I will list a few items found "glued and screwed subfloor", no screws, install trim with chunks out of it, bad drywall job, my stairs sound like they are in a house of 60yrs old, not 6 months. There are plenty of other items, many I have just fixed because I didn't want to miss work waiting for someone to maybe show up.
Reason of review: Bad quality.
I too would never Recommend a Lennar home. I consider myself lucky they showed their true colors early on.
I fired Lennar. I lost my down payment which in the scheme of things was much better then continuing on and ending up completely unhappy if they every got around to building the house. We moved on to another company who has proven they can be trusted and working hard to keep their customer updated and informed.
Actually as I look at what we are having built now we are getting more house, better quality from everything I read, and a builder who is working hard to earn and keep our trust.
On top of that it was basically the same price.
Firing Lennar was the right thing to do.
Our financial situation is one where losing the down payment was not a killer but there are many people especially those just starting out that this would be a killer and could be stuck with no way out once they start with Lennar.
I would recommend to anyone considering building a house to RUN away from Lennar as fast as you can.
Agreed. RUN!
Don't waste another millisecond with this company. Your heart will be healthy if you stay away.


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100 ml for INR 149
Company Says: - New Naturals Fairness face wash is a foaming cream face wash that effectively cleanses and refreshes your skin for a white & fair look. After one application, it instantly brightens skin, leaving it look & feel soft & smooth. Overtime, it removes dull, rough skin texture, makes it fair and even toned, with a natural rosy glow.
Contains Rose & Rose Hips Extracts. Rose hips are known to contain Vitamin C, which is known for its skin whitening properties.
Mild & Gentle. Suitable for everyday use.
Allergy Tested. Dermatologist Tested.
To Use: - Apply desired amount onto wet hand and create lather. Gently smooth onto face in a circular motion. Rinse off and pat dry.
Ingredients: - Water, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, PEG-6, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycol Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Fragrance, Stearamide AMP, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract.
My Opinion: - It's a must for me to use a face wash atleast once a day if not twice. I had bought Avon's naturals rose & rose hips fairness face wash long back, when the range was launched. But since I was using Avon naturals Nourishing Daily Cleanser, so this face wash had to sit and wait for its turn to be used. And now I think it's the best time to review the face wash since its more than half gone and I have been using it for nearly 2 months.
Starting on a good note, I should say that I quite like the fragrance of this face wash, it smells of fresh roses. It's really refreshing to use it first thing in the morning. Coming to the packaging, it's a white long tube with pink roses imprinted on it, looks so pretty. The flip top lid shuts tight but since the tube is so long, about 7 inches, I had problems carrying it around with me in my purse. But I can definitely say that its safe for travelling.
The consistency of this white face wash is thick, very much like the Pond's White Beauty DailySpot-less Lightening Cream and the texture is soft creamy. A small blob is enough for the face and neck, I add a little water to it and it foams wells. This face wash does not leave behind any residue on my skin and this is the main factor why I am in love with this face wash right now. It is very gentle on my skin and I think it would suit all skin types. After washing it off with water, it gives me squeaky clean skin and does not give that much dreaded slippery feeling.
This face wash has not dried out my skin, its mild enough to be used during a break out. I recently broke out badly and instead of using Cetaphil Cleanser and Oriflame Soothing Face wash, I used this face wash and it didn't harm my skin in any way. Luckily my skin has cleared up now but I continued using face wash and it has given me radiant skin after each use. It effectively brightens up my skin and controls oil to some extent, don't know how it will fare in the summers when my skin is at its oiliest.
The only bad point with this product is that it contains SLS, also the tube is long enough not to fit in small purses. Apart from this, it's a great face wash which cleans off all make-up (except waterproof mascaras), dirt and grime with ease. A face wash is supposed to cleanse effectively and this particular does it with elan, so what can I expect more. And the fairness claim is a marketing gimmick used by companies to attract us, though I can say that this face wash really brightens up the face.
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- Fragrance is mild and pleasant, not heavy at all
- 100 ml for Rs 149 is very affordable
- Very little product is needed for each use
- Foams well, many of us like this quality in a face wash
- Doesn't leave behind any residue and that unbearable slippery feeling on the skin
- Makes the skin squeaky clean, also gives bright & radiant look
- Does not dry out my skin even if I use it 2-3 times a day
- Cleans off makeup, dirt & grime very effectively
- Tube packaging makes it hygienic and convenient to use
Cons: -
- Contains SLS
- Tube is long so it might not fit into most purses
- Fails to wash off waterproof mascara
I rate this Avon Naturals Rose & Rose Hips Fairness Face Wash 4.25 out of 5, I have deducted 0.75 points for the 3 cons :P . This is a good product from Avon and I love it right now. Recommended to all girls since it's on discount right now if I am not wrong. Thank you all for reading this post and have a great day ahead.


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Checking In With The Westin Times Square
One of the most frightening things about FlyerTalkers from a journalist's perspective is that you make us more or less redundant: I know I can't possible grill travel industry executives better than a roomful of platinum elites from FT. Their inquisitiveness was once again on display this morning in the Atrium Lounge on the 8th Floor (the Club floor) of the Westin Times Square, where GM Terry Lewis, sales & marketing director Mary Beth O'Connor, and the hotel's executive chef (I confess I missed his name) soothed the assembled Mega Doers with "superfoods" (not including the caviar) and talked a bit about the hotel — the first of four Starwood properties on this trip (along with Sheratons at FRA, IAH and in Seattle). Some highlights:
• Starwood Platinums are typically offered high floor and corner rooms when suites aren't available;
• Club rooms are typically priced at just $60 more per night than standard rooms;
• The Times Square location is the only Westin to offer 17″ Apple iMacs in every rooms;
• "Occupancy is back," as Lewis put it, although European traffic is still a little off. But the percentage of international customers is rising again, as are prices — although they're still softer than occupancy levels.
• There's less cannibalization between Starwood brands in New York than you might think; geography matters to customers, and they stick to their brands.


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Sulawesi Island, eastern Indonesia, is located at the junction between the Pacific-Philippine, Indo-Australian Plates, and the Sunda Block, i.e., the southeastern edge of the Eurasian Plate (fig. 1). Its peculiar shape results from an on-going complex history of collision and rotation of continental slivers, island arcs, and oceanic domains with respect to the Sunda Block. Seismic network document a high level of seismicity in its northern boundaries, corresponding to deformation along the North Sulawesi trench and within the Molucca Sea subduction (fig. 1). Seismic activity is lower in central and south Sulawesi (fig. 4). It represents the activity of the NE, SW and SE arms thrust and the left-lateral Central Sulawesi Fault System, which comprises the Palu-Koro and Matano fault zones. This system connects, from northwest to southeast, the North Sulawesi Subduction zone to the Sorong fault (through th Sud Sula fault, after, Hinschberger et al. [2000] and the Tolo thrust in the North Banda Sea, Silver et al., [1983] proposed a deformation model that implies a clockwise rotation of the Sula block that is limited to the west and south by the Central Sulawesi Fault System. Paleomagnetic [Surmont et al., 1994] and GPS [Walpersdorf et al., 1998a] studies confirm and measure this rotation. In order to discus the present day kinematics and deformation of Sulawesi area, we performed a seismotectonic study, using focal mechanism of moderate and large (Mw ≥ 5) shallow earthquake (≤ 60 Km), collected from the Harverd CMT database (period 1976 to 2001) and complemented by Fitch [1972] and Cardwell [1980] (period 1964–1976). From these focal mechanisms and the known structural context, we defined ten homogeneous deformation domains (fig. 3 et fig.5). For seven of these, focal solution and moment tensors were inverted (Carey-Gailhardis and Mercier method [1987Carey-Gailhardis and Mercier method [1992]) and summed, in order to obtain stress and deformation tensors and rate estimates (Brune [1968] or Kostrov [1974] methods). Results are presented in table I, on figure 2 and figure 3.
In northern Molucca Sea (north of equvator), the fast convergence slip rate (75 mm/a) is absorbed by the Sangihe subduction and accommodates the major part of the Philippines/Sunda plates motion. South of the equator, the estimated slip rate is only 2 mm/yr and represents the Sangihe slap subduction, which is affected by a torsion from NNE to E strike. Along the North-Sulawesi fault system, direction of the stress axes are not significantly different from east to west (average N356°±5E), but the determined slip rates increase from 20±4 mm/a to 54±10 mm/a, respectively. These values agree with the Sula block rotation pole previously proposed and located at the eastern extremity of the Northern Arm. The Palu-Koro fault, bounding the western Sula block, contributes to this rotaion because its trace fits well a small circle centered on the pole. However, seisicity document few moderate magnitude earthquake (fig. 4) related to the left lateral Central Sulawesi fault system, despite many identified active tectonic feature [Beaudouin, 1998]. Moreover, geologically determined Palu-Koro long-term slip rate of 35±8 mm/a, [Bellier et al., 2001] agrees with the far-field strike-slip rate of 32–45 mm/a proposed from GPS measurement [Walpersdorf et al., 1998b ; Stevens et al., 1999]. This confirms that is a fast slipping fault with a relatively low level of seismicity. The southeastern limit of the Sula block is represented by the ENE-trending Sorong strike-slip fault that extends from Irian-Jaya island to the east coast of Sulawesi where it connects to the Matano fault through the South Sula fault, This structure is particularly active south of the Sula island with a major Mw=7.7 earthquake (29/11/98). The inversion provides a strike-slip regime with respectively N220°E and N310°E-trending σ1. and σ3 stress axes.
This study also highlight the Sula block internal deformation that could explain in the GPS velocities model obtained by walpersdorf et al. [1998a] for the Sula block rotation. We evidence an extensional stress regime with a N030°E-trending σ3, in the southern part of the Tomini Gulf. The estimated extension rate is 9 mm/a toward a N036°E direction. Considering the location of the Tomini Gulf, this deformation could be interpreted as a back-arc spreading related to the North Sulawesi subduction. The Batui zone correspond to the domain of the collision wich occured in the early-middle Plicene [e.g., Velleneuve et al., 2000] between the NE arm and the Irian-jaya derived Banggaï-Sula block. This domain remains active (12 earthquake with a major one of Mw=7.6, 14/05/00, fig. 4) but is mainly affected by strike-slip deformation.
The Tolo thrust, lying off the SE arm east coast, absorbs the convergence to the west of the North Banda Sea, as attested by six moderate earthquake with reverse faulting focal mechanisms. This allows to distinguish a North-Banda block in SE Sulawesi, bounded by the South Sula segment of the Sorong fault, the Tolo thrust and the Hamilton fault (fig. 5) and moving westward at a lower rate than the Sula block. The SW arm of Sulawesi is also characterised by a compressional stress regime with N099°E-trending σ1 and an estimated convergence rate of 8.5 mm/a toward a N080°E direction. This is the consequence of the Majene-Kalosi thrust activity and could represent the most western accommodation of the Philippines/Sunda plates motion.


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Justice delayed in LA has become injustice finally remedied in Cleveland for two of American music's essential voices. LA native Darlene Love and one-time LA resident Wanda Jackson have taken their rightful places as inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jackson in '09, Love in '11. These two are game-changers that allow fans to reckon the authorship of the rock and roll genre with new clarity. Both women were present for the 5/13 opening of the Rock Hall's first tribute to Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power. The exhibit is a must-see, with memorabilia including Grace Slick's fringe vest, Madonna's gold bustier, Meg White's striped drum, Britney's 2000 VMAs outfit, trippy Stevie Nicks chiffon, a flippy wig from the B-52s, a fake fur from Siouxsie Sioux, Kim Deal's bass, a Supreme's minidress bought off-the-rack on Rodeo Drive.
Alphabetically the tribute lauds artists from Adele to Winehouse. Chronologically, the show begins with Rock's Foremothers: Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mother Maybelle Carter. Indie or R&B fans can register the coming together of folk music and blues as the heartbeat of rock and roll, a pairing with profound social implications. Country music did indeed engage in a love affair with blues, and Wanda Jackson embodies this passionate union. She is called the "Queen of Rockabilly" but that tag isn't big enough for her pivotal role in music history and in the exhibit. An esteemed country singer ("Silver Threads and Golden Needles") and a powerful performer of hymns ("How Great Thou Art"), Jackson was born one year after Buddy Holly. When listeners treat themselves to her versions of his "Rave On" or "Oh, Boy," they hear history in the making as Maybelle Carter's idiom turns instinctual, intense, and starts to rock. It is thrilling to hear Buddy Holly shake. But it is seismic to hear his gorgeous female peer in fringe do it because rock brings with it a mandate to speak one's mind, and an implied sexual self-respect, that were once unthinkable for women.
Her hot renditions of Little Richard specialties "Long Tall Sally," "Slipping and Sliding," and "Rip It Up" (from her Jack White-produced LP, The Party Ain't Over) trump even the Holly covers. Sexual and racial boundaries melt under fire from Jackson's genius. Stuffiness can't take the heat. Bob Dylan calls her "an atomic bomb in lipstick." Her own compositions like "Mean, Mean Man" show her to be a master of rock's bold energy. The 1950s world blew up when Elvis rocked his hips or Little Richard rolled his eyes. A girl doing the same was unimaginable then so Jackson didn't chart top hits like they did. But she's left an equivalent body of work in this brave, brazen style for the hard-headed world to catch up to. She's still recording, touring, auctioning off signed guitars to raise funds for the Rock Hall's programs. She's a trailblazer in all ways. In our interview, she acknowledged with pride her contributions to rock style, pencil skirts, long earrings, the famous fringe. She said, "When Wanda Jackson Way was dedicated in Oklahoma City, instead of a ribbon, they had me cut a long length of red fringe." Her four-song set at the Rock Hall's Benefit Concert was perfect. Fans can catch Wanda with Adele on tour.
Darlene Love's LA life as a pastor's daughter who learned to harmonize in choir led her, as a teen with an indelible voice, to session work as lead singer for a girl group called The Blossoms. Love adores "the creativity of working with back-up singers, teaching harmonies, putting the elements of a song together." She excels at the organizational work behind the recording process. She sang behind Doris Day, Gene Autry, Nancy Sinatra, Cher.
Love's four years of contributions to songs recorded by Phil Spector involved both triumph and travesty. Her lead on "He's A Rebel," written by Gene Pitney and credited not to her but to Spector's pre-existing group, The Crystals, is, for me, the definitive female rock vocal. Love's beautiful voice has strength, resilience, and knowingness that remain fresh and edgy. Fans have for decades cherished the performance but it has taken time and effort to let them know the lead they worship on "He's A Rebel" is the work of Darlene Love. In our interview, and in conversation with Education V.P. Lauren Onkey for the Hall of Fame Series, Love showed gratitude to Spector for the songs she sang and regard for his skill as a producer. She's also sued him and won. Her voice was featured but credit was almost always withheld. She was prevented from creating name recognition and the fan following it brings. Payment was an inadequate hourly rate. Often not even that. After countless recordings, Love's Hall of Fame voice was silenced as she took jobs cleaning homes in Beverly Hills to make ends meet.
Springsteen helped save Love's career. He proposed a move to NY where she sang at the Peppermint Lounge and the Bottom Line. She starred in Leader of the Pack, a musical devoted to the songs of Ellie Greenwich, another honoree in the Rock Hall's show. She shone in Hairspray, reminiscent of her early experiences on Shindig. David Letterman saw her on stage, was awestruck, and has asked her to perform every Christmas for twenty-plus years. Ms. Love is one of the finest musical talents our culture has produced. Her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ends the eclipse that exploitation visited on a seventeen-year-old LA kid with lots of talent and no say in how that talent should be compensated. With the induction of Darlene Love, and the long-overdue recognition for her artistry, the Rock Hall has displayed great justification for its existence as an institution. Love performed at the Benefit Concert, joining Cyndi Lauper, Mavis Staples, and Ronnie Spector.
Photo Credits: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum/Janet Macoska
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The new Asus generation hands-on: mid-class tablets, high-end events
The IFA hasn't even officially started for the general public and already Asus has presented its new devices, and by doing so, a whole new generation of tablets, phablets and hybrid Notebooks (7 to be exact) have been born. The Taiwanese manufacturer obviously decided to splurge and held the press conference in a very luxurious atmosphere, as well as including a pompous dinner on the roof top of a hotel. Here you'll be able to catch a glimpse of what went down during the press event and catch a short presentation of the featured devices.
Hotel de Rome in Berlin Mitte, 15:30 – my colleague Isabel Valencia and I are picked up by the VIP shuttle and a whole series of formalities, small talk, hands-on tests and perks is set into play. A complete gallery of the hands-on and event pictures can be found at the end of the article.
First the work
First off, there was a Meet and Greet with the Asus PR people in the hotel lobby with orange juice and champagne. The press conference was a real media circus. Big players of Asus product management used hyperbolic sentences in describing their newest products: ''We transform our expectations of...'' was their repeated slogan. The Wi-Fi connection, just like at the Samsung Unpacked 2 event attended by our Editors Loie and Camila, was horrendous and pretty much non-existent, exactly like Asus rep's fluency in English. Thankfully, with a lot of imagination I could make out what they were saying with charades.
Then the most interesting part came: being able to get our hands on the devices, which turned out to be total anarchy. First come, first served. Bloggers and journalists had to use this hectic time to get a device and do hands-on videos, as well as do some short interviews, write articles and send all of their material via their Mac Book Air to their home editorial team. Three important devices were presented:
Fonepad Note 6
This is Asus' attempt at building a type of Galaxy Note, but unfortunately it doesn't give off the same high quality look. It feels really thick and clunky and with its glazed plastic finish as the main choice of material, looks really cheap. A few differentiating design elements are the prominent front-facing speakers, which is likely to have been borrowed from the HTC One. The device comes with a stylus, though without a soft tip, meaning we could hear a clicking sound every time it touched the screen and I was constantly worried that I would scratch it. Unfortunately, this pen element was also quite cheap. On the other hand, the system ran smoothly and the price is set a lot lower than the Galaxy Note. The Fonepad Note 6 serves its purpose as a money-saving alternative.
Fonepad 7
Like the rest of the Asus tablets, the Fonepad 7 is quite sleek and has learned a thing or two from the noticeable speaker found on the HTC One. From a design perspective, it's most similar to the Fonepad Note 6 than the rest of the portfolio. The display is found on a tapered bezel which creates relatively sharp corners. The rear side is rounded and matte, which also appears to be a little cheap-looking due to the slightly glittering material. What really stood out to me is the fact that the Fonepad 7 ran more fluidly than the other tablets, though this was no hard chore to do. Just like with the Fonepad Note 6, Asus tried out a serious new look which is strongly reminiscent of the HTC One.
MeMO Pad 8
My first impression of this was quite positive as it didn't give off the same cheap look and feel of the previous two offerings. In terms of design, it reminded me a lot of the Nexus 7, especially with the rounded buttons. But when taking a closer look I was able to see an irregular gap between the front and back panels, which means that the craftsmanship isn't very clean. In fact, this device could be easily split with just a little force. It was the same story with the MeMO Pad 10 as well. The system was obviously glitchy and despite not having any apps open, worked quite slowly.
|Fonepad Note 6
|Fonepad 7
|MeMO Pad 8
|6-inch, 1920x1080 pixel Super IPS+, 367 ppi
|7-inch, 1,280 x 800 Pixel, IPS, 216 ppi
|8-inch, 1,280 x 800 Pixel, IPS, 251 ppi
|Intel Atom, Dual-Core, 2 GHz
|Intel Atom, Dual-Core, 1.6 GHz
|Asus Quad-Core, 1.6 GHz
|8 MP (back), 1,2 MP (front)
|5 MP (back), 1,2 MP (front)
|5 MP (back), 1,2 MP (front)
|Bluetooth 3.0, Micro-USB, Micro-SIM, GPS, WLAN
|Bluetooth 3.0, Micro-USB, Micro-SIM, GPS, WLAN
|Bluetooth 3.0, Micro-USB, Micro-SIM, GPS, WLAN
|164.8 x 88.8 x 10.3 mm
|196.6 x 120.1 x 10.5 mm
|212.4 x 127.4 x 9.95 mm
|210 g
|340 g
|350 g
|3,200 mAh
|3,950 mAh
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|Android 4.2. Jelly Bean
|Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
|Android 4.2. Jelly Bean
That was the work part of the event anyway, then came the pleasures of the evening, where there was a lot of networking involved. On the rooftop of the hotel, we were served an opulent buffet and sat on stylish seats under parasols. The devices were also sprawled across the tables and it was a non-stop feast of entrecôtes, shrimp cocktails, steak, and real cocktails. It seemed like the money they saved on manufacturing the tablets was splurged here instead.
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So what is there left to say? The entire atmosphere of luxury and exclusiveness and the exquisite food couldn't hide the fact that Asus wasn't able to produce devices of high caliber and really don't stand a chance next to other high-class devices like Nexus smartphones and tablets. And it leaves us wondering why? It's all fine and dandy if they choose to provide cheaper alternatives to the top tablets on the market – and this is indeed what the devices are – but I can't really fathom why one would buy these over other tablets. Asus will have a hard time making its place in the market and scoring big. Even if the press event put on by the Taiwanese company pulled out all the stops, it really was just a cover-up show which won't suffice to hide the reality of these devices to consumers.


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Tape Shows Gingrich May Have Broken Agreement -- Jan. 10, 1997
Public Hearing Set In Gingrich Ethics Case -- Jan. 9, 1997
Gingrich Wins A Squeaker As House Speaker -- Jan. 7, 1997
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Partisan Wrangling Continues Over Gingrich Ethics Hearings
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 12) -- Republicans renewed their push Sunday to hold ethics hearings on House Speaker Newt Gingrich's admitted transgressions by Jan. 21 -- making them coincide with President Clinton's inauguration.
But a leading Democrat said the GOP was rushing the hearings to "cover up" the violations.
Rep. Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.) suggested Sunday that the House Ethics Committee could hold public hearings starting Friday and culminating in a disciplinary vote the day after President Clinton's second inauguration.
"Then we will move on to do the people's business," Paxon added on CNN's "Late Edition."(221K/19 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
The Republicans control the House calendar. The tentative schedule Paxon outlined would squeeze the hearings between Thursday's deadline for special counsel James Cole to submit his report on the Gingrich investigation, and the Jan. 21 deadline for the ethics committee to recommend a punishment for any violations.
Gingrich narrowly won re-election to the speakership last week after admitting he misled the committee on whether he used charitable contributions to fund his political activities.
Cole, the special counsel, has said he can't do the report and hearings in one week, and needs until Feb. 4 to do both.
Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas) said on CNN's "Late Edition" that Republicans were threatening bipartisan cooperation by refusing to consider a more reasonable schedule for the hearings.(170K/15 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
And Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Missouri), on NBC's "Meet the Press," renewed the call for Gingrich to step down, at least until his punishment is decided.
"Why are we rushing to get through this? I think it's only to cover it up," Gephardt said.(230K/20 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
But Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), also on NBC, said the Democrats' ulterior motive was to distract attention from President Clinton's problems, including Paula Jones' harassment allegations. The Supreme Court was to hear arguments Monday on whether Jones' harassment suit can be heard before Clinton leaves the White House.(230K/20 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
An Ethics Committee agreement to hear testimony from the start of this week fell through last week when Democrats objected to Republican insistence that the entire matter be completed by Jan. 21.
Gingrich himself, appearing on CNN's "Both Sides with Jesse Jackson," refused to respond to any questions dealing with ethics charges.
"Because I'm so controversial, then if my speakership is of any value, it ought to be to address the things that are at the core of where America goes," Gingrich said.(187K/17 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)
Gingrich said he was talking with the head of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Maxine Waters, to improve communication between caucus members and Republican lawmakers.
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Born Mar. 20, 1935, in the village of Mestia, Georgian SSR; died July 4, 1969, in Sualto, in the Dolomites, Italy, during a climb; buried in Mestia. Soviet mountaineer. Honored Master of Sport (1963). International Class Master of Sport (1967). Honored Coach of the Georgian SSR (1967).
Between 1952 and 1968, Khergiani was several times champion of the USSR and winner of trade union competitions for mountaineering and rock climbing. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In 1971, a prize for rock-climbing champions of the USSR was established in his name.
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Abdel-Qader Abu Ajameyah has retaken his high school exams after being forced to drop his studies when he was younger
The Palestinian and his family were forced to flee their home due to war in 1948, meaning he was unable to get his diploma which he is now insistent getting after all these years.
Abu Ajameyah, a retired food salesman from Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, took the national test for the first time last year but failed, so he's giving it another bash.
A father of 14 children, he has been studying five hours a day and doing his best to concentrate despite the attempts of some of his 36 grandchildren to get him to play.
He is taking the exams in a room set aside for him at a local school. A recent stroke has restricted his hand movement, making it difficult to write, so he dictates the answers to a female aide who fills in the papers.
He said his aim now is to be on a par with his children and grandchildren.
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Unite the Resistance East Midlands rally, Saturday 20 April
The national strike by PCS members, key local battles like the action by health workers in Yorkshire and the growing wave of protests against the bedroom tax show that workers are angry and want to fight back.
The onslaught on the poor through the Tories ongoing attacks and scapegoating of benefits claimants and immigrants has to be stopped – workers across Europe are striking back against austerity – we should do the same.
We need our trade unions to lead the fight against austerity. We saw what united action could do on 30 November 2011 when 2.5 million workers took action together against the attacks on public sector pensions.
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Our fascination with dreams is as old as human identity. Dreams represent a world existing on another level of consciousness, common to all, yet still completely individual. Dreams reflect one's most personal thoughts and feelings, often so private, they are hardly known even to the dreamer.
The study of dreams crosses many disciplines: psychology, neurology, sleep science, symbology. Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams brought the study of dreams into the world of mainstream scientific examination. Carl Jung followed with another perspective on dreams and symbols, reinforcing the acceptance of the concept that our dream state is a meaningful reflection of our waking psyche. While scientists and psychologists have somewhat recently come to this understanding of the dream connection between the conscious and the unconscious mind, psychics have always considered dreams to be a means of communication between metaphysical worlds, linking the past to the future, the known to the unknown, or the real to the unreal.
The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature; for when free and disengaged from the body, it has a foresight of things to come.
– Cicero
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Sleep is as essential to our health as food and water. Lack of sleep can cause serious physical and mental problems, and severe sleep deprivation can even lead to death. The scientific study of sleep has made great advances with the use of new technologies that can record and measure brain activity. Brain waves change dramatically while we sleep, revealing much about the physical nature of this state.
The body at rest restores its energy and prepares for the next day's activities. This rest and rejuvenation is also working on the brain, providing the mental strength we need to cope with stress, handle emotions, and use our mental capacities fully.
Normal sleep cycles through five distinct stages several times through the night. These stages are marked by the levels of sleep from drowsiness to light sleep to deep sleep. Sleep stages fall into two main categories of Rapid Eye Movement, REM, and Non Rapid Eye Movement, or NREM. Scientists distinguish these stages by the presence of muscle activity beneath the eyelid, like looking quickly back and forth.
Dreaming occurs during stages of REM sleep in cycles that may last from ten minutes to more than an hour, coming several times through the night and lasting longer at each successive occurrence. Polysomnograms, used to measure brain activity while sleeping, will produce wave patterns during intense dreaming that are at levels similar to those produced when the subject is awake. While we dream, our bodies may be at rest, but our minds are active in another state of consiousness.
We will only dream during certain REM stages of our sleep cycle, which is also a deep sleep. We usually awaken when the cycle has been completed according to our normal pattern, which is why we sleep best when we follow a bedtime routine and get a full night's rest. As we wake, our mental awareness of the dream has diminished, or, as is most common, the dreams of our REM state have been completely forgotten.
All I Have to Do is Dream
Our dreams are meaningful in many ways. Dreams reveal our most secret fears and desires. In the freedom of our dream world, we can explore solutions to problems, release our creativity, let ideas and sensations run unfettered by social restraint or the laws of the physical world. Dreams can allow us to be open to the metaphysical world, communicating beyond the boundaries of space and time.
Everyone remembers some dreams, but we experience far more dreams in sleep than we remember. It is difficult to fully understand the power and presence of this phenomenon when we have such a limited view through the few dreams we occasionally recall. To know the real meanings that our dreams convey, we must find ways to remember more.
The easiest way to remember dreams is to keep a journal by your bed. Anytime you waken from a dream, capture as much as you can immediately. Practice writing what you can remember in quick notes, just words or impressions. Don't worry about spelling or making full sentences. Try to keep your lighting low, don't force yourself to become fully awake so you'll be able to return to sleep.
Make it a nighttime ritual to remind yourself to remember your dreams. As you lie in your bed, close your eyes and prepare yourself to fall asleep, think calmly to yourself, "I will remember my dreams tonight." Don't worry or build anxiety over it, just make it a part of your sleep routine. You subconscious mind will hear the message.
In the morning, develop a habit of lying still and quietly as you waken. Relax and think about your night. Let the dreams softly return to your conscious mind. Again, use your journal to capture your dreams as completely as you can.
It may take some time to become accustomed to remembering your dreams, so be patient with yourself. Your journal will eventually fill with dream stories. Take some time each week to review your notes. Try to express your experience more fully, reflecting on how the dream make s you feel. Capture the sense of what the dream means to you.
Dreams can evoke an immediate, emotional response, such as happiness, uneasiness or anxiety. Recognize these feelings and record them. Think about the dream in the context of your life. What are your life circumstances at the time? How are you feeling about your personal relationships, your work, and your family?
Your dream journal can be a powerful tool to learn the message of your dreams. Once you have developed the routine of remembering your dreams, you can begin the exciting journey towards understanding the rich life that exists beyond your sleeping self.
All that we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream.
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Property tax will not rise before 2019 after the Cabinet signed off on legislation that will allow valuations made in 2013 to stand for three more years.
It was originally envisaged that homeowners would have to update the valuation that they provided when the tax was introduced by November 1 next year.
However, the Local Property Tax (LPT) legislation is to be amended to push this deadline back until 2019.
The Government agreed to the move, which was first signalled by Finance Minister Michael Noonan on Budget Day, during their Cabinet meeting yesterday.
Changes to the legislation come on foot of a report by former civil servant Dr Don Thornhill.
Other measures to be introduced before Christmas include an exemption from LPT for homes damaged by pyrite and reliefs on properties occupied by people with disabilities.
Dr Thornhill's report also suggested a new system whereby a minimum level of LPT revenues in each local authority area would be determined by Government, ideally having regard to the historic yield in each local authority.
This in turn would allow for the estimation of LPT rates for each local authority area. Local authorities could adjust this rate upwards by a factor of up to 15pc.
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ACT Book Summary: Pages 275 - 288
Negative leverage points in ACT
ACT is not an intellectual exercise
Overemphasizing verbal content and trying to convince clients is the antithesis of an effective ACT relationship. Better: - be "compassionately confrontational"
- no more than 20% of the session involving explaining ACT principles
- use metaphors and exercises
Modeling a lack of acceptance
This is especially difficult with more disturbed clients (suicidality, self-mutilation, bizarre behaviors,...)
Ways of nonacceptance: - selective reinforcement of socially desirable thoughts & behavior, while ignoring or disputing negatively evaluated experiences
- using the language of choice in a socially coercive way: "It's your choice, and you're not making it!"
- "Where did you learn that way of thinking?" Heavy emphasis on history & reason giving
Solution: acknowledge it & let go of it.
Excessive focus on emotional processing
Misconception: clients should "get in touch with their feelings". This is true only insofar as avoidance blocks them taking a committed direction in life.
No emotional rediscovery for it's own sake. This is the most seductive error.
Solution: come back to active exercises linked to values and behavior change.
There will be issues that are as salient for the therapist as for the client. Resulting in: topic avoidance, advice giving, excessive reliance on personal experience.
Solution: self-acceptance for the therapist
• The therapeutic relationship:
strong, open accepting, mutual, respectful, loving.
It's not an end purpose per se.
• ACT in context
- Don't "believe" a word in this book
- Important (different from many other clinical traditions): link with experimental research
- "Are we using language or is language using us?"
- It's our job to try to establish & support cultural practices inside & outside psychotherapy that ameliorate these destructive processes in a socially broader way (e.g. acceptance & cognitive defusion). Psychotherapy sometimes undermines valuable existing traditions (spiritual & non-rigid, non-punitive religious traditions).
- some useful rules are given (esp. for beginners): no more than 20% explanation, back to exercise, ...
- excessive focus on emotional processing: I was exactly doing this the very moment I read this piece. Back to values and behavior!
- remaining questions: what about clients not seeking help, but needing it (involuntary treatment); how to integrate RFT with other problems (not having to do with avoidance): impulsivity, aggression, ...


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The Cairns Little Theatre, a community-driven, incorporated amateur theatrical company, has been operating since 1954. Performances are held in the Rondo Theatre, located in the cultural precinct in Greenslopes Street, in the Cairns suburb of Edge Hill.
The Cairns Little Theatre's charter is to choose, produce and stage the works of the finest Australian and international playwrights in a professional manner for the training, benefit and appreciation of its membership, students and the theatre-going public.
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12 February 2013
Visualized: Liverpool 0-2 West Brom
As always, match data from Stats Zone and Squawka.
The shot-by-shot chart tells you pretty much all you need to know. For the first 77 minutes, Liverpool averaged a shot every three minutes and 20 seconds; the longest stretch without taking a shot was all of seven minutes. No matter Liverpool's other faults – and we've a few to choose from – wastefulness remains the most galling. Sure, only seven of those shots were on target, while 12 of the 23 came from outside the box, but Liverpool were creating chances and testing Foster despite West Brom's determined defense. None of those chances were better than the luckily earned 77th minute penalty. But as soon as Liverpool failed to take advantage of one of those rare strokes of luck, confidence fell through the floor. The look on every single player's face said "oh shit, not again." Yes, again. Unsurprisingly, it didn't take West Brom long to snatch the lead. And Liverpool attempted just two more shots, both blocked, in the subsequent 15 or so minutes. Once again, we're ruing Liverpool's mentality as much as, if not more than, the performance. Which has been the case all too often for the last, oh say, three years. Incidentally, there has been a new manager in each of those three seasons. Funny how that works.
That said, it's not as if Liverpool were especially coherent in attack. Neither of Sturridge's replacements – Shelvey as a starter or Borini as a substitute – were able to be that much needed second man in the penalty box, either often playing far deeper or wider, neither creating a single chance and registering just three shots between them. None of Suarez's seven shots were on target – three off, four blocked – meaning that once again, the insufferable, barely human Jonas Olsson kept him well guarded. Suarez has faced 16 teams at least twice in the league. West Brom is one of just three that he's failed to score against; the others are Swansea and Tottenham (and he scored against Swansea in the League Cup).
However, the most criminally wasteful were Liverpool's fullbacks. Jose Enrique – he of the 69.7% passing accuracy – was the only outfield Liverpool player, substitute or starter, to fail to either take a shot or create a chance. Johnson created just one, for Henderson's back heel in the 52nd, but despite attempting 27 passes in the final third, he completed just three into the box. And completed none of his four attempted crosses. That chance for Henderson was Johnson's only successful pass from inside the box, only attempting one other short, errant one on the edge of the area. With West Brom packed into their own defensive third, Liverpool were heavily reliant on the fullbacks to help find space in attack. Neither succeeded at that task, by any definition.
But Liverpool's final third passing was pretty much abhorrent from all involved. 104 completed of 150 attempted: 69.3% accuracy. Liverpool were less accurate in the final third in just four matches this season: August's 2-2 home draw against City, the 0-0 draw against Stoke, the 2-2 draw at Everton, and the 1-2 loss at Spurs.
Yesterday was just the fifth match where Liverpool took more shots from outside the box than inside the box. The others? Both 2-2 draws against City (where three of Liverpool's four goals came from outside the box), 1-1 against Newcastle at Anfield, and 5-0 against Norwich at Anfield. Six of Liverpool's 12 shots inside the box were on target, including outstanding Foster saves on Henderson's backheel and both Gerrard's penalty and blast from 15 yards out. But just one of Liverpool's 13 shots from outside the box were on target: Downing's effort in the 26th minute, well hit but too close to the keeper.
West Brom's three central midfielders – Morrison, Yacob, and Mulumbu – were responsible for 48% of Albion's interceptions and 63% of the tackles. Liverpool had the misfortune of being the first side in more than two months to face the Mulumbu/Yacob midfield pairing. The duo combined for 10 successful tackles, six interceptions, and 76/90 passes. Compare that to Yacob and Morrison in Albion's 0-1 loss at Tottenham a week ago: combined, they made four tackles, six interceptions, and 57/74 passes. West Brom's record when both Mulumbu and Yacob start is 8W-2D-4L and 3W-2D-7L when both don't. An average of 1.86 points per game versus an average of 0.92 points per game.
Which is almost as big a discrepancy as Liverpool's points per game versus the current top 10 compared to those placed 11-20. Liverpool's record against the sides currently in the top half of the table is 0W-7D-7L, an average of 0.50 points per game. And it's 9W-2D-1L against the bottom half, an average of 2.42 points per game.
As said yesterday, there comes a time, in the face of mounting, overwhelming evidence, that what we had hoped were coincidences stop being coincidences.
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The bottom half average should be 2.42ppg
- nate said...
Crap, thanks. I'd be right if wins were still worth two points but I'm pretty sure that's not the case anymore and have no idea how I made that mistake.
- Unknown said...
That's quite interesting Omair...
Love the blog Nate. Read it constantly.
Easily Johnson's worst game of the year. I didn't notice Jose's profligacy as much, but only because he wasn't nearly as involved. (I am pretty sure that Enrique had a shot in the later stages of the second half).
I'm in complete agreement with your previous post on Roger's selection. I think a lot of this final third inconsistency comes from Shelvey as a #10. He was either making poor movements that actually congealed the Albion backs, or staying in off sides positions. I was also mystified when Henderson was taken off. We seemed close to making the break through before that point, but in bringing both Sterling and Borini, as well as the clearly unready Coutino, BR ended our attacking momentum even if we were ridiculously wasteful.
I would have much rather seen Henderson stay on, or have him moved to the 10 with sterling or borini on the wing. Alas. Very disappointing. Also, I do think Downing needed to be rewarded with a win after his performance. Best game of the year for him?


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"Pacific Rim" Starring Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman. PG-13 (sci-fi action/violence, language, peril). Starting in 2013 (which means we should start worrying) enormous monsters called Kaijus began rising out of the Pacific Ocean, attacking and destroying major cities. Countries throughout the world unite and build giant robots called Jaegers to fight the monsters. The Jaegers are operated by two people from inside the machines whose brains are mushed together so they can think and fight as one. Seven years into the war the human race is winning. However, the Kaijus are getting smarter and more dangerous. Flash-forward five years to 2025 and the Jaegers are beginning to fail. There are only a few remaining to fight off these monsters, who are attacking more often and with more force. It's up to a handful of heroes to figure out how these creatures are evolving and how they can stop them before it's too late. At just over two hours, "Pacific Rim" is as dull as a big-budget sci-fi action film can get. The film begins with some battle scenes, then there's a long stretch of planning and training, and then we get more fighting. And throughout there are a lot of nosebleeds. All the metal-on-metal clashes brought back bad memories of the "Transformers" films. But they were actually more interesting with better acting. One of the major problems with "Pacific Rim" is that most of the scenes take place at night so it's very difficult to determine who's a robot, who's a monster and who's winning and losing the fights. And these scenes go on much longer than they should, though they do take us away from the predictable and goofy storylines involving the human characters. I'm still not sure why Perlman is in the film, except that he worked with director Guillermo del Toro (who could've directed "The Hobbit" instead of this) on "Hellboy". Yes, the visuals (when you can actually see what's happening) are impressive. But with a very basic, very staged story, "Pacific Rim" is a challenge to take seriously. While the action scenes provide no fun factor, the script does include some unintentionally funny moments. Guillermo, lesson learned: you should have gone with the dwarfs instead of trying your hand at monsters and robots. LCJ Rating: D Also in Theaters "Grown Ups 2" (PG-13) A new Sandler low. F "The Lone Ranger" (PG-13) No masking this disaster. D+ "Despicable Me 2" (PG) Minion Mania! A- "White House Down" (PG-13) Monumental fun. B "The Heat" (R) Deserves cold shoulder. D "World War Z" (PG-13) To (un)die for. A- "Monsters University" (G) Makes the grade. B+ "Man of Steel" (PG-13) Doesn't Soar C- For all of LCJ's reviews go tolights-camera-jackson.com
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