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Board of Directors
Nasim Beg
The board is chaired by Nasim Beg who has extensive experience of over forty years in financial services, both locally and internationally. Mr. Beg is the founding Chief Executive of Arif Habib Consultancy and was the founding Chief Executive of MCB-Arif Habib Savings (formerly Arif Habib Investments Limited), a leading Asset Management Company of Pakistan. He also serves on the Board of Summit Bank Limited, as well as being the founding Chairman of the SECP sponsored Institute of Capital Markets and has also been a Member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. Mr. Beg is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Pakistan (ICAP).
Nadeem Riaz
Mr. Nadeem Riaz, Director and representative of the Dolmen Group, is the Chairman of Dolmen Group and is also a member of both International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Middle East Council of Shopping Centers (MECSC). Mr. Riaz has experience of over 30 years in the real estate market. He has developed and managed renowned and award winning residential, commercial and retail projects. He is a pioneer in developing state of the art retail shopping malls in Pakistan, which transformed the dynamics of the retail industry.
Sajid Ullah Sheikh
Mr. Sajid is a Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and is currently Group CFO at the Dolmen Group, one of Pakistan's leading real estate group. Mr. Sajid started his career as Assistant Manager Audit at KPMG Taseer Hadi and Co. Chartered Accountants in 2007 and later joined Avery Dennison Pakistan (US fortune 500 company). His association with Dolmen Group started in 2011 and is now heading the finance function of number of other group companies as Group CFO.
Qamar Hussain
Independent Director
Mr. Qamar Hussain is an Independent Director. He previously served as the President of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP). He holds an MBA degree in International Business & Finance from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and has undergone extensive training in business leadership abroad. Mr. Husain started his banking career from Bank of America N.T. & S.A., Pakistan in 1981. Prior to joining NBP in 2009, he worked with American Express Bank Limited as Senior Director Global Credit, New York and earlier as Senior Director Country Manager, Bangladesh. He had also been associated with the Chase Manhattan Bank in Pakistan and USA.
Samad Habib
Mr. Samad Habib, a Director and a representative of the Arif Habib Group, is currently the Chief Executive of Javedan Corporation Limited. Javedan is an associate company of Arif Habib Corporation Ltd and is involved in developing housing projects across Karachi with almost 1,300 acres of land under ownership. Mr. Samad started his career with the Arif Habib Group, and has more than 15 years of experience, predominantly in financial services. He has served at various senior management roles including Executive Sales and Business Promotions, Company Secretary and Head of Marketing. He has also held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive of Arif Habib Limited. Mr. Habib holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Business Management (IoBM).
Faisal Nadeem Riaz
Mr. Faisal is a Director at the Dolmen Group, one of Pakistan's leading real estate organizations. He has been involved in the development, marketing and management of prime commercial and retail real estate projects including Dolmen Mall Clifton, currently the largest shopping center in Pakistan. Mr. Faisal started his career at Al Feroz (Private) Limited as Manager Special Projects in 2008 and associated with the development of Dolmen Mall Tariq Road, Dolmen Mall Hyderi, Dolmen Food Courts, The Harbour Front Office Tower and Dolmen Mall Clifton. He later served in the capacity of Director Leasing, for the Dolmen property portfolio. He is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at DPL property management, which manages over 1.5 million square feet of prime retail and commercial space.
Tayyaba Rasheed
Independent Director
Tayyaba Rasheed, an Independent Director, currently serving as Head of Investment Banking Group of Faysal Bank. She hold MBA degree In International Business and is also a Certified Chartered Financial Analyst and Financial Risk Manager. She brings with her over sixteen years of Corporate and Investment Banking experience and has been instrumental in driving some of the land mark Project Finance and Syndications deals to closure from the platform of National Bank of Pakistan and Faysal Bank Limited. She has worked in senior position at CIBG NBP and Bank Alfalah where she started her career as Management Trainee Officer."
Muhammad Ejaz
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Muhammad Ejaz, has over 20 years of experience in financial services and general management. Mr. Ejaz is a certified director and serves on the boards of several Arif Habib Group companies. He has served in senior positions at leading local and international banks and institutions including American Express, Engro, Emirates NBD, Union Bank, Faysal Bank and Saudi Pak Bank. Mr. Ejaz is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and holds an MBA degree from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA),
Mr. Tayyeb Afzal
Independent Director
Mr. Tayyeb Afzal is an Independent Director in Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management Limited. Tayyeb is a seasoned C-level executive with over 45 years of international experience in both industrial organizations, banking and professional accounting firms. Experienced in board level participation and leadership of audit committees, financial accounting & systems, management, strategic planning, IPO activity, M&A, and due diligence initiatives.
In Pakistan, he had served on the positions of Group Finance & Corporate Director and Advisor to the Chairman, in House of Habib, Chief Executive Officer of National Development Leasing Corporation, and Country General Manager at Faysal Islamic Bank of Bahrain EC (now Faysal Bank Limited). Prior to this he served as Vice President for Arab Banking Corporation in Bahrain.
Tayyeb Afzal is a Fellow Member (FCCA) of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the UK and an Associate Member (ACA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW) having professionally worked in the U.K., Canada, Middle East and Pakistan.

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Ph.D. University of Sussex
Amy Kenny received her PhD in early modern literature and culture from the University of Sussex for her thesis on Shakespeare's medical representation of the family. From 2009-2012, she was Research Coordinator at Shakespeare's Globe in London, where she was the chief dramaturge for 15 productions, and taught courses on theatrical practice and Shakespearean drama. She also conducted over 80 interviews with actors and directors on architecture, audiences, and performance, as part of an archival resource for future scholarship.
Her research focuses on how a robust understanding of the medical treatises and treatments available during the early modern period can shed light on the notion and representation of the humoral body, blood, and disease in Shakespeare's plays. In addition, she is interested in the semiotics of performance; how signs are codified and interpreted through and by the performance space and audiences.
In 2018, Amy will become co-editor of The Hare, a peer-reviewed, on-line academic journal of untimely reviews.
- Humoral Wombs on the Shakespearean Stage (under contract with Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science, and Medicine).
- "'A deal of stinking breath': The smell of contagion in the early modern playhouse" in Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage, ed. Mary Floyd-Wilson and Darryl Chalk (Ashgate, forthcoming).
- "The 'speaking Cleopatra boy': Performance of the Queen's two bodies on the early modern stage" in Shakespeare's Queens (Palgrave, 2018).
- 22 biographies in A Biographical Encyclopaedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650, eds. Carole Levin, Michelle Osherow and Anna Riehl Bertolet (Routledge, 2016).
- The Senses in Early Modern England, 1558-1660, ed. Simon Smith, Jacqueline Watson, and Amy Kenny (Manchester University Press, 2015).
- "'I hope 'twill make you laugh': Audience laughter at the Globe Theater" in Theatre Research International 40:1 (March 2015).
- "The Limits of the Known in Shakespeare" in Romanian Shakespeare Journal 2:2 (2015), 65-75.
- "'A feast of languages': the role of language in the Globe-to-Globe festival" in Multicultural Shakespeare 11:1 (December 2014).
- "Dramaturgy as Training: A Collaborative Model at Shakespeare's Globe" in The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy, ed. Magda Romanska (Routledge, 2014).
- "The Reconstructed Dramaturg" in Theatre Topics 24:1 (March 2014), with Casey Caldwell.
- "William Shakespeare" in Oxford Bibliographies in British and Irish Literature, with Andrew Hadfield (Oxford University Press: 2013).
- "Shakespeare's World Explained" in Globe Education: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hodder Education: 2011-12).


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Tasty, Tangy Kiwi Fruit Commonly known as the Chinese Gooseberry, Kiwifruit represents the marketing triumph of New Zealand Fruit Growers. The green flesh of the fruit is very appealing with a flavour that hints of Melon, Strawberry and Banana. When sliced thinly the fruit … [Read more...]
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Fruits of this tropical tree are simply enormous. Usually weighing 4 - 10 kilograms particular fruits can come in at 40 kilos. By any measure that one heck of a feast. Fruits are roughly oval in shape and. arise on main trunks and large old stems. The spiney outer skin is cut … [Read more...]
Jaboticaba – The Brazilian Tree Grape
The Brazilian tree grape is a little known fruit which should prove to be a winner for Perth's gardeners. Known as Jaboticaba, the tree is related to the pitanga or Brazilian cherry - its botanical name is Myrciaria caulifora. Apart from producing a sweet juicy fruit for eating … [Read more...]
The Icecream Bean Tree – Inga
The genus Inga is commonly referred to as Ice Cream Bean due to the characteristic white, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth pulp surrounding each seed. Palatability varies from species to species. In the humid sub-tropics of northern New South Wales, Inga mortoniana, of aU the species … [Read more...]
Grumichama – Eugenia dombeyi
Grumichama is another member of the myrtle family from South America that includes the pitanga, jaboticaba and feijoa. Other members of this adaptable family closer to home include the eucalyptus and the lilly pilly. Botanically known as Eugenia dombeyi, the grumichama is a … [Read more...]


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'I'm a girly girl,' says Lil' Kim. 'I'm strong but I'm very timid. Very dainty.'
This, it should be noted, is the same Lil' Kim who wrote Shut Up Bitch, Suck My D*** and How Many Licks. She's the New York rapper who took on hip hop's big boys, the pint-sized catwalk model who dresses like a hooker and gets into beefs with rivals.
The convicted perjurer who spent a year in prison after lying to a federal grand jury about a 2001 shooting. The member of Notorious BIG's Junior MAFIA who dated Biggie until he dumped her for Faith Evans. The diva who won a Grammy for chart-topping single Lady Marmalade, alongside Christina Aguilera, Pink and Mya.
Unfortunately, we can't really talk about these things. Half an hour before our scheduled interview – which coincides with her headlining the Lovebox Festival, her first British date since 2001 – a US publicist calls.
She tells me Lil' Kim will not answer questions about prison, Biggie, plastic surgery or her numerous feuds. Otherwise, the call will be terminated. 'I am doing this to protect my client,' says the publicist. 'Lil' Kim is a legend and she is in a different place now.'
I keep the questions inoffensive. Two members of her US management team and a faintly embarrassed British press officer are monitoring every word, ready to intervene if the Queen Bee is in any way traduced. I learn that Lil' Kim is, for the duration of this phone call, wearing a T-shirt, panties and a pair of Louis Vuitton slippers.
That she has a lot of shoes ('I have turned one of my bedrooms into a shoe closet'). That she has a tennis court in her backyard ('I suck at most sports but I love playing tennis. And volleyball. And I can do double dutch pretty well').
That she loves cooking tilapia fish ('with asparagus and rice'). That she had three beauty parlours (called Salon Se Swa By Queen B) but fell out with her business partner and now has only one, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
That she gets sick of outlandish press stories ('apparently I'm pregnant every damn month!') and that she's just done 'some next-level things' for a Hollywood movie but doesn't see any relationship between singing and acting.
'I ain't acting when I'm on stage,' she says. 'That's why all the little love bugs who'll come and see me at Lovebox love me. They know it's the real me.'
Just as things seem to be going well, I ask her what hip hop she likes at the moment, and the conversation grinds to a halt. 'Don't take this as a disrespect,' she says, haughtily, 'but I hate that kind of question.'
Why? 'When you are a real artist who is serious about your craft, you love good music. Period.'
Well, what music have you been listening to lately? 'Everything.'
Really? Opera? Free jazz? Thrash metal? 'Every type of sound.'
After several minutes of guff about 'good music being good music', she says she likes 2 Chainz, Drake, Gotye and some Justin Bieber songs, as if confiding a state secret. She also reveals that, although her upcoming album (as yet untitled and with no release date) has been produced by Shondrae 'Bangladesh' Crawford, it also features a collaboration with songwriter Diane Warren, queen of the power ballad.
'Nobody who knows Lil' Kim and Diane Warren would think that the two would record together,' she says. 'She gave me what I think is going to be one of the biggest songs ever. It's mainstream pop mixed with hip hop.'
Lil' Kim is still one of the very few major international female rap stars. Is hip hop an inhospitable arena for women?
'It can be but it's getting easier,' she says. 'That's where people like myself and Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill come in, 'cos we had to break that barrier. But think about it – all of us came through a man. Even Missy came in through Timbaland. So it's tough.'
Kim has become notorious for escalating petty feuds – with the likes of Foxy Brown and Nicki Minaj – to dangerous levels. Does she think she's had to exaggerate certain confrontational traits that we might describe as macho?
'I don't know,' she ponders. 'I'm the first woman to come into the industry who actually dressed like a fricking girl! Before me, women in hip hop were predominantly dressed baggy. Salt-n-Pepa were sexy but you never saw them in bikinis and bathing suits. I brought a different type of sexy.
'But, at the same time, you gotta get down and play with the guys. It's a great treat. It's like being a woman who can beat the guys at basketball and still get on the runway and look like a freaking drop-dead gorgeous model. That's what it's all about.'
Lil' Kim plays the Lovebox Festival on July 21. www.lovebox.net


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Sunday, November 2
Lights...Camera... SPF anyone?
A very helpful friend (one of three that even looks at this blog) suggested that I commit an act of self torture and take a self portrait for my profile. For the special occasion I located the mascara and just now realized that I forgot to put on the lip gloss I set aside. Many moons ago this was fun....and paid the bills. (Photos) At first I felt o.k. about the first one until I realized that part of the bun from my dinner was between my front teeth and then I looked at it a little longer....what the #$@& was I doing with my scarf? There shouldn't be any question why the second picture wasn't picked. The third picture I was nearing the end of sanity but at least Hello Kitty looked cute.
Oh sun goddess of the 90's what where you thinking? There are only so many things that I could have, should have about my past. Tonight one more was added to my list. (Mantra for tonight: SPF)
6 comments:
- Jill said...
I think your self-portraits look great! I hope you will become addicted to them.
I hear you on the SPF stuff. When I think of us lathering ourselves in baby oil and laying out at your pool all summer long it makes my head spin.
- November 2, 2008 at 9:48 AM
- Dacia said...
Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. We've been in Idaho for 3 years now and we love it here. What type of research are you going?
Your self portraits look great and like you had a lot of fun :)
- November 2, 2008 at 4:27 PM
- Janiece said...
Hi...Just popping in from Lelly's site and see you are going to join us as an SPT person!
You will love it!
Have a fantastic day!
- November 3, 2008 at 12:11 AM
- Laurie said...
Those are fabulous self-portraits! I haven't yet been able to bring myself to do one, but I'm trying trying trying!
I also love your header photo.
- November 3, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- Shirl said...
Ann - Just stopping. I like your blog and your sense of humor. I will be back, I look forward to reading more. Thanks for your comments of at my place. Shirl
- November 4, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- michelle said...
I think your profile pic is adorable!
- November 9, 2008 at 3:59 PM


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I agree on thoughts in this post. The testers should be really looking for the dataflow and analyze the root cause of data loss, the security glitches, the performance issues and so on. Last couple years, I switched over to end to test testing space in enterprise commerce testing over 20 to 30 applications in a data flow sequence. When I used to be on vertical applications, the integration played very limited role. But then I wanted to expand my horizon to see how the data flow worked between the integrated systems.
I transitioned over to being a QA data analyst from being a vertical tester. Sure, my automation contribution has reduced off late, but still thinking about ways to automate the end to end context, However, the point is I learned a whole lot about making integration between various applications seamless, which is a daunting task.
It becomes more so important to have the thorough E2E testing in supply chain management and interacting with umpteen number of systems from Quote to Contracts to Orders to Invoicing to Fulfillments eligibility and user access. Connect the dots and that would certainly end at what users could do and the kind of data they process day in and day out . Lets take an example that you booked 4 tickets on XYZ Airlines to travel international. What if the instructions to baggage systems were wrong? what if your transition in 2nd leg had only 3 tickets and missing one for your family member? What if their meal preferences were messed up on the 2nd or 3rd leg where you would be so hungry traveling long distance? and several other what if's. The Data flow analysis and testing plays crucial role that may or may not be efficiently automated. The goals is to see the same data flowing across the systems. Most vertical application level testing intends to mock up the data as input source, and that may or may not comprise the same set of data flowing from upstream and that wouldn't provide the good coverage there.
Testers should be adding value testing the right things that matters to the end users. And Developers writing the tests for the functional checking.


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The crème brûlée is a traditional French (and some say British) dessert, egg-yolk and cream based, that consists of a creamy rich mousse topped with sugar that gets burnt (caramelized) to create a crunchy crust on top. The contrast between the top crunch and the soft and gooey interior is charming.
Here we made it in its most classical version. From this base, you can make a whole variety of crème brûlée(s): with chocolate or mint or fruit flavors etc. Enjoy.
Last year: Simple chocolate brownies with walnuts, Corn tortillas without masa harina (experiment) and Huevos Rancheros (Mexican).
Ingredients (serves 4):
- 500 ml cream (30% fat)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 pinch of salt
- 55 g sugar
- 4 extra tablespoons sugar for decorating (and burning)
Preheat oven to 150 degrees C. Put a large pot of water to boil. In the meantime, combine the cream, sugar and salt in a saucepan over medium heat.
Stir once in while until water begins to evaporate from it. In a bowl, combine the yolks with the vanilla until well blended:
Pour the hot cream over the yolks, a little at a time, until all is combined. Put the resulting cream in 4 individual ramekins or small serving bowls (heatproof). Put the ramekins in a deep tray and pour the hot water in the tray until it reaches 1/2 of the ramekin height.
Put them in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. After they cool, cover them with something and let them chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours:
When you're ready to serve them, put a little sugar on top of each one and burn it with a torch or place them under the oven's grill for 3-4 minutes. It's done, dig in! :)


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South Shore Train
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The South Shore train travels from South Bend to Millennium Station in Chicago with 20 stations along the way. Local stations include in Hammond, Gary and East Chicago. Parking is free at most stations. Visit the Field Museum of Natural History, Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium and Soldier Field - home to the Chicago Bears - by taking the train to the Museum Campus/11th Street station in Chicago. Millennium Station at Randolph St. in Chicago is near Millennium Park, the Loop and North Michigan Avenue shopping. For the Museum of Science and Industry, you would get off at the 57th Street station. Visit nictd.com for a list of train stations, schedules and fares.


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Pemberton Township Accident Lawyers Fight Insurance Companies in New Jersey Personal Injury Cases
Many accident victims think the insurance company is on their side and will protect them in the event of a serious personal injury. No matter how nice or compassionate they sound on the phone, the insurance company is not on your side and they are not your friend. They are only concerned about doing everything in their power to maximize their profits and minimize their liability. They often undervalue the true extent of an accident victim's injuries and do everything possible to contest personal injury claims. And since the insurance company usually has vast resources at their disposal, they know they can afford to fight your claim and use stall and delay tactics. In the meantime, you will be forced to wait for compensation while the medical bills and other expenses pile up. That's why it is imperative that you not delay in contacting an experienced personal injury attorney who knows how to negotiate with insurance companies and fight personal injury cases in court.
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Even if you do everything right while operating a car on a NJ roadway, you may still be injured in a serious car accident. Sometimes it's impossible for you to avoid being hit by a drunk driver. It's also possible that you lost control of your car because the roads were in poor shape during the wintertime. Regardless of the cause of your car accident, you now face significant medical expenses and a potentially lengthy period of physical recovery. NJ law allows injured drivers to sue for damages, but the law is extremely complicated. That's why you should consult a knowledgeable personal injury lawyer about your motor vehicle accident case. An experienced lawyer can investigate your car accident and help you navigate the complex legal system, which involves legal issues as well as insurance issues. For example, since New Jersey is a "comparative negligence" state, your lawyer will have to show that you were not more than 50 percent responsible for the car accident that resulted in your injuries or property damage.
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If you or a loved one has sustained injuries because of someone else's negligence, you need an attorney who will do what is needed to win your case and get you the compensation you deserve. The skilled attorneys at Garber Law have more than 30 years of experience representing clients in NJ personal injury cases, so we know the advanced legal strategies needed to win in the courtroom. Call us now to arrange a free consultation at our NJ office.


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You can now see drivers, pilots, shelters, and rescues plotted on Google Maps as you are building your transport to help you find resources to assist you.
Mouse over the icon and you will see additional information pertaining to that driver, pilot, shelter or rescue.


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Laser Genesis / Laser Skin Resurfacing in Sterling Heights, MI
What is laser skin resurfacing?
Laser skin resurfacing (laser genesis, pearl fractional laser) is a safe, effective, and minimally invasive procedure used to naturally rejuvenate the skin by targeting damaged tissue and stimulating the skin's production of new collagen. If you are interested in laser skin resurfacing, schedule a free consultation with our dermatology experts in Sterling Heights, Michigan by filling out the form on this page.
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Troy Laser Center in Sterling Heights, Michigan offers three different laser skin resurfacing treatments, which can help minimize wrinkles and address other aesthetic concerns, such as acne scars, enlarged pores, uneven skin tone, and redness.
Pearl Fractional Laser
Pearl Fractional Laser therapy utilizes a fractional ablative laser to treat moderate to deep facial wrinkles, sun-damaged skin, and acne scars. Fractional laser therapy can be used on the entire face and is uniquely effective in treating wrinkles around the eyes and the mouth. It delivers dramatic results in a single treatment, with results comparable to CO2 laser resurfacing, but with only one week of recovery.
Laser Genesis
Laser Genesis therapy utilizes a non-invasive Cutera laser to target fine lines and wrinkles, large pores, uneven skin texture, and to diffuse mild rosacea and acne scars. Laser Genesis can be performed on the face, chest, neck, and hands. This laser skin rejuvenation treatment works by gently heating up the upper dermis well below your skin's surface where it stimulates collagen regrowth. Additional heat is generated in dilated capillaries to reduce redness and minimize rosacea. There is virtually no downtime following laser genesis treatment at our Sterling Heights, Michigan practice.
Photofacial / IPL
Photofacial / IPL is a broadband flash lamp using multiple pulses of light to rejuvenate damaged skin. This laser skin resurfacing treatment is especially effective in treating the face, chest, and hands. Treatment is customized by selecting a wave that targets either brown or red pigment or both at the same time. This significantly improves sun damage including brown pigmentation and red blotchy complexion. Immediately following the laser skin rejuvenation, brown spots will start to darken and crust. Within a week to two weeks, the spots will flake off and fade. Diffused redness or telangiectasia and rosacea will decrease.
Why is laser skin resurfacing performed?
Anti-aging laser skin resurfacing may be used to address concerns such as:
- Fine and deep wrinkles
- Large pores
- Uneven skin texture or color
- Acne scars
- Rosacea
- Sun damage
- Pigmentation
What does anti-aging laser skin resurfacing involve?
All of our laser skin resurfacing procedures are performed in-office at Troy Laser Center under medical supervision.
During Laser Genesis treatment, a controlled Cutera laser will be applied to the targeted skin area, heating up the upper dermis below the skin's surface, and generating the production of new collagen. During Pearl Fractional laser therapy, controlled laser pulses will be applied to the targeted skin area, placing tiny punctures in the skin to selectively remove columns of damaged tissue. Surrounding skin is left intact, which shortens healing time and speeds up the recovery process. Following the laser rejuvenation treatment, new collagen is created, effectively plumping the skin from within and reversing aging.
Pearl Fractional patients typically see results following just one session. Patients who have more damaged skin may require one additional session to see optimal results. With Laser Genesis, being minimally invasive, patients will require more sessions in order to see effective results.
What are the advantages of Laser Genesis?
Advantages of undergoing Laser Genesis treatment at Troy Laser Center in Sterling Heights, Michigan include:
- Non-invasive procedure
- Virtually no downtime — a "lunchtime procedure"
- Effective, long-lasting results
- Performed in-office under medical supervision
What are the advantages of Pearl Fractional Laser?
Advantages of undergoing Pearl Fractional (laser skin resurfacing) treatment at Troy Laser Center include:
- Minimally invasive procedure
- Look up to 10 years younger with one session
- Effective, long-lasting results
- Performed in-office under medical supervision
Laser Genesis – Before & After
Pearl Fractional Laser – Before & After
If you are interested in anti-aging laser skin resurfacing treatment with Laser Genesis, IPL and/or Pearl Fractional Laser, the first step is to consult with the expert laser technicians at Troy Laser Center. Call our office today at (586) 979-5100, ext. 3. You may also use the form on this page to send an inquiry directly to our Sterling Heights, MI office.


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4 Eyes Ltd - Tax Solutions is an international provider of VAT, Customs and Excise services and is the UK member of a leading European indirect tax network with member firms throughout Europe. 4 Eyes Ltd specialises in facilitating the operations of international corporations trading in the UK and Europe and also in the provision of expert indirect taxation services to UK businesses. We cover all aspects of indirect tax, including compliance and training, assisting EU VAT recovery and advice on more complex transactions.
4 Eyes Ltd consultants also test supply chain integrity for indirect tax and a range of other compliance regimes including anti money laundering and Intellectual Property Rights.
4 Eyes Ltd is playing an active role in preparing its clients for the Brexit transition.
4 Eyes Ltd prides itself on its commitment to enhancing its clients business; offering a personal service, speedy response and top quality solutions which take into account the specific needs and characteristics of your business. Our consultants include a former Assistant Chief Investigation Officer in HM Customs & Excise (now HM Revenue & Customs) and indirect tax experts, specialising in VAT and Customs Duty issues.
VAT Services
- VAT compliance
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- VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS)
- International network
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- UK fiscal agency and representation
- Professional assistance and VAT second opinion
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A study by PFC Energy, the respected consultancy, shows world oil supplies might well fall behind growing demand in the long term as political factors limit production capacity increases in key producing nations.
FT.com / World - Politics and easy profits signal global oil crunch.
The study, as reported in the Financial Times, describes how key national oil companies, Kuwait's is one of them, are not making proper investment to insure sufficient oil supplies in the future. This is due to either not seeing the need to make such investments with the windfall from current fields or political factors preventing entry of technologically advanced international oil companies.
The report lists Kuwait and Russia as stagnant producers, on the other hand lists Saudi Arabia as an expanding producer. The report points to the political infighting preventing entry of international oil companies to Kuwait.
When will the political infighting end to bring about desperately needed assistance from international companies to develop our oil fields? While it is ambitious for national oil companies to be compared with international oil companies, why isn't Kuwait's KPC up to the standards of other national oil companies such as Saudi's Aramco? Important questions without answers.


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On a side note from the last post: I forgot to mention that we happened to camp in a "dry town" in Nebraska. I didn't even know such things existed! Apparently it is a Mennonite community and there is no alcohol sold or allowed.
Anyway, we made our way up to Alliance, Nebraska to Carhenge, a twist on Stonehenge. The pictures are below. We stayed at our first RV park that didn't have any bathrooms. Even in Mexico, they have pit toilets. Oh well. We also saw our first herd of Antelope along this trip in Nebraska, but no luck spying prairie dogs.
South Dakota-We saw so many herds of Antelope that we quit counting, they were everywhere. We also saw deer, but I was too slow to get good pictures of them. We had a really good time here. The weather is still pretty good, so we were able to do a lot of fun stuff. We stopped at the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs. This was a pretty cool spot where they have a large display of mammoth bones that were discovered in a sink hole. The building is covered to preserve them, so it is fairly unique. We also went to the Crazy Horse Monument, which I didn't think looked that much more complete than when I saw it as a kid, but it was still cool. Then, off to Mt. Rushmore. Bob had been to see it about 50 years ago and the park itself is a bit different. The best part is, we are here off the tourist season, so there are no crowds. From here we went to Deadwood. We stayed here two days and had so much fun. We did a few tourist things such as visiting Wild Bill Hicock's grave and Saloon #10, where is supposedly where he was shot. The original saloon burned down, so this is the new replica. They have gambling halls in deadwood, so we had to check them out. We got in a slot machine tournament, Bob took 2nd place, and overall came out with more money than we spent. The most interesting thing we came across was an Adult Bingo game. Bob jokingly asked if it was strip bingo, and they said no, but the prizes alternated between drinks and sex toys. WHAT? It was for charity, so a good cause and buy in was only $5.00. In case you are wondering, we didn't win. On our way out of South Dakota we went through Sturgis to see it during downtime. It is hard to imagine the estimated 1 million people that they are expecting this year at the motorcycle rally.


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Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) makes an excellent addition to the edible home garden -- this cool-season veggie thrives in diverse climates, enjoys soil and weather conditions commonly found across the U.S. and has plenty of uses in the kitchen. You have numerous options when it comes to this vitamin-rich annual veggie, including "Happy Rich" (Brassica oleracea "Happy Rich") and "Purple Peacock" (Brassica oleracea "Purple Peacock") broccoli, two broccoli-kale hybrids that have a host of differences, despite sharing the same family.
Miniature-sized crowns -- about 2 inches across -- and flowing, spindly stems define "Happy Rich" broccoli, which feature large, chunky florets. These plants have a dark green coloration, a sharp contrast to the deep purple of "Purple Peacock's" stems and the fuchsia veins of its gray-green leaves. "Peacock's" light violet crowns are larger than "Rich's," growing up to 6 inches wide, but its florets grow less densely. Both plants feature thick, broad kale-like leaves that surround their central stems, although "Happy Rich" leaves have smooth edges and "Purple Peacock's" grow in a serrated fashion.
Planting and Conditions
Both "Happy Rich" and "Purple Peacock" plants require the same planting conditions. They tolerate soils with a pH range of about 6.0 to 6.8 and prefer row spacing of 18 to 36 inches. They thrive in sandy soils and flourish under full sunlight exposure. Plant these hybrids out in early spring if transplanting seedlings, or start seeds in mid- to late summer. Start seeds in autumn if you live in a warm region.
Growth Habits
"Purple Peacock" broccoli takes a bit more time to reach maturity than its "Happy Rich" cousin, at roughly 55 days for the latter and 70 days for the former. Once the crowns appear, each plant can produce for a couple of months. Likewise, mature plants of each variety reach maximum heights of about 30 inches. After cutting the main head, "Happy Rich" and "Purple Peacock" both continue to produce numerous side shoots.
Taste and Usage
Because they each feature large, leafy foliage, both "Happy Rich" and "Purple Peacock" broccoli are used more like kale than regular broccoli in the kitchen. Their leaves and small crowns lend themselves to steaming, boiling or eating raw, and they work in side salads, soups and stews or as a bed of greens. Both plants have a sweet taste, although the leaves of the "Purple Peacock" offer more tenderness, especially when young.


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Brandt Crocker - DCI Hall of Fame
Brandt Crocker
Inducted in 2010
"On the starting line..."
The moment his voice begins to echo through the stadium, you know exactly who it is - Brandt Crocker, "The Voice of DCI" since 1972. Millions have heard him announce the corps taking the field, whether live at a DCI event or on PBS and ESPN2 broadcasts.
"For life-long drum corps fans, it's practically impossible to imagine a DCI World Championship without hearing Brandt's enthusiasm over the stadium public address system," DCI Staff Writer Michael Boo wrote. "It is an iconic sound that belongs distinctively to Drum Corps International, an auditory touchstone that carries the same power to evoke drum corps memories as diesel fumes or the sound of a drum line warming up."
According to Dan Potter, DCI announcer and Field Pass podcast host, Crocker has been at every DCI World Championship, excepting four years. James Paxton, Tour and Event Partner coordinator for the DCI Summer Music Games of Southwest Virginia, wrote that he stumbled upon Crocker in a chance encounter of a PBS broadcast on television. As a band director, he said students who participated in drum corps spoke of the thrill and pride in being announced by 'the Voice.'
Before DCI was formed, Crocker was helping the late Jim Jones manage the Troopers when Jones and 12 other corps directors formed DCI. Brandt announced the first World Championships at Whitewater, Wis. with virtually no script. He began simply with "On the starting line..." and the rest is history.
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As the number of DG installations increases, though, complexities for utilities increase, as well.
By: Jeff Smith and Alison Patelski
Distributed generation ("DG") installations are growing exponentially. We expect the United States to hit one million cumulative residential solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the next two years, making the 2016 market 10 times larger than the 2010 market. As the number of DG installations increases, though, complexities for utilities increase, as well.
How will utilities manage the growth of distributed generation installations in their territories? With decreasing technology costs coupled with the increase in regulatory/RPS requirements, utilities will not have much time to prepare for exponential growth. Technology is one way to prepare and manage the influx of interconnection/net metering requests that come with DG installations. Implementing a distributed generation management system ("DGMS") is the first step in successfully managing and capturing the DG system information.
Valuable enrollment, asset management, and forecasting benefits
A DGMS can enable electronic enrollment, manage the distribution of DG asset data to all utility operation and planning systems, and provide utilities with the ability to forecast the impact of customers' DG systems in real time.
The electronic submission has built-in smart features that include field-based error checking, auto-fill, and a completeness review. These features improve the accuracy of applications and reduce the number of incomplete/inaccurate applications submitted to the utility. Additionally, the DGMS tracks applications throughout the review process and sends notifications of application status to both the system owner and contractor. By communicating with the customer, the utility increases transparency related to the review process.
In addition to supporting electronic enrollment, the DGMS helps utilities manage DG asset data. Today, most DG system data is tracked in disparate systems spread across various utility functions. The DGMS provides a central repository for all data related to DG systems. It can also integrate with existing IT/OT systems to collect an accurate representation of the DG installations. By housing all the data in a central location, utilities can improve the accuracy of regulatory reports submitted to public utility commissions, generate regular reports for other departments, and maintain a comprehensive and current view of all distributed generation on the grid.
A third DGMS benefit is the ability to forecast the impact of DG systems in real time. DG system data in the DGMS coupled with weather data allows utilities to predict output at a given time. Tracking and anticipating renewable distributed generation, especially rooftop solar, is very helpful to utilities—whether for immediate (load balancing) or near-term (capacity) planning. Utilities will understand the impact of the DG systems on the grid at different times of the day and can use the information to guide procurement teams in adjusting power purchasing at different times.
As the distributed generation market continues to grow, utilities can realize these benefits of a DGMS system to manage all distributed generation assets.
West Monroe Partners has successfully delivered DGMS solutions with its utility partners. For more information, visit ConnecttheGrid or contact us.


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Welcome to our Tricep Pushups Exercise Instruction Guide!
On this page you'll learn how to do this Pushups variation using the correct technique. Below you'll find pictures, exercise instructions, and tips on how to get the most out of this and other Tricep Exercises so you can immediately add to your Arm Workouts.
Have you checked out our list of the Best Tricep Exercises yet? See if this Tricep Exercise made the list.
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|Tricep Pushups
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This Weight Training Exercise is a variation of Standard Pushups, but specifically targets your triceps using a close hand base. To emphasize your chest muscles, see our Chest Exercises main page, our pushups exercise instruction guide, and/or some of these pushups variations:
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Follower-3 is up on Amazon!
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The Follower-3 PDF is Ready!! Only $9.99 for All Delta-5 Keys
This book has the Delta-5 digits and the Delta-3 NUMBER for all 220 box numbers in the Pick 3 game. If you recall, the Delta-3 number is a single (ONE) "super follower" that tends to hit after a number – and every number in the Pick 3 game has its own Delta-3 number. This book […]
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I am giving this one away for FREE. If you play the Ontario Canada numbers, I suggest you play 582 straight in August. Below is the output of the Straight Group Matching 300 program. To understand the theory this straight number system is based on, read THIS BOOK. Straight Group Matching 300 300 Numbers used: 582 […]


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The Glass Family organized Jeremy's Run in Olney, Maryland in memory of their son Jeremy Glass who tragically died from a drug addiction (please take a moment to read his memorial story). Jeremy's mother Cyndi Glass works tirelessly to organize and promote the annual event, which attracts hundreds of participants.
The event is not only a fundraiser, but also helps increase awareness about the disease of addiction and shed light on the unfortunate stigma that is too-often associated with it. Proceeds are generously donated to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, and we could not be more grateful.
Californian Andy Blasquez challenged himself to participate in the Sonoma Echelon Gran Fondo, a 75 mile cycling event, in order to help raise awareness and support. He shared that the arduous conditions and high heat almost had him give up on the long ride, but "something special happened. I realized that for my charity, the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, and their beneficiaries, they don't get to just stop." Andy explained, "Stopping was no longer a privilege that I was going to afford myself. It wasn't my spirit that got me up, out of the dirt and back on my feet, but the heartache that I feel for people who have been through a hell I'll never know. I did it for the heartache that I need to prevent for the next family… and the next."


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12 Apr Bicep & Shoulder Superset Workout
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This is a great workout for you to do at home or at the gym with dumbbells. We will be doing four bicep movements and four shoulder movements. Choose a weight that challenges you, but make sure you are able to control the exercise and not break form.
Feel free to take longer rest in between exercises if you need to or if your goals include bulking and hypertrophy (building big muscles).
Take modifications if you need to! This workout is meant to help you, not hurt you!


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More than 350 facilities are approved by the department to provide blood services. One and a quarter million blood components are prepared annually. Approximately 90% of the blood is collected at blood centers, with the remainder collected by approximately about a dozen hospitals and a small number of independent facilities.
Informational materials on blood services, including guidelines and recommendations, are developed and made available to the public and to regulated parties as appropriate. The Program monitors errors and accidents involving blood for transfusion.


text: Kali Parmley - January 23, 2018 SHOT Show 2018: Best New Hunting and Camping Gear As per usual, the 2018 SHOT Show was packed with new gear including these must-have hunting and camping products.Primos Double Bull SurroundView BlindThis blind is making waves and being dubbed the "first blind without a blind spot." Covered in a new material called SurroundView, the technology allows it to function like a two-way mirror: You can see through it, but nothing can see in it. A tiny pin-hole pattern tricks human and animal eyes into focusing on the camo, making the holes invisible from the outside. Primos has also created the SurroundView App, an augmented reality app that allows users to "set up" their blind with their phone to determine optimal shooting angles and concealment. Primos Double Bull SurroundView Blind Camp Chef SmokePro SG Pellet Grill Tired of your grill and smoker taking up double the room on your back porch? Camp Chef has solved that problem by combining the two. The new SmokePro SG Pellet Grill features slide and grill technology, allowing users to smoke low and slow while a simple lever opens the fire box for direct flame grilling. Dual meat probes are built into the LED digital control panel while Smart Smoke Technology helps users maintain a consistent temperature range from 160F to 500F. Camp Chef SmokePro SG Pellet Grill Benchmade AltitudeMade for backcountry hunters who count every ounce, the new Altitude fixed blade knife from Benchmade weighs 1.67 ounces and is 2.2 millimeters thick. The drop-point blade measures three inches and features carbon fiber scales to help maintain control of the skeleton knife. Available in either blaze orange or black. The blaze orange version comes with Kydex sheath outfitted in First Lite Fusion camo. Best part: Benchmade has teamed up with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and with every purchase of the orange Altitude, they will donate a portion of the sales to help the fight in protecting public land access. Benchmade Altitude Mystery Ranch PackBuilding on their line of women's specific hiking packs, Mystery Ranch has created women's specific harnessing to pair with two of their most popular hunting packs, the Metcalf and Pintler. Custom designed to feature narrower shoulder pads to form to the female body, the straps are curved to alleviate friction points. Through the use of chest straps found on the Metcalf and Pintler, women are able to adjust accordingly for a perfect fit. Mystery Ranch has also teamed with Sitka to offer both packs in GORE OPTIFADE Subalpine camo. Between Sitka's women's specific line of hunting gear, and Mystery Ranches women's harnessing, female hunters are perfectly set for backcountry hunting. Mystery Ranch Pack Browning Hell's Canyon Speed Backcountry FM Gore-Windstopper JacketFor the first time in 10 years, Browning and Gore-Tex are teaming to add to Browning's Hell's Canyon line of performance hunt wear. Building on their A-TACS AU (Arid/Urban) camo from last year, Browning has developed the A-TACS TD-X (Tree/Dirt Extreme) camouflage to conceal big game hunters in densely wooded terrain. The Speed jacket is made of a 3-layer Gore Windstopper fabric that is water resistant, windproof, and breathable. The jacket has handwarmer pockets, two chest pockets, and a harness port. To cut down on bulk, the Hell's Caynon Speed jacket is made with Browning's HeroFit Trim. Browning Hell's Canyon Speed Backcountry FM Gore-Windstopper Jacket Sitka WadersAdding to their waterfowl line of clothing, Sitka has developed a line of waders for wingshooters. The Delta Wader is made to last from warm early season to cold late-season weather. The wader has Lacrosse Aeroform insulated boots with reinforced foam pads on the shins and knees to withstand abuse breaking through ice and brush. The Delta Wader features adjustable, no-buckle shoulder straps, water resistant zippered storage pockets, and high handwarmer pockets. Sitka Waders Filson Mossy Oak Mackinaw Wool Field JacketThe leather goods and clothing company is stepping into the big game realm of hunting gear. The Mackinaw Wool Field Jacket from Filson is made of a wool/cotton blend in the well-recognized Mossy Oak Bottomlands camo. The jacket has an adjustable waste, full zip front, wool/nylon blend cuffs, and zip-close hand warmer pockets. This thick wool field jacket is your next best friend on cold late season hunts. Filson Mossy Oak Mackinaw Wool Field Jacket Danner WayfinderMade specifically for female hunters, the Danner Wayfinder boots are made with a lace-to-toe design to hold your feet securely in place when traversing tough terrain. The Wayfinder is made with suede and nylon uppers and features Danner's Plyolite midsole for extra comfort. Hunting late season? No problem. The boots are available with 400G Thinsulate Ultra Insulation. Available in a solid brown pattern or Mossy Oak Break-Up Country. Danner Wayfinder GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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This beaded, curve-hugging fit and flare dress from Essense of Australia is the perfect plus size wedding dress for your romantic wedding day! With a face-framing sweetheart neckline, this Lace and Organza shows off all your curves. Artfully-placed lace and linear beading throughout the gown create flattering shapes, and add a layer of romance to this sweet silhouette. The train on this dress features a scalloped-lace edge, and comes with the option of lace-up closure or zip-up beneath fabric buttons.
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We're not done yet with nausea, vomiting, running and screaming! And that's just what this movie will do to you, not the zombies. Pandemic is coming! A new poster and trailer have arisen for the … Continue Reading ->
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The episode opens as a man in a vest has a staring contest with an owl. This looks as strange as it sounds. Then he hears the yelling of a child from the hallway, and sees a wall bulge outwards as if Jake Busey were hiding behind it. So I guess he's got a mental disorder? Or perhaps this is a dream?
He tears down the wallpaper and finds that behind it is a wall of meat, which promptly swallows his arm-
Well, this is certainly unusual for an episode of Criminal Minds. Are we sure I didn't accidentally turn on an episode of Supernatural? Or did Matthew Gubler just direct two episodes this year?
It turns out to have just been a bad dream, as the man, looking quite different with a flannel shirt and messy hair, wakes up coated in sweat. He rushes to a nearby phone to call for a doctor, and the voice on the phone announces that there's a doctor in room 209. Which seems like a weird thing for an operator to do. Is she just another figment of his imagination?
Then things get still stranger, as the show cuts immediately from him walking through the suspiciously ajar door 209 to a bunch of police officers running through the woods at night with pistols and flashlights. Their dogs lead them to an arm, which proves to have no body attached to it! It does, however have the same ring that its middle finger that the confused man was wearing in the last scene!
There's another hard cut, this one to Reid, who's presenting Joe with his theory of the case - people are being abducted in small towns around Rapid City, South Dakota, and then being cut up and having their body parts strewn about the woods! Apparently local police didn't know about the connection because one of the bodies was dumped inside a reservation, which is a completely different jurisdiction.
Since the brutal reservation murder is and FBI matter it should have been investigated already, but the characters note that the FBI doesn't really care what happens on reservations ever since two FBI agents were murdered in one back in the 70s. Which is true, and kind of super-unprofessional of them.
When listing the things that they 'know', Garcia mentions that there was no evidence of robbery or sexual assault. Um... the two bodies were stripped of their clothes, dismembered, and the pieces dropped in the woods. Did the killer also leave their full-of-cash wallets next to the bodies? It seems like you're basing the 'no robbery' on the fact that one of them was still wearing a single ring, but there's any number of reasons a killer could have left that on. Not the least of which being how singularly weird it looks to see a hand with just one ring on the middle finger.
The team notices that it was strange that the bodies weren't stripped by animals. It seems that they were full of poison, which explain the rough night the guy was having at the start of the episode! There's also strange welts all over the most recent victim's back, which resemble something called 'cupping' from holistic medicine. I'll just take their word for it, since it sounds like something I don't want to look up.
Meanwhile, over in Rapid city, a guy is about to leave a bar when a woman in a creepy old-timey dress asks him to walk her to her car, so as to avoid her abusive ex-boyfriend. Is he the next to be abducted by her evil cult? I don't have any proof that she's a strange cultist of course, but she did go into a bar in this dress-
Wearing minimal makeup and no jewelry but a picture locket. It's weird. Also, considering this episode is set in April in South Dakota, they seem badly underdressed.
She flirts with the guy a little, and notices that he's driving a rental car. She invites him to stay at her motel rather than the dump he's currently at, since that's where all of her murder supplies are. Naturally she doesn't say that part, but we know it's true, since she clearly has the same voice as the woman from the phone.
Over at the lodge she comes on to him while her partner watches through a hole in the wall! Is this going to be an adaptation of that true-life story of the motel owner who built an entire motel just so he could spy on people? Only now he's also a serial killer?
I guess we'll find out after the credits!
While on the plane, the team notices that both the victims look quite similar, although since they were both in the logging industry in South Dakota, maybe it's not strange that they're both fit white guys. Also the credits show me that the evil lady is played by Angela Bettis, star of terrible film May! So the episode is casting another horror notable!
Oh, and Reid is half-asleep on the plane, because he hasn't been able to sleep since his girlfriend got murdered that one time. Fair enough.
Joe and Reid go to meet the local detective on the case (Claudia Christian!), and Reid criticizes her for not having done more work on the case already. Um... yesterday they found the pieces of a man strewn about the woods, today they found out he was the second victim of a serial killer. This has been a serious case for less than 24 hours, how many files and pictures were you expecting?
Also, there's a bit of comedy where she assumes that Joe, the older man is the one who should be called 'Doctor', but Joe corrects her. Once again reinforcing the idea that Reid's need to set himself apart from the team is an immature affectation that's actively damaging the first impression he makes on people.
Claudia points out that since the reservation is outside of her jurisdiction, she hasn't been able to get anyone to talk yet. Which would be a point, if she didn't find out the victim existed like four hours ago. Seriously, you don't have to make excuses, Claudia - you found about this victim in the same phone call where you learned that the FBI was coming to buffalo you out of the investigation - what work were you supposed to do in that amount of time?
Greg and Derek are out at the body disposal site, asking about people who are ticked off at loggers, wondering who might know about the wolf den that the corpse was left near. Seems like a stretch to suggest that the killer planned to have the body dealt with by wolves. That's an incredibly inconvenient way to try to dispose of a corpse.
Then it's over to the motel, where the guy has survived his night of passion with Angela! He's out on the patio, in fact, being served breakfast! Oh, and the credit confirms that this was a Gubler joint, which makes me hope that the music gets way better soon, since up until this point it's been completely generic Criminal Minds stuff.
The guy gets questioned by a solicitous maid/waitress, given advice by the creepy guy with bad teeth at the next table, and there's weird-looking old man gathering dirty dishes inside the restaurant area. Who could the voyeur be? We get a clue in the dialogue between waitress and bus boy - apparently Angela is married to some kind of an invalid! Could they be a seduce and murder team?
At the station we get an update on the poison - they were given black nightshade, a toxic hallucinogen! Also they were held captive alive for at least 48 hours, if one compares when they were last seen to when they apparently died. Derek and Joe arrive with the wolf den hypothesis - which wins the night's Prentiss Award!
So your theory is that in order to protect wolf habitats, a group of people kidnapped some loggers, poisoned them until they were dead, cut up their corpses, then left the corpses next to the wolf den in the hopes of poisoning the wolves?
Also, only one of the victims was found anywhere near the wolf den. This feels like your most tenuous theory ever. Even Derek thinks it's silly - if you want to make a point out of killing people, why hide the bodies?
That night at the lodge, Angela comes to see her guy, but he's feeling woozy - he was poisoned at breakfast! So perhaps the waitress or cook are in on it? Maybe not the waitress, she's only been their a month. Although, that's when the murders started...
Angela 'treats' his poisoning, and the next morning gives him a suspicious liquid to drink. While she's offering him the cup, he notices a giant burn on the inside of her right arm, and suggests that she should leave town if her ex-boyfriend is such a monster. She explains that her boy is buried in town, and that she could never leave him.
It's a nice reveal and all, but not really logical - at this point in the story these characters have had sex twice. He's only just now noticing the monstrous scar covering up the entire underside of her forearm? Just tweak the dialogue so that he's finally asking her about it. This isn't that hard, people.
The guy tries to get a start on the day by opening the drapes, but Angela explains that her auto-immune disease has damaged her eyes, which is why she only works nights. She also starts to talk about how she deserves pain because she failed to save her son. It's at this point that the megadose of poison she gave the guy kicks in, causing him to fall through a glass coffee table.
Say what you will, Gubler episodes are always way more interesting than the rest. When is he going to make a movie?
Greg, Derek and Jeanne are out at the logging camp, just finishing their inquiries (they found nothing!) when Garcia calls! She found a local naturopath who was charged with poisoning people using the same drug that killed the victims! It happened eight years ago - could the victim have been the son that Angela failed to protect and heal?
The other detective on the case (why are there two? Seems like Claudia could have just had this guy's lines) tells them about the fact that the guy has disappeared. He was supposed to arrive for a climb this morning, but didn't show!
They have the voicemail he left his friend, complete with bar noise in the background, so it's a simple matter to track him to the place where Angela approached him!
At the bar, Joe talks to a woman that approached the army guy (he was in the army!) and was turned down. Joe wonders why - could he be gay? JJ assures Joe that he wasn't, because his sister and best friend would have known about it. Seems like a stretch, though - while Don't Ask, Don't Tell was over by the time this episode was made, the guy had been in the army more than three years, so he could have been closeted when joining, and wanted to protect his career by keeping the secret.
Still, they jump right to the conclusion that the unsub is a woman, even though they have no reason to believe that the woman he left with (if, in fact, he did leave with a woman) is in any way connected with his disappearance. They could have been making out at a lover's lane when murderers accosted them, for all the team knows.
Despite this, they assume that he would go for someone he could protect, since, as a military guy, he would want a woman whose relative helplessness made him feel more masculine, reinforcing the cultural stereotypes they're assuming he hoped to live up to.
Derek and Jeanne go to see the Naturopath, who explains that he made an herbal pesticide for someone, and had no idea it was going to be used to murder a dog. He also offers to get them a list of anyone in the area who would be capable of making the poison.
Jeanne then notices the 'cupping' chart on the wall, and asks to see one of the large cups used in it. The Naturopath brings one out, and it convinces Jeanne that the whole thing is somehow about fertility. Which is kind of a screw-up on the prop-makers chart.
This is the chart - the green splotches are both the size and placement of the wounds on the victim's back. And the cups the doctor shows them-
Are clearly the 5cm ones mentioned on the chart.
Obviously the person doing the cupping could be going from a different idea of how cupping works, but since Jeanne is basing her conclusion entirely on this chart, she should be assuming that the treatment was 'vitality'-related, rather than focused on helping fertility. This is a prop mistake rather than a writing one, but still. Rookie error, peeps.
Time for a profile! The team announces that the killer is looking to replace a lost child, and probably blames the original father for the child's absence, which is why she's killing the replacement genetic donors! No one questions why the murders and abductions are so close together if she's trying to get pregnant. Shouldn't she be only abducting and killing people at certain times of the month when she's more likely to conceive?
They also say that she'll likely be feigning an illness to gain sympathy - this isn't really based on anything, so it counts as a cheat - and that she probably has a partner to help her dispose of the heavy body parts. They also guess that she's in her 30s, because of the sophistication of her scheme, but not older than 40, because she's trying to get pregnant. I take issue with the second half of that suggestion, since the woman is quite obviously crazy, and would likely be doing the same thing regardless of her ability to actually conceive.
Then things get a little weird, as Greg reminds everyone that there might be time to save the army guy, and Reid interjects with an observation that the need to hurry, because even though two people are already head, they should get closure to their families ASAP.
Um... what? There's still a guy alive as far as you know. Luckily all of the characters look at him like he's got two noses, so it's supposed to be as crazy as it sounds.
Over at the inn, the waitress wants an explanation for strange noises in room 209, but Angela assures her that it can't be army guy, since he checked out the night before. Speaking of, army guy is up in his room packing, then he hears someone out in the hallway and goes out to find a creepy kid walking backwards. So obviously this is the nightshade delusion we were told to expect more scenes of.
When he wakes he's tied to a bed, presumably in room 209! Also his face is completely free of scratches or bruises, despite having used it to break a glass table ten hours earlier. Perhaps he's a Wolverine?
At the police station, Joe decided that it's a better use of his time to give Reid a pep talk about his dead girlfriend than it is to look for women who've lost their children in the past ten years, or try to track down security footage that might have caught the bar or parking lot across the street.
The scene is a nice showcase for Gubler, addressing his grief over losing the love he never really got a chance to know. He's still no Shemar Moore, though, and it pales compared to the Derek showcase from two weeks ago.
Meanwhile Derek, JJ, an Jeanne are discussing how weird it is that someone would give up a hotel room for a one night stand when he was going to be in town for three more days. The only possible conclusion is that he was going to another hotel, since who shacks up with someone they just met?
At the motel, the maid/waitress gets curious about room 209 and goes to check on it. She grabs the key and unlocks the door, but once she steps inside she's grabbed by the killer! Um... if it was super-important that no one get into room 209, why was there a key for it just hanging on the wall?
The next day Derek and JJ are at the site where the maid's body has been discovered. Unfortunately she has no ID on her, so it's a challenge to figure out who she is, since no one has reported her missing. Presumably they'll put her face on the nightly news and on the local paper's website to speed up the identification?
Claudia then comes up with a lead! A guy named Roger was allowed to study herbs on the reservation more than a decade earlier, but was kicked out when he tried to poison someone with nightshade!
Then it's over to Angela and the army guy. She's rambling about loss and think he's her ex-, he pleads for his life. You know how this goes.
Garcia then phones up with the identity of the killer - Angela's husband owns the motel, and her son died three years earlier! Also, the first victim was killed on the anniversary of the son's death. That's good enough for an FBI-style 'no warrant takedown' so the team rushes out!
It turns out that her partner is the busboy, who also considers himself to be a doctor. Naturally, he's the same guy who learned about poisons before being kicked out for general evil. Wait, so he knew that the maid was super curious about room 209, and he left the key out for her anyway? Was he just looking for an excuse to kill her?
Then we get some random theorizing from the team - Angela had sun-blindness because it was sunny when her son drowned, and the "doctor" "cured" her, so she fell in love and married him. Then he recruited her to start finding victims for him to kill, since he just loves murder so much!
Angela's going to kill army guy, but then discovers the maid's nametag. She tries to back out, mostly so the doc can explain the plot - he can't give her children, so he makes her take lovers who she has to then kill so it won't be like she was cheating on him.
I feel like anyone who would go along with that line of reasoning wouldn't be able to put up as stable a front as we've seen Angela do.
Finally Angela figures out that she's a victim of the doc as well, and they get into a fight. She runs off, he tries to stab army guy, but the team stops him. Reid then asks where Angela's son died, assuming that she'd go there to drown herself.
That seems like a stretch, given that he knows zero about her mental state or level of complicity in the crimes, but then again, the characters have taken to acting like they're watching the scenes they're not in, so I guess this is to be expected.
Even though the team drives down to the lake at full speed, and Angela was presumably on foot, she's already dead in the lake by the time they get there. Seriously, how did that happen? She darted out the back way in her murdering clothes without any possessions. What are the odds she had her car keys on her? Even if they were sitting in her unlocked car's glove compartment, I can't imagine that they wouldn't have heard her driving off and been able to follow her.
We're specifically told that the place she drowned herself was 'an hour outside the city'. Even if the relatively remote lodge was like 15 mintues closer, it's crazy to think that they couldn't have caught up with her before she got there. Especially since, as I mentioned above, she probably wasn't driving.
On the flight back, Joe and Reid chat more about Reid's bad dreams about his dead girlfriend, which transitions naturally into a dream sequence of him dancing with her while 'sleepwalk' plays on a phonograph.
1 - Was profiling in any way helpful in solving the crime?
Sort of! The leap from 'cupping marks on the back' to 'black widow killing impregnators' is a giant unbelievable one, but it at least exists within the realm of theoretical psychology, so I'll give them a couple of points!
2 - Could the crime have been solved just as easily using conventional police methods given the known facts of the case?
They found a guy with a history of poisioning people with the same poison that was used on the murder victims. That same many changed his name and bought a hotel. But he still would have had the same social security number, and lived in the same town, so he wouldn't have been very hard to track down. They might not have saved army guy... although I don't know that the team actually did that. He was given a mega-dose of poison, and all we heard was that he still had a pulse, and that they should call for an ambulance. No closure on that front.
So, on a scale of 1 (Dirty Harry) to 10 (Tony Hill), How Useful Was Profiling in Solving the Crime?
So, this is, by far, the least interesting Gubler episode ever. The madness of that first nightmare scene was great, but the rest of the episode didn't really live up to it. More importantly, the show never really managed to link up Reid's fear of dreaming about Maeve with the nightmares that the victims were having, which seems like it would have been an easy thing to do.
Also, where was the wonderful music? Gubler's episodes are known for their weird soundtracks and musical interludes. At least we had the genre actor casting showcase that tends to occur when he's behind the camera.
Finally, I kind of hope this is the last we see of Maeve. Not because I don't want the actor to have a job - she did just fine in the role, it's just every time I write about her I accidentally type Mauve.


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By Dr. Karen Shaw Becker
Whether or not dogs should share their humans' bed is a hotly debated topic, with fierce supporters (and opponents) on both ends of the spectrum. There are those who could not imagine drifting off to sleep without their furry companions snuggling under the covers, and even those who say their dogs help them to fall into a peaceful slumber. Then there are pet owners who feel their sleep is disturbed if their pets share the bed and feel both they and their dogs sleep more soundly in separate spaces.
To be clear, there's no right or wrong answer here. Where your dog sleeps is a personal decision that only you can make for your family. However, if you're wondering what the experts say, a recent study that objectively assessed whether a dog in the bedroom or bed disturbs sleep is an interesting read.
At the very least, if you're planning to bring a new dog into your home, it may give you some insight into where you'd like to set up your dog's sleeping area from the get-go (so you don't have to worry about making a change later).
Researchers set out to determine whether having a dog in the bedroom is conducive to sleep. The study included 40 adults (without sleeping disorders) and their dogs — one per bedroom and at least 6 months old).1 To monitor sleep, researchers used fitness trackers, which allowed them to accurately gauge sleeping time for both the dogs and the humans. While the owners wore an Actiwatch 2, which monitors movements and sleep, the dogs wore a FitBark.
The FitBark is a device you attach to your dog's collar, which then monitors activity levels and sleep quality, along with other factors like distance traveled, calories burned, and overall health and behavior. During the seven-day study, sleep efficiency, which is a measure of how much time is actually spent sleeping while in bed, was high — 81 percent for owners and 85 percent for dogs. A sleep efficiency score of 80 percent or higher is considered to be indicative of a good night's rest.
There was also a slight variance depending on whether the dog slept on the bed or elsewhere in the bedroom, with owners sleeping a bit better when their dogs were off the bed. The dogs, however, slept largely the same in either location. Study author Dr. Lois E. Krahn, a sleep medicine specialist at the Center for Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, told The New York Times, "This goes against the lore that you should have the dog sleep elsewhere [as opposed to in the bedroom]."2 The researchers concluded:3
"Humans with a single dog in their bedroom maintained good sleep efficiency; however, the dog's position on/off the bed made a difference. A dog's presence in the bedroom may not be disruptive to human sleep, as was previously suspected."
"Humans with a single dog in their bedroom maintained good sleep efficiency; however, the dog's position on/off the bed made a difference. A dog's presence in the bedroom may not be disruptive to human sleep, as was previously suspected."
The featured study was unique in that it used fitness trackers to gauge sleep quality — an objective measure. Other studies have relied on owners' opinions and recollections of their sleep, but as Krahn said, "[W]e can't quite trust people to have an accurate report or even be able to accurately observe their feelings for their pets."4 Still, in a separate study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 41 percent of pet owners perceived their pets as unobtrusive or even beneficial to sleep.5
Many of those surveyed said they felt secure, content and relaxed when their pet slept nearby. On the other hand, 20 percent of pet owners found their pets to be disruptive to their sleep. In another study, meanwhile, researchers questioned 300 patients visiting a sleep disorders center about pets in their bedrooms. It turned out that close to 60 percent of the patients with pets allowed them to sleep in their bedroom, often on the bed.
In this case, 53 percent of pet owners said their sleep was disrupted by their pet on a nightly basis, although only 1 percent said the disruption lasted for more than 20 minutes nightly.6 In many cases, pet owners will tolerate some level of sleep disruption in exchange for cuddling with their pet at night, but if the disruptions begin to interfere with sleep to the point that it's affecting your daily life, some changes may need to be considered.
Only you can answer this question, but no matter where it is it should be a comfortable, cozy place for your pet. Whether you enjoy having your pet in your bed may be a matter of your pet's personality and sleeping habits. Some pets sleep soundly through the night while others move around frequently. Some dogs are oblivious to an accidental nudge from your elbow or knee, while others may react aggressively, especially if it wakes them up from a sound sleep.
If you enjoy having your pet as a sleeping companion, and it doesn't interfere with your sleep, then by all means keep your sleeping arrangement as is. However, if you're feeling your sleep is suffering, try moving your pet to a different space — even to a cozy pet bed next to your own bed. Overall, pets who are active during the day will sleep more soundly at night, so increasing daytime activity for your pet is one way for a more restful night's sleep to be had by all.
Sticking to a set schedule of feeding and bedtime will also help your pet to get into the routine and be less likely to try to wake you at night for food, water or a potty break. If you're trying to transition your dog from your bed to a new sleeping location, adding pillows, blankets and special nighttime toys to his dog bed can help him warm up to the idea.
And remember, reinforcing good behavior is how dogs learn. If you wish to break the habit of sleeping on your bed, give your pup no attention while he's on your bed and lavish attention on him when he is on his own bed on the floor.
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