text: 'Guidance': Toronto Review 3:30 PM PDT 9/5/2014 by THR Staff FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival An amusing riff on an increasingly familiar theme TWITTER A failed child actor starts corrupting young minds TORONTO – An enjoyable entry into the swelling ranks of corrupt-the-youth comedies, Pat Mills's Guidance puts an alcoholic deadbeat in the counselor's office of a troubled high school and finds that at least a few of his students are better off for the dubious advice he gives. In the lead role, Mills brings a mix of qualities that are sometimes lacking when better known actors decide to play bad; while the film can't hope for the exposure given to something like Bad Teacher, the modest pic will entertain on the fest circuit and home vid. Mills, who years ago did a brief stint on "You Can't Do That on Television," plays washed-up child actor David Gold, a cheerfully oblivious alcoholic who's on the outs with his family and burning other bridges as quickly as possible. On the verge of eviction, he lies his way into a guidance-counselor gig at Grusin High; there, while trying to maintain his composure around faculty, he makes no attempt with the kids. Fifths of vodka come out routinely in his office, helping shy girls self-medicate and winning the grudging acceptance of campus toughs. "I exist in the space between caring too much and not giving a f---," Gold says at one point, getting at the pleasure of seeing these interactions with kids who are nonplussed, then delighted by the strangely honest way he deals with them. One girl in particular earns his loyalty: Jabrielle (Zahra Bentham), whose self-esteem has been decimated by her mother and who, when things inevitably go south for Gold at the school, becomes his fugitive partner. Here, finally, Mills lets an ounce of self-awareness crawl into the character's delusions of competence (throughout, we've been hearing the Stuart Smalley-like affirmations he recorded as his last "acting" gig); while their time together is thinly drawn, it hits the right notes lightly and allows the movie a satisfying way out of its realism-be-damned premise. Production values suit the happy superficiality of our hero, whose only research for his fake career is studying a YouTube video and buying a corduroy jacket. Especially fitting is bubbly electronics-heavy music by Sergei Kofman and the production duo Menalon. Production company: Edyson Entertainment Cast: Pat Mills, Zahra Bentham, Laytrel McMullen, Alex Ozerov, Kevin Hanchard, Tracey Hoyt Director-Screenwriter: Pat Mills Producers: Alyson Richards, Mike MacMillan Executive producers: Alyson Richards, Ed Gernon Director of photography: Daniel Grant Production designer: Zosia Mackenzie Editor: Bryan Atkinson Music: Menalon (Joseph Murray, Lodewijk Vos), Sergei Kofman No rating, 80 minutes FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME THR Staff firstname.lastname@example.com THR


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Legendary actor Robert De Niro has been cast to play Wall Street investor and scam artist Bernie Madoff in the first major film to be made about the infamous $65 billion ponzi scheme.
As well as starring, De Niro is also producing the film through his production company, Tribeca Productions, with partner Jane Rosenthall. The film is set to debut through HBO, and is based on the book The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust, penned by New York Times writer Diana B. Henriques.
HBO has also obtained the rights to another book about the scammer, Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell. The book was written with the cooperation of Madoff's son, Andrew, despite the suicide of eldest Madoff son Mark in reaction to the scandal.
The film's screenplay is being handled by Reservation Road author John Burnham Schwartz. As the project is still in very early stages, any release details are yet unknown.
Madoff was arrested for his scheme in 2008 and is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence.
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|Quick & Easy Vegetable Soup
Have you ever got the hankering for soup but didn't have the time or motivation for a 2-3 hour cooking session? That's what happened to me a few days ago. I wanted to make a soup that was chock full of vegetables, but I didn't want to spend time and energy peeling and chopping. What to do? Look to my pantry and freezer, that's what!
I made the soup. It was fast and easy. And it was another Pull Out wonder – pulled out of my pantry and pulled out of my freezer.
I started with frozen mirepoix – a combination of chopped onions, carrots, and celery. My local supermarkets carry store and name brands with the other frozen vegetables. And many stores also offer freshly prepared mirepoix in their produce sections. I sauted about 1½ cups of the vegetables in a couple tablespoons of olive oil.
Once the mirepoix vegetables were tender, I added a 32 ounce carton of no-salt-added chicken broth along with a can of salt-free petite diced tomatoes. For extra flavor, I added some Penzey's dried minced garlic, a bay leaf, and several whole black peppercorns (in a tea ball). I sprinkled in about ½ tsp. of savory leaves, and I threw in a sugar cube to combat the tartness of the tomatoes.
I let the broth mixture simmer for 15-20 minutes before adding about 2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables: corn, peas, carrots, lima beans, and green beans. I also included one peeled and cubed Russet potato that needed to be used up. (Peeling and chopping the potato was the hardest bit of work involved in making the soup.) Then everything simmered for another 15-20 minutes until the vegetables were tender and the potato was cooked through.
That was it! Vegetable soup in a flash! And, believe it or not, it was quite tasty. We were in the midst of a busy week and really appreciated having a good tasting and good-for-us soup available for quick snacks or meals.
One nice thing is that the soup can be slightly different each time you make it. Use different herb blends to create different flavor profiles. Use different frozen vegetables rather than the traditional corn, peas, carrots, lima beans, and green beans blend. Try an entirely different blend or perhaps just focus on one or two vegetables. Include a bit of pasta or rice instead of the potato. Or maybe use cubed sweet potatoes for an uniquely different flavor. Maybe leave out the tomatoes altogether.
Most grocery stores carry a lot of pre-prepped vegetables in their produce sections. Same with their freezer sections. Experiment. Who knows what tasty combos you might come up with?
For example, this week, I made a fast corn-potato chowder. Same method but without the tomatoes. I flavored the chowder with poultry seasoning. Once I even stirred in a bit of cream just before serving. Next week I plan to make a minestrone style soup using a frozen Italian vegetable medley (Italian green beans, cauliflower, carrots, red pepper, and zucchini) and seasoned with a NSA Italian herb blend.
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1 - 2 cups frozen mirepoix
2 tbsp olive oil
32 oz salt-free chicken or vegetable broth
14.5 oz can salt-free diced tomatoes
½ - 1 tsp sugar (if desired)
Garlic to taste (fresh, frozen cubes, dried minced, powdered, jarred)
Black pepper to taste
1 bay leaf
Herbs or spices to taste (Examples: Italian herb blend, chili powder, poultry seasoning, curry powder, thyme, basil, chives, etc.)
2 cups frozen vegetables of choice
Optional Add Ins:
1-2 cups peeled and cubed potato (russet, red, Yukon gold, sweet, etc.)
1-2 cups packaged coleslaw
Pasta – small, thin shapes that cook quickly in the soup broth (stars, alphabets, pastina, fideo, etc.)
Rice – quick cooking/instant, ready-to-serve, frozen (my local stores carry a couple of brands of fully cooked NSA white or brown rice in bowls/pouches in the pasta aisle and also in the freezer section)
Beans – NSA canned or frozen (my local stores all carry baby limas and black eyed peas along with a few other choices like black beans, garbanzos, and lentils in the freezer section)
Mushrooms – NSA frozen, canned, dried/freeze dried
Saute the mirepoix in olive oil. Once the vegetables are tender, add no-salt-added broth along with salt-free diced tomatoes. Add garlic, bay leaf, and black pepper. Add herbs of choice and sugar, if desired.
Let mixture simmer for about 15-20 minutes before adding 2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables. Add options of choice. Stir and simmer together for another 15-20 minutes until all vegetables are tender.


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Add "After Execution" section to Run/Debug Configurations to WebStorm Follow
Currently in WebStrom we have only Before launch section that can be populated with some tasks.
It would be great to have out of the box possibility to have configurable After execution section as well.
My use case is very common: Launch data server, run unit tests that take data from this server, stop data server.
I believe that many developers have/will have something similar going on. And without this feature we can't be very comfortable with IDE as we need to mange some other processes to conduct debugging.
Hi there,
WebStorm Issue Tracker -- that's the place where you should leave Feature Requests
Please vote for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-112294.
Note that you can try using Compound run configuration to run several configurations concurrently - see https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/run-debug-configuration-compound.html.
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408 SW 12th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97205
This location will re-open on July 15th!
Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 5pm
Nestled in the heart of Portland's up and coming West End neighborhood, our newest location is also the first to offer an extended menu, which includes macro bowls, salads, soup, hot cereal, hot drinks, and our full selection of açai bowls, smoothies, tonic shots, and organic juice. With neighbors like Lardo, Blue Star Donuts, Ruby Jewel Ice Cream, Tasty n Alder, and an assortment of awesome breweries and bars, we like to think this spot brings a nice balance to a district filled with decadence.
77 SE Yamhill Street
Portland, Oregon 97214
Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 4pm
Situated inside the Cargo building, this store resides in a 100 year old cargo bay, where old growth Douglas Fir beams line the 25 foot high ceiling. Serving Portland's creative district, this shop is centrally located, and likely the most accessible location we have.
This shop can be easily accessed by commuters, shoppers, bikers, runners, and anyone else who finds themselves traveling from one side of town to the other. Nestled in between the train tracks and the Willamette river, K3 is in the heart of South East Portland!
518 SW Taylor Street,
Portland, Oregon 97204
Monday - Friday: 9am - 3pm
Saturday & Sunday: closed
Our downtown shop opened in March of 2013 in the central business district. We fell in love with the area immediately, because the moment the doors opened we began meeting such fantastic people. Surrounded by boutique hotels, Pioneer Square, high rise buildings and other small businesses, we made friends with all sorts of folks from just about every industry, profession and walk of life. Between the tourists and the locals, KURE downtown is situated in Portland's own miniature melting pot. There almost couldn't be a better place to blend drinks for the people!
4409 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97215
11am-6pm Every Day
KURE Hawthorne operates out of one of Portland's first food carts. It also happens to be our first location! Despite having been home to five other businesses prior to ours in it's 13 years standing (many of which went on to relocate in the same neighborhood), the 'hut' had been abandoned for some time when we found it. Needless to say, it needed some major TLC, so that is exactly what we gave it.
With tremendous support from the surrounding neighborhood and community, KURE Hawthorne proudly became a part of the area's eclectic landscape. Tucked beneath Mt. Tabor park, surrounded by Portland Craftsman bungalows and blocks away from the Hawthorne shopping district, 'K1' as we call it is happy to call South East Portland home.
126 SW 2nd Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97204
This location is temporarily closed due to COVID-19
Our third downtown shop is inside the new and already iconic Pine Street Market, Portland's first food hall. With neighbors like Salt & Straw, Olympia Provisions, and Barista Coffee, we get to serve our brand of balance alongside some of the city's favorite operators.
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Halloween Injury Attorneys Serving the Central Indiana Area
Halloween is meant to be scary. From the spooky costumes to haunted houses, the entire goal of the 31st of October is to scare or be scared. That being said, Halloween wasn't designed to be the day of accidents. Yet, Halloween sees some of the highest number of automobile-pedestrian incidents.
Whether you are going out with friends, taking kids trick-or-treating, or just serving candy at your own front door, it is important that you know how to stay safe and free from injury on a notoriously unsafe day.
Tips for Avoiding Injury and Accident on Halloween
There are some common safety hazards on Halloween – and these can be easily avoided with due diligence. Below are a few tips on things to do to help avoid accidents.
- Yield to vehicles. Automobile-pedestrian accidents are at their peak during Halloween. With children wearing dark costumes, a preponderance of people on the streets, and individuals cross the roads without proper crosswalks, it is no wonder. Instead of becoming a statistic, you can keep yourself (and any little ones that are trick-or-treating) safe. Teach children to only cross at crosswalks. Make everyone visible by adding reflective tape to darker costumes. Also, never run out into the street from behind parked cars.
- Always be seen. If your child doesn't have a bright costume, add a glow stick or make it easier to see in the dark. Do the same for yourself if you plan to take children around the neighborhood.
- Use common sense when shopping for costumes. This goes for parents and children. Your children need costumes that they can wear and not trip over. You need a costume that you can drive safely in – which means taking off any head pieces or masks while operating a vehicle. If your child cannot move around safely in his or her costume or it blocks his or her view, you should purchase something better suited for the child's size.
- Keep your home well-lit. Plenty of slip and fall incidents occur during Halloween. Whether it is a child who falls down a porch or an adult tripping over a sidewalk, homeowners are liable if they have hazardous conditions on their property. You can avoid any potential issues by keeping your porch, sidewalks, and exterior well-lit on Halloween. If there are tripping hazards, block them off with crime scene tape (a great way to add decorations, too).
- Stay off the lawns. Teach your children (and practice it yourself) to not walk on other people's lawns. They may have wires or cords for Halloween decorations and you don't want anyone tripping and getting hurt.
What If You or Your Child is Injured? Contact an Attorney
Despite your best efforts, you or your children could suffer injuries on Halloween. An attorney can help you in these situations. If you or your child is seriously injured, contact the personal injury team at Jacobs Law, LLC. We are here to assist you with your claim – whether it is from an automobile accident, slip and fall, or another catastrophic injury. Schedule a free consultation by contacting our office or request more information by completing our contact form.


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BISC219/F12: Assignment Series2 Mapping Crosses
Assignment: Mapping the Mutation
Using the templates provided here Media:Series 2 Mapping Template.pptx, diagram the crosses that you will set up in the Mapping the Mutation part of Series 2. Highlight the progeny that will be used to continue each step of the process of determining the location of the mutation on the chromosome (linkage group) that you determined through linkage testing. Include the expected results (genotype and phenotype) for both the outcross and self-fertilization progeny used in mapping. Compose a narrative that summarizes the rational for this work as part of your overall Series 2 goals and explain how the results will allow you to determine the location of the mutated gene responsible for the abnormal phenotype you are studying.
Grading Rubric
Lab Assignment: Mapping the Mutation
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|All possible cross outcomes diagramed accurately, completely, clearly, and concisely.
|One or more possible crosses missing; one or more is inaccurate, information omitted , or did not include accurate predicted ratios of progeny for genotype and phenotype.
|Narrative description
of rational for crosses
|Constructed a clear, concise, and accurate description of the rational for setting up the crosses described
|Rational for crosses missing, inaccurate, partially accurate; contains too much tangential information or is too simplified, is unclear
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of Interpretation of Crosses
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A study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found it detected early signs of disease in patients which conventional tests missed.
The team from the Mayo Clinic said they hoped it would offer a simple way of identifying those at risk.
British heart experts said the study was interesting, but more evidence of the test's effectiveness was needed.
Its role is to protect vessel walls from injury and help maintain appropriate blood flow and blood pressure.
The researchers wanted to see if these early signs, so-called endothelial dysfunction, could be detected using a non-invasive fingertip test.
The reactive hyperaemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) test uses a probe to measure how the volume of a fingertip changes as blood pulses through it.
One measurement is taken, then a blood pressure cuff is inflated to restrict blood flow to the arm for five minutes.
Another reading is taken once the cuff has been removed to see how quickly vessels in the fingertip respond to the initial rush of blood.
The researchers also carried out angiograms, where a catheter is inserted into an artery and an X-ray picture of the blood vessels taken to show where they are narrowed.
Ninety-four patients took part in the study. The results of this standard test showed none had coronary artery disease.
But the RH-PAT test indicated 55 showed signs of endothelial dysfunction.
The test normally shows a distinct increase after blood flow is restored in the arms of patients, but in affected patients, this response was much more muted.
The researchers said it may one day have a role as an initial test to detect people at risk of developing heart disease.
'Abnormal activity
Dr Amir Lerman, who led the study, said: "In this group of patients with chest pain, the non-invasive test was very sensitive in identifying those with early heart disease.
"Various studies demonstrated that the presence of endothelial dysfunction is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events.
"Importantly, various interventions, such as treatment of cardiovascular risk factors and certain drugs, including statins, were shown to improve endothelial function.
"Thus, the early detection of endothelial dysfunction may have both prognostic and therapeutic implications."
He added: "The next step is to extend the research to broader populations of patients who may not yet have symptoms.
"Because this is a simple test that takes only about 20 minutes. we hope it could become another screening tool to help us identify and more effectively treat patients with heart disease."
Belinda Linden, a spokesperson for the British Heart Foundation, said: "The evidence is growing that abnormal activity of the blood vessel lining contributes to atherosclerosis.
"Being able to identify early changes within the artery wall would improve prevention of heart disease through effective risk factor control or medications for those who do not yet have symptoms."
But she added: "This method of using blood vessel changes as an indicator of the likelihood of cardiovascular disease is interesting but needs more examination using larger studies and wider groups of people who don't have apparent artery disease."


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Mushroom Cookies
(Mantar Kurabiye)
125 gr (125 ml = 1/2 cup = 1 stick)unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups corn starch
1/2 cup plain flour, all purpose
1 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp cocoa powder
Cream the sugar with butter using a small egg whisker, then add the egg and vanilla extract, whisk. Add the corn starch, then mix with your hand. Gradually add the flour and baking powder, knead. You will have a very soft dough. Let stand for 5 minutes. Make chestnut sized balls with your hands. Place parchment paper on an oven tray and arrange them on it.
Place cocoa in a small bowl and pour 1 tbsp water in another small bowl. Wash and dry a glass soda bottle. Soak the rim of the bottle into the water, then dust it with cocoa powder. Press the rim of the bottle lightly on the dough (picture). Finish them all. Wipe the rim of the bottle with tissue paper every 3-4 times.
Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C) and bake for about 25 minutes. Arrange them on the wire rack so they cool down.
19-20 Mushroom Cookies.
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Crème Café & Espresso Bar
Overall Rating: 4.800
|Notes: Temperature Control Problems
|This café specializes in breakfast fare but also offers lunch and lighter dinners. Located on the first (upper) floor of the Gardens Shopping Centre tower, they spill out into the mall court with tables and chairs. The advertising is a bit heavy on Roobios tea ("Red Cappuccino" is a registered trademark?!?) and ridiculous "gourmet coffees" (such as the spicy hazelnut cappuccino, let alone white chocolate mocha). Using a two-group Astoria Dora at the bar, they pull shots with a micro-thin pale layer of crema that dissipates immediately: it looks like stale beans are involved. The beans are Marchetti espresso, a Swiss-based line from Caturra Coffee Company. It has a concentrated flavor (helped by an appropriately short shot size) of peppr and cloves. It's only R9, but it shows in the product too. They have pretty sad, overheated milk frothing for rather horrid cappuccinos and other milk-based drinks. Also served in Caturra-branded Fortis cups for larger drinks.


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A Pension Appraisal is a MustThursday, February 6th, 2014
Calculating the value of a defined benefit — the old-fashioned company pension – can be difficult because defined benefit pensions have what is known as present value, or time value of money, that is, what today's money is worth tomorrow, which can make calculating their value difficult.
No one should attempt to divide a pension without first getting it appraised. Very often neither party in a divorce can negotiate the fair division of pension plan without a competent pension appraiser first making an appraisal.
A pension plan can be the most valuable asset a couple divides in a divorce. It is much too valuable not to take care.


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Guidelines for Mental Health Screening during the Domestic Medical Examination for Newly Arrived Refugees
Background and Goal
Long-distance journeys and resettlement entail a set of engulfing life events (losses, changes, conflicts, and demands) that, although varying widely in kind and degree, may severely test a refugee's emotional resilience. Resettlement in a new country can produce profound psychological distress, even among the best prepared and most motivated. Given the nature of life-threatening experiences prior to and during flight from their home countries or (country of asylum/host country), as well as the difficult circumstances of existence in exile, refugees may be at particularly high risk for psychiatric symptoms.
Risk factors that may predispose refugees and asylum seekers to psychiatric symptoms and disorders include: exposure to war, state-sponsored violence and oppression, including torture, internment in refugee camps, human trafficking, physical displacement outside one's home country, loss of family members and prolonged separation, the stress of adapting to a new culture, low socioeconomic status, and unemployment.1,2 Studies have shown a high prevalence of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic attacks, somatization, and traumatic brain injuries in refugees.1-10 Depression and PTSD are prevalent in refugees who are not in clinical care for mental health, in addition to those identified for mental health interventions.5,7-14 Significant psychiatric symptoms may be present during the first few months following arrival to the United States.8,15 Various factors, including language, culture, religion, stigma, lack of transportation, work conflicts, and lack of child care, may constitute barriers for refugees accepting mental health diagnosis and/or treatment. However, reports suggest that early intervention may be helpful, despite cultural and other barriers to mental health treatment for refugees.15,16
For most refugees, the domestic medical screening evaluation is the first interaction with the U.S. health-care system. As such, it presents an opportunity to educate them about mental health issues, discuss expected stress responses, and also acts as an opportunity to provide mental health resources. The goal of mental health screening during the domestic medical examination is to identify and triage refugees in need of mental health treatment. In the extreme, these mental health issues may be life-threatening. However, even when the problem is not an immediate threat, when identified and treated, improved mental health hygiene may assist refugees to integrate and live more productive lives in their new homeland. Addressing mental health issues in newly arrived refugees presents tremendous challenges to the care provider and the U.S. health-care system. Although this document cannot provide solutions to these challenges, it provides suggestions and resources for primary clinicians for mental health screening during the initial domestic medical examination. The recommendations provided must be tailored to a specific clinic's abilities and time, community referral resources, and the health system's ability to address issues identified.
General Points About Refugee Mental Health Screening
- Health clinics providing screening should have a good working relationship with refugee resettlement agencies. These agencies often provide transportation to and from health screening appointments and may facilitate ongoing primary care and consultation. Additionally, refugee resettlement case workers may have important observations or information that may be informative to clinicians regarding individual refugees.
- Acute psychiatric emergencies (e.g., suicidal/homicidal ideation) are seen infrequently during the domestic refugee examination, but do occasionally occur. In such cases, patients may not be able to wait for outpatient referral and formal psychiatric evaluation and hospitalization may be necessary. Clinical facilities conducting the domestic medical examination should have a mechanism in place for expedited referral for psychiatric evaluation in urgent situations.
- Clinicians performing the evaluations should attempt to educate themselves about the history and cultural beliefs of the refugee populations they serve. The Cultural Orientation Resource Center Website may be useful to clinicians trying to familiarize themselves with new cultures of populations resettling to the United States. (www.cal.org/co/overseas/prog_high_archive.htmlExternal).
- Medically trained interpreters should be used during patient interviews whenever possible. Bicultural interpreters are preferred. If an interpreter is not available in person, telephone interpreter services can be utilized. In addition, medical staff should be trained in how to use interpreter services.
- Mental health screening may be different in each resettlement location, depending on both staffing of the particular health screening clinic and availability of local mental health services for referral.
- Refugees may not volunteer or admit symptoms at initial screening, but symptoms may emerge several months or years after resettlement. Therefore, follow-up primary care referral for on-going health care is imperative. Ideally, primary care clinicians should be familiar with refugee care, including diagnosis and treatment (and/or referral) of commonly encountered mental health conditions.
- Clinicians should be aware that many refugees, particularly those from cultures with stigmas against acknowledging psychiatric symptoms, may present with stress-related somatic symptoms. Refugees with unexplained somatic symptoms such as headaches, stomachaches, or back pain may benefit from referral to a mental health professional.
Impairment-related Action Plans
Based on severity of symptoms and ability to function in daily life, three major actions plans should be considered during screening, corresponding to the following three groups:
I. Refugees with chronic, serious, or acute mental illness requiring immediate or rapid follow-up.
- Upon arrival, a small number of refugees with major mental illnesses may present with symptoms such as suicidal or homicidal ideation or severe limitations in ability to function (e.g., go to school/work, perform necessary activities of daily living such as dressing and feeding oneself) that require immediate attention. This group may include refugees with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, traumatic brain injury, or PTSD.
- All refugee health screening clinics should attempt to identify these individuals with the objective to refer for immediate psychiatric evaluation and treatment.
II. Refugees with less acute mental illness or psychiatric symptoms requiring routine follow-up.
- Refugees with known or identified mental illnesses who are not an immediate danger to themselves or others, are not gravely disabled by their illness, but whose ability to function is impaired.
- Screening clinics should attempt to identify more severely affected individuals for referral to appropriate mental health specialists when available.
- Although all refugees should receive referral for primary care, additional assurances should be put in place that follow-up mental health care is available for refugees with mental illness.
- Severity and nature of symptoms, local availability of mental health services, and refugee preference are all variables that effect referral patterns preferences.
III. Refugees without identified mental illness or significant symptoms.
- All refugees have suffered directly or indirectly as a result of crisis, trauma or loss. The great majority of refugees are not in need of clinical mental health services.
- The objective for this group is to ensure that all refugees have access to primary prevention activities (e.g., assuring adequate nutrition, providing prenatal care, access to primary care, access to community services, and supports).
- Local resettlement and social service agencies may implement preventive mental health interventions, such as facilitating school entry, bolstering social support, and assisting with employment opportunities.
Mental Health-Related Components of the Health Screening Evaluation
Suggested components of the Mental Health Screening Evaluation described below are designed to help clinicians decide whether immediate or routine specialty referral is needed (Groups I, II above) or if referral to primary care is adequate (Groups II, III).
1) Review of records from overseas:
The overseas medical examination of refugees applying for refugee status does include an evaluation for physical and mental disorders with associated harmful behaviors and substance-related disorders. The Technical Instructions for Medical Examination of Aliens (TIs) provide the requirements for this evaluation. The TI component for physical and mental disorders with associated harmful behaviors and substance-related disorders was last revised in 2010. The TIs require that the examining physician determine whether an alien has a physical or mental disorder with associated harmful behavior, either current or history, which is judged likely to recur and which may or is likely to pose a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others. The TIs also require that the examining physician determine whether an alien has substance abuse or addiction (dependence).17 Refugees are classified as Class A if they have been diagnosed with a mental disorder based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria, and with current associated harmful behavior or a history of associated harmful behavior judged likely to recur. A Class A refugee needs an approved waiver for travel. The waiver ensures that an approved U.S. health-care provider is identified for the refugee. When a Class A refugee arrives in the United States, he or she must report promptly to the identified U.S health-care provider. The same process should be followed for a refugee who meets the DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse or dependence and was assigned to Class A based on substance abuse or addiction (dependence). Refugees diagnosed with a mental disorder with no current associated harmful behavior or a history of associated harmful behavior judged not likely to recur are classified as Class B. Refugees with a Class B mental disorder do not require a waiver but will generally benefit from evaluation by a mental health specialist.
2) History and physical examination related to mental health
For full history and physical examination guidelines see: www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/guidelines/domestic/guidelines-history-physical.html
- The following should be solicited during the history portion of the examination:
- head trauma, loss of consciousness or seizures, the presence of which raises suspicion for conditions such as traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- known psychiatric conditions or past evaluations or treatments.
- history of exposure to traumatic events (see Screening for PTSD section below).
- alcohol and/or drug use, including use of traditional herbal substances such as khat (East Africa).
- for children, ask caregivers about the patterns of child development [e.g., whether each child has been developing normally; whether they have attended school, to what level, and whether learning difficulties have been noted (see Growth and Development section: www.placeholder).
- During the physical examination, special attention should be paid to the following:
- signs of maltreatment such as scars and other deformities (see history and physical examination section: www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/guidelines/domestic/guidelines-history-physical.html ). The clinician serving refugees should be able to differentiate traditional medical or cultural practices, which may resemble non-accidental trauma (e.g., burn sticks, scarification), from other types of maltreatment.
- unexplained somatic symptoms that may be related to psychological distress (i.e., unexplained headaches, backaches, or abdominal pain).
3) Mental status examination:
The mental status examination is generally informal and may be carried out by clinicians throughout the routine screening.
- During the routine screening process, the clinicians should pay close attention to:
- tone of voice, body language and behavior that may indicate higher levels of anxiety or depression than expected. If level of anxiety or depression appears especially high, examiners may pay particular attention to mental health-specific questions below.
- the refugee's ability to communicate thoughts in a coherent fashion (this determination may require input from an interpreter).
- symptoms such as paranoia, delusions, or hallucinations that become apparent during the interview. Such symptoms indicate the need for immediate referral.
- suicidal ideation during depression assessment (below).
- homicidal ideation.
4) Screening for depression and PTSD
Clients over the age of 16 should be screened for symptoms of major depression and PTSD, the most common disorders seen in refugees. Although symptoms of depression and PTSD do occur in children, this cutoff age is suggested because the process of interviewing children, especially those who cannot read a translated questionnaire, can be very time-consuming and requires skills not generally available in the screening environment. In addition, because improved mental health of parents can result in improved mental health of their children, screening adults in this setting is a priority.18,19
Before the clinicians or screeners ask specific questions relating to symptoms, refugees should be prepared by being presented a brief introduction such as the following:
"Many refugees may not be aware that stressful life situations and events they may have experienced can have lasting effects on their health. Most refugees will experience short-term psychological and social difficulties simply as a result of resettlement. This is normal and should be expected. If you feel these symptoms are excessive and are interfering with your life or if you have thoughts of hurting yourself or others, you can always come back to our clinic and ask for help."
Additional educational information aimed at raising awareness of common issues and symptoms experienced by refugees may be useful (See the Appendix for sample). Optimally, this educational information may be translated into the refugees' native languages and given in a format appropriate to the literacy level and learning style of the refugee for future reference.
Screening for Depression
Clinicians should be familiar with the symptoms and diagnosis of depression described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV), published by the American Psychiatric Association. For refugees who are literate in their own language, administering questionnaires in translated, written format can be effective and more time efficient than having interpreters translate each question. Tools are available that experts in refugee mental health use to screen for depression based on the DSM-IVcriteria. One such tool is the PRIME-MD PHQ-9, which is brief, has been used with a variety of cultural groups in the primary care setting, and is available onlineExternal. The depression section of the Hopkins symptom checklist is also available and has been used in refugee populations.
Screening for PTSD
Clinicians should be familiar with the three symptom clusters of PTSD as listed in the DSM-IV (re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal), although actual diagnosis of PTSD may be difficult during the short time available in the health screening setting. An example of a screening question for PTSD often used with refugees is as follows:20
In this clinic we see many patients who have been forced to leave their countries because of violence or threats to the health and safety of themselves and their families. I am going to ask you a question about these types of situations.
Were you ever a victim of violence in your former country? ____yes ____no
Clients who answer "yes" to this question should be asked whether they would like to describe what happened to them. If clients agree to describe what happened, practitioners should be ready to listen to a brief recounting. On the other hand, clients who do not wish to talk about these events should not be coerced. Coerced or forced discussion may traumatize patients further, especially if they have been interrogated or tortured in the past. After a brief recounting, specific symptoms of PTSD can be assessed.
Tools that may assist the clinician in screening for PTSD include the open-source PCL-C-17 [DOC- 51 KB]External for PTSD or questions 1-16 of the PTSD portion of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire checklist.
Mild or moderately impaired persons with depression and/or PTSD may be referred for routine follow-up, while severely impaired persons may require immediate referral.
Note: Psychological assessment instruments should not be the sole criteria for making psychiatric diagnoses. Anyone meeting criteria for depression or PTSD on a screening instrument should be referred to a mental health professional for further evaluation.
5) Referral for Refugees Considered at Significant Risk
If significant positive findings emerge from history, clinical observations, and/or relevant information provided by resettlement agencies, clinical judgment and availability of services will determine whether emergency or routine follow-up care is needed and how quickly these services need to be accessed. If symptoms of depression or PTSD affect daily function, more urgent follow-up care is recommended. The presence of suicidal or homicidal ideation should prompt referral for emergency follow-up. When PTSD symptoms are severe, it is optimal for the refugee to be referred to an agency with special expertise in working with refugee mental health issues, including torture.
When referring a patient primarily for mental health evaluation and treatment, the clinician can reassure the refugee by describing what to expect on the initial mental health evaluation. For children, information regarding histories of learning problems or poor school attendance must be relayed to the school systems they will be attending.
Sample educational session
Refugees should be informed that:
- Many refugees have experienced persecution, war, or trauma.
- It is normal for people to miss family members and loved ones who are still in their home country.
- Many people have difficulties because they do not read, speak, or understand English.
- Many people have difficulties adjusting to American customs, people, food, and climate.
- Most people have difficulties understanding the American educational, health care, and legal systems.
Because of the many difficulties faced by refugees, they may:
- Feel sad, experience changes in their appetite, have difficulty sleeping, cry often, and lose interest in doing things that they once enjoyed.
- Worry about their jobs, their health, or life in the United States.
- Suffer from physical symptoms, such as headaches, dizziness, or restlessness.
- Experience nightmares about war or trauma.
- Have difficulty keeping bad memories out of their minds.
- Try to avoid things that remind them of the terrible things they saw or experienced.
The interviewer should emphasize that these symptoms do not reflect weakness in the person, but are normal reactions to past stressful and traumatic experiences. While experiencing some of these symptoms is normal, if the symptoms are very disturbing and cause significant difficulties in functioning, then the client or family should be encouraged to discuss them with a health provider.
- Mollica RF, Wyshak G, Lavelle J. The psychosocial impact of war trauma and torture on Southeast Asian refugees. Am J Psychiatr 1987;144:1567-72.
- Porter M, Haslam N. Predisplacement and postdisplacement factors associated with mental health of refugees and internally displaced persons: a meta-analysis. JAMA 2005; 294(5): 602-612.
- Hikmet J, Nassar-McMillan SC, Lambert RG. Immigration and attendant psychological sequelae: a comparison of three waves of Iraqi immigrants. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Vol 77(2), Apr 2007, 199-205.
- Goldfeld AE, Mollica RF, Pesavento BH, Faraone SV. The physical and psychological sequelae of torture: symptomatology and diagnosis. JAMA 1988;260(4):22-29.
- Sack WH, Clarke GN, Seeley J. Post-traumatic stress disorder across two generations of Cambodian refugees. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1995;34:1160-6.
- Sack WH, Clarke GN, Seeley J. Multiple forms of stress in Cambodian adolescent refugees. Child Dev 1996;67:107-16.
- Eisenman DP, Gelberg L, Liu H, Shapiro MF. Mental health and health related quality of life among Latino primary care patients living in the United States with previous exposure to political violence. JAMA 2003;290:627-34.
- Weine SM, Vojvoda D, Becker DF, McGlashan TH, Hodzic E, Laub D, et al. PTSD symptoms in Bosnian refugees one year after resettlement in the United States. Am J Psychiatry 1998;155:562-4.
- Weine SM, Becker DF, McGlashan TH, Vojvoda D, Hartman S, Robbins JP. Adolescent survivors of "ethnic cleansing": observations on the first year in America. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1995;34:1153-9.
- Mollica RF, Donelan K, Tor S, Lavelle J, Elias C, Frankel M, Blendon RJ. The effect of trauma and confinement on functional health and mental health status of Cambodians living in Thailand- Cambodia border camps. JAMA 1993;270:581-6.
- Miller KE, Weine SM, Ramic A, Brkic N, Bjedic ZD, Smajkic A, et al. The relative contribution of war experiences and exile-related stressors to levels of psychosocial distress among Bosnian refugees. J Trauma Stress. 2002;15:377-87.
- Cardozo BL, Bilukha OO, Crawford CA, Shaikh I, Wolfe MI, Gerber ML, Anderson M. Mental health, social functioning, and disability in postwar Afghanistan. JAMA 2004;292:575-84.
- Scholte WF, Olff M, Ventevogel P, de Vries GJ, Jansveld E, Cardozo BL, Crawford CA. Mental health symptoms following war and repression in eastern Afghanistan. JAMA 2004;292:585-93.
- Pham PN, Weinstein HM, Longman T. Trauma and PTSD symptoms in Rwanda: implications for attitudes toward justice and reconciliation. JAMA 2004;292:602-12.
- Savin D, Seymour D, Littleford L, Bettridge J, Giese A. Findings from mental health screening of newly arrived refugees in Colorado. Public Health Rep 2005;120(3):224-229.
- Barnes DM. Mental health screening in a refugee population; a program report. J Immigr Health 2001; 3(3)3:141-149.
- CDC Immigration Requirements: Technical Instructions for Physical or Mental Disorders with Associated Harmful Behaviors and Substance-Related Disorders, June 1, 2010 available at: www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/panel/technical-instructions/panel-physicians/harmful-behavior.html Accessed February 19, 2010.
- Rishel CW. Greeno CG, Marcus SC, Sales E, Shear MK, Swartz HA, Anderson C. Impact of maternal mental health status on child mental health treatment outcome. Community Mental Health Journal. 2006: 42(1):1-12.
- Kilic EZ, Ozguven HD, Sayil I. The psychological effects of parental mental health on children experiencing disaster: the experience of Bolu earthquake in Turkey. Family Process 2003: 42(4):485-95.
- Eisenman, D. P. (2007). Screening for mental health problems and history of torture. Immigrant Medicine (pp. 633-638). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.


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One of my goals for this year is to become more transparent about my own personal growth. In my role as a developer of professional development, I often try to think of ways educators can explore and reflect on their own learning especially in regards to blended learning.
Along with my passion of learning, I also have a love of food. One of my favorite shows is Chopped which can be found on the Food Network. Chefs compete against each other to create a dish using mystery ingredients found in a basket. This got me thinking about how we could add an element of fun to professional development.
In one of our workshops we asked participants to be transparent about their learning, we asked them to create a blog to share ideas and reflect on their experiences. One of the requirements is to write a post about blended learning, but with a bit of a Chopped twist. We asked participants to use items from a mystery basket we provided (see picture) to write a blog post describing what blended learning means to them using all of the "ingredients" from the basket.
Last week I had the opportunity to listen to a keynote from the Global Read Aloud creator Pernille Ripp. One of the big take-aways for me was to do the homework you assign to students, to see what works and what doesn't. So with that in mind, here is my attempt at doing my own homework.
Blended Learning, Recipe for Success
Mystery Basket Items: Marshmallow, Legos, sunglasses, string and pencil
When I'm asked what blended learning means to me, I think about the importance of building on what you are already doing in the classroom. Similar to Legos, we start with our basic blocks, the things that have stood up over time. We don't throw things out that are working, but think about how you might modify or change things that are challenging and are not working for our students.
There will always be traditional ways of teaching that work best, just replacing a pencil with a device doesn't change the learning, using a device doesn't mean the experience is any better.
Blended learning also challenges us to be pliable, think of a marshmallow, sometimes you will try an activity and it will go well, but at times you may need to manipulate and change that activity- make a Smore! For those students that need a challenge, push them to think deeper.
Finally, blended learning challenges us to make learning applicable and authentic. How can we string together all of our content areas and experiences in a way that has students deepening their own thinking as well as challenging other's ideas?
Blended learning is a journey, sometimes things will be messy, but in thinking about how blended learning is personalizing and supporting all students, I have to say, the future is so bright, I think I might need to wear shades.


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Monceau-Imbrechies Memorial, Belgium
There's a ridge called 'Hill 270' by the American troops back in September 1944. This ridge separates the village of Monceau-Imbrechies from Macon, located north of the ridge. On that particular ridge happened the first clash of the liberation of Belgium, on September 2nd, 1944.
There, in the late morning of this summer day, the soldiers of the 60th Infantry Regiment came up, thinking the ridge is the best place to observe the town of Macon down the valley.The Germans are reported occupying Macon… It's 11:30 in the morning, and the Germans start to bomb that ridge. Twelve brave men are killed.
Today, a impressive memorial stands on that ridge, symbol of the first American heroes that gave their lives for Belgian People's Freedom. This memorial is one of the biggest American-dedicated memorial of its kind. Twelve markers symbolize the twelve soldiers who died on this ground. In front of them, a stone shaped like the Belgian territory supports an American star, symbolizing the friendship between the two great countries.
Later on, the Belgian Army's 4th Logistic Battalion offered a main battle tank (M47 Patton) and a Antiaircraft Gun (40-mm Bofors), which are now flanking the memorial. This quiet site overlooks the valley where the battle took place between the 2. SS Panzerdivision and the men of the 60th Infantry Regiment. It is now a symbol of peace and liberty, and those heroes who died are remembered for ever on the Belgian soil.


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Eek! First of all, I'd like to apologize for my lack of blog posting, I have just been so busy but I do promise to improve very soon!
When I fall in love with a product, I tend to stick with it. This was the case with the Liz Earle skincare range. Then after a while, I might feel intrigued to experiment and give something else a go, in this case it was the Neal's Yard 'Power Berry' skincare range.
Lesson learnt? To stay with what you're used to. However, I do have some good things to say..
As I've said before, I'm a complete sucker to any thing that is organic or made from as many natural ingredients as possible, so when I saw this range online, claiming to be paraben, sulphate and silicone free, I automatically added it to my shopping cart and handed over my card details, barely containing my excitement for when they would arrive!
I purchased the 'Power Berry Facial Wash' and this was probably the product I was most interested in as I have always been a 'creamy cleanser' kind of girl! First impressions? I was impressed! I loved the tinted blue glass packaging and the smell of mixed berries was just like summer in a bottle!
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After using it for a while, I quickly began to notice how much it was actually drying out my skin, it also made my eyes really stingy and sore, making me wonder what actually is in it..
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No, this isn't happening in Vermont, but one health insurer believes adding mindfulness training can improve worker health and reduce employers' costs.
Humana, the Louisville, Kentucky, based insurer says it's adding eMindful Inc.'s online mindfulness training program as an option for employer health plans. Humana is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, with approximately 11.4 million medical members.
eMindful Inc., a Florida-based company, offers online training that focuses on increasing awareness of unhealthy habits that might lead to poorer health and decreased productivity.
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Georgia peach: Mare Winningham in her Oscar-nominated 1995 role.
'Georgia' star Mare Winningham tunes into Sonoma
By David Templeton
Mare Winningham peers out from behind the ancient, musty, 20-foot-high, red velvet curtain that veils the Sebastiani Theatre's equally antiquated movie-screen. She's inspecting, checking things out. "Roger," the Oscar-nominated, Sonoma-based act-ress/singer teases. She steps into the light spilling onto the wooden stage where proprietor Roger Rhoten is waiting. "Roger, you've really got to get a new curtain up here. This thing's just shot!"
"It's on the list," he chuckles, sounding like a businessman with a very long list.
At stage center, turning to face the rows of empty, darkened seats, she notices the banner stretching across the doorway: Mare Winningham in Concert. "Nice job, Roger," she commends, adding, "God! I hope someone actually shows up for this thing."
This "thing" is a benefit for the lovely but cash-strapped Sebastiani, the 63-year-old downtown Sonoma landmark that Rhoten has spent years steadfastly developing into a community center for the arts, presenting everything from the annual local children's production of the Nutcracker to showings of little-seen art films and reissues of classics.
"The Sebastiani is a treasure," Winningham offers fervently, explaining her motivation for volunteering to do the upcoming musical performances with her band consisting of local musicians, all of whom perform with folk-rocker John Wesley Harding.
Winningham's passion for the Sebastiani began when she relocated to Sonoma several years ago from the Plumas County ranch where she lived a simple, isolated life far from the Hollywood spotlight. She became an ardent fan, as much of the whimsical, soft-spoken Rhoten (who is known to perform magic tricks on stage before the shows) as of the theater itself. Learning that the theater often operates at a loss, she volunteered to help out, offering to bring her band to the Sebastiani. "Roger shouldn't be worrying about how to make ends meet," she says. "He should be worried about fitting in all the programming he can."
Winningham's own aforementioned worries appear to be for naught: tickets are selling briskly, evidence that plenty of folks want to hear Mare Winningham sing and help the theater rebound from adversity.
Winningham's own acting career has done some impressive rebounding of its own in the past year. In Georgia, she portrayed a famous and beloved folksinger in a problematic relationship with her less talented, spectacularly self-destructive sister Sadie, played ferociously by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Barbara Turner, Leigh's mother, wrote the screenplay. That riveting, unsettling 1995 movie earned Winningham an Oscar nomination (the Academy Award went instead to Mira Sorvino) and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress in an independently produced film.
The performance by Winningham, known mainly for her sympathetic portrayals of resolute yet vulnerable people, was a stunner, partly for the stark, emotionally closed invulnerability of her character, and partly for the magnificent sweetness and purity of her clear and haunting singing voice.
Georgia marked the first time since singing in the bathtub in Paul Simon's 1980 movie One Trick Pony (her motion picture debut) that Winningham, the star of numerous big-screen and television films (St. Elmo's Fire, The Thorn Birds, Amber Waves, Turner and Hooch, The War, Wyatt Earp), had the opportunity to demonstrate her considerable musical abilities on film. "I didn't know you could sing" are words she's heard often since Georgia's release, a comment she enjoys though she's been singing like that all of her life.
And not just in the bath-tub. Winningham has toured with intellectual folk-rocker John Wesley Harding, has opened for legendary Celtic folkie Richard Thompson, and has performed for almost 10 years with her own band. She writes her own songs, two of which were used in the film, and she's recorded a striking, hard-to-find album, the folk-tinged What Might Be, released on the now-defunct Bay Cities Records label.
Unlike the character of Georgia, who repeatedly states that she didn't seek fame as a musician, Winningham has worked hard at her music over the years, sandwiching gigs in between acting assignments and family time (she and her husband, Bill, have five children). In various interviews she's given since doing Georgia, Winningham has openly admitted that she'd like nothing more than wide success as a singer and a fat recording contract with a major label to boot.
So far, though, her wishes have not materialized. The seemingly no-brainer task of putting out a Georgia soundtrack album became lost in a legal thicket following the bankruptcy of the company that financed the film. And for now at least, Winningham remains an un-signed talent.
Winningham doesn't miss the irony of having played a famous musician when most people who know of her are not even aware she can sing. "At the time it bothered me," she says. "It wasn't altogether easy to make the decision to do it. It's like being a painter and working very hard and want-ing to be true to your paintings, and then playing the part of a painter and paying a lot of people to behave as if you were a painter. It actually made me a little edgy.
"Maybe, if I hadn't been working so hard on my music, I could have done it without a second thought. I could have enjoyed it more and relished it. But, that's not how it was for me."
When Oscar nominations rolled around this year, Winningham found herself in an uncomfortable position: She was nominated, for the first time, yet Jennifer Jason Leigh--a friend of Winningham's since they attended summer camp together as teens--was absent from the list, despite having received the New York Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. "I felt incredibly honored and touched to be nominated," Winningham admits. "I was floored, actually. But it was hard to be separated from Jennifer, because she was the heart and soul of that film.
"While we were making the movie, I thought not only that she would get a nomination, but that she would win. I saw the kind of work she was doing. In my mind she will always be the greatest performance of that year, and a lot of other people thought so, too.
"Meryl Streep grabbed me at the Academy Awards," she adds, eyes widening in wonder. "She said, 'Jennifer should be here!' and I said, 'I know!'"
The Independent Spirit Awards, which honor work done in films made outside of the Hollywood system, were a different story. Leigh was nominated as well as Winningham, along with Ulu Grossbard, the film's director. Winningham ended up taking Best Supporting Actress honors. "I was glad I won," she says softly, "because I got to get up there on that stage and look at Jennifer and say, 'I will support you any day!' I truly feel it was a privilege to support her in that role. She was the whirling dervish of that movie. She was the center of the film. What a thing to support!"
Support. It seems to be emerging as the theme of the day. As we sit in this memorabilia-filled lobby (the immense stuffed teddy bear reminds Winningham of Roger Ebert), the conversation returns to this weekend's benefit concert. "I trust Roger," she smiles. "His sensibilities are attuned to what is great about creative opportunity. If he had more money, he'd just keep upgrading the theater. There'd be a better stage and the ballerinas would have a better time, and a better sound system so the bands would have a better time. There'd be more opportunities to hire people to help with children's theater programs.
"People should support him," she rallies. "They should support this theater!" She pauses, laughing. "So I'll show up with my band, and if people turn up to see us, we'll make this an annual thing. And hopefully we'll make a chunk of money." She stands up, smiling, glancing about for Rhoten.
"And then," she adds, loudly, "I want to see a brand-new curtain in this place! OK, Roger?"
Mare Winningham will perform Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, at 8 p.m., at the Sebastiani Theatre, on the Plaza in Sonoma. Tickets are $15. 996-9756.
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problem with nullPointerException
Hi guys! I made my first program with java, it's about making a class for a single card and another one for a full deck of cards and then testing it. The compiler's message is: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Cardgames.Deck$BDeck.<init>(Deck.java:26)
at Cardgames.Deck.main(Deck.java:50)
Java Result: 1
here's the code:
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package Cardgames; public class Deck { public class Card { public int bySuit=0; public int byRank=1; String stLabel="A\u2663"; public Card(int parSuit,int parRank,String parLabel){ bySuit=parSuit; byRank=parRank; stLabel=parLabel; } private void printCard() { System.out.println(stLabel); return; } } static public class BDeck{ Card[] BDCards = new Card[52]; int c=0; public BDeck(String[] parCardLabels){ for(int i=0;i<4;i++){ for(int j=1;j<14;j++){ BDCards[c].byRank=i; BDCards[c].bySuit=j; BDCards[c].stLabel=parCardLabels[c]; c++; } } c=0; } public void presentDeck(){ for(int i=0;i<4;i++){ System.out.println("\n"); for(int j=1;j<14;j++){ System.out.println(BDCards[c].stLabel + " "); c++; } } return; } } public static void main(String[] args) { String[] stCardLabels = {"A\u2663","2\u2663","3\u2663","4\u2663","5\u2663","6\u2663","7\u2663","8\u2663","9\u2663","10\u2663","J\u2663","Q\u2663","K\u2663","A\u2666","2\u2666","3\u2666","4\u2666","5\u2666","6\u2666","7\u2666","8\u2666","9\u2666","10\u2666","J\u2666","Q\u2666","K\u2666","A\u2665", "2\u2665","3\u2665","4\u2665","5\u2665","6\u2665","7\u2665","8\u2665","9\u2665","10\u2665","J\u2665","Q\u2665","K\u2665","A\u2660","2\u2660","3\u2660","4\u2660","5\u2660","6\u2660","7\u2660","8\u2660","9\u2660","10\u2660","J\u2660","Q\u2660","K\u2660"}; BDeck myDeck = new BDeck(stCardLabels); myDeck.presentDeck(); } }
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Last edited by Fubarable; 03-21-2010 at 04:48 PM. Reason: Moderator Edit: Code tags added
Creating an array of Card doesn't actually create Card objects but rather creates an array of Card variables which you have to fill with Card objects before you can use them. It's like creating a parking lot: you first have to fill it with cars before you can choose one and then drive it.
So, consider adding the line:
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Card[] BDCards = new Card[52]; int c=0; public BDeck(String[] parCardLabels){ for(int i=0;i<4;i++){ for(int j=1;j<14;j++){ // *** add this line *** BDCards[c] = new Card(); BDCards[c].byRank=i; BDCards[c].bySuit=j; BDCards[c].stLabel=parCardLabels[c]; c++; } }
Also, please read my signature about using code tags. Best of luck!
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Actually, because of how your Card constructor is written, you need to do this:
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public BDeck(String[] parCardLabels){ for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++){ for(int j = 1; j < 14; j++){ BDCards[c] = (new Deck()).new Card(j, i, parCardLabels[c]); c++; } } c = 0; }
1. Keep each class in a separate source file -- class Deck in Deck.java, class Card in Card.java, etc.
2. I'm not sure what "by" means in the Card instance variables "byRank" and "bySuit" -- I think it would be better if those ivars were simply "rank" and "suit".
3. Same goes for "st" and "par" prefixes -- I'm guessing "par" is "parameter" and "st" maybe "static" or something? Don't use them. Stick with simple but descriptive nouns for variable names. If it's a question of confusing an instance variable with a passed argument, you can use the "this" keyword to clarify.
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public class Card { private int suit; private int rank; public Card(int rank, int suit) { this.rank = rank; this.suit = suit; } }
Cards have no business changing their rank or suit once they've been created, so I think the constructor you have is pretty good, except the "label" is a function of the rank and suit. It wouldn't make sense to have a label that's different from the rank and suit, so don't allow such a thing in the constructor. Instead use the constructor I showed above, and write a getLabel() method.
Those Unicode characters aren't working on my console (Mac OSX 10.6, en_US.UTF-8) and I'm not sure why, but anyway, consider defining them as constants in your Card class:
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public class Card { ... public static final String CLUB = "\u2663";
Then you can do:
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public class Card { ... private String[] ranks = {"A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J", "Q", "K"}; private String[] suits = {DIAMOND, SPADE, HEART, CLUB}; ... public String getLabel() { return ranks[rank] + suits[suit]; } ... }
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Thank you for your time and advice guys I appreciate it. I made Card and BDeck classes into separate files and initialized the array objects like you said, everything works like a charm :). Gcalvin you probably can't see the unicode characters because they're unicode - 16 not 8. That's interesting. How will I make characters like that be displayed on all machines and why did you propose I turn them into constants? Another question is: Why did you write :
BDCards[c] = (new Deck()).new Card(j, i, parCardLabels[c]);
instead of just :
BDCards[c] = new Card(j,i,parCardLabels[c]);
And one last thing, when I have my classes and my main method in the same file I get the message "non-static variable cannot be referenced from a static context" when I try to create a new instance of a class. Why?
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Spas Mavrov was born in 1949 in the village of Venetz, the region of Burgas. He graduated sculpture at the St.St. Cyril & Methodius University in Veliko Tarnovo in the class of Professor Grigor Kirchev. From 1986 till 1987 he worked as a teacher in Modeling and Anatomy at the Secondary School of Design in the town of Kazanlak.
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