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Photo Flash: First Look at Marcus Lovett, Simon Thomas and More in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has recently welcomed new cast members, who joine dthe cast on 3 September. New to the show are Marcus Lovett as 'The Phantom', Simon Thomas as 'Raoul', LAra Martins as 'Carlotta' and Anna O'Byrne as 'Christine' at certain performances. PHANTOM will continue to star Sofia Escobar as 'Christine', Cheryl McAvoy as 'Madame Giry', Jeremy Secomb as 'Piangi', Barry James as 'Monsieur Firmin', Gareth Snook as 'Monsieur André' and Anna Forbes as 'Meg Giry'. Check out photos of the cast in action below!
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA became the longest running show in Broadway history on 9 January 2006 when it celebrated its 7,486th performance, surpassing the previous record holder "Cats". This coincided with the Broadway and the US national touring company celebrating an unprecedented 20,000 performances in the United States. In October 2010 the London production celebrated its 10,000th performance, and in October 2011 it celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a spectacular staging of "The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall" which was screened live in cinemas all over the world and subsequently released on DVD.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has won over 60 major theatre awards, including seven Tonys on Broadway and three Olivier Awards in the West End. It won the 'Most Popular Musical Audience Award', voted by the public, in the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on 9 October 1986 starred Michael Crawford as 'The Phantom' and Sarah Brightman as 'Christine.' It is produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company Limited.
Worldwide, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has grossed over £3.2 billion. The box office revenues are higher than any film or stage play in history, including "Titanic", "ET" and "Star Wars". It has been seen in 147 cities in 27 countries and played to over 130 million people. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is currently showing in London, New York, Budapest, Las Vegas, and Tokyo. The new 25th Anniversary Production is also currently on tour in the UK.
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Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Impunity is once again thriving in Brasília. Former STF Chief Justice Joaquim Barbosa has retired, not only as Chief Justice, but also as the Rapporteur of the "Mensalão" cases. His substitute is newly appointed "Justice" Luis Roberto Barroso, who has long supported the miscreant "mensaleiros" in private, although he's never had the courage to admit it in public.
Mr. Barroso has coveted a Supreme Court position for the past twenty years, implementing his ambition from his position as a constitutional law professor at USP, the equivalent in Brazil of Harvard Law School. A well-known liberal, whose political sympathies are very much in tune with the populist segment of the governing coalition, he was rewarded with the STF appointment, on the implicit assumption (if not formal condition) that he would work strenuously to set free the convicted "mensaleiros." This he has done.
Brazilian law holds that criminals are not free to go into the "work release" regime where they may work outside jail but must sleep there at night, until they have served at least one sixth of their sentence. Mr. Barroso convinced the STF to interpret this to apply only to criminals serving jail terms longer than eight years. Not coincidentally, José Dirceu's term is seven years and eleven months, so he's free to go to "work."
This "work", as Mr. Barroso and everyone else on the planet knows, is to get Dilma Rousseff re-elected. In theory, José Dirceu will work for an eighty-year-old criminal lawyer, a longtime friend, receiving R$2,100 per month to organize his library. Justice Barbosa, before retiring, saw through this sham, referring to it (in French) as a put-up job between buddies.
Justice Barbosa was right, because if the lawyer had been serious he would have hired a certified librarian — a regulated profession in Brazil. Moreover, assuming the library is organized in a week or so, José Dirceu will still have plenty of time to help Rousseff's campaign from inside the law office.
This is immensely shameful, in numerous respects. It is shameful for a reputable lawyer to pretend to offer a job that is a sham. It is shameful for the OAB to defend the lawyer and criticize Justice Barbosa for his statement pointing out the sham. It is shameful that the STF, after finally imposing some punishment on dishonest politicians, has undone this by setting them free. It is shameful for the STF to benefit only José Dirceu and his partners in crime, when thousands of deserving prisoners would truly benefit from a "work release" program.
The reason behind allowing prisoners daytime leave to work is to reintegrate them into society and to show them there are valid alternatives to criminal activities in order to make a living. In the case of criminals who are truly repentant, and who desire to lead honest lives, that is justice.
In the case of the "mensaleiros", it is an injustice. They are not repentant; they do not admit they committed crimes; they do not even deny they will do now, if allowed, exactly the same things they did before their trials and convictions. Mr. Barroso knows this; in fact, the entire country knows this.
Impunity once again reigns supreme, thanks largely to Mr. Barroso. He should have difficulty sleeping at night. But he probably won't.
Michael Royster, aka THE CURMUDGEON first saw Rio forty-plus years ago, fetched up on these shores exactly 36 years ago, still loves it, notwithstanding being a charter member of the most persecuted minority in (North) America today, the WASPs (google it!)(get over it!)


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Authorities were on the scene this afternoon in the North Side's Uptown neighborhood removing weapons from the apartment of a 60-year-old man who made a threat against the Willis Tower, Chicago police said.
Police and other law enforcement officers arrived in the 4200 block of North Sheridan Road at about 2:30 p.m. in response to the threat, said Chicago Police Officer Dan O'Brien.
Investigators do not believe there was a credible threat to the Willis or to the public.
The man's apartment was searched and police recovered multiple guns and gunpowder, he said. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported.
O'Brien said the man was taken into custody and will undergo a mental evaluation. The nature of the man's alleged threat on the Willis Tower was not immediately known.


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Sports Patriotism?
There is an old British adage, "You've lost the plot." What this saying means is that someone is missing the bigger picture. Similar to not being able to "see the forest from the trees." In two cases here in America, we have definitely lost the plot.
Recent stories have surfaced where professional sports teams, mostly in the NFL, have taken payments for patriotic-type recognition at their games. Things like unfurling large flags for the national anthem, to on field promotions such as a coin toss or an enlistment ceremony, these pro teams felt it was okay to take a check from various military branches for these types of events. Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake launched an investigation into this practice in an attempt to evaluate how much government money was being funneled to the leagues for what is now being called "Paid Patriotism." Turns out over $9 million was paid last year by arms of the military to professional teams in exchange for these events.
The question I have is this….. At what point did we look at our military branches as a source of revenue rather than a source of freedom? If it were not for the dedicated service of our armed forces, we wouldn't be playing football on Sundays, or any other sport on any other day for that matter. Charging the military for something that we should gratefully be providing to them for free is not only greedy, its disrespectful to those that have served. These teams have lost the plot.
In another curious showing of "patriotism" (or lack thereof), there is an expanding practice of fans embellishing the ending of our national anthem. These singing "traditions" often involve the fans changing the end of the anthem to "home of the (insert team name here)". The Fighting Sioux have done it. Alabama has done it. LSU has done it. The Colorado Avalanche has done it. I'm sure there are more. In every case, these people have also lost the plot.
The national anthem is about our nation. All of us. Not just the Sioux, the Tide, the Tigers, or anyone else. Changing the ending of our song is not some fan base's call. It's not about your team or you as an individual. The anthem is ours. Leave it alone, and show some respect for your fellow Americans, many of who have served our country so we can enjoy our freedom – and our sports each and every day.
In a perfect world, all the teams that took military dollars for marketing purposes would donate those funds to military families in need. And those that don't sing "home of the brave" at the end of our national anthem would be flogged (or at least removed from the venue). We owe it to those who have served to shine a light on them, and to hold them up as an example of what true patriotism stands for. Not to disregard their efforts and treat them as a revenue stream. As Americans we have to flip the script and honor our county and our soldiers. If we don't find the plot soon, what's next? Charging retired soldiers to march in Veterans' Day parades?


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Sad revelations related to Boy Scout incidents.
Seeing south-central Kansas show up in the Boy Scouts of America's "perversion files" was a shock � and a reminder, like the Penn State and Catholic Church scandals, that there is no justice for children victimized by sexual predators unless authorities do the right thing.
The shame is that the recent progress in identifying and prosecuting child sexual abuse doesn't help the victims of crimes committed and covered up so long ago.
The 14,500 pages of confidential files, dating from 1959 to 1985, were released recently by order of the Oregon Supreme Court. According to Associated Press, the 14 Kansas cases in the files include six from troops in Wichita, one from Arkansas City, and the shocking story of a Newton Scoutmaster who admitted holding all-night parties at his home in which he took a boy at a time into his bedroom for "immoral acts." ...
The files yielded a 1961 letter from the then-Harvey County attorney explaining his decision not to prosecute the men because doing so "would cause great harm to the reputations" of the Boy Scouts organization and the local YMCA, and also damage the reputations of several churches in town. Instead, according to the letter, the men were required to cut all ties with youth groups and get psychiatric treatment. ...
Ignoring such criminal behavior in an effort to spare reputations, institutions and communities merely compounds the offense by treating victims as if they and their suffering don't matter.
The cover-ups also end up destroying more lives, as predators who should be off the streets instead are shuffled around to new positions. Three of the named abusers in the Wichita and Arkansas City cases were convicted years later of sex crimes, including crimes against children.
It's important to note that the Boy Scouts organization has changed, having adopted such preventive measures as criminal background checks, training programs and mandatory reporting of abuse to law enforcement. ...
But these changes have come too late for thousands of child victims, who have been victimized first by their abusers and again by the silence of organizations meant to serve and nurture them.
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Glasgow Commonwealth Games organisers say 'lessons will be learned for 2014'
Commonwealth Games organisers have vowed to learn the lessons of ticketing and security problems which have caused difficulties at the Olympics.
In London, organisers have begun to fill the empty seats meant for officials by selling extra tickets.
Co-ordinators of Glasgow's 2014 event told the BBC they are determined to have Scottish venues filled to capacity.
They were speaking on a visit to London organised by Scottish business leaders.
The delegation was led by Glasgow City Council leader, Cllr Gordon Matheson, and included representatives from the Scottish Council for Development and Industry, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.
The visit sought to showcase Glasgow's business expertise and investment opportunities, and build momentum towards the city's hosting of the Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Those building Glasgow's Games say they are already learning the lessons of some of the obstacles experienced by the London Olympics in recent weeks.
The first major problem was the G4S security scandal, where a private firm failed to deliver 10,000 security personnel it had promised, resulting in the armed forces having to fill the gap.
Then as the sporting activity began, there were empty seats in several arenas. Ministers and Olympic organisers have promised to resolve that problem, with extra tickets being sold.
David Grevemburg, the chief executive of Glasgow 2014's organising committee, said similar problems would be ironed out in time.
He said: "Security in any major Games is a very complex operation - multi-faceted, lots of moving parts.
"It's absolutely important to look at lessons learned from London, both in the private security side and also the policing and ambulance side, and general security.
"In terms of ticketing, we have some very direct outcomes that we're looking for. Of course, we need to meet our target revenues, we want to be accessible and inclusive and we want full stadia so we're developing policies and pricing strategies that are going to help us do that."
Cllr Matheson said he thought the Olympics were a fantastic success, but admitted lessons would be learned in order to get Glasgow's Games as "right as possible".
"Our officers, who are involved in the detail of Glasgow 2014, have been working alongside LOCOG and everyone involved in London," he said.
"The Games are under way - I think they're fantastic, there's a real buzz about the place.
"But of course, there are always lessons to be learned and we in Glasgow and in Scotland will be looking to learn those lessons in whatever area so that we get it as right as possible come 2014."


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I am thrilled to be included in this Holiday Show! I will be showing six dessert paintings. These three 12x12 donut paintings and three small yummy cupcake paintings. If you happen to find yourself in Mill Valley on Dec. 8 between 10 am and 8pm. Please stop in.
All Three Donut Paintings Sold at the Holiday Art Trunk Show!


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Do Immigration Limits Hurt Growing Canadian Cities?
Since Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced Canada's new immigration targets for 2013, there's been a lot to talk about.
On October 31st, Minister Kenney tweeted: "In 2013 we'll keep immigration levels at ~250,000. The NDP says we should increase immigration by 40% to at least 350,000. What do you think?"
He also tweeted later on the same day, "even though 90% of CDNs oppose higher immigration levels."
The Globe and Mail's Economy Lab published an excellent article on the subject, as if to speak to those 90% of Canadians and ask them if they get how immigrants help boost the population in mid-sized urban centres across Canada, bringing in more tax dollars, more jobs and more business.
Formerly desolate and empty urban suburbs in Canada are now growing because they have the population that demands better infrastructure and development: more stores, more parks, more services and more everything for everyone.
While Toronto and Vancouver (and their surrounding areas) are where the most immigrants make their home, their total share of all of the immigrants that come to Canada each and every year is decreasing as smaller cities across Canada are welcoming more immigrants – including Moncton, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Saskatoon and Trois-Rivieres. These cities are growing because they have jobs that need filling – and the local population is not filling them.
But according to the article, the Ontario government wants more immigrants than it's getting, and with the current target in place it will be impossible to ensure Ontario's share of newcomers to Canada is high enough while other cities still have enough people moving there to help them develop and grow. The article is great, and definitely worth a read if you're one of the 90%.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Undead Shamblers - Almost finished?
Well I have come to the point where I need to call this beauty finished. At least for now.
My energy levels are already quite depleted and so putting effort into a piece that I might just be making worse is not a good thing to be doing.
It has been a great project to work on, and I know there are areas that I need to update, and will in time, but for now it is finished. And I call it a day.
It was a good project to get myself back into painting something more than just table top, and allows me to now get back to long overdue projects that I have wanted to get done, or have started but never finished.
It will come with me to Denmark in June to get some additional feedback while at Roman's workshop. And depending on time I might be able to do minor adjustments to it.
At the moment though he is finished, and I now ponder if I should keep the socket in wood, or paint it black. I am of 2 minds of it at the moment as both have their merits.
Enjoy and now I am off to find another mini project to get me back to understanding how paint flows once more before I start in on the larger pieces!
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The added flock made the piece even more interesting to look at.ReplyDelete
It also enhanced the worn look.
Lovely work!
A black socket will make the piece more menacing in my opinion. You could also darken the wood more to give it a more aged appearance.
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SUNY board to hear revised proposals on Friday
By Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
They learned about bowties. And onions. And kindergarten.
But Brooklynites hoping to learn the details of proposals submitted by five developers seeking to buy Long Island College Hospital (LICH) were left fuming on Wednesday night when a quickly-organized Q & A with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, scheduled to be broadcast at 9:30 p.m. on BRIC's community access Brooklyn Public Network (previously known as BCAT), never materialized.
Update: The broadcast is back on.
On Tuesday, BP Adams had invited interested people to email or tweet questions to him about the bids. During Wednesday's Q & A, the Brisa Builders Corporation, Related Companies, Chinese Community Accountable Care Organization, Fortis Property Group and the Peebles Corporation were to describe their proposals and answer the pre-submitted questions.
Instead, as viewers settled in to watch the promised broadcast, a show featuring men's fashion, a song substituting the word "onions" for a section of the male anatomy, and a piece about kindergarten was shown instead. (Update: BP adams office sayd the show will be broadcast starting Thursday. See times below.)
Twitter came alive with questions and accusations.
"We're still waiting for LICH broadcast to start. What's going on?" asked Eliza Bates.
"BPEricAdams, trying to watch the program - nothing on," tweeted Nikhita Venugopal.
"BOWTIES? Are we on the wrong channel?" asked the Brooklyn Bugle.
Nas Mohit said, "You call this 'community input' BPEricAdams"?
Some viewers, under the impression they were watching the wrong channel, contacted the Brooklyn Eagle.
"I can't find Adams on TV, can you?" one frantically texted. "I'm watching a fashion show waiting for Adams to start."
As the kindergarten segment wound to a close and LICH supporters vented on Twitter, the Eagle got through to BP Adams' spokesman Stefan Ringel.
"On behalf of Brooklyn Borough President Adams, I want to apologise," he said. He assured the Eagle that the Q & A with the developers had been taped as planned. "It taped between 4 and 6 p.m., and there were no glitches. The issue is at BRIC and BPN. They are having issues uploading the program onto the system to air," he said.
Ringel said the program "will air, and there will be multiple air times." He added that Brooklyn Public Network had not set a time for the airings yet, "but we will get that information out as soon as we have it."
BCAT TV (@BKIndieMedia) sent out a tweet confirming the studio had experienced technical difficulty, and promising to set a new air time. (Update: Early on Thursday. the channel said the show would be broadcast several times throughout the day on Thursday and Friday. See http://bricartsmedia.org)
Despite Ringel's assurances, many commenters were not convinced a technical error was the cause of the delay.
"I don't think they wanted to answer our questions and they were surprised at how many they received," said Susan Raboy, spokesperson for Patients for LICH. She emailed the Brooklyn Eagle a letter that she said had been sent to BP Adams before the Q & A was scheduled to be filmed.
It included detailed questions such as, "What will happen to LICH's life-satving cardiac angioplasty heart center and neurosurgical stroke center if the hospital is closed? Brooklyn Hospital [partnering with Related Companies in one of the bids] can't provide that care -- it doesn't have those services."
The letter also asked questions about promised urgent care and free-standing emergency rooms. "They couldn't . . . have helped the pregnant woman who ran into LICH's ER last week with a baby who couldn't wait to be born."
SUNY has been trying to close LICH for more than a year. Community groups and officials representing LICH's service area have called SUNY's RFP process "rigged" to favor developers over hospital operators. Advocates are calling for a "fair and open process" that would reflect the health needs of the surrounding community.
"The process is illegal," SurgPath Atlas tweeted to BP Adams. "As a [Borough] President you should be no part of it."
"There is no sense commenting on or reacting to any of the proposals, since this process has no chance whatsoever of withstanding legal scrutiny," said attorney Jim Walden of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Walden represents LICH advocates including six community groups. "SUNY and its enablers can claim this process is 'open and transparent' all they want, but repeating a lie one thousand times does not make it true."
The full details of the revised bids were publicly revealed for the first time on Wednesday. Four of the five proposals call for closing the 155-year-old hospital and redeveloping its real estate, while providing ambulatory care through partnerships with health providers.
One proposal calls for keeping LICH in operation as a (smaller) hospital, something advocates for LICH say is a non-negotiable requirement.
On Friday, February 7, the SUNY Board of Trustees will meet in Manhattan to consider the revised proposals. LICH supporters plan to travel to the meeting as well.
On Tuesday, February 11, these same SUNY board members and state DOH Commissioner Nirav Shah will be facing contempt charges before state Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes for violating his orders, on multiple occasions, to keep LICH open .
Update: According to BP Adams office and BIM, the Q & A is now scheduled to first air on that network Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. EST on the Brooklyn Public Network, which can be found on Cablevision (Channel 69), Time Warner Cable (Channel 56), RCN (Channel 84), Verizon FIOS (Channel 44) or on their website's Channel 3 at http://bricartsmedia.org/community-media/watch-brooklyn-public-network. It will be re-aired on Thursday at 2:15 p.m., 8: p.m. and 9:30 p.m., as well as on Friday, February 7 at 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Updated Feb. 6 to reflect BCAT TV's name change to Brooklyn Public Network.


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Pills as chocolate!
I recently saw on the news of a study to test chocolate pills for heart health. It figures that the big company Mars Inc. is helping to fund it, however, I think it's worth a shot. One can gain all the benefits of eating dark chocolate for heart health without the extra calories and fat.
Here's an excerpt from an article I read on ABC News:
The pills are so packed with nutrients that you'd have to eat a gazillion candy bars to get the amount being tested in this study, which will enroll 18,000 men and women nationwide.
The study will be the first large test of cocoa flavanols, which in previous smaller studies improved blood pressure, cholesterol, the body's use of insulin, artery health and other heart-related factors.
A second part of the study will test multivitamins to help prevent cancer. Earlier research suggested this benefit but involved just older, unusually healthy men. Researchers want to see if multivitamins lower cancer risk in a broader population.
The study will be sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Mars Inc., maker of M&M's and Snickers bars. The candy company has patented a way to extract flavanols from cocoa in high concentration and put them in capsules. Mars and some other companies sell cocoa extract capsules, but with less active ingredient than those that will be tested in the study; candy contains even less.
"You're not going to get these protective flavanols in most of the candy on the market. Cocoa flavanols are often destroyed by the processing," said Manson, who will lead the study with Howard Sesso at Brigham and others at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Participants will get dummy pills or two capsules a day of cocoa flavanols for four years, and neither they nor the study leaders will know who is taking what during the study. The flavanol capsules are coated and have no taste, said Manson, who tried them herself.
In the other part of the study, participants will get dummy pills or daily multivitamins containing a broad range of nutrients.
Participants will be recruited from existing studies, which saves money and lets the study proceed much more quickly, Manson said, although some additional people with a strong interest in the research may be allowed to enroll. The women will come from the Women's Health Initiative study, the long-running research project best known for showing that menopause hormone pills might raise heart risks rather than lower them as had long been thought. Men will be recruited from other large studies.
Below are facts on heart disease that I found on the CDC website:
Heart Disease Facts
America's Heart Disease Burden
- About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that's 1 in every 4 deaths.
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men.
- Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing more than 385,000 people annually.
- Every year about 715,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 525,000 are a first heart attack and 190,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.
- Coronary heart disease alone costs the United States $108.9 billion each year. This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity.


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It's like a retail black hole that won't suck the life out of your wallet. East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse has had a gravitational pull on local teachers, artists, DIYers — and pretty much anyone interested in saving money — since it was first opened by Oakland teachers almost 40 years ago. Read the full story and see more stories on the SFBARTable website.


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Send a bright and colorful birthday card to your awesome friend this year, they will appreciate it! This birthday card features the classic birthday icons – a decorative cake and candles! It thanks your friend for all the good times you have had together and lets them know you wish that all their birthday wishes come true! So send these candles over to your friend now so he or she can make a wish for their birthday!
There are people in the world that you bump into and sparks fly. And while lovers might burn hot and bright, friends are the small flames that keep the dark away night after night. Wish your friend a life full of wonders, a life full of hope. For just as she has been one of your guiding lights, you have always returned the favor. And on her birthday, with your help, she'll shine tall and strong thanks to your birthday card.
"Happy Birthday" just doesn't cut it for your best friend. They've been with you through everything, they're the source of your laughter and the reason you smile. This year, don't settle for the standard greeting. Send laughter. Send light. Send a concentrated ball of friendship, waiting to overwhelm your friend with joy. Give them a thousand times what they have given you. And then you can wish them "Happy Birthday".
One, two, three...blow! Eventually in friendships, you stop counting the candles on the cake and start counting down to blowing out the candles. Birthdays transform from aging celebrations to personal revelries, highlighting accomplishments and bringing up memories. And oh, do you and your friend have lots of good memories about each other. Wish your friend health and success for the next year while filling their birthday with joy!
If you have a friend that you think is wonderful, then let them know with this cheerful happy birthday card! After all, everyone should receive compliments on their birthday! Colorful birthday candles with pretty patterns fill the background of this charming greeting card, and will put a smile on your friends face! Make sure to send this thoughtful birthday card over to your friend so you can add some joy to their big day!
When you see special candles such as these, you can't help but think of a birthday celebration! This is why sending this eye-catching birthday card would be a great decision. It features pretty pastel colored birthday candles, as well as a golden cake that makes this greeting card extra special! Best of all, this birthday card tells your friend that they light up your life and that you are thankful to have them as a friend!
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Birthdays happen every year, but friends like yours only come around once in a lifetime. Tell your friend how unique you feel she is with this birthday card on her special day. Pink and blue candles mark the occasion in this birthday card set on a burgundy background.
Brightly lit candles in every color of the rainbow (complete with stars) set a festive tone for this special birthday card, perfect for a dear friend in your life. It's a reminder to them as they celebrate another year to think about how much of an impact they have not only on you, but on the lives of all the people fortunate enough to know them.
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xoxoxoBruce Saturday Nov 15 10:44 PM
Nov 16, 2014: Batmobile
There have been numerous versions of the Batmobile in the comics and eight versions for TV and movies.
Now obviously this car wasn't built to be a daily driver. It's a garage queen for cruising on summer Sundays, or impressing the roller skating carhops on warm Friday nights. It's also the kind of car that once everyone has seen it, and knows who it belongs to, other interests sing the siren's song. So when DC Comics wanted to lease it for a promotional tour Forrest said, run, Batmobile, run.
The lure of the bright lights of fame and fortune corrupts, ask Wayne Bobbitt or Levi Johnston.
When the car came home, Forrest was trying to raise money to start a business, so he sold it for $200… that would be almost $1500 today. The car was resold a couple times then ended up in a New Hampshire field for near fifty years.
In 2008, the car was discovered by Bobby Smith of Swanzey, NH. He sold it to a rare car dealer in Chicago, who re-sold it to auto historian George Albright. In February 2013, the '63 Batmobile was purchased by Toy Car Exchange LLC and transported to Borbon Fabrications in Sacramento, CA, a company that specializes in vintage car restorations. I heard they spent 1700 man hours on it.
Now it's at Heritage Auctions, opening bid $90,000 ($112,500 with buyer's premium)
fargon Sunday Nov 16 11:33 AM
Kewl, Bruce.
Gravdigr Sunday Nov 16 01:00 PM
You'd have to be batty to bid $90k on that.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Nov 16 05:15 PM
They predict it'll go in the $180,000 to $200,000 range.
lumberjim Tuesday Nov 18 10:11 AM
Boy, I wonder
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That Apple Mac computers are more expensive than Windows-based PCs is readily apparently to anyone who has shopped for both. But now it's true of smartphones as well: The coming generation of Windows Phone 8 devices will significantly undercut iPhone pricing.
On Sunday, electronics retailing giant Best Buy began offering the Windows Phone 8-based Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC Windows Phone 8X smartphones for preorder. Both are the flagship devices for their respective companies, and both offer high-end specifications, not to mention features that Apple won't get around to adding to the iPhone until the next revision in late 2013. And yet both devices significantly undercut iPhone pricing.
The Lumia 920 costs $149 with a new AT&T wireless contract, and the HTC 8x costs just $99. Apple's iPhone 5, meanwhile, starts at $199—$50 more than the Lumia 920 and $100 more than the HTC. But that version includes only 16GB of non-expandable onboard storage. A version with the same 32GB as the Lumia costs another $100, coming it at $299, or double the price of Nokia's handset. (The HTC features 16GB of non-expandable onboard storage, like the iPhone 5.)
These phones also undercut the flagship Android smartphone, Samsung's Galaxy SIII, which costs $199 with a new 2-year contract at AT&T. This device also offers 16GB of storage, but it's expandable via microSD.
And these new Windows Phone 8 smartphones are high-end, flagship devices. Other Window Phone 8 devices, including the Samsung ATIV-S, the Nokia Lumia 820, the HTC Windows Phone 8S, and others are coming to the US market in the weeks ahead and will be sold via a variety of carriers, like the iPhone and Android. Given the low-ball pricing on the Lumia 920 and HTC 8X, most of these other phones will cost even less, further undercutting iPhone pricing.
(Pity the poor Apple customer: You can of course save some money by buying a 1- or 2-year-old and somewhat obsolete iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S instead. Imagine walking into a Toyota dealership and being offered a "new" 2010 Camry as a cost-saving gesture.)
Best Buy's Windows Phone 8 smartphone pre-sale originally included five versions of the Lumia 920, in colors such as red, yellow, white, cyan, and black, as well as a "California blue" (i.e., purple) version of the HTC 8X. As of Monday morning, only the 8X—which does come with 16GB of storage, not the 8GB listed on Best Buy's pre-sale page—was still available. It's unclear whether the Lumia has sold out or was pulled for some other reason.
Windows Phone 8 will be launched next week in San Francisco, and new devices will be in the market by November. According to information previously provided by Microsoft, the platform supports a number of features not included in the iPhone, including Near Field Communication (NFC, for Tap and Send plus e-wallet integration), better security through SIM-based secure element, storage expansion with microSD, and of course the superior Windows Phone OS, which offers deeper integration with online services. Both platforms have comparable digital media ecosystems, but of course the iPhone has a significant lead with apps, though Microsoft does claim a reasonable 100,000 apps for Windows Phone.


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Titan Insurance Announces Sabrina Wang as New Product Manager
Titan Insurance is pleased to announce that Sabrina Wang will be joining the Southern Coast Regional product team as the new Titan Product Manager. Sabrina will be responsible for Illinois, Maryland and Mississippi and will begin early December.
Sabrina has nearly six years of product management experience. Prior to accepting this new position, Sabrina worked at Ohio Mutual Insurance where she managed various product lines. Before Ohio Mutual Insurance Sabrina worked for Nationwide Insurance as an associate product manager as well as pricing analyst for commercial lines.
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The Blackberry Pearl 8100 features GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 2G network modes, 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels, LED flash built in camera, 32-bit Intel XScale PXA272 312 MHz processor CPU with BlackBerry operating system. Below diagram shows detail schematic diagram for Blackberry Pearl 8100 plug connector and pinout.
The Blackberry Pearl 8100 plug connector is a 4 pin 3.5mm (2.5mm) plug connector at the headset cable. The Pinout assignment is as following: Pin 1 for Control (+2.4v); Pin 2 and 3 for Audio channel (left or right) and Pin 4 for Ground. Note that ring 1 has a 1.4K ohm loading to Ground. When talk/play/pause function button is pushed it applies a short across ring 1 and 4.


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Windsor and Maidenhead donations: Two people respond
A council that invited residents to donate money they had saved after their council tax bills were cut received two responses.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead offered residents the chance to donate the cash after reducing council tax for four years in a row.
The authority said two residents offered to return the difference in their bills - totalling £433.
The council said it intended to run the "donate back" scheme again in 2014.
Finance councillor Simon Dudley said the low response "proves beyond a doubt that, in financially difficult times, our residents do indeed welcome local tax cuts".
For the opposition, Councillor Malcom Beer, leader of the Old Windsor Residents' Association group, said: "I'm sure everyone welcomes tax cuts but the people who are not involved don't appreciate those cuts are impairing services.
"There's a fairly widely held view - between non-Conservatives and Conservatives who don't like to express it in public - that the cuts have been too deep.
"If anyone wants to donate their savings, they will no doubt be used for valuable projects."
In 2011, the Conservative-controlled council announced 70 jobs would be axed as part of budget cuts.
According to council figures, council tax payers would have been between £60 and £183 better off in 2013/14 and between £161 and £484 better off over the four-year period.
There are about 60,000 households in the Berkshire borough.
The residents who donated money were given the option of choosing a service to send it to, including facilities for young people, better public transport and pavement repairs.


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SAGAMORE BEACH — Daniel Ethan Cardoza, 22, of Sagamore Beach, died on July 19, 2009.
SAGAMORE BEACH — Daniel Ethan Cardoza, 22, of Sagamore Beach, died on July 19, 2009.
Born in Falmouth, he inspired many and enjoyed life to the fullest. He loved his family, friends, and adored his son Dominic.
He attended Bourne schools throughout his life and graduated from Bourne High School in 2005. From a very young age, Daniel was involved in school and town sports and activities. He loved and excelled in Pop Warner football, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, and karate and was a Boy Scout for many years. He also enjoyed fishing and playing drums in grade school. After graduating high school, he went on to attend Cape Cod Community College from 2005-2006.
He spent many years working in construction and was skilled in roofing and insulation. He worked for RTC Roofing in Falmouth and Colony Insulation.
Daniel is survived by mother, Diane Cardoza; sister, Dakota Cardoza; fiancee-to-be, Orianna Carestia; Uncle Glenn Cardoza of Buzzards Bay; father, Daniel E. Lunn of Hyannis and his two brothers, Jason and Joe Cardoza of Hyannis; and numerous cousins, family members and friends.
Daniel's wake will be held on Monday, July 27, 2009, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 40 MacArthur Blvd., Bourne. A funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home. A celebration of Daniel's life will follow at the Weary Traveler Club (off Clay Pond Road) 77 Valley Bars Road in Monument Beach, from 4 p.m. until closing. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers and gifts, donations can be sent to Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home to assist the family with funeral expenses. A scholarship fund is set up for Daniel and Orianna's son, Dominic Joseph Cardoza. Any donations can be sent to any Sovereign Bank under the Dominic J. Cardoza Scholarship Fund. A fundraiser benefit dance will be held on Friday, July 31, 2009, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Onset VFW, 4 Gibbs Ball Road, Onset.


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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Let's hear it for Eppy
These are the last photographs that I am aware of that show Brian Epstein with members of the Beatles. I like these photos because Brian seems relaxed and happy around the guys. I am sure he was proud of the Beatles during the recording of "All you need is love."
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- AnonymousJune 26, 2017 at 4:09 PM
Brian does look happy here - rip Mr. E.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJune 29, 2017 at 3:52 PM
and handsome as wellDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2017 at 12:49 AM
Bless him, the poor tormented manReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2017 at 5:44 PM
who are the people in the 3rd picture w/BrianReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2017 at 5:46 PM
brilliant snaps of Brian & the ladsReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2017 at 10:56 PM
That is Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, until his death in 1978, along with his girlfriend. Keith died of an accidental drug overdose. The night before he died he was photographed sittingReplyDelete
with Paul and Linda at one of their Buddy Holly celebrations. He was good friends with Ringo and appears with him in The Who documentary "The Kids Are Alright". (MarkZapp)Replies
- AnonymousJune 28, 2017 at 11:38 AM
- AnonymousJune 27, 2017 at 10:59 PM
Is this the ONLY time in 1967 that Brian was photographed with The Beatles? I can't recall any other photos of them together than on this occasion. Are there any of Ringo and Brian together from this year?(MarkZapp)ReplyDelete


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Interested in signing Raja Bell could be a bit of over-selling the situation. Bell has been called up to workout for the New York Knicks, hoping that one year of being exiled by the Utah Jazz is enough, and he can find himself an NBA team going into the 2013-2014 season. More
Soccer has diving, the NBA has flopping. Here are some of the worst flopping and floppers (Yes Manu Ginobili, you're here) we could find from recent years. More
What do Raja Bell, John Salmons, Travis Outlaw, Marco Belinelli, Anthony Parker and Luc Mbah a Moute have in common? All of them should be spending more time on the bench than on the court. More


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1685 aliens voluntarily returned Pakistani CNICs, NADRA tells Nisar
Nisar was chairing a high-level security meeting here on Wednesday, where he ordered to initiate legal and disciplinary proceedings against NADRA officials who had willfully included aliens in NADRA database and also against those who illegally possessed fake CNICs.
According to details, 1549 Afghanis, 44 Bangladeshis, one Indian and an Indonesian had returned their Pakistani CNICs. It was also conveyed by NADRA that so far around 67.9 million CNICs have been verified by NADRA and over 48,000 aliens were identified.
Nisar appreciated the response of the citizens since 92,300 people had themselves called on NADRA helpline for identification of aliens and verification of their identification cards record.
Nisar also approved the reward list of 45 citizens who helped NADRA in identification of aliens. "These 45 devoted Pakistanis performed their national security duty and deserve due cash reward as per the policy," remarked the interior minister.
Besides the reward scheme, the Interior Ministry would also give a letter of appreciation to these citizens for helping the state for pointing out aliens in NADRA's database.
"The arms licenses policy should be strict since limited arms licenses would be issued in a controlled and transparent manner," he said.
The Interior Minister also gave approval to 50 INGOs to operate in Pakistan, while the cases of 15 INGOs are under scrutiny by the INGOs committee of Ministry of Interior who would be allowed to work upon approval.
He also directed for the formation of a policy for issuance of armed licenses in a phased manner. "A policy should be framed by Ministry of Interior for provision of armed licenses to the judges of superior judiciary (including High Courts), media houses, educational institutions (in the backdrop of APS School and Bacha Khan University terrorist attacks), armed forces officials, members of the Parliament and Provincial Assemblies," he said.
Nisar observed that there should be no slackness in ongoing national security re-verification drive on part of any NADRA official since "this is a national security matter and zero tolerance policy should continue to be maintained till the termination of re-verification drive."


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Saucier, Georgiades, Tsaousis, and Goldberg (2005) in their paper on the factor structure of Greek personality adjectives, focused primarily on original rather than ipsatized-data factors. Links to pdf files with outputs for the five and seven factor solutions, based on ipsatized (Z-scored, row-standardized) data are below. The five-factor ipsatized solution tends to resemble for the most part the six-factor original data solution (as described on page 862 of the article), except that it combines two original data factors into one.
Five-factor solution, ipsatized data
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Is it really almost a quarter of a century since Martin Luther King Jr.'s Crusade for Citizenship tried to double the number of black American voters? In this summer of '82 the slain civil rights leader's father has made news in another drive to get out the black vote. He doubtless remembered what his son said in 1958: that black citizens' political apathy was ''a form of moral and political suicide'' and that one of the most decisive steps they could take was ''that short walk to the voting booth.'' This is but one of the timely reminders in a compelling new biography (to be published later this month) of the crusader for a dream of freedom who won the Nobel Prize for peace.
Today there are fewer obstacles to that short walk for black Americans, thanks to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was spurred by King's voting rights march in Selma, Ala. In fact, Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to extend the act, though the White House at first seemed reluctant to go along with it.
''Let the Trumpet Sound'' recalls just how often King had to sound the trumpet in the '50s and '60s before the federal government would take a firm stand for civil rights. He spoke to a continuing need when he said: ''The key to everything is federal commitment, full, unequivocal, and unremitting.''
King faced reluctance, not only from President Eisenhower, but from two Presidents -- Kennedy and Johnson -- who are now regarded as champions of civil rights. They warned against demonstrating and then hailed its success. Johnson went so far as to compare the march in Selma to Lexington and Concord as a turning point in ''man's unending search for freedom.'' He saw the far-reaching goal of ''not just legal equity but human equity -- not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and a result.''
Johnson rejected King when he started criticizing the Vietnam war before it was fashionable to do so. From his platform of nonviolence King argued that it was consistent to oppose violence both at home and abroad. But King could never get his war views taken seriously -- like some members of the Johnson administration themselves, as David Halberstam notes in ''The Best and the Brightest.''
In this matter, King proved closer to the temper of the country than Johnson. The present biography challenges Americans as to how far his civil rights ideals still flourish. He showed what ''black and white together'' can accomplish when they are determined that ''we'' shall overcome.
King had to resist not only the brutality of some white authorities but the separatism of some black militants who wanted to fight violence with violence. ''Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that,'' he insisted. ''Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.''
It is the achievement of Stephen Oates to trace King's religious, intellectual, and political development as a strong human narrative without the ''fictionalizing'' of dialogue and events. He does seek colorful atmospheric detail (and slips when he refers to a hot night spot in Boston's ''Negro district'' as the Totem Pole, which was the name of a cool, non-alcoholic ballroom in the suburbs). His depiction of a meeting between black leaders and President Kennedy draws on Kennedy aide Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s firsthand account, but omits Schlesinger's criticism of King.
But this 500-page (plus references) volume gives an impression of balance and authenticity befitting a professor of history (University of Massachusetts) and seasoned biographer (Lincoln, John Brown, Nat Turner). Clearly sympathetic to King, it nevertheless does not overlook mistakes, misjudgments, or personal failings of the sort sought out to discredit him by J. Edgar Hoover, who was then FBI director.
The net effect is to confirm for a new generation the extraordinary legacy of Martin Luther King as a generator of concern and action for liberty and justice. He marched for the rights of the black and the poor which are so often neglected. But the dream conveyed in this book is for the rights of all.


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CLEVELAND (AP) — A hair-cutting attack on an Amish bishop left him so ashamed that he stopped preaching and refused to attend a family wedding because he didn't want anyone to see him without his beard, his son testified Wednesday at the trial of 16 Amish men and women accused of carrying out a series of hate crimes on church leaders in Ohio.
In the minutes after the surprise encounter last fall, Andy Hershberger said he looked toward his 77-year-old father. Gray clumps of hair from the beard his father had grown since marriage covered the floor where he sat.
"He was shaking all over," Hershberger said. "He was crying and crying."
Federal prosecutors say that a dispute between the leader of a breakaway Amish group and other bishops who sought to overrule his authoritarian methods led to the hair- and -beard cutting attacks that struck fear into Ohio's normally peaceful Amish community.
Those accused of planning and taking part in the attacks targeted the hair and beards of Amish bishops because of its spiritual significance in the faith, prosecutors said. Most Amish men do not shave their beards after marriage, believing it signifies their devotion to God.
Prosecutors say there were five different attacks last fall, orchestrated by Sam Mullet Sr., who two decades ago, established an Amish settlement outside the tiny town of Bergholz near the West Virginia panhandle. All of the defendants, who live in the settlement, could face lengthy prison terms if convicted on charges that include conspiracy and obstructing justice. Mullet has denied ordering the hair-cutting but said he didn't stop anyone from carrying it out.
Attorneys for the defendants have not denied that the hair cuttings took place and said in the opening statements that members of the breakaway group took action out of compassion and concern that some Amish were straying from their beliefs. Defense attorneys also contended that the Amish are bound by different rules guided by their religion and that the government shouldn't get involved in what amounted to a family or church dispute.
Mullet's sister, Barbara Miller, testified Wednesday that six of her children and their spouses showed up at her home in northeast Ohio last September. Their relationship had been strained since she and husband, Marty, left the Mullet settlement four years earlier. But she was thrilled to see her son, Lester, at the door, she said.
"I wanted to hug him," she said.
But her boys pushed past and soon surrounded their father, holding shears and clippers, she testified. "Lester reached out, grabbed Marty by his beard so hard it distorted his face," Miller said
The group took off their father's hair and the women chopped off Barbara Miller's waist-length hair, she said. Before leaving, they stuffed the hair in a paper bag, she said.
"I started praying 'forgive them God,'" she said, adding that one son screamed: "God is not with you."
Her children's defense attorneys said in opening statements a day earlier that the Miller's children acted out because they had been mistreated by their father while growing up. The attorneys likened what happened to a family feud. Barbara Miller denied that her father mistreated any of his children.
The attack on Raymond Hershberger took place at his farm in Holmes County, said his son who lives on the same land. The county is home to one of the nation's largest Amish settlements.
Andy Hershberger testified that five men arrived at his house on an October evening and said, "We want to talk with you and your dad." Once inside, one of the defendants, whom he identified as Johnny Mullet — son of accused ringleader Sam Mullet Sr. — stood up and said: "We're from Bergholz. We're here to do what you did to our people."
Hersherger described a chaotic scene, with the men holding down him, his father and his brother. He said his father covered his head, pleading "Don't shear me, don't shear me."
"I saw the hair fly," Andy Hershberger said.
Prosecutors showed jurors a photo of a man, identified by Hershberger as Johnny Mullet, standing over his father and holding him near his throat during the attack. Another suspect had taken the pictures with a disposable camera, investigators said.
A group of Amish women watching the trial, including relatives of the Hershbergers, hid their faces with shaking hands and turned away from the photos.
Hershberger said clumps of hair were missing from his father's head and his scalp was bleeding a bit. Only an inch of his beard, which had hung to the middle of his chest, was left. He didn't preach again until his hair grew back.
"He was so ashamed with the way he looked," his son said. "He was heartbroken."
Hershberger said the attackers grabbed him by the beard too and tried to shave it.
But the clippers stopped working, he said, and the men left.


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Tell O'Neill I need him. Now.
Overheard. A boss: we've all
worked for him. Melancholy alcoholic.
The raw material: the poem.
Let's change it: concoct something lethal,
call it melancohol-- not worry about O's or A's
but squeeze Crenshaw, Honeydew, Musk,
& make a brew that brings on unspeakable
sadness, darkens the color of skin.
And let's change O'Neill from that rail-thin
white-haired wing-tipped automaton
to a girl, someone you remember named
Mary O'Neill, red hair, radical, very sexy &
carrying in her hot pocket a plausible plan
to blow up the Pentagon. But Mary
talks in her sleep, she's arrested,
the Pentagon plans are found, she's sentenced
to life, treason, smuggles into the cell those melons,
brews her sad juice, invites the jailer for a drink,
takes none of it, kisses him in the fading light
of his bliss, favors full frontally his
calaboose skin (oh how he holds her, that
black brooder, deepening shadow
come thundering in!) half-kills him
in sopped happiness, he weeps, sleeps,
O'Neill steals his clothes, escapes.
For now that's all the poet wants to do.
Further filling out=filling in.
It stinks? If it does, his own excision
heals him, makes him real again.
Anyway, there's still O'Neill; the turn
of melancholy alcoholic; his pen.
Gerald Fleming
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JITTA Volume 5 Issue 3
Editorial: New Content, New Form
Ken Peffers
Special Issue - Call for Papers: There Is Nothing So Practical as Good Theory: Exploring the Conjecture
Mike Metcalf
Special Issue - Call for Papers: "Information Systems for Emergency Response"
Murray Turoff and Bartel Van de Walle
The Economics of Peer-to-Peer Networks
Ramayya Krishnan, Michael D. Smith, and Rahul Telang
A New Perspective on Requirements Elicitation Methods
Tuure Tuunanen
Genre Analysis in Information Systems Research
David Firth and Cameron Lawrence


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- 6:09 am Friday, January 19th, 2018 by Staff Writer
Jake Owen's first show of 2018 was definitely a different experience for most. He didn't come out with the full band or with a huge light show. He walked out on stage and started just chatting with the crowd. His parents were there for the whole show sitting front and center. He did about 45 minutes of acoustic songs and requests before his entire 12 person band came out. People would yell out songs and he would play them. He even through it back to OLD songs from his first two albums like "Green Banana's" which was released over 7 years [More]


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I hope this doesn't come across as hopelessly girly, but sometimes a teen is more than just a teen. Sometimes, she's a unique opportunity for synergistic emotional branding across a broad spectrum of media platforms.
Written by Delia Ephron and Elizabeth Chandler, and directed by Ken Kwapis, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" is based on a successful book series by 'tween author Ann Brashares, former co-president and editor of a leading teen "concepting" company.
Here, the concept is one-size-fits-all pants. Pants that accept, in other words. Pants that forgive.
At a thrift store, just before embarking on their respective summer vacations, four best friends from fetus-hood (their mothers met in a prenatal yoga class) discover a pair of Levi's that fit them all perfectly. Because the girls span the body-type rainbow from endomorph to ectomorph, they decide the pants must be magical and agree to share them over the summer via airmail.
Motherless Bridget (Blake Lively), a stunning blond soccer star looking for love in all the wrong places, goes off to soccer camp in Mexico; Lena (Alexis Bledel), a shy artist who keeps her hair and her feelings in a tight knot, departs for Greece; Tibby (Amber Tamblyn), an alienated surly type with blue streaks in her hair, stays home to work at the local mega store and finish her "suckumentary" on the banality of life; and chubby, insecure Carmen (America Ferrera), prepares to spend the summer with a twitchy Bradley Whitford, who plays the dad who left her and her mother when she was a kid.


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(NaturalHealth365) According to emerging scientific research, capsaicin – the ingredient that gives heat to cayenne peppers – may have the ability to minimize the damage caused by heart attacks and strokes. The promising study results have reinforced the longstanding conviction of some natural healers that cayenne pepper, scientifically known as Capsicum anuum, is a "miracle" remedy that can stop heart attacks.
However, the real story may be somewhat more complicated. Never jump to conclusions – especially when dealing with serious health conditions.
What (exactly) does the research reveal about capsaicin
In a study published in the September 2009 issue of Circulation, Dr. Keith Jones, a researcher at the University of Cincinnati, found that capsaicin applied to the skin of mice activated protective "pro-survival" pathways in the heart. Even more promisingly, capsaicin caused an 85 percent reduction in the death of heart cells, leading Jones to term it a form of "remote cardioprotection."
Predicting that capsaicin will "eventually" save many lives, Jones cautions that clinical trials must be conducted in order to determine proper dosage and application. The researcher is currently working with Neal Weintraub, M.D., a cardiologist at U.C. Davis, to construct a plan that would test capsaicin on humans.
Tell me: Can cayenne pepper halt a heart attack in progress?
Many noted herbalists – particularly the late Dr. John Christopher, who claimed to have stopped heart attacks "in their tracks" with cayenne pepper — insist that it can, and anecdotal accounts of the life-saving effects of cayenne abound on the internet.
On the other hand, conventionally-trained physicians scoff at this assertion, and warn that there is not enough evidence to justify cayenne's use as an emergency treatment. Many also point to the dangers of administering cayenne to a patient suffering from a heart attack or stroke.
Experts say its use could lead to uncontrolled bleeding if the person is on a blood thinner, such as coumadin. In addition, the pain of ingesting an unaccustomed dose of hot pepper could cause adrenaline to be released, increasing heart rate while reducing blood flow to heart and brain and causing increased death of tissues.
Reperfusion injuries – damage to tissues from the sudden return of blood and oxygen – could also occur. And some websites actually encourage the administration of liquid cayenne extracts to heart attack victims who have lost consciousness – an appallingly dangerous action.
Although cell and animal studies have been encouraging, it's worth noting: Dr. Kevin Jones, the very scientist behind the capsaicin research, advises against applying capsaicin cream to the skin of someone who is having a heart attack.
It can't be overstated: if you think you are having a heart attack, call 911 and summon immediate medical assistance. If you would like to use cayenne pepper to ward off heart attacks, discuss this with a trusted doctor.
Can cayenne pepper help prevent heart attacks?
The answer is probably yes – many researchers and experts believe that the use of cayenne pepper in Mexican, Italian and Asian cuisines contributes to these regions' lowered rates of heart disease.
Like an assortment of other antioxidant-laden, carotenoid-rich natural fruit, vegetables and spices, cayenne pepper has impressive abilities to help lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. It also discourages platelet adhesion – the clumping together of platelets that causes blood clots and triggers strokes – and increases coronary vasodilation. In addition, its lignan glycosides give it strong antioxidant potential, helping to reduce damage from free radicals.
What else can capsaicin do for me?
Capsaicin-rich peppers have a long history of use in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and modern-day healers often advise capsaicin for digestive and circulatory problems. The use of capsaicin can reduce body levels of substance P, a chemical messenger that carries the sensation of pain, and many patients report relief from using topical capsaicin cream for arthritis, joint pain, lower back pain and shingles.
Even Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSCC) reports that capsaicin may protect against breast, bladder, prostate and oral cancers, and notes that it slows the growth of cancer cells in animal studies.
How do I use cayenne peppers (safely)?
Cayenne peppers may be eaten raw or cooked; many people enjoy this spicy vegetable in a stir fry of tomatoes, green beans and garlic. Choose fresh, raw, whole, organic peppers that are bright red and intact, with no abrasions, cuts or mold. Peppers must be washed well, but avoid touching your eyes after handling them.
If you are sensitive to their irritating qualities, wear gloves.
Overindulging in eating cayenne pepper can cause stomach pain. As with any food, allergic reactions are possible; so talk to a holistically-minded physician if you're unsure. And remember, as beneficial as cayenne pepper is for your heart, it does not replace medical care in the event of a heart attack.


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If you want to lose weight as quickly and safely as possible, be sure to drink plenty of water every day!
It's a scary fact that most people don't drink enough water to stay hydrated, and many others are only getting about half the water their bodies need to lose weight.
In this article we'll discuss how drinking water can help you lose fat, and we'll give tips on proper hydration.
Some important facts about water:
- Water accounts for 55%-65% of body weight in women
- Water accounts for 60%-70% of body weight in men
- All our tissues, bones and muscles contain water, and water is central to keeping us alive and healthy
- The average body needs 2 liters of water every day just to take care of normal bodily functions
- If you feel thirsty, you've been dehydrated for at least a few hours
Now let's look at water and your weight loss plan:
Think of water as the one and only way that unwanted fat can leave your body. No matter what diet or exercise plan you follow, you need to drink enough water so that fat can be flushed from your system. If you're not getting enough water it's difficult for your body to function properly, much less to flush out extra fat.
For a visual image – think of your digestive track as a pipe, with water flowing through it, pulling out excess waste, toxins and fat. What happens if you follow your diet program well, burning fat, but then you don't drink enough water? The excess fat has no way to leave your body so it remains stuck in your system, recycling through your blood and organs, and you feel fat and sick. Not a pretty picture! Give yourself the powerful boost of water to feel better, leaner and lighter!
Top tips for drinking water to lose weight:
- Drink at least six to eight, 8-ounce glasses of water per day, or 48-64 fluid ounces.
- Tap water is okay, but try and obtain purified water. Reverse osmosis filtered or distilled water or are two great choices. The purer the water, the easier it is for your body to absorb and the better it will help you flush fat from your system.
- Try and drink the majority of your water between meals.
- Do not substitute other beverages in the place of water, as sugar, sugar substitutes, carbonation, caffeine, and other substances make your body work to extract the water and reduce the benefit to your system. That being said, a squeeze of lemon or lime is a benefit to your body, so if you dislike plain water consider adding either to add flavor and vitamin C.
Can you drink too much water?
Research says that yes, there is a point of diminishing return, where drinking too much water places a burden on your elimination organs. Most medical professionals recommend the 8 glasses per day, noted here, but if you have a question or concern, double-check with your doctor or nutritionist.
Also, please note that extreme water consumption – such as chugging gallons of water all at once – can be dangerous. You can read more about water intoxication here. The short of it is that deaths from water intoxication generally happen during water drinking contests, or when athletes sweat electrolytes over long periods of time, and don't replenish them. This is something that the majority of people never need to worry about.
A word of caution about beverage substitutes – Don't count other beverages as part of your water intake, even if the beverage has water in it. There's nothing that's as easy for your body to process as 100% pure water. Many people substitute coffee, soda, energy drinks and alcohol, thinking this counts toward their daily water needs. This simply isn't true, as some of these drinks act as a diuretic, which ultimately leaves you more dehydrated.
When you drink the amount of water your body's needs, you'll find that your weight drops off more easily for the reasons we've given – plus water also helps keep you feeling fuller, while flushing the fat you burned from your body. As an added bonus, you'll be healthier and have skin that glows and feels younger and healthier, too.
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DUDE…it won't be two years until this coming September 11. How quickly you wish we'd forget.
Did you see this guy with Brett B.on Fox? He looked like Howdy Doody's little brother …or grandson. I kept trying to see the wires and strings being pulled by someone above the camera's view. His explanation of the "smokin' gun" email explaining Benghazi was expected. The "smokin' gun" email came from some policy wonk/traitor in the White House. Howdy's explanation of the Benghazi and the "smokin' gun" email was a slight variation on "Leave 'em Behind" Hillary's explanation for the entire incident and compete failure of State and the Administration to intercede in the six hour ordeal, involving torture, an electric cattle prod, burning buildings, RPGs, assault rifles, sodomization of dead and dying Americans (apparently, SOP for Islamic Libyan terrorists …ask Ghadaffi) and an American president more intent on getting his beauty sleep in preparation for a fund raiser in Las Vegas the following day than the fate of four Americans (one being the American ambassador to Libya). Oh, yes, I got so engrossed in that last sentence I forgot to quote Old Leave 'Em Behind Hillary by saying …no…shouting …"What does it matter?" Exactly. Particularly with an election pending in less than a month. (I've often noticed when an argument is failing to persuade the person making the argument frequently starts shouting. But increasing the volume does not increase the logic and clarity of the argument. When Hillary started shouting, she gave away the farm.
Enough testimony under Issa has emerged from the slimy pit of DC that we now know much more than we did back when the simpletons leading us and the Kool-Aidees among us were trotting out that silly story about some "reprehensible" utube video/movie (unseen by everyone) causing Islamic people everywhere to riot. Apparently, young Islamic men who are constantly toting Kalishnikovs and RPGs are very susceptible to knee-jerk rioting if some poor schmoe makes a movie, which earns nothing at the box office (unless you count jail time for the guy who was producer/director/writer/composer/grip/casting guy/continuity person/story board artist/graphics editor/art director). Considering the fact no one ever seems to have seen the movie…it must be one of the most noteworthy movies ever (based on its impact on the world…or at least the two or three hundred Islamic young men who happened to be just hanging out draped with AK-47s, rocket propelled grenades and plenty of ammo in Benghazi that night). Wow…if some cop is behind in his quota for arrests and a "reprehensible movie' is grounds for arrest…the cop should attend the Academy awards. And bring several paddy wagons.
I read an article recently about the new career path in colleges being "resume pumping" and aiming low for a job in government. You can retire early and get a huge pension way above the pensions available in private industry for the same work. But, that's a bad comparison. In private industry you get a lower salary, smaller pension, can get sacked for moral turpitude, plus you have to PRODUCE! Horrible comparison! (And don't get mad …because I do not say this describes policemen, our military, firemen or (some) public school teachers. Those people PRODUCE.) But this seems to be the trend in colleges. The mediocre are encouraged to pursue meaningless government careers in which they have no fear of job loss or lay-offs…and the potential for some real fun harassing American citizens who have the temerity to work for a living and maybe create businesses where other Americans get hired.
Think about it. If you got hired at Energy when it was created by Carter (WPE2), with your sole purpose and job description being to "End America's Dependence on Foreign Oil" you would be ready to retire and cash in on that big pension now. And how stressful could your job have been considering how the Department now has thousands of employees and private contractors, whose main job seems to be blocking domestic oil production while large tracts of the American mainland is sitting atop bigger oil reserves than the rest of the world combined (although I confess I don't know how they estimate such things). It's unarguable that the US is further from oil independence now that under WPE2. So the job was meaningless. How stressful could it have been?
So this is how we explain the existence of the Howdy Doody guy on Fox who said, "Dude…blah, blah…." He has a limited vocabulary, wears too much make-up, looks like he probably got a lot of "swirlies" in the gym class locker room, can't even seem hip when he uses gym class locker room jargon, feels nothing for those four Benghazi Americans, probably has a Harvard degree and can't read a calendar.
At least he inadvertently told us something about the Benghazi incident that we all already knew or suspected. The Prez was not in the Situation Room while those four Americans were being killed and tortured. The Prez was AWOL from the Situation Room for each of the six hours our fellow Americans were being tortured and murdered and their bodies desecrated.
Have you considered that the two retired Navy Seals (possibly the only guys shooting back) killed sixty, or more, enemy combatants. At least that many were still laying around later when the bodies were counted. There were probably many more terrorist dead. Two Seals dead, versus at least sixty pieces of human terrorist refuse. The Seals simply ran out of bullets or they would still be there shooting. Their barrels would have melted. And Obama and "Leave 'Em Behind" Hillary would still be dithering. And casting about for some other explanation for the (non-terrorist) attack, since the "Reprehensible Utube" excuse would have melted in the sun long ago. The Seals were tough, courageous, honorable and unwilling to allow the murder of an American ambassador. They were all the things the President and Secretary of State were/are not.
My only question, after seeing Howdy Doody's grandson's performance on Fox is why was a dweeb like him even allowed in the Situation Room? His presence tells us that even a geek like the Prez should have been allowed in the SR. And if Howdy III was there, why wasn't Obama?
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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I'm sure almost everyone has at least heard about $OPI's Metro Chic. A shade that instantly became most wanted and cult shade of the brand Sephora by OPI. To be honest, when I first saw an ugly swatch of it, I thought it was the ugliest shade of all times. :D But then gradually arrived some better swatches and the grey trend grew on me. I mean, I wasn't totally crazy about Metro Chic and I thought I would never get it, but then it turned out this shade was meant for me. Me and my BF went on a trip to NYC. We stayed in a hotel just off Times Square. It was magical. I was in heaven. I would go back right away if I had a chance, but I wouldn't live there, though. Back to beloved Metro Chic… I was all crazy when I saw a full rack of Sephora by OPI nail polishes in Sephora on Times Square. I immediately grabbed Metro Chic and two others. I was so happy and proud to own Metro Chic you can't even imagine. :D I love the color now! It's not your typical grey. It has some purple and brown hint to it. The consistency is a bit on the watery side, so you'll probably need two to three coats to make it opaque and even. I only needed two coats.
So, that's the story behind my Metro Chic. Here are the pictures…
Do your polishes also have stories? Please share with me your favourite story. And how do you feel about Metro Chic?
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Gary Gulbranson is Senior Pastor of Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, WA where he shepherds a large and dynamic congregation. He will present a Biblical look at remarriage. This will include the impact and challenges that couples may have "marrying again" regarding their own relationship, children and blended families. Gary's teaching is warm, compassionate, and very much from a pastor's heart. This conference is for those who have remarried due to a divorce or from the loss of a spouse.
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Best for discovering new artists: Soundcloud
Upload original songs and discover emerging artists with this app. You can link your Amazon and Google Play accounts to get greater access to a wider assortment of songs. You get podcasts and audio shows, too.
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Let's be real, we all lead messy digital lives: our music is scattered across laptops, phones and the mysterious cloud. Instead of running away from the disarray, streamline data with the Apple Music app, combining iTunes libraries with imported tracks and songs bought from Apple Music.
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Cymbal is the Instagram of the music app world. Follow an artist, celebrity or your most in-the-know friend and double-tap the heart icon to like, comment or add a hashtag to their posted tracks. You can even search out people with matching tastes.
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Hi Vicky,
Sorry to hear you have to come of pred for blood work, right now especially, during the holiday season when it's cold and stressful enough. I'm with Ginny, heat always seems to help me. Moist heat seems to help better at times as well. I know when I am feeling really bad a really nice warm bath with some epsom salts really helps. Then of course it's out of the tub and back to my heating pad which I can't leave without.
Always keeping the joints moving helps keep them from getting to stiff. I catch myself rolling and stretching my wrists and hands while watching tv just to try and get some relief and keep things moving.
I think it's amazing that so many of us get no relief from pain meds, I tell my rhuemy all the time, when things are really the norco he prescribed me is like taking candy, it does no good what so ever.
Well dear, I hope whatever method works for you, cold, heat, moist or not, that it brings you comfort soon. You're in my thoughts and prayers.


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PVR Cinemas Customer Care Number, Helpline Booking Number & Office Address
PVR limited is an Indian film entertainment company which is famous for Film Production, Cinema Theaters, Film Distribution, Bowling Centers. This company was started in the year of 1997 by Ajay Bijli is the Joint Managing Director of PVR Ltd. It has 121 location and more then 500 screen with in India. Headquarter of this company located in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. This company also operates a pro- active CSR wing under PVR Nest.
PVR Cinema Customer Care Number Contacted From Delhi, Bihar, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Gujrat, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Ujjain, Raipur, Indore, Chennai, Lucknow, Assam, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and many more.
If you have any issue from PVR Cinemas so you can contact Customer Support Numbers which are given below like Customer Care Number, Helpline Booking Number & Office Address and many more.
PVR Cinemas Customer Care Number- 0124 4708100
PVR Cinemas Fax Number- 91 124 4708101
PVR Cinemas Booking Number– 08800900009 without using STD code, book your seats in either English or Hindi.
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Block A4th FloorBuilding No.9 DLF Cyber CityPhase III
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Gurgaon : 122002
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PVR Helpline Phone Number- (124) 4708100
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