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Aurora, Minn.
Andrej's European Pastry owners Jan and Jean Gadzo have spoken with many speechless people during the past decade.
Often there is silence on the other end of the line when they call certain customers to say the potica they ordered will be on the house — shipping and all.
People are utterly dumbfounded, and it takes a moment for them to recover from the shock, Jean said. "They say, 'You're doing what?' "
It's a rather generous gesture Jan has extended to those serving in the military. But for the veteran — who served during Vietnam with the 242nd Air Assault Support Co. in Alaska — it's simply a small thing to do to show his appreciation for their service.
After all, the Czechoslovakian immigrant knows what it's like to be away from family.
Gadzo was not quite 20 years old when in 1968 the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to put down a political reform effort and to strengthen the hand of the ruling Communist Party.
"I escaped in 1969," he said. "I had to leave or spend time in jail." Following the invasion, there was harsh retaliation against supporters of the reform movement.
Gadzo was granted political asylum and came to the United States.
He was soon drafted into the U.S. Army and trained at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Aside from a few uncles on the East Coast, "I didn't have any family in this country," said Gadzo, who was then sent to Alaska.
"I have a soft heart for GIs," said the veteran. "I know what it's like to be by myself on Thanksgiving and Christmas."
Being stationed in Alaska with a helicopter unit did have some advantages — "the food was pretty good," Gadzo said. "But it was still a mess hall." And the fare, especially during the holidays, "is nothing like home."
Gadzo, who served with the Army for two years until 1973, later moved to New Jersey. His background is as a mechanical engineer, he said, and in 1976 — during a trip to the Iron Range on a mining project — he met his future wife.
He and Jean, a Chisholm native, lived for a while in New Jersey before returning to the Range.
In the early-1980s, they began making potica from their Chisholm home using an original Slovak recipe handed down by Jan's mother. As their thinly rolled sweet bread with a rich walnut filling gained popularity, the couple launched a small business — Andrej's European Pastry, named for their son as well as Jan's late father.
While still based in Chisholm, the bakery has expanded to a production facility in Aurora, where the gourmet pastries continue to be made to Jan's high standards.
Only "the best" all-natural ingredients are used, including whole milk, butter and cane sugar. There are no preservatives in the potica, Gadzo said on a recent day at the Aurora facility. Walnuts are purchased from a respected family operated grower in California, and the poppy seeds used in the poppy seed variety are also of the finest quality.
Andrej's sells fresh potica locally at Super One Foods locations and at Natural Harvest Food Co-op in Virginia. In the Twin Cities, it is available at Byerly's and Lunds stores, as well as at the Mississippi Market and the Roseville Bakery.
But the business ships potica rolls, which last up to six months when frozen, worldwide. The "world famous" potica is even among the Minnesota goodies that U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., serves at her weekly Thursday breakfasts in Washington, D.C.
But perhaps most special to the Gadzos are the orders placed for those serving in the military.
The couple had been sending complimentary potica to Jean's friend and part-time co-worker at Heritage Manor in Chisholm, who was serving with the Army.
"We kept sending potica to her," Gadzo said. They also sent cases to Minnesota troops deployed to serve in the Iraq War.
After the war began in 2003, they noticed more and more orders coming in with military addresses. "You can tell when it's a military address," said Gadzo, who accepts orders by phone or e-mail from his web site: www.poticawalnut.com.
It was a rather spontaneous decision for Gadzo to fill those requests free of charge, which he has been doing now for about 10 years. People ordering online are contacted by the couple and told they will not be billed. Almost always the response is the same. "They are speechless," Jean said.
In fact, when an order comes in for a high-ranking officer, the couple sends additional free potica loaves so it can be shared.
The act of kindness, however — offered so many times over — doesn't seem to strike Gadzo as something much out of the ordinary. It's just the least he can do, he says.
His shrug-his-shoulders attitude is somewhat fitting, though, when considering that despite the success of Andrej's European Pastry, the business has retained its mom-and-pop flavor — right down to the invoices which are still sent out in the packages.
Someday soon a PayPal option may be available, but otherwise customers are not charged up front. And Gadzo has no qualms about sending out product before an order is paid.
Only once did a customer not pay. Gadzo contacted him and he promptly sent a check. Occasionally, people will question the policy, wondering how the couple can be so trusting. Gadzo tells them that should someone stiff him, a typical order "won't make or break me, but if you ever want to order again, you will pay."
That always works, he said with a smile.
The businessman said he has no idea how many free poticas he has sent to men and women serving our country. He can't even estimate the monetary value. He has not at all kept track.
Nor has he ever expected recognition.
But one day a few years ago, recognition arrived in the mail. Gadzo was the recipient of a Freedom Team Salute certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Army.
The certificate honors Gadzo: "For outstanding service to the Nation as a United States Army Soldier." It also states: "You are being recognized for your patriotism and continued support of the Army family. Your legacy is today's Army and the values Soldiers exhibit while fighting the Global War of Terrorism. Their efforts are a direct reflection of your service, and the United States Army and a grateful Nation thank you."
The Freedom Team Salute was an Army program that ran from May 2005 to February 2010. It aimed to recognize all Army veterans for their service, and in 2008 was expanded to include anyone who supports the Army in a variety of ways, such as by raising funds and purchasing care packages for deployed soldiers.
The second category required the person nominating the recipient to write a few sentences describing why the nominee should be recognized.
Gadzo said he has no idea who recommended him for the award. In fact, when he received it he filed it away and only recently came across it again when adding papers from a visit to the VA clinic to the file.
He appreciates the honor, he said. It was a nice thing to receive.
But Gadzo spends more time thinking about service members receiving his homemade potica.
He knows firsthand how they must feel when it arrives. And he knows, he said, how much the gift is appreciated — "especially during the holidays."


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Friday, August 17, 2012
Fear U.S.A.
After about 5 minutes, the 10 o'clock news was on. The news started from giving us an overview of the deadly Nile virus that has been truly decimating us poor Texans. We were told how we should fear the virus, mosquitoes, walking outdoors, wearing shorts and short sleeves, and being near water - especially stagnant water. A 90-year old woman in Dallas was reported to have died of the virus. Next, they showed a guy, who was younger than my wife or me. The guy told us how concerned he was for his life. An older woman followed and spouted out how she too feared for her little old life.
Being an eager student of Edward Bernays, and other younger experts in propaganda and manipulating the little people, I sat on the edge of my sofa, trying to divine what would they start selling us?
And thus the sales pitch started. The local crew first showed us aerial spraying of Dallas, with a mosquito bomber circling above. They assured us that the chemicals drizzling upon our heads were absolutely harmless and the whole metropolitan area would be sprayed with DEET.
DEET is N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide, developed by the United States Army, after the harrowing experience of mosquitoes and other bugs in jungle warfare during World War II. It was originally tested as a pesticide on farm fields, and entered military use in 1946 and civilian use in 1957. Canada, for example, is not as eager to use DEET on its population as the U.S. is.
Camera moved on swiftly to a well stocked drug store, where a sales woman with a grave face told the viewers that they should be stocking up on DEET. In healthy people, the Nile virus causes flu-like symptoms that go away in a couple of days. Perhaps today I am suffering from the Nile virus, because as sure as hell I have a flu after flying for 15 hours from Brisbane.
But how would I know, which one is it: A plain old American flu virus or the deadly Nile virus? No problem, the TV newsters told us. There are walk-in clinics, where the whole family can test their blood for this stealthy, foreign intruder. At, say, $60 a pop (my estimate), seven days later you could learn if you were infected by the Nile virus, a seriously looking walk-in doctor person told us. Now, in seven days I should be either dead or healthy again. So why waste my hard-earned money?
Come to think of it, may be we should send our troops to teach those Nilesians a lesson. How dare they invade us with their virus? Now wait a second. May be the Nile is, like, err, a river? In, like, err, err, Africa?
Nile is the 4,130 miles long river that runs through ten countries:, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt. Luckily, we already have Special Forces in at least five of those countries. If we only could name them... Wait: Kenya! Is that where President Obama was born? Or his dad?... Or, whatever... How would we ever know such things in America? Sarah Palin surely didn't, and she almost became a VP of these United States. I guess, her local TV news in Alaska did not show her them Africans, like President Obama.
At that moment I exhausted my capacity to endure this well-calculated fear mongering fiesta, designed to scare the public enough to get them in line, spend money on unnecessary stuff and medical tests, and stay at home or a mall. So I switched to Jon Stewart and - to my great relief - observed a training session for his field correspondents before the Republican Party Convention. Jon Stewart will be covering that fear-mongering mega show. It should be quite funny. And scary, too. Perhaps I'll turn on TV again?
P.S. That crazy Fort Hood shooter in 2009, and the Texas A&M shooter in 2012, together killed 15 people (the A&M shooter was killed too) and wounded 32, some gravely. So in 30 minutes (equal to 0.00006 year), these two individuals killed and maimed more young and healthy Texans than the Nile virus in 13 years. And the Nile virus only kills old and sick Texans.
Wow! These two shooters alone were 200,000 times faster in killing Texans than the Nile virus! As my ex-marine friend from Nevada would inevitably say: "Why fight with mosquitoes, when one can use bullets?"
Perhaps we should be spraying Texas for guns? Or, better yet, for those crazy, trigger-happy gun owners? Nah. Way too many people would have to drop dead to eliminate the only real deadly epidemic in Texas. So, instead, let's keep on blabbing about the imaginary epidemics.
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The shooting epidemic has claimed 15 lives yet motor vehicle accidents claim at least 30,000 lives every year. You may be glad that some of the ole boys in Texas still have there guns if the just in time delivery system ever falters from financial/economic collapse. Law and order is just one of the many things dependent on the fossil fuel run industrial system and the as you know the system is under strain from expensive oil.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yep, but guns (homicides, suicides, and accidents) took 30,000 American lives in 2007. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the 37,261 Americans killed in car accidents and other collisions in 2008 marked the lowest number since 1961, and this trend continued in 2009.Delete
Drugs exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death in 2009, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There is a synergy between drug- and gun-related deaths.
"There is a synergy between drug- and gun-related deaths."ReplyDelete
I think that is quite true. Urban decay and social injustice play a large role in that synergy. Switzerland has the highest gun ownership ratio in the world, mainly military assault weapons, and they do not have the gun violence problems that the U.S. has.
I also neglected in my previous post how much I agree with your thoughts on fear mongering in the media. Orwellian times we live I am afraid.
Also I wanted to leave you a link of David Korowicz's paper Trade Off. It details the interconnectedness of the global economic/financial systems and how cascading defaults could rip through the system. The end of cheap oil puts the industrial world under increasing strain and solutions seem to only add layers of complexity; making the system less resilient. I would be very interested in your thoughts on this paper if you do read it.
It is quite a long paper I must warn you.
Thank you, Mark, for the paper. I'll read it as soon as I have an afternoon off.ReplyDelete
Our society is becoming ungovernable. The scared, confused and distracted people do not make good decisions as a rule. They also escape into drugs, alcohol, guns, and buying stuff.
I am writing these words on the eve of both party conventions. I am deeply concerned that we will witness another wave of fear mongering and hatred stoking for conservative or liberal reasons.
I am sickened to my bones when I see how fear breeds and amplifies xenophobia, misogyny, and racism. Someday, we will have to drink the potion our elites have been mixing for us.
- AnonymousAugust 23, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Stalin said, "I prefer my people to be loyal out of fear rather than conviction. Convictions can change, but fear remains." At least he was honest about it.ReplyDeleteReplies
This is true, but we are quite different. The U.S. pursues a mixture of poor eduction for most, strong indoctrination of the uneducated, misinformation and distractions, and fear of the penal system and widespread eavesdropping. In this fashion, and with much superior technical capabilities, we are pursuing rather closely the social model presented in 1984 by Orwell. I forgot to add that an ever-lasting war with an ill-defined enemy is also needed to keep the population in line.Delete
As history unfolds it becomes more clear just how brilliant George Orwell was. He truly was a prophet if ever there was one.ReplyDelete
I have read "Animal Farm" many times since I was a child and the more I learn in life the more truths I see that Orwell had hidden in the story.


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(1785–1852), born in New Jersey, reared in Kentucky, became a physician, educator, and civic leader, mainly in Cincinnati. He founded the Ohio Medical College (1819) and was the founder and editor of the Western Medical and Physical Journal. His books include Picture of Cincinnati in 1815 (1815), describing the region's natural and social history; Practical Essays on Medical Education and the Medical Profession in the U.S. (1832); Systematic Treatise … on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America (2 vols., 1850–54); and Pioneer Life in Kentucky (1870). His antislavery letters in the National Intelligencer (1851) were republished as Dr. Daniel Drake's Letters on Slavery (1940).
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Test cricket makeover faces its pink revolution
While playing with a pink ball under lights is an anathema to staunch cricket traditionalists, administrators are pointing to dwindling crowds and outdated scheduling as they attempt to move the Test format into the 21st century.
Emboldened by the success of Twenty20 with its frenetic pace and slick innovation, Cricket Australia is trialling day-night Test cricket from Friday in a bid to attract more fans and interest.
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland is a leading proponent and believes it should be viewed as part of the evolution of the five-day game.
"We know and understand we need to shift entertainment into periods of the day that are more appealing," Sutherland said.
"I love all cricket but my preferred format of the game is Test cricket. And I honestly believe if we do nothing then we are at risk of loving Test cricket to death."
Tickets for the day-night Test match, where play will be from 2:00-9:00 pm local time, are selling briskly, with Cricket Australia comparing the interest to a high-demand Ashes series against England.
The contrast with Australia's first two daytime Tests of the current series against New Zealand could not be starker — with low turnouts and funereal ground atmospheres in Brisbane and Perth — yet again bringing into focus Test cricket's ability to survive in a modern sporting environment.
While the day-night concept has been hailed as "thoroughly enlightened" by the new international cricket chief, legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas, it has its opponents.
Some players have been critical of the revolutionary pink ball — used because the traditional red ball is difficult to see in the dark — complaining it deteriorates more quickly.
Kookaburra, which manufactures the balls used in Australia, say the difference between the red and pink versions is primarily a very fine film of extra paint used on the pink ball to help keep its colour.
Kookaburra said the pink ball had gone through rigorous testing.
"I don't think any Test ball has gone through the level of testing and development that the pink ball has got and the number of trials and feedback," Kookaburra managing director Brett Elliott said.


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UK FOOTBALL | Keys to the game for Kentucky vs. UL-Lafayette
LEXINGTON — Can you believe it?
After an eight-month hibernation, the Wildcats of the University of Kentucky return to the gridiron on Saturday night to kick off the 2015 season against the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana Lafayette at 7:00 p.m. ET in Lexington.
A lot of hype surrounds the UK program this season with expectations running high to qualify for a bowl game for the first time in five years, and playing in a newly-renovated stadium has its perks, too — $120 million worth of them.
But before Big Blue Nation gets too far ahead of itself, the Cats to first must take care of a Ragin' Cajuns squad that won the Sun Belt Conference last season en route to a 9-4 record and 16-3 victory against Nevada in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
Despite UK being a 17-point favorite, ULL is a dangerous opponent the Wildcats can't afford to overlook, especially with a tough road test against SEC foe South Carolina lurking in Week 2.
So, without further ado, here are our three keys to a Kentucky victory and 1-0 start to the season:
1. Protect Patrick Towles:
When healthy and upright, Patrick Towles impressed as a redshirt sophomore in 2014.
The UK quarterback finished the season amassing 2,718 yards and 14 touchdowns through the air while tacking on and additional 305 yards and a team-high six touchdowns on the ground as well.
A perfect encapsulation of what a healthy Towles can do for UK was his dominant performance against then No. 1 Mississippi State, where he shredded the Bulldog defense for 466 yards total yards, four touchdowns, and (maybe most importantly) zero turnovers:
KSTV already predicted Towles to be an All-SEC quarterback in 2015, and a big factor in that will be the protection he receives from the offensive line.
If Patrick has protection, he should have no problem against UL-Lafayette's pass defense which ranked No. 122 in the nation last season by surrendering 285 yards per game.
2. "Boom" Goes the Williams:
The 2015 season will also be "The Year of 'Boom.'"
Stanley "Boom" Williams showed flashes of superstardom during his true freshman campaign in 2014, highlighted by his cross-field, oh-my-goodness-we-might-finally-beat-Florida overtime catch-and-run against the Gators:
Williams' touches were both limited and sporadic throughout the season as fought to climb a loaded depth chart, but a strong 126-yard, two-touchdown performance against rival Louisville in the 2014 season finale gave him a head start in claiming the starting job for 2015 — a spot he solidified last month during fall camp.
New offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson plans on calling a run-heavy air raid attack — à la Chip Kelly at Oregon and the Philadelphia Eagles — and with Williams as his feature back, "Boom" could become a household name in 2015.
If the Wildcats can get Williams 15-20 touches, he should have no problem finding room to run against the Ragin' Cajuns and will also help take pressure off Towles and the passing game.
3. Hack-a-Haack:
Terrance Broadway was an all-everything quarterback for UL-Lafayette last season, passing for 2,295 yards and 13 touchdowns while running for another 804 — Yes, 804 rushing yards! — and three touchdowns on the ground.
The good news for Kentucky is that the senior signal quarterback has graduated out of the program, leaving ULL with a mostly-untested new starter under center this season in Brooks Haack.
Haack, a junior, only attempted a total of 58 passes during his freshman and sophomore seasons for 400 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception while serving as Broadway's backup.
With former defensive stars Alvin "Bud" Dupree and Za'Darius Smith now playing on Sundays in the NFL, Kentucky will need to depend on a talented, but inexperienced, front seven to pressure Haack into bad decisions in only his second-ever collegiate start.
Yes, UL-Lafayette had a great season in 2014, but Saturday is the start of a new year.
With a healthy Patrick Towles, an electric Boom Williams, and an untested quarterback on the other side of the ball, the Wildcats should have success against the Rajin' Cajuns and celebrate the opening of the new Commonwealth Stadium with a Week 1 victory.
- SCORE PREDICTION: Kentucky 28, UL-Lafayette 17
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Alex Reid: I've slept with men and prostitutes
ALEX Reid has addressed claims that he is bisexual and confirms that he HAS slept with men in the past.
He told Now magazine: "Let me explain it like this - I'm not a smoker, but I've tried a cigarette.
"In my youth I was curious and experimented but I soon found out that I preferred sex with women."
He added: "I described myself as 'try-sexual' once.
"But I'd say I'm a heterosexual guy who likes a bit of kinkiness. I'm obviously sexually liberated and very open-minded.
"But Chantelle knew everything before we got together. Was she the only person in this country who didn't know I was a cross-dresser?"
Chantelle Houghton made some lurid claims about Alex - including turning their home into a sex dungeon and cheating on her.
But Reid denied both accusations.
He continued: "During her pregnancy I noticed a real change. She'd accuse me every week.
"I want to make it absolutely clear that, whatever I've done in my past, from the day I told Chantelle I loved her I never cheated on her."
He added: "How can you turn an entire house into a sex dungeon? If I could do that, they'd put me on a property programme on TV.
"Since when does a couple of sex toys and some porn make a house a 'sex dungeon'?
"It wasn't seedy and dirty. Everything was open."
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Book Review: What You Were Really Meant to Do
My first boss in Wall Street advised me "All the happiness in the world won't buy you money." I got the message, as did most of my generation. But the recent consolidation in the business has forced many to rethink their career paths. The growth of entrepreneur opportunities is opening new avenues to follow. In every part of the finance and business worlds, everyone is facing many more competitive challenges. Systematic thinking about career paths has become as essential part of staying employed, and moving ahead.
At the core of What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential is "the difficult task of understanding who you are and what interests you," which is in contrast to following along defined traditional career routes, often becoming influenced by what your peers are doing, and what looks like the fastest road to a big bonus. It goes without saying, the self-discovery theme of the book is much different from the traditional career goal of finance professionals, which is to make money, as much and fast as possible. In an industry now characterized by restructuring and new business models, this has obvious dangers.
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Picado Technique
Picado technique is one of the principal and the most natural ways to play both flamenco and classical guitar. Mastering it is absolutely necessary to play a proper Spanish guitar finger technique. Picado technique is the way to play any melody, but parts of it are also incorporated into many other playing techniques. To perform it "como el Dios manda" (like the God commands), or the way it should be played, a proper set of nails is also a must.
The natural right hand position on Spanish guitar (both flamenco and classical) maintains the wrist some 10 cm away from the front board, because of the constant interchanging of the techniques; therefore making it difficult to assess the exact positions of the strings. This is especially notable when playing fast passages and scales. If the strings have lower tension, they take too long to back to the initial position. So you have to "chase them" over the guitar, which is a crazy thing to do while playing close to 10 notes per second. But the higher tension strings have other disadvantages, especially if you are a beginner. Also, the index and the medium fingers are unequal in many ways, so that disbalance must be overpowered by practicing in a certain way.
Picado technique in flamenco is primarily played picado apoyando, and forte too. It can also be performed tirando, but just when a strong apoyando tone would brake up the arpeggiated tirando text, and a much quieter passage is needed. Paco De Lucia achieved incredible speeds in picado technique, showing us that the technique is a state of mind, not the state of your muscles, or the amount you practiced. Don't get me wrong, Paco also spent his childhood playing 14 hours per day, but many of us have, and not many have achieved it.
From the beginning of the 19th century in Spain, with the classical guitar coming to the world music stage and being played more and more in the elite society, the gypsies rapidly adopted this new 6 string instrument as their own. Started populating western Europe from the east during the Moz-Arabs ruled in the 12th century, these gypsy "guests" that remained after the 15th century Christian conquistadors in 1492. (Castilla and Toledo alliance expelled (almost) all Jews, Arabs, and Gypsies), were still traveling nomads that were now spreading their spirit of freedom over just the Iberian peninsula. Their nomadic freedom ideology under years of repression created the very essence of the Flamenco culture.
Flamenco guitar playing style came from their different approach to this newly emerged and perfected 6 string instrument. Instead of performing it plucking the strings by pulling and releasing them with the fingers (like classical guitarists, which would require a certain level of precision and fingernails hygiene); their approach to it was much more crude. They started using the whole body of the guitar as a percussion instrument, hitting the front board to create sound and playing the "golpe" hit, paving the way for the "golpe" protection plate to appear. But the most important is that they invented a whole new technique from scratch, hitting the strings with the top of the fingernails with circular repetitive motion; using as a pivot base both the wrist, and the finger base joint with the anchored thumb. Therefore creating the base of the "Rasqueada", as opposed to "Punteada" guitar, (today being the flamenco and the classical guitar).
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The Flamenco Percussion Samples Database will help you get the clearest picture about the compás, but you an also play along and practice with the highest quality "organic" samples of cajon, palmas, shaker, djembe, congas, bongos, maracas, and all the most used percussion instruments in flamenco. The library is designed for understanding the compás, but also that you can practice over the rhythm, directly feeling it, and immediately playing flamenco. Every beat is marked with a yellow vertical line, and a group of beats to consider while counting is highlighted with green, so you can easily see what is where, and develop a feeling for the rhythm.
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New Delhi, India
Needing clear and healthy comparison between Indian Sitar, and Spanish Guitar, this course is exactly what i wanted. The nails tutorials are a true wonder! But the personalized approach from Nicolas is the best thing ever. There are fantastic video links, and extremely helpful information on the Nicolas BLOG pages, thank you!
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Zagreb, Croatia
Nicolas has an unique experience and unique approach as a teacher of flamenco guitar. The lessons are very deep and profound and almost idealistic, and although i am a professional player, Nicolas's style and unique approach tingles me in a deep sense. Here you will find everything essential for flamenco.
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Moscow, Russia
Although I enjoy playing a completely different style, I've stumbled upon this school on YouTube and was quickly entangled in it by it's great approach and attractive style. I use Spanish techniques now in my Bluegrass and Country guitar playing and it's a wonder to everyone!
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I am taking private online lessons with Nicolas, so I am perhaps to subjective. However, I learned harmony, in like a few days, and we often laugh on a subject, I got the best teacher on the planet! Honestly, not just because of his educational background, but because of his high spirit, and especially the site; armed with such quality videos, and the Loop Player software, Nicolas is probably the best teacher you can find online.
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IN January 1977, Christopher
Boyce and Daulton Lee, who
had gone to school together in
the upper-middle-class southern California community of Palos Verdes, were arrested on charges of having sold - over a period of two years - top-secret United States Government documents to the Soviet Union through the Russian Embassy in Mexico City. Both men, then in their 20's, were eventually convicted and packed off to prison, Lee with a life term and Boyce for 40 years.
Unlike Robert Lindsey's factual book on which it is based, John Schlesinger's new film, ''The Falcon and the Snowman,'' has the effect of being less about the vagaries of international espionage than about the all- pervasive second-rateness of United States Government functionaries and of the society that produced Boyce and Lee.
This is apparent in the muddled, often contradictory motives of the young men, in the kinds of lives lived by their well-to-do, remarkably permissive families, in the spies' dubious aspirations and accomplishments, in the epic sloppiness of the Government's security system and, especially, in the ease with which Boyce and Lee seem to have outwitted the Government for so long.
This may well be the real point of Mr. Schlesinger, the director, and of Steven Zaillian, who wrote the screenplay. ''The Falcon and the Snowman,'' which opens today at the Coronet and other theaters, is a very curious though effective entertainment, a scathing social satire in the form of an outrageously clumsy spy story told with a completely straight face. Boyce and Lee are as lightweight in their cynicism as their society's role models are in their patriotism.
Of the two young men, the more complex is Boyce (Timothy Hutton), born and raised in a practicing Catholic family and, until the late 1960's, committed to the conservative views of his father (Pat Hingle), an ex- F.B.I. man. Eventually disenchanted by what he sees to be the Government's duplicity in Vietnam, Boyce, like many others of his generation, begins to nurture aimlessness as a kind of protest, his only abiding passion being falconry.Continue reading the main story
Boyce gives up plans to study for the priesthood and reluctantly takes a job, arranged by his father, in a company working under contract to the Central Intelligence Agency, monitoring information from and about spy satellites.
His best friend, Lee (Sean Penn), is the sort of guy who has probably been hustling, one way or another, since he was in the nursery. At the opening of ''The Falcon and the Snowman,'' Lee is living at home, at least most of the time, pushing drugs and being regularly busted and just as regularly put on probation by local authorities who appear to be less benign than totally stupid. Even Lee's parents are lenient to the point of lunacy, believing that Lee's little drug transactions are simply ''a phase.''
In the course of his job, Boyce realizes that the C.I.A. is not only collecting defense information but is also busily involved in attempting to influence the internal affairs of Australia, where one of its most important satellite-monitoring stations is located. This knowledge supposedly leads to a cynicism so profound that he decides to pass top-secret information to the Russians, not only to hit back at the United States Government but also to make some spare cash.
Though Lee's abiding passion is drugs - for his own use and for sale to his friends - he agrees to join Boyce in the espionage scheme for the money they'll make. With amazingly little trouble, the two men set up their operation. Lee makes the initial contact with the Russians in Mexico and subsequently acts as courier for the material that Boyce smuggles out of his job with no interference.
The fascination in ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' is not in why the two men behave the way they do - Boyce's idealism is not especially convincing, though Lee's manic, drug-supported dreams of glory are - but in how they managed to get away with their operation for so long. One of the points suggested afterward, but never proved, is that the C.I.A. was on to them long before their arrest. Had this been substantiated, the two might have claimed entrapment and got away with lesser sentences.
Lee hangs around the Russian Embassy so brazenly that even a dozy cabdriver might suspect that something unsavory is up. When he makes one of his whirlwind visits back to Palos Verdes, where he is wanted for probation violations and other unfinished legal problems, he throws fancy parties at his parents' house and brags about his Mexican drug connections and his dealings with the Russians.
The discipline in the office where Boyce works is hilariously lax. Being available only to those few people with top clearance, the office, called ''the black vault,'' becomes the scene for daily hijinks. These include impromptu cocktail parties, drug-smoking and, when they're really bored, game-playing (including a World War III board game called Risk), all of which allow Boyce time to go about his private business.
Though the movie would seem to want to make Boyce a more appealing character than is possible, Mr. Hutton is quite fine in a role that must remain mysterious. His Boyce seems to be well-meaning but more than a little muddle-headed. Even so, he's a model of rectitude compared to the loose-talking, heroin-hooked Lee, the biggest, most flamboyant role Mr. Penn has yet done. It's Mr. Penn who dominates the screen with a performance that, like the film, is arresting in its bizarre details and as cold as ice.
Very good in supporting roles are Mr. Hingle, David Suchet as the spies' main contact at the Russian Embassy in Mexico, Lori Singer as Boyce's girlfriend and Dorian Harewood as one of Boyce's colleagues in ''the black vault.'' Mr. Schlesinger's usual discipline falters only once, when, toward the end, Boyce goes by the theater where Miss Singer is selling tickets and bids her goodbye under a marquee announcing Bunuel's ''Exterminating Angel.''
''The Falcon and the Snowman'' makes no reference to the epilogue that Mr. Lindsey, who is Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times and covered the story for The Times, added to the book's paperback edition - about Boyce's escape from prison. That tale, and the story of Boyce's eventual recapture, are the subject of Mr. Lindsey's second book, ''The Flight of the Falcon.''
Friends and Felons
THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, directed by John Schlesinger; screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the book by Robert Lindsey; director of photography, Allen Daviau; edited by Richard Marden; music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays; produced by Gabriel Katzka and John Schlesinger; released by Orion Pictures. At Coronet, Third Avenue and 59th Street; Movieland, Broadway and 47th Street; 34th Street East, near Second Avenue; 23d Street West Triplex, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and other theaters. Running time: 125 minutes. This film is rated R. Christopher BoyceTimothy Hutton Daulton LeeSean Penn Mr. BoycePat Hingle Mrs. BoyceJoyce Van Patten Dr. LeeRichard Dysart Mrs. LeePriscilla Pointer David LeeChris Makepeace AlexDavid Suchet LanaLori SingerContinue reading the main story


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Sometimes you don't know you have given something up until you have found it again.
Perhaps lost is a better word. Left behind. Somewhere between the marketing lunches and toys on the carpet.
If I squint I can just make out bits of it -- A baby born. Patting backs and encouraging burps at 2 am. Husband sleeping soundly in another room. A sister born before the first can talk. Is that another?
A long hospital stay. Cotton between my brain. I just want to take a nap. A long one.
Oh look. Here it is. A family with three beautiful children. And they still want to hold my hand. Hooray!
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Volcano At Home by Commission, United KingdomPosted: October 13, 2017 Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Bag Design, Best Packaging Designs, Black Block Foil, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Coffee Logos and Packaging Design, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Commission Studio, Designed in London, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Gold Foil, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Luxury Logos and Packaging Design, Minimal Design, Minimal Package Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging News, Packaging Shortlist 2017, Print Finishing, Sans-serif Typography, The Very Best of 2017, The Very Best of BP&O, The Very Best Packaging of 2017, Typography 3 Comments »
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Volcano At Home is an ethically traded coffee range, roasted in small batches by a dedicated team, and sold in 100% compostable Nespresso-compatible pods. The range has been created for the retail, subscription and wholesale markets and is available in three varieties, Bold Morning Shot, Balanced All Day and Reserve Rich And Sweet. Volcano At Home is the latest venture of London-based independent coffee roasters Volcano Coffee Works and features a distinctive packaging design, developed by Commission, that draws on the science, craft and character of the brand and its products.
MOAA Architects by Inhouse, New ZealandPosted: October 9, 2017 Filed under: Architecture and The Built Environment, Logo Reviews | Tags: Architecture Logos, Brand Identity, Brand Identity Reviews, Branding, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Branding Blog, Branding Reviews, Business Card Design, Coloured Paper, Design Blog, Design For Print, Design News, Design Opinion, Design Reviews, Designed by Inhouse, Edge Painted Detail, Fonts in Use: Neuzeit, From New Zealand, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Logo Design & Branding Blog, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Resource, Logo Design Trends: Dynamic Brand Identities, Logo Design Trends: Flexible Logos, Logo Designs, Logo Opinion, Logos, Logotypes, Modular Logos, Print Finishing, Responsive Websites, Sans-serif Typography, Stationery Design, The Best Architecture Logos, The Best Business Cards of 2017, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Best New Logo Designs of 2017, The Very Best Brand Identities of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, Type Play, Typography, Website Design, Wordmark Design 6 Comments »
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MOAA Architects was founded in 2010. It has an office in Hamilton, New Zealand, and a portfolio of new builds and renovations that span the residential, education, commercial and public sectors. Highlights include their work on St. Johns Church, a square plan rotated 9 degrees off the street grid, and Piako House, a renovation and extension of 1940s domestic planning to meet a 21st century lifestyle.
MOAA Architects have a passion for ideas and people. An ethos rooted in reduction and a responsiveness to client needs. And an approach that seeks out innovation yet remains friendly and accessible. This is expressed by a flexible new graphic identity of modular play and variety, and a bright yellow and cool grey colour palette designed by Inhouse. This post was updated November 2017 to include images of Inhouse's work on MOAA Architect's website.


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Robyn Ostrander, M.D., has joined the Department of Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center as the medical director for the division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. In her new role, Ostrander is also serving as chairwoman of the Glickman Family Center for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Spring Harbor Hospital.
Maine Medical Center announced that four new physicians have joined the Department of Emergency Medicine:
Michael Bohanske, M.D., received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he served as chief resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in emergency medical services in Cincinnati.
Janessa Leger, M.D., received her medical degree from Tufts University and completed her residency at MMC, where she served as chief resident in emergency medicine.
Lauren Wendell, M.D., received her medical degree from University of Vermont and completed her residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she was a clinical assistant professor.
Christina Wilson, M.D., received her medical degree from University of Virginia School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program.
Dr. Elizabeth Sperry of Falmouth was recently named to the board of directors of the Maine Veterinary Medical Association. Sperry, who has been practicing at the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland since 2013, brings a special expertise in Shelter Medicine. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 1993 and from Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine in 2001 and moved to Maine in 2010.
TIQA recently welcomed Derek Federico in the role of chef de cuisine. Federico will manage the kitchen and report directly to Executive Chef Bo Byrne. Federico, of Portland, worked as sous chef at 555 and as executive sous chef for David's KPT.
Fork Food Lab, Top Gun Prep 2013 graduate Neil Spillane's brainchild, will host a grand opening celebration 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 on Parris Street in Portland's Bayside neighborhood. The shared commercial kitchen and tasting room, which opened Aug. 1, offers local foodiepreneurs options for both full-time and part-time access to commercial kitchen facilities. Fork offers patrons prep tables, access to equipment, cold/dry storage, and all of the paper goods and sanitation supplies foodiepreneurs need to bring their products to market.
Norway Savings Bank was recently named one of 2016's Best Places to Work in Maine and nationally recognized as one of the Best Banks to Work For. The bank, which will be honored at an awards ceremony Oct. 4, was featured in the August issue of American Banker Magazine as one of the 60 banks to achieve "best bank" status.
Eaton Peabody attorney Seth W. Brewster was named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America in the litigation-antitrust category. In addition, 19 other lawyers in the firm were recognized by Best Lawyers in America as tops in their respective areas of expertise.
All four partners at Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow in Portland were recognized by Best Lawyers in America: Gerald F. Petruccelli, Michael K. Martin, James B. Haddow and Bruce A. McGlauflin.
The Brunswick Rotary Club recently showed their commitment to "service above self" with the donation of a backyard play set to Tedford Housing's emergency family shelter in Brunswick. The donation was made possible through a grant from The Rotary Foundation and a discount from Lowe's in Brunswick. Several Rotary Club volunteers erected the play set over the course of a weekend with the help of family shelter resident.
Brackett Street Veterinary Clinic, a full service animal hospital in Portland, is building a second location in the North Deering area. Brackett West Veterinary Clinic, slated to open this fall, will be located at Happy Tails dog daycare.
Portland-based Elite Airways announced new scheduled jet service, with twice- weekly nonstops Thursday and Sunday between Portland Jetport and Sarasota-Bradenton on the Gulf Coast of Florida starting Nov. 17.
NL Partners, an advertising agency based in Portland, has hired Georgia Dixon as assistant account executive. Dixon was previously the office administrator for Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty.
Jack Woodcock, of Cumberland, has joined Bernstein Shur as an associate in the firm's Portland office in the Litigation Practice Group, where he will focus on commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Previously, Woodcock worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he defended the United States in several civil suits of national importance, including two separate bellwether cases involving Hurricane Katrina's flooding of New Orleans. In related news, labor and employment attorney Sara Hellstedt of North Yarmouth has also joined the Portland law office.


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Production and DJ duo Apexape are having a big week. The duo, made up of Benny Kane and Dr Specs, saw a 2015 filled with guest mixes on BBC Radio 1, Ibiza performances and support from peers for their work, including multiple collaborations with fellow UK artist Chris Lorenzo. Their addictive and energetic house style is certainly something to fixate on, as their use of house, hip hop and garage has made their music unique, groovy and fun.
Having released their track "Man Beat Drum" today, and their just as jackin' track "The One" featuring Carla Monroe debuted as Annie Mac's Free Music Monday (#FMM) track of the week, the guys are in high demand as rising stars. So much so, that we asked them to celebrate their work by whipping up a mix for us – check it out below, streaming from our SoundCloud page.
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Active Substance: tolcapone
Common Name: tolcapone
ATC Code: N04BX01
Marketing Authorisation Holder: Meda AB
Active Substance: tolcapone
Status: Authorised
Authorisation Date: 1997-08-27
Therapeutic Area: Parkinson Disease
Pharmacotherapeutic Group: Anti-Parkinson drugs, other dopaminergic agents
Therapeutic Indication
Tasmar is indicated in combination with levodopa / benserazide or levodopa / carbidopa for use in patients with levodopa-responsive idiopathic Parkinson's disease and motor fluctuations, who failed to respond to or are intolerant of other catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors.
Because of the risk of potentially fatal, acute liver injury, Tasmar should not be considered as a first-line adjunct therapy to levodopa / benserazide or levodopa / carbidopa.
Since Tasmar should be used only in combination with levodopa / benserazide and levodopa / carbidopa, the prescribing information for these levodopa preparations is also applicable to their concomitant use with Tasmar.
What is Tasmar?
Tasmar is a medicine that contains the active substance tolcapone. It is available as hexagonal tablets (pale yellow: 100 mg; yellow-orange: 200 mg).
What is Tasmar used for?
Tasmar is used to treat patients with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes shaking, slow movement and muscle stiffness. Tasmar is used together with other standard treatments for Parkinson's disease (either a combination of levodopa and benserazide or a combination of levodopa and carbidopa) when the patients have 'fluctuations' towards the end of the period between two doses of their standard combination. Fluctuations are linked with a reduction in the effects of levodopa, when the patient experiences sudden switches between being 'on' and able to move, and being 'off' and immobile. Tasmar is only used when patients do not respond, or cannot take other medicines of the same type.
The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How is Tasmar used?
Tasmar treatment should only be prescribed and supervised by a doctor who has experience in the management of advanced Parkinson's disease.
Tasmar is always given with levodopa and benserazide or with levodopa and carbidopa. The recommended dose is 100 mg three times a day. The tablets should be swallowed whole. When patients add Tasmar to their existing anti-Parkinson's-disease medication, they need to be made aware that they may experience some of the side effects of levodopa, although these can often be reduced by lowering the dose of levodopa. The dose of Tasmar may be increased to 200 mg three times a day but only when the benefit expected outweighs the risk of liver injury. If after three weeks, no substantial benefit has been seen, treatment with Tasmar should be stopped.
Doctors should check the patient's liver before starting treatment with Tasmar and then regularly during treatment. Treatment should be stopped in patients who develop liver problems.
How does Tasmar work?
In patients with Parkinson's disease, the cells in the brain that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine begin to die and the amount of dopamine in the brain decreases. The patients then lose their ability to control their movements reliably. The active substance in Tasmar, tolcapone, works to restore the levels of dopamine in the parts of the brain that control movement and coordination. It only works when it is taken with levodopa, a copy of the neurotransmitter dopamine that can be taken by mouth. Tolcapone blocks an enzyme that is involved in the breakdown of levodopa in the body called catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT). As a result, levodopa remains active for longer. This helps to improve the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as stiffness and slowness of movement.
How has Tasmar been studied?
Tasmar was originally studied in a total of 594 patients, in two 13-week studies and one six-week study. All of the studies compared the effectiveness of adding Tasmar with that of adding placebo (a dummy treatment) to the patient's existing medication (levodopa and either carbidopa or benserazide).
The main measure of effectiveness was how long the patients spent in the 'off' or in the 'on' state. Tasmar has also been studied in a 'switch' study in 150 patients. These patients were already receiving a combination of levodopa and entacapone (another medicine that blocks COMT). The study compared the effectiveness of continuing with entacapone or switching to Tasmar. The main measure of effectiveness was the number of patients with an increase in 'on' time of one hour or more, during the three weeks following the switch.
What benefit has Tasmar shown during the studies?
The initial studies showed that Tasmar was more effective than placebo. There was a reduction of about 20 to 30% in 'off' time in patients taking Tasmar.
In the switch study, more patients responded to Tasmar (53%; 40 out of 75) than to entacapone (43%; 32 out of 75).
What is the risk associated with Tasmar?
The most common side effects with Tasmar (seen in more than 1 patient in 10) are nausea (feeling sick), loss of appetite, diarrhoea, dyskinesia (uncontrollable movements), dystonia (muscle spasms), headache, dizziness, sleep disorders, excessive dreaming, somnolence (sleepiness), confusion, hallucination (seeing things that are not there) and orthostatic complaints (dizziness on standing). Tasmar can cause liver injury, which can be fatal in rare cases. Doctors should monitor patients very carefully during treatment. For the full list of all side effects reported with Tasmar, see the package leaflet.
Tasmar should not be used in patients who may be hypersensitive (allergic) to tolcapone or any of the other ingredients. It must not be used in patients with:
- signs of liver disease or increased liver enzymes;
- phaeochromocytoma (a tumour of the adrenal gland);
- a history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (a dangerous nervous disorder usually caused by antipsychotic medicines), rhabdomyolysis (breakdown of muscle fibres) or hyperthermia (heat stroke);
- severe dyskinesia.
Why has Tasmar been approved?
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) decided that Tasmar's benefits are greater than its risks in combination with levodopa / benserazide or levodopa / carbidopa for use in patients with levodopa-responsive idiopathic Parkinson's disease and motor fluctuations, who failed to respond to or are intolerant of other COMT inhibitors. The Committee recommended that Tasmar be given marketing authorisation.
What measures are being taken to ensure the safe and effective use of Tasmar?
A risk management plan has been developed to ensure that Tasmar is used as safely as possible. Based on this plan, safety information has been included in the summary of product characteristics and the package leaflet for Tasmar, including the appropriate precautions to be followed by healthcare professionals and patients.
Other information about Tasmar
The European Commission granted a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union for Tasmar on 27 August 1997. Because of reports of fatal liver injury, the marketing authorisation was suspended on 11 December 1998. The suspension was lifted on 31 August 2004. The marketing-authorisation holder is Meda AB.
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Veronica Thomas has been in love with two men since she was seventeen. One introduced her to passion. The other has shown her how to satisfy it. Now that she's older, she still wants them both. Wolf Tarrant was more than willing to share Very with his best friend and lover, Lord Michael Kensington. But two years ago, Michael ran from the unconventional relationship growing between the three of them.
?When Michael returns from America, things have changed drastically for all of them. Rushing headlong into a scorching, passionate reunion may be a bad idea. Michael's secrets have the power to keep them apart forever, but Very and Wolf have secrets of their own. Held prisoner by their fears, the three struggle to overcome lies and mistrust to find the freedom to love one another as they have always desired.
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Novels that are based on true history can sometimes go astray and at other times can be a lesson is history. In this book, Samantha Kane throws in actual events and creates amazing situations around them. These Brothers in Arms series is based in Regency England and centers on a group of soldier from the Napoleonic wars, who have developed an alternative lifestyle for the times while clashing with the mores and norms of the period. Veronica Thomas has grown up in the home of her Aunt Kate and her two husbands. From the age of seventeen, Very has found herself in love with Michael Kensington and his closest friend and lover, Wolf Tarrant. During one very passionate encounter, Very professes her love for both men but the ultimate results are not what a young girl wishes to hear. Although Wolf is very much for the relationship and ready to declare his undying love on possession of Very, Michael is afraid, afraid of her youth, afraid of the commitment and he disappears without a word to America. Two years later Very and Wolf still flirt and pine for one another while they wait for Michael to return to England. Circumstances bring Very and her family to the protest for the male suffrage movement in Manchester England where Very's world is turned upside down. Witnessing a murder of a dear friend culminates with the marriage of Very and Wolf and her plans of a life with two men are ended until Michael suddenly returns to circumstances he never imagined. His appearance is what the three have been waiting for but there is a slight problem, Michael has returned with a wife. With so many secondary stories within the novel, Samantha Kane has brought along all her characters from the previous book to complete the life of Very, Wolf and Michael. Each book in the series is based on the relationship of two men who found the love and life they wish to share with one another but at the same time look for the one woman who can accept their life and join them to complete their life. They have created a community of friends who understand and accept each other but most importantly are loyal and supportive of each other. As in all the books, the sex is aggressive, frequent and encompasses all possibilities of circumstances, combinations and throwing the dictated rules of the society out the window for all the hear. I must admit, that even though this is an excellent story with the most amazing characters, it is not my favorite of the series. If you read the first seven books you will most definitely find your own favorites. Very's character had been a source of amusement and entertainment since her arrival and continues to remain constant. Even if you haven't read the first books, this story stands by itself with great strength. Be open minded and enjoy a somewhat different journey in Regency England. I bet you won't regret it. Originally posted at Whipped Cream Reviews.
Love this series! Can't wait for the next one.
I loved reading Very's story and it was different than I thought it would be. Love Wolf in this story.
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Military Response to Sexual Assault
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Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention Program
The Ohio Protocol was originally developed in 1991. This is the fifth edition and is a result of a review of the National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical and Forensic Examination, best practices shared from other states and input from a number of experts throughout Ohio.
Major Changes in 2011 Edition:
The purpose of the Ohio Protocol is to provide comprehensive, standardized, non-judgmental, equitable treatment of survivors of sexual assault. This current 2011 edition of the protocol was issued under the authority of the Ohio Public Health Council, which was charged by the Ohio General Assembly to establish procedures for gathering evidence for victims of sexual offenses. (ORC section 2907.29). Since 2011, the ORC has changed and now states "Director of Health" where it previously listed "Public Health Council". The 2011 protocol was developed in conjunction with the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ohio Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, the Ohio Chapter of the International Association of Forensic Nurses and the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. This protocol is intended to facilitate the provision of consistent, comprehensive healthcare treatment to include emotional, social, and crisis intervention, as well as provide information about available follow-up services in the community.
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Afghanistan's former women's minister is settling into her new job as the country's first female governor.
Habiba Sarabi was appointed by President Karzai to run the province of Bamiyan. Many observers argue the move was to demonstrate his country's commitment to women's rights.
For many Afghans used to men running the structures of power, the appointment has required a huge leap of faith and imagination.
Bamiyan is well-known for the destruction of two giant statues of Buddha, but the new governor faces a host of other big challenges.
Opportunities for women
Carrying to the provinces the reforms she initiated as women's minister in the capital is at the heart of her mission.
When she visited the village of Ishteran, all its residents had gathered for a rare exercise in democracy - the election of new village councils or shuras, both male and female.
In this forgotten pocket of rural Afghanistan, a visit by the governor is a first and elders at the village extended their fullest welcome.
"This is a kind of good opportunity for women, and people will not say no for women, that you can't do this job or that job," she said in the car on the way there.
"Women will be encouraged to work in any position."
The mechanics of the election in Ishteran were not immediately clear to all, but villagers applied themselves with purpose. There is $60,000 in development aid at stake.
Traditionally women in such communities have very little say in running their own affairs, all the more so when large amounts of aid are involved.
But today, with the support of Bamiyan's new governor, women in Ishteran and villages like it are voting in new councils.
That will give them the right to influence the decisions which are taken.
On schools, water, animal husbandry, on job start-up schemes, the basics which will give the villagers a future.
"We're very happy," says one villager, a woman. "We're illiterate and backward. We've never had a shura before.
"Usually it is the men who take all the decisions, but this makes us more equal and gives us new opportunities."
But the responsibilities of governor stretch beyond that - to opportunities for all.
Her challenge is to harness the province's natural beauty and turn that into income.
"Bamiyan has the biggest potential for tourism - the historical heritage, the nature," Habiba Sarabi says.
I ask her if she thinks the Buddhist civilisation is the biggest attraction?
When the Taleban destroyed Bamiyan's two giant Buddhas, they destroyed one of the few reasons people have to travel to the province. Not, though, for one French tourist, Michel.
"The dangers do exist," he says, "but you follow the advice of friends scrupulously and it is worth coming.
"Honestly, I really don't feel the dangers here are any greater than say going out and buying bread."
But the presence of foreign troops testifies to the potential for trouble in the months and years ahead.
Members of Bamiyan's foreign security and reconstruction force from New Zealand say the greatest threat to security in the province has been criminal activity - not anti-coalition militias such as the Taleban, although they are prepared for any such threat.
In a country of continuing turbulence, Bamiyan sits in its own political and security microclimate.
Afghanistan's explosion in opium production and associated crime, militant activity, even political instability have largely passed it by.
And for that, the people here are grateful.
But so too has large-scale reconstruction and that, they say here, is storing up problems for the future.
"We don't have roads. We don't have electricity," one man said.
"They don't have any projects for us to work on. There is no work here because it is a peaceful place. In Kandahar, a lot of construction is going on, but not with us."
'Tough and difficult'
Back at the governor's residence, supplicants line the corridors with an awesome range of requests and complaints.
This is how business is done in Afghanistan.
Only the governor has the clout to make things happen, from acquiring land for returning refugees to sorting out identity papers and resolving often violent disputes between neighbours.
The honeymoon for Afghanistan's first female governor is over, so how has it been so far?
"It was very difficult. It is tough and difficult, but we have to go ahead," Habiba Sarabi says.
Does she feel the weight of responsibility as Afghanistan's first female governor?
"Yeah, if someone in my position would be a man it would be more easy for them to be accepted as a governor."
There are mountains to climb, higher than they would be for men, but there are gifted women in Afghanistan emerging from the destruction and intolerance that is all around.
Habiba Sarabi seems to be one of them.


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