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M. Night Shyamalan reportedly self-financed his last three films including "Glass" and while that may seem risky, so far he can't miss.
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Why Are BIKINIS The HOTTEST Trend Of Winter 2019…
Winter is in full effect, so that means crack out those BIKINIS! Yes, you heard me right.. there's a new photo craze taking over Instagram! Speaking of bikini Bodies, I talked to Scheana Marie from Vanderpump rules about this easy, DIY trick to make your eyes POP for a fun night out on the town! And this is pretty UNUSUAL, but January has officially been re-named JANU-HAIRY… YES, LADIES PUT THOSE RAZORS AWAY AND LET IT GROW!! FINALLY, it does seem like spring and summer time clothes are becoming staples for winter… weird, but hear me out.. long-sleeved crop tops are all the rage this winter! We are talking about all of this right now on Hollyscoop's Trending Topics!
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text: I currently have a pretty good size kit. I don't travel with everything but usually bring the 5D3 and 3 lenses with me (of course which lenses I bring depends on what I'm shooting that day). I've always contemplated adding a crop sensor camera to my bag for the few times I could use the extra reach or for the times where I'd like to have 2 lenses at the ready. I just saw Amazon has the SL1 for $369 right now. I guess my main question is how awkward does the SL1 feel with largish lenses (like say my 70-300L.... Not big but not kit lens small either). I already have the eos M with the 22mm for those times I want a pocketable setup so the tiny size isn't the selling factor here although it's a bit of a plus when it comes to stashing the extra body in the travel bag. Anyone with a 5d or 7d sized body use the SL1. Is it comfortable to shoot with?

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Sometimes, when people deny the effects of climate change, it reminds me of the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" who, as his limbs are lopped off by King Arthur, says, "Just a scratch," "Just a flesh wound" ...
How bad does it have to get before some people will accept the evidence that we're in a little trouble here?
Catastrophic global warming wouldn't be that hard to prevent (or at this point, mitigate), either: Energy
(I was prompted to make this comparison on the Huffington Post when some doubters of climate change posted skeptical comments: "Hundreds Of Icebergs Breaking Off Of Antarctica, Headed For New Zealand.")
I just read another comment that reminded me of this, a concise little evaluation of the risk of doing nothing to combat global warming:
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
As Miami Slips Under the Waves...
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Furla Metropolis XL tote bag - Pink
Furla`s history begins in 1927 in Bologna, Italy and since then that the expert craftsmanship is at the heart of the brand. Known for its timeless designs, Furla presents a wide range of products that reflects an elegant aesthetic and a special attention to detail. Crafted from soft leather, this spacious Metropolis XL tote features round top handles, a detachable and adjustable and shoulder strap, a clasp fastening, a main internal compartment, an interior zipped compartment, an internal zipped pocket and an internal logo plaque.


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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group representing Oklahoma state employees says they are considering joining the state's teachers in walking off the job if the Legislature doesn't give them a pay raise.
Oklahoma Public Employees Association director Sterling Zearley said Friday that state agency employees are considering a work stoppage because of low salaries and budget cuts.
Zearley's comments came one day after the Oklahoma Education Association, the state's largest teacher's organization, announced plans for a work stoppage April 2 if lawmakers don't approve a $6,000 pay raise by April 1.
OPEA has endorsed a measure calling for a $71 million state employee pay raise this year, but the legislation was not heard in a legislative committee and it isn't being considered.
Neither teachers nor state workers have received across-the-board pay raises since 2008.


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Corporation Tax Ring Fence: Oil Extraction as a Separate Trade
CTA10\S279 & ITTOIA05\S16 provide that certain extraction activities conducted as part of a trade are to be treated for all purposes of income and corporation tax as "a separate trade, distinct from all other activities carried on … as part of the trade". The activities are
- any oil extraction activities or
- the acquisition, enjoyment or exploitation of oil rights or
- activities of both descriptions.
Where one composite trade is formed partly of ring fence elements and partly of non-ring fence elements the ring fence and non-ring fence profits must be calculated separately.


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Nordic Film Classics
Edited by Mette Hjort, Professor of Visual Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and Affiliate Professor of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington; and Peter Schepelern, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen.
The Nordic Film Classics series will offer in-depth studies of key films by Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish directors, shedding light on the ways in which the Nordic nations and region have contributed to the art of film.
Ingmar Berman's The Silence: Pictures in the Typewriter, Writings on the Screenby Maaret Koskinen
Dagur Kari's Noi the Albinoby Bjorn Nordfjord
Lone Scherfig's Italian for Beginnersby Mette Hjort
Lukas Moodysson's Show Me Loveby Anna Westerstahl Stenport
Thomas Vinterberg's Festen (The Celebration)by C. Claire Thomson


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All ultrasounds. All the time.
(Seriously. I'm about to retitle my blog "This Week's Beanie Action.")
We had another ultrasound today and I was actually so nervous about it, I hadn't even wanted to blog the fear. It's just so scary and terrifying every time I watch that screen and pray to see SOMETHING. There have just been far too many times that I didn't.
To start though, the doctor first tried the doppler over my abdomen to see if we could hear the heartbeat and after pressing the crap out of my midsection...nothing.
I was literally shaking as we walked to the ultrasound room. Even though she said it was entirely common not to hear anything this early (10 weeks, 5 days and counting), when she then had trouble getting anything on the monitor, I swear, I was THIS close to passing out.
She complained about my strangely shaped uterus (news to me!) and then...finally...there was Beanie. Heartbeat flashing away. I am apparently pregnant with E.T.
But get this. Beanie is an actual, like, BABY. Ok fetus. But you get my point. (And did you know that this week I officially went from embryo to fetus? The things you learn from obsessing, I tell ya'.)
I mean, she/he/whatever isn't a kidney bean anymore. There were ARMS. And LEGS. And a HEAD.
And then she/he/whatever JUMPED. Like a hiccup or something.
That has suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks.
And while I allowed myself the requisite 12 hours of joy, I am of course on to new worries. Like next Thursday's Nuchal Scan. But one hurdle at a time.
In the meantime, I hope and pray you don't find this a bit indulgent, but I have to be honest that the last couple weeks have been, well, hellish. I am so torn because I feel as though I'm not allowed to complain. I should feel LUCKY and BLESSED. And I do. Really. Obviously. Beyond belief.
But Beanie. Can we chat for a sec? We all know that you rule the roost. In every way possible. And I will do everything and anything for the rest of my life to make sure you are happy and healthy.
But you're kicking my ass.
First there was the Gestational Diabetes diagnosis and the constant finger pricking I have to do now. It's ok...it's just a little tough to hear the dietician tell me I need to stop eating so many carbs when I'M A VEGETARIAN AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF MY DIET.
And I bet you didn't know you could have diarrhea and constipation at the same time. Or ravenous hunger while nauseous?
Then there's the constant and never-letting-up vomit-o-rama. It's especially fun when I'm working. (This had to be one of the first times a doctor asked why I'd LOST weight at a check up.)
I cried my eyes out last weekend because I felt SO DAMN GUILTY for being sick and tired of being sick and tired. But I just broke down.
PLEASE don't think I don't know how lucky I am to even be in this position. I keep telling myself that if there's a healthy baby at the end of this, it was ALL worth it. And it is. I guess I never realized it would be so hard.
Ok, it's off my chest. So now, little hiccupping Beanie. Do what you gotta do. I can take it.
But if you could let me eat like, a WHOLE bagel, that would be awesome.


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It's amazing how much difference changing one key ingredient on a pizza can make to the finished product. Tonight's offerings featured grilled chicken, bacon, mushrooms, and the usual TJ's garlic herb pizza dough. The first one featured an additional topping of an artichoke and jalapeño dip commonly found at your local membership warehouse store. The ingredient list included parmesan cheese, so I figured what the heck, spread it on and see what happens. Here's what it looked like going on the grill.
For reference purposes, the chicken was dusted with Montreal Steak seasoning (it isn't just for beef) and grilled until not quite done, then chopped and thrown on the pizza. After about 10 minutes, we dug into this tasty morsel.
You'll have to excuse the cloudy pictures, but there were a few apple chunks mixed in with the charcoal from a previous cook and they put out an extra cloud of smoke. Great for flavor, bad for photos. As for the finished product, the kids declared it delicious and went back for seconds before the next pizza was off the grill.
Speaking of the next pizza, it was sauced with a thin coating of Big Butz No Butz sauce (makes a great BBQ flavored pizza sauce, especially with the extra kick) and some feta cheese instead of the artichoke and jalapeno dip. All the other ingredients stayed the same.
This one cooked while the first was consumed, and in less than 10 minutes was done. Pizza is cooking faster now that I've invested in a Kick Ash basket and do a better job of providing proper air flow for high temp cooks.
This pizza was very different from the first one, yet very tasty in its own right. The one takeaway was how much different the two tasted with so many ingredients in common. Both are "do again" pizzas, especially since SWMBO wasn't around to sample them tonight.
At least she was able to benefit by not being around for the freezer-burned sausage that was originally intended for the second pizza…


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Hey everyone! I just posted my pattern for a Heartless from the Kingdom Hearts game on craftster. You can find it here:
If you have any problems or questions please let me know.
It should go without saying but please do not make these to sell, sell my pattern or post my pattern on your website. Your more than welcome to direct people to either my website or to the craftster post so other people can find it. Thanks!


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Recommendations for Malaysia's'Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act'.
Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM)-leading working group (WG 10) has a vision that could be summarized as:
'payment in the construction industry is timely' - where everyone in the construction industry pays the appropriate amounts due in a timely manner.
Due to the characteristic of construction industry, the size and duration of the project and payment terms differentiate the industry from the others.
We hereby would like to discuss a few major considerations which meet the needs of the current scenarios to eliminate payment defaults in our country during the process of mentioned Act enactment. For the number of 12 provisions as we had studied and discussed before, we summarized it and conclude it under 12 headings as below:
Scope of construction contract
As the definition of construction by Malaysia Industrial Classification 1972 (updated 1979), itself consists of two major components, which are activities and products.
(Ofori, 1990) We interpret that the 'industry' itself is actually a group of economic activities classified according to the type of goods or services supplied. Therefore the act applies to the construction industry should includes not only activities and product, but also services to make it understandable and yet, comply with the definition of the definition of 'construction industry'.
We propose that Singapore Act could be use as our reference for this provision because there is a clause clearly stated that the act applies to the construction activities carried out in SINGAPORE. We need to have it because for some building materials, we are still importing from the other countries. In case anything happens, we have such provision to resolve the disputes between local contractors with foreign suppliers as long as the work is done locally.
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Reward Offered For Information Regarding Brutal Dairy Queen Assault, Robbery
A reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the man that robbed a local fast food store and attacked two of the employees with a baseball bat.
A male employee was reportedly taking out trash from the Dairy Queen at 69th Street and University Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, when a man attacked him with a baseball bat.
According to Lubbock Police, the assailant then went inside and demanded that a female employee give him money from the restaurant. She handed over the money, and the suspect then attacked her with the bat as well.
The two people were taken to University Medical Center. The woman was treated and released, and the man is still in critical condition.
Crime Line is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the prosecution of the suspect.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, standing 5'8" and weighing around 140 pounds.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Line at 741-1000.


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Grenache (a.k.a. Ganacha in Spain) is one of the most widely planted grape varieties in the world. Long a staple in blended red wines of Spain and Southern France, this Mediterranean-climate-loving red grape is more and more frequently being bottled solo.
For both wine nerds and newbs, varietal Garnacha from Spain is a category of wines worth looking into. Garnacha is a dynamic grape, which is well-suited to refreshing roses, lighter style reds for early consumption, concentrated reds for aging, fortified wines, etc. Many of these wines can bring ridiculous value to the equation. It ain't easy to find a thought-provoking California Cabernet for $12, ditto for Oregon Pinot, Aussie Shiraz, and on and on — but Spanish Garnacha has this price range covered.
Since the grape has such a long history in Spain, winemakers have tons of old vines from which to source bold, concentrated fruit. The Wine Economics Research Centre estimates Spain alone has more than 170,000 acres planted to Garnacha (and about 5,500 planted to the Garnacha Blanca). And the economics of scale and demand mean a lot of these wines are able to reach American shores with $8-$15 price tags.
Last year, I tasted through some solid and inexpensive Garnacha to celebrate Garnacha Day, one of those seemingly random days of the year when purveyors of wine deem it appropriate celebrate a certain type of wine. (No excuse needed.) On September 16, I did it again, celebrating #GarnachaDay with an online tasting led by Master Sommelier and Corkbuzz owner Laura Maniec and Master of Wine Christy Canterbury. We tasted through five wines, three reds and two whites (made from the white version of Garnacha).
Talk about quality to price ratio! These five wines should be on by-the-glass lists all over the place.
I've posted my notes on the wines below.
2015 Clos Dalian Terra Alta - Spain, Catalunya, Tarragona, Terra Alta
Medium straw color. Bright and airy aromas of green apples, apricot and white peaches, along with cucumber, flower shop and sea salt. Crisp but fleshy texture, on the palate this shows crunchy green apples and pears with notes of cut flower stems, sea salt and raw almond. Very pleasant. (86 points)
2013 Viñas del Vero Somontano Garnacha Blanca La Miranda de Secastilla - Spain, Aragón, Somontano
Medium gold colored. Tons of aromatics: apricots, pears, glazed apple, honeyed tea, white flowers, almond and sea salt. Creamy, smooth texture but zesty acidity. Gorgeous fruit (white peach, apricot) along with honey, almonds, cinnamon. The oak influences are matched by wildflowers and sea salt. A long, plush wine but the acidity tingles on the finish. I'm usually a bit skeptical of oak in Grenache Blanc, but this one nails it. Delicious, complex, intriguing stuff. Insane value. (90 points)
2014 Castillo de Monséran Garnacha Cariñena - Spain, Aragón, Cariñena
Juicy ruby color. Smells of tar, coffee and cola on top of jammy raspberries and deeper black cherries. Medium-bodied, soft tannins, fresh acidity – an easy-drinking appeal but plenty of flavor: raspberry jam, black cherry, mixed in with cola, coffee, vanilla and charcoal. Fun, juicy, easy-drinking, crowd-pleasing stuff to drink early. (85 points)
2015 Altovinum Evodia - Spain, Aragón, Calatayud
Vibrant purple color. Lots of charcoal, grilled herbs, smoke and musk on the nose, along with rich black cherry and blackberry jam. Full-bodied approach, chewy tannins, medium/low acidity, a bold and saucy wine but full of flavors: dark, jammy fruit, roasted herbs, violets, coffee and dark chocolate. A gutsy, teeth-stainer but so delicious. You can spend twice this amount on similar wines and get a lesser wine. Crazy value. (87 points)
2014 Bodegas Aragonesas Garnacha Campo de Borja Coto de Hayas Centenaria - Spain, Aragón, Campo de Borja
Rich purple color. Smoky nose – cedar, dark roast coffee, dark chocolate on top of currants and black cherries. A bold fruity wine but plenty of structure and earthy complexity. Good grip from the tannins yet bright acidity. Tart currant and black cherry with earth, a nice herbal kick, cola, sweet herbs, dark chocolate. Shows potential from improvement but delicious now. (88 points)


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Happy Card
Coloring has been my new stress reliever since I went back to work full-time. The Botanical Background Stamp is my new favorite stamp to use with the ShinHan markers. The Botanical Background stamp has 3 different stamps to create backgrounds. This is one of them and I will showcase the other 2 stamps in the set in the coming weeks.
The "Happy" on this card is from the Finding the Words stamp along with Teal Shimmer Trim.
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Oops. NAACP Forgot to Scrub Their Rally Video With Farrakhan Before They Started Pointing Fingers at Tea Party Patriots (VIDEO) …Update: Rev. Wright Too
This week the NAACP attacked fiscally conservative tea party patriots for bogus claims of racism.
But it wasn't that long ago that anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan was the headliner at one of their summits jibber-jabbering racist nonsense about whitey.
Minister Louis Farrakhan addressed the NAACP Unity Summit in 1997.
The crowd loved him.
Rev. Louis Farrakhan denounces the "slavemasters" during his talk.
UPDATE: The NAACP had Jeremiah "G*d D*mn America" Wright speak at an event, too.
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2014 Sanitary Sewer Contract No. 1 – Job 1254 – Fountain Street Lift Station
This project involves the replacement of the current pumps, valves, and piping in the existing Fountain Street sanitary sewer lift station.
This is a rebid of a previous project. This project has been revised and is being re-advertised to include only the lift station remodel work. The forcemain construction will be a seperate contract (2014 Sanitary Sewer Contract No. 2 – Job 1468 shown below).
2014 Biosolids Removal – Job 1466
This project will consist of removing biosolids from the storage tanks at the WWTP and land apply the solids on approved land near the WWTP.
2014 Sanitary Sewer Contract No. 2 – Job 1468 – Forcemain Construction
This project includes work originally proposed as 2014 Sanitary Sewer Contract No. 1 (Job 1254). Job 1254 is being rebid as well and will consist of the improvements to the Fountain Street Lift Station. This project (Job 1468) will involve the construction of the forcemain from Fountain St. Lift Station to Hayek Field Lift Station.


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Daniel makes his return for episode 56 of Nothing Serious as we discuss the media commentary surround Malaysia Flight MH370, black holes, Noahs Ark, the lethality of space farts, bullying bronies and the death of Westboro Baptist Church founder – Fred Phelps. Oh, and there's a little bit of Glenn Beck too!
Stories mentioned in this episode of the Nothing Serious Podcast include:
- Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps dies at 84
- CNN considers whether a black hole swallowed the missing Malaysian plane
- Fox News host Bill Hemmer explains missing plane: 'It took 2,000 years to find Noah's Ark'
- Space Farts Could Be Silent But Deadly Astronaut Killers
- School Bans Boy From Wearing 'My Little Pony' Backpack; Even Glenn Beck Joins Internet Support
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Who loves bracelets? I do and I always go for cute ones. This is the bracelet I found on clothing loves and I loved it from the first time I saw it.
As you can see the colour combination is really good and the little charms are very beautiful. The bracelet is in white colour and the charms are golden.
There are about seven charms included in the bracelet and I think they are made from plastic as they are so light weight.
I love the coin and the elephant most as they are so shiny and sweet. But unfortunately the colours faded as I touched them. So fading colours is a minus point in this bracelet.
The whole bracelet is sooooo light weight and you won't even feel that you are wearing it. And it has to be wrapped around your arm three times as in the photo to be clipped. But your arm should be thin if you are to wrap it around three times as it is not that long. So I think this bracelet is not suitable for someone who is a little fat :)
Overall I think this bracelet is a nice buy if you are okay with
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Medical Pedicure
I come not to praise your bunions, but to bury them!Or at least that's the thinking behind the medical pedicure -- a new trend in high-end beauty treatments. According to an article in the New York Times, medical pedicures refer to a treatment involving "extensive cleaning, sanding, buffing and shaping."Unlike the pedicures most of us have come to love, which typically involve strip malls, special foot-bath chairs and conversations amongst pedicurists in languages you do not understand, the medical pedicure takes foot cosmetics to a whole new level. The actual services involved in a medical pedicure can vary. If the service is provided by a medical spa, customers can expect to have their calluses, corns and ingrown toe-nails cut out with specialized tools. Some tend to be less involved and invasive -- offering customers a thorough cleaning and shaping that still trumps what you would get in your neighborhood nail parlor. And what is the explanation for this trend? My guess is over-exposed feet. With springtime shoes that are going from bare to hardly there, it's no surprise that women have started to feel self-conscious about the appearance of their feet. The beauty industry has tapped into a new lucrative market with this treatment, since the average medical pedicures range from $100-$300.
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The article 'The Ethics of Human Gene Therapy' by L Walters and J Gage Palmer is a report of the first human gene therapy experiments, and the ethical issues surrounding it. It is an account of the lives of the people -particularly two young girls- who received the therapy and the associated outcomes and impacts it had, both on her and her family's life, and that of the general public.
A major part of the article presents seven ethical questions that must be addressed during the reviewing of gene therapy research proposals, and answered by those responsible for overseeing the experiment.
These include considerations such as: the disease to be treated, alternative treatments available, the anticipated or potential benefit or harm from the procedure, fair and consensual selection of patients and how privacy and confidentiality issues will be dealt with.
The article itself is well structured and set out, clear, and easily understood by the reader with the assistance of titles and subheadings.
Any questions the reader may have are asked and answered within the parameters of the text.
The article reports the therapy's success, but is careful to summarise what could still possibly go wrong. Presented to the reader as a complete story from beginning to end, it is intertwined with facts and opinions from both sides of the coin. It is gripping, and maintains the interest of the reader, unlike many similar scientific reports of this nature.
Who is the paper written for?
The audience this article is aimed at is anyone from science students to professional research scientists to people who are interested in scientific breakthroughs and the positive and negative ethical issues surrounding it.
What the paper contributes to my understanding of Human Gene Therapy
The paper not only allows understanding of the disease...


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Oral cancer is the uncontrollable growth of cells called tumors that invade and damage the tissues surrounding it is in or around the mouth. Oral cancer, like all other types of cancer, is life threatening if not diagnosed and treated in the early stages. There are eight types of oral cancer namely cancer in the throat, sinuses, hard and soft palate, floor of the mouth, gums, cheeks, tongue and lips. Dentists are usually the first ones to notice and detect the signs and symptoms of oral cancer. This condition is also known as oral cavity cancer. The risk factors and symptoms of oral cancer are mentioned below.
The symptoms of oral cancer, especially in the first stages, seem non-threatening and similar to common oral problems. However, visiting the doctor is mandatory to rule out cancer as an option. If you suffer from one or more of the following symptoms, visit your dentist immediately.
Risk factor:
Men above 50 years of age face the greatest risk of developing oral cancer. Women are at a much lower risk of developing oral cancer than men. The following factors increase your risk of developing oral cancer:
In case you have a concern or query you can always consult an expert & get answers to your questions!


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Swinney finalist for National Coach of the Year
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ATLANTA (December 15, 2017) – Officials from the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl have announced the finalists for the 2017 Dodd Trophy. Finalists include seven of the nation's top coaches in college football who embody the award's three pillars of scholarship, leadership and integrity, both on and off the field.
"We're thrilled to have such a diverse group of coaches from across the country who have distinguished themselves as finalists for this prestigious award," said Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Chairman Percy Vaughn. "These seven coaches stood out above the rest, not only for having successful football seasons, but also for their efforts within their communities and commitment to empower their student athletes to succeed in the classroom as well."
"We're proud to award The Dodd Trophy each year to a coach who excels in all areas of the profession. It would be easy to choose a winner based on only the performance on the field, but Coach Dodd stood for more than that," said Jim Terry, chairman of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation. "All of these finalists truly exemplify the type of leadership that Bobby Dodd valued and are noteworthy candidates to join the esteemed group of former Dodd Trophy recipients."
This year's finalists represent five conferences (AAC, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) and have combined for a 2017 record of 76-12. Overall, the seven coaches have a combined 55 years of head coaching experience and 513 wins among them.
The 2017 Dodd Trophy Finalists:
Finalists were selected by a panel consisting of all previous winners, national media, a member of the Dodd family and a College Football Hall of Fame member. Of note, winners of the award from the previous two years and first-year coaches at an institution are not eligible to be finalists.
The winner of the 2017 Dodd Trophy will be selected from the list of finalists by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation, and will be announced in Atlanta during Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Week.


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I've been on a study mission lately with Christianity. I decided to join my local Wesleyan Church in January of this year as a means of reaching out in my spirituality. The people there are very friendly and I love the way they made me feel at home with them. Something important to me ♥ Studying the bible has always been one of my passions...finding meaning in the parables to other aspects of my existence as a simple woman.
Jesus is probably the most misunderstood teacher of the last 2 aeons. His teachings, plus the bible in general, have been used to cause wars, separation from loved ones, famines and extinction of any other religion on the planet. I tend, though, to except 'his word' with my own interpretation...the bible has been re-written SOOOOO many times we may never know what was originally there. Some parts/parables were meant for examples of what not to do I Am sure! I've read the same quote on-line in many versions and it changes text plus loses meaning by the words used. : (
I recently read a book called 'The Third Jesus' written by Deepak Chopra. It was very interesting on his interpretation of Jesus' New Testament parables. I would recommend for anyone of any religion to read : )
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Now imagine a movie about "Bad moms" playing in a theatre FULL of actual self-proclaimed bad moms… It was rowdy to say the least!
So basically the movie is about Mila Kunis. She makes some new bad ass mom friends that have one thing in common. They're tired of… well… Momming. I don't know if that's a word yet but dammit it needs to be. Each of them are in different relationship stages of life which I mean aren't we all?!
The movie was absolutely hilarious. It's full of raunchy jokes, horrible language, lots of alcohol and women sticking together. So it's basically a bunch of my favorite things. No matter what type of mom you are you're guaranteed to see yourself in at least one of the moms in this movie. I was with a really big group of women and every one of us was able to relate to the ups and downs of being a mom and this movie did a good job of showing just how much of a shitfest motherhood really is.
Oh fun fact… after I posted the picture of us moms on my Instagram the producer of Bad Moms left me 2 comments and followed me. Uh yeah it pretty much made my day!


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Siem Reap row
THE trial of eight villagers from Siem Reap province's Chi Kraeng commune charged with incitement, causing injury and destruction of private property in connection with a land dispute, concluded yesterday at Siem Reap provincial court, and the verdict against the group is to be announced on September 21.
Meanwhile, villagers and rights groups said they were informed yesterday that a separate case linked to the dispute would be heard at the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh on September 14, and that an additional trial would begin in Siem Reap on September 15.
On Tuesday, a group of plaintiffs from Anlong Samnor commune, which has been embroiled in a dispute over an unspecified amount of farmland with villagers from Chi Kraeng, withdrew an additional civil complaint after an agreement between the two communities.
"I foresee that this dispute can be resolved," said Huon Chundy, a programme manager at the Cambodian Legal Education Centre, which helped to broker the agreement. "Both sides have taken the initiative to resolve the problem and they said in front of the judge that they will stop accusing each other."
Presiding Judge Chhay Kong said the agreement reached by the two communities could prompt the court to be lenient.


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Friday, February 6, 2009
Howdy : Hamtaro Character
Howdy Character :
Howdy is always seen telling the ham-hams jokes. He thinks they are so funny but he always ends up laughing at himself . Howdy and dexter are rivals (because they both like Pashmina) but sometimes they get along. Howdy likes to wear his apron.A Ham-Ham notorious for telling bad jokes, especially at the worst possible time. In the English version, he has a Southern accent, and has a kansai accent in the Japanese version. He and Dexter are long-time friends but often fight with each other over the affections of Pashmina, whom they both have a crush on.
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Plenary Program Speakers
January 14
When Does Realism Matter? A Conversation with Jamie Hyneman
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Join us for an awe-inspiring discussion with Jaime Hyneman, who combines "Models, Machines, Miniatures, Manufacturing, and Magic" to create innovative simulators and simulations, addressing an expansive range of possibilities.
Over a decade ago, a senior field surgeon saw Jamie Hyneman's extremely realistic prototype for a multiple amputation trauma trainer, and stated "this is going to save a tremendous amount of lives", addressing a crucial training need for improved combat casualty and patient care. Jamie's invention led to a massive effort by the US Military to train every soldier to take care of each other at the point of injury. Immediate care in the field has significantly improved patient outcomes – it is saving lives. This story, along with countless others showcasing how simulation can make the impossible possible, will be shared during this engaging conversation.
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January 15
The Transformative Power of Education: My Search for a Life that Matters
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Emphasizing the great impact that educators, mentors, family and a supportive community have on empowering the next generation's success, Wes Moore celebrates those who are making a difference and the lives that they change every day. From the translator who helped him "find his fight" in Afghanistan to young students in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi who showed him the meaning of grit and resiliency, Wes Moore reveals that our truest work happens when we serve others. This moving presentation inspires audiences to find their own path, create a life that matters and play an active part in building a better world.
Wes Moore is CEO at Robin Hood, bestselling author, Rhodes Scholar, social entrepreneur and host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network. An Army combat veteran, Wes served on Robin Hood's Veterans Advisory Board, which brought together leaders from the military, non-profit organizations and local, state and federal government to connect veterans and their families living in poverty to housing, job training, education, counseling and health services.Read More ...
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The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership and High Stakes Innovation
With a rich and varied background, Adam Steltzner had many of the needed skills to lead the landing team for the Curiosity rover. That said, his team would struggle for almost a decade with design challenges and setbacks. How did he keep the team focused and on task? What makes a team gel and enables truly innovative thinking? How do team dynamics drive that process forward or inhibit it? And how can organizational culture create an environment for sustained performance? The challenges he and the team faced and the lessons learned from those struggles can help audiences understand how to better lead their high performing teams, manage innovation and drive towards excellence.
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The Stories Presentation
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This unique keynote presentation, customized for IMSH, will engage the audience in a personalized exploration of inspiring experiences and visions for the future of healthcare simulation. Join us for this interactive experience, which will include stories gathered throughout IMSH 2018, collected from you, the attendees, and developed to remind us of all that is possible in healthcare simulation.


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Lisa - posted on 08/30/2009 ( 8 moms have responded )
Lisa - posted on 08/30/2009 ( 8 moms have responded )
Chantel - posted on 08/31/2009
With both of my girls I had to rock them to sleep in the living room or their room and then put them in their own bed and they stayed. The oldest started putting herself in her own bed at age 3 and her sister is starting now.
Morgaine - posted on 08/31/2009
my son went into his big bed just over a week ago i got a bed rail to limit the room he had to climb out but he worked it out any way so everytime he got out of his bed i would go in2 his bedroom pick him up put him into his bed give him his blanket and put his duvet over him and walk out with out saying anything and the last two nights hes gone to bed with out getting out of it hope this helps
Lisa - posted on 08/30/2009
going through the same thing myself at the moment but i think the trick is to just keep putting them back to bed when they get out and say its bedtime now .no talking or cuddling when you do it.its hard work and very tiring but it is starting to work for me,its especially hard when they are really crying but it will be worth it in the end
Brandi - posted on 08/30/2009
Talk to your child explaining that he is a big boy now or girl and it is time to get out of the baby bed. It helps to let them go shopping to pick out there new sheets and comforter to make it fun get the child really excited to become a big kid i did with my son at 2 and he is now 4 he never got out of his bed once i never had to fight him to stay in bed
Nicole - posted on 08/30/2009
With both of my boys who are now 5 1/2 and 3 they were in "big boy" beds by the time they were 2 and it took a lot of repetition for the first week or so. They got up, I put them back and told them it was bed time. This would go on for 2 or 3 times, then they would get it and stay there. The next night, it was the same thing, so we did it again. By the end of the week they only got out once and by the following week they were good to go. It's some work on your part, but you kind of have to expect that because you are giving a young child freedom they've never had before. It's work. But totally worth it!
Carmel - posted on 08/30/2009
Put a side on her bed and then she can not get out and they do not four out and i did that with my toddler
Cassandra - posted on 08/30/2009
my son has been in his big bed since he turned one at the start he hated it now he stays in bed, but it was really bad cause we have moved different rooms cause had props with house then had him in our room now he back in his room i only put him to bed when his really tired then he will go to sleep with a bottle,
Sera - posted on 08/30/2009
I have twins, when they started to climb in and out of the crib, I took the rail off.
Then for their 2nd birthday, they got big beds.
We started putting a gate in front of their door, but I stay up after they go to bed to do household stuff that doesn't get done while they are awake.
So I put a door handle cover over the handle and close the door.
If someone really needs something, they will either cry at the door or pound on it.
I just make sure that they are really ready to sleep and then put them to bed.
If the big bed is a new change, make sure its in the same place the crib was in. You can only change one element of the bedtime routine at a time. Same ritual, same special blankets, cuddlies, night light, music, whatever you use.
Good Luck
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The world is for the moment in a sweet spot not seen since just before the last financial crisis. Most major economies are growing simultaneously, unemployment is low or decreasing, and rates are low or expected to rise smoothly. Emerging markets seem, mostly, fundamentally stable with contained debt levels and supportive rising commodity prices. No one can see where the threats will emerge from but, eventually, the situation will turn around. Prepare for the worst and enjoy the Goldilocks era while it lasts!
Equity markets performed overall well. The best-performing regions were those like Brazil and Argentina, whose economy was more dependent on rising commodity prices. European markets, even though supported by sound fundamentals, suffered slightly from the political instability in Spain and Germany. One of the exceptions was the FTSE 100, which was up around 5%, probably due to a breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations.
Rates remained largely unchanged, demonstrating that all the available information had been priced in. On the other hand, investors sold the dollar during the month, anticipating a continuation of the improved economic fundamentals in non-dollar economic zones, leading to tighter spread-to-dollar rates and growth expectations.
Base metals continued their upwards trend. Precious metals continued to be well bid for, due to the popularity of batteries. Cobalt was up 12.62%. WTI gained more than 5%.
The HFRX Global Hedge Fund EUR index was up +0.45%.
In 2017, beta provided a good tailwind for equity strategies. On top of that, it was a very good year in terms of alpha generation for long / short equity managers. This led to alternative equity indices posting, on average, double-digit returns. Due to the strong market momentum, market neutral posted more measured returns, due to the underperformance of their short positions. Naturally, for short sellers, it was even harder to play ball. For sector-specific managers, technology specialists posted the strongest returns, whereas, at the other end of the spectrum, energy managers posted the least compelling returns.
Considering the rich market valuations for all asset classes, volatility levels will probably increase in 2018. We are in a Goldilocks environment in which equities seem to offer the best expected returns over the near future, offering decent yields in a low-rate world and protection from a smooth rising-rates path. Nevertheless, there are many interesting thematics to be explored from a long / short equity angle. The new tax regime in the US will generate winners and losers. There are also more long-term structural transformations like those caused by technology behemoths within media and retail sectors that offer opportunities on both sides of the portfolio. Japanese corporate governance seems to be becoming more sensible about shareholder returns, offering good opportunities on the long side. On the short side, Chinese liquidity restrictions and the financial monitoring of leverage will, for sure, put many highly indebted companies under the spotlight. Also, European economic robustness and its relative valuation, i.e., cheapness, versus other assets make it a very compelling investment opportunity for the quarters to come. Some managers are expressing this by increasing their net exposures to European cyclicals at the expense of defensive stocks, considered to be priced for perfection. We think that long / short equity strategies still have many opportunities to offer in 2018.
Over the year, global macro managers' performance was dispersed. The current transition phase of central bank support programmes has resulted in very heterogeneous fund positioning. In 2H, performance was mainly driven by equity markets and currency moves. On a more idiosyncratic basis, the hit ratio of discretionary managers' trades was a mixed bag, with bets on Brazilian and Egyptian rates making money and investment in Venezuela and Puerto Rico bonds being a drag on performance. We believe significant shifts in asset prices will continue to occur as anticipations adjust to reality. Macro strategies will be able to capture and benefit from these wide market moves thanks to increasing volatility on rates and FX.
Quant equity market neutral was affected by the value factor throughout the year while the momentum factor performed quite well. A rise in volatility should be beneficial for the strategy in terms of opportunities. Long-term trend-following – driven especially by equity and currency markets in general, and more specifically the technology sector and Hang Seng market, along with a positive performance on the FX market – remains the best strategy.
We kept our fixed income arbitrage allocation at the same level. Despite increasing rhetoric from central banks that should ultimately lead to higher rates, volatility remained subdued. Access to balance-sheet lines in the US hadn't been a problem in recent months as opportunities had shrunk. However, we remained confident on the strategy as Europe and Japan still offered compelling opportunities and looked forward to the December expiry. YTD, all the managers in that space delivered strong risk-adjusted return while positively exposed to volatility.
Year-to-date, our EM macro managers were successful in generating returns in Asia and Latin America. There had been liquidity events in Puerto Rico and Venezuela and several situations of political instability in the Middle East. However, these crises have remained contained locally. Emerging markets still offer plenty of investment opportunities across asset classes (currency, interest-rate curve, single-name equity and debt).
2018 started with great expectations of this strategy if Donald Trump kept his many promises: more industry deregulation, less government interference with corporate America's ambitions, possibility of repatriating cash overseas at a friendly rate that could be deployed, among other things, in acquisitions. Even Europe, which tends to be more conservative, was emitting signals of an increasing appetite for cross-country consolidation to create European champions or to benefit from good opportunities, following strong currency depreciations. Fast-forwarding to the end of 2017, things did not play out as expected. The political noise from Washington brought many uncertainties, which led corporates to stay on the sidelines awaiting further clarification. We remain convinced that there are many opportunities to take advantage of in 2018. The new US tax regime is now a reality, traditional business models are pushing for further consolidation to be able to face tech giants, the new Franco-German entente seems ready to push ahead with the creation of stronger companies and, finally, China remains eager to snap up good businesses abroad to assert their status as an economic powerhouse. We remain mindful of the risks linked to the net long bias of event managers. Even though there is increased optimism, there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding the details.
We are closely monitoring distressed managers, due to the potential of high expected returns, but remain broadly on the sidelines because the current environment continues to favour pushing the can down the road in repricing risk. Spreads are very tight and offer a negative risk asymmetry. Nonetheless, there have been some cracks in the painting, where the market or banks have punished severely highly levered companies that did not deliver on their promises or seemed too stretched to be viable. So far, the energy sector, in which there has been massive issuance in recent years, has provided an attractive pool of opportunities, given the volatility of oil prices and its impact on these securities. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are being seriously affected by technology innovations and offer plenty of dislocations within the sector.
The quest for yield and the zero-to-negative rate environment are still strongly supportive of the asset class but volatility could spike if rapid changes in monetary policy surprise the market.


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Powering Sustainability with the World's First Bamboo Tender Introducing the LAMBOO Tender R1
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A few weeks ago Lamboo announced the design of the world's first tender incorporating the rapidly renewable resource of bamboo, the Lamboo® Tender R1. With the Monaco Yacht Show 2012 less than two weeks away Lamboo is providing additional details on the design for individuals involved in the maritime industry and those who will be attending the show and would like to discuss the project further.
The Lamboo® Tender R1 is a revolutionary design from Sigmund Yacht Design, a leading yacht and tender design firm which has chosen Lamboo materials not only for the sustainable attributes of bamboo but for its superior performance over traditional forms of hardwood. Also included in the design is a Steyr hybrid turbo diesel engine as well as state of the art navigation, electrical, and LED lighting systems.
"This showcase is a key example of both companies' commitment to integration of environmentally responsible methods matched with innovative engineering of performance materials into the nautical market" said Luke Schuette, Lamboo Founder/CEO.
The construction of the R1 is being carried out by Cockwells, a pioneer within yacht and tender fabrication specializing in advanced engineering and modern construction techniques.
Executives from all three companies will be in attendance at the 2012 Monaco show and will be available for discussion on the R1 and the integration of sustainable bamboo materials within the maritime industry.
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SSH Infrastructure Director, Mark Jamieson joined the Construction Leaders panel at the Bahrain Infrastructure and Finance Forum, Manama. The event focused on the Kingdom's latest developments and opportunities, as well as the strategies required for successful projects delivery. Mark was joined by a select group of experts to share his thoughts and opinions on how to develop the market forward.


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UK activates £3 million Rapid Response Facility for Gaza
As the number of injured and displaced Palestinians in Gaza grows, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has activated the UK's Rapid Response Facility (RRF) to provide immediate aid to help save lives.
This means pre-approved partners with a proven ability to operate in Gaza will now have access to a total of £3 million in new funding to provide rapid and direct emergency humanitarian assistance.
Under the RRF, applications are approved and funding agreed within just a few days, so NGOs can get on with delivering aid where it is most urgently needed to support people affected.
The priority will be clean water and sanitation following extreme water shortages. Funding priorities are also emergency healthcare, protection of civilians through unexploded ordinance clearance, as well as counselling and care for civilians exposed to the conflict, particularly women and children.
Justine Greening said:
"What is happening in Gaza is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe. Families are being driven from their homes by the fighting and the number seeking shelter and safety keeps growing. The £10 million we have released over the last two weeks is already helping to save lives and the UK will continue to stand by those in desperate need.
"Humanitarian workers putting their own lives at risk must be able to get on with their lifesaving work. All sides to the fighting must give them safe, unimpeded access and we will keep pushing hard for a lasting and durable ceasefire.
"To help NGOs in their vital work, I have now activated the Rapid Response Facility. This means we can fast track funding and enable aid workers to get on with saving lives and helping traumatised women and children as quickly as possible."
Gaza is the sixth most densely populated place on earth, but more than 40 per cent of it is now an active military zone and up to a quarter of its entire population has been displaced.
There is reduced or no access to water right across Gaza and people in shelters have barely enough to drink and no water to wash or cook with. Food is increasingly scarce and fears grow of epidemics taking hold in cramped shelters. The UN estimates that more than 300,000 children are traumatised and in need of urgent care and counselling.
As of today, 136 schools (some serving as shelters), 24 hospitals and clinics and 25 ambulances have been damaged or destroyed. Eight UNRWA aid workers and at least two Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers have now been reported as killed in the conflict.
International Humanitarian Law is clear that all feasible precautions must be taken to avoid harm to civilians during a military attack and all sides must allow rapid, unimpeded access for humanitarian aid.
This new funding brings to £13 million the total released by the UK in response to this latest crisis. The UK already spends around £30 million each year in Gaza and is also the third biggest donor to UNRWA's General Fund, contributing £107 million between 2011 and 2015.
Notes to editors
The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) was established in March 2012. It is a network of pre-approved specialist aid organisations and private businesses who can rapidly deliver emergency medical, water and sanitation assistance to affected people.
Prior to the £3 million announced for the RRF today, the UK has already released a total of £10 million in funding to support Gaza since the start of this most recent crisis.
This includes £3 million to the World Food Programme to provide emergency food for more than 300,000 people for one month; £4 million to UNRWA's flash appeal for basic shelter, blankets, hygiene kits, nappies and other vital help for tens of thousands of people forced out of their homes; and £3 million brought forward for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide emergency health care and clean water.


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The New York Knicks will waive point guard Ramon Sessions on Saturday to make room to sign G League guard and former lottery pick Trey Burke, league sources confirmed to ESPN.
Burke, the No. 9 pick in the 2013 NBA draft, has averaged 26.6 points per game on 49 percent shooting this season for the Westchester Knicks, New York's G League team.
The move will reunite Burke with Michigan teammate Tim Hardaway Jr.
It is unclear, though, how Burke will fit into the Knicks' rotation, as Jarrett Jack and Frank Ntilikina have taken the bulk of the minutes at point guard.
The Knicks have lost 10 of 13 and enter Saturday three games out of eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Sessions began the season as the starting point guard but fell out of the rotation after an 0-3 start and was replaced by Jack.
New York is responsible for $300,478 of the remaining salary owed to Sessions, with the NBA picking up the remaining $857,270. His full $1.47 million salary will stay on the Knicks' salary cap.
Through Saturday, Sessions had earned $1,170,904 of his $2,328,652 salary.
The club's decision to waive Sessions was first reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
ESPN's Bobby Marks contributed to this report.


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Kanye West To Debut Steve McQueen-Directed "All Day" Video At The L.A. County Museum Of Art
(AllHipHop News) Back in March, Kanye West released the performance version of a video for his single "All Day." The official Steve McQueen directed clip will debut for the first time in America this Saturday.
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The New York Times reports an expanded video titled "All Day/I Feel Like That" will run at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for four days. The 9-minute visual premiered at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris in March.
McQueen's production features the song "All Day" as well as another cut from West's upcoming album Swish. The 12 Years A Slave filmmaker previously conducted a Q&A with Kanye for Interview Magazine.


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Charles Rosher Jr., Cinematographer on Robert Altman Films, Dies at 80
Hollywood Reporter
By Mike Barnes
The son of Mary Pickford's favorite director of photography also worked on 'The Baby Maker,' 'The Onion Field' and 'Semi-Tough.'
Charles Rosher Jr., who served as the cinematographer on the back-to-back Robert Altman films 3 Women and A Wedding, has died. He was 80.
Rosher, whose credits include the gritty The Onion Field (1979) and Michael Ritchie's football movie Semi-Tough (1977), died Oct. 14 of lung cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, his daughter, Jenna, told The Hollywood Reporter.
His father was Charles Rosher, one of the most influential cinematographers in film history. A favorite of actress Mary Pickford and a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers, he received Oscars for Sunrise (1927) — at the very first Academy Awards ceremony — and for The Yearling (1946), and he worked on the classics Annie Get Your Gun (1950) and Show Boat (1951).
A graduate of Beverly Hills High School, the younger Rosher was a film loader for director Edward Dmytryk on Raintree County (1957), starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, and first assistant camera operator on a somewhat less prestigious project, Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959).
He served as a camera operator on the Richard Brooks action adventure The Professionals (1966) and on such TV shows as The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Mission: Impossible and Mannix before scoring his first director of photography credit, on Adam at Six A.M. (1970), starring Michael Douglas in his second movie.
The great DP Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) recommended Rosher to Altman when the director was searching for a cinematographer for 1977's 3 Women. (Hall and Rosher had collaborated on The Professionals.)
Rosher also worked on the dramatic Carol Burnett telefilm The Tenth Month (1979), which was directed by Joan Tewkesbury, Altman's writer on Nashville (1975).
In addition to A Wedding (1978), Rosher did The Baby Maker (1970), directed by James Bridges; Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), written by Gene Roddenberry; Robert Benton's The Late Show (1977); Ritchie's Nightwing (1979); Independence Day (1983); and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989).
Survivors also include his wife Sharlyn and grandchildren Olivia and Juliette.
ROSHER Jr,. Charles (Charles Delaney Rosher)
Born: 1935, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
Died: October 14, 2015 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
Charles Rosher Jr's westerns – cameraman, film loader:
Raintree County – 1957 [film loader]
The Professionals – 1966 [cameraman]
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV) – 1993 [cameraman]


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What is the Secret Ingredient to Making Your Positive Affirmations Work? "Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion." Jim Rohn Are your affirmations really working for you? Or do they only sporadically seem to give you a peek into the life you're yearning to live? Just thinking about your positive affirmations isn't enough. And just writing them down isn't enough either. And looking at them only occasionally, or tucking them away in a folder somewhere, or burying them under a pile of books and then expecting them to somehow magically work in... (Read More ...)
Is Your Life Purpose To Act Small or Play Big? "I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth, will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all, and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy." Og Mandino. How big are you playing in your life? Are you living your life purpose? Are you really stretching to be the biggest mountain that's inside you? Are you letting your light shine its brightest so that you can achieve the most, have the biggest impact, and make the biggest difference... (Read More ...)
Thought for the Day: How Great Are You? "It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am." Muhammad Ali What a powerful declaration about himself! What is your first reaction to his pronouncement to the world? Does it seem arrogant? Or over the top? Is that little voice inside your head saying, "Who does he think he is?" Well, you wouldn't be alone. That was the initial reaction to Muhammad Ali when he first spoke those words many years ago. However, let's look at it another way. What if it just means that he truly... (Read More ...)
Is The Power of Positive Thinking a Protective Force? "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." Herb Albright Have you noticed how so many people get irritated when someone is upbeat, happy, enjoying life, and all around joyful? When you think of it, it's amazing how uncommon it is these days to actually love your life! It's also interesting to observe people who are completely the opposite, like "Eeyore" right out of Winnie the Pooh. If you recall, Eeyore is a wonderful... (Read More ...)
How Do Your Words of Appreciation Help You Grow? Here's a wonderful quote from Voltaire for you: "Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Appreciation really makes a difference! You might think that saying something great to another person will contribute to helping them feel better about themselves. Let's say you acknowledge a team member for something they've done well. It definitely brightens their day, right? Your thinking is definitely correct. There's nothing like... (Read More ...)
What is the Magic Formula to Manifest Money? "Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do." Wayne Dyer How many successful people do you know who this applies to, who manifest money easily and effortlessly? Somehow they have the Midas Touch—and one success builds on the next. So how do they do it? What's their magic formula? A major ingredient is Confidence—having confidence in yourself, in what you're up to in the world,... (Read More ...)
Lost Sight of What Is Important? Time for Working With Purpose. Jamie had created her interior design business many years ago. What had motivated her to do so was her desire to express herself creatively and have freedom to do things her way. When she first launched her business, she wore every single hat. Everything was up to her. For a while it was a lot of fun. However, it wasn't too long before it exhausted and overwhelmed her. She realized it was time to grow. Over the ensuing years, little by little, she grew her team. Her business became quite successful and she... (Read More ...)
Inspirational Sayings: Forget Where Your Funny Bone Is? Do people ever ask where your sense of humor is? Is it hard for you to find humor in life's challenges? Do you think life is serious business and needs to be contemplated and acted on with intense purpose, dedication, and yes, seriousness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, most likely it's time for you to lighten up! "A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your step as you walk the tightrope of life." William Arthur Ward Given the challenges that living can bring, it makes sense…no,... (Read More ...)
What Are the Top Three Reasons to Have Mission and Vision Statements? It's important to have mission and vision statements for many reasons. Here the focus is on the top three, which are key to your overall success in business and in life! 1. They Give You The Competitive Edge One of the most important strengths to have in business and in life is to be able to communicate about yourself. That means being able to articulate who you are. It's amazing how many business owners express quite well what they do, but very few are able to take it much further. For others to truly get you... (Read More ...)
How Did the World Trade Center Attack Impact You? It has been TEN YEARS since the horrific events of September 11th. It's amazing that so many years have passed. It seems like a blink of an eye. And yet that moment changed everything! The impact was huge on our shocked country, but somehow, we were able to keep sight of who we truly are as a nation and have grown as a result. How did the World Trade Center attack impact you? In what ways has it changed how you approach life? Has it shifted your perspective on what's most important to you? In what ways are you different? This... (Read More ...)


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The "Police Family" Myth
Police work is more than a job, it's a way of life. When you become a cop you join a family. Right? That's what we're told. Young recruits gobble this up. Who doesn't want to be part this brotherhood in blue? At the risk of killing the buzz, I'm here to tell you we really aren't a family at all. If this is a family, it's not one I want to be a member of.
I don't want to split hairs here, but it would be more accurate to say the police culture has family-like characteristics. While active in our career we share the trenches with our co-workers. Any time you share an intense emotional experience (think fights, foot chases and crowd management here) with another person, a bond is created. So we have a bond with those we work with and extend it to all cops.
Yet, the extent to which you embrace the idea that you're part of a family, is the extent to which you'll be burnt when the bubble pops. And it always pops. Just ask a retiree. In my own department of roughly 180 cops, we had three veterans retire on one day last week. Each of them had twenty plus years of experience. Part of the reason retirement is such a huge step for cops, more than other professions, is that they know they're leaving "the family."
Wait a minute. Families don't abandon their kids when they leave for college. The police "family" sure does. In about a month the churning police department machine will have moved on. Three other officers will take the retirees beats and on we go.
If you get injured on the job, if you retire, if you are the subject of a serious internal affairs investigation (legit or not) you WILL be abandoned. You'll be dropped, your family members will distance themselves from you. If my brother in Kansas told me he got fired I may be disappointed in him for what he did to be terminated, but he'd still be my brother and I'd still be there for him. Our law enforcement family can hardly say the same.
At the West Coast Post Trauma Retreat in northern California, I've sat as a volunteer clinician with groups of traumatized first responders. Folks that have been involved in critical incidents and - shocker here - became psychologically injured. I've sat quietly listening to their stories. When recalling the incident they usually become tense, sometimes they appear dissociated, like they're telling the story of another person. But then, almost predictably, they turn to how they were treated after the incident by the police agency and their fellow officers. That's when the real emotion comes out. We call it "administrative betrayal." Their family turns on them. Their old buddy, Sgt. Schmo, not only isn't available to toss a few beers back after work, he's suddenly creating a dossier.
All cops are aware of the huge liability we take on every time we go 10-8. With one single action, a thrown round, one extra lick on a bad guy captured on someone's cell phone, one mistake and your family will evaporate. Believe it.
I have another co-worker who is currently out on an injury. He's a buddy who's been out about a month now. I've called him once. That's not being a good friend let alone "brother."
It would be instructive if you could have an honest conversation with an officer who has been retired for awhile. If you're fortunate enough to have such people in your life, ask them about the police family. Chances are there will be some residual pain about how difficult it was to transition from a world in which they felt part of a family, to a world in which they felt kicked to the curb.
What's the lesson in all this? Don't confuse partnership with family. As officers, we're partners engaged in a frequently intense occupation. We support each other and get each other's back. We go through a lot together but we're not blood. Don't assume you're in a real family, 'cause if you do you're going to get burnt.
Keep you're old friends, make new ones on the job. Reserve a good, solid piece of your identity completely outside police work. That way when you retire you won't be hit with the two by four of reality that so many retirees get hit with.
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Twitter has rolled out a major update to its timeline, including previews of pictures and videos from Vine. The update is believed to be aimed at making the micro-blogging site closer to Facebook, and do away with text-only messages in the stream. The update is being rolled out for its Android and iOS apps as well as desktop version.
"We want to make it easier for everyone to experience those moments on Twitter. That's why starting today, timelines on Twitter will be more visual and more engaging: previews of Twitter photos and videos from Vine will be front and center in Tweets. To see more of the photo or play the video, just tap," announces Twitter in a blog post.
Twitter has also made it easier for users to reply, retweet or favourite a tweet without going out from timeline – tap inside to access these functions inside the tweets they in their timeline.
The company last month had rolled out an updated aimed at improving photos experience on the network. The update enabled display of photos in the embedded photos. Moreover, size of the display image appear larger when embedded.
Users can click the photo to check out the conversation behind the Tweet. There is also an option to interact with embedded Tweets.
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To resolve my uploading issues I have a few possible options:
- Buy storage. Although it's only $2.50/month for the smallest storage package and arguably more worth it than my yearly $20-something fee that I pay for unlimited Flickr storage, I somehow feel like this is the least desirable option.
- Migrate Just J to a new blog platform. This has some major disadvantages, namely setting up an entirely new blog, which takes a lot of time and probable frustration.
- Delete my old blog. My old blog is where the majority of my photos come from, so deleting that should presumably free me back up for new posts. Minimal effort, but probably maximum emotional pain.
Option 3 seems like the logical and easiest solution, but I find myself hesitating a lot. How can I kill off something that I worked on for 3 years? Sure, the images that I took personally I'll always have, but it's more about the post writing that I'm loathe to let go of. I exported my blog, but the export format only seems to export the text into an XML format which doesn't leave it in a very readable state. Also, without the accompanying images, the posts are missing its heart.
Moving from that old blog to this one was like a fresh start, similar to getting a new haircut. Deleting my old blog feels more like deciding to take a photo of that designer purse you saved up months for and then selling it for $5 to the next person you pass on the street. Sure, you'll have that photo, but we know that's not the same.
I went through so much while on that blog: changing cities, travelling countries, changing jobs, careers, relationships, friends. That blog is probably how many of you found me now. Perhaps I'm being overly sentimental and it really is time to just rip off that bandaid. Who knows. I've been searching for a sign to kick me into some decision on what I want to do with blogging and writing in general. Maybe this is it?
I'll keep you posted readers. In the meantime, I'd love to hear your take, so leave me a comment!
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Cannabis plants worth £14,000 were found by police in a raid at a house on Tyneside.
The stash was recovered after officers executed a search warrant at the home in Wilton Avenue, Walker, Newcastle.
Fourteen mature cannabis plants and growing equipment was found in a rear bedroom. A ventilation system kept the room at the optimum growing temperature.
A small quantity of cocaine was also found.
Lee Skinner, 21, of Wilton Avenue, was arrested and charged with producing cannabis, possession of cannabis and possession of cocaine. He was bailed to appear before Newcastle magistrates on October 2.
Det Insp Brian Young, of Newcastle CID, said: "This is an excellent result and shows the value of good intelligence."


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Damita Hiemstra
Sources for the Roman occupation in Dacia abound in historical documents as well as archaeological finds. The best known find is Trajan's column in Rome, on which the Roman defeat of Dacia is portrayed in seven scenes. Some images also depict Dacian peoples who had fled during the war returning to traditional methods of herding sheep. This legacy of shepherding is documented in several sanctuaries referring to shepherding in the form of stone cylindrical monuments.
Another excellent source about the Roman occupation of this province is the inscription commemorating the founding of the Roman capital, Sarmizegetusa (now Hunedoara, Romania).
Other archaeological evidence comes from excavations of Sarmizegetusa where scholars discovered coinage made under Trajan's command and a wall dated to the Roman occupation. Inside that wall public buildings, religious and secular, were identified. Outside the wall are suburbs, temples, two necropoleis, and an amphitheater with a capacity of 5000 people built in second-century stone/brick masonry work. The governor's palace, also discovered through excavations, was made of stone, brick, limestone, and marble. Paint still remained on some areas and the roof was tiled. Other discoveries were a third-century mausoleum and a gladiatorial school, two multi-colored mosaics, and temples to the god Mithras and Syrian gods.
An indication that Dacian people constituted a warring society before Roman occupation came from rock fortresses found in several places including Sarmizegetusa and Apulum. Apulum was a very important center of Roman Dacia, having hundreds of inscriptions (no longer existing) and a multitude of artifacts of Dacian daily life (e.g., baths, temples, streets, aqueducts, evidence of a collegium, coins, and statues of deities).
The major factor of Dacia's location is its geographical isolation. Located on the Transylvania plateau north of the Danube, it is surrounded by mountains on almost three sides. Nevertheless, because its defenses were weaker than those of any other Roman province, it was a natural invasion route. Therefore extensive defensive measures were necessary in Dacia. In this respect Dacia was more of a liability for the Roman Empire then an asset.
Dacia's natural resources were gold, iron, and silver, which were mined under Greek and Celtic influence. TheDacians developed superb metalcrafting arts under this influence and made various handcrafted items such as jewelry and other gold items. Dacia also traded with Greece, importing Grecian wine in exchange for Dacian goods. Other natural resources were cattle-raising, agriculture, and forestry, all traditional forms of living. After the Roman conquest of Dacia, a portion of that province's wealth and resources were sent back to Rome.
Dacia's native population moved into the region about the seventh or the sixth century BC. Possible ancestry could be from northern subgroups of the Thracians, sometimes confused or combined with the Getae or the most western element of the Scythian people. By the first century BC the Dacians were the leading tribe of region. They were fiercely defensive, and with the right leader could be successfully aggressive. Burebista became Dacia's king around 60 BC and brought Dacia to the military and political attention of Rome. Rome felt threatened by them but Burebista died, leaving the kingdom to fall apart. Under Roman rule the native population tried to adapt as best they could to Roman ways. Many were forced into slavery, some committed suicide, and the Romans killed many to set an example for the rest of the provinces to fall in line. Trajan killed 10,000 men just in his gladiatorial games.
Burebista conquered surrounding peoples, while threatening the Danubian and Black Sea territories. Rome recognized the threat, and Caesar wanted to march on Dacia; however, both he and Burebista were assassinated in 44 BC. Even though the Dacian kingdom fell apart after Burebista's death, Rome was still worried about its strong military. Augustus thought he had the Dacians contained but he was mistaken. The Dacians raided parts of Romania and Moesia as the warrior Decebalus took leadership of Dacia some time between 65 and 86 BC. Decebalus tried to restore the unity of the people and rebuild the military but he failed: Trajan began his battles in March 101 and finished in AD 106 declaring Dacia a province of the Roman Empire.
The degree of Romanization in Dacia was extensive. Rome wanted massive Romanization in Dacia for loyalty in case of invasion. Dacia was Romanized but it retained their traditional cattle driving and agricultural practices. Due to the influx of colonists and other Roman citizens populating the newly declared province, however, changes were happening. Many people escaped to "Free Dacia" to the north to hold on to their traditional peasant cultures and to wait until they could reclaim their homeland. Dacia's original population remained strong enough throughout the occupation to revolt three times after conquest.
Rome's mechanisms of administration in Dacia began with the people who moved in: colonists, citizens, pilgrims, merchants, mining specialists, and soldiers.
Although Roman occupation lasted only 164 years, many changes occurred. Mines were rapidly exploited. Dacia was run like a police state and divided up into Superior and Inferior Dacia in AD 118-119. Superior Dacia was divided again into another pair of provinces in AD 124. During the German War (ca 168) Dacia was consolidated once again into one military area. Latin was introduced as a unifying agent in order for the province to run smoothly and it remains today the foundation of the Romanian language. A customs station was set up in Sarmizegetusa to deal with the movement of goods and people across the borders.
Benefits for Rome during the occupation of Dacian territory were money, booty, mined materials (gold, sliver, and iron), and land. Manpower was also a benefit for Rome because Dacia provided the largest number of Roman troops after the occupation took place. There was occasional brutality, exploitation, and extortion from the Romans on Dacian peoples but Dacia also received some benefits from the conquest. The Roman peace made possible the transmission of Greek culture, a reduction of slavery (fewer war captives), and the reinvigorating of Greek art. Assimilated Dacians had career opportunities in Roman administration as well. The culture of sophisticated cities, organized laws, and an extended peace allowed the Dacian people to expand their culture.
Dacia passed out of Roman control due to threats of invasions from surrounding armies. Rome decided to pull out in AD 270, making Dacia the first province to be abandoned. As Roman citizens evacuated Dacia, they pushed Moesian citizens out. Dacia was a liability that Rome kept for a longer time because of wealth & strategic location, however, these factors were not enough to outweigh the severe drawbacks.


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The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has appoved Nashville, TN-based Integrated Biometric Technology (IBT) to be the primary vendor to collect data required by the agency's fingerprint checks for transfer and renewal applicants for HazMat CDL endorsement.
Charles R. Carroll, vice chairman & CEO of IBT, said 34 states will allow the company to set up collection sites to obtain fingerprints and electronically transfer the prints to the TSA, which would in turn transfer the prints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Additionally, IBT is responsible for arranging a call center that would set up fingerprint collection appointments and provide status reports, take electronic applications and provide payment processing.
"We guarantee that the people and the technology collecting the prints will be ready by Jan. 31," Carroll told Fleet Owner. "We will be ready to go with all the equipment in place, and we will add additional sites. We're required to have at least one capture device per state for the first-time HazMat drivers. We have until May to be fully operational to handling applicants for renewals, which will be a larger number of applicants."
There is no specific price point available for the total processing fee, Carroll said, but the $83 to $103 figure TSA released earlier appears to be on track. Each state is subject to levy its own fee as well, Carroll added.
A time frame for the application processing has not been specified as of yet. "The unknown is whether this will work smoothly through the TSA structure," Carroll said. However, IBT already has a similar fingerprint collection infrastructure in place with the U.S. military. Last year, IBT processed between 300,000 to 400,000 fingerprints from new military applicants, Carroll said, underscoring that the collection and electronic transfer infrastructure has already been in place with the FBI.
"The model is built on technology and improved upon since 2000 (through our military contract)," he said. "That's part of the reason why we were awarded the contract— because we've done it before."
Meanwhile, carriers are bracing for a shrinking pool of qualified HazMat-certified drivers. Herb Schmidt, president of truckload carrier Contract Freighters Inc. (CFI), said that the company has already removed HazMat certification from its perquisite in preparation for the rule going into effect. In the future, the carrier is going to have to decide whether or not it will continue offering HazMat services.
"Right now 90% of our drivers are HazMat-certified," Schmidt told Fleet Owner "We required certification in the past, but if we had continued to do so, we'd run into two problems. First of all, we'd shrink our pool of drivers and second, it's expensive. But the driver shortage issue makes that decision a no-brainer. It's just a matter of being able to fill a truck."
Currently, CFI does haul the less-volatile varieties of HazMat freight, although the company is now re-evaluating the practicality of continuing to offer this service. "I would presume that we'll always have a healthy percentage of our fleet that is HazMat-endorsed," Schmidt said. "As long as we keep the amount of HazMat freight we haul to a minimum we should continue to be able to match our drivers to loads."
However, if the pool of qualified HazMat drivers does shrink, customers are going to have to give plenty of advance notice concerning their HazMat hauling needs, Schmidt said. Otherwise, Schmidt predicts there will be sizable industrywide premiums leveraged on such freight.


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Successful Transition from SOA to APIs for the App Economy (video & slides)
Apr 02, 2013
Thanks to those who attended our recent webcast: Bending the Spoon: Successful Transition from SOA to APIs for the App Economy. The video and slides are below.
Brian Pagano and David Andrzejek discussed an approach to extending SOA with APIs to meet the demands of business in the growing app economy:
- The imperative for APIs in today's business
- Complex, stateful transactions and other things SOA is good at
- Agility, scalability, transformations, and other things APIs are good at
- Expose functionality not services & use APIs to be relevant and successful in the app economy
You may also like the eBook Extending Your SOA in the API Economy


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Art Workshops for Children
Some artists search all their lives for the kind of freedom children show when they paint, draw, invent stories, project on anything available to convey emotions. These outbursts of visual communication need to be valued, cherished and salvaged.
Creating with and around children is like dancing under the rain after a hot day. It's liberating, exhilarating, surprising, messy. This is one of the things I love doing the most: offering them a starting point in an accepting environement to let their hands and minds run free.
Workshops to be announced.


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What is 3D CT Right Ankle?
CT stands for Computed Tomography. It is a computerised X-ray system used to produce images of various parts of the body. In a conventional x-ray, structures are superimposed on top of one another, making it difficult to get a clear picture. CT scan takes a picture of the body in a single cross-section, giving an unobstructed view of every organ, bone and soft-tissue. CT uses pencil-point x-ray beams from a rotating doughnut surrounding the patient's body. Detectors pick up the signals which vary in strength after they pass through human tissue. The detectors then send this information to a computer, which creates a picture of a single slice of the human body
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