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Escape from (Dull) Exposition
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Joey has landed in some hot water with the fuzz over in Movie Jail. He needs to demonstrate how to write good exposition without boring an audience to death. But can Detective Campos be trusted...?
Lesson Plan
This tutorial on writing exposition is our homage to one of Joey's favorite Kurt Russells: Snake Plissken, from the 1981 movie Escape From New York by John Carpenter.
Written by VGHS screen writer and RJFS professor Will Campos, this tutorial-hidden-in-a-scene touches on the many different ways you can sneak exposition into your screenplay without taking the audience out of the story.
So what exactly is exposition?
Basically, exposition is the way you convey relevant information about your story, within your story, to your audience. All those little details about your world that an audience needs to understand in order to understand your story? (i.e., "Our hero hasn't spoken to his sister in 20 years," "This super villain has a nuke that will wipe out the eastern seaboard," "The Force is an energy field created by all living things that surrounds us, and penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together.") Exposition is how you get those details across.
Sounds super dry and boring, huh? You're not wrong! Exposition tends to be a dry, tedious affair. People go to the movies to be entertained, thrilled and enthralled by a gripping, compelling narrative. They don't go to the movies to learn about "important background information."
So when the momentum of your story grinds to a halt so the main character can attend a mission briefing, or catch a conveniently timed news story about the escaped lunatic from the insane asylum, their eyes glaze over and go straight to their phones (where they are probably tweeting about how boring your movie is.)
Yet, as a writer, you will constantly find yourself in situations where you need to stop and explain what the hell is going on so that people can understand the drama of your story going forward. Thus, good exposition gives the audience all the information they need to enjoy your story, in a way that doesn't take them out of the story. Easier said than done! Fortunately, as writers, we have some tricks in our toolbox to help us get the job done.
To keep reading Will's lesson plan, download the study guide here!
Special shout out to our composer, Maxton Waller.
Extra Credit: Post your own exposition scenes in the forum and get feedback!


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Critical Linking: December 1, 2013
The age of the e-book is here, but 16- to 24-year-olds still like reading the old-fashioned way, a new study by youth marketing strategy agency Voxburner found.
The study, as reported by the Guardian, tallied 1,420 young adults about their preferences for digital content versus actual printed material. Turns out, 62 percent of respondents would rather crack open a paperback than read something on their Kindle.
I think this one needs some time in the methodology corner.
Despite claims to the contrary, the storage media in wide use today—CD-ROMs, spinning hard drives, flash memory, etc.—aren't very durable. "You're talking years, not decades," says Howard Besser, a professor and archivist at New York University who was named a pioneer of digital preservation by the Library of Congress. "A CD-ROM was originally supposed to last 100 years, but many fail in 10."
Old-fashioned paper has done very well by comparison. Until people made a habit of adding acidic chemicals to their paper in the 19th century, books could last five hundred years or more. And while paper has its vulnerabilities—to fire and water, for example—so do more newfangled technologies.
On Saturday, President Obama and his daughters made their annual trek to a DC-area independent book shop in support of Small Business Saturday. The President visited iconic D.C. store Politics & Prose, and bought up an armload full of books, including Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Lowland" and James Salter's "All That Is."
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Many came to enjoy the spirit of the Olympics - enduraLAB style. The gym was set for events that would challenge its competitors or simply just make us laugh (air ball). The indoor events were welcomed as the morning went on and the heat turned up but, competitors stayed strong.
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*Not pictured were the 4x400m Relay winners (Gold - Overdogs, Silver - Team Ramrod, Bronze - Mr. & Mrs. Pacman)
We are happy to announce that through this fun event we were able to contribute $600 dollars to support the family of fallen officer Patrick Zamarripa. We'd like to thank all our community sponsors, volunteers and athletes for helping us make this such a memorable event.
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A very minor note: GURPS OGRE.
It's not particularly earth-shattering or anything, but while consulting my copy of GURPS Ogre in preparation for the release of the game later this year I noted in the book's timeline that this year (2012) is supposed to be the one where the USA runs out of oil.
Which is, of course, not even remotely true. But it's based on assessments that a lot of people took seriously ten to thirty years ago – and, to be fair, those people were generally acting in good faith when they received the information, even if the people that disseminated it may not have been – so expect a rash of curiously-dated gaming and SF material to intrude on one's consciousness. So it goes.


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Industrialization and concentration has changed the face of animal agriculture in North Carolina. The amount of production has increased while the number of farms has decreased: ~2.6M hogs house in 15,000 hog farms in the mid-1980s; by 1997, the hog population had ballooned to 8 million and those animals were housed in fewer than 2,400 farms.
And while the number of hog farms (and farmers) has decreased, a new report from EPA's Office of Inspector General found that, 11 years after an agreement was made, EPA has not developed reliable methods of estimating emissions from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). "As the D.C. Circuit noted in April of this year when it overturned EPA's 2008 rule exempting CAFOs from hazardous substance air emission reporting requirements, CAFO air emissions can pose very serious risks – 'people have become seriously ill and even died' as a result of CAFO waste pit releases during agitation," said Senior Attorney Kelly Hunter Foster. "It is irresponsible and dangerous for EPA to essentially sit on their hands for the last eleven years while shielding the industry from their responsibility to report and address their air pollution."
Check out the Waterkeeper article in the YSI Mission: Water magazine, "Combating CAFOs: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Water Quality".


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This here is one of my favorite tapes of 2012, hands down. Truly I have waited too long to post it. Ten minutes of psych-punk tunes that reek of societal anguish. The music carries vibes shared by post-punk types like Shoppers or the Pop Group. I hear the latter band's influence especially on the last song, "Poison God," which opens up with a chord straight outta "She Is Beyond Good and Evil." Seriously can't recommend this band enough, and if they're any indication, there's some radical stuff happening Hawaii these days. Peep a couple of the songs in this live video from last summer:
Go to their bandcamp to listen to/buy Mythologies as well as an excellent radio set just released this month. Once you've heard the tape you'll need to hear the full set; the stretched-out noise passages really complement the groovy punk stuff. Do not sleep on this.


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Dorothy Porter died.
I finished the Blue Poles jigsaw.
It's raining today and Bumblebee is meant to be at the pool with his school.
The first is tragic (54!), the second is a relief, and the third is not unusual. Of the probably 7 December trips to the pool made by B, at least 4 have been cold and/or wet. I'm pretty sure the school's cancelled the excursion -- I don't listen to whichever poxy local radio station with ads that they inform, and I can't get through to the office, so I've just sent him along with the gear in his bag just in case, but it looks pretty pool-unfriendly out there. I'm sure they'll just watch videos all day or something equally pre-Christmassy constructive.
Bumblebee's drama performance on Wednesday was fab. He has a gorgeous drama teacher who
This is what our version of Sylvester McMonkey McBean (from Dr Suess's The Sneetches) looks like:
He's a lean, mean, money-making machine!
And this is the way Bumblebee photographs me finishing a puzzle:
Not the best portrait of me, but he was very keen that I include it. In the background on the right you can just see the awesome Hello Kitty! shrine pop-out birthday card my lovely Sacha brought me back from Japan. I haven't got around to putting it away yet, it's just so over the top.
So now we can free up the table for maybe a day or two of eating meals before it gets covered in jars and stuff to take to Queensland. Then we'll go back to hunching in front of the news with plates on our laps. I'm trying to sort out my home office today, because I'm meeting up with a real live Bookkeeper next week to attempt to make a clean start to 2009.
I'm working my way through my deep-litter filing system, not very systematically, making more piles of vaguely grouped papers. Every now and then Padge comes in, drenched with rain, and tried to be helpful. So not only are my financial and other records going to be interleaved with black cat hair, but they will also be covered in smudged and watermarked cat paw prints. I do hope she's not allergic to cats!
It's almost time to stop and have my (newly) habitual lunch in front of the tv. Shall I spend an hour in front of my beloved VH1 (they've got me hook, line and sinker, it's great as a background to many activities), or shall I start another DVD from the pile of RomComs lent to me by a friend? Again, choices, choices...


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Noted philosopher, cultural critic, and bestower of opinions about things he really doesn't understand Slavoj Žižek wrote a piece in that bastion of people opining about things they don't really understand, the Guardian's "Comment is Free" section, in which he waxes morally and intellectually superior about the fiasco surrounding the "sign language" "interpreter" at Nelson Mandela's memorial service who was spouting repetitive nonsense. Žižek's point is that sign language interpreters in general serve but one purpose: to make hearing people feel better about themselves by appearing inclusive. And furthermore, what this guy did doesn't really matter anyway, because the service was just a bunch of bullshit anyway, so having a bullshit interpreter was completely appropriate! In this understanding, the message the event sent was this: We tried to appear inclusive of Deaf people, so you should be thanking us for that, but what was actually said was complete bullshit anyway so you didn't actually miss anything!
How wrong Žižek is. How incredibly, damagingly wrong he is. He so casually dismisses the whole idea of having sign language interpreters at all, because it's not like those Deaf and hard of hearing and hearing-impaired and other folks who depend on signing for their communication would actually like to, you know, participate in anything. Interpreters are there simply to make hearing people feel good about themselves. That's all. What a cynical and terribly damaging way to look at things this is. In my own life, I need an interpreter to be able to understand and participate fully in events where there is a speaker speaking to a group of people. I am okay in one-on-one conversations, and if there's some people gathered around a table or whatever, I can usually hold my own, but with varying degrees of success. Lipreading in any modality other than straight looking at someone's face that's not too far away is an incredible feat. (The movie 2001 makes a plot point out of HAL's ability to read lips in profile, which—even though it's science fiction—is nearly impossible.) But if it's any larger than that—say, a memorial service—I need a sign language interpreter. It's that simple.
I would bet Žižek didn't think to check with any Deaf people or anyone who depends on sign language in order to communicate before writing this piece of shit assumption about our lives. Because to do so would have required him to step out of his customary intellectual arrogance and actually take other people's lived experiences seriously, which is something that Academia™ sees itself as above. Žižek is simply the latest person to do this at the expense of marginalized people he knows nothing about. And the jab at the end ("you didn't really miss much anyway because this was all just bullshit theatre") just adds to the insult. Academia doesn't give two shits about marginalized people except insofar as they can use us to promote their pet theories.
This is a much larger problem than this one article by this one intellectual. This is a problem with the epistemology of marginalization as envisioned in the academy in general. That last sentence is a fancy was of saying that privileged people, by and large cis, white, able-bodied, middle-class men, believe they already know everything about everyone else's lives, so they can go off and work on their big, grand theories, and us marginalized people should just shut up and be grateful that we're even being mentioned in the conversation at all. One sees this when we white people talk about race rather than listening to what people of color are telling us. One sees this in "gender studies" departments, where the identities of transgender people are discussed and poked and prodded and sliced apart without the participation or input of a single one of us. This is a problem with how academia looks at the lives and the experiences of marginalized people in general. Žižek's piece is simply the latest incarnation of this problem.
The whole point of sign language interpreters is to include and enable the participation of more voices (note the audist assumptions behind that last word) than would otherwise be able to be included. I understand that interpreters are expensive and sometimes difficult to procure, but if your event doesn't have an interpreter, I will not be able to participate as fully as I otherwise might be able to. And I'm pretty lucky: I will probably be able to participate somewhat. There are many of us out there who can't. That's what interpreters are there for, Slavoj. They—and we—are not there so that you can make your theoretical points while completely disregarding us and our actual lived experiences. They—and we—are not props for you to make rhetorical arguments out of while simultaneously dismissing the whole institution as the "pretense of meaning".
Next time, ask some actual, factual Deaf people about our own goddamn lives. Then shut up and let us speak—or sign.


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Monday, May 23, 2005
At the Temple Festival-1
2 days later, we left for Kottakkal- that special place in my heart- because it was temple Festival time…still I was not too enthusiastic abt going- the reasons- well, there were a few reasons which were not logical enough- as usual I was wary abt the reception, abt feeling welcome, I was doubtful if I'd be interested enough to stay awake thru the nightly performances of Kathakali- of late a strange kind of detachment has creeped over my soul- a a weird kind of disinterest in several things- why, and how, I'm not sure- I discern a sense of inclination towards keeping to myself, a need to dissociate myself from things happening around me- a lack of interest in participation- a need to stay aloof from what and whom, am not very sure, and I have to consciously work at arousing myself from this dumb stupor- simply because I feel that I'm not feeling the right things- I think it is a more selfish kind of instinct than anything else, and I have no idea why I feel this way- and perhaps it is this safe margin of virtuality that attracts me more than reality. Is it some kind of escapism? Virtuality entails lesser risk- risk of what- not sure exactly- may be something to do with space and freedom and privacy…
Anyways, let that be- yea, so here we were back again in my land of memories- yet another had gone by, and once again I was breathing the air of my favourite place. As usual there was a tinge of medicinal fragrance to the air with the Ayurvedic medicinal factory close by…I closed my eyes and breathed deeply- and in my mind I had returned home- I opened my eyes and familiarity vapourised…outwardly everything seemed the same- almost…but there was something different to the feeling of being there- last year too I had felt it, this year even more…what had changed- was it the place or perhaps it was me who had changed. Last year, there were still a few remnant vestiges of an overboding sense of loss- of a sense of alienness ( is there such a word?) a feeling of vague unrest…but today something was different. I had been clinging to a fast depleting sense of belonging, unwilling to let go, insisting on remembered belongingness- a sense of remembered proprietership. and yet today- I did not feel the need to hold on anymore- I was finally ready to let go- I was finally ready to accept that I had moved on- and so had everything else and everyone else- I no longer belonged- I was only a visitor- I had been holding on to a mirage- This place was no more a coming back to- it was just a visit- and that is how it would always be- I belonged elsewhere- atleast for now- until I move on again- why had I been so reluctant to accept the facts? Why did I want to cling on to something so ephemeral? I don't know…somewhere it still rankles, but I can take it now… of course I still had the memories- nobody can take that away, that which had been- once, long ago…
Some of the older people recognized my face- they remembered how I too had been a part of this place- the youngsters of course were courteous to the visitor- they had no idea how much "their" place meant to this visitor who would return to another place…they had no idea- Until last year, I felt slightly miffed at this feeling of not being accepted as belonging, but this year, I did not. Yet again, a few sleeping memories rustled- caught up with times- made polite enquiries- how have u been? Everything fine? and a whole year got reduced into a single syllable 'yes'. Where did all the intermittent moments go? What did it matter at this point of time? And finally after the festival was over, the festoons and capers came down- the drums and cymbals silenced, - Farewell…yet again- until may be next year? And what are the moments that await each of us until then?
4 comments:
- buckwaasur said...
wow ardra...this was my favorite part among the three...ur introspections are a joy to read...:-)
- Monday, May 23, 2005 6:38:00 PM
- bleu said...
wow! sense of detachment bcuz of disappoinment with reality that it does not offer what we are used to from virtuality? (like instant appreciation, all the soft talking, maybe even age group ...).
all this time reduced to a 'yes' very profound.
- Monday, May 23, 2005 11:25:00 PM
Mar-Apr are months for temple festivals in almost every part of kerala. Nenmara beat Thrissur this time, while it rained during T'puram.
Ive got nothing to say as such abt the blog, other then "as always beautifully writen". Will read the second part later :). hope you&fmly r doin well
- Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:42:00 AM
- FunnyCide said...
Missed you! Glad you're back and wrote a blog to make up for the disappearance.. ;)
Nice blog, like buck said, your introspections are the best of all.
I can relate at some level to the sense of alienation. It happens to me whenever I return home [parents' home I mean].. Usually I end up coming back before I even come to terms with the feelings.
But again as soon as I come back here I feel the same lack of sense of belonging. Sometimes I feel I cannot belong anywhere.. no matter where I am, no matter how familiar the situation and the place is, I always feel a little removed from the whole surroundings.. I usually end up with a third person experience of the whole thing..
again, I am digressing and talking about me, me and some more me. :))
Do you think it is about space, freedom and privacy? I think it is something much deeper than that also! [at least I would like to think so, but if you figure it out let me know!! :)]
the lines where you are coming to terms with moving on are beautifully written. I feel a tug at my heart and a knot in my stomach on reading it.. Though I havent yet come to terms with letting go and moving on.. with a few things, glad that you have. Keep writing more often.
- Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:31:00 PM


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Clemency for Jonathan Pollard, Now is the Time
Just a few years ago, the topic of Jonathan Pollard was taboo and highly politically charged. Just invoking Pollard's name would elicit strong feelings on both sides and would likely generate a great debate about dual loyalty, Jonathan's true motivations, if he is remorseful and whether or not we should be fighting on his behalf. Times have radically changed and today, there is extraordinary bi-partisan and cross denominational support for clemency for Jonathan Pollard.
On March 4, 1987, despite a plea agreement, Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison on one count of espionage, namely passing classified information to an ally, without intent to harm the United States. Pollard acted for ideological reasons, not financial ones, as Israel itself acknowledged when in 1998 they recognized Pollard as an official Israeli agent. He felt that Israel was being denied vital security information including intelligence regarding Syrian, Iraqi, Libyan and Iranian nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare capabilities.
What Pollard did was unequivocally wrong. He has apologized and expressed remorse on numerous documented occasions including a letter that was delivered to President Clinton by then Prime Minister Shimon Peres. He is not asking for and does not deserve a pardon. However, after looking at this issue carefully, it is clear to me and more significantly, to the dozens of high ranking world leaders who have advocated on his behalf, that Pollard does deserve clemency immediately on humanitarian grounds.
Pollard is the only American citizen convicted of such a crime to be sentenced to more than 14 years in prison. Currently, the punishment for such a crime is set at a maximum of 10 years. Now, in his 27th year of incarceration, Jonathan's health is rapidly deteriorating and if he remains in the difficult conditions he has endured heretofore, he likely will not have long to live.
Many prominent figures have been outspoken in asking President Obama to offer clemency to Jonathan including former secretaries of State, Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former CIA director James Woolsey and a bi-partisan representation in Congress. Leadership from Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements have recently gone on record asking for clemency for Pollard.
Some have suggested that there is classified information that we don't know that is precluding President Obama like his predecessors from releasing Pollard. However, that is simply not true. Former CIA director James Woolsey has said publicly that he is intimately familiar with Pollard's entire file and though he opposed releasing Pollard in the past, the time has come to let him go and there is absolutely no reason not to. Similarly, Lawrence Korb, former assistant secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration, wrote a compelling article in the LA Times on 10/28/10 explaining why he and many others in the intelligence community who had previously been opposed to Pollard's release have now changed their minds. I encourage you google it and read it.
Five Prime Ministers and three Presidents of Israel have requested Jonathan Pollard's release. There is a very important window to advocate for Pollard at this time. President Shimon Peres will come to the United States on June 13th to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. One month ago he already sent a special letter to the President asking him to commute Jonathan's sentence to time served on humanitarian grounds and announced that he is going to bring this request as his top issue in his meeting with President Obama next month.
This coming Wednesday, I will be meeting with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to share with her a letter signed by over 100 Rabbis and Pastors in South Florida asking President Obama to provide clemency to Pollard immediately. A small group of Rabbis and Pastors will join me as we ask her to hand deliver the letter to the President as soon as possible.
As we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim this Sunday, I ask you to remember the words Jonathan Pollard wrote to the Israeli people in honor of Yom Yerushalayim 2006 after 21 years in captivity: "I cry out to you from the depths of my soul: Zion, halo tish'alee eht shelom assiraych? Zion, won't you seek the welfare of your captives!"
Please join me in advocating for Pollard's release. Write a letter, making a phone call, and/or say some tehillim. Please do something, before it is too late.
Shabbat Shalom,
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The kind of employment that leads to financial success is getting harder to find.
Sure, there have always been tycoons who figure out how the world is going to change before anyone else does. Rockefeller had oil. Ford had the assembly line. Zuckerberg has data.
But extreme wealth is just that — extreme. People dream, if an old TV show is to be believed, of champagne and caviar. But if Americans really believe their own narratives, success for many has been defined as being in the middle.
OK, maybe the upper middle. Steak trumps hamburger.
But how does one attain — or keep — a traditional middle-class lifestyle when the jobs that used to get people in such a position have gone away?
"One of the reasons why you haven't seen as much wage growth is due to the jobs that we're generating," said Jordan Levine of Beacon Economics, a Los Angeles research and consulting firm.
The way Levine sees it, California is becoming a "barbell economy" with relatively heavy job growth in high- and low-wage occupations while the middle gets squeezed.
But why? Levine contends California has become too expensive for employers to hire middle-wage workers. A lot of the blame for those high costs, he said, can be placed on the state environmental laws and other regulations that make California a more expensive state for doing business.
Besides employers' direct costs of complying with state requirements, Levine said there is an indirect cost created by regulations and NIMBY-ism (Not In My Back Yard) that has driven up housing costs to a point where its too expensive for businesses to hire Californians, who require higher wages than their counterparts in other states simply to have a place to live.
"I think it's something that's going to be a long-term challenge, and it really comes down to the cost of living," Levine said. "If you look at who's moving out, it's people making $50,000 or less."
Paycheck problems
The decline of manufacturing employment, which shrank 18 percent in Los Angeles County from 2007 through 2013, is perhaps the trend most commonly associated with the vanishing middle class.
"The biggest place where you're seeing that is the closure of the C-17 plant," said Erick Serrato, deputy director of Long Beach-based Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network, a public agency created to help people find work. Its duties include sending counselors to job sites where major layoffs occur, pointing workers to new jobs or training that may help them switch careers.
"There are a lot of individuals who are facing new realities with their wages," Serrato said. "What we do is try to connect them with a new area of the economy that's growing,"
The five areas where Serrato said local job seekers may have the most success finding work are in health care, goods movement, advanced manufacturing, hospitality and retail and construction.
Official numbers bear out Levine's assertion that the jobs being created tend not to be the ones that give people the means to live a comfortable lifestyle.
From 2007 to 2013, the last full year for which official data are available, the two private sector industries with the greatest rates of job growth in Los Angeles County were the health and education sector (45 percent) and leisure and hospitality (10 percent).
Nominal wages, that is the actual amounts, for Los Angeles County workers in the health and education sector, which includes doctors, nurses, teachers and home health aides, fell 6 percent to $810 per week, according to the state Employment Development Department.
In the traditionally low-paying leisure and hospitality sector, nominal wages rose 7 percent from 2007 to 2013, from $601 to $646 per week in Los Angeles County.
When inflation is taken into account, however, workers may as well have taken a pay cut; $647 in 2013 amounts to $575 in 2007 dollars.
More bad news
Low-paying jobs are among the ones that are projected to be the most in-demand in Los Angeles County.
The state's Employment Development Department projects job openings for personal care aides, who earn roughly $21,000 per year, will exceed those for any other line of work until 2020.
Elba Ramos Gomez, 43, of Long Beach has been a home health care worker for 27 years. Gomez has two daughters and a husband who spends most of his time in Las Vegas to care for his ill father, she said.
At a wage that falls just short of $10 per hour, she said she sometimes has to choose between rent, groceries and utility bills and is rarely able to treat her 18- and 6-year old daughters to outings.
"You have to think, did I pay my bills or my rent? Can I buy food? Can I take my kids to the museum?," she said.
Still, Gomez derives a great deal of personal satisfaction from caring for seniors, and this is what she said she tells people who are surprised to learn she commutes from Long Beach to La Mirada to care for her clients:
"I get in love with my seniors," she said. "You are not doing it for the money."
Only two job classifications among the top 10, in terms of projected job openings, come with annual salaries greater than $35,000. Those jobs would go to registered nurses and professionals at the general management level.
This is a trend that worries policy makers like Hasan Ikhrata, who is the executive director of the Southern California Association of Governments, an agency that oversees regional matters, such as planning transportation projects for most of Southern California.
Ikhrata said Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial counties have regained the jobs lost during the recession, but some two-thirds of those jobs pay wages amounting to less than $22,000 per year.
"It's not a good indication of the future. If people don't make enough money to move to the middle class, to move the social ladder upwards, they're not going to have enough money to buy a house. They're not going to make money to buy a lot of stuff," he said. "That's going to affect the economy overall."
Like Levine, Ikhrata put forth regulatory reform as being necessary to rebalance economic trends toward middle-income jobs. Ikhrata said current regulations result in infrastructure work taking some 17 years to complete.
Shaving five years from that time line, could save taxpayers billions of dollars and create more jobs for construction workers.
Labor moves
Meanwhile, as employment levels have grown in relatively low-paying occupations, some labor unions have lately focused much of their energies seeking to organize workers on the lower rungs of the ladder — such as hotel workers and Latino supermarkets in Long Beach — and retail and fast-food workers across the country.
Fact is, Americans now live and work in a country where the prospect of $9-an-hour retail jobs at Wal-Mart is the stuff of national news.
In Long Beach, union-aligned hotel workers persuaded voters to approve a minimum wage ballot measure in 2012. Measure N set what is now a $13.53 per hour wage for employees of large nonunion Long Beach hotels where workers do not exercise collective bargaining.
People in other industries, such as restaurants and home health services, are seeking similar gains.
Fast-food workers have held public rallies to demand a $15 per hour wage. Los Angeles's City Council last year adopted a law increasing hotel workers' wage there to $15.37 an hour. Hotel groups filed a federal lawsuit against the L.A. measure and business advocates have contended it will force hotels to lay off workers.
In Los Angeles County, United Long Term Care Workers are trying to win that kind of wage in newly-started negotiations with county officials.
Those currently making less than $10 an hour, including Gomez, often cannot afford basic necessities, said Melissa Uribe, a spokeswoman for the Service Employees International Union – United Long Term Care Workers.
"The most basic necessities that they need, making $9.65 an hour does not help them achieve," she said.


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Discussion in 'The Watercooler' started by Big Bad Kitty, Aug 2, 2007.
DEX is in jail.
He's such a tool.
BBK-I'm sorry! Hugs.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.............feeling your pain. So sorry! Hang in there!
What did ex do this time?
Would you believe (well, of course you would believe)
He was so adamant that he was not going to pay child support, that he has not worked in the past 2 years. And has lived off his girlfriend all this time. So when he did not pay his car insurance because he had no money, and got pulled over, he missed his court dates (because he had no MONEY) and then a warrant was issued. So. He's gonna be there awhile. And he may be transferred from county to county to take care of ALL the child support that he owes ALL his kids.
What a knob.
Yep...........I do believe it. Sounds exactly like my ex. Lordy!!!!!!!!!!!!
So sorry. You need a break.
I have to say that you make me laugh out loud. It's not funny that your ex is in jail, but the way you tell stories...just cracks me up. Love your sense of humor.
He can't call you while he's there, can he?
Good luck.
I'm sorry, BBK.
Thanks gals.
Yeah, he can call me from jail. Collect. But he won't, because he is wise enough to know that I would not accept the charges.
What an ultra maroon.
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This week's Lesson Plan Wednesday is Color Theory Hot Air Balloons. I would suggest this project for Kindergarten/1st graders (I prefer 1st). I've been doing this lesson for awhile (I **think** I saw something similar on artsonia years ago and was inspired for this lesson from it) and it is always positive. In my experience, whenever a teacher says: "Today we're learning about the color wheel," groans usually follow. I think it must be the "write out your work in math" equivalent! My students immediately change their attitudes when they realize they will get to make "pop-up" features!
Also, please note, I put all of the Georgia Performance Standards for Visual Arts at the top of all of my lesson plans. I print them out, put them in a binder, and then highlight the standards to which the project adheres. If you are not in Georgia, you will probably want to delete/ignore this part of the LP.
**you are welcome to share this lesson plan on your website or blog but please credit Artful Artsy Amy as the source. Please do not re-publish this lesson plan for profit or for a grade.**


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michmellow Bio
Welcome and thanks for stopping by my tiny home here on Renderosity!
If you want to get to get a better idea of who I am and what I do you can visit my website http://www.mellowbutterfly.com where I maintain a fairly new art community (with forums and a gallery) as well as a digital art resource shoppe!
I am also very active on deviantArt - where I am known as michmellow in the resources arena and chasing-butterflies for my art. I've been active as owner and head admin in a variety of stock and resource communities there - you may know me from manip-equips, brushmakers, goodstocks, and express--yourself...
I've always enjoyed the visual arts and have dabbled in various traditional mediums from painting and drawing to scrapbooking and crafts. I was introduced to the digital world in 1998 when I received my first copy of photoshop and started retouching my old family photos. That lead to my getting involved in web design and graphics. Then, in 2005 I was introduced to photomanipulation and resource making.


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For those of you who're not familiar with the concept, here's what they themselves say on their website:
"Secret 7'' combines music and art for a good cause. What we do is take seven tracks from seven of the best-known bands and artists around. We press each of those tracks 100 times to vinyl then get creatives from around the world to interpret artwork in their own style for of one of the 7 tracks; resulting in a one-of-a-kind sleeve for every single one.
You won't know who created the sleeve, or even which song it's for until you have parted with your cash – the secret lies within."
This year the chosen charity is Art Against Knives and the artists and tracks are: Elton John - Bennie and The Jets, HAIM - Better Off, Jessie Ware - Still Love Me, Laura Marling - The Beast, Mas - The Don, Nick Drake - Rider On The Wheel and Public Enemy - Harder Than you Think.
(I stole this photo of the exhibition from the Secret 7" facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Secret7s)
The exhibition is open to the public the 13th and 14th of April and on Record Store Day, the 20th of April, the sleeves will be auctioned off and all the secrets reveled!
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For those of you who arn't in London and can't see the exhibition live all the artwork can be viewed online in the gallery at http://secret-7.com/.


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Score keeping board with dry erase sections. Designed for Maelstrom, but works great with most mission types for any game. Tracks primary objectives, secondary objectives, and turn number.
This can easily be made to incorporate your store logo/name, or any faction symbol. The outside shape can also be customized. Contact us for details.
Overall Dimensions: 8.25" Tall x 6.5" Wide x 5/16" Thick
- Dry erase sections are raised above wood for easy erasing.
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This is part three in an ongoing series about women's sports. See part one here, and part two here.
Sexy ladies have always been a selling point for female sports. As much as female athletes are strong, dedicated, talented, and competitive, advertisements continue to portray these professionals as sexy women first and athletes second. Yesterday, Now Magazine published an article in response to a recent ad for the Rogers Cup, which some are denouncing as sexist:
"An ad for the tournament being held at York University's Rexall Centre next month reads 'Come for the ladies, stay for the legends' and pictures tennis stars Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, as well as retired men's greats Andre Agassi and John McEnroe. A similar ad is also posted online…
'It's demeaning towards women. It suggests women are just the initial attraction, they don't actually matter,' said Heather Jarvis of Slut Walk. 'It says the real athletes, the real legends, are the men.'"
Here's an image of the advertisement.
An outside advertisement agency is responsible for the ad, not the Rogers Cup, but it's still another example of how women's sexuality is constantly touted in advertisements as more important than their athleticism.
Another recent article, debates the sexual nuances of the World Tennis Association's new Strong Is Beautiful advertising campaign. Writes author William Lee Adams:
"Some call them racy, while others call them inspiring…Hoping to raise the profile of the women's game, the WTA filmed 38 of its players — from Serena Williams to Li Na to Petra Kvitova — slugging away at balls that release glitter and colored powder upon impact. With their bulging thighs and taut arms, the women display their athleticism in a way that is meant to cut through the layers of chiffon and lace and suggest that beauty stems from strength. 'The images are very much about power and grit and artistic beauty as opposed to physical beauty,' says Andrew Walker, chief marketing officer for the tour. 'We're very focused on who our players are: the world's best female athletes.'
That may be true. But according to a number of sports-media researchers, the campaign — like so many others in female sports — undermines its players' achievements by sexualizing them, inadvertently or otherwise. And that just adds insult to injury. A recent study found that major television networks in the U.S. devote just 1.6% of airtime to women's sports — down from 6.3% in 2004 — and across TV and print media, female athletics makes up, at most, 8% of overall sports coverage. When female athletes are featured in ads, it tends to be in ways that hyperfeminize them rather than highlight their athletic competence. 'Yes, these women are beautiful, but we see lots of cleavage and legs, and it's set to music that is reminiscent of soft-core porn,' says Nicole LaVoi, associate director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports at the University of Minnesota. 'That might be interesting and titillating, but it isn't going to make me turn on Wimbledon.'"
I have yet to see all of the advertisements, so I can't fully comment on the sexualization of female athletes in this campaign yet.
And while this is not about a professional sport, I came across this blog from Jerry Seltzer, who wrote about his reactions to a SportsIllustrated.com's Face in the Crowd edition featuring a derby girl. Listed among football, volleyball, field hockey, and cross country players was Portia Hensley (aka Frida Beater), recognized for her instrumental role as a jammer for the Rocky Mountain Roller girls. In 2010 Hensley "scored the winning points on a power jam with 16 seconds left to help defeat defending champion Oly Rollers in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association national championship by one point, 147-146." Seltzer points out that unlike other blurbs about roller derby, this shout out makes no mention of costumes, makeup, bad attitudes, or sexy chicks in booty shorts. Straight up, this woman is included for her athletic accomplishments like all the other athletes included on the site. Jerry writes:
"..in last week's Sports Illustrated, Faces in the Crowd, there was a matter-of-fact four-line paragraph next to the photo of Portia Hensley…No mention of bizarre behavior, tattoos, costumes, etc; just that an athlete scored the winning points for her team in a championship contest. No Roller Derby (wink wink) or any denigrating descriptions. No, these women are skating Roller Derby and we know what that means…The legitimacy of the game is not questioned, as it should not be."
It's awesome to see derby girls get recognized for their athletic prowess, rather than just as tattooed girls who want to wail on each other. As I learn to skate and watch the Santa Cruz Derby Girls scrimmage up close, it is clear that these girls are powerhouses of energy and strength; forces to be reckoned with for sure.
And finally, if you didn't catch the Brazil vs. USA FIFA World Cup game today you missed out on one of the most torturous, frustrating, and exciting soccer games in recent history. With seconds remaining in extra time, USA's Abby Wambach scored a goal to tie the game at 2-2 and forced the teams into a penalty kick shootout. USA goalie Hope Solo kicked major ass by blocking one of Brazil's shots, securing USA a spot in the semifinals later this week! It was an extremely intense game, with several TERRIBLE calls by the referee, who failed to call one of Brazil's goals offsides, and issued several red and yellow cards to USA players (undeserved in my opinion). The most ridiculous part was when, with minutes left in the game, a Brazilian player seemingly faked an injury. As the medical team was transporting her off the field via stretcher, she threw off the straps, jumped off the stretcher, and flew back onto the field. It was one of the most bogus and blatantly ridiculous fake injuries I've ever seen, and because several minutes were added back onto the clock to make up for her fake-injury time suck, USA was able to score the game tying point!! AWESOME.


text: Are there any cops here? Three nights ago, I got pulled over by a county officer going 69 in a 65(he claimed he clocked me at 74, but I can read numbers just fine). I was driving my girlfriend's car(which is covered in band stickers). He took our IDs and ran them. We both have absolutely clean records. No tickets or anything. I'm 27 and she's 22, so that's a pretty good thing if you ask me. Well, after sitting there for 20 minutes, I see a K-9 unit come flying up with his lights on. This guy called in a narcotics unit. Why? Her car is new, so it doesn't have a prior record of being caught with anything inside of it with a previous owner. As anyone can assume, the dog jumped at the driver's side door(where we had a bag of chips rolled up and placed in) and they tore the car apart searching. They then seperated us and tried to get us to spill the beans on eachother, but both of us had the same plea: WE DONT DO DRUGS. We are both straight edge, so we don't touch anything. In the end, they claimed they found a pot seed in the seat(it was a chip crumb) and let us go on a warning. Here is my question: Did he have any real reason to call in a narcotics unit? Our records are clean and so is the car's history.


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* MSCI Asia ex-Japan jumps, Nikkei gains despite wariness
over firmer yen
* Euro bounces off lows vs dollar, yen
* Japan fires warning as dollar slips below 79 yen before
* Australia Reserve Bank spurs recovery in risk appetite
* European shares likely gain
By Chikako Mogi
TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - Asian shares surged and the euro
recovered on Tuesday as investors covered short positions and
hunted for bargains while awaiting U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke's view on the U.S. economy expected later in the
European stocks were likely to rise, tracking Asia and a 0.5
percent increase in U.S. stock futures that pointed to a
stronger start in Wall Street. Financial spreadbetters called
the main indexes in London, Paris and Frankfurt
to open up as much as 0.6 percent.
Weak U.S. retail sales and a lower International Monetary
Fund global growth forecast on Monday raised hopes of more
monetary stimulus from the Fed, as Bernanke was set to give his
semi-annual Congressional testimony on Tuesday and Wednesday.
He is expected to reiterate the bank's stance that it will
take further action only if economic conditions worsen.
"For global shares to rise, investors will probably need
more stimulus and an improvement in economic sentiment," said
Shun Maruyama, chief strategist at BNP Paribas.
Some traders cited the Reserve Bank of Australia's minutes
as spurring further buying in riskier assets, as they suggested
the central bank may be spared for now from having to cut rates
further to support growth.
"The minutes suggested a slightly hawkish tone, pushing back
expectations for more rate cuts in the near-term, which eased
concerns about growth in developed countries and underpinned
market prices," said Yuji Saito, director of foreign exchange at
Credit Agricole Bank in Tokyo.
Australia's central bank saw "no need" to cut interest rates
at its July meeting because a material easing had already been
delivered and data showed the domestic economy had more momentum
than first thought.
The Australian dollar hit a session high near
$1.0300 after the minutes, up from $1.0248 late on Monday.
Traders also said short covering in the euro -- when players
buy back the currency to realise gains on an earlier bet it
would fall -- gained further momentum after the minutes.
The dollar found support against the yen after Japanese
Finance Minister Jun Azumi said he was prepared to take firm
measures on currencies when needed, a hint that Tokyo could
intervene in the market, as a firm yen would hurt Japan's
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan
climbed 1.3 percent for a third straight day of
gains, with Chinese equities leading their peers.
Hong Kong shares rallied 1.8 percent on a mix of
factors including strong performance in Chinese insurers due to
solid premium growth in June, rising rail stocks on expectations
for more government investment, as well as stop losses triggered
on Hang Seng index futures contracts at the 19,200 level.
Australian shares rose 1 percent as investors moved
into stocks with strong dividend yields while South Korean
shares gained 0.8 percent on programme arbitrage
Japan's Nikkei stock average added 0.8 percent after
a public holiday on Monday.
Weakness in U.S. retail sales in June fuelled investor
concerns as the retail sector drives about two-thirds of the
U.S. economy.
The pressure on the United States may get stronger after the
IMF, along with cutting global growth forecast, warned of a
dimming outlook if European policymakers do not act forcibly and
promptly to quell their region's debt crisis.
"Absent recession, the dominant market driver will still be
U.S. policy and cheap money," said Kit Juckes, currency
strategist at Societe Generale.
The weak U.S. retail sales data pushed the 10-year Treasury
yield down to 1.442 percent on Monday, matching the
record low hit on June 1, while the dollar fell to a one-month
low of 78.69 yen. The dollar was at 78.92 yen on Tuesday.
The nominal effective exchange rate for the dollar/yen now
is around the same as late October when Japan intervened to prop
up the dollar, said Hideki Amikura, forex manager at Nomura
Trust Bank. "Azumi's comments today must reflect his wariness
that Bernanke's comments this week could further pressure the
dollar lower," Amikura said.
Oil steadied from earlier losses, with Brent crude
up 0.1 percent at $103.49 a barrel and U.S. crude inching
up 0.1 percent at $88.54 a barrel.
Uncertainty over the future of the euro zone's permanent
bailout fund deepened on Monday when Germany's Constitutional
Court said it would not rule until Sept. 12 on whether the
European Stability Mechanism, and planned changes to the
region's budget rules, are compatible with German
The delay in mobilizing bailout funds for troubled euro zone
states could risk pushing borrowing costs in vulnerable
economies such as Spain and Italy beyond sustainable levels.
The euro stood at $1.2292 on Tuesday, off its
two-year low of $1.2162 hit on Friday, and at 97 against the
yen, above a six-week low of 96.17 yen touched on
Asian credit markets remained wary of bearish global growth
prospects, widening the spread on the iTraxx Asia ex-Japan
investment-grade index by 4 basis points.


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Yep, that's right. I'm proud to say I'm nothin' but a Goal Digger. This darling Goal Digger 9 x 4 pouch is pretty much the cutest darn thing I've ever seen with hand lettering and mini black hearts. Use this for pens, pencils, makeup, craft supplies...or anything your heart desires. Everything is printed with eco-friendly inks and sewn by hand. This is perfect for back-to-school as a little reminder to always shoot for the moon! It comes lined with a soft cotton lining and white zipper closure. The back is solid pink with a small Dayna Lee Collection logo on the center bottom. This pouch is sure to make anyone smile and makes a thoughtful gift!
Here is a sweet story about Piglet Bo. He believes he can do absolutely anything he puts his mind to. Can he walk on water? Can he pluck a star from the sky? He certainly can with a little luck from his friends of course. It takes a lot of courage for Piglet Bo to attempt the impossible. There are no limits to what he can do. Little minds will fall in love with this special story about having confidence and taking pride in their accomplishments. Piglet Bo Can Do Anything! is great story for ages 3-6 and is also available as an e-book. Kids will also love searching for the lucky four leaf clover hidden on each page.
This book is a real lifesaver! I've really enjoyed reading No One Ever Told Us That: Money and Life Lessons for Young Adults. Does your child know what they are going to do when they are fully independent and it's time for reality? Most new adults are thrown into a sudden state of pure panic. This book will help guide them through the storm. It's a great read and well thought out. This is the "new grownup" guide to managing your life and money in the modern economy. Every parent needs to give one of these to their child before they leave the nest. This book will give them the answers they need about becoming a professional, becoming financially secure and becoming their own person. Available on Amazon, and the reviews speak for themselves!


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May 23-25, 2019
2019 Annual UCSF Current Issues in Anatomic Pathology
Past Courses
Jayanta Debnath, MD, has been appointed as the new chair of the UCSF Department of Pathology, effective July 1, 2018.
More News
- Our Departmental 34th Annual Current Issues in Anatomic Pathology CME course (May 23-26, 2018) was highly successful. Attendees included many alums of the Departments' training programs (AP & CP), who were able to catch up with each other during the meeting and at the Alumni/Henry Moon Lectureship reception.
- The 2018 Annual Meeting of USCAP in Vancouver, Mar 17-23, involved many UCSF faculty and trainees (over 50), who co-authored 70 accepted abstracts.
- A symposium was held to honor the retirement of Dr. Abbas on March 2, 2018 titled "Immune Tolerance - Present and Future - In Honor of Abul K. Abbas's Decades of Contributions to Immunology, Education and Pathology"
Honors & Awards
Dr. Bradley Stohr wins the 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award for Faculty Educators from the School of Medicine and Academy of Educators.
More Honors & Awards
- Dr. Marta Margeta is being inducted into 2018 Class of The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators for her contributions to UCSF medical education at both undergraduate and graduate...
- Dr. Scott A. Oakes is the 2019 recipient of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Outstanding Investigator Award. This prestigious award recognizes mid-career investigators who have demonstrated excellence in experimental pathology....
- Dr. Kwun Wah Wen received the 2018 Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society Abstract Award (runner up) for his 2018 USCAP platform entitled "Indefinite for Dysplasia" in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Aneuploidy as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Marker of High-Grade Dysplasia or Colorectal Cancer. Dr. Won-Tak Choi was the senior author.


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Adhyatma Villa
A 5-minute drive to Seminyak Square, Adhyatma Villa boasts a private outdoor pool with sun loungers and a garden. It provides 8-hour daily butler and housemaid services.The luxurious villa features spacious bedrooms with wooden flooring and modern furniture. It has en suite bathrooms complete with a shower, bathtub and free amenities.Adhyatma Villa is situated a 10-minute drive to Canggu Club, Brawa Beach and Canggu Beach. It is a 30-minute drive to Ngurah Rai International Airport.The villa provides shuttle services to Seminyak, Canggu Plaza and Echo Beach. Guests can arrange bicycle and motorbike rental through the villa staff. Laundry, massage and room services are available upon request.Adhyatma Villa houses a well-equipped kitchen complete with a stove, fridge and microwave. A dining area and kitchenware is provided for guests' conveniences. Breakfast is served in the villa, the in-house chef can also prepare other meals upon guests' requests.


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ATLANTIC CITY, Wyo. — "Hold the wagon, Jiggs. Hold the wagon back," our driver commands the mule that is pulling ahead of her teammate. I grab onto the side rail of the wagon as the wooden wheels roll us down a rock-rutted hill. My 7-year-old daughter, Sierra, laughs and squeezes my knee with excitement. "Oh, Mama, I feel like Laura Ingalls Wilder!"
Sierra had read every book in the "Little House" series about life on the prairie and was primed for our adventure: two days and nights traveling in a pioneer wagon on the National Historic Oregon Trail.
From 1841 to 1869, nearly 500,000 people followed this route across the Rocky Mountains to the untamed West. They were the restless ones, the determined ones, the ones looking for a better life than what they'd known "back East." The 2,000 miles from today's Kansas to Oregon took about six months, and it meant hardship, pain and, for 20,000, death.
Our little excursion will be at one of the hopeful points on the trail. Here the pioneers could look back on the Great Divide Basin and its rocky desert and tainted water. Ahead was South Pass, a wide and gentle ascent of the Continental Divide.


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Today Ben and I had to say goodbye to a very good friend of ours, Luke. I met Luke the Bernese Mountain dog in late 2009, roughly the same time I met Ben. It was around this same time I decided to become a full time musician, which is a pretty rough decision to make. There's lots of failure, self-doubt and fear involved in the whole process. While Ben was going to his real job I was at home writing songs, hating myself, and desperately trying to take myself seriously. I also had to take care of Luke. Were it not for that I may have melted into a pile of mushy mediocrity that smelled strangely of whiskey and marijuana. I have always had crippling shyness and there are some days I simply do not feel capable of leaving the house. But because of Luke I not only had to leave the house, but I had to talk to total strangers and explain to them what breed my beautiful dog was, how much he weighed, and how much he ate every day. It's hard to walk a 135 pound dog with long lustrous hair around a creepy neighborhood and not get attention. Luke got me through the worst summer of my life in this way. We would walk to the park and lie in the grass together every day. Then he would listen to me writing "indestructible Machine" and never judged the crappy throwaway songs I may have had. He had energy I couldn't muster up most days, but he could also be incredibly lazy, like me. At night when I tend to come alive, he was always there to have a dance party. Whenever I would go to the record player he was right behind me with a big smile on his face ready to do the two step. Unfortunately, cancer took our Luke away to soon at only 5-years-old, just 2 weeks before his birthday. We got to have one last party with him and even though he couldn't dance through the pain, I know he was happy to watch us have fun. He always loved a party. Oh, and he might have eaten a TON of bacon on the night of his big send off.
Today was one of the hardest days of my life. But I know Luke is happier not being in pain. He knew we loved him and I think he has already brought me good luck from Heaven. Thank you Luke for making me a better person.


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Interested in a career in sales? Here are the rules and guidelines (key do's and don'ts) that job-seekers should follow to successfully launch a career in sales.
- Do close the sale, both in your cover letter and your interview for a sales position. Employers hiring sales reps want candidates who know how to close a sale. Thus, make sure that you "close the sale" in your cover letter by asking for the interview and telling the employer you will call to make an appointment (and then doing so). Learn more. Close the interview by asking for the job. Learn more in our article, Closing the Interview.
- Don't forget your transferable skills. If you have no direct experience in sales, think about all the sales-related things you've done that you can describe in an interview as transferable and applicable to sales. Have you done fund-raising? Given presentations? Solicited local businesses to participate in events? Demonstrated great people skills? Persuaded or convinced people to do things your way? Memorized food and drink orders as a restaurant server? These are just a few of the activities and traits that relate to sales. Coaching, teaching, playing on a sports team, and participating in student government all provide appropriate transferable skills for the field, according to 18-year pharmaceutical-sales vet Corey Nahman of CoreyNahman.com.
- Do seek out employers who will invest in a solid and structured training program, and support your professional growth, especially if you are new in sales.
- Don't pass up opportunities to learn more about sales and network with those who can help advance your career, such as through ride-alongs, job-shadowing, and informational interviewing.
- Don't let rejection get to you. To be successful in sales, you can't take rejection personally. You also need to be able to explain in a sales job interview how you will overcome the customer objections that can lead to rejection.
- Do be persistent. If you have less sales experience than an employer seeks, you may be able to make up for it by being persistent. Persistence, after all, is one of the marks of a good salesperson.
- Do seek out products and services to sell that you are already passionate about. Your enthusiasm in an interview will be much more convincing if you already believe in the employer's offerings.
- Don't be negative. A positive, upbeat attitude is a must in sales. If you have difficulty breaking in right away, don't start getting the blues. Keep your chin up and continue to show employers what an energetic, likable, confident person you are.
- Do consider, if you're a college student, making your target company a pet school project. Writing for Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, Aissatou Sidime reported on Lanita Wiltshire, who pursued an MBA before hitting the job market but "focused all her individual class projects on then-emerging Merck Pharmaceuticals. She trotted out her presentations during an interview for an internship with Merck and landed the job."
- Do maintain a professional appearance. Many companies recruit sales reps at career fairs, says Gary M. Upah, president of SalesTrax.com, "because they want to see your appearance, what kind of a first impression you make, and how you handle yourself before they consider your qualifications."
- Don't forget about networking. As resume writer Teena Rose writes, "Successful sales representatives are individuals who take an aggressive approach to expanding their client base and sales." Your personal/professional network is no different, and your ability to network will demonstrate your skills in relationship-building.
- Do find a mentor — an older, more experienced rep who can show you the ropes. Read more in our article, The Value of a Mentor.
- Don't abuse the perks of a sales career, such as your company car and expense account.
- Do be prepared to work long hours, often by yourself or on the road.
- Don't forget the cardinal rule of sales and marketing: The customer always comes first.
- Do get moral support by talking with others in sales or trying to break in.
- And if you are specifically interested in pharmaceutical sales, do read our article, So You Want to Get Into Pharmaceutical Sales…
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Pediatrician - Quakertown
99 N West End Blvd Ste 110
Quakertown, PA 18951-1272
(215) 536-1915 Fax: 215-536-9189
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Our office staff works hard to ensure patient comfort and convenience. To help you better understand our office operations, we have included the information you need about our hours, locations, appointments, insurance acceptance and billing below.
Quakertown Pediatrics
99 N West End Blvd
Quakertown, PA 18951-1272
(215) 536-1915 email: firstname.lastname@example.com
We are available after hours by calling us at 215.536.1915. If it is necessary to contact the doctor after normal hours, our answering service will forward all messages to the provider on call. Your call will be returned as soon as possible.
|08:30 AM - until needed
You can call to speak directly with a provider between 8 am and 9 am every day except Sunday. You can ask questions or decide with the provider if your child needs to be seen. Call 215.536.1915.
Click here for door to door driving directions
Quakertown Pediatrics' office is located on Route 309 (North Side) in the Health Center at Quakertown building. This is the former Nestor's building in the Quakertown Plaza shopping center. Our office is Suite 110. To access our office, the closest entrance, is the south entrance, facing the parking lot area.
The office is handicap accessible, with ample free parking.
We respect the right to privacy and assure you that your medical information is confidential and released only with your consent.
Physicians & Practitioners On Staff:
Eduardo A. Cevallos, M.D.
Rima L. Strassman, M.D., F.A.B.M.
Bobbie Monaco, M.S.N., C.R.N.P.
E.Renee Bennett, M.S.N.,C.R.N.P.
Linzy Peloso, M.S.N, C.R.N.P.
You may speak directly with a doctor between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM daily, Monday through Saturday.
If you would like to make an appointment or if you have a medical question, call 215-536-1915. Our caring staff can provide efficient service if you first state the reason for your call.
A complete description of your problem will help us decide how much time you'll need with the doctor. We'll help you decide if you need an appointment or if the doctor should advise home treatment. Either way, we would like the opportunity to meet your medical needs.
If you require a prescription refill, we ask that you call during office hours so that we have your child's health record available. Please include your pharmacy information as well as your contact information.
We understand occasional circumstances prevent you from keeping your scheduled appointment. If possible, please notify our office in advance if you are running late or unable to make your appointment. Our scheduling coordinators will do their best to re-schedule you promptly.
We currently accept insurance from the following providers:
We accept checks, cash or credit cards. We also offer a flexible payment plan. Please see our Financial Coordinator for details. We are happy to file insurance for your reimbursement as long as you are free to choose your own pediatrician.
Payment for service is due in full at the time service is provided in our office.
FOR PATIENT WITH INSURANCE: We bill most insurance carriers for you if proper paperwork is provided to us. This includes a copy of your insurance card. We need to copy the front and the back. Your insurance card should be presented at every visit. Your insurance coverage is an agreement between you and your insurer. It is your responsibility to remit payment for charges not covered by your claim and insure your carrier remits payment.
All co-pays must be satisfied each and every visit. You are responsible to know that your child is
assigned to our office before your visit.
We have agreed to accept the rate from plans we participate in, however, all co-insurance or deductibles
are your responsibility. We will estimate co-pays to the best of our ability. You may be responsible for any co-insurance balances.
We will bill your insurance as a courtesy. We will estimate co-pays to the best of our ability. Since the co-pays are only estimates you may be responsible for any remaining balances.
Having more than one insurer DOES NOT necessarily mean that your services are covered 100%.
Secondary insurers will pay as a function of what your primary carrier pays. We will bill your secondary carrier as a courtesy. You are responsible for any balances after your insurance has cleared.
No Insurance
If you have no health insurance please use the listed information to see
what you may be eligible for.
PA Medical Assistance:
Call your local county assistance office: Bucks County: 1-800-362-1291 ;
Lehigh: 1-877-223-5956; Montgomery: 1-877-398-5571
To apply for CHIP visit www.chipcoverspakids.com or call 1-800-986-kids
Affordable Care Act: www.healthcare.gov
Quakertown Health Department - Immunization Clinic
261 California Road
Quakertown, PA 18951
215.529.7000 (call for day)
One Tuesday per month from 9:00 to 6:00
Free clinics you can schedule an appointment with:
Abington Children's Center 215-855-2289
Lehigh Valley's Children Clinic 610-969-4300
This office in NOT a party to your divorce decree. The responsibility for minors rest with
the accompanying adult.
The adult accompanying a minor on the initial visit will be responsible for full payment or insurance copayments. For unaccompanied minors on the initial visit, non-emergency treatment will be denied.
We accept cash, check, Visa, Master Card and Discover. All payments are due at the time of the service. If your copay or coinsurance is not paid at the time of the service, there will be a $5.00 charge to bill you. Any outstanding balances are due within 30 days of the statement.
If you experience circumstances out of your control, please call our office and we will be happy to make payment arrangements. All balances that reach 90 days past due will be sent to our collection agency. Should your account be sent to a collection agency, you will be financially responsible for all collection fees and legal fees that our office incurs through the process utilized to collect the outstanding delinquent balance.
Pediatrician - Quakertown
99 N West End Blvd Ste 110
Quakertown, PA 18951-1272
(215) 536-1915 Fax:215-536-9189
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It is fair to say that converting your loft is the ideal way to provide additional space at your property. This means that you don't have to disrupt your standard home life, and there is nothing to worry about with respect to working on the ground floor or first floor of your home. It is important to remember that you will want normal life to carry on as best as possible when having conversion work take place at your home, and converting your loft is an ideal way to do so.
Of course, to make sure that you take the stress and hassle out of converting your loft, it is best to call on a local expert. We here at Dream Loft Maker provide conversion work in Newcastle and across the the North East, making us the ideal company to call on if this is something that you are thinking about. Expert advice is always of benefit and when it comes to making the most of your home, you will find that choosing a loft company with huge experience can make all the difference. This is because while you want to create a new loft that suits your needs and property, you going to need to pay attention to the other homes in your area amongst other things. From initial design through to the finishing touches Dream Loft Maker are the North East's specialist loft converter.
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ICGEB - CHILE International Course on lignocellulosic bioethanol, 12-16 March 2012
This week in Concepción, Chile
The International Course on lignocellulosic bioethanol takes place in Conception, Chile, this week; an event organised by Jaime Rodriguez, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile.
The course focuses on four main topics: wood chemistry and biotechnology; pretreatment; bioethanol and biomaterials, and life cycle and economic analysis of production of second generation bioethanol. Chile's second major source of income is based on forestry and R&D is being carried out to obtain second generation biofuels. The objective here is to help build human capability and infrastructure within the country and the region.
The meeting takes place in a territory with a strong forest-based economy. The need for scientific critical mass in bioethanol production is a key factor in making Chilean forests more competitive in a global climate change scenario.
Speakers include Richard Phillips, Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University, USA,Jack Saddler and Richard Chandra of the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, CANADA and Andre Ferraz, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Sao Paolo University, BRAZIL.
For further information contact the course Organiser:
Jaime Rodriguez: email@example.com
Chile is one of ICGEB's 61 Full Member States.
(Full Member State)
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Jorge E. Allende
Universidad de Chile
Independencia 1027, Casilla 70086, Santiago 7, Chile
Tel: +56-2-9786255, 7773428, 9782246; Fax: +56-2-7376320
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12 Jan 2018
Anti-dumping and Anti-subsidy Actions
Commodity: Cycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor, currently falling within CN codes 8711 60 10 and ex 8711 60 90 (TARIC code 8711 60 90 10).
Countries/Economies: The Chinese mainland.
Action: On 21 December 2017, the Official Journal published a notice of initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of electric bicycles. The European Commission had received a complaint alleging that imports of electric bicycles, originating in the Chinese mainland, are being subsidised and are thereby causing material injury to the Union industry. The complaint was lodged on 8 November 2017 by the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association ('EBMA') on behalf of producers ('the complainants') said to be representing more than 25% of the total Union production of electric bicycles. The alleged subsidy practices consist, among others, of (1) direct transfers of funds and potential direct transfers of funds or liabilities, (2) government revenue forgone or not collected, and (3) government provision of goods or services for less than adequate remuneration. The complaint is said to contain evidence, for example, of various grants as subsidies for environmental protection and subsidies for technology, innovation and development. The complainants allege that the measures are subsidies since they involve a financial contribution from the Government of mainland China or other regional and local governments (including public bodies) and confer a benefit to the exporting producers of the product under investigation. They are alleged to be limited to certain enterprises or industry or group of enterprises and are therefore specific and countervailable. On this basis the alleged subsidy amounts appear to be significant. The evidence provided by the complainant shows that the volume and the prices of the imported product under investigation have had, among other consequences, a negative impact on the quantities sold and the market share held by the Union industry as well as on the Union's prices that could not be raised to a reasonable level due to the downward price pressure of the imported product under investigation resulting in substantial adverse effects on the overall performance of the Union industry. The Commission envisages using the sampling procedure. For the details of this, please refer to the notice of initiation.
Dates: Subject to the provisions of the notice, all interested parties have been invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence. Unless otherwise specified, this information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 37 days of the date of publication of the notice. All interested parties may request to be heard by the Commission investigation services. Any request to be heard should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. For hearings on issues pertaining to the initial stage of the investigation the request must be submitted within 15 days of the date of publication of the notice. Thereafter, a request to be heard must be submitted within the specific deadlines set by the Commission in its communication with the parties. The investigation will be concluded within 13 months of the date of the publication of the notice. Provisional measures may be imposed no later than nine months from the publication of notice.
Commodity: High tenacity yarn of polyesters (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including monofilament of less than 67 decitex, falling within CN code 5402 20 00. This description is set out in Article 1(1) of Implementing Regulation 2017/325.
Countries/Economies: The Chinese mainland.
Action: On 19 December 2017, the Official Journal published Commission Implementing Regulation 2017/2368 amending Implementing Regulation 2017/325 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of high tenacity yarns of polyesters originating in the Chinese mainland following an expiry review. It will be recalled that by Implementing Regulation 2017/325, the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product concerned. However, Implementing Regulation 2017/325 did not provide for the possibility of companies who did not export the high tenacity yarns of polyesters during the original investigation period to request a review to determine whether they could also be made subject to the duty rate imposed on the cooperating companies not part of the sample. Such a review (a new exporter review) could be carried out if sufficient evidence is brought to the Commission by a new exporter or producer in the exporting country in question that it (1) has not exported the product during the period of investigation on which the measures were based; (2) is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed; and (3) has either actually exported the goods concerned or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of investigation. It is therefore deemed appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation 2017/325 accordingly to allow new exporters the possibility to request such review. In view of the foregoing, Article 1 of Implementing Regulation 2017/325 is amended, so as to provide for that possibility.
Dates: Commission Implementing Regulation 2017/2368 entered into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal.
Commodity: Citric acid (including trisodium citrate dihydrate), currently falling within CN codes ex 2918 14 00 (TARIC code 2918 14 00 20) and ex 2918 15 00 (TARIC code 2918 15 00 13).
Countries/Economies: The Chinese mainland, Cambodia
Action: On 13 December 2017, the Official Journal published Commission Implementing Regulation 2017/2300 initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Implementing Regulation 2015/82 on imports of citric acid originating in the Chinese mainland by imports of citric acid consigned from Cambodia, whether declared as originating in Cambodia or not, and making such imports subject to registration. The European Commission received a request to investigate the possible circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of citric acid. The request was lodged on 30 October 2017 by the European industry manufacturing citric acid. The measures currently in force and possibly being circumvented are anti-dumping measures imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation 2015/82. The request is said to contain sufficient evidence that the anti-dumping measures imposed on the product concerned are being circumvented by imports of the product under investigation consigned from Cambodia. For example, the request shows that a significant change in the pattern of trade involving exports from the Chinese mainland and Cambodia to the EU has taken place following the imposition of measures on the product concerned, without sufficient due cause or economic justification for such a change other than the imposition of the duty. This change appears, to the Commission, to stem from the transhipment, with or without minor processing operations, of the product concerned originating in the Chinese mainland via Cambodia to the EU.
Dates: New Commission Implementing Regulation 2017/2300 entered into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. The customs authorities are ordered to take the appropriate steps to register the imports of the product concerned into the EU. Registration will expire nine months following the date of entry into force of the Regulation. Interested parties must make themselves known by contacting the Commission and requesting the relevant questionnaires from the Commission within 15 days from the date of entry into force of the Regulation. Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information within 37 days from the date of receipt of the questionnaire, unless otherwise specified. Producers in Cambodia requesting exemption from registration of imports or measures must submit a request duly supported by evidence within the same 37-day time limit. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the Commission within the same 37-day time limit. The investigation will be concluded within nine months of the date of entry into force of Commission Implementing Regulation 2017/2300.


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J. B. Thompson
J.B. Thompson (1932 - 1984) began his career as an aspriring student of architecture. However, this endeavor soon gave way to a study of painting and sculpture. His mastery of the aforementioned three subjects was readily apparent in his early art. Later in life, he expanded into printmaking, which he synthesized with sculpture, creating sterling silver and copper collage prints, available only in limited edition and released in 1972. Throughout the 1970s, he continued to add various techniques and materials to his prints, including collograph, woodcut, lithograph, etching, carborundum surfaces and gold. The dramatic textural relief observable in his prints is a result of Thompson's masterful manipulation of the carborundum process. In terms of subject matter for the prints, he often used images which evoke the notion of a mental or physical voyage, generally with an overwhelming sense of movement. Others are based on metaphysical diagrams intended to represent various levels of the human psychic journey and the Earth's physical cosmos. Thompson believed wholeheartedly in the one-to-one communication process that occured between viewer and artist and felt his audience would know a great deal about him if they grasped the meaning of his work. Of his work it has been said that 'the source of J.B. Thompson's imagery was a direct, mystical experience of reality, which he did not try to define or control. He did not separate the creation of his art from the living of his life.' Thompson rather successfully combined technical expertise with creative intuition. He died of cancer in 1984.
Other works by: J. B. Thompson