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Submit a 3- to 5-minute video, considering the parents as your audience, in which you do the following:
- Briefly describe what the DSM-5 is and how it is organized. In your description, define the concepts of spectrum and dimensionality as explained by Paris and in the DSM-5 introduction.
- Explain why social workers and mental health professionals use diagnoses and what receiving a diagnosis means (and does not mean).
- Explain general concerns about the risks of overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis versus not diagnosing. Also explain how diagnosis is connected to services.
- Explain other details that might help your audience understand the strengths and weaknesses of the diagnostic system.
- Provide a response to the following parental questions:
- My teenager's best friend died by suicide this year. It's been months, and she doesn't seem over it. Her teachers tell me she should get help for depression, but I think it's just grief. She talks about her friend all the time and gets very upset. I am worried about her. Is it normal for her to still be feeling this way? I don't want to put her on medication for normal feelings. What is the difference between grief and depression?
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For the next few months, our book club is going to do an Asian series.
Up first is Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip by Peter Hessler (2011).
Here's a brief review from Publishers Weekly:
"In his latest feat of penetrating social reportage, New Yorker writer Hessler (Oracle Bones) again proves himself America's keenest observer of the New China. Hessler investigates the country's lurch into modernity through three engrossing narratives. In an epic road trip following the Great Wall across northern China, he surveys dilapidated frontier outposts from the imperial past while barely surviving the advent of the nation's uniquely terrifying car culture. He probes the transformation of village life through the saga of a family of peasants trying to remake themselves as middle-class entrepreneurs. Finally, he explores China's frantic industrialization, embodied by the managers and workers at a fly-by-night bra-parts factory in a Special Economic Zone. Hessler has a sharp eye for contradictions, from the absurdities of Chinese drivers' education courses—low-speed obstacle courses are mandatory, while seat belts and turn signals are deemed optional—to the leveling of an entire mountain to make way for the Renli Environmental Protection Company. Better yet, he has a knack for finding the human-scale stories that make China's vast upheavals both comprehensible and moving. The result is a fascinating portrait of a society tearing off into the future with only the sketchiest of maps."
After finishing Hessler's non-fiction narrative, we will probably read a Japan-related book, and then we are open to suggestions (perhaps something about one of the Southeast Asian countries). Please share any ideas!

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Archive for November 16, 2018
fine with wine '18
The challenge i entered this week is the Casology cue -glass. I was over at Bugagoo digi stamps and got this wonderful digi, colored it, cut it out then attached it to burgandy card stock ,then added stickles to glitter the highlights. what a fun GLASS card!


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It appears the Washington Redskins are on the cusp of changing their name. The team formally known as the Washington Redskins sent out this press release this morning:
By saying they will be "undergo a thorough review of the team's name," they are actually saying they will finally change the team's name.
It's definitely going to happen. You do not issue a press release such as this unless you've already decided the name has got to go. I think the Redskins are just trying to give the illusion that this is not a spur of the moment decision.
I think it's definitely a spur of the moment decision.
FedEx and Nike no longer approve of the Redskins name
FedEx announced they no longer want their name associated with the team's home stadium. This is big considering the money FedEx is paying team owner Daniel Snyder for the stadium's naming rights. Under the revenue sharing scheme enjoyed by the NFL, Snyder does not share naming rights money with the other owners. Additionally, it's not like Synder will ever be able to find another corporate sponsor to pay him for the naming rights to the stadium. By FedEx doing what it did, it made the name too toxic for every other corporation to buy the stadium naming rights to.
Also, Nike pulled all of the Washington Redskins gear from their website. Nike is a superpower in the world of sports. They make the uniforms for all the teams in the NFL. Nike pulling Redskins gear from their website was a warning shot across the bow. How long until we see Nike claiming the name is so racist, child laborers in Honduras cannot make the jerseys anymore?
I never thought the name was a problem
To be completely honest, I've never felt the name was a racist slur against Native Americans. It doesn't matter what I think. If indigenous people think it's disrespectful, then why not change the name? What harm does it really cause? Teams change names all the time. The Bullets changed their name to the Wizards. The high school I graduated from in California announced it would no longer be called the Quartz Hill Rebels.
That actually made me sad. Life moves on though. If we are lucky, we get to move along with it.


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Thoughts on Visiting the Porsche Factory
Fantastic sculpture outside the Porsche factory in Stuttgart Erika and I took a short vacation in Germany last week to check off a few items on her bucket list and my Epic Life Quest. I drove a Mercedes E-class on the Autobahn, visited the Porsche Museum, and toured their factory in Stuttgart. The Porsche museum was lovely, and it really crystallized to me that I'm a Porsche guy. I've admired so many of their cars through my life. I wouldn't really bother blogging about that though – it's a museum, it's got cars, they're cool – but the factory tour…Read


text: Because I was busy and couldn't post Friday, I'm still showing cartoons that were drawn the week of Sept. 11, 2001. I've always liked this cartoon; I was proud of it. Eventually, though, it dawned on me that Charles Schulz had, for years, been making the same point much more subtly and humorously with Linus and the Great Pumpkin. And he got dozens of comic strips out of it! *sigh*


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Informational (nonfiction) 192 words, Level G (Grade 1)Ants, Ants, and More Ants is an informational book about one of the most well known of all insects--the ant. Readers will learn about different colors and sizes of ants as well as different jobs ants have within the colony. Photographs support the text.
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CME Group Inc. Tries to Take Aluminum Price Risk Off Table
The CME Group is trying to persuade buyers to make use of their US Midwest aluminum premium futures contract, in light of the LME warehousing scheme affecting small buyers all the way up to processors such as Novelis.
Reuters reports that "The premium on U.S. Midwest aluminum has increased to nearly 9 cents a lb from 4 cents a lb over the past three years, and is now a larger component of the aluminum consumer's cost and risk, CME said." However, is this a viable option for most buyers?
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For its part, Novelis is still looking on the bright side after reporting a lower adjusted EBIDTA and fewer net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. "Despite the challenges we faced in the first quarter, we maintained financial discipline through good cost control and will continue this focus on cost containment going forward," said Phil Martens, President and Chief Executive Officer for Novelis, in a statement. "In addition, our global strategic expansions and favorable demand trends supported by the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and automotive material substitution towards aluminum sheet will also help drive our business forward in the second half of this fiscal year."
Steve Fisher, Novelis' CFO, said, "We've made good progress reducing inventory levels at the end of the first quarter and are continuing to drive working capital efficiencies and take other actions to improve free cash flow going forward."
The aluminum cash price rose 2.9 percent on Friday, August 9, making it the day's biggest mover on our price index. After two days of falling prices on the LME, it closed at $1,781 per metric ton. Following a 2.8 percent rise last Friday, the aluminum 3-month price closed on the LME at $1,828 per metric ton.
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Mieli dalyviai! Visa mano kūryba ir kartu visi šie puslapiai yra visuomenės turtas, kuriuo visi kviečiami laisvai naudotis, dalintis, visaip perkurti. - Andrius
Savo gyvenime turbūt labiausiai atsiskleidžiau įsimylėdamas. Tikėjau, jog įsimylėsiu ir vesiu pačią šauniausią, gražiausią, geriausią, mylimiausią. Nesitaiksčiau su pasauliu ar su savo numylėtąja. Buvau atrankus, atkaklus, beviltiškas. Norėjau ir įsimylėjau besąlygišką grožį ir gėrį, kaip kad besąlygišką tiesą, kurios visur ieškau. Jau trys metai kaip aš vėl įsimylėjau, šį kartą, jau Dievo išrinktąją, su kuria tikiu mane suves.
Be myself Conversing with: my destiny When I have fallen in love, it has generally been wholehearted, and without much chance that my feelings would be returned. Yet I have been true to myself and thereby, I think, grown in integrity and learned what it is that I find lovely in another person.691 C3-0
Dievo prašiau šauniausios, gražiausios moters, kaip žmonos.
Pondering my own legends Conversing with: freedom As a child, certain mental events became reference points. The most significant was engaging God to let me think freely that I might pursue my quest to know everything. Another was in third grade, the day we came back to school from summer. A girl, Rachael Baca, was running around the field in new boots. She was kicking me, as if it was a way to show that she liked me. I wasn't interested. I told God, so this is what girls are all about? I don't want to be any part of this. God said, really? I said, yes, it's not sensible. But then, I thought, I was too harsh, too hurried. Maybe some day I will want to fall in love and have a family? So I told God, not for the next ten years, until I'm seventeen. But I wasn't sure if God heard that, if he and I hadn't already sealed my fate. As it turned out, for at least ten years, and more than that, I was completely incapable of talking to girls, but would regularly fall in love. I thought I was cursed. Perhaps in seventh grade, I told God that there was one reward I would ask for figuring everything out, and that was to have a sweetheart, the most wonderful, beautiful, good and true woman in the world. He asked, do you want her to be your companion in your work? And I said, no, I can do that myself. I just wanted to enjoy her. Truly, when I finished my quest to know everything, at the age of 44, I found her right away! It was if I could look at life and people differently. I am blessed. It was a long wait, but I'm glad.784 0-1
Doubt myself Conversing with: self-understanding Sometime I learn by being open to doubt and responding to it. In eighth grade or so, at Lithuanian Saturday school, the priest who taught us religion asked me and others if we might become priests. I didn't feel such a desire, but I asked myself, why shouldn't I become a priest? This had me think through my reasons: I knew what I wanted to do with my life, and I didn't want to hand over my freedom; I didn't want to do what priests mainly do, which is to distribute the sacraments; I didn't think that Jesus would be a priest, but rather an ordinary person so as to make clear where true authority resides; I wanted to be open to having a sweetheart, marrying her and raising a family. As a grad student, I wondered, how do I know that I'm not gay? Especially if I find some men handsome? I took up this question and explained to myself that I myself had no interest in being gay, and no interest in dwelling on men, handsome or otherwise.718 0-1
Exercise a secondary principle Conversing with: respect My Mother taught me that when I go to a dance, I must invite all of the girls to dance and not just the ones I thought were pretty. And although this was not most important to me, but even so, many times when I did not know whom to ask, I remembered her words and obeyed them. She made me care more about other people.757 C3-0
What does my unconscious allow? As a student, I used to think that I might fall in love with any woman who I found irresistibly beautiful and good. But then I realized that my unconscious thought otherwise. My unconscious resisted me having any real feeling for a woman who was not Lithuanian, or at least, didn't speak Lithuanian. I thought that if a woman truly loved me, then she could readily learn Lithuanian and live with me in Lithuania. Maybe that's true. But my unconscious mind thought otherwise. So I took to heart my unconscious.1592 O-1
Supratau, kad bučiuotis be meilės yra tuščia.
Muddle through Conversing with: future In 1992, I was elated that the woman from Lithuania who I loved with all my heart had agreed to visit me in California. She stayed for three months, which is long enough that I couldn't quite remember not being with her. When she left, I felt devastated. Within a few months she married a man who she loved, but who hadn't been in love with her. I couldn't help but think about her every fifteen minutes. I knew that it would be a long time before I felt better. I made a plan to combat my depression with regular activities to pull me through. Throughout Lent, I made sure to go to church an extra day each week, on Wednesdays, to be closer to God. I read the Bible every night, hopping around from book to book, reading it all of it for the first time. I read a Chinese classic, "The Three Kingdoms", to entertain myself. And I did sports every day, mostly jogging. The year coincided with my writing my Ph.D. thesis, which was good, because that was a bit of drudgery, too. Three months had gone by when I realized that I was still thinking about her every fifteen minutes, but that my thoughts had changed. I was no longer thinking about our time together, but rather of the feelings that I had thinking about her. And so I realized that my emotional window encompassed the last three months, and although my feelings seemed just as strong, but they were feelings about reflections. And so each three months my reflections were once removed, like copies of copies.728 C2-1
Not to destroy what I treasured In 1992, I was very sad because the woman I had loved with all my heart had returned home to Lithuania and married a man she loved. I had so many feelings for her. Indeed, I stayed in love with her for about seventeen years. Early on, I thought, maybe I should kill my feelings for her. But I refused. They were my honest feelings that I felt for her. I wasn't going to dampen them. I wasn't going to look for her faults. I wasn't going to diminish myself, who I was and who I could be. I stayed true to them.1231 A-1
Take care of myself Conversing with: my welfare In 1992, I was deeply distraught when the woman I loved with all my heart returned to Lithuania and married the man she loved, who hadn't loved her. I made a plan to combat my loss with regular activities to pull me through. Throughout Lent, I made sure to go to church an extra day each week, on Wednesdays, to be closer to God. I read the Bible every night, hopping around from book to book, reading it all of it for the first time. I read a Chinese classic, "The Three Kingdoms", to entertain myself. And I did sports every day, mostly jogging. The year coincided with my writing my Ph.D. thesis, which was good, because that was a bit of drudgery, too. 729 C2-1
Įsimylėsiu nebent dar šaunesnę, kurią dar labiau mylėsiu.
Visualizing my feelings In 1992, I was devastated because the woman I loved with all my heart, but hadn't been in love with me, returned to her home in Lithuania and married a man she loved, but who hadn't been in love with her. Sometimes I would visualize how I felt. I felt that I was in a deep abyss, so far down that I couldn't even see or imagine the light above, and the abyss went down, down, down. But over the months, as I chugged along, I started to feel the light; I started to imagine the edge of the cliff; I was still down below, but I knew there was a pasture above that edge; that was about six months later. And then one day I felt that I was over the edge. 1230 CB-0
What would make my life easier? In China, one night in bed, I was thinking to myself, how hard it is for me to be Lithuanian. I didn't have anybody to speak to in Lithuanian, I didn't have time to read in Lithuanian, I was learning Chinese and so my Lithuanian was atrophying. I was raised to be Lithuanian, yet it would take an hour a day to truly be so. So I thought that my life would be easier if I lived in Lithuania. A second reason was that it would make it more likely that I could fall in love with a Lithuanian woman, as may unconscious was not allowing me otherwise, for I had grown up in a Lithuanian family and was committed to being Lithuanian. 1590 C2-0
What would make things more likely? In China, one night in bed, I was thinking to myself ... that if I lived in Lithuania, it would make it more likely that I could fall in love with a Lithuanian woman, as my unconscious was not allowing me otherwise, for I had grown up in a Lithuanian family and was committed to being Lithuanian. 1591 C2-0
Come to see or learn Conversing with: my understanding I was in love with a wonderful woman, but she married another man. I didn't stay in touch with her, but I did stay in love with her for almost twenty years. Once she wrote me with condolences on the death of my niece. I wrote her back that she was the dearest person in my life, and for her husband's sake, I didn't think it good that I be in touch with her, but I truly wished that she apply her creative talents somehow, as she was a beautiful soul, and Lithuania needed that very much. A year or so passed and my love finally faded, in part because I thought she wasn't living her talents, and in part because she was working as a cog in the European Union, apparently, not for the short term. Then I fell in love with another woman. It happened, finally, that I had reason to call her, and she was delighted. She told me all of her troubles. Then I raised my concerns that she was not applying herself and that she had sold out. She took it very badly and berated me. I saw how sensitive she was to herself, and not to me, and I wondered, why did I find her attractive all of those years? I realized that the world had changed. During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, when people did what they could to avoid an inner life, she stood out to me as a person with an amazingly rich one, in which I believed. But now I thought it apparent that it revolved around her own feelings.727 C3-0
Pasidaviau, tegul Dievas man suranda.
Accepting God's assertion I am in love with a woman who God told me I will marry. I don't pray that she marry me because God assures me that she will. I prayed with her that her aunt get well from cancer and God consistently assured me that she would. I asked if I should keep praying, if I should offer myself to him in some way, but he said no. She died, though. Yet they reported that just before she died she bore witness that God truly is, that he had greeted her, and she said that she loved them all very much, and she passed away. I didn't know what to make of this, and when I ask God, he doesn't say.1233 B1-0
Tune myself to my sweetheart Conversing with: mood My sweetheart is a great influence on me. I have every desire to be one with her. So I open myself to her values that I perceive. She loves to worship God and she is a patriot of Lithuania. I can be skeptical of all of that, but not when I think of her, and I am glad that it is what I truly wish to be a part of, too. She is beautiful and she makes me feel chaste, too, for I devote myself to her.711 B4-1
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Over the next two days, we are going to become story tellers. We are going to learn the story of Little Red Riding Hood and tell the story to other people. Today, I would like you to watch/or read the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
Today our task to gather story props. Think to your self who are the characters?
I noticed there was:
Wood Cutter
But you might want to create more characters, for example Mother or the forest.
Look at home for toys or items that could become these characters. You could even make story stones (more information below). Spend some time practising the story. You might need to watch the video a few times.


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Bruce Springsteen a donné hier 11 septembre 2010 un benefit concert surprise au Stone Pony d'Asbury Park, dans le New Jersey.
Ce show privé de 2 h 40 était organisé au profit du Boston College, où étudie l'un des fils de Bruce Springsteen. Celui-ci était accompagné par un groupe mené par Bobby Bandiera, avec Max Weinberg à la batterie. Southside Johnny était là aussi !
Voici la setlist (source : Backstreets).
Working on the Highway
My Lucky Day
Seven Nights to Rock
Growin' Up
Spirit in the Night
Working on a Dream
In the Midnight Hour (with Southside Johnny)
Talk To Me (with SSJ)
Two Hearts
Darlington County
Pink Cadillac
The Fever (with SSJ)
I Don't Want to Go Home (with SSJ)
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Cadillac Ranch
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Glory Days
Havin' a Party (with Southside Johnny)
Born to Run
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Detroit Medley (with SSJ)
Twist and Shout
Thunder Road
Ci-dessous, les notes de Backstreets
Bruce's annual private fundraising show for his son's school was Saturday night at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, a two-hour-forty-minute performance in which Bruce was backed by a band led by Bobby Bandiera and including Max Weinberg on drums (fresh from his own band's performance at the Pony the night before).
These shows, once legendary for otherwise-unheard covers, have featured more of Bruce's own songs in recent years, although a horn-laden 634-5789 was a highlight, along with Bruce and Southside Johnny trading vocals on « In the Midnight Hour. » Performances were loose but spirited, fitting for the event's setting.
From Bruce's own songbook, selections included his standard bar-band fare, but also two songs from his most recent album, a fun opening in « Working on the Highway, » and several surprise highlights from his early albums, including « Growin' Up, » « Rosalita, » and a poignant take on « Sandy. »


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Women of Troy fall to UCLA, skate past USD in split-weekend series
In a battle of two top teams, USC's second-ranked women's tennis team lost a 4-3 heartbreaker to No. 1 UCLA (12-0) Thursday afternoon before besting the University of San Diego on Saturday 6-1.
After opening Pac-12 play with a decisive victory over No. 5 Cal, the Women of Troy (10-2) were poised to challenge the Bruins for the top spot in the conference. Coach Richard Gallien's group was also looking to exact some revenge against UCLA after they bounced USC in the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships just three weeks prior.
Despite their success in recent weeks, the Women of Troy had failed to win the doubles' point in three out of their last four matches and Thursday would be no exception.
Although the pairing of junior Danielle Lao and senior Alison Ramos were able to register the first victory of the match on court two against Montez/Vannguye 8-2, the third-ranked duo of sophomore Kaitlyn Christian and freshman Sabrina Santamaria against UCLA's top team of Anderson/Dolehide.
In the point-deciding game on court three, freshman Zoe Scandalis and junior Valeria Pulido, who rank 39th in the country, couldn't hold on to their 6-5 lead and fell to the UCLA tandem of Jones and Seguso 8-6.
While the momentum had been shifted over to the Bruins side, USC quickly regained it behind a strong home crowd with Christian taking down UCLA's Skylar Morton and the 26th-ranked Santamaria bullying Pamela Montez to even the match at 2-2. In between the two victories for USC, Scandalis had her hands full all day trying to keep up with No. 5 Robin Anderson on court one and the battle of the freshman went to the Bruins as Anderson would record a 6-3, 6-3 win.
After Lao dismantled Jones on court two and Ramos fell on court six, the match stood at 3-3 and would once again come down to freshman Gabriella DeSimone. Though the season is still young, DeSimone has already shown a propensity to play well under pressure as evidenced by two game-clinching wins in USC's last three victories, including last weekend against Cal.
The magic would run out for the freshman this Thursday, however, as she could not take advantage of a first set victory. Despite being down a set, UCLA's freshman Channelle Van Nguyen came out strong in the next two sets and quelled any comeback DeSimone tried to put together, taking the match 4-6, 6-2 6-3.
Still dealing with the heartbreak of Thursday's loss, Saturday would elicit a much better outcome for the Women of Troy.
In need of a rebound game, USC was all over the San Diego from the start, taking the doubles point with a 2-1 victory. Coach Gallien tweaked the doubles' lineup against USD moving Sabrina Santamaria with Lao and pairing Santamaria's previous partner Kaitlyn Christian with the junior Pulido.
In singles, the Women of Troy would've completed the sweep if Sabrina Santamria had not retired due to injury early in the second set.
While this week's slew of games may be seen as a disappointment, the young Women of Troy can take pride in the fight and grit they showed battling the nation's best team. With much of Pac-12 play still ahead of them, USC will get another crack at the Bruins and a chance to take down their top-ranked rivals.


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This week 35 Texans will be busy pumping physical and mental iron in San Antonio at Fit Camp, an intense week of workouts with personal trainers and meetings/cooking sessions with nutritionists designed to prepare them for the fifth annual H-E-B Slim Down Showdown.
Contestants have a chance to lose weight while gaining $2,500 to $10,000 in prizes. During the 2014 competition, 30 contestants lost a total of 1,100 pounds – an average of about 37 pounds. The transformations are physical, emotional, and the effects last far longer than those get-thin-quick schemes as seen on late-night television.
The 16-week contest includes a health and fitness extravaganza involving nutritionists, personal trainers, counselors, and experts from H-E-B, Methodist Healthcare, and Cooper Aerobics Center, who are in San Antonio to teach participants the fundamentals of how to lead a healthier life.
One of the Showdown's messages is resoundingly clear: health and fitness don't end when the stopwatch times out.
"The contest is competitive, but it's about more than just weight – it's about the importance of moving the needle on biometrics, cholesterol, and other health issues to prevent diabetes, heart attacks, stroke, and other health problems," said Heidi Deen, an H-E-B health promotion and nutrition services specialist.
One of this year's contestants is Tamlynn Niemietz, a young woman from New Braunfels who is an amputee and looking to lose weight.
"Growing up, I was never self-conscious about being an amputee, but I was self-conscious about my weight," she said.
Niemietz said she first heard about the contest while driving down U.S. 281 and seeing a billboard advertising it. She went online to read about last year's contestants.
Currently a student majoring in kinesiology, she said she saw it as an opportunity to step back from the classroom setting to gain knowledge about future careers and to meet other people in similar situations.
Niemietz keeps a record of her daily progress on her tablet, which she checks each morning.
"They keep us so busy – it's go, go, go. Last night I got to call my mom at 9:45 p.m.–I said, 'Mom, I'm so tired!'" she said. "This morning, I worked out in the gym on the elliptical machine from 5:30-6 a.m., while others went for a walk outside.
"This kind of involves flipping my world upside down," she added. "I've talked to a dietician about my specific goals and my health coach about keeping mental clarity. I'll still do the gym rotation and later talk to doctors about what's going on inside."
Contestants have 45-minute sessions with Methodist doctors, who debrief them on the results of their blood work, stress tests, and biometric weigh-ins. A special machine measures percentage body fat – an important factor in overall health, though not the end-all in fitness.
Niemietz, who is 23, learned that her body composition makeup put her at the metabolic age of a 38-year-old woman.
"It's an ah-ha moment for people to realize that it's reversible," Deen said. "At the end of the program, they'll go back and do the same test. It puts your body into perspective, telling you how much of your weight is fat versus muscle and bone."
Niemietz said she'll be measuring inches lost around her waist rather than pounds lost as a daily self-test.
She spoke between personal trainer sessions held Tuesday at the Hilton Hill Country Hotel, where representatives from Gold's Gym met with contestants – half of whom are H-E-B employees, called partners, and half community members. During an 11 a.m. break, the contestants enjoyed stalks of celery with almond butter made at the nearby H-E-B.
Each day at Fit Camp is long, beginning at dawn with a light breakfast and continuing with activities late into the night. In the lobby near the workout room, coordinators set up a tent with a video camera for contestants to document their daily experiences for use in testimonials.
On Wednesday, the participants will embark on a shopping tour of the H-E-B Plus at Loop 1604 and Bandera Road and visit the Taco Cabana across the street from the University of Texas at San Antonio to learn how to order healthy menu items at the popular restaurant chain.
Wednesday night, contestants will tour H-E-B's new culinary center and cooking school on South Flores and Arsenal streets, continuing Thursday with group rotations of total body workouts at a local Gold's Gym before "graduating" from the weeklong program on Friday.
"At the end of 14 weeks, they'll be measured to see who has the greatest overall percentage improvement in body mass index, blood pressure, and cholesterol," Deen said.
The health experts are focusing on teaching fitness in small spurts so people can get assimilated to the idea that working out is not just about going to the gym, but integrating fitness into everyday life.
H-E-B selected this year's contestants from about 2,000 online applications based on their willingness and desire to embrace the program and to publicly share their journey and the resulting life changes through photos, journaling, and social media. They'll be posting their personal blogs online each week at www.heb.com/slimdown.
Grand Prize, $10,000-winners – one from the partner group and one community member – will be selected based on overall health improvement, participation and fan engagement. Both Healthy Hero winners will receive $5,000 for demonstrating the most progress on health markers including body mass index, blood glucose, and cholesterol levels. H-E-B has also selected five "Second Chance" partners – one from each of the five previous seasons – to compete again this year. The Second Chance winner will receive $2,500.
2015 will be the first year Slim Down Showdown coordinators are not only logging points for their community, but tracking contestant weights on the website as part of the Slim Down Showdown Challenge, an online healthy living course that aims to reach more than 2 million Texans and drive people to engage in the Showdown even if they're not competing.
"(All aspects of the Showdown are) now mobile – to participate, you can go to the website and click on the Slimdown Show Down challenge to access Fit Tips, recipes, workout videos, and more," Deen said."You can select where you're from and track your weight and any additional information you provide, so it's like you're following right along."
This year, participants can log their progress to help their hometown with the third-annual H-E-B Community Challenge, launched Jan. 1 and running through April, as a way to challenge communities across the state to compete to see which can demonstrate the greatest commitment to healthy living.
"We're joining forces with It's Time Texas out of Austin as a way for schools, organizations, and municipalities to earn points for their communities," Deen said. Five communities will be named winners and one school within each will receive a $1,000 grant. Winning schools and communities will be recognized at the Slim Down Showdown Finale on May 9 in San Antonio.
The finale at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in conjunction with the H-E-B Health and Wellness Family Expo, where contestants dress up and strut their new, healthier selves on the runway to a packed house of cheering family and friends.
Between Fit Camp and the finale, however, they'll go back to their families. They also receive a one-year gym membership courtesy of Gold's Gym to help them with their fitness routine, campfire sessions with counselors, and stay in weekly contact with a dietician.
On March 22, they'll return to a central location for the midpoint of the Showdown to focus on competitive activities and take part in more group sessions with counselors.
"Everyone has their own registered counselor and dietician," Deen said. "In addition, H-E-B nutrition services allows them to use their health insurance for the private competition. Everyone is encouraged to stay registered after the finale."
The H-E-B registered dieticians at select stores accept Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance through a new program designed to provide contestants with a unique new health service, she said.
*Featured/top image: Before and after photographs of Brittany Ward, a graduate student in occupational therapy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Ward won the $10,000 grand prize in the 2013 H-E-B Slim Down Showdown. Photos courtesy of H-E-B.
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Instec announced today that industry veteran Chuck Fillizola has joined the company as President and Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for all frontline revenue-generating functions, including sales, marketing, account management, and engagement management.
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Over the past three seasons, Alex O'Connell played under Coach Krzyzewski at Duke University. The 6-foot-6 wing decided it was time for a change of scenery.
After never truly having a consistent role with the Blue Devils, O'Connell decided to enter the transfer portal and use his final year of eligibility elsewhere. After being contacted by several schools, O'Connell ultimately chose Creighton University.
Although he will likely sit out the 2020-2021 season, Blue Jay fans have a lot to look forward to by adding Alex O'Connell to their roster. As a team last season, Creighton shot a phenomenal 38.6% from 3-point range. Although O'Connell's 3-point shooting has fallen off in recent years, he is a proven lethal threat from beyond the arc (36.1% career at Duke), making him a tremendous edition to an already talented shooting team.
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Schneider National, Inc. (NYSE: SNDR) announced adjusted second quarter 2019 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.34, a penny light of the consensus estimate and $0.06 lower than the second quarter of 2018. Notably, the company announced the closure of its First to Final Mile (FTFM) service offering, which had been a drag on earnings.
Takeaways from the call
On the call, management said that the company's exposure to the spot market has returned to a mid-single digit percentage range, which is in-line with historical levels. The carrier's outsized spot market exposure, which increased 30 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019, was the primary driver behind that quarter's earnings shortfall.
The truckload (TL) segment has completed 70 percent of its bids so far this year with low-single digit price increases being recorded. SNDR has seen positive pricing results in for-hire contractual negotiations and believes that the amount of seasonality seen in the back half of 2019 will dictate rates on the remaining 30 percent of negotiations. Management said that there is the possibility for pricing to be flat or slightly negative and indicated that July was not very robust.
They also noted that the dedicated pipeline is strong and that many new contracts are being implemented. However, the TL division could see a headwind as the equipment from FTFM (roughly 800 tractors and 2,000 trailers) will need to be repurposed. That said, the company likes their prospects in the dedicated offering.
Management said that the intermodal bid season is 85 percent complete with rate increases in the mid-single digit range. However, they noted that there is a possibility that their intermodal volumes, which have outperformed the market, could turn slightly negative on a year-over-year comparison given a significant amount of pre-tariff inventory pull forward in the back half of 2018. Again, management indicated that the strength of peak season will be the determining factor for volumes, but felt that the intermodal rate environment will continue to be stable.
Closing FTFM
The TL carrier's FTFM network consisted of 26 leased terminal locations with nationwide service for business-to-business and business-to-consumer movements of household durable goods. In an 8-k filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said that it expects to incur pre-tax restructuring charges of $50 million to $75 million due to the closure. Further, these charges are separate from the $34.6 million goodwill impairment recorded in second quarter 2019.
"We have made the difficult decision to execute a structured shutdown of our FTFM service offering. This decision followed a careful assessment of the near- and longer-term prospects and alternatives. We believe this course of action allows us to fully focus on our services within Truckload, Intermodal and Logistics, is consistent with our portfolio management and capital allocation disciplines, and is in the long-term best interest of our company and our stakeholders," said Schneider's Chief Executive Officer Mark Rourke.
Financial results
The transportation and logistics services company reported total revenue of $1.213 billion, down 2 percent year-over-year. Revenue excluding fuel surcharge declined 1 percent to $1.089 billion. Adjusted operating income was down 14 percent to $83.8 million with an adjusted operating ratio (OR) of 92.3 percent, 110 basis points worse year-over-year.
"Compared to the second quarter of 2018, operating earnings were negatively impacted by FTFM, and by muted seasonality in 2019, which affected all operations. As we look to the second half of the year, we expect industry capacity levels to rationalize given the challenges of the current operating environment. Our focus will be to improve our asset utilization and our overall cost position across our Truckload and Intermodal platforms," said Rourke.
TL revenue excluding fuel surcharge declined 6 percent to $534.9 million as revenue per truck per week declined 7 percent to $3,609. The company said that pricing was "modestly positive" year-over-year, but was more than offset by lower productivity due to lower seasonality in volumes, the onboarding of new dedicated accounts and a net increase in average tractors, up 110 units. OR for the division was 98.5 percent, 930 basis points worse year-over-year, which includes the FTFM goodwill impairment. Excluding the FTFM impacts, the division saw an 88.4 percent OR, 130 basis points worse than the year ago period.
Intermodal revenue excluding fuel surcharge improved 12 percent year-over-year to $259.8 million as orders were up 2 percent and revenue per order increased 11 percent. However, operating income declined 6 percent to $30.5 million due to higher purchased transportation costs and lower utilization.
Logistics revenue excluding fuel surcharge declined 9 percent to $227 million as brokerage volumes increased 15 percent, but was more than offset by lower revenue per order. Operating income declined 12 percent to $9.2 million. Management cited customer insourcing in the import/export business and declines in brokerage net revenue as the reasons for the decline. Brokerage revenue accounted for 87.5 percent of the division's total revenue.
Lowered guidance
SNDR also lowered its full year 2019 adjusted EPS guidance to $1.30 to $1.38 from $1.50 to $1.60. The new range is below the current consensus estimate of $1.43. Management cited a "less favorable" pricing and demand environment in all segments for the remainder of the year as the reason.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Witch's Kiss by Katherine & Elizabeth Corr
I'm a fast reader. I mean, a really fast reader. When I was younger, probably seven or eight years old, the school had me tested for dyslexia because I had so much trouble reading out loud in class. I would miss out words and whole lines of text - and have no idea I'd done it. (It always made perfect sense to me!)
They used to accuse me of lying when I said I'd finished a book during quiet reading time, convinced I'd just skimmed through - because no one could possibly read that quickly.
But then the tests came back, and it turned out that I could, in fact, read that fast - and the problem I had with reading out loud, was to do with my mouth not being able to keep up with my brain. (at least, that's how they explained it to seven-year-old me. I'm sure it's probably more complicated than that!)
After that, they stopped me taking part in reading with the class, and I used to go and help the younger children learn to read, in a funny little cupboard/reading nook between two classrooms. (I have very fond memories of that little cupboard!)
I still struggle to read out loud, although I am much better at it than I used to be, and I can finish a standard sized novel in a matter of hours - which is why, when I tell you it took me two weeks to read The Witch's kiss, that you'll understand this review will not be a good one.
To be fair, it won't be a bad one either - but that's half the problem. This book was so middle-of-the-road that I literally have nothing to say about it.
**** Spoilers ahead!***
The idea was good. A young girl who happens to be a witch, discovers she is the Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness-
Yes, that's the Buffy intro, but you get the gist.
Her name was Merry - short for Meredith. An average teen (except for the witch thing) who lived in a little town in England. (I admit that I loved that this book was 'British'. So very few are, and it was fun to 'watch' them have a cup of tea at every crisis.)
As every good Chosen One should, Merry had a sidekick in the shape of her older brother, and a grandmother who acted as guide - as well as a notebook that talked to her, a braid of hair that protected her, and a key that showed her the way.
Her task was to defeat a Very Bad Warlock called Gwydion - and his evil man-servant, Jack - The King of Hearts.
Jack was only a teen himself, (blond, buff, and still full of old-fashioned chivalry) but he spent his time cutting out the hearts of lovers at his masters request. Gwydion then took the hearts and kept them in little jars and used them as the source of his power.
Since Jack and Gwydion were linked, Merry had to kill Jack in order to kill Gwydion - which should have been simple. But, as it turned out, Jack was less of the Evil Man servant first assumed, and more tortured soul. As his tragic back story was revealed, Merry fell hopelessly in love.
Nevertheless, she and her brother defeated the evil Gwydion, killing Jack in the process and releasing him from his bonds to his master.
The end.
...and I felt as much empathy for the characters as you did reading that brief summary.
It could have been great. There was so much promise with the plot, so many different ways the writers could have taken it - I did enjoy that aspect. But every character fell flat, and that, for me, is the worst thing a book could ever do.
I'm one of those weirdos who likes to cry at books. I like to laugh along with characters, at them, cheer them on and yell at them for their stupidity. My favourite books all have characters that I would consider real people - who I can mourn the loss of when I get to the end.
I got to the end of The Witch's Kiss, and felt nothing but relief at having got through it. Andy even laughed, saying that he knew exactly what I thought of it, based on the sigh I emitted as I closed the book and set it on my lap.
And that is the end of my review. I wish I had more to say, I really do - but I guess you can't win 'em all!


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February 14th, 2018 4:23 PM by Bob Rutledge
With significant changes to the tax code taking effect this
year, homeowners and prospective buyers are revising their plans to take
advantage of its sweeping changes. Here's an analysis based on information from
the National Association of Realtors and NerdWalllet.
Tax Rate Reductions. Joint filers with incomes of $77,400 to
$400,000, which will include most first-time buyers, will see their tax rates
decline from two to four percent when they file their 2018 taxes next year.
Mortgage Interest Rate. Changes in the mortgage interest
rate—lowering the cap to mortgages worth o $750,000 from 1 million and
excluding interest paid on home equity loans— would affect only the wealthiest
first-time buyers directly. The changes will make second homes and equity loans
more expensive for first-time buyers in the future.
State and Local Taxes. The new law limits the amount of
property taxes and other state and local taxes to $10,000 a year. First-time
owners, as well as current owners, will lose the ability to deduct thousands of
dollars that they can deduct in 2018, increasing the cost of homeownership,
especially in high tax states like New York and California. In the State of
Missouri most First Time Home Buyers homes will not have an annual property tax
anyway near $10,000.
Student Loan Interest Deduction. Potential first-time buyers
and their parents who have been burdened with student loan debt will lose the
ability to deduct the interest they pay on their loans. As a result, it will
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Personal Exemptions. Personal exemptions for filers and
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modeled examples of homeowners as different income levels, mortgage sizes, and
family sizes.
A single first-time buyer who purchases a home costing
$205,000 and takes out a 30-year fixed rate mortgage at 4% interest. She puts
down 3.5 percent. Assuming she buys early in 2018, her first-year mortgage
interest would total $7,856, and she would pay real property taxes of $2,050.
Under the old law, her taxes for 2018 would fall by $2,098; Under the new law,
her taxes would rise by $30. Moreover, the difference between renting and
owning was $2,098 under the prior law but shrinks to $637 ($6,060 - $5,423), or
$53 per month.
A family of five with an income of $120,000 that buys a
$425,000 home with a 10 percent down payment on a 30-year fixed mortgage at a 4
percent. Under the old law, they would save $3,219 by buying. Under the new law
their taxes would decline only $100, but if they had remained renters, they
would receive a tax cut of almost $2,400. Under the prior law, the tax benefit
of buying a home was $3,219. Under the new law, they will get a tax cut $948
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By Venita Ray
END HIV Houston is glad to see the National Institutes of Health (NIH) adopt stigma-reducing HIV language. Its new guidelines will reduce the stigma of HIV by using "people-first" language. This means the NIH will no longer use references like "HIV infected" when referring to people living with HIV. Instead, they will say "a person living with HIV."
Eliminating the use of stigmatizing language is part of END HIV Houston's plan. Being referred to as "HIV infected" repeatedly by medical professionals, the media and the public is stigmatizing. Stigma is a monumental barrier to ending the epidemic. Fighting it increases disclosure of the virus to partners and encourages testing. Language matters. Words hurt.
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Ahhh…. Chicken Soup. One of my very favorite foods this fall and winter.
Maybe it had something to do with having a new baby but all I wanted to eat was comfort food. Something familiar, warming and nutritious.
And dairy free. Because my daughter can't tolerate dairy.
If you ever breastfed a baby you know how some foods affect little tummies.
And how high of a priority, keeping these tummies calm and full, is.
I also wanted something that doesn't require me to slave in the kitchen. Because, you know, I had a newborn in the house…
Truth be told this is not a "dump all ingredients in the pot and cook them" recipe. You do have to be involved but not for long and in increments.
It also yields a lot of servings, which in my opinion is a good thing. I love freshly cooked meals as much as the next person, but when I am time pressed leftovers are more than welcomed.
Most importantly, I would like to remind you that soup always always tastes better the next day. And the day after that for that matter.
All in all I LOVE this chicken soup. And I want to share it with you so that you can love it too!
I wish I could make it and have you over for dinner.
We almost always serve salad with dinner but this is one dish that I am willing to make an exception. It is so good that I don't want any distractions.
What I DO want is crusty bread. And if it's warm all the better!
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- 1 whole chicken
- 1 liter water
- 4-5 large carrots
- 1 whole onion skin removed
- 0.5 cups white rice
- 2 springs lovage or celery
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Fill your pot with water and press SAUTE. Add the chicken. After a few minutes remove foam and add salt, pepper, onion and bay leaf. Cook on HIGH for 30 min. Open the pot using the quick release method.
- Meanwhile peel and chop the carrots, potatoes and celery if using. Place them in a steam basket. Open the lid of your cooker and using a slotted spoon remove the chicken. Add rice. Place a tripod in the pot and your steaming basket on top. Pressure cook on HIGH for 10 min. Use this time to bone the chicken.
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"The next exclamation of the celebrant, 'let us lift up our hearts,' we find in no other service–it belongs exclusively to the divine liturgy [i.e., the Holy Eucharist]. For this exclamation is not simply a call to a certain lofty disposition…it is an affirmation that the eucharist is accomplished not on earth but in heaven…We already know that this ascent to heaven began with the very beginning of the liturgy with our very entrance and 'assembly as the Church,' when our true life was 'hid with Christ in God.'…We can lift our hearts 'on high' because this 'on high,' this heaven is within us and among us, because it has been returned, restored to us as our real homeland of the heart's desire, to which we returned after an agonizing exile, for which we have always groaned with homesickness, and through the memory of which all creation lives. If we speak of the earthly, of ourselves, of the Church in categories of ascent, then we speak of the heavenly, of God, of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in categories of descent. But we are saying the same thing: we speak of heaven on earth, of heaven having transfigured the earth, and of the earth as having accepted heaven as the ultimate truth about itself." Alexander Schmemann, The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000), pp. 168-169.
This beautiful reflection on words we pray at every celebration of the Eucharist comes from a chapter of Schmeeman's work entitled "The Sacrament of Anaphora," taking its title from a Greek word that means offering, more specifically that which is carried up in sacrifice. Anaphora is a standard word for the Eucharistic Prayer, the Great Offering, by which God's People are united to Christ's one offering of himself. It is closely tied with the Johannine notion of Christ being "lifted up" to draw all people to himself.
Language about ascending and descending could be used to suggest a kind of otherworldliness. Schmeeman's account avoids this pitfall, as heaven and earth are in fact united in a dynamic, transformative manner. Ultimately, this has much to do with the arrival of God's future in the here and now, for Christ is both Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. It might, furthermore, be tied to the vision of sovereign grace that pervades the Our Father, wherein we implore God to reign on earth as in heaven. Thus, heaven transfigures the earth, even as earth finds in heaven the object of its longing and accepts heaven as its ultimate truth. Every celebration of the Eucharist is at once the action of the Holy Spirit and the action of God's People. In the very act of celebrating, the mystery of Incarnation is made present and we are drawn more deeply into Christ.
When we hear these simple words "Lift up our hearts," how well do we pay attention to the Advent and merciful reign of the Lord? For it is here that heaven breaks out among us in order to transfigure our frail and sinful flesh.
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Happily Ever After Ain't All It's Cracked Up To Be
Shrek Forever After
- Director: Mike Mitchell
- Genre: Family Animation
- Running Time: 94 minutes
With: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas
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Along with other great writers for the young, William Steig, author of the wickedly transgressive Shrek, didn't much like children himself: Whether it was despite or because he was married four times and had three offspring of his own, he regarded family as a necessary evil. And while I don't know whether Steig saw the charming first movie in the Shrek series -- which transformed his warty, misanthropic monster into a mildly grumpy green giant with caramel insides -- before he died in 2003, I imagine that if he did, he'd have found DreamWorks' distillation of Disneyish family values unpardonably tame.
So it goes in the land of Parental Guidance. Still, I think Steig might have been tickled by the opening scenes of Shrek Forever After. The fourth and last in this richly lucrative if rather uneven franchise is the only one to address the writer's antipathy for domestic bliss, and it does so with a twitchy ambivalence that brings to mind a certain classic movie by Frank Capra.
We find our fluty-eared hero (voiced by Mike Myers, Glaswegian as ever despite his Canadian roots) shacked up comfortably with the satisfyingly plump Fiona (Cameron Diaz), a raft of adorable Shreklets and a visiting rainbow coalition of baby donkey-dragons. It's a wonderful life, yet all is not well. Every day the same old feeding and clothing, the same farting, burping and climbing all over Dad. No one's scared by the sight of Shrek any more; he's lost his roar. Family life has unmanned him and turned him into a tame tourist attraction.
Thus disgruntled, Shrek is easy prey for Rumpelstiltskin, the latest Grimm Brothers villain bent on ruining his day. Without reading the fine print, Shrek eagerly agrees to give up a single day of his life in return for his lost testosterone.
In a trice, the wily Rumpelstiltskin, who has a lantern jaw like Quentin Tarantino's but is voiced by story editor Walt Dohrn, makes off with the day Shrek was born, thus abolishing the ogre's entire history with his loved ones at a stroke. Aided by a fleet of screaming witches and a fine collection of fright wigs, Rumpel takes over the land of Far Far Away and turns it into a scorched-earth slave compound serviced by the fairy-tale ensemble we knew and loved in the first three Shrek movies. Worse yet, Shrek's sidekicks, Donkey and Puss in Boots -- now one very fat cat, for want of predatory action -- don't know Shrek from Adam. Neither does Fiona, now a vision in fur as leader of the ogreish underground resistance to Rumpelstiltskin's imperial ambitions; as Shrek quickly discovers, you try administering True Love's Kiss to this warrior queen, and you'll get a blunt instrument in your butt.
Pretty soon, however, the team is back in harness, and the rest is a rescue operation with the usual cast of long-nosed, pig-faced saviors, and one that's more than faintly derivative of its predecessors.
Let's recap: Shrek was fresh and sweet; Shrek 2 was fiendishly clever but barely a children's movie, on account of its incessant knowing winks at the adult audience; Shrek the Third was a big boring mess. They all made big bucks, and you'd think the franchise would be pretty clapped out by now and in no need of a footnote.
As sequels go, Forever After (capably directed by Mike Mitchell) is charming, giddy fun, though it can never be quite as fresh as Shrek, whose tone and style it most resembles. Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke's sharp screenplay clips along, driven by the usual merrily irreverent one-liners, and the parent-pandering that has become a staple of children's movies is kept within manageable limits. (It's provided mostly by new characters voiced by Mad Men's Jon Hamm and Glee's Jane Lynch, and by a soundtrack featuring Karen Carpenter.) The visual jokes -- one standout is an army of ogres condemned by the Pied Piper to perpetual line-dancing -- are pretty irresistible.
So by all means, enjoy Shrek Forever After, on the understanding that with or without its superfluous 3-D trimmings, it's no more cut from the cloth of William Steig than its predecessors. After a promisingly mutinous start, the plot heads exactly where any clued-in 5-year-old would expect it to. Frank Capra might look down from heaven and bless Shrek's return to home, hearth and cute little babies. Look down to hell, though, and I'm willing to bet you'll see William Steig, horns aquiver with rage, and with two thumbs pointed down.


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Quintana Roo, Mexico
In theory the most meaningful bout, as it's a world title fight, this coming Saturday will take place in Mexico, as WBC Female Light Flyweight champion Yesenia Gomez (14-5-3, 6) defends her title against Japan's Erika Hanawa (10-3, 4). For Gomez this will be her first defense, following a big win over veteran Esmeralda Moreno in September, and a good test for what's going to she's going to be able to do as a champion. Hanawa, who is fighting in her second world title bout, is talented but has got a reputation as someone who comes up short in her biggest bouts. Fighting outside of Asia for the first time won't do Hanawa any favours, but she does seem like she's really up for this fight. Our preview of this bout is here Hanawa gets world title shot at Gomez!
California, USA
Another really meaningful contest will take place in California, as Ryosuke Iwasa (25-5, 16) clashes with Cesar Juarez (23-6, 17) in an IBF Super Bantamweight world title eliminator. Iwasa, a former world champion, will be making his US debut against a very exciting and aggressive Mexican in what could be one of the most exciting bouts at 122lbs this year. Both men are flawed, but both are exciting, and their styles should gel. Iwasa is the bigger puncher, on a single punch basis, but Juarez is tough and sets a higher pace, making this a very hard to call bout. Our preview of this fight can be read here Iwasa and Juarez meet in IBF eliminator!
Also on this card will be former WBO Bantamweight world champion Marlon Tapales (31-2, 14), though his opponent is still yet to be announced and there is a chance this bout could fall through by the time the show takes place.
Metro Manila, Philippines
In the Philippines we get a televised show courtesy of ESPN5, and it's a card with a number of good looking fights on it.
The main event will be a 12 round contest between the unbeaten Dave Penalosa (14-0, 10) and Mexican visitor Marcos Cardenas (19-6-1, 15), who battle for the WBO Oriental Featherweight title. The unbeaten Penalosahas had a stop start career but two quick wins last year has seen him build some momentum to begin 2019 and a win here will give his career the big shot in the arm that it needs. Cardenas however won't be travelling to just lose however and he is riding a 3 fight winning run into this bout. Penalose will be strongly favoured, but Cardenas will have travelled to win, and has sort of proven his toughness, lasting 8 rounds with Miguel Marriaga and 5 rounds with Rey Vargas.
The main supporting bout will see former 2-time world champion John Riel Casimero (25-4, 16) take on exciting Japanese brawler Kenya Yamashita (13-4, 10). The 29 year old Casimero, who won world titles at Light Flyweight and Flyweight, hasn't looked great recently, with a loss to Jonas Sultan last time he fought on home soil, but will be under pressure to perform here. Yamashita is crude, but exciting and powerful and will be looking to shine on his international debut. Should be a huge gulf in technical ability, but also a potential gulf in desire and hunger.
A second supporting bout on this card will see teenage prospect Carl Jammes Martin (11-0, 10) take a huge step up in class to face off with Thai foe Petchchorhae Kokietgym (17-2, 8). The unbeaten Martin scored 4 wins last year, all by stoppage, and seems like one of the most promising young Filipino fighters beginning to break out. Petchchorhae on the other hand has failed to impressive despite winning some minor titles earlier in his career. The Thai was last seen being stopped in 3 rounds by Giemel Magramo, and was stopped in his other loss by Iwan Zoda, suggesting he can be taken out, something that Martin will be looking to do here.
Suwon, South Korea
There will also be a domestic card in Korean, albeit at a relatively low level.
The main bouts are 6 round contests, with one of them being a bout between Ki Hyun Park (2-2-2) and Han Bin Suh (3-0-1, 2) whilst the other will be between Jong Won Jung (5-7-1) and Dae Young Lee (2-9-1). We'll be honest and admit that it's hard to get excited about either of these bouts, of the card in general.
Liege, Belgium
In Liege fans will be able to see Belgian based Kyrgyzstan born Faroukh Kourbanov (16-1, 3) battle against Ukrainian 36 year old Volodymyr Matviichuk (4-1). Kourbanov suffered his sole defeat last year, to the experienced Devis Boschiero in Italy, and will be looking to score his second win since that defeat. Matviichuk, who competed at the 2016 Olympics, only debuted as a professional in 2017 and will clearly see this bout as a chance to get into the mix at European level. Whilst Matviichuk does have a loss, it appears to be a suspect one, losing a split decision in Latvia to Ivans Levickis, in a bout that one judge scored 60-55 to the Ukrainian.
Hyogo, Japan
The biggest show in Asia takes place in Hyogo and will feature two notable bouts.
The main event will see Japan's Shohei Kawashima (16-2-2, 3) take on Filipino Ronnie Campos (8-3-3, 5). The Japanese fighter has impressed over-all, and pushed Cristian Mijares surprisingly close in 2016. Sadly for Kawashima he did suffer a KO loss last year to Gaku Aikawa and this is his first step up in class since that loss. The 21 year old visitor will bee fighting in Japan for the second time, having lost in 2017 to Junki Sasaki, and will feel like he could pick up a win against Kawashima, who may be low on confidence here.
Also on this card is unbeaten prospect Yuki Yamauchi (1-0, 1), who was originally announced to have a 10 round bout, but has since had the bout rescheduled to a 6 rounders, take on Alvin Medura (8-2, 7). The Japanese novice is tipped to be a massive star in the future and this is a really good test for him against a limited, but dangerous, Filipino puncher. Medura is no world beater, but at this level he is very dangerous if he lands, and he's a hungry fighter, but was out boxed a year ago by Ryuto Owan, who showed that he can be out boxed.
This show will also feature the retirement ceremony of Japan's Ryuya Yamanaka, who has had to hang up the gloves on medical grounds. It's a shame to see Yamanaka hang up his gloves at just 23 years old. Despite his early retirement we do expect the fans to send him into a retirement with a serious send out.
Cebu, Philippines
Cebu also plays host to a small card, which really hasn't got much attention or much worth talking about, if we're being honest.
The main event will see local loser Wilbert Rota (0-4) take on unbeaten Taiwanese fighter Ming Hung Lee (6-0, 4), in what should be a mismatch in favour of the 29 year old Lee.
A slightly more interesting bout on the same card will see Cris Ganoza (15-2, 8) take on Ernesto Alera (5-5-1). The 24 year old Ganoza is a talented fighter who has only suffered losses to Edward Heno and John Michael Zulueta, two very talented unbeaten youngsters. The light punching Alera has won just 1 of his last 5 bouts and isn't expected to be much of a test for Ganoza, despite the fact Ganoza was beaten last time out.
Busan, South Korea
There is also set to be a small novice show in Korea, headlined by Suk Joon Hwang (3-1-2) and Urmat Amankulov (2-0, 1). The 23 year old Hwang lost after 103 seconds on his debut but has since gone on a 5 fight unbeaten run. The unbeaten Amankulov is a Korean based Kyrgyzstan born fighter who debuted in July and has already racked up a couple of wins. Although not a mouth watering match up on paper this could be very fun for the fans in Busan.
Quebec, Canada
Other notable prospects will be in action in Canada, with a duo of Central Asian prospects taking on interesting tests in Quebec.
One of those prospects is Kazakh Lightweight Ablaikhan Khussainov (8-0, 5), who takes a notable step up up in class, as he takes on the experienced Jesus Laguna (22-12-3, 19) in an 8 round bout. The 27 year old Kazakh is a talent but has been moved very slowly since making his debut in December 2015 and this step up is well over-due. The 30 year old Laguna has been around the block but has failed to win any of his more notable bouts. On paper this is a step up, but a manageable one for the Kazakh.
Originally the talented Sadriddin Akhmedov (3-0, 3) was pencilled in to face off against Norberto Gonzalez (23-11, 13) on this card. Gonzalez has however been removed from the card, and Akhmedov will instead face off with Jesus Javier Mendoza (7-5-1, 6), in what looks like a big downgrade. The unbeaten Akhmedov, from Kazakhstan, has looked excellent since making his debut in April and will be looking to leave an impression here as well.
Sadly it seems like the previously reported match up between Nurzat Sabirov (7-0, 6) and Adrian Luna Flores (20-5-1, 13) has been cancelled in the days leading up to the fight. On paper this was an excellent match up for Sabirov and a great test against a fighter who has been a long term sparring partner for Ryota Murata, so it's a shame to see the bout falling through.
Liege, Belgium
In Belgium fans will see Kyrgyzstan born Super Featherweight hopeful Faroukh Kourbanov (15-1, 3) take on Frenchman Sylvain Chapelle (17-25-2). The talented Kourbanov, who is bow based in Belgium, is a former EBU European Union champion who suffered his first loss this past May against Italian veteran Devis Boschiero, in a close bout on the road, and he'll be looking to bounce back. The 32 year old Chapelle is very limited but typically fights at Lightweight or Light Welterweight and is very tough and well travelled. Chapelle has never been stopped and has fought the likes of Scott Cardle, Yvan Mendy, Romain Jacob and Emiliano Marsili. This should be a clear win for Kourbanov, but he will be expecting to be taken the distance.
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UK artist LUCY SPRAGGAN has debuted a playlist of songs on Spotify entitledIntroducing Lucy Spraggan. The playlist features 12 songs across Spraggan's discography, released for the first time in the US.
In addition to the playlist news, Spraggan will be making her way to Canada and the US this fall with dates kicking off in Toronto's Drake Hotel on September 1. Full tour dates listed below.
Spraggan's signature folk-pop style first captured hearts during her time on the UK's X Factor, and since then she has forged her own path across Europe and the UK with albums like Join The Club (2013), We Are (2015) and I Hope You Don't Mind Me Writing (2017). The four-time UK Top 40 artist is set to release her fifth full-length album in early 2019, date and title to be announced.