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SaaS is Gaining Ground in India: Here's Why Your Business Also Needs It
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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software licensing and delivery model where software is licensed on a subscription basis while being hosted by the parent company. SaaS has become a standard software delivery model for many applications for businesses. This can include bulk office messaging softwares, email organizers, salary statement processing software, content management, talent acquisition, anti-virus and service desk management software. The Unique Selling Point (USP) of this delivery model is a subscription based to reduce the costs of IT staff, additional hardware and multiple purchases of software on multiple machines.
It is a standard part of cloud computing, where instead not spending tons of money on hardware to run advance software which further require installation and licensing costs, customized cloud software is loaded to run via the web. This shared resources based computing not only reduces costs in business operations but also simplifies its operational methodology.
In India too, SaaS is catching up rapidly, particularly because of the cost reduction. Here are some reasons why you should consider exporting software as a service for your start-up:
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Unlike our western counterparts, most Indian SMEs do not have legacy software baggage and most of them are first time users of SaaS applications. They have nothing to compare the services with and no other alternative software to work on.
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Indian entrepreneurs before their funding typically don't have the resources to sustain annual costs like hardware operational costs like upgradation, electricity, expert users that can design or generate using those advance machines. SaaS can be customized to generate professional output using basic experience and minimal hardware machines on a brilliant internet connection.
Services are complimentary
In the Indian context, SaaS refers to Software and services combined together. Direct one on one communications are commonly established between clients and SaaS distributors, so the after-sale services including help on getting started, troubleshooting is easily resolved.
Simplified Payment and flexibility
SaaS have often partner with several e-commerce and wallet options to streamline the payment procedures and make life a lot easier than just buying CDs or individually buying software and installing them on every machine in your workplace. Some may even offer discounts on bulk purchases or longer subscriptions.
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History of ISKCON-BAHIA
The ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) was founded in 1966 in New York. But only came to Bahia in 1974 through Dhruvananda dasa, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada who lived in Hawaii, USA. He was looking for someone who spoke English to help you to preach Krsna consciousness. Through an English school arrived at the house of a young dental student named Ivan Ribeiro, who has practiced yoga and was preparing to make a trip to India, who agreed to help him. Shortly after Dhruvananda had to return to the U.S. and Ivan Ribeiro with a few more people who were interested in Krishna consciousness continued to hold meetings on Sundays in a small space in the neighborhood of Paripe. Then Ivan Ribeiro's wife suggested he write to Srila Prabhupada asked to send a representative to boost preaching here in Brazil.
Hridayananda dasa Goswami came to Brazil and opened simultaneously temples in Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Later Ivan Ribeiro and his brother Sergio Ribeiro started today and are known for Dhanvantari Swami Jagad Vicitra and Prabhu, respectively. But it was only in 1991 that ISKCON-BAHIA was officially registered at the time the president of ISKCON Gaura-BAHIA was Krishna dasa, who remained in management until 1993. His successor was Vrindavana dasa who remained until 1996. Then the office was held by Aniruddha dasa who administered until 2000. Being replaced by Devananda dasa who held the position for a year. Then, the presidency was assumed by Gopa Kumara Dasa. After his departure, ISKCON Bahia was administered by the Administrative Committee, established in 1999. Currently, since 2008, ISKCON has been administered by the current president Damodara dasa.
ISKCON-BAHIA received the title of Municipal Utilities for managing Vrindavana dasa. And he received the title of State Public Utility for managing Aniruddha dasa. The winning both titles was fully articulated by Angelina Celeste, public relations ISKCON-BAHIA. Besides Paripe the temple was already in Itapuã and the Red River, then moved to where Sprout is headquartered today. However, it is still a rental property. We are working hard on the ideal of building a temple to host the ISKCON-BAHIA, a place to gather members and welcome visitors interested in learning about philosophy, religion and Vedic culture. Video gallery >>
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Stormont-Vail Foundation receives $25,000 from the Walmart Foundation to support the Care Line
Tuesday December 18, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., December 18, 2012) – The Stormont-Vail Foundation received a $25,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation’s Kansas State Giving Program. The grant will be used to provide Care Line service to patients and families. Care Line is a program to provide emergency medical assistance to patients who have exhausted all other resources. It provides assistance for unmet emergency needs that often fall outside of the scope of regular health care such as: meal and gas vouchers, temporary lodging, transportation, clothing, durable medical goods, and prescriptions.
Care Line assistance fills a critical gap for patients as it serves as a bridge for patients to help begin their treatment and recovery and coordinates with other community assistance programs.
“In 2012, we saw an increase of 19 percent in the number of patients served, as well as an increase in the cost for services,” said Jane Mackey, President and Executive Director of the Stormont-Vail Foundation. “This funding is vital for the Care Line to serve more than 6,800 Northeast Kansans.”
“The Walmart Foundation is very pleased to be supporting the Stormont-Vail Foundation, and is committed to helping those in need in the communities where we serve,” said Ryan Irsik, Walmart Public Affairs and Government Relations. “Through this grant, we are hopeful that Kansans in need can be further served by this outstanding organization.”
About Stormont-Vail Foundation Founded in 1984, the Stormont-Vail Foundation provides voluntary gift support for Stormont-Vail patient care services and community health education programs including: Care Line, HealthWise 55 and Nursing Scholarships. To learn more about the Stormont-Vail Foundation, visit www.stormontvail.org.
About Philanthropy at Walmart Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are proud to support initiatives that are helping people live better around the globe. In May 2010, Walmart and its Foundation made a historic pledge of $2 billion through 2015 to fight hunger in the United States. The Walmart Foundation also supports education, workforce development, environmental sustainability, and health and wellness initiatives. To learn more, visit www.walmartfoundation.org.
(Topeka, Kan., Dec. 18, 2012) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presented awards to 18 Kansas and Missouri hospitals for their success in increasing the number of organs available for transplantation. Stormont-Vail HealthCare received the Silver award.
Hospital executives, and Midwest Transplant Network (MTN) received the Department’s Medal of Honor for Organ Donation for achieving and sustaining national goals for donation, including a donation rate of 75 percent or more of eligible donors at their facilities. They were recognized at the 7th National Learning Congress for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice in Grapevine, Texas, Oct. 4-5, 2012.
“Our success is greatly influenced by the success of our hospital partners,” said Jan Finn, MTN chief operations officer. “We would like to congratulate Stormont-Vail HealthCare and thank them for their support of our mission to save lives.”
MTN officials presented the Silver award to Stormont-Vail HealthCare senior leadership on Tuesday, Dec. 18. They also presented a memorial floragraph portrait that will be on the Donate Life float in the 2013 Rose Parade®. The floragraph is a memorial for Landon Mitchell who was a patient at Stormont-Vail in 2010 and donated his organs, tissue and cornea that helped more than 50 individuals.
Dr. Othman received her medical degree and completed an internship in pediatrics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 2005. Following the completion of her medical internship, she relocated to the United States and began an internship followed by a residency in pediatrics at Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, affiliated with the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., which she completed in 2009. She went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at University Hospitals, Case Medical Center and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, in 2012. She has clinical interests in pediatric blood disorders including hemophilia and thrombosis; sickle cell disease; pediatric oncology, specifically, leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors.
She is a member of Children's Oncology Group, the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Lebanese Order of Physicians. She fluently speaks and writes in English, French and Arabic.
Dr. Othman is currently accepting new patients through physician referral. For more information about this physician, call the Stormont-Vail Cancer Center at (785) 354-5300 or toll-free at (800) 354-0091.
Stormont-Vail MRI Center of Kansas Plans Open House; High-Field Open Magnet Star of the Show
Wednesday November 7, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., Nov. 7, 2012) - An open house that showcases a new high-field, open MRI at the Stormont-Vail MRI Center of Kansas will be 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 . The Stormont-Vail MRI Center of Kansas is located at 731 S.W. Mulvane in Topeka. The community is welcome to come see the newly remodeled facility and meet the staff.
The new high-powered MRI was installed in September and creates a high-quality exam for excellent diagnosis, while the open space results in increased patient comfort. This style of MRI is appropriate for pediatric patients and allows parents to talk to and reassure a child during the exam. It is also provides a better experience for people who cannot tolerate the traditional “donut-style” MRI because it gives the patient an unobstructed view to both the left and right. The new MRI technology provides breast MRI and biopsy, and also accommodates patients who need orthopedic imaging with easier positioning and tolerance.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging is one form of imaging used by physicians to obtain clinically useful diagnostic information. By incorporating advanced technology, MRI produces images of anatomy without the use of radiation required with other imaging modalities, such as X-ray or computed tomography.
MRI combines the physical properties of strong magnetic fields with radio waves to produce computer generated soft tissue images within any plane of the body. MRI can be used as a primary diagnostic tool to provide a quick and accurate diagnosis for your physician.
Stormont-Vail MRI Center of Kansas changed its name earlier this year to better display its affiliation with Stormont-Vail HealthCare. The center is an outpatient department of Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. The center also has expanded hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.
(Topeka, Kan., Oct. 31, 2012) - Stormont-Vail HealthCare is proud to welcome three additional adult hospitalists to the team of physicians managing the care of hospitalized patients.
Traci Cuevas, M.D. Dr. Cuevas has returned to the Stormont-Vail Hospitalist program after two years practicing as a hospitalist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dr. Cuevas received her medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, in 2006. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, in 2009.
Dr. Cuevas is a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of Physicians.
Feras Ghosheh, M.D. Dr. Ghosheh received his doctor of medicine degree at Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine, in 2004. He completed a one-year internship at Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, in 2005. He then relocated to the U.S. and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, in 2009.
Since 2009, Dr. Ghosheh has served as an assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine. He has most recently practiced medicine at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka.
Jack Talaat Shenouda, M.D. Dr. Shenouda received his medical degree at Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2004. He completed a one-year internship at Cairo University Hospital, in 2006. He was in private practice for three years in Cairo, Egypt, before relocating to the U.S. In 2009, he entered the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to begin a residency in internal medicine, which he completed in 2012. He is fluent in speaking and writing English and Arabic.
Stormont-Vail Sole Owner of ExcellENT Surgical Center
Monday October 1, 2012
Stormont-Vail HealthCare will become the sole owner of the ExcellENT Surgery Center at the northeast corner of S.W. 10th and Lane on October 1, 2012. The outpatient surgery center was opened in 2008 in partnership with Topeka Ear, Nose & Throat. Under the new arrangement, the Topeka Ear, Nose & Throat physicians will continue exclusive use of the surgery center as well as provide medical direction of all surgical services.
Topeka Ear, Nose & Throat will continue to have its medical practice in the same building, along with additional services such as hearing exams, hearing aids, speech therapy, and swallowing therapy.
Dr. Najm received his medical degree at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 2005, followed by an internship in internal medicine, in 2006. Upon his relocation to the United States, Dr. Najm completed an internship and residency, each two-year programs, in internal medicine at Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., in 2009. He went on to complete a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, in 2012. He is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Thoracic Society. He fluently speaks and writes in English, French and Arabic.
As a pulmonologist, Dr. Najm diagnoses and manages all disorders of the lung and pulmonary circulatory system, including acute and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, dyspnea, emphysema, interstitial lung disease, pneumonia and critical care medicine. He has a specific clinical interest in pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Najm will also be a member of the Stormont-Vail Intensivist Program and will make daily rounds in the intensive care unit to care for hospitalized patients with critical respiratory illnesses.
Dr. Najm is currently accepting new patients through physician referral. For more information about this physician, call the Cotton-O'Neil Clinic at (785) 354-9591.
Prior to coming to Topeka, Dr. Nasseri was in practice at the Urology Center of the Rockies, P.C., in Fort Collins, Colo. He received his medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, in 1992. He then completed a residency in urology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. He has practiced urology since 1997.
Dr. Nasseri is a member of the American Urological Association. His practice will be primarily focused on adult general urology with clinical interests in kidney stone disease, disorders of the prostate and urologic cancers.
He is currently accepting new patients through physician referral. For more information about this physician, talk with your primary care physician or call Cotton-O'Neil Clinic - Urology, (785) 270-4355
Dr. Wilson received his medical degree at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine in 2005. He completed a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Missouri– Kansas City, in 2011. He also completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Ky., in 2012. His clinical interests include: orthopaedic sports medicine, arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery, athletic team coverage and education, and total joint replacement surgery.
Dr. Wilson is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, The Gold Humanism Medical Honor Society, the Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City, and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Correa received his medical degree at Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1999. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of Saint Raphael, which is an academic health center affiliated with Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., in 2005. He went on to complete a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Conn., in 2007.
He taught as a professor of medicine at Brown University from 2008 to the time of his relocation to the Midwest. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, The Endocrine Society, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. His clinical interests include: diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, thyroid disorders, and endocrine and metabolism disorders.
Dr. Correa is currently accepting new patients through physician referral. For more information about this physician, talk with your physician or call the Cotton-O'Neil Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, (785) 354-9591.
Dr. Sartain, a native of Kansas City, received her medical degree at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, in 2009, followed by a residency in emergency medicine, at University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 2012. During her final year of residency, Dr. Sartain was the chief resident of her class.
She is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association.
(Topeka, Kan., Aug. 2, 2012) - Stormont-Vail HealthCare and Cotton-O'Neil Clinic announce that hematologist/oncologist Mehmood Hussain Hashmi, M.D., has joined the Stormont-Vail Cancer Center, 1414 S.W. 8th Ave, Topeka. Originally from Pakistan, Dr. Hashmi has most recently practiced as an Oncology Hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Dr. Hashmi received his medical degree at Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, in 1997. He trained in general medicine and surgery at Dow Medical College, from 1997 through 1998. In 1999, he completed training in internal medicine and related specialties, including renal medicine and transplantation medicine at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi, Pakistan. Upon his relocation to the United States, Dr. Hashmi completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, in 2004. He practiced as a hospitalist at the Eastern Kansas VA Health Care System, Topeka, from 2004 to 2008. He then pursued a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, which he completed in June 2012. He has completed sub-fellowships in breast oncology and clinical-transitional research at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Dr. Hashmi is Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and an associate member of the American Society of Hematology. He has clinical interests in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer related to the prostate, breast, lung, kidneys, bladder, testes, head and neck, as well as myeloma and lymphoma.
He is currently accepting new patient consultations through physician referral.
Medical Associates of Manhattan to Join Stormont-Vail HealthCare System of Care
Wednesday July 25, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., July 25, 2012) Medical Associates of Manhattan, a medical clinic with a long history of providing exceptional care in the Manhattan region, has made the decision to join Cotton-O'Neil Clinic, a division of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, effective Aug. 1, 2012.
"My colleagues and I have discussed this transition for months and feel this is not only a good decision for our clinic but also provides a strengthened foundation to maintain and grow our ability to care for our patients and the community. We are extremely proud to be part of the Stormont-Vail system of care and want our patients to know this relationship only strengthens our ability to care for them," said Scott Coonrod, M.D., internal medicine physician, Medical Associates of Manhattan.
The transition will be virtually invisible to patients. The staff will continue to provide the same level of care in Manhattan.
Medical Associates of Manhattan is located at 1133 College Ave., Suite E-110, in Manhattan.
(Topeka, Kan., July 24, 2012) – Stormont-Vail HealthCare and Cotton-O'Neil Clinic announce the addition of Fouad Antoine Medlej, M.D., to the pediatric hospitalist program. Dr. Medlej is now caring for sick or injured pediatric patients who are hospitalized at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center.
Dr. Medlej received his medical degree as well as additional training in general pediatrics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 2007. This university collaborates with many prestigious universities, including Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where Dr. Medlej completed a clerkship in pediatric hematology in 2007. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, St. Louis, Mo., in 2012. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and fluently speaks English, French and Arabic.
Stormont-Vail HealthCare is Re-Verified as a Level II Trauma Center
Tuesday July 24, 2012
Topeka, Kan., July 24, 2012 – Stormont-Vail HealthCare has been re-verified as a Level II trauma center by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This achievement recognizes the Trauma Center's dedication to providing optimal care for injured patients. Verification by the ACS is the highest level of designation a trauma center can receive.Having a verified trauma program offers several advantages to patients:
Critically injured patients meeting our trauma activation criteria are met in the Trauma Unit by a team consisting of a trauma surgeon, emergency, ICU, OR, and surgical floor nurses, lab and radiology technicians, a respiratory therapist, and an anesthesiologist upon arrival, saving valuable time during the critical period after a traumatic injury.
Once patients are stabilized and beginning their recovery, they continue to be cared for by a specialized trauma team. A team comprised of a trauma surgeon, trauma physician assistant, pharmacist, chaplain, physical therapist, dietitian, social worker, case manager and a registered nurse care for trauma patients each day during their hospital stay.
This team approach has improved patient outcomes and decreased mortality and length of stay. Research shows that an organized approach to trauma care reduces mortality by 20 to 30 percent.
Level II trauma centers also must have 24/7 neurosurgery coverage. Excluding the Kansas City Metro Area, Stormont-Vail HealthCare is the only hospital in northeast Kansas to have this level of neurosurgery coverage.
"When minutes – even seconds – count, having the right people in the right place with the right resources will save lives," said William Sachs, M.D., who serves as Stormont-Vail TraumaCare's medical director.
Stormont-Vail WoundCare Center Moving to New Location
Monday July 23, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., July 23, 2012) – The Stormont-Vail WoundCareCenter has outgrown its space at 6th and Frazier and will be relocating to the lower level of 823 S.W. Mulvane St. on July 27 and 30. Patients will begin to be cared for at the new location on Tuesday, July 31. The new location includes a larger waiting room and three additional exam rooms. The phone and fax numbers for the center will remain the same.
Since opening its doors eight years ago, the Stormont-Vail WoundCare Center has healed more than 2,000 hard to heal wounds. Dedicated to the management of chronic, non-healing wounds, the center brings together an integrated team of professionals (two of which are clinical wound care specialists) that includes general and orthopedic surgeons, internal medicine physicians and podiatrists. The center also boasts a full-time nursing staff, educated and experienced with wounds and the special dressings and wrappings necessary to create a healing environment.
Services at the center are designed to help patients significantly improve their quality of life. These services include Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO), compression therapy, surgical debridement and other adjunct therapy including human skin equivalents and wound vac. For more information on the Stormont-Vail WoundCareCenter, ask your physician for a referral or call the center directly at (785) 368-0400.
The Stormont-Vail WoundCare Center¨ is owned by Stormont-Vail HealthCare and managed by Healogics.
(Topeka, Kan., June 18, 2012) – After 35 years of dedicated patient care, Robert Braun, M.D., gastroenterologist at the Cotton-O'Neil Digestive Health Center, has announced he is retiring effective Friday, June 29, 2012.
Public Retirement Reception for Robert Braun, M.D.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Employee Reception: 2 to 3 p.m.
Public Reception: 3 to 5 p.m.
Cotton-O'Neil Digestive Health Center
720 S.W. Lane St., Topeka
Robert Braun, M.D., is a graduate of Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Mo, in 1966. He received his medical degree at the University of Missouri Medical School, Columbia, Mo., in 1970. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1977. He is also a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Braun served in the U.S. Army Medical Corp, Fort Riley from 1974 to 1976. He served his community by being active in Boy Scouts of America at the troop and council levels. He is a 32-degree Mason and member of Shriners International.
Dr. Braun shared the following message of thanks to those who he's encountered throughout his career as a physician, "I want to express sincere gratitude to my family for their support and understanding of the time commitment and absences from family affairs required in the practice of medicine. To my patients and their families, thank you for your trust in me as I cared for your loved ones. To my nursing staff, thank you for your support, which made me a better physician. All of these relationships have provided me the greatest rewards in the practice of medicine," said Dr. Braun. "Finally, I thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for gifting me with the ability and opportunity to practice medicine for these many years."
(Topeka, Kan., June 18, 2012) – After 26 years of dedicated patient care, Gerald Marcell, M.D., family medicine at Cotton-O'Neil Clinic – Carbondale, has announced he is retiring effective June 30, 2012. "It is with mixed emotions that I came to the decision to retire from my practice but I know my patients will be left in the very capable hands of my partners Dr. Alleyne and Dr. Penn," said Dr. Marcell. "I have valued every patient and thank each one for their loyalty and trust over the years."
Gerald Marcell MD, FAAFP, received his medical degree at the University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City, in 1983. He completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, in 1986. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Marcell practiced at Cotton-O'Neil Clinic in Lyndon prior to joining Cotton-O'Neil Clinic – Carbondale in 1993. During his career he has mentored many first and fourth year medical students from the University of Kansas Medical School of Medicine.
In his retirement, Dr. Marcell said he looks forward to fishing, relaxing on his boat and catching up on projects around the house.
(Topeka, Kan., June 12, 2012) - Stormont-Vail HealthCare has been granted Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), for its compliance with standards set by the CoC for superior cancer programs. This is the second time Stormont-Vail's cancer program has achieved this status.
Accreditation by the CoC is given only to those facilities that are dedicated to providing the highest level of quality cancer care. A facility receives accreditation by a physician surveyor following an on-site evaluation in which the facility demonstrates a Commendation level of compliance with standards such as cancer data management, clinical services, and quality improvement.
Stormont-Vail's cancer center is located at 1414 S.W. 8th Ave. in Topeka, and provides access to excellent medical oncology and radiation therapy programs for both children and adult patients. The cancer center has also been recently accredited for its Radiation Therapy services by the American College of Radiology.
Eagles Give to Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center's Research Department
Monday June 11, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., June 11, 2012) – A fraternal organization has given $32,839 to the Clinical Research Department at the Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center, part of the Stormont-Vail HealthCare family. The cancer center has been designated as the recipient of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles Presidents Statewide Charity.
The donation was presented over the weekend at the Eagles' state convention in Great Bend. It will be used for cancer research.
Currently, the Research Department at the cancer center is tracking 395 patients and 95 clinical research trials. Since 1978, the program has enrolled approximately 1,580 patients in research trials.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.
The Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center is located at 1414 S.W. 8th Ave., in Topeka, and provides access to a full radiation therapy program as well as medical oncology for both children and adult patients.
The cancer center recently achieved accreditation for its Radiation Therapy services through the American College of Radiology (ACR). It is the only ACR-accredited radiation oncology treatment facility in Kansas. It was also re-accredited with commendation as a Comprehensive Cancer Program by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
DaVita Acquires Kansas Dialysis Services
TOPEKA — June 1, 2012 – St. Francis Health Center and Stormont-Vail HealthCare are pleased to announce DaVita, a leading provider of kidney care, has acquired the dialysis practice of Kansas Dialysis Services in Topeka, Lawrence, Ottawa and Sabetha, effective today.
Currently, KDS provides outpatient, inpatient and home dialysis care to 350 patients in the four Kansas cities. The physicians, nurses and staff will stay employed at each facility to ensure patient care continues uninterrupted.
“For many reasons, we believe this is the time for KDS to partner with DaVita,” said Scott Solcher, MD, FACP, KDS medical director. “DaVita is the world leader in proving superior dialysis services, and I am confident our patients will continue to receive outstanding care in the communities we serve.”
”We look forward to continuing to provide the highest quality care to KDS patients,” said Colleen Kasson, divisional vice president at DaVita. “Almost as exciting to us is bringing the patients and team into the DaVita Village, where we think and act like a community first and a company second.”
Kansas Dialysis Services, owned by affiliates of St. Francis Health Center and Stormont-Vail HealthCare, has served northeast Kansas with high-quality kidney dialysis for more than 20 years. DaVita will continue to have a working relationship with both organizations.
(Topeka, Kan., May 21, 2012) – In honor of Stormont-Vail HealthCare CEO Maynard Oliverius’ many years of service to the organization, the Stormont-Vail Auxiliary has established the Maynard Oliverius Youth Leadership in Health Care Scholarship endowment fund. Barbara Brammell, President of the Auxiliary, presented a certificate of appreciation to Oliverius for his many years of support of the Auxiliary. Brammell also announced that the Auxiliary’s first pledge of $12,500, which was presented to Oliverius by Jane Mackey, Stormont-Vail Foundation President, represents a multi-year commitment totaling more than $100,000.
The scholarship is a revision of the Volunteer Services Youth Scholarship Program and will award up to $2,500 per year. The Maynard Oliverius Youth Leadership in Health Care Scholarship was designed to assist students interested in careers in the medical field. The first scholarship will be awarded in the Fall2012 semester.
Eligibility Criteria
Any high school senior or college student who has been accepted at a two or four year college or university in – a program leading to certification, licensure, registration or other qualification to perform in a medical or allied health field.
Completed a minimum of 50 hours of voluntary service at Stormont-Vail HealthCare in the past three years. Maintained a GPA of 2.5 or above. (high school and college)
Demonstrated financial need.
Priority given to students attending Fort Hays State University.
This gift from the Auxiliary to the Foundation is among one of largest single gifts from the Auxiliary.
(Topeka, Kan., May 18, 2012) – After 37 years of caring for Topeka area families, Robert Jacoby, M.D., FAAFP, family medicine and obstetric physician, is retiring May 23, 2012, along with his wife, Anita Jacoby, RN, APRN, who has practiced nursing for a total of 39 years and has been an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) for the last 28 years her career.
Robert Jacoby, M.D., FAAFP, is a Topeka native and graduate of Topeka West High School. He received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1972. While at Johns Hopkins, he received a Commonwealth Fund grant to conduct a 6-month medical care study in Scotland. He completed his family medicine residency at the University of Kansas, Kansas City, in 1974, where he was a member of the first graduating class of family medicine physicians at the University of Kansas. He returned to Topeka in 1975 to begin his own practice called Family Practice, PA.
In 1990, Dr. Jacoby and his group were recruited to join Internal Medicine, PA, an internal medicine physician group in Topeka. This consolidation grew to become Cotton-O'Neil Clinic five years later. "Dr. Jacoby provided great leadership for that transition and the Clinic now has a family medicine department with more than 35 family medicine physicians in 12 locations throughout northeast Kansas," said Kent Palmberg, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer, at Stormont-Vail HealthCare. "Dr. Jacoby is the patriarch and physician leader of the family physicians within Cotton-O'Neil Clinic."
Dr. Jacoby's strong leadership and passion for family medicine led him to be one of the founding members of the Topeka Family Medicine Residency program in 1990. He received the Kansas Family Physician of the Year distinction in 2011. He is the only family physician still providing care at the Shawnee County Maternal and Infant Clinic, and serves as a consultant physician. He volunteers at the Marian Clinic in Topeka. He has remained active in the United Way and the Rotary Club, and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, the Kansas Medical Society, and the Kansas Medical Education Foundation. He has served on numerous boards as president, chairman and member.
Anita Jacoby, RN, APRN, joined Cotton-O'Neil Clinic in 1997. She received a Bachelor's of Science degree in Nursing from Washburn University, Topeka, in 1978. She completed her certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, in 1984. She went on to complete a Master's degree in Nursing at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, in 1996. She has worked alongside her husband, Dr. Jacoby, since 1997.
Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center Offers Free Skin Screening Clinic
(Topeka, Kan., March 29, 2012) – Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center is sponsoring a free skin screening clinic for the community, and appointments are being accepted at this time.
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States--almost half of all cancers are skin cancer. An estimated one in five people will get skin cancer in their lifetime.
Cotton-O'Neil dermatologists Michael Giessel, M.D., Matthew Ricks, M.D., and Timothy Sawyer, M.D., Topeka dermatologist Robert Durst, M.D., and dermatology residents from the University of Kansas School of Medicine will be available to check suspicious moles and other spots for signs of cancer, and determine whether further analysis is necessary.
The skin screening clinic will be held 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28, at the Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center, 1414 SW 8th Ave., Topeka.
Stormont-Vail HealthCare employees donate $281,087.76 to United Way
Thursday March 22, 2012
(Topeka, March 22, 2012) – Stormont-Vail HealthCare employees raised $281,087.76 for the United Way 2011 campaign. Donations were raised during the Stormont-Vail annual employee United Way campaign in October 2011.
“It is a pleasure to recognize the employees of Stormont-Vail for their generosity and commitment to the United Way Campaign,” said Maynard Oliverius, president and chief executive officer of Stormont-Vail HealthCare. “This level of giving is an indication that our employees live Stormont-Vail’s mission of ‘Working together to improve the health of our community’ in partnership with the United Way.”
Stormont-Vail employees were involved in a number of awareness events during October. The events included a skating party, cake walk, balloon pop, a pink flamingo “flock a co-worker” contest, a pizza lunch serving LaRocca’s pizza, and a gift basket contest consisting of 29 baskets donated by various departments within Stormont-Vail.
The gift basket contest allowed departments to fill a basket with goodies coinciding with a particular theme. Twenty-nine baskets were judged by Miriam Krehbiel, president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Topeka, and Chris Fisher, WIBW-TV 13. Stormont-Vail employees then made donations for an opportunity to win the baskets.
The Stormont-Vail United Way Committee, under the direction of Matthew Herynk, Ph.D., oncology research and program development manager, organized the events for the United Way campaign 2011.
Krehbiel of the United Way of Greater Topeka attended a presentation at Stormont-Vail today and accepted the check.
Stormont-Vail Foundation Names New President and Executive Director
Monday February 13, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., Feb. 13, 2012) – The Stormont-Vail Foundation is pleased to announce Jane Mackey as the new President and Executive Director effective Monday, February 27, 2012. The announcement was made Monday, February 13 by Kevin Cassidy, Chairman of the Stormont-Vail Foundation Board of Trustees.
Mackey follows Don Schepker who recently retired after seven years in the President role. Mackey is not new to the Stormont-Vail Foundation, having previously served as President and Executive Director from 2000 – 2005. During that period she was responsible for organizing and coordinating the first capital campaign for the Foundation since its inception in 1982. That campaign exceeded its goal by successfully raising $5.7 million for the benefit of the Neonatal Intensive Care. Mackey was also responsible for other internal campaign initiatives including fund raising for the surgery suite addition in 2000. She established the Foundation’s first golf tournament in 2001, which continues today and annually raises money to fund programs such as the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, Birthplace, Breastfeeding Clinic, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, SANE/SART and other children’s and adolescent programs.
Since leaving that role, Mackey gained additional experience in fundraising and development. Mackey is currently a consultant providing training, consultation and contract services to local not-for-profit organizations on Board development, fundraising and other management initiatives. Previously, she served as Vice President of Development and Marketing the for Kansas Children’s Service League and as a Vice President for Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, Inc. a national consulting group focusing on fundraising and development.
“Mackey’s education, previous history with the Stormont-Vail Foundation, knowledge of the region and leadership skills makes her the top choice for this position,” said Cassidy.
Maynard Oliverius, President and CEO, Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Inc., noted, “We are very fortunate Jane was available and chose to return to the Foundation. During her tenure, the Foundation experienced a period of significant growth and success that provided great benefit to the organization.”
Jane has served as President and CEO of the Topeka Blood Bank and was formerly on the Board of Directors of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Inc., the parent Board of the health system.
Mackey said, “I am delighted to be returning to the Stormont-Vail Foundation and once again being part of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, an outstanding organization with a rich history of providing top-quality care to patients and families. The Foundation provides significant philanthropic support to Stormont-Vail and plays an important role in meeting the needs of patients, families, employees, students, volunteers and the community.”
Mackey holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Kansas. She also serves on the Topeka Symphony Endowment Board, Stormont-Vail Auxiliary Board, Leadership Greater Topeka Planning Committee, served as President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals/Topeka Council on Philanthropy in 2010, member of Downtown Topeka Rotary Club). Jane and her husband Bob have one son and have lived in Topeka since 1976.
Stormont-Vail HealthCare and Midwest Cancer Alliance Launch New Program for Cancer Survivors
Thursday February 9, 2012
Topeka, Kan. (Feb 9, 2012) – Stormont-Vail HealthCare is offering a new program to help cancer survivors make the transition from active treatment to post-treatment care. Developed by the Cancer Support Community and LIVESTRONG, the program was created to bridge the gap between cancer treatment and life following cancer.
This is an important health care gap because according to a 2007 Institute of Medicine report, the 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S. face a heavy physical and psychological burden as they transition from cancer patient to survivor. In fact, cancer is increasingly being viewed for many as a chronic illness.
The free six-session program, Cancer Transitions: Moving Beyond Treatment™, will run in February and March. It will provide cancer survivors in northeast Kansas with information and tools to make the transition into living a full and productive life as a survivor. Sessions will address exercise, nutrition, emotional health, quality of life and medical management after cancer treatment ends.
The sessions will be at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning Feb. 14, at the Cotton-O’Neil Cancer Center, 1414 S.W. 8th Ave., Topeka.
For more details and registration, call Matt Herynk at (785) 270-4981.
Expert panelists at the six sessions will include cancer specialist physicians, nutritionists and fitness experts who will discuss various topics. These subjects include:
Stormont-Vail HealthCare Announces new President & CEO
Tuesday January 24, 2012
Topeka, KS (10 a.m., January 24, 2012) – SueAnn Schultz, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Stormont-Vail HealthCare announced today that Randall L. Peterson will become the health care system’s next President and CEO. Peterson will replace retiring President and CEO Maynard Oliverius on or about June 1, 2012.
Schultz continued, “The Board is extremely pleased to make this announcement. Bringing someone to the helm with Peterson’s unique set of leadership skills, his knowledge of rural and urban health care in Kansas and a history of building relationships with doctors is perfect for Stormont-Vail. Peterson will continue the culture of partnering with doctors led by Maynard Oliverius for nearly two decades”.
Peterson, who comes to the CEO position with nearly 25 years of executive leadership experience said, “I am proud to join and lead the highly experienced team at Stormont-Vail. The Stormont-Vail and Cotton-O’Neil merger was on the forefront of hospital physician integration in America. Stormont-Vail has become a national model for how to partner with physicians. I look forward to building on that reputation.”
“I have known Randy for several years. He certainly understands our organization and will very quickly gain the trust and respect of our employed physicians,” said Kent Palmberg, MD, Stormont-Vail HealthCare senior vice president and Chief Medical Officer.
Oliverius who is retiring June 30, 2012 after serving 43 years at Stormont-Vail, including 15 years as President and CEO said, “I am very pleased and excited about the selection of Randy as our next President and CEO. He has been a friend and colleague for 25 years. There is no one in America that has a stronger resume or is more qualified to do this job than Randy. His knowledge of healthcare, the Kansas environment and his experience networking with hospitals and doctors makes him a perfect fit for Stormont-Vail and our culture.”
Peterson comes to Stormont-Vail from Via Christi Health in Wichita. There he served the multi-hospital system with more than 10,000 employees for five years. He is currently Senior Vice President of Via Christi Hospitals which includes the Via Christi Hospital on North St. Francis in Wichita, the largest hospital in Kansas. From December, 2010 until September, 2011 he served as Interim President and CEO for Via Christi Health. Prior to his roles at Via Christi he was at Salina Regional Health Center for 20 years, 9 of which was as President and CEO. There he assisted in the merger of two hospitals and the building of the 17-hospital, Sunflower Health Network. In addition to his executive experience Peterson has a clinical background as a physical therapist.
Peterson is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He holds a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences Administration, Wichita State University; a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy, Wichita State University; and a Bachelors of Science in Integrated Studies, University of Nebraska.
Peterson currently serves on the Newman University Board of Directors, the Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education Board and Executive Committee, the Wichita Chamber of Commerce Board, the American Hospital Association Region 6 Policy Board and chairs the Health Care Access Improvement Panel, which oversees the Kansas Medicaid Provider Tax program. He has past service on the board and as chairman of the Kansas Hospital Association, the Kansas Health Ethics Board, the Kansas Arthritis Foundation, the Salina Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Salina and Junction City Rotary Club Boards and as Chair of the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.
Peterson’s wife Christi is a marriage and family therapist. The couple has two married daughters, a speech pathologist and a veterinarian; they live in Minnesota and California.
Retirement Reception Announced for Stormont-Vail Foundation President and Executive Director
Monday January 16, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., Jan. 16, 2012) – As announced last week, Don Schepker, Stormont-Vail Foundation, President and Executive Director, will retire on February 3. Schepker will be honored at a retirement reception from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Feb. 1 in the Stormont-Vail Administration area. The reception is open to the community.
Schepker has served as President and Executive Director of the Stormont-Vail Foundation since April 2005. “Don has led the Foundation through a successful seven years and we will miss his leadership and vision,” said Kevin Cassidy, Chairman of the Stormont-Vail Foundation Board of Trustees.
Stormont-Vail HealthCare to host Career Discovery Day
Thursday January 12, 2012
(Topeka, Kan., Jan. 12, 2012) – Stormont-Vail HealthCare will be hosting forty-seven area middle and high school students for a Career Discovery Day. Representatives from Stormont-Vail, Cotton-O’Neil Clinic, Baker School of Nursing and Life Star will talk with students about career opportunities. Some of the areas providing hands-on information include The Birthplace, Surgery, Emergency and Trauma, Medical Imaging, Dietetics and Occupational and Physical Therapy. The media is invited to attend this event: | {
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Digitalisation can create new jobs in PNG, says Bank official
DIGITALISATION of the banking system can create new jobs in Papua New Guinea , a senior bank official says.
Kina Bank’s executive general manager for integration Wayne Beckley said this when The National asked if the digital transformation of the banking system would lead to job losses.
“Whilst digitisation can lead to certain roles changing, it is common for digitisation to create other roles and opportunities which previously didn’t exist,” he said.
“For example, at Kina Bank we’re in the process of building up a credit cards product and operations team.
“These roles had not previously existed at Kina Bank and they were performed by ANZ off-shore in places like Fiji, Singapore and India.
“We’re bringing them back to PNG and creating jobs to support our digital aspirations.
“Similarly, we’re introducing a state-of-the-art Eftpos fleet that comes with a colour touchscreen, wifi, bluetooth and 4G.
“It means, we can introduce unlimited possibilities for innovation, starting with GooglePay. To support this, we’re creating a new team of people who will be able to drive digital innovation for our customers.” The National /PNGeHow | {
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VFW Armed Forces Memorial in Paxtang - Harrisburg
If you live in Harrisburg or the surrounding area, you've probably driven by the VFW Armed Forces Memorial in Paxtang and noticed it. However, have you ever taken the time to stop and visit the memorial? To read the dedication for it? If not, we will show it all to you today.
Paxtang is a suburb that sits east of the downtown business district of Harrisburg. The borough has around 1,600 residents and is one of the oldest colonial settlements in south central Pennsylvania. The area was settled in 1722 and is home to one of the oldest Presbyterian Churches in America.
As you drive down Walnut Street (one of the main streets going into the downtown city of Harrisburg) you'll find the VFW Armed Forces Memorial. The marble memorial stone reads as follows:
Dedicated to the men and women from our area who served in the Armed Forces during all wars.
By: E. HBG. VFW Post - 1718
The memorial area is quite small, but you can find parking nearby if you want to stop and visit it. The grounds around it are beautifully landscaped and well-kept. In addition to the memorial stone, you'll see numerous American flags and what looks like an old or replica artillery piece.
I wouldn't go out of your way to visit it, but if you live in the area or passing through, take a few minutes and stop by to see it. I think it's a fabulous little memorial that sits right in a busy residential & business area and it's a constant reminder to all of us to thank our service men & women, along with their families for their service. | {
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Rabbi, Students: No Place for Zionists at Hareidi Rally
Students at religious-Zionist yeshivas have urged religious-Zionist rabbis who are planning to attend a massive hareidi protest against mandatory military enlistment to reconsider.
Hareidi leaders have called a rally in protest of the government’s decision to criminalize non-enlistment among hareidi yeshiva students, who have historically been allowed to defer military service.
Some religious-Zionist rabbis have said they will be at the rally. Rabbi Shlomo Aviner told Kol B’Rama radio that he would be there, saying, “Just like the nation needs an army – that’s obvious – the nation needs Torah… We can’t hurt one without hurting the other.”
Students warn: hareidi mob could be dangerousA group of students wrote a letter urging the rabbis not to attend, and even warning that they could come to harm due to strong anti-Zionist sentiment among those present.
The letter, a copy of which reached Arutz Sheva, quoted several articles from hareidi news sources in which religious-Zionist rabbis were accused of spreading anti-Torah teachings, of “ruining everything,” and of being “wicked.”
“Even if the purpose of the prayer rally Sunday were a good one – please don’t go, because of the danger posed by the herd which is incited by its leaders,” they wrote.
Rabbi Ronsky: Zionists don't belong at anti-enlistment eventRabbi Avichai Ronsky, the former Chief Rabbi of the IDF and head of the Itamar yeshiva, declared that religious-Zionist rabbis should avoid the rally for ideological reasons. Rabbi Ronsky is considered rabbinic advisor to Religious Affairs Minister MK Naftali Bennett and MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) who headed the Knesset draft law committee. The three had planned running for Knesset together on a separate list before joining the Jewish Home party.
“I really find it difficult to understand how there are rabbis, great Torah scholars, some of them my teachers, who are calling to participate [in the rally] and even plan to attend,” he said.
“Our moral understanding, our understanding of halakhah [Jewish law], is that men must enlist in the army. Even Torah scholars – maybe for a limited period of time, like in the hesder program… That’s our Jewish and moral understanding,” he declared.
It is clear that the planned hareidi rally will be a protest against enlisting in the IDF, and not merely a protest against the planned criminal sanctions, he said. “They call not to enlist in the army, even for those who aren’t learning [Torah]."
“It’s no secret that many don’t enlist even if they aren’t learning… The rabbis simply do not want them to enlist, because they want to keep their community separate from society,” he accused.
He noted that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has promised that no yeshiva students will be sent to jail.
“I call on our entire community not to take part in the protest, which will call on the hareidi community not to enlist in the army,” he concluded. | {
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Something I’ve always comforted myself with is the knowledge that the Harry Potter and Hunger Games fandoms are too mature to get bogged down in the weird “Team X vs. Team Y” debates. I always figured that Potterheads and Tributes understood that their beloved YA series are very different and so don’t even need to be compared.
Then came the MTV Movie Awards, where these two series were pitted against one another in Best Female Performance, Best Cast, etc. etc., and things got ugly. It started when Jennifer Lawrence beat Emma Watson for Best Female, and Tumblr blew up with fans’ ire:
Same deal with Daniel Radcliffe versus Josh Hutcherson, who won for Best Male. I’m not going to copy over the Tumblr logs because it’s the same deal, down to the “Imma letchu finish” joke, but trust that fans are equally pissy that Josh has become Hollywood’s new beloved short, dark-haired hero.
Like I said when comparing the nominees, it’s odd that the MTV Movie Awards went to great pains to highlight Deathly Hallows, Part 2 since it’s been out of theaters for ages. At the same time, it’s the final year that Harry Potter can conceivably be honored, so fans are a lot more emotional and a lot less rational. Case in point: Before the show was even over, #muggleawards was trending on Twitter. It’s just so unfortunate that these fans got all worked up. Sure, Harry Potter is something that our generation grew up with, and saying goodbye has been really difficult. At the same time, we’ve grown up with this series; I expected better of the fanbase. Both fanbases, really. (Of course, Harry Potter winning Best Cast soothed the blow of the prior losses. Though you know that Catching Fire will probably pick up that honor at the 2014 awards.)
We were sure that the rivalry would come to blows over the Best Kiss award, but then Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart won for Breaking Dawn, Part 2. Guess that proves that when it comes to sexual tension, Twilight will still reign supreme, at least for another year.
Harry Potter fans have been participating in “’Team X vs. Team Y’ debates” since Twilight — a very different YA series — hit the scene and started beating HP out for everything. Although, it did make more sense for HP fans to be up in arms then, because Twilight is garbage. At least this year HP had a worthy opponent.
Dare I point out that the fanbast lost the oppertunity multiple times. For example. The Potterheads could have pushed Radcliffe for an MTV gong in 2002 when Will Smith beat Russel Crowe that year in a battle of the biopics. Theoretically Harry Potter would easily beat Muhummad Ali and John Nash based on fan voting. However that never happened. In other words Potter & Sorcerer’s Stone would have theoretically beated Ali and A Beautiful Mind. | {
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Masood Reza, a leading Bangladesh architect and a professor at a state-run university, said he felt “pain and anguish” when he saw footage of the garment workers trapped under the pancaked floors, crying desperately for help.
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Masood Reza, a leading Bangladesh architect and a professor at a state-run university, said he felt “pain and anguish” when he saw footage of the garment workers trapped under the pancaked floors, crying desperately for help. | {
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Traditionally, correlations between prices of assets are attributed to common fundamental factors. However, a rich body of literature documents correlated changes in asset prices that cannot be explained by any observable common causes. By applying Manski’s framework of social interactions to asset pricing this study shows explicitly that house prices are not driven solely by the asset characteristics but also by prices of other properties. Critically, it shows that after controlling for exogenous, correlated and individual factors house prices are endogenously affected by prices of their neighbours. If prices are driven by human behaviour and social interactions then it is possible that, just like the behaviour of individuals in a group, prices are influenced by prices of their peers. The main theoretical contribution of this study is to show how, in addition to the well-documented individual, correlated and exogenous effects, house prices can be affected by prices of their peers. I refer to this as the price/peer effect. The results show a strong positive influence of a change in price of a house on the price of its neighbours. This can be interpreted as an endogenous correlation between prices of peer-houses that is not driven by any other common factors. In addition, it appears that the effect persists over time and is compounded if multiple properties renovate.
Nikodem holds a PhD and an MPhil from Cambridge University where he also completed his post-doctoral work and taught Real Estate Finance before joining the LSE in 2017. His research focuses on applied real estate economics and finance. His most recent work includes research of the financial value of sustainability in real estate markets, forecasting housing affordability and the impact of location choices on health. He is also interested in methods of measuring, modelling and forecasting prices and financial risk in real estate markets. His most recent applied work focused on developing spatial methods of indexing asset performance. He is also a co-founder of the HAIRI index of hotel investments returns.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
Chapters VII–X
Chapters XI–XIV, page 2
page 1 of 2
Summary: Chapter XI
Susan meets Henchard in the Ring, “one of the finest Roman Amphitheatres,
if not the very finest, remaining in Britain.” Henchard’s first
words to Susan are to assure her that he no longer drinks. He asks
why she has not returned before now, and she replies that, since
she believed the terms of her sale to be binding, she felt unable
to leave Newson until his death. They agree that it is impossible
for them to begin living together as though they were still married
because of Henchard’s estimable position in the town, as well as
Elizabeth-Jane’s ignorance of their dishonorable past. Henchard
insists that they proceed with caution and devises a plan: Susan
will take a cottage in town as the Widow Newson and allow Henchard
to court and marry her, thereby restoring both their marriage and
his role as Elizabeth-Jane’s father without revealing their past.
Summary: Chapter XII
When Henchard returns home, he encounters Farfrae still
at work. He asks Farfrae to leave off working and join him for supper.
As the two men eat, Henchard confides in Farfrae about his present
situation. He discloses his relationship with Susan, and Farfrae
replies that the only solution is to make amends by living with
her as husband and wife. Henchard reveals that he has become involved
with another woman in Jersey, where he once traveled on business.
He adds that their affair caused quite a scandal in Jersey, for
which the woman suffered greatly. To make amends, Henchard proposed
to her, on the condition that she run the risk of his first wife
being alive. The woman accepted, but now that Susan has returned
he regrets that he will have to disappoint the woman in Jersey.
Farfrae assures him that the situation cannot be helped and offers
to help Henchard write a letter breaking off relations with the
Jersey woman.
Summary: Chapter XIII
Susan gets established in a cottage in the town, and Henchard
begins to visit her “with business-like determination.” Rumors go
around the town concerning the two of them, and a wedding soon follows.
Summary: Chapter XIV
After Susan and Elizabeth-Jane move in with Henchard,
Elizabeth-Jane enjoys a peace of mind that makes her more beautiful.
One day, Henchard comments that it is odd that Elizabeth-Jane’s
hair has lightened since she was a baby. Susan, with “an uneasy
expression” on her face, assures him that nothing is amiss. Henchard
says he wants to have Elizabeth-Jane’s surname legally changed from
Newson to Henchard, since she is actually his daughter. Susan proposes the
change to Elizabeth-Jane, who, though reluctant, says she will consider
it. When, later that day, Elizabeth-Jane asks Henchard if he wishes
the change very much, Henchard says it is her decision. The matter
is dropped, and Elizabeth-Jane remains Miss Newson.
Meanwhile, Henchard’s corn and hay business thrives under Farfrae’s
management, and the two men become good friends. Elizabeth-Jane
notices that, when she and Susan are out walking, Farfrae often
looks at them “with a curious interest.” One day, Elizabeth-Jane
receives a note asking her to come to a granary on a farm at which
Henchard has been doing business. Thinking it has something to do
with Henchard’s business, Elizabeth-Jane goes to the farm but finds
no one there. Eventually, Farfrae arrives. When he reveals a note
similar to Elizabeth-Jane’s, they discover that neither of them
wrote to the other. Farfrae theorizes that someone who wished to
see them both must have been penned the notes, and so they wait
a little longer. They eventually decide that this individual is not
coming, and they go home.
Analysis: Chapters XI–XIV
As the Industrial Revolution swept through the English
countryside, Hardy witnessed dramatic changes. Isolated agricultural
towns like Hardy’s native Dorchester, which serves as a model for
the fictional Casterbridge, were immutably changed by advances in
science and technology. Thus, Hardy’s observations of the town’s
unique topography and customs—the thatched-roof cottages, the Ring,
the skimmington ride described in Chapter XXXIX—become a means of preserving
a dying culture. Hardy’s description of the Ring also serves a thematic
purpose, in which the history of the arena supports and confirms
the novel’s undeniably bleak worldview of the inevitability of human
suffering. Having served as a gallows for gruesome public executions,
as well as the site of countless “pugilistic encounters,” the Ring
casts a foreboding shadow over Henchard’s meeting with his former
wife. But the Ring also stands as a remnant of a culture that no
longer exists, which, perhaps, foreshadows Casterbridge’s imminent
move forward into a more technological future.
All of the characters (besides the troubled Henchard) are almost completely shallow and almost petty. Isn't it odd how Frafaer had no difficulty getting back together with Elizabeth-Jane after he hurt her so terribly by going for Lucetta? And how Lucetta practically refuses to own up to her own actions by claiming it was a misfortune she fell into? Although it is almost annoying how Henchard never learns from his mistakes, he truly does seem like the only "deep" character in this book.
I didn't like most of the characters, but that does not imply that I disliked the book. The book was fantastic and the story was gripping. I was initially fond of Farfrae, but then I grew to dislike him. I despised Lucetta since the first time she was described, and my hatred kept increasing as the story progressed. Elizabeth-Jane was the only character I liked; whereas, my feelings towards Michael Henchard were those of confusion. I disliked him at times. Other times, I felt pangs of sympathy towards him, and anger towards how others treate | {
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Alongside corporate giants like Philip
Morris and Wal-Mart, Monsanto Co. is locked in the crosshairs of
consumer criticism with nowhere to run.
A quick Google search will reveal
staggering amounts of information on Monsanto’s long history of paying
lobbyists to block government regulations on genetically modified
organisms (GMOs), putting small farmers out of business, polluting the
environment, allegations of false advertising and lacking adequate
safety testing on their products, along with helping to engineer some of
the most harmful chemicals to date, including Agent Orange.
These seeds have already become dominant
in some developing nations, effectively eliminating the use of
conventional and heirloom seeds, along with the sustainable farming
practices that have fed humans since the dawn of agricultural societies.
But as skeletons tumble out of Monsanto’s
deep, dark closet and spill onto the Internet, consumer awareness
continues to grow and so does the perceived importance of making
conscious decisions every time a shopper exchanges the almighty dollar
for food.
Local farmers and small business owners
continue striving to meet the increasing demand for sustainable, organic
foods despite limited supply and heavy competition from genetically
enhanced foods that dominate the 21st-century marketplace.
Monsanto’s legacy can be traced by a
series of partnerships with significant corporate entities dating back
to the company’s founding in 1901.
John Francis Queeny, a seasoned veteran
of the pharmaceutical industry, funded the company’s startup, along with
some financial backing from a soft drink distributor. In less than a
year, Queeny partnered with the Coca-Cola Co. upon introducing
Monsanto’s first cash cow — the artificial sweetener saccharin, still
sold as Sweet’N Low today.
In the 1940s, Monsanto worked in
conjunction with the U.S. military officials to help develop the first
nuclear weapon in the endeavor famously known as the Manhattan Project.
Later, Monsanto partnered with Dow Chemical Co. in the 1960s to
manufacture Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide intended to be used as part
of the U.S. military’s herbicidal warfare initiative during the Vietnam
War. This venture tragically affected nearly 40,000 American soldiers
while serving in Vietnam, resulting in a class-action lawsuit that cost
Monsanto nearly $90 million in damages.
Two other expensive missteps in
Monsanto’s product line include DDT, a pesticide banned by Congress in
1972 due to harmful environmental effects, and the controversial
artificial sweetener aspartame, now deemed safe by the United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) despite previous scientific claims that
consumption might result in harmful side effects.
These controversies are difficult to
overlook; Monsanto, however, has opted to omit them from the company’s
historic timeline illustrated on its website, arguably violating the
company’s pledge of transparency and integrity.
More importantly, it reveals the company’s inclination to keep secrets.
Perhaps in an attempt to distance itself
from a damning past — or to evade pending lawsuits — Monsanto went
through a series of transactions in 2000 to legally distinguish the
“Original Monsanto Co.” from “Today’s Monsanto Co.”
As stated on the company’s website,
“While we share the name and history of a company that was founded in
1901, the Monsanto of today is focused on agriculture and supporting
farmers around the world in their mission to produce more while
conserving more.”
The “Original Monsanto Co.” merged with
Pharmacia and Upjohn in 2000, then conveniently re-spawned as a
stand-alone subsidiary of Pharmacia called the new Monsanto later that
year.
Despite Monsanto’s new mission to support
farmers around the world, the company now controls the global seed
market to such an extent that many conventional farmers are forced to
use Monsanto’s gene-patented seeds.
“From a security perspective, we are at risk when
we rely on just one or a few varieties of any crop.”
She notes that a tremendous amount of
crop biodiversity has been lost in the last century and the introduction
of genetically engineered seeds has accelerated the process.
“We cannot contain genetic material
outside of the laboratory. Pollen drifts and seed spills can result in
interbreeding with non-GMO varieties, contaminating (them).”
Every seed that’s genetically enhanced by
Monsanto contains a patented gene sold under exclusive rights so that
farmers must purchase them anew each year, or else run the risk of being
sued by Monsanto for patent infringement.
As explained by Joe Logan, agricultural
programs director at the Ohio Environmental Council, “This may be
creating an uncompetitive market for seeds bought by farmers, costing
Ohio farmers an estimated $115 million annually in excess seed costs.”
To add insult to injury, Monsanto has
sued farmers in the United States and Canada when the firm’s patented
genetic material has inadvertently contaminated their crops.
Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer whose
fields were contaminated with Monsanto’s Round-Up Ready Canola due to
pollen drift, was sued by Monsanto in 1997 for patent infringement.
Monsanto won the case in a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling.
“It’s not just organic farmers who are
worried about contamination from genetically engineered seeds,” Goland
says. “There are many non-organic farmers who choose to grow non-GMO
crops and they have particular markets that they can access because
they’re GMO free. Farmers risk losing those markets, particularly
European markets, due to widespread GMOs.”
On Jan. 27, the Obama administration
fully deregulated Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa, despite
evidence provided by the United States Department of Agriculture
revealing the threat that it poses to both organic and conventional
agriculture.
Further, GMO labeling laws are still at
bay in the U.S. even though other nations, such as Japan, China, Korea,
Australia, New Zealand and the European Union, now require mandatory GMO
labeling.
Josh Rinckel, an organic buyer for Jungle
Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, says, “The market for organic
produce has certainly been growing. It isn’t growing by leaps and
bounds, but every year our organic sales increase.”
Nevertheless, the market for organic
foods still pales in comparison to Monsanto’s market, which earned the
company roughly $6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
Meredith Trombly, co-founder of Fresh
Table in Findlay Market, testifies to the increase in organic demand
over the last decade but also highlights a few limitations to supplying
organic foods in the Midwest.
“It’s really hard to find a steady flow
of organic and local foods because our growing season is short and
there’s not a wide acceptance for organic foods here yet,” Trombly says.
Barry Cooper, co-owner of Daisy Mae’s
Market at Findlay Market, reports that only 10 percent of all produce
sold at his stand is organic.
“The bottom line is we have to be able to
make money,” Cooper says. “If we put out bananas for 59 cents per pound
and put organic bananas right next to it for 79 cents per pound, we end
up throwing the organic bananas away at the end of the week because
they rot. They don’t sell.”
Sales aside, more than 30 farmer’s
markets now exist in Cincinnati and the city’s suburban outskirts, many
of which have opened in the past 10 years, revealing a small but certain
place for organics and sustainable foods in the marketplace.
Bryan Madison, owner of Madison Farms in
Adams County, says, “Farmers markets are all over the place now. Back in
the ‘90s, those markets didn’t exist. What does that mean? It means
that there is a growing demand for organics. People want to know who’s
growing their food and where it’s coming from.”
Trombly concludes, “Awareness of GMOs and
organics is growing in the Midwest. I think the market for organic
foods is here to stay.” | {
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Pictures: 2014 Classics on the Green at New Kent Winery
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In just over one week, we pack everything we own into a 6×12 trailer and drive across the country to our new home in BC. When we land, we’ll land with family, but land jobless and probably tired.
We would leave behind family and friends, our own home and jobs that no longer exist.
It’s both terrifying and exciting, and I can’t wait to start the journey.
Tara and I have been planning this for more or less two years. It was during a dog walk in February, I think it was about -30 outside, when we both looked at each other and said “Who the hell colonized this area?!?” When we got home we spitballed the idea of moving out west, the money we would save and the future we could create. It was supposed to be a 5 year plan; we would live on my salary and bank anything Tara made, then move back and try to buy a house outright.
It was a good plan, and would have likely worked really well. So we got moving on it. We had someone come in to give us an assessment, and then we planned to make some improvements ourselves to squeeze a little more out of the market. Tara got pregnant, the improvements took longer than we thought, and time marched on.
Then it all really came to a head during Christmas. We flew out to BC to spend time with Tara’s family and realized that this was the place we wanted to be. So when we got home we committed ourselves to make this work. And we did, off and on, make it all work. There were some setbacks(flooring mostly) and we got on the market a little later then we planned.
Oh, and I got laid off from work(my last day is 3 days away) so that kind of put the fear of the future in us. But we got on the market, and with what we did, the market responded by having us sell our house in two days.
Two Days!
All of a sudden we were “This is really happening, holy crap, what do we do next?”
And that’s how the last month has been. Sorting and packing, letting go of things and arranging travel across the country.
That’s part of the exiting bit. We’re gonna drive, and it’s going to be great.
We’ve planned out about 7-8 days of driving across the country as I don’t think the kids can take 12 hour drives just yet. It’ll take us a little over three days to get out of the province and then the same amount of time to make it across the rest of the country. We’ll see Northern Ontario, the plains, the Rockies, all in a weeks time. And I hope, for Liam at least, it’ll be something he’ll always remember.
The whole lack of job thing does worry me. But not worried enough to put the brakes on everything. In fact, it makes more sense to get out there now so that I don’t have a whole house to support. The utilities are cheaper out in BC, and the rent isn’t bad either. So we’ll be able to make the money stretch out a little longer if we have to. I don’t see it taking too long for me to find something as there is a good IT industry out there, and who knows, I could end up working in the movie industry(a boy can dream!).
I’ll be trying to post here more often, but things like twitter/facebook/instegram make life so much faster and easier, so look there as well. | {
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I was on The Early Show this morning to share five great coats, each for under $200 - and two of the coats we used are actually under $100! The crew at CBS couldn't believe the navy coat from Bitten was only $19.98, but it is and it looks fantastic. Check out the video and let me know what you think - are there any winter must-haves on your shopping list? | {
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Faithful Novelty
Why artists and pastors need each other to enrich the life of the church.
By Jeremy Begbie | Illustrations by Tom Lewis
Artists are attracted to novelty. As legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel said, “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” That quest to generate something different and irreplaceable, the need to make something that stands out, and the drive to create something new seems built into the DNA of many artists.
Of course, the cultural expectations for the arts have contributed to this. In the last two centuries, doing “the next new thing” seems to be implicitly required for artists. Many artists—particularly those who work outside the church, and especially those who need to make a living from their art—feel a subtle pressure to create something original, preferably something cutting-edge. In the twentieth century, the growth of various avant-garde movements instilled habits of thinking about novelty that are still with us. Art embodies the pursuit of the totally fresh start—think of all the artistic attempts in the last century to begin again and wipe the slate clean: Futurism, dodecaphonism, neoclassicism, dadaism, photorealism.
We find an eagerness to break with the past, to clean away the detritus of tradition and outdated wisdom of yesterday, and to dismantle the scaffolding of convention. Nothing must be allowed to become old: unless we are constantly creating the ever-new thing, we are heading for death. To be original demonstrates that you are alive. To repeat is to be captive to the law of sin and death.
This fascination with novelty is one quality that makes artists awkward people to have around, especially for pastors who want a quiet life. Poets, painters, songwriters, fashion designers—professional creators are notoriously difficult to work with. They’re constantly resisting the pressure to please the largest number, always defending their artistic integrity, frequently asserting their entitlement to do something that hasn’t been done before, and often reserving their right to rub our noses in subversive novelty. And for many peace-loving pastors trying to hold together a fragile group of eccentric Christians, artists are about the last kind of person they need.
For those of us who have been in the church for some time, we can easily forget that newness is built into the gospel. The aroma of novelty is on every page of the New Testament. It pervades the fabric of the Christian message. But what kind of newness is this? And how can artists and pastors together discover it? At the very least, I suggest, it involves a remarkable interplay between order and non-order.
Order and Non-order
We must first subvert our common assumption that only two basic shapes are possible for our lives—order and disorder. The other day a friend took me into his kitchen, which was littered with letters, bills, unwashed dishes, bottles, and boxes. This instantly produced a flood of apology: “I’m so sorry about the mess!” That’s because disorder is usually seen as something to be ashamed of, an unhealthy sign of being out of control. Order, on the other hand, is something to be praised: “My, your house is tidy! I wish I could get mine like this.”
We transpose this view into our theology: order signifies that God is around. Regularity, predictability, reliability, and consistent patterns in the world speak of God’s ordering rule and refusal to let things slide into anarchy. Any opposition to order is seen as a mark of the opposition, the evil one, bringing confusion and destruction.
But are order and disorder the only options? What about laughter? The sound of laughter is hardly ordered—indeed, it is hard to predict and is anything but regular. At the same time, it’s anything but destructive; to the contrary, it often releases all sorts of possibilities. It’s a sign of goodness that is neither order nor disorder. In their book, Living in Praise: Worshipping and Knowing God (Baker Academic), laughter is an example of what Daniel Hardy and David Ford describe as “non-order,” or the “jazz-factor.”
Recall Sarah being told at the age of ninety she is to bear a child (Genesis 18:9-15). What does she do? She laughs. This is the hilarity released by the Holy Spirit in response to news of non-order—childbirth in advanced old age. In the New Testament, non-order explodes into the world supremely on Easter, subverting every expectation. More than that, it’s made available to us, accessible and enjoyable because of what happened at Pentecost.
Without non-order, there can be no newness. Without non-order, the world is condemned to futility, for in purely physical terms, everything is growing old and running down (as the physicists | {
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Pixels & Ink #263 – Game of Hacks
From Game of Thrones leaks, to Uncharted, The Pixels and Ink Podcast is packed with content this week. Quinn dives into the world of leaks at HBO that are causing a headache for everyone at the cable station. If that were not all, he also looks at Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Phil talks about The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and Brendan dishes on The World Council. | {
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Peruvian Airlines jet bursts into flames after veering off runway in Peru
UpdatedMarch 29, 2017 — 11.39amfirst published at 11.23am
A Boeing jet operated by Peruvian Airlines caught fire on Tuesday while landing at an airport near the Andean town of Jauja in central Peru after it swerved on the runway, but there were no serious injuries, a government minister said.
Peruvian Airlines said in a statement that the Boeing 737-300 jet drove off the runway for unspecified reasons during the scheduled landing, after swerving to the right. It said that all 141 people on board the flight, which originated in Lima, were evacuated safely.
Authorities are investigating the incident, which occurred about 4.30pm local time, involving the Boeing 737-300 jet at the high-altitude airport in an agricultural valley some 265 kilometres from Lima, the capital.
The fire likely started when the wing scraped the runway, Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio said. | {
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McCabe: There were 25th Amendment discussions at DOJ to remove Trump from office
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says that after President Trump fired his boss, FBI Director James Comey, there were discussions within the Department of Justice about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
Last year, the New York Times reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment.
“There were meetings at the Justice Department at which it was discussed whether the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet could be brought together to remove the president of the United States under the 25th Amendment,” Pelley said.
In a statement released by the Justice Department, Rosenstein said McCabe’s account of a discussion of invoking the 25th amendment was “inaccurate and factually incorrect.”
Trump responded in a pair of tweets later Thursday morning.
Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax – a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of “insurance policy” in case I won….
….Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS from Clinton people for her campaign – he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
The discussions occurred between the time of Comey’s firing in May of 2017 and the appointment eight days later of special counsel Robert Mueller to oversee the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
According to the Times, Rosenstein also suggested that he secretly record Trump in the White House. Rosenstein disputed the account, and a Justice Department official said he made the remark sarcastically. But McCabe told Pelley that Rosenstein’s offer to wear a wire was made more than once and that he ultimately took it to the lawyers at the FBI to discuss.
McCabe, who was named acting director of the bureau after Comey’s firing, launched obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations into whether Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey.
He told Pelley he did so in order to preserve the FBI’s Russian probe in case there was an effort by Trump to terminate it.
“I was very concerned that I was able to put the Russia case on absolutely solid ground, in an indelible fashion,” McCabe said. “That were I removed quickly, or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace.”
McCabe’s comments come ahead of the release of his new book, “The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump,” due out next week.
In an excerpt of the book published Thursday in the Atlantic, McCabe describes a phone call he received from Trump on his first full day on the job as acting director of the FBI. According to McCabe, Trump told him that he had “hundreds of messages from FBI people [saying] how happy they are that I fired [Comey].”
“You know — boy, it’s incredible, it’s such a great thing, people are really happy about the fact that the director’s gone, and it’s just remarkable what people are saying,” Trump said, according to McCabe. “Have you seen that? Are you seeing that, too?”
McCabe was eventually fired in March 2018, less than two days before he would have collected a full early pension for his FBI career.
Trump has since railed against McCabe dozens of times on Twitter. “He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey – McCabe is Comey!” he exclaimed last April. “No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!” | {
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Hunting Crossbows Can Lead To a Greater Thrill in Bagging Game
Hunter
Hunting is a popular sport that engages the attention of many people who love the outdoors. Hunting crossbows have become popular over the years as they offer a satisfaction and thrill that is not as easily derived from using rifles and other guns.
It is also a fact that in many states, the use of crossbows allows for extended hunting seasons. Crossbows can be quite powerful and equally dangerous, but they do require a lot of effort to use and this does reduce the number of people willing to take on such exercise. The size and weight of hunting crossbows vary depending on the model. More important in the selection of crossbows for hunting is having bows with the right draw weight. A crossbow is cocked and ready for use when its drawstring is pulled back to cock the bow. Draw weight is estimated in pounds and the higher this weight the more difficult it is to prepare the bow for use. Bows can also fire the arrows or bolts at different speeds and the choice can depend on the game being hunted. Larger animals require bows that have greater draw weight and power, while for smaller animals speed of the bolt may be more important.
Hunting crossbows also need to take into consideration the stature of the person using the crossbow. Smaller statured persons will find lighter and compact crossbows easier to use. If you have to walk or trek long distances to find the right prey, the weight of the crossbows also needs to be light enough to carry. Some crossbows, like the ones mentioned on reference-sports.com, are provided with devices that enable them to be cocked easily without much of strain, but these devices can add to the weight of the crossbow. Crossbow hunting is easy to learn, though it is not as accurate or effective as using a rifle. Constant practice is a must before you are able to hit your targets with any degree of certainty.
Crossbow hunting is most effective at a range of forty to fifty yards though a good crossbow can fire arrows to distances of a hundred yards or more. Crossbows can be kept cocked and ready, and you do not have to pull back the string as you will have to do for traditional bows. There is also no strain on muscles from having to pull back the drawstring. Crossbow arrows are also shorter and therefore lighter. These bows can come with premounted sights that allow for a better acquisition of a target. You also should be able to carry the bow comfortably with a sling or other device.
Hunting with a crossbow can require more skill than hunting with a rifle. You require being used to the particular crossbow and each of these can have their own peculiarities or quirks that can affect the shooting. Be sure of the right range for your bow that will allow you to hit targets with accuracy. Practice at that range till you are reasonably sure of being able to guide your arrows to their targets. | {
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Note form Darius: the costs and budgetary figures I reference during this session were off the top of my head. They were in the right ballpark, but for accurate IGDA financial data, see the 2008 Annual Report.
Person's Notes
Johnny Richardson's notes:
Angry mob of people are going to ask Darius about current state of IGDA
Why is the IGDA basically broke?
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So with a title like ‘2001’, Dre must surely be about to expand into the future the South Central vista of slow and dirty grooves plus sleazo dog dialogue, no? Well, no. On ‘The Watcher’ Dre sets out his position as that of a wise old observer, at the side of rap’s route of hospitalising and handcuffed new playa action. “I just sit back and watch the show”, he intones over his patented tectonic funk beats and mournful atmospherics before handing the mic to a big-league cast ranging from Eminem and Snoop Dogg to Mary J Blige.
A salon of new rap enlightenment does not ensue. A pig-headed, punk-dicked, ‘bitch’-dissing fest does, along with requisite dollops of ho-slapping violence, marijuana-addled bravado and penis-sucking wish fulfilment. Snoop Dogg and Devin aka The Dude set the grizzly tone in ‘Fuck You’, where, over twisted, minimalist George Clinton beats, the pair expound on Thug Love. “You can give me some head but keep the breakfast in bed”, they trill between grunting about how much they want to fuck “bad bitches”, and get their genitals sucked.
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Sorry for the late reply did't look in the topic for a while. Must have missed your reply for some reason.
Some post processing was done but not on the colors but don't really remember. But I like to keep post processing to the minimum and keep it as natural as possible usually so I don't think I did anything with it.
All I did was set a black and white control point in CatureNX2 to get more accurate contrast between darkest and lightest point. Then I used a highpass filter to enhance sharpness I believe that was it because thats what I Usually do, and I dont do much more then that normally.
But Nature is something amazing so I guess making photos of it can give amazing results.
During a walk in the forest I came across this flower and since I wanted to test something with apertures and sharpness on my 70-300mm lens I thought I might as well make some pics of this nice flower.
Postprocessing done in CatureNX2. basicly set a black & White control point and with color control points I changed a bit of contrast and saturation on the flowers. (No software sharpness controls were added since it didn't really add any sharpness only added artefacts).
Love the most recent shot, the leaves in the background really isolate the flowers, but I would've lowered the aperture just a bit more to really blow out the background. You don't have to worry about the "not so smooth" bokeh of the 35mm f/1.8 with the 70-300. Don't get me wrong, I love my 35, but I don't find the bokeh very pleasing. Your very first shot of this thread is a prime example of it. Excellent composition, beautiful colours, but dog-ugly bokeh
Congrats on the new lens, so are you going to join the "Professional User Program" now?
I find my 35mm the same as you, it's either too short or too long. It's too short when I do portraits as I get too much body and not enought headm and it's too long when I'm trying to do landscapes. I'd love a 20-50mm f/1.8, but that's just a crazy dream, imagine the price.
The sun was catching a bit of the flower, It might look over exposed but I think this is what it looked like with sunlight catching it. I was more worried about the softness then the sunlight actually.
But maybe I should have underexposed it a bit to make it look a bit warmer in light and color. I learn something new about photography every day, usually by other people pointing out details that they like, or (usually) don't like.
I made some new ones. Bought myself a Nikkor 60mm F2.8G micro lens.
So I test it today. I must say this micro lens has a bit of a learning curve but I managed to get some nice shots anyway.
I made a shot of one of those flowers I also shot with my 70-300mm.
Very difficult to get 1:1 shots with this lens but If I manage to get 1:3 magnifications its already more then a normal lens. You can see that the texture on the pink Echinacea is more detailed then with my 70-300mm lens.
This lens is very contrasty and pretty color accurate. I think its pretty sharp too. | {
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I don’t know if you guys know this, but I’m 1/8th squirrel. In fact, with just a little makeup, I can pass for squirrel. This has granted me unprecedented access to the secret inner workings of squirrel society. And here’s the thing: We should be worried about the squirrels.
We thought that the squirrels were content to frolic and engage in cute shenanigans for our amusement. How wrong we were. While we were pointing and giggling at their cute, fluffy tails, a terrifying, seething anger was growing in the heart of every squirrel. Squirrels are a proud people and being made the butt of a joke is an affront to their stringent system of honour. All actions in squirrel society are conducted under a certain etiquette and with respect to all parties involved.
You may be saying to yourself, “Meh. Squirrels are so tiny, what can they possibly do about their stupid squirrel grievances?” You’re about to eat those words my friend. During my undercover work, I discovered that the squirrel have a very advanced nuclear weapon program and they’re beginning their first bomb tests in the coming weeks.
And there’s nothing we can do to stop the coming nuclear squirrel apocalypse. They’re dead-set on their vengeance and will be laughing at our burning bones from their lead-lined knotholes.
Our only choice is to steal the space ark technology from our nearest galactic neighbours, the Cromulentians. It will make void the Stellar Compassion Treat of 1847, but it’s the only way to ensure the continued survival of our species.
Are you out purchasing Christmas gifts yet? Well, you should be! The survival of our entire economy and, thus, very society relies on malls having a profitable Christmas season.
And aren’t material goods just the best? You can make a person think that you care for them without showing any true affection to them with material goods. Did we mention our blowout sale on diamonds? Diamonds are always a safe bet, because you don’t have to know anything about a person’s favourite colour or personal style, if you get them a giant diamond. Sparkly sparkly. Expensive expensive.
Tired of your annoying wiener kids? Get them a tablet or a game console, so that they can self-medicate their ADHD with constant stimulation. Later, get them a Fitbit for when they start embarrassing you with their unsightly fat asses from sitting around all day.
And don’t forget to keep stuffing your faces with meat and candy. As long as you’re chewing, you don’t have to talk to your relatives. This helps preventing slip-ups where you tell people what you really think and your great aunt gets all offended and junk and then your mother bitches at you about it for the rest of eternity.
Always stop of at the dollar store for stocking stuffer doohickeys. I guarantee you that they won’t end up in the junk drawer by February.
Anyway, buy me a widescreen TV. I, actually, need one. Because I have to watch things for research and stuff. Yeah, that’s it. | {
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Old law: maximum 3 years, unless you say the magic word (then, up to 20 years) In our May 2014 post, we noted that under the law of Delaware, the survival period for representations and warranties was generally limited to three years. That was because the limitation period that generally applied to Delaware commercial contracts was three years and also because Delaware was one of those jurisdictions where you couldn’t extend the limitation period even if everyone wanted to. That didn’t really make sense in the context of the sophisticated parties that like to do their commercial transactions in Delaware, so, as we also noted, a workaround had been developed. Representations and warranties could survive for up to 20 years under Delaware law if the agreement was under seal. In other words, if you knew the magic word (SEAL) and typed it in the right place on the signature page, your representations and warranties could survive for as long as 20 years, rather than just three.
New law: maximum 3 years, unless the parties specify more (then, up to 20 years) The good news is that the magic word is no longer required: survival periods can now be as long as 20 years if the agreement (sealed or not) so provides. This is the result of an amendment to the Courts and Procedure provisions under Title 10 of the Delaware Code. Effective August 1, 2014, a new subsection (c) under Section 8106 provides:
…an action based on a written contract, agreement or undertaking involving at least $100,000 may be brought within a period specified in such written contract, agreement or undertaking provided it is brought prior to the expiration of 20 years from the accruing of the cause of such action.
Section 8106(c) recently took centre stage in the Delaware Court of Chancery decision in Bear Stearns v. EMC Mortgage LLC. Released on January 12, 2015, the ruling by Vice Chancellor Laster is of interest for several reasons, not least of which is the fact that the proceeding was a re-hearing of a motion to dismiss that Laster VC himself had previously granted on timeliness grounds. In this highly unusual re-hearing, Laster VC overruled himself on three substantive issues, noting that, on the first go-round, his attention had not been drawn to a number of salient developments in the law, including the above-noted amendment.
The twist: A curative clause can extend the 3-year limitation
The central issue in Bear Stearns didn’t actually concern a survival clause as such – there was one, but it doesn’t appear to have said anything about time limits. Instead, the question was whether a curative clause in the agreement (which had to do with a residential mortgage loan securitization) should be construed as an agreement or undertaking to take advantage of the extended limitation under Section 8106(c).[2] The curative clause – or “accrual clause”, to use the Delaware terminology – provided, in essence, that the plaintiff could bring an action under the agreement (with respect to non-conforming mortgage loans) only after (i) it had given the defendant notice of the alleged breach and (ii) that breach had not subsequently been cured by the defendant in accordance with protocols set out in the agreement. No time limits were specified with respect to the initiation of such an action.
Before it could decide whether the clause conformed with Section 8106(c) and thereby amounted to the election of an extended limitation period, the court needed to determine whether the new 20-year limitation period could apply retrospectively to an agreement signed several years before the amendment took effect. Laster VC determined that it could and did. In Delaware, he stated, limitations law is considered procedural, which means that changes to that law can apply retroactively. Exceptions may be made if a court is persuaded that retroactive application would be unjust, but Laster VC saw no injustice in this case.
Having disposed of the retroactivity issue, the court proceeded to consider whether the curative clause should be understood as extending the limitation. This question in turn had two parts: (i) can this happen in general? and (ii) should it happen here? With respect to (i), there was undeniably some judicial authority that a curative clause cannot extend a limitation period. Indeed, in Laster VC’s first hearing of this motion, the defendant had focused the court’s attention on the 2014 U.S. District Court (Southern District of New York) ruling in Lehman XS Trust v. GreenPoint, in which it was held that a curative provision could not extend limitations under New York law.[3] However, in these reasons, Laster VC agreed with the plaintiff that the bulk of Delaware authority – including the August 4, 2014 ruling in Aircraft Service International, Inc. v. TBI Overseas Holdings, Inc. – supports the contrary proposition, i.e. that a curative clause (or other notice or tolling provision) can create a condition precedent to the commencement of a limitation period.[4]
The line of Delaware authority culminating in Aircraft Service International therefore established that, in principle, curative clauses can extend a limitation. Nevertheless, the second question remained: did the curative clause in this case have the effect of amounting to an agreement to extend the limitation beyond the usual three years as per the new Section 8106(c) of the Code? While the matter indisputably met the $100,000 threshold, it was less obvious that the action had been brought “within a period specified in such written contract, agreement or undertaking” because the curative clause didn’t refer to any particular “period”. Laster VC considered this question in light of the legislative “Synopsis” published with the amendment, wherein it is stated that the “period” referred to in the Act includes (inter alia) “a period of time defined by reference to the occurrence of some other event or action”.[5] As in his view the curative clause met this test, Laster VC concluded:
[T]his scheme constituted “a period of time defined by reference to the occurrence of some other event or action” that is a sufficient “period specified” for [the] purpose of Section 8106(c).
Importantly, the parties had not specified any “outside date” beyond which a cause of action would cease to accrue. This was held by Laster VC to amount to a choice of the 20-year limitation. This meant that the plaintiffs had until June 28, 2026 to bring any claims relating to the securitization. Given the state of Delaware limitations law at the time the securitization closed, it is hard to imagine that either side would have expected this.
The plaintiffs were obviously well within the 20-year period and their claim was therefore timely. It should be noted that this was an “in the alternative” holding – Laster VC had already held that, contrary to his earlier ruling, the New York limitation period of 6 years should have applied in this case, in preference to the 3 year limitation under Delaware’s Borrowing Statute.[6] So even without the fortuitous appearance on the scene of Section 8106(c), the plaintiffs would have been able to proceed, as they were within New York’s 6-year limit as well.[7]
Concluding thoughts One lesson of the case is that, where litigation in the courts of Delaware is a possibility, Section 8106(c) and Bear Stearns should be borne in mind when it comes to drafting a curative clause, lest a 20-year limitation should unexpectedly result.
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Words + Music is the online magazine of SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Just as SOCAN was formed in 1990 by the merger of its predecessor Canadian performing rights organizations PROCAN and CAPAC, their separate magazines merged in 1994 to form Words + Music. Our mission is to provide interesting, high-quality content about the increasingly exciting and
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Arkells inspired by indie bands
Story by Jamie Tennant | March 26, 2015
There are no alchemists in the music business. No one has the ability to forge a composition from iron, wave a magic wand over it, and to turn it into gold.
There are composers who seem magical, though; who understand where popular music intersects with their own vision of the musical zeitgeist they hope to create. Every meticulously crafted piece they compose and arrange is destined for success.
For every Max Martin, however, there are many Max Kermans. Kerman, principal songwriter for Arkells, would love to know what elements of songwriting have led the band to their current level of success. Yet for him, as for most songwriters, it’s impossible to isolate the elements that connect with listeners. They’re simply there.
“We were writing for nobody, and that was the thing that connected with people.” – Max Kerman of Arkells
“I know the band has something special, but I think most bands probably think that,” Kerman says. “Our initial success, getting a shot at radio – that always felt a little bit like the luck of the draw.”
Perhaps, but like most successful bands, Arkells have made their own luck. The band members came to Hamilton as students and aspiring musicians, but they left as… well, they never left. They graduated from McMaster University, changed their band name to match the West-end street on which they lived, and came to identify with the city. Shows at smallish clubs like The Casbah became more and more of an event each time, as the city came to identify with Arkells. Their breakthrough single, “The Boss Is Coming,” was inspired by the Constantines, dates back to those Casbah days, and was notably different than most mainstream rock radio hits.
“The bands that we were listening to when we were writing Jackson Square were indie bands,” Kerman recalls. “Constantines, Joel Plaskett, Weakerthans, Cuff the Duke – those bands have all had amazing careers, they’ve always been beloved on the indie scene, but haven’t really been on [mainstream] radio. Maybe the difference between us and those bands is that our pop sensibilities come to the front in a more obvious way.”
In the second half of 2014, Arkells’ third album, High Noon, debuted in the number three position on the Soundscan charts. The album, produced by Tony Hoffer (Phoenix, M83), with some songs recorded by Eric Ratz (Metric), is poppy and well-produced enough to cross over into the mainstream without alienating their early, indie-minded fans.
“We’ve always been lucky in that we just had these songs that came very naturally,” says Kerman. “We were writing for nobody, and that was the thing that connected with people. So [now we] know that if we just do something that feels honest, with the band’s musical sensibilities in there, then hopefully it should be good.”
The internal mechanics of the band’s songwriting process work smoothly, in part because everyone in the group has their own area of concern. “Everybody’s opinionated about a particular thing,” Kerman says, “but often, it’s something about which the others don’t care that much. We complement each other. We all know that the song is the most important thing, so whatever’s good for the song is what needs to be done. So if that means you’ve been playing something you find really boring for a whole verse, you’ve kind of just got to do it.”
Since the release of High Noon, Arkells have successfully navigated around a few bumps in their road. The departure of founding member Dan Griffin, for example, could have thrown them off the rails, but his replacement, keyboardist Anthony Carone, filled that gap suitably, while bringing new dimensions to the band’s dynamic. This past fall, The Arkells drew the largest crowds to date at Hamilton’s Supercrawl festival in September, and played an unprecedented three nights straight at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall in November. Still, success is relative, and that fact keeps Arkells on their toes and on the road.
“It still feels like it’s so much a work in progress,” Kerman says. “We get our fair share of attention in Hamilton and Canada, but we spend a lot of time outside Canada and we’re really working hard at growing the audience. A lot of shows remind us of the days playing at the Casbah… and I love those shows.”
Turning the Page“It was the day we looked around and we realized none of us had jobs anymore,” says Kerman. “We were all sort of working part-time jobs as we were touring, and then one day – I think it was in the van – I looked around and said, ‘Wait a second, I don’t have a part-time job, and none of these guys do either.’ When we come home from a tour we can relax or work on more music. It was pretty amazing to realize the band is our job and it keeps the lights on.”
A soulful singer pays homage to the Motown Records sound each week. She meets a sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist in a basement bar. The result: Imaginary Cities – yet another band with a big sound unearthed from Winnipeg’s fertile music scene – is born.
Fashion brand Aritzia Licensed to Play by SOCAN
Story by Amal Yassir | March 31, 2015
Shopping at Aritzia is not only about finding that Talula Waverly Blouse for tomorrow night’s dinner party, it’s also about taking a journey through a store familiar to customers for its compelling soundtrack – music that customers will even tweet about.
Aritzia certainly attributes most of its success to its in-demand, fashionable urban attire, but also credits music for adding to its lounge-like store experience, employing a Music Director to curate and personalize each store’s playlist.
“We keep the music up-tempo, sexy, and relevant so our shoppers are excited to be in the store.”
“Our music program, like our windows, is meant to attract customers into our stores as they walk by,” says Music Director for Aritzia Sarah Lewitinn. “Countless customers have tweeted about walking into our stores because they heard a mixtape they loved, an artist they adore, songs that they can’t get enough of, and tunes they’ve never heard and are suddenly obsessed with.”
Founded by Brian Hill in Vancouver in 1984, the fashion boutique has been in business for 30 years, and has a growing portfolio of 60 stores across North America, including a 13,000-square-foot flagship store in perhaps the world’s most music-friendly city, Manhattan.
Aritzia curates each store’s playlist with its specific buyer demographic in mind – those between ages 15 and 30, with a modest budget, eager to be seen as uniquely independent, and open to discovering the terrific music playing in the background.
“With so many options to choose from, standing out from the crowd and attracting customers is crucial for all retailers, including Aritzia. We keep the music up-tempo, sexy, and relevant so our shoppers are excited to be in the store,” says Lewitinn.
A recent SOCAN study suggests that business owners feel music plays a vital role in the type of customer experience they want to create. For Aritzia, this couldn’t be more true.
“Aritzia is a business that understands completely the essential role that music can play in creating an optimal customer experience,” says Jennifer Brown, Vice President of Licensing at SOCAN. “Fine-tuning a music selection to appeal to specific customer demographics can be a make-or-break business decision. When it comes to music in business, a strategic approach definitely counts – and has the potential to dramatically affect the bottom line.”
The retail leader also considers the ears of its almost 2,000 retail staff, saying “By keeping our music fast-paced, our sales staff is kept happy and light on their toes, dancing around the store as they help our customers.”
Since music is key to the Canadian retailer’s success, being Licensed to Play music with SOCAN ensures that the songwriters, composers, and music publisher heard playing in its stores are fairly compensated for their extraordinary talent and hard work.
Taking it a step further, the fashion brand dedicates an entire section of its online magazine to music, calling it “In Review: Music.”
How you can make the most of music in your business – Tips from an expert
Sarah Lewitinn is a distinguished record producer, DJ (@ultragrrrl), music critic and Music Director for Artizia. Lewitinn recognizes the value that music can have on business, and works strategically with the Canadian fashion brand to ensure the music played in its stores adds the desired overall customer experience. SOCAN asked Lewitinn to share a few tips that SOCAN licensed businesses can use to optimize their music use:
“Know your customer! It’s important to have an idea of what kind of music your clientele likes listening to when they’re not shopping so they feel at home within your stores.”
“Up-tempo music makes the shopping experience more exciting and sexy, giving the client the most idealized version of how your product makes them feel.”
“Keep things fresh! It’s great to update the music as often as possible because, not only does it reflect on your brand as being current, but it also rescues your staff from getting bored from hearing the same music over and over again.”
Pierre Kwenders: PK Nation
Story by Olivier Robillard Laveaux | March 26, 2015
“If my album had been released by a Francophone white person, it’d be called electro music. If it had been released by Beyoncé or Kanye West, it’d be called pop or hip-hop,” says Pierre Kwenders, smiling wryly.
The young Congolese national, who arrived in Québec when he was 16, couldn’t be more right.
Following two critically acclaimed EPs – he was especially embraced on college radio and Radio-Canada, where he was consecrated as one of the musical discoveries of 2014-2015 – he launched his first full length album, Le dernier empereur bantou [The Last Bantu Emperor], a thoroughly unclassifiable album.
“One must not be afraid to shake things up.”
His electro rhythms are not really danceable. His African roots show, but in his lyrics rather than through typical world beat arrangements. And despite an ever-present desire to push boundaries, his songs rally listeners without ever sounding like pop songs.
That’s not to say, however, that the album – composed with beatmakers Nom de Plume (the brains behind the beats of Radio Radio), Samito and Poirier – is devoid of a common thread.
With his brassy voice, his incantation-like delivery and the themes he touches upon in French, English, and the Bantu dialects of Lingala and Tshiluba, Kwenders’ work has an unmistakable and unique identity.
“When I work with a producer, I don’t impose any stylistic constraint on them,” he says. “I like surprises and being carried away by sound. Where we’re in the recording studio, Nom de Plume and Samito play tracks for me and as soon as I fall in love with one, we start working on it together. That way, things are less predictable.”
One thing’s for sure, though: Kwenders knows that what he wants to avoid at all cost is to use the clichés of world music.
“I don’t mean that Québec world artists aren’t good, most of them do excellent work, but many creators have a hard time leaving the realm of their upbringing,” he says. “They reproduce what they’ve heard throughout the years without ever trying to move things forward. One must not be afraid to shake things up.”
Thus, his collaboration with Nom de Plume and Jacobus from Radio Radio on the track “Ani Kuni” seems totally natural. Just as Kwenders did, that Acadian rap group has turned its back on purists and camped itself firmly in a vigorous modernism.
“That’s not what united us in the first place, but it’s still true”, says the artist, who met Radio Radio after attended one of their concerts.
“Predictable” is a word to be avoided when describing both the Montrealer’s music and his journey. Raised by his single mother until she moved to Québec to prepare her family’s immigration, José Louis Modabi – alias Pierre Kwenders – had to wait a full year before he could join her on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Today, he cites his mom as his main source of inspiration.
“She taught me what it means to be hard-working, to be a winner,” he says. “All my life, she’s given me her full support, no matter what the undertaking. But it needs to be said that Bantus have extremely strong family values.”
Spanning a large swath of Africa between Cameroon and the Comoros, and from Sudan to South Africa, the immense Bantu Empire was fragmented during the colonial era of the 19th Century.
Now, 200 years later, the title of his album and the costume he wears on stage are not totally unrelated to a certain urge to unite his people once more.
“I want people to know about this empire that we never hear about, compared to the Ottoman and British empires, for example,” says Kwenders. “Wherever they are in the world, the Bantu people have common traits: they are open to culture, they have great values and an unabashed joie de vivre. I hope to touch people with my songs that are about Bantu history and the current situation in Africa. The song ‘Ali Boma Ye’ is a reference to Muhammad Ali’s 1974 fight in Kinshasa. ‘Kuna Na Goma’ is about women who, still to this day, are raped on cotton plantations. ‘Cadavere’ is a denunciation of war and child soldiers. But through all this, I also strive to changes people’s perception of Africa. My song ‘Popolipo’ explains to Westerners that their knowledge of the African continent cannot be limited to what they hear on the news.”
Just like Pierre Kwenders’ album, the Bantu people cannot be reduced to a few clichés.
Turning the Page“I’ve had to turn the page often throughout my life, but there was one situation that was particularly difficult. I ended up disappointing not one, but two entire families: mine and that of the girl I was supposed to marry, at the time. The big day was drawing near. Everybody was excited and happy, except me. I broke up with her not long before the wedding. I took me a year to get over it. I submerged myself in my studies because I was totally unable to engage in any kind of relationship.” | {
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"We took this initiative on as a patient safety measure," said Dr. John Deledda, vice president of medical affairs.
He acknowledges there was some initial resistance, but he said anecdotal evidence shows absenteeism is down.
The Health Collaborative found 87 percent of all medical employees were vaccinated last year, up 7 percent over the previous year.
"Of course, there are many who do not wish to get the shot," said Dr. Steve Englender, of the Cincinnati Health Department.
Their reasons range from medical to religious to personal preference.
TriHealth offered all of its 10,800 employees free flu shots and gave them until Nov. 16 to get them. Employees who did not get the shot were sent letters telling them to get the shots by Dec. 3 or provide a valid reason for declining, a company spokesperson said.
Tri Health declined comment Wednesday, but one employee who contacted News 5 said they'd been sent a termination letter for refusing the shot.
"WHY ARE people being forced?" the employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said in an email. "I never signed anything stating I would submit to a flu shot."
Cincinnati's health department highly recommends, but does not mandate, its staff to get the shot.
Dr. Bill Frist, former Senate majority leader, who was in Cincinnati on Wednesday at the Health Collaborative Awards Dinner, emphasizes vaccinations save lives.
"Health facilities do have to be kept at a different standard than you or even me today, not practicing medicine," Frist said.
Health officials believe mandatory is the ethically responsible approach to flu season, but it's still a patchwork-in-progress.
Cincinnati firefighters and emergency medical technicians are not required to get a flu shot, although most do. | {
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Swap-N-Shop
Title: Swap-N-ShopLocation: Community Center in Wayland Description: Swap-N-Shop will be held at the Community Center in Wayland Friday from 11 – 6 and Saturday from 8 – 1. Free clothing and miscellaneous items are there to anyone who needs them. You can bring items to donate as well. Any questions, please call Sherri Black @ (319) 461-4386.Date: 2010-04-09 | {
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Boys Suits
Daydreams
Published Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Do you ever daydream about your wedding then realize you never though about tuxedos until now? Well, what a perfect place to daydream about your wedding. Do you have a color in mind? I bet we can match it and have the groomsmen in that color.
White Tuxedos
Published Friday, July 25, 2014
We just got in a new style of White Tuxedo. Check it out what do you think?
Ever since the movie 21 Jump Street came out, we've been getting so many requests to get a white Tuxedo Jacket with Black Lapels. Well, it's finally here! Better late than never.
7/11
Published Friday, July 11, 2014
Ah! 7/11 Best day of the year. Free slurpees on a hot summer day. But we still have to keep ourselves collected. After you scarf down that slurpee, make it so that people didn’t even know you froze the roof of your mouth today. The best way to do this is with a nice tie/bow tie. It says, "I'm sophisticated, I don’t need a cold beverage to make me happy"
Vest Sale
Published Thursday, July 10, 2014
Vest and more vests. We have vest. This is great for you because with more vests comes more sales. Yes that's right, another vest sale! I know what you're thinking "Aren't you loosing money this way?" Well, that’s for me to know and for you to SAVE!
TuxedosOnline.com Adds New User Friendly Features to Their Website for a More Convenient Client Experience
Published Thursday, June 26, 2014
"http://www.tuxedosonline.com/wedding_retail.asp"Online, one of the largest online vendors for men’s formal wear and tuxedos, is pleased to announce the new addition of a live chat feature on their website. The chat feature connects customers with one of the experts from TuxedosOnline in seconds, providing them with a resource for any questions they may have about the order process, sizing, or men’s wear and wedding attire in general. In addition to the chat feature, customers can reach a friendly customer service agent by dialing 1-888-968-4TUX (4889) anytime.
"We want shopping at TuxedosOnline.com to be a personalized experience, and it is just so much easier to purchase wedding attire or formalwear online when there is someone available to answer questions right away. Your wedding day is one of the most important events in your lifetime, and our team of experts and wedding consultants are available to help you figure out the perfect style and colors for the big day. I’m really excited that we have been able to add this feature for our customers," stated TuxedosOnline CEO Vrej Grigorian.
TuxedosOnline is the direct manufacturer of most of their products, which allows them to keep their prices low while still providing excellent quality. They carry a large variety of colors and styles for men’s tuxedos and formalwear. Customers are able to easily personalize their look for their wedding by choosing their favorite colors, accessories and fits from the easy-to-navigate site. They also carry formal wear for boys, shoes, and career apparel. For more information and to browse the online selection, visit http://www.tuxedosonline.com/
Here are different kinds of shirt collars.
The Biggest TuxedoSale of the Season Is Here Thanks to TuxedosOnline.com
TuxedosOnline.com announces a new tuxedo and men’s formalwear sale. Tuxedos,shoes, vests, and more are all available for extremely low prices.
TuxedosOnline.com is clearing out all old tuxedos for incredibly low prices. This is a remarkable sale, during which men can buy the formalwear they need for weddings, prom, and other black-tie occasions, at a huge savings.
From ties to scarves, every kind of merchandise is being discounted. Discount tuxes are available for men who want a more traditional look, but colored and patterned vests and ties are also on sale and are perfect for those who want to add their own style to a formal ensemble. Colored vests and ties are ideal for men who want an outfit that matches their date’s attire.
TuxedosOnline’sCEO, Vrej Grigorian, believes that for spring and summer events now is the perfect time to purchase a tux. “By purchasing your tuxedo now,” he states, “you save yourself from the stress of having to purchase your tux last minute. You also can take advantage of some spectacular deals with our new tuxedo sale.”
TuxedosOnline.com already offers some of the lowest prices available, and these new discounts ensure that men can save even more while still looking great. TuxedosOnline directly manufactures many of their tuxedos and menswear accessories, enabling prices that are comparable to—or even lower than—the cost of rental.
For anyone with styling questions, TuxedosOnline has fashion consultants within phone’s reach. Simply dial 1 (888) 968-4TUX and select extension #2. Consultants can help with selecting appropriate styles and colors, as well as the right fabric for any occasion. In addition to tuxedos and men’s formalwear, TuxedosOnline also provides menswear accessories, such as cufflinks, hats, suspenders, and more.
About:
TuxedosOnline.com has been named "Best of the Web" by USA: Tuxedos since 2008. The web-based vendor is the internet superstore for men's formalwear tuxedo shirts, tuxedo vests and tuxedo uniforms and is one of the oldest companies to sell tuxedos on the internet. They are highly rated on bizrate.com, eBay, and other internet rating services. Although the tuxedo rental industry has reported declines in the amount of rentals for the past few years, TuxedosOnline.com has grown over 40% a year for the past three years.
The Biggest Tuxedo Sale of the Season Is Here Thanks to TuxedosOnline.com
Published Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Biggest TuxedoSale of the Season Is Here Thanks to TuxedosOnline.com
TuxedosOnline.com announces a new tuxedo and men’s formalwear sale. Tuxedos,shoes, vests, and more are all available for extremely low prices.
TuxedosOnline.com is clearing out all old tuxedos for incredibly low prices. This is a remarkable sale, during which men can buy the formalwear they need for weddings, prom, and other black-tie occasions, at a huge savings.
From ties to scarves, every kind of merchandise is being discounted. Discount tuxes are available for men who want a more traditional look, but colored and patterned vests and ties are also on sale and are perfect for those who want to add their own style to a formal ensemble. Colored vests and ties are ideal for men who want an outfit that matches their date’s attire.
TuxedosOnline’sCEO, Vrej Grigorian, believes that for spring and summer events now is the perfect time to purchase a tux. “By purchasing your tuxedo now,” he states, “you save yourself from the stress of having to purchase your tux last minute. You also can take advantage of some spectacular deals with our new tuxedo sale.”
TuxedosOnline.com already offers some of the lowest prices available, and these new discounts ensure that men can save even more while still looking great. TuxedosOnline directly manufactures many of their tuxedos and menswear accessories, enabling prices that are comparable to—or even lower than—the cost of rental.
For anyone with styling questions, TuxedosOnline has fashion consultants within phone’s reach. Simply dial 1 (888) 968-4TUX and select extension #2. Consultants can help with selecting appropriate styles and colors, as well as the right fabric for any occasion. In addition to tuxedos and men’s formalwear, TuxedosOnline also provides menswear accessories, such as cufflinks, hats, suspenders, and more.
About:
TuxedosOnline.com has been named "Best of the Web" by USA: Tuxedos since 2008. The web-based vendor is the internet superstore for men's formalwear tuxedo shirts, tuxedo vests and tuxedo uniforms and is one of the oldest companies to sell tuxedos on the internet. They are highly rated on bizrate.com, eBay, and other internet rating services. Although the tuxedo rental industry has reported declines in the amount of rentals for the past few years, TuxedosOnline.com has grown over 40% a year for the past three years.
Wedding Tuxedo Sale from TuxedosOnline.com Features a Complimentary Groom’s Tux
Published Friday, January 31, 2014
TuxedosOnline.com announces an extraordinary new wedding tuxedo sale. With purchase of the wedding party’s tuxedos, grooms receive a tuxedo of equal or lesser value free.
TuxedosOnline.com has released a remarkable new discount offer. Now with purchase of tuxedos for a wedding party of five or more, a groom’s tuxedo of equal or lesser value is free. This exceptional deal ensures that grooms and groomsmen are dressed with style and sophistication during one of most important days of a man’s life.
“For many years rental tuxedo shops have given away a complimentary tuxedo rental with the rental of the tuxedos in their wedding party,” TuxedosOnline’s CEO, Vrej Grigorian, states. “Now, we are giving away the groom’s tuxedo if you buy the wedding party tuxedos from us.” By choosing to buy a tuxedo, instead of rent, the groom and groomsmen will have a brand new tux to wear for any future black-tie events. In addition, TuxedosOnline ensures the cost of buying a tux is just as cheap as renting.
Because TuxedosOnline directly manufactures many of their tuxedos and menswear accessories, the company offer prices that are comparable to—or even lower than—the cost of rental. By buying a tux, grooms and groomsmen can rest assured, knowing they’ve purchased their tux well in advance, rather than rushing to rent at the last minute.
Anyone who has questions about tuxedo styles, colors, or other styling details, should complete TuxedosOnline’s wedding consultation form to be contacted by an experienced wedding consultant. For those who want to liven up a black tuxedo, colored vests and cummerbunds are a perfect choice. Different fabrics can help men create a distinguished, unique look.
In addition to wedding tuxedo packages, TuxedosOnline offers a variety of tuxedo and formalwear accessories, including cufflinks, cravats, hats, and more. For more details on TuxedosOnline’s wedding tuxedo packages, visit the website.
About:
TuxedosOnline.com has been named "Best of the Web" by USA: Tuxedos since 2008. The web-based vendor is the internet superstore for men's formal wear tuxedo shirts, tuxedo vests and tuxedo uniforms and is one of the oldest companies to sell tuxedos on the internet. They are highly rated on bizrate.com, eBay, and other internet rating services. Although the tuxedo rental industry has reported declines in the amount of rentals for the past few years, TuxedosOnline.com has grown over 40% a year for the past three years.
For the full range of tuxedos, including wedding tuxedos, accessories, shoes, and shirts, as well as the entire MODA Formalwear line, visit TuxedosOnline.com or call (818) 765-9479 or (888) 968-4TUX.
New Tuxedo Items
Published Thursday, January 09, 2014
TuxedosOnline.com, the Leading Online Website for Tuxedos and Formalwear, Announces Exciting New Offerings This Fall
SUMMARY
New styles have just arrived from MAGIC Trade Show. All of the arrivals are of the finest quality and follow the latest fashion trends.
TuxedosOnline.com has just added a variety of new tuxedos and formalwear to their inventory. These new offerings have arrived just in time for Winter Formal and Homecoming dances, as well as the fall and winter wedding seasons. Every suit sold by Tuxedosonline.com is of the highest quality and most are available in all sizes.
“Today’s style of men’s formalwear is teetering on the line between suits and tuxedos,” says Vrej Grigorian, CEO of TuxedosOnline.com. “We have the best deals on whatever best suits your taste.”
New styles of Sharkskin suits make up a significant part of the new arrivals. “All I can say is that Sharkskin material for men’s formalwear is back,” says Grigorian.
“We also have a new stock of Shawl lapels,” says Grigorian. “Shawl lapels aren’t just dinner jackets anymore. We have a variety of shawl lapel jackets, including some with piping on the lapel and matching pants in black, beige, silver and maroon.”
TuxedosOnline also has a new stock of men’s formalwear accessories. When they visit the website, customers can find a wide selection of:
Neckties
Dress shoes
Formal gloves
Canes
Fedoras
Dress pants
“We have a great selection of suede and black and white shoes,” says Grigorian. “We even have some sequin and camouflage hats.”
About:
TuxedosOnline.com has been named "Best of the Web" by USA: Tuxedos since 2008. The web-based vendor is the internet superstore for men's formalwear tuxedo shirts, tuxedo vests and tuxedo uniforms and is one of the oldest companies to sell tuxedos on the internet. They are highly rated on bizrate.com, eBay, and other internet rating services. Although the tuxedo rental industry has reported declines in the amount of rentals for the past few years, TuxedosOnline.com has grown over 40% a year for the past three years.
For the full range of tuxedos, including wedding tuxedos, accessories, shoes, and shirts, as well as the entire MODA Formalwear line, visit TuxedosOnline.com or call (818) 765-9479 or (888) 968-4TUX. | {
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….Low Carb Living
LOW CARB: A low-carb diet is a diet that restricts carbohydrates, such as those found in sugary foods, pasta and bread. It is high in protein, fat and healthy vegetables. There are many different types of low-carb diets, and studies show that they can cause weight loss and improve health.
There is so much information on Low Carb living and diets that it is sometimes very difficult to pull apart fact from fiction. When we started off on our journey, it was all about eating better and improving our waistline situation. We all grew up being told that eating fruit, whole grains and very little fat is the best way to be healthy. Today this is a totally different situation. I could not wrap my head around the idea of eating more fat and less whole grains.
We all have heard the buzz words like paleo, primal, Atkins, banting, LCHF and we know that they all have something in common but also some differences. I was introduced to a low carb lifestyle through a work colleague about 6 years ago. I struggled for year to gluten intolerance and tried to exclude it from my diet. But in turn I increased my carbs, by eating loads of potato, rice and gluten-free pasta. I also believed that eating 2 – 3 fruit in a day would beneficial to my health and the ‘best” part would be excluding all fat. This caused me to gain weight rapidly and I kept on blaming hormones, aging and illness.
Over coffee one day, Pottie (a true researchers) told me about this very interesting article he read on a blog (Marks Daily Apple) on how a low carb diet can improve your overall health and actually assist with stubborn weight. I started reading up on the new concept to me. Soon I realized it was not just a new buzz word but actually a scientifically based lifestyle. Back then I was not really sure what the difference is between a diet and a lifestyle. I started reading about a low carb diet and all I could really see it people losing weight. So to me it sounded like a diet, I mean how can I not enjoy chocolate cake or brownie with my sweet coffee. Pottie decided to change his lifestyle and venture into the new “dark” side. I saw him daily eating eggs and salad, or steak with fat and salad, and thought to myself, this man is going to kill himself. Within two months I could see the changes he was going through.
I told my hubby about these changes and we decided to read up a little more. I stumbled upon this Whole 30 challenge and decided to give it a go. We planned our 30 days with a meal plan and cancelled all our social activities (I mean how can you eat low carb and hang out with friends). We started our first whole 30 (2012) and both loss some weight (me – 5 kg, hubby – 8 kg) but after 30 days we returned to our normal habits. Luckily, we decided that we don’t need rice and pasta that often and slowly lowered our carb intake during the following year. October 2013 we got the great news we are expecting and I immediately knew I wanted to eat as healthy as I can to ensure our new bundle of joy will get the best possible start to her life.
10 May 2014, Little M was born 22 May
I felt very proud that I only gained 7 kg during my pregnancy, and felt confident that we will have a healthy bouncy baby. Sadly, reality was not that great. Little M was born pre-maturely with an infection. She was 10 days in NICU and was given antibiotics immediately. As a breastfeeding mom, I started eating more and more carb and within 4 months I gained 12 kg. I felt so depressed and I could not understand why. I once again blamed my hormones and lack of sleep for this problem, but also recognized that I was not eating as healthy as I wanted too.
Our 2015 new year’s resolutions included following a paleo lifestyle. We did fairly well and managed to drop some of the excess weight. In South Africa we started to hear about Banting everywhere. Dr Tim Noakes was in the media all the time about his comments and research on LCHF living (Banting). Little M had a very bad 2015 and we soon realized that a healthy lifestyle plays a much bigger role than medical treatments. She was the big motivation behind our mind-set change. Yes, this lifestyle is about a mind-set change as much as a lifestyle change.
One of the many stays in hospital during 2015
With all the conflicting information our there about all the different LCHF “diets” it is not easy to know which one came first or which one will be best. Paleo? Primal? Banting? Atkins? They all seem the same but people tend to get very upset if you mistake the one for the other. I fount this infogram very helpful to get my head around the differences and similarities between these “diets”
To us banting (LCHF lifestyle) is not about losing weight (but it’s a great bonus), it’s about changing our relationship with food and improving our overall health. Some of our non-scale victories include:
1.Decrease in constipation
2.No indigestion, bloating or stomach cramps
3.Clear skin
4.More energetic
5.Better quality sleep
6.Less mood swings
7.No hospital stays
My humble opinion – experiment and see what works best for you and your family. This is not a one size fits all, some people need more carbs (healthy) to function, others can go as low as 15 g per day. We found that including some dairy works well for us, but we try to avoid fruit. Sugar, in any form, really negatively impacts on Little M so we avoid it at all cost. We try and keep our daily carb intake below 50 g, with Little M around 80 g, as she needs to gain some weight.
Last but not least – enjoy this lifestyle. This is not a punishment at all, you can eat great food with the occasional treat and still be happy and healthy. This is not a death sentence but a lifestyle (thank you Merle Wescott) | {
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This allowed us to get in find that we do have projects, environments, variables etc. But for some reason the AAD mapping of roles does not appear to be working.
Temporarily i added some roles to the everyone group to get them going again.
The other thing i noticed in the [User] table, the ExternalIdentifiers used to just be an email address value, now it has the following.|Azure AD:[email blocked]|Azure AD:Gavin Woolley|Azure AD:rv6-SOSOR7fvp_aHboidhfgpsudWBxyC4h2VVCA|
Could you help assist us in returning the AAD login functionality and group to role mappings please.
More digging, i have now found that in the [User] table, the [JSON] Column contains the following "SecurityGroups":{}}
After migrating to 3.17.5. It cleared ExternalID column, and lost all group memberships.
I deleted my user account from Octopus.
Logged in again, which dynamically created me a new account with the correct SecurityGroups"SecurityGroups":{"Azure AD":{"GroupIds":["octopusAdmins","octopusDevelopers"],"LastUpdated":"2017-10-11T09:36:52.8891223+00:00"}}}
I was then able to login and confirm i had the correct permissions.
5 minutes later, the Server Task Synchronize external security groups ran. Which promptly wiped the values from "SecurityGroups":{}} in the [User] Table JSON column.
Thanks for getting in touch and I'm sorry this has been your experience in upgrading Octopus.
Thanks for providing the additional information, it does appear that this is an issue in 3.17. We have received another support request from a customer with the same issue of AAD mapping of roles not working after 3.17.5 upgrade.
We are currently investigating this issue and will get back to you as soon as we know more.
Regarding your certificate-scoping issue:
This isn't exactly a bug, it was an intentional change, but I do feel we haven't catered nicely for your scenario.
This behavior change was introduced in Octopus 3.15, as part of the resolution for an issue with scoping machines to tenants.
We standardised the tenant-scoping for machines, accounts, and certificates.
Because your certificates weren't previously scoped to any tenants or tenant-tags, they will have defaulted to Exclude from tenanted deployments, as shown in the attached image.
To have them included in tenanted deployments, you will need to select one of the other options, and select the tenants or tags you wish them to be scoped to (as you have apparently realized).
There isn't currently a way to say Include in tenanted deployments and make available to all tenants. Which I believe is essentially what you want.
The closest I can suggest is to create an All tenants tag, and add it to every tenant, and every appropriate certificate.
We do apologize that this experience hasn't been great for you.
Just to give you an insight into our thinking when designing this: Due to the sensitive nature of certificates (and accounts), our primary concern was safety-first. We didn't want them to be accidentally included in a deployment. This is why we made it very explicit. Obviously this came at the expense of your scenario. | {
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The Health Benefits of Coconut Oil, How to Use it
April 26, 2017
Coconut oil has become a popular ingredient of discussion over the past several years. It’s made from drying the kernel (or the meat) of the coconut and comes in several different types. The most common types of coconut oil that you will see are virgin (unrefined) and refined. Virgin coconut oil has a tropical scent and flavor, whereas refined coconut oil has minimal scent and flavor.
Not only is coconut oil extremely versatile in the many ways you can use it in cooking and for beauty, it also offers plenty of health benefits. Here are just a few of the ways that coconut oil can help improve your health.
While glucose (from complex carbohydrates and fruits) are the preferred fuel for your brain cells, each brain cell has an outer layer of lipids (fats) that needs to be replenished as well. If you want to improve your memory, it might be worth adding coconut oil into your diet.
Boost Your Immune System
Lauric acid is a type of fatty acid that is found in coconut oil. This particular fatty acid has been tested as an excellent antibacterial agent. Lauric acid is the precursor to monolaurin, which acts like a bacteria-killer. Adding more coconut oil into your diet might help your body sweep out bacteria so that your immune system can continue doing what it does best. Additionally, coconut oil can help combat yeast and fungal overgrowth like Candida Albicans due to its antifungal properties.
Hydrate Your Skin
Coconut oil can be used as a skincare product in many ways. It helps with dry skin, eczema, and psoriasis. You can also use it as a facial cleanser or a moisturizer. Contrary to what you might think, using coconut oil as a moisturizer does not make your skin oily. Using coconut oil as a lotion helps you to avoid many of the toxins that are found in conventional moisturizers and beauty products.
Luckily, incorporating coconut oil into your daily routine and diet is easier than you might think. Here are some fun ways to try it:
Use Coconut Oil for High-Heat Cooking
Coconut oil is an excellent cooking oil for high-heat cooking. Because coconut oil is a saturated fat, it helps to prevent oxidation when it is exposed to high heat. You can use it as a replacement for olive oil when roasting vegetables in the oven at high heat or in stir-fry dishes. Some good vegetables for roasting with coconut oil are:
Sweet Potatoes
Beets
Carrots
Brussels Sprouts
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Asparagus
Mushrooms
Zucchini
Bell Peppers
The flavor of coconut oil tends to mix well with sweeter root vegetables and dishes that have Asian flavors. To use coconut oil for roasting vegetables in the oven, follow these steps:
Preheat your oven to 375F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or tinfoil and set aside.
Chop up vegetables and place them in a mixing bowl.
Melt coconut oil in a small saucepan on the stove.
Pour coconut oil over the vegetables with a pinch of sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper. You can also add dried herbs like rosemary and thyme for added flavor. Mix everything together then spread it out on the baking tray.
Depending on which vegetables you choose the cooking time will vary from 15 to 35 minutes. Make sure to flip them halfway through the cooking time.
Try Substituting Coconut Oil in Baked Goods
When baking with coconut oil, measure in a cup when it is solid at room temperature. Once you have measured it out, melt it on the stove in a small sauce pan then add it to the “wet” ingredients in the baking process. Coconut oil is a healthier alternative to butter and processed oils such as canola oil, soy oil, safflower oil, and sunflower oil.
Add Coconut Oil to a Beverage
Simply add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of coconut oil to your morning smoothie and blend away. You can also add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to a cup of hot coffee or tea to create a creamier consistency.
Make Delicious Lemon Coconut Protein Bars
Coconut oil serves as a great “binder” for these Lemon and Coconut Protein Bars. These bars only take 15 minutes to make and they don’t require any baking or cooking.
Ingredients
1/2 cup vanilla protein powder or Vital Proteins Collagen protein
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tablespoon raw honey, melted
2 tablespoons lemon juice and zest to taste
2 tablespoons coconut flour
Directions
Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Line a small baking dish with parchment paper. Spread batter inside, using a spatula to flatten.
Refrigerate for 45 minutes. Cut into 12 bars then place in a glass Tupperware and store in the refrigerator for up to 6 days. | {
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In August 1943, Lt. Kemp Martin bailed out of his B-17 bomber, the “C Batt,” shortly before it crashed near the city of Salerno in Italy. Nearly seven decades later, Italian researchers found the remnants of Martin’s plane. They tracked down Martin’s family in Houston and mailed them pieces of the C Batt as keepsakes. […]
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Hurdles (Not Financial Ones) Await Electric Grid Update
WASHINGTON — Environmentalists dream of a bigger and “smarter” electric grid that could move vast amounts of clean electricity from windswept plains and sunny deserts to distant cities.
Such a grid, they argue, could help utilities match demand with supply on the hottest afternoons, allow customers to decide when to run their appliances and decrease the risk of blackouts, like the one that paralyzed much of the East in 2003.
The Obama administration has vowed to make the grid smarter and tougher, allocating $11 billion in grants and loan guarantees to the task in the economic stimulus package passed by the House last week.
But it will take a lot more than money to transform the grid from a form that served well in the last century, when electricity was produced mostly near the point of consumption, and when the imperative was meeting demand, no matter how high it grew.
Opposition to power lines from landowners and neighbors, local officials or environmental groups, especially in rural areas, makes expansion difficult — even when the money for it is available. And some experts argue that in the absence of a broader national effort to encourage cleaner fuels, even the smartest grid will do little to reduce consumption of fuels that contribute to climate change.
In fact, energy experts say that simply building a better grid is not enough, because that would make the cheap electricity that comes from burning coal available in more parts of the country. That could squeeze out generators that are more expensive but cleaner, like those running on natural gas. The solution is to put a price on emissions from dirtier fuels and incorporate that into the price of electricity, or find some other way to limit power generation from coal, these experts say.
The stimulus bill passed by the House includes $6.5 billion in credit to federal agencies for building power lines, presumably in remote areas where renewable energy sources are best placed, and $2 billion in loan guarantees to companies for power lines and renewable energy projects. The bill also includes $4.4 billion for the installation of smart meters — which, administration officials say, in combination with other investments in a smart grid, would cut energy use by 2 percent to 4 percent — and $100 million to train workers to maintain the grid.
About 527,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines stretch across the United States, most installed many decades ago.
Everyone agrees that more lines are needed. But some industry experts argue that the problem of making the grid greener goes well beyond upgrading and expanding the existing power lines. The grid, they say, was set up primarily to draw energy from nearby plants and to provide a steady flow of electricity to customers. It was not intended to incorporate power from remote sources like solar panels and windmills, whose output fluctuates with weather conditions — variability that demands a far more flexible operation.
The experts say that the grid must therefore be designed to moderate demand at times when there is less wind or sun available — for example, by allowing businesses or residential customers to volunteer to let the local utility turn down air-conditioners in office buildings or houses, when hourly prices rise.
An even more significant problem is that utilities increasingly face opposition to expansion and must fight for years for permits.
José M. Delgado, president and chief executive of the American Transmission Company, which operates in four Midwestern states, said his firm’s last major project, a line of about 220 miles from Duluth, Minn., to Wausau, Wis., took two years to build but eight years before that to win the permits. The federal Interior Department took a year to approve the line crossing a wild river and required a $5 million contribution to a national park, but the one-year delay raised costs by an additional $12 million, for a total of $440 million, Mr. Delgado said.
The International Transmission Company, a Michigan company, is trying to build a 26-mile line that, had it been in place, would have prevented the great Eastern blackout of 2003, said Joseph L. Welch, president and chief executive. The State of Michigan has approved it, but a homeowner is challenging it in court, Mr. Welch said.
“We burn up three years on a line that will take two months to build,” he said.
Other companies said the same, although a few said the loan guarantees in the House bill would be helpful.
As power lines lengthen, the number of approvals they require increases, the complications of dividing the costs become greater and the difference among national interests and local interests becomes starker, said Dan W. Reicher, a former assistant secretary of energy who was a member of President Obama’s transition team.
Policy makers have looked at various models to resolve the conflicting interests in power-line disputes. In the 1930s, the federal government assumed sole responsibility for approving natural gas pipelines, and as a result, gas moves freely from wells in the Gulf Coast states to other areas of the country, with much of it used to make electricity. Gas pipelines are somewhat less objectionable, though, because they are buried.
Another model is the one used to build the Interstate Highway System, with the states using their powers of eminent domain in a system that was centrally planned with state input. But highways were more attractive to many states than power lines would be, electricity officials say, especially if the lines are simply crossing a state without adding much local benefit. A third possibility is a national commission that would present a master plan for thousands of miles of new transmission lines that Congress could approve for the whole country in spite of local objections for individual pieces.
Congress tried to solve the problem in 2005 with a law that gave the Energy Department authority to intervene if states did not approve new lines deemed to be in the national interest, but that has not worked well, said Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California and chairman of the House Energy Committee. It was criticized as an assault on the traditional control by the states of land-use decisions.
The electric industry is at least planning to better integrate different parts of the grid so that if power is needed in Baltimore it can be imported from Chicago. A group of technical experts, mostly from the Midwest, have been meeting for months to map out new lines, in an effort that industry veterans say is unprecedented in its breadth. But the group’s aim is simply a map of what such a system would look like; it will not seek permission for such lines, or try to finance them or actually build them. The group is scheduled to make an announcement next week.
“We’ve got a real political confrontation that’s going to take place,” said Glenn L. English Jr., chief executive of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, who had served as a congressman from Oklahoma for 20 years. “It basically comes down to the question of prioritization. What’s more important to you? Do you truly want to maximize the use of renewable energy?”
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Last Monday the recently formed Academy of Temple Studies, along with the Religious Studies program at Utah State University, hosted a conference in Logan on "Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition."
Last Monday the recently formed Academy of Temple Studies, along with the Religious Studies program at Utah State University, hosted a conference in Logan on "Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition."
The keynote speaker was English scholar and Methodist lay preacher Margaret Barker, past president of the Society for Old Testament Study. Barker is cofounder of the Temple Studies Group based in England, which hosts an annual symposium on temple studies in the Temple Church, London. The Academy of Temple Studies was recently founded in part as a U.S. partner for the English Temple Studies Group.
Barker, the author of 14 books, has focused her scholarly career on the study of the centrality of the biblical temple in understanding both the Bible and earliest Christianity. She calls this "temple theology."
Her basic interpretation is that there were different sects or movements within ancient Israelite religion. One of these sects is known as the Deuteronomists, a term used by biblical scholars to describe the authors, editors and redactors of the biblical books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings.
The Deuteronomists seem to have come to predominance in Israelite religious life during the reign of Josiah, with the discovery of the "Book of the Law" (probably Deuteronomy) in the temple, and the subsequent reforms by Josiah of the Israelite religion and temple cult at Jerusalem (2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35).
According to Barker, these Deuteronomists systematically downplayed, obscured and even suppressed many elements of the original ancient Israelite temple cult and theology, such as visions, angelic manifestations, heavenly ascent, prophecy, revelation of divine wisdom, esoteric teachings and rituals, and theophany.
These ancient temple beliefs and practices, however, survived among other Israelite religious groups and movements, and they are reflected in the non-canonical Israelite books of the pseudepigrapha and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Jesus and the earliest New Testament Christians emerged from these temple-oriented movements.
Earliest Christianity includes all of these suppressed or hidden temple beliefs, rituals and practices, such Jesus as the cosmic king and high priest (Hebrews) and visionary ascent to heaven for a theophany of God in his celestial temple (Revelation).
For Barker, the temple, with its complex theology and ritual, was absolutely fundamental in the world view of both the New Testament writers and the earliest Christians.
Indeed, you cannot accurately understand early Christianity without understanding the centrality of the temple.
Over the centuries, the significance of the temple has slowly been obscured and lost, to the point that most modern Christians find ancient temple theology and ritual incomprehensible and foreign at best, and often barbarically distasteful.
For Barker, this widespread incomprehension among modern Christians is simply a manifestation of how far they have drifted from their sacred roots in the temple.
Those parts of the Bible that seem most opaque to modern Christians are often precisely the parts most associated with temple theology, ritual and mysticism. Thus, for Barker, Christianity does not represent a radical transformation of Judaism, but instead a restoration of the original temple-centered Israelite religion.
This religion included many esoteric teachings, such as the mysteries of creation, the secrets of the veil of the temple, the centrality of the eternal covenant, the great atonement, learning the name of God, the importance of the Melchizedek high priest and king Jesus as the incarnation of Yahweh/Jehovah.
The best introduction to Margaret Barker's thought is her short book "Temple Theology: An Introduction," (SPCK, 2004). Barker's web page includes a bibliography of all her publications at www.margaretbarker.com .
The web page of the Academy of Temple Studies will eventually include videos and audios of most the presentations from the conference at www.templestudies.org/home . The Temple Studies Group of England maintains a web page with links to many of the papers that have been presented at their annual conferences at www.templestudiesgroup.com .
The web page of the Religious Studies program at Utah State University, cohost of the conference, can be found at religiousstudies.usu.edu .
Daniel C. Peterson, professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at BYU, is editor-in-chief of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative and a blogger for Patheos. William Hamblin is a professor of history at BYU and co-author of more .. | {
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China Vies for Primacy Over the World's Buddhists
by Raymond Lam, Asian Sentinel, February 17, 2012
Religion as geopolitics
Bodhgaya, India -- The Buddhist holy sites of Bodh Gaya in India and Lumbini in Nepal - two of the religion’s most sacred pilgrimage locales, are becoming the dual epicenters of a Great Game between India and China.
<< Bodhgaya, where Buddha sat
Bodh Gaya is considered the undisputed heartland of the Buddhist world. However, Bodh Gaya’s eminence is being challenged by the Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific Exchange and Co-operation Foundation, which is backing Lumbini as Prince Siddhartha Gautama's birthplace. The foundation’s executive vice chairman, the Beijing-born Xiao Wunan, has described developing Lumbini into a Mecca as part of scheduled Chinese US$3 billion investment in Nepal.
For hundreds of years the faithful have flocked to Bodh Gaya, a small town some 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Bihar, bordering the Himalayas. Known in the Buddha’s time as Uruvela, it is the place where all Buddhas have become enlightened.
It is here where Prince Gautama Siddhartha was said to have sat down under a pipal tree and entered into deep meditation after six years of wandering, becoming The Buddha. The pipal tree, a species of fig, became known as the Bodhi or Bo – enlightenment -- tree. The tree now at the site is said to have been descended from the original Bodhi tree. For Buddhists, a red sandstone slab marking the spot of the Buddha’s first meditation is said to be the center of the universe.
Growing Chinese influence is something that New Delhi and Moscow both admire and fear. Chinese displeasure was enough to force the cancellation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s planned speech at the Global Buddhist Congregation conference in Delhi in November 2011 conference (along with all major Indian MPs), although Delhi drew the line at cancelling the event altogether, which was what Beijing really wanted.
Lumbini, 171 km. southeast of Kathmandu, is a key component in the Chinese objective to dislodge Nepal from India’s orbit as a satellite state. The Chinese investment is designed to transform the currently sleepy town into a first-class tourist destination including a new airport and highway, hotels, a convention center, a Buddhist university and place of pilgrimage for Buddhists from around the world.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, in July, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing in Beijing to begin the development of Lumbini.
The Nepalese government was irritated over not being consulted, eventually prompting Beijing to deny reports in the Nepali media of a secret pact with elements of the country’s Maoists and instead saying they had signed the MOU with Tourism Minister Khagda Bahadur, also a Maoist leader. Pushpa Kamal, who goes by the nom de guerre Prachanda, the head of the Maoist party, is a co-chairman of the APEC Foundation along with Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr, a fifth-generation member of the Rockefeller family; Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress, and Leon Charney, a real estate tycoon and former US presidential adviser
Executive vice chairman Xiao has said publicly that he hopes Lumbini will bring together all Buddhist schools -- Mahayana as practiced in China, Japan, and South Korea, Hinayana as practiced in Southeast Asia; and Tibetan Buddhism.
Apparently, however, according to media reports, the one Buddhist that Beijing intends to have nothing to do with the Lumbini project may well be the most influential one in the world today – the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, who heads the Gelug, or Yellow Hat branch of Buddhism. It seems thaty no one connected with the Lumbini project has contacted the Buddhist leader’s Dharmasala, India office to invite him to participate. China regards him as an outlaw and a renegade out to foment rebellion in Tibet.
After decades of professing atheism as the state’s official policy by the Communist Party, whose official stance is that religion is the opiate of the masses, President Hu Jintao declared a “harmonious society” policy in 2006. Since that time, Chinese influence in religion has been growing, with the proviso that Beijing effectively gets to pick the leaders, as it does with the Catholic Church branch in China. Thus Beijing’s influence in Buddhist affairs in particular has been growing. The party selected its own Panchen Lama, the religion’s second highest official, after spiriting away the Tibetan religion’s own reincarnated child, and vainly attempting to educate the Karmapa Lama in socialist doctrine until he made his dramatic escape from China and joined the Dalai Lama in India.
This is post-Cultural Revolution, face-saving code for “ally yourself to Beijing, and you will enjoy freedom and benefits.” It has paid off for most Buddhist institutions in China. The bid to co-opt the Buddhist faith is considered a part of dominating the Himalayan region, which Beijing considers essential if China is to continue reaping the benefits of its influence over the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a mutual security organization founded in 2001 by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Although Russia is nominally an equal member, Moscow worries that it is losing out to its onetime protégé’s economic allure and soft power.
This is especially so with the establishment of Confucius Institutes in many Central Asian nations save Tajikistan, and training its young, bright and promising youth in Mandarin. In a throwback to the Han and Tang dominance of the Silk Road and the imperialist Qing, China’s hydroelectric and manufacturing clout in post-Soviet breakup countries are prompting Russia to reengage with the Central Asian and Eastern European power blocs.
China also enjoys with the Central Asian countries the benefit of buffering the impoverished zone of Xinjiang, which is likely to be politically volatile in future due to the Tibetan Buddhist and Uighur Muslim mix (China’s elite counterinsurgency forces, the Snow Leopards, are currently deployed in the region).
Buddhism also forms a second front of religious diplomacy between China and a different power bloc, and that is the Pacific-Atlantic superpower of the United States. Since the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has been a promoter of “universal” values - a word that translates in Beijingese as “Western” or “American.”
This has resulted in a worst-case scenario for Chinese Buddhists as well as Chinese people who practice Tibetan Buddhism: having to choose between condemning a perfectly legitimate Tibetan religious leader or falling into the media trap of Tibet as an enlightened Shangri-la with bouncing bodhisattva bunnies before the PLA occupation.
This choice grows more agonizing with each Tibetan that sets herself or himself alight. After appointing its own Panchen Lama, all reincarnations of Tibetan Buddhist leaders are now to be approved by the state, raising concerns that this means the future Dalai Lama must be chosen by Beijing. The story on the Tibetan side, of course, is much more complex and private, and the Dalai Lama is far more long-term thinking than Beijing wants him to be.
Seen in this light, China’s paranoia about Tibet is no ill-thought out choice but a reluctant one, made by the party despite knowing it makes them look immature and out of touch. It fits quite well into the bigger picture that we shall see this century.
This curious chess game has led to am ironic observation on my part at the Global Buddhist Congregation conference in Delhi that the Chinese sought to stop, there were plenty of Taiwanese Buddhists there as well as Malaysian, Singaporean, ones, etc., almost all of whom are Chinese Buddhists, but almost not a single Buddhist from the mainland. I was one of the few Buddhists from Hong Kong.
The institution of the temple and monastery - the sangha - is above the ever-fluctuating fortunes of secular politics. 2600 years of watching over sentient beings is what it will forever do. In the meantime, however, innocents are dying as sacrifices in the Great Games of superpowers. Buddhists struggle as much as anyone else to find solutions, having been swept up as diplomatic pawns that could checkmate the king, or at least trap the queen. | {
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Well this gives you some idea of how our porches look. Both before and after. It will change the whole feel of our home when they are done. It already has changed the feel of it. We all worked so hard. We need a week off from our weekend! | {
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Rejected Novel Titles: Revealed!
“And Then You Think Someone Dies, So You Cross Them Off And Then They Come Back And, I Mean, Come On…”
Title: 100 Years Of Solitude; Rejected Title: 100 Years of People With The Same Name So You Can’t Keep Track Of Squat
Title: The Great Gatsby; Rejected Title:How Gatsby Got His Groove Back (and then got shot in a swimming pool)
Title: Things Fall Apart; Rejected Title:F*** You, Whitey
Title: 1,000 Places To See Before You Die; Rejected Title: 973 Places You Won’t See Before You Die
Title: Love In The Time Of Cholera; Rejected Title: I Love You So Mu—EEWWW!! What The Hell’s Coming Out Of You??!!
Title: Lord Of The Flies; Rejected Title: Life’s A Bitch And Then You Crush Piggy With A Big Rock
Also rejected: “Who Loves Bunnies!?”
Title: Of Mice And Men; Rejected Title: The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Men… Something Something… Hey, How Does The Rest of That Go? You Never Hear Anyone Say The Whole Thing. Anyway, Lenny Dies At The End And It’s REALLY Sad.
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Recently voted "The Best Humor Site in America That I, Personally, Write," The Byronic Man is sometimes fiction, but sometimes autobiography. And sometimes cultural criticism. Oh, and occasionally reviews. Okay, it's all those different things, but always humorous. Except on the occasions that it's not. Ah, geez. Look, it's a lot of things, okay? You might like it, is the point.
It seems like there’s always a *few* you’ve seen. It almost makes it worse. If they were all expensive or far away, you’d forget about it. But there’s juuuuuust enough “Hey, I’ve been there!” moments to make you feel like a loser who never travels.
You know, the town I live in has been named one of America’s best places to die many times (by whomever makes such a list), which sounds kind of bad ass, until you realize it just means there’s lots of non-terrifying nursing homes and doctors.
With the 1,000 places book, it’s actually more like, “Hey, I’ve been there! Now that’s one less place I need to feel guilty about never putting down this bag of cheetos and getting off my couch to actually go see!”
Which then gets compounded by pages of “I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. Hey, I’ve been there! I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser. I’m a loser…”
You think 100 Years of Solitude is bad about people with the same names, I’ve been going through the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. EVERYONE has the same name. I mean, in one chapter you might have Shemerin and Sheriam and Elayne and Moirane and Egwene and Sevanna and Serenna….just once I’d like a good solid “Bob” or “Jennifer” in there somewhere. Sigh,
Oh, yeah, 100 Years is brilliant. I got SO MAD though, because I kept a flow-chart of characters, and crossed of someone who “dies” and then they turn up alive, and it was like Marquez was mocking me. “Oh, you won’t stay clear *that* easily!”
OMG, you kept a flow chart?? Now I don’t feel so bad for all of the spreadsheets I make (e.g., Number of Times We’ve Used The National Parks Pass; Hypothetical Amount of Money We’ve Saved/Lost by Using National Parks Pass, etc.)
That’s why titling upcoming trilogy “Who Loves Ice Cream!?” “Who Loves Pandas!?” and “Who Loves Puppies!?”. It all about the financing of the War of 1812, but I think the titles will get people to buy them all.
I really want to like “100 Years of Solitude” – I’ve read it twice trying to force the issue – but the cast of characters leaves me in the dust. Maybe I could decipher it the third time with your flow chart… | {
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The Effing Preservation Society was formed to archive the outstanding genius that was, is, for now and for eternity, The Effing Librarian. *cough*
Saturday, August 21, 2010
You cheered for garbage.
So I saw this new clip from a deleted scene from a Star Wars movie (okay, it's Return of the Jedi; I'm just trying to seem too cool for Star Wars) where we see Luke ("Luuuuuke") use a sonic screwdriver to tighten the thingies on his lightsaber, like it needed new D batteries or something. (I would have linkyed to the clip, but it done been taken down already.)
And the audience is cheering, "Oh, Yeah!" "Woo!" as they watch the hooded figure appear to jiggle this and twist on that.
They're cheering over a deleted scene. Deleted. Cut. Unfit to be in the initial release of the film. Garbage.
Directors cut scenes from movies for different reasons, for time, for pacing, because they don't reveal any new information, whatever. But it was cut and thrown away. When they were editing this in 1982 nobody thought, "Hey, I'll save this for the Laserdisc."
Remember, Return of the Jedi is the movie with Ewoks.
So if Ewoks are considered Good for the final cut of Return of the Jedi, then this deleted scene must really be crap.
But it just goes to show the hold that "new" has over people. We want everything first, before anyone else. So we celebrate crap because we got it first. It doesn't matter that the creator thought it wasn't worthy of the final product and threw it away.
MY GENERATION: You know, I saw Return of the Jedi in the theater during its original run.
THIS GENERATION: But we saw the scene that Lucas held back because he thought you sucked too much to deserve seeing it. He gave you Ewoks, but he saved this for us.
MY GENERATION: Touché. He gave us Princess Leia in a metal bikini, but Ewoks, yeah, George Lucas really must have hated us. | {
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News: Popular Comedy Group Funky 4 Plus 1 Breaks Up – See In Their Own Words, Reasons Why
Rivers State has been buzzing about the shake up among the popular Funky 4 Plus 1. First, followers of the popular Friday morning program on Rhythm 93.7 noticed that comedians, Micheal, Tekena, Kunle and Dan D’ Humorous had been replaced by Mr. OAU and K.O Baba. Then came the announcement online by the original four that they had moved from Rhythm 93.7 to Today’s FM. There has been a lot of speculation over the changes around this popular brand, but you are going to get different accounts of what happened, depending on who you ask.
On the issue of why they left, Eldee has said that; he took Michael and Tekena off the show over creative differences, and then Kunle and Dan D’Humorous decided to leave as well, in solidarity.
“They were dabbling too much into the content and it was no more about comedy,” Eldee said.
“I need to maintain creative control of that program cos I am the one held responsible. If anyone comes here and says something, they will go home and nobody will ask them”.
KO Baba & OAU
When asked, Michael Ogolo said that; he and his colleagues left because of what he called “the systematic stifling of the program.”
“Too many guests and too many jingles,” Ogolo said.
“Sometimes we barely have thirty minutes of total talking time out of the entire two hours.”
Ogolo said that; there had always been skirmishes, quarrels and disagreements but that they always settled them immediately.
On the issue of how the program started, there appears to be some disagreement over the facts.
Eldee says that; he put the group together about eleven years ago, first by bringing on Dan D’Humorous and then Kunle.
“Kunle worked in the same company as Tekena and he introduced us. I met Michael at a burial.
“The very idea of coming together as a group on radio, doing comedy, they never would have thought of it.”
Eldee believes that the group’s focus changed over the years.
“They did not know each other, they came together, had a good one, but they derailed along the way…It stopped being about comedy. There would be personal interest here and there…talk for 15 minutes without telling any joke.”“All of a sudden you have become some kind of socio political commentator. Everybody has their calling and I think their calling is more of comedy than socio political commentary. It’s important to pass a message, using your comedy as a vehicle – not that you would use comedy as a cover for something else which is what they were beginning to do,” Eldee said.
Michael Ogolo’s account of how the collective was set up is slightly different.
“We find it surprising that one person will claim to have formed the program and claim ownership of it.
“Eldee used to bring different comedians to the Morning Drive show. But the meeting of four of us – not prompted by Eldee – happened and was fun spontaneously.”
Both men also have different accounts of how the name Funky 4 Plus 1 came about – a name which could be the subject of litigation.Ogolo:“Eldee called us ‘Comedy Central’ for a few weeks but because of John Stewart of CNN, we were uncomfortable (because of piracy). We all started thinking of what to call ourselves. A few names popped up but it was Eldee who spoke of a rap group named ‘Funky 4’. He did not sit down on his own to say, ‘I will form a group of comedians and call them Funky 4. I will tell them what to say or what not to say. They will speak like this or like that’. That is the only premise on which he can lay claim to the program.”
Eldee:“As far as suing me over the name, it’s ridiculous. Deep down they know that I came up with that name. I had to explain how I got that name. They never would have thought of it.They are saying that they have registered the name and they are going to sue me. I don’t care about the name. It has outlived its usefulness to me.
Using the name wouldn’t do the program justice because the new guys have a fanbase and they should have their own identity. It’s like moving from a house, leaving the old one behind and going to build a new house, you’re not necessarily going to build it like the old one you had.
Besides I have the capacity to come up with something creative. I don’t have to fight anybody over a name.”
It would appear that Eldee had only continued to use the name ‘Funky 4 Plus 1’ because it wasn’t obvious that Kunle and Dan D’Humorous would leave with their comedic brothers. He had expected them to continue on the program but they chose to go along with Michael and Tekena.
“I came up with the name very effortlessly and I can do it again.”
With a lawsuit over the name possibly out of the way, it looks like the management of Rhythm 93.7 will be turning a new page with new comedians on its Friday morning program. Apart from Mr. OAU and K.O Baba, there is word that Mudiaga, Prince Hezekiah or Arinze Baba might be joining Eldee on Friday mornings. They will be going head to head with Ogolo and his crew, as starting June 3rd, they will be having their own program during the same time belt albeit on a different station.
It’s worth asking, what all this says about the relationships that must have been built over the last eleven years.
Ogolo:“We believe that the Almighty God brought us together and anybody claiming the sacrifices made by us, despite the risks we face everyday on the streets of Port Harcourt will be taking the glory of God. For the record, Eldee is the plus one. He is not Funky 4. He alone can’t be four, can he? We have moved to another station, Today FM 95.1 with the payoff, ‘The Voice of the People’. We give the voice to the voiceless in our society. We will begin on the 3rd of June. Attempts by Eldee to break us up were child’s play.” Eldee:“Nobody has ever created a program for this station. In the history of Rhythm 93.7, the programs have always been created by us.
It is not true that they were kicked out because they were supporting APC in particular, and we’re supporting PDP. The problem is that they stopped being comedians. We are apolitical. We don’t support any political party.
There were creative differences and I took a professional decision in removing Michael and Tekena. It was a professional decision and we’re not meant to be enemies over this, so I don’t understand all the slandering.”
JojoFalani, a student of Riverstate university of science and technology is a renowned dj (dj falani) and a shakara blogger; C.E.O. PHcityPromo.com. He hails from Buguma city in ASALGA, R/S.
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Defending champion Rui Costa, Rohan Dennis and Fabio Aru are amongst the big names in this week’s Abu Dhabi Tour, and all three gave brief thoughts on Tuesday prior to Wednesday’s start of the race. “The new route with a time trial changes the tactic,” said Costa, who is with the UAE Team Emirates squad. “But Jabel Hafeet remains a hard climb. It’s 25 minutes of climbing. It’s not easy to be the defending champion and, racing on home soil we have many motivated riders like Aru, Kristoff and Ulissi.”
Dennis will be one of those in the running for the TT on Saturday, but didn’t give a predication as to how he might fare. However he suggested that the race against the clock might not have a big effect overall. “I recently got married, so this trip to Abu Dhabi is like a honeymoon for me,” he said. “After my wedding in Australia, I spent one week in Girona, Spain, so I went from heat to cold and back to heat again. The time trial is only 12km long, so I don’t think it’s gonna play that much importance in the final result.”
As for Aru, he confirmed this week that he will target the Giro d’Italia for UAE Team Emirates this year. The Abu Dhabi Tour is consequently part of his buildup. “For sure I’m delighted to start the season with my new team here. It’s my third time racing the Abu Dhabi Tour,” he said. “The time trial makes it a slightly different race this time. It’ll put more riders into the mix for the overall victory.” | {
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It seems like i always have a 5 o'clock shadow. Even after i shave. Am i not getting a close enough shave? I use a mach 3 razor right now and shave every morning.
Do i need to moisturize my skin or clean it better? Maybe get some after shave lotion?
I guess what it really comes down to is when most men shave they have a smooth clean shave. Where there is no remnants of facial hair. At least for a certain time frame. For me, after i shave i still have remnants of a 5 o'clock shadow.
Any advice or tricks of the trade to get a real close shave?
"If sport is to have any value at all, the road traveled, even when it leads to a dead end, should always be a trip worth taking. Without the pain, the champagne, when it finally flows, will have no taste."
Well i did some research and i found that there is a lost art to shaving. And I'm starting to pick it up. Just had my first real shave and the result are out of this world.
Check out this informative article if you are at all interested.
How to get that perfect shave
Latest trends and products to avoid those nicks and cuts
By Corey Greenberg
Contributor
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Updated: 11:34 a.m. CT Jan 30, 2005
Ever since prehistoric man first scraped a seashell across his cheek so prehistoric woman would let him dance cheek-to-cheek, shaving has been a part of the male experience. But even with today’s high-tech razors, lots of men still get nicks, cuts, and razor burn. Today’s Tech Editor Corey Greenberg is here with the latest trend in male grooming that promises a better shave by going back to the old school.
Q: What is the perfect shave and why do most guys get it so wrong?
A: The perfect shave is what all men strive for every morning when they bring their razor up their chin – an effortless shave that’s baby smooth, and without any of the usual skin irritation, redness, and that burning sensation most guys seem to feel is par for the course when it comes to shaving.
Why do so many guys find this so hard to achieve? Because proper shaving has become a lost art. Shaving is one of those glorious male traditions that used to be passed down from father to son, but somewhere along the line, when shaving became more about cheap, disposable razors than a nice, precision-made metal tool in your hand, it became a brainless routine to rush through in the morning without even thinking about it. A dull disposable razor dragged across a layer of foam or gel on your cheeks is a step backward from the past, not an improvement. Now that men of all ages are paying more attention to their appearance, it’s no wonder that the hottest trend right now in male grooming is a return to the traditional wet shave – and millions of men have been shocked to discover that the “old fashioned” method of shaving they thought went out with the Hula Hoop is actually the best quality shave you can get.
Q: What is “wetshaving” and how is it different from the way most men – and women – shave today?
A: Wetshaving is just what the term implies – keeping your face (or for women, their legs) wet with plenty of hot water before, and during, the entire shave. In fact, you should always shave after a hot shower, not before (if you need to shave without taking a shower, washing your face with hot water for a few minutes will suffice). With a layer of hot water between your skin and the lather, the blade skims the surface instead of dragging on it, which is the main cause of irritation, redness, and “shave bumps”.
Wetshaving gives you more effective shaves and better looking skin. The hot water opens the pores of your skin and relaxes your facial muscles, and it softens your whiskers for more effective cutting. Believe it or not, but your whiskers are tougher than the edge of a razor blade, and shaving “dry”, or mostly dry as with the vast majority of shaving creams, foams, and gels on the market, means you’re literally tugging on each and every hair on your face instead of neatly slicing it at the skin’s surface and moving on without irritating your skin. The key to proper wetshaving is keeping your face as wet as possible at all times during the shave. Even if you keep your current tools and routine, you’ll marvel at how much closer and more comfortable shaving can be when you keep your face hydrated at all times with lots of hot (not scalding) water.
Q: What are the basic tools you need for wetshaving?
A: The perfect shave has three ingredients: a good razor, a good brush, and glycerin-based shaving cream. But the biggest difference between wetshaving and the way most guys shave today is the use of a shaving brush. A good badger-hair shaving brush is the single most important ingredient in getting the perfect shave -- if you change no part of your shaving routine except to add a good shaving brush to the mix, you’ll be astounded at how much better and more enjoyable your shaves become.
Take it from a guy who used to use his fingers to smear cheap shaving gel on his face that smelled just like his deodorant – using a fine badger hair brush to brush high-end English shaving cream that smells like fresh-cut violets onto your face and neck isn’t just about treating yourself nicely after years of the ol’ slice’n’dice. It’s also the best possible way to prepare your skin and whiskers for the closest, most comfortable shave.
A shaving brush isn’t just a paint brush for your face. A good brush – and the best brushes are made of badger hair and start at $25 – absorbs hot water and then, after you dip the tip of the brush into your tub (yes, not a can, but a tub – I’ll explain later) the brush releases and mixes the hot water with the shaving cream as you skim the brush back and forth across your face and neck in and up-down motion. The combination of hot water mixing with the cream and getting beaten by the brush all over your face delivers a thicker, richer, more emollient lather that’s impossible to get with your fingers alone. A shaving brush also gently exfoliates, or removes the dead skin, from your face before shaving, which gets rid of anything coming between the blade and your whiskers. Finally, the up-down brushing lifts your whiskers and suspends them standing upright in the thick lather, which exposes the maximum whisker length to your blade as it skims along your face.
Genuine badger hair shaving brushes come in all sizes and hair types, costing anywhere from $25 for a basic pure-grade badger model to $550 for a monster-sized, high-end English hand-made job containing only the hair from the badger’s neck, which is said by some (though not by me) to be the finest and most rarefied expression of water-holding bristle known to man or badger.
Do you need a $550 shaving brush? Unless you’re Mr. Burns, the answer is no.
I’ve gone through a lot of shaving brushes over the years, and as long as you stick with a genuine badger hair brush (cheaper brushes often use boar’s hair, which is much stiffer and pricklier than badger, and not nearly as comfortable on your face), the only things that matter are size and price. Bigger brushes hold more water and tend to make better lather faster and more easily, but really, the difference in lathering between a small $25 badger brush and that crazy $550 giant is negligible as long as you know what you’re doing, which means that if you can soak a brush in a sink full of hot water for a second or two, dab some shaving cream on the tips, and then swipe it up and down on your face and neck till you work up a thick, opaque layer of lather, you know what you’re doing. I recommend the English-made Vulfix brushes, which are much more reasonably priced than a lot of high-end British shaving brushes which don’t begin to approach the quality of the Vulfix models. They’re easily the best shaving brushes I’ve come across, despite being the most reasonably priced.
The next tool you need for wetshaving is a razor. And by razor, I mean whatever high-quality, NON-DISPOSABLE razor you feel most comfortable with. I know, I know, disposables are cool because that’s what they hand out in jail, but they’re extremely hard on your skin because the quality of the blades isn’t as good as a cartridge razor, or better yet, the kind of razor that serious wetshavers use: the classic double-edge safety razor!
A DE razor is the kind that takes a single, disposable razor blade, and it’s the same type of razor that your father, your grandfather, Cary Grant, Lee Marvin, JFK, and John Wayne used, and in the opinion of many shave-o-philes, the classic DE wipes the floor with any modern razor. I entirely concur – ever since I switched to using a DE razor, instead of a multi-blade cartridge razor, I get much closer and more comfortable shaves, my face doesn’t burn at all anymore, and all the red irritation on my neck I thought was there for good went away completely.
DE razors are also the best choice for African-American men, many of whom suffer from “shave bumps”, which occur when their tougher whiskers are cut too aggressively by modern mutli-blade razors, causing them to grow back underneath the skin and turn into ingrown hairs. Switching to a DE and using a shaving brush to exfoliate the skin and prep the whiskers is good for men of all races, but African-American men in particular find that shaving with a safety razor clears up their skin and makes shaving a pleasure again.
The men’s grooming boom has created a huge resurgence of interest in DE razors, and guys are snapping up vintage models on eBay for ten and twenty times what these razors sold for back in the 50s and 60s! But if you don’t want to shave with a razor that’s got a half-century under its belt, new safety razors are available that bring back the spirit of the classic Gillette adjustable DE razors, which many shaving connoisseurs consider the finest double-edge razor ever made. The German company Merkur offers a whole range of extremely high-quality, precision-made safety razors and platinum-coated blades, from a reissue of the 1904 Gillette DE to the super deluxe $120 Vision, the coolest, most futuristic-looking razor on the planet. The biggest bang for the buck is Merkur’s $27 HD “Hefty Classic” safety razor – it’s an excellent razor to start with if you’ve decided to take the DE plunge.
Once you’ve got a shaving brush, a razor, and some quality shaving cream, you’ll need a sink full of hot (not scalding) water. After you emerge from a nice, hot shower, fill the sink with hot water and let your shaving brush soak in the water as it fills the sink. Splash some more hot water on your face to keep it maximally wet. The key to wetshaving is keeping your face as hydrated with hot water at all times as possible.
Remove your brush from the water, hold it upside down until water stops pouring out of it, and then you’re ready to apply the cream. If you’ve got a tub of shaving cream, swirl the wet tips of your brush around in a circular motion on the surface of the cream until you get a small amount of visible white lather. You don’t need a lot of cream, but you you don’t want too little either. After your first few shaves, you’ll begin to get a feel for how much is just right.
Now you want to paint your face up and down, up and down all over the areas of your face and neck you’ll be shaving. Keep at it for a minute or so until you’ve got a thick, opaque layer of rich lather covering the shaving area. Then set your brush handle-down on the counter and pick up your razor.
You want to shave downward on your face and neck, WITH the direction your whiskers grow. At least for the first pass, a North-to-South stroke will get rid of most of your stubble without irritating your skin. If you want a closer shave, wet your face again, lather up again, and shave very lightly upward, against the grain, in a South-to-North direction. Most men’s skin is too sensitive to stand up to an against-the-grain shave without redness, razor burn, and even ingrown hairs, but if you can deal with it, go gently.
Once you’re done shaving, rinse your face with cold water to close the pores, thoroughly rinse your shaving brush of lather and shake it dry, and store it in your medicine cabinet on it’s handle, not lying down. This will let the bristles air-dry without damaging them, so your brush will last 20 years or more.
Pat, not rub, your face dry with a clean towel, and finish up with a good non-alcohol-based after-shave or moisturizer – I use and recommend Trumper’s “skin food”, but any good moisturizer will be better than that stinging alcohol-based stuff that we’ve all suffered with.
CAUTION: if you’ve been shaving with a disposable razor or one of the modern multi-blade cartridge systems like the Mach3, be aware that switching to a single-blade DE will require that you un-learn all the bad habits that modern razors are designed to let sleepy, lazy guys get away with. Mainly, that means slower, more careful strokes, and guiding the razor’s head over your skin WITHOUT PRESSING DOWN.
Let me say that again. WITHOUT PRESSING DOWN. AT ALL.
It’s really not a big deal – men were shaving this way for hundreds of years before plastic disposables and 2/3/4/?-blade razors were invented. Once you slow down and stop pressing the blade against your face so hard, you’ll find that not only do you get a closer, smoother shave, but all of that burning sensation and red marks all over your neck will start to go away immediately, and then disappear for good. Paradoxically, using a lighter touch doesn’t work nearly as well with modern multi-blade razors because they were designed to allow for the typical knucklehead who thinks the harder he rakes the razor across his cheeks the closer his shave will be. But with a DE, a lighter touch actually does result in a closer shave, and a much more comfortable and skin-friendly shave besides.
If you end up with a few nicks your first few shaves with a DE, don’t worry, it happens to all of us. It’s your face’s way of telling you to stop being a knucklehead. After a few shaves, you’ll figure it all out, and then you’ll wonder why you haven’t been shaving like this your whole life. This is one of those guy grooming secrets that separate the men from the boys.
Does the whole idea of using an old-school safety razor give you pause? Don’t worry – if you want to stick with your Mach3 or other cartridge razor, that’s okay. Just adding a shaving brush and quality cream to the mix will still give you a better shave, even if you use the same razor you were using before. But if you shave with disposables, you really should ditch them and at least start using a catridge razor. They’re not that much more expensive per shave, and they’re much better for your face.
A high-quality, glycerin-based shaving cream is the final ingredient in the perfect shave. If your shaving cream/gel comes in a can and costs less than a coffee at Starbucks, prepare to be astonished at what old-school European shaving cream lathers, shaves, and above all, smells like. Yes, I said smells like! If you’ve never lathered up in the morning with a fine English shaving cream that smells like fresh-cut violets, limes, or lavender, then you are truly missing out on one the great manly pleasures of all time.
The Europeans have been making this stuff for centuries, and they really do make the best shaving creams on the planet. At around $20 for a tub and $12 for a travel tube, they’re more expensive than the foams and gels at the drugstore, but since a little goes a long way when lathered with a shaving brush, these high-end creams last for many months of daily shaving.
I use and highly recommend Geo F. Trumper’s and Taylor of Old Bond Street’s shaving creams in both tubs for the bathroom and small tubes for travel. My personal favorites are Trumper’s violet and Taylor’s avocado, as well as their excellent lavender – these shaving creams will spoil you for anything else, and when lathered onto your face with hot water and a badger shaving brush, deliver the best skin protection and the finest shaves you’ve ever experienced. And the scents of these top-shelf creams will make you actually look forward to shaving, probably for the first time in your life.
I also use and recommend two inexpensive European creams which are also very popular with serious wetshavers. Portugal’s Musgo Real costs $8 a tube and has lanolin for an extremely moisturizing and comfortable shave. My favorite inexpensive shaving cream, though, is the legendary eucalytpus shaving cream from Italy called Proraso. This $7 wonder comes in a large, bright green toothpaste tube, and has been the best-selling shaving product in Italy since the 1940’s. Despite its budget price, Proraso actually shaves on a par with the fancy English creams, and it has the added benefit of eucalyptus oil, which gives your face an incredible cooling effect when you splash with cold water at the end of the shave. Like the Trumper and Taylor shaving creams, you can buy Proraso online, but if you have a local Italian deli or market, check there first, as many of them carry Proraso for their longtime customers. It doesn’t smell quite as intoxicating as Trumper’s violet, but it’s an outstanding shaving cream at an unbeatable price.
Q: What about the good old-fashioned barber shop shave – do they still exist?
A: Yes! In fact, many real barbers (and I’m not talking about a kid who works in a salon that has a “Z” at the end of its name and plays loud dance music – I’m talking about a well-fed gentleman wearing a white smock, with a striped barber pole out in front of his shop) still offer their customers a shave with the most revered and yes, feared, of all shaving tools: the almighty straight razor, also known as a “cut throat”. The most serious at-home shavers gravitate toward the straight for its unequalled shave as well as its history and cool factor, but if you don’t feel like spending $100 for a cut throat and another $50 for a leather strop to keep it sharp, a barbershop shave is a great way to pamper yourself and get the shave of your life at the same time.
Michael Vozzelli is a fifth-generation barber who owns the Looks Good Barbershop in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and this morning he’s demonstrating what a real barbershop shave is all about:
A barbershop shave starts with you lying back in a big leather barber chair while the barber wraps your face in hot towels for a few minutes to open up your pores and soften your whiskers. Then he lathers you up with a brush and cream, and masterfully guides the bare straight razor blade over your cheeks and chin so closely you can hear each whisker pop from across the room. After he’s done shaving you, he’ll wrap your face in more hot towels and then finish you off with some after-shave treatment and maybe even a wake-up nudge – contrary to what you might think, getting a really good barbershop shave is so relaxing for many men that they often fall asleep even as the straight razor is gliding over their Adam’s apple.
Women looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the men in their life should look no further than a gift certificate for a barbershop shave – really upscale barbershops even offer the gentleman’s trifecta of a shave, haircut, and shoeshine all in one visit. Hmm, who’s that a gift for, again?
Q: And where can guys go if they’re interested in more information about wetshaving?
A: There are several wetshaving forums on the Net, but the most useful and informative for the first-timer is called Wetshavers. Some of the guys who post regularly have been wetshaving for over forty years, and they’re always happy to help a newbie and answer any questions he might have about products and technique. Shaving isn’t rocket science, but if you really want to shorten your learning curve with a safety razor or even a cut throat, Wetshavers’ archive is a great place to learn everything you need to know about getting the perfect shave.
Two excellent online sources for razors, brushes and high-end shaving cream are Classic Shaving and QED. Both are smaller, Mom and Pop operations whose friendly service, expert advice, and unbeatable prices keep me coming back to order far more stuff than I’ll ever be able to use in one lifetime.
"If sport is to have any value at all, the road traveled, even when it leads to a dead end, should always be a trip worth taking. Without the pain, the champagne, when it finally flows, will have no taste."
shaving sucks, take it from a dark haired guy in the military. Worst part is that my facial hair is actually significantly darker than the hair on my head further precluding me from ever growing any facial hair.
Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.
shaving sucks, take it from a dark haired guy in the military. Worst part is that my facial hair is actually significantly darker than the hair on my head further precluding me from ever growing any facial hair.
Then you are the prefect person to start DE shaving!
"If sport is to have any value at all, the road traveled, even when it leads to a dead end, should always be a trip worth taking. Without the pain, the champagne, when it finally flows, will have no taste."
I have started using a brush, a moisturizing after shave lotion, and I have begun to take my time shaving and the difference has been like night and day. It has helped me substantially, thanks for the great post.
P.S. I am still waiting for my DE to come in the mail, I had to order one off the internet.
Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.
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But this week Griffith was informed by Col Stephen J Sicinski, Garrison Commander at Fort Bragg, that Rock Beyond Belief could not be staged on the parade ground as originally planned. Instead, they were told the event could take place at one of two indoor theaters, with the larger one accommodating about 700 people.
Sicinski also stipulated and that all advertising materials must include a disclaimer that there is: "No endorsement [of the event] by Fort Bragg, the US Army, or Department of Defense."
No such disclaimer was demanded of the organizers of the evangelical event.
The military spent our tax dollars throwing an evangelical concert, and avoided thorny Constitutional issues by putting in writing their commitment to showing the same level of tolerance and support for secular events. Then, when foxhole atheists tried to put something together, the military stopped pretending and revealed (again) their leadership to be hypocrites. (More detail at The Friendly Atheist.)
My take: every officer that supported forcing soldiers to attend an evangelical concert, and has signed off on discriminating against secularists should be disciplined, up to and including dishonorable discharge. And the MRFF and FFRF should pursue every avenue, including filing suit, to ensure the event takes place as planned. Also, now that it can be shown that the evangelicals did, in fact, enjoy exclusive access, anyone else associated with staging that event should be held accountable for violating the Establishment Clause.
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Sunday, December 2, 2018
More than 3,000 same-sex couples wed in Australia in first half of year
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said in a data release that 3,149 same-sex weddings took place between 9 December 2017, when amendments to the Marriage Act came into effect, and 30 June 2018.
The state with the greatest share of weddings was New South Wales (34.6%), followed by Victoria (26.2%) and Queensland (18.9%).
Of those 3,149 weddings, 56.3% were between women, while the median age for women to marry was 39, compared with 48.5 for men. In 2017, the median age across heterosexual marriages was 32 for men and 30 for women.
The law change was greeted with particular enthusiasm among older couples, the data suggests. There were 1,057 people above the age of 60 who registered a same-sex marriage, including 86 men and 33 women older than 75.
Census data from 2016 showed there were 46,800 same-sex couples living together in Australia, then, the number of same-sex weddings will surelly increase in the future. | {
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Zincalume and Colorbond – Whats the difference?
One of the most important decisions when deciding to build a shed is which material to choose for your project. The two steel choices you have available to you are Colorbond and Zincalume. These steel products have been created and trademarked by steel manufacturers as durable products that have been tested to withstand corrosion. When considering which product to use for your shed it will be important to consider the similarities and differences of the materials. Comparing materials will ensure you have chosen the product that is best for the shed.
Colorbond Steel Products
Colorbond steel is a pre-painted steel material. In 1843, it was discovered that a corrugated roof was durable but required ongoing painting to maintain. Colorbond steel was created to eliminate the high cost of ongoing painting. Sealed with the pre-painted finish Colorbond steel has a Zincalume core that has been proven to be durable.
Due to the variety of design options available Colorbond steel is a popular choice for commercial projects.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Colorbond
The most important advantage for consumers using Colorbond steel is the amount of color options available. The color choices give customers the creative flexibility to make their shed unique. Sheds constructed with Colorbond steel is also more thermally efficient than other steel products. In some cases, property owners have qualified for insulation concessions when choosing some of the lighter colors of Colorbond steel. The biggest disadvantage of Colorbond steel is the price. It is more expensive than other steel materials.
Zincalume Steel Products
Made from aluminum, zinc, and silicon Zincalume steel is a durable metal. With a lifetime of almost four times, that of galvanized steel, Zincalume steel has been designed as a product that is built to last. Not only does this ensure lifetime savings for the property owner it also allows for less environmental concerns associated with replacing building materials.
To ensure durability Zincalume steel has been tested over a seventeen-year period. During the testing, more than 5,000 Zincalume steel panels were exposed to a variety of elements and environments including marine exposure. Over the course of the testing period, Zincalume steel was proven to reliably stand up to all of the elements.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Zincalume
Zincalume steel is made with new technology and has an activated-aluminium coating. This makes it much tougher & more resistant to any scratches during installation
It is an environmentally-friendly product and is recyclable. This reduces the impact on the environment
It is cheaper than other steel products and it fits into modest budgets
The one major disadvantage of this material is that it has a shiny aluminium color which tends to dull over time. Many property owners feel that it does not complement the look of their shed and that it has a negative impact on the aesthetics of their property. | {
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National Spicy Guacamole Day
Description
National Spicy Guacamole Day celebrates a spicy variation of the avocado based dip or spread, guacamole. Guacamole was first made by the Aztecs, who lived in what is now central Mexico, between the 14th and 16th centuries. The name guacamole means "avocado sauce" in Nahuatl, the Aztec language, and many times it is simply called "guac" in the United States. To make the dip, avocados and sea salt are mashed with a mortar and pestle, and ingredients such as garlic, onion, tomato, peppers, lemon or lime juice, cilantro, and cumin are added. Spicy guacamole usually also includes hot peppers such as jalapeno, serrano, or cayenne. The most popular avocados for making guacamole are Hass avocados. Guacamole is most often served with tortilla chips, but it can be used in many other ways. A great amount of guacamole is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday and Cinco de Mayo. The popularity of guacamole in the United States has grown in recent years, and this can partly be attributed to a lift on a ban on the importation of avocados, as well as the growth of the Latino population in the United States.
National Spicy Guacamole Day is observed next on Wednesday, November 14th, 2018. It has always been observed annually on November 14th.
How to Observe
Although store-bought guacamole is available, in order to fully celebrate the holiday, you should make your own fresh spicy guacamole. When picking out an avocado at the store, make sure to pick one that softens a bit when you apply pressure. If the store only has unripened avocados, they may take four or five days to be ready, but you can speed up the process by putting them in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple. The best way to open an avocado is to cut it lengthwise and twist it. The seed can be easily removed with a spoon. There are many different variations of guacamole and ways to make it, but today you should be making it spicy. If you have leftover guacamole make sure to seal it in a tight container, otherwise it will oxidize and turn brown. Adding some lemon and lime juice helps stop oxidation as well.
You can eat your spicy guacamole with chips, but it can also be eaten with vegetables or put on a sandwich. Sometimes guacamole is put on burgers, and even on fish, chicken, or pork. It can be used at anytime of the day, and could be put on an omelette for breakfast. It's quite healthy, being packed with vitamins, potassium, and healthy fats, although it is rather high in calories. Additionally, there is some indication that the capsaicin in hot peppers used to make spicy guacamole is healthy, and is helpful for digestive and cardiovascular health, as well as preventing cancer.
Friends could be invited over for this special day. Make spicy guacamole in advance, or have a guacamole bar set up for guests to snack on. You also could host a spicy guacamole making contest, and everyone could vote on their favorite spicy guacamole. Everyone could then share their recipes. | {
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Episode 92: Scott Haughton – Playing with money
It took 18 years of corporate life for Scott Haughton to make the leap to entrepreneurship. Like most successes stories, the road to where he is today was unconventional. Inspired by an entrepreneur at a conference, Haughton realized it was time to pursue his own venture. Not knowing what that venture would be, he eventually set his sights on luxury indoor play facilities.
Haughton spent the next 18 months raising capital. This meant ticking boxes, and learning everything he could about startups. He quickly became a children's soft play expert. However, the central London commercial property market was not on his side. Scott had raised an impressive amount of finance during this time. However, due to delays securing a location, the offers lapsed. Scott had to return all of his money to investors. Although this may sound like a familiar story of failure, it wasn’t that at all. Like all good entrepreneurs, Haughton was on the fringe of discovering his true calling. As one door closes, another door opens.
The frustrated entrepreneur
Haughton says he’d always been a “frustrated entrepreneur.” He was never quite sure what his venture would look like. Sure enough, after leaving Glaxosmithkline, Scott spotted a gap in the market and the cogs started to turn.
“My children were very small at the time and we were spending a lot of times at these indoor play facilities that were paradises for children, but a complete nightmare for parents. Parents were just cringing on plastic chairs with plastic cups of coffee." Haughton says.
“I came up with the idea of combining a paradise for kids with a bit more luxury and quality for the parents. Looking at the people who would attend these places you had partners of law firms, bankers, city traders. These were affluent men and women, yet the offerings were very poor.”
There was a gaping hole just waiting to be filled and Haughton was going to be the man to do it. The idea later proved the easy part. Things became more difficult. Haughton’s inexperience with the finer points of entrepreneurship started to arise.
“I knew nothing about starting a business. I’d always had everything in the corporate world provided for me. I was also doing it on my own which was hard. My advice to anybody starting a business, try find a partner with complementary skills."
He committed to putting everything he had into it. He negotiated a redundancy package that served as a comfort blanket. This gave him a deadline by when he needed to have everything up and running.
“I know I was very fortunate to have that, but time was running out. It was a 12-18 month comfort blanket. You can’t afford to make a mistake, but you have to take the leap of faith.”
Raising capital 101
Haughton admits he knew nothing about raising finance when he first went out in search of investors. Subsequently, he learned very quickly the major dos and don’ts when trying to attract equity.
“I needed to raise a minimum of £750,000, and in the early 2000s the first port of call was the bank. It seems so strange in 2017 to talk about banks lending, but I was one of the very few who secured an unsecured loan from the bank of over £150,000. I was willing to put in £150,000 of my own money to get skin in the game, but it was money we couldn’t afford to lose.”
“It’s an onerous process and there’s a lot of bureaucracy. I found myself with £150,000 of my own money, £150,000 of the bank’s money, and was looking for £450,000 of equity investment. I knew nothing about business angel investors or the venture capital space so I had to become an expert pretty quickly.”
At this point, Haughton touches on something many entrepreneurs overlook. The importance of finding the right investors when you’re going to be giving up a part of your business to them.
“You have to put in enough money that shows there’s enough pain invested for you that you couldn’t just walk away and let it fail. You have to prove you’ll do everything you possibly can do to make it a success. You can’t afford to lose your life savings.”
“In the end I raised £750,000 based on a business plan, a piece of paper. I was left with 30%, but the VC was willing to put in a ratchet clause that enabled me to claw back equity according to milestone achievements,” Haughton says of the deal they had negotiated.
Let the hard work begin
It’s at this point that Haughton assumed things would get easier. He’d raised the capital, and that was the hard part, right?
Apparently not.
“I thought raising capital was the biggest thing to be achieved. I thought it was on a roll from there.”
“My business was all about finding affluent areas around London, so I needed to find 8,000 square feet of property with high ceilings and parking nearby. It was at this point I realized I wasn’t a covenant and was really going to struggle. As a landlord, would you rather rent to a startup or a massive pizza chain?”
“I thought to secure commercial premises you just scoured the estate agent market then put in an offer, but it doesn’t work like that. You need to appoint an agent to act on your behalf and market you to all the commercial agents.”
“Luckily when I needed property I had the money to show people. If you don’t have the money they’re not going to take your phone call, but I was still up against the lack of a track record and other leisure chains.”
With several parties involved Haughton says finding a property everyone agreed on was proving impossible. It was no longer about just his personal deadline, but one of his investors too.
“My VC was under pressure to get their money out the door. Their offer of funding had a six-month window and sadly I wasn’t able to secure it within that. I had to return the money.”
“I was frustrated. I’d thought raising the money would be hardest part, but with hindsight, finding the property was always going to be the hardest thing."
Revolving doors
Just like that, the business Haughton had poured every piece of himself into for 18 months was falling away. This was all because three people couldn’t agree on a property. But what appears to be an ending in fact wasn’t that at all, as Haughton was about to learn.
“I’d been introduced to someone who’d sold his business and was doing loose consultancy advising individuals on raising finance. He’d introduced me to one of my VCs so we’d built a good relationship. When my offer was elapsing he suggested the pair of us probably knew more about raising finance than the majority of people out there I’d come across, so we decided to share our learnings with other aspiring entrepreneurs.”
Haughton had acquired knowledge that is absolute gold in the entrepreneurial space. Most entrepreneurs only need to raise capital three or four times in their lifetime. The majority are poorly equipped to hold their own at a table of people who invest in businesses like theirs for a living. It was a massive opportunity, one Haughton felt his learnings could be of real use in. Haughton Put two and two together and shortly after this, Envestors was established.
“We started Envestors in 2004, with the aim of helping early stage businesses help entrepreneurs navigate the path to securing elusive private investment from individuals and early stage VCs. At the time we were new kids on the block, which resonated quite well with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in London at the time.”
So how do Envestors bridge the intermediary gap between entrepreneurs and investors? As it stands, the business model is primarily one of consultancy.
“We’re looking to advise other early stage businesses how to become investor-ready. We charge an advisory fee and a success fee.”
“Envestors has massively changed over the years. We started with just a handful of investors, but we’ve now built up our own investor network to high net worth, ultra-high net worth, family offices, and early stage VCs. We also have a staff of about 26 and receive roughly 100 business enquiries each month.”
Playing cupid
Not just a consultancy, Envestors are also there to play matchmaker between the businesses and their investors.
“We look to engage with about three or four companies each month. We’re quite picky about who we invite. We have a good track record of finding quality companies and rejecting ones that won’t be successful.”
If a business’ application is successful, Envestors will prepare a fully regulated investment pack. It all sounds fairly straightforward in theory, but the Envestors team also jump through all of the hoops Haughton once grappled with on behalf of the entrepreneur and their business.
“The majority of our investors are looking for businesses that generate 10 times their investment over a five to seven year time period. They know they need a portfolio of five to ten companies to invest in, so they certainly aren’t putting all their eggs in one basket. They’re also aware that at least three or four will fail.”
“From an investor’s point of view, they can claw back their tax on here in the UK on the ones that fail. Their biggest challenges are the ones in the middle that are like zombies, they’re alive, but only just.”
And the business model isn’t just about entrepreneurs putting their all in. Wannabe investors are also thoroughly vetted before being allowed access to the Envestors private network.
“All our investors have to register with us formally. They then have to comply with the strict Financial Conduct Authority regulations which we do through the platform we built ourselves.”
“We have to be able to provide comfort to our client companies that all our investors are fully registered. Our clients can be assured we’ve vetted our investors, and that we try match them as best possible with our client companies.”
Must-knows
Now with a solid decade in the game Haughton has seen it all, and has a couple of key tips for entrepreneurs looking to raise capital.
Nail the exit plan
Think an exit plan is for the last page of your business plan? Think again, Haughton says. “Investors walk into the room backwards, so the first page of your business plan should be the exit opportunity. They wanna know how they’ll get their money out of this investment. They’re not looking to be greedy, which is why they don’t want over 50% of a business, but there absolutely needs to be an exit opportunity that’s spelled out and that everyone’s bought into at the very beginning, if there isn’t most investors will walk away. It’s not a stock market.”
Know how to sell
“They need to know how to sell their investment proposition. We now see a lot of technical companies who’re stars in their fields, but don’t know how to crisply pitch their business to investors. Private individuals who’re wealthy and have made their money don’t need to invest more money, they can quite comfortably sit in their arm chairs. You need to get them out of their arm chairs and off their remote control. They typically have short attention spans, so within 5-8 minutes you need to nail your proposition. It often comes down to whether or not this will be an exciting acquisition for a large corporate."
Envestors are putting entrepreneurs on the table in a very unique and effective way. They've since helped their clients raise more than £100,000,000 in capital. It’s a fast-growing game to be at the forefront of. Not to mention their global presence in London, Dubai, the Channel Islands and Monaco. Moving into 2017, Envestors have got their sights set on China, Canada and Russia also. They look set to continue reaping the benefits of their in-demand skillsets. | {
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Bob Graham Round (A really long run up every high bit in the Lake District)
This Weekend EVRC’s Neil is off on a bit of an epic run in the Lake District. He’s off to run the Bob Graham Round (Liz has done some background info below). There will be some assistance from various EVRC people with navigation, carrying supplies and loobing those sore bits. Richard is in charge of social media updates so keep an eye on twitter https://twitter.com/erewashvalleyrc or our facebook page, there maybe even some Instagram pictures of rain and grizzled men looking in distress applying the aforementioned loob.
Good luck Mr Weightman! Now let’s see if he can take down Phil’s time.
The Bob Graham Round is a 66 mile, 27,000 ft circuit of 42 of the highest peaks in the English Lake District. To be awarded membership of the Bob Graham 'Club', runners have to complete the challenge within 24 hours.
First done way back in 1932 by Bob Graham, hotelier of Keswick, Cumberland, at the age of 42, the 42 Peak Round has become a testing ground for the supremely fit. Each summer around 100 of the most highly tuned ultra-distance fell runners will attempt the 27,000 ft of ascent within the allotted 24 hours. Only one in three will return to the Keswick Moot Hall before the clock runs down. Most of the rest will be back again.
EVRC has a pretty good strike rate in this challenge
Phil Pittson21:091993
Gary Tudbury21:201993
Mike Hawkins21:391989
Mick Lucking22:001982
Nick Evans22:511991
Dave Skidmore23:241994
Nick Lander23:251985yes he's older than he looks
- Liz
* In attempt to add context as of the end of 2015 there has been a total of 1975 people that have completed the Bob Graham Round..ever. Every year 500 people reach the summit of Everest, 1000 people finish the Marathon des sables,10,000 people complete the comrades ultra and a few million people run marathons. In the context of tarmac talent if you look in the all time rankings of parkrun to get in the top 1975 you need a sub 16:24, but in terms of the size of cajonas required..Bob wins hands down.- jw | {
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Sancheti Hospital
Padmashree Dr. K. H. Sancheti has been the moving spirit behind this institution which was founded in 1972. It is a 150 bedded hospital and postgraduate teaching hospital recognized by medical council of India, national academy of medical sciences and university of poona.
Service
The institution has a bulk of activity catering to nearly 33,000 OPD patients and 2500 indoor patients every year. The emergency department is rightfully called accident clinic. It consists of the casualty bay its own 300 MA radiography machine twin theatre complex and its own 20 bedded ward. This is manned round the clock by a team of professionals lead by an orthopedic surgeon. It primarily caters to all accident cases and takes care of medico legal formalities. The indoor patient service include wards on the second and third floors, patients harboring infections are all isolated in one ward. Specializations like neurology, neurosurgery, cardiology, urosurgery, vascular surgery, hand surgery, etc are all provided for by visiting specialists.
Special facilities for treatment
Padmashree Dr. K. H. Sancheti
Sancheti institute provides total treatment in the field of orthopedics to sum up, it comprises of the following:
Pathology work
Various laboratory investigations of outdoor and indoor patients are conducted in this lab.
Education, research & development
Post graduate studies in orthopedics and traumatology are conducted in full swing and are attended to by all post–graduate orthopedic trainees of the city. The faculty consists of luminaries. Researches into areas of joint replacement, polio–rehabilitation, fracture management, ring fixatures, etc are presently on going.The institute is recognized for the following teaching program
Records of published articles in the newspapers helps common people about precautions to be taken while seeking the services from health professionals and also helps health professionals to rectify the negligence.read more…
Aarogya Network
aarogya.com aims to be India’s leading comprehensive health information portal. The site has sections, which cover almost all the medical specialties and give useful information on various diseases. To enhance its reach, the content is available in Indian languages too. We were the first health website to introduce online support groups. Addiction support and Epilepsy support are examples of some very active and vibrant communities. | {
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Stars We’ve Lost in 2019
Hollywood has said goodbye to several public figures in recent months, including beloved TV stars and influential icons of culture.
BEVERLY OWEN
Beverley Owen was an American television actress, best known for having played the original role of Marilyn Munster during the first season of The Munsters, died Feb.21. He was 81.
MORGAN WOODWARD
Morgan Woodward was an American actor, best known for his character oil man Marvin “Punk” Anderson on TV show “Dallas,” died Feb.22. He was 93. Woodward also appeared on the original “Star Trek” series and “Gunsmoke” TV series
STANLEY DONEN
Stanley Donen, was an American film director, best known for the 1952 musical “Singin’ in the Rain,” which he co-directed. Donen died Feb.21. He was 94. His other films included “On the Town,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and “Funny Face”.
STEVEN JAMES BRODY
Steven James Brody, known professionally as Brody Stevens, who appeared in movie “The Hangover,” died Feb. 22 He was 48. Brody was also known for appearances on “Chelsea Lately,” “Due Date” and Chris Hardwick’s “@midnight”.
PETER TORK
Peter Tork, the bassist for The Monkees and a jokester on the band’s popular 1960s television series died Feb. 21. He was 77.
BRUNO GANZ
Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor best known for dramatizing Adolf Hitler’s final days in 2004’s “Downfall,” died Feb. 15. He was 77.
PEDRO MORALES
WWE Hall of Famer Pedro Morales, a native of Puerto Rico and the first “Triple Crown” winner in WWE died Feb. 12. He was 76.
CARMEN ARGENZIANO
Carmen Argenziano, an actor best known for his roles in “Stargate SG-1” and “The Godfather Part II,” died Feb. 10. He was 75.
ALBERT FINNEY
Albert Finney, the Oscar-nominated British actor best known for his roles in “Annie,” “Erin Brockovich” and “Tom Jones,” died Feb. 7. He was 82.
NITA BIEBER
Nita Bieber, a onetime dancer and actress who appeared with the Three Stooges in “Rhythm and Weep,” with Judy Garland in “Summer Stock” and with Tony Curtis in “The Prince Who Was a Thief,” died Feb. 4. She was 92.
KRISTOFF ST. JOHN
Actor Kristoff St. John, who played Neil Winters on the CBS daytime soap opera “The Young & the Restless,” died Feb. 3. He was 52.
JULIE ADAMS
Julie Adams, the actress best-known for starring in the 1954 monster horror film “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” died Feb. 3. She was 92.
JEREMY HARDY
British comedian and actor Jeremy Hardy, who was a regular on television and radio panel shows from the early 1990s, died Feb. 1. He was 57.
NEAL JAMES
Neal James, who appeared on Animal Planet’s “Call of the Wildman,” died Feb. 1. He was 55.
HAROLD BRADLEY
Harold Bradley, who played on thousands of country, pop and rock ’n’ roll recordings, including landmark hits like Brenda Lee’s “I’m Sorry,” Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” and Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely,” died Jan. 31. He was 93.
DICK MILLER
Dick Miller, a prolific screen actor best known for his role as Murray Futterman in the 1984 classic horror film “Gremlins,” died Jan. 30. He was 90.
JAMES INGRAM
James Ingram, the soulful, smooth voice behind R&B hits like “Just Once” and “I Don’t Have The Heart,” died Jan. 29. He was 66.
FATIMA ALI
Chef Fatima Ali, who appeared on cooking shows such as “Chopped” and season 15 of “Top Chef,” died Jan. 25. She was 29.
MERWIN GOLDSMITH
Merwin Goldsmith, who appeared in films like “Cadillac Man,” and on the TV series “Law & Order” and “The Good Wife,” died Jan 24. He was 81.
JONAS MEKAS
Jonas Mekas, director, critic, patron and poet widely regarded as the godfather of modern American avant-garde film and as an indispensable documenter of his adopted New York City, died Jan. 23. He was 96.
KEVIN BARNETT
Comedian and writer Kevin Barnett, who co-created the Fox series “Rel,” died Jan.22. He was 32.
STEVEN LEVY
Actor and comedian Steven Levy, aka Steve Bean, who appeared in “Ray Donovan,” died Jan. 21. He was 58.
KAYE BALLARD
Singer-comedienne Kaye Ballard, who starred alongside Eve Arden in the 1960s sitcom “The Mothers-in-Law” and was among the stars of the 1976 feature based on Terrence McNally’s farce “The Ritz,” died Jan. 21. She was 93.
WILLIAM MORGAN SHEPPARD
William Morgan Sheppard, “Star Trek” and “Doctor Who” Actor, died Jan.5. He was 86. Sheppard was known for his many appearances across the “Star Trek” franchise. His other credits include an episode of “Doctor Who”, in which he starred as Old Canton Delaware alongside his son Mark.
CAROL CHANNING
Carol Channing, the legendary Broadway actress who portrayed Dolly Levi in “Hello Dolly!” died Jan. 15, her publicist said in a statement. She was 97.
KEVIN FRET
Kevin Fret, the singer and rapper, who dubbed himself the first openly gay Latin trap artist, was fatally shot and killed in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan. 10. He was 24 years old.
CLYDIE KING
Clydie King, whose earthy, gospel-rooted voice was heard on dozens of rock classics, including the Rolling Stones’ “Tumbling Dice” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Jan.7. She was 75.
JO ANDRES
Jo Andres worked as a director, editor, choreographer and artist throughout her years in the industry. She went on to direct the award-winning 1996 film “Black Kites”, which starred Lucian Buscemi died Jan.6. She was 65.
OLIVER MTUKUDZI
One of Zimbabwe and Africa’s most iconic musicians, Oliver Mtukudzi, died Jan. 23 in the capital, Harare. He was 66.
LOUISA MORITZ
Louisa Moritz, who famously starred in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” alongside Jack Nicholson, died Jan. 4. She was 72.
DARYL DRAGON
Daryl Dragon, the cap-wearing “Captain” of “The Captain and Tennille” who teamed with then-wife Toni Tennille on such easy listening hits as “Love Will Keep Us Together” and “Muskrat Love,” died Jan. 2. He was 76.
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The way most of us speak today is shaped in part by how long ago our ancestors gave up chewing tough, raw meat. It’s widely known that languages evolve as societies develop and change, but the sounds we utter are also shaped, literally, by the placement of our jaw — and that is influenced by […]
A new study found that self-driving vehicles may have a harder time detecting people with dark skin, and it could point to a bigger issue with how the technology is tested A new study suggests autonomous driving systems may have more difficulty detecting pedestrians with dark skin than those with light skin. The researchers analyzed […]
Luke Perry, who was best-known for his long-running role on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” has died after “suffering a massive stroke,” his representative, Arnold Robinson, stated on Monday. He was 52. “He was surrounded by his children Jack and Sophie, (fiancee) Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, brother Tom Perry, […]
Ever since Michael J. Fox using those self-lacing shoes as Marty McFly in Back to the Future back when, everyone wanted to see that kind of technology in action. Needless to say, we had to tie my shoelaces manually thousands of times until the technology became available. And when it did launch, it was pretty […]
Turtles are reptiles, not amphibians. People often mistake them for amphibians due to the misunderstanding about the term amphibian. The word amphibian refers specifically to members of the class amphibia, but the word amphibious that comes from the same root means “operating or living on land and in water.” It is true that many turtles […]
Also known as a subconjunctival hemorrhage, a broken blood vessel in your eye is typically a harmless condition (although see below) that clears up within one to three weeks. The official name for a broken blood vessel in your eye is a subconjunctival (sub-kon-junk-TIH-vul) hemorrhage. Symptoms of this condition include: Bright red patch on the […]
A strange new species of worm-like amphibian which was recently discovered in Panama has been named after President Donald Trump, by a company that says it wanted to raise awareness about the problem of climate change. U.K. sustainable construction firm EnviroBuild paid $25,000 for the right to name the amphibian Dermophis donaldtrumpi at an auction […]
As part of Dialect Zone International’s History Curriculum, students will begin to learn about different American Cultures, Traditions and Holidays. To further enrich these skills, students WILL participate in this multicultural, Happy Holidays Project. Thanksgiving Christmas New Year’s | {
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Pronunciation of pinchar
Translation by Vocabulix
You should use a thimble when sewing if you don't want to prick your fingers.
Se pinchó el dedo mientras cosía el dobladillo de su vestido.
She jabbed her finger while sewing the hem of her dress.
No one should eat street food in these countries, and neither I should have. It is not that I was not experienced from previous traveling, it is that I had just forgotten it and now I needed to pay for it.The bus was supposed to leave at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, so that I still had two to three hours to organize. I went for lunch at some strange place and hardly ate as it was too ugly.The express ferry took us to Macau, a Portuguese colony near the Chinese Guangdong province. Although the distance is not short the express ferry gets there in one hour and is totally modern and reliable. | {
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Food Waste to Feed Poultry
How big a problem is food waste in the U.S.? The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture estimates 10 percent of the available food supply is wasted at the retail level, and 20 pecent of what is purchased is wasted in the home. To put that into perspective, more than $160 billion worth of food is wasted every year in America.
My post, Fruits and Vegetables: Pretty Isn't Always Better, covered donations of food to food banks, shelters and individuals, and this one follows up with a discussion of donations to small farmers for feeding livestock. The best known example, and perhaps the largest such operation in the world, is Bob Combs, a pig farmer who feeds his pigs food waste from Las Vegas hotels, but for this post we will limit our interest to small poultry flocks.
I’ve had people express frustration at restaurants and stores that refuse to donate scrap or surplus produce to feed chickens and other poultry, citing restrictions from the health department as their reason for not doing so. I began an investigation to find out what, if any, restrictions or guidelines there are concerning donating scrap/surplus food for feeding backyard or small farm poultry.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations state, “If surplus food provided to animals contains no meat or animal materials, federal laws or regulations do not apply, although there may be state laws that regulate such feeding.”
The EPA website says one should “contact the county agricultural extension office, state veterinarian, or county health department to find out about specific state regulations” when asking for or considering donating produce to local farmers.
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They also say facilities that do choose to donate such waste may qualify for a tax deduction or at least see smaller expenditures in disposing of such food by donating it rather than sending it to a landfill.
Their instructions make it sound simple – pick up the phone make a couple of calls and you’re done, but it isn’t that simple. Each state’s Department of Public Health is made up of multiple bureaus, multiple divisions and hundreds of individuals. There isn’t one magic number one can call to get information from Public Health. The first hurdle is deciding what bureau and division to call, and second is realizing that not every individual has the answer to all requests for information. Be prepared to keep calling until you get someone on the phone who can provide the information you seek.
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I have worked for Public Health, and it still required diligent research to determine which bureau, if any, would govern the donation or acceptance of such produce. The Office of Food, Milk, and Lodging (responsible for restaurant inspections) knew of no restrictions and referred me to the Meat Inspector with the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
I phoned that office and posed the question and was told there were no known regulations/restrictions, but my question was referred to a department supervisor for verification. I did not hear anything further.
No one at my county extension office could offer me any answers, but they did refer me to the regional extension agent for food safety who provided a pamphlet from the state cooperative extension service on basic feeding for chickens. The pamphlet did not address the subject of this post. Upon further questioning, she said she was 95 percent sure there were no regulations regarding the disposal of produce from restaurants. She then referred me to the county environmentalist.
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I searched to find our state veterinarian and inquired of him via email whether or not there are any regulations or restrictions that might prevent a facility from making such a donation. I did not receive a reply. Auburn University’s School of Poultry Science was also contacted.
After contacting every office that could possibly supply information on laws, restrictions or guidelines on the donation of, or acceptance of, food scraps for backyard poultry, one must conclude that there are none. Neither the environmental people nor the meat inspectors, who I was told would be the “go to” source for such information, offered any reason for not donating or accepting food waste for poultry flocks. That still leaves business owners the option of complying with such a request, or not, as they choose, but their choice is their own and is not based on any health guidelines, at least not in my state.
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CHICAGO — A Chicago teenager reported missing after last being seen at the Lollapalooza music festival was fatally struck by a commuter train.
Seventeen-year-old Sincere Ash was reported missing by his friends, who circulated a flyer about his disappearance on social media.
Remains later identified as the high school senior’s were discovered Sunday night on a railroad bridge. Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile said Tuesday investigators had no evidence that Ash’s death was anything other than “a horrible accident.”
Reile said investigators found no phone or other form of identification on or near Ash’s body. She added authorities were unsure when or how the accident occurred.
Reile said three trains passed the area where Ash’s body was found during the two-hour time period Ash’s friends lost contact with him and the discovery of the body. | {
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WilliamHiggins – Tomas Decastro – MASSAGE
Tomas Decastro is a very fit guy, his body looks wonderful as he strips to his underwear and lays on the bad, waiting to be massaged. Filip Cervenka arrives and starts to massage Tomas, taking oil in and massage into the back and shoulders. As Filip works his hands dip under the waist band of Tomas’ underwear. Then Filip pulls the underwear down from Tomas’ sexy ass and his hadns massage the cheeks. The underwear is removed completely and then hands work all over the ass cheeks, with more oil being dripped on them. Tomas moves onto his knees, exposing his hot hole as Filip reaches for the cock and balls. He rubs a hand over the ass hole as he wanks on the soft cock. He slips a finger into the hot hole, fucking it gently. Then a vibrator pushes into the hole, going nice and deep. It fucks Tomas’ hole a while, then he turns over and lays on his back. Filip takes hold of Tomas’ cock and wanks it to a very full erection and keeps going until it delivers a huge, creamy, cumshot. Then Tomas goes off to the shower to clean up. | {
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‘Alien: Covenant’: How the VFX Team Engineered Those Terrifying Xenomorph and Neomorph Creatures
For “ Alien: Covenant,” Ridley Scott not only redesigned H.R Giger’s iconic Xenomorph creature from the first movie, but also unveiled the new Neomorph. They’re a fascinating study in contrast (and brilliantly animated by MPC), especially in light of the director’s passion for sentient life forms.
The Xenomorph contains a subtle shift between fleshy skin and a harder exoskeleton, while the Neomorph offers more humanoid qualities with its elegant simplicity. Yet it packs a deadly bite with a double-jointed, protruding jaw, which strikes without warning.
However, there’s at least one tender moment, in which Michael Fassbender’s android gazes upon the Neomorph and blows on his face the way you’d blow into the nostril of a horse. It’s a mutual fascination between creator and creation that’s pure Scott — and one that binds together “Alien” and “Blade Runner.”
Redefining the Xenomorph
The Xenomorph’s key-framed motion by MPC was based on praying mantis for agility and speed, tiger for weight, and primate and greyhound jumps for locomotion. While Scott utilized alt versions of guys in suits and sculpts for atmosphere during pre-production (a few close-ups were actually used in the movie), the creature work was all CG,
“Ridley studied reference of muscles of the body without skin,” said Charley Henley, the production VFX supervisor from MPC. “You had the pipes that come out of the back, parts of the body that are more exoskeleton, and then there’s the fleshy muscle. And then for the cranium he wanted meat stock gelatin running across the structure.”
“There’s a fun scene toward the end where he’s clambering up and into the cab of a truck inside the space ship and that’s a balance of him being on twos and fours,” added Henley. “It took quite a while, because the temptation was to make him very creature-like and spider-like, but it ended up being too fantastical. So at that point, he’s more on twos but he’s always using all his limbs. There’s steam everywhere and it’s this classic face-off moment.”
Conjuring the Neomorph
By contrast, the Neomorph has a soft, translucent quality that makes it more human-like. We glimpse various stages of Neomorph from birth to adult. He’s based on the Goblin shark, particularly the double jointed jaw and skin quality.
“We spent a long time trying to find the performance that nailed it for Ridley,” said Henley. “We referenced monkeys and baboons and praying mantis and did performance capture to get a library of movements.”
“We found certain poses that were very key to his look, and stumbled across it through some run cycle animation of the young Neomorph,” Henley said. “We played Ridley this clip, and he said you’ve got to snap that pose and show all the animators because that’s the essence of the creature.”
It was an uncomfortable posture revealing no neck and with rounded tail and body. But the face remains unforgettable.
“It’s like a smooth, ghostly face where there’s something masked out,” Henley said. “And then the jaw can burst out of that smooth face with very sharp teeth. Clammy, sweaty, Ridley said there was a drug addict feel to the skin.” | {
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PCI Dual Port Serial Card
On Friday 09 January 2004 06:03 pm, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 03:13:32PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 January 2004 01:39 pm, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> > > I've got a StarTech.com two port PCI card, 16C950, which is seems to
> > > be a rebranded Oxford Semiconductor OX16PCI954 PCI UART, listed as
> > > supported in the release notes for 5.1. The system in question is
> > > 5.1-p10.
> > >
> > > I've compiled the puc(4) driver into the kernel, and the dmesg(8)
> > > looks like so,
> > >
> > > sio0: <Oxford Semiconductor PCI Dual Port Serial> port
> > > 0xdf40-0xdf5f,0xdf60-0xdf67 mem
> > > 0xfeacd000-0feacdfff,0xfeace000,0xfeacefff irq 3 at device 12.0 on pci2
> > > sio0: moving to sio1
> > > sio1: type 16550A
> > >
> > > One of the ports in the card works fine as sio1, as does the built-in
> > > serial port, sio0, but the second port in the card doesn't show up
> > > anywhere.
> > >
> > > What do I need to do to get the system to find the second port on the
> > > card?
>> Oops. Didn't look closely enought at the numbers. I thought my card
> was already in pucdata.c, but that's the 0x95011415 as opposed to my
> 0x95211415.
>> I tried the patch, but the system locked up hard during the boot when
> it came time to probe the ATA devices. Haven't had time to look at it
> carefully or catch the boot messages on a serial console.
Sounds like an interrupt storm. If this is on current, try compiling in DDB
and dropping into it when it freezes and do a 'show intrcnt'.
--
John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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Profound Wisdom for the Individual from Mass Producer
American industrialist Henry Ford Henry Ford may have come up with the assembly line for mass production in automobile manufacturing but when it came to entrepreneurism and the human spirit he was a rugged individualist. Ford developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. In doing so, he transformed the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the 20th Century.
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NICE approves Pfizer's kidney cancer drug
NICE has approved Pfizer's Sutent as a kidney cancer first line treatment, but turned down Roche's Avastin, Bayer's Nexavar and Wyeth's Torisel
NICE has approved Pfizer's Sutent (sunitinib) as a first line treatment for kidney cancer, but has rejected it as a second line treatment where an initial therapy has failed. The body also turned down Avastin (bevacizumab), Nexavar (sorafenib) and Torisel (temsirolimus), despite manufacturers Roche, Bayer and Wyeth agreeing to considerable price cuts to the NHS.
Although NICE acknowledged that the drugs do extend life by up to six months, it found that their benefits are too limited against the cost, despite the price adjustments. According to Professor Peter Littlejohns, clinical director of NICE, "The evidence to support the use of the other first and second line treatments isn't strong enough to justify using NHS funds, which could be used for other cancer treatment programmes or in other treatment areas."
The decision has been challenged by several cancer charities, patient advocacy groups and members of the medical profession who express concern that patients who do not respond to Sutent will be left with very few treatment options.
John Melville, general manager of Roche UK, which manufacturers Avastin, has called the decision "illogical" and claims that the drug was turned down only because it is used in the treatment of other conditions. "This guidance goes against the spirit of end of life criteria," Melville said.
Blue Latitude Health speaks to Tara DeBoer, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher and CEO of BioAmp Diagnostics to explore the antimicrobial resistance crisis, and learn how a simple tool could support physicians... | {
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As noun
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue
Offensive
a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation
As adjective, browner, brownest
of the color brown
(of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color
sunburned or tanned
Often Offensive
(of human beings) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color
As verb (used with or without object)
to make or become brown
to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking:to brown onions before adding them to the stew
The potatoes browned in the pan
As Verb phrases
brown out, to subject to a brownout:The power failure browned out the southern half of the state
As Idioms
browned off, Slang
angry; fed up
do it up brown, Informal
to do thoroughly:When they entertain, they really do it up brown
living
As adjective
having life; being alive; not dead:living persons
in actual existence or use; extant:living languages
active or thriving; vigorous; strong:a living faith
burning or glowing, as a coal
flowing freely, as water
pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence:living conditions; a living wage
of or relating to living persons:within living memory
lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative
in its natural state and place; not uprooted, changed, etc
:living rock
Informal
very; absolute (used as an intensifier): You scared the living daylights out of me!He's making her life a living hell
As noun
the act or condition of a person or thing that lives:Living is very expensive these days
the means of maintaining life; livelihood:to earn one's living
a particular manner, state, or status of life:luxurious living
(used with a plural verb) living persons collectively (usually preceded by the):glad to be among the living
British
the benefice of a clergyman
room
As noun
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:a dining room
rooms, lodgings or quarters, as in a house or building
the persons present in a room:The whole room laughed
space or extent of space occupied by or available for something:The desk takes up too much room
opportunity or scope for something:room for improvement; room for doubt
status or a station in life considered as a place:He fought for room at the top
capacity:Her brain had no room for trivia
Mining
a working area cut between pillars
As verb (used without object)
to occupy a room or rooms; lodge
furniture
As noun
the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like
fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something
equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins
Also called bearer, dead metal
Printing
pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase
decorating
As verb (used with object), decorated, decorating
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:to decorate walls with murals
to plan and execute the design, furnishings, and ornamentation of the interior of (a house, office, apartment, etc
), especially by selecting colors, fabrics, and style of furniture, by making minor structural changes, etc
:Their house is decorated in French Provincial style
to confer distinction upon by a badge, a medal of honor, etc
:to decorate a soldier for valor
ideas
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any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity
a thought, conception, or notion:That is an excellent idea
an impression:He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department
an opinion, view, or belief:His ideas on raising children are certainly strange
a plan of action; an intention:the idea of becoming an engineer
a groundless supposition; fantasy
Philosophy
a concept developed by the mind
a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal
(initial capital letter) Platonism
Also called form
an archetype or pattern of which the individual objects in any natural class are imperfect copies and from which they derive their being
Kantianism
idea of pure reason
Music
a theme, phrase, or figure
Obsolete
a likeness
a mental image
pertaining
As verb (used without object)
to have reference or relation; relate:documents pertaining to the lawsuit
to belong or be connected as a part, adjunct, possession, or attribute
to belong properly or fittingly; be appropriate
to
As preposition
(used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from):They came to the house
(used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of; toward:from north to south
(used for expressing limit of movement or extension):He grew to six feet
(used for expressing contact or contiguity) on; against; beside; upon:a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface
(used for expressing a point of limit in time) before; until:to this day; It is ten minutes to six
We work from nine to five
(used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention):going to the rescue
(used for expressing destination or appointed end):sentenced to jail
(used for expressing agency, result, or consequence):to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun
(used for expressing a resulting state or condition):He tore it to pieces
(used for expressing the object of inclination or desire):They drank to her health
(used for expressing the object of a right or claim):claimants to an estate
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Site Issues - Aggregation of Data
I have been enlisted, or maybe I volunteered, to help out with the organization and prioritization of the yet to be fixed bugs/annoyances/quirks with the new website design.
As an LTH user, I know it can be frustrating to experience a bug or annoyance, even more so when you see what may look like a simple fix just sit there unchanged. As a tinkerer with wordpress, php, and website design I also know how a simple tweak can cause a chain reaction of unwanted problems, so it is best to tackle them in a methodical and prioritized manner.
If you have made a suggestion, it is my job to make sure it gets as much consideration as every other suggestion. I want it to be fair, and I want everyone interested in the process to participate.
To accomplish this, I’m going to start by scouring the "'16 Site Redesign" threads (there are a lot!) and make a thorough list of issues specified. Want to help compile this spreadsheet? PM me! - After we have produced this list we will post it here in an easy to read and brief format, then I’ll ask everyone to comment if they see anything missing, have new suggestions, etc. After we have a comprehensive list of issues, I’ll post it to a polling or survey website where the entire community can vote on the priority of each issue. Any statisticians out there interested in helping with the logic of the survey? PM me!
Hopefully this process will give us a pretty comprehensive list from which milz50 can work. He has worked countless hours (thanks Matt!) getting the site up, and we all want nothing more than to get the site to a state where everyone is proud of it in every way. (A noble, yet perhaps unattainable goal.) As a community should, let’s team up and help Matt get this done as painlessly as possible!
P.S. Unless you're interested in compiling the existing issues into a spreadsheet with me, we don't need any comments on this specific thread yet, just hold tight until we have the list ready to scrutinize. Feel free to continue posting on the other site issues based threads if you have anything new to add.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
I have compiled the list of issues. It is viewable on google docs here with no sign-in required. While I hope I got everything mentioned, there was a lot to sift through and a lot of redundancy so I may have missed something. The next step is for you all to view the list and let me know if any of your concerns are missing. From here we can proceed to the next step, thanks!
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Sorry for the lack of updates. As noted above, I compiled the list. Ronnie, Matt and I got together and discussed how to prioritize the site update suggestions. While every issue is being considered, the top priorities are the issues pertaining to the vertical space (too much wasted space, font size, etc) and the color contrast issues. Matt is currently working on the solution to both of those problems and we should be seeing some changes relatively soon! Thanks everyone for weighing in, truly appreciated!
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
No one imagines that the work involved here is easy or anything less than very time-consuming. But the fact that five months have elapsed and now we're being instructed to stop even asking about updates is more than disappointing. Quite frankly, it makes me dubious about the direction things are going and pessimistic. People, myself included, wouldn't be posting here if we didn't care deeply about this board.
If there isn't enough time in a day to address the issues that have been pending for nearly half a year--and I don't question for a moment that that is the case--then either additional help should be enlisted or a plan made going forward. The notion that we should stop even asking is disconcerting and off-putting, at the very least.
No one imagines that the work involved here is easy or anything less than very time-consuming. But the fact that five months have elapsed and now we're being instructed to stop even asking about updates is more than disappointing. Quite frankly, it makes me dubious about the direction things are going and pessimistic. People, myself included, wouldn't be posting here if we didn't care deeply about this board.
If there isn't enough time in a day to address the issues that have been pending for nearly half a year--and I don't question for a moment that that is the case--then either additional help should be enlisted or a plan made going forward. The notion that we should stop even asking is disconcerting and off-putting, at the very least.
If you aren't paying, you aren't the customer; you're the product. The product doesn't get a seat at the table.
No one imagines that the work involved here is easy or anything less than very time-consuming. But the fact that five months have elapsed and now we're being instructed to stop even asking about updates is more than disappointing. Quite frankly, it makes me dubious about the direction things are going and pessimistic. People, myself included, wouldn't be posting here if we didn't care deeply about this board.
If there isn't enough time in a day to address the issues that have been pending for nearly half a year--and I don't question for a moment that that is the case--then either additional help should be enlisted or a plan made going forward. The notion that we should stop even asking is disconcerting and off-putting, at the very least.
I'm sorry for the tone and the message. I should not post at 3:30 in the morning. I will be renewing my effort to get some of the changes rolled out. Sorry again. | {
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Researchers from Finland's Aalto University have produced a list of top download speeds for 150 devices that consumers can reference to see if its the network - or their device - that's causing slow speeds.
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Can a creative, hard-working family make a living working with nature? Join us on the journey from idea to practice as we revive an Iowa farmstead
Day: March 26, 2007
Another nice June-like day in the upper 70’s. Started working on some more fencing (it will never end). Went to town to pick up wholesale buying club order, got some cardboard sheets and more cattle panels and T-posts. Martin is a great 5 year-old worker. Sometimes he asks what work we can do outside.
Here he wraps up the rope that held the panels down on top of the truck. It’s a pain to load/unload them from on top of the truck, but I don’t have a trailer that approaches 16 ft and the truck does, so up they go. The truck has now graduated into the heavy-duty farm use where scratches and dents only add to the value.
Martin was able to drag the panels into position (as long as the location was downhill).
He also was good at distributing the fenceposts – he moved about 75% of the posts to the correct places along the fenceline. All I had to do was get the panels off the truck, drag the uphill panels, and take the binders off the posts that banded them in groups of five and Martin did the rest. The fence is in position, we just need to pound the posts and put up the panels. This is the fence along the SE property boundary. | {
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WILI's Wayne Norman took a Constitution Coach filled with WILI listeners to the high-speed Block Island Express ferry on September 10, 2006. This trip has become an annual tradition, and the weather is always spectacular.
Wayne Norman (white shirt, back row) with some of the WILI listeners who have just returned from a terrific day on Block Island (Jan Weston photo)
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The Black List: "General Ludd" OAD 11-11-13
OK, I know I just posted in another thread saying that you have to ignore continuity errors and things that don't make a lot of sense.
But there is a line.
Two things I have trouble tolerating:
1) when the writers go to the trouble of introducing a character and then establishing their motivation, and then have them do something that undermines that.
2) when the laws of physics are significantly violated.
The Black List is not guilty of #1, to my knowledge, but this episode all but flaunts #2, which kind of makes the whole episode "#2", if you get my drift.
Things that fall from a great height
with appreciable mass do not drift to earth like a snowflake. Also, things that come from the same catastrophic event at the same time do not fall at different rates. Third, those that fall slower, which is not even possible, do not hit the ground first.
There is a little thing called acceleration, and another called terminal velocity, both of which can't be ignored.
I guess it is due to creative license, but it still irks me. The producers wanted to make the opening scene dramatic, and violated the laws of physics to do so. Sorry, I have a problem with that.
Not as flagrant as Marvel's AOS trying to plug a hole in an airplane with an inflatable plastic life raft, but still irksome.
Of course in Star Wars explosions in space have corresponding audio, even though there is no medium to transport audio in outer space. I guess I cut them a break on that one; it would be difficult to tell the story if reality gets in the way.
Yep the dramatic effect definitely took priority over science. But in this case, I vote the dramatic effect was the way to go. As having everything plop almost simultaneously, while also dramatic would have been too costly.
Hmmm. When something inside an object blows up, different pieces can be sent in different directions. Thus when an object is in the air moving at some significant speed something may be sent up first while something else may be sent down at a high initial velocity. Other pieces may be shot left, right, back or even accelerated forward.
More than 2,000 debris fields were found in sparsely populated areas from Nacogdoches in East Texas, where a large amount of debris fell, to western Louisiana and the southwestern counties of Arkansas. One debris field has been mapped along a path stretching from south of Fort Worth to Hemphill, Texas, as well as into parts of Louisiana.
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So to me the incident portrayed was sufficiently within my acceptable limits that only require mild suspension of disbelief.
I was more intrigued with Lizzie's dad. Did they mention she was adopted from the beginning? It does give more of an indication that Red is her father but I would like to think there is more to the story than a father connecting with a long lost daughter. Either way I am enjoying the ride and could careless that parts of a blown up plane landed at different times ignoring the laws of gravity whopty freaking doo.
Oh yeah. It's a really great show, and probably the best of the fall crop. And yes, a show that makes up for any small issues by being pretty fantastic buys them a loooooooooot of license. But when your show is a popcorn summer throwaway where a dome falls and cuts a cow in half and the inside of the cow looks nothing like the inside of a cow, you don't have as much license to get away with that.
The father theory seems to be falling into place more all the time, but it just feels too obvious, and too on the nose. They are much more clever than that, and I would not be surprised by it being a complete head fake, and the story taking an abrupt left turn somewhere regarding that aspect.
What we know is true is that Red has an emotional attachment. His connection with Lizzie is not just opportunistic, making the most opportunistic person on earth enigmatic, and just that much more interesting. And what a tour-de-force for James Spader. Just hand him the Emmy right now.
Phre, I love ya, but your example undermines your point. It illustrates a debris field several hundred miles long, but all that implies is that stuff sprayed out in many directions, some being with the wind, some being against the wind, and all falling to earth in concert with the laws of physics.
In "General Ludd", we see a shoe fall, and pretty slowly, straight down and making a tiny plop, followed by a passenger in his seat, again falling straight down, and hitting the ground with about the same intensity, at a velocity equivalent to being pushed off a garage roof. Next we see an entire multi-ton landing gear drift gently straight down to earth like its in slow motion, and with all that mass still only partially crush a vehicle. A few seconds later lots of shrapnel comes straight down at a very much higher velocity. All of that happens in a 100-ft radius, not a 1000-mile debris field, and none of that makes any physical sense, and none of the timing of what hit when and what hit first and last and how much energy each object displayed concurrent with its mass and velocity, makes any logical sense either.
I've read that if you parachute out of a plane and your chute does not open, you will create a "bathtub", a depression in the ground that may be several feet deep. A 200-lb man at terminal velocity would probably do that. Why? Because falling objects always follow the laws of physics.
The opening scene was dramatic, I'll give them that. But I feel that just plain crazy disregard for the physical world undermined its effectiveness. That's all.
Phre, I love ya, but your example undermines your point. It illustrates a debris field several hundred miles long, but all that implies is that stuff sprayed out in many directions, some being with the wind, some being against the wind, and all falling to earth in concert with the laws of physics.
In "General Ludd", we see a shoe fall, and pretty slowly, straight down and making a tiny plop, followed by a passenger in his seat, again falling straight down, and hitting the ground with about the same intensity, at a velocity equivalent to being pushed off a garage roof. Next we see an entire multi-ton landing gear drift gently straight down to earth like its in slow motion, and with all that mass still only partially crush a vehicle. A few seconds later lots of shrapnel comes straight down at a very much higher velocity. All of that happens in a 100-ft radius, not a 1000-mile debris field, and none of that makes any physical sense, and none of the timing of what hit when and what hit first and last and how much energy each object displayed concurrent with its mass and velocity, makes any logical sense either.
I've read that if you parachute out of a plane and your chute does not open, you will create a "bathtub", a depression in the ground that may be several feet deep. A 200-lb man at terminal velocity would probably do that. Why? Because falling objects always follow the laws of physics.
The opening scene was dramatic, I'll give them that. But I feel that just plain crazy disregard for the physical world undermined its effectiveness. That's all.
But I got over it pretty quickly.
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As I said, for me it only required a mild suspension of disbelief. I understand that for some any suspension of disbelief in a show that, while obviously fiction, doesn't purport to be scifi or fantasy is difficult.
I was more intrigued with Lizzie's dad. Did they mention she was adopted from the beginning? It does give more of an indication that Red is her father but I would like to think there is more to the story than a father connecting with a long lost daughter. Either way I am enjoying the ride and could careless that parts of a blown up plane landed at different times ignoring the laws of gravity whopty freaking doo.
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I thought they were being so obvious about this in episode #1 that I figured by the end of that episode we were going to get the big reveal and then part of the premise of the show was that Lizzie was going to have to deal with getting to know a father she never knew and trying to deal with all the horrible things he's done and if he's capable of such things, what does that say about her, does that mean she could be too or something along those lines. Well they didn't go there and the fact that they have been so obvious about that premise that not even a blind man could miss it I'm also thinking they're going to throw us some kind of curve and Red isn't her father but there's some other story that links them.
I was more intrigued with Lizzie's dad. Did they mention she was adopted from the beginning? It does give more of an indication that Red is her father but I would like to think there is more to the story than a father connecting with a long lost daughter. Either way I am enjoying the ride and could careless that parts of a blown up plane landed at different times ignoring the laws of gravity whopty freaking doo.
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There is more to the story. Why is the scar/brand on her hand and wrist similar to the engraving on the box found hidden under her apartment floor and what do they mean?
As I said, for me it only required a mild suspension of disbelief. I understand that for some any suspension of disbelief in a show that, while obviously fiction, doesn't purport to be scifi or fantasy is difficult.
I appreciate the love by the way. I need all I can get, as we all do.
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C'mon, Phre; you"re the heart and soul of this forum.
I did not sum up my point earlier, which is that I don't take issue with a large debris field which I think is normal. My issue is with the timing of when debris lands and what velocity it has appropriate with its mass, wind load, and height. We were shown a very small part of this debris field, but expected to accept the odd timing and lack of velocity. A purely vertical trajectory also seems a little thin.
One thing about the father theory that rings true is that Red may not want to reveal this, because knowing her father has done terrible things may hurt Lizzie. So him playing this close to the vest is not unexpected.
Apparently someone running things on this show does not know objects follow the 9.81 m/s^2 acceleration of gravity. When I saw the show, I told my wife of this error, and she know I'd mention it, me being an engineer. The objects of this plane explosion would fall at essentially the same rate to the ground and hit around the same time... with the exception of parts that were shot out upwards vs. downwards from the event.
I guess I am just lucky that while I know and understand the science it doesn't even hit me when I watch the show. I am not a regular watcher of the Black List but I saw this episode and this scene just hit me as good drama. In hindsight I agree the science is way off but at the time i did not even think of it. It is like hearing spaceships explode, while that is impossible I dont think about it when watching the show. | {
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got it:
* there is a spurious whitespace at the beginning of the RDF/XML file
* the rdfs and xsd namespace are empty; they should be &rdfs; and &xsd;
respectively
* I notive that this error is also in the RDF embeded in the ontology
CR document
* btw, the entities declarations should probably be droped, and the
namespace URI put directly in the declaration
* there is also a problem with the ttl version: spurious new-line
characters in some literals; this does not happen in the embeded turtle,
though.
here are fixed versions
pa
On 10/12/2011 10:09 AM, Thomas Kurz wrote:
> Hi Thierry,
> sorry for complaining again. I've tried now to do an import of the media
> ontology in rdf xml (http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont.rdf) but now there are
> parsing errors in this format.
> I've tried to validate the xml via online validator
> (http://www.xmlvalidation.com/) but it fails with error code: ---The
> processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed.---
> It should just be a hint to change this in the near future, it is not an
> urgent problem for me by now.
> Many thanks
> Thomas
>
> Am 04.10.2011 um 14:12 schrieb Thierry MICHEL:
>
>> Thomas,
>>
>> Indeed there was an issue of improper encoding in the TTL file.
>> Thanks for the catch.
>>
>> I have updated both the
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont.ttl
>> http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont.rdf
>>
>> Therefore your content negotiation should be fine now and display
>> proper encoding of file.
>>
>> let me know if you still have a problem here.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Thierry
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 04/10/2011 13:06, Florian Stegmaier a écrit :
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> a colleague of mine (Thomas Kurz, CC) encountered a problem with the
>>> turtle version of the ontology. He tried to send the mail directly to
>>> the mailing list, but it does not work . In order to resolve the
>>> problem soon, i will forward it.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>> ##############
>>>
>>> Hello Media Annotations group,
>>>
>>> i've tried to use the media ontology via Linked Data by accessing the
>>> uri http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont. I wanted to get back text/turtle format.
>>> The content negotiation worked well so i got back turtle (but
>>> unfortunately with encoding bugs). Here a short snippet:
>>> ---
>>> @prefix :<http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont#> .
>>> @prefix owl:<http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
>>> @prefix rdfs:<http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
>>> @prefix xsd:<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
>>>
>>> <http://www.w3.org/ns/ma-ont> a owl:Ontology;
>>> ---
>>> As you can see<> is encoded as<&lr; so i cannot parse it with
>>> standard parsers.
>>> It would be great if you could fix that!
>>>
>>> THX and best!
>>> Thomas Kurz
>
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Holley, a five-star prospect from Brooklyn, N.Y., had a sports hernia in high school and the injury did not heal properly from that surgery.
“This is all coming from high school,” Muschamp said. “This is a situation with his hip. He had a sports hernia in high school, had it repaired before he came here. We thought that's where his discomfort was.
“On the initial physical, we found a labral tear in his hip, an impingement in his hip. So they're going to repair the labral tear and shave the bone. So he'll redshirt this year. But, again, he just had some discomfort in running and changing direction.
“Our medical people did an outstanding job of finding it. Something that happened in high school and we got it taken care of. That's it.”
Holley will miss the 2014 season and will have four years of eligibility remaining. He had expected to contend for possible playing time this season.
“I believe (the medical staff) told me it was a four-month recovery for it,” Muschamp said. “I’m disappointed for Thomas. Certainly, a guy that athletically we were very excited about.
“We wanted to see how far we could take it, but we knew eventually there was probably going to be a surgery involved. He just had a lot of discomfort involved, so we just decided to go ahead and do it."
Injury update
Nickel defensive back Marcus Maye is expected to miss practice the rest of this week with a strained hamstring.
“We probably won’t get him back until Monday,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good strain there.”
True freshman offensive tackle David Sharpe, who sustained a high ankle sprain in last Friday’s scrimmage, likely will not practice this week.
“I think it would be probably safe to say Monday of next week with the ankle,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good roll-up there, but he is walking on it, so that’s good.”
Worton headed for PT?
It’s looking more and more like true freshman C.J. Worton is working his way into the playing rotation at wide receiver.
“C.J. Worton is going to be a good player for us,” Muschamp said. “He makes a lot of plays inside. He's a guy that's going to continue to learn the offense. He's really quick-footed guy. He can stick his foot in the ground and change direction. He's got the guts to go across the middle and make plays, as do Latroy (Pittman) and Valdez (Showers).”
RBs catching on
In the new offense, the tailbacks are going to be asked to catch the ball coming out of the backfield, so they’ve been working a lot on their hands.
“Two guys are natural with their hands, and that's Matt Jones and Brandon Powell,” he said. “Those guys have natural ability to catch the ball. Both showed up in high school.
“Matt, at Armwood, they got in empty a lot and he played the No. 3 slot and they would run the bubble QB stuff, when Alvin (Bailey) was playing quarterback. He's always been a natural catcher.
“But Mack Brown and Kelvin (Taylor) have worked on it. Adam Lane, all those guys have worked on their hands. Mark Herndon catches the ball well. There's no question that will be a huge part of what we do."
Gators deep up front
Muschamp said it’s a misnomer that Florida lacks depth on both lines of scrimmage.
“You know, I think I’ve been misquoted somehow. We don’t have depth issues on the offensive and defensive line,” Muschamp said. “We have depth that doesn’t have experience on the offensive and defensive line. We have good depth. We’ve got 15 scholarship offensive linemen. We’ve got 16 scholarship defensive linemen.
“We have very good depth. We have some guys that haven’t played a lot.”
Muschamp said young defensive linemen Alex McCalister, Jay-nard Bostwick, Joey Ivie and Caleb Brantley have all made encouraging progress and will be in the playing rotation.
On the offensive line, Muschamp said the Gators now have at least nine players he feels comfortable with, up from six or seven at the start of camp.
“Drew Sarvary has done a good job at center,” Muschamp said. “He’s been a guy we’ve been very pleased with. Trip (Thurman) is back practicing, with Rod (Johnson) in there at tackle. Inside, you’re looking at Max (Garcia), Trip, Tyler (Moore) and Trenton Brown. Now Drew can be a fifth guy and Antonio Riles continues to come along (at guard).
“In terms of outside, you look at Chaz (Green), D.J. (Humphries) and Rod. Trenton obviously is a guy who can slide into an outside slot. And then you get David Sharpe back. You’re looking at nine guys you feel good about.”
Gators take in a movie
The Gators got a break from the camp grind by going to a movie Sunday. They saw “Hercules.”
“I don’t want to do my Siskel and Ebert, but I guess it was entertaining,” Muschamp said.
He said the movie was good for further team bonding.
“This group gets along,” he said. “The one thing that you notice very quickly, they get along well. They practice extremely well together. They get after each other. They compete hard. But they also know how to practice the right way. There’s a fine line there.
“But I’ve been extremely pleased with the locker room and how those things have progressed very well, in my opinion. So we’ll continue to do some things, as far as the team building and having some outside speakers come in and address them. It’s been good.”
<p>Freshman defensive tackle Thomas Holley underwent surgery on his hip Monday and will redshirt this season, UF coach Will Muschamp said.</p><p>Holley, a five-star prospect from Brooklyn, N.Y., had a sports hernia in high school and the injury did not heal properly from that surgery.</p><p>“This is all coming from high school,” Muschamp said. “This is a situation with his hip. He had a sports hernia in high school, had it repaired before he came here. We thought that's where his discomfort was.</p><p>“On the initial physical, we found a labral tear in his hip, an impingement in his hip. So they're going to repair the labral tear and shave the bone. So he'll redshirt this year. But, again, he just had some discomfort in running and changing direction.</p><p>“Our medical people did an outstanding job of finding it. Something that happened in high school and we got it taken care of. That's it.”</p><p>Holley will miss the 2014 season and will have four years of eligibility remaining. He had expected to contend for possible playing time this season.</p><p>“I believe (the medical staff) told me it was a four-month recovery for it,” Muschamp said. “I'm disappointed for Thomas. Certainly, a guy that athletically we were very excited about.</p><p>“We wanted to see how far we could take it, but we knew eventually there was probably going to be a surgery involved. He just had a lot of discomfort involved, so we just decided to go ahead and do it."</p><p> </p><p><b>Injury update</b></p><p>Nickel defensive back Marcus Maye is expected to miss practice the rest of this week with a strained hamstring.</p><p>“We probably won't get him back until Monday,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good strain there.”</p><p>Offensive guard/tackle Trenton Brown (foot contusion) could return to practice today, Muschamp said.</p><p>True freshman offensive tackle David Sharpe, who sustained a high ankle sprain in last Friday's scrimmage, likely will not practice this week.</p><p> “I think it would be probably safe to say Monday of next week with the ankle,” Muschamp said. “It was a pretty good roll-up there, but he is walking on it, so that's good.”</p><p> </p><p><b>Worton headed for PT?</b></p><p>It's looking more and more like true freshman C.J. Worton is working his way into the playing rotation at wide receiver.</p><p>“C.J. Worton is going to be a good player for us,” Muschamp said. “He makes a lot of plays inside. He's a guy that's going to continue to learn the offense. He's really quick-footed guy. He can stick his foot in the ground and change direction. He's got the guts to go across the middle and make plays, as do Latroy (Pittman) and Valdez (Showers).”</p><p> </p><p><b>RBs catching on</b></p><p>In the new offense, the tailbacks are going to be asked to catch the ball coming out of the backfield, so they've been working a lot on their hands.</p><p> “Two guys are natural with their hands, and that's Matt Jones and Brandon Powell,” he said. “Those guys have natural ability to catch the ball. Both showed up in high school.</p><p>“Matt, at Armwood, they got in empty a lot and he played the No. 3 slot and they would run the bubble QB stuff, when Alvin (Bailey) was playing quarterback. He's always been a natural catcher.</p><p>“But Mack Brown and Kelvin (Taylor) have worked on it. Adam Lane, all those guys have worked on their hands. Mark Herndon catches the ball well. There's no question that will be a huge part of what we do."</p><p> </p><p><b>Gators deep up front</b></p><p>Muschamp said it's a misnomer that Florida lacks depth on both lines of scrimmage.</p><p>“You know, I think I've been misquoted somehow. We don't have depth issues on the offensive and defensive line,” Muschamp said. “We have depth that doesn't have experience on the offensive and defensive line. We have good depth. We've got 15 scholarship offensive linemen. We've got 16 scholarship defensive linemen.</p><p>“We have very good depth. We have some guys that haven't played a lot.”</p><p>Muschamp said young defensive linemen Alex McCalister, Jay-nard Bostwick, Joey Ivie and Caleb Brantley have all made encouraging progress and will be in the playing rotation.</p><p>On the offensive line, Muschamp said the Gators now have at least nine players he feels comfortable with, up from six or seven at the start of camp.</p><p>“Drew Sarvary has done a good job at center,” Muschamp said. “He's been a guy we've been very pleased with. Trip (Thurman) is back practicing, with Rod (Johnson) in there at tackle. Inside, you're looking at Max (Garcia), Trip, Tyler (Moore) and Trenton Brown. Now Drew can be a fifth guy and Antonio Riles continues to come along (at guard).</p><p>“In terms of outside, you look at Chaz (Green), D.J. (Humphries) and Rod. Trenton obviously is a guy who can slide into an outside slot. And then you get David Sharpe back. You're looking at nine guys you feel good about.”</p><p> </p><p><b>Gators take in a movie</b></p><p>The Gators got a break from the camp grind by going to a movie Sunday. They saw “Hercules.”</p><p>“I don't want to do my Siskel and Ebert, but I guess it was entertaining,” Muschamp said.</p><p>He said the movie was good for further team bonding.</p><p>“This group gets along,” he said. “The one thing that you notice very quickly, they get along well. They practice extremely well together. They get after each other. They compete hard. But they also know how to practice the right way. There's a fine line there.</p><p>“But I've been extremely pleased with the locker room and how those things have progressed very well, in my opinion. So we'll continue to do some things, as far as the team building and having some outside speakers come in and address them. It's been good.”</p> | {
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Threat Stack, a leader in cloud security and compliance management, today announced it secured $15.3 million in Series B funding, led by Scale Venture Partners (Scale), with participation from all existing investors, including Accomplice and .406 Ventures. Threat Stack today also announced that Ariel Tseitlin, a partner at Scale, will join the company’s board of directors. The latest round of funding brings total investment in Threat Stack to more than $26 million.
Threat Stack Series B funding comes on the heels of the company’s record year of customer growth in 2015 and the launch of the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform™ (CSP) in early 2016. The new capital will be used to double headcount in the next year, bolstering sales, marketing and engineering to further enhance product capabilities and user experience. Threat Stack will also use funding to support expansion into a new Boston headquarters in the coming months...READ MORE
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Continuous security monitoring for public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructures protecting servers, and the data they access, from intrusion and data loss. | {
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The original Comix Cursors.
From version 0.8 on the cursors are 'multisize', meaning that you don't need to install one theme for each size, but only one theme, and chose the size in the cursor theme selection dialog.
The full installation also includes left-handed themes, you can choose whatever you prefer from the downloads below.
The cursors are named according to the freedesktop.org cursor naming convention, compatibility and hash cursor names are linked. In addition to the original cursor pack left-handed and opaque versions are still available here.
Please read the README and INSTALL files provided in the source package for installation and packaging instructions, as well as some hints on various issues.
"Vast" versions for visually impaired can be downloaded here: http://www.limitland.de/comixcursors.html . There are links for windows ports by firstfooter, teft and Jus on that page as well.
If you don't like the "hair" line for the text-, vertical-text- and crosshair-cursors, you can download the "NOHAIR"-sources below and replace the source files "text.svg", "vertical-text.svg" and "crosshair.svg" sources in the svg/LeftHanded and svg/RightHanded source-directories and build your cursors. These cursors might look better to you e.g. on dark backgrounds.
GNOME USERS:
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Ben has investigated how to configure the cursor size:
There is no known Gnome 3 application for setting the size of the mouse
cursor. You need to set the desired size in pixels as the value of the
DConf setting ‘org.gnome.desktop.interface.cursor-size’. You can use
‘dconf-editor’ (from the ‘dconf-tools’ package) or ‘gsettings’ to change
DConf settings.
in all other colors -- no such bug.
thanks in advance.. :)
Re: big yellow hand bug
Happens to me too with the blue-small set. I get a huge black hand.
Only the open hand does this. For example, in google maps the hand is always the huge black hand when hovering over the map. But when I click to drag around, it is the normal sized small blue clenched hand.
I hope that helps anyone else having this issue
Martin
cursor disappearing
Everything is great except that my cursor will disappear if I move the mouse wheel and if I bright up the right click menu or open any menu really there is an artifact left behind on the screen where the pointer was.
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MULTIFAMILY NEWS
Wynn and Molasky win big with Vegas funding Las Vegas developers Irwin Molasky, managing partner of The Molasky Cos., and Steve Wynn, chairman of Mirage Resorts, have secured construction financing for the $125 million Park Towers at Hughes Center, a twin-tower, 84-unit luxury condominium complex. Construction of the 20-story buildings, which began in September, will be funded by Societe Generale in Paris and the Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto.
The complex will feature two- to four-bedroom units, with floor plans ranging from 2,100 sq. ft. to 5,400 sq. ft. The condominiums will also have balconies with views of the Las Vegas strip and surrounding mountains. The complex also includes a fitness center; steam, sauna and massage rooms; a private wine cellar; a movie screening room; a library; and a full business center. Occupancy is scheduled to begin in fourth-quarter 2000.
AMI finances Orlando luxury apartments The Dallas office of Bethesda, Md.-based AMI Capital Inc. has arranged a $22 million, first-mortgage loan for the construction of The Fountains at Waterford Lakes, a Class-A apartment complex in Orlando, Fla. The Altamonte Springs, Fla., office of Houston-based Bank United executed the loan.
The community, which will consist of 15 three-story buildings with an average unit size of 949 sq. ft., will be in the existing Waterford Lakes planned-unit development, an 1,800-acre site in east Orlando. The project's amenities will include ceramic tile entries, French doors, walk-in pantries and closets, and garages with automatic-door openers.
Archstone Communities marks Midwest entry Englewood, Colo.-based Archstone Communities has made its foray into the Midwest apartment market with three acquisitions in the suburbs of Chicago and Minneapolis. The company's purchases - which total $72.4 million - include Garden Glen Apartments, a 460-unit complex in Schaumburg, Ill.; Prairie Court, a 125-unit community in Oak Park, Ill.; and Eden Commons, a 196-unit complex in Eden Prairie, Minn. Archstone also officially opened in September a full-service Midwest office in Oak Brook, Ill., to support the purchases.
Greenwich Group arranges financing for Charleston complex The Greenwich Group International, New York, has arranged an $18 million financing package for Cypress Cove, a 264-unit upscale apartment complex in Charleston, S.C. The Seltzer Group of New York and Fort Washington, Pa., is the developer of the project, which will consist of one-,two- and three-bedroom homes near Charleston's historic downtown district.
With its groundbreaking in August, the first 24-unit building should be delivered in May 2000. The remaining units should be finished by the end of next year. The financing package, executed by New York-Lehman Brothers and Horsham, Pa.-based GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation, consists of separate construction loan and mezzanine equity packages.
AMI finances Orlando luxury apartments The Dallas office of Bethesda, Md.-based AMI Capital Inc. has arranged a $22 million, first-mortgage loan for the construction of The Fountains at Waterford Lakes, a Class-A apartment complex in Orlando, Fla. The Altamonte Springs, Fla., office of Houston-based Bank United executed the loan.
The community, which will consist of 15 three-story buildings with an average unit size of 949 sq. ft., will be in the existing Waterford Lakes planned unit development, an 1,800-acre site in east Orlando. The project's amenities will include ceramic tile entries, French doors, walk-in pantries and closets, and garages with automatic-door openers.
The total rentable space will be 238,800 sq. ft., with amenities such as a resort-style swimming pool, business center and fitness facility.
New Hampshire apartment complex has grand opening Dallas-based developer JPI recently celebrated the grand opening of Jefferson on the Merrimack, a 240-unit, luxury apartment complex located on 27 wooded acres in Bedford, N.H. Completion of the colonial-style community is scheduled for December.
The complex offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans and has exercise and weight-training rooms; a business center equipped with a computer, copier and fax machine; and a surround-sound video theater.
Bowers & Co. peddles Peachtree Place Atlanta-based Richard Bowers & Co. has brokered the sale of the Peachtree Place apartment community, located in Atlanta's upscale Buckhead neighborhood. The Finger Cos., Houston, sold the 330-unit property to Atlanta-based Margolias Realty.
Sitting just east of the Georgia 400 highway, Peachtree Place consists of 18 two- and three-story buildings. The apartments, which range from 681 sq. ft. to 1,402 sq. ft., feature 9-ft. ceilings, oversized bedrooms and recessed lighting.
The complex also has a resort-style swimming pool, a fitness room and a fully-equipped business center.
Colin Mackenzie, investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap's San Francisco office, represented both parties in the transaction. The 15-acre apartment complex was built in 1987 and features three pools, a spa and landscaping. Each apartment contains washer/dryer hookups, vaulted ceilings and fireplaces.
TCC handles $108 million sale of Boston apartment tower Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. has negotiated the sale of Museum Towers at North Point, a new 435-unit luxury apartment complex in Cambridge, Mass., for $108 million. Robert E. Griffin Jr., Edward C. Maher Jr. and Marci B. Griffith of Trammell's Boston-based Investment Services Group represented the seller, Cambridge-based Congress Group Ventures, and procured the purchaser, New York City-based Clarion Partners.
Developed by Congress Group and located in North Point Park just across the Charles River from downtown Boston, Museum Towers features two 24-story buildings that also have 2,500 sq. ft. of retail space. The complex contains studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, and 32 penthouse suites, many of which feature balconies. Amenities include views of the Charles River, the Back Bay and downtown Boston; a 490-car parking garage; and a two-level, 14,000-sq.-ft. health club with an Olympic-sized pool. | {
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Valuation Logp are currently valued at $0.64 per bbl of independent certified pre development reserves with huge upside to come pr development drilling which is now fully financed by the Chinese. Should be at least $3.00 per bbl valuation. Drilling starting in q3 so should be a good run up in the price. Jimmy
Jimmy23
31 Oct 2018
Barry roe update by PVR Pvr issued corporate presentation. The fully farmed out drill program for at least four wells will lead to a development plan. Importantly one well will drill deep Barry roe and flow test the already proven oil in place of 788 million bbl, estimated to add circa 200 million of recoverable oil to the already proven 346 million bbl at Barry roe. Logp is full funded with a carry of 10% for this imminent drill program . Incredible value here , at these levels logp will surely be bought out as the market cap is way too low for so much proven oil. Jimmy
Jimmy23
29 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done I think the appointment of angus to the Pvr board was critical to the success of Barry roe. JOS is an exploration geologist and a difference to skill set required to bring the 3D seismic at Barry roe to be used for production planning instead of exploration. I cannot say for certain who was responsible in Pvr for the introduction of uk company seismic image processing to remove seismic multiples at Barry roe and hence directly image the thin reservoirs. This was the key event and farm out with Chinese quickly followed. Given that this took so long to occur after drilling in 2012 I suspect that angus was the key influence here. Jimmy
Divmad
17 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Sorry, How pivotal, not “has”.
Divmad
17 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Jimmy, Has pivotal do you think is the appointment of Angus McCoss as Senior Independent Director, to PVR, for the forthcoming 5-7 well drilling plan? Divmad
Jimmy23
09 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Divmad. The Celtic sea is unloved because of its poor track record in commercial discoveries to date. The major upside is actually deep barryroe. The other assets would certainly benefit from the new seismic technology to remove seismic multiples. However, the key risk is top seal integrity during late basin inversion. I think they might be interesting after thoughts once barryroe is in production. I think the major upside for PVR is SPANISH POINT which has been put on the back burner and does not look like anything happening for a few years. Jimmy
Divmad
09 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Jimmy23, Do you think that APEC is eyeing up PVR, in addition to the BarryRoe field potential, for PVR’s other Celtic Sea licences that border on the BarryRoe geographical area? I am wondering how big the synergies might be of any future exploration/development there (which also might help to explain why the bigger interest in PVR in the market since the FOA was announced).
Jimmy23
09 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Divmad. The issue with logp is that it’s effectively a single asset company and hence investors looking at Pvr with its wider portfolio. The value is certainly here. But because this share price has languished for so long many long term holders are recovering their investment as the price moves up. Also pvr PR spin is far more effective than LOGP, hence the trailing valuations. The data supports a higher valuation and this has been validated by the farm out to APEC. I have no other explanations, at some point investors will sell Pvr and but LOGP which will help remove the arbitrage in valuations. Jimmy
Divmad
08 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Jimmy, it’s more than 3 weeks since this farm out deal was announced. Plenty of time for the market to adjust to this price discovery, so why hasn’t it got much closer to closing the valuation gap?
Jimmy23
07 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Currently valued at $0.53 per bbl of net independent certified 2c reserves and fully carry through next drilling program . Should be $5. O0 per bbl Jimmy
Jimmy23
04 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Should read based on one hundred thousand bbl of oil per day at peak production. J
Jimmy23
04 Oct 2018
Barry roe deal done Tony o Reilly on sky news. Cost of finding and lifting oil to be $25 per bbl which at $80 per bbl is worth £317000net profit per day at peak production of 1000000 bbl per day or current market capitalization is equivalent to 41 days peak production. Incredible value for such low risk. Jimmy
Jimmy23
26 Sep 2018
Barry roe deal done Hard to believe this share price has not at least trebled from here. With a carried interest in five wells and ten per cent interest in 346 million bbl and a market capitalization of only £10.5 million the market has noticed logp. Seems to me they will be ripe for a takeover, and it will be a multiple of this share price and still be great value to an acquirer who gets all the upside of the deeper oil at barryroe. Take your position because this will happen quickly. J
Jimmy23
23 Sep 2018
Barry roe deal done At the current share price LOGP currently valued at $0.45 per bbl of independently certified 2c reserves with a carried interest in five wells to be drilled in about six months time and huge upside as posted on the PVR. Site. With an $80 oil price it would be fair to value them at $5 per bbl. huge upside here . Jimmy | {
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Let us introduce to Marcelo and Adriana, they are a couple of brasilians missionaries currently working in Southern Africa. They are UMA’s first partners, and we are very happy to be part of their journey.
Follows their testimony telling about all God has already done in their lives and what He is still doing!
TESTIMONY
“Some years ago, God has called us to perform His works and to leave to wherever the Holy Spirit would guide us to. From this moment many things happened, we had to fully believe and to trust in the Lord because He had asked us to give up our jobs and serve Him.Well, it was very difficult to us, because we had just got married and we had many accounts to be paid and not a few adjustments to do, but God told us once again: “Leave everything and trust only”. We left our jobs, at the time I had three jobs and my wife had two, but obediently we left them, thus God had spoken. Once we left our jobs, the Spirit of God started to wake us up during the nights and we would adore Him and seak the presence of the Lord for hours. In one of those nights, God powerfully said to our hearts the following: “If I take from you everything you have, would you still love Me and be with Me?” and at that moment we said to God: “- Yes Sir, fulfills in us Your will, thus we will always serve You!”. Then, the Lord said that He would take many things from what we had, because He had to change many things in our lives, and teach us to believe and to depend on Him disconsidering what would the matter be or its difficulty, and so it was. We start to lose many things that we gave value, as our car, money and many other corporeal properties each time He asked us to give them away. (I had many watches, they were all gone)
We came up to a point that we had a debt of more than BRZ$30 thousand (around USD$18 thousand) we didn’t even had money to catch a bus. We thank God for that! That’s when we understood the real value of life, His presence, His Daule care, and not what we can see or own. God provided a friend (that is also a brother) to take us to and from the church everyday, we were sent into a “Favela” (“Favela” is the brasilian slum quarters) in order to work there with evangelism (Gospel preaching) and feeding the children who lived there, we received offers Duch as money and other things at that time.
While all these things were happening, God used us in a tremndously way. We received an invitation to go to Africa (Mozambique). How could we go if we didn’t even had the money to take a bus to the church? It was then that we could see God’s hand over us in everything. He started openning the doors and fulfilling His promise. God really was teaching us to fully depend on Him. Many things were changing in our hearts, we found no value on the things the world could provide us, but all we wanted was intimacy with God.
Some days later, it was time to decide wether we would accept going to Mozambique or not, and we chose to go, even it looked imposible to our eyes. We prayed and to asked God to provide us a way to perform this trip if this was His will. (The trip would cost something around USD$7 thousand) We presented the financial obstacles to the Lord and we started to see Him actino in our lives. There were plenty other things going on, and we did not understand many of them, but God knows everything and was molding (teaching) us for everything we would still going to experience. A couple of months befote the trip we didn’t have not even BRZ$1. We placed the whole situation to God and we took that promisse for grant. We declared that we would be in that trip because God was with us. In that very day we received the notice that the leadership of that African Misión centre was giving us 2 scholarships (my wife’s and mine) and that we would not have any extra costs to pay, all we had to do was buying the flight tickets. “GLORY TO GOD” (“Thank´s God!”), the scholarships worth something around USD$4 thousand, we praised God a lot for that. After this day, we started receiving offerings from many people and felt like opening an account to deposit these offerings in order to buy our flight tickets. We shared the number of this account with many people and told them if they were willing to help us they could deposit whatever value they wanted, we saw even more His great hand upon us. The Lord has also tested our hearts and obedience because sometimes when people came to us with their offerings in hands the Lord would tell us to offer those offerings to someone else indicated by Him. We only kept the ammounts that were deposited directily into our Nanking account. But, for the Glory of the Lord, we were faithful and we obeyed, and at the time to pay for the tickets we had all the money.
Well, it’s quite repetitive saying that God had blesses us once more, right? Well, I can’t do anything about it, our God is wonderfull! But, I have to tell that God acted in a such supernatural way moments before checking-in, we did not have much money to take with us during the trip, (not even for emergency or to buy water, that is very expensive there), but God used the life of our pastor to bring us another offering already in the airport, this time already in “dollar” (currency). That money was enough to support we noth during the two months we were there. “God is faithful”.
Well, when we arrived in Mozambique, God used us to do things that we would never imagine we would do back then. God took us to “open” a conference in another city, where I had the privilege to speak the word of God to many people and also to pray for many, what was very good because we saw many miracles from God, and that was something we had never lived before. I also spoke in the Biblical school and also to the children of the center of missions.
After returning to Brazil we had to face new strugles, worse strugles I might say. After almost one year many people had started saying that we should forget about everything (related to the ministry) and go back to our regular jobs as before. We were taken, in that period, by the Lord to another city, “Montes Claros”, in “Minas Gerais” state (Brazil). In this city, we faced many strugles and almost gave up the ministry we were called for, and go back to the regular work. But God didn´t allow us to do such thing. God, in our period of praying, promissed that things would change in our lives because we had remained faithfull even with a little and he would give us control over great things. God spoke very strong in our hearts that we should persist, even though everything was telling usthe opposite, we had to remain in His path.
We stopped listening to people and kept on seaking the face of God, day after day. It was then that God started using us greatly once again, in that period I managed to make an evangelistic trip to “Belém do Pará” and also perform voluntary odontological work there. In an inexplicable way, the Lord kept blessing us and we were able to go on another missionary trip this year (2008), in January, where we stayed for one month in the hinterland of “Sergipe” state. It was a really wonderful time and it was during this last trip that many things started to be defined, we didn’t know what we were going to do after this trip and we didn’t want to stop, knowing that there are so much to do for the “Kingdom”. We started to pray, but during that one month we did not receive any answer related to what we were supposed to do after the project.
God’s work never stops, when it seemed to us that we were stuck, we received a new invitation to be in Africa, but this time in South Africa, to help in the construction of a church and a center of missions for a period of close to one year.
We presented this invitation to God and He said that it was His will that we would accept the invitation. We took ownership of that word and rested in the Lord, finished the month and also our work in the hinterland, we went back to our home and we started to pack our things to go to South Africa.
Many things had to happen in order to this trip became true, but different from the other times we only rested in the Lord and we let Him act, so things were happening. We needed about BRZ$10 thousand (around USD$6 thousand) for this travel and we had only one month to obtain the ammount. We sold out all our furniture and the Lord, for His own Honor and Glory, multiplied the money we got from that. And once more God spilled his love on us, thus not only all our debts were settled but we managed to pay for the flight tickets and got a brand new notebook as a gift so we could communicate with our families and friends back in Brazil. “Glory to the God! God is faithful!!!”.
Well, then we had already the tickets, but now we needed the visas and other sponsors to be able to be all this year out in Africa. We did all we could for the visas from the city we were living (“Montes Claros”), but when we got to “São Paulo”, the consulatetold us that some documents were still missing and that the delay would be around 10 business days (we did not have all that time). Well, we prayed to the Lord and our God, who is the God of ALL the things, and who made the visas available injust one week and didn’t have to pay for that.
About the sponsors, God also brought them and keeps on bringing. We came this far due to the Lord’s Grace and we are grateful to God for everything, we have not written everything, because it would be something “much more” longer.
We have lived each day the suppliment of God in everything, today we are here (in Africa) without having the total ammount that we were informed to be necessary to rent a house, to buy food and etc for the period we will stay here. But, God is supporting (He is our reatest sponsor) and we know that He will continue in supplying everything, until now He has been blessing us and we also believe that He will keep on doing it, since we keep our hearts towards the service of His “Kingdom”.
Today we have a very difficult mission that is to preach the Gospels in a country that has been marked by sufferering, but we believe that we will testify of great signals of God among these people and among the villages which God in taking us. | {
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Our Story
FORaSEC started with the sales of one micro brand: Magrette. After about 7 years, Halios was added to the portfolio. We realized that at the end more choice would mean happier customers and more business. Tempest Watches, Seals Watch Company and Stuckx complete our offer for now, but more brands are in the process of being added as well. No hurry though. Step by step is our way.
Being picky as we are, we only want to work with the more serious micro brands. Brands that are managed by (often strongheaded) individuals with a vision. Watch lovers who know how it feels to be a watch buyer hence customer. Brands that understand it is important to treat a customer in a normal, sometimes perhaps splendid way.
Small watch brands face a lot of small challenges that huge companies would simply solve by paying other people to sort out the hard stuff. Typically, a micro watch brand owner operates alone or with a small circle of freelance operators alongside. Eventhough manufacturing often is outsourced to facilities in Asia and other territories, communication and project management take a lot of hard work and energy to create a watch from a thought.
Social media are being used to get people's interest or one step further: to crowd-fund new projects. FORaSEC gets that. We specialize in small, but serious micro watch brands that somehow got our attention in a good way. Product quality has to be OK and stable, customer service and customer focus are of key importance. If something goes wrong (and most micro's have their experiences) we count on them being upfront and open, communicating to customers in a good way. That's the way we like it and how we want to operate ourselves. | {
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i'm in love with all of phantom of the opera but my favorite part is the "keep your distance, walk away..." part followed by that first solo. amazing. total agree with murders in the rue morgue as well. | {
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BELGICA
Population of BELGICA
Belgium ended the year 2018 with a population of 11,467,923 inhabitants, an increase of 69,334 people, 5,827 women and 29,306 men compared to the previous year, when the population was 11,398,589 people. | {
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Welcome to guest blogger, Elodie (@hockeyfied), who will be recapping EPIX’s Road to the NHL Winter Classic for us! We are very happy to have her. She’ll help you relive the show’s highlights and get ready for every Wednesday night. Reminder: If you missed Episode One (because you were watching Episode VII of something else!), you can see it on EPIX.com. Just create an account and log yo’self in – it’s free.
And now, we turn to Elodie…
With weeks to go until New Year’s Day and its symbolic game, this year’s Road to the NHL Winter Classic is back on EPIX, this time trying to give us a glimpse of the lives of the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins.
If you don’t know, this is a rivalry for the ages. One of – if not the – most bitter in the NHL. To this day, these teams have faced each other more than any other two teams in the league, and they simply really, really dislike each other.
The kids who spawned a thousand memes.
Let me be honest – I’m a Bruins fan, inclined to turn a side-eye to every bit of the show that is about the Habs. Yet even I have to admit that if there’s one thing this first episode of Road the the NHL Winter Classic did well, it was keeping the focus on a player that it is almost impossible to hate: PK Subban.
There’s a beautiful moment, in the opening for the Habs’ section of the show, where PK putting on the most outrageous red fur coat. My friends and I couldn’t help but wonder, does he dress like that all the time, or is it just for the cameras? We could completely believe he wears this thing out every day.
Turns out, the coat is for the cameras, but his teammates fall for the joke and their reactions are glorious.
There’s also this pretty interesting bit where PK lets us in into one of his “hobbies”: suit designing. He says it himself, he likes to look good. And he does. Can’t wait to see what he pulls out for the Winter Classic.
Okay, enough Habs. None of this compares to the delightful moments with the Bruins we get to see! From Zdeno Chara walking around Boston, going to his favorite barber (the same one that shaved his playoff beard after winning the Cup, the one Chara brought the Cup to) and stopping by a youth hockey team from Halifax for pictures and autographs, to Brad Marchand soulfully gazing out of his bedroom window before putting on a (very sharp) suit, it’s all pretty intimate.
[Editors note: You know I didn’t write that about Marchand! *P]
But no moment is more intimate that the few minutes we get with Patrice Bergeron. Bergy, flawless, perfect Patrice, is famously known his discretion. Never would I have expected to see 8-week old baby Zack featured on the show. And yet, this happened…
:: synchronized swoon ::
So ovaries everywhere imploded in hushed whimpers. The show also featured Stephanie Bergeron gushing about how good a father Patrice is, and I had to rewind and rewatch a couple of times, making pained noises throughout the whole thing.
The preview for the upcoming episodes also seem to show that we’ll be introduced to Tuukka Rask’s tiny blonde Finnish baby, which is something that nobody expected either, because these guys, they don’t share.
Cindy Lou Tuuk? Cindy Tuu Who? I can’t make this joke work.
Other awww-inducing moments of note: Patches and his tiny child playing about in the bowels of the Bell Center:
Yankees hat. This kid is good.
Mainly, my brain short-circuited post-Bergy and I retained very little of everything else. To be fair, as first episodes go, this one was heavy on exposition. Hopefully they’ll find the hooks they had least year, like Latta and Wilson’s bromance, or a bevvy of family holiday skates to pack it all up with cuteness and babies everywhere. I am eagerly awaiting more baby Bergy, and Rask, and the exceptionally cute baby Krejci:
This show has always been at its best when there’s more than a rivalry narrative to hang onto, so I’ll look forward to next week’s show. The Bruins played some good games (sayonara, Penguins!) while Episode 2 was filming. I, for one, will be satisfied with babies everywhere, but I may be easy to please. | {
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NEWS
Marin Medicine is on the press!
Watch
your mail later in November for Marin Medicine. The fall/winter issue focuses
on emergency medicine and features a special section with hospital reports
on emergency care in Marin. Other theme articles include the ER, patient education
and Kaiser's telestroke program.
Departments cover a wide range of topics ranging from gun violence and public
health to the fall House of Delegates. A Resources Spotlight offers tools and resources
for solo and small group practices, and a photo spread from the MMS Awards Dinner
rounds out the issue.
Longtime executive director leaving MMS
Cynthia Melody, who celebrated 25 years with the Sonoma County Medical Association
in October, has announced her departure effective Dec. 31, 2016. Initially recruited
to manage SCMA committees, programs and projects, Melody has served as executive
director since 2000. She's also served as executive director for the Marin
Medical Society since 2007 and the Mendocino-Lake County Medical Society
since 2010. The three boards of directors have several meetings planned to look
at current organizational structures and consider options for 2017 and beyond.
Click here to view Melody's departure letter.
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Marin General receives Stroke Care Excellence Award
Marin General Hospital announced it has received the prestigious
2017 Stroke Care Excellence Award™ for the fourth consecutive year (2014-17) from
Healthgrades, placing it among the top 10% of hospitals in the country for stroke
care.
CMA House of Delegates
More than 500 California physicians, representing 43,000 physicians statewide,
convened in Sacramento last month for the 145th Annual Session of the CMA House
of Delegates. The HOD meets annually to establish broad policy on current major
issues affecting members, the association and the practice of medicine. This year's
major issues were MACRA, maintenance of certification, opioids, physician burnout,
ACA changes and public health. For more information on this years' HOD, visit
www.cmanet.org/hod and view
photos at www.facebook.com/cmaphysicians.
PRACTICE RESOURCES & CME
Nondiscrimination statement posting
Physicians who provide services
to Medicare or Medi-Cal patients must comply with new nondiscrimination posting
requirements effective Oct. 16. To answer questions regarding compliance, CMA has
created an
FAQ resource to help guide members.
New update on HIPPA and cloud computing
The U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently released an updated
"Guidance
on HIPPA and Cloud Computing" for the storage or transmission of electronic
personal health information (ePHI). If using a cloud service provider to maintain
ePHI, a HIPAA-compliant business associate agreement is required to avoid a HIPAA
violation. For more information, see CMA OnCall document #3301 "Physician
Use of Mobile Devices and Cloud Computing." On-Call documents are available
free to CMA members.
CMA Practice Management Tip of the Month: November
To
protect patient privacy, develop a written policy on camera and smartphone use in
the office. See
monthly tip sheet for details and reminders to practice managers and physicians
about CMA benefits and services.
I am 100% committed to assisting the new owner with all the support necessary
to ensure a smooth transition. Please contact me for more information or to schedule
a visit. Gail Altschuler, MD, 415-309-6258 or
[email protected].
Free classifieds for MMS members!
MMS members can place FREE
classified ads in News Briefs or Marin Medicine. Cost for nonmember physicians
and the general public is $1 per word. To place a classified ad, contact Susan Gumucio
at [email protected] or 707-525-0102. | {
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