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Ok, now we have arrived at the moment when the Enlightenment lights the blue touch paper of Constitutionalism, and the arrival of some of the most famous of constitutions in world history – when our story must include the international angle, since Britain will be part of an international debate about constitutionalism. In Britain, the basic structure of the Constitution was now set in terms of the relationship between parliament and king; the big change we’ll talk about in this episode largely concerns the reducing involvement of the crown in executive government, but change is famously evolutionary now, rather than revolutionary; or at least, disputes moved away from the battlefield into parliament, and were resolved politically piecemeal. This presents a problem for your humble podcaster, because it means there’s a whole load of titbits which makes it hard to present a compelling story, but I hope you’ll stick with it.
With the growth of colonialism, empire and the ownership of Hanover, foreign affairs acquired a much larger part in English and British political life. Similar sort of arguments apply to law, though I have no doubt such a dismissive comment will bring a storm of protest about various critical cases; but I’d argue, weakly possibly, that much is established by now; the primacy of common law, a basic structure of justice that will last a long time, and the independence of judicial system was pretty much in place.
So what do we have for you then? Well, the modernisation of the political system is obviously one big story, and also the arrival in British politics of Radicalism. You will have become bored of me emphasising how protest was primarily conservative so far, to re-establish an often mythical past. Well now a new element enters politics, possibly powered by increasing industrialisation – genuine radicalism, the demand for a better more equitable society; and that radicalism began come from inside parliament as well as outside it. And we might even mention the word democracy in anger. Votes for women of course, and a vast amount of puff about the glories of the British constitution.
The change in the balance of power between parliament and monarch came early in 1711; the government ministers failed to win a vote in the lords to approve the treaty of Utrecht against Whig opposition; and prevailed therefore on Queen Anne to create 12 new Tory peers purely for the purpose of helping the government over the line; thus the royal prerogative had become a tool for a parliamentary party. This was an example that would be repeated when the House of lords not only cut up rough, but stepped over a line to deny the government in key parts of their policy – such as the great reform acts of 1832, and the tussles of 1911. Queen Anne was the last monarch to attend sessions of the houses of Parliament; in 1760 the Civil List appeared, the final and complete separation of the finances of the royal household from public finances; and the civil list was voted on by Parliament. Edward I’s head would have exploded at the very thought.
But nonetheless, the role of the monarch remained highly influential, well into the 20th century. George III for example, made the disastrous decision to refuse to give his assent to Catholic Emancipation at the time of the Act of Union with Ireland in 1801, resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister William Pitt who had promised it to the Irish, and Catholic emancipation was thus delayed for a further 30 years. But that influence had less and less substance; control of patronage, for example, began to be less and less at the behest of the crown and more under the control of a post informally known as Prime Minister – the first example of which is Robert Walpole of course, in 1721. And Robert Walpole knew how to use patronage, let me tell you. The title of Prime Minister was an informal one – increasingly they held the formal post of First Lord of the Treasury – until PM became a recognised constitutional entity in 1905.
By the 1780s, it had not only become clear that the monarch’s chief minister must command a majority in parliament, but that ministers themselves needed to command such support, and that the monarch should accept the PM’s choice of minister. Gone then was a basic royal prerogative, that of choosing their ministers no matter what. Partly this came about when George III forced his pal the Tory Earl of Bute onto an unwilling commons dominated by Whigs; I understand that this is the genesis of the expression ‘putting the boot in’. And that my friends is a gag used by my history teacher at A level, one Steve Smith, nigh on 40 years ago. There is no period beyond which a good gag becomes redundant, folks, just remember that. A good gag is a friend for ever. Putting the Bute in, how we laughed, I have had to work really hard to give you the benefit of Mr Smith’s wit. Anyway, the resulting kerfuffle meant this was the last time a monarch was able to impose a minister without parliamentary support.
Now, I might point out here that I understand that a key principle of an effective democracy is the peaceful transfer of power. Despite the resistance to Bute, it’s quite clear that by the 18th century that the peaceful transfer of power was a norm of British politics. For example, after the end of the Robinocracy, the Tories recovered their political influence in the second half of the century.
In 1784 a further principle became the norm when parliament was dissolved at the request of the Prime Minister rather than at the will of the king; at the same time, the practice of impeaching the King’s ministers withered away because there was now a political solution – ministers who could not command the confidence of the house would have to resign. Impeachment still survived to a degree, as the dramatic attempts to impeach the Governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings would demonstrate in 1795.
With Charles James Fox, the celebrated and colourful whig politician, opponent and sparring partner of Pitt the Younger, another famous principle also became established. 18th century politics, which I thoroughly look forward to exploring in the fullness, was not yet really about organised parties, but factions and coalessences individuals around issues and self interest. But under Charles James Fox, the practicalities of the role of opposition began to emerge and be recognised; that while not being in power was of course something of a drawback in politics, none the less opposition had a role to challenge and improve policies thereby. The phrase ‘his majesty’s loyal opposition’ didn’t actually get used until 1826 when an MP called John Hobhouse used it as a joke; but by then the principle had been established that it was quite possible to argue against the government’s policies and remain loyal to the monarch. All of these bit by bit changes embedded and normalised the peaceful transfer of power.
The influence of the House of Lords would also gradually decreased like the Monarch’s, but again it’s a slow process; until well into the 19th century Ministers would continue to be drawn from the Lords, until the centre of politics became so decidedly in the House of Commons, that the practicalities of party management simply made it impossible. In the 18th century incidentally, the Lords could still initiate legislation.
As far as the Union was concerned, no concerted opposition to the union appeared in Wales; nor effectively in Ireland though there was clearly discontent and a demand for change; Ireland’s status was in many ways constitutionally inferior to many North American colonies, badly commercially disadvantaged by the British parliament, and despite demands only very limited reform came their way. This would yield, of course, bitter fruit.
In Scotland the situation was somewhat different, with the survival of Jacobitism, and the resulting rebellions of the 15 and the 45. Of course these are highly romanticised and politicised events, particularly in the suppression following the failure of the 45 rebellion. Whig historians tried to downplay Jacobinism as isolated events, but it’s pretty clear that this not true, that Jacobitism was a political force in Scotland for over 70 years which drew substantial support. But it’s also true to say that Scotland was very divided in its views; the drivers of support for Jacobitism were complex and varied and brought together a wide range of political dissent; from demands for social justice t a desire to end the Union, something of course with which the Stuart pretenders themselves did not agree with. Equally there was substantial support for the Hanoverians, especially south of the Tay. A majority maybe, sat on the fence, but eventually Jacobitism died out.
The 18th century also saw fundamental changes in the justice system. There is quite categorically, or in my humble opinion, nothing as satisfying as a good courtroom drama for passing a few hours on the Telly. And when we watch such stuff, there are a couple of things we are all well accustomed to, one of which is the sight of adversarial barristers entering the lists and fighting it out. Well you might be shocked to hear that this was not the norm before the later 18th century; in fact a ruling in the time of Edward I no less had established a rule of no counsel for defendants – on the basis that they would thus be arguing against the crown, which would never do of course. So lawyers were restricted to advising clients on how to plead and what process to follow, or advising the courts. That this came to an end was due not to statute law, and in fact we are going to hear about crucial changes we are all thoroughly used to which came about specifically because of the flexibility of the English legal system – and because of the genius of three lawyers of Scottish origin – William Murray, Lord Mansfield; Thomas Erskine; and William Garrow who would probably claim to be English, given that he was born in the glens and wilds of Middlesex, but whose father was Scottish, so you know, stretching a point to make a point.
William Garrow then doesn’t seem to have been a natural firebrand, but he was a lawyer and speaker of some genius. His constant interventions in the judge driven courts built on a principle of Common law, of equality of arms; the idea that the defendant should have the same means to defend against an accusation – simple fairness if you like. Garrow’s interventions transformed practice into an analysis and testing of the prosecutor’s evidence, something now that of course we take as absolutely fundamental to the practice of law.
At the same time by the way, just to give a bit of context, fears of revolution and crime, and a lack of a police force had driven penalties for crimes to extremes; by the end of the 18th century, Britain had more capital offences than any other country; you could be executed for stealing a horse; it was to be known as the Bloody Code.
The Bloody Code had an unintended knock on effect, until the governments of Robert Peel and others began to impose some humanity on the laws themselves, repealing 278 statutes in the early 19th century. The problem was that juries were very unwilling to convict when penalties were so harsh; and judges sought to find ways to mitigate the severity of the law with them. And so emerged the formula of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ does that ring a bell? The first written evidence comes from one of our Scots, Lord Mansfield in 1781 advising a jury that they should err on the favourable side if they had doubts. And finally, back to William Garrow; in 1791 he told a jury that ‘’. Actually Garrow was fibbing at the time by suggesting this was the existing rule; it is remarkable how much constitutional and legal change has come about on the basis of a confidently asserted fib. There’s a life lesson there, not sure what it is. But with the arrival of advocates in court, the testing of evidence and the constant restatement of the presumption of innocence, it duly became so.
British liberties, then, were not simply the function of a written Bill of Rights, or statute law. They were the result of a constant working out of problems and changes in attitudes in the light of practical experience. Although statute law often followed along latter, to pour cement around the feet of accepted practice; so for example, the right for defendants to be represented became law in 1836, but was built on previously established tradition and accepted practice.
The other thing we should talk about are the famous cases Lord Mansfield was involved in concerning slavery. Now until becoming a bit more aware by reading various black history books, I had always assumed that slavery was illegal in England and indeed in Britain. And indeed slavery was most definitely not a substantial part of British society, and most would have firmly believed that slavery was indeed illegal on British soil. But two things do emerge; firstly, there exist transactions and images which strongly suggest that human beings were in fact sometimes bought and sold here; and that in the houses of the mighty were sometimes black servants whose status is most uncertain. And then when some specific cases came up, it became painfully obvious that there was no clear and definitive law.
So, the fact that there were no specific laws approving slavery, meant that no one could be a slave here. It is important to note that famous though the judgement was, it was limited to refusing to allow James Somersett to be seized here. Mansfield was still cautious about those vested interests.
Mansfield’s caution was on show again in the case of the Zhong massacre, where 130 enslaved Africans were thrown into the water in their chains to die, and then the owners tried to claim insurance for lost cargo. Just saying this is absolutely unbelievable, think of the attitudes that have to underlie such a thing. And true enough after much agonising Mansfield ruled against the slavers – but simply on the basis of faulty evidence, and he ordered a retrial, not declaring some ringing principle of humanity. None the less there was an impact and a precedent established by his ruling, and the slavers did not pick the case up again; but definitive law had to wait until the Slave Trade and Slavery itself were abolished in the next century.
Given the basic belief in Britain that, in the words of the 16th century Cartwright ca’ it seems incredible that the laws of England’s early colonies should have allowed for slavery in all its horrors, both in trade and in plantations; there’s a very good site run by a chap called Liam Hogan which has the horrors of bills advertising the sale of slaves in the Caribbean – wliberty of the British Empire; it’s difficult to understand how two brained it is possible to be, but in practical terms how was this legally possible given the understood situation at home? The answer it turns out as you probably know, that Britain was able to hide behind the fact that each of the colonies were given freedom to make their own law through their own assemblies. So critical to the establishment of the English and British Caribbean plantations, relying on the labour of the enslaved, was the 1661 Barbados code, the first slave code in an English colony. This code spread quickly to other . Of course, the Assemblies were not completely independent; they were subject to a colonial council, and to the English Governor, and the law they made was supposed to be not contrary to the laws of England. The Slave Codes were therefore effectively helped by the absence of any definitive law in England against slavery, and by the acquiescence of English and then British Governors.
Next on the agenda in Britain will be the arrival of Radicalism, a new tradition of protest that did not seek to re-establish a real or imagined past – but to fundamentally change the nature of society and politics; and this will take us to start with John Wilkes. However, I am firstly going to take a bit of a detour into the wider world.
Because from the mid 18th century the mania for written Constitutions began, and it might be good to look at some of the influences floating around. We should note that we have arrived in time at the Enlightenment, which included notions of systematising and reforming government, of law and rights. Meanwhile the use of print was continuing to grow as technology improved, and literacy rates continued to improve too; one of the impacts of this was that knowledge and ideas about constitutional reform spread. They spread because all over Europe and America intellectuals and activists were interested in constitutional ideas and producing materials and ideas; but also because the creators of constitutions were eager to tell the world about what they had done. After all, I have made it a guiding personal principle, what’s the point of doing good works if nobody else sees them? There’s always a way to slip something into the conversation…don’t mean it really, but when Catherine produced her code of Instructions, the Nakaz, or Pasquale Paoli published the Corsican constitution in 1755, or the USA produced their constitution, they made darn sure they were available in print, and even took care that it was formed in such a way as to be easily communicable.
Paoli has the spirit of John Lilborne in him – though coincidentally I might note, I don’t think he and honest John were acquainted – because he was appealing to a past that he wished to re-established, name their liberty which they had reconquered; which also means these are their natural rights, they are not due to some piece of paper, they are masters of themselves, that underlies their right to reconquer their liberties. Why then did Paoli write down his constitution given that apparently it was all natural law anyway?
What interest would they take in defending the country?
Good point Paoli; there’s not much point in getting worked up over a new race of overlords is there; but if the struggle was for themselves – well, that’s different. But there was another reason; to meet the uphill challenge Paoli needed focus; and Corsica at that time was a group of semi autonomous communes; one thinks inevitably of Denis, and his anarcho syndicalist communes. So the constitution centralised power and law significantly, to give the state more resources and power to fight for independence.
What brings all this together is the threat of war; it was this that galvanised Paoli into creating a constitution, to organise the nation into a coherent body, to create a sense of mission. Sadly, just in case you don’t know, the whole thing crashed and burned. Genoa secretly sold Corsica to France (oi, guv, want a mediterraenan island? Hein, waaah ha mais oui, D’accord), France snuck men into the citadels and then appointed a puppet governor. Paoli and his Corsicans certainly didn’t think the puppet a poppet and revolted, until France crushed them and declared them annexed in 1770. Paoli ended his life in England, where there was something of a controversy in the British government about letting all this happen. Paoli was remembered with a bust in Westminster Abbey, and in the placenames of 6 American towns would you believe. I do not know where they are, answers on a postcard.
Another leader with a desperate need to respond to the pressures of war in the 1760s was the head of the largest European Empire of the time – I speak of course of Russia. By the time the German Lutheran princess Catherine became the wife of Emperor Peter III, the idea of writing constitutional treatises and papers was an established part of Enlightenment thought, and Catherine was fiercely intelligent and well educated, as well as being reasonably ambitious – forcing her husband off the throne, and instead of taking the crown in his name, became Empress in her own right.
‘supply all citizens with sure maintenance, food, proper clothing and a way of life not detrimental to the health of man’.
In the end, although a legislative commission met, the Nakaz faded away, and certainly nothing was done for the 50% of Russia’s population that was unfree. But Catherine published the Nakaz widely, and made sure it was sent to fellow monarchs, intellectuals and journalists across Europe. The Nakaz helped to establish Catherine’s legitimacy, and to promote a process of greater inclusion for its inhabitants; but it also declared roundly to the rest of Europe that Russia was no backward nation; it was at the forefront of Enlightenment thought. In Absolutist France, it was considered so radical, that it was banned.
I had a very interesting discussion by the way following an earlier episode on the Podcast group with Jakob, who filled me in with a load of fascinating material about Swedish constitutional development; one of the things being the importance of the Code of Kings in 1350, and also the importance of the king’s oath – I’ve always thought that surely the commitment of the monarch at their coronation must be an important aspect of constitutional arrangements. That took us then to another example on the rising enthusiasm for constitution writing; Gustav III, king of Sweden.
In 1719 and 1729 then, the monarchy was forced to make concessions in new Instruments of Government which required it to share power with the Riksdag; the Riksdag, incidentally, which included a 4th estate – the peasantry. Foreign observers watching this felt a tickle at the back of their necks, and described the ‘love of democracy’ in Sweden as an ‘epidemic disease’. Democfacy was once a four letter word.
In 1772, however, Sweden’s king Gustav III topped off what was essentially a military coup with a new constitution. If you read the language it sounds like a thoroughly right-on piece of work.
This is the argument over which Charles I lost his head; but more than that, because Gustav’s Form of Government also accepted that Constitutional law was fundamental law, binding all members of the polity, limiting even the institutions of government. In truth though, while we are at it, Gustav III was thoroughly sneaky. Because the Form of Government actually increased monarchical power rather than decreasing it. It’s all in the writing. So it’s a fascinating example of a constitution actually designed not to increase the liberties of the individual over the monarch, but to increase the power of the monarch – while using the language of constitutionalism.
Now look, all these initiatives are rather top down; but at the same time, there was a growing awareness and interest in constitutional writing at all levels; in Britain because there were already limits to monarchical power, writing and political involvement was wider and more diverse than most places. Despite the lack of a written constitution since the fall of the Protectorate, there was also increasing interest in written texts and charters. The celebrated constitutional jurist, William Blackstone followed the tradition of the civil war in emphasising and indeed wildly stretching the importance and significance of Magna Carta – it was presented as ‘the’ foundational text of Britain’s constitution. The demand for political rights also stretched much further across the social spectrum, with a growing activism in radical protest and reform. Which brings us back to that man, John Wilkes.
Mr. Wilkes was the he knew’.
Well there’s a lesson in that for all political types. Not quite sure what it is but, there’s definitely a pearl in this ‘ere manure heap of a podcast.
John Wilkes was not a wealthy man for much of his life, and was the son of a distiller. He was a patriotic cove, and a follower of Pitt the Elder in the 1750s, and enthusiast for the 7 years’ war. So he was livid when George III was guilty, as I have previously quipped, of putting the Bute in. so He started a radical political journal called the North Briton. The North Briton hammered government policy, and particularly George III and his peace treaty of 1763. The government was furious at such impolite opposition, and issued a general warrant for the imprisonment of 49 people; in the resulting court cases, Wilkes raised Cain. The streets echoed with crowds chanting ‘Wilkes and liberty! Liberty, No King! Damn the king. Damn the government!’. Doggerel appeared on the walls around London with slogans like ‘Venal judges and ministers combine, Wilkes and Liberty to confine’.
Now look, England was no stranger to public violence and disorder. Protests about Tax and prices and scarcity or enclosure – all these were common. But all these fell into the previous category of conservative protest – a return to the status quo ante. This was different; this was expressly political. It was expressly demanding change, demanding personal liberties. Wilkes began to be seen as a hero defending liberties – not just against the king and government, but also against parliament itself; and since Wilkes became very critical of governmental policy towards the American colonies he became something of a celebrity; though in truth his support was more about methods of government and rather than support for independence; ‘men are not converted, Sir, by the force of the bayonet at the breast’ he is reputed to have said. The establishment, already in the fugg of terror about a breakdown of public order that was more apparent than real, but of which the Bloody Code was consequence, at points lost its head; in 1763 came a Wilkinite protest at St George’s Field in Southwark, demanding the release of Wilkes who had been imprisoned for seditious libel. The crowd grew over 2 weeks, until it was estimated to be 15,000 people strong, and the authorities read the Riot Act to them.
As an aside, this now venerable act had been passed in 1714 in response to Jacobin riots and has the distinction of being Britain’s first piece of public order legislation. It laid down that if 12 or more people were involved in a ‘riotous assembly’ the act was to be read for them to disperse, and if they did not they could be arrested – and the penalty if convicted was, as befits the Bloody Code, death. This, of course, is the origin of the phrase to read the riot act to somebody, usually to children using the sitting room as an impromptu obstacle course while wearing muddy boots, that sort of thing. It was less domestic back in the day; and on this occasion, the Riot Act was read – and in the ensuing melee maybe at St George’s field 11 people were killed, and 15 injured.
The meanest mechanic, the poorest peasant & day labourer, has important rights respecting … the value of each day’s hard labour … Some share therefore in the power of making those laws … should be reserved even to this inferior, but most useful, set of men.
I’d just like to distance myself from Wilkes’s suggestion than Mechanics are mean. Anyway, I give you, ladies and gentleman, John Wilkes. Big hand please.
Now, two seismic events encouraged and extended this new tradition of radicalism within and outwith parliament –, and two famous names appear with their arrival – those of Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke. Although the two of them are often seen in opposition, at the start they agreed about much, especially in being fiercely critical of government policy towards the American colonists; Paine described Burke as ‘a friend of mankind’. But when the French Revolution came along they fell out rather comprehensively, taking very different views, which we’ll explore a bit.
We should introduce Tom Paine rather more fundamentally though, since if written constitutional charters are what we are after, as mentioned in the first episode, Thomas Paine is yer man.
Paine came from a modest background in 1737, and had a chequered career; as a seaman and as an excise officer in Lewes, a town known less now for its political radicals and more for its green wellies and the most excellent brewery, Harvey’s, founded in 1790 as it happens, and which uses yeast in its brewing whose origin was 60 years ago. It makes an excellent pint. Anyway, there’s a revolution in France everyone, lets brew some beer.
The enormous expense of government has provoked people to think and by making them feel and He has less respect though for ancient charters; for Paine conservative re-assertion was not the thing, it was about change and a new direction. In 1776 he published Common Sense published in Philadelphia and selling 75,000 copies in the American colonies alone. It encouraged Americans to make a clean break with the old country and George III, and form a republic.
were not inescapable; and that systems of government could be formed afresh on the ‘basis of reason’. The new constitution was partly inspired by this hope of a new start, but also because people got to hear about it; the constitutions was printed and widely distributed, American diplomats distributed copies to local rulers and major players. The more widely distributed, the more powerful the message could be that the US now possessed a much more effective central government; that merchants should come to trade, and any potential invaders would be deterred by the nation’s coherence and organisation.
An important aspect of the Constitution was its federalism, adopted as a model for new constitutions; Bolivar for example felt that experience would be useful in South American. Thanks to one of our number, Rob, I can also report that the US constitution was felt to be a better model for the Australia, to ensure each colony would have an equal representation to overcome control by the more populous. In many ways though, the Australian form of government closely followed the Westminster system with a PM seen as the Head of Govt.
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Montesquieu had praised the balance of powers he saw in the British constitution, and for the British the initial changes in France seemed to herald a more balanced constitution. Then came the execution of the king and the Terror; and while many radicals continued to extolatever the political situation had brought, others rejected all of it, and saw in the revolution the antithesis of what they saw as the British liberty. Certainly the establishment panicked; and for 20-30 years government shelved planned political reforms and implemented multiple repressive acts during the Napoleonic Wars, including the temporary suspension of Habeas Corpus.
For Paine, the revolution was further grist to the mill, and inspired by the revolution and full of admiration for the achievements in American, Paine tore into his own county; the hereditary monarchy was tyranny, the bill of Rights was a ‘bill of wrongs’, the British Constitution was a mockery based on a mass of untidy precedent and property. There can be little doubt that defence of property was a principle very dear to the political classes; somewhere someone wrote that the worst offence against property was not to own any, which is jolly clever, but I can’t remember who. It must be said that Britain was not alone in this; most of the American States initially restricted voting to property owning white males, often around 6% of the population, although the franchise was quite rapidly extended to all white adult males by the 1820’s.
For Paine, the British Constitution needed to be completely remodelled – as we discussed all those eons at the top of Episode 36a, Paine’s views were that a constitution must be written, precede government not spring from it, be made by the people not government, be comprehensive and have the status of fundamental law.
Which brings us to that famous Dubliner, Edmund Burke. The name raises a slight terror in the back of my mind every time I hear it, for I was told to read his super famous Reflections on the Revolution in France for 6th Form, and never did, same as I was told to read Mein Kampf, but never did. Too many other things to do, such as footie and messing about, but the fear of discovery remains. Edmund Burke, like Orwell, is one of those folks who gained respect on all sides of the political divide; although he’s often branded as a conservative, he criticised government treatment of the American colonies, and supported Catholic emancipation for example. But Burke’s view of the role of constitutions, and many of those that follow him in the 19th century, was different to Paine’s, and if I am honest, rather more complicated. They remain very relevant, and despite the fact that Burke’s name is not on everyone’s lips any more, they lie at the heart of the current debate about the unwritten British Constitution and its modernity.
Burke thought all this flim flam about natural rights, to be no more than grand words and noble gestures. He agreed utterly that Tyranny was to be despised and that liberties were essential. But he believed in practical and tangible civil liberties, liberties that had been arrived at and implemented in a workable way. And he looked around and pointed to these things which as we have heard existed –o on; many of these liberties were so embedded in custom and practice that no one had to debate them any more, and no one would challenge or transgress them – because they were like breathing in and breathing out, an integral part of society; a constitution that didn’t reflect anything so tawdry as something constructed for the purpose of defining government, and indeed how could a written constitution predict all the challenges which might come its way? And once you had this document it could itself become the very instrument of tyranny – look what was going on in France. What Burke saw in the British Constitution was something that reflected something much more fundamental and powerful than a convention spewing trendy words onto a page – the spirit and temper of the people.
And what was going on in France? Well, the Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted by the National Assembly in 1789 brought a radical new element into constitution building – a healthy dollop of social revolution. Social distinctions, for example, would be based only on common utility. The 1793 constitution adopted a unicameral structure, and hobbled the executive power of the monarch, and abolished slavery. Alarm grew as the terror proceeded, the monarch was chopped, literally. Reaction came in the form of Napoleon Bonaparte and his constitution of 1799. It contained no declaration of rights, slavery was re-imposed and power was vested in the First Consul. For the political satirist James Gillray, the process confirmed Burke’s mockery of the very idea that the state can be remodelled on paper in accordance with the latest, re-minted ideology, which he ridiculed in a satirical print of 1800, with Napoleon setting a new constitution while grinding the radical constitution under his heel.
Napoleon’s dazzling succession of military victories were accompanied by an equally dazzling succession of constitutions, imposed by the military conqueror on the countries be subjected. Napoleon’s constitution-making demonstrates that although we tend to equate the creation of Constitutions as a process of liberalisation, this is not necessarily the case. In France Napoleon’s constitution was designed to embed his own unfettered personal power; throughout Europe, his constitutions owed as much to his desire to generate soldiers for his armies as for any love of liberty. His actions generated responses. In Haiti, the republic formed by the successful rebellion of the enslaved, adopted a new authoritarian, monarchical constitution, because it felt it was needed to enable the new state to fight off the, duly forthcoming, attempts to re-impose slavery.
Anyway though, for the moment in Britain it was Paine that copped it and Burke whose arguments won out. Despite being defended by the famous Scottish lawyer Thomas Erskine, Paine was found guilty in absentia. Thetford’s favourite son would die in 1809 in New York, an American Citizen I believe.
Paine was not alone by any means in his radicalism, and the ideas of the French Revolution and the work of political radicalism inspired radical movements up and down the country – and most particularly in Ireland, and the United Irishmen, despairing of reform under the current system and seeking to establish a new Republic. They were suppressed by the British and their leader Wolfe Tone died just before being executed. I formally apologise for giving a very complex movement just two sentences. But the point is that the United Irishmen lead to a major constitutional change in the Act of Union in 1801; whereas the 1707 Act of Union was very much a negotiated arrangement, the Act of Union with Ireland really wasn’t, given the subordinate position of the Irish Parliament. The intention of the Act was to deal with security and fear of French invasion, but also the Prime Minister of the time the Younger William Pitt genuinely saw it as a way of resolving the continuous and egregious problems of Irish Governance and to bring much needed reform. And one of those reforms on which the Union was to based was to be Catholic Emancipation; but once the Irish parliament had voted itself out of existence, and Pitt took his Catholic Emancipation Bill to the king – George III refused to agree, on the basis that it contravened his coronation oath to defend the Church of England. He is a difficult man, Farmer George, an odd mix of the likeable and infuriating. Anyway, Pitt understood exactly what ruin this meant and he and most of his ministers resigned; who knows if the Act of Union ever stood a chance of bringing peace, but it got off to a thoroughly rotten start.
Radicalism continued in the early years after Waterloo, and the demand for political reform was heightened by the economic misery following the end of the Napoleonic wars, which conflicted with the hope of good times with the end of the war. But the movement was ruthlessly repressed by the British government. I think someone somewhere described this as the English Terror, and the harsh repression of the government combined with the rise of Radicalism brought Britain as close to Revolution as she ever was after 1641, it might be claimed. The government passed the six acts in 1819; as a flavour of them, under the seditious libel laws, it was offence to publish Action also included again the suspension of Habeas corpus – so just to be clear, this meant you could be lobbed into prison without trial.
There’s more, but to summarise, Perce was not a happy bunny.
Throughout the period there were a series of mass meetings, including one in 1819 in Manchester, on St Peter’s Field, drawn from Manchester and the surrounding villages. The crowd may have numbered anywhere between 30 and 50,000, everyone in their Sunday best; they were often organised by village with their banners, and included Women’s reform groups, often dressed in white. The panicked magistrates ordered the militia to disperse the peaceful crowd and arrest the orator, which they did – with sabres drawn. The unarmed crowd could not easily escape, and maybe 11 were killed and 400 wounded. The day became known as the Peterloo Massacre, named in deep irony after Waterloo.
Castlereagh was an Anglo Irish politician under Lord Liverpool, and despite the vicious words from Percy, a rather quietly impressive man and advocate of Catholic Emancipation.
The following year a series of protests took place also in Scotland, demanding political reform, under the banner ‘Liberty or Death’, and once more quoting texts such as Magna Carta as documents of fundamental right. The mass movement, which included a strike of 60,000 workers, was harshly repressed; 88 were indicted for treason, though not all executed by any means, in fact some found not guilty. Many fled to Canada, where I think one of them, William MacKenzie was a leader in the Canadian rebellions of 1837-8. However, the sad truth is that the repression was effective, and the wave of Radicalism resided, leaving little but martyrs and memories for the cause, and a legacy of parliamentary radicals, whose next chance would come with Catholic Emancipation and the Great Reform Act of 1832.
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The Bosch HVE02.2-W018N/S202 is a power supply module designed for use in Rexroth DIAX04 AC drive systems. It belongs to HVE series which is available in three variants and two other types. In HVE supplies a bleeder absorbs the regenerated power. Rexroth motors with continuous mechanical power of 60 kilowatts can be connected to HVE power supplies. The HVE supplies operate with unregulated DC bus voltage. If required, the HVE02.2-W018N/S202 can be combined with DC bus choke GLD. Input voltage for the power supply is three-phase 380 to 480 Volts AC with 10% allowed tolerance. The frequency range is 50 to 60 Hertz with allowed tolerance of 2 Hertz. The DC bus voltage is 530 to 670 volts with 10% allowed tolerance. Nominal power rating for the air-cooled power supply is 18 kilowatts.
Bleeder continuous power for the HVE02.2-W018N/S202 is 1 kilowatts and bleeder peak power is 100 kilowatts. Internal capacity of the DC bus is 0.8 millifarad. The maximum DC bus capacity is 10 millifarad and the charging time is 1.6 seconds. The DC bus short-time power is 25 kilowatts, the basic losses are 125 Watts and the power losses per kilowatts DC bus continuous power are 7 watts per kilowatt. The control voltage supply range is 380 to 480 Volts AC and the charging time is always less than 5 milliseconds. Weight and dimensions of the HVE02.2-W018N/S202 and 28.66 pounds and 496 x 100 x 308 millimeters. Nominal data for the power supply applies to 5 to 45 degrees Celsius ambient temperature and 0-to-1000-meter elevation. Housing of the power supply is IP 10 rated and is designed for installation inside a control cabinet.
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However, that further explains Rohr’s decision to axe Ajayi, as he is thinking of deploying Abdullahi in a holding midfield role at AFCON 2019, which would take the former Sokoto United and Kano Pillars fair-skinned star back to his days in the Nigerian league, when he played in that role and got a call-up to the home-based Eagles in 2014.
Rohr admitted he had also been looking in the direction of Rotherham United of England utility player, Semi Ajayi to fill in as a defensive midfielder as well, but the return of team captain, John Mikel Obi and the thought about giving Abdullahi a new role jettisoned the in-form English Championship youngster’s spot.
“It was very difficult to decide but everybody, my staff, we are five people, we agreed about the two names. This decision was very objective, it’s never a good decision to take but we had to do it.
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Home > Blog > Remember who you wanted to be – Crossroads
It reminds me to focus on who I am.
It’s never too late…you’re never too old…you can still be who you wanted to be.
Drugs got in my way in the past, but now I remember who I wanted to be.
It makes me look back at where drugs took me.
It reminds me that as long as I’m happy I can make it through.
I find this statement is open. It encourages me to become the women that I’ve always wanted to be. Open-minded, willing to experience anything, good or bad, that might come along.
That addiction took away what recovery can return. That dreams don’t die.
It should be noted that while many of the women who responded to the question are in recovery from drugs and alcohol, a number of them are not.
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Many insurance companies provide coverage for mental health services. If you are not covered by a private health insurance plan or employee assistance program, you may decide to pay for psychological services out-of-pocket.
Dr. Myers is considered an out of network provider; however, many plans do include coverage for out of network providers. Dr. Myers will submit claims to your insurer on your behalf.
Will Dr. Myers prescribe medication?
No, Dr. Myers is a Psychologist and not a medical physician. Therefore, he does not prescribe medication or provide any medication recommendations. If we determine through the course of therapy that consultation with a Psychiatrist may be beneficial, he can provide you with a referral. Research has consistently demonstrated that medication alone is not as effective in alleviating mental health symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety) as is a combination of medication and psychotherapy.
Confidentiality is one of the most important components between an individual and psychologist. Every Psychologist should provide a written copy of their confidential disclosure agreement, and you can expect that what you discuss in session will not be shared with anyone. This is called "Informed Consent”. Sometimes, however, you may want Dr. Myers to share information, but by law your he cannot release this information without obtaining your written permission.
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Can a 14-year-old have an online business?
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WOW! I won't go into lengthy details, but we've had a crazy last few weeks that included both sides of grandparents visiting (yeah!
My parents, Nina (how Ella says Nana) and Papa, came to visit for a few days and it was so nice to have them here. A few months ago I was reading the blog of a mom of triplets and her husband had built a feeding table for their kids. Well, my dad is a gifted carpenter, and he built a triple feeding table for the girls. It is so great!Now that the twins are almost sitting up on their own, they LOVE to sit and play with their toys, and of course eat (which I must say they are really enjoying). Ella really likes sitting at the table as well. They have a table very similar at her MDO that seats 6 kids. When the twins get a little bigger we will insert larger seats like the one for Ella. This should last us at least a few years and will be great for feeding time, craft time, and Mommy needs a few minutes to herself time (ha ha!). My dad also crafted it so that we can disassemble very easily for traveling and when we no longer need the triple top with seats, he can easily replace the top to be a regular table. My dad did an awesome job. Anyone interested in one, let me know!Thanks, Dad!
3 ducks in a row - there were a few eye poking moments, poor Ruby!
Then Wes's parents, Grandma and Grandpa (Ella says ma-ga for grandma, we are working on it) came to visit. It was a great visit. Grandpa Rick works a month on and a month off in China right now and he literally got off the plane and got on another plane to come see us. I know he was tired, but the girls loved playing with him. We got spoiled during their visit. They babysat for us one night so Wes and I could get dinner together. It's amazing how just an hour of alone time can help you reconnect. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!
Ella enjoyed trick or treating...
First lollipop...uh oh!
They are soooo funny!
I hope you all had a fun Halloween!I can't believe Thanksgiving is knocking on the door!
Well, where have I been for almost two weeks?It has been crazy in our household to say the least!Check out what we've been up to...
Nana Becky came for a quick unplanned visit which was SOOOO wonderful!Wes took a road trip with some friends to Dallas for the A&M vs Arkansas game and it just so happened Continental had a special from Houston for $119!It was such an answered prayer, because my mom was able to help with girls while Wes was gone. We had so much fun. She helped me stock my freezer with some yummy meals. My mom is an AWESOME cook!
This was our first time to visit the Pumpkin Patch, and I am SOOO excited about it!
The Fall arrangement I put together on our front porch...I love Fall!
Molly and Ruby were too funny!
Now, Ella was a different story...
Ella was not too happy about this, but when Nana and I stuck our heads through she decided it was ok. They also have one that is the three little pigs...I have to go back so I can get all three of the girls. It was SO cute!
Nana was able to stay Monday, so she helped me take the twins for their 6 month check up. Oh boy, what fun we had. They both did really well, of course until the shots rolled around. The next couple of days were pretty rough. They both had fevers because of the shots, but Ruby's fever got pretty high. So we stayed around the house a lot last week, BUT they seem to be back to normal. Yeah!
Elaine and Adam - Elaine is the talented photographer who has taken many wonderful pictures of our family. She is so gifted!
BUT, that wasn't going to happen, so Emily made YUMMY chili and SUPER SUPER YUMMY cupcakes!
Holy Cow were they delicious. Has anyone ever heard of Magnolia Bakery in NYC?Well, every time Emily and I would go to NYC for work, we would visit a different cupcake bakery. We never got to go to Magnolia Bakery together, but each of us did get to go on different occasions. Well, they have THE BEST cupcakes and Emily made their icing to put on the cupcakes she brought. They were sooooo good!She gave the leftovers to Wes and I, and let me tell you...they didn't stay leftover for long!Thanks so much Emily and Elaine for such a wonderful evening!We had so much fun!
Which brings me to...heading back to the gym after a LONG time. Today was my first time back to the gym in let's say...2 years (at least). So, one day down...wish me luck!
Hope everyone is doing well...Happy Monday!
So, my precious cupcakes were 6 months old on Wednesday. I would say, "where has the time gone", BUT as hard as it is to believe the twins are 6 months old, I didn't think we would ever get here!The last 6 months have been the most exhausting in my life, AND although we are not sleeping through the night yet, I'm hopeful that milestone is just around the bend. Everyone asks me if it has gotten easier. My answer is a resounding "No!", but I will say it has gotten better simply because we have a routine and we are able to get out of the house for an hour here and there. Now if I only had a Jetson's kitchen that magically cleaned itself and a laundry room that folded laundry...
They love to look at each other and smile...laugh...it's soooo sweet!
Ruby wouldn't look at the camera, she was too interested in chewing on her toys. They both LOVE the exersaucer...I have to say, so do I!
Wednesday was also my Birthday. That is our MDO day and I was so excited. I ran some errands and met Wes for lunch at Table Mesa (YUMMO!). Soon after we finished lunch MDO called to tell me Molly had a fever...so, I had to pick up the girls. Not sure what the problem was (I think the twins are teething), but all seems to better now. Wes brought home dinner from Copeland's and I got a small cake so we could celebrate. Ella was SO excited about the cake...
I have a busy day ahead. Continental had a ticket special and Nana is coming to visit for the weekend. I am SUPER excited!I need to clean house, not like it will do a bit of good due to Hurricane Ella. When Nana comes to visit we always do some kind of cute project, usually for the girls...I'm thinking this time I need to replenish my freezer meals...
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ALBANY, N.Y.—New York State this week approved oral medication prescribing authority for optometrists with the signing of a new law. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the legislation, S. 1519/A. 1921, on Monday, Oct. 25, whiact by authorizing doctors to prescribe a formulary of orals. Although diagnostic and therapeutic topical drugs have been authorized for optometry since the mid-1980s and 1990s, respectively, New York remained the only state in the nation prohibiting oral prescribing authority after Massachusetts enhanced its scope of practice earlier this yich posted the news on its website.
Viola Kanevsky, OD,told VMAIL, “In 1995, two years after my graduation from SUNY Optometry, my class was the first that gained topical prescribing privileges in New York. I remember the great sigh of relief I breathed when I could provide my patients with the level of care I had been trained to give in school.
“To say that this day was a quarter century. I am more excited about practicing today than I was on the day I received my license,” she added.
According to AOA, the new law specifically permits doctors’ use of oral therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, including antibiotics, antivirals and antiglaucoma agents. Doctors must be certifiedmust complete an oral therapeutic drug certification course, and must complete an examination unless having nd passed board examinations after the law takes effect, Jan. 1, 2023.
Kanevsky added, “We’re so appreciative of the leadership and dedication of Assembly member Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) in the passage of this bill. Optometrists throughout the nation have been safely prescribing these medications to patients for decades while in New York, patients would come into our offices seeking the care we are well trained to provide and instead were being referred on for multiple unnecessary and expensive appointments.
"Authorizing optometrists to prescribe oral medications alleviates stress on our health care system, reduces costs and, most crucially, increases access to timely eyecare services for all New Yorkers,” Kanevsky said.
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That is DEEPLY INSULTING BIGOT AND RACIST view which you should just keep for yourself and be ashamed too!
When I first started reading Snoopy's post, I thought he was referring to Kiwis!
"Organized crime represents the biggest segment of the Italian economy" and accounts for 7% of Italy's GDP. The Confesercenti reported that organized crime generated €140 billion in gross sales, an estimated annual profit of €100 billion, and boasted estimated cash reserves of €65 billion. It iregularly pay protection money."
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This term we are doing the DARE programme. We are also exploring personal writing because the two fit in quite well together.
As a warm-up and a welcome back to school activity I handed out cards that had faces on them portraying different emotions. The kids worked together in groups and were required to 'act out' the emotion to see if the class could guess it.
The children were told that we would be filming the acts so that we could post them to the class blog so that other people could try and guess the emotions too.
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Weekly Lunch Pick: a focaccia round (and, yes, a chocolate) at Soma on King West via torontolife
Chocolate for lunch? Not quite (Image: Andrew Brudz)
Ever since its King West location opened last summer, Soma Chocolatemaker’s decadent treats have no longer been consigned to weekend jaunts to the Distillery District. For more savoury lunch fare, longtime Soma collaborator (and former Canoe sous chef) Simon Blackwell, operating as the Blackbird Baking Co., creates an exclusive lineup of organic breads, all stuffed or topped with fresh ingredients like mozzarella, Fontina, eggplant, proscuitto and sundried tomatoes. We opt for a crispy and chewy focaccia round ($4.50) that’s topped with artichokes, sweet caramelized leeks and salty feta cheese. Of course, it’s pretty much impossible to walk out of this shop without buying chocolate, and it’s pretty hard to go wrong when choosing from the creations of husband-and-wife owners David Castellan and Cynthia Leung. The gooey, crunchy caramel feuilletine ($2) is no exception: slow-cooked buttery vanilla caramel is covered in Soma’s rich signature chocolate, then tumbled in crisp flakes of baked crepes. But get out before you end up buying a dozen (or not).
The cost: $10, including tax and a Bottle Green sparkling water ($2.50).
The time: 20 minutes
Soma Chocolatemaker, 443 King St. W., 416-599-7662, somachocolate.com
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Big Chill Swim swimmers look forward to Arctic blasts this weekend
“Open water swimmingis includes winter swimmers”, says Colin Hill of event organiser Chill Swim. “2015 will see over 800 swimmers take to the water in this non-wetsuit winter swimming gala, which is double the entries that we had just two years ago. All races and categories are now full.”and hosts races sanctioon Saturday and the International Ice Swimming Association on Sunday. The Saturday races are 30m head-up breaststroke, 60m freestyle, 4x30m relay, 120m and 450m endurance swims. On Sunday, Chillswim willkm British Championships. The 1000m non-wetsuit challenge is only open to experienced cold water swimmers: “This is a serious distance in winter conditions, and we screened all applicants to check their winter swimming credentials,” says Hill. Water temperature was expected to be 5 degrees Celsius, but with weather warnings of snow for the week ahead issued by the UK Met Office, the water temperature could have dropped significantly by Saturday.
Th Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen, will also attend the event: “We are delighted to see winter swimming take place in such a beautiful natural environment in the Lake District. The atmosphere at winter swimming events is very special, very warm and friendly, and we are delighted to have the Big Chill Swim event included on our annual calendar of events.”
More info: www.chillswim.com
“I may have had cancer, but it isn’t going to rule my life”
Yoga for open water swimmers – Part 2
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FORUM-2019
is a major international legal event in Central Asia, which will be held on April 22-23 of 2021 in Tashkent, and zations.
Many foreign ministers of justice, heads of courts eading legal and consulting firms around the world, lawyers, well-known scholars and experts in law and economics are expected to take part in the Forum.
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The main topic of the Forum: Law 4.0. ().
Why is it a main topic of the Forum?.
A is coming into the life of society. Along with the legal regulation of digital relations, the law also develops in a particular way. Therefore, there is a need for legal regulation of specific social relations.
It should be noted that according to experts of recruiting companies, the lawyers, along with other professions, might almost stop operating in traditional way by 2025. The report on “The Future of the legal profession"(The Law Society, the Association of advocates of England and Wales, 2016) by British researchers indicates that a legal field has also faced the emergence of new concepts. New concepts such as IT technology, “big data”, and “online litigation” emerged during the Fourth Industrial Revolution have a significant impact on legal system in many countries.
Similar to the other spheres, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will affect legal world, therefore the Uzbekistan’s legal system should also be ready for new challenges.
Forum events: discussion sessions, round tables...
The Forumotal in 16 events, including lectures from international and local experts, discussion sessions, round tables, master classes.
The Forum starts with a Plenary session, which take place at the "Amir Temur" Hall of the “International Hotel Tashkent” in Tashkent on April 22, 2021. Numerous state and political figures, well-known experts, including Mr. Daren Tang (Gener), Mr. Gianni Buquicchio (President of the Venice Commission), Mr. Sandie Okoro (Vice president of the World Bank Group), Mr. Lee Kang (the Minister of Legislation in South Korea), ministers of Justice of Great Britain, Singapore, and Japan.
The discussion sessions on April 22-23 will be devoted to the following legal issues:
- State legal po;
- Legal Tech and Law Tech;
- Regulatory Impact Assessment and Anti-Corruption Expertise;
- Digital opportunities for ensuring the openness of public authorities;
- Mediation and arbitration in the period of coronavirus restrictions;
- Features of the system of common (English) law;
- Protection of intellectual property: modern challenges, ways to overcome them;
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Furthermore, the Forum holds round tables on "Best practices Public Services", "Prospects of legal information in digital era", "Electronic notary", «Prospects for the development of the advocacy ".
Finally, yet importantly, there will be a master-class on "Data and information management".
Language of the Forum: Uzbek,tashkentlawspring.uz or Contacts:
Tel: (+99871) 268-28-41, (+99871) 268-28-43
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Taking into account today's epidemiological situation, the Forum is organized mainly in the form of video conferencing.
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, her Mommy and my BFF (she wrote an awesome post about this event on her Mommy blog). We headed to the “Little Havana” part of Miami and jetted to the parking lot where the ColorSensational trailer had been set up. There was a crowd of ladies listening to astrology expert Carlos Javier. He was revealing what colors best went with each sign.
Executive Editor of the magazine Siempre Mujer, Maria Cristina Marrero was also there.
“Psshttt….” whispered the intern. “Everyone is speaking in Spanish.”
Ah yes…the entire presentation era en Espanol pero I was fine. I’ve been speaking Spanish since I was a little girl so I was good!
Soon after the presentation, they opened the doors and let us in. The trailer had been set up with lip-over sections. It was gorgeous!
BriAna, the intern, is great…she took all of those photos while I chit-chatted with my lip consultant. I lovingly named her mi madre de labios (my Mother of Lips…ha!)
Together we picked out the perfect lip for moi. The ColorSensational collection has 4 color families to choose from….pinks, naturals, plums and reds. They are neatly categorized by packaging.
Anywhoovers, if you know me…you know I chose red!! And of course it scared me with the initial application.
But within seconds, I was loving it!
We used Very Cherry lipstick.
BriAna even got in on the action. She chose a teen appropriate color that looks so darling on her! Ohhh, to be 16 again!
I’ll be doing swatches and providing more information about the fabulousness that is the ColorSensational lippies. Until then..
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Police Os in a disturbance that broke out.
Officer William. He was a widower and survived by his two children.
His plaque is in the wrong spot on Arch Street. He died across the street in front of 1216 Arch, not on the Convention Center side.
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The Office Gurus® Named First Place Call Center and One of the “Best Companies for Young Professionals”
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Newport News City Manager Randy Hildebrandt's decision to halt all work and spending on the reservoir is the wise thing to do. Why spend one dime more of taxpayers' money on a project that 1) isn't necessary to meet the Peninsula's future water needs; 2) continues to face difficult legal, regulatory and environmental challenges; 3) is opposed by so many; and 4) has quadrupled in expense with no end in sight?
Citizens in the Newport News metro area have been encouraged to conserve water ...
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Other internet users wondered about the intentions of parents making such a sacrifice . “Is this to fulfil the parents’ vanity or to make the children happy?”
Linda Xu strongly oppose such criticism. Xu, who works as an Operations Manager in an international automobile company in Beijing, said that she spent less than that of the mom in the post, though the cost of different tutoring classes that she selected for her eight-year-old son to take during the summer “definitely exceeded 20,000 RMB.”
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Belinda Brown nails it at Speakers’ Corner
A tip of the hat to Belinda Brown for speaking at Speakers’ Corner yesterday, in a gathering arranged by Posie Parker, a feminist opposing the recognition of trans women as woman. The event was livestreamed onto YouTube – here (video, 1:17:49) – Belinda appears over 1:04:50 – 1:07:35.
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brushing your teeth, and washingdirty. Washing your hands with water and a bar of soap should do the trick. You don’t need to wash every half hour, and you don’t need fancy products. In fact, experts say that the increasing use of hygiene items like sanitizers has increased mysophobia in the United States.
All of us have fears. However, phobias seem unreasonable or unmanageable compared to the usual fears. The disturbance caused by the phobia is often more harmful than the germs themselves. A simple infection can get cured with antibiotics, but what should we do with a troubled mind?
Recognizing these symptoms is essential when dealing with Bacillophobia.
● Keeping away from public places and areas that you assume has a lot of germs
● Avoiding physical (skin to skin) contact
● Spending too much time cleaning and sanitizing
● Washing hands too frequently
● Not sharing belongings
● Keeping away from skin to skin contact
● Fear of children catching germs
● Staying away from crowds and animals
The symptoms for most phobias are similar. They often overlap with anxiety and panic disorders. What sets each phobia apart is the focus or trigger. It can be challenging to find out if you have Bacillophobia since everybody shows different signs of this condition.
Begin by educating yourself and learning to correct wrong thoughts about germs and getting infected. Reading articles or watching videos about bacteria can make it easier to understand that they are a natural part of the environment. If you know how they function and how important they are, you can better manage your fear and worry.
Did you first learn about germs from a favorite teacher or family doctor? Share your fear with them and ask them for advice. It may be useful to discuss your phobia with friends and family so they can understand the reason behind your seemingly odd habits.
When your phobia proves to be hard to overcome on your own, the next best thing is seeking a professional. Ask your family physician to recommend a therapist who can listen to your concerns. A therapist, especially one who’s an expert in dealing with phobias, can guide you as you discover the cause of your phobia and eliminate the fear. They would either use therapy or medications to manage the anxiety and reduce the obsessions that affect your life.
They could also administer tests to see. OCD refers to the need to constantly wash and clean yourself and your surroundings.
Coping With Bacillophobia
Even with therapy, there is no guarantee of completely overcoming a fear of germs or a fear of dirt. All it takes is a trigger or a minor incident to bring everything back. Not only that, it’s virtually impossible to avoid germs. That’s why learning to cope is a slow and daily process. Remember, it took you a while to form a phobia, so it makes sense that it could take a long time to overcome it too.
Why not replace your fears with a healthy lifestyle that will keep you in top shape? A proper diet and basic hygiene is often all you need. When you do your part, your body can do what it’s best at doing: protecting itself. Your body has built-in defenses that can fight off most germs in the environment. Trust them. Go ahead and get that last bit of chocolate from your fingers. </s> $385,000
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She is for sale. She has been for sale for seven years. The dreamers and the viewers come and go, made giddy by her comparative size and beauty. She ain't no three-bed semi [duplex], and so the laughter is raucous as they pass through the big red door, and by the time they open and look out from the top of the house, they sound like a sorority party. "Oh look!You can spy on the neighbours from here!Haw haw haw!"
And as time passes, her needs become greater, the challenge more lofty. Who will be next?Who dares to try their luck and claim the prize?
Can the servants mutiny, and take the house?Can a peasant become a knight?Can a woman change her stars?There may be no spoon when a dress or a sizeable charity donation is required, but a country house?I must have really, truly lost it this time. Dare I even consider it?
And she seeps into my life: is it enough to content myself making costumes, running little websites and earning modestly, or do I have a responsibility to brand my name and share what secrets I have learnt with other creatives, allowing them to break free of the "struggling artist" trope too, and allowing me to move next door?
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"I forgot," Kate confessed, who is currently living in Australia. "Is it this weekend…Sunday?I was like, 'Oh. I've got to take care of mom. Gotta send her some flowers.'"
"I'llprobably go to the beach, probably have a swim in the ocean. I do have to mention that there's a coral reef right in front of my house. Basically it's very healthy," grinned Kate. "I'll probably put on a little shorty wet suit and go do that."
In addition to some snorkeling by the reef nearby her home, the Umbrella Academy star held up her orange cat, Pablo, and smiled, "I will be probably spending time with this guy [too.] I mean…He's so cute."
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Hi Kurt (and Liane and Adam),
On page 6, you say, “In this paper, we distinguish mind perception – ascribing mind to others – from reasoning about the specific content of those minds.” But then you talk quite a bit about the relation between making judgments of intentional action and judgments of moral responsibility (or maybe, more accurately, it is about perceiving intentional action and perceiving moral responsibility). But isn’t making a judgment (or perceiving) that a particular action X was brought about intentionally, a content judgment (or a perception of content)?
In your discussion of patterns of judgments (perceptions) for people with autism, for people that received TMS to their RTPJ, and for neurotypical children, you say that these groups of people “should show abnormal patterns of moral responsibility judgment.” But if I understand the dyadic morality theory, the theory would predict not just that the patterns would differ, but that these patterns should be different in a particular way, right? If people with autism, people who received TMS to their RTPJ, and neurotypical children really are perceiving less agency in people, shouldn’t they also attribute less moral responsibility? Could you say a little bit about (a) whether I am misreading the theory and (b) if you think these groups actually are attributing less moral responsibility in general?
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The only real answer — so to speak — comes from author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term two decades ago in his novel “Snow Crash” to described a single, complete virtual world in which people could live a kind of vicarious second life.
One basic question about the metaverse is whether the singular tense is the right way to describe it. Its stated goal, “to drive open metaverse interoperability,” suggests that it may be less Stephenson’s vision of a single globe-enveloping space than a sea of metaverses with larger, more diverse spaces — like the current but nascent blockchain-based Decentraland, or whatever vision of the next generation of social media led Mark Zuckerberg to rename his company Meta.
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Liverpool’s Leighton Clarkson could be a long-term successor to Jordan Henderson
3 minute read 9/2/2020 | 09:00pm
With Jurgen Klopp and the senior players absent from the match as they were on their two-week winter break, it was left to Neil Critchley and the club’s younger players to try and progress. The team that ended up taking the field was the youngest in the club’s history, but it didn’t stop them from winning 1-0.
The likes of Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott are names not uncommon to the Liverpool supporters, but Leighton Clarkson is perhaps one who they have not heard so much about. However, the midfielder put in an extremely impressive display, managing two key passes, a 91% pass completion rate and three tackles.
His display will come as no surprise to those in the know at Melwood and Anfield, though. Even as a 17-year-old last year, he was invited to train with the senior side, and he drew great praise from Pep Lijnders, Jurgen Klopp’s assistant manager. He said: “ Article title: n
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In September, 2017 I was both excited and nervous as I began my year of service as a FoodCorps member at The Family School in the Bronx. The reason for joining FoodCorps was to join the fight against food injustice. Since this was my first-time teaching at a school, I approached it with an open heart.
On the first day of school I was presented with my first challenge – scaffolding covered what used to be the school’s outdoor garden. But I persevered. With funding from Grow To Learn and the School’s Wellness Committee, I created two mobile gardens housed on wheeled carts that provided the 2nd, 4th and 5th grade student, pea shoots, lettuce, arugula and mesclun greens indoors. Using The Bronx Salad Toolkit for Schools, seed starter kits and a few grow lights, the students and I were able to bring an indoor mobile garden to life. The second graders learned about the life cycle of plants such as peas.
The students also learned how to make The Bronx Salad, which contains many of the same ingredients they recognized from their home kitchen tables. One student exclaimed “I love cilantro and mangoes! My mother always has them in the house.” The students really enjoyed seeing their plants growing, and even tasted fresh pea shoots they grew themselves. I loved seeing students that had been squeamish about planting and working in the dirt at the start of the school year blossom into little gardeners. One student, Isabella convinced her mother that they needed to start growing their own food, and now they have a window sill herb garden in their home.
Together with the support of the faculty, staff, Garden to Café and the students, I was able to make great strides in increasing student consumption of healthy foods and expose them to new fruits and vegetables in the cafeteria throughout the school year. First, I worked with Tonya Green, The Family School Dean, to recruit and train eight student ambassadors to serve their classmates fruits and vegetables from the salad bar and collect feedback regarding which foods or flavors students liked or disliked, and what they would like to try next. This empowered the ambassadors to make the salad more enticing by designing and posting signs above the salad bar. By doing this students were encouraged to create rainbow salads. I also made raspberry and other sweet dressings for the students to try each week. Our most popular dressing was a tangy thyme and honey vinaigrette.
The school also held five taste tests in the cafeteria. For the tastings, the Garden to Café staff and I prepared samples of roasted acorn squash with brown sugar, garlic hummus and winter apple slaw for the students to sample during lunch time. Student ambassadors carried trays of the samples around the cafeteria and encouraged fellow students to sample. As more tastings were held students were willing to try the new foods without having to be coaxed by the ambassadors.
In pursuit of more school-wide change in the cafeteria, the Garden to Café team and I organized an alternative menu tasting event for parents of students attending PS443 and PS457. George Edwards, Director of the Garden to Café program/ SchoolFood and Holly Howwit, Garden to Café Coordinator, prepared and served brown, sugar glazed root vegetables and apple slaw. Many of the parents and children asked for seconds and were genuinely surprised that these healthy foods being served could taste so delicious. One parent exclaimed, “This tastes really good and it’s healthy! I would love it if my child and I could eat like this all the time.” When parents and teachers agre eat plant-based foods, I made sure students had numerous opportunities to eat healthy, not only in the cafeteria during tastings, but also during my lessons in the classroom.
Inside the classroom, I taught healthy eating lessons to three jubilant second grade classes. I worked closely with classroom teachers to align hands-on activities with their Science, Math and English lessons. Whether the students were studying fractions using different types of seeds or learning about how plants absorb water using celery, water and food coloring, I made sure the students had fun. Often when I entered the classroom, the students would scream my name, run up to me and hug me, or break into applause. My plan clearly worked. The real reward was when my students could recall information from my lessons. They would share, “I ate my vegetables today, Ms. Angela” or “When are you coming to make a salad again?” Students always had many opportunities to eat healthy foods in my classes. Together we made veggie skewers, fruit parfaits and salads.
I also led the Green Team students in a special eight session class, ‘Don’t Stress, Eat Fresh,’ about the barriers to healthy foods in their neighborhood, and the various techniques marketers use to influence their food choices. Students learned abouthow to read food labels,
During a visit to the bodega near their school, students had the chance to test their knowledge and were surprised to see how many unhealthy products had ads on their packaging targeted to kids. They were also surprised to see many unhealthy snacks positioned on the shelves at their eye level to catch their attention as they walked into the bodega. At the start of the eight session class each student signed a pledge to eat less junk food and sugary beverages. By the end of the one month course, there was a slight increase in students buying fruits and vegetables at bodegas near their school.
The Family school really accepted me as part of the school family. The relationships I made with teachers, staff and students and the experiences we had will stay with me forever. I am grateful to have had the chance to serve the children of this Morrisania neighborhood. Looking back to when I was a younger student myself attending PS 41, my school lunch barely had any vegetables or fruits, so improving the eating habits of the Family School students was a goal close to my heart. I’m happy I connected with so many kids and helped them enjoy and eat more fruits and vegetables. Creating a healthier school environment was the ultimate goal, but the moments that I shared with the teachers and students of the Family School was most important to me. Hopefully the students will remember me as “the salad girl,” as I will remember the students having a zest for life and learning.
Angela Doyle was a FoodCorps service member serving with Bronx Health REACH. She was partnered with The Family School in the Bronx, NY to integrate garden and nutrition lessons into classes, promote healthy food options in the cafeteria, and support a school wide culture of healthFamily School, where teachers, administration, cafeteria staff, and students appreciatefor learning and growing.
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Leonardo DiCaprio in his mid-40s has already had a career spanning a quarter century. From a child star on Growing Pains, DiCaprio quickly became a young actor to watch in films like A Boy’s Life, Marvin’s Room, and then rocketafter the Titanic phenomenon. DiCaprio, very smartly, took a good break after Titanic to separate himself, and then started learning. He attached himself to directors, most notably Martin Scorcese, and started honing his craft. The thing about DiCaprio is: he gets better after every film. He takes something from it. He pushes himself. He’s always trying to add to his already formidable bag of tricks. While the projects he chooses don’t always pan out, it’s never because of a lack of effort from DiCaprio, and he’ll take things even from imperfect films and grow. Inception, The Revenant, Catch Me If You Can, Blood Diamondt…..DiCaprio’s just getting warmed up, and I don’t think we’ve seen his best performance yet.
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We are not alone. No, aliens have not abducted our world leaders, but scientists have discovered a relatively nearby planet (20 light-years away) dubbed "Gliese 581g" that can sustain life. The discovery of a life-friendly planet leads to a host of questions: is there life already on it? What sort of conditions would creatures on this planet live in? How common are life-friendly planets? Naturally, all of these questions have religious implications.
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There is a God. There is no God. There is a God! There is no God! Unfortunately, such is the usual tirade between those who are so certain there is a God and those who are equally certain there is no God. Amidst certainty, neurologist David Eagleman (Baylor College of Medicine in Houston) asks an intriguing question: "How can you be so certain?" He wants to forge a third way, an alternative position between these two extremes called "possibilianism."
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Ours would not be the first large-scale historical recreation model that Hunt Library housed: The Virtual St. Paul’s Cross project recreated a historic London courtyard and John Donne sermon. This project helped us envision what could be possible: we sought to recreate the inside of a building with a digital model, allowing viewers to put themselves as closely as possible in the shoes of the original audience in 1960. This model required both audial and visual elements, so we first took on the task of acquiring the audio elements of the project.
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Houses puking books…
Why does everyone get so upset when books are used in art?
why do people always complain when someone makes art out of books?
Seriously people…do you know how many books are thrown out by libraries a year?
On top of that, have any of you considered the attention this brings to books?
Jeez people…take a breather. Shes recycling books to make inspiring art!
As someone who has loved books his entire life, and used to be disturbed by the “abuse” of books as some others are on this thread, I’m going to throw in my $.02. Being a veteran of hundreds of book sales, garage sales with books, used bookstores, and employers with business libraries, I have seen more than enough books that would be perfect for this type of use. The 1978 Insurance Adjusters Rate Tables?A set of encyclopedias from 1965, missing the “Na-No” volume?Bound sets of “Better Homes and Gardens” from 1960-1975?User’s manuals for computers and software which no longer exist?Old college science and chemistry books which contain badly-outdated information?Pretty much anything by Ayn Rand?Yes, I love books, and I own thousands of them on paper. But there are _plenty_ of books out there whose usefulness has long vanished that I have no qualms about seeing used for art. And at the end of the day, they can still be recycled into new books!
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This morning I decided to attempt this weeks ColorQ's Challenge#69 - (just click on the pic below to visit their site.)
Stamps: For All You Do, Occasional Quotes, Itty Bitty Bits.
Other: Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Peach Parfait Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Scallop Trim Punch, Corner Rounder (non SU) & Rhinestones & Pearls.
What a lovely design, Corrina!is jut awesome! I love the ribbon and of course the butterflies.
Oh my, I just love this! Wonderful! It is difficult to imagine 104 degrees when there is 18" of snow on the ground here in PA!!
Darling card!! I love what you did with the ribbon. Fabulous use of the colors. Thanks for playing at the ColourQ!
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While posting the picture, Anusha subtitled it, “In case you will secure me, let me be bolted with the things I love.” Soon the remarks began pouring in. While her fans applauding the woman for her hot and attractive look, a female client needed to send her a bra. She expressed, “Mmh I have some additional sets of Bra, send me your location I will dispatch them!
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A cosy look of slick modern design with ever-so-subtle rural feel, create the unique appeal in this pretty parkside apartment by Barcelona's Fira exhibition space.Through-and-through style in its hi-tech accessories, soft neutral colour and shiny fixtures, its artworks, interesting carpentry and balcony views add original character.With a key sightseeing location by the sculpture park and the Fira, at Montjuïc, the Fira Joan Miró apartment is also a strategic choice for business travel to central Barcelona.
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On Monday, Oct. 8, the Goshen Board of Works voted to add all-way stop signs on all sides of the intersectionOctober 10, 2018 by Sharon.
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Perhaps those two people might have deleted their accounts?
now about my most recent New England obsession, and that obsession is...
operating companies, having been created in a 1752!
using it to add a little fragrance in my underwear drawer.
Lilac soap over an antique handkerchief in my underwear drawer.
I thought I'd share some products with all of you!
... another great scent, I've tried it!
... President Eisenhower ordered these for the White House!
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a batch of Raspberry Swirled Brownies! . . .
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the block to share our cards and trade our chocolates and sweets.
Yes... looking back, I really loved that day.
if this journal hadn't touched my hands again.
Today is Valentine's Day! I am so happy. We are going to get cards from our class.
I had forgotten what Valentine's Day really was about.
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“I wish I received treatment soon. I want to study further and get a college degree. Later, I want to become a teacher and contribute to my family’s income.” – Omwati
At just 14 years old, she had already been living with severe visual impairment for 6 years.
Now that her sight has deteriorated so badly, Omwati rarely leaves her home to see relatives or play with her friends. It’s seriously affecting her confidence. “My life has changed completely in the last few years. Earlier, I used to do quite a few household chores along with my sister, Sunita. During harvest season, I even went to the fields to help my parents. But these days I don’t feel like doing anything. I just sit at home when others leave for work. Despite my weak vision, I have never stopped going to school. But there are friends who often tease me and call me names like ‘crossed eyes’. That makes me very angry.”
Manoj explains the process of cataract surgery and convinces Omwati’s parents to bring her to Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital. “Please do not worry about the expenses. There’s an organisation called CBM. They will cover all expenses related to her medical treatment.”
By the afternoon, she’s ready to be taken inside the operation theatre – along with 27 other patients having cataract surgery that day. “I’m so happy today. Omwati will finally receive treatment for her eyes. I hope the surgery will be successful,” says Udaybhan.
Over the next 20 minutes, a team led by Ophthalmologist, Prerna, perform a life-changing operation. When Ophthalmic Technician Pratibha removes the eye patch from Omwati’s left eye, she’s able to count fingers held at about two feet from her face.
Omwati is also prescribed glasses, to help improve her vision. “Papa, I can see things much better than before. The colours look so bright and lively now. It’s so different…” she says.
Omwati is beaming with joy. “Thank you so much for your support. You have given a new meaning to my life… I feel so positive and confident now.”
This Christmas you can give the Mi
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I find these historical fiction novels entertaining and have read several of hers, looking for more.
Interesting historical fiction, a strong female character going outside the bounds of women's roles in the 1800's. I liked the whole series. Can read in one day.
Some great hits, the lyrics are applicable to the division in our society today.
Decent historical fiction.
Ditto previous comment. History repeating itself with hatred of a minority.
Very interesting historical fiction. Thumbs up!
This book was very much a mish mash of backwards and forwards and nothing in between. Where was the editor?
Very good historical fiction with a little romance and a suspenseful twist thrown in. Thumbs up!
Short, thoughtful, lovely book about being open to new ideas, sharing, communication and his love for cats. I am going to look for his other books.
Very interesting from a historical point of view, very dark.
This really should be a JA book.All but about 10 pages is fluff. I do love Ireland and anything about it so enjoyed the scenery descriptions, the customs and the Gaelic dictionary at the end.
This is about the first woman detective for Pinkerton's Detective Agency. She had to overcome massive discrimination everywhere she went but she proved time and again that she could do the job as good as or better than men. Very interesting.
Lovelye romance, just exactly what I like.
Fabulous bookt the edge of the volcano seeing the fiery red molten lava- oh I wish I could have been there with her. Very action packed adventure book by strong female character- thumbs up!
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Packers OC Bennett: Eddie Lacy needs to get healthy
Published: Oct. 19, 2015 at 07:11 p.m.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2015 at 12:13 p.m.
Inquiring fantasy heads want to know: What's behind Eddie Lacy's disappointing 3-yard performance in the Green Bay Packers' Week 6 victory over the San Diego Chargers?
After watching Lacy struggle since spraining his ankle in Week 2, the coaching staff essentially played a hunch. James Starks found out he was starting in the huddle before the first play of Sunday's game.
Starks delivered immediately, breaking off a 25-yard gain on the Packers' first play and later adding a 65-yard touchdown when the Chargers were caught in overpursuit at the line of the scrimmage.
"James being out there the first series is a production of the way he's played," coach Mike McCarthy explained Monday, via the Green Bay Press Gazette.
Lacy carried the ball a paltry four times, as the Packers went 20 minutes without a first down and ran just 49 plays versus the Chargers' 89.
"I would have liked to see us run the ball a lot more if you were going to draw up the game and play it differently," McCarthy said. "That part didn't work out that way, but James, obviously, had a huge day."
Although Lacy told reporters Sunday night that his ankle was "all right," he does appear to be carrying more weight this season. Some personnel people guess he's in the 260-pound rangeMcCarthy shot down speculation Monday that conditioning might be behind the power back's sluggish running.
"Eddie is like pretty much our whole football team," McCarthy added. "He was beat up."
"If one of them gets hot in a game," McCarthy continued, "then they may carry it 20 times."
Running backs coach Sam Gash went on to outline a backfield timeshare in mid-October.
Through six games a year ago, Lacy was averaging 3.86 yards per carry and had just one game over 90 yards from scrimmage.
Through six games this year, he's averaging 3.89 yards yards per carry and has two games over 90 yards from scrimmage.
After putting fantasy heads through the ringer early in 2014, Lacy went on to become the only player in the league to exceed 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the season's final nine games, totaling 1,111 yards and nine touchdowns over that stretch. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry and 10.0 yards per reception from Week 5 through the end of the regular season.
McCarthy's hot-hand approach led to 20 Lacy touches per game from mid-October through the season-ending loss to the Seahawks.
That should serve as a useful reminder that at peak-form Lacy is a much better player than Starks, who would be averaging 3.56 yards per carry without benefit of that 65-yard run versus an over-pursuing defense.
If Lacy is healthy coming out of the bye, he's going to be the featured back in Green B.
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. And that's clear as the warp and weft on my loom."
"Yes, yes!" cried Gurgi. "See loom of weavings! See windings and bindings! So many it makes Gurgi's poor tender head swim with twirlings and whirlings!"
Taran for the first time noticed a high loom standing like a giant harp of a thousand strings in a corner of the cottage. Around it were stacked bobbins of thread of all colors; from the rafters dangled skeins of yarn, hanks of wool and flax; on the walls hung lengths of finished fabrics, some of bright hue and simple design, others of subtler craftsmanship and patterns more difficult to follow. Taran gazed astonished at the endless variety, then turned to the weaver-woman of Gwenith.
"This calls for skills beyond anything I know," he said admiringly. "How is such work done?"
"How done?" The weaver-woman chuckled. "It would take me more breath to tell than you have ears to listen. But if you look, you shall see."
So saying, she hobbled to the loom, climbed to the bench in front of it, and with surprising vigor began plying the shuttle back and forth, all the while working her feet on the treadles below, hardly pausing to glance at her handiwork. At last she stopped, cocked her head at Taran, fixed him with her sharp gray eyes, and said, "Thus is it done, Wanderer, as all things are, each in its own way, thread by thread."
Taran's amazement had grown all the more. "This would I gladly learn," he said eagerly. "The craft of the swordsmith was not mine. Perhaps the craft of the weaver may be. I pray you, will you teach it to me?"
"That I will, since you ask," replied Dwyvach. "But mind you: It is one thing to admire a well-woven bit of cloth and another to sit yourself before the loom."
"My thanks to you," Taran exclaimed. "I'll not fear to labor at your loom. With Hevydd the Smith, I didn't shrink from hot iron or the flames of his forge, and a weaver's shuttle is a lighter burden than a smith's hammer."
"Think you so?" Dwyvach asked, with a dry chuckle that sounded like knitting needles clicking together. "Then what shall you weave to begin with?" she went on, eyeing him sharply. "Taran Wanderer you call yourself? Taran Threadbare would be more like it! Would you weave yourself a new cloak? Thus you'll gain something to put on your back, and I'll see what skill you have in your fingers."
Taran willingly agreed; but next day, instead of teaching him weaving, Dwyvach led the companions to one of her many chambers, which Taran saw full nearly to bursting with piles of wool.
"Tease out the thorns, pick out the cockleburs," the weaver-woman ordered. "Comb it, card it—carefully, Wanderer, or when your cloak is done you'll feel it's made of thistles instead of wool!"
The size of the task ahead of him made Taran despair of ever finishing, but he and Gurgi started the painstaking work, with Dwyvach herself lending a hand. The aged weaver-woman, Taran soon learned, had not only a tart tongue but a keen eye. Nothing escaped her; she spied the smallest knot, speck, or flaw, and brought Taran's attention to it with a sharp rap from her distaff to his knuckles. But what smarted Taran more than the distaff was to learn that Dwyvach, despite her years, could work faster, longer, and harder than he himself. At the end of each day Taran's eyes were bleary, his fingers raw, and his head nodded wearily; yet the old weaver-woman was bright and spry as if the day had scarce begun.
Nevertheless, the work at last was finished. But now Dwyvach set him in front of a huge spinning wheel. "The finest wool is useless until it's spun to thread," the weaver-woman told him. "So you'd best begin learning that, as well."
"But spinnings are woman's toilings!" Gurgi protested. "No, no, spinnings are not fitting for bold and clever weaver-men!"
"Indeed!" snorted Dwyvach. "Then sit you down and learn otherwise. I've heard men complain of doing woman's work, and women complain of doing man's work," she added, fastening her bony thumb and forefinger on Gurgi's ear and marching him to a stool beside Taran, "b"
And so, under Dwyvach's watchful eye, Taran and Gurgi spun thread and filled bobbins during the next few days. Chastened by Dwyvach's words, Gurgi did his best to help, though all too often the hapless creature managed only to tangle himself in the long strands. Next, Dwyvach took the companions to a shed where pots of dye bubbled over a fire. Here, Taran fared no better than Gurgi, for when the yarn was at last dyed, he was bespattered from head to toe with colors, and Gurgi himself looked like a rainbow suddenly sprouting hair.
Not until all these other tasks were done to Dwyvach's satisfaction did she take Taran to a weaving room; and there his heart sank, for the loom stood bare and stark as a leafless tree.
"How then?" clucked the weaver-woman as Taran gave her a rueful glance. "The loom must be threaded. Did I not tell you: All things are done step by step and strand by strand?"
"Hevydd the Smith told me life was a forge," Taran sighed, as he laboriously tried to reckon the countless threads needed, "and I think I'll be well-tempered before my cloak is finished."
"Life a forge?" said the weaver-woman. "A loom, rather, where lives and days intertwine; and wise he is who can learn to see the pattern. But if you mean to have a new cloak, you'd do better to work more and chatter less. Or did you hope for a host of spiders to come and labor for you?"
Even after deciding on the pattern, and threading the loom, Taran still saw only a hopeless, confusing tangle of threads. The cloth was painfully slow in forming and at the end of a long day he had little more than a hand's breadth of fabric to show for all his toil.
"Did I ever think a weaver's shuttle a light burden?" Taran sighed. "It feels heavier than hammer, tongs, and anvil all together!"
"It's not the shuttle that burdens you," answered Dwyvach, "but lack of skill, a heavy burden, Wanderer, that only one thing can lift."
"What secret is that?" Taran cried. "Teach it to me now or my cloak will never be done."
But Dwyvach only smiled. "It is patience, Wanderer. As for teaching it, that I cannot do. It is both the first thing and the last thing you must learn for yourself."
Taran gloomily went back to work, sure he would be as ancient as Dwyvach before finishing the garment. Nevertheless, as his hands became used to the task the shuttle darted back and forth like a fish among reeds, and the cloth grew steadily on the loom; though Dwyvach was satisfied with his progress, Taran, to his own surprise, was not.
"The pattern," he murmured, frowning. "It—I don't know, somehow it doesn't please me."
"Now then, Wanderer," replied Dwyvach, "no man put a sword to your throat; the choice of pattern was your own."
"That it was," Taran admitted. "But now I see it closely, I would rather have chosen another."
"Ah, ah," said Dwyvach, with her dry chuckle, "in that case you have but one of two things to do. Either finish a cloak you'll
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touch with the front runners and chase down that crucial second place on the ladder.
The midfield group stepped up even more in the second quarter as Bambi, Kiercey and Thommo continued to control the game. They were supported well by Casa, Billy Candy in his best game of the year as well as first gamer Hugo.
Best: Kiercey, Hugo, Fults, Topknot
Goals: Animal 3, Candy 2, Casa 2, Dicky 2, Hugo 2, Conor 1, Ki 1 - if you kicked a goal, please claim it as we are missing the last 2 goal: Gronefeld Parallax Tourbillon
The Dutch independent manufacturer led by the Gronfeld brothers has prepared another high horology treat for this year’s edition of the Baselworld show – Parallax Tourbilon watch. The newcomer unifies a flying tourbillon with the central seconds hand and also includes an innovative winding-setting system with push-only crown and hacking seconds feature. When the supported indications of the watch which runs on a proprietary hand-wound mechanical movement G-03 are concerned, it should be said that they include a display for its extended power reserve of three days, as well as a winding/setting mode display. The watch possesses a solid Sterling silver dial and it will be issued in two limited editions: the first one called 1912 in stainless steel housing and restricted to just 12 copies, as well as a bit more numerous and lavish red gold housed series consisting of 28 pieces.
Flying Tourbillon Whose Bridge Mimics the Motions of the Seconds Hand
By opting for a flying tourbillon, Tim and Bart Gronefeld in a way killed two birds with one stone since this ensures better precision for the movement and at the same time enables the wearer to see the rhythmic movement of the balance hairspring. To expose the tourbillon with a single arm bridge which is pivoted on ceramic ball bearings as much as possible, its creators placed it on a higher plane and above the caliber and the dial. Another interesting decision is to have both a tourbillon and a central seconds hand. Commonly, the tourbillon takes the role of the seconds indication especially when 60 seconds is the exact period of its rotation (which is likewise the case in this model’s tourbillon that is crafted in stainless steel). Interestingly, this model actually has a two seconds indication since the one-armed tourbillon bridge moves in unison with its central hand and serves as a kind of a secondary hand.
Furthermore, those timekeepers that include both tourbillon and a central seconds hand usually utilize friction springs that prevent the quivering in the motion of the seconds hands. However, this is far from a perfect solution since its addition requires much more energy and causes a faster depletion of the power reserve. The Gronefeld brothers decided to overcome this obstacle by including an extra pinion and wheel.
Dubbed “Parallax” Because of its Elongated Seconds Hand
As for the name of the piece, specifically the “parallax” part, it is also associated with the seconds hand since it is a phenomenon that makes object appear to be in a different position once the observer shifts his own position. In case of timekeepers this would mean that the readability of the seconds can be impaired depending on the position of the wrist as the wearer looks at his watch. In order to prevent such an effect, Gronefeld supplied its timepiece with an exceptionally long seconds hand that goes all the way to the flange. All in all, it gives the name a peculiar sounding, especially if you do not know what it is about. However, it is hardly the most important of the technical traits of the piece.
Innovative Time Setting System with Hacking Seconds Feature
One of those more impressive features of the watch is the presence of a special crown and adjoined winding and time setting system. To switch between these two functions, the wearer does not need to pull the crown out and to risk the damage to its stem, as it is commonly the case. To prevent this potential harm from happening, the Dutch watchmakers devised a crown that is to be pushed instead of pulled. The browsing between these functions is indicated on the display at the right side of the watch’s dial. Another important characteristic is in relation with this. Once the wearer pushes the crown to select the time setting function, the seconds hand automatically moves to the 12 o’clock position (this also happens with the tourbillon bridge which, as we have previously said, moves the same way as the seconds hand). The importance of this feature – otherwise known as the hacking seconds – is that it allows the wearer to set the time to a second, which is not so often when it comes to timekeepers that are made with tourbillon complications.
Gronefeld Parallax Tourbillon Red Gold Watch
Calibre G-03 Dial Side
When talking about the decorations, it should be said that the movement’s base-plate is in nickel silver which is rhodium plated, as well as spotted and snailed. In the tradition of Gronefeld watches, the movement has its bridges made of stainless steel, which allows the extensive use of finishing which over here involves hand-polished bevels, micro-blasting on the central
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Introducing MiLO.
Would it be possible to build another version in A4 for us European readers? It looks really interesting, but I can’t test it without the proper size paper
Guy, I will take a crack at an A4 version of MiLO. Check back in a few days, I should have it online by then.
Erisraven,
[...] online there are tons of websites offering you many similar things like the hipster pda the milo, the cheapster pda. cheap paper alternative ways to getting to done. and they’re getting mad attention. they seem to be super trendy, super popular super cool. they’re the next big thing and everyone is writing/blogging about it. . okay.. seems reasonable, you wanna get things done so you do need an organizer and this is a cheap way of doing it. [...]
Problem with this system is that the data in the MILO must be entered manually each morning (or whenever you periodically set up the sheet). About the only advantage I can see to this system is the method of folding the paper.
It depends on how you keep your action items. I can get a few days out of a MiLO – but I find I keep in more for spur of the moment-actions I need to capture. Or I write them down on a 3×5 index card.
I also keep a daily list on my desk at work.
I actually use a hybrid system. I used to use Palms fanatically but it became a pain when I couldn’t sync with my work computer. Since I’m married to Outlook at work I print paper copies of my calendar, action, call lists, etc. and build a daily planner in a Levenger Circa notebook. I can take the whole notebook to meetings or on trips and I can rip out a page for a short errand or walks around the jobsite. I also use a pocket notebook as a constant companion inbox.
Jacob, FiLO is great! I’ve been using it a few weeks now and its already helping in a big way to keep a handle on finances – thanks.
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Is there any way to get this in an Excel format so we can customize it with lists and custom To-Do lists of our own?
Unfortunately I created this with a page layout software package. There are utilities online which let you customize your own little booklet.
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{ Sunny Sunday walks with my favourite human }
I hope you’re having a lovely start to the week.
{ Necessary pit-stop to warm up }
{ The November sun on a cold, clear day }
{ Croissants <3 }
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How sad that Spiegelhalter should use “contemporary” in the American style. Really, it’s time to close all the universities.
There used to be a 50/50 chance of a tiger taking your children so women had to have six to eight children each. In order to insure that one survives.
SMFS: with some of the little thugs I’ve seen around, my fears would be entirely for the tiger in any case.
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Publication Date: 1866Publisher: Ticknor and FieldsPublication Place: BostonDescription: A BOOK OF HYMNS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVOTION. FIFTEENTH EDITION. BOSTON: TICKNOR AND FIELDS. M DCCC LXVI. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, BY WM. D. TICKNOR & COMPANY, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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Our printed 600ml water bottles are ideal for business promotions or personalised photo gifts. They are printed in full colour and are dishwasher friendly. Features a screw-in stopper and a drink cap.Measurements 72mm diameter, printable height approx 130mm..
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I’ve been there more than once. I hear you. Why do we do this to ourselves and allow it? Thanks for sharing, San!
I think I remember you telling me about that situation. I really hope that she is the one who wants to rewind the button nowadays becaue she airily threw away the best friendship one can imagine.
I understand why you wish you had acted differently but in the end it is who you are. It makes you a wonderful friend for those who can worship it!
Aw, I am sorry you went through something like this with someone that you thought was a tried and true friend. It is tough when things happen in life that show us who people really are and whether they are worth keeping around. You are a gem, so it’s a loss to whoever chose to walk away from you!!
also, i love the new blog design. so simple and sophisticated. well done!
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CEO and founder of GRAITEC Francis Guillemard said: "The acquisition of MicroCAD will enable Adris to offer a complete, high-end design and CAD solution to its customers across the UK market from four additional UK locations, as well being able to rely on the expertise of Adris Ltd in the construction engineering markets and its successful customer-oriented approach."
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othy Allen would find it. If you are not Timothy Allereveal Erdogan's Kurdish crackdown was meant to reverse elections defeat, but new poll proves it had the exact opposite effect.
Analystsunofficial war on Kurdish forces last month as a ploy to make up for its historic failure in June elections - but new polls on Friday show Erdogan may have shot himself in the foot ahead of snap elections.
After an Islamic State (ISIS) suicide bombing against Kurdish activists in Turkey last month, several Kurdish militants conducted attacks on police, given that Turkey has cooperated with ISIS. Erdogan leaped on the events by launching a two-pronged crackdown against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), breaking off peace talks with the militant group and leaving hundreds dead, as well as a campaign against ISIS that has yet to truly materialize.
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"Luke had a good gap on me," Magner said. "I could tell that I was gaining on him. Luckily, he just sat up a little too early and I had just that much left to get him right at the end."
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I’m going to try to keep this as civil as possible. Chris’s wish was to be cremated with no funeral, viewing or ceremony other than an informal celebration of his life which is happening on Saturday. His brothers and sisters are covering the full cost of the cremation and other costs associated with his death. If you have a desire to help the family with this cost may I strongly suggest that your donation be made directly to Jenkins Mortuary in Murray or to Chris’s sisters and brothers directly rather than through any crowdfunding website that you might find a memorial fund set up?
Between his health problems and the personal issues, that were unfortunately made public, he obviously had a lot of heavy s**t on his shoulders. Regardless of what took place with Ufn or in his personal life, I feel for his family, and if there’s a silver lining it’s that he no longer has to deal with the pain (physical or mental) that seemed to plague him the past few years.
I left a pretty straight forward final post a few months back on Ufn, and I hope Chris never took it personally. It was apparent that he was going through some serious trials, and my frustration was completely with the demise of the site itself. In the end, he did create a community that gave a lot of people a place to interact with likeminded individuals (sportswise anyway), and gave all of us a great source for entertainment and Utah related talk.
You last comment is why I never understood those “I’m leaving posts”. Use of these sites is voluntary and completely up to your own desires. If you’re frustrated, unhappy or whatever, just leave.
In that post (link below) I specifically said that I wanted him to know that I was leaving due to the site constantly going down, and no update being done even after the donation drives. A lot of people stopped frequenting the site due to the same reasons, and I figured that making a public declaration might make him think about whether or not the site was important enough for him to fight for. It had nothing to do with me personally, and I didn’t use it as a podium to call out other members.
And, I didn’t want to bring this up in light of the news, but you had to offer a bulls**t response; many of us donated and were told that some of the money would go toward updates (at least expected hosting to be paid). It was voluntary, but when nothing was updated and more money was asked for it left a bad taste in my mouth, and I know many others who were none too pleased. All grudges have been long forgotten, and I’m sorry I had to even mention this. Thanks for the input though, 72, solid as always.
I don’t read posts with less than 25 stars.
I understand the frustration. It was more a general statement than directed at your specific post. It always seemed like someone would make a big production of leaving, then two weeks later show up again. It always felt like grandstanding. I know in that last few months many tried to get his attention focused back on the site but were unsuccessful.
Good God is his ex trying to shake some money out of this?
Chris had kids, correct? Do you know their circumstances? Was he able to leave anything behind to help provide for them? Perhaps one of his siblings could let us know.
Since it has now been made public knowledge by Kara here’s where Chris’s life insurance sits.
According to a family member Chris took out a life insurance policy on himself to insure that his daughters would be financially stable. The last payment on that policy was made in November of 2016. The policy terminated on December 31 for non-payment.
That being said, Chris’s ex-wife (his childrens’ mother, not Kara), who has custody of Kyra, the younger daughter (the older daughter is over 18) has remarried and is financially stable and while Kyra won’t have the funding Chris wanted, she is well taken care of.
If anyone would care to help Chris’s family with final expenses, you are very welcome to contact Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary in Murray or reach out to Chris’s family tomorrow or at your convenience.
I wish I could say I’m surprised by the message implied here, but I’m not. I’ll leave it at that.
Yeah, don’t donate anything to the gofundme effort, give directly to his brother/sister or the mortuary. The fact that the person behind that is trying to profit after his passing is disgusting.
Thanks for pointing this out, Shasta.
Chris’ ex remarried and had primary custody of the kids. Ufinancially they should be fine, emotionally is another thing.
I’m talking about this….
I like how she edited the summary to say it’s not to her personal benefit.
It’s hard for me to read and react to this objectively, without suspicion, without wondering what life insurance pays less than 3K, and without sadness.
Wow. Still only at $150.
It’s mind boggling. Fundraiser from the grave basically.
Very sad situation. Ive tried to stay neutral through all the drama.
The best UFN related source of funds is sale of the domain. Not time to push on that but this doesn’t seem that complicated.
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(Beaver Dam) A truckload of pizza caught fire Thursday night in Beaver Dam. According to Captain Lee Smith, his department responded to the parking lot of Richelieu Foods on Industrial Drive around 11:30pm after receiving reports of a refrigerated trailer that was on fire. Smith says the cause has yet to be determined but was likely an equipment malfunction. for about 2 hours. The salvageable pizzas were offloaded to another truck, but it was not determined how much pizza was burnt in the blaze.
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Showing results by author "Matt Smay"
- Narrated by: Don Leslie, Richard Brewer
- Release date: 04-13-10
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how to turn your interest in portable photo booths and photography into a source of income for yourself. Some people might believe that public demand for their photo booth rental services will essentially generate itself once people know about them, but it isn’t that simple.
Although you’ll probably find that guests at events such as weddings and parties will welcome the addition of a photo booth, you do need to make sure your audiences find you first, and that might take a bit of work. On top of that, remember that you need to profit enough from your business to make a living. Breaking even on your startup costs alone can be difficult.
Tthe photo booth industry, we’re going to break down some financials you should keep in mind. With some investments, hard work, and good fortune, you can make your startup photo booth rental enterprise a booming business.
The first thing you’ll need to do, of course, is to buy a photo booth. You can get a respectable iPad-equipped photo booth from a company such as HootBooth for about $2,600, but the higher-end booths can cost upwards of $8,000. Other initial expenses may include a travel case for your booth, laptop, printer, paper, and ink. All those miscellaneous items together can cost you another $1,000 or more, depending on the brands you get. You won’t need a super high-end laptop with a lot of memory to edit your photos, so don’t overspend on that.
Now, let’s talk about how to start making all those initial investments back and then start profiting.
Existing professional photographers will likely find it easier to incorporate their new photo booth services into their existing marketing. But what about those who are just breaking into the photography/photo booth business? The key here at the outset will be self-promotion.
You should definitely get yourself an SEO-optimized website, start advertising on social media, and add your enterprise to Google My Business. Most people who want to hire a photo booth rental business are going to find you online, so you should spend your advertising money wisely. Try to target people and organizations that would be most likely to desire your services. These include engaged couples, wedding planners, event coordinators, conference centers, and marketing firms.
Setting your fees per photo booth rental is obviously vital to the success of your business. Without getting too nitty gritty on the financial details, we’ve seen most photo booth renters charging something like $500 to $600 per rental. However, you will want to look hard at all the services you’ll be offering when determining your rates. Allowing customers unlimited prints of the photos they take, for instance, demands a fair additional cost that is sure to cover your expenses of providing all the necessary print paper and ink. Also remember the little incidental costs such as driving to your events. All that gas money adds up fast! Be sure to factor this into your prices.
If your rates are fair and you have the winning personality that is probably required to be in this business, you may find yourself working several events per month to start. As you build your reputation in your geographical area, your popularity will increase, and you might be working weddings every weekend and various other events during the week. This just all depends on how unique your services are and how effectively you market your business.
However, imagine the scenario in which you work several times a week, at about $600 per event. That could be anywhere from $1,800 to $2,400 per week or more in gross earnings. This isn’t a bad deal for being your own boss!
Don’t be afraid to get out there and buy a photo booth if that’s truly what you want to do. It takes hard work, but it’s a lucrative business if you can get it just right. You can buy a range of DSLR or iPad photo booths from a company such as HootBooth. Browse around their site to see all their booth options. And remember to have fun with it!
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Billie Eilish x Vanity Fair, June 2018.
On the catalyst for wanting to become a musician: "I"
On being a role-model: "I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl and I’m five foot four’s your world, too!"
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The spotlight is on and the pressure is mounting on two of the most talked about politicians and presidential nominees in the U.S. While all roads lead to the presidency, the world of fashion has their eye locked on their political style. This timeine in their respective campaigns parading in mens suits.
When Mitt Romney, first appeared to the townspeople upon announcing his presidential bid, he was seen wearing street style clothing: rolled-up long-sleeved shirts, sans ties, and loose dark trousers.
At the University of Denver, both candidates squared off with discussions relating to economic reforms and employment. However, if their first presidential debate in Denver was any indication, Obama had a slight edge in style. Both men garbed in navy suits, white dress shirt, and a huge grin – Obama chose a blue tie while Romney opted for a red one. A little choreographed perhaps, nonetheless, most would agree Obama takes a huge chunk of the fashion votes on this occasion.
While Obama has already reached style icon status with his transformation from average looking dad with baggy trousers to the most powerful tailor made suit wearing man in America, Romney has yet to reach a unanimous vote of style confidence from fashionistas across America and the rest of the world.
While the suit and the man wearing it remain an enigma, critics of both parties can agree on certain truths.
Perhaps for the likes of Obama and Romney, charisma and power transcends wearing the two-button navy suits.
Without a realistic political agenda backed up by a solid political will, successful reforms may prove elusive.
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Pathetically Apathetic – Get a copy now on Amazon!
[2:05] – What is apathy, and why it is such an essential topic for success and entrepreneurship?
[6:48] – Why do you say that most people are "pathetically" apathetic?
[9:23] – What are the most significant areas that entrepreneurs are apathetic about, and how can one get out of that stage?
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[11:4at's pretty impressive. And something that I bet a lot of people didn't know about you and fire nation. As I mentioned in why being apathetic is pathetic and Harley. You have a way with words as, and you'll continue to see throughout this interview, but I want to start off just by saying, what is apathy for those of us out here that kind of would love your definition of it. And then why is it such an important topic to discuss in conjunction with entrepreneurship?
Fabulous JLD definition for apathy?
Absolutely ends. I just want to make a note before we continue any further that foundation, this is such an important and fantastic message. And even back up a little bit more of my story Harley, like when I got out of the army, I became just very apathetic. I mean, I had spent four years as an officer in the army, you know, I was leading men in war, like in talk about intensity and being at risk and all these things. And then I like went back to the civilian world and I was like, well, you know what?
You will get lazy, you will get bored and you will get apathetic. These things will happen. So you say that most people are pathetically apathetic. So, I mean, we're taking this kind of to the next step. What does that mean, Harley?
The biggest takeaway was he told me, he said, John, you need to make sure when you're doing things that you are controversial, that you are polarizing because if you're not polarizing controversial, you're not interesting. And interesting is dangerous. Boring will get you broke. It is the end of the story, fire nation. It really will. And so that's why, like, guess what?I did something that was pretty crazy. Back in 2012, I launched a daily podcast interviewing entrepreneurs. Nobody had ever done that. I was the first person to do it. It was daily for 2000 days. And guess what?Hardly hundreds of people have launched a daily show interviewing entrepreneurs since then, but guess what?
And none of them have been able to achieve that level of success. So what can you do?
It's just like, man, am I confident that one person might hear this message that could alter the course of my future in such a very beneficial and positive way?
There, all ideas, all different tasks, whatever. Get it on paper. I actually prefer getting on a big whiteboard. So it's right in front of my face, but that's the first step is identify. Second is we got to plan and figure out how we accomplish this stuff. So dive into books, listened to a bunch of podcasts from EOFire, do a bunch of research and Google. What, what is that plan for you to learn Italian or for you to help advocate for abortion rights?
So how consistently will you be improving your puzzle skills?
Where are we going, Harley?Where are we going to read this book?
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"The Saskiad," by Brian Hall. Houghton Mifflin. 382 pages. $23.95.
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It’s that time of year again folks! Time for us to all put out our Top (insert whatever number here) Cigars of the year. Like them or not, they’re here & they’re not going anywhere, & as a matter of fact they are growing. I actually really enjoy all of them, & even more, I like comparing some of the most respected guys lists in this industry to my own. I try to keep it short & sweet, get down the brass tacks & not give the whole breakdown of each cigar blend, but rather give a short little “piece of my mind” about the stick. Hope that’s enough for you boys & girls.
There Tobac- would have also more than likely made this list as well, if it were not a vitola extension. Under Mike, Skip, & Esteban…Nica Sueno is continuing to pump out quality smokes.
LFD TAA “Double Press”- Great smoke at a great price if you love LFD. Not as much pop as some LFD maduro’s, but great nonetheless. I may have to let TAA Exclusives be on my list next year.
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The RFID blocking Travel Vest for wome.
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Witchbreaker is the third in the Dragon Apocalypse series, the story follows Sorrow and her quest to find the witch than can revert her impending transformation into the dragon Rott, caused by herself by using the elemental dragon's power.Maxey's Dragon Apocalypse series has been an interesting one but not necessarily a successful one. I hugely enjoyed every moment...
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Updated: 9:36 PM CDT May 7, 2013
A benefit baseball game honors the memory of a father who died while watching his son play -- by raising money to buy heart defibrillators for athletic complexes across the Kansas City area.
Liberty and Liberty North high schools met to play in baseball Tuesday, an opportunity to help raise money for a project that can help save lives.Every time Matthew Henning throws a pitch, he said he knows his father isn't too far from his mind. Like most boys, he loves baseball and he learned it from his father, Tim Henning."He'd go out in the yard and practice catching with me," he said.Unlike most 10-year-old boys, his father isn't there to teach him anymore. Tim Henning died suddenly of a heart attack last May while attending one of his son's games."He really misses his dad," said Matthew's aunt, Sharry Henning. "(He) talks about him a lot."After Tim Henning's death, his family created the Henning Family Foundation, which aims to raise money to put heart defibrillators in youth athletic complexes across the metropolitan area. They hope that if someone else has a heart attack at a sporting event, equipment will be at hand that could save the patient's life."I would do this for any of my students, but this family is just kind of near and dear to my heart," said teacher Jennifer Schwandt, who helped organize Tuesday's game. "And what they've been through, I'm glad I could help."Since the Henning Family Foundation was established, $25,000 has been raised toward a goal of $150,000. Anyone wishing to donate can visit the foundation's website.
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When you're looking for buried treasure, it's helpful to have a map. GovCon presents you with a map to contract award - if you choose to use it. Kevin and Paul discuss how the government's acquisition plan is the map, and the key to a successful acquisition. Listen and learn how both government and industry can use that map to openly communicate what the treasure is and how to find it. _________If you enjoy our podcast, we invite you to check out the Skyway Community at skywaymember.com. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for anyone at any stage of starting, growing and running a government contracting business. We speak GovCon.Whether you are brand new to GovCon, just got your first contract, or you are already a successful government contractor.With our extensive tools and training, exclusive member discounts on consulting support, and a supportive and active community of peers to help you along the way, the Skyway Community is winning more contracts.skywaymember.com. ___________Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help former government Contracting Officers who have also walked in industry's shoes, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast mission: Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. Admittedly, the podcast’s name sounds very limiting. It is not just for contracting officers or even just for those in the contracting profession. Anyone with an interest in the Federal acquisition world can benefit from the insight and down-to-earth explanations of complicated topics provided by the hosts.
CBG 2.05 | Spielst du gern Klavier? | Talking about hobbies and pastimes in German: Ito talk about your hobbies and pastimes and to say when, where and how often you do these pastimes. This topic will introduce you to the concept of the Verbklammer, the "verb brackets" w...
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On "Speeders", LEO's from various jurisdictions warn drivers who have no insurance, yet allow them to continue driving. I don't understand why their car isn't impounded until the insurance issue is resolved.
God doesn't believe in athesists.
There is no impound authority in CA to impound for no insurance. It is simply a ticket and you are on your way. There are many things to impound for such as license, reg expired over 6 months, etc ,but insurance is not one of them.
Either they cant impound it because there is apolicy or law prohibiting it, or (more likely) they dont feel like doing the paper work for it. I almost always impound for no insurance. All you need is for someone to find your citation for no insurance in the smoking wreck of the car after they cause some fatal accident.
Reg has to be expired for six months and a day.....
No insurance is a revoked license. On the spot just like a DUI here. They get a DOR hearing and a temp DL.
b) they don't have current proof of insurance with them at the time.
Especially at roadside around 2am on a Sunday morning?
I constantly stop people who have expired insurance cards (some update monthly) and don't impound their cars or require they remove them from the road.
In our state, they are issued a notice to appear in court- where they are required tostop. If they can not do so, then they are charged with driving without insurance.
Those who are cited in Nashville, TN for failing to have proof of insurance in vehicle must send proof within 45 days or their license is suspended.
No insurance = $140 fine plus they have to come in and show us they have obtained valid insurance within 10 days. They also aren't allowed to drive the vehicle (except directly home after traffic stop) in that time-period. If I see them driving again and they still have no insurance, say buh-bye to your car for a while. It gets pricey.
State database from insurance provider. It either comes up insured or unknown. If unknown usuallyI have only had a few admit they didn't have it. Instant revocation.
secondly for the people who were asking how you would determine if they have valid insurance or not at 2am, in NC just by running a tag you will be advised if they have valid insurance and when their insurance expires,. if they stop paying their insurance then the DMV will issue a "pick up plate order" so that anytime an officer runs their plate it will come back and advise them to seize the tag on the vehicle.
i can advise you that here in North Carolina that is not happening unless they have written proof of valid insurance. if they dont have insurance we are impounding their vehicle (about 80% of the time) and the driver is getting a pink copy. if you let someone go who has no insurance and they get into a wreck afterwards, you could be held responsible for the actions that the driver committed after releasing them to drive.
But an uninsured (and completely sober) driver?........don't think so......you may have a department POLICY that says you have to take the car (and it sounds like you have a law to back you up....we don't), but it is not a LEGAL requirement.....
The way I understand it here in Ohio, only state troopers can cite for no insurance, much less impound for it. For the rest of us, there is a Yes/No box on the uniform traffic citation for showing proof of financial responsibility (insurance.) If they can't show proof of insurance when the cite is issued, they have to do so when they take care of the ticket. If they don't, the court notifies the BMV who then suspend the person's driver's license.
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Statements of extremist sense about a possible visit to Georgia, Russian foreign Minister has already managed one of the leaders of the party "European Georgia" Gigi Ugulava. This figure routinely insists on that leg, Sergei Lavrov, visited "without approval from Tbilisi", Sukhumi and Tskhinvali, and in any case can not relate to the Georgian lands. All who miss the Russian diplomat is "a violator of the law "On the occupation", they themselves become criminals and will answer on all severity!
Initially, the official Tbilisi tried to be cheerful, at all angles ranting about the fact that there is nothing wrong, in fact, did not happen. Think about what sort of vacationers from Russia!Yes, we are fine without them dispense!It is usually as "indisputable facts" cited calculations of some of the Western rating agencies, and even NGOs, assures Georgians that if they lose on the anti-rudeness of their own countrymen, it is mere pennies. The reality was not so rosy: in the beginning of autumn Mariam Kvrivishvili, head of the National administration of tourism of Georgia, evaluated the financial losses incurred by the country in July and August 2019 in us $ 113 million. Further – more. On direct damages from lost profits were superimposed, off the chain, inflation and all the accompanying "delights" in the form of rising prices and the resulting negative processes in the economy. National monetary unit – lari, once again threatening "staggered"...
Apparently, some Georgian politicians are calling for to meet the next "mass protests against the Russian occupation" of Sergey Lavrov, I think my country very rich. Well, if they are willing to ensure that its economy is less such amounts...
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Pe in science, in a child.
If you're looking for science fair project ideas, there are a lot of ideas available. I've just added a list of ideas targeted specifically at the 1st grade.
1st Grade Science Experiment : DRY ICE
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In view of this information, the president of the Court may summon the director to a meeting with the judge, which he may attend, accompanied by a person and/or counsel of his choice.
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Pingback: GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Megan Fox as Lara Croft…what could have been- What are you waiting for?
Oh god!It wont be the same without angelina jolie, everyone knows that!
I agree. I would not be the same without Angelina Holie!She is the reason why the villain chase after her….forget about the ancient treasures…..they all want a piece of Lara Croft!I know I do!
OMG can you imagine Fox trying to speak with an English accent?
That said, I don't think Jolie was a very good choice either…
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“They are wildflowers. They would not want a name.” The Wildflower Ring is made with 14k gold over 925 sterling silver. 2.5 microns thick so is sure to last as long as it is cared for properly.
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We’ve already covered in past blog articles some of the basics about how webmasters can use a file called robots.txt to control how search engine crawlers (aka bots) crawl their websites. But there is so much more to talk about with bots. So l Topic 1: Using the proper text file encoding The robots.txt file is used by webmasters to either specifically define which files and directories...
OK, so I totally geeked out with my recommendations on how to better secure your webmaster computing environment. As a result, I had too much material for one post and thus had to split it up into two pieces. Let's wrap up this long series of posts on malware by finishing up with the last of the security recommendations.
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Work will be performein L-3’s Electronic Systems business segment. Under this contract, L-3 will provide the Australian Army with innovativ. These include binocular night vision goggles, which iogyty,s is also scheduled to open a new sustainment centerL-3 .
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’s. </s> John Jenkins Espey, Professor of UCLA. My favorite teacher. I hope Jackie Nelson, Linda Peterson and other Bruin English students will see this page. Mr. Espey inspired all of us.
He was still present and likely involved in teaching, just not in my areas of study.
Seeing his tall figure in the hallways or office was always memorable.
I know you and many others found him an inspiring figure.
Thanks for the vivid memoir of him you sent.
His earliest lessons were in the value of being a chameleon. He could trade insults in the Wu dialect with local Chinese urchins as easily as he could perform the role of proper Presbyterian son. At 19, he found himself in the San Gabriel Valley, attending Occidental College during the week and Pasadena's exclusive country clubs on weekends.
John Espey did go on to represent California in the Rhodes Scholar class of 1935. He left his undergraduate work at the school he affectionately called "Oxy" to become a fellow of Oxford's Merton College - a Merton Man - another of the roles he would fill gracefully, and with self-deprecating humor, throughout his life.
It was at Oxford that John became the man he was to be - Cecil Rhodes' ideal of the scholar who loved to learn, the man who could be unselfish, courageous and kind, the one who would, always, take an interest in his fellows. He also did his share of refined partying, drinking copious amounts of sherry and playing intricate pranks on his English classmates. He added his own twist to Rhodes' ideal, a dry sense of humor that would infect his scholarship, his writing, and his friendships.
Once, as a high school theater student, an assignment required me to find a scene for two women from a Henrik Ibsen play. I didn't want to do the same old A Doll's House (everyone else was doing it), but I couldn't, for the life of me, find anything else. John appeared triumphant one evening, having spent all day in the University Research Library, and pleased as punch. He handed me a copy of “Lady Inger of strat", an early play of Ibsen's so bad that the playwright himself had tried to prevent its publication. But it had the scene I needed, and I got to wow my teachers with a play they had never heard of. Lady Inger and her fight to save her beloved strat became a running joke in our family.
Those lucky enough to have him as their graduate adviser, my mother included, state definitively that his generosity, his humor and his kindness changed their lives. John lent poor Ph.D. candidates money, never expecting to be paid back. He wrote them
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Still, it will not be enough. Even conscience will show through feelings that it is all insufficent, unsatisfactory, and empty. There is no work we can do to guarantee ourselves Heaven. It will only be flattering ourselves to think that anything we can do will get us to Heaven at all. Our works, in fact, no matter how much or what quality we esteem them, will never get us to Heaven.
However, there is hope! The good news is that the way to Heaven is not by works at all but through the work of God’s Son Jesus. He was sinless and shed His blood to pay the full penalty for our sins. Moreover, He rose from the dead as proof of the new life we find in Him.
We receive this gift, not by works, but by faith solely in God’s Son Jesus who did all the work to save us.
his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
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Capone With Chiwetel Ejiofor Of SERENITY, CHILDREN OF MEN, David Mamet's REDBELT, And More!!
Capone: I know you came out of the theater, literally. What’s your history with [David] Mamet in the theater? Have you ever been in one of his plays? Chiwetel Ejiofor: No, I have never been in one of his plays, but I had studied him in school. He still is the only person that I’ve worked with that I’ve studied, which seems a little formal, but I did, and I wrote essays on OLEANNA and stuff like that. We actually had a school trip to see OLEANNA, which was kind of a lively debate, I remember. In fact, the girl who was playing the girl in it was playing Emilia opposite me when I did Othello.
Capone: I know that your real passion seems to be Shakespeare. Was working with Mamet the equivalent of being directed by Shakespeare? CE: Sure, there is that feeling. Those are the two writers that I studied: a lot of Shakespeare and a lot of Mamet. It’s kind of crazy really to think that, even then, he was producing work of such impact internationally that it was being studied by teenagers.
Capone: …dangerous! CE: [laughs] Yeah, you realize the power these people have.
Capone: Because he has such a history in Chicago, I’ve talked to a few actors who have performed Mamet's work in films and theaters, some of the guys who have worked with him here in Chicago 20 years ago or so--William H, Macy and others. I always ask the question: What separates his words and style from a run-of-the-mill playwright? What was the appeal to you in terms of the pure writing aspect of it? CE: I find that in this story [REDBELT], it’s his extraordinary grasp of Story, I mean, he writes stories with a capital ‘S’, you know. There’s so much kind of plotting and story and nuance that goes into his writing. They’re really extraordinary.
Capone: What do you like about his language? CE: Of course, the rhythm is great and the way…the sort of naturalistic cadence to the stuff that people say, and he doesn’t patronize an audience. He allows the audience to keep up with him, or just about. That’s really great. He sort of puts it out there. He realizes that you don’t have to say, that people don’t say every word they think. And, he relies on the actors to get across the meaning, and that’s why he tries to cast well.
Capone: How familiar were you with his work as a filmmaker before this? CE: Pretty familiar. I mean, I know about his stuff as a screenwriter. THE UNTOUCHABLES, we were quoting that--every line of it, basically, from start to finish when I was younger. I was aware of some of his films, HEIST, fairly recently, and THE WINSLOW BOY, and then, of course, HOMICIDE, which was a terrific film and helped me discover Joe Mantegna. So, I was pretty aware of him as a filmmaker as well as a screenwriter.
Capone: Just being a Mamet film in general, this movie, I’ve always come to expect some sort of ‘con’ aspect to it. Having Ricky Jay in the film kind of gives that away. And, a lot of the big plot turns in the film happen off camera, which is also something he likes to do, because, as you said, he lets the audience fill in the blanks and assumes they can do that without too much handholding. So, there’s a joy in watching your character and experiencing you get caught off guard along with us. Is that something you like about what he does? I don’t see that as much in the plays as in the films he does. CE: Yeah, I do like that. I like the fact that he drops a concept, like, in this film, he drops the concept of ‘Who gave who the watch?’ That concept is gone or midway through the second act. And, I love that, I love that. It’s a kind of confidence, a sense of I know that somewhere in the subliminal recesses of the audience’s mind, they are thinking, What about the watch? How are we going to get to who gave who the watch?
Capone: You have to play this man who is one of the greatest mixed-martial arts guys, possibly in the world, and I’m sure you had to train a great deal for that. You always hear about action stars getting, but they are trained in a way in which they also look cool doing it. You are playing a guy who isn’t trying to look cool. What’s the difference? CE: That’s a good question. Yeah, he’s designed to not look like an action fighter. They say in Jujitsu that if you get into a fight, if your body remembers instinctively 10 percent of what you’ve been training for, you’re doing well, you’ll probably win the fight, especially if it’s against somebody who doesn’t train in Jujitsu or anything else. But, this is a guy whose body is going to recall everything. Do you know what I mean? It’s sort of like he is prepped to have a fluidity and a movement to it that’s almost throwaway. And, somehow, the hope is that in the power of its throwaway-ness, which is why I was really studying for it quite intensely, you really get the sense that, of course, he’s the guy. You don’t feel for a second, Oh, here’s the bit where the actor’s doing his stunts.
Capone: It’s not like you make a move, and then you flex, and then you make another move. You’re not oiled up. CE: Right. There’s no ‘Wha-a-a-a-a!’ [Imitates Bruce Lee howl] Yeah, it’s supposed to feel, as you watch it, that there’s no joy, basically.
Capone: Not just a lack of joy, but a reluctance. He doesn’t want to be a trained monkey for the crowd. At least the first time I watched the film, and I’ll definitely see it again to confirm this, but it seemed to convey a very cynical message about trying to improve your lot in life and the dangers of having ambition. Is that fair? Do you see it that way? CE: I don’t think so.
Capone: He lives day to day, money is tight, and he gets squashed, it seems, for even daring to dream. CE: But, it’s more that he has a code whereby…he lives by a certain code, and he lives by a certain morality. And, somebody who has this kind of morality in the world--as it is--is vulnerable. But, he feels that he can have this kind of morality, and one day, this kind of morality is possibly going to lead him to great things. So, when this opportunity comes up to be the producer of the film, it’s almost as if, for me anyway, it was almost as if there’s a kind of sense of him being…not that it’s justified, because the process of doing it is justified, but it’s also a validation of everything that he’s been doing. It is going to be profitable, it is going to be all those things, and he can live in the way that he always wants to live, with a moral code and the honor that he wants to live by. However, of course, life doesn’t work like that, and then, he’s faced with the ultimate choiceof at what point will you sacrifice your ideals. And, is suddenly being exposed to your own desire to have more going to be the thing that actually pushes you over the edge when you realize ‘I can’t go back to when I didn’t have a need of that. I can’t go back to what was before I had hope. I can’t go back to the person I was before, because now I realize that I’m vulnerable, When I dare to dream, I get quashed.’ So, now this is the ultimate challenge of whether you at this point then say [claps sharply] “I’m with the other guys. I’m going in the ring. I’m going to get what’s mine. I’m going to be a better fighter than most people. I’m can make loads of money. I’m out of this life.” And, of course, the character doesn’t do that, which is why it’s kind of an American samurai film, because he decides that he’s going to live by his code of honor and defeat his opponents. And, that’s the way he does it.
Capone: In a relatively short time, ystarting with Spielberg and going from there. I’ll never forget the response at a screening here in Chicago years ago for DIRTY, PRETTY THINGS when you first opened your mouth to speak, because you didn’t have that accent. You had so convinced everyone that we wondered, ‘Who is this great unknown actor from Africa?’ CE: [laughs] Yeah, Steven Frears had gone and found me somewhere in Nigeria.
Capone: …Ridley Scott, Richard Curtis, Spike Lee a couple times, Alfonso Cuarón…I spoke with Kasi Lemmons last year about TALK TO ME. Certainly not to minimize your talent and hard work, but have to consider yourself pretty lucky on top of everything else. CE: Well, it is, it is.
Capone: And, the films are quality. You’ve gotten to the point in a very short period of time that when I see your name attached to something, I assume a certain caliber of work. How picky are you, really? CE: Well, I guess I am, but I have been very fortunate with the directors. And, that’s been something that you just can’t predict or push for. Somebody asked me today in a similar sort of question in a way, they sort of said, “Is working with these directors something you’ve chosen?” And, I laughed, because you can’t…I mean, every actor in the world would chose that in the beginning, [like] you sit there and say, “I’m going to choose to work with these people. Let me choose to work with Spielberg.” And, of course, it just doesn’t work like that, and of course, there’s an element of luck. Directors become aware of your work through directors that they also have great respect for. So, there’s a kind of balance in the game that way.
Capone: I also get the sense that, for you, a good part is a good part, and you don’t care if it’s a lead role or a smaller part. Seeing you in SERENITY or MELINDA AND MELINDA, or even in AMERICAN GANGSTER, these aren’t huge roles, but they’re good roles, and you seem to enjoy them. CE: Yeah, I’m happy to dive in. I suppose I always feel of myself I can be a leading actor, but even within that, I like the arena of being a character actor, you know, because that’s sort of where the real sort of juice is, somehow. That’s where the real sort of nuts and bolts happen, and I feel myself progressing in that way as an actor. And, I like doing both things. But, of course, it’s great if you’re leading a project and you’re also having the opportunity to learn about the whole martial arts scene in L.A. and also develop and work on a character. But, it is rewarding, doing the AMERICAN GANGSTERs and so on, as well as the TALK TO MEs and the REDBELTs.
Capone: Those two films are at the extremes of the sci-fi world. How did you land in SERENITY? That seems like the stranger of the group. CE: It’s true, actually. I hadn’t really thought about that in a way, but it is true: How did I end up in SERENITY? That’s such a good point. Nobody’s ever asked me that before: How did a guy like you, Forest Gate, East London, end up in SERENITY? I don’t know why. I remember I got sent the script. [Writer-director] Joss [Whedon] sent me the script.
Capone: …a great villain? CE: Yeah [laughs]. And, somehow, he had watched the film. He liked that performance, and then he just got to thinking, and he was, like, Hmm-m-m, maybe for The Operative. Honestly, I can’t connect the dots. But then, I couldn’t understand it in the Woody Allen movie either.
Capone: Hmm, that’s true. CE: That Woody Allen cast me [in MELINDA AND MELINDA] on the basis of PRETTY, DIRTY THINGS, really.
Capone: That really did blow the door open for you in a lot of ways. And, the film was not a massive hit at the box office--though everyone who saw it liked it--but it really seemed to open up the world for you. CE: Yeah, I don’t really understand it. I mean, I love the film, and I was incredibly passionate about it. But, it seems as though everybody, all the filmmakers that I worked with in the next year, were some way or another connected to seeing me in that film. Spike Lee was a huge fan of the film; he was crazy about it. And, with Spike, you don’t know sometimes how he’s going to react to certain movies. Sometimes, he surprises you. So, for him to be so activated by it in getting me into his movies was a great surprise. And, Woody Allen, the same thing, and then Joss. You just feel like it was amazing.
Capone: In talking about CHILDREN OF MEN, its technical achievement is undeniable, but it’s also a fascinating and profound statement about the course of humanity. Tell me about getting involved with that. CE: Well, I read the script, and then I went to meet Alfonso Cuarón, just in a pub on a rainy night in London, and we just talked politics, basically, for an hour and a half or two hours over a couple of pints. And, that was it.
Capone: I realize in that same year, correct me if I’m wrong, that was also the year that KINKY BOOTS came out and TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH. That was a heck of a year. There’s your range, like, right there. CE: It was a good point of a lot of different fascinatingly different projects, just exciting in a way.
Capone: Coming up, you have another project with Don Cheadle, TOUSSAINT? CE: Well, I don’t know what’s happening with that. We’re certainly not in a position where it’s kind of ready to go, you know. At the moment, that’s a sort of Internet thing. I mean, it’s happening. I know there’s a script out there, and [director] Danny [Glover] is trying to get it altogether, but I don’t know what state that’s in yet.
Capone: But TONIGHT AT NOON is done, though, right? CE: Yeah, TONIGHT AT NOON is done.
Capone: What do you do in that? CE: That’s a film that Michael Almereyda directed, which I did quite a while ago, but it’s in post-production at the moment still. It’s an indie, it’s sort of a small independent film in New York, so it’s percolating. I actually play two characters. And, it’s a story of this guy, one character who’s an editor, and he has a very developed, projected fantasy life, which is his other life. So, he’s an editor of documentaries with his girlfriend in New York, and in his projected fantasy life, he’s a sort of much more New York prowler, Lothario-type dude.
Capone: It’s like an ensemble piece? CE: Yeah.
Capone: We always want to know what you're up to. Thanks, it's been a great pleasure talking with you. CE: And you, thanks.
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MICHAEL J. FOX, ACTOR: With Parkinson's, it's like you'And you know the bus is coming, and you can't get out of the way.
So, you can kind of freak out and you can kind of go, well, that bus is going to hit me at some point, even though you don't know how fast or how bigre's so much we don't know about Parkinson disease. What exactly causes for it, for instance, and why would someone at the age of 29 start to develop the symptoms? No one knows.
But this, we do know. Michael J. Fox has in many ways become the handsome face of Parkinson's. Did you know that he's had the disease for almost 19 years now? What is his life like day to day? And what is he planning on doing with the $200 million he's raised through his foundation? What can we all learn in him?
I will tell you, he doesn't do a lot of long interviews, because he gets so tired nowadays. But, on this day, he had a lot to say.
GUPTA: People, when I said I was going to be interviewing you, people would ask me, how's he doing? And, again, I don't want to belabor that, but I'm just -- you're doing OK?
What I was going say that . An.
But I quantify it -- And it's given me -- I wouldn't call the foundation my magnum opus, but it's definitelyprobably do in my life.
GUPTA: With a disease like Parkinson's, with humidity, for example, what's happening? What do you experience?
FOX: Everybody has their own thing. Everybody has their own version of it.
For example, now, I'm relatively on. And, in the course of this interview, I will probably go towards being off.
And I will try to correct that midstream with medication. But, sometimes, I catch it. Sometimes, I don't. And, sometimes, my brain is more receptive to it, and sometimes it isn't.
GUPTA: You're trying grab something. And if the brakes are off, so to speak, you will shake. Right now, when you're moving, like I see you're grabbing your left leg, are you trying to tell your left leg not to move? Like, iut? Or...
FOX: You know something? It's like Whac-A-Mole. It's like the arm will go. If I stop the arm, the other arm will go. I sit down, the leg will go, cross the leg. It's going to go somewhere.
So it's constantly moving it around until -- and then there will be times when I will just be stop and be still. Right now, for example, if I wasn't talking with you, if I was just sitting, I would be perfectly still.
GUPTA: Is that the stress part of it? Or is that...
FOX: Yes. That's just -- again, it's like the stuff that fires that tells you I want to pick up this glass is firing to tell me that something's required of me here. And my mind can't tell my brain what it is.
GUPTA: When you wake up in the morning, is there a certain routine you have to go through? Do you take your med at a certain time then? Or do you feel a certain way?
FOX: Well, it changes. But, for the most part, when I wake up, I have a feature called dystonia, which is a rigidity, a cramping.
With me, it affects my feet. So, strangely enough, the first time my wife often hears me in the morning is me clumping across the floor, because I keep a hard pair of shoes right next to the bed. And I wake up and I put them on and immediately the stiffness of the shoe kind of forces the feet to behave.
And then I wait probably about half-an-hour, 45 minutes before I -- I might take a half-a-pill just to get me started. But I might wait a couple hours before -- depending on what my day requires of me before I really kick in.
GUPTA: Things like even tending to yourself, brushing your hair, brushing your teeth?
FOX: Well, I sometimes (INAUDIBLE) electric toothbrush without the necessity of a battery or a charger. I just...
GUPTA: Put your hand in the...
FOX: Yes, put one hand in and let it go.
Yes, all that stuff, again, it's -- you just -- I'm just used to it. I'm just used to it. I mean, it's -- any of us have -- whatever we face in our lives, we find ways to deal and move forward. If we don't, it doesn't matter what you have, the result is going to be the same. You're not going to go forward. You're going to stagnate, and it doesn't matter anyway.
Right now, we're in an extraordinary situation. I don't sit down for interviews every day. As surprising as it may seem, people are sick of seeing me. But it carries with it a certain amount of stress. No matter how congenial and willing my participation is, it's going to -- say my wife is driving and a car comes close and I go like this.
And she says, I'm a good driver.
And I say, it's not your driving. It's not my mind that is telling me there's a problem. It's my brain.
GUPTA: Did you just call Tracy a bad driver?
FOX: No. Tracy is a good driver.
GUPTA: Now let's take a look at how this all started.
FOX: Every morning, as long I as can remember, I would wake up in the morning, I got somewhere to go, I got something to do, you know? What do I got to do tomorrow when the alarm goes off?
GUPTA (voice-over): Itichael J. Fox left the soundstage of his hit TV series "Spin City" in a final curtain call.
GUPTA: Fox had first publicly disclosed his Parkinson's diagnosis two years early. But the long hours on set were catching up with him, exacerbating the symptoms of his disease.
FOX: The stress of doing the show is kind of an X-factor. It's going to be interesting to see that removed from the scenario and see what effect that has.
GUPTA: Fox's decision to step away from the cameras was a dramatic change for a man who practically grew up on screen, launching his television career in the early '70s in his native Canada.
Small film roles led Fox to Hollywood, and soon America came to know him as the young Republican Alex P. Keaton on the popular sitcom "Family Ties."
I knew it would come in handy.
GUPTA: At its peak, family ties drew in a third of American households every week. Fox's work on the series won him three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.
It's also where Fox met his future wife, actress Tracy Pollan.
FOX: Sort of a compliment.
Fox's TV success propelled him to movie stardom with the blockbuster trilogy "Back to the Future." Fox followed his role as Marty McFly with more than 20 films. But it was on the set of the movie "Doc Hollywood" where Fox first displayed symptoms of early Parkinson's disease, which eventually pushed him into a new role, that of advocate.
GUPTA: Fox works tirelessly in his quest for a cure for Parkinson's, fighting for funding, campaigning for politicians sympathetic to his cause.
His support for stem cell research and the quest for a Parkinson's cure has at times sparked controversy. Despite using his celebrity to point the spotlight in a different direction, Fox hasn't left Hollywood behind completely. With numerous guest appearances on TV series in recent year, Fox is still a familiar face. And a line from his final episode of "Spin City" still rings true.
FOX: It's going to be OK. I'm going to bounce back from this.
FOX: It's not over, right?
LOCKLEAR: A long way from over.
GUPTA: And coming up: the moment when Michael J. Fox learned his life was about to change forever.
FOX: My natural state is pretty kinetic and (INAUDIBLE) and trembling, until I get to the point where I have no movement at all.
That's what my brain wants to do, because that's the condition that it's in. So, I don't fool myself. I take advantage of the time when I'm medicated. And I look at it as a gift and as an opportunity to make that time even wider by finding a more substantial treatment or cure.
With some people with Parkinson's, there's a cognitive element. And I sometimes get concerned about that when I have recall issues and stuff like that. My wife is quick to tell me I'm almost 50 years old, and that's why.
FOX: I mean, yes, to an extent. But Parkinson's is this umbrella.
Parkinson isn't -- in many ways, I have textbook Parkinson's. In other ways, I have idiosyncratic aspects to my experience. For example, I'm still tremendously sensitive to L-dopa. It doesn't -- it isn't as...
GUPTA: You get a tolerance to it?
FOX: Yes, and also it comes with terrible dyskinesia, which I do experience, but not to the extent that I could. But you experience what you experience. You can't push it out to fill a box that someone else has created for it. And you can't shrink it to squeeze into a parenthetic notation that someone's made about it. It's your experience.
GUPTA: And the medication is a precursor to dopamine, which is the neurotransmitter that is in short supply in that particular area of your brain.
GUPTA: So, you're taking this pill.
There's a lot of titrating. There's a lot of -- there's no set -- it isn't like, for me, where I wake in the morning and I take two pills, and at 10:00, a bell goes off and I take two pills, and at 12:00, a bell goes off and I take two pills.
It's constant feeling out, titrating. And sometimes I will take a half-a-pill. Sometimes, I will take a quarter-of-a-pill. It all depends on what kind of cocktail I have brewing in my brain that day.
GUPTA: He explained to me that sometimes his mind may want to do one thing, but his brain sort of takes control, causing many of the symptoms you just heard him talk about.
Now, medically speaking, Parkinson's disease is actually pretty straightforward, when you think about it. What you have is a particular part of the brain that produces a chemical known as dopamine. It helps us with motor skills specifically, smooth muscle movements.
But the brain of someone with Parkinson's disease is not producing enough dopamine. Now, why that happens exactly is anyone's guess. But the disease does get progressively worse. And, as things stand right now, doctors can only treat the symptoms, typically, with a pill that looks like this.
It's calls levodopa. And it's the single most effective treatment to control symptoms. Let me give you a little bit of an idea of just exactly how this works.
Now, what you have here is the pill going into the bloodstream, and, subsequently, it goes to the brain, where it's converted into dopamine. But here's the problem. When the pill starts to wear off, the symptoms come back. Sometimes, they're even worse. And that all continues until the next pill is taken.
Eventually, you can develop a tolerance to this medication as well, though there is some help -- some progress really in trying to minimize that. It's sort of -- think of it like sort of a gel version of this particular medication.
It's called Duodopa. And what happens is, the drug gets released via a tube directly into the small intestine. And patients can monitor their levels, must in the same way that a diabetic does with insulin, and be alerted before the symptoms get too severe.
Now, this is currently in the clinical trial stage for approval in the United States, but already approved for use in 34 other countries.
Surgery is also an option for patients not responding well to medication. And the most common nowadays is something known as deep brain stimulation. And I want to give you just a little bit of an idea of how this works.
It blocks by implanting a battery-operated device about the size of a stopwatch and sending electrical stimulations, which essentially block the abnormal signals from ever reaching the brain.
Now, Michael J. Fox had an operation back in 1998. During his operation, which was called a thalamotomy, Michael was actually awake. He was actually talking to his surgeon.
FOX: So, he said, make my -- make your hand shake. And I tried to do and I couldn't. And I felt this disappointment that I couldn't give him what he wanted. Then, of course -- and I said, I can't. And he said, we're done.
GUPTA: The operation was over because they accomplished the goal.
FOX: Yes, they accomplished the goal, which was really (INAUDIBLE) for me. So, it was just about cessation.
And so my whole life, working and stuff was about manipulating circumstances, so that I could pin that arm.
GUPTA: Put your hand in your pocket or...
FOX: Put my hand in your pocket or busy it or something, because that helped.
And -- but it just got too much. So, that's when I had the brain surgery. And then, of course, I had brain surgery, and it diminished the effects on my left side, but just true to the progression of the disease, within a few months, my right side started. So, and I made the decision not to have another brain surgery. But... GUPTA: I don't want to belabor the point, but if they said to you, look, it's not curative, but with stimulation, we can dial it up, dial it down with magnets and possibly really alleviate some of your symptoms, why not do that?
GUPTA: Michael J. Fox had surgery 12 years ago The problem was the right side of his body.
He told me pretty candidly about his decision to avoid any more operations.
next time they go into my brain, I want it to be to get it done. I don't want it to be -- we were joking about the book "When the Air Hits Your Brain." The air already hit my brain too many times.
I want it to -- if there's something that they can do in there that will be curative or restorative or help progression in any kind of much more fundamental way than just a kind of mechanical stopgap, kind of a pacemaker, which is what they have now -- that's just my personal preference.
But it's been tremendous in people's lives. There are hundreds of people I have met, and certainly thousands have had the procedure deep brain stimulation, that it's been, you know, huge, the improvement. People that couldn't walk, people that had a hard time functioning, all of a sudden, have fluidity of movement, because it's kind of de-syncopated the firing in their brain.
GUPTA: The doctors, when they fiddle with your medications, they try different things, what is the -- is there an overall plan? Are they saying, Michael, look, we will just keep fiddling indefinitely here? Or are they saying, look, at some point, you know, we have got to take a next big step, or we think you need to do X? What do they tell you?
FOX: It's about getting -- being comfortable and being functioning, functional on a day-to-day basis. And that's really the thing. It's about my comfort.
And because we -- there is that big next thing. There's surgery, potentially, but, again, I'm weighing that. I tend to lean against it.
GUPTA: Because you don't want to do another surgery unless there's greater promise?
FOX: Well, it's brain surgery.
GUPTA: I'm a brain surgeon, so I...
FOX: But -- and, so, yes, actually, there's -- maybe something will come through the pipeline that changes the picture.
But, for now, I'm perfectly -- I can -- if I look back at the last 20 years, and you told me that this is where I would be 20 years from now, after my diagnosis, I would have taken this in a heartbeat.
I'm v'm able to do and what I'm able to accomplish. It's not ideal, but it certainly beats a lot of other options.
GUPTA: You know, a few years ago, many people, including Michael, were hopeful that stem cells were going to be one of those options.
GUPTA: Why don't you talk about stem cells as much anymore?
GUPTA: It's interesting, because a biomarker is some sort of signal that the disease gives off, whether it's a protein or something in the body. It can serve a few different purposes.
Perhaps, like in the case of Alzheimer's, it can give some early clue that someone either has the disease, maybe doesn't have symptoms yet, or is going to develop the disease. But it may give you some more insight into the disease itself.
(CROSSTALK) FOX: It gives you a starting point.
If we have -- you know, it's often said that, with Parkinson'There's something -- why has no one in my family never had Parkinson's? It's not necessarily that we don't all have the genetic risk. It's that I ran into whatever that trigger was. And these are the things we want to learn about.
FOX: Well, it was an urgency of the moment, with that vote coming up in 2006.
I mean, the simple fact is that patients have the right to insist that federal funders and industry pursue anything that's likely to find an answer, to find a cure.
There are ethical questions. We went through them. We went through them for every side. Reasonable people disagreed. I happen to think that, in the case of eggs,at they were going to be destroyed anyway. Why not help?
But that's another issue. I think that -- I think that just the basic idea of stem cell science, it's part of our portfolio. It's part of things we pursue, but it's by no means the majority of the avenues that we're going down now.
But to shut off any possible inroad to a cure or a breakthrough just seemed to me to make no sense, and especially when attached to a political agenda.
GUPTA: How important is Michael J. Fox to this? How important are you to this mission?
FOX: Well, I think, me, personally, I think I serve as head cheerleader. And perhaps I put a face on it for people that are experiencing it.
I don't want to underestimate that, because I know, when I first disclosed that I was dealing with this, I got an e-mail from a lady who was going into this local store. And she just assumed that the person behind the counter thought she was drunk, because she had erratic movements. And he kind of dealt with her brusquely.
And then she went in after I had kind of disclosed, and he was looking at her. And she said, I have Parkinson's.
And he said, oh, like Michael Fox.
So, I mean, that -- and that really touched me, I mean, because the -- talking about the patient experience, it can be a very lonely experience. And, so, if you feel like there's somebody who's getting up in the morning and is on it -- you know, because cures don't fall out of the sky.
They don't -- we have to go up and get them. And we just assume -- like, I think I always assumed there was a department of cures, that there was a minister of cures, a secretary of cures. But there isn't. It's us.
GUPTA: Such an important point, the secretary of cures he's talking about there.
So many unknowns to this disease, and how close are we to finding some of the answers?
Well, joining me now are two of the leaders in treating and research in Parkinson's disease. Dr. Walter Koroshetz, he'sBernard Ravina, associate chief of neurology at the University of Rochester. He's also a researcher with the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Thanks for joining us.
DR. BERNARD RAVINA, ASSOC. CHIEF OF NEUROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: It's trucausing Parkinson's disease, and certainly in people who have early onset or young onset Parkinson's disease, it can be much more difficult to make a diagnosis because there are several other diseases that may be suspected or that you need to rule out first.
GUPTA: He has the disease. I guess there are other things that can sort of mimic it, especially when he has diagnosed. Had symptoms at 29. Was diagnosed at 30. Are there other things that this could be?
DR. WALTER KOROSHETZ, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGIAL DISORDERS & STROKE: Well, I think there are a number of disorders that cause degeneration in the same brain areas, and they produce a very similar phenotype. The distinguishing features to Parkinson's disease, I think the one that is the most distinguishing is that the patients respond to the medications in the early stages, where many of the other diseases are not responsive. So this ability to respond to dopamine agonist is usually the cut point that makes you feel certain that someone has Parkinson's.
GUPTA: And he says he clearly responds to it, he clearly has benefit from taking the dopamine which is what is deficient in the brain in some of the Parkinson's.
RAVINA: Sure. Well, biomarkers are a characteristic or something that can measure that tells you about the underlying disease process. So not the symptoms, but what's causing the symptoms. A good example is being able to measure blood sugar in diabetes. It helps you make the diagnosis and it also helps figure out if people are responding to the treatment.
In Parkinson's disease, we really don't have biomarkers that tell us what the underlying disease is doing in the brain. And it's a little bit more challenging because the measures that we're interested in are in the brain. So it's not necessarily quite as simple as getting a blood test.
KOROSHETZ: Right. Well, I think that's really the key. In my mind, the biomarker significance is a measure that you can target with a drug or therapy that increases the probability that you're going to respond to that therapy.
GUPTA: Five-year study, $40 million, several countries around the world?
RAVINA: That's right. This is one of the first large-scale international efforts to develop biomarkers that will tell us about the progression of Parkinson's.
RAVINA: -- on whether or not the drugs are really hitting that process, we can really move that process along more quickly. GUPTA: A couple of things, we only have a little bit of time left. But stem cells was something that Michael J. Fox used to talk a lot about. He doesn't talk as much about it. Why not? Is there less promise? There was a lot of enthusiasm, Dr. Ravina.
RAVINA: I don't know that there's less promise. Certainly it's a controversial issue. But what I think what's key in Parkinson's is that we pursue multiple different avenues to treatments. Stem cells may work, but there are also other ways that we can go about addressing the progression.
KOROSHETZ: I think the key thing to know is that the genetics has really opened the door because it isolated a defect in a protein called synuclein in a particular family that got Parkinson's. And that opened the door because what we found after that was that everyone with Parkinson's has this synuclein problem. And it occurs in the brain and in the nerves way before you get the symptoms. So now, we know kind of what we might be able to go after to get the treatment.
I think we can all agree on this.
GUPTA: I mean, and always looking up.
GUPTA: He does call himself an eternal optimist. When we return, he's going to explain why he also calls Parkinson's disease a gift. Stay with us.
GUPTA: Michael J. Fox calls himself an incurable optimist. And he called Parkinson's a gift. A gift that keeps on taking, as he put it. Not surprising. He was skeptical when doctors told him the tremors that began when he was just 29 years old were signs of Parkinson's. It's a disease that typically strikes people after the age of 50.
GUPTA: Did you believe them when they told you?
MICHAEL J. FOX, ACTOR: No, I thought they were crazy. I felt bad for the doctors afterward because I was -- yes, I was too funny now, but I was indignant. I was like, no, you made a mistake. Not only because I was young, but because my life had been so charmed to that point, that I thought, this has to be some kind of error. But as I pursued second opinions and third opinions and it became clear that was the situation.
GUPTA: Do you remember what you told, you told the doctor? Was the doctor shocked that you went to other doctors? Or what did he do?
FOX: Yes, I did. I went -- I saw the original doctor, the diagnosing doctor. And then I saw a couple other prominent, you know, neurologists. I mean, they weren't as -- it wasn't the kind of movement disorder specialty that there is now. There's certainly people that focused on Parkinson's, not in the way they do now. But I saw them. And I finally ended up with the big (INAUDIBLE). I won't mention his name but he was quite an esteemed neurologist. And he was very brusque. He was insistent when I first came in. No, you're too young. No. And I thought, oh, this is good. And this guy is a little grumpy, but we may get to the truth here. And then -- and then sure enough, he finished his examination and said, no, you have Parkinson's.
FOX: No, I went to, it's not me. My first response was, it was a mistake as we talked about earlier.
GUPTA: The doctors made a mistake.
GUPTA: So FOX: Yes, absolutely. Because when you can look at the truth of something, then I mean, that's what it is. It is what it is. Now, you have options. The only thing I don't have a choice about is whether I have Parkinson's. Everything else is my choice. And that's incredibly liberating. That's much more liberating than the physical (INAUDIBLE) of this disease are limiting.
GUPTA: A I mean, things that you say, God, I really just wish I could do this still?
GUPTA: You did everything.
FOX: I did everything I did before. Yes, I know. I play hockey. I play golf. I play guitar with my kids. I mean, if it seriously limited or restricted or adversely affected my ability to react with my kids, I think that would be something that would be hard to deal with.
I go back to my reasons for starting this foundation. If you -- I use this analogy a lot but it's really apt. And you have no options. You just -- it's the effect of whatever happens there. With Parkinson's, it's like,. And you can't get out of the way. So you can kind of freak out and you go, oh or where. But you can be stuck in that result that this bus is going to hit you. Or you can use the time you have before the bus gets there to try to change the route. And that's what we try to do. You know, methodically, but with a degree of urgency, try to connect the dots. And get this done.
GUPTA: And coming up, why Michael J. Fox has thrown vanity right out the window.
MICHAEL J. FOX: Whoa! Oh. It was great. Everything was great!
GUPTA: That was Michael J. Fox, obviously in "Back to the Future" shot 25 years ago. You can believe it? There's still no time travel. There's no flying DeLoreans and there's no cure for Parkinson's.
FOX: You know, vanity goes out the window very early. Once you kind of accept this and you decide to move forward with it and react positively, you start to realize iat you can get done, what you can do.
GUPTA: But the teenage girls all across the world had your pictures up on their walls.
FOX: Yes, that's right. Now I got teenage daughters with pictures of guys at their walls.
GUPTA: Vanity goes out the window. I mean, what you mean by that is that this isn't about how you look, it's about trying to move the mission forward?
FOX: Right, exactly. And I'm really excited about it. I mean, again, with the foundation, in 10 years we've been able to fund somewhere near $200 million. GUPTA: That's an incredible number, $200 million. And I've seen the funding budgets at larg$200 million can get things done.
FOX: Yes, we were definitely having an impact. And when I came into this, I obviously had the pain and lack of experience in these kinds of things so I can make broad-sweeping pronouncements and/or objectives and then kind of go back and go in and hopefully they'll be carried out, and they were. Like, I didn't want this to be a bank. I didn't want to start to have an endowment. I wanted the money to come in and go out. I wanted to speed up research and have an option for researchers who were on to something, whether it was a big question or just a little question like how to solve the next bigger question. But get them funding as quickly as possible. And we were able to do that. And then it expanded into other new areas of philanthropic research. And it's been an amazing experience.
GUPTA: You described your life as being front-loaded, meaning you accomplished a lot of things very early in life. And I read your books. You are so optimistic. And it's not to say that you shouldn't be. But is there a lesson there for other people? What keeps you so optimistic?
FOX: It's like being in the moment. It's just like there's no more important moment than right now. And I think, you know, I say to my wife sometimes, if you get caught up in the worst case scenario and it doesn't happen, you've wasted your time. And if you are caught up in the worst case scenario and it does happen, you've lived it twice. You know, there's no -- to be prepared and to informed and to know what the future may bring, but it's also important to celebrate right now what you can do right now.
GUPTA: And coming up, Michael J. FOX tells us what he sees in his future and also the future of his foundation.
MICHAEL J. FOX, ACTOR: What do you see? An actor? An athlete? How about two people who share a common illness, no different than the millions of others with Parkinson's disease. Look again, you'll see two people who won't stop fighting until there's a cure.
MUHAMMAD ALI, BOXING CHAMPION: I'm still bad. I think I'll make a comeback.
GUPTA: Now, when Muhammad Ali hit you, did that hurt?
MICHAEL J. FOX, ACTOR: No. What hurt was we did a promo. And I said -- he said how tall he was. And then I said I'm 5'1." And he said -- 5 foot. There's a (INAUDIBLE). GUPTA: What did they say is the progression for you of Parkinson's?
FOX: It's the same. I mean, my doctor says there is no predictable path. Again, I could be looking for milestones. On some course, that I'm projected to go down. I could miss milestones that are coming on another path. It really is a day-to-day thing. So there's no point knowing of the journey where you get to a place that triggers these options -- these continued disease. It really isn't like that.
FOX: I have more morose conversations than anybody about anything.
GUPTA: Probably a good thing.
GUPTA: Always looking up.
FOX: Always looking up, absolutely. If you got mice, you don't have rats. Someone told me that. If you have mice, you don't have rats. Because the rats would kill the mice. So if you have mice, that's a good sign.
When I'm occupied, a lot of times I can do things. There are times when I can't. But it's -- I go on the -- I go on the -- I golf. I'm a terrible golfer. And I started golfing in my 40s with Parkinson's. If that isn't optimism, I don't know what is. But I just do what I want to do. And I just work with what I show up with that day. And -- but that's me. And again, I'm very lucky in a lot of ways.
GUPTA: What's the legacy of the foundation going to be?
FOX: Well hopefully, we'll accomplish our mission and in some way, facilitate a solution to this puzzle. You know, it's completely soluble. You know, we look at the things we've done, we've accomplished as a species, it really seems doable. It's just a matter those of us who are affected by it and concerned about it do what we can, whether it's clinical trials, whether it's supporting our foundation or other foundations, or politically or whatever. But just know that you have an impact on the course (INAUDIBLE). And if you insist on something, and you're willing to give what you need to give in order to make it happen, you know, it's doable. It's accomplishable.
MICHAEL J. FOX, ACTOR: We know you're a big athlete and runner. So did you run the marathon, I urge you to run for Team Fox.
GUPTA: You can see Michael was recruiting me there to join Team Fox. He's pretty persuasive. You know, he joins athletes all around the country, cheering them on for helping him find a cure to Parkinson's disease.
A lot of information was discussed this hour. We want to put it all in one place for you to make it as easy as possible to get involved. Go to CNN.com/impact. Find links to learn more about Parkinson's. Sign up for the latest clinical trials or simply make a donation.
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She was the first woman to drive a car in Fremantle, but this month Antonina Miragliotta ticked off an even bigger milestone: her 100th birthday.
The mother-of-two – who also has– celebrated in style with a gala dinner at Crown Towers Ballroom.
Now she’s on track to outlive her mother and grandmother, both of whom enjoyed impressive innings.
“They both died at exactly the same age: 102 years, seven months and two weeks,” Mrs Miragliotta said.
Indeed, Mrs Miragliotta – who lives alone, does her own gardening and still holds a driver’s licence – is about as independent as any centenarian could hope to be.
“As long as we’re healthy and happy in life, that’s the main thing,” she said.
“When you’ve got those two things, you’re on top of the world.
Born in Italy to parents Salvatore and Carmela Cicerello on January 9, 1921, Mrs Miragliotta emigrated to Fremantle aged nine months.
Her father’s cousin Steve Cicerello would go on to found the iconic Fremantle seafood business that bears his name, and at age 14 she was engaged to another fisherman, Salvatore Miragliotta.
The pair were married three weeks before her 18th birthday, despite her initial horror at the prospect of arranged marriage.
“In those days the families all got together and paired us off,” Mrs Miragliotta recalled.
“I was really against it but you did what your parents told you to do, and he turned out to be a very good husband.
“My first daughter was born in ’39 and he built a boat called the Canberra.
“He went out to sea fishing, and in the first year he earned 110 pounds.
“We thought we’d won the lotto; there was nobody happier than us.
Mrs Miragliotta said she had seen plenty of changes – at least one of which she was at the forefront of.
“I was the first lady that drove in Fremantle,” she recalled.
“I’ve been driving for 76 years and I’ve had two fines: one for going up South Street at 62, because I was trying to get to the butcher shop before it closed; and another one for backing out of my garage, half on the road and half on the driveway, without my seatbelt on.
“The policeman booked me 12 pounds. It was a good lesson for me.
Granddaughter Nina La Pegna said her grandmother had a “zest for life”.
“She doesn’t let things get her down,” Ms La Pegna said.
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"They beat me over the head and were screaming at me to give them the combination to the safe. Then we went into the warehouse where I was forced to give them..."
What can a "moderate Muslim" do?
The only thing they can do is disavow the book that prescribes hatred, murder and rape, and disavow the life of Mohammad, including his pedophilia and murder.
Those who are 'culturally' Muslim must insist that their mosques cooperate with law enforcement and publicly post and state:
they can kill innocent people and is justified by religion. "
Thank you. He's a Muslim.
One day, science will show how many women died of cancer from a suppressed immune system brought on by the most invasive crime known to mankind.
How is this not a cult? Why do we honor it by giving the freedoms of religion. It's not a religion because they say it is.
Turner, how is it you are not from California?
evil evil man .
It was good to read the "confession by pronoun" part. It baffles me there's 70% of cold cases waiting to be solved, just by pronoun. Thanks.
We went to our local gun shop yesterday to pick up some ammo that we had to special order (cause they can't keep ammo in the store, or Academy, or walmart) and the counters were lined up. We asked the owner 'is this the Christmas rush?' and he said 'no, this is the Obama just gave another gun control speech. He's the gift that just keeps giving'
He uses the word "we" in association with Muslims.
No wonder he protects those who hate Americans and non-Muslims.
When I read that a Muslim mother of a six-month old baby had 12 pipe bombs, hoards of ammunition and guns in her small home, without any family members noticing it, I couldn't understand why the media didn't say anything about child endangerment.
I believe he is Muslim and have no qualms saying it. The idea that he is some terrific orator is complete nonsense. At best he is tone deaf. I've said for a long time that his speeches do not sound like they are written by someone who grew up in America, experiencing America the way American children are raised to learn about 'Murica. He has always seemed like a fraud to me. Reminds me of the way the bad guy in one of the Die Hard movies gives himself away by pretending to be American when he says "It's raining dogs and cats" and refers to the elevator as a "lift". That's Obama to me. His metaphors and narratives and exposed values suggest that he does not share the innate understanding of what America is about. His words seem chosen and his narratives seen constructed not based on a belief system that has understood, processed and then REJECTED American exceptionalism, but from the world view of a person OUTSIDE THAT WORLDVIEW, who has never internalized it at all. Sure, he went to Harvard, but I literally don't think he has ever internalized the notion of a City on a Hill. He does not share the same common experiential American reality that Americans expect their president to share. It's just always been so off to me. I've never understood why more critics didn't point it out!!
Oh...bleeding heart liberals: If you think SA only speaks for crime/murder/cold cases your @#$%^& than you sound.
Peter Hyatt's words: TWO WAYS TO STOP AN HONEST DEBATE: HATE AND PHOBIA.
SA is proven science.
However I think he is more of a secular humanist, with new age leanings - an earth worshipper.
When you boil it all down, he is not under the influence of God the Holy Spirit, which means he IS under
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Work From Home is based entirely on the subtle and ingenious pun on the word “work”. The singer’s partner is “always on the night shift” and is trying to persuade them to, as the song’s title suggests, “work from home”. Now I know this might sound crazy but I think “work” in this context could mean both labour and (*turns to Editor* “Jess, is it legal to use the word “sex” on the internet?It is?Great!”
After listening to Work From Home, the listener is supposed to sympathise with the singer. She is, after all, asking for a “normal” monogamous, heterosexual relationship, and everyone can relate to that, right?
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