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There's nothing a little diplomacy and an honest discussion of mutual grievances can't solve, is there? One would of course expect nothing less from orcs, who are paragons of civility. Of course, the humans of Diamond Lake should be commended as well for being so open to the envoys and ambassadors sent to them.
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Pirate Guy wrote:Hope now at least he will learn it's politics, not cricket commentary or a comedy show. One must think through before saying anything idiotic.
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Sleeve Gastrectomy Decreases Body Weight, Whole-Body Adiposity, and Blood Pressure Even in Aged Diet-Induced Obese Rats
Moncada R (1,2,3), Rodríguez A (1,2,4), Becerril S (1,2,4), Méndez-Giménez L (1,2,4), Valentí V (1,2,5), Ramírez B. (1,2,4), Cienfuegos JA (1,2,5), Fernández S (1,2,6), Catalán V (1,2,4), Gómez-Ambrosi J (2,4), Frühbeck G (7,8,9,10).
(1) CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
(2) Obesity & Adipobiology Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitario de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain.
(3) Department of Anesthesia, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
(4) Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
(5) Department of Surgery, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
(6) Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
(7) CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
(8) Obesity & Adipobiology Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitario de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain.
(9) Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Revisão:Obesity Surgery
Data: 6/Out/2015Endocrinologia e Nutrição [ES] Cirurgia Geral e Digestiva Área de Obesidade
Aging and obesity are two conditions associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Our aim was to analyze whether an advanced age affects the beneficial effects of sleeve gastrectomy on weight loss and blood pressure in an experimental model of diet-induced obesity (DIO).
Young (6-month-old) and old (18-month-old) male Wistar DIO rats (n = 101) were subjected to surgical (sham operation and sleeve gastrectomy) or dietary interventions (pair-fed to the amount of food eaten by sleeve gastrectomized animals). Systolic (SBP), diastolic (DBP), and mean (MBP) blood pressure values and heart rate (HR) were recorded in conscious, resting animals by non-invasive tail-cuff plethysmography before and 4 weeks after surgical or dietary interventions.
Aging was associated with higher (P < 0.05) body weight and subcutaneous and perirenal fat mass as well as mild cardiac hypertrophy. Sleeve gastrectomy induced a reduction in body weight, whole-body adiposity, and serum total ghrelin in both young and old DIO rats. The younger group achieved a higher excess weight loss than the older group (164 ± 60 vs. 82 ± 17 %, P < 0.05). A significant (P < 0.05) decrease in insulin resistance, SBP, DBP, MBP, and HR without changes in heart weight was observed after sleeve gastrectomy independently of age.
Our results provide evidence for the effectiveness of sleeve gastrectomy without increased operative risk in body weight and blood pressure reduction even in aged animals via endocrine changes that go beyond the mere caloric restriction.
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO Obes Surg. 2015 Oct 6.
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So, you caved and bought the book two?! No?? …You're still thinking about it then??
{Read: Review: Lean in 15: 15 minute meals and workouts}
…now you're caught up on my initial thoughts on book one, lets move on. It didn't really click with me until the second book arrived that they are planned out just like his programmes; so book one was SHIFT, book two is SHAPE and book three (out in December) will be SUSTAIN. Makes perfect sense now!
Here are my thoughts on the book so far:
x the book is still not one I would recommend for vegetarians but I applaud Joe for sticking to what he knows and loves. You can't please 100% of people 100% of the time.
x this being said, there is not a zoodle in sight. Just real honest pasta, bread, gnocchi etc etc. Carbs that you really shouldn't be afraid of if you are training. Everything in moderation right?!
x the recipes seem to be a little more "fancy pants". I mean, WTF are nigella seeds?! I seriously thought they were some creation / blend by Nigella Lawson! If Ocado / Waitrose don't even sell them then why do I need them?! …I don't go to health food shops that often and certainly didn't expect to need to with this book. Also, the recipes have names I don't know… erm, Panzanella? Romesco? …then Chipotle this and chipotle that!
x I love the list of hero ingredients (including coconut oil, avocado, midget trees aka broccoli, eggs, spinach, blueberries…). They are real heroes.
|photo credit: Maja Smend
x the recipe I'm most looking forward to trying is the OMG Cinnamon French Toast (pictured above). I'm stocked up on protein bread and zero cal maple syrup already!
x I've printed off my own meal plan template (from my first post) and chosen meals to make for week one. My shopping has even come in already! I've got a real mix of dishes planned – salmon, pork, steak, cod… and my all time favourites, smoothies. So far I've made the Chunky Monkey smoothie (pictured in top image) which I loved the taste of; can't really go wrong when it tastes like a snickers bar.
|photo credit: Maja Smend
x how you eat has changed. On training days, you now eat three carb rich meals and two snacks; non truing days you three reduced carb meals and two snacks. And that's because the type of training recommended in the book has changed too.
x the training now mixes HIIT with weights. Specifically volume training. I think I like it. I certainly am gonna try a session and see what I think.
You can get the book on Amazon for around £8 which like I said last time, is less than the price of a typical shop bought lunch!
Have you got your copy yet?! What's your favourite recipe so far?!
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Saturday, August 17, 2019
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PTI, New Delhi/Mumbai :President's rule was imposed in Maharashtra on Tuesday evening amid a political impasse, after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in a report to the Centre stated that formation
Staff Reporter :At least 16 passengers were killed and more than 100 others injured as Dhaka-bound Intercity Train Turna Nishita Express crashed into Chattogram-bound Udayan Express from Sylhet at Mondobhag
Anadolu Agency, Trenton, Canada :Canada on Monday lauded Gambia's bid to bring Myanmar to court to answer genocide charges against its Rohingya minority."Canada welcomes Gambia's submission to the International Court
Staff Reporter :Crops worth Tk 2.63 billion have been damaged by cyclone Bulbul made landfall in the country on Saturday, says Minister for Agriculture Muhammad Abdur Razzaque."The losses were incurred
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) councillor Moynul Haque Monju to jail after end of his 10-day remand in two cases filed for possessing illegal
NDTV, New Delhi :The Shiv Sena's plans to take power in Maharashtra after ending its alliance with long-term partner BJP are on hold with the Congress holding the key. Sharad
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Lost may be almost over but that doesn't mean you have to say good-bye. Profiles in History is auctioning off 100 items (plus more to be announced) from the show including Desmond's Fail Safe Key, Sawyer's Letter, and Faraday's Journal. These items and plenty more would be awesome to own for any Lost fan and I look forward to the fans with lots of money trying to outbid each other on this stuff. The items are scheduled to go on sale this summer after the series finale. Further details, including the exact date will be forthcoming.
And for my thoughts on tonight's episode, "Across the Sea", hit the jump.
This week's episode was almost everything I hoped it would be. The telling of it was superb. "Across the Sea" felt like an old myth that had been told throughout the ages. There was a wonderful simplicity to the episode. I felt like every scene I was watching could have been told through an oral tradition rather than something writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse cooked up in their offices on the ABC Studios lot.
There was a big gamble in introducing Jacob and the Man-in-Black's mother. It was a key role, perhaps one of the most important in the entire series since it wouldn't have time to expand or play out over a number of episodes (unless she's coming back in the last two, but I think it would cheapen her arc to bring her back). Getting the right actress in the role was crucial and they nailed it by casting Allison Janney. She's one of the best actresses out there and she has four Emmys to prove it.
Yes, we're still left with questions and I doubt we'll get answers with only two episodes left. I was happy that the "Adam and Eve" riddle from all the way back in season one was finally answered. However, we don't know how Man-in-Black's body died and decomposed and the smoke monster lived on. My guess is that Man-in-Black's spirit was transformed into the smoke monster so it carries all his memories, emotions, desires, etc. but now he has immortality and the ability to transform into monstrous smoke. But that's just a guess. Also, we learned that the young boy that Man-in-Black/Locke keeps seeing is young Jacob, but we don't know why. Finally, I'm still at a loss when it comes to "the rules." They're mentioned briefly when Man-in-Black tells Jacob that when Jacob creates his own game, he can make his own rules. These "rules" were my main point of contention in last week's episode and it's still frustrating to not know what they are.
Ultimately, I really enjoyed this episode. It was the flashback to end all flashbacks, was an episode so rich in mythology that it felt like an old story from an ancient civilization, but it kept the focus on the characters rather than getting lost in the mythology and turning the episode into a methodical, plodding answer sheet. Throw in great performances from Mark Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, the young actor who play the Man-in-Black as a boy, and Janney, and you have what is probably my favorite episode so far this season.


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- Focus on fear: She's since given a TED talk and many other speeches, but back in 1997, this is what J.K. Rowling was working on as a speaker...
- Supreme manterruption: Despite being a U.S. Supreme Court justice, new data show that Ruth Bader Ginsburg--and the rest of the females on the court--get the most interruptions. From whom? The men on the court, of course (who do more of the talking overall). Female justices are interrupted 65 percent of the time, as of 2015. And gender is found even more significant than seniority in terms of who gets interrupted.
- Did you miss? This week, Famous Speech Friday shared Olivia Gatwood's "Ode to My Bitch Face." Also on the blog, a post that struck a nerve: When the panel moderator won't let the woman panelist speak, and Kathy Day shared this story of her own: "As part of my work as a volunteer Patient Safety Advocate, I have shared the stage with many men. One particular man, a very self absorbed doctor, got hold of the microphone and completely forgot that I was co presenting. He was saying things that I did not agree with and he was dissing the comments and questions from people in our audience. I was sitting next to one of the event organizers and I told her I didn't agree with what the doctor was saying, and I couldn't go along to get along. She said "SAY SOMETHING". So she gave me a microphone too, and I started to say something. He looked around like he couldn't figure out where my voice was coming from..or who I was. During his own grandstanding, he completely forgot that I was there! I said "It's me. I'm over here!" I turned the conversation around by respecting our audience and answering their questions and taking their comments very seriously. I don't always get to control who I share the stage with and this was one of those times. I told the organizers to never pair me with that doctor again. All of this being said, I have also co presented with some of the most amazing and respectful men around. The contrast can be outstanding."
- About the quote: Don't let this be your language, eloquent women. Wisdom from Hillary Clinton.
Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
Monday, August 7, 2017
The Eloquent Woman's weekly speaker toolkit
I read a lot about women and public speaking, and post my finds first on The Eloquent Woman on Facebook. But I always collect them here for you on Mondays as well. Here's what I've been reading lately:
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Restitution Insurable in New Jersey If Benefit Accrues Only to Innocent Party
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, in an unpublished opinion, has held that an "innocent insured party" may recover restitutionary amounts under a D&O insurance policy so long as the insured does not profit as a result. Liss v. Federal Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2844468 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 6, 2006).
The insurance company issued a D&O policy to a family of companies. The president of the company hired a vice president for one of the subsidiaries. The vice president entered into an employment agreement, which provided him with a percentage of the shares of the parent company. After resigning due to differences with the president, the vice president accepted employment with a company that was seen as a competitor, prompting the president to block the redemption of the former vice president's shares in the parent company. The president undertook a company restructuring in which all of the original parent company's assets were transferred to the new parent company, leaving the former officer's shares with no value. The president brought claims under the employment agreement against the former vice president, who counterclaimed for redemption of his shares. Both the president and the former officer sought coverage under the D&O policy.
The president and former officer settled their claims, and the former officer was assigned the company president's claims against the insurance company. The insurer argued that the president's claim for indemnification for the former officer's redemption claim was not covered as a matter of public policy because any damages the former officer would receive would be restitutionary, or a return of "wrongfully withheld" funds. The insurer also challenged the reasonableness of the settlement. Coverage litigation ensued.
The appellate court concluded that no public policy precluded coverage or made the loss uninsurable as a matter of law. The insurer relied on Level 3 Communications, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co., 272 F.3d 908 (7th Cir. 2001), in which the court held that "[a]n insured incurs no loss within the meaning of the insurance contract by being compelled to return property that it had stolen." The court held that Level 3 was inconsistent with existing New Jersey law. The court relied on the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Ambassador Insurance Co. v. Montes, 76 N.J. 477 (N.J. 1978), in which the court held that public policy does not prohibit insurance for intentional acts in circumstances in which "the wrongdoer is not benefited and an innocent third party receives the protection afforded by the insurance."
The court concluded that "[the president's] conduct, even if wrongful in a civil sense, does not preclude coverage for the benefit of [the former officer], if he is an innocent injured party, as long as [the president] does not profit thereby." The court explained that the insurer should pay the innocent party and seek indemnification from the insured. This approach balanced the goals of compensating the victim, following a policy that provided coverage on its face and not relieving the insured party from financial responsibility for wrongful conduct.
Although the case rejected the restitution defense, the court remanded for trial on the question of whether the settlement was "reasonable in amount and entered into in good faith." It noted that the insured has the burden of proof on both issues and that the record did not support summary judgment.


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October 7th, 2013
Regarding Iraq, Iraq's politics, Kurdish political parties, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, Sectarian violence, Security, Syria, Turkish politics by Zana K. Gul
Published in OpenDemocracy: The two Iraqi Kurdish parties' entanglement in the Syrian Kurdish issues seems to have resulted in anti-Assad rebels and extreme jihadists retaliating against the KRG, in a spillover of the Syrian civil war. On September 29, a rare attack occurred in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in which the headquarters of […]
August 23rd, 2013
Regarding Iraq's politics, Iraq's politics and economy, Kurdish political parties, Kurds, Sectarian violence, Syrian civil war, Turkish politics, Uncategorized by Zana K. Gul
Published in OpenDemocracy, The already strained Baghdad-Ankara relationship has further deteriorated in recent years, due to regional crises, internal political instability, narrow perceptions and regional interests. The deterioration in relations was, to some extent, inherent in the domestic and regional evolution of the two countries. The relationship, which was steadily progressing during the US occupation […]
August 12th, 2013
Regarding Kurdish political parties, Kurds, Sectarian violence, Security, Syria, Syrian civil war by Zana K. Gul
Published on OpenDemocracy. Although the civil war in Syria is ongoing, the Kurds have achieved major strides towards their rights by controlling a region for the first time in Syrian modern history. The emergence of the Syrian Kurds, for the first time in modern Syrian history after decades of repression, faces many difficulties and pitfalls […]
July 20th, 2013
Regarding Uncategorized by Zana K. Gul
Published in academic Journal "Global Security Studies" Vol 5, Issue 2,Spring 2014, pp.1-11 read the article
June 7th, 2013
Regarding Iraq's politics, Sectarian violence, Security, Syrian civil war by Zana K. Gul
Published on OpenDemocracy. These developments in Syria, with the involvement of Iraqis, have intensified and widened the divisions among Iraqis themselves. All the signs are that Iraq is heading towards a sectarian war reviving the memories of the civil war of 2006-07, unless there is containment of the political crisis by the major political […]
April 17th, 2013
Regarding Iraq's politics and economy by Zana K. Gul
Published on Middle East online.The political crisis, the insurgency and the poor condition of oil installations in Iraq have all formed obstacles to the country's oil sector development. Although it is as a wealthy country with substantial natural resources and now liberated from dictatorship, Iraq has still not achieved a stable political atmosphere and social […]
March 14th, 2013
Regarding Iraq's politics and economy, Kurds, Sectarian violence by Zana K. Gul
published on Opednews. The recent developments in Iraq have brought to the surface a noticeable fragmentation in the power structure of the country, and have led to increasing tensions among the Shias, Sunnis and Kurds – the three major communities forming the three poles of the power structure. After the US-led invasion of 2003, Iraq […]


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Wedding Flowers: DIY or Go With A Pro?by Lisa Greene on April 3, 2012 at 12:02 pm
When one becomes a florist, it is often with the idea of creating beautiful wedding flowers for brides who want to see their wedding dreams come to life. When one becomes a bride-to-be, the first stop is usually online to gather ideas. When the bride-to-be and the florist meet, a fun and engaging relationship starts and it ends happily ever after with a beautiful wedding, featuring a smiling bride in a beautiful dress holding beautiful flowers – an image that will be captured in pictures that will adorn her mantel and her families' mantels for years to come.
Some brides, however, choose to give it a try on their own. They start their research, get excited about the idea of do-it-yourself wedding flowers and enlist family and bridesmaids to create the floral arrangements right before the big day. They'll order the wedding flowers online and have them shipped directly to their front door. That's the easy part. Often they have no idea what is involved with flowers, including taking care of the flowers so they'll be perfect on the day of the wedding.
Consider receiving a big box of orange roses in the mail on your doorstep when the temperature is 80+ degrees outside. There is one piece of good news in this scenario, and it's for the flower girl — those orange blooms will be wide open and all those petals will fall off without any help within 48 hours. Sure, air conditioning can help, but what is really needed is a floral cooler (put them in a house refrigerator and you will learn why this is not a good idea).
I recently worked with a bride who originally planned to do her own wedding flowers. She searched online for ideas and decided on calla lilies, beta fish, silver accents, something different and something simple for her centerpieces. She sourced cylinder vases, silver beads and floating candles, ordered them and had everything shipped to her home. Her research also led her to celosia, red and orange mokara orchids, calla lilies, cymbidium orchids and red roses for her bouquet and ceremony embellishments. She liked the idea of adding an accent of long grass as they were going to the beach for their honeymoon. With her floral list in hand, she began researching online how to make a wedding bouquet. After reviewing pages of results, she reached out for floral design help.
When she came to me for floral design advice, I saw that she was overwhelmed and I offered to take her supplies and create the floral arrangements for her wedding. She hesitated, but quickly changed her mind after I asked a series of questions, including how was she caring for the fish to make sure they still would be swimming in the reception centerpieces. (Yes, florists know how to keep flowers and beta fish alive.) I offered her a quote to design her flowers, and she was surprised it was not that much more than what she had already spent on supplies.
I'm honored to say her wedding flowers were stunning, and the fish lived through the reception. And the best part was she could relax and know that it was all taken care of for her.
Brides, if you want a wedding with gorgeous flowers and no stress, do your research, gather ideas and photos and take them to a professional florist.
Based on yours or others' experiences, do you agree?


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South Africans typically find travelling abroad difficult due to some of the onerous visa requirements they have to meet, especially for Schengen countries. South African passport holders only have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 97 countries around the globe, ranking the South African passport 41st in the world.
Essentially, says James Bowling, CEO of Monarch&Co - a company that specialises in facilitating residency and citizenship programmes, what this means is that South African citizens are subject to visa requirements and administrative entry restrictions for most countries when travelling abroad.
"While a visa or a permit is a traveller's permission to travel to, transit or remain in a foreign country for a predetermined time period, it does not always guarantee the traveller entry into the country, especially if the person intends to work in that country, in which case a work or business visa will be required," advises Bowling.
Bowling says that South African citizens as well as certain foreigners who reside in South Africa will require a visa to enter the Schengen states. The Schengen territory includes the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
"With a Schengen visa, the holder will be able to travel freely between the countries within the Schengen territory for tourist or business purposes for a maximum of 90 days per 180 days of the year. Many of the countries will not accept a temporary passport, so the applicant will need to have a regular South African passport," says Bowling. "Considering there are a number of countries within the Schengen state, the applicant is free to apply with any of the countries, however it is advisable to apply with the country where their stay will be longest. Sufficient proof has to be submitted about the applicant's complete stay in the Schengen Territory."
He adds that visa applications must be lodged at least 15 calendar days before the intended visit and cannot be lodged earlier than three months before the start of the intended visit. The category of the visa will depend on the length and purpose of the stay. All types of the Schengen visa carry a fee of 60 Euros for adults, which is to be paid in South African Rand. The fee for children between the ages of six and 12 years old is 35 Euros. "It is interesting to note that spouses of European Union and EEA citizens and their children under the age of 21 years old will receive a Schengen visa free of charge, provided that the marriage is recognized by the country of the EU partner," says Bowling.
Visa applications are both costly and time consuming and generally an irritating nuisance. Bowling says that to avoid the tedious and lengthy process of applying for visas, South African's have the option of obtaining a citizenship to the European Union through a variety of investment programmes, which offer a range of benefits including right to free movement, settlement and employment across member states of the EU.
"The governments of all EU countries work together for mutual economic and social gain, and, even though each EU country maintains its own government structure, EU membership guarantees certain rights and benefits to both citizens and businesses," explains Bowling. He goes on to emphasize that a citizen of any EU member country automatically becomes an EU citizen, allowing them to capitalise on all of the union's benefits that include unrestricted travel.
Apart from various other benefits like health care, education, and work possibilities, freedom of travel is one of the major benefits of EU citizenship. By obtaining citizenship in an EU country, the investor is entitled to carry that country's passport, which can allow them unrestricted travel benefits throughout the 26 EU member states. "Many of our clients incur huge travel inconveniences when travelling abroad owing to the conditions set on them by virtue of the passport that they carry. Through citizenship programmes, investors can gain travel benefits through obtaining another citizenship that has fewer travel restrictions and visa requirements," says Bowling.
"There are many reasons why EU citizenship appeals to many investors, but mostly it revolves around the second passport. This is their key to a world of free movement, greater flexibility and legal tax reduction," Bowling concludes.
For more information contact:
South Africa
James Bowling at Monarch & Co on 011 883 9018 or visit www.monarchandco.com


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Natural heritage - flora and fauna
Istra has succeeded in preserving a clean environment and balanced space. The largest Croatian peninsula abounds with untouched green oases and romantic coves, however it also conceals within itself many undiscovered corners. By the sea grassy, pebbly, rocky and stone slate beaches, while the shade of the pines often extends to the sea. In the interior, river tributaries, lakes, waterfalls, precipices, caves, luxuriant forests rich with wild fruits, hills and mountain plains…The animal world is also diverse and so too is the underwater and terrestrial world.
The Brijuni archipelago with surrounding underwater world enjoys the status of being the only Istrian National Park (www.np-brijuni.hr) and due to the luxurious flora and fauna and cultural-historical heritage it is ranked among the more beautiful Mediterranean archipelago. The Brijuni are comprised of two larger and 12 smaller islands. The mild Mediterranean climate, an abundance of sunny days and pleasant air temperature were favourable for the growth of hundreds of plant varieties. About a hundred years ago the Brijuni botanical gardens began to settle animals from various regions of the world so that in 1912 zoological gardens were founded. Today the Brijuni, among other things, are a habitat for various bird species, deer, mouflon and other wild game. The island Veliki Brijuni is also adorned by a thousand year old olive tree, Roman diggings, safari park, dinosaur footprints…
The mountain massif Učka, with the highest peak in Istra (Vojak, 1,396 metres), hides a real treasure trove of protected plant and animal species, so that it has been declared a Nature park (www.pp-ucka.hr). With alpine and sub-Mediterranean plants, which also include medicinal plants, the top of Učka is a true flora mecca. The Učka mountain ridge is the only habitat of the Učka zvončić (plant with lilac-blue bell shaped flowers) in the world. Colourful butterflies, a variety of insects and amphibians, eagles, chamois, deer, does, foxes, rabbits and bears are only some of the animals living in these mountains. Učka also has more than one hundred speleological facilities – mostly pits and caverns.
The protected Kamenjak Cape (www.natura-histrica.hr), this unusual indented southern most cape, is interesting not only because of its nearly 500 plant species but also because of its beautiful coves, "wild" beaches, clean sea and attractive underwater world. The marsh Palud is an ornithological reserve just outside of Rovinj in which more than 200 bird species live and so it is an ideal place for bird watching enthusiasts. Due to its attractive 11 kilometre long cut into the land the Lim channel is one of the most beautiful Istrian protected landscapes and because of its rich marine fauna its underwater world has been declared a special marine reserve. It is the most well known farm of shellfish and fish in Istra. The Pazin pit, with its caves, lakes and hundred metre high sheer rocks is very impressing – the great Jules Verne actually described it in one of his novels.
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A Book Review/
You're a writer. You want to sell your work, preferably to a mass market. So the big question is: Do you need to have an agent?
The title of Richard Curtis' book "How To Be Your Own Literary Agent: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published" seems to suggest that the answer is, "No". But by page 11 he is unabashedly making the case for getting an agent, reasoning that (and he has the numbers to back it up), "…an editor will read the most dismal piece of junk faster and maybe even more attentively than he will a good book that comes in on the slush pile." Curtis himself is a literary agent, and has been for over forty years. He's also an author, with more than fifty books to his credit. So what gives?
His purpose in writing this book is really to help authors understand the publishing business and how it works, so as to have a relationship with their agent and their publisher that will be a well-informed one. That can only be a good thing.
With chapters like "Negotiation", "The Basic Deal", "Termination and Reversion of Rights", "Royalty Statements", "Movie and Television Deals" and many more, he walks the reader through the whole process, from seeking an agent to well past publication, and he does it with many contract samples and other excellent illustrative examples. His writing is always accessible, often self-deprecating, and frequently entertaining, so the chore of slogging through this vast legal 'briar patch' isn't as daunting as you would think.
Curtis also recognizes the paradox we authors face, namely that, "You can't get published without an agent, and you can't get an agent until you've been published." He even offers a possible solution, but for that you'll have to get the book -- there's no room to get into it here!
This is not a book you can read and retain. There's just too much information. You'll need to get a copy and keep it as a resource. Parts of it you'll want to re-read with each new work you try to sell. If you can't find it at Chapters or other bookstores, you can order it (new or used) from Amazon.com, and it's not very expensive. The direct link can be found on Curtis' website at http://www.curtisagency.com/about.html .
Personally, I consider this book a 'must-have' for the author who is serious about being published for large markets. It teaches us about the 'dark side' of our beloved work: that it is a business! We don't have to embrace that, but we do have to know enough to get over our squeamishness. This is a book with the right mix of medicine and mirth to make that pill a little less bitter to swallow.
"How To Be Your Own Literary Agent: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published" by Richard Curtis. Published by Houghton Mifflin 2003


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On Monday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann placed blame on FNC host Bill O'Reilly for inciting the recent murder of Dr. George Tiller, widely known for performing late-term abortions in Kansas. After showing a number of clips of O'Reilly and other FNC personalities attacking Tiller, Olbermann encouraged his viewers to request that businesses like restaurants that run FNC on their televisions change the channel because "Fox News Channel will never restrain itself from incitement to murder and terrorism – not until its profits begin to decline, when its growth stops." Referring to O'Reilly, he also declared that "the goal here, to get this blindly irresponsible man and his ilk off the air," and that "we must again make the world safe for people condemned by the Fox News Channel."
Below is a transcript of relevant portions of the Monday, June 1, Countdown show on MSNBC:
KEITH OLBERMANN, IN OPENING TEASER: Which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? Domestic terrorism. Dr. George Tiller, women's health physician, performer of legal abortions, is assassinated in his church. And in the very same sentence, anti-choice zealots wash their hands of his murder, and say he had it coming.
RANDALL TERRY, ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST: Pro-life leaders, the pro-life movement are not responsible for George Tiller's death. George Tiller was a mass murderer, and, horrifically, he reaped what he sowed.
OLBERMANN: What he sowed? Or what right-wing extremists sowed.
BILL O'REILLY, FROM THE O'REILLY FACTOR: Dr. Tiller has blood on his hands.
OLBERMANN: The politics with Richard Wolffe. That advent of that which the Homeland Security Department warned, right-wing domestic terrorism, with Andrew Sullivan.
OLBERMANN, LATER IN OPENING TEASER: And when hate speech turns into murder, when phrases like "Dr. Tiller the Baby Killer" become network slogans. When there is a straight line between what was said on that network and that Kansas church.
O'REILLY: In the state of Kansas, there is a doctor, George Tiller, who will execute babies for $5,000.
OLBERMANN: The time has come to quarantine Fox News. All that and more now on Countdown.
O'REILLY: I wouldn't want to be these people if there is a Judgement Day.
OLBERMANN, BEFORE COMMERCIAL BREAK AT 8:15 P.M.: The number of times the name and a distorted view of the work of Dr. George Tiller has been mentioned on one cable network was at least 28 in just four years. This, while the only thing not asked of the audience that heard the repetitive and cowardly and dangerous incitements against him was: Who will rid me of this meddlesome doctor? The assassination of Dr. Tiller and the responsibility and irresponsibility of the Fox News Channel.
OLBERMANN, DURING COMMERCIAL BREAK AT 8:16 P.M.: And culpability. A man demonized by a television network is murdered. The television network says we didn't do it, television can't influence what people do. Well, then, why the next thing you see will be a commercial trying to influence you to buy something. to ask you to buy something?
OLBERMANN, BEFORE COMMERCIAL BREAK AT 8:26 P.M., WITH A CLIP OF O'REILLY ON SCREEN: Without propaganda that rationalizes it, terrorism is impotent. Unfortunately, we have just this sort of propaganda without conscience. The responsibilities of the extreme far fight in the assassination of Dr. George Tiller.
OLBERMANN, BEFORE COMMERCIAL BREAK AT 8:32 P.M.: And words can kill. After domestic terror claims Dr. George Tiller, what the right-wing extremists of Fox have to answer for tonight, and what we can do peacefully to quiet them. You're watching Countdown on MSNBC.
OLBERMANN, BEFORE COMMERCIAL BREAK AT 8:41 P.M.: Call a man a baby killer, a Nazi, like al-Qaeda, like Stalin, like Hitler, do it for four years. Then, the last part of the ingredient, act surprised when somebody shoots the man.
OLBERMANN, DURING COMMERCIAL BREAK AT 8:43 P.M.: A television channel that repeatedly branded those it criticized politically as baby killers, as executioners, as equivalents of Nazis, Hitler, Mao Zedong, al-Qaeda, Stalin. A television channel that repeatedly all but encouraged its viewers to commit a religious jihad against one of those it criticized. Something from the extremists in the Middle East, the product of fiction? No, it is elsewhere on your television, and it is time that it be stopped peacefully before it enables the death of another George Tiller.
OLBERMANN, AT 8:45 P.M.: When the incitement to assassinate comes across national television on 28 separate occasions, what to do when a man's words help to kill, a suggestion next.
KEITH OLBERMANN: Finally tonight, our number one story and the very serious, very unsettling part the Fox News Channel played in the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, a horrifying realization that a television figure can be a facilitator for domestic terrorism
This was underscored, proved even, today when a man named Frank Schaeffer wrote for the Huffington Post that, as a former member of the anti-abortion, activist far right he believes he, quote, "shares the blame for the murder of Dr. Tiller," as we believe here does Fox News Channel.
Schaeffer followed his father Francis, an evangelist, into the field, each writing books. His father's was called A Christian Manifesto. "In certain passages, he advocated force if all other methods for rolling back the abortion ruling of Roe V. Wade failed. He compared America and its legalized abortion to Hitler's Germany, and said that whatever tactics would have been morally justified in removing Hitler would be justified in trying to stop abortion."
"Like many writers of moral/political/religious theories, my father and I would have been shocked that someone took us at our word, walked into a Lutheran Church and pulled the trigger on an abortionist. But even if the murderer never read Dad's or my words, we helped create the climate that made this murder likely to happen."
Of course, in this case, the murderer clearly heard the words from Fox News Channel, or, in the most benign of constructions, read the words of those who had heard the words from Fox News Channel. There's a comment thread from the Operation Rescue Web site from April and May 2007. I'm not implying these other posters had a hand in this. These are merely comments from readers about an anti-Tiller prayer event in Wichita. It begins with a post from April 6, asking: "Has Bill O'Reilly been invited to any of the Tiller events? And if so, what has been his reply? Has Fox News covered any of the events?"
There are two subsequent answers echoing the invitation. And then there is the ninth post from May 19, 2007, which reads "Bless," misspelled, "everyone for attending and praying in May to bring justice to Tiller and the closing of his death camp." That was posted by Scott Roeder. Scott Roeder is the name of the suspected terrorist who was arrested yesterday for assassinating Dr. George Tiller. And what were the kinds of things he and/or those around him heard about Dr. Tiller from Fox News?
O'REILLY CLIP #1: Killing babies in America, that's the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo."
O'REILLY CLIP #2: For $5,000, "Tiller the Baby Killer" – as some call him – will perform a late-term abortion for just about any reason.
O'REILLY CLIP #3: You're okay with some woman being depressed executing her child hours before it's born?
JESSE WATTERS, PRODUCER FOR THE O'REILLY FACTOR, FOLLOWING A WOMAN: There's a lot of evidence there that he was performing illegal late-term abortions and covering up instances of child rape.
O'REILLY CLIP #4: You should be very disturbed by what continues to happen in Kansas. This man, Dr. George Tiller, known as "Tiller the Baby Killer," is performing late-term abortions without defining the specific medical reasons why.
LAURA INGRAHAM, ON FOX AND FRIENDS: Dr. George Tiller, who is one of the few doctors in the United States who performs the Hitlerian procedure known as a partial birth abortion.
O'REILLY CLIP #5: Tiller has killed thousands, thousands of late-term fetuses without explanation.
O'REILLY CLIP #6: No question, Dr. Tiller has blood on his hands.
O'REILLY CLIP #7: "Tiller the Baby Killer" out in Kansas, acquitted, acquitted today of murdering babies.
O'REILLY CLIP #8: There's got to be a special place in hell for this guy.
O'REILLY CLIP #9: This guy will kill your baby for $5,000, any reason. Any reason. You go in, you go, "The Glenn Beck Program upset me today, and I can't have the baby." Bang, you got five grand, he's taking them out.
OLBERMANN: For four years, on at least 28 occasions, that is what was said on Fox News Channel. Nazism, al-Qaeda, Hitler, Mao Zedung, Stalin, baby-killing, pedophilia, "Tiller the Baby Killer" – again and again and again. And tonight, confronted with the inevitable result of the instigation, the principal perpetrator at Fox News Channel made no acknowledgement of culpability, nor even regret. He said, "No backpedaling here. I report honesty. Everything we said about Tiller is true, and my analysis was based on those facts. It is clear that the far left is exploiting the death of the doctor. Those vicious individuals want to stifle any criticism of people like Tiller. That and hating Fox News is the real agenda here. ... If these people were so compassionate, so very compassionate, so concerned for the rights and welfare of others, maybe they might have written something, on things, about the 60,000 fetuses who will never become American citizens."
It is useless to urge restraint on men who believe self-editing of freedom of speech should apply only to others that they are flawless and blameless and righteous. It is useless to make Frank Schaeffer's argument to them even though they have made parallel ones about how liberal television degrades children, about how liberal television hypnotizes voters, about how liberal entertainment destroys American values. When they reply, "Not in this case, bad apple, TV can't make that happen," it is useless to say if TV can't make something happen, then why do people advertise on it with the same commercial again and again and again in hopes of making buzz words sink in? The Geico gecko, "Viva Viagra," FreeCreditReport.com, "Tiller the Baby Killer." Don't tell them. They will not listen.
We know this because of the case earlier this year of a Fox News commentator named Bernard Goldberg. In February, it was revealed that last July before he walked into a Unitarian church in Tennessee and opened fire during a children's play, Jim David Adkisson had written a note of explanation. "This was a symbolic killing," he said. "Who I wanted to kill was every Democrat in the Senate and the House, the 100 people in Bernard Goldberg's book."
That 2005 book was called the 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. And on the list was everybody from Al Gore to Anna Nicole Smith. Mr. Goldberg did not even offer as much as his regrets, never mind offer his resignation. His employer Fox News responded to reporting that placed the books of several of its hosts in Adkisson's home by sending one of the same producers who stalked the late Dr. Tiller to stalk the reporter who'd had the nerve to link that network to the two people killed by Adkisson in Tennessee.
So what to do? Viewer boycotts mean little. You are already here. You are not watching Fox News Channel. Advertiser boycotts are also of limited value. Most make barely a dent in a company. Besides which, in this economy, an advertiser that found its sales boosted by association with malaria would start breeding mosquitoes. If there is a solution, it is perhaps an indirect boycott. It is probably your experience, as it has been mine, that stores, bars, restaurants, waiting rooms, often show Fox News on their televisions. Don't write a letter, don't make a threat, just get up and explain if they will not change the channel, leave the place and say calmly why it is you are taking your business elsewhere. If you know a viewer of that channel, show them this tape or just the tape of the attacks on Dr. Tiller that set the stage for his assassination. Fox News Channel will never restrain itself from incitement to murder and terrorism. Not until its profits begin to decline, when its growth stops. So, not so much as a boycott here as a quarantine because this has got to stop.
That I have a commercial conflict of interest here is obvious, so I'll make the first symbolic contribution to this quarantine. One of my pleasures obviously is constantly criticizing him in that Ted Baxter voice. It is the idea of laughter, as a social sanction against inflexible behavior. But this is no time for laughter. This is serious. Serious as death. As serious as George Tiller's death. So as of this show's end, I will retire the name and the photograph and the caricature. The words may still be quoted in the future as developments dictate. But the goal here is to get this blindly irresponsible man and his ilk off the air. We're only in the television news business, a profession that is at times about two inches up from carnival barking. We must again separate it, television from terrorism. And we must again make the world safe for people condemned by the Fox News Channel. That's Countdown for this, the 2,223rd day since the previous President declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. I'm Keith Olbermann. Good night and good luck.


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We steered Sherman out of Ft. Worth on the fourth morning of our RV retirement road trip. Our destination was Goodfellow AFB Recreation Camp which was about five hours away. This RV Park had no reserved spots available, so it was first come, first serve. We had called ahead and learned that there were a few spaces available at the time we called, but we moved along briskly in order to have a place for Sherman to spend the night.
By now we were becoming comfortable with the nuances of driving a motor home. The most difficult aspect of driving a vehicle of this type was becoming accustomed to driving with only side view mirrors to observe the traffic around you. The mirrors were large and easy to use and the wide angle mirrors were helpful as well. Nevertheless, for the first couple of days, I felt like my head was on a swivel and I was constantly casting glances from side to side.
There was one other factor that took some getting used to and that was driving in the wind. Sherman acted much like a big kite when the wind was blowing from the side…and it seemed like the wind was always blowing. This required some serious concentration at times and always required two hands on the steering wheel. At one point when crossing the open plains, a gust blew us onto the shoulder of the road which was a bit unsettling. By the end of the early days of this trip, I felt the effects of holding Sherman to a straight line and was usually a bit fatigued. However, as mentioned above, I was getting used to it and just settled in on a speed of no more than 65 mph and used cruise control whenever possible.
When we arrived in San Angelo, we went first to the Air Force Base and not to the Recreation Camp a few miles away. Sherman needed fuel and we needed a few things for our kitchen. Goodfellow is a very large base and the employees and airmen were leaving for the day when we arrived, so traffic caught us at an inopportune time—remember we did not have reservations. We gassed up (love BX gas prices) and turned Sherman around and headed out.
Upon arrival at the Recreation Camp, we checked in with the camp host, a very friendly gentleman named Ralph who lived in a huge fifth wheel trailer at one end of the Camp. Ralph said he didn't think he had any spaces left. Our hearts sank, it was getting late in the day, and we didn't have a plan B.
Ralph went back to his trailer and grabbed a clipboard, then headed off to the camp office, telling us to wait while he checked a few things out. It was several long minutes of sitting by Sherman immersed in hope. Ralph returned and asked us how long we would be staying and we replied that we were there for one night only. Our luck won out. Ralph had one space left. It turned out that, of the four campsites at Goodfellow that can be reserved, a camper making the reservation for one of them was delayed by a day. Sherman filled that space very quickly.
Before we connected the utilities, we got some directions from Ralph for a nearby place to grab some food for take-out. We didn't feel like cooking. Ralph suggested we give Packsaddle Barbeque a try since it was only about a mile down the road. We had been looking forward to some Texas barbecue so we were all in.
Packsaddle was a storefront operation in a strip mall. When we arrived there were no customers, but two very friendly young ladies greeted us and made suggestions. Helen (adorable wife) wanted to try sliced brisket—something we don't get in Tennessee, and I ordered a pulled pork plate. Both meals came with baked beans and cole slaw. We piled back into Sherman and returned to the campground, hooked up, and settled in for the night. Since we had a microwave oven in Sherman's kitchen, we decided to take a walk around the campground then return to warm up dinner.
I want to give an overview of the Recreation area for our Military Living readers. The Recreation Camp is a very nice park. It only has 20 spaces, but all have electric, water, and sewer hookups. It has a great shower facility that is very clean and well maintained. (we took full advantage the next morning). There is also a nice washer/dryer facility that sits inside a reading and rec room with many books, videos, and puzzles to browse or read while you wait for your laundry to finish.
The campground sits alongside Lake Nasworthy, a pleasant lake for fishing or boating. There is a marina and a marina office for boat rentals although this was closed on the day we visited. We sat on one of the benches beside the marina to regroup from a day of driving. This was a welcome break.
After our Barbeque dinner, we listened to music on the MacBook I brought along. If there is anything to criticize about this camp, it is that, while Wi-Fi is available, it is very unreliable. We finally gave up, but that was not really a big deal. We could remain disconnected for one day.
Unfortunately, we did not have time to browse through the town of San Angelo. We awoke before sunrise and took pictures of Sherman with the sun in the background. We needed to make our way to White Sands Missile Range because, like Goodfellow, there were no reservation sites available. I'm told that San Angelo is a great place to explore so we'll just have to come back.
We did make one pit stop after we hit the road and it just happened that we stopped in front of a historical marker pointing to Castle Gap, a break in the mountains where the first cattle drives came through in the 1800's. I did some research later and learned that the early drives through this gap opened the trail for future drives from Texas to Montana. The stories about these drives later served as the basis for one of my all-time favorite novels, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Legend is that eight different gold shipments were lost by settlers while venturing through the Gap, and treasure hunters still work the mountains in search of lost gold.
Not even the possibility of finding gold could convince Sherman to drive through Castle Gap. He preferred instead to continue Easin' Along.
Please come back next week--White Sands, NM.
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I must admit that I have a love-hate relationship with Forever 21. I love that they offer clothing that's right on trend at affordable prices however, I find the store itself a bit overwhelming. Since I'm pretty familiar with how their sizing runs I often opt to shop online versus the store simply because it's a bit easier to navigate. Another bonus, if you live in Southern California you literally get your items within 1-2 business days since their headquarters are located in L.A. Below are some of the items that I'm currently loving.
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CarsBase has a great collection of new Lotus car photos. 5 HD Images of Beck autos include exterior, interior, spy pictures and new photos from motorshows.
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Western Name: Dorel Harukaze
Eastern Name: 春風ドレル
Kana Pronunciation: はるかぜどれる
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Group/Team: CHORDloids
Technical Details
Voiced by: DorellyMimi
Managed by: DorellyMimi
Voicebank Distribution
Dorel Harukaze's current voicebanks:
Range: A#3-D#5
Flags: g-7Y0B0 (F1 or F0 when using Fresamp)
Favorite resampler: resampler10.exe / fresamp.exe / tn_fnds.exe
Sounds: 277
This voicebank is the updated version for Dorel's Standard voicebank, recorden in a better quality using a new microphone! Her voicetype is kinda whisper and soft, perfect for sweet songs ballads! She also has new extra samples to allow her to sing foreign languages easily!
Range: C4-E5
Flags: g-7Y0B0F-40 (Add F40 on higher notes than E5)
Favorite resampler: resampler10.exe / fresamp.exe / tn_fnds.exe
Sounds: 194
This voicebanks has a SOLID voicetype, it suits better on powerful songs, when the standard voice don't fit well!
She also comes with a MMD model made by her creator, DorellyMimi. All download links can be found on the official website linked above.
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Height: 158cm
Weight: 59kg
Dorel Harukaze is the first Chordloid ever released, voiced and designed by DorellyMimi. She's said to be pretty much shy and has a whispered voiced that suits every relaxed song! Dorel usually loves to sing every genre of song, but really loves to sing love songs! It might be because of her crush?…
Japanese Name: 春風ドレル
Model: CH-DS01
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birthday: 28 April 1994
Weight: 59Kg
Height: 158cm
Character Item: Strawberry Ice Tea
Likes: Playing piano
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I promise, the Top 10 is coming. Unfortunately, because I live in Salt Lake City, limited release films like The Revenant, Carol and Anomalisa are slow to trickle in, and it would be a dereliction of duties to crown the Best Films of The Year without having watched all of the major contenders.
That said, I *have* a Top 10 list, which could very well remain unchanged. And as is often the case, there were more great films this year than room at the inn.
Here at Wood's Stock, we have a tradition of honoring an 11th best film of the year. This spot is traditionally reserved for a big-budget, major-studio-produced crowd pleaser that may not be up for any awards come February 28th, but was nonetheless a blast to watch.
This year, that film was…
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
In 2006, the stewards of the James Bond franchise released Casino Royale, starring a then-relatively-unknown Daniel Craig as a scowling, brooding, and occasionally bruised and bleeding take on the legacy character. It represented a seismic creative shift for the franchise, adopting a darker and focused tone as an antidote to the excessive camp and frivolity that defined the tail end of the Pierce Brosnan era.
But imagine, if you will, a parallel universe in which the makers of the Bond films creatively cleansed the franchise of its failings while still committing to the grinning, innuendo-soaked playfulness that traditionally defined the character.
That movie would be The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Set during the cold war, TMFUNCLE gives us con-man-turned-American-spy Napolean Solo (Henry Cavill) and Soviet agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) reluctantly forced to work together for the greater good by their respective governments.
It's an unmistakably retro film, filled with exotic locales, fancy cars, beautiful women and booze-swilling men who crack wise and skulls in equal measure. But it's also a film that is astutely self-aware, filled with breezy double entendres and a jazzy beat that practically stares at the camera to ask "Hey, isn't this fun?"
Directed by Guy Ritchie, who injected a similar old-meets-new flavor into his Sherlock Holmes films, UNCLE is unafraid of keeping things lights, humming along as though its amusing itself.
The ensemble pops, aided by the gorgeous and effervescent Alicia Vikander, who adds a crucial woman's touch to the proceedings, going toe-to-toe with her male costars. And with the exception of an over-boiled finale, the action scenes and set pieces are stellar, tightly choreographed and edited to maximum effect by Ritchie (a standout scene involves a boat chase and a cargo truck).
UNCLE is in good company this year, fun-wise, with Rogue Nation, the latest of Ethan Hunt's impossible missions, but because of the effort and risk it takes to launch a new franchise, the edge goes to the new kid on the block. Sadly, with only $45 million in domestic revenue, it's doubtful (but not impossible) that we'll see the next adventure of Solo and Kuryakin.


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Today we had lots of fun at the New Leaf Nursery fall festival! We stopped on the way home from my daughter's soccer game and she immediately spotted the colorful bounce houses and "Zorb" inflatable balls. This Coeur d'Alene nursery family day offered plenty of free things to do too; a petting zoo, a hay bale maze, rock painting and beautiful fall flowers to view.
If only my yard looked like this! We already planted some fall mums and I love the purples and yellows that do so well in fall weather. Every garden needs a pop of color in the fall.
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I also love decorating for fall using hay bales and pumpkins. New Leaf Nursery in Hayden, ID offers plenty of natural decorating options — cornstalks and gourds too!
Coeur d'Alene Nursery Family Day
My daughter had lots of fun running through the corn maze, several times. I'm also going to go back to this Coeur d'Alene nursery and pick up a bale of hay for our own fall-inspired front porch decor at home.
My 5-year-old also tried the Zorb water balls. She had a little bit of trouble moving around in it and balancing, but she had fun trying. Kids always like interesting inflatable activities.
Inside the New Leaf Nursery barn we found a rock painting kid's activity and lots of fall-inspired decorating ideas to look at.
We love going to family-friendly community events, especially when it's spontaneous! Today was a super chilly day but we stayed bundled up and had a lot of fun looking at all the fall flowers and picking out a pumpkin.
Learn more about the nursery and gardening supply in Hayden, ID — follow New Leaf Nursery on Facebook!
Katie is a writer and influencer based in beautiful Coeur d'Alane, Idaho. She enjoys DIY projects, photography, decorating and going on family adventures. She feels blessed to be a wife, a stay-at-home mom to three kids and a Pacific Northwest lifestyle blogger.


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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on parliament and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday to focus their anti-corruption campaign first on improving the judiciary.
Parliament unanimously approved a sweeping reform plan this week proposed by Abadi in the biggest shake-up in the country's governing system since the 2003-2011 U.S. military occupation.
Abadi has sought to transform a system which critics say has encouraged graft and incompetence, depriving Iraqis of basic services while undermining government forces in the battle against Islamic State insurgents.
The initiative, announced after Sistani pushed Abadi to "strike with an iron fist" against corruption, eliminates entire layers of government, scraps sectarian and party quotas for state positions, reopens corruption investigations and gives the premier the power to fire regional and provincial bosses.
In his first public comments since the measures were announced, Sistani called judicial reform "one of the most important aspects of the reform process".
"It is not possible to achieve true reform without it. Even if corruption has spread to the judiciary, there is no small number of honest judges whose hands have not been tainted and will not hesitate to achieve justice," his spokesman, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai, said in a Friday sermon.
Part of Abadi's campaign calls for a committee of judges known for their integrity to investigate and prosecute corrupt officials who he has accused of plotting sabotage to preserve their privileges.
The governing system set up under the U.S. occupation included numerous overlapping senior posts, many set aside to be divvied up on ethnic and sectarian grounds among Iraq's majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Muslims and Kurds.
That was intended to reduce strife by keeping the government inclusive. But Abadi, a Shi'ite, complained it encouraged ethno-sectarian party patronage, spawning corruption and incompetence so pervasive it made Iraq nearly impossible to govern.
Critics have accused Abadi of trying to consolidate too much power in his own hands, which he denies.
"We do not wish to reinstate a political system where there is only one leader and everyone else is insignificant," Abadi said at a youth forum on Thursday, an allusion to Saddam Hussein who was overthrown in the U.S.-led 2003 invasion. "This is the return of dictatorship and we do not want it."
Sistani also called for reforming the security services following a massive bombing in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Thursday claimed by Islamic State, and for reducing inequality in the salaries of public employees.
"It is unacceptable that some major officials make tens of millions in salary every month, while many employees do not make more than 300,000 dinars ($261.32)," Karbalai said.
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Marion, AL—Thursday afternoon's men's tennis match with Coastal Alabama Community College-South was a wild and wooly affair from start to finish. Two of the three doubles contests went down to the wire, and three of the singles contests were nail-biters. MMI staved off defeat on numerous occasions throughout the duration of the match, prevailing in a squeaker, 5-4.
In the doubles contests, MMI and Coastal Alabama split the first two matches. MMI took the No. 1 doubles contest, 8-6. Blake Brown and Nathan Johnsen outlasted Jacob Stokes and Nathan Walton. Coastal Alabama handled Linus McFarland and Jordan Harris at No. 3 doubles, 8-4. The No. 2 doubles contest was a seesaw affair, with Haystacks Calhoun (aka Coastal Alabama) on one end of the seesaw and Twiggy (aka MMI) on the other side. Coastal Alabama sent MMI skyward, blasting out to a 1-5 lead. Then the seesaw roles reversed, and MMI catapulted Coastal Alabama into the stratosphere, eventually knotting the match at 8 games apiece and sending the match into tiebreaker territory. MMI won the tiebreaker handily, 7 points to 1.
Brown put up MMI's first point in singles play, defeating Jacob Stokes at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-1, and Linus McFarland, at No. 6 singles, came through with a 6-0, 7-5 win for the Tigers. Coastal Alabama won three matches at No. 2, No. 3, and No. 5 singles to even the match at 4-4.
With the overall match in the balance, it was up to Johnsen to step up his game, and step up his game he did. Johnsen, with a 6-4, 5-3 lead and the ninth game at deuce, clipped the top of the tape with the 22nd shot in an exhausting barrage of shots, producing a net cord dribbler to set up match point. On match point, he then sent a blistering backhand passing shot up the line to seal the W for the Tigers.
"I was very proud of and very happy for Nathan," MMI coach Charles Wright said. "He has worked a great deal on his serve and his overall game. Nathan, by and large, just goes out there and hits the ball as hard as he can. His hitting style is akin to asteroids crashing toward Earth. You never know where and when those balls will go hurtling by your head. You have to be ever mindful on the court or you will have a new Wilson tattoo on your head, arm, or leg. But today, Nathan was actually thinking out there on the court. The transformation was refreshing to see and pretty amazing."
In the women's match, MMI's Ksenia Vasilyev continued her winning ways at No. 1 singles, defeating Madelyn Stewart, 6-1, 6-1. Vasilyev is now 5-0 in Alabama Community College Conference play. And Gianna Azzaro played a very nice match at No. 2 singles, losing in a tight three-set match, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6.
Next up for the men's team is Martin Methodist College. The match has a 2:00 p.m. start time on Monday, March 11. The RedHawks play their home matches at Magazine Road Park in Pulaski, TN.


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Marissa Taylor
Marissa Taylor comes to Rancho Mastatal as an apprentice with a varied background and rich life history. She has gone from a barber in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada to an international development professional for the world's largest NGO working with and/or living in more than 30 countries. As a barber and young mother she learned the value of building diverse skills sets, as well as, developing a deep curiosity of people and their stories (she has heard some crazy ones!). After a few years, and as her son got older she decided to go to McMaster University to get her Masters, as she had always been interested in Health and International Development. There she learned about the social determinants of health and the causal relationship they have to infectious and chronic illness. It was here her passion for alternative medicine was born, during her Master's she co-author a textbook chapter with her professors and mentors on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. However, it was her first internship in India working for and international NGO that brought her fully into the world of international development. She later became a Project Designer, Partnering and Resource Development Specialist mainly working in Africa and Asia. On her last assignment based in Cambodia, her desire to once again submerge herself into a new experience of a natural medicine, healing through food and more generally a new way of living more environmentally conscious. This brought her to leave her job and join the Mastatal Team. As an apprentice she is keen to learn more about Permaculture Design, Food Processing and building a sustainable community environment. So far, she has found the ranch to be a place that provides a great course structure, encourages group and independent learning, as well as, a living ethos that balances work, rest and play.


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Tucked into the streets of Park Slope, Bella Gioia is an Italian restaurant specializing in Sicilian comfort food. Established in 2014, Bella Gioia offers a rustic and charming dining experience. Our motto is "Cibo Dal Cuore" which means food from the heart. Each meal is crafted with only the finest and freshest ingredients, calling upon flavors and traditions from Sicily. Chef Nico Daniele continues to create original and surprising seasonal menus throughout the year. Taking recipes passed down from generations, as well as, infusing a modern technique, Chef Nico shares his passion of Sicily with you in every dish he creates.
Our goal at Bella Gioia is to take the family traditions, flavors, and experiences and share them with you in a casual yet elegant environment. Our staff is highly trained in Sicilian cuisine and offers nothing but the best hospitality in the business. Join us on a journey to Sicily. Sharing our passion and love for the food and culture is what we do best. Voted as one of the top 10 best italian restaurants in Brooklyn, we invite you to come in and truly taste the difference of Sicily.
Executive Chef/Owner
Cooking has always been imbedded in our young chef. Growing up cooking with his mom and nonna in the kitchen has taught him the importance of sharing food with the world. Starting from a young age, Chef Nico started to work in local kitchens in his hometown of Staten Island, NY. From there, he went on and trained at the world renowned culinary school ALMA Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana in Parma Italy, as well as, receiving his masters of culinary arts at The French Culinary Institute in NYC (now known as the ICC). Chef Nico began his career as a pastry chef in the four star hotel Torre Xiare located in Trapani, Sicily.
After returning home, Nico continued his road in the culinary world working in well known restaurants in NYC. Leaving the kitchen for a bit, he went on to work at the Cooking Channel on the show Extra Virgin, as a culinary consultant. Missing the kitchen, Chef Nico decided to take his talents back into the fire and became the Head Chef at Cellar 58, a winebar/enoteca in the LES. It was during his tenure there that the inspiration came to open his own restaurant.
Bella Gioia was established in 2014 and he continues to impress the food scene in Brooklyn, with his recipes and passion for food.
CHEF De CUISINE
Upon graduating The French Culinary Institute he staged for Chef Daniel Boulud at the renowned restaurant Daniel in New York City. Chef Angel worked his way up to become Chef De Parti at Daniel. After his experience working at Daniel he went on to work at various restaurants such as Jean George, Eleven Madison Park, Ciano, and Vucciria. Angel traveled to France, Spain and Costa Rica to expand his culinary knowledge.
Chef Angel and Nico have a long history of friendship dating back their days working the line at Arte Cafe, Vucciria, and Ciano. Upon creating the concept for Bella Gioia, Nico offered Angel the job as chef de cuisine. Together they create exceptional seasonal menus and continue to impress the culinary scene.


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Spilled Milk
About Spilled Milk
Every week on Spilled Milk, writers/comedians Molly Wizenberg and Matthew Amster-Burton start with a food-related topic, from apples to winter squash, and run with it as far as they can go--and, regrettably, sometimes further. They've been doing this since 2010 and it's not getting any more on-topic.
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Commercial Drones FM Podcast
The Commercial Drones FM podcast was created in July 2016:
"The commercial drone industry is projected to be worth more than $20 billion in the next 10 years. Commercial Drones FM is the podcast for the commercial drone industry. Your host, Ian Smith—a helicopter pilot and international drone operator—guides you in discovering the people who power the drone industry, the concepts that drive it, and the global industries who already use drones in their businesses today."
The podcast achieved over 81,000 download in its first 6 months, with guests from Forbes, NOAA, The Verge, Bechtel, Emergence Capital, DroneDeploy, Red Bird, Delair-Tech, and more.
most influential people in the drone industry
In June, 2017, Ian Smith was named One of the Most Influential People in the Commercial Drone Industry by Commercial UAV News.
software development
Built and launched the Quick Map Overlays app on the DroneDeploy App Market in 2017. The app accumulates 400+ installs and 2,000+ app runs in a given 60-day period. Quick Map Overlays allows DroneDeploy users to overlay various geographic layers on top of the drone maps. Layers are customized and sourced from Mapbox and include terrain, roads, labels, railways, U.S. PLSS TRS data. I built the app using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and DroneDeploy's open APIs.
Interviews & PRESS
Provided the voiceover for DroneDeploy's launch video of Fieldscanner, a new technology which enables drone operators to get extremely fast aerial maps in the field, on their device, with no internet connection.
Provided the voiceover for DroneDeploy's Product Overview video in July, 2017.


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Charlotte Rug
Charlotte Rug
A collection of rugs that infuse modernity with tradition, playing with the whole concept of art and how we appreciate it. By appropriating traditional portraits and taking something away he gives the works new meaning and a surreal twist.
Charlotte Rug - Delicately held but essentially ephemeral, this lady's posy dangles dangerously. Is she all she seems? A fusion between art and utility, this rug will add a beautifully surreal touch to any interior, and unlike real cowhides this one is hypo-allergenic, washable, and will always lay flat.
Please hand brush and hoover with care.
Dimensions: 1500x1653mm
Thickness: 2mm
Materials: Rubber backed fabric
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I was born in 1985,
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Okay, so unless I somehow live
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I guess that means I have a lot
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more; reminiscing about stuff;
realizing that my friends are
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more lonely, more depressed, maybe
more suicidal or something.
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Clinical analyst looking for new opportunities in informatics, healthcare, biotech or the mobile health sector.
• Assisted in the selection of custom electronic medical record form package to replace the current forms used by the practice.
• Managed redesign of current workflow processes from paper charts to using the electronic medical record.
• Traveled to satellite sites to gather workflow processes.
• Collected requests from clinical staff on what they'd like built in the electronic medical record.
• Worked with senior management in development, documentation and implementation of new electronic medical record form features.
• Redesigned, tested, documented, and implemented workflows to meet customer requests of the new electronic medical forms designed.
• Trained and developed internal staff with regards to new clinical workflow.
• Performed quality assurance, problem solving/troubleshooting on custom forms built.
• Provided support services to patient care teams in a clinical work setting to facilitate effective use of an electronic medical record.
• Worked collaboratively and contribute as a member of teams composed of business and technical staff.
• Optimized organization skills to manage multiple priorities and workflows concurrently.
• Developed training materials and manuals.
• Conducted all training classes for new content piece and workflows.
• Provided onsite elbow to elbow support for all clinical staff during the implementation phase.
Maintained Issue Log queue, escalating issues to the appropriate department for follow-up and resolution. Offered viable solutions to identified issues based on knowledge of client requirements, user's workflow and application configuration capabilities.
Developed test plans for unit, functional and integrated quality assurance testing based upon the client requests and specifications of the software application requirements.
Performed weekly maintenance activities( SCM/SRx Catalog Validation, Craneware Extract, Daily Checks, Billing errors)
Provided onsite support for end users; physicians, nurses and pharmacy staff during implementation phases.
Redesign, test, document, and implement workflows to meet customer requests of the new electronic medical forms designed.
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