text: Psychotherapy Print How to Handle Feelings for Your Therapist Written by facebook twitter linkedin Written by Jenev Caddell, PsyD Jenev Caddell, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist, relationship coach, and author. Learn about our editorial policy Jenev Caddell, PsyD Updated on October 14, 2019 asiseeit/E+/Getty Images More in Psychology Psychotherapy Basics Student Resources History and Biographies Theories Phobias Emotions Sleep and Dreaming You have chosen the right therapist, you have gotten some help for the initial issues you needed help with, and now, you are in love with your therapist. If you feel like you have fallen in love with your therapist, you are not alone. Therapy is an intimate process, and it is actually more common than you may realize to develop romantic feelings for your therapist. A good therapist will offer a safe haven to divulge your deepest secrets and will accept you no matter what. They will offer you 3 key qualities in any healthy relationship that humans need in general. It makes sense why that safety and acceptance can be attractive, especially if you are not getting that from other people in your life. Acknowledge It First, recognize that you are not a crazy or shameful person for having these feelings. There is actually a term in psychoanalytic literature that refers to a patient's feelings about his or her therapist known as transference, which is when feelings for a former authority figure are "transferred" onto a therapist. Falling in love with your therapist may be more common than you realize. After you realize that you are not the first person to fall in love with your therapist and that you are not a bad person because of it, talk about it. Professing your love to your therapist may be easier said than done, but to really get the most out of therapy, it is important to discuss. Your therapist should be able to help you explore these feelings and you will likely grow through this process and learn from it. Your therapist may even already know that you have feelings for them. What It Means for You The answer to this question, of course, depends on you, but the process of therapy will help you explore what it means that you have fallen for your therapist and what to do about it. Perhaps a pattern in your life, in general, is that you always fall in love with people who are unavailable, and your therapist is just another example of one of these people. Or, perhaps you have never had that warmth and acceptance from someone, and the taste of it is intoxicating to you. That would make sense since as humans we all need someone to care about and accept us. Your therapist should help you understand these feelings, and once you get more of a handle on what is going on, you will likely experience personal growth as a result. How Will Your Therapist Handle It? An ethical and well-trained therapist will be open and welcoming to a discussion about your feelings toward them. Therapy is a safe place to discuss interpersonal processes and a lot of personal growth can occur from doing so. Your therapist should handle this news gracefully and explore it with you. It is crucial to know that romantic relationships are inappropriate between therapist and client, and it is up to your therapist to uphold this boundary. Therapy is largely one-sided, unlike most other relationships in life. By sharing your emotional experiences and sometimes secrets with your therapist, you are opening yourself up and being vulnerable, which is often important to get the most out of the process. If, however, your therapist takes advantage of this vulnerability and reciprocates such feelings in any way, this is a very clear ethical violation. If this happens in therapy, you should end the process of therapy and consider reporting the therapist to their state board if you feel comfortable doing so. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Ever wonder what your personality type means? Sign up to find out more in our Healthy Mind newsletter. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Continue Reading


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Kia Ora, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka, Fakalofalahi atu and Welcome to 2019. We are year 7 and 8, boys and girls of St. Pius X Catholic School. We are proud to share our learning and experiences with you. We welcome you to our blog and look forward for your supportive comments to help us continue to progress and achieve our learning goals.
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During our year 7&8 camp at Piha my group (group 4) were excited because we were the first to go to the Archery activity. So far archery was the activity that we were looking forward too .I was nervous that I might miss the target and people would laugh.
Holding the bow and arrow aiming for the centre of the target. Focus, focus. Ready to release. I let go. The arrow zoomed across and hits the target with some accuracy I looked back to my friends and smiled. I was proud of myself.
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"Complementarian interpretation of Scripture holds that God's creation purpose for man and woman entails equality of individual value but also distinct roles." Our friends over at Crossway give us 5 Myths about Complementarianism.
How about a free book? Here's the PDF of Kevin DeYoung's book Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What that Means for You and Me.
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"'No' to a husband's advances is a big deal in a marriage. A godly wife can certainly say "no" but she will also be alert to the way her response might be taken by her husband. Understanding and compassion can go a long way at these moments." CCEF explores the sensitive subject of marital intimacy in "Not tonight dear"… men rejected.
On his most recent episode of Ask Anything, Dr. Albert Mohler tackles a number of interesting questions, not the least of which is (from a Southern Baptist perspective) Should women preach the Sunday sermon in church? (8:58).


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Males, Females, and Behavior: Toward Biological Understanding
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Consider the views offered by three social scientists who have written textbooks dealing with gender differences in human behavior. All three used a similar two-step process to counter assertions that biological influences are important. First, they exaggerate the view of those of us who believe that biological influences are important by implying that we are complete biological determinists. Second, they argue that environmental determinism is a more reasonable alternative than biological determinism.
The first example appears in a gender-studies text written by Charlotte G. O'Kelly and Larry S. Carney (1986). After providing lengthy criticisms of those who believe that "gender roles and gender stratification are biologically determined" (p. 286), these authors suggest that "only within the limits imposed by the conditions of their time and place" are the causes of human behavior to be found (p. 314). No mention is made of any biological causes.
Another example comes from an introductory anthropology text written by Richley H. Crapo (1990). He contends that "the personalities of men and women are not unambiguous manifestations of inherent characteristics that are fixed by nature." Instead, they are "manifestations of each society's culturally patterned role expectations" (p. 245). Like O'Kelly and Carney, he characterizes the views of those who believe biology is important as meaning that nothing else needs to be considered, a view that no one defends. of course . . .


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I just don't trust someone who doesn't like cake. That's right, there are people that "don't like cake." There's just something not right about it, they can't be trusted.
A friend of mine and I were walking around in Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA) and we passed my favorite cupcakery, Cupcake Royale. "Let's stop in and get one," I said with a tug. "Nah, I don't like cake." The next part is pretty much a blur. I think I stopped in my tracks, my mouth hit the floor and I shook my head a few times as if to shake the words from my memory. "Don't like cake?" How can that be?
I was determined to change this and quickly. I ran through my mental recipe box and landed on the obvious choice, Nigella Lawson's Guinness Chocolate Cake from her lovely book, Feast. This was sure to do the trick!
Over the weekend, after he and his partner treated me lovely dinner and a fabulous night out on the town, I decided to bake them a thank you note. That's right! A tasty, dense, damp, chocolatey thank you note!
The Guinness Chocolate Cake is the cure for anyone cake-hater who complains about dry, crumbling cake. It is the most dense, damp (and that "m" word - sorry, even as a baker I just can't bring myself to say it.) cake you'll ever try. And yes, there's actual Guinness beer baked inside. In fact, you melt butter in the beer! (I'd challenge you to find something better than melting beer in Guinness. Oh...how about the fact that the recipe only calls for 1 cup of Guinness which means that you have at least another cup and a half left for yourself! Baking and beer!)
After a Saturday of baking and a Sunday morning perfecting the frosting (which replicates the frothy head of the stout) I delivered the treat to the boys. Half of it was gone within a half an hour and the cake hater himself ate two pieces! Two! And that was just the first night. Since "the delivery" I've received e-mails and texts from him - "I can't wait to go home and have another slice of that cake!"
I'm proud to say that I've single-handedly (okay, with Nigella's help) helped one cake-hater cross over from the dark side. And while he might not be headed to QFC to pick up a sheet cake anytime soon, he'll certainly never claim to "hate cake" again. At least if he knows what's good for him!
Get the recipe here! Enjoy!


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Dr. Vasile Bintintan
Dr. Vasile Bintintan is a lecturer at University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu, in Cluj-Napoca. He has extensive experience in surgery, being involved in clinical research projects in the field of new surgical techniques and trends in laparoscopic surgery (colorectal surgery, minilaparoscopy).
Dr. Bintintan is a general surgeon, doctor of medical sciences, and lecturer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca. He accomplishes his academic and medical activity at the University Surgical Clinic Cluj Napoca.
He is a professional who has participated in various trainings both in the country and abroad. He is concerned with the precision of medical procedures and he is passionate about modern surgical techniques. He had the opportunity to be part of surgical teams in European hospitals: AKH Vienna Universitats Klinikum Essen, Heidelberg, and St. Luc Clinic in Brussels. Consequently, he was able to learn about modern surgical techniques, but also to work in multidisciplinary teams with specialists from related areas, work that he continues to do here every day.
Even since residency, he was part of a research project at the University of Heidelberg, where he published the first cases of robotic esophagectomy performed through a transhiatal approach in Europe. (link to article 1). Dr. Bintintan continued the research in the field of minimally invasive esophageal surgery performed via transhiatal approaches (link article 2, and 3), and published a scientific article related to an intrathoracic anastomosis original surgery technique through the transhiatal approach (link to article 4) and completed his experimental research through his doctoral thesis entitled: "Minimally invasive transhiatal esophagectomy". He continued his specialization in esophagectomy, through a training at the AKH Vienna, where he broadened the techniques learned for minimally-invasive esophagectomy, radical resection for gastric cancer and bariatric surgery.
- Trainings in visceral and transplant surgery at Heidelberg University (2 years) trainings in upper gastrointestinal tract surgery at the University of Vienna (1 month) and a training in hepato-biliopancreatic surgery and liver transplantation at the clinic St. Luc, Universite Catolique de Louvain, Brussels (6 months). He attended numerous courses in various surgical or medical fields, such as:
- Bariatric MasterClass at the European Training Center, Elancourt, France 2006;
- Laparoscopic Colorectal Masterclass at the European Training Center, Elancourt, France 2009;
- Course on Colorectal Surgery at the Heidelberg University (Special Guest Bill Heald), 2005 and 2008;
- Course on Transanal endoscopic surgery resection of rectal tumors (TEO): University of Magdeburg (2009) and Surgery Clinic, Sabadell, Barcelona (2010);
- Course on Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery at Heidelberg University (2011), University of Munster (2009) and St Luc Clinic in Brussels (2014);
- Workshop on endocrine surgery at the University of Muenster, Germany (2011);
- Course on modern surgical practice of perianal fistula at the Rapallo Hospital, Genova, Italy (2011);
- Workshop on the upper digestive tract surgery, Muenster (2008),;
- Course on Laparoscopic surgery at UMF Cluj Napoca and Spit. St. Ioan, Bucharest (2008, 2009);
- Course on General ultrasound, UMF Cluj Napoca (2004).
He worked to implement various methods learned from surgery trainings and courses. He was one of the main supporters of introducing the laparoscopic approach in colorectal surgery (right hemicolectomy, laparoscopic left hemicolectomy), bariatric surgery (gastric sleeve), hernia surgery (laparoscopic unilateral or bilateral inguinal hernias, laparoscopic repair of eventration), transanal endoscopic surgery or endoscopic anal fistula treatment, procedures which are now part of the his medical practice. He supports the implementation of modern protocols in complex surgical treatments, such as surgical pathology of breast, pancreas, or gynecologic oncology, using the full potential of imaging methods or minimally invasive techniques, and by using the neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy, but also radical surgery, depending on the case.
He has a rich teaching and medical education activity. In 2005 he initiated a course in advanced laparoscopic surgery at Heidelberg University, course that is now undertaken in two annual editions. During this course, doctors in Germany are initiated in the secrets of laparoscopic surgery. In 2006, he organized a similar course at the University in Cluj Napoca, for Romanian doctors, and in 2009 he developed at Cluj Napoca an introductory course in laparoscopic surgery. He is a collaborator of the laparoscopic surgery courses organized by the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery, where he is actively involved offering lectures and sessions of "live surgery". He is also a constant contributor of the workshops organized by the Romanian Student's Society of Surgery, Cluj (see complete CV).
He has over thirty scientific papers presented at national conferences, and 18 papers papers presented at international conferences. He was invited to give lectures or discuss original scientific papers at 6 national congresses and 14 international conferences, of which the most relevant are: European Society of Coloproctology, Belgrade, 2013, European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Vienna 2013, European Colorectal Congres, St. Gallen 2011, International Colorectal Forum 2012 (view full RESUME). He is an active member of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery, Romanian Society for Surgery, European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, and European Society of Digestive Surgery. He is the author or co-author of 13 articles published in Medline indexed journals, out of which 4 papers are published in prestigious international journals, and have been cited 59 times. HE has a total of 37 abstracts published in Medline indexed international journals (view full RESUME). He conducted reviews for the World Journal of Gastroenterology, Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, and Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. In 2011, he organized in collaboration with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca an international workshop on endoscopic surgical treatment of anorectal pathology, where he introduced modern surgical techniques for colorectal surgery and perianal fistula.
His current research projects focus on studying the effects of laparoscopic surgery on the functioning of the immune system during and after the surgery (1 Grant), the feasibility of reducing the sizes of instruments and the number of trocars in laparoscopic surgery (Grant 2), the development of new tools for laparoscopic surgery (Grant 3) surgical virtual reality assessment for developing surgical techniques, the results of laparoscopic approach in hernia surgery and in acute pancreatic necrosis, or the results of endoscopic local excision of "low-risk" rectal cancer.


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Prerequisite(s): Solo Maneuvers, base attack bonus +8.
Benefit(s): Whenever you use a melee attack to deal nonlethal damage to a creature that only you threaten, roll a Bluff check opposed by your opponent's Sense Motive check. You deal an additional amount of nonlethal damage equal to 1/2 the difference between your Bluff check and your opponent's Sense Motive check (minimum 0). If your opponent has an attitude of friendly or helpful toward you (including temporarily due to Intimidate checks, charm person, and similar effects), you instead deal an amount of extra nonlethal damage equal to the difference between your checks. Regardless, the amount of extra nonlethal damage you deal with this feat cannot exceed your Hit Dice.
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Farage and Trump?
I see that Mr. Farage has become a vocal Trump supporter. Does Mr. Farage share Mr. Trump's admiration for Mr. Putin?
The US elections occur just after we return to California, in early November. The odds of Trump's winning are tiny, but his ability to bring out the worst in Americans has already poisoned American political discourse, which will surely persist for some years. It seems that Mr. Farage has accomplished something parallel in the UK.


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With the Beautiful and Spirited Sophia
We reach Monistroika Square, our meeting spot, and sit on a short wall next to the old town church surrounded by new shops. A petite young woman with blonde hair walks up and says, "Mrs. Brown?"
Ahh. We are in the right place. Sophia has found us.
Sophia is 90 pounds of 100% Greek. But she's unlike most Greek women. First, she's 40 years old and unmarried. Second, she dyes her hair blonde. Third, she's tiny. Fourth, she's wearing short black shorts and a white tank top.
"Greek men are useless," Sophia laughs. "They don't have decent jobs and often struggle financially. Why would I leave my mother's home, where I live free of rent and my mother buys and prepares my food, to struggle with a man?"
Makes sense.
Sophia loves her Greek coffee and cigarettes, yet she never lights up during our private gourmet tour of old town Athens. Even though she's barely 5 foot, Sophia walks through the streets of Athens like she owns the place.
We set out for our 4-hour tour at 10 a.m. with Sophia leading us out of the touristy area to where real Greeks buy shoes and attend church.
Our first stop is an ordinary corner bakery. Sophia settles us at a table for three then she speaks to a woman who prepares a little cheese pie and spinach pie (spanakopita) for tasting. Thank the mythical Gods, everything in Greece is made with phyllo. "Pita" means pie. So spanakopita is spinach pie. They make everything into delicious savory or sweet pies.
Every Greek region and island has its specialty pie made of local cheese and greens. Pies are also made from milk, meats and fruits… with drizzled honey!
We eat the cheese and spinach pies, keeping in mind we'll sample foods for the next four hours. Still, I eat it all. Shameless.
We move onto the street where Sophia stops at a food cart and buys a baked circle of thin bread covered in sesame seeds. The vendor puts it into a paper wrapper and hands it to me.
"Greek people will nibble on these throughout the morning," Sophia says as she marches. "It's another excuse to eat!" Brent and I take turns biting the crisp bread.
"When we cross this street, we'll be in a real Greek neighborhood," Sophia says while staring down drivers and using her index finger as a command to brake.
Brent and I are thrilled to see authentic Greeks going about their authentic Greek lives.
"All these people," Sophia says with a flourish of her right hand indicating men and women window shopping or speaking on the street, "they're Greek!"
We pass a Greek Orthodox Church and when I comment on it, she insists we go in. I'm not budging because the sign says, "No shorts."
"Go! Go!" Sophia insists, holding the door open and pushing us in.
"I'm not going," I say. "I'm wearing shorts."
"They won't care because you're not Greek," she says. "Me, they won't allow me in because I'm Greek." Her shorts are shorter than mine.
Sophia has such a strong will, I can't resist. Plus, I understand she's only insisting because she thinks it will add to our experience. I mean, who ever heard of a church on a gourmet food tour?
I follow Brent in, reverently. Our eyes adjust and I see old Greek women at the front of the church queued to speak to the gray-bearded priest in his long black robe.
Other women knell in front of glass-enclosed shrines. They rise and kiss the glass.
The architecture is beautiful. A deep blue ceiling is dotted with gold stars, which sounds like the ceiling our guide described for the now-gone Parthenon and the entry buildings to the Acropolis.
Brent, one of only three men in the entire church, stops in the back and I stand just behind him, trying to look invisible. I'm not religious, but I well understand sacred space, particularly for those who belong there. To our left, in an alcove, is a handsome young priest, perhaps in his early 40s, who is keeping a careful eye on the proceedings.
Sneaking out, I turn toward the back and there's Sophia, outside the double doors, but craning her head inside, along with her right arm pointing as she says, "Take one of those!"
I look to where she's pointing, at a desk/counter just inside the door with a woman sitting behind it. On the counter is a basket with small plastic bags of flour. I don't want a bag of flour and keep walking. Sophia's head and arm are active, though, and she's whisper-yelling, "Take it! Take it!"
I pick up a bag to appease her (the price for being able to flee the church) and hear a voice say, "Excuse me!" It reverberates against the blue ceiling loud enough for everyone in the church to hear. Of course, it's the good-looking priest, approximately 6 foot 3 inches, slender in his floor-length robe with a face like the guy who plays Riggs on Grey's Anatomy.
"That is for people who will bake bread for the church," he says with very little Greek accent. "I don't think you plan to make bread." He reaches for the flour. He isn't mean, but he isn't nice. I just smile like a simpleton as he takes the flour out of my hand. I say, "Okay, thank you," as though he is giving me something and escape outside, but not before Sophia has a curt exchange in Greek with the priest that most folks can easily hear.
Sophia asks me what he said. I tell her.
"It's not for making bread for the church," she says with an eye roll. "The church is wealthy. People make large donations, including leaving their apartments when they die, which causes all kinds of family problems." She's a member of the Orthodox Church, she admits, but doesn't allow it to dictate how she runs her life.
Well, I didn't want to intrude on the church in the first place. But how much goodwill would they have fostered by allowing me to the damn four tablespoons of flour? I've always been stumped by how much money goes into a church's building, its décor and artifacts.
Hoping to forget about the handsome priest, I match Sophia's quick pace until we see an old-timey bakery with a sign in front that reads, "Established in 1932."
Seeing Sophia head for the bakery's door makes me happy!
The shop's specialty is Loukoumades, a doughnut-shaped treat made of flour and water, deep fried and coated in hot honey. Sophia's 90-year-old grandmother brought her to this shop when Sophia was a small child. It feels like an old cafeteria, with foam green tile walls and everyone using trays. Most patrons are elderly, and alone. "This is nostalgic for them," Sophia says about the patrons. They all have the same thing; a plate with six of the treats floating on honey. Sophia disappears and returns with our own tray and plate of six, which Brent and I gobble up in short order.
As we leave, we pass a table where a very old woman sits with what appears to be her granddaughter. They chat and chew Loukoumades. The tradition continues!
"Some people look at me and think they should treat me like a child," Sophia says. She has spunk aplenty, though, and a sharp intellect. Sophia can hold her own. She's still irritated with the Turks for invading Greece and ruling for 400 years, from the 1400s until 1802, and for destroying monuments and forcing the Greek culture underground. "I'm just grateful we don't speak Turkish and wear Burkas."
Sophia's brother lives in Hong Kong and she visits him each year.
Our next stop is an authentic Greek coffee shop preparing coffee old-style, which is bitter. They serve the coffee with small sides of sweets made from just about anything; lemon, tomatoes, eggplant, cherries and other veggies. The small pieces of fruit or vegetables are cooked in sugar and water until it's a syrup. The pieces remain whole, not crushed.
We watch as the tall, slim Greek barista with a small, gray beard grinds fresh coffee for each cupful. He places a little sugar and water into a brass cup with a long, straight handle. He then pours the coffee grinds into the little cup and squashes it into a tray of sand with a hot plate underneath. He pushes the sand up and around each cup so it heats evenly, and the grinds fall into the water mixture. After a few minutes, he stirs each cup with a long-handled spoon.
A pretty young woman who reminds me of my daughter, Jaime, brings our coffee on a tray. My plate holds the brass container and a small white cup in which the barista poured just a splash of coffee. Nearby, she places a plate of sugared baby eggplants, and another small plate of Turkish delights.
"Sip the coffee from the cup," Sophia instructs, "and then pour the remaining coffee into the cup. Pour it all!" We do, and the coffee goes to the exact rim without going over. I admire the velvety foam.
We sip coffee and take nibbles of the candied eggplant. The two flavors together are actually quite nice. Brent and I normally only drink decaf, but he opted for the caffeinated while I ordered decaf. Sophia can't understand why anyone would drink coffee without the caffeine. I tell her I want to create my own energy, versus living off of caffeine's artificial stimulation.
"What are the potential ill effects of caffeine?" Sophia asks. She drinks eight shots of coffee each day. Before she met us at 10 a.m., she had taken two double shots, and she was now enjoying a shot of espresso with us.
"I'm sleeping much better at night since I switched to decaffeinated," Brent says.
I'm unable to articulate any ill-effects, but tell her how I quite cold turkey, which wasn't smart, and had a headache for ten days, and got so depressed I questioned my existence and thought it would be okay if I died. I wasn't suicidal. But I did think about death as my body got used to operating without caffeine.
"I'll bet it tastes different," she finally says, with a disapproving look. "I have stopped smoking seven times. When I wasn't smoking, I didn't have energy and my thoughts were slower. I didn't feel normal. I missed feeling normal, so I started smoking again."
"Take a sip," I tell her and hand her my cup. "Now taste Brent's."
We all take turns sipping the decaf and caffeinated. Ultimately there is a difference. Decaf isn't as flavorful.
Because the coffee is unfiltered, the grounds make a sludge filling half the cup. She warns us not to sip any sludge. Brent picks up his cup and a spoon and pretends to take a big mouthful.
Sophia leans forward and yells, "No!" Brent laughs and soon she is laughing, too.
The Turkish delights are little rectangles of jellied candy covered in powdered sugar. Sophia explains that folks can't distinguish if it is a Greek recipe, or something adopted from the Turks when they ruled Greece. The candies are flavored pine and rose. The pine tastes just like a pine tree and the rose tastes just like perfumed rose water. I don't care for either of those odd flavors.
"If you like them," Sophia says, "they are Greek. If you don't like them, they are Turkish!"
We leave the coffee shop and walk a couple of blocks to the meat market. Vendor stalls equipped with refrigerated cases line the corridor. The concrete floor is wet from constant hosing down. It is hard to listen to Sophia talk when looking at all the animal corpses hanging from hooks; rabbits skinned of everything except the white fur on their feet and tails; Goat heads skinned with eyeballs intact; cow heads; innards that include the lungs heart and intestines.
"Greeks don't eat lamb," Sophia says.
Brent takes lots of photos of everything. I'm not comfortable looking at the carcasses, which makes me a hypocrite because I eat meat. I can't get through the meat market fast enough.
We exit the meat market and turn right into the fish market.
Next we're surrounded by tables of spices and nuts. Vendors give us samples of walnuts, almonds and pistachios. Brent is consumed with looking at all the spices in plastic bags. He buys oregano and a powder for making Tzatziki (just mix it with Greek yogurt). He also buys a snack made of honey and sesame seeds.
At the fruit market, we try all types of olives; green, Kalamata and black prepared with and without salt. One is stuffed with red peppers. Yum. Brent buys a small basket of fruit that looks apricots or persimmons. A vendor peels one and offers it to Brent, so Brent buys it with Sophia's assistance.
Sophia purchases cherry tomatoes from her favorite vendor to prepare traditional Greek salad at a future stop on the tour. A woman in a burka pushes her way next to Sophia, who is talking to me and Brent. The woman then pushes Sophia to the right using her body.
"Do you see what this woman is doing to me?" Sophia asks. "She is pushing me out without evening looking at me." Sophia stands her ground and pushes back. The woman keeps talking to her companion and keeps pushing, ignoring Sophia.
As we walk away, Sophia says, "She thinks I have no value because I'm a non-believer. Like I'm not human." There is truth in what Sophia says and I share with her my experience of a group of Muslim women in burkas at the Nairobi airport. They sat on the bench where I had been sitting for an hour and slowly pushed me, trying to crowd me out, but I would not be moved. As the old spiritual says, "Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved."
Our next stop is a lovely shop selling Greek food products. Sophia sets us up at a small table in the back and begins to make Greek salad, shooing us to explore the store. Brent selects several vacuum packs of olives. While we eat Sophia's salad, we also sample wines from Crete and other islands.
"Traditional Greek salad is only tomatoes, crumbled feta and olive oil," Sophia says. "Greeks don't like red onions, but they always add red onion for the tourists." She insists on using cherry tomatoes cut in half. All other Greek salads we try are made with cut-up large tomatoes, and it's not the same as Sophia's salad. She spritzes a cherry-flavored olive oil, from the Isis brand, and a balsamic truffle vinegar on our salad. They are both amazing. We buy both products, which are reasonably priced.
By the time we check out of the store, we're behind schedule. Our tour is only supposed to run four hours, until 2 p.m. It's 2 p.m. now and we still have two stops to make! We've been doing lots of talking throughout the day. We decide to visit the meat shop and forgo the gyro shop because Brent and I have already been eating gyro.
The meat and cheese shop was started by two Armenian brothers in the 1930s. With customer input, they began preparing Greek meats and cheeses. Sophia brings a sweating carafe of water and I divide it equally between me and Brent. Because it's a hot day and we've been out of water, I take a mouthful of the drink and instantly realize it's not water, but some kind of alcohol! I sip it back into the glass and feel extremely wasteful. Brent likes it and continues to sip. I'm mortified that I've now dispensed the entire carafe and won't be drinking it. I apologize to Sophia several times. She won't have any of it. It's far too much for Brent to drink as well, or he wouldn't be able to walk home!
We try Buffalo salami and beef pastuma, a meat Greek's love to use in pies, sandwiches, etc. Brent buys a chunk of pastuma made from camel meat, the way it was traditionally prepared by the Armenians. He also bought hard beef salami.
When our tour is officially over, Brent asks if Sophia knows where a currency exchange is and she says yes. She graciously takes us there. We're ready to go back to the Acropolis, where the Segway tour office is located, and Sophia offers to help us find it because she lives near the Acropolis. We are very grateful for her assistance! It is now 3:15 and our tour starts at 4 p.m.
With the address of the Segway tour office, Sophia leads the way, up one street then down another. We walk in the front of a row of restaurants where men at each place tell us how great their food is, and how deep their restaurant's heritage. They push business cards on us. Sophia calls the Segway tour office to find out exactly where they're located. We turn around and go back by all the restaurants with the men still talking to us. "Remember me?" one yells.
Sophia walks us right to the tour office. We say a difficult goodbye as the Segway folks look on. How can we properly thank her for such a personalized tour and for going out of her way to find the exchange and the Segway tour?! We tip her well and hope it's enough to convey how much we appreciate her energy, time, thoughtfulness, and how much we enjoyed being around her, like spending the day with a spirited and fully-alive friend!


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"We will focus on distressed valuations with margin of safety for superior risk adjusted returns. Disciplined investing with risk manager focus is a key to investing in equity. We are equity investors and there's no need for us to invest unless there's a compelling opportunity. We have demonstrated investing in growth corridors with strong regional players and have avoided any risk of zoning and entitlement," said Amit Bhagat, CEO, ASK Property Investment Advisors.
The fund — with tenure of six years and two extensions of one year each — will be providing growth capital to developers for acquiring distressed assets. The fund had achieved its initial close in March last year. "Around 60 per cent of investors in this fund are repeat investors from our earlier funds and have reposed their faith in us due to track record and developer selection. Most of these are family offices and ultra HNI investors. This is our third domestic real estate fund raised in the past seven years," said Sunil Rohokale, CEO, ASK Group.
According to Rohokale, the fund's five full and seven part exits from the first two funds in over the past four years with 25-30 per cent returns has helped in closing a large fund in 14 months.
This is the largest domestic pure equity realty fund raised in the industry in the past five years.
With the closure of this fund, ASK Group's real estate private equity assets under management and advisory stand at Rs 3,500 crore.
The fund is looking to deploy this corpus fully over the next 18-24 months. "We have already committed 25 per cent of the corpus through two transactions from this new fund," said Bhagat.
ASK Group through its real estate funds has committed Rs 2,000 crore in 19 projects. On the offshore front, the ASK Group has also made an initial close of $50 million, or Rs 300 crore, for its $200 million fund.
In the current financial year 2015-16, ASK Group invested Rs 365 crore in Rajesh Lifespaces' project in Vikhroli suburb of Mumbai, Rs 125 crore with ATS group in Noida project, Rs 112 crore in Purvankara Projects' Chennai unit.
In the past one year, the fund has exited from three investments including Mumbai's Rajesh Lifespaces investment with a 2.26 times returns, and its investments in Pune with Amit Enterprises and Paranjape Schemes with returns of 2.53 and 1.8 times, respectively, after investing in these projects around three years ago.


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MIAMI - Two Miami police officers will not face charges after fatally shooting a man who wielded a box cutter during a 2009 traffic stop.
But the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office stopped short of saying the officers were justified in using deadly force. The Miami Herald reports that prosecutors say the details of the incident remain unclear because the officers refused to give statements to investigators.
The decision was detailed in a batch of memos on police shooting cases released last week.
On Nov. 14, 2009, Miami officers Omar Ayala and George Diaz pulled over Corey McNeal in Allapattah. Prosecutors believe the officers were patting McNeal down when he began to resist violently, forcing Ayala to the ground. The officers then shot the man 27 times.
Detectives found McNeal lying on the ground with a box cutter near his right hand and a wad of cash clutched in his left. Ayala's shirt was untucked and missing a button. He had a cut on his lip and a scrape on his elbow.
According to a prosecutor's memo, the trajectory of many of the bullets was upward, as though McNeal were standing over Ayala, "very possibly with a box cutter in his hand."
Javier Ortiz, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police union, said the shooting was a clear case of self-defense.
But prosecutors say key details are missing because the officers did not cooperate with the investigation. The officers did not relay any information via radio in the moments before the shooting and it remains unclear why they chose to pull McNeal over.
"We cannot justify unknown acts," prosecutor David I. Gilbert wrote in a memo.
Police told investigators that McNeal had been arrested for allegedly battering his uncle two months before the shooting. According to the prosecutor's memo, an officer said McNeal told him "it would take more than handcuffs to arrest him the next time the police had a problem with him, they would have to put bullets in him."
McNeal's roommate told police the 35-year-old man had grown paranoid and tired of police "bothering him" after an unrelated shooting in 2006. In that incident, he was shot in the head and refused to let doctors remove the bullet, leading to a "personality change," the roommate said.
An autopsy report revealed McNeal had cocaine in his system the night of the fatal shooting.
In Miami-Dade, prosecutors review every police shooting to see if an officer broke state law in firing a weapon. In Florida, on-duty officers are generally given wide leeway in using deadly force to protect themselves or others - and prosecutors virtually never charge cops for manslaughter or murder.
The lack of cooperation of officers involved in shootings is often cited as a reason for the delay in closing such cases.


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The southernmost state of India has become a tourist spot due to several reasons, some of the prime, undeniable ones are its culture, cuisine and beauty. If you have the privilege to visit Tamil Nadu, your itinerary
Month: April 2016
Vacations are certainly the best part of the year for most of us. With work taking a toll on our lives, we do need some breathing space to leave back our daily routine and enjoy an outing to rejuvenate our mind and
Henry David Thoreau once said, "I never once found a companion as companionable as solitude." Travelling with one or more companions is surely a nice thing to do, but it's only when you travel alone that you tend to
If you're planning to take a vacation abroad in the near future, you should move over mainstream destinations like Paris or Prague and explore other parts of Europe such as Austria which are equally attractive and


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Forth Valley scientists gathered in the restaurant at Forth Valley Royal Hospital to celebrate Healthcare Science (HCS) week. Armed with microscopes, physiological tests and specialist equipment, staff from Physics, the Laboratories and Physiology were on hand to provide advice and information – no lab coat required!
This year's aim was to improve access and use of healthcare science services and included a demonstration of the new equipment fault reporting programme and information on the new Order Comms lab requesting system which is currently being piloted. Staff were also able to view a prepared histopathology slide, handle hearing aids and check their ECG lead placement practice.
A fun quiz helped highlight some of the key challenges which colleagues across the organisation can help with – after all, more than 80% of all patient diagnosis can be attributed to the work of healthcare scientists.
The stand was visited by Dr Graham Foster, Interim Director of Public Health who enjoyed an exclusive tour of some of Healthcare Science services provided in Forth Valley.
He said: "I'd like to thank everyone who manned the displays and demonstrations on the day. I could see there was lots of interest and enthusiasm from both staff and visitors. I also greatly enjoyed my visits to the Medical Physics, Cardiology and Microbiology laboratories and was very impressed by what I saw there. I am sure that this excellent event will have increased interest in and understanding of the work of healthcare scientists and the excellent career opportunities for scientists in the NHS."
Click on the HCS website for more details on the day, HCS services, and access to the quiz
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Duloxetine is effective for chronic musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain, but there are insufficient data to recommend the use of antidepressants for postoperative pain. The authors hypothesized that administration of duloxetine for 15 days would reduce pain with ambulation at 2 weeks after total knee arthroplasty.
In this triple-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, patients received either duloxetine or placebo for 15 days, starting from the day of surgery. Patients also received a comprehensive multimodal analgesic regimen including neuraxial anesthesia, epidural analgesia, an adductor canal block, meloxicam, and oxycodone/acetaminophen as needed. The primary outcome was the pain score (0 to 10 numeric rating scale) with ambulation on postoperative day 14.
One hundred six patients were randomized and analyzed. On day 14, duloxetine had no effect on pain with ambulation; mean pain was 3.8 (SD, 2.3) for placebo versus 3.5 (SD, 2.1) for duloxetine (difference in means [95% CI], 0.4 [−0.5 to 1.2]; P = 0.386). Symptoms potentially attributable to duloxetine discontinuation at study drug completion (nausea, anxiety) occurred among nine patients (duloxetine) and five patients (placebo); this was not statistically significant (P = 0.247). Statistically significant secondary outcomes included opioid consumption (difference in mean milligram oral morphine equivalents [95% CI], 8.7 [3.3 to 14.1], P = 0.002 by generalized estimating equation) over the postoperative period and nausea on day 1 (P = 0.040). There was no difference in other side effects or in anxiety and depression scores.
When included as a part of a multimodal analgesic regimen for knee arthroplasty, duloxetine does not reduce subacute pain with ambulation.
Duloxetine is effective for treatment of chronic musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain, but whether it reduces pain after surgery is unclear
In a triple-blinded, randomized control trial of duloxetine, 60 mg/day for 14 days begun on the day of total knee arthroplasty versus placebo in 106 patients, duloxetine failed to reduce pain with ambulation on postoperative day 14, the primary outcome
Jacques T. YaDeau, Chad M. Brummett, David J. Mayman, Yi Lin, Enrique A. Goytizolo, Douglas E. Padgett, Michael M. Alexiades, Richard L. Kahn, Kethy M. Jules-Elysee, Kara G. Fields, Amanda K. Goon, Yuliya Gadulov, Geoffrey Westrich; Duloxetine and Subacute Pain after Knee Arthroplasty when Added to a Multimodal Analgesic Regimen: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Triple-blinded Trial. Anesthesiology 2016;125(3):561-572. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000001228.
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What's The Saddest Song Ever?
I was browsing through the answers channel and I saw a question: What is the saddest song ever? Now that got me to think as to what I believed to be the saddest song I've ever heard. When I say "ever heard" that means that the selection spans a whole gamut of musical genres, so I had to think really hard.
To give me an idea I checked the answers that had been given….
The top answer in Yahoo is One Last Cry by Brian McKnight. One Last Cry is a love song about a man who saw his love with someone else so he says he's down to his one last cry before he ends the relationship.
I can swear by The Blue Nile's Wish Me Well. As Paul Buchanan explains, "I suppose that song is about a couple splitting up; and one or both speaking sense but not wanting it to be true and knowing it is." The likes of Phil Collins, Ricki Lee Jones and Annie Lennox to name a few are fans of this band. I can swear my life to their music. It is indeed, life changing.
Members of Answerbag.com claim it to be Hurt by Johnny Cash. This is about a man who has lost his way and who has changed into somebody else in the process of living life.
Yes, I could just describe the stories of the song but the combination of the lyrics, the story and the melody contribute to the sadness of the song. I will leave it up to you to google it, maybe except for the song I chose to be the saddest.
In an online competition site, Ibeatyou.com, this question was asked as well and the top saddest song is Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley but following close behind is Eric Clapton's Tears from Heaven. I'd go for Hallelujah because I dig Buckley despite his tragic death I would rather call a freak accident. He is one amazing artist and I still — up to present — have not found anyone who could write songs nor sing like him. That is probably why he is dead. Justified Posthumous Fame.
So far we have One Last Cry, a love song, Little Fall of Rain, another love song, Hurt, a song about life, and Tears in Heaven, a song about loss. There is no doubt that there a million sad songs out there and for every person the saddest song is different.
Normally, what we choose to be the saddest song is the one that we can most relate to. Your choice maybe a reflection of the saddest moment of your life but it doesn't really matter. Everybody has a story to tell on the toughest time in their lives. Its pretty hard to explain, but then again, its something we already know, much like an open secret.
To me it is most definitely Let it Be Love by Craig Armstrong feat. Steven Lindsay. I heard this song from Craig Armstrong's As If To Nothing CD and I literally stopped working. DO find the time to get this song. It is tricky. It is so sad you sometimes wish you never heard it. This was all I could find though, there are two songs in this one. The second song is also of Craig Armstrong's works with Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraizer.
So, what's the saddest song YOU'VE ever heard?
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Dress Rehearsal Rag by Leonard Cohen
the saddest song ever is gloomy sunday
Saddest song I've ever heard:
God Give me Strength – Elvis Costello
"Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt…"
he's a genius in making you feel more miserable than you already are…
Good song choices! except for one last cry… ugh.
miss you nights…by cliff richard/art garfunkel, real tear jerker!! How about Don mcclain's "the grave" very very sad.
Tim Buckley – Song to the Siren
Andrea Bocelli – Time to say goodbye (sung in italian which makes makes you weep, then you read the translation and really feel it pierce).
right people you obvistly havnt herd:
concrete angel- martina mcbride
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hello- lionel richie
there so sad
You guys need to hear the Sarah McLachlan version of Gloomy Sunday. Gloomy Sunday is also known as The Hungarian Sucide Song, I know this because I am Hungarian.
Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjWMtQcNJXI
Another very sad song is called Hello by Evanescense
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih61MJ72v1Y
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I think What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts is one of the saddest songs.
"the girl" by city and coulor.
It's sort of happy-sad, but it just makes me cry
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hey! great topic. personally i'd have to say the saddest song of all time is "and so it goes" by billy joel…its beautiful. check out my break down of the saddest songs of all time at http://www.saddestsongs.com
Almost Lover – A Fine Frenzy.
You mentioned how the saddest songs are the ones you can relate to, and this is one that many would be able to relate to.
Imogen Heap's version of Hallelujah is haunting, cool and saddening – it had a phenomenal effect when played on The OC at Marissa's death.
Hometown Glory by new artist Adele has a rather reminiscient feel to it – it certainly brings me to to tears at the right moment thinking about times and people gone by.
I think the saddest song I've heard recently is I Ain't Scared of Lightning by Tom Mcrae, but Damien Rice is the king of sad songs, and if you're looking for something heartbreakingly sentimental, any of his songs will do – but in particular I would reccomend 'The Blower's Daughter', 'Nine Crimes', 'Elephant' and 'Cannonball'.
Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman. enough said.
Congratulations by Blue October. Saddest song ever
Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumors is pretty rough!


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I don't get giddy for any upticks or trends real or imagined. For a while now I've chosen to simply report the facts. The fact is there is a discernible steady 'canter' in both the website design and E-Commerce marketplace. It's amazing that the industry is even on ... Read More
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Limping is putting it mildly; it's more between a limp and two broken legs, pathetically dragging on the floor for all of 2018. If E-Commerce in Trinidad & Tobago was an animal, I'd shoot it and put it out of it's misery. Fortunately, website design has remained constant ... Read More
January 21, 2019admin
The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Trinidad & Tobago (MTI) formally announced their "National E-Commerce Strategy 2017-2021" on Wednesday 6th Dec 2017. You know, me, mention 'E-Commerce' and my antennas fly out and then some. But truth be told, it was of no surprise as I was ... Read More
January 4, 2018admin
What if I told you that 2017 was a good year for web design and E-Commerce in Trinidad & Tobago? Cart me off to St. Anns right? Most national indicators were actually UP in 2017, unfortunately not the good ones— crime (the real biggy), inflation, corruption to name ... Read More
December 30, 2017admin
Forward Multimedia is promoting a NATIONAL CYBER MONDAY EVENT this November 27, 2017 in an effort to boost E-Commerce in Trinidad & Tobago. No apologies for the American-style 'we-too', it's already ingrained in the national psyche and best put it to work for the sake of the the ... Read More
October 3, 2017admin
It's been my best and worst year since I started websiting. If I write everything you'll swear I'm making it up. At it's peak I was flying above the stratosphere with grand visions of Forward Multimedia going interstellar at ten times the speed of light! At its ... Read More
December 30, 2016admin
I'll start with the direct quote from your Finance Minister's budget statement on Friday 30 September, 2016:. "Madam Speaker, the popularity of online purchases has increased significantly over the past few years. Reducing the demand for these items helps to save on foreign exchange and to assist local ... Read More
October 8, 2016admin
With the dreaded budget day 2016 getting very close, Trinis expect and will get the worst news, and no telling how this will impact E-Commerce investment and related activity as I really can't call it now. Immediately what comes to mind is the online shopping tax proposed last ... Read More
September 20, 2016admin
That sound you heard was the recession slamming into web design like a Mack truck. Despite the glimmer of hope at the start of the year, by the second quarter of 2016 everything dropped sheer off the edge of the cliff. Yes, website design in Trinidad & Tobago ... Read More
July 10, 2016admin
Trini business owners have to make a choice between investing in their website or 'expensing' it to weather this Trinidad & Tobago recession. From the looks of it, it looks like it's going to be a long one and things are probably going to get worse, much worse, ... Read More
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|Here is a cute video of the Cute's first year being alive. It features her first birthday on Oct 6, 2005 to her waving bye-bye on Oct 6, 2006. It was shown at her first birthday party last month.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Ellie's Birthday Video
Posted by Kyle at 2:29 PM
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- Tana said...
I LOVE it!!It is so great that you can put together a 10 min life summary to music. And what a STAR! Good job
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Here's a sampling of some of the new books and films that
have arrived at Hunter Library in April 2013.
Please browse the full list.
Joe McKendry,
One Times Square: a century of change at the crossroads of the world
Jaffrey, N.H.: David R. Godine, c2012
Lisa Mauri Thomas,
Landing your perfect nursing job
Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International, 2012, c2013
WCU New Books RT82 .T46 2012
John Homans,
What's a dog for?: the surprising history, science, philosophy,
and politics of man's best friend
New York: Penguin Press, 2012
WCU Leisure Read SF426 .H63 2012
Theodore T. Allen,
Introduction to engineering statistics and lean sigma:
statistical quality control and design of experiments and systems
New York: Springer, 2010
WCU New Books TS156 .A43 2010
Old-time Smoky Mountain music [sound recording]: 34 historic songs,
ballads, and instrumentals recorded in the Great Smoky Mountains by
"song catcher" Joseph S. Hall
Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2010
WCU Audio CD T ZZZZ 180
Life of Pi (Motion picture)
An Ang Lee film; produced by Gil Netter, Ang Lee,
David Womark; screenplay by David Magee
Beverly Hills, CA.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2013
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These days the summer is reaching it's top temperatures and everyone of us are trying ways to cool down. While we think how to satisfy our needs, we have to keep in mind that our pets are also feeling the heat and we must not forget about them.
Well, that was not the case here, cause some careless dog owner from Spain left his pet alone in a hot car. The outside temperature was nearly 100ºF and this was really reckless. Luckily a local Policeman was walking down the street and he heard barking coming from the car. The poor animal was clearly in distress and it was a matter of minutes for this dog. Officer knew he had to do something quickly, so he broke the car window to free the pup. He immediately pull him over into the shade and gave him water.
This was clearly some sort of animal abuse and who knows what would have happened if this hero policeman did not interfere. Check out the video and share please!


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Bedroomer hits the club on footwork-influenced comp
The indie electronic music collective borrows heavily from the Chicago sub-genre and the results are unpredictable
Bedroomer Presents: Main-Room
Toronto electronic music collective Bedroomer have put together a compilation that focuses on more uptempo, club-ready tracks – at least in comparison to their more chilled-out previous offerings. Main-Room bounces around a variety of dance genres, although most of the 14 cuts are influenced in some way by frenetic Chicago footwork rhythms. Think busy kick drum programming, fast tempos that suddenly drop to half-time, creepy synth melodies and plenty of sped-up helium vocal samples.
Despite the compilation's party-rocking mandate, there are plenty of references to the weirder end of electronic music, and some of the more successful tracks are closer to downtempo, like the laid-back groove of Philthkids' Deep Space or the intricate IDM breakbeats of Dan Only's Nano Steps.
On the other end of the spectrum, Sleepycatt's Bring Them Out and f(x)'s All Mine (#MANICURED) recall hazy memories of early hardcore rave anthems. The chopped-up classic breakbeats and giddy chipmunk vocals might be a bit too 90s-retro for some listeners, but those tracks are offset by plenty of other songs built around contemporary hip-hop and dancehall influences.
There's not a lot here for house and techno fans, but it's quite possible that Bedroomer will give those rhythms their own compilation in the future. Many of the tracks show a fair amount of electro influence, but more on the 90s end of that sound than the original 80s flavours or the 00s revival.
Bringing together a bunch of Toronto producers to do impressions of a very Chicago-specific sub-genre is always going to be risky, and dedicated fans of footwork beats will likely question the authenticity of much of this compilation. However, Main-Room's appeal lies in the unpredictability and eclecticism that come from those reinterpretations.
Top track: Nano Steps (Dan Only)
Bedroomer celebrate the release of Main-Room on Saturday (February 18) at Smiling Buddha with DJ Paypal. See listing.


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After Defeat
How the East Learned to Live with the West
By Ayse Zarakol
Published by Cambridge University Press December 2010
Not being of the West; being behind the West; not being modern enough; not being developed or industrialized, secular, civilized, Christian, transparent, or democratic - these descriptions have all served to stigmatize certain states through history. Drawing on constructivism as well as the insights of social theorists and philosophers, After Defeat demonstrates that stigmatization in international relations can lead to a sense of national shame, as well as auto-Orientalism and inferior status. Ayşe Zarakol argues that stigmatized states become extra-sensitive to concerns about status, and shape their foreign policy accordingly. The theoretical argument is supported by a detailed historical overview of central examples of the established/outsider dichotomy throughout the evolution of the modern states system, and in-depth studies of Turkey after the First World War, Japan after the Second World War, and Russia after the Cold War.
The Propriety of Liberty: Persons, Passions, and Judgement in Modern Political Thought
By Duncan Kelly
Published by Princeton University Press November 2010
In this book, Duncan Kelly excavates, from the history of modern political thought, a largely forgotten claim about liberty as a form of propriety. By rethinking the intellectual and historical foundations of modern accounts of freedom, he brings into focus how this major vision of liberty developed between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries.
In his framework, celebrated political writers, including John Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Hill Green pursue the claim that freedom is best understood as a form of responsible agency or propriety, and they do so by reconciling key moral and philosophical claims with classical and contemporary political theory. Their approach broadly assumes that only those persons who appropriately regulate their conduct can be thought of as free and responsible. At the same time, however, they recognize that such internal forms of self-propriety must be judged within the wider context of social and political life. Kelly shows how the intellectual and practical demands of such a synthesis require these great writers to consider freedom as part of a broader set of arguments about the nature of personhood, the potentially irrational impact of the passions, and the obstinate problems of individual and political judgement. By exploring these relationships, The Propriety of Liberty not only revises the intellectual history of modern political thought, but also sheds light on contemporary debates about freedom and agency.
The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe
Edited by John Loughlin, Frank Hendriks, and Anders Lidström
Published by Oxford University Press November 2010
The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the sub-national level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places sub-national democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today.
The Handbook adapts Lijphart's theory of democracy and applies it to the sub-national levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether sub-national (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political parties and interest groups and also how sub-national political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practices across Europe in this regard. Local financial systems also reveal a great variety. Finally, each chapter examines the challenges facing subnational democracy but also the opportunities available to them to enhance their democratic systems. Among the challenges identified are: Europeanization, globalization, but also citizens disaffection and switch-off from politics. Some countries have confronted these challenges more successfully than others but all countries face them.
An important aspect of the Handbook is the inclusion of all the countries of East and Central Europe plus Cyprus and Malta, who joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. This is the first time they have been examined alongside the countries of Western Europe from the angle of subnational democracy.
The primacy of foreign policy in British history, 1660-2000. How strategic concerns shaped modern Britain
Edited by Brendan Simms and William Mulligan
Published by Palgrave Macmillan October 2010
External challenges, strategic threats, and war – in short the primacy of foreign policy – have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these challenges and how developments in the constitution, the state, the public sphere, and the economy were a response to foreign policy issues from the Restoration to the rise of New Labour in the late twentieth century.
The modern British state has its origins in the wars of the late seventeenth century. Since then the long struggle with France, which ended with victory over Napoleon in 1815, the rise of Germany in the late nineteenth century, the two world wars, the Cold War, and European integration have been amongst the most significant preoccupations in British politics and have been integral to the history of modern Britain.
New Powers
How to Become One and How to Manage Them
By Amrita Narlikar
Published by C Hurst and Co Publishers July 2010
Being the new kid on the block is seldom easy at any level, and it is certainly not easy in the anarchical world of international politics. New powers such as Brazil, China and India have to tread a difficult balance as they negotiate their way to the top. They must signal a sufficient level of conformity to show that they do not pose a threat to the system, and thereby avoid preemptive reprisals. But habitually conciliatory diplomacy is likely to lead established powers to regard them as pushovers. Effective bargaining holds the key to finding the balance between these extremes. Established powers also have no straightforward answers available to them. If the aims of the new power are limited, then engagement is a worthwhile enterprise. But if they are radically revisionist or revolutionary, then its disruptive potential to the system may necessitate containment from the established powers. Assessing the intentions of new powers and responding appropriately is crucial for the maintenance of international peace and stability. The key to such an assessment lies in an analysis of negotiation behaviour, which Narlikar examines in the case of the three most important candidates vying for great power status today – Brazil, China, and India. Together they present some fascinating commonalities in their diplomacy but also significant differences. The range of cases of new powers studied here also allows us some scope for generalisation on how new entrants into great power clubs might behave, and what strategies the established powers can use most effectively to accommodate their rise.
Ethics and World Politics
By Duncan Bell
Published by Oxford University Press March 2010
Designed to appeal to teachers and students of international relations and political theory, this exciting, user-friendly text explores the ethical dimensions of some of the most complex problems in world politics.
The book opens with a discussion of different methods and approaches employed to study the subject, including analytical political theory, post-structuralism and critical theory. It then surveys some of the most prominent perspectives on global ethics, including cosmopolitanism, communitarianism of various kinds, theories of international society, realism, postcolonialism, feminism, and green political thought. Part III examines a variety of more specific issues, including immigration, democracy, human rights, the just war tradition and its critics, international law, and global poverty and inequality.


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A study conducted by a British doctor linking a vaccine to autism was recently debunked as a fraud. Parents put off getting needed shots for their children based on the errant information contained in the study. Remind anyone of the Tylenol scare? Checks and balances are needed in the medical research field as well to verify the accuracy of research results being provided before they are disseminated to the public.
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Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as it's called today, is a developmental disability that affects people in a number of different ways. It's considered a spectrum disorder because of the wide-ranging symptoms and varying degrees of behaviors. This means that some individuals with Autism may have only mild behaviors, while others on the spectrum will be affected with more severe behaviors and intellectual disabilities.
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* Social interactions — poor eye contact, difficulty understanding others' feelings, inability to make friends and build relationships with other children
* Verbal and non-verbal communication — speech delays or no speech at all, repeating words and phrases, difficulty interpreting implied meanings
* Interests and Sensitivities — very narrow or very intense interests, the need for routines and sameness, stereotypical behaviors like hand flapping and rocking
Autism is often noticeable before age two and usually diagnosed before age three.
The causes of Autism are still being studied, but research shows that it can be genetic. This means that certain people have genes that put them at risk for ASD. Birth-related factors also appear to play a role, such as children conceived by parents of an advanced age, a mother who is ill during pregnancy, or an infant who is deprived of oxygen during childbirth. No single factor causes Autism, but when birthing factors are combined with genetic risks, the chances are increased.
Autism affects over 3 million people in the United States (approximately 1% of the population), and is 4-5 times more common in boys than in girls.
The sooner a child with autism is diagnosed, the sooner they can receive treatment. Early intervention can make a big difference in progress and outcomes for children on the spectrum. Research shows that the most common and effective treatments of ASD include evidence-based therapies such as Applied Behavior Analysis Intervention (ABA), Speech and Language Therapy and/or Occupational Therapy.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
waz up?!?
ok, the 2nd installment of my blog. 2day, I think I'll just post some pics of a few of my favorite norns! Monthly freeks if you will. i'm still trying to figure out exactly what i'm going to do with this blog. i think i'm gonna have: monthly freeks (a colection of weird norns) weekly cheats (COAS comands ect.) and weekly links. ^^ we'll see what happins!
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Someone asks as you're leaving a coffee shop: "Excuse me, could you spare a little change for a coffee?"
What do you do?
- Say "No, sorry", without breaking your stride, even if you have change.
- Don't say anything, just shaking your head "No", even if you have change.
- Scrutinize them first, seeing how they look; do they appear destitute? Are they worthy, in your eyes, of your change? If you're male and it's a nice looking female asking, would it matter? If your female and it's a male, does it matter? That brings up the questions: why don't you ever see attractive homeless people? Is that a callous question?
- Say "No", and then go back into the coffee shop and tell the manager about the person loitering.
- Stop and give them change. But how much? Enough for a coffee? All your change, no matter how much you have?
This morning I did the second item.