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Queensland police have charged three people with kidnapping a man and torturing him until he handed over his banking details on Australia Day.
Police say an 18-year-old man arranged to meet the trio, whom he knew, at a car park in Beaudesert on January 25.
He drove there in his car and met with a 41-year-old man and two women, aged 46 and 24.
After the three got into the car and locked the doors, the older man allegedly told the 18-year-old to hand over his phone and assaulted him, officers say.
The younger man was then driven in his own car to house in Beaudesert, where he was assaulted again.
Police say the attackers demanded money and threatened him until he handed over his banking details.
He was then released with bruising to his head and face.
Police have charged the two women and the older man with a number of offences including torture, deprivation of liberty, robbery with violence in company, assault occasioning bodily harm, extortion and attempted sexual assault.
The 24-year-old woman has also been charged with threatening violence.
The three, all from Beaudesert, were due to appear at the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Saturday.


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Judge bans killer of teen from driving
A man who is serving a 13-year sentence after he killed a Dundalk teenager in an unprovoked attack two years ago has been convicted of drink-driving.
Douglas (Dougie) Ward (36), of Loughantarve, Knockbridge, Co Louth and of Great Meadow Way, Stamullen in Meath, pleaded guilty at Balbriggan District Court to drink driving last January 2, 2012, at Drogheda Street in Balbriggan.
He also admitted driving without a licence and driving the vehicle with no NCT.
Father-of-three Ward, who pleaded guilty to the October 2010 manslaughter of Niall Dorr (18) and was sentenced in December at the Central Criminal Court to 16 years with the final three suspended, was brought to the court from Mountjoy Prison.
Judge Dermot Desmond disqualified the accused from driving for six months.
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March, 2011: "Dearest Lucy, happy 18th [decorated with a shower of sparks], love from Errol and Mumma xxoxx....etc 31.7.'92 [in a hand-drawn banner held up by two penguins]". I've been going through my books (too many of them), trying to prune them down. But it's a wrench to get rid of books that have been inscribed by my parents. Thankfully, my father didn't inscribe the twenty-three volumes of Rudyard Kipling's complete works that he gave me one birthday - presented to me by a convoy of him and my youngest brother bearing bulging plastic bags (plastic bags are our wrapping paper on that side of the family). I'm afraid the complete Rudyard Kipling will not remain on my shelf. He is too patchy. Mumma and Errol gave me D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow (1915) for my eighteenth birthday. It won't be going. I remembered liking it at the time, so reread it as part of my D.H. Lawrence exploration.
The story follows an emotional thread, starting with the relationship between Tom Brangwen and Lydia Lensky, then going down a generation to Lydia's daughter (to her first husband), Anna, and her relationship with her husband, another Brangwen, Will. Part Three of the novel follows Anna and Will's daughter, Ursula. The drama of the novel takes place inside each character; outside, life trots along routinely. That's the case with most of us, most of our lives - not much happens, yet, every week is a tumultuous working-through of the various forces coming into or going out of our emotional lives. This is what D.H. Lawrence writes about, in intimate, unapologetic detail. I kept having to remind myself (sexistly) "And a man wrote this!" Most of us feel a bit ashamed of the tumult that is wrought upon our lives by the relationships that we have with those around us, and only keep a few trusted confidantes abreast of all the latest developments. But D.H. Lawrence declares, "This - the emotional life - is the most significant part of our lives, and anyone who disagrees is deprived!"
There's a lot of drama - veering from joy to hatred to grief to contentment - in his descriptions of his characters' emotional lives. For me, this is how relationships actually are. They are never still. Here is one bit that brought back all the horror of sharing (or not sharing) a bed with someone:
She could not sleep with him any more. She said he destroyed her sleep. Up started all his frenzy and madness of fear and suffering. She drove him away. Like a cowed, lurking devil, he was driven off, his mind working cunningly against her, devising evil for her. But she drove him off. In his moments of intensest suffering, she seemed to him inconceivable, a monster, the principle of cruelty.
However her pity might give way for a few moments, she was hard and cold as a jewel. He must be put off from her, she must sleep alone. She made him a bed in the small room.
And he lay there whipped, his soul whipped almost to death, yet unchanged. He lay in agony of suffering, thrown back into unreality, like a man thrown overboard into a sea, to swim till he sinks, because there is no hold, only a wide, weltering sea.
He did not sleep, save for the white sleep when a thin veil is drawn over the mind. It was not sleep. He was awake, and he was not awake. He could not be alone. He needed to be able to put his arms around her. He could not bear the empty space at his breast, where she used to be. He could not bear it. He felt as if he were suspended in space, held there by the grip of his will. If he relaxed his will, he would fall, fall through endless space, into the bottomless pit, always falling, will-less, helpless, non-existent, just dropping to extinction, falling till the fire off friction had burned out, like a falling star, then nothing, nothing, complete nothing.
He rose in the morning, grey and unreal. And she seemed fond of him again, she seemed to make up to him a little.
"I slept well," she said, with her slightly false brightness. "Did you?"
"All right," he answered.
He would never tell her.
A couple of paragraphs later, she says:
"I don't want to send you away. I want to sleep with you. But I can't sleep, you don't let me sleep."
His blood turned black in his veins.
"What do you mean by such a thing? It's an arrant lie. I don't let you sleep - "
"But you don't. I sleep so well when I'm alone. And I can't sleep when you're there. You do something to me, you put a pressure on my head. And I must sleep, now the child is coming."
"It's something in yourself," he replied, "something wrong in you."
Horrible in the extreme were these nocturnal combats, when all the world was asleep, and they two were alone, alone in the world, and repelling each other. It was hardly to be borne.
I tried to transcribe a big chunk, because the relentless documenting of every passing feeling, every attack and parry, is the whole point of The Rainbow. It is not D.H. Lawrence to say, "Then they got married," and leave the story at that, as if it were an ending. D.H. ends the story with Ursula being single, her love-relationships having played themselves out. To my mind, this is a more fitting point at which to end a story. While I was reading The Rainbow, it made me feel sad that I wasn't on the battlefield of an intertwined relationship; but it also reminded why I'm not. Sometimes I think I might have found a peacefulness that is too lovely to sacrifice for unpeaceful togetherness; most of my twenties I spent in intertwined relationships, full of longing and pettiness (mostly mine), resentment, fury, feelings of being trapped or suppressed, wanting more, wanting it to be better, wanting myself to be sweeter. Also some good feelings...utmost, mutual trust, and an abiding faith in our love. But I don't want to be like that again. And I do tend to pull up sharply and say, "No! No more! I've stopped liking myself." Reading The Rainbow, I think, "Maybe not liking oneself is part of being in a close relationship with someone."


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With sumptuous costumes and hidden meanings, Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden is a complex feminist thriller while A Quiet Passion also explores an oppressive society in its telling of the life story of poet Emily Dickinson
The Handmaiden (18) *****
A Quiet Passion (12A) ****
The Sense of an Ending (15) ***
Old Boy director Park Chan-wook might not seem like an obvious choice to bring Sarah Waters' Man Booker-nominated bestseller Fingersmith to the big screen, but that's a big part of the success of The Handmaiden. Transposing the action to Japanese-controlled Korea in the 1930s, the film sees him transform Waters' Victorian-set lesbian crime saga into a bold, beautiful and way-out-there female revenge story that eschews the bloodless nature of most costume dramas to revel in the lusty passions, kinky hobbies and digit-dicing proclivities of its main characters.
Told – as the novel was – from multiple perspectives, it's a story with audacious twists and turns that shouldn't be spoiled in a review, but suffice to say that Park handles the convoluted tale of a young, streetwise maid who falls for the mistress she's supposed to be defrauding with the kind of verve that makes Tarantino's most recent work so thrilling and unusual. Replete with graphic sex scenes and ripe melodrama, The Handmaiden also has all the hallmarks of an erotic thriller, but it comes with an explicit feminist bent that celebrates the way its protagonists find strength in each other as they push back against the twisted realities imposed on them by the men in their lives.
For Japanese heiress Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee) that's her pervy Korean uncle Kouzoki (Cho Kin-Won), who has sequestered her in an elaborate mansion that functions as a shrine to Japan and the west – as well as to an eye-watering collection of erotic literature that he regularly shares with his creepy all-male libertine book group. For the younger Sook-hee (Kim Tae-ri), a pickpocket and grifter recruited to work in Lady Hideko's house, it's the boorish Count Fukinawa (Ha Jung-woo), whose sense of entitlement blinds him to the fact that he's not as smart as the women he's attempting to exploit. Nothing is quite what it seems here, something emphasised by the hidden layers of meaning encoded within the film's sumptuous production and costume designs, things that Park's camera positively fetishises. But it's the way Sook-hee and Hideko individually take control of their stories that ultimately transforms this puzzle-box of a movie into such a liberating and entertainingly outré thriller.
The oppressive nature of patriarchal society is one of the themes Terence Davies teases out in A Quiet Passion, his elegant film about Emily Dickinson. Presenting the poet as a quiet revolutionary, someone unwilling to be cowed by either the piety of American life in the Civil War era or the domineering belief that literary prominence and permanence should be the sole preserve of male writers, the film delivers a beautiful, sometimes witty, often desperately sad portrait of an artist all too aware of the injustice of being unread in her lifetime. Her refusal to view her talent as a consolation prize for inequality and potential posterity as a salve for literary invisibility causes a sorrow in her that's as deep and complex as her work, something brilliantly captured by Cynthia Nixon's haunted performance as Dickinson.
After an opening sequence in which the young Emily (played by Emma Bell) is rescued by her loving family from an all-girls seminary, Davies confines the remainder of the movie to the Dickinson family home, where Emily's father (Keith Carradine) allows her to write during the earliest hours of the morning and where she's able to spend her afternoons and evenings trading sly witticisms with her sister Vonnie (Jennifer Ehle), her brother Austin (Duncan Duff) and her sharp-tongued friend Vryling Buffam (Catherine Bailey). Though the house at once seems idyllic, it's also a place in which ideals have their limits: Emily's determination to protect her independence comes at a price as frustration and bitterness begin to dim her spirit and harden her against the joy to be found all around her.
An expressionistic filmmaker, Davies's past adaptations of House of Mirth and Sunset Song benefitted from his ability to match source material to images in ways that set the texts free on screen even while liberally quoting from them – so it's hardly surprising he makes judicious use of Dickinson's poems here. Deploying them in hushed voice-over, he uses her verse to further articulate her interior life, offsetting the film's slightly mannered, precisely calibrated dialogue with an emotional intensity that Nixon's brilliantly judged performance more than matches.
Unlike A Quiet Passion and The Handmaiden, The Sense of an Ending feels far too constrained by its literary source material. This is despite Julian Barnes encouraging the film's makers to freely adapt his 2011 Man Booker-winning novel of the same name. The film's failings aren't to do with questions of fidelity to the source material, however, but the lack of cinematic daring in its dramatisation of the story and its ideas about memory and time and the lies we tell ourselves (and others) when constructing our life stories.
That said, Jim Broadbent is very engaging in the lead role of Tony, a curmudgeonly retiree who's forced to confront his past when the mother of his first love dies and leaves him a diary in her will. Alas, the way director Ritesh Batra (making his English-language debut after his gentle, Mumbai-set arthouse favourite The Lunchbox) fills in the backstory with a series of flashbacks feels very conventional and the parallel timelines never connect in an impactful way.
When Charlotte Rampling pops up as the present-day version of Tony's first love Veronica, the film invites unfavourable comparisons with 45 Years, which offered up a much more challenging, ambiguous and artistically satisfying exploration of similar themes.


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I will be honest and tell you that I wasn't in the mood for a monster movie or a horror-thriller flick as it is described but I know that many of you love them and this one... (in spite of my negativity) was quite enjoyable! Filmed as a mockumentary, a group of students set out after a supposed bear poacher. In the process of trying to get an interview with the law breaker they follow him into the woods where they quickly learn the bear killer is involved in a government cover-up on a much larger (and scarier!) problem: trolls. And trolls that are out of control (for reasons we learn much later on). Allowed to follow along (as long as they aren't christian, as trolls have an affinity for christian blood) to document the troll hunter's exploits the students have to wash off their human scent and put on troll grease so that they won't be recognized in order to tag along. Reluctantly they do so but their unctuous appearances pay off. They are quickly rewarded with the appearance of a huge three-headed troll!
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Atmos Totnes is the first project to be led by Totnes Community Development Society, an Industrial and Provident Society committed to pioneering community-led development in a way rooted in local economies. Atmos takes an old milk processing factory in Totnes and, led by an exemplary and highly creative community consultation process, and in partnership with a mainstream developer and the site's owners, is redesigning it as a vibrant, mixed use development design as the heart of a new economy for Totnes. How we got this far is a story we tell here, and the principles the community has told us they would like to underpin the development can be found here.
Atmos is a great demonstration of people power, determination and patience. We see this site as being a catalyst for the town's economy, as well as the opportunity to model a new approach to development, and provide the means for young people to stay in the town. As greenfield sites across the country disappear under unaffordable, inefficient and boring homes, we urgently need a new model.
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BAGHDAD — In recent months, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has sought to convince Iraq that it is finished with war. He ordered blast walls around Baghdad pulled down, including those near the Foreign and Finance Ministries. He has refused to ask the American military for help in any major way since Iraqi soldiers took full security responsibility in the cities on June 30.
Then two trucks drove into downtown Baghdad on Wednesday, detonating huge bombs that killed nearly 100 people and that gravely wounded Mr. Maliki's case that Iraq is ready to defend itself without American help. The attacks also deepened a widespread dissatisfaction with Mr. Maliki, with some critics accusing him of polishing his political image as the man who restored security to Iraq at the expense of actual safety.
"The removal of the T-walls from the streets was just a propaganda way to say to Iraqis, 'We have improved the situation,' and it was just rubbish," said Qassim Daoud, an independent Shiite politician and former national security adviser, using another name for the big concrete barriers that have come to define an Iraq in conflict.
Among the troubling questions to emerge from the heaps of rubble piled up from the blasts is how the Maliki government ultimately asked the Americans for help on Wednesday, apparently for the first time since the June 30 transfer. Under the countries' security agreement, United States forces must stay out of Iraqi cities unless officially asked to return.
The request on Wednesday did not appear to have come until more than three hours after the explosions. By that time, most of the dying was done and most of the bleeding was stanched.Continue reading the main story
Hospitals filled to overflowing with more than 1,000 wounded people, but only a trickle of the victims went to the nearest one, the American military-run Ibn Sina Hospital in the Green Zone just three minutes away.
United States officials put the best possible face on it. "The Iraqis were fully in the lead yesterday and remain there today," said Brig. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, spokesman for the American military in Iraq. "They were the first responders and established security. They later requested U.S. forces' assistance, which we provided to complement the Iraqi efforts."
Others saw it as evidence that Mr. Maliki had overstated the readiness of Iraqi forces and safety in Iraq in the prelude to national elections in January that he hopes to win.
"The prime minister and the Iraqi people paid the price for their reach exceeding their grasp," said John A. Nagl, a counterinsurgency expert and president of the Center for a New American Security, a research institution in Washington. "The insurgency is not over."
Inviting the Americans back must have been difficult for Mr. Maliki, because no government spokesmen publicly mentioned that the United States helped, even as American troops continued to pitch in on Thursday.
The Iraqis also kept quiet about a decision by the prime minister late Wednesday to suspend his earlier order that all blast walls and similar fortifications be removed from the city by mid-September. An Iraqi government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss security matters, said the suspension took immediate effect. There was no official announcement, but blast-wall removal that had been under way in the Salhiya area of Baghdad did not resume Thursday.
Many officials blamed such removals for the ease with which two open-topped trucks filled with nearly eight tons of explosives got within killing range of the Foreign and Finance Ministries. Iraqi officials said 95 people died and 1,203 were hospitalized.
It could have been even worse. Two other bombings seem to have been planned for Wednesday. A truck carrying 2,200 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer was found abandoned just blocks from the Foreign Ministry. In addition, a car packed with explosives was stopped by the police, who said they arrested two extremists.
The Baghdad Operations Command, which reports to Mr. Maliki, issued a statement on Thursday saying it had detained 11 Iraqi security force officers in connection with the bombings. They included the commanders of two battalions stationed in the areas where the bombings occurred, and the chiefs of intelligence and the police and the top traffic wardens in the two neighborhoods. It was not clear if they were charged with negligence or complicity.
The arrests drew derision from many quarters. "They took this action to absorb the anger of the people," said Zainab Kenani, a Shiite legislator from a political bloc that often supports Mr. Maliki. "These small officers had nothing to do with those incidents."
Hadi al-Ameri, a Shiite legislator and chairman of Parliament's security committee, said the leadership of the military and intelligence operations needed to be replaced.
"We have six intelligence services," he said on Iraqiya, the state-owned television network. "How did these trucks get into this sensitive area?"
He was referring to the Foreign Ministry, which is near Parliament, several other government office buildings and the Green Zone's main entrance. Fortifications and blast walls have been removed in recent months from the main roads there.
After the blasts, the United States military provided the Iraqis with air surveillance support, explosives-disposal and forensics teams and help setting up security cordons, said Lt. Col. Philip Smith, a spokesman for American forces in Baghdad.
Many United States soldiers at the scenes told reporters that they were waiting for permission to help more than three hours after the bombings.
Assistance on Thursday "was mostly focused on forensics of the blast sites and remnants of the car bombs themselves," Colonel Smith added.
Maj. Gen. Jihad al-Jabouri, commander of an Iraqi bomb disposal unit, said the trucks carried ammonium nitrate fertilizer, along with artillery and mortar shells. The truck that hit the Foreign Ministry held 4,400 pounds of explosives, he said, while that at the Finance Ministry carried 3,300 pounds.
Mr. Maliki's office issued a statement saying the bombings were "without a doubt a call to re-evaluate our security plans and mechanisms to face the challenge of terrorism," suggesting that he was willing to review security arrangements.
On Thursday night, Iraqis placed hundreds of candles on burned-out cars, damaged walls and sidewalks near the Foreign Ministry bombing.
An Iraqi soldier approached a group that was about to add more candles and said his captain had ordered him to stop them.
"So where was your captain when the explosion happened?" one young man replied. "Why didn't he put a checkpoint up here? Now you ask me to stop lighting a candle for my family. I am not going to stop, and if you want to stop me, just try."
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April 30, 2019
Pashtun Activists Denied Media Time After Military Claims
Leaders of a civil rights movement demanding security and rights for Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun minority have largely been denied any media coverage after the country's powerful military accused them of being funded by foreign spy services.
March 19, 2019
U.S. 'To End Contacts' With Afghan Security Adviser Mohib Following Verbal Attack
A senior U.S. diplomat has told Afghanistan's president that U.S. officials will no longer deal with his national security adviser, Reuters news agency is reporting, citing four knowledgeable American and Afghan sources.
March 14, 2019
Afghan Official, U.S. Publicly Clash Over Khalilzad's Conduct In Taliban Peace Talks
A senior Afghan official accused the U.S. special envoy to his country, Zalmay Khalilzad, of "delegitimizing" the Kabul government by excluding it from peace negotiations with the Taliban and acting like a "viceroy."
March 01, 2019
Taliban Revive Harsh Rule In A Remote Afghan Province
Now billing themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, formal name of the Taliban, the movement still focus on curtailing individual freedoms, imposing gender segregation, strict rules, and punishments in the name of Islamic Shari'a law.
February 25, 2019
In Pakistan, Former Anti-Taliban Commander Says He Regrets Siding With Military
Turkistan Bhittani says he now regrets fighting for the military. He even warns others against taking up arms for the Pakistani Army, which admits to having lost thousands of soldiers and officers in quelling a decade-long Taliban rebellion in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
February 25, 2019
Pakistan Court Rejects Ex-Prime Minister Sharif's Bail Plea
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Naasfeld - Hermagor
Ski resort for young people is in Carinthia at the Italian border. The skiing here goes a large part of Italian youth in this part of the border, where snow is guaranteed, safe routes over 100 km of pistes, 300 km cross-country skis. Guaranteed skiing throughout the season - good snow conditions provides altitude. amount of snow and 150 pieces of works.
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Chalets ALM RESORT NASSFELD ****
Perfect location newly built cottage directly on the slope. Excellent for families, parties - just lack that quickly sell off.
The newly built cottage Alm Resort Nassfeld have a great location on the slopes of the ski resort Nassfeld - Hermagor. Sonnenalpe center and shops about 1.5 km. Resort altitude 1500m, near the border with Austria, Italy. Hermagor railway station about 19km, Klagenfurt airport 100km.
CUBE Nassfeld
Cube stylish hotel is located in the center section Tröpolach Hermagor ski resort Nassfeld-Hermagor at an altitude of 600m. Hermagor railway station about 10km.
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Hotel GARTNERKOFEL ****
Comfortable hotel Gartnerkofel with an informal atmosphere is perfectly situated in the middle of the ski area Naasfeld Hermagor right in the center Sonnenalpe Naasfeld at an altitude of 1500 meters. Shopping options 300m, Tröpolach station about 12 kilometers, Hermagor about 20 km, Klagenfurt airport about 86 kilometers.
Falkensteiner Hotel SONNENALPE ****
Falkensteiner Hotel Sonnenalpe is in Nassfeld right in the middle of ski slopes at an altitude of 1.500 meters. Pleasant modern hotel particularly suitable for families with children.
Hotel SAMERHOF ****
The hotel is located in Samerhof Nassfeld in the center of Tröpolach, near the cablecar station. It also has a secondary adjacent apartment building about 4min walk from the main hotel building.
Alpenhotel MARCIUS ***
Alpenhotel Marcius built in traditional Austrian style rural home is perfectly situated in the resort of Nassfeld Sonnleitn, a few meters from the ski lifts. Altitude 1.400m.
Hotel WULFENIA ****+
Renovated hotel Wulfenia & Spa is located at an altitude of about 1,500 meters directly in the middle of the Nassfeld ski area, in part Sonnenalpe directly on the slope. The hotel is furnished in a modern design, minimalist style.
Aparthotel EDERHOF ****
Traditional Aparthotel Ederhof provides apartments and rooms in the main building and newly built adjacent building 50 meters away while diet. It has a great location right on the slope of the Nassfeld ski area, part Schlanitzen.
Apartments DE LUXE SCHLUGA ****
Schluga Apartments De Luxe is located in the center Hermagor in a quiet part of Lake Pressegersee. House I was opened in July 2006 and House II in December 2009.
Apartments ALM RESORT NASSFELD
Apartments Alm Resort Nassfeld have a great location in the middle of the ski resort Nassfeld - Hermagor, right amidst the slopes. Sonnenalpe centre and nearest shop about 1.5 km. Resort is in 1500 m altitude. Railway station Hermagor about 19km, airport Klagenfurt 100km.
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Das Kleine Sonnenresort the small holiday village of small cottages near the top ski resort in Carinthia, Nassfeld - Hermagor, simple tourist accommodation.
Small holiday village Das Kleine Sonnenresort is located in the village Jenig just 3km from Tröpolach of which leads to the car top ski resort Nassfeld - Hermagor. Apartment style accommodation is in small bungalows with lots of wood. The village is a quiet sunny location with views of the surrounding mountains.
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Many exciting things are happening at Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church, the newest church community of the Metropolis of Chicago.
Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church in Lincolnshire, IL, the newest parish in the Metropolis of Chicago, is expanding to better serve its fast growing community.
Rise of a new community
Back in 1997, a group of people came together to discuss the need for a Greek Orthodox church in Southern Lake County.
Founding member Harold Anagnos explained.
"We saw the need, and addressed His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos. He gave us the blessing to meet and discuss the possibilities."
This meeting has become well-known in the community, as it was not only the place where the seeds were planted, but where an incredibly dedicated group of individuals pledged to create a new church community, despite any potential roadblocks.
Five families were part of these planning stages. A priest was actually assigned before the church was even established and had a name, which is highly unusual.
"We met again at the home of another founding member, Fred Chapekis. We'd compiled a list of potential priests. Father Jim Gordon arrived to join meeting. The kids in the room immediately recognized him, since at the time he was the Metropolis Youth Director. We all looked at each other, and thought, if the kids all know him and respond so positively to him, then he was the one. We requested him and he was immediately assigned to our community."
The name has great significance. It is the only church in our Metropolis whose name was selected personally by His Eminence. Only one other parish in the U.S. bears the name Ascension: Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Oakland, CA. It's also an appropriate metaphor for its rise from fledgling community to one serving more than 300 families in the area and growing.
The first liturgy took place on January 10, 1998 at the nearby Stevenson High School. The community met there until early July 2001, when they were able to move to their property in Lincolnshire.
The current structure is a former ranch home. In fact, the narthex area was once a swimming pool, and the kitchen is a typical residential kitchen. The barn was torn down, and a temporary church was constructed. The parish received permission from the Village of Lincolnshire, to hold services at at their present location, and the first Vespers and Divine Liturgy were celebrated on the church's feast day in 2001.
Carol Stamas, part of the community since the third Divine Liturgy in 1998, recalled that the ministries began to form quickly.
"By September, we had a fully operating Philoptochos chapter, JOY/Jr. GOYA, and a GOYA."
Today there are ministries for toddlers to seniors. Later this year, they hope to launch a new ministry, for married couples.
Every member of the community is dedicated to the parish and its growth. The church owns seven acres of property, and paid off its mortgage years ago.
Committed to the youth
Father Sotirios Malamis, who was assigned to the church as Proistamenos in September 2014, said the commitment to the youth was in place from the initial discussions.
"Our youth groups were fully formed and operating early on. Father Jim, along with our former Youth Director, Alex Magdalinos, put a plan in place. It called for consistency, so the kids could get involved, and get to know one another. They've developed such a tight bond. We remain committed to our youth, and our youth ministries are an integral part of our community. We're now actively seeking a new youth director. "
Carol detailed other ways the parish is committed to youth.
"Father Sotirios has led us on college visits including a visit to Indiana University where we had the opportunity to visit with 13 students. We also visit kids when they're home from college. We want to keep everyone close and connected. Earlier this month we took 14 of our GOYANS to Boston, to visit Hellenic College/HolyCross and many of the cultural and historical sites."
Father Sotirios Malamis and the entire Ascension Community are dedicated and committed to the youth.
Overcoming challenges to begin ascent
Over the last 15 years, the parish has been planning for construction of a new church building at its current location. Harold commented that challenges presented themselves along the way, but they remained undaunted.
"The village has strict building codes and regulations. It took time to work through all of that to create something we were happy with, that was in compliance. We began this process in 2005."
What seemed as setbacks, the group said, only served to make them stronger, and led them to further tweak the designs into something magnificent.
Harold and Carol told us how changes helped to make things fall into place.
"We had a change in architect, to Axion Architects led by our parishioner Bill Kokalias. It really took things to a whole other level. Then, more and more, things began to take shape, like it was all happening the way it was supposed to."
Patriarch's Blessing
The community has received the blessings of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Father Sotiros shared the story.
"We sent vestments to the Patriarchal community of St. George, and enclosed a letter detailing our plans. We asked for His All Holiness' prayers and blessings. He sent back a letter, giving us the mission. It came just three weeks before we launched the capital campaign. It literally changed everything and set us on our way."
Blessings from His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew
Construction plans
Plans for the new church complex include a late-Byzantine style church, a community center, chapel, gallery, bookstore, storage, office suites, an expanded commercial kitchen, more classrooms to expand Sunday School, and more.
Parishioners were surveyed about the construction plans. They were asked if they wanted the church to be built first, or a new community center. Overwhelmingly, the response was the church. Construction on the new church, including an adult baptistry and seating for 420, is planned for September and will be completed in a year. The existing structure will then be revamped into the new community center.
The total cost of the project is $7.5 million.
Watch the video detailing Ascension of Our Lord Church's expansion
Father Sotirios added that it's critical for the parish to continue to evolve, since the area includes many unchurched people who are seeking a home. He said they are finding their way to Ascension.
Our Faith. Our Church. Our Legacy
With population shifts and other changes, Ascension of Our Lord could be the last Greek Orthodox Church constructed in the Chicagoland area, for a long while.
Father Sotirios spoke about fundraising.
"Given the challenges, we weren't sure how people would respond to a capital campaign, but we're overwhelmed with the generosity of our parishioner."
Harold explained just how generous.
"To date, we've raised $2.1 million, and we have pledges for another $2.5 million. It shows us that we are moving in the right direction. People are giving with faith and with love, to see Orthodoxy and Hellenism perpetuated."
The greater community-at-large is invited to be part of the excitement. A fundraising gala will take place in September, just before the groundbreaking. There are still naming opportunities available. Interested parties may contact Father Sotirios of Harold for more information.
Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church is located at 1207 N. Riverwoods Road in Lincolnshire, IL. 847.482.1200


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The British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film is an annual award given to the Best Actress who starred in a British independent film. The award was introduced in 1998.
- 1998 – Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth as Valerie
- Louise Goodall – My Name Is Joe as Sarah Downie
- Rachel Griffiths – My Son the Fanatic as Bettina/ Sandra
- Samantha Morton – Under the Skin as Iris Kelly
- Emma Thompson – The Winter Guest as Frances
- 1999 – Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jackie Du Pré
- Lara Belmont – The War Zone as Jessie
- Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie as Hilary Du Pré
- Jane Horrocks – Little Voice as LV
- Gina McKee – Wonderland as Nadia
- 2000 – Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth as Lily Bart
- Kate Ashfield – The Low Down as Ruby
- Brenda Blethyn – Saving Grace as Grace Trevethyn
- Emily Watson – The Luzhin Defence as Natalia Katkov
- 2001 – Kate Ashfield – Late Night Shopping as Jody
- Susan Lynch – Beautiful Creatures as Dorothy
- Samantha Morton – Pandaemonium as Sara Coleridge
- Kate Winslet – Enigma as Hester Wallace
- 2002 – Samantha Morton – Morvern Callar as Movern Callar
- Elaine Cassidy – Disco Pigs as Rent/Sinead
- Shirley Henderson – Villa des Roses as Ella
- Harriet Walter – Villa des Roses as Olive Burrell
- 2003 – Olivia Williams – The Heart of Me as Madeleine
- Kate Ashfield – This Little Life as Sadie McGregor
- Helena Bonham Carter – The Heart of Me as Dinah
- Samantha Morton – In America as Sarah
- Tilda Swinton – Young Adam as Ella Gault
- 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Rose Drake
- Eva Birthistle – Ae Fond Kiss... as Roisin Hanlon
- Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring as Griet
- Natalie Press – My Summer of Love as Mona
- Anne Reid – The Mother as May
- 2005 – Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle
- Joan Allen – Yes as She
- Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Mrs. Henderson
- Natasha Richardson – Asylum as Stella Raphael
- Emily Watson – Wah-Wah as Ruby Compton
- 2006 – Kate Dickie – Red Road as Jackie Morrison
- Juliette Binoche – Breaking and Entering as Amira Simić
- Frances de la Tour – The History Boys as Mrs. Lintott
- Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth
- Robin Wright – Breaking and Entering as Liv
- 2007 – Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
- Tannishtha Chatterjee – Brick Lane as Nazneen Ahmed
- Anne Hathaway – Becoming Jane as Jane Austen
- Sophia Myles – Hallam Foe as Kate Breck
- Kierston Wareing – It's a Free World... as Angela
|Vera Farmiga
|The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
|Elsa (Mother)
|Sally Hawkins
|Pauline "Poppy" Cross
|Keira Knightley
|The Duchess
|Duchess Georgiana
|Samantha Morton
|The Daisy Chain
|Martha Conroy
|Kelly Reilly
|Eden Lake
|Carey Mulligan
|An Education
|Jenny Mellor
|Emily Blunt
|The Young Victoria
|Queen Victoria
|Abbie Cornish
|Bright Star
|Fanny Brawne
|Katie Jarvis
|Fish Tank
|Mia Williams
|Sophie Okonedo
|Sandra Laing
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- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role


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Friday, March 26, 2010
What are my capabilities?
I get to find out because I've got a test coming up that will measure just that. I was told where to go and then I asked about the test. They told me to wear loose clothing because I would be.....get this.......sitting for extended periods of time, the same for standing, stooping, bending, crawling and that the test would last approximately 3 to 4 hours depending how long I would need to rest. Well, if that's the case the test should last a couple of weeks! How many boxes of Kleenex's will I need because it sounds like I will be crying all the way through the test.
I know that it will take me through the physical demands of the workplace but what about the things that are impossible to be measured? Things like stress, variables like weather or symptoms that plague people with Fibromyalgia that appear and disappear at will with an intensity level that can go from zero to OH-MY-GOD in a matter of minutes. These things cannot be measured in testing that lasts a few hours. Also, what happens after the testing is complete is also not taken into account. I may have a good day and do relatively well on the test and then completely fall apart the next day. The testing doesn't monitor your abilities over a period of time. It's a single snapshot of a particular point in time and, to me, that is inadequate.
Plus, I took a look at the extended forecast. I understand that weather can change but right now the extended forecast calls for rain on the day I'm scheduled for the test. If anything can make me laugh, that did it. I should just be in fine shape if the humidity is off the charts and it's raining. Can you imagine me doing all of this with a pain level of 8 or above? It makes me shudder just to think about it.
I'm sure this will be the first of many tests that will decide my future. It is enough to have the pressure of an income level that has been cut by more than three quarters now I have to think about this. I do have a tendency to over-think things and I'm sure this subject will be no different. I have already started the process which includes analyzing, over-analyzing, beating it into the ground, killing and burying it and then finally resurrecting it and being analyzing it all over again.
The problem is that I don't like limitations. Never have. I don't care whether it's been limitations on mental challenges, food or speed limits. It makes no difference to me. If you tell me I can't do it I would give my last dime to prove you wrong. Notice, however, physical limitations are not on that list. I used to believe that my body would never attack me. I could use it and push it and there was never a problem. That was before. After all of this?? I will push my body only so far. Pain is not gain as far as I'm concerned. To me, pain is a way of your body telling you that you need to STOP. I know my body well and I tend to listen to it. If I continue to push beyond a certain point my body has never failed me. It slams me against a wall and says, "I told you to stop now you have no choice but to LISTEN TO ME!" I have no desire to learn that particular lesson over again. It's a difficult thing to reconcile........hating limitations but knowing that you do have them at this point in your life. I still don't like them.
Great. Just one more thing to keep me up at night........
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Labels: fibromyalgia, long term disability, stress
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i love reading your reading your blog!!! have a question for you....what are you testing for???ReplyDelete
i just read this to my husband and he kinda chuckled and said it sounded like me. I said that fibro people stick together!!!!
This was set up by the attorney for long term disability. They don't want to pay me. So my attorney is making me get this test by a physical therapist to see what I'm capable of doing. I was in new home sales and I just can't do that anymore. I guess they want to see if I can do anything in the workforce!ReplyDelete
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The waist trainer has been around for centuries but recently it has gained popularity (thanks to the Kardashian clan). Here is a new innovative way to lose weight around your midsection and drop instantly two to three dress sizes.
Jessica Alba, Rihanna and Snooky make up part of the long list of celebrities endorsing waist trainers. All of this positive propaganda to quickly whittle away your waistline has a plethora of young and old girls jumping on the bandwagon.
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Does the waist trainer really work or does it cause more harm than good?
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The original waist trainer has been around since the early 1500's but it was called a corset back in the day. Designed to compress women's waists into an hourglass figure, so they could fit in tiny ball gowns. A waist trainer is a sporty version of the old-fashioned corset.
For semi-permanent waist reduction, it is recommended to wear your training belt for at least 8-hours a day, even while exercising. You are allowed to give your body some relief when you take it off to go to sleep, but some celebs after giving birth, wore it 24-7 for the three months post-pregnancy.
Honestly, there doesn't exist any scientific reasoning or proof to support the promises behind these modern girdles.
You might lose some weight because of the following:
- It will cause you to sweat more around your midsection, meaning you will be loosing water weight
- You will be more self-conscience about you tummy, so you will feel less inclined to over eat or devour that huge plate of pasta. So you might lose weight from eating fewer calories.
- It will improve your posture, making you look slimmer and taller.
Is it dangerous to use a waist trainer?
There are more cons than pros when it comes to using any type of corset belt that compresses your midsection
Here is the scary truth about these slimming girdles:
- Harms your internal organs
There are proven medical studies that show how corsets misplaced women's internal organs. The compression limits the flow of oxygen and blood to your vital organs, which can be fatal. There is a reason that most waist trainers come with a warning not use while exercising, as they can cause you to pass out from the lack of air.
- Causes atrophy of your abdominal muscles
Waist clinchers might clinch your waist but can make your core muscles become inactive, as they aren't being used. If you aren't using your core abdominal muscles then you are going to lose them. Even the back muscles, get lazy knowing that the belt is going to hold you up straight, so they slowly turn into a pudgy roll of loose skin.
If you decide to use waist trainer it will provide only a temporary solution to a tighter, slimmer waistline but it can be dangerous if you are to extreme about using it.
As with everything moderation is the key, and best solution to an hourglass figure is sweating it out at the gym doing old-fashioned exercise.


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The question seems ludicrous given how well the Aussie performed during the 2013 playoffs. However, many forget that he struggled during the course of the 2012-13 regular season with team defense.
His poor defensive showings can be traced back to his health. Bogut was a relatively effective defender to open up the season, but was then lost in early November to rest his surgically repaired left ankle.
The early prognosis for his return was 7-to-10 days, but the franchise later cleared the air and stated it would take potentially a few months. He returned in late January and was clearly not the player Golden State expected.
His lack of game reps made him look slow and hesitant. When defending pick-and-rolls, his feet looked as though they were stuck in mud and ball-handlers simply dribbled past him for layups.
Furthermore, when in help situations, he was often a second late in contesting shot attempts in the paint. He hugged his primary assignment and then attempted to thwart players driving the lane but with little success.
Watch the video below of Eric Gordon getting all the way to the basket for a score:
Gordon was met with little resistance at the basket. That play illustrated the Warriors' defensive woes when Bogut rejoined his teammates. As the last line of defense, he was often out of position.
The data backs up the eye test in this case. According to NBA.com's advanced stats tool, the Warriors surrendered 104.2 points per 100 possessions with Bogut on the floor from late January to late March. Projected over a full season, that figure places the Dubs in the league's bottom third in defensive efficiency rankings.
With the Australian big man riding the pine, the Warriors were fairly close to average in terms of defensive efficiency. Indeed, the rotations were somewhat crisper and the unit offered better resistance at the rim without the physically limited big man.
That stretch of basketball coincided with the Dubs' struggles in the season. They won 16-of-31 contests and came close to missing the postseason entirely.
And then the month of April happened.
Bogut was finally in game shape and thus regained his superb defensive form. The big man bumped cutters on the interior, stayed within proximity of his man (to avoid defensive three seconds violations) and even helped out on players rolling off screens.
His pick-and-roll coverage became far more effective as well. Speedy point guards were still problematic for him because they could blow by him, but he did a far better job of staying with them and making shots difficult.
Have a look at Ty Lawson's drive against the Warriors in the opening round of the 2013 playoffs:
Lawson made it all the way to the basket, but Bogut provided some resistance at the hoop. Not even a month prior, Goran Dragic victimized the Aussie in this same setting. He routinely got by Bogut and created high-percentage scores.
However, by the time April rolled around, the Dubs' center was far better at diagraming plays and utilizing space as well as angles to his advantage. With Bogut on the floor in the final month of the regular season, Golden State's defense was on par with the Memphis Grizzlies' from a statistical standpoint.
The sample size is obviously small but Bogut's synergy with his teammates became quite apparent. He forced misses at the basket, defended the best interior player on the other team and cleaned up the glass.
He took his late-season performance and used it to propel the Warriors' stinginess during the 2013 playoffs. There is no other way to say it: The former Milwaukee Buck was a beast.
The Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs had an incredibly tough time scoring against Golden State with the starting center patrolling the paint. Indeed, both teams combined to produce a mere 99.9 points per 100 possessions against the Dubs with Bogut on the floor per NBA.com's advanced stats tool.
That figure would have placed the Warriors in the top-five in defensive efficiency over the course of the entire 2013 postseason.
Opposing teams had to force Bogut to defend multiple actions to get him out of position and negate his ability to disrupt plays. And even then, there were times where that simply was not sufficient.
Have a look at the possession below against the Spurs in the second round of the 2013 playoffs:
The Aussie starts out the defensive possession by stopping Tony Parker in the pick-and-roll and then he has to contest Manu Ginobili's shot without abandoning his position for fear Tim Duncan becomes the recipient of a pass or that he attacks the offensive glass.
Bogut times it just right and contests the shot and forces the miss. He did this with regularity during the playoffs and it allowed Golden State to get stops and run out in transition.
The Warriors' starting center can certainly play the role of anchor for the Dubs in 2013-14 provided his health allows him to do so. He is a destructive force in the half court and he will more than likely look better going forward with Andre Iguodala sharing the floor with him.
The Warriors might be a top-10 defense in 2013-14 and if they are, the Western Conference might be in more trouble than they initially anticipated.
Questions or comments? Feel free to leave them in the comments section or you can contact me by email at [email protected].


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Sorry for being a ghost this week, you know how all university assessments always seem to be concentrated during the same week? Yep, well that week is coming up for me and that is next week! And guess what else is on next week… MELBOURNE SPRING FASHION WEEK!!
My friends and i are going to a couple of shows each and also i just wanted to say that.. i got a position to help out for one of the shows backstage!!! Really really excited as i originally got to the interview stage and got rejected again, but they put us all on the waiting list and then yesterday i got a call from MSFW asking if i was still interested! Yay! I had applied for L'oreal earlier this year but was rejected so i guess persistence pays! I didn't want to pick up too many shifts because of all the assessments that are coming up in uni (accounting is so depressing) but still wanted to be part of it so i am now doing back stage for one of the shows during the week. This will be my first experience ever in a sort of 'fashion industry' thing.
Today, i went to the induction for it and yeah, was so super excited i felt like quitting uni to pursue a fashion course! We were briefed about our duties in a room where the peter alexander rack was all ready and yeah, it looked just like gossip girl and now i am excited as ever for next week. It is going to be absolutely stressful (homework) but so exhilarating at the same time (msfwmsfwmsfw). I might not be update too often next week due to everything that's going on, but be sure to hear from me soon! perhaps on the weekend :):)
Anyway, a little bit of a different post today, i thought i would share with you some scans of a few photos i have taken on my holga :) I own the 120CFN and have run both 120 film and 135 film through it. If you would like to know how to run 35mm film through your 120 camera, you can try youtubing 'Kaituba' (I think his name was) who has lots of great tutorials for lomo cameras :)
Anyway, i am a huge fan of (amateur) photography and wish i had more time to just travel around and take photos of anything and everything. Part of the reason why i haven't been taking any photos lately is that i always seem to leave my dslr at home when i go out (hence you hardly see any photos of me out and about), mainly because it is so big and bulky to carry around!
I recently entered a photography competition hosted by Teds Cameras, a lovely camera specialists chain in Australia. I've had my photos developed there before and the people i talked to was very friendly in helping me with my 120 film! Did you know that the 'colour' roll of film that comes with your Holga Starter Kit is actually black and white?!
Anyway, the competition lets you enter up to five photos of your city and it is held to celebrate Ted's 40th birthday! I thought it would be a great chance to enter a few of my film photography pics in so i uploaded three of my city shots. There are three winners and they are determined by the one with the most/highest rated photo.
If you like the photographs i entered, i would love it if you could help by clicking 5 stars to vote for me :). It only takes two seconds as you don't have to sign up! You are allowed to ask people you know to vote for you, and i sort of feel bad for doing it but i thought i might as well or else i would get knocked out of the competition for not asking anyone, as i have done in the past! To those who do click through, please don't stalk my real name you'll make me paranoid =o
I really appreciate it if you voted for me!
So i plan to take lots of photos this summer break, would you be interested in seeing some photography on this blog too?


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ACoM 2009 : 3rd Workshop on Assessment of Contemporary Modularization Techniques at OOPSLA 2009
|Link: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/ACoM.09/
Call For Papers
3rd Workshop on Assessment of Contemporary Modularization Techniques (ACoM.09)
26th October 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA
Co-located with: 24th ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems and Applications (OOPSLA 2009)
Numerous modularization techniques have been developed to cope with complexity
and increasing scale of software systems, such as Aspect-Oriented Software
Development (AOSD) and Feature-Oriented Programming (FOP). Using these advanced
modularization techniques, designers intend to achieve better changeability and
adaptability through improved modularity. However, it remains unclear to what
extent these new techniques have improved software productivity and
maintainability in practice. It is even more challenging to determine their
impact on closely-related emerging domains such as collaborative software
engineering, ultra-large systems, cyber-physical systems and cloud computing.
This workshop emphasizes the need for improving and pushing the boundaries on
the assessment of modern modularization techniques, especially in the emerging
domains of software development.
The purpose of this workshop is to (i) stimulate innovative ideas of new and more
effective modularity assessment methods to better evaluate contemporary
modularization techniques; (ii) solicit experience reports from practitioners
that help to better understand the impact of modularity assessment; (iii) discuss
the potential impact of assessment techniques; (iv) improve our understanding on
issues such as how to effectively differentiate the applicability of assessment
techniques in different circumstances; and (v) foster a collaborative environment
for both practitioners and researchers interested in the effective modularity
assessment from different levels and in different domains.
The main goal of this workshop is to put together researchers and practitioners
with different backgrounds in order to discuss open issues on the assessment of
contemporary modularization techniques, such as:
1. Do contemporary modularization techniques have a role to play in emerging
system domains? Can their benefits be assessed? How does the application of
contemporary modularization techniques to these domains affect assessment
2. What attributes of these complex systems need to be measured and assessed?
3. Are current conventional metrics sufficient to assess software quality in
such domains? How can the validity of such metrics be measured?
4. What new assessment mechanisms are necessary to assess contemporary
heterogeneous modularization techniques in emerging system domains and to
accommodate the associated development practices?
5. What new modularization techniques or improvements to existing ones are
suggested by previous assessment results?
6. What resources and benchmarks are necessary to enable the effective and
efficient assessment of modularization techniques in emerging domains? How can
repeatability of studies be achieved over such complex domains?
The workshop also aims at: (i) bringing the attention of the software engineering
community the importance of rigorous evaluation of emerging modularization
techniques; (ii) motivating the expansion of research and practice associated with
assessment of emerging modularization technologies; and (iii) fostering a
collaborative environment for both practitioners and researchers interested in
effective assessment of new development techniques.
Topics of Interest
The workshop is intended to cover a wide range of topics, from theoretical
foundations to assessment frameworks and empirical studies involving contemporary
software modularity techniques. Topics of interest include the following
(but not limited to):
* Lessons learned from assessing new modularization techniques
* Assessment of emerging systems
* Empirical studies and industrial experiences
* Comparative studies between new modularization techniques and conventional ones
* Assessment frameworks
* Software metrics and estimation models
* Validation of assessment techniques and mechanisms
* Assessment techniques, methods and tools to different phases of the software lifecycle
* Development of predictive models of defect rates and reliability from real data
* Infrastructure issues, such as measurement theory, experimental design, and analysis approaches
* Improvement of modularization techniques based on assessment.
Workshop Format and Submissions
ACoM is a one-day long workshop and is strongly focused on discussion. Authors who
plan to contribute with a paper are requested to submit a position paper in PDF format.
The paper format must follow the ACM SIGPLAN (10pt) style guidelines. Papers must
be written in English and please see the workshop website
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/ACoM.09/ for submission instructions. All
accepted papers will be published on the website
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/ACoM.09/ prior to the workshop.
We are soliciting the submission of two categories of position papers:
1. Traditional position papers (up to 6 pages) related to workshop topics.
2. Very short position statement (1-2 pages), where the authors describe their
"innovative thoughts", lessons learned, or points of view with respect to one
or more workshop topics.
Papers in the category (1) will be refereed by at least three reviewers, and should
describe work that is not yet advanced enough for a full conference paper.
They are expected to have a more solid idea, even though it does not require strong
validation ingredients. Papers in the category (2) will be mainly reviewed for
topicality, i.e. checked if they fit into the workshop topics, including some
feedback from reviewers. Moreover we especially encourage authors to present their
experience and/or novel ideas on how to assess new modularization techniques
(shorter paper format).
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 21st August 2009
Paper Submission Deadline: 28th August 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 1 week before OOPSLA early-registration cut-off
Camera-ready: 2nd October 2009
Workshop: 26th October 2009
Programme Committee
Mehmet Aksit, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Marc Eaddy, Intel Corporation, USA
Patrick Eugster, Purdue University, USA
Eduardo Figueiredo, Lancaster University, UK
Rachel Harrison, Stratton Edge Consulting, UK
George Heineman, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada
Sergio Soares, University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Robert Walker, University of Calgary, Canada
Yvonne Coady, University of Victoria, Canada
More to be added.
Organizing Committee
Alessandro Garcia, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Phil Greenwood, Lancaster University, UK
Kevin Sullivan, University of Virginia, USA
Yuanfang Cai, Drexel University, USA
Claudio Sant'Anna, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Thomas Cottenier, Hengsoft LLC, USA
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Workshop Contact
Phil Greenwood (greenwop _at_ comp.lancs.ac.uk)


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Sunday was interesting, my friend asked me would i take some pictures at his ordination in St Patrick's Cathedral as one of the first Permanent Deacons in that part of Ireland. I wasn't sure I was up for the task, but because he asked me, I gave it a go.
Upon arrival I discovered that if I wanted to take picture in the Cathedral I had to be with the press photographers and not the guests as I had expected. This was really amusing as all these guys had top of the end Canon or Nikon's with massive zooms. While I had my Nikon D5200 and a few lens with me. In fairness they accepted me and let me be apart of the pack, and I did get behind the scenes places that a guest would not have been allowed to access.
So apart from school boy errors and a lot of learning, here are my images on Flickr. I hope you find them interesting and please do leave your comments.
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- Catholic Church makes history with ordination of lay deacons (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Random Thoughts on Being a Deacon With a Young Family (tomgotschall.wordpress.com)
- Archdiocese ordains five married men as deacons in historic first (independent.ie)
- Local man creates history by becoming one of the first married deacons in Ireland (talkofthetown.ie)


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[tweetmeme source="handresearch" only_single=false] Left-Handers Day was first celebrated on August 13th, 1976 by Lefthanders International). The purpose of the day is to both celebrate left-handedness and raise awareness of the unnecessary biases against left-handers. The holiday is still proudly observed by lefties every year on August 13th. Enthusiastic supporters may organize lefty vs. righty sports matches and encourage right-handers to try using left-handed products to experience the same awkwardness they are too often forced to endure. A few more lefty facts…
What causes left handedness?
The factors that contribute to handedness, are not completely understood. Both genes & environmental factors are involved, but the brains play a significant role as well. The left brain, which controls the right hand, is dominant in most people and is the center of logical thinking. But in left handers is the right brain more dominant. And because the right brain is more associated with art, creativity, phantasy & emotional expression – the might explain why research has indicates that left handedness is about twice as often seen in artists than in the general population.
Where does left handedness excel?
Typical fields where left handers relatively often excell are:
7 Out of the last 14 US presidents were left handed, and Barack Obama's final 'rival' – senator John Mc Cain – is left handed; in 1992 all three presidential candidates (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton & Ross Perot) were left handed!
Left-handers excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming and fencing.
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo & Isaac Newton were left handed, and 1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left handed.
A few other exceptional historical 'lefties' from various fields are:
Julius Caesar, Fidel Castro, Charlie Chaplin, Robert DeNiro, M.C. Escher, Mahatma Gandhi, Bill Gates, Alexander the Great, John McEnroe, Niccolò Paganini, Rembrandt van Rijn, Romario de Souza Faria, Mark Twain.
• Left handedness in the news!
• 7 out of the last 14 US presidents were left handed!
• Left handed people are intelligent & creative!
• The origins of left handedness!
• Left handers day 2009!
MADAME TUSSAUDS – Hand casts of the 'Spice Girls'!
August 1, 2010
Remember the 'Spice Girls'?
The 'Spice Girls' became known as the most succesful girl group of all times. Their hands casts are available at Madame Tussauds in London!
[tweetmeme source="handresearch" only_single=false] By the way, Madame Tussauds presents various hand casts of famous people – including e.g.: Michael Jackson, Robin Williams and many others!
Below are some hand print impressions from the 'Spice Girls': Emma Bunton ('baby spice"), Mel B. ('scary spice'), Victoria Beckham ('posh spice'), and Mel C. ('sporty spice'). For some reason Geri Halliwell was not included in the 'Spice Girls' hand cast project. You can even enjoy some larger versions of the pictures at: Spice Girls hand casts at Madame Tussauds
• Michael Jackson's hand cast at Madame Tussauds!
• Hand cast of composer Frédéric Chopin!
• Hand casts of the composers Liszt, Beethoven & Rubinstein
• The hands of many other famous musicians & celebrites!
• What is wrong with the hands of Madonna?


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Throughout the Unites States we celebrate Engineers Week every year on the week of George Washington's birthday in honor of the first president's background as an engineer and land surveyor. I'll bet Washington never imagined getting an EWeek message from the International Space Station (left). This year many events will take place during EWeek FEBRUARY 18-24, 2018. However, Engineers Week is more than a week-long event; it is a year-round commitment by the engineering community to reach out to students, teachers, parents and counselors and make a difference.
In Chicagoland there are celebrations and awards for engineers who have excelled in their field of engineering and for outstanding engineering projects. There are communications about the great need for engineers, including the difference engineers make in our world. And as you will see in our CALENDAR there are events for students of all ages hosted by engineers, engineering societies and organizations who volunteer their time to bring engineering to life for kids, educators, and parents.
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Our goal is to provide an easy resource available to students, parents, teachers and volunteers in and around Chicago for engineering related STEM programs being offered for local students. We hope to engage our engineer volunteer community to celebrate and encourage students in engineering.
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Engineers are creative problem-solvers.
Engineers make a world of difference.
Engineers help shape the future.
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Sweets and Desserts
There's no meal in Portugal good enough without a portuguese traditional dessert.
Thus, we developed for you a special feature about the Algarve's tradicional sweets and desserts, where you can find some recipes, so you can try them at home, anytime you want to remember Algarve greatest flavours and tastes.
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