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Phase III Study of DCVAC Added to Standard Chemotherapy for Men With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (VIABLE)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02111577
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 11, 2014
Last Update Posted : February 4, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
|Biological: Dendritic Cells DCVAC Biological: Placebo Drug: Docetaxel Drug: Taxotere
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|1170 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter, Parallel-group, Phase III Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of DCVAC/PCa Versus Placebo in Men With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Eligible for 1st Line Chemotherapy
|Actual Study Start Date :
|April 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 16, 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|June 2020
Experimental: DCVAC with Standard of Care Chemotherapy
Combination therapy with Dendritic Cells DCVAC and Standard of Care Chemotherapy (Docetaxel and prednisone)
Biological: Dendritic Cells DCVAC
DCVAC is the experimental therapy
Drug: Docetaxel
Docetaxel and prednisone is Standard of Care First Line Chemotherapy
Other Name: Taxotere
Drug: Taxotere
Active Comparator: Standard of Care Chemo and Placebo
Blinded combination therapy of Placebo and Standard of Care Chemotherapy (Docetaxel and prednisone) as Comparator
Biological: Placebo
DCVAC placebo is experimental vaccine placebo
Drug: Docetaxel
Docetaxel and prednisone is Standard of Care First Line Chemotherapy
Other Name: Taxotere
Drug: Taxotere
- Overall survival (all cause mortality) [ Time Frame: 124 Weeks ]
- Radiographic Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120 weeks ]
- Duration to Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Progression [ Time Frame: 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120 weeks ]
- Duration to Skeletal Related Events [ Time Frame: 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 66, 78, 90, 102, 124 weeks ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male 18 years and older
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma
- Presence of skeletal, and/or soft-tissue/visceral/nodal metastasis
- Disease progression despite Androgen Deprivation Therapy
- Maintenance of castrate conditions
- Life expectancy of at least 6 months based on Investigator´s judgment.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status 0-2
- At least 4 weeks after surgery or radiotherapy
- A minimum of 28 days beyond initiation of bisphosphonate or denosumab therapy
- Recovery from primary local surgical treatment, radiotherapy or orchiectomy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed brain and/or leptomeningeal metastases
- Current symptomatic cord compression requiring surgery or radiation therapy
- Prior chemotherapy for prostate cancer
- Subjects who are not indicated for chemotherapy treatment with first line Standard of Care chemotherapy (docetaxel and prednisone)
- Systemic corticosteroids at doses greater than 40mg hydrocortisone daily or equivalent for any reason other than treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) within the previous 6 months
- Systemic immunosuppressive therapy for any reason
- Treatment with immunotherapy against PCa within the previous 6 months prior to randomization
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease
- Active autoimmune disease requiring treatment
- Uncontrolled co-morbidities
- Participation in a clinical trial using experimental therapy within the last 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Participation in a clinical trial using immunological experimental therapy (e.g. monoclonal antibodies, cytokines or active cellular immunotherapies) within the last 6 months prior to randomization
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02111577
|Study Director:
|Andrea Viktorinova, MD
|Sotio a.s.
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Sotio a.s.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2012-002814-38 ( EudraCT Number )
|First Posted:
|April 11, 2014 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 4, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2018
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Castrate Resistant
Prostate Cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal


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Hello Forum Members Topic on CD Cases/boxes continues Type IVa Issued Fall 2003, 500 white cardboard boxes and generic burgundy service medal boxes were issued as a temporary measure in the Fall of 2003 until the Type V case became available) Type V Issued from 2005-present, bearing a larger representation of the present version of the Royal Arms of Canada on the lid, 1949 Farrimngton Case The only box that I do not have in my collection is the one of the white cardboard boxes of the Type IV variant that the some CD' were awarded in the Fall of 2003, hopefully will come across one to add my collection. Interestedly the 1949 Farrimngton Case was used very briefly to award CD's in when they switch over from the Type I to Type II in 1958 (see pic for Maj Gorden Wyndham Bruce RCEME case in which he was awarded his CD in March 17, 1958) Keep the post coming, thanks and take care Gunney
Hello Forum Members, First a big thanks to Jeff for the info and pictures of his latest CD group, a very nice addition to this post. As well, thanks for supplying the link to RCN's Crowsnest Magazine, and as I have many RCN CD's in my collection and it may assist me in my research for them. It keeping with the theme on CD's, today I wish to include pictures of the CD cases that the medal have been presented in since 1950. I will do this over two post as the pictures are to large to include in the one post "The origins of the CD case date back to 1946 when many Canadians were being invested by the Governor General with the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Military Medal and the British Empire Medal. All of these medals were struck and named at the Royal Mint in London and shipped to Canada in cardboard cartons.Officials at the Department of National Defence and the Office of the Governor General felt that the plain cardboard boxes lacked elegance and were inappropriate containers for such significant honours. A brown leatherette case bearing a Tudor Crown in gold on the lid, and with a gold border, was manufactured by the Farrington Manufacturing Company of Toronto to house the medals. The "Farrington Box" as it became known served as the model for the CD case" There have been at least seven different known variants of the CD presentation cases/boxes produced over the years and they are as follows. Type I Issued between 1950 and 1958, bearing the 1921-1957 version of the Royal Arms of Canada on the lid Type II Issued between 1958 and 1994, bearing the 1957-1994 version of the Royal Arms of Canada on the lid Type III Issued between 1994 and 2003, bearing the present version of the Royal Arms of Canada on the lid Type IV Issued from July to October 2003, bearing the 1957-1994 version of the Royal Arms of Canada on the lid (2000 of these cases as well as 500 white cardboard boxes and generic burgundy service medal boxes were issued as a temporary measure in the Fall of 2003 until the Type V case became available) " The Canadian Forces' Decoration by Christopher McCreery 2010" Topic and pictures continue on page 2 Gunney
Hello Forum Members In keeping with the theme of Canadian Force's Decoration and it clasps, as I alluded in my earlier post. Around 1979 it by was decided DH&R that the CD clasp should be presenting in more formal ceremonial setting as as apposed to being mailed to the member. Therefor "a third version of the CD clasp was used for presentation purposes only and was issued from 1980 to 1989. In an effort to heighten the significance of the CD clasp, it was decided that it should be presented at the same parades where the CD was being presented. Due to the fact that the CD clasp is sewn to the ribbon, pinning the bar on to the recipient was not feasible. A temporary CD bar design was developed that permitted "the presiding officer to execute the gesture [of slipping the clasp on] quickly, and in a manner to enhance the dignity of the occasion. The front of the clasp looks identical to the regular issue CD clasp, with the exception that there are no mounting holes drilled into the bar. The reverse is in the form of a hairpin that allows the clasp to be slid onto a lose ribbon. The temporary CD clasp was gradually phased out beginning in 1989. As court mounting of medals became more common and eventually mandatory throughout the Canadian Forces, the use of a temporary clasp that slid onto the ribbon became impractical" I have attached three pictures so as Forum members can see what this hairpin CD clasp looks like. Gunney " The Canadian Forces' Decoration by Christopher McCreery 2010"
Hello Peter, Unfortunately am not aware as to what he did after his release from the CF. I do know that he enrolled prior to WW2 and was a commissioned Captain during he war years, but reduced back to the ranks in 1946, most likely due to the drawn down of personal following the war. It would be be nice to think that the authority would have been very considerate in giving him the CD in lieu of the EM bar, but alas not so, as DR&H is never that generous, due to his years service prior the war and the war years counting double toward the EM, he mostly has the 12 accumulated years needed to earn his CD in 1955. He might of been offered to receive the bar for the EM in 1952 and but as he was an officer as that time and may have not been entitled or he may of opted out and waited to receive the CD which had come into effect by that time Although he did receive his EM in 1946, his entitlement date was probably prior to that as I have know of many cases were CF members who have had the 12 years requires for their Efficiency medal and CD, but have waited many years before they receive them. Gunney
Hello Forum Members Prior this tread being merged, they was a great discussion as to was there any Canadian Force members being award both a GVI Efficiency medal and the EIIR Canadian Force's Decoration. This was not a rare occasion as you may suppose, as there many examples of CF members earning the qualification time to be awarded both. I have in my collection a example of an enlisted soldier (WO1 (SM) Warren Victor Wells, Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps) and officer (Capt Warren Victor Wells, Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps), (both the same person). He was awarded his Efficiency Medal on 16 June 1946. In July 1949, he commissioned from the ranks and on the 26 December 1955 was awarded his EIIR Canadian Force's Decoration. The interesting thing about is that as the war years counted double time toward earning the Efficiency Medal and a further 6 years for a bar.(which he never received) My theory on this is that he either had sufficient accumulated time and/or as he had served a further 10 years and was entitled for a another long service award, hence the CD being awarded. Gunney
Hello Forum Member's, The recent post by Jean Paul has reminded me that as I did ask the moderator to support me in creating this thread on the Canadian Force's Decoration, but I has been remiss in added any newer posts for a while. This post will correct this. As Jean Paul post alluded, the Christopher McCreery book on the Canadian Force's Decoration history is an outstanding reference book and it was written to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the CD. In my previous post I did mention there are no official records at any Government level as to CF service members who were awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration, which is I my option is a gross neglect. One of the interesting point brought forth in Chris book and another example of how DR&H display again, their callus disrespect to the 10 year clasps, was the fact prior to 1980, clasps were not presented at a formal parade; rather, they were simply mailed to the service member and depending on the member unit, the clasp may of been handed to the recipient in this small envelope in an informal environment. I was fortunate to acquire an example of this and have attached a picture for those forum members who may interested in seeing what it look like Gunney
Hello Forum Members, Have read with great interest forum comments about the eligibility of the Canadian Forces Decoration and the Canadian Efficient Medal being awarded to the same member. The short answer is yes and it not as rare occurrence as one would suppose. If you research the The Canadian Gazette Part 1 Statutory Orders and Regulations dated Wednesday May 24, 1950 where it clearly defines eligibility for the CD and as it applies to other previous Long Service medals. I have included only the portion of this regulation especailly para 8 for Forum member to peruse at their leisure and hopefully clarify any doubts one has on this issue. Gunney " Eligibility All ranks of the Armed Forces of Canada shall be eligible for the Canadian Forces' Decoration provided that they have completed their required period of service, have undertaken all required phases of training and duty, and are certified by the responsible service authorities as efficient and in every way deserving of the award. 6. Service Required -Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army Active Force, Royal Canadian Air Force (Regular) (a) Twelve years full time paid service in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of the British Commonwealth of Nations, provided the individual was serving on or after 1st October, 1946, in the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army Active Force or Royal Canadian Air Force ( Regular) . (b) Service in the Reserve or Auxiliary of the Armed Forces of the British Commonwealth of Nations, other than full time Active Service will not count as qualifying time. © Personnel who were serving in the Permanent or Regular Forces of Canada on or prior to 1st September, 1939, may if they so desire count subsequent service for the award of The Royal Canadian Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, The Canadian Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) and The Royal Canadian Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal under existing regulations for these awards. 7. Service Requires-Reserve Armed Forces of Canada (a) Twelve years qualifying service in the Reserve Forces of Canada which must have commenced after 21st December, 1921, provided that the individual joined or was serving in the Reserve Armed Forces of Canada on or after 1st January, 1946 in an active capacity in the Reserve of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army or Royal Canadian Air Force will count towards the award. (b) Personnel who served in the Reserve Armed Forces of Canada on the 1st September, 1939, may if they so desire count subsequent service for the award of The Canadian Efficiency Decoration, The Canadian Efficiency Medal, The Volunteer Officers' Decoration. The Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and The Air Efficiency Award under existing regulations for these awards. © Service in other Auxiliary and Reserve Forces of the British Commonwealth of Nations will count provided the last five years of service were with the Canadian Reserve Forces and no other medal of a long service, good conduct, or efficiency nature has been awarded for the same service. (d) Service in the Regular Forces will count, provided that the last five years of service claimed for the award were served in the Reserve Forces and that such service has not been recognized by the award of any Regular Force decoration or medal of a long service, good conduct or efficiency nature. 8. General (a) Any person already in possession of any long service and good conduct or efficiency decoration or medal and clasps, will be eligible to receive The Canadian Forces' Decoration, and to wear both, provided he has completed the full periods of qualifying service for both awards and that no qualifying service towards one award is permitted to count towards the other. (b) War service will count as single qualifying service. © Service to qualify for the award need not be continuous."
Hello Brian & Peter Appreciate your consideration in this matter, hopefully other forum members will take advantage of this thread and let us know which Canadian Forces Decorations they have and maybe collectively we can assist each other in providing further information about the recipients, take care Gunney
Hello Forum Members, Now that I have had a chance to peruse many of the posts in the forum and in particle those that relate to the Canadian Forces Decoration. I would like to and with the moderators support to use this topic heading and start a post dedicated to those collectors like myself who have a single or in a group of medals that includes a Canadian Forces Decoration(s) with the end state of identifying some information about the recipient. As I alluded to in my previous posts there is not, nor has there ever been a definitive list of the Canadian Forces Decoration recipients ever created at the Government level and unless you a fortunate enough to have the list compiled by Hugh Crawford of the army only CD awarded between 1950-1964 several years ago. The only other way to find out any information about the other 250,000 plus CF members who have been awarded the CD over the last 63 years you would need to hire a researcher to comb the archives in Ottawa and if you stand a chance of success, you will need to have the DOB, full first names and surname if you are ever going to find an individual service record. I believe many forum members my have access to information that they could share and they may be able to assist in identifying those CD recipients we post here. If nothing more, then to gain the full Christian names, date that the CD was awarded and if possible the branch of service they served in. I will start with one that I have in my collection and it named to Cpl S Kramer, and as it is a GVI issue, this CD would have been awarded between 1950-1954. I believe that he mostly likely served in the RCAF. Could any Forum member provide any more information on this CD recipient. Thanks Gunney
Hello Forum Members Just new to the Forum and now just getting a chance to read some of the posts and as the Canadian Forces Decorations are my collecting theme, I can provide some information on jeffskea original post on W.O.2 G.F. Finn CD, SC-90057 WO1 GF FINN awarded his CD on November 5 1951 SC-90057 WO2 GF FINN awarded his first clasp April 16, 1962 Most likely his 2nd clasp was awarded sometime in the early Spring April-May 1972, hope this helps Gunney
Gunney started following King George V.I. CD and 2 bars
Hello TacHel Unlike previous era's the CD is no longer automatically sent fron Ottawa to the members unit, but its is up to the member unit to request DH&R to send the medal and any only after the qualifying time has been fully completed for the medal or bars. Then the member's unit is suppose to have them sign for the medal or bar and this piece of paper goes into their Pers file. If one wishs to find out if a CF member has ever been awarded the CD he first must wait until the member is deseased or retires and then he can have the member researched in the archived data base held in Ottawa, The problem is this data base they use, is not separated by wars etc and encompasses all service files from 1920 & and not separated by Branch of Service.. The other problem is Regimental numbers. If the person served in the 2nd war there may be the chance of his Reg number remained constant but for those who served post war and up and ran into Reg # changes there is a good chance only the last number might be only # recorded but you need to have the DOB, full first names and surname if you every wish to find it. I find in amazing that there was never a definitive list of the Canadian Forces Decoration ever created at the Government level, when one can easily search the Canadian Archives site or the Governor General web page and find the names of the recipients for valour awards. OMM/MMM's including current exemplary service medal and even the QJM and QDJM. Yet we fail to produced a list of CD recipients and more so, missed a generation of service members particularly those that served 12 years or more during the cold war era and most often the CD was only medal they received while in uniform, with the exception of UN Cyrus medal , 1967 Centennial medal or 1977 Jubilee medal (the SSM and CPSM entitlement was post 1990's). Thanks for your post, take care Gunney
Hello Forum Members, New to the forum and this is my first post. My main collection theme is the Canadian Forces Decoration and am hopeful a forum member(s) may be able to assist me with acquiring any rolls, list of names, etc, for the Canadian Force Decoration award. I do have a list of the names for the army CD roll for 1950-1964, but it does not include any Naval or Air Force CD's awarded during the same time period. The Library and Archives of Canada website allows some search but very incomplete, Would any one have any complete or partial list the CD for all branches of the service and if so could they direct me as where I can find any information about Canadian Force personal who have awarded the CD since the early 1950's. I did contact DH&R in Ottawa with the same query and I response I received was unbelievable, as they informed me they do not have, nor to they keep any records of any Canadian Force Service member who was and when they awarded thier CD's. I was informed that it was the responsibility of the members unit to do so. Unless I am wrong Canada had no offical record at the national level of all the CD's awarded over the last 60 years. The major challenge I face is I have several Navel and Air force CD's in my collection that I cannot find the date that they were awarded in. I can only guest to the era due to medal, ribbon, and box of issue has been different over the years. Any assistance in this matter will be truly appreciated. Thanks Gunney


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Japan 'building for future'
Japan manager Takeshi Okada admits it would be "wonderful" news for the sport back home if his side can reach the World Cup quarter-finals, but insists that must be just another step towards a more long-term goal.
The Blue Samurai have the chance to reach the last eight of the World Cup for the first time in their history later today when they take on Paraguay in Pretoria.
Okada knows victory over the South Americans would be a boost but hopes it is not the limit of what can be achieved.
"I would say for the football community it will be wonderful and encouraging news," said the 53-year-old.
"What the Japanese football community is aiming at, which is to become one of the top teams, will be one step closer if we qualify for the final eight.
"But I have to say if you only pile bricks vertically they will eventually fall down, so we have to support from both sides.
"I personally don't want to base everything on just one result or just one competition. We need to have a longer-term vision, to estimate and evaluate the level of Japanese football.
"We need to be aware of the journey and the path which is still ongoing."
He added: "This competition is a very good way to measure the level of a national team.
"This World Cup, for the fact we've been able to get this far, it is not only a credit for myself and my players, but also for the footballing community of Japan as a whole.
"I think objectively we can say with certainty that the overall level of the Japan players now is much higher than in the past.
"As for how far we can go, we keep challenging and keep going forward - that's all."
Japan have only once before reached the knockout stages when, on home soil in 2002, they were eliminated at the second-round stage by Turkey.
Four years ago in Germany they failed to get beyond the group stages after finishing bottom of a pool that included Brazil, Croatia and Australia.
Paraguay have done better than that, and this is the third time in the last four World Cups they have reached the last 16.
However, like Japan, they have not managed to go any further and they too will be hoping to claim their place in national folklore by getting to the quarter-finals for the first time.
Midfielder Cristian Riveros said of the prospect of making history: "I guess we're cool, we're at ease. The important thing is to get to the quarters.
"But we must go bit by bit and if we want to go any further we have to go through the various steps.
"If we make it we will certainly go down in Paraguay's history, so we would like to take another step forward, and then another after that."
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As a pioneer in the field of divorce mediation and founder of one of the oldest and largest divorce mediation facilities in the United States, Lenard Marlow is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject of divorce mediation.
Divorce is never easy. On the contrary, it is one of the most difficult experiences that anyone will ever be faced with in his or her life. It will test them as few things ever have or ever will. Nevertheless, it does not have to become the nightmare that so many couples unwittingly make of it.
It is possible to get through it and still keep one's life intact. The Two Roads to Divorce shows how that is possible. It provides the insight, understanding and wisdom, born of years of experience, that has enabled countless numbers of divorcing couples to do that. Its purpose is to inspire others to believe that they can as well.
Exposing the legal mythology that causes divorcing couples to place their lives in the hands of lawyers, and then to blindly march off and do legal battle with one another, Divorce and the Myth of Lawyers exposes the tragic consequences that await them when they do.
Taking its readers into the offices and conference rooms of divorce lawyers, it reveals how they think and act, and what they do and say. It reports just how our adversarial legal system works, and why it so dismally fails all of those whom it is supposed to serve.
Most important of all, it shows just how it is that lawyers take the practical problems that divorcing couples are faced with and make them more difficult, rather than less difficult, to resolve.
Finally, it contrasts how these same problems are addressed and successfully resolved by divorce mediators, not in month and years, and not at the price of a king's ransom, as has unfortunately become the rule in adversarial divorce proceedings, but in only a fraction of that time and at only a fraction of that cost.
It would never occur to husbands and wives to turn to lawyers or the law in their marriage. Rather, when faced with questions that they have to answer, they do this pretty much on their own, based on their Common Sense.
Nevertheless, their marriage and their divorce are not the same. Thus, though their common sense may have been sufficient in the past, it may not be now, which is why they are going to need help. Where are they going to turn? There is only one place that they can and that is the law. If the law will provide them with answers to their questions, it will have been of great help and deserves to be complimented as representing Legal Sense.
However, if all that it does is leave them with a never ending debate as to what the right answers are, it will not have been of any help, and it should be labeled for what it is, namely Legal Nonsense. That, unfortunately, has been and continues to be the sad legacy bequeathed to divorcing husbands and wives who have turned to the law. They are not given any help. All that they are given are false levels of expectation that are then inevitably followed by equivalent levels of disappointment.
This book argues that divorcing husbands and wives deserve better than they have been given, and shows how turning to the law can be transformed from representing legal nonsense to legal sense.
Divorcing couples look to the law for answers. Moreover, they not only expect that they will be given the right ones, but that those answers will also be clear. As a lawyer would put it, the law must provide an appropriate balance between equity and certainty.
To be guaranteed that their answers will be the right ones, our adversarial legal system insists on two things. First, they must be judged by a legal yardstick. Second, they must employ a particular method of validation. The measuring must be done by separate lawyers rather than one. Its justification for this is that the two of them have what it refers to as conflicting interests. It is those conflicting interests, so it claims, that render it inappropriate for one lawyer to do the measuring.
Unfortunately, the answers that the law provides are not clear. Its method of validation is enough to guarantee that. But suppose that they were not right either. Suppose that it is not possible for the law's construct and the rules that it employs to give expression to that construct (what it refers to as our equitable distribution laws) to do equity. In other words, suppose that the most that the law can do is tell us what the wrong answer is, not the right one. Where would that leave us? It would leave us where we now are, with neither clear answers nor right ones.
This book argues that the very nature of our adversarial legal system and its method of validation is such that it necessarily favors equity over certainty. Ironically, since it is not possible for the law to give us the right answer, what it leaves us with is neither. In other words, the law fails divorcing couples on both counts. It does not help them to get it right. And it does not help them get it done.
For that reason the sad legacy that our adversarial legal system has bequeathed to divorcing couples is simply to have given them false levels of expectation that are then inevitably followed by equivalent levels of disappointment. An appreciation of the law's failure here would cause us to re-examine our attitude toward the law. If it cannot provide us with equity, it should at least provide us with greater certainty.
This, in turn, would cause us to question how divorcing couples obtain information about the law. If the only thanks that they will get if they employ the law's method of validation is to be left with different answers to the same question, then they must be permitted to pose those questions in a way that will leave them with an answer, or at least a narrow range of answers, not just a debate going nowhere as to what that answer is. That is the new vision of the law called for in this book.


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I went to see the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater and Dance production of All's Well that Ends Well at the Arthur Miller Theatre in Ann Arbor last night. Student productions sell well, and I didn't buy a ticket in advance, so I was relieved to score an $18 ticket at the on-site ticket office when I arrived 45-minutes early. An usher told me that the Friday night performance had sold out and the Sunday matinee was also sold out.
The 280 seat Arthur Miller Theatre in the Walgreen Drama Center on U of M's north campus was designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna and Blumberg Associates of Toronto and opened in 2006. This was my first opportunity to visit the theater and I was as excited about seeing the space as I was about the performance. I wasn't disappointed. The Arthur Miller is a brilliant setting, perfect for the dramatic gems produced there. A large thrust stage with no proscenium and minimal wings commands the theatrical space with tiers of seats on three sides and wide entrance aisles for the actors. A modest mezzanine surrounds the stage at a slight elevation. The space is black box, with no frivolities unless one considers high-tech lighting and luscious proportions to be frivolous.
I was grateful to the well-trained students for their effort to bring this strange play to life. Dressed in authentic mid-century modern togs, on a bare stage, armed with clean diction and enthusiasm, they performed as adroitly as many professionals. But this is one weird play. Short scenes whizzed characters on and off stage in bewildering plenitude – the action went on so long that I thought the actors forgot to take an intermission, but director Malcolm Tulip just must have had a hard time knowing where to pause.
And the miserable brute of a hero, Bertram, hardly spoke a word the whole time. His mother defined him. So he sucked. And since we are given no knowledge of why Helena finds him so ineluctably delicious she seemed unworthy, too. The only interesting person in the play is Parolles, but perhaps that was because he was played with such dumbfounded gusto by New York City sophomore Han Park.
I'd been told that All's Well is not performed very often because of its dramatic difficulties. I'd also been told that All's Well is the most earlishly Oxfordian of the plays, and that is surely true.
For one thing – the play is so full of those awful, insinuating, interminable, jokey sections that I'm sure I wouldn't find amusing even if I got all the inside, scatological, and sexual innuendo. Really, all those puns about sex organs are so puerile. I doubt that the hick from Stratford would have had the guts to put all that crap in the mouths of aristocrats, nor would he have known where to stick the knives. I admit it's a debatable point – but it just doesn't ring true.
Then you have the facts that bloody Bertram, like Oxford, is:
- a ward of the court
- sent off to the capital when his daddy dies
- longs to be a military hero
- marries a girl who is given wealth and status by the monarch to make her worthy
- abandons his wife
- gets the bed trick pulled on him
Arthur Miller Theatre info link: http://www.music.umich.edu/about/facilities/north_campus/walgreen/arthurmiller/
Note: I object, on principal, to the affected use of English/Canadian style spelling of the word theater. I thought I was the only one who found it annoying until I ran into an Angelino in Santa Fe who vowed to boycott any US venue using the term theatre. I don't think he gets out much any more.


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It is done! I think I'm going to go collapse for a bit afterwards, but yeah. This was kind of an exhilarating challenge, and I'm kind of glad I did it. I am still kind of ambivalent about the story itself. It's kind of scattershot and messy from the pace at which I was pushing myself, but I think overall, it's the story it was always going to be, minus some polish.
I'm still planning on finishing off the challenge! Three more ficlets to write! I have at least two ideas that I want to play around with. And hey, if more ideas come up, maybe I'll make it 15 in 15 or 14 in 14.
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I saw an illustration shared on FB the other day that said 'you're making it hard for me to be the parent I want to be' which both my made me laugh and cry. The first week of the holidays were HARD. I think I'd built up this time in my head so much as being the answer, the answer to the juggle of the school run, toddler activities, Wilf being exhausted by four O Clock us never seeming to have quality time together.
So on day one when both my children had already cried by 8am and it felt like lunch time I wondered what on earth I was thinking. We needed to slip into new routines, the kids have never spent a huge amount of time together at ages when Mabli wasn't an immobile baby and I think we all needed to work out our new dynamics.
I can honestly count on one hand the amount of times I've lost my temper before I had two kids. It helped that I can also count on one hand the times Wilf ever lost his temper too. We were both just quite chilled and despite there being hard days for other reasons I always felt like I was kind of being the mum I wanted to be. Lately that has definitely not been the case and I've found myself turning into a total monster, yelling and saying things I don't mean, throwing around empty threats to try and cling onto some control. Not enjoying being a mum and not being the mum I want to be.
I always think that when I yell it means I've lost control, I know it and my kids know it and really it doesn't help anything. It's so hard sometimes though, especially when you've asked your five year old to put his shoes on twenty times just as nicely as can be and the only way he responds is to you yelling that if he doesn't do it in three seconds we're not leaving the house all day (again total empty threat!).
This post doesn't have much of a moral, there's been no magic solution I've come across but we've settled into our new routines much better by week two (now three as I write this). I think Wilf has been feeling jealous of his sister which is of course totally normal. I want to make an effort to do some 'me and him' activities which will be easier now Tom is off and so important I think. Likewise I think it would be great for Tom to get to do that wth Mabli now she is old enough to not need to breastfeed all the time.
I'd love to know if there has been anything that has worked for you in terms of calming siblings squabbles or not resorting to shouting when your kids have selective hearing!
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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NSW Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA) President Ken Middleton said this week's celebration is a chance to recognise and acknowledge the critical role of emergency service volunteers.
"These volunteer fire fighters selflessly sacrifice time with their families and loved ones to attend weekly training sessions and are 'on call' twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
"Without volunteers the state's emergency services would be severely stretched given the vast distances between many regional locales and towns.
"We rely on each and every volunteer to help keep our communities safe, not just from the threat of bush fire but in a range of emergencies including house and structure fires, road accidents and to provide assistance during other events such as storms and searches.
"Along with responding to emergencies and ensuring that you are safer through their community engagement programs volunteers enjoy a special camaraderie that only comes from being part of a volunteer group.
"These people are part of your community and on behalf of the RFSA and community of New South Wales, I would like to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to all NSW RFS volunteers for your courage, commitment and dedication.
"The RFSA will continue to support you in your work to protect the community."
This year, National Volunteer Week falls along the week 21-27 May 2018 with the theme: Give a little. Change a lot.
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Great Things At Detroit Mercy
- Rooted in the context of Jesuit and Mercy traditions, the Religious Studies Department encourages the academic study of religion in a spirit of free intellectual inquiry.
- The program is designed to explore the variety of religious meanings, both in the past and present.
- All courses are taught by faculty members — not teaching assistants or graduate students.
- Small class sizes mean plenty of individualized attention aimed at making sure our students succeed.
- In the tradition of our Jesuit and Mercy sponsors, Detroit Mercy offers a great, well-rounded education. We don't just teach religious studies; we create community leaders.
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Religious studies majors work in a wide variety of fields, such as business, international business, marketing, government, foreign service, Peace Corps, nonprofit organizations, counseling and social work, education, journalism, law, medicine, the service industry, hospitality and event planning. Former US Secretary of State John Kerry recently commented, "If I went back to college today, I think I would probably major in comparative religion because that's how integrated [religion] is in everything that we are working on and deciding and thinking about in life today."
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Italian Thistle
Carduus pycnocephalus
Family: Asteraceae
Other Common Names: Plymouth thistle, shore thistle
Weed class: A
Year Listed: 1991
Native to: Northern Africa, Asia and Western and Southern Europe
Is this Weed Toxic?:
not known to be
Legal listings:
WAC 16-752; WSDA Quarantine list (prohibited plant list)
Why Is It a Noxious Weed?
Italian thistle invades pastures and rangeland. It crowds out more desirable forage, as well as native plants, and excludes livestock grazing where infestations are dense.
How would I identify it?
General Description
Italian thistle is a spiny annual or sometimes biennial that can grow 6 to 8 feet in height.
Flower Description
Flowerheads narrow and in terminal clusters of 1 to 5. Bracts at the base of flowerheads are stiff and upright with forward pointing hairs. Flowers are purple.
Leaf description
Leaves green and nearly hairless above and have cobwebby hairs below. Leaves are pinnately lobed into spiny-lobed segments, with the terminal spine being most prominent.
Stem description
Italian thistle has spiny, winged stems.
Fruit Seed Description
Seeds are light brown to brown with veins, 0.18 to 0.24 inches (4 to 6 mm long), with hairs attache at one end.
May Be Confused With
Slenderflower thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, is similar but it generally has more flowerheads (5-20), than Italian thistle, Carduus pycnocephalus (1-5 flowerheads).
Where does it grow?
Italian thistle grows in dry, open area such as pastures, rangeland, right-of-ways, and waste areas. Please click here to see a county level distribution map of Italian thistle in Washington.
How Does it Reproduce?
Italian thistle reproduces by seed.
How Do I Control It?
Cultural Control
Deferring autumn grazing of sheep has been effective in reducing stand density because the thistles grow etiolated and less spiny when competing with ungrazed grasses. Then sheep will graze the thistle along with the grass.
Biological Control
Two fungi have been evaluated as agents on Italian thistle. More information can be found by downloading our Written Findings.
Herbicide Control
Please refer to the PNW Weed Management Handbook, or contact your county noxious weed coordinator.
For More Information
See our postcard for early detection information about Italian and slenderflower thistle.
See our Written Findings for more information about Italian thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)
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Snow in Beijing
2010 March. Snow in Beijing, China.
It's 2010 March 14th and it has been snowing in Beijing all day. Song (The Album Leaf - Streamside) that my friend Brikc has send to me on this day inspired to make this video.
Made using Nikon D90 and iMovie.
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|Bathyscaphe Trieste II
|Trieste II
|Mare Island Naval Shipyard
|In service:
|1 September 1969
|Out of service:
X-1, 1 September 1969
DSV-1, 1 June 1971
|Preserved at the Naval Undersea Museum
|General characteristics
|Deep-submergence vehicle
|46 long tons (47 t)
|67 ft (20 m)
|15 ft (4.6 m)
|12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
|Test depth:
|20,000 ft (6,100 m)
Trieste II (DSV-1) was the successor to Trieste—the United States Navy's first bathyscaphe purchased from its Swiss designers. The original Trieste design was heavily modified by the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, California and built at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Trieste II incorporated the original Terni, Italian-built sphere used in Trieste, after it was made redundant by the new high-pressure sphere cast by the German Krupp Steelworks. The Trieste sphere was suspended from an entirely new float, more seaworthy and streamlined than the original but operating on identical principles. Completed in early 1964, Trieste II was placed on board USNS Francis X. McGraw (T-AK241) and shipped, via the Panama Canal, to Boston.
Commanded by Lt Comdr. John B. Mooney, Jr., with co-pilot Lt. John H. Howland and Capt. Frank Andrews, Trieste II conducted dives in the vicinity of the loss site of Thresher—operations commenced by the first Trieste the year before. She recovered bits of wreckage, positively fixing the remains as that of the lost Thresher, in September 1964.
Between September 1965 and May 1966, Trieste II again underwent extensive modification and conversion at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, but there is no clear record that she was ever operated in that new configuration, i.e., the addition of skegs or outriggers on both sides of the sphere.
During that same time period work was under way on a third configuration of the bathyscaphe. This work resulted in yet a new appearance for the Trieste II, and included the installation of a new pressure sphere, designed for operation to 20,000 feet (6,100 m).
As the bathyscaphe continued her operations as test vehicle for the deep submergence program, she qualified four officers as "hydronauts"—the beginning of a burgeoning oceanographic operation. Trieste II's valuable experience in deep submergence operations has helped in the design and construction of other deep-diving submersibles which could be used in rescuing crews and recovering objects from submarines in distress below levels reachable by conventional methods.
This unique craft was listed only as "equipment" in the Navy inventory until the autumn of 1969. On 1 September 1969, Trieste II was placed in service, with the hull number X-1. Reclassified as a deep submergence vehicle (DSV) on 1 June 1971, Trieste II (DSV-1) continued her active service in the Pacific Fleet into 1980.
The Trieste class DSV were replaced by the Alvin class DSV, as exemplified by the famous Alvin (DSV-2). The Alvins are more capable, more maneuverable, less fragile, but also can not dive as deep, reaching only a maximum of 20,000 feet (for the Sea Cliff (DSV-4)).
Trieste II is now preserved as a museum ship at the Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, Washington.
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Coordinates: 47°42′01″N 122°37′26″W / 47.70024°N 122.62381°W
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Vincent Willem van Gogh was Dutch born artist whose art is best know for its rough beauty, bold colours and honesty. A Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is one of the leading artists in historical western art. . Van Gogh was mentally ill for most of his lifetime and indeed most of his greatest works were painted while institutionalised but despite this he worked at a greta pace with all of his work completed in ten years. His ability to capture night time imagery of the time and accurately portray light and shadow makes him on of the most powerful artists of 19th century Europe. He is probably most famous for Sunflowers.
The Café Terrace on the Place Du Forum at Night is from is a scene painted by Vincent Van Gogh in Arles, France. The artwork depicts a cafe scene at night in the French town of Arles. Made up of bright yellows and blues plus darker hues, the contrast give the picture great depth. Painted circa 1888, Cafe Terrace at Night makes a fantastic canvas print, wall art print or placemat by Van Gogh
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Topic: Economic Update
Guest Speaker: Charnella Grossman, CFA of Fifth Third Bank
Location: Fifth Third Madisonville Operations Center
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Topic: Regaining Momentum in Your Planned Giving Program
Speakers: Andrew Palmer & Mike Valoris of PG Calc
Welcome to the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council website. Whether you are a current member seeking information or are curious about the purpose of our Council and the programs we provide, you are in the right place. The mission of the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council (GCPGC) is to increase the quantity and quality of planned gifts in our Greater Cincinnati community by providing a forum for education, training and networking to our members. The GCPGC has been consistently recognized as one of the best planned giving councils in the country and we continuously work to raise that bar of excellence so our members can continue to increase their knowledge base and skill set in the area of planned giving.
Our membership consists of a range of development professionals, including those who are working as the sole development officers for their organizations, professional advisors, and planned giving officers for large universities and hospital systems, just to give a few examples. Regardless of how much your day-to-day work includes planned giving, the GCPGC can help further careers and organizations' planned giving efforts.
We host a monthly educational series called Conversation & Coffee that is generously sponsored by the Fifth Third Foundation. These seminars are led by renowned experts in all areas of development and planned giving. Not only is this an opportunity for you to increase and stay on top of the current trends in planned giving, but also offers quality networking opportunities.
For those new to the planned giving field, we offer a six-month course, Planned Giving on the Run, which runs from September through February. Each class participant is paired with a mentor to assist in the learning process. We have had 100% satisfaction reviews from the post-course surveys we distribute after each Planned Giving on the Run course. Through our Diversity and Inclusive Initiative, there are scholarships available for Planned Giving on the Run and for annual GCPGC memberships.
Quarterly, we host an educational webinar series entitled Knowledge @ Noon. This combines pre-recorded webinars with attendee interaction for a high-quality learning and networking experience. For those who are more interested in the networking aspect, we host several GCPGC Socials that are held after working hours and at different locations in Greater Cincinnati.
And last but certainly not least, the GCPGC hosts an annual Voices of Giving event that allows GCPGC members to recognize philanthropists who have made planned gifts to the members' charitable organizations. Professional advisors are also recognized at Voices of Giving for their efforts of promoting planned giving with their clients.
As you can see, being a GCPGC member has many benefits and I invite you to learn more about our amazing council via our website. Thank you all for your dedication and hard work of promoting planned giving in Greater Cincinnati.
Whitney O'Neal, CFRE
President 2019
Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council
Knowledge @ Noon – February 2020
February 12th, 2020 at 12:00 pm, American Red Cross
Knowledge @ Noon - February 12, 2020
Mission Statement
To increase the quantity and quality of planned giving in our community by providing a forum for education, training, and networking among various professional disciplines involved in gift planning, in accordance with The Model Standards of Practice for Charitable Gift Planners.


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Women go through many changes in their body during pregnancy.
Women go through many changes in their body during pregnancy.
Apart from change in hormones, there is also experience changes in skin. Unlike the ideal pregnancy glow, many women experience pimples, pigmentation and other adverse effects on skin during pregnancy.
In one of her posts on Instagram, dermatologist Dr Kiran Lohia Sethi highlights common skin problems during pregnancy and suggests their potential solutions. She says that hormonal imbalance may be held responsible for pimples during pregnancy.
A balanced and wholesome nutrition, proper sleep, less stress and regular exercise can maintain hormonal balance during pregnancy.
Furthermore, following the right kind of skincare routine can help in preventing some of these common problems during pregnancy. Keep reading to know about them...
Common skin problems during pregnancy and how to deal with them
1. Acne
To prevent acne, products with salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide and topical retinoids and retinol must not be used during pregnancy. The products which you can use are gentle skin cleansers that reduce skin oil, topical antibiotics like clyndamycin (which is considered safe during pregnancy) and alpha hydroxy acids (like lactic acid serum). Dr Kiran says that these products are gentle on the skin and can be applied every night. They will not un-obstruct your pores and make the acne go down on the skin.
"This is genuinely what seems to work for most clients with acne when they're pregnant," says Dr Kiran in the video.
2. Pigmentation
Pigmentation is another common skin problem that women face during pregnancy. Melasma (a condition which makes brown patches appear on the skin) or some skin dullness are skin conditions which many women experience during pregnancy.
Creams enriched with Vitamin C can be used in the morning and in the night to deal with melasma and skin dullness during pregnancy. These creams are perfectly safe during pregnancy. You can also use Vitamin C serums if you want.
Azelaic acid can help in reducing patches caused by melasma, and skin dullness. It is completely safe during pregnancy. Alpha hydroxy acids can safely be used to deal with acne and skin pigmentation during pregnancy.
3. Skin rashes
Many pregnant women experience skin rashes. Pregnant women are prone to eczema or psoriasis flare ups or pregnancy-oriented rashes. You must visit a dermatologist and follow a skincare routine as recommended.
4. Hair
Hair growth usually tends to be more during pregnancy. Some women, however, may experience hair fall because of vitamin deficiency. Have a balanced, nutritious diet and take some vitamin supplements as recommended by your dermatologist.


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One of the most important events of your life is the wedding ceremony. When you are on your way towards the happy union, then each and every matter should be perfect. So, let's highlight the common planning mistakes found in the wedding ceremony. Just go through once and you can easily have a great wedding ceremony. Wish you good luck and lots of warm wishes for your happy married life.
1. Planning a wedding without perfect budget: When you are going for the wedding planning, you must have a proper budget. The budget of the decoration, wedding catering, venue selection, dress and all other matters – should be managed well.
2. Thinking about money when you are selecting the menu: Affordable catering in Sydney must be hired after judging about their quality and don't judge them only with the amount of money you are paying for the service.
3. Spending very little time for hair and makeup: Thinking of all other matters the brides often get a little time for doing the makeup and also the hair. Therefore the bridal look may be affected. So take care of this matter. Distribute the entire duty among the trusted friends and relatives. As a bride, you will feel less stressed.
4. Too much time to make a decision: When you are thinking of hiring the vendors for your wedding, do it soon. The good quality vendors are not free all the time. Mostly, the vendors get engaged soon in the season of wedding. Once they are booked, they won't have time for your wedding ceremony.
5. Thinking of holding up many things till wedding day: Putting up important things up to the day of wedding will be one of the biggest mistakes for you. So arrange things previously and make sure that the things are done properly. The day of wedding is very special. So let it keep a little stress free and enjoy your wedding.
6. Not hiring a wedding planner: Saving money in this field will be a loss. Your wedding planner can arrange everything with their experience. So their arrangement will be better definitely.
7. Choosing a very expensive dress: Choosing a dress which is higher than your affordable range, will be a problem for you. So think twice or mare than that while choosing such a dress. The other expenses may need to be reduced.
8. Feed all the vendors whom you hired: The vendors whom you hired like photographer, makeup artist, decorators and others – feed them particularly with care. They have been working with you since the beginning of the ceremony. So take care that they are fed well.


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Ben has been a freelance professional cinematographer for over 20 years, working on feature films, documentaries, short dramas, commercials and corporate video.
His work has taken him many times around the globe. In a rain forest or city he is am at home in any culture from Namibian Tribesmen to Buddhist monks in China.
He has DoP'd on feature films working large set-ups on 35mm film, HD and the Epic RED Camera which he owns. He has set up SFX shoots in studios, Stunts in forests and shot invisibly on locations all over the world.
Ben is also experienced in traveling to obscure locations, directing, capturing sound and interviewing, when the situation is appropriate for a one man crew. He is very at home working 'gorilla style' with hand-held DSLR cameras on any location or in any culture.
Ben's mission is to achieve High Production Values with top of the range or low cost equipment, but always up to date with new innovations, which is now essential in this high quality/low budget film industry.
Over 20 years experience of making films, from acting in the 70′s & 80′s to 'on line' editing, has provided him with a broad knowledge of vision, performance and production, that Ben believes can be extremely beneficial on any film project.
 He has 'old school' values with modern day skills.
Words from Ben….
"I serve the resulting film, not my own importance and have many examples of problem solving tools which can help in stressful situations. I carry, one of my best tools, a sense of humour, at all times."
Oh and if your wondering why the use of the word cinematography…20 years ago I worked with Vittorio Storaro, one evening he shared why he thought we should call ourselves Cinematographers rather than Directors of Photography. "We craft cinematic images by sculpting light we should leave the directing to our directors.â€


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Religion & Politics has allowed us to excerpt a section of my meditation on the enduring popularity–and the problems therein–of Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven.
Thanks to my colleagues at JI and friends of JI for their input on this piece. And thanks to JI for allowing me to share it with you.
…This is what I call the ?Krakauer problem?: more than twelve years after it was first published, and after Romney?s presidential campaigns helped make Mormonism an acceptable American religion, Under the Banner of Heaven remains the definitive book on Mormon history in popular culture. Under the Banner of Heaven spent months on The New York Times bestseller list, and it is still ranked number one on Amazon?s bestsellers in the ?Mormonism? list. Its popularity is also reflected at social events?even social events with other scholars of religion. When historians of Mormon history like me explain what they study, most of those who have read one book on the faith will tell us that they?ve read Under the Banner of Heaven. And, as Krakauer himself intended, they will also tell us that they understand it to be not only an exposé of Mormon fundamentalism, but also a reliable history of the origins of the LDS Church, too. To be sure, this is a problem for the LDS Church and for its members. Mainstream Mormons don?t want to be called upon to answer for Jeffs anymore than ?mainstream? Muslims want to be called upon to answer for jihadists. Yet, this is also a problem for scholars of Mormonism, a problem that we?ve yet to solve. Scores of both scholarly and popular books on Mormonism have been published since Under the Banner of Heaven was first released in 2003. Yet none have come close to displacing it as the dominant portrayal of Mormon history in American culture.
THE QUESTION IS, WHY? What?s so compelling about Under the Banner of Heaven? That is, what makes it such a gripping and troubling read?…
Read the rest of the piece here.
I'd love to throw this out to the JI readership–What is your experience with Under the Banner of Heaven?


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One of our favorite places in our house is our library. This is likely because it is the most "finished" area of our house. And it may only be about 30 square feet all together, but somehow feels bigger once you are in it.
Making up the second half of our living area, with a couch as the dividing line, the library was a work in progress for most of 2012. For more info on the armchairs, the rug, the bar and the bookshelves, I dissected it for this post awhile back.
The ottoman was our last purchase for the area a few months back, which made it even more the prime location for kicking back and reading. I recently powered through Gone Girl in just a few short days in those chairs.
But there has always been one area left to do something about: the drywall white fireplace!
Before we even moved in, we had a general color scheme idea for the library of ice blue, gray and cranberry/plum. My long ago Pinterest Project of Thumbtack balls started us off on the right foot, our Prove It! painting gave us some more shades of purple and the DIY shag rug along with our armchairs added the gray.
Looking at a few paint swatches, our thoughts of cranberry started to turn into thoughts of something a little more purple. You know, like that ACE Hardware commercial, "Puuurple."
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This Memorial Day Monday we walked into Lowe's made a bee line to the paint section. Spent 30 seconds looking at the Valspar wall and both pointed to the same swatch: Vintage Grape. It wasn't even a contest, it wasn't even worth buying the sample jar for $2.50 or even bringing home the piece of card and holding it up against the fireplace.
We picked up a pint of Vintage Grape in a satin finish and got to work when we arrived home. This also gave us an excuse to royally clean the glass top to the fireplace, which was a long time coming.
Eager to start, we neglected to remember that our paint trays had been donated to a volunteer painting project Bob worked on. So we DIY'd that too. A shallow Amazon box, taped all up to ensure no holes to leak through, a sheet of tin foil (a good trick even when you have regular trays to keep them usable!) and a couple rolled up cardboard pieces taped to the inside to create some tilt in the homemade tray. Easy peasy.
Bob applied one coat and we already were feeling it. Two hours later, coat number 2 went on.
24 hours later, the bookshelves were back in place, the tape removed and the glass top reinstated.
Here's a wider shot of the room, complete with a common tableau for our household: "Cat Resting on Ottoman."
It might not be on the grand scale of painting an entire wall, but the statement is definitely made. Watch out, drywall in the perpetually white kitchen. . .you're next.


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Writer. Aspiring Author.
I have a passion for people watching and am always intrigued by their behaviors. I eavesdrop into conversations for dialogue. I use other peoples' senses, movements, and responses for inspiration, but I let my imagination wander and the character drives the story.
I tend to write about the darker side of life—I love pulp fiction. I don't wish to put a genre or style on my writing. I feel it limits my imagination, words and voice. I want to be able to write whatever, whenever.
My blog is a mixture of things I love and love writing about—Short Stories, Poems, Living a healthy life, Cooking/Baking, Fashion and Costuming, Current Events, Theatre, Dive Bars, Music, (maybe even a novel) … Rollerskating…
I love creating collage art!
My new motto right now is, "Before you can fly, you have to be free."
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Zambia Travel Guide | 10 Waterfalls to See in Zambia
Sacred, mysterious and beautiful - all words apply to the spectacular waterfalls found in Zambia. The high energy levels experienced at cascades like Victoria Falls make it a most sought after destination, but it's not the only one...
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Livingstone, Southern ProvinceThis glorious, thundering waterfall was known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya ('the smoke that thunders'), around the time it became famous in the wider world. The spray from the volumes of water plunging over the edge of the gorge can be seen from miles away. Close up, from view points in the rain forest, many visitors are lost for words at the scope of this natural wonder. Every plant, tree and rock glitters with water droplets and the air is super-charged in its freshness and purity.
Ngonye Falls, Zambezi River, near Sioma Village, Western ProvinceNgonye also features great volumes of water in full flood but over a low and wide drop in the riverbed. For a full view you can take a river ferry (canoe) across the water, about 2km (1.2 miles) downstream from the village and then walk along a path back up the river. It's a good spot for a picnic when the water is low.
Kundalila Falls, Kaombe River, near Kanona, Central ProvinceNamed after the cooing of doves, this stunning 70 metre (229 feet) high waterfall is located just east of the Great North Road in a very scenic setting. The gossamer cascade of water maintains a garden of rich plant life around the falls. From the top of the waterfall you can see the beautiful Luangwa Valley, and at the bottom you can swim in a crystal clear pool amongst an array of wild flowers. There is a camping area in the vicinity.
Nyambwezi Falls, Nyambwezi River, near Solwezi Village, North Western ProvinceThis waterfall is of historic interest as it shows signs of Stone Age occupation. There is a rock shelter near the top of the falls where you can see ancient rock engravings. The water cascades down the rock face for 20 metres (65 feet) into a pool below. You can camp at the falls which is located south of the Solwezi to Mwinilunga Road (about 204km / 126 miles).
Kalambo Falls, Kalambo River, near Mbala village, Northern ProvinceThe Kalambo River forms the natural border between Zambia and Tanzania and feeds into Lake Tanganyika. The falls are situated about 30km (19 miles) from the village. Kalambo Falls drop an impressive 221 metres (725 feet), making them one of the highest in Africa and the world. The gorge below the falls is a nesting site for the rare Maribou stork.
Chisimba Falls, Luombe River, near Kasama, Northern ProvinceThere are actually 3 successive waterfalls here. The Bemba people who live in this area consider the falls to be sacred and powerful, they make regular offerings to the spirits. There is a cave below Chisimba Falls where the nature spirit lives - a place of honour and prayer. You will find a camp site on the east bank and a rain forest on the west bank. The falls are about 33km (20.5 miles) from Kasama.
Mumbuluma Falls, Mumbuluma River, near Mansa town, Northern ProvinceThis waterfall cascades over 2 steps and is situated about 33km (20.5 miles) from Mansa. There is a temple fire tended by priests for the protective spirits Makumba and Ngosi, which is found some way further down the river in the south.
Lumangwe, Chipembe & Kabweluma Falls, Kulungwishi River, near Chipembe Pontoon, Northern ProvinceThe Lumangwe waterfall is a surprise in this landscape and like a mini Victoria Falls. You will have to take a detour off the main road between Kawambwa and Mporokoso for about 9km (6 miles) but it is a great side trip to do. There are no camping facilities but you can stopover if you wish in this tranquil place which is said to be watched over by a Great Snake Spirit.
The falls drop down for 35 metres (15 feet) and are about 100 metres (109 yards) wide. There is a small rain forest sustained by the water. Another smaller waterfall on this river is the Chipembe Falls which is popular with local people for Bream fishing.
Just 5km (3 miles) downstream from Lumangwe is the Kabweluma waterfall - a series of 3 cascades which are interconnected. At the base of the falls is a forested ravine with pre-historic rock art and rainbows in the spray. This is a sacred place to the local people, filled with frogs which represent physical forms of snake spirits, and no homes can be built here.
Ntumbachushi Falls, Ng'ona River, near Kawamba, Luapula ProvinceThis very picturesque waterfall is ideal for a camping stopover and located between the villages of Kazembe and Kawambwa. The river forms water pools and some rapids en-route to the waterfall which has a cascade of 30 metres (98 feet). Ceremonial bathing of chiefs prior to their reign takes place in the river, which is said to have properties for spiritual cleansing.
Kundabwika Falls, Kulungwishi River, near Mporokoso, Luapula ProvinceYou'll find 2 waterfalls here; the main one is 25 metres (82 feet) high and 70 metres (76 yards) wide, especially in full flood. This is a sacred site for ritual and prayer for the local tribe and a custodian, by appointment of the Chief, oversees the area. The waterfalls are about 96km (59 miles) from Mporokoso.
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