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Our front desk staff will make you feel welcome, as soon as you walk in the door!
Our front desk staff will make you feel welcome, as soon as you walk in the door!
Christine Neu has been a certified Group Instructor for 35 years, has been a certified Personal trainer for 20 years, Spin certified for 14 years. Christine has worked for the Montana Athletic Club for 24 years as, a class instructor, personal trainer, sales associate, front desk manager, daycare manager, and currently Fitness Director for the last several years. She is married with two grown boys, loves Bigfork and her job!
Tammy is proud to be born and raised in North Dakota. Tammy attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from University of Montana. She has twenty years of food service experience as a professional server and caterer. Tammy is a mother of two boys and enjoys recreating in the outdoors, traveling, and being with family.
Lydia is a native of Big Sky country and graduated from MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY (GO BOBCATS!) with a degree in microbiology. In addition, she earned a Medical Technology Certification by attending the Columbus Hospital School of Medical Technology in Great Falls.
Upon completion of her degree, she worked in several laboratory settings in Seattle, WA, including positions as a Medical Technologist at both the Washington State Health Microbiology Department and the Microbiology Department at Swedish Hospital, and as a Molecular Biologist in cancer research for Bristol Myers Squibb.
After years of work in the laboratory setting, she and her family (husband Scott and two beautiful daughters, Kelsi and Keira) moved to the Philadelphia area where Lydia changed to the more people oriented occupation of teaching piano lessons . After 17 years and many recitals later, Lydia was FINALLY able to return to her Montana roots in 2014, landing in Bigfork, where she began working at the Montana Athletic Club as the Concierge, plus a few other duties that pop up on occasion!
She is a certified Spinning Instructor and enjoys teaching classes at the MAC. A former triathlete, you may find her in the pool, pounding the pavement, or cruising the valley on her bike! Unless, of course, her beloved SEAHAWKS are playing!! She loves her family, ministering at church, loves people, working out, and eating chocolate – the darker the better! Gifts or bribes always appreciated – drop off at the concierge desk!
In 1991, Doug Mahlum began the planning, design and development of the Montana Athletic Club-Bigfork, along with his partner, Jack Tawney.
The Montana Athletic Club began construction in September of 1992 and completed in March of 1993 with 21,000 SF. In 2003, a major expansion added an aerobics studio and increased the weight room space, adding another 3,600 SF. In 2007, the MAC went through a major interior remodel, including all new weight equipment, furnishings, tile and flooring. In 2014, another 6,500 SF was added, including a Physical Therapy unit (River Bend Physical Therapy), a new functional training area, Mind/Body and Spin Studios and Pilates Studio. Another round of new cardio equipment was added.
In 2001, The Peak Health and Wellness Center in Great Falls, Montana was completed. The 54,000 square foot facility was built as a partnership between Benefis Healthcare, the local hospital, Mr. Mahlum and Mr. Tawney. The facility has undergone 3 major expansions, bringing the SF up to 74,000 SF to keep up with member demand.
The Wave, in Whitefish, Montana started out as a 55,000 square foot, 7.2 million dollar facility. Acting as an consultant, Doug handled the entire project for the Wave Board of Directors. In 2007, it was determined an expansion was needed and 5,000 square feet was added to the weight room, mind/body area and a personal training studio. In 2014, a 10,500 SF addition was completed, adding a comprehensive child care, another aerobics studio, family change rooms, boy's/girl's locker rooms and a new check in area. The Wave is a community center for Whitefish.
In the summer of 2006, Mr. Mahlum, along with Jack Tawney and Charlie Eisman, purchased the Peak Health and Wellness in Missoula, Montana. This 50,000 square foot facility was built in 1983 and was state-of-the-art for its time. In 2009, the partners began construction on a $4.9 million indoor tennis/racquetball/squash complex. Completed in September of 2010, It is the largest indoor tennis facility in Montana and the premier racquetball/squash/handball center. In 2012, the partners purchased an old historical site in downtown Missoula and converted it into a 22,000 SF urban fitness center, with a very positive reception. The main facility, on Blue Mountain Road, just completed a $1.2 million addition of the weight area, making it the state-of-the-art facility in Montana.
Doug has done consulting work with several facilities, including sites in England. He is currently working on a 40,000 SF facility in Conway, New Hampshire. He is married to Nancy (his partner in the MAC) and has two children, Bridger and Colter, both of whom have graduated from college and are off on their own career paths.


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We can't all be elite racers especially when you've already peaked at 33 years old.
But we can take our best qualities, bottle it up, pass it on to the next generation. Although it will be a long wait, the wait will be worth it as the next unborn generation of Burnthelmets take over what we seasoned, wise, and energetic BH's know about racing.
When they do find their legs we may not be able to catch up but instead take on a new role of waiting by the feed station and shouting "You've got a 30 second lead! Go!"
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Burnt Helmets Make Racing's Future
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Jumping to conclusions
Take care with correlation
So you've collected your data and noticed a strong correlation between two of your variables. It might be very tempting to assume that a change in one is causing a change in the other, but don't fall into the trap. A correlation shows that there is a relationship between your variables; it doesn't prove there is a causal relationship.
Think about Andrew Wakefield's 1998 claim that using the MMR vaccine can result in autism. It's true that use of the MMR vaccine had increased up to that point, as had the number of cases of autism recorded, so there's a correlation between the two. This doesn't necessarily mean that the jab is causing the increase in autism – there could be a third factor (called a confounder) causing one or both of the variables to increase, such as an increase in maternal age. Wakefield's work has been discredited and he was struck off in 2010, meaning he can no longer practise as a doctor.
True causation can only be tested with carefully controlled studies, which often compare two groups who are matched in every way except for the variable of interest. This limits the role of confounders as much as possible. Oh, and watch your 'u's and 's's – a causal relationship is very different from a casual one!Lead image:


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Ben was raised on the Gulf of Maine, and has had a love of the sea his entire life. He built his first rowboat with his father at the age of six. At eight, he started sailing aboard a Rhodes 19' and by the age of 18, he made his way from Portsmouth, NH to Hawaii via the Caribbean islands and Panama Canal. Adventures along the way to fund his dream included, working as a deckhand aboard ocean going tugboats hauling freight through Southeast Alaska, commercial fishing for giant Bluefin tuna, delivering sailboats along the west coast of Central America, and working as mate aboard a luxury charter yacht based in Petersburg, Alaska where he learned the finer points of running top quality charters.
Rachel was born with an adventurous spirit, and grew up hiking, camping, fishing, and eagerly exploring her love for the outdoors near her childhood home in Boulder, CO. Rachel has also pursued her passion for food and entertaining, working with the Culinary Institute of Montana where winters included skiing and working in fine dining establishments while the summer months involved rock climbing, rafting, and racing sailboats on the largest natural freshwater lake in the western US. As an athlete and yogi, Rachel is adamant about using the freshest quality local ingredients to create healthy and delicious meals that feed the body and the soul.
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The Mission Indie Mart, a roaming thrift store, local design showcase, and barbecue that takes place monthly in backyards and at dive bars throughout the Mission District was dreamt up by Kelly Malone, a tattooed hipster chick with three lifelong obsessions: DIY fashion, hard drinking, and good times. Sadly, while her hobbies did wonders for her social life, they caused quite a stir at the Gap, where Malone had been working for more than 10 years. So she set up her own business. Her brainchild has become a staple of Mission dwelling: a monthly opportunity to mingle with artists, musicians, fashion designers, misfits, and fall-down drunks like the founder herself, whose hourly announcements at MIM evolve throughout the day from straightforward information to inebriated performance art. Her best line to date: "The bathrooms are in the back, the T-shirts are in the corner, and the vodka is in my belly. Now come on stage and let's get naked, bitches. Wooo!"
And another congrats should go to Broke-Ass Stuart who won for Best Local Author! You can often find Stuart selling his books and T's at Indie-mart too.


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Wow this website is filled with great information:
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Also, another DIY treat for those who want to save money on a diffuser:
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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST - This just may be the answer to my backdrop hanging woes! A compression pole from the Home Depot! Watch the video on this site to see how wonderful this invention is for us DIY photographers!
After you watch the video in the one above and you get the idea – THEN CHECK OUT THIS POST - THIS may be the answer for me! I'd prefer to not have to put the one above together and this one also lets you place it on a diagonal.
"THIRD HAND" Lighting Pole
So, it looks like I might be purchasing a set of these soon:
In the Christmas spirit here are couple Christmas tree ornament macros I just edited from yesterday:
My table is all set up for Christmas day tomorrow…
A few of my favorite decorations:
My mom gave me these salt & pepper shakers for my Birthday Saturday…I love snowmen and these are too cute.
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The platter that was set before me here in the Piedmont region of Italy was covered with what resembled small piles of leaves from a fall lawn raking. The little brown, green and black heaps hardly invited sniffing, much less tasting. Yet sniff and taste I did.
Little did I know, before this introduction to "cheese wrapping," that a gastronomic tradition in one corner of Italy is aging cheeses by encasing them in leaves. Nor was I aware that there are highly respected professional "cheese hunters" whose job is to seek out the best leaves in which to wrap locally made cheeses, and to know the exact amount of time each variety should be aged to bring out its best flavor.
Travel in Piedmont
The opportunity to learn about one of the most unusual professions anywhere is one attraction of a visit to the Piedmont (Piemonte) province of northwestern Italy. Others include its lovely landscape of gently rolling hills blanketed by vineyards, and tiny towns that grew up around imposing stone castles in medieval times.
Adding to the appeal are an enticing history and the fact that Piemontese food and wine, while not as well known as world-famous cuisines like that of France, in my opinion, should be.
Piedmont derives its name from the phrase ai piedi del monte (at the foot of the mountains), and the towering peaks of the Swiss and French Alps soar above the area.
Travel in Alba, Italy
A perfect home base for traveling throughout the region is Alba, "the town of 100 towers." That claim dates to the 12th and 13th centuries, when noble families competed to build ever-taller fortified towers to provide protection from attack and demonstrate the family's wealth and importance. While only four of the original structures still overlook the town, the name has stuck.
Alba, Italy also boasts other enticing relics of its history. Among these are portions of the ancient city walls, fragments of frescoes and other remnants of Roman rule.
Outside of Alba, the scenery becomes etched in the mind's eye like a series of paintings. Roads wind through tiny towns, in places so narrow that when two cars meet, one must back up to a wider spot so the other can pass. Stone buildings line narrow cobblestone streets. Church steeples rise above a sea of red tile rooftops as if gazing out at the surrounding view. Many a hilltop is capped by an ancient castle, whose massive walls and turrets recall times of past grandeur.
Along with their common attractions, each town in Italy also has its own unique appeals and stories to tell. Serralunga d'Alba is one of only 11 villages where Barolo wine may be produced. Many connoisseurs rank it, along with Barbaresco, as Italy's most prestigious red wines.
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Stephen King has earned his reputation as the "King of Horror." Since penning coming-of-age terror novel Carrie in 1974, he has published over 50 novels and several volumes of short fiction. His books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide, and this year, you can find at least two of his properties -- It and The Dark Tower -- on-screen in major movie adaptations.
Such has always been the case for the prolific author. But even with all we know about the man, there's still plenty that remains...in the shadows. Here is a list of 13 (bwahahahaha!) facts that you may not know about Stephen King. Enjoy.
13. King has Daddy Issues
Stephen King's father skipped out the family when the future "King of Horror" was just two years old. The two never made contact, and it doesn't seem that King minds all that much. Here's his response to a question during a Rolling Stone interview about whether or not he was ever tempted to meet Donald Edwin King:
I was curious when I was a kid. I used to think, "I'd like to find him and knock his fucking head off." And then later on, I thought to myself, "I'd like to find him and hear his side of the story and then knock his fucking head off." Because there's no excuse for it. It wasn't just that he walked out and left us – he left her holding a whole bunch of bills, which she worked to pay off.
12. He Almost Didn't Write His Breakout Novel
Carrie wasn't Stephen King's first novel, but it was definitely the one that placed him head and shoulders above the horror writers of his day -- and yet, the book almost never saw the light of day. In 1973, King was balancing several jobs -- gas station attendant, industrial laundry cleaner, English teacher -- when he got the idea for a novel. He began to fashion the story after two girls he knew in high school, combined with an article he'd read recently about telekinesis.
But, alas, he didn't see much potential in the story, so he threw it away. He puts it more succinctly in his memoir On Writing: "After all, who wanted to read a book about a poor girl with menstrual problems?"
Luckily for him, his wife, Tabitha, did see potential in the book and encouraged him to soldier on with it. The weirdest part of all is that she found the novel literally in the trash can. Three balled-up pieces of paper, on which were written the beginnings of the Carrie story, eventually became the worldwide sensation we know it to be today. So, the moral of that story is, Always trust your wife's instincts. Always.
11. He Directed a Really Bad Horror Movie
As we will see in a few of these list items, the 1980s proved to be both a blessing and a curse for Stephen King. It was arguably his most productive period -- he published four novels in 1987 alone -- but it was also his most self-indulgent and chaotic. He was horribly addicted to alcohol and cocaine, both of which perhaps boosted his sense of self-perception. Not to mention the fact that he was a HUGE fan of movies. He'd appeared in two George Romero movies -- Creephshow and Knight Riders -- but saw fatal flaw in most horror movies: he wasn't directing them.
The result, sadly, is the film Maximum Overdrive. As a piece of pure 80s schlock, it's one hell of a picture. It's full of mindless gore, terrible dialogue, and Emilio Estevez. What could be more 80s?
More to the point, the movie isn't so good, and yet, the most damning criticism comes from King himself: "The problem with that film is that I was coked out of my mind all through its production, and I really didn't know what I was doing." No truer words have been spoken about Maximum Overdrive, I'm afraid.
10. He was a Spokesman for American Express
This one doesn't require a ton of explication. In all the excesses of the 1980s, Stephen King thought it would be a good idea to hock the card you can't leave home without. The video pretty much speaks for itself, but even if it is kind of gross, the idea of a Stephen King American Express commercial is pretty neat.
9. He Owns 3 Radio Stations in Maine
King and his wife, Tabitha, own three radio stations in their home state of Maine. Under "The Zone Corporation," they've compiled the following three audio outlets: WZLO, Maine's Adult Alternative; 620 The Pulse, News Talk Sports, and WKIT, nicknamed "Stephen King's Rock-n-Roll Station," are all available on your FM Dial and at zoneradio.com.
8. He's a Part-Time Rock Star
When he's not working on New York Times bestsellers or pissing off his governor, Stephen King has an occasional role in the Rock Bottom Remainders, a group of famous novelists playing live gigs on a volunteer basis. The Remainders' self-deprecating selling point is: Over 350 million books sold. Forty NYT #1 Bestsellers. One lousy band.
Stephen King, in his capacity, is the sometimes guitarist and sometimes singer for the band. Here is a sample of King's vocal abilities, singing Dee Clark's 1959 song "Hey Little Girl" with the Remainders in 2012.
7. He Doesn't Remember Writing Cujo
As it's been made seemingly sufficiently clear here, the 80s were a rough time for Stephen King. We, as readers, get about as much of an autobiography out of the author in his 1999 memoir, On Writing. He describes snot-and-blood covered coke spoons and drinking Listerine when all the booze was taken from the house.
It was definitely an eye-opening moment for those of us who had put the author on a pedestal for so many years. Turns out, like many writers, he's a tragically sensitive soul, and he relates how he treated his body for a good chunk of the 70s and 80s: "Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around."
One of the more memorable admissions is that he doesn't even remember writing 1981's Cujo, his horror novel about a rabies-infected dog terrorizing a mother and son pair in their broken down car. It's not his best book, but it's probably one of the most horrifying and quickly-paced in his entire canon.
Here's an excerpt from On Writing:
At the end of my adventures I was drinking a case of sixteen-ounce tallboys a night, and there's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all. I don't say that with pride or shame, only with a vague sense of sorrow and loss. I like that book. I wish I could remember enjoying the good parts as I put them down on the page.
6. He Hates 'The Shining.' Stanly Kubrick's, That Is
The contempt Stephen King holds for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining is a secret about as well-kept about the fact that Joe Hill is his son, but it nevertheless deserves mention here.
The more important facts here come down to why he is seemingly so bitter about the 1980 film. #1. Stanley Kubrick dismissed Stephen King's script for the film version. Kubrick was purportedly deciding between The Shining and Diane Johnson's The Shadow Knows, and though he chose The Shining, he picked Johnson to write the screenplay. Weird. #2. King didn't think Jack Nicholson made a good Jack Torrance. Now, for me, Jack Nicholson does a FANTASTIC job as the alcoholic-writer-cum-psychopath he portrays as Jack Torrance, but Stephen King disagrees. Here is a snippet of why:
The character of Jack Torrance has no arc in that movie. Absolutely no arc at all. When we first see Jack Nicholson, he's in the office of Mr. Ullman, the manager of the hotel, and you know, then, he's crazy as a shit house rat. All he does is get crazier. In the book, he's a guy who's struggling with his sanity and finally loses it. To me, that's a tragedy. In the movie, there's no tragedy because there's no real change.
I suspect there's also a little anger at the direction of Torrance's on-screen character, too, because King has often described The Shining as his most autobiographical novel. To then bring in a character Kubrick thinks is utterly batshit crazy reduces the struggle King felt with his own addiction to simple monstrosity.
5. He Did Not Serve In Vietnam
It's not just that Stephen King did not serve, but he was found physically unfit to do so. His eyesight alone would probably have prevented him from fighting abroad in the jungles of Vietnam. He was deemed "4F" in his military physical for his eyesight, flat feet, high blood pressure, and punctured eardrums. King also suffers from macular degeneration, which explains his ever-thickening glasses over the past forty years. At some point, we may have a blind, James Joyce-ian version of our favorite author, dictating his novels to Joe or Tabitha to record for the sake of posterity.
4. He pulled 'Rage' from the Shelves...Permanently
It used to be that novelists were only allowed to publish one book a year, according to the rules of the traditional publishing industry, lest the public gets wary of that person. But Stephen King, in all his productivity, just couldn't stand to be the guy who publishes one book a year, so he came up with the pseudonym Richard Bachman, and he published several novels under that name. That is, until he became famous and was outed by uberfan Steve Brown in 1985.
One of the Bachman novels, Rage, holds the distinction of being the one that King had pulled from the shelves permanently. Here's an excerpt from a talk King gave at the Vermont Library Conference's Annual Meeting:
By the end of the speech, though, he's talking about his decision to censor himself. There had already been three school shootings that strongly resembled the events in Stephen King's early novel, Rage, which was published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. After the fourth troubled boy turned his anger on his classmates, King asked his publishers to pull the book from publication in future editions. He said that while he didn't want to draw a direct connection between the book and the shooter's motives, "...the point is that I don't want to be part of it. Once I knew what had happened, I pulled the ejection-seat lever on that particular piece of work. I withdrew Rage, and I did it with relief, rather than regret." But he never suggests he shouldn't have written Rage.
This was in 1999, just after the Columbine shooting. Even nearly 20 years later, King hasn't slowed his thoughtful meditations on a culture which produces school shooters.
He doesn't blame video games, much in the way the contemporaneous culture gate-keepers did. He did then and does now cite America's obsession with guns as the catalyst for such catastrophic events. In 2013, he published a long essay on the subject, cleverly titled "Guns." Oh, and if you're still intrigued by the concept of Rage, you can pick up a copy for about fifteen bucks used on Amazon.
3. Richard Bachman is Not His Only Pseudonym
One might think Stephen King's dalliance with alternative pen names ends with the tragic death of Richard Bachman via "cancer of the pseudonym," but it's not the only one. King started his career by publishing short stories, and not in overly respectable magazines. He sold whenever and wherever he could, and that included "men's magazines." We're not talking Playboy, necessarily, either. Writing under the name John Swithen, Stephen King published the pulp story "The Fifth Quarter" in Cavalier in April of 1972. (It was later collected for Nightmares & Dreamscapes in 1993.)
2. As a Child, He Witnessed Death Firsthand
Coming home from playing with a friend one day, Stephen King was speechless and in shock. According to what is known, he witnessed a friend get struck by a train. Here's an account from the horror maestro himself:
The event occurred when I was barely four. According to mom, I had gone off to play at a neighbor's house -- a house that was near a railroad line. About an hour after I left, I came back, she said, 'as white as a ghost.' I would not speak for the rest of the day. I would not tell her why I'd not waited to be picked up or phoned that I'd wanted to come home. I would not tell her why my chum's mom hadn't walked me back, but had allowed me to come home alone. It turned out that the kid I had been playing with had been run over by a freight train while playing on or crossing the tracks...My mom never knew if I had been near him when it happened. But I have no memory of the incident at all, only of having been told about it some years after the fact.
Inspiration for Stand by Me, maybe?
1. He Wrote the Script for a Michael Jackson Video
Okay, so this is the one even I was shocked to discover. I'd heard of the rock opera he co-wrote with John Mellencamp -- Ghost Brothers of Darkland County -- but nothing about a collaboration with the King of Pop was anywhere on my radar. If Thriller is Return (or Night or Dawn) of the Living Dead, then Michael Jackson's Ghosts is Frankenstein -- or maybe Dracula -- complete with pitchfork-and-torch-wielding residents. In retrospect, it's a cringeworthy bit of commentary on Jackson's relationship with the public and reality. He plays a reclusive "maestro," who's known to play magic tricks for the local children. In fact, it's the children who defend the maestro to the adults, and the adults, in turn, completely dismiss them.
Sounds weird, huh?
I mean, this is only a few years after the initial trial Jackson suffered through, so even the suggestion of him being affable towards children feels...icky. However, due to the wonderful technology of YouTube, you can watch and judge the entire thing for yourself.
There's plenty more to be plumbed about Stephen King, but I think the above list represents both some things the average Stephen King either does not know or only knows the basic details about. There will be more posts about the King Himself coming up, and I'm also looking into doing an episode about "the van incident" for the Principled Uncertainty Podcast.


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The Metaphor: 'It's like I'm in a furnace'
Clinical/hospital setting. Person is tied with hands behind their back to a pole and the flames/heat is rising up. Behind is a door. To the right is a brick wall and on the wall is a blank whiteboard.
To the left is an operating table with a small closet.In front is a room with a big sink with taps on it. The people in front of him are in disagreement. Below is gravel and above its just white but it's not a ceiling.
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This is a situation that has a lot at stake, there seems to have been a bit of a witch hunt and this really is a matter of life or death. If only he was free enough to be able to change his position on things, everything could be different. It's the kind of situation that would get a guy all hot and bothered, he will find himself burning up, getting quite hot under the collar.
It's not an easy situation to get to grips with at all because no matter what, his hands are tied in this situation. It's not that he has cold feet, its that he has no choice. He cannot back out of this situation.
When he thinks about what is right, he draws a blank. It just all seems a bit bored. The writing is not on the wall for him just yet though.
Because when he looks at what is left for him, there may be some operations that can be brought to the table. But there may be a skeleton or two in the closet waiting to surprise everyone. Our man may suspect that someone is hiding in the closet.
If he were free to do so, he could hot foot it out of there and move on from all this bother. He would be able to wash his hands of this situation and cool down. His hands would be clean.
He looks forward to a disagreement, especially as he is the one who has been condemned in this situation.
Looking at this from a metaphoric taxonomy perspective, we can be sure that even though this situation itself may be a recent event, we can know that this is a recurring feature in the client's life and that he has felt this way for much of his adult life (container metaphor).
What is interesting is the feature of both the fire and the sink. This issue is about "not shame", all of the features in the metaphor are an antidote to shame (which would be contamination metaphor). Thus, the emotion that this client experiences in these situations arises so that he doesn't feel shame.


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Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys is a fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman. In the novel, "Mr. Nancy" — an incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi — dies, leaving two sons, who in turn discover each other. The novel follows their adventures as they explore their common heritage. Although it is not a sequel to Gaiman's previous novel American Gods, the character of Mr. Nancy appears in both books.
First edition cover
|Neil Gaiman
|Cover artist
|Richard Aquan (1st printing hardcover edition); general design, Shubhani Sarkar; image collage credited to Getty Images
|United States
Publication date
|September 20, 2005
|Media type
|Print (hardback & paperback)
|Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2006)
|813/.54 22
|LC Class
|Preceded by
|American Gods
Anansi Boys was published on 20 September 2005 and was released in paperback on 1 October 2006. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list,[1] and won both the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Society Award in 2006.[2] The audiobook was released in 2005, narrated by Lenny Henry.
Anansi Boys is the story of Charles "Fat Charlie" Nancy, a timid Londoner devoid of ambition, whose unenthusiastic wedding preparations are disrupted when he learns of his father's death in Florida. The flamboyant Mr. Nancy, in whose shadow Fat Charlie has always lived, died in a slightly embarrassing manner by suffering a fatal heart attack while singing to a young woman on stage in a karaoke bar.
Fat Charlie is forced to take time off from the talent agency where he works and travel to Florida for the funeral. Afterwards, while discussing the disposal of Mr. Nancy's estate, Mrs. Callyanne Higgler, a very old family friend, reveals to Fat Charlie that the late Mr. Nancy was actually an incarnation of the West African spider god, Anansi, hence his name. The reason Charlie had apparently not inherited any divine powers was because they had been passed down to his hitherto unknown brother, who, as she puts it, can be contacted by simply sending an invitation via a spider. Charlie is skeptical, and on his return to England, largely forgets what Mrs. Higgler had told him, until one night when he drunkenly whispers to a spider that it would be nice if his brother stopped by for a visit.
The next morning, the suave and well-dressed brother, going under the name of "Spider", visits Charlie, and is shocked to learn that their father had died. Immediately Spider steps through a picture to their childhood home. Charlie goes off to work, rather puzzled by Spider and his sudden disappearance.
Spider returns that night, stricken with grief that Anansi had died and over having been thoughtless enough not to notice. The two brothers, to drown their sorrows, become uproariously drunk (at Spider's recommendation) on the proverbial trio of wine, women, and song. Although Charlie is not involved in most of the womanising or singing, he is drunk enough to sleep through much of the next day. Spider covers for Charlie's absence from his office at the Grahame Coats Agency by magically disguising himself as Charlie. In the process, Spider discovers Grahame Coats's long-standing practice of embezzling from his clients. Spider also steals the affection and virginity of Charlie's fiancée, Rosie Noah.
Spider, in the guise of Charlie, reveals his knowledge of the financial improprieties to Grahame Coats during a meeting which Grahame calls to fire Charlie. As a result, Grahame delays firing Charlie. When Grahame meets him next, he gives the real Charlie a large cheque and a holiday from work. With Charlie out of the office, Grahame Coats proceeds to alter the financial records to frame Charlie for the embezzlement. Embittered by the loss of his fiancée, Charlie uses his holiday to return to Florida, and requests help from Mrs. Higgler and three of her equally old and eccentric friends to expel Spider. Being themselves powerless in this matter, they instead send him to "the beginning of the world," an abode of ancient gods similar to his father, each of whom represents a species of animal. There, he encounters the fearsome Tiger, the outrageous Hyena, and the ridiculous Monkey, among others. None are willing to help the son of the trickster who had embarrassed them. Finally, he meets Bird Woman, who agrees to trade Charlie her help, symbolised by one of her feathers, in exchange for "Anansi's bloodline".
Meanwhile, in London, a swindled client, Maeve Livingstone, confronts Grahame Coats directly, having learned of the theft of her late husband's royalties. Grahame Coats murders her with a hammer and conceals her body in a hidden closet.
When Charlie returns to England, events begin to escalate. Charlie quarrels and scuffles with Spider; Charlie is taken in for questioning by the police for financial fraud at the Grahame Coats Agency; Spider reveals the truth to Rosie, who is angered by his treatment of her; birds repeatedly attack Spider; Grahame Coats escapes England for his estate and bank accounts in the fictional Caribbean country of Saint Andrews; and Maeve Livingstone's ghost begins haunting the Grahame Coats Agency building.
Maeve is contacted by her late husband, who advises her to move on to the afterlife. She refuses in favour of taking vengeance on Grahame Coats. Later, she meets the ghost of Anansi himself, who recounts a story to her. Once, Anansi reveals, the animal god Tiger owned all stories, and as a result, all stories were dark, violent and unhappy; but Anansi tricked Tiger into surrendering the ownership of stories to Anansi, so stories now involve cleverness, skill and often humour rather than strength alone.
After he is attacked by flamingoes, Spider realises that something Charlie did is causing these attacks, and that he is in mortal peril. He spirits Charlie out of prison. They discuss matters in the course of fleeing from birds around the world, realising that giving away Anansi's bloodline implicates Charlie as well as Spider. Charlie is then returned to prison. He is eventually freed, and mentions the hidden room in Coats's office, where the police will find Maeve Livingstone's body.
Spider is swept away in a storm of birds, after which Bird Woman removes his tongue to prevent his use of magic, and delivers him to Tiger, Anansi's longtime enemy, who imprisons him. In spite of his helplessness, Spider manages to form a little spider out of clay, instructing it to go find help in the spider kingdom that Anansi and his descendants command. Though not as effective a hunter as Tiger, Spider can still fend him off for a little while, whereas Tiger is pleased to draw out the hunt, as it allows him to savour his long hoped-for revenge on Anansi and his brood.
Rosie and her mother have taken a consolation cruise to the Caribbean, where they unexpectedly meet Grahame Coats. They have not heard of the events in England, and so unsuspectingly walk into his trap and are locked in his basement.
Charlie goes searching for Callyanne Higgler to help him solve his problems. He looks for her in Florida, but Anansi's old friends tell him that Mrs Higgler has returned to the Caribbean country of Saint Andrews. They also reveal to him that it was another old lady, Mrs. Dunwiddy, who, annoyed with the young Fat Charlie, made a spell to separate his good side from his bad side, which then became Spider, meaning that Fat Charlie and Spider had once been one person. He finally finds her after a long search in Saint Andrews and is sent again to the beginning of the world. Charlie forces the Bird Woman to give back Anansi's bloodline in return for her feather. Meanwhile, Spider has managed to survive, Tiger having grown overconfident. When Tiger attempts a killing strike, the reinforcements summoned by Spider overwhelm him. At that point, Charlie rescues Spider and gives him back his tongue.
Tiger now takes possession of Grahame Coats's body and uses his bloodlust to manipulate him, intending to get revenge on Spider by killing Rosie and her mother. But the possession by Tiger makes Grahame Coats vulnerable to attacks from other spirits; Maeve Livingstone, having found Grahame Coats with the aid of Anansi's ghost, eliminates Coats in the real world and, satisfied, moves on to her afterlife.
Meanwhile, still at the beginning of the world, Charlie, having discovered his power to alter reality by singing a story, recounts the long tale of all that has gone before, humiliating Tiger to the point of retreating to his cave. Spider then collapses the cave entrance, sealing Tiger inside. Charlie weaves this event into his song, reinforcing it with his powers, such that Tiger is now well and truly trapped. Coats, turned into a stoat, remains with Tiger as an unwelcome (and eternally edible) guest.
In the end, Spider marries Rosie and becomes the owner of a restaurant. He is put constantly under pressure by Rosie's mother to have children, but (possibly to annoy her) never does. Charlie begins a successful career as a singer, marries police officer Daisy Day and has a son (Marcus). Old Anansi, resting comfortably in his grave, watches his two sons approvingly.
Awards and nominationsEdit
Anansi Boys won the Locus,[2] Mythopoeic, YALSA ALEX,[3] and British Fantasy[4] Awards in 2006. Despite garnering enough votes for a Hugo nomination, Gaiman declined it.[5][6]
In 2005, Mike Walker adapted Anansi Boys into a radio play for the BBC World Service. It stars Lenny Henry as Spider and Fat Charlie, Matt Lucas as Grahame Coats and Tiger, Rudolph Walker as Anansi, Doña Croll as Mrs Noah and the Bird Woman, Tameka Empson as Mrs Higgler, Petra Letang as Rosie, Jocelyn Jee Esien as Daisy, and Ben Crowe as Cabbies and other voices. It was broadcast on 17 November 2007. The original soundtrack was composed by Danish composer in residence Nicolai Abrahamsen. It was directed by Anne Edyvean, who also worked on the Radio 3 adaptation of Gaiman's Signal to Noise in 1996.[7]
Gaiman stated that he was displeased with the BBC radio adaptation, because "budget cutbacks and less broadcasting time for drama [have caused BBC to decide] it would have to be an hour-long adaptation. And bad things happen when novels get cut down to an hour. So despite a really terrific cast and production and as solid a script as could be in the circumstances, I was not happy. It felt like one of those Readers' Digest condensed books".
A new, six-part full-cast radio series was produced in 2017, adapted by Dirk Maggs; it's the fifth of Gaiman's novels Maggs has adapted for radio. It is narrated by Joseph Marcell, and stars Jacob Anderson as Fat Charlie, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Spider and Lenny Henry as Anansi, with the rest of the cast including Julian Rhind-Tutt as Grahame Coats and Adjoa Andoh as Bird Woman.[8] It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC iPlayer over six days, beginning on Christmas Day 2017; the first five episodes were 30 minutes each, with a 60-minute finale broadcast on December 30.[9] Gaiman is reportedly very happy with this version, describing it as his favourite of Maggs' adaptations.[9]
Gaiman's displeasure with the first BBC radio adaptation led to a willingness to write the script of an Anansi Boys movie. He said that "I normally say no to adapting my own stuff into film. But I wanted an Anansi Boys adaptation I could be proud of, and the radio adaption had left me wanting to go: No, this is what I meant".[10]
In 2014, it was reported a television miniseries of Anansi Boys was being produced by the BBC.[11] It was to be made by Red Production Company with Gaiman as executive producer.[12][13][14][15][16][17] Although the miniseries was never made, elements of the abandoned series were instead incorporated into the Starz adaptation of American Gods.
- Момчетата на Ананси (Bulgarian), ISBN 978-954-655-242-6
- Anansiho chlapci (Czech), ISBN 80-7332-079-7
- I ragazzi di Anansi (Italian), ISBN 88-04-55701-X
- בני אנאנסי (Hebrew)
- Os Filhos de Anansi (Portuguese), ISBN 972-23-3592-8
- Сыновья Ананси (Russian), ISBN 978-5-17-098225-7
- Chłopaki Anansiego (Polish), ISBN 83-7480-020-8
- Băieții lui Anansi (Romanian), ISBN 973-733-103-6
- De bende van Anansi (Dutch), ISBN 90-245-5385-7
- Los hijos de Anansi (Spanish), ISBN 978-84-96544-66-6
- Anansi dēli (Latvian), ISBN 978-9984-777-69-6
- Hämähäkkijumala (Finnish)
- アナンシの血脈 (Japanese), ISBN 4-04-791534-3
- Anansi Boys (German), ISBN 978-3-453-26530-1
- Anansijevi momci (Serbian), ISBN 86-7436-611-2
- 蜘蛛男孩 (Chinese), ISBN 978-986-6665-19-6
- 阿南西之子 (Chinese – Taiwan) ISBN 978-986-6665-19-6
- Anansi fiúk (Hungarian), ISBN 9786155468865
- Дітлахи Анансі (Ukrainian), ISBN 978-966-948-206-8
Cultural ReferencesEdit
- The character Daisy is so named because her parents own and ride a tandem bicycle. This references the 1892 song "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)".
- It is also stated that Daisy's father teaches computer science. This may be a reference either to the song's use in early speech synthesis or to the scene from the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey in which the HAL 9000 computer sings it during its gradual deactivation.
- ^ "Best-Seller Lists: Hardcover Fiction". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ a b "2006 Award Winners & Nominees". WorldsWithoutEnd.com. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ [1] Archived 2 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The 2006 Hugo and Campbell Award Nominees, and Honorable Mentions". Cluebytwelve.net. Archived from the original (TXT) on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil (27 August 2006). "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Hugo words". Neilgaiman.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal". Neilgaiman.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Anansi Boys - Who's Who". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Listening to Anansi Boys". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil (23 July 2010). "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible". Journal.neilgaiman.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "BBC to adapt Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys". BBC News. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Anansi Boys". Greenlight. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Denham, Jess (5 February 2014). "Two Neil Gaiman novels set for TV adaptation". The Independent. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ White, Peter (5 February 2014). "Anansi Boys developed by BBC". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Vincent, Alice (4 February 2014). "Neil Gaiman's American Gods to become TV drama". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "BBC to adapt Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys". BBC News. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Fleming, Ryan (4 February 2014). "Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Anansi Boys both being adapted for TV". Digital Trends. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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Dual-layer blue laser
Increasing the capacity of current recordable and rewritable blue-laser discs, employing a 405nm wavelength to write/read to a 120mm disc, can be accomplished in a few ways. Physically speaking, the track pitch can be made narrower to increase the overall length of the track (pregroove) that spirals out from the center of the disc. Another choice is whether to adopt land-groove recording or groove-only recording. A third option is to decrease the recorded mark size, enabling more marks along the linear track.
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Obviously, the use of two record layers on the same side makes more sense. However, that would require the outer-most record layer to have transparency so the inner-most record layer can be written to and read from by the laser. It must also have record layer properties necessary to store amorphous (low reflectivity) marks and crystalline (high reflectivity) marks.
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Semitransparent recording layer
Typical rewriteable single-layer discs reflect about 16 percent of the 100 percent incident blue-violet laser light back to the drives pickup. The record layer absorbs 84 percent and uses it to write the signal. Dual-layer relies on only 5 percent reflectivity from both L1 and L0 layers to achieve a reliable read process.
In Figure 1, the optical block, which consists of the laser diode and optical lens, physically moves as one to focus on L0 or L1 layer. The laser first writes to L0 layer radially, from the inside of the disc to the outer circumference, then to L1 layer, from the outside in. This is the movement of the optical block when continuously recording data.
L1 layer absorbs 45 percent of the light, reflects 5 percent of it and transmits the remaining 50 percent to write to L0 layer. Thus, L1 layer is said to have 50 percent transmittance. Because L0 layer reflects back only 10 percent of the light, and L1 layer has 50 percent transmittance, 5 percent of the original incident light is ultimately received by the pickup from L0 layer.
Grooved transparent spacer layer
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- A Great Offer: It all starts with a great offer. In this case, it was incredibly useful content that demanded attention. Not only did the client offer great content providing real value (do your white papers always do this?), we backed it up with a really cool competition. The prize might have cost a fair bit of money – but it couldn't be ignored.
- List Rental: This is not to be confused with purchasing a list (remember, we don't like that). List rental is when you pay another organisation (normally a magazine publisher or a blog) to send a campaign on your behalf. Renting lists can be expensive – so you better make sure you convert as many opens and clicks to your own list as possible. This means having a great email, a great landing page and a great offer.
- Social Media: Next, we hit Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn – hard. We didn't just broadcast. We encouraged debate, asked questions and pointed people back to our really great landing page, complete with great offer and cool competition (see points #1 and #2).
- PR: We put the message out there via PRWeb (part of the Vocus family), which generated a ton of buzz on social media and helped generate press coverage for our content and our giveaway. We also phoned or emailed every blog writer and journalist we had a personal relationship with to give the story wider coverage.
- Blogging: The client blogged about the offer on its own site – providing additional content for its social media activity.
- Asked to Share: We asked people (colleagues, clients, prospects – in fact, anyone who would listen) to share the news – and they did. In fact, the campaign went viral, and that's when the list really started to grow.
Building a list isn't easy and it isn't always cheap – but the potential return can be fantastic.
If you haven't got a list, isn't it time you started building one today? Share your advice for list-building strategies below:


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CV 321 Column Speaker
CV 321 is a 20 W self-powered column speaker with wireless microphone. The amplifier circuitry provides 2 Mic/Line inputs and 1 Aux with its own volume and tone controls. It features a Rec output and vumeter.Made of aluminium and with an iron grill, it includes 4 full range speakers and tweeter. This provides a clear sound, being particularly adequate for churches and other public places.
Thanks to its features, it is possible to realize an installation just by using the speakers. Another solution is to use CSV 640 as main unit and connect several CSV 321 column speakers.


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Gin Queen Wooden Coaster (Six Pack)
Water resistant and durable these coasters are stylish and practical and a little bit different from the normal run of the mill coaster!
If you want Vodka, Beer, Wine or some other 'evil spirit', just let us know.
Handmade by Wotmalike Ltd in the UK
RRP: £4.99 each.


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After using the pretrained model, I decided to train Watson and TensorFlow with my own data.
The first question is : Where you get enough photo's on a similar topic that are specific enough ?
The one thing I have many photo's of, is my kids.
For this exercise I used the pictures of our NON-identical twins
I have anonymized the names , so in this case twin1 en twin2 (very original:-).
As mentioned before, training Watson can be done in the cloud.
The github example is easily modified to use your own data.
VisualRecognition service = new VisualRecognition(VisualRecognition.VERSION_DATE_2016_05_19);
service.setApiKey("GET IT FROM BlueMIX");
CreateClassifierOptions createOptions = new CreateClassifierOptions.Builder()
.addClass("twin1", new File("twin1/trainingset1.zip"))
.addClass("twin2", new File("twin2/trainingset1.zip")
VisualClassifier twins = service.createClassifier(createOptions).execute();
There is a limit to the amount of pictures (1000) you can use to train Watson for free.
The result of running the code above is a classifier_id, that you must use when you want to classify new pictures. See also stage 5 on http://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/visual-recognition/tutorials.shtml
Once the training is completed (check it here : https://gateway-a.watsonplatform.net/visual-recognition/api/v3/classifiers/{classifier_id}?api_key={api-key}&version=2016-05-20), you can use this model (classifier) to classify new (unseen) pictures. Again we use the github example to get this result:
"classifiers": [
"classifier_id": "twins_andsomenumbers",
"name": "twins",
"classes": [{"class": "twin2","score": 0.500624}]
"image": "/twin2/testdata1/0552-IMG_9385.JPG"
As mentioned in the earlier post, there is no Google cloud service (yet) that allows training with your own data.
So you need to setup your own Tensorflow system.
I created a HyperV image from an Ubuntu iso and followed the steps described here: https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r0.9/get_started/os_setup.html
When you work with TensorFlow you need to know either Python or C++, so NO Java this time.
Since I know neither, I decided to learn a bit of Python on the go.
The people from PyDev , have put a lot of effort in creating an Eclipse environment for Python, that way it all feels a bit more familiar.
Google has some good tutorials on TensorFlow and the codelab : TensorFlow for Poets, describes almost exactly what I want to achieve.
This approach allows you to retrain an existing model, Inception, with your own images.
Now this is all running on my laptop, that means in this case, no limits on the trainingset, I used all 3000+ photos (per twin) to retrain.
The output of the proces is visible in the screenshot below:
As you can see, the test accuracy is not that high, but that is what I will use for now.
Again, the cloud (Watson) has provided the limit here, I have tested 20 images per twin.
The results are displayed in the table below
As you can see, Watson does not give any result in 50% of the cases. When it has a result the score is never higher than 0.6 and there are two wrong classifications.
TensorFlow always gives a result and from to time to with scores higher than 0.9. Eight of the classifications were wrong for TensorFlow.
Given the differences in training:
- Cloud versus On-Prem
- Limited (free) trainingset versus large trainingset
I find the final results of TensorFlow much more convincing.
The IBM Watson way of working is so much easier to get started (long live cloud and API's) that I am inclined to proceed with Watson for now, and let TensorFlow rest until Google's "MachineLearing as a Service" becomes available.
Sure once I had setup my TensorFlow environment, the actual training part was not that much work anymore.
A little bonus for me is that I took my first steps with Python, with feels very doable.


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Pot roast dinner
Elwood Community Church will host a pot roast fundraiser dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20.
Dinner will include pot roast with vegetables, rolls, iced tea, coffee and assorted desserts.
Tickets will be sold at the door. Adults will be $10 and children ages 12 and under will be $5. Carry-outs will be available.
The church is located at 101 N. Chicago St. in Elwood.
Saturday, January 20, 2018 - 4:00pm


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The European Commission on Wednesday fined four shipping companies a total of 395 million euros for taking part in cartel relating to the transportation of new cars and other vehicles by sea in violation of EU competition laws. In a statement, the Commission said it had imposed the fines on the roll-on/roll-off shipping companies CSAV, K-Line, NYK and WWL-EUKO for forming … [Read more...]
Höegh Autoliners Agrees to Pay $21 Million Over Price Fixing Conspiracy
Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners AS has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $21 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. According to a one-count felony charge filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Höegh Autoliners AS … [Read more...]
Hoegh Autoliners Denies South African Price-Fixing Allegations
OSLO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Norwegian shipping firm Hoegh Autoliners denied on Tuesday allegations made by South Africa that it and Japanese rival Mitsui O.S.K Lines had colluded to fix transport tariffs to and from South Africa. Hoegh Autoliners specialises in transporting cars, controlling 50 specialised vessels or 6-7 percent of the global fleet in this market. South … [Read more...]
WWL to Pay Nearly $100 Million Criminal Fine Over Ro-Ro Price Fixing Scheme
Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS (WWL) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $98.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices of international ocean shipments of roll-on, roll-off cargo to and from the Port of Baltimore and other locations in the United States, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. According to … [Read more...]
China Fines Car Carrier Shipping Firms $63 Million for Price Fixing Scheme
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- China fined eight shipping lines 407 million yuan ($63 million) in total after finding them responsible for price collusion in the transportation of vehicles and heavy machinery. Japan's Nippon Yusen KK, Mitsui OSK lines, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Eastern Car Liner Ltd., Korea's Eukor Car Carriers Inc., Norway's Wallenius Wilhelmsen … [Read more...]


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Advances in Anesthesia, 2017, Volume 2017
1st Edition
Table of Contents
Advances in Anesthesia
Postoperative Sleep Disturbances: Understanding and Emerging Therapies
Hypothermia: Update on Risks and Therapeutic and Prophylactic Applications
Challenges in the Perioperative Care of Adolescents
Obstetric Hemorrhage: Prevention, Recognition, and Treatment
Advances in the Anesthetic Management of Solid Organ Transplantation
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Quadratus Lumborum Blocks
Complications of Allogeneic Blood Product Administration, with Emphasis on Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury and Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload
Practical Management of the Opioid-Tolerant Patient in the Perioperative Surgical Home
Practical Management of a Regional Anesthesia-Driven Acute Pain Service
Update on Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism Management: A Decision Support Tool to Aid in Diagnosis and Treatment
Advances in Anesthesia highlights the year's signifucant medical advances, providing one source to review the essential information updates for the Anesthesiologist in that year. Topics often covered include: advances in trauma anesthesia, cardiac arrest management, regional anesthesia, analgesia and perioperative outcomes, perioperative management of implantable devices, evidence based management of anesthesia and analgesia.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier 2017
- Published:
- 9th November 2017
- Imprint:
- Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780323554749
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780323554756
About the Authors
Thomas McLoughlin Author
Affiliations and Expertise
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown; and Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Anesthesiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Francis Salinas Author
Affiliations and Expertise
Deputy Chief of Anesthesia; Section Head of Orthopedic Anesthesia; and Coordinator of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Education, Virginia Mason Medical Center department of Anesthesiology
Laurence Torsher Author
Affiliations and Expertise
Mayo Clinic


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Battler Britton. London, Fleetway, 1960.
Battler Britton 2. London, Fleetway, 1961.
Original Novels
Belle of the Ballet's Gala Performance by George Beardmore. London, Hulton Press, 1956.
Belle of the Ballet's Country Holiday by George Beardmore. London, Hulton Press, 1957.
Movie Novelisations
Blade by Mel Odom, based on the screenplay by David S. Goyer. HarperEntertainment, Aug 1998.
Blade Trinity by Natasha Rhodes. Nottingham, Black Flame, Oct 2004.
Note: Braddock began as a text story series, later transferred to comic strips.
Original Novels
I Flew With Braddock by George Bourne. Dundee, D. C. Thomson, 1959.
Braddock and the Flying Tigers by George Bourne. Dundee, D. C. Thomson, 1962.
Original Novel
Bronc Peeler [by Fred Harmon]. Big Little Books (GW200), 1937.
Note: Philip Francis Nowlan's newspaper strip was based on characters in his novel, 'Armageddon 2419'. However, the strip has been the overwhelming inspiration for spin-offs and is thus included here.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century by Addison E. Steele (i.e. Richard A. Lupoff). New York, Dell, 1978; London, Sphere, 1978. [based on a made-for-TV movie that was subsequently released theatrically]
2: That Man On Beta by Addison E. Steel (i.e. Richard A. Lupoff). New York, Dell, 1979; London, Sphere, 1979.
Original Novels
Hell on Earth by Mike Wild. Nottingham, Black Flame,
Better the Devil by Mike Wild. Nottingham, Black Flame, Mar 2007.
Original Novels
Captain America: The Great Gold Steal by Ted White. New York, Bantam, 1967.
Holocaust for Hire by Joseph Silva (i.e. Ron Goulart). New York, Pocket Books [Marvel Novel Series #4], 1979.
Rocket's Red Glare by Kate Novack. Renton, Washington, TSR [Marvel Superheroes Adventure Gamebook #2], 1986; Harmondsworth, Puffin [Marvel Superheroes Game Book #2], 1987.
Original Novel
Challengers of the Unknown by Ron Goulart. New York, Dell, Nov 1977.
Original Novel
Claudia of the Circus by Geoffrey Bond. London, Hulton Press, 1958.
Note: see also Infinite Crisis.
Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman. New York, IBooks, Mar 2006.
Movie Novelisation
The Crow: City of Angels by Chet Williamson. New York, Boulevard, Aug 1996; London, Boxtree, Nov 1996.
Original Novels
The Crow: Quoth the Crow by David Bischoff. New York, HarperPrism, Jan 1998; London, Voyager, May 1998.
The Crow: The Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite. New York, HarperPrism, Apr 1998; London, Voyager, Aug 1998.
The Crow: Clash By Night by Chet Williamson. New York, Harper, Jun 1998; London, Voyager, Nov 1998.
The Crow: Temple of Night by S. P. Somtow. London, HarperEntertainment, Dec 1999; London, HarperCollins, Dec 1999.
The Crow: Wicked Prayer by Norman Partridge. New York, HarperEntertainment, Nov 2000; London, HarperCollins, Nov 2000.
The Crow: Hellbound by A. A. Attanasio. New York, HarperEntertainment, Jun 2001; London, HarperCollins, Dec 2001.
Original Anthology
The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. James O'Barr & Ed Kramer. New York, Ballantine, Nov 1998.
Contains: "Preface" by Ed Kramer, "Foreword" by A. A. Attanasio, "Introduction: The Crow Theory" by A. A. Attanasio, "Fleas" by Iggy Pop (pm), "Spooky, Codeine, and the Dead Man" by James O'Barr, "Goings Forth" by James S. Dorr (pm), "The Blood-Red Sea" by Chet Williamson, "Twice By Fire" by Ramsey Campbell, "Joy Divided" by Douglas E. Winter (pm), "Triad" by Janny Wurts, "The Night Chough" by Gene Wolfe, "Hot Animal Machine" by Henry Rollins (pm), "The Real Thing" by Andrew Vachss, "Variations on a Theme" by Nancy A. Collins, "Paragenesis" by Storm Constantine, "Breach" by Christine Crow (pm), "Carrion Crows" by Jane Yolen & Robert Harris, "Red as Jade" by S. P. Somtow, "Jesus Christ's Wrists" by James O'Barr (pm), "Procrastinator" by Alan Dean Foster, "The King of Birds" by Caitlin R. Kiernan, "Prophecy" by Lisa Lepovetsky (pm), "Spike Team" by Rex Miller, "Lament for the Gunwitch" by Christopher Golden, "Photo Album" by Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg (pm), "Hellbent" by A. A. Attanasio, "Moving Toward the Light" by Rick R. Reed, "Corvix Canto" by K. Ken Kohnson (pm), "China Doll" by Charles de Lint, "Spirit Dog" by Jack Dann, "Darkness and Shadow of Light" by James O'Barr (pm), "Wings Burns Black" by John Shirley.
Original Novel
D-Day Dawson by Marcus Allgood. London, New English Library, Jul 1977.
Dan Dare Pilot of the Future by Angus P. Allan. London, New English Library, May 1977.
Original Novel
Dan Dare on Mars by Basil Dawson. London, Hulton Press, 1956.
Movie Novelisation
Daredevil by Greg Cox. Onyx Books, Dec 2002.
Guilt by Association by Matthew J. Costello. Renton, Washington, TSR [Marvel Superheroes Adventure Gamebooks #8], 1988.
Original Novels
Last Sons by Alan Grant. New York, Warner Books, Feb 2006.
Inheritance by Devin Grayson. New York, Warner Books, Jun 2006.
Helltown by Dennis O'Neil. New York, Warner Books, Nov 2006.
Trail of Time by Jeff Mariotte. New York, Warner Books, Feb 2007.
Movie Novelisation
Detective Dick Tracy and the Spider Gang. Whitman (Big Little Book), 1937.
Dick Tracy Returns. New York, Whitman (Better Little Book), 1939.
Dick Tracy by Max Allan Collins, based on the screenplay by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. New York, Bantam, 1990.
Dick Tracy (junior novelisation) by A.L. Singer, based on the screenplay by Jim Cash & Jack Epps. Racine, Wisconsin, Western Publishing (Golden Book), 1990.
Original Novels
Dick Tracy and the Woo Woo Sisters by Chester Gould. New York, Dell, 1947.
Dick Tracy by William Johnston. Tempo Books, 1970; reprinted, Berkley Books, Jul 1990.
Dick Tracy in Hot Water by Jim Razzi. Racine, Wisconsin, Western Publishing (Golden Book), 1990.
Dick Tracy on the Trail of the Blank by Andrew Gutelle. Racine, Wisonsin, Western Publishing (Golden Book), 1990.
Dick Tracy Goes to War by Max Allan Collins. New York, Bantam, Mar 1991.
Dick Tracy Meets His Match by Max Allan Collins. New York, Bantam, Mar 1992.
Dick Tracy: The Secret Files edited by Max Alan Collins with Martin H. Greenberg. New York, Tor, Jun 1990.
Contains ''Origins'' by Mike Resnik, ''Dick Tracy and the Syndicate of Death'' by Ron Goulart, ''The Cereal Killer'' by Rex Miller, ''Auld Acquaintance'' by Terry Beatty & Wendi Lee, ''Rockabilly'' by F. Paul Wilson, ''The Curse'' by Ed Gorman, ''The Leo's Den Affair'' by Francis M. Nevins & Josh Pachter, ''Homefront'' by Barbara Collins, ''The Paradise Lake Monster'' by Wayne D. Dundee, ''Nordic Blue'' by Barry N. Malzberg, ''Old Saying'' by John Lutz, ''Whirlpool, Sizzle and the Juice'' by Ric Meyers, ''Chessboard's Last Gambit'' by Edward D. Hoch, ''Living Legend'' by Stephen Mertz, ''Not a Creature was Stirring'' by Max Allan Collins.
Note: based on the comic strip version of the TV show.
Original Novel
The White Hart Lane Mystery by Charles Hatton. London, Hulton Press, 1960.
Original Novel
Dr Strange: Nightmare by William Rotsler. New York, Pocket Books [Marvel Novel Series #7], 1979.
Through Six Dimensions by Allen Varney. New York, TSR [Marvel Superheroes Adventure Gamebook #4], 1986; Harmondsworth, Puffin [Marvel Superheroes Game Book #3], 19
Original Novels
The Unquiet Grave by Peter J. Evans. Nottingham, Black Flame, Sep 2004
The Omega Solution by Peter J. Evans. Nottingham, Black Flame, May 2005.
The Encoded Heart by Peter J. Evans. Nottingham, Black Flame, Oct 2005.
Manticore Reborn by Peter J. Evans. Nottingham, Black Flame, Jan 2006.
Black Dawn by Peter J. Evans. Nottingham, Black Flame, Jun 2006.
(* To be continued... )


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I've watched the first 15 minutes or so of the British documentary "Fast Food Babies," and it's rather emotional. These families — who many people no doubt will judge harshly — could be my family. When my boys were little, fast food, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs and breakfast cereal were common meals.
It took a lot of self-education and difficult habit changes to get us where we are today with what we eat. I'm fortunate that I'm educated and that I had the time and financial means to make the changes. Now that my oldest is approaching his teen-age years, there's a whole new fight as he starts earning his own money and wanting to make his own food choices.
We're going on a long road trip soon, and I plan to watch the remainder of "Fast Food Babies" in the car. If the rest of it is as riveting as the first part, it's going to be interesting and educational. Hopefully, I'll pick up a few tips on dealing with my teenager from the video.


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Newbourne Village Hall
Mill Lane, Newbourne, IP12 4NP
Members of Orwell Astronomical Society meet on the second and fourth Monday's of each month at Newbourne Village Hall for an evening of observing with some events also including a talk or presentation. These events are ideal for anyone who is interested in joining the Society and would like to find out more. Attendance is by prior arrangement -- please contact the Society beforehand to confirm your visit.
- Event will involve stargazing and observing the skies through telescopes weather permitting
This event is being organised by Orwell Astronomical Society who should be contacted if you have any queries. We highly recommend you confirm this event is indeed going ahead before travelling. If you do attend it would be fantastic if you could let the organiser know you found them via Go Stargazing!
Attendance of this event requires prior arrangement with Orwell Astronomical Society. Please contact them in advance.
Go to the organiser's web page for this event
Location light pollution
This location is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a semi-rural setting based on satellite data from CPRE.
Location darkness on Monday 13th August 2018
The below graphic shows if and when it will be dark at Newbourne Village Hall on the evening of this event. Yellow areas show when the skies are not dark due to daylight (bold yellow) and moonlight (faded yellow). Click on the image for an explanation on how darkness is determined.


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The excitement is building. The 9th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, five days of the celebration of the joy of food and wine, will be with us soon. A small army of chefs and wine makers will flood San Diego with unforgettable tasting. 200 wineries pouring over 1,000 different wines, breweries, spirits and 70 of the country's culinary greats, will create over 25 city-wide events for a luxury liner of events and offerings unlike any other.If you can only attend one event, make it the Grand Tasting Event on Saturday, November 17 at the Embarcadero Park behind Seaport Village. It's a love-fest of wineries, celebrity chefs, over 100 restaurants and live music from two stages. Admission is as early as 11 am to 3pm.
Look for great wines from many parts of the world, incuding Duckhorn, Niner, Opolo, and Rodney Strong. Local wineries to know include South Coast, Callawy, and Falkner. Pans will be flying in this event as the "Chef of the Fest," a culinary showdown, will feature San Diego's top culinary talent testing their skills. One chef will be awarded top honors with $50,000 in cash and prizes. Look for the action in the Creekstone Farms Pavilion.
Equally in demand is The Vault, a Reserve Wine Tasting Experience & Silent Auction Nov. 16 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis & Marina Hotel, next to the Convention Center. Selections from 160 acclaimed wineries are lined up for this event.
This year, the after-dark events have been ramped up at the hottest spots in town, Wednesday night through Saturday night, and daytime seminars are boosted, on Thursday and Friday.
We could go on and on about the cooking classes, winemaker dinners and Celebrity Chef's luncheons, but it's time for you to pick your best memorable events and go for it! The master web site is sandiegowineclassic.com, for everything you need to know about the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival.
Meritage a Showcase for Fine Wines
With the press of more wine territory for me to cover and report on, and more publications and web sites looking for wine and food news, I don't' get around to neighborhood wine shops as much as I would like.
But I know that's where the customer action is and Meritage Wine Market in Encinitas does it as well as any.
2012 has certainly been a transition year for this powerhouse wine shop. Former GM Mark has gone up to Napa Valley to make wine with his new Hiatus label. Whitney Woodall has orchestrated the changes and has brought in former hotel man Dustin Cano as wine buyer.
This operation has been named "Best Wine Shop in San Diego" four times in a row so it's hard to improve on that accolade. But so far this year, Meritage has brought in wine pouring Enomatic Machines to allow customers to experience top quality wines day and day out; added a chef to increase wine dinners like "grillin and chillin" on site; and introduced seminars and basic wine education. New store hours are: Tuesday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday Meritage is closed. The team continues to find lesser known, high quality wines like a recent Cabernet from Chile, the Cousino Macul, for just $10. See more at meritagewinemarket.com.
Wine Bytes
The 3rd Annual OktoberWest in Carlsbad is at Bistro West Oct. 13 from noon to 3 p.m. Six authentic gourmet foods, beer & wine and music will liven up your weekend. Must be 21+ to attend. $35; tickets are at Bistro West. Call (760) 930-8008 for details.
Sips for Shelter Unlimited Wine Tasting benefit is Oct. 13 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Marriott Del Mar on El Camino Real. Fifty vintners from around the world will gather with no limit on wine tasting, $45; RSVP at (619) 702-5399.
The two-day La Jolla Street Art and Wine Festival is Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location is Girard between Prospect and Kline streets. This event is free (suggested cash donation of $5.) More than 100 artists, and a wine and beer garden. Website is ljawf.org.
A benefit wine dinner is being held at The Red Door Restaurant and Wine Bar in Mission Hills Oct. 17. Reception at 5:30 p.m. $49 for dinner, $79 with wine pairings. Details at (619) 295-6000.
Europa Village, the old world winery in Temecula, has a Festival of the Grape wine dinner, a dinner show Oct. 18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. It's a four-course Italian style menu with musical performances by costumed singing waiters. $79 per person; RSVP at (951) 506-1818. Europa Village also is hosting a benefit for Habitat for Humanity with live music on Fri. Oct. 19 from 6:30 to 9:30pm, featuring the Marie Alcantar Band. Cost is free; nominal cost for wines. Call (951) 216-3380.
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