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Il Vicoletto Italian restaurant has gone through a few changes over the years; but its heart has always been Italian. Now it's found its true calling under the all Italian team of Christian and Manuel. Christian loves Italian wines, and loves to leave his customers wanting more, and Manuel is one of the best of the new breed of young Italian chefs.
Il Vicoletto is small and can be found halfway down Crowe Street in Dublin's Temple Bar. This small but very atmospheric restaurant has always been a proponent of 'proper' Italian food and the menu is a testament to this. You won't find any ersatz Italian fusion rubbish, what you will find is a carefully crafted list of some of the great Italian classics, as well as some of Manuel's own inventions.
After a dozen or so Antipasti, including a very good Carpaccio, a Parmigiana of aubergines and a Piedmont speciality of Vitello tonnato, which is milk fed veal with tuna and capers, it's into a list of pastas that just all sound so good. Main courses continue in the authentic way, and rather than list a lot of Italian dishes, I'd just like to use a quote from Paolo, the last time he ate Manuel's cooking;
"Occasionally, over the years, I've come across Italian restaurants that are authentic. These are restaurants where the ingredients are correct and where recipes are genuine and unadulterated….our starters were very much at the top end of Italian cuisine. The first dish was the rotolo, which you can think of as a Swiss roll made of pasta. This rotolo is Manuel's great-grandmother's recipe, and rolled into the thin sheets of pasta are ricotta, sausage meat, mozzarella, spinach and herbs. It's then sliced, and the slice is served with a creamy tomato sauce finished with brandy. It was, without a doubt, probably the best pasta dish I've ever eaten."
With this in mind I decided to eat like and Italian and have a starter of pasta, and for the main course, I went along with Christian's recommendation and had the Tagliata di Manza; sliced fillet steak with grana padana cheese and rocket.
In the end I ended up with two small pasta dishes, Manuel daily ravioli, which on this day was stuffed with soft Italian cheese and was served with pistachio nuts and cream sauce. It was as light as could be, and delicious. My second was the homemade pappadelle, which Manuel makes with the addition of red wine for colour. It was accompanied by his signature sauce of ragu di salcissia; homemade sausage ragu with Italian herbs. Again this was fabulous and I can only echo Paolo and describe both as among the best I've tasted.
The Tagliata di Manza was a feast of simplicity after these two triumphs, it's simply very good locally sourced fillet steak grilled and sliced and served with the cheese on a bed of rocket. This is a dish that depends on the ingredients and not much more, and it's simplicity was wonderful.
After this fine meal I struggled through a panna cotta, and finished with a good coffee. Il Vicoletto is one of Ireland's best Italian restaurants, and when it comes to pasta in particular, Manuel is somewhat of a genius. Christian has been slowly collecting wines, or more to the point wine suppliers, and has now got almost 100 fine wines from small Italian producers. If you haven't visited them, get there before they become too famous; it is small and you may not get a table!


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The 10th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management – Time for a Revolution? took place on 16-21 August 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. The summer school was hosted by the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics and their Security and Privacy research group, and CRISP, the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy.
in cooperation with the EU Projects A4Cloud, FutureID, PrismaCloud, PRISMS and the Privacy-Forum.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1st April 2015

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12 km from Puerto Lopez, Playa Los Frailes is one of the most beautiful beaches in Ecuador. It is an exclusive beach set within the Machalilla National Park only accessible via gated access. Since it is not near a major town, and requires a car or taxi to reach it, it is rarely crowded.
Los Frailes Beach is a crescent shaped beach with cliffs on both sides providing good shelter from the wind. The water is crystal clear and very warm. Snorkeling around the rocks at the base of the cliffs you will see a variety small colorful fish. You can also dive the reefs near Los Frailes by taking a boat out of Puerto Lopez.
On calm days the waves are very small, otherwise it has small to medium sized waves which are fun for jumping and boogie boarding for teens and adults. The waves are strongest at the center of the crescent and taper out toward the edges, making it suitable for all ages and swimming abilities.
The fine white sand beach has a gradual gradient into the water so small kids can play in the shallows without getting knocked over by bigger waves. There are no rocks in the water at all, occasionally you step on a small piece of broken coral, that's it, otherwise it is only delicious soft sand underfoot.
Set back from the beach are free public bathrooms and changing rooms, and a few kiosks for beach gear and ice creams. But there are no restaurants. There are no umbrellas or canopies on the beach either, so be sure to bring your own food and shade if you plan to stay more than a few hours.
There is a fun hiking trail to the top of the northern cliff to several lookout posts where you can see other secluded Los Frailes beaches and spectacular ocean views. During whale season the lookouts are a superb spot to spend the day, whale watching.
To prevent fire risks, no smoking is permitted in Machalilla park, including Los Friales beach. Unlike most other beaches, no camping is permitted.
The beach is 2.6 km from the Ruta del Spondylus, at the end of a dirt lane. If you don't come by car or taxi, buses from Puerto Lopez will drop you at the beginning of the lane. From there you can walk to the beach in about 40 mins. It will be hot and dusty, be sure to bring water. Come early, the beach opens at 8:00 am and closes at 4:00 pm. They are very strict about it.
Beach activities include:
|Type of beach
|White sand
|Length of beach
|1.1 mi / 1.7 km
|Wind Direction
|light on-shore
|Restaurants and Cafes
|Distance to Salinas
|78 mi / 125 km
|Distance to Guayaquil
|111 mi / 179 km
|Distance to Manta
|58 mi / 93 km
|Distance to Quito
|303 mi / 487 km


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text: We are living in a fast evolving world-full of twist and dynamism. I am a Filipino Registered Nurse and I can say that the nursing profession is no exemption. Like any Filipino nurses, I have a tale to tell. Yes, I am one of those swayed that Nursing can bring me to a greener pasture. I am one of those enchanted that families are living splendid life because of this profession. This may be true a decade ago, but now, it is a source of frustration. To thousands of fellow Filipino Nurses, it is a shattered dream. How Far Your Nurse License Carry You? Hence, my story… Four years ago, I graduated Bachelor of Science in nursing with the hope that with the craft I have, it would lead me and my family to a greener pasture. In my years in school, perhaps the most significant thing I learned is that, as an aspiring nurse to-be, you need to have passion and conviction of what you wanted to become. The matters about assessment, nursing intervention, surgical procedure, pathophysiology, medical-surgical subject and so on are merely additional to fulfil such dream. I remember my classmate told me when I asked her, "Why did you take Nursing?" She answered, "Because I want to serve humanity and I don't wish to go abroad, I want to serve my people". You may think I am exaggerating but it is not a lie. It is very ideal and I cannot raise any rebuttal that time. With today's, this idyllic response will never justify. With the life we have in the Philippines especially having a family to feed, idealism is not applicable. I took my Nursing board two months after graduation and successfully passed. I wanted to pursue NCLEX exam as it was advice to me by one of my clinical instructor. I had made inquiries on the processing that time. Yet to my dismay, taking NCLEX exam isn't the best choice. I had met senior nurses in my hometown that already passed NCLEX and acquired their US-RN license. But the retrogression of economy overseas had made their application pending. Being a newly RN that time, I am full of enthusiasm. I went to several seminars such as Intravenous Training (IVT). Spent some pesos and gained license yet I haven't really used this skills much. It is simply a license and soon to expire. I even paid PNA ID twice yet I don't know how this will help. I chose to pursue my study taking Master in Public Health while engaging the act of voluntarism, free nursing service. Hospital claims as Volunteer Nurses which means no salary but describing "voluntarism" in some hospital in my hometown doesn't give justice to its definition. Paying the hospital monthly depending on how long a "new nurse" stays in exchange of NURSING EXPERIENCE. Government nursing program arises to justify the shortage of employment such as NARS, and RN Heals. It might have helped but for how long? Six months, maybe one year and does the compensation gives justice? Some nurses may say YES because at least they receive a so called "SALARY/COMPENSATION" rather than being a volunteer. Last Year (2011), it might be great news that a certain law mentioned VOLUNTEERISM For a FEE is eradicated. "Health Secretary Enrique Ona told hospitals run by the Department of Health (DOH) to stop volunteer programs that take in registered nurses in exchange for "work experience" as well as training fees. "Many hospitals have implemented 'nurse volunteerism' in the guise of 'training programs' in order to justify the collection of 'training fees,' whereby such basic skills training put no added value to the professional career of the nurses," said by ONA. My quest of finishing my Master's Degree didn't take long. I have to cease my study and take another option. I have younger siblings who are in college that time and financially I know my parents are having hard time coping with our expenses. Taking Masters is so expensive. I thought of pursuing again when I find a job. Slowly, I started feeling deprived. I felt so disappointed with the profession I choose. I thought that after graduation and passing my board exam will be my road to acquire nursing Job. I know looking for a job isn't easy but as compared to other profession, I find it difficult. Most of my nursing batches are working out of their line. Some became an English Tutor, saleslady, and even decline their vocation as nursing aide or caregiver just to go abroad. This became a big EYE OPENER to me, patience is always a virtue. It was a year passed since my graduation, study while working in UK is in boom during that time that even my senior nurses and clinical instructor are opts to apply. I have known some of my old classmate who took the opportunity and ahead of time enjoying their UK life. From then, I choose to take this path. It is a big nursing transition that even in my plan isn't listed. Having a supportive father and believing in me, I and my best friend took the chance. Visa granted but unfortunately my friend whom we shared common nursing dream was denied. I travelled alone to England. At almost 21 of age, I managed to reach London, England alone. This place is far different from back home. It is a wonderful place and every single spot is beautiful. It is also diversified . Having relatives in the city is a big help yet you need to struggle with the modern life. Not less than a month I am proud to say I found a job as Senior health Care assistant (A.K.A nursing assistant, nursing aide, Care Giver) in one huge nursing and residential home. During our time, our job hours weren't strict. We can take shifts as much as the ideal hours given to us due to staff shortage. We go for two day study and the rest of the week is purely worked. I have enjoyed the job though it is tough. It is in the line of my profession and somehow the nursing skills I have learned are refined. Gaining knowledge through international setting, here I learned what is hoist (machine for moving patient), gadgets for spinal patients and modern medical technology that I haven't seen in my home country. I feel amazed and thankful that even I can't practice RN title. Yet, this does not give an excuse. I envy some of my nursing batches who are enjoying their RN title in some other country. Sometimes old friends back home would call me skype and ask if I am a nurse in the UK or some even say, "Hah, Health Care assistant ka lng jan? Yung ate ko high school lng tinapos then 6 months caregiver course eh Health care assistant din xa?". I recall one time on duty, I was caring for a huge patient who had a Spinal injury and was paralyzed. She soiled her bed and needed help, and I was the only one in the room to help her. In that simple instance was when the reality hit—no, more like slapped me across the face. "OMG" I said to myself, "this is what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life!" Reality strikes me. On the other hand, it is something that I didn't picture myself doing, something that is nearly be a so called as punishment to me. Which sometimes even how much passion you crave for that thing, few regrets always come along. Most of my colleagues are nurses back home. We have the same goal: to become a UK nurse. We took IELTS being one of the major requirements of becoming a nurse there. Yet, things are not easy. In other words, I need to find sponsor, comprehensive hours experience, financially matter and complete all the other requirements. I must say most of my fellow colleagues who have Philippines licensed have one in common. So aggressive that we didn't take enough clinical RN experience before going abroad. Passing IELTS is not the road but the experience. But not all can survive the tough nursing life we have in the Philippines with no salary. Without this, the other option is to take the course again in UK. Depend on the nursing assessment; it might take another two years for international educated nurses. "Ouch! Repeating the course is too much". But still, if it is the only way, I did hope that I will make it someday. Yet, living in a very expensive city while sending money back home, it is somehow impossible to save enough money for that. Yes, to mention I had experience earning at least more than hundred thousand pesos in one month but it was never a big amount in pounds especially living in UK. Salary changes depending on how hard you work in that country. Fewer shifts mean less compensation. Life is competition out there and REALITY strikes me again. Being able to recognize the situation you are in is a realization. Slowly, the things happening to me are like brutal smacked on my face, it took me a lot of time before I was able to embrace it. Acceptance doesn't happen in an instant. It's a process you would have to go through and you see it is not easy. My nursing dream starts to be shattered. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. After a year since I arrived in the city of London. All I can say to physically describe this place is appreciation. I am proud to say that I have visited most of there famous tourist spot. I sent pictures and UK stuff to my family. My sister who is a fresh RN that time wanted to follow my footstep and apply the way I did but I told her a big "NO". I told her to get enough clinical experience and pass nursing IELTS requirements. I wouldn't allow her to suffer the price of not having enough experience. Furthermore, I was able to survive with the tough job in the nursing home .Yet, immigration in UK that time is turning up. Student like us in in a burning plate, I have decided to split my hours in that nursing home despite some offered shifts. And somehow the management is aware so slowly they are cutting hours for us. So, I looked for another job. I was given the chance to work part time in a prestigious Orthopaedic Hospital, of course as Health Care Assistant. It was a great place to work and this new job environment had given me the feeling that my nursing dream is on burning fire again. The dying passion of my nursing dream is rehabilitated. I always believe that once you established a strong conviction for something; you can be good at anything. I realized I am still young and I have chance to do the things I love in order to be successful. Human beings are created to be constantly growing, constantly changing, multi-tasking individuals, and that is why God gave us the ability to learn—to be able to do anything! Though I am still working both in the nursing home and hospital, I also experience doing part-time light housekeeping to a Jewish family. It is an extra income for me and the pay is really good. The hospital job had made my nursing passion to grow and re-establish my nursing desire. Yes, I don't have a UK licensed yet the job make me feel I am. My UK- RN colleagues treat me just like a fully pledged nurse but of course with the limit especially in the medication. Moreover, I was able to see different cases of orthopaedic patients that I haven't seen before. I have worked with them and able to assist my RN colleague in some vulnerable cases in the ward especially if they are short staff. Before, I used to read them and only theoretical but sighting and hands-on refines me more. I received encouragement from my colleagues of pursuing my nursing dream in the UK and not to be contented of where I am. They say I will be a great nurse. But they don't know indeed I'm trying; I have been trying ever since. While working, I have met international educated nurses from different race and they have long road of story to tell. Filipinos, Africans, Romanian, Indian nurses and so on in the UK reach their nursing dream with loads of rocks in their back. They say nothing is impossible if you really want too. If you were to ask me in terms of competency, personal opinion with no bias, Filipinos Nurses are the best. Fast forward…. I spent almost two years in London chasing my nursing dream. I work and earn yet the job satisfaction I still quest. But of course the security being a foreigner in that country, my visa will be expiring after a year. I had finished my first course and need to enrol a new one which too expensive. Learning and enrolling for a course which I don't know if it will make my career better. I already received my certificate for Health and Social Care NVQ 3 that time and to ask, will it make any difference? This England certificate that I have put too much effort and money on my own for almost one year is nothing as compared to my Nursing Degree in the Philippines. I wanted to shout why I would take such course when I am a nurse. Yeah, I am stupid for that. Reality strike over again! One morning, a phone call from Canada reaches me. It was my Sister offering another switch that certainly affected my existence. Why not try Canada? Anyway, it is the original plan. To rewind, I was still studying nursing when my sister and husband submitted family sponsorship. But things change because I already graduated yet the application still on the process and we haven't heard how the status was. I left no assurance. So I guess maybe it is not for me but for my younger siblings if the application will be successful. As I end the call, I felt a feeling that was both strange and lovely at the same time. In just that simple instance, my UK nursing dream might not pursue but what about giving a try in Canada. I felt more than thankful that I have a sister living there. It took me some time to think about. Stability wise, I don't have it in England. My visa is student; I have a very less chance to gain permanent residency or at least working visa. Working visa, maybe yes but there is no certainty. Almost every people in the world want to live in London that immigrants there are having hard time fixing there status . But if I pursue working visa in Canada, there is a big chance for me to acquire my permanent residency there after two-three years. Fast forward, I accept the offer of my sister to be a live-in caregiver for her daughter. It would be unforgivable to say that it will just be a "using visa" for me to be legal in Canada while waiting for the time I apply my Permanent residency. My sister sends LMO and I processed my papers. Two months after, I received visa and flew to the land of maple, CANADA. Here is a new land, new dream. My shattered dream of becoming a UK nurse transform to a sprouting vision, to become a Canadian Nurse. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. My first year living in Canada, maybe it is just a little reward to consider that at least I have mingled with my aging parents when they come here for just a month visit. My frustrations that I haven't tour them in London so they should have seen the place that I have live there. Canada? I can define it same as you describe the country as being Snowy and COLD. It is really tough and huge adjustment for me. It takes me almost a year to realize that you can never fulfil a perfect dream. There will always be a twist and sometimes it badly hurts. This ended me to be more realistic and to accept things are not always smooth even how much you try to polish and sparkle the way. The weather when i arrive is extremely cold and freezing, i needed to passed out the winter break. So it took me at least three months before I had made some inquiries and made some phone calls to a Canadian nursing body. In this place, they have a high standard of Education. Foreign degree holders need to undergo assessment in order to evaluate if you need to do some upgrading or take a refreshing course. I went to inquire to the nearest college in our town. Aggressively, I paid a registration fee in that school in order for them to assess my papers. Yet to my dismay, they advise me to contact the province nursing body. I have read all the requirements online and well written clinical experience is important that i do lack. I have everything only the experience so this give me less confidence contacting the Nursing body for RN. But still why not try. No harm in trying they say, so I made a call and talk to one from the nursing body. We were able to converse and as expected clinical experience with certain required hours are needed. Yet, that call isn't a waste of time. She informs me some accommodating options. First, to do some IQUAS and get back to a Nursing College which depending on that result, International Educated Nurses might take a two years more to get Canadian Nursing Degree. According to IQAS – International Qualification Assessment Services, the 4 year BSN in the Philippines is generally assessed as similar to 2 or 3 years of post-secondary with a nursing focus. Second is to directly contact either of the two government college in the province that assess International Educated Nurses applying to become a licensed practical nurse. If you are internationally educated nurse and wish to regain your licence in Canada to work as an LPN, you can achieve this goal through a combination of challenge exams, transfer credit, and part-time distance learning. "Heck! This is too much", I said to myself. It makes me feel so bad. Taking the first option is okay but financially? It is not favourable on my part as of the moment. I am so drained and to spend almost 40 thousand Canadian dollars (maybe more) for two years IQUAS result isn't practical for me. I am international student and my tuition will be twice or thrice much as compared to a regular Canadian student. So I tried the second option. Here, I am much confident. The college is five hours drive away from our place. But I disregarded because I aim for it. My nursing faith is high that time. I didn't think of any consequences, the money and loads of '"WHAT IF"". I didn't think of assurance and certainty. All I want is to give a try. I comply with all the requirements. It took me five months to complete. Transcript of record must be send from my university in the Philippines directly to the Canada college same as the IELTS. My immunization records which took me so long to complete as I have done several blood works and retrieve my immunization records back home. And so many more stuff requirements that almost made me give up applying. They wouldn't start my application and assessment unless all the requirements are completed. As soon as the requirements is thorough completed. I started my registration. It is self-corrupting. Imagine, I have gone this far and now again financially I am not ready. A reminder to myself, I am an international student which payments will be twice expensive. Yeah, to start my application I have my minimum savings from my London job but it wouldn't cover my expenses soon. Money goes to fast and it's like a candle burning; when it's gone, no more. I am on a working permit yet on papers. I don't expect salary because it is my sister and brother-in-law who sponsor me. At first I planned of transferring for a real job but I realized it will just affect my status whenever I apply for Canada Permanent Residency. One continuous sponsor is the fastest way. I am just lucky that I have supportive sister to support me but of course not financially. I understand they have their own family financial issues. I live with them and they pay my taxes too. The only way I can give back is to care for my lovely niece while the parents are at work. Two months after my registration, I received the assessment I have been waiting. I think it is fair enough, some of my nursing subjects back home are carried which I am happy about. The rest will be a challenge exam. They give me three sets of exam. This aim that whatever subject I failed from the passing score means that I need to take it as a full course subject through part-time distance. The exam must be fulfilled over 16 weeks but not beyond. They give my options of which dates should I take every exam and I have settled. As of the moment, I am going to take the first set the first week of FEB 2012. I have read some but most of my sources are online. I don't have much financial assistance to buy needed books. My nursing books are well complete back home in the Philippines. My father bought it for me during college days. He gives me the luxury of studying. To mention they are still new because I haven't used them much. I am so lazy to bring at class and because I have extra money that time I just ask my classmate to photocopy certain pages. So sad to remember and look at me now I am so deprived with those books, if only. Living with my sister and brother-in-law, I have no problem with foods, shelter, and other basic needs. For most, I can say it is a luxury. Being financially secured is, of course a different. At the moment I am bounded by law. I should wait for my Permanent Residency or open permit before I can apply for other full time job. I need to do something and be ready of my future expenses, especially if I fail some of my challenge exams. It is not a joke to spend 1000 Canadian dollar for just one subject (international fee). I already spent almost 3500 dollar from transcript processing, express mailing from Philippines-Canada, registration for the LPNC challenge exams and other processing fees. Stretching my time, I was able to do part time in a hospital as private caregiver or any other in-house care giving. It is temporary, working when there is a call. It is not only me; it is the same case with any Filipino, particularly fellow nurses who are vigorously pursuing for the so-called "Canadian dream". It is very humbling, hard to swallow but it is a fact of life a must to embrace. Sometimes, I am a bit ashamed when fellow Filipino sees me doing these chores especially those who have good works. But what could I do, if I let my pride overshadow me, I will gain nothing. To me, it is a decent job and nothing to be ashamed of or will in any way crumple my dignity. The pay is very good yet of course this is not the job I want for the rest of my life. For me, it is only a means towards achieving my goal-to work as a nurse in this foreign country I want to be a nurse! I told myself, "I have gone this far, Kahit LPN muna, when im settled with my papers then ska na lng yung RN. I will try my best but if trying this won't work, maybe nursing is not for me".


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MDW Boulder April '11 | Gareth Kay_Strategy for the Post Digital Age
- Stop communicating products and start making communication products.
- Useful, entertaining, memorable. Not interruptive experiences.
- Create, don't just fill, media space.
- Don't just communciate a product – Make communication products
Gareth Kay, bionic marketing man who introduced us to "What we can learn from the mating habits of birds", has returned from Boulder, Colorado with another insightful presentation to share. It does not aim at providing help with digital channels, but strategy in a digital world.
Here's a quote by Andy Herzfeld from one slide which makes us look back at what is now as if it was in the past:
"This stuff is as mainstream as it can be. Google, the iPhone – these move the culture more than The Beatles did in the '60's. It shaping the human race."
- Bouldering—Gareth Kay, brand new
- Boulder Digital Work at CU—slideshare
- Photo: danielledynomite © 2011 All rights reserved. Permission pending.—Flickr


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This class will take a look at the films, manga, music, art, and books that compose the cyberpunk milieu. As a blend of what one critic described as "high tech and low life", this course does not start from the assumption that we can know, typologically, what cyberpunk is or how it 'works'; rather, our journey through the material will be guided, first, by our mutual enjoyment of the subject, and, only secondarily, by the desire to unpack what is at stake for both the figures we will look at and the milieu they compose. Authors we will consider include Philip K. Dick, Hideaki Anno, J. G. Ballard, Ryutaro Nakamura (who did Lain), William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Donna J. Haraway, Katsuhiro Otomo (he did Akira), Bruce Sterling, Ursula Le Guin, and Rudy Rucker to only name a few.
Topics relevant to the course will include:
Post-industrial Dystopias, Apocalypticism, punk-ism(?), Smart Drugs, Body Modification, Post-modernism(s), Technology/ the web/ the net/cyberspace/infosphere…., Cybersex, Nihilism, Mega-corporations, Constructions of gender, postcyberpunk/biopunk/sandalpunk/steampunk/cypherpunk …, and zines.
Method/Procedures: shared inquiry, close readings
Schedule: beginning-middle of March
Location: Cambridge
Fees: negotiable
Teacher: Christian Greer


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A mudança, 2005
Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, 1970; lives in Santo Antônio de Jesus
A mudança, 2005
wood, metal, rubber, plastic net, hinges
A mudança (Moving, 2005) belongs to a group of works by Marepe that relates to the sphere of domesticity and intimacy. Among these are sculptures shaped like clothes bundles, furniture and houses. Here, however, household utensils are in transit, hauled from one place to another in the back of a truck that has been reduced in scale. Marepe is world-renowned for the inventive manner in which he appropriates objects and cultural practices from his homeland, the region known as Recôncavo Baiano in Northeast Brazil. This gesture is reminiscent of the Readymades created by Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). In this sculpture, the artist alludes broadly to the transitoriness of the human condition, and the economy of the conveyed objects eloquently expresses a reality in which material conditions can be tough. The truck's license plate contains the name of the artist's hometown, where the work was constructed by a local artisan, the date on which it was produced and an abbreviation of the artist's artistic name, MRP, which could be seen as sort of a license code.


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KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) is a switch or hardware device allows a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse to control more than one server one at a time. KVM can be local device or remote device working over IP network. KVM devices extensively used in server farms where it is only necessary to periodically access box. KVM allows you to access your server even if a remote public network connectivity is down.
KVM Usage
- Troubleshoot problems
- Install Linux / *BSD remotely
- Access BIOS and change settings remotely
- Access the server even if network is down
- Access the server even if it is very busy or has stopped responding to network connections.
- Reset root password
- Run fsck and lots of other stuff
KVM over IP
KVM over IP devices are typically connected to a system's standby power plane so that you can see entire boot process or access BIOS. They work over TCP/IP. You can access your server using a web browser or standalone client application provided by vendor.
With this technology you can control entire server rack from the office, or around the world. Most KVM switch integrates KVM and serial devices into a single management console for all your servers, network devices and infrastructure.
Today you don't have to put external KVM devices hanging off the back of the server rack. You need to just insert add-on card (daughtercards) to enable KVM support.
Typical implementation
--------------+ | Server Rack | +-------------+ | Server 1 | ===> VPN Router | Server 2 | | Server 3 | ---> Public Router | Server N | | KVM Switch | +-------------+
To manage server you need to connect server via VPN client. Once logged in you can access each server using KVM even if public network is down. Public router allows rest of the world access your web or mail server but not KVM device.
KVM in Action
First, connect to your backend network using VPN client.
Once connected open KVM application supplied by your vendor. Following is application supplied by Supermicro vendor
(Fig. 01: Login Screen – Click to enlarge image)
(Fig. 02: Connected to my KVM device – Click to enlarge image)
(Fig. 03: Server sensor data – Click to enlarge image)
(Fig. 03: Accessing RHEL server using remote console – Click to enlarge image)
(Fig. 05: Control Server Power Remotely – Click to enlarge image)
Further Readings:
I hope this small post gives out introductory information about KVM over IP. For further information please consult following resources. I think KVM will be standard feature on the motherboard in coming days. Tomorrow, I will write about "Intelligent Platform Management Interface" (IPMI) technology developed by Intel and others.
- KVM switch – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- KVM Over IP: A New Approach to Server Management – Another excellent article from Dell.
- HP Server Console Switches – KVM over CAT5
- Supermicro Intelligent Management – KVM add-on card products – Many of our server powered by these cards.


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"I have buckets of pears, very ripe. Can you help? Cecil Travis, Springfield, Missouri
Pears make a wonderful wine, although some people just don't care for it. I suspect they haven't tasted a really good one, but I could be wrong. Pears also make a great mead (a Melomel, actually) called Perry. The problem with pear wine (or perry) recipes is that different pear varieties vary a great deal. Generally, however, there are cooking, canning and eating pears. If you know what your particular pear is most often used for, you will be ahead of the game. But to be perfectly honest, each variety requires its own recipe due to inherent variations in hardness, texture, sweetness, acidity, tannin, and susceptibility to browning. Nonetheless, I will stick my neck out and offer a generic recipe. The instructions are a bit long only because I am trying to instruct you how to tweak the recipe to suit your own fruit. If you search this site for "pear" (go to http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/search.html) -- not "pear wine" -- you will find a number of recipes already posted for specific pear varieties.
Cut a pear in half and set it so both cut faces are facing upright. Set a timer for 15 minutes and go do something else. When timer goes off, come back and look at the pear halves. If they have turned slightly brown, add 1/16 teaspoon powdered ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to the ingredients. If you think they have turned really brown, add 1/8 teaspoon ascorbic acid to ingredients. Don't overdo it! If you cannot measure or estimate 1/16th of a teaspoon, use a thin pinch. Boil the water and dissolve the sugar into it thoroughly. Wash, destem and core the pears, being sure to remove all seeds. Chop roughly and put in nylon straining bag with the chopped raisins. Tie bag and put in primary. Mash pears using a potato masher, bottom of a wine bottle, or a 4X4 piece of wood (be sure to sanitize whatever is used to mash pears). Pour boiling water over crushed pears. Cover with a piece of sanitized muslin held in place with an elastic band Wait one hour for must to cool a bit and add crushed ascorbic acid (if used), Campden tablet, acid blend, tannin and yeast nutrient. Cover with muslin, wait 12 hours and add pectic enzyme. Again cover with muslin, wait another 12 hours and strain out enough juice to float a hydrometer. Measure specific gravity and add sugar sufficient to achieve starting gravity of 1.080 to 1.085. Pear wine is best under 12% alcohol. Return juice in hydrometer jar to primary and add activated yeast (that means make a yeast starter at least two hours -- six or eight is better -- before you get to this point). Cover with muslin once again. Stir daily, squeezing bag gently to extract flavor. When vigorous fermentation subsides (about 7 days), remove bag and let drip drain one hour. Do not squeeze or wine will be very difficult to clear. Taste the drained juice. You should taste both acid and tannin. If either appears weak, add a little more (1/2 teaspoon acid blend, 1/8 teaspoon tannin) and stir very well. Return drained juice to primary and allow to settle 24 hours. Siphon into glass secondary, top up to within one inch of the bottom of the bung, attach an airlock, and set aside. Rack after two-three weeks, top up, and refit airlock. Rack again every two months (but at least twice) until wine clears. Wait another 30 days and very carefully examine the bottom of the secondary. If you see even a very fine dusting of sediment, wait another 30 days and rack again. Repeat looking for sediment in another 30 days. The wine must go 30 days without dropping even a few dead yeast cells. When wine pasts the test for no sediment, stabilize it with 1/2 teaspoon potassium sorbate and one finely crushed and dissolved Campden tablet. Remove one cup of the wine and dissolve into it 1/4 pound (1/2 cup) of finely granulated sugar. Stir this into the wine, reattach the airlock, and set aside 20-30 days. If there are no signs of continued fermentation, rack into bottles and age 6-12 months. [Author's own recipe]
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What Is Tithing?
"Tithe" means "a tenth part."
Why Should I Tithe?
Because God commands it.
"A tenth of all you produce is the Lord's." – Leviticus 27:30
Because Jesus commended it.
"Yes, you should tithe, and you shouldn't leave the more important things undone wither." – Matthew 23:23
Tithing demonstrates that God has first place in one's life.
"The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God in first place in your lives." – Deuteronomy 14:23
Tithing reminds us that everything we have was given by God.
"Always remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you the ability to produce wealth." – Deuteronomy 8:18
Tithing expresses love to the Lord.
"Each of you should bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you." – Deuteronomy 16:17
God says that refusing to tithe is stealing from Him.
"God says, 'Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me' But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' God says 'In tithes and offerings…Bring your whole tithe to My house." – Malachi 3:8-10
Tithing gives God a chance to prove His existence and to bless us!
"Bring your whole tithe to My storehouse. Test me in this says the Lord, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you don't have room enough for it" – Malachi 3:10
What Is The Difference Between A Tithe And An Offering?
A "tithe" is the first tenth of one's income, and an "offering" is anything given in addition to the tithe.
What Should I Tithe?
The tithe should come from the first part of one's income.
"Honor the Lord by giving Him the first part of all your income." – Proverbs 3:9-10
Where Should I Give My Tithe?
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A lot is being said about blockchain lately. Not a day goes by without an article about either someone who sold everything to purchase Bitcoin, or the fact the only people really making money out of this technology are conference providers to pundits predicting a revolution in finance, based on this quite simple technology.
At its core, blockchain represents a family of technologies which allow for distributed, secure, mostly anonymous and peer-to-peer ledgers of information. By using cryptography, blockchain technologies offer a way to remove central authorities from a series of transactions and deliver them across a network of peers, irrespective of geographical or political boundaries.
Removing a central authority such as a bank, government or even physical currency from a ledger of transactions securely is vastly different to how we do business today. Today, we are totally reliant on governments and central banks issuing and regulating currency, and banks regulating cash and credit flow, centralised in each nation state.
Blockchain not only removes these central actors, but also removes the geo-political boundaries and provides ways to transact without walls, boundaries, control or regulation.
On reflection, one would think these systems wouldn't survive however, due to the construct of the technology, you can fundamentally trust the technology to deliver a secure and trustworthy result; even if you have little to no idea who the recipient of a transaction is.
As with anything new, blockchain technologies have some great advantages (e.g. nonrepudiation, customers paying on time etc.) but it doesn't come without threats to the technology channel. A core threat, is the lack of infrastructure required to instantiate a working blockchain solution.
Let's compare the core banking platform of one of Australia's major banks. This consists of multiple significant mainframe computers working in concert to maintain the banks ledger. Blockchain will do away with this.
Theoretically, a major bank could manage their central ledger using a blockchain running on every bank-owned and client computer, securely and with honest customers being rewarded with interest or fees on their account. Such a system would cost a fraction of a core banking platform, yet would net a traditional integrator very little.
Health records are again open for disruption; as Blockchain is a secure and encrypted ledger, health records could be maintained in a distributed ledger, on the smartphone of every patient, with again little to no infrastructure required.
Major vendors are starting to introduce blockchain components into operating systems, meaning the applications of these will start to become ubiquitous.
If we take a look blockchain advantages, apart from the obvious ones of getting paid quicker and earlier using blockchain based currency (and which reseller wouldn't mind being paid within 15 minutes?), the opportunity to work with customers to identify opportunities and implement solutions based on blockchain are growing. Smart resellers (just like those who adopted cloud well) will see opportunity, find applications and work with clients to implement for a fee.
Worst case, get paid in Bitcoin and just hope it continues its rise.
Whatever happens, this technology is nascent, is here to stay and offers some exciting disruption we haven't yet thought of.
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"Pranks a Lot" is the second segment of the 60th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. Along with its partner episode, "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler", it was originally released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers VHS and DVD on January 6, 2004, before airing on Nickelodeon in October of the same year. It is the last episode of the third season, and as such, it was also the last episode produced before The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released in theaters.
SpongeBob and Patrick go to a prank store in search of the ultimate prank. To their delight, the manager sells them a rare can of invisible paint for one dollar. Before they decide on their prank, Patrick remembers the fact that the paint they purchased from Frank's stains clothes, and he and SpongeBob take their clothes off so they aren't stained with the invisble paint. They decide to spray a park bench and sit on it, but get in an argument over who gets to spray the bench. During the fight, they spray each other until they are both completely invisible.
SpongeBob realizes that he and Patrick can trick the residents of Bikini Bottom into thinking the town is haunted. They pretend to be ghosts and frigthen all of the citizens except for Mr. Krabs, who "ain't afraid of no ghosts". They attempt to frighten him and succeed until they attempt to burn a dollar bill. Mr. Krabs' fear is overcome by his love of money, and he attempts to extinguish the match with a bucket of water. The invisible spray is washed off of Patrick and SpongeBob, exposing their identities, and their nudity.
Though embarrassed, Mr. Krabs comforts SpongeBob and Patrick by saying he forgives them and was fond of pulling pranks in his youth. But he embarrasses them in front of the entire Bikini Bottom by revealing their nudity as a "punishment."
- The German Title: Die Geister von Bikini Bottom Meaning The Ghosts Of Bikini Bottom.
- Mr. Krabs' line "I ain't afraid of no ghosts" is a reference to the theme song from the movie Ghostbusters.
- When Sandy is frightened by the "ghosts", her escape pod breaks the Treedome. Sandy said the dome was made of polyurethane in "Tea at the Treedome", rather than glass. Furthermore, water should have flooded the dome when it shattered. The dome is fixed in the next shot.
- Mr. Krabs' Ghost Prevention Good Luck Charms includes having his underwear tied in a Melvin knot. A Melvin knot is used to hold a sail to a sailboat.
- SpongeBob and Patrick are not wearing water helmets when they are in Sandy's Treedome. Nevertheless, bubbles appear when Sandy removes their sheets.
- When the episode is aired in Spanish, the fish that says "toast" says "Fantasmas", or "ghost". In the Hebrew version, he says "sandwich"; in Korean, "What's that?," in the Chinese version, "You go now! No credit! You pay now! You go or I call police!"
- The prank toys Frank offers to SpongeBob are the Joy Buzzer (Hand Buzzer), Exploding Chewing Gum, Fake Dollar, Whoopie Cushion, Fake Vomit, Real Vomit, and Invisible Spray.
- When Mr. Krabs is inside the Krusty Krab, the windows have blinds. In subsequent scenes, the blinds are gone.
- The "Exploding chewing gum" prank may be a reference to Mission: Impossible.
- When SpongeBob bought the Invisible Spray for $1, he gave a couple of dollars, but he did not obtain any change. This must mean that they don't give change away like The Krusty Krab.
- It is revealed that Patrick apparently likes seanut brittle.
- When the invisible spray is washed off Patrick, his belly button is gone.
- The title card is a reference to comic book ads full of pranks for sale in the mail.
- When Sandy was at the Krusty Krab, she whistles by putting her fingers to her mouth, this is impossible because of her helmet.
- The Dutch title of this episode is "Top of the fops" (fop means prank in Dutch), which is a pun of a British music program called Top Of The Pops.
- This was the final episode before SpongeBob's voice changed and became slightly higher. It is also the final episode with the old animation.
- This is the fourth episode that SpongeBob was naked. The third was "Hooky, the second was "Nature Pants, and the first was "Ripped Pants".
- Frank shows SpongeBob a gag dollar bill, but it is illegal to sell fake money so SpongeBob would have called the police.
- If Mr. Krabs splashed a bucket of water on them to wash off the paint, the ocean water should've already washed off the paint.
Home video releases
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes


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A newly remastered Batman game bundle is hurtling down the marketing highway this summer. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment just released an announcement trailer for Batman: Return to Arkham, pairing Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum with Batman: Arkham City for the first time. Both award-winning Bat games have been given a sparkling new makeover by Virtuos for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One using the incredible Unreal 4 Engine. If you've ever wanted to dive into the insane action of the Arkham Series, this might be your moment! And that's no joke.
Check out the official press release and video below and tell us if you'll plunk down your pennies for this epic, spruced-up edition:
Remastered by Virtuos, this set offers fans a chance to play the first two Batman: Arkham titles including all Game of the Year edition bonus and downloadable content from both games, now with improved graphics, as well as upgraded models, environments, lighting, effects and shaders. Batman: Return to Arkham will be available beginning July 26 for a suggested retail price of $49.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum is where it all began. Developed by Rocksteady Studios and released in 2009, the game pushed the envelope for action, adventure and super hero games and exposed players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure taking them to the depths of Arkham Asylum. Featuring an original story, gamers can move in the shadows, instill fear amongst their enemies and confront The Joker and Gotham City's most notorious villains, including Harley Quinn, Bane, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy and Scarecrow, who have taken over the asylum.
Batman: Arkham City is Rocksteady Studios' 2011 follow-up to Batman: Arkham Asylum. The game builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring through the expansive Arkham City – the maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Featuring an incredible Rogues Gallery of Gotham City's most dangerous criminals including Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze and many others, the game allows players to experience what it feels like to be The Dark Knight and deliver justice to those confined within Arkham City.
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What is a question essay and how to write it properly?
What is a question essay?
A question essay is basically an examination question, which requires giving an answer either in a paragraph, a short composition and also sometimes just in a single sentence. It has become one of the essential parts of the examination in the schools today. It is a challenge thrown at the students by the schools, and the students need to answer it in an organized way. First, the students need to assess the purpose of the question essay by giving (i) factual recall, (ii) analysis and the explanation of relationships between the entities, (iii) synthesis of the question essay and application of the previously learned principles and (iv) your opinion to conclude the essay. The students should also assess that how much information should be included, repetition and restating the information. Further, the students are also responsible to check whether they need to give an introduction and any other relevant details.
Step by step information for answering the question essay:
Following are the basic steps, which all the students should consider in answering to a question essay:
- Thoroughly read the question essay. Ideally, it should be read at least 3-4 times until the student gets a good knowledge about the question.
- The students then should encircle the main verb, which is the action or the imperative verb in the question.
- Decide on the relevant rhetorical strategy to answer the question.
- Ensure that what type of answer is demanded from the question. Should it be a diagram, a summary, analysis or an evaluation?
- Encircle all the relevant keywords in the question essay given.
- Before writing the answer, you should decide whether you will answer the question into a single paragraph or multiple.
- Write a very concise outline of all the key points that you want to mention in your answer.
- If you chose for a single paragraph answer, then restate the question and answer it appropriately using the main topic sentence. In case, you are going for a multiple paragraph answer, then your approach should be to give the answer in a thesis statement.
- General rules of academic writing should be critically followed, including the rule of indentation, beginning paragraph with topic sentence, and writing a conclusion etc.
- Thoroughly check your answer for punctuations and grammatical errors.


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Students at Blayney High School are greatly increasing their chance of employment in the future by involving themselves in the ABBTF Step Out Program! One of the students quipped "Bricklaying is more fun than I expected and I can't wait to do some more!"
As part of the Construction course a total of 13 students from Years 10, 11 and 12 gained invaluable experience over four days at the recent course. David Gill of Bricklayer Training Australia and trainer Graham Wilson put the students through their paces during an intensive bricklaying skill development course where students learned basic trowel skills, pier construction and laying to a line.
Blayney High School and its students asked me to acknowledge their thanks to Petrie's Mitre 10 Orange which donated 6,000 bricks and materials for a planter box and the start of a wood fired pizza oven on the school grounds. In addition, it was extremely grateful for the donation of a top-of-the-range cement mixer from Steve Toshack and his team at Toshack's Building working in the Central Tablelands of NSW. The mixer will not only be used for the bricklaying units but also for the cement projects over the coming years. We are extremely lucky to have the support of BTA, ABBTF, Petrie's and Toshack's as without these extremely generous donations of equipment, products and expertise we would not have been able to afford the project and the skills developed through this project.
ABBTF encouraged students to join the bricklaying trade. Many of the students discussed the pathways in to the trade with David, Graham and I, with one student gaining an apprenticeship immediately as a result and one currently on the hunt. If you're a bricklayer in the area and considering putting on an apprentice bricklayer, give us a call on 1300 66 44 96. If you're a student considering bricklaying, visit www.becomeabricklayer.com.au to learn all about the trade and then contact us using one of the many ways detailed at the website. You can also follow us on Facebook.
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You don't get to the point where you write a book about galavanting across the world, without breaking some hearts and leaving a trail of tears in your path. And that's just me. Women just can't accept a clingy guy for some reason. I thought we were past the point of Tom Selleck/Burt Reynolds/Clint Eastwood tough guys, and onto a new generation of Ryan Seacrest/Rachel Ray-watching, day spa-going, chest waxing, tissue box-hoarding-during-The Notebook-type guys. I guess not. I like to smother my women with lots of cuddling and crying through the night. I think I start to weird the women out when I beat them to laying on their chest, before they can lay on mine.
Oh well.
Here's the good news for all the women who have dated me. They can expect to have all their dreams fulfilled shortly afterwards. As in marriage. (Well.... not the ones who have one-night stands with me. Those ones are probably destined for a life of futility, as their willingness to have a one-night stand with me has shown a severe lack in judgement, and low standards in life.) I am probably still Facebook friends with about 85% of the women I have dated. And like any good ex, I like to stalk their lives to see how they're doing in the dating world.
I genuinely want the girls who've dated me to find happiness. We all can come to agreement that they've suffered long enough. While it's a long-shot that they'll find someone as outrageously handsome as I am, I guess there's other traits that might make another guy a better suitor and life partner. I GUESS if your definition of upgrading is a guy with a job, a sense of responsibility, fine moral values, who wakes up before 3pm, and doesn't honk at young pedestrians to hurry their "asses" up at a crosswalk an "upgrade," well so be it.
While the vast majority of women I date end up with guys that are far less good-looking than me (which is the only thing that matters), some ended up with really handsome chaps. It's kind of a double-edged sword. With the ones that I perceived to be inferior, I'm like, "HAH! What a chump." Then I walk around smug and content all day. But I also get sad that my dating them was not validated by them ending up with a stallion. Like, was she not hot enough for a better-looking guy?!? Then again, for the girls who ended up with the blokes who were rugged and handsome, I start to kick myself and think, "Damn. I had that girl. I should've held on." Those are the girls that I never stalk on Facebook again, unless I want to get depressed.
And there, in a nutshell, is the life of a shallow simpleton.
Regardless of looks, almost all end up with their future marriage partner next.
For the girls who ended up with guys that I perceive as "losers," it reminds me of a quote from Ocean's Eleven when George Clooney is trying to get Julia Roberts back and he asks, "Does he make you laugh?" And Julia Roberts responds, "he doesn't make me cry."
Ain't that the truth. I can probably make a girl laugh with the best of them... and that's just in bed, but, like Pitbull said, "I can't promise tomorrow, but I can promise tonight."
And so it goes...
The Good Luck Chuck,
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Drug maker Merck & Co. is facing lawsuit allegations that involve suicidal thoughts and depression with Propecia, the company's prescription hair loss drug. It is the first lawsuit of its kind.
The Plaintiff in the case is the wife of a man who committed suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming train after taking Propecia to treat male pattern hair loss for several years. She alleges that Propecia causes suicidality and depression in some of its users. According to the suit viewed by Law360, Merck & Co. never provided any information about the psychiatric side effects in on the drug's label or in the literature the drug maker distributes about it. The suit was filed March 5 in California's Southern District.
The plaintiff's husband began taking a one-milligram dose of Propecia in May 2008, and in 2009 his family says he started exhibiting odd behavior, including anger, aggression and anxiety. By 2011, her husband was "unrecognizable." His sex drive disappeared, he became short-tempered, and he suffered extreme anxiety. He developed repetitious behavior and allegedly became overweight, despite being active and healthy. Near the end of 2011, he experienced two panic attacks, Law360 reported.
Suspecting that Propecia could be the cause of his diminished sex drive, the plaintiff's husband filled his last prescription for the drug in February 2012, but he only got sicker, the plaintiff alleges. By May 2012, he was increasingly angry and aggressive towards family members and suffering from severe insomnia. He napped during the day and complained of muscle twitching and shaking in his legs, Law360 reported.
In January 2013, the plaintiff's husband resigned from a company he had helped build. He attempted to get his job back three days later, but the company declined to rehire him. He spent the next several months barely able to sleep, and he grew more distant, confused and directionless. In March of that year, the 40-year-old man walked down the street and jumped in front of an oncoming train that killed him instantly, according to Law360.
Merck only included warnings about depression and suicidal ideation on Propecia's label and in the drug's literature starting in 2010. The suit cites studies that demonstration a connection between Propecia and severe depression and suicidal behavior, and notes that other drugs associated with psychiatric side effects include warnings on the drugs' labels and literature that explains side effects to users, according to Law360.
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They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.Mike Schmidt
Running isn't a sport because anyone can do it. Anything we can all do can't be a sport. I can run, you can run. My mother can run, you don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated do you?George Denis Patrick Carlin
Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.Jim Sensenbrenner
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you still don't know the ending.Neil Simon
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.Lewis H Lapham
Golf isn't like other sports where you can take a player out if he's having a bad day. You have to play the whole gamePhil Blackmar
Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren't penalized for being on grassBob Hope
Sports are positively essential. It is healthy to engage in sports, they are beautiful and liberal, liberal in the sense that nothing serves quite as well to integrate social classes, etc., than street or public games.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.Ken Doherty
Sports is like a war without the killing.Ted Turner
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.John Wooden
Golf is the cruelest of sports. Like life, it's unfair. It's a harlot. A trollop. It leads you on. It never lives up to its promises.... It's a boulevard of broken dreams. It plays with men. And runs off with the butcher.Jim Murray


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It's a sad song. I know I shouldn't think that I wasted time, money and effort, but that's how I learned.
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Editor's note: Part I of this series appeared as a Humanities article in CMAJ; parts II and III appeared on CMAJ Blogs.
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At week 2, my family doc gently removed staples and catheter. Her opinion was that, with good health, no diabetes and age on my side, I might avoid the spectre of incontinence. As my D-day approached (Depend underwear day), I was a willing participant in some surgical gallows humour. Fellow aficionados of international rugby posited whole new ways to escape the half-time line-up of thousands of men going for a pee. With the right under-clothing, friends could sit and enjoy another pint. One might empty a leg bag over the shoes of the opposing side's supporters at English Premier League soccer matches. Such impure thoughts brought levity to an existence ruled by distances to nearby bathrooms and sleep fractured by contorted positions imposed by the catheter and leg bag. As it happens, my family doc was right and the box of Depend was stored away quite early. ...continue reading


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To get a sneak peek at becoming a massage therapist, you can start right here. The questions and answers below can give you an easy-to-digest look at some critical topics. Learn about what you need to consider before you enroll, what you learn in massage school, and if there are master courses. We also help you comprehend critical questions that concern cost, licensing requirements, and more. It can be intimidating trying to learn everything at once, so use these questions and answers to get started.
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If you are considering enrolling in massage and bodywork training, you are probably curious about how much the program costs, how long it will take to complete, what you will learn in the program, and more. Beauty Schools Directory has answered many of the most common questions about the education that helps you become a licensed massage therapist (LMT), so you can decide whether taking the next step in your career is the right decision for you.
Massage therapy is the field of wellness and bodywork that focuses almost exclusively on the manipulation of muscle and tissue to enhance performance and function, relieve pain and stress, and promote overall health and wellness in the body. During your training you will learn subjects such as anatomy and physiology (bones, organs and tissues), kinesiology (motion and mechanics), pathology (diseases and conditions), business ethics, and more. Below is a list of potential classes you may see in your school's curriculum, but it is not an exhaustive list:
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Kinesiology
- History of Massage
- Pathology, Diseases & Conditions
- Benefits & Effects of Massage
- Business Ethics & Boundaries
- Massage Laws & Regulations
- Safety, Sanitation & Sterilization
- Client Assessment & Consultation
- Treatment Selection & Planning
- Business Management – Marketing, Finance, etc.
- Massage Modalities (Sweedish, Deep Tissue, Shiatso, Thai, Sports, Hot Stone, Lymphatic, Prenatal, etc.)
- Myofascial Therapies
- Alternative/Chinese Medicine (Meridian, Acupressure, etc.)
- Energy Work
Massage school will involve a combination of training methods, including lecture from professors, hands-on practice with fellow students, and then real-life work on clients from the community. This training helps prepare you to succeed on your written and practical exams to get licensed.
Do these classes sound incredibly interesting to you? Find schools near you to compare your options.
There are many options for massage therapists to continue their education with either advanced courses or master-level classes. There are lots of ways you can hone your skills and become more specialized in a specific massage technique or modality to set yourself apart from others, too. Some states even offer Master-level practitioners' licenses. As mentioned above in the board exams Q&A, many therapists decide to pursue board certification, which may call for additional training and certifications.
Professional body workers may wish to look for advanced or master courses at conferences, workshops or seminars, through online or book training guides, or state board approved continuing education courses.
Most massage therapist schools require you to be at least 16 years of age, and have achieved either a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Check with your state or your potential schools before you enroll to be sure. Take a look at our enrollment requirements page to learn more. Contact your state's licensing department to verify if any changes have been made in the enrollment requirements.
The cost of tuition for massage schools can range depending on the courses in the curriculum, hours of instruction required by your state, as well as location, facilities, and equipment required to purchase for your program. Because of the cost of business facilities, massage and bodywork schools inside or close to major metropolitan cities like Los Angeles or Chicago will likely cost a little more, whereas smaller, more rural areas or suburbs that may be accessible with a bit of a commute may be cheaper. For each massage school you're interested in, be sure to ask admissions reps what their tuition costs are and what exactly this costs includes – such as textbooks, lotions and oils, massage tables or chairs, and so on. Massage schools that teach around the national average of 500-600 hours tend to have tuition that costs on average $6,000 to $10,000, including the cost of textbooks and supplies.
Everyone is looking for something different when it comes to choosing a massage school. If cost is at the forefront of your mind, be sure to ask the schools you contact about their accreditation, the availability of financial aid, whether they have scholarships you can apply for, if they do financing or have payment plans, and for tips on how you can keep the costs down. Also consider asking about whether they offer job placement assistance after you graduate, which can make paying off the school expense less intimidating.
After completing your education program, many massage students take one of the written national examinations for therapeutic massage and bodywork. This test is administered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB). About 80% of states (all but 11) use the NCBTMB board exam. Other states may use the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) from the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB).
Licensing is different than NCBTMB board certification, which requires 250 hours minimum of hands-on experience, at least 750 hours of education (which includes the hours you earn in your initial training program to get licensed), passing a background check, and CPR certification.


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