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On 23 May 2018, New York's Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (an intermediate appellate court covering a vast swath of "downstate" New York) decided Soroush v. Citimortgage, Inc. – a closely watched case that many in the industry worried would decide the fate of "de-acceleration letters." De-acceleration letters are commonly used by loan servicers as a tool to revive aged defaulted mortgage loans that otherwise would be in danger of becoming time-barred.
The Soroush decision allows de-acceleration letters to live another day. Even better, the decision signals that – as hoped – de-acceleration letters may in fact function as effective tools to revoke a lender's earlier choice to accelerate a loan. This would effectively prevent the statute of limitations to foreclose from running, so long as the letters are timely sent (meaning, within the limitations period) in the manner required by the notice provision of the mortgage. While the decision stops short of explicitly holding that the de-acceleration letter used in the Soroush case saved the loan from becoming time-barred, it leaves open the possibility that the servicer may ultimately be able to prove that it did. In coming to its conclusion in Soroush, the Second Department relied on another case it will soon decide – Soffer v. U.S. Bank – in which use of a de-acceleration letter was accepted by the trial court, after the servicer presented proof that the letter had been timely mailed. The Souroush decision is also a significant win for the industry because the trial court had explicitly held that the de-acceleration letter did not revoke the lender's earlier acceleration of the loan.
The full text of the decision can be found by clicking here.


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- Source: IFRS 9 Project Summary and Feedback Statement IASB, November, 2009
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), issued IFRS 9 Financial Instruments in November 2009.
IFRS 9 prescribes the classification and measurement of financial assets and completes the first phase of the project to replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement.
The initial classification requirements in IFRS 9 provide the foundation on which the reporting of financial assets is based, including how they are measured and presented in each reporting period.
The scope of IFRS 9 has been limited to financial assets. It does not change the classification and measurement requirements of financial liabilities that are set out in IAS 39. In the near future, we intend to consider further the accounting for financial liabilities.
The second and third phases of the project to replace IAS 39, now in progress, are concerned with the impairment of financial instruments and hedge accounting. We are also continuing our work on the derecognition of financial instruments, fair value measurement as well as consolidation.
The objective of this part of the project to replace IAS 39 has been to make it easier for users of fi nancial statements to assess the amounts, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from fi nancial assets.
IFRS 9 achieves this objective by aligning the measurement of financial assets with the way the entity manages its financial assets (its 'business model') and with their contractual cash flow characteristics.
As a consequence the IASB has reduced the complexity associated with IAS 39 in the following manner:
- the number of classification and measurement categories has been reduced and there is a clearer rationale for the new categories;
- the complex and rule-based requirements in IAS 39 for embedded derivatives have been eliminated by no longer requiring that embedded derivatives be separated from fi nancial asset host contracts;
- the 'tainting rules' that forced entities to reclassify to fair value all instruments in a class that had been classifi ed as held to maturity in the event that one of those instruments is sold have been eliminated; and
- there is a single impairment method for all financial assets not measured at fair value, and impairment reversals are permitted for all assets, eliminating the many different impairment methods used by IAS 39 and its inconsistent requirements on impairment reversal.
Bank assets book-keeping valuation rule simplified
- Source: Bank assets book-keeping valuation rule simplified Reuters, November 11, 2009
Pricing bank assets may prove less of a rollercoaster ride in future crises after a global standard setter revised a key accounting rule on Thursday after calls from world leaders to curb credit crunch fallout.
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) sets book keeping rules used in over 100 countries and has simplified how companies classify and measure assets on their books.
The G20 group of leading countries agreed in April that major standard setters should simplify the "fair value" or mark to market accounting rule by the end of this year, specifically to help banks and insurers which are most affected by the rule.
This will allow the financial sector to apply it in their 2009 annual reports being drawn up over coming weeks.
Policymakers hope banks and insurers will end up valuing fewer assets at the going rate and instead value them at cost, a more stable reference over time.
The slump in some assets during the credit crunch forced banks to make huge writedowns to reflect depressed values of instruments valued at the going rate, sparking the need to raise fresh regulatory capital at a time of market turmoil.
"We have delivered on our commitment to the G20 and stakeholders internationally to provide an improved financial instrument standard for the classification and measurement of financial assets for use in 2009," IASB Chairman, David Tweedie, said in a statement.
- IFRS 9 Financial instruments IASB, November 12, 2009
- IASB completes first phase of financial instruments accounting reform IASB, November 12, 2009
- Derivatives accounting

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For most people, their introduction to beauty and wellness is through someone they love. Last week, Kat went home to North Carolina to visit her mother Deborah, aka "Mama D." She spent some time playing with her mom's makeup, as she's done since she was a kid, and the two got to talking about self care and the memories they share through beauty.
Kat: Mom, I feel like my first memories of us bonding are of me coming into your bathroom and playing with all of your products. You've just always kind of made this luxurious respite in your choice of bathroom design and decor.
Mama D: I really appreciate that you noticed that. My bathroom has always been my escape. I always wanted it to be welcoming, relaxing and inviting because it was the only place in the whole house that I thought it was just mine, even though there was a period of time when I shared it with somebody. I have for I can not tell you how many years, taken a bath every single day. Not a shower, a bath.
K: Me too! I totally take a bath every day. I don't know if I got that from you or if that's just something I really enjoy. I think I just like sitting down, to be honest.
D: I do too. I don't put cucumbers over my eyes or put a mask on or anything like that. But I do relax. You and I were both blessed by genetics with good skin.
K: Yeah, yeah...
D: Even if we didn't use all the moisturizer and the sea salt and all that stuff, we would probably still have soft skin. But why not nourish it and and make it last even longer. Who knows. I mean at my age...I'll be 67 in November.
K: Well you don't look 67 to me. Or to most people
D: I turned on the television today to The Ellen Show and I hadn't seen her in like 15 years. And she says she's getting ready to turn 60. I'm thinking, how'd you get so old?!? Then I'm like...oh wait.
K: Wait, that's actually really, really surprising. I think that says something about the energy y'all carry, how it's more of an indication of your age than your appearance. I don't know if you would take this as insult, me comparing you to Ellen. But like people like her and think of her as a young person.
D: Oh I love her. I just don't get to watch. You know, she's just a kid to me, and that is because of her energy. She's just got that vibrancy about her, and she doesn't slow down. I hope that I can continue being like that for years to come. I've got a lot to live for, a lot of babies, a lot of future babies to come. You know what I mean. Grandbabies, okay?
K: Haha yes, I know.
D: You said something about the products I use. I've never been one to just buy anything or buy a fad or something. I go from recommendations from people who sell products that I trust. So a lot of things that you saw in my bathroom when you were here were Beauticontrol and Arbonne. But I don't go around and do parties or things like that.
K: I don't know if it's like a generational thing, or because the Avon lady has been so spoofed and satirized at this point, but there is a stigma against those salesperson-driven brand. I think a lot of people think of them like they're a ponzi scheme where people are incented to push their product on you because you're a housewife that has extra money laying around. Or something.
D: I just see my friends, and they'll say "well try this." If I like it I'll buy some, and if it doesn't work then I get my money back.
K: I do like personalizing things. It makes a difference. Part of why we wanted to start this blog was because we felt like a lot of beauty blogs were just blindly selling things to people. It's nice to have a dialogue. There's a level of trust because you're just friends talking. No one at the end of the day is getting rich off of it.
D: And nobody's offended, and you don't buy stuff you don't need.
K: But...you have so much stuff though.
D: Okay, okay I meant in general. Do you remember when you were little I would go to the Lancome counter and if you buy $50 worth of stuff you'd get all those free products?
K: Oh my god, yeah, they would give you a huge bag, and then there would be like a bag within a bag....
D: Exactly.
K: Growing up I had a huge makeup stash and it was all just hand-me-down stuff from you.
D: I know.
K: I think I had actual backpacks full of nail polish that I probably still have to this day.
D: Haha!
K: They were all different shades of dark pink. It wasn't even like I had ridded you of your everyday, go-to products. There was just so much. I think things find you. You're like the gift bag queen. You go to so many events and know so many people that you're bound to come home with a bunch of stuff.
D: You're so right on that. I a member of The Business Professional Women's Association of North Carolina, The Triangle Ladies Power Lunch, The National Association of Women Business Owners, the Women Business Owners of Cary...it goes on and on and on. And a lot of these have vendor tables. I don't even go to the Estee Lauder or the Lancome counter or any of that anymore. But once a month I do have a jade facial.
K: Whoa…what is that?
D: It stimulates your collagen growth. It's a facial but it uses these metal electrodes, and they use this cream that's enhanced with frankincense. Oh it's just divine. That and taking a bath are what I do for myself. Oh, and doing my nails.
K: I was gonna say, you've pretty much gotten your nails done every 3-4 weeks for the last 25 years, at least.
D: Hahaha okay, yes, you're right.
K: But it's something that you do as a form of self care to make yourself feel good after all the things you do for other people. You can go in and there's a moment where you're like, "someone's doing something for me that's gonna make, however small, an impact on my life in some way." Which is nice.
D: Yeah, and my nails always look pretty good. It makes me feel like I'm presentable. I was in engineering when you were a little baby, and I was working with this engineer and he looked at my hands and he said, "Do you ever do your nails?" I said, "When I have time." And he said, "You should take time."
K: Ah!
D: I thought it was funny coming from a man.
K: Didn't you think that was kind of offensive? I mean if someone said that to me I'd be like "Just for that I'm never doing my nails again."
D: Well he was a friend so I wasn't offended. It would be like Moe telling you something.
K: Actually Moe did say something like that to me one time. I got my eyebrows done once in college and then afterwards Moe was like "it was about time." Now literally every time my eyebrows get out of hand, I think about that moment. I don't wanna encourage people to be insecure the way I am, but it sticks with you.
D: It does. I've never cared too much about what other people think of me. But that's when I started going. You were too little to sit there while I got them done.
K: Uhhh that's not how I remember it. I know for a fact there were several times I would be sitting in that salon in Garner reading all the magazines.
D: No that was different. That was later on.
K: It's so funny how my memory is tied to you when I think about beauty. That's probably true for most women, imagining their mother and wanting to be like her. But sitting in the waiting area I would get so bored.
D: We got your dress altered in that shopping center. That dress for the–
K: For the pageant I was in.
D: Oh golly we've done a lot of fun things.
K: That is one of my best beauty memories, and a really good example of your energy. I was in this pageant the summer before I started 7th grade, and we got there on the day of the main event. And we had forgotten the foam curlers at home. Do you remember that?
D: Oh yeah, I remember.
K: The curls were, like, the main part of my entire look. And we didn't even bring a curling iron.
D: Right, right.
K: So we're in the hotel bathroom of the Sheraton in Downtown Raleigh, and you start ripping up strips of toilet paper, and rolling my hair up in little pieces and then tying it at the end. I just stood in the back of the shower for like 15 minutes, steamed it, sprayed it completely down with hairspray. To this day, when I show people those pictures I always get complimented on my hair. It doesn't make any sense.
D: Hahaha.
K: I'm like, this was literally made from Angel Soft.
D: We've got a picture of you with your hair rolled up in the toilet paper.
K: I remember that picture. It's quite iconic actually because I'm wearing the blue robe that you used to wear.
D: Still wear it.
K: Do you seriously?
D: I'm not kidding. If we were doing Facetime I would show you it's hanging in my shower stall.
K: If you're ever getting rid of that I lay claim to it. I am the heir to the robe.
D: You can have it baby. You know when i bought that? Brandon was a baby.
K: It''s been washed so many times I can't believe it's intact.
D: Oh yeah, it's threadbare in places but I don't care. It feels wonderful.
K: You're always in a robe. That's kinda your thing.
D: It is! And if I were gonna be buried, which i'm not–
K: You're gonna be stuffed and we're gonna hang you in my apartment. Just kidding.
D: No, no, I want my body donated to science.
K: I think that's a great idea. But you're saying if you were gonna be buried you'd wanna be buried...
D: In my robe!
K: You remember how every morning you used to drive to my school wearing those curlers in your hair. What are those called? Those big fat ones.
D: They were velcro curlers.
K: I love those. I tried to use them on my hair once like as a gimmick three or four years ago. It didn't work with my hair texture at all. It stayed in for like two seconds.
D: No, really?
K: I probably just didn't know how to use them correctly.
D: Oh. Well there's always toilet paper.
K: I'm realizing how integral beauty stuff really is to my vision of you as a mom. When I come to your house and I take a bath with the jets going...that's like me stepping into your shoes a little bit.
D: Aww.
K: There's something very regal about it don't you think?
D: I do.
K: Especially with the way you set it up. You always have a chair in front of your vanity. And you made sure when I was a kid that I had one. Do you remember the Fisher Price vanity?
D: Of course I do! It was pink and white.
K: It basically had makeup all over it by the time we threw it out in the mid 2000s.
D: Haha I think I tried to give it to [your niece] Sydney.
K: And they were like, "This is an actual piece of garbage how dare you." And you were like, "Um it has sentimental value. Thanks."
D: For real.
K: I haven't totally followed in your footsteps. I don't get my nails done on a regular basis, and when I do I chip them on the first day. I don't understand how you do so many things with your tips that I can barely do with my regular fingers.
D: It's a learned ability.
K: Plus I just have man hands.
D: Thank you. Those are mine. Your grandmother has man hands. We just do.
K: We are a Man Hand Family.
D: But my mother will tell us that we were meant to have babies and be farm girls workin' the garden.
K: Yeah, that definitely fits my body type.
D: You got a great body type, girl.
K: Aww you are so sweet. So do you. It has been so illuminating to stroll down memory lane with you. In our relationship there's always been an element of pampering. I guess that's a totally normal in every species, parents grooming their children and then passing on those habits and rituals to their offspring.
D: Self care!
K: Yeah!
D: So often women opt to care for everybody else other than themselves. It would have been so easy with all of the children, with all of the responsibility that I had to give up everything.
K: It is important to make sure you have time for yourself when you can. Even if it's just little things that make you feel good.
D: I have one last thing to share. I think you'll get a warm heart and a big smile out of it. As a nana I'm passing on this same ritual to the three granddaughters. Tomorrow morning I'm taking them to a spa and there will be little robes for all of them. We're doing facials!
K: Oh my god that is the most perfect thing!
D: I'll have pictures taken and send them to you.
K: That sounds so good, I can't wait. Mom, I love you so much.


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|Mother Marie Anne
|Extreme Close-Up!!!
Marie Anna Blondin began to advocate education for all the children of Quebec. In fact, she proposed the radical notion that boys and girls be educated in the same schools; both the government and her Bishop went along with it. She then founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne, which is still active in Canada, the USA, Haiti, Chile, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
|Go Habs!
Pope John Paul II was partial to beati and beatae of heroic virtue, especially those who practiced humility. None seems more fitting than Blessed Marie Anne.


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Marrying economic imperatives with sustainable values
Lost in translation
The global social responsible investing (SRI) market was worth $11 trillion last year, up from $6.8 trillion in 2008 and $3.6 trillion in 2006, according to the European Sustainable Investment Forum's (Eurosif) 2010 SRI report. There are roughly $100 billion in assets under management tied to mutual funds that use SRI, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to indexes that screen for companies committed to environmental standards, social ethics and corporate governance.
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Uli Jon Roth-Under a dark sky
As I scanned the back of the CD case before listening to this disc my eyes took in the listing of ten tracks and then one of those was broken down into three chapters and the final track was broken down in no less than a dozen chapters or parts. Suddenly I felt like I did back in college when my professor plopped down copies of Moby Dick on every one's desk and informed us that we had four days to read it and write a ten page paper. Yes, I was expecting to be a bit overwhelmed by this album just due to the number of tracks and the number of musicians contributing as well. I am most familiar with Roth for his time with the Scorpions back in the 1970's, but now he plays a rather neo-classical style. There are a number of people contributing to this album including vocals from Mark Boals, currently of Royal Hunt, and Liz Vandall, ex Sahara. Roth plays all guitars, bass and keyboards on his creation. I am sure that the attention here was to build moods and no doubt there are some definite ideas behind this release. Listening to this album would be kind of like doing a long dot to dot puzzle but finding out in the end that it doesn't really form a picture. The vocals and orchestral and choir parts do a great deal of floating and wandering around yet they never quite contribute enough to really construct anything very definite to latch on to. Much of this album just swirls about with sounds coming and going although it's very light and spacey at times with far more fog than substance. At times I wasn't sure if I was listening to many songs or just one long, giant track that was going to meander on forever. Now Uli Jon Roth does tip in with some guitar passages of course and some are quite stunning because he far more about tones and feeling than about flash and dash. Yet the length and format of this album sets it up to be a huge creation and what's really inside is a lot fluff and go around with only a few assorted moments that really accomplish much. I can appreciate having grand ideas, but you should only do so if you plan or seeing through the entire project and to me this album just a bit too thin and long-winded for my liking.
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McCaskill Notes the "Irony" of GOP Stance on Tax Cuts
In a joint appearance on Sunday's "Face the Nation," Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) hinted Congress may be close to a compromise on extending Bush-era tax cuts that includes extending unemployment benefits in the same package.
"I think that most folks believe that the recipe would include at least an extension of unemployment benefits for those who are unemployed and an extension of all of the tax rates for all Americans for some period of time," Kyl told CBS News chief White House correspondent Bob Schieffer.
On the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors later that evening, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) shared her colleagues' sense of urgency.
"That has to be done," McCaskill said of extending unemployment benefits. "The irony is Jon Kyl wants us to give a bonus to multi-millionaires and wants us to pay for the unemployment benefits but wants to put [the tax cuts] on the credit card. Go figure."
McCaskill told CBS News she was "hopeful" Democrats would be able to keep tax cuts "in place for the middle class in this country."
"I'm frustrated the Republicans are holding the middle class hostage for really added tax bonuses for millionaires that we really can't afford right now with our deficit," McCaskill said. "It would be nice if they came to their senses."
Regarding other issues Congress faces, McCaskill said she hoped the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy would be repealed, but wasn't sure that could get done in the lame duck session.
The senator was more optimistic for the passage of the START nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia.
"I think the Republican Party is playing fast and loose with national security when they're refusing to take up START until they get their tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires."
McCaskill, who has a strong following on Twitter, told CBS News she would tweet from inside the Kennedy Center Honors. "It's just hard because so many people are jealous of the opportunity to come here. It's such a special night."
Watch McCaskill's full remarks to CBS News that aired on "Washington Unplugged" in the video to the left.
Monday's "Washington Unplugged" also featured Politico's David Mark and Barbara Kennelly from the Association of Former Members of Congress, as well as interviews with Kennedy Center Honorees Sir Paul McCartney and Oprah.
"Washington Unplugged" airs live daily at 12:30 p.m. ET on CBSNews.com.
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Help for early Alzheimer's from nasal insulin?
A new study indicates a daily dose of insulin given via the nose might help patients with early Alzheimer's dementia.
CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton said on "The Early Show" Tuesday the results provide cause for "cautious optimism" and are "potentially significant."
She said a "very small, pilot study done out of the University of Washington in Seattle looked at just around 100 people with early-stage Alzheimer's dementia, or mild cognitive impairment, divided them into some groups, gave some of them insulin spray in the nose daily, and followed them for a short period of time, four months. (The researchers) found that those who had insulin showed an improvement in their memory and brain function.
"They used a very special device," Ashton added, "that delivered it right into the nose, so it's not just random insulin."
"We have to caution here ... in medicine, we like big numbers, long follow-up, (and) much more research needs to be done. But this was encouraging results, although it could have occurred by chance."
Ashton explained that, "The hormone insulin is very important for our whole body function. But in people with any type of degenerative brain disorder, Alzheimer's dementia being the most common, there is impaired glucose function. The hormone insulin is needed to process glucose. And it actually is thought that some of those tangles of protein we hear about so often in Alzheimer's actually bind up the insulin, don't allow it to give the brain the glucose that it needs."
Is this approach ready for primetime?
"Not yet," Ashton said. "Not by any means. And we need to remember: Insulin is a very powerful hormone. People should not take insulin unless they actually need it. It can have some very serious side effects. This is going to be an area of very exciting ongoing research."
Ashton pointed out that "multiple factors" are thought to contribute to the development of Alzheimer's. "It's not just one thing," she said. "Things like age, very important. Family history is a risk factor. Past brain trauma, repetitive concussions, genetics, certain genes are involved ... and then that heart-head connection, people with diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, anything that negatively impacts your cardiovascular health not good for your brain, either."


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Old Country Buffet, no competition for Golden Corral
This is in Gaithersburg, MD. We went for breakfast, and since we frequent the Golden Corral buffet in Richmond quite a bit, we couldn't help but compare the two. I had a custom omelet, with cheese, bacon, and mushrooms. It … Continue reading →


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Africa: Largest-Ever Global Response to Cholera Targets 2 Million People in Africa
UN News Service 7th May 2018
The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a series of recent deadly outbreaks of the water-borne disease.
Oral cholera vaccines are a key weapon in our fight against cholera," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in a statement, "but there are many other things we need to do to keep people safe."
"WHO and our partners are saving lives every day by improving access to clean water and sanitation, establishing treatment centres, delivering supplies, distributing public health guidance, training health workers, and working with communities on prevention," he added.
The drive targets Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria, and will be completed by mid-June.
The vaccines are funded by the Vaccine Alliance, a public-private partnership known as Gavi, and were sourced from the global stockpile.
The burden of cholera remains high in many African countries. As of 7 May, there are at least 12 areas or countries, reporting active cholera transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
Since the beginning of this year, WHO has led the way providing technical expertise and guidance, working closely with Health Ministries and other partners in the five target countries to plan and implement the vaccination campaigns. The ambitious effort is part of a global push to reduce cholera deaths by 90 percent by 2030.


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"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." | Maya Angelou
Jennifer's mission in life is to create new things; this makes her feel alive. Her work as a hair stylist speaks directly to this because every day she gets to help her clients discover a fresh look for themselves. She believes everyone needs to give to themselves before they can give to others. Visiting the hair salon is part of this self-care and Jennifer is proud to help facilitate this for her clients.
Her talent for hair and beauty was first tested on family and friends; when they liked the results Jennifer decided to get serious and study full-time at the Aveda Institute. Now, she's a rising star at the Keri Gold Salon in Buckhead! Jennifer's discipline, dedication and passion for her craft makes her shine in this role.
Fun Facts About Jennifer:
Worst hair day ever: any given day in middle school.
If you could have anyone's hair: my mom's.
Take a week's vacation anywhere in the world: Colombia.
Reading now: The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan.
Words used to describe Jennifer: engaging | easy-going | hard working.


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London - Just six years ago she said she had never had such a "fulfilling" sex life. But Jane Fonda, 80, has revealed she is no longer swinging from the chandeliers.
In fact, she said she is no longer dating – and had "closed up shop down there".
Speaking at the premiere of her new film, Book Club, about four older women who experience a sexual awakening after reading racy novel Fifty Shades Of Grey, she said: "I am not dating any more, but I did until a couple of years ago. I'm 80. I have closed up shop down there.
"Nobody has to keep on being sexual later in life, it should be up to us to make the decision. I am 80 and it is only over when you decide it is going to be over."
The two-time Oscar-winner – who dazzled on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere in a daring red suit – has never been shy about sharing intimate details of her love life.
Opening up about her satisfying sex life with music producer Richard Perry, in 2012 she said: "The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.
"It has happened with Richard … At 74, I have never had such a fulfilling sex life."
Fonda and Perry, 75, split in January last year after eight years together.Daily Mail


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From Anglo-Norman rivage, Middle French rivage, from rive + -age.
rivage (plural rivages)
- (now rare, poetic) A coast, a shore.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
- Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors with hym / and soo they rode thre dayes / and thenne they came to a Ryuage and fonde the shyp […] / And whanne they cam to the borde / they fonde in the myddes the table of syluer / whiche they had lefte with the maymed kynge and the Sancgreal whiche was couerd with rede samyte
- 1892, Michael Field, "The Death of Procris"
- […] leaves have taken flight
- From yon
- Slim seedling-birch on the rivage, the flock
- Of herons has the quiet of solitude […]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
- From the green rivage many a fall / Of diamond rillets musical.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
- (law, Britain, historical) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
rivage m (plural rivages)
Further reading[edit]
- "rivage" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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rivage m (oblique plural rivages, nominative singular rivages, nominative plural rivage)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (rivage, supplement)
- rivage on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
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- English terms with rare senses
- English poetic terms
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Played and Inspired by Patrick Bukassa (Copyright) – Soukous (also known as Lingala or Congo, and previously as African rumba) is a musical genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries of Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa. "Soukous" (said to be a derivative of the French word secouer, to shake[1]) was originally the name of a dance popular in the Congos in the late 1960s, and danced to an African version of rumba. Although the genre was initially known as rumba (sometimes termed specifically as African rumba), the term "soukous" has come to refer to African rumba and its subsequent developments. Soukous is called Congo music in West Africa, and Lingala in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – referring to the Lingala language of the region from where it originated. In the 1980s and early 1990s, a fast-paced style of soukous known as kwassa kwassa named after a popular dance, was popular. A style called ndombolo, also named after a dance, is currently popular.
Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, St. Lucia, and Dominica. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local creole of French. In Africa, it is popular in franco- and lusophone countries. In Europe it is particularly popular in France, and in North America the Canadian province of Quebec.
Soukous Origin: In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Congolese musicians fused Congolese and other African traditional music with Caribbean (especially Afro-Cuban, and Haitian music) and South American sounds rhythms that were not entirely foreign to the region, having been based – to varying degrees – on musical traditions from the area. This music emerged in the cities of Leopoldville, as Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was then called, and Brazzaville, then capital of the French Congo, now capital of the Republic of the Congo.[2] Most of the musicians performed in Lingala language, but some also used Swahili, Tshiluba and Kikongo languages.
Zouk Origins: The transition of Zouk started in 1973( on the island of Guadeloupe) by Exile One- a group from Dominica that combined Calypso with the Haitian Cadence-rampa (a derivative of Compas) and the American Funk,a style of music call Cadence-lypso.Exile one moved to Paris,France being signed to Barclay Records- the first West Indian group performing in Creole to be signed to a major recording company, which started global interest in creole music. Aside from Exile one, Grammacks and the Midnight Groovers are groups of Cadence-lypso, which has layered a solid foundation for Zouk a la Kassav. Kassav consisting of members from Martinique and Guadeloupe started Zouk( in the studios of Paris,France) during the early to mid 80's, claimed to be the merely matural progression of the Cadence-lypso as popularized by Exile One and Grammacks.Zouk popularized by "most significantly" Kassav, Exile One and Grammacks has been experimenting with the Haitian Compas, Biguine, Mazurka, Quadrille, Kadans and Gwoka of the French Antilles, as well asa more contempory caribbean rhythms such as Salsa and Reggae.
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1. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesdiego.medrano Sep 1, 2016 3:08 PM (in response to SYED REHMAN)
Hey Syed,
We're going through and cleaning up some older community posts without a response. Are you still looking for help with this question? If so, someone like Toby Erkson or Matt Coles could probably help. If you've found a solution, please share for other users to find!
2. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesMatt Coles Sep 1, 2016 3:41 PM (in response to SYED REHMAN)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Funny that Diego should ping us on this right now, I'm busy building a data connection that attempts to make answer questions like this easier for my TC 16 session. The approach I am going to take will be to start with
inner join to a Custom SQL for
(Datasources (all)
left joined to Datasources (published only)
left join to workbooks
then Sites, Users, and all that stuff for additional info.
That way, you can answer questions about what workbooks and/or datasources connect to what DBs with a single query. Rather than having to say, "What workbooks connect to this SQL Server?" "Okay, now what published Data Sources connect to this SQL Server?" "Okay, now what workbooks connect to those published datasources?", you can answer your one question all at once. Plus setting row-level, user-based permissions are much simpler.
I'm still hacking around, but I can share more as I get it figured out if you like.
3. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesdiego.medrano Sep 1, 2016 3:45 PM (in response to Matt Coles)
This is awesome, thanks for sharing!
4. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesToby Erkson Sep 2, 2016 7:05 AM (in response to SYED REHMAN)
I created this: Server admin reports for workbooks, data connections, data sources, and their schedules
I think what Matt is creating will be better so I'm looking forward to it, it should be great (no pressure Matt ).
5. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesMatt Coles Sep 2, 2016 7:49 AM (in response to Toby Erkson)1 of 1 people found this helpful
It's pretty similar actually, Toby! The only real semantic difference is the additional layer of a Datasource (in a workbook) pointing to a published Datasource (on Tableau Server). The challenge is to make it understandable and easy to use. So I'm hiding all but the most necessary fields, beautifying those I'm keeping, commenting everything, and building out needed calcs in advance. Do you want me to send it to you, once it's less crappy and confusing? I'd love feedback.
6. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesDerek Cyr Mar 16, 2017 12:47 PM (in response to Matt Coles)
HI Matt,
I came across this post and was curious if you had made progress with this and perhaps could share it. What I am envisioning is a subscription to a viz based on this work that effectively lists any "embedded" data sources to be sent to an administrator type person that could help publish any embedded data sources and remove them. Eventually, the subscription could be set to only be shown when not empty...
7. Re: Need to find usage of embedded data sourcesJudi Stewart Mar 18, 2018 6:38 PM (in response to SYED REHMAN)
I believe what you need to do is this:
LEFT JOIN "public"."data_connections" "data_connections" ON ("datasources"."id" = "data_connections"."datasource_id" AND "data_connections"."owner_type" = 'Workbook'
The owner_id field on data_connection where the owner_type is 'Workbook' points to the parent workbook that the data source is connected to - this is the same as the parent_workbook_id field on the datasources table.
On a data_connection of type 'Datasource', the owner_id points to the PUBLISHED data source that owns the connection.
To get the workbook name/details you then need to
LEFT JOIN workbooks ON workbooks.id = data_connections.owner_id
or you could use the workbooks view _workbooks if all you need is the name.


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Myrtle Beach police charge three men with robbery
Myrtle Beach police charged three men with robbery after a man walking with his daughter reported being robbed of cigarettes and cash, according to a police report.
Sylvester Lee Bellamy, 20, Rhese Juwan Bromell, 23, and Glen Fitzgerald Skinner, 21, were each charged with strong arm robbery Wednesday after officers were called at 9 p.m. Tuesday to the area of Mr. Joe White Avenue and North Ocean Boulevard, according to authorities.
The victim told police he was walking with his daughter in the area of Eighth Avenue North when between five and seven men surrounded him and threatened him, according to the report. The victim said one man asked for a cigarette and the victim pulled out his pack and the man took it.
The victim said the man then ordered him to empty his pockets and took about $70 from him before he was able to walk away with his daughter, according to the report. The victim stopped a police officer and reported the incident.
The trio who were arrested were found in the area by police and identified by the victim, according to the report.


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Article Written by Jacob Pacheco (@JacobPacheco6)
Yesterday afternoon, the Toronto Raptors promoted former assistant coach, Nick Nurse, to the head coaching role, taking the spot of former head coach Dwane Casey who was fired just over a month ago. Nurse's promotion comes just a few days after Jerry Stackhouse took a position outside of the Raptors' organization. Stackhouse was one of the top candidates for the head coaching position and now former head coach of the Raptors 905 G-League team was brought on to the Memphis Grizzlies organization as an assistant.
After that news broke, many started to believe a head coach was going to named sooner than later, and that it was going to be Nick Nurse's job. But the Raptors did well trying to find another head coach, outside of giving it to an assistant who's been with the team for five long but great years. There were also rumbles that the Raptors interviewed Ettore Messina, a professional Italian coach who is currently an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs and has also won 4 EuroLeague championships as a head coach. He was listed as one of the best European coaches of all time, being named one of the top 50 greatest EuroLeague contributors in 2008. Further, Messina was named the best Italian head coach in 1998, 2001, and 2005 and was also named Euro Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2008. Not many people knew who he was, but that's not a bad resume if you ask me.
The Raptors also reportedly interviewed Lithuanian head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius. Although his resume isn't great as a head coach, the 42-year old has a stacked resume as a former great player in the LKL, (Lithuanian Basketball League), winning various medals and was awarded MVP honors in 2005.
Some may not like the promotion of Nick Nurse (including myself), but it goes much deeper than bringing a new style to the team. Nurse has a great relationship with Raptors' General Manager Bobby Webster and President Masai Ujiri, as well as the players on the team. He also has head coaching experience coaching in the British Basketball League, winning the Coach of the Year award twice - once in 2000, and 2004. After a long 12 years of coaching in the BBL, Nurse then took on a head coaching position in the D-League in 2007. After joining the Energy for three years, winning their respective division in 2009 and 2010, Nurse then went on to join the coaching staff of the Iowa State Cyclones as an assistant. After his ending years in the D-League, Nurse received a Coach of the Year award in the 2011-12 season. He then spent one last season in the D-League before finally making his arrival in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors.
Nurse has been on the come-up for years, and now he can finally showcase what he's got for this Raptors team. He knows what the roster is capable of, with arguably the best lineup in franchise history coming off the best regular season performance as well. It'll be interesting if Nurse brings a new style to this Raptors team. Yet, the conversation of roster construction will linger during the off-season. Given Nurse's promotion, the front office has an idea as to whether they want to keep the team they have now, or trade a few pieces come the 2018-19 season. In such a tight market today in the NBA, I don't see a huge trade happening for the Raptors this off-season or anytime soon. The Bench Mob's potential is too high, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are more than likely "untouchables," and OG Anunoby still has great potential as well. I left out Serge Ibaka and Norman Powell as it's likely that no one will take on their massive contracts.
Nonetheless, I and many other Raptors' faithfuls are very curious as to what Nick Nurse will provide this dedicated fan base with. After being so used to Toronto slowing down the pace of the game via ISO ball under Dwane Casey, will Nurse continue this trend? Is this enough to get us over LeBron James and the Cavs (That is, if James stays in Cleveland or the Eastern Conference for that matter)?
Many are also forgetting that this promotion from assistant to head coach means there is a vacant assistant coaching position up for grabs. No news has broken as to who may come in for Nurse and no speculation is needed at this time. The Raptors have plenty of time to make that decision before the season gets back and underway in October.
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PODCAST EPISODE 6: When Life Says "Surrender" and You Say "WTF?!"
Life presents us with plenty of obstacles, anxieties, and to-do lists. In Episode Six, Alyssa explores how to approach life with an attitude of surrender rather than control. Spoiler alert: it takes a lot of mindfulness, meditation, and breathing...and Alyssa is still working on it.


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PAVEL WLOSOK (piano)
CHRIS BEYT (guitar)
ADAM BOOKER (acoustic bass)
Czech born American pianist, composer, arranger, educator, music engineer, producer, and photographer Pavel Wlosok (*1973) started to play the piano when he was five years old. He received his classical education in piano performance and composition at the Janacek Conservatory of Music in OSTRAVA (1987 - 1993) in the classes of Mr. Zdenek Pecekand Mr. Igor Katajev, and at the Janacek Academy of Music (JAMU) in BRNO (1993 - 1995) in the class of Prof. Arnost Parsch (both Czech Republic). He obtained his bachelor and master degrees in jazz studies graduating cum laude at the University of North Texas (UNT) in DENTON, TX (1995 - 2000), where he studied composition withProf. Cindy McTee, jazz piano with Prof. Dan Haerle, and classical piano with Prof. Adam Wodnicki.
While at the UNT, Pavel had served as pianist-arranger for the One O'clock Lab Band(his work is included on 4 CDs produced by this group, the last one featuring Canadian ECM artist Kenny Wheeler) and as teaching assistant of aural skills, music theory, and jazz piano before directing the Four O'clock Lab Band in his last year of studies. Pavel was also featured as a soloist with the UNT Wind Symphony (CD "Luminaries" under the direction of Eugene Corporon), and has toured Europe and North America as a pianist and composer. His first self-produced album as a leader is titled Long Journey(1997), and features his best friends from early North Texas years, such as saxophonistsTyler Kuebler and Wayne Delano, bassist Mike McGuirk, drummers Ed Soph and Rich Matschulat, and trumpeter Scott Harrell.
During his years at JAMU, Pavel was one of the original founders of the Helpless Handful (1993 - 2000), a group of six young composers, whose compositions where performed in central Europe. An album by this group released in 2002 can be found on the Indies label. However, due to the many international engagements of its members, this group disbanded in early 2000. Pavel Wlosok's contemporary compositions have been performed mainly in Europe and Japan; including the World premiere of Reverberations for Marimba Solo, Volume II took place as part of the Janacek Philharmony Brno chamber music series in May 2003 (performed by Martin Oprsal, the head of percussion studies at JAMU in Brno, Czech Republic). Wlosok's String Quartet with Moravian influences in two parts entitled "Echoes from Moravia" was recorded by the Czech Apollon String Quartet for the Czech National Radio in Prague in 2002. His latest efforts feature "Five Miniatures for Brass Quintet" premiered at Carnegie Hall in NYC in 2007 by theSmoky Mountain Brass Quintet and several dozen new compositions in jazz idiom featured on his most recent CD releases.
In 1999 Pavel has won a prestigious award given by the International Association of Jazz Educators named The Gil Evans Fellowship. This annual music award is given to just one recipient each year and covers both the field of composition and arranging. In April of 2006 Pavel won the James Dooley Teaching Excellence Award awarded to the best music teacher at Western Carolina University by music students, music faculty, and independent three-member committee. Since 2002 WCU Jazz ensembles and combos under his direction have performed for more than twenty-five hundred K12 and high school students in North Carolina and surrounding states.
Since 1999, Pavel and his wife Andrea Adamcova have been engaged in a unique series of solo piano recitals called Classical Meets Jazz, where Andrea specializes on the classical portion by performing Czech composers of the 20th and 21st century, such as Leos Janacek, Bohuslav Martinu, Lubos Fiser, or her husband Pavel Wlosok, as well as works of Alberto Ginastera, Chick Corea, and Robert Muczynski or works by the baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti. In the jazz portion of the series Pavel's focus turns to jazz standards as well as his original compositions. This series has been temporarily interrupted by the birth of their three daughters Victoria Sara, Natalia Michelle, and Karolina Neomi. The series will get back on track again in a few years, once the family duties are no longer so time consuming.
Since 2000, Pavel has been regularly invited to participate as lecturer and performer at theInternational Summer Jazz Workshop in Prague, organized annually by the Czech Jazz Society, where along with around dozen more European and American colleagues, he had been teaching concepts of solo piano improvisation, jazz harmony and styles, jazz arranging and composition, as well as coaching small groups and supervising students' evening jam sessions. In 2001 Czech National TV Network filmed and broadcasted a documentary interview with Pavel about his original contemporary compositions and jazz music concepts. The Czech Radio station Vltava has regularly been broadcasting many of his compositions, both in jazz and in classical idioms. Pavel has also appeared in a live John Adams jazz trio performance for the Texas TV Morning News on Channel 6. Since 2010, Pavel has also been invited to lecture at Summer Jazz Workshop in Bratislava, Slovakia or Summer Jazz Big Band Workshop in Nysa, Poland. Pavel tours and performs in Europe each summer, including international festival appearances such as Prague Proms, Ostrava Jazz Festival, Krakow Jazz Festival, Festival Cesky Krumlov (with Gustav Brom Big Band) as well as clubs and music venues in central European cities of Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Bratislava, Berlin, Trnava, Banska Bystrica, Zilina, Krakow, and Bielsko Biala.
Pavel's 2006 live trio project "Jubilee Suite: Live at the Grey Eagle" with John Riley on drums and Mike McGuirk on bass was released on New Port Line label from the European Union in 2012. Pavel has since released three more CD albums for this label entitled "Czechmate" featuring Brooklyn based World-class saxophonist Joel Frahm(2013), "Alternate Reality" featuring Grammy Award saxophonist Donny McCaslin(2014), and "Smile Baby Smile" featuring NYC based guitarist Paul Bollenback (2016). His new solo jazz piano album entitled "Respectfully Yours" is scheduled for a release in late 2017 and his most recent jazz quartet album entitled "Storyteller" featuring Miles Davis' tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza is scheduled for a release in Spring of 2018 along with a two-week long Central European tour planned for March 2018 along with invitation to a prestigious international jazz festival in the Czech Republic entitled JazzFest Brno.
Pavel, being a music producer himself, is also known for his audio live tracking, mixing, and mastering skills. He owns a private recording studio, which features some of the most esoteric vintage tube and solid state studio gear made by the most famous analog producers such as German and Swiss Neumann, Telefunken, Studer, Japanese Sony, American Sontec, Manley, Danish Tube-Tech, or Austrian AKG. He uses AVID ProTools HD3 digital audio workstation and TC Electronic M6000 processing unit (with both reverb and mastering plugin suites) along with half-inch Studer A80 mastering reel to reel recorder with butterfly heads. His mixing and mastering skills can be heard on handful of European CD labels and albums recorded/released in Czech, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Germany as well as on his own CD album and project releases in the past decade. His work on albums by Slovakian trumpeter Lukas Oravec has been awarded a prize of Esprit (best Jazz album of the year) twice in 2013 and 2016. Pavel has released over thirty jazz music videos under his name, which are easily accessible on his YOUTUBE channel online. His most watched videos have reached thousands of views from fans around the Globe.
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Speakers to Share 'Breakthrough Moments' at TEDxIWU
Fans of the online speaker series TED Talks can hear local leaders and innovators share their ideas live at TEDxIWU this Friday.
Illinois Wesleyan University students, alumni, faculty and staff will talk about their "Breakthrough Moments" from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the Hansen Student Center, 300 E. Beecher Street in Bloomington.
The event is free and open to the public.
Bevin Choban, coordinator of the Action Resource Center (ARC) at IWU, helped bring the TEDx event to the university. The ARC is an interdisciplinary program to help students get out of what Choban called the "Wesleyan bubble" and into the community to make a difference.
"For a number of years we in the ARC office have loved TED Talks," said Choban. "Being positioned as we are between the university and the community...we felt like we could think of all kinds of people with really great ideas and stories that would be great for the stage."
Choban said every one of the TEDxIWU speakers calls Bloomington-Normal home or spent time in the community as a student.
WGLT Corporate Support Director Bobby Nash Castillo, a former Chicago-suburbanite, served as a tour guide while attending IWU. His talk, "Community Blooming," will take the audience on a photo tour of the IWU campus and the community he came to know and love.
Castillo said he too became a fan of TED working with the ARC.
"We could really start to think of more innovative ways to help the community through watching TED talks."
TED began in 1984 as a conference discussing Technology, Entertainment and Design and is now a global community of speakers covering a range of issues in 18-minute-or-less talks.
"They really are great ideas," Castillo said. "They sort of present a paradigm shift in terms of how you should think about things."
Choban said a new IWU marketing campaign, "Be Breakthrough," helped inspire the night's theme.
"The breakthrough moment for me is when you realize a calling or passion," Choban said. "When I was a student...I certainly didn't think that I would still be living here when I was 30. But the more I got involved in the community, the more I realized this is somewhere I do want to be."
View the full list of speakers and pre-register for Friday's event online.


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Withrow Winter Market!
- Dec 14 - Dec 15, 2018
Holiday shopping, winter crafts, and tasty food at Crow's Theatre
December 14th and 15th!
The popular east end Toronto Withrow Park Farmers' Market will once again transform Crow's Theatre into an intimate, community market featuring a wide array of local artisans.
Visitors can also take home artisanal treats from the fabulous gluten-free and allergen-free Gemaro Bakery, jars of small-batch mustard from salt + Mustard and Murray's Farm will be selling the same heritage farm products to the public that chefs serve in some of the city's best local-food restaurants, just to name a few!
The Lobby Bar will be open, so visitors can grab a bite to eat or sip wine & beer as they peruse the market stalls.
It's a family event and everyone is welcome! Kids can make holiday crafts and decorate their own wrapping paper. A perfect opportunity to find unique gifts and delicious holiday treats in a cozy community marketplace.
Friday, December 14th – 4pm to 9pm
Saturday, December 15th – 10am to 4pm
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Upsetting movies -- From ''The Patriot'''s portrayal of the British to ''Shaft'''s Latino characters, this summer's films have something to offend everyone
Upsetting movies
Have you heard that the Poultry Rights League plans to picket the new comedy Chicken Run, claiming the film makes light of barnyard fowl? Okay, we made that up. But it seems almost every other summer movie has ruffled someone's feathers. Here, a cheat sheet to the most recent controversies:
The British
If you ask the English, Hollywood's been bloody unfair lately. First, the Brits got their knickers in a twist over the submarine thriller U-571, which they say gave Americans credit for U.K. heroics. Now comes Mel Gibson's The Patriot, where the villain is one Col. William Tavington (Jason Isaacs), based on real-life redcoat Bandstre Tarleton. The mustache-twirling character — who shoots a child in front of his family and burns down a church — inspired London's Express to run a furious June 14 article — "Hollywood's Racist Lies About Britain" — railing against the portrayal of Brits as "cowardly, evil, [and] sadistic." Ian Thompson, press officer for the British Film Council, attributes the bias to the death of another American foe: "It's because the Cold War's over, maybe, and you're trying to find new enemies." And indeed, says Revolutionary War historian Herbert Sloan, Tarleton wasn't quite that beastly: "Sounds as though [the filmmakers] were pretty inventive." Tarleton — a swashbuckling Liverpudlian — wasn't any more brutal than the colonists, according to Sloan.
"I'm sure the real person had some redeeming qualities," admits Dennis Higgins, senior VP of publicity for Columbia Pictures. "But in a two-hour movie, you have to take some dramatic license."
Advocates for the mentally ill
The proudly over-the-top Farrelly brothers are no strangers to the outrage game. With their 1998 comedy There's Something About Mary — which included a plotline about a mentally handicapped man — the writing-directing duo angered some advocates for the developmentally disabled. And with the just-released Me, Myself & Irene — starring Jim Carrey as a cop with a split personality — they've raised another ruckus. Among the many objections raised by the National Mental Health Association after seeing the trailers and ads: "stigmatizing" language (e.g., "From Gentle to Mental" and "schizo"), the incorrect use of the term schizophrenia (which is not the same as split personality), and the "ridicule" of a serious disease. Even Irene's promotional material (white jelly beans disguised as "pills" for schizophrenia) gets a thumbs-down. "I don't think they'd be sending around medication for AIDS or cancer," says NMHA spokesman James Radack, whose organization is asking Irene's studio, Twentieth Century Fox, to produce PSAs to accompany the film. "I think Jim Carrey is a brilliant entertainer," adds president Michael Faenza. "[But] if he develops a mental illness, he will see the damage he is doing."
"It's a comedy," Carrey was heard to say at the premiere. "The guy's not a psychotic killer or anything." Notes Peter Farrelly: "We have a lot of friends with disabilities, and we put all our friends — disabled and not disabled — in our films."
Party Members of the Latino community
They're not diggin' it. Two of the major characters in the Samuel L. Jackson update have Latino names — but are played by African-American actors. Namely, Vanessa Williams as detective Carmen Vasquez, and Jeffrey Wright (Basquiat) as Spanglish-spewing drug lord Peoples Hernandez. "It's unfortunate anytime you have a non-Latino playing a Latino role," says Latina magazine editor Sylvia Martinez, who adds that minority-helmed projects like Shaft should have the "heightened sensitivity to hire a Latino." Says Juan Moreno, entertainment editor of El Diario: "Those types of [casting] decisions are really something that should have been left in the '60s."
Shaft's studio, Paramount, had no comment. Still, we can say this: Producers originally tapped Latino actor John Leguizamo for Wright's part, but he dropped out to film Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman. And the filmmakers did ask for casting suggestions from The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. As for Williams, her publicist offers that her character isn't necessarily Latina; she was married to a cop named Vasquez — a fact that was cut from the film. "It's a married name," the spokesman says. "That's the easy answer."
— Additional reporting by William Keck; edited by A.J. Jacobs


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The Muscle of Flour AKA Gluten
A couple of weeks ago, some friends and I tried to attend the Gluten Free Expo that was taking place in Vancouver. We thought this would be the perfect opportunity to learn about the up and coming 'gluten-free' products we could offer future clients. However, after waiting in line for an hour and a half, we were told we only had another hour and a half to go! So, we decided to get a refund and some brunch. According to the apology email, we were sent a couple of days later, over 20,000 people tried to attend this particular expo! What should we take away from this?
Well, thanks to 'Wheat Belly' I guess people really are thinking 'gluten-free' is the new Atkins diet. Or are more people actually becoming sensitive to gluten?
A 'gluten-free' diet is not the healthier choice, unless of course, you have celiac disease or a gluten allergy. Gluten is just a type of protein found in whole grains - it gives baked goods the ability to rise and a chewy (amazing) texture. Without gluten, baked goods may end up dry or crumbly.
Celiac disease is an inherited autoimmune disease with nearly 1% of the population suffering from it. I've attached some good references/resources for you if you want more information. On the other hand a wheat allergy causes a person's immune system to react abnormally when exposed to gluten. Just like any allergy, some symptoms include: flushing, hives, itchy skin, swelling of the face, stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and faintness. If you think you have celiac disease or a wheat allergy please make an appointment with your doctor or a dietitian.
Following a gluten-free diet without a legitimate reason eliminates healthy sources of fibre, B-vitamins, vitamin E and minerals. Enjoying more whole grains is a healthy choice, whether it is gluten-free or not.
Take home message – just because those cookies in the coffee shop are labeled 'gluten-free' does not mean you are allowed to eat 5 of them!!!
PS) I haven't personally tried it but I hear Silver Hills makes the best gluten-free bread – just an FYI.


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Throwback Travel Thursday Series: SPAIN - Madrid Part II! Here we have a fun couple style look on our trip - two different ways to rocking stripes. We are both wearing striped shirts in this outfit of the day in Madrid. We had a blast exploring the other side of Madrid - checking out The Metropolis, Retiro Park - the Lake and Crystal Palace, and more!
Style Tips:
* Shawl Cardigan is a great stylish layer that can also be easily folded away when the temperature changes, perfect for travel especially when you'll be out from day to night
* European style loves a light scarf - the accessories really make this outfit. I grabbed an affordable one from H&M that had a cool bandana pattern
* Pop with accessories - nice matching Nato strap watch and some bracelets on the wrists
* Sharp casual pattern mixing - Navy & White Striped henley, Blue Bandana scarf, and Navy & Red Strap watch
* Travel with Comfort - you'll need comfortable sneakers to last walking around all day. We are rocking Adidas Samba and Converse, proven classics that can handle the task.
* Minimal Sharp - Classic leather jacket paired with black & white striped shirt, black jeans, and white sneakers (Black and white again and again)


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Watercolor, Framed
13" x 17," (33 cm x 43 cm)
Framed Size 19" x 23," price includes frame
Selected for the 2014 National Georgia Watercolor Society
This painting was inspired by the many Chinese Opera puppets I saw on display wondering through Cat Street Market in Hong Kong.
This painting Waiting in the Wings was inspired by my jaunts to Cat Street Market off of Hollywood Road, near Man Mo Temple in Hong Kong. A few of the vendors there sell Chinese Opera marionette puppets. Like the embroidered slippers, I was immediately attracted to them for the variety of color, pattern and personality!
I was happy with this painting when I did it. After recently getting it out and living with it a while again. I decided to do some tweaking. I felt the background was too much the same value as the rest of the painting and wanted to make the puppets stand out more. I also played around with more value changes on the puppets themselves as well assome lost and found edges. With a stencil I created a slight vertical striation very subtly in the background to represent the puppet strings without being to literal.
Waiting in the Wings before tweaking
I'm happy with the tweaks. A painting I thought was finished has a new lease on life! The title has become even more appropriate. :-)


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The Baseball Playbook - Ron Polk breaks the game of baseball down not only position by position, but all aspects of the game on and off the field. A veteran college coach and one of the most respected men in the game, Polk gives excellent tips for coaches of all levels, from the first day of practice to the final game of the post season tournament. The former Mississippi State coach is still a popular speaker on the clinic tour and after reading this book, you will understand why. Not only does Polk discuss teaching fundamentals and game strategies, but also gives excellent ideas and points on the "behind-the-scenes" aspects of the game - everything from organizing tournaments and field maintenance to dealing with the local officiating associations, fans, and bringing in support staff to help run a smooth program. Win More Games. Play Better Baseball! Polk even includes ready-to-copy charts and forms for player information, public address announcers, game schedules, equipment managing, and setting up and enforcing team policies. If you're looking for big-names and shiny pictures, forget it - this book is for serious players and coaches....and Polk doesn't leave any aspect of coaching in an organized baseball league uncovered.


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Psychotherapy involving more than one person is sometimes the most appropriate way to address certain problems.
As human beings we are almost always tied in to relationships of some form and with out them "loneliness is the most the most terrible poverty".
If a family unit is having collective problems with living, systemic therapy can be extremely helpful.


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September 22, 2019, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A variety of quilting topics are introduced, from beginners to advanced. This month Quilt Chat meets on the fourth Sunday.
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Historian Rollin Phipps will present a special lecture on the Downton Abbey series and Sheela Kadam of the British Emporium will give a short presentation on British tea. All this will be featured in celebration of the new film release in September. No reservation or sign-up is required for this event.
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About Fox & Castle
Fox & Castle is the design studio of Micah Parker located in New York state's scenic Hudson River Valley. Her handcrafted jewelry and textiles are informed by her appreciation of natural, sustainable materials and traditional construction methods.
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Daily Message: Orthodox Faith and Life/
Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True God and Our Only True Savior,
Christ is in our midst! He was and is and ever shall be.
Ο Χριστός έν τώ μέσω ημών. Και ήν και έστι και έσται.
O LORD, I know not what to ask of Thee. Thou alone knowest what are my true needs. Thou lovest me more than I myself know how to love. Help me. I dare not ask either a cross or consolation. I can only wait on Thee. My heart is open to Thee. Visit and help me, for Thy great mercy's sake. Strike me and heal me, cast me down and raise me up. I worship in silence Thy Holy Will and Thine inscrutable ways. I offer myself as a sacrifice to Thee. I put all my trust in Thee. I have no other desire than to fulfill Thy Will. Teach me how to pray. Pray Thou Thyself in me. Amen.
– Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow
On February 8th Our Holy Orthodox Christian Church commemorates, honors and entreats the holy intercessions of the following Saints, Forefathers, Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Preachers, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Ascetics, and Teachers of Our Holy Orthodox Christian faith: Saint Theodore the Commander and Great Holy Martyr; Holy Prophet Zacharias; Saints Nicephoros and Stephanos the Holy Martyrs.
THE HOLY AND GREAT MARTYR THEODORE STRATELATES (COMMANDER): There are martyrdoms that are more than costly. The costliness of a martyrdom depends on the greatness of the good things of this world that a Christian gives up, receiving suffering in its place; and it depends also on the greatness of the suffering which he endures for the sake of Christ. Saint Theodore, a Roman Commander in the army of the pagan Roman Emperor Licinius and governor of the city of Heraclea, scorned his youth, his good looks, his military status and the good will of the Emperor, and in place of all this received terrible tortures for the sake of Christ. Firstly Theodore was flogged, receiving 600 lashes on the back and 500 on the stomach; then he was crucified and pierced through with arrows. Finally he was slain with the sword. Why all this? Because Saint Theodore loved Christ more than anything else in the world. He scorned the foolish idol-worship of the superstitious Emperor, shattered the silver and gold idols, giving the pieces to the poor, brought many to the Christian faith and urged the Emperor himself to reject idolatry and believe in the One God. During the whole of his torture, Saint Theodore repeated unceasingly: 'Glory to Thee, my God, glory to Thee!' He suffered on February 8th, 319 AD, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and entered into the Kingdom of Christ. He is regarded as the protector of soldiers, who turn to him for help. His miracle-working holy relics were taken from Euchaita to Constantinople and buried in the Church at Vlachernae.
THE HOLY PROPHET ZECAHRIA: The eleventh of the Minor Prophets, he worked together with the Prophet Haggai to persuade Prince Zerubbabel to restore the Temple in the Jerusalem. He prophesied the solemn entry of Christ into Jerusalem on a colt, the foal of an ass and Judas's betrayal for thirty pieces of silver: "They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver" and the forsaking of Christ by His Apostles at the time of His Passion: "Smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered." He entered into rest in the second year of the reign of Darius Hystapes, in about 520 BC.
SAINT SAVA THE SECOND, ARCHBISHOP OF SERBIA: He was the son of King Stephen the First-Crowned and nephew of Saint Sava the First. Before becoming a monk, he was called Predislav. Following the example of his great uncle, he became a monk and gave himself zealously to the ascetic life. Chosen to be Archbishop of Serbia after Saint Arsenius, and taking the name Sava II, he governed the Church with great devotion and love. He entered into rest in 1268 AD, and his holy relics lie in the Monastery at Pe'e.
For your consideration:
Saint Seraphim of Sarov writes on despair: "AS the Lord works for our salvation, so the devil, that killer of men, works to lead man into despair." And Saint Antiochus teaches that, when despair descends upon us, we must not surrender to it but, strengthened and protected by our Holy Faith, say resolutely to the wicked spirit: "What hast thou to do with us, thou who hast fallen away from God, thou fugitive from heaven and slave of wickedness? Thou darest in no wise do us harm, for Christ the Son of God has dominion over us and over all. But thou, O thou murderer, get thee away from us! Strengthened by His precious Cross, we trample upon thy serpent head!"
+ By the holy intercessions of Your Saints and Holy Martyrs, O Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Epistle Lesson: Ephesians 2:4-10
Holy Gospel Lesson: St. Matthew 10:16-22
"Prayer is the beginning of every good thing, and the mediator of salvation and eternal life..." Saint John Chrysostom
by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich
"Form the Image of Thy Christ in him who is about to be born again through my humility. Build him on the foundation of Thine Apostles and Prophets. Cast him not down, but plant him as "a plant of truth" in Thy Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church". [Holy Baptismal Prayer]
In essence, what is Christianity other than the Lord Christ? Christ, in fact, both signifies and is the Logos (Word) and the Son of God, Who took on flesh and became Man. It is well known that the name of Christ (Messiah, Anointed One) stems from the actual Incarnation of the Son and the Logos of God, that is, from the union of god and man, the union of the divine and the human in His person. God and man were united once and for all in Christ and, consequently, man was "anointed" (κεχρισμένος) with God, that is, man's nature was anointed with the Divine nature. This is why God's Logos, Who took on flesh and became Man, is called the "Christ" that is, God and man at the same time – the God-man, Θεάνθρωπος.
This basic and essential fact of our Christian Faith must be emphasized from the very beginning of our discourse on Orthodox Faith and life, alternatively on Orthodox dogma and ethics. This is important because many contemporary people, Christians among them, often make one of two very ancient errors. They either consider Christ as God, forgetting that God became one of us, i.e., a man of flesh and blood, or, vice versa, they consider Christ as a great, wise and good "man", forgetting that Christ, at the same time, is the TRUE GOD, BECAUSE HE WAS AND REMAINED GOD AFTER HIS INCARNATION. This unity of the God-man Christ, i.e., this fact that Christ is both God and man at the same time, that He is the complete, perfect and true God, as well as the complete, perfect and true man, represents the singular event and truth of our Christian Faith and life. Without this particular and ultimate Christian truth, the truth about Christ as God-Man, which is offered to and accepted by man only through and with faith, there can be no Christianity or Christians, no Christian faith or ethics, no Christian dogma or life. The Christian 'testimony' ('μαρτυρία' or 'martyria') of Christ as the one personal (hypostatic) God and man represents the basic and most important testimony of the Holy Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors and of all the Saints (cf. Acts 1:8. 4:33; 1 John 1:2; 4:14; Rev. 1:2, 9:9, 20:4). The same applies to the testimony of the Church in the world, the Church's preaching of the Gospel, the Church's catholic and ecumenical faith. This is why the Gospels of the Church, which the Holy Apostles recorded as eyewitnesses, and sealing his testimony with their martyric blood, is none other than the TESTIMONY to the Son of God Who took flesh, that is, became man, and Who was crucified and resurrected for our sake, Who remains with us every day as God-man, even unto the end of time (cf. John 1:2-14; Matt. 16:16, 28:16-20; I Cor. 1:23-24, 15:1-24, 15:1-20; I John 1:1-3). This also constitutes the content of all the holy dogmas, confessed and sealed at the Ecumenical Councils of the Church (see the Nicene Creed and the Council of Chalcedon).
However, in order for us not to commit another dangerous error, which would take us outside of the revelation of the Christian truth, which means outside of Christ, it becomes necessary to emphasize another illustration in our faith in Christ the God-man. Namely, it is well known that our Christian being, life, ethics, begin at the time of our baptism in Christ, in His death and Resurrection (cf. Gal. 3:27; Rom. 6:3-6). It is when we are baptized in Christ, in God and in Man, and when we put on Christ and become partakers and members of His death as God-man, and of His Resurrection as God-man, that we become conforming (similar) and kindred to Him (σύμφυτοι, σύμμορφοι), according to the words of the holy Apostle Paul which are contained in the Church prayers read during holy Baptism. Therefore, at the time of the baptism of a person in the Orthodox Church, the priest pronounces mystically the name of the Holy and Life-giving Trinity over him: "The servant of God is baptized in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Immediately following the baptism, the newly baptized is anointed with the "anointing of the Holy Spirit". This mystical act of the Church signifies that Christ, in Whom we are baptized, is united inseparably with the Holy Trinity-with the Father and the Holy Spirit. For this reason both our faith and our baptism in Christ as God-man is also our faith and baptism in the Holy Trinity at the same time – the one and only God. Christ is "one of the holy trinity"...
Therefore, if we separate Christ from the Church, or the Church from Christ, we commit a very grave mistake, i.e., we fall into one of the greatest heresies: we undo the incarnation of Christ, the incarnate Son and Logos of God, and drive Him out of His body. This means that we expel Him from man and the world. If we do away with the incarnation and the God-man Christ, how can we then be Christians and how can we speak about "Christianity"?
From what we have said thus far, it becomes obvious that Christ the God-man is clearly the essential mystery of Orthodoxy. Christ is the true and perfect God, inseparably united with the Holy Trinity and the true and perfect man, inseparably united with mankind, with all people who make up His body – the Church. This truth, this human and divine fact, embodies the entire dogma (and the dogmatics) of our evangelical Orthodox faith, and of our Christian evangelical life and ethics (Orthodox ethics) as taught by the Apostles and the Church Fathers.
With such a position on Faith, the Orthodox Church Tradition faithfully follows the Apostle Paul who explicitly preaches and emphasizes the Faith, the right and living Faith, the "belief of the truth" (II Thess. 2:13), which is the origin and the principle of our Christian being. "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our being (αρχή της υποστάσεως) firmly unto the end" (Heb. 3:14). In his interpretation of the Apostle Paul, Saint John Chrysostom says the following here: "And what is the beginning of our being (αρχή της υποστάσεως)? It is the faith through which we have become (Christians), have been born and, so to speak, have been essentially joined to Christ." Faith then, is the beginning and the foundation of our Christian being (St. John Chrysostom's expression υπέστημεν points out that we have, in fact, received our authentic hypostasis, our being, τό κατά Χριστόν υποστήναι, according to the words of Saint Nicholas Cabasilas) through which we have become, through which faith we have been born, and through which we have become "consubstantial" with Christ.
With sincere agape in His Holy Diakonia,
The sinner and unworthy servant of God
+ Father George