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Chronic Communication at Home: Abandonment Fears and How to Cope
Here's how to deal with worries that chronic illness will cause one partner to leave the other.
By Dr GaryCA February 19, 2018 673
Gary McClain, PhD, is a therapist who specializes in helping clients deal with the emotional impact of chronic and life-threatening illnesses.
Bill and Sharon have been married for a little over ten years. Both would agree they've had a great marriage. They share common interests, they laugh together, and they've always been able to work out their differences. They even enjoy each other's families.
Last year, Sharon was diagnosed with a chronic condition. She hadn't been herself for a few months before that, so the diagnosis, while disappointing, was not a surprise. Since then, Sharon has been on a fairly strict medication regimen. Some days, Sharon can't be as active as she used to be because she just doesn't have the energy. Bill follows her prescribed diet to be supportive, though he doesn't love it. And he often needs to do more than his share around the house. When Sharon was diagnosed, they worked together to figure out their "new normal," and Bill felt like they had both adjusted well to their routine.
Cause for concern
Lately, however, Bill has been concerned about comments Sharon has been making. Nothing major-but troubling nonetheless.
"I don't know how you put up with me," she recently said when Bill offered to take her turn at doing the dishes.
Another day, when she was having a rough day, she said, "I bet you wish you'd had a crystal ball before you married me."
This morning, as they were both leaving for work, she asked him a question that was still on his mind. She half-jokingly had asked, "Do you ever feel tempted to forget the way home?"
Fears of abandonment are normal. But they can be scary for both of you.
As Bill was contemplating these comments, it occurred to him that Sharon may be worried that he would abandon her. He couldn't think of anything he might have said or done that might have caused her to feel this way. But the comments Sharon had been making left him wondering if she was fearing he would walk away from her. And he thought about what he could be doing to give her more reassurance.
Sharon was indeed experiencing fear that Bill might wish to leave their marriage. No, it wasn't anything he had said or done. Some days, she felt like a burden to him-especially when she thought about what things had been like before her diagnosis. She felt guilty about asking him to take on more than his fair share of the work at home. She felt bad when they had to cancel their attendance at an event that she knew Bill was looking forward to. She felt sad that he was so upbeat when their daily life had changed so much.
Have you ever felt the fear of abandonment? Or, if you are the loved one of a partner with a chronic condition, have you ever been concerned that they fear you might abandon them?
Here are some ideas for coping:
Don't fight the feelings. It's normal for abandonment fears to come up in a relationship. It's human to feel insecure at times. With or without the additional challenges of living with a chronic condition. And it's normal to want to be an equal partner, and to feel sad when you can't be. This can lead to fears that your partner may get fed up at some point and decide to pack it in. So, if your chronic condition has caused you to have some abandonment fears, or if your partner has these fears, you are sure not alone. As a therapist, I can say this is not uncommon at all.
Clear the air. Fear is often the elephant in the room when someone in the home has a chronic condition. Most likely, Sharon was afraid to bring up her abandonment fears, or didn't know how to. The same for Bill. So, it remained an elephant, wandering around their home. The best way to deal with an elephant is to identify it rather than trying to pretend it's not there. Here's a conversation opener: "Sometimes I feel like a burden on you. You didn't sign up for this. And I worry that at some point you're going to want to throw in the towel." Or, "You have made a few comments lately that have me worried. I'm concerned that you're afraid I might walk out on you someday." Get the conversation started. Express your feelings. Be open to listening. This is the beginning of coming to an understanding.
Remember what happens when we assume. What's potentially destructive about fears of abandonment is that they can lead to a breakdown in communication. Symptoms include:
- Not asking for help or trying to hide that you aren't feeling well.
- Reading the simplest gesture as a sign that the relationship is on its way to ending.
- Feeling pressured to be supportive in a way that can turn into micromanagement.
This is all the more reason to want to establish open communication about abandonment fears.
It's okay to ask for reassurance. If you're living with a chronic condition, let yourself be honest about the need for your partner to give you some reassurance from time to time, to tell you that you are loved, that you are important. And if you are the partner of someone living with a chronic condition, go ahead and ask what you can do to be more reassuring, so your partner doesn't have to live with the fear that your exit is right around the corner.
Build reassurance into your daily communication. We all can benefit from some reassurance, so why not make it a point to do or say something supportive to your partner each and every day? Be proactive, and take an action that your partner will appreciate, like starting dinner even if it's not your turn. Say a few words of kindness, like, "I love you. You mean a lot to me." And don't make your partner ask for a hug.
If the fear of abandonment becomes overwhelming, reach out for help. Abandonment fears can be a signal that there is something deeper going on. If you feel overwhelmed by fears of abandonment, or if your partner appears overwhelmed, it may be time to get some additional help. Don't hesitate to contact a mental health professional. The bravest thing you can do is to admit that you can't do it all on your own, as an individual or as a couple.
You, your partner, and fears of abandonment. It's normal to feel this way. But if you see something, say something. Acknowledge abandonment fears. Talk things out. Be clear on what you need. After all, you're a team.
Have you dealt with abandonment fears? What helped? What didn't? Add a comment below to share your experience and advice.


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I found a link to The Color Room over on Leanne's blog a little while ago - each week they post a palette of 4 colours, along with a sketch to inspire you. I loved this week's colours because they almost perfectly matched our wedding colours - pink, green, cream and lilac. We didn't have much purple, but hey, it's close enough!
Monday, 10 May 2010
The Color Room
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- Rachael said...
gorgeous page Jen and I love the colour combo :)
- 10 May 2010 at 13:28
- Scraptastic Mel x said...
This is a fab layout Jen. Really pretty and delicate. I like all the background strips too.
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- em said...
lovely! especially the title ;)
- 12 May 2010 at 19:43
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When I first came to Second Life one of the very first places I discovered was Renaissance Island. I have probably mentioned it in the past. They gave out free peasants clothes you could wear to be in character. I loved it.
It is a Tudor sim.
For those who don't know it is a sort of generic mock up of a small town/village in Tudor England. Tudor England is something I have been interested in since school.
It is very good though and tries hard to be authentic within the period it takes in. I do recommend it, especially during the winter when there is snow on the ground and often in the air and it is quite beautiful in the half light of an evening. There are docks, stores and a playhouse, replica of the Globe theatre.
I found out the other day she had passed on and they were going to have a memorial service for her and dedicate Devonshire Lane in her name.
She had quietly done quite a bit to help make Renaissance Island what it is. I had not known that.
So one Saturday in November found me standing in the cold on the snow covered ground of a small Tudor Town in SL remembering her.
Someone remarked that it was weird that the place was now starting to develop its own history, take on a life of its own.
Everyone broke up and went to look round and/or have conversations with one or two people.
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Right, today's post is dumplings. We love dumplings, all kinds of dumplings but I'm no good at it. It seems rather difficult to get a correct and soft dumpling pastry. After several attempts, I finally got one! This is really good and the pastry stay soft after few hours. I guess I'm successful this time!
Shandong Dumplings (山东饺子) a recipe adapted from the book "Joy of Making Dim Sum"by Patsie Cheong. Yes, I have had this book for long long time, but this the first time trying out her recipe..;p
** Remember to brush some oil onto the prepare plate or pan before placing the dumplings to steam.
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The event, titled "A Summer Soiree with Gwyneth Paltrow" because of course it is, will also include a look back at some of her most significant performances, a retrospective that should include "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Two Lovers" but not "Country Strong," "The Pallbearer" or "Shallow Hal."
Single tickets will cost you $400 to $1,000, and table sponsorships go for $5,000 to $50,000, so get ready to call all your wealthiest friends--especially the ones who are as delighted by on-set anecdotes as stories about being married to Mr. "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" and how you can really make your wallpaper pop by putting freshly baked corn muffins next to it, or something.
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I'll Worry About It Later: Toxic Financial Attitudes By Luke Landes
At various times throughout my life including the present, I've been guilty of having attitudes that could be damaging to my hopes for financial independence.
I am generally a laid-back person, and my lack of what can be called "urgency" has certainly damaged my corporate ladder-climbing options. Although I'm fine with that, and I have found ways to build my own ladder, I can understand how something like that can be frustrating.
In school, I was able to achieve highly relative to my peers without stressing much over my work. That might have given me the illusion that my achievement was due mainly to skill rather than effort — the stable side of attribution.
I later learned that would only take me so far, and excellence on a scale larger than my high school — or the set of all high-school aged clarinet players in the state of New Jersey — or working for a living on major projects — required much more than the token effort I was used to using.
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Nevertheless, I managed to avoid stress. Until recently, I didn't let bad situations affect me personally. I saw the urgency around me as mostly a show. I used to work in a corporate environment, in the back-office financial area.
Once in a while we had urgent projects to deal with, but for the most part, it wasn't an incredible busy job. Having come from a non-profit consisting of only ten or so people working on major, nationwide projects for which we needed five times as many people as we had, it was hard for me to take a lot of the false urgency seriously.
Yet I saw around me a culture where if you leave your desk, you have to walk quickly, as if you're on a mission to save a life.
I eventually transferred to a different department within the company, as did many others who were working for the same supervisor. I later talked to a co-worker who had done the same, and she had been one of those who took on this sense of full-time urgency in her work, regardless of how meaningless to the world it was (and all of our work was).
As we were talking about our former boss, she mentioned it was her first corporate job, and she was only acting in this way because she thought it's how you're supposed to act in an office setting.
But I took it to the extreme. Not only did I refuse to let work stress me and scoff at the idea of false sense of urgency, I tended to procrastinate. If there was a deadline, I often waited until the last minute, always keeping my faith that I can get what I need to do done within the limits of time. Sometimes I was right, and sometimes I was wrong.
Procrastination is a problem. For some, putting a task off for the future is a way of avoiding pressure or normalizing stress over time. Sometimes procrastination is a result of not knowing where to start. People put off a project because they'd rather it be perfect some time in the future than less than perfect today.
While you might put off cleaning the house until the hour before guests arrive and not suffer any consequences down the road, dealing with your money situation has to begin as soon as possible.
While there's a chance that you could suffer devastating financial consequences if you don't deal with problems before they grow, even small delays can eat away at your wealth thanks to the amplification effect of inflation.
I can't just say I wish I had known more about managing my money when I was a teenager. It's true I'd probably be in a better financial situation today, all other things being equal, had I begun to save money years before I did, but this isn't a message that encourages people to start something they're not ready to handle, like the personal responsibility of managing the future.
If I were to talk to a teenager to encourage her to start thinking about building financial skills today, I could relate it to her desires, like perhaps buying a car or paying for college, but it's still going to fall mostly on deaf ears, as we've seen from previous attempts to add money management classes to the high school curriculum.
Parents and leaders in the community have the responsibility for modeling good financial behavior, and encouraging examples of good financial behavior among teenagers and young adults. Part of this good behavior is starting to, at the very least, increase awareness of the role of money in life.
For the most part, kids shouldn't need to worry about adult concerns, and spend the limited years before adulthood as kids, but the danger arises when the attitude of holding onto childish things continues into adulthood.
When that happens, you end up with dangerous attitudes:
There will be time to save for retirement later.
I'll be able to pay off today's debt when I finally get a better paying job.
Health insurance is for old and sick people.
I can spend eight hours a day playing video games.
I'll start worrying about a house down payment when I start a family.
There are two main financial problems with this philosophy. First, it's more than likely time will run out before you properly prepare for whatever future financial need you might have. Second, you can do much better with more time on your side.
If you start saving for retirement by age 18, you could retire with hundreds of thousands of dollars more than if you start saving at age 35, even if you save much more money each year starting at age 35. The early bird really does get the worm thanks to compounding interest and compounding returns.
Not knowing where to start is not a good enough excuse for delaying. Three things to get you started are relatively simple.
Start tracking your money to understand where it goes and where it comes from.
Open a high-yield savings account.
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You don't need to be as passionate about personal finance as we are in order to get started now. You just need to understand the consequences of delay. If you wait, you may never be able to retire or leave the type of job where you don't want to work.
If you procrastinate, you will miss opportunities for financial growth. If you don't start putting in a little bit of effort today, it could take a lot of effort in the future to support your family.
You should feel a sense of urgency and a little bit of stress to move your finances in the right direction.
Putting off managing your finances until the future is one toxic attitude of many I'm discussing. The first was blaming others or the world for your situation. What tips do you have for discouraging financial procrastination?
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Congressman: "Muslim Brotherhood advising Obama"
The East Texas lawmaker was one of five Republican Congress members who stirred bipartisan controversy in June by raising concern about Muslim Brotherhood infiltration in the nation's capital.
In an interview Tuesday on Gohmert charged that the administration was taking advice from the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egypt-based movement formed after the demise of the Ottoman Turkish empire with the intent of helping establish Islamic rule worldwide.
"You look at the decisions [the Obama administration] made, especially in the last two years, in going through the revolutions in Northern Africa and across the Middle East and to the Far East," said Gohmert, "and the only way you can explain the horrendous decisions that were so completely wrongheaded would be if the administration had a bunch of Muslim Brotherhood members giving them advice."
Gaffeny's Center for Security Policy, where he serves as president, notes that security clearance guidelines for federal employees state a "security risk may exist when an individual's immediate family, including cohabitants and other persons to whom he or she may be bound by affection, influence, or obligation are not citizens of the United States or may be subject to duress."
The guidelines express concern for any "association or sympathy with persons or organizations that advocate the overthrow of the United States Government, or any state or subdivision, by force or violence or by other unconstitutional means."
Nevertheless, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank suggested researchers and lawmakers who have presented evidence of the Muslim Brotherhood ties of Abedin and her family are motivated by racism. He commented it's "hard to escape the suspicion" that the charges have "something to do with the way she looks and how she worships."
After the Gaffney interview Tuesday, Gohmert told KLTV-TV in Tyler, Texas, that there's "no question there's (Muslim Brotherhood) influence, the question is how much is there."
Gohmert recalled his questioning of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the issue.
"In front of our committee, I asked her how many members of her advisory committee were members of the Muslim Brotherhood, she said she didn't know," Gohmert told KLTV.
Gaffney asked Gohmert if the Muslim Brotherhood infiltration issue should be "raised anew and much more aggressively" as Congress investigates the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack and developments in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood president is asserting authoritarian powers.
"Absolutely," Gohmert said."I think it almost makes a prima facie case when you look at the decisions made by this administration over the last couple of years, or actually all four years."Hmmmm......"The future does not belong to those that slander the prophet."


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Marlin Fish Factories is a fish processing plant that appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The factory's logo can be seen on Mules, Yankees, and Boxvilles that drive mostly around Viceport and Escobar International Airport. They are characterized by the logo of a swordfish. However, the company's headquarters cannot be found anywhere in Vice City.
If the truck's back doors are destroyed, fish in wooden shipping crates can be seen.


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Police in Derbyshire are urging residents not to take part in an internet drinking craze which is sweeping the county.
The 'neck and nominate' game – which is proving a hit on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook – encourages participants to film themselves downing a drink in bizarre circumstances before nominating a pal to do the same.
Warning against the craze, a Derbyshire police spokesman said: "Drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short space of time can have very serious consequences.
"Apart from the risk of accident or injury as a result of drinking to excess and partaking in inappropriate behaviour, those involved could also be putting themselves in danger of becoming a victim or perpetrator of crime.
"I would urge people to act with responsibility when drinking alcohol and avoid putting themselves in unnecessary danger."
Two young men who died in Ireland over the weekend were both suspected victims of the craze.
Ross Cummins, 22, was found unconscious in a house in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday morning and died later in hospital amid reports he was drinking spirits at the time of his death.
Hours later, the body of Jonny Byrne, 19, was discovered floating in the river at Milford Bridge in County Carlow after apparently jumping in as part of a nomination.


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Proponents of the open-sourced GNU/Linux operating system are quick to compare it favorably to Microsoft Windows, citing a series of advantages for their favorite OS. The first one to come up is invariably price, an area where Linux can always claim victory, as US$0 is a difficult target for any closed-source software company to beat. However, price alone is rarely a convincing argument for switching operating systems, so other benefits are quickly put forward.
One of the most pervasive claims is that Linux runs better than Windows on older or low-end hardware. Typically this argument is accompanied by a claim that Microsoft software suffers from "bloat," which increases the base hardware requirements of the operating system. This argument is often used to support deployments of the GNU/Linux operating system in settings where PC hardware has not been upgraded in many years, such as schools, public access centers and computer labs in poor countries.
But does Linux really fare better in such environments? Microsoft, eager to win any battle for the desktop, no matter how small, sponsored an internal study to determine if there was any truth to these claims. While some may be quick to dismiss the claims of any Microsoft study on the usefulness of Linux, the results were still somewhat interesting.
The study tested four hardware configurations: a "1995" box with a 486 and 16 megs of RAM, a "1997" box with a Pentium 233 and 32 megs, a "1999" box with a PII 450 and 64 megs, and a "2001" box with a PIII 800 and 128 megs. Eight current distributions of Linux were tested, including Mandrake 10, SuSE Pro 9.2, Slackware 10.1 and Knoppix 3.7. These were matched up against Windows XP (curiously misspelled as "Windows XT" in the graph) and Windows Server 2003.
None of the operating systems installed and ran successfully on the 1995 hardware. Only Slackware and Knoppix worked on the 1997 hardware. When the clock was moved ahead to 1999, all operating systems except for Linspire, Xandros, and Windows Server 2003 were able to run. Every OS ran on the 2001 hardware, although Fedora Core 3 had a driver problem with the X Server.
Curiously, if you look at these results closely, they seem to confirm the idea that Linux will run on older hardware, at least if you are talking about Slackware and Knoppix specifically. However, overall the two operating systems ended up about the same. While this does tend to discredit the idea that "Linux runs faster on older hardware," at the very least, it runs no worse.
The other point that the study brings up is that some distributions fared significantly better than others. This leads into the third major benefit that Linux fans like to tout, the diversity and customization available with Linux that is not available with Windows. If Windows XP does not run on available hardware, you are pretty much out of luck. However, with Linux, different distributions are available that might work. In an extreme case, the operating system can be individually tailored for a specific installation. Microsoft's report argues that most people do not have the expertise to customize Linux in this way, and this is a valid point, but the ability is still there.
On the flip side, many Linux distributions had difficulty with getting X Server to work with older display adapters. In my personal experience, I have found that while really old versions of Linux would work fine on my Pentium 100 with 64 megs of RAM, a 2 meg SVGA card and an ancient 14" monitor, more modern ones simply refuse to configure X for graphical display and no amount of fiddling with configuration files can fix it. The problem of getting display drivers for old hardware is a valid concern, and Windows actually does fairly well in this respect.
However, in the end, it may all be a moot point. With new computers reaching the sub-US$300 level, most 1997-era hardware finds itself in a landfill, rather than in productive use. While it might be nice to tout the ability of Linux (certain distributions, at least) of running on older hardware, in practice this is something that is rarely done. And both platforms seem equally at fault in the "bloatware" category. I recently saw a magazine that came with a distribution of SuSE Linux (bundled with OpenOffice.org and many other free applications) being offered on a dual-sided, 8 gigabyte DVD. Contrast this with my AmigaOne, where the OS takes up only 30 megabytes in total and a whole slew of applications can fit on one 512 megabyte flash card.


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April 12, 2006
In a game featuring six Lipscomb pitchers, the Vanderbilt Commodores used a nine run sixth to blow the game open, leaving the Bisons with a 16-3 loss on Wednesday, April 12.
Right-hander Chandler Ganick received the start for the Bisons. He lasted 2.2 innings and gave up five earned runs on six hits. Ryan Carroll came in to relieve Ganick in the third.
The Commodores opened the scoring with three runs in the second. The Bisons got two of the runs back in the bottom of the inning. Zac Miller reached on a fielding error leading off the second for Lipscomb. The next batter, Ryan Mitchell, drilled a homerun to right to put the Bisons within one.
The Commodores added two more runs in both the third and fourth innings to give Vanderbilt a 7-2 lead.
Right-hander Josh Smith relieved Carroll in the top of the sixth, but could not get out of the inning. In 1/3 of an inning, he gave up seven runs, six earned, on four hits and two walks.
The Bisons added a run in the bottom of the inning. With two outs, Caleb Joseph walked. Whit Reed followed with an RBI double to bring the score to 16-3.
Matt Schnelly pitched a perfect seventh and Jordan Baron added two scoreless innings to close out the game.
Ryan Mitchell led the offense with two hits and two RBI's.
The Bisons are back in action when they travel to Buies Creek, NC, to take on Campbell, April 14-15.


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Reporting from New York -- After 40 years in television, Regis Philbin might finally get to sleep late. On Tuesday, during the opening segment of "Live With Regis and Kelly," the veteran talk show host announced that he will leave the early-morning program this summer or fall. As Philbin has co-anchored "Live" or its predecessor for the last 28 years, first with Cyndy Garvey, then Kathie Lee Gifford and currently with Kelly Ripa, his departure marks the end of one of the longest-running hosting jobs in television history.
"This will be my last year on this show," Philbin told a surprised studio audience. Though he didn't give an official explanation for his retirement, the 79-year-old has been struggling with his health, undergoing triple bypass surgery in 2007 and a hip replacement in 2009. "There is a time that everything must come to an end for certain people on camera -- especially certain old people," he joked.
Many will remember Philbin for that wiseacre wit, which earned him the nickname "Outregis" from Gifford, and helped establish his legacy as the morning-show king. Though he got his start as an NBC page and went on to play Joey Bishop's sidekick on "The Joey Bishop Show," coin catchphrases on ABC's hit game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," and banter with David Letterman on "Late Show," it was "Live" that brought his espresso-shot energy, big personality and avuncular jokes to a national audience.
"He's everyman to so many people," said Gifford on the Today" show, after Philbin made his announcement. "Nobody tells a story like Reeg does."
The move comes at a time when daytime TV is undergoing a massive changing of the guard. Oprah Winfrey will soon leave her network gig to focus on her OWN network. "The View" has been cycling through an ever-changing cast of co-hosts. Relative newcomers such as Tyra Banks are targeting a much younger demographic, leaving traditional daytime viewers to watch TV judges and therapists. Now it seems the only veteran talk show hosts are on late night, and even their numbers are dwindling since Piers Morgan took over Larry King's slot on CNN.
Meanwhile, dozens of younger cable personalities are vying to take their place. "In this age of media fractionalization, I don't think you can expect to see the ratings that Oprah or Regis got, simply because they've been there since the 1980s," said Brad Adgate, vice president of research at Horizon Media. "You're going to have viewers experimenting to see what else is on."
Philbin reached a comfort level with viewers, says Adgate, because "he spent more hours on television than anybody in the history of the medium." (Philbin currently holds the Guinness World Record for broadcast hours, racking up more than 15,600.) "People have gotten very comfortable with Regis. They know all his digressions and how much he loves Notre Dame. ABC can find someone to replace him, but finding someone who feels that familiar to people will be tough."
Philbin hosted KABC-TV's top-rated "A.M. Los Angeles" from 1975 to 1981 before taking on the New York-based "Live" (known as "The Morning Show" when it premiered back in 1983.) He helped make it No. 1 in the market with his man-about-town manner and neighborly Bronx accent. "Regis was Mr. New York," said Bill Carroll, a vice president at Katz Media, an industry consulting firm. "He went to all the openings and spent time with Donald Trump. He had a pretty active evening life outside of the show, because he knew that was what he was going to have to talk about."
Kathie Lee Gifford joined him in 1985, and the program soon debuted in national syndication with a new title, "Live With Regis & Kathie Lee." The duo's playful bickering and kitchen-table conversational style felt so real, people often thought that Philbin and Gifford were married. By the time Ripa replaced Gifford in 2001, the program's naturalistic format had influenced a whole generation of talk shows.
"You've just got two people in the studio, and the thing costs about 5 cents to produce -- a lot of people copied that," said Adgate. "You look at 'The View' and 'The Talk' and the 'Today' show and they're all takeoffs of what Regis did -- it's just that most of them are women. Who's to say? They could replace him with a female."
In the coming months, Disney-ABC Television Group will name a new co-host to join Ripa, who celebrates 10 years with 'Live' next month. Already, analysts are speculating about who might step in to replace Philbin. Even Larry King threw his hat in the ring. "I would sit in for him for a few weeks," he told "Inside Edition" on Tuesday. "I would get a kick out of that."
But can the show survive without its most famous face?
"How do you replace someone like Regis?" Adgate asks. "Well, how do you replace someone like Oprah? The answer is, you can't. He's been there for four generations. It's really the end of an era."


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I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my blog in May. It's nice to know that you are all out there and you add so much to this blog.
This list is inspired by Apple from Apple's Tree who started doing shout outs in February. In order to be included in my list, you must have a genealogy blog and it must be linked to your comment.


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Patricia Taboada-Serrano
Dr. Patricia Taboada-Serrano received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (Bolivia), her M.S. from the Universidad Simón Bolivar (Venezuela) and her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She began her research on interfacial and colloidal phenomena in separation and energy systems during her PhD studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology where she used molecular-scale experimental and modeling techniques to identify the assumptions responsible for the failing of classical colloids theory to depict real systems and to prove the occurrence of electrolyte-mediated like-charge attractions in colloidal systems. She obtained her PhD in December 2005. In January 2006 she joined the Environmental Sciences and the Nuclear Sciences Divisions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a post-doctoral researcher where she expanded her research interests towards the exploitation and utilization of gas hydrates. From July 2008 to December 2010, Patricia was an Adjunct Professor at the Universidad Católica Boliviana and Projects Manager for the Alalay Foundation and UNICEF, in her native country Bolivia. In August 2011, Patricia joined RIT as an assistant professor in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department. She has taught a wide array of engineering courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.
The findings of Patricia's research efforts have been presented in numerous international conferences and published in numerous journals. Her recognitions include a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Fellowship from 2001 to 2003. Patricia serves as reviewer for several scientific journals. She also serves in two Committees for the promotion of the participation of women in science, engineering and medicine: (1) the Inter American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) Women for Science Working Group, and (2) the Committee for Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine (CWSEM) of the U.S. National Academies (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC).
Research Areas
Patricia's research interests are in the area of colloids and surface science, specifically within the challenges encountered in water resources management and conservation, the water-energy nexus and the water and carbon cycles. Her current research projects include the study of the physicochemical processes governing the behavior of charged species in aquatic environments, the design and development of novel water treatment and purification methods, and gas hydrates for water treatment, gas production and carbon sequestration. Research efforts involve combining analytical tools and modeling approaches at different scales, from the molecular to the macro scale, with the ultimate goal of designing pollution mitigation strategies and intensified treatment processes, and understanding environmental impacts of human activity.
Recent Publications
- Walker, M.E.; McFarlane, J.; Glasgow, D.C.; Chung, E.; Taboada-Serrano, P.; Yiacoumi, S.; Tsouris, C. "Influence of radioactivity on surface interaction forces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2010, 350:595.
- Taboada-Serrano, P.; Ulrich, S.; Szymcek, P.; McCallum, S.; Phelps, T. J.; Palumbo, A.; Tsouris, C. "A multi-phase, micro-dispersion reactor for the continuous production of methane gas hydrate", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48:6448.
- Hou, C.-H.; Taboada-Serrano, P.; Yiacoumi, S.; Tsouris, C. "Monte Carlo simulation of electrosorption selectivity of ions from mixtures of electrolytes inside nanopores", J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 129:224703.
- Taboada-Serrano, P.; Hou, C.-H.; Vithayaveroj, V.; Yiacoumi, S., Tsouris, C. "Comparison between Effective Electrode/Eletrolyte Interface Potential and Applied Potential for Gold Electrodes", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47:3525.
- Szymcek, P.; McCallum, S.D.; Taboada-Serrano, P.; Tsouris, C. "A Pilot-Scale Continuous-Jet Hydrate Reactor", Chem. Eng. J. 2008, 135:71.
- Hou, C.-H.; Taboada-Serrano, P.; Yiacoumi, S.; Tsouris, C. "Monte Carlo Simulations of Electrical Double-layer Formation from Mixtures of Electrolytes inside Nanopores", J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 128:044705.


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Two Lindenwood University education students were selected as officers for the Missouri State Student Council for Exceptional Children at a state meeting held at the Tan-Tar-A Resort March 24-26.
Two other students, juniors Tracy Pohlman of St. Ann, Mo., and Kelly Bothe of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo., along with associate professor of education Rebecca Panagos, Ph.D., also attended the meeting.
All four students are officers for the Lindenwood Student Council for Exceptional Children. The university chapter holds monthly meetings and fundraisers. The students have also adopted a classroom for the past three years, the cross-categorical room at Coverdell Elementary School in St. Charles. They design a number of activities for the young students, including a pen-pal program and an annual party.
Panagos, Waldram and Lindenwood senior Laura Schultz of St. Charles, Mo., will attend the International Conference of the Council for Exceptional Children in Vancouver, British Columbia in April.
For more information on the Lindenwood University education program, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at (636) 949-4949.


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Recently there's been a few requests for material to help interviewees prepare for their interviews. Bina from @PlainTalkingHR made a request during the weekend of 15-16th January, and Emma from @onatrainagain made a similar request and blog post last weekend.
Naturally, I rallied to the call and sent some material off to both Bina and Emma. I have been involved in a number of restructures over the years: interview technique and CV development workshops have always been part of the programme of change. I delivered my first workshop almost 10 years ago. And today, Friday 28th January, you'll find me in Plymouth on my feet delivering a similar workshop.
However, the recent call for material has made me think about how much support there is for interviewees, particularly those who are going for jobs in other organisations – what is there out there for them?
Looking on Amazon Kindle and there's a wealth of interview tips books. But having recently read a few of the ones that are for sale for less than £5 (for research purposes only), they don't tell you anything that you don't already know: turn up on time; maintain eye contact etc
A quick flick around the internet, it's easy to come across lots of video clips on on how not to interview. And the serious ones are top & tailed by adverts which is just plain annoying. (If you can get past the adverts, the short clips from Career Concierge are helpful to a job seeker).
There are websites with loads of sample questions: ones that lend themselves to hypothetical or superficial answers. These aren't the type of questions I like to ask in interviews. I prefer questions that look to assess a candidate's ability to do the job based on past experience and the ability to learn from that. One website went as far as suggesting what answers candidates should give at interview too!
I found some good stuff too. There's a blog called Interview Skills. If you like what they are writing about, you can then go on to attend one of their interview coaching courses. I also found a website giving you a trial psychometric test. I tried it, but had to sign up to get the results.
I thought I'd try out a free e-course. I've done the first "day" and I'm awaiting my next email, which is due "in a few days". And I'm not entirely clear how long the e-course is? Not sure whether this is part of the marketing strategy….but if I was preparing for a job interview, I wouldn't have the patience to wait.
One website claimed:
"In fact, a recent survey showed that 9 out of 10 interview candidates failed to prepare properly for their job "
And to be honest, I'm not surprised as there isn't much information out there (for free) to help job seekers. From my brief research, I feel there's little material out there of any real depth……unless you're prepared to pay for it. And unless you're already in a job, can you afford to?
Postscript: If I've missed a goldmine of interview tips, please let me know.


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Number 3: Surf's Up for Science
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A New Robot for the Deep Frontier
Hybrid vehicle will enable scientists to reach the deepest trenches.
Breaking Waves and Shifting Sands
Nearly all theoretical models that explain the physics of the deep ocean break down and go haywire near the shore. The coast is a puzzle with a thousand moving pieces.
National Security in the Surf Zone
There is an obvious but often unspoken reason for studying how waves and currents behave on different coasts with different seafloor profiles: national security.
Public Science, Public Service
Three months of field work in Southern California brought its share of unexpected and extracurricular developments for scientists in the Nearshore Canyon Experiment.
Ocean Science in the Jungle
One man's dream is another man's laboratory.
Launching into Coastal Research
Tioga is a quick hit for scientists
Rewriting the Story of Earth's Formation... Slowly
Henry Dick dredges up a new seafloor ridge.
Study Suggests Atlantic Responds to Global Warming
Ruth Curry finds northern waters are fresher; tropics are saltier.
WHOI Researchers Among the "Most Cited"
Scientists writing papers that matter to other scientists.
WHOI Waypoints: Federal Funding for Ocean Science Remains Tight
Oceanographers are struggling to find light at the end of the funding tunnel, as federal spending on ocean science remained relatively flat in 2004 and is expected to just keep pace with inflation in 2005.
WHOI Waypoints: Warm Memories for Cold Associates
Iceberg arches, penguin rookeries, and the footsteps of explorer Ernest Shackleton were just some of the highlights of the winter 2004 expedition of WHOI Associates.


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BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is questioning the wisdom of so-called ''stand your ground'' laws following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
Asked if Zimmerman should face federal civil rights charges in the death of Martin, who was black, Warren said the Justice Department is considering the question, but the jury has spoken.
The Massachusetts Democrat said the goal should be to create a country ''not just where some of us are safe, but where all of our children are safe.''
Fellow Democratic Sen. Edward Markey questioned whether the laws might embolden someone who is armed to pursue an unarmed individual and then fire if that person turns to confront them.
(now if he had stopped right there he probably wouldn't have been charged. But he then walks up to the side of the suv and continues to fire into the side windows at the remaining occupants.)
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|Recipe for Homemade Finnish Mustard
Mustard only comes in garish-yellow plastic squeeze bottles and pricey shelf-stable jars, yes? No more! Here's a homemade mustard for special occasions, made with just a few pantry ingredients and a quick stir on the stove. This mustard is a personal favorite, from the year I lived in Finland as an exchange student.
In Finland, sauna is pronounced SOW-na, not SAW-na and its ritual is revered in the lives of Finnish families. If you picture an American girl just-turned 18 and a just-arrived exchange student, you'll understand why my first Finnish sauna was unnerving.
The setting was idyllic, a treeless stonecrop island in the Finnish archipelago on a golden September afternoon. As my Finnish 'sister' and I gathered driftwood along the shore to stoke the sauna fire, she explained the routine: men and women together, seated naked in a tiny hut heated to 180F, beating our backs with fresh birch branches, sweating until the heat was unbearable, diving straight into the cold sea. Yikes, Rotary International hadn't prepared me for this!
My Finnish hosts were kind. On this day, my 'sister' and I went to sauna together, followed by her father and boyfriend. Twas exhilarating!
Equally memorable was the 'makkara' – sausage – we cooked afterward on sticks over the sauna stove, then dabbed in a sweet-hot 'sinnapi' – mustard. Ever since, I purchase a dozen tubes of Finnish mustard whenever possible; when Pille from nearby Estonia and Nami-Nami visited, I even requested a special delivery. Now that Finnish Mustard can be made at home? Bring on the makkara, bring on the sauna.
For a sweet-hot, soft and smoothable mustard, make this an hour or two before serving. Once refrigerated, the mustard thickens and its heat moderates. It will soften again if left out but not as much as at first.
Time to table: 1 hour
Makes 1-1/2 cups
- 5 tablespoons hot dry mustard powder (such as Colman's English Mustard)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 1 cup cream
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- Juice of half a lemon (about 1 tablespoon)
In a bowl, smash together the mustard, sugar and salt with the back of a spoon, working out all the lumps and combining thoroughly. Transfer to a medium saucepan and set heat to medium low. A tablespoon at a time, add the cream, incorporating each spoonful before adding another. Stir in the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring nearly constantly. When it boils, cook at a low boil for 7 to 8 minutes, stirring often, until the mixture thickens and darkens a bit. Let cool and transfer to a serving container or glass jar for the refrigerator. Will keep for several weeks.
How to use Finnish Mustard: Slather on ham for sandwiches. Stir into hot cooked vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage. Just try to stop yourself from eating it off a spoon, straight from the jar!
Today is the 54th wedding anniversary of my Finnish parents.
Onnea, onnea, Vesa ja Liisa! Happy anniversary, I love you both!
Much to even my own surprise, Homemade Finnish Mustard is one of the Kitchen Parade recipes I make most often! I keep a jar on hand all the time - and it's not difficult because it lasts for two and even three months when well-refrigerated. It's a must when cooking a ham. It's fabulous for making salad dressing. It moves sandwiches from good to great. I'll stir a tablespoon into a pound of steamed vegetables: perfect.
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Highlights from 'Climate Change in Colorado'
Current statewide temperatures: 2 degrees warmer than 30 years ago
Future temperature increase: Projected at 2.5 to 6.5 degrees by 2050
Consequences of future warming: More heat waves, wildfires and drought
Future snowpack: Melting one to four weeks earlier than 30 years ago
Read the full report: wwa.colorado.edu/climate/co2014report
Colorado's climate has warmed by about 2 degrees over the past 30 years and is expected to see another increase of at least that much by 2050 with widespread implications for water supply, according to a comprehensive report released Tuesday.
Increasing temperatures are expected to reduce the amount of water in many of the state's streams and rivers, melt mountain snowpack earlier in the spring and increase the amount of water needed by crops and cities, according to the new report, "Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation."
The report for the Colorado Water Conservation Board was produced by Western Water Assessment, which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado.
"Despite some uncertainties around precipitation, it's clear that as temperatures rise in Colorado, there will be impacts on our water resources," said Jeff Lukas, lead author of the new report and a researcher at Western Water Assessment, which is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"Already, snowmelt and runoff are shifting earlier, our soils are becoming drier, and the growing season has lengthened," Lukas said. "Wildfires and heat waves have become more common, too. Climate projections suggest those trends — all of which can affect water supply and demand — will continue."
Although the findings of the report are intended for use by the state's water resource planners, it stops short of recommending specific steps or strategies.
"The report provides information. Just the facts," Lukas said in a teleconference concerning the report. "It's not intended to persuade or promote a particular course of action with respect to the state's water resources."
James Eklund, director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, said the report underscores the "variability" in the state's climate influences, and pointed out that 18 states depend on water that originates in Colorado.
"Having a better understanding of the science, and where we are most vulnerable, helps us make educated decisions going forward."
The executive summary of the report states: "The recent warming trend in Colorado is in step with regional and global warming that has been linked to increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases."
It stated that annual precipitation shows high natural variability, and a statewide trend over the past 30 years is not detectable. But some drought indicators have worsened due to warmer temperatures.
And, while temperatures are expected to climb further by mid-century, overall increases or decreases in precipitation are both possible, with the southern part of the state seeing the greatest chance for decreased precipitation.
Warming, human activities 'plausibly linked'
The 2-degree increase in temperatures over the past 30 years in Colorado, the report states, "is plausibly linked to anthropogenic (human-caused) influences, but that "definitive attribution" is "difficult."
When the northern Front Range saw record-shattering rain in September 2013 — including 11.52 inches of rain for Boulder in a two-day period — many wondered if the deluge was a storm that might be attributable to climate change. Tuesday's report does not make that connection.
It found "no statistically significant trends" in precipitation over the past 100 years and stated that "including the September 2013 Front Range rainfall event in the trend analyses would not change this conclusion."
Further, it states, "The unusually moist and persistent weather pattern in the 2013 event was very similar to the pattern" seen in a devastating flood that occurred in 1938. "Thus, the atmospheric setup for the 2013 event was rare but not unprecedented, and climate change does not need to be invoked to explain the pattern itself."
The report says it is "very uncertain" whether a slow-moving monsoonal system such as the 2013 rain and flood event might be more frequent, with future climate change.
The report states, "All climate model projections indicate future warming in Colorado," with the statewide average annual temperatures projected to climb 2.5 to 5 degrees by 2050 under a medium- to low-emissions scenario. Under a high-emissions scenario, the projected warming at mid-century is put at 3.5 degrees to 6.5 degrees.
The report says an additional 2-degree increase would make Denver's 2050 temperatures feel like Pueblo's today. A 4-degree increase would make Denver feel like Lamar, in southeastern Colorado, and a 6-degree increase "would push Denver's temperatures beyond any found in Colorado today, to more like those in Albuquerque, New Mexico, today."
In its conclusion, the report credits Colorado "water entities" for being at the forefront of incorporating climate change into long-term planning. It also preaches flexibility in looking to the state's uncertain future.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board is charged with delivering a draft of a Colorado Water Plan ordered last year by Gov. John Hickenlooper to his desk by Dec. 10, and Eklund said Tuesday's report is the type of document that can help bolster it.
"It's very helpful because we need to know what the realm of possibility is," Eklund said.
"If we don't know the true extent (of potential effects), we could find ourselves where Australia found themselves in the drought they entered into around 2000. They were doing planning and modeling and saying things could get bad, but they didn't think they could get as bad as they got."
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Long ago (15 years ago now or so) a group I was gaming with collectively had the epiphany that an RPG can simulate things, it can foster story and it can create a player versus game master and/or player combat. Some systems might be held up as being able to do all that well but in my experience RPGs work on a sliding scale. You amp up RP too much and combats tend to suffer (unless your just narrating as GMs and/or Players whats happening but even there I'd argue from a combat perspective for the vast majority of groups that just wouldn't be as satisfying in most cases). You dial up combat too much and you have 2 or 3 hour combats that interrupt the RP too much and get people off track (IMO this is one of the downsides of grid based D&D).
Game masters and players can use those tools provided by said system to create/weave a collective story together. That is pretty much it right?
Yes duh ... we all know that and have known it since we first played RPGs. All I know though is for me at that time even though I'd played RPGs off and on since I was a kid I hadn't verbalized it (going back 15 years to the eureka moment) and thought about it in mechanical terms like that.
Now since that time I've listened to other gamers pontificate, I've pontificated, I've listened to people on their blogs and podcasts pontificating about this or that "trope this" "5th wall that" "simulator this" "indie ... old school ... whatever ... that" ... yada yada .. and at the end of the day its still just extending the discussion on "what is an RPG" but really the simplicity gets lost in all the esoteric jargony discussion.
RPGs are just a guide on how to sit around a table and weave a collective story/narrative (operative term there). Now that isn't to say that a combat heavy game isn't the same thing ... of course it is ...that game's story is just alot more about the fights that take place than about what the characters do outside of fighting. Its all the same thing really it just depends on what the group feels like doing. Role playing games are simply a guideline to facilitate a shared story experience amongst a group of players.
Anymore to me a few things come into play that have nothing really to do with mechanics per say its more to do with players willingness to put time in to learn rules and to spend time playing the games.
The more complex rules are the larger commitment GMs and players have to make to learn the rules and while 20 years ago that wasn't that big of a deal to get people to spend a little time to buy in ... today ... unless you find people that are ultra passionate about RPGs your going to be hard pressed to find people who want to read a 250 page rule book and memorize a 50-100 page combat section ... JUST TO PLAY the game. Then show up each week and hope everyone else does and hope that the game doesn't go to hell because someone does something crazy or someone's work schedule suddenly changes or whatever.
Its sad because as we age we get more life stuff to deal with combined with our collective lack of time and willpower to break away from facebook and steam long enough to get in the car and get together to do tabletop gaming is making campaign style RPGs an endangered species. I don't dislike the complex stuff but I see it as less and less realistic to pull off as there are just so few people who have the time and the inclination to do games like that anymore. On a side note I guess its why I'm also very much drawn to mini gaming and board games because those are so much easier to pull off with a broader audience.


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Four-time Grammy winner embarks on "Light The Fuse Tour 2013" this summer
Coming out from behind the judges' table and onto the "Idol" stage, four-time Grammy Award winner and "American Idol" judge Keith Urban will perform on Thursday's "American Idol" live results show ("Idol's 450th episode; 8 p.m. on FOX). Urban heads out this summer on his "Light The Fuse Tour 2013." Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5.
Urban has had 14 No. 1 songs, including 28 Top 5 hits. His 2010 album, "Get Closer," generated three consecutive No. 1 singles: "You Gonna Fly," "Long Hot Summer" and "Without You."
Also on Thursday night's live results show, OneRepublic, featuring season five runner-up Katharine McPhee, will perform the hit single "If I Lose Myself." Season 11 finalist Colton Dixon will perform his new single, "Love Has Come For Me."
On "American Idol" Wednesday, the top eight - Lazaro Arbos, Janelle Arthur, Candice Glover, Kree Harrison, Amber Holcomb, Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor and Devin Velez - performed for America's votes. The performance show's theme was "Detroit: The Music of Motor City."
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Hello everyone and welcome to a little feature we like to call the TiPb celebrity iPhone and iPad sightings roundup! Time to take a little break from your daily routine and relax with a little gossip from the world of the rich and famous. What do all of these celebrities have in common? They all were spotted with an iPhone or iPad, of course. Check out a ton of pictures after the break, and if you spot a celebrity rocking an iPhone or iPad, drop us an email at so we can include them in the next roundup, next week!
Please note: Some pictures may from time-to-time be NSFW (Not Safe For Work) so use discretion when viewing.
Adriana Lima makes a call on her iPhone while at the gym.
Amanda Seyfried chats on her iPhone while out and about.
Courtney Love with her iPhone.
Eva Longoria checks her phone while out shopping.
Gwen Stefani attended Kate Hudson's Halloween party this weekend, dressed as Cinderella. No princess is complete without her iPhone, and Gwen threw in some Tic Tacs for good measure.
Jennifer Love Hewitt looking.. well, frumpy. She has a red case on her iPhone, at least that looks nice.
Jessica Alba, looking beautiful as always in a casual summer dress, chats on her iPhone.
I don't know much about Jodi Gordon, but she looks hot soaking up the sun on the beach with her iPhone.
Twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon look ready to party!
Rashida Jones dressed as a Blow Pop for Halloween. I hope she didn't get her iPhone sticky.
Here is Rumer Willis in Beverly Hills with her white iPhone.
Andy on The Office, just as he receives word on his iPhone that the boss is coming the Halloween party!


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But not for HBO's Game of Thrones. In fact, Sean Bean is the lead in a new action/thriller film Cleanskin, which is filming in London as we type this. According to ITN, which provides a photo & brief video interview of the actor in his current look,
the film will be shooting for the next six week.
(Note: See our update which, thanks to a commenter at the A Song of Ice and Fire forum, shows that this was a single day reshoot for a film that was completed in the spring.)
This fits with the news that much of the Winterfell footage is waiting until September to be filmed. Given that we had reports of Bean being available the first week or two of shooting, we suppose that they've done some work with him, but not a lot. The bulk of his scenes as Eddard Stark—both in Winterfell and King's Landing—will have to be filmed at the end of September and right through to December, when filming is scheduled to end.


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Outlook 2013: How to Invest in Emerging Markets
The year ahead will present an opportunity for investing in key emerging markets. Schroders co-head of Emerging Market Debt James Barrineau joins Markets Hub to discuss. Photo: Reuters.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... joining us now is James and James ... Addy from Kenya during two thousand twelve were wondering what is the outlook for emerging market debt in two thousand thirteen ... what James Barrow which orders thank you so much for joining us as we talked about ... emerging market debt had this banner two thousand twelve ... aam across the region from land and to ... Asia and across the board ... can we replicate that this year ... and probably not ... but the environment still pretty robust we always looking global liquidity is the big driver and obviously we've still got tons of global liquidity ... in fact we may be getting close to global liquidity if the BOJ it's time to ... raising imagine the scene for for three months Shinzo of advantage and thus enjoy Ave ... as it looks like he's going to pressure the Bank of Japan decreasing was measures on top of what he's going to do with his own administration ... where are the emerging market areas in Asia that would benefit we know about ... the place that China really impacts would is Japan really ... would would fall through well ... we don't think of it in terms of who might benefit those who might actually get hurt in the yen really contains ... a fairly steep decline in those countries ... that basically compete with Japan like Oreos ... maybe some other of the pack ... countries in Asia ... may feel compelled to stop the appreciation of their own currencies ... one of things we for our desk a lot in terms of look into twenty thirteen is what America weaker lot about Mexico with reliable Argentina where a lot of that being the place that could ... I'm ... that could outperform other markets YouTube leave that as well or is that to what you see in London on growth is still surprisingly robust and Latin America had given what's happening in the last of Mexico's in great shape ... they're getting marketshare from China's Chinese wages rise ... Brazil is a little bit more shaky but if agricultural prices come back they'll be fine ... so in general on the region is holding up in yields are higher in Latin America ... both the local currency and our dad so that should be where most he returned to generate ... a mention is this to murder this difference in local currency ... and and importers debt what's interesting is ... that she was such a big run in those foreign currency bonds ... and invasive across the board where's the where with the divergence BB in that set of emerging market debt to share while that's where people should focus we think the cause the dollar emerging and especially the investment grade sovereign debt ... he is unlikely to perform new is well was arrested the asset class so we always ... are advising investors to take a more diversified approach emerging markets which is when ... we do because that investment grade sovereigns and very much tied to U S Treasurys ... create a selloff in U S Treasuries there's a potential create negative returns there ... corporate bonds still look good local currency bonds still look good so you really have to ... be focused on specific sectors of the asset class based in or out of place that that that was prickly interesting as ... there was a lot of run into Egypt ... in years past ... has invented a honestly tear when you're ... up for them locally but this summer with easing efforts haven't ... been as hard as you might expect what are your thoughts on each of which is really ... the fulcrum between ... for meals and what a great investment from a political standpoint a terrible past ... it is a very shaky environment the need to get an IMF steel to backstop the foreign reserves which are falling dramatically ... the currency has been very shaky ... so it's not a place we would jump into right now we think eventually I'll get an IMF deal to kind of stabilize the situation ... but certainly that is probably one of the most uncertain emerging markets ... and then distort the Verity of course for Europe obviously ... the euro zone has had its back and forth over the last stop was seems like the entire alliance and yet it still hung in there still there and ... you wonder about some places like hungry ... you wonder about the opera for Europe that ... today the join the euro based out that they have their own debt to worry about ... how he looked at her for Europe as a place ... it seemed like a likable like last year given ... you get all the potential rebounds in Europe we don't have the overhang of the euro itself ... that's exactly right so investors really made tremendous gains in European peripheral euro ... by ... the weeks in Europe in local currency screened in ... so there's not a whole lot to go there but the currencies ... are very tied to the euro secure view is that the euro will appreciate you can do well in emerging Europe local currency ... what could change the key source for joining us thank you ... please make sure to read more of which it has a say on James is the co head of emerging market debt at Schroders ...


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Add accented flats to your favorite effortless, go-everywhere outfit. Contrasting color blocks, skinny jeans and a flourish of an oversized scarf give you a look that takes you from day to night with ease.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
The power of SCIENCE
My sketches!
Spread 1: Eating salmon may help prevent alzheimer's!
Spread 2: Nasa is testing out a more fuel efficient engine lubricant on a fleet of carpet-industry trucks! (way to get in there, carpet industry!) AND seismic detectors exist and cellphones exist--why not combine them to create an early warning system?
Spread 3: The CDC's Global Disease Detection Program is like the SWAT team of infectious disease threats! (I only wish they had giant robot syringes and a bank of disease screens, though) ALSO patient medical history will soon be available to doctors on iPads, because doctors like to be cool too. (and efficient!) PLUS: Solar powered dairy farms=cheaper milk! Solar powered cows not included.
These illustrations may be some of my new favorite editorial pieces! Science is always pretty fun to learn about, and my designer Natalie and my art director Rick were both very excited and open to my ideas. A big thank-you to them, they were great to work with! Plus, I think I drew the best ear I've ever drawn on that opening spread with the salmon. (the secret: find good reference)
11 comments:
- jordynb said...
You are amazing.
- July 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- Marloes de Vries said...
Wow, it looks amazing! I'm always so impressed by your work!
- July 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- ETCIllustration said...
Wow, awesome editorial series! What fun solutions to the article's visual problems!
- July 28, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- Taj Nabhani said...
i love the cell-phone/earthquake one that ended up in colour. Some of these are in unique shapes, did the AD send you the layout to fill in with your illustrations?
- July 28, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- ADELA KANG said...
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR WORK... every single time I'm amazed!!!
- July 28, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Michael Cho said...
Great concepts and, as always, a beautiful colour palette. Kudos.
- July 28, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- Kali Ciesemier said...
Thanks everyone!!! So glad you all like it!
Taj-- Yup, the designer had a general idea of how many illustrations were needed and where we could fit in illustrations. She sent me the layouts with text on it so I could work around the text however I wanted. (for instance, originally the salmon image only needed to cover one page, but they liked my sketch of the salmon/hair extending behind the text)
- July 28, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- spoff said...
Fantastic! You amaze me anew, every time.
- July 28, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Brian said...
MC Escher would enjoy this work.
- August 3, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Jordan Jeffries said...
Well, these are just fantastic.
And I love seeing it right above ol' Roose.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Gia aka Miato! said...
These are beautiful. the color palette has me awed. By the way, I'd love to know if you added your own lettering or if you used an ready-made font, just for science.
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Earth : Europe : Ukraine : Central Ukraine : Sumy
Sumy is a city in Central Ukraine.
Sumy was founded in the 17th century by cossaks as fortess. During long period of time city was one of the centers in Slobozhanschina (historical province between Russia and Ukraine). Now Sumy is a centre of provice (oblast).
Get in
By plane
As of today no regular flyghts to Sumy.
By train
From Kyiv: 4 daily trains From Kharkiv: 5 daily trains From Russia: by train Moscow-Sumy or by lot of trains with changing in Konotop (120 km from Sumy) For timetables see site of the Ukrzaliznytsya [[1]]
By minibus
Regular comfortable minibuses (marshrutkas) from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk. You can use it by 2 ways: 1) call to the bus-company for booking place in the mini-bus (+380542600089 to Elit-express, +380509339093 to Sun-auto) 2) go to the place of departing and ask driver about free places. In Kyiv it is close from central railway station (to the left after exiting from the main entrance). You should seek minibus (Mercedes or Volkswagen) with russian tablet "Сумы"
Get around
By public transport or by taxi.
Two beautiful central streets (Soborna and Voskresenska), Uvileynyi stadium, river Psel etc.
Go to the Art museum. One of the best collection in Ukraine: Western, Russian and Ukrainian art.
The best way will be rent a flat. Ask at the newspaper kiosk about newspaper with ads.
Get out
Putyvl - During the Second World War Soviet partisans led by Sydir Kovpak started their guerrilla war against the Germans in the forests near Putyvl. The main architectural monument of Putivl is the Molchansky Monastery, which is largely of 17th century date.


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