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Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra's Kiss Me Kate features local and national talent! We are pleased to introduce you to the Broadway performers playing our lead characters – Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi. Michele Ragusa (Lilli Vanessi/"Katherine") is thrilled to be sharing the stage, once again, with Maestro Matthew Kraemer! Previously, they have wowed audiences with concert
I have always been drawn to the great musicals of Broadway's golden era: those works created from the 1940s through 1960s. The musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and Leonard Bernstein, to name a few of the towering figures of the era, were generally scored with a rich orchestral
Music Director Matthew Kraemer and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra present Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate featuring Broadway artists, Ben Davis and Michele Ragusa. The semi-staged production directed by James Brennan welcomes a 16-voice chorus and area talent in this one-of-a-kind experience. Performances scheduled Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, May 20 at 3 PM
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Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (ICO) and Music Director Matthew Kraemer announce their 2018-19 Season which combines the beauty and thrills of live orchestral music designed to challenge the senses. The multi-sensory season features collaborations with area arts and cultural organizations and international artists, including the world's premier pipa virtuoso Wu Man, a new work by Michael Torke, violinist


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Dan Walker: 'You might be mistaken' Breakfast star issues SCATHING response to critic
DAN WALKER issued a brutal response to one Twitter who took issue with one of his comments yesterday.
The BBC Breakfast star is known to be one celebrity who is keen to engage with his fans and even his critics on Twitter. Dan recently engaged in a Twitter back and forth with both Peter Lloyd and Piers Morgan on his Twitter account which is followed by almost 563,000 people. This week, BBC Breakfast has been tackling the issues of mental health and menopause.
One of Dan's followers asked the BBC star if he could re-watch one of the segments as they suffered from mental issues.
In response to the follower's question as to when they could re-watch the segment, Dan replied that it would be on BBC iplayer.
Replying to Dan's tweet, one Twitter user responded: "Dan, no one watches catch up tv."
In a quick and honest response, Dan replied to the man by insisting that "he was mistaken".
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Dan said: "John, I think you might be mistaken.
"As an example there were nearly 11 million iPlayer requests for episode 1 of Bodyguard.
"There are thousands of people who catch up on BBC Breakfast every day."
On Tuesday, Dan also engaged in a Twitter exchange with self-styled "old-school liberal" Peter Lloyd.
Peter accused Dan of being overly sensitive to a recent Daily Mirror article following the BAFTAs where it listed Jodie Whittaker as one of the worst dressed at the awards.
After, Peter accused Dan of taking "the wokest response" to the article, Dan quickly hit back.
The BBC Breakfast star said: "Peter, I don't always get the tone right but I just think belittling others isn't the way forward.
"Have a good one."
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In response, Peter highlighted an article titled, "Stop white men explaining stuff, says BBC boss" in order to continue the debate.
However, the BBC star refused to draw out the debate after a few more exchanges from the two.
Dan ended it by saying: "You're better than that Peter.
"Have a lovely Tuesday."
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Podcasting, a term for a genre of narrative audio, is a portmanteau of the words "pod," borrowed from Apple's iPod, and the word "broadcast." The new digital medium grew popular and eventually withered sometime around 2009 and 2010 following the introduction of video streaming and music streaming.
New York magazine writer, Kevin Roose, has written an article about the resurrection of podcasting. While "on-demand" audio streaming paved the way to the revival, economics and improved quality were also seen as strong contributing factors, writes Roose.
Podcasters are simply doing it better these days. Three popular podcast shows include "Serial," "99% Invisible," and "StartUp." Producing a podcast is also cheaper than a regular TV or radio show. But according to Roose, the biggest factor to its renaissance is the car. Yes, the vehicle.
The usual commute time was the secret to the success of radio programming (44 percent of the overall radio listening time took place in the car.) Since commuting listeners are tuned in for longer periods of time, advertisers are paying more for radio slots.
It's worth noting that radio is still popular nowadays. 91 percent of Americans, ages 12 and above, listen to the radio on a weekly basis, according to the Pew Research Center and Nielsen Audio. The rise of the connected car amplified podcasting.
Platforms like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto make it easier for consumers to listen to their favorite podcast shows. GMSA, a mobile research group, predicts that 50 percent of cars in 2015 will be connected to the internet. By 2025, it will be 100 percent, GMSA added.
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Serving as the lead Presentation Designer and Design Assistant for 3 villas, I was thrilled with the opportunity to work on this immense project from inception to installation, including luxury finish selections, high end furnishings, custom softgoods, and extensive product research. The models, part of an extraordinary golf resort and private residence development, ranged from 8,000 to 13,000 square feet each, and included separate living, dining, and bathing quarters for men and women.
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'Righteous' claim by LI lawmaker gets backing here and abroad
Two Jewish groups — a Holocaust museum on LI and a synagogue in Naples, Italy — are backing the decades-long quest by a Nassau County man to have his family recognized in Israel for helping to hide Jews from the Nazis while he was a child in Italy.
Anthony D'Urso, 78, an Italian immigrant who in 2016 was elected as a Democrat to the state assembly from North Hempstead, had originally made the claim in the mid-1980s based on his childhood recollections and on family lore.
Those recollections had long intrigued local Jewish leaders, but D'Urso knew of no living witnesses or other independent evidence to prove his recollections.
"We hit a wall," said the Port Washington resident said. "The people we rescued had all died. I sort of gave up."
"But I didn't need proof because I knew what my father did," D'Urso said. "In a world that had gone crazy, there were still people who did the right thing."
D'Urso's fortunes changed recently when Michael Weinstock of Great Neck, a former sex crimes prosecutor in Brooklyn that D'Urso had befriended, tracked down a pair of diaries that told how D'Urso's father, Giuseppe, had spirited a Jewish family he worked for into the mountains north of Naples, one step ahead of agents of the Gestapo in late 1943 or early 1944.
In November, Weinstock brought one of the diaries to the attention of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. That organization is authorized by the Israeli government to confer honorary Israeli citizenship to the "Righteous Among the Nations" — non-Jews who risked their lives to hide Jews from the Nazis.
The honor — the film "Schindler's List" tells the story of recipient Oskar Schindler — is a rarity among Americans.
Of the 26,513 people who have been recognized by Yad Vashem, only five are from the United States, according to a 2017 tally posted on the organization's website. The vast majority of designees are from nations that fell under Nazi occupation, including 5,595 from the Netherlands, whose population is less than that of New York state.Jewish organization on both sides of the Atlantic are backing D'Urso's claim.
"By all means we are very, very supportive of Tony's efforts to get his family recognized," said Steven Markowitz, chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.
"The story of Tony's family ... is just a wonderful example of people who put their religious differences aside, looking at the neighnors as fellow human beings, and tried to save their lives," Markowitz said.
D'Urso accepted the invitation of the Sinagoga di Napoli to share his account of the rescue during an address today, the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, with the congregation there, including descendants of the fleeing Jewish family.
Roberto Avraham of that congregation said during a telephone interview that the region's tiny remaining Jewish population is wildly enthusiastic to learn more about the rescue.
"A lot of people helped the Jews, but no one from this region was named," Avraham said. "So it's an honor."
D'Urso immigrated to America in 1960 with virtually no education. He raised a family while working as a construction laborer and attending night school to learn English and to complete his undergraduate and graduate education. After retiring as an assistant New York City Housing Commissioner for construction and architecture.
According to research compiled by Weinstock, D'Urso was 5 when the Gestapo began searching for Emilo Ascarelli, a Jewish textile manufacturer in Naples who employed D'Urso's father as a caretaker for a villa Ascarelli owned in Formia, about 20 miles up the coast from the city.
D'Urso's father had already taken his own family into the mountains north of Naples to spare them from Allied bomber attacks on the city, and from Nazi agents said to be pressing able-bodied Italians into service as laborers.
When an order was handed down confiscating the property of the Jewish family, D'Urso's father agreed to hide them, among a chain of alpine stables the D'Urso family used to shelter grazing livestock.
D'Urso said he served as a lookout, warning his mother of approaching strangers.
"He did it because he had a good heart," D'Urso said of his father. "He wasn't educated or do it because of some philosophy. He just felt he could help, so he did."
One of the diaries was written by Tommaso Sinigallia, a Jewish relative of the textile manufacturer who hid with them in the mountains and recorded the family's travails, mentioning D'Urso's father by name. The diary is in the collection of Italy's Archivio Diaristico Nazionale, an archive of diaries that was established near Florence in 1984.
"Because of its position, and because of the repeated (previous) visits by the Germans, the hut enjoyed some tranquility," Sinigallia wrote. "The Germans walked on the multiple paths that flanked the hut, sending their "Good Day" and moving on."
The diary also described how D'Urso's aunt fed the fleeing Jews at one of the stable hideouts.
"Maria Civita…. worked very hard to make our stay comfortable," Sinigallia wrote. "She succeeded when she prepared Tagliolini pasta with meat sauce for us. It was delicious and very much appreciated. For seven months we had not even seen the shadow of pasta."
Weinstock contacted the archive last year, which used a name he provided to discover Sinigallia's diary, which also mentioned several other D'Urso relatives.This month, Weinstock was able to obtain a second diary that mentioned the D'Urso family — and which provided the basis of an Italian literary drama describing the Jewish family's flight — from the rabbi of the Naples synagogue.
Rabbi Robert Widom, of Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, said the story of non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews threatened by extermination is one that needs to be heard by all of humanity.
"Here's a man with vulnerable children, who leaves his own family to take a Jewish family from disaster to freedom," said Widom, who first learned of D'Urso's story at a 1988 interfaith breakfast, and this week said he was thrilled that D'Urso's story has been corroborated by the diaries. "It's a story that should be told over and over again."
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A science and an art
Many years before a new home is built, and often decades depending on the scale, location and complexity of a community, engineers are involved. Bringing our critical problem-solving abilities to bear, engineers play an important role in determining the functionality of a master plan and the details of making it work from below the ground up. Alongside our urban planning colleagues, we drive the timeline for selling and building the homes.
Once a property is secured, the team is pulled together to prepare the Concept Plan. Engineering technical support personnel help determine the constraints and opportunities of the property. The best way to explain our role is by sharing two of Geranium's recent experiences, in Aurora and in Innisfil.
One redevelopment, now named Allegro, involves former golf course lands in Aurora. Here we are studying the geotechnical and hydrogeological components to understand how the soils and ground water function so that Allegro will not affect the existing built community. As this is considered
an infill development, it must fit into existing servicing and transportation infrastructure and with its surroundings, which include more than 400 adjacent homes.
An infill property poses both constraints and creative opportunities for engineering. For example, bisecting the property are two creeks that were modified over the years in ways that caused temperatures to rise and a decrease in their functioning habitats. Today, we are re-engineering the Tannery Creek system to reinstate it to its original natural state with a healthier ecosystem. To help us with the realignment, we are working expert consultants fluent in fluvial geomorphology, who are studying and designing the form and function of the creeks and their surrounding landscape.
Our team is also interacting with consultants in municipal infrastructure, landscape architecture and civil engineering, as well as the Town of Aurora, Region of York, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, Ministry of Natural Resources and Department of Fisheries and Oceans. This is all occurring before a single home is started.
In Innisfil, Friday Harbour is a major new resort community on 600 acres on Lake Simcoe, and has been referred to as a feat of engineering because of the complexities of lakeside development.
The 40-acre marina development presented new and challenging opportunities; 1.8 million-cubic-metres of material was excavated, transported and reused in the golf course construction. To widen the lake entrance from 30 to 100 feet and develop marina, 9,000 fish were individually catalogued and safely relocated to Lake Simcoe.
When the 4.5 kilometre-long marina wall was complete, we slowly refilled the basin using a siphon system. Over one month, the water level rose daily without the use of power, the production of emissions or noise.
Over the past 15 years, Friday Harbour has engaged experts in design, storm water, hydrogeological, geotechnical, environmental, civil and marine engineering disciplines. We've also involved the Town of Innisfil, County of Simcoe, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, federal and provincial Ministries of Environment and Climate Change and Natural Resources, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Transport Canada and First Nations groups.
So you can see that it takes a village to raise a community! Engineers make a valuable contribution when it comes to creating attractive, livable, environmentally sensitive and sustainable places to live. I am proud to be part of it all.
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Believe it or not, this 1941 Chevy competed @ Midstate Speedway in
the early 1960's with Bruce Winton doing the driving. Mechanics
were Lou and Norm according to the rocker panel and the car
employed many interesting innovations such as: Quick disconnect
driveshaft/nerfbar to allow for easy entry, dual right rear wheels
made by welding to rims together, 'beadlock' rims straight off the
farm and for comfort - an old seat directly from the old Earlville
movie theatre. A year after acquiring the car from it's original
owner, John Mason made another inquiry as to what happened to
the engine and was amazed to find it was still being used (and
running) in a tractor on the farm. Now in it's rightful place in the
car, it has brought many a smile of wonderment at our shows
although John reported that the baling twine fan belt did finally
give way. No matter, John's pet snake 'Peek-a-boo' still finds this a
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On May 15th, the Montreal Science Center will be hosting the world premiere of AQUA. The goal of ONE DROP foundation is to build awareness about urgency and necessity of using water responsibly.
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Gilbert left a will when he died in 1611
The will was dated 9 Sep 1611 and proved on the 24th October, 1611
He was then a yeoman in the parish of Sampford Courtenay. He requested a Christian burial
Item He left the poor of Sampford Courtenay 12d to be distributed to them by his sonne Barnebye and by his executrix
Item he left his sonne William Westaway �6 13s 4d
Item he left Alyce, Agnes, Sidwell and Johane Westaway daughters of his son Barnabye, 6s 8d apiece to be put to the use of the said children by the discretion of his son Barnabye and his overseer until they attained the full age of 21
The rest of his goods not given nor bequeathed unto his daughter Alice Westaway whom he made his whole and sole executrix.
Item he desired and appointed William Norcote of Bowmeade and Giles Yeeles (Ellis?) to be his rulers and overseers of his will
Witnessed by Gieles Yeeles and Wm Hurst.
Inventory �33 4s 4d
Taken by Wm Quick, Barnabye Westaway, William Norcote & Gieles Elles on the 17th October, 1611
Ref. Manorial Deeds extracted by Mr Robert Westaway, as they appear in the Westaway Chronicle. 11.4.1596 William Westaway, a free tenant, who held the estate and tenement called 'Honeycote', has died since the last court of 7 Feb 1594, and Gilbert Westaway, his father, aged 50, was his heir. William died 8.3.1593/4
This means that Gilbert must have had two sons named William and that the second William married 1. Alse Knight and 2 Thomasine Dunsford.


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I've now had three days to think deeply on the content and significance of the Bruce Jenner interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC News this past Friday night. My initial thoughts were published in the Washington Blade early Saturday morning, and I expressed a synopsis of my current thinking on HuffPost Live this morning. Now to flesh out a little more detail:
My most important takeaway is the dignity projected by both Jenner and Sawyer over the two hours. Speaking with cisgender friends this past weekend, they were all impressed by the way Jenner controlled the interview and told his story from the heart. Historically the interview flow is interrupted by intrusive questions, tainted by a scrolling background of flamboyant queens from a gay pride parade, or a crawl screaming "was once a boy!" "Dignity" was the signature tagline of the marriage equality movement in Maryland, and dignity has finally come to media representations of the trans community. I'm sorry that some of my colleagues refused to watch, believing it would either be a typical Kardashian circus, which it was not (even Kanye West impressed a lot of people who were never fans), or that they felt their community work was more important in that moment. I believe their work made the Jenner moment possible, but that the interview elevated their work exponentially as well. Even the sports talk shows following the interview were uniformly supportive. You can't buy that kind of "public service announcement" which transcends the salacious to which we've been exposed until now.
While people are already beginning to speculate about his upcoming documentary series, and the potential pitfalls of that endeavor, I have a growing feeling that no matter how tawdry that production is, this moment will not be undone. 17 million people watched that interview, and millions more will see parts of it online. If he allows some degeneration into Kardashian spectacle, that won't detract from his dignity and decency Friday night and the respect with which Sawyer treated him. A documentary series may also educate tens of millions of Kardashian followers who wouldn't have bothered to watch the interview.
I was taken by Jenner's decision to do this interview in male mode, while still living as a man. I don't know if he chose to do that deliberately, to deflect attention from his makeup, hair, or wardrobe, but it was a brilliant move. We all know the sexist manner in which women are dissected whenever they appear publicly -- their choice of clothing taking precedence over their words. When I spoke publicly after the Macy decision covering trans persons under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in 2012, I started off by saying that I am no longer a 4th class citizen, as a trans woman; that now I am a second class citizen, along with my sisters, subject to the same sexism and misogyny they've all suffered for decades. By removing any attention to sartorial presentation, Jenner was able to focus on his personal narrative, and he did so brilliantly.
The personal trans narrative of my generation follows an historical arc very similar to the Jenner one. This story has been told so many times (though not heard by many until last week) that within the community we refer to it, jokingly, as a "yata -- yet another transsexual autobiography." While there has been a steady stream of them since the 70s, this is the one that has already had the most impact.
That impact will grow because he told his story simply and clearly, without nuance and complication. And that's so very important, since his story was accessible to tens of millions because it was told simply, from the heart, in words and experiences everyone could understand. Yes, he's a wealthy white person who's also Republican and calls himself Christian, but that's all beside the point. His story of simple humanity, of love and family, resonates, and will continue to do so.
He inadvertently taught America about the difference between gender identity and gender expression. By presenting himself in male mode, without the distractions of attire and presentation I mentioned earlier, and speaking so eloquently about being aware of his female gender identity since childhood, he separated the concepts of gender identity and expression. Clearly stating that this would be the last time we see "Bruce," he uncoupled the woman he is, for "all intents and purposes," from the woman he will present as in the near future.
This is no small contribution to the national dialogue, because while we work to pass legislation, argue court cases and change the culture on behalf of all variations of gender non-conformity, it is only in the specific context of gender identity that the trans experience is clarified. And by dodging questions about his sexual orientation, he effectively distinguished sexual orientation from gender identity for the American public as well. One might think most people would understand the difference today, but that is not the case, and Jenner did us a great favor by refusing to engage deeply on the topic.
He sounded as if he hasn't figured out his sexual orientation yet, which is quite common at his current stage of transition. Asking him if he's gay, since he admits he likes women, confused him, because he answered the question from his older male perspective, and was not yet able to see himself as he will be living being sexually attracted to women and identifying as a lesbian. We have to be careful in distinguishing between pre-transition and post-transition when we ask that question about orientation, because the answer will be different.
Not only did he distinguish his identity from his attraction, in so doing he desexualized gender identity from the long-believed concept of transsexual -- that trans woman transition gender and undergo surgery simply to have penetrative sex with men. I've discussed this many times, but Jenner's presentation probably had more impact that all of the panels and presentations the trans community has given over the past 20 years on the subject. It's just so hard to get America's mind off sexual intimacy and its mechanics, but having heard some of the feedback over the weekend, Jenner seems to have been quite successful. Every small step away from the lies from both the Right and the Left -- that trans women are either extremely gay men running in fear from their homosexuality or surgically constructed women created for the sole purpose to undermine feminism, or that all are porn stars or hairdressers -- is progress.
By presenting the man who was once an icon of American masculinity and an object of hero worship as a woman who kept her secret close for nearly 60 years, whose internal struggles were sublimated by an obsessive focus on athletic performance and acceptable social stereotypes, Jenner's struggle both subverted those stereotypes and made a plea to all about the importance of leading an authentic life. One can be a woman yet become the world's greatest male athlete. How about that, Nikolai Avilov, Jenner's Soviet 2nd runner-up? You got beat by a woman, and today you're able to laugh about it from Russia (no hotbed of pro-trans sentiment. You might want to consider leaving -- now).
Jenner repeatedly stated that his life had been a lie, and who wants that? When I transitioned I apologized to my friends and family for having defrauded them, for having lacked the courage to speak my truth back in the day. Jenner told us all that during the years of Kardashian reality television, his was the only truth, yet one he kept secret. I look into his eyes on the Montreal Olympic podium in that Bicentennial year from the vantage point of my current life, and I see the agony of defeat in what should have been his life's ultimate triumph. Now, 40 years later, the thrill of victory was his, through his tears and with the support of his family, while sitting in his (and America's) living room with Diane Sawyer last week.
Jenner said he was afraid of "disappointing people." Bruce, have no fear -- you didn't. You transcended the tawdry, and informed millions of Americans.
You "kicked butt."


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Marty: Doc what do you mean?
Doc: I foresee two possibilities. One: coming face to face with herself thirty years older would put her into shock and she'd simply pass out. Or two, the encounter could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Grant it, that's worst-case scenario, the destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.
Marty: Well, that's a relief.
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Caramel Heavenlies & Caramel Mocha Delights
Holiday Cookies #2 (and #3) This is a super easy and extremely rich cookie that begins with graham crackers as the base. It only requires 15 minutes of baking time and makes 4 dozen cookies in one pan!!! What more can you ask for? Well, I've got an answer to that question . . . you can make an easy variation of this to create Caramel Mocha Delights and have 8 dozen cookies made in less than an hour! So get off your duff and get baking!!!!
Ingredients for Caramel Heavenlies
12 graham cracker rectangles
2 C. Of miniature marshmallows
3/4 C. butter
3/4 C. packed brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. vanilla
1 C. sliced almonds
1 C. flaked coconut
1. Line a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil. Grease foil, if using.
2. Arrange graham crackers in single layer in pan. Sprinkle with marshmallows.
3. In saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Cook over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in cinnamon and vanilla. Spoon over crackers, spreading evenly.
4. Sprinkle with almonds and flaked coconut.
5. Bake in 350°F oven 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in pan on wire rack. Use parchment or foil to lift uncut bars from pan. Cut into 3-inch squares; cut each in half diagonally. Store in an airtight container up to one week. Makes 48.
Mocha Caramel Delights Variation
Simply substitute one teaspoon of espresso powder for the cinnamon and 1 cup of chocolate chips for the coconut.
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Learn from two rural nursing homes that will share their strategies for success in making significant improvements in quality of care and quality of life for their residents. By using data, engaging providers, empowering and appreciating staff, and implementing performance improvement projects, Benedictine Living Center of Saint Peter lowered their composite score by more than 50%. They also reduced their rate of antipsychotic medications and improved resident satisfaction. Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples is recognized by Nursing Home Compare as one of the best nursing homes in Minnesota and is focused on engaging residents and caregivers in partnership with staff to improve quality. By strengthening relationships with partners across the continuum of care including clinics, assisted living facilities, home health, social services and others, Benedictine is optimizing their residents quality and experience, while promoting fiscal responsibility within the broader spectrum of healthcare.
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Some parties support rather than join the executive, thereby operating in a grey area between opposition and office – in governance but not in government. Previous research on the New Zealand Greens' experience as a support party has shown that this liminal position may prove a blessing or a curse – or, more likely, a mixture of both. This article compares the experience of the Swedish Greens. While the Swedish party gained more on policy, it suffered the same frustrations as its Kiwi counterpart with regard to consultation, to the media and to a government that could potentially find support elsewhere. It, too, avoided overwhelming internal tensions, but was likewise left wanting more. Neither party broke into government at the next election, but tried to put lessons learned into practice when supporting centre–left cabinets once again. That the challenges encountered were so similar suggests the possibility that they are common to support parties elsewhere.
Recent years have seen the institutionalization of minority governance in Sweden and New Zealand. Large, historic social democratic labour parties enjoy comparative security of tenure thanks to smaller, newer parties with whom they have signed long-term, detailed support agreements covering both policy and process. This trend toward 'contract parliamentarism' owes much to party-system dynamics, but also to the accretion of experience, to cultural norms and to institutional constraints – all of which, along with electoral contingency, explain why the trend has gone slightly further in one polity than in the other. While the trend seems to favour the left in general, its implications for the support or 'servant' parties, and – more normatively – for democracy itself, may be less favourable.
This study starts with two theoretical puzzles within the rational choice oriented literature on government formation in parliamentary democracies: the relative importance of constitutional rules and the existence of multiple party goals. From these puzzles stem the research questions that guide the study: First, what is the theoretical and empirical link between constitutional arrangements (including rules) and party goals? Second, what are the goals of political parties and how can these be studied? Third, relative to the goals of political parties and other constitutional arrangements, what is the importance of government formation rules for the empirical record of minority and majority governments?Coalition theory provides the theoretical starting point from which the research questions stem. The historical-institutional strand of new institutionalism is used to guide the general understanding of the importance of institutional context. The rational choice oriented strand is used for a detailed study of the design of the Swedish government formation rules and an analysis of how the formation rules affect the goal seeking (micro-logic) of actors.Based on both cross-national data and an in-depth study of Swedish coalition and government formation, the analysis shows that the answer to research question number one is that the link between constitutional arrangements and party goals is one of co-determination. The answer to research question number two is that party leaders pursue four main goals and that this should be an explicit model assumption. The answer to research question number three is that the government formation rules help determine the parties' bargaining positions and for that reason they are of significant importance for the formation of minority and majority governments.
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I was pleasantly surprised by the Prospecting Workshop/Cold Call Boot Camp. I liked that it was a smaller class size, that way there was more personal interaction between the instructor and the group. From start to finish, our instructor, James Alberson, kept the workshop lively and energetic. I felt engaged the entire time, with a workbook to follow and fill out as we covered different sales strategies. James explained each strategy clearly and gave examples to make it easy to relate the techniques to our particular sales job. All of the information covered in the workshop was helpful and relevant to the major obstacles I experience in sales. It was interesting learning the psychology behind our interactions and responses with clients. James showed us how to change the way we converse with clients in order to get the reaction that we're looking for. I thought the workshop was enlightening, empowering, and fun. I highly recommend this workshop to anyone who is in sales, whether it's a new career or you've been in the field for a long time. Thanks again!
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A former activist of international students' association and civil rights movements (among them Amnesty International), I do my best to bring social and civic engagement in my professional life. The Third Mission has increasingly attracted me. Therefore I have involved students and scholars in the organization of events as the seminars Legalita Organizzata at the University of Siena.
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Ipswitch was founded in 1991 on a simple premise: to produce IT software that took what was possible and made it practical. Initially, our goal was to bring high quality IT software to small businesses that lacked the time and resources to learn the overly complex enterprise software that was all that was available at that time. Ipswitch has extended WS_FTP, WhatsUp Gold and IMail Server into broader product families.
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The Chiropractic Adjustment
Adjustments are performed to the joints that make up the spinal column. When a spinal joint becomes misaligned, it has the potential to lose its proper motion and cause interference to our nervous system (resulting in pain, muscle spasms and/or organ dysfunction). When this happens, we call it subluxation. The chiropractic adjustment is performed to reduce subluxations in order to re-balance the spine, restore motion to the joint and remove the interference to our nerve system.
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We care for spines of all ages! From infants and children to adults and seniors, we will be able to tailor the adjustment to fit your size, age and any particular health issues you may have (i.e. osteoporosis, previous back surgery, etc.).
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- Are Chiropractic adjustments safe? Yes. A New Zealand government study found that adjustments are "remarkably safe." Chiropractic care enjoys an excellent track record. A thorough exam can identify the rare person for whom chiropractic care might be unsuited.
- Will adjustments make my spine too loose? No. Only the spinal joints that are "locked up" receive adjustments. The occasional spinal joints that move too much, are passed over so weakened muscles and ligaments can stabilize and heal.
- How many adjustments will I need? The number of adjustments varies with each patient and their individual health goals. Many patients sense some progress within a week or two of frequent visits. Visits are less often as your spine stabilizes. In difficult cases, complete healing can take months or even years.
- Why would a newborn need an adjustment? With the amount of interventions we use during childbirth today (epidurals, forceps/vacuum, cesarean sections) it is extremely stressful on a newborns developing spine and nervous system. Colic, unusual crying, difficulty nursing or erratic sleeping habits can be signs of spinal distress. Adjustments are extremely gentle. The amount of pressure used during an adjustment on a newborn is comparable to the amount of pressure you can handle pressing your finger on your eyeball.
- Can I adjust myself? No. Some people can make their joints "pop" but that's not an adjustment! Adjustments are specific and take years to master. Even your chiropractor must consult a colleague to benefit from chiropractic care.
- What does an adjustment feel like? Most patients report a sense of well-being or a feeling of calmness. Since repeated adjustments are necessary, if adjustments didn't feel good, patients wouldn't return to finish their care. Chiropractors are experts at making adjustments feel good.
- Can patients with osteoporosis have adjustments? Of course. When developing a care plan, your chiropractor considers the unique circumstances of each patient. There are many ways to adjust the spine. The method selected will be best suited to your age, size and spinal problem.
- Isn't some back pain normal? Pain of any kind, at any age, is a sign that something isn't right. Pain is the way your body signals that a limit has been reached or a problem has developed. Since we can adapt, minor aches and pains are often shrugged off. While they may go away, if the underlying problem remains unattended, the problem can slowly worsen until it becomes more difficult and expensive to resolve.
- Can I have chiropractic after back surgery? Yes. Rest assured that we will avoid the surgically modified areas of your spine. However, surgery may produce compensation reactions either above or below the involved level. If necessary, these other areas will be the focus of your chiropractic care.


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The Magic of Fisher House
You can smell it in the fresh baked cinnamon rolls or coffee in the morning.
You hear it in the laughter of children, and the rhythmic hum of the washing machine.
You see it as guests come together in the evening to prepare dinner and eat, often together, talking about their day.
It is reinforced in the goodbye hugs and exchange of phone numbers and email addresses when people leave.
This is the true magic of the Fisher House; people check in as strangers, but come together to create a community of understanding and support.
They become a unique kind of family, a Fisher House family.


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"Single Payer" Myths from Left and Right
by D.J. McGuire
Amidst the wailing, gnashing of teeth, celebrations, and everything in between because the United States Senate has – literally – voted to let itself keep voting on health insurance today, I thought it might be a good idea to address some of the problematic myths surrounding the "single-payer" idea.
To hear American social democrats tell it, "single payer" will at last slay the evil profit motive from health care and ensure better health for all. Republicans, by contrast, view it as a gateway drug to a Venezuelan dystopia.


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In August, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released the 11th Annual National Report Card on Health Care at its annual meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the invitation of the CMA, I attended this meeting in my role as Chair of the Best Medicines Coalition. The report card combines results of two surveys recently conducted with 2,026 randomly selected Canadians; an online survey canvassed 1,026, who rated various aspects of the healthcare system using a letter grade, and a telephone survey canvassed 1,000 who answered various questions. The results clearly show what patients are looking for: a healthcare system that is more accountable.
Canadians want a patient health charter that outlines patient rights and responsibilities, believing this would lead to improved health services. The majority of the population also wants to see a national healthcare system, with equal treatment for every citizen, regardless of where in the country someone lives. Essentially, Canadians are looking for a healthcare system that revolves more around the patient, ensuring each individual gets the care he or she needs.
What's interesting about the patient perspective is that it's shared by physicians. "We've been hearing for months now that Canadians expect their governments to take action on healthcare," said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the outgoing CMA president. "We have seen a slow and steady decline in what we would all now agree is a deeply troubled healthcare system. To be clear, this pillar of Canadian society is eroding. … We are losing something of great value. It's slipping away slowly, incrementally."
The report card shows that Canadians' favourable opinions on the healthcare system overall are declining; 70% of the survey responders rated the healthcare system as an A or a B, down 5% from the year before, and 97% of Canadians think the federal and provincial governments need to work together.
Also shown in the report card is that many individuals are very displeased with the quality of healthcare available to them. A resounding 87% agree that a new patient charter should contain a complaint mechanism to improve accountability to patients, and almost as many (86%) agree that the charter should establish an independent ombudsman. One in three Canadians either has personally (or has a family member who has) received such poor healthcare services to the extent that they would have requested treatment from another healthcare provider or complained to an independent ombudsman, if one were available.
In addition, the number of individuals who are pleased enough with their specialists to give them an A rating has been declining 1% per year since 2008, and is currently at 17%. Physicians agree that one way to address inequality in healthcare delivery is to ensure all Canadians have access to a basic level of prescription drug coverage, a glaring failure of our current system. We need to leave behind the illness-care system designed in the 1950s and design a uniquely Canadian healthcare system that emphasizes chronic disease management and prevention initiatives.
Another startling statistic is the number of patients that have little or no access to a general practitioner; 22% of respondents gave "access to a family doctor" a C grade, and 20% rated this service as deserving an F.
"Patients are too often lost in the shuffle in healthcare," Dr. Turnbull said. "Canadians want their territorial, provincial and federal governments to get together and create a system that revolves around the patient, rather than the other way around, and they favour practical steps that can move us forward in that direction."
Showing that his heart is with patients, incoming CMA president, Dr. John Haggie, said in his inaugural address, "Physicians do make a difference when they become involved. That is an evidence-based statement. It is hard sometimes after a difficult day or week at work, but if you think we have problems, then consider the view from the patient's perspective."
Hearing statements such as these during the CMA meeting, I felt hopeful that when we work together, we can make credible solutions for a sustainable healthcare system that will meet the needs of Canadian patients.
"This is the time when we, the medical profession, need to demonstrate leadership," added Dr. Haggie. "We need to offer solutions to help craft an enduring and robust system, one that is sustainable, of high quality, and accessible to all Canadians. That is what will bring comfort and confidence in our system for patients and for our political leaders."
As the CEO of the GI Society and the Chair of the Best Medicines Coalition, I will continue to advocate for GI patients in jurisdictions across the country. This fight includes timely access to physicians, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and all modern healthcare options. I look forward to continuing to work with Canadian physicians in this effort.


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Kevin Hart with Ice Cube in Ride Along
Ride Along star Kevin Hart has stepped down as the host of the 2019 Oscars after it emerged that he had made a string of homophobic and transphobic comments online between 2009 and 2011. He had previously described the job as "the opportunity of a lifetime."
"I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's....this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologise to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past," said Hart in a tweet made last night. "I'm sorry that I hurt people. I am evolving and want to continue to do so. My goal is to bring people together not tear us apart."
Hart, who says that he is now "in a completely different space in my life," had been challenged over his remarks by human rights campaigners. He has previously used social media to make confessions, last year revealing that he had cheated on his wife.
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Growers dealing with cold weather conditions use numerous methods to prolong the growing season, or to boost their crops. Such methods include using hoop houses, cold frames, and of course, greenhouses.
Greenhouses are mostly glazed complexes, and are generally costly to build and heat all winter long. A more economical and efficient approach to glass greenhouses is the walipini (meaning "place of warmth" in an Aymara Indian), sometimes referred to a pit or underground greenhouse.
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Airsheds in Andrews Forest
In these plunging mountain watersheds, roots and biomass
hold the soil when the Pacific rains pummel the slopes
as stream gauges whir and jiggle.
When the clouds lift and the temperature falls,
the air advects and cold air flows down like water.
In that trapped air, Carbon 13 tells of the trees' nightly work,
the stable isotopes inscribing cenotaphs in the data loggers.
If there were windows in these fir stands,
poets would insist on looking out at the air
to write about their advecting lust for a beloved.
But this is science, where carbon isotopes can measure
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of pheromones, kisses, touches;
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Geologizing in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon
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We propose to advance a systems biology framework for an integrative understanding of the signaling and transcriptional events in early vertebrate embryonic development leading to major ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal cell types, using the Xenopus laevis model system. Controlled manipulation of three signaling pathways, Bmp, Nodal, and Wnt, will be used to drive multipotent embryonic cells in different well-defined developmental directions. We will characterize each of the endpoint cell types and many intermediates, providing a step- by-step analysis of the changes in protein and mRNA levels as a cell makes fate choices. Our team is a close collaboration between two expert embryologists/cell biologists (Kirschner and Gerhart) with an expert in systematic analysis and statistical inference (Peshkin) and an expert in proteomic mass spectrometry (Gygi). Our recently developed methods will allow us to reach unprecedented levels of detection and quantification of proteins, protein post-translational modifications, and mRNA transcripts. The large size of Xenopus eggs and embryos will also permit single-cell studies in some cases. We hypothesize that high quality proteomic profiling of early development will produce new key insights into developmental signaling pathways. Our dataset will provide an unprecedented degree of systems-level knowledge on the localization- and time-dependent actions of proteins in early vertebrate development, in cells fated to become different cell types. This information will be new for many biological problems, and revolutionary for embryology. Our suite of methods will allow rapid profiling of the effect of developmental signals on key pathways, and on vertebrate embryonic development in general. These key pathways are also important in later developmental processes, in childhood development, tissue and cell turnover in adults, and in approaches to regenerative medicine based on stem cell biology. They are also largely conserved across species, promising rapid transfer from the model system to human patients. We expect that these data will inform on heritable defects in human embryos and children in new ways.
We will apply and develop modern genomic tools focused the embryonic development of cell types in the vertebrate embryo with the goal of understanding and ultimately controlling pathways for cell differentiation. Such studies could facilitate the development of procedures to direct cell differentiation in ways that would ultimately contribute to regenerative medicine in the treatment of important human diseases.
|Briggs, James A; Weinreb, Caleb; Wagner, Daniel E et al. (2018) The dynamics of gene expression in vertebrate embryogenesis at single-cell resolution. Science 360:
|Gujral, Taranjit S; Kirschner, Marc W (2017) Hippo pathway mediates resistance to cytotoxic drugs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114:E3729-E3738
|Bryant, Donald M; Johnson, Kimberly; DiTommaso, Tia et al. (2017) A Tissue-Mapped Axolotl De Novo Transcriptome Enables Identification of Limb Regeneration Factors. Cell Rep 18:762-776
|Presler, Marc; Van Itallie, Elizabeth; Klein, Allon M et al. (2017) Proteomics of phosphorylation and protein dynamics during fertilization and meiotic exit in the Xenopus egg. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114:E10838-E10847
|Savova, Virginia; Pearl, Esther J; Boke, Elvan et al. (2017) Transcriptomic insights into genetic diversity of protein-coding genes in X. laevis. Dev Biol 424:181-188
|Briggs, James Alexander; Li, Victor C; Lee, Seungkyu et al. (2017) Mouse embryonic stem cells can differentiate via multiple paths to the same state. Elife 6:
|Pierre, Anaëlle; Sallé, Jérémy; Wühr, Martin et al. (2016) Generic Theoretical Models to Predict Division Patterns of Cleaving Embryos. Dev Cell 39:667-682
|Wühr, Martin; Güttler, Thomas; Peshkin, Leonid et al. (2015) The Nuclear Proteome of a Vertebrate. Curr Biol 25:2663-71
|Peshkin, Leonid; Wühr, Martin; Pearl, Esther et al. (2015) On the Relationship of Protein and mRNA Dynamics in Vertebrate Embryonic Development. Dev Cell 35:383-94
|Gladilin, Evgeny; Eils, Roland; Peshkin, Leonid (2015) On the embryonic cell division beyond the contractile ring mechanism: experimental and computational investigation of effects of vitelline confinement, temperature and egg size. PeerJ 3:e1490
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Mr Miliband is facing growing questions about his leadership qualities and his failure to establish a solid lead over the Conservatives.
Lord Glasman, a former adviser, this week said Mr Miliband has shown "no strategy, no narrative and little energy" and was failing to win the economic argument.
In a Guardian interview, Mr Miliband accepted he is under pressure.
He said: "These are the hard yards of opposition. We have taken the hard road, not the line of least resistance. I think it is a fight. I always knew it was going to be a fight. It is one I relish – I never expected it to be anything else."
Polls suggest Mr Miliband is regarded as a weaker leader than David Cameron.
The Labour leader insisted that he had shown his ability to set the agenda through acts like attacking Rupert Murdoch over the phone hacking scandal and his criticism of "predatory" British businesses.
He said: "Look, I am the guy who took on Murdoch. That was a decisive thing to do. I am the guy that has said the rules of capitalism as played in the last 30 years have got to change.
" What is the most important thing for a leader of the opposition to have? It is to establish an argument about what is wrong with the country and what needs to change. I have a very clear plan and I have set out very clear themes."
The Conservatives seized on remarks by shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy that Labour needed to show "credibility" by explaining where it would make cuts as signs of dissent against the leadership.
But Mr Miliband said in fact Mr Murphy's announcement that he would accept £5 billion-worth of the Government's military cuts was "exactly what (shadow chancellor) Ed Balls said he wanted shadow ministers to do.
"There are lots of cuts we are not going to be able to reverse. That is the way it is. To say otherwise would not be credible," he said.
Winning back public faith in Labour's ability to handle the economy would take time though, he cautioned.
"It is an incredibly important task, not something that takes place in six months or a year. We - Ed and I - get this more than anyone, that this is an important task for Labour."
On Firday, the Prime Minister signalled that he would unveil further measures to curb bankers' bonuses this weekend, saying the level of City remuneration was "completely out of whack".
Mr Miliband challenged him to match Labour's pledges on the issue.
"If one of the big battlegrounds of British politics is going to be who is really going to take action on executive pay, I say 'bring it on'. I promise you they are not going to steal a march on us in this area.
"Does anyone really believe that David Cameron came into politics to create a more responsible capitalism? The public are not going to buy it.
"My test for him on executive pay is whether he would do what Labour would do if we were in office now: put an employee representative on every remuneration committee, make firms publish their pay ratios, empower pension companies and investors, and have another year of the bank bonus tax to get some of our young people back to work.
"There can't be any more foot-dragging and backsliding. If David Cameron wants a more responsible capitalism - responsibility at the top and the bottom - then this would be a start."


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It's Halloween! Paulyb's all subdued, Tony's hearing voices and we can't stop thinking about pancakes... thankfully we've got some great songs from Blind Assassins, Mad Sin, The Exit Wounds, Zombie Ghost Train and Zombina and The Skeletones.Brain Sander kicks off the show this week, we have a phrase of the week from Angry Bear, as usual we have your Myspace/PodcastAlley comments, are people wearing fake Punky T-Shirts?, we go all multi-cultural!, 3 legged pub crawls vs Dungeons & Dragons, we have a message from Ham Boy (now Hem Boy)!, "Izzatwat" goes all political, Paul has a bumper Poetry Corner this week, Paul takes us through the rejects from his Poetry myspace page, the Alcohol video is finally available! and don't forget to vote for us at iTunes!
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