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Damned Whores and God's Police
Penguin Books, 1994 - Women - 549 pages
Feminist perspective first published in 1975 of how Australia's history and culture have limited women's roles in society. A new introduction discusses changes relevant to each original chapter and comments on issues still requiring change. The final chapter of the first edition, an attempt to look into the future, is replaced with an analysis of the women's movement from 1975-93. Summers is a former consultant to Prime Minister Paul Keating's Office for the Status of Women and currently editor of 'Good Weekend' magazine.
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Managed Extensions: Sorting Your Collection Classes
Welcome to this week's installment of .NET Tips & Techniques! Each week, award-winning Architect and Lead Programmer Tom Archer demonstrates how to perform a practical .NET programming task using either C# or Managed C++ Extensions.
In the previous article, I illustrated how to make your classes enumerable via the .NET IEnumerable and IEnumerator interfaces. In this installment of the .NET Tips and Techniques series, I'll take that lesson a step further and illustrate some step-by-step instructions on making your enumerable collections sortable as well.
Implementing the IComparable and IComparer InterfacesIf you do not already have an enumerable collection to test these steps with, you can use the Article.h file found in the previous article. This is the file also used as the beginning point in this week's sample.
- Derive the main class (not the collection class) from the IComparable interface:
__gc class Article : public IComparable { };
- Implement the IComparable::CompareTo method, which allows client code to pass an object to be compared
against the current instance. Note that the Article sample class has three
members that can be used for sorting: Title, Author and Category and here I'm defaulting the
sort to the Title member by calling the Title object's built-in CompareTo method. I can do this because
the Title member is a String object and the String class implements the IComparable interface:
__gc class Article : public IComparable { ... public: int CompareTo(Object* obj) { Article* tmp = dynamic_cast<Article*>(obj); return(title->CompareTo(tmp->title)); }
Next, you need to define a class for each sort you wish to make available for your class's clients.
In this case, I've added classes that allow for sorting by Article::Author and
Article::Category. As you can see, each class (ArticleAuthorComparer and ArticleCategoryComparer)
derive from the IComparer interface and implements it's sole Compare method, which takes two objects
to compare. Within those comparisons, I can perform whatever type of application-specific logic I need to carry
about the sorting. For example, for purposes of this demo, I sorted the Author field in ascending order and the
Category field in descending order.
Even if your sorting needs are much more complex, you have complete control over specifying how the items should be sorted by returning a value of less than 0 if the first item is less than the second item, 0 if the items are equal and a value greater than 0 if the first item is greater than the second:
__gc class Article : public IComparable { ... __gc class ArticleAuthorComparer : public IComparer { public: int Compare(Object* o1, Object* o2) { Article* p1 = dynamic_cast<Article*>(o1); String* p1Author = p1->Author; Article* p2 = dynamic_cast<Article*>(o2); String* p2Author = p2->Author; // ascending order return 1 * p1Author->CompareTo(p2Author); } }; __gc class ArticleCategoryComparer : public IComparer { public: int Compare(Object* o1, Object* o2) { Article* p1 = dynamic_cast<Article*>(o1); String* p1Category = p1->Category; Article* p2 = dynamic_cast<Article*>(o2); String* p2Category = p2->Category; // descending order return -1 * p1Category->CompareTo(p2Category); } };
While not mandatory, I like to define an enum that client code can use to specify the current sort order.
I find this much more self-documenting than using a simple data type such as an int as it forces the
client code to specify a value that can be checked at runtime for accuracy. Here are the enum values used in the demo application:
__value enum ArticleSortOption { ByTitle, ByAuthor, ByCategory };
The last step to making your collection class sortable is to define a sort method that the client
can call. As you can see, this public method takes the enum value defined in the previous
step as its sole argument and sorts the collection based on that value:
__gc class ArticleCollection : public IEnumerable { ... protected: ArticleSortOption sortOption; public: void Sort(enum ArticleSortOption sortOption) { this->sortOption = sortOption; switch(sortOption) { case ArticleSortOption::ByTitle: articles->Sort(); break; case ArticleSortOption::ByAuthor: articles->Sort(new Article::ArticleAuthorComparer); break; case ArticleSortOption::ByCategory: articles->Sort(new Article::ArticleCategoryComparer); break; } }
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Based on an incomplete reading, it appears to me that the OpenMP memory model is completely inconsistent with the proposed C++ one (and pthreads) in several ways. This worries me since I expect that in many cases similar compielr back-ends will be used. Issues: (C++ refers to the C++ working paper N2461, not an approved standard.)
- Semantics of data races. C++ carefully defines what constitutes a data race (nothing here is implementation defined anymore). Programs with data races have undefined semantics. A rationale for this is given in http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ ... n2176.html . Under some easily detectable restrictions, other programs have sequentially consistent semantics. This is consistent with pthreads. OpenMP gives some rules in 1.4.1 which are very unclear to me. It talks about an implementation-defined minimum size for atomicity (page 14, line 4). There is presumably also a maximum size, since some architectures cannot store or load say, 64-bit integers, atomically. In any case, it does not disallow data races, or provide a way to identify them to the compiler. See N2176 for a reason to do so. (An unspecified value is very different from undefined behavior here. Volatile won't work to identify races. See separate posting. C++ uses atomics to identify races. Simultaneous access to atomics is allowed, but is not defined as a data race.)
- 1.4.1 appears to allow updates of small variables (page 14, line 4) to rewrite adjacent memory in implementation-defined ways? (In what other sense might SMALL updates not be atomic?) Given that compilers are often allowed to reorder variables, and linkers often do, I think this is unusable in portable code, and needs to be pinned down at a minimum. (C++ limits it to contiguous bit-fields. Java disallows it. It doesn't have bit-fields.)
- I think that as it stands the set_lock and unset_lock primitives require a full fence since they're specified that way, and since races do not result in undefined behavior, this is detectable. On some architectures that would require an appreciably slower implementation than is customary, e.g. for pthreads.
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Regulatory reform, more stringent capital requirements, risk management considerations, disruptive technologies, a low interest rate environment, and enhanced reporting requirements are all challenges to growth in banking and capital markets. Sophisticated strategies and solutions will be required for financial institutions to gain a competitive edge.
EFAS professionals assist many of today's largest banks and securities firms with their most challenging issues in every segment of the financial industry: consumer/retail banking, commercial banking, wholesale banking, mortgage banking, securitisation, capital markets, insurance, investment management, broker/dealer and real estate.


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Haley Barbour, who served as Mississippi governor when Hurricane Katrina hit his state, asserted Thursday that "Hurricane Sandy saved Barack Obama's presidency."
"It broke the momentum that Romney had coming in to the end of October," the former chairman of the Republican National Committee told TODAY's Matt Lauer.
Barbour said too much attention was placed on the praise New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie showered on Obama when the president arrived to tour the damage the storm had left on the state.
"That's not Chris Christie's fault. Now, I do think the news media made a much bigger deal out of it that made it sound like Christie was almost endorsing Obama," he said. "All Christie said was the president is trying to be a good partner."
Mitt Romney also has blamed Sandy as a factor in his loss to the president. During a private breakfast Wednesday with his most loyal and generous campaign donors, Romney stopped short of blaming Christie directly. However, he did echo Barbour's belief that Sandy stunted his momentum in the final week of his campaign, the Washington Post reported, based on interviews with those attending.
Barbour said that a governor needs to do what's in "the best interest of his state and his people." And in this case, it was to establish a good tone for what will be a years-long relationship with the federal government.
Read story: Obama and Christie's shared praise far from unusual
Barbour said he did the same thing with former President Bush after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast region in 2005 and yet "the press attacked me for not criticizing, said that was partisan."
"I did exactly what Chris Christie did in this sense. I was taught criticize in private, praise in public," he said.
Barbour defended the Republicans' handling of the presidential campaign, saying it was nearly impossible for a new party to take over the White House from an incumbent.
"The country is very divided. It wasn't like some big blowout for the Democrats," he said.
What the nation should focus on is how the election drew 11.5 million fewer voters to the poll.
"That to me is something we need to all think about, Republicans and Democrats," he said.
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How to Use Your iPhone's Stopwatch and Timer
Your iPhone can serve as a stopwatch and timer. These features, which are both available through the Clock application, work like a conventional stopwatch and timer.
Stopwatch on Your iPhone
If you're helping a loved one train for a marathon, your iPhone's Stopwatch function can provide an assist. It's accessible by tapping Stopwatch in the Clock application.
Just tap Start to begin the count and tap Stop at the finish line. You can also tap a Lap button to monitor the times between laps.
Your iPhone's Timer feature
Cooking a hard-boiled egg or Thanksgiving turkey? The iPhone comes to the rescue. Tap Timer (within the Clock app) and then rotate the hour and minute wheels until the time you have in mind is highlighted. Tap When Timer Ends to choose the ringtone that will signify that time's up.
After you've set up the length of the timer, tap Start when you're ready to begin. You can watch the minutes and seconds wind down on the screen if you want.
But if you're doing anything else on the iPhone — admiring photos, say — you'll hear the ringtone and see a Timer Done message on the screen at the appropriate moment. Tap OK to silence the ringtone.


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Your husband ditches you for a girl half his age after 23 years of marriage. The tenth job interview you've been on results in another ding letter. Your friends get together for a beer and don't extend an invitation to you. We all endure rejection, but for us sensitive types, it can be devastating and the stings can last years or even an eternity. "Humans have a fundamental need to belong. Just as we have needs for food and water, we also have needs for positive and lasting relationships," says C. Nathan DeWall, PhD, a psychologist at the University of Kentucky. Recent research finds that rejection has serious implications not only for a person's psychological state, but also for a society in general. According to Kirsten Weir of the American Psychological Association, social rejection can influence emotion, cognition, and even physical health. How do you move on and believe in yourself after such heartbreak? Here are a few places to start.
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When Watson and Crick unraveled the structure of DNA they paved the way for tremendous advances in science and medicine. That discovery has facilitated the development of diagnostic tests which can predict the likelihood of suffering from certain diseases. It has enabled scientists to investigate new ways of producing drugs and treatments. However, all scientific advances carry potentially detrimental consequences and this is as true of genetic technologies as it is of nuclear power or the internal combustion engine. Currently, among the areas of progress in genetics has been the development of tests that claim predictive knowledge of disease onset.
Scientists have already identified genetic markers for various diseases and health conditions, including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, and potentially thousands of others. Genetic tests are currently available to identify predispositions to specific conditions, and more are expected as science advances. Although none of these tests predict with full certainty that a condition will develop, they provide a new opportunity for individuals to know more about the potential risk of disease for themselves and their families. Once informed about their genetic status, individuals can take proactive steps to protect their health, enhance their well-being, and lower health care costs for themselves and society as a whole.
Developments in human genetic technology, including those in the area of predictive genetic testing are promoted as holding great potential for improving health and economic growth. However, these developments also warrant concern about the privacy of genetic information and the potential uses to which such information may be put. Two emerging closely-related issues have created particular disquiet: genetic privacy and genetic discrimination; that is, the protection of individual genetic information and the differential treatment of individuals on the basis of actual or presumed genetic differences. While this may potentially take the form of positive or negative treatment, concern have focused on the use of genetic information by third parties which is prejudicial to a person's interests, such as the exclusion from insurance or employment.
There has been much debate as to whether genetic information warrants special protection. Without disputing that other health information may be equally sensitive, particular attention is justified in this area because of the predictive capacity of genetic information and the tendency to treat what is usually only probalistic information about genetic risk as determinative of a person's future health status. Because of the novelty of these developments, knowledge about the implications of genetic test information is presently incomplete, even in the science and medical community, let alone amongst third parties in the commercial sector that may have an interest in accessing the genetic information of individuals. In these circumstances, there is a real risk that this information may be misinterpreted or misunderstood. As consumers in an increasingly geneticized marketplace, it is vital to understand who is entitled to obtain our genetic information and the uses to which it can be put.
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In August, when I started working in Intensive Care the lead consultant, Dr. Cullen, asked me whether or not I wanted to do Intensive Care as a future career. At the time I really had no idea, and told him as much. You see, to us anaesthetists, Intensive Care work is a bit like Marmite in that it we either love it or hate it.
I worked in ICU in my first year of anaesthetic training, but at that time, I felt I didn't really get a feeling of whether it would be something I'd like to pursue further down the line. I felt that I didn't know enough stuff to be really useful and I didn't know enough to actually make a real difference to the patients that I was helping to look after.
I'm now coming to the end of my current attachment in ICU and yesterday Dr. Cullen asked me again if I would consider intensive care as a career. This time I had an answer for him – no.
There are things that I really like about working here, I like it when we're given a rapidly deteriorating patient, and I can stop their demise and (hopefully) put them on the road towards recovery. I actually like going round the wards and being able to be useful to other doctors who are struggling to look after their ill patients. I like the fact that I can actually do the majority of medical procedures, I've done dozens of central lines, arterial lines, intubations, chest drains, difficult venflons etc… etc… and these things no longer hold any mystery or worry for me. I like the fact that the ICU nurses are so switched-on and the fact that there are so many of them means that they can help us doctors out more which means I get to concentrate more on actually trying to get our patients better.
ICU is no land of milk and honey though. There are lots of things I really don't like. A while ago, I wrote about why doctors get stressed and about some of the ways they cope. I said that simply being around unwell people is uncomfortable for people who have dedicated their lives to trying to make people well. I'm finding this really true of myself. Even when everyone is totally stable and there's not much happening, I find just being on the intensive care unit stressful. The constant beeps, the almost continual alarms of the infusion pumps, monitors and ventilators, the fact that I know that things can, and often do, go tits up at any moment, all this things conspire to put my blood pressure up.
Our patients are all teetering on the brink of death. Actually, it's more accurate to say that they're well past the brink and with our machines we are desperately trying to push them back ONTO the brink so they have a fighting chance of living. This means that one of our patients will frequently drop their oxygen levels or blood pressure to a dangerously low level. They often hallucinate and try to pull out the very tubes that are stopping them dying. While the nurses are very good at sorting these things out, often they'll need help just to stop the patient from expiring and it's me that has to go and sort these problems out. Often I feel I'm fighting a pitched battle against the very people I'm meant to be helping. I find it frustrating that I can't talk to my patients and that they're often on the ICU for so long with only very tiny improvements to their health each day.
And then there's the relatives. Seeing your husband/son/mother/grandpa/sister/friend unconscious and hooked up to all our machines must feel horrible. I can't even imagine how I'd feel if I saw my mother lying their as one of our patients, I shudder at the thought. We try our best to explain what we are doing but I find having these conversations difficult simply because I don't know what's going to happen to their loved one. The two commonest questions a relative asks are "Is my loved one getting better?" and "Is my loved one going to die?" And the trouble is, often I simply don't know if they're going to live or die and, unlike when I was a physician, often I don't even have a handle on how likely survival or death is. The uncertainty is often really hard for relatives to understand and deal with. But what I think is even more difficult is the timescale. As I already alluded to, patients stay unconscious with only very slight changes in their condition for days or weeks. We as doctors can see the subtle changes in their inotrope requirement, ventilatory demands etc… but basically, from the outside they look exactly the same. (Actually, as time passes, ICU patients look aesthetically worse as they swell up with fluid and accumulate puncture scars from all the tubes we keep sticking into them.) While we try to explain what's happening, the seeming lack of progress after such long periods of time is often really distressing because relatives are sort of suspended in a seemingly unending, hellish limbo. Seeing relatives upset in turn upsets me because I too want their loved one to get better quickly, but it's rarely possible and it leaves me wishing I could do more when I just can't.
Dealing with other doctors can be wearing as well. There's a constant trickle of calls for little things like venflons, lumbar punctures, central lines etc…from acopic ward doctors but that stuff doesn't really bother me. I use my discretion. I help out if the request is reasonable and I'm free and able, if they're just taking the piss and trying to get me to do their job for them, I have no qualms about telling them where to go. No, there are two things that really get me. Firstly, some doctors seem to have the belief that every unwell person should be looked after by the intensive care team. This really isn't the case. Sick patients often don't need Intensive Care, but they need the ward doctors to pay close attention to their condition and give appropriate treatments and sometimes, it's hard to get ward doctors to understand this. Secondly, there are the group of patients who have been blatantly mismanaged on the wards and then I get a call to see them and am somehow expected to perform miracles. This frustrates me no end too.
And finally, there are the times where it really does all go wrong. There's the fast bleeps, there's the trauma calls and there's the cardiac arrest calls. On average, I go to two or three of these every shift (my record is eleven). These are the situations where people are literally at (or through) death's door. Sometimes, there's not much for me to do at these calls, but sometimes there is. Often they're just a horrible disaster and often the patient dies, sometimes in a more painful and disgusting way than you ever thought was possible.
So all in all, I'm working hard in Intensive Care, but I'd hate to do this forever. There's too much drama, too much stress, too much politics, and too much frustration. If I had to do this forever, I think I'd end up worrying myself into an early grave, there are far easier ways of earning a living. I don't think it's any coincidence that two weeks ago, I found my first grey hair.


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Sallie Mae Announces Retirement of Albert L. Lord, Effective December 2013
Sallie Mae Announces Retirement of Albert L. Lord, Effective December 2013
NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sallie Mae (NAS: SLM) , formally SLM Corporation, today announced that after service spanning more than 30 years, its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Albert L. Lord will retire as CEO, Vice Chairman and Director, effective Dec. 31, 2013. Sallie Mae's Board of Directors has appointed a search committee to facilitate an effective transition and consider identified internal candidates, as well as qualified external candidates.
"My years at Sallie Mae have been many and never lacked for excitement or challenges," said Albert L. Lord, Vice Chairman & CEO. "Together with my many associates over these years, we have accomplished much, and I take pride that we do student lending the way it should be done. Notwithstanding the devastating financial crisis of 2008/2009, Sallie Mae emerged with significantly greater financial strength and a major league roster of key managers across the company. Our capital strength and strong cash earnings brighten Sallie Mae's future. In the months through 2013, I will work with my management team to continue our growth."
Mr. Lord began his career with Sallie Mae in 1981 as its Controller, eight years after Sallie Mae's creation as a federally chartered entity created to provide expanded access to education loans. He has also served as Chairman of the Board and in various executive positions at the company, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Lord returned to the company in a successful proxy contest and was central in efforts to privatize Sallie Mae in 1997 and its diversification into private education loans. Today, Sallie Mae serves over 25 million customers, has assets of $175 billion and offers products and services including college savings programs, scholarship search tools, education loans, tuition insurance, and online banking to help students and their parents save, plan, and pay for college. The company also provides financial services to hundreds of colleges, federal and state governments.
Sallie Mae's Board of Directors acknowledges their deep gratitude to Mr. Lord for his long and tireless commitment to Sallie Mae, his return to the company as Chief Executive Officer to lead Sallie Mae through the 2008 financial crisis, and his important role in guiding the company through the transition to new leadership.
Sallie Mae (NAS: SLM) is the nation's No. 1 financial services company specializing in education. Whether college is a long way off or just around the corner, Sallie Mae turns education dreams into reality for its 25 million customers. With products and services that include 529 college savings plans, Upromise rewards, scholarship search tools, education loans, insurance, and online banking, Sallie Mae offers solutions that help families save, plan, and pay for college. Sallie Mae also provides financial services to hundreds of college campuses as well as to federal and state governments. Learn more at SallieMae.com. Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.
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Brazil pair taking steps in the right direction in Moscow
The Brazilians began with a 2-0 (21-19, 21-16) win over their compatriots and 2013 Moscow gold medallists Maria-Clara and Carolina Salgado and they then followed up with a hard-fought 2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 15-12) victory against newly-crowned CEV European champions Madelein Meppelink and Marleen Van Iersel of the Netherlands.
"It was a good day for me and Juliana," Maria Antonelli said. "We played very well and we have one match tomorrow and we have to think about that, relax and think about the other team. We know that we did well today, but we know tomorrow there is another match."
Their strength as pair shouldn't be too surprising considering that Juliana won the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and London 2012 Olympic bronze alongside former partner Larissa Franca.
Maria Antonelli is no stranger to success herself and she holds countless World Tour medals of all colours in her personal collection. They have already enjoyed a taste of success since Juliana returned from missing the 2013 season by winning silver medals at the 2014 Fuzhou Open in China and the Puerto Vallarta Open in Mexico.
"Juliana is very happy and she talks a lot during the matches," Maria Antonelli said. "She talked a lot today and knows what she is talking about. It is our first World Tour together and we are enjoying it a lot."
"I'm enjoying playing again," Juliana added. "I'm starting as part of a new team and I love playing with her. I expect to play well and to have to work a lot. We feel good about it and we are taking it step by step."
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Marketa Slukova and Kristyna Kolocova also started with a brace of wins.
The Czech duo began with a 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) win over USA's Lane Carico and Brittany Hochevar and then followed up by beating the Netherlands Rimke Braakman and Jantine van der Vlist 2-0 (21-13, 21-14).
"We won both today so we are very happy that it worked out well," Slukova said. "It was a bit windy and rainy, so we had to refocus on playing a different style. We were very stable and had good defence in the second match."
Slukova and Kolocova recently won their first World Tour gold medals when they delighted their home fans at the Prague Open in May, but they have no intention of changing their approach to competing on the World Tour.
"It was another tournament for us," Slukova added. "We are very happy that we won in Prague in front of our home crowd, but we know that every tournament is different, so we know that we have to restart and have to fight for every point."
The double-gender US$800,000 FIVB Moscow Grand Slam runs from Wednesday, June 11 through to Sunday June 15. It is the sixth event and the second Grand Slam on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar that features nine Grand Slams and 11 Open tournaments.
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Positive Hip Hop: Common Market
February 15, 2011 § 2 Comments
Seattle is a city most well known for coffee, rain and grunge rock. Recently, however, they have experienced a boom in independent hip hop as artists like The Blue Scholars have been steadily producing high quality hip hop, musically and lyrically. My personal favorite group from Seattle is Common Market. I was turned on to Common Market by Relevant magazine, and I picked up their second full album Tobacco Road. I was met by a plethora of chill beats produced by Dj Sabzi and perfectly strung together words spit by the immense talent of RA Scion.
The first thing you'll notice about Common Market is the intelligence that they bring to hip hop. Scion's lyrics are a melting pot of story and biography, and his raps are an adventurous romp through an array of expertly delivered vocabulary words that make up a truly unique hip hop experience. Both members of Common Market are Baha'i, a faith that values nonviolence and peaceful treatment of others, and this spiritual and political bent shows through in their lyrics. We're going to take a look at some of their music to highlight their positive contributions to hip hop.
Their first album Common Market is packed full of songs that are full of a driving energy with real hope behind it that seems to suggest that we can band together to make things better. On Every Last One Scion spits:
It's our intent to re-implement modesty/Demandin' self-respect be the market's hottest commodity/Regulate the wealth and decimate extreme poverty/and educate kids with every dollar from the lottery/We 'bout to change the mentality/of old world savagery into a new reality/One where teachers and lawyers will change salaries/and liquor stores are razed to make way for art galleries…
This is not your average radio hip hop. This is two dudes, passionate about changing the way we think about the world and encouraging us to think about how we can actually make a change. Later on in the album on Love One, over a soulful beat from Sabzi, Scion raps about the women in his life: his mom, sister, wife and daughter. It's a beautiful song that celebrates everything good about femininity and shows that Common Market's approach to women is not formed by the prevailing view of the hip hop genre.
After their first album, filled with many more songs like those I highlighted above, Common Market released an EP before dropping Tobacco Road. Tobacco Road is a stunning album, dripping with soul, Scion's lyrics perfectly complemented by Sabzi's production. The album bursts out of the doors with Trouble Is, but it is the second song Gol'Dust that captures my attention immediately. The song is a exemplary look at greed and the many ways it influences our daily lives. My favorite lines come at the end of the song: "And what's a legacy worth next to mined metal, yo/Measure me first–depression, it's better we work/For change, not for pennies, if anything the commodity traded is us for flakes of gold dust."
Tobacco Road is an album concerned with the way in which we work, the affects of industrialization and, ultimately, the way we live our lives. Nina Sing touches on poverty and societal inequality in work and economic conditions. The final verse is a perfect example: "Seein' fam fallin' through the cracks in the variance/Famished on a barren land of AIDS and malaria/One percent could fix it with a tenth of their inheritance/Freedom buried in the treasure chest of the nefarious." Regardless of whether or not you agree with their conclusions, there is no doubt that Common Market is exploring important territory with a level of maturity and verbosity that should be respected. The album concludes with the title track, an homage to Tobacco Road in Kentucky, which also offers up a introspective look on growing up and leaving home. "Mindful of the nights in that state, who they say life is what you make it/When really life is what makes you…The schools failed me, thank God the farm taught me/The value of a calloused hand, how to work and plow this land/How even a modest crop will make your pop the proudest man."
Common Market is a independent hip hop group that is not afraid to tackle big issues and they do it in an intellectual, effective way. Their songs are loaded with words and ideas that are available for anyone who is willing to listen. Positive and socially conscious, Common Market is making great music with a worthwhile message.


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Rockledge, FL - Health First Physicians recently welcomed Gynecologic Oncologist John Bomalaski, MD, and Interventional Cardiologist Cesar Jara, MD, FACC, FSCAI-both well-known area specialists.
Dr. Bomalaski attended medical school and served a residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He also served an internship and fellowship at University of South Florida and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. Dr. Bomalaski's new Health First Physicians Gynecologic Oncology practice is located at 1051 S. Hickory St., Suite A, in Melbourne and he can be reached for appointments at 321-752-0944. A member of the Medical Staffs at all three Health First hospitals, he's Board-Certified in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Gynecology Oncology.
Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology, and Cardiac Computed Tomography, Dr. Jara is a member of the Medical Staffs at CCH and HRMC. He attended medical school in Lima, Peru, at Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University and served an internship and fellowship at VAMC/University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami where he served as Chief Medical Resident and a member of the Adjunct Faculty. He received additional training in carotid stenting at Northwestern University, Chicago, and in cardiac computed tomography at University of Florida, Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Dr. Jara's primary Health First Physicians Interventional Cardiology practice will be located at 7640 N. Wickham Road, Suite 118, in the Suntree area. He will also see patients at his offices at Cape Canaveral Hospital Medical Plaza in Suite 503 and at the Health First Healthplex on Merritt Island, 2nd floor. He can be reached for appointments at 321-434-6650.
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WHAT: Health First is pleased to announce it will again host the Health First Foundation Benefit Ball event. In its 32nd year, this event will raise funds for the Health First Breast Center. For more information, contact the Health First Foundation at 321-434-7353 or visit www.Health-First.org/Foundation.
WHEN: Saturday, April 12 from 6:30 p.m. – Midnight
WHERE: Clemente Center at the Florida Institute of Technology (located at 150 W. University Blvd. in Melbourne)
BACKGROUND: The theme of the 2014 Health First Annual Benefit Ball event is GATSBY … "A Night of Glitz and Glamour." The black-tie affair will feature food, drinks, live music and dancing. Theresa Williams is serving as chairman of the Ball (with a 18-member volunteer committee) and Stephen Lacey, attorney with McClelland Jones, LLC is chairing the underwriting committee (with a 13-member volunteer committee).
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But I was looking at the pro athletes who will be coming to Challenge Copenhagen (the Ironman this coming Sunday) and I found myself drawn to Virginia Berasategui from Spain. I was particularly impressed by her seemingly laid-back approach and the fact she can kick out a 3:03 marathon in a Ironman (and still prefer the bike). Plus she has what I consider to be the perfect athletic female body (don't get weirded out now).
Virginia as female Jesus
And wearing the same outfit (or a strikingly similar one.. ha! Can you see the difference?), taking 3rd in Kona (For a second there I thought I had an excuse for wearing my 1 tri outfit over and over, but alas).
Yes, definitely a look I wouldn't mind having. I find that runners tend to, for obvious reasons, havevery muscular legs, but not much going on in their arms or upper body. In theory, it helps to weigh less on top. But imagine, though, looking like Virginia AND being a fast runner. Hmmm. Well, I had her picked out to win Challenge Copenhagen, which you can follow here on Sunday. However, she doesn't seem to have it listed on her race schedule on her blog.The organizers may be a little disappointed to learn she didn't even know she was participating.
So, in case you hadn't figured it out, I won't be doing Challenge Copenhagen this year. If one is going to drop $600/3000 kr. on a race, one should really be prepared and rich. And I'm not. So we'll be doing a half Ironman instead in 2 weeks. And maybe Challenge Copenhagen next year (if you sign up earlier, it's about half the price...)
Anyway, here is our fall race schedule, which appears to be jam-packed. But if you consider the tris and one bike race, perhaps it is reasonable. All are in Denmark, except for one in Germany and one in the US.
Rishøjløbet - 87 km bike race - 15 august
Hillerød Gold Distance Triathlon - 22 August
Villa Gallina Løbet - 14 km - 29 august
DHL stafet - 5km relay - 2 september
Skovløberen Marathon- 5. Sep
Herlufsholm Tri Club Championship - 14. September
Brocken Marathon - 9 Oct
Copenhagen 6 Hour Run - 23 Oct
OUC (Orlando) Half Marathon - 4 December
I hope that this fall will be a time of more focused training with less junk miles to burn calories and that I can successfully become a faster runner AND triathlete at the same time (again, if I get pregnant, not much changes unless my body says differently).
Let me say something brief about each one.
1. Rishøjløbet: This will be my first bike race. Let me compare this to entering a first marathon in Kenya with all Kenyans. Kenyans come out of the womb running and Danes come out cycling. My lofty goal is to not be last. SR laughed at this and said he was actually sure they would throw me out of the race once I got too far behind the last pack. Imagine paying and training and getting up early for a race only to have them throw you out because you get behind... how rude!
2. Hillerød Gold Distance Tri: It's nearly a half Ironman, but the swim is cut down to 1km because it takes place in a 50 meter pool! I get a stomach ulcer just imagining how this is going to work, but then I imagine Virginia would be pretty laid back about it (WWVD?), so I'll just stop worrying :). The bike and swim are outdoors.
3. Villa Galina Løbet: This is my favorite race route in Denmark, at least of those I've seen. It is very hilly and in a beautiful woods with some small lakes. Heck maybe I like it because it reminds me of Wisconsin. But one should point out that, unlike Wisconsin, it is never hot here and there are essentially no bugs. I would most like to do the 14 km, but think instead I will run the 5,5 km in light of the two other races later in the week.
4. DHL staffet: I am representing Facebook Løbeklub in this 5k relay. I think it will be a good route to try for a PR.
5. Skovløberen Marathon: I have heard lots of good things about this marathon, which is on a hilly, wooded route. No chance for a PR here, but it should be fun. It's in Denmark and NOT on asphalt!!! If I'm dreaming, don't wake me.
6. Herlufsholm Tri Championsip: This is our club championship. I don't know what the distance will be yet, but I'm definitely going to participate.
7. Brocken Marathon: This one takes place in the mountainous center of Germany in the area of Harzen. It is a mountain trail marathon I learned about last year from Iris. We are making family pilgrimage with SR's mom's entire extended family, so SR and I can't let the clan down.
8. Copenhagen 6 hour run. I am going to run this one to get revenge for last year. Not revenge on a particular person (don't worry, May-Britt), but just prove to myself that I can run this one better. Last year, I went into this race thinking I would win. I led for the first 3/4 and then fell apart into itty bitty pieces. Maybe it was a broken soul or maybe it was sore quads from 4 1/2 hours of asphalt. This year my strategy will be different. I've been working on the race flow chart all year, but don't expect me to give it away until it's over!
9. Orlando Half Marathon - we are planning a trip to Disney World with the kids so SR can go to the American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference. At the end of our trip is the OUC Half Marathon. Looks like it will be a good route to try for a PR.
Will I see any of you at these races?
The following song was recommended by my sister. I get so mad when she, sitting in Minneapolis, finds great Swedish music before I do.
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When: Thursday, January 30th @ 8:30am – 4:00pm
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Washington's animal advocates will soon fill the halls of the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services in Olympia for Humane Lobby Day 2014. You can be in on this exciting action, too! Join your HSUS state director Dan Paul for one day that can make all the difference for animals.
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We've been Galway's leading hostel for over fifteen years. We're clean, safe, and friendly - and always great value for money.
Sleepzone's many modern features include:
- Free WI-FI in rooms and communal areas with North American and European electrical socket
- Guest PCs with Internet access
- Complimentary tea and filter coffee all day
- A modern and fully-equipped self-catering kitchen,
- Luggage room and guest safes
- Self-service laundry room
- Tours bookable at Reception
Our location in the centre of Galway puts us just 100 meters from Eyre Square. We're just a short distance (three minutes' walk) from the central bus and train station (Bus Eireann and Irish rail will get you to here) and the coach park (a variety of private bus companies operate from here). All of the action in Galway is just around the corner, but not outside our windows, so you should get a good night's sleep.
Our facilities include free internet and free Wi-Fi plus U.S. and Continental European electric sockets for using your notebooks without the hassle of adaptors.
The fully equipped, excellent, self-catering kitchen can cater for large groups but also has nooks for smaller groups or individual travellers.
Our other amenities include vending machines, payphones, self-service laundry, foosball, a TV lounge and our reading lounge with an excellent selection of travel books and books of Irish interest.
Security is important to us. With this in mind, there's key-card access to front of house, stairwell and individual rooms; electronic luggage lockers, free use of laptop and valuables lockers in lobby plus the largest number of female-only dorms in Galway.
Explore the west of Ireland from our doorstep! We have discounted tickets for tours to the cliffs of Moher (in the Burren region) and Connemara and tour buses collect (and drop off in the evening) at our front door, daily. We have plenty of maps and guidebooks and if you get there and realize you would like to stay the night, we have sister hostels in both Connemara and Burren!
We are informative! Our staff are knowledgeable about every aspect of the city and are able to offer advice and tips - whether it's a cultural experience, a cosy pub or stand-up comedy that you're looking for. We regularly get free passes to nightclubs, music and comedy events for our guests; the free map you receive on check-in has been designed by our staff, and has all the spots of interest as well as the secret little gems that you may never hear about. The staff have researched the nightlife of Galway extensively for you - it's tough work, but someone's got to do it. ;)
Moving to Galway? We have information on everything you need - accommodation, jobs, getting set up with a phone, opening a bank account and we can advise you while you get settled here in those first few weeks!
Please see our Must-Read Hostel Info below before booking.
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Photo ID is required at check-in; we cannot check you in without it. Photo ID must be a valid and state date of birth.
Check-in: 3pm. If you arrive earlier, you're welcome to leave your bags with us until then, chill out and have a cuppa.
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Please note that Sleepzone Galway is an alcohol-free zone. Galway is a party town. Accommodating over 200 people/night, we feel our priority is to provide a fun, safe, clean, friendly , value for money accommodation - for groups, for individual travellers, for families , for people of all ages and nationalities.
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Directions from Galway Coach Station (private bus companies arrive here):
Exit the coach station and walk right, towards the traffic lights outside Anglo Irish Bank. Walk up Bothar Ui Eithir (the road that divides Anglo Irish Bank on the right and Mace convenience store on the left). At the top of Bothar Ui Eithir turn left. Then take the first right onto Bothar na mBan. You will see Sleepzone about 80 metres ahead on the left hand side. Please note that Bothar Ui Eithir is a one-way street. You can walk but not drive up.
Directions from Galway City Rail and Bus Eireann Terminal:
The station is beside Eyre Square in the centre of Galway City. When you exit the station cross over to Garvey�s Bar and, keeping Eyre Square on your left, walk to the top of the street. At the top of Eyre Square turn right. You will see a large TK Maxx store in a modern building across the street (Prospect Hill). That\\\\\\\'s where you take the next turn left (Bothar na mBan), and you will see Sleepzone about 80 metres down on the left hand side.
Directions from Galway Tourist Information Office:
Directly across the road from the Tourist Office is Anglo Irish Bank and Bothar Ui Eithir. Walk up Bothar Ui Eithir (the road that divides Anglo Irish Bank on the right and Mace convenience store on the left). At the top of Bothar Ui Eithir turn left. Then take the first right onto Bothar na mBan. You will see Sleepzone about 80 metres ahead on the left hand side. Please note that Bothar Ui Eithir is a one-way street. You can walk but not drive up.
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From the Dublin Road into Galway follow the signs for Clifden until you reach the stop/go roundabout (the roundabout with traffic lights).
Take the (2nd) exit for the city centre. Drive about 500m and take second left turn (opposite Dyke Road). You will see Sleepzone about 50m ahead on the right hand side.
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Training: Health and Safety Orientation
- Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wilson Hall, 1-116 - view map
Safety and Risk Management is hosting a Health and Safety Orientation. This mandatory course addresses overarching safety hazards and concerns on the MSU campuses, and how you can be proactive to avoid and prevent them. Included in this course are general requirements and standards outlined by MSU Policy, OSHA standards, International Fire Code and NFPA standards. It also covers what to do in the instance of an emergency or accident.
Intended Audience: All employees are required to attend. If an employee is re-hired and they have not taken this course in the past 3 years, it is necessary to re-take the course.
How you will benefit: At the conclusion of the course you will be able to:
- Work Safely
- Understand the Policies and Procedures that are applicable to you
- Recognize and Report Hazards
- Know which University and OSHA trainings are applicable to you and how to register
- Report an incident, accident, and near-miss
- Follow Emergency Action Plans and understand the Employee Alarm System
- Understand Workers' Compensation basics and how it would apply to
Registration is required and registration can be completed at: https://atlas.montana.edu:9000/apex/f?p=112:LOGIN:112982303315542
Please contact Trevor with any questions: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Safety and Risk Management
More Info:
http://www.montana.edu/wwwsrm/training/trainingdescriptions.htm#Health and Safety Orientation


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This rather plain tablet marker records the cause of young Joseph Taylor's death. Always a bonus!
By the fall from
a swing
July 25, 1844
son of
Oliver & Lucy
Ages 16 yrs.
Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
Just when you think you've seen it all.....LOL! Now I'm wondering just what kind of swing it was that a 16 year old would be swinging on. A rope swing maybe? We used to swing on rope swings and let go as we swung out over the river. Ahhh, the good old days!ReplyDelete
I just love it when headstones reveal such fascinating information and it sent chills right through me, because a few weeks ago when we had our grandaughter to stay, she had a nasty fall from a swing. Luckily no harm was done..........ReplyDelete


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Mobile retailer and network provider Three has revealed it is to offer the Google Nexus 4 in a matter of weeks with the recently released Android 4.2 handset to be made available from December 13.
A handset manufactured by LG, SIM-free Google Nexus 4 sales kicked off earlier this month with Google's latest Android iteration launching handset selling out in the UK in less than 30 minutes. Offering eager consumers a new opportunity to get their hands on the in demand handset, Three has confirmed that it will begin stocking the device in a little under three weeks.
"The Nexus 4 has a beautiful design and impressive hardware specs so our customers will be able to truly enjoy all the benefits of the mobile internet with this new smartphone," said Sylvia Chind, Head of Devices at Three.
Whilst the Google Nexus 4 has been praised for its high-end collection of specs and budget £239 price tag, Three has revealed it will be offering the handset at a slightly higher price point with a £399.99 Pay As You Go Google Nexus 4 price set be the network.
For those not wanting such a considerable initial outlay, Three has also announced a selection of Google Nexus 4 tariffs with the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean launching smartphone to set wannabe owners back £35 per month and £29 up front on the all-inclusive One Plan.
Google Nexus 4 Specs
With a Google Nexus 4 features list capable of rivalling any handset on the market, and seeing a Google Nexus 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy S3 rivallry having already kicked into full flow, the device's sub £250 price point when brought through the Google Play store has surprised, and appealed to, many.
Playing host to a 4.7-inch WXGA IPS touchscreen display with a 1280 x 768p resolution, 320ppi image density and Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coating, the Google Nexus 4 backs up a hugely impressive and zippy 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM.
Elsewhere, an 8-megapixel rear-mounted camera features on the 9.1mm thick, 139g in weight handset alongside a 1.3-megapixel forward-facing snapper whilst a 2,100mAh battery and the option of 8GB or 16GB of internal storage help run the show.
Are you tempted for the Google Nexus 4? Will you be looking to snap up the handset on the Three network from December 13 or would you rather by it from the Google Play store? Let us know via the Trusted Reviews Twitter and Facebook feeds or through the comments boxes below.


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Christine McVie eases comfortably into the corner of a leather sofa, about a foot between her and Lindsey Buckingham. He leans forward and side by side, they listen to the playback of "Too Far Gone," a danceable new Fleetwood Mac song they've written together over the last few weeks at a West Los Angeles recording studio.
"This was a great collaboration," Buckingham said. "I had a track without any singing on it, and she wrote the song over it."
"We've been doing that quite a bit lately, haven't we?" McVie said.
Helping McVie write songs, Buckingham said to her, "is something you always wanted me to do for you, which was not necessarily the case with Stevie. She's a little more complicated in her needs."
It's a scene that would have been pure rock 'n' roll fantasy barely two years ago.
At that point, McVie was securely ensconced in her 17th century mansion in rural northern England, having retired from touring and recording with a band she'd been part of for a quarter century. Crippled by a fear of flying that made the idea of a trip to Los Angeles — or anywhere else — unthinkable, the '70s rock goddess stopped touring in 1998 and spent much of her time cooking and gardening.
But last week, the woman who wrote and sang many of the group's cornerstone songs, including "Don't Stop," "You Make Loving Fun," and "Little Lies," traded banter cheerfully with Buckingham, who expressed sheer delight at resuming the creative relationship they'd once enjoyed, both saying they've not only picked up where they left off, but agreeing that "it's better than ever."
In fact, it's the same studio they built 35 years ago when the British-American band was starting work on one of the most ambitious projects of the group's storied career, the two-disc "Tusk" album, which followed blockbuster "Rumours," one of the 10 bestselling albums of all time.
After a smiling McVie flashes double thumbs-up to engineer Mark Needham, Mick Fleetwood squeezes his unmistakable 6-foot-5 inch frame through the control room door and starts munching a forkful of salad out of a green plastic container. He grabs a digital camera off a coffee table and points it at his bandmates. McVie obliges him by twisting her mouth into a goofy grimace as he snaps the shot.
"There was some worry about whether it was a good idea to come back here," said Fleetwood, 66. "Maybe it would be better to go someplace new, someplace we hadn't worked before. But since we started working here, it couldn't be more fantastic."
F. Scott Fitzgerald's observation that "there are no second acts in American lives" notwithstanding, it appears that the Grammy-winning quintet is positioning itself for precisely that.
Of the band's five members, only Stevie Nicks isn't on the premises, busy attending to other commitments, they say. While Christine McVie and Buckingham signed off on the latest tweaks to "Too Far Gone," John McVie and Fleetwood worked on other facets of the new material.
McVie's return to the fold for an upcoming full-band reunion tour, announced in January, was surprise enough to music fans who'd been assured for a decade and a half that McVie had checked out of Fleetwood Mac and wasn't coming back. But things began to change a couple of years ago, when she began to reassess her decision.
She continued to write in her self-imposed retirement, and put out an appealing solo album in 2004, "In the Meantime." It was that project that helped plant the seed for her eventual return.
"It had some good songs on it, but I went about it all wrong, " said McVie, 70, still looking the part of the quintessential rock 'n' roll singer and songwriter in her brown leather jacket, over a white tank top and tight black jeans. "I did it the wrong way, with the wrong people, I didn't want to fly, I didn't want to promote it. I just did it in my garage and nothing happened with it. That caused a certain amount of angst, and then I just stopped."
Then a couple of years ago, she sought out a therapist to help her with the fear of flying. "He asked me, 'If you were to go anywhere in the world, where would you want to go?' I thought about it for a little bit, and I said 'Hawaii.'
"He said, 'Buy your ticket.' Then he said, 'You don't have to use it. Just buy it'," she said. Buckingham laughs at her revelation, saying, "I didn't know that part."
After a period of being gradually desensitized to the idea of flying, she said Fleetwood drove to her home to meet her, and together they got on a plane to Maui. There she joined him and her ex-husband, John McVie, at a performance by their blues band.
"I did a couple of songs there, it felt good onstage, and then I thought, I'm really missing out on something—something that's mine, that I've just given up, and I'm not paying respect to my own gift," she said. "I saw that if I want to start to play again, there's only one band I want to play with, and that's Fleetwood Mac."
That led to her first appearance in 15 years with Buckingham, Nicks, McVie and Fleetwood when the 80% edition of the group performed at the O2 Arena in London last year, a one-night reunion that set the stage for her return to the band.
That would have been reason enough for Fleetwood Mac fans to celebrate, but as McVie put it, her return wasn't simply for the full-group reunion tour now scheduled to start in the fall.
"I committed to join the band hook, line and sinker — recording, everything," she said.
Having overcome her flying fears, a new sense of liberation is manifesting in McVie through an outpouring of songwriting, much of it with Buckingham. Over the last eight weeks, Buckingham said they've written and recorded eight new songs, which will help populate a new Fleetwood Mac album along with seven or eight more the band recorded about 18 months ago while gearing up for a 2013 tour.
Another McVie-Buckingham collaboration they previewed, "How I Feel," is a buoyant number with all the markings of a hit.
"There's a lot of pop in what we've been doing," Buckingham, 64, says with a giddy smile, his signature shock of kinky hair still shooting skyward even as it has morphed over the years from dark brown to salt-and-pepper shades.
Following this round of recording, the album will be shelved while they gear up for the new tour, which opens Sept. 30 in Minneapolis and includes three nights at the Forum in Inglewood.
"I think we both came in with a certain level of ... not anxiety, but acknowledging that there were certain unknowns as to how this was going to go, or where it was going to go, or whether it would only get so far and then hit the wall," Buckingham said. "It's almost like the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, which was always a way to describe Fleetwood Mac.
"When someone takes such a long hiatus, you don't know if that was a moment in time; if that [working relationship] is still there," he said. "You know the potential is still there, but are the tools for getting in touch with it still there? But actually, it's better than ever, wouldn't you say?"
"Absolutely," McVie said instantaneously. "You've heard what the tour is called?" she asks, as if to underscore the theme of rejuvenation for the new chapter in the continuing story that is Fleetwood Mac. "On With the Show," she said, answering her own question.
Working together again, Buckingham said, "has been a really profound couple of months. I can't think of anything better for the next act for this band."
Twitter: @RandyLewis2


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Tourism Central Otago
Central Otago, A World of Difference. Cycle the Otago Central Rail Trail, Roxburgh Gorge Trail and Clutha Gold trails. Enjoy award winning wines, go curling, visit historic sites, indulge in fresh produce from roadside stalls, enjoy our space.
Welcome to Central Otago;New Zealand's most inland region, also it's hottest, coldest and driest.
Central Otago celebrates a magnificent natural and historic wealth; distinguished through its expansive landscapes, defined seasons, distinctive heritage, year round curling, wine trails and New Zealand's first rail trail.
Central Otago is a place where you relax, indulge and rejuvenate. The region stretches from Tarras in the north, to Roxburgh in the south, Ranfurly in the east and Cromwell in the West. The region is readily accessible by main highways from Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown and the West Coast via Wanaka. Queenstown International Airport is just 40 minutes from Cromwell and less than an hour from Alexandra.
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What if, just what if, there were two days and no one died? That's the premise of Death Takes a Holiday. "Death", trades in his traditional grim reaper role and decides to see what love and life and feelings are by coming to life, if only for a few days. What if we could all trade places with someone? Who would you trade places with and why? http://www.dnykg.com/theatre-reviews/
About Eric Gordon
Eric J Gordon has been working in the travel and tourism industry for over 25 years and founded Beyond Times Square, a leading New York-based company in 2003.
Eric is the son of Harold Gordon, the founder of Park East Tours, one of the first USA based African Safari Companies. Eric is a native New Yorker. He was raised just outside of NYC in Rockland County, but because of his parents love for NYC (they owned an apartment in Manhattan) and his father's passion for Broadway Theater, Eric spent much of his youth in Manhattan.
Eric jumped out of college and into the safari business. After 10 years at Park East and selling the business, he moved on. Having spent so much time in New York, he declared himself a New York Expert. He saw the fragmentation in the New York City tourism industry and created Beyond Times Square, making many services available to travelers. He set out appealing to the group market and then moved on to private high-end luxury vacations in New York City, Washington DC, Boston, Philadelphia and Niagara Falls. The name Beyond Times Square grew and in 2012 Beyond Times Square became the preferred on-site tour company for the prestigious Virtuoso Luxury Travel Consortium. He also was voted on to the board of NYC&Co in 2014, serving as the first tour operator member.
Eric holds a BA in Psychology from the State University of New York College at Oswego and an MBA from Baruch College in NYC. He has visited 47 of 50 states, over 40 countries and counting.