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The appellant...submitted an application on 8th December 2005 for the post of specialist registrar in plastic surgery in the Oxford and Wessex Deanery. Candidates were required to complete an application form in full.
On 17th May 2011 the panel found that the application form submitted in December 2005 contained seven inaccurate statements which were both dishonest and misleading; that her fitness to practise was therefore impaired; and that she should be suspended from practice for 12 months. She appeals against those findings and the sanction.
Section 6 of the application form required the candidate to list her postgraduate medical qualifications. One of the bullet points states "if you are in the process of working towards a higher degree please say so, indicating expected completion date". [She]..."MD; Leeds University Medical School, UK, Thesis and Viva"; and then, in the final column, which is headed "date passed":
"TO BE AWARDEDVIVA AWAITEDCompletion January 2006"the panel's finding was as follows:
"...The truth was that far from a VIVA being awaited, your thesis had not even been completed. To imply that is was, applying the test in Ghosh, the Panel is satisfied was dishonest. In reaching its decision the Panel took account of the seriousness of the allegation and your good character. The Panel did not accept your evidence that it could have been worded better. The Panel was satisfied that it was worded in such a way to convey to the reader that your VIVA was expected and by inference your thesis completed and submitted"Section 7 of the form required the candidate to state what relevant medical or professional courses other than those leading to a post graduate degree or qualification she had attended. [She] listed seven of these. The first was ATLS (advanced trauma life support), which she stated had been attained at the Mayday Hospital, Croydon. Under the heading "date certificate attained" she wrote "2001 C [ie completed] (recertification booked)".
...had in fact successfully completed a 3 day ATLS course at the Mayday Hospital from 13-15 September 2000. The certificate states that it expires on 15 September 2004, that is to say on the fourth anniversary of the last day of the course.
The panel found:
The last entry stated that from August 2004 to December 2005, a period of 17 months, she had worked at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield in the speciality of plastic, reconstructive, hand and burns surgery as a "Research Registrar" funded by Action on Plastic Surgery....Section 9 is a single line reading "time in full-time research" and seeking an answer in years and months. The answer [she] gave was 1 year, 5 months. Section 11 asks about "time in plastic surgery (do not include research)". [She] answered that she had spent 24 months as an SHO and 17 months as a registrar. In oral evidence (Day 8, page 378) she said that during this period she spent 50 hours per week on research and her clinical hours were between 40 and 90 per week."...The Panel is satisfied that it was untrue to say that you completed your ATLS course in 2001. In the context of an important job application, truthfulness is expected. You knew this to be untrue. The Panel did not accept your evidence that this was a mistake. This was a certificate relevant to the application. Your application form implied that it was current when it was not. Applying the test in Ghosh, the Panel is satisfied that this was dishonest."
The panel found:
Paragraph 3(g) of the list of allegations made by the GMC against [her] referred to a statement in the application form "that, during your research project, you had (1) produced 11 publications, (2) produced 21 national and international presentations". This was alleged to be dishonest and misleading. The findings of the panel were as follows [emphasis added]:"...The Panel determined that it was not true that you spent 17 months in a full time research post and spent 17 months in a full time clinical post. That is what your application form conveys to the reader. The Panel is satisfied that these are matters within your own knowledge and you must have known them to be untrue. Applying the test in Ghosh, the Panel is satisfied that this was dishonest."
In a narrative section headed "Other achievements" in the "additional information" section of the application form there were 8 sentences, the fifth of which was "I have produced medical video packages for television which was broadcast internationally on CNN". The charge in relation to this was that it was a dishonest and misleading claim."The period of your research was from August 2004 to December 2005. There were fewer than 11 publications related to your research within that time frame...There were fewer than 21 national and international presentations related to your research within that time frame...The Panel is satisfied that these are matters within your own knowledge and you must have known them to be untrue. Applying the test in Ghosh the Panel is satisfied that this was dishonest."
The Panel had before it a letter from CNN dated 29th October 2010 which confirmed that [she] "worked as an intern in the medical news department at CNN Atlanta in 1998 and was involved in writing, production and editing of medical news packages produced for CNN Health which were broadcast nationally and internationally."
In their findings after referring to this letter and the application form the Panel went on:
The findings of the appeal judge were a little more reasonable:"...The Panel determined that it was not true that you had produced medical video packages for television that were broadcast internationally on CNN. It was not true that you were solely responsible for the production of these packages. You were involved in the production with others as part of your internship. The Panel is satisfied that these are matters within your own knowledge and you must have known them to be untrue. Applying the test in Ghosh the Panel is satisfied that this was dishonest." [emphasis added]
The above paragraphs of the judgment were circulated to the parties in draft on 1 November 2011. Counsel are agreed that in the light of their contents there would be no reasonable prospect, in the event of remission of the case to the GMC, of a Panel finding that her fitness to practise is impaired, nor of a warning being issued under section 35D(3) of the Medical Act. Accordingly the finding of impairment, the sanction of suspension and the direction for immediate suspension pursuant to section 38(1) of the Act will also be quashed. The GMC must pay the appellant's costs of the appeal, which have been agreed in the sum of £22,000.What a farce. "Protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" my arse - it's a self-perpetuating and self-interested quango which acts as a tool of the medical and NHS bureaucracy to keep the footsoldiers in line.
And yet, compare:
A GUILDFORD doctor who was suspended from medical practice for misconduct last year will be allowed to practise from next month following a case review by the General Medical Council.And contrast:
Last year, the GMC found that between 1995 and 2003, Stephen Carr-Bains entered into sexual relationships with two of his patients - both of whom were vulnerable and suffering from mental health problems.
Dr Carr-Bains, who worked for the Guildowns Group Practice at the University of Surrey, got one of his patients pregnant and then helped her to arrange a termination.
Following the abortion, the doctor did not put a letter from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service into the woman's records, failed to make any record of the abortion and did not refer her for post-termination counselling.
Several years later, in 2005 and 2006, the doctor pressurised the woman not to reveal her relationship with him to her counsellor.
The 56-year-old GP had sex with the other woman while 'staying over' at her university accommodation.
The Panel is of the view that you have shown contrition for, and insight into, your actions...the original misconduct took place several years ago in the context of an otherwise unblemished record. Taking into account these matters and all of the public interests at stake, it has, therefore, determined that your fitness to practise is no longer impaired by reason of your misconduct.
I will leave a comparison of age and ethnicity to the reader. The GMC is not fit for purpose.


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I've wanted for a very long time to make an advent calendar for the run up to Christmas, but was always reluctant to start because i could never decide on what type to make!
Each day has a pocket with a sweet and a character inside.
Look at them all poking out! lol!
So each day you have to add another character to populate the nativity scene. I made the little charcters from felt and put poppers on the labelled spaces in the stable...because it wouldn't be mine if i couldn't be in complete control! lol!
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2012/08/06 - Jaeger-LeCoultre the Global Champions Tour 2012 Monaco
Jaeger-LeCoultre Pro-Am Cup triumphs in the port of Monaco
In the dramatic competition devised by Charlotte Casiraghi, Honorary President of the GCT Monaco, 15 teams of amateur and professional riders joined forces for a fast and furious race to victory and a share of the first prize. Jaeger-LeCoultre, the reference in Swiss fine watchmaking, sponsored the overall competition continuing the brand's strong association with equestrian sport and the Global Champions Tour.
With the GCT showground decked out in red and white and teams dressed in co-ordinated polo shirts, the scene was set for the battle in the Jaeger-LeCoultre Pro-Am Cup.
Jaeger-LeCoultre was honored to be represented by United Arab Emirates leading rider Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan who competed alongside Jane Davies, an amateur UK rider. Charlotte Casiraghi, the patron of this show, competed in the Cup together with Edwina Tops-Alexander, a long-time friend of Jaeger-LeCoultre.
Masoni SpA's Pius Schwizer and Filippo Bologni set a cracking pace and their time of 72.83 remained unbeaten leaving them as Jaeger-LeCoultre Pro-Am Cup champions. Princess Caroline of Monaco awarded the winners with the first prize.
Grand Prix de Monaco
Kevin Staut polished off a fantastic victory in the Global Champions Tour of Monaco in one of the most unpredictable Grand Prix of the 2012 series so far. French rider triumphed on the Belgian bred gelding Reveur de Hurtebise, even though horse and rider have only been a combination for two months. Isabelle Gervais, Jaeger-LeCoultre International Public Relations Director, awarded the champion with the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931.
Watched by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Grand Prix produced great sporting drama and plenty of upsets with the best in the world being toppled by impressive newcomers to the GCT.
Edwina Tops-Alexander, Jaeger-LeCoultre friend, finished in seventh place on four faults on her famous gelding Cevo Itot du Chateau and remains top of the GCT ranking so far in the 2012 series. Crowds lined the public route alongside the arena to get a glimpse of the show jumping stars and some of the glamour and royalty at the event.
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Reporting to the Executive Director, Toxicology, the incumbent will participate on multidisciplinary project teams where s/he will assist in optimizing development plans; design, conduct, and interpret nonclinical toxicology and investigational safety studies; and effectively communicate with worldwide regulatory agencies to bring our client's drugs to patients as quickly as possible. This is an ideal position for an independent individual with a strong background in preclinical toxicology who enjoys working in a team-oriented and highly cross-disciplinary environment. This position also offers opportunities to help build a highly efficient nonclinical development group with a clinical-stage company with a promising pipeline.
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Ustream released the new iOS app on August 27th with plenty of new updates and features. Let's see what's really under the hood.
The new iOS app has a modern design with reinterpreted surfaces and features, making content discovery seamless and engaging more viewers on both the larger format iPad screen and on iPhone.
The app also allows users to upload videos they have recorded on the built-in iPhone camera app and easily create, edit and delete videos, channels and events inside the application. Live streaming capability has also been enhanced, allowing high-quality 16:9 format broadcasting directly from the phone. Users now have the freedom to upload their own pictures and connect their Facebook and Twitter accounts with the application. By expanding the use-cases to encompass capturing short clips intended for on-demand consumption, the Ustream platform is now even more suitable for applications like knowledge sharing and informal training.


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Black Label Society Release Christmas EP, Plot Tour With Guns N' Roses
Deck the halls and hang up your stockings (not that kind!), 'cuz Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society have just delivered some heartwarming Christmas jeer. In preparation of the holidays, the band recorded an EP of acoustic instrumental holiday classics called 'Glorious Christmas Songs That Will Make Your Black Label Heart Feel Good,' which is now available on iTunes and eOne Music.
The disc features faithful covers of 'I'll Be Home for Christmas,' 'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem' and 'It's a Wonderful World.'
While the metal community marvels at the softer side of Zakk and the Doom crew, Black Label Society will be opening up for Judas Priest, and when that's finished the Wylde bunch will head out with Guns N' Roses, starting Dec. 4 in Nashville, Tenn.
"Get Ready for the maximum amount of rock 'n' roll possible in one night," Wylde said of the tour, which will likely exclude the recently recorded Christmas songs.
Black Label Society dates supporting Judas Priest:
11/2 — Calgary, Alberta — Scotiabank Saddledome
11/4 — West Valley City, Utah — Maverik Center
11/5 — Broomfield, Colo. — 1st Bank Center
11/8 — Cincinnati, Ohio — US Bank Arena
11/9 — Springfield, Ill. — Prairie Capital Convention Center
11/10 — St. Charles, Mo. — The Family Arena
11/12 — Hammond, Ind. — The Venue At Horseshoe Casino
11/13 — Detroit, Mich. — Joe Louis Arena
11/15 — Cleveland, Ohio — The Quicken Loans Arena
11/16 — Rochester, N.Y. — Main Street Armory
11/18 — East Rutherford, N.J. — zod Center
11/19 — Johnstown, Pa. — Cambria County War Memorial Arena
11/20 — Lowell, Mass. — Tsongas Arena
11/22 — Toronto, Ontario — Air Canada Centre
11/23 — Quebec City, Quebec — Colisee Pepsi Arena
11/24 — Montreal, Quebec — Bell Centre
11/26 — Reading, Pa. — Sovereign Center
11/27 — Winston-Salem, N.C. — Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
11/30 — Tampa, Fla. — 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
12/01 — Miami, Fla. — Klipsch Ampitheater At Bayfront Park
Black Label Society dates with Guns N' Roses
12/04 — Nashville, Tenn. — Bridgestone Arena
12/05 — Southaven, Miss. — DeSoto County Civic Center
12/07 — Youngstown, Ohio — The Covelli Centre
12/08 — Indianapolis, Ind. — Conseco Fieldhouse
12/11 — Broomfield, Colo. — 1st Bank Center


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For those who are concerned about the impact of multiple shots at a time, we would be happy to modify the schedule as per your request. Additional charges may apply for the vaccine only visits as additional staff time is required to fulfill such requests.
For those who choose to not vaccinate at all, we can no longer accommodate new non-vaccinating patients at our office.
For patients who are going to vaccinate on an altered schedule from what the CDC recommeneds, we will ask you to sign a vaccine refusal form, without any alterations. You will be given an opportunity to write your comments on the form. This form, signed by you and witnessed by the staff, is our only protection in case your child were to have an adverse outcome from a vaccine preventable disease. Any alteration or tampering with the form would indicate that we are in agreement with you in not vaccinating your child.
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LOWELL -- No Boston Olympics would be feasible unless new construction needed to host the games -- an Olympic Village, a main stadium, velodrome and aquatics center -- fits into the longterm planning needs of the state, according to the first report by a state commission exploring the potential for a Boston 2024 Olympics.
Housing for athletes in the Olympic Village, for example, could be used after the games for badly needed housing. Other structures could be reduced, removed or repurposed afterward, the commission said.
"If new facilities need to be constructed, the commission recommends that this is accomplished only with a clear legacy benefit defined," said the report, which was released Thursday.
The summer games would be a massive undertaking also requiring significant infrastructure improvements, something the region is already exploring. Hosting the games could be a catalyst to address those needs an quicker timetable, the report said.
"It's certainly feasible," said state Sen. Eileen Donoghue, a Lowell Democrat who serves on the Olympics commission. Challenges are not minor but not prohibitive either, she said.
The commission said it's still too soon to estimate what Boston would have to spend.
Costs of recent Olympics have varied greatly, from the London 2012 games' $15 billion to Beijing 2008's $40 billion, according to news reports.
Greater Boston could use many existing facilities for the games, the commission report said.
Largely thanks to a wealth of colleges, Greater Boston already has 14 "major" soccer stadiums, 20 track-and-field venues, 10 major sports stadiums or arenas, nine major baseball venues, and others. Some would need to be upgraded to Olympics standards.
Densely-packed Boston would have to accommodate dozens of athletic facilities for 28 sports, an 80,000-seat Olympic stadium, and other supporting structures. The Olympic Village would require about 16,500 beds, a media broadcast center would fill about 675,000 square feet, and a main press center would require about 350,000 square feet.
Boston is thinking creatively of how it could build new facilities without them becoming useless once the games end, Donoghue said.
Housing for athletes, for example, could be privately built and leased to the Olympics, she said. Once the games end, those rooms would be used to house workers or students. The Olympic stadium, a velodrome and an aquatics center could all be built with the ability to be downsized and used by local colleges, the commission said.
While studying the potential for a Boston Olympics, Donoghue said she found that the region's longterm goals for infrastructure, economic development and housing coincided with improvements that would be required for hosting the games.
"What I did not anticipate was the discussion being broader. In other words, with or without the Olympics," Donoghue said, "there is a whole lot of benefit to continuing this discussion between public and private partnerships."
Other needs for the games, including security and hotel-room capacity, will be met, the commission said.
The region already easily exceeds the required 45,000 or so hotel rooms needed for the Olympics, the report said. Logan International Airport could also accommodate travel needs for the event, it said. Massachusetts has "excellent public safety and security forces" with an ability to coordinate regionally and nationally, the report said.
Regional transportation would be stressed by an increased demand of about 500,000 people per day, the commission said. In London, the subway system saw a ridership increase of 35 percent for the Olympics, and the city restricted travel on 150 miles of roadway for Olympics purposes only, according to London officials who testified to the commission.
Donoghue said she understands concerns by critics who say the Olympics would be too costly for Boston. But there is a way to host the games, as places like London and Vancouver did, that focuses on improvements with longterm benefits and facilities that can be used afterward, she said.
"I don't in any way pooh-pooh the idea that people are concerned about costs," Donoghue said.
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31 comments:
- Anne-Mette said...
CONGRATULATION :-). You both must be so proud.
- June 13, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- By Hoki Quilts said...
Behind every brilliant man is a fabulous woman loving him and giving him extra strength. congratulations to both of you - what a team xx
hugs, Miche'le
- June 13, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- Jeanette said...
Congratulations. I'm sure the honour is well deserved.
- June 13, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- Buttercup said...
Congratulations! I read a number of the bios and am very respectful for the all the contributions the awardees have made.
- June 13, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- BubzRugz said...
Congratulations... that certainly is a great honour and recognition for his tireless work... and we all know he did it with your support.... lovely projects... looks like you have a thread saver project like mine!!
- June 13, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- sunny said...
Congratulations to you both. That is very exciting news. You must be very proud.
- June 13, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- StitchinByTheLake said...
Congratulations - I know this was a most wonderful surprise. blessings, marlene
- June 13, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Christine M said...
Sending you all congratulations. How exciting! It was very special being announced on your mother's birthday. We know you've certainly had a great weekend! Hugs, Christine
- June 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Vroomans' Quilts said...
Congratulations to you both, what an honor on a special day.
- June 13, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Petal49 said...
Congratulations on your honour, I'm sure it is well deserved. The projects are lovely too.
- June 13, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Joy said...
Oh Val that's absolutely wonderful news, and you have every reason to be so proud!!! Congratulations, I'm pleased to bits for you :o).
By the way, that dragonfly project looks gawjus, I can't wait to see the whole thing!!!
Joy :o)
PS .... I've popped another Bucket pattern in the mail for you - fingers crossed that this one makes it to you ;o)!!!
- June 13, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Michelle said...
Congratulations it is a proud moment to be cherished!!!
- June 13, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Congratulations how wonderful it must be for both of you. keep up the good work. Lyn
- June 13, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Allie said...
Oh how absolutely exciting - a huge CONGRATULATIONS to your deserving hubby! Well done! You are a darling couple, it's lovely to see your smiles!
Love the oven mitt, guess I should check my scraps, lol. Your sneak peek looks wonderful!
- June 13, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- Janelle said...
Hi Mum
Of course Dad deserves the honour! It wouldn't have happened without you though I love your pot holder (plus your other things) and think it is another great idea for my birthday present! I have only just recently been looking for a new one to replace my dodgy disentegrating one which I have already fixed once! I'm after two anyway and they are expensive in the shops, so I haven't yet purchase any. It's funny how we both like the same type of pot holders... I don't like the glove style ones as much as I'm always looking for the other one when I'm in the middle of cooking.
- June 13, 2011 at 2:52 PM
What wonderful news Val! Congratulations to your lovely hubby and for you Val! You must be very proud people!
Hugs, Sue from Cyprus x x xx
- June 13, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Judith said...
Congratulationns to your hubby. You both must be thrilled. I think you are allowed to walk around with your heads in the clouds for a few days and let it all sink in.
- June 13, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- Sheila said...
Congratulations to your DH, and of course you too :) I do like the sneak peeks of your dragonfly.
- June 13, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Joy McD said...
Congratulations! I am sure both of you have been a blessing to many over the years and the award is also a reflection of you :)
- June 13, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Linda said...
How exciting for you and your husband, Val! I have no doubt that these awards are not given lightly, so this is surely an honor and proud moment for him and all of your family. It's especially heartening to know the award has been given to a Christian. Too often we notice the negativity in our world, and wonder where God is in all of it. Happily, this is definitely contrary to that. How wonderful! Congratulations to all of you for good, positive efforts!
- June 13, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Ozjane said...
Congratulations. Well deserved.
- June 13, 2011 at 11:09 PM
- gill said...
Congratulations to you both! I'm sure he couldn't have managed without you!!!
- June 13, 2011 at 11:20 PM
- Rosa said...
Congratulations!!What a special and great day.
- June 13, 2011 at 11:57 PM
- Dawn said...
Praise God that the gov recognises Christian ministry....and congrats to Hubby for his work and love for the Word of God
Hugs Dawn x x
- June 14, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- Pepe said...
Owlbert and Owlberta? Tha's so funny! :)))
- June 15, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Rian said...
congratulations to your husband and you ofcourse. Enjoy it and be proud of him. I think you may be.
- June 17, 2011 at 12:58 AM
- Quiltjane said...
Such a blessing. Congratulations.
- June 17, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Teresa said...
Oh my goodness - that is OUTSTANDING! Congratulations to your husband and to you as well, as I know you have been a constant support in his life.
- June 17, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Red Heads said...
What a lovely picture of "the love birds". My best wishes to your hubby & to you Val. How wonderful to be acknowledged for your work. I love your little sneak peeks as well. Enjoy your week-end TOGETHER. Blessings: Dianne.
- June 19, 2011 at 12:34 AM
- Isabella said...
Oh Val what a blessing to be recogoised here in this life for all your work dont forget behind every good man there is a great woman
- June 19, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Quiltin' Sandy said...
Hi Val! Congratulations to your DH. What a wonderful honour! :)
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Ohio boy, 9, uses WWII dog tags to find veteran's family
MEDINA, Ohio – A 9-year-old Ohio boy who came by some World War II military dog tags plans to present them to the soldier's family on Veterans Day.
Lenny Aydemir of the Cleveland suburb of Medina was given the dog tags by an uncle visiting from France last summer. He wondered about the owner — Jack B. Robbins from Wichita Falls, Texas — and set out trying to find him.
It turned out that Robbins was shot down over France in 1944 and spent 10 months in a German prison camp. He died in 1969.
WEWS-TV reports that the third-grader will give a presentation on Robbins' life at his school on Monday. Then he'll hand over the dog tags to Robbins' relatives who are flying in for an afternoon ceremony.


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Dir: Gianfranco Rosi. Italy-France. 2013. 93mins
With only his third feature-length film, Italian-American director Gianfranco Rosi's status as one of the most interesting documentary makers on the current scene can no longer be doubted. Sacro Gra, which screened in competition at this year's Venice Film Festival, is his most compassionate and strangely satisfying work to date, an impressionistic mosaic of life lived on the margins of a large Italian city, assembled via the fly-on-the-wall observation of a handful of characters who live or work near Rome's motorway ring road, the Grande Raccordo Anulare, or GRA – here punningly presented as a 'Holy Gra'.
Rosi's film dispenses with narrative comment. Its method is simply to show and tell, weaving in the stories of five main characters with scenes of traffic on the GRA.
The result of a two-year shooting schedule and eight months in the editing room with top Italian snipper Jacopo Quadri, Sacro Gra airs the same fascination with outsider lives as Below Sea Level, his 2006 study of Slab City, a community of trailer-dwelling social outcasts in the Californian Desert. Sacro Gra's charms have much to do with the director's spot-on selection of a brace of engaging or kooky characters from what must have been dozens of potential candidates.
But they also derive from the way he juxtaposes them in a work that has a persuasive emotional rhythm, alternating moments of pathos, drama and gloom with a vein of sometimes quirky, sometimes laugh-out-loud humour that mostly makes it across the subtitle barrier.
Sure, there's none of the shock-value of Rosi's last film, El Sicario – Room 164, a feature length interview with a hooded Mexican drug-cartel hitman which picked up some limited theatrical engagements outside of the festival circuit. But Sacro Gra has the feelgood factor to make up for its lack of body blows, and might even be sniffed at by distributors who took note of the success a few years back of a very different film, Mid-August Lunch. There's a market for quirky, fresh portraits of Italy that take one to places that tourists never normally go.
Apart from a short opening caption that explains what the GRA is, and refers to it as Rome's 'Ring of Saturn' (a nod, perhaps, at author W.G. Sebald, whose book The Rings of Saturn is also a storyfied documentary that pans out along a geographical route), Rosi's film dispenses with narrative comment. Its method is simply to show and tell, weaving in the stories of five main characters with scenes of traffic on the GRA and a few shorter 'walk-on' roles – like a couple of Coyote-Ugly-style bartop dancing girls.
There's a salt-of-the earth but surprisingly well-schooled eel fisherman who lives on a houseboat in the shadow of a motorway viaduct. There's Roberto, a shaven-headed, loquacious ambulance paramedic who you wouldn't be surprised to see among the Roma 'ultras' on match day – but he turns out to be a sensitive, rather lonely man, who pays dutiful visits to an elderly mother who is no longer all there.
There's a real or self-styled prince – we suspect the latter – who rents out his kitsch motorway-side castle for film shoots, advertising, photo-romance shoots (one of which supplies one of the film's more hilarious scenes), conferences, bed and breakfast – you name it.
Playing the prophet of doom to this impresario of tacky dreams is a botanist, shown at work among his palm trees within earshot of the motorway, obsessed to the point almost of fury with his personal battle against the palm weevil, a parasitic beetle that is devastating the trees in his reserve. Finally, there's a curious elderly father and grown-up daughter couple, whose conversations – mostly, to tell the truth, paternal monologues – are filmed through the window of their apartment in a high-rise block of flats that seems to square oddly with this man of culture and refined manners.
You'll need to turn to the pressbook to discover that he's a Piedmontese aristocrat – fallen on hard times, we presume – but this lack of context does not feel frustrating as we're watching. In fact the conjectures the director encourages us to engage in are part of Sacro Gra's appeal. It helps, too, that this sharply shot film looks good on the big screen.
A Catholic open-air mass – complete with a sunburst through clouds that is interpreted by some of the gathered faithful as a sign from God – is shot on a setting that turns everything to white-out glare and dazzle; at other times, it's the unexpected beauty of these non-places that Rosi brings out, places that are not destinations but merely points of passage on a road that goes from here back to here, via somewhere else.
Production companies: Doclab, La Femme Endormie, Rai Cinema
International sales: Doc&Film International, www.docandfilm.com
Producer: Marco Visalberghi, from an idea by: Nicolo Bassetti
Cinematography: Gianfranco Rosi
Editor: Jacopo Quadri
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Build the Sandcastle of Your Dreams in Long Beach, WA
July 1, 2011 by: Susan Goldsmith
SandSations, in Long Beach, Washington, was voted #1 Best Sand Castle contest in the USA by Coastal Living Magazine! The sand sculpture weekend is coming right up on July 20th-24th. Boreas still has rooms available if you would like to build castles and sculptures or if you simply enjoy marveling at the artistry of the masters, watching teams working together to achieve a goal and learn how the process works. I used to participate in the Cannon Beach competition for around 12 years and my team used to place #1 in our sand sculpting masters category. We sculpted completely by hand. We were consistently top prize winners–that is, until this group of architects from Seattle were added to our category and used sophisticated forms and packing devices…and we didn't always place first after that. (Coincidentally, we had one of those Seattle architect/sand sculptors as a guest at the Inn!) But talking about immediate gratification–you take a plot of sand, dig up a pile, decide who on your team does what well (I'm good at packing, making hands and letters) then together, the team works magic and achieves a goal within hours. Nothing artificial…just sand and water. It is wonderful! We used to finish off our plots with perfectly smooth borders and beautifully worked lettering. I haven't seen anything to match our fine finish work anywhere. We usually constructed the sculpture with a theme that was based upon a pun. We were so good and getting a blue ribbon was the icing on the cake. Our Captain's mother, Betty Lou Tolan was the founder of the contest in Cannon Beach in the early 60's. The party to celebrate our achievement afterward was always the best time of the year. Ah… those were the days.
This contest in Long Beach awards cash to the winners. We got only ribbons at Cannon Beach and maybe a printed certificate. It didn't matter. The intensity of taking on a project with sand and sea water and coming up with a fine sculpture was reward enough. SandSations is a great event here in Long Beach, Washington and it's growing every year. You can experience the great hospitality at Boreas Inn, dine on our feast at breakfast time, walk our trail to the beach and watch the SandSations competition! So come to the beach for a long weekend, July 21-24!


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DRAM Prices Expected To Rise
Subject: Memory | July 18, 2012 - 12:13 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: price increase, memory, Elpida, ddr3
The memory market has traditionally seen razor thin margins and cheap prices as the various manufacturers crank out DRAM chips to healthy levels. While we are not yet at the point for DDR4 memory to come out with high early-adopter prices, iSuppli believes that we will be seeing increased pricing later this year regardless.
A DDR3 memory module
According to Tom's Hardware, analysts working for IHS iSuppli have determined that inventory is decreasing this year, and has decreased 4 percent since the fourth quarter of last year. Whereas DRAM suppliers were estimated to have 12.1 weeks of inventory in Q4 2011, they are currently sitting on 11.6 weeks. While supply grew last year and prices fell dramatically, prices have increased by 1.5 percent versus last year. The analysts further expect prices to rise by 7.7 percent and 3.5 percent in Q3 2012 and Q4 2012 respectively.
One possible aspect of the drop in supply is the declaration of bankruptcy and subsequent buyout of Elpida Memory by Micron. As supply goes down and demand stays the same – or continues to rise – prices are naturally going to increase for consumers. Now that there is one less manufacturer to contend with, it is likely that prices will continue to be higher than before. If you have not already upgraded your RAM, now seems to be as good as it's going to get price-wise, so be sure to jump in on the good deals while you can!
Micron goes on a spending spree, picks up Elpida and a big majority of Rexchip shares
Subject: General Tech | July 3, 2012 - 02:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: purchase, billions, micron, Elpida, rexchip, powerchip, DRAM, flash
Micron has been very busy lately, spending $2.5 billion USD to purchase Elpida and another $334 million USD to purchase another 24% of DRAM maker Rexchip from Powerchip. The latter of those purchases gives Micron a total of 89% of the existing shares of Rexchip which may not give them outright ownership of Rexchip but gives them such a huge majority that they can determine the outcome of any vote which is presented to shareholders. Rexchip brings a single 300mm Fab working on 30nm process to the table, which gives Micron a bit more manufacturing capability to utilize for what is likely to be a busy season for them.
The Elpida purchase is much bigger for both the industry and Micron, especially as they decided to buy the company outright instead of purchasing a subsidiary or only the IP of Elpida. Instead the company will remain intact for the near future though there will likely be changes to the executive structure as they are integrated with Micron. Not only does this purchase give them access to all property, intellectual or physical, that Elpida currently possesses it give Micron an in at Apple as it was Elpida that supplied much of the chips used by Apple. That would put Micron in the enviable position of supplying both PC and Apple products. DigiTimes breaks down the deal here.
"Micron Technology and Elpida Memory's trustees have signed a definitive sponsor agreement for Micron to acquire Elpida, according to the US memory chipmaker. The agreement has been entered into in connection with Elpida's corporate reorganization proceedings conducted under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court.
Micron revealed that under the agreement, JPY200 billion (US$2.5 billion) total consideration and less certain reorganization proceeding expenses will be used to satisfy the reorganization claims of Elpida's secured and unsecured creditors. Micron will acquire 100% of the equity of Elpida for JPY60 billion to be paid in cash at closing."
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- Users enraged by Cisco's cloudy 'upgrade' to Linksys routers @ The Register
- Mozilla's 'Boot to Gecko' morphs into Firefox OS @ The Register
- The impact of Ivy Bridge on current processor pricing @ eTeknix
- Creating a Bootable DOS Flash Drive the Easy Way @ Techgage
- Kensington Absolute Power Dual USB Wall Charger Review @ NikKTech
- The TR Podcast 114: Gigahertz graphics and high-def tablets
Micron also looks to buy Elpida
Subject: General Tech, Memory, Mobile | May 12, 2012 - 06:10 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: micron, Elpida
Micron Technologies has confirmed that they are in talks to purchase Elpida Memory. Despite Toshiba pulling out of the race, the deal would have a rumored value of 2.51 Billion dollars. This deal would move Micron into the second largest DRAM producer, behind Samsung, with a 25 percent market share globally.
Elpida Memory, Inc. has been having troubles as a company for a couple of years.
Elpida was established as a company from its parent companies, NEC and Hitachi, in 1999 and took its current name the next year. Elpida has been delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in late March, a month after filing for Bankruptcy.
Multiple companies have come and gone in talks to purchase Elpida. Toshiba and SK hynix have somewhat recently pulled out of negotiations as the American TPG Capital LP and the Chinese Hony Capital shared a bid for the manufacturer.
Or buy us and be #2 : D
Micron has just recently announced that they would place a bid for Elpida which, if completed, would push Micron past Hynix into the second largest DRAM producer by market share. Micron also seems to be interested in purchasing Elpida to access its mobile technology. While the actual bid is not public knowledge, it has been rumored to be worth around 2.51 billion dollars.
It may also be possible that none of the above deals would go through. Reuters reports that a group of debt holders for Elpida might push for their own plan if they feel that none of the current deals would suffice.


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From the Cisitalia to the 2uettottanta and the Ferrari 458 Italia. Pininfarina celebrates its first 80 years of activity by opening a special Collection that embodies the company's values in full. It is a "visiting card" with which the company offers its guests a place where the past, present and future merge, communicating all the appeal of the Pininfarina name to the visitor.
The display includes the most significant cars among the hundreds that have written the company's history, from the Cisitalia to the Giulietta Spider, the Sigma Grand Prix and the Maserati Birdcage 75th. car that was presented at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.


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The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with thought-provoking work to challenge our preconceptions about dishonesty and urge us to take an honest look at ourselves.
Most of us think of ourselves as honest, but, in fact, we all cheat. From Washington to Wall Street, the classroom to the workplace, unethical behavior is everywhere. None of us is immune, whether it's the white lie to head off trouble or padding our expense reports. In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, award-winning, bestselling author Dan Ariely turns his unique insight and innovative research to the question of dishonesty.
Generally, we assume that cheating, like most other decisions, is based on a rational cost-benefit analysis. But Ariely argues, and then demonstrates, that it's actually the irrational forces that we don't take into account that often determine whether we behave ethically or not. For every Enron or political bribe, there are countless puffed résumés, hidden commissions, and knockoff purses. In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Ariely shows why some things are easier to lie about; how getting caught matters less than we think; and how business practices pave the way for unethical behavior, both intentionally and unintentionally. Ariely explores how unethical behavior works in the personal, professional, and political worlds, and how it affects all of us, even as we think of ourselves as having high moral standards.
But all is not lost. Ariely also identifies what keeps us honest, pointing the way for achieving higher ethics in our everyday lives. With compelling personal and academic findings, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty will change the way we see ourselves, our actions, and others.
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Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational, examines the contradictory forces that drive us to cheat and keep us honest, in this groundbreaking look at the way we behave: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.
From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected leaders' extra-marital affairs to the Ponzi schemes undermining our economy, cheating and dishonesty are ubiquitous parts of our national news cycle—and inescapable parts of the human condition.
Drawing on original experiments and research, in the vein of Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, and Survival of the Sickest, Ariely reveals—honestly—what motivates these irrational, but entirely human, behaviors.


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This Day in Sports History — July 22
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on July 22:
1923 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators became the first major league player to strikeout 3,000 batters in his career, during a 3-1 win in Cleveland. (More info.)
1963 — Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson in the first round of their fight in Chicago to retain the heavyweight boxing title. (More info.)
1984 — Laurent Fignon won his second consecutive Tour de France in Paris. (More info.)
1984 — Spain's Seve Ballesteros won the British Open. (More info.)
1990 — Nick Faldo won the British Open at St Andrews in Scotland. (More info.)
1990 — American Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France in five years in Paris. (More info.)
1996 — Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey became the first weight lifter in history to win three gold medals, setting a world record in the 141-pound class at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. (More info.)


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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Mad Tea Party
9 comments:
- Susan Crabtree said...
looks like so much fun!!!
- March 6, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- Polka Dot Moon said...
Could there have been a cooler "Alice" party....I think not! What fun!!!
- March 6, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Joanne Kennedy said...
Wow! Now that looks like it was a great time!
- March 6, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Chris @ Celebrations At Home said...
So cute, and i LOVE those lanterns!
- March 7, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Cari @ Socially Circled said...
How fun!!!
- March 7, 2010 at 9:19 AM
- Pampered Princess Parteas said...
Now this is THE way I would have loooved celebrating the opening of AIW!!! How awesome is that, that you all got to celebrate @ the best place possible?! Love it...looooooove it!!!
On my personal fb page I've posted pics of my daughter and I at the opening here in AZ. I colored my hair orange in honor of the Mad Hatter himself.
Anyway...you and Risa will always be my partea inspirations. You have that Disney love that connects us...at least that's how I feel.
Sorry...I'm rambling.
Props to you both!
- March 7, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Enchanted Expectations said...
Wow looks like fun. Those lanterns are to die for!
- March 8, 2010 at 2:26 AM
- Shelley@Divine Party Concepts said...
Looks great and I love the lanterns!
- March 8, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- dana said...
What FUN!! How I wished I lived near you....that would have been a blast! I haven't seen the movie, yet, but Bonnie and I are going this week. I've been too tied up with my spring sale..and it was a great one!
An Abby Cadaby Party, huh? My grand girl dressed up as Abby for Halloween when she was two...she still loves the character. Abby carries a cute little magic wand..maybe you gals could hand some out to the little guests. Maybe not....that could get dangerous! :)
I love watching what you're up to on FB. I don't post much on that..I can't even keep up with my blog!
Have a great weekend.....L, Dana
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Photographer and digital retoucher Laure Fauvel produced these charming images of children confronting the monsters in their bedrooms. The creatures that go bump in the night appear to be in retreat and as scary as they look, I actually feel sorry for them facing these tough kids.
Laure Fauvel is a photographer and digital retoucher based in France. Laure studied at Gobelins School of the Image.
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- What is child custody?
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Child Custody is used to refer to the legal guardianship of a minor child. Post the divorce proceedings, annulment of marriage, and so on the custody of a child becomes a ground for Court to adjudicate upon.
What Child Custody is and how it differs from Guardianship?
Custody refers to the right of a 'parent' of taking decisions for their child. Guardianship refers to a situation wherein a person is given legal authority over certain spheres of another person's life.
Guardianship and child custody are not that extremely different from each other. Guardianship can be connected to a parent-child case as well as to something else. Even the adults and senescents are fit for having their own particular legal guardian as long as they are accurately unequipped for representing themselves as per the lawful expectations. While in custody or lawful child custody, it's for a parent-child or adult-minor sort of case. Since minors can't settle on right choices all alone, custody over them is generally given to the mother or father if there should be an occurrence of parent separation.
In essence, Guardianship is not an exclusive right of the parents and can be granted for any person(even adults) who seem to be incapable in the process of carrying out their life themselves as per the expectations of the law, whereas, Custody refers to a more parent-child/adult-minor basis. Also Guardianship has a limited scope w.r.t decision making provisions, whereas, Custody has superior authority.
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Indian Divorce Act, 1869 – Sections 41 to 44
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Hindi Marriage Act, 1956 – Section 26 of the Hindu Marriage Act authorizes courts to pass interim orders in any proceeding under the Act w.r.t custody, maintenance and education of minor children in consonance with their wishes.
The Special Marriage Act, 1954 – Section 38
The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act – Section 49
Basic Legal Standing on issue of Custody Laws:
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 contains a provision which lays down that custody of a child upon the age of 5 years should ordinarily be with the mother.
As per Muslim policies, the custody of a child is given to the mother, this right is referred to as the right of 'Hizanat', but it is not of an absolute nature, it is made keeping the interests of the child as a priority. Father can enjoy the custody if the provisions of law find mother to not be suitable for the child's custody.
Son's custody is with mother till- as per Hanafis till age of 7 years, as per Shias till he is weaned, as per Malikis till the son attains puberty
Daughter's custody is with mother - as per Hanafis till the age of puberty, as per Shaafis & Hanabalis till age of marriage, as per Itna Ashari Law till age of 7
Christians are subjected to the secular Indian Divorce Act, 1869 for questions related to the 'Child Custody'.
Parsi's are subjected to Section 49 of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 for issues pertaining to Child Custody which speaks about the Court's power to pass orders w.r.t the custody, maintenance, education, etc. of minors.
Some interesting facts and judgements w.r.t Guardianship and Custody:
The term 'custody' is not defined in any Indian family law.
18 is considered as the age of 'majority' however, where, a guardian has been appointed by the Court for a minor or for his property, then, he is considered to be a major on completion of 21 years of age.
Shilpa Agarwal v. Aviral Mittal : Dominant criteria for appointing the guardian of the child is the principle of welfare of the child, best interest of the child.
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Titanfall Beta Impressions
The long-awaited Titanfall beta opened today, and we were lucky enough to get a code to dive into one of next-gen's most anticipated titles. How does it play on the Xbox One? We spent some time this afternoon with Titanfall's multiplayer to find out.
When you finally download and install the beta, Titanfall presents you with its tutorial. It's a simple and easy way to learn how to play, and only takes about ten minutes or so to complete. Having never laid hands on Titanfall before, we couldn't be more impressed with how intuitive and smooth the controls are. As a pilot, you've got a range of traversal options available, including wallrunning. Just moments into the tutorial, our fondest memories of Mirror's Edge came bubbling back to the surface. We can perform parkour and there are giant mechs to pilot? We'll take two. Shooting works like you'd expect, especially if you're a Call of Duty veteran, but it's the movement that really sets Titanfall apart from contemporaries. Did we mention you can use stealth to sneak around for a limited time? Yeah, you can do that.
Learning to control the Titan is a little different, though it does have some nifty maneuverability aspects of its own. Though Titans can't leave the ground after they land from orbit (at least those in the beta, who knows what Respawn has in store for the future), they can strafe quickly left, right, forwards or backwards. The Titans can also be left on auto-pilot, with you taking care of business on the outside of he hardened exterior. Both ways make for different play styles, but it's hard to abandon the firepower and special abilities of the Titans behind. While you have some cool weapons (the auto-targeting Smart Gun comes to mind), the Titan has even more impressive defensive capabilities. When destroyed, they can go nuclear, doing damage to anything an everything in their wake. They can also use a bullet shield to catch and deflect enemy fire right back at the point of origin.
This is all stuff you learn in the tutorial, but putting these skills and weapons to use in an actual match is far more challenging. Anyone can shoot computer-controlled bots. It's how you hold up against a half-dozen other humans that really puts you to the test. While there are some AI soldiers running rampant on any given map, they never really pose much of a threat. Of course, they do work as decoys for more skilled players, though you can usually tell a human by the way he hangs from the side of a building and shoots you right in the back. Maps are massive, and have plenty of nooks, crannies and many other descriptors for hiding spots you can think of. The terrain offers plenty of verticality, as that's part of the appeal. At times, we found it to be just as entertaining to run around the map testing our parkour skills instead of fighting. Our teammates probably weren't entertained, but who cares? It's just a beta. There are no real lives on the line like there would be in the final build due out in March. But seriously, if you're as desperate for a Mirror's Edge experience as we were, Titanfall is a more than acceptable fill-in for the upcoming sequel. Plus you can shoot things with robots.
Of the three multiplayer modes available (Attrition, Last Titan Standing and Hardpoint), Hardpoint was definitely our favorite. Capturing and holding key points on the map has always been a great multiplayer experience, and Titanfall makes it even more enjoyable by adding Titans to the mix. Attrition is fine and dandy for a team deathmatch mode, but Last Titan Standing is the real test of you skills. You've only got one life and one Titan per round. The team left standing wins. It's simple, but instead of the other modes where Titans can drop multiple times, you tend to employ better and stronger strategies in combat. You learn the ins and outs of the maps much more, and focus on chokepoints where you can ensnare enemy Titans with impressive flanking tactics. Oh, it is joyous. Unless you're on the other end of some solid strategy. Then you're left watching from the sideline, unable to contribute and unable to anything but obsess about how to do better next time.
The action is fast. The combat is furious. The world is impressive. Titanfall has, after about an hour, lived up to the expectations and weight such a lofty exclusive had placed upon it. There's still a lot we don't know about Titanfall, but the competitive multiplayer we've seen so far bodes well for its potential. Now, if you'll excuse us, the siren song of Angel City is blaring, and we must answer the call.


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SAN JOSE — San Jose native Steven Beitashour has been traded to the Vancouver Whitecaps for allocation money, the Earthquakes announced Monday.
Beitashour, 26, declined contract offers from the Quakes the past two years, opting to try to play in Europe. While he was not expected to return to San Jose this season it is something of a surprise that Beitashour is staying in Major League Soccer.
The Iranian international defender had two goals and 16 assists in 87 appearances during four years with the Earthquakes. The Earthquakes took the San Jose-Leland High graduate in the second round of the 2010 draft. Two years later, Beitashour became an all-star at right fullback.
He made his debut with Iran in October and is expected to play in the World Cup this summer in Brazil.
San Jose opened training camp Monday without some of the regulars from the past two seasons: Midfielder Rafael Baca transferred to the Mexican League and right wing Marvin Chavez was traded to the Colorado Rapids.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865 and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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Last session for England
Fabio Capello gave a clean bill of health as his England squad went through their paces for the final time before they open their World Cup campaign against the United States on Saturday.
Midfielder James Milner, who had missed three days' training due to a virus, was able to make the session at the Rustenburg stadium, where Saturday's game will be played.
And, with Ledley King on the pitch, Capello had all 23 players available, as he wanted when his squad flew out to South Africa 10 days ago.
Capello has kept his cards very close to his chest in terms of team selection.
The Italian has confirmed he knows what his line-up will be but is not believed to have told the players its make-up.
Robert Green is judged favourite for the goalkeeping slot but David James and Joe Hart also have genuine hopes of selection.
In defence, the choice at right-back is between Glen Johnson and Liverpool team-mate, Jamie Carragher, while, in central defence, King is thought more likely to partner former captain John Terry than Matthew Upson.
It has been expected new skipper Steven Gerrard would line up alongside Frank Lampard in midfield, although rumours have been spreading about a possible starting berth for either Michael Carrick or James Milner in a holding role, which would come at the expense of either Joe Cole or Emile Heskey.


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Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup is hearty, filling, and tastes just like Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli Soup. Easily made gluten-free, too!
Turns out I left Napa on Sunday with more than a new appreciation for the phrase meth teeth – a nasty head-cold!
A friend on the trip got one a few days prior to heading out there and, despite our best efforts to avoid cross contamination, as of Monday I had officially traded wine, cheese, and sushi – for juice, Nyquil, and tissues.
These are not the same.
To me there's nothing more satisfying than a hot bowl of soup when I'm sick, so I immediately made a big pot of Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup on Monday night to cozy up with all week.
Pasta e Fagioli means "pasta and beans" in Italian, and the Olive Garden's version is seriously delish. I know this because I used to pick Olive Garden for my birthday dinner spot every year growing up, and every year I'd devour this soup with unlimited salad and bread sticks (adventurous, no?) We stopped going after the year my Dad accidentally inhaled the juice from a pepperoncini in his unlimited salad and coughed for like, 45 minutes. Quite embarrassing. It was Caesar Salads at Cheddar's for every birthday after that!
Anyway, this Pasta e Fagioli soup has a savory tomato-based broth with hearty veggies, ground beef, beans, and pasta. It tastes just like the OG's, is comforting to the audible "mmmm", and I've been eating it for lunch all week in hopes that it'll help quiet my incessant sniffling and sneezing. We'll beat this thing yet!
Start the Pasta e Fagioli Soup by browning 1lb ground beef (I used 90/10) that's been lightly seasoned with salt & pepper in a SOUPER large soup pot (get it? SOUP-er? Crickets.) Drain the beef, then return it to the pot.
Next add 1 cup each chopped onion (about 1 small onion,) carrots (about 1 large carrot,) and celery (about 2 stalks,) along with 2 minced garlic cloves. Season with a bit more salt & pepper, then cook the veggies with the cooked ground beef for 10 minutes to soften up a bit.
Now add in the rest of the soup ingredients, including: 28oz crushed tomatoes,
and 1-15oz can each of tomato sauce, kidney beans (undrained,) great northern beans (undrained,) and beef broth (unpictured.) Make sure your beans are packed in water, k?
Finally, add yummy, hearty spices including salt, pepper, and dried thyme, basil, and oregano.
Stir everything together then simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Oh, a parmesan cheese rind (like the one I used in this soup) would be FAB to add in at this point. I didn't have any on hand this time though – rats!
When the soup has 10 minutes left, cook up 8oz gluten-free or regular ditalini pasta (or any short cut pasta) in salted, boiling water.
Drain the pasta, then stir it into the soup and simmer for 5 more minutes.
Ladle up, and serve!
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup is hearty, filling, and tastes just like Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli Soup. Easily made gluten-free, too!
- 1lb ground beef (I used 90/10)
- 1 small onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 1 large carrot, chopped (1 cup)
- 2 stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 28oz can crushed tomatoes
- 15oz can tomato sauce
- 15oz can beef broth (plus more for heating)
- 15oz can red kidney beans (with liquid)
- 15oz can great northern beans (with liquid)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2x2" parmesan rind (optional)
- 8oz dry gluten-free or regular ditalini pasta (or any short cut pasta)
- Brown ground beef in a large soup pot over medium-high heat until no longer pink, lightly seasoning with salt & pepper. Drain then return to the pot. Add onions, carrots, celery, and garlic, lightly season with salt & pepper, then saute for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the remaining ingredients, except for the pasta, then simmer for 1 hour stirring occasionally.
- When the soup has 10 minutes left to simmer, cook pasta in salted boiling water until just under al dente. Drain then add to the soup and simmer for 5-10 more minutes. Remove parmesan cheese rind, then serve.
Slightly adapted from Todd Wilbur
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
I was going to wait until October-ish to share this recipe with you, but our high today was only in the mid 60's which made eating a bowl of this soup wrapped up in a blanket with a cool breeze coming in through the windows feel awesome – head-cold or not. Thinking some of you may feel the same way.
FYI – the soup will thicken up as it cools, so buy some extra beef broth to add in when reheating. It'll be just as delicious.
More Comforting Soup Recipes You'll Love!
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text: Karl Bellve posted a bug in wulflogger that caused it to miss connecting to the first host in the wulfhosts list until the second pass. He also requested a feature that would let wulflogger execute only a single time and then exit so that it could be used in e.g. a cron script to graze for downed hosts in a cluster easily. I found the bug (a legacy from wulfstat where I closed stdin pre-curses, which caused the first port SUCCESSFULLY returned from socket() to be returned as 0 (being reused) which actually doesn't work. This is a bug in socket() I personally would say, but either way, when I eliminated the close statement wulflogger now connects to the first host with no problem first try. I implemented the request by adding a -c count flag to both wulflogger and wulfstat. -c 1 is the behavior requested, but somebody may have use for the greater flexibility permitted by it being a variable. I also updated both Usage and the man page for both applications, in the case of wulflogger including an example fragment that might go into a cron job to graze for down hosts and in the both cases adding a short section on debugging (I've written the code to be tremendously self-debugging to make it relatively easy to maintain or augment). Still to implement: a) I want to add a ping to the connection engine to precede the xmlsysd connection attempt. ping actually is a bit of a pain -- the usual iputils implementation requires suid root. nmap, however, has three or four distinct ways of "pinging" that don't require root privileges, and eventually I'll try stealing one although the code is a lot more complex than I'd like for a simple task. Anybody with a SHORT/SIMPLE version of userspace (e.g. ack) ping in C should feel free to let me know where to find it. b) I need to do something about tracking running jobs in wulflogger, and figure out a better display for them in wulfstat. c) I still have fantasies of writing gwulfstat on top of gtk. This could be a very cool application. d) And wulfweb needs love as well, although that is straightforward web programming at this point -- wulflogger is the real tool involved. Anyway, those of you who are using it, enjoy. Those who aren't, consider giving xmlsysd/wulf[stat,logger,web] a try. It is a fairly simple way to monitor an entire cluster (tested with order <100 hosts, don't know how or if it scales to ~1000) in a lightweight fashion with adjustable time granularity. Those of you who are also LAN managers might consider using it to monitor your LAN status as well. The default wulfstat/wulflogger display is something like: # Name Status Timestamp load1 load5 load15 rx byts tx byts si so pi po ctxt intr users lilith up 1084891476.44 0.01 0.04 0.01 9761 7171 0 0 0 22 148 170 asixteencharname up 1084891476.44 0.01 0.04 0.01 9761 7171 0 0 0 22 148 170 lucifer up 1084891610.24 0.00 0.02 0.00 226 709 0 0 0 9 135 104 uriel up 1084887238.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 1030 1672 0 0 0 5 36 114 caine down eve up 1084888284.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 685 1168 0 0 0 11 21 109 serpent up 1084877687.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 1116 1707 0 0 0 6 41 187 tyrial up 1084891762.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 3146 3064 0 0 0 9 208 218 abel down archangel up 1084888715.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 119 1376 0 0 0 30 28 105 (used to look at my home cluster, with one machine turned off and one machine down awaiting a reinstall.) There is a display that only looks at load, a display only for network traffic, one for network usage, even one that tells you uptime and duty cycle (cpu cycles used/cpu cycles available) from the last boot. All GPL v2b... http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/beowulf.php I suggest rebuilding the source rpm or working from tarball, although people running RH 9 can probably install the binary rpms without disaster. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Rangers secure second successive promotion
Rangers' bid to reclaim their position at the top of Scottish football moved a step closer on Wednesday as they lifted the League One title.
The fallen Glasgow giants needed only a win against Airdrieonians to secure the championship in Scotland's third tier with eight games to spare, and they duly delivered with an emphatic 3-0 victory at Ibrox.
A first-half hat-trick from Lee McCulloch proved the difference in a predictably one-sided encounter, the former Wigan Athletic forward scoring twice from the penalty spot inside the first 21 minutes before completing his treble four minutes from the break.
There were to be no more goals after the interval, but Rangers stretched their lead at the summit to 26 points regardless, with eight games left to play.
The title triumph marks a rare moment of celebration for the troubled club, who have continued to be blighted by financial concerns since their drop out of the top flight in 2012.
They were admitted back into the fourth tier after the original club went into liquidation, with Rangers' assets being purchased and a new club being formed.
Ally McCoist led them to the Division Three title last term, finishing 24 points ahead of Peterhead, and has now followed that up to win promotion to the second tier.


text: On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 at 1:56pm, Michael Will wrote > >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00005.html might be an >> interesting read, >> where somebody figured out that packet size 7000 was the maximum for >> linerate for the >> Dell 5324. > > Our network folks were a bit sour on the Dells, so I stumbled around a bit > and ended up getting an SMC 8748L2 (this is money I had to spend by today, > essentially), which looks promising. If it falls over during testing, I'll > try one of their stackable series of switches. smc and dell (and asante and a few others) all resell the same managed switches made by accton... > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja at darkwing.uoregon.edu GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2


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David Petraeus resigned today as director of the CIA, explaining that he had shown "extremely poor judgment" by having an extramarital affair. It is a sad loss for the country. Petraeus's services have been extraordinary and are too well-known to be recited here. That such a disciplined and dedicated public servant has been brought down by such a lapse seems shocking, but it should not be surprising. As Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:
[Sexual love] is the ultimate goal of almost all human effort; it…interrupts every hour the most serious occupations, and sometimes perplexes for a while even the greatest minds. It does not hesitate…to interfere with negotiations of statesmen and the investigations of the learned. It knows how to slip its love-notes and ringlets even into ministerial portfolios and philosophical manuscripts…
Somewhere he also has a wonderful image of a diplomat carrying around a lock of a chambermaid's hair, or something like that, but I can't immediately find it. In any event, you get the point. Everybody, as Springsteen put it, has a hungry heart. Petraeus will be missed, and the great service he has rendered to his country is not diminished by the circumstances of his departure.
Some observers have been puzzled by Petraeus's role, or lack thereof, in connection with Benghazi. The CIA was deeply involved in that disaster. Some of those killed worked for the agency, and it was the CIA that made the only effort to rescue the besieged Americans, by dispatching a relief force from Tripoli. Yet Petraeus was silent with respect to the events of September 11, even when the Obama administration lied about them. Such silence seemed uncharacteristic. Perhaps the unraveling of Petraeus's career in the manner that today became public played a role. Or perhaps not; at this point, one can only speculate.
UPDATE: This gets curiouser: Petraeus was scheduled to testify before a Congressional committee on Benghazi next week, but in view of his resignation his testimony has been canceled. That makes no sense to me. Why should his resignation have anything to do with testifying about events that occurred while he was the director of the agency?
FURTHER UPDATE: Here is the complete text of Petraeus's letter of resignation:
Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as D/CIA. After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. This afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation.
As I depart Langley, I want you to know that it has been the greatest of privileges to have served with you, the officers of our Nation's Silent Service, a work force that is truly exceptional in every regard. Indeed, you did extraordinary work on a host of critical missions during my time as director, and I am deeply grateful to you for that.
Teddy Roosevelt once observed that life's greatest gift is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing. I will always treasure my opportunity to have done that with you and I will always regret the circumstances that brought that work with you to an end.
Thank you for your extraordinary service to our country, and best wishes for continued success in the important endeavors that lie ahead for our country and our Agency.
With admiration and appreciation,
David H. Petraeus
PAUL adds: Thanks for the excellent Arthur "Bud" Schopenhauer reference and picture, John. You obviously got more out of Schopenhauer tutorial at Dartmouth than I did.