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Are you hoping for a better year this year? Many people had a rough year last year, and are looking for a rebound in the economy to get them through! We are all strapped in a maze of bad news!
The New Year brings new hope and promise to us all! I can almost feel the change in the air. I'm convinced that 2009 will be a year of change for us all! (Hopefully it will be a change for the better!) Economists are not looking for a quick fix, but by the 4th quarter, things should be better! If we can only hold out a little longer!
I thought about you all during the Christmas holidays! I am sorry I wasn't around to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. This year, Christmas was bittersweet for us! We lost two very dear friends this Christmas and I was having a hard time functioning. My heart was very heavy and sad. It's hard to lose people you love during what's supposed to be such a jovial and jolly time. The irony is that I had just posted a page about depression. I had to go back and reread what I'd just posted to help me get through it.
2008 was an earmark year for me! I finally found a way to beat my chronic constipation forever using probiotics. They saved my lifelong struggle with constipation. If you too have problems with 'elimination', try them. They really do work and work well, not only for constipation, but diarrhea too!
I bring this subject up because during the holidays people (including moi!) tend to eat a lot of fattening and sugary foods. You can put on even more weight if you are not getting rid of waste normally!
My next issue (and first for the new year) is due in a week. I am very excited to tell you that the subject matter will be weight loss! In the coming months, fitness will be another key subject. Remember, if you have a newsletter suggestion, just follow the link below to submit them!
In the meantime, Lars and I want to extend our well wishes for you in 2009! I am looking forward to it, and hope you are too!
Until Next Time!
Stay Sweet and Be Beautiful!
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* Be sure to tune into my homepage for more before and after Christmas suggestions. I'm spending lots of time looking for the best deals to save you money! No one's going to be spending a lot this Christmas but you've got someone whose searching online for great ideas at bargain prices, so you can give a few items. It's like having your own personal shopper!
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Manual Handling: why you should be trained.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations defines manual handling as 'any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force'.
In effect, any activity that requires an individual to lift, move or support a load, will thus be classified as a manual handling task.
Did you know that work related manual handling injuries are the most common occupational health problems in the UK? Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure the health and safety at work of their employees, as laid down in the Health and Safety at Work Act1974.
These Regulations state that the employers should adopt a hierarchy of control measures:
In order to avoid hazardous Manual Handling Operations as far as it is reasonably practical,
To assess any hazardous Manual Handling Operation that cannot be avoided,
- To reduce the risk of injury as far as it is reasonably practical.
Employees too, should look after avoiding these injuries and accidents at work, and they can do it by simply adhering to the following principles before performing any manual handling operation:
Make sure that the object is not too heavy to lift. It should be stable and unlikely to shift or move
Lift and move heavy and awkward loads with the help of a handling aid
Ensure that the way is clear of any obstructions when moving an object
Make sure there is enough space to put the load down to where you are moving it
When lifting, stand as close as possible to the load and move your feet apart to shoulder width
Keeping your back in a natural upright posture, bend your knees to lift the load
Keep the load in a firm and close grasp all the time
Use your legs instead of your back to lift the load in a smooth motion as it reduces any risk of back injury
When carrying the load, keep it close to your body with elbows tucked in
Turn your feet in position with the load instead of twisting your body, when you need to make a turn while carrying it.
In addition to following the above guidelines, make sure that you don't lift any unnecessarily heavy loads by yourself. Use a handling aid when necessary and work in team.
It not only ensures a healthy injury and accident free work environment for the staff, but also for the employers, as it awards them with a peace of mind, knowing there would not be any lawsuits knocking on the door or staff quitting because of unhealthy work practices and low morale. It also helps build trust between the employees and their employer as they know that they are being looked after and increases work satisfaction and also helps spread a healthy word of mouth about the company.
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Review: Set in the picturesque Himalayas, Hansa attempts to depict the trials and tribulations faced by the villagers who reside there. Yes, all isn't well in this mountainous paradise is what Hansa tries to tell the audience, but does it succeed? Unfortunately, not…
The movie is seen from a little boy, Hansa and his sister, Cheeku's eyes. Their father has mysteriously disappeared and a lot of the responsibility falls on Cheeku who has to prevent her house from getting sold and is at the receiving end of a powerful villager's lecherous advances while little Hansa is too restless and distracted to pay attention to all the trouble his sister is facing.
For a film that's only 85 minutes long, Hansa still manages to bore you to death! Not only have a lot of unnecessary songs been inserted but the editing is highly sloppy, these however are two obstacles that a lot of films struggle to overcome, but only a few succeed. More so, what brings the film down are its performances which aren't convincing enough to engage the audience. The child actors, especially Cheeku's dialogue delivery aren't good enough. Strangely enough, the scenes which depict her being molested by the landlord do not manage to evoke any empathy and this thanks to the blank expression she constantly wears.
At multiple times, Hansa's screenplay tries to draw you but thanks to the thick Pahadi accent (local language of the people from Kumaon area) the actors speak in, you often find yourself losing track of the plot. However, the director's sensitivity is evident in scenes when Cheeku tries to trace her father in vain or the ones where little Hansa is so engrossed in his little world which only proves how disturbed he too is by his father's absence. Children have a tendency to suppress their pain and retreat into their own world.
For all its shortcomings, what's commendable is that Hansa has been shot in a span of 17 days. The scenic locales also make Hansa far more watchable and it is evident that the director, Manav Kaul has a certain aim and that is to bring out the troubles the hill-dwellers face.
Verdict: Worthwhile for it's message but moves at a leisurely and indulgent pace…
Kanika Rajani
Movie Details
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Language: Hindi
Genre: Social, Drama
Director: Manav Kaul
Cast and Crew: Kumud Mishra, Abhay Joshi, Trimala Adhikari and Bhushan Borgaonkar
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|File photo: Long queue of vehicles
The first of its kind, sectarian incident has been witnessed in the most peacefull distric of Ghizar since the series of bloody attacks on passenger buses in Kohistan and Chilas.
Hundreds of passengers, including women and children, traveling from different parts of Ghizar district, have been struck for several hours.
One of passenger, traveling from Yasen to Gilgit told GBT that more than ten semi masked gangsters, equipped with heavy weapons, have stopped the passenger buses, vans and private vehicles at Shikhayot and forced passengers to get out of the vehicles in the early hours on Monday. The gangsters gave no reason for their action and just ordered the passengers to wait until further instructions being given by their elders."I am a government employee and have to join office at 9 am in Gilgit but have been struck here with my family since 8 am", he told GBT on mobile phone at around 11:30 am.
He claimed that "the only motive behind the action seems to be suppressing the majority Ismaili population of Ghizar district", as Shias of the region have already been experiencing the worst sectarian hatred. "Besides, no any untoward incident against minority Sunni population was happened in Ghizar in recent couple of days", he said.
Shikhayot is the only Sunni majority village of Ghizar that connects the district to capital city of Gilgit.
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Mercedes-Benz's player in the local small SUV market - the all-new GLA - makes its Australian debut this week.
Three models will make their way to local showrooms, but, for now, only the entry-level GLA 200 CDI diesel is available, priced from $47,900 plus on-roads.
That entry diesel model will be followed later in the year by the petrol GLA 250 4MATIC and the GLA 45 AMG performer, priced from $57,900 and $79,900 respectively.
The diesel-powered GLA 200 CDI gets a 2.2 litre turbocharged unit, making 100kW and 300Nm while returning 4.3 l/100km.
Both the GLA 250 4MATIC and the GLA 45 AMG get a 2.0 litre turbocharged petrol engine, producing 155kW/350Nm in the GLA 250 and 265kW/450Nm in the AMG version.
A seven-speed dual-clutch automatic is the only transmission option, while an 'on-demand' system is fitted to all-wheel-drive models, which includes an off-road mode, able to send up to 50 percent of torque to the rear wheels.
Pricing for the entry-level GLA 200 CDI puts it above its rivals from BMW and Audi, with the BMW X1 sDrive18d priced from $46,300, and the Audi Q3 1.4 TFSI, priced from $42,300.
All GLA models in Australia feature a powered tailgate, with other features and options largely mirroring the equivalent A-Class models.
The GLA, however, is noticeably larger than its A-Class hatch stablemate, although both ride on the same 2.69 metre wheelbase.
Other standard features include 18-inch alloy wheels, satellite navigation, dual-zone climate-control air-conditioning, parking sensors and a reversing camera.
In GLA 250 form, there's 19-inch alloys, heated front seats with a memory function, adaptive headlights and a sunroof.
Stepping up to the AMG model adds 20-inch AMG wheels, sports suspension, larger brakes, darker exterior accents, advanced satellite navigation and a premium surround-sound audio system.
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The Nine Club Episode 56: Vinny Ponte
Vinny Ponte discusses growing up in New York and New Jersey, moving to Boston for college (Harvard?), getting banned from Woodward Skatecamp, turning pro for Treefort Skateboards, getting on Zooyork, first to ollie the Love gap on film, quitting Zoo York, being sober, starting a family and much more in the latest episode of The Nine Club.
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Sorry if this has been posted - I've spent three days looking in here and on the net for something about this. When I plug in my VCDS (car is 2017 A6 Premium Plus, US based) I don't get the option after hitting Adaption that all the "current" videos show to change the channel setting. I did find some stuff that said Audi has made it disabled for VCDS to access this area of the system, but, the path stopped there with some saying a new update would be out soon. The videos show people choosing a field, entering 5F (or other values) and enabling the menu. I instead don't get that option but a long list of "channels" from which I can choose. None seem to match what I'm seeing I should look for in the various online videos.
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The Benefits of Red Cabbage Juice
Cabbage is chock full of an amino acid called L-glutamine, which nourishes the cells lining the esophagus and stomach so they can heal themselves.
- 1/4 head of red cabbage, stem removed
- 2 carrots, peeled
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- Cut up the apple and vegetables.
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Apple seeds contain amygdalin, a substance that releases cyanide when it comes into contact with human digestive enzymes, and should be carefully removed before juicing.
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Nepal holidays tour
kathmandu world heritage tour, Nagarkot sunrise views,pokhara, gorkha,Bandipur, palpa, lumbini, Daman, Trisuli River rafting.
Nepal Holidays tour occupy the world heritage site in kahmandu valley as well as the outside the kathmandu valley. Nepal has both natural and cultural world heritage site.Kathmandu valley has cultural world heritage site, out side the kathandu valley Lumbini is the one of the Buddhist peace world heritage site. similarly, in a Naturally chitwan National park is world heritage site.Non only this nepal holidays tour combine the classic village Bandipur , and Tansen where is culturally and naturally very beautiful.
Nagarkot, sharankot, Daman are the popular view point in nepal. In a single tour you can get grand opportunity to enjoy sunrise view point which offering the spectacular himalayan shining with the morning rays of the sunshine. automatically you can fascinating the hindus and Buddhist cultural and religion tour. Ancient historical city gorkha and views of the Manaslu range as well as the village of the gorkha give you the real sense of the nepalese life. you are touching and connected with the various ethnic and religious group in nepal. Rafting in the Kaligandaki and Tripoli river with the scenery of the mountain himalaya is a kind of the uniqueness and fantastic taste of the journey in nepal.
Itineraries of the Nepal holidays Tour:
1. Arrive in nepal, and receive the nepalese way welcome , then transfer to Hotel.
2. sighting in swaybhunath temple , patan durbarsquare, kathamandu durbarsquare, Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhnath buddhist stupa.
3. after Breakfast , sightseeing in Bhaktapur, then drive to Nagarkot and enjoy the sunset views in the evening.
4. Early in the morning sunrise views of the Langtang and part of the Everest view.
5. Drive to gorkha by car then enjoy the visiting the old gorkha palace.and amuse the views of the manaslu ranges.
6 Drive to Bandipur, and enjoy the scenic gurung village Bandipur and classical trade route Bandipur.
7. Drive to pokhara, boating in the phewa lake, sightseeing in pokhara valley.
8.Early in the morning, drive to sharankot , enjoy the beautiful views of the Annapurna Himalyan ranges. after this drive to Tansen. you can enjoy the hilly way and traditional palace and scenic city Tansen.
9. Drive to Lumbini, buddhist pilgrimage site. Different monasteries from the different country and ancient buddhist atmosphere.
10. Drive to Chitwan for wildlife safari and stay the jungle lodge in chitwan.
11. full day busy in the activity such as bird-watching, Elephant safari, cannoning in the Rapti River.
12. Chitwan to Daman, very excellent view point of nepal. from a single place more himalayan views seeing.
13. Daman to Rafting in Trisuli River, stay one day campfire place in a tent.
14. After rafting 3 hours Back to katmandu, in the night enjoy the farewell dinner of the Nepali holidays tour.
15.Rest day in the Kathmandu , for souvenir, shopping
16. Departure onward destination
Included in this trip
1. English speaking guide and potter in the mountain trekking
2. city tour guide in kathmandu, pokhara, chitwan.
3. Three times meals with accommodation
4. Insurance and salary of the Nepali field staff
5. full board package in chitwan and pokhara
6. Necessary document such as Timms , permit in the mountain trekking
7. Paragliding flying package in pokhara
8. Bungy -jumping package in Bhotekoshi River.
9. All land transfer by car.
Exclude in the prices
1. Nepal entry visa fee
2. Alcoholic beverage
3. Tips for the field staff(expected)
4. Lunch and dinner in kathamndu.
Note: Price quoting is depend upon the Hotel category and Number of the people you arrive. if you like to customize the itinerary, we are support and together make a tailor made journey.
Nepal holidays trek included the sightseeing, city tours, hiking, trekking in Himalaya Nepal. It will be more memorable holidays in Nepal when you once time involve any kinds of the activity.
Home stay in Nepal is the best way to observe culture and custom. lets, home stay in Nepal for the discover
the real Nepal.
Former camping Manaslu trekking this time popular as a number one tea house trek in Nepal.


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Media and Social Change Lab members are currently working on, planning, and brainstorming several projects and partnerships. Some of these are fully formed, and some are ideas looking to build support and momentum. To inquire about getting involved with any of the projects below, email email@example.com. If you are a MASCLab member and have a project or project idea you would like listed here, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Podcast Series:
We've produced our first podcast! Our podcast series will invite a range of voices to delve into issues related to media in research, scholarship, and social change. It is an exercise of and about participatory production. Three topics (multi-modality, social media and political discourse, AI gone awry) will kickstart the Lab's podcast series. Join one of the podcast teams by joining the conversation on Slack.
Organizer: Kyle Oliver
Episode 1 – Choices: Centering Communities in Education & Research
MASCLab's Lalitha Vasudevan sits down with Ana Dopazo, Program Director of Choices, Alternative to Detention. They discuss student-centered learning, multimodal research, and alternative sites of education.
Special thanks to EdLab at Teachers College, who gave us permission to excerpt Eric's interview from this 2010 video about Lalitha's research.
Episode 2 – Youth Political Participation and Online Creativity
MASCLab's Ioana Literat discusses exciting new research with Caroline DeVoe, Elizabeth Herbert-Wasson, and Kyle Oliver. Her project examines the political participation that took place on youth-oriented online communities for creative expression in the days following the 2016 U. S. presidential election.
Special thanks to the young people whose Scratch media were featured in this episode!
Episode 3 – Teaching Torah on YouTube
MASCLab's Kyle Oliver interviews Sarah Lefton, Jewish educator and founder of BimBam, about the art and science of teaching old wisdom on new media.
Bonus media:
- Sarah and Kyle talk about Christian readings of Hebrew texts
- rough edit of Sarah and Kyle's full conversation
Episode 4: One-Room School Facilities and Experiencing School Desegregation
MASCLab's Joe Riina-Ferrie interviews our colleague Janell Drone about her research into African American one-room school facilities and her experience of school desegregation in rural West Texas. More links to Dr. Drone's work as a research fellow of the New York Public Library, as well as a transcript of this episode, are coming soon!
Theme music credit: "Kelp Grooves" by Little Glass Men via Free Music Archive (CC BY 4.0)
Media Literacy Game: Learning about Fake News Through Play
Given the recent concerns about the spread of misinformation in online spaces, MASCLab is working on developing a game that aims to hone young people's media literacy skills, with a focus on identifying fake news and misinformation. In an initial stage, the game – targeted towards middle school students – will take the form of a card game, accompanied by lesson plans and other resources for educators or facilitators.
Organizers: Ioana Literat, Libby Herbert-Wasson
EVC Alumni Study:
What are the resonances of involvement in a rigorous, youth development and civic participation oriented filmmaking program over the course of a person's life? How might it shape the way people think? In partnership with the Educational Video Center, MASCLab is embarking on an interview study with alumni from across the decades of EVC's participatory youth documentary filmmaking programs to inquire about how such an experience continues to ripple through the lives of participants.
Organizers: Lalitha Vasudevan, Joe Riina-Ferrie
Collaboration with Rethink:
In 2014 Masclab member Caroline DeVoe began documenting the work of Rethink, a public humanities program that applies humanities scholarship from Columbia University's Heyman Center for the Humanities in the public sphere. Founded in 2013 by Columbia Ph.D. students Max Hayward and Robbie Kubala, and John Fantuzzo, a doctoral student in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Rethink began as a community-outreach endeavor that engaged court-involved, Harlem-area youth in deep philosophical discussions that examined questions of equality, justice, ethics, citizenship and more.
Today Rethink has expanded and is now working with organizations assisting survivors of domestic abuse and human trafficking.
There are several opportunities brewing for mediamaking to support this work, and possible collaboration on a project with participatory mediamaking as pedagogy with participants.
Organizer: Caroline DeVoe
Community Critical Video Ethnography:
This project envisions neighborhood communities and MASC Lab members working collaboratively to empower ourselves through the use of critical video ethnography. Integrating popular education and participatory action research, we develop a lens to highlight the strengths of the community and critique the institutional and structural systems of oppression that affect us. We then conduct and workshop critical video ethnographies of our community. The intention is to disseminate our films publicly and enact social change.
Organizer: Phillip Twining
Interactive Screenings:
MASCLab is planning three interactive screenings –contact us to help organize if interested:
Screening on December 8th. See the events page for more information. With Filmmaker Tatyana Kleyn MASCLab will screen the film Una Vida, Dos Paises . The film connects participants in Mexico and the United States to tell the stories and address the issue of deportation of youth who had grown up in the United States.
Screening January 25th. "Newtown" "Filmed over the course of nearly three years, the filmmakers use unique access and never before heard testimonies to tell a story of the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history on December 14, 2012. Newtown documents a traumatized community fractured by grief and driven toward a sense of purpose. Joining the ranks of a growing club to which no one wants to belong, a cast of characters interconnect to weave an intimate story of community resilience."Filmmaker: Kim Snyder, Director/Producer (http://newtownfilm.com/team/)
We are working with the Foster Care Film and Engagement Project to bring in filmmaker Yasmin Mistry and some of her participants to screen, discuss, and build connections around films centered on experiences in the foster care system.
Organizers: Lalitha Vasudevan, Cristina Salazar Gallardo, Joe Riina-Ferrie, Lisa Sepahi
Media Engagement and Adolescents' Educational Wellbeing in Out-of-school
(funded by the Robert Bowne Foundation, Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grant, 2014)
PI: Lalitha Vasudevan; RA: Joe Riina-Ferrie
In this study, we are engaged in building a theory of educational wellbeing through a close examination of adolescents' media production experiences within an afterschool youth media program. We want to better understand how adolescents' educational wellbeing—that is, youths' sense of comfort and connection to a broad conception of education—is nurtured when they are engaged in collaborative media production during out of school time. In particular, we are focused on those adolescents who are also somehow involved with the criminal or juvenile justice system (herein, "court-involved youth").
The Role of Participatory and Social Media in the Educational Wellbeing of Court-involved Youth
(funded by a Teachers College Dean's Grant, 2014-2015)
PI: Lalitha Vasudevan
This autumn (2014) we are piloting a longitudinal study of how court-involved youth in New York City access institutional, material, digital, and human resources in pursuit of their educational trajectories. We are especially interested in how these young people's participatory and social media practices inform their educational wellbeing. The overall project to which this proposed study is connected focuses on educational wellbeing precisely because of its largely indefinable and elusive, yet significant, role in the educational trajectories of young people.


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|Stephen Strom: Earth and Mars
The Temple Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition of the 2011-2012 season, Stephen E. Strom: Earth and Mars, featuring recent work by photographer by Stephen E. Strom. The Earth and Mars photographs are a series of diptychs that juxtapose Strom's abstract desert landscape images against photographs of Mars from the NASA archives, producing works of profound beauty and mystery. The exhibition opens September 9 and runs through October 18. An artist reception has been scheduled for Friday, September 23 from 5:30-7:30pm. Strom will also give a talk about the Earth and Mars project, tentatively scheduled for October 14.
The Earth and Mars series comprise diptychs that pair images of Mars obtained from the NASA archives with Strom's desert landscapes, which operate at multiple levels of meaning. Diptychs such as Dune Field, Mars/ Dunes, Great Sand Dunes National Park underscore the aesthetic affinities that result from Strom's meticulous editing and sequencing of the Mars-scapes, to highlight the colorful rhythms and patterns found in his desert landscapes. The shifting sands of Colorado seem as profoundly ethereal as the Dune Field on Mars; neither image possesses the markers that help us identify distance, scale or perspective. Strom's diptych registers with equal importance the geological affinity between landscapes of the two planets which results from the application of similar natural forces. However, our understanding of the Earth and Mars photographs should not be limited to measures of science or aesthetics. Rather, Strom's diptychs propose something much greater, a philosophical, even mystical response to the multitude of patterns and rhythms found in the universe. The Earth and Mars series, visualize a metaphysical intuition, that we are all connected by a universal force, greater than the sum of our individual or even collective selves.
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
It Might Be Possible
Despite the presence of a rather straight-forward song and the overstuffed genre of fan-based videos, Terra Naomi and director Jonathon Bird produce something extremely unique and powerful for "Say It's Possible"...
VIDEO: Terra Naomi "Say It's Possible" dir. by Jonathan Bird
Ironically the most goosebump-inducing moment of this largely fan-made video comes from the singer herself. Standing on a deserted highway, Terra Naomi belts out "i'm not alright!" like she means it. And though we are barely allowed a second to register it, it's a forceful reminder of the music and the artist. What else could possibly bring these people together? But it's also ringing proof of the emotion and authenticity behind the video.
Naomi has the type of voice that shatters things. Here it's as if she raises her guitar to the clouds and screams to crack wide-open the glass roof hanging over all our wildest dreams. There are a lot of cute and heartwarming fan videos made (and some horrible ones), especially among independent artists, but the majority are either thank you notes to the fans or examples of the universal power of music to unite. "Say It's Possible" works on both those levels, but goes one step further in developing it's concept.
Rather than simply drawing attention to the myriad of faces worldwide that appreciate her music, Naomi gives these people a voice - an opportunity to express themselves (underlined by her moment of ecstatic expression). Ever since Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" we've known the strange power of words on white sheets of paper in a music video (also see Common's "Come Close"), yet apart from a few scenes involving the singer herself, these words are not specifically aligned with lyrics in the song.
Naomi asked fans to send in tapes of themselves answering the question, "what would you do/want if anything were possible?" While it's clear she has been selective in choosing which one's to present (she obviously had to be), there are a wide-range of ideas, dreams and wants on display here. They range from the universal "love > hate" to the extremely personal "hold grandma again." And yes it can be argued, as some of my colleagues have, that people will put anything on a piece of paper to be in a music video - but that kind of pessimism misses the point entirely.
The video and the singer are not naive to the depravity and hopelessness that plague most of the modern world. In fact, it seems fairly clear that part of what motivated these lyrics and this video concept comes from the fact that things aren't alright in the world (the lyrics are fairly blatant on this point). She also admits that the future well being of humankind isn't looking very "probable." Instead, like the climactic moment on the street with her guitar, Naomi isn't asking us - she's telling us to "say it's possible." In forcing these opinions and thoughts onto the screen, even if you believe that what the people write are often manufactured statements of hope, she represents - at the very lest - a hope in the idea of hope.
Naomi isn't necessarily endorsing any of the statements presented within this video either, rather she is simply showing us that there are others out there who do care about something. It's all about the potential of what we might do with our collective ideas. While raising money for a cause is a more visibly effective and glamorous way of fighting human suffering, things will not change in the long-run unless drastic revolutions take place in the way people think as well. But like all revolutions, the people are the ones who must recognize their own power and capability for large-scale change. There is already enough money, food and the means out there - most human beings just don't think anything is really possible. This video gives a few people a chance to feel that self-worth and confidence, an immeasurable gift that in-turn can make others feel as if perhaps our own voices are worth hearing - or at least reading.
Yet it's highly doubtful that Terra Naomi and her director would claim that everything is even close to being "alright" by the end of this video. Even in knowing that someone out there has "forgiven himself," or that some young girls wear shirts that say "gratitude" or "no fear" across the front instead of random sexual innuendo's - one can't help but feel rather helpless after watching. After all we can't all hold up the ideas in our heads for the world to see. But perhaps there is comfort in knowing that this type of video and this type of artist even exist, and that furthermore, "Say It's Possible" has already been viewed on YouTube over 85,000 times and there are more than 77 pages of comments underneath it (positive and negative). Continuing this conversation is more important than anything else and Naomi's video reminds us that it never really stops - we just choose to ignore it sometimes.
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Nice and thoughtful write-up. Speaking as one of those with a (thankfully for all concerned) very brief appearance, like several of Terra's older fans, only she could persuade us to actually stand in front of a camera. As for the messages being heavily edited, of more than 10 people I know who made contributions, only one didn't get in. I think it's a pretty accurate reflection of what was submitted. There are also some more personal subtexts on a few of those appearances - one where near death and a related birth were separated by just four days.
An interesting thing about this version of the video is that it ends on the upbeat "this could be something beautiful i know" where the original version ended with the more melancholy "but times are tough I know, and the pull of what we can't give up takes hold". Terra wrote the song as a reaction to seeing the Al Gore fronted eco-doom warning film "An Inconvenient Truth". The last few lines recognise the trap we make for ourselves and maybe we aren't able to make the changes. Maybe we are in an unstoppable spiral.
Once the context is realised, then it can be seen just what a powerful song it is. People miss the tremor that Terra introduces into her voice at times, as well as the howling primal scream of "I'm not alright".
Truly a song that means more when you understand its roots - yes, it's catchy and hypnotic, but there is so much more, as there is to the artist.
Nicely put! I applaud you, Terra Naomi, for not following in the shallow footsteps of so many, for really stepping out and saying something real, instead of the usual fluff we're inundated with..
And I still believe in possibilities.
Annie L.
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Reconsidering FM Iris Poudre
Yesterday I wore Frederic Malle's Iris Poudre as I accompanied Jim to the hospital where we spent four hours ... for a thirty-minute procedure.
Out of boredom, restlessness and occasional twinges of fear, I kept pulling my turtleneck up over my nose to get a better whiff.
(Probably not the most elegant look, and one more suited to a psychiatric rather than gastrointestinal unit.)
The fragrance comforted me. Musk and vanilla, sandalwood and vetiver (does iris really have a scent? Tonka bean is mentioned in the notes, but not iris).Maybe one should just assume the iris is there.
In any case, I don't care, I get softness, comfort from it. And that's what I needed yesterday.
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That's because it is very hot here in Calgary today.
It's a mere 33 degrees Celsius!
For maybe some of you, you are used to this kind of heat but there are usually only a couple of times during the year that it is this hot.
My condo does not have air conditioning
so . . .
going to bed at night where the thermometer in the house registers at 27 - 28 is a tad hot.
This too shall pass though and one must remember this . . .
. . . when we are in the dead of winter and it's -20 celsius.
A friend from work just had a baby and I had planned to make a quilt for her.
They chose to not find out what the gender was so silly me, I couldn't make a quilt that could be for either sex, instead I made a 'girly' quilt and wouldn't you know it, she had a boy!
So I went shopping on Friday and bought something that was more appropriate for a boy
rather than soft pinks, greens and a sprinkle of yellow.
And here is what I put together over the weekend. Just put the final stitches on the top before 9 o'clock last night. Just in time to clean up before thinking of heading back to work.
I think that I am not going to put a border on it
- strange for me as I don't think I have done a quilt without one.
Your opinion - does it need a border?
I have been reading this book called Paris, Paris - Journey Into the City of Light.
It's written by David Downie who delves into some of the history of
different people and places around Paris essay style.
Have enjoyed it immensely and wished I had read it before heading to Paris last November.
I would recommend this book and have fallen in love with Paris all over again.
On that note, I'm going to lay on the couch and watch 'Midnight in Paris.'
One of my favourite movies of late.
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Paula - posted on 06/21/2011 ( 7 moms have responded )
Hello, i need help, i am coming unglued and reacting wrongly (i know) to my daughter who lies and then says we are wrong. My situation is that i have remarried after being with my partner for 6 years, she calls him dad and he treats her as his own daughter, she sees her biological dad once a week. She is intelligent, active, creative and strong willed, all of which i show appreciation and love for. At the beginning of my relationship when she was about 5 years old, she blatantly told us that she would break up the relaitonship. it was a big struggle but we overcame that hurdle, i know (think?) that she genuinely loves her step-dad and we never exclude her from anything (unlike her real dad). She has always been a great story-teller and people are amazed at how eloquent she is. She has always been around adults since she is the only child and we run a restaurant, after a while whe restricted her presence in the restaurant because i thought she was becoming a bit precocious. I must say that i do rant and rave because, as i tell her i am soft on her when she is on the right path and will raise hell when she knowingly does things that are against what we speak of. i talk to her all the time and just yesterday i took her for a gilrs day out and had a little chat about telling stories (lies) about 10 mins later she was caught in a lie. i do curse sometimes and tell her i cannot deal with it and will put her in a home if she continues with the lying ( i know i am going to get hung out dry for that) but i get so desperate and think that i need to apply tough love. i try soft love all the time but the mometn i realise she is doing the same thing i get so hurt that i lash out (verbally not physically). i feel so guilty that the circle just goes round and round. my hisband and i have even talked about him going away for a while (he is british but we live in the caribbean he is 65 and i am 43 so we are not young parents) i know that sounds ridiculous but i am at my wits end with worry that she has some problem (we have mental illness in our family) i even ask her if something is wrong in her head. (sorry) I am also very paranoid about that fact. please read this and try to be objective, i know that i am doing some things wrong but i don't have a guide-book for raising my only child that i love dearly. Asking for help.


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Craig Schallhorn, Steven C Schallhorn, Julie Marie Schallhorn; Effectiveness of an eyelid thermal pulsation procedure to treat recalcitrant dry eye symptoms after refractive surgery. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):3694.
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To provide an initial retrospective evaluation of the effectiveness of a thermal pulsation system to treat post-refractive surgery dye eye refractory to conventional therapy.
A total of 169 eyes of 91 patients underwent thermal pulsation therapy (Lipiflow, Tear Sciences, Morrisville, NC) for the treatment of post-operative dye eye that were not well controlled with conventional treatment. Pre-therapy measurements were conducted on the tear film lipid layer (Lipi score) and meibomian gland function (MFE). A standard dry eye questionnaire was administered to all patients before and after thermal pulse therapy to evaluate dry eye symptoms (SPEED II).
The mean patient age was 51 ± 13.0 yrs, 66% were female, and their primary refractive procedure was either laser vision correction (72% LASIK / 11% PRK) or a refractive lens exchange (17%). They underwent thermal pulsation therapy a mean of 43.8 ± 23.0 months after their primary procedure. Pre-therapy Lipi score was 68.2 ± 23.4 OD, 70.6 ± 22.6 OS. Pre-therapy MGE was 4.4 ± 2.0 OD, 4.8 ± 2.1 OS. Mean pre-therapy SPEED II questionnaire score was 17.6 ± 7.6, with a reduced mean post-therapy score of 9.4 ± 5.1 (P<0.001). This statistically significant reduction in SPEED II questionnaire score correlated with an improvement in dry eye clinical findings. Symptoms were reported as "improved" in 42% of patients, with symptoms being reported as "worse" in 8%. Fifteen patients (27 eyes) reported that the effect of the therapy had worn off at a mean post-therapy time of 12.8 ± 12.0 weeks.
Management of recalcitrant dry eye after refractive surgery is often challenging with limited treatment options currently available. In this initial retrospective evaluation, a significant improvement in patient reported dry eye symptoms (mean pre to post-therapy change of 8.2 points) was observed following thermal pulsation therapy. However, within 6 months of treatment, the effect diminished in a subset of patients. Additional studies are needed to evaluate this treatment modality, including prospective, masked studies with a control population as well as an evaluation of the long-term efficacy.
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Larsen's Opening
|Named after
|Bent Larsen
|Flank opening
Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack
Nimzo–Larsen Attack
Queen's Fianchetto Opening
Larsen's Opening (also called the Nimzo–Larsen Attack or Queen's Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening starting with the move:
- 1. b3
It is named after the Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen. Larsen was inspired by the example of the great Latvian–Danish player and theoretician Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), who often played 1.Nf3 followed by 2.b3, which is sometimes called the Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack. It is classified under the A01 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
The flank opening move 1.b3 prepares to fianchetto the queen's bishop where it will help control the central squares in hypermodern fashion and put useful pressure on Black's kingside. The b2-bishop is often a source of recurring irritation for Black, who should not treat it lightly.
Although Larsen was initially very successful with this opening, it suffered a setback in the 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World match in Belgrade, where Larsen played it against reigning World Champion Boris Spassky and lost in 17 moves.[1][nb 1] Larsen was also decisively defeated when playing it against Rosendo Balinas, Jr. at Manila in 1975.[3]
Notably, this opening received interest from Bobby Fischer the same year, who employed 1.b3 on at least five occasions, winning all five, including games with GM Filip, GM Mecking (Palma de Mallorca 1970 Interzonal), GM Tukmakov (Buenos Aires 1970), and GM Andersson (Siegen 1970). Today, Larsen's Opening is occasionally used at the GM-level, with top grandmaster Richárd Rapport employing it regularly and successfully.
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The move 1.b3 is less popular than 1.g3 (Benko's Opening), which prepares a quick kingside castling. According to ChessBase, 1.b3 ranks sixth in popularity out of the possible twenty first moves while the fifth-ranking 1.g3 is about three times as popular. Larsen frequently used unconventional openings of this sort. He believed it to be an advantage in that Black, usually unfamiliar with such openings, is forced to rely on his own abilities instead of relying on memorised, well-analysed moves of more common White openings.
Main lines[edit]
Black has several options to meet 1.b3. The most common are:
- 1...e5, the Modern Variation, is the most common response, making a grab for the centre and limiting the scope of the white bishop. Play typically continues 2.Bb2 Nc6. Then the Main line is 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.c4. After 2.Bb2 Nc6, 3.f4 is the Paschmann Gambit. After 2.Bb2, 2...f5 3.e4 is called the Ringelbach Gambit.
- 1...d5, the Classical Variation, is the second most common, also making a grab for the centre and preserving the option to fianchetto the king's bishop to oppose the white one. White can play 2.Nf3 to transpose to the A06 line (see more below), or 2.Bb2 to proceed in the A01 line.
- 1...Nf6, the Indian Variation, developing a piece and not committing to a particular pawn formation just yet. 2.Bb2 and if 2...g6 then 3.e4, taking advantage of the pinned knight (e.g., not 3...Nxe4 4.Bxh8, winning a rook at the price of a pawn). 3.g4 is called the Spike Variation
- 1...c5, the English Variation, retaining the options of ...d5, or ...d6 followed by ...e5. 2.c4 transposing to an English Opening or 2.e4 transposing to a Sicilian Defence.
- 1...f5, the Dutch Variation. 2.Nf3.
Less common lines include:
- 1...e6, with Black setting up a variation on the French Defence. Here Keene recommends 2.e4 and if 2...d5 then 3.Bb2.[4]
- 1...c6, a Caro–Kann variant preparing for ...d5. Again Keene recommends 2.e4 and if 2...d5, 3.Bb2.
- 1...b6, the Symmetrical Variation, is completely fine for Black.
- 1...b5, the Polish Variation.
- 1...Nc6, a variant of the Nimzowitsch Defence, with this move, Black aims to provide support for the advance of e-pawn. The most common sequence that Black applies is 2...e5 or less commonly 2...d5.
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3[edit]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 is a similar opening. Nimzowitsch preferred to make the knight move first. Black may play 2...d5 or 2...g6. After 2...d5, White usually plays 3.Bb2, then Black usually plays 3...e6.
After 2...g6, White can play 3.g3, 3.Bb2, or 3.c4. The move 3.g3 is the same as 2.g3 g6 3.b3, which gives Reti Opening (ECO A05) or King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (ECO A49). With move 3.Bb2, Black usually plays 3...Bg7. White can continue 4.g3, 4.c4, or 4.e3. After 3.c4, play usually continues 3...Bg7 4.Bb2.
Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack[edit]
The opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 (ECO A06) is called the Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack. It can be derived from 1.b3, but 1.Nf3 is more usual. Common replies for Black are 2...c5, 2...Nf6, and 2...Bg4. For each, White can play 3.Bb2 or 3.e3. 3.Bb2 can be followed by 4.e3.[5]
Example games[edit]
- Larsen vs. Eley, 1972
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.Ne2 Bd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.f4 e4 8.Ng3 0-0 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.c4 d5 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.Nce2 Nd7 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nc5 16.Qg4 g6 17.f5 Nd3 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Rf7 Kf7 20.Rf1 Bf6 21.Bxf6 1–0
- Keene vs. Kovacevic, 1973
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 Ngf6 6.f4 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.d3 a5 10.a4 c6 11.Nd2 b5 12.Qe2 bxa4 13.Rxa4 Nb6 14.Ra2 a4 15.Rfa1 axb3 16.Rxa8 Nxa8 17.Nxb3 Nb6 18.f5 exf5 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Bh3 g6 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Ra7 Qxa7 23.Nxc6 Qd7 24.Nxe7 Kg7 25.Qh5 1–0
See also[edit]
- ^ Larsen–Spassky 1970 Chessgames.com
- ^ game collection Chessgames.com
- ^ Larsen–Balinas 1975 Chessgames.com
- ^ Keene, Raymond (1977). Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.
- ^ Jacobs, Byron & Jonathan Tait. Nimzo-Larsen Attack. London: Gloucester Publishers plc, (2001)
- Dunnington, Angus (2000). Winning Unorthodox Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-285-4.
- Jacobs, Byron (2000). Nimzo–Larsen Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-286-1.
- Schiller, Eric (2002). Unorthodox Chess Openings (Second ed.). Cardoza. pp. 320–29. ISBN 1-58042-072-9.
Further reading[edit]
- Odessky, Ilya (2008). Play 1.b3!. New In Chess. ISBN 978-9056912567.
External links[edit]
|The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Larsen's Opening


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Salesforce.com on Thursday released its first quarterly results since going public, posting income of US$1.2 million on revenue of US$40.6 million for the three months ended July 31.
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The second-quarter results edged past the US$39.7 million in revenue consensus estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Salesforce.com met per-share earnings expectations, with earnings of US$0.01.
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Comments from a recent presentation on EI to a group of women attorneys at Hill Wallack LLP, Attorneys at Law:
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"I thought it was interesting to think of our job path as attorneys in a different light and using various EI skills."
"One of the most useful skills I took away from the seminar was thinking about triggers that others may have in interactions in both my professional and personal life and how to approach situations differently based on these emotional intelligence traits (or lack thereof)."
"I thought Georganne did a fantastic job encouraging participation among the group. She is a great facilitator."
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Mumbai: Twin tunnels through basalt a hurdle in Metro 3 construction
Developing the Metro 3 corridor could be a challenging task for authorities, as it is the first underground metro project in Mumbai that involves boring 33.5km long twin tunnels.mumbai Updated: Dec 15, 2014 19:19 IST
Developing the Metro 3 corridor could be a challenging task for authorities, as it is the first underground metro project in Mumbai that involves boring 33.5km long twin tunnels.
Unlike underground metro projects in other Indian cities, tunnels in Mumbai have to be carved out of basalt rock.
The task could be even more challenging if there is a mix of soil and rock. According to Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) officials, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) was stuck underground for several months in Chennai, after it encountered a mix of soil and rock.
Keeping this in mind, officials have asked the prospective contractors to bring TBMs with certain specifications. "Our geo-technical study shows there is basalt rock underground. However, there could be soil at certain places, which poses more difficulties for boring. So we have asked contractors to get TBM machines with predefined parameters to avoid any glitches," said an MMRC official, who requested anonymity.
MMRC is a joint venture of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the Centre and the state government, for the development of metro projects in Mumbai.
According to officials, the construction of tunnels is to be divided into seven parts. While a single contractor is to be awarded a package for one part only, two packages can be given if the contractor's credentials are more than double the criteria sought.
The tendering process is underway and actual construction work is expected to start by the middle of next year.
Fourteen consortia have expressed their interest in constructing the 33.5-km long twin tunnels, each 5.2-metre in diameter, and 26 underground stations for the Metro 3 Colaba-Bandra-Seepz corridor.
Contractors will have to bring two to four TBMs for each part.
In a bid to ensure the speedy execution of the tunnelling works, MMRC wants the contractors to use at least one new TBM.
MMRC managing director Sanjay Sethi said, "As per our condition, contractors will have to bring at least one newly-manufactured TBM for each part."
Most underground stations will be built using the cut-and-cover method, except for the ones at Hutatma Chowk, Kalbadevi and Grant Road, which will be constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method.
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Riding my horse out in the sagebrush covered land opens my heart wide to thoughts of the cowboys who rode here in the far western past. I know there were cowgirls and Indians too. I can imagine the Indians riding their painted ponies with no saddles and probably a length of rawhide for a bridle. They had a freedom with their horses that I can only dream about. Continue reading Riding Open's the Heart
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History of Rodeos
Where Was the First Rodeo?
On July 4th in either 1864 or 1869 (I've read both years in two different places) two ranches near Deer Trail, Colorado, got together to resolve an ongoing argument. The cowboys were always arguing about who was the best at roping, riding, and other ranch duties. So on this day they got together to hash out who was best. This day in the history of rodeos has been named as the first rodeo.
I wonder if they ever discovered who was the best. I didn't find any answer to which ranch won out or what cowboy came in first in an event. Maybe it was all a draw. After all riding, roping, and herding cows was what they did all day, every day. They were all excellent cowboys and knew their job. Continue reading History of Rodeos


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It's almost impossible to talk about Mafia II without mentioning the cinematic influences that inspired it. Hollywood has a rich tradition of gangster films, going all the way back to the days of James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson and continuing today. With all that shooting and looting, it was inevitable that the genre would eventually cross over to videogames.
Which brings us to the latest installment of "If You Like," our recurring feature that gives you some Blu-ray viewing options related to latest PS3 releases. When you're ready to give those trigger fingers a break from playing the game, pop some of these Blu-rays into your PS3 instead. You never have to leave the world of organized crime behind. Just remember to leave the gun and take the cannoli.
The Godfather Collection (The Coppola Restoration)
Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment
Price/Retailer: $44.99/Amazon
For the price of a single videogame you can own two cinematic masterpieces and one decent film in a nice box set. Given that there's already a couple of Godfather games on the market, the direct parallels to the Corleone saga are kept to a minimum in Mafia II, but the influence of these essential films on the genre as a whole is inescapable.
Like Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), Mafia II's central character, Vito Scaleta, is a World War II veteran and the son of Sicilian immigrants. Then again, Vito also has a lot more in common with the Godfather himself (as played by Robert De Niro in Godfather II) than just his name. Both start out with nothing and rise up through the ranks of a crime family to make a name for themselves.
There's no point in recapping the movie here if you haven't seen it. Just know that without the Godfather movies, there would be no Mafia II. Or, at least, it would be way more boring.
Goodfellas (20th Anniversary Edition)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Price/Retailer: $20.49/Amazon
Godfellas is probably the most obvious movie influence on Mafia II. There's even a direct visual reference in a cut scene that mimics a sequence in which Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) finds the dead body of Billy Batts in the trunk. There's even a character named Henry (though he seems to be patterned more after Robert De Niro's Jimmy Conway). It's Vito who's more like Henry Hill.
If you enjoy pulling off flawless hits and living the high life in Empire Bay, you'll appreciate Henry's rise to power. Even more than the Godfather movies, Goodfellas shows the perks of being a wise guy, symbolized by that famous long tracking shot following Henry through the back door of the Copacabana, where the staff caters to his every whim. Until it all goes horribly wrong thanks to Henry's involvement with drugs, life is pretty sweet.
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Price/Retailer: $12.49/Amazon
Yeah, there's a lot of De Niro on this list, but that's just because he's the ultimate tough guy, the kind of badass you can only hope to become in games like Mafia II. In Brian De Palma's acclaimed period crime drama The Untouchables he plays the ultimate gangster, Al Capone. Just as you spend a lot of time evading the police in the game, Capone and his crew try and stay one step ahead of lawman Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) and his team of untouchable agents.
De Palma doesn't shy away from violence in his retelling of the story based on historical events. The movie has Tommy guns galore, cool cars and beautiful imagery that brings the Prohibition era to life. Part of the fun is watching the two titans at the film's center go at it, so why not let someone else do the shooting for a while?
The Sopranos - The Complete First Season
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Price/Retailer: $41.49/Amazon
We're slipping in a TV title here, just because The Sopranos is too obvious not to include. Plus, it's available in Blu-ray, so you can watch it on your PS3 in lovely high-def. This isn't meant to suggest you screen the entire series in one sitting – with 86 episodes that would take more than three days straight. The show may be fantastic, but you're going to want to get back to the game (or your life, if you're lucky enough to have one) eventually. Any episode from the first season will do; they're all good.
This HBO series takes inspiration from mafia films (and even references them directly), but deconstructs the glamour of gangster life and grounds it in a reality where taking your daughter to visit potential colleges is just as important as whacking a former FBI informant in the witness protection program (a situation Tony actually faces in the episode "College"). It's a refreshing change of pace, and may provide a few laughs too, without leaving behind the Cosa Nostra entirely.
Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Price/Retailer: $19.99/Amazon
The most recent entry on this list isn't technically a gangster movie, but it does feature some pretty ruthless criminals, and some entertaining gun fights. Michael Mann wrote and directed this Depression-set drama centered on notorious bank robber John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp).
There's plenty of violence and action in 2009's Public Enemies to keep our interest, and a few famous mafia figures of the day show up (much of it does take place in Chicago, after all). Depp has said that Dillinger's character was a rock and roll star of his era, and the film treats him that way. Sure, he may not meet the best of ends, but the message of the film isn't that crime doesn't pay, it's to live life to the fullest while you can.


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I use the profiler too but I would think that those titles would not pass muster in the Profiler Database. There is no UPC and the disc id would be different for each burn I believe.
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I know this is probably a dumb question, but I'm new to this and can't figure it out.
I have a canvas that becomes visible when the user clicks a button. The canvas contains some elements (TextInput, ComboBox etc.). I want the canvas to disappear whenever the user clicks anywhere outside of the canvas (but of course NOT when the user clicks on elements within the canvas). I though this would accomplished with a focusOut event but I can't seem to get it working.
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One thought is to monitor the click event for the app, if the event.target.parent or the event.target = thebox then leave visible true other wise make visible false.
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Breaking news from the BBC Paper tax returns to be replaced by digital by 2020
Chancellor George Osborne delivers his last budget before the General Election
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An HMRC consultation concerning measures to rein in "high risk" promoters of tax avoidance schemes would require users of such schemes to amend their tax returns accordingly, and those who fail to satisfy HMRC that they had a reasonable basis for not amending their returns in such situations could face a tax-geared penalty.
Stuart Coleman, Manager of the Tax Department of ABDS comments:
"The paper targeting promoters has been on the cards since the March Budget, when Chancellor George Osborne promised consultation around a package of information powers and penalties and to curb high-risk promoters of tax avoidance schemes."
While few would dispute the need to curb abusive schemes, there are several areas that will be potentially controversial, such as including a higher threshold for reasonable excuse and reasonable care for both advisers and taxpayers in such high risk cases
Since the Spring Budget there have been a steady flow of campaigns and statement by anti-avoidance tax campaigners, the Commons public accounts committee, ministers and HMRC all highlighting the amount of abuse that is rife. One such article (in The Times) in May alleged there were around 200 tax advisers and lawyers taking advantage of offshore secrecy to help super-wealthy clients avoid tax.
HMRC's document sets out how it would like to categorise specialist advisers who promote schemes under the cloak of secrecy as "high risk". These factors could include:
• the promoter's business consists of mainly of designing, marketing or implementing tax-saving products.
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The second main proposal in the consultation document concerns litigation. Under the present scheme, the tribunal can only apply rules to cases that have been formally notified.
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Morning hounds
In NYC now and need a few ideas for lunch while out sight seeing the next few days. Any spot within close cab or walking distance from where we will be. Breakfast spots near the Parker Le Meridien would be good too. Will report back when I return on all meals. Thanks again for the help.
Tues - will visit ESB and 911 memorial.
Wed - ferry to Ellis and Statue of Liberty.
Thurs - shopping in Soho
Also, is Eatly a good spot to grab a snack and a glass of wine?