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Jaws dropped this week when horrific allegations were leveled at successful Hollywood director Bryan Singer. Singer, best known for directing films like The Usual Suspects and X-Men, is being sued for allegedly raping and drugging a minor in the late 90s. This revelation about Bryan Singer, which bears noting is a scandalous allegation, highlights a history of abuse in Hollywood–particularly, it seems, in the case of minors.
Unfortunately, young men and women in Hollywood have a history of being taken advantage of by older, powerful Hollywood men. In this case, the suit claims specifically that Singer and several other influential men in Hollywood had a system wherein they would find young men, break them into the business, and invite them to lavish parties. Their motive was to ply them with drugs and have sex with them. Singer's lawsuit implies this happened with lots of underage men, all of whom were young enough to easily be controlled and silenced.
This sexual scandal against Bryan Singer highlights the history of abuse in Hollywood. Young actors or actresses are often pushed beyond an appropriate limit. Troubled former child star Corey Feldman recently confessed that he and his friend, and frequent costar Corey Haim, were both repeatedly invited by powerful Hollywood producers to lavish events when they began their careers. Feldman explained that the men were incredibly influential and managed to convince the boys, who were certainly too young to give legal consent, that this was how the business worked if they wanted to be actors. Like the Singer accusation, drugs were also frequently involved, and Corey insists that he went to police and made reports, however nothing was done about it. Interestingly, the Singer accuser also has avowed that he went to the police and was not helped in any way.
These predatory behaviors towards minors happens to males and females alike. In fact, one of the most famous instances was decades ago when a famous Hollywood director, Academy Award winner Roman Polanski, was accused of inappropriate relations with a minor. The case against Polanski accuses him of taking topless photographs of a 13-year-old girl. Echoing the Singer case, Polanski allegedly coerced the young girl with alcohol and drugs, afterwards having sex with her, despite her repeated protestations.
Similarly, this sort of behavior does not just extend to filmmakers. Famed Hollywood photographer Terry Richardson has been faced with accusations of taking advantage of impressionable young women time and time again. The allegations include Richardson making the models engage in sexual acts, or exposing himself to them, and oftentimes the young women are too afraid to say "No" or stand up for themselves.
This power dynamic is clearly a key role in what provides powerful men in Hollywood to take advantage of minors. Youthful and unsure of what to do, these minors were often pushed too far and are not able to speak out. For example, Polanski claimed that the sex was consensual, but there is a reason that minors cannot legally consent to sex. The power balance between adults and minors is too uneven, and there is no way for proper consent to take place. Whether or not the accusations are true, it is clear that the Bryan Singer tale highlights a long line of Hollywood abuses.
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International Contemplative Dance Practice Day: Celebrating Barbara Dilley's 80th Birthday
Join us in celebrating International Contemplative Dance Practice Day and Barbara Dilley's 80th Birthday. On Tuesday, March 13th the Philadelphia Shambhala Center will host a public practice and reception. You are welcome to come learn about the practice, practice with the group, or observe the practice. Light refreshments will be served.
Barbara Dilley, a dancer and educator, was a prominent member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (1963-1968), and with the groundbreaking dance and performance ensemble The Grand Union (1969 to 1976). A student of Chögyam Trungpa and Sakyong Mipham, she has taught movement and dance at Naropa University since 1974, developing a pedagogy of Contemplative Dance Practice that emphasizes embodied awareness, combining dance and movement studies with meditation.
DETAILS: The Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) will start at 7:00 pm in the main shrine room and you may join in at any time as a mover or as a "witness while well-wishing." A CDP host will be available to explain the practice. There will be opportunities for conversation, and browsing copies of Barbara's book This Very Moment will be available. At 8:45 pm we will raise a toast to Barbara and wrap up by 9:00 pm. Donations for the Center will be gratefully accepted.
Please contact Asimina Chremos with any questions at silverspacedanceATgmail.com.
Not too much expectation of anything. Not trying to change anything. Being here with others, others who do this. It's a worthy discipline.
- Barbara Dilley, This Very Moment

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It's a shame that Nokia has lost focus of one of two things that made their phones so desireable. The ease of use and LONG battery life. Nokia has contineu with the ease of use but the battery life on most of their newer phones is less then acceptable. Having used Nokia phones for more then 10yrs I will now look at Sony and Motorola since their battery life is more then double that of Nokia. Can anyone recomend a Sony smartphone?
I have just phoned o2 online uk and have ordered the phone, good deal hopefully shouldnt regret it!
T9 dictionary on phone
Has stopped saving my words in dictionary once quit a text. Only had few in and should discard old ones anyway if full.
Anyone else had this and if so have you solved it? Off and back on makes no difference.
this fone is rubbish,,, y??? coz the sliding thing is no fluent at all, its not smooth, despite its highly equipped features like 3 megapixel fone and all, its a really gd fone but trust me.. ur slider will spoil... it will!
Hi Everyone,i have this phone and it is ace,the feel of the phone is very solid, the slide mechanism doesnt wobble and the buttons are very responsive. the imaging quality is excellent and the video isnt bad, but not quite as sharp as i expected.the software is sound aswell,the phone can be a little slow if you do not close applications down properly but this is neglegable as it is is not difficult to do.i would recommend this phone,i was waiting for the Sony ericsson p990 but that one is taking a long time to release.this is the best handset on the market currently in my opinion.
Thanks for listening.
I love the overall feel to this phone a lot,but in my country the retail price is really high.I was thinking about buying another phone with similar functions instead.Do you guys think N6280 measures up to this phone?
I understand that this has better internal memory,camera etc.But im not a heavy mobile phone user and i am wondering what you guys think about 6280.
I just called up o2 online and they said that the phone should be available after the 12 July
ok, after more analysing, the phone is big but it could be overlooked if the slider was more robust.
anyone considering this phone should bear thisd in mind. it's not for your back pocket. i've had it open when taking out of pockets and putting in. it needs a stronger mechanism imo.
Krissii, the reason why picture messages other people send you tend to be small is that generally mms messages tend to be of lower resolution in the first place. Couple this with the fact that the N80 screen is high resolution and what results is a small image, just packing the detail into less area. You could always zoom into the image though!
HI guys. just wanted to know which has a better display. this n80 or the n92? i dont know why but i'm not so happy with the n80. feals like i made the wrong choice. its kinda slow. well let me know if you think that the n92 is better
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What kind of clothes are your wearing DB, maybe your really small? My phone is almost twice the size of N80 and i could easily fit 3 of them in one pocket.
how small r ur pockets??? the n80 fits into all my pockets including my shirt pocket and thats quite small, i cant c what the prob is? the n80 is the smalest s60!
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Here I am again, writing about comics. Here goes:
Providence #1
Art by Jacen Burrows and Juan Rodriguez
Writing by Alan Moore
Published by Avatar
In Providence, nothing is evident. Jacen Burrows illustrates post-Great War Americana in dapper garb and attentive poise. His people are reserved, stiff upper lip types (even the talkative ones), clinging to secrets and projecting an image of themselves. Alan Moore's dialogue stresses privacy: when Midwest transplant Robert Black remembers getting his job at a New York paper, his new boss tells him "Your private life is, of course, your own affair. Just keep it away from work." Later, on assignment, he encounters a doctor with a peculiar medical condition explaining a theory of a hidden America made up of everyone's secrets.
What becomes unsettling about Providence is how readers are never made privy to these secrets. Not in the sense of information being revealed explicitly. It's in details: the way a character's breath isn't shown in a freezing room, how shadows of branches slither across a brownstone, or what's said in conversations picked up mid sentence. Robert's minor brush with weirdness runs parallel with another, seemingly inconsequential tale: a man tearing up letters, then spending an afternoon in a secluded building in a park. The connecting tissue is revealed at the end, of course, but in a revelatory pause, from which the reader fills in the implication.
Robert himself is an enigma, bookish and curious. Back matter journal aside, Moore never reveals much of his internal life. When ending a relationship, his lover (presumably in tears) describes him as cold, as if there is nothing inside him. Barrows constantly frames Robert from the first-person perspective of others, even during his own flashbacks (sepia-toned by Juan Rodriguez). He's the outsider, being eyed by someone or something probing into his own piece of the secret America.
Lady Killer #5
Art by Joëlle Jones and Laura Allred
Writing by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich
A pretty textbook example of the phrase "every comic is someone's first comic": the fifth and final issue of a mini-series which functions well enough as its own individual unit. Jamie Rich and Joëlle Jones smartly allow the tale–of an assassin dressed as a stewardess, going after the man who put a hit out on her–to unfold, assuming readers who haven't read the previous four issues (*raises hand*) will keep up. In addition to allowing breathing space for speed line-heavy fights and Jones' artistic flourishes (including a film reel opening drawn like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon), this sidesteps the logorrheic tendency in adventure comics towards exposition, instead showing how Josie (the assassin) navigates around obstacles. In one instance, Josie pursues a target through a crowd at the Seattle World's Fair, only to run into her husband, Gene, and their two children.
She's surprised, but not in the manner he's thinking. Her attempts to gracefully slip away and finish her mission are cut off by Gene's well-meant attempt at being a supportive, progressive spouse. It's a light, humorous touch, dialogue and layouts as brisk and efficient as a hallway brawl a few pages later. It's a typical action scene, but one crafted with the understanding of its purpose at informing character while keeping momentum. When Josie confronts her aggressor, demanding an end to the situation, it's understood clearly what the stakes are for her. The relatively low ambitions of the material are elevated by the skill of its execution.


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Opinion: Preservation is good economic sense; keep the federal historic tax credit
By BETSY HATFIELD
Guest columnist
Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 — In 1986 when the Federal Historic Tax Credit was permanently included in the Reagan Administration's pro-growth tax code, President Ronald Reagan described the program as "not only a matter of respect for our beauty and history, but good economic sense."
In today's fervor for what promises to be the biggest tax reform since 1986, The House Ways and Means Committee axed the Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) in its first draft tax bill, and the Senate could very well do the same.
It is astonishing that with the stated goal of economic growth Congress would eliminate a quantifiably proven incentive that creates jobs, stimulates local economies, revitalizes communities throughout the country, and nets a positive revenue for the federal treasury. Instead, it should be one of the top credits retained in the proposed tax reform legislation. The Kentucky Heritage Council administers the Federal Historic Tax Credit program in partnership with the National Park Service. The incentives are for private investment in historic buildings.
A tax credit lowers the tax owed by an individual or entity. It differs from a tax deduction in that an income tax deduction lowers the amount of income subject to taxation, while a tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in income tax liability. In other words, a tax credit of one dollar reduces the amount of income tax owed by one dollar.
Few programs have had the far-reaching and sustainable financial, historic and cultural return on investment that the Federal HTC delivers. The facts speak for themselves: • More than $131.8 billion in private investment has been leveraged because of $25.2 billion in Federal Historic Tax Credits. In Kentucky, $558 million in private investment was leveraged with $92.7 million in federal tax credits from 2002-2016.
• Nationwide, more than 2.4 million jobs have been created by the Federal Historic Tax Credit. In Kentucky, 4,535 construction jobs and 5,048 permanent jobs were created from 2002-2016.
• The Federal HTC returns more to the Treasury than it costs: $25.2 billion in allocated credits have returned an estimated $29.8 billion to the federal treasury. In Kentucky, the Federal HTC has generated a combined total of $27.7 million in state and local taxes.
• On average, more than $5 of private investment is leveraged by every $1 of Federal HTC funding, creating highly effective public-private partnerships.
• Nationwide, 42,293 historic buildings have been rehabilitated and preserved with the Federal HTC. In Kentucky, 345 historic rehabilitation projects were completed with the HTC from 2002-2016.
The Federal HTC is a powerful tool for downtown revitalization because it saves historic buildings, often through adaptive reuse. This preserves the architectural integrity of the buildings, while stabilizing them and making them more appropriate for the current and future needs of businesses, residents or other entities—and in many cases making them more energy-efficient in the process.
Consider an empty, decaying building on the property tax rolls at salvage or greatly diminished market value. Preservation efforts increase the taxable value many times over and the resulting property tax revenues are thus realized for many years to come.
In blighted areas where redevelopment is challenging, the Federal HTC is a worthwhile catalyst for investment. The beauty of the credit is that it works in large urban areas such as Louisville, Lexington and Northern Kentucky; in smaller cities such as Frankfort, Paducah and Pikeville; and in rural communities such as, Jenkins, Bloomfield and Buffalo, to name a few.
Instead of abolishing the Federal Historic Tax Credit Program, Congress should explore ways to expand it and make it more feasible for smaller projects to participate. Kentucky ranks fourth among states in terms of the most sites on the National Register of Historic Places. This consistently places us in the top ten states with the number of projects utilizing the Federal HTC. More than 40 years of Federal HTC projects have re-enriched the fabric of communities across the Commonwealth and made far-reaching impacts on the growth of Kentucky's tourism, bourbon, agricultural, real estate, building trades and retail industries.
Without the Federal Historic Tax Credit, many historic building projects throughout the state would never have started. Still more will not be completed if the tax credit isn't included in tax reform. The loss of this important pro-growth tool will kill an economic incentive that has encouraged historic building owners and real estate developers to rehabilitate buildings that draw businesses, residents and tourists to towns and are often the centerpiece of their respective Kentucky communities.
Leaving the Federal Historic Tax Credit out of the tax reform package will be devastating to special places in Kentucky—costing Kentuckians millions in lost revenue from payroll, property and sales tax, and damaging industries and communities where our heritage and historic buildings play major roles.
Betsy Hatfield is Executive Director of Preservation Kentucky, the statewide nonprofit whose mission includes advocating for preservation-friendly legislation on the local, state and national levels.


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Former Baseball Player Calls His Choice to Attend Ohio State Mansfield a "Home Run"
Kidron Stamper selected to serve on Mansfield Campus Board
Kidron Stamper had big plans when he graduated from Ontario High School in 2016. He originally intended to go to school in southern Ohio to play baseball at a private college. However, a torn rotator cuff changed all of that. The Mansfield native decided to stay at home and go to The Ohio State University at Mansfield. Stamper originally saw the change in plans as a negative, now however, he believes the injury changed the course of his life in a very positive way.
"It wasn't my original plan to be at Ohio State Mansfield," said Stamper. "I was a three sport athlete in high school, and athletics was everything to me. But, it didn't take long for me to realize that this is exactly where I was supposed to be."
Stamper initially got involved on campus by playing intramural sports and made many good friends. He also found that there were many amazing academic opportunities because he was a student at Ohio State.
"I started working on research projects in psychology with Dr. Amy Brunell," said Stamper. "She studies narcissism. It's fascinating research. In Mansfield, you can get involved with research as a freshman. Just sitting in a psychology class didn't convince me that I love psychology, but doing the hands-on research helped me figure that out."
The 20-year-old decided to major in psychology, a degree he could complete in Mansfield. "I just couldn't bring myself to leave," said Stamper. "The Mansfield campus is my home, and I love it here."
Stamper is also involved with Awakening, a Christian student organization on campus, and holds a position as a junior admissions counselor in the Mansfield Campus Enrollment Office.
"I want to be a lobbyist someday," said Stamper. "I don't know what path I'll take to get there yet. Law school may be next for me."
Stamper was recently selected to serve as the student representative on the Mansfield Campus Board for the 2018-19 school year. The Mansfield Board assists the dean and director in many areas including promoting campus priorities, maintaining key relationships with external constituencies, and serving as an advocate for the campus and the university with the state legislature and state and local agencies. As a student member, Stamper will serve on the Mansfield Board's Student Experience Committee which monitors services provided to students to ensure they are in line with established priorities and strategies and consistent with Ohio State Mansfield guidelines. He will also advise the board on student life matters.
"There are so many ways to get involved, learn and grow at Ohio State Mansfield," said Stamper. "I really can't say enough about the Ohio State experience in Mansfield."
Stamper starts his term on the Mansfield Board on July 1.
About Ohio State Mansfield:
The Ohio State University at Mansfield offers an academic environment that's challenging but supportive as students become part of an academic tradition that leads the way in shaping tomorrow's world. Students discover world-class teaching minds passionate about connecting to other disciplines while discovering new ways to see the world. With access to Ohio's State's more than 200 majors, Ohio State Mansfield is where learning comes to life. Research, internships, education abroad and service learning opportunities prepare students for their careers in ways they never expected.


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David Cooperrider mentioned Wal-Mart in his opening address of the Bioneers Conference on Friday.
Wal-Mart's CEO, Lee Scott, has come up with 3 goals, which will be implemented with the investment of $500 million a year:
- reduce greenhouse gases from stores and distribution centers by 20 percent over the next seven years
- increase the fuel efficiency of the truck fleet by 25 percent over the next three years and double the figure within a decade
- design a new store that was at least 25 percent more energy-efficient within four years.
That's a pretty good start! "[Scott] said improving fuel mileage in the trucking fleet by one mile per gallon would save more than $52 million per year."
Appreciative Inquiry
Wal-Mart created these goals after talks with employees, suppliers, customers, and critics.
As part of their Appreciative Inquiry process, it was also discovered that 64% of magazines printed don't get sold. Everyone knows this but they don't change anything. 64% means 2.6 billion million magazines shredded every year. There was a summit, and magazine publishers agreed to reduce the waste by 50% in one year. This action will save 443,000 trees, and 4.6 million gallons of diesel fuel. – according to Cooperrider
Wal-Mart has broadened the initiative to 255 items in the toy department. Reducing packaging will save 3,425 tons of corrugated materials, and 1,358 barrels of oil annually.
Goals reached, new goals needed
Wal-Mart has already reached their goal of selling 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs, as part of their "Change a Light, Change the World" program. The use of those CFLs will have the effect of taking 700,000 cars off the road.
I hope Wal-Mart uses their savings to pay their workers fair wages, and provide health insurance to all of their employees (fewer than 1/2 have company health insurance, compared to Costco's 80%). Many of Wal-Mart's products come from China, so it would be nice to see them exert some influence on China to use water and energy more efficiently than they currently do, and to treat their employees better. It's nice for Wal-Mart to "green" their stores, but they also need to "green" what's in them. They do have plans to have independent monitoring of overseas production, so they seem to be on the right path to environmental responsibility. We'll see in about 5 years. Next step… worker rights.


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Our 2017-2018 Playwrights
We are proud to be working with the following playwrights this season. It is First Run's continuing mission to develop and showcase local playwrights.
Ron Osborne
Dreaming in Black & White
Daniel Washelesky
Bird's Nest
David Hawley
Swept Away
Ron Osborne's plays have been produced by hundreds of theatres throughout the U.S., Canada and in Europe; recognized in more than 100 major national playwriting competitions; and published by Samuel French (seven full-length plays), Smith & Kraus, Eldridge Publishing and Plays, Inc. He's a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. and a graduate of the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism. Ron and his wife Melissa live in Glendale.
Born and raised in Chicago, Daniel Washelesky is currently pursuing an MA in Theatre and Performance Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Recently he has directed Utopia Parkway (Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum), The Date 2016 (Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Center), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (All Student Theatre). He also assistant directed Macbeth (Washington U.), Prometheus' Dream (First Run Theatre), and the St. Louis Rooming House Plays (Tennessee Williams Festival 2016).
Born in Newcastle, England, David Hawley has been a writer and occasional actor for around 15 years. An avid enthusiast for a nice cup of tea, he appeared in several productions in his home town up to 2006 when he moved to the St Louis area in 2006. He became involved with the Missouri Association of Playwrights and with the St Louis Writers Group, for which he is now a regular contributor and actor.
Educated in Chemical engineering, IT and Mathematics, his day-job used to require a lot of travel and he usually did his writing on such trips. He has written eight one- and two-act plays and about 20 short plays.


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Power of the Purse is an annual event held by Women in Philanthropy (United Way) to raise funds for women and children in need in our community. The event features a one-of-a-kind live and silent auction of designer handbags, goods from area boutiques, spa and restaurant packages and more! We will have the return of "Bourbon, Bacon & Blues" Man Cave for all of the men in our lives plus a gift card lottery and other great surprises.
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Here's what to look for if you're traveling in the Baltimore metropolitan area this week. This list of highway projects includes only newly announced work, not continuing construction, which is extensive on several highways, including Interstate 95, U.S. 50/301 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
New highway projects
Inner Loop I-695 over Route 26 -- Bridge No. 3139 -- Today and next Sunday, northbound lanes 3 and 4 (slow lanes) will be closed from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. for deck repairs.
Route 137 -- Mount Carmel Road from York Road to Gunpowder Road -- For about three weeks, there will be lane closures from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for pipe replacements.


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TWO children and four adults – including a pregnant woman – were rescued after getting trapped in a lift.
The children, both aged under three, and the adults got stuck in Mill House, Queen Street, Portsea.
They were trapped for more than an hour before the alarm was raised.
Two fire crews from Southsea were sent to free the group at 9pm yesterday, and an ambulance crew checked over the pregnant woman.


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PAR4 is a G-protein-coupled receptor which can be activated by thrombin (factor IIa), plasmin, trypsin, and cathepsin G. It consists of 385 amino acids (41 kDa), including the amino-terminal signal sequence, and is widely expressed in various tissues. It is not expressed in the brain, kidney, spinal cord, and peripheral blood leukocytes. The gene maps to 19p2 (gene name: F2RL3).
PAR4 is activated by specific proteolysis at the site PAPR47 ↓ G48YPGQV to expose the tethered ligand GYPGKV which binds to the second extracellular loop, thus activating the receptor. A synthetic peptide ("activating peptide") that mimics the tethered ligand domain (GYPGQV-NH2) directly binds to and activates PAR4 in vitro without proteolytic cleavage. PAR4 does not carry a hirudin-like binding site for thrombin as observed in PAR1 and PAR3. Thus, PAR4is a low-affinity receptor for thrombin. Despite this...


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Aims & Values
Respect, Enjoy, Achieve, Communicate and be Healthy
At Laureate, we are determined to create an inclusive learning community where everyone is given the opportunity to fulfil his or her potential. We aim to challenge and support all of our pupils, helping them strive to become lifelong learners and preparing them for life in modern Britain.
This is encapsulated in our 'REACH' acronym: We want everyone involved at Laureate to Respect each other, Enjoy their time in our school, Achieve to the best of their abilities, learn how to Communicate effectively with those around them and lead a happy and Healthy lifestyle.
- We view learning as a shared experience where diversity of ability, gender, culture and belief is valued and celebrated.
- We are aware that we are responsible for our own learning, and that our behaviour and choices can also have an impact on the learning of others.
- We learn best in a secure, friendly environment where we can take risks without fear of judgement or failure.
- We want to be inspired by our learning, and understand that we have an active role to play in ensuring that our experiences are exciting and engaging.
- We take pride in our achievements, and enjoy celebrating our individual and collective successes.
- We understand the importance of challenging ourselves, and being challenged by others, in order to make the most of our abilities.
- We enjoy working collaboratively so that we can learn from each other and share our ideas and experiences.
- We have a responsibility to let others know when we need help, how we are feeling and what support we need to enable us to do our best.
be Healthy
- We appreciate the need to stay physically and emotionally healthy and strong, and are given the skills and knowledge to make informed choices.
- We aim to develop high self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth, and the resilience to overcome challenges that we face on our learning journey.
The staff and governors at Laureate recognise the positive contribution of the cultural and ethnic diversity present in the school and in society as a whole, and oppose any form of prejudice. Our aim is to provide the best possible education according to individual needs, in a caring and supportive environment. All prejudice-related incidents are investigated, recorded and followed up with necessary actions, before being reported to the Local Authority.
Our aims and values complement fundamental British Values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.


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Instead, they were great because of the slowly unfolding but utterly compelling nature of the action. West Indies were the all-conquering side, having crushed Australia in their own backyard 2-0 in 1979/80. As a young cricketer who looked up to a lot of the individuals in the team, it was one of the saddest moments in the world. "For me, just playing Test cricket, not one-day cricket, there's no reason why I can't extend my career a little bit", he added.
Britain wants to keep free trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland, but its proposed methods have been met with doubts both in Dublin and in Brussels. Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has warned he may have to legislate for a Stormont budget if the deadlock continues. "Should this not prove possible, in the absence of devolved government, it is ultimately for the United Kingdom Government to provide the certainty over delivery of public services and good governance in Northern ...
Teenage sensation Mbappe was presented to the media on Wednesday, when club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi had to field questions on the FFP saga. "We're very confident in our position, in our recruitment", al-Khelaifi said. But PSG won the race for the 18-year-old, who has joined the club on a season-long loan deal and took part in his first training session with his new club on Monday, with the Parisians due to make the transfer permanent next summer.
The two were spotted going out three nights in a row, but the relationship is apparently not a serious one - or at least not yet. The source claimed that work is Kendall Jenner's number one priority right now and that she has a very hectic schedule coming up in the next few months.
The Spanish striker has been absent from the Blues fold since failing to return for pre-season training in July and was left out of Chelsea's Champions League squad on Monday. He netted 17 goals in all competitions for Chelsea last season, before his June injury, suffered on worldwide duty, led to him missing all of pre-season and the start of the top-flight campaign.
Although Rublev betrayed his young age with a couple of outbursts, it was nonetheless a mature performance from the 19-year-old as he set up an intriguing final eight showdown with world number one Nadal . "I know I can not play very well always, and not the whole match". "Read about what I said [on] the first day" Dolgopolov grunted. In the fifth set, del Potro closed things on his second match point, when Thiem double-faulted.
Full-backs Serge Aurier and Benjamin Mendy are the only two new additions to the Premier League , having joined from France this summer, with Aurier yet to set foot on the pitch for Spurs after joining on deadline day. But off the pitch and in the dressing room, it is not hard to imagine why the former Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona , Milan and PSG player was a hugely positive influence.
It wouldn't have happened without the cooperation of Western Michigan coach Tim Lester and his Broncos. Olson, who joined the Trojans in 2015 and hadn't played a collegiate snap, hiked the ball for an extra point once USC pulled away from Western Michigan late in Saturday's game.
USA crude futures stood at $46.79 per barrel in early Tuesday trade, up 0.5 percent on the day, after having fallen to as low as $46.15 on Monday. The council expressed its commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution to the situation and welcomed efforts to facilitate a peaceful and comprehensive solution through dialogue.
Open final. Del Potro overcame illness, two match points and a two-set deficit for the first time at a major to wear Thiem down 1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 after three hours and 35 minutes. "I know the people like when I hit hard with my forehands", he said. "I mean, of course the crowd was on his side", said Thiem. "I was pretty much deciding most of the points".
After Liverpool starlet Ben Woodburn's goalscoring antics, on his Wales debut on Saturday, some in the England setup are asking what could have been. "Realistically we have to get maximum to give ourselves a chance of second". Ioniţa tried to capitalise and set up Radu Gînsari but King put in a vital interception.
Disappointments have been piling on for Sri Lanka and their fans, who endured a 3-nil whitewash in the Test series followed by a 5-0 drubbing in the ODIs, their worst show at home in a bilateral series. Top-ranked batsman Virat Kohli on Monday consolidated his position in One-Day International (ODI) cricket as he equalled the highest ODI rating points by an India batsman, recorded by Sachin Tendulkar almost two decades ago in 1998.
Schmidt of the New York Times reports that, after an investigation, Major League Baseball has determined that the Red Sox illegally used an Apple Watch to steal signs from the Yankees . Boston has not been disciplined yet and it's unclear how the league will proceed with the counter-complaint, though I'm sure it'll be investigated. Sign stealing is allowed, but electronic assistance is prohibited.
Matic , playing for Serbia, will face the Republic of Ireland assistant manager in Dublin this evening, as the two play in a crucial top-of-the-table World Cup qualifying game. Serbia failed to qualify for the last World Cup as well as the last three European Championships but Matic believes the confidence within the current squad can end that poor run.
The idea behind release clauses is that they give players more control over their careers while also providing their clubs with adequate compensation, should a player choose to push for a move. For Liverpool's part, Klopp and the club have appeared at ease as negotiations with Can continue, and they still maintain that they will come to an agreement with the player.
Lucas Duda homered and drove in both runs for the Rays, who improved to.500 on the season and got within two games of Minnesota for the second AL wild card. "I feel all right", Shields said. "I thought it was broken", said Shields, who gave up four runs over 6" innings. I'm not sure he knows that the rules of this game say you can throw whatever pitch you want.
Ozil told them to "stop talking and start supporting" following comments made by several former players as to the state of the current side following their 4-0 loss to Liverpool prior to the worldwide break. "Having a go at me, I'm being neutral". With Arsenal veterans including Wright, Emmanuel Petit and Martin Keown focusing on Ozil's output in particular, the German midfielder used a lengthy post on Facebook to respond - stating they should " stop talking and start supporting ".
However he chose to remain with Atletico Madrid after their transfer ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration of Sport. After choosing against abandoning Atletico over the summer, the France global agreed to sign a new contract - which included a raised buyout clause of €200m.
The 25-year-old Argentinian reached the third round of a Grand Slam competition for the first time at this year's French Open and bettered that run here with victories over Carlos Berlocq , Janko Tipsarevic , Cilic and Lucas Pouille .
Sunday found the younger Locksley suffering from a gunshot wound. Mike Locksley coached at IL as Ron Zook's offensive coordinator from 2005 to 2008, helping the Illini reach the 2008 Rose Bowl. Marq Burnett of SECCountry.com reported that an Alabama spokesman "confirmed that Locksley is not with the team, and is now with his family". During Nick Saban's Monday press conference, he announced that assistant coach Mike Locksley's son had been tragically killed.
He became the first player ever to do so at the iconic Dodger Stadium, and the 18th player to ever accomplish the feat (earlier this year, Reds 2B Scooter Gennett shocked everyone by hitting four). In four head-to-head meetings with the Dodgers over the past week, the Diamondbacks have won all four games by a combined score of 34-11, including a 13-0 rout on Monday that featured not only Martinez's four-homer game but also a 14-strikeout performance by starting pitcher Robbie Ray .
Brazilian prosecutors allege that Nuzman helped secure the votes of African IOC members during the bidding process for the 2016 Olympics and that Soares laundered the money used to pay them off via a sophisticated scheme centered in the British Virgin Islands and using bank accounts in the United States, Antigua and Barbuda, according to O Globo .
The 32-year-old, ranked 418 after injury problems, is the first qualifier since 1981 to reach the last eight and she faces Keys next. There are now four Americans among the eight women in the US Open quarterfinals: Keys, No. In other action Monday, top-seeded Karolina Pliskova crushed American Jennifer Brady 6-1, 6-0 in 46 minutes to advance. Karolina Pliskova powered her way into the U.S.
The Jays continually grabbed leads at Fenway Park on Monday night, only to see the home side chip away. This is the longest game in the majors since July 2016, when Cleveland beat Toronto 2-1 in 19 innings. Happ in a matchup of 20-game winners from 2016. He struck out three and allowed three runs, one earned, over 5.2 innings pitched. Morales hit his first inning homer with Pearce at third and Smoak at first on a 1-0 pitch, to deep right field.
Another question will be the health of Rob Gronkowski . Dorsett, a former first-round draft pick, was just acquired from the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for quarterback Jacoby Brissett , who had the game of his professional life in the preseason finale.
The Oklahoma Sooners are looking for revenge after getting their butt kicked last season at home by the Buckeyes . "Regardless of how that game turned out, this is one of those games both teams are excited to play". "I don't know that you can define that, but we expect him to be very productive, a matchup we can really exploit", Riley said. Weber sat out the opener with a hamstring issue.
Open on Tuesday. "This is incredible, at this stage and playing on one of the most famous courts in the world, it feels absolutely fantastic", said Anderson, who became the first South African player to reach the last four of the US Open since tennis turned professional in 1968.
This cheating had been going on for several weeks, the sources say. He did admit, however, that there are two investigations still ongoing and that it will all be sorted out eventually. Tuesday, Yankees manager Joe Girardi denied that allegation, telling reporters that there's "no chance". "We're not doing it". While sign-stealing - mostly by base runners on second base, who have a mostly unfettered view of the catcher - has been an accepted part of baseball gamesmanship for decades, ...
In 2016, Kerley appeared in all 16 games (13 starts) for San Francisco and led the team with a career-high 64 receptions for 667 yards and three touchdowns. "The 5'9", 188-pounder has amassed a total of 246 career catches for 2,892 yards and 12 touchdowns. He had signed a three-year extension with the 49ers, but they ultimately cut him over the weekend.
It looks highly unlikely that Sanchez will pen a new deal with Arsenal , and it is thought a move to City , where he could link up with Pep Guardiola again, will happen at some point in the future. Sanchez wrote: "When the world reminds you of your defeats, remind them of your unforgettable victories". "And what's worse is that no one ever realises how this makes you feel".
Understandably, the Longhorns are no longer ranked, and they're barely registering a blip on the ballot radar, garnering just three votes in the Amway Coaches Poll and none from Associated Press voters. As in the coaches' poll, UF and FSU (10th in the media poll) are the only ranked teams with a loss. College football's extended Week 1 means the Week 2 AP Top 25 poll came out on Tuesday afternoon ( as did the Coaches' Poll ).
But this time previous year, she was at home in Tallinn wondering if she would or even wanted to play tennis again despite having made five Grand Slam quarter-finals. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. It is the fourth time that Kohlschreiber, ranked 37 in the world, has reached the fourth round stage at Flushing Meadows since 2012.
Assisted by Alexander López with a through ball. In the end, any soccer game comes down to a few key plays, mere seconds you want to scrub from your memory or cherish forever - but this one, more than most. That opened the door for an MLS-heavy squad to try and win in Honduras . It's not an ideal result, but it's a point. A win for Costa Rica would mean they are through to Russian Federation 2018 and would ensure a second consecutive involvement in the world finals.
Rafa Nadal swept past Aleksandr Dolgopolov in three sets 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday, as the Spaniard's fine 2017 form continued. Top seed Rafael Nadal from Spain and Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer stormed into the fourth round of the US Open with convincing victories.
Anderson, who insisted any talk of himself assuming the role was tongue in cheek, said: "It is [an appointment] for the next generation - me and Stuart Broad could probably finish off our careers without a bowling coach in the side". "But I'd like to think that certainly in county cricket the majority, then their ambition is to play Test cricket". England will host Pakistan for a two-match Test series in 2018, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Tuesday.


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Except with a lot less procrastination and a lot more piano-banging -- or in this case, laptop-banging.
I'm used to having three days twice a month where I can't write or even think straight; I've even come to factor those times into my overall writing schedule, because they're so predictable. This difficulty, on the other hand, can't be written down to any of the usual cyclical-hormonal factors, and it's unnerving me.
I knew I'd be in a bit of a slump after the exhilaration of finishing my revision of Knife: that was why I took a whole week off after finishing the book just to relax and think about other things. I was actually looking forward to getting back to Touching Indigo at the end of that hiatus -- but no matter how I tackled that first scene of Book II, it refused to come together. Even once I got the dialogue down, I couldn't make the narration happen.
And then I went back and looked at the work I'd done on Knife, which at the time I'd been so pleased with and generally proud of -- and I hated every word of it. I picked up another author's book, one I'd read before and enjoyed -- and I found fault with that, too. Which made plain that this was an irrational mental state rather than an objective problem with my ability to write -- but knowing that doesn't actually solve the problem, alas.
I don't feel that taking more time off is the solution, because aside from a few head-bashing attempts I've now taken at least two full weeks off writing -- actually closer to three. And the less I write the more frustrated and daunted I feel, and the more conscious that the lovely productive writing habits I built up over the ten weeks I was revising Knife are going down the toilet.
It would be nice to be able to embrace the "give yourself permission to write crap" philosophy and just hammer out something at random -- but while noble in intent and effective for many, that strategy doesn't work at all for me: if I think I'm writing crap I won't want to write at all. So right now the only thing I can think of is to keep doing something related to writing, even if it's only making notes. Something that allows me to feel like I'm making needed progress, without pressuring me to deliver a level of prose that my brain isn't up to at the moment.
Eventually this block will clear, I know.
I just wish I knew when.


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Leo came to visit us in the shop last week - he is becoming a real little charmer and for eight months - is such a joy - not at all biased am I.
My Eldest son's future Mother in Law is a great cake decorator and she made this for Rob and I for Christmas, it doesn't look quite like this now as it has been tucked into quite seriously. It is a beautiful cake and she is so clever at decorating them. Anne has a wedding cake to make now and Paul & Ericha are getting married in August this year - which was such great news and we are all looking forward to the big day.Caroline came to see me on Monday and bought little leo and here is with his friend - he loves the soft teddies - but then he just loves grabbing everything. He is also a little poser as he knew I was taking his photo. Cheeky monkey.
Well I am continuing with my bid to get some of my unfinished items completed - and on Sunday I shut myself in the sewing room and fished this out - I had gone wrong and put it away in disgust - so I was quite determined to get it right - here are the first two rows, I have now got the third row ready to stitch on - and just one more to go. It is very very time consuming and well as far as I am concerned it is very easy to go wrong. Although I hope fingers crossed that I have got the hang of it now. I am looking forward to seeing it all put together.
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Are you one of those millions of people who reach for that cup of coffee after waking up in the morning? Well, we have good news for you! Coffee is not all that bad, in fact it is good to drink that cup of Joe once in a while! Read on to know more.
From its potential discovery by the legendary Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder, to being celebrated internationally in the month of October, coffee has grown to become a ritualistic lifestyle for many.
But have you ever wondered if there was more to that delicious cup of joe you drank this morning than just a kick of energy?
With over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed daily all over the world and scientific research behind the benefits of sipping on brewed arabica beans, it is becoming significantly evident that coffee contributes to health benefits, economic growth and society development.
Coffee-lovers can rejoice while they sip on their favourites as the cool kids from Dubai's newest specialty coffee offering, Drop, list the marvels of coffee.
Debating diabetes with coffee
In the UAE, where 19.3 percent of the population suffer from diabetes, coffee may play a crucial role. According to an intensive research conducted by Dr. Frank Hu from Harvard, the risk of type II diabetes decreases by 9% for each daily cup of coffee consumed, with decaf decreasing risk by 6%.
Coffee and weights, the perfect date
Drinking coffee before a workout has been found to improve gym performance. A research conducted by Coventry University in the United Kingdom discovered that a cup of coffee not only enhanced and boosted effective gym participation, but also improved manual dexterity.
A coffee a day keeps the Grim Reaper away
Earlier this year, a study that involved 185,000 people from different cultures revealed coffee increases longevity irrespective of race and lifestyle. The study, conducted by Annals of Internal Medicine, helped discover a stronger biological possibility for the relationship between coffee and longevity. It also concluded that heart disease, cancer, respiratory disease, and stroke had a lower chance of occurring due to the consistent consumption of coffee.
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Ethically sourced coffee instigates genuine relationships directly with farmers and supports fair payment. The elimination of a middle man and mutual understanding for quality beans at fairly paid prices helps enrich the farmers' lives. This in turn helps lead to opportunities of better quality of life with possibilities of schools and education in a poverty-dominant environment. Also, an estimated 27 million people rely on coffee as their economic mainstay with an estimate of 197 hands that have worked to deliver every cup of coffee from seed to cup.
Cup of happiness
What's better than an energy boost? A happy boost! According to a decade-long study on caffeine and its relationship with mental health, it was found that depression risk decreases with increasing caffeinated coffee consumption.
The coffee industry is always growing, always evolving, and always adapting. New ways of growing, harvesting, and processing are being explored on a daily basis. Coffee is a science to a very large extent, but is also a very niche art.
Why Cup of Joe: According to Wiktionary, it is possibly a shortening of "cup of jamoke", from java + mocha: this origin was given in a military officer's manual from 1931, around when the term first appeared.
Alternatively, perhaps a use of joe ("fellow, guy"), signifying that coffee was the drink of the common man.
Another theory suggests that US soldiers in World War I (1914-1918) referred to a serving of instant coffee made by the G. Washington Coffee Refining Company (founded in 1910) as a "cup of George", and that the common abbreviation of the name "George" ("Geo.") was then read as "Joe".
Another theory derives the term from Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), the Secretary of the U.S. Navy who abolished the officers' wine mess and thus made coffee the strongest drink available on ships.
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s are expecting their first guests. They are from Wesel and offered their nephew a weekend in Munich. On the top of their wish list was visiting the city centre.
Meeting point: Isartor (one of Munich's historical city gates), directly at the gate. Here you can see that Bavarians march to the beat of different drummers (in German you'd say that in Bavaria the "clocks run differently") – just take a look at the watch on the Isartor. The tour continues to the Jakobsplatz, where the Jewish Museum is located; the "Viktualienmarkt" (the most famous market in Munich) with a well-know soup restaurant ("Suppenküche") and a beer garden; and the "Schrannenhalle" (an exclusive indoor market). But in spite of the quantity of delicacies we are moving forward quickly.
On our way to the "Alter Peter", an old church tower whose 305 stairs we are planning on climbing up, we make a stop at the Bubble T store. Bubble T is a tea-based drink (you can choose between green, jasmine and black tea) from Taiwan. You drink it using a thick straw, because only that way the so-called "bubbles" can make their way up to your mouth. Their texture is similar to that of gummy bears, but the inner part is liquid. The tea is pretty sweet and not Bavarian at all, but who cares – we are also showing modern Munich to our guests!


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If you visit Dubai, then expect to be pampered with luxury and comfort. Nowhere else can you get more comfort and a royal feeling than a night, or couple of nights, stay in the magnificent Burj Al Arab hotel. This seven star hotel is the ultimate in luxury and royal hospitality. Being the tallest, unique architectural design like a sail of a boat, tis gem of Dubai is the only seven star hotels in the Dubai. From revolving beds to gold plated iPads, from Royal suites to chauffeur driven Rolls Royce, it has all means to pamper you with ultimate luxury and comfort.
Tips For Planning
If you are planning to go to Dubai, then staying in the Burj Al Arab is a must. Before you start, remember a few things. As this is the most sought after hotel for people, including celebrities from all quarters, make your reservations at least a month before so that you get your date and time. You can visit their website or email them for reservations. Also remember to carry proper clothes and shoes as they are very particular about dress codes. No sports or trainers shoes are allowed. Clothes need not be very formal but you must have collared shirts, trousers and elegant jeans.
Visit If You Don't Stay
You can also make reservations for a Burj Al Arab Tour for a short time. But make sure that you have proper and prior reservations made to be allowed to enter. It is best to avail the 4 p.m. slot, where you can enjoy the heavenly view of the setting sun while sipping your evening tea. Be sure to get there early as they do not reserve any window seats for you. You will not be allowed to enter before half an hour of your reservation but you will be allowed to stay for as long as you want. Remember their dress code as they want everything formal, including shoes.
Enjoy The Royal Touch
If you can manage a full Burj Al Arab Tour organized by ALTDUBAI, then you can feel the royal touch in everything you see around you. You can see a fleet of fantastically maintained chauffeur driven Rolls Royce used to pick up guests from airport to the hotel. Filled with plush and luxurious carpets, full of artistic and pristine furniture, you can feel their sense of hospitality and warmth in welcoming their guests. The large fountain in the middle which shoots to the top will catch your eyes. There is a helipad above for the people who want to have a bird view from the top of the world while arriving at Burj Al Arab.
Cuisine From All Over The World
If you thought that was all then you are mistaken. As they believe in ultimate in customer service, they provide the best food prepared by the best chefs in the world. Dining in one of their finest restaurants will be a life time experience for you. You get the best food from Arabian, Asian and continental menu cooked nicely and presented in the most beautiful way. Every time you enter your room, you get to see a plate of goodies and eatables, wrapped in gold leaf, along with a hand written note. So, once you stay in Burj Al Arab, you will know what luxury truly means.


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Two pharmacologically distinct medications used to treat opioid addiction proved to be equally safe and effective, once treatment was initiated, researchers reported.
But opioid-dependent patients found it more difficult to start treatment with the injectable drug naltrexone (Vivitrol) compared with buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), according to Joshua D. Lee, MD, of the NYU School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues.
The two agents, which are the top medical therapies available for outpatient opioid relapse prevention, they wrote in the Lancet.
The findings are similar to those reported recently by researchers in Norway, in the first head-to-head trial of the two drugs.
Vivitrol is an an opioid antagonist while Suboxone is a partial opioid agonist. Lee's group enrolled 570 opioid-dependent adults, who were randomized to receive Suboxone, given daily as a sublingual film dissolved under the tongue, or extended-release Vivitrol, given monthly by intramuscular injection.
The 24-week, open-label, randomized, comparative effectiveness trial was conducted at eight U.S. community-based inpatient detoxification centers.
Patients detoxed at the centers ,and were followed-up as outpatients during the trial. All participants were ages ≥18 years, had a DSM-5 diagnosis of opioid-use disorder, and had used non-prescribed opioids within 30 days of study enrollment.
The authors reported that fewer of the participants taking Vivitrol were able to successfully start treatment (72% versus 94% on Suboxone) because full opioid detoxification is required before the former blocking agent can be injected. This requirement is commonly referred to as the "detoxification hurdle".
"In order to start someone on a blocking agent like naltrexone they have to be completely off opioids for at least a few days. Otherwise, they go into significant withdrawal," Wilson Compton, MD, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in Bethesda, Maryland, told MedPage Today.
But Compton added that naltrexone is an important addition to the treatment armamentarium for opioid relapse prevention, which also includes methadone and Suboxone, because many people don't respond to the other therapies.
"We have a substitution treatment in buprenorphine and a blocking agent in naltrexone," he said. "If I have a patient who does not respond to one, I now have an alternative approach."
While the naltrexone-treated patients had higher relapse rates in the intention-to-treat population (65% versus 57%, HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.10-1.68), this difference was due to the lower rate of treatment inductions among patients treated with the drug, the authors explained.
Once treatment was successfully initiated, the two medications showed similar efficacy and safety. Among the 474 participants inducted to treatment, the proportion of opioid-relapse events was 52% in the Vivitrol group and 56% for the Suboxone group (OR 0.87, 95% CI 0.60-1.25, P=0.44).
No difference was seen between the two groups in the relative hazard of relapse over time (HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.71-1.18, P=0.49).
Vivitrol-treated patients initially reported fewer opioid cravings, but no difference was seen between the two groups by week 24.
Fatal overdose, non-fatal overdose, and other serious adverse events did not differ between the two treatment groups.
"Both medications are effective treatments for opioid use disorders versus counseling-only or compared to placebo," the authors stated. "What is now clear is how similar the outcomes are for those initiating treatment with either medication."
They pointed out that participant retention was relatively low (between 43%-47%) in the 24-week trial. Another study limitation included participant recruitment within an inpatient setting, which could limit interpretation and generalizability of the findings.
In one accompanying comment, David C. Lott, MD, of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, wrote that the choice of which opioid relapse prevention treatment to use should take into account factors such as patient preference, treatment history, current level of physiological opioid dependence, and access to detoxification treatment.
Lott noted that despite the induction issue, many patients choose Vivitrol over Suboxone for many different reasons.
"Unfortunately, this choice is sometimes forced on patients because of limits on access to agonist therapy, as is the case in certain countries and other settings," Lott wrote. "Since both medications are effective, and it is not clear which one will be better for each patient, policy makers should work to make both treatment options available and avoid preferentially mandating one medication over the other."
In a second comment, Nora Volkow, MD, NIDA director wrote that while addiction treatment is critical to addressing the current opioid crisis, such treatment remains inaccessible for many, despite health care reform aimed at increasing access.
"In the USA, medications are required to be given in conjunction with some form of counselling or behavioural therapy, called medication-assisted treatment (MAT), but there remains a vast gap between those who would benefit from MAT and those who receive it," Volkow wrote.
"This gap reflects both lack of treatment capacity and an entrenched stigma against use of medications for opioid use disorder arising from the belief that these medications simply substitute one addiction for another," she stated. "This belief, a holdover from early models of recovery that emphasized complete abstinence from all medications, reflects a misunderstanding of the pharmacological and therapeutic effects of these drugs."
Volkow noted that "structural and attitudinal barriers" have limited the reach of effective treatments during "one of the worse American public health crises in recent decades. These barriers must be overcome to reverse the escalating numbers of deaths in the USA."
"Other countries where opioid misuse is on the rise should learn lessons from the US experience and ensure that effective treatments are widely available," she cautioned.
The study was funded by the NIDA Clinical Trials Network.
Lee disclosed support from NIDA, the Natona Institute on Alcohol Abuse, and Alkermes.
Lott and Volkow disclosed no relevant relationships with industry.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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The LancetSource Reference: Lee JD, et al "Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (X:BOT): a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial" The Lancet 2017; DOI: 10.1016/50140-6736(17)32812-X.
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The LancetSource Reference: Lott DC "Extended-release naltrexone: good but not a panacea" The Lancet 2017; DOI:dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32872-6.
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The LancetSource Reference: Volkow N "Medications for opioid use disorder: bridging the gap in care" The Lancet 2017; DOI:dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32893-3.


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The 2018 Oscars air live nationwide on Sunday, March 4 from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood beginning at 5:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. ET on ABC. The 90th Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel ("Jimmy Kimmel Live"). He was invited back to emcee after doing an outstanding job last year, especially in those chaotic closing moments after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced that "La La Land" had won Best Picture when it was really "Moonlight."
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Those two Oscar winners have been invited back for a do-over. They will be presenting Best Picture again, which we are predicting will go to Martin McDonagh's "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." Our exclusive odds — which are based on Oscar predictions by 30 expert journalists, our in-house team of 7 editors and thousands of readers — also forecast that the film's star, Frances McDormand, will win a second Oscar for her searing performance as a woman coming to terms with the murder of her daughter while Sam Rockwell will take home his first for his raw portrayal of a racist cop.
Two other movies are also tipped to win three Academy Awards. The fantasy film "The Shape of Water" will claim Best Director (Guillermo Del Toro), production design and original score while the WWII epic "Dunkirk" will win for film editing and both sound awards.
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Another film set in the early days of WWII, "Darkest Hour," will win Oscars for leading man Gary Oldman and the makeup and hairstyling team that transformed him into Winston Churchill.
"Blade Runner 2049" will win a long-awaited Oscar for cinematographer Roger Deakins, who is 0 for 13, and Best Visual Effects.
"Coco" will take home both Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Remember Me").
Four films will win a single Oscar apiece: "Call Me By Your Name" (original screenplay), "Get Out" (original screenplay), "I, Tonya" (supporting actress, Allison Janney), "Phantom Thread" (costume design).
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Three of last year's four acting champs are set to return to the stage of the Dolby Theater to present: leading lady Emma Stone and supporting players Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Best Actor winner Casey Affleck decided to forego the tradition of returning to give out the Best Actress award. In his place will be two past winners of that award, Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence.
Among the other past Academy Awards winners presenting are Sandra Bullock, Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Rita Moreno, Lupita Nyong'o, Eva Marie Saint and Christopher Walken.


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Short and simple: I am a single Father of four in my early 30's who has claimed the gift of immortality and imagination, I have a quick sense of humor that's wise cracking but often dry enough that some people miss it. (It doesn't matter because I crack me up)
I feel that over the years I've both had a blessed life and gone through the crucible in some ways you can imagine that I was like a raw nugget of gold still covered with rocks, and over the years the rough edges and dross have been melted off despite (because of) it all I've come out the other end… shinier.
As for the intricate details of what makes me, me I'll try to be as specifically vague as possible.I'll start with the beginning, my name: believe it or not, my name is not Durante, but let me explain where that name came from. Once upon a time, for one reason or another I read the Divine Comedy by Durante degli Alighieri, but he was commonly known as Dante. I've gone by many names on the internet, but this is perhaps one of my favorite, I loved reading the book (listening to it on Audio) I found it intelligent, metaphorical, rich, and deep. Very few books have ever required so much thought from me to put it into so many possible perspectives. I picked the name Durante because it's an obscure reference to an obscure author of something a relatively few have read.
Next: How old am I:
I am an extremely young immortal, or an somewhat experienced man. I'll not be mistaken for a boy neither will I find welcome with the aged. I consider myself the ideal age for who I am at this stage of my life. I've not gone through life with my eyes closed which gives me added perspective and something some people would call wisdom. I do feel the turnings of time, but differently than most, a day is a day and a week is a week, but it's different when you plan on living forever. (realistically, why not be an optimist?) I'm a Libra (that fits here)
I am a comfortable height, (5′ 9″) and a comfortable weight. I've never been heavier than I am right now, but I've also never had less body fat than I do right now. (okay, maybe when I was a teenager, but that doesn't count, I was growing) I'm athletic and you can tell by looking at me that I am interested in bodybuilding and nutrition.
General stuff:
I was in the military (Air Force) … once; I have a Masters in Computer Information Systems, and work most often as project manager. I have blue eyes, blond hair (dirty blond), I'm Caucasian'ey, I literally sparkle in the sunlight and also like a vampire, I then light on fire. Politically I label myself as an independent, the reason why is that I like to keep my options open. I believe in balance, intelligently weighing my options, and picking what I feel is best after my own personal research… I prefer to think for myself and not be told how I should think about something. I don't watch television, without netflix I wouldn't have a chance in the world of catching up on most of what is on out there, and even with it, I barely have a chance of knowing what's going on out there. I do have a television though, and I enjoy movies, I just don't like to waste my time being towed by the nose from one commercial break to another. I live in Tucson, Arizona; I've lived all over the west, I'm originally from Idaho, so no matter where I roam that's where I call home.
Passionate About:
These are things I could talk about for hours, or days, or weeks and probably never get tired of it. I should simply list the ones I can remember of them:
- My Religion (I'm LDS (Mormon) and it's amazing, and awesome, and I love it!!! I couldn't recommend it more highly if I wrote this line with proper grammar!!!)
- Self Improvement
- Nutrition
- Health (I include Martial arts here)
- Bodybuilding
- Star Wars (I'm totally a dork)
- Fantasy,
- Science Fiction – (Including star trek, science, discovery, physics, 'the universe, and everything')
- Super Heroes (I don't personally own any super hero comic books, but I have wikipedia'd almost every major super hero and their friends… and their enemies.)
- Computers
- Ballroom Dance
- Christmas (well most holidays, but this one is my favorite!)
- Hiking
- Camping
- Cooking (I'm a pretty amazing cook)
- Arts and Crafts (I took Home economics instead of shop in school, Michael Whelan and Monet are my favorite artists; I like most museums too… not the dead body exhibits but all the others.)
- Parenting (I'm a really good Father, and I love my children, I can bore you for hours talking about how amazing each one is!)
- New Age / Classical Music (mellow music)
- Hypnosis
- Poetry
- Writing
- Architecture
- Piano
- Singing
- Games (Video games and board games, particularly the Role playing computer games)
- Gardening
- Swimming (Including Scuba Diving with this one, and snorkling) I could live in the water, I love almost everything about it.
- RAIN!!! (snow too, but differently)
- Romance!!! (flowers and sensual stuff – in the right time and place)
- Travel (also I've studied a lot about private islands, that fits in here.)
- Waterfalls
- End of the world scenerios (food storage / survival goes here too)
- 007 (I've even read a few of the books)
- Dreams (everything to do with dreams from lucid dreaming to interpreting them.)
- Photography
- Intelligence (Including MENSA and puzzles, riddles, and LOVE problem solving)
- Reading (Mostly Audio books to be honest, but that's because there's a lot to do and I can listen while I do it.)
Things I'm Anti-Passionate About: (Things that put me to sleep before the words leave someone's mouth)
- Sports (pretty much all of the ones that involve a ball or puck or something)
- I might forgive fencing, but please don't make me watch it unless it's really awesome!
- pets – I had some growing up so I can hold my own in a conversation, but in general it's not a big thing with me.
- Celebrities – it can be interesting sometimes, but so can most Doctor visits.
- Most hard rock, or heavy metal, or rap… (country too most of the time) Lyrics mean a LOT to me, and if someone has something to say it needs to be worth saying, worth listening to, and clear enough to understand.
- Nightclubs – (this includes drinking, wine tasting, being drunk, smoking, … even doing drugs, I have no frame of reference and no desire for one, a conversation couldn't be more dead with me if it involves this stuff.)
- Body piercing and Tattoo's, – no interest, no feigned interest.
Things I hate:
- Lies
- Snakes
- Obvious evil things (The things people go to prison for)
- Tattoos
- Stupidity
Things I look for in people:
- Hope
- Awesomeness
- Imagination
- Intelligence
- Sympathy / Empathy
- Conversation
- Creativity (making the most of their talents and getting new ones is huge)
- Passion
- Capability (that includes Drive, talent, vision, potential)
Just a final note; I think I'm pretty great, and I think most of the people I meet are amazing. I like to find the absolute best in people and try to enhance it in any way that I can. I do not believe that the best friends are the ones that will wake up in jail with you the next day saying "we had a great time." but the ones who keep you from going down that path in the first place.


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I feel as though I've been under a rock, between my husband's uncle passing away and our trip to New Jersey and the sinus infection that has been making me miserable all week. I have heard bits and pieces of the Penn State scandal, although the first I had heard of it was on www.thatschurch.com while we were driving home on Monday. I really think Ginny put it best:
An excerpt (read the full version at http://thatschurch.com/2011/11/07/enraged-and-joe-must-go/):
And here's where I get super pissed. You guys, would you have walked out? I don't understand this. I'm trying, because no one else seems to be angry at the GA, so maybe I'm missing something. I wouldn't have walked out. If it was my son being raped, I wouldn't have wanted the witness to walk out. If I was the witness, I would have lathered up all of my rage and I would have gone biblical on Jerry Sandusky. I would have marched into that shower and I would have beat the shit out of him. I realize you can't really say for sure what you would have done, but I feel very confident that I would have beat the shit out of Jerry Sandusky. I would have grabbed that naked boy and I would have thrown a towel around him and told him it was going to be okay and that Jerry was going away for a long time.
That didn't happen. The GA walked out and left that boy to the monster. No one else seems angry about that. I don't understand why.
That GA went to Paterno the next day, and boy, my rage fires up again. You go to Paterno after witnessing the rape of a boy?! Why? WHY? Why not the cops? It's unfathomable.
Paterno then called his boss. And my rage fires up again. You go to your boss after being told that a boy was raped by your longtime employee and friend just the night before? Now Paterno claims the GA didn't tell him exactly what he saw and that it was just something such as "fondling" or of a "sexual nature" and that since Sandusky was retired he reported it to his boss rather than authorities. These are the facts of the case.
And here is where I don't understand why every single person isn't enraged at Joe Paterno.
She goes on, and calls for Paterno's firing, which he rightly was.
On the flip side, being a Pittsburgh girl, we tend to be divided into either Pitt or Penn State fans (they love to "hate" each other). I have a lot of friends and relatives who are Penn State alumni or fans. Their reactions have been different. They are really proud of their school. They spent four years in the Penn State, JoePa culture. They are used to cheering for the Nittany Lions, to going to Joe's House dressed in blue and white, to chanting "We are Penn State!" with pride. And now they have the whole country looking at their beloved college and wondering how this happened. The country is looking at their PSU father figure and telling them that he is bad. And they're mad. And they're sharing that on Facebook and Twitter quite loudly.
I don't blame them, I would be mad too. I would be mad at my college for taking it's good name and dragging it through the mud. I would be mad at Joe Paterno for taking a nearly 50 year legacy and flushing it down the toilet over a 1 minute phone call that he never made. I would be mad at those who were trashing my school for something a few people did (or, in most cases, did not do).
What seems to be left out of this conversation, however, are the victims. These boys who were left in the hands of a child rapist and continued to be victimized as adults like Joe Paterno, Mike McQueary, Timothy Curley, Gary Schulz and Graham Spainer knew what Sandusky was doing and did nothing to stop it. There is an alumni named Jerry Needel who wanted to turn the focus back to helping the victims and created the websitewww.proudtobeapennstater.com. He is collecting money for the victims and encourages all 500,000+ PSU alumns to donate at last one dollar.
I appreciate what Jerry is doing. Instead of trashing his college campus and the surrounding area, instead of complaining about the beating PSU is taking, he is doing the right thing, helping those who were hurt the most. I would be proud to be a Penn Stater too, but since I'm not a PSU graduate, I'll just have to settle for helping the victims with a few bucks. I encourage you to donate as well.
I want to leave with a clip from The Daily Show, where Jon Stewart nailed it (h/t @fsmikey).


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Paul McCartney brought Rihanna on stage at his Desert Trip show for the song "FourFive Seconds." That's the one they did at the Grammies. Paul joked they finally found someone under 50 as Rihanna left the stage. Check out the video.
He also did a song for a small group of 300 at Pappy & Harriet's saloon in Pioneertown, California. A friend of Sir Paul's and the owner of the saloon convinced him to do the gig. A lot of other famous acts have played there including Eric Burdon of the Animals, Leon Russell and Robert Plant. McCartney played a set including early "I Saw Here Standing There" and "Band on the Run"Here's a pic.
You think Sir Paul was a little nervous as they drove into the parking lot.
Billy Joel is an election issue in Long Island. Dean Hart is running for assemblyman is knocking the incumbent Republican nominee Michael Montesano ffor not naming a street after Billy Joel. He says "No wonder Albany is a mess, our representative can't do something as simple as renaming a small portion of a road in Billy Joel's backyard, where there's near universal support." Montesano tried but got some push-back from the State Assembly. Now Hart is saying he'll elect a one million dollar marble statue of Billy Joel in front of the renovated Nassau Coliseum. Billy Joel has a gig at the opening night of the new Nassau Coliseum on April 5th.
Another award for Bob Dylan. Friday he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Now the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery will hang a couple of portraits of Bob in the museum's first-floor "Celebrate" space. One is a photo of him taken in 1962.


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Gala 2017 Honoree – Dr. Harvey & Deana Freedman
In 1986, their lives changed forever. At the age of 16, Harvey and Deana's eldest son David was diagnosed with Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia. In 1987, David required a bone marrow transplant and the family traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When the family arrived, they knew no one and desperately needed housing. The Ronald McDonald House in Milwaukee became the family's "home away from home" and Deana and Harvey remember that "the House provided everything we needed and more." Following David's death in 1987, the family returned to the Bay Area.
In 1989, Deana and Harvey read about the opening of the Ronald McDonald House in San Francisco and the rest is history. For 28 years, Deana and Harvey have generously and quietly dedicated their time, talent and treasure to Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco. Deana has been a member of the Board of Directors, Harvey has chaired the Golf Tournament, and both have served on the Long Range Planning Committee. Harvey and Deana now serve on the Advisory Council.
"Our experience in Milwaukee led us to a life long commitment to the Ronald McDonald House in San Francisco. Our favorite thing to do is cook dinners for the families during the holidays and we return to Milwaukee on the anniversary of David's death; our children have cooked dinners at the House, as well. We look forward to many more years of helping other families."
-Harvey and Deana Freedman