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Un-Coupling: Can It Be Done Successfully?
I met an attorney for coffee the other morning and I have to say I love getting to know other business owners that have a completely different area of expertise than me. Don't get me wrong…I love my therapist friends and colleagues, but it's always fun to connect with different people doing different things.
Anyways, she asked me if couples come to therapy just to divorce. And the answer is yes. Not all couples are successful in therapy and some come just to un-couple. In fact, most couples that come to therapy to find a way to break up is because there are kids involved; not all, but most. They're mindful of how hard the process can be and want to minimize the impact on their children.
It's often really intense work, because these couples have waited so long to come to therapy and so much damage has been done to the relationship that it becomes unrepairable. It can also be extremely painful, especially if one partner is still holding out hope that the relationship can be healed, but the other is clearly done.
And I applaud this work. In fact, I welcome it in a lot of ways. The reason? Because it takes a hell of a lot of courage to come to therapy to find a way to break up in the healthiest way possible.
The end to any relationship is loaded with an intense mix of feelings, huge layers of grief and loss and a complete shift in all that is known.
And ending a marriage is the hardest of all relationships to end.
Not only do you have all of the emotional healing to manage, but you've got the legalities to navigate as well. Throw in a few kids, a dog and some shared property and you know the reason why experts say it's one of the hardest things you'll ever get through.
So how do you un-couple successfully? Can it be done with minimal damage to all involved? Follow these steps and you're definitely moving in the right direction.
1. Start small. Un-coupling is an amazingly intense process. Don't expect huge shifts overnight. I promise small steps will add up to huge miles if you take it slow.
2. Keep it in perspective. Staying mindful of the little ones (or others) affected by the break up helps you to keep in perspective why you're un-coupling in such a conscious manner.
3. Celebrate the successes. Un-coupling can feel like failing, but that's not the truth. The folks I work with who are un-coupling have worked really hard to make the relationship work with little success. Their decision to break up is one that has been made very thoughtfully. Choosing every day to treat your ex with respect as you un-couple is success ,and it should be consistently celebrated.
4. Take care of yourself. You're going to feel a thousand different feelings. I repeat…you're going to feel a thousand different feelings. Don't judge them and don't act on every single one. Find ways to take care of yourself so you can weather this storm.
5. Get support. You CAN NOT un-couple on your own. Well..ok…maybe you can, but it's not often successful. Reach out for support from friends and family who aren't going to bash your ex but instead allow you to process your feelings.
6. Seek out the help of a therapist. Or another neutral third party. Communication and respect need to be worked on and repaired in order to un-couple the healthiest way possible.
If you're in the process of un-coupling or know someone in your life that is, please send them this post. It's not an easy process by any means, but it is one that couples can do with grace and mutual respect. If you're struggling in your own un-coupling, I encourage you to reach out.
I'm here to answer any questions and offer as much support as possible. That's why I do this work. Send me an email, firstname.lastname@example.com or give me a call, 916.955.3200.


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Gianni DiMeglio is an active member of his community in Fairfield, Connecticut. Gianni has a passion for helping people reach their highest potentials, and he pursues this passion in a number of ways.
One of the most important causes in Gianni's life is helping children, especially those in lower income families. He devotes a lot of time to nonprofit fundraising events and galas which give these families the advantages they need to succeed. From June 2011 to April 2013 Gianni was on the Stepping Stones Museum for Children Gala Committee. He helped out on important events which raised money for the museum's wide-reaching education initiatives. One of Gianni's ongoing goals is to make learning more accessible to children who have special needs, whether they are physical or emotional.
Gianni is also involved in Norwalk High School, where he has coached the football team since August of 2011. He has a background in football himself. He played the sport for two years during his time at Marist College, where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance and a minor in accounting. Gianni originally decided to volunteer at Norwalk and help out the football program after a few of his coach friends encouraged him to get involved. However, Gianni was quickly inspired by the passion of both the team and the school administration, and he decided to work his way up to assistant coach.
A professional coaching position not only allows Gianni to better himself as a coach and a leader, but encourage and develop the strengths of the talented students at Norwalk. Gianni is a firm believer that becoming a better player can lead to becoming a better person because so many of the qualities of a good player (strength, concentration, fitness) serve people well in other aspects of life too.
In addition to coaching, Gianni mentors students at the school as well. He is passionate about guiding young people through some of the most crucial turning points in their lives, especially regarding college applications.
When Gianni is not at school he is spending time at home with his own two children and his wife. He also enjoys traveling, an interest that was sparked back during his time as a student. While at Marist he studied abroad in Australia and completed an outreach program in Mexico; these two trips inspired him to become the traveler he is today.


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Determination of Relative Risk Status Based on Overweight and Obesity Parameters
The table, below, defines relative risk categories according to BMI and waist circumference. It is important to note that these categories denote relative risk, not absolute risk. They relate to the need to institute weight loss therapy, and do not directly define the required intensity of risk factor modification. The latter is determined by estimation of absolute risk based on the presence of associated disease or risk factors.
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This is Mr. & Mrs. Snow....The card is made with a cardstock base. Then covered with Paper Studios paper that I embossed . The branches I drew myself and Made Snowflakes by tracing the inside of a snowflake cookie cutter onto the back of the paper. I drew Mr & Mrs and embellished them with pearls for eyes. I used stickles and snow tex and Martha Stewart glitter dust to give it that shimmer snow gives off.....This was such fun to make!
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April 22, 1988, Section C, Page 20Buy Reprints
It's not easy being decadent, though intelligence isn't required. One must have a certain amount of time and money (or credit), an all-consuming self-interest and, whenever possible, an exotic setting in which to misbehave. Good looks, preferably beauty, also help, as well as the constitution of a goat.
This is pretty much the sum and substance of ''White Mischief,'' Michael Radford's entertaining, sometimes perilously giddy screen variation on James Fox's 1982 investigative book. Like the book, some of whose facts it reshapes for its own purposes, the film is a recollection of a notorious murder case and the lives of a small, privileged group of upper-class colonials in Kenya in 1940 and 1941.
The basic facts are these: Early on the morning of Jan. 24, 1941, Josslyn Hay, 39 years old, the 22d Earl of Erroll and premier peer of Scotland, was found shot to death in his car a couple of miles down the road from the estate of Sir John Henry (Jock) Delves Broughton, 57, whose wife, Diana, 27, was planning to leave him to elope with the Earl.
Broughton was charged with the murder and stood trial. In Kenya at that time, virtually every other husband, and a couple of women, had compelling motives for dispatching the prowling peer, who is remembered as being as devastatingly attractive to men as he was to women, all of them married.
''White Mischief,'' which opens today at the Carnegie Hall Cinema, is like a classy, breathless backdate of ''Life Styles of the Rich and Famous.'' The movie clearly disapproves of the sorts of things it reports. It's perfectly aware that, back home, a war was going on while these negligent aristocrats were safe in Kenya, swapping wives, drinking away their days and nights, shooting up and gunning down various endangered species, including one another. However, the movie doesn't allow a social conscience to spoil the voyeuristic fun.
''White Mischief,'' adapted for the screen by Mr. Radford and Jonathan Gems, never gets bogged down in analysis or even outrage. It deals in the looks of things and in behavior, exemplified in the seductive performance of Greta Scacchi as the chilly, ambitious Diana Broughton. Miss Scacchi (''Heat and Dust,'' ''Good Morning Babylon'') is a great beauty anyway, but with the ultra-blond hair she has here, and with her bright, hard, 1940's makeup, she defines both the character and the sort of film this is: brittle and often just a little too much.
Though Mr. Radford leaves no doubt about who he thinks killed the Earl of Erroll (the book never really commits itself), the film sticks close to the known facts of the odd marriage of Diana and Broughton (Joss Ackland), who make a prenuptial pact in which each promises not to hinder the other if he, or she, falls in love with someone else.
Within a few of weeks of their marriage and arrival in Kenya, where the financially pressed Broughton plans to farm, Diana has met and fallen in love with the charming Erroll (Charles Dance), who has no money but an impressive pedigree. Diana expects Broughton to honor their agreement and, for a while, it seems that he will. The night before Erroll's murder, Broughton toasts his wife and her lover at a jolly Champagne dinner at their Nairobi club.
''White Mischief'' never attempts to turn the torrid affair of Diana and Erroll into some sort of romance-of-the-century. Instead it's far more interested in the casually cruel manners of everyone in that small society known (after the area in which they lived) as the Happy Valley set.
Among their nearest and dearest friends: a morphine-addicted American heiress (Sarah Miles), who loves Erroll and animals (she appears at a polo match with a python draped around her shoulders); a forlorn wife (Geraldine Chaplin), also one of Erroll's former mistresses, who turns to her African help for companionship; Broughton's best friend (Trevor Howard, in his last screen role), who invites guests to spend the night and then spies on them after they've retired, and a wealthy, taciturn landowner (John Hurt) who, as they used to say, ''has gone native.''
As movie orgies go, the ones in ''White Mischief'' look comically underpopulated. In one short scene, we watch Diana, Erroll, Broughton and the rest of their set kicking up at a party where both sexes are wearing drag. Everyone appears exhausted. These things are probably intentional, but the movie's voice is so understated that it seems to have no voice at all. Instead, it often speaks through shock effects that are more absurd than satiric, including Miss Miles's overheated leave-taking of her former lover's body at the morgue.
Miss Scacchi, the film's true star, receives excellent support from Mr. Dance and Mr. Ackland, and from the other members of the large, somewhat underemployed cast. Life Styles of the Rich And Shameless WHITE MISCHIEF, directed by Michael Radford; screenplay by Mr. Radford and Jonathan Gems; from the novel ''White Mischief'' by James Fox; director of photography, Roger Deakins; edited by Tom Priestley; music by George Fenton; produced by Simon Perry; production designer, Roger Hall; released by Columbia Pictures At Carnegie Hall Cinema, Seventh Avenue and 57th Street; Running time: 100 minutes. This film is rated R. Alice ... Sarah Miles Broughton ... Joss Ackland Colville ... John Hurt Diana ... Greta Scacchi Erroll ... Charles Dance Nina ... Geraldine Chaplin Morris ... Ray McAnally Lizzie ... Murray Head Soames ... Trevor Howard


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Gender Bias in Hinduism
Few days ago there wa a news story that a girl was severely beaten in India and her mother was beater to death, following an argument and altercation over the girl's decision to wear a jean pant. The people who were responsible for this thought that it was inappropriate for the girl to wear jeans in public.
It happened in a world where in countries like the USA young women habitually wear half pants and short pants in public and no one cares about it as a moral issue.
There are still many people in Hindu communities across the world who believe that women need to be told what they should wear, how they should look or where they should go. There are many predators in the coutnry who do not let go a chance to molest women or harass helpless girls in buses and trains and solitary places.
This unfair treatment of women in Hindu society is not a new phenomenon. It has been going on for centuries and millenniums. We are gradually becoming aware of the number of atrocities against women by men because of the 24/7 news cycle.
In this article we will examine how this inequality manifest itself in the Hindu marriage customs and practices and how it limits women's freedom to make decisions for themselves.
Women are not goddesses
In Hinduism, tradition gives more importance to men rather than women in matters regarding marriage. Hindu world is essentially a man's world. Although a number of Hindus worship goddesses and female deities, they do not extend the same attitude towards women. In this regard they do not seem to suffer from any inner conflict because in their minds they see the distinction between the goddesses and the mortal women as clearly as they see the difference between the earth and the sky. In all fairness, we have to state that they do not treat men as gods, but just as fellow beings. We have stated this to clear the misconception that in Hinduism all women are treated as goddesses. It is true only in limited sense.
Sanatana Dharma is meant for men only
Hindu dharma or the Sanatana Dharma is essentially meant for men, for their continuation through male progeny and their salvation. All other purposes are secondary. The Vedas, the inviolable scriptures are clear. Creation is for men and their enjoyment. A man lives through his sons, but women do not live through their daughters. A man alone has the privilege to transmit his knowledge and powers through a transmission ceremony to his elder son, and women are not even allowed to witness it. Women should not be allowed to live freely or on her own. She must be always under the care of a male person, father, brother, husband, son or relation, but never a a male who is not any of these.
Women duty is only to serve, assist and enable
Thus, in Hindu religious rites and rituals, women play a secondary role and serve as an enabler for her husband to achieve his four aims of human life. A wife's traditional role in a marriage is to assit her husband as a servant, mistress, counseller and mother. We can always brag about exceptions to this norms, about women who participated in religious discussions, ruled as queen, participated in wars and stepped out of their bounds to live for a while. But these are brief commercials in a soap opera that has been going on for thousands of years.
Man is the center the universe
It is a man's duty to produce offspring and serve his ancestors. It is a man's duty to protect his wife (or wives) and care for them. It is upon a man's shoulders the welfare of his family, society, the world and beings rest. His wife is more or less, a silent partner, if not a mute witness to the sacrifice of life performed by her husband with herself as one of his sacrificial materials. In the past, women played a subservient role in family matters. Whatever influence she had was mainly through her charm or the good nature of her husband. Unfortunately, the tradition continues in many communities and families even today.
Child marriages to get rid of girls.
Child marriages were common in ancient times. It facilitated older men and widowers marrying young women before they even reached puberty. It allowed families to free themselves from the responsibility of feeding and protecting young girls.
The dictum was a woman's place was in her husband's home and family. The earlier she married and went there the better it was for her parents, her family and her husband's family. Socially and economically, a girl child was considered a burden.
Gender based abortions to get rid of girls
This attitude does not seem to have changed much even now in modern Hindu society, considering that not less than a million abortions are performed in India every year based on gender, without any noticeable public protest.
Unlike in the USA, no political party is willing to take up this issue on an ideological basis. It is a paradox that in a community that reveres Mother Goddess on a large scale, girl children receive such callous treatment.
The plight of widows
In the past, the plight of the widows was even more pitiable. Widows were not allowed to participate in marriage ceremonies or remarry. They were morally held responsible for the premature death of their husbands and they had to carry that guilt and the burden of shame for the rest of their lives. Their very presence was considered inauspicious. Whatever might be the caste into which they were born, the widows were treated on par with the untouchables. Under certain circumstances, the law books permitted a childless widow to beget children through the brothers of her deceased husband. But more or less this was ploy to retain the ownershp deceased person's proptery by the members of the family.
Sati was a means to get rid of unwanted women
In some communities, it was customary to sacrifice the wife of a deceased person on his funeral pyre as part of an ancient custom, a practice that is now considered illegal and barbaric, but not without inviting muted protests from some who still believe in their right to practice such customs as part of their religious freedom or obligatory duties. However, this practice was not universal. Women had the option, except in certain communities, to exercise their choice.
Polygamy meant more women to serve the same husband
Polygamy was an approved practice. It was approved by the law books for various reasons. Men had the permission to marry another wife if the first wife was unable to conceive, mentally deranged, chronically sick, or unable to bear male children. Men from higher castes were permitted to marry more than one wife, without the need to justify it on moral or religous grounds. Kings invariably married many women out of political expediency or for pure pleasure. The wives of a king participated in religious ceremonies and sacrificial rituals such as Asvamedha along with their husband. Sometimes, the king gave away his third or fourth wife as a gift to the priests who performed the sacrifices for him. Polyandry was also practiced in certain communities traditionally, but on a very limited scale. However, presently polygamy, without the consent of the wife, is declared unlawful. Monogamy is the standard practice. According to the Hindu Marriage Act passed in India, a Hindu cannot marry another spouse while married to one already, unless prior written consent is taken.
Gender bias was legitimized in Hindu law books
Hindu law books show a clear bias against women in family matters and relationships. The Manusmriti (9.1-3) suggest that women should be controlled, and kept under watch since they cannot be trusted. The law books also do not consider gender equality as an important consideration in marriage or society, although they emphasize that in a marriage relationship, each partner has a unique role, which cannot be compensated by the other. They declare the head of the family, who is traditionally the husband, as the primary upholder of obligatory duties (dharma) and the recipient of all ritual honors, and his wife as his partner and associate (saha-dharma-charini) in fulfilling them.
In a traditional household, according to the law books, the woman of the house should play an important role in family and household work, but keep a low profile in social matters. She should avoid outside exposure and contact with men of other families to prevent the family from falling into disrepute. In comparison, her husband is allowed to enjoy greater freedom and authority and command more respect and importance both in the house and society. Life revolves around him. Privileges to the family accrue because of him. His wife enjoys a good status only as long as he is alive. When he dies, she loses everything, her wealth, her identity, her comforts and her status and her right to participate in social and religious ceremonies.
Thus, clearly and unequivocally the Hindu law books relegate women to a subordinate position in relationship to men. The status of women in society and the equation between men and women are slowly changing in present day Hindu society, but there is still a large gap. In many families and regions of India, women still suffer from oppression, domestic violence, dowry related deaths and several other disabilities.
Gender bias in today's world
Bias towards women and girl children continues even now in many Hindu families and even among highly educated and wealthy Hindus. Female infanticide in the form of abortions is a major social issue which not many people are willing to discuss in public.
Thanks to the modern education, people have even lost the sense of right and wrong. There is hardly any protest against abortions in India because no one want to speak againt it or speak about it in public and incur the wrath of proabortion groups and the extreme left.
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Suggestions for Further Reading
- Om, Aum, Pranava or Nada in Mantra and Yoga Traditions
- Brahmacharya or Celibacy in Hinduism
- Atheism and Materialism in Ancient India
- Solving the Hindu Caste System
- How To Choose Your Spiritual Guru?
- Creation in Hinduism As a Transformative Evolutionary Process
- Wealth and Duty in Hinduism
- Do You Have Any Plans For Your Rebirth or Reincarnation?
- Understanding Death and Impermanence
- Lessons from the Dance of Kali, the Mother Nature
- Letting your God live in You - The True Essence of the Hindu Way of Life
- prajnanam brahma - Brahman is Intelligence
- Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs From The Perspective Of Hinduism
- The Defintion and Concept of Maya in Hinduism
- The Meaning of Nirvana
- Self-knowledge, Difficulties in Knowing Yourself
- Hinduism - Sex and Gurus
- The Construction of Hinduism
- The Meaning and Significance of Heart in Hinduism
- The Origin and Significance of the Epic Mahabharata
- The True Meaning of Prakriti in Hinduism
- Three Myths about Hinduism
- What is Your Notion of God?
- Why Hinduism is a Preferred Choice for Educated Hindus
- Essays On Dharma
- Esoteric Mystic Hinduism
- Introduction to Hinduism
- Hindu Way of Life
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- Hindu Rites and Rituals
- The Origin of The Sanskrit Language
- Symbolism in Hinduism
- Essays on The Upanishads
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Alabama Baseball's Season Ends with a 4-2 Loss in Regional Final [VIDEO]
Alabama baseball ended its 2014 season with a 4-2 loss to Kennesaw State in the Tallahassee Regional Final on Monday.
The game ended on a controversial third strike call on Kyle Overstreet. The second baseman came to the plate with two outs and runners on 1st and 2nd when this pitch ended Alabama's season.
The Crimson Tide fell two runs short of returning to a Super Regional, but the season would still be considered a success by most fans. At 37-24 overall, Alabama rose as high as #8 in the national rankings and sat alone atop the nation's best conference midway through the season.
The voice of Alabama baseball, Chris Stewart, recaps the 2014 season and looks ahead to next season, which should be another successful year for the program.


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Mexico, 2015. Dir. Pablo Chavarría Gutiérrez. 77mins
A sensuous and philosophical story of corruption.
Behind the dark, sensuous and almost hallucinatory imagery, a grim story is smouldering about a school teacher and social activist, who after a questionable trial was convicted for killing four police officers in a Mexican province. The letters he wrote to his daughter from prison are a fierce indictment against a corrupt system. Pablo Chavarría Gutiérrez attempts to transcend the traditional constraints of the documentary genre in favour of a sensorial and suggestive practice, without losing sight of its political and social message. Just as the activist's letters to his daughter instil courage for continued resistance, The Letters is a film that inspires a renewed faith in the artistic relevance of documentary filmmaking.
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Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 4, 2011!
In limited release we have 5 films to choose from starting with an interesting duo with family ties in film with Emilio Estevez directing Martin Sheen in the emotional journey/family drama The Way where a man walks the El camino de Santiago in honour of his son. We also have the highly acclaimed films Le Havre and Billy Bishop Goes to War. I'm curious about the indie-feel romance Like Crazy staring Anton Yelchin who continues to prove that he is quite an impressive actor. And rounding out the selections we have An Insignificant Harvey, which has the special treat of Q&A's with director at weekend evening screenings at AMC Yonge & Dundas.
For wide release we only have 2 titles to choose from, both comedies. In theory, I feel like I shouldn't the Harold & Kumar movies being not the biggest fan of comedy but there is just something about them that makes me laugh and the whole idea of releases a premature Christmas film in early November really showcases the gutsy nerve the films have. Now, will I actually go see A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas? I'm not sure. But the preview did make me laugh. A lot. Who knows, could be a non-traditional Christmas gem in the making! Our second wide release of the week is Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy & Gabourey Sidibe and to be honest, the only thing that imprints on me from the film is how ridiculous inappropriate it was to have the trailer shown in front of The Help.
Ticket Giveaway: Immortals!
If you can't wait until the official release of Immortals, entry this giveaway I'm hosting for tickets to advance screening of Immortals on Thursday November 10, 2011 at Scotiabank theatre. Good luck!
As one ends another begins! Last week we saw the Toronto After Dark Film Festival come to a close for another year and it was 8 awesome nights of mayhem with a whopping 18 features with 15 Q&As and plethora of awesome shorts. It was a stellar year of amazing films & memories and you can read all about it with my festival wrap up where I name the Best of the Fest and also check out full coverage list where I have links to all reviews, Q&A's and vlogs throughout the festival. Just as I hand up my press pass for one festival, I'm already getting ready for another as the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival begins this Tuesday November 8, 2011 and I'll be covering it all week long next week. Look for my preview on Monday! Lots of exciting film from Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, China and here in Canada as well. I can't wait!
Have a great weekend!
Festival Watch
Found Footage Festival
Wednesday November 9, 2011 at The Royal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
International Diaspora Film Festival
November 1 - 6, 2011 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Regent Park Film Festival
9th annual free event with complimentary childcare
November 2 - 5, 2011 at Lord Dufferin Public School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival
Films focusing on mental health and addiction
November 4 - 12, 2011 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
November 8 - 13, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 18-19, 2011 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Special Screenings
Lars von Trier: Waiting for the End of the World
In anticipation for the November 18, 2011 release of Lars von Trier's new film Melancholia there is a retrospective of his work starting next week at TIFF Bell Lightbox. His work is both controversial & groundbreaking and every film fan should see & decide for themselves how they feel about his work - and this is a great opportunity to do so. The retrospective includes Breaking the Waves, The Element of Crime, The Idiots, Europa (new print), Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, and also includes the new release of Melancholia which releases at Lightbox starting Friday, November 18.
Lars von Trier: Waiting for the End of the World runs from November 9 - 19 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Friday November 4, 2011 Releases
Billy Bishop Goes to War (2011)
Dir: Barbara Willis-Sweete (Perfect Pie)
Cast: John Gray, Eric Peterson
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Le Havre
Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
An Insignificant Harvey
Writer/Dir: Jeff Kopas - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Jordan Prentice, Art Hindlem Kristin Adams
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Like Crazy
Dir: Drake Doremus (Spooner, Douchebag)
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Tower Heist
Dir: Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, Rush Hour)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Gabourey Sidibe, Casey Affleck, Stephen Henderson, Judd Hirsch, Michael Peña, Alan Alda
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas
Dir: Todd Strauss-Schulson (Private High Musical)
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
The Way
Writer/Dir: Emilio Estevez (Bobby, Men at Work)
Cast: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of November 4, 2011**
Friday, 4 November 2011
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text: We are so, so very into lavender lately. Can't get enough of it, especially paired with a bold navy. Classic. And, by the way, how fantastic is Victoria Larson's Fern N Dot fabric? We've long been fans of Victoria's and are thrilled to have the opportunity to share the stage with her this coming week at the Bradley USA showroom in Atlanta (where all of her fabrics are available to the trade) for the much-anticipated Veranda-sponsored Design ADAC event. The three of us will be yammering on about a topic that's near and dear to our hearts, What's New, What's Next in Textiles. If you're a textile addict too, come join us!


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Frescoed bedrooms, a gold kitchen and a Medusa mosaic in the courtyard: Lavish Miami mansion, where Gianni Versace was killed, hits market for $125m
17:54 GMT, 8 June 2012
The famously extravagant South Beach mansion once belonging to the late and great fashion designer, Gianni Versace, has been put on the market for a mind-blowing $125million.
Known as Casa Casuarina, the ten bedroom 11 bathroom palace on the exclusive Miami Beach strip of South Beach is being sold by its current owner, telecom magnate Peter Loftin.
The telecom entrepreneur bought the luxury mansion in 2000 and converted the residence into a boutique hotel and private club in 2009.
Opulence: Gianni Versace's old home in South Beach, known by most as Casa Casuarina though now a hotel owned by Peter Loftin, has been listed for $125million
Design marvel: Though the designer behind Villa by Barton G, refurbished the 23,000 square foot space, the style is very much in keeping with the lavish tastes of its former owner
Those who have toured the incredible
property maintain that the once gold-lined swimming pool and museum quality
frescoes are just a few of the lavish features that contribute to the
hefty price tag.
In fact, such is its value, property experts refer to the luxurious villa as a 'trophy property', reports the Wall Street Journal.
Palatial: Peter Loftin, a telecom entrepreneur, bought the mansion in 2000 and resided there before its conversion into a boutique hotel in 2009
Boutique: The Versace motif remains on the floor of one of the hotel suites, a tribute to the designer who spent $33million renovating and expanding the property after he bought it in 1992
Prints and patterns: The villa was originally built in the 1930s by architect Alden Freeman as an homage to the oldest existing house in the western hemisphere in Santo Domingo
Lavish: The hotel still features the murals and frescoes painted on the walls and ceilings by Mr Versace, a detail that contributes to the hefty $125million price tag
The now legendary Italian designer
bought Casa Casuarina in 1992 for just under $10million after allegedly
passing by and falling in love with it.
Originally built in the 1930s by architect Alden Freeman, the Miami Beach property was somewhat dilapidated until Mr Versace invested $33million into restoring and improving the property.
Ocean view: Villa by Barton G looks out onto the Atlantic from its Miami Beach location, an exclusive section of the South Beach strip
A step in the wrong direction: Mr Versace was tragically killed at the entrance to Casa Casuarina in 1997 by Andrew Cunanan who committed suicide shortly after
Once an architect himself, the
flamboyant designer added a 6,100 square foot south wing and a 54ft pool
lined with 24-karat-gold.
The impressive courtyard he covered in thousands upon thousands of individual mosaic tiles while elaborate
frescoes were painted across the property's walls and ceilings.
Illuminating: A skylight brightens up the original interior designed by Gianni Versace in the famously ornate home that he bought in 1992 after falling in love with the property
Grandeur: The couturier added a 6,100 square foot south wing to the property and covered the courtyard in thousands upon thousands of individual mosaic tiles
Kids room The property cost Mr Versace $10million and though he plugged $33million of his own money into its renovation, after his death his family made a quick sale for only $20million to its new owner
Residential palace: The one acre property featured ten bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, seven fireplaces, a garage for 12 cars and a guesthouse
Indeed it was Mr Versace's pride
and joy until the fateful June day of 1997 when Andrew Cunanan
assassinated him in cold blood on the very steps of the house.
Icon: Missed by the fashion world, the late Gianni Versace was once an architect
When Donatella Versace scrambled to sell
off the designer's assets, Mr Loftin gained from a quick bargain and
bought the villa for a cool $20million.
After residing there himself for a
number of years, he turned the opulent property into a boutique hotel.
The property is now known as Villa
by Barton G after the events impresario Barton G. Weiss who renovated and re-styled it .
Nowadays, according to the hotel's website, the decor 'takes up style where fashion designer Gianni Versace left off.'
Boasting 23,400sq feet, the ornate
house includes seven fireplaces, a guest house and a parking garage
large enough for a dozen cars, and all within a one acre plot.
For the past three years hotel guests have enjoyed the surrounding attractions of Miami's historic Art Deco district while re-energising from the day poolside or in one of two of the residence's lounges.
Coldwell Banker's Jill Eber and Jill Hertzberg, known to many as 'The Jills' are representing Mr. Loftin in the sale.
is now seeing prices like it's never seen before, with an influx of
international buyers, so it's the perfect time to sell this trophy
property,' Ms Eber told the Wall Street Journal.


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Hello, The Void. I have not been ignoring you. I have been... distracted. Yes, distracted. Looking for my wage job, maybe having found my wage job, and playing Candy Crush between anxious nail-biting and Etsy order-filling while waiting to hear from the HR department so I can start my training for the wage job.
But today, I tell you about my relationship with paper surgical tape, and why I keep it in my sewing tackle. It's not for piecing slashed patterns back together.
See, machine embroidery doesn't forgive you for being careless. I thought I was helping Gunny Jane, and she told me my micromanaging was not appreciated. She told me through my thumbnail and out the other side that I did not need to help her catch that initial stitch.
(First of all: If you are bleeding because you have sliced a piece of yourself OFF or nearly so, with rhythmic spurting of blood, just compress and contain, and get thee to the nearest emergency ward. You need stitches, and you are not the person to sew yourself up - you need TWO hands to do that. Second: if you're not up to date with your tetanus vaccinations, get your booster! You probably just had a needle go right through your finger in the sewing room, right? What's a little jab in the arm after that? Third: This is what *I* do when I hurt myself. I am not a doctor or a field medic, and I have a reasonably fortified immune system and pain threshold, with tolerance for gore. If you're not sure you need medical help, get the medical help. Be sorry you troubled your doctor with a minor injury, not sorry you didn't, and now have to deal with a massive infection.)
Because I have done stupid stuff like this before, I keep the paper surgical tape on hand to bind the fingernail in place and finish my project. Once the blood stops flowing (takes about 5 minutes of compression) I don't need to bulk up my finger with an absorbent pad. The surgical tape covers the jagged edges of a snipped or pierced fingernail, so I don't painfully snag on my project and reopen the wound. Also, holding that fingernail down will help it grow back normally. And I'm less likely to sew my tape to my project. (Yes. It happened. I learned and moved on.)
And while I keep dishwashing gloves in my tackle for free-motion embroidery and quilting, they also double as, well, dishwashing gloves, for dissolving the water-soluble stabilizer in the freestanding lace project I didn't bleed on when the embroidery machine bit me.
And I know you want to see the thumbnail. It's not Left 4 Dead graphic, but it's enough for some people. Pic is below the cut.


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Sentara Halifax ObGyn Practice Opens
Two physicians serve women's health needs
SOUTH BOSTON, VA - Having access to high-quality, convenient obstetric and gynecological care is important for every woman. as of April April 3, 2017, Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology presents the women of Halifax County and the surrounding area with a new, comprehensive, high-quality women's healthcare option, right here in their home town.
"We have chosen to support and invest in women's health services," says Chris Lumsden, President and Administrator of Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. "We hope that the new practice and the revitalization of these services will demonstrate our commitment to quality women's healthcare. Our two new OB/GYN providers will be offering these integral services right here on the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital campus at Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology."
The new Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology practice is located in Medical Office Building #1, on the hospital campus. With two OB/GYN providers coming onboard, C. William Rosche, M.D. and Carlos Pottinger, M.D., there will be more access and more options for women.
"We've brought two providers on board to launch this practice," says Grey Watson, Executive Director for Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. "Women can make appointments with Dr. Rosche now, and we are also accepting appointments for Dr. Pottinger's arrival on June 1. Both providers are board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology."
Dr. Rosche has decided to join Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology as a continuation of the women's health services he has provided to the community for many years.
"I have served our community since 1996 as an independent OB/GYN provider, and I feel that joining Sentara and my new partner, Dr. Pottinger, is a natural transition for me," says Dr. Rosche. "As I gain a new partner in practice and become a part of Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology, I know the care our team provides to the women of our community will be phenomenal."
Dr. Pottinger agrees with this sentiment and is excited to begin practicing in the community.
"I have practiced for years in a small town much like South Boston and I enjoy the sense of community that comes with being a provider in a rural area," says Dr. Pottinger. "I am excited to get started and begin practicing with Dr. Rosche at Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology. He is a talented OB/GYN provider and I am glad to be working alongside him to provide women's healthcare to the area. I know we will make a great team."
Together, Dr. Pottinger and Dr. Rosche will provide a full spectrum of care, including gynecological surgery, complete prenatal and obstetric care, and annual gynecological cancer screenings.
"We are so pleased to have Dr. Pottinger joining Sentara and Dr. Rosche joining the new practice to continue providing women's healthcare in our community, " says Carla Sanford, RN, BSN, Manager of Labor and Delivery at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. "Coupling their expertise with that of our existing OB/GYN medical staff members, we will have the means to enhance what we have to offer expectant mothers in our community."
For more information about Sentara Obstetrics & Gynecology or to make an appointment with Dr. Rosche or Dr. Pottinger, please call 434-517-8627.


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text: On 12 January 2018, H.E. Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Rawat paid a courtesy call on the Hon'ble Defence Minister of Indonesia, Gen TNI (Retd) Ryamizard Ryacudu. During the meeting both sides discussed ways and means to further deepening bilateral defence cooperation. Ambassador welcomed the upcoming visit of Indonesian Defence Minister to India and apprised him of the arrangements being made for the visit. Both sides also discussed the possibility of hosting Indian culture troupes at prestigious defence institutionsacross Indonesia.


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Larry Barese
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|DiMeo crime family
|Behind the Scenes
Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese, played by Tony Darrow, is a fictional character on the HBO original series The Sopranos. He is the only one of the five original captains of the DiMeo crime family who remains in that position throughout the show. In the episode "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" his first name is given as "Lawrence," but in the episodes "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" and "Stage 5" he is called "Lorenzo," which is likely his true given name. Larry is arguably the most affable and laid-back member of the Soprano organization. Richie Aprile called him "The King of Dermabrasion". He is typically polite and relatively soft-spoken, and is never seen to harm anyone physically or lose his temper. He also has a sense of humor and isn't above telling jokes around his fellow mobsters. Like Patsy Parisi, he also hasn't been shown committing murder.
A capo of the Barese crew, cousin of Albert "Ally Boy" Barese, and the godfather of Soprano associate Benny Fazio , Barese managed to become an influential member of the DiMeo crime family during the 1990s. Following the death of acting boss Jackie Aprile, Sr. in 1999, Larry nominated Tony Soprano as a possible candidate for boss of the family, and later rejected Tony's wish that Tony's uncle Corrado "Junior" Soprano become the new boss instead. However, Larry supported Tony's plan to use Junior as the official boss and agreed to follow Tony's orders as he was running the family behind Junior's back.
In the season 1 episode "Pax Soprana," Larry, along with Jimmy Altieri and Raymond Curto, had a sit down with Tony after Junior had Mikey Palmice murder Larry's top earner Rusty Irish by throwing him off of the Great Falls of Paterson' bridge, after Rusty sold some ecstasy to one of Junior's friend's grandson and the boy committed suicide by jumping off Paterson Falls during a bad trip. Larry and the other capos reported this as a sign of Junior abusing his power as boss. Barese declared "that junky fuck was my biggest earner." Barese later moved his mother to the Green Grove retirement community (where Tony kept his mother) so that he could conduct clandestine meetings with Tony, capo Jimmy Altieri and even New York Lupertazzi crime family underboss Jonathan 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni.
Later during his daughter's wedding, Larry played a major role in reporting to the other mob crews and associates of the Mob Indictments of 1999. Soon after, along with Junior and underboss Joe Sasso (Mikey Palmice was also to be arrested, but was murdered beforehand), he was arrested and charged with violations of racketeering and fraud. Larry could often be seen as a second defendant in the courtroom during Junior's major RICO trial. During the trial and the time he was incarcerated, Larry promoted his cousin Albert "Ally Boy" Barese to acting capo of his crew.
Three years after the indictments, Larry was released following a mistrial and put under house arrest. However, he took control of his crew back from his cousin Ally Boy. At this point, Larry remained the only one of the original five DiMeo family captains in control of his crew (Tony was promoted to boss, Junior was removed from power by the family, Raymond Curto died of a stroke and Jimmy Altieri was executed under suspicion of being an informant).
Larry was also a regular fixture at Tony's ICU waiting room following his shooting in 2006. Fellow captain and the family's biggest earner at the time, Vito Spatafore, approached Larry to suggest himself as a candidate to take over as boss if Tony should not recover from his coma after his uncle had shot him. Although Tony recovered, Larry stayed loyal to him and Tony's nephew Christopher Moltisanti, with whom he began producing the upcoming fictional slasher film Cleaver. At this time, Larry had routinely broken the terms of his bail since his release in order to run business and socialize, including giving a toast at Christopher Moltisanti's belated bachelor party. In 2007, Larry was finally arrested at the premiere after-party for Cleaver by federal marshals for violating house arrest. He was in jail awaiting a retrial at the end of the series, and isn't seen after the episode, Stage 5.
He is mentioned in the season 6 episode "Remember When," when the FBI begins digging up a body from a murder that occurred 25 years ago (Tony's first murder, which Paulie Gualtieri also played a part in). There is a minor discussion about Larry which indicates that he gave the FBI the location of the body. However, in order to save Tony and Paulie, after the body is recovered, he goes on to tell the FBI (falsely) that the murder was committed solely by the late Jackie Aprile.
Behind the scenesEdit
In 2011, Darrow aka Anthony Borgese, the actor who portrays Larry Barese admitted that he was an associate of the Gambino crime family after being convicted of beating an extortion victim.
Darrow pleaded guilty in federal court to these charges in February, 2011 in exchange for a sentence of up to 33 months.
At sentencing, Darrow's attorney successfully argued that Darrow's 50+ year history of community service, medical condition, and lack of prior criminal history warranted a sentence of house arrest, followed by a period of probation. Darrow successfully completed both aspects of his sentence without issue. (from Wikipedia)


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Google taught us that it's a safe bet we'll find what we need when we do. Apple taught us that any web site better look and feel amazing on a 4 inch screen. This means that a person's introduction to a corporate web site may not be the home page on a large beautiful monitor, but whatever page Google determines on a handheld device. As a result, that entrance to the corporate site (and the brand) better be inviting. This design ethos of "any page is a landing page" was the foundation for the recent redesign of the Infomatica web site.
I led the UX activities in collaboration with business stakeholders. I wanted make sure a person's entrance, landing, and path on infomatica.com was welcoming by asking two questions:
- Who are the users?
- What does success look like for them?
To answer this question, I looked at industry analysis on the buyer's journey, interviewed customer representatives and stakeholders to identify key user problems and current solutions, reviewed behavioral data from the website, and conducted workshops with key stakeholders to focus on user success.
As a results of this work, I was able to understand the full user journey - how most of the audience came to the site, not through the home page, but any page was their landing page and then chart out their path from first step to task completion.
From this data and strategy, I created an information architecture and page designs that did a few things: each page told the user where they were, what they could do while they were on the page, and showed them clear next steps to achieve that success. The result was a fresh corporate website that greeted people with varying goals, welcomed them in, and made them comfortable enough to engage, no matter their entry point.


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Frequent contributor to this blog Paul Mutter follows up on the recent Guardian report on the deaths of Nepalese workers in Qatar with a detailed account of migrant labour in the Gulf.
A third of the Gulf's total population today consists of guest workers. Primarily South and Southeast Asian in origin, they have replaced the Arab guest workers of the 1980s who departed – or in the case of 200,000 Palestinians in Kuwait, were expelled – during the 1991 Gulf War. The Gulf states increasingly opted for non-Muslim and non-Arab workers in the years that followed. Two million guest workers are present in just Saudi Arabia and the UAE, out of six million altogether. South and Southeast Asian migrants actually outnumber the native populations of several Gulf states: 70% of the UAE's population, and 69% of Kuwait's population, consists of guest workers nowadays. Saudi Arabia hosts tens of thousands of workers – it issued 700,000 new visas for maids alone in 2013 – and now fines or shut downs employers in the Kingdom who employ more migrant than domestic workers.
Qatar is even more heavily dependent on migrant workers than Saudi Arabia. 87% of the population consists of migrants, and 94% of the entire labor force is from overseas – which means that only 6% of the workforce, as native Qataris, can legally form a union or leave a job without their employer's permission. Qatar is planning a major expansion of its guest worker population in order to build twelve stadiums, along with subway lines, hotels, and causeways, to support the planned city of Lusail that will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A requirement that all companies help fund health insurance in the United States and a new public plan option are keys to a plan proposed on Tuesday to dramatically shrink the rolls of the uninsured.
The proposal from the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation, published in the May/June issue of the journal Health Affairs, is the latest plan aimed at cutting a growing number of uninsured people in the United States, now estimated at 47 million.
Building on the current employer-based system, which finances health care for about 160 million Americans, it proposes a government body to sell lower-priced health plans to small business and individuals.
It would achieve near universal coverage, leaving about 3.6 million without insurance, according to an estimate by the Lewin Group, a consulting firm for governments and private industry.
"The U.S. is the only industrialized country that doesn't cover everyone," Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis said, noting a opportunity for change when a new president takes office in 2009. "It's there to inform the debate in the presidential election."
Escalating costs and limited access to quality medical care in the U.S. are among the top domestic health issues cited by voters in national polls ahead of the November presidential election.
Out-of-control spending is the key driver. Medical spending has tripled over the past four decades, and now comprises more than $2 trillion per year, or 16 percent, of the U.S. gross domestic product. That is expected to rise to 20 percent by 2017.
The Commonwealth plan calls for employers to provide health coverage or pay into a fund, up to 7 percent of earnings, or $1.25 per hour per worker, to raise about $45 billion.
That is not likely to sit well with employers, according to Steve Wojcik, vice president for policy at the National Business Group on Health, which represents large employers.
"We think it should continue to be voluntary," Wojcik said.
Davis said employers not currently providing health insurance, some providers not seeing patients in current public plans, and those selling individual health plans would likely see increased costs as a result of the plan.
"Each of these features certainly has elements that will give pause to some groups," Davis said. "But I think the basic bottom line is that if everyone will give a little it means you can get universal coverage."
A group of health-care payers and providers, including the big insurer Aetna Inc and drug wholesaler McKesson Corp, will release its own reform bid later Tuesday.
That plan will include revising payment systems to reward quality as opposed to volume, and increasing information about prices and quality of care.
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Tiger Tanaka is the head of the Japanese Secret Service, the Koan-Chosa-Kyoku, in the novel You Only Live Twice. He takes his name from being born in the year of the tiger.
You Only Live Twice
Tiger studied PPE at Oxford and spied on Britain for Japan before the war. He joined the Kempeitai (the wartime Japanese Gestapo), before resigning and bribed his way to be trained to be a kami-kaze, but never completed the mission due to the surrender of Japan. Being a believer in "demokrasu", he became the head of the Japanese Secret Service during the American occupation of Japan. Tanaka is a womanizer who has nearly been married three times but was talked out of them by his Australian associate, Dikko Henderson. Tiger is stoically bitter about the influence of American culture in his country, decrying it as the price of defeat.
Introduced to James Bond by Dikko, the two negotiate for British access to the Japanese intelligence feed on the Soviet Union. In exchange for the data, Tanaka compels Bond to undertake the assassination of a foreign botanist named Doctor Guntram Shatterhand, who is later revealed to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld in disguise. Tanaka personally takes charge of Bond's training for the mission, instructing him in Japanese customs and enrolling him in a ninja training school, showing Bond tricks of concealment and attacking with suprise. He then leaves Bond on an island near the castle with local Ama diver, Kissy Suzuki.
After Bond completes his mission, killing Shatterhand and destroying his Garden of Death, Tiger visits the island in search of him. He leaves with a heavy heart, not knowing that Bond is living there with Kissy in a state of amnesia.
The Man with the Red Tattoo
Tiger Tanaka also features in the Raymond Benson novel The Man with the Red Tattoo, in which he has retired from intelligence work with the Koan-Chosa-Kyoku, but still retains authority as a director emeritus. He has also developed heart disease, and suffers a heart attack shortly before the climax of the novel, but survives.
Tanaka's physical description and personality are based on the Japanese writer Torao "Tiger" Saito, whom Fleming met in Tokyo while researching the Far East for a series of travel articles, later published as Thrilling Cities. Many of the descriptions of Japanese customs in You Only Live Twice come from Fleming's conversations with Saito.
Tiger is the last in a series of mission specific allies, who aid Bond in his adventures, such as Quarrel, Darko Kerim, Enrico Colombo and Marc-Ange Draco.


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If you've purchased the C-100 CPAP battery pack kit for away-from-home use of your CPAP device, the C-100 CPAP replacement battery is an essential accessory to have on hand. Note that this is the battery only, and it is not provided when you purchase the kit or any other supply or accessory. This travel kit replacement battery is 12 VDC lithium ion.
Important Tip: If you've damaged or lost the original battery that came with your CPAP battery pack kit, this replacement battery helps you get back in operation when you're away from home with your CPAP machine.


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'Into past and back to present'
The cycling into the midlands of England and Wales apart of reveling the beauty of landscape and culture under what is consider to be definitely exceptional weather. It was also the journey to the history which more or less effect the whole world.
Chester or Camp as would be referred by Romans, the wall rounded city, was founded by Romans ruled up to north up here and stay in use till the recent Victorian before turn tourist fascination with great historical value.
Liverpool and Manchester is where the major industrial revolution stated. As I walk into relative small authentic city with outskirts of abandoned warehouse, railways and canals. Looking into building of sophisticated architecture and fascinating decorations. I try to imagine the place where comes the ideal of revolution and expansion which will, dramatical, transformer global social, economical and political. Here is were among the most human exploitative system was born, later will travel to drive slavery, colonies and today neo-colonialism and capitalism. Early when I started to see these kind of building in South America I was taken with great amazement and fascination which I can only compare with fascination of the child to toys. Today I wonder about the price laying behind as well as superiorly which speaks louder but possibly not loud as the Pyramids of Giza! I wonder if we will be able and willing to pay the environmental price which seem to be the case of our existence and ultimate happiness.
At some point I come across the build which I was told is where some people who foresee the effect of the new system and possibly driven with human nature they try to oppose what seem to be very immoral system. It is the building where Carl Max and other used to meet.
After testing what is the remain English culture and straggling to exist, Welsh. I made my way back to London, my brain occupied with more question than I had before. I find myself staying longer into the city which I think the main purpose is maintain system which has root from here.
43 Days to exit Schengen Region…
The main surprise this time for visa was to learn than I can not apply for Schengen visa since I am not a resident of UK. It seems like even the one who insure my first Schengen visa wasn't aware because they provide me wrong information and on top give single entry visa. The matter become complex with countless trips to the city, phone calls, emails, fax long days of arguing and set waiting for my fate to be decided. Final my case was consider, calculate the days which I spent in Schengen region. Out of 90 I still have 43, I am given back 43 with full payment but not new visa. Anyways I am grateful for German Embassy, London for assisting me because for two weeks I didn't know what to expect. Now I have to bike rather fast to get to Morocco.


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USCB professor best the state has to offer
Babet Villena-Alvarez has distinguished herself and the University of South Carolina Beaufort since joining the faculty in 1994.
Now she has distinguished the community by winning the 2010 S.C. Governor's Professor of the Year Award. Only two are given each year among the state's 37 public and private institutions of higher education, one for two-year schools and one for four-year schools.
Villena-Alvarez now joins Ron Harshbarger, retired USCB professor of mathematics, who won the award in 2000 when USCB was a two-year school. As a professor with 35 years of experience at Penn State University and elsewhere, and co-author of 20 math textbooks, Harshbarger illustrated the power of USCB to call on the talent living in Beaufort County to help it advance.
Villena-Alvarez represents something else. She is a talented young scholar who chose USCB over larger schools because she wanted to make a difference and be a leader in a school that would grow, rather than disappear as a new kid on a big faculty.
Her record over the past 16 years reflects high energy, and also a changing university and community.
Villena-Alvarez, hired as an assistant professor of French and Spanish after completing most of her education in Paris, quickly established study-abroad programs. She won a grant to train professors to incorporate international perspectives in their teaching.
As the complexion of the community changed, she helped USCB meet the challenge. Villena-Alvarez created a Spanish certificate program to address a serious community need. Service professionals in government offices, hospitals and schools needed Spanish-speakers as the Latino population grew quickly.
When USCB later became a four-year institution, she developed a dual-track Spanish degree program both for those learning the language and those who speak it but want to study Hispanic literature and cultural history.
Beyond that, Villena-Alvarez is cited for her attention to students and their habits, quickly learning their names with each new class, and making connections that help both teacher and student succeed.
Today, she chairs the USCB department of humanities and fine arts.
Her contributions will be cited by the Governor's Office and the Commission on Higher Education at a presentation and luncheon in Columbia next week. She will join an elite handful of professors to be so honored since the legislature established the award in 1988.
Statewide recognition is great. But so is this reminder of the potential a university adds to the community.


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There are many factors threatening the survival of private medical practices.
Rising business costs, changing healthcare regulations, and shrinking physician reimbursement are among the factors many say are leading to the demise of the private practice.
According to a 2011 survey conducted by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), medical professionals said the top five challenges in running a group practice these days are:
Like many industries, healthcare providers were hit hard during the recession and they are still staggering. Fewer patients are coming in for primary care and others can't pay their bills.
"Healthcare delivery is no different than any other supply-and-demand, market-driven commodity," says Benton L. Busbee, Ph.D., adjunct faculty member for the Healthcare Management program at South University, Montgomery. "The downturn in the economy has forced the consumers of healthcare to prioritize healthcare expenditures along with mortgage expenses and other cost-of-living expenses."
Instead of being paid by patients, healthcare providers are being reimbursed by third-parties such as insurance companies. Thus, doctors are not setting their own prices and are paid only what the third-party vendors deem appropriate.
"[There] is a very real reduction in reimbursement," explains Busbee, who is also the executive director of the Charles Henderson Child Health Center in Troy, Alabama. "Insurances — both private and government-sponsored — control the fee schedule and as insurance companies' costs go up, there seems to be a direct correlation in reduced insurance payments to healthcare providers."
Cuts in the amount of reimbursements have left many doctors struggling to cover costs for medical equipment, medications, and staff.
More and more physicians see hospital-based practice as the safest and more economically secure route today.
They are also feeling the pressure to invest in electronic medical record systems. Larger medical systems can more easily adopt electronic medical records, whereas smaller independent practices might have trouble implementing the records.
"It is not only the upfront costs associated with electronic medical records, there's also the maintenance costs — software upgrades and such," says Dr. Terry McGeeney, president and CEO of TransforMED, a subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that helps primary care practices implement the patient-centered medical home model of care. "It is a significant administrative burden for smaller practices. The larger health systems have economy of scale."
Some physicians are also frustrated with having to learn new electronic medical record systems and technology.
"This relates to the 'hassle factor' in some regards, but one of the biggest frustrations from the older physicians is the feeling that they are now glorified administrative clerks," Busbee says. "They feel their time is spent primarily on learning new IT systems, and inputting data on the fly, [more] than treating their patients."
Meanwhile, fewer new physicians are choosing to open or join private practices, which has caused many experienced physicians to also fear that they will not be able to recruit young doctors. With so many operational and financial challenges at their front doors, many private practice physicians are choosing to close shop and join hospital-owned health systems themselves.
According to American Medical Association news, hospitals increased their physician hiring in 2011 and there are no signs of this trend slowing in 2012, as physician hiring becomes a major strategy for hospitals preparing for healthcare reform.
"Younger physicians don't seem to be interested in private practice and running a business," McGeeney says. "They are more interested in having their career fit other aspects of the lifestyle."
Busbee adds that most physicians entering the workforce do so with substantial debt, making a salaried hospital job more appealing for them.
"The combination of a slow economy, reduced insurance reimbursement rates, and considerable education loan repayment commitments has younger physicians looking for 'employment' options vs. partnerships or solo practices," he says. "More and more physicians see hospital-based practice as the safest and more economically secure route today."
The economic pressures contributing to doctors' migration from private practice to hospital-owned health systems does not look like it will be going away any time soon. But, there is still a place for private practice within the medical landscape. Some say it is more important now than ever for independent physicians to focus on the business and entrepreneurial aspects of their practice.
"Smaller medical practices are no different than any other small business. They must have a good business plan and stick to it," Busbee says. "They must exceed the standard of customer service and think outside the box when it comes to care delivery."
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Isotretinoin (Accutane)
The Drug
Isotretinoin, most commonly known as Accutane, was developed by Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. and approved by the FDA in 1982 as a treatment for severe nodular acne. In addition to Accutane, isotretinoin has also been marketed as Roaccutane, Amnesteem, Clavarus, and Sotret.
While the precise mechanism of action for Accutane's success in treating acne remains unknown, the chemical structure closely resembles that of retinoic acid, a natural vitamin A derivative which controls normal embryonic development and the proliferation of cells. This latter ability to kill rapidly proliferating cells led to an initial push to use isotretinoin as a treatment for certain forms of cancer. Soon thereafter, the manufacturer serendipitously discovered the drugs ability to combat severe acne. Since its approval, over 13 million prescriptions have been filled, making it one of the most lucrative treatments for acne ever invented.
The Controversy
In June 2009, Hoffman-LaRoche pulled Accutane from the market, citing decreased profits due to the rise of generic forms of Accutane, as well as the cost of defending personal injury claims[1]. These claims resulted from studies linking the use of the drug to life threatening side effects such as, but not limited to: birth defects[2], premature closure of growth plates in developing adolescent bones[3], depression[4], suicide[5], and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) manifested as either Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis[6,7,8].
Roche currently faces as many as 5,000 personal injury lawsuits regarding Accutane. Recently, a jury awarded a $10.5 million verdict after the plaintiff claimed that the drug-maker failed to properly warn them that the medicine would cause inflammatory bowel disease. A state-court jury in New Jersey found company officials did not properly warn doctors about Accutane's health risks and awarded three men a total of $12.9 million in damages.
Inflammatory bowel disease, manifested most commonly as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis both involve inflammation in the lining of the digestive track, particularly in the large intestine and rectum. These afflictions may be disabling, life-threatening, and without cure. Symptoms include:
- Abdominal pain
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- Blood in bowel movements
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- Loss of appetite and weight
- Intestinal and/or anal abscesses
Other symptoms, unrelated to IBD, which have been associated with the use of Accutane include:
- Joint pain
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- Anemia/fatigue
- Growth retardation in children
- Damage to the eyes
- Liver failure and liver damage
- Celiac disease
- Severe depression
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[1] Roche Pharmaceuticals. Roche Discontinues and Plans to Delist Accutane in the U.S. Press release, June 29, 2009.
[3] DiGiovanna J. Isotretinoin Effects on Bone. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2001, 45(5):S176-82.
[4] O'Reilly K, Shumake J, Gozalez-Lima F, et. al. Chronic Administration of 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid Increases Depression-Related Behavior in Mice. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2006, 31:1919-1927.
[5] Sundstrom A, Alfredsson L, Sjolin-Forsberg G, et. al. Association of Suicide Attempts with Acne and Treatment with Isotretinoin: Retrospective Swedish Cohort Study. British Medical Journal, 2010;341:c5812.
[6] Reddy D, Siegel C, Kane S. Possible Association Between Isotretinoin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006, 101(7):1569-73.
[7] Reniers D, Howard J. Isotretinoin-induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease in an Adolescent. Annals of pharmacotherapy, 2001, 35(10): 1214-16.
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Currently in my game each extra achievement means a boost of about 1.5%. Every boost is worth having, but that particular achievement will require 55 sugar lumps for every building, so will take a long time.
About the (5) point of your sugar lump strategy, I think it is worth considering the milk gained from the level 10 building achievements compared against the most efficient CpS boosts from each building. Personally, I level up each building to level 10 according to it's percentage of my production. AMC were at level 10 first, then Chancemakers, now I'm working on Prisms, etc. This way I get a good-but-less-than-optimal CpS boost from each sugar lump, but the milk gained from each achievement may balance it out or even surpass it in the long run. I haven't run the numbers.
1 undecillion is 10^36. The easiest way to think of this is to imagine decillion as "ten"-illion, undecillion as "eleven"-illion, etc. To get Infinity cookies, you would need "one-hundred"-illion.SSPmrsomebody1 said:
Also I'm pretty sure you can still get Infinity cookies, but it's WAY past 1 undecillion.
Is this something you know for sure? I don't know, I'm just asking. I always assumed that the highest possible number would be dependent on the processor and the operating system, rather than the programming language.SSPmrsomebody1 said:
To get Infinity cookies, you would need "one-hundred"-illion.
In other words, impossible to achieve legitimately in our lifetimes.
It's quite possible, if it's thought necessary, to do some clever programming and enable arithmetic with numbers beyond the so-called upper limit of the programming language. The size of the highest number possible number is then limited only by the amount of RAM available.
Yes, I am sure. If you go into debug mode and repeatedly multiply your bank by 1000x, you will see each -illion beyond what we normally encounter and can do this until you hit Infinity. "Ninety-nine"-illion, or novemnonagintillion, is the last nomenclature you see as "one-hundred"-illion, or 10^303 puts it over Infinity.
It's actually pretty cool to see the nomenclature of each -illion. One thing interesting to note is that with Short Numbers on Infinity cookies displays at 10^303, but with that option off it only says Infinity cookies at 10^306.
Interestingly, the Google Calculator stops displaying numbers after 10^308 and just says Infinity.
Thanks, I got farm to lvl 9. I tried filling all the tiles with Baker's Wheat seeds. I waited for them to mature and froze them until I had a frenzy, then froze them again.Lathund said:
At the very least, get your farm to level 9!sky_shrimp said:
I haven't played for 190 days. Time to pop those wrinklers. What to do with 190 sugar lumps!
Well, if you own the "Sugar baking" prestige upgrade, by doing what you did, you'll lose some total CpS to gain some building-specific CpS.sky_shrimp said:
WTF??? o_0
I clicked on the Chancemaker with sugar lumps to up a level but my cps went down. I started working my way up, clicking on each level to boost cps with sugar lumps but my cps went down further!
What am I missing here guys?
Well, the only caveat to that is you probably want to take Temples and Wizard Towers to at least the firsts level to unlock the pantheon and the grimoire, and if you want to play the garden you need to take famrms up to the level of garden you want, up to 9. After that, I'd say yes, save lumps until you have 100 before spending them on levelling up buildings.Maddie said:
Specifically, each sugar lump you have waiting gives you 1% total CPS, up to 100 lumps/100%. Each level you boost a building increases that building's cps contribution by 1%, up to 10%. So the ideal strategy is to save up lumps till you have 100, and only then go back to leveling up your buildings, without dropping your lump total below 100.


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