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Photo Flash: First Look at Merlin Productions' THE DIORAMA, Opening Tonight
Merlin Productions presents THE DIORAMA a new play by Jennifer Brown Stone and David S. Stone, directed by David S. Stone, opening tonight, May 30th at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
THE DIORAMA is a new offbeat romantic comedy about love, igloos and the fine line between artistry and insanity. When her artist sister Cecily invades her NYC apartment, Wall Street lawyer Janey gets more than she bargained for when Cecily begins constructing a life size igloo. While the two sisters seek a sense of belonging - either in a relationship or a safe place to call home - they are haunted by the tragedies of the past. Along the way they teach each other about life, love and happiness.
The cast of THE DIORAMA includes Alberto Bonilla ("The Laramie Project," "Raft of the Medusa," "La Tempestad"),Hunter Canning (last on Broadway in "War Horse," "The Late Christopher Bean," "Reconstruction"), Bob Greenberg ("A Modest Suggestion," "The Jazz Singer"), Melissa Macleod Herion and Susan Louise O'Connor (Theatre World Award recipient for "Blithe Spirit," "See Bob Run," "Marion Bridge & Apostasy").
The design and production team for THE DIORAMA is Wendy Seyb (choreographer), Jen Varbalow (scenic designer),Sidney Shannon (costume designer), Joe Doran (lighting designer), Nick Simone (sound designer), Kate Mulhauser (props master), Eric Parness (artistic consultant), Emily Hamburger (stage manager) and Rachel Reiner (general manager).
Jennifer Brown Stone is a playwright, producer, dramaturg and actor. Broadway: "Josephine" (Associate Producer); Regional: "Fefu and Her Friends" (Producer), "Broadway Cabaret" (Producer). Actor: "Big River," "Urinetown," "West Side Story," "Guys and Dolls," "Robber Bridegroom," "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," and "Evita." Ms. Stone has a Masters in Theatre from Villanova University. She is also founder and CEO of Fantasia Creative Co. (a production and marketing company) and Juliet's Confession (a theatrical workshop for women) which is devoted to the development and production of new theatrical works by and for women. She has worked for NBC's Television Production the Marriage Ref, and has held different positions in Marketing and has an extensive background in Advertising.
David S. Stone produced "Frankenstein the Musical" Off-Broadway with Hunter Foster and Christiane Noll. Other credits include: "Juliet's Confession Monologue Slam" (Producer, Director); "Brownstone Theatre Holiday Cabaret 2012" (Director); "Brownstone Holiday Cabaret 2013" (Director, Host). Mr. Stone is a Member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and has been an Executive Producer of the Drama Desk Awards since 2009. Mr. Stone is also the Managing Partner of the Stone & Magnanini Law firm.
THE DIORAMA runs from May 28 through June 14 with a performance schedule of Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 3pm. Tickets are $18 plus a $1.25 theatre restoration fee and available by calling 212-239-6200 or online at www.telecharge.com. For more information on THE DIORAMA, visit www.DioramaThePlay.com.
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It's official: Backus joins Hartford HealthCare network
Norwich — The merger affiliation between Backus Corp. and Hartford HealthCare has been approved by the state, making the William W. Backus Hospital part of the network's "east region."
The state approval of the Certificate of Need that allows the two groups to form a partnership was announced Wednesday.
"To improve coordination and access in eastern Connecticut, Hartford HealthCare will establish a newly defined East Region comprised of system members in New London and Windham counties," a press release from Hartford HealthCare said. "This will include Backus and Windham Hospital, which is already a Hartford HealthCare member."
The network also includes Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield.
The Backus board of directors began seeking a partner in 2011 and announced in February 2012 that a letter of intent to join the Hartford HealthCare network had been signed. In the interim, the two boards have been negotiating how the partnership would work and awaiting state approval.
"Our board's top priority has been to create a sustainable system of care," Backus board Chairman Anthony Joyce said in a press release, "one that provides patients with greater access, offers more seamless transitions and strengthens key services. In every way, this affiliation will help us create that coordinated model."
Among the provisions in the agreement, Hartford HealthCare agreed to create a Preventive Medicine Institute at Backus, which would focus on helping residents lead healthier lives and avoid developing chronic conditions.
Backus spokesman Shawn Mawhiney said the new partnership will include a $200 million commitment to develop and implement a strategic health care plan for the entire region served by the partners. Backus recently completed a community health assessment that generated data on health care problems and trends, with obesity and related health issues, mental illness and access to preventive care as some areas that need to be addressed.
The data also includes how many people come to the hospital emergency center for illnesses that could be managed with preventive treatment.
"For example, asthma, if you manage it properly, you shouldn't need to end up in emergency," Mawhiney said.
The goal is to complete the strategic plan within 120 days from Wednesday, Mawhiney said. The plan must be approved by the boards of directors of both Backus and Hartford HealthCare. If new facilities are proposed as a result, those might need state approval as well, he said.
The partners also announced creation of a $3 million fund for medical staff development to be replenished as needed. The fund would help recruit and retain top physicians, Mawhiney said.
The agreement also calls for expanding many specialized medical services already offered at Backus, including cancer treatment services in eastern Connecticut, improving cardiac care services with local specialists, neonatal care with access to specialists and establishing an extensive primary care network.
While those services would be enhanced at Backus, local patients also would have "seamless transition" to specialists at Hartford HealthCare if they needed to transfer there.
The new partnership also is committed to keeping the Life Star helicopter stationed permanently at Backus and maintaining the hospital's trauma center. Mawhiney said Backus always had been dependent on state funding to keep the Life Star program viable, and this partnership eliminates that concern.
"Every couple years, there would be concerns that funding from the state would no longer be available," he said. "This would be a commitment that no matter what happens at the state level, we would have a Life Star and trauma center."
Backus hospital President and CEO David Whitehead, who now will head both Backus and Windham hospitals and will become a senior vice president of Hartford HealthCare, called the approval "a great day for patients in eastern Connecticut," and said it would bring sustainable health care services to the region for the future.
"Our goal throughout this very deliberate process has been to create far more coordinated care at every level for our patients and their families," Whitehead said. "This is a giant step forward toward achieving that vision."
Affiliation agreement highlights
• The partnership approved by the state Office of Health Care Access makes The William W. Backus Hospital a member of the Hartford HealthCare network, which also includes Windham Hospital and Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield.
• Backus President and CEO David Whitehead will become CEO of the Hartford HealthCare East Region, including both Backus and Windham hospitals, and will become a senior vice president of Hartford HealthCare.
• Windham Hospital CEO Stephen W. Larcen will become senior vice president of Hartford HealthCare's Behavioral Health Network and will continue as president and CEO of Natchaug Hospital.
• Backus and Windham hospitals will retain their names, identities, medical staffs and separate hospital and affiliate licenses.
• The Backus hospital board of directors remains, with the addition of two members from the Hartford HealthCare system board. Two Backus board members will be added to the Hartford board.
• All funds donated to either hospital will be used as the donors intended in their respective services areas.
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The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) has a highly patterned pale yellowish-brown upperside with orange-brown markings and brown spots (1), giving a stained glass appearance. The underside is light orange to brown with yellow spots. Females are generally larger than males (1). The caterpillars measure up to 2.7 centimetres in length and are black in colour with black spines along the back (2).
The flight period occurs between mid-May to mid-July. A single brood is produced a year, and the eggs are laid in large batches on the underside of leaves (2). The larvae group together and form protective webs on the foodplant that are obvious towards the end of August. Larvae hibernate whilst they are still small, and emerge the following spring to complete their development (3). Individual caterpillars disperse to pupate near the end of April, and adults emerge about two weeks later (2).
Distributed throughout Europe and into Asia. The species was once widespread throughout Britain but has suffered a huge decline and is now extinct in eastern Britain (3). A shocking 66 percent of the English populations known in 1990 had become extinct by 2000 (5).
Breeds in open grassy areas, such as damp tussocky grassland, calcareous grassland and heaths or mires. In all habitats an abundant supply of the main larval foodplant, devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) is essential (3).
The marsh fritillary is listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention, Appendix II of the EC Habitats and Species Directive and fully protected in Great Britain under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 (3).
Habitat loss and inappropriate management are the major factors responsible for the decline of this species. Massive losses of unimproved grassland have occurred as a result of the intensification of agriculture that started after the Second World War. The species requires extensive grazing by cattle or ponies (5), sheep grazing tends to be unsuitable because sheep eat devil's bit scabious, and graze the sward too short (7). A further problem arises because the marsh fritillary exists as 'metapopulations', a number of discrete populations connected by dispersal over large landscape areas. The species therefore requires a network of suitable patches of habitat in an area (3).
A number of agri-environment schemes provide grants to farmers that manage their land in a way that suits the marsh fritillary. The landscape-scale conservation required by this species causes problems, not least because it is currently unknown how large the network of patches needs to be to support a viable population (3). Butterfly Conservation currently operates a Marsh Fritillary Project, which has produced guidelines for landowners on how to manage their land for this species (6). The marsh fritillary is a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, and a number of key sites have been forwarded as candidate SACs (Special Areas of Conservation) (4).
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Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers
The Museum of the City of New York premieres exhibition to showcase innovative design solutions to better accommodate New York City's changing demographics
New York NY, January 23, 2013 – After the opening speech by New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers, organized in conjunction with Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC), opens at The Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition offers insights into how New York City's changing social, economic and cultural lives, are re-shaping urban households, and how design can help the city's housing inventory for New Yorkers at all phases of their lives.
In this scenario, the bathroom of the full-scale 325-square-foot micro-apartment is designed by Bartolomeo Bellati of Minimal USA with distinctive sculptural design as well as functionality and quality of the made in Italy products Minimal is known for.
The SPA like design features a suspended vanity with a seamless Corian sink that integrates with the drawer creating a suspended cube sculpture. An extra-large medicine cabinet is concealed in the 58" tall mirror that enlarges the space. Further enhancing the SPA feel: off-white wall tiles present a natural stone look that gives more depth to the space and porcelain floor tiles resembling reclaimed Oak planks warm up the room. The bathtub surround appears to be floating thanks to a warm LED light strip concealed in the recessed 1" base creating a perfect ambient to relax after a long work day.
MinimalUSA also supplied the fixtures and chrome accessories by Newform including the rain shower head that also functions as a waterfall.
Duravit provided the 5ft bathtub with optional whirlpool and the suspended toilet with remote controlled seat warmer and bidet functions.
"This exhibition will give the public a chance to see how our talented designers believe housing can be reshaped to better meet the needs of our 21st century New York City," said CHPC Executive Director, Jerilyn Perine. "And the most exciting is the chance to experience an actual apartment built with minimum space and environmental impact that is beautifully designed and creates a wonderful place to live".
Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers will run through September 2013.
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The balance with a crutch character is that it absorbs EXP that could otherwise make your other party members stronger. It's a benefit now that you pay for later.
The opposite of this is true for a powerful weapon. The longer you use it, the more money you save up. Granted, the economy is generous enough that this isn't much of a benefit, but it still isn't a downside by any means.
In addition, I reliably use the Flenser until Jiang's Star. That's two thirds of the game it can carry you through - it definitely isn't obsolete quickly.
Howitzers' WMD isn't the (main) reason people use them to the exception of other weapons. They have the high range, and the best DPS in the game by far when enhanced. It's a similar issue to this one - better DPS is orders of magnitude more useful than a higher tier damagetype. This is especially true against capital ships, as internal HP doesn't have resistances IIRC.As for heavy armor reducing non-WMD damage, most energy weapons do not have WMD. Internals needing WMD to hurt efficiently is already a pain. (I already consider putting WMD on all of my mod weapons even if it does not make sense, just so killing things does not take all day.) I remember people writing that late game is mainly a howitzer game, maybe because of prevalence of hardened targets that need WMD to hurt?
I don't think extra health is the way to do this - it's trading a higher order downside(speed) for a stat boost, which is a decision I don't think most people would like. You've got to offer something that 'feels' equal to a change in speed. Perhaps a New Vegas - esque 'damage threshold' system would work better, allowing powerful non - WMD weapons to cut through heavy armor while still making appropriately leveled heavy armor desirable.More hp on heavier armor makes sense, but they typically do not give enough extra hp. I think one VotG heavy armor has a puny amount of hp more than its normal counterpart.


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Detectives have 'person of interest' in 2007 Bolivar rape, murder
Investigators feel optimistic that the case of a mother and legal secretary raped and killed in Crystal Beach six years ago might be gaining traction.
"Everything is progressing well - the case is moving in a very, very positive direction now," said Lt. Tommy Hansen of the Galveston County Sheriff's Office in a phone interview about the brutal 2007 rape and murder of Bridgette Hansen.
He wouldn't discuss the details, but said his optimism stems from locating a "person of interest" who is currently being held in jail on an unrelated charge.
Hansen said he has had two or three interviews with the inmate.
Gearen, 28, had gone with her 2-year-old daughter Kyra to spend time with friends at a beach cabin when she was abducted July 14, 2007 after stepping out of the cabin a minute or so ahead of her friends to go for a late night ride on the beach.
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The researchers found that, relative to their total energy output, the more massive stars in the first group produce more X-rays than the less massive ones in the second. To find out how common planet-forming disks in the groups were, the team used data from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and, in some cases, ground-based spectroscopy previously obtained by other teams. They found that all of the stars in the more massive group had already lost their planet-forming disks, but only about half of the stars in the less massive group had lost their disks. This suggests that X-rays from the more massive stars are speeding up the disappearance of their disks, by heating disk material and causing it to "evaporate" into deep space.
In previous studies, astronomers found that 10-million-year-old stars in the Upper Scorpius region, another star-forming group, displayed a similar trend of an increase in the lifetime of disks for lower mass stars. However, the Upper Scorpius work did not incorporate X-ray data that might offer an explanation for this trend, which is one reason why this new study of the 8 million-year-old TWA is important. Another reason is that theoretical models of the evolution of planet-forming disks generally predict that the lifetimes of disks should have very little dependence on the mass of the star. The new results for the "puny" TWA stars point to the need to revisit disk evolution models to account for the range in the X-ray outputs of very low-mass stars.
In searching for planets outside of our solar system, many astronomers have focused their efforts on observing stars less massive than the sun, like those described here. Such stars may offer some of the best targets for direct imaging of exoplanets in the so-called habitable zone, the star-to-planet distance range where liquid water could exist and life may eventually flourish. These low mass stars are also attractive targets because they are relatively faint and planets in their habitable zones should be easier to detect and investigate.
These results appear in The Astronomical Journal. The authors of this paper are Joel Kastner from RIT; RIT alumnus David Principe '14 (astrophysical sciences and technology), now at Universidad Diego Portales; Chile; Kristina Punzi, Ph.D. student at RIT; Beate Stelzer at INAF Palermo, Italy; Uma Gorti at SETI Institute; Ilaria Pascucci at University of Arizona; and Costanza Argiroffi at INAF.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations.


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Rachel McAdams was in Boston a couple of weeks ago. At the time, Emma Stone was in town too, visiting her friend Jennifer Lawrence who was working on a movie with Bradley Cooper. I posted a Girlcrushes article about it here wondering and hoping that it was something to look forward to.
And, indeed, it turned out to be.
Deadline reports exclusively that Rachel is in talks to join Emma and Coop in Cameron Crowe's new movie to start shooting in October. They say it's a "funny, romantic" script and will match up to Crowe's previous work on Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. So...
Did we conjure it? (Of course not, but why not take credit for something we didn't do?)
Here's Emma in New York this week shooting Birdman with Michael Keaton. And here's her boyfriend Andrew Garfield riding his bike...in a green hat. This is terrible. Someone needs to give him the Chinese on what it means to be wearing a green hat. Did Robert Pattinson ever wear a green hat?


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This is a special guest post from Chris Owen of ChrisCruises.com.
Looking back on our 12-Night Summer Russia and The Baltics sailing on board Azamara Quest, a number of thoughts come to mind when reflecting on the experience. Where we saw a huge difference between Azamara and other cruises lines was in how they treated the destinations. From beginning to end, they did not miss a beat.
That Azamara is focused on destinations came as no surprise; they talk about it all the time and have since they began operations. It makes sense for a boutique two-ship cruise line to focus on places they visit as opposed to the onboard experience, for a number of reasons.
But what we found on Azamara's ships this summer was an intense focus on destinations like no other cruise line we have yet experienced. They take these places seriously, allowing abundant free time on tours, staying late in port after all other ships have left for the day and staying overnight in ports that just can't be seen adequately in one day.
On Azamara Journey, we stayed later than scheduled in Croatia to allow time for experiencing a Sea Organ that came to life after dark. On Azamara Quest, delays getting in and out of Amsterdam due to the once-every-five-years Sail Amsterdam event caused us to leave later and gave more time in the interesting port of call.
On our Summer Russia and the Baltics, there were a number of ports called at which we had never been to before. How nice it was to have Azamara's knowledgeable experts onboard to help craft our tours and time ashore…and "craft" they did, considering what we had done, what we had scheduled, where there were openings for unique onshore experiences for us to consider. These were not order takers who manned the shore excursion desk, focused on filling up tours without regard for our personal enrichment.
Frankly, some of the most interesting time I spent on the ship was at the Azamara Shore Excursions desk, listening to Azamara's destination experts talk to passengers about ports. I can't recall a trip to a tour desk ever being anything but a task to check off a list of things to do. On more than one occasion, I asked "Can I do that too?!" They are just that good.
Destination focus verified, I have not yet experienced a cruise line more focused on making connections ashore too. That's huge. It's one thing to visit places, step off the ship and onto their soil saying "I have been there". It's quite another to make a local connection be that meeting a waiter at a café we hope to see again some day, enabled by plenty of free time on tour.
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Last night, Intelligence had its first entirely-Gabriel focused episode in a while. And while this episode seemed specifically written to show how awesome Gabriel is, instead it proved, once and for all, just how useless he is. Spoilers ahead...
This week's mission was to go to Bolivia and keep an opposition presidential candidate safe, as an assassin's been going around killing all of those. There's a photo of the assassin, and Gabriel instantly IDs him as John Norris. Not with his chip, but because he served with the dude in Afghanistan.
And Gabriel's totally ready to believe the worst of Norris. Why? Well, a series of flashbacks show that Norris once essentially kidnapped a family to get him and Gabriel a safe place to hide in Afghanistan, was only stopped in killing them by Gabriel, and used the word "bro" a lot.
In Bolivia, the team gets the candidate and his family to safety. The candidate's got a wife and brother-in-law, and Gabriel scans the brother-in-law's face, and finds out he used to be a soccer player. He says that, and says that he follows soccer. LIES. Gabriel's the same dude who was surprised a few weeks ago that SOCCER WAS POPULAR IN MEXICO. The worst.
While the candidate and his family are secreted away for a meeting with an American diplomat, Gabriel and Riley go to see the local CIA agent. Who is dead and rigged to blow. Gabriel catches sight of Norris, but they miss him when the bomb explodes. Gabriel did manage to pick up Norris' cell phone number, which can't be used to track him without a satellite. So Gabriel just calls him. (Of course, when they later call in a report to Lillian, she gets a satellite re-tasked for him. Because she knows what they're doing, and Gabriel's an idiot.)
Norris gets to safe house that the candidate is being kept in and shoots the agent protecting him. He's one of the side-characters that I haven't bothered to learn the name of. But as of this episode, I have. His name is Jameson and he was an island of good in sea of mediocrity this episode.
Gabriel goes after Norris, and when Lillian asks if he's using the satellite she had re-tasked for him, he says "technically, that's cheating." Gabriel, I'm not even sure what the chip actually does at this point, and I'm still annoyed that you aren't using it here.
Eventually, Gabriel gets a gun on Norris. He doesn't shoot because, as Norris points out, he has no balls. Gabriel counters that he doesn't have to, because Norris is standing in minefield. He offers to guide Norris out if he puts down the weapon. Norris excellently asks how Gabriel can do that and Gabriel answers "Satellite." Norris goes "In your head?" JUST LIKE LAST WEEK, Gabriel is awful at hiding the chip from people.
And then, when Norris gets out of the minefield, he punches Gabriel right in the face. As everyone should.
When Gabriel comes to, Norris tells him that he works for the CIA and was actually hired, off the books, to keep the candidate safe. The wife and brother-in-law actually work for the president and hate America, so they're going to kill the candidate and the American politician he's going to meet. And because this episode needs Gabriel not to be an idiot for not being willing to shoot Norris, this is all true.
The showdown is Three Stooges-level hilarious. Norris shoots the brother-in-law, Riley shoots Norris, Gabriel shoots the wife, and Riley manages to throw the bomb into the distance just as it explodes.
The explanation for how Norris ended up working for the CIA is equally hilarious: Lillian is told that the CIA agent in Bolivia was given a single sentence "The U.S. backs [candidate's name]" and interpreted it as "So kill off all of the competition." Then the CIA guy says that Lillian needs to trust them more. Lillian should have just slapped him, pointed to the memo sent to Bolivia, and stalked off shaking her head.
The episode ends with Gabriel ruminating about Norris that "Once, there was no one better." Riley shoots back "There is someone better." She better not be talking about Gabriel, because he is demonstrably horrible.
The whole Norris character is clearly designed to make Gabriel look good. He's a rogue who used killing as a first resort. And yet, he's the one who knows what's going on in Bolivia. He manages to get past the team. He punches Gabriel. Even standing in a minefield, he has the presence of mind to question how Gabriel could see the mines. AND when Gabriel says he's with Cyber Com, he starts to laugh. He asks how that even happened, since Gabriel can barely open an e-mail (direct quote).
Gabriel, on the other hand, 1) reminded us about his soccer gaffe from earlier in the season; 2) Doesn't use the cell phone number to find his target, but calls him up for a casual chat; 3) gets punched in the face; and 4) once again fails at hiding his new special abilities.
At one point in this episode, Lillian says of Gabriel that "You get used to him. Eventually." How long must we wait to get used to him? Because it's not happening. Norris is like Mirror Universe Gabriel, and I like him better.
And why is Jameson now in my list of "side-characters I'd rather watch than Gabriel?" Well, the opening scene has Riley and Gabriel competing to see who is the better shot (hint: it's not Gabriel). Then Jameson comes in and they make fun of him for firing off memos and not guns. Then he dazzles them with a display of precision shooting.
Later, when he's shot, Riley asks him how he is and he answers with a perfectly deadpan "Stellar." Then, when Riley and Gabriel are arguing about whether she'll stay inside while Gabriel goes after Norris, Gabriel says "We can't let Jameson bleed out." From the background, Jameson lets out a little "Thanks." That was the most genuinely funny moment this show has had in a long time. I'm Team Jameson-Lillian-Phlox. Or really, Team Not Gabriel.


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'Trance' Review
After trying his hand at science-fiction, winning an Oscar, and testing himself with a one-actor film about a dude with his hand stuck under a rock, director Danny Boyle returns to familiar territory with 'Trance': the lives of scheming, feuding thieves. When Boyle makes movies about criminals, he rarely focuses on their crimes to look instead at their fallout -- these are what we might call "after-the-heist films." The heist, in a Boyle movie, is the easy part. It's living with yourself, and your accomplices that's hard.
'Trance' is a high-gloss throwback to Boyle's very first movie: 'Shallow Grave,' another tale of three people (two men, one woman) who steal some money and then fall victim to their petty jealousies and paranoias. 'Trance' follows much the same narrative arc: it opens with an elaborate theft of a priceless Goya painting from an British auction house. Simon (James McAvoy), who opens the movie with a lengthy direct address monologue in the style (if not the feverish druggy energy) of Boyle's 'Trainspotting,' is the man in charge of protecting the painting when a gang of armed men led by Franck (Vincent Cassel) break in looking to snatch it. Simon grabs the Goya and dashes off to the house safe, but Franck and his men intercept him, knock him on the head, and steal it.
Franck's litttle heist goes off with out a hitch -- until he opens the bag supposedly containing the Goya and finds nothing but an empty picture frame. Somewhere between the podium and the drop box, Simon stole the painting for himself. But his head trauma has given him a wicked case of amnesia and now he can't remember where he put it. Desperate to find the Goya, Franck forces Simon to visit a hypnotherapist, Dr. Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson), to see if she can put Simon into a trance and find the memory of where he left it.
I have treaded carefully in my plot synopsis, doing my best not to reveal who among Simon, Franck and Dr. Lamb know or knew each other, and who among them is aligned with who else. It's sufficient to say that this is both a heist film and an amnesia/hypnotism film -- both scenarios in which the audience must be skeptical of everything they see and hear. Things are not what they seem for Simon, Franck and Dr. Lamb, and even after we think we understand the puzzle we're solving, Boyle will often pull back to reveal a larger puzzle with bigger stakes than we previously understood.
A movie like this lives or dies on the strength of its plot twists and on the charisma of its actors. 'Trance' is, in my (non-hypnotized) mind, strong enough but not remarkable. Boyle's rug pulls are effective but often predictable -- in some high-tension scenes you can almost feel his presence, just off-frame, waiting to switch things up yet again. And the film's narrative labyrinth (constructed by 'Shallow Grave' and 'Trainspotting' screenwriter John Hodge from the raw materials of a previously produced television film by John Ahearne) doesn't give Simon, Franck and Dr. Lamb much room to breathe amidst all the switchbacks -- even though McAvoy, Cassel and particularly Dawson smolder in their sex scenes. The modern concrete and glass production design produces many effective (though obvious) mirrored shots, where the characters are split or doubled onscreen or, most interestingly of all, presented fuzzy and slightly out of focus, and it takes us a moment or two to realize that Boyle and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle are actually filming warped reflections rather than the actors themselves.
As Dr. Lamb begins to manipulate Simon's mind, the line between reality, memory and dream in 'Trance' gets fuzzy. One of the main characters is killed -- then gets up off the ground and delivers a warning to another with the top part of their head completely sliced off. The degree to which Boyle commits to that sense of disorientation may turn off some viewers, but it feels right for this story, in which Simon is constantly unsure who or what to trust. If 'Trance' never quite comes together into a full-blooded, neo-noir masterpiece, that might just reinforce Boyle's point: what happens after the heist is messy, and impossible to predict, and the people involve rarely walk away completely satisfied.
'Trance' is now playing in theaters.
Matt Singer is a Webby award winning writer and podcaster. He currently runs the Criticwire blog on Indiewire and co-hosts the Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit podcast. His criticism has appeared in the pages of The Village Voice and Time Out New York and on 'Ebert Presents at the Movies.' He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, dog, and a prop sword from the movie 'Gymkata.'


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While employed at a publishing company, Karin Evans became fascinated with teaching writing.
"I worked as an editor in the adult education division, and our focus was GED preparation," she said. "During my time there, the GED Testing Service announced that an essay would be added to the Writing Skills Test. Everyone freaked out -- no one had thought about how to teach writing in GED classes.
"My editorial director was pretty visionary. She hired some very interesting consultants and we got busy figuring out how to develop materials and coach teachers who were used to the whole test being in a multiple-choice format. My favorite project was writing a teacher's guide. I became fascinated with all the new ideas about teaching writing and eventually decided to go to graduate school and study them for myself."
Evans used her skills to work at Sapient, a high-tech consulting firm, in a communications group.
"We supported teams that were writing reports and proposals. It was fast-paced, exciting work, pretty cutting-edge stuff -- I loved it," she said.
When the dot-com bubble burst, Evans was laid off. So she turned to teaching, which felt natural to her.
"I like the balance of teaching. The hours in the classroom are very social, but I also have time to work and think and write alone in my office," she said. "I also like the rhythm of the academic year -- all those fresh starts!! I need them as much as the students do.
"It doesn't hurt that I'm teaching something I enjoy doing myself and that I've already had a nice career to practice. My enthusiasm is very natural because of that. I also like students, and I am genuinely interested in knowing what their interests and concerns are. I think that helps us connect."
Evans is inspired by her students and faculty colleagues and believes amazing things happen in classrooms every day.
"I hope students build confidence in themselves -- as writers, as adults -- and discover a healthy respect for the value of persistence and effort."


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31 female recruits accuse a dozen instructors of sexual misconduct
In the dark morning hours before they shipped out from basic training, the two young women talked nervously about what they might encounter in a supply room where their instructors had told them to meet.
They knew something was off.
They had spent the previous 8½ weeks obeying tightly scripted rules and taking orders under threat of discipline from instructors. A misstep could mean pushups, reprimands, a repeat of boot camp or even a career-ending discharge. Now, the trainers were telling them to violate a basic rule against leaving their dormitory at night.
The women, both 18, made a pact not to separate, and they joked uncomfortably that no matter what was about to happen, the instructors were not going to kill them or have sex with them.
Staff Sgts. Kwinton Estacio and Craig LeBlanc were waiting for the trainees in the dark supply room, which had been partly turned into an office.
"I felt the air automatically get thicker. I just kind of froze," one of the women testified last week at a preliminary hearing. "As soon as I was in that situation, I knew I didn't want to be there."
LeBlanc patted his knee and told one of the women to come sit in his lap. When he kissed her and then had sex with her, she complied because she felt she had no choice, she said.
"What else was I supposed to do in that situation?" she asked.
Her testimony came as part of a widening sex scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland involving 31 women recruits who have accused a dozen instructors of sexual misconduct at one of the nation's largest military training grounds. The charges have roiled the Air Force and raised alarms about how pervasive the misconduct might be.
Investigation ordered
Testimony last week indicated that the cases will hinge on the question of how much power instructors wielded over their trainees or whether the women consented - or were even capable of doing so under the circumstance.
The Air Education and Training Command has ordered an investigation of basic and technical training, and tapped a two-star general to lead it. The probe will look at issues within training units that may have played a role in the scandal, and will not only scrutinize Lackland but organizations throughout the training command.
The accusations span a broad range, from unprofessional relationships through social media to aggravated sexual assault and rape.
All 12 of the instructors under investigation were basic military trainers at Lackland, and nine of them were assigned to the 331st squadron.
Culture of silence
One big question is just how so many trainers could have violated the rules without being reported. But the Air Force has said that none of the women revealed their assaults despite having opportunities to meet with leaders in the command or to drop notes into comment boxes that dot the sprawling training base on San Antonio's southwest Side.
Lackland is the gateway for all Air Force trainees, producing about 36,000 graduates a year. About 7,200 In the cases of LeBlanc and Estacio, both women initially lied about the incidents to investigators. The women testified that the trainers had instructed them to do so. They feared retaliation and worried that making any accusation could ruin their careers.
The cases emerged last summer only after a lone airman who was preparing to transfer from the unit told authorities of her suspicions about Staff Sgt. Luis Walker, who now is facing life in a stockade for sexual misconduct with 10 women in basic and technical training. Months later, in the weeks before Thanksgiving, Staff Sgt. Christopher Beck reported conversations he'd had with LeBlanc, who bragged about having sex with a woman recruit.
About two weeks later, Beck said LeBlanc boasted once again about a tryst with another woman who had just graduated.
About a month after learning of the first incident in the supply room, Beck reported what he knew. The reaction from fellow instructors was swift.
"I was ostracized," he said. "There were a couple of people I was speaking to and they pretended not to hear me."
Protect Our Defenders
Experts and former military leaders said the cultural dynamics that fostered the alleged abuse aren't limited to Lackland or the 331st Training Squadron.
"These trainees are being taught that their success in the military is absolutely dependent on these instructors and they're to follow their leadership without question," said Nancy Parrish, founder of Protect Our Defenders, a group that supports sexual trauma victims in the military.
Retired Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Norris, who said she was sexually assaulted by an instructor while training at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss., in 1997, pointed to the immense power trainers hold over students as a key reason for women remaining silent. "When you go through the initial training and basic training and in technical school, nothing's open for debate. It's, 'You do what I say or else you're going to have hell to pay. We will beat you down until you conform to the way we want you to be in the military,' " she said.
Former Marine Corps Capt. Anu Bhagwati, executive director of Service Women's Action Network, said one of the negative side effects of military indoctrination is that it can be so effective that recruits forget to trust their human instincts.
"And moral character, moral decision-making, is not something that I believe the military teaches well when it comes to taking care of personnel," she said.
Life in the squadron
Life in the 331st squadron, as the women told it, meant submitting to control over every aspect of their lives.
More than other instructors, Estacio ran a sharply regimented program. At inspections, he personally viewed every item in the lockers of every recruit, one woman testified.
Both women, who were leaders in Estacio's unit, described the fear he and other instructors drilled into them with threats of physical exercise or written reprimands. The smallest infraction could lead to being forced to repeat boot camp, a black mark that could hobble a career.
Estacio, whose evidentiary hearing was June 1, won awards for producing exemplary graduates. He was married with two children, a "go-to guy" who was admired by his peers and viewed by some of the young women as a father figure.
LeBlanc was less of a superstar, but no slacker.
By the time the women showed up at the supply room, they had both been up for at least 24 hours, and they both described feeling frozen when they saw the men seated in the darkness in front of them.
Defense attorneys have emphasized that the men did not threaten the women that night. The women never told them no, and never told them to stop.
But the trainees said that saying no was not an option. The consequences seemed unfathomable.
"I really truly don't know what they would've done," one of the women said. "And that's more terrifying than knowing what someone is going to do."


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Friday 25 January
Goose barnacles gave rise to one of the strangest of animal beliefs. The heart-shaped shell, or 'capitulum', is a chalky-white in colour and has black lines, which were thought to resemble the head of the barnacle goose Branta leucopsis. Because barnacle geese rarely nest in Britain no-one had ever seen their eggs or nests. It was supposed, therefore, that the geese 'grew up on the planks of ships' and the birds finally emerged clothed in feathers and flew away. This curious theory also provided a convenient way round the church's ban on eating meat or flesh on Fridays. As the barnacle goose was obviously "not born of the flesh" but from a barnacle, they could be eaten not just on Fridays but throughout Lent!
Goose barnacles are marine crustaceans but, unlike many other members of their class, they are hermaphrodites, meaning that the animal has both male and female sexual organs. Their eggs hatch into free-swimming larvae, which drift with the ocean currents as one of the immense number of animals that comprise zooplankton.
As they develop, the larvae attach themselves to an object by way of a strong stalk or 'peduncle'. Once they have attached themselves to an object, they do not move again unless torn off by accident. As they grow they develop a feathery feeding apparatus, which filters particles of food from the water as the current passes over it. This filter can be speedily withdrawn inside the hard capitulum when the barnacle feels threatened.
If barnacles grow in sufficient numbers on the hull of a ship, they increase the vessel's drag though the water and have to be removed when the ship is dry-docked. However, they were considered a great delicacy in some parts of the world. Even in Cornwall, if a boat arrived with clusters of barnacles attached to the hull, they were scrapped off and sold for food.
Goose barnacles occur throughout most of the temperate seas of the world.
This species is found attached to rocks, the planking of wooden ships, on driftwood, discarded rope; in fact, anything floating or fixed. A related species has also been found attached to the bodies of whales.
Goose barnacles are common around the British coast and, apart from the ever-present threat of marine pollution, are not presently endangered.
As this species is not listed as threatened, there are currently no conservation programmes for goose barnacles.
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How to Communicate with Diplomacy and Tact
This course focuses on ways to communicate with confidence, credibility, clarity, and consideration -- to create powerful, enduring relationships.
What You'll Learn
Develop flexibility in your communication style and assess the intent of your messages against the outcomes. Learn to control your "hot buttons" and respond instead of reacting, maintain composure when criticized. Avoid conflict by staying calm and poised under pressure.
Why you want to learn it
You'll gain dexterity and grace in dealing with new or trying situations. You'll recognize how you come across to others, learn to speak honestly and confidently, manage your emotions, give and receive criticism constructively, and present yourself as strong – but not intimidating. Most importantly, you'll discover how to communicate in a manner that does not offend or create conflict.
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All spectators and participants must have a valid waiver on file. If participants are under the age of 18, their waiver must be completed by a parent or legal guardian. Waivers can be filled out online or in store. Online waivers stay valid in our system for 1 year. Paper waivers that are filled out for birthday parties and other group events are valid for that day of jumping only and an additional waiver may need to be filled out next time you come in. Previous jumping at Launch Trampoline Park does not assure that your waiver will be on file. If you are unsure if your waiver is valid, please don't hesitate to contact us prior to your arrival.
No, if you can walk, you can LAUNCH! Jumpers of all ages and abilities have fun bouncing on our trampoline courts and launching into our foam pit. And little launchers under 2 years of age are free with paid adult admission!
Although we do have an area for children 42″ and under, younger kids are allowed to play in all areas of the park as long as they follow the rules. If a child is too young to understand and follow the rules, we may request that they stay in the Kid's Court for the duration of their jump time.
While you don't need to make reservations ahead of time, we highly recommend it on weekends and school vacations as we typically book to capacity. At Launch Trampoline Park, there are no extra fees for reserving your jump spot in advance…we offer this free of charge so you can be guaranteed admission when you arrive!
To pre-book your tickets, you will need to enter your credit card/gift card information in order to reserve your spots. We are unable to make reservations over the phone. If you would like to pre-purchase your tickets with cash or a frequent launcher card, you will have to come to our facility and do this in person.
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We guarantee you are going to get one heck of a workout at Launch Trampoline Park and we find people are happiest when they wear athletic clothes that allow for full range of motion! All jumpers must wear Launch grip socks at all times.
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Yes, our cafe provides a wide variety of food and beverages.
Unfortunately, you cannot bring in outside food and beverages to Launch Trampoline Park, however we do have a wide variety available for sale in our Launch Cafe!
Not just dodgeball, but Launch Trampoline Dodgeball! Duck, dive, and soar through the air on our trampoline dodgeball court! Come with a team of friends or just pick up a game while you're here! Be sure to sign up for the Launch Sports League list for updates and follow us on facebook and twitter for league, tournaments, and open game info.
Absolutely! We hold birthday parties on the top of the hour every day of the week! Book online or give us a call!
Adults 18 years of age and up can burn up to 1,000 calories an hour with our Launch Trampoline Fitness Classes! Our workouts combine plyometrics, cardio, and strength-building aerobics to create a high intensity, low impact, full body workout that will help you hit your fitness goals in a fun way!
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The Counseling and Wellness Center's training program offers a broad range of training and service opportunities utilizing a practitioner-scholar model. Training consists of individual and group supervision, mentoring, a training seminar/case consultation, and professional development programs.
Core training areas are:
- Professional practice – emphasis on diagnosis, assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy.
- Evidence based treatments – utilization of a broad range of intervention modalities including cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, systemic, dynamic and experiential techniques within a multicultural and solution-focused framework.
- Non-specific psychotherapy factors – establishing a relationship, utilizing therapy skills, building strengths and responsiveness, utilizing conceptualization in therapy.
- Supervision – emphasis on client cases while discussing individualized goals; includes consultation as well as exploring the intersections of characteristics that impact treatment access, process and outcome.
Training related to ethical and legal issues is woven throughout each core area. While the focus is on time-limited treatment, each practicum student and post-doctoral resident will work with the supervisor to identify long-term cases. Opportunities for experiences will include areas such as psychopathology, sexual assault/trauma, crises intervention, substance abuse, career development, disability adjustment, and personality disorders.
The majority of a practicum student or post-doctoral resident's time is committed to direct service activities. Each practicum student receives a minimum of two hours of supervision that includes one hour of individual supervision by a licensed psychologist and one and a half hours of group supervision in a treatment team meeting on Friday mornings. Each Post-doctoral fellow also receives a minimum of two hours of supervision that includes one hour of individual supervision by a licensed psychologist and one and a half hours of group supervision in a treatment team meeting on Friday mornings. The following licensed psychologists are available to serve as supervisors:
Anne E. Fisher, Ph.D., L.P.
Erin J. Robinson, Psy.D., L.P.
The Postdoctoral Fellowship offers supervision across a range of experiences in the area of psychological treatment and mental health counseling in a college and wellness center. Interdisciplinary opportunities are offered in the area of advanced clinical practice and the integration of research into practice.
All supervisors are licensed psychologists. Postdoctoral fellows are provided one hour of face-to-face supervision each week in addition to group supervision obtained through clinical activities (case consultation and multidisciplinary case review) at Friday morning team meetings. These meetings involve regular staff case consultation and mental health case review on a weekly basis. Supervision and mentoring is also available though consultation with other members of the multidisciplinary team as requested. The supervisor will provide postdoctoral fellows with continuous feedback on their progress during weekly supervision meetings. The postdoctoral fellow and supervisor establish goals and objectives at the beginning and midterm in the fellowship. Evaluations are interactive, and both the postdoctoral fellow and supervisor exchange impressions and information related to the supervisory experience as well as the evaluation of the postdoctoral training program.
Fellows receive supervision on clinical work, their consultation and communication with other staff members, and their overall professional conduct. Fellows and practicum students participate in a seminar. The focus of the seminar is on treatment techniques, case presentations, and best practices.
The training provided meets requirements for licensure as a psychologist in the state of Florida.
Qualifications for Post-Doctoral Fellowship
It is desired that Applicants have completed a Ph.D./Psy.D degree in a clinical or counseling psychology program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and must have completed a clinical or counseling internship (APA-approved) prior to entering the program.
Applicant must have completed all internship prerequisites before beginning the fellowship. Additionally, prior experience in a college or university counseling center is preferable. This Postdoctoral Fellowship is primarily focused on individual counseling experience with supplemental opportunities with outreach programming and consultation.
Please contact Dr. Anne Fisher if you have questions regarding the post-doctoral fellowship. Positions generally start in mid-late August/early September. Applications are reviewed and interviewed between April and June each year.
Anne Fisher, Ph.D.
New College of Florida
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A Totemos is a spirit or little god strongly associated with a human group, organization, or urban location.
Totems and Tokens
A totem is an animal, plant, or natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian. The most well known totems are likely the totem poles of the American indians, and the spirits of the animals and nature also associated with the indians. In a fantasy setting with living gods, spirits, and sorcery, there is no reason that a totem cannot be more than a token or symbol, a chunk of ornamented wood or stone.
The barbarian kiths, with their shamanistic traditions would have the same basic totems as the Native Americans. They would venerate the spirits of animals, their elders, and potent little gods such as elementals. The civilized and settled folk are a little left out. Most fantasy has a large over-arching psuedo-catholic faith. This faith can be monotheistic, pantheistic, or some other power structure but the basics are the basics. You shall have no god/gods before us, and the clerics are the conduits of divine blessings and retribution.
Resistance is Futile
The conquest of a pristine area by the theocratic church displaces local faiths and structures of worship with their own. This is generally a bad thing for the local little gods and spirits who have enjoyed the devotion of the local folk. The spirits that rebel are put down by the likely more potent clergy and their arms militant. The remaining options are generally reduced to surviving on ambient essence and keeping a low profile, or accepting a position within the theocratic cosmology. The first option makes a little god into a beggar, the second sees their individuality stripped away and their core essence reshaped to something more fitting to the will of the greater divinity.
The Path of the Totemos is a tricky one, requireing a little god to maneuver into society without offending the theocrats. The little god must then find a way to receive devotion, offerings and worship from the common folk again without tipping off the clerics or the agents of the divine.
The Modern and Fantasy Totemos
Totemos exist all around us today. We don't easily recognize them, but we offer our time, devotion, energy, and sometimes money to them. The mascots of professional sports teams are Totemos, as are the anthropomorphic icons and mascots of companies and corporations. In the fantasy setting, these mascots are not guys dressed in large felt costumes, they are real. They can represent guilds, cities, ethinic and cultural groups, neighborhoods and the like. The larger the base that recognizes the totemos, the stronger it is.
A Totemos is not a god in the divine sense, it is a terrestrial spirit. As such, it's powers are quite limited. A Totemos cannot effect miracles, empower clerics, or make significant changes in the local enviroment, magical or mundane. A Totemos can inspire, offer blessings of good luck, and a small number of other things directly related to it's core nature. Examples will be provided in the Sample totemos section.
Totemos and Clerics
As a rule, clerics dislike totemos like preachers dislike sunday sports. A totemos distracts the populace from 'proper' worship, and divests them of some resources that might be better gifted to the theocracy. This animosity remains calm, as a cleric who campaigns against a totemos is very likely to alienate the populace and come across as an intolerant zealot.
Sample Totemos
Sir Xorice of the Bloody Blade
A militant Totemos attached to the Shroud Knights, Sir Xorice is a war like totemos. Originally a strong ghost of a warrior king, Xorice adopted the Knights of the Shroud after his own funeral worship was crushed by the church. Now filled with ire against the Faith, Xorice lends his blessings to the rebel knights. His main place of devotion is a warrior chapel hidden in the Grandmaster of the Knight's castle. He appears there in stone effigy as a king with a broken sword, and a broken crown. His devoted wear a broken crown in their heraldic devices and offer their first kill of each battle to Xorice.
The Ghillie-Goat Man
Appearing as man with the head of a horned ram and covered with long shaggy green hair, the Ghillia-Goat man has long been a patron of the small forest village. He was originally worshiped as a god of wood and stone, but has since adopted a more humanoid appearahce. After his druids were slain, he is now a mascot for the local Baron's knights. Their devices typically have a green goat's head, or a fist clutching a sheaf of elderberry vine.
The Black Kaawk
The mascot of the Moxingor Slaver's guild, the Black Kaawk is a large rooster with jet black plumage and a gold beak. Kaawk is hard to take unawares and is has a canny eye for what is a good morsel to eat and what is offal. The guild marks it's slaves with a tattoo of a black feather on their right hand, and on their right shoulder. Guildsmen will generally display their association with the guild and the Kaawk by wearing a piece of jewelry with a black feather, either real, or a lacquered piece of pewter.
The Shoeless Mouse
The orphanage at Peirs-del-Reyien has a large number of children, many of whom fall to decided rogue activities. The children, and the lay-monks who help in their illegal activities remind each other to be as quiet as a shoeless mouse, and make less of a trail to follow. While the saying is now cliche, the Shoeless mouse is now a Totemos of the orphans and their juvenile organization. Most of the orhpans, no matter how hungry, will leave a crumb of food for the old shoeless mouse to find.
Application of Totemos
Using the above examples, Totemos are easy to integrate into a game. A casual common might not have a clue to who Sir Xorice is, but he knows the knights with the broken crown symbol are bad news. He also is pretty sure that the tavern with the bent crown is pretty friendly to them, even if no one can figure out what is going on. In the case of the Ghillie-Goat man, when the locals decide to play at games (I imagine rugby for some reason) one side will always want to play as the green tunics, or the Goats. The baron might even sponsor a team to play for his entertainment, scheduling matches with the teams of other barons in the region. Slavers are by rule, not pleasant or highly moral people. In a setting with the Moxingor Slaver's guild, a black feather could carry the same connotations as the Nazi swastika or the Klan's burning cross. Buying a black chicken could cost several times the price of a brown or white chicken, or the like. The Shoeless Mouse would be an enigmatic figure, his image appearing in odd places, possibly even comic in appearance.
For Totemos more strongly associated with an area rather than a society or organization, the use is a bit more ubiquitous. Like the City-Gods of Mesopotamia, the city and the Totemos are almost interchangable. The Totemos of a city or town will reflect the nature of the area, and of the people. A mining town with a cautious nature might have a Canary Totemos, while a military outpost on a contested border would have a fightin' totemos, a warrior. The area based Totemos is a central figure for local color, and iconography. Taverns will have it's image or name, or some association, local knights could have something of it in their devices.
My Inspiration
Collegate and professional sports have very iconic mascots. There are strong associations between a team, their mascot, and their home town. For Tennessee, it is the Volunteers and their mascot Smokey, and at certain times of the year, a large percentage of the local population will 'Bleed Orange', one of Tennessee's color. (the other being white). This sort of local pride should have some counterpart in fantasy. While professional league sports are unlikely, there is nothing saying that a symbol of the guild couldnt become a mascot, and then a Totemos. The reverse might be true, and a guild might adopt the local totemos and use it's image as it's symbol. Colorful organizations could certainly have totemos, such as mercenary bands, local based guilds (as opposed to multi-city super-guilds) and fraternities, sororities, brotherhoods, and compacts.
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NPCs • Minor • Mystical
''You want to know why we have that big old granite statute of a catfish? Why son, that's old Kugamu. Everytime folks around here be wanting to get a good catch from the lake, we grab some maggots, pig shit and old beef gone bad. Then we mash it up all together and toss it into the lake for him to eat. He's partial to that, is old Kugamu. Bless his heart, he's never let us down even once''.
NPCs • Scenario Based • Knowledge/Lore
A traveling scholar, digging up the roots of totemos that he encounters.
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A good way for the little gods and goddesses to survive.
Great description and an easy way to put some flavour in the world. It also inspired an idea that I may put in writing in a bit.
I like this a lot. It allows animism to survive in otherwise advanced agricultural socities. I too feel the beginings of an idea coming on. Good job.
Excellent piece on using totems in game. Good examples. As others said, gives one ideas immediately! I may have to write one up now :)
Very Cool, though I would like your thoughts on what these Totemos provide for their adherants?
In game context something akin to a blessing, a small dice bonus on things relevant to the Totemos in question. Anything beyond a 1st level spell is too much. As for Adherents, a Totemos asks very little of it's people. Having it's image is enough, or dropping a coin or two in it's favor. Nothing more than you would put into apparel or swag from your favorite sports team or branded product line.
I like little gods and the live on the fringes they lead. Well put down, makes me want to use them more.
Does it ever happen, that a little god becomes a true one?
On occassion, a little god can become a 'God'. The only difference between the two is the magnitude of their power.


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As noted in the iMedicalApps blog, healthcare costs continue to increase, and one contributing factor is pharmaceutical noncompliance — patients not taking their medications as prescribed. For example, patients with chronic medical conditions may not take medications as regularly as they should. This may result in an extra trip to the doctor or emergency room, thus costing the system more. One mobile app, Dosecast, may help patients track their medications more effectively, saving dollars for our healthcare system.
To use Dosecast, "simply enter basic information about each drug you take, such as the name, dosage, and how and when you take each drug. You can setup reminders on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule – or, unlike other apps, for a pre-set number of hours or days after the last dose. Dosecast adjusts to your changing day, enabling you to take a dose early or postpone it as long as you need" (from the website).
This app is free, and features flexible scheduling, reliable push-notifications, postponeable reminders, customizable dose amounts and instructions, smart silencing, and privacy and security. For an additional $3.99 in-application purchase you can quantity tracking with alerts, local notifications, and emailing.
Do you or someone you know use this or another medication reminder app? If so, how helpful or unhelpful is it for you? Tell us!


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The Hope College Alumni Association will present 1943 graduate Barbara Dee Folensbee Timmer of Holland with a Meritorious Service Award on Saturday, Jan. 28, during the college's annual Winter Happening event.
The Hope College Alumni Association will present 1943 graduate Barbara Dee Folensbee Timmer of Holland with a Meritorious Service Award on Saturday, Jan. 28, during the college's annual Winter Happening event.
The award recognizes a person's contributions to Hope and its alumni through notable personal service and long-time involvement with the college. She will receive the honor during the Winter Happening luncheon, which will begin at 12:30 p.m. at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center.
Barbara Dee has been active in the life of the college in a variety of ways since enrolling as a freshman from New York - where her father was a Reformed Church minister--in 1939.
She has performed as a pianist at numerous events at Hope as well as throughout the community through the years. As a student, she was an accompanist during the college's first Christmas Vespers service, held - coincidentally--on Pearl Harbor Day, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. In another first at the college, she accompanied the debut production of Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT), "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway," in 1972.
She majored in English at Hope with additional concentrations in education, music and French. She was a member of the Sigma Sigma Sorority as a student, serving as president, and was also president of the French Club, and received the all-campus Southland Medal as a graduating senior.
She did graduate studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Maryland. Her professional experience includes having been a substitute teacher at the high school level in Bangor, Maine; teaching kindergarten in Munich, Germany; teaching English in a French Lycée outside of Paris, France; French in Prince George's County, Md.; and piano lessons for several years in Holland.
She is a member of Hope Church in Holland, where she participated in the music program for many years. Her extensive community involvement and service has also included the Woman's Literary Club, the Century Club, the Evergreen Commons Senior Center (where she accompanied Tulip Time shows for several years) and volunteering at Warm Friend Resthaven.
Her husband, J. Norman Timmer, was a 1938 Hope graduate. They were married for 59 years, from 1944 until his death in 2003. He was a veteran of World War II whose career included serving as a teacher and school superintendent and many years as an officer in the United States Air Force, from which he retired as a colonel in 1968. He subsequently served as a member of the Hope staff from 1970 until 1976, including as director of alumni and community relations and as director of annual funds.
They had three children: Barbara, a 1969 Hope graduate; John, who graduated from the United States Air Force Academy; and Paul, a 1976 Hope graduate. Paul, who died in 1995, is remembered on campus through the Paul Norman Timmer Memorial Awards presented during the college's annual spring Honors Convocation to students interested in foreign service or international studies, and the Paul Norman Timmer '76 Scholarship Fund.
The college's Timmer Cottage on East 13th Street, a residence for up to nine students, is named for Timmer and her husband. They had lived in the home from 1973 to 1998.
In addition to her volunteer service as an accompanist, her engagement with Hope has included extensive involvement in college alumni and cultural events. While her husband was stationed at the Pentagon, she participated in the Washington-area alumni group and helped recruit students. She has also been active with the Sigma Sigma alumnae association and is a member of the college's Second Century Club and the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals. She has been connected to HSRT for many years beyond her role with the premiere production, with her involvement in the program including serving as first president and as a continuing member of the HSRT Theatre Guild, and acting in the HSRT productions of "Music Man" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." She and Norman received Distinguished Alumni Awards from Hope in 1980.
Admission to the January 28 Winter Happening luncheon is $12, and reservations are required. Additional information about the luncheon and the rest of the Winter Happening activities, which include multiple free seminars presented in the morning by Hope faculty and students, may be obtained by calling the college's office of public and community relations at (616) 395-7860 or online at www.hope.edu/pr/12WinterHappening.html


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I2P dev meeting, July 14, 2014 @ 20:00 UTC
Quick recap
- Present:
eche|on, Meeh, psi, zzz,
20:00:11 <zzz> 0. Hi
20:00:11 <zzz> 1. Select new PR Manager (zzz)
20:00:19 <zzz> 2. Replace mtn.i2p2.i2p in default i2ptunnel.config (zzz)
20:00:23 <zzz> 0. Hi
20:00:29 <zzz> Hi
20:00:49 <zzz> 1. Select new PR Manager (zzz)
20:00:50 <zzz> 1) PR Manager. orion has resigned. I nominate psi and Meeh as excellent candidates. Others may throw their name in for consideration below, or at the meeting. You may also wish to volunteer as an assistant. Duties include:
20:00:50 <zzz> - Frequent tweeting using @geti2p
20:00:50 <zzz> - send stickers to people who ask
20:00:50 <zzz> - Speak at conferences and meetups
20:00:50 <zzz> - Answer the firstname.lastname@example.com mail (generate and distribute a new GPG key for it)
20:00:52 <zzz> - Outreach, make contact with people/groups we want to work with; form strategic alliances
20:00:55 <zzz> - Misc. promotion, support, and communications duties
20:00:56 <zzz> - Maintain positive attitude
20:00:56 <Meeh> Hi
20:01:11 <psi> ?
20:01:13 <psi> hi
20:01:38 <zzz> Is either psi or Meeh willing to serve? Are there any other volunteers or nominations?
20:01:50 <psi> I am willing to serve if desired
20:02:24 <eche|on> available here but not for that job, sorry
20:02:27 <psi> I can also obtain orion's stickers
20:03:23 <zzz> Meeh are you willing to serve or would you rather throw your support to psi?
20:04:49 <zzz> anybody else have any comments?
20:04:59 <Meeh> I can do both, what I mean is I can both serve, and I will ofc. support psi if he's doing it
20:05:45 <psi> pr "team" then?
20:06:12 <Meeh> why not, I can't go to the US so I need anyone there anyway
20:06:21 <psi> works
20:06:27 <zzz> My guess is that psi might have more time than Meeh for this?
20:06:57 <psi> yeah i have buttloads of free time right now and probably for a while
20:07:24 <Meeh> but no problems covering EU/Asia/Africa
20:07:34 <Meeh> Yes in some points I think too
20:07:44 <zzz> Meeh has never had buttloads of time since I've known him
20:08:00 <Meeh> however, I think I can contribute a lot wrt tweeting, speak at conferences, and some outreaching
20:08:17 <zzz> how about psi as head and Meeh as assistant?
20:08:26 <psi> i dont do public speaking so i can outsource that to Meeh
20:08:36 <psi> sounds good
20:08:44 <Meeh> sounds good to me too
20:08:47 <Meeh> I can do the public
20:08:58 <zzz> any objections or other comments?
20:09:44 <zzz> ok great
20:10:28 <zzz> I'll get psi the twitter password. Please get the stickers from orion.
20:10:44 <psi> got it
20:11:19 <zzz> Also please generate and distribute a GPG key for press@, and get welterde to fix up the mailing list accordingly
20:11:27 <zzz> speaking of welt...
20:11:33 <eche|on> ....
20:11:36 <zzz> 2. Replace mtn.i2p2.i2p in default i2ptunnel.config (zzz) (Down since June 12 - possible replacements mtn.killyourtv.i2p or mtn.i2p-projekt.i2p)
20:11:52 * psi nominates kytv's
20:12:05 <zzz> eche|on, kytv_ would either of you care to volunteer?
20:12:15 <zzz> we can't put both in one tunnel as that confuses mtn
20:12:56 <zzz> any others that have been up and running for a while?
20:13:01 <eche|on> you can enter mine, I try to keep it up running as always
20:14:24 <zzz> ok, echelon it is I guess
20:14:37 <eche|on> kytv does a lot of jobs already
20:15:07 <zzz> both of them seem very reliable, so doesn't matter much
20:15:27 <Meeh> mtn.meeh.i2p hs ben running for a year now
20:15:29 <zzz> it's not any more work, maybe just a tiny bit more traffic, probably not even noticeable
20:16:25 <eche|on> can we create 3 tunnels and enable only one?
20:17:55 <zzz> nice meeh, good to know
20:17:55 <zzz> anything else on 2) ?
20:17:55 <zzz> any other topics for the meeting?
20:18:19 <psi> do we have a backup irc?
20:18:39 <psi> it seems that if some/all of postman's stuff goes down we're screwed
20:19:17 <psi> mail+irc is postman so what is the backup meetup in the event postman's stuff is non functional
20:19:29 <zzz> sure we could make 3 tunnels but seems like just added clutter to me
20:19:37 <psi> i have been wondering this for a while now...
20:20:28 <eche|on> ok, right, within 6 weeks release time we can change it fast enough, also really interested people can get in here. Also I can push the key to $trusted person
20:21:54 <zzz> we have 3 IRC servers
20:21:54 <zzz> there is no backup for postman himself...
20:21:54 * zzz warms up his short baffer for the short meeting
20:21:54 * zzz ***bafs the meeting closed


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- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface
- 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
berries and assembly
- 1½ pound fresh strawberries, hulled, quartered (about 3 cups), divided
- 4 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 2 sprigs basil
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons crème fraîche
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°. Whisk sugar, baking powder, salt, and 2 cups flour in a large bowl. Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, work in butter until the texture of coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Add cream and mix until dough just comes together (it will be sticky).
Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a 12x4" rectangle about ¾" thick. Cut out rounds with a 2½" biscuit cutter, re-rolling scraps as needed to make 8 rounds. Whisk egg with 1 Tbsp. water in a small bowl. Transfer rounds to a parchment-lined baking sheet and brush tops with egg wash. Bake until tops are golden brown and shortcakes are cooked through, 15–20 minutes.
DO AHEAD: Shortcakes can be made 2 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature.
berries and assembly
Coarsely chop 2 cups strawberries (use any bruised or less perfect ones) and cook with 2 Tbsp. sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until berries are softened and mixture is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Let berry compote cool.
Meanwhile, toss basil, 1 Tbsp. sugar, and remaining 1 cup strawberries in a medium bowl and let sit until fruit begins to release juices, 10–15 minutes. Discard basil.
Using an electric mixer, beat cream, crème fraîche, and remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar to soft peaks, about 4 minutes.
Split shortcakes and fill with berry compote, whipped cream mixture, and macerated strawberries.


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For health-care professionals
Caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is a long-term commitment for health-care providers.
From diagnosis until the end of life, health-care providers are called upon to support not only the person with the disease, but family caregivers as well.
This section includes information and resources to help physicians provide early diagnosis and to help all health-care providers support individuals and their families throughout the continuum of the disease.
|Screening and diagnosis
Tools for healthcare professionals to support dementia screening, assessment, and early diagnosis.
|Dementia research
Learn more about the Alzheimer Society Research Program and other external research projects.
Helpful resources to support healthcare professionals in assessing and discussing driving issues.
|Ambiguous loss and grief
Practical resources to help healthcare professionals understand loss and grief associated with dementia.
|First Link® program
The First Link® program provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals to refer individuals to the Alzheimer Society for information, support, and education.
|Culture change
Fostering a person-centred approach to care will improve the quality of care for people with dementia and their families.
How does pain affect people with dementia? Tips and tools for assessing and managing pain.
|Professional development
A selection of training and e-learning modules as well as useful resources.
|End-of-life care
The needs of people with dementia at the end of life are unique. This resource helps families to plan and prepare for end of life decisions.
Resource list for family physicians (PDF)
This document outlines a list of resources that can provide education and support to family physicians and their patients who are living with dementia. The resources in this list address four distinct topic areas: diagnosis, driving, behaviour and management.
Resources for long-term care (PDF)
Moving to long-term care can be a significant and challenging transition for the person with dementia and their family. This list will provide an overview of Alzheimer Society resources that can support staff, people with dementia and families before, during and after the transition to long-term care. These resources are available on our website or from your local Alzheimer Society.
Please feel free to email us to submit your feedback and suggest useful information and resources for your peers.


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A story about the aftermath of World War 1, 'The Heroes' Welcome' picks up seamlessly where the first book left off. I would not recommend reading this one without reading 'My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You' first. I didn't like this one as much, so unless you really love Young's expressive prose, you could just stick with the first book which features the true story of amazing medical work pioneered by the father of plastic surgery, Harold Gillies in Sidcup, UK.
In this second novel the war is over, but the after affects are apparent for those who carry on with physical and emotional scars. Long before PTSD had a name, those who had survived war, would continue to suffer. Riley is the most inspiring character as he copes with returning to a normal life after the miraculous facial reconstruction by Dr. Gillies. However, just as in the children's book Wonder, people are affected by their looks and it is so hard for someone with a severe disability or disfigurement to get others to see past that. Young does a good job of exploring all angles of this experience and of this time in history.
This year marks 100 years since the start of the First World War. There have been many events to commemorate this. The one that touched me the most was the sea of poppies planted around the Tower of London. Not only was it an impressive artistic display in the city and an incredible object lesson, but also so symbolic. From a distance all of the poppies looked exactly the same, as if dressed in uniform (like soldiers). But the poppies were actually all hand crafted ceramic works of art that were all uniquely different from each other.


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A Boulder Valley School District committee is forwarding three capital construction packages of remodels, repairs and expansions to the school board that range in price from about $370.4 million to about $570.4 million.
The packages were approved by the 21 members of the Capital Improvement Planning Committee who were present at a Wednesday meeting. The total list of capital needs came in at $858 million, with the committee and district staff members whittling it down to the three options.
The $370.4 million option one includes what are considered the district's highest priority items, while a $507 million option two includes almost all the projects supported by the committee. Option three, the most expensive with a $570.4 price tag, adds in more needs.
Even the "lean" option is well above the district's last bond issue, which totaled $296.8 million and was approved by voters in 2006.
Committee co-chairman Adam Fels, principal at Louisville Middle School, pointed out that the committee started with $160 million in needs that weren't funded in the 2006 package, then added all the new needs.
"This group was not influenced by political data or politics," he said. "This group was influenced by what was best for the kids and the teachers and the community."
Added co-chairwoman Fran Ryan, CEO of Impact on Education, "There's nothing frivolous on this list. We had to make hard choices and support the priorities of the district."
The committee's recommendation will go to the school board for discussion at a work session May 20. It's up to the board to decide whether to go forward with asking voters for a tax increase in November. The board also will decide on the final list of projects and the final price tag.
"They're going to look at one and two first, hopefully," said Superintendent Bruce Messinger. "Three is discretionary."
The committee focused on six main areas — athletics, districtwide needs, enrollment growth, education innovation, technology, and safety and security.
The committee's recommended project list for option one includes a new school campus in Erie with a price tag of $45.5 million. A central kitchen and new transportation facility also made the highest priority list.
Adding air conditioning at 10 schools for $37.7 million and improvements to classrooms to allow for education innovations for $21.8 million made option two.
Other critical needs identified as high priorities are heating, ventilation and cooling system improvements; restroom renovations; roof repairs; repairs to address code compliance issues; security improvements; technology infrastructure improvements to keep systems running; and energy efficiency upgrades.
In the athletics category, middle level track improvements and renovations to high school stadiums made the option two list, while a $32 million district swimming pool didn't make any of the recommended lists. Also not included on any of the lists was adding air conditioning to all 37 district schools that aren't fully air conditioned, which could cost more than $80 million.


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