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Top 10 Movie Scenes to Demo your Home Theater
You finally got that shiny new HDTV or Blu-Ray player over the holiday to finish out your home theater. Now invite the friends over and flex your tech with these Top 10 Movie Scenes to demo your home theater equipment. Get your popcorn ready!
A good demo scene should be a spectacle of sight and sound. Something that catches the essence of why we love the movies, and assures us of our tech purchases. The scenes compiled here aim to do just that in a few minutes. You want the best source for your demos, so make sure you're popping in Blu-Rays. The quality on DVD or streaming just doesn't stack up. So read on, and add a few of these titles to your Blu-Ray collection.
Chapter 38, 1:50:02 - 2:00:40
This is the fantastic sequence of Jane trying to escape the jaws of a couple hungry T-rex's. Enjoy reference quality sound as King Kong comes to the rescue in one of the movie's most dramatic scenes. It's been a while since I saw this movie, and this 10 minute section was more great than I remembered. Do yourself a favor and check it out again on your new setup.
Also check out this scene...
Chapter 3, 11:10 - 19:14
If you haven't seen this movie it's worth checking out for the drum and beans scene listed here. What the movie lacks in video quality conversion, it more than makes up for in audio, and story. Marvel at your surround sound setup as the beans bounce from drum to drum across your room.
Chapter 14, 1:45:16 - 1:48:54
The climatic battle scene between Iron Man and Obediah is another great battle scene. This time the characters are in full iron armor so you can enjoy the sharp sounds of metal as they clash. The great visuals as they maraud through the night-lit cityscape will also showcase your video contrast.
While you have the disc out you may want to play these two great scenes as well...
- Escape from cave in Mark 1 suit: Chapter 5, 38:36 - 40:53
- Desert battle to save hostages: Chapter 10, 1:17:24 - 1:19:26
Chapter 2, 10:25 - 19:00
Beautiful cinematography is at work in this Parkour chase between James Bond and the criminal. Amazing colors and action keep us glued to our seats until the explosive end.
Also check out the intro scene for great blacks and film grain effects. The animation sequence that follows also serves as a test for your sets color and pattern handling.
- Intro: Chapter 1, 00:33 - 06:51
Chapter 33, 1:51:21 - 1:56:38
Nobody quite does it like John McClane and this latest installment to the Die Hard franchise really brought it. The film is loaded with ridiculous action sequences that'll strap you to your seat. This scene features an F5 Fighter Jet going against John McClane in a Big Rig truck. Explosions, Jets, Trucks, Oh my!
If that one left you begging for more also check out these scenes...
- Tunnel and Helicopter scene (classic): Chapter 15, 41:04 - 45:09
- Shootout as McClane arrests Hacker: Chapter 5, 11:31 - 15:16
Chapter 20, 1:15:12 - 01:22:25
The Dark Knight is one of my favorite films, and this is one its most intense scenes. Shot with IMAX cameras, this scene will take up your whole screen and really come to life. You'll feel the rattle and boom of your subwoofer as the Tumbler speeds through the tunnel; and the wide shots of the city will have you crushing those blacks.
Other scenes of note...
- Opening sequence with bank robbery: Chapter 1, 00:53 - 06:22
- Skyhook scene with great full-screen aerial shots: Chapter 9, 35:17 - 37:39
Chapter 18, 1:11 - 1:15:10
This is the scene where a full battle breaks out in the Smith's home. The audio will surround you with the sharp shrieks of shattering glass and ricocheted bullets. The video presents a great test for your contrast and blacks. It also doesn't hurt that Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both pleasing to the eye.
Chapter 30, 1:45:18 - 1:51:29
In this scene Neo and Trinity infiltrate a building to save Morpheus. You see the classic dodging bullets scene, and are held is suspense as the helicopter crashes into the side of the building. After all these years, still an absolute thrill!
The gunfight in the lobby with Neo & Trinity is a classic and still fantastic as well...
- Lobby Gunfight: Chapter 29, 1:41:04 -1:44:03
Chapter 4, 08:45 - 11:53
The audio in this film is remarkable, and it's so good in the opening battle scene you'll smile ear to ear. I'm guessing after you watch this scene, you'll be hooked and end up watching the whole movie. This film went a little under the radar when released, bring it home tonight and realize the reason you got surround sound.
This scene is also great to play while you have the disc in the player...
- Against the Acheron: Chapter 31, 1:50:09-1:57:04
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Chapter 17, 1:50:00 - 1:59:58
This is a long sequence of action, but its worth it. From the aerial shots of the gliders as they fly through the city, to the building splitting apart. Visuals are bright and crisp, and audio is mixed in amazing 7.1 to bring to life all those robotic transformer sounds. This is Michael Bay at his finest, enjoy!
*Grab the 3D version coming out the end of this month if you have 3D capability.
Hope you enjoy these scenes at your home, and let us know what your favorite demos are in the comments.
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Don't forget the opera scene in The Fifth Element!
I would also add the scene where the submarine's rivets begin to pop in "Das Boot." The first time I heard that on my new surround sound system, I actually ducked!
I remember buying DVD player to watch Matrix in "full" quality. To bad the didn't make sequels of that movie. :)
@Jason, I really thought about making this a Top 11 just to add the Diva/Opera scene from Fifth Element. In what may be a controversial move, I gave these the nod over it. Here's the details on that scene though..Fifth Element, Chapter 13, 01:27:25 - 01:32:15.
The opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan would be in my top 10 (as well as the Fifth Element scene already mentioned). Great list though!
Nothing from Inception?
You've missed "Tron: Legacy"
I know it is always a thrill just to show off the big bangs and booms. How about starting a demo with some quite passages first? The calm before the storm.
Master and Commander: The first scenes where the crew is below deck. The creaking of the ship's hull really put you in the film. Also try the movie U-571 for the same feel. I was amazed at how 5.1 can evoke the feel of claustrophobia in cramped quarters. The complete opposite of explosions!
I have 6 of those 10 Blu-ray discs. I used DVVDFab to rip your suggested chapters, MakeMKV to turn them into individual MKV containers, and finally MKVmerge to put them all together. Now, I have my own demo reel to playback on my HDTV with XBMC.
Is that enough acronyms? LOL


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Get Rich Quack: David Schirmer of The Secret
Published on - June 11th, 2007 (Modified on - September 13th, 2007) (by J.D. Roth)
In my review of The Secret, I complained about the get rich quick mentality the book espouses. I was particularly cranky at the financial "advice" to visualize checks coming in the mail. That tip came from David Schirmer, an Australian financial "expert". Here's the complete passage from The Secret:
When I first understood The Secret, every day I would get a bunch of bills in the mail. I thought, "How do I turn this around?" The law of attraction states that what you focus on you will get, so I got a bank statement. I whited out the total, and I put a new total in there. I put exactly how much I wanted to see in the bank. So I thought, "What if I just visualized checks coming in the mail?" So I just visualized a bunch of checks coming in the mail. Within just one month, things started to change. It is amazing; today I just get checks in the mail. I get a few bills, but I get more checks than bills.
Unsurprisingly, it turns out that David Schirmer's "secret" is to scam his students and employees. An Australian news program filed an investigative report:
This video is a little uncomfortable to watch — it's always awkward to see somebody flounder when confronted — and I wish the clip had been edited to allow us to see more of Schirmer's responses. But it's nice to see somebody taking these people to task. Here's the second part of the exposé.
Read more about this at Van Demonian and Whirled Musings. Schirmer Exposed is an ongoing catalog of anti-Schirmer information. Here is David Schirmer's response video. Finally, here's an Australian comedy show taking on The Secret. It's pretty funny, though it does contain some profanity.
[Thanks to the many readers who sent me links related to this story.]
I've always maintained that the best way to get rich quickly was to write a "get rich quick!" book and sell it to suckers.
I'd do it myself, but I'm too honest. I think I'll work on getting rich slowly instead.
On second thought, maybe I'll write a parody of get rich quick books and publish it under the psuedonym "Travis Tea".
Thanks for doing a follow up on your review of The Secret. As I mentioned in the earlier review, I've watched my friends and family's lives fall apart because they believe The Secret is the key to success. The financial, religious, and scientific mishmash that this book espouses is contrary to any of the actual facts in these fields. However, the book continues to be a bestseller as people search for a way to get rich quick without any actual effort. Experts in the financial, religious, and scientific fields need to let people know what a sham this is before more damage is done to people's lives. Thank you for doing your part to expose The Secret for what it really is.
Thank you for this post. This Secret bulls**t really disturbs me. And I'm surprised to hear that some very well educated people have been sold on this stuff. While I agree it helps to have a positive attitude only a moron would think that visualization alone changes your life. Visualization helps but it's action, consistency and determination that does it…People need to learn how to take responsiblity for their lives. My husband who is a psychologist has told me that he and his colleagues have heard so many patients talk about the Secret. He's said that there's a correlation between those patients who are most deluded to those who mention the Secret the most.
I agreed completely with your post on "The Secret". I agree completely with this post about David Schirmer.
And that Aussie reporter…well done! Definitely a no-holds-barred approach that should be commended!
The look on that guys face was priceless. He looked like a schoolboy caught shoplifting.
Pure ownage!! Wish NZ had more reporters of that calibre.
What is really amazing is all this stuff self help stuff was brought to the attention of the masses in the 1950′s by a plastic surgeon who is now considered the granddaddy of all self help concepts. I read his book and it changed by life ("Psycho Cybernetics") the difference is this guy wrote a book to educate you and didn't up sell a 10 set DVD collection with bonus audio cd for the great price of $5000 USD!! And buy tonight you will get 10% off my breakfast seminar where I try and sell you crap mentoring for an additional 10,000 USD per year.
Get the "Psycho Cybernetics" book (the original one) and see for yourself – everything you read today about self help comes from this book.
Wow. Australian investigative reporting seems quite AMAZING. I really do enjoy the uneasy nature of it all, but while it is satisfying to watch, unfortunately no action is going to be taken by Schirmer unless he's pressed with legal action. He seems like the type who will say anything just to make a person happy, and then change it all (i.e. push payment dates back) when the time comes.
I'm not sure what the fine print of all of his courses were, but it seems like the students would IMMENSELY benefit from a good ol' lawsuit.
That reporter was quite impressive, and I'd really like to hear from some of the folks who tried to defend "the Secret" in your last post. Is anyone still willing to defend this guy now that this is out??
Talk about BS. I find it hard to believe with "the Secret." Your post was right on!
I first heard of the the book through Oprah. I don't even know why I was watching the show because I hate her with all my passion. She embodies this fake spirituality that messes people up. Sure she's "successful", but it's not through visualizing and wishful thinking that made her dreams happen. It was hard work.
I know the Secret isn't all bs, but the financial parts really get my goat. Checks coming in from the mail by just believing… you want to know what you call people who believe in the Secret? Poor.
Gutsy you! "The Secret" poses a real dilemma for me – I work as a money coach (for want of a better term) on the west coast of Canada, and lots – LOTS! – of my clients buy into it. It's not really my place to challenge people's faith-beliefs, and on top of that, who wants to be the person who says, "well, I'm not sure I would count on your intention statements to provide your desires"? Not an easy place to be, yet I also feel a responsibility to gently shoot straight. So thanks for tackling a difficult topic!
I liked the secret, however, I can see how so many individuals use the secret to try to do things the "easy way". I think before you can make any changes their needs to be a positive intention behind it, you have to believe it is possible. But then it's a matter of matching your actions to that belief.
I think the thing that I disagreed with the secret on is that here we are talking about potential and spirituality and then in the next sentence we are talking about getting rich beyond what one individual really needs – how spiritual is that?
I'm also curious as to what the Secret believers think now. I always thought the Secret was rubbish, but now it all makes sense. The people who propagate it probably don't even believe in it. If they did, Mr Schirmer wouldn't have withheld wages from his employees and profits from his students, knowing that it would all come back to him via the law of attraction. And hopefully, it all will.
dodgy sprukers. I rather like that term. Much better than shysters. I wonder if he has it on his name cards?
I believe people like him are L. Ron Hubbard wannabes.
Check out the Google ads to the right of this page:
- Easy Turnkey Cash system
- Get paid to take surveys
- The secret business
I'm sure all these web sites are run by Schirmer wanabees…
I read somewhere that Schirmer wanted to be a household name. Looks like he might have achieved that goal, unfortunately he wasn't to specific about the type of name he wanted!! The sooner types like him are flushed out of the system the better the whole world will be. He is nothing but a parasite on society.
Came across this site the other day:
Episode 3 of schirmer on ACA on channel 9 at 0630p Monday night (June 25, 2007) in Oz.
No doubt this will appear on Youtube shortly after. It could well have another 'secret teacher' on it that is not all that impressed with schirmers antics.
Rhonda Byrne should be suing David Schirmer for lying about his position just to get onto The Secret. Look how much he has affected the reputation of The Secret. Nobody deserved what he has done and to think he has also accused Bob Proctor of not fulfilling his promises. He is a bloody idiot. It was his choice to do all of the things he did so it's his choice whether he takes the medicine or not. I'm happy to sit back and watch the next installment in the series of Schirmer video.
Ian, Do you know when the next Schirmer episode will be on? I guess they are waiting for Schirmer to pay up his traders some time in the next few days. I too think it is shocking the way that David Schirmer had very serious unfinished business when he entered the agreement to do the secret thing. That says a lot about a person doesn't it. Very greedy and selfish.
Today is DDay for David Schirmer and there are a lot of people watching.
This is what the secret IS in my opinion:
a) A massive marketing campaign designed to line the pockets of the teachers NOT help the masses.
b) An evil form of human seduction and emotional manipulation.
Not one of the teachers on The Secret are making REAL changes to humanity despite boasting about making their millions. If they are, wheres the proof?
Where are the Mother Theresa's the ones who are willing to live ample but humble lives and gift their excess successes to the needy? Instead they choose to tell the needy that they created their own problems so get off your butt and fix it up. Try telling that to a small child in Africa with aids. This is the most evil that mankind can be and by the looks of it, the only reason why he talks like this is because he has nothing to give because he has spent it all living a pretentiously wealthy lifestyle. Lets see if he can prove that one wrong today.
We all hope that Schirmers wrongs can be righted and that MUST start today otherwise David Schirmer should be seriously under investigation by everyone not just the authorities. For the Schirmers to continue successfully now is almost impossible according to the laws he feels compelled to egotistically preach when all the evidence shows that he knows bugger all about any of it.
David Schirmer maybe a conman but let's not overlook Bob Proctor's involvement. Life Success is run by the two of them. I'm not for Schirmer and I think what he did was extremely awful however Bob Proctor is no different. This is not the first time Bob has had involvement with someone/something that is unethical and immoral not to mention illegal. Bob was involved in the SGR Program which was also illegal in it's first run and like schirmer tried to cover that fact up. Honestly, I'd like to see ACA or some american channel do an expose of Bob Proctor. He's been screwing people out of their money for a long time with his self help mumbo jumbo and has no evidence to back up his claim's. When I last met him he bragged about his Jaguar (Which I've never seen in person) and told me he was a multimillionaire (again no proof)…could it be that he's exactly like schirmer taking money of unsuspecting people to fund his own lavish lifesytle???
Incase you've not got the chance to read up on Bob's Illegal involvement of the SGR Program check out the following post and read the comment's:
The comment's were written by an Investigative reporter by the name of Andrew Geller who like Ben wanted to expose Bob for all the lies and get rich quick schemes he has been fooling people with.
This blog is run by a company (Mindvalley) that developed the SGR Program along with Bob and together they even tried to cover up the truth by deleting the reporters comments and threating him.
I've personally emailed the reporter for more info on the sgr program and he's provided me with a great load of info..including how they faked testimonials, broke the law and comment spammed etc
I use to be a strong believer in the Secret and the Law of attraction but now I can see that it's all just one big marketing scam aiming at reeling in suckers like you and me…to make the so called "guru's" millionaires.
SCHIRMER IS SOLICITING FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS!!! You can join him in an affiliate opportunity with his company Wealth By Choice Pty Ltd?
Schirmer is charging $10,000 for the incredible privilege of having a wealth creation business with him selling Life Success products through yet another company. How absolutely positively incredibly laughable is that. This guy can't even pay his investors back, or the people who have worked for him, or his traders or suppliers and he is now asking people to join him for an incredible once in a lifetime opportunity to spread his message. Oh and there are only 15 places so you better hurry. For someone who owes so much money you'd think he would take all he could get to get everyone off his back but in typical Schirmer style crap crap and more crap. His ego is going to destroy him, just watch.
I can only imagine the publicity that this is going to get and I don't think he'll be appreciating it just like everyone who he owes money to are not appreciating being involved with such a bastard. Should be fun watching this next episode when it takes place.
Choose a different business you fool, who is going to take you serious in wealth creation business when you can't even pay your debts.
Schirmer is completely and utterly deluded. He finally just publicly proved it.
Why is David Schirmer selling the Life Success products through his own company? I considered this opportunity a few years ago and I thought the investors are taking legal action over this because they have not had a refund of their investment or any profit share while Schirmer has been publicly boasting of millions of dollars of profits. Is this another example of Schirmer ethics or just a sign of desparation? I would advise anyone to contact the media to find out who the investors are and speak to them before they pay David Schirmer anything for the affiliate opportunity he is offering through his Wealth By Choice company. I also think that anyone interested in any of Schirmers products should investigate whether he has a license to sell the products he is offering including the music and the books. In the end if you buy these opportunities you are responsible for what you are selling to the public and what music you are using and what you are saying. Be very careful, this guy has shown that he has no ethics and is apparently being investigated as well as having legal action taken against him. The investigation process is slow but the action will be swift and you don't want to be caught up in it after outlaying thousands of dollars for nothing. You have time to investigate and remember investigating is not asking David Schirmer what the truth is, he is a salesman and will only EVER tell you what he wants you to know because he needs your money to finance his lifestyle. He has obviously shown no intentions of paying anyone back the money that he owes. Be smart because if you get involved with Schirmer, you are going to need to be.
Noted quantum physics expert Scientist Bob Proctor and his pals, as well as nearly 2,000 personal-growth junkies, are taking over an entire ship in October! The Reverend Michael Beckwith, is going to be on board as well, raising the vibe by perpetrating a special meditation every morning. Also appearing will be several other renowned hustledorks self-help stars whom Scientist Bob is raving about but most of whom, frankly, I've never heard of.
Alas, for some reason, it doesn't look as if Bob's former co-hort, Aussie Secret star David Schirmer, is going to be on board. And the two of them were so good together! (Check out the ACA Interview online where David was exposed for FRAUD in Australia – Bob and David are now being investigated by the Australian Securities Commission for Breaking the Law and fooling/stealing for Investors. Many of their company's have been suspended and the they may face jail time and a hefty fine. Bob and david are both partners in the SGR Program).
On the cruise Bob will also be featuring New Thought star Mary Morrissey, whose husband Edward served prison time for laundering money and using funds from his wife's church for personal expenses, so maybe there will be something of a sense of continuity. (It should be noted that Mary herself was never charged with a crime, and I am sure she knew absolutely nothing about what Eddie was up to.) Anyway, according to the Son of Bob – Brian Proctor, "Mary Morrissey will be on board to do a program with Bob Proctor that will be introduced for the first time on the ship." Here's more info about what will be happening when the Self-Love Boat sets sail.
There will be plenty of opportunities on the cruise for you to learn how to get rich quick, or, even more important, make Bob and his friends richer. F'rinstance, there will be an opportunity to get in on Bob's Science of Getting Rich program (Which is an Illegal MLM Scheme). And there will be all sorts of additional programs, products, and services to help you max out your plastic.
No doubt about it, the Mexican Riviera will never be the same. In fact, with a couple thousand aggressively self-improving folks on board, who knows what profound Earth changes will occur? The resulting vibes could be overwhelming; this might just be the event that causes not only California, but the entire West Coast of North America, to finally break off and sink into the ocean.
And even if that doesn't happen, there's something else that might be a red flag for the potential cruiser: the possibility of body-snatcher or walk-in situations. If you watch the video on the site I linked to above, you'll hear Scientist Bob saying that he guarantees that each person who walks up that gangplank onto the ship will be a completely different person by the time he or she disembarks.
So I'd be careful if I were you.
PS ~ Some lyrics that popped up in my head…(the doors – Ship of fools)…
It's no surprise that the secret has many more secret's. I've just found out that Dr. Joe Vitale a teacher featured in the secret is not an actual doctor. He just gave himself that title inorder to build credibility. Why am i not surprised. That's exactly what david did when he said he was worth millions. Credibility in an Internet Marketer (Scammers) best friend it allows them to get peoples trust and more importantly their money. I've searched the internet and consulted with professors at Local Universities – There is no such thing as a doctorate in Metaphysical studies which Joe Vitale claims to have. God, I feel sorry for all those poor people that invested with him after watching the secret.
Since this is new news, I'd appreciate it if some of you spread the news just like you've done with David Schirmer to prevent other unsuspecting people/investors from getting burned.
Also while we are on the subject I've done some digging behind Michael Beckwith another teacher in the secret and cannot find any information on the doctorate he claims to have…I really hope he didn't fake his doctorate to gain popularity…he was my favourite teacher.
It seems like the LOA has ultimately back fired on the Secret Teachers and Rhonda Bryne. Reminds me of the saying "The Hunter has finally become the hunted". For all the people these guys have conned I hope they spend an eternity in hell.
I apologize for my language but I've lost a ton of money to these people and I'm not to happy about it.
For Christs sake Schirmer, who the hell gives a shit whether Tony Robbins helped you or not the fact is YOU HAVE STOLEN FROM PEOPLE AND REFUSE TO RETURN WHAT IS NOT YOURS. Until you get that through your head your business will suffer. Interesting how you quote that you have made sooooooooooo much money but where the hell is it you idiot? If you have made so much WHY ARE YOU SO IN DEBT? Why do you owe all these people so much money. Quit the lies and come clean otherwise suffer the consequences you idiot.
David Schirmer is so full of crap, he is still pretending because he still getting bills in the mail. He is now promoting Anthony Robbins seminar and no doubt simply to get a few free tickets for himself. He also reckons that he's been to see Tony Robins 8 times….laughing my arse off now!
For Christs sake Schirmer are you that thick that you need to attend that many times, are you obsessed with Tony Robins or are you so up yourself that you think it's the right thing to do to worship someone else.
What a freak
I came across the secret in a book store and found Schirmer as the only australian apart from the author. What I am finding very disturbing that one person can create such an amazing amount of negativity and be included in something like the secret. I think he is a hypocrite and should walk away or be forced to walk away from the personal development industry. David Schirmer is causing more hurt by continuing along his greedy path to self gratification and it looks like he doesn't care in he least. I believe his stubborness and greed will be his downfall because he is losing more and more respect every day and every time he tries to take from others. That was the problem in the first place apparently so doing more of the same is not going to change the results. Even David Schirmer should know that and I think he even said that somewhere. I think he needs to walk away and give everyone time to heal and himself time to be calm and make a committment to each person. I guess that is what the most ethical people do but I'm not sure David Schirmer understands what ethics are. Maybe it will take the enforcement of the law to make him come to his senses. I do know that the Australian authorities are very serious when it comes to people fleecing the community like this and I believe David Schirmer is well above their radar right now so there is hope that everyone will see justice after all.
Wanker Schirmer is at it again, lying his face off. I reckon he has a mirror on the ceiling, the floor, the walls and everywhere he walks because he loves himself that much. What a complete prick. Do you really think that Tony Robbins is interested in you Schirmer? Really? Come on now, he would be embarassed to know your name.
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To all those interested here is the truth straight from David geocities.com/usepenlube/acaschirmer.pdf In other words if you believe this bullshit story without being present and knowing all the facts, you have stooped to the same gutter journalistic level as the journalist who has twisted the story for his own personal gain.
Everyone seems so upset about his guy and all I can find is negative press.
I feel sorry for the people who have been affected by his actions but I guess it will come to an end soon.
I don't think The Secret is everything everyone thinks it is but I did enjoy some of he content.
Hey Ashie (aka David Schirmer)
Looks like you are in deep shit now.
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If you want an agent who will go the extra mile for you, contract with this gal! Faith was professional in every facet of our real estate experience. She is knowledgeable about real estate practices, local real estate, the legal process, etc., etc. She learned quickly what we were looking for and scheduled viewings accordingly. She ALWAYS followed up to see what we thought and with questions to improve her understanding of our desires. She went to bat for us on anything that seemed adverse. I chose Faith from a review that someone else had made, and I was totally happy with her performance. Again, I would recommend her to anyone seeking a real estate agent who can be a true representative in looking out for your interests.
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Sold a home in 2013.
I was honestly blown away with Faith's work ethic, persistence, knowledge, and availability. Trying to buy our first home in a trendy area of town should have been a stressful time for my husband and I, but Faith was there every step of the way to make the process as easy and stress-free as possible. Whether it was sending counter offers at 11:30 pm, or showing us houses on weekends/holidays, Faith was there for us 100% of the time. For the house we ended up purchasing, Faith had a showing set up within an hour of it going on the market, and had an offer submitted that day. In fact, throughout our whole process, we probably submitted 3-4 different offers and Faith never once got tired of us changing our minds or tried to influence us to hurry up and pick a house. To say we were pleased with Faith Mulroy would be a huge understatement. She is phenomenal.
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09/11/2013 - user9324508
Bought a Single Family home in 2013 for approximately $175K in Lancaster, OH.
Faith is very professional, ethical and knowledgeable. She provided a wonderful service to us when we decided to purchase a home by showing us several properties, providing support and encouragement along the way, and corresponding through many phone calls. She made the entire home-buying process completely effortless. Faith was such a joy to do business with! Her laughter, enthusiasm and interest were SO appreciated! She is very resourceful, a great problem-solver and was very dedicated to finding us the perfect home. I highly recommend her!
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06/30/2013 - hawkeye221959
Bought a Single Family home in 2013 for approximately $100K in Lancaster, OH.
When I first messaged to Faith Mulroy, it was on Easter Sunday. My fiancée and I found a house on Zillow's that we where very interested in purchasing. within an hour she had sent me a e-mail and told me she would get back with me in a few hours. Now being Easter Sunday I figured she would get back to me for the weekend. But she did just that. Showing me what a true agent would do In her profession. Faith and I and Judy(my fiancée), work very hard on the Bank foreclosed property. And we went into a contract to buy it. Unfortunately on power beyond Faith and I we where turned down on this house. All three of us were bummed. And I was ready to give up. I took a week off from even thinking about another house. Cause I was done, discussed and discouraged. But I have been looking on Zillow's for over 5 months. And Faith and Judy didn't want me to give up. So I called Faith and Judy I was looking again. and that Got Faith looking also. she knew what price range I was looking for. And E-mails was drop in by Faith and Judy and I compared our findings as well. And after just a few days we found another one. and with in a day Faith had Judy and I in contract again. And I am proud to say that with the great agent Faith Mulroy is. I am the owner of a house that Judy and I are planning to spend the rest of are lives together in. Now would I recommend Faith Mulroy to any one that is looking to purchase a home. Very Great lady, Very professional lady know her job very well. And a real go getter.
Thanks Faith Judy and Greg
Thanks Faith Judy and Greg
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06/24/2013 - user73127652
Bought a home in 2013.
Faith was AWESOME! She makes you feel as if you are her ONLY client. When we first met Faith, she was preparing for knee surgery. But if you think knee surgery, physical therapy and crutches stopped her from getting around - Think Again! Nothing stops this lady from getting things done. If you call her and she does not for some chance answer, she calls right back. We fell in love with our home the moment she showed it to us and she made our dream come true. She negotiated with the listing agent and seller for over four hours - but she got us our house. Words cannot express how wonderful Faith was during this entire process. She made us feel like frients, not a client buying a home. If I know of anyone looking to sell/purchase a home, I will give them Faith's information. ReMax should be honored that they have such a professional in their team.
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La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camlias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title "La traviata" means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman Who Goes Astray. It was originally entitled Violetta, after the main character.
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Life today can be extremely stressful, from the higher demands at work to balancing a career and a family. It is also more of a status symbol to be as busy as possible. The more busy we are, the more successful we will appear. However, these daily stresses can take a toll on our health, and cause the body to lose essential vitamins and minerals that are necessary for healthy hair, skin and nails.
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This can happen to both and women. However, women are also susceptible to hair loss due to changes in hormones. When women reach their mid-40s and get closer to menopause, a decrease in estrogen and progesterone has been linked to thinning scalp hair in women.
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A sketch of a man who broke into a home last week and attacked a teenager while she was in the shower was released today.
Friendswood police say a man kicked in the front door of a home on February 26th. The suspect jumped into the shower with the 15-year-old where the two struggled. Then detectives say the man ran away into the Heritage Park subdivision.
The teen described her attacker as black, in his late teens to early 20s and about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall with a thin build, short hair and stubble on his chin and a deep voice. He was last seen wearing a T-shirt and jeans.
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Stayed here for one night. Owner is a friendly dude who you can have really good conversation with, says it how it is (especially if you want to talk about Indian politics). On the downside, his Dad is vile and rude. Avoid talking to him, and you'll have a pleasant stay at this guest house.
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A quickie for St Paddy's day.
SonicRocksMySocks sent me (Wonchop) this amusing voice recording and I just had to do an animation of Ruth getting hammered. Enjoy!
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars March 17, 2006
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Well, you did have to concentrate alot on Teagirl, so you had less concentration on this
Well I did make it in under 3 hours to get it out for St Paddy's, but I'm relatively pleased with some of the ATD I put in in that time.
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Graphics were good, but the humor was drier than a Ryvita biscuit. A terribly reused joke methinks ;\
Uh, happy St Pattie's day anyways...
Does anyone eat Ryvita on it's own?
Does anyone eat Ryvita full stop?
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This was really great and funny, I think if it would have been any longer it would have ruined the joke :-p
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People should get over the short thing. So what if somethings short! Can still be a zillion times better than something 10 times as long. I'm on dial up ATM so I actually appreciate short ( but GOOD) flash. Well done.
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I'm sure you've already checked this but did the user re-use the password on another site that was compromised
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Andrew Daviel <advax () TRIUMF CA> wrote:
In the last few months on two occasions we've had a user's email
credentials compromised and used to send spam via SMTP.
We have a Postfix mail relay where users can authenticate via SASL to
send mail from offsite, and this was what was used.
There was no obvious trace of a dictionary attack; it seems the attackers
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hundred different client addresses around the world (which themselves
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I wondered if anyone else had seen this kind of abuse.
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And hello April, this is Alysa signing off for the last time this month. Let 04 2011 bring new life and energy to us all. So mote it be and let it harm none.
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And hello April, this is Alysa signing off for the last time this month. Let 04 2011 bring new life and energy to us all. So mote it be and let it harm none.
- Naturally yours
Your roommates come back from the grocery store and you're like "Mangos???"…
And then they're like, "Yep." and you're like…
Then you realize you're in public and you're like…
for the rest of your life.
And I'm not questioning it. I have a good feeling about April that I just can't explain. But some of the best things in life have no explanation and I'm perfectly happy not knowing why it's going to be as wonderful as my tingling Wiccan senses tell me it's going to be. Here's to April 2011!
Your Ascendant: 6°19' Scorpio
Scorpio Your psychological nature is bilious with aggressive impulses that spur the transformation of your being and of any situation you are involved in. You are constantly struggling to assert yourself. You cannot refrain from testing others with cutting remarks, not because you want to hurt them, but because you want to know them better through their reaction; life and the feeling of aliveness are experienced through rebellion and tension. Your aggressive attitude may equate with sly inquisition as often, you remain silent, introverted and secretive, mulling over turbulent thoughts in the depths of your mind, leaving others puzzled by your quite strange behaviour.
With this Ascendant, you come across as secretive, powerful, dominating, enduring, intuitive, assertive, charismatic, magnetic, wilful, daring, clear-sighted, passionate, creative, independent, vigorous, generous, loyal, hard-working, persevering, indomitable, possessive, shrewd, stubborn, ambitious, instinctive, tenacious, sexual, sexy, proud, intense and competitive. But you may also be aggressive, destructive, stubborn, anxious, tyrannical, perverse, sadistic, violent, self-centered, complex, critical, cruel, nasty, jealous, calculating, vulnerable and dissembling.
Yeah, that's pretty much Alysa in a nutshell (Plus a dash of Aries Moon and a huge chunk of Taurus Sun)
A friend told me today that he didn't trust anyone, only God. This statement concerned me, for without trust, there is no love, and thus there is no love in his life other than that of God(not that that's not incredible in it's own right, just irrelevant to the point I am trying to make). I then asked him, after stating this fact, how he lived without love. He had no answer for me, only a shrug. The thought that someone trusts, and in that sense also loves, no one deeply saddens my little optimistic heart. For to me, love is the life blood, it is the meaning, the point of existance. Be it the love of your fellow man, or of your family, or your soul mate, it is love that brings meaning to the meaningless, worth to the worthless, and strength to the weak.
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i expect side effects would be pain but what about swelling and others from the face lift?
What Are Potential Facelift Side Effects?
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Face lift side effects will depend on the type of...
Face lift side effects will depend on the type of facelift that is performed. Face lifts exist on a continuum from the mini-facelift which can be performed rather quickly and with minimal morbidity to more extensive face lifts for more extensive aging changes. Though the risks are generally the same with any face lift, the degree of the risk varies with the more invasive the face lift.
- Infection - anytime that the skin is broken and surgery is undertaken infection is a risk. Infections risk in the face is generally minimal and most surgeons will place their patients on antibiotics for a time around surgery to help prevent this complication.
- Bleeding - there will be bleeding with any face lift procedure but generally is not severe enough to warrant blood transfusions or other such interventions. There is a bleeding risk anywhere from the day of surgery to several days after. At times, if bleeding occurs after surgery, the wound will have to be reexplored and the bleeding stopped. At other times, a bruise may form which may prolong healing but generally does not change the overall cosmetic result.
- Scar - anytime that the skin is broken, a scar is created. By making the incisions in areas which hide them, face lift scars generally will heal without being able to be seen.
- Redness of the incision lines - while healing, the inicison lines can be red for a time period. Generally, this can be hidden after the initial week or two of recovery.
- Facial nerve injury - depending on the extent of the facelift, injury to the facial nerve can occur up to 1-2% of the time. The facial nerve is the nerve that provides motion for the face. Should injury occur, a temporary or possibly permanent asymmetry to the smile and facial expressions may occur.
- Numbness - numbness can be expected in the areas operated on and the ear. This numbness is generally temporary, though it can be permanent.
- Change in ear position - changes in the position of the earlobe and tragus have been reported after face lift surgery.
- Nausea and vomitting - these can occur for the first day or two after surgery depending on the type of anesthesia administered.
- Pain - pain does occur but is generally minimal. Most surgeons will prescribe narcotic pain medicine for several days after surgery. Most patients though describe the pain to be minimal to moderate after 1-2 days.
- Hair loss - hair loss in the incision lines can occur. This is generally temporary but can be permanent.
As always consultation with an experienced surgeon is necessary as there are variations in the risks with each procedure and with each patient.
Web reference: http://innovationsfps.com/Procedures/rhytidectomy.html
Facelift Informed Consent
Choosing a local reputable surgeon board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery or the American Board of Plastic Surgery is a good start in having a good experience and an excellent outcome.
Informed consent is part of any procedure and involves a thorough explanation of common and rare complications associated with a procedure. The first point I discuss with my patients is the perioperative phase, which involves swelling, bruising, sutures, and wound care. Pain is typically minimal after Facelift. Nausea vomiting: we minimize use of narcotics in the intraoperative and postoperative phase, we avoid use of inhalational gases in surgery, and encourage patients to take emend (anti nausea: expensive but worth it) both before and after the procedure to minimize nausea. These are not complications, but are an inevitable part of the initial healing process.
The possibilities of bleeding, infection, and scarring are discussed. In Facelift surgery, no major blood vessels are encountered and there is minimal blood loss. Infection is very rare. A local reputable Facial Plastic Surgeon will consider your result his/her billboard and has a vested interest in minimal scarring and your satisfaction with the result. Hematoma (a clot that can occur under the skin flaps) can and does happen, even in the best of hands. If addressed promptly, it is only a temporary setback. If not addressed, adverse scarring can occur.
Facial nerve injury is the one complication that makes every patient sit up in their chair during the discussion. The analogy I describe to patients is that of the Florida Power and Light engineer that comes out to my house knowing where the power line is...... and he/she stays away from it. I give the same respect and consideration to the facial nerve, which is in a very deep plane and fairly easy to avoid injuring.
Numbness or loss of sensation in the neck and around the ears can be expected for several weeks and up to several months. Return of sensation is usually heralded by a sense of itchiness or fleeting sensations. Loss of hair in or around incisions is a possibility but should not happen with delicate tissue handling and appropriate skin tension.
Anesthesia risks: Facelift is a procedure for healthy patients. Preoperative screening, and preoperative medical clearance are a good first step. Use of an experienced Anesthesiologist or CRNA will help minimize potential problems. I currently work with a board certified Anesthesiologist for cases requiring sedation.
When considering Facelift, weigh your desires in the face of potential risks, ask questions, and make an informed decision.
Web reference: http://www.drprendiville.com/facialcosmeticplasticsurgery.html#facelift
Potential side effects from a face-lift can be related...
Potential side effects from a face-lift can be related to the anesthesia, such as nausea and vomiting in the first 24 hours after the surgery.
Other complications include:
- Hematoma or puddling of blood beneath the skin in the neck
- Motor and sensory nerve loss
- Infection
- Poor healing
Each one of these occurs less than 1% to 2% of the time, and an experienced face-lift surgeon can minimize the potential for this occuring.
Web reference: http://www.seattlefacial.com
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Side effects of a facelift
A facelift acutally causes very little pain. The potential risks have been well described by the other doctors. In the hands of a Board Certied Plastic Surgeon who is a facelift expert, these risks rarely become reality. Make sure you thoroughly check out the doctor and that they have been doing this for a long time as there is a steep learning curve.
Web reference: http://www.randcosmeticsugery.com
Very few significant side effects after facelift
There is obviously some swelling and possibly bruising after a facelift. This is not offensive but a giveaway that an operation has been done. Surprisingly, facelift patients don't complain of much pain. So that's seldom an issue.
The incisions are well hidden and seldom a significant issue. With time, the become almost invisible. Seldom is scar revision needed after a facelfit.
Temporary numbness of the face is inevitable and slowly returns over several months. This is annoying but seldom worse than that.
Infection almost never occurs. Occasionally a hematoma needs drainage. This is not a danger but requires a trip back to the operating room.
Web reference: http://www.zubowicz.com/subpag,23-atlanta-facelift.htm
Many but rare facelift risks
Facelift is a surgical procedure to improve the visible signs of aging on the face and neck. Every surgical procedure involves a certain amount of risk and it is important that you understand these risks and the possible complications associate with them;
1. Bleeding: it is possible to experience bleeding episode during or after the surgery.
2. Change in skin sensation
3. Damage to deeper structures: there is a potential for injury to deeper structures including nerves, blood vessels, muscles during any surgical procedure.
4. Skin contour irregularities: visible and palpable wrinkling of skin can occur. Residual skin irregularities at the end of the incisions are always a possibility.
5. Skin discoloration/swelling: bruising and swelling, skin near surgical site can appear lighter or darker than surrounding skin.
6. Skin sensitivity: itching, tenderness or exaggerated responses to hot or cold
7. Scarring
8. Sutures
9. Delayed healing
10. Hair loss
11. Asymmetry: there can be a variation from one side to the other in the results obtained from a facelift procedure
12. Nerve injuries
13. Seroma
14. Pain Cardiac and pulmonary complications
All of these are rare but the risk is there. Our role is to keep these risks to minimum.
Side Effects Following Facelift
Facelifts are frequently performed cosmetic procedures that are associated with low complication rates. The incidence of complications appears to be related to the aggressiveness of the surgical procedure. When more extensive procedures are performed, a greater incidence of complications can be anticipated.
Although facelifts are considered to be extremely safe, complications may occasionally occur. These include bleeding, hematoma formation, skin discoloration, wound healing problems, wound breakdown, loss of tissue, excess scarring, seroma formation, infection, asymmetry, numbness, facial nerve injury, ear malposition, hair loss, cardiac and pulmonary complications.
Several steps can be taken to minimize complications. These include utilizing an accredited outpatient surgical facility, a board certified plastic surgeon and a board certified anesthesiologist. Although, these steps won't totally eliminate complications they will hopefully decrease their incidence.
Facelift recovery and side effects
In general, it takes about 2 weeks for most of the swelling to subside after a facelift, although some subtle residual swelling can take longer. With any operation, infection, bleeding, and excessive scarring are infrequent complications. One side effect specific to facelift is the small possibility of a nerve injury causing facial muscle weakness, which fortunately usually fades. Numbness of the skin of the cheeks in the area around the ears is always present, but this too resolves over several months. There can also be numbness in other areas depending on the technique used. It is important to ask your surgeon for his or her experience and rate of complication.
Web reference: http://www.drthomasmustoe.com/facial-plastic-surgery/facelift.cfm
Potential Facelift Side Effects
Swelling, bruising, and discomfort are the most common side effects from facelift surgery. You may also feel sick to your stomach as a result of the anesthesia, and you may experience mild facial numbness or itchiness for a few weeks. Remember that these side effects are normal and temporary. More severe complications such as infection, hematoma, or nerve damage are much less common and are unlikely to occur with a skilled surgeon. Make sure your plastic surgeon is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery to ensure a smooth procedure.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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How To Give Your Kids a Taste of the Jewish Immigrant Experience
Even though it's just a few blocks from our home, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum gave my girls a chance to time-travel
When my daughter Josie was 6, I took her on the Confino Family Apartment Tour at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. In this tour, a costumed interpreter plays a 14-year-old Sephardic girl, Victoria Confino (an actual person who lived in this building in 1916), giving museum visitors (who've been told they're a boatload of new immigrants) a look at her home and a sense of what life will be like for them in this intimidating new country. I was transported. But Josie was antsy. The museum recommends the tour for kids age 5 and up, and though like all Jewish mothers I'd love to think my daughter is insanely advanced for her age, she was fidgety. The actress playing Victoria was on it. Noting (with only the slightest hint of accusation) that this unexpected group of clueless new immigrants was preventing her from getting her chores done, she begged Josie to do her laundry. Plunked down at a tub with an old-fashioned washboard, Josie enthusiastically scrubbed clothes while the tour went on.
The actress was amazing—she really looked 14, and she was very funny. Looking skeptically at one visitor's cargo shorts, she stage-whispered, "In this country only little boys wear short pants! You need to get some trousers. People will think you are … slow." On a roll, she then frowned at his Birkenstocks: "And your sandals? This is the city. There are no goat-herders." She also confided that we could cheat the apartment's gas meter by carving quarter-sized tokens out of ice and putting them into the machine. "But don't do it too often, or it will rust!"
Between 1863 and 1935, 7,000 people lived at 97 Orchard Street, the five-story building where the museum is located. Museum staff have researched and created apartments representing the lives of several of them, including the Confinos. (The only way to see the building is with an advance reservation, so check out the website for times and options.)
There's something visceral about actually seeing what life was like for immigrants a century ago. We can read books like All-of-a-Kind Family and Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 to our kids. We can look at family photos of our great-great-bubbes and zaydes and tell stories about what life was like when they first came to this country. But there's a deep-rooted, emotional power in being plunked into an actual vintage apartment and getting to talk to (a simulacrum of) the actual human being who lived there. It's as close to stepping into a time machine as a modern-day kid can get.
A couple weeks ago, I returned for the museum's Family Day, when a bunch of tours were stitched together—a sort of Whitman's Sampler of lives, time periods, and stories. Josie, now 12, couldn't join me—she had a previously scheduled playdate (ironically, perhaps, it was with an Indian family in Queens, which is for new immigrants what the Lower East Side was a century ago). When I teased her that she'd be missing the museum's post-party gift bags, she snarked, "What will be in them? Poverty?"
Pfft. Maxie, 9, had a great time without her sister. When we arrived, we were given little notebooks and told we were going to be journalists writing a story on the residents of 97 Orchard Street. Max volunteered, "I have the Rebecca books! Rebecca's friend lived on Orchard Street!" (Thank you, American Girl.) She was particularly interested in discussing when the building got indoor toilets (1905, two per floor) and the history of fire escapes. (She just kept talking about fire escapes. Another mother whispered to me, "Your daughter is very interested in safety!" This is apparently what happens when you have a mother obsessed with the Triangle Fire.)
It seems we were time-traveling journalists, because we visited the apartments of residents who lived in the building in different eras. Bridget Moore arrived in the United States in 1863, the year 97 Orchard Street was built. Our guide asked the group why someone might have left Ireland then. "I know!" yelled a kid on our tour. "Too many potatoes!" So close.
Mrs. Moore turned out to be a fresh-faced young woman in a starched apron. She hesitantly invited us into her apartment. "I used to live in Five Points, so I don't quite trust strangers at my door," she apologized. Her husband Joseph still worked as a barkeep in the old neighborhood, she told us, but she was happier now that the family lived on the Lower East Side (which she called Kleindeutschland, little Germany, the name it was known by then). She told us that she used to be a domestic for a rich lady, but now she has three kids of her own to take care of. We admired her clean home, with its striped rag rugs, cast iron stove, and cheery blue-and-white dishware. As we left, she told us she was starting to cook dinner. "I'm making Murphys with the Coat on!" she said. At least, I think she did. I may have misunderstood her brogue, because when I got home and Googled "Murphys with the Coat on," I got nothing.
We also visited the home of Rosaria Baldizzi, who lived in the building from 1928 until the landlord evicted everyone in 1935. (New regulations enacted by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia were designed to make buildings safer, but during the Depression few landlords could afford to make the necessary improvements, so buildings like 97 Orchard wound up shuttered.) The Baldizzis hailed from Palermo, Sicily; the actress playing Rosaria, with black hair pulled back in a severe bun, had an excellent Italian accent. And at the end of the tour, when we saw pictures of the real people the actors were portraying, we discovered that she looked shockingly like the real Rosaria!
The Baldizzi apartment, like that of the Moores, was only around 325 square feet, but Mrs. Baldizzi had decorated it with beautiful lacy curtains and patterned fabrics. Noting the wooden radio in the kitchen, one of the journalists asked, "Do you like listening to the radio?" Mrs. Baldizzi beamed. "I love to listen to my stories—you don't want to write that down! I love my radio. My children make fun of me, how much I love my radio." Her voice was so wistful, we could imagine her in the grip of her soap operas as she cleaned the floor with Bon Ami and cooked pasta for her family. On the kitchen table next to the radio was a Chinese checkers game; none of the children on the tour knew what it was. "Is that a Star of David?" one asked curiously. The actress improvised, "Mrs. Rosenthal down the hall asked me the same question!"
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Today, approximately 33.4 million people worldwide are living with HIV & AIDS.(2) Efforts to scale up prevention have become the focus of a considerable number of international health care agencies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has noted a decrease in the number of new HIV infections across the globe between 2000 and 2008, and explains that this success is due, in part, to successful prevention efforts in the fight against HIV & AIDS.(3)
In low- and middle-income countries, there is not only a strong emphasis on scaling up prevention, but also access to HIV treatment and care initiatives as well as intervention programmes.(4) In addition to the heavy burden of HIV & AIDS, these countries are facing a number of psychosocial and public health issues, ranging from high fertility rates to armed conflicts.(5)
This paper discusses the nature and efficacy of a novel intervention in HIV & AIDS prevention that is gaining increasing impetus in the drive to decrease the incidence of the virus. The Books of Hope project, which aims to enhance basic health knowledge in low literacy contexts, has developed this innovative multi-media intervention, which they refer to as a 'speaking book'. This represents a new and potentially efficacious method of delivering critical health messages, including those surrounding HIV & AIDS, to low-level literacy communities. In order to appreciate the psychosocial climate and public health sphere within which these books operate, it is first necessary to examine the importance and effects of education and illiteracy on HIV & AIDS prevention efforts.
Education and literacy in the context of HIV & AIDS prevention
Literacy is seen as a fundamental human right. Even so, The Education for all: Literacy for life report commissioned by UNESCO, eloquently highlights how "[t]he fact that some 770 million adults – about one-fifth of the world's adult population – do not have basic literacy skills is not only morally indefensible but is also an appalling loss of human potential and economic capacity."(6)The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has consequently called attention to the illiteracy epidemic facing the globe.(7)
Literacy has been identified as a core component of drives to enhance human capabilities across the globe, with resulting benefits including critical thinking, improved health and planning capacities, HIV & AIDS prevention, poverty reduction, and active citizenship.(8) HIV & AIDS, on the other hand, has come to be seen as a significant barrier to development around the world. The influence of the epidemic affects learners and educators, as well as the institutions and forums within which they function.(9) Estimates made in 2008, suggested that by 2010, approximately 10% of primary-school age children in sub-Saharan Africa would have been orphaned by HIV & AIDS, other health crises and political conflicts. This necessitates specialised interventions to ensure their further education and literacy skills development.(10)
Additionally, it is a harsh and unforgiving reality that often, "with HIV & AIDS the consequence of pedagogic failure is terminal".(11) The educational setting provides an invaluable forum for the transmission of knowledge as well as information acquisition skills. In instances where literacy skills are not available, a vital opportunity is denied to acquire knowledge in both immediate and future contexts. The combination of these factors, in conjunction with the socio-political climate, has produced the overwhelming number of youths who grow to become the adults who today lack basic literacy skills. The urgency of appropriate knowledge dissemination must, in light of this, become apparent.
Books of Hope
In light of the impact of low-level literacy as a barrier to knowledge health issues, including HIV, it becomes critical to account for this in health interventions if the interventions are to be effective in reaching their target markets. As a significant portion of mass media campaigns and health technology information systems are reliant on reading skills as a critical form of communication, high illiteracy rates represent a significant barrier to improved health among HIV risk populations. This issue permeates a number of interventions in low- and middle-income contexts. For example, managing director of the Books of Hopeprogramme and founder and director of the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG)'s Zane Wilson, has noted that despite the best-practice interventions being implemented by the organisation in South Africa, "It doesn't matter how good [of a publication] I did in Zulu or Sotho or Xhosa, if people can't read and write, they can't read the best brochure in the world".(12) This highlights the acute need for accessible, functional education and health literacy tools.
Essentially, the concept of a speaking book is a simple one - a book that 'speaks'. In a 16 page, brightly-coloured and simply-worded format, each book deals with a particular health issue.(13) Topics range over a number of public and personal health concerns, including malaria, HIV & AIDS, hypertension, and tuberculosis, as well as more socially-focussed aspects like the application process for a social grant.(14) These books differ from other awareness texts in that for each page, a corresponding button - annotated on the page with a corresponding image - will play a soundtrack of the text. This means that no matter the reader's level of literacy, the information contained within the book can be read, heard, or both. The books are available in a number of languages, including English, Zulu, Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi.(15) In addition to the text and audio, these messages are accompanied by simple and culturally relevant illustrations.(16)
Evidence is beginning to emerge which suggests that speaking books are an efficacious intervention in low-level literacy populations. For example, a speaking book which deals with the nature of participation in a clinical trial, as well as the ethics and basic rights associated therewith was evaluated in a recent Ugandan study.(17) The results of this study showed a statistically significant increase in the level of knowledge of participants who made use of the speaking book. Further, the results lend considerable support to the assertion that within low-level literacy contexts, such novel techniques for information dissemination have the potential to be critically effective in enhancing levels of knowledge.
Speaking books and HIV & AIDS
HIV & AIDS has been recognised by the Books of Hope programme as an important focus area. To date, six speaking books have been dedicated to the topic, the titles and topics of which are listed in Table 1 below.
|Table 1: Speaking book titles and topics
|Book title
|Living with HIV and AIDS Doesn't Mean Living with Depression
|Coping with Depression
|My Body, My Choice
|Teen Sexual and AIDS Awareness
|Caring For You, The Caregiver
|Psycho Social Help for Home Based Care Workers
|Safe Disclosure to Children with HIV and AIDS
|Parents Guide for Children with HIV & AIDS
|What You need to know about HIV and AIDS
|Essential information about HIV & AIDS
|Coping in a World with HIV and AIDS
|Important coping skills in dealing with HIV & AIDS
|Knowledge and Hope About Your Health
|HIV and the use of ARV's
The programme is strongly supported and partnered by SADAG, one of the leading mental health advocacy groups in South Africa.(18) The organisation seeks to redress service delivery, education and social development concerns, with a particular focus on HIV & AIDS and mental illness in under-resourced communities.(19) SADAG representatives have been instrumental in initiating the development of this technology and have contributed expertise regarding mental health needs of low-income communities to enhance the applicability and relevance of the content of these books.(20)
UNESCO has identified the Books of Hope and SADAG speaking books as a useful training and learning support tool, and when highlighting useful resources in HIV & AIDS education, noted how these books are being made freely available to rural communities, funded by the South African Department of Health, the World Bank, and a number of corporations, foundations and NGOs.(21)
Speaking books users speak
Interestingly, having cited the partnering of mental health advocacy groups with health and educationally focussed organisations, it is of use to note that the link between HIV & AIDS and mental health is a commonly neglected one. This is despite the fact that research has, in fact, demonstrated an association between HIV & AIDS and the prevalence of mental disorders.(22) In light of this, one of the most promising speaking books currently in circulation is called 'Living with HIV and AIDS Doesn't Mean Living with Depression' (see Table 1 above). This book is focussed on increasing knowledge surrounding mental health and HIV & AIDS.
SADAG and Books of Hope have begun distributing these books amongst home-based care workers (HBCWs) working in urban communities in South Africa. The responses from some of these carers lend considerable support to the efficacy of these books as intervention. For example, when asked what their patients/clients who had been diagnosed with HIV liked best about the book they noted how the books' format was particularly engaging and how patients wanted to "listen again to other different messages which can help to understand that having depression and HIV & AIDS does not mean to die isolated from the community."(23) They further emphasised that people were now more easily able to identify their symptoms, and seek appropriate treatment. The accessibility of culturally relevant language and expression enhanced the ease with which patients were able to comprehend the content of the book.(24)
When asked to reflect on new information acquired through the use of speaking books, the participants noted important points such as "symptoms of headaches, stomach aches and more pain than usual may be not only be due to AIDS diagnosis, you may also have depression" and "that depression is a real illness, I thought it is just a feeling and it comes and goes without any treatment".(25) An improved knowledge of symptom aetiology in the context of mental health and HIV & AIDS is reciprocally beneficial in both contexts and may have significant implications.
Of note is the fact that under normal intervention circumstances, a significant aspect of the process of information dissemination and health education occurs through the active involvement of knowledgeable 'trainers', who are not permanently accessible to the communities in which they are involved. Speaking books, however, have the advantage of remaining behind after the intervention or dissemination occurs. For example, in the study cited above, it was estimated that while each book was directly accessed by 59 individuals each, the speaking books reached approximately 11 000 people in the community.(26) This statistic effectively highlights the considerable diffusion of knowledge throughout the community as a result of its members' interaction with the speaking books.
Concluding remarks
The discussion presented here has sought to shed light on a new form of intervention that endeavours to increase levels of knowledge amongst those at risk for HIV and AIDS. The joint product of the Books of Hope programme and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, speaking books, represent an exciting new avenue for developing effective tools for health promotion.
It is clear that while this is a relatively novel form of intervention, speaking books have the potential to become effective tools in critical health information dissemination in lower- and middle-income community contexts. Particularly within the context of the public health crisis posed by the HIV & AIDS epidemic, such simple and effective tools for improving health knowledge and psychosocial coping skills in HIV risk populations are becoming invaluable.
(1) Contact Deanne Goldberg through Consultancy Africa Intelligence's HIV & AIDS Unit (
(2) WHO, 2010. Towards universal access: Scaling up priority HIV & AIDS interventions in the health sector. Geneva: WHO Press.
(3) WHO, 2010. Global health statistics 2010. Geneva: WHO Press.
(4) WHO, 2010. Towards universal access: Scaling up priority HIV & AIDS interventions in the health sector. Geneva: WHO Press.
(5) UNESCO, 2005. EFA Global monitoring report - Education for all: Literacy for life. Paris: UNESCO. http://unesdoc.unesco.org.
(6) UNESCO, 2005. EFA Global monitoring report - Education for all: Literacy for life. Paris: UNESCO. http://unesdoc.unesco.org.
(7) 'Literacy', UNESCO, 2011, http://www.unesco.org.
(8) Ibid.
(9) UNESCO, 2008. Booklet 5: Effective Learning. Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education (booklet series). Paris: UNESCO.
(10) UNESCO, 2005. EFA Global monitoring report - Education for all: Literacy for life. Paris: UNESCO. http://unesdoc.unesco.org.
(11) Mitchell, C., & Smith, A., 2003. 'Sick of AIDS': Life, literacy and South African youth. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 5(6), pp. 513–522.
(12) 'Tech Support: How new uses for mobile phones, video games, and speaking books are scaling up the fight against global epidemics', Global Business Coalition on HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Spring 2008, http://www.gbcimpact.org.
(13) 'Speaking Books', Books of Hope, 2009, http://www.booksofhope.com.
(14) 'Speaking Books Titles', Books of Hope, 2009, http://www.booksofhope.com.
(15) Ibid.
(16) 'Speaking Books', Books of Hope, 2009, http://www.booksofhope.com.
(17) Robertson, G., et al., 2010. Multi-media educational tool (speaking book) increases knowledge of clinical trials among HIV-positive patients in Kampala, Uganda. Uppsala University: Center for Research Ethics and Bioethics., http://booksofhope.com.
(18) 'South African Depression and Anxiety Group', SADAG, 2010, www.sadag.co.za.
(19) 'Partners', Books of Hope, 2009, http://www.booksofhope.com.
(20) 'About us', Books of Hope, 2009, http://www.booksofhope.com.
(21) UNESCO, 2008. Booklet 5: Effective Learning. Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education (booklet series). Paris: UNESCO.
(22) Freeman, M., Nkomo, N., Kafaar, Z., & Kelly, K., 2008. Mental disorder in people living with HIV & AIDS in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 38(3), pp. 489-500.
(23) 'Sample of comments received from; Research with Home Based Care Workers on the Speaking Book "Living with HIV and AIDS doesn't mean living with Depression"', Books of Hope, 2007, http://booksofhope.com.
(24) Ibid.
(25) Ibid.
(26) Sorsdahl, K ., Dworzanowski,, B., and Wilson, Z. B., and Wilson, Z. (n.d.). Effective intervention for Depression in people living with HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa through community home-based care workers: In rural South Africa through community home-based care workers: Assessing the Impact of "Speaking Books". http://booksofhope.com.


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This was final exam week for my first two condensed, 8 week courses. Reflecting on the classes, I'm blessed to see what God can teach in such little time, and I praise Him for the ability to not fail massively on the tests and papers! Now that Survey of Theology 1 and Romans are finished, I get a week break before Cultural Anthropology and Survey of Theology 2 begin.
In my spare time I've still been heading up to Lake Lundgren and it's been a blast serving with other strong Christians through the off-season there. I already can't wait for the summer programs to start next year!
In other news, I noticed a lump under my left jaw. My father is self-employed so our insurance deductible is very high, so when doctors suggested a CT scan we were shocked to find the cost was nearly $2200. After much prayer from my LLBC friends and supporters, and a whole bunch of phone calls by my awesome mom, God provided a CT place in Milwaukee that would do the scan for $265, which was a super huge blessing!
This past week I had a follow up appointment with my doctor where we reviewed the scan results. The lump is a cyst off my salivary gland and will need to be removed. The surgery is scheduled for November 14.
Naturally, the cost of surgery is going to be crazy, but I'm currently in the process of applying to a Christian medical bill share program known as Medicare. I would ask that you remember me in your prayers, that the application process would go smoothly so we can afford the surgery; and of course, that God would keep me safe and give the doctor the ability to work as he has been trained while in the operation room.
On a more positive note, I just had a great conversation with my dad about theology. It was a reminder how blessed we are to be able to be open about our beliefs here, and God reminded me how awesome my family is that my dad and I can stay up until 1:30 talking about God. He finally needed to go to bed because he has a 7:30 Bible study to go to. I thank God for the wonderful role model he has given our family!
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I had procedures with Dr. Cho to reduce my masseter muscles twice, the first time was with Botox and went well but the second time I was convinced by the head nurse there, Heather, to try dysport and treatment was completely ineffective. My guess is that Dr. Cho used the wrong kind of needle because botox treatments for different parts of the face require different depths and the small ones for the typical areas of the face (which he used on me) do not inject deeply enough for the masseters. I learned this when I went to get the procedure redone by a different doctor who mentioned this to me when I commented on the difference in needle and discomfort (I barely felt the ones at Dr. Cho's)
As a doctor, Dr. Cho was extremely patient and willing to explain procedures to you. The only issue I have is the after-care, when I didn't get any results I emailed the clinic with my issue and instead of doing anything to resolve it they dodged me for two weeks telling me Dr. Cho was out of town before finally ignoring my last email when he was supposed to be back. Buyer beware..
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Do you think it had anything to do with the fact that he used Dysport instead of Botox? I know some people who have a resistance to Botox can use Dysport no problem, so maybe it works the other way too.
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Athletes competed in aquatic events Saturday morning at the Robicheaux Center.
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