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Murder Plays House
by Ayelet Waldman
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A house to die for.
July 18 2004
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In "Murder Plays House," by Ayelet Waldman, lawyer and part-time sleuth Juliet Applebaum is bursting at the seams. Literally. She has gained fifty pounds during her third pregnancy and she and her husband, Peter, need a bigger house for their growing family. The problem is that a desirable house in L. A. is not easy to get unless the buyers are filthy rich, which Juliet and her husband most certainly are not.
While house hunting with her realtor friend one day, Juliet stumbles upon a dead body in the bathtub. The owner of the house, who is the victim's brother, retains Juliet to help investigate the case. Along with her partner, Al, Juliet starts digging into the life of the deceased, an out-of-work actress named Alicia Felix.
Juliet interviews Alicia's former co-workers, ex-boyfriend, and anyone else with a possible connection to the crime. At the same time, the mother-to-be is trying to cope with her out-of-control appetite and ungainly shape, while also tending to the needs of her husband and young children.
"Murder Plays House" has its moments. Juliet is witty and sassy, and Waldman's wry humor and satirical treatment of the shallow L. A. culture are right on target. The author has a go at the trendy fashions, the insane desire to be thin at all costs, and the desperation of marginally talented actors to make it in show biz.
Waldman has trouble, however, balancing her lighthearted humor with the book's tragic elements, most of which are introduced in the second half of the novel. The carefree tone of the book's opening gives way to a somewhat somber and preachy ending. Although the plots of the "Mommy-Track Mysteries" are only passable, I keep reading them because of my fondness for Waldman's irresistible and down-to-earth heroine, Juliet Applebaum.
Breach Of Trust
by D Buffa
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4.0 out of 5 stars
From idealism to disillusionment.
July 17 2004
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Breach Of Trust (Hardcover)
In D. W. Buffa's latest legal thriller, "Breach of Trust," criminal defense attorney Joseph Antonelli takes the case of Jimmy Haviland, an old friend from law school. Back in Harvard, Joseph had a tight circle of acquaintances, including Jimmy, Thomas Browning, now Vice President of the United States, and the beautiful Annie Malreaux. Both Thomas Browning and Jimmy Haviland were in love with Annie, but tragically, she either fell or was pushed to her death at the Plaza Hotel on Christmas Eve in 1965. Now, many years after the event, Jimmy Haviland is being tried for Annie's murder.
Thomas Browning has enlisted Joseph Antonelli, one of the country's most eminent and successful attorneys, to take Jimmy's case. Browning is convinced that Jimmy is being railroaded by the Vice President's political enemies. These individuals, Browning believes, want the public to think that years ago, Browning saw Jimmy pushing Annie to her death. According to this scenario, the Vice-President of the United States was once involved in the cover-up of a murder.
Buffa's exploration of the ruthless and polarizing world of politics is both timely and relevant. He ably shows how our justice system can be undermined to suit the needs of ambitious and self-serving individuals. These themes resonate in today's cutthroat political climate.
"Breach of Trust" is not just about politics. Buffa effectively shows the contrast between the idealism of youth and the disillusionment of middle age. When he was young, Antonelli looked forward to a fulfilling career. Years later, although he is well off and has achieved professional success and recognition, Antonelli is lonely and his personal life is barren. Antonelli fears that he will grow old alone, and he embarks on an affair with Gisela, a reporter with ambitions of her own. It turns out that most people in "Breach of Trust" have hidden agendas, and the characters generally operate at cross-purposes.
The book's main weakness is Buffa's writing style, which is uneven. Too often, he pads his sentences with overwrought prose, rambling descriptions, and too much repetition. However, the engrossing characters and the thought-provoking plot make "Breach of Trust" worth reading, and I was pleasantly surprised by the bittersweet and poignant ending.
The Flanders Panel
by Arturo Perez-Reverte
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A deadly game of chess.
July 11 2004
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The Flanders Panel (Paperback)
Arturo Perez-Reverte's mystery, "The Flanders Panel," takes place in Madrid and was translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. It deals with a mysterious work of art, "The Game of Chess," that was painted by a Flemish artist, Pieter Van Huys, in 1471. Julia, an art expert who has been restoring this painting prior to its being auctioned off, suddenly unearths a message hidden in the painting. The message, "Quis necavit equitem?" is Latin for "Who killed the knight?" It prompts intense speculation as to why the painter first included this message in his painting and later painted over it.
It turns out that the game of chess depicted in the painting provides clues to the meaning of the message, which relates to matters of political intrigue in the fifteenth century. Suddenly, the intrigue reaches into the present when a noted art historian is found dead under mysterious circumstances. It soon becomes apparent that the murderer is an individual with a macabre sense of humor and a thorough knowledge of chess.
I was disappointed in "The Flanders Panel." The characters, including Cesar, who is Julia's surrogate father, Menchu, Julia's best friend and the owner of an art gallery, and Señor Muñoz, a chess expert, are all rather flat and uninteresting. The book is talky and plodding, the plot is too complicated, and the references to chess are incomprehensible to a non-player. The sole aspect of the book that interested me was the history of the painting and the meaning of the hidden message. It is unfortunate that the rest of the novel lacks enough plausibility, suspense, and excitement to make "The Flanders Panel" an entertaining mystery.
Death Match: A Novel
by Lincoln Child
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The brave new world of love.
July 10 2004
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Death Match: A Novel (Hardcover)
Would you pay $25,000 and undergo a battery of rigorous physical and psychological tests to meet the man or woman of your dreams? In Lincoln Child's new thriller, "Death Match," the eager clients of a company called Eden Incorporated are happy to do so. Unfortunately, a series of unexplained suicides among some of Eden's most well-matched pairs, known as "supercouples," has begun to worry the company's executives. They bring in Christopher Lash, a forensic psychologist who once worked with the FBI, to find out why and how these men and women died. Were these deaths just bizarre coincidences or is something more sinister going on?
"Death Match" is an intriguing thriller that touches on some contemporary themes, such as computer matchmaking, the lack of privacy in the age of the Internet, and the synergy between our government and large corporations. As Lash studies the deaths of these "perfect" couples, he learns that they were indeed happy in every way, with no psychological disorders that would predispose them to suicide. As Lash digs deeper, he makes some horrifying discoveries, and in the process, he places both his reputation and his life in danger.
Child's writing is fast-paced and lively, and the author includes fascinating details about psychological testing and artificial intelligence. He also explores the difficulty that modern men and women have in finding an appropriate mate, and why they turn to computer dating services to solve their problems. Can a sophisticated computer come up with a foolproof way to bring the right people together, or is the attraction between individuals too indefinable to be captured by computer software?
There are aspects of this novel that are far-fetched, and many readers will guess where the book is heading way before the denouement. However, the plot still plays out with sufficient suspense and flair to make "Death Match" a timely and engrossing thriller.
Ice Run: An Alex McKnight Novel
by Steve Hamilton
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Baby, it's cold outside.
July 5 2004
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Ice Run: An Alex McKnight Novel (Hardcover)
"Ice Run" is the latest Alex McKnight novel by Steve Hamilton, and it takes place during the coldest time of the year in Michigan. Snow is measured by feet, not inches, and if you don't bundle up, you can freeze to death. Alex McKnight, the loner ex-cop who had pretty much given up on love, has fallen for Natalie Reynaud, a cop from the Ontario Provincial Police. One night, when Alex and Natalie visit the fancy Ojibway Hotel in Sault Ste. Marie, an elderly man tips his hat to them. Little do they know that this man holds the key to Natalie's painful past, and both Natalie and Alex are about to be dragged back in time.
At its best, "Ice Run" is an atmospheric and brooding story, with terse dialogue and some delightfully quirky characters. I especially like Jackie, who cares for Alex so much that he reams him for getting sucked into Natalie's problems, and Leon, Alex's old friend, who at a moment's notice, drops everything to do some important digging for his old pal.
The villains, alas, are stock characters, and the mystery itself is not particularly involving. However, Hamilton has a way of capturing the loneliness and desolation of a Michigan winter and tying it in with the characters' bitter and icy emotions. Alex is a charismatic and compassionate hero, and it is hard not to cheer for a man who is willing to risk his life for the woman he loves.
Monday Mourning: A Novel
by Kathy Reichs
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Studying old bones for clues in a macabre case.
July 3 2004
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Monday Mourning: A Novel (Hardcover)
Temperance Brennan is on the job again in "Monday Mouring," the latest forensic thriller by Kathy Reichs. Someone has found three sets of bones in the basement of a Montreal pizza parlor, and Tempe believes that the bones belonged to young women in their teens. How did these bones get in this cellar and how long have they been there? This case is a tough one that gives Tempe many sleepless nights.
To add to her problems, Tempe's relationship with Andrew Ryan, the Canadian cop she has been dating, is strained, and she suspects that he may be seeing another woman. In addition, the stubborn and obstructive homicide detective Luc Claudel gives Tempe a headache whenever she tries to convince him to follow up a lead. The pizza parlor case progresses slowly, with few clues turning up to help the detectives in their investigation. Tempe realizes that she will have to use all of her scientific knowledge and experience to find out who killed these girls, and, she hopes, stop the killer from hurting other young women.
Reichs does a workmanlike job of setting up what proves to be a fairly standard thriller plot. What makes Reichs special is her tremendous attention to detail. Since she herself is one of the world's foremost experts in forensic anthropology, Reichs uses her considerable expertise to add fascinating details about Carbon 14 dating of bones and other obscure techniques to bring an element of realism to the story. A subplot about Tempe's friend, Anne, who comes calling when her marriage goes sour, does not move the plot along very much.
The major weakness of "Monday Mourning" is the formulaic ending, which is filled with damsel in distress clichés and a few obligatory twists and turns. However, Tempe is always terrific, and the fascinating forensic information alone makes the book worth reading.
Obesity Myth
by Paul Campos
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fighting the fascists of fat.
July 3 2004
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Obesity Myth (Hardcover)
Paul Campos has courage. In his new and radical book, "The Obesity Myth," he cites scientific evidence contradicting the commonly accepted notion that obese people die sooner than thin people. Although he is a lawyer, not a scientist, Campos is well versed in this subject area. He writes with expertise and passion about a controversial issue that is certain to fuel heated debate among scientists and laymen alike.
If obesity is not the killer that doctors and the media make it out to be, then why do so many people obsess over their weight? Campos cites many factors that have led to our becoming a culture gone mad over thinness. He states that we have been brainwashed by the weight loss industry, the medical establishment, and Hollywood into believing that fat is terrible. Not only do fat people look bad, but they also die young, we are told over and over again. Weight loss is big business, and the more fat and unhappy we are, the more likely we are to fork over big bucks for the next hot diet book or weight loss program. What many of us do not know is that a large number of the studies that demonize obesity are funded by the very same weight loss industry that profits from our desperation to lose weight.
Campos brings sociology, feminism, and politics into the mix. Many individuals in our society consider fat people to be sloppy, irresponsible, and undisciplined losers. Since it is politically incorrect to dislike those whose skin color is different from ours, we have turned our disgust against obese people, who rarely fight back. In fact, many obese people hate themselves, and become yo-yo dieters in a futile effort to reach their "ideal" weight. Other women endanger their health by starving themselves and exercising constantly. Campos also explores how otherwise successful women revert to pre-feminist thinking where their weight is concerned. Even professional women who have a resume packed with accomplishments consider themselves failures if they cannot wear a size six.
Does Campos champion eating whatever we want and ballooning to 400 pounds? On the contrary, he claims that everyone should exercise and eat healthful foods. You can be fit and fat. Since not everyone can or should be thin, he suggests that we are better off accepting ourselves than fighting to change our natural body types. "The Obesity Myth" is an outspoken, literate, well-written, thought-provoking, and surprising look at a subject that is on everyone's mind these days. You may not agree with the author's conclusions, but you will find that this book provides plenty of food for thought.
Groundhog Day (Special Edition) (Bilingual) [Import]
~ Bill Murray
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17 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comic perfection.
June 30 2004
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Groundhog Day (Special Edition) (Bilingual) [Import] (DVD)
Phil Connors is a real piece of work. He is a weatherman based in Pittsburgh, whose sarcasm, egotism, and cynicism repel most of the people he meets. He is on assignment for the fourth year in a row, covering another Phil--Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who every year, on February 2, prognosticates how long winter will last. Along with Connors are his producer, Rita, played by the lovely Andie MacDowell, and his long-suffering and much abused cameraman, Larry, played hilariously by Chris Elliott.
Phil hates the groundhog, whom he calls a rat, he hates the people of Punxsutawney, whom he considers little more than boring hicks, and he hates people who are warm and sensitive. Phil is counting the seconds until he can leave this miserable town and get back to the big city. Little does he know that a quirky act of fate will doom him to relive February 2nd, over and over and over again, until he gets it right.
Bill Murray is comic perfection as the cranky and impatient Phil, a person who could not stop and smell the roses if his life depended on it. Thanks to a brilliant screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, who also directed, Murray has ample opportunity to show off his impeccable timing and priceless facial expressions. Whether he is greeting his unctuous landlady at his bed and breakfast, trying to fend off a pushy old classmate, or smoothly convincing a gullible woman that he loves her, Murray nails this self-absorbed and misanthropic character.
The look of epiphany on Phil's face when he realizes that he can do whatever he wants with no repercussions is unforgettable. Since he is doomed to live the same day over and over again, he can hit on women endlessly, spend money like water, and eat as many cholesterol-laden desserts as his heart desires. Soon, however, the novelty wears off, and Phil begins to realize that the same-old, same-old is no longer bearable. To move his life past Groundhog Day, he will have to change inside, where it counts.
If you want to laugh until you cry, see "Groundhog Day," a film that is destined to become a comedy classic.
The Madman's Tale: A Novel
by John Katzenbach
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Cuckoo's nest redux.
June 28 2004
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The Madman's Tale: A Novel (Hardcover)
In his new novel, "The Madman's Tale," John Katzenbach deviates from the thriller formula and succeeds brilliantly. The hero and narrator is Francis Petrel, a middle-aged ex-mental patient who is haunted by voices that constantly invade his thoughts. In flashback, Petrel relives the time twenty years ago when he was committed to Western State Hospital in Massachusetts after his family could no longer tolerate his erratic and threatening behavior. In the hospital, Petrel meets many other patients suffering from paranoia, delusions of grandeur, catatonia, and other mental disabilities. To add to his feelings of insecurity and imminent danger, Francis is enlisted to help trap a murderer, known as "the Angel," who has killed someone inside the mental hospital and will likely kill again.
Katzenbach masterfully recreates the ambiance of a mental hospital in the 1970's. We get to know the pompous director and his staff, most of whom use medications as weapons to keep the patients under control. We get to know Francis, known by the nickname C-Bird, a gentle soul who is terrified almost all of the time and who feels profoundly lonely and lost. The whole cast of mental patients comes poignantly to life. There is Cleo, an enormous woman who thinks of herself as the Queen of Egypt, Newsman, a patient who keeps everyone up to date on current events, and Peter, a former fireman who is more angry than insane. When a nurse is brutally murdered, Peter and C-Bird join together with Lucy Jones, a prosecuting attorney with inner terrors of her own, to trap a killer.
If the novel were completely plot driven, it would have been a run-of-mill suspense thriller. What elevates this book is that Katzenbach uses his journalist's powers of description to capture the deadening routine of the mental hospital, the prison-like surroundings, the patients' lack of dignity, and the harsh drugs that rob the mentally ill of their humanity without curing them. Katzenbach uses original and clever literary devices which play on the relationship between reality and illusion, and demonstrate vividly how individuals who suffer from psychiatric illnesses live in a daily hell that is every bit as bad or worse than anything the outside world can inflict upon them.
In many suspense thrillers, authors cast emotionally disturbed individuals either as pathetic losers unworthy of our attention or as serial killers. In "The Madman's Tale," the mentally ill are people, just like you are me, who are horribly mistreated by a society that fears them and wants them to disappear, never to be seen again. Katzenback does not portray Francis Petrel as a pathetic loser. Rather, he is an intelligent person with intense feelings who is unlucky enough to suffer from a disabling disease. His struggle to survive from day to day is in itself an act of tremendous heroism.
Morningside Heights: A Novel
by Cheryl Mendelson
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The lives and loves of New York sophisticates.
June 26 2004
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Morningside Heights: A Novel (Hardcover)
Cheryl Mendelson, in her first novel, "Morningside Heights," focuses on the various crises that befall a group of friends and neighbors living on the West Side of Manhattan. Charles and Anne Braithwaite's problems are mostly financial. They spend more money than they take in on their three children's music lessons and tuition, gourmet foods, and maintenance charges on their cooperative apartment. Charles is an opera singer who has never achieved stardom, and Anne has given up her career as a pianist to be a stay-at-home mom.
Charles and Anne have a motley crew of friends, such as the neurotic Merrit, a beautiful and scholarly woman who undermines her chances at happiness by always falling for the wrong men. She has always had a special enmity for a scientist friend of the Braithwaites named Morris, and Morris unexpectedly becomes a part of her life when he moves into the Braithwaite's building.
"Morningside Heights" is a psychological and sociological look at a group of quirky, self-absorbed, well-educated, and sophisticated urbanites who have a tendency to overdramatize the events in their lives. Although the characters are lively enough, Mendelson's writing style is stilted and her dialogue does not ring true. Mendelson also goes into each character's rambling inner thoughts in detail, and these passages are often more tedious than enlightening. There are some plot twists involving the estate of an elderly neighbor and Merrit's tortuous love life, but these surprises are not enough to save the book from its own pretentiousness.
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MARSHFIELD Melanie Lynne Carters life was honored and celebrated on Friday, July 12, 2013, at 4 p.m. at her home on Pattys Crossing, at the foot of Lords Hill, where she passed away on July 7, 2013.
A barbecue and potluck dinner followed, which was hosted by her family.
Carlyle Pierce, pastor of the Marshfield United Church and the Grace Methodist Church in Plainfield, led the service.
Special prerecorded songs selected by her family provided a wealth of comfort to the congregation.
Words of remembrance and reflections were offered by her sister Lisa Copeland, and longtime friends Brittany Bickford, Brad Sancibrian and Clinton Holt. Brother and sister-in-law Brian and Trish Carter thanked the attendees for all the love, caring and support extended to Melanies family.
Since Melanie was 42 years old, 42 balloons in her favorite color, purple, were released skyward and as it got dark, there was a fireworks display.
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sexuality, mental depression, brief psychotherapy, group counseling, psychodynamic psychotherapy, bereavement counselling, grief counseling
- Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry, 1966
Education and Training
- Residency, NYU Medical Center, Psychiatry, 1963
- MD from New York Medical College, 1959
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Thursday May 20, 2010, 1:49 pm EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Walgreen Co. fell Thursday as a Credit Suisse analyst issued a downgrade, citing slow movement on the company's plan to cut costs and boost store productivity.
The stock fell $1.52, or 4.4 percent, to $33.29 in afternoon trading. The stock has traded between $27.89 and $33.75 over the last 52 weeks.
Overall, the broader market tumbled over concerns about the world economy as the euro lost value and U.S. jobless claims increased.
Credit Suisse analyst Edward J. Kelly downgraded Walgreen's stock to "Neutral" from "Outperform" and cut his target price on the shares to $36 from $42.
"While Walgreen's plan to slow growth, cut costs, and enhance store productivity has yielded some positive results, we have been generally disappointed with the repositioning to date," he said, in a note to investors.
His biggest concern is slow progress in the company's changes to its consumer strategy, he said, citing a lack of differentiation by market, a de-emphasis on new product launches and missteps in relocating categories.
Walgreen closed its $623 million buyout of the Duane Reade in April.
"Walgreen recently made some adjustments, including a management change, but more aggressive moves may be necessary and we believe any meaningful improvement will take time," he said.
Meanwhile, he said business trends remain sluggish for the next few quarters.
He said Wall Street's profit expectations for the company remain too high. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect profit of $2.25 per share, on average.
walgreens could stand to make some more management changes, starting at the very top. i think we'd have some celebrations in the store ranks if that were to happen. the sentiments expressed by credit suisse are valid and just the tip of the iceberg, truth be told.
"affecting the entire body," rather than a single organ or body part.
For example, systemic disorders such as high blood pressure or systemic diseases such as influenza affect the entire body.
An infection that is in the bloodstream is called a systemic infection. An infection that affects only one body part or organ is called a localized infection.
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and this moron didn't know this a couple weeks ago? Look at their last upgrade on wag, you would have made more in cd's. They were early then and late now. its called azz backwards
His biggest concern is slow progress in the company's changes to its consumer strategy, he said, citing a lack of differentiation by market, a de-emphasis on new product launches and missteps in relocating categories.
Kelly was very clear and moderate in this statement.
"Consumer strategy" meaning Pharmacy Healthcare consumers.
"Product Launches and Missteps"
Products that improve the quality of life in all stages and a direction that involves it suppliers who develop products into this market segment.
Making cheap me too products is what Wal-mart does and ships American jobs overseas.
P&G understands the value of a stragic partner, however walgreens managemrnt does not presently see the value of this relationship.
And this outlook entends into the larger market sector that Pharmacy's competes in...
Kelly was, of course, refering to the implementation of CCR (Consumer Centric Retailing). Those of us at the store level know that it's been a big bust. It has done nothing but confuse customers at a great expense. It has also done away with certain items that should never have been done away with (i.e. WD-40) and new product launches are harder to implement and establish in the "basic" department areas.
Customer count is a concern and share loss will follow as long as the company keeps drawing lines in the sand that chases pharmacy customers to their competitors. Recent policies in the prescription sector have proven to be pennywise and very pound foolish. The company has lost sight of it's core strengths in pharmacy while competitors hone in to take advantage. While parts of rewiring are great to expand services (MTM, immunizations, home health care, etc.); they must come in the form of addition to core values not at the expense of what made this company the most profitable one in it's sector to date. Those in power need to eat some humble pie and re-establish taking care of pharmacy customers 1st and foremost then moving forward from there.
A little more from the Credit Suisse downgrade ... this is another indictment of the management team
WE ARE MOVING TO the sidelines with Walgreen (ticker: WAG) until visibility (or the risk-reward) improves and [we] downgraded our rating from Outperform to Neutral.
While Walgreen's plan to slow growth, cut costs and enhance store productivity has yielded some positive results, we have been generally disappointed with the repositioning to date. Our biggest concern is the lack of progress in Consumer Centric Retailing (CCR), as the remerchandising effort has had execution issues. The slowing ramp of cost savings, questionable capital allocation, and increased execution risk also represent issues in ...


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IT WAS easy to have regrets about the way she'd lived her life when a man's hands were wrapped around her throat, thumbs pressing insistently on her windpipe to cut off her oxygen supply. In truth, though, the excuses Audra had made for her bad behavior hadn't seemed valid for a while now.
It's not fair.
That thought registered even as her vision began to dim.
After all, she had been changing her ways — discreetly, which perhaps explained why the tabloids'most recent headlines had still labeled her a gold digger.
Audra didn't like the moniker, although she supposed she had been called far worse. Still, she had married for love and, after that, for emotional security. Wealth hadn't been the quality that had attracted her to any of her husbands, including the late Henry Dayton Winfield the Third. He'd been kind, undemanding. He'd been...safe. And she had been determined that this marriage would work despite the gap in their ages. She had been determined that this time she would not fail. Marriage number three would not end in divorce like the previous two, leaving her disillusioned and her heart a gouged-out husk.
"Lying, manipulative witch," spat the man squeezing her throat.
Audra was incapable of disputing his words. How ironic that when she had been capable of speaking out in her own defense, she hadn't bothered.
In general, she hadn't cared what other people thought about her or what adjectives they used to describe her, as long as they'd spelled her name right. She'd known her soul wasn't completely black even if the rag-reading public thought differently. Since her most recent marriage in particular, she'd taken steps to restructure her lifestyle and realign the egocentric pattern into which she had fallen since coming to Hollywood. She was no Mother Teresa, but she had found great satisfaction and personal fulfillment by becoming involved with children's charities in recent years, working quietly behind the scenes lest someone accuse her of exploiting the already-exploited in an attempt to salvage her flagging acting career.
While the tabloids might call her a gold digger — and the man trying to kill her clearly saw her that way — she had in fact made an appointment with her lawyer that very afternoon to rework her late husband's will so that his rightful heirs would inherit the vast estate.
She didn't need the money, nor did she feel entitled to it. She had amassed a fair bit of wealth on her own, thanks to a few smart investments. Still, she could understand why some people who didn't know her, and who only read tabloid stories about her, would see her as a candidate for stoning.
As she floated near the edge of consciousness, the past thirty years played through her mind like some poorly acted, made-for-television movie. That was galling, but apropos. She'd never made much of a name for herself in Hollywood, at least not the kind that could be repeated in polite company.
She'd caused her share of trouble and heartache, bitterness and outright rage, which, she thought with the brutal honesty of the dying, was exactly how she found herself in her current predicament. She'd pushed the envelope too far, thumbed her nose at convention one time too many.
At one point she'd felt she'd had good reasons for being a wild child, a rebellious teenager and then an adult who'd lived scandalously enough to become weekly tabloid fodder. Those reasons had ceased to matter, perhaps because Audra had finally realized they didn't absolve her from responsibility or translate into happy endings.
You reap what you sow. How often had she heard that advice while growing up? Yet it had taken her all this time to understand and accept the truth of those simple words.
And now it was too late to complete her metamorphosis.
As the saying went, the chickens had come home to roost, and the head cock now had his big hands encircling her neck. With each passing second his grip grew tighter.
And tighter.
And tighter.
I'm not ready to die.
Even as that panicky thought registered anew she prepared for the inevitable, praying for forgiveness from the God she'd only recently become reacquainted with, and wishing she could seek the same from the many people she had wronged over the years. Her sister topped the list.
I'm so sorry.
The words whispered through her mind, unable to make it past her gasping lips. Surrendering to the blackness rimming her vision, Audra accepted that her apology was too little, and, like her bid for self-respect, had come too late.
Through the telephoto lens of his digital camera, Seth Ridley watched the blonde open the door to her stepson. Now, there was a kicker. The blonde and the stepson were about the same age. But then, Audra Conlan Howard Stover Winfield was not known for being conventional.
Or conservative.
Not many women could pull off four-inch red stiletto heels, but she did — he swallowed hard — a little too well. The skimpy excuse for a skirt covered just enough of her bottom to keep a man's imagination engaged and his libido working overtime. Her blouse was white, although nothing about it could be called virginal. The neckline scooped low, offering a tantalizing view of cleavage.
Sexy, he thought, unable to stop a low whistle as he clicked off a few shots. Some women would look cheap in that outfit, but he knew from the past couple of years of photographing Audra that the woman the tabloids had dubbed "Naughty Audie" was neither cheap nor easy. She was calculating, shrewd and clever, as her third marriage to the now deceased Henry Dayton Winfield the Third implied, even though the sixty-year-old business tycoon's death had been sudden and by all accounts, unexpected.
And she was beautiful — sinfully so.
Seth shook off his preoccupation with her looks, annoyed by the unacceptable jolt of attraction he always felt when he saw her. He had a score to settle and a job to do, which was why he was crouched down low outside her home, camera in hand, waiting.
Pictures tell the story.
Seth had always believed that. Pictures of Audra told of life lived in excess, although lately she'd seemed more subdued and almost introspective. Still, as a celebrity — he wouldn't call her an actress — she'd learned how to work the paparazzi. The camaraderie between Audra and the photographers involved give-and-take and perfect timing. Although Seth always stayed to the back of the pack with a ball cap snugged low over his brow, he had to admit Audra knew where to look, how to pose. His goal, of course, was to get her when she wasn't smiling or posing, or looking and acting her oddly likable, if outrageous, best.
Times such as now.
As he snapped a few shots of her clandestine meeting with Henry the Fourth, he felt a bit like a voyeur. As a member of the paparazzi, of course, Seth had been called far worse. At one time the disgust and self-loathing over his career switch from serious photojournalist to tabloid photographer had made him almost physically sick. Now he comforted himself with the knowledge that he wasn't really paparazzi.
Seth had far better reasons for doing what he did than pulling in a handsome paycheck. Personal reasons that surely elevated his new occupation into something almost noble.An editor at one of the rags where Seth regularly sold his work called Seth's dogged pursuit of Audra a crusade. Seth liked that designation, even if he would give anything — everything — to rewind the past two years of heartache and erase the shattering reason he wasonit.
Grief was a powerful motivator. He refused to believe that what drove him might actually be guilt.
He got lucky and Audra left open the curtains in the living room. With the lamps glowing and a fire flickering cheerfully in the hearth as evening settled in outside, the scene looked cozy and intimate and would be easy to photograph thanks to the 1000-millimeter lens on his Nikon D2H.
The grieving widow of six months was meeting with her stepson, no doubt to offer comfort and sympathy, and the word from Seth's sources was that the conversation between the pair would be limited to moans and grunts. As distasteful as Seth found that prospect, he nonetheless planned to document it.
He'd made a deal with Lucifer, although in this case the devil's name was actually Deke Welling, a tabloid reporter known for his liberal use of unidentified sources and paid informants in the poisonous articles he penned. Celebrities grumbled about libel, but since they had a hard time proving either that what Deke wrote about them was untrue or published with malice, they rarely followed through on their threats to sue.
Welling was a bottom-feeder, no question about it, but he was a highly effective one.At the moment he also was working on a Hollywood tell-all book in which Audra Winfield would be a featured attraction. Seth had promised to get revealing photos to go with Welling's revealing text. And he'd promised to pass on any juicy tidbits he uncovered about Audra along the way. The book would be the ultimate in exposure, Seth knew. A hardbound reminder of Audra's reckless living that would enjoy a much longer shelf life than any tabloid cover.
It was to be Seth's coup de grâce, and he told himself that afterward he wouldn't feel this aching anger that had all but consumed him for the past two years. Then he could hang up his paparazzi credentials and Scott Smithfield alias, and finally — finally — be free of the past.
As he watched through the viewfinder, Audra gestured dramatically and then backed away from her guest.
Playing coy? Audra? Something about the situation didn't seem quite right. Henry the Fourth, a heavyset man of thirty-three, wasn't put off, though. He moved forward.
Seth checked the aperture again and then waited for the shot that he wanted. The one that would expose Audra's duplicitous nature most clearly.
The stepson raised his hand.
He appeared to caress Audra's neck above the diamond choker she wore, and Seth's stomach lurched.
Don't let him touch you. The thought came from nowhere. As he watched, the man yanked off the choker and tossed it across the room. A gift from the old man, Seth decided.
"Yeah, pal, I wouldn't want a reminder of my dead father at a time like this, either," he murmured, pushing aside the weird press of emotions that had him wanting Audra to turn the stepson out of her home before things could progress.


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Corby battles crowds as she is released from Bali jail
Australian Schapelle Corby battled through the crowds of waiting media as she was released from a prison in Bali today.
Corby, seen here wearing a black and white hat, must remain in the island resort of Bali on parole until 2017.
Australian Foreign Minister welcomes Corby's release
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the released of Schapelle Corby, who has been released on parole after serving nine years in a Balinese jail.
"The decision by Indonesia's minister for law and human rights is welcomed," Ms Bishop told the Australian.
"I understand that now the decision to grant parole has been made is a matter for the authorities to determine the time of the release but I hope that she's now given some privacy as she gets her life back together," she added.
Convicted Australian drug smuggler freed from Bali jail
Convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been released on parole after serving nine years in a Balinese prison.
Corby - who has always protested her innocence - was convicted of smuggling 4.2 kilograms (9 pounds) of marijuana onto Bali and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2005.
In 2010, she asked for clemency, citing her poor mental state. Two years later in 2012, Indonesia's president cut her sentence by five years.Corby, 35, will have to stay in Bali and cannot return to Australia until 2017.
Security guard strangled to death by python in Bali
A security guard died after being strangled to death by a huge python near a luxury hotel on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, police said.
The incident happened early this morning when the 15 foot python was slithering across the road near the Bali Hyatt hotel, closed for renovations.
The victim, Ambar Arianto Mulyo, was a 59-year-old security guard at a nearby restaurant. He had offered to help capture the snake, which had been spotted several times near the hotel, assistant manager Agung Bawa said.
The security man managed to capture the snake's head and tail, and lifted it on to his shoulders, but the python wrapped itself around his body and strangled him, Bawa said.
The snake then escaped into nearby bushes, and police have not located it. Bawa said:
"It happened so fast. We were sad because we could not do anything to help him."
Calls for Govt to help Bali death sentence woman
A human rights charity has called for the Government to "step in" and help a British grandmother who lost her appeal against a death sentence for trafficking drugs into Bali.
This will be devastating for Lindsay and her family, following months of torment throughout the appeals process.
Without a lawyer to seek the new evidence needed for the Courts to re-review her sentence and prepare her clemency petition, Lindsay faces extremely difficult decisions.
We hope that the British government will step in to ensure that Lindsay is at least provided with a lawyer to help her avoid execution.
Release hopes narrow for grandmother facing execution
British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford remains in a hot, cramped cell in an infamous Indonesian prison after losing a court appeal.Read the full story ›
Foreign Office will 'consider how to support' Sandiford
The Foreign Office said it would "consider how to support any application for judicial review or clemency" that Lindsay Sandiford makes after she lost her appeal against a death sentence for drug trafficking.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: "We are aware that Lindsay Sandiford's appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court has been denied.
"We will continue to provide consular assistance to Lindsay Sandiford and her family at this difficult time."
Brit grandmother loses death sentence appeal
A British grandmother has lost her appeal against a death sentence for drugs trafficking in Bali, a spokesman for the Supreme Court in Jakata confirmed.
A three-judge panel at the court unanimously rejected Lindsay Sandiford's appeal, Ridwan Mansur said.
The judges agreed with the decision taken by Bali's Denpasar district court, which sentenced Sandiford to death, and the island's high court, which rejected her first appeal.
Under Indonesian law, Sandiford still has the opportunity to seek a judicial review of her case before appealing for a presidential pardon.
British gran one of four Brits jailed over Bali drugs
Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death after being found guilty of drug trafficking in January.
Sandiford's alleged accomplice, Julian Ponder, from Brighton, was jailed for six years in Bali after being cleared of drugs smuggling but convicted of possessing drugs. He remains in jail.
His partner, Rachel Dougall, also from Brighton, received a one-year jail term and has now returned to the UK after serving her sentence.
Paul Beales, a long-time Bali resident, was sentenced to four years in prison for possession of hashish. He remains in jail.
British woman 'loses appeal against death sentence'
The Foreign Office is seeking confirmation that a British grandmother has lost her appeal against a death sentence for trafficking drugs into the resort island of Bali.
We are aware of unconfirmed reports that the decision of the Indonesian Supreme Court has been announced. We are seeking confirmation of the decision from the Indonesian Supreme Court.
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Jewel's New Tune: Motherhood
Jewel's Childhood in the Country continued...
She came back to her roots with her husband, professional bull rider Ty Murray, who also knows a thing or two about working the land. He too is ranch-raised -- a fifth-generation cowboy.
They plan to bring Kase up with the same kind of frontier work ethic. When he's old enough, Kase will have to do his share of the chores on their 2,500-acre Texas ranch. "It was important to us to try to provide a lifestyle that helps him learn what work is and what being grounded is," she says.
Jewel's New CD: The Merry Goes 'Round
Although Jewel is taking a break from her own chores on the ranch to care for Kase, she hasn't stopped writing and recording songs. While she was pregnant, she wrote and produced a children's CD, The Merry Goes 'Round.
The album, which Jewel describes as a mix of Dixieland, blues, folk, and grassroots country, are songs Kase can grow up with. "I didn't talk down to children," she says. "I tried to write well-crafted, well-written pop songs…they just happen to be whimsical and funny and entertaining, but not stupid."
Unlike with previous releases, the singer-songwriter won't be promoting her new album on a cross-country tour. Aside from a few scattered concert dates in the fall, she's sticking close to home. For the next few months, her "work" will revolve around changing diapers and feeding her son, she says.
"I look at this as the most important role of my life," she says. "I think Ty and I both waited until the right time in our lives when we could afford to make this our priority. This is what I want to be great at, and this is what I want to put my focus on."
Jewel's Advice for New Moms
The singer-songwriter and first-time mom shares a few tips for other new mothers.
Cut yourself some slack. "I think moms feel a lot of pressure to be perfect, or to lose the baby weight instantly, or to act like they have everything together and put on a brave face. You don't." Give yourself time to recover from your delivery and get to know your baby. "Try to be kind to yourself," she suggests.
Live for today. Focus on the present with your baby -- not the future. "Don't have any expectations of how you think it's supposed to go, so you can take each day as it comes."
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"Well , here we are." Susannah Siddons injected a false note of cheeriness into her voice. After all, it fell to her to convince her sisters that she had matters well under control. Not always an easy task when one was only twenty and the head of the household. "It's not much, but we'll give it a good cleaning and it will look much better."
She turned to face her sisters, Hannah and Rebecca, whom she had long ago nicknamed Nan and Becky, her stair-step sisters, as she called them. Becky two years younger and Nan four years younger-yet despite that difference, they clung together close as twins. Their faces, as alike as two profiles on the same coin, reflected doubt and disgust as they glanced up at the tumbledown building before them.
"It's awfully small," Nan ventured, biting her lip in a distracted fashion. "Where will we live?"
"On the top floor, silly," Susannah answered with a bright smile. "There are two rooms up there and a small kitchen in the back of the shop area."
"It's rather far off the main road, wouldn't you say?" Becky scanned the street with a rapid glance. "How can we attract shoppers if we don't have anyone strolling by our windows?"
"Well " Susannah hesitated. Becky had a point. They were at the far end of the main road, where the gravel path trailed off into the nearby meadow. The hustle and bustle of a daily market crowd-or as much of a crowd that ever gathered in a small village like Tansley-would be down at the end of the road. Still, this shabby storefront was all her slender purse could afford. "We'll just have to give them a reason to seek us out. We'll make our windows so alluring, so stuffed with beautiful goods, that our shop will become a destination."
She tucked a stray lock of deep auburn hair back under her bonnet and leaned forward to get a better look at the store through the dirty glass window. But all that she saw was a reflection of herself-the dark circles under her gray-green eyes, her pale skin with its light dusting of freckles. No one, looking at her, would be deceived. Her life was a shambles, and though she might try to hide it from her sisters, 'twas writ plain across her face and her person.
She drew back from her reflection sharply. It didn't matter. No one cared what she looked like, anyway. "Shall we go in? Father's solicitor said he'd leave the key under a stone."
Becky dropped her satchel on the grass and pushed back her bonnet. "I don't see a stone."
Nan walked up to the front doorway and parted the long moor-grass with her fingers. "Neither do I."
Perfect. How absolutely, positively, perfectly perfect. They had been traveling for weeks now and finally reached the end of their journey-only to find the door locked. 'Twas a metaphor for her entire life. Tears stung the back of her eyelids and a hysterical desire to laugh bubbled within her. What could they do? The solicitor lived back in Matlock, a day's journey away. The mail carriage they'd ridden in on was long departed. People came and went down at the other end of the street, their faces and forms blurred by the distance.
She could go and ask one of the other shopkeepers for assistance, or one of the townspeople. But a sudden and unreasonable wave of stubbornness assailed her, holding her in its grip. She was here to start a new life for her sisters, and it would be intolerable for anyone to know she was making such a poor start. She would find a way to open that door on her own. "I'll look around back. Perhaps there's another door to the shop, and he hid the key there."
With masterful nonchalance, straightening her spine and holding her shoulders back, she marched around to the rear of the building. There was another door, to be sure, but no key there, either. Nothing even remotely resembling a stone graced the back porch. She clenched her fists and bit her tongue, willing herself not to lose her temper completely and utterly. 'Twould be a blessed relief to roll about in the long moor-grass and flail her arms and legs as she had as a child. But it would do no good. Giving vent to her temper wouldn't change their present circumstances.
There was only one thing to do.
She returned to the front of the building, where Becky and Nan stood waiting. "I'm going to break in," she announced.
Her sisters gasped in unison. "No," they breathed, their eyes widening in shock.
"Oh, yes, I shall," she snapped. "I'll break out one of the door panes. You'll see. We'll be in quick as a wink."
Of course, since there was no rock to be found, she'd have to improvise. She opened her valise and withdrew her sturdy boots with their lovely curved heels. One blow from those heels would surely do the trick. Tapping it against her palm, she walked over to the doorway and raised the boot in the air.
"What do you think you're doing?" A man's voice, rich and deep, boomed behind her. She dropped the boot and swung around. There, beside her sisters on the tapering path, were two young gentlemen. Her breath came in quick gasps as she studied the form of one of the men. Surely that wasn't Daniel Hale. No, it couldn't be. And yet-those mischievous green eyes, the tousled black hair-she squinted, taking a closer look. Daniel wasn't as tall as this fellow when he left, but then, that was several years ago.
Her sisters were staring at her, openmouthed and silent. Both gentlemen awaited her reaction. The dark one who looked like Daniel appeared amused, if one could judge from the upturned corner of his mouth. The man beside him, with dark brown hair and brown eyes, merely looked confused and a trifle bored.
"It's my shop," she explained, coming toward them with her palms turned upward in a defensive gesture. 'Twould be horrid to begin life in Tansley marked as a woman who tried to break in to a building. She must defuse the situation. "We're just moving in. But I cannot find the key and so I thought I could break the glass with my boot heel."
"Good thing we came along," the green-eyed man said with a chuckle. "'Tis mighty hard to find a glazer in the village. You'd have a broken door for weeks."
There was no doubt about it. This man was Daniel. An older, more rugged version of the boy she'd known, but it was him. Her heart pounded so that surely everyone in the little group could hear it. Better to cover her nervousness by concentrating on the problem at hand. "I don't know how to unlock it. Without the key, I have no way to get in. And I can't go back to Matlock to beg the key from the solicitor. We've only just arrived." She indicated her sisters with a jerk of her bonnet.
"I can help you." He stepped forward, dusting his hands on his breeches. "Give me a hairpin and I can pick the lock."
She nodded. Of course. If only she'd thought of that herself. She tugged her bonnet off her head, pushing some of the curls back off her shoulder. As she removed a hairpin, her hair finally broke free of all restraint. It tumbled around her shoulders and she pushed it behind her with an impatient hand. So many women had hair that behaved perfectly well. Why couldn't her hair be more ladylike?
His intense gaze searched her face and lingered on her hair as she held the hairpin out. He no longer looked mischievous or amused. His mouth was pressed into a firm line and his green eyes no longer twinkled. They- Well, they overwhelmed her, truth be told. As he took the hairpin from her palm, his fingertips brushed against her glove. She suppressed any reaction to his touch. He probably didn't even recognize her. Better not to let on that she knew all too well who he was.
He turned his attention toward the lock, straightening the hairpin. Kneeling in the moor-grass, he leaned forward, working the lock with the bit of wire until a click sounded. "There," he exclaimed, and twisted the latch until the door eked open. "Of course, you'll have to have the locksmith come out and assist you with finding a new key. But I wouldn't worry. Tansley's a safe place. No need, really, for a locked door."
"Thank you." They had no money left for a new key. They'd just have to leave the door unlocked until she could write to the solicitor and beg for the old key back.
"You're welcome ?" He paused, midbow. Of course. Where were her manners?
"Sus-I mean, Miss Siddons." Gracious, what a blunder. 'Twas mere habit, but still-her face heated to the roots of her hair. He would never want to know who she was. He'd merely helped her out once.
He peered at her with hooded eyes. Did he remember, after all? "Mr. Daniel Hale." He finished his bow and indicated his friend, who tipped his hat. "This is Paul Holmes, my friend." He turned back toward her. "Is there anyone here who can help you? Your father your uncle, perhaps?"
Was there a heavier emphasis on those last words? No, she must have imagined it. "No one. We are on our own. But I do thank you for your help." She waved her hands at Becky and Nan, beckoning them inside the building. Better to cut this interview short. It had rattled her more than she cared to admit. She was ready to be safe behind those walls, where she could breathe again.
"Ah, then, I shall check on you in a day or so."
She opened her mouth to protest, but he cut her short with a shrug of his powerful shoulders. "No, really. I don't like the idea of three women living alone without any male protection. I have a place not too far from here, Goodwin Hall. I come to the village often and shall stop by."
With that, he touched the brim of his hat. He gesturing to his friend, and the two men strolled down the path as it narrowed and was overrun by long grasses and wild-flowers. She pressed her back against the stone facade of the building, watching the two men as they grew smaller and smaller in the distance. Wiping her clammy hands on the worn fabric of her faded gown, she glanced down at her boot, discarded in the grass. Looking both vulnerable and ridiculous. Just like Susannah Siddons.
Once again, a desire both to laugh and cry seized hold, threatening her with madness.
She'd run away from the past. And here it was, claiming her once more as she ventured out on her own.
"I had no idea you were so deft with a hairpin, old fellow," Paul remarked as they strolled across the pasture-lands toward Goodwin Hall. "Something you picked up during your days as a pirate, no doubt."
"I wasn't a pirate." Daniel rolled his eyes. "I was on a merchant vessel. Any man worth his salt knows how to help a lady in distress. I was merely following my instincts." He kept his tone light and bantering. He didn't want to talk about meeting Susannah again. She must remember him. But pushing her recognition with his best friend and her sisters standing there, watching with avid interest-no, thank you. He would hate any display like that, and so-if he remembered the lady correctly- would Susannah. But the unanswered questions would gnaw away at him until he finally was able to satisfy his curiosity.
"She's very decorative, that Siddons gel." Paul slashed his riding crop at a particularly large clump of moor-grass. "But I thought the sisters were pretty, too. Should have asked them to tea."
"Well, since they've moved into the village, I am sure you shall have a chance to be formally introduced." Daniel scanned the horizon, willing his heart to resume its normal pace. He didn't like hearing Susannah referred to as a "gel" and he certainly didn't care for the admiring tone in Paul's voice. 'Twas all well and good for Paul to behave the way he did around women Daniel didn't know. This was a different matter altogether.
"You sound rather prim, like an old schoolmaster," Paul said with a laugh. "I can tell, after all, that you found Miss Siddons rather attractive yourself. Didn't you help her right away? Never even asked to see a deed for the building. You just took it on faith that she was telling the truth. She could have been burgling the place, for all we knew."
"It's highly unlikely that a young lady would set about burgling a vacant building in broad daylight. Have some sense, my good man." There, perhaps now Paul would cease his constant babbling, if he knew he couldn't draw Daniel out.
Paul looked up, scanning Daniel's face. "All right, all right. I know when I am invading on precious turf. I shan't say another word about the lovely Miss Siddons."
They strolled the rest of the way to Goodwin Hall, as the late-summer sunshine gilded the hilltops. Daniel breathed deeply of the scent of the grass as it swayed in the wind. He stifled the feeling of dread that crept up his spine as he looked out over the moors. Soon they would be mowing the hay at Goodwin, and like his father and brother before him, he would be expected to supervise- or at least pretend an interest in the matter. He swallowed convulsively. He was no master, not really. In fact, he had run from any hint of obligation or duty since he was a lad. 'Twas mere fate that brought him back, not a desire to settle down. Some fellows might call it the hand of God that brought him here, or took him anywhere, for that matter. But he'd relinquished his faith long ago. And pretending he was a happy, fulfilled master merely brought on that insatiable thirst, the kind that would only be quelled with a few stout scotches.
He just glimpsed the Hall on the horizon, the sunlight turning it a bright shade of slate. The turrets that flanked the main hall were squat and modest compared to some of the grander homes of Derbyshire. David kept the Hall just as it should be while Daniel was off gallivanting on the high seas, and after Father's death he hadn't helped David as he should.
Now that David had passed, it fell to him to keep Goodwin Hall and adhere to family traditions and customs as he should have done long ago. And he was certainly not equal to the task, as much as he tried to conceal it.
"You're awfully silent company today, Daniel. I suppose I shall see you tomorrow for dinner?" Paul paused at the park gates and leaned against the balustrade.
"Yes, of course. You're always welcome, you know. Sorry I haven't been much company. Got a lot on my mind ." Daniel forced what he hoped was a casual smile.
"Ah, chuck your cares in the bucket. Come back to London with me when I return next. We shall tear the Town apart, and no debutante's reputation shall be safe." Paul chuckled at his small joke with appreciation.
"I'd like nothing more," Daniel rejoined with bravado. But even as he spoke the words, the memory of his boyhood promise flitted across his mind. He would never be free of it. Never. They were both pretending at a farce, Paul and he. Paul would never be free of the sorrow of his first love, try as he might to satisfy himself with light skirt after light skirt. And he himself would never be free of the unhappy shadows of his past, try as he might to drown them with scotch.


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Italian Film Festival Presents 'Senza arte ne parte'
- When Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7 p.m.
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- Categories Family, Festivals, Films, Heritage & Cultural
- Cost $5
Above: Movie poster for the film, "Senza arte ne parte"
Now in its sixth year at MOPA, the San Diego Italian Film Festival has grown into an amazing conduit to enjoy Italian culture. From October 26th through November 11th, the festival features 17 spectacular movies that evoke laughter, tears, and passion.
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Enzo, his wife and two small children, Carmine with his aging mother, and Bandula, and Indian immigrant, find themselves unemployed and penniless after their boss decides to modernize his factory and replace part of the workforce with machines. But later he re-hires the three workers to become guardians of a modern art collection that he is building, in which they discover a new universe where a fingerprint on an egg is worth a fortune. They soon come up with a clever but risky plan to leverage their position and take advantage of their new situation. The result is just what they had hoped form as they celebrate their success, until something goes horribly wrong.
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Celebrating the Fourth of July
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This work was supported by NIH grants HD010333 and DA011015. The authors are grateful to Sally-Ann Rhea for her assistance in data preparation and to the research participants.
Pubertal Timing as a Potential Mediator of Adoption Effects on Problem Behaviors
Version of Record online: 18 JUL 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00820.x
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Volume 22, Issue 4, pages 739–745, December 2012
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Brooker, R. J., Berenbaum, S. A., Bricker, J., Corley, R. P. and Wadsworth, S. A. (2012), Pubertal Timing as a Potential Mediator of Adoption Effects on Problem Behaviors. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22: 739–745. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00820.x
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Adopted children show more problem behaviors than nonadopted children. Given that internationally adopted individuals show earlier puberty than nonadopted individuals, and early puberty is associated with problem behaviors in nonadopted youth, we analyzed data from adopted domestic adoptees to determine whether problem behaviors could be explained by differences in pubertal timing. Relative to nonadopted controls (n = 153), domestically adopted girls (n = 121) had earlier menarche, earlier sexual initiation, and more conduct disorder symptoms. Age at menarche partially mediated the relation of adoptive status to sexual initiation, but not to conduct disorder symptoms. Extending findings from international adoptees, results show that domestic adoption is also linked to earlier puberty, and suggest early puberty as one mechanism linking adoption to problematic outcomes.


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Somehow, the conversation around the water cooler this afternoon has come around to the issue of assholes and their employment. What do you do when you find out that you've hired an asshole, and how do you avoid hiring assholes again?
As it happens, Stanford professor Robert Sutton -- the author of the book The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't -- shares a few thoughts on that very subject here: How to deal with jerks, bullies, louts, boors, entry-level brutes, schmucks, rascals, jackasses, antagonisers, tormentors, schmos, browbeaters and assholes.
These people are destructive, he says -- they're assholes! -- and the simple fact is that you should apply a 'no asshole rule' in hiring. He offers up some tips on that. And if you're already encumbered? "You can actually calculate the total cost of assholes, or TCA," and use that in their termination notice, he says. Eminently practical.
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Instantons on Noncommutative ℝ4, and (2,0) Superconformal Six Dimensional Theory
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We show that the resolution of moduli space of ideal instantons parameterizes the instantons on noncommutative ℝ4. This moduli space appears to be the Higgs branch of the theory of k D0-branes bound to N D4-branes by the expectation value of the B field. It also appears as a regularized version of the target space of supersymmetric quantum mechanics arising in the light cone description of (2,0) superconformal theories in six dimensions.
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Oracle Takes Action on Java Security
Lead Java developer vows policy changes and more attention to fixing problems.
Java has spent considerable time in the headlines recently because of a string of significant security issues, many of them affecting web servers and other Internet-based web applications. Oracle, which has owned and maintained Java since purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2009, publicly addressed those issues in a blog post announcing several policy changes regarding future Java development and updates. In a post at the Oracle Security Assurance blog, lead Java developer Nandini Ramani outlined the changes.
The first change described in the post is an effort to speed up security fixes and updates. Recent patch updates have included a record number of fixes, and Oracle pledges to continue operating at this accelerated rate. In a move that might be controversial with Java's user and developer base, the team is integrating the Java security update schedule with the Oracle Critical Patch Update system used for other Oracle products. In other words, Java security updates will no longer be handled as a separate process but will fall under the overall Oracle security update system. This move will undoubtedly reduce Java's independence, but it might lead to the inclusion of more systematic security testing.
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Ending Solitary Confinement – The Dangers of Isolation for LGBTI Prisoners and Detainees
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