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Every Wednesday, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
WOW (Word On Wednesday) for Kids Resumes
Parents, mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 5!
All children (3 years old through 5th graders) are invited to afternoons of fun, learning about God and his love. Join us at 3:30 for playtime and games, followed at 4:00 with Bible lesson activities. The Children's Choir practices, 5:00-5:30, also resume for all kindergarteners through 5th graders. Come grow in faith, make new friends, and have lots of fun with us everyone Wednesday!


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Two 19th-century Upper East Side rowhouses are being combined, not to create sprawling a mega-mansion, but a three-unit multi-family building.
The owner of the townhomes, located at 15 East 77th StreetAnd 17 East 77th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues, has already been given approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission to merge the buildings.
Architect Armand Dadoun presented the proposal. The project will remove a party wall between the two buildings, reconstruct the front facade, add a setback structure and railings for a sundeck on the roof and demolish the existing rear addition, according to Curbed. [Curbed] –Christopher Cameron

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Along with the brand new debut trailer for Bethesda's upcoming game, Dishonored, they have released a slew of new screens for the game.
I'm waiting for this game right here.
It's like a crazy mix of Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, and I don't know what else. It looks very interesting.
N4G is a community of gamers posting and discussing the latest game news. It's part of NewsBoiler, a network of social news sites covering today's pop culture.


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The exact role of the cerebellum in motor control and learning is not yet fully understood. The structure, connectivity and plasticity within cerebellar cortex has been extensively studied, but the patterns of connectivity and interaction with other brain structures, and the computational significance of these patterns, is less well known and a matter of debate.
In this project, we compared two existing models of the role of the cerebellum in error-driven motor adaptation – one in which the cerebellum generates feedforward corrective motor commands (feedforward model) and one in which the cerebellum acts in tandem with the brainstem through a recurrent loop (recurrent model). We found striking differences between these models in the expected patterns of adaptation to different kinds of disturbance.
Specifically, we have identified two distinct classes of sensorimotor disturbance – one corresponding to a change in the mapping between motor command and observed outcome and one corresponding to a change in the mapping between the stimulus and the desired outcome. Examples of both of these kinds of mapping can be found in vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) adaptation, saccadic gain adaptation and in adaptation of reaching movements. The exent and rate of adaptation varies significantly across architectures and across classes of disturbance in all of these settings.
This work offers some insight into the computational implications of various different proposed cerebellar architectures. As well as being of importance for cerebellar modelling, it may be of use in biomimetic and bio-inspired robotic control systems, as we have demonstrated with a hybrid architecture for VOR control which, although not particularly plausible biologically, is able to combine the benefits of and eliminate the weaknesses of the two proposed cerebellar architectures, providing robust control and adaptation under all conditions.
Related Themes
Related Publications and Presentations
- Adrian M Haith, Carl Jackson, Chris Miall, and Sethu Vijayakumar, "Unifying the sensory and motor components of sensorimotor adaptation", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), Vancouver, 2009.
- Adrian M Haith, and Sethu Vijayakumar, "Robustness of VOR and OKR adaptation under kinematics and dynamics transformations", IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), 6th, 2007.
- Adrian M Haith, Carl Jackson, Chris Miall, and Sethu Vijayakumar, "Interactions between sensory and motor components of adaptation predicted by a Bayesian model", Advances in Computational Motor Control, 2008.
- L. Paninski, Adrian M Haith, and Gabor Szirtes, "Integral equation methods for computing likelihoods and their derivatives in the integrate-and-fire model", Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 2007, 10.1007/s10827-007-0042-x.
- L. Paninski, Adrian M Haith, Jonathan W. Pillow, and Chris Williams, "Improved numberical methods for computing likelihoods in the stochastic integrate-and-fire model", COSYNE, 2005.
- Adrian M Haith, and Sethu Vijayakumar, "Implications of different classes of sensorimotor disturbance for cerebellar-based motor learning models", Biological Cybernetics, 2008.
Related People
- Adrian Haith (Research Student)
- Sethu Vijayakumar (Supervisor)
- John Porrill (Supervisor)


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Update: The problem is now resolved. Dropbox was able to get their domain off of the "malicios sites" list and now they are OK once again. Now if only they had an app for Symbian s60v5...
I love the dropbox service. I have been using it since it was in private beta. I even wrote a google gadget for dropbox to have immediate access to the service whereever I login.
Starting this morning, when I tried to access a file in my public dropbox folder, Firefox told me that this was a restricted site which was known for malicious attacks.
Since then, they seemed to have changed the subdomain from dl.getdropbox.com to files.getdropbox.com.
However, it is too late for me because the entire domain is now banned by my work proxy server. It does not matter that they changed the subdomain. The entire domain is now unavailable and unlikely to get unblocked any time soon, if ever.


text: I am wondering how close we are to getting one of the 3rd party firmware versions available for the WRT54GX I just purchased (I believe mine is v1 as it has the 3 antenna). I've done enough reading to learn the problem appears to be with the Airgo chipset vs. the the broadcom that is in the older G/GS models. Any hope out there? Michael


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HiGuide has been designed to help you in the choice and preparation of your trips, as well as being your guide when you are there.
Before you leave, you can use it as an illustrated book where each Point of Interest can be located on a map.
Once you are there, HiGuide really becomes your guide: it knows where you are, thanks to the GPS feature in your iPhone. It also knows what you can discover thanks to its data bank. It can point out everything that is around you, sorting its Points of Interest by order of proximity.
In both cases, HiGuide associates a series of photos in a slideshow to each Point of Interest.
But that's not all…Your HiGuide can transform itself to become your guide: you can add your own Points of Interest, your own photos, audio comments and videos
On the spot in Paris, you won't necessarily have easy access to Internet. It doesn't matter! HiGuide contains its own maps, in great detail. It can act like a GPS and allow you to situate yourself.
HiGuide can be used without any access to the Internet. However, it can also work online to whirl you into the unlimited world of the Net. For this purpose, each page of description proposes a link to our web server, from which you can visit a selection of other websites on the subject, or whatever you like on the web, without leaving HiGuide.
The HiGuide of Paris proposed on the AppStore is very small and will be installed on your iPhone in a short period of time. It's only the base which, once installed, will permit to download more contents and more maps, directly from our servers. These extensions are free of charge.
The present version to be downloaded includes most quarters of the city, and the main parks of Paris including the bois de Boulogne and the bois de Vincennes. It contains 187 points of Interest and more than 700 photos. New contents and new maps are added periodically, including audio comments and videos for some Points of Interest.
HiGuide is capable of «Push notification» : if you set this feature, it will send you a message of notification for each new content available for download, even if you are not in the HiGuide or if your iPhone is sleeping.
HiGuide includes a smart, incremental system to download any extensions and updates for all datas: maps, photos, audio and vidéo sequences.
This downloading system works silently in the background, on any kind of network from 2G to WiFi. If your contract with your telephone operator limits or overcharges the number of megabytes, you should prefer WiFi connexions when downloading : some extensions can be huge, especially for audio, video or maps.
A promotional version for this title is presented by our application «HiGuide World», which is our catalog and our window for all titles in the HGuide series.
Technical description :
- GPS and network triangulation for accurate geographic localization,
- usable with without Internet connexion
- internal map system and downloadable sets of maps with different scales for Paris, the parisian region and more, to be used without internet connexion,
- online maps or satellite photos, covering the world and capable detailed photos from the sky,
- compass on maps and satellite images
- Points of Interest searchable by categories or using a search field
- user added point of interests, with photos, texts, audio and video, are included in the database just as other points,
- extensions available through a window to the Internet without leaving HiGuide,
- push notification system,
- smart incremental downloading system for extensions and updates, concerns all multimedia files and maps.


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IGN recently attended a roundtable interview in Los Angeles with actors Bahar Soomekh (Crash) and Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart), two of the stars of Saw III. The horror sequel opens this Friday.
Saw III expands on the last two entries, developing Jigsaw's back-story while recalling events from the previous films. When the movie opens, the devious and ingenious Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) has once again eluded capture and vanished. While the police attempt to locate him, Dr. Lynn Denlon (Soomekh) and Jeff (Macfadyen) are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
Jigsaw is once again assisted by Amanda (Shawnee Smith) in his cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police. Jigsaw, however, is dying and he's saved the most shocking game for last.
Please be advised that a few PLOT SPOILERS are discussed below. Make your choice!
Q: So how did you get involved in Saw III?
Bahar Soomekh: Lionsgate, who distributed Crash, I've become such dear friends with them. They wanted me to get involved with one of their next films. Saw is their huge franchise so they offered me the lead in Saw. And for me, I'd never seen Saw I or Saw II. I was one of those dorks that couldn't even look at the poster without having a heart attack and freaking out. Seriously, I think Poltergeist was the last scary film I could handle and I went to therapy for that for months. I'm not joking. So to get the lead in this film &#Array; they sent me the script and I was hysterically crying. It was like 2 o'clock in the morning. I knew I had to do it because it was so damn good but I was terrified. So I accepted the role, I saw Saw I and Saw II. I met with Darren [Lynn Bousman, the director] ... He's a genius. I just felt really safe and comfortable, and I knew that he really had incredible vision and what he was doing with it was actually very artistic. It's not your typical, girl with big boobs running through the forest horror film. It's a real psychological thriller. So I was really taken by how smart the movie is. It's really smart so that's how I got involved and I loved doing it.
Q: Was it hard for you to do?
Soomekh: I had nightmares the first month I was on set. We were shooting it for two months. People say because you're an actor it's not a big deal because you go in there and it's fake or whatever. But what they don't understand is that it's actually the opposite because, as an actor, when you go in there you have to believe it's real to make your performance real. You have to get lost in the mindframe of this character. So when you're getting up at 5:30 in the morning, you're going on set and you're there until 11 or 12 at night and you're doing this day after day after day, it's like a torture chamber. You guys saw how creepy that place looked, right? When you're in that world and you're living it, you can't help but have nightmares. I was just like freaking out.
Q: Did you ever feel the violence and gore were going too far?
Soomekh: I remember there were times sitting watching certain scenes and I felt sick to my stomach and had to walk out. There's a point sometimes when you go, "Holy [expletive], what are we doing? This is crazy. Disturbing and crazy and scary." That's part of the reason I was scared was because I think it's taken violence to a whole new level. I think Pulp Fiction was one of the first films where I watched it going, "The level of violence has just been raised." I think this one is also there, too. I agree. It's tough to watch.
Q: Did you ever think, "Why are we doing this?"
Soomekh: Yeah. I think I asked Darren a couple times. Because I don't know the horror genre that well. This is all very new to me so I had to trust that Darren knows that world, understands it, breathes it and that the fans really want it. From what I understand, this is what the fans want. And people who love that horror stuff &#Array; I mean, for me, it's terrifying but to other people it's exciting to them. So I had to trust that Darren knows what he's doing.
Q: Why do you think your character is being tested by Jigsaw?
Soomekh: I think this is what's so interesting and that's what I would ask is in Jigsaw's mind he's justified in everything that he does, right? These are people, whether they are drug dealers or they've done something wrong. But that's how psychotic and wrong he actually is. Because he justifies it. What did Lynn do? ... That's what's so disturbing because he's not justified at all in doing what he does. In his mind, he thinks he's helping these people. How does he help Lynn? He doesn't help Lynn at all. But I think, in his mind, because my character's depressed ... so she's been dead inside. She's totally dead inside and this is Jigsaw's way of waking her up and saying, "What the hell are you doing?" ... And she does. You see the metamorphosis in her.
Q: As an Iranian actress, what sort of obstacles do you face in the film industry?
Soomekh: Well, it's a very good question. I'm very specific about [roles] because when I first started in the industry, you do whatever work you can get because you want to build your resume. So I got typecasted a lot. I did JAG and 24, all these shows where I had to play the Middle Easterner. I don't necessarily have to play Middle Eastern. I've played Italian, I've played Spanish. For some reason when it comes to television, they really want to typecast you. So I can't tell you how many terrorist parts I got. The wife of a terrorist, the suicide bomber. And it was really upsetting to me because I didn't want to be typecasted like that. Crash was the first film I got where it was about ethnicity but she didn't have to be Persian. It could have been a Korean family. It could have been an Italian family. Everyone sort of related to my story with my father. It didn't necessarily have to be a Middle Eastern, typecasted thing. And with Saw, it was not even an issue. And Day Break [the forthcoming TV series she co-stars in]. So right now if I do anything that's Middle Eastern, I'm very picky about the projects I do because who wants to be typecast? I'm an American. I grew up here. This is my country so I don't want to be just known as a Middle Eastern actress. But in the beginning it was very difficult because that's all people saw me as.


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This download looks like an addon. You need to extract the downloaded zip and put the addon folder in your Garry's Mod addons folder. You should end up with a directory structure similar to below:
Don't know where the Garry's Mod folder is or how to extract zip files? See more useful installation tips.
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"Do they have a family?" is generally the first question my mother will ask about someone. She means, "do they have children?"
As if that makes them more interesting.
More worthy.
"Do they have a family?" is generally the first question my mother will ask about someone. She means, "do they have children?"
As if that makes them more interesting.
More worthy.
Hmm, an interesting follow-up to your previous post.
I know fertility used to be the measure of a woman's worth, but I had hoped those days were long gone.
There is sometimes a measure of "well, at least they didn't have children" when people divorce or die, which I guess means at least fewer people are in massive pain. I understand that, of course, but it doesn't lessen the individual pain...
Which isn't exactly what you were saying, but it's what leapt to my mind.
It is always assumed there is a dark story behind why someone doesn't have kids. and if there isn't a dark story forthcoming, like with my friend Gretchen, it's assumed to be selfishness or psychological immaturity.
I think personally, I'm very aware of myself when I talk about being a mother with women who are not mothers (whether by choice, circumstance, or desire unfulfilled--even the nuns I'm friends with). I don't want it to define me, and I don't want the childlessness to define them. It's like a white person trying to be race sensitive for the first time, though, tripping over my words and stopping myself.
H: Well to be fair my mother is 76! But yesterday in the office, the talk was constantly about babies. And try being a woman without children in election year. Noone seems to want your vote!
IB: Yes. It's that feeling that we're more expendable.
B: Don't get me started on the "selfishness" assumption about why people don't have children vis-a-vis those who do!! LOL!
But I like your analogy about being race sensitive. It's all about attitude and openness really. I love being involved in the lives of children of friends and family. It's when I'm looked down on because I don't have my own that I get irate!
Over the holidays I visited with a couple who have one adopted child—an international adoption (said child is now 26). We were discussing bits of this issue, and my friend said that without question, having children is a selfish act. (I, childless, was saying it was both selfless and selfish; she, having decided she had to have one, came down totally on the side of selfish.)
B: I like what you said about not wanting either status to define one...


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A quick one this. At the weekend I was playing around using LDAP as the backend for my home Samba PDC. LDAP should in theory make everything that much nicer, with nice tools to manage the domain and integration in Thunderbird etc as an email address book and all that. It's also nicely interoperable with the PAM login modules, so single-sign on is, well, a bit nicer.
I mostly followed a
tutorial I found on the web, and then I got stuck. Right after I got
everything working I found I had no users or groups being given out by Samba,
either via
net groupmap list or via the Windows User Manager. I spent
literally hours googling and finding nothing. Eventually, with the source in
hand and with an enormous amount of debug , I tracked the problem.
Far from being a problem in Samba or the LDAP tools, there was a minor discrepancy between the smbldap-tools setup and the samba LDAP setup. Smbldap- tools was storing groups and users in "ou=Group" and "ou=People" respectively. Samba was configured to read them from "ou=Groups" and "ou=Users" instead.
Once I had poked samba into looking into "Group" and "People", all was well!
So, if you have a problem adding groups, or an empty samba groupmap list, double
check your smbldap.conf and smb.conf and make sure they're looking in the same
place! Running in debug,
net groupmap list will have a line like:
ldapsam_setsamgrent: 0 entries in the base
— that'll be a clear giveaway. Especially if
ldapsearch -x "(&(objectClass=sambaDomain)(sambaDomainName=*YOURDOMAIN*))"
ldapsearch -x "(objectclass=sambaGroupMapping)"
still yield results — so you know you have some valid data, just it isn't appearing in Samba's group lists.


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This item is a superb GERMAN BRONZE ANEROID DESK BAROMETER with an EXCEPTIONAL ORNATE FRAME with ORIGINAL GILDING. It features four separate elements in the frame - a gilded bird and gilded flowers at the top, an owl with widespread wings at the bottom and two ornate mythical figures at the sides - a man and a woman. The barometer is marked in German (see last photo for a good close-up) and is signed J. G. Schneider, Hirschberg. He was most likely the retailer. It is also marked D & R on the back of the instrument. The barometer is in good working order with an open escapemant. The frame is in magnificent condition with beautifully detailed castings. The barometer measures 10 1/4"H and 10"W. it is quite heavy. It stands upright resting on an ornately cast stand. It has a lovely color and patina. it is a truly exceptional piece. It dates c1890 or earlier.
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Rock Climbing Photos : Misc : Waking up 2
Waking up 2
This is after a night of drinking. Spent 2 hours cleaning. Even picked stuff up from the campers before us.(if you were in group campsite 1 at indian cove the 26th clean up better next time)
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Note: For questions about the job posting, please contact the agency that posted this position by using the contact information provided on the "Contact" tab for the position.
Review Vacancy
AgencyChildren & Family Services, Office of
TitleNurse Practitioner Psychiatry
Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $75674 to $95534 Annually
Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class
Compressed workweek allowed? No
Street Address Highland Residential Center
629 North Chodikee Lake Road
Minimum Qualifications One year of permanent competitive service as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or eligible for a 70.1 transfer.
Current Licensure as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in New York State.
Duties Description Provide professional psychiatric nursing services appropriate to youth diagnosed with mental illness.
Provide primary health care working in collaboration with licensed psychiatrists, assessing the physical and psychosocial status of youth by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests.
Ensure patient safety through the appropriate prescription and management of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
Identify, measure, and monitor clinical and related behavioral outcomes to determine the effectiveness and appropriateness of the plan of care.
Ensure that proper protocols are followed when obtaining informed consent for psychotropic medications.
Participate in treatment team meetings.
Additional duties will be discussed in detail during the interview.
Additional Comments Candidate MUST have completed 3,500 hours of collaboration. Your resume MUST document how you have met the required 3,500 hours to order qualify for this position.
**Additional compensation above the hiring rate may apply depending on geographic location of the position, shift assignment, recruitment difficulties and/or the candidate's training and experience.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
Name New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Email Address email@example.com
Street Bureau of Personnel, EOA #17-335 AJF
52 Washington Street, 231 North
Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should send a resume and cover letter giving the Title, Location, and EOA Number of the position being applied for. Please provide your email address and your work, home and cell phone numbers. In order to qualify you for the position when you have current or prior New York State employment, you may be contacted by OCFS Personnel for your social security number to confirm your employment history.


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In March this year Craig bought me an itsy bitsy teeny weeny skull necklace with twinkling diamond eyes.
And when I showed it to a girl I worked with in London her response was Oh, you're into all of that are you? and then my head exploded.
But while packing up my jewellery and moving it halfway back around the globe, I realised that Yea. I am into All of That. I of course don't see what the problem is!
I think nowadays people may think that people are desensitised to death, horror, and the macabre, but I believe that it has become so that it is only acceptable in a horrific arena. In the nineteenth century and earlier people were painted holding skulls as a reminder of their own mortality, which may seem a depressing way to live and a reaction to short life expectancy but I see it as a reiteration of the idea that we, all of us, human existence in general, are here for all too too brief a time and we should make the most of the fleeting instants we have. But then again, I was the one reading books about decomposition as a pre teen. So maybe it is just my twisted tastes.
Of course I then proceeded to take photographic evidence of my macabre jewellery collection.
A quick disclaimer! I don't wear all these pieces together. Unless it's halloween. Though it would be amusing. Or terrifying.
And yet another disclaimer! I own a lot of jewellery. I do. It's almost a problem. So this is not anywhere near half of the jewellery I own (okay, it might be 1/3) and is merely just the macabre or more unusual pieces in my collection.
Okay. Let's proceed.
Skull Jewellery
(I love how his little nose is an upside down heart!)
Snake Jewellery
Hearts and Tears
(Made from real human hair)
Fang Jewellery
And hey, it's not like it's all huge and gaudy.
Well. Except for …
I picked up this adorable rat ring in the Camden Market. I wore it on the tube home and it was one of the very few times anyone ever interacted with me on the tube (without being drunk and or hitting on me).
And, P.s. I promise to get over my obscene macro love soon. Soon.


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Wagons from freight train derailed in the area of Dupnitsa station. The traffic schedule of the passenger trains is not affected
Nine wagons from BDZ Cargo's freight train derailed at 00:05 a.m. at the entry switches of Dupnitsa station. The train composition consisted of 13 wagons transporting cement.
Representatives of BDZ Cargo and the National Railway Infrastructure Company are at the place of the incident and are carrying our investigation about the reasons for the derailment of the wagons.
The traffic of the passenger trains in the section is not disrupted.


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|I am not usually going away from home. I did this time and I really enjoyed it.
|I am a girl from the city: I couldn't live with socks getting peeled off my feet in boots ;)
|Trousers getting dirty ;) I liked that too :)
|This is the trail we left.
|This is how rooms look like when I get to live there ;)
|Cat hair!


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|Idiopathic Gastroparesis: Case Report and Literature Review of Diagnostic and Treatment Modalities.
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|Gastroparesis is a disorder characterized by a delay in gastric emptying of a meal in the absence of a mechanical gastric outlet obstruction. The most common etiologies include diabetes, postsurgical and idiopathic. Idiopathic Gastroparesis is at least as common as diabetic Gastroparesis in most case series. Diagnosis of Gastroparesis is based on the presence of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, postprandial abdominal fullness, and on an objectively determined delay in gastric emptying. The true prevalence of Gastroparesis is unknown. Gastric emptying can be assessed by scintigraphy and stable isotope breath tests. Management of Gastroparesis consists of dietary and lifestyle measures, possible pharmacological interventions (prokinetics, antiemetics, intrapyloric botulinum toxin injection) and/or interventions that focus on adequate nutrient intake either through a nasoduodenal tube, percutaneous gastrostomy, or jejunostomy. New advances in drug therapy and gastric electrical stimulation techniques have been introduced and might provide new hope to patients. Presented here is an interesting case of idiopathic Gastroparesis along with its management and review of the literature.
|Khadija H Chaudrey; Raxitkumar Patel; Masura Alam; Kuntal Avashia; Shumaila Irshad Khan; Nataliya Titarenko; Muhammad Ihsan
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Finding the right Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) company that has the tools and experience to provide you with positive results can be difficult. There are many out there all claiming that they can give you the best results, for the best price and in the shortest time period. What makes it more difficult is that only a select few even come close to providing the results that they claim they can. For those who are trying to make an informed decision, try looking for a Web Marketing Experts complaint.
It is difficult to find anything negative about this company with a massive list of their loyal clients more than willing to shout from the rooftops just how much they have loved their service. This is only reiterated on the WME website with solid evidence showing their successes and positive results throughout their years in the business. Seems that the only Web Marketing Experts complaints are coming from their competitors who can't seem to keep up!
When you have a look for a Web Marketing Experts complaint chances are you will actually find only positives, with clients saying they have nothing negative to say. With results like this you can be sure WME have been doing things the right way with great service coming from a reliable and experienced team. A company cannot see this kind of positive feedback without being able to produce all of those results that they claim they can do. Web Marketing Experts really do deliver and this is why they are highly regarded world wide as one of the most successful businesses.
Choose a company that can build your company's success by using proven and ethical methods of Search Engine Optimisation. Their team love what they do as only those passionate about their jobs can put in the hard work and determination needed to provide these long term results for their clients.
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Beth Rosen was the curvy Jewish girl who was seated in front of me during home room in the 9th grade.
It was the first hour of the first day of my short-lived high school career.
I had been attracted to Beth since halfway through the 5th grade. However, as was typical with awkward Jewish boys, I kept my feelings inward.
The manufacturers of Q-Tip swabs had recently switched from the white paper bodies between the swab ends, to hollow blue plastic bodies. I had learned from Steve Yates over the summer that this change in Q-Tip design would revolutionize spit-wads.
– Cut the Q-Tip in half and expose the hollow plastic body
– Take one half of the Q-Tip and fill it with glue
– Into the glue filled section, back in a sewing needle about half the length of the needle itself
– Let dry
– Insert newly made blow dart, ehr, spit-wad into a straw
– Aim
– Fire
And with such a blow dart, ehr, spit-wad, I would attempt to overcome my shyness with Beth Rosen.
Just 45 minutes into my high school career, I shot Beth Rosen in the right breast with a makeshift blow dart. I finally got her attention.
As a business man, my father was often out of town Monday-Friday. On that, my first day of high school though, he made sure he was in town, to pick me up and drill me, ehr, quiz me about my first day.
I'm sure my father wasn't expecting a call at 9:45am that morning to pick me up and take me home. After a trip to the Deans office, I was assigned a 2-day suspension – my first 2 days of high school.
My father arrived promptly. It was a long ride home.
I was telling this story to a friend yesterday, and though her eyes got quite large as I disclosed the events of that day in 1976, her eyes got even larger when I told her I had dozens more stories – just like this one, and that some of them even involved, oh, what's the term…? Squad cars. Yes, squad cars.
Shortly thereafter, I released myself from high school on my own recognizance. It was just better this way. Beth Rosen and I would become friends, but never dated. Must have been something I said – or did… Jhciacb
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Anonymous, 10 Feb 2013With iphone5 being a stripped down underperformer there is nothing to talk about in the androi... moreFanboys like you always ignore the elephant in the room. The iphone and lumia are running totally different operating systems. Sure if they were running Android on that hardware they would be laggy, rebooting messes. The fact of the matter is the iPhone was by far the best selling phone last year and looks to continue that streak this year too. Lumia sales are growing, albeit slowly, so I wouldn't count Nokia out. They are building a brand the same way Samsung did with Galaxy.
AnonD-92141, 10 Feb 2013"lousy unreplaceable" could you please tell me how mnay times you have removed and r... morehahah. well said sxp. losers will always find like "grapes are sour" coz they have to be happy and live with plastics and over saturated color screens.
I still can't decide between the purple Z and the white one. Or go for the white ZL instead, hmm..
Anonymous, 10 Feb 2013 i'm still waiting for sgs4 or note3 before deciding... Its already 99.9% sure that SGS4 will not have design and build quality that can compete with XZ, thats why your "waiting" is just another way of saying "i cannot afford the Z right now".
warne, 10 Feb 2013dear samsung and sony fanboys!!!!
u do realise that waging a war between xperia and galaxy wi... moreWith iphone5 being a stripped down underperformer there is nothing to talk about in the android vs iphone war, iphone5 just isnt worth it and Lumia 920 is an even less worthy competitor.
Lumia 920 and iphone5 dont bring anything to the figth, there is no fight then. Its natural that sammyfans attack Xperia Z instead then, the Z is the one to beat now. iphone5 and Lumia 920 was knocked out many months ago, of course no android fans want to kick someone who is already flat out on the floor. Lets hope Lumia 1000 can bring something to the fight but i doubt it, i have more faith in the rumored 4.8 inch iPhone Math then. Chances are that all the big fights in 2013 will be Android vs Android, Lumia and iphone is too far behind.
xoo1 , 10 Feb 2013Im a true sony fan! I don't care what other brand will offer. I dont consider them on my list ... more100% inline with you. The brand sony is enjoying premium class since the inception of their business. But unlike apple they dont make hole in your pocket. Sony we are with you go ahead creating such masterpieces.
maybe the next world war will be about smartphones... i mean look at the comments here... world war i tell you..
beautiful phone,planning on buying it, an upgrade from my xperia s(which i love, btw). big leap from sony.. really great specs(and im not comparing it to other phones) they have their own unique features.. sony is the one that gets me. that's all.. you have to give it to sony for stepping up their game: starting of this year with a quad core device..i wonder what comes after quad core.. anyways great phone! beautiful design, unique in its own way. cant wait till its available(here in my country).. and swim with it.
carlo, 10 Feb 2013geez... is this the true nature of android loving people?You from iOS or windowsphone? Get out of the way, your just placing your self in a issue your not supposed to be in. Troll somewhere else.
AnonD-18713, 10 Feb 2013Xperia Z rocks...End of competition....Samsung Sucks...Apple Sucks...big time..Like s4?
warne, 10 Feb 2013dear samsung and sony fanboys!!!! u do realise that waging a war between xperia and galaxy wi... moregeez... is this the true nature of android loving people?
Im a true sony fan! I don't care what other brand will offer. I dont consider them on my list of option. Im going to buy this.
Keep your ugly phones, Xperia z is coming. Make way for the king of all phones.
Anyone in here have Xperia Z yet? could we put comments about the phone usages but not criticizing each other favourite brand?


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Let's just be clear, here: I have lived with Arkonbey for a long time, and there are always bicycles in the house. And yet, I remain completely unaware of how the things are actually constructed. Far be it from me to actually go and look at one. I mean, there are only a paltry few to choose from. Regardless, here are a few creatures, on my interpretations of those two-wheeled devices.
|Cat on a bike 1 ©SweetEnemyArt
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|Lemur on a bike ©SweetEnemyArt
|Thing on a bike (For Arkonbey) ©SweetEnemyArt


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Paul Kersey Discusses PERA
About this audio file: On Sept. 4, 2009, Paul Kersey, director of labor policy for the Mackinac Center, was a guest on "The Frank Beckmann Show" on WJR AM760. Kersey discussed his new study, "Michigan's Public Employee Relations Act: Public-Sector Labor Law and Its Consequences," in which he points out that government employee unions, "may be the single largest obstacle" to restoring Michigan's prosperity. The interview is 21 minutes and 49 seconds.


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Michael Dirda
A Biography of Louis Zukofsky
By Mark Scroggins
Shoemaker Hoard. 572 pp. $30
This splendid biography of poet Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978) performs three important functions: It acts as a memorial, an introduction and a prod.
First, memorial: The Poem of a Life tells us about Louis -- pronounced Lewee -- Zukofsky's childhood in New York (Yiddish-speaking family, pants-presser father), his years at Columbia (where his classmates included Whittaker Chambers, Clifton Fadiman and Mortimer Adler) and his various jobs (substitute teacher, technical writer, professor at Brooklyn Polytechnic). From an early age, though, Zukofsky also wrote poetry and hardly into his 20s produced the playful and melodious "Poem beginning 'The.' " A loose parody-homage-extension of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," it shows the flair for puns and wordplay that marks much of its author's later work: "The/Voice of Jesus I. Rush singing/in the wilderness . . . For the Pater that was Greece/The siesta that was Rome." Before long, Zukofsky was corresponding with the great teacher of the modernists, Ezra Pound, who helped him publish his early poems and told him to look up William Carlos Williams.
From the 1930s until about 1960, Zukofsky had virtually no audience outside of little magazines and chapbooks. This was not because of artistic purity or conviction: No trade publisher wanted to bring out his books. (Little wonder: Two months after publication, Barely and widely had sold only 26 copies.) After all, Zukofsky was in many ways the last of the real modernists, ambitious on a grand scale, producing appealing but still demanding short work, while giving his greatest efforts to a mammoth 24-section epic titled "A." Though full of verbal music, his poetry demanded attention, was neither personal nor accessible, invited -- or required -- multiple readings to fathom its sense.
Nonetheless, by the late 1950s and early '60s Zukofsky found himself looked to as a model by some of the more experimental branches of American poetry: the Black Mountain school, headed by Charles Olson and Robert Creeley, the San Francisco poets (Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Spicer), and even the Beats (Allen Ginsberg). By the '70s, the critic Guy Davenport, was calling the author of "A" the greatest living American poet. Such acclaim arrived just in time: Zukofsky died suddenly in 1978 from complications following a perforated duodenal ulcer. The cause of death, remarked composer John Cage, was precisely the same as that which carried off James Joyce.
Mark Scroggins, who teaches at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, relates Zukofsky's life with speed, clarity and zest. But his book is also intended as an introduction to the poet, and so concentrates as much on the work as on its creator. "Interchapters," for instance, address major themes or look into the influence on Zukofsky of, say, Spinoza and Bach.
Scroggins's approach to interpretation is scholarly yet down to earth, full of good sense and useful information. The first section of "A," he tells us, "presents the dilemma of the poet's task in an unsettled time -- how to navigate between the demands of an unjust, capitalistic society and the otherworldly perfection offered by art, represented here by Bach's St. Matthew Passion." In section 8, he points out, a description of the artistic imagination mirrors Marx's account of the labor process in Capital:
What distinguishes any worker from the best of the bees
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Ronald Reagan, In His Own Words
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Ronald Reagan thought Alexander Haig was "utterly paranoid," considered former senator Lowell Weicker "a pompous, no good fathead" and was "surprised at how shy" Michael Jackson was.
Reagan also refused to talk to his son after Ron Reagan hung up on him, felt that daughter Patti had "a kind of yo yo family relationship" and was invariably "lonesome" when his wife, Nancy, was out of town.
A self-portrait of the 40th president -- determined, funny, wistful, at times clinging to his beliefs despite countervailing facts -- emerges from diaries that he faithfully kept from 1981 to 1989, his eight years in the White House. Historian Douglas Brinkley had exclusive access to the five hardback books bound in maroon leather, each page filled to the bottom with Reagan's neat handwriting. Vanity Fair magazine, in its June issue, is publishing excerpts of the book "The Reagan Diaries," edited by Brinkley and due out this month from publisher HarperCollins.
The earnest entries are marked by a spare writing style in which Reagan reduced complicated matters to their essence. In 1982, when he accepted Haig's resignation from the Cabinet and Haig said they had had disagreements over foreign policy, Reagan wrote: "Actually the only disagreement was over whether I made policy or the Sec. of State did."
A 1981 entry on Cuban leader Fidel Castro said: "Intelligence reports say he Castro is very worried about me. I'm very worried that we can't come up with something to justify his worrying."
The former actor was well aware of his public image, and tweaked the Fourth Estate after he deliberately reversed the order of the opening sentences of his welcome at the 1984 Olympics: "The press having a copy of the lines as written are gleefully tagging me with senility & inability to learn my lines."
When his former chief of staff, Donald Regan, disclosed that Nancy Reagan had consulted an astrologer for advice on her husband's travel schedule, the president remained in denial:
"The press have a new one thanks to Don Regan's book. We make decisions on the basis of going to Astrologers. The media are behaving like kids with a new toy -- never mind that there is no truth to it."
The diaries, which have been stored at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., cover the gamut of his presidency, from arms-control negotiations to the Challenger disaster to his meetings with Hollywood figures. Reagan drew on the diaries in writing his 1990 autobiography.
In the excerpts released yesterday, Reagan recounted his March 30, 1981, shooting by John Hinckley in a just-the-facts, "Dragnet" style: "I walked into the emergency room and was hoisted onto a cart where I was stripped of my clothes. It was then we learned I'd been shot and had a bullet in my lung.
"Getting shot hurts."
During the first-year negotiations over his tax cut plan, Reagan wrote that congressional Democrats had made a counterproposal: "They want to include a reduction of the inc. tax rate on unearned income from 70% to the 50% top rate on earned inc. We wanted that in the 1st place but were sure they'd attack us as favoring the rich. . . . I'll hail it as a great bipartisan solution. H--l! It's more than I thought we could get." Reagan never spelled out even mild curse words.
Reagan got his tax package. But when Democrats balked during budget negotiations the following year, Reagan wrote that if he couldn't get a deal, "then I take to the air [TV] and there will be blood on the floor." Two weeks later, he complained: "The Demos. are screaming and lying like bandits charging us with cutting Soc. Security--we aren't touching Soc. Security."
Reagan often took umbrage at media coverage. When The Washington Post's Bob Woodward published a hospital-bed interview with William Casey after the CIA director's death, Reagan wrote: "He's a liar & he lied about what Casey is supposed to have thought of me." And when Soviet authorities charged journalist Nicholas Daniloff with espionage, the president wrote: "The press is obsessed with the Daniloff affair & determined to paint all of us as caving in to the Soviets which they of course say is the worst way to deal with them. The simple truth is we've offered no deal and are playing hard ball all the way."
Emotion comes through strongly in some entries, with Reagan sometimes describing "a lump in my throat." Recounting an Oval Office meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, Reagan wrote: "I let the F.M. know I was angry & that I resented their charges that Daniloff was a spy after I had personally given my word that he wasn't. . . . I enjoyed being angry."
After the 1981 assassination of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, whom Reagan had found to be "truly a great man," he directed his ire at Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi: "I'm trying not to feel hatred for those who did this foul deed but I can't make it. Qaddafi gloating on TV, his people jubilantly celebrating in the streets. He is beneath contempt."
By contrast, Reagan passively recorded his reaction to a 1986 staff meeting in which he was told that White House aide Oliver North, national security adviser John Poindexter and other officials were involved in a scheme to divert money from U.S. arms sales to Iran to the Nicaraguan rebels backed by the administration. "North didn't tell me about this. Worst of all John [Poindexter] found out about it & didn't tell me. This may call for resignations."
Even momentous decisions got terse treatment. Writing on the day he nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, Reagan said: "Already the flack is starting & from my own supporters. Rite to Life people say she's pro-abortion. She declares abortion is personally repugnant to her. I think she'll make a good Justice."
Reagan enjoyed meeting the "most likable" Prince Charles in 1981, but tea proved a disaster because the royal visitor refused to drink it: "Horror of horrors they served it our way with a tea bag in the cup. . . . I didn't know what to do."
The meeting with Jackson -- "the sensation of the pop music world" -- came during a 1984 ceremony to honor the singer for contributing to a campaign against drunk driving. "He is totally opposed to Drugs & Alcohol & is using his popularity to influence young people against them," Reagan wrote.
Strains in Reagan's relationship with his children punctuate the diaries. He bristled at Ron's stubbornness:
"He wants to Sign off Secret Svc. for a month. S.S. knows he's a real target -- lives in a N.Y.C. area where the Puerto Rican terrorist group is active. In fact he's on a hit list. He thinks we're interfering with his privacy. I can't make him see that I can't be put in a position of one day facing a ransom demand. I'd have to refuse for reasons of the Nation's welfare."
In another entry, Reagan described how Ron and his wife had "arrived for a family pow-wow. He'd been rude to Nancy on a phone call and when I phoned him about it he said he thought we needed to clear the air. It wasn't the greatest meeting but still I think it opened the door to a closer relationship. He seemed to be carrying water for Patti who has a kind of yo yo family relationship. She's either warmly attentive or very distant & Nancy seems to bear the brunt of it."
Six months later, the problems with his son were continuing: "I don't know what it is with him. . . . I'm not talking to him until he apologizes for hanging up on me."


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'Tis the season...to start stressing over what to buy your wife or girlfriend. Let's face it, fellas: We rarely know what women want. The holiday season is no exception.
If you haven't picked a present by now, I'm assuming you're in the same boat as the rest of us. Not to worry, though: Help has arrived.
We've scoured the Web to find 15 fun and original gadget gift ideas for the lady in your life. These aren't the obvious things like laptops and digital cameras; there are plenty of other gift guides for that. Rather, these are creative and interesting gizmos -- things she probably wouldn't think to buy for herself, but might just end up loving.
Now, I may know a thing or two about technology. I don't even pretend, however, to understand what goes on in the mind of the fairer sex. That's why I've assembled a panel of 30 tech-loving ladies to help guide our tour and provide female perspective along the way. You'll see their thoughts and comments after each gift idea.
If something seems too cheap or too steep, hey -- it's all good. Just keep clicking. These gifts range from six bucks all the way to $200.
(Listed prices are accurate as of the time of this publication. They could very well have changed by the time you're reading this. C'est la vie.)
Ravi Instant Wine Chiller
Price: $35.50 - $49.95
Available at: WineEnthusiast.com, Amazon.com
Chill out, bro -- getting a gift doesn't have to be hard. Maybe the Ravi Instant Wine Chiller is just the thing for your gal pal.
The Instant Wine Chiller chills your wine (or other favorite beverage) as you pour it, bringing the liquid from room temperature to drinking temperature in a matter of seconds. The device sits in your freezer until you're ready to use it. When you attach it to a bottle, the liquid passes through a special chamber that does the deed. A valve allows you to control just how low the temperature goes.
Pretty cool, eh?
From the Panel:
"Love this! I am a wine lover, as are most of my girlfriends. If someone stops by unannounced, no worries about having to chill the bottle first." --Jen W.
"Patience is not on my list of things to do after a long day. Sometimes a girl just wants a cold glass of Riesling without having to wait or add ice cubes." --Tori P.
"This would be great when you just want a glass of chilled white wine, but your bottle is warm and you don't feel like waiting for it to cool in the freezer. Definitely would love this as a gift." --Samantha P.
"Perfect. Now I can serve the wine a guest brings without having to make space in the freezer first." --Susan S.
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If Ono is the one for you, contact me at Bellator Real Estate, the only real estate company located on Ono Island and serving the Ono Island community for over 35 years.
Bellator on Ono Island is comprised of a highly respected and accomplished team of brokers and sales associates ... all long time residents of the island and totally dedicated to their community.
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David Abercrombie, an Ono Island native, joined Bellator Real Estate as a Realtor® in 2013 after 18 years of work in the IT Industry. He brings to the table over 10 years of experience in customer management and problem solving gained from working with DNS, web and email servers for a Fortune 500 company.
David attended the University of Alabama for three years where he studied chemical engineering and marketing. He completed his degree at the University of South Alabama. Prior to his studying at Alabama, David attended the Florida Institute of Technology where he studied in-flight technology. As a former licensed pilot, he is proud to have been the first pilot ever to solo out of the Gulf Shores Airport in 1983.
During Davids long career in the computer industry, he has owned his own business as well as worked his way up the corporate ladder in the CLEC industry. He has experience assisting a sales force and understands the importance of attention to detail in processing a transaction.
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This Compatible Toner Cartridge for the Samsung MLT-D209L comes with a 6 month 100% quality satisfaction guarantee. These non-OEM units have been produced by a manufacturer not endorsed or associated with Samsung, though it is guaranteed work with your Samsung MLT-D209L printer. They are a low-priced alternative to the OEM cartridges. Our cartridges are engineered & tested to meet the highest performance and quality standards. We are proud to offer a 100% quality satisfaction guarantee on all our cartridges.
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Art Theft: One Of The Most Interesting and Famous Cases in History
Art theft is an complex and ancient crime. When you look at the some of the most famous cases of art thefts in history, you see thoroughly planned operations that include art dealers, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and millions of dollars. Here you can read about a few of the most well-known cases of art theft in the history.
The First Theft:
The very first recorded case of art theft was in 1473, when 2 panels of altarpiece of the Last Judgment by the Dutch painter Hans Memling were taken. While the triptych was being carried by ship from the Netherlands to Florence, the ship was attacked by pirates who took it to the Gdansk cathedral in Poland. Nowadays, the piece is revealed at the National Museum in Gdansk where it was recently moved from the Basilica of the Assumption.
One Of The Most Famous Theft:
The most famous story of art theft includes among the most famous paintings worldwide and among the most famous artists in history as a suspect. In the night of August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen out of the Louver. Soon after, Pablo Picasso was jailed and questioned by the police, but was released quickly.
It took about 2 years till the secret was solved by the Parisian cops. It ended up that the 30 × 21 inch painting was taken by among the museum staff members by the name of Vincenzo Peruggia, who merely carried it concealed under his coat. Peruggia did not work alone. The crime was thoroughly carried out by a notorious bilker, Eduardo de Valfierno, who was sent by an art faker who meant to make copies and offer them as if they were the initial painting.
While Yves Chaudron, the art faker, was hectic producing copies for the popular masterpiece, Mona Lisa was still hidden at Peruggias apartment or condo. Eventually, Peruggia was captured by the cops while attempting to offer the painting to an art dealership from Florence, Italy.
The Most significant Theft in the USA:
The most significant art theft in United States took place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. On the night of March 18, 1990, a group of thieves wearing authorities uniforms broke into the museum and took thirteen paintings whose cumulative value was estimated at around 300 million dollars. The Kurt Criter burglars took two paintings and one print by Rembrandt, and works of Vermeer, Manet, Degas, Govaert Flinck, along with a French and a Chinese artifact.
As of yet, none of the paintings have been discovered and the case is still unsolved. Inning accordance with current rumors, the FBI are examining the possibility that the Boston Mob in addition to French art dealers are connected to the criminal offense.
The Scream:
The https://myspace.com/kurtcriter painting by Edvard Munchs, The Scream, is probably the most looked for after painting by art thieves in history. It has actually been stolen two times and was only recently recuperated. In 1994, during the Winter Season Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, The Scream was taken from an Oslo gallery by two burglars who broke through an open window, triggered the alarm and left a note stating: thanks for the bad security.
Three months later on, the holders of the painting approached the Norwegian Government with an deal: 1 million dollars ransom for Edvard Munchs The Scream. The Federal government declined the deal, but the Norwegian authorities worked together with the British Police and the Getty Museum to organize a sting operation that revived the painting to where it belongs.
While Museum officials waiting for the burglars to request ransom cash, rumors claimed that both paintings were burned to conceal evidence. Ultimately, the Norwegian cops found the 2 paintings on August 31, 2006 however the realities on how they were recuperated are not known.
When you look at the some of the most well-known cases of art thefts in history, you see thoroughly planned operations that involve art dealers, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and millions of dollars. The most famous story of art theft involves one of the most well-known paintings in the world and one of the most popular artists in history as a suspect. The criminal offense was carefully carried out by a well-known con male, Eduardo de Valfierno, who was sent out by an art faker who intended to make copies and sell them as if they were the initial painting.
Ultimately, Peruggia was captured by the https://www.pinterest.com/kurtcriter/ police while trying to sell the painting to an art dealer from Florence, Italy. The painting by Edvard Munchs, The Scream, is probably the most looked for after painting by art thieves in history.


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So says the atheist, and, indeed, so says the theist. There is a God; there is no
Let me forge ahead instead and make it difficult for myself by admitting that it takes faith to believe that there is no God, and any person who makes such a claim must be able to substantiate the position. One of the little tricks that atheists perform is to argue that we, in fact, do not make a positive assertion of belief. Atheism is, by definition, the disbelief—the lack of belief—in a God or Gods. The theist makes the claim; they should provide the proof. This is a perfectly valid argument—as I will demonstrate—but atheism rejects all claims of Gods. No matter how crafty I try to be, I cannot satisfactorily convince myself there is a noteworthy difference between disbelieving all Gods and believing there is no God. Trying to establish a difference is to accept the unpopular condition of being a fence-sitter. Why pussyfoot around what you believe in?
I'll don an everyday atheist's hat and argue that there are two reasons why we believe that there is not a prime mover: the obvious first is the lack of scientific evidence and the second is the growing scientific understanding of our universe, particularly the insights into our origin (both cosmological and anthropological). However, to accept these as valid reasons we require faith in the scientific method (by which we try to understand everything) and—perhaps more importantly—we require faith in the scientific community (whom we trust to interpret our reality using science that is often beyond the comprehension of the layman—to which I must ascribe myself). A sceptic must question everything and doubting science is essential, but I am inclined to give it the benefit.
It is reasonable—even effortless—to have faith in the scientific method because it has endured an extended baptism of fire, and the model itself is reviewed and improved to be even more infallible and unbiased; it remains our best way to understand our reality and to determine what is likely to be true or false. Consider for a moment what a gargantuan—if not futile—task it will be to justify not trusting the scientific method. Likewise, one does not lose any sleep over investing trust in the scientific community because scientists are by nature fiercely competitive and submit to brutal peer-review. The process and people might be fallible on occasion, but one is again confident that errors and biases are detected and addressed. The exception proves the rule comes to mind.
A fallacy commonly committed is to draw a parallel—generously phrased—between an atheist and theist's faith. It takes more faith to be an atheist is an oft-used phrasing. I personally do not find degrees of faith particularly useful. Faith is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Believers completely trust in their God; disbelievers completely trust in science. How can one have degrees of complete trust? It's more pragmatic to evaluate the reasons why you have faith in someone or something. Are they good reasons or are they bad reasons? That is what is important, surely? I am satisfied that my faith in science is justified because my reasons are thought through and make sense. I accept as confirmation the fact that the brilliant minds of our time—almost uniformity—embrace and partake in the wonders of science. Let us not pretend that the two faiths are on equal footing.
There is hardly a more studied and debated mystery than how we came to be. Science offers an open invitation to God, but he has failed to show-face. Why God would choose to excel at Hide and Seek is worth contemplating; either he's a bit of a bastard, or there is only one player in the game. What we do know is that the gaps are closing and God would have to pull out all the stops to remain undiscovered. The conclusion of scientists—again almost uniformly—is that the existence of a God—especially an intervening one—is unlikely to the point of being irrelevant. It is hoping to win the lottery ten times in a row.
You see, atheists have already met their burden of proof. Yet theists persist with the common defence that we cannot disprove God. No, we can't. Do we need to? No. Absolute truth must be discarded as useless in the world we live in, lest we start babbling that nothing can truly be known. Practically, if something is overwhelmingly unlikely, it is false (I'm not willing to build my life around the hope to win the lottery). You can bet on two things, when you hear this weak rebuttal. Firstly, the theist did not get the point and secondly, the atheist does not need to bear the burden of proof.
Unlike the great Christian apologist C.S. Lewis, a great many theists do not recognise the absurdity of their claim. The irony is that they have no trouble calling out rival faiths on their absurdities. Nonetheless, it is difficult to get this point across and that is why atheists resort to the fantastical. It is not to belittle, to offend or to annoy the theist—okay, sometimes to annoy—but rather to make them question what they might take for granted. It is extraordinary to claim that there is a personal God, but the theist goes even beyond this, and fearlessly steps over the line. They continue to insist that they hold the default position and that it must—not only—be respected, but adopted by other people. They believe this to the point that acts of prejudice and cruelty are often justified, if not celebrated. It is this arrogance that motivates atheists to speak out.
Given the knowledge we have gained, the modern theist's God is no different from ancient Thor, no more compelling than Bigfoot and no more believable than a teacup orbiting the sun. The atheist's argument—that theists need to prove their claims—is perhaps best communicated through the silly discourse between my imaginary friends, Christopher and Richard:
"There's a unicorn in this box," says Richard. "It has changed my life."
"Really!?" says Christopher, looking around for hidden cameras. "Show me."
"You can't see it, it's invisible."
"Oh. How do you know it's there?" Christopher asks tentatively.
"It talks to me."
"Okay…" Christopher, now a little scared, can't resist asking, "What does it say?"
"That it is pink and that it loves me and that I must worship it," Richard says with a straight face.
"Err. What evidence do you have to know that this is true? It seems, well, a bit improbable, a bit crazy," Christopher says stupefied. "You must be under a misapprehension. Perhaps you've been in the sun for too long?"
"You don't believe me!?"
"Why should I!? I can't see it. I can't hear it. It doesn't look like you can prove it, and your testimony is, quite frankly, questionable."
"Well, you can't disprove it," Richard says dismissively.
Let me regurgitate in the hope that all nutrients are digested. I hope it goes down better the second time around, if only because it's shorter. Atheists have a burden of proof, but it has already been met. This has nothing to do with theists' responsibility to justify their beliefs that are contradictory to reality and frequently cause harm. *Gulp* Yum.
I'll conclude with this thought: The theist's most compelling evidence is the subjective experience of peace and happiness—hardly exclusive to any one faith. I am relieved that I do not have to carry that heavy a burden.


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SAG Awards — Funniest & Lamest Moments, Plus Fashion!
Though I got to vote for these awards, the show kinda bored me. Out of the 15 categories, I'd voted for 9 of the winners. If you just want a list, click here. If you want to hear about the funny and weird moments, read on.
I'm handing out my Nerdies for the following categories (I know it's a nerdy name for an "award" but that's the point):
Best Oh-No-She-Didn't Moment: Tina Fey's acceptance speech for female actor in a comedy series. She said someday her daughter Alice will be old enough to watch 30 Rock on the Internet and ask, "What do you mean you don't get residuals for this?" Fey then said, "Take care of me when I'm old and broke!" She's referring, of course, to the current bitter discourse between actors and producers who don't want to pay residuals for Internet usage. She was able to land a punch while still being funny and that's why she's cleaning up on the awards circuit.
Most Likely to Owe Tina Fey a Residual Check: When accepting the TV drama ensemble award for Mad Men, Jon Hamm thanked their "dozens of viewers" and got a laugh. Fey said the exact same thing when her series won the best comedy Emmy in 2007. Even recycled, Fey's lines are funny.
Most Likely to Make You Feel Like a Slacker: 7-year-old Aaron Hart, who won an Actor as part of Mad Men's cast. At seven years old, I think I was still putting my clothes on backwards.
Funniest Unintentional Transition: John Krasinski and Amy Poehler doing an amusing melodramatic bit (Krasinski: "I swear to God, if you keep pushing me away, next time I will not come back!" Poehler: "Fine, leave and take your broken dreams with you!") before reading the nominees for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series. Cut to a clip of Sally Field from Brothers & Sisters, doing the exact same kind of over-the-top acting they were parodying! Plus, she won!
Hottest Male I Saw All Night: Was it wrong of me to think, "Yowza!" when I saw a clip of a young, shirtless Paul Newman in the In Memorium montage? I knew I was supposed to be all sad and reverential (and I was) but dang, he was smokin'!
Most Unsung Heroes: Brian and Susan, crafts services people thanked by Hugh Laurie for making "the finest cheesy eggs this side of the Rio Grande." Forget agents and publicists—I second Laurie's notion that without cheesy eggs in the morning, an actor cannot do his job! By the way, I love, love, love that Laurie won. My friends were saying, "Jon Hamm" and I was all, "Uh-uh, Hugh rules."
Best Person to Teach Speech-Giving Classes: Meryl Streep, who was exuberant, funny, classy, heartfelt, and eloquent without having to resort to lists and sheets of paper. Plus, though she didn't expect to win (saying she didn't even buy a dress and showing her pants as proof), there was no hyperventilating involved. Are you taking notes, Kate?
Most in Need of Streep's Speech-Giving Classes: Jane Krakowski, who accepted the outstanding comedy ensemble award on behalf of the 30 Rock cast and should never be allowed to again. She said though she'd previously won as part of the Ally McBeal cast, this cast was "a thousand times heavier." I'm assuming she was referring to the skinny women in the McBeal cast and their rumored weight issues but the remark was lame and absolutely unnecessary. Her "joke" was the "heaviest" dud of the evening.
Most Unfortunate Name Confusion: America Ferrera, in her dull-colored Vera Wang with an inexplicable black tulle sash across her bodice that made her look like she was trying to be Miss America. The tulle also snaked around her back to give her a huge goiter there. As usual, her hair and make-up were flawless but she definitely needs a different stylist.
Most Improved from the Golden Globes: Freida Pinto. In her flowing lavender gown and upswept hair, she looks like a beautiful princess who's never been anywhere near a slum. This is a much better look than the weirdly bunched chartreuse bag she wore to the Globes.
Best Dressed (Male): Dev Patel, in his cool and sharp retro tux that made me think of Sammy Davis Jr.
Best Dressed (Female): Christina Applegate. I loved how bold she was with this look—the color, the jewelry, the hair and make-up, it's all good. She looked like no one else there.
What were the best and weirdest moments for you? Who did you think looked great and who was in need of a makeover? Post in the comments!
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Didn't watch it, but now I wish I did.
Awww, my tivo f#@!-ed up and didn't record. Thanks for the re-cap!
Great stuff, but do you happen to have any goodies from the night? Maybe a program? I don't mind competing for it.
I do have a program from the event. Does anyone else want one? If not, I'll just send it to you (if you subscribe). If there's interest from other people, then I'll do another trivia question so you can compete for it.
Thanks for reading.
Ooh, let's get the gloves off 🙂 {Though maybe I used up my contest luck with the Doubt script!}
Thanks for the great wrap and Nerdies, PCN. I'm in awe of you remembering details of acceptance speeches from past awards shows – do you take Fish Oil capsules or something?!
PS: Very happy Hugh Lawrie won.
PPS: I don't think there's anything wrong with admiring Paul Newman, anytime, anyplace.
No, I don't take fish oil capsules. My freakish memory is partly why I qualify as a nerd!
Thanks for your thoughts about Paul Newman. I felt slightly inappropriate for my reaction, though I'm not going to apologize for it!
Ha! I am so with you on the Tina Fey front! Her kick ass jab at the AMPTP rocked us off our couch…and totally showed us what side of that debate she falls on. So awesome!
Glad to know we weren't the only one's groaning at Jon Hamm's recycled Fey joke too. I mean, come on, dude, that was like, the best quote at the Emmy's that year. Get with it!
Loved that Meryl won for "Doubt" too…fantastic speech! And it looked like she just about knocked Amy Adams out of her dress with that crazy-ass hug…hilarious!
I am so with you about America Ferrara too…that Vera Wang fanny pack on her hip looked freaking weird. But not weirder than that bizarre backpack of bows Marisa Tomei had on. WTF?
Overall though a pretty cool show…I know it's kind of cheesy, but we always love those little opening bits with the actors in the audience talking about when they got their SAG cards. So fun!
Haha! "Backpack of bows"—love it! Amy Adams's dress had a "frontpack" of bows, too. The eggplant color was beautiful but I didn't know what was going on there down the front.
I do enjoy the opening bits from the actors. Will Arnett's and Steve Carell's were the best. I was confused by Eva Longoria Parker's story, though. She said when she auditioned for Desperate Housewives, she decided to go in as 5'2″ and Mexican. How else could she have gone in? As 6'7″ and African-American?
Jane Krakowski maintained during press backstage that what she said was a joke. But don't jokes have to be funny? She was the only one who laughed. Next time, they should let Jack McBrayer talk. That boy's hilarious!
Oh yeah, forgot to mention how much I hated Jane Krakowski's joke too. As a man of size, I was like, what the hell, beotch?
And you just know that somewhere skinny old Calista Flockart and Portia De Rossi were hurling their remotes at the screen! 🙂
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Miss ShelleyP….I believe I was here first. 🙂 Bring IT!
OK, since this seems to be just between you and ShelleyP, here's a trivia question:
In Sean Penn's acceptance speech for best actor at the SAG Awards, he said he wasn't happy about which actor not having been nominated in his category?
First correct reply gets the SAG Awards program!
P.S. ShelleyP, you weren't "lucky" with the Doubt script. You knew the answer!
Sean Penn wanted Benicio Del Toro to be nominated for Che! Did I win, did I win?
Oh, no fair – time zone advantage. Recount. Rewind.
{Kidding! } SAG awards aren't on TV here until this Saturday anyway, so I had to surf to come up with Benicio. {But don't you feel a greater sense of achievement winning it this way, EireGo 😉 }
Oh, I didn't know you haven't seen the show yet, ShelleyP! Sorry for the unfair advantage. Well, there will be more contests and I usually have more than one item to give away so you won't necessarily have to be the first to answer.
EireGo, congrats. You're right about Benicio. The program will be shipped out tomorrow!
Not a worry in the world, PCN, but thank you for being kind!
You'd drive yourself beserk if you tried to cater for your readers' diversity of programming (especially since you have such an international following that's going to quickly escalate). It's quite fine – I'll take my chances 🙂
Congrats to EireGo. We shall duel again sometime, non?
Til we meet again on the popculture battlefield, lassy….