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Cadillac's new "art and science" brand theme seems to have been inexpressible in mere words.
The General Motors Corp. luxury division's new tagline is "The power of &," followed by "The fusion of design & technology." The ampersand is only used as a symbol in print; it is pronounced "and" in TV voice-overs, Cadillac officials said. This is Cadillac's first step in a divisional ad effort to rebuild sales.
National print ads break Nov. 15 explaining the concept, which Cadillac copy says represents "the way two things together equal more than they total apart." Ads also tell readers to watch for the first TV spots, starting tonight on ABC's "NFL Monday Night Football."
Patrick Sherwood, president of Cadillac agency D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Troy, Mich., said he thinks consumers will understand that the ampersand represents the fusion of design and technology.
"We believe that to younger, Internet-savvy people, this kind of vocabulary is kind of shorthand for the way people are communicating in a dot-com world," Mr. Sherwood said.
The two spots, which represent Cadillac's first division advertising in several years, use a montage of images to put across Cadillac's theme. "The Power," the initial spot, shows an ampersand linking non-automotive opposites, such as men and women, as well as Cadillac design and technology.
The second spot, "Power to the People," displays specific Cadillac benefits, such as the night-vision system debuting as an option in the 2000 DeVille. Actor Dermot Mulroney, of "My Best Friend's Wedding," does voice-over.
DeVille ads, which will break Nov. 29, will use the new tag, as will all model-line ads, in an attempt to build a singular brand image.
"You will have a consistent voice across executions," Mr. Sherwood said. "You will see consistent graphics across executions."
One DeVille ad, for example, called "All Systems Go," will harp on Cadillac's technological edge, focusing on advances such as the night vision and OnStar global-positioning system.
Cadillac Advertising Manager Kim Kosak said the division's spending for 1999 and 2000 will not rise significantly from the $214 million in measured media for 1998 reported by Competitive Media Reporting.
But, Ms. Kosak said, spending will be more effective with divisional and model-line ads in sync.
Divisional and DeVille ads will run through yearend, including a billboard in Times Square that Cadillac hopes will include a night-vision demonstration. Cadillac is also restyling its Web site (cadillac.com) around the new tagline, she said.
DeVille will have three TV spots. Beginning Jan. 3, the Escalade sport-utility will run one spot and Seville will run two. Print-only campaigns for Catera and Eldorado break Jan. 17 and Feb. 14, respectively, with regional ads starting Feb. 7, Ms. Kosak said.
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Incomplete bladder emptying, or Urinary retention, is the abnormal holding of urine in the bladder.
Normally, urination can be initiated voluntarily and the bladder empties completely.
The area of the spinal cord which controls the emptying reflex, when it becomes damaged, results in a weak bladder muscle and as a result the bladder muscle stops contracting before the bladder is empty. To put it another way, if the bladder muscle is weak or does not contract as it should, then the bladder will not empty properly. For these people while urine may be easy to pass and may flow normally, the bladder does not empty properly (this is known as retention).
Acute urinary retention is the sudden inability to urinate, causing pain and discomfort. Causes can include an obstruction in the urinary system, stress, or neurologic problems. Chronic urinary retention refers to the persistent presence of urine left in the bladder after incomplete emptying. Common causes of chronic urinary retention are bladder muscle failure, nerve damage, or obstructions in the urinary tract. Treatment for urinary retention depends on the cause.
Incomplete bladder emptying can be caused by an inadequately contractile bladder, urethral sphincter obstruction, or both.
Incomplete bladder emptying resulting from urethral obstruction is most commonly caused in men by benign prostatic hyperplasia,
In the nonobstructive form of impaired bladder emptying there is no problem with the urethra but the bladder muscle is less able to adequately contract. When the bladder cannot contract properly, some or all of the urine remains in the bladder.
The condition of incomplete bladder emptying is becoming more common with the aging of the population and the widespread use of anticholinergic drugs to treat overactive bladder.
Incomplete bladder emptying can often lead to overflow incontinence, and if left untreated, this condition can lead to urinary tract infection and damage to the kidneys. When the bladder is unable to empty, the pressure inside it will eventually build up so much that urine leaks 'off the top'. This is known as overflow incontinence and is non-acute retention. There may be an almost continuous leakage of urine (dribble incontinence).
This sort of problem is mostly seen in men with prostate problems but can occur in women, particularly if there is pressure on the bladder from a large uterine fibroid. Overflow incontinence can also occur in association with other medical problems such as multiple sclerosis where bladder coordination is lost. In these cases, the bladder contracts to empty but at the same time the urethral sphincter (the ring of muscles controlling the opening of the bladder) contracts to stop the bladder emptying.
If you believe you have bladder problem, then you should see a Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Gynecology or Urology specialist.
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OpenMOM is an attempt to rewrite by scratches one of the most complete strategic games ever made: Master of Magic by Microprose.
The program is actually developed just by me until a basic skeleton for every game characteristic is done (to keep design consistent).
This game will be open source and not meant to be in competition with other versions available.
The game is written in Java with the aid of Processing to handle the all the graphics. Some of the purposes are:
- to just alter parameters (units specifications and similar etc.)
- keep the engine easily modifiable to alter gameplay (tweak or add skills) etc.)
- a simple and functional interface to the gameplay to allow easy AI prototyping


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Last updated : May 17, 2010
After SAB TV tasted success with the TV show, Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chasma, which is an adaptation of a popular Gujarati novel by the same name; another general entertainment channel has taken the same route. Zee TV finds itself inspired by a Hindi novel, which it has adapted into a serial.
The show, therefore, focuses on various issues and rights of Indian citizens; and narrates stories detailing a particular right, and how it should be used to achieve justice, by appealing to the concerned authorities.
The show made its debut on Zee TV on May 15. It's a weekend offering, airing every Saturday at 8:30 pm. So far, Zee TV, like other GECs including Colors and STAR Plus, had been airing repeats or special episodes of its regular weekday fiction shows in the 8:30 pm slot.
Keshav Pandit, thus, is Zee TV's attempt to attract audiences by offering them fresh content. The show promises to entertain viewers with stories that are high on intrigue and entertainment.
Chawla's optimism also stems from the fact that the show has been mounted by Balaji Telefilms, which, in the recent past, has given one of Zee TV's top ranking shows - Pavitra Rishta. As per TAM's report for Week 18, C&S, 4+ (HSM), Pavitra Rishta, along with another Zee TV show, Dance India Dance Little Masters, is the No.1 show in the GEC space, garnering a TVR of 5.8.
Keshav Pandit is the second show that Balaji Telefilms has produced for Zee TV. The show has been shot across North India, featuring various rural and urban locations in places such as Lucknow, Allahabad and Varanasi. The channel is hopeful that given the popularity that the author, Sharma enjoys in North India; the show will command a big fan following from this part of the country.
The marketing campaign for the new launch has used 8-10 different messages related to RTI (Right to Information), and special legal provisions, such as those related to the arrest of women by the police.
To promote the show, Zee TV has placed law-and-order-related messages in local trains, buses, traffic police booths, on-air television promos and newspaper stalls. About 100 buses and 225 train coaches in Mumbai, and 20 metro trains in Delhi have been used for this purpose. Nearly 1,000 book outlets across the country are also being employed to inform people about the show.
Commenting on the promotional campaign for the show, Chawla adds, "The show has its share of hoardings and other publicity material. But the larger focus is on connecting with people on-ground. The protagonist of the show, Keshav Pandit, along with NGOs such as Satark Nagarik Sangathan and Sneha, is visiting people in chawls and residential colonies. He educates them about their special rights and the show."
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Gov. Scott Walker fueled fears in some state government workers about pension security when he initiated a study that public-sector unions saw as a step toward a 401(k)-style plan they see as less secure.
When the study came out July 2, 2012, it recommended against adding an optional "defined contribution" plan to the state pension system, and Walker said he was not "currently" planning "substantial" changes.
Some conservative critics have decried the guaranteed pensions in the current "defined benefit" plan, while defenders noted the best-in-the-nation fiscal health of the Wisconsin Retirement System.
On June 14, 2012 the state's highest-profile public employee labor leader, Marty Beil, talked pensions during an appearance on the liberal "Sly in the Morning" radio show on Madison's WTDY radio.
Beil, executive director of District Council 24 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), said "we have pensions here that are not out of line. We have pensions that don't put huge amounts of economic burden on the taxpayers."
Beil went on: "It's really the employees' money, and that has to be told, and has to be told to legislators, to neighbors and friends -- that this really is a self-funded pension plan. It's the money of the workers' that funds it."
In 2010, the state pension system paid out some $3.9 billion.
That's a lot of cash.
Is Beil right that the system is "self funded" by employee contributions and "it's the money of the workers that funds it?"
About the system
We started with data compiled by the state Department of Employee Trust Funds, which administers the retirement plan for 166,000 retirees and 260,000 active workers.
For 2010, the latest year available, revenues flowing into the pension fund totalled $9.78 billion -- 85 percent of which came from investment returns on the fund.
That's pretty typical of the fund's experience. Over the past decade, except for a couple years when stock market losses wiped out any revenue gain, investment income has averaged 76 percent of the annual revenue.
But what about all the money that generated the returns? When and where did it come from?
For 2010, nearly all of the remaining 15 percent came from the employers who are part of the fund -- the state, school districts and most local units of government, based on collective bargaining agreements.
But, wait, didn't Walker limit collective bargaining and require the state and its employees to begin making identical contributions to the fund?
Yes, but that didn't kick in until 2011, so it has had little impact on the sources of the $77 billion in the fund, and it had no impact on the fund as of 2010.
What's relevant for this fact check is what the law was before Act 10.
Here's the history on where contributions to the fund came from.
Dating to at least the 1940s, Wisconsin law has made both workers and the state responsible for contributing to the pension fund in amounts based on flat percentages or actuarial calculations related to keeping the fund healthy.
Indeed, the state's books still show a cost-sharing arrangement.
But the statutes, since at least 1981, have allowed or dictated that the state cover some or all of the workers' contributions in addition to the employer share. This was the era of collective bargaining.
And that's what happened.
It became commonplace over a period of decades for almost all public employers -- the state, school districts, local governments -- to "pick up" the entire employee contribution.
So, looking simply at the numbers, it's clear the vast majority of funds in the pension system are from investment returns and taxpayer-funded contributions by employers.
By that measure, Beil's claim of a "self funded" pension system is way off the mark, given that few employees were making a direct contribution to the fund before 2011.
Another high-ranking AFSCME official in Wisconsin, Susan McMurray, a lobbyist with AFSCME Council 11, agreed that "self funded" is not an accurate description.
"It doesn't really work like that," she said. "It's not a 401(k). It's a different mechanism."
Keith Brainard, research director for the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, agreed: "The pension is an important part of compensation, but to say the employer is not contributing to the cost, that's not really defensible."
More to the story
But that's not the end of the story.
Pensions are an integral part of an employee's compensation package. In effect, it is money set aside now to be available when the worker retires.
"It's not like they're giving it to us," said McMurray, who spoke for Beil.
This point of view was advocated during the original collective bargaining debate by financial journalist David Cay Johnston.
"The money the state 'contributes' is actually part of the compensation that has been negotiated with state workers in advance so it is their money that they choose to take as pension payments in the future rather than cash wages or other benefits today," Johnston wrote in a 2011 article for Tax.com.
Others argue the exact opposite.
"One could equally say that 100 percent of Wisconsin pensions are funded by taxpayers, since taxpayers are the sole source of income for public sector workers, including the portion of their salaries that are deducted to meet pension contributions," The Economist magazine's Buttonwood column argued in February 2011.
Asked if unions feel they gave up the same amount in foregone wage increases as they received in pension improvements, AFSCME's McMurray said they have not documented the relationship.
Joshua Rauh, a Northwestern University finance professor who tracks pension costs, told us he doubted any serious economist would dispute the tradeoff, but the extent of the wage giveback is debatable.
"The answer is certainly not that 100 percent of the benefit was paid for by employees through lower wages," he said.
If the system is "self-funded" as Biel claimed, what happens when investment returns lag?
Critics say the taxpayer is on the hook when contributions are required beyond beyond those funded in the planned compensation package.
In reality that hasn't happened -- but only because the laws were written so that the employer contribution was open-ended. It's important to note that in bad times, many retirees get a smaller pension, too -- unlike pensioners in other states.
Our rating
Beil said the Wisconsin Retirement System for public employees is "a self-funded pension plan" and "it's the money of the workers' that funds it."
There's an element of truth in his statement, in that workers for years made trade-offs in collective bargaining that to some unknown extent paid for the pension contribution their employers agreed to pick up. Even the state's accounting system continued to show an annual worker contribution.
But Beil's "self-funded" remark leaves the strong misimpression that taxpayers have little or no skin in the game, when, in fact, taxpayers have been the major source of the money in the pension fund.
We rate Biel's claim Mostly False.
Gov. Scott Walker fueled fears in some state government workers about pension security when he initiated a study that public-sector unions saw as a step toward a 401(k)-style plan they see as less secure.


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Most likely starved, poor kid.
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Creso Pharma Ltd (ASX:CPH) and Virbac SA (EPA:VIRP) have launched Anibidiol®, a hemp‐based complementary animal feed product in Switzerland.
Anibidiol is a natural complementary feed for companion animals containing a standardised amount of hemp extract with cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychoactive substance of the hemp plant.
Creso has developed and will manufacture the product and Virbac will launch, market and promote it to veterinarians and pet owners.
Virbac is headquartered in France and is one of the top 10 veterinary pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Creso and Virbac had signed an agreement in September 2017, which will remain in effect for at least 3 years, in Switzerland and Lichtenstein.
Creso's anibidiol®1.25 and anibidiol® 2.5 are designed for companion animals such as dogs and cats and come in proprietary granule formulations.
Anibidiol promotes the well-being of the animal by supporting its immunity and natural defence system. The product also supports the pet's balanced behaviour.
The recession-resistant worldwide animal health market is valued at circa US$30 billion.
It is worth noting that 41% of pet owners have considered or tried various alternative therapies including nutritional supplements (29%) and herbal remedies (7%).
Creso's share price increased circa 45% during the past one month, last closing at $0.80.


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Presidential Advisor on Youth Symon Vuwa Kaunda recently presented teaching and learning materials to students at Chisu CDSS in Nkhata-bay district courtesy of The First Lady Her Excellency Professor Gertrude Mutharika.
Professor Mutharika is sponsoring the girl child under her Beatify Malawi Trust. The donation contains school bags, learning materials like note books, pens and pencils, bathing soap and laundry soap and body lotion.
Delivering a message from Her Excellency Madam Professor Mutharika, Symon Vuwa Kaunda said it was the wish of Her Excellency Madam Mutharika to see to it that girls in secondary schools complete their education.
Kaunda urged the students to refrain from early marriages, casual sex in order to avoid contracting HIV the virus that causes AIDS.
Kaunda also called upon the girls to work hard in class so as to get better grades in their MSCE exams.
In his remarks, head teacher for Chisu CDSS John Mpakako thanked Her Excellency Professor Mutharika for the donation saying the teaching and learning materials will hugely assist the students in their academic pursuit of.
The Head Teacher assured Her Excellency that all the six students under Her Excellency sponsorship is doing very well in class.
Chisu CDSS is located in the area of Senior Group Village Headman Kandezu under Traditional Authority Mkumbira in Nkhatabay Central Constituency.


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I have received your Lordships letters No 18 & 19. The first signifies his Majestys pleasure that I do not communicate any copies or extracts of such letters as I may receive from his Majestys principal Secretary of State, unless I have his Majestys particular directions for so doing; this injunction I shall carefully observe.
The former indulgence of communicating that correspondence, exercised on particular local circumstances, and with discretion proved often beneficial to his Majestys service. There are times, my Lord, when the utmost ingenuity will scarce satisfy, and men, who will not be convinced without demonstration.
His Majestys speech and the addresses of both Houses came inclosed in your Lordships letter of the 15th November 1768 No 19. Such glorious testimonies on the part of the Sovereign and such firmness and unanimity expressed in the addresses, in support of so essential a branch of legislation as the supreme legislative authority of Great Britain over every part of the British empire, must fill the breast of every loyal subject with gratitude and affection: Equitable and proper measures will not fail to disappoint the wicked intention of all who industriously strive to disturb the repose and felicity of the British dominions.
I thank you, my Lord, for your communication of the happy increase in their Majestys royal family, by the birth of a princess; an intelligence that afforded me much satisfaction, tho' I received it while under affliction for the death of my own son.
Agreeable to his Majesty's royal permission I shall at the next session recommend the appointment of an Agent to transact the affairs of this province at home and shall observe in that business the mode your Lordship prescribes. The obstruction that has chiefly prevented such an appointment is mentioned in my letter No 23 which I wish may be taken into consideration.


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Iranian Shoplifter Caught Red HandedAn Iranian woman has been caught shoplifting by a security guard in Big C Central Pattaya. Upon questioning her she said that she was going to pay for the items after going to the toilet.
PATTAYA-13th April, 2015-[PattayaDailyNews] at 23.30 pm Pol.Lt.Tanongsak Inpadung-deputy inspector of Pattaya police station- was notified that a security guard at Big C Extra Central Pattaya branch had caught a foreigner shoplifter. After notification the police officers rushed to the scene.
At the crime scene they found a Miss Nsim Pournaghshband aged 28 from Iran with socks, swimming suits, toothbrushes, toothpastes and ornaments which were all valued about 1,000 baht. Upon questioning Mr.Sunthorn Saengwa the security guard he revealed that he had noticed her acting suspiciously so he followed her. She then went into a fitting room where she removed the bar codes and placed the stolen items in her bag. He then asked to look in her bag where he found the stolen items.
Initially, she claimed that she didn't intend to steal the things because she was a teacher in Iran. She added that her child took the bar codes off the items and she hadn't paid for them yet because she needed to go to the toilet before going to the checkout. However, the police officers will investigate the truth.


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PPCB raids find sugar mills defy pollution norms
Surprise raids of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) at sugar mills have found the Chadha Group-owned sugar mill flouting the pollution norms by creating water pollution.punjab Updated: Dec 28, 2013 19:15 IST
Surprise raids of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) at sugar mills have found the Chadha Group-owned sugar mill flouting the pollution norms by creating water pollution.
Total six sugar mills of the state namely AB Sugar Mills, Dasua, Indian Sucrose Limited Mukerian, Chadha Sugar & Industries Private Limited, Wahid Sugar Mills, Phagwara, Patran Sugar Mills, Patran and Bhagwanpur Sugar Mills, Dhuri, were inspected by the PPCB teams headed by senior environmental engineers on Friday and Saturday.
PPCB chairman Ravinder Singh said AB Sugar Mills, Dausa, was found bypassing the effluent treatment plant, whereas Chaddha Sugar & Industries Private Limited, Kiri Afghana (Gurdaspur), was not operating its effluent treatment plant.
The aeration tank of Wahid Sugar Mills, Phagwara, was in poor condition. The PPCB chairman said, "The Patran Sugar Mills was lying closed. The process to penalise the erring mills is being initiated under the provisions of the Water Act, 1974."
He also said necessary action was being taken against the mills that were found violating certain pollution control measures during surprise inspection made by the PPCB teams on Friday.
Ironically, AB Sugar Mills and Chadha Sugar Mills for second time were found violating the pollution norms.
PPCB is also contemplating the move to punish the officers concerned of the area for failing to check pollution by the mills, said officials.
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Friday, 16 December 2016
Wonderful corset
Now this is called a total control corset for obvious reasons. It's made by an Austrialian firm IskyC96 and it looks absolutely amazing. The collar has matching handcuffs and a high posture collar as well.
Notice the key to her handcuffs on her collar ring. Looking for something to wear this Christmas?
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I love the look of this. one of my favorites that you have shown us. hugs abbyReplyDeleteReplies
So do I, LOL, New favourite every week. Lucky it's just clothes not women...Delete
(Know some men who have a new favourite woman as well... SMile)
Very, very nice.ReplyDelete
But, How can one has such waist?
But I Love handcufs, collar,back side, front side..
ALL of it.
And colourbis beautiful too.
Nice , Han.
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Yes, waist is way too small, but the rest is nice. Never thought I would like the black cups, but I do. Always thought I would like the posture collar, and I do. Never thought about the handcuffs tied to the back of the corset, but I like that too..Delete
Lovely corset but I do agree with ML. Might even be able to wear the handcuffs with that outfit. ;)ReplyDelete
Hugs and blessings...Cat


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Eric Bana Hurts the One He Loves
In 2007, the last time Eric Bana attended the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor had just experienced a kind of death in the family. Bana arrived in New York mere days afterward, fairly numb to his loss, even cracking jokes about it in his hotel room before hitting the premiere of his film Lucky You. But the wounded eyes said more than his sarcasm, especially when he commented about wanting to wear his auto-racing shoes on the red carpet. Then it hit Bana: What was he doing here when he had just killed his one of his oldest friends?
In reality, his "Beast" -- a souped-up 1974 Ford GT Falcon coupe -- was on the equivalent of automotive life support: Covered and sequestered in an Australian garage, severely disfigured after Bana ended a recent rally race by driving the car into a tree. The incident is at the center of Bana's directorial debut (and slightly happier Tribeca comeback) Love the Beast, a spunky, glossy, fascinating documentary about the relationship between one man and his car. But again, not just any car: The actor and veteran racer had owned his Beast more than half his life, restoring and upgrading it with his other closest mates, for whom the car was akin to their "campfire." And to the extent it was a only possession with a paint job, Bana acknowledged at Wednesday night's premiere that it just as easily could have owned him.
"I think they're flawed humans, and that's what makes them special," he told Movieline. "The longer you have them, the stronger the bond. It's the same with any object, really. I just discovered that out of stubbornness, my car wound up staying with me for my whole life. There was something interesting in that that spoke more broadly."
Like, say, abusing the ones you love?
"Oh, absolutely," Bana said. "That's the job of a race-car driver. I guess the mistake I made was that usually I'll abuse a race car, but in this case I abused a dear old friend. And I paid heavily for the mistake."
The film takes its time exacting that cost, however. Bana's introductory, gee-whiz narration confesses his love of speed and his one-time aspiration to race cars professionally. "Fate, luck and circumstance had other ideas," the leading man half-laments, but even the most moviephobic racing devotee probably couldn't summon the sympathy the line seems to demand. Then Bana's pals and parents show up, setting up a vague human orbit around the actor's motor-love. A coppery vanity-project flavor surfaces, likely even more so for the non-"car people" in the audience.
Soon Bana joins renowned collector Jay Leno for a picnic in his sprawling garage ("I never sell anything," Leno says. "I just buy another building"), and by the time Dr. Phil McGraw (!) shows up to point out Bana's "peak performance range," Love the Beast's flirts with blinding levels of pop sheen. Then it gets interesting: Bana decides to invest serious Hollywood money into rebuilding his Falcon to top-notch, tarmac-racing condition. New everything, from tires to roof, trunk to bonnet (with plenty of cameras, natch). This is the car he will take to Targa Tasmania, a five-day race in which he and the Beast once finished first in their class.
Suddenly, Beast feels like a real Eric Bana film -- in a good way. He struggles on the first day when both the car and his navigator falter. The second and third days improve, and he squirms in the spotlight between stages. Helicopters track him throughout, leading to the pivotal moment when that whole carefully calibrated orbit folds in on itself. Taken as narrative drama -- which it ultimately is anyway -- Beast's editorial vigor and crisp charisma play like an heir to Paul Newman's guilty auto-racing pleasure Winning. Mention Newman, in fact, or any of the other tiny fraternity of actors with this kind of semi-pro racing compulsion, and Bana perks up.
"It's good for someone who's used to doing a lot of preparation for their work," he told me. "I guess there's a certain amount of competitiveness or wanting to get the best out of yourself that comes with that. Racing is all about that -- extracting the last tenth of a second that you can get out of yourself. That's why I love it: It's a very measurable performance art and very different from my working life. It's nice to be able to bounce between that and something unmeasurable."
Also unmeasurable: The psychology of ownership, which Leno, Dr. Phil and British car commentator Jeremy Clarkson all explore with compelling, almost shocking aplomb. While Dr. Phil conflates prized possessions with the "continuity in your life," Leno's more primal analysis argues that had the wealthy actor essentially betrayed his Falcon, treating it like like a rental car en route to personal glory. His take on Bana's documentary quest isn't much more forgiving: "Your car's sitting there saying, 'He drove me into a tree! Why do I have to sit here while goes around talking to Dr. Phil, when he can just fix me?'"
Meanwhile, Clarkson also attributes human qualities to cars, citing their individuality and capacity for mistakes. Love the Beast almost perfectly defines the singular emotional involvement those qualities bring out -- not just in Bana, Leno, or other racers and connoisseurs, but even in the kind of ordinary guy who kindly but firmly refuses to sell his beat-up old Falcon to one of Bana's team members. The look in his eyes matches that one in Bana's own two years ago, both on display in this odd and oddly brilliant piece of work. If you've ever loved anything you own, on wheels or off, you'll know the feeling.


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I'd like to raise an issue regarding the DOM Level 2 HTML Specification, in particular HTMLFormElement.submit(). http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-76767676 HTTP has a well-defined concept of safety; http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.1.1 whereas unsafe methods require user interaction, so that intent is assured. This is mirrored in the Architecture of the World Wide Web; http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#safe-interaction Unfortunately, HtmlFormElement.submit() allows scripts to make potentially unsafe requests (e.g., with POST) to arbitrary sites, as explained here; http://www.net-security.org/dl/articles/AdvancedXSS.pdf Because of this hole, any Web site that accepts an unsafe method has to take special measures to assure that the request has actually been made with the knowledge of the user. This is in conflict with both the architecture of the World-Wide Web, and the design of HTTP. It's also a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, and therefore should be handled as a security problem in the DOM Level 2 HTML specification. I would suggest that the remedy is to add a note or security considerations section, to the effect that unsafe requests (e.g., POST) generated from HtmlFormElement.submit() MUST be authorised by the user. User-agents MAY get such permission by allowing the user to configure a "white list" of sites, allowing the user to specify that requests to the same site are always permitted, etc. If this has been discussed / decided before, please send a reference, and apologies for the duplication. Regards, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/Received on Thursday, 20 April 2006 15:10:27 UTC
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I don't hate you…
I just hate they way you gave up on us and the way you gave up on yourself.
I hate how I was ignored and underappreciated and how even now, it really is no different except I don't live with you.
I hate that you need to be intoxicated to feel or express yourself.
I hate that you're a zombie.
I hate that you clearly saw the effect you had over me; the toxicity claiming me and did nothing.
I hate that my soul had died, and I felt like I was withering away and you still did nothing.
I hate that you lied to me and yourself.
I hate that I wasn't enough.
I hate the fact I am broken because of you and I have to relearn how to live.
I hate the fact that there wasn't even another woman involved because then at least I could have understood.
I hate how worthless I felt with you.
I hate how now friends and family are fading from my life because I chose to leave you to better myself.
I hate that in choosing to live, everything around me dies.
I hate the fact I don't miss you anymore but resent you.
I don't hate you…I just hate the piece of me you destroyed and I can never get back.


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Sep 23, 2016
Tokamachi, Niigata: Creating connections through history, landscape, and art
The Tokamachi (十日町) region of southern Niigata may only be a couple of hours by train from Tokyo but it couldn't be further removed. The booming chaos of urban Japan's neon ravines and growling traffic is replaced here by green valleys and the gurgling waters of mountain streams and onsen.
The region and its people are dominated by some of the largest snowfalls in the world. This snow feeds the rivers fueling them to carve out dramatic landscapes, and imbues the residents with a resilience and creativity that has seen them work this land for thousands of years. Connections to the city are stronger than they might seem, though. Over the years the pull of the city has seen Tokamachi's population decline. However, the region and its people are pulling back using the same resilience and creativity to showcase amazing landscapes, a world-class arts scene, ancient history, and progressive social projects.
Tokamachi City Museum
This is an area which lends itself to preservation and excavation. The region's snows being the ultimate medium of preserve. Rumour also has it, that before rising waters ripped Japan away from mainland Korea, humans chasing animals into these parts from the North and the South, eventually met halfway, in the Tokamachi region. True or not, the air here is rich in historical discovery, and the Tokamachi City Museum can transport visitors back in time by thousands of years.
Run by the city, the museum houses exhibits centering on themes of snow, textiles and the Shinano River. Without question, the museum's loudest and proudest boast is about its collection of Kaen pottery; earthenware pottery vessels coming out of the middle Jōmon period some 5000 years ago. The rims of these vessels are licked with flame like flourishes, evoking images of art imitating nature, a theme throughout the region. The vessels are designated as National Treasures of Japan, and local officials have submitted a proposal for these designs to be used as the basis for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch.
Tokamachi City Museum also features displays and artefacts showing how earlier inhabitants of the region dealt with the heavy snows, with examples of the tools they used on display. It's these melting snows that feed the Shinano River, the main artery of transportation for the region and no doubt a key factor in helping Tokamachi develop into a production center for kimono. The museum traces this back to the fledgeling days of fabric production in the region, and Tokamachi's introduction of silk in the late Edo Period, through to its current status as a leading producer of kimono.
As with many rural areas in Japan, Tokamachi is seeing a decline in its population. Due to a lack of public funds, at the end of the 1990s rural administrations were combined in an attempt to consolidate resources. Still today though, there are some 500 vacant homes here, and over 20 schools have been subject to closure. Across 200 villages, over 30% of residents are over the age of 65. Facing up to these challenges, and in an admirable attempt to revitalise the region and reunite once disparate communities, the region has given birth to the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale which, according to event literature, is 'the world's most extensive art festival'.
Upon early impressions of travel here, it might seem hard to believe that Tokamachi (together with Tsunan Town) could be host to an event on such a scale (the last Triennial held in the summer of 2015 saw 375 art pieces, spread over a region of 760 km², welcome some 500,000 visitors from across Japan and the globe). Take time to consider the landscapes and the people though, and it begins to make sense. This is an area of eye-popping natural canvases, abundant in resource, home to a people who know how to create for life and art; from the intricate flames on an otherwise practical Kaen vessel, and delicate kimono flourishes, through to the layered textures of the region's rice fields. The combination of land and people has been creating art here for millennia.
From the 2015 summer Triennale, some 200 pieces of art remain. One of the great pleasures here is trying to spot them among the rice fields and forests, on the edge of villages, and astride rivers and streams. It's not always easy though. This is a vast and contoured landscape, with much to distract from your search. Better to grab a map instead! Most pieces are outdoors and open to the elements, the embodiment of the Triennale's efforts to express the 'relation between nature and civilization, society and humans'.
A good base for exploration of some art pieces is Matsudai Nohbutai. This facility, just a few minutes walk from Matsudai Station (Hokuhoku Line), houses a gallery, event space, and one of the most unique cafes we've been to (glass surface tables reflecting art installations in the ceiling). From the the facility's veranda, you can gaze out across the river to rice terraces dotted with instillations. The grounds here are also home to Tsumari in Bloom, a creation from modern-art show stopper Yayoi Kusama. Other pieces await discovery by foot, although be sure not to miss the room inside the facility covered in chalkboard material (plenty of chalk at the ready to leave your mark).
Those looking for an interesting overnight experience in the area would do well to seek out House of Light, one of the major artworks for the inaugural Triennial in 2000. The house is a creation from American artist James Turrell, and combines his passion for light with the designs and features of a traditional Japanese house (albeit one that has a sliding open roof)! With its own large bath, fully functioning kitchen, and commanding views over the valley, the house can accommodate overnight guests (outside of visiting hours) for a surprisingly reasonable price. House of Light is a 15 min drive from Tokamachi Station.
Train spotters with a penchant for art (other the other way round) will enjoy the instillation Kiss & Goodbye from Taiwanese picture book author Jimmy Liau. The small building, painted up like a train carriage sits beside sleepy Doichi Station (JR Iiyama Line - maybe one train per hour?). The designs look cute and suitably kid's story book, however the theme is heartbreaking in its depiction of a boy, who lost his parents during the tsunami of 2011, traveling with his dog to visit a grandfather in the country.
For the laymen individual art pieces dotted around the area will at times dazzle and confuse. There are those pieces that make sense in the landscape and those that jar. When seen from the broader context though, that of a region's desire to bring together its people, to embrace its present circumstance and take inspiration from the past that it might create and engage with the rest of the world, the art that you see here is always moving.
If you can't wait for the next Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field will be hosting a series of events over 11 days in October 2016.
After agriculture, the production of kimono is a major industry for Tokamachi. Evidence of woven fabric production in the region dates back 1,500 years. However, if the word 'industry' brings to mind billowing chimneys and dystopian production facilities you couldn't be more wrong. This is hand produced stuff and visitors to the town can see it in action at Suizan-Kobo, a kimono production facility in Tokamachi run by Toya Co. Here, you can watch on as experts apply the tie-dying technique Tsujigahana to emblazon kimono fabrics with those patterns and flourishes which you've perhaps seen on kimono in Mitsukoshi (the founder of which has a connection to the area). It's these same techniques that once decorated the threads of famous warlords like Uesugi Kenshin and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Watch closely now, as visitors will have a chance to decorate their own fabrics at the end of the tour.
Your own efforts at Tsujigahana will likely be put to shame by some of the kimono on display here. They look, quite frankly, too good to wear, hung out as they are like works of art. The colors and flourishes are almost dizzying, but it's OK, at the end of the tour you get to sit down with a cup of tea (the Japanese kind), and calm the eyes next to a quaint Japanese garden.
... and chill!
Reverting to modern parlance maybe, but that's exactly what you can do in this ancient part of the world. Like the aforementioned art installations there are onsen towns dotted throughout. Perhaps the most famous is Matsunoyama Onsen, one of Japan's 'Big 3 Medicinal Hot Springs' (15 times stronger than most Japanese hot springs). Don't come here expecting a hoard of medical tourists looking to ease their sciatica, though. This onsen is tucked away in a remote valley and consists of but a single street with mountains rising steeply at either side.
For a splurge, try a room at Ryokan Chitose. The whole place looks like a work of art and as well as a well-earned soak (check out the outdoor 'Moonview Bath', if you can stand the heat!), the staff here also lay on food that rivals those kimono in its presentation (no burger and fries, although you can get a coffee for breakfast if you ask).
It would be a Sisyphean task to list all that Tokamachi its surrounds has to offer. On top of which, this is an area dominated by the seasons (in real, practical terms), laying on a different experience during each one. At it's core though, underneath the heavy snows, and high on the precipitous rice terraces, can be found everywhere a spirit not merely to endure, but to embrace and create.
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Starting Weight (13 weeks ago): 202
Two Weeks Ago: 182.6
Current Weight: 180.4
Goal Weight: 165
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AUSTIN, TX--Art in Public Places (AIPP), a program of the City of Austin's Economic Development Department / Cultural Arts Division, is proud to announce that three projects have been selected by Americans for the Arts for its Public Art Network Year in Review. The Year in Review honored 38 outstanding public art projects created in 2015; it is the only national program that specifically recognizes the most compelling work in the field of public art.
Uplifted Ground by Michael Singer Studio, located at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport; Las Piñatas, a temporary installation by David Goujon; and Hello Lamp Post Austin, a special temporary commission by PAN Studio, were chosen for the Year in Review from among 260 entries from around the country. The selected projects were announced today at the Americans for the Arts 2016 Annual Convention in Boston.
Uplifted Ground by Michael Singer Studio was installed in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport's new consolidated rental car facility in October 2015. The large-scale sculptural installation contains hundreds of grounded and suspended elements inspired by local geological formations, native minerals, and aerial photography. During the day, the delicate reflection of the embedded metals is accompanied by shifting geometric patterns of shadow; at night, light emerges from the elements creating a graceful dance of light along the walkway from the terminal to the rental car facility. The artwork is also an integral part of the structural design for the walkway.
David Goujon's Las Piñatas was commissioned as part of the TEMPO 2015 temporary public art program, which placed 10 site-specific, temporary works in City parks and other public spaces. Three 10-foot tall piñata burros were placed in Edward Rendon Sr. Park, during the fall of 2015. Goujon, a trained architect who had never before had a public art commission, was inspired to create this work when he heard about the destruction of the Jumpolin piñata store in east Austin. He also organized Piñata Picnic, a free family-friendly event in the park to celebrate Austin's vibrant East Side and support local piñata businesses.
Hello Lamp Post Austin was commissioned to mark the 30th anniversary of the Art in Public Places program. This unique digital project encouraged people to interact with everyday objects - such as lamp posts, hydrants, and telephone poles - via text messages. For 10 weeks in the spring of 2015, Austin's street furniture "woke up" and traded messages with thousands of residents and visitors. A total of 21,439 messages were exchanged during the course of the project. The goal of the project was to connect people to the built environment and each other by bringing out hidden stories of the city. The project was originally developed by PAN Studio for the Watershed Playable City Award 2013 in Bristol, England. Austin was the second city to commission Hello Lamp Post and it has since been installed in Tokyo, Bordeaux (France), and Singapore. The project was commissioned in partnership with Art Alliance Austin, and with cooperation from many local partners. It was also an official art project of SXSW 2015. More information about the project is available at www.hellolamppostaustin.com.
A complete list of the Year in Review projects is available here: www.americansforthearts.org/yir/2016
"These Public Art Network Year in Review selections illustrate that public art has the power to enhance our lives on a scale that little else can. Whether subtly beautiful or vibrantly jolting, a public art work has the singular ability to make citizens going about everyday business stop, think, and through the power of art appreciate a moment, no matter how brief," said Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. "I congratulate the artists and commissioning groups for these community treasures, and I look forward to honoring more great works in the years to come."
The Public Art Network (PAN), a program of Americans for the Arts, is designed to provide services to the diverse field of public art and to develop strategies and tools to improve communities through public art. The network's constituents are public art professionals, visual artists, design professionals, and communities and organizations planning public art projects and programs.
Austin projects have received Year in Review accolades before, most recently in 2012 for two permanent commissions: James Edward Talbot's Your Essential Magnificence, a colorful, mosaic-clad sculpture located at South Congress Avenue & Live Oak Street, and Chris Levack's Iron Wave and Trilobite Shade, a rideable sculpture and shade structure located at the Heath Eiland and Morgan Moss BMX Skate Park, 1213 Shoal Creek Boulevard.
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Basic History and the Lay of the Land
The continent of Vaporia has long been swathed in darkness. Centuries have passed since the last two great empires have crumbled into dust. Once the human Agatian empire ruled the west and the Kuruthian empire of tieflings held the east. But these are but myths to the denizens of the world now, their only mark left being their ruined cities that dot the landscape. They tore each other apart until nothing remained and the names of their empires were meaningless.
Without standing armies to keep them in check the monsters of the world thrived, breeding and pushing ever forward. They claimed more and more land for themselves, making war on the denizens of the Vaporia.
The gods forsook their mortal followers, turning their backs they took with them their divine magic and retired to new devices atop their home on Mount Celestia. Clerics, Paladins and other divine champion who hear the will of the Gods are so rare that they are practically unheard of and are either treated as Prophets or crackpots by the people of the world.
In their place the populace turned to cultism and Primal Spirit worship often in the service of Warlocks beholden to deamonic entities. Though the Arcane and Primal domains of magic began to recede from the world, their practitioners becoming a rarity, their power a commodity. Wizards, druids and their like became warlords and revered wise men amoung the chaos.
For the most part the races banded together for survival. Tieflings and humankind set aside old enmity in the face of their desolation. The eladrin, now known simply as high elves abandoned their beautiful but ravaged cities in the Feywilde, a place of wild magic, to join them. Many dwarves left their mountains and underground hides to share their knowledge and seek better fortune above ground, as did the gnomes. Halflings opened their villages to all comers. Added to this melting pot are settlers from the other contients; the Long-Eyed humans of the God Rune Isles and minotaurs of the Labyrinthine Isles of the Southern Archipelagos; dragonborn of the Tumerian Dynasty; and dark skinned variations of all races from the distant continent of Azrakahn.
Not all embraced this new diversity. The roving orc clans kept their nomadic lifestyle, rejecting the safety of the towns as did the forest dwelling catfolk referred to as 'wood elves' by the so called civilised races. They chose to live free and are regarded with suspicion by most and hostility by some. The humans of the North, sheltered behind the mountain range known as The Great Peaks remained a seperate nation, as did the blue skinned Saorsa elves, hidden behind the Cairns of Old.
The map was carved into territories by Feudal Warlords, Petty Tyrants and Bandit Kings with vast swaths of no mans land separating them.
Then came the invention of the 'Gun,' weapons that utilised the power of black powder to send a projectile winging towards its target. Such weapons are viewed with scorn, frowned upon by most of society but their power is undeniable and their usage has risen steadily over time.
Out of this desperate time rose an elf, a powerful wizard named Solemet Kildark, bringing with him a race of his own design and creation; the warforged, golems of metal, stone and wood. It is said that he tamed the dragons and united the world under his banner before retiring from the world, building his palace at the peak of Mount Celestia, fabled home of the Gods. Though all towns pay him homage his rule means little. He has not been seen in centuries, letting his Lords rule with total autonomy. They soon returned to their despotic ways.
Before retiring from the world, Solemet sold his designs for a magically powered engine that runs on rails, capable of dragging tonnes of weight, to the highest bidder: Trading House Voren. Once a great mercantile power of the world, their influence had waxed somewhat from their glory days. The acquisition of the railway plans allowed them to build a network of tracks capable of shipping vast quantities of goods to all corners of the continent without the worry of spoilage, thus retaining a vestige of their former strength. Trading House Voren also sold travel tickets at exorbitant prices to those whose wealthy would allow it.
In this world where life has no value, death often comes with a price tag.
Vaporian- often known as Common or Traders Tongue. This is the most common language known on the Continent of Vaporia and is known by most of its denizens
Chondathian- the native language of the Long Eyed Men of the God Rune Isles
Azrakahni- This is the most common language known to the people of Arakahn, acting as its version of common. Arakahn is a huge place however, and many areas have different dialects or local languages
Elven- Elven has three dialects; Eladrin, Saorsa and Mewl, native to the High elves, Saorsa elves and Wood elves respectivly. Though all dialect share some common ground they are treated as three languages
Kuruthian- the language of the tieflings that are the decedents of the denizens of the Kuruthian empire
Taurian- The language of the Minotaur people which sounds to those who do not know it like a series of gutteral grunts and the lowing of cows
Dwarven- Language of the dwarves
Goblin- the common language spoken by goblinoid races and orcs
Tumerian- Language of the dragonborn settlers from the Tumerian Dynasty
Each fiefdom has its own mark of currency and its own minted coins. Although this means that currency in Vaporia is diverse and varied all of the currency has an approximately similar content of precious mental making the coins interchangeable where ever they are spent. As such most of the people of the continent simply refer to them as Gold, Silver and Copper Pieces
The Old Religion
Religion in Vaporia is a complex issue. The Gods themselves are seldom vocal anymore, remaining silent while their priests preach holding to faith, being strong in the face of adversity and reassuring their people that the Gods will reward them for their devotion in death. It is easy to see then why many citizens secretly take to the worship of daemons and spirits; joining cults or societies in an effort to reap the rewards and find some meaning to their lives.
Perhaps the best known pantheon in Vaporia is the one shared by the sister empires of Agatia and Kuruthia. When Agatia enveloped Kuruthia they added some of their gods into their pantheon. It is the subject of some heated debate within the Temple to which gods were added later and which ones were from the original pantheon. It is widely accepted however that the First Family as they have come to be known, are the original gods of Agatia. They all reside in a grand palace at the peak of Mount Celestia, the tallest mountain which occupies the centre of Vaporia.
Pellor, the Father of the Gods, Lord of the Sun and Master of all Time, created the world and all things as a gift for his wife Ioun, Goddess of Knowledge. Ioun was pleased with her gift but she was especially pleased with the people and sentient creatures. Ioun began to impart her knowledge and her teachings to its people. In thanks Ioun bore Pellor two children; a boy, Erathis; and a girl, Calypso.
Jealous of the gift Pellor had given his wife, Vecnis, Pellors sister, the teller of Lies and Deceits, and Hoarder of Secrets disguised herself as Ioun and seduced Pellor. When Pellor discovered the deception he flew into a rage but by then it was already to late. Vecnis was with child. She gave birth to a daughter, Nephratis.
His children bickered between each other, their petty squabbles often spilling down to the world below causing many a war. Ioun, in her wisdom suggested a solution and Pellor agreed. Pellor and Ioun gave to Erathis the land and he became the Protector of Civilisation. Calypso was given the sea and the sky to keep watch over as her domain. To Nephratis they gave the realm of death and she became known as the Raven Queen. Their new duties and responsibilities gave the gods little time to argue among themselves, as was Iouns plan. But even so between the gods themselves there was little love lost.
There the story should have ended but in a time long gone, in the days near the Agatian Empires founding Erathis still took a keen interest in the affairs of men on his land. He fell in love with a mortal woman and they conceived a child with him. Some, many orcs who dwell beneath the Empires rule among them believe that the woman was an orc and that the child was a half orc but this, too is disputed by various factions of the Temple. The boy was named Kord. His mother tried to convince Erathis to take Kord with him, to dwell on Mount Celestia but Pellor was angry at Erathis' meddling and ordered Erathis to leave the boy behind. Kord possessed an incredible strength and a hide thicker than steel. He competed in the Games and fought many battle in the Arena. He joined the Agatian Legions and campaigned with them while they settled the land around them.
He is famed in legend for taking the Agatian War of Settlement to the Underworld, quelling the daemon uprising and fighting a duel with Asmodeus himself. Eventually, after hearing many tales of Kords deeds, Pellor relented and allowed Kord to dwell on Mount Celestia with his father. Though not a true God, many worship him as the Patron of Warriors and Athletics, gladiators in particular venerating him as they combine the two aspects.


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To make this peach sweet bread, grease the bottoms of two 8-by-4-by-2-inch loaf pans, and set them aside. In a large bowl, mix 3 cups of flour, a tablespoon of baking powder, a tablespoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of salt. In another bowl, beat three eggs, and then stir in 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup of cooking oil and a tablespoon of vanilla. Add the wet and dry mixes together, and stir until the dry mix becomes moist, taking care to not overmix. Fold in 2 cups of chopped fresh peaches and a cup of chopped pecans, and divide the batter between the pans.
Bake the bread in a 325 degrees over for about 60 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean from the center. Cool the bread in the pans for about 10 minutes, and then remove the loaves from the pans, placing them on a wire rack. Allow to completely cool, and then wrap and store overnight for easy slicing. Each slice of bread has 145 calories, 6 grams of fat and 20 grams of carbohydrates.


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Viktor Orban: What is More Humane, to Close Borders to Illegal Migrants or to Risk Lives of Innocent Europeans?
Outspoken Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban addressed parliament on Monday after the ISIS Paris massacre.
Victor Orban took a great amount of heat for building a border fence to keep out the migrant invasion. The fence reduced the flow of illegal migrants from entering Hungary to zero. Austria, Latvia and Slovenia followed Hungary's lead and announced plans for a border fence.
Orban asked parliament:
"What is more humane, to close the borders against the illegal border-crossers, or to risk the lives of innocent European citizens?
Thank God Europe has at least one common sense leader who is willing to defend the continent.
The Budapest Business Journal reported, via Vlad Tepes:
It "has been proven" that terrorists "use migration consciously and in a well-organized manner" in order to assimilate with those who leave their homes for a better life, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said today in the Hungarian Parliament, after sending his condolences once again to France, national news agency MTI reported.
Orbán noted that the leaders of the European Union also knew about such dangers, as Greece said earlier that jihadists could eventually make their way into Europe.
"We do not believe that everyone who comes from there is a terrorist, but nobody can tell how many terrorists have arrived with the migrants and how many continue to arrive day by day," the prime minister reportedly said. He added that it is even horrible to think about how many terrorists could have crossed Hungary.
He said that "migration" has many threats, and, although it is "politically incorrect" to say, "where there are high numbers of immigrants in Europe, crime statistics have increased significantly and public security has deteriorated", MTI reported.
As France is part of the European Union, the EU has been attacked and as a member state "we are also in danger", Orbán said. The prime minister said that the Hungarian government has widely been criticized as being inhuman for closing its borders. Orbán said: "What is inhuman? Closing the borders for illegal border crossers or risking the lives of innocent Europeans?"
Orbán said he believes that the EU is "weak, insecure and paralyzed". He noted that "there are many discussions and conferences, but there are no solutions… we are struggling in the web of ideologies, instead of acting based on common sense and on our own culture," MTI reported.
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We love us some Runner's World and when we heard they were hosting a series of races that included the chance to run Heartbreak Hill of Boston Marathon fame – WITHOUT having to cut 1+ hours off our marathon times to qualify for the Boston Marathon – we were IN.
Why run just one race with Runner's World when you can #RunAllTheRaces?!?!
The inaugural Runner's World Heartbreak Hill Half Marathon & Festival took place on the campus of Boston College in Newton, MA, June 7 – 8, 2014. Thousands of runners – including kids and dogs – showed up for a weekend of racing, seminars, movies, and more.
We were ALL IN as usual and this entailed running the 5K, getting about a 30 minute break and then running the 10K on Saturday morning and then coming back for more in the form of a half marathon on Sunday morning.
The weekend included the privilege (or horror, depending on how you look at it) of running the infamous Heartbreak Hill and surrounding Newton hills 4 TIMES. Yep, you read that correctly, 4 TIMES. #RunAllTheNewtonHills
Down Heartbreak Hill and Kelley Hill at the beginning of the 10K (Opportunity #1), a 3 mile-ish "break" [NOTE: The course description states that the course flattens after Kelley Hill. We will tell you that FLAT is a relative term…it was "flat" only if you call "flat" not going up a giant hill], followed by slogging back UP Kelley Hill and Heartbreak Hill at Miles 5 – 6 (Opportunity #2). And another chance to get at it during the Half Marathon the next day. Down Heartbreak Hill and Kelley Hill – this time at Mile 3 (Opportunity #3) – before getting a 5 mile-ish "break" and the final opportunity to conquer the hills of Newton at Miles 10 – 13 (Opportunity #4).
We weren't the only crazy people to come out and take on Heartbreak Hill. We got the chance to see, run with, and meet TONS of our runner friends, which made the weekend (and the hills) worth every sore leg muscle.
So just how bad IS Heartbreak Hill?
On paper it doesn't seem so bad. It climbs a mere 88 feet over four-tenths of a mile. It only goes up at a grade of 3.3%. What makes it so hard, aside from running it several times over the same weekend, is that it is the first or last of the series of 4 Newton hills (depending on whether you were coming or going on the Runner's World courses). The thought of hitting this series of hills in the UP direction at Mile 21-ish of the Boston Marathon makes our legs hurt just thinking about it!
Add to the hills of Newton the heat and humidity of a New England summer's day and we couldn't resist commenting on how hot and hilly it was to everyone and anyone that would listen – especially our friend Pammy – who joined us on Sunday for the Half Marathon.
In spite of the heat and the hills, we managed to take enough pictures and video for a recap of the entire weekend. Good news is that by the 10K and Half Marathon we were "running" slow enough that everything is in perfect focus 😀
NOTE: Bonus points for doing a burpee every time we mention that it's hot or hilly or hot and hilly!
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Have you qualified for Boston and run this storied course only to experience Heartbreak Hill at Mile 21? Do you dream of racing up Heartbreak Hill? Tell us about it!
Be sure to follow us on Twitter @RunAllTheRaces and like us on Facebook/runalltheraces.
Perfect Goofy Gail & (soon to be Delightful Dopey) Kimberly
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Glasgow School
The Glasgow School was a circle of influential artists and designers that began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to around 1910. Representative groups included The Four (also known as the Spook School), the Glasgow Girls[1] and the Glasgow Boys.[2] They were responsible for creating the distinctive Glasgow Style.
Glasgow experienced an economic boom at the end of the 19th century, resulting in an increase in distinctive contributions to the Art Nouveau movement, particularly in the fields of architecture, interior design and painting.
The Four (Spook School)[edit]
Among the most prominent definers of the Glasgow School collective were The Four. They were the painter and glass artist Margaret MacDonald, acclaimed architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (MacDonald's husband), MacDonald's sister Frances and Herbert MacNair. Together, The Four defined the Glasgow Style's fusion of influences including the Celtic Revival, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Japonisme, which found favour throughout the modern art world of continental Europe. The Four, otherwise known as the Spook School, ultimately made a significant impact on the definition of Art Nouveau. The name, Spook School, or Spooky or Ghoul School, was originally a "derisive epithet" given to their work which "distorted and conventionalized human... form."[3]
The Glasgow Girls[edit]
The Glasgow Girls is the name now used for a group of female designers and artists including Margaret and Frances MacDonald, both of whom were members of The Four, Jessie M. King, Annie French, Helen Paxton Brown, Jessie Wylie Newbery, Ann Macbeth, Bessie MacNicol, Norah Neilson Gray,[4] Stansmore Dean, Eleanor Allen Moore, De Courcy Lewthwaite Dewar, the silversmith Agnes Banks Harvey[5] and Christian Jane Fergusson. May Wilson and Eliza Bell, among others, continued the tradition of ceramic artistry into the 1940s and 1950s by hand painting various items with floral patterns.
Women were able to flourish in Glasgow during a "period of enlightenment" that took place between 1885 and 1920, where women were actively pursuing art careers and the Glasgow School of Art had a significant period of "international visibility".[6] This is sometimes attributed to the "influential" and "progressive"[7] head of the art school, Fra Newbery, who established an environment in which women could flourish, both as students and as teachers.[8] Women benefited from the new Glasgow Society of Lady Artists (founded 1882) which offered a place for women artists to meet and also had exhibition space.[8] In addition, many art school students and staff were involved in women's suffrage.[9] "Students took turns between classes stitching up banners" for the movement.[9]
The name "Glasgow Girls" emerged much later. In the 1960s there was an attempt to give due attention to the work of the city's women artists to balance the plentiful discussion of the Glasgow Boys.[8] It is thought that the then head of the Scottish Arts Council William Buchanan was the first to use the name in the catalogue for a 1968 Glasgow Boys exhibition.[8][10][11] This "invention"[7] has been called an "ironic reference" to the equivalent men's grouping.[12] The term Glasgow Girls was emphasised by a major exhibition Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920 organised by Jude Burkhauser in 1990.
A Paradox by Frances MacDonald, 1905
Opera of the Winds by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1903
The Goose Girl by Bessie MacNicol, 1898
The Glasgow Boys[edit]
Through the 1880s and 1890s, around the same time that the Spook School was gaining prominence, a collective which came to be known as the Glasgow Boys was interpreting and expanding the canon of Impressionist and post-impressionist painting. Their subject matter featured rural, prosaic scenes from in and around Glasgow. Their colorful depictions attempted to capture the many facets of the character of Scotland.
The Glasgow Boys consisted of several men, most of whom were trained in, or had strong ties to the city of Glasgow. These men were brought together by a passion for realism and naturalism and this showed through in the pieces they produced. Along with this passion for naturalism, they shared a marked distaste for the Edinburgh oriented Scottish art establishment, which they viewed as oppressive. Driven and motivated by these ideals they embraced change, created masterpieces, and became Scottish icons in the process.
Among the painters associated with the group were Joseph Crawhall (1861–1913), Thomas Millie Dow (1848-1919), James Guthrie (1859–1930), George Henry (1858–1943), E. A. Hornel (1864–1933), James Whitelaw Hamilton (1860-1932) and E. A. Walton (1860–1922). David Gauld (1865–1936), William Kennedy (1859–1918), John Lavery (1856–1941), Harrington Mann (1864-1937), Stuart Park (1862–1933), William Wells (1872–1923), David Young Cameron (1865–1945), Alexander Ignatius Roche (1861–1923), Arthur Melville (1855–1904), Thomas Corsan Morton (1859-1928), James Nairn (1859–1904), George Pirie (1863-1946) and John Quinton Pringle (1864–1925). James Paterson (1854–1932) and William York Macgregor (1855-1923) were leading figures in the group, which used to meet at Macgregor's studio.
Their main influences were that of Japanese print, French Realism including Jules Bastien-Lepage, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, but all of their experiences around the world greatly impacted on and inspired their work, in particular in Spain, North Africa, and Japan. The group was constantly influenced by what they saw in the world around them and strove to display these images by utilizing the techniques of realism and naturalism; they had a passion to depict things as they actually are. This is one of the reasons that the group often chose to work outdoors. Working outdoors allowed them to produce paintings that were as true to nature as possible and it allowed them to paint realistic objects in their natural environment. They painted real people in real places. The production of naturalistic paintings was new to this time period, and thus their techniques were considered to be innovative. Similarly, the pieces often created a sense of movement, an accurate (or naturalistic) depiction of light and shade, and extremely realistic texture. This made them stand out in the art community.
James Guthrie At His Easel by Joseph Crawhall, 1885.
Spring by Thomas Millie Dow, 1886
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon by Sir James Guthrie, c. 1924 – c. 1930
Bluette by Edward Arthur Walton, 1891
Portrait of a Girl at Dusk by Alexander Mann (date unknown; d. 1908)
Near Dover by William York Macgregor, 1921
Collections and exhibitions[edit]
A large collection of work from the Glasgow Boys is held in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, where one room is dedicated to the group. The museum houses more than 60 of the Boys' pieces that were created between 1880 and 1900, arguably the time period in which their best, and most innovative, pieces were produced.[13] More of their works can be found on display at the Burrell Collection, Broughton House, Paisley Museum and Art Galleries and the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.
See also[edit]
- Glasgow School of Art
- Scottish Colourists
- Ann Macbeth
- Arthur Melville
- George Henry Walton
- Hannah Frank
- ^ Burkhauser, Jude, ed. (2001). Glasgow Girls: women in art and design, 1880-1920. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 9781841951515.
- ^ Rezelman, Cogger. The Glasgow Boys.
- ^ Burkhauser, Jude (1993). "The Glasgow Style". Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920. Edinburgh: Canongate Press. pp. 55–104. ISBN 0963698508.
- ^ Glasgow Girls On Display, Mary Selwood, accessed July 2010
- ^ "Series 35, Antiques Roadshow - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ Burkhauser, Jude (1993). "Restored to a Place of Honour". Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920. Edinburgh: Canongate Press, Plc. pp. 19–26. ISBN 0963698508.
- ^ a b Andrew Gibbbon Williams, 'Engendering respect', The Times (features), 18 Sep 1990
- ^ a b c d "Glasgow Girls (act. 1880–1920) - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ a b Burkhauser, Jude, ed. (1993). "The 'New Woman' in the Arts". Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920. Edinburgh: Canongate Press, Plc. pp. 43–54. ISBN 0963698508.
- ^ "ExploreArt - Search Results - The Glasgow Girls". Exploreart.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ The Glasgow Boys: An Exhibition of Work by the Group of Artists who Flourished in Glasgow 1880-1900, Volume 2, Scottish Arts Council, 1968
- ^ Lynne Walker (1993). "'Review of "Glasgow Girls": Women in Art and Design 1880-1920'". Woman's Art Journal. 14.2: 60.
- ^ "New Glasgow Boys gallery to open". Bbc.co.uk. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- Billcliffe, Roger. The Glasgow Boys. John Murray, London. ISBN 9780719560330
- The Glasgow Boys and Girls: Painting in Scotland Book of Postcards: The National Galleries of Scotland.


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There is an association between ammonia levels in the body's bloodstream and failure of liver functioning, according to WebMD. The liver converts ammonia to urea, which is then expelled through urination. High ammonia levels indicate that the liver is not functioning properly.
The liver is a vital organ that performs over 500 detoxification and metabolism functions in the human body, one of which is the breakdown of ammonia. The liver is vital to almost every bodily function. Due to its multidimensional uses and strategic location, the liver is prone to many diseases. There are no artificial options to compensate for liver failure, although liver dialysis treatments can be a viable short-term solution.
A high level of ammonia in the blood may be due to liver functioning issues. A blood test can be done to evaluate ammonia levels. Blood is taken from a vein or artery. A blood test determines the prognosis for liver disease, Reye syndrome, cirrhosis and heath of the liver function.
One of the main causes of death for people with liver failure is the build-up of ammonia in the body, reports Mayo Clinic. Proteins break down creating ammonia. If not expelled, the ammonia causes the brain to swell, leading to death from brain herniation.