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The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) administers and enforces three equal employment opportunity laws: Executive Order 11246, as amended; Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 793; and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4212. Collectively, these laws make it illegal for contractors and subcontractors doing business with the federal government to discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
In addition, contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from discriminating against applicants or employees because they inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or that of others, subject to certain limitations.Contractors and subcontractors (hereafter referred to generally as "contractors") seeking OFCCP's assistance with satisfying their nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity obligations can expect clear, accurate, and professional interactions with OFCCP's staff.
OFCCP provides compliance assistance on a range of issues including technical help with understanding the requirements for developing an Affirmative Action Program (AAP). Please take a moment to explore the general expectations that often guide interactions between federal contractors and OFCCP.
Access to Accurate Compliance Assistance Material.
Contractors can expect OFCCP to inform them of their legal obligations and how contractors can voluntarily comply with these obligations. OFCCP, to support voluntary compliance, is committed to providing clear, concise, and practical compliance assistance.
Contractors can expect to receive compliance assistance in various forms including technical assistance guides, factsheets and brochures, "Frequently Asked Questions" or FAQs, guidance documents, directives, webinars, and email. While OFCCP makes compliance assistance available, contractors are ultimately responsible for seeking and using this help.
Timely Responses to Compliance Assistance Questions.
Contractors can typically expect a reply to Help Desk inquiries and emailed compliance assistance questions within 3-4 business days. Sometimes in the absence of key information or a difference in interpretation or understanding, OFCCP's reply to a question may require further research, may be limited, or may require additional time to coordinate across the agency or across DOL.
In these instances, contractors can expect that OFCCP will provide notice of the delay and assurance that OFCCP's reply, when provided, is responsive to the issues raised. OFCCP's reply will only be as thorough as the information it is provided.
Opportunities to Provide Meaningful Feedback and Collaborate.
Contractors can expect OFCCP to provide them with opportunities to submit feedback on the quality and quantity of the agency's compliance assistance offerings and, periodically, on their experiences during their most recent compliance evaluations. Contractors can expect OFCCP to identify ways to collaborate, when appropriate, on the development of new compliance assistance material, contractor training, and other matters that may support contractor compliance.
Professional Conduct by OFCCP's Compliance Staff.
Contractors can expect to receive prompt, courteous, and accurate information during compliance evaluations and complaint investigations. The perceived quality of an engagement with OFCCP staff can be influenced by several factors, including the specificity and accuracy of the information contractors provide, and the timeliness and thoroughness of their responses to document production requests during compliance evaluations and complaint investigations.
Neutral Scheduling of Compliance Evaluations.
Contractors can expect OFCCP to use a neutral selection system to identify contractors for compliance evaluations that meets applicable Fourth Amendment standards. OFCCP's neutra l process for selecting contractors for compliance evaluations relies on multiple information sources and analytical procedures.
Individual contractors are never "targeted" though OFCCP may focus its resources on particular industries or sectors, geographic regions, or types of employment practices. OFCCP never schedules a contractor for a compliance evaluation because that contractor sought compliance assistance.
Reasonable Opportunity to Discuss Compliance Evaluation Concerns.
Contractors can expect to have a reasonable opportunity to discuss issues that may affect the progress or results of their compliance evaluation or complaint investigation. These discussions are most effective if they are first had with the responsible OFCCP compliance officer.
OFCCP recognizes that some issues may warrant elevating a discussion to a higher level with management in the district office and then, if necessary, the regional office. OFCCP's protocol allows contra ctors to seek further discussion with the national office, if contractors have explored all other avenues.
Although OFCCP and contractors may not reach agreement or arrive at the same outcome, good faith discussions can remove uncertainty and clarify areas of misunderstanding.
Timely and Efficient Progress of Compliance Evaluations.
Contractors can expect written notice that OFCCP scheduled them for a compliance evaluation, a list of what information is being initially requested by OFCCP, and reasonable production timelines for subsequent document production requests as determined in light of all relevant facts and circumstances.
Contractors can also expect clear explanations of OFCCP's compliance evaluation processes and periodic status or progress updates as evaluations progress. While OFCCP seeks to be timely and efficient in its work, the progress and outcomes of evaluations are greatly influenced by the level of cooperation OFCCP receives, and the quantity, quality, and timeliness of the information that contractors provide.
Contractors can expect that the information they provide during a compliance evaluation will be kept confidential. OFCCP keeps this contractor information, including but not limited to personnel records and salary data, confidential to the maximum extent allowed by law.For more information, please visit the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs website at or contact the nearest regional office.


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From entre-plats to oral sex in three easy steps! As the iconic artist's opulent cookbook Les Dîners de Gala is reprinted by Taschen, we assess what it really takes to dine like Dalí
The history of art has produced few movements more influential than surrealism, and few artists more iconic than Salvador Dalí. It was in the late 1920s that the Catalonia-born visionary began his experimentations with surrealist techniques, fusing optical illusions and suggestive symbols to create visual renderings of subconscious desires. His most famous paintings have been celebrated and endlessly reproduced in gallery gift shops worldwide, but one of his rarest and most immersive tomes, Les Dîners de Gala, a cookbook first published in 1973, was recently reprinted by Taschen. Far from a functional curation of replicable recipes, the book is an amalgamation of illustrations, paintings and hallucinatory prose which collectively form a surrealist exploration of links between sex, food and the subconscious. An emphasis on pleasure makes this unique oeuvre an antidote to society's fascination with 'wellness'; these excerpts reveal key themes and demonstrate how to do dinner, Dalí-style.
The Evasion of "Dietectic Formulas"
Not only is Les Dîners de Gala a work of art, it's a series of avant-garde recipes and sumptuous illustrations which reveal the wider worldview that pleasure should always take priority. An introductory disclaimer immediately indicates this ideology: "If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive and far too impertinent for you." Furthermore, paintings including Nocturnal Cravings highlight the subconscious ways in which we desire food, indicating one clear message – give in to temptation.
Entre-Plats Sodomisés
Sexual references characterise Les Dîners de Gala. This becomes apparent on the contents page in the form of an 'aphrodisiacs' chapter whose title translates as 'I eat Gala' – Gala is, of course, the name of Dalí's wife and muse, implying an unashamed reference to oral sex. Then there's the 'Meat' chapter, whose title, 'Les Entre-Plats Sodomisés' translates literally as 'sodomised in-between plates'. This accompanying painting echoes an earlier image of Gala's head alongside two raw lamb chops; in his autobiography, he describes eating the chops as opposed to his lover, explaining the chops as "the expiatory victims of abortive sacrifice."
The Lobster as Symbol of Desire
From Dream of Venus to Lobster Telephone, Dalí's work famously uses the lobster as a symbol of desire. This exemplary image depicts a disembodied woman, her lower half obscured by a blood-red ring of lobsters atop a sea of dismembered heads. A Freudian reading implies the lobster as a symbol of the male fear of castration; it becomes both an object of desire and a symbol of erotic danger. Dalí explains his love for shellfish more innocently: "I love all shellfish… Food that only a battle to peel makes it vulnerable to the conquest of our palate."
The Eroticisation of Sea Bass
The inclusion of fish in violent scenes is characteristic of Dalí's work – there's Dream Caused By the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate, a depiction of a reclining female nude seemingly threatened by tigers leaping from the mouth of a fish, as well as Tuna-Fishing, a surreal fantasy which sees tuna speared to death by technicolour warriors. By contrast, the above illustration transforms the fish into the reclining female nude by implicating the outline of the female form. Clusters of small lobsters appear to be feasting on the flesh of the motionless sea-bass, again implying an erotic undertone.
Repurposing Dalí's Art Archive
Alongside dozens of paintings specific to Les Dîners de Gala, the book features Couple With Their Head in the Clouds, a work originally created in 1936. It's well-established that the two heads are those of Dalí and Gala – a famous image depicts the duo holding their respective renderings – whereas the transparency of the two figures indicates yet another link between food, sex and the subconscious, thus tying into the book's predominant theme of food providing pleasure and uniting friends and lovers. It's a testament to Dalí's career that one archive masterpiece can slot seamlessly into another – its inclusion is exemplary of his distinctive genius and visual footprint.
The new edition of Salvador Dalí's Les Dîners de Gala is out now, published by Taschen.

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Our Advocacy Efforts on Capitol Hill Worked!
We did it! On September 28th, President Trump signed a major budget bill that protects and increases funding for several crucial hydrocephalus-related research programs.
This bill included $761 million for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the Department of Defense, as well as nearly $39.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a 5.4 percent increase from the last fiscal year. It includes funding for critical research programs, including:
- The National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System: $5 million
- National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): $57.5 million
- Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative: $57.5 million
The advocacy efforts of hydrocephalus patients, caregivers and medical personnel helped make this happen. Members of Congress have a lot on their minds right now, but hearing about the priorities of members of the hydrocephalus community helped achieve these major funding goals.
Learn about DoD-Funded Hydrocephalus Research Studies
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Canadian History for Kids!
Sketches of Canada for December 1st!
This snowbird certainly was flying high in December of 1979!
Canadian singer Anne Murray, hits the top of the Billboard country charts with her #1 smash hit Broken Hearted Me. This Canadian History for Kids, Sketches of Canada, looks at life of Canadian award-winning singer in pop, country, and adult contemporary music, Anne Murray.
Competition breeds excellence. And when you have 5 brothers, there certainly is a lot of competition. Morna Anne Murray was born June 20, 1945, in the coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. Her father, James Carson Murray, was the town doctor. Her mother, Marion Margaret was a registered nurse.
Anne loved music and the new sound of rock and roll had her singing constantly. She sang along with all her favourites – Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin and Connie Francis. However, Anne was also inspired by a wide variety of musical styles, including the classics, country, gospel, folk, and crooners such as Patti Page, Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney. She loved them all.
Anne studied piano for six years. At age 15, she began taking classical voice lessons. Every Saturday morning, Anne took a two-hour bus ride from Springhill to Tatamagouche and back, for her singing lesson with Karen Mills.
She studied Physical Education at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Her university friends talked her into auditioning for "Singalong Jubilee", a popular CBC television show. Although Anne was not offered a job, she did make an impression!
Two years later, she got a call from "Singalong Jubilee" co-host and associate producer, Bill Langstroth. She reluctantly agreed to return for a second audition in 1966, and this time, she got the job! Langstroth would later become her husband.
Suddenly, Anne was in demand for television and stage appearances all over North America. She had hit the big time. The success of her first recording, "Snowbird" was followed by hits on both the pop and country charts. She became a regular on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour", and her popularity increased even further.
Through the years, Anne has rubbed shoulders with Prime Ministers and Presidents, a Beatle and some Barenaked Ladies, the royalty of Great Britain and the royalty of country music, hockey stars and golfers, comedians and divas.
Anne is a Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest honour that can be awarded to a Canadian civilian. She was the first inductee into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame. She has her own Star at Hollywood and Vine. In 1998, she was in the inaugural group awarded a Star on Canada's Walk of Fame on King Street in Toronto, and she has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars.
And that's this weeks Canadian History for Kids, Sketches of our Canada.


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LINDON — Nestled off the beaten path in Lindon, Utah, the people there have been producing plays for 38 years, providing wholesome, family entertainment. Currently, they are in the middle of a production of Backstage, a play written by Jody Renstrom, who is also one of the owners of VCP. Her story's action is one about the audition, early rehearsals, dress rehearsal and run of a play. But it is mostly about the people the performers play who are characters in a play. So to not confuse you, let me try to explain it another way. We have actors playing people who are actors playing characters. I'm not sure that made it any clearer, but I hope you get the idea. As a person involved with theater productions I can relate all too well to the process and the types of people depicted in Backstage.
The real director of this play is Tyler Renstrom who also is very funny in the role of the director of the play within the play. Tyler Renstrom's character is that self absorbed, "I am wonderful, don't you know you are privileged to work with me" kind of director. For me, David's lines brought my biggest laughs. From the beginning, he is telling his cast and crew that they are privileged to be part of this show, because they get to work with him. Boy, I've known a director or two like this.
Jennifer Mustoe played the part of Connie the assistant director. Connie is the confident "I will do anything you want, I aim to please" assistant director and Jennifer does this well. But it gets really funny when Connie, who has a bad case of stage fright, is thrown onstage on opening night. Jennifer's level of freak out as Connie/Annie, the maid in the play within the play, is great to watch as she shrieks about everything from remembering her blocking to how she's sure her shoes are wrong for the part she must play. Her portrayal was very believable and I loved it when she said her lines as the terrified actress.
Other members of the cast made me smile throughout the evening as they played their roles. Tyrone Svedin played the part of Ken the actor who genuinely has talent and is humble, which I found believable in Svedin's performance. (I liked his audition scene the best.) Craig Mustoe plays the part of Bruce the "I don't know boundaries, I'm a little self obsessed and need your approval" actor. His performance made me smile and made my week, especially because the way he uses his toupee was so funny. Daniel Tomlinson played the role of Jonathan, who was very consistent in his over-the-top role of an exaggerating actor; I loved his phyiscality, especially in Tomlinson's rehearsal scene.
Kristen Leinbach as Paula (Helen in the play within the play) was the thread that wove this production and held it together. Like the character she portrays, she is the solid leading lady—poised and elegant with her ad lib skills shining. Leinbach doesn't get a lot of comedic opportunities, but she does have one scene with a zipper that's stuck that is pretty great.
Katherine Bickel plays Jennifer, shy and unassuming, receiving the part of Annie the maid in the play within a play. She quickly becomes the romantic lead when she has to fill in at the last minute on opening night. Bickel, too, wasn't given a lot of comedy, but she is clearly a focused and believable actress. It was a little bit of a princess moment when she changes from the rather serviceable maid costume into a beautiful ball gown when she is asked to play the lead.
Grace Hansen plays the part of the snooty actress, Barbara, who plays Aleena in the play within the play. Hansen's character is manipulative and spiteful, and I wondered a little if she struggled with being that mean. At times her lines felt forced, but she did an overall good job of playing the person you love to hate. Dallin Smith played Brent, the "ever ready to fix it stagehand." The character evens wants to fix relationship, as he spends much of the evening trying to play matchmaker and set people up with one another. I liked his delivery, which always seemed so sweet and genuine.
Becca Gunyan rounds out the cast playing Ingrid, the "crazy costume lady." I enjoyed watching Gunyan and it seems that she enjoys playing her role. However, two things bothered me about her performance. First, Gunyan played the part with an accent that I felt made it hard to understand what she was saying most the time. Second, her personality of the costume lady was very funny, but seemed a little incongruent. She cares so much about the costumes to measure even the tiniest part of the actor yet throws the costumes on the floor—twice. But I recognize that this disconnect for Gunyan's character may have also been a directorial choice. I enjoyed her enthusiasm especially in the scene when the leading lady's dress doesn't make it on stage and the characters have to figure out how to get it to her. I also loved Gunyan in the scene where she has to come up with dresses for the actors who have to fill in when the one actress breaks her leg and is unable to perform.
This show is about actors and the characters they play and the interesting situations that arise when going through the production process. My favorite part was in the third act when we finally get to see the "backstage" part of this production. The lines the actors used in auditions and rehearsals are being given off stage (the on stage "show") and we get to see on stage all the crazy things that happen backstage as the situations arise. There are no elaborate lighting scenes and the minimal set works well in this small theater. The costumes are great and even the stagehand character gets wardrobe changes. However, the first scene change seemed really long to me, perhaps because of a slow costume change.
Throughout the evening, though, the audience was laughing a lot as was I, especially in the third act. If you want a good laugh, you should definitely pay a visit to the Valley Center Playhouse.


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Key points:
• Discipleship Ministries and the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry have sold the jointly owned Kern Building to nearby Vanderbilt University.
• The two agencies will share offices in the Harry Denman Building, which is also home to the frequently visited Upper Room Chapel.
• The move comes as other denominational agencies are also consolidating space in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With reduced staff and more people working from home, two United Methodist agencies have sold a jointly owned building and are moving in together across the street.
Late July 15, Discipleship Ministries and the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry completed the sale of the Kern Building and adjoining property to nearby Vanderbilt University.
"We give thanks for the wonderful ministries accomplished over the years in the Kern space and we look forward to the ways in which the proceeds from this sale will support the missions of both agencies," the Rev. Jeff Campbell, acting top executive of Discipleship Ministries, said in a press statement.
Higher Education and Ministry, the sole Kern occupant at the time of the sale, will temporarily lease space from Vanderbilt as staff move into Discipleship Ministries' Harry Denman Building.
That building — named for the famed Methodist lay leader and evangelist who influenced Billy Graham — is also home to the beloved Upper Room Chapel. While closed to visitors at present because of COVID-19, the chapel continues to post online prayer services twice a week.
"The Kern property has served our global missions and ministries exceedingly well," said the Rev. Greg Bergquist, Higher Education and Ministry's top executive, in a statement.
"With an eye toward the future, and our commitment to being a more agile agency, it made sense to move toward a hybrid model where staff can embrace the adaptive opportunities of remote work while sharing collaboration space for maximizing team engagement."
The move to the Harry Denman Building comes as other denominational agencies are also consolidating space in response to changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The self-supporting United Methodist Publishing House, which entered a purchasing agreement to sell its campus this spring, is now sharing space with United Methodist Communications in Nashville.
In January, the United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women moved into smaller offices it shares with the Northern Illinois Conference inside The Chicago Temple. The Chicago Temple is also home to the city's First United Methodist Church.
The denomination's 13 general agencies have all cut their budgets and adjusted their ministries amid the uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic and potential split in The United Methodist Church.
But before anyone had heard of COVID-19, discussions of selling the Kern Building already had started. Discipleship Ministries had undergone a major restructuring in 2018 and found it had extra space. The Kern Building also was in need of renovation.
The Connectional Table, a denomination-wide church council, and the board of General Council on Finance and Administration, the denomination's finance agency, gave the two church-supported agencies preliminary approval in April 2019 to explore a possible sale.
Earlier this year, the Connectional Table and GCFA board also each gave the required approval for the Vanderbilt University sale as the deal reached its final stages.
With the sale, the property goes to a university with longtime Methodist ties. Vanderbilt University was part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South until 1914, and its divinity school continues to train United Methodist clergy.
Metro Nashville's most recent property assessment valued the property at 1001 19th Ave. S. as worth more than $9.5 million.
The two agencies plan to use the funds from the sale for ministry needs designated by their respective boards.
"As our mission remains constant, strategies and methods change," said Bishop Mark J. Webb, Discipleship Ministries board president and leader of the Upper New York Conference. "The proceeds from this sale will provide valuable resources for critical initiatives into the future that will support congregations and leaders in the task of equipping world-changing disciples of Jesus Christ."
Higher Education and Ministry, whose work focuses on equipping church leaders, plans to use the funds to support long-term strategic objectives. That includes responding to emerging needs in the church, dismantling systems of racism and colonialism, forming young-adult Christian leaders and aligning ministry with the realities of the United Methodist worldwide connection.
The move is still bittersweet. The two agencies have jointly owned the Kern Building since 1950. The building bears the name of Methodist Bishop Paul Bentley Kern (1882-1953), a bishop at the time of the 1939 merger that formed the Methodist Church. During his time as bishop, he served on the Board of Education, helping to shape what was to be the ministry of both agencies.
Africa University, the United Methodist pan-Africa university in Zimbabwe, has operated its development office out of the Kern building since 1992.
James Salley, Africa University's associate vice chancellor, said the university's development office looks forward to the future as it also moves to shared space with Discipleship Ministries.
Bishop William T. McAlilly, Higher Education and Ministry board president, said in a statement that the agencies look forward to responding to the new thing God is doing.
"We stand on the shoulders of those whose vision served the mission of the people called Methodists well," said McAlilly, who also leads the Tennessee and Memphis conferences. "We now step into a new future."
Hahn is assistant news editor for UM News. Contact her at (615) 742-5470 or [email protected]. To read more United Methodist news, subscribe to the free Daily or Weekly Digests.
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Do you remember the last time when your mind was free from the thoughts of the number of likes and follows that you had received on your social media accounts? Or have you ever spent less than two minutes checking your social media feed? Chances are that you must have got hooked on and ended up wasting a significant amount of time.
Indeed, there comes a point where one needs a social media detox in order to sort the things in life that have been ruined because of social media procrastination.
So in this regard, we have compiled a list of reasons why you may need a social media detox. These include:
#Pain in the back, wrists, or neck
A number of heavy social media users tend to report pain in their wrists that come from excessive typing and holding the smartphone for longer periods of time, and pain in the neck or back which comes from a prolonged posture. Apart from that, headache due to eye-strain is yet another common reason. In case any of these signs persist for a longer period of time, you should know that it is time to take a break from the internet.
#You may be feeling insecure
Have you ever felt the need to immediately go out and to buy things that you do not really need? Or do you ever feel like you are not talented enough as compared to others around you?. Chances are that social media is to blame. As a result of social media, many people end up getting jealous of others due to which they feel insecure about themselves. This usually results in impulsive decisions that are not very sustainable in the long run. So if you feel this way, know that you need a social media detox.
#You may be wasting a lot of time
Often at times, people end up getting so obsessed with the internet that they take a long time in order to get their point across. Often at times, people take as much as 30 minutes only to get a post ready. If this is you, then know that this is a very unhealthy way to cope up with things. In fact, you will be giving importance to something that only matters in the virtual realm and not in the real-life. So if you find yourself doing this quite often, consider taking a break.
#You may not be meeting your self-care needs
Self-care and your health should be your first priority. Due to procrastination on social media, often at times, people forget to eat properly. Similarly, many people keep on delaying their self-care tasks simply because they prioritize their Twitter timelines more. In case you can relate to this, know that self-care and health should be your first priority. In case you simply ignore them, you may end up regretting in the long run because once bad habits develop, it often becomes very difficult to get rid of them. In case you feel like this is you, there is certainly a need for social media detox.


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Prestigious Awards Recognize Excellence in New Product Development, Marketing and Innovation
BOTHELL, WA - March 4, 2010 - Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, announced today that the 6 lb. NanoMaxx™ ultrasound system was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Edison Best New Product Awards. The awards are inspired by the enormous contributions of renowned inventor Thomas Edison and honor significant achievements in new product development, marketing, and innovation. Sonosite's NanoMaxx system is an extremely portable, high-resolution imaging tool that provides point-of-care visualization to a variety of medical specialties.
Empowering physicians to meet the highest standard of patient care, the NanoMaxx system targets applications that will improve patient safety and minimize complications. With one-dial control, advanced proprietary imaging algorithms, a 20 second boot-up time, and a rugged form factor (successfully drop-tested from three feet), the NanoMaxx system is a breakthrough technology that truly meets an unmet clinical need. The Edison Award finalists were selected by a rigorous peer-reviewed voting system, which comprised of an estimated 2,000 members of not-for-profit Marketing Executives Network Group (MENG), America's top executives, and academic researchers.
The NanoMaxx system was judged on six main categories that were inspired by the persistence and excellence personified by Mr. Edison's achievements—marketplace innovation, marketplace success, technological innovation, market structure innovation, societal impact, and design innovation. "Innovation is more important now than ever," said Sarah Miller Calidicott, great grandniece of Thomas Edison and chair of the Edison Awards Steering Committee. "The finalists we announced are the moving parts in the engine of economic growth. They inspire people to think outside the box and improve the lives of people around the world." The 2010 Edison Awards are sponsored by the Discovery Channel, Google, The Nielsen Company, and Strategyn, and are associated with The Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey.
About Sonosite
Sonosite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) is the innovator and world leader in hand-carried ultrasound. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by ten subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. Sonosite's small, lightweight systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high-performance ultrasound to the point of patient care.


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(GREAT FALLS) East Middle School students invited Great Falls Public Schools Foundation board members into their music classes Tuesday to showcase the new technology they received through a grant.
The East Middle School (EMS) 'Music Technology Lab' grant acquired $18,500 through the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation, which announced $174,000 in teacher-initiated grants.
With the money, the music department was able to transform the music classroom into a lab. Thirty brand new computers were purchased, old equipment was fixed, and a new music education software program was installed.
"We come in here and incorporate online programs to help better our understanding. For instance, we're talking about the note identifying program. It helps us vastly start to learn what notes are compared to where they are on the staff," EMS 8th grader Treyson Tuss said.
Tuss plays the flute and says the program has helped him better understand music.
"The composition is nice just being able to learn other instruments and other melodies and things that you might not be doing in band or orchestra," Tuss said.
The Great Falls Public Schools Foundation has granted 34 teacher-initiated grants, which vary from putting more books on shelves, new technology in classrooms, to even mannequins to teach CPR.
Students say the new music lab is not only a great way to learn but it is fun.
"I come to school partially just to play my cello. It brings joy, music brings joy to a lot of people," EMS 8th grader Noah Roberts said.
Roberts and Tuss both say they enjoy using the programs outside of the classroom in their free time.
"It's another aspect of music that kind of helps you shape your understanding of music theory a little better," Roberts said.
"I personally like, especially in these programs, just being able to kind of look forward to deepening our understanding with music and composition and even making our own compositions. It's kind of this nice creative way to make music," Tuss said.
East Middle School music department teachers submitted the application and received additional funding through truck raffle proceeds, other fundraisers, and district support.
All grants were awarded through donors.
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I plan on reviewing them. What would you guys like to know?
I have a Verizon HotSpot and Asus laptop for the weekend.
Started by SpleenBeGone, Jul 03 2013 07:35 PM
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Specs, price and your opinion of performance on the laptop.
Hotspot I'd care for range, coverage and the monthly bill
Posted 04 July 2013 - 06:15 AM
Should be easy enough


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Alabama Tax Tribunal to Issue Proposed Regulations on July 31
State & Local Tax Alert: Alabama Edition
Last spring, the Alabama Legislature passed the landmark Alabama Taxpayer Fairness Act, Act # 2014-146, the modified successor to a bill long known as the Alabama Taxpayers' Bill of Rights II ("TBOR II"). Although the lengthy legislation provides a number of procedural protections for Alabama taxpayers, its most significant feature is the creation of an independent tax tribunal, known as the Alabama Tax Tribunal ("ATT").
Beginning October 1, 2014, taxpayers will have the ability to appeal most final assessments issued by the Alabama Department of Revenue (the "Department") or by local taxing jurisdictions (or their contract auditing firms) to the ATT. Although local taxing authorities can opt out of the ATT's jurisdiction, our understanding is that the majority of those authorities, including those represented by Revenue Discovery Systems (RDS/Alatax), intend to remain under the ATT's jurisdiction.
The ATT will hear taxpayers' appeals from final assessments of most tax types (other than ad valorem property taxes and municipal business license taxes), challenges to the Department's proposed adjustments to a taxpayer's net operating loss carryovers, denied refund claims, and finally, any preliminary assessment entered by the Department or a local jurisdiction that is not made final or withdrawn within five years from the date of entry.
The ATT replaces the Department's current Administrative Law Division ("ALD") and transfers both the personnel and equipment to a newly-formed, independent state agency under the executive branch. All cases presently pending before the ALD will be transferred to and handled by the ATT. Earlier this summer, Governor Bentley appointed the ALD's longstanding Chief Administrative Law Judge, Bill Thompson, as the first Chief Judge of the ATT, thus assuring a smooth transition from the ALD.
Since being appointed Chief Judge, Judge Thompson has been busy drafting a set of regulations that will govern the procedures to be followed in appeals filed with the ATT. In drafting the regulations, Judge Thompson wisely requested input from a variety of interested parties, including the Alabama State Bar, the Department's Legal Division, the Alabama Society of CPAs, and self-administered local jurisdictions and their contract auditing firms.
Members of our firm were among the group of interested parties from whom Judge Thompson sought informal comments while drafting the regulations. In our opinion, the proposed regulations are thorough, fill in several gaps in the Act, and address a number of key provisions, including filing appeals with ATT, the conduct of hearings before the ATT, protective orders, and appeals from preliminary and final orders issued by the ATT. The proposed regulations make it clear that taxpayers will receive fair and impartial hearings before the ATT in a relatively informal manner, just as they do now before the ALD.
Because the ATT provisions more closely parallel the American Bar Association's Model State Administrative Tax Tribunal Act than did the counterpart provisions in TBOR II, both taxpayers and taxing authorities are granted broader powers of discovery than under current law. Some small businesses and individual taxpayers, CPAs and other non-attorney taxpayer representatives, and local jurisdictions had—what we believe were—natural concerns regarding how discovery would affect the proceedings before the ATT. Recognizing these concerns, Judge Thompson drafted the proposed regulations in such a way that "discovery can only be used with the prior approval" of the ATT. The regulations require parties to make reasonable efforts to voluntarily and informally exchange information and evidence before requesting formal discovery. According to the proposed regulations, formal discovery shall only be allowed in the discretion of the tribunal judge upon a showing that good-faith efforts to informally obtain information by voluntary methods have failed.
The proposed regulations, which are subject to the rulemaking requirements of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, will be published in the Alabama Administrative Monthly on July 31. Taxpayers and other concerned persons can submit comments on the proposed regulations for approximately 35 days. Judge Thompson will thereafter make any changes he deems appropriate, and then certify the regulations for final adoption. Review a copy of the Alabama Tax Tribunal's proposed regulations here. However, please feel free to contact any Alabama member of our SALT Practice Team or email the Alabama Department of Revenue's Administrative Law Division if you have any questions or comments regarding the proposed regulations.


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Review by Megora
Mid-season breaks have started early this year for New Girl, which returns after a two-week-hiatus with Background Check. This week's outing was dubbed by show-runner Liz Meriwether as "one of [their] funniest". It probably is the funniest this season, but considering the track record so far, that's not saying much.
I'm a fan of New Girl episodes that are compacted in terms of time and location span (see Cooler, Thanksgiving, Kids). This episode takes place over the period of at most a couple of hours, and primarily around the loft, as the roommates prepare to go through Winston's required background check for the Police Academy. During plots like this, the cast is basically in their comfort zone and truly allowed to shine.
However, there isn't much new to see this time around, as the writers opted to use the traits they'd already established are funny about each character to bring out the laughs. Schmidt is still chronically obsessed with Cece, Coach comes up with yet another harebrained scheme to help Winston give a good impression, and Jess resorts to her slapstick comedy chops while attempting (and failing miserably) to get rid of her hidden stash of methamphetamine (yes, Jess is apparently the next Walter White). The return of Nick's lying-equals-sweating habit is possibly the most hilarious bit; Nick Miller seems cursed with the inability to behave like a normal adult, much to our advantage. The only one with a semblance of responsible maturity is, shockingly, Winston, so I guess we can look forward to seeing him as a full-fledged cop sometime later this season.
One thing is new though: the opening credits. Gone is the cute theme song and Jess's even cuter rendition of it, surrounded by the three male leads. Instead, only a portion of the melody plays in the background of a modernized flash sequence of cast photos, including Cece and Coach. Thus, the show sheds away any inkling of simply being a showcase for Deschanel, and embraces the fact that it has become a true ensemble comedy.
Newbie Notes
– It's weird how easily Winston can flip from being the craziest person in the room to the most sane.
– For someone who has a problem communicating his feelings, Nick sure can spill his guts.
– Seriously, aren't we tired of pedophilic jokes by now?
– Mark-Paul Gosselaar?! Cece's name-dropping left me, much like Schmidt, shocked and jaw-dropped. You can't mess around with Zack Morris, Cece!
– All hail the return of Nick's moonwalk.
Roomfriend Ranting
Coach: Going to the outlet mall today. I'm gonna look like a rich person from three years ago.
Winston: You guys are like rubbing alcohol. You sting me in the now, but save me in the later.
Nick: My sixteenth year, I never got an erection. I thought they were done. I thought my penis was dead. It wasn't.
Sergeant Dorado: What kind of person would urinate on an electrical socket?
Nick: I… I thought it would make lightning.
A solid effort from the New Girl crew, but I'm still holding out for more.
Megora Rating


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Twenty-two films will be vying for the 2007 Palme d'Or once the 60th Cannes Film Festival gets under way next Wednesday, May 16.
Among the 13 first-timers in the official competition are Fatih Akin, with Auf der Anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven (Akin's Gegen die Wand / Head-On won both the 2004 Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and the 2004 European Film Award); David Fincher, with the crime drama Zodiac, starring Jake Gyllenhaal – the film was a major box office disappointment in the U.S.; the sexually provocative Catherine Breillat, with Une vieille maîtresse / An Old Mistress, with Asia Argento; and Vincent Paronnaud and Iranian comic artist Marjane Satrapi (making her film debut), with an animated film version of Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis, about her experiences growing up in Iran during that country's Islamic Revolution.
Among the Cannes veterans are 1994 Palme d'Or winner Quentin Tarantino (for Pulp Fiction), who'll be around with a reedited version of Death Proof, his half of the box office dud Grindhouse; 1991 Palme d'Or winner (for Barton Fink) Joel Coen, with the thriller No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson; two-time Palme d'Or winner Emir Kusturica (for Otac na sluzbenom putu / When Father Was Away on Business in 1985 and for Underground in 1995), with Zavet / Promise Me This; and 1997 best director winner (for Chun gwong cha sit / Happy Together) Wong Kar-Wai, whose English-language film debut, My Blueberry Nights, starring Jude Law, will open the festival.
The jury of the official competition will be headed by British director Stephen Frears.
Another Cannes vet, 2004 Palme d'Or winner Michael Moore (for Fahrenheit 9/11), will be represented by a special screening of Sicko, Moore's indictment of the American healthcare system.
Despite reports that Denys Arcand's L'Âge des ténèbres / The Age of Darkness might not be ready for Cannes, the film has been officially announced as the closing night gala screening on May 27. In L'Âge des ténèbres, Marc Labrèche stars as a bored Quebec civil servant who spends a lot of his time in a fantastical dream world. Also in the cast are Diane Kruger and Rufus Wainwright.
(Considering that Arcand is the man behind that – unfair – indictment of Canada's socialized healthcare system, Les Invasion barbares / The Barbarian Invasions, which depicts U.S. healthcare as a model of efficiency, it would be interesting to get his reaction to Sicko.)
Other Cannes events include:
A Cinema Masterclass hosted by Martin Scorsese; an Actor's Masterclass by Sergio Castellitto, a Music Masterclass by Howard Shore, "in the presence of David Cronenberg"; and a tribute to Henry Fonda, with Jane Fonda in attendance.
The third edition of the program Tous les Cinémas du Monde (literally, "All the Cinemas of the World") will screen films from Lebanon, India, Poland, Colombia, Slovenia, and Africa (Guinea, Angola, and Kenya).
60th anniversary tributes to Jane Birkin, with a screening of Birkin Boxes; Claude Lelouch, with Roman de Gare / Tracks; Ermanno Olmi, with Centochiodi (for which Olmi received a Nastro d'Argento nomination in the best original story category); and Volker Schlöndorff, with Ulzhan.
60th Anniversary Film: To Each His Own Cinema, composed of brief vignettes directed by Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, Michael Cimino, Ethan & Joel Coen, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Aki Kaurismaki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raoul Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsai Ming Liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-Wai, Zhang Yimou.
And finally, more than 3,000 buyers and sellers from 80 different countries are expected to attend the festival's film market.
Ah… The Cannes 2007 poster jumpers are: center top, Souleymane Cissé; middle row from left, Penélope Cruz, Wong Kar-Wai, Juliette Binoche, Jane Campion, Gérard Depardieu; front row from left, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Pedro Almodóvar. The individual photos were taken by Magnum photographer Alex Majoli at the 59th Cannes festival. The composite was created by Christopher Renard.
Poster: Festival de Cannes
Cannes Movies: From Wong Kar-Wai to Abel Ferrara & Catherine Breillat
About 300 journalists crammed into a 200-seat room to hear director Wong Kar-Wai, actor Jude Law, and singer-turned-actress Norah Jones discuss their film, My Blueberry Nights, a romantic drama that opened the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
"Sometimes the tangible distance between two persons," Wong explained, "can be quite small but the emotional one can be miles. My Blueberry Nights is a look at those distances, from various angles. I wanted to explore these expanses, both figuratively and literally, and the lengths it takes to overcome them."
My Blueberry Nights tells the story of a young woman (Norah Jones) who, following the departure of her boyfriend, spends her nights at a New York diner eating blueberry pie and chatting with the owner of the establishment (Jude Law). Eventually, she decides to leave New York City, ending up on the western half of the U.S.
According to Wong Kar-Wai, this road movie "is not a road movie. What matters isn't the trip, but the distance. She leaves New York and goes to the other side of the country, as far away as possible from the man that left her."
Well, she certainly could've gone much further – ending up in Wong's own Hong Kong, for instance, but the acclaimed director of Fa yeung nin wa / In the Mood for Love and 2046 apparently wanted to make an American story.
Wong said that the inspiration for My Blueberry Nights was "the short film that I made, a 6-minute short film, which was supposed to be part of In the Mood for Love. … And one of the reasons I wanted to make the film in the United States at that point is because I wanted to work with Norah, and this is a very good story for Norah. I thought it interesting to do it in English and shoot in New York because she plays in New York, and because of her schedule at that time. So I took it as the starting point and we developed the story, which is quite different, because the short film is basically only the first chapter of the film. … From the diner we go to Memphis, and then across the country. … It's not a road movie, it's not about journey; it's about destiny."
As per an Associated Press report, My Blueberry Nights received only polite applause at the press screening.
Also in the cast are Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, and David Strathairn.
Xan Brooks in The Guardian:
(After reading the paragraph below, all I could think was, Bresson, le pauvre)
"Abel Ferrara makes movies marinated in Catholic guilt, soaked in blood and frequently undulating with semi-naked women. These have sometimes been likened to the work of Martin Scorsese, although Scorsese never went so far as to have Harvey Keitel masturbate in front of a group of schoolgirls, as Ferrara had him do in Bad Lieutenant. Alternatively, several critics have found parallels with the films of the French master Robert Bresson, despite the fact that Bresson, so far as I know, never actually featured a scene in which a pole dancer French-kisses her Doberman Pinscher, as is the case in Go Go Tales. Love him or loathe him, Ferrara is a bit of a one-off."
The Cannes screening of Ferraras Go Go Tales at Brooks The Guardian blog:
"So far as I could tell, nobody walked out of the [Joel and Ethan] Coen brothers film No Country For Old Men, which must qualify it as an unqualified hit. In stark contrast, about a third of the audience abandoned last nights screening of the new Abel Ferrara drama Go Go Tales. The exodus started at around the half-hour mark and petered out about 20 minutes before the end."
More from Brooks The Guardian blog "Cannes is full of film-makers without borders":
"Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart is referred to as the lone British feature in the selection, even though it is backed by an American company, stars two Hollywood actors (Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman) and is based on a book by a Parisian of Afro-Cuban descent (Mariane Pearl). By contrast, the Joy Division biopic Control boasts a Mancunian setting and a crop of British players but barely merits a mention because the director (Anton Corbijn) is Dutch."
Lisa Nesselson reviews Une vieille maîtresse / An Old Mistress in Variety:
"Catherine Breillat [right] has spent more than 30 years showing a knack for directing individuals wearing no costumes at all, so its doubly heartening she knows precisely what to do with lovesick characters in lavish costumes in An Old Mistress. Splendidly cast tale of a handsome young man who intends to stay away from his desire-stoking, long-term mistress after his marriage, brims with pointed dialogue, with the occasional duel or forthright sex scene interspersed to fine effect."
At the press conference for the film, Catherine Breillat talked about the stroke she suffered in October 2004 that left half of her body paralyzed. Via Allocine:
"Simply put, that makes me laugh because I use numbers as symbols for everything, and 11 represents a body that is hemiplegic. And this happens to be my eleventh film. The courage to make this film stems from [producer] Jean-François Lepetit, for this is the most financially burdensome film Ive ever made. The most burdensome film to carry around, too, since its a costume drama [the pun here is: heavy costumes = heavy film]. But filmmaking is my life, and my life in its plenitude has been invested in this film. I don't believe its a hemiplegic film."
Une vieille maîtresse stars Asia Argento and Fuad Ait Aatou.
60th Cannes Film Festival Official Competition Line-Up
Opening film: WONG Kar Wai, My Blueberry Nights (Hong Kong), with Jude Law, Norah Jones, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz
Fatih AKIN, Auf der Anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven (Germany / Turkey), with Hanna Schygulla
Catherine BREILLAT, Une vieille maîtresse (France), with Asia Argento, Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Michael Lonsdale, Yolande Moreau, Anne Parillaud, Léa Seydoux, Jean-Claude Binoche
Joel & Ethan COEN, No Country for Old Men (United States), with Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
David FINCHER, Zodiac (United States), with Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Chloë Sevigny
James GRAY, We Own the Night (United States), with Robert Duvall, Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Tony Musante
Christophe HONORÉ, Love Songs / Les Chansons d'amour (France), with Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni, Clotilde Hesme, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Brigitte Roüan
Naomi KAWASE, Mogari no mori / The Mourning Forest (Japan / France)
KIM Ki-duk, Soom / Breath (South Korea)
Emir KUSTURICA, Zavet / Promise Me This (Serbia-Montenegro / France)
LEE Chang-dong, Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
Cristian MUNGIU, 4 Luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile / 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania), with Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, Luminita Gheorghiu
Raphaël NADJARI, Tehilim (Israel / France)
Carlos REYGADAS, Stellet Licht (Mexico / France / The Netherlands)
Marjane SATRAPI and Vincent PARONNAUD, Persepolis (France), with the voices of Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux
Julian SCHNABEL, Le Scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France), Mathieu Amalric, Marina Hands, Marie-Josée Croze, Emmanuelle Seigner, Max von Sydow
Ulrich SEIDL, Import Export (Austria)
Alexander SOKUROV, Alexandra (Russia / France)
Quentin TARANTINO, Death Proof (United States)
Béla TARR, The Man from London (France / Hungary / Germany)
Gus VAN SANT, Paranoid Park (United States / France)
Andreï ZVIAGUINTSEV, Izgnanie / The Banishment (Russia)
Closing film: Denys ARCAND, L'Âge des ténèbres / The Age of Ignorance (Canada / France) (Out of Competition)
Cannes Film Festival 2007 – Out of Competition Film Line-Up:
Michael MOORE, Sicko (United States) Note: Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Steven SODERBERGH, Ocean's Thirteen (United States), with Academy Award winner George Clooney (Syriana), Academy Award nominee Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), Brad Pitt, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck, Don Cheadle, Elliott Gould, Al Pacino, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Ellen Barkin, Eddie Izzard, Julian Sands, Jerry Weintraub, David Paymer, Vincent Cassel, Andy Garcia
Michael WINTERBOTTOM, A Mighty Heart (United States / United Kingdom), with Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted), Dan Futterman (Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Capote), Archie Panjabi
Johnnie TO, Triangle (Hong Kong)
Closing film: Denys ARCAND, L'Âge des ténèbres / The Age of Ignorance (Canada / France) (Out of Competition), with Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Rufus Wainwright, Emma de Caunes, Caroline Néron, Didier Lucien
Midnight Screenings:
Olivier ASSAYAS, Boarding Gate (France), with Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin
Abel FERRARA, Go Go Tales (United States / Italy), with Bob Hoskins, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine, Riccardo Scamarcio, Asia Argento, Sylvia Miles, Joe Cortese, Burt Young
Catherine OWENS and Mark PELLINGTON, U2 3D
Special Screenings:
Jane BIRKIN, Boxes (France), with Jane Birkin, Geraldine Chaplin, Michel Piccoli, Natacha Régnier, Lou Doillon, Adèle Exarchopoulos, John Hurt, Tcheky Karyo, Annie Girardot
Ken BURNS and Lynn NOVICK, The War / La Guerre (United States)
Mehdi CHAREF, Cartouches gauloises (France / Algeria)
Leila CONNERS PETERSEN and Nadia CONNERS, The 11th Hour / 11e heure, Le Dernier virage (United States), documentary with Leonardo DiCaprio
Claude LELOUCH, Roman de gare (France), with Fanny Ardant, Dominique Pinon, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier
Jean-Pierre LIMOSIN, Young Yakuza (France)
Ermanno OLMI, Centochiodi (Italy), with Raz Degan
Nicolas PHILIBERT, Back to Normandy / Retour en Normandie (France)
Volker SCHLÖNDORFF, Ulzhan (Germany / Kazakhstan / France), with Philippe Torreton, David Bennent
WANG Bing, He Fengming / Chronicle of a Chinese Woman (Hong Kong)
<3>Cannes Film Festival Classics + Un Certain Regard & Cinéfondation Line-Up
Bound by Chastity Rules directed by Shin SANG-OK (South Korea)
Brando (2007) directed by Leslie GREIF and Mimi FREEDMAN (United States)
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed / The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) directed by Lotte REINIGER (Germany)
Donne-moi tes yeux / My Last Mistress (1943) directed by Sacha GUITRY (France)
Dracula (1958) directed by Terence FISHER (United Kingdom)
Hamlet (1948) directed by Sir Laurence OLIVIER (United Kingdom)
Hondo (1953) directed by John FARROW (United States)
Kanal (1957) directed by Andrzej WAJDA (Poland)
La Bandera / Escape from Yesterday (1935) directed by Julien DUVIVIER (France)
Limite / Limit (1931) directed by Mário PEIXOTO (Brazil)
Made in Jamaica (2006) directed by Jérôme LAPERROUSAZ (France)
Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient (2007) directed by Todd MCCARTHY (United States)
Maurice Pialat: L'Amour existe (2007) directed by Anne-Marie FAUX and Jean-Pierre DEVILLERS (France)
Mikey and Nicky (1976) directed by Elaine MAY (United States)
Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson (2007) directed by Mike KAPLAN (United States)
Padurea Spinzuratilor (1964) directed by Liviu CIULEI (Romania)
Pourquoi Israel / Israel Why (1973) directed by Claude LANZMANN (France)
Richard III (1956) directed by Sir Laurence OLIVIER (United Kingdom)
Rio Bravo (1959) directed by Howard HAWKS (United States)
Suspiria (1977) directed by Dario ARGENTO (Italy)
Henry V (1945) directed by Sir Laurence OLIVIER (United Kingdom)
Transes (1981) directed by Ahmed EL MAANOUNI (Morocco / France)
12 Angry Men (1957) directed by Sidney LUMET (United States)
Words for Battle (1941) directed by Humphrey JENNINGS (United Kingdom)
Yoyo (1965) directed by Pierre ETAIX (France)
Opening Film: HOU Hsiao Hsien, Le Voyage du ballon rouge / The Flight of the Red Balloon (France / Taiwan)
Roy ANDERSSON, Du levande / You, the Living (Sweden / France / Germany / Denmark / Norway)
Valeria BRUNI-TEDESCHI, Le Rêve de la nuit d'avant / Actress (France)
Carmen CASTILLO, Calle Santa Fe / Santa Fe Sreet (Chile / France / Belgium)
Lee Isaac CHUNG, Munyurangabo / Liberation Day (Rwanda)
Lola DOILLON, Et toi, t'es sur qui? / Just About Love? (France)
Enrique FERNANDEZ and César CHARLONE, El Baño del papa (Uruguay / Brazil / France)
Ana KATZ, Una novia errante / A Wandering Bride (Argentina / Spain)
Eran KOLIRIN, Bikur hatizmoret / The Band's Visit (Israel / France)
Harmony KORINE, Mister Lonely (United Kingdom / Ireland / France / United States)
Kadri KÕUSAAR, Magnus (Estonia / United Kingdom)
LI Yang, Mang Shan / Blind Mountain (China / Hong Kong)
Daniele LUCHETTI, Mio fratello è figlio unico / My Brother Is an Only Child (Italy)
Cristian NEMESCU, California Dreamin' (Nesfarsit) / California Dreamin' (Endless) (Romania)
Jaime ROSALES, La Soledad / Solitary Fragments / Fragments of Loneliness (Spain)
Barbet SCHROEDER, L'Avocat de la terreur / The Terror's Advocate (France)
Céline SCIAMMA, Naissance des pieuvres / Water Lilies (France)
Robert THALHEIM, Am ende kommen Touristen / And Along Come Tourists (Germany)
Ekachai UEKRONGTHAM, Kuaile gongchang / Pleasure Factory (Singapore / Thailand)
Ye che / Night Train by Yinan DIAO
Cannes 2007 – Cinéfondation Line-Up
A Reunion directed by HONG Sung-Hoon (South Korea)
Aditi Singh directed by Mickael KUMMER (France)
Ahora todos parecen contentos directed by Gonzalo TOBAL (Argentina)
Berachel bitha haktana / Your Younger Daughter Rachel directed by Efrat COREM (Israel)
Chinese Whispers directed by Raka DUTTA (India)
For the Love of God directed by Joe TUCKER (United Kingdom)
Goyta directed by Joanna JUREWICZ (United States / Poland)
Halbe Stunden / Half Hours directed by Nicolas WACKERBARTH (Germany)
Minus directed by Pavle VUCKOVIC (Serbia-Montenegro)
Mish' Olim / Pathways directed by Hagar BEN-ASHER (Israel)
Neostorozhnost / Imprudence directed by Alexander KUGEL (Russia)
Rondo directed by Marja MIKKONEN (Finland)
Ru dao / Way Out directed by CHEN Tao (China)
Saba directed by Gregorio GRAZIOSI and Thereza MENEZES (Brazil)
Triple 8 Palace directed by Alexander KU
Vita di Giacomo by Luca GOVERNATORI (France)


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As a result of several requests, for the second year the IIAR will host a best practice AR teleconference focused on the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which takes place in Barcelona this February. The event is now less than two months away and the clock is ticking. In past years up to 50,000 attendees showed up in Barcelona, all hoping to make the most out of the event. What's the best strategy for successful AR in this kind of environment?
To answer that question and many more about the show, the IIAR has organised a teleconference panel of experts to discuss best AR practices for MWC and to share personal anecdotes.
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011, 4 p.m. to 5p.m. GMT
Panelists include:
- Alcatel-Lucent, Stephen Loudermilk, Global Head of Industry Analyst Relations
- Nokia Siemens Networks, Jon Peet, Head of Industry Analyst Relations
- IDC, Elisabeth Rainge, Program Director
Members who would like to join the discussion should email jcourtenay(at)analystrelations(dot)org.


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|An evolutionary based social rank explanation of why low income predicts mental distress: A 17 year cohort study of 30,000 people
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|Relative income
Mental health
Social status
Easterlin paradox
Relative rank
Mental health services
Mentally ill
Loneliness Psychotherapy
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|Wood AM, Boyce CJ, Moore SC & Brown GDA (2012) An evolutionary based social rank explanation of why low income predicts mental distress: A 17 year cohort study of 30,000 people. Journal of Affective Disorders, 136 (3), pp. 882-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.014
|Background: This paper presents a new psychological model of why low income increases risk of mental distress. Consistent with evolutionary perspectives on disorder, income was predicted to relate to mental distress only through acting as an indirect proxy for social rank. Methods: Participants were part of a longitudinal cohort sample of 30,000 people who were representative of the British population and who completed measures annually for up to 17 years. Mental distress was assessed via the General Health Questionnaire which measures anxiety, depression, and general functioning. Results: Both income and the rank of the income within the region (and the rank of income within other comparison groups, such as similar individuals) predicted current and future distress. However, when distress was jointly regressed on income and income rank, only income rank remained a significant predictor. Limitations: The outcome measure was self-report (although the predictor was objective). Conclusions: The results support psychosocial rather than material explanations of why income relates to distress, and suggest that a concern for social rank is the mechanism through which these effects occur. This mechanism is consistent with an evolutionarily based "involuntary defeat syndrome" where hard wired responses to low social rank increase risk for disorder and the Decision by Sampling model of how people make relative judgments. Negative cognitions associated with low social rank (particularly defeat and entrapment) may be clinically targetable in both prevention and treatment programs to reduce socio-economic mental health disparities.
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What is Bored Ambition?
How can you be bored and yet ambitious?
This is the story of my life.
Bored Ambition, besides being a play on the title of Madonna's 1990's groundbreaking Blond Ambition tour, was born out of, well, bored ambition.
Let me explain what I mean.
I'm going to go back to the recent past. The mid-2000s. Around this time, I was calling myself endlessdomi. Yes, I am the lame-o who gives myself nicknames. Whatever. The name itself was really inspired by a character called Endless Mike from The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Endless Mike flunked school mad repeatedly. I was telling people that it meant that I could do an endless number of things in my life.
And it was true, I did feel that way. But then I grew up. I learned about myself. I accepted my limitations and narrowed my focus.
While I found myself not lacking in ambition, I was bored. I was impatient. I was lazy. And it wasn't a recent thing, it had been that way for years.
I reflected. I learned. I lived. I narrowed my focus further.
I'm still bored, but I'm also still ambitious.
Bored Ambition, therefore, is a culmination of these efforts at self-growth. My passions, my talents, the little bit of wisdom that I may occasionally have.
My vision for Bored Ambition is to provide a space that is both engaging and thought-provoking, fun and vibrant. I hope that I am able not only to project those values myself, but that some of you project those values as well.
Honestly, you won't make it any other way.


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We are committed both to the "Great Commission" as stated in Matthew 28: 19 & 20 and the admonition of Acts 1:8 understanding the balance of local Evangelism among the immediate community and sending teams within our state, Country and to the uttermost parts of the World.
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:16-20 – New International Version (NIV)
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Acts 1:8 – New International Version (NIV)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."


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I've noticed a lot of people thinking they can say whatever they want on the forums. Lots of flaming goes on because Evony mods delete post's, close threads, ect. I wanted to share something with the rest of the forums members about the First Amendment rights guaranteed to Americans.
As long as Evony remains a private company, they are entitled to monitor chat as they please. They may ban almost anything they want, with a few exceptions.
The ONLY way freedom of speech would apply to Evony, is if they were owned by a portion of the US Government, or if they become a quasi-public place.
1: Evony may not ban someone solely based on their color or religion. This also includes things like Gender, Culture, ethnicity, ect.
Yes, this is the only restriction on who Evony can and can not ban.
Public Vs Non-Public
Something like a sidewalk is considered a public place, even though it may not be owned by the government. You can say whatever you want on that sidewalk, as long as you're not being threatening or violent about it. Anyone can access the sidewalk, there are no restrictions, no membership fees, ect. With Evony, you must REGISTER to use their forums; therefor, it is a private forum. While you do have the right to freedom of speech on forums, and can not be arrested/sued for saying something non-harmful, the owner or a representative or the company, may at any time ban or ask you to leave, with or without warning.
1. Think telling someone in your living room to stop talking about a subject. It's your house, your rules, right? In Evony's case, this is a mod or rep sending you a warning or an infraction.
2. If they continue talking about it, you may ask them to leave. This is your right as a property owner. What they said isn't a crime, unless it was threatening, but you still have the right to have them escorted off your property. Evony's version of this is suspension and banning.
Long story short, Evony is definitely within their legal rights to ban you, and anything you say from their forums. Even if you are right about a topic, they can ban you simply because they don't want to listen to it. It's perfectly fair, perfectly legal, and supported by nearly every major institution in the United States. Evony is Private property, and so are their forums. They may do as they so please with their property. Nobody is keeping anyone here. You may all post on whatever you would like, read whatever you like, and reply to whatever you like, within limitation. This is a free service provided to us by Evony which we should all be grateful for. Now do i always agree on Evony's methods? Absolutely not, but the good outweighs the bad. Why else have many of us been playing as long as we have? We see more good in the future of Evony than harm, and even if we don't agree with Evony's approach, this is not our company or our game. It's Evony's.
Below I have listed some sites available for further reading on the subject. I hope they explain anything that I did not.
Various Blogs and News Articles from Reputable Authors-
Reputable Educational Institutions and Government Websites-
And some of you will think I'm crazy for including this last link, but I have had an alliance member personally tell me he trust's this site more than any government site out there. So for anyone who thinks like he does - Wikipedia.
I would like to give special thanks to Acer for helping in the completion of this thread. Evony Mods volunteer their own time to make our experience better. For this, they get nothing. No cents, no extra troops, no heroes. Just the satisfaction of keeping things running. These guys work for nothing to improve our game. We should show them respect, instead of useless flaming. As for Everyone else, I think it's high time we started enjoying the game again, instead of fighting for no reason.


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The Different Ways Women can Fight Hair Loss
Women that lose their hair experience a great deal of emotion that they never knew they would ever have to deal with until the time came. When more hair than usual is finding its way into the hairbrush or more is at the bottom of the shower, the fear of baldness sets in.
Hidden Causes of Hair Loss
Women and hair loss has become a more talked about topic since more women seem to be suffering from the issue. There are a number of hidden causes of hair loss. They include:
- Genes – Most individuals can look toward their parents as their cause of hair loss, but mom or dad can't help it because they also inherited the gene. Heredity is actually the most common cause of hair loss. In fact, approximately 30 million women in the United States alone are affected.
- Excessive shedding – This type of hair loss is called telogen effluvium and it is common, caused by surgery, medication changes, childbirth, flu, general anesthesia, psychological stress, and severe anemia. Diet can also play a role. To fight this type of hair loss, it is best to identify the cause and address it. Reassurance and time are typically the best remedy.
- Thyroid conditions – If the thyroid gland is not in check, it can cause hair loss. The skin of the scalp can become more brittle and that can make the hair break easily. The best thing to do is have a blood test to show if there is a problem. Proper thyroid treatment can then lead to the cessation of hair loss and, in many cases, hair will grow back.
- Scalp conditions – Scalp conditions can cause hair to fall out. Fungal infection, sebhorreic dermatitis can make the scalp shed, and autoimmune conditions are common issues that lead to scalp conditions. Addressing those conditions is one of the best hair loss solutions for women.
- Skin disease – Alopecia areata is a common condition, as it is an autoimmune skin disease. Small circular patches begin to fall out and then it progresses to the entire head. If you are suffering this and you are wondering how to treat hair loss in women suffering from this, then there are some hair loss solutions for women in New Bedford and Fall River.
How to Treat Hair Loss in Women
There are different ways to treat hair loss in women with the main method being the addressing of the cause, when that is possible. Sometimes the cause can be addressed and hair never grows back or the cause is one that can't be treated (heredity). There are clinical treatments, hair extensions, and other methods that can give women natural looking hair that they wash and style as if it grew from their scalp.
However, there are times when the cause may be one that can be treated through a change in diet. Eating plenty of protein can help, as well as taking in adequate iron, zinc, biotin, supplements with vitamins that promote hair growth (talk to your doctor). Even managing stress through exercise, yoga, getting plenty of rest, and eating right can help clear out a great deal of stress and allow women to hang on to their hair longer.
Tips on Caring for Thinning Hair
Coloring hair is one reason why hair will fall out. It is important to ensure that the instructions are followed correctly. Be sure to skip the bleach since bleach can damage the hair and to check the contrast. It is very important that the color is close to the color of the scalp. It may be safer to consider getting the coloring done at the salon because of the high-end options and the fact that professionals do know what they are doing when it comes to ensuring the protection of the hair.
For the do-it-yourselfers, always check the label, use semi-permanent color, work your way from the ends to the roots, and make sure you watch the clock so the dye is not on the hair too long before being washed out. If it is left on too long, then there may be a burning sensation. Also make sure the hair is properly conditioned and that the car is as close to natural as possible.
There are also some helpful products, such as shampoos and conditioners. If hair is dry, then a shampoo for dry hair can help. Scalp lotions and such are available, as well as leave in products that are good for thinning hair. You can also opt for professional treatments that replace the lost hair and restore thickness.
If you are suffering from hair loss and you are looking for a solution, South Coast Hair Options can help. To receive a free consultation, call us at 508-995-7085 or complete our contact form for a free consultation.


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Wine and cheese Advent calendars? Yes, please!
Aldi has come up with a very adult way to count down to Christmas. For the first time, the grocery store chain is now selling wine or cheese Advent calendars.
The Advent calendars have 24 windows that contain your choice of either a variety of wine or cheese.
The calendars began selling on Nov. 7, and Aldi said in a statement the Advent calendars won't be restocked once they're sold out.
The calendars are not available in all locations, and they're limited to one per customer. Visit the Aldi website to check for availability.


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The graceful and multi-talented Disney Channel Liv & Maddie star: Dove Cameron has been jet-setting and recently found herself in "The City of Love" — Paris! Dove Cameron was a busy bee from doing press in Paris to photoshoots! Each stop, Dove looked absolutely stunning and so chic; exuding classiness in everything she wears!
Dove Cameron tweeted, "I love France with all my heart, thank you so much for having me! See you again very soon, @disneychannelFR fans! Xx".
Dove Cameron wrote along with the fantastic picture above, "You can't really tell, but I'm under the Eiffel Tower in this photograph. You might be able to tell from the bliss on my face, though." Along with the picture below Dove wrote, "So surreal! Liv and Maddie in Paris!"
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Harry Omeros is very busy..another morph of Bidlife, which then became Passive Ebay Income , Passive Income Creations and then Lifestyle Profits.
Same scam offering to set up your own Ebay store, which we have never heard of being delivered.
Same testimonials copied illegally from a legitimate Ebay business marketer.
Police at the Fraud Squad have been informed about this group for at least 6 months. When will something be done??


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Amsterdam – 19 November 2020 – Euronext congratulates Dutch Star Companies TWO, a special purpose acquisition vehicle, with its listing on Euronext Amsterdam today.
At opening, based on a reference price of €10 per share, the total market capitalisation of Dutch Star Companies TWO1 (ticker symbol Ordinary Share: DSC2, ticker symbol Warrants: DSCW1, DSCW2 and DSCW3) was approximately €110 million.
DSCT is the second special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange. It is incorporated for the purpose of acquiring a minority stake in a single target business with principal operations in Europe, preferably in the Netherlands. Dutch Star Companies originated in 2017 by Gerbrand ter Brugge on behalf of Oaklins, Niek Hoek and Stephan Nanninga.
The listing of the first SPAC by Dutch Star Companies ONE in February 2018 has proven to be highly successful. After a legal merger, the Dutch techcompany CM.com was listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange on 21 February of this year.
Mr. Niek Hoek, Executive Director of DSC2 commented: "DSC2's proceeds of €110 million brings us in reach of business combinations with a market value around €400 million allowing the target company a fast, efficient stock exchange listing with limited IPO risk and lower upfront costs. The Dutch company with which we enter into such a transaction thus combines the liquidity of all its shares listed on Euronext while retaining control over its own company."
Mr. Stephan Nanninga, Executive Director of DSC2 commented: "As of now the search for a 'Dutch Star', an attractive Dutch company with an EBITDA between €10 million and €75 million, good cash flow and excellent management, has started. DSC2 can offer one such 'Dutch Star', something very beautiful: €110 million in pure equity which may be used to finance growth, for debt redemption, or to buy out a shareholder."
Mr. Gerbrand ter Brugge, Executive Director of DSC2 on behalf of Oaklins commented: "Realising this IPO we are now well positioned to identify a business combination that not only can benefit from the extensive network and expertise of both DSC2 Executive Directors and Oaklins, but also offering that business combination a high-quality shareholder base of established Dutch entrepreneurs, executives and private investors."
DSC2 celebrated their IPO with a hybrid gong ceremony, denoting the opening of trading of the Company on Euronext Amsterdam.
Caption : Joop van Caldenborgh, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dutch Star Companies TWO B.V. rang the gong this morning during a virtual ceremony to celebrate the Initial Public Offering
1 The Offering will consist of 1,833,334 Units each consisting of six Ordinary Shares and six Warrants, at a price per Unit of €60 representing a total value of the Offering of €110 milion. Delivery of and payment for the Ordinary Shares and Warrants and the start of unconditional trading in the Ordinary Shares and Warrants is expected to take place on 23 November 2020 (the "Settlement Date"). Per Unit, the six Ordinary Shares and three Warrants shall be issued on the Settlement Date. The other three Warrants per Unit shall be issued shortly after completion of the Business Combination.
About Dutch Star Company TWO B.V. The name Dutch Star Companies refers to the objective to raise capital and to acquire a significant minority stake in a single Dutch high performing 'star company' with principal business operations in Europe, preferably in the Netherlands. Dutch Star Companies is originated in 2017 by Gerbrand ter Brugge on behalf of Oaklins, Niek Hoek and Stephan Nanninga.


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Issue #8 saw a price hike as it jumped from 25 cents to a whopping 35 cents. Still only 24 pages though. And subscriptions remained at $5 for 26 issues ($10 for 52).
Issue #8 also tweaked the layout with a 90-degree shift of the area above the fold. The first seven issues were laid out like a regular newspaper. This issue features the first "cover of the Rolling Stone" as we know it with a single image and a headline or two. Open it up and flip it sideways for page 1, which somewhat confusingly repeated the nameplate. (See below for what this looks like…)
This is the layout that Rolling Stone would maintain until issue #142 in 1973 when it expanded into a larger magazine format without the fold at all.
My favorite part of this issue is a letter to the editor from the drummer of a rather famous rock and roll combo whose new album had been panned in issue #5.
The idea that this little underground newspaper was being seen, read, and acknowledged by the very rock royalty it was covering must have thrilled the 22-year-old Jann Wenner. Then again, according to Joe Hagan's Sticky Fingers, by this time Wenner had already received a cease-and-desist letter from the Rolling Stones' manager, Allen Klein, claiming misappropriation of their name as well as violation of their copyright. But at least Charlie had a sense of humor about it!
Full-page ads: Father is Child to the Man by Blood, Sweat and Tears on Columbia, God Bless Tiny Tim by Tiny Tim on Reprise, The Super Super Blues Band by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley on Checker, and the Billboard Bookshelf.
Half-page ads: Boogie with Canned Heat by Canned Heat on Liberty, ABC Records ("A Groovy Future" ad highlighting Steppenwolf, the Dirty Blues Band, Eden's Children, and others), Like It Is by Donovan on Hickory, For What It's Worth by the Staple Singers on Epic, Music Inspired By The Rip Roarin' Electrifying Sound Of "Bonnie And Clyde" by Charles Strouse on Epic, and Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer on Philips.
Reviews: History of Rhythm & Blues on Atlantic (no byline), Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer on Philips (Michael Geary), Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix on Reprise (Jim Miller), Crusade by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers on London (no byline). Barret Hansen (a.k.a. Dr. Dimento) wrote a feature-length review of We're Only In It for the Money by Frank Zappa on Atlantic: "In the right circumstances, the first hearing of this album could well be the most profound record-listening experience a person has ever had."
Features: A Bloody Battle Over Monterey Pop Festival by Jann Wenner, The Rolling Stone Interview with Mike Bloomfield by Jann Wenner, The New Album Art by Thomas Albright, The Sound of Boston: Kerplop by Jon Landau, and Steve Miller on the British Groups: "Queer Bits in Underwear."
This issue also featured the debut of the gossip column by "John J. Rock," a pseudonym for Wenner. It featured recording news from the Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, some bitchy asides about publicist Derek Taylor and Los Angeles, including the hilarious tidbit that one of LA's first underground newspapers had "installed a timeclock for employees." The only really scandalous item was that Big Brother and the Holding Company got drunk at their CBS Records signing party and one member of the band stood up on a table and flashed Clive Davis and asked him, "Can you dig it?"
Ralph Gleason used his "Perspectives" column to rail against the bigotry and hypocrisy of the straight world and to argue for the legalization of marijuana.
The law will be changed. I don't know how soon but it is obvious you cannot enforce it without busting the Establishment's own children (judges' sons, diplomats' sons, ballet dancers, the son of the California Assembly speaker, etc., etc., etc. Prohibition was unenforceable for precisely the same reason. Too many people.
Well, you'd think. I guess Gleason couldn't imagine the amount of selective enforcement that would take place over the next fifty years. I suppose we're getting closer as more and more states decriminalize. But who knows? Let's check back in another 50 years to see how much progress we've made.


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What is the meaning of our lives?
If you suddenly found the meaning of life, then it's time to consult a psychiatrist (just kidding)
Here's a cool joke about the meaning of life recently came across on the Internet. She inspired me to write this article with the pathetic headline: "What is the meaning of our lives?". Indeed, again, what is the meaning of our lives? This question is as old as the world.
One Jew (Moses) said that everything comes from God, another Jew (Solomon) said that everything comes from the mind, another Jew (Jesus) said that everything comes from heart, another Jew (Freud) said that everything comes from sex, another Jew (Einstein) said that everything is relative. Conclusion: how many Jews – so many opinions.
And because all the people a little bit Jews, and as result how many people, so many opinions. Especially for this question. There is no finished universal answer to this question, and can not be. It is sometimes people like to gather from near some highly respected and very spiritual gur and ask something like, "And tell us about, what is the meaning of our lives?". Guru if he is a real guru, just send them far away. Fake guru, will teach and talk about lofty things: the service of God, the ideal, do good works (such as the meaning of life is to help the old ladies cross the street)
Well, do you understand? Just I wrote a recipe for how to distinguish between a real guru and fake guru. Of course it (the recipe) came up not in my head, but in one Jewish sages Baal Shem Tov head. One day a young man came to him with a question: "In our town there is a man who is considered a great saint. How can we distinguish whether he is a great saint, or just a crook posing as a saint? ". "Very simple" – said the Baal Shem, – "Go and ask him, what is the meaning of our lives. If he answer it, then he not saint. If – no, then really saint. "
This is wonderful Jewish parable. The fact that each question we have to answer by our self. And there is nothing to wait, that wise man or guru will make it for you. As a wise man or guru can not eat porridge for you or go to the toilet. There are things that we have to do our self, there are questions to which we must find the answer our self. But whatever the man, sooner or later, one way or another, he will ask himself this eternal question (after all, is what distinguishes us from the animals). And even then you have to turn your head on.
Finally I ask: "So what's the meaning of life?"
He knows the answer.


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Dr. P. Shing Ho Laboratory
The Dr. P. Shing Ho Laboratory is where I did scientific research from May 2000 – September 2004.
Note: Dr. Ho was a Professor & Chair of the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics at Oregon State University while I did my research from 2000 to 2004. He has since moved to Colorado State University as Professor & Chair of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Research description
A program had been written in Fortran (by Dr. P. Shing Ho) to study which sequences were good at forming Z-DNA. The predictions were shown to be good and have been published in numerous papers since 1984. This program (called "ZHunt"), however, could only handle relatively small sequences and was slow. Thus, in May of 2000 I began to adapt the program to allow for sequences as large as chromosomes and small genomes (here human chromosome 22 and E. coli). The original Fortran program was converted into C (with the help of Tracy Camp and Sandor Maurice) and optimized for speed and memory usage. Various other programs were written to analyze the enormous amount of data returned from ZHunt. As an example of the amount of data generated, human chromosome 22 (with ~35 Mbp of annotated sequence at time of writing) when run through ZHunt produces around 6 GB of data. This data must be stored, organized, data mined, interpreted, and presented in a reasonable and clear manner. In order to do this, a MySQL database was employed and various programs were written (in C) to analyze the data. Other programs were written to analyze the association of Z-DNA with known promoter sequences (such as Nuclear Factor I). Thus, this research project—over a four year period—could very well be considered a unison of biochemical and biophysical science with computational know-how; in short, bioinformatics.
Research topics
- ZHunt Online Server
- Topoisomerase
- DNA topology
- DNA supercoil
- Linking number
- DNA Gyrase — adds negative supercoils to DNA using ATP hydrolysis for energy (9 kcal/mole). 200bp of DNA wrap around the gyrase holoenzyme molecule, ATP is bound, and each strand is cut (staggered cuts) and covalently linked to different tyrosines to "anchor" the DNA.
- DNA gyrase inhibitors:
- - nalidixic acid (prevents strand cutting and rejoining); and
- - novobiocin (blocks ATP binding)
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins
- Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- Möbius strip
The research I did in this laboratory yielded a paper published and a Web Server:
- Programmer; May 2000-September 2004 (note: Website by Sandor Maurice)
- P. Christoph Champ, Sandor Maurice, Jeffery M. Vargason, Tracy Camp, and P. Shing Ho (2004). Distributions of Z-DNA and nuclear factor I in human chromosome 22: a model for coupled transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Research, 32(22):6501-6510 DOI:10.1093/nar/gkh988 . [HubMed]
- Citations:
- → Liu H, Mulholland N, Fu H, Zhao K (2006). Cooperative activity of BRG1 and Z-DNA formation in chromatin remodeling. Mol Cell Biol, 26(7):2550-9.
- → Ha SC, Lowenhaupt K, Rich A, Kim YG, Kim KK (2005). Crystal structure of a junction between B-DNA and Z-DNA reveals two extruded bases. Nature, 437:1183-1186.
- → Kwon JA, Rich A (2005). Biological function of the vaccinia virus Z-DNA-binding protein E3L: Gene transactivation and antiapoptotic activity in HeLa cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 102:12759-12764.
Further reading
- Ho PS (1994). The non-B-DNA structure of d(CA/TG)n does not differ from that of Z-DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 91(20):9549-9553.
- Ho PS, Ellison MJ, Quigley GJ, Rich A (1986). A computer aided thermodynamic approach for predicting the formation of Z-DNA in naturally occurring sequences. EMBO J, 5(10):2737-2744.