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Please arrive to your first appointment 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork. Our receptionist will provide you with all the necessary forms and be available to answer any questions.
You can download our Patient Registration, Medical History, and Financial Policy prior to your first appointment if you wish to get a jump-start on the process.
Please bring the following to your appointment:
- Your insurance information
- The physician referral for rehabilitation
Your initial evaluation will consist of an interview and a physical examination. Your treatment sessions and evaluation should generally last 45-60 minutes.
You may be asked to change into a gown or shorts to allow your therapist to obtain the most accurate information. You may want to bring your own shorts and shoes if being treated for your feet, knees, hips, or lower back. Women may want to wear a tank top or sports bra if being treated for their shoulder, neck, or mid-back.
Once the evaluation is complete, your therapist will discuss their findings with you and describe the treatment plan. Treatment will be started during your first appointment if time permits after your evaluation. Typically, a home program will be provided at the end of your first visit.


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South Pointe's BPA Travels to California for National Competition
May 12, 2019
On May 1, South Pointe's Business Professionals of America organization traveled to Anaheim, Calif. to compete in the 2019 National BPA Competition. Halle Wilson, Katia George, Khynnedi Starnes, and I all placed at the state level in multiple events and qualified for the national level.
My group and I flew out of Charlotte at 6 in the morning to travel to Denver, Colo. for our second flight of the trip. Waking up at 3:00 AM was definitely not an easy or fun part of the trip but in the end, it became worth it. After departing the Denver Airport, we landed at John Wayne at around 11:00 AM.
The time difference from California to South Carolina really affected us and made all of us extremely tired. This made the first day of the trip eventful and equally exhausting.
As soon as we landed, we grabbed our luggage from the baggage claim and made our way to the shuttle that would then take us to our hotel. We were greeted by multiple doormen and made our way up to our rooms which, to our surprise, were quite large and had a nice, modern design.
The majority of our first day was spent exploring the general area of California near our hotel and a lot of rest, as we were still extremely jet-lagged from the flights that felt like they weren't going to end. We ended up getting a generalization of the competition and opening ceremony areas so we wouldn't be completely lost when the time came for us to compete.
Flying also made us very hungry so we decided to try "Press Pizza", a modern Italian restaurant found in a small food strip about a quarter of a mile from the hotel. We also stopped by a local CVS to get snacks where we began to realize Anaheim was a little bit different than Rock Hill. The stores don't provide customers with plastic bags, similar to that of Aldi, and have a layout quite different to that of a CVS back home.
Another difference, as sad as it was, was the amount of homelessness throughout the Anaheim area. In a major city like Anaheim, it wasn't a complete surprise to see something like this, but it was a big difference from what generally occurs in Rock Hill.
Once we finished eating, we got ready to go to the opening ceremony where we got to be with all of the competing states, which totaled out to be around 10,000 middle school, high school, and college students from around the nation. Student officers led the ceremony, introducing advisors, states, and heads of the BPA Board. Seeing everyone with a similar passion to your own was honestly pretty inspirational.
The ceremony itself was quite entertaining as we got to see a lot of student leadership. On the other hand, the guest speaker, quite frankly, was pretty dry. We were already very tired and listening to a boring speech with little story did not help our drowsiness.
The next day was a long, but entertaining one. Three out of the four of us had our first competition in three different categories and afterwards we made our way to In-N-Out and Disneyland.
One of the most anticipated parts of the trip was being able to try the famous In-N-Out many westerners always go to. It was just as great as I expected: cheap, quick, and delicious. Afterwards we made our way back to the hotel and then to Disneyland.
The best way to describe Disneyland would be a smaller, yet equally exciting version of Disney World in Orlando. From 3 PM to the park's closing hour, we walked around to the various lands the park offered. My personal top favorite rides were Space Mountain, the Matterhorn, and Big Thunder Mountain. Again, after a long, eventful day, we were all tired, so as soon as 11 PM came around, we began to head to the shuttle area awaiting a bus to the hotel.
Mine and Halle's group presentation took place the next morning at 8 AM while Katia and Halle had other individual events later in the day. After our final competitions, we again went to the Disney area and spent the majority of our day at Disney's California Adventure. This park was the highlight of the trip as it featured many rides and scenic opportunities.
To summarize, California Adventure is Carowinds on a whole other level. All while providing many Disneyesque opportunities, the rides and attractions the park provided easily topped Disneyland. Pixar Pier provided many of the most exciting experiences. The Incredicoaster, Toy Story Mania, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, Soarin', and the Radiator Springs Racers ride were a few of the many highlights found in California Adventure. To finish our day, we headed over to Downtown Disney to eat at a quick and easy Mexican restaurant. One of the best parts about the Disney area in Anaheim is the accessibility to the parks as they are all in one general location, which made our trip especially stress-free.
Unfortunately, none of our projects made it to the final level. On the brightside, we did get to go to California Adventure one last time. We again stayed for the majority of the day while taking a trip back to the hotel to rest, only then return back to the park, thanks to the unlimited daily access Disneyland and California Adventure provided.
On May 5, we made our way back to John Wayne Airport to fly back to Denver where we then had a seven hour layover. We took advantage of this extra time and took a metro train to Downtown Denver where we tried an American-based diner called "Next Door Dining". The experience was worth it in the end while we got to kill time before our connecting flight back to Charlotte and got to familiarize ourselves with the Colorado atmosphere and scenery.
By 2:00 AM, we finally made it to Charlotte. The trip as a whole was quite memorable and will forever be one of my favorites. One of my only regrets was not being able to visit other parts of California like Hollywood or Santa Monica. Otherwise, the trip as a whole was one I won't forget.

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Under the auspices of the Computational Complexity Foundation (CCF)
Presented is an algorithm (for learning a subclass of erasing regular
pattern languages) which
can be made to run with arbitrarily high probability of
success on extended regular languages generated by patterns
$\pi$ of the form $x_0 \alpha_1 x_1 ... \alpha_m x_m$
for unknown $m$ but known $c$,
from number of examples polynomial in $m$ (and exponential in $c$), where
$x_0,\ldots,x_m$ are variables and
where $\alpha_1,...,\alpha_m$ are each strings of terminals of
length $c$. This assumes that the algorithm randomly draws samples
with natural and plausible assumptions on the distribution.
With the aim of finding a better algorithm, we also explore computer
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1. Salem Witch Trials Self-Guided Audio Tour
Join a spooky self-guided tour that will help you to explore Salem's past and learn about the events that took place there. Explore some of the town's most notable landmarks and places connected to the famous witch trials. Along the way, there are plenty of optional detours available for those looking for a little more. The experience begins at the Salem Armory. From there, walk to the 1692 Memorial, where the victims of the witch panic are memorialized. Get to know many of the key figures who found themselves swept up by the plague of fear and paid the ultimate price. Next, you'll see the Old Burying Point, where many of the trials' victims and aggressors were laid to rest. Listen to the tragically heroic tale of Giles Corey as you walk through the gravestones, a man who refused to bow to the nightmare overtaking his town and was immortalized in The Crucible. After that, you'll pass by some of Salem's spookiest architecture, including the Joshua Ward House and the Old Town Hall. You'll also hear of the secret tunnels which run beneath some of these buildings, many of which still exist to this day. Continue on past the old jailhouse, where innocent people were subjected to cruelty so terrible that some suggest their spirits never really left. You'll hear about Hollywood's many forays into Salem, including hits like Hocus Pocus and Bewitched. Pass by the Witch Museum on your way back and hear about how all the madness finally came to an end. The final stop brings you to the Salem Common, where the tour wraps up with some things you probably didn't know about the aftermath of the trials.


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GN Savings is solvent, customers should remain calm – Dr. Nduom
Shareholders and Management of GN Savings Limited, say they have not received any official communication from the Bank of Ghana (BOG) about the revocation of the company's license for insolvency.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Groupe Nduom, majority shareholders and founders of the Savings Company.
It said it had come to their attention that documents were circulating that purport to be from the BoG, regarding receivership of GN Savings, and that "if these documents are indeed genuine" they could not be true for their company.
It added that "the statements within, regarding GN Savings are wildly inaccurate", considering the detailed information provided the Central Bank nearly a year ago.
"These statements are inconsistent with our discussions with both the BOG and the Ministry of Finance (MoF). We are aware that the MoF has previously confirmed that balances due GN Savings and other related parties are far in excess of the amounts quoted in the communication from the BoG," the statement said.
Their position, It said, was that "GN Savings is not only solvent, but would be highly liquid, if the MoF simply ordered itself and other government agencies to quickly pay amounts owed to GN Savings and other related entities."
The Savings and Loans company said it expects the matter to be resolved in due course and called for calm among customers and all stakeholders.
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Over the past couple of nights, I've had a sequential dream. It's turning into a really cool book … one day. It got me thinking. How do you come up with your book ideas? Typically, the dream thing isn't my best fodder for novels. This one just happens to keep returning night after night. I keep a notebook in my nightstand for those occasions. I've been known to get up at 3:00 in the morning and blast off ideas into a Word document just so I won't forget them in the morning.
As I said, I don't normally get my inspiration from dreams. The Van Stone series is more of a planned series, fictionalizing events and adventures that kids would likely not experience. As with many of you, my characters lead the way and talk to me way too much. At this time, I have five different adventures conceptualized for the series. I've actually written parts of most of them (which is why it's taking so long to get out #2 in the series.) Continue reading "Amp Up Your Story Development"


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Blogging, it's all about conversations27 Sep 2005
And talking about blogging is something I will do a lot in the near future:
- I'm going to Shoob's Blogging conference in Brussels on Oct 6th
- with Bart I'm organising the Brussels Bloggers Dinner on Oct 7th
- I just registered for Loic's LesBlogs 2.0 conference in Paris on Dec 5th/6th.
Anyone has an interesting conference in Rome or Madrid coming up? We're running out of Indian summer here.


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True or false: Annual performance reviews are a fair evaluation system of an employee's performance throughout the entire year and generally looked forward to as an enjoyable and valuable use of time.
Some of the biggest complaints in corporate culture are employee performance reviews and appraisals. There is a tremendous amount of time that goes into annual employee reviews, and yet more than half of executives (58%) believe that their current performance management approach drives neither employee engagement nor higher performance. Typically, companies use a rigid system of ratings and subjective evaluation criteria that is often not interpreted or acted on effectively due to lack of management training.
Realizing that there is more to success than just job performance, we have completely reimagined the employee review process at my company through something we are calling The Human Project. It blends motivations that are both extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic motivation is performing for a reward and intrinsic motivation is doing things because they matter. Employees develop a report or creative presentation (such as a video) that is a self-assessment of their successes in the 3 Ps: performance, passion and purpose. The evaluation of all three of these areas gives us a holistic view and makes up the employee's human rating, giving them a pathway to become the best versions of themselves.
So, how can you hold your employees to achieving ridiculously high performance?
There is some value in the traditional review model where there need to be certain measurement criteria that are related to the performance of tasks and work product. This is one of the most standard practices within an organization. But where many organizations go wrong is in providing clarity as to the goals and key metrics that will be measured for success.
The Human Project requires employees to first set goals in all three areas: performance (which is the key performance indicator (KPI) related to their specific role), passion (a goal around something they are passionate about, whether business or personal) and purpose (something that goes beyond just themselves). Performance is given the most weight as it's impossible to deny the importance of meeting workplace goals and KPIs. During the performance review, employees must present a report on progress to a panel of three leaders who will judge the presentation to determine if the employee has mastered all the KPIs set for the year. Not only do all parties, including the employee, have a clear understanding of what these goals are, but the employee must also achieve more than just work success. This raises the bar beyond just a traditional review model and pushes employees to have a high sense of self-awareness.
It is crucial to establish and track KPIs that are unique to each employee and their responsibilities, and for all parties involved to have a clear understanding of what those are. Achievement goals for employees need to be SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely -- regardless of whether they are performance, passion or purpose related. Gone are the days when employees can say they want to "be better" or "do more" than last year.
Grow passion.
Just because someone is a dedicated worker doesn't mean that makes up the sum total of their value as an employee. We get so focused on the daily grind that it's easy to forget that there is life outside the four walls of the office. At my company, we encourage people to hone a skill, learn a new language, get involved with their kids' sports team, have fun doing something that they love or become a better player on one of our sports teams. This growth in one's personal life translates to growth at work, as happy employees work harder and are less likely to burn out.
This supports one of our underlying principles for strong brands -- happy employees make for a better business. Employees shouldn't be entirely focused on their jobs; they need to have breaks, be inspired and have an outlet to express their creativity and passion.
Find a purpose.
In today's business world, organizations do well by doing good and individuals have a social responsibility to pay it forward to the next generation and broader community. We go beyond the company's bottom line to make a positive impact on our planet. This can take many forms, so we empower our employees to choose something that is meaningful for them to contribute to society.
Doing good can benefit our community and our business by giving employees outlets to feel good about what they are doing, helping them feel part of something larger than themselves and putting daily problems into perspective.
Focus on people, not resources.
The Human Project empowers employees to take control of their careers, personal development and happiness, helping them to become the best person they want to be. The review process is just the start of our coaching and training program, which looks to grow employees professionally, as well as nurture their overall well-being as people.
While every company culture is different, room to improve in the performance evaluation process most likely exists. Each business needs to find the review and evaluation process that works best for them. We have developed a system that works for us, and other organizations can customize the principles outlined here to attain the same success. One of the biggest benefits of this new way of thinking is that it focuses on people -- not just the numbers, goals or results.
Your company has likely set your performance metrics, but what are your passion and your purpose?


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Achmea to be fully climate neutral in 2030
Achmea's ambition is for its operations to be fully climate neutral in 2030 and it is taking real steps to achieve that target. Consequently, installation of 3,200 solar panels above the car park at the Apeldoorn office site started today. As a result, Achmea will soon be autonomously generating 15% of its electricity needs in Apeldoorn. This figure includes the more than 600 solar panels already in place.
Apeldoorn is one of five key Achmea sites. There are plans to accelerate the greening of the others. For example, work is under way to connect another site to geo-thermal heating and a green roof was installed on the building in Tilburg last year. Achmea's mobility policy is also focused on expanding the number of electric company cars and reducing the number with internal combustion engines.
Achmea identifies the CO₂ footprint of its entire business each year, looking at heating, lighting, water and paper consumption, waste, coolants, servers and mobility. In the past five years, total CO₂ emissions have fallen by 30%. As we decided we wanted to be CO₂ neutral as early as 2011, since then we have offset our emissions by purchasing VCS certificates. That policy will not be necessary after 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations have been at the heart of our strategy for some time. SDG 13 Climate action is a priority.
Willem van Duin, Chairman of the Executive Board of Achmea: "Achmea wants to contribute to a healthy, safe and future-proof society. Part of that is combatting the effects of climate change. We are operating under an ambitious sustainability plan that will result in climate-neutral operations in 2030. We are working actively with other parties, for example in local and regional networks, and in co-operation with suppliers we are looking for innovative solutions. We are of course also identifying how we can make the products and services we provide to our customers greener. For example, Interpolis is offering its customers environmentally-friendly, insulating green roofs and Centraal Beheer is supplying solar panels to customers."
A further 30 electric vehicle charging points are being installed in Apeldoorn. The first fully green electricity is due to be generated in February 2020.


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|By (author):
|Nguyen, Viet Thanh
|FICTION / Asian American
|FICTION / Literary
|FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
|FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage
|April 2016
|8.30in x 8.19in x 1.18in
|From The Publisher*
|One of 2015's most highly acclaimed debuts, The Sympathizer is a Vietnam War novel unlike any other. The narrator, one of the most arresting of recent fiction, is a man of two minds and divided loyalties, a half-French half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent living in America after the end of the war. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. But, unbeknownst to the general, this captain is an undercover operative for the communists, who instruct him to add his own name to the list and accompany the general to America. As the general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, the captain continues to observe the group, sending coded letters to an old friend who is now a higher-up within the communist administration. Under suspicion, the captain is forced to contemplate terrible acts in order to remain undetected. And when he falls in love, he finds that his lofty ideals clash violently with his loyalties to the people close to him, a contradiction that may prove unresolvable. A gripping spy novel, a moving story of love and friendship, and a layered portrayal of a young man drawn into extreme politics, The Sympathizer examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
|Review Quote*
|Praise for The Sympathizer : A National Bestseller Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Winner of the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner of the 2015-2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Adult Fiction) Finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Finalist for the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Mystery/Thriller) One of the New York Times ' 100 Notable Books of 2015 Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Kansas City Star, Orlando Weekly, Daily Beast, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Guardian, National Post, MPR News, Amazon, Slate, Flavorwire, Entropy, Quartz, and Globe and Mail '[A] remarkable debut novel . . . [Nguyen] brings a distinctive perspective to the war and its aftermath. His book fills a void in the literature, giving voice to the previously voiceless . . . The nameless protagonist-narrator, a memorable character despite his anonymity, is an Americanized Vietnamese with a divided heart and mind. Nguyen's skill in portraying this sort of ambivalent personality compares favorably with masters like Conrad, Greene, and le Carre. . . . Both thriller and social satire. . . . In its final chapters, The Sympathizer becomes an absurdist tour de force that might have been written by a Kafka or Genet.' -Philip Caputo, New York Times Book Review (cover review) 'This is more than a fresh perspective on a familiar subject. [ The Sympathizer ] is intelligent, relentlessly paced and savagely funny . . . The voice of the double-agent narrator, caustic yet disarmingly honest, etches itself on the memory.' - Wall Street Journal (WSJ's Best Books of 2015) 'Extraordinary . . . Surely a new classic of war fiction. . . . [Nguyen] has wrapped a cerebral thriller around a desperate expat story that confronts the existential dilemmas of our age. . . . Laced with insight on the ways nonwhite people are rendered invisible in the propaganda that passes for our pop culture. . . . I haven't read anything since Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that illustrates so palpably how a patient tyrant, unmoored from all humane constraint, can reduce a man's mind to liquid.' - Washington Post 'The great achievement of The Sympathizer is that it gives the Vietnamese a voice and demands that we pay attention. Until now, it's been largely a one-sided conversation-or at least that's how it seems in American popular culture . . . We've never had a story quite like this one before. . . . [Nguyen] has a great deal to say and a knowing, playful, deeply intelligent voice . . . There are so many passages to admire. Mr. Nguyen is a master of the telling ironic phrase and the biting detail, and the book pulses with Catch-22-style absurdities.' - New York Times 'Beautifully written and meaty . . . really compelling. I had that kid-like feeling of being inside the book.' -Claire Messud, Boston Globe 'This debut is a page-turner (read: everybody will finish) that makes you reconsider the Vietnam War (read: everyone will have an opinion) . . . Nguyen's darkly comic novel offers a point of view about American culture that we've rarely seen.' -Oprah.com (Oprah's Book Club Suggestions) 'The novel's best parts are painful, hilarious exposures of white tone-deafness . . . [the] satire is delicious.' - New Yorker ' The Sympathizer reads as part literary historical fiction, part espionage thriller and part satire. American perceptions of Asians serve as some of the book's most deliciously tart commentary . . . Nguyen knows of what he writes.' - Los Angeles Times 'Sparkling and audacious . . . Unique and startling . . . Nguyen's prose is often like a feverish, frenzied dream, a profuse and lively stream of images sparking off the page. . . . Nguyen can be wickedly funny. . . . [His] narrator has an incisive take on Asian-American history and what it means to be a nonwhite American. . . . this remarkable, rollicking read by a Vietnamese immigrant heralds an exciting new voice in American literature.' - Seattle Times 'Stunned, amazed, impressed. [ The Sympathizer is] so skillfully and brilliantly executed that I cannot believe this is a first novel. (I should add jealous to my emotions.) Upends our notions of the Vietnam novel.' - Chicago Tribune 'A very special, important, brilliant novel . . . Amazing . . . I don't say brilliant about a lot of books, but this is a brilliant book . . . A fabulous book . . . that everyone should read.' -Nancy Pearl, KUOW.org 'Dazzling . . . I've read scads of Vietnam War books, but The Sympathizer has an exciting quality I haven't encountered . . . A fascinating exploration of personal identity, cultural identity, and what it means to sympathize with two sides at once.' -John Powers, Fresh Air, NPR (Books I Wish I'd Reviewed) 'Powerful and evocative . . . Gripping.' - San Francisco Chronicle 'Welcome a unique new voice to the literary chorus. . . . [ The Sympathizer ] is, among other things, a character-driven thriller, a political satire, and a biting historical account of colonization and revolution. It dazzles on all fronts.' - Cleveland Plain Dealer 'For those who have been waiting for the great Vietnamese American Vietnam War novel, this is it. More to the point: This is a great American Vietnam War novel. . . . It is the last word (I hope) on the horrors of the Vietnamese re-education camps that our allies were sentenced to when we left them swinging in the wind.' - Vietnam Veterans of America 'Magisterial. A disturbing, fascinating and darkly comic take on the fall of Saigon and its aftermath, and a powerful examination of guilt and betrayal. The Sympathizer is destined to become a classic and redefine the way we think about the Vietnam War and what it means to win and to lose.'- T.C. Boyle 'Trapped in endless civil war, 'the man who has two minds' tortures and is tortured as he tries to meld the halves of his country and of himself. Viet Thanh Nguyen accomplishes this integration in a magnificent feat of storytelling. The Sympathizer is a novel of literary, historical, and political importance.'- Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Fifth Book of Peace 'It is a strong, strange and liberating joy to read this book, feeling with each page that a broken world is being knitted back together, once again whole and complete. As far as I am concerned, Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer -both a great American novel and a great Vietnamese novel-will close the shelf on the literature of the Vietnam War.'- Bob Shacochis, author of The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 'Read this novel with care; it is easy to read, wry, ironic, wise, and captivating, but it could change not only your outlook on the Vietnam War, but your outlook on what you believe about politics and ideology in general. It does what the best of literature does, expands your consciousness beyond the limitations of your body and individual circumstances.'- Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War 'Not only does Viet Thanh Nguyen bring a rare and authentic voice to the body of American literature generated by the Vietnam War, he has created a book that transcends history and politics and nationality and speaks to the enduring theme of literature: the universal quest for self, for identity. The Sympathizer is a stellar debut by a writer of depth and skill.'- Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain ' The Sympathizer is a remarkable and brilliant book. By turns harrowing, and cut through by shards of unexpected and telling humor, this novel gives us the conflict in Vietnam, and its aftermath, in a way that is deeply truthful, and vitally important.'- Vincent Lam, author of Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures and The Headmaster's Wager 'I think I'd have to go all the way back to Nabokov's Humbert Humbert to find the last narrative voice that so completely conked me over the head and took me prisoner. Nguyen and his unnamed protagonist certainly have made a name for themselves with one of the smartest, darkest, funniest books you'll read this year.'- David Abrams, author of Fobbit 'Audaciously and vividly imagined. A compelling read.'- Andrew X. Pham, author of Catfish and Mandala 'Nguyen's cross-grained protagonist exposes the hidden costs in both countries of America's tragic Asian misadventure. Nguyen's probing literary art illuminates how Americans failed in their political and military attempt to remake Vietnam-but then succeeded spectacularly in shrouding their failure in Hollywood distortions. Compelling-and profoundly unsettling.' - Booklist (starred review) 'A closely written novel of after-the-war Vietnam, when all that was solid melted into air. As Graham Greene and Robert Stone have taught us, on the streets of Saigon, nothing is as it seems. . . . Think Alan Furst meets Elmore Leonard, and you'll capture Nguyen at his most surreal . . . Both chilling and funny, and a worthy addition to the library of first-rate novels about the Vietnam War.'- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) '[An] astonishing first novel . . . Nguyen's novel enlivens debate about history and human nature, and his narrator has a poignant often mindful voice.'- Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review) 'Breathtakingly cynical, the novel has its hilarious moments . . . Ultimately a meditation on war, political movements, America's imperialist role, the CIA, torture, loyalty, and one's personal identity, this is a powerful, thought-provoking work. It's hard to believe this effort . . . is a debut. This is right up there with Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke .- Library Journal (starred review) 'I cannot remember the last time I read a novel whose protagonist I liked so much. Smart, funny, and self-critical, with a keen sense of when to let a story speak for itself (and when to gloss it with commentary). He's someone I would like to have a beer with, despite the fact that his life's work is the betrayal of his friends. . . . [Nguyen] proves a gifted and bold satirist.' - Barnes & Noble Review 'Riveting . . . The Sympathizer is not only a masterly espionage novel, but also a seminal work of 21st century American fiction. Giving voice to the Vietnamese experience in the United States, Nguyen offers profound insights into the legacy of war and the politically and racially charged atmosphere of the 1970s.' -BookReporter '[A] shimmering debut novel . . . Leaping with lyrical verve, each page turns to a unique and hauntingly familiar voice that refuses to let us forget what people are capable of doing to each other.' -Asian American Writers' Workshop 'Arresting . . . One of the best pieces of fiction about the Vietnam war-and by a Vietnamese. . . . Stunning . . . Could it be that Nguyen has captured the shape of the devolution of war itself, from grand ambition to human ruin? . . . One of the finest novels of the Vietnam War published in recent years.' -The Daily Beast '[An] intriguing confessional . . . [a] tour de force . . . So taken was I by the first quarter of the book that I believed myself to be reading an actual confession . . . The character himself . . . and the quality of the narration seized me, leaving me almost breathless in my pursuit of an ending.' - Sewanee Review 'An important new perspective on the Vietnam War . . . The Sympathizer will both startle and grip you.' -BuzzFeed 'An early frontrunner for debut novel of the year, The Sympathizer considers the fall of Saigon in 1975 through the eyes of The Captain. It's as much a spy novel of political intrigue as it is an examination of Communism, the CIA, and torture.' -Flavorwire (10 Must-Read Books for April) 'Tremendously funny, with a demanding verbal texture . . . Both tender and a bit of a romp, the book reminded me of how big books can be.' - Guardian (Best Books of 2015) 'Astounding . . . [The unnamed narrator] will be compared to the morally exhausted spies, intelligence officers and double agents of Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, and John le Carre.' - Toronto Star "
|Biographical Note
|Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. His stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, TriQuarterly, Narrative, and the Chicago Tribune and he is the author of the academic book Race and Resistance. He teaches English and American Studies at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.


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The Illuminating Engineering Society's Annual Conference August 18-20, 2022 in New Orleans provides a range of educational programming—including workshops, seminars, interactive experiences, networking, and paper and poster presentations—on the art, design, science, and research of lighting relevant to lighting professionals, educators, and related design disciplines.
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Terms and Conditions of Sale
1. General Provisions
1.1. The following terms and conditions of sale ("Terms and Conditions") apply to the offer and sale of products through the Clinique website in Denmark.
1.2. To be eligible to purchase products on the Site customers must: (a) be at least 18 years old or, if minors, be duly authorized by their legal representative; (b) be consumers, meant as natural persons acting for purposes extraneous to their trade, business, craft and profession; (c) register on the Site and (d) hold a valid credit card.
1.3. This contract shall be executed in Danish if your delivery address is in Denmark, and shall be governed by the laws of your country of delivery. Such laws are referred to as the "Local Laws" in these terms and conditions.
2. Identification of the Vendor
2.1. The vendor is Estée Lauder Companies, Delta Park 37, 2nd floor, DK-2665 Vallensbæk Strand.
3. Products
3.1. Information on products is available on the Site, and is provided in accordance with Local Laws.
3.2. We will take all reasonable care to ensure that all details, descriptions, images of products appearing on the Site are correct at the time when the relevant information was entered onto the system; however, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we do not warrant that said details, descriptions, images of products are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.
3.3. The products described on the Site, and any samples thereof we may provide to the customer, are for personal use only. Customers may not sell or resell any of these products or samples thereof. We reserve the right, with or without notice, to cancel or reduce the quantity of any products or samples to be provided to the customer that, in our sole discretion, may result in the violation of these Terms and Conditions.
4. Prices
4.1. All prices indicated for products available via the Site are inclusive of VAT at the current rates and are expressed in local currency. Delivery charges shall be added to the price of the products and are indicated separately on the order form. For further information please also visit the Delivery section of the Site.
4.2. We regularly verify that all the prices displayed on the Site are correct, however, we cannot guarantee the absence of errors. In the event that an obvious error in the pricing of a product is detected, we will offer the customer the opportunity to purchase the product at the correct price or to cancel the order.
5. Placing an Order
5.1. The customer will be guided through the process of placing an order by a series of simple instructions on the Site.
5.2. To place an order, the customer must type in the quantity of product he/she wishes to purchase (up to four (4) of any single product), with a maximum purchase of 4800kr. per customer. In addition, we must also limit orders to no more than three (3) orders per customer per day.
5.3. Customer must click "Add to bag" to place the product selected in the desired quantity in the shopping bag. At any time during shopping customer may review the products in the shopping bag by clicking on "Checkout" of each page. Customer may save a product as favorite, by clicking on "move to favorites" below the product name. The product will then be moved to customer's favorites section in "My Account". To access customer's favorites from any computer, customer must register or sign in with his/her account.
5.4. Customer must follow the onscreen instructions to proceed through the checkout process. The customer may always correct any errors in data he/she has entered, change the shopping bag contents, by adding or removing one or more products from the shopping bag, or cancel the entire order during checkout before sending his/her order. By submitting an order, the customer acknowledges and declares that he/she has read all the instructions provided during the checkout process and fully accepts these Terms and Conditions. The customer places an order request for products via the Site by clicking on the Submit button at the end of the order process.
5.5. After an order has been submitted, a "Thank You" page will be displayed, and the customer will receive shortly an email confirming receipt of the order. In accordance with the provisions of Local Laws, the email confirming receipt of the order contains a summary of the Terms a Conditions, information on the essential characteristics of the purchased products, a detailed indication of the price and means of payment, information on delivery charges, information on the conditions and methods to exercise the right of withdrawal, the address to which complaints may be addressed, information on support services and on existing commercial warranties.
5.6. If an order confirmation does not arrive within 24 hours after submission, customer may contact us, 80 83 11 66 in Denmark for assistance.
5.7. If customers have any questions or concerns when placing an order or if they wish to enquire about a previously placed order, they may contact us; 80 83 11 66 in Denmark or via e-mail. For fastest service, customers are invited to keep their order number available.
6. Offer Codes
6.1. To redeem an offer code, customers must enter their code into the "offer code" box during the checkout process on the website. Offer codes are case sensitive and should be entered exactly as they appear.
6.2. When an offer code is accepted, the offer will be displayed in the "Order Review".
6.3. One offer code may be used per order.
7. Payment Options
7.1. Customers may pay for the products by credit card. The following credit cards are accepted for payments:
Visa, Mastercard, Dankort, MobilePay, ViaBill
7.2. We do not accept credit cards with billing addresses outside of the EU or Norway.
7.3. Customers will not be charged for any product until it is shipped.
7.4. For customer's security, customer's billing name and address must match that of the credit card used for payment. We reserve the right to cancel any order that does not match these criteria.
7.5. All credit card holders are subject to validation checks and authorization by the credit card issuer. If the issuer of customer's payment card refuses or does not, for any reason, authorize payment to us, whether in advance or subsequent to a payment, we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery.
8. Order Inquiries
8.1. enerally products are shipped within 2 to 5 working days. For any shipping information customers may contact us; 80 83 11 66 or via e-mail
8.2. Customers can check the status of their most recent orders by visiting the Order Status page into the My Account area. This is the easiest and fastest way to get the most current information regarding customers' orders.
8.3. When the customer clicks on Order Status page, he/she will be prompted to log in with his/her email address and password. An order summary page will provide the customer with detailed information about his/her current and past orders. After an order is shipped, the relevant tracking number, if available, will be displayed. Customers can track the delivery status of the order with our courier by clicking on "Dispatched" under the Order Status header. Some carriers may not have tracking information available for up to 24 business hours after the order is shipped.
8.4. Occasionally, orders or parts of an order are cancelled by our system for various reasons. Some reasons are:
• Item(s) not available
• Impossibility in processing payment information
• Cannot deliver to address provided
• Duplicate order was placed
• Cancellation due to a customer request
8.5. If an order is cancelled, the customer will receive an email to explain the reason for the cancellation. Customers will not be charged for any cancelled orders. If the customer is interested in placing a new order or if the customer has any questions about a cancelled order, he/she may contact us at 80 83 11 66 or via e-mail
9. Delivery
9.1. Orders are processed and delivered on working days only (Monday through Friday, excluding bank holidays). Orders placed on Saturday and Sunday will be processed on the following working day.
9.2. We are unable to process orders to a P.O Box address.
9.3. Shipping charges shall be borne by the customer and are indicated separately on the order form and into the delivery note. There are no shipping charges for purchases over the amount we may display on the Site.
9.4. In accordance with Local Laws the products shall be delivered within 30 (thirty) days from the day following that of the order placement by the customer, unless we notify the customer, including by email, within the same term, of the ordered products being unavailable, including temporarily unavailable.]
10. Right of Withdrawal
10.1. We are committed to offering customers the finest cosmetic products available. If the customer feels the products he/she received from us do not meet this expectation, pursuant to Local Laws the customer has the right to withdraw from the contract, without specifying any reason, within fourteen (14) working days of the date the products were received.
10.2. Notification of customer's intention to exercise the right of withdrawal can be done by e-mail us with customer's order details, including customer order number and the description of the products, which are being returned. Within the order packaging, the customer will find a dispatch note with details of the order together with details of our returns process. If the products listed on the dispatch note do not match those contained in your delivery, the customer shall notify us immediately by calling, 80 83 11 66.
10.3. Our Customer Service will then issue the customer with an authorization number and an email confirmation. Customer is invited to retain a note of his/her authorization number for future reference with Customer Service with regards to this matter.
10.4. If the customer returns products for reasons other than defects in the products, or incomplete or incorrect delivery, he/she will be required to arrange and pay for the return of the products to us.
10.5. Upon exercising the right of withdrawal, we undertake to reimburse the customer the full price of the products within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of the withdrawal, provided that they are shipped back unused and undamaged, as soon as possible upon exercising the right of withdrawal and that we receive proof sending back prior to reimbursement. Refunds will only be made against the original credit card used. We will send to the customer a notification email once the reimbursement has been made.
10.6. It is strongly recommended that the parcel be sent by a recorded delivery service (one that requires a signature upon receipt).
10.7. The above provisions are only applicable to purchases made online. Products purchased at a store will be subject to the return policy of each store. Returns or exchanges for purchases made in a Clinique store may not be returned or exchanged to Clinique Online. Returns for purchases made online will not be accepted for return or exchange at a Clinique store.
11. Lack of Conformity
11.1. In case of lack of conformity of products pursuant to Local Laws, the legal guarantees established by Local Laws will apply. The customer has the right to have the products brought into conformity free of charge by repair or replacement. In case of failure of one of the remedies above, the customer has the right to have an appropriate reduction made in the price of the products, or the contract cancelled. The customer waives these rights if it fails to notify us of the lack of conformity within reasonable time after the customer detected such lack of conformity. We shall be held liable where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within three (3) year as from delivery of the products.
12. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
12.1. These Terms and Conditions are governed by and must be interpreted in accordance with Local Laws.
12.2. Any disputes arising from the interpretation, validity and/or execution of these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the mandatory jurisdiction of the competent court of the place of residence or domicile of the customer.
13. Contacts
13.1. For any information and support on products and methods of purchase through the Site the customer may contact us, 80 83 11 66 or via email or by post to the following address:
Estée Lauder Companies, Delta Park 37, 2nd floor, DK-2665 Vallensbæk Strand.
14. Complaints
In case of complaint about your online purchase, you may contact us at, 80 83 11 66.
Likewise you may refer disputes related to the sale of the Product to the following Alternative Dispute Resolution entity:
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Man kan ligeledes henvise tvister i forbindelse med salget af Produktet til følgende instans for alternativ tvistbilæggelse:
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1. Burger Queen flew Billy and his Bronx coworkers to its training center. After returning, Billy told his cousin about his trip. "Boy, was it great! I made tons of money in overtime. We were in training 12 days straight. We worked almost 16 hours a day. We learned how to make ten new menu items. You'll see them on the menu next month. Everything was free! I had my own private room in the hotel. The food was fantastic. The hotel had six different restaurants. I ate all I could eat three times a day. I can't wait to go back there again." Jill asked, "Go back where? Where did you go?" He said, "They said we were in Texas." She asked, "They 'said'? Where in Texas? What city?" He said, "I don't know. I didn't even see a city. All I saw were the hotel and the training center." 2.1
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April 30, 2009: A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet's atmosphere, magnetosphere, and its geological past display greater levels of activity than scientists first suspected. The probe also discovered a large impact basin named "Rembrandt" measuring about 430 miles in diameter.
Right: The Rembrandt impact basin discovered by MESSENGER during its second flyby of Mercury in October 2008. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Smithsonian Institution/Carnegie Institution of Washington. [more]
"This second Mercury flyby provided a number of new findings," said Sean Solomon, the probe's principal investigator from the Carnegie Institution of Washington. "One of the biggest surprises was how strongly [Mercury's magnetosphere] had changed from what we saw during the first flyby in January 2008."
"During the first flyby, MESSENGER measured relatively calm dipole-like magnetic fields close to the planet. Scientists didn't detect any dynamic features other than some Kelvin-Helmholtz waves," said James Slavin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Slavin is a mission co-investigator and lead author of one of the papers.
"But the second flyby was a totally different situation," he says. MESSENGER observed a highly dynamic magnetosphere with "magnetic reconnection" events taking place at a rate 10 times greater than what is observed at Earth during its most active intervals. "The high rate of solar wind energy input was evident in the great amplitude of the plasma waves and the large magnetic structures measured by the spacecraft's magnetometer throughout the encounter."
Above: An artist's concept of Mercury's surprisingly active magnetosphere. Credits: Image produced by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory//Carnegie Institution of Washington. Image reproduced courtesy of Science/AAAS. [more]
Another exciting result is the discovery of a previously unknown large impact basin. The Rembrandt basin is more than 700 kilometers (430 miles) in diameter and if formed on the east coast of the United States would span the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston.
Rembrandt formed about 3.9 billion years ago, near the end of the period of heavy bombardment of the inner Solar System, suggests MESSENGER Participating Scientist Thomas Watters, lead author of another of the papers. Rembrandt is significant, not only because it is big, but also because it is giving researchers a peek beneath the surface of Mercury that other basins have not.
"This is the first time we've seen terrain exposed on the floor of an impact basin on Mercury that is preserved from when it formed," explains Watters. "Landforms such as those revealed on the floor of Rembrandt are usually completely buried by volcanic flows."
Right: In this interpretive map of Mercury's surface, shades of yellow denote smooth plains of mainly volcanic origin. This type of terrain covers approximately 40% of the planet. The white (empty) slice is the portion of Mercury not yet photographed. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington. [more]
"After mapping the surface, we see that approximately 40 percent is covered by smooth plains," said Brett Denevi of Arizona State University in Tempe, a team member and lead author of a paper. "Many of these smooth plains are interpreted to be of volcanic origin, and they are globally distributed. Much of Mercury's crust may have formed through repeated volcanic eruptions in a manner more similar to the crust of Mars than to that of the moon."
Another finding of the flyby is the first detection of magnesium in Mercury's exosphere. The exosphere is an ultrathin atmosphere where the molecules are so far apart they are more likely to collide with the surface than with each other. Material in the exosphere comes mainly from the surface of Mercury itself, knocked aloft by solar radiation, solar wind bombardment and meteoroid vaporization:
The probe's Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer instrument detected the magnesium. Finding magnesium was not surprising to scientists, but the abundance was unexpected. The instrument also measured other exospheric constituents including calcium and sodium. Researchers believe that big day-to-day changes in Mercury's thin atmosphere may be caused by the variable shielding of Mercury's active magnetosphere.
"This is an example of the kind of individual discoveries that the
science team will piece together to give us a new picture of how the planet formed and evolved," said William McClintock of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. McClintock is co-investigator and lead author of one of the four papers.
"The third Mercury flyby [coming up on Sept. 29th] is our final dress rehearsal for the main performance of our mission, the insertion of the probe into orbit around Mercury in March 2011," said Solomon. "The orbital phase will be like staging two flybys per day and will provide continuous collection of information about the planet and its environment for one year."
"Mercury has been coy in revealing its secrets slowly so far, but in less than two years the innermost planet will become a close friend."
Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
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MESSENGER -- home page
The MESSENGER project is the seventh in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, scientifically focused missions. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Md., designed, built and operates the spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Science instruments were built by the Applied Physics Laboratory; Goddard; the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; and the University of Colorado in Boulder. GenCorp Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., and Composite Optics Inc. of San Diego provided the propulsion system and composite structure.
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Who Is A Mail Order Bride and Why Do They Go To Mail Order Bride Site
You don't have to wonder what is a mail order brides phenomenon anymore. Single men who decided to date foreign brides will get a comprehensive information about everything that is associated with the beauties who want to date foreigners.
First of all, mail order brides are women who are waiting for men on online dating sites. Mail order bride sites resemble an array of foreign women who are looking to find a husband from another country. It's a genuine way for men to find a foreign bride to start a family in a different country. Picking someone from the thousands of options to spend the rest of your life with can seem like a major decision, especially for ladies.
How do mail order brides work now, after all those years? Perfectly. The path to the happy life became easier and shorter. Men can buy a bride online – well, it will be correct to say that men can buy mail order bride service's subscription to communicate with beautiful international ladies. The range of services that included only sending messages has expanded and now the sites offer a lot of features that men can use to impress and charm mail order brides. For example, on premium platforms there is a team of translators that help people make contacts even without a foreign language knowledge.
There are plenty of possibilities to make a girl interested in you even online. But, before you start dreaming about foreign beauties, let's talk about how to find mail order bride.
How the trend of mail order brides started
These websites didn't just happen, but the idea was started around the nineteenth century. In the earlier times, the man would "order" the lady he liked from the catalog. The cost of mail order brides was usually the travel fare, some expense for food, and some price for the agency's efforts. But assuming the lady got off in Minnesota and did not appreciate the conduct of the man, she was NOT obligated to marry him. In any case, a stunning number of times these things actually did work out.
In fact, there are old families spread over the western America that trace their roots to these marriages.
How do mail order brides work now, after all those years? Perfectly. The path to the happy life became easier and shorter. Men can buy a bride online – well, it will be correct to say that men can buy mail order bride service's subscription to communicate with beautiful international ladies. The range of services that included only sending messages has expanded and now the sites offer a lot of features that men can use to impress and charm mail order brides. For example, on premium platforms there is a team of translators that help people make contacts even without a foreign language knowledge.
There are plenty of possibilities to make a girl interested in you even online. But, before you start dreaming about foreign beauties, let's talk about how to find mail order bride.
How to find foreign women
There is no denying that every time we meet someone new, it seems like a shot in the dark. We all experience a drought sometimes – whether we've just gone through a break-up, moved to a new place, or it's something else. The Internet isn't only to let everybody know what you had for lunch or the latest cute thing your dog did. You should try considering mail order bride site to meet individuals. Nowadays people want to have their partner from a different part of the work. Resultant, most foreign women register for mail order bride sites because they want to meet someone apart from the guys in their own country.
In today's globalization era, mail order bride sites are flourishing. Close to 100 agencies in the United States are exclusively working in promoting success stories from mail order bride sites. They connect foreign women from Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America with men from Europe, Australia, and Canada.
Generally said, mail order brides come from economically backward places and nations that have an imbalance of male/female proportion. However, the numbers and statistics tell us this.
There are psychological reasons why girls register on dating platforms as well, trying to find healthy relationship.
- Some of the ladies do not appreciate the traditional attitude to women in their homelands ( for example, in Asia men have significantly more social power and influence than women).
- Some foreign girls grew up in international families and they see how close their parents are, and how good it is for kids to grow in families with parents who have different cultural education. Such children develop diverse personalities, skills, and, yes, they are bilingual. Additionally, women can be sure that their little ones will get better education, higher life standards, and more possibilities in another country.
- There are women who could not or just did not want to build relationship with the men who live nearby. The problem might be with the absence of romance, understanding, sincerity, and stability in couples, and girls try to find it in relationship with foreign people.
Mail Order Bride Services
It is not easy to find a bride and meet a soul mate. Your values and priorities must match. Finding a soul mate becomes increasingly difficult with age. Also, people get finickier as they age. The search for true love becomes even more daunting. That is where mail order brides come in. Through a specialized service, you can find a bride that fits your requirements and preferences. These sites provide you with contact details of brides seeking suitable partners.
Mail order bride sites are online dating platforms that offer brides from all over the world. To use these websites, you need to register and fill out a questionnaire. In return, you will receive a verification code by email. After you complete this information, you can browse profiles of other prospective brides. Once you have matched with a bride, you can then begin communicating with her. If you choose a mail order bride, be sure to ask her about her preferences and lifestyle.
Mail order bride services provide men with access to thousands of women from all over the world. Unlike bar chatting, these services connect you with serious women. Once you find someone who catches your attention, you can begin to communicate with them and visit them. While there is no pressure to marry, this will give you a much better opportunity to develop a relationship with your bride. This can be difficult in the beginning, but the more serious and committed the relationship, the more likely the women are to become your wives.
The most popular international brides: countries to consider
Men wondering "Where can I find a mail order bride?", make a stop here, please! Before you start dreaming about happy families, you should realize what kind of woman you want to find. The most popular women are Asian, Latin, and Eastern European, and we will provide you with some general information on these nationalities and places to seek a wife.
Asian countries: forever young, intelligent, and cute girls
Asian women are the most desirable mail order brides on the globe – taking into consideration the fact that there are millions of successful marriages with oriental ladies. These women are tranquil, attentive, hard-working, and respect order at home and in heads. The pitfall is that Asian girls look beautiful and young till the old age, so you can never guess how old is the woman you like… Till the moment she tells you.
If you are looking for marriage with a charming, supportive, and feminine beauty, draw your attention to Thai, Filipino, and Chinese women.
Slavic countries: reliable, independent, and honest ladies
In Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and plenty of other Slavic countries there are single gorgeous women who suffer in solitude! Eastern European ladies may seem to be the Snow Queens who have such a thick wall of ice that protects them from men and their courting that some men actually do not even try to court them. However, these girls are ready for commitment.
If it is vital for you to be in a relationship with a strong, serious, and reliable woman who will never betray you, you should try Slavic dating sites.
Latin America: sexy, emotional, and bright women
If you ask us where the hottest women live, we will answer that it is Latin America. A Latin wife is a dream of the majority of men in the world. Only imagine how fantastic it will be to wake up in one bed with one of the most beautiful, feminine, and spicy woman in the whole universe! Latin mail order brides combine sunny disposition with serious intention to relationship, intelligence and wisdom, and the ability to look elegant in bright clothes. Maybe it is these features make them so attractive to Western men. Search for a lady of your dreams in Mexico, Argentina or Colombia.
Mail order bride: prices to pay to meet and marry foreign girls
First of all, let's make a little deal: you should always remember that buying a bride online is an impossible procedure. You can impress a woman, make her interested in you by all means, charm her – well, do anything to make her fall for you. The men who still believe that they can buy a wife with expensive gifts are partially right: they are at least generous and are ready to spend some money to cute presents. Women love gifts and bouquets, and some online dating services even allow men to send different things to their sweethearts (without telling the men the actual addresses of women).
If you want to know the exact numbers concerning buying a wife, we can say only that you can spend from $1000 to $10,000. You decide what dating site to choose, what subscription to buy, and what services to use to search for your perfect international match.
Main reason why these mail order bride sites are so popular
The reason why men in the west go to mail order bride sites is to look for foreign women. There are many supporters and actual participants of these "online made" marriages advocate the traditional values of foreign women from these developing countries and their suitability for marriage. Many even go on to say that the American women have lost suitability through women' lib.
The need for mail order sites
Even though mail order bride site is a great way to meet new people, you can't simply expect everything to happen on its own. Indeed, finding a foreign bride can be hard, but it doesn't need to be so troublesome. Any single person who is considering finding a unique foreign woman ought to incorporate mail order bride site in his arsenal. With roughly 50 million people trying online dating, is there really a better alternative?
Best mail order sites in this modern generation
Today you have nearly 8,000 options to select over, however, we have our top choices here that we'd like to tell you about:
Kiss Russian Beauty
Kiss Russian Beauty is a top-notch dating site that permits single people from across the globe to discover their ideal lifelong soulmate. You will find that everybody who uses this website is here to build a personal emotional relationship. And because the website requires a price to be paid to send and reply to messages. The website is free from individuals who have no real intentions of building genuine bonds. Some of my favorite highlights of the website are:
- Paid Membership
- Inquiry filters
- Support team
- Exceptionally secure framework
- Wellbeing advice
- Who's interested in your section
Once you join, all you have to do is get your best photographs up and account verified. Soon you can start building connections with some of the most attractive foreign women you'll ever meet.
Asia Beauty Online
Asia Beauty Online is a global dating site that was launched 5 years ago. This site is centered around single foreign women searching for a love that will last, and who are willing to go for a long-distance relationship. It is a great place for men enthusiastic about Asian beauty and who want a foreign bride from Thailand, the Philippines, or any other 20+ countries this site supports. Making your profile doesn't take long. All you have to do to register is to enter your real name, age, etc. and create a password. And you're done, your account has been made.
Just like Russian Beauty Date, Asia Beauty Date is also a "premium" asia dating web site. Meaning that only individuals who are willing to pay the price for its services will have accounts here. For the price you pay, you are entitled to 24/7 support team as well as protection from fake profiles and tricks. More importantly, the freedom to find numerous foreign women and form a relationship with your beautiful to-be foreign bride. Thus, anyone, you meet here, you can rest be assured that you're both invested in building a genuine relationship.
Latam Date
Latam Date is one of the best amongst the top internet dating platforms today. The site was created for men anxious to meet foreign women from South America. Amo Latina was made by a group of both experts and professionals combines, to help men from everywhere across the globe to meet their foreign brides in Latin America. There are thousands of profiles, made by women from such countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Argentina etc. Most foreign women you'll find on this site will be genuine and have very genuine expectations. One of the best thing about Amo Latina is that it's really easy to navigate and you don't have to be a nerd to be able to understand it.
All you have to do is register by adding your personal data and fill out a questionnaire about your ideal woman. All of this will take you a couple of minutes but this will help their software to find your best fit. One that's done, you can start searching for the girl of your dreams using various criteria like her location or place of birth. We suggest the extended search tool to narrow down your search of your ideal foreign women.
Talking to new people, building genuine connections and going on fancy dates are all but experiences that are necessary in life. Just relax and let the best in you shine. It's not as much the destinations as it is the journey, of finding your perfect woman.
Finding the perfect foreign bride through these sites is important
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Fahrenheit InformationFahrenheit is a temperature scale named after
the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (16861736).
In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees (this is written "32 °F"), and the boiling point is 212 degrees Fahrenheit, placing the boiling and melting points of water 180 degrees apart.
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Celsius InformationThe degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (17011744)
The Celsius temperature scale was originally designed so that the boiling point of water is 0 degrees, and its freezing point is 100 degrees at standard atmospheric pressure.
This was reversed to its modern order some time after his death.
So water boils at 100 degrees and freezes at 0 on the Celsius scale now.
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Kelvin InformationThe kelvin is named after the British physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin.
The kelvin (symbol: K) is the SI unit of temperature, and is one of the seven SI base units. It is defined by two facts: zero kelvins is absolute zero (when molecular motion stops), and one kelvin is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. The Celsius temperature scale is now defined in terms of the kelvin, with 0 °C corresponding to 273.15 kelvins, approximately the melting point of water under ordinary conditions.
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Rankine InformationRankine is a now rarely used temperature scale named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.
The symbol is °R (note that this symbol is also used to stand for the Rømer and Réaumur scales). Like kelvin, Rankine zero is absolute zero, but Fahrenheit degrees are used. As a result, a difference of 1°R is equal to a difference of 1°F, but 0°R is −459.67°F.
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20 years later…
How do we celebrate 20 years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? How about a list ranking the seasons, my preference of course and you know I would love to hear what your order is after reading mine.
This is my 200th post for the Horror Syndicate and I wanted to write something special. I thought about doing a Retro Review on one of my favorites or even a Horror Icon post about, I don't know, someone. But, with Netflix dropping Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the show bordering on horror and drama, I thought it was time for me to pay respect to the show that got me in to watching TV shows. Strange I know, I was all about features until my first binge expierence with Buffy back in 2002 or 2003. It must have been early 2003, the final season was airing.
Here is what I plan to do with this post, I will rank each season from worst to best, although I don't really see one season as the worst. Buffy was a show that was always…on. Each season had something different and with each season the story moved forward and grew. Of course this may lead to an Angel seasons ranked post as well. I will also list my top 5 favorite episodes from each season within the ranking and maybe some other little tidbits here and there.
Before I even begin, I want to explain why this is on our horror website.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is deep and rich within horror. It may not be scary, but to its core Buffy is horror. Buffy is the slayer, she fights vampires, demons, monsters, witches, zombies and even Gods. There are a lot of great make-up effects and a few episodes that are truly frightening, well they were when the episode first aired, the episode from season 4, "Hush" comes to mind. Buffy has a little bit of everything, action, drama and horror. The story lines were very good and the show was well written, like all Whedon shows. Also…the credits and the song from Nerf Herder, damn it, I love it!
I know there are those who will disagree with the order and others who will think Buffy is not horror. Well, if it were not for horror, the show may not have existed. I would love to see what everyone else thinks of the list and where they stand on Buffy being classified as horror.
Here we go…
Season 1 (1997)
Sure this is a tough thing to say, but season 1 was a great place to start, but it was also pretty weak compared to the others. Season 1 introduced us to the characters and really, re-introduced us to Buffy. Remember, there was a feature film starring Kristy Swanson. Of course season 2 would not have happened if season 1 would have been bad. There are many good episodes, but some of the problems come from a shortened season, only 12 episodes and the show was trying to figure out what it was going to be. Season 1 picked up steam towards the end and it rolled into the second season very strong.
The cast was small in the first season and would grow and grow over the course of time, but we remember a time when the core was Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander. For some reason, the "big bad" of season 1, the Master was, well kinda crappy, again, shorter season may have ruined character building.
Top 5 Episodes of Season 1
5. Witch
4. The Puppet Show
3. Nightmares
2. Prophecy Girl (Season Finale)
Season 3 (1998-1999)
There is a lot of people who love this season. Something about it was really off for me. I was not a fan of Faith, Spike was not around and Angel was, not Angel. I am a big fan of the side characters and season 3 didn't deliver. Now, don't get me wrong, I do like the season overall. I did like the Mayor as the "big bad". He was a germ-a-phobe who wanted to ascend to a higher level and had all kinds of dealings with the underworld.
I think another issue, there was change coming and you could feel it. Everything built in season 2 came crumbling down. I loved seeing Willow and Oz, Xander and Cordelia. Spike was a great addition to the show and really had no place in season 3. By the end of the season, Angel and Cordelia left, along with Wesley. Wesley ended up being my favorite character in the Buffy spin-off Angel.
Season 3 would lead into the bridge season. I look at the first 3 seasons as the teenage years and season 4 as a bridge. Of course by season 5, it seems like everyone was becoming adults. So season 3 ends with their High School graduation.
Top 5 Episodes of Season 3
5. Lovers Walk
4. Earshot
3. The Prom
2. Bad Girls
1. Band Candy
Season 4 (1999-2000)
Speaking of season 4…
I really liked the change, Buffy and Willow go off to college, Angel and Cordelia are gone, Giles and Xander seem to have no place in life and Spike is finally back. Season 4 is a mixed bag, there are some great moments and very good episodes. But there are episodes like "Beer Bad" and "Where the Wild Things Are" that are completely terrible. But, we also get episodes like "Something Blue" and "Hush" that are just fantastic. As I said about season 4, it is a bridge season, kind of filler. It was a way to get to bigger things, like a God. I do like some of season 4, even if it begins to shed the high school Buffy cast, Oz, Cordelia and Angel, adding Tara, Riley(terrible character), Spike and one of my favorites Anya.
Top 5 Episodes of Season 4
5. Fear Itself
4. Primeval
3. Something Blue
2. Restless
Season 7 (2002-2003)
The final season of Buffy was extremely epic. So much going on, there were a lot of things to cover and it could have been the best season. So, this is the end…The lingering feeling of the season for me, would it be a fitting end? Yes, even if I wanted more. The writing team really pulled out a great season, although the first four to six episodes were kinda, well it felt out of place. I really enjoyed the First Evil as the "big bad" and I liked seeing all of the potential slayers.
Overall, season 7 is fantastic, but there are better seasons. But, yes this was a good finale for Buffy. Spike, oh Spike…that is all I can say.
One last thing, Felicia Day is in Season 7 and all nerds everywhere fell…nope took a few more years. Season 7 also aired during and after the short lived show Firefly, so we got to see Nathan Fillion pop up in the show as Caleb and he was fantastic. I read he auditioned for Angel in season 1.
Top 5 Episodes of Season 7
5. Storyteller
4. Conversations with Dead People
3. Dirty Girls
2. End of Days
Season 6 (2001 – 2002)
Season 6 is one of the most fun of all the seasons. It wasn't supposed to happen, season 5 was to be the last. But UPN got the rights and things got a little wacky, in a good way. The main villains of the season were the three geeks, Warren, Jonathon and Andrew. It was a fun and crazy season with a lot of heart. They had to find a way to bring Buffy back, the nemeisisses were fun to watch and then, SPOILER ALERT! Willow skins a guy after Tara dies. I never cared for Tara, even now.
Some think this is a bad season, but it is one of the very best, we even got a musical episode, which may be my favorite episode of all 144 episodes of Buffy. I think at times, the season didn't take itself too serious. Also, we got the double meat medley in the episode Doublemeat Palace.
Top 5 Episodes of Season 6
5. Seeing Red
4. Bargaining (part 1 and 2)
3. Grave
2. Tabula Rasa
1.Once More With Feeling
Season 2 (1997-1998)
The love for a slayer and her vampire…Buffy season 2 was all about passion, yep a pun. You see, there was an episode called Passion. The season was about the romance between Angel and Buffy. But there is also the love affair between Spike and Drusilla, Xander and Cordelia, Willow and Oz…and the tragic love of Giles and Miss Calendar. The entire season revolves around Buffy and Angel, their love to their battles when Angel turns to Angelus after that one perfect moment of happiness, sex with Buffy.
The season is full of great and memorable episodes, some of the best. With a show that has a lot of filler episodes, "beast of the week" or whatever. With David Boreanaz as a regular, we got to see Angel, the "big bad" in every episode of the season.
Top 5 Episodes of Season 2
5. Halloween
4. School Hard
3. Innosence
2. Passion
1.Becoming (part 1 and 2)
Season 5 (2000-2001)
Season 5 was supposed to be the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The season started with Buffy vs Dracula, I was not in to this episode as much, but over the years it has grown on me. But, it seemed like just another season of Buffy…enter, Glory. Glory was the "big bad" that could not be defeated, she fought Buffy and bead the living crap out of her, more than once. Glory was looking for the Key, which turns out, Buffy has a new sister that is 14 and came from no where. It didn't take long to find out Dawn is the key. The season was about keeping Dawn safe from Glory and dealing with a lot of loss.
Riley left Buffy after having issues dealing with losing his "powers" and being a "fang banger", wrong series. Of course the powerful episode, "The Body" where the lovable Joyce Summers dies, Buffy's mom. The season was full of emotion and every single episode was good, even Buffy vs Dracula.
The last few episodes of the season were pretty much epic. We got to see Willow unleash her power on Glory, Spike stand for Buffy after being tortured by Glory. Buffy fighting of soldiers on horseback while atop a Winnebego…with a sword! It was awesome. If this was to be the end, it was going out with a bang.
The final episode, we saw Buffy sacrifice herself for Dawn and the world. It was beautiful. This would have been an amazing ending. I don't think the series was ruined by the last two seasons, but it would have been a fitting end to Buffy.
Top 5 Episodes from Season 5
5. The Body
4. Fool for Love
3. Checkpoint
2. Spiral
1.The Weight of the World
So, what do you think? How do the seasons rank for you? We would love to know.
Check out these two videos, fan made trailer and MsMojo's top moments.
If you like to see the Angel season's ranked, let us know!


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By Alexsandra Mitchell ~
This undated image of civil rights activist, actor, playwright, poet, author, and director, Ossie Davis is just one of the 'hidden treasures' within the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) online image collection here at the National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division.
Davis, born Raiford Chatman Davis in Cogdell, Clinch County, Georgia in 1917, is one of Howard University's most notable and esteemed alumni (though he did not officially graduate from the university, he received an honorary degree in 1973).
Davis's visit to the children's ward of the historic Howard University Freedmen's Hospital of Washington, D.C., was an act in character with his rich legacy of giving back to the community.
Freedmen's Hospital is a pillar in the history of medicine for the Black community. Beginning in 1863, Freedmen's provided medical care to former slaves and other aged and disabled African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area. Five years after it opened, Freedmen's Hospital became the official teaching hospital for the Howard University College of Medicine.
Many notable African American doctors have taught and been trained within the walls of Freedmen's Hospital, which was relocated and renamed Howard University Hospital in 1975. These pioneers include: Lt. Colonel Alexander T. Augusta, M.D. (the first African American to head a hospital in the United States); Charles R. Drew, M.D.; Montague Cobb M.D., Ph.D; and contemporary pioneers in academic surgery such as Dr. Patricia E. Bath. Patricia Bath—ophthalmologist, inventor, and founder of the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness—created the Laserphaco Probe, a device invented to aid in the efficient removal of cataracts.
To learn more about the history of Freedmen's Hospital, other pioneers, and contemporary surgeons within the realm of African American medicine, please visit our online exhibition: Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons.
Alexsandra Mitchell was a 2013 Association of Research Libraries Career Enhancement Program Fellow in the History of Medicine Division and a Brooklyn based international research scholar.


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Why do I suddenly feel free of panic?
Here a summer afternoon, wind-
Blown lake, a cabin of strong logs.
I can live and die with no more
Fame . . . .
So writes Minnesotan Robert Bly in his poem "Thoughts in the Cabin."
Before there was the men's movement, before fame dogged his steps and laid siege to his cabin, Robert Bly was a poet. "What is it I want?" he asked back then. "Not money, / not a large desk, a house with ten rooms. / This is what I want to do: To sit here, / Take no part, be called away by the wind." The poet's desire for "no more fame" has not been fulfilled, but Eating the Honey of Words, selected from the work of almost 50 years, reminds us that in spite of the large role Bly has lived in the world beyond his cabin, he's never stopped being a poet.
Since the 1950's, Bly has been a vocal, sometimes violent critic of American poetry, especially the legacy of the "1917 Generation"Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and William Carlos Williams. In an essay called "A Wrong Turning in American Poetry," he blasted their outward-looking, object-oriented aesthetic as poetry "defined without reference to the unconscious."
Bly believed that a poet should follow Rainer Maria Rilke's directive to "go into yourself," and offered as exemplars of this path European and Latin American poets such as Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda and Antonio Machado, whose works he later translated and published in his magazine The Fifties.
In his own poetry, Bly developed what came to be known as the "deep image." His definition of this phenomenon distinguished the image from a picture: "The image, being the natural speech of the imagination, cannot be drawn from or inserted back into the real world."
What resulted was the kind of Midwestern surrealism found in poems such as "Snowfall in the Afternoon":
If I could reach down, near the earth,
I could take handfuls of darkness!
A darkness that was always there, which we never noticed.
By the late '60s, the meditative, transcendental mood of Bly's work shifted as he became an antiwar activist. As co-founder of American Writers Against the Vietnam War, he traveled the country staging read-ins, participating in protests and as his critics would have it, cultivating a notoriety he claimed not to want.
His powerful antiwar poem "The Teeth Mother Naked at Last" is included in this collection:
Artillery shells explode. Napalm canisters roll end over end.
800 steel pellets fly through the vegetable walls.
The six-hour infant puts his fists instinctively to his eyes to keep out the light.
But the room explodes;
Blood leaps on the vegetable walls.
In "The Teeth Mother," Bly began to use the Jungian archetypessymbols of death, birth, gender and other immutables, which psychoanalyst Carl Jung argued were universal attributes of the unconscious mind. The inwardness and personal nature of his early poems would evolve over the next 30 years into a more universal expression of the collective unconscious, his exploration of archetypes leading eventually to an extensive analysis of the male psyche. "The Teeth Mother" symbolizes the disintegration of the American psyche that the poet believed must result from the war.
During the 1970s, Bly's poetry would document a psychic search for wholeness and harmony, as in "Winter Poem":
What caused us each to live hidden?
A wound, the wind, a word, a parent.
Sometimes we wait in a helpless way,
Awkwardly, not whole and not healed.
Eating the Honey of Words includes work from Bly's most significant past collections. From the gentle, surreal works of Silence in the Snowy Fields through the political poetry of The Light Around the Body, this anthological survey moves through the ecology-conscious prose works of The Point Reyes Poems, the sexual subjects of Loving a Woman in Two Worlds, on to the profound questioning of life and death in Meditations on the Insatiable Soul and some fewer, recent poems.
Here's Bly today:
"What has happened to the spring,'
I say, and our legs that were so joyful
In the bobblings of April?" I do feel teenier
As if some taut giant, once in the center
Of things, had moved to Sweden. . . .
The "taut giant" at "the center" has done an immensely beneficial job for American culture. Bly, like other giants of poetic activism, such as Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder or Anne Waldman, has not been content merely to live his times. He has actively challenged them, and his muse, far from abandoning him, has stood steadfastly, if battered, at his side.
Laura Rosenthal, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Sunday, May 2, 1999