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Ni Zan - Monet No. 5 (Lot 512) was painted in 2005. Born in 1301, Ni Zan is considered to be one of the four "Late Yuan" masters. During the fall of the Yuan he traveled around southern China and spent his time painting. During his lifetime, his work was highly valued and it itself was enough to pay for the hospitality provided by his friends as he traveled. He returned to his hometown in 1371 after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Ni Zan used his art as a medium of expression. His landscapes after 1345 include elements of ink-monochrome painting of widely separated riverbanks rendered in sketch brushwork and foreground trees silhouetted against the expanse of water. These sparse landscapes never represent people and defy many traditional concepts of Chinese painting. Many of his works hardly represent the natural settings they were intended to depict. In 1364, he said "I use bamboo painting to write out the exhilaration in my breast, that is all. Why should I worry whether it shows likeness or not?"
In Ni Zan - Monet No. 5 Zhang Hongtu took an image of one of Ni Zan's paintings and transformed the traditional Chinese masterpiece, using Monet's brushstroke techniques to create a most vivid French Impressionist style, while keeping the traditional composition and scenery of Ni Zan's painting. Along the top of this painting, Zhang added calligraphy inscriptions of red oil paint and even replicated the traditional seals of the Emperors, creating a fascinating balance between the impressionist style and the traditional Chinese imagery and calligraphy. Through Zhang Hongtu's "transcription", this work by Ni Zan took on a renewed liveliness.


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TORONTO - Change for the Raptors was a foregone conclusion the second Chris Bosh announced his intentions to leave and team up with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in Miami.
Since that day new faces have arrived, a few others have left and the Raptors have begun building the post-Bosh era in Toronto.
There was really no choice in the matter but as GM Bryan Colangelo so succinctly put it on Monday, the first day the team had gathered as one, The worst thing that could have happened is us coming back to camp with the same miserable faces.
No worries there.
Eight of the bodies in camp, or exactly half, were not here last year.
But with the new faces comes a trickle-down effect of change, certainly not of the same magnitude of replacing a Hedo Turkoglu at small forward with a Linas Kleiza, but significant nonetheless.
In fact you would have had to have been blind yesterday not to notice a huge change when the doors to the practice gym opened and the media horde got its daily 20-minute look at the new heroes of the hardcourt.
Almost to a man, every Raptor on the floor was bathed in sweat as a very vocal Francesco Cuzzolin, the teams returning strength-and-conditioning coach, ran the players through drills.
The workout was so intense it had team staff running on and off the floor to clean up potentially injury-causing sweat puddles on the floor.
When the whistle to end this torturous run finally ended, Joey Dorsey, a one-foot shorter look-alike of Dwight Howard, dropped to the floor in complete exhaustion before he was helped to his feet by Julian Wright.
Head coach Jay Triano wasnt particularly happy with the teams focus on its second day of camp. So rather than beat this head against a wall trying to teach sets and schemes to the half of the team that was able to pay proper attention, he gladly turned them over the Cuzzolin.
It was a tough workout but something we need to do, said Triano.
This is training camp. You have to set a standard for the work we want to accomplish. Today our attention span wasnt as good. The guys coming in after being away all summer in the first day its exciting. But today theyre probably a little sore and our minds started to wonder and we had to cut it short and do some conditioning.
Because as much as Triano needs a well-drilled team, he needs a well-conditioned one just as much.
As much as they wanted to run last year and score off the fast break, last years makeup just wasnt fit to play that kind of game or perhaps werent willing to.
And while it remains to be seen if this years team is any more capable theyre going to have to be exponentially better defensively to be able to run effectively Triano has put a new premium on conditioning.
We didnt do this as much last year, Triano said. We werent in shape to do it.
There are no free rides this year. Triano and the entire organization learned its lesson last year when it pandered to an off-season weary Hedo Turkoglu and gave him the training camp off. It remains one of Trianos biggest regrets of his first full camp.
Not only did Turkoglu take the better part of two months just to get back in shape, it ostracized him from the rest of the team to a degree and set in motion as disappointing a season a $50-million free agent has ever produced.
So Linas Kleiza and David Anderson, not to mention Leandro Barbosa, may still be feeling the effects of a full summer with their respective national teams, but all three were put through the same drills as the other 13 players in camp who werent in Turkey this summer.
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Theres something about going through the stuff they did today, he said.
Theres a sense of accomplishment and thats part of building a team. If it were easy, everyone would do it. It has to be hard so you feel that sense of accomplishment.
When theyve gone through a training camp and been through two-a-days thats not easy and thats part of the mental training and toughness you have to get through as well.


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Miscarriage, also known as spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is more common than most realize and can occur in 25% of pregnancies. The majority of miscarriages occur at less than 10 weeks gestation and result from chromosome abnormalities in the embryo. A common sign of a miscarriage is vaginal bleeding, which can range from spotting to heavier bleeding like a period. It is important to keep in mind that many normal pregnancies can also experience vaginal bleeding. Vaginal bleeding can be associated with menstrual-like cramps. Mild cramping during an early pregnancy is common and is not necessarily a sign of a miscarriage.
Recurrent pregnancy loss, or RPL, is characterized by recurrent or repetitive miscarriages. While the definition of RPL can vary, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) defines it as two or more failed clinical pregnancies <20 weeks gestation. A failed clinical pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy loss after an ultrasound shows at least a pregnancy sac. Women who experience RPL may also have associated infertility.
Women evaluated for RPL, undergo a complete history and physical examination, as well as a baseline ultrasound to assess both the uterine anatomy as well as a follicle count of the ovaries, which is a marker of one's ovarian reserve (egg quality and quantity).
Additional assessment includes focusing on screening for:
Uterine anatomy– assessment of the uterine cavity by sonohysterogram or hysterosalpingogram (HSG) allows for the assessment of acquired or congenital uterine anomalies.
Sonohysterogram- also referred to as a saline sonogram, a transvaginal ultrasound procedure involving the placement of a tiny catheter into the uterine cavity. Sterile saline solution is then injected into the uterine cavity causing distension and allowing assessment for any abnormalities.
HSG- commonly referred to as the "dye test," is an x-ray test and is usually performed by a radiologist. A thin catheter is placed through the cervix and a small amount of contrast dye is injected while x-ray pictures are captured as the dye passes through the uterus and then into the fallopian tubes. These images are analyzed to detect abnormalities of the uterus as well as to detect blocked or damaged fallopian tubes.
Occasionally a pelvic MRI or a 3-D sonogram may also be performed. Depending on the finding, a hysteroscopy may be recommended. Hysteroscopy is a minimally invasive same-day surgical procedure, involving the placement of a narrow telescope into the uterus, which can be used to remove endometrial polyps, fibroids, scar tissue or a septum.
Genetic factors– assessment of maternal and paternal chromosomes via a blood test, known as a karyotype, indicating whether that person is a carrier for a genetic abnormality.
If a genetic factor is identified, genetic counseling is recommended. In order to decrease the likelihood of a subsequent miscarriage or live born with a chromosome abnormality, in vitro fertilization (IVF) with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) can be performed with transfer of an unaffected embryo. Another treatment option is the use of donor gametes (eggs or sperm).
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)- maternal blood testing for anticardiolipin antibodies, Lupus anticoagulant, and β2 glycoprotein. Treatment for APS consists of blood thinners (both baby aspirin and heparin).
Hormonal and metabolic factors– screening for thyroid (TSH), prolactin, and uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c). If a hormonal or metabolic abnormality is detected, medical treatment of the underlying condition can be performed.
Lifestyle variables– cigarette smoking, obesity, illicit drug use, alcohol consumption (3-5 drink per week), and caffeine consumption (> 200mg per day) have been associated with increased risk of miscarriage.
Routine screening for an inherited thrombophilias, infections, and immunologic factors are not currently recommended in the evaluation for RPL.
No apparent causative factor is identified in 50-75% of cases with RPL. The majority of miscarriages are sporadic, resulting from chromosomal abnormalities in the embryo, and are influenced tremendously by maternal age. In women over the age of 35, the incidence of miscarriage increases as a result of the associated increased risk of a chromosomally abnormal pregnancy. For women over the age of 40, the miscarriage rate can be over 50%. It is important to keep in mind, that with appropriate treatment and management, most women who suffer from RPL have a good prognosis and will still achieve a livebirth.
Couples facing factors such as advanced maternal age (over 35), a history of failed IVF cycles or RPL may have an increased risk of developing a chromosomally abnormal embryo. Recent research studies have found that women undergoing IVF with Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS), also referred to as Comprehensive Chromosomal Screening (CCS), may significantly improve the chances of having a healthy and successful pregnancy by selecting and transferring only a chromosomally normal embryo. PGS refers to testing and screening for potential chromosomal deficiencies (aneuploidy). It is estimated that approximately half of miscarriages that take place during the first trimester of a pregnancy result from a chromosomal abnormality. These abnormalities may result from advanced maternal age, as chromosomal aneuploidy rates increase with increasing maternal age, and is why older women have higher miscarriage rates. PGS can identify embryos that are most likely to possess the normal chromosomal complement and select them for embryo transfer, thus greatly reducing the risk of miscarriage. The ability to prevent an abnormal pregnancy allows patients to avoid the physical and emotional suffering of a miscarriage.
The grief and anxiety associated even with just a single pregnancy loss can be devastating to couples, and many bottle up these emotions as they may feel uncomfortable discussing it with friends and family. At RMA of New York we employ a comprehensive team approach to care for patients who suffer from a single pregnancy loss or RPL, recognizing the associated emotional and psychological needs. As a result, these patients may benefit from speaking with our licensed psychologist on staff.
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By now, Conan O'Brien is very much a part of the late-night talk-show establishment, but there was a time when he was just a young upstart at a hit animated show called The Simpsons. In the most recent episode of his web series "Serious Jibber-Jabber," he interviews four writers who were his seniors when he worked there, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, and Jeff Martin. It's a superfun discussion, in which they touch on how Jub-Jub became the name of Selma's iguana, how Tracy Ullman always hated the cartoon, and how Conan was the only person in the show's history to have three episode ideas accepted in one story idea day. At one point, Al Jean talks about a post he did for Vulture where he listed the writers' favorite Simpsons songs, and he actually mentions one commenter's (LostNewYorker) comment. The moral of the story is if you comment on our site, expect Conan O'Brien to hear about it.


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Danny Peary: Where does making this documentary fit into your respective careers?
Amy Geller: As an independent filmmaker I've had quite a diverse career, producing other people's films, doing educational media and corporate work, curating film festivals, and teaching. For many years I've wanted to work as a director on my own feature-length project, which is quite different than producing. As a producer you're the person that puts it all together, hires everybody, manages the budget, handles all of the logistics and the different pieces of production. You advise as a creative person and you have input but it's not ultimately your vision on screen. So for me The Guys Next Door, as a collaboration with Allie Humenuk, is really a culmination of my long-term mission to direct long-format feature films.
Allie Humenuk: I am a documentary filmmaker and my career has been a mixture of teaching, making my own films, and being a freelance DP and Director. I also do some editing. The Guys Next Door is my second feature film. In terms of it being part of my trajectory, I love the idea of it being just one of several films I will make. I'm not sure that it will happen because these kinds of films cost so much money and require such a massive amount of work that they're not a way to make a living.
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AH: In order to get the film funded, we had to write grants. We had to include a treatment that said what the film was about.
AG: Even though we didn't know for sure.
AH: We had found these interesting people to shoot but thought, "We understand that things are about to happen, that a baby is about to be born, but we don't know where their life will go or what will unfold. We're curious about what will happen when the baby is born and how they will relate to each other, so we'll follow them and just see what happens."
DP: How did you meet Erik, Sandro, and their surrogate Rachel?
AG: I had gone to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and read in my alumni magazine about this amazing gift that another Bates alum, Rachel Segall, was giving to her gay friends. Erik Mercer, one of the dads, had been friends with Rachel and her husband Tony Hurley back in college. The article reported that she already had one baby for Erik and his husband Sandro Sechi. At the very bottom of the print story, I read "she's doing it a second time." And I thought that would be amazing to document. I had mutual friends in common with Rachel, so I contacted her. We met over breakfast, and I told her, "I would love to come with a filmmaking partner, Allie Humenuk, and shoot your family, and also Erik and Sandro's family." She agreed, as would Erik, Sandro, and Tony. So I called Allie…
DP: You worked together before?
AG: I had seen her previous work and we had worked together on some educational video productions*. She was the best cinéma vérité videographer that I've ever worked with and I knew that if I was going to make this film in an intimate, direct-cinema way that she would be the best person to collaborate with. She agreed to come on the first shoot and bring her camera equipment. At that early stage, I just said, "I would love for you to codirect this film, but I don't know if that is something you want to do."
AH: Amy came to me with what sounded like a very interesting story but initially I was hesitant to come on as a co-director because I thought she was talking about making a topic-driven film about surrogacy, and what I really love are character-driven stories.
AG: It's funny, but I don't have a memory of thinking of it as a film about surrogacy. I do remember feeling very compelled by what would inspire a woman to do this for her friends, not once but twice, and for free. That question drove my initial interest in the story.
AH: I said, "I don't know if this project is for me, but I'm happy to come with you and start shooting so that you will have enough footage for a trailer or to at least enough so you'll be able to start fundraising." So Amy and I went to New York for a couple of days, when Erik, Sandro and their young daughter Rachel Maria were still living in Brooklyn prior to their move to Portland, Maine. Rachel, Tony, and their kids, Maddie, Jordie, and Zeke, were visiting for the weekend. Our first exposure to our subjects was as the extended family all together.
DP: Was it planned that they'd all be together?
AH: Yes, we knew in advance that they would be there and we thought it would be a great way to meet with them. We wanted to see how they felt about our making a movie about them and for us all to make a joint decision about whether to proceed. We got there and turned the camera on, and we literally met them through the camera. After filming that first day, Amy and I looked at each other and it was obvious we both felt these are good characters, there's a story here.
AG: Once we met Erik and Sandro and everyone together, we really–I know this sounds trite– fell in love with this family. That's why we committed to doing the film. Allie and I really felt that way.
AH: We were drawn to them, they were very open, we were very open. That appealed to both of us, and we said, 'Okay, let's make a film where we follow them and see what unfolds. We won't determine what unfolds. We're going to let real life dictate what the film will be." At that point, we decided that we wanted to co-direct and co-produce the film together. And the extended family agreed to have us in their lives, filming it.
DP: When the film begins, Rachel's eight-months pregnant. How many months pregnant was she when you agreed to do the film together?
AG: We met them and we were shooting pretty quickly. We met in November and were shooting in December.
DP: At that point, did you think you would stay with them for three or four years or did you assume filming would end soon after the birth of the second baby?
AH: We didn't know. We had different ideas. One of the ideas was that it would be interesting to follow this extended family over several years but that would have been a huge undertaking. So we decided to shoot a year in their life and see where we were and if we had a story. Most of the film is from this first year, but we filmed on and off for about three years. Partly because we were raising money and when we put our editing on hold, we'd say, "Wow, things are changing in their lives. Let's take the camera and keep checking in with the family." I think it organically unfolded that way.
AG: Because I have produced other documentaries that have taken four to five years to make, I was prepared for a long journey, but I didn't think, "Oh, this is going to take three or four years." Like Allie said, we had initially conceived it as "a year in the life." But then as these girls grew and developed, we wanted to make that part of the story. That was another driver for us to continue to check in about every three months and go back and shoot again.
DP: How much access did you have to your subjects over the years? Did you call your subjects up and tell them that you wanted to come over? You even go into the bedroom with the two guys when they're in bed! Did they ever say No!
AG: I don't remember hearing resistance. Often they would say, "Why aren't you coming more? We want to hang out with you more. Can you come for the weekend?" We certainly became friends with them through the making of the movie, part of their extended family. They were really open with their lives in terms of giving us total access, which was a huge gift.
AH: When we filmed with the guys, we stayed with them. It was very intimate; we were around all the time. They were very open to us filming whenever. I don't think they said, 'no,' very often, and the same was true with Rachel and Tony.
DP: Did anyone ask to see footage during filming?
AH: We both agreed that we didn't want to show them anything because then they might have become more self-conscious.
DP: Was there much debate as to how much you should show the surrogate and how much you should show the two guys on screen? Because I imagine there had to be a balancing act.
AG: In terms of the challenge of editing the film and building a story, we always felt that what made this story unique was Rachel's involvement. What is her role and what is she getting out of this? That was an important piece of the story and that's what helped the film stand out in some ways. However, as we were shooting we found that Erik and Sandro being parents was just as fascinating as Rachel being a surrogate. It was really this three-legged table where we had three main characters, and we were trying to balance all three.
AH: That was part of the conversation but also we definitely kept in mind that each scene had to push the movie forward. While balancing was important, and we may have wanted to include more of Rachel, it didn't work when we did. So as the film progresses you'll notice that Rachel isn't in the film as much visually, although what she did continues to be a major presence in the film, in our consciousness. The second half of the film is more the guys than Rachel.
AG: When we started the movie the focus was on Rachel and her pregnancy. Because she was about to give birth. Once Eleonora was born and went off with Erik and Sandro to Maine, Rachel and her family were still around but they were living in Boston and the two families would see each other only intermittently. For the guys, it really was like it is with any parent—they were kind of in this little bubble at the beginning of their baby's life where everything was intense. We were focusing on that, trying to capture the experience of these two guys developing their relationships with their children and balancing work and family.
AH: When the guys were home with their new baby, we did try to insert a scene of Rachel with her own family, but it seemed to break the momentum. After Eleonora's birth, the momentum was with the guys and their two daughters. Rachel does come back in, but not in the same way. For us, it was definitely about pacing and where we believed the viewer's interest would be.
DP: You mentioned that your intention from the outset was to film "everyday things." But as you progressed with the shoot, did you think that perhaps you wanted more drama and excitement to attract an audience?
AG: At Q&As after screenings, we've talked a lot with audiences about how documentaries today are expected to have this incredible drama or conflict that either gets resolved or somehow shakes up the audience. That's something that as filmmakers in this environment, we were conscious of–but that wasn't our film. We knew there wasn't any major external conflict that was happening. Rachel is very healthy. Nothing goes wrong with the pregnancy. These guys are doing a wonderful job parenting. They had interior struggles, mostly to do with internalized homophobia, but there aren't these major external dramas or conflicts. It is much more subtle. In the edit room, we called it "peeling an onion," which was our way of getting deeper and deeper into these characters' psyches. We've found that audiences actually like this kind of film. People are refreshed that this is a positive portrait; they don't need conflict or intense drama.
AH: I don't think we thought we needed some huge conflict that gets resolved, but I did think we were conscious of needing to tease out whatever moments of conflict there were. In some of our early cuts, things felt just a little too perfect, so we did revisit our footage and some of our interviews and ask, "What are some of those internal conflicts that will make this film more interesting and a little bit more revealing, instead of having it all seem perfect?" Amy called them "cracks," and we tried to find them in the characters. We had to tease that out, and yes we were conscious of it and yes we did worry that there wasn't enough conflict, but I don't think we were ever waiting for something huge and really dramatic.
DP: I think there's some anxiety among the characters. The two men don't get along all the time, especially when Erik goes off on work trips and leaves Sandro with the kids. Even Rachel does have a little separation anxiety after her pregnancy.
AH: Yes. With Rachel, we needed to get at the fact that she's doing something for her friends but it does bring up issues for her. There's separation anxiety but it also brings up her own insecurities as a woman and feeling alienated growing up, and looking at her children and hoping that they are as they seem, very comfortable in their own skins.
DP: Alienated because she's Jewish?
AH: She's Jewish but grew up in a non-Jewish neighborhood. She felt alienated. I also think that if you're a parent, having children brings up some insecurities and issues that you thought you had resolved but maybe you hadn't.
DP: Erik says in the movie, "Rachel doesn't see the significance of her role. It's no big deal to her." Do you agree?
AG: Yes. It's easy for her to get pregnant. It's something that she can do for her friends that is within her comfort zone; and she's also putting her body where her politics are. She believes in gay marriage and gay families and this is a way that she can contribute. It is significant what she does, but I don't think she goes around thinking it's this big thing because that's just not her way. To us, her being a surrogate is significant and obviously to Erik and Sandro it's significant. But to her, it's just a contribution that she's making that's within her power. She believes so deeply in this familial connection, which is something we discovered when making the film. For her, a family is complicated and it does bring up your issues but it also deepens your life and helps you understand yourself better. Here she has this wonderful family of her own but she wants to extend that family and connect to an entirely different family and be a part of that family indefinitely. That is what she has done. She has really extended her family.
DP: What was it like being there with the extended family and filming as Rachel gives birth?
AG: Pretty insane–there were sixteen people in that birthing room! That's not typical. It was a very special place to be and was an honor to be there. Rachel's brother-in-law, Todd Shapiro, was actually the doctor; so we were given total access. The space was so tiny and crowded that at times we didn't know where to go. Allie was trying to shoot and the lights went off at one point, and I was trying to hide behind a chair so I wouldn't be in the shot. I've never had that unique experience of watching people become parents for the first time, and to watch Erik and Sandro's faces as they saw their child burst into the world was an extraordinary experience! For me, that was mind blowing. And having Tony there supporting Rachel, and their children there looking over Rachel's shoulder, partly in shock but at the same time filled with pride, was something truly special. This scene is something many, many people respond to and get emotional about.
AH: I've shot a lot of births because I spent years making films about maternal child health and early childhood development. Normally when I'm filming the birthing process I'm focusing on the mother and the baby and what's going on technically. But what was fascinating to me about this birth was that I was focusing on the people who were about to be parents who were not giving birth. It was exciting to me to be watching the faces of Erik and Sandro, then see the baby be born, and then look at how Rachel and Tony were interacting. And I'd never filmed a birth where the children of the woman giving birth were there. It was an incredibly intimate moment to be invited into. I think that speaks to the characters' comfort with us as filmmakers and friends.
DP: After Rachel has given birth and the guys have gone away with the new baby, you have a scene outside the hospital, when she and Tony hug because she's sad and needs to be hugged because of separation anxiety. What do you think Erik and Sandro's reaction would be if they saw Rachel act with that emotion?
AH: When we showed the film to the cast, the responses were very interesting. Ellie, Erik's mother, commented on the scene when the guys leave the hospital. It was terribly sad to her because she was seeing it as a moment where the guys were going off to start their life with the new baby and Rachel, who had been the center of attention while she was pregnant, was suddenly left behind and feeling alone. I remember Sandro and maybe Erik being sensitive to seeing this. Maybe they had new insight into how Rachel might be feeling.
AG: I remember Sandro in particular was very emotional about that. That was a cool thing as a filmmaker to see your subjects realizing things about each other that they didn't know before watching the film.
AH: One such thing was that Rachel was unaware of was Erik's internalized homophobia. They know a lot about each other but that's not something they ever talked about. That was something that Rachel learned about Erik. One of the wonderful things about making a documentary film is that sometimes you have this license to talk to people on a deeper level than you would if you were just friends–because you're digging and you're wanting to tell a story.
DP: Rachel says she's glad the guys have girls to raise because she'll be able to fill "a space." That means, two men raising two girls isn't enough. They still need a female. How does her words come across to you?
AH: I think that is a very-pregnant comment. That's why it was intriguing to us. It can be seen as: there are things that I can give the girls as a woman that the guys can't give them. But the film shows that there doesn't need to be a female presence because Erik and Sandro are wonderful parents. To me it shows that Rachel feels a connection to them as girls that she might not have felt if they were boys.
DP: You posted a picture of Maddie, Rachel's oldest child, holding Rachel Maria in a sisterly way, during a Q&A, and I'm sure someone in the audience has asked Maddie, who is talking into a mike, to define her relationship to the girls. Did she respond "sister?"
AH: I don't think she got that question. What she was most asked was: "What was it like to for you to be part of this movie?" What she was saying into the mike was that her mother being a surrogate for her friends and having an extended family was no big deal, but what became a big deal was that we thought it was worth making a movie about.
AG: Maddie, Jordie, and Zeke have an intense connection to Rachel Maria and Eleonora, the two girls their mother bore for Sandro and Erik. They coined the term "wombmates"— for the girls. Rachel has said that her kids think of Rachel Maria and Eleonora as cousins, not sisters.
DP: Did you see admiration from Maddie and Jordie toward their mother for what she does? Or is it a big deal only because there's a movie being made about it?
AH: Yes, they respected what their mother was doing. They told us it was a great thing but I don't think that they thought it was a big deal.
AG: I think Maddie and Jordie are proud of Rachel. Maddie wrote her college admissions essay about her mother being a surrogate. So while they say it's no big deal, on another level it is. We've also heard them say that their mother is happier when she's pregnant. So on some level, they also benefit when Rachel is pregnant.
DP: Erik talks about how two guys raising two girls is "simultaneously important and meaningless." How do you perceive what he says in relation to what Rachel says about there being "a space" for her to interact with Rachel Maria and Eleonora?
AH: I think he's saying it's important because of the negative way he believes the outside world looks at two guys raising girls, and how it believes a strong feminine presence is needed; but it's meaningless because he and Sandro are loving parents doing a good job taking care of girls. So there is a tug of how you act and how you believe you are being perceived and judged. That's my sense of what he is saying.
DP: Both men express that they both want to be dads. Neither wants to be identified as the wife or the mother in their relationship with the girls.
AH: Yes, neither wants to be the woman in the relationship. I don't think that's something they think about every day, but it's deep and I'm sure it comes up from time to time.
DP: Late in the film, all of a sudden we see Sandro, who has come across as maternal throughout the film, in the gym boxing and doing exercises that require real strength. Did you put that scene in so late in the movie to surprise people?
AH: No. I didn't think it would be a surprise that he was strong. I didn't equate being maternal with being weak. For me it was about the tension between Sandro being outwardly very physical and aggressive but speaking personally about the vulnerability he felt as a child.
AG: I remember going to the gym with Sandro and seeing that he just happens to be a very, very strong person. It's in his genes. His father was very physically strong and I think his brothers are, too. It was actually in the edit room that our editor Rachel Clark married this footage of the physically strong Sandro doing pull-ups with weights on his feet with Sandro's very emotional voiceover about not coming out to his mother when he was growing up in Italy and how she slapped him because he sounded like a girl. We thought that was brilliant editing. It elevated the scene because it showed a combination of vulnerability and strength.
DP: Do you think Erik and Sandro see themselves as a test case or experiment of some kind?
AG: I don't think that's how they see it. They're just living their lives. By making a film about it and putting a frame around it, we maybe put them in that position. But I don't think they're uncomfortable with it. I think that they're proud of the film and feel really good about it, but it's not easy to be the poster family for anything and to have pressure to be the model for whatever. That goes back to the issue of cracks. The reason we felt we wanted to have cracks is because that's what make us human. It's the flaws that make people relatable. If they were the perfect family, they would be like caricatures.
DP: Erik talks about how much is nurture and how much is nature in regard to the development of a child, without coming to any real conclusion.
AH: The nature/nurture idea is complex and there is no conclusion. There are so many factors at play. Life is complicated. Rachel comments on this, saying it's not just nature or nurture but a complicated mixture of forces, a lot of which we have no control over. The most anyone can do is be there for their kids and love them and life will just take its course.
DP: What role does Erik's mother Ellie play in their lives? And in your film? She seems to have done a 180-degree turn in terms of viewing gay people.
AG: Ellie has two sons and the other is straight. She assumed that she would have grandchildren through her straight son. That didn't happen, and instead she has grandchildren through her gay son, which is not something that she could have ever conceived. She came from a very homophobic family herself. We couldn't fit it into the film but she did a lot of work dealing with this, joining various support groups and really trying to understand how to raise a gay child and to work on herself. I think that both the work she did to support her gay son and then having these unexpected grandchildren through him has brought her full circle. She's just incredibly grateful.
AH: For her to say, "I grew up in a very homophobic environment," and for us to see that she's clearly very accepting of Erik's children, will, we hope, speak to people who are homophobic or perhaps on the fence. Maybe viewers who aren't comfortable with homosexuality can see themselves in Ellie.
DP: Allie, I think the film is beautifully shot. Would you call this an example of cinéma vérité, and is it consistent with your style?
AH: That is hard to say. I do try not to intervene when I am shooting. I try to observe without injecting myself. But the idea that you can just be a fly on the wall and not change reality doesn't seem possible to me. The nature of having a camera present changes what's going on; that you also can choose what you want to observe and how to frame it is quite subjective, as is the editing. I also tend to be more personal than someone like Frederick Wiseman. Our characters turn and say stuff to us. When Erik's in the bathroom talking about traveling, he's saying, "Things are difficult when I get back and we fight more." In cinéma vérité a character wouldn't turn and talk to us. I don't know that my style fits into cinéma vérité or direct cinema but it is consistent with my style of not wanting to interfere too much but also not denying that I'm there with the camera.
DP: How did making this film change the two of you?
AH: I think that making this film enriched my life. It changed me in that now I have these people in my life that I really care about. Going on this journey with them was amazing. Also working with Amy, who I had known as a friend, was so rewarding. We had done some corporate work together but this was personal work. I feel like I learned an enormous amount about filmmaking working with her. Amy and I had to negotiate a lot. When you work with somebody, you have to sometimes articulate stuff that you don't have to when you work alone. And, because we spent so much time together making a film we were both passionate about, I think our friendship deepened.
AG: I agree. The audience response also has been so rewarding. And thrilling. We won several accolades at film festivals–two audience awards and an LGBT award–and have had so many other remarkable responses to the film. To sit in an audience and have people sighing, sniffling, and have them come away saying, "I don't think I've ever laughed so much watching a documentary before or related to so much" has been so rewarding. Especially because now working in the independent sphere, is really, really, really difficult–almost impossible. Unless you're one of ten major documentary filmmakers in this country, trying to get noticed and get attention and get your film out there is so difficult. There's the expectation now that filmmakers are supposed to not only make their films but also market them, create audiences, and distribute them. That takes an enormous amount of character and commitment. We recommit each time we show it to an audience because we see how much it's affecting viewers.
DP: And how has making the film affected you personally?
AG: It reinforced for me how significant family is but family isn't necessarily about children–I feel very much a part of this family. They kind of invited us in. I think we've had in some way an impact on the lives of Sandro and Erik's girls because we've known Rachel Maria since she was very young and Eleonora since she was born. That's a cool thing that I did not anticipate we would get out of this experience. Also, I became a better filmmaker. The process of editing the film and finding my voice among three very strong, very opinionated, artistically-minded people, was extremely difficult. Voicing your opinion when the other two disagree with you at times was hard, but I think it made me a better communicator. I had to really defend my perspective and articulate my creative position. It surprised me, maybe because I hadn't been in the edit room this way on a feature length film before, how difficult the process of putting a film together and how long it took us to come to a consensus on it. I think that ultimately our conflict lead to a better film.
DP: The poster on the front of the film's press notes includes this description of your film: "An intimate portrait of family, friendship and gay rights." You also include a quote by Ross McElwee, the director of the acclaimed documentary Sherman's March. He described the film this way: "With nuance, verve and humor, this film goes well beyond issues of surrogacy and gay parenthood and explores the humanity that connects us all." Do you think his description is more accurate than what you wrote yourself?
AG (laughing): It was really special too have someone like Ross give us a quote that illuminates what the film is about and pushes it beyond a niche audience. We've always maintained that it's a film that both highlights a gay family and transcends gay issues. It's "and" not "or." What makes it so hard to figure out how our film should be marketed is that while it's a pro gay rights film, it's not overtly political. It's simply a portrait of a beautiful family. Part of what makes Erik and Sandro unique is that they're gay and they're raising these girls and have this family in a way that was not technologically possible years ago. At the same time there's the human connection that transcends everything.
DP: Tell me how you chose the title, The Guys Next Door. Sandro and Erik live in Maine. It's a conservative state, so are they the guys next door?
AH: Maine is conservative. Portland is not. They're very welcome in Portland. Literally being the guys next door–what does that mean? They're gay but they're also just like everybody else. We never really know who the people are next door. The title almost asks you to think about who your neighbors are and to undo some of your assumptions because you don't know what people are like until you get to know them.
DP: How can people see your movie?
AG: Since our world premiere in April at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida, we've been showing The Guys Next Door all over the country–from the Maine International Film Festival to screenings in conservative states like Alabama and Indiana. And we are proud to say we have won several audience and LGBT awards at film festivals. At noon on Sunday November 13 at the SVA Theatre on 23rd Street, we'll have our New York premiere at the largest documentary festival in the country–Doc NYC. Allie and I will be there, along with Erik Sando, Rachel Maria, and Eleonora. After Doc NYC, we plan to start selling DVDs via our website, www.TheGuysNextDoorthemovie.com. We're also in the process of talking to educational distributors so we can get the film to more colleges and universities, and we're working on a broadcast/VOD deal.
AH: We're also partnering with organizations that have established connections to audiences that are hard for us to reach on our own. We're trying to work with some religious groups. We're working with Planned Parenthood. People can find out what is going on by joining our mailing list on the website. We send out emails about our screenings. To follow the film, you can visit our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/asquaredfilms/ or our Twitter feed, https://twitter.com/guys_nextdoor, and get the latest updates.
AG: And for the future, we hope to bring the film to states where adoption laws for same sex couples are extremely limited and get the film to Europe and Latin America, where issues of gay adoption and surrogacy are being argued at this very minute.
DP: I also want to call attention to a riveting documentary about drone warfare called National Bird, which opens in New York City at Cinema Village (12th and University) this Friday. The Executive Producers are the esteemed Errol Morris and Wim Wenders! And I will soon be posting an interview with director Sonia Kennebeck. Here is the trailer for this must-see film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9kBDjT6Jr8


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Ilya Zhitomirskiy, one of the co-founders of Facebook-alternative Diaspora, died Saturday night at the age of 22.
A spokesman for the San Francisco medical examiner's office confirmed the death of Zhitomirskiy to FoxNews.com, originally reported Sunday by popular tech news blog TechCrunch. He was unable to confirm reports that the young man committed suicide.
Confirmation of the final cause of death could take weeks, he said.
Peter Schurman, a Diaspora spokesman, declined to comment on specific details but acknowledged Zhitomirskiy's death. "We're all very sad that Ilya has passed away," Schurman told FoxNews.com.
The New York University graduate was struggling to launch his social network Diaspora -- an open-source social network Zhitomirskiy started building with classmates Dan Grippi, Maxwell Salzberg and Raphael Sofaer early last year. Their goal was to provide an idealistic Facebook alternative with an emphasis on user control and privacy.
The team struggled with money as it worked to release its website, despite quickly raising $200,000 in funding through venture capitalists and microfinance startup Kickstarter after being featured in The New York Times.
But a blog post from the company on Oct. 12 begged followers for more money; the company argued that PayPal had been "mysteriously and arbitrarily" freezing donations to the site. PayPal reportedly liberated the funds.
The site's founders described Diaspora as a "distributed network, where totally separate computers connect to each other directly, will let us connect without surrendering our privacy." Last year, they released the first version of the site to a limited audience.
The team's efforts even got the attention of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who donated money to the project. "I think it is cool people are trying to do it," he told Wired. "I see a little of myself in them. It's just their approach that the world could be better and saying, 'We should try to do it'."
Friends and fans came together on Twitter to mourn the young entrepreneur's death.
"This is very #sad; I also wish the @joindiaspora team strength," one fan said.
"Shocked and deeply sad for the world that my friend @zhitomirskiyi, co-founder of Diaspora, is dead... The world needed his voice," said Mozilla interface guru Aza Raskin
Diaspora has launched a site redesign in the wake of Zhitomirskiy's passing.


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Dylan & Levi
Easy-going but hard to tell apart – twins Dylan and Levi were born with a double dose of heart trouble. Just hours old, they came to Children's Hospital and Medical Center.
Complete Story
At age twelve, Tara began dieting because of an early growth spurt that came much sooner than most of her friends. She "felt fat" compared to them. First, she stopped eating desserts; then, she stopped eating lunch by throwing her sack lunch away at school. Soon, Tara began restricting foods with fat in them, started eating smaller portions and, eventually, skipped some meals altogether. She began withdrawing, avoiding meals with friends and family, and exercising.
Tara is suffering from an eating disorder, and she's not alone. More than 11 million Americans struggle with eating disorders. Research shows that eating problems are common in children and adolescents, mainly among girls and young women. In fact, as many as three percent of young women suffer from an eating disorder. Boys and young men can also struggle with eating disorders, but less frequently than females. However, research indicated that the prevalence of eating disorders in both groups may be rising.
In response to this need, Children's Hospital & Medical Center offers an eating disorders program that specializes in the care of children and adolescents up to age 21. Located at 1000 N. 90th Street (90th & Western) in Omaha, the program is the only one of its kind in the region and offers an individualized treatment plan that addresses the psychological, medical and family problems associated with eating disorders. Due to its smaller size, Children's Eating Disorders Program is able to offer more individualized attention and care compared to other eating disorders programs.
As Tara's eating disorder progressed, she began running three hours per day, then started adding other exercises like crunches and leg lifts. Her exercise regime soon became very ordered and, if she were interrupted in the middle, she would start over again. By the time Tara was 14, she began to feel weak and lost interest in exercising. She also began to spend most of her time alone.
When Tara's parents intervened, she told them her stomach hurt. Her parents took her to her pediatrician, where they learned that Tara had lost 20 pounds in a year. After a battery of tests, Tara's pediatrician referred her to a psychotherapist, who in turn referred her to the eating disorders program at Children's. By then, Tara's blood pressure and pulse were very low and the results of an EKG were abnormal.
Individualized Treatment Plan
Because an eating disorder is an illness that requires careful evaluation and comprehensive treatment, the eating disorders program at Children's is focused on rapid symptom control. This approach concentrates on enhancing physical and psychological development to prevent children from suffering from the effects of eating disorders as adults. The program provides treatment for uncomplicated eating disorders, and complex, hard-to-treat problems, all while stressing family involvement as an essential component of the treatment plan.
The eating disorders program at Children's is distinguished by a high staff-to-patient ratio. Each patient's treatment team includes a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a mental health therapist. A nutritionist, a excercise therapist, a recreational therapist, nurses and a teacher are also part of the team. This team works together to make a diagnosis based on various assessments, and a treatment recommendation is made.
Treatment Results
Tara's turning point came during her group therapy sessions with other patients in the program. Her peers told her she had a problem, but that she also had the strength and courage to control it. As Tara realized her parents and friends supported her, she wanted to get better. She began to eat healthy foods and realized this gave her energy. During her participation in art therapy, she drew a picture of her eating disorder – a big monster covering the entire page. Tara called her eating disorder "big monster Ed," a creature she feared and was battling. Before leaving the program, Tara told the staff that because of them, she was no longer afraid of Ed.
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Tony Stewart's Show car decided to go on a little vacation to Florida (can you blame it? It got tired seeing all the sprint racing Tony's been doing and needed to take a rest just thinking about it)!
Yes you heard it here- Tony Stewart's show call will be at the Office Depot located at 6325 N. Andrews Ave in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It will be there starting at 10:00 am local time tomorrow August 16th 2012. The Office Depot Foundation will be presenting sackpacks of school supplies to local non-profit agencies serving the area's local children (sackpacks are NOT available to the public-sorry). And there WILL be a special guest- Nick Cannon (from America's Got Talent) who will be preforming with his band 4Count. So try to stop by in Fort Lauderdale!
Total side note- so you have all seen the Depot Time Tony Stewart commercial. There is a similar Nick Cannon commerical too (sorry couldn't find a link to that one). I think they need to do one with both Tony AND Nick Cannon- that would be hilarious.
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Home Owner in Fenton
Primary responsibilities: Housecleaning duties: Vacuum/mop hardwood floors and carpet. Clean toilets with toilet brush and chemicals. Wash soiled clothes and linens. Place fresh linens on bed. Wash, fold, and put away clothes. Empty wastebaskets and take out trash. Wash dishes and put dishes away in cupboards. Wipe down appliances. Wash baseboards, walls, and ceilings. Turn mattresses, plump pillows, and change cushions. Clean upholstered furniture and drapes. Dust tables, wood surfaces, shelves, wall art Clean and dust window treatments. Replace burned out light bulbs. Weekly empty dehumidifier. Take out trash Sweep driveways and walkways. Maintain cleanliness of outside grill clean when needed. House Management: Interior: Dry cleaning management. Coordinate dry clean pick up. Set out in time on Mon/Thurs and reorganizing it back into the closet when it comes back on a weekly basis. Get mail on a weekly basis and sort out junk mail into the garbage. Change the general water filter on a monthly basis. Monitor any issues with ADT security. Work with contractors (i.e. electrical, heating/cooling, lawn/snow) and quality assured the services. Coordinate the contractor bid selection process once a year to present to homeowners for final approval. Inspection of entire house, looking for water leaks or any other issues that may arise. Prepare for guest, including making sure all necessities are ready in the guest room (clean towels, bedding, extra blankets, toiletries, drinks in refrigerator etc.) Test smoke alarms, change batteries. Schedule HVAC / furnace inspections. Exterior: Hot tub (Include weekly chemical test and monitoring. Complete clean out and refill hot tub, restock chemicals and filters). Tidy and organize the garage. Seasonal Changes. o Summer- once-a-year at the beginning of summer cleaning jobs Clean the windows. Clean the deck. Clean the driveway. Make sure patio furniture is taken out of storage, set up and ready to use. Make sure boats and dock are ready to use. Maintain MasterCraft and wave runner (gas, batteries are charged, equipment are covered and cleaned) Sort and organize the pantry. Air out luggage. Flush the water heater. Vacuum out air vents and registers. o Fall once-a-year at the beginning of the fall cleaning jobs Clean and store patio furniture in garage. Coordinate boat and wave runners to be put away for the winter. Work with a contractor to (Touch up paint on trim, railings and decks, check caulk around windows and doors if needed). Inspect external doors and garage doors. Do they close tightly? Call constructor for install weather-stripping, door thresholds if needed. Wash exterior windows. Drain and store garden hoses. Install insulating covers on exterior spigots. In hard-freeze areas, have sprinkler systems blown free of water. Check gutters and downspouts. Clear of debris if necessary. Have chimneys and flues inspected and cleaned if necessary. Pull refrigerator away from the wall, and vacuum the condenser coils. Inspect each appliance. Clean or replace humidifier elements before the heating season begins. Inspect washer hoses for bulges, cracks or splits. Schedule fall furnace inspections if needed. Grocery shopping duties: Stock kitchens with groceries and condiments. Throw out expired food in fridge. Restock house with cleaning supplies. Stock basic household items per the owner preference (ex. specific brand toothpaste, toilet paper) Meal preparation: Washing and chopping vegetables/meats for us to cook when we get home or start them prior before we get home. Although this role generally does not include any cooking duties, skills need for meal preparation include proficiently being able to utilize a wide range of kitchen tools and utensils, include chopping knives. Responsible for completing a large number of smaller tasks. Such tasks could include ensuring that leftover food is stored properly, performing kitchen maintenance tasks such as emptying the trash and washing dishes, and testing the temperature of food at specified intervals. Errands: Keeping of the family agenda, arranging for reservations of various events, travel bookings, tending to the needs of guests, event planning, gift shopping, and running errands of all types. Attend to any specific requests notes that are left on the counter. The right person must be willing to get involved in running a household. Ability to read, write, perform basic arithmetic calculations, follow oral and written instructions, and two years of experience in general cooking and Housekeeping; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Individual must have a driver license and access to a car. Comprehensive background check and reference checks will be conducted by a third party vendor. Immediate opening. Submit resume and salary expectations to . We are not working with agencies at this time.
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I love how I come across so great blogs in my internet surfing. This week I stumbled across "The Happy Home Fairy" and am slowly realizing what a great site it is and the wonderful person behind it. I get a newsletter sent to my email and today's focus was on "How to have a Christ Centered Christmas." You need to check it out and read the post. Here's the Link. My favorite thing she mentioned was to have a technology free night with the family- you know….no cell phones, computer etc…etc…Instead she says offer ideas of what you can do together. Check out her Christmas Conversation Cards- they are great!
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BOSTON, June 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Robots are moving from blue-collar jobs on the manufacturing line to white-collar work and are improving functions like HR, IT, finance, procurement, and legal. Many companies have already combined these functions into a centralized hub, called a shared-service organization (SSO). Now, new technologies—including artificial intelligence and cognitive computing—are helping SSOs work smarter and faster, with cost reductions of 20% to 80%, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, titled How Digital Can Turbocharge Shared Services, is being released today.
To capitalize on the new digital tools, however, companies must put the right foundation in place. "Many companies are still at the starting line in terms of building an SSO that can fully tap into technology," says Andrew Toma, a senior partner at BCG and coauthor of the report. "They still have multiple processes and an ad hoc approach that limits their ability to digitize the critical work that SSOs do."
Three Priorities
To build a next-generation SSO, companies need to focus on three priorities:
- Get the basics right. The first step is to create standardized processes that cover all steps of a particular transaction—from end to end—with a strong service mindset. For example, buying products through the company's procurement function should be a single, smooth process, making life easier on the employee who does the purchasing.
- Deploy advanced new technology. Many companies have long used automation tools like voice recognition. The next wave includes things like robotic process automation (RPA), or software robots that can navigate among screens, open files, copy and paste data, and log in and out of different systems, all with no human supervision. Even more advanced tools—such as a type of artificial intelligence known as cognitive computing—can actually make judgment calls and "learn" over time, so their performance is constantly improving. These new tools work 24/7, with greater accuracy, and they don't require a major investment.
- Develop new capabilities. The jobs that SSOs require will change, requiring greater digital capabilities among employees. For example, rather than requiring a finance person who can handle accounting, companies will require someone who can convert accounting principles into code.
Growing Urgency
With these three elements in place, companies have a means to dramatically improve their SSO performance—and thus create far more value for the company. However, a key argument in the report is that companies cannot wait for the technological advances to slow down. "The opportunity cost of not using these technologies is higher than ever," says Fabrice Roghé, a BCG senior partner and coauthor of the report. "Companies need to create a plan to take action, not over the next two years but in the next quarter."
A copy of the article can be downloaded here.
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TSCA Reform May Have Implications for Vehicle Replacement Parts
First, both the House "discussion draft" of the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015, and the Senate Committee version approved on April 28, include an important exemption from TSCA regulation for certain replacement parts. Under this provision, TSCA would be amended to require that before the EPA can restrict the use of any chemical substance, it must exempt from the new restrictions "replacement parts that are manufactured prior to the effective date of the rule for articles that are first manufactured prior to the date of publication in the Federal Register of the rule unless the Administrator finds such replacement parts contribute significantly to the identified risk." Thus, under this version of the proposed legislation, aftermarket suppliers could inventory products which contain a newly banned substance so that repair parts could continue to be available for a vehicle during its useful life, as long as those parts were manufactured before the effective date of the rule.
A competing version of the provision, and one supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, would broaden this proposed exemption further to cover all replacement parts, regardless of when manufactured, as long as the materials with which the parts were produced "were acceptable when the vehicle was designed, certified, and warranted, even if manufactured after the effective date of a restriction on use of a chemical contained in those parts." (See April 14, 2015, Alliance testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.) This distinction could be very meaningful for automotive suppliers depending upon EPA's upcoming TSCA regulatory efforts.
As an example, we do know that the State of California has now concluded that phthalates commonly used in soft plastic components of automotive products, including DINP, DIDP, DBP, and DEHP, allegedly cause cancer or developmental or other reproductive harm. These phthalates are frequently found in Plastisol®, gaskets, automotive hoses, vinyl seat covers, steering wheel covers, and many other vehicle components. If EPA similarly concluded that phthalates had an impact on human health sufficient to regulate their use or distribution under TSCA, EPA could move to ban the use of phthalates in new automotive products. If the replacement parts exemption to TSCA were implemented, at least the automotive aftermarket would be able to continue to make available throughout a vehicle's useful life repair products which employ such substances in gaskets, hoses or other parts initially designed for use in that vehicle. However, in the absence of such an exemption, it is possible that certain replacement parts would not continue to be available for repairs when needed by vehicle owners, which could negatively impact the vehicle repair market.
It remains to be seen whether the final draft of the TSCA Modernization Act will be amended to enlarge the scope of the exemption, as the Alliance supports, or to restrict or remove the discussion draft's current exemption language allowing suppliers and retailers to stockpile inventory of replacement parts made with substances newly regulated by TSCA.
Another legislative provision that may find its way into a TSCA reform bill and be helpful to both vehicle original equipment and aftermarket manufacturers is a new proposal for federal preemption of State efforts to regulate the same chemical substances. On April 28, a Senate Committee approved a provision which requires states to refrain from regulating, or "pause," for five years after the State has identified a substance as a concern in order to allow EPA to study and/or regulate the substance. An earlier version of the bill had required a seven-year "pause" by state regulators, and this five-year provision was seen as a compromise. Automotive suppliers with sales in California, especially, are familiar with that state frequently getting ahead of federal regulators with respect to regulatory efforts, sometimes necessitating that suppliers have two product versions: a 49-state version and a California version. This provision is designed to give EPA time to carefully consider whether and how to regulate a particular substance before a state regulator finalizes what may be an inconsistent regulatory proposal.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
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- lamphiMay 10, 2010 at 1:30 AM
Bad day, good day, the most important is... go habs go ;)ReplyDelete
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BR ---- is there a big difference in the players @2NL to 5NL?ReplyDelete
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I am cheering for them. Hopefully it will be a Canucks vs Habs final with the Canucks winning though :)
Yes there is. Play is a lot tighter, a lot more regs, 3betting, etc.
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Market Research in the Increasingly Public World
In a world where data and insight are becoming increasingly available, how can market research mitigate the risks and remain relevant?
Hothouse Foresight 2013 Launched
Q: What do volatility, the Chinese economy and the networked individual all have in common?
A: They were all talking points at the launch of Hothouse Foresight 2013
New Fiat Ad: Inspired Target Customer Or Misunderstood Social Demographics?
Northstar question the demographics behind Fiat's latest advert
Northstar Helps Kwittken Launch Hothouse Foresight Trends Research
What are the macro level trends which will govern our world over the next 12-18 months? Northstar and Kwittken dig deeper on trends research to find out.
Rebranding Financial Services: A Human Insight Based Business Model
How can financial services firms manage the often-critical mindset of investors while inspiring the next generation? Sit down for a coffee and let's chat.
Top 10 Tips to Win at Experiential Sampling
To get your product in the head, heart or hand of consumers is challenging. These experiential sampling case studies show how to craft a new brand launch.
Gender Inequality Still Thought To Exist
For International Women's Day, Northstar recently conducted some research on gender inequality in society, as featured on www.themarketingblog.co.uk.
Podcast: Culture Trumps Strategy
Companies now need to understand that their customers are first part of a larger human culture before they are people who buy and consume things.
Survival Of The Fittest In 2013: Adapt Or Die – GreenBook Blog
From the GreenBook Blog: to compete in today's environment, it's clear that brands need to work harder and represent more than their product or service.


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Last year a shock went through the prefab world when Michelle Kaufmann had to close the doors on her famous prefab home design company. Then almost a year ago, up-and-comer, Blu Homes, bought the rights to mK's designs and gained her expertise for a short time in order to update the designs and re-release them under Blu's name. We're excited to announce that the first of the updated homes, the Glidehouse, has just been released -- it's bigger, better and utilizes Blu Home's steel framing and folding system for more efficient transport and on-site assembly.
In terms of aesthetics, the new Glidehouse is essentially the same – it has a similar floorplan and layout, with a beautiful floor-to-ceiling glass facade, cedar sunshades, solar-passive design and the same clean lines and contemporary flair. The factors that have changed in the Glidehouse 2.0 are the prefab's basic dimensions and manufacturing process. One complaint about the first incarnation of the Glidehouse was its narrow floorplan, so Blu updated the dimensions and made the rooms wider. With the Blu system, the rooms in the home can be more customized and allow for 2-4 bedrooms, 2-3 full baths and an additional office or bonus space.
Blu also adapted the factory-built house to conform to their folding technology. This means that the whole prefab can be manufactured in a factory and then folded up for transportation to the home's site. Upon arrival, a specialized team unfolds the home and reassembles it in just a matter of days. They haven't built a new Glidehouse yet, so these pictures are from the original version, but considering the popularity of the design before, we expect to see some finished projects soon.
The Glidehouse takes advantage of a ton of green building strategies and is designed to meet ENERGY STAR standards for energy efficiency and performance as well as the American Lung Association Health House program — it could even hit LEED certification as well if the client wanted. The homes come ready for photovoltaics or a solar thermal system and include spray foam insulation, energy-efficient windows, non-toxic paints and finishes and water-efficient fixtures. As always, customization is possible, although the basic model starts out at $360,000 and the optional pod starts at $75,000 — sadly, the price hasn't gone down.
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New Chapter Begins for Forensic Detective Set to Retire after 37 YearsPosted: Updated:
Valley's Running Man Continues to Sprint Towards Goal
Michael Schlater has a goal to reach 100,000 miles.
Archery Program at State Park Offers Families Unique Learning Experience
The program started three years ago at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco.
Valley Author Highlights Texas Way of Life in New Book
W.F. Strong began telling "Stories from Texas" on KMBH Radio in Harlingen three years ago.
Edinburg's Frida Fest Flourishing Every Year
The city of Edinburg recently celebrated the life of renowned Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo.
Valley's First Female Barber Builds 'Legacy' with Family
Almost 50 years ago, when she was going to barber college, women did not cut men's hair.
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TEA Receives $174M Grant, Valley School Districts Eligible for Funds
Eight Valley school districts are eligible since they took in students displaced by Hurricane Harvey.
Valley Citrus Grower Concerned over Low Reservoir Levels
He says the heat and lack of rain could mean a lot of irrigation costs.
Raymondville Property Owners with Weedy Lots Could Face Fines
The fines charged could be anywhere between $25 and $75.
Alamo Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Bought Stolen Weapon
He is accused of buying an AR-15 and reselling it in Mexico.
Hidalgo, Cameron Counties Use New Program to Improve Census Accuracy
The address list is being updated through a program called Local Update of Census Addresses, or LUCA.


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L-S Y Otters Summer Swim Team
The Lampeter-Strasburg YMCA Otters Swim Team is a summer swim team that competes in the Lancaster County Summer Swim League.
Our philosophy is to help kids become better swimmers and also better people. We base our program on the YMCA's Core Values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility. Our focus is on technique enhancement as well as personal goal setting, camaraderie and fun. It's a progressive program where all children get to swim, focusing on their personal best in order to improve as an individual as well as support their fellow teammates.
For those interested in continuing to build on their swim team experience or prepare for a fall competitive swimming program, the L-S Y Otters is a great option for off-season training for all varieties of sports.
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SOURCE: The Medicines Company
February 06, 2014 17:48 ET
Webcast to Be Held at Noon Eastern Time
Webcast to Be Held at Noon Eastern Time
PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwired - Feb 6, 2014) - The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) has scheduled an acute cardiovascular care investor and analyst meeting for Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Company's Global Center 1 at 8 Sylvan Way in Parsippany, NJ. The "deep-dive" event is being hosted to review The Medicines Company's acute cardiovascular care portion of its portfolio.
The meeting will be webcast at noon eastern time and can be accessed via The Medicines Company website at www.themedicinescompany.com. Investors and Analysts interested in registration information can request by emailing email@example.com.
About The Medicines Company
The Medicines Company's purpose is to save lives, alleviate suffering and contribute to the economics of healthcare by focusing on 3,000 leading acute/intensive care hospitals worldwide. Its vision is to be a leading provider of solutions in three areas: acute cardiovascular care, surgery and perioperative care, and serious infectious disease care. The company operates in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions with global centers today in Parsippany, NJ, USA and Zurich, Switzerland.
Neera Dahiya Ravindran, MD
Vice President, Investor Relations & Strategic Planning
The Medicines Company
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The Medicines Company
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