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We've redesigned this 8.0 version to optimize members' experience, so iPhone users are going to love our virtual world
Los Angeles (PRWEB) October 10, 2013
Mobile games and social networking company Mobstudio has made its Galaxy social network application available to iPhone users. The app allows network members to chat with fellow "Galaxians" flirt, date, play online games, share photos and more within a virtual world.
Galaxy Chat & Play 8.0 can be downloaded at no charge from the iTunes App Store. Although new to the iPhone, the app is already popular among users of Android and feature phones. In fact, Galaxy has more than 24 million fans all over the world, including Russia, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Argentina. "Galaxy is an enjoyable way for users to form friendships across the globe," said Andrey Kamotskiy, CEO of Mobstudio.
Members use Galaxy's thousands of chat rooms to find new friends. They also have the option of creating and decorating their own chat room. The iPhone version includes new emoticons for use in chats and instant messaging.
Galaxy also includes a dating service with a continually-expanding database of 1,500 virtual potential dates. Users can even opt to have a virtual wedding and create a Galaxy family, complete with virtual pets, ranging from terriers to unicorns, to nurture.
Game chat rooms allow members to compete in quiz games or the Four Elements Fight where they engage in combat, using fire, water, earth or air for attack or defense. Users also have access to familiar games like Battleship or Tic-Tac-Toe. Winning a game raises each player through a system of ranks and leagues so that they can earn awards.
Members interact with the Galaxy virtual world through customizable avatars and can clothe their avatar in a variety of colorful costumes and clothing that are added to weekly. The iPhone app includes new heads, bodies, auras and more.
Weekly updates keep things fresh with new virtual pets, gifts and contests. Additionally, monthly photo contests provide the opportunity to win virtual credits (Galaxy money that can be spent in on clothing items, costumes, gifts, pets and more). Users can also simply share photos and blog posts.
"Galaxy has something for practically everyone," said Kamotskiy. "We've redesigned this 8.0 version to optimize members' experience, so iPhone users are going to love our virtual world."


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What does it take to let go of the past and embrace pure potential? Billions are shuffling about — fearing. Fearing! Clearing the mind takes courage. It takes fortitude.
Not long ago at the Western Front, I heard a great musician—Mark Dresser. I could tell he knew implicitly that we weren't there for the notes—so he didn't play any—he was concerned with following the Muse.
The Muse is real. I saw him once at the Safeway. He stared at me with dark eyes. He was holding a roll of waxed paper and some bananas, looking frankly dazed in the bright neon. I won't forget those dark imploring eyes though. It was as if they were asking me 'Why?' 'Why do you shop here?' I don't know. Maybe the farmers' market is only opened Saturdays and in any case, it's overpriced. When I looked up he'd vanished. —JH, 2014
The Muse always seems a little sad when I encounter him. Sometimes I think it's my influence—on account of his devotion to the present—that causes his sadness. The Muse has difficulty understanding the human obsession with planning and the constant need to gather up our past possessions. To him, we must seem like idiotic squirrels—burying, then searching.
But Mark Dresser's contrabass would not sadden the Muse as others do. Why? First, Mark listens—he waits until he can hear the whispers—and then he goes. He clearly has years of experience and technique to draw on, but he didn't drag any of that out on stage like a bag of old chestnuts. When Mark played, I sensed how my mind would work were it freed of its feverish thinking. As I followed Mark, instead of the usual memory-anxiety machine, my mind became a finely tuned astrolabe constantly adjusting for those moments of inspiration.
Mark's playing is instructional too. It provides a working example of how to think creatively and spontaneously. Mark follows phrases of his own making only so far as they're fresh and then, whenever their trajectory hints at turning into stock patterns or set clichés, he abandons them in favour of another direction. I learned (again) that this is how creation works. Let go of cleverness. Let planning go. Defer your inevitable fame and trust that the next impulse is the right one.
But how quickly we're drawn out of that shaft of light and descend into our infernal calculations. For me they go something like, "Will they like it?", "Will they like me?", "I must prove I'm not a fraud.", "I'll show them!" So you see, the Muse is frequently sad. He sees all that distraction right away and in that, little hope for anything new or authentic.
Lucky for us though, the Muse is ever hopeful of an opening—he's the ultimate optimist. Even in the most formulaic calculating turgid undertaking, he's there, waiting to be called upon. Who knows? With our human knack for calamity, something could go wrong forcing a desperate act of improvisation—and that's his opening.
"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in."
—Leonard Cohen
We all know our endless planning is little more than a buttressed attempt to avoid that opening. That's why a sincere artist knows to let go of his craft. First, he knows he doesn't have anything to prove (something yet to be learned by the unseasoned artist), but more, he learns that the tools (of his craft) are but a means to the end.
I found Mark Dresser a great player because he listens deeper than mere impact. He's listening to the Muse's whispers and making visible (or in his case, audible) those whispers for us. With Mark, we can witness the Muse at work and, of course, that's ultimately why art matters.


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Test Drive: 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country T6 AWD
Automotive writers rarely get to schedule cars for test drives. They are at the mercy of manufacturers who are busy shipping the same car around the country to be driven by different writers in different cities. That's why the car looks the same in the photos in virtually every review you can find online — it is the same car.
And that's also why I occasionally get convertibles when it rains and rear wheel drive sports cars with low profile tires when it snows. Or why I got the 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country station wagon with all-wheel-drive in late June when the temperature broke 100 degrees.
Why couldn't I have had this car anytime last winter, when Portland was paralyzed by three back-to-back snow and ice storms? The V90 Cross County was made for that kind of weather. It sits 2.6 inches higher than the standard V90, and comes equipped with both AWD and hill-descent control. The leather lined exterior is also extremely comfortable, and the front bucket seats are heated.
Getting the V90 Cross Country in such hot and dry conditions gave me a chance to check out some of its other features, however. The only available engine is a 2.0-liter inline four that is both supercharged and turbocharged for peak power throughout the entire range. The oddly named T6 pumps out an impressive 316 horsepower and 294 foot pounds of torque, enough to make the two ton-plus vehicle take off from a stop like a much lighter sports car — especially with the Sport setting in the adjustable drive mode.
The quick shifting eight-speed Geartronic automatic transmission contributes to the sense of speed, as does the AWD system, which Volvo says comes with Instant Traction and feels like it.
And did I say it also has an incredible air conditioner? Don't laugh. Once upon a time, only big American and the most expensive foreign cars had super strength air conditioners. Some vehicles still lag behind, especially those with small four cylinder engines. This isn't usually a big deal in Portland, which has a very moderate climate compared to the Southwest and much of the rest of the world. But it was during my test drive, and the Volvo passed with flying colors.
Not so sweet was the infotainment system, which is controlled by a large 9-inch touchscreen that looks like an iPad and is swiped to change between functions. Because I didn't grow up with swipe screens and still don't have one at work, there's a bit of a learning curve that shouldn't challenged while driving. I've been told that with enough practice, it becomes intuitive. I was still working on it when the test was over.
On the other hand, the 330-watt, 10-speaker audio system was a blast. The quality was amazing, even on songs I don't like. News readers and DJs sounded like they were speaking from well designed lecture halls. Now I know why classic rock stations play so much Pink Floyd.
Volvo made its reputation on safety, and the new models don't disappoint. Every advanced technology is available. Mine stopped itself when a car I was following through a downtown intersection suddenly braked for no apparent reason. Although I hit the pedal a split second later, I can't swear I could have avoided a collision.
The styling of the Volvo V9 is very contemporary, both outside and in. This is not your grandfather's Volvo wagon, where function dominated form. The sleek lines may reduce cargo space compared to the earlier box on box designs, but there's still enough room for five adults and luggage for a weeklong trip.
The 2017 V90 Volvo Cross Country T6 AWD is essentially a sport wagon with additional clearance, making it the ideal vehicle for those in the Pacific Northwest who want to enjoy their daily commutes and still be able to challenge moderate off-road trails and winter weather.
2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country T6 AWD
Base price: $56,295
Price as tested: $64,640
Type: Midsize station wagon
Engine: Supercharged and turbocharged 2.0-liter inline 4 (316 hp, 294 lb-ft)
Transmission: 8-speed manual with adjustable driving and manual shift modes
EPA estimated mileage: 22/30
Overall length: 194.4 inches
Curb weight: 4,250 pounds
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Discussion in 'The Edge of the Forum' started by tshu, Jul 10, 2007.
Is easy 'cause you're beautiful. Do do dee doo. Oooooh Oooh OOH AAAAHHHH.
Babe, I got u babe
I heard that song like 3 times today...
thanks tshu Incase you guys didn't know he was talking to me
who r tshu
yah right lol
everyone knows he was talking about lionel
mmm mmm mmm i lurvs me some lionel
In other, unrelated news, a donkey exploded today.
So do you love your mother3.org domain and what has become of it?
In other related news, a Tshu came back Dude where've ya been?
Is Tshu pronounced:
I want to know more about this donkey!
More precisely, what Hitto was doing to it when it exploded.
my god
(cause today my heart swings)
I'm not Tshure
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It's likely you heard about asthma as a child on the playground. Or perhaps you're the one who battles with it regularly. Either way, asthma is a condition that can be controlled with proper medical treatment and environmental adjustments. Discover 10 things every caregiver should know.
1. What is asthma?
Asthma is a disorder of the lungs in which the airways are narrowed, due to inflammation of the tissues, production of mucus in the airways, or constriction of the muscles surrounding the airways. An asthma flare-up is an emergency because the person cannot breathe; air is not able to get into the lungs.(1)
2. How common is it?
Globally, 300 million people suffer from asthma.(2)
3. Who gets it?
This disease affects people of all ages, from children to adults. More boys have asthma than girls, but adult men and women are affected equally.(3)
4. What causes it?
Research has shown it to be hereditary and also environmental. Exposure to certain viral infections or environmental allergens at some point during childhood may cause asthma. Allergens include animal dander, mold, cockroaches, and pollen. Food additives such as sulfites have been known to trigger asthma. Certain medicines, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories and beta-blockers, can cause asthma. Irritants such as tobacco smoke or industrial chemicals and dust can trigger the reactions in the lungs. It's possible to develop occupational asthma and exercise-induced asthma.(4)
5. What are the symptoms?
Wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and tightness in the chest are all symptoms.(5)
6. What are the treatments?
Asthma is chronic, which means it has no cure. There are long-term and short-term controls for asthma symptoms, however. Long-term medicines reduce airway inflammation and prevent asthma symptoms such as coughing and wheezing. Quick-relief, or "rescue," medicines relieve asthma flare-ups. Also, patients should try to avoid asthma triggers. Medicines can be taken by mouth (as pills), via a nebulizer, with a shot, or with an inhaler (which delivers vaporized medicine directly to the lungs).(6)
7. Do socioeconomics play a role?
Asthma occurs more commonly in people living below the poverty level.(7)
8. How many people need medical attention for asthma attacks?
More than 15 million physician office and hospital outpatient department visits are due to asthma, and nearly 2 million people go the emergency department for asthma each year.
9. Does race play a factor?
180 percent more African-Americans die from asthma than Caucasians.
10. How much is spent annually?
Annual spending on asthma amounts to more than $56 billion, including direct medical costs from hospital stays and indirect costs such as lost school and work days.
1. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/
2. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/press-releases/2013/nih-statement-on-asthma-month-2013.html
3. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/atrisk.html
4. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/causes.html
5. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/signs.html
6. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/treatment.html
7. http://www.epa.gov/asthma/pdfs/asthma_fact_sheet_en.pdf


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By Toya Richards Hill
Choral directors of young singers in churches and church schools will have an opportunity, for the first time, to earn certification specific to their craft at the Choristers Guild Institute taking place at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
The Seminary, through their Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees program headed by Rev. Dr. David R. Sawyer, will host the first of a three-summer certification program of the Choristers Guild, a Christian organization for leaders of children's choirs and youth choirs. The Choristers Guild Institute will take place July 26-31 on the Seminary campus.
Although various certification programs exist for musicians serving in public schools, "there is no such program for those who direct children's choirs in the church," said Rebecca Thompson, Director of the Institute.
Thompson is also Founding Director of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, past Children's Chorus Mistress for the Los Angeles Music Center Opera Company, and former Associate Director of the Appalachian Children's Chorus in West Virginia. Her community based choirs have toured internationally, won national competitions, been honored to sing at Kodaly and American Choral Director's Association National Conventions, and appeared in films and commercials. She has conducted festivals and workshops in more than 30 states.
With more than 30 years experience in choral arts, Thompson has helped shape the Institute's three-year curriculum, which will give participants an understanding of how to help children and young singers enhance worship in their congregations. Participating directors will acquire knowledge of the child's voice and the adolescent's changing voice, and the curriculum will help directors improve choral rehearsal and conducting techniques and expand their understanding of global music and of various worship styles.
The certification program was designed and is being implemented with the assistance of funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. through a Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
Rebecca Thompson, who also is the spouse of Louisville Seminary President Rev. Dr. Dean K. Thompson, said the Institute already is booked to capacity.
"We have a long waiting list, which proves that there is a need," she said.
World-class faculty will provide instruction for the Institute, including Dr. Anton Armstrong, the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College; Dr. C. Michael Hawn, Professor of Church Music at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University; Madeline Bridges of Belmont University; and the Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes, Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching at Louisville Seminary.
Dr. Helen Kemp, founding member of the Choristers Guild and Professor Emerita of Voice and Church Music at Westminster Choir College, also will present the inaugural address of the Helen Kemp Lecture Series.
"At Louisville Seminary, we are trying to create partnerships, expand our dialogue, and practice what we preach," said Carvalhaes, who is also co-organizer of "Borders and Beyond: Worship & the Arts Conference 2009," taking place July 22-25 at Louisville Seminary.
"By hosting the … Choristers Institute for this first time, we believe that we can expand our thinking and practices by learning with them how to worship God and serve better the church of Christ," he said.
The Choristers Guild, formed in 1949 in Los Angeles, Calif., provides direct assistance to children's choir and youth choir directors through such things as training and educational opportunities, published resources, and national office support.
This new Institute program is "part of the growth process" of the Choristers Guild, said Jim Rindelaub, Guild executive director. Coming to Louisville Seminary provides a spiritual element and the warmth of a Christian seminary campus, enabling "a deeper experience" than what might take place in a more generic location, he said.


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Josh Gracin was born October 18, 1980 and grew up in Westland, Michigan. He performed at fairs, music competitions, and other venues as a young man, and did the vocal for a demo version of a song ("She Loves Me," written by Ken Salaets and Tim Barbor) in Nashville in 1996 when he was only 16 years old. His big break came when he appeared on the television show American Idol during its second season. A Lance Corporal in the United States Marines at the time he did the show, Graci... Read more


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Will Louisville Be Better or Worse in 2013-14 NCAA Basketball Season?August 29, 2013
Will Louisville Be Better or Worse in 2013-14 NCAA Basketball Season?
Could Louisville's 2013-14 team be better than the championship team?
If you ask Peyton Siva, he's making it sound that way. Siva told Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com that the Cardinals will be "better" and "more talented" than a season ago.
"They really aren't missing anything," Siva said. "The key for them will be chemistry because talentwise, there's nothing to worry about."
Is Siva selling his championship squad short? Or is he onto something here? Let's break it down position by position.
Center: Gorgui Dieng vs. Montrezl Harrell
Gorgui Dieng was one of the best defensive centers in the country. Without him, Louisville's full-court press was still a pain to go against because of Russ Smith and Siva's pressure. With Dieng, the Cardinals were the most complete defensive team in the country because if you managed to beat the press, Dieng made it extremely tough to score in the paint.
Getting used to playing with Dieng will be one of the challenges for Louisville. Montrezl Harrell has the athleticism and length to be a good shot-blocker, but he does not have the awareness and timing of Dieng.
What Harrell does have is a higher ceiling on the offensive end. He's a better finisher around the rim, he's quicker and his postgame, which is still developing, is more fluid. Dieng did develop the ability to knock down a 15-footer, but he was never a feared threat on that end. If Harrell plays to his potential, he will be.
Advantage: Push
Power Forward: Chane Behanan vs. Chane Behanan
This should be pretty simple, right? Chane Behanan as a junior should be better than Behanan as a sophomore.
Typically, yes. But Behanan was essentially the same player his freshman and sophomore years with his offensive numbers even experiencing a small regression.
Freshman year Behanan was a slightly more efficient scorer and a better rebounder (7.5 per game compared to 6.5). His scoring average did go up a tick from 9.5 to 9.8.
We all saw in the championship game when he went for 15 points and 12 rebounds how valuable Behanan can be when he is aggressive and gets his opportunities. Assuming his teammates noticed that as well, let's assume Behanan will see his role increase as a junior.
Advantage: 2013-14
Small Forward: Wayne Blackshear vs. Wayne Blackshear
This could be Wayne Blackshear vs. Luke Hancock based off the NCAA tournament. Hancock made a case to become the starter this upcoming season.
Siva spoke well of Hancock (we'll get to that later), but he also had good things to say about Blackshear. In fact, listening to Siva, it sounds as though Blackshear could be the most improved player on the roster.
"He's finally had a full summer of workouts," Siva said. "The last two summers, he couldn't do anything because of his shoulders. He's a lot slimmer now. We can't call him 'Fat Wayne' anymore. He's got his explosiveness back and is much lighter on his feet."
This is a good sign for Louisville because Blackshear appeared to hit a wall midway through last season. Over his first 22 games, Blackshear averaged 9.6 points and shot 36.6 percent from distance. Over the final 17 games, he averaged 5.1 points and made only 23.9 percent of his threes.
Advantage: 2013-14
Shooting Guard: Russ Smith vs. Russ Smith
Russ Smith as a third-team All-American was probably the biggest slight in recent years in terms of postseason awards. Smith was underappreciated because his shot selection could be reckless at times. You could even go as far as saying Louisville beat Michigan in spite of Smith, who missed 13 of the 16 shots he took that night.
But the Cardinals would not have been in the title game without Smith. For a majority of the season, he was a valuable asset to Louisville's offense because of his ability to get to the paint and the free-throw line. Did he take too many ill-advised shots? Yes. But he also did a lot of good for Louisville's offense, and he was a weapon defensively.
Smith has had a good summer, leading his team of counselors to the title at the adidas Nations camp—he scored 23 in the championship, according to Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.com—and he averaged 23 points, 4.8 assists and 6.8 rebounds on an all-star team at the Four Nations Cup, via cardchronicle.com.
Since he has improved every season at Louisville, let's assume he does the same as a senior.
Advantage: 2013-14
Point Guard: Peyton Siva vs. Chris Jones
The one asset that Siva might be underselling when comparing the championship team to the 2013-14 team is what he brought to the table. But he does make Chris Jones sound like a worthy replacement.
Siva said, per ESPN.com:
People haven't seen Chris and a lot of people don't know who he is, but he can shoot, can really score and is as quick—if not quicker than Russ. He's got a bulldog mentality and loves to pick guys up full-court. He's shorter than me, but he's so strong and athletic and won't be pushed around. He can go for 30 any night.
Jones is a scorer and more of a shoot-first guard like Smith than a distributor like Siva. Jones averaged 16.6 shot attempts in 23.2 minutes per game last season for his junior college team.
With Smith still around and the interior options improving offensively for Louisville, a point guard who likes to shoot might not be the best thing. Jones could, of course, adjust his game to fit whatever Pitino needs from him.
That's what Siva did. He also was a great perimeter defender and teammate. Louisville fans have to like hearing good things about Jones from the man he'll replace, but they know it will not be easy for Jones to equal Siva's value.
Advantage: 2012-13
Louisville's bench was not deep last season, especially when Kevin Ware was lost, but it was a nice luxury to have a shooter like Hancock and a future pro like Harrell to bring off the bench.
Hancock will likely still be the shooter/scorer off the bench, and Stephan Van Treese will now be the first big off the bench.
The advantage this year's team will have is depth in the backcourt. Ware was the only player on the bench who had the speed and athleticism to replace Siva or Smith without Louisville's defense suffering. Pitino now has backups at both guard spots with incoming freshmen Anton Gill and Terry Rozier. It's too soon to say whether Ware can be the same player.
Hancock should be much closer to the man he was in March and April. He proved that this summer playing for the U.S. team at the World University Games, where he averaged 10.8 points and made 42.1 percent of his threes.
"He has so much more confidence and is shooting the ball much better," Siva said of Hancock. "People forget that he was hurt last year coming into the season with the shoulder injury, and that's why he struggled early shooting the ball. He's pulling up on the break now and making 3s."
Advantage: 2013-14
Final Thoughts
When you break it down on paper, what Siva is saying makes sense. Louisville should be improved at three starter spots with an improved bench. Harrell has the potential to be better than Dieng offensively, and the same could be said for Jones compared to Siva.
That doesn't mean the team will be better. The Cardinals were so dominant last season because of their defense, and how well Jones and Harrell are able to replace Siva and Dieng on that end will be a key. Those are the unknowns.
And even if Louisville's 2013-14 team could beat the championship team, that does not make repeating a given. The competition around the country could be improved. That's the expectation because of a loaded 2013 recruiting class.
But if Louisville 2013-14 is even the equal to the 2012-13 team, it's tough to bet against Pitino's crew.


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1. There is a growing consensus amongst
human rights NGOs and a group of independent barristers over what
form the "British model" of Incorporation of the European
Convention on Human Rights into UK law might take.[48]
The assumption is that the model will be an interpretative one,
requiring the courts to interpret Acts of Parliament in line with
the Convention to the extent that they can. This begs the question
of what will happen in the relatively infrequent circumstances
where they cannot. With regard to potential breaches of primary
legislation we make three proposals:
2. The Power of Declaration would effectively
be a new power bestowed on the courts for the specific purposes
of incorporating the European Convention in a manner which allowed
applicants comparable redress in the domestic courts to that which
is available in Strasbourg.
(a) As in Strasbourg the courts would be
able to declare that in their view a statute breaches the Convention
and hence, where appropriate, that in their view the rights of
an applicant/defendant have been violated. As is Strasbourg they
would not be able to strike down the law in question or state
what the law should be. This would be for the government/parliament
to decide. This power of declaration would not, therefore, be
the equivalent of the currently available power of declaration,
for example the judicial review remedy where the courts declare
what the legal position of the parties is. The law would remain
the same unless or until it was altered by parliament. In effect
this new power would be the equivalent of enabling the court to
give an advisory opinion, albeit one to which particular weight
is likely to be attached.
(b) It would be open to the Government to establish
a fund to award ex gratia compensation to the applicant/defendant
in such circumstances (there is a precedent here under s ection
133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988). Equally it might be possible
for the ombudsman to be given the power to recommend compensation
where injustice was suffered through maladministration. In this
sense the domestic courts would clearly not have equivalent powers
to the Strasbourg court which can award "just satisfaction"
directly under Article 50.
(d) There need be no radical disturbance
to the current rules on legal aid and costs. The practice is already
developing under judicial review procedures that it would not
be reasonable to award costs where a case is taken in the public
interest. It is highly likely that the courts would take the view
that a case involving a judicial declaration that a statute breaches
the Convention would fall under that category. No changes would
be needed to the rules on legal aid.
(e) Where the applicant is not satisfied
with the government's response he/she remains free to pursue a
case to Strasbourg. There can be no automatic assumption the European
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General M. Fred Bell had a distinguished career as an architect and businessman. He served as adjutant general of the state of Missouri from 1897 to 1901 during the Spanish-American War. He left his mark on Fulton and Callaway County as the architect of Missouri School for the Deaf, Fulton State Hospital, Callaway County Public Library, First Christian Church, Pratt's Theatre, buildings at Westminster and William Woods, plus many homes.
General Bell was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, August 18, 1849, son of Frederick and Susan (Tritle) Bell. He was a descendant of Captain Peter Bell, an American officer in the Revolution. Bell grew up on a Maryland farm, was educated in public schools, and in 1869 was graduated from Duff Commercial College at Pittsburgh, where he had specialized in architecture.
Bell came to Missouri in 1869, first locating in Mexico. He then spent a short time in Kansas, but returned to Missouri and established a home at Fulton in 1871. On November 26, 1873, he married Miss Marie Dreps. They had two daughters, Beulah and Kathryn. Beulah married George W. Berry, of Berkley, California. Kathryn married Fred T. Montgomery, of Fulton. They named their son Fred Bell Montgomery in honor of General Bell.
In 1882, General Bell established a telephone exchange in Fulton. It was the fifth telephone exchange in the state of Missouri. The telephone at that time was still experimental. Only six years had passed since the first successful demonstration of the instrument had occurred at Philadelphia. Bell was manager of the Fulton telephone exchange from 1882 until 1929.
Governor Stephens appointed Bell adjutant general of Missouri in 1897. He held this office throughout the four years of the Stephens administration. During that time the Spanish-American war was fought, and under Adjutant General Bell Missouri mobilized her forces for that war. President McKinley offered Bell the post of assistant adjutant general of the United States. He declined, since he considered his nearest duty the mobilization of Missouri's troops.
After his four years as adjutant general, Bell returned to Fulton and resumed his work as an architect. He designed buildings and homes throughout the state, including Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri Campus in Columbia.
General Bell was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Fulton. He belonged to the Civitan Club, the Rotary Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. In Masonry, he was especially prominent in the Order of Knights Templar, serving eight years as eminent commander of Calvary Commandery No. 28 at Fulton, and during 1898-99 as grand commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the State of Missouri. He was a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason in the Valley of St. Louis, and for thirty years was a member of the Mystic Shrines.
From the 1884 History of Callaway County, Missouri, page 621 – 622.
Transcribed by Kris Breid, 15 September 2004.
Morris Frederick Bell, one of the leading architects of Missouri, and a prominent, influential citizen of Fulton, is a native of Maryland, born in Washington county, on the 18th of August, 1849. In early youth he received a common-school education in that county, and at the age of thirteen was apprenticed to the builder's trade, at which he worked for three years, two years under instruction at Martinsburgh, West Virginia. Resolved to qualify himself thoroughly for the profession of architecture, soon after the conclusion of his term of instruction at Martinsburgh, he became a matriculate in Duff's well known college, at Pittsburg, in which he continued until he graduated in the winter of 1868-9.
The following May, Mr. Bell came to Missouri, and located at Mexico, where he began his career as an architect, a profession of which he was soon to become a leading representative. Successfully occupied at Mexico for about two years, he then went to Lawrence, Kansas, but returned four months afterwards to Missouri, and located permanently at Fulton.
Since his location here Mr. Bell has been architect to many of the more important buildings erected in the interior of the State. He was associate architect of the State Insane Asylum, the State Deaf and Dumb Institution, and of a large number of other buildings, public and private. He is widely and well known throughout the West as one of the most capable and successful architects in this section of the country. The buildings he has erected in the last eight years alone, represent an expenditure of over $750,000. Mr. Bell is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and superintendent of the Mechanical Department of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Fulton. He is also prominently identified with the business interests of this city. He is secretary to the Howard Manufacturing Company, manager of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Exchange, and is connected with several other important local enterprises. In business affairs he is one of the most energetic and active citizens of the place, and is more than ordinarily public-spirited and progressive in advocating and aiding measures for the advancement of its general interests. Though taking no active part in politics, he has been repeatedly elected to the city council, a position he consented to fill only at the urgent solicitation of friends, and with an eye single to the public good. Personally he is popular with all classes, and being a man of culture and refinement, as well as of high character and personal worth, his standing is among the best citizens of the community.
In November, 1873, Mr. Bell was married to Miss Maria Dreps, of this city, a lady of singular amiability and intelligence. Mr. Bell's father, Judge Frederick Bell, recently of Washington county, Maryland, makes his home with his son in this city. Judge Bell, formerly a county judge in Maryland, and for over forty years a leading citizen of Washington county, where he was largely interested in farming and milling, is now over seventy years of age, and is still in comparatively good health.
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- 28 Specialities
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The Vikram Hospital, located on Miller's Road in the heart of Bengaluru, is one of the top healthcare providers in the city. It is a leading quaternary health care provider, with Cardiac Sciences, Neuro Sciences, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, and Nephrology and Urology as their primary specialties. The hospital was started with the vision of delivering unmatched, warm, personalized care with excellent ethical medical outcomes.
Vikram Hospital offers specialized services using cutting edge technology through its 225-bedded hospital that has the state-of-the-art facilities. An excellent example of such ultramodern facilities is the first of its kind glass pathway in the Critical Care ICU that lets families be with their loved ones around the clock to be sure that they are receiving the best care.
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text: A winning strategy for supporting members without reps London Hotels branch unites hundreds of sometimes isolated members, says Dave Turnbull While most members are able to elect workplace stewards, for a minority this is simply not possible. That might be because the employer does not recognise unions, or simply because there are only a handful of members in the workplace. Within the London Hotels branch, we have developed a way of working which involves branch committee members functioning like stewards. The London Hotels branch is known as a "sector branch" covering hotels within the central London area, ranging from five-star places like the Dorchester to budget brands. It has grown from 90 members to around 900 and has developed a track-record for activism. The branch committee do much more than control finances and organise socials. They are the key to the branch's success. The branch officials take on the role of a shop stewards' committee and support members without workplace representation. Rather than looking after just one workplace these "stewards" support members working for any of the employers 100 or more covered by the branch. It is the branch committee who do the bulk of the disciplinary cases, grievances and often see things through to the appeal stage. If they need guidance on a legal issue, they will chat it through with me. I don't regard them any differently to the way I regard any group of shop stewards I deal with in the Food, Drink and Tobacco sector. What makes it possible for the branch committee to function in this way is that the members are all from the same industry and so have common cause. In a sector-based branch like London Hotels, chefs are chefs no matter which hotel they work in. They share the same problems and see the solutions are the same for everybody in the branch – and in the sector. One of the consequences of this hands-on approach to members' issues has been an increasing number of members attending branch meetings to get individual advice. So now we have two branch officers available on Mondays for a couple of hours to listen to members and give advice on individual problems. It supports the members better and it allows the meetings to focus on wider collective issues. This activity of the branch committee has been very positive. Members look to their branch in the same way members in a large workplace look to a shop stewards' committee or a convenor to resolve their issues. Just like any stewards in a workplace, the committee members have built up a good working relationship with HR managers except that this is across the sector. All-in-all branch officials effectively acting as shop stewards has made a positive difference in the way people are treated in many hotels. The branch officers also ensure the branch has some ongoing activity for members to participate in. So when members come to a branch meeting they are not just being given information, they are asked to get involved in something, whether it's a survey, a protest outside a hotel or helping to put together a newsletter. For example, if the branch is doing a mail-shot, when members come along to a meeting, they are asked to stuff envelopes during the meeting. Members turning up to their first meeting are often surprised they are being asked to do something, but they are quick to learn. It's not just one-way traffic - we are trying to engage them in the whole process – getting members to understand that the union is a collective organisation. The message is consistently being put across that this is their union branch and if they want to change or challenge things, then they have to be prepared to get involved. The fact that we do not have recognition in many hotels means that if a collective issue with an employer comes up, we are very unlikely to be able to mount industrial action. But this does not mean we are powerless. If we organise a protest outside the hotel at a suitable time when members from other hotels are free, we can always guarantee that a respectable number of them will turn up. We have done this at several London hotels and quite often we get a positive result. Members are beginning to understand that taking direct action can succeed, especially at a West End hotel – they are vulnerable to bad publicity. As well as coming to meetings and stuffing envelopes, members understand they are expected to be a bit vocal, active and in-your-face. Dave Turnbull, L&E regional officer for the Food, Drinks and Tobacco sector For more information, contact Dave Turnbull


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"Meeka! Get out of the sun!!!!"
::Shaking head:: Yep....that's our Meeka! I think he forgets that we're supposed to like the cold. We'll have to work on that.
OH! Adrill dropped by to help again. He was gonna stop by Guiness & Shiloh's place to see if they could use a hand with their yard puddles so be on the lookout!


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Western Academy Charter School in Royal Palm Beach is yet again undergoing an expansion and this time it is coming with a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math) Academy, which will bring two new sixth-grade classrooms in August.
"Over the next three years the academy will add an additional 120 students, doubling the size of the middle school," Principal Linda Terranova siad.
STEAM education is the preparation of students in competencies and skills in the four disciplines – science, technology, engineering and math. The arts are then brought into these areas to foster creativity, ingenuity and innovation.
"By incorporating the arts you create a well rounded student," she said.
As part of the academy, students will get to take part in classes like robotics, computer animation and advanced math courses. The goal is active learning, Terranova said. Students will be given challenges and problems, learning as they solve them.
Currently Western Academy Charter School is ranked in the top 7 percent in the state for math and top 14 percent in science scores, according to Terranova.
The school was started in 2003 as a nonprofit charter school with 157 students. The school today has 358 students from kindergarten to eighth grade. Each grade has two classrooms. Teachers at the school teach multiple grade levels, specializing in a subject.
"Each year our waiting list gets longer and longer," she said. "This was part of the reason we looked into expanding."
This is not the first expansion the school has undergone over the years but it is the first that will add an academy.
"When completed the expansion will add over 10,000 square feet to the school," Terranova said.
An open house event is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. March 1 at the school, 650 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Suite 300.
Call 561-792-4123 or visit WesternAcademyCharter.com.


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Camped at Warrenton Va. July 30th 1863 Dear Brother I rec. your kind letter of the 21st inst. last Monday the 17th and I assure you I was very
pleased to hear from you, it is one great souirce of comfort to me in rec. letters from my Friends and Relitives at home, if it was not for their letters which I rec. I should be Very!! Very!!! lonesome indeed. I wish I might rec. more of them, but I am well awere they have other dutys to do at home besides writing all the time, but when they get time they must try and write to the poor Soldier, for they little know how it Cheeres his Heart in his lonely _________________________________ 2 hours, to read a Cheering letter from a Friend, now I have no word of complaint to make towards you, for you have most always been as prompt in writing to me as I could ask. Knowing your circumstances as I do, for your business is such it must take up most of your time, and what Evenings you do get to your self; you devote to your Family at home. I know how this is. There are a Thousand and one little Chores to be done at home, especily where there are Children and more especily when the wife and Mother are unwell. I cirtainly shall excuse you to write in your own good time, but still I always rec. such letters from you, the more of them I get the better I like it ___________________________________ 3 so please me as often as you can wount you. I am sory to hear that your health is so poor, a rest of 5 or 6 weeks would do you good, and you ought to take it if you possibly can. I am very glad to hear that you health is so good. I hope it will always be so; it be easyer takeing care of it, and it makes the Father & Mother feel so much better also, and above all it is so much better for the Child not to be troubled with thes aches and paines when it is so young. I would love to see your Baby very much, it will be qwite a Child when I get home. I expect I shall hardly know my Baby when I get home, he will of grown ________________________________ 4 so. I happy to hear that they are going to build up in F. again, it will be so much better for you and Alfred and the Town &c. It will make your business and Alfreds much getter, it gives to all old Soldiers that Government has at last determined to enforce the draft. I honestly believe the Law has been got up to be as honorable and just to all Classes as it could be got up, and I believe Gov. intends to be as just in inforceing it as they Possibly can, it is not expected that there could be a law of that kind got up that would suit all parteys and classes, it is impossible the paying of three Hundred Dollars by those that feel that they can not possibly go is Eqwitable to all, more so to to the Poor Man, for he can pay his $300, to Gov. by this law while most laws of this kinds allow every one to procure a Substitute if they can. That way the Poor Man, has to bid for a ____________________________________ 5 substitute against the Rich Man, who will bid up as high as one or two Thousand Dollars for a Substitute. Thus you see the Poor Man stands no kind of a chance by such a law. You take the presant law right through as a whole and I think it is the best and most Eqwetible that could of been made at this time, and will denie but there to to be a , so I will not attempt to argue that, as to any Man resisting that Draft, we know who those are that would and have done it. I think we have not many such in the Good Old Granite State, it would of been a sory day to those rioters _____________________________ 6 in N Y City, if there had much of a force from the Armey of the Potomac sent there. They would of as qwick as they would a , yes and qwicker. I never see such Angry feelings manifested before, as there was among all Classes in this Armey on the receipt of the news of that riot, if we could of got hold of them we should of torn them limb from Limb. I never wanted to go in to a fight so much in my life as I did to go to N Y City and help quill that Riot, the miserable Cowardly Villens. I never felt so much like butchering my fellow men before, and I trust God I never Shall _______________________________ 7 again. That feeling was not with me alone at that time neither, but extended throughout the whole Armey, but enough of this, it harrowes up feel -ings in me I do not like to have. I suppose you would like to hear something about the Battle of Gettysburg from me. You have or can get a much better account of it in the Papers than I can give you. Suffise to say that our Battery (as usual) took a very active part in it, and had the name of doing its duty well, at any rate, we stood at our posts two days and two Nights Thursday and Friday, and did not leave till the Enemy had fled and we _____________________________ 8 were releaved. We were in position most of the time on Cemetary Hill where there was some of the severest Cannonadeing dureing the whole two or three days Fighting, and through the provid -ence of God our Co. escaped without the loss of a Man Killed and but one wounded much and he not seriously, one other Slightly, my self escaped without a scratch, for which I truly thank God; and give him the Praise. my health is very good and Spirets also good. We have had some very hard Marching since we left Falmouth. We marched 60 Miles in two days, 100 in 4 days through a hot sun, but the most of us stood it first rate. We have not a Man on the Sick list at this time, how long we shall stop here I can not tell, but we do not expect to long. I am in hope we shall be inside of Richmond in one Month from this date, the Lord grant it. The war news is qwite encouraging. I trust it may continue so. Please give my love to Emily and to Laura and Family, and with Prayers for Gods Blessings to rest on you and yours, hopeing I may hear from you again soon, I remain your Affectionate Brother T.C.C. _________________________________________________ 1X I am very much obliged to you for those Stamps, if you send any more do not weet them and stick them to the Sheet of paper. I lost one of the last ones it stuck so much of it to the letter T.C.C


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Date: June 30, 2011
Contact: Stephen Smith—(800) 875-6467
Web: www.logos.com
Logos among Washington's best workplaces for second year in a row
Bellingham, WA—June 30—Logos Bible Software was named as a finalists for Washington's Best Workplaces by the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ).This is the second consecutive year Logos has received this distinction.
Since 2007, PSBJ has worked to identify and recognize the best workplaces throughout the state, based on employee benefit offerings, leadership culture and work/life balance philosophies. Through an extensive and rigorous process, which included evaluating more than 230 nominated companies across the state, PSBJ selected 85 finalists as among the best in the state.
"One of Logos' top priorities is to be the best place in the world to work, so we're thrilled with this recognition," said Executive Vice President Dan Pritchett.
Among many other things, Logos' company culture is known to encourage creativity and healthy, fun lifestyles. The company encourages employees to use its Outdoor Center with bike and ski repair shop, and outdoor equipment. Logos is also creating a Music Center for employees to build relationships around music, sponsors various company-wide cook-offs, and provides outstanding employee benefits.
"Work-force development has never been more important—or more difficult—than it is in today's global economy," said PSBJ publisher Emory Thomas Jr. "We believe the Business Journal, as the Puget Sound area's top source of business information, has an important role to play in drawing attention to innovations and excellence in the management of our region's No. 1 resource: its people."
The finalists—25 small companies, 25 medium-sized companies, 25 large companies and 10 extra-large companies—will be celebrated at a one-of-a-kind awards event at Safeco Field on Aug. 11. Honorees and the public alike are invited to come cheer for the workplace accomplishments of these companies from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The celebration will include ballpark food and drinks, walking the bases, speed pitching and an awards presentation.
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El hombre del frac
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"Por eso quería entrar en coma. Me parecía la única escapatoria."
Written by Alberto Ramos Barranco
Directed by Ignacio García-Bustelo
Language: Spanish
Location: IATI Theater (64 E. 4th St. NYC 10003)
Website: FaceBook Event
There's a gunshot. A few seconds later, the inhabitant of this house is visited by a stranger: a man in a tailcoat, with a top hat and a briefcase. He is running away from a subject disguised as a cartoon panther who is claiming him the payment of a debt. The visitor is not ready to pay it off, and that's why he is hiding. The unintentional host is also hiding some things: a gun, maybe a corpse.
This is a story about two characters who are hunters and preys at a time. Two men who run away constantly, for years. But it's difficult to run away from oneself.
About the Playwright:
Barcelona, 1976. Graduated in Advertising, he has attended screenwriting and playwriting workshops. He has written Los últimos días de Clark K. (Barcelona, 2011; Lima, 2013-14; Mexico City, 2014); Pau I el Conqueridor (Girona, 2013); Pep Talk (Dublin and FringeNYC, 2013; Barcelona, 2014); Només un anunci (runner-up for the VII Quim Masó Prize; Festival Lola, 2013; Barcelona, 2014); Infecte (Barcelona, 2014); and Yayoflautas lejanos and No em dic Manuel, two short plays (2012). His project Betún has been selected at the III Playwriting Laboratory of Fundación SGAE (Madrid, 2015).
For more, visit alberto-ramos.com
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Kim Soo Hyun answers Pizza Hut's fun Q&A
Our cute guy Kim Soo Hyun did a round of fun Q&A in this Pizza Hut commercial. He answers some really important questions such as what he likes for breakfast and lunch. Does he eat healthy? What will he eat for a dream meal? Inquiring minds want to know!
What happens when six young strangers move into a mysterious boarding house? Watch Boarding House No. 24 to find out
00:02 A simple eating quiz for Kim Soo Hyun.
00:05 What do you usually eat for breakfast?
A. Noodles or rice.
B. Eggs or sandwiches.
C. Fresh fruit juice or pastry.
00:10 KSH: C, I prefer something simple for breakfast.
00:17 What will you choose for lunch?
A. Eat something that you've been craving for since morning.
B. Ask friends what they want and go eat together.
C. Skip lunch because you're too busy or worry about weight.
00:25 KSH: B, because it's more fun to eat together. (Love the little smile he gave with this answer.)
00:32 When a friend brings some food over to you, you will...
A. Eat a lot if it is delicious.
B. Only take one bite because you're hungry.
C. Do not eat, because you're on diet.
00:39 KSH: A, Of course I'll eat a lot if it's delicious.
00:45 For afternoon tea, what would you want to eat?
A. A piece of cake.
B. Some nuts.
C. A banana.
00:51 KSH: A, because it's tea time.
00:56 If your dog is wagging his tail really hard, what will you give him?
A. Just pet the dog.
B. A dog biscuit.
C. Some food that you're eating.
01:02 KSH: A, because the dog is wagging his tail.
01:09 In your dream, you are sitting in the best restaurant in the world. You'd order...
A. Every dish on the menu, since I'm in a dream.
B. A salad that has everything.
C. A dish recommended by the waiter.
01:15 KSH: A, I'd want to try everything.
01:21 If you're on a tropical island, what kind of food do you think you must eat?
A. Meat and rice.
B. Ice cream and chocolate.
C. Fruits and vegetables.
01:28 (This took some thought. KSH finally picked up both A and C, indicating he wanted both.)
01:38 Interviewer laughed and said, "You can only choose one answer."
01:47 KSH finally picked up only C. (Health choice!)
01:52 If you're at a friend's house now, what would you want to eat?
A. Pizza.
B. Dumplings.
C. Rice.
01:58 KSH: A. (Easy answer!)
02:01 Results:
Mostly As: Rice Bucket (for Big Eater!)
Mostly Bs: Foodie.
Mostly Cs: Picky Eater.
02:07 Which type is our man Kim Soo Hyun?
02:11 Kim is a Rice Bucket (and he's laughing hard about it!)
02:12 Definition of the "Rice Bucket" type:
Someone who is strong and loves eating,
a bit naive but is loved by everyone,
will get help from people because he is not a picky eater.
His sincere compliments will often lead the chef to
voluntarily give him the best food to eat.
However, the big appetite has a negative side effect
He needs to exercise to keep his good figure.
02:14 KSH: Thank you. I will work hard at exercising.
What do you think about this cute commercial? It's quite clever in using the quiz for us to learn more about Kim Soo Hyun and think about pizza from Pizza Hut.


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Corbett Accel names Kelly to head N.Y. shop
Corbett Accel has named Carleen Kelly to lead its New York office as president.
Kelly, who joined Corbett Accel in March as head of the firm's Vytorin business with Merck, replaces Richard Nordstrom, who left Corbett Accel earlier this month to become chief executive of Interpublic Group's McCann Healthcare Worldwide. Before joining Corbett Accel, Kelly was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Torre Lazur McCann Worldwide. She reports to Corbett Accel chief executive Scott Cotherman.
The Omnicom Group company recently appointed Elaine Eisen to head its flagship Chicago office. Separately, group creative director Camille DeSantis left to join Edelman as vice president, creative director.
Omnicom merged its Corbett and Accel units -- specializing in healthcare advertising and medical education, respectively -- in February.


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Yes there is. Each situation is unique, dependent on whether your loved one experiences any other health issues, but the most common sources of support are the following:• Medicare• Private insurance• State programs• Community-based programs• Reimbursement
First, take a good look around the TENA website: we've gathered together lots of information from healthcare professionals and home carers looking after a relative or friend at home. You could also join the discussion forum, or if you have a specific question related to incontinence care, why not askone of our specialist nurses?
Every time you eat or drink, your body absorbs liquids. It's the job of your kidneys to filter waste products from these fluids and make urine. A continuous trickle passes from the kidneys to the bladder, which slowly expands. When the bladder is full a signal goes to the brain indicating the need to use the toilet. Once the toilet is reached the brain then tells the large bladder muscle to squeeze and contract. At the same time it tells the support muscles (or pelvic floor muscles) that surround the urethra (the outlet from the bladder) to relax and let the urine pass.
It really depends on things like your build, age, diet and level of activity but the rough average is 4 to 8 times during the day and the occasional need to go in the night.
No. Taking in less fluid will make their urine more concentrated which will in turn irritate their bladder, causing them to urinate more often. You should encourage them to try and drink their usual amount or whenever they feel thirsty. However, it's not recommended that they drink excessive amounts either as this could lead to distension of the bladder.
You should begin to feel the benefit of exercises after just a few weeks. After eight to twelve months, you may even be symptom-free if you have stress incontinence! However, even if you haven't fully regained control of your bladder, your situation should show some improvement.
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Monday, 26 May 2008
Confessions of a Demented Housewife by Niamh Greene
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DITSY housewife Susie Hunt is still in the maelstrom of life. She's praying her lovin' man Joe won't find out about her dalliance with the mystery man known only as Lone Father.
She's practising to be birthing partner to her friend Louise, whose love rat partner has scarpered. Louise ricochets back and forth between being a breast-is-best earth mother and putting the kid up for adoption.
And Hollywood couple Anjelica and James Law have relocated to Dublin and their son is in school with Susie's daughter.
Simple enough. But this being Niamh Greene-land, complications are about to start. Soon Susie is in the midst of a web of lies.
Her mother-in-law, Mrs H, mustn't find out that she has a gay son (not Susie's husband, Joe). He, meanwhile, mustn't find out what a hames Susie has made of the family finances.
And that's just the start - by the end of Greene's hilarious romp, Susie and Anjelica are hiding indoors, being stalked by paparazzi, while Joe dishes out the canapés to the paps.
But all Joe really wants - apart from a career as a celebrity chef - is another baby. Unlikely with Susie in a high-powered (but low-paid) job in the movies.
Then there's the sharply-dressed Mafia menfolk arriving from Italy with offers that can't be refused.
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The Independent Games Festival China – which will take place this October alongside GDC China in Shanghai – has opened its call for submissions and is accepting indie game entries from the pan-Pacific area from now through July 25.
GDC China will once again host all three main elements of IGF China, including the Independent Games Summit, the IGF Pavilion, and the prestigious IGF China Awards.
Now in its sixth year, the IGF Summit at GDC China will feature sessions from some of the world's top developers, while the IGF Pavilion will showcase some of the region's best independent and student games.
And of course the IGF China Awards – which are split into both Main and Student competitions – will honor the many talented developers in the pan-Pacific area.
Last year's event saw over 250 entries from regions including Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Serbia, Montenegro, and more.
Many excellent games were honored during last year's 5th annual IGF China awards, including monochromatic puzzler and Best Game Winner One Upon Light along with the Best Student Game winner, the China Academy of Art's Mineland.
The 2014 IGF China Main Competition will give out awards and cash prizes in six categories, including:
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– Excellence in Design (RMB5,000 ~ $805 USD)
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– Excellence in Visual Arts (RMB5,000 ~ $805 USD)
The Student Competition, meanwhile, will offer two awards:
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Finalists — who will receive two All Access passes to attend GDC China 2014 and the IGF awards ceremony — will be chosen by a panel of expert jurors including Kevin Li (CEO, TipCat Interactive); Monte Singman (Founder/CEO, Radiance Digital Entertainment); Xubo Yang (Director of Digital Art Lab and Assistant Professor; Shanghai Jiaotong University's School of Software), Haipeng Yu (Producer, Tencent Shanghai), and jury chairman Simon Carless, IGF Chairman Emeritus and EVP of the GDC shows and Gamasutra.
The key dates for IGF China include:
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– September 10, 2014 – Finalists Announced
– October 19-21, 2014 – Game Developers Conference China 2014
– October 20, 2014 – Independent Games Summit at GDC China 2014
– October 20, 2014 – IGF China Awards Ceremony (Winners Announced!)
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R. Kelly Trial Rocked by Hamburger Drama
A sequestered juror had a hamburger-related outburst in a restaurant last night.
As the world awaits word of a verdict, there's yet more ridiculous drama in R. Kelly's gravely serious child-pornography trial today — one sequestered juror had to be reprimanded by the judge following an outburst in a restaurant last night, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. "I've been waiting for fucking half an hour — how long do I have to wait?" the man told a waiter. "All I want is a couple of beers and a hamburger." He then hit the table with a bottle and told an attendant deputy, "You guys have been monitoring me all day so you know I'm not drunk." This morning, called before Judge Gaughan, the juror was laughing and said he'd been feeling claustrophobic at the time of his tantrum. "Why are you laughing," Gaughan asked. "Do you have a mental problem?" Apparently he did not, so he went back to deliberating. Additionally, another juror — a student at a culinary school — has asked to be excused, though it is not yet known if his request was hamburger-motivated.
This is not the first time Kelly's legal problems have included hamburgers; a 2005 lawsuit filed by tour partner Jay-Z alleged that Kelly had, without explanation, left a St. Louis concert early to serve drive-through customers at an area McDonald's.
Juror reprimanded by Judge Gaughan for dinner table outburst [Kelly Chronicles/Chicago Sun-Times]
Juror wants out of R. Kelly trial [Kelly Chronicles/Chicago Sun-Times]
Jay-Z: R. Kelly Is a Crying Little B*tch [Smoking Gun]


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The True Lucifer is Sophia
Part 1: Falling from Heaven
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Part 2: The Satanic DistortionWelcome to the investigation of an implex.
In this first installment of the three-part series on Lucifer/Sophia, I cover references to the "fallen angel" motif universally applied to Lucifer, and show how they actually describe the Aeon Sophia, the Pleromic goddess who fell from the heights of heaven (galactic center), according to the Gnostic star myth, the Fallen Goddess Scenario (FGS).
I first encountered the word "implex" in Hamlet's Mill by Santillana and von Dechend, in reference to certain astronomical motifs found in the lore of sidereal mythology, i.e., myth and legend associated with the starry constellations and individual stars. I understand it to be an adjective, "The story is implex," as well as a noun, "The figure of Lucifer presents an implex of uncertain, diverse, and conflicting components." The concept of an implex is especially helpful in approaching the identity of Lucifer.
The analysis below reveals the "changing fortune" of the Gnostic goddess figure, Sophia, considered as a divine rebel or dissenting figure but, equally so, as the supreme divine agency present to human reality. Hence, her story parallels in many respects the mixed reputation of Lucifer variously considered as an heroic accomplice to humanity, or a demonic adversary intent upon undermining the will of the creator god.
To begin, I list five components of the implex as initial talking points for the Sophia/Lucifer identity:
1 Bible: "The Morning Star": one allusion in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 14, verse 12
Translations: http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-12.htm
Full passage:
This verse presents the sole occurrence of the name Lucifer in the Bible.
The Hebrew of the Old Testament does not use any equivalent to Lucifer: it has merely, heylel, "the son of dawn." Neither does that name appear in the Septuagint, the Greek-language version of the OT, where heylel is translated as heosporos, "dawn-bringer." The name Lucifer shows up only in English-language versions where Christian-indoctrinated translators saw fit to insert it. In other words, it has been inserted by translators. This fact alone alerts the discerning mind to the possibility of a stitch-up, a frame job, to cite the lingo of police work.
The above passage clearly attributes to "son of the morning"/"fallen angel" the motive to equal or excel the Most High God. Hence, the theme of Luciferian pride, expressed in the attempt to be equal to God, to match the splendor of the Supreme Being. Later in the essay I will show how this theme appears on Gnostic material on the Wisdom Goddess Sophia, whose "fall from heaven" is attributed in some texts to the same motive: to equal or excell the supreme creator (the Gnostic Originator), or to act on her own volition independent of higher cosmic powers.
The passage in Isaiah also states the consequence of the so-called act of "transgression" against God: to be cast down into Hell. Curiously, it does not specify that Lucifer is an angel. This fact alone shoots down the Christian assumption that Lucifer was a radiant angel among the celestial host, who was cast out of heaven due to pride and subsequently he and all his attendent angels became devils. There is no basis in Christian scripture for this widely held assumption.
What then is the source of this mytheme so widely and uncritically accepted in our time? The mythic elements for it occur in the oldest Hebrew writings, hence: it originates in Judaism. In the literature of the Second Temple period (after 530 BCE) the apocryphal text 2 Enoch says that "Satanail was hurled from the height together with his angels" (29:3). The full and complete story of Lucifer among the heavenly host, first favored, then condemned, does not appear in any single ancient source. It was constructed piecemeal over many centuries.
In fabulating the legend of Lucifer, Christians played a huge role, as it they ndded to create a "controlled opposition" of the supreme power of the Father God. The New Testament contains a smattering of passages such as this one from Peter 2, 2,4: "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment." Thus, NT writing attributed to Paul assert the notion of fallen angels cast down by a vengeful god (OT Yahweh), but nowhere in the NT can you find a coherent scenario of Lucifer standing before God and acting in a way that caused him to be thrown out of heaven. In other words, neither the OT or the NT provide a coherent narrative on Lucifer. That scenario is a fabrication of Christian preachers through the ages, but entirely without solid or specific textual basis "in Scripture."
Christians, beware of what you presume to be found in your revered scriptures.
Isaiah uses the Greek word for "human": anthropos in reference to Lucifer. Note that anthropos in Greek denotes humanity, the human species, by contrast to androu, "male, man," denoting the male gender of the species. Textually, the language of the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew OT) associates the fall of Lucifer with the fall of humanity. This association makes no sense whatsoever if Lucifer is considered to be a mighty celestial being of light, a superhuman entity in the company of the supreme deity. It does however make sense when considered relative to the Gnostic account of the fallen goddess, Sophia, which relates the fall of Sophia to her excessive fascination for the human species, the anthropos.
So, looking precisely at what is written in scripture, and disregarding first-, second-, and third-hand speculation ad nauseum about textual sources, we discover little that supports popular Christian notions of Lucifer. On the other hand, the implex presents clues that suggest the identification of Sophia with the supposed "fallen angel" scenario. Needless to say, if you don't know the Sophianic narrative in the first place, you would not detect these suggestive elements. All the clues in the world don't count if you don't know what crime has been committed.
2 Red Dragon in Sky: The Book of Revelation Ch 12
Greek interlinear translation: http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/NTpdf/rev12.pdf
Verse 9: the great dragon MEGAS DRAKON, that old serpent: OPHIS ARCHAIOS, called the Devil: DIABOLOS, and Satan: SATANAS. Four metonyms in sequence. Over-determination often occurs when the exact definition of a subject is uncertain.
Verse 3: the great red dragon: DRAKON MEGAS PYRROS, having seven heads and ten horns: KEPHALAS HEPTA KAI KERATA DEKA. The morphology of the red dragon in the sky of Ch. 12, v.3 is identical with that of the "Great Beast" TO MEGA THERION that arises from the sea in Ch 13, v 1. (These parallels are elucidated at length in the series, Gnostic Sabotage -- three remaining talks in development.) At no point does the text directly equate this "reptilian" figure to Lucifer, nor does it make any allusion that would support such an identification.
The name Satan occurs 14 times in the Old Testament, always referring to this entity as an adversary or attorney-like figure -- "The Devil is God's lawyer" -- never as a supernatural incarnation of evil. His role is to test and try Job, for instance, but he is not an agent of pure evil with power to overcome humanity. It also occurs 40 times in the New Testament, most frequently in the Gospels. It occurs nine times in Revelation, twice in condeming Jews as forming "the synagogue of Satan." Revelation reveals the conversion of the adversary doing God's will in the OT to a full-blown opponent of God who seeks to corrupt and possess humanity.
Conclusion: Lucifer, considered as the lightning-like luminous angel who was cast down from heaven, is entirely absent from Revelation. So is the Antichrist, which only occurs four times in the Gospel of John, as noted in the talks on Gnostic Sabotage. Christians who babble about Revelation and include these two figures go against scripture. They show complete ignorance of their own tradition.
3 The Koran : Iblis
The angel Iblis shows immense pride, declaring himself superior to Adam. For refusing to worship Adam, God (Allah, presumably) cursed Iblis to Jahannam, Hell/Purgatory, for eternity, but gave him a kind of reprieve until the Day of Judgment. Iblis was complicit with God in the role of a satanic agent, an adversary who would use this time to lead men and women astray, and eventually into Hell. In the logic of the Islamic mind, Iblis would in this way prove humanity's inferiority and so justify his act of defiance, his refusal to worship Adam/Anthropos. For refusing to abide by the will of God, Iblis was cast out of Heaven, and thereafter he was called "Shaytan" (Satan).
I would argue on Gnostic sources that Iblis in the Islamic narrative appears closer to Yaldabaoth, the lord archon, than to Lucifer. Far closer. The Apocryphon of John (NHLE, p. 115-116, passages 19-21) describes the preterrestrial scene of confrontation between the archons and the image of humanity. There are difficult and puzzling features in this episode that require a penetrating exegesis with reference to some occult terms such as "plasmic double" and the "five-light array." Setting those problems aside, the components in this text that apply to the legend of Iblis are as follows:
The gist of these lines is clear: Anthropos is superior to the Archons, as Adam is superior to Iblis.
The Iblis passage in the Koran is not about Lucifer. Like all the other material in the Koran, it is highly derivative, reflecting themes and fragments appropriated from Near Eastern mythologies, pillaged and distorted materials. Appropriated without understanding, I must add.
4 The Valentinian Clue NHC XI, 2
See NHLE, p 481 ff. NHC with a Roman numeral refers to the tractate in the Gnostic Coptic Library. NHLE refers to the Nag Hammadi Library in English, the standard translation.
This text is so heavily damaged and obscurely written that no exact and explicit language concerning the reason for Sophia's separation from the Pleroma can be drawn from it. No problem for scholars, though. In their commentaries, the experts routinely state what cannot be found in the actual text, but is merely implied -- if that --and back it up by citing other sources on Valentinian doctrine, mainly from the heresiologists, the first Christian ideologues who argued against the Gnostic. For example, Ireneaus:
By extrapolation, Sophia wanted in some manner to equal the level of the Father (Propater), the Originator, source of all the Aeons. Or to comprehend his nature so that she could imitate it, or compete with it, something along those lines. Such is the Luciferian quality of hubris, prideful excess or striving beyond one's station. By some accounts, this striving resulted in expelling the Aeon Sophia out of the Pleroma.
But was the expulsion due to an act of transgression for which she was rejected, cast out of the celestial company? This interpretation implies a moral fault on the part of the Wisdom Goddess. Valentinus engaged in compromising views with the Christians he wished to influence and even lead. Guilt and punishment are inherent to the Judeo-Christian worldview but entirely lacking in the Sethian Gnostic perspective.
My extrapolation of the FGS -- developed in detail in some briefings of the Gaian Navigation Experiment -- does not attribute Sophia's plunge to a fault of any kind, for which she would be punished, but to the extremity of her passion. Moreoever, there is not the slightest indication in the Gnostic materials that the supreme deity beyond the Aeons, the Originator, would punish anyone, human or divine, for anything.
A Valentinian Exposition states explicitly what is often regarded as another key factor in Sophia's Luciferian hubris: she acted unilaterally, without a consort. Doing so, she defied the wish or will of the Originator "not to allow anything to happen in the Pleroma except by a syzygy" (passage 36, NHLE). Fine, that is clear enough. Where do Gnostic writings give any suggestion that the Originator would punish or expel any Aeon who did not abide by that principle, dyadic emanation? Nowhere. Absolutely nowhere.
At this point, the textual exegesis establishes a clear distinction between the FGS and the standard Lucifer mythologies, which all assume a factor of punishment, chastisement, expulsion, transgression. Such factors merely reveal the Judeo-Christian spin that has been given to the received materials that adumbrate the fall of the Wisdom Goddess.
5 Didymus the Blind : Sophia's "Fall"
Conventional legends about Lucifer always state that the "fallen angel" was "cast out of heaven." The Fallen Goddess scenario says that Sophia plunged due to her enthusiasm, enthumysis. Her bold, overweening passion for the human experiment caused her to become enmeshed in it. This point is unique to Gnostic cosmology and represents the singular element in the FGS that invites the empathy of humans. The power of that narrative convinces by its scope and its astonishing detail, but it compels by the call to empathy for the Wisdom Goddess. Thus it captures the minds and hearts of human animals in a way no other story can.
So what remains for textual evidence pertinent to the theme of Sophia's fall from heaven?
A book privately published by the Hermetic Library in Amsterdam, From Poimandres to Jacob Bohme: Gnosis, Hermetism, and the Christian Tradition (In de Pelikaan, 2000) cites an extremely rare source: the commentary of the Alexandrian theologian Didymus the Blind (ca. 313 - 398), in De Trinitate III, 42:
This is an extremely rare instance found in the skant surviving materials where the Aeon is actually, literally said to fall. I submit this passage as textual evidence for my rock-solid restoration of the Fallen Goddess Scenario.
Consider the syntax here, introducing the fall or betrayal meme, and stating that Sophia fell from inability to behold the splendour of the Originator. Well, that is one opinion, coming from a Christian theologican of the 4th Century. Was Sophia in consequence of pride repelled, rejected, consistent with the Luciferic theme? Can the Divine Source reject anything which it produces or manifests? And what does it mean to be repelled by divine splendor? Does this assumption not belie the spin of Judeo-Christian theology, attributing unworthiness, inferiority, and guilt to transactions among divine beings. and by extension, to humanity itself?
I argue that no Aeonic divinity was ever cast out of heaven for offending the supreme source, the Originator. Rumor has it that Lucifer was "cast down from heaven" and did a lot of evil things, presumably trying to prove he was equal to the highest god. (See ahead, Part 2 on the Nephilim.) This interpretation (common in the rumor mill) makes Lucifer an evil-doer who leads humans into sinful ways. But the Gnostic materials state explicitely that it is the archons and not Lucifer who did these evil things, or tried to do them, or claimed to have done them when they in fact did not.
In noe aspect of the implex, the Lucifer story covers and conceals the evil influence of the archons. Those today who propagate that story do not look at it critically and lack the gnostic intel to deconstruct or decode it, hence they cannot reach an interpretation that offers genuine insight on the true identity of the light-bearer. See how the implex grows: "when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad."
The citation above exemplifies one of dozens of examples that any responsible scholar has to find and scrutinize before pronouncing a view of Lucifer. Janice Barcelo (http://dl.gaiaspora.org/nl/Nousletter-13-Sept-14.mp3) and countless others fail to come close to such investigation, and do not even pretend to try.
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