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Having diabetes shouldn't prevent you from living a full and rich life. Certainly diabetes can pose its challenges but it shouldn't stop you from fulfilling your dreams and seeing the world. It may be tricky to find travel insurance that covers diabetes, but that's why we're here! After all having a pre-existing medical condition can be tiring, so going on holiday may be just what the doctor ordered!
Does travel insurance cover diabetes?
The general rule of thumb is that insurers do not cover conditions that already exist before your trip and many will require a medical evaluation before you are given the green light
However, most insurers do have a list of 30 (or so) conditions that they automatically cover (hurrah!), including illnesses such as diabetes, asthma and osteoporosis. Conditions do apply.
On the other certain some conditions will require a medical assessment before cover can be granted, which may cost you an additional premium. Lastly there are conditions that are commonly not covered at all such as cancer, mental illness and heart conditions.
It's also worth bearing in mind that insurance companies may view the risks around type 1 or type 2 diabetes differently. Your condition would thus be assessed based on the type of diabetes you have.
Common conditions of diabetes cover
To get automatic diabetes cover, the following conditions apply:
- You have not been diagnosed with Hypercholesterolaemia, Hypertension or a known cardiovascular disease
- You have no vascular, nerve, kidney, or eye complications
- You were diagnosed prior to a certain time period e.g. within the last 6-12 months
- You must be less than 50 years old
So who covers what?
The following table highlights which insurers automatically covers for diabetes, and/or whether a medical assessment is required before obtaining cover. Mouseover the ticks and crosses for more details on each.
|Type 1
|Type 2
|Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited
|American Express
|Chubb Insurance Australia Limited
|Budget Direct
|Auto & General
|Columbus Direct
|Fast Cover
|Kango Cover
|Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited
|Priceline Protects
|Chubb Insurance Australia Limited
|Southern Cross Travel Insurance
|Southern Cross
|Tick Travel Insurance
|Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited
|Traveller Insure
|Chubb Insurance Australia Limited
|Virgin Money
|Under 30
This information is provided as a general guide only. You should always refer to your PDS to determine whether the provider in question or policy is best for your circumstances.
I'm over 50 and I suffer from hypertension? What are my options?
Even if you are not automatically covered for diabetes, that doesn't mean you can't get cover at all, it just means that you're required to have a medical assessment before cover can be granted.
Additionally; you should be aware that medical cover is just one of the many benefits of travel insurance. There are plenty of additional circumstances in which travel insurance could prove to be very handy!
What if I can't find cover for my pre-existing condition?
Other reasons to buy travel insurance
Although your health is top priority there are other big factors that can make travel insurance an essential for all travellers!
Lost or stolen luggage: When you're dealing with illness, the last thing you need is the extra financial stress of a lost suitcase or stolen wallet. Travel insurance will cover you for any lost, stolen or damaged items, provided you look after them.
Cancellations and emergencies: Should your flight be delayed for more than 24 hours, your travel insurance provider will cover any costs you've accrued. You'll also be covered should you miss a flight due to any type of motor vehicle accident or natural disaster. It's best to buy travel insurance as soon as you book your holiday - that way if you have to cancel your trip for any unforeseen circumstance you'll be covered.
Rental car excess: Planning a bucket list road trip? Your travel insurance will usually cover rental car excess, so you can drive off into the sunset, worry free.
Personal liability: Your policy will cover you in the event that you are responsible for another person's injury. Most comprehensive policies will cover you for up to $2 million in personal liability fees.
Tips for travelling with diabetes:
Having a pre-existing condition shouldn't curb your thirst for travel, but it's sensible to be prepared should your condition flare up.....here's a few tips for safe and healthy traveling when you have diabetes.
- Being organised is the key to ensuring your diabetes is controlled while you're on holiday. Managing your diabetes and maintaining your insulin dosage during long flights is crucial. Being prepared and doing some research into the food options available on your trip can be helpful too. And leaving copies of your documentation to leave with loved ones at home can be a great idea in the event of an emergency.
- It's an unpleasant possibility but is advisable to have a written emergency plan in case complications occur. This should include a list of your emergency contacts, information about the medications you are on, your insulin delivery devices and information regarding the blood glucose measurement equipment you use. Any instructions required when using these items need to be with you at all times.
- Take a spare meter, enough medication, insulin and syringes for your entire trip plus a few days more. It can be difficult to find the right medications when travelling so stocking up on your supplies can take needless stress out of your travels.
- Have a check-up with your doctor so they can give you any relevant advice needed for your travel; for example, you may need to adjust the time you take your medication according to your destination's time zone. Ask your doctor for a letter detailing your condition and listing any medication your require for your trip.
- Ensure your airline knows you have diabetes when you book your trip so they can cater to your dietary and medical needs.
- Ensure you adequately store your insulin for the climate you are going to. Depending on where you're travelling you may require an insulated bag to places that are extremely hot or cold.
What's next?
Remember to always check the fine print before you purchase a policy. Don't simply assume that you're automatically covered by travel insurance. Check the fine print concerning pre-existing conditions and medical cover to ensure that any conditions related to your diabetes are covered.
Phew! Feeling informed? Once again, it's important to remember that having diabetes shouldn't deter you from taking that long awaited holiday!! Once you've compared travel insurance policies, spoken to your insurance provider and taken all the necessary precautions for your trip there's nothing left to do but focus on enjoying your trip. Have fun!
*Please note: the contents of this article were accurate at the time of writing. Insurer's change their policies from time to time, so some information may have changed. You should always read the product disclosure statement of your chosen insurer to understand what is covered and what isn't.


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Rwanda's US Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana is on her way to Sonoma State University to to give a talk titled "Rwanda 20 Years After Genocide" this coming Tuesday, March 25th, as part of the university's Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. "Genocide against the Tutsi" is the Constitutionally codified and legally enforced description in Rwanda, where it is a crime to say "Rwandan Genocide."
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Early indications suggest Costco's move from American Express to Visa cards has resulted in a significant surge in declines for subscription merchants. Costco's long-standing partnership with American Express came to an end this spring when Citi purchased the Costco-branded Amex card portfolio with intention of switching 11 million cards (10 percent of its global cards in force) to Citi Visa cards. Experts warned subscription merchants at the time to expect declines beginning on June 20, the date the companies agreed on for the switch to take place. According to one expert, decline rates on American Express cards are running from 11 to 16 percent yesterday and today, the first two days post-changeover, up from 1 percent last week.
Grant Olson, a Denver-based payments consultant with expertise in recurring billing who was watching decline data closely yesterday morning, said it appeared American Express may have flipped the switch at midnight on the West coast as a batch processed around 2:30 a.m. ET did not show increased Amex declines, but one he saw at around 6:30 a.m. ET showed the much higher decline rate. Olson said the effect will moderate as time passes, but subscription merchants can expect significantly higher decline rates than expected for some time because Costco Amex cards appear to account for a significant percentage of American Express transaction volume and instructions from Citi advised cardholders to wait until June 20 to update their automatic payments with the new card information.
Olson outlined several steps subscription merchants could take to moderate the impact of declines on their business in a May article on CardNotPresent.com including proactively notifying all American Express cardholders even though customers holding a Costco Amex might only account for a small percentage of their total American Express transactions. The decline data that came out yesterday may make that even more important advice.
"Some merchants did send out a more general reminder to all Amex cardholders and others decided not to," Olson said. "But, now that we understand the economics a little better, it might make more sense to take this step. A 5 percent additional decline rate on American Express cards is one business case versus a 15 percent decline rate."
Olson also noted that American Express is returning a generic processor decline code for the deactivated Costco cards. But, since the cards are truly dead, subscription merchants should treat generic declines as hard declines and not recycle these payments. That way, he said, customers will be notified immediately their payment was declined and know they need to provide their new Citi Visa card number to that merchant.


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Palm Beach County schools will get big money for small projects this fall as the county`s Education Foundation begins distributing mini-grants for the pet projects of classroom teachers.
The independent organization is putting up at least $25,000 for grants of up to $1,500 to teachers for special classroom projects, extra equipment or field trips, said Larry Lanier, executive director of the foundation.
The foundation is an independent agency formed by the School Board and representatives of area businesses a year ago to raise private funds to help public schools.
``We feel that this is one way that people will be able to see their dollars at work,`` said West Palm Beach architect James Anstis, chairman of the foundation`s board of directors.
Lanier said he hopes the mini-grant program eventually will total $50,000 a year.
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One of the foundation`s first acts was to conduct a survey in the county schools to determine their needs.
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Why History?
History courses don't simply introduce past eras of the world: they teach students to write, research, and argue effectively. History majors gain the skills for a wide range of successful careers, from teaching to law to environmental science to business management. Small classes, student camaraderie, internship opportunities, and faculty mentoring in the History Department create a stimulating and rewarding undergraduate experience.
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Graduates can also pursue a Masters Degree through our active and innovative Masters in History program, which includes an M.A. in History that can be pursued either face to face or online, with programs specializing in Public History and in Archives.
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Note: This post contains major spoilers for Max Payne 3.
When I first played through Max Payne 3's brutal single player campaign, the shocking depictions of violence are what stuck with me in the aftermath. Sometimes I'd be playing some relatively light-hearted fare like Rayman Origins, only to think back to Marcelo's immolation at the hands of the Cracha Preto, or the holes I'd pushed through some poor schmuck's face with my automatic pistol.
It was powerful. It was shocking. It hung around like trauma.
I loved the game because, and in spite of, these displays of gratuity. I can remember looking away from the TV when I thought someone's death was imminent, even Max's. Sure this meant I failed the odd quick time event, but it also meant I could sleep at night. It meant that I could stomach the tension of shootouts and close encounters with militiamen. It meant eventually seeing the impossible tidiness of Max's redemption.
Recently I've felt the urge to return to glitzy (and grimy) Sao Paolo, but that was effectively tempered by my unwillingness to pull the Xbox 360 out of storage and hook it up to an entertainment system which is at capacity (in terms of HDMI ports and shelf space). Thankfully, Steam came to the rescue with an unbelievable bargain: the game plus all downloadable content for a measly 8 US dollars.
It may have taken 3 days to download, but it was well worth the wait.
Despite my laptop struggling with the neon noir presentation (especially scene transitions) and the pin stripe of Max's suit, it's been a relatively smooth ride. Shootdodging against hordes of gang bangers occurred at a reasonable clip (just shy of what I assume to be 30 frames per second), my "rig" just can't handle the raw emotional power of Rockstar's scripted sequences. Voicework usually played out of sync with the rendered actors and my hardware approached alarming temperatures, but we got through in the end.
What was most surprising was just how well the action held up. I can remember complaining that I found the damage model (read: how you accrue damage) to be inconsistent, but this time around it felt just fine. I mean, you should go from dandy to deathbed after being hit with a sniper rifle or up close with a shotgun, shouldn't you. Also, since when have video games been known for realistic portrayals of pain thresholds in the human body? With a bit of patience, any combat situation is easily cleared - the only exceptions being 2 not-quite-boss fights in the penultimate chapter. If you take the time to search your surrounds and find a few bottles of painkillers, it's even more likely that you'll live to shoot your way through another day.
Back to the action, leaping through a dangerous battlefield in slow motion and peppering anything in your sight with precisely placed projectiles is still super cool. Pulling away from cover could be less awkward, but I'd be unreasonable for labelling that as anything other than a slight annoyance. It is bloody and gross fun perforating heads and body parts with a wide arsenal that covers everything from several variations of the modest pistol to the rocket launcher.
What really sets this slightly aged masterpiece apart from 2 years' worth of blockbusters is Health's original soundtrack that even makes a title screen sad enough to force your head between hands. The stirring string arrangements that punctuate the bullets and blood (and usually accompany the titular character drinking and drugging himself into a stupor) are, with hindsight, more haunting than any instance of gun violence. It lingers, playing through my head whenever anything fails to go to plan. The grimy, foreboding tracks that are played throughout the bullet ballet are just as -- for lack of a better word -- catchy, and I've had the album on regular rotation since I started downloading the game last week.
One interesting observation, particularly after having just started playing the Tomb Raider reboot, is that the game tends to fetishise death. I was almost glad to see the camera focus on Max's death mask and various angles of blood spatter after having been subjected to arguably erotic angles on Lara Croft's multiple and gruesome demises. Granted, Tomb Raider seems that little bit more uncomfortably preoccupied with the protagonist's agony in the throes of death, but at least now I can find an example of this treatment on a man.
While we're on the topic of problematic treatment of women in games, they exist only to be saved in Max Payne 3. I realise this ties in heavily with both the noir theme and the premise of the original, but even the strongest (and, if memory serves, only surviving) woman character is shown to have some serious flaws and has to be saved by the lead male. It could also be argued that Giovanna is the only woman to survive because she exhibits some positive behaviours and is thus worthy of saving.
So, two years on, Max Payne 3 is still very much worthy of your time. If 10 hours of bloody, bullet-riddled mayhem didn't sound appealing upon its release, it's not going to be any more attractive to you now. That being said, I again found myself falling for and with Max from failure to stomach-turningly grisly failure. If you're looking for a third person shooter with a compelling story and solid, cover-based shooting action, I can recommend this (again) without hesitation.


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Joined: Dec '08; Posts: 15; Likes: 8May 21, '09Hi! I am in my last semester of LPN at CACC and my clinicals have never changed yet. I know some ppl inmy class have had little changes in their schedule but I don't think anything major. Having children in school is very tough and double the stress...but you can do it! I have a 3 1/2 and 2 1/2 little boys and it has been tough....but you can do it!May 27, '09Well, I went to a different school, one that DID frequently (and on a whim) change out schedules, and I did it with 2 toddlers. It's hard. The best way I found to do kids and school was to have a core group of people that I could count on to help. My mom, my ex m-i-l, and a few friends. And I would pass around a schedule and get people to sign up for times. I would also call frantically to find help when things changed. It worked beautifully for the most part.
Nursing school is hard. Raising kids is hard. Together, whew! But it's doable. Plan ahead as best you can, be flexible, and be creative. Best of luck!Jun 3, '09Hey 2bnurselove08
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It's been almost two months since we first had the pleasure of Scarlet Briar's company, and since then she's turned out to be one pesky plant indeed! She's disrupted Queen Jennah's Jubilee ceremonies, taken control of her Watchknights and defeated thousands of Tyrian heroes in invasions across the whole of Tyria, as well as being revealed to have been behind many events surrounding the Molten Alliance and the Aetherblades prior to this. And each time we've come close to stopping her, she's disappeared into thin air. Fortunately, this last month has been favourable and her appearances have been limited, though experts reckon it's only been the eye of the storm.
So here we go again. Thanks to the fantastic folks at ArenaNet, we've had a chance to preview the first part of Twilight Arbor's new level 80 path involving Scarlet and her Aetherblades. Read on to find out what Scarlet's been up to since we last met her.
Scarlet: A History
Like all sylvari, Scarlet was born to Tyria through the Pale Tree. She awakened to the world as Ceara, not Scarlet Briar, and was not at that time bent on watching the world burn. Wishing to forge her own destiny, and not follow that which the Tree prescribed her, Ceara set out to study the world. Eight years in the Grove were followed by one winter with the norn blacksmith Beigarth and two years with a charr gladium named Asagai, studying metallurgy and firearms respectively. But this was not enough for Ceara – so she sought the city where geniuses reside: Rata Sum. Speeding through the colleges of Dynamics and Statistics, she impressed her asuran peers and came into the realm of Synergetics and the Eternal Alchemy. She formed ideas about the Eternal Alchemy that proved unpopular to the three colleges – Ceara thought that it could be mastered and not simply understood – and when she was caught meddling with designs in the city's archives after spending some time with the Inquest (whose ideas were much like Ceara's), she was forced out of Rata Sum.
Wandering through marshlands, she learned what she could of hylek alchemy, until one day, Omadd – her previous Synergetics headmaster – approached her with an opportunity: to see the Eternal Alchemy for herself in his latest experiment. Following months of preparations, Ceara entered Omadd's isolation chamber, removing all physical ties and letting her mind roam. There, she saw visions of Tyria, the Mists, her people and the Pale Tree. Believing this to be the Eternal Alchemy, she continued to delve deeper, until she heard a voice; the voice of the Pale Tree. Pleading her not to venture any further, she ignored the warning and continued further still. In these deep recesses, Ceara went mad. She saw herself as a thorned vine against the Tree, dangerous to those around her, and in that instant, joy surged through her.
Ceara emerged from Omadd's isolation chamber as Scarlet Briar. Red thorn vines encapsulated her hands, and with them she killed her former teacher.
This year, in 1326AE, the Dragon Bash Festival played host to a variety of fun activities intending to symbolise Tyria's resistance to the Elder Dragon threat. But it wasn't all fun and games; led by Captain Mai Trin, a group known as the Aetherblades assassinated Captain Theo Ashford in an attempt to ascend Mai Trin to the Captain's Council. Though the plot was thwarted, and Mai Trin was captured at the Aetherblade's base in Lion's Arch, this was not to be the end of the group. In reality, Scarlet Briar led the Aetherblades, with Mai Trin as her puppet. Downed but not defeated, Aetherblade activities subsided as they regrouped, ready to strike at the next celebration: Queen Jennah's Jubilee.
Here, Scarlet made her first public appearance. Taking control of Jennah's clockwork Watchknights, she disrupted the Opening Ceremony, but it was not until two weeks later, when Jennah was due to make her speech, that she would really get going. In an attempt to kidnap Jennah, Scarlet, her Aetherblades and her new clockwork monstrosities overtook the ceremony, kidnapped several key nobles – including Lord Faren – and turned the Gauntlet into her personal Playhouse. Once again, Scarlet was defeated by Tyria's finest, including Rox and Braham, but vanished once more before she could be apprehended. Not stopping there, Scarlet simultaneously organised invasions across the Tyrian continent, taking her army of Aetherblades, Molten Alliance (which she also lead) and Twisted Clockwork creatures to war against those who'd stand in her way. As before, she was beaten back but not apprehended, and so retreated to regroup her forces once more.
Now, Scarlet is back. Another Aetherblade base of operations has been uncovered amidst the flora of Twilight Arbor, and the Lionguard are out for revenge. Seeking justice for Theo Ashford's death, they plan to invade her base head-on, and need all the help they can get. Meanwhile, the sylvari Caithe also has an interest in what's happening inside Twilight Arbor. She's agreed to help where she can, but is ultimately there for her own purposes.
Neither the Lionguard or Caithe can do it alone; will you answer the call and discover what lurks within the shadows?
Changes in Twilight Arbor
Like with previous Living World releases, you'll be greeted with an in-game mail when you first login, inviting you to Twilight Arbor and explaining the current situation – which we've outlined in the above section. If you're a sylvari, the mail will be from Caithe herself, and if you're not then it'll be from Lionguard Deputy Turma.
Upon arriving at the dungeon with your party, you'll be greeted by a new hub when entering explorable mode. This new hub allows you to choose between the level 55 paths (of which there are now two, as the original forward/up path has been removed in favour of this new path) or the level 80 Aetherblade path. If you're following the level 55 paths, from here it'll be the same Twilight Arbor as you undoubtedly know and love, sans one path.
You'll also find Caithe and the Lionguard discussing the current situation. Rather than use a cinematic, the devs are playing with using more in-game conversations to convey what's happening around you, though there are still cinematics further into the dungeon – the encounter with Sparki and Slick, the first two bosses, being one example. Caithe will explain that her interests in being there revolve around Scarlet's acquisition of knowledge that could damage Caithe's reputation. She won't directly join you on your journey through the Aetherblade path, though will appear from time to time at key intervals.
Flamin' Oozes
The developers that worked on this new path contain those that worked on the Aetherblade Retreat and Molten Facility dungeons, and as such, the path is much more than "kill everything ASAP" all the time. Similarly to the Super Adventure Box, there's elements of learning a mechanic and then applying it throughout various stages of the dungeon with varying difficulties. One of these is the typical Volatile Blossoms found in every Twilight Arbor path – and the new one is no different. Another involves spiders spawning whenever you defeat an enemy in certain rooms, which you'll have to take care of before they overwhelm your party.
The first challenge/puzzle you'll encounter involves fire and oozes. Sparki and Slick, two of Scarlet's lieutenants, will set the room ablaze, leaving only two safe paths through. As if that wasn't bad enough, there's also no way out yet – the door on the other side is sealed shut – and lava elementals will continually spawn from the flames and attack your party. To progress, you'll have to put out the fire using the tools presented to you: hostile oozes, ooze pheremones and your team mates. Keep the lava elementals off your oozes, work together with your team and find a way to stop the flames and open the doors. (Hint: oozes don't like fire and prefer to arrive at their destination in pairs.)
Sparki and Slick
After managing your way through the ooze trial, you'll come across a forest where the Aetherblades are clearing out the wildlife for Scarlet's plans. After combating off these Aetherblades and continuing onwards, you'll come find a pack of nightmare pups fleeing away from the danger you're closing in on: Sparki and Slick. These bosses are introduced by Scarlet as an odd paring of an asura in Molton Alliance gear and a typical norn Aetherblade sidekick sporting an oil gun. Their first course of action? Take out the Volatile Blossoms that are abundant in their room purely because Sparki has no use for them.
The pheremones that were present during the ooze trial return during this fight either randomly spread over your team or picked up manually by plants in the corner of the room. Slick, as the name suggests, spreads out oil across the room with his weapon, and Sparki sets it ablaze. By luring the hostile oozes into the burning oil you'll prevent the toxicity level from reaching critical levels and dealing large amounts of damage over time. Should an ooze die, it'll release all of its captured toxicity into the room causing a massive debuff release.
Unlike the Molton Beserker and the Firestorm bosses of the Molten Facility who would not respawn after they died, Sparki and Slick will both return upon a party wipe, even if you defeat one of them. If you manage to take out Sparki first, Slick will start releasing more oil pools than before. Likewise, if Slick gets taken out first, Sparki will turn up the heath in the room similar to inside Fractals.
Defeating Sparki and Slick will reward you with a boss chest typical to most dungeons and open the way for you to enter the main facility.
5. Inside the Main Facility
Inside the first room of the main facility is as far as we were shown during the preview. The wild undergrowth of the Arbor gives way to cold metal and angry Aetherblades from here. Scarlet's holograms scatter the facility, keeping watch over her minions. Unlike those under the direct control of Mai Trin, these Aetherblades somewhat fear for their safety and want nothing to go wrong – else Scarlet's wrath come down upon them. It's worth noting here that the Aetherblades as a whole have received some changes to their balancing, reducing the amount of stuns they dish out and generally making them a little easier to kill. This change applies not only to all Aetherblades in the dungeon, but every Aetherblade you'll encounter in the open world too.
Introduced in the first room is a new mechanic: the Holopirate Generator. Using stolen technology from the Dragon Bash holographic generators, these things spew out holographic pirates that explode on impact with players. The Generator itself can't be harmed by traditional means due to its shielding, so putting exploding pirates and a shield that needs to come down together, you should be able to guess how to deal with this one…
6. Rewards
Like with every Living World release, Twilight Assault comes with its own meta achievement category. This contains only one achievement that tracks your progress with another achievement track: the permanent Twilight Arbor Aetherpath category. Completion of the Twilight Assault achievement will reward a Slickpack back item, identical to the one Slick wears. Similarly, completion of the Twilight Arbor Aetherpath category will reward a Mini Clockheart – a miniature of the final boss of this path.
Throughout the dungeon (and as random drops from areas in the Maguuma Jungle) you'll be able to collect Aether Key Pieces. Combining five of these together will create an Aether Key, which will allow you to unlock optional chests at the end of the final boss in this path. There are five optional objectives that can be completed by a single player, at the end of which can be found five of the chests unlocked with an Aether Key. The objectives include helping the Lionguard clearing up and helping Caithe complete her personal reason for being there.
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Who she is: An Irish model and muse from the 19th century who was known for getting involved with the artists she posed for.
Why she's scandalous: It was scandalous enough at the time that Joanna was an unmarried artists' model for her boyfriend, American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler. But the real shocker came when she started modeling for (and having an affair with) Whistler's friend, French painter Gustave Courbet. It is also strongly believed that Hiffernan is the model for Courbet's controversial "L'Origine du monde."
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Who she is: Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts, Luisa Casati Stampa di Soncino, Marchesa di Roma captivated Europeans for decades and has since inspired painters, authors, fashion designers and moviemakers with her eccentric lifestyle.
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Who she is: An 11th century Anglo-Saxon noblewomen known for her legendary naked horseback ride.
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Who she is: Evelyn Nesbit was an artists' model, chorus girl, and Gibson Girl immortalized in E. L. Doctorow's historical fiction novel, Ragtime.
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Who she is: Parisian socialite and artists' model, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau was the model for John Singer Sargent's painting "Portrait of Madame X."
Why she's scandalous: Known for her avant-garde style and numerous affairs, Madame Pierre Gautreau gained notoriety from Sargent's painting, but not in the manner she had hoped. Originally, the right shoulder strap was hanging off the shoulder, and the combination of this and the "erotic" suggestion of her dress, pale skin and pose caused viewers to be shocked and Gautreau to retreat from the public's eye.
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Who she is: An American actress, playwright, and screenwriter who got her start in Vaudeville before becoming a movie star and comedian in Hollywood.
Why she's scandalous: As a writer, many of Mae West's screenplays were heavily censored, like her film Belle of the Nineties that was originally titled It Ain't No Sin. The controversial sex symbol was also known for her double entendres, like: "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
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Who she is: An American dancer who brought the world modern dance.
Why she's scandalous: Isadora bucked tradition in her tragically short life, being bisexual, possibly Communist, bearing children out of wedlock, and marrying a Russian poet 18 years younger than herself.
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Who she is: During the early 20th century, Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel was an Austrian socialite, muse, and composer who married and had affairs with prominent men in society.
Why she's scandalous: At 17, Alma had a fling with famous painter Gustav Klimt, who was 35 at the time. While she had various affairs over the years, her most notable was with painter and playwright Oskar Kokoschka. After she refused to marry him, he commissioned a life-sized sex doll in her likeness!
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For one thing, it was held in my home province of New Brunswick — and there are few places whose beauty can rival that of the Maritime provinces in their fall colours. But more importantly, the meeting brought together lawyers and law professors to talk about our shared challenges. Full marks for this go to the Federation, for they invited law school folk from across the country. We included deans, professors, librarians and clinicians, and we represented civilian, common law and aboriginal traditions. For its part, the profession was represented by benchers, former benchers and executive directors and law society staff. Together, we talked through a broad range of issues, including two things that are top of mind for every Canadian law dean today — our responses to the calls to action in the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the place of experiential learning in the curriculum. The atmosphere could not have been more positive or good-humoured. In one session, for example, professors and benchers staged a mock panel in which they caricatured each other's perspective on the bar and academy. As any Maritimer will tell you, the surest way to knock down social walls is to eat a lobster dinner together, which, thanks to the generosity of the Law Society of New Brunswick, we did. So conversation flowed freely. Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada Paul Schabas even joked with me about my last column — which was extremely gracious of him, as I had been more than a little pointed in my criticism of the LSUC's recommendation (since reversed) to abolish the Legal Practice Program. It really was a wonderful step forward. But now the question is how to turn the goodwill we all shared into a momentum for evolution. No one who was there could have left thinking change is not necessary — or that we won't be stronger together than we are apart. But how do we do it? How do we together change an exciting two days into the basis of a real cultural shift? How do we move away from the two solitudes metaphor to being more like Stephen Leacock's Mariposa?The issues we talked about in New Brunswick were real and thorny. But they touched only the tip of the iceberg. Think about what is facing us: the calls to action, the future of articling — or if not articling, what to have in its place — the impact of technology on legal practice, the access to justice imperative, the experience of racialized members of the profession, mental health among lawyers and law students and so on and so on. As always, history gives us a hint of what not to do. In October of 1985, the law societies and the law deans jointly held a conference on the future of legal education in Winnipeg. In some circles, it came to be known as the "Yachetti Conference," after Roger Yachetti, the co-chair from the profession's side. Yachetti was an inspired choice of organizer, for even though he was (and remains to this day) in private practice, he had a scholarly bent. (One of his proudest accomplishments, for instance, is that he was Ivan Rand's last Gold Medallist at Western, in 1964.) If you look at the papers from the Yachetti Conference, you'll form an impression of something that must have felt quite like the New Brunswick meeting. The things suggested were way ahead of their time (have a look: they were published in 1987, under the title Legal Education in Canada, Matas and McCawley, eds). But if you look at actual influence on what was to come next, bupkis. Like so many other learned conferences, it left no visible imprint on either the profession or the law schools, except maybe in an odd classroom here and there. So, whatever we do, let's agree that we mustn't emulate the experience of 1985. What we're doing on the Prairies — and I'm proud to say that we actually started this a couple of years ago — is holding joint meetings of the law schools, the law societies and the bar admission program deliverers. I can't say that we've yet seen a ton of substantive change stemming from them. But what we have seen is exactly what we saw on wonderful display in New Brunswick — an acknowledgment that almost all of our problems are shared problems, and that in our professional world — which seems to be turning faster and faster — we'll ultimately either sink or swim together.


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Jason Bateman Is Slowly Turning Into Howie Mandel
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"Forty's OK, it's a little bit different. I mean, I feel young and I look young, but I'm becoming very afraid of my mortality because I'm pretty much halfway to death. If I live to 90, then yeah, I'm pretty much halfway to death. I've become more aware of germs ... I have no choice but to walk on these footprints in my socks and they absorb my perspiration and this guy's perspiration and I can't walk around it (footprints) because it's such a small, narrow area. I can't do it anymore. I smell the thousands of people who had gone before me. I made the mistake of looking down on the floor and seeing the condensation footsteps." —Jason Bateman seems to have developed a slight case of OCD after turning 40 [Female First]
"My mom wasn't too sure about me being an actor at first. She said, 'Okay, but if you haven't had the break after a few years, you have to be able to pull out.' I couldn't call her in five years' time and say, 'Could you pay my rent?' Three months before I got The Office, I was on the phone to her, saying I was thinking of getting out because my friends were doing well and I was going nowhere. She said, 'Never base it on your friends. Give it another shot.'" —John Krasinski [Contact Music]
"I have decided that 'nice' can ruin a movie. A nice theme about something nice with people being nice towards one another is just fucking boring. But why is 'nice' so unattractive within the world of film? Because there's no conflict, and movies thrive on conflict and contrast. I must add that I've only been sitting on this theory for two hours." —Guy Ritchie has been thinking for two hours about contemporary film [Female First]
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Installed CS5 last week, on a Mac Book Pro OSX10.6, also with CS3 installed (Master collection) installed. Thought I'd try to get up to speed but when I try to access the AE help files, I get a message that says: Adobe AIR: The installation of this application is damaged. Try re-installing or contacting the publisher for assistance. The same error occurs whatever help feature I try to launch.
I don't really know what AIR is, or what the error means - do I need to re-install Air to read able to access the help files, or the whole of CS5 master collection (I really don't want to do this...). I've tried running the installer for CS5 to find the help app but it's not listed as a separate application. I've updated my installation of AIR, whatever this is, but it doesn't help either.
Hope someone can shed some light, thanks - Chris
Update - I just tried deleting & reinstalling a CS5 package, OnLocation - this didn't help. I also tried downloading another Air app, this ran fine, it's only adobe air apps that appear to be affected.
I gave an overview of the ways that you can use the Help document and avoid the AIR application on this thread on the Premiere Pro forum:
On that thread, I also urge people to give feedback on the Community Help Client forum. This AIR application that's causing you problems is something that is included with all of the applications, not just After Effects, and the people who can help you with that application are on the Community Help Client forum. Just check out that link to the Premiere Pro forum thread for more information.
Thanks for that Todd, very helpful I've downloaded the pdf for now, I'll drop by the other forum you mention.
Cheers - Chris