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My name is Denise. I am mum to a 17 year old son who was diagnosed at 16 as being high functioning on the autistic spectrum.
It would be lovely to make some on line friends to share the highs, joys and not so highs of ASD.
Hi my name is Lisa and my son was diagnosed with Asd and social anxiety last year, he is 16.
It's been a struggle to get the diagnosis but finally after 12 years of fighting for my son we got there.
Hi, my daughter is 16 and was diagnosed in August 2017. I would be interested to know how, like my daughter, your child got to 16 without us noticing it. It's easy retrospectively to see the traits but how did I miss it! Also I interested how you cope with the apparent stubbornness. How the neck do you get someone with high functioning autism to change their mind or realise that there could possibly be another point of view. I'm getting nowhere with this!
Hi Eleanor. My son's struggles with intereaction was picked up many years ago. The first referral we had was at age 5 when his Primary 1 teacher thought that he may have a hearing problem. We went through a few referrals and appointments from speech and language therapy to CAMHS. He had a full assessment for ASD at about 7 or 8 but the determination at that time was that although he showed ASD traits, they were insufficiently pronounced for a diagnosis. We didn't pursue it at the time as he was attending an amazingly supportive primary and went on to an equally supportive high school, that he getting all of the support that he would have had if he was diagnosed.
It was just when he was approaching what we felt was his last year of school that there seemed to be a reason to go back for a reassessment.
On the stubbornness issue, I have learned to pick my battles, be patient (which I admit I find difficult), and if practical, don't expect to be successful the first time or even the second but if something is important, I persist. I also give him time to go away (often out for a run) to think over what I have said and come back with a reason why he thinks he is right or to agree to my way of thinking. It is not easy though, is it!
Do you ever wonder what is ASD and what is just being a teenager ?!
Hi Lisa, sorry to hear that you have had a battle but good to feel that you are coming out of the other end. I am lucky that his school years have been wonderfully supported but I am floundering a bit now that he has left school.
Yes I do wonder what is ASD and what is being a teenager but I am still at the stage of analysing her behaviour retrospectively as we had no idea she had ASD until she developed anorexia 2 years ago. I can see so many ASD traits in her early childhood now but I think it went unnoticed because we are all a bit quirky and I come from a very 'why's family. I can see that my son also exhibits 19 year old son also exhibits ASD traits too and he is on the waiting list for the ADOS test. However, I'm not so sure about him as he is the most laid back teenager I've ever known and has no mental health issues.......... My husband on the other hand!
Bizarrely her ASD traits seem to have become more pronounced since she's been diagnosed or maybe I'm noticing them more. For instance she had just reorganised her clothes in her wardrobe in colour order and has today returned a letter to one of her mental health team with all the spelling and grammar corrected in red. The biggest and most worrying difficulty we are facing is convincing her that the weight she is now is not healthy. Until there are physical symptoms she will not believe there is anything wrong with her and we can't wait for that to happen. We are all wrong she is right in her opinion and nothing will shift that thought at the moment despite 9 weeks in a children's medical ward and 14 months in a CAMHS inpatient unit to which she was readmitted last Wednesday. We'll get through somehow but it's an awful battle at the moment.


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What is a rental deposit and what do I need to bear in mind?
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Refuse to supply the rental deposit by paying the sum into the owner's account or by giving it to him in cash. In the interest of both parties, it is preferable to pay it into the bank in the form of a blocked savings account in your name. To release the funds, your signature and that of the owner are compulsory.
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|Top untucked, maybe you can see a glimpse of the shaped sides.
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There was no time to make a skirt, so I thrifted this one because it seemed to fit the celebratory mood. It was £3. It's out of my comfort zone in both style and colour, I try to make or thrift stuff that works with most of what I already have, and red and white stripes on my bottom half are realistically never going to be a staple. But I really did have a fun day and I can always make something else from it if I never wear it again!
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The top pattern has been added to my short list of TNT's. I didn't progress my sewing skills much making this top, but I am aiming to make clothes I can wear everyday that make me happy, and this simple pattern scores on both those accounts.
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Thank you to my youngest daughter for patiently taking my picture. I rely on my family members to take photos for my blog, so thank you all again and particularly to my daughters to whom the task tends to fall!
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The first water station doubles up as 1&4, with 2 and 3 spread out across the course. Please discard empty bottles and caps into the kerb. Avoid discarding into roadside vegetation and through Saltram Estate.
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July 30, 2013
Join Parkway rangers on Thursday, August 8th at 7:00pm for an easy evening stroll on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail near Asheville to learn how human encroachment impacts animals that make their homes in underground burrows, rock crevices, and tree cavities. read more
July 23, 2013
After decades of research and work archaeologists David Moore, Robin Beck and Christopher Rodning have discovered the remains of a Spanish fort outside of Morganton, NC. The discovery makes Western North Carolina home to the oldest European fort in the interior of the United States. To learn more read this press release from the University of Michigan. Also check out this article from the NY Times.
The remains of the earliest European fort in the interior of what is now the United States have been discovered by a team of archaeologists, providing new insight into the start of the U.S. colonial era and the all-too-human reasons spoiling Spanish dreams of gold and glory. read more
July 16, 2013
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July 09, 2013
The North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, has launched it's new website, VistNC.com. Serving as a travel guide, the new site offers visitors and residents alike access to information on all that there is to do and see in North Carolina. Check it out today and plan your adventure! read more
July 09, 2013
The Grove Park Inn invites the public to join the celebration of its' 100th anniversary Friday, July 12, 2013. Events will be held throughout the day from 10 AM to 10 PM. read more
June 28, 2013
On Monday, July 1, Dupont State Forest will celebrate the opening of the Aleen Steinberg Welcome Center and the Hooker Falls pedestrian bridge. The event will begin at 11 AM with remarks from Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and State Transportation Secretary Tony Tata. read more
June 21, 2013
Poaching appears to be the culprit in the U.S. Forest Service decision Thursday to severely restrict wild ginseng harvesting in the state's largest national forests. read more
June 20, 2013
The Waynesville Gallery Association is excited to present Art After Dark, from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 5th. The season is in full swing, making it a perfect time to step out and enjoy a stroll through Waynesville's working studios and galleries. Festive Art After Dark flags denote participating galleries, such as Haywood County Arts Council's Gallery 86, Earthworks, Cedar Hill Studio, Jeweler's Workbench, Twigs and Leaves Gallery, TPennington Art Gallery, Main Street Artist's Co-op, Grace Cathey Sculpture Garden and Gallery, and the Village Framer. Visit our website at www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com. read more
June 19, 2013
The Blue Ridge National Heritage are would like to thank all those who attended and helped support the "Kiss Me, Kate" fundraiser at the Asheville Community Theater. Tickets were generously provided by Charlotte Street Computers of Asheville, NC. There was a great turn out and the performance was outstanding. Thanks again to Charlotte Street Computers for your community minded gift. read more
June 19, 2013
The Civil War is so much more than the battles. It affected all aspects of life, especially the music and fashion of the time, in many different ways. Please join historians Michael Hardy, Elizabeth Hardy and Amanda Ledford at the Gov. Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace, as they present in-depth lectures on the social element of music and fashion during the American Civil War on Saturday, June 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. read more


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by John Bach
University of Cincinnati professor Amit Raturi was feeling personally attacked.
It was fall 2008. The economic bubble had just burst, and America was really in the mood to spread the blame. The biggest helping had already been heaped onto Wall Street, the banks and political types.
Still, there was plenty more culpability to go around, and it wasn't long before the national media set their sights on the B-schools. The arrows began to rain down on the so-called "ivory towers" that were churning out MBAs who, as one pundit alleged, "treat ethics as an afterthought."
Convinced it would take more than just words to defend themselves, Raturi, a 26-year UC professor, and his colleagues in the Lindner College of Business went to work on their own economic stimulus for Cincinnati -- and entirely pro bono.
"The economy had gone into the tank," says Raturi. "Our intention was to do something to show that business schools were not the main culprit of this disaster. But really, we just wanted to help people who were in trouble. As a college, we needed to make a statement that we care."
Motivated by startling job losses both nationally and locally -- upward of 100,000 in Greater Cincinnati -- Raturi and his contemporaries in the college began to brainstorm ways they could help the throng of hurting displaced professionals, many of them job hunting for the first time in decades. They landed on a program they called "Back to Business."
Started four years and six sessions ago, the concept for the program is fairly simple. Professors donate instruction every Friday and Saturday so participants can wrap up an intense, but free, business refresher in a little more than a month. The 16 four-hour sessions -- most of them hosted at an executive center in Blue Ash, northeast of Cincinnati -- cover topics ranging from analytics and human resources to marketing and social entrepreneurship. The mini-course is designed to equip participants -- who average 18 years of professional experience -- with a new or refreshed set of business skills and a renewed confidence to re-enter the job market.
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A career newspaper man, Bill Ferguson lost his job as a page-one editor with the Cincinnati Enquirer in July 2009. He was one of 101 who got pink slips from the Enquirer that day. Though he had 26 years of experience working for Gannett, the Enquirer's parent company, he found himself among thousands in the media who have fallen victim to both a poor economy and a changing industry in recent years.
"At first you are kind of stunned," Ferguson says. "Some people felt like they had a scarlet letter attached to them because they had been laid off. But I realized with millions being laid off, I was just one of those numbers."
Job-hunting at age 50, he admits, is difficult, especially when openings get flooded with 100 to 400 resumes.
"I was so focused on my career at the Enquirer all those years, I just didn't have time to network," he says. "I was focused on getting a great newspaper out to readers every day."
Back to Business, however, helped him get reacquainted with networking and move beyond his natural tendency toward introversion.
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DATE: Thursday, November 5
TIME: 7:00 - 8:45 pm
PLACE: Satow Room, Lerner Hall
Cosponsored by: Club Zamana, Ahimsa, Awaaz, MSA, SAJA
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A government forecast has shown aid spending to third world countries will be higher than defence expenditure in less than two decades, as the Prime Minister seems to have lost enthusiasm for a military spending treaty he signed and championed only last year.
In an age where foreign aid spending has become one of the few areas of 'ring-fenced' government spending areas, the House of Commons library has shown British spending on foreign nations will exceed the defence budget by 2030. The revelation has come amid a persistent failure by the Prime Minister to commit himself and the government to defence spending, even at a level as low as the two percent of GDP required of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
At a major Cardiff NATO summit in 2014, David Cameron was party to the Wales Summit Declaration, in which signatories were required to not allow their defence spending to drop between the treaty-mandated level of two percent. The Prime Minister even chided other NATO members for not hitting the target in his end of summit speech.
Although this level of spending has always been a requirement of NATO membership, it has never been an ambition realised, and since the end of the Cold War the situation has deteriorated.
Only four NATO members actually hit the level required, which may fall to just one – the United States – if present trends continue. A European think-tank recently suggested that British defence spending as a percentage of GDP could fall to as low as 1.8 percent after this years election. By way of comparison, Russia will increase its defence spending over the next year alone.
While the decline is being apparently managed by the government, individual Conservative members of parliament and grass-root activists are furious with the neglect of the defence budget. The Daily Telegraph reports the remarks of Conservative MP John Barron who said of the coming cuts: "The fact that DFID spending could one day match defence spending illustrates the folly of ring-fencing departmental budgets.
"We should never forget that the first duty of Government remains the defence of the realm. In a world where many countries not necessarily friendly to the west are re-arming and becoming more assertive, we should instead be spending more on our Armed Forces."
This is not the first time the Government's commitments to foreign aid spending has come under fire from critics. Britain's aid to former Dominion India has long been a key point of contention between the government, India, and the British public, considering India's own significant defence budget and space programme.
As Breitbart London reported last week, India received £1.8 billion from the UK over the past eight years in aid payments, a move which presented against a background of India spending over £5 billion on a programme of nuclear submarine building has been called "embarrassing". The government has finally announced the payment of aid to India will cease – with the money being sent to other foreign countries instead.


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In order to bring awareness to anything, one must first understand what it is and what its not. So what exactly is autism? According to the site Autism Speaks, Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) refers to conditions characterized by things such as challenges with social skills, speech and Non-Verbal Communication and Repetitive Behaviors. Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Rett's Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder are all housed under the umbrella or complex puzzle we have come to know as Autism. The Autism Awareness ribbon puzzle pattern represents the complexity of the autism spectrum. The colors and shapes represent the diversity of those living with and affected by the condition.
We feel it's important to bring more awareness to this developmental disorder because of the disproportionate rates it affects the black community. Lets be clear, Autism effects every, race gender and creed, but it's our black boys and girls who receive less then adequate care and miss or late diagnosis. We find that organizations tailored specifically for us such as The Color of Autism Foundation, who's mission is to provide support and resources for those individuals and families affected by autism and are particularly devoted to empowering African American families in the process. The earlier the intervention and access to health services and resources, the better the quality of life can and will be for those who suffer from the disorder.
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Runtime: 89 min
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Detective
Country: US, UK
Year: 2008
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Harold Pinter, Michael Caine, Jude Law, Carmel O'Sullivan
In the villa to the famous author of detective stories Andrew Wyke actor Milo comes with an unusual request. He asks for a divorce to his wife Megi. They're young and they love each other. The writer knows about the affair his wife and actor, but does not intend to just let it go. In response, the writer makes it even more adventurous proposal: quid pro quo. Sir Andrew asks steal his jewels in order to ensure a comfortable existence of his wife. She was accustomed to luxury, and Sir Andrew promised to take care of her. In addition, the country's inflation and the writer himself in need of money. Diamonds are insured. According to the conditions of insurance for six months they are in the bank, and six months in home safe. And good luck right now they are together with the documents in a safe home. Safe securely hidden from prying eyes. The cunning plan involves staging the kidnapping of diamonds and with insurance fraud. After the sale of jewelry Milo gets 800 thousand pounds sterling, and the writer million of insurance. Lover agrees that kind of money it is no superfluous. The plan is designed to trifles, to be discussed all the details. All spotless. To look significantly robbery need to pass all the way from the entrance to the house safe. But can be partners rivals and enemies? The game begins. And it turns out that each of them has its purpose. Who will win - the youth and artistry or calculating mind and experience? With TK-Movie.com you can download Sleuth free movie in HD quality.


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If you attended the refugee rights protest in Portland last year, you may have seen A., my elder kid. This morning we got into a conversation occasioned by her looking at a magazine article about neonicotinoids:
"What is a neon-ick-ot-in-oid?"
"It's a kind of pesticide that's also poisonous to bees."
"That's horrible! We should just build a big wall around it."
"Well, some people are trying to get them banned. It doesn't make much sense, killing the bugs that eat your plants but also killing the ones that pollinate them."
"We should tell the workers in the factories that make the neonicotinoids what they're doing to the bees and then they'll go on strike and tell the bosses of the factory that they don't want to make something so poisonous any more."
"That would be a very effective way of stopping it. Unfortunately, it's not what's happening."
"What is happening?"
"When people try to ban them in a town or a city or a state, the company bosses spend a lot of money to lie and say, 'Oh, we don't really know it's hurting the bees. It's not fair to pick on us and ban our chemical.' And the workers in the factory either don't know, or they're so desperate for jobs that they keep working there."
"That's horrible. There should be new jobs for those workers with good conditions that are clean and organic and don't make things that destroy the earth."
"I agree. It's probably not safe working in a chemical factory. There are probably lots of poisonous chemicals that are bad for people as well as bees."
"Which would be a better job, African Elephant biologist [her current career choice] or factory worker?"
"Probably biologist."
"Yeah, factory worker is a very difficult job. Especially a long time ago when there was child labor."
"There is still child labor in some countries."
"There is? That's horrible! We should get rid of it all over the world! I'm going to make a protest sign!"
"Sounds like a good idea."
"What should I make it about, neonicotinoids or child labor?"
"They're both pretty important issues."
"Which is more widespread?"
"They're both pretty widespread."
"Well, maybe I can identify more with child labor since I'm a child."
"You're also a person who eats foods that bees pollinate."
Ultimately, unable to decide, she went with a different issue entirely, homelessness. Putting the web address for the Socialist Caucus of Maine on the bottom of the sign was her idea, not mine.
Text reads: "Give homeless people a home! Some people do not share your good fortune! MAKE HOUSES FREE!"
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Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has taken aim at cyberbullies who criticised her looks and her Spanish grammar after she shared the first snap of herself on the cover of People en Espanol magazine.
The Golden Globe winner graces the front of the new issue, and posted the cover photo on her Instagram.com page last week (ends09Aug15).
She wrote a caption in English and Spanish, thanking editors at the publication for making her their cover girl, but Rodriguez, who was born in the U.S. to Puerto Rican immigrants and grew up speaking both languages, received a backlash over her grammatical errors as well as her looks.
Rodriguez later responded to the cyberbullies by posting another picture from the photo shoot with a message urging Internet users to stop the negativity.
She wrote, "You know what saddens my heart, is when you try and celebrate an accomplishment... and no matter what, someone... has something negative to say. Whether it was from the way my toes curled under to the way I typed my Spanish...
"When did we decide social media was for hating, for putting others down rather than lifting them up. I refuse to participate in that kind of world. Before you write a comment today on anyone's picture or anyone's page ask yourself would you want others to say that about yourself? What am I getting out of being mean to another person I have never met?... Yesterday I shared my joy for the cover of People en Espanol and I was blown away at the immediate hate projected on my page. My question to you today is this, do you know the power you have in this world and do you desire to use it for good? I do. #NoToKeyboardCourage".


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I have been teaching in addition to learning about teaching for over 40 years. As an elementary public school teacher and administrator, the most important part of my job was to keep my students safe, help them learn how to learn using their own particular learning style, and to encourage them to think, question, and discover on their own. I still consider those jobs to be the most important as I teach in the K-6 Program in our Leadership and Teacher Education Department. There are very few absolute answers in life. There are an infinite number of questions. Helping students find those answers is essential to what I do for every student as they prepare for classrooms of their own.
I am currently working on my Doctor of Education degree from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. My dissertation topic is focused on public school students' Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. In addition to this, my research interests are in the areas of leadership and supervision, teaching and management strategies, and curriculum planning.
My position as a student teacher supervisor allows me to visit in dozens of our public schools in Mobile County. As a representative of the USA College of Education, I want to let all of our public school community know the excellent training our teachers have when they leave our program and to recruit and encourage current and future teachers in our public schools to consider USA as their university of choice. In addition, I serve on department committees involved in community organizations, volunteer for programs sponsored by USA in non-profit organizations, and represent Alabama in the Mid-South Education Research Association.
I began teaching in 1970 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My first job was in a tiny rural school district in Georgia, which opened my eyes to a world I was totally unfamiliar with. In the years since, I have learned that while the world around us may look different, the children we teach are the same as they develop physically, socially, and emotionally regardless of who they are or where they live. I have had the wonderful opportunity to teach and be an elementary principal in North Carolina, where I also participated in travel abroad with groups of teachers from all over the world. In addition to traditional schools, my role as principal of two public Montessori elementary schools opened my eyes to all of the possibilities for different ways of teaching and learning. These experiences helped me to grow personally and professionally and know that at some point in my career, I would find the right place to share that knowledge and those experiences. I have found that place at USA where, since 2004, I have had the pleasure of teaching in the College of Education, Department of Leadership and Teacher Education. The students in my pre-candidacy classes in our K-6 Program have challenged me to continue learning and developing my own skills as a teacher and learner. Working with outstanding scholars and researchers in their own fields of education inspires me every day and encourages me to never stop learning.
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The first thing I like about this product is the color of the polish, it is a beautiful plum color with flecks of glitter that are multiple colors. The second thing that I like is the magnet that comes with it, just because the magnet is made in a way that allows you to be able to rest it on your finger with out touching the polish. I have shaky hands so this is great for me.
Some things that I noticed when using this product is you have to be extra careful not to move the magnet once you have it over your nail, because if you do it will totally ruin the effect. I also noticed that once the polish was dry it felt rough and looked like it had bubbles in it, which I know will happen if you shake the bottle up too much before you use it, but in this case I did not shake it all before I used it. One finally thing that I noticed was that when you apply a topcoat it seems to make the 'lines', that were formed by the magnet, become smudged to the point where you can't really make out the design.
I am still on the fence about this product, because sometimes when I use it, it looks okay and other times it just looks a hot mess. I'm finding that magnetic polishes are challenging for me to work with. I do recommend that if you use any type of magnetic polish that you follow the instructions to the letter. The instructions seem to differ with each brand.
Below I have some swatches of the Sinfully Magnetic polish as well as a couple of swatches of the other magnetic polish I've tried, which is Magnetique Magnetic nail polish, also available at Rite Aid for $4.99. I took pictures of just the polish alone, then also with a top coat. I used the magnet that came with the Magnetique polish on some of the swatches and it seemed to work better than the magnet that came with the Sinfully Magnetic polish.
Finally thoughts on this are, it seems like I had better luck using the magnet that came with the other brand. It created, in my opinion, more defined lines and did not smudge once I applied my top coat.
Have you tried a magnetic polish? Did it work well for you? What are some tips that you have for using magnetic polish?
Polish only using Sinfully Magnetic magnet
After applying top coat. See how much it changed the design?
A look at the Magnet
First swatch is 2 coats of Sinfully Magnetic ( I hit it with the magnet), second is one coat of Sinfully Magnetic and third is two coats of Magnetique Polish
These are after I applied the top coat. When using the magnet that came with the Magnetique the design did not seem to smudge after applying a top coat.


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SMG is expected to announce this week it is selling The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times to US company Gannett for £215m.
It will mean two Glaswegians, Jim Brown and Paul Davidson, non-executive chairman and executive chairman respectively of Newsquest Media, Gannett's British subsidiary, taking over their hometown papers.
It will also mean Newsquest, bought by Gannett in 1999, will be running national newspapers for the first time, although it has regional dailies such as the Northern Echo and The Argus, Brighton.
It was Gannett's surprise £5m raised offer that made it the preferred bidder in a long battle at the end of last week, with Independent News & Media, together with Providence Equity, out of the running.
Determined not to be the bridesmaid once again – Gannett narrowly lost out on buying Regional Independent Media and the Belfast Telegraph Group – Newsquest made a bold move.
It was unlike its normal, canny approach to acquisitions, which is based on never paying over the odds. Insiders suspect Gannett was pushing its UK company for more expansion.
But in this case, that move is likely to have brought it a rich prize — SMG titles made around £17m this year.
Along with finance director John Pfeil, Brown and Davidson have made a formidable buyout team. After completing their own management buyout of Reed regional newspaper titles and forming Newsquest, they led regional consolidation by acquiring Westminster Press and Newscom, among other companies.
Competition minister Melanie Johnson has already referred Gannett's desired purchase to the Competition Commission. It will look at whether the proposed transfers will operate against the public interest, looking at the need for accurate presentation of news and free expression of opinion.
The application falls under mandatory reference provisions but the referral is not expected to meet with any obstacles since Newsquest owns no Scottish newspapers.
The commission will report by 10 March 2003.
Independent News & Media, preferred by SMG's journalists for its hands-off approach to editorial, had been anxious to meet editors and discuss the company's vision. Newsquest had not made a similar request.
Both the journalists and Scottish politicians are anxious to know what Newsquest intends to do with the newspapers. SMG has invested a lot of money in the titles, building a state-of-the-art press and backing the launch and development of the three-year-old Sunday Herald with £7m, attaching value to the titles' content.
Newsquest is the second-largest regional newspaper publisher in the UK, with 315 titles.
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Time for a little check in, a little update, a little chit chat if you will!
The most frustrating thing about a diet is when you step on the scales and see that you haven't lost as much as you thought you would have done. This is me - I weighed myself on the day I started this diet (which is around 2 weeks ago now), and I have re-weighed myself and I have not budged anything. Nothing. Nada.
I have spoken to a lot of people about it, and everyone had reassured me that the weight will come off soon. It's just very disheartening to read the scales and them not be any different. Before this diet I would snack on crisps and chocolate every day in between meals, which is something I have cut out completely - I'm sticking to having just three meals a day, and if I do get hungry eating a piece of fruit.
Another thing is what I am eating for my meals. Like last week's update said, I eat a bigger breakfast, have something small for lunch, and then finish the day with chicken and veg (and usually fruit and yoghurt for dessert). I also do my exercise at least two times a week on top of all the walking I do every day - I don't really know where I'm going wrong?
One thing I'm going to start doing more is drinking a lot more water. In my first week I was so good at drinking an appropriate amount of water, but this past week has been abysmal. I have not drunk nearly enough water, and maybe that's why the scales are still saying the same as they did when I first started. Well I'm hoping it's as simple as that...
So that's my short update for the week (told you they'd get smaller). I hope you enjoyed reading, and please wish me luck for the future - by the looks of things, I'm going to need it!
If you have ANY tips for me, whether that's to do with my eating, my exercise, anything, please feel free to get in touch!


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THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCK KNOCKS (SHKK) 5-evening stand-up comedy course runs from Sunday to Thursday, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm, from October 21 to 25, 2018. You'll get the SHKK comedy manual, video of your graduating performance, and lots of coaching from a 16 year veteran of the comedy circuit - Ben Horowitz, as well as guest comedians.
Day 1: Sunday - The Basics & Finding yourself
Introduction to the basics of stand-up comedy and the jargon of the comedic industry before launching into the deep end with your very own mini set.
Day 2: Monday - Your Audience and Taboos
Learn to gauge your audience and how to recognise and manage taboo topics while learning confidence building/ fear smashing techniques.
Day 3: Tuesday - The Opener (with guest comedian)
Learn to write a strong open to your comedy set. Tonight students will also have the opportunity to refine some of their own writing with our guest comedian.
Day 4: Wednesday - The Heckler and The Closer
Practice delivering your set as well as building skills to deal with the dreaded (or welcomed) heckler before polishing a strong close to your set ready for tomorrow's graduation ceremony.
Day 5: Thursday - Graduation Night and Performance
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The moment you have been working toward! Perform your stand-up comedy routine in front of family and friends, conquer your fears and perform alongside Ben Horowitz, and two other professional comedians, to a paying audience. Receive feedback from our panel of judges and your very own video of your performance.


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Since part of us (Anna dear) lives in San Diego, we met up half way for the Mermade Market where we indulged ourselves in handmade goodies. Their next market is December 4th, you should all book a girls trip out there STAT.
I bought one of these rings from Woven Jewel, they were irresistible! Check them out.
We had brunch at a darling cafe called Bonjour Cafe & Bistro and I'M STILL DREAMING ABOUT IT!
It can't be a girls day without a trip to the nail salon. We had a blast at Bella Terrace, they had amazing service and amazing color choices…
My friends have way prettier nails than me, I mean look!
We ended with a beautiful walk along the cliffside. I love these girls!


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Just days after the surprise passage of an amendment to regulate interchange, bankers are bracing for the possible addition of an even stronger measure that would hold them to the interest rate limit in the cardholder's state.
If enacted, the amendment from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. to the regulatory reform bill would upend the credit card business, which depends on the ability to export rates across state lines.
"It would lead to a very balkanized, and random, system of credit card interest rates," said Robert Litan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "It would mean that people that have identical credit histories in different states could be subject to very different interest rates. … It would irrationally discriminate based on where you live."
Although related attempts to address usury by setting a federal rate cap have failed in the past, banking industry representatives were near panic Monday because they feared the amendment may have sufficient support.
With a vote on the amendment expected today, lobbyists were vigorously arguing it would destroy the credit system.
"It would wreak havoc on the entire consumer credit markets," said Ed Yingling, the president and chief executive of the American Bankers Association. "The way it's written, if you had a consumer credit contract, either existing or in the future, you would have no idea if the interest rate and fees would be enforceable, because all the consumer has to do is move to another state and everything is different. … It's going to be very hard to make a lot of loans."
Whether the amendment will prevail is unclear. The measure may need 60 votes to pass, a standard that would likely kill its chances.
"It's tough enough when you are up against the big banks around here even at 50," Whitehouse told reporters Monday. "And I think at 60, that makes it a pretty tough slog." Still, Whitehouse said he was optimistic.
"It's got a good chance," he said. "We are here to push it, because I think it has bipartisan appeal."
He was backed by Sen. Richard Durbin, who successfully won passage of the bank-opposed interchange amendment last week. Though Durbin warned that retailers helped him win the necessary support, he was optimistic about Whitehouse's chances.
"Our success last week is an indication that credit card giants can be successfully challenged," Durbin said. "I hope Sheldon has the same success."
Banking industry representatives said they were not sure where the votes would fall.
"There are just so many issues, you can't get a vote count, because it's just coming so fast and furious, senators themselves haven't focused on a lot of it," Yingling said.
It was unknown whether Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd supported the measure, which so far has 16 co-sponsors, including one Republican, Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, which greatly increases its odds of passage.
The amendment would undo existing law and Supreme Court precedent that allow banks to export rules on interest rates and related fees from the state where they base their operations.
That rule encouraged credit card companies to seek out states like Delaware and South Dakota, where the laws are relatively lenient. If the amendment were enacted, card companies and any other lender that offers nonmortgage consumer credit would have to comply with the interest rate rules in each individual state where they do business.
"It's going to lead to the rationing of credit," Litan said. "People that live in the states with tight interest rate controls because they happen to be temporarily anti-bank will end up finding it even more difficult to get credit than it is now. … People already are complaining that credit card issuers are cutting credit card limits. This would just aggravate the problem."
L. Richard Fischer, an attorney at Morrison & Foerster, said that if the Whitehouse amendment were enacted, lenders would stop offering credit in states with the strictest usury rules and lowest populations. He said before the 1978 Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis v. First Omaha Service Corp. decision, which first allowed credit card rate exportation, bankers used to avoid making loans in states with tough rules.
"When this happened before, what the large lenders did right off the bat is they eliminated" states in the middle of the country, like Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin, Fischer said.
Whitehouse scoffed at that argument, arguing that before 1978, the system worked well.
"Frankly, if you look at the harm that has been caused by the race to the bottom and the failure of consumer protections that ensued, it far outweighs the advantages," Whitehouse said. "I am confident they will adapt, and if a state disagrees and wants to have 30% rates marketed to its citizens, there is nothing in the bill that would prevent them from doing that."
Ed Mierzwinski, the consumer program director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group, which supports the amendment, said it was a matter of fairness.
"Whitehouse is necessary because the Marquette and subsequent decisions it would overturn have led to banks hiding in a few bank-friendly havens that have allowed unlimited fees and interest to punish consumers," he said.


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Hi all! The November issue of Local Wolves (the Girl Power issue) is finally out. You can read it here, I am on page 78! I'm so thrilled to be featured in such a quality magazine with lovely company. In the issue, I have a brief interview and I talk about what girl power means to me. Link below!
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I wanted to share some of my most recent polymer clay creatures I've been working on. I feel like I have really developed with my skills and attention to detail with each one I make, the red forest inspired Fizzling sculpture being the most recent. And as I'm creating the monster's backstories I also started making Froops – little pets for the Fizzlings from the scrap clay I have left over! The bronze and brown is my favourite so far!
I love adding the little details and as I am building my collection of tools up, I can get much finer detail in there too.
I also made two little Fimo monster plants as I had a little plant pot from my cactus left after I repotted him. Then I was walking past a little craft shop near me and saw an even smaller pot! So I just needed to make a tiny monster plant. My massive one would eat them alive!
I am putting some of these creatures in my Etsy shop if anyone was interested in purchasing a new friend! I've recently came down with a mean Summer virus so have not been feeling well at all. But I am noting down some new project ideas, including some future tutorials. If you have a preference on any tutorials you would like me to share, just go to my last blog post and vote in the poll!


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Dr. McClure devotes a large part of his practice to international volunteer work. During his third medical school year he was invited to join a group of plastic surgeons on a volunteer mission to Mexico to treat children with cleft lips and palates, and burn scar deformities. He assisted plastic surgeons who performed life changing operations on children who otherwise would not have had the chance to lead normal lives. This mission changed Dr. McClure's life and he decided at that moment to pursue a career in plastic surgery so he could continue to help children around the world.
This year Dr. McClure was honored by the ReSurge International Foundation, the world's premiere volunteer reconstructive surgery volunteer organization, for his 32 years of continuing service.
During his plastic surgery training he volunteered on seven international humanitarian missions. He also sought additional training in the treatment of burn victims. He chose a practice in the Napa Valley that would allow him to continue his volunteer work. When the time came to seek a new associate, Dr. McClure invited Dr. Rebecca Jackson, another Stanford trained surgeon, to join him. She shared his passion for international humanitarian surgical service, so together they fashioned a practice that would allow them each to spend up to six weeks abroad every year donating their skills. Just as important as helping the children is the training of host surgeons to do these operations so they would eventually be able to care for their own. Only by teaching others can one hope to help the greatest number of patients. Dr. McClure has led and served on more than 65 volunteer missions to developing nations around the world to treat children with debilitating deformities, and to teach surgical techniques. In 2005 he was recognized by the Dalai Lama as an "Unsung Hero of Compassion." Below are listed links to some of the organizations with whom Dr. McClure serves. Click on volunteer service to see photographs of the children Dr. McClure and Dr. Jackson have treated.
Closer to home Dr. McClure and Dr. Jackson strive to help those who fall between the cracks of our health care system. Working with Napa's Queen of the Valley Medical Center and Clinic Ole ́ the county's community health clinic for patients with financial needs, they treat trauma victims and patients in need of reconstructive surgery regardless of their ability to pay. This year The Queen of the Valley Foundation recognized the two doctors for their service by awarding them the Sister Ann McGuinn Award for Justice.
In 1998 Dr. McClure and Dr. Jackson recognized the need for a tattoo removal program to help former youth gang members leave the gang life behind by removing the stigmatizing tattoos of gang identity. Working with other concerned community members and former gang members they established Taboo Tattoo, a volunteer community based program. To date they have removed tattoos from hundreds of young people seeking the chance for a new start.
Dr. McClure's first mission to Cuba was with the Plasticos Foundation. His statements open this video.
Dr. McClure lead Plasticos' first mission to Laos. This video is from the second Plasticos mission he lead to this beleaguered country.
Dr. McClure recognized for developing the Resurge International reconstructive surgery program in Vietnam.
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'The Internet Is Broken': @ev Is Trying to Salvage It
SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Williams is the guy who opened up Pandora's box. Until he came along, people had few places to go with their overflowing emotions and wild opinions, other than writing a letter to the newspaper or haranguing the neighbors. Mr.


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Launching a new bar or restaurant is always a challenging proposition. You need to find a way to make an impact and stand out from the pack.
To celebrate the launch of Australia's first flagship Heineken venue, Heineken House at Sydney Airport's T1 International terminal, the team decided to do something a bit different.
Instead of throwing a party with drinks and canapés, Heineken challenged a group of Australians to step outside their comfort zone by signing up to a trip no knowledge of where they were going, who they were going with, or what they were doing.
The group – Johnny Ruffo, Tai Hara, Harley Bonner and Tim Ross alongside models Renae Ayeris and Natalie Roser – were sent a series of clues prior to the trip, which had them guessing up right until they arrived at the airport.
Just before check in, it was revealed they were heading to Queenstown, New Zealand.
The group was flown to Queenstown for a whirlwind weekend away, where they did everything from quad biking to a canyon swing, to playing golf on top of a mountain. Heineken says the challenges and experiences bought the group closer together.
Where the trip exactly fits in with the new Heineken House is anyone's guess, but perhaps it's a way of saying 'the bar is a place for people to come together before a trip'.
Either way, the video of the group's adventure looks pretty epic.
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Voice Actor Maurice LaMarche on The Boxtrolls, His Impressive Career, and Pinky and the Brain
A chat with the smarter half of the '90s animated duo from Pinky and the Brain.
Though he's probably best known for his work on the 1995–98 animated sitcom Pinky and the Brain and for channeling Orson Welles in several other cartoons, Emmy Award–winning voice actor Maurice LaMarche has played everyone from Yosemite Sam to Toucan Sam. LaMarche calls himself a "utility" actor, a pinch-hitting performer who steps in for supporting roles when he gets the call. To aficionados, his voice is instantly recognizable and totally charming; once you've identified him by ear, you'll notice that he pops up everywhere (like on last night's season premiere of The Simpsons, in which he voiced Rodney Dangerfield). LaMarche is one of several voice actors in The Boxtrolls, a new animated movie about trash-hoarding goblins and the human boy who loved them. Vulture talked to LaMarche about smoking Cuban cigars, filling Mel Blanc's shoes, and dying repeatedly in video games.
You still have to audition for parts, even after winning two Emmys. When you enter auditions and see rival voice actors, do you start formulating a plan of attack?
No, I wouldn't say "plan of attack." Voice actors aren't very competitive. I don't know if you've seen the film I Know That Voice, but if you haven't, I highly recommend it. It paints a good picture of the people who populate our little corner of the business. I guess, because we're less attached to our faces and our on-the-spot recognizability, there's less ego. My wife is an on-camera actress, and she was in one show after another: Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Young and the Restless. And she'd tell me these stories about auditions and actors trying to trick each other and ruin each other's lives so that they could look better. And I thought, My gosh, that's so actor-y! That's not us! We wish each other well: "If I don't get it, I hope you do," et cetera. So my plan of attack, if I have one, is to go in there and give the best audition I can, for everybody's sake: the casting director, the director, my agent. The less I focus on myself and try to get the job, the better it goes.
Filmmaker Mike Binder once told you that in an audition, you should "always be service-oriented" and not try to ingratiate yourself too much to people at the audition. Sounds great, but how did you practically apply that advice once you had it?
That's true. What he basically said was: Go there to help. That's an almost spiritual approach, of getting out of your own way and getting out of your self, and going there to be of service to everybody else. He told me that when we were both working stand-up. I was at a comedy club out of town, and I was pacing back and forth nervously. He said, "What are you pacing so much for?" I said, "I'm scared I won't have a good show. I want to have a good show!" And he said, "Don't worry about having a good show for your sake. Think of the guy at the third-row table. Pretend you're that guy, and you've had the shittiest day at work possible. You're there to help him forget his crappy day at work. Think of yourself as helping wherever you go." I made that my performing philosophy 25 years ago. Now it's automatic. I never think about getting the job anymore; I think about how I can make this better for everyone.
Don't you have to be a little selfish when you protect your voice, though? Are there any weird exercises or arcane rituals you do?
I don't have any ritual-rituals. I know guys who warm up outside the booth by going, "Mimimi, bababa, kakaka, lalalala." Or some guys go, "Ee-ooo-ahh," and so on. What I do is I don't harm myself anymore. I quit smoking seven years ago. I quit drinking 25 years ago. When I do a character that's a bit of a strain, I ask as a courtesy, "You know, it's getting a little rough, can I step out for a moment, get some water?" Yosemite Sam is a notorious example of that. I've done 80 percent of Sam's voice work after Mel Blanc passed away. To do Yosemite Sam correctly is to really rip your voice to shreds. Mel Blanc said that in so many words in his autobiography. And he said he would always have to record Sam on Fridays because he had to take the weekend off afterwards. It's just that kind of voice. The guys at Warner Brothers know and respect me, and if we can, we try to do it in fewer takes.
You said that you used to smoke Cuban cigars when you did your Orson Welles impression. But you don't do that anymore, huh?
That's true. I gave them up. Whatever made me pick them up in the first place ... You know what it was? It was a high-school thing. My friend and I skipped school one day and saw Live and Let Die. And there are two scenes where cigars save James Bond's life. In one scene, he puts a cigar out on a girl's hand, and she turns out to be his ally. And in another scene, a cobra is slipped into his bathroom. And he takes his cigar and a spray-can and makes a flame-thrower out of it, and burns the cobra up. I thought, Cigars are cool: They can save your life! So we started smoking cigars in high school, and it just stayed with me all that time. And at one point, I managed to buy a box of Cuban cigars that were intended for Orson Welles. And I bought them and I savored them. And that was around when I started to do the Welles voice. It sounds mystical, but it's not.
Frank Miller has often said that freelance artists who work for either Marvel or DC Comics inevitably develop a self-loathing complex, because they feel beholden to these companies for allowing them to play with their toys. You've spent decades providing the voices for established characters. How would you respond to Miller's assertion?
That sounds like something Frank Miller would come up with. I don't know if there's a beholden-ness. I'm grateful to be Toucan Sam, or Yosemite Sam, or even [comedian] Sam Kinison, though I mainly do Sam Kinison in my free time. I did do Sam Kinison in one episode of The Tick. I'm just glad I get to step into the shoes of these iconic characters. There's no complex about it at all, about whether I'm worthy or anything like that. I hope that I'm always taking myself close to the level of my predecessors. But I also realized a little while ago that I've now done Toucan Sam longer than Paul Frees, who was the Toucan Sam of my generation. I would say "first Toucan Sam," but Mel Blanc was the first Toucan Sam. He did one commercial; he had a totally different take on [the character], where he almost sounded like Barney Rubble. It was an awful Ronald Colman thing. But I realized: There's a generation that has never heard Paul Frees's Toucan Sam: I'm the only Toucan Sam they've ever heard. I thought to myself, I'm trying so hard to sound like Paul, but I'm the voice now. So all I can do now is sound like me. It wasn't a great struggle or anything, but it was a moment where I realized I was doing a good enough job.
In 2003, you stopped shutting one nostril when you did your Toucan Sam impression, which you'd done as a way of sounding more like Paul Frees. Did anyone notice the difference?
Nobody noticed. That was the really weird part. I thought I had this great nuance of putting my finger at the top of my nostril. Not putting my finger in my nose, but on the outside of my nose, and creating a [as Toucan Sam] "Follow my nose!" kind of thing. Everybody was in Chicago, directing me over the telephone, so nobody really noticed. [Laughs.] That's when I realized I have ownership over the character. And yet when I take ownership of a character, I'm very aware that I could be recast tomorrow. I'm always a little disappointed but never crestfallen when a job comes to an end, because all jobs come to an end. I've learned that in my 27 years in this business — or thereabouts. But it's been my good fortune to always three or four things to do, dovetailing off of each other. I've never had to sit there and wonder, Well, now what do I do? In that way, I've been incredibly blessed.
In the '90s, you said you would "do anything to please." But now that you're older, you know not to push yourself too hard or take on jobs that put a strain on your voice, like your high-pitched, saccharine-y character from The Popples. Can you recall what other roles made you learn you had to stand up for yourself?
P.C. Popple was not only way out of my [voice's] range, he was also obnoxiously sweet. Ridiculous. I might enjoy playing him a little more now, oddly [enough], because I'm [more] interested in stretching as an actor now than I was then. But it was very hard for me to reach that. I really learned what my range was doing video games. I was getting through all the dying, being shot, screaming. I couldn't even tell you what games they were. There was a Yosemite Sam thing where I had 500 lines. And I lost my voice for a month. With video games, there are very few limits of what they can put you through, so you have to negotiate that in your contract. In the '90s, it was [an] all-you-can-eat [buffet], but it was also name-your-own-price. That was the upside, and the downside was that it was all-you-can-eat. The upside was: Whatever you can get for yourself, you can get for yourself. Now everyone works for a minimum. So I made a vow — and I was fortunate enough that I was able to do other work in the meantime — where I said, "I'm not going to do anything where I'm doing a lot of yelling and screaming." I had commercial work going on, and other kinds of work going on, so I wasn't throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I just wasn't agreeing to be strafed by machine-gunfire.
You mentioned earlier that you played the Mad Bomber on The Tick as Sam Kinison. Tell me about the "writers' room environment" on that show, particularly after [producer] Art Vitello took over during the series' second season.
I was never really in the writers' room for the show, but Art was always one of those guys that had a unique take on any character. He was always looking for that extra something to define a character. Only Art could come up with, on Taz-Mania, this concept of Taz's dad as this Bing Crosby–esque father figure. Our concept of Bing, that is, not the real guy ... the orange-juice-drinking, golf-playing Bing. Also, the idea of John Astin as a relentlessly cheerful villain (Bull Gator) was a stroke of brilliance. Whether it was purely John, or purely Art's, or a collaboration, I can't say. But I do know that such an original take is the type of thing that happened on an Art Vitello show. He trusted you and allowed you to go in unusual directions as an actor.
The writers and creator of The Critic already knew your impressions and your range from your stand-up stuff at the Comedy Store. How much freedom did that give you in terms of creating your characters? Like, did they know who Jeremy Hawke was gonna be before they met you?
Regarding The Critic, I was very surprised to wind up with the Jeremy Hawke role. Mike and Al told me they read almost every Australian actor in L.A. at the time, including one or two whom you'd know from TV and films. But the fact that I had a fairly decent Aussie accent (thanks to having a good friend who is Australian, so I was constantly picking up nuances within the dialect), plus I did so many impressions, made me a bargain. Instead of having to cast an Australian and utility voice guy, they got two for the price of one. In terms of creating characters, I was obviously locked into doing as funny an impressionistic take on the celebrity voices as I could. As to who Jeremy was going to be, they definitely knew who he was, and it was my task to inhabit the character as visualized by [series co-creators] Mike [Reiss] and Al [Jean] to the best of my ability.
You've described playing the Brain opposite Rob Paulsen's Pinky to be one of the first roles that made you consider voice acting as real acting, since it was a legitimate give-and-take between you two. How hard was it to establish a rapport with Paulsen?
While Pinky and the Brain, and the interplay between those characters, was really rich for me as an actor, I think that, for me, upon examining my history more closely, I realized that good voice acting was, at its core, simply good acting, without the whole hair-lighting-makeup thing, on Real Ghostbusters. In fact, any show where the relationships of the characters are central to the show will bring out the best in a performer, and be more enjoyable to the viewer. But in terms of rapport, I have to say I've never experienced it more with a fellow performer than with Rob Paulsen. We had that simpatico of almost finishing each other's sentences early on, and had a great love for the same types of British comedy. We were like two geeks at a Python or Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Con, and that was all the attendance that was needed. The flow, the give-and-take was there from day one, and we've never looked back. And I'm so in awe of Rob in this new, additional role he's taken on in our industry: While still remaining one of the busiest voice actors going, he has become this quintessential host-interviewer with his podcast, Talkin' Toons. He puts on a hell of a show, which, if you're ever in L.A., you must drop in to. It's almost as if listening is only half the fun, because there's so much that's visually provided, which, for copyright reasons, can't be put into the audio of the podcast. It's a hot ticket, I'll tell you, and sells out the West Hollywood Improv most weeks.
You're well known for voicing the Brain and Orson Welles. Is there a project you wish more people knew you for?
There was a show in the early '90s called Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, created by Gordon Bressack, that I just loved. It had the best of the sci-fi world: Michael Dorn, Jerry Doyle, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner performing, and Trek writers like Dorothy "DC" Fontana and Beth Woods contributing scripts. That show should have lasted. It was funny and it was good sci-fi, with great characters played by great performers. But I'm grateful for Pinky & the Brain, The Critic, and, of course, Futurama. [That's] some of the best writing in animation — not to mention all the guest shots I've gotten to do on The Simpsons! I think I played at least a dozen recurring or semi-regular characters on Futurama, and about 50 additional one-offs and two-offs. And if you want to talk about a show where the writers, these Harvard Lampoon geniuses, let an actor stretch — that was it.


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Register to Receive Severe Weather Alerts from Botetourt County Emergency Services
Botetourt County Upgrades Emergency Notification System to Include
Automated Severe Weather Alerts and Enhanced Self-Registration Page
Fincastle, VA – Botetourt County residents can sign-up to receive automated severe weather alerts via the County's enhanced self-registration online web page. Residents are strongly encouraged to sign up for the free service, which provides fast and automated notice in the event of dangerous weather situations, such as the dangerous and destructive storm experienced on June 29th.
The weather alerting feature automatically notifies registered individuals immediately after the National Weather Service (NWS) issues an alert. Individuals register to receive weather alerts via the Botetourt County enhanced online sign-up page by providing their address, phone number(s) and selecting the alerts they wish to receive: severe thunderstorm, flash flood and/or tornado.
The online registration process is user-friendly and takes no more than a few minutes to complete. If you have already registered your contact information with the county you are not automatically registered for severe weather alerts. It is imperative that folks understand that they must opt-in to receive these alerts. Residents who live on a hill may choose not to receive flash flood warnings, but we strongly recommend that everyone sign up for tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings.
How to Register:
- Visit www.botetourt.org/government/safety.php click on the Register Online button.
- Create an account using an email address (or access an existing account).
- Residents enter their name, address and up to two phone numbers.
- Based on the address provided, a map will appear with a symbol showing the user-designated location. The registrant will be asked to verify the location and move it if required.
- Residents can enter up to five additional contacts under their account, such as parents, siblings, or spouses.
- Residents select which weather alerts they'd like to receive. Choices are severe thunderstorm warnings, flash flood warnings, and tornado warnings.
- Registrants can log in to the registration website at any time to add or update their contact information, as well as to opt in or out of notification services.
The new severe weather alerting feature is tied in with the county's existing emergency notification system, which has been in place for over 3 years and has been utilized on multiple occasions to assist in notifying the public of impending emergencies. Botetourt County originally purchased the emergency notification system from Columbus, Ohio-based Twenty First Century Communications. The system allows county public safety officials to send time-sensitive, targeted messages to select groups and geographic areas.
The basic contact database includes all residential and commercial landline phone numbers. Citizens are encouraged to register additional methods of contact, such as cell phone numbers, VoIP numbers, and email addresses by visiting www.botetourt.org/government/safety.php.
Residents who do not have Internet access or need assistance with registration may call the Department of Emergency Services (540-473-2098) or register in person at its office, located at 205 N. Roanoke Street in Fincastle (in the Public Safety Building).
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Saying goodbye to a home full of memories can be pretty sobering—especially when kiddos are involved. With moving season continuing to peak during summer months and now increasing in early fall, there's no better time to honor your sweet little abode.
We wanted to share some creative actionable ways to say farewell this moving season—so we partnered with Brittany Hayes of Addison's Wonderland, Sarah Rhodes of Arrow & Apple, and Summer Hogan of Simple Stylings. Whether you're planning a future move or currently surrounded by moving boxes every which way, these three visionary bloggers and their followers have some pretty fantastic ideas to make the transition a little easier.
- Let your little take their own farewell photos from their point of view. Then put the photos into a scrapbook and help them write out their favorite memories in each room.
- Write your family's initials in a discreet spot of your home to leave your mark—like a garage wall, a closet, or the kids' playhouse.
- Trace or finger-paint your family's hand prints on the floor before installing new carpet or on a wall before painting
- Hide a time capsule in the attic or basement for the new homeowners. Include things like a newspaper from moving day along with a note or piece of art from each family member about their special memories of the house.
- Take a photo of your home and have an artist paint or sketch it. Then frame the custom art of your old home in your new home.
- Put a photo of your home in a shadow box with an old key to your former home.
- Write a goodbye letter to your home, sharing your family's favorite memories there.
- Dig up bulbs from your garden before moving, and then transplant them to your new home's garden.
- Take wallpaper scraps or fabric cuts from bedspreads or quilts to make a collage, and then frame it and hang it in your new home for a custom sentimental piece of DIY art.
- Have your kids write a note to the new children moving in, sharing their favorite places to play and hide.
- Have your family tour your home one final time together while sharing happy, funny memories from each room to encourage smiles and giggles.
- Have a photographer come hang out at your current house and snap candid photos of your family doing everyday things. Then make a scrapbook out of it.
- Host a going away party and have your kids' neighborhood friends sign a picture frame to put in your kids' new rooms.
- Make a family Christmas ornament that represents your old home as a reminder of past precious memories each holiday.
- The night before moving, have a family campout in the living room—sleeping bags and all.
- Have a pizza picnic on the floor of your empty home.
- Take pictures room by room of your home while it's still furnished with your things. Then make a mini-scrapbook just right for little hands.
- Get your kiddos excited about their new neighborhood too by visiting nearby parks and an ice cream shop.
- Have a family dance and dessert party the night you move into your new home.
- Once in your new home, set up your kids' rooms first to get them excited about their new spaces. Add artwork from their old room to make it cozy and familiar.
For more ideas on how to honor your old home and help your family get excited about your new one, visit our blogger partners, @addisonswonderland, @arrowandapple, and @simplestylingsblog, on Instagram. Be sure to follow @ExtraSpace, too, for plenty of moving and home décor tips. And read more on Space Wise about making moving easier for your kids and fun ideas to organize your kids' new rooms.
Have any other ideas for helping your family say farewell to your home before moving? Let us know in the comments!