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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
There's an adage that goes, "You should always try to be the dumbest person in the room" meaning you should try to hang out with very smart people so you learn something. It's aspirational, and like most people, I'm not that good a human. In any given room I like to be secure knowing I score in the top 25%. I'm an asshole like that. I like feeling educated and well-read and respected for my ideas and thought process.
Which is why I have a multitude of excuses to explain my sick pleasure in a good Lifetime movie. And by good, I mean bad. And by movie, I mean 90-minute commercial for mood stabilizers and birth control. "The Texas Cadet Murders?" There goes my afternoon. "The Betty Broderick Story?" I'M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE TODAY, SEND FOOD AND WELLBUTRIN.
I'm pretty sure I exhausted the Andrews publishing empire by the time I was 13 -- what can I say, I was also going through a true crime thing, so that explains a lot about my taste level. If you've never read a VC Andrews *cough* novel *cough* , they drip with stereotypes gone by of women, men, families and manifest destiny. A female protagonist, although what she's protagoning, I have no fucking idea. Andrew's women were always a victim of circumstance and abuse who goes out into the world to try and undermine the destiny that's been laid out by previous women in their family. Along the way the, ah, "heroine" will be tested and maligned by money, more victimization, catty, jealous women, father figure men and sex, always succumbing to the same life laid out by providence, but now reframed as choice.
It's pre-teen porn.
And it's the kind of porn that throws around the word "member" and "throbbing," dancing over guilt-laden sex with "inappropriate men." It's like Skinemax for Noobs. They're full of wildly inappropriate tropes. Everyone was unnaturally attractive and white, jealous girls were fat and mean, every character was either wildly rich or hopelessly poor, brilliantly talented and smart or stunted, anyone religious was so devoted they were demonic. There is no moderation in VC Andrew's world.
But these gems graced the shelves of even junior-high school libraries during my tenure, librarians just thrilled we were reading in the pre-Harry Potter literary scene. And if you've ever wondered why there are an inexplicable amount of teens or babies named "Heaven Leigh" or "Nevaeh," send all letters of ire to Simon and Schuster.
So formulaic were these novels that when the actual Virginia Andrews died, her family commissioned someone else to ghost write under her name, and most of us never noticed the difference. The popularity culminated in the 1987 big screen retelling of "Flowers" starring Kristy Swanson, Victoria Tennant and a bunch of other actors no one knows anymore as a group of blonde, incestuous kids, a maniacally self motivated mother and a batshit crazeballs religious matron of the house.
And I LOVED it. I could watch it again today (TOO LATE!). The acting couldn't prop up a horrible script or ridiculous premise, but lets be frank, the acting blew monkeyballs, too. It all made it just sublime for 2 hours of brain cell homicide. It was a box office bomb.
But like many things in the 80s that I suspect wouldn't be laughed away if they happened today ("Cop Rock, a new musical drama by Ryan Murphy coming to you this fall?") it doesn't shock me that they revived "Flowers in the Attic." It's so ideal for Lifetime TV that the most disappointing part is scoring actual A-list actors. Really, they could have just repackaged the original and saved a bunch of money, we'd all have watched it.
I imagine many of you were like me, and upon hearing of the remake, became downright giddy. If you were not like me, I'm going to need you to lie. Cause I was all, "HOLD MY CALLS, I'LL BE SJEIC89211ssss.........".
Trust me, knowing the plot isn't going to affect your ability to enjoy this one way or another.
So please, indulge me, mes amis, as I recount the points that made me cringe/glee (that's right. it's a thing) from this weekend's plonkfest.
My favorite plot points:
Although not a lick more well written than the remake, the original maintains a sinister suspension propped up by its use of really badulous (also a thing) original score. I love me a good Guns and Roses cover, but it wasn't enough.
As if they were cookies baked from the same recipe, both movies suffer from some impressive over-acting, excluding the role of the grandmother and Cathy. And as much as I like Shipka, someone dial up Kristy Swanson so I can apologize, because her loud indignance read better onscreen. In terms of sheer terror, Louise Fletcher definitely takes the win here, Burstyn gave away too many occasional signs of humanity.
And perhaps that's the most telling point of all. Shipka and Burstyn played their roles with subtlety and consideration. IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND! Films about incest don't benefit from moderation.
So TL, DR (where TL stands for too long)... IT'S A TOTALLY WATCHABLE MOVIE. And by watchable, I mean "something to do while drunk" and by movie I mean "drinking game in which everytime someone says "demon seed" you take a shot while driving a pencil into your eye."
Fellow Andrewsians.... what do you think? Original or remake? Did I miss some gargantuan plot hole or other ridiculousness?


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The man has coincidentally discovered that he has diabetes, when he felt parched more often than usual. After he made some blood tests, it has been demonstrated that the sugar was taking off. As soon as possible, he was given an insulin treatment, and he begin to work as well.
But, nothing of this has enhanced his well – being, but just deteriorated it. Because of this, he decided to begin another life part. While he was watching "The Edge of Science" show, where Dr. J. Zirdum devoured just crude sustenances for a long time, he decided to try this as well.
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We believe that short-term mission trips are essential to reaching "the ends of the earth." They provide an opportunity for members of our church to share the gospel, practice discipleship, and serve those in a different culture than their own. Many missionaries who are overseas long-term began their journey on a short-term mission trip. Each year we encourage our members to consider being a part of one of our four foreign mission partners through these trips.
Our Partnership: Iglesia Gran Comision
We partner with Iglesia Gran Comision, a young church in Monterrey, Mexico, who focuses on reaching college students at nearby universities.
The Trip: Monterrey, Mexico | March 10-19, 2017
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Since May 2006 we have been working alongside Iglesia Gran Comision to reach university students, professionals and community members in Monterrey. We partner with the church to reach these students by holding English Conversation Classes, sharing the gospel on campus, and collecting contacts for the Monterrey church to follow up.
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We partner with a student focused evangelical church in Milan, Italy (Il Refugio) that was planted back in 2009. We have been faithfully sending teams each year to aid them in their outreach since the church's inception.
The Trip: Milan, Italy | May 13-28, 2017
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The team sent to Milano will share the gospel on campuses and get students connected to Christ the Rock church. Since Italian students are required to pass an English proficiency exam before graduating from their university the Fellowship Church team will focus on evangelism primarily through English Conversation Classes.
The Trip: East Asia LT | May 17 - July 6, 2017
Estimated Cost $6000
Spend a summer studying language and culture while sharing the gospel on a college campus and partnering with our church planting team.
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My assignment for the 9th Week in my Photoshop course was to divide my canvas into equal halves to convey the theme of "Opposites in Conflict". I also had to find a way to show one element passing from one image to the other. We were required to harvest images from Flickr under the Creative Commons-lisenced content.
This was my toughest assignment so far. Most of my time was spent sifting through hundreds of images to find the two main images that illustrate opposites. I wanted images of good vs. evil, tenderness vs. malice, light vs. dark. Once I found my images, I worked on blending layers and adding textures. Things moved quickly after that. I finished the Photoshop work in about 5 hours.
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I don't know if you saw the movie 'The Exotic Marigold Hotel'. The lead male character keeps saying 'Everything will be alright in the end and if it isn't alright, then it isn't yet the end'. That's the way to look at things. All things might not go as you dreamed or thought about. But take whatever life throws at you happily and everything will be alright in the end. It doesn't matter if you didn't get that dream job or your child didn't get admitted to that dream school. But as I look back at my life, there have been many opportunities that didn't go my way. However, at this stage in life, I don't feel I missed anything as long as I can stay happy. Think about it – there are many people on this planet who don't have basic needs and we shouldn't be worrying about not getting that job in that fancy Wall street firm or that elite college. Not that, you shouldn't dream or feel like a loser. I am fairly certain even those who make it on one or more dreams will have disappointments. Disappointments are a way of life, be it the President or that Rhodes scholar. What matters is you find your own formula to stay happy. Weed out the delusion that you want to and can get everything you think about. Instead think about staying happy and doing all you can in this one life. God will give you more than you every dreamed of.
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How Much Can We Learn Without Feedback From the Environment?
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I'm planning on defending my dissertation proposal in the Fall, and the focus of my research has shifted mostly to learning. My thinking is going in a particular direction, and I thought I'd talk it out here.
In machine learning, types of learning are usually divided into categories such as:
Supervised learning describes approaches where there is an external signal from the environment regarding what the correct output of the system should be. There are degrees of supervision. For example:
Teacher: Say "cat".
Child: Cad.
Teacher: No, "cat".
Child: Cat.
An example of a higher degree of supervision might be a case where a teacher is teaching a child how to draw a circle. In one case they might verbally guide the child, "No, go up, then over." To increase the level of feedback and make it more explicit, the teacher might actually hold the child's hand and move the pencil so that it draws the circle.
Reinforcement learning refers to learning where the agent receives feedback from the environment in a less direct way, in the form of either a reward or punishment. Using the examples above, instead of correcting the child, the teacher might give the child a cookie if the behavior is correct, or hit them if it is incorrect.
Finally, unsupervised learning includes those models where there is not explicit feedback from the environment, either in the form of supervision or a reward/punishment signal.
But how in the heck do you learn anything without any kind of explicit signal from the environment?
My thinking is beginning to shift to the idea that the bulk of what we learn, we learn in this way.
Here are some examples...
How did you learn that when one pool ball hits another on a pool table that it causes it to move in a particular way? Did you learn this in school? Were you given a cookie every time you saw a similar interaction in the world? I don't think so. What happened was, you saw very similar interactions in the world, over and over, with no reinforcement signal or supervision, and your neural circuitry was able to encode the statistical regularity of the events you witnessed.
Basically, if you see the same thing over and over again, you learn that things work that way, so you expect them to in the future.
Another more contentious area is language. In both children and second language learners comprehension outstrips production. Unless we want to believe that there is little to no language learning occurring before the child starts speaking, or even extensively interacting with the environment, the logical conclusion is that language learning is occurring in the child without explicit reinforcement or supervision. Basically, for learning the foundations of language, the child is learning the statistical regularities of speech, that certain sounds tend to follow one another more than others (e.g. "th" is followed a lot more often by "uh" than by "ch").
How do these things get learned? By close temporal proximity of the inputs. In other words, time is the teacher. And in the case of visual learning, things that tend to be grouped together in space tend to be closely related. So really space and time are the teachers.
Who you are and what you know is a result of your synapses and how much the firing of one neuron will influence the firing of another. The phenomenon of long-term potentiation is an empircally-verified process whereby when one neuron fires just before another one that it is connected to, helping that neuron to fire, then that synapse will strengthen, so that the next time the first neuron fires, it will have an even bigger influence on causing the second one to fire.
So when you see or hear or feel input A, and it's closely followed by input B, your A -> B link will strengthen. The more you see A followed by B, the more it will strengthen.
Now neurotransmitters like dopamine can facilitate and modulate this kind of learning, acting as a reward signal. But it is not necessary for the learning to occur.
So I think the bedrock of the rest of our cognition rests on this type of learning, the statistical clustering of related elements in space and time without any explicit feedback from the environment.
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Monday, August 6, 2007
Link-Balm Giveaway
Link to our blog or our website on your blog or website and we will enter you for a chance to win one of every lip balm flavour SudsMuffin has in store (a $44 value!).
Here's the current line up:
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Leave a comment so we can see where you linked to us. We will consider all entries up until October 1st, 2007.
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- iSew said...
I will gladly link to your blog from mine. I am especially glad to find you guys as I am a Maritime wannabe. I even applied for residency, but was turned down. I am still very sad. I've spent lots of time in Nova Scotia and some in NB too. I love it all! Good luck to ya.
- August 10, 2007 at 8:01:00 PM ADT
- SudsMuffin said...
Thank you so much for your link! You are in the Link-Balm draw now! :)
- August 10, 2007 at 8:16:00 PM ADT
- Anodyne said...
Oh my gosh... you have NO IDEA how much I love lip balm. It's an addiction. I have at least 4 going now, and I have one on me at all times. I'll be posting about your blog (and my deep everlasting love of lip balm) first thing tomorrow. So glad I found your blog. :)
- August 10, 2007 at 10:20:00 PM ADT
- Christina said...
I just posted about you!
- August 14, 2007 at 3:42:00 PM ADT
- SudsMuffin said...
Thank you Christina! I love your blog post and it's so true. It's so much fun to connect the dots and find a hidden treasure. I've just added a link to your blog in my faves on the blog too. I've added you to the Link-Balm contest and I'll put in an extra Tiramisu balm in your package for you, just cause you were so sweet.
Shine on!
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- August 14, 2007 at 6:29:00 PM ADT
- organicstills said...
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I thought I'd come check yours out and everything is so yummy sounding that I'm now hungry... =)
Anyway, I have linked to your blog from my blog as well. Yay!
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- SudsMuffin said...
Thank you so much! :) I've entered you in our contest too!
- August 15, 2007 at 6:41:00 PM ADT
- Christina said...
Thanks! That was so very nice of you! I can't wait to try out the tiramisu lip balm!
- August 16, 2007 at 2:46:00 PM ADT
- Shannon said...
I'm anxious to hear how this contest turned out... have you chosen a winner? :)
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I am celebrating my 20th year as a teacher at Jefferson! J I love my job more and more every year! I work with such a passionate, dedicated, and fun staff, and my students make me smile every day! I try to make them smile every day too!
Over the years, the one thing that changed me the most—in all areas of my life, but especially as a teacher—was having a child of my own! I try to treat every student like I want my son's teacher to treat him! It's really important to me to remember that all of my students are someone's children, and I have an obligation to treat them well!
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I can't believe I'm already at 100!
Seminary started today. I set my alarm for 5:00am. I hadn't used that alarm clock for a while so it was still set to day light savings. I threw my clothes into the dryer and then went to check the clock. It said 4:00am. I went to check the clock in my mom and dads room and it said 4 to. So then I went back to my room and reset the time. I set my alarm again and then went back to bed. Seminary was good, we didn't do allot of studying though. We read one scripture and marked it then filled out a form telling more about us and what we like and dislike. That was about it. It was an easy first day. I got a ride home with Sis. Springer. (She teaches the seniors) Right when I got home I hit the pillow. I slept until 10:00 when my lil sister woke me up complaining that I put her stuff that was on the floor onto her bed. I am a really neat and clean person which makes it hard for any one else living in the same room as me. I think it'll take a while for me to get used to getting up at 5:30 but it shouldn't be to hard.
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I can't believe I'm already at 100!
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- Tara Brooks said...
Cheater! It's not REALLY seminary unless you have to wake up at 5:30am AND go to school directly afterwards without going back to sleep!!!
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- Amy said...
School hasn't started yet. So there!
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OVERT operations are conducted in conjunction with standard practices of emergency operations in mind. Therefore our command staff are certified in SAR management, IMS 200 and Basic Emergency Management (Province of Ontario). This allows for better interoperability with the existing emergency services operations and ensures best practices by our organization.
A professional approach to incidents is critical to a successful operation and our teams' commitment to this is reflected in our approach to managing our operations.
The Incident Management System (IMS) is a standardized approach to emergency management encompassing personnel, facilities, equipment, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure. IMS is predicated on the understanding that in any and every incident, there are certain management functions that must be carried out regardless of the number of persons who are available or involved in the emergency response. (Quote IMS 100 Emergency management Ontario).
Ground SAR
OVERT is primarily a ground search and rescue team. Therefore all members of our team are trained in the various ground SAR techniques. These tactics are part of our provincial certification process as a member of the provincial association (OSARVA). Our team has also expanded upon these basic search tactics to provide our SAR managers a number of resources that can be utilized during a search operation.
Our team can be called upon to search both rural and urban environments. Both of these provide unique challenges to successfully locating a missing person. The members commit to regular training throughout the year to ensure that they are able to address any situation that they may encounter.
In addition to the search techniques used in the field the members of OVERT are trained in land navigation, lost subject behaviour, clue location and preservation and communications protocols.
The individual team member must commit to at least 60 hours per year in training in this area. All members must meet this training requirement to stay operational. Also those that work within our speciality units must first meet their main requirements in addition to the additional training.
The commitment to the safety of the members of our community is probably best observed when our GSAR personnel are in the field. They are often deployed to very difficult locations in the worse weather and perform their duties with pride and return to face the same challenges each training day and operation.
The OVERT dogs are trained to locate human scent in a variety of situations. The dogs are trained to track the path a victim may have taken or search off lead in an attempt to locate the scent in the air leading back to the victim. They are also trained to search a building or collapsed structure for a victim or will be used to find the clues or articles that the victim may have left behind.
The cadaver dog unit is a unique part of the OVERT team. Our K9 handlers and their canine partners are tasked with the location of human remains. This can be the result of numerous scenarios and in a variety of situations. These dogs are trained to locate the scent of human remains only. The dogs are exposed to all aspects of the human bodies' decomposition process and the environments that these may be located.
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Technical Rescue
OVERT has developed a technical rescue program, and is currently training members to be part of this elite team.
The technical rescue unit is among the most specialized and highly trained units deployable by OVERT. Members of OVERT's technical rescue team are required to meet the minimum training requirements expected of all GSAR ERV's in addition to the training requirements of the Technical Rescue Team.
The training program was developed for the teams back country response needs, and also in line with the NFPA for it's urban response requirements. Using a two rope system the rescue technicians on this team are capable of performing both cliffside, slope and building related technical rope rescues. Conducted over two weekends, with an additional day of medical training, the basic training for the our rescue program requires a significant level of commitment from each member. After the five day course is completed team members will continue to train for up to a year to become certified as OVERT Technical Rescue Technicians. Total annual training requirements for the Technical Rescue Team will be a minimum 40 hrs, following certification.
Members are trained to to a level of proficiency in slope, self rescue, pick off rescues, belay, high angle,and highline rescues.
The OVERT Volunteers that make up the Marine unit receive training above and beyond that of the teams GSAR technicians. The Marine unit members have received specialized training in the areas of marine search and rescue techniques, as well as boating safety and water survival training. All Marine unit members are coast guard certified in the operation of a motorboat. The marine unit consists of a boat crew as well as a land or safety crew.
In the case of severe flooding the Marine unit can supply both equipment and/or marine personnel to assist authorities in evacuating people. During search and rescue operations the Marine unit is responsible for searching lakes, rivers, marshes and inland waterways. For body recovery missions the Marine unit works with K9, providing that unit with a water search capability.
Our comms' staff are responsible for the dispatch and tracking of all OVERT personnel during an event. The safety and orderly maintenance of personnel in the field is critical to a successful operation. These staff members will relay critical information between field teams and command staff.
The team remains in contact with our units via radio and the activities are tracked on a dispatch software. The comms' staff are also responsible for the operation of the command post's wireless computer systems. Ensuring all the team computers are operational and in communication with our server to ensure the proper completion and recording of unit activities.
They are responsible for the set up and tear down of the command post and the related equipment utilized during an OVERT operation.
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Road rash, muscle cramps, sunburn, chafe, blisters, saddle sores, plantar fasciitis, low energy and DOMs… As a pharmacist I regularly see it all (and so much more). Triathletes are training for 3 sports so thrice as likely to present to the pharmacy with some kind of injury or issue. This page will explore some of the common injuries, issues and questions we are presented with as well as product reviews and recommendations.
This page is a work in progress, full time work, part time ironman training and the rest of my time spent doing 'real life' things leaves little time for writing. But there are lots of topics I plan to cover so watch this space, also if you have any queries or topics you would like to see written about please contact me.
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I have a 7-year-old daughter with global developmental delay. She has lots of sensory concerns, but the most recent and difficult to help her with is her gag reflex in response to smells and even sometimes just the sight of food. We went to a fair the other day and had to leave because she gagged over and over from all the smells there (she never actually throws up). It has become more and more of a problem for her in the past 2 months or so and we need help. Even eating out at restaurants has become too much. Wed love any help might have to offer.
Response to smell is indeed a difficult issue to address. Here are my suggestions:
1. With complex issues, it is always best to get the advice of a local OT who can do an in-depth evaluation and provide personalized recommendations. If you need help finding one in your area with a strong background in sensory integration, let me know.
2. Fill out the Sensory Symptoms Checklist found on our website under the "Forms" tab. See if she is over- or under-responsive in other areas and make sure those needs are being addressed. For example, if she is over-responsive across the board of sensory systems, sometimes using whole-body calming techniques, like the brushing protocol or wearing a weighted vest can also help decrease hypersensitivity to smells. If you have any questions after filling out the checklist, let me know and I'll be happy to help you.
3. Allow her to chew gum or suck on a mint when going places where you know smell will be an issue.
4. Find an essential oil that she likes. Lavender, pine and vanilla are frequent favorites. Put a few drops on a "friendship" bracelet (just a few strands of embroidery string braided together will do). She can bring it to her nose to smell it whenever necessary.
5. Teach her to breathe in and out through her mouth, rather than her nose, when overwhelmed by smells.
6. Deep pressure is calming to the entire nervous system. Provide deep pressure in difficult (or smelly!) situations by pushing down through her shoulders, giving her tight hugs, firm massages, or wearing a weighted vest or compression clothing (such as Under Armour).
7. Try allowing her to keep a tube of Chapstick with her and let her dab a little on the end of her nose.
8. Consult with her doctor to make sure there isn't a medical issue causing this heightened sensitivity, especially if it continues to interfere with social settings.
Keep me posted on what works and doesn't work!
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The quantity of rainwater accumulated will vary depending upon location, and the water storage system being made use of.
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A major factor of any rain accumulating system is the process by which the water is literally collected.
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A lot of roofs may be used for rain water collection, however you ought to keep in mind the angle of the pipe may have to change based upon the distance between the tank and the roof.
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This style of water collection will be implemented around the boundary of your residence, with the water being transferred below ground via a collection of PVC pipes to your water storage device.
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So happy with my latest Etsy purchase. I am really into low centerpieces + succulents- these would be perfect for an outdoor wedding on long tables. Monkeys Always Look puts together these charming little pots of succulents. It arrived last week ready to go and the best $50 mid week boost a girl could ask for.
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Sarah Knowles reports on a survey and brief intervention study of the National Elf Service across the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which sheds some light on how best to increase research uptake in mental health professionals.[read the full story...]
Results: 14For: evidence based social care
Challenges for evaluating effectiveness in social work
Mike Clark on a scoping review of effectiveness research, methods, outcomes and reporting in social work across a broad spectrum of adult social care contexts.[read the full story...]
Impact of young onset dementia on informal caregivers compared with late onset dementia
Jo Moriarty reviews two cohort studies comparing experiences of caregivers of young onset dementia with those of later onset dementia.[read the full story...]
Social work students and evidence-based practice
Mike Clark investigates a US study into social work student use of research for evidence-based practice and wonders if the findings would apply to the UK.[read the full story...]
Reflections on Reimagining Social Care
Sarah Carr takes a look at a new report from Research in Practice for Adults which uses evidence to reimagine social care.[read the full story...]
New NICE Guideline on social care support for older people with multiple long-term conditions
Sarah Carr takes a look at a new NICE Guideline on person-centred, integrated social care support for older people with multiple long-term conditions.[read the full story...]
Complex Behaviour Service: is it really an enhanced model for challenging behaviour?
Rachel Allan appraises an observational study, which evaluates a complex behaviour service for people with challenging behaviour. The service, which used the principles of positive behaviour support, showed some short-term improvement, but this was not maintained at 12 months.[read the full story...]
What is the evidence for evidence-based practice in social work?
Lindsey Pike examines an Australian study on what helps and hinders evidence-based practice in social work and discusses messages for the UK situation.[read the full story...]
E-markets and micros: evidence for the future of social care?
Sarah Carr takes an unusual step of appraising a 'think tank' research report on e-marketplaces for social care and discusses the work in relation to the broader context of evidence-based policy.[read the full story...]
How is evidence-based practice understood in social work?
Sarah Carr considers a Swedish study on understandings of evidence-based practice in social work practitioners, managers and policy makers and wonders how the findings could relate to social work in the UK.[read the full story...]


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It started out like dozens of other calls to police on Miami Beach: A tenant at an apartment complex was fighting with a roommate, acting irrationally and threatening to harm people.
But once police were inside Jaime Federico Gonzalez's Island Avenue apartment, what they observed was anything but normal: Six rifles, three shotguns, 11 pistols and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition.
"We were called there because he was making threatening statements saying he wanted to kill people," said Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez. "We initially Baker Acted him. We see his roommate and that's when they discovered all the weapons."
Gonzalez, 38, was taken into custody without incident. He was charged with false imprisonment, battery, grand theft, possession of a short-barreled shotgun and sexual battery. He was taken to the Turner Guilford Knight correctional center and his bond was initially set at $44,000.
The weapons were seized by police, and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were notified of the arrest and the weapons cache. And Gonzalez won't be able to retrieve his weapons any time soon — if at all — legal experts say.
Criminal defense attorney Brian Tannebaum said there is "absolutely no way" Gonzalez can get his weapons back while he's out on felony bond.
"We won't be surrendering them without a court order," said Rodriguez.
According to Gonzalez's arrest report, it was just before 9:30 a.m. Monday when the landlord at Gonzalez's apartment complex told police that one of her tenants was acting irrationally and "making threats to hurt people."
When police made contact with a woman who had rented a room in Gonzalez's apartment, she told them she awoke Monday morning to Gonzalez choking her and that she managed to escape when the landlord knocked on the door after hearing a commotion.
The woman also told police Gonzalez kept repeating that he wanted to "kill everyone."
Miami Beach police said they first encountered Gonzalez outside the apartment and that he continued making threatening comments. But it wasn't until police escorted the woman into the apartment that they noticed the stockpile of weapons.
Among them: a white long rifle with a scope, an AR-15 and a crossbow. Police also discovered two short-barreled shotguns — which are illegal — and a handgun that had been reported stolen nine years ago.
The woman who rented a room from Gonzalez also made two startling admissions: Gonzalez had forbidden her from going into a closeted area of the apartment where he said cameras and alarms had been installed and where the weapons were kept.
And, the woman told police that Gonzalez had raped her last week. She said she woke up at 4 a.m. Saturday while Gonzalez was penetrating her and that she managed to get away by kicking him and locking herself in a bathroom.
While she was locked in the bathroom, the woman told police she heard Gonzalez pacing just outside the door and talking to himself about killing his father and his cousin.
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Plans for secret hearings in civil courts are "overkill", a senior Government adviser has warned.
David Anderson, the independent reviewer of anti-terror legislation, said provisions put forward by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke remained "disproportionate" to the scale of the problem, and that changes to the Justice and Security Bill had not eased his fears.
Nothing had been done, he told MPs and peers, to address his concerns that ministers, not judges, would decide when to impose secrecy, or to ensure that secrecy would be used only rarely.
He told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights in evidence about the Bill: "It addresses what I consider to be a genuine problem, but it does so in a way which is disproportionate.
"I think there is an element of overkill, that I have no doubt will be the subject of debate."
Anderson said he was pleased with some changes made by Clarke following an outcry over the original proposals, such as removing inquests from the scope of the legislation.
But asked if those changes did enough to reassure him that the so-called Closed Material Procedure (CMP) would be used only in cases "of strict necessity", he said: "How to be diplomatic about this? No, no it doesn't."
Anderson said he had been shown details of three cases which had persuaded him there was a problem that would make secret proceedings "tolerable" only in certain circumstances.
But his tolerance was on the condition that CMPs "should be a last resort, to avoid cases that would otherwise be untriable" and that the decision to trigger it "must be for the court and not for the government" – two issues which remained unresolved.
He was also "not aware of any movement at this stage" towards his recommendation that an expert committee should be established to examine the proposals.
CMPs are intended to allow the Government to introduce evidence into court in a secret hearing behind closed doors, in the interests of national security.
The material would be shown to the judge, but would be withheld from the person suing the government, for example, someone claiming they had been tortured overseas by or with the assistance of British agents.
Claimants' interests in such cases would be safeguarded by special advocates – security-cleared and specially trained lawyers who would have access to the material but would be banned from discussing it with the claimant or his or her legal team without permission.
Anderson was particularly scathing of the way the Bill appeared to give judges the final say – as critics had demanded – while in fact leaving them hamstrung and enabling ministers to "continue to pull the strings".
He spoke out after campaigners from human rights group Liberty, dressed as bouncers preventing public access, protested outside the High Court as the House of Lords prepared to debate the legislation.
Anderson told the committee: "I said, and many others said, that the judge should have the last word.
"And in fairness to the Government, under the procedure that's been devised in the Bill, the judge does have the last word.
"The only difficulty is that that word is dictated to the judge by the Secretary of State because the judge can only make a decision at all if the Secretary of State makes an application – he has no other jurisdiction to consider it.
"Secondly, when the judge does come to consider it, it is not for the judge to weigh up the relative merits of PII (Public Interest Immunity) or CMP or to decide what the various ways would be to decide the case.
"The judge's hands are effectively tied: if there is disclosable material that impacts on national security, as I would have thought there pretty obviously will be in any case where an application is made, the judge is required to agree – and the word 'must' features in clause six – the judge 'must' order a closed material procedure.
"So it seems to me they have given formal effect to the requirement that the judge should have the last word, but in substance the Secretary of State continues to pull the strings."
Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti said: "The sight of sinister bouncers barring victims, press and public from a court door may seem unthinkable, indefensible or both.
"But that is exactly what the Justice and Security Bill would achieve – undermining the reputation of Britain's justice system and security establishment in the process.
"The Bill replaces judicial discretion with executive control and destroys the age-old principle that everyone is equal under the law."
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: "We entirely agree with David Anderson that closed proceedings provide a way of scrutinising national security evidence.
"The current rules exclude this material entirely from the courtroom, meaning silence on very serious allegations – no judgment, no questions answered
"The judge will have the final decision that a closed hearing is needed and will then have significant power to ensure that at least the same level of information is available to the claimant as under the current system.
"Nothing heard now in open court could be heard in closed in future under these plans."


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So let's just put this here.
If the 1st thing you say is 'I woke up this morning', when someone ask you how your day is going.
Let's aim for something a little better than that about your day.
YES I'M TALL, I've been that way since day 327.
Yes it is only x days until Friday, at the most Friday is 6 days away, one every week.
You look every bit of your 48 to 50 years old.


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Thank you so much for sharing your stories... I am honored that this is place where so many would feel comfortable sharing about their precious babies that are no longer here. And while I wish there wasn't a need to pray for one another about something like this, I am grateful that we can... that we have a Father who cares about our hurt and our loss, and that He is caring for the children our arms long to hold.
The winner of the necklace from My Forever Child is...
True Random Number Generator Result: 45 (from random.org)
Comment number 45 was Keisha, in memory of her precious babies Kyndall and Kaiden. Keisha, please e-mail me at email@example.com so that I can put you in touch with Sue at My Forever Child.
I would also like to ask you to pray for my friend Carly. Carly's son, Will, was born on January 17, 2008 at 26 weeks. Carly had an early onset of severe preeclampsia and needed to deliver. Will lived for 9 days in the NICU, and passed away on January 26, 2008. Carly is currently pregnant with Will's little brother, and thanks to the addition of several medications to her prenatal care, she has made it further in her pregnancy with this baby than she did with Will... she is currently 30 weeks pregnant. However, at a recent doctor's appointment, Carly learned that her blood pressure is on the rise, and her amniotic fluid levels are have dropped... signs that preeclampsia is beginning to rear its ugly head again.
I am fortunate to know Carly in real life, having met her at the monthly infant loss support group that we both attend. She has been a tremendous support to me in my own grief journey of losing Isaac, and so I would love it if you would join me in praying for her and her sweet baby boy. Please pray that her blood pressure does not continue rise, that her fluid levels do not continue to drop. Please also pray that her baby boy's development and growth aren't constricted by either of these things, and that she is able to make it to at least 32 weeks which is what her doctors are hoping. But we know that our great God is able to do immeasurably more than we could ask or ever imagine, and that Carly could make it much farther than 32 weeks.
Please pray for her... I know she would deeply appreciate it.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Giveaway Winner, and Prayers for Carly
Thank you so much for sharing your stories... I am honored that this is place where so many would feel comfortable sharing about their precious babies that are no longer here. And while I wish there wasn't a need to pray for one another about something like this, I am grateful that we can... that we have a Father who cares about our hurt and our loss, and that He is caring for the children our arms long to hold.
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9 comments:
- Holly said...
Congratulations to Keisha!! I am praying for your friend Carly to carry Will a little longer safely.
- October 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- Cynthia said...
Congrats Keisha. Thank you for thinking about all of us and our babies. Prayers to Carly that things go well.
- October 16, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Ang said...
Many prayers being said for Carly, how scarey for her and her family.
Congrats to Keisha!
- October 16, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- jen said...
Congrats, Keisha! That will be so beautiful for you! Sending prayers for Carly and her precious little boy.
- October 16, 2009 at 1:07 PM
- Krista said...
Hello. I read your blog often but have never commented. I pray for you often. I am also praying for Carly. I also wanted to share my story in hopes that it will give her hope. I lost 4 pregnancies before my doctor started me on progesterone. In my fifth (and successful) pregancy, my amniotic fluid started leaking at 30 weeks. It finally broke just shy of 32 weeks. My daughter Emma was predicted to weight less than 3lbs and need a ventilator. Needless to say we were beyond scared. She was born at 5lb 9oz and screaming her head off. She spent 3 weeks in the NICU and is now a happy and healthy 14 month old. I wish someone had share with me a positive and encouraging stories such as mine. I was too scared to enjoy any part of Emma's birth and still can't remember much of it. I hope this helps. Emma's story can be found at http://riggsworld.blogspot.com
- October 16, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Hilary said...
I would also like to share a happy-ending premature labor story for your friend, Carly. I wish I'd had one to focus on during that time when I was going through a similar situation.
With no history of complicated pregnancies or preterm labor, I went into preterm labor with my first son (my first pregnancy) around 31 weeks. They were able to stop it and give me steroid shots for lung development, and then home for bedrest. My water broke 3 days later. Scared out of my mind, my nurse told me that "white boys are the weakest"...I will never get over the cruelty of that comment, I was already afraid enough. Ethan was 4 lbs 15 oz, neded CPAP and a ventilator, but was breathing on his own after 12 hours. He spend 4 weeks in the NICU before coming home with us. He is a vibrant, strong, and healthy 3-year-old who noone would ever guess as a preemie (most people guess him to be 4!...take a peek...www.thesuburbanzoo.blogspot.com). My twins were born last December at 34 weeks 4 days and had similar NICU experiences, though they spent only 3 weeks there. Babies are tough and technology is amazing. My thoughts are with you!
- October 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- pollykinz said...
Prayers to your friend that she is able to make it beyond 32 weeks and that her precious baby is born healthy. I can only imagine the fear she must be feeling, I pray that she has some peace as well.
- October 16, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- FSD said...
Praying for Carly and her precious baby boy. Please keep us posted.
God bless you for blessing Keisha. How kind of you! I'm so glad your blog and your story are a place of healing and refuge to others that have experienced the loss of a child. I'm continuing to pray for you, your husband and your families.
- October 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM
- mandie lane said...
I'll be praying for Carly!
- October 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM


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So, what can you do? Well, I'd suggest you buy a vacation package. This will help with the cost of airfare, but what about Spring Break? This is when you can find other ways to offset the price of the airfare and the price of the room.
Staying at a Disney Resort will save you money on transportation. You won't need to rent a car. Walt Disney World offers free transportation to and from Orlando International Airport and it also offers free transportation within Walt Disney World. If you do decide to rent a car, you'll save money by receiving free parking, which now cost $14 a day.
You can save on the cost of food by eating one or two meals in your room by getting a hotel room that has a mini-refrigerator. There's a $10 charge for a mini-refrigerator at the Value Resorts. All other hotel categories provide a complimentary mini-refrigerator. All resorts have stores that you can buy merchandise and some food items.
There is another option for stocking up on food. There is a grocery delivering service called, Garden Grocer, that will deliver food to you for a $12 delivery charge. Minimum $40 order. Free delivery after $200! Due to the cost of fuel, they are temporarily added a fuel surcharge of $1.99. Garden Grocer has gluten free, organic, and kosher food. http://www.gardengrocer.com/ or call 866-855-4350.
Walt Disney World has cabins at their Fort Wilderness Resort. The cabins have full kitchens! The Fort Wilderness Resort also have campsites. The campsites are cheaper than staying at "regular" hotel, but as far as saving on food goes, you can not have fires at your campsite.
Note: Transportation within Walt Disney World is free to all guests, not just guests that are staying at a Disney Resort.


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Photobucket decided to hold my pictures hostage and wants $400 to release them.
Please bear with me as I update all my old posts.
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Happy Christmas 2016
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Happy little late Christmas and little early New Year. lol Hope you're having a good one!ReplyDelete
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After attending the premiere of Black Panther on February 16th, I'll be celebrating my 35th birthday so we're throwing an afterparty featuring themed cocktails. With that in mind, I had to go to the lab and blend up something special that fits the occasion. "Kinetic" is a great blended cocktail for any occasion. This drink is easy to make the prep time is 3 mins.
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The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) has released the 2014-15 Benchmark Science and ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) results. PARCC results of Literacy and Math will be released later this fall. The following brief highlights the results of these tests, compares achievement scores over time, and provides a glimpse of regional achievement results for the following exams: Benchmark Science Exam (Grades 5 and 7) End-of-Course Biology Exam Iowa Test of Basic Skills (Grades 1 and 2)
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McKenzie, Sarah C. and Ritter, Gary W., "Arkansas Science Benchmark, EOC Biology and ITBS Test Results 2014-15" (2015). Policy Briefs. 18.
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This guest post is provided by the Belize Tourism Board.
Around the holidays, shoppers are often encouraged to buy local and find unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for the loved ones on their list. Shopping small allows people to not only support independent businesses, but also pass on a lasting, authentic gift. The Belize Tourism Board thinks we should do the same with our vacations.
To help share the beauty of small nations with the world, the board has named November 29 the first Small Country Sunday—a day to encourage travelers to book their adventure somewhere small and unexplored.
This melting pot of ethnicities is most evident in wide-ranging Belizean cuisine. A sample of local staples includes meat pies, conch chowder, stewed chicken with rice and beans, fry jacks, cassava pudding and black dinner—a black soup made with chicken, ground pork, onions, tomatoes, black recado and boiled eggs.
To whet their appetite, travelers can go on a physical exploration of Belizean history at a variety of Maya archaeological sites. Maya civilization flourished in Belize for roughly 2,400 years, until nearly 900 AD. Despite the passage of time, key sites like Caracol and Xunatunich still stand. Covering nearly 25,000 acres, Caracol is impressive not only for its size, but also its immense agriculture field system and elaborate city planning. Its main temple, Canaã ("sky place"), is 143 feet high—the tallest man-made structure in the country—and boasts a spectacular view of the surrounding jungle. Further north, Xunantunich sits atop a hill, overlooking the Mopan River and Cayo District. This area was a key Maya ceremonial site and is composed of six major plazas with more than 25 temples and palaces. "El Castillo" (the Castle), is the largest pyramid at Xunantunich and stands 130 feet above the plaza. On a clear day, you can see the peak of Caracol or view nearby Guatemala.
For a more modern cultural experience, head to southern Belize, home of the Garifuna community. Members of this ethnic group are direct descendants of two slave boats shipwrecked in 1635 and a tribe of Carib Indians. After deportation by the British in 1797, many Garifuna returned to Belize on November 19, 1802, and settled along the southeast coast. This "Settlement Day" is celebrated each year on November 19 with a parade, street music, drumming and dancing in city of Dangriga. To get a taste of the celebration outside of November, visit the Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins for a traditional dancing and drumming demonstration on the shore of the Caribbean Sea.
Outside of these cultural expeditions, travelers can enjoy snorkeling over the second-largest barrier reef in the world, diving in the Blue Hole, tubing through a system of underground caves or walking on the wild side at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve.
Belize may be a small nation, but just like many other hidden gems, it's packed with adventure and rich cultural opportunities. To help spread the word about beautiful small nations, the Belize Tourism Board is hosting a sweepstakes and giving two would-be travelers the chance of a lifetime: a trip for two to tropical (and tiny) Belize.
To enter, follow the Belize Tourism Board on Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook; then, show or tell why you want to travel small in 2016 using the hashtag #SmallCountrySunday. Two winners will be randomly selected at 7 p.m. CST on Sunday, November 29. Please click here for official rules. And remember, the next time you book a vacation, consider traveling small!


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Putin smirks: welcome to Trumpistan and "American carnage"
So the deed is done and suddenly, we live in an "American carnage" that only DJT can remedy, apparently. His dark message was a paean to nationalistic jingoism, fear mongering and isolationism.
Some apt points in articles today from David Remnick (New Yorker) and Paul Krugman (New York Times);
Remnick: "Since Election Day, Trump has managed to squander good faith and guarded hope with flagrant displays of self-indulgent tweeting, chaotic administration, willful ignorance, and ethical sludge. Setting the tone for his Presidency, he refused, or was unable, to transcend the willful ugliness of his campaign. He goes on continuing to conceal his taxes, the summary of his professional life; he refuses to isolate himself from his businesses in a way that satisfies any known ethical standard; he rants on social media about every seeming offense that catches his eye; he sets off gratuitous diplomatic brushfires everywhere from Beijing to Berlin. (Everywhere, that is, except Moscow.)
"His appointees, in the meantime, are too often amateurs in the fields they now pretend to lead or determined opponents of the realms they are intended to safeguard: civil rights, the global environment, public housing."
Krugman: "So there you have it: an administration unprecedented in its corruption, but also completely unprepared to govern. It's going to be terrific, let me tell you."
Maybe "carnage" is the right word after all…
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble"
I don't think we –by "we" I mean writers, journalists, editors, bloggers, etc.–understand the disaster facing the country with respect to many issues – most importantly (to me) on climate change, renewable energy, sustainability, the Supreme Court, free speech, civil and gender rights, corporate power and influence, democratic institutions and equal justice.
Here is what David Remnick wrote last week in The New Yorker: "The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism…It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety."
In the early going Trump was a media novelty; he was "good copy," as they say in newsrooms. He was not taken seriously until it became—too late—really serious, even deadly serious. Trump also tapped into a vein of discontent, anger and fear that was largely under-reported or ignored—again until it was too late.
So the reasoned and rational "what do we do now?" arguments and suggestions for going forward strike me as somewhat naive and not very useful because this is not a "business as usual" or "return to normalcy" situation. It's not a rational and normal transfer of power, no matter how it is dressed up as such. This a new, different, uncertain, dangerous and even absurd universe—so new, different and radical thinking about the way we report and approach whatever horrors await us from the Trump/Pence cabal is needed. It means telling the truth with clarity and accuracy no matter how inconvenient or costly, both to ourselves and to the powerful.
Remnick concluded: "To combat authoritarianism, to call out lies, to struggle honorably and fiercely in the name of American ideals—that is what is left to do. That is all there is to do."
That is what I promise to do. I hope you will join me.
Image: Donald Trump – Portrait by DonkeyHotey viaFlickr CC


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After twelve years of practicing medicine, Dr. Alan Bulmer develops a supernatural ability to heal, but the miraculous power carries a potentially lethal price.
McMillan Palgrave
Suddenly, a family physician can heal with a simple touch.
Dr. Alan Bulmer discovers one day that he can cure any illness with the mere touch of his hand, with no rational explanation. Although he tries to hide it, word inevitably leaks out and soon Alan's life begins to unravel. Only rich, beautiful, enigmatic Sylvia Nash stands by him, and Ba, her Vietnamese gardener, who witnessed such power in his homeland, where it is called Dat-tay-vao and always comes with a price. Help arrives unexpectedly—Senator James McCready offers the use of his family's medical foundation to investigate Alan's power. If it truly exists, he will back Alan with the full weight of the Foundation's international reputation. Alan accepts McCready's offer. But he has only begun to pay.
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I didn't like this one much. I'm used to the Repairman Jack excitement and the change of pace in this book was too much for me. I struggled to finish it
F. Paul Wilson if you haven't read any of his stuff yet once you start you will love it. And luckily he has been writing for years so it's lke hitting the jackpot. Try Jack the Repair Man Series. The Touch is a medical/thriller/horror/love story. Great!
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After a dozen years of practicing medicine as a family physician, Dr. Alan Bulmer discovers one day that he can cure any illness with the mere touch of his hand.
Although he tries to hide his power, word inevitably leaks out, and soon Alan's life begins to unravel. His marriage and his practice crumble. Only rich, beautiful, enigmatic Sylvia Nash stands by him. And standing with her is Ba, her Vietnamese gardener, who once witnessed a power such as Dr. Bulmer's in his homeland, where it is called [italics]Dat-tay-vao[/italics].
Ba knows too well that the [italics]Dat-tay-vao[/italics] always comes with a price.
And Alan has only begun to pay.
In this new edition [shown above from Amazon --summary writer's note] of F. Paul Wilson's tale of supernatural suspense is for the first time accompanied by the short story, "Dat-tay-vao," which tells the story of the events bringing the [italics]Dat-tay-vao[/italics] to the United States.
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