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Belgian-Canadian artist Jean Detheux creates exquisite, rapturous digital paintings and otherworldly videos inspired by his philosophical studies. For over thirty years he worked in natural media, but he made the transition to digital media when he found that the materials he used were causing severe allergic reactions. His experience with natural media "paved the way" for his digital work, his story of personal reincarnation. His use of digital media is both eloquent and innovative, simultaneously sublime and transcendental, a "visual phenomena." Jean is involved in the Film Board of Canada and is frequently invited to show his animations and lecture at film festivals and other events open to experimental art.
Jean Detheux's transformation from the "natural" media to computer media seems, although most certainly significant to the artist, to be a logical continuation of the substance of the work itself. His work is rooted in his understanding and practice of Phenomenology and Zen, two disciplines he views as interwoven. According to the artist, within the constructs of Phenomenon, there is no instant truth associated with what is normally construed as "real" and what appears as "hallucination." In the Zen tradition, the "seeing of no-seeing," the truth of no "self/other," present a similar interpretation of reality. The incorporation of these concepts in his art dissolves any boundaries between Jean's "natural media" works and the computer constructed works – what propels them into natural transition. It is his immediate sensing and experience of the moment that is reflected and manifest in his work. This is done without placing value on the experience, the very essence of Abstract Expressionism itself, and this is what makes Jean Detheux a vortex point in the Abstract Expressionist genre, independent of the sources that have shaped it previously.
Jean Detheux's words and insights are as multi-textured and fascinating as his visual work. It was a pleasure to gather the following communications:
: Are your images inspired and derived from the actual musical piece that accompanies them? Or are they two separate entities that join together after the fact? Are the visual images computerized (music fed in?) or is there a direct hand in this?
: The first few pieces posted on my web site are usually done after/from the music, meaning i had little to do with the musician(s),with the exception of "G1," "Image 4," "CP1," "Fish 2" ("Liquid
Fish") and "Voyage."The music for these pieces were created by Scott Lahteine, a musician and
programmer with whom I used to work, after the images had been completed.
Since then, I've been working regularly with two great musicians, Thierry Van Roy, who composed the music for "Terra Artella Nova," and Jean Derome. Thierry and I made several other pieces together not yet on the web but circulating on DVD. Jean Derome is a musical genius from Montréal. We recently created two films commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada ("Liaisons" and "Rupture" --
more on that on the NFB site).
I am involved in a fascinating "back and forth" process, whereby a piece may evolve through several exchanges that feed on each other: "Liaisons," for example, was made by my first giving Jean Derome a silent 30 seconds clip for which he wrote the music. I took that music and made a new 30 seconds animation for it, he took the new animation and made new music for it, and we went at it that way for a year and a half (changing the length of the clips eventually), ending up with nearly 50 minutes of original material from which, with which, we made the final 9 minutes film, plus a short sequel, about 2 1/2 minutes, "Rupture."
Here's some info on Jean Derome: http://www.actuellecd.com/bio.e/derome_je.html
So I can honestly say that by now, I work in those two different ways constantly, before and after the music, and I find that over time, the music has had a tendency to become my "motif" in a way very similar to what a still-life or model used to represent for me when working "from the visible" (which, contrary to the appearances, I feel I have never stopped doing).
This series of drawings leading to one of my first ever animation may throw some light on that, especially if you follow it the way it is set up: http://www.vudici.net/awn/images_intro.html
: When I see "Sonata," I have to believe that you were personally involved in it, as it is so emotive -- it feels as if one's body is dancing just to look at it. This, and "Sonata Mirror" put one in mind of embryonic life. These videos in general feel so life-driven - I get a sense of growth from them - life metamorphing, origins of creation. How much of your work is inspired by this organic growth, the natural world in general? Is there any background you might have in microbiology?
: "Sonata" was done in a very different way from all the other pieces. I was actually drawing to the music with a process that makes the images appear in real time in synchronicity with the music. By doing this several times, I was able to combine the better parts of the different attempts and put them together in/as the two versions of "Sonata" you have seen on the web.
This feeds right into a big desire I have had for some time -- the hope to be able to work in real time with musicians, interacting with them in a "performance-like" setting. I recently came very close to that at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal, where we presented a "happening" during which Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Joane Hétu improvised their music to images/animation I was projecting
on five large screens simultaneously. I was not yet able to create images live, as I lack computer resources for being able to do so, but I was able to manipulate already made images in real time, so I am getting closer. It was a fabulous evening, we all want to do it again, and as it was both recorded and filmed, I will soon make something with that and likely have it all on DVD.
No background in microbiology here, but a serious background in both Phenomenology and Zen practice.
That means that the process that creates the images is similar (hopefully) to the process that creates all life, macro and micro, and especially similar to the process of attention itself, something I have written at length in the articles that are accessible from the Vudici site front page (those 6 articles forming the "Notes from the Underground" series published by the Animation World Network).
One more thing about this "organic" aspect of "my" work: one day, Pollock was asked by a visitor why he no longer painted "from nature." Pollock was annoyed by the question and he answered: "Fuck man, I'm nature!" I agree with him, it seems to me that when we are at ourbest, we become like a medium
through which the work does itself, and in that situation, our most essential task is to be a witness and not "get in the way" of the process, a process which absolutely needs us in order to take place,
but with which we must make sure we do not interfere.
: The beauty of this work is that the visual propels one into the depth of the music - I have never made an association between Beethoven and the notion of growth and decay until I saw your visual interpretation. In this way, music is enhanced visually, and the part of the brain we seldom use is made use of finally!
: I do recall the working on "Sonata" and being in the midst of a huge sense of near "terminal" solitude, and still finding overtones of that when I look at the two versions of that animation today. But to quote a Belgian writer (I can't recall his name but he is still alive today): "The artist is experiencing the horror and immense pain of the world and, in order to survive, he transforms it all into beauty." In that sense, pain becomes beauty by not being fought against, but also by not being succumbed to in a fit of self pity or sterile despair, a strange "balance" if there is one! I think the very best example we have of that is the music of Mozart. By temperament, I am much more Beethoven-like, but the one that keeps bringing me back "on track" is Mozart.
: The images "CP1", "Fish 2," and "Voyage" are practically living organisms themselves! It seems that this work actually hits the source of pulsating, creative life. Was that an intention of yours?
: Nope, I am only a medium, remember? If anything, my work really starts once I have reached that
point at which it is very obvious that my intentions are really futile, and I finally surrender to what needs me in order to come to visible life. The few times I have managed to do what I wanted to do, it was really pathetic.
This of course brings us to that paradox, a real dilemma: how does one intentionally work unintentionally?
: The "Dilemma" pieces are absolutely hypnotic. "Afghan Buddha" immediately puts one in mind of the "disassembling of the mask" - that even the concept of "Buddha" is a transient one and acts as a veil over itself. How does this relate to your intentions in this piece?
: "Dilemma" came out of nowhere and was never intended as an animation. I was then discovering a new (to me) process, called morphing, and a mere exercise gave birth to a piece, and then to a second one (as is so often the case, I hardly ever "get" a piece when I set up to make one).
The "Afghan Buddha" was my pitiful way of dealing with the blowing up of those tall Buddha statues by the Talibans. Creating the piece, I felt as if I was simultaneously "in" the Buddha statue and
out looking at if when it was exploded.
I guess that was just a way of getting all that off my chest.
: Your still images appear as painted images - the dimension present, which I think, is rare for digital painting. From what I have observed and what has passed my way through my virtual gallery space, most digital work tends to stay on the surface, being more concerned with color and process. This has its merits, I think, but your digital paintings seem to take the process one step further - not that the paintings are "concerned" with dimension or appearing as "paintings," but simply that they actually do! How did this come about? I would imagine, from what you have already stated, that it simply happened as you were working. I feel as though I can crawl inside the images. They absolutely resonate with temperature, leading one deeper inside them, a tactile nourishing and nourishing experience.
: Most digital images are not made by "artists." They are the products of technicians wanting to dab in art. So much is left in "the hands" of the software, and so much is controlled by the computer's "attempts" at keeping everything clean, under control. I have always worked by way of fortuitous accidents, and when I started with computers, I was determined not to let "them" have the upper hand in this struggle. Also, most people's relation to paintings is based on magazine or computer images, and they sure lack that tactile experience so essential to any painting that "works." So there too, I wanted to bend the computer's thin and phony images and continue with what I was so familiar with from my pre-digital days. I would lie if I claimed that computers did not change my work, did not change me, but nevertheless, the kind of "dirty" organic world I am comfortable with when working is still very much alive in the work even after I abandoned natural media.
: I would be willing to bet that this painting comes about on its own, without your giving a thought that "I am using Digital Media" as you work. It is simply your tool.
: As it is above all about the quality of the experience through which the images are "born," I never do think about the painting as a painting, or if and when I do, I end up with very depressing garbage.
: I would imagine that there are new programs erupting on the marketplace all of the time. Are you interested in pursuing them as they become available, or are you, at this moment, more likely to keep using your present media?
: I have some software I am partial to, like Painter (now made by Corel) which is the application that saved my life when, in despair, I had to leave natural media. I was tricked into trying Painter on a Mac (that was around 1997). Within minutes, I was right back in my painter's bubble, so convincing an experience that I went out and bought a computer days after that, and I was neither rich nor much interested in playing with those infernal machines. I now have a network of Macs here at home (and one lone PC); little did I know then what I was getting into. But there is one application I am extremely partial to, Studio Artist. This is a paradigm shift in what can be done with 2 D images and animation, and I have been beta testing it for a little over 4 years now, a very exciting and ground breaking tool.
: What are your thoughts and visions for the future of Digital Media in general?
Hard to tell, now that we have fabulous tools for exploring further that 2D world, I see 3D gaining a lot of ground and making it even easier for "plumbers" (those technicians I speak of above) to delude themselves and others into believing that their work is art.
What interests me may be a lost cause, but if so, the more reason to do the best I can at it. One thing the digital tools make possible in ways that are a lot faster than before is the exploration of time, and in film, animation and music. This is where my interest goes the most these days. I suspect we are at the very beginning of something that could be very exciting and enriching, but we'll see if I am dreaming in colours.
Notes from the Underground
#1) "Animation, Prozak or Kyosaku?"
#2) "Highjacking animation (and taking it back)"
#3) "Drawing without knowing (or, the art in the doodle)."
#4) "Knowing enough about seeing to let "the other" draw accordingly"
#5) "Escaping Muybridge's Curse (Can We?)"
#6) "From Mary Ellen Bute to Pierre Hébert, Animation in a Different Key!"


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Braven Ready Solo Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker Review
Summer is on the horizon and that means going to the beach, campfires with friends, long days at the pool and much more. One thing that brings us together is great music and one thing you should always have handy is a great Bluetooth speaker. We might have found the ultimate Bluetooth speaker for the summer, it is the Braven Ready Solo which is IP68 waterproof and dustproof, has an extended range driver and all-direction subwoofer, offers 12 hours of playtime, and it even floats! Let's take a look at the Ready Solo and see if it really is the perfect Bluetooth speaker for summer!

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On the latest RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Derek VanRiper and I completed the first two rounds of an Early 15-team 2019 Mock Draft.
Really. Early.
Being the generous host he is, DVR let me draft eight teams (including the No. 1 pick), while he handled the other seven.
Who went No. 1? (Jose Ramirez?) Which pair is your favorite? Which team messed up?
Take a look at the draft board image below or the public Google Doc. We'll be finishing up with Rounds 3 and 4 next Tuesday to wrap up the regular season.


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Visiting Professorship in arthritis research
The Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases together with the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology are offering a Visiting Professorship in arthritis research.
Up to £5,000 funding is available for a Visiting Professorship for 1-3 months with the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.
We invite applications from high profile, international academic and industrial researchers in the field of arthritis research. This position will facilitate the sharing of knowledge and expertise, establish strong strategic collaborations and lead to the development of future multi-institutional research programmes.
During your visit you will be giving a public seminar as well as a research seminar or a similar activity within the University. At the end of your visit you have to submit a lay and scientific summary of your research.
Find out more about the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
How to apply
Your application should include:
- a statement (2-3 pages) that summarises your relevant experience and achievements and how the Arthritis Grand Challenge at the University of Bath would benefit from them (the statement should include dates, the proposed project and a breakdown of costs for the visit to Bath)
- a curriculum vitae that demonstrates expertise and excellence in the area of arthritis research
- a letter of support from the research institute, university or company that currently employs you
- a letter of support from the head of the host lab/group in Bath
The closing date for applications is 29 April 2016.
Please submit your application by email to Dr Amanda MacKenzie.
Find out more about the Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases
The Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology has a long-standing and internationally recognised reputation for high-quality translational research with an overall aim of improved healthcare outcomes.
We have six research themes that span fundamental drug discovery science, target identification through to health care delivery and lifelong health. In 2015, we launched three grand challenge areas that cut across the research themes and include an Arthritis Grand Challenge.


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How would your kids decorate your home? Rather than let them run wild, here are some tasteful ways to make your home happy and bright for your little ones:
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Perth County girl honoured for saving brothers from fire
A young Perth County girl has received a special award after saving her brothers from a house fire.
Hannah Sims was 11 years old and babysitting her two younger brothers when a radio in their house caught fire.
Sims took her brothers outside, to a spot that had been set by their family as an emergency meeting place.
By the time firefighters arrived, much of the house was full of smoke. According to Perth East fire chief Bill Hunter, Sims' actions saved the lives of her and her brothers.
Sims, now 12, was honoured Thursday with the Fire Chief's Commendation. She is the first person in Perth East to receive that award.
"Too often, we hear of fires where people didn't know what to do or simply panicked," Hunter said in a press release.
"Hannah knew exactly what she needed to do, and did it."
In a special ceremony, she was presented with a commendation coin and a framed certificate.


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"Why are you looking for change" or "Why did you leave your job" or "what is the reason of job change" or "why are you planning to leave your current job"
In one form or another, this one question is always there in every job interview. There is just no skipping from it. There can be multiple reasons for leaving a job or looking for new opportunities in the market. Some you can share or some are better to skip.
How to justify these reasons in an interview is itself a challenge:
Key is to be positive, confident and frame a good answer.
Let's have a look at different reasons and how to tackle them in a job interview:
New opportunities/Professional growth:
This is the most common answer given by candidates. Where they fail is, in justifying how their current organization is not helping them in achieving desired professional growth and how the new organization can be the best fit to meet their career aspiration.
When not justified properly this reason can look like an excuse for changing job and interviewer can assume anything from your poor performance to your inability to do the job properly.
A sample answer can be:
"In my current organization I got the opportunity to work on _ and _ and now I want to explore _ and my current organization is not a right place or is not able to provide an opportunity to work on my desired skill sets. Since your organization is working on _ so I believe this can be a right place to grow professionally and also I can use my skills to help in achieving organizational goal."
Work-life balance:
You are working long hours, you don't have time for friends and family and you are always on work-related travel.
Of course, you have to share this reason without looking like someone who is always the first one to leave the office and a naysayer when it requires to work overtime and come office on weekends.
And don't avoid sharing this reason, because interviewer response on this will gives you an idea about company culture, if they also follow the same work culture then this is not a suitable place for you.
"Since my current organization is in a growing phase, processes are not defined properly, there is a bit of mismanagement when it comes to assigning tasks and a lot of unplanned activities are always there, because of all this, most of the time I am working for long hours and doing unplanned travel which left me with no time for my personal life and is also causing a lot of stress and affecting my productivity. Although I have learned a lot in my current organization now I am looking for a place which gives importance to work-life balance and smart working"
Laid off:
If you have been laid off along with a group of people or with the whole unit then just be honest and explain it and make sure to highlight your accomplishments.
"I have worked with this company for 3 yrs and achieved great success in _ and has learned a lot in _ but now the company has been going through restructuring/merger/acquisition, and dynamics within the organization have changed, some positions have been removed. So they have decided to let go of few people and I was one of them. I also took it as an opportunity to look something better for me in the market."
As soon as you will share that you were fired first thing interviewer will assume that it must be because of your bad performance. The challenge for you is to change this assumption not only with your answer but with your overall performance in the interview.
But don't plan to skip sharing this because lying and getting caught later can lead to something even worse.
So better to deal with it. And make sure that you perform so well in rest of your interview that "fired" tag got ignored or considered as a one-time incident. And if you win interviewer's heart with the answer to this question, rest of the interview will be like a cakewalk.
Be honest while answering, give facts and figures to justify your performance and highlights, learning you had from this incident and do not bad mouth your employer.
"I was hired to work on _ and _ and I achieved significant results in that area and received appreciation from my manager and client. But overtime expectations from my role have been changed drastically and I was asked to work on areas, in which I had no prior experience, this affected my productivity and my performance went down so when my manager found someone else to do the job, I was asked to go. My mistake was that I didn't say no when different work assigned to me. I should have communicated my manager that I have no experience in this and I need the training to start working on this. I learned that open communication really matters in any organization and if I don't feel confident about any task, then I should not take responsibility to complete that"
So these are the common reasons for leaving a job. If you want to share any more reasons or suggestions on how to tackle this question, then please share them in the comments section.
-The Career Sailor
Also read :
What One Should Look For In A New Job
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We're 3 weeks gone in this year's fantasy football season, and already, trends are taking shape in the Literally Literate FFL. Six out of the ten teams have one win or fewer, and the positioning within the weekly rankings is getting tighter and tighter.
In my match up with [Br]eaking [Br]adshaw, I lost quite handily, but he's been doing great so far, and I don't see much slowing him down. I was able to keep my point total up, and maybe next week, I'll get a break. [Br]eaking [Br]adshaw winds up atop the leader board going into week four. And my decent point production helps me stay in the top four. My QB and K could use some work, so I may look to supplement those positions, but for now, I feel good just holding on to make any drastic personnel changes.
Crawrsenal FC lands his highest point total this season at 102, while the Blair Walsh Project falls to 1-2 on the season, despite a solid scoring outing. This week, only CFC and [Br] broke the 100 point total, although the average margin of victory was 21 points. For CFC, this also marks the beginning of a winning streak, on the backs of Cam Newton and the Bears D. Next up for CFC, this week's number 4 squad, will be a tough match against 2nd ranked Cousin Vinny's Escort Services.
Team Reese claims her first victory this week over former number 3 rank Don't Call Me Rodney. Of note in this match up is the inconsistent play of Beast Mode, Marshawn Lynch. Many believed that week 2's performance declared a return to the runner of ol', but after a lackluster performance in week 3, there may still be more to this story. A down week for Rodney, who got a double-digit performance from only one player. It doesn't get any easier, though, as Rodney faces [Br]eaking [Br]adshaw in week 4. Lynch/Charles battle anyone?
A close one here as Dez Dispenser ends up losing to Cousin Vinny 90-87. Darren McFadden received 4 points for chucking a TD and 6 more for running one in. If only he could have accumulated more yards (9 yds on 12 att.), Dez may have gotten their first win. A down week for Cousin Vinny, who still posted one of the higher scores for the week and remains in the hunt for the playoffs early this season.
An upset from the number 9 week 3 seed Trophy Wife over number 5 Spacin' Vaders. Vaders drops three spots in the week 4 rankings, to number 8 while Trophy Wife ascends to the number 5 spot this week. Jordan Cameron, Matt Forte, and Drew Brees continue to tear it up for Trophy Wife this season. On the opposite side, Peyton Manning is the leading scorer in fantasy football so far, with 90 points through three games, and helping out Spacin' Vaders.
Here are the Week 4 Rankings for the literally Literate FFL:
1) [Br]eaking [Br]adshaw 148
2) Cousin Vinny's Escort Services 138
3) I Pitta the Fool 136
4) Crawrsenal FC 116
5) Trophy Wife 110
5) The Blair Walsh Project 110
7) Don't Call Me Rodney 104
8) Spacin' Vaders 103
9) Team Reese 102
10) Dez Dispenser 53
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Did you know a pair of eyeglasses can save a life?
In 2014, optometrists detected early signs of diabetes in nearly a quarter million Americans who didn't know they had the chronic, sight-robbing and deadly disease. Early detection makes an enormous difference, yet many people won't get crucial eye examinations if they know they can't afford new glasses.
That's why the California Optometric Association and VSP pushed to restore benefits for eyeglasses and vision aids for Medi-Cal recipients in this year's state budget package.
Our firsthand experience backs up research that says patients are two to three times more likely to visit their optometrist for an eye exam when they have insurance coverage for glasses. Even among patients diagnosed with diabetes, only 54 percent regularly obtain necessary eye exams.
So when Great Recession-era cuts in Medi-Cal eliminated eyeglass coverage for millions of adults, California lost an important tool in the fight against diabetes, the leading cause of blindness in individuals under the age of 74.
The diabetes epidemic is exploding across California. More than half of Californians are living with diabetes or are at risk for the disease; Latinos and African Americans experience diabetes at twice the rate of whites. We spent $27 billion treating diabetes in 2012 alone.
Investment in eye care is a crucial and cost-effective public health strategy to detect, manage and treat diabetes in the most at-risk populations.
We applaud Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature for restoring this crucial component of Medi-Cal coverage, starting in 2020.
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Most evenings we watch the news on PBS. On Fridays, especially, I like to hear Shields and Brooks when Judy Woodruff is asking the questions. This week seemed to expose even more shocking news than the oil spill, two wars, spies in the land or how we are doing on attempting to deify or demonize our President.
Here's a bit of the dialogue:
JUDY WOODRUFF: Speaking of the Fourth of July, a poll I noticed today -- Marist College in New York did a poll which showed that a fourth of Americans, when you ask them from what country did the United States win its independence, one-fourth of Americans said they weren't sure or they didn't know. And 40 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds in this country said they didn't know or weren't sure.
What does that say?
DAVID BROOKS: Yes. I think it is an insult to Abraham Lincoln's leadership of the Revolutionary War...(David Brooks is making a joke.) No. To me, the substance of it is that we have traded history for social studies in schools, that we don't do the ABC, here is what happened when.
And I notice this when I talk to kids, including sometimes my own kids. They just don't get the dates. They don't get the dates. They don't have the scaffolding of history. And they do a lot more social structure. They do cultures. They do this. They do that.
But they don't have the basic -- the facts and lineage of what happened when. And, so, those basic facts if, you don't have the scaffolding, you are not going to remember. You're not going to know how to organize it and put it all together into some sort of theory.
MARK SHIELDS: We're a lot more sensitive, but we're a lot less informed.
What is rather terrifying is the figure you cited about 40 percent of the people under the age of 29. And 80 percent, close to, over -- those over 45 do know. There was something going on in schools. The people, the older people are less likely to have gone to college than are the younger ones.
And the idea that somebody is going through college and graduating and not knowing a fundamental fact like that is terrifying and it's depressing. And...
JUDY WOODRUFF: I mean, when I saw the poll, I looked at it and looked at it again, and checked the validity, checked it with another pollster, and they said, these are real numbers.
MARK SHIELDS: Yes. It's not good news.
The above "news" is not only shocking but appropriate to talk about on the 4th of July. It is also interesting to me because I've been reading
Oliver Cromwell
, an over 800-page biography by Antonia Fraser. I chose to read it because I've been searching for information to help me understand how American politics has gotten so full of rancor. I've been particularly unsettled by the way we seem to be manipulating our religious beliefs--or allowing others to manipulate them--to suit the presentation of politics.
By studying this time of Reformation, Regicide, and Restoration in England, and its links to the American Revolution, I've come to understand more fully why Thomas Jefferson could write about the birth of our nation having been "conceived in liberty." I can understand the desire our Founders had to separate our choice of government from our diverse religions, then and for the future. These are the very ideas Cromwell and others were struggling with but they didn't know how to get themselves away from the paradigm of a monarch, someone ruling from a throne by divine right. Yes, the American Revolution was a huge paradigm shift, one that continues to resonate today.
My concern--and, perhaps, those of Brooks and Shields--is without knowledge of the historical links to England, democracy lacks the proper materials for a solid foundation to build upon. How do we now wage these wars for Democracy in far off lands, shed blood, build buildings and create consulates if there is no knowledge or understanding of its progress?
It's a "curly one," as they say.
Up until now I've been one of those people who learned everything they know about the American Revolution from the musical
--actually not a bad way to learn our history. At least a person would know it was England we were revolting against!
It really amazes me that it took about 130 years from the Regicide, the time of the killing of Charles I in 1649, followed by Cromwell ruling as the Lord Protector for 11 years, during which time he became a dictator--this Cromwell who at one time had wanted to find a way to acommodate all the faiths in England. This time was followed by the Restoration of a king in Charles II. Meanwhile in the colonies across the sea, enterprising and brave souls were arriving in a new land--Cromwell seriously considered it--and developing into the generation that produced our Founding Fathers.
By 1776, this amazing generation was able to look back and have a rational view of their English history with all of its struggles and mistakes. This time they wouldn't kill the king, they would simply declare the independence of the people in a new land. On these shores they figured out a way for human beings to have a balanced form of government which could endure without a king, an emperor, or a dictator and allow for freedom of worship.
On one of the buildings in Philadelphia--certainly a place where one could learn that England is the country we were revolting against--there is a sweet inscription by Elizabeth II, the present Queen of England. I'm paraphrasing, but she basically says, upon her visit to America in 1976 on the 200th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from her country, that her country and the whole British Commenweatlth is better because of the American Revolution.
None of us know what will be happening in our land in 130 years; I would assume anyone reading this will not be around then. But, I would hope whoever is around would know it was England we revolted against, why it happened, and that England and America will still be the best of friends because both of our countries are and always have been about insuring those endowed-by-our-Creator liberties for all.
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Kasim Kamenica, PPD Zagreb coach:
It seemed to me like Metalurg' players were in a bit better position ahead of the match speaking of fatigue as we've only two days earlier played a tough match against Vardar. We needed some time to catch the proper rhythm but when we eventually did our experience became visible and we've managed to bring match to a safe ending for us.
Igor Vori, PPD Zagreb player:
Match came in a quite unpleasant moment for us, between two tough CL challenges. It was as hard to prepare mentally for the match as it was physically because of the fact we were aware we needed this win. However, I believe we functioned as a team throughout the full course of the match. Metalurg is a team against which it is hard to play fast handball. It was not easy to stay focused in attack, take smart shots, find clear looks. Defense was good today, goalies did their job and I believe this is an important win for us, especially ahead of the clash against Wisla in Champions League.
Aleksandar Jovic, Metalurg assistant coach:
Good match from our side in my opinion as we've managed to provide a decent performance against a great team like Zagreb. Well-deserved win for them at the moment as it is clear they are right now a better, more experienced team than we are. We can be proud of ourselves and our performance today. However, Kuzmanovski' injury that occurred during the first half proved to be a too big hit for us. Our bench is not long enough to deal with such a situation at the moment.
Martin Serafimov, Metalurg player:
We are far from an experienced team but we were able to put up a good fight for almost 50 minutes today. However, we still miss that little something to make a step forward and by that out captain Kuzmanovski suffered an injury which proved to be a big problem for us. In the end a win for Zagreb but I must say that these are the kind of matches that help the team mature, grow and it's sure we'll use that in both SEHA and Champions League. There is still a lot of room for improvements.


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Typhoon Kompasu woke me up so early today~ How rude! My sister and I were going to go down to Cheonan, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Thank goodness I don't have to commute to work. I'm content to just stay in my cubby hole of an apartment and munch on all the delicious bread that I bought at Veggie Holic yesterday!
I heard about Veggie Holic quite a while ago, but since I don't go to Hongdae very often, I kept forgetting about it. However, I recently started hearing all sorts of great things about this bakery from a bunch of different sources (including some of you readers!), so yesterday I finally made the pilgrimage to this vegan sanctuary.
Everything is 100% vegan. Dat's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it~ uh huh, uh huh~
Oh my gahhh. My heart flutters at the sight of so many vegan carb options!
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Three different kinds of morning toast breads (black raspberry, mixed fruit/nuts, and sweet pumpkin).
It says 'Blueberry muffins' but there were also chocolate and sweet pumpkin muffins.
Chestnut bread and chocolate pound cake.
Not sure what to call these, but they looked like shortbread sandwiches with candied fruits and nuts in the filling.
*found out that the cookies with the "Cookie" stickers on them are not vegan. (5/10/10)
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The vegan drinks menu. I'm sooo getting the caramel affogato next time. :)
Here are the goods that I splurged on: Bokbunja black raspberry bread (복분자식빵, 5,500 won), a package of biscotti cookies (5,000 won), a chocolate chip muffin (2,000 won), and a sweet pumpkin muffin (2,000 won). The little twisted bread/cake came for free along with the purchase of the loaf of bread. Including a tax fee, I spent a total of 14,500 won! Eeeep! But what is life without a little carb-binging... :) And besides, it's always a pleasure to support one of the few independent, vegan businesses here in Korea.
Ofcourse, my sister and I had to immediately give one of the muffins a taste, so we opened the sweet pumpkin one. Love the vegan muffin top!
This was a little on the denser side (similar to pound cake) and it was delicious. It wasn't sickeningly sweet and I especially loved the nuts and sweet pumpkin chunks.
Everything got neatly packed in a goodie bag for me to take home. For breakfast this morning, I also had some of the black raspberry bread and the biscotti, both of which are awesome awesome awesome. I can't wait to take a bite out of the chocolate muffin next!
I was actually most excited to try their vegan soy yogurt, but the lady at the counter said they were all out because the yogurt company was going through some factory/packaging changes. Bummerrr~~~! She felt really bad about it, but assured me that they will have them back in stock by mid-September. I guess that just gives me another reason to revisit Veggie Holic in a few weeks (not that I need much more convincing anyway). You can also order their products through their website, which I might actually do for their yogurt when it becomes available.
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Before Yoga weight was 207.4, after already consuming 800 calories (100 grams of protein and 400 calories in carbohydrates) and I want to add that "shit happens" twice this morning.
After Yoga weight was 204.6, that's a 2.8 pound water loss. I did consume during class 32oz of water, which is 2 pounds.
So taking that into consideration, if I didn't drink that 16oz of water, I would have lost a total of 4.8 pounds. I find this pretty amazing.
What I noticed when I've done Yoga in the past (4 other times) the first 20 minutes your sweat is salty. Well since dieting and controlling my sodium intake (keeping around 750mg a day) my sweat today had no salt at all, none.
After yoga I wasn't any tighter, but I was dryer. Meaning my skin was kind of dehydrated, for a dry look to it (which is a good thing for competition). But I was also flat, the 2.8/4.8 pounds of water I lost was mainly from with-in my muscle bellies. I lost my hardness and flattened out.
I need to see what happens now in the days to follow. I'm going try lowering my sodium even more to 500mg a day and see if I can not keep my skin dry longer while I carb up.
You don't want to go too low with your sodium, for one, it gives you strength, helps cushion your joints, aids in muscle contraction and works with your potassium for water balance for your muscles, (out of balance will cause muscle cramps) to name a few.
Would I do hot room yoga the day before a competition… absolutely not. Would I do it a week out… sure, I may be able to use hot room yoga even 3 days out.
I have to see how long my skin stays dry and is it the little bit of sodium held water removed, causing the dry skin or is it the splash over from carbs, having still too many carbs and now that I'm flat, I'm drier, we shall see… I'm think it maybe a little of both...
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The PM visited an air-force base squadron in Larisa, chatted with the pilots, and then got on the plane; with some amount of difficulty, put on his helmet and flew an F-16 airplane over the Aegean.
The two intriguing parts of the "show" were that the plane carried with it the camera of public broadcaster ERT, and had "Alexis Tsipras" carved below its wings – Top Gun style.
If those weren't enough to persuade viewers that the whole thing was a communication gimmick, the prime minister's office released the video afterwards, along with a non-paper saying: "Is the PM really flying? Well, that's the answer to any journalist wondering about his schedule today".
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On September 13, 1996, 25 year old hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur was shot and murdered in Las Vegas, NV. Seventeen years after the Grammy nominated rapper's death, celebrities continue to immortalize the artist by paying tribute to their idol who had influenced these artists' respected careers.
Kenny Leon, a Broadway theater director, responsible for "A Raisin In the Sun" and "The Mountaintop", plans to release, on Broadway, an anti-violent play titled "Holler If Ya Hear Me". The title of the play was named after a song Tupac scripted, and the play features many of the artist's songs.
Young Money recording artist, Tyga, somehow acquired unreleased lyric tracks that Tupac recorded for the legendary rapper's diss on Christopher Wallace, P.Diddy, and Bad Boy Records in the song "Hit Em Up". Tyga claims he is not remaking the original song, but he is creating his own original song using these tracks as a tribute to Tupac. Many fans of Tupac in the industry approve of this tribute, and are looking forward to hearing it on Tyga's latest solo CD, "Hotel California". The name of Tyga's tribute song will also be titled "Hit Em Up."
Snoop Lion, who performed a duet as Snoop Dogg with Tupac titled "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted", had shared stories about Tupac with up and coming artists on MTV's "Rap Fix Live". Snoop shared how he and Tupac were on a sail boat with their former manager and producer Suge Knight, and Knight knocked the boat's sail into the water by accident. Snoop claimed Knight was at liberty to kill both himself and Tupac if he wished. As it turned out, this was all a prank by Knight.
Pop singer, Rihanna, recently quoted Tupac by posting publicly on Twitter to "Keep Ya Head Up" to her estranged ex boyfriend Chris Brown. Rihanna proves the younger generation learned their lessons from the gangsta rappers. She shows a more forgiving attitude, and holds less of a grudge, than the preceding generation had shown. Perhaps Tupac's message of violence being nonsense is finally being received.
Also, in light of the anniversary of Tupac's death, his mother, Afeni Shakur promises that his entire body of work will be released to the public. She states many of these tracks are unfinished and incomplete, however, they can serve as a blueprint for aspiring hip-hop artists.
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The ACC officially released its 2017 football schedule Tuesday, featuring a difficult non-conference schedule across the board.
According to the conference, ACC teams will play more games against Power 5 non-conference teams than any other conference with 22. ACC teams will play seven non-conference games against teams that were ranked in the final AP top 25 for the 2016 season.
Eleven ACC teams went to bowl games this past season with Clemson beating Alabama for the national title. The ACC has won two of the past four national championships with Clemson joining Florida State winning titles during that stretch.
Five ACC teams finished in the top 25 for 2016, which tied the conference's high.
"Our ACC football programs are coming off a record-setting season that was capped off with nine postseason wins, including Clemson's national championship and Florida State's Orange Bowl title," ACC commissioner John Swofford said in a release. "Our football success over the last few years has helped put the ACC in one of the strongest positions we have ever enjoyed as a league. As we look ahead to 2017, conference games will continue to be extremely competitive and our schools are once again playing what is arguably the top non-conference schedule in the country. This is a great tribute to our schools and programs, and it will be exciting on a weekly basis for our fans."
Georgia Tech kicks off its schedule against Tennessee and has a road game on a Thursday at Miami.
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As soon as we arrived in Barcelona, all we kept hearing about was La Champagneria. From the owner of our apartment rental, from people online, from strangers we met. We had never heard of the place before, during our prior two visits, but as soon as I heard the word La Champagneria, there was a ring to it, and I knew we had to seek it out in Barcelona, Spain.
La Champagneria, or in Catalan La Xampanyeria, or by their other name Can Paixano, is an institution of sorts. When you research La Champagneria online, there seems to be a split personality of sorts. Is it a wine shop? Is it a cava bar? Is it old school and traditional, or a tourist stop? The answer is yes.
What is Cava?
Cava is a Catalan version of champagne, made in the traditional method, meaning the second fermentation takes place inside the bottle. That's the technical stuff.
I've been told that cava was once called champagne, and was happy to continue down that path. Unfortunately, the Champagne region in France filed suit against them to prevent the cava makers from using the designation champagne, which is now reserved only for sparkling wines that are made in the Champagne region. So, sparkling wine that is produced outside of that region can in no way be called champagne. That's the history stuff.
I, personally, don't care what they call it. I love cava, and it is like champagne, but a lot less pretentious. In Barcelona, it is possible to find a glass of cava pretty much any time of day for as little as 2 Euros, and sometimes even only 1 Euro. That certainly elevates cava in my book as one of my favorite things about eating in Spain.
What is La Champagneria?
Can Paixano has been in the cava and sparkling wine business for over forty years. La Champagneria is located in the Barceloneta neighborhood, which was traditionally the typical fishing quarter of Barcelona. On this sunny afternoon, there was nothing else open on the little alleyway, so all we saw were the huge barn doors, open to the bar, with laughter and noise billowing out into the street.
It was a little intimidating walking into the old school wine shop and bar, with an enormous high, arched ceiling. People were spilling out the front door when we arrived, but we managed to sneak into a corner spot, giving us some decent fresh air while being able to have a bird's eye view of the chaos inside.
La Champagneria offers up some decent sparkling wines at next to nothing. From brut cava, my favorite, to a sweet sparkling rose cava, which was, well, not my favorite. Brut sparkling wine tends to be less sweet, and my preference. You can order glasses or bottles to drink at the bar, or to takeaway.
To be completely honest, we had started drinking a few hours before arriving at La Champagneria. This was supposed to be a pit stop, a historical place to check out, grab a little snack, and some sparkling wine. Then, we saw the prices.
A glass of cava cost a little more than 1 Euro, and an entire bottle cost a little more than 5 Euros. So, a bottle of cava it was. Served with traditional champagne glasses, I felt like I was in a Rat Pack movie. It all happened so quick. The bartender came over, not speaking English, and I blurted out a bottle of whatever and it was delivered promptly. That was it.
It was incredible fun, being surrounded by that many people, all stopping in for some cava surrounded by the history of La Champangeria, with the sun still streaming in through the enormous doors. Yeah, we had fun.
But, I was not about to leave La Champagneria without trying their pink champagne (sorry, cava), Audrey Hepburn style. It was good, but uber sweet. I am so happy we did not order a bottle. Too sweet for me.
We also downed a large sausage sandwich, to soak up the cava. Then, we made our way back to the apartment to nap. What else do you after an afternoon drinking cava at La Champagneria in Barcelona?
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La Champagneria is located at Carrer de la Reina Cristina 7 in Barcelona, Spain. It can be hard to find, down a quiet street off of the old fishing port that has become La Barceloneta. But, it's a fun place to go wine tasting, so it's worth it.
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Eligibility criteria. In Pennsylvania, virtually all dependent spouses are eligible for an award of spousal support or alimony pendente lite. To establish entitlement to spousal support, a spouse must demonstrate adequate legal cause to vacate the marital residence. Myers v. Myers (1992). This is a minor obstacle, as "adequate legal cause" has been broadly construed by the Pennsylvania courts. See, e.g., Brotzman-Smith v. Smith (1994); McKolanis v. McKolanis (1994). Additionally, the dependent spouse must not have engaged in marital misconduct rising to the level of valid grounds for a fault divorce. Kine v. Kine (1989). Still, where marital misconduct bars an award of spousal support, the offending spouse may seek alimony pendente lite, to which there are no entitlement defenses. Brown v. Brown (1978). The dependent spouse must simply commence a divorce action and demonstrate a disparity in incomes to qualify for alimony pendente lite under the Pennsylvania spousal support guidelines. The eligibility criteria for an award of spousal support or alimony pendente lite under Pennsylvania law are minimal.
Judicial discretion. In Pennsylvania, the guidelines create a presumption of the proper amount of spousal support, which may be rebutted only by evidence relevant to a statutory list of allowable deviations. Judicial discretion has been increasingly limited since the promulgation of the statewide guidelines in 1989. Once upon a time, the guidelines had to be reconciled with the common law criteria (specifically, Melzer) in determining the proper amount of support in each case. Marshall v. Marshall (1991); Shutter v. Reily (1988); Ryan v. DeLong (1987). Today, the guidelines constitute a presumption from which the courts may not depart except in extraordinary cases. Ball v. Minnick (1994); Mascaro v. Mascaro (2002).
Arbitrary percentage. An income differential formula calculates spousal support by multiplying the difference in the parties' net incomes by a multiplier. Pennsylvania's spousal support guideline is a simple formula which multiplies the parties' income differential by an arbitrary percentage. Where there are no children, the dependent spouse is entitled to 40% of the difference between the parties' incomes. Where there are children, the spousal support formula is 30% of the income differential after subtracting child support. This version of the income differential method is effective to ameliorate disparities in the parties' incomes, but fails to consider other factors that may be relevant to the determination of spousal support.
In Pennsylvania, the presumptively correct amount of spousal support or alimony pendente lite may not reduce the obligor spouse's net income below $550 per month. This rule recognizes that low-income obligors would have little incentive to maintain employment if they were left with less income after paying support than they would receive on public assistance.
Where the lesser-earning spouse is relatively affluent and fully capable of self-support, it may be argued that spousal support is not necessary to ameliorate need or rehabilitate the lesser-earning spouse's earning capacity. There are an increasing number of marriages in which both spouses ambitiously pursue careers and share equally in the allocation of domestic responsibilities. The award of spousal support in such cases might be contrary to the stated legislative goals of the Pennsylvania Domestic Relations Code and the bulk of the Pennsylvania case law developed over the past twenty years.See, 23 Pa.C.S. § 3102(6) (grant alimony according to actual need and ability to pay); Com. v. Turner (1978)(purpose of spousal support is to afford a reasonable living allowance to the dependent spouse); Spink v. Spink (1992)(APL is based upon need of dependent spouse to have equal financial resources to maintain or defend the divorce action where the other party has major assets which are the sinews of domestic warfare).
Deviations from formula. Where the guidelines are not mandatory but merely a starting point or suggestion for the proper amount of spousal support, perhaps it is not necessary to set forth a specific list of criteria for deviation from the formula. In Pennsylvania, however, the spousal support formula is mandatory, and the court rules provide a list of criteria for deviation from the amount of spousal support which the formula would yield. This feature is important to restore a measure of judicial discretion to the trial court.
Duration of Spousal Support. In Pennsylvania, spousal support continues until the entry of a final decree in divorce.Smith v. Smith (1978). Alimony pendente lite continues until the conclusion of the divorce litigation (which may include the exhaustion of appeals, or at least until the dependent spouse receives sufficient property through equitable distribution to become self-supporting). Hoffman v. Hoffman (1986); Nemoto v. Nemoto, 620 A.2d 1216 (Pa.Super.1993). Spousal support and alimony pendente lite are clearly interim remedies not intended or authorized to continue after the conclusion of divorce litigation.
Child Support. An analysis of the spousal support guidelines would not be complete without examining the interaction of the spousal support guidelines with the child support guidelines. Since 1984, when Congress first enacted federal legislation requiring the states to implement child support guidelines, three basic models for calculating child support have emerged: (1) the Income Shares model; (2) the Percentage of Income model; and (3) the Melson Formula model. The Income Shares model employs a grid or chart which yields the presumptive amount of child support for families at various income levels, based upon a survey of income allocation in an intact family. The Income Shares model is regressive; as family income increases, the proportion spent for the benefit of children generally decreases. Pennsylvania and Arizona are two examples of jurisdictions that employ the Income Shares model.
Spousal support as income in child support calculations. In Pennsylvania, where there are simultaneous spousal support and child support obligations, the court rules specifically contemplate that child support is calculated first, and spousal support is then calculated on the remaining available income after carving out the child support portion.
Tax consequences of spousal and child support orders. If it meets the qualifications of §§ 71 and 215 of the Internal Revenue Code, an award of spousal support (like alimony) is taxable to the recipient and deductible from the obligor's taxable income. On the other hand, child support is a non-taxable and non-deductible. Pennsylvania, unlike most other jurisdictions, provides for unallocated child and spousal support orders, which are fully taxable to the recipient and deductible from the obligor's taxable income. Separate spousal support orders and child support orders are taxable and non-taxable, respectively, to the recipients.
If spousal support is calculated before child support, as in most jurisdictions, the proportion of taxable spousal support will be greater than if child support were calculated first. The taxability of spousal support orders may be distasteful to support recipients, but it is an effective way of increasing the total financial resources available to the entire family. Obligors whose incomes are greater usually pay higher tax rates than recipients whose incomes are lower. If obligors can deduct their support payments from their incomes, which are taxed at higher rates, and recipients must claim the support as income, which is taxed at a lower rate, the entire family benefits. The IRS has received less taxes because the income has been moved from a higher tax bracket to a lower tax bracket. The incremental tax savings is available to the family for support purposes.


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INGLEWOOD, Calif. - In three starts on Hollywood Park's synthetic track, A.P. Xcellent has yet to be beaten, winning a maiden race and an allowance race last fall and an allowance here on April 28.
It is the other seven races in his career that have been an issue for owner Stan Fulton and trainer John Shirreffs. A.P. Xcellent's best finish in those starts is a second in an optional claimer on turf at Santa Anita in February.
Those losses will not be an issue if A.P. Xcellent wins his synthetic-track stakes debut in Saturday's $250,000 Californian Stakes.
"He loves this track," said Shirreffs.
That was evident on April 28, when A.P. Xcellent crushed five rivals, pulling away through the final furlong of an allowance race at 1 1/16 miles to win by 5 3/4 lengths.
The Grade 2 Californian at 1 1/8 miles will be more difficult, with a field expected to include Buzzards Bay, the winner of the 2006 Oaklawn Handicap and 2005 Santa Anita Derby, as well as stakes winners such as Boboman, Perfect Drift, Saint Stephen, and Wilko.
A.P. Xcellent will be the one to catch. A confirmed front-runner, he has been with Shirreffs since his 3-year-old debut last July. A.P. Xcellent lost his first two starts for Shirreffs, but has won three of his last six.
"He's a horse with a lot of class," Shirreffs said. "He does well from the front. You don't have to send him. You let him run his race."
Shirreffs said that he and Fulton have had the Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting as a goal for months. A big race in the Californian would lead to a start in the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, the richest race of the meeting on the synthetic surface.
"To get him through the winter at Santa Anita, we ran on the turf in the races that we thought wouldn't take a lot out of him," Shirreffs said. "The Gold Cup was the hope in the winter. We think he's in the ballpark. Now he has to score the run."
Baze targets mid-June return
Jockey Tyler Baze, who has not ridden since May 4 because of personal issues, has resumed working horses at Hollywood Park and Santa Anita and is aiming for a mid-June return, according to his agent, Ron Ebanks.
Baze could return between June 10 and 15, depending on how many rides he can secure, Ebanks said.
"He worked five at Santa Anita on Saturday and said, 'I'm ready for more,' " Ebanks said.
Last week, Ebanks said that Baze was targeting a late June comeback, but that date was pushed forward over the weekend.
Sunday, Baze worked horses at both tracks and then met with Hollywood Park stewards, requesting jockeys' room access for Mike Rossi, a Los Angeles-based fitness instructor who calls himself Baze's "life coach and personal trainer."
Ebanks said Rossi could provide nutrition and fitness advice for all riders, which is common for participants in other sports but largely lacking in horse racing.
The stewards took the request under advisement, pending discussions with track management, according to steward Tom Ward.
Baze said in mid-May that he had fought nutrition problems this year that had affected his health. He and Rossi have attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in recent weeks.
Wonderful Luck will return for Landaluce
A month into the meeting, the 2-year-old fillies have produced more flashy performances than the colts.
Last weekend was something of a preview for the $100,000 Landaluce Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on June 30. Saturday, Treadmill, a first-time starter trained by Craig Dollase, won her debut by 2 3/4 lengths.
Sunday, Wonderful Luck won her first stakes in the Cinderella, justifying trainer Steve Asmussen's decision to send her to California from his base in Kentucky.
Wonderful Luck rallied from eighth to win the Cinderella by 2 3/4 lengths. She was not urged late by jockey David Flores after pulling clear of her rivals.
"Wow," Asmussen said when reached by phone shortly after the race. "She's a very fast filly."
The win gave Asmussen a measure of redemption. He started Wonderful Luck against males in the Kentucky Breeders' Cup Stakes on the Kentucky Derby undercard, and watched in frustration as she suffered a poor start.
Wonderful Luck still finished fourth. "Nothing went right for her in the stakes at Churchill," he said.
Asmussen said Wonderful Luck will spend June in Kentucky and then ship back to Hollywood Park for the Landaluce at six furlongs. Wonderful Luck has wins over two synthetic tracks - a maiden win on Keeneland's Polytrack and the Cushion Track here.
"It will be hard not to take her back there," Asmussen said of Hollywood Park.
Treadmill will make her next start in the Landaluce, Dollase said. In her debut, she rallied from fourth to win by 2 3/4 lengths under jockey Corey Nakatani.
The filly is by E Dubai and was bred by owner Paul Reddam.
"It was a pleasure to see how she put it all together in the afternoon," Dollase said.
Dollase said he was impressed that Treadmill reacted well to Nakatani when he guided her to the outside of the pacesetters on the backstretch. Once clear of any kickback, Treadmill quickly gained ground while racing three wide.
"There was a little added pressure with Reddam as the owner-breeder, but we didn't let him down," Dollase said. "I think she has a world of potential."
Avila fined for third positive of same drug
Trainer A.C. Avila has been fined $1,500 after an excessive level of the permitted analgesic phenylbutazone was found in a postrace test taken from Easy Million, the runner-up in the fifth race at Santa Anita on April 18. Easy Million finished second in a $40,000 claimer.
The fine represented Avila's third offense for excessive phenylbutazone in the last year. Trainers are fined $400 for a first offense and $750 for a second offense.


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Schedler Honors College Students: Formal recruitment will conflict with the Honors retreat. Honors students will attend Round One on Thursday, August 24 and will be excused from Round Two on Saturday, August 25. The Honors College will have you back to campus by the start of Round Three on Sunday, August 26. Please talk to Dr. Patricia Smith in the Honors College or Jordan Frederking, the Assistant Director of Student Life, if you have any questions.
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Am I always in the mood to create? Well, no of course not! Am I always in the mood to eat Chicken Pad Thai? Ok, maybe that's a bad example, because I'm ALWAYS in the mood to eat Thai food. But the point is that sometimes the creativity isn't there. It could be because I'm not sleeping well or the kids are really needy and I don't have time to think, much less go to the bathroom alone. I'm learning that creativity is something that needs to be nurtured and cultivated. Not just drained when I need it. It's also something that makes me feel vulnerable.
People have told me that I'm an encourager, that is a talent I have when it comes to other people. My friend is going through a hard time, I'm there and I'll be there through that hard time. I turn situations around into positive ones, I find the silver lining in their difficult situation. However, when it comes to me talking to myself, I am my own worst enemy. I will compare myself to a standard that no one could measure up to. The things I think about my self and my creativity I would never say to another person.
No wonder my creativity feels stifled at times. I've got Debbie Downer sitting on my shoulder.
It matters what you say to yourself! A million compliments and all the success in the world can't be enjoyed if you don't see it. Somedays just having 5 minutes alone is a success because I have 3 kids that need me.
I'm in the midst of reading 'Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear' by Elizabeth Gilbert and it has already blown my mind. She just gave me (the reader) permission to Just Be. Just be the artist I want to be, the creator I want to be, the photographer I want to be. I don't need to be afraid of being judged or rejected. That's an absolute given that if I create anything it will definitely be judged. But probably not as harshly as I judge myself.
So that's what I'm going to try and do more of. I want to cultivate my creativity and see what my artistic journey holds. Elizabeth gave me permission to let go of the fact that my photographs aren't going to be ground breaking and solve any major world issue. They just don't matter in that way. But they do matter to me because that's what makes my heart happy. I have the need to create every day. All that pressure that I put on myself was lifted when she said that. I'm not going to solve world hunger with my photography and that's okay. I am going to make beautiful photographs that people feel, remember, and cherish. I'm making my heart happy.
I want you to try writing down what you would say to a friend who was struggling with what you are struggling with. Write down what you would say to them. Really convince them that their situation isn't as bad or as difficult as it seems. Now after you're done and you've made your case to them. I want you to read it as if someone else is saying those things to you. Keep it handy and read it when you feel like you're struggling.


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Novak Djokovic survives scare to set up Rome quarter-final with Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic lost the first set to love against Thomaz Bellucci but hit back to win 0-6 6-3 6-2 and set up a clash with Rafael Nadal for a place in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia semi-finals in Rome.
World number one Djokovic held his arms aloft after holding serve in the first game of the second set, having lost the first in 24 minutes to the Brazilian.
Djokovic stepped up his game in the second, breaking Bellucci and serving out to take it 6-3 and and the tide was turned in the decider as the Serb cut out the mistakes to book a place in the last eight of the tournament for the 10th year running.
Novak Djokovic lost the first set in just 24 minutes
Nadal, currently the world number five, also fought back after dropping a first-set tie-break to beat Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-7 (7/3) 6-2 6-4.
Both players exchanged service breaks in the opening set and Kyrgios saved one set point at 4-5 before going on to win four straight points from 3/3 in the tie-break.
Nadal responded to open up a 5-1 lead in the second set before levelling the match and going on to break Kyrgios in the third match of a tough-fought decider.
Roger Federer's record streak of 65 consecutive grand slam appearances could be at risk as he struggled to overcome a back problem in a third-round defeat to improving Austrian Dominic Thiem.
Federer, clearly not 100 per cent fit in a 7-6 (7/2) 6-4 defeat to Thiem, pulled out of last week's Madrid Open but decided to play in Rome.
The Swiss, who had knee surgery in February before pulling out of his proposed comeback tournament in Miami through illness, is hopeful he will have enough time to recover for this year's second grand slam, which starts in 10 days.
Federer has not missed a grand slam tournament since failing to qualify for the US Open in 1999.
Thiem, up to 15 in the world rankings, will play Japan's Kei Nishikori, who beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-1 6-4.
World number three Andy Murray cruised to a 6-0 6-4 win over France's world number 32 Jeremy Chardy to set up a last-eight clash with David Goffin. The Belgian will be full of confidence after routing the Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-0 in 49 minutes.
Frenchman Lucas Pouille, granted a place in the main draw despite losing in the final round of qualifying due to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's withdrawal, followed up his second-round win over Ernests Gulbis by upsetting Spanish ninth seed David Ferrer 6-4 6-1.
Pouille, 22, will now face Argentina's Juan Monaco after he upset Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-7 (7/5) 6-3 6-4.
World number four Wawrinka edged the first-set tie-break but was stunned by the fightback of a player ranked 110 places below him.
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Campaign raises $10K for woman who stole fountain change
October 21 , 2013
The woman who stole $2.87 from a courthouse fountain so she could buy food was arrested but there's still good news for her: A campaign has managed to raise $10,000 for Deidre Romine and all the donations will be handed over to her case manager.
The local police chief said her case has "tugged at the heartstrings of folks" but they "also have a job to do."
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Christopher Whiteside MBE is the Conservative County Councillor for the Egremont North & St Bees Division of Cumbria County Council. The division includes St Bees, Bigrigg, Wood End, most of Moor Row, the Western part of the Mirehouse area of Whitehaven, and surrounding countryside. Chris lives and works in Copeland with his wife and family. Chris is a former member of Copeland Borough council, and an Honorary Alderman of the City and District of St Albans.
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