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Naomi Wolf Quotes About MythQuotes about: Myth
Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women. It does not, contrary to its own professed ideology, stimulate and gratify sexual longing. In suggesting a vision in place of a woman, it has a numbing effect, reducing all senses but the visual, and impairing even that.
The surgeons are playing on the myth's double standard for the function of the body. A man's thigh is for walking, but a woman's is for walking and looking "beautiful." If women can walk but believe our limbs look wrong, we feel that our bodies cannot do what they are meant to do; we feel as genuinely deformed and disabled as the unwilling Victorian hypochondriac felt ill.
Our society does reward beauty on the outside over health on the inside. Women must not be blamed for choosing short-term beauty "fixes" that harm our long-term health, since our life spans are inverted under the beauty myth, and there is no great social or economic incentive for women to live a long time.
As soon as a woman's primary social value could no longer be defined as the attainment of virtuous domesticity, the beauty myth redefined it as the attainment of virtuous beauty. It did so to substitute both a new consumer imperative and a new justification for economic unfairness in the workplace where the old ones had lost their hold over newly liberated women.
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We just learned from Deutsch, L.A. that Max Page, the awesome seven-year-old actor who starred in the Volkswagen's Super Bowl gem "The Force," will be undergoing open heart surgery this Wednesday. Page was born with a congenital heart defect to fix a hole in his heart and to replace his pulmonary valve.
Page is an ambassador for Children's Hospital in Los Angeles and although he is going through his own surgery, he's trying to raise money for other kids with heart problems. So far, he's reached about 75% of his $2000 goal. Those who want to help him out can donate on his page at http://www.chla.org/max.
Deutsch shared the following note from Max's mom:"We told Max and Els [Max's brother] Sunday afternoon. Initially, Max was crying and repeating how scared how he was. We unpeeled the layers by asking what exactly he was afraid of and tackled each issue as he could verbalize it. Blood draws, spending the night in the hospital and hurting are the big three. He was also very sad that summer would be in rest in recovery instead of playing baseball, golf and traveling. Around bedtime he asked if I would stay up with him and talk. He wanted to make a 'CAN DO' list. So we wrote out all the things he can do so he could focus on those. Then he said we definitely had to 'Fun Up' the house. So we went and got Els out of bed and spent the next hour redesigning each room with a theme, special rules and secret codes. In the Library (Els Room) we have to read with flashlights. On Whisper Lane (the hallway) you have to whisper. Going up the stairs you have to sing 'Take me out to the ball game.' The most favorite is the garage--Explode Zone--science experiments and art projects, the messier the better.
"Last night, I wanted to make sure he was doing as well as he seemed. He said, 'Mom I don't have a choice. I have to go through it. I don't like it and it's still scary--but I have to. So I think I might as well go through it with a good attitude.' So as we hop on Max's coattails to go on this ride--we too, shall do it with a good attitude. Though we will still tremble with tears and have our overwhelming moments--we will focus on the 'CAN DO' and enjoy our Fun Up House.
"Mighty Max wants me to include one more thing--one of the lines he uses when he speaks to groups.
"'Kids, if you use your FORCE and dream big, you can achieve anything. We may be small--but we're mighty!'"

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Even with a plethora of alcohol awareness campaigns, still not everyone is aware of how much alcohol they can drink before consuming too much. Due to differences in weight and size, some people can tolerate a bit more alcohol than others, but in general, the following rules for responsible drinking apply:
- For women, two standard units per day;
- For men, three standard units per day;
- So as to prevent drinking becoming a habit, it is important to not consume any alcohol at least two days a week;
- Do not drink when you're tired or in response to stress or other personal problems.
Effects of alcohol consumption
Proceeding via the oesophagus, stomach and large intestine, alcohol enters the blood stream and is transported throughout the entire body. As soon as it has reached the brains, you feel more relaxed and cheerful and are less inhibited in talking for the first two units or so. When consuming more, you start caring less, have more difficulty assessing situations, your response time decreases and your muscle coordination is affected. Consuming even more may lead to your cheerful mood souring and you becoming depressed or aggressive. The better your physical and mental health, the more alcohol you can tolerate.
Women are more easily affected by alcohol than men. This is because they on average have less bodily fluids and, therefore, more quickly raise their alcohol levels.
Alcohol promotes fluid loss through increased urine production. This loss of fluids is responsible for various characteristics of the hangover: the dry mouth, feeling weak and tired, and probably the headache. In addition, alcohol irritates the gastric mucosa, which may lead to nausea and bouts of vomiting.
'Binge drinking' (every now and then consuming large amounts of alcohol in a short period) is a health hazard, too: it may cause acute renal failure, heart conditions and brain damage. In the long term, binge drinking may damage the nervous system and cause brain damage.
Drinking 15 units of alcohol in one go once a week is definitely unhealthy; consuming 2 to 3 units five days a week is not necessarily so. For alcohol affects various organs, like the stomach, the liver and the brain. The more alcohol absorbed by the body in a short timespan, the more damage it may cause to these organs. Examples of such damage include gastritis (infection of the stomach) and liver cirrhosis (damage to the liver). If you do drink too much every once in a while, it's best not to drink any alcohol for at least two consecutive days. This allows the body to recuperate.
Effects of alcohol overconsumption
Drinking too much for an extended period of time may have serious consequences. Physical consequences include infections of the mucosa of the oesophagus and stomach, liver damage and damage to the brain and nervous system. A clear connection has also been proven between alcohol and certain forms of cancer, in particular mouth, throat, laryngeal and oesophageal cancer.
In addition to physical consequences, alcohol abuse also impacts your functioning within society. Problem drinkers are absent six times more often than others and they are more prone to be the victim of a work-related accident. Fifteen percent of all traffic deaths are due to an accident involving alcohol. When drunk, people easily turn aggressive: thirty percent of all instances of abuse of women can be traced to alcohol abuse, for instance, and problem drinkers often end up socially isolated due to becoming aggressive and fighting often.


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Woman's Hour: A Celebration of Mothers is an audiobook that looks at the changing role of mothers over the last fifty years; the relationships that they have enjoyed with their children, how they have juggled the work life balance and how they have challenged the stereotypes and tested the boundaries of what being a mother means.
It's 1960 in Birmingham and Lella Florence is looking for women to help with trials of the contraceptive pill. Married women in a certain age and weight bracket are required.Three very different women decide to take part. Ditsy June's fed up with being under the influence of her overbearing in-laws and would rather save up for a new bathroom than for another baby. Glamorous Jeanette wants to avoid another agonising labour and to keep her wealthy husband happy. And Isobel has her own secret reasons for signing up. All three women couldn't guess the ways their lives will be changed....
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Legacy: Blood in the Mountains, by Cath Staincliffe, probate researchers Dan and Rachel search backwards through the family line to find the true heir and get a slice of the fortune. But their quest leads them to uncover a broken family with a terrible secret.
Returning for a second series, the nation's favourite agony uncle - Mr Spectator - continues to offer his wit and wisdom on the morals and manners of his countrymen in his daily writings; but who exactly is this mysterious Spectator, and why does everyone want to find him all of a sudden?
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama written by Stephen Wakelam portraying the tempestuous marriage between Leo and Sofya Tolstoy. Originally broadcast in the 'Woman's Hour Drama' slot from 9 August 2010 - 13 August 2010. In his fifties the great writer Leo Tolstoy has a spiritual crisis and converts to Christianity. He stops sleeping with his wife. They have ten children. Taking the vows of poverty and chastity literally Tolstoy wants to give everything away but Sofya has a large family to feed.
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama about two single parents who meet on an internet chat site and strike up a friendship. Originally broadcast in the 'Woman's Hour Drama' slots from 2 November 2009 - 6 November 2009 under the series name of 'singleparentpals.com'.
The complete second series of the BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama about two single parents who met on an internet chat site and developed a friendship. First broadcast in the Woman's Hour Drama slots from 23 August to 27 August 2010, this follows on from the first series which was originally transmitted in 2009 under the name of singleparentpals.com.
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DCI Marion Bettany, played by Helen Baxendale, continues her investigation into Colin Arnott's murder, but the residents of Shilwick are curiously reluctant to help. Colin's plans to turn a deconsecrated chapel into a performing arts centre had ruffled feathers throughout the village, and Bettany wants to know if that's a strong enough motive for murder.
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Note* This blog was started on Friday, the 25th: It's late and again I can't sleep. I have taken my pregnancy safe Unisom in hopes of getting some much needed rest, so until it kicks in- I'll blog. I've had the flu the past two days and so that's been fun. Tomorrow is the much dreaded day of what should be Mason's birth. Granted, hardly any babies come on their actual due date, but it's the closest thing I've got to knowing when he should be in my arms. It's also my grandpa's birthday. Two of my angels, celebrating in Heaven, together. I've been anxious about this day since the beginning. It's one of those milestone markers that you face after a loss. You know the ones: first time saying your baby died. The first time going back to your doctor. The first time starting your period again. The time when you should be so many weeks along. The due date. And finally, the anniversary of the loss date. There may be more, but right now in my broken, jumbled brain- these seem like the biggies.
For those of you that have been following our stories, you know that my pregnancy with Mason presented a few additional challenges. I was due 2 weeks after a friend and 2 weeks before a cousin. I found out about my cousin's pregnancy after having lost Mason. I also was to attend the wedding of a pregnant friend only a couple days past my D&C. I was unable to make it to the wedding, but did get to go up for some quite time after the ceremony. Three weeks ago, my friend delivered her chunky little boy, Liam. I handled that pretty well. I was prepared. I had expected it.
As I'm sitting here typing this, the news has already been spread and photos are being shared of the 2 week early, tiny little Morgan. In all honesty, I had forgotten, just temporarily, that another baby was to make her way into this world. I was wrapped up in honoring Mason. I was planning his day. January 26. A day when I could grieve and honor him simultaneously. And then there was Morgan. I wasn't prepared for her arrival. When I was anticipating it, I had time. I could get through tomorrow, Mason's day, and then prepare myself for Morgan's birth.
I am glad that my mom called me to let me know of the news before I found out any other way. I was helping Emily with her homework and as I was hanging up the phone, my voice cracked. I took a deep breath and swallowed my pain. Chris asked who it was and what was said. I told him I didn't want to talk about it (meaning I didn't want to talk about it that second in front of the girls because it was almost dinner and I wouldn't be able to pull myself back together.) I put it my grief in a box and threw it away somewhere. We sat down to eat dinner as a family- Chris, the girls and me. I didn't make it long though before I had to excuse myself. I went upstairs, laid in my bed with my head buried under a pillow like an ostrich and sobbed. Apparently, I didn't throw that box far enough away. I muffled my tears for about 10 minutes, composed myself again, and went back downstairs.
*I can now feel my Unisom starting to kick in and everyone else is already in bed, the dog included. I'll take a short break here, 24 minutes until Mason's day, and be back to you in the morning. *Don't worry, luckily for you I'm not posting until the whole blog is written, so you won't even notice the time difference. It will just make more sense to you when I say today as opposed to tomorrow. Good night friends*
*Another note: it's now Wednesday! I came back to you on Sunday to finish up and my blog had been mostly deleted and the revisions section was gone. Dangit WordPress!! I wasn't able to get my blog back until now, but I digress…*
So here we are on Wednesday. It's been a few days since Mason's day, which was Saturday. I surprised myself and made it through the day with few tears. Mostly, I sat quietly on Facebook or Pinterest and blocked out the feelings. I didn't really do anything to honor my son, which I regret. I just couldn't handle it; I don't think. I did tell him I missed him and that I loved him. I did make it through the day. I did survive. Today is week 14 with the little one and I think Mason would want me to enjoy this pregnancy. He'd want me to be happy and optimistic. I think that is how I will honor my son and my daughter: enjoying every moment I have with this one. ❤ Mason and Jordan, Momma loves you. We've made it through the rain and now we are working on our rainbow.


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According to the "Daily Mail," hundreds of One Direction fans were waiting outside a Soho hotel, where the boys took the contest winners for dinner on Tuesday night. Harry and Liam said in a joint statement that their evening out with the fans was "something [they've] never, ever done before."
Why'd they do it? The singers are ambassadors for the Trekstock charity, which encourages young people to make healthy choices to prevent cancer.


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Manly P Hall (1901-1990), mystic and a 33rd degree mason, taught that each of the three Abrahamic faiths has a planet that governs that religion. Judaism is Saturn: the symbol of Judaism is a hexagram symbol of Saturn, and the day of worship is on Saturday, day of Saturn. Christianity is the Sun: the symbol of Christianity is the cross symbol of the Sun, and the day of worship is Sunday, day of the Sun. Islam is Venus: the symbol of Islam is the star and crescent (the star commonly thought to represent Venus), and the day of worship is on Friday, day of Venus.
Though now widely accepted as the emblem of Judaism, and given such names as Magen David (Star of David) and 'Solomon's Seal', the hexagram () has only been 'officially' Jewish for about a century [1]. At the time the accounts of David and Solomon were being written in the Bible, the hexagram () had nothing to do with either of them. It was then revered in India as a symbol of the perpetual sexual union between the blood-thirsty goddess Kali (the downward-pointing triangle t) and the war-god Shiva (the upward-pointing triangle s) who were supposed to maintain life in the universe.
The hexagram () reached Judaism by a devious route, passing through the Tantric influence on mediaeval Talmudic Jewish kabbalists, who spoke of the desired reunion between God and His spouse, the Shekina, a Hebrew loan word from the Indian deity, Shakti (similar to the Hebrew loan word, Adonai, from the Greek pagan deity, Adonis). This sexual union between Kali and Shakti was symbolised by the Tantric yogic sexual mandala consisting of a hexagram (). Hence the curious rabbinical tradition that the Ark of the Covenant not only contained the tablets of the Torah, Aaron's rod, and a pot of manna, but also "a man and woman in intimate embrace, in the form of a hexagram ()"
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
The song of Solomon, don't forget the Rose,
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
I am the true vine, the Balm of Gilead, Divine Shekhinah, the tree of life.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
The eight pointed star, the real seal of Solomon IMO is the symbol of Ishtar, Venus and the trinity of ancient pagan gods.
This appears to be fairly accurate of an assertion.
The eight point star has been traditionally associated with the 'goddess' figure in most cases, although perhaps not all.
Also I would like to suggest for anyone curious, to google "Hexagram Sumeria" or "Babylon". This will bring up all sorts of results and if you search by photographs you will find a ton of photos of ancient Sumerian carvings/reliefs whereby hexagrams are prominent and are closely associated with astronomical phenomena.
It is fair to assume that if a similar source were responsible for all of the diverse and scattered uses of this symbol, that they originate from Sumeria/Assyria/Akkad. Also those are great keywords for Google searches "Assyria" and "Akkad".
Plus what do you know about "Monopods (creature)?
Seriously you should check out that wiki because it's messed up. Basically there are references to this one legged giant footed creature throughout the world, from local legends to carvings in cathedrals. Please review the wiki and the related articles for more information. I realize the monopod thing is a little off track but still I haven't had a place to link it yet and it's worth linking.
Originally posted by robhines
I think it'd help if you didn't judge so fast, especially when you don't know the whole truth of what you're talking about.edit on 5-9-2012 by robhines because: added
Originally posted by bluemirage5
Most people know the Star of David never originated in Israel. In fact, in 1948 the Israelis wanted the Menorah (see Knesset flag) on their national flag and not the Magen David but the "elite" insisted on it.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by robhines
I think it'd help if you didn't judge so fast, especially when you don't know the whole truth of what you're talking about.edit on 5-9-2012 by robhines because: added
Ah but the sword bears two edges which cut.
The street can be traversed in either direction as easily.
We are discussing a highly mysterious subject, which dates back thousands of years and can relate with half of anything pretty much. The layers of depth are innumerable, and I seriously doubt any one human can fathom the full context of just this one symbol it's so amazingly sophisticated in terms of it's flexibility and ubiquitous prevalence.
Dare I say we all "judge too quickly", if at any time we lead ourselves to believe we have a full understanding of such a thing? What did people really believe in general thousands of years ago in relation to this? It's hard to say, considering we have little to no written data leftover to examine.
What little we do know, is that the symbol itself has a incredibly complicated and storied history.
And it is also reasonable to anticipate that there is a lot of data we still haven't unraveled yet. So of course we should remain open to new revelations even if it destroys our prior held beliefs. Pursuit of the truth is paramount and takes primacy above mere superstitions.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
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Mothers' Day - Poem by Thistle Wargul
It's mothers day, it's mothers day,
And not a day to weep,
Its mothers day, not brothers day'
And there's no time to time to sleep,
The birds all shout in joy,
That the greatest gift of all,
Is some one who cares,
And a some one who loves,
Some one who'll always be there,
To care, and share the eternal bond,
Of a mother and child,
That can never be parted,
Even if thousands of miles away!
I love you mum,
And beg you not to leave,
So stay with me,
And I'll always be there,
For the best mum of all!
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About Adware.DNSUnlocker Activity 2
Adware.DNSUnlocker Activity 2 is a Trojan and its danger index can ranked as severe. As you know, Adware.DNSUnlocker Activity 2 is malicious to the whole systems and will silently sneaks into your PC without your permission. And it normally comes with the third party application and will also appear on the attachment of spam emails. In most of time, websites can directly bring it to your PC as well. So when your use your PC, you should be careful all over the process.
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On Chrome: Launch up Google Chrome> click Chrome menu > click Tools> click Extension> select Adware.DNSUnlocker Activity 2 and unwanted extensions> click trash bin
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On Microsoft Edge: (Reset default homepage and search engine to remove Adware.DNSUnlocker Activity 2 associated hijacker)
Reset Edge homepage: Click More (…) > click Settings > select A specific page or pages under "Open with" > select Custom to type your favorite website.
Reset Edge homepage: Click More (…) > click Settings > Click View advanced settings > Click <Add new> under "Search in the address bar with"> type your favorite search engine >click Add as default.
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page Redirect="http://<random>.com"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\virus name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\<Adware.DNSUnlocker Activity 2>.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run 'Random' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random
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We, the Fans, Are To Blame for Brett Favre SagaMay 22, 2009
Most fans of the NFL, and even of the Green Bay Packers don't fully understand the Brett Favre situation. I am just as tired as the next fan of all the "Breaking News" stories regarding Favre, as I am sure most people are.
Does it a seem a bit hypocritical to be writing an article of this sort? I suppose a little, but I think that this is a side of the story that is ignored by media outlets and one that must be shared.
Let me premise the rest of this article by saying that I am a lifelong Packer fan, who is also forever indebted to Brett Favre for all that he has done for the franchise. There is no act of heresy, even playing for the dreaded Vikings, that could alter my opinion of him. Is it a thought that I enjoy? Brett Favre in purple, playing in spite of my favorite team?
Absolutely not. But there is a certain level of respect that I have for Brett, and from what I have seen, that is a pretty rare stance. So, let's dive right in to why the Favre hate should cease.
Admittedly, he is a little full of himself. But who is to blame for that? It is us, the Packer fans who worshiped the ground he walked on for a decade and a half. Why has Brett been such a popular figure in the NFL and in sports in general?
Because he is just like us, the casual fans, and we adored him for that. Sadly, that is also why some can't stand him. It is a double edged sword.
Those of us who saw his come from behind victory over the Bengals... Those of us who witnessed his drug addiction and fought through it with him.Those of us that praised him for bringing Lombardi back to its rightful resting place.
Those of us who went through his fathers death, his brother in laws death, and his wife's breast cancer. Those of us that witnessed him break every significant passing record in league history (yes, the INT record included).
We are at fault for blowing up that ego like a balloon. He gave everything. His mind, his body, his soul...to the Green Bay Packers. He is a proud man. There is nothing wrong with that. If we want to refer to him as a 'spoiled child', there must have been somebody who did the spoiling. Time to look in the mirror and witness the truth.
He feels betrayed, and in my mind, rightfully so. Some fans are so quick to put all the blame on one party for the Favre divorce, but that simply can't be done. Both made mistakes in the process. I love Aaron Rodgers (hoping that he stays healthy), and am relieved that this worked out in our favor.
Don't take this the wrong way, though. Many fans feel as if Brett Favre is betraying them for even thinking about suiting up in purple. I understand that line of thinking. I mean, Favre was with the Packers for over a decade and a half and the Packers thought they had exclusive rights over the Hall of Fame QB.
The fans owe a lot to Favre, and Favre owes so much to the fans. He would openly admit to that fact. But after Favre was traded to the Jets, his legacy in Green Bay should have been solidified. The feeling of betrayal is somewhat mutual, but you have to realize that Favre's problem isn't with us the fans.
The man simply wants to play football again. I get tired of the constant "Favre Watch" just as much as the next guy, but I love to watch him play. I remember watching a Packers home game on TV before Favre departed for the Jets, and one fan sign read, "Brett's continuing journey is our reward."
I see no reason that this statement should be any different now, no matter what colors he is wearing. If he wants to play football, and somebody is willing to pay him, let him play.
I am not out to change any ones perspective on this situation. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. My goal, and hope for writing this article is to simply open other fans up to a new perspective.
In conclusion, Brett Favre is not guilty of being a selfish jerk out to make your life miserable, he is guilty of being a hero to the Green Bay Packers.
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Get a bird's eye view on a scenic air ride with Grizzly Scenic Air Tours, located at the Cherry land airport. Take a two hour cruise on the Chicago Fire Boat Tour. Enjoy the view of the Sherwood Lighthouse and the Canal Station Lighthouse from the water. Visit the Door County Maritime Museum and learn about the maritime heritage or stop by the Door County Historical Museum and enter into Door County's Past. Rent a bike at DC Bikes and take a ride to the Potawatomi State Park. Or rent a boat or jet ski or take a tour on one for some great fun. On a Saturday Night you can take in the car races at Thunder Hill Raceway at the John Miles Park at the Sturgeon Bay Fairgrounds. Just 4 miles North of Sturgeon Bay visit The Farm. There is something for everyone including well-marked nature trails, log cabins full of displays, gardens and of course, lots of animals. Just north of The Farm is an outdoor adventure waiting to happen at The Team Leadership Center...check it out!
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It's pretty much a given that Kenny Chesney and Gretchen Wilson are two of the biggest names in country music right now. And now the newlywed crooner and the "Redneck Woman" are touring together. Chesney will perform Thursday at the Peoria Civic Center, 201 S.W. Jefferson St., Peoria, and the two of them show up for a concert Saturday at Milwaukee's Summerfest. Check metromix.com for more details.
Chesney's headlining their tour, and Wilson's playing second fiddle. Is that the proper order?
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I don't remember what I was doing when I first discovered Schoolhouse Electric, but I do remember how I felt! It was as though at last someone had heard my cries for unique and modern decor options, and had answered them with a thoughtfully designed lineup of brass sconces, clever desktop accessories, and utilitarian kitchenwares. The brand quickly became one of my go-to's for styling props and they've been at the top of my list ever since!
In the years since their launch they've not only stayed relevant but also have consistently impressed with new releases each season—and the latest additions to the lineup more than live up to expectations! Amongst the most exciting is the range of door hardware in a variety of finishes (like sexy matte black). Carefully curated vintage rugs have also made their debut, as well as handsome new lighting silhouettes and art prints. Plus there's a just-released catalog to love, full of inspiration to soak up for the coming summer months!


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I used an A4 sheet of Pretty in Pink paper. I cut 2 x Top Note dies then used the largest Window Frames Collection Framelits dies to cut the shape (bottom right)
I cut three flowers from Boho Blossom punch
I used Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch to cut the length seen on the top of the sheet.
I then cut a 55mm x 70mm rectangle
I scored two vertical lines, seen below at either side of the top and bottom points. I then cut off these points as seen in the following picture
I then embossed the central scored area and the right hand side using perfect polkadots folder. Take care not to line up the dots on the score lines as this tends to damage the paper
I trimmed off the top edge of the Top Notes Dies shapes (marked in pencil below)
This left hand image shows where to emboss and the right hand image shows the Hearts folder from Adorning Accents folders in place and ready to emboss. Note that only one of these shapes was embossed - this is the front of the bag.
The rectangle was scored as below to form the hinge. I then fancied up one of the long sides using Scallop Trim Border Punch
Heres the dimensions of an A7 notepad
The spine and hinge are on the Left (for right handed people). I glued where the hatching is and attached to the back of the notepad
The plain Top Note shape was then glued to the back of the notepad. The Frame shape was then glued as shown with the hatching (the area not embossed) and attached to the back of the Top Note Die. The second Top Note shape with the embossing was then glued to the hinge
The handle was then adhered with red tape as a continuous circle under and the flap of the handbag lid. This makes it look really neat and tidy. (Thanks for the tip Chris!) The two smaller flowers were fixed to the front of the bag with a mini brad to hold the lid down. The larger flower is then glued to cover the back of the brad


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Blouse with cut outs over the shoulders. Pattern features loose fit from below the bust, button closures at the neckline, curved collar and two hem options.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
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Mark Dresser is an internationally acclaimed bass player, improviser, composer, and interdisciplinary collaborator. He has recorded over one hundred thirty CDs. Since 2007 he has been deeply involved in telematic music performance. His current collaborations include Trio M with Myra Melford and Matt Wilson, the trio Mauger, with Rudresh Mahanthappa and Gerry Hemingway, the trio Jones Jones and duo with Jen Shyu. For eighteen years he lived and worked in New York City. He has recorded and performed with some of the strongest personalities in contemporary music including Anthony Braxton, Ray Anderson, Jane Ira Bloom, Tim Berne, Anthony Davis, Dave Douglas, Osvaldo Golijov, Gerry Hemingway, Bob Ostertag, Joe Lovano, Henry Threadgill, Dawn Upshaw and John Zorn. In 2001 he was nominated for a Grammy. He is currently Professor of Music at University of California, San Diego. He is on the board of directors of the International Society of Bassists and the advisory board of International Society of Improvised Music. www.mark-dresser.com
Vocalist/composer/multi-instrumentalist/dancer Jen Shyu has performed and recorded as a soloist, bandleader, and sidewoman throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Known mostly for her virtuosic singing with saxophonist Steve Coleman & Five Elements since 2003 and performing her own music in the avant-garde and creative music worlds in such venues as Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Blue Note, Merkin Hall, and Amsterdam's Bimhuis, Shyu has collaborated with innovators Anthony Braxton, Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte, Dave Burrell, Mat Maneri, Chris Potter, Michael Formanek, and David Binney to name a few. Since graduating from Stanford University, she has been awarded residencies to MacDowell Colony and Yaddo Residency as well as fellowships to travel and do research in Cuba, Brazil, Taiwan, China, East Timor, and Indonesia from the Fulbright Scholar Program, Asian Cultural Council, Jerome Foundation, and Bronx Council on the Arts. She is currently based in the Bronx, NY, and has produced two albums as a leader, For Now and Jade Tongue. www.jenshyu.com, jenshyu.bandcamp.com
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I sent these to my granddaughter in the Navy overseas for the 4th -- she loved them.
The Hamburgers and Fries Sugar Cookie Crisp Assortment by Cookies from Scratch are a unique assortment of 37 cookies shaped like hamburger sliders, fries and a pickle. Enjoy one dozen double stuff sandwich cookies made with a butter cream frosting sandwiched between three outstanding sugar crisp cookies shaped like the hamburger and bun. The assortment also includes 24 single sugar cookie crisps shaped like fries and one green cookie shaped and even flavored like a pickle! You can choose the assortment with no message or with one of two messages - Happy Birthday to You or Happy Father's Day. The attractive cookie box has a clear lid to show the cookies inside. The Hamburgers and Fries Sugar Cookie Crisp Assortment is a perfect treat for your next cookout or picnic and makes a great gift for a child's birthday, Father's Day or other special occasion.


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SOURCE: Dover Saddlery
November 01, 2012 14:00 ET
LITTLETON, MA--(Marketwire - Nov 1, 2012) - Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dover Saddlery (NASDAQ: DOVR), continues its successful retail channel expansion with store openings in two new states -- Minnesota and North Carolina.
Dover Saddlery celebrated the Grand Opening of its first retail store in Minnesota during the weekend of September 7-9. The store, located on the aptly named Clydesdale trail in Medina, held a very successful VIP reception on September 6 that preceded the Grand Opening weekend. Both events were attended by Dover Senior management, vendors and avid equestrians from all disciplines who were delighted that a Dover Saddlery store is now in their neighborhood.
The next Dover Saddlery store will be opening in Raleigh, North Carolina during the weekend of November 9-11. Customers will find a beautifully merchandised tack store with Grand Opening Specials, prizes and giveaways throughout the store. Vendors from the leading brands of riding helmets, horse clothing and riding boots will be on hand to provide advice and answer questions. The Research Triangle of North Carolina is a very active area for equestrian sports and the Dover Saddlery store will be a welcome addition in an underserved market.
"We use our proprietary software model to locate our retail stores; this reduces risk and ensures we are placing stores in optimal locations. With access to the largest equestrian database in the country, with well over two million names, we use this data to its full extent to locate stores, determine the appropriate size and forecast future sales, despite a very uncertain economy," stated Stephen L Day, president and chief executive officer of Dover Saddlery.
Including the new store in Raleigh, Dover Saddlery will have a total of eighteen Dover Saddlery retail stores, in twelve states, offering the best selection of English saddles, bridles, breeches and riding boots for the English equestrian along with the highest level of customer service.
About Dover Saddlery, Inc.
Dover Saddlery, Inc. (NASDAQ: DOVR) is a leading multichannel retailer of equestrian products in the United States. Founded in 1975 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, by United States Equestrian team members, Dover Saddlery has grown to become The Source® for equestrian products. Dover offers a broad and distinctive selection of competitively priced, brand-name products for horse and rider through catalogs, the Internet and company-owned retail stores. Dover Saddlery, Inc. serves the English rider and through Smith Brothers, the Western rider. The Source®, Dover Saddlery® and Smith Brothers® are registered marks of Dover Saddlery: For more information, please call 1-978-952-8062 or visit www.DoverSaddlery.com.
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Redbeck Motel
The Redbeck Motel first opened its doors in 1969 and hasn t closed them since. Open 24 hours a day, 365 days year. The Redbeck Motel is more than just a motel. Situated on Doncaster Road, Crofton, Wakefield. Ideal for business meetings, visiting friends or a just to get away for a short break. Whether you re planning on staying over night for a few weeks we have everything on site to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Choose from Standard single (shared Bathroom) ,Or a Single or double en-suite Room, Great Comfort at Affordable Prices. All our rooms come with a colour TV, FREE WiFi, and a famous Redbeck Motel full English breakfast, The only way to Start the Day your day. Family run Business since 1969 !!! Always a Warm Welcome, Great Service and Great Value , That s a Promise The Famous Redbeck Serving fresh hot and cold, home cooked food 24 hours a day, 365 days a year the Redbeck has become a Yorkshire institution. Famous for its breakfast specials (as seen on TV), the Redbeck Motel serves local people from the area and people from around the country with great fresh food, served fast. Call in soon and enjoy a full meal, a snack or just take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea. Come and relax in our newly refurbished coffee lounge. Sit back and watch television in a comfortable sofa in a relaxed atmosphere and take advantage of our free wi-fi throughout. You deserve to stop. Always a Friendly Smile, Great Value, Great Service, thats a promise !!! Al s Bar Named after the founder of the Redbeck Motel, Al s Bar is a fully licensed bar serving draught and bottled beers, 7 days a week. Al s Bar is family friendly and invites you to bring along the kids to play safely in the enclosed childrens play area with swings, climbing frame and slide.
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|DCI Alan Banks is back leading the serious crimes team. Pics: ITV1
Rating: ★★★
ITV1: starts Wednesday, 10 October, 9pm
Story: DS Annie Cabbot is pregnant and about to go on maternity leave, and DCI Alan Banks is going to miss her badly. But then a mysterious phone message draws him to Harrogate to search for his estranged younger brother, Roy.
Banks is back for the first of six new episodes. Series one didn't create a huge splash, but Stephen Tompkinson, who plays Banks, has a quite a following from comfy family fare such as Wild at Heart and the drama did well enough in the ratings to be quickly recommissioned.
This story, Strange Affair, begins with an appeal from the detective's estranged brother, Roy, in a juicy mystery that offers insights into the character's family background.
Banks is trapped in his brother's turmoil
|Caroline Catz as DCI Morton
'I've got myself into a bit of trouble and need some help,' Roy pleads. Banks, after a tense evening with his sidekick Annie Cabbot, who's about to go on maternity leave, shoots off to find his brother. Andrea Lowe, who plays Annie, really is expecting, but has vowed to support Banks in future cases – which should entail further romantic tension.
Banks's disappearance causes a major problem because a woman is found with a bullet in her head and he is needed as senior investigating officer. But to complicate matters, in the glove compartment of the victim's car is a hand-drawn map to Alan's cottage, so Banks is a key witness.
New deputy Helen Morton should make Banks look even angrier
This delicate situation is the cause of a bust-up between Annie and her replacement, Helen Morton, who is now put in charge of the case.
Caroline Catz's introduction to the show as Helen adds a fresh spark to the drama. A mother-of-four, she's very efficient but is chucked in at the deep end with Banks's loyal team, who are not happy that she treats him as a witness. It's likely that her stern approach to policing is going to wind up Banks no end.
|Banks with his parents (Keith Barron and Polly Hemingway)
Keith Barron as Banks's dad
Also in the cast are Keith Barron and Polly Hemingway as Banks's parents, who seem to prefer the dodgy Roy to steady Alan. However, it soon turns out that Roy's troubles are a lot closer to Banks the copper than he could ever have feared.
Average homegrown TV police procedurals rarely stretch their characters like this, and this is a strong curtain-raiser to the series. Whether fans of Peter Robinson's acclaimed novels will think the series does the books justice is a different matter.
Tragic cliffhanger
Tompkinson has passion – and some powerful scenes here – but he is a bit sour to capture Banks's charisma, stoicism and occasional sexiness.
Still, his devotees will love it, and the episode finishes with a tragic jolt, setting up the next instalment nicely.
Cast: Stephen Tompkinson DCI Alan Banks, Andrea Lowe DS Annie Cabbot, Caroline Catz DCI Helen Morton, Jack Deam DC Ken Blackstone, Lorraine Burroughs DS Winsome Jackson, David Westhead Gareth Lambert, Keith Barron Alan's dad, Polly Hemingway Ida


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The desire among romantically inclined males to serenade loved ones with the strains of a violin is not just a human trait.
Scientists have discovered that a colourful, South American sparrow-like bird uses a similar technique to woo its potential partners.
Using high-speed cameras, researchers have shown that the male club-winged manakin makes its bizarre "violin hum" by rubbing together specially adapted feathers.
The club-winged manakin is one of the most extraordinary birds in the animal kingdom. During courtship their wings are a blur as they vibrate at more than 100 cycles a second - twice the speed of a hummingbird's wings.
Charles Darwin was struck by their unique music and mentioned the species in his 1871 treatise on sexual selection, The Descent of Man. But while he was intrigued by their "extraordinary noise", he had no idea how they made it.
The secret of the manakin's song was unlocked by Dr Kimberly Bostwick, an ornithologist at Cornell University, New York, who used an industrial ultra-high-speed digital video camera to study their flight.
Traditional video cameras were too slow to capture the wing beats. However, her camera was able to take up to 1,000 frames a second.
The recordings, played back in slow motion, revealed that in order to attract a mate, the manakin adopts a similar technique employed by crickets, which chirp by rubbing their wings. Dr Bostwick, who reports her findings today in the journal Science, said: "Essentially an instrument has evolved in this species, in this case a refined instrument."
The male manakin uses special feathers on its wings that have been adapted for music. Each wing has one feather with a "pick" and an adjacent feather with ridges and enlarged hollow shafts.
When perched, the bird leans forward and raises its wings behind the head. In people, the move would be analogous to leaning forward and touching elbows and fingers behind one's back. As the bird slams its wings together at high speed, the pick moving against the ridged feather acts like a blow on the strings of a violin.
The resulting "tick, tick, ting" sound can be heard from 10 yards away.
The two "ticks" are sharp tonal clicks and the "ting" is a sustained, violin-like note. The "ticks" are created by the tips of wings striking together forcefully.
For the "tings", the bird shivers its wings as they strike each other, causing flight feathers to oscillate and produce a longer note.
The club-winged manakin, Machaeropterus deliciosus, is found only in a strip of threatened cloud forest on the western slopes of the Andes in north-west Ecuador and Columbia.
The males compete to mate, while the females are left to raise the young. Potentially a single male could inseminate all the local females, creating strong competition and strong sexual selection pressures, which helps to explain their unusual sound.
Other birds, including pheasants, grouse, hummingbirds, birds of paradise and many of the other 39 types of manakin, make wing sounds.
Meanwhile peacocks have evolved an astonishingly ornate plumage in order to compete for females. However, none takes it to the sophisticated extremes of the club-winged manakin, said Dr Bostwick.
"In general, if an adaptation is really weird and out there, it is produced by sexual selection," she said.


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Friday the 13th is a lucky day for all NYS residents oppressed by the NYS Legislature's unfunded mandates. Why? Because the NYS School Boards Assocation ("NYSSBA"), a leading and influential voice for mandate
reform in this state, has signed on to the Mandate Relief petition. Here is NYSSBA's description of itself on its own website , "The New York State School Boards Association serves as the statewide voice of more than 700 boards of education. The collective influence of some 5,000 school board members, who constitute half the elected officials in the state, enables the Association to work toward the benefit of the elementary and secondary public school system in New York State. School board members are the educational leaders of their communities; they determine policies that govern the operation of their local public school system. "
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Please spread the word to family members, friends, neighbors, your local school boards, your local town boards, candidates for school board in this May's school board elections, your county legislators, your NYS Senator, your NYS Assemblyman, and candidates for those offices in next November's elections.
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Gait analysis can show the exact movement of the lower body as a person walks.
Gait analysis is not painful, and usual activities can resume as soon as the test is completed.
There are no health risks with gait analysis.
Gait analysis is not available in all areas. It needs to be done by a qualified and specially trained health professional.
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TechConnect Summit Brings the Global Technology Community to Houston, May 4-6, 2009
April 22, 2009 09:00 AM US Eastern Timezone
Fortune 500 Corporations, Universities, and Young Companies will Present at the Largest Marketplace for Emerging Technologies in the US
April 22, 2009 Cambridge, MA: NSTI and CTSI today announced that more than 100 leading companies looking for research & development, funding, and commercialization partners will be showcased in the 4th Annual TechConnect Summit, taking place May 4-6, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Held in conjunction with the annual NSTI Nanotech and Clean Technology conferences, the event will attract thousands of business, academic, and investment professionals from more than 70 countries.
This year's TechConnect Summit will feature:
- IP and Venture Forum: More than 70 pre-screened technologies and 65+ start-up companies will present in the areas of nanotechnology, clean technology, and the life sciences. Industry Sessions include Solar, Advanced Materials, Water, Energy Efficiency, Electronics, and Biotech/Pharma.
- Fortune 500 Corporate Partnering Presentations: Sixteen of the world's leading technology-driven companies will present technology development efforts in order to identify new industry partnerships.
- TechConnect Marketplace Expo: The meeting place for technology and business matchmaking. Dozens of universities and companies will showcase their IP portfolios, technologies, and professional services.
- Technology and Investment Panels: Features sessions focusing on technology development, protection, commercialization, and funding for the university and start-up business communities.
Corporate Partnering Presentations
One of the highlights of the Summit program are the exclusive presentations from Fortune 500 companies. Companies present their technology and investment areas of interest in clean technology, nanotechnology, or the life sciences. Each of the speakers is interested in either investment or collaboration opportunities with attendees. Presenting companies for May 5 and 6 include:
- Applied Materials
- Dow Chemical
- Eastman Kodak
- Genzyme
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Honda
- Lockheed Martin
- Medtronic
- Merck
- Omron
- Philips
- Samsung
- Sanyo
"TechConnect's model of corporate partnering and technology matchmaking provides innovators, investors, and business executives with a unique platform to present their technologies or business plans to the technology business and investment communities," notes Dr. Matthew Laudon, Executive Director, TechConnect. "The Summit encourages academia-industry partnerships, and provides access to unique funding and partnering opportunities."
Presenters and attendees of TechConnect benefit from a program that is dedicated to promoting emerging technologies and promising young companies utilizing emerging technologies for market penetration. Presenting institutions and early stage companies represent more than 20 States across the US, and 16 countries, in several industry sectors that are utilizing emerging technologies, including Solar, Advanced Materials, Biotech-Medical, Electronics, and more.
Technology Marketplace Expo
This year's Summit will feature the TechConnect Marketplace Expo, May 5-6, which is a unique exhibit and networking hall for universities, companies, and government agencies to showcase their patent portfolios, prototypes, and services to thousands from the global technology and business communities. More than 25 organizations are participating in the Expo, with networking breaks sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission.
To learn more about the TechConnect Summit, including speakers and presenting universities and companies, visit: www.techconnect.org/Summit2009/. Members of the media interested in media credentials should contact Todd Keefe at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About TechConnect:
The TechConnect Summit is one of the largest multi-sector gatherings (nanotech, cleantech, life sciences) of technology IP, technology ventures, industrial partners, and investors in the world. The purpose of the Summit is to bring together the world's leading technology transfer offices, companies, and investment firms to locate promising technologies and early stage companies from across the globe. All technology and company presentations are pre-vetted by the TechConnect Advisory Board, which includes more than 60 individuals representing leading universities, companies, and investment firms worldwide.
About NSTI:
The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI; www.nsti.org) advances and integrates nano and other advanced technologies through education, conventions, business publishing, and research services. NSTI produces the annual Nanotechnology conference and trade show, which attracts more than 5,000 industrial, academic, business and governmental attendees from around the world. It is the largest gathering of the nanotechnology industry in the U.S. NSTI was founded in 1997 as a result of the merger between various scientific societies, and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts with offices in California and Switzerland.
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Joseph Cedar's Footnote perhaps isn't such a major film in the scheme of things, but at the very least it's a refreshing contrast from what we usually get to see, like getting the morning off work to attend an enjoyably peppy seminar. Eliezer Shkolnik is an elderly philologist in modern-day Jerusalem, who's devoted most of his life to painstakingly studying historical iterations of the Talmud; his plan to publish his findings was tragically derailed, one month before publication, when a competing academic made a chance discovery of a long-lost manuscript that while confirming Shkolnik's research, rendered his record of it obsolete. The most tangible trace of his life's work then is merely that he was mentioned in a footnote within a largely unknown scholarly text.
Not the Hunger Games
Among his many grudges is a lifetime of being passed over for the prestigious Israel Prize for Talmudic study; then, when he's finally given up, he gets a call telling him his time has come. It's perhaps the happiest day of his life, but it's based on a mistake – the committee meant to give the prize to his son Uriel, also a Talmudic scholar, and a much more charismatically high-profile and productive one. The dilemma: do they rescind the prize, while publically humiliating the old man and possibly breaking his heart, or leave things as they are, even if the committee considers Eliezer undeserving?
Not exactly the plot of The Hunger Games. But as I said, the film (which was nominated for this year's foreign-language film Oscar) goes down very easily, with Cedar using voice-overs, flashbacks and digital-aided glitz to jazz up the basic story. It's a calculated move, laying the film itself open to charges of the same kind of compromise that lie at the centre of the plot, but at least you're drawn to engage with the film's devices rather than simply succumb to them.
In perhaps the film's pivotal scene, letting down his guard in a newspaper interview, Eliezer rails against the lesser lights that won the prize before him, and then gets drawn into contrasting his work with that of his son. Suppose you have a collection of pot shards, he says. His approach consists of examining the pieces in detail, researching their provenance, working meticulously to recreate something historically valid and meaningful (and therefore presumably more truly aesthetically moving as a result). His son on the other hand, he says, examines the pieces only cursorily, glues them together into a pot that looks superficially nice but makes no historic sense, then moves on to the next thing (when Uriel reads this in the paper, he blasts his father's approach as mere masturbation).
How to live?
This is a far from trivial point of disagreement of course. On the face of it, Uriel's life is much fuller than his father's. But much as Eliezer's disappointments may have made him a virtually catatonic figure (often shot in a blackly comic sad-sack manner), his life governed by repetition and the narrowest of parameters, the film drops hints of a more turbulent and possibly unsavoury past – even providing glimpses of someone who might be a past lover. And would that be a scandal or a validation? Uriel's wife says she has no doubt about his fidelity to her, but says she attributes it to his cowardice more than his devotion. Footnote is at its best in setting out these contrasts and ambiguities, which really go to the question that ought to override all others, but instead gets trampled by the weight and pace of the mundane: how should we aspire to live?
It's a gift if one can even ask the question of course – most people are too occupied and tired out by living to be able to step back and philosophize about it. But even when people have the time and/or money to take some control, they often seem to have nothing better in mind than to construct a better equipped version of the same treadmill everyone else is on – bigger cars and houses, more expensive gadgets, better tickets to the game, and so on. Intellectual reflection isn't prized at all – you think things can't get dumbed down any more, and then the bar falls again (even as the complexity of our challenges rises). And yet, people who achieve something meaningful in life don't do so by succumbing to all this – they do so by creating their own space and investing years of often-lonely time and effort into it. It's a cruel paradox perhaps – the world promises boundless, unprecedented experience, but for the most part they're forms of surrender to someone else's agenda. We say we prize diversity, but that's only partly true – in most of the ways that count, possibilities and experiences are becoming dismally standardized. People obsess over random tales of individual lives lost through murders or tragedies or whatever, as if every existing heartbeat had to be inventoried and kept beating, but spend no time considering (except in the most clichéd and unproductive manners) whether a life squandered (either because society allows it no room for anything else, or because of personal cluelessness) isn't as great a loss and a disgrace. Of course, if our leaders started to talk in these terms they'd be dismissed as moonbeams. But then at the same time, polls and voting inactivity only confirms the lack of trust in those leaders. Isn't it at least possible that on some unarticulated level, many of us know we're not having the right conversations?
So little at stake
In the meantime, universities provide almost the only refuge for such investigations, and Footnote is in part an understated parody of that life: in a recent interview Cedar quoted a line attributed to Henry Kissinger – "The reason academic politics are so bitter is that so little is at stake." In this sense, the film – although very "Jewish" I guess – might take place almost anywhere (it doesn't concern itself with Israel's politics for instance – several scenes depict the heavy security marking day to day life there, but this primarily serves to underline Eliezer's isolation). But if little is at stake in the immediate politics, a vocation like Eliezer's could be seen as a huge inner rolling of the dice. Except that at the end of the film, in a certain sense, he accepts a pot he knows is inauthentic. Cedar leaves it to us to assess whether this is a small compromise or a major self-betrayal.
As I said, despite these points of significant interest, the film isn't the most major of works, at various points resorting to contrivances and simplifications better suited to network drama. It's more a film you politely appreciate than one you lose yourself within. But then, losing oneself is something one should only do with great discrimination.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
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By Sara Webb
ARNHEM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - Digital doctors like Nicholas Haining and Frank Bosch are changing the face of medicine and the way publishers such as Wolters Kluwer make money in the stagnant or low-growth North American and European markets.
Tablet computers and smartphones are almost as essential as a stethoscope in the modern medic's kit, with doctors calling up medical journals, databases, reference works and patient records on these gadgets as they do their hospital rounds.
As a result, Wolters Kluwer is increasingly selling information in electronic rather than printed form - a change that has allowed the Dutch company to increase margins and retain subscribers.
"Medical students used to have to memorize things like the branches of the trigeminal nerves. Now they would look it up," Dr Haining, a pediatric oncologist working in the United States, told Reuters.
"You are no longer a walking encyclopedia, there is no need to have all the information in your mind, because you can get the best available data and draw on evidence-based medicine."
Boston-based Dr Haining said he uses UpToDate, which Wolters Kluwer bought in 2008, to access clinical evidence that has been reviewed by experts in the field.
Wolters Kluwer competes with Reed Elsevier and Reuters' owner Thomson Reuters, selling specialist publications and software to bankers, lawyers and accountants, as well as to doctors and scientists.
The company last year derived a fifth of total revenue and profit from its health division, which sells more than 100 medical journals as iPad apps.
The division's earnings before interest, tax and amortization (EBITA) jumped 30 percent to 163 million euros in 2012 - the biggest percentage gain of its four businesses - while the EBITA margin rose to 21.9 percent from 19.7 percent in the previous year.
Reed Elsevier's iPad app for doctors, ClinicalKey, has more than 500 leading medical and surgical journals, plus reference books and third-party content.
Thomson Reuters sold its healthcare business last year.
The apps are very different from print versions. Using video and audio, for example, they can demonstrate new advances in surgical procedures which are hard to illustrate on the printed page.
"It's very difficult to describe an operation or surgery" in print, Wolters Kluwer's chief executive Nancy McKinstry said.
Readers used to get in touch with the author of the article and then discuss it or watch the surgeon performing a new technique. Now they can see it on video, she said, which is an easier format and also allows much more targeted advertising.
Specialist publishers have made the shift from print to online across their various businesses.
Three-quarters of Wolters Kluwer's revenue comes from online or electronic products, up from 71 percent in 2011, and 49 percent when the transition from print was launched at the end of 2008.
At Reed Elsevier, which also has a substantial exhibitions and conference business, electronic publishing accounted for 64 percent of revenue in 2012. Print has dropped to 20 percent, from 50 percent eight years ago.
Some analysts say Wolters Kluwer's transformation has gone largely unnoticed by investors, while earnings growth was lackluster until last year when results beat forecasts.
So even though its stock hit a two-year high this month, the firm is valued at a big discount to peers, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine estimates, both in terms of the price-earnings multiple and the ratio of enterprise value to EBITDA.
The company is sometimes considered a possible takeover target, with a private equity firm seen as a more likely buyer than a rival given potential competition issues.
The shift online is expected to continue, McKinstry said. In the United States, nurses and physicians bring their tablets into hospitals and operating rooms, a trend that is spreading in Europe.
North America and Europe accounted for 70 percent and 14 percent respectively of Wolters Kluwer's health division's sales last year - compared with 54 percent and 40 percent of total group sales - showing room for further growth on the continent.
Dr Bosch, a physician who specializes in internal medicine at Arnhem's Rijnstate hospital in The Netherlands, is an example of that trend in Europe. He listens to podcasts he has downloaded from the New England Journal of Medicine on his smartphone while he jogs or cycles to work, and does his rounds clutching his iPad in its battered bright green cover.
One of his patients had atrial fibrillation, a condition where her heart beats too fast and irregularly. She was on digoxin but Dr Bosch wanted to check how another drug, amiodarone, would interact with it, and found the answer on his iPad using an app from WebMD Health Corp's Medscape.
"Because you can check more easily, you check more often and that improves quality" and time, he said.
(Editing by Erica Billingham)


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