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While we still don't have any word on online play, Sega has cleared up one area of concern for Virtua Tennis 3. Japan's IT Media reveals today that the arcade port will make full use of the Sixaxis controller for tilt controls.
To move your character, you tilt the controller forward, back, left and right. You also perform shots with controller movements. To perform a top spin, you slide the controller horizontally left to right or right to left. Sliding the controller down results in a slice, with lob achieved by sliding the controller up.
We're going to have to try out this new control system before we can judge it. In the event that it doesn't work all that well, though, Virtua Tennis fans will be able to select from a set of standard button-based controls.


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Ok, so Im working on this curved table that will have drawers coming out the sides...a take off of a sofa table by Derek Cohen. The way this one works out, is I have a dead space next to the drawer (the dead space is at the back of the table).
So, I could do a drawer front that spans the entire distant...maybe blind dovetail on the left side, and a dado for the right side of the drawer. And it would just be this sort of a drawer front with an extended end.
Or I could do a normal drawer front (blind dovetail both sides), and just glue in a filler in the dead space. I could run a continuation of the drawer front to cover the filler (so it would look somewhat continuous across). I know its kind of weird to start with, but looking for any suggestions on how to deal with this unusal situation (I knew all along I was going to have to deal with it, just avoided figuring it out until now).

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I'm returning to the blogging world after a month of a holiday hiatus. Isn't it funny how when I actually had more time to write over Christmas break, I don't even write one post? Well, this is my insanely brief overview:
Naps on naps. Pinterest. Baking. Shopping. Family time in the country. Guitar. Resting in The Word. Ringing in 2015 with a night out in uptown Dallas. Crying in AT&T stadium at the final score of the Cotton Bowl (my last game as a Baylor student). Feeling 22. Deciding on dental school. Declining other schools. Committing to another school. Receiving the scholarship I'd been praying for for months. Withdrawing previous acceptance and officially committing to being a class of 2019 "Penntist."
Let's just say maybe why I didn't have time to blog was because my mind was highly preoccupied with this obvious roller coaster. I quite possibly have never felt more all over the place in my life than I have in the past 45 days (it was way harder than my up until the last minute college decision). I've tried to update on my blog with my specific thoughts occasionally throughout this long, stressful, but exciting process simply because I want to be able to look back and see how God was leading me along the way and to have that same feeling that I have now about going to Baylor for undergrad – that the fact that I ever was torn between schools is actually funny now. So this is mainly for me to read a few years from now maybe as I'm finishing up D4 and being so incredibly grateful for God's provision and that I made the decision that I did. If you've been reading my recent posts, you know Penn was my dream school where I really saw myself thriving and the stepping stone to reaching my personal and career goals in the future. It is also one of THE most expensive schools in the country. Well, crap. My mom always said I had champagne taste…
After finals were over and I had a chance to hash everything out with my mentor and then my parents when I came home, I had finally come to terms with the financial implications of going to where I had really felt led to go for so long. I was going to Penn, I was going to be in a heck of a lot of debt, but I wasn't going to regret it.
That night I "decided" I felt so sure that it was the right decision. The following days, though, ALL I could think about was what THAT kind of debt would look like for a chunk of my life, and that I would in fact regret being an Ivy League trained doctor struggling to make everything work financially. It's really twisted if you think about it. I set Penn to the side for awhile and really tried to imagine myself at Baylor and Houston. Before, I was so torn between the two and just never really had any peace about choosing either. I talked to several friends at both and reached a new decision that UTSD-Houston would be the best fit and so much more realistic than going to Penn without a scholarship. That week was mostly spent trying to convince myself of all the great reasons to go to Houston. It was OK to turn down Penn simply because of the price, a friend reassured me. Of course initially I was disappointed. Everything before just felt like a tease. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat angry at God. Why would I have gone to interviews and been accepted at Columbia and Penn – and felt so strongly drawn to Penn specifically – and then it all just be taken away. I was at the point where I just wished I would've never even applied to those schools, and it would've been a LOT easier decision if I didn't get in to either. I tried to "get over" the idea of going to Penn, and every day I honestly was getting more OK with the idea of being in Houston next year. This was, after all, an incredible blessing to even be in this position of getting to choose where to go. I even took a trip down there to visit my friend and planned on looking at Houston housing options. I had lost that hope and expectancy that I felt all throughout December of the chance of still getting a scholarship to Penn.
Then things got thrown upside down that same day I was driving back to Waco from my side road trip to H-town. Earlier when I had told my family about my decision to go to Houston, I explained it as an "unless…" situation. Penn's deadline wasn't until the 15th of January, so obviously I was still going to just see if anything happened in that next week or so before the door was officially closed. Like I said though, I was pretty much over it and finding peace in my Houston decision. I had realized maybe a lot of me wanting to go to Penn was my pride and feeling that I "deserved" to go to my top choice after working so hard in college. I had to put away my selfishness and turn all of this back over to God and his plan for me. I was going out to dinner with my friend that night to my favorite pizza joint, and she asked me how I was feeling with the recently changed decision. I explained how I was still a little disappointed that it all came down to financial reasons. It wasn't my plan A, but plan B is sometimes the best thing that can happen. As I'm saying this, I look at my phone, and I see that it's the Philadelphia area code that I had been sure to memorize. Oh hi there, plan A. My first thought was they were calling to ask about my decision since I hadn't sent in my deposit or really updated them on my situation. My other thought was that they were calling and going to offer me the lowest scholarship, still not helping enough for me to be able to change my mind. I knew that if they would've ever called and given me the max scholarship that I'd go in a heartbeat. If it ended up being the middle level amount, it would be the most complicated. I would have to seriously think about it and be SURE I would be making the right decision, whatever that was. So of course, guess what happened? Yep, the complicated route. All I could do that night was say WOW WOW WOW it actually happened? And laugh. Lots of laughing at God's sense of humor and my crazy life as well as thinking how worn out everyone in my life was getting with me talking about all this back and forth nonsense.
At first I was so confused because of the timing and everything from the past couple weeks of me talking myself into Houston and JUST now beginning to get really excited about it. I read back through my prayer journal that night, though, and it was unreal how many times I specifically was yearning for financial provision if Penn was where He was leading me. Several times I also wrote things along the lines of "I know you LOVE to surprise me, so I am trusting it will all be in your perfect timing", and "I know you make the impossible possible." There was also the powerful Sunday at church on trusting God with finances when I went to the front to be prayed for the week before I heard anything about acceptances. After taking the weekend to really keep praying about it and talking to my family and close friends about it who had been with me through the entire dramatic saga, I realized that there was no way that all this happened for me to turn it down and still go to Houston. This Dean's scholarship was exactly what I had been believing for from the beginning. My creator knows the desires of my heart inside and out before I even ask. I have been so constantly reminded in all this that his dreams for me are far greater than my own. This is only the beginning of a crazy adventure of the next season: my life as a twenty-something Dr-to-be in a major Northeast city where I will be stretched academically, mentally, and spiritually. I am leaving my unbelievable community of friends here (who have been some of my biggest cheerleaders in all this), my family who has never stopped supporting me and my crazy big dreams since day one, "y'all," Tex-Mex, and a lot more. As scary as all that is, I am beyond pumped for what's ahead: receiving a dental/medical education like no other, an entirely new city full of ALL kinds of people that I would never have met if I stayed in Texas, learning exactly what I will be doing in my career impacting people's lives everyday, 119 of the most interesting/fun/smartest people that I will ever know and get to call classmates, actual SEASONS praise the Lord, and meeting my new best friends (or…WHO knows, something more??) for life. University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and all that 2015 has in store, I'm coming for ya.
The title quote is one from Shauna Niequist that I even posted on Facebook on New Year's Eve as an encouragement and hope for all my friends – especially those of us in the middle of major life changes – in 2015 (before all of the crazy twists actually happened).
"Everything is interim. Everything is a path or a preparation for the next thing, and we never know what the next thing is. Life is like that, of course, twisty and surprising. But life with God is like that exponentially. We can dig in, make plans, write in stone, pretend we're not listening, but the voice of God has a way of being heard. It seeps in like smoke or vapor even when we've barred the door against any last-minute changes, and it moves us to different countries and different emotional territories and different ways of living. It keeps us moving and dancing and watching, and never lets us drop down into a life set on cruise control or a life ruled by remote control. Life with God is a dancing dream, full of flashes and last-minute exits and generally all the things we've said we'll never do. And with the surprises comes great hope."


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"Tracker" tour 2015 : the MarkOnTour is back !
Take alook at the to follow the 2015 tour.
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Tour 2013 : kick-off gig in Bucharest
Setlist, links, videos, reviews on the Bucharest's concert page.
Just for the pleasure, here is "Yon Two Crows" live 2013 :)
US tour 2012 : listen to "Yon Two Crows" live @ Winnipeg
A first audio 2012 recording has appeared :)
Here is "Yon Two Crows" live, my favourite track from "Privateering".[ download ]
Enjoy !
US tour 2012 : Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler on the road again !
The US kickoff date has taken place yesterday night in Winnipeg.
More informations here.
local-hero.org : new feature !
I have built what was around in my head since one year : a slideshow for the pics !
On each concert's page where there are pics hosted on flickr or picasa, there is now a button which fires a slideshow that makes you view each pic in big size.
Want an example ? No problem, take a look here.
Tour 2011 : Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler on the road !
The kickoff date has taken place yesterday night in Dublin.
More informations in the concert's page.
Gerry Rafferty has died
Sad news, the scottish singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty has died this tuesday 4th of january, aged 63. He had sung on The Way It Always Starts from the Local Hero movie soundtrack. Mark had played on his album Another World in 2002.
We owe him the 70's hits Baker Street (1978) and Stuck in the Middle With You.
In Gerry's memory here is the video clip of Baker street (this street is worldly known since the british writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had made his heroes Sherlock Holmes and the Docteur Watson live there) with the famous saxophone riff and the guitar solo :
Happy New Year 2011 !
I wish you a happy new year 2011, let's hope for a new MK album :-)David
local-hero.org : v3 launched
As Mark will be tonight in Paris Bercy I officially launch the version 3 of this website, even if the new features have appeared week after week since the beginning of the tour :
I hope you will like the 2010 version of the website, I have worked on it for hours :-) Enjoy the gigs and don't forget to leave your reviews !
Alchemy released in DVD & Blu-Ray on 10th of May
More than 25 years after this mythical gig, the official DVD & Blu-Ray release will be out the 10th May 2010. For this release the sound has been remixed in 5.1 surround by Chuck Ainlay and the image has been restored.
Hmmm, this trailer brings good memories back. Impressive picture ! You can notice that Mark's voice is different that what we used to hear.
After the double LP, the double K7, the double CD, the VHS, the Laserdic and the bootleg DVD it's decided : I'm going to buy a Blu-Ray player !Hmmmmmmm great news ! You can preorder it on amazon.
Archives : "Running on down this road" live @ Snape, 25/04/1990
In 1990 the Notting Hillbillies made a UK tour following the release of their album "Missing... presumed having a good time".
In the setlist was this track from the Brendan Croker's solo album "The Great Indoors".
Listen to this stunning version of "Running on down this road" : so nice ![ download ]
Archives : "Baloney Again" live @ Nulle Part Ailleurs, 11/10/2000
During his "Sailing to Philadelphia" promo tour MK has come to the "Nulle Part Ailleurs" TV show on Canal+ to play "Baloney Again".
This is for me the best live version, so emotional, so... perfect, played onyly with Guy Fletcher on keyboards.
Enjoy ![ download ]
Tour 2008 : new audio clip "Donegan's Gone" from the London gig 26.05.2008
This song has been played only in London, with Joe Brown as guest :[ download ]
Tour 2008 : new audio clip "Secondary Waltz" from the Edinburgh gig 18.05.2008
Back from my "UK tour" ;-) As an "appetizer" here is "Secondary Waltz" played in Edinburgh :[ download ]
Tour 2008 : audio clip "Postcards From Paraguay" from the Paris gig 09.04.2008
First audio clip of my recording in Paris Bercy :[ download ]
Tour 2008 : new audio clip from the Nantes gig 08.04.2008
Just for the pleasure, a second audio clip "True Love Will Never Fade" from my recording in Nantes :[ download ]
Tour 2008 : remastered audio clip of "Marbletown" from the Nantes gig 08.04.2008
New version of "Marbletown", extracted from my first live recording ever. Now the sound has been remastered (thanks to Lolo) :[ download ]


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A King's Riches
August 18, 2015 by Joseph Hollcraft
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A King's Riches The story is told of Alexander the Great, that one day, upon heading home from a victorious battle, his caravan came upon a beggar by the roadside who asked for a copper coin. Initially, the courtier sent him away, but King Alexander intervened and asked what the poor man wanted. The courtier said a copper coin. After looking at the man, he returned to his carriage to grab a bag of... Read More
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UNHAPPY LIFE OF THE SINNER HAPPY LIFE OF THE CHRISTIAN WHO LOVES GOD "There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord." (Isaiah 48:22) "Much peace have they that love thy law." (cf Psalm 119:165) In this life all men seek after peace. The merchant, the soldier, the man who goes to law, labor with the hope of making a fortune, and of thus finding peace, by worldly lucre, by... Read More


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Gruene Hall is well-known in Texas for bringing local and nationally recognized artists to our own backyard. And the historic music venue was recognized by USA Today as a great place to be in October. The wine and music festival just passed, and there are other big names and free shows coming up this month.
Check out the full schedule for tickets and show times to see Lyle Lovett, Raul Malo and more country and rock bands. Many of these shows are free with no cover to get in.
And Texas' oldest dance hall doesn't have live entertainment just in October. Talented musicians come through Gruene year round and groups like Asleep at the Wheel, Roger Creager and Kevin Fowler will be performing soon.
The venue is located only about 10 minutes away from Hill Country RV Resort and Cottage Rentals, so stay with us and experience the live music of Gruene Hall again, or for the first time if you've never been.


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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — The doctors of President Cristina Fernandez are expected to give her medical clearance to return to work one month after a blood clot was removed from her brain.
The doctors expect the 60-year-old will slowly begin resuming some duties after her recuperation period at the presidential residence outside Buenos Aires.
She's scheduled to get some tests on her heart and nervous system at the Fundacion Favaloro hospital late Friday.
Argentina's dominant political force underwent surgery on Oct. 8 to remove the clot pressuring her brain. She's been in total repose and hasn't appeared in public since.
The presidency still hasn't explained the Aug. 12 head trauma they said created the condition.
Medical specialists say that Fernandez will be unable to travel by plane or attend large events for a time.


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With last week's announcement that Stefan Sanderling has accepted a two-year appointment as Toledo Symphony's principal guest conductor and music advisor, the orchestra has taken important steps in the effort to guarantee itself a bright future. Confidence is high that Sanderling will lead the orchestra to new standards of artistic excellence.
Sanderling's selection also has important long-term implications. It raises the bar for all candidates when the search for a permanent music director gets actively underway this fall.
Young and energetic, optimistic and apparently prodigiously gifted, the 37-year-old Sanderling is a risk taker and a dreamer. When not conducting orchestras around the world, he pilots airplanes to relax. As a student looking for artist freedom he once used his prose to take on the East German government.
Such characteristics bode well with Toledo musicians and administrators.
"Without question Stefan Sanderling has the knowledge and technical ability to guide the further development and expertise of our wonderful orchestra. During his recent visit, I believe he was favorably impressed by the capabilities of our musicians. But perhaps more important, he appeared to achieve an emotional connection that was very special," said Joe Magliochetti, chairman of the symphony board.
Concertmaster Kirk Toth agrees.
Sanderling "brought experience and very fine musicianship. He knew what he wanted and stayed with it until he achieved it. Equally important, his treatment of the orchestra was collegial and respectful. That is essential for bringing out potential," said Toth.
Toth and Sanderling appear to be on the same wavelength.
"Music is all about sharing emotions. I need to convince people with my music making, not by being the big boss," said Sanderling recently from Texas where he was conducting at the Round Top Festival.
"It is very important for me that I have a good connection with the musicians and understand the things that they would like to do. The Toledo Symphony is their life and they certainly see problems as clearly as the management," he said.
German by birth, Sanderling studied music in Leipzig, and beginning in the late 1880s at University of Southern California and Tanglewood. His father, Kurt Sanderling, is regarded as one of Europe's most distinguished conductors.
Despite the lineage – his older brother is a conductor as well – a conducting career was not part of Sanderling's early career plans.
"I never intended to become a conductor, that happened by accident. I wanted to study musicology in East Germany but, because I liked to provoke the government officials, we didn't get along very well," said Sanderling.
"I had a job writing program notes in Halle. When the orchestra was playing Shostakovich's 6th Symphony I wrote that the piece was really a four-movement symphony but that the first movement [which is traditionally based on the development of contrasting musical ideas] couldn't exist in a country where development and discussion don't exist. So, I concluded, there was no need for a first movement.
"Somehow the article was missed by the censors and accidentally published. It was a big, big disaster. It changed my life. I had wanted to become a musicologist but that future suddenly didn't exist for me.
"Today I'm not too proud of what I did. I created problems for a lot of innocent people who lost their jobs. Certainly I didn't have any power to change the regime," said Sanderling.
Shifting careers in mid-stride, Sanderling went to Leipzig at the invitation of Kurt Mazur. There he began to study conducting.
Although not yet able to speak English, Sanderling came to the United States in 1988 to study at the University of Southern California. Later, at Tanglewood, he studied with Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein.
Sanderling assumes the post of music director of the Tampa-based Florida Symphony beginning with the 2003-2004 season. He continues as chief conductor at the Orchestra de Bretagne in Rennes, France where he has conducted since 1996. He is a frequent guest with major American orchestras.
Despite his international profile, Sanderling is not star-struck by the status of the big cities.
"You don't need to be in Paris, New York, or Berlin to make great music. You can do that anywhere," he said.
Paris or Toledo, it is clear to Stephen Stranahan, a former board president and longtime symphony advocate, that Sanderling is a "rising star."
"You could sense that there was a mutual respect. The orchestra was paying so much attention and he was doing the same towards them," said Stranahan describing a rehearsal he attended last February.
Sanderling's goal is to use his skills as a musician and communicator to tap Toledo Symphony's potential.
"Every conductor goes somewhere because he thinks the golden century starts with him and he comes to make the orchestra better. Of course that is my intention, to make Toledo a great orchestra," said Sanderling.
Symphony musicians believe he can accomplish this.
Sanderling is special, says bassist and search committee member William McDevitt who was instrumental in getting the Toledo Symphony to consider the conductor's credentials. McDevitt says Sanderling made "an indelible impression" on him when he played under the conductor's baton 10 years ago with the St. Louis Symphony.
"That experience is one that I will never forget. Most musicians come across very few great conductors during their careers. For me, Sanderling has been one of those few."
Symphony members seem to agree. In a poll taken after the concerts of last March the conductor was given universally positive ratings. The players committee was unanimous in its approval of offering Sanderling this two-year contract.
Many in the orchestra would have liked to attempt to hire him for the permanent music directorship right then and there, said McDevitt.
Instead, however, the extended search will continue as originally planned. That is the correct choice.
The season will feature some of the finest conducting talent available to a regional-level orchestra. While none of these individuals have formally put their names in as applicants for the music director position, the orchestra members will be looking at each with an eye to the long term.
Grant Llewellyn, music director of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, opens the Classics Series on Sept. 20. Peter Oundjian, former first violinist of the famed Tokyo String Quartet, conducts in January. Additional guests, all internationally acclaimed, include Giselle Ben-Dor, Yoav Talmi, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Victor Yampolsky, and Ignat Solzhenitzen.
A year ago, any of these might have seemed an excellent catch for Toledo. Not necessarily so today.
"There is uncertainty who the next music director will be, but when the orchestra sees someone of [Sanderling's] talent on the podium we feel assured that the next director will be in that league. That may the most crucial element to come out of this appointment," said Toth.
Now, with Sanderling in hand, so to speak, management and musicians will find themselves expecting even more of this season's guests. That is good news for everyone. For Toledo's classical music lovers the coming season could well prove to be the most interesting in its 59-year history. For the players the season should reach new heights of accomplishment and inspiration.
For management these developments almost inevitably mean that there is no turning back from aggressively pursuing the best candidate available and affordable. Anything less will be a letdown.
How far can the Toledo Symphony rise? That, as Sanderling stated last week, depends on "how well we all dream together. This orchestra can be as great as it is willing to believe it is."
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CaliforniaMama Tuesday Apr 16 02:14 PM
April 16, 2013 - Welcome to the Igloo-Village
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glatt Tuesday Apr 16 02:49 PM
I wouldn't mind spending a night in one.
limey Tuesday Apr 16 03:07 PM
Added to my bucket list (which I actually do use for planning breaks and special holidays!)
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 16 10:33 PM
I'd like to see it, but I don't see the point of sleeping there. It's dark and you're sleeping, just like everywhere else.
ZenGum Wednesday Apr 17 01:14 AM
I wouldn't be able to sleep there anyway, not with that Iva Davies pop music echoing around inside my head.
DanaC Wednesday Apr 17 03:18 AM
I think I'd feel a little clasutrophobic in there. It's a little bit too cavelike for comfort. And I'd be very aware that I was sleeping under what is, to all intents and purposes a paused avalanche...
infinite monkey Wednesday Apr 17 08:58 AM
Igloo? Ice? Cold?
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BigV Wednesday Apr 17 03:58 PM
probably not a polar bear skin, looks more like sheepskin to me.
glatt Wednesday Apr 17 03:59 PM
exactly. and the diesel fuel the heavy machinery uses to pile up the 3000 tons of snow.
infinite monkey Wednesday Apr 17 04:07 PM
What's. The. Point?
CaliforniaMama Friday Apr 19 11:01 AM
It feels like the day I realized that taking a cruise meant being in a boat in the middle of the ocean all alone and vulnerable . . .


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Apple heralds Beatles' arrival in iTunes with 3 new commercialsBy Todd Wasserman on Mon Nov 22 2010
In case you've been under a rock (with a Sony Walkman, no doubt), you are probably aware that Apple Inc. and Apple Corps have struck a deal to finally bring the Beatles' music to iTunes. Apparently, Apple is eager to reach the under-a-rock demo, because the company and TBWA\Media Arts Lab have rolled out three new TV spots announcing the Fab Four's entry into Apple's digital jukebox. The ads are pretty much what you'd expect: shots of the Beatles, with their songs playing in the background. (The spots use songs by John, Paul and George. Alas, Ringo is the odd man out again.) The images will no doubt evoke nostalgia, not only for the going-on-half-a-century-ago 1960s, but for the wall-to-wall ads for The Beatles: Rock Band that hit last fall as well. Two more spots after the jump.


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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men trailer, you guys:
Well, there you go. One thing that is so interesting in David Foster Wallace's original book are the completely decontextualized fragments of "interviews" with "hideous men." They're snapshot character portraits that are completely human but also bizarre and sometimes hilarious, and they're embedded with his other stories of sex and despair in modern life (I should basically write all of the book descriptions). And one sort of wondered how John Krazinski was going to work that into his movie adaptation. And there you have it: make there be a lady who is interviewing them to find out What Men Want. Oh well. I suppose there is only so much formal experimentation and narrative-free exploration of the human condition that Hollywood will give you millions of dollars to "fool around with." And I think we can all agree that Will Forte and Ben Shenkman look great in this. So, you know, fingers crossed.


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Success: Feast on your life
I believe that success is not a level of achievement but a state of being.
The American culture showcases success in terms of social status, athletic ability, monetary worth and fame. Most Americans strive towards many of these goals especially to a level of monetary success which, to a certain extent, is necessary for survival. I suppose achieving this success is important, but it is not the true success worth striving for. True success is achieved when you fully embrace and "feast" on your own life.
As a young girl, I continually measured my self worth against that of others. My personal comparisons were not limited to those who were financially better off, but included those who were better educated, those with bodies similar to society's ideals, the typical Barbie type, and those who were better liked. As a young woman, I set out to achieve what I perceived as success.
In my early twenties, I attended college studying journalism, went to work for a fortune 500 company, starved my body to attain the ideal Barbie image and longed for the perfect husband: handsome, educated, kind and with monetary means to support the lifestyle I wanted. If I measure and define success the American way, I could say that I was successful. And yet, my heart was still empty. I had followed the American dream: the influences of Gloria Steinem and my own June Cleaver mother prepared me to strive for it all. And, even better, everyone thought that I really did have it all; everyone except me. Looking back, my comparisons were only endless, ruthless judgments against myself.
Often we hear that people are like a book – they need to unfold. After opening the pages and unweaving me -the fiber that created the paper which everything was written upon, I can finally say I am successful. I no longer measure myself against others. Success today may be completing a college course in an effort to get into graduate school, or overcoming my fear of the black widows that seem to return each fall, hiking out of the ravine without having to stop to catch my breath or making peace with my deceased father. Success is being me, my authentic self.
Derek Walcott wrote a poem that resonates with me as success. In his poem, he states that:
The time will come
when, with elation,
you greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine, give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
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A chance for a short-term job on an archaeological dig in Paris breaks up a relationship and threatens much worse damage.
Multilingual American Annie Young's work as a part-time technical writer brings in enough money to finance her passion for history the rest of the year. Since she considers herself her own boss, Annie returns French police chief Roger Perret's engagement ring when he forbids her to go to Paris for a few weeks to work on an old boyfriend's dig. Luca Martinelli, who has only a short period of time to explore an old building found when a site is excavated for a new structure, gets most of his help from unpaid students. Luca is separated from his wife, who's grown tired of his endless short-term relationships. His latest, with Amelie, a dig volunteer, ends only when she's shot to death at the site. Annie's decision to share an absent friend's apartment with Luca only increases Roger's jealousy and makes it harder for his teenage daughter to get the couple back together. Although Amelie was not well-liked, no one seemed to hate her enough to kill her, and the Paris police are starved for suspects. Arriving in Paris, Roger is furious when he sees a barely clothed Luca and Annie fresh from the shower. So when Luca is found shot as well, Roger first becomes a suspect and then an investigator, though Annie holds the key to finding the killer. Alternating chapters present the story of the site, a low 14th-century tavern where a Cistercian scholar is tempted to forsake his calling for a woman.
Nelson's fourth Third-Culture Kid mystery (Murder In Geneva, 2012, etc.) provides a slight mystery, a charming heroine enjoying life in present-day France and just a tad too much historical back story.


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Brad Pitt: Behind the Scenes as Producer
Brad Pitt is a successful actor and producer, but he has famously declined to get behind the camera. In a memorable interview, he responded with an emphatic "Hell, no." when asked if he would consider directing. When asked about his reasons for shunning the director's chair, he has simply claimed a lack of interest. In place of directorial pursuits, Pitt has actively pursued other non-acting entertainment project alternatives.
Pitt's main behind-the-scenes activities tend toward producing. In 2002, he started the production business Plan B Entertainment, working in partnership with actress and former wife Jennifer Aniston and Brad Grey, who is now the CEO of Paramount Pictures. Pitt assumed sole ownership of Plan B Entertainment in 2006. His relationship with Grey proved to be a beneficial business opportunity; Plan B has held release agreements with Paramount Pictures as well as with other major motion picture companies.
Working with Plan B, Pitt has tackled a number of successful film projects. The earliest films produced by the company include "Troy" and the 2005 remake of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." His producing projects pull in big-name stars, from Julia Roberts in "Eat Pray Love" to Rachel McAdams in "The Time Traveler's Wife."
Pitt occasionally combines producing and acting projects. During the movie "The Tree of Life," which was produced by Plan B, Pitt was originally slated as a producer. The lead role was to be filled by Heath Ledger; after the actor's unexpected death, Pitt took over the part. Pitt is currently starring in the zombie film "World War Z," for which he will also receive a producing credit.
Collaboration with Directors
Although Pitt has expressed his distaste for putting on the directorial cap, he has worked closely with several directors. He collaborated closely with director Terrence Malick on "The Tree of Life." Their partnership was an odd pairing, as Malick is notoriously camera-shy, while Pitt cannot dodge the paparazzi that follow his every move. The movie itself was a testament to the strange pair and a step out of Pitt's normal cinematic fare. Malick's unusual, freeform directing style and Pitt's trademark smolder combined to create an eclectic, artistic movie.
In 2011, Pitt announced that he would be working with director Tate Taylor on a film version of the book "Peace Like a River." Taylor, who directed the blockbuster hit "The Help," signed with Creative Artists Agency in 2012.
Perhaps the most long-standing and lucrative collaboration for Pitt has been with director David Fincher. Fincher and Pitt have partnered on several successful movies, including "Seven," "Fight Club" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Although each man has been successful in his own right, the two have developed a working style that enables them to create unforgettable films. Their friendship and working relationship is mutually beneficial. Fincher's dark movies give Pitt a chance to get away from traditional action-romance fare, and Pitt's star power gives Fincher immediate credibility. As with the Pitt-Malick partnership, Fincher avoids cameras, while Pitt cannot escape them. Both men have speculated that their partnership works so well because they balance each other: Pitt is lighthearted and comical, while Fincher is more withdrawn and artistic.
Family Matters
Since he began a relationship with actress Angelina Jolie, Pitt, along with his ever-growing family, has pulled focus from potential directing projects. The couple is famous for its brood of children, many of whom are adopted from around the world. To stay together as a family, Pitt and Jolie alternate acting and producing projects. When one is working, the rest of the family lives nearby. While Pitt was filming "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in New Orleans, the family bought a house in the city. Their efforts to coordinate schedules ensure the presence of at least one parent and bring normalcy to their children. Regardless, the family is a constant target for paparazzi and media requests.
As the father of six children, Pitt has very limited time. He and Jolie have commented on their need to raise healthy, well-adjusted children. The couple is famous for its activism; in their humanitarian efforts, the family travels around the world, further reducing Pitt's time for directorial pursuits.
Throughout his years in the entertainment business, Brad Pitt has developed a solid career in Hollywood. He is one of the most recognizable faces in the business and is often referred to as the most photographed man in entertainment. With his vast experience, Pitt has had numerous opportunities to pursue a directing career. However, he has chosen to focus on the things he loves most: acting, producing and his family.


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Finding Dory
Few movies are as highly anticipated as Pixar's, with good reason. And of all Pixar movies, Finding Dory may be the most highly anticipated one yet. That's a lot of expectations to live up to.
Few movies are as highly anticipated as Pixar's, with good reason. And of all Pixar movies, Finding Dory may be the most highly anticipated one yet. That's a lot of expectations to live up to.
Jason Bourne is my favourite action hero. He still is, even after what they did to him in the last movie.
The creators of Tarzan were faced with a very difficult task – taking a much beloved an old classic, and updating it from a children's movie to a gritty blockbuster. They managed. Barely.
Bastille Day is probably one of the most overlooked movies this year. I'm glad I didn't overlook it, because it's one small step away from being one of my favourite thrillers.
Switzerland finally has its own epic fantasy novel. It's called Die Stadt am Abgrund, is part of Die Chronik von Stahl und Feder. It is written not by one, but by two Swiss authors, Tädeus M. Fivaz and Peter Segmüller.
After months of waiting, one of my favourite science fiction books has finally made it to the big screen. I've seen it and here's why you must see it.
The release date of The Martian has just been moved up to the October 2nd, 2015. The film, based on the book by Andy Weir, will be directed by Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon. For all of you considering reading the book before the movie hits, here's a review.
I finished Paper Towns by John Green a good twelve hours after I'd started reading it late one night. I was still deeply immersed in the story. Margo had just utterly shattered the image I'd built up of her over the course of a night of reading, and I was devastated.…
I'm going to have to start this review with a confession. I picked up Paper Towns by John Green close to midnight one evening because I couldn't fall asleep, and I was convinced this would put me to sleep faster than any other books available. I have seldom been so…
On the third and final day of Fantasy Basel, it's time to talk about cosplay. Two Uncannies, have built their own costumes and they share their experience, from awesome to awkward.


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COME TO BARCINO147 B&B and ENJOY OUR TOUR TO TOSSA DE MAR
There is ample evidence of settlements dating back to the Neolithic period, and it is believed that the area has been continuously populated since that time. Between the 4th century BC and the 1st century BC appeared the first settlements of the Iberians, followed shortly after by the Romans in the 1st century.
In 966 Tossa was ceded by Count Miró of Barcelona to the Abbey of Ripoll. Some two centuries later, in 1187 Tossa was granted its charter by the Abbot of Ripoll, coinciding with the building of a church atop Mount Guardí, the remnants of which can still be seen today.
Sometime in the 12th century the mediaeval town was walled off and a castle was built on the highest point of Mt. Guardí, this castle was to be subsequently replaced by a wind mill, and this in turn by a lighthouse which is still operational.
By the year 1500 the first houses were built extra-murs to accommodate population growth. This process was greatly accelerated during the 17th and 18th centuries, shaping an urban configuration which was to remain practically unchanged until the arrival of mass tourism in the 1950s.
In 1989 Tossa de Mar was the first place in the world to declare itself an Anti-Bullfighting City


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Slang A potato.
- n. A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.
- n. A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter.
- transitive v. To remove with a sharp spadelike tool.
- transitive v. To begin drilling operations on: spud an oil well.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A hole in a sock.
- n. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
- v. To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.
- v. To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
- n. A dagger.
- n. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
- n. A potato.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To remove by means of a spud: often with up or out.
- To drill (a hole) by spudding (which see, below).
- n. A stout knife or dagger.
- n. A small spade, or a spade having a small blade, with a handle of any length; a small cutting-blade fixed in the axis of its handle, somewhat like a chisel with a very long handle, for cutting the roots of weeds without stooping.
- n. A spade-shaped tool for recovering lost or broken tools in a tube-well.
- n. A nail driven into the timbers of a drift or shaft, or fastened in some other way, so as to mark a surveying-station.
- n. Any short and thick thing: usually in contempt.
- n. A curved chisel-like tool for removing bark.
- n. One of several heavy vertical pieces of timber shod with a pointed iron at the lower end, arranged to slide in guides on a floating dredge. When lowered to the bottom the spuds anchor the dredge and hold it in place against the push of the dredging machinery.
- n. In archaeology, one of a class of pecked or polished stone implements varying considerably in size and form, but always having a rather broad blade with a sort of handle of variable length: often referred to as spade-like or paddle-shaped implements.
- n. In surgery: A flat spade-like instrument used for the detachment of soft parts from bone.
- n. An instrument of similar shape used in the extraction of foreign bodies from the eye.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
- v. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
- n. a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
- v. produce buds, branches, or germinate
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
The island way of life, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and even "" Bud the spud from the bright red mud "" all evoke vibrant images of the island.
As reported earlier, the Company has engineered the next offset location near the NOJ26 and will be announcing a near term spud date sometime in January.
American Petro-Hunter's North Oklahoma NOJ26 Oil Well Begins Commercial Production - Yahoo! Finance
Most collimators use an expanding or caliber-specific arbor -- I've also heard it called a spud -- that fits snuggly into the bore and onto which the collimator is affixed.
In its "Tell USDA to Keep Potatoes in Schools!" campaign, the National Potato Council calls the spud affordable and "kid pleasing," adding "familiar shapes make lunchtime fun."
Spuds, on the Verge of Being Expelled, Start a Food Fight in the Cafeteria
Olga Mauriello, 74, of Naples, Italy, washed off a potato from a sack she'd just purchased and discovered that the spud was actually an active hand grenade.
Once a week we sneak a spud into the diet The weekly indulging of the potatoes came right at the time of the outage.
Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from Maine's potato country and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation's school lunch programs.
Hercules determined that one device, known as a spud can, which stabilizes a retractable leg on the sea floor, had detached.
You're right, peeling a spud is a total waste of time.
My husband and I were wondering where the word "spud" originated.
I had a lovely couple of baked spuds for dinner last night.
Perhaps there's an issue with the etymologies where a word has more than one meaning. In some cases it's not clear which meaning the etymology - usually only one - links to. Although in this case it is.
A small, but important potato-growing community between Palatka and St. Augustine, Florida, where young boys are sometimes nicknamed "Spud" rather than "Bubba".
Mario Pei's incorrect etymology (1949) derived from the acronym for the "Society for the Prevention of Unwholesome Diet", a British group bent upon discouraging the use of potatoes as food in England during the 19th century.
Not just UK.
UK vernacular for potato


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Gender roles, gender relations, gender
discrimination, gender equality, gender equity,
gender analysis, gender balance, gender
mainstreaming – over the past decade, all of those
terms have been accepted into declarations, plans of
action, policies, programmes and projects for
agriculture and rural development.
Accepted, but not always fully understood. For some, the stumbling
block is the word "gender", a relatively recent concept in social
science. "Gender" refers not to male and female, but to masculine
and feminine - that is, to qualities or characteristics that society
ascribes to each sex. People are born female or male, but learn to
be women and men. Perceptions of gender are deeply rooted, vary
widely both within and between cultures, and change over time. But
in all cultures, gender determines power and resources for females
and males.
Rural women have less access than men to productive resources,
services and opportunities, such as land, livestock, financial services
and education. Numerous studies underscore the social costs of
rural women's lack of education and assets, linking it directly to
high rates of undernutrition, infant mortality and - in some
countries - HIV/AIDS infection. There are also high economic costs:
wasted human capital and low labour productivity that stifle rural
development and progress in agriculture, and ultimately threaten
food security - both for women and men.
That is why gender has become central to FAO's new strategy for
agriculture and rural development, and why understanding the
terminology is so important.
Gender roles are those behaviours, tasks and responsibilities that
a society considers appropriate for men, women, boys and girls
In some rural societies, commercial agricultural production is mainly
a male responsibility. Men usually prepare land, irrigate crops, and
harvest and transport produce to market. They own and trade large
animals such as cattle, and are responsible for cutting, hauling and
selling timber from forests.
Women and girls play an important, largely unpaid, role in
generating family income, by providing labour for planting,
weeding, harvesting and threshing crops, and processing produce
for sale. Usually they are responsible for taking care of smaller
In most societies rural women have also the primary responsibility
for maintaining the household. They raise children, grow and
prepare food, manage poultry, and collect fuel wood and water.
These gender roles can vary considerably depending on
the geographical area, culture and other factors.
Gender relations are the ways in which a society defines rights,
responsibilities and the identities of men and women in relation to
one another
Although women make substantial contributions to agricultural
production and household well-being, men largely control the sale
of crops and animals and use of the income. The failure to value
their work limits women's bargaining power in economic
transactions, the allocation of household resources, and wider
community decision-making.
Gender discrimination is any exclusion or restriction made on the
basis of gender roles and relations that prevents a person from
enjoying full human rights
Rural women suffer systematic discrimination in the access to
resources needed for agricultural production and socio-economic
development. Credit, extension, input and seed supply services
usually address the needs of male household heads. Rural women
are rarely consulted in development projects that may increase
men's production and income, but add to their own workloads.
When work burdens increase, girls are removed from school more
often than boys, to help with farming and household tasks.
In some countries, a husband's family may take land and livestock
from a woman on her husband's death, leaving her destitute.
Female farm labourers' wages are lower than men's, while low-paid
tasks in agro-processing are routinely "feminized". Discrimination
can descend into gender-based violence, especially during
emergencies when women are isolated and vulnerable. Another
form of violence is women's lack of rights to "safe sex", a major
factor in the spread of HIV/AIDS in some countries.
Gender equality is when women and men enjoy equal rights,
opportunities and entitlements in civil and political life
For FAO, gender equality is equal participation of women and men
in decision-making, equal ability to exercise their human rights,
equal access to and control of resources and the benefits of
development, and equal opportunities in employment and in all
other aspects of their livelihoods.
Gender equality makes good economic and social sense. The FAO
State of Food and Agriculture 2010-11 report, shows that if female
farmers had the same access as male farmers to agricultural inputs
and services, they could substantially increase the yields on their
farms. A World Bank report concluded that reducing gender
inequality leads to falling infant and child mortality, improved
nutrition, higher economic productivity and faster growth. For the
global community, gender equality is also a commitment,
embedded in international human rights agreements and in the
United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Gender equity means fairness and impartiality in the treatment of
women and men in terms of rights, benefits, obligations and
FAO has placed gender equity in access to resources, goods,
services and decision-making among its key strategic objectives in
agriculture and rural development for the next 10 years. By creating
social relations in which neither of the sexes suffers discrimination,
gender equity aims at improving gender relations and gender roles,
and achieving gender equality.
The essence of equity is not identical treatment - treatment may be
equal or different, but should always be considered equivalent in
terms of rights, benefits, obligations and opportunities. Since male
predominance in the family, public policy and institutions - not only
in rural areas, but worldwide - has long obscured women's interests
and concerns, a key strategy for gender equity lies in women's
empowerment. Development must encompass rural women's longterm needs and aspirations, their decision-making power, and their
access to and control of critical resources such as land and their
own labour.
Gender analysis is the study of the different roles of women and
men in order to understand what they do, what resources they
have, and what their needs and priorities are
FAO uses gender analysis to address differentiated access to and
control over resources and decision-making within rural
communities and households. By understanding how different
members participate in and are affected by development
interventions - who stands to gain and who stands to lose - gender
analysis helps planners to avoid costly errors of the past and design
programmes and projects that are effective, efficient and equitable.
For example, gender analysis can reveal that if weeding and
harvesting crops are considered "women's tasks", a programme to
increase cash crop production may add to women's burdens and
provide few benefits. A better investment may be piping water to
rural households, thus giving women more time for small livestock
production and horticulture. In emergency projects, gender analysis
differentiates between potential impacts on girls and women - such
as increased risk of malnutrition - and on men and boys, who may
risk recruitment into conflicts.
Gender balance is the equal and active participation of women and
men in all areas of decision-making, and in access to and control
over resources and services
The United Nations considers gender balance fundamental to the
achievement of equality, development and peace. To accomplish it
in agriculture and rural development, action is needed by rural
communities, governments and international development agencies.
At the local level, for example, gender balance means men and
women are actively involved in decision-making bodies, including
those managing community facilities and infrastructure. Ministries
responsible for rural development need to improve gender balance
among technical and managerial staff, especially in extension work.
FAO strives for gender balance by employing women among frontline staff in its development projects. FAO has trained female
facilitators to pass on biological pest control measures to women
farmers, built up cadres of female livestock assistants to advise
women's poultry enterprises, and used female promoters to form
women's groups for income-generation. Within FAO, the proportion
of female professional staff has increased from less than 22% in
1994 to 38% in 2011.
Gender mainstreaming is the globally recognized strategy for
achieving gender equality
Gender mainstreaming is defined by the United Nations as the
process of assessing the implications for women and men of any
planned action in all areas and at all levels. That means making
both the concerns and experiences of women and men an integral
dimension of all agriculture and rural development efforts.
As part of its new strategic framework, FAO has made gender
mainstreaming central to its development policies and programmes.
The Organization's work now extends beyond "women's issues",
into areas once considered "gender-neutral", such as agricultural
science and economic policy making. Within the Organization,
gender mainstreaming entails sensitizing staff to gender issues in
technical and administrative work, creating accountability
mechanisms, and ensuring the allocation of resources equal to the
To help steer its gender mainstreaming efforts, FAO's Director
General endorsed the 'FAO Policy on Gender Equality: Attaining
Food Security Goals in Agriculture and Rural Development' in 2012.
The policy recognizes that gender equality is central to the
Organization's mandate to achieve food security for all by raising
the levels of nutrition, improving agricultural productivity and
natural resource management and improving the lives of rural
people. The policy will guide the Organization's efforts in ensuring
that the issues related to gender equality and women's
empowerment are fully integrated in all areas of work – food and
nutrition security, agriculture and consumer protection, economic
and social development, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, natural
resource management and environment and technical cooperation,
knowledge exchange, research and extension.


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The West Virginia University School of Dentistry is heavily involved with recruiting West Virginians all across the state. We are affiliated with other schools and programs to expand the dental education pipeline. Some examples of current and historical outreach programs are:
- Brush with Dentistry: A two-day summer program to introduce West Virginia middle school students to the exciting field of dentistry. Students in the 6th-8th grades and their parents/guardians participate in hands-on activities and various dental workshops.
- Dental ACADEMY: This four-day summer program attracts West Virginia high school students who want to learn more about a career in dentistry. The program offers many educational experiences for participants to learn about the art and science of dentistry while strengthening their understanding of the academic skills and personal attributes needed to attend dental school.
- Destination Dentistry: This full-day program to help West Virginia pre-dental college students chart a successful path into dental school includes seminars on basic sciences, oral health, and dental career topics; roundtable discussions about applying to dental school; and laboratory activities offered by dental faculty and students.
- Dental Early Admissions Programs: In collaboration with West Liberty University, Shepherd University, and Slippery Rock University, these dental school pipeline initiatives help pre-dental students make a smooth transition to dental school.
- Governors Honors Academy Seminar: As part of the multi-week summer program for West Virginia 11th grade high school students, the WVU School of Dentistry provides an interactive, multi-module presentation to participants designed to increase oral health awareness and highlight dental careers.
- ADEA Virtual Recruitment Fair: A virtual exhibit highlighting the WVU School of Dentistry, dental student life, and DDS program admissions criteria and procedures is presented annually as part of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) free online career fair for pre-dental students. Interactive chats and sessions hosted by dental admissions staff and dental students are key features.
- Women's Health Promotion: In conjunction with the WVU Heart Institute, the WVU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, and the American Heart Association, the School of Dentistry provides oral health education as part of the annual Go Red for Women's Health community health promotion event.


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Florida Attorney Normal
Legally World is meant to inspire regulation students from all over the world to explore international alternatives to advance their careers and make an impression within the world legal neighborhood. Go to this one in southern San Antonio – 5,000 sq. ft. of flat display computers, iPads, and Trekky decor. I additionally bought to sit in on the consumer meetings and assist the shoppers understand the ins and outs of precedent/case law in Virginia. Whereas I was not doing my college work I used to be not asked why I was not doing my college work and on top of that after a worth ready my plagiarism test they instructed me to go ahead and continue on doing my school work that I handed the test.
The province's six present legislation schools are assembly the demand for brand spanking new lawyers, the letter says. In our Madrid program, we are proud to have placed interns at Grant Thornton to focus on Company Legislation. With the best internship, constructive attitude , good work ethic and networking, you'll be able to easily discover a position in a regulation firm. I used my hard earned GI Bill to help pay my bills whereas going to school and once I dropped out of faculty all I was left with was an virtually $20,000 Federal mortgage and a name from UoP telling me I owe them $1,800 dollars for programs I didn't even complete.
Since you're a high school scholar they perhaps more apt to oblige your request. Further, generally a firm will spend time training when they might be spending it on invoice-ready hours. Time spent within the UK based legislation firms as paralegal, legal executive or legal clerk beneath the supervision of a certified solicitor. VLSH present legal companies in a variety of law fields, comparable to household regulation, property planning (wills, trusts, advanced well being care directives), Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Veteran's Benefits.
I was pleased to rent a few students recently to help me with some tasks. Capstone professors assist senior college students to prepare for careers and graduate school. The internship and legislation clerk positions provide college students with a singular alternative to work immediately with the workplace's skilled employees and achieve useful work expertise. I assumed I'd try to give some perception to other regulation college students who may be seeking internships and on the lookout for some tips and tips to safe a summer season job.
The young men and women graduating law faculty at this time should not ready to be attorneys. As a result of they will be better ready, skilled, mentored and educated within the apply, and business, of legislation. Also having problems with this faculty ever since I finished several years in the past, effectively since I had started but wasn't aware. Regulation students both completed paid clerkships or did volunteer placements at not-for-earnings like group authorized centres.


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I am currently attending a TC250/PT EN 1990 meeting in Limassol, Cyprus, where we are discussing (amongst several other things) the problem of verifying limt state EQU according to the Eurocodes.
PT EN 1990 is the 'project team' (aka 'Expert Group') appointed by TC250 to prepare for the revision of the head Eurocode, EN 1990. Thus, this issues under discussion are fundamental to all structural engineering, not just geotechnical. We are currently debating reliability management, how (if) to adjust partial factors for higher or lower consequences of failure. Not an easy subject on which to reach common agreement, given the very wide range of structures that EN 1990 is intended to cover.
Yesterday I tabled a proposal to combine the limit states STR and EQU (and GEO and EQU) to overcome problems that have been discovered applying the EQU limit state to concrete dams, balanced bridges, and anchored see-saw structures (to name a few). The proposal basically suggests that the fundamental verification should be of STR+EQU, i.e. the static equilibrium of a structure where the strength of materials provides significant resistance. When static equilbrium (strictly, rigid body motion) is not of concern, the STR+EQU reduced to the 'old' STR defined in the current EN 1990. Likewise, when the resistance of materials is insignificant, STR+EQU reduces to the old EQU.
The proposal was well received at the meeting, but is subject to more thorough review that will expose any flaws in the idea. Here's hoping the proposal is a go-er.


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Review: The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Road, make no mistake, is very bleak. It begins bleak; it ends bleak. The world Cormac McCarthy thrusts us into is a world where civilization has ceased to exist. Its last gasps, living solely as memories and habits in the few people remaining, are snuffed out one by one, steadily hurtling the planet's surface into a state of total desolation.
Our main characters are never named. The boy and the man (whom we know as Papa) are walking towards something – towards somewhere. They don't even know where it is they're going or if they'll even recognize it when they get there, but they have to keep moving, all the way to the end.
As I read this book, I am filled with deep anxiety. The reviews I have read have been a mix of highest praise and profound criticism, but I can't say anything without first mentioning how deeply uncomfortable I feel when reading this book. This book succeeds at painting the ashen, grey tasting their hubris for centuries past. Who the hell do we think we are, anyway? We think we know and that we can control it, and this book is a good example of what it might feel like when you're reminded, quite brutally, that you're just along for the ride.
We aren't sure how the apocalypse came about in The Road, and I find it best as the details of the how/why/when don't clutter up the gaping maw of the impending eternal extinction of the human race. But the boy and the man travel through the lands battered insidiously by ash. Ash permeates absolutely everything. Their hair, the rain, the atmosphere, their breath… It can't be avoided. Sunlight can't break through the ash in the air, and the rain will try its best to clean what it can, but never to any significant degree.
I read and I find myself wondering how the characters are going to find the golden island of freedom, far from these harsh elements and living conditions. No hope of long-lasting amnesty in sight, page after page, encounter after encounter, night after night. There are little bites and sips of mercy, but nothing permanent, and each day feels like a half step forward only to slide back 200 steps soon after.
Bleak. So bleak. Coughing. Lungs infiltrated by the guck. The man knows he'll have to make a choice whether or not to allow the boy to be alone in this world without him after he's gone. The hard choices have to be made whether to hold on to the human condition of hope for a better day or to exercise mercy from a world that wants to hammer you down for daring to have hope in the first place?
I finished this book both depressed as hell (tho really glad it was over) and impressed by the totality of blackness enveloping me. I'm going to be haunted by this for a while. Better go find something light and airy to follow up with.


text: Home > Entertainment 'Apoy sa Dagat' beats rivals in ratings ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 19 2013 07:35 PM | Updated as of Feb 20 2013 03:35 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Actress Angelica Panganiban and actor Piolo Pascual MANILA, Philippines – The Kapamilya network's newest television series "Apoy Sa Dagat" continues to capture the hearts of the viewers as it flared to its record high ratings last Friday. The said episode showed actress Angelica Panganiban and actor Piolo Pascual for the first time portraying the grown-up characters of Serena and Ruben. Based on the latest data from Kantar Media, "Apoy Sa Dagat" registered 27.6% in national TV ratings compared to its two rival shows in GMA namely "Pahiram ng Sandali" with 16.1% and "Temptation of Wife" that only got 18.3% national TV ratings. In an interview with ABS-CBN News on Tuesday, Panganiban said she feels pressured to maintain the good ratings but she is also confident that viewers will continue to support them. "Actually mas na-pressure pa nga kami nung inangat kami [ng timeslot] eh. Nung inangat kami, nanginig kaming lahat. Kaya rin siguro ganito kami kasaya ngayon dahil naka-survive kami and naging maganda ang pagtanggap ng tao sa timeslot namin," she said. This was also the sentiment of Panganiban and Pascual's co-star Diether Ocampo. "We have to give it to all those people na naging parte ng proyektong ito. Not just us... Malaking bagay sa amin kasi bihira na makabuo ng ganitong klaseng team. We are hoping na magtuloy-tuloy po ang pag-aapoy ng bawat sandali sa gabi," Ocampo said. As for Pascual, he said: "Regardless of your timeslot, mapasama ka lang sa primetime block, it's a blessing already. It's out of our hands." "Apoy Sa Dagat" airs every weeknights at 9 p.m. after "Ina Kapatid Anak" on ABS-CBN. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: ratings Piolo Pascual Angelica Panganiban Diether Ocampo Apoy sa Dagat


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Here's a nice dose of perspective — While citizens and politicians in many parts of the world demand economic stimulus from their governments, global GDP growth is actually expanding at a decent clip.
Even for developed countries as a group GDP growth is decent and similar to what was experienced in the early part of the decade highlights Credit Suisse.
Credit Suisse:
Through all the speed up and slowdown scares and microscopic inspection of economic data in the last 18 months, the global economy seems to have regained the growth rates it enjoyed in the first half of the decade, before the financial crisis and the recession. We expect global GDP to expand by 4.7% in 2010 and 4.3% in 2011 (Exhibit 2). This compares well enough with 4.6% growth in the five pre-crisis years 2003-07. For reference, October consensus expectations for 2010 and 2011 global GDP growth were 4.6% and 4.1%, respectively. The corresponding IMF forecasts are 4.8% and 4.2%.
The problem is that we've just had a huge dislocation of workers in select economies, like the U.S., and we've also just become far too used to the booming growth rates we saw just before the crisis:
If, objectively, growth rates have been restored, why is there so much anxiety expressed about the state of the global economy? Part of the answer, we think, lies in the starting point for the resumption of growth.
That's one of the issues for the global economy: it needs to grow faster than the pre- crisis pace for a period of time in order to regain the levels of prosperity implied by the earlier path. And it shows no sign of wanting to do so on its own; hence, the inclination on the part of so many policymakers, pundits, and politicians to "step on the gas."
Policy authorities in many of the most important places are acting as though the economy's mid-2000s [high growth] path was desirable and sustainable and perhaps even optimal. Calculations of output gaps and the like would flow from such judgments. They may be mistaken, but financial and economic performance in the next few years will likely be influenced by their
Thus we act like growth is not good enough due to the effects we feel coming off from the boom we saw before — with the most notable being soaring unemployment.
It's like getting hammered, then having a hangover, and decrying the hangover while demanding governments cure the hangover by getting you hammered again.
(Via Credit Suisse, All you need is growth, Neal Soss, 15 October 2010)
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Oregon Supreme Court (2 summaries)
Dept. of Human Services v. J.R.F.
The Supreme Court has an obligation to consider relevant context when interpreting a statute, regardless of whether it was cited by any party. The relevant context includes ORS 419B.090(4) which provides that the due process rights of parents are always implicated in the construction and application of the provisions of ORS chapter 419.Area(s) of Law:
- Family Law
Carson v. Kroger
A "no" vote result statement under ORS 250.035(2) must be a simple and understandable statement under 25 words that describes the result of a "no" vote, or a rejection of the measure.Area(s) of Law:
- Ballot Titles
Oregon Court of Appeals (6 summaries)
Register Guard v. Employment Dept.
Decisions to affirm or reverse an Administrative Law Judge's decision to grant or deny unemployment benefits must be supported by substantial evidence.Area(s) of Law:
- Employment Law
Leif and Leif
Including income from an inheritance in the calculation of gross income is appropriate when the inheritance is available. Also, averaging a parent's income over several years is appropriate when the income varies from year to year.Area(s) of Law:
- Family Law
Department of Human Services v. L.B.
A court must carefully evaluate DHS's decision to change a permanency plan for a child in order to ensure that the decision is one that is most likely to lead to a positive outcome for the child.Area(s) of Law:
- Family Law
Homestyle Direct, LLC v. Department of Human Services
An agency cannot enforce its own improperly promulgated standards by putting them in a provider agreement and then enforcing a rule that allows sanctions for noncompliance with that agreement.Area(s) of Law:
- Administrative Law
Porter v. Griffin
In a suit for marital dissolution, the court may enforce the terms set forth in a stipulated judgment signed by the parties as a contract.Area(s) of Law:
- Family Law
State v. Phillips
When evaluating the relevance of evidence to show bias of a witness, reasonable inferences are permissible but speculation is not.Area(s) of Law:
- Evidence