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What will I be when I grow up…in Spain?
If your jokes translate badly and you find you're a bore in a foreign language, don't worry, you're not the first.
By James Blick
I left New Zealand just over a year ago. Probably permanently. And as I suspect is the case for many expats, moving overseas became an opportunity for personal reinvention. Flying out of Auckland, I wasn't coming to Spain to reinvent myself. I was moving here with my Spanish wife, Yoly. But the temptation to start afresh is compelling. And moving so far from home is the ultimate chance to break with the past.
So, two months after arriving in Madrid I became the new me. I gave up directing TV commercials, a job I didn't enjoy in New Zealand or Spain, and I became a full-time writer. A bad cliché (and an even worse financial decision), I know.
But within a few months of my rebirth, the new me started to realise there was another identity crisis afoot. Bit by bit I was becoming conscious of playing two roles. There was the English-language me, a pretty true reflection of who I am, and the Spanish-language me, a fumbling shadow of my other self.
The problem comes when I speak Spanish. The complexity of my conversation and, more distressing, my ability to make a nuanced and well-timed joke, is gone. Speaking with Spaniards, I hear myself making statements just so I can make a statement or asking questions that aren't quite the question I'm trying to ask. Or I might try a joke and get polite laugher, or no laughter at all.
The low point came on a night out drinking with some of Yoly's friends. I cracked a few jokes in Spanish that I considered quite funny in English (they were scatological in theme). I thought I was on a roll. But Yoly told me on the bus home that the jokes hadn't translated happily. She said at one point someone had rolled their eyes. I was horrified. The Spanish me was a bore.
Relief came when I met some other expats my age, a group of well-bearded English and Irish schoolteachers. I joined their Sunday morning football team. And within minutes of taking the pitch, we fell into a wonderful groove. The crass humour and bawdy male-bonding flowed and there was an easy, rolling conversation at after-match beers. It was like coming up for air.
With my wife the situation is different. Yoly and I spoke English in New Zealand but changed to Spanish when we moved to Spain. Now we speak mainly Spanish, with a bit of English – we're probably working a 80/20 split. Which is fine, mostly. But then one day, over a semi-liquid lunch, Yoly said something like, "You remember those boozy lunches we used to have in New Zealand… in English?" She said she missed them. She asked if we could swap into English for the rest of the lunch. And she had a point. In my zeal to want to speak and learn Spanish, I'd forgotten that English remains our relationship's mother tongue. It's the language we revert to in cases of love and war because it's where we feel most intimate. To cut it out is to cut out a part of us.
So, I figured, I just needed to wait. Someday the Spanish me would catch up with the English me. Two to three years, I gave it. In three years my wife would get the guy she fell for in either language and all her friends would finally know me for the first time.
Then one day at a bullfight, I mentioned all this to another expat friend, also named James. Tall, greying and healthy-looking in that American way, James has been in Spain awhile. In fact, the day we sat in Las Ventas bullring he told me he was crossing an equator of sorts, of having spent more of his life living in Spain than living out of it.
I told him what I was feeling. And I asked him how long it would take for these two me's to converge. Without thinking, he told me they never will. There will, he explained, always be two you's in Spain.
I was surprised. I hadn't considered that option. But I figured he should know. Despite all the years here, and despite his fluent Spanish, there were obviously still two of him.
So how does that feel, I asked. I wanted to know what my future held. But he didn't hear me. The bullfighter had done something good, to which the crowd and James roared "Olé!".
Follow James on twitter: @jamesblick78.
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SEO SEO SEO tons of people I know say that SEO is the key to a good Alexa Ranking. The fact is none of these things will make your rankings or ratings go up on any of these services. The facts are (and we couldn't print this if it were not true, notice there are no marks, no disclaimers, this is just the raw truth)… the facts are… Alexa, Compete.com Neilsen and other rating sites are MISLEADING you.
I can't stress this enough. AGAIN NOTICE THAT NO ONE IS TAKING ME TO COURT FOR TEARING APART THEIR BUSINESS. I'll say it again. ALEXA, COMPETE.COM, NEILSEN AND OTHER SITES that DO NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO WEB SERVER LOGS are MISLEADING YOU!
Now that I've said this you need to know why. The ONLY accurate measure for traffic is to count the TCP/IP connections going to the webservers. That's it. It's not rocket science as these pie-in-the-sky wannabe informative websites will have you think. They will talk about scientific algorithms that are +/- 20 – 30%. It's just not true. This is a lie. I said it. It's a lie. I can prove it all day long and not one of them will do a thing about it.
They buy bits of information from various ISP's (This information is not consistant, checked, regulated, or verifiable btw). They use toolbars and spy on the toolbar users keeping track of where they go and what they do. The probelm with this is HUGE. First of all a regional site could have a TON of regional traffic and if only a few people have the toolbars installed then poof complete inaccuracy on the toolbar side of things.
Same with ISP's. If you are a regional site in Wisconsin then your readers will use Time Warner (for the most part) and not Comcast, or other ISPS. So that's not going to help anyone show what type of traffic your site is getting.
The only way to know for sure is to check the web logs. So how do we identify who is who on the Internet? That is not a simple task. The web logs can be tweaked as well, things can be added, things can be taken off… after all it's just a text file. You can load code on the website and count things that way but if you are ad network for instance, chances are you are going to be the victim of a host file bypass. People download lists of places that serve ads and put them into their hosts file to redirect them to localhost. This way when you surf a site you don't have to wait for the annoying ads to load, they just won't load. If the code is from one of these websites then your traffic isn't going to get counted either.
So the only way to improve your website ranking quickly is to install the Alexa toolbar, and have all your friends install it and have them add your website as one of their default home pages. This way when they open their browser Alexa will count your site. Since the other companies buy data from Alexa it will improve your rankings across the board. As little as 5 toolbar installs can make a huge difference in your website ranking.


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During sexual intercourse, there are noticeable and scientifically measurable changes in the rate of breathing, heartbeat, blood circulation, perspiration and glandular secretions of both partners. Less noticeable but equally present are changes in emotional energy and brain wave energy vibrations. All these have varying modifying effects on the whole body.
The efficacy of therapeutic love-making rests on the knowledge that some rhythmic movements, some sexual intercourse positions, certain postures, and sexual activities produce and re-direct energy flow patterns within the body of copulating partners.
By adopting certain sexual positions, and controlling the rhythm and tempo of love-making, the therapeutic benefits of sexual intercourse can be activated. The fundamental principle behind sexual healing is the circulation rather than dissipation of sexual energy.
There are several of these healing postures and rhythms; and their efficacy depends on the man's ability to control ejaculation, and the woman's readiness to circulate healing energy.
The woman's sexual role is very important for effective generation of the restorative and healing powers of sex. She must wholly and happily surrender herself to give sexual pleasure without reservations; and to receive sexual pleasure without reservations. That way, she opens up her awesome powers of rejuvenation that has a limitless potential to heal both herself and her partner.
The hidden potency in sex as a source of mutual healing and rejuvenation can only be experienced through wise and correct indulgence in sexual intercourse. Correct sexual experience improves vitality, increases mental power, stabilizes the emotions, balances the elements, and illumines the spirit.
A passionate, harmonious and balanced sex life promotes good health, creativity and productivity through a natural and smooth alignment of Mind and Body. When there is no inhibition and no suppression of erotic feelings and fantasies, high levels of sexual freedom and ecstasy is attained by the couples; and this generates and circulates strong healing energy within their bodies.
Sexual desire in man and woman is natural. It is perfectly normal to have erotic sexual feelings and fantasies, and you should express it, not only responsibly but also respectfully, in ways that heal and restore the body, stimulate the mind, and uplift the spirit of Man.
There is superlative healing power in sex. When practiced correctly, sex can heal and rejuvenate the whole body – physically, emotionally and spiritually. On the other hand, incorrect sexual practices can deplete mental, spiritual, emotional and physical energy. Sex can bind, and sex can liberate the spirit of man.


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The growth of new business models that both turn a profit and do good gives those who are entering the professional world a new choice.
College graduates, for example, no longer have to choose between a career path of making profits and one of doing good. They can choose to do both.
I attended the recent Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard University to meet with young entrepreneurs who have started hybrid ventures that combine business principles with social good. I was particularly struck by the young social entrepreneurs who were a part of a keynote panel.
All of them have created interesting ventures that seek to address problems they've encountered in their efforts to make a difference. And their stories offer an interesting look at how and why some people are turning their passion for changing the world into for-profit ventures.
The panel's moderator was Daniel Epstein, founder of the Unreasonable Institute, which gathers 25 entrepreneurs from around the globe in Boulder, Colo., for an intensive six-week summer program that aims to accelerate their social ventures.
Mr. Epstein is an avid believer in entrepreneurship – he had already created three ventures by the time he got his undergraduate degree. He started two others before creating the Unreasonable Institute, a social venture to gather others like him who wanted to use profit to drive change.
Joining him on the panel were three other social entrepreneurs:
Kavita Shukla, an inventor and the founder Fenugreen, the producer of FreshPaper, a product that extends the freshness of produce. Revenues generated through sales help to support the research and development of more solutions to further reduce the global issue of food spoilage.
Taylor Conroy, the creator of a turnkey online fundraising platform that has been successfully tested and will be made available for any individual or charity to use when it's completed.
Lauren Bush Lauren, co-founder of Feed Projects, a company that makes and sells luxury fashion handbags and other items to help raise awareness and money for the UN World Food Program, Unicef, and other charities.
In listening to their panel conversation and speaking with each of them afterward, I was struck by the fact that none of them followed a traditional route to address problems. Specifically, Ms. Shukla initially wanted to give FreshPaper away as a charitable venture. But she couldn't find any organizations interested in supporting it.
Ms. Lauren, a fashion design student, had the original idea for the Feed 1 bag while she was an ambassador for the World Food Program, but she found the organization wasn't equipped to lead the effort.
In both cases, they found more success selling their products and using the proceeds to help promote change.
While some bemoan the continual growth of the number of nonprofits and others are suspicious of the motives of for-profit social enterprises, these young entrepreneurs' stories paint a different picture.
All of these ventures share the same desire: to create a positive social impact. While the routes are different, the goal is the same.
Perhaps it's time for us to recognize that the proliferation of new nonprofits and social ventures is more a reflection of increasing social needs and the incumbent organizations' inability to meet those needs using existing structures.
What do you think? What role can social entrepreneurs play in solving social issues? Is it possible to create social impact if you also want to make a profit?
• This article originally appeared at The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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Projects Abroad opens new volunteering projects in the Philippines
International volunteer organisation Projects Abroad makes the Philippines a new volunteering destination
SUSSEX– May 9, 2013 – International volunteer organisation Projects Abroad is pleased to introduce Cebu in the Philippines to their destination list. Volunteers now have the opportunity to partake in Care, Teaching and Medical Projects in this island destination.
The Care Projects run in care centres and orphanages with children and teenagers aged from 0 to 18 years of age. The role of the volunteers here is to assist the staff with basic teaching, playing with the children and generally helping out. The Medical Project allows volunteers the chance to gain real, hands-on experience in the medical field by working in local hospitals and health centres. Volunteers will also broaden their medical knowledge by learning about different diseases and illness that are uncommon in the western world. The Teaching Project is run in primary and secondary schools around Cebu where volunteers are able to teach and assist the teacher in English classes as well as extracurricular activities such as art, music and sports.
"The Philippines is our newest destination and we're very excited to receive our first volunteers in June 2013. We are in need of volunteers to work on our Care, Medical and Teaching projects. If you want to work on a very worthwhile project, become embroiled into a rich and diverse culture and also spend time relaxing on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, then the Philippines is the destination for you." Greg Thomson, Operations Director of Projects Abroad.
Philippines is Projects Abroad's 28th destination and the ninth in Asia. To date, the organisation has sent over 50,000 volunteers abroad, with 10,000 new volunteers joining each year.
About Projects Abroad
Projects Abroad was founded in 1992 by Dr. Peter Slowe, a geography lecturer, as a programme for students to travel and work while taking a break from full-time study. The programme started in Romania, where students were given the chance to teach conversational English. After a few years just sending volunteers to Eastern Europe for teaching, the company expanded to sending volunteers of all ages around the world on a wide range of projects.
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The ratification process was conducted in accordance with the MLBPA's Constitution and By-Laws during the Union's annual Executive Board meeting, which concluded today in Irving, Texas.
Weiner also announced the Executive Board's election of Jeremy Guthrie (Baltimore Orioles) to the position of association representative and Carlos Villanueva (Toronto Blue Jays) as alternate association representative. Guthrie joins Curtis Granderson (NY Yankees) as association representative, and Villanueva joins Dave Bush (free agent) as an alternate. Chris Capuano (free agent), Aaron Heilman (free agent), Ross Ohlendorf (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Kevin Slowey (Minnesota Twins) retained their positions as the Association's pension representatives and alternates.
"The Board's decisive action here is a culmination of the consistent involvement of the players during this round of bargaining. Ratification comes as no surprise, as players have been engaged heavily throughout the process -- constructing proposals, formulating strategy and participating in negotiating sessions," stated Weiner.
"I want to thank my fellow Executive Board members and members of the Union's negotiating committee for their efforts throughout the bargaining process," said Granderson. "I'm sure I speak for most players in saying that I look forward to playing under the terms of our new labor contracts. The bargaining parties worked very hard to reach agreement on issues of significant importance to them, and the results should position the sport well for future success on and off the field."
"Ratification of the agreements doesn't signify an end, but rather the beginning of a new and exciting era for baseball players, owners and fans," commented Guthrie. "The changes in our labor contracts contain improvements for all classes of players, and I'm proud to have been part of the process. I also want to thank all players for once again demonstrating their passion and commitment to their fellow Union members during this round of bargaining."


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Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Marvel vs Capcom
Capcom vs SNK
I finished my last post my saying I would have a look at the 2d fighting games that Capcom put out for the Dreamcast so here we are. Fighting games then - they have been around for some time - I can remember Karate Champ in the arcades with it's 2 joystick control and it was a game I steered clear of after a few tries - my money wasn't going far and a kid on a budget had to be selective back in the day - I can remember watching quite a few games though. It's a genre I've always been in two minds about - I've been like a moth to a flame really. They attract me - but my level of skill is such that I get frustrated very quickly. I read reviewers laughing at the simplicity with which they can dispatch CPU controlled characters at the highest difficulty setting but I struggle at the default difficulty. I guess I'm too predictable - when I find a few moves I can execute I tend to stick to them and fighting game AI seems to be able to deal with this approach quite easily. Even a game as old as Street Fighter II Turbo on the SNES seems to be able to figure me out pretty quickly.
Anyhow - while Capcom were not the inventors of the genre, they certainly have a claim on owning it now. Street Fighter II set the template for the fighting genre and when it comes to 2D versus fighting, their games are where it's at. The number of versions and revisions is bewildering and the whole genre comes across as a bit unapproachable and smacks of elitism - but still - I can't really resist picking them up for some reason - moth to a flame. The presentation in these games tends to be of a really high standard and I guess that is one of the reasons why I will pick one up from time to time - so much so that I have amassed quite a few across a few platforms such as the Saturn, PS2 and Dreamcast.
The purpose of this blog is to ensure I give the games I own a bit more attention and playing these really makes me ask myself what I was thinking of when I got them. They are gloriously presented, graphical firework displays - and I usually haven't a clue what is going on. Selecting my character, turbo level, "ism" and goodness knows what else (in some games you pick more than one character!) I am then thrown into a beautifully drawn level where I can may hold my own against my first lethargic opponent - but by the 2nd or 3rd opponent I am hopelessly outclassed and my old-school mind-set kicking against continuing inevitably sees me looking forlornly at the game over screen accompanied by some sort of smack talk from my nemesis. Ho hum.
The main problem I have with this genre is the time I would have to spend to get good - there are usually loads of facilities for doing this - training modes, dummy setups, move lists ,etc. but the limited time the middle aged gamer has to invest coupled with the sheer daunting scope of the whole thing means that I give up. Multi-player is where this genre is at of course but being the father of 2 "girlie" daughters (and the husband of a wife who seems to disapprove of the genre) opponents are not close to hand. Re online I ventured there once with Tatsunoko v Capcom on the Wii (with my gorgeous branded arcade stick) and was soundly thrashed - an even more humiliating experience than my occasional misadventures with online Tetris.
Of the four games here, SFIII 3rd strike has the most luscious animation - it is silky smooth - and it has to the be the most hard-core - there are 7 screens of settings and toggles in the "system direction" menu under options - plus there is the the usual option screen - and I believe there are more settings screens unlocked when the one player game is beaten with no continues!! This is probably the most famous game of the four - it introduced the parry move that was used to great effect in this famous fight between two fighting game experts - Daigo and Justin : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5peqApgUA&feature=related
SF Alpha 3 is quite lovely looking too (both benefit even more by supporting VGA output) though probably feels the oldest of these games - but it still looks and plays really well (for what my opinion is worth anyhow!!). Experts state that this port is a bit "out" re collisions and that the Saturn version is better - I wouldn't be in a position to argue either way - it seems OK to me (and probably to most other players I would reckon!)
Marvel v Capcom is the first of a now famous series and those used to the latest incarnation might look at this and think it is relatively tame now - but it is still the most manic of the 4 here. The graphics have a more cartoon/comic book look which I guess is in keeping with the Marvel licence and the capcom characters have had their special moves (fireballs etc.) beefed up to - I suppose - compete with the over-the-top Marvel character moves - how else could Ryu compete with the Hulk!!??
Marvel v Capcom is a team fighter - you pick 2 characters and you can swap between them during the fight and there is a randomly selected 3rd character who apparantly can be called on to do some special moves - it is all wonderfully baffling to me.
Capcom v SNK is a team fighter too and the presentation of this one is probably the best all round - though take note - this is the only one of the 4 that does not support the VGA box (these are the PAL editions - don't know if that is significant). It still looks great though and teams of varying numbers are pitted against you - different characters have different ratings so you can decide how your team is made up within the limits of the max rating of the team -quite a neat idea. This game also lets you choose betwen Capcom and SNK "rave" - whatever that means - I have noticed that you don't have the usual 6 button set up (3 punch, 3 kick) of a Capcom game - this must be to do with the cross-over with the SNK fighting games - I guess this one has loads of fan service - but to be honest it is all lost on me!! Enjoyable though.
These aren't casual games really - casual gamers faced with such complexity will mash - and button mashing eventually results in boredom - so I guess unless I find a similarly skilled person who has the time and inclination to come round for a few bouts on a regular basis with a view to learning how to play properly, then these beautifully crafted games will be forever taunting me from my Ikea bought shelves, their deep secrets and subtleties, seemingly hard wired into the likes of Daigo's brain and muscle memory, forever to be a mystery to me.


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The Melbournisation of Sydney has been most evident in the past 10 years. We've made our restaurants feel like basements, turned the lights down to Euro-Melburnian dimness, lobbied the government to get small bar licences, and allowed our Italians to cook Tuscan and Ligurian instead of Leichhardtian. (Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 2010) Continue reading


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According to Marc Spears of Yahoo, Amar'e Stoudemire will be scratched from Drew Gooden's charity game due to a re-injury of his back.
I think Amar'e has to shut everything down until an NBA season starts. He is under contract for 4 more seasons with the Knicks and makes a maximum contract. The Knicks cannot afford to have Stoudemire missing games throughout his tenure in New York. He and Carmelo Anthony are the cornerstones of this franchise and they need to be on the court for as many games as possible. The Knicks do not have the depth to succeed without Stoudemire in the lineup. As Dan L from Knicks Fan Blog tweeted about yesterday, the Knicks may end up having to amnesty clause Stoudemire later in time if his injury problems continue. Obviously way too early to say but something interesting to think about…Follow @tarmosino


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TAMPA, Fla. -- The last person many would expect to see at the Republican National Convention is the chairman of the Democrats' rival effort next week. But there was Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Sunday night, mixing and mingling with reporters and GOP strategists at a late-night dinner here.
Villaraigosa, who will head up the Democratic National Convention next week in Charlotte, N.C., was spotted at the swanky Mise en Place supper club after dining with GOP strategist Ana Navarro.
He said he plans to be in the area until Tuesday evening to offer his critique of the Republicans' message.
"I'm here to compare and contrast the two agendas -- the two conventions, and the choice that we have before us," Villaraigosa said.
Asked about the biggest obstacles President Obama faces, Villaraigosa said it was the level of attacks being slung at the president.
"Failure!" Navarro interjected.
Then, as he was being asked another question, Villaraigosa said, "Oh, you've got enough" and walked away.
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Despite bucking the economic gloom of the euro zone in recent years, Poland's Finance Minister warned that the region's debt crisis could derail the economic strides made by the country.
"Forty percent of our GDP is exports and we are well aware of being hostage to Europe but we have proved as in 2009 when we were the only country in Europe to not suffer a recession despite very strong headwinds, that we have a remarkably resilient economy, there's an innate strength," Jacek Rostowski told CNBC.
Growth in the country is expected to slow to 2 percent this year from 4.3 percent last year.
"Next years' growth will be in line with our expectations and [we] expect a slow start to 2013 and a recovery in the second half of 2013," he said.
His Treasury Ministry has downgraded the forecast for growth in 2013 from 2.9 percent to 2.2 percent.
(Read More: Poland, An Economic Powerhouse?)
Rostowski added that Poland had managed to escape the worst of the financial crisis but European policymakers ineptitude had inevitably led to a slowdown in Poland.
"The slowdown this year is the result of major policy error in the last two years [and] a failure to get a grip with the euro zone crisis. There were changes over the summer with the commitment of the European Central Bank to make sure the euro zone does not break up and the acceptance of that by Germany mean that the catastrophic scenario that has been driving the downturn is off," he said.
He added that as a "Grexit" was now a marginal call rather than a mainstream view, a recovery was just months away.
"With that off the table, we have every reason to suppose that there will be stabilization within the euro zone in the second part of 2013 and recovering and accelerating growth in Poland." "In the five years of crisis we have succeeded very well against slowing the economy down too much while trying to meet the EU deficit target."
The finance minister said Poland had experienced the fastest cumulative economic growth of 18 percent over the five years of the crisis between 2007 and 2012.
"We have managed to achieve in the last two years the fastest fiscal consolidation with the exception of three countries which are in programs with the EU and IMF," Rostowski said.
"We're reducing our fiscal deficit by well over 4 percentage points of GDP. We have managed to find the right formula that's needed to combine growth with fiscal responsibility and we'll continue to do that over the next few years."
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Ïa Ran'dall! Ïa Cthulhu!
WraithlordNickyzardoz, apparently the new martial anti-Pope - [When did this shit happen?]
I reckon it hath somthing to do with the fact the number of visitors hath dropped by 3/4
The number of visitors be almost identical to hwæt it be-did this morning. If eow've been go-done for an few days it be closer to 1/10th the volume.
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'The Wolverine': Hugh Jackman Gets Shirtless & Sweaty In New Trailer
'The Wolverine' hits theaters this July. Summer's going to be even hotter!
It's a good thing Wolverine has special healing abilities; he'll need them more than ever in his new movie, The Wolverine! The latest trailer for Hugh Jackman's follow-up to X-Men Origins: Wolverine finds the titular hero sweaty, shirtless and all cut up — which, somehow, Hugh manages to turn into a good look. (Curse his mutant powers of handsome-ness!)


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MadLab Theatre & Gallery to Present SHE'S DEAD, 3/8-23
MadLab will present She's Dead by Joe Giordano, the hilariously touching story of Erin and her friends as they attempt to fulfill Erin's final wishes for a home funeral, at 8:00, March 8th-23rd, Fridays and Saturdays, with an opening preview on Thursday March 7th at MadLab Theatre & Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus. Tickets cost $12, $10 Students/Seniors, $8 Members. Call 614-221-5418 or click HERE.
MadLab presents She's Dead by Joe Giordano:
Thursday March 7 8pm
Friday March 8 8pm
Saturday March 9 8pm
Friday March 15 8pm
Saturday March 16 8pm
Friday March 22 8pm
Saturday March 23 8pm
All performances at: MadLab Theatre & Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus, OH. For more information, visit www.madlab.net.
Ticket prices are $12, $10 Students/Seniors, $8 Members. For reservations, call 614.221.5418 or send to firstname.lastname@example.com. Order tickets HERE.
Michael Galusick as Sam
Molly St. Cyr as Erin
Randi Morgan as Judy
Brendan Michna as Brian
Jay Hobson as Mack
Maria Ritchey as Addie
Aran Carr as Rose
Erik Sternberger as Jack
Directed by Nikki SmithErin, is dead, and now Sam, her lover and partner, is left to fulfill Erin's dying wish: she wants a home funeral. Some of Sam's fun duties include cleaning her body, plugging her holes, sitting with her in their home for two days watching her rot, and digging a hole in the ground to put her in. And Sam is not up to it. Sure, his small group of twisted friends helps, and so does the weed, but dark humor and a killer buzz aren't enough to pull Sam through this living nightmare of a funeral. When all seems lost, Sam turns to the woman he feels hates him most in the world -- Erin's mother -- and together they struggle to figure out how they can go on in a world without Erin.
A native of Knoxville, TN, Joe (playwright) attended The University of Tennessee with the purpose of becoming a Civil Engineer, but instead graduated in 1997 with a B.A. in Theater and a desire to write plays. His grandfather was not happy.
After moving to Nashville in 2000, he proceeded to write, produce, direct, and act in several of his own plays, including the druggy comedy The Bad Trip; a collection of one-act plays, Love, Sex, and All That Other Crap; and his one-man play, My Reasons for Hating Theater. In 2005, his play Remains was selected to be a part of The Actors' Bridge Ensemble Theatre's New Works Lab. In 2008, the production of his play Religion and Rubber Ducks was named "Best Original Play" of 2008 by Nashville's premiere entertainment publication The Nashville Scene.
In 2010, he was selected to be a playwright-in-residence with The Tennessee Repertory Theater and to participate in the Martha Ingram New Works Lab during their 2010-11 season. He wrote a new play for the Lab -- She's Dead. It was a year-long process of readings, workshops, and rewrites, including a workshop with the Lab's mentor, John Patrick Shanley. She's Dead received a staged reading during The Tennessee Rep's 20011 New Works Festival, and ultimately landed in the hands of MadLab Theatre. It was a good journey.
Joe has also had a couple short stories published, spent six years doing improv comedy, can hacky sack, and wrote a children's novel called "The Monster That Looked Like a Booger", which he is currently adapting into a children's musical for theater.


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While Android has become the smartphone platform with the largest installed base, its future in that position is not guaranteed and it is seeing competition from a contender many had considered also-ran: Microsoft.
Signaling: "We're not sure Android is a critical asset"
Android has had a fantastic run over the last couple of years and was positioned as the best alternative to Apple's ambitions in the space, which makes recent comments by Google's new leader somewhat disconcerting.
During this week's proceedings surrounding Oracle's lawsuit against Google over use of Java code in Android, Larry Page made a very curious remark: he said he wasn't sure that Android was a critical asset to Google and saw it as mainly a vehicle to get Google products to run on mobile devices. This was an odd bit of signaling as it seemed to imply that support for Android as a platform is far from guaranteed. As a developer, this could be a cause for substantial concern: if I develop for Android today, what kind of guarantees do I have that the OS will still be supported tomorrow.
The coming OS war
By contrast, Apple appears to be going all in on iOS, even going as far as bringing iOS features into its traditional computer business. Looking at Apple's future roadmap, it seems increasingly clear that the company intends to merge iOS and OSX so the same OS runs on all the products it offers and the company is investing heavily on making that merger a reality. Along the way, they are sending a clear signal that iOS is Apple's platform for the future and a key part of their business.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has always seen its Windows operating system as one of the pillars of its business. With the release of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft made it very clear that the operating system they were selling in that space was an important one for them and one that was targeted solely at phones. This allowed them to focus the operating system for a specific kind of use, with a different operating system being available for tablets (the disastrously named Windows RNT). The radical new Metro UI interface they brought to their phones is also slated to make it into desktop version of their flagship operating system as well as into the Xbox interface. This points to Microsoft sharing Apple's view that a single integrated experience between all operating systems they offer is where the future is.
This clearly sets up the mobile landscape for a repeat of the desktop OS wars of the 1980s/1990s with a key difference. This time, there are two strong players looking to leverage their position on one end of the spectrum to get a larger slice of the overall pie: Apple will leverage its success in the mobile world to help increase the footprint of its computer offering while Microsoft will come at it in the reverse direction, trying to leverage its desktop footprint to get at the mobile market.
You're either all in or you're out
Apple and Microsoft are going all in. Apple will continue to succeed, having developed a fairly strong head start. Meanwhile, Microsoft has tempted others into joining its coalition. On the device end, Nokia has gone all in on the Windows platform, staking its future on its success. The Finnish company know what the mobile game is, as it once was the leader in the space, and now has to prove that its strategy of going all-in with an operating system many thought of as an also-ran will be successful. In a way, the Microsoft Nokia partnership can work as a reminder of the Microsoft Intel partnership of the past, with Microsoft providing software and a partner providing hardware.
Apple's own Steve Jobs has long seen the world as one where hardware and software practice ought to be integrated along a single stack: his view was always that Apple should produce both the software and hardware to define the complete experience. Over the last year, Microsoft has worked hard with Nokia to develop what amounts to a tight integration with a preferred partner. With few other companies betting the farm on Microsoft's new OS, this allowed the two partners to stay focused on making the partnership work. Microsoft has also made it clear in its integration guidelines that the user experience (ie. how user interact with their operating system) was something Microsoft controlled, not the hardware manufacturer.
By contrast, Android is now spread across anywhere between a dozen and half a dozen manufacturers, each with a slightly different look and feel. Pick up an Android phone from HTC, Motorola, or Samsung and you end up with experiences that are similar but also not completely alike. In its attempt at domination, Google has focused on the guts of the software but not on how individuals work with it. As a result, Android is the type of operating systems engineers love but the general public tolerates. Meanwhile, the inconsistent upgrade cycles from device to device has creating an environment where there are more Android devices but also one where there are more flavors of Android out there, making it difficult for developers to manage.
For example, look at the Android phone of a non-technical person: most likely, the phone comes with the stock apps, and whatever other apps have been downloaded are probably not been updated in a while (a quick way to evaluate that is by launching Google Play (an unfortunate name in itself as it seems to focus on apps that cannot possibly be about business); in most cases, people will be ask to agree to the terms of services because they haven't really launched what used to be called the Market since they initially got their phones. Complicating things even further, Google has now acquired Motorola, which may mean the company is going to produce its own phones but also unsettles its hardware partners as they may now found themselves in a situation where they have to compete with their own software providers.
A big push
Verizon, one of the largest mobile providers on the American market, recently announced that it would throw its support behind Microsoft to create a third major player in the space, even though it is the company that has benefited the most from Android's growth. Meanwhile, AT&T is working very hard to make Windows Phone a huge success, pushing the platform with a strong marketing campaign that has already led to early shortages in the US market.
The pricing of Nokia's Windows Phones is also interesting, with devices that are about $100 cheaper than their competitors in the space: the market they're going after is not the more gadget-centric crowd but rather the mainstream that has heard of smartphones but not yet made the jump (and that mainstream represents about 60% of all phone users right now). A lot of those users may go for an iPhone because of its elegance or might go for a Windows phone because of its price. This leaves Android devices in the odd situation of neither being the best devices from a user experience standpoint nor being the value devices from a price one.
So without a strong marketing push by partners and a value proposition that is hard to figure, what to make of Android? That question is one that may hobble future sales for devices from the company.
"Developers, developers, developers"
One thing Microsoft understand more than most is that the future of any platform is contingent on developers supporting it. In fact, the company's CEO scream about developers has become its own meme. Apple, on the other side, has long managed its developers relations through it annual developers' conference and related online center. The two companies listen to input from their development community and respond by bring forward features that help those developers succeed.
By comparison, Google is a company that sees itself as developer led and thus does not feel it needs to take outside input. Instead, it queries its internal people and based on that brings what it feels is best for the development community. This has led to a decrease in the interest developers have in the platform. That decrease could spell trouble in the future.
Some claim the decrease is related to the increasing fragmentation of the Android market. But more troubling is that the monetization of apps on the Android platform seems to present a substantially larger climb than on other platforms. iOS has won the race on that end but interestingly enough, Microsoft may have an opportunity to come in in second as it has a better understanding of how to support third party developers. With less than half of what iOS has in terms of apps with in-app purchase capability, Android has a long way to go to make monetizing on the platform something good for developers and Google's DNA being all about advertising will not help when it comes to that model.
So if you're a developer, what should you do? First, the obvious thing is to start developing for iOS. Start with the iPhone and go to the iPad. But once you're done, take a very serious look at the Windows Phone. It may be a smaller market today but I would bet the future of apps rolling out on Windows Phone is brighter than that of similar apps rolling out on Android
Tristan Louis is the founder and CEO of Keepskor and writes the influential tnl.net weblog, where this was initially posted under the title Windows Phone to beat Android. You can follow him on twitter here or receive his weekly newsletter by subscribing here.
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Coble '85 To Lead Lilly's Religion Division• December 12, 2012 Share:
Chris Coble '85 has been named Vice President for Religion at Lilly Endowment Inc.. Coble had served as a Program Director in the Religion Division for the past 16 years.
"Throughout Chris Coble's 16 years of service to the Endowment as a program director in its religion division, he has demonstrated keen insights, strategic thinking, a collegial spirit, and a calling to strengthen and support congregations throughout the country and the pastors who serve them," said N. Clay Robbins '79, President and CEO of the Endowment. "He has a special interest in how the church can better engage younger generations in its ministries."
Coble was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and a religion major at Wabash College.
"I am deeply honored to be elected vice president for religion and look forward to the challenge of keeping the Religion Division's good work moving forward," Coble said.
Raymond Williams, LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, was thrilled to hear Coble would be leading the Religion Division of Lilly Endowment.
"Chris has been an exemplary Honor Scholar as an outstanding religion major at Wabash and by his exemplary service implementing Mr. Lilly's religious commitments at Lilly Endowment," said Williams. "His new promotion to one of the most influential positions in American religion makes us very proud indeed."
Coble is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and has served congregations in Indiana, North Carolina, Iowa, and Massachusetts.
He holds degrees from Wabash (A.B., summa cum laude), Duke Divinity School (M.Div., magna cum laude) and Harvard University (Th.D.). Trained as a historian of American religion, his research interests focus on issues of religious formation and the transmission of faith in Christian churches.
The Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment is one of the country's largest private foundations, with assets of $6.2 billion at the end of 2011. Founded in 1937 by J.K. Lilly and his two sons, Eli and J.K. Jr., with gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical enterprise, the Endowment supports its founders' interests in community development, education, and religion. While gifts of stock in Eli Lilly and Company remain the financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff, and location.


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Before you try to help your child deal with a loss, examine your own thoughts and feelings about loss, particularly about death. Recall your first experience with loss. What helped you deal with it? What was not helpful to you? This is especially important if you experienced your first major loss when you were a child. Remembering your experience may help you recognize and understand your child's feelings. Also, the things that helped you may also be helpful to your child.
Tell other significant adults in your child's life about his or her recent loss. Child care providers, teachers, and school counsellors may also be able to help your child work through his or her grief.
Here are some steps for helping children during the grieving process:
Practice one of the activities above in the presence of another adult. After the activity, ask the adult to tell you how effective they think the activity was for your child.
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Ed Miller of Marion ate breakfast at stop before being killed on trail
Steve and Glenda Schmidt of McPherson are owners of a segment of the Santa Fe Trail in Lehigh Township that has been nominated to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
French Frank's Santa Fe Trail Segment is located in the southeast quarter of Section 4, Township 19, Range 1. It is 6 miles southwest of Cottonwood Crossing and 4 miles north of Lehigh on 245th Road. A granite stone installed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1906 marks the trail.
French immigrants Claude Francis Laloge and Peter Martin established a road ranch there in 1861, which was like a modern-day convenience store. According to Schmidt, Laloge filed a claim on the property in January 1863, the first to be made in Marion County after the passage of the 1862 Homestead Act.
The station became known as French Frank's, and the nearby creek was named French Creek. The creek winds its way intermittently south and east and drains into Marion Reservoir at French Creek Cove northeast of Hillsboro.
The property includes five sets of two parallel ruts running from the northeast to the southwest. They were created by wagons, horses, mules, cattle, and people as they traveled from Missouri to Santa Fe, N.M.
The property also includes several seepy depressions in an area of flatland downstream from where the trail crossed the creek. They were used by trail travelers to water their livestock. They are dry right now due to the drought, Schmidt said.
On June 20, 1864, 18-year-old Ed Miller of Marion stopped for breakfast at French Frank's, and then headed west. He happened upon a group of American Indians who chased him down and killed him. A search party from Marion set out from French Frank's on June 23, 1864, to look for him. They found his body and buried him beside the trail near where they found him. A monument marks his grave.
After an encounter with belligerent Kiowa Indians in 1865, Laloge and Martin sold the station and moved to a French settlement in the Cedar Creek area of Chase County. George F. Russell purchased the station and paid $25 for a 6-month shop license in July 1866, according to Marion County Commission records. Travel along the trail waned after the railroad arrived at Junction City that year.
The Schmidts bought the French Frank's site in 2000 for its historical value. They spent the following years learning more about its history. As part of their ongoing research, they went to Florence in 2004 and found Laloge's grave in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
The French Frank's segment of the Santa Fe Trail is one of 12 trail sites in Kansas that were nominated to the national register by the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review.
Schmidt said the National Park Service initiated the process of locating sites along the trail for listing in a multiple-property document in the National Register. He said he provided information to employees of the Kansas State Historical Society who researched the property.
The Schmidts are pleased to know their property may soon be on the National Register. Schmidt is president of the Cottonwood Crossing Chapter of the Kansas Santa Fe Trail Association.


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By sculptor Karl Schiefer
Gift from the Monroe County Public Library Foundation--The Friends of the Library
Dedicated 1997
The bears are made from Monroe County limestone and together weigh 4½ tons:
- Walking bear (father bear)--2 tons
- Mother and baby bear--2½ tons
Sculptor Karl Schiefer sees the bears as a family group, and feels the library is where the bears were meant to be. He hopes that whoever sees them will recognize the family unity represented by the bears.
The Library Bears were a gift from the Monroe County Public Library Foundation, also known as the Friends of the Library. They were purchased to enhance the Library Plaza on Kirkwood Avenue, and to celebrate the library as the center of the community.


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Canadian, 1886–1966
Strange Scene, 1964
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60.2 x 86.3 cm Image: 22.5 x cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; The Swinton Collection
Kiakshuk was in his seventies when he began making drawings in the first days of the Cape Dorset printmaking project in the 1960s. His work was a mainstay of the annual collections from 1960 to 1967, with a total of 52 stencils and stonecuts rendered from his drawings during this period. Kiakshuk's art springs from his life as a respected hunter and shaman. His images are usually rendered in great detail with defined clothing patterns and expressive faces. This print shows the seemingly benign subject of a family travelling on the land, but it also conveys a sense of the many supernatural beings that are part of the shamanic world. The viewer can see the strange creatures that float above and below the human figures, while they stare in alarm but are unable to share in the viewers' or shaman's vision.
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NASHVILLE, TENN. – It had been 21 days since the last Lipscomb University victory. Five games. Five losses by a combined 20 points. The Bisons were thirsty for a victory.
Saturday afternoon the Bisons (7-11, 3-6 A-Sun) delivered a total team effort in front of a "Family Day" crowd in Allen Arena snapping the losing streak with a 84-68 victory over the Mercer Bears (10-9, 4-4 A-Sun).
Josh Slater led the Bisons with 21 points. He barely missed a double-double with nine rebounds. He also blocked two shots and had two assists in 28 minutes of play.
"Josh Slater played solid for us," said Lipscomb head coach Scott Sanderson. "He had a few too many turnovers, but he is playing really good for us. He's making all of his free throws down the stretch and so we want to get the ball into his hands near the end of the game."
The Bears were first to attack jumping to a 12 point lead with a 3-pointer by James Florence with 12:50 left in the first. The Bisons responded with a 10-2 run to close the game to 23-19 at the 9:10 mark.
Lipscomb didn't score again until Thomas Pfaff connected on a layup in the paint with 4:06 left. Pfaff's layup started a 14-0 run for the Bisons.
Michael Lusk nailed a jumper and Brian Wright drained a 3-pointer to cut Mercer's lead to three. The Bisons forced a five-second violation with full court pressure defense. Pfaff nailed a jumper seconds later and a Jordan Burgason 3-pointer on the next possession gave the Bisons their first lead of the game 31-29.
Pfaff tipped-in a missed Wright 3-pointer with 44 seconds left in the half to give Lipscomb a 33-29 lead. Florence connected on a 3-pointer for Mercer, but Michael Teller responded with a 3-pointer to give Lipscomb a 36-32 lead at the half.
"I really think the game was won with the run at the end of the first half," Sanderson said.
Slater hit a 3-pointer with 7:55 left in the game to put the Bisons up 61-53. The Bisons, who have struggled to hold late leads in January, held the advantage until Mercer's E.J. Kusnyer hit a free throw with 1:25 remaining to bring the Bears within seven (72-65).
A free throw by Jimmy Oden and a three-point play put the Bisons back up by 11 with 1:04 left.
Lipscomb made their final ten free throws of the game, including six in the final 30 seconds to push the Bisons lead to 16.
"We played good the last 30 minutes of the game," Sanderson said. "We didn't play so great the first ten minutes because we couldn't stop them defensively, but I thought we were pretty consistent the last 30 minutes."
Lipscomb's bench scored 30 points, the most since scoring 42 at North Florida on Dec. 4. Every Bison that played scored at least five points.
"Jordan Burgason, Jimmy Oden, Brian Wright, and Thomas Pfaff were all really good off the bench," Sanderson said. "We had a great bench production today and it was a total team effort."
The Bisons dominated on the boards 51-24. Their 27 board advantage was the most since the Bisons outrebounded Fisk 53-22 on Nov. 27, 2004. Michael Teller led the Bisons with 10 rebounds to tie a career high.
The Bisons had 16 offensive rebounds which they converted into 16 second chance points. Mercer had seven offensive rebounds and just three second chance points.
Lipscomb still struggled with turnovers committing 22. Only five of those turnovers were forced.
"Twenty-two turnovers are just way too many to win close games," Sanderson said. "We have to do a better job taking care of the ball."
Joining Slater in double-figures was Adnan Hodzic (13) and Thomas Pfaff (10). Hodzic and Slater have scored ten or more points each in the last five games.
Lipscomb shot 26-of-54 (48.1 percent) on the afternoon. Mercer was 27-of-62 (43.5 percent) from the field.
Lipscomb was 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) from the 3-point line. Mercer was 6-of-19 (31.6 percent). Florence was five-of-eight for the Bears.
The Bisons shot 26-of-36 (72.2 percent) from the free throw line. Mercer was 8-of-15 (53.3 percent). Slater was a perfect seven-of-seven at the line.
The Bisons are back in action Monday evening in Allen Arena against Kennesaw State. Game time is 7 p.m.
Jonathan Seamon and Benjamin Seamon will be on the call for the Lipscomb Sports Network. Free online audio streaming is available at www.LipscombSports.com/sportsnetwork/. The game can also be seen on ASun.TV.
Article by Trevor Garrett of the Lipscomb Athletic Office of Media Relations


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Cameroon was easily one of the most fascinating, diverse, disturbing and memorable countries I visited in 2012 with Heifer International…and that's really saying something.
My visit started with a minor disaster – we missed our flight from the capital city of Yaoundé up north to Maroua, and there wasn't another one for 3 days. But as so often happens (if only I had the equanimity to keep this in mind), that accident ended up fortuitously taking me on the road to Douala, where we were able to see 3 other projects that were totally unique to Cameroon: one with snails…
one with pigs …
… and one project with cane rats, a rodent I fear with hysterical fervor.
The south of Cameroon, like Douala, is wet, fertile and steamy….
…unlike the sere, flat and unrelentingly dry L'Extreme Nord.
In fact, Cameroon is known as "Africa in miniature" because it contains all the continent's topography: coast, desert, mountains, rainforest and savanna.
The southerners tend to be short, chubby, affable and primarily Christian…
…while the northerners are tall, lean, reserved and often Muslim.
And it is the North that I worry deeply about. Water has always been scarce here, but never more so than now, with climate change prolonging the dry season to almost 11 months a year.
The women of Barza, where Heifer dug a bore hole, still have to walk about 5 miles each way, every day to secure enough water for their households, and even though men now share the task (thanks to Heifer gender equity trainings!) it's a grueling, maddening waste of time and energy.
The people of Cameroon, though, are lovely, particularly in the L'Extreme Nord. As I was watching them one day, I wrote this in my book:
"Poverty isn't pretty. It's messy, smelly, sweaty. Filthy water hangs in the gutters of the streets. Old, beat-up things are used to the point of extinction and well beyond.
Children in tattered cast-off clothing run barefoot through the dust.
But poor people in Africa are also often heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
They rise above the destitution of their surroundings, the women sailing like colorful jibs through the channels of a jumbled market… …splendid and serene."
Yes, I loved Cameroon. In fact, I love the energy, faith, colors, strength and smiles of Africa as much as any place I've ever been.
Who wouldn't?
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
R.I.P Harry Mosco
Well, Harry... I guess you can fly now.
I'll miss you, brother.
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DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov was charged on Friday with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking and stomping his girlfriend at the couple's Denver condominium last month, prosecutors said.
The Russian-born Varlamov, the starting goaltender for the National Hockey Leaguefranchise, was charged with one count of third-degree assault, according to Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney's office.
The charge carries a maximum two-year jail sentence if he is convicted, and a domestic violence component is factored into the punishment, Kimbrough said.
Varlamov, 25, surrendered to police after the woman reported that she had been kicked in the chest, stomped and dragged by the hair inside the couple's downtown Denverresidence on October 28.
According to an affidavit filed by Denver police in support of the arrest, the alleged victim told a friend before she was attacked that she feared being assaulted by Varlamov after he had been drinking.
Varlamov told his girlfriend, who is also Russian, that "he would have beat her more" if the couple were in Russia, the affidavit said.
He has been free on a $5,000 bail since his arrest and is allowed to travel with the team under the conditions of his bond.
Varlamov was in goal Thursday night when Avalanche defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 4-3 inArizona to boost their record to 15-4 under first-year coach Patrick Roy, the Hall of Fame goalie who led the Avalanche to two Stanley Cup championships as a player.
Varlamov's New York-based agent, Paul Theofanous, said after his client's arrest that the player "is completely innocent of all of these charges."
The Avalanche organization issued a statement on Friday, saying team management was informed of the district attorney's decision, and would have "no further comment until the entire legal process has concluded."
The National Hockey League's head office said it is monitoring the situation, but will not take any action until the case is resolved, according to NHL.com
Varlamov is scheduled to return to court on December 2.
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Taxpayers are losing money because of Medicare waste on infusion drugs.
Because Congress locked some drug costs at 2003 prices, Medicare has wasted $334 million dollars over the last six years by failing to buy medication at the best possible discount, according to a new investigation that reinforces just how prevalent waste and abuse are inside the government's main health program for senior citizens.
Investigators at the Health and Human Services Department Office of Inspector General said that Medicare waste on Plan B by purchasing drugs at an outdated average wholesale price, or AWP, as opposed to the manufacturing price the government is supposed to receive.
"Our findings—like those of OIG's previous studies in this area—demonstrate that AWPs are unrelated to the prices of drugs in the marketplace and that the reliance on an AWP-based payment methodology has led to Medicare waste that cost the program hundreds of millions of dollars," the inspector general said.
The culprit is infusion drugs in durable medical equipment – basically drugs meant to be used in home medical equipment like IV's, catheters or infusion pumps. But the drugs haven't been purchased at the optimal sales price, investigators said. Instead, Medicare officials have been following 2003 pricing guidelines set by Congress.
"Basing payments for DME infusion drugs on AWPs set almost a decade ago raises concerns about whether Medicare payment levels are appropriate," the IG said.
For creating a scenario that kept taxpayers from getting the best prices — and failing to fix it for years — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, and Congress jointly win this week's Golden Hammer, a distinction awarded by the Washington Guardian to an egregious example of waste, fraud and abuse in government.
Through an update to the Social Security Act, lawmakers said that "in the case of infusion drugs furnished through an item of durable medical equipment," prices "on or after January 1, 2004," will be set at "95 percent of the average wholesale price for such drug in effect on October 1, 2003," the law reads.
The inspector general said CMS needs to petition for a change in the law that would set prices to current levels, or to include infusion drugs in an already successful competitive bidding process. Marilyn Tavenner, CMS acting administrator, agreed and said the agency is looking at both options.
Medicare has come under fire before for the exact same issue. In fact, in January the Washington Guardian reported on Medicare's overpayments with prescription medication.
For the six years covered by the latest review, investigators estimated the government had been paying between 54 percent and 122 percent more for the drugs than was necessary. By using the wholesale price, investigators said CMS failed to get "any price concessions, such as volume discounts, 'prompt pay' discounts, cash discounts, free goods contingent on purchase requirements, chargebacks and rebates other than those obtained through the Medicaid drug rebate program."
The IG also said that because medicine was being purchased at 2003 prices, the government might have been getting some drugs cheaper than current costs. But investigators said it was a small amount, and is already calculated in the $334 million estimation.
And investigators were able to identify the largest single Medicare waste problem: a drug called milrinone lactate, which is used to treat heart failure. Medicare Plan B was paying a price for the drugs more than 18 times greater than the actual cost, the inspector general said.
Of the $125 million Medicare spent in 2011 for 21 different infusion drugs, that particular drug accounted for 62 percent of the costs, according to the IG's report.


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Hamish Blake and Bret McKenzie hit the big screen in Two Little Boys.
IN THE just-released New Zealand film Two Little Boys, Melbourne radio and television comic Hamish Blake – one half of the successful duo Hamish & Andy – has a mullet, the beginnings of a gut, swears a lot and cheerfully dismembers a corpse with an axe. In other words, he has become an actor.
"My overwhelming motivation for a lot of the scenes was not to let everybody down," notes the drily exuberant 30-year-old. "Everybody else there constantly worked on films and they all clearly knew what they were doing. For them it was a process to work through, whereas I'd never been in a film before."
Blake actually did have a small role in the Peter Helliar-devised 2010 Australian comedy I Love You Too, although he admits that was another example of where posing as an actor left him decidedly nervous. As a hotel bellhop, he shared the screen with the talented American actor Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and felt compelled to make a good impression for Helliar's sake.
"I had to pretend to know more about acting when I was talking to Peter Dinklage off camera that day because I didn't want one of the best actors in the world – that's Peter Dinklage, not me – coming here and realising that Pete had cast a friend who couldn't act in his film," Blake says. "I may have lied about other films I'd done and mentioned some workshops with Baz Luhrmann."
Blake was more of an equal with his Two Little Boys co-star, Bret McKenzie, who was also on sabbatical from a well-known pairing, New Zealand's nebbish songwriters and sitcom stars Flight of the Conchords. McKenzie was as inexperienced a film actor as Blake, and their lack of overt technique suits a black comedy about the increasingly nightmarish burden of being someone's best friend for life.
In the movie, directed by Robert Sarkies and adapted from his brother Duncan's eponymous novel, McKenzie plays the ineffectual Nige, a resident of Invercargill in New Zealand's South Island in the early 1990s whose humble efforts to get his life on track are derailed after he accidentally kills a Norwegian backpacker. Panicked, he turns for help to his former best friend, Blake's Deano, who sees a chance to reclaim his platonic soulmate no matter what the cost.
"The dynamic of the film is anti-buddy – it's essentially a break-up movie for a heterosexual male friendship," Blake says. "It's about possessiveness, control and tension. Deano is borderline psychopathic."
Deano's exuberant bogan embrace of body disposal and other crimes builds on Blake's accepted comic persona, as a cheerful fantasist who refuses to deviate from what he believes no matter how bad it gets. On radio that makes self-delusion amusing, but in the movie it veers into the uncomfortable and the threatening.
"The darker it got the more intrigued I got. From a personal level it was so different that I didn't quite know at first what to do with it," Blake says. "In terms of heroes of mine, the Will Ferrells and the Bill Murrays, I find it fascinating when those guys do something a little bit more serious, but my intention wasn't to be the Sad Clown."
Blake auditioned for the part, subsequently meeting McKenzie so the filmmakers could assess their chemistry. As the shoot progressed and the narrative crept up on Coen brothers territory, the two found themselves becoming good friends as the plot became darker for the neophyte leads.
"There were times that we just looked at each other and said, 'Did that feel OK for you? Your acting was good. Could you tell I was acting?"' Blake says. "We had this running joke that acting was this elusive thing that we hoped we were doing."
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