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I can never go around making friends with the neighbores, I mean neighbors, because I need my space. I run into them all the time, and to keep up with the customary small talk is a relentless burden. I can't deal with it. I just want to live in a state of blissful unawareness. But, you know how the neighbors never leave you alone, and it causes many problems. The day we moved into the house, the doorbell rang while my wife was still unpacking boxes in the bedroom. I came down to the foyer and saw the big white mess the movers left on the doormat. I shouted to my wife:
"There is white trash at the door!" And flung it open. Standing outside, in a state of shock, was a White couple, seemingly here to welcome us into the 'hood.
"Get rid of it!" my wife shouted back. They ran away, before I could grab the apple pie from their hands.
Later on, the guy who lives right next door hollered just as I stepped out of the house.
"Hey! Check it out. The Sun is shining today."
Save me, Jesus! "Sure, it is. "
"You think it will shine again tomorrow?"
"Sure … well, nice talking to you. I got to run …"
"Don't forget, tomorrow is the trash day."
"Oh yes! Well, I'll be seeing you … "
"When tomorrow is the trash day, you have to put out the trash cans tonight. You remember that, don't you? It is tricky, man."
"Right. I think I figured that one out." Like, the day after my birth.
"What do you say - nine tonight? "
"Putting out the trash, duh!" He shook his head and rolled his eyes: "I saw you last week: putting it out all alone. I'm saying - to myself - Guilty me! I put out my stuff too early or I could give the fella some company. Then, I got thinking - to myself – we fellas gotta stick together when it comes to trash. We gotta sync-up so the womenfolk know we are having fun! I figured out - to myself – why not nine every Wednesday night, eh? Right between dinner and bedtime. We all need the exercise. Good time for you?"
"Uh … ok. Whatever."
"Right on. I will set up a recurring Evite and send it out to the Hillcrest group."
"Hillcrest group?"
"Yeah, that is our Yahoo page. Don't tell me you are not subscribed."
Great! (a) I just made a putting-out-the-garbage date with the Mr. Junk Foreman here, and (b) our tiny little street has its own Yahoo group. Why do I even endure this shit? Just because we are living on the same lane doesn't mean we got to know each other.
Then, there is Judge Judy, in the house opposite, who stares at me with unblinking recrimination. She thinks I'm trying to poison her creepy cat Frizzit, who likes nothing better than to litter on my porch. Judy got this wild idea when she caught me feeding expired milk to the cat. Let me say in my defense that we buy our milk at Costco. There is only so much Costco milk a family can consume before the milk expires or the family dies on lactose overdose. But, I can't bring myself to throw away a full carton of milk - someone has to drink it (just not my family). That is why I feed it to the boneless wonder. After all, it is malnourished – I hear we dump our expired drugs into Mozambique to treat sick children. How can this be worse?
But, really, the story I am here to tell you is the enigmatic guy who moved into the vacant house next door a month after we moved in. I just came back from buying a laptop and a WiFi router eager to set it up and download pirated Indian movies from the web. Clutching the bag, I reached out to unlock the door when I heard this:
"Lovely day!"
Is someone talking to me? Ignore, ignore, just get inside! I unlocked the door.
"It is at least eighty degrees!"
I paused with my hand on the door knob. Still safe. Just need two more seconds.
"Must be a good time for shopping!"
Darn! I turned around, and forced a smile.
He looked like a slightly built Vietnamese.
"Hi, I am your new neighbor. You are Indian, great! I love Indian food."
"Really, yeah I like your food too. Pho is good."
He frowned. "Pho? You think I'm Vietnamese? I'm a Filipino! What's the matter, bro, you can't tell a Filipino from a Vietnamese?"
Hell. "Sorry, of course, you are Filipino. It is just the shadows, you know, …"
"So, you like Pho? You should try Pho King. You will like Pho King." He burst out laughing.
Boy, heard that one before. What are you? Fifteen?
"Right, well …"
"You know where to go if you made a serious mistake and you need a coffee to clear your head? The joint called Pho Cup!"
That is a new one. But, he laughed so hard he spoiled the pun.
"Well, it is nice …"
"I know what you are thinking - What The Pho, bro! Well, that is a nice place too. Hee hee ha ha ha!" He was screaming laughs now.
"I really got to go."
"Nice talking to you, bro. What is your name?"
Glad that he asked. There is one thing to be said about unpronounceable names. People think twice about approaching you again once they realize they have to master this unrepeatable word to keep up with the friendship. Ever notice John and Jenny have way too many friends while Phinnaeus and Guilluame are eating alone in Denny's? I keep different versions depending on how much I really want to hang out with the person. For the office guys, it is Bharad. For the drink buddies, it is Brad. For the rest,
Got the desired effect. He was startled.
"Eh? Got shorter version?"
"Nope. That is it, I'm afraid."
His face clouded. He was obviously ticked.
"Well, my name is Jejobar Luzviminda. Sorry, don't have a shorter version either."
Ha! The sword is double-edged. Even better for me! So long, bro. Maybe, in the next life, when you are Jim and I'm John, we will think about hanging out together. Adios.
So, imagine my surprise when a few days later, I was again entering the house when I heard this:
"How are you doing, Bha-rad-waj?"
The heckles on my neck stood up. I turned around. The Filipino stood there smiling with his arms crossed. I stammered something that I don't really recall. How does he still remember my name? I said it only once. No one here knows my name. I was still thinking about it when my wife and I were having dinner that night.
"Now, what do I do? All I recall about his name is that it sounds like Zanzibar Lascivious. That can't be right. It is a mystery how he remembered my name."
"Maybe he is good with Indian names," she said.
That is not possible. He had the same incomprehensible reaction everyone gives me when they hear my name the first time before they forever disappear from my life. I noticed the mail lying on the table. It suddenly came to me.
"I got it. He snooped!"
"What do you mean?"
"You know the mailboxes here don't have locks. He stole a letter addressed to me."
"Oh, come on!"
No, I'm right. There was no other way. Well, two can play this game. Better keep my plan to myself, if I want to finish this excellent dinner.
On the next Saturday, I watched him leave from my window. Then, the mailman came and stuffed his box with a pile of letters. This was it. The golden opportunity! No one was looking. Armed with a notepad, I pulled out the first letter I could reach from his mailbox. I jotted down the name. Jejobar Luzviminda! I got it, yeah!
"What in the world are you doing?" Judge Judy was right next to me, in her most chilling avatar.
"Oh hi!"
"Why are you stealing the Filipino's mail?"
"Really, oh. OH! I thought this is my mailbox."
"Don't fool me. I know you are the mail thief. I always knew it. Who else could it be?"
Unbeknownst to me, there was a kleptomaniac roaming in the neighborhood. This guy, for whatever reasons, only stole Bed Bath and Beyond coupons, so no one really bothered to complain, because, really, we were all sick of those coupons. Except Judge Judy here who started a one-person neighborhood watch just to catch him in the act so people can continue receiving that incessant stream of junk.
"Wait. Whoa! Hey. This is an honest mistake."
"We will see about it. You are not going anywhere until the cop shows up."
She called her cop friend who lives in the next street. He came over ambling and asked me a few questions. He went off to check on my background when the Filipino returned. Judy immediately pounced on him with a grossly exaggerated version. He was shocked.
"Why are you stealing my mail, bro?"
"Hey, I'm not stealing. I'm doing the same thing you did. Just snooping around to figure out your name."
The Filipino frowned. "I didn't snoop your mail, bro. Not cool."
"Well, then, how did you do it?"
"I'm not telling you."
I was burning with curiosity. The cop interrupted us.
"He is not your guy, ma'am."
Judy was livid. "Why not? I caught him red-handed. Listen, I'm a good witness. I won't turn hostile even though I realize my life is at stake. We will nail his ass to the wall."
The cop shook his head. "I think his story checks out. Look at the letter in his hands."
I held it up. It was a Fry's coupon. Not Bed Bath and Beyond.
"Doesn't fit the pattern," the cop said, and left me with a warning.
Judge Judy, obviously disappointed, muttered some curses under her breath and went back to her house, to her watch station behind the curtains. I caught the Filipino just before he stepped into his house.
"Jejobar, wait! How did you figure it out?"
He stopped at the doorway. "Well, if I tell you, will you hang out with me?"
"Well, I got to …"
"No one hangs out with me because of my name. Please. I just want to have a friend with whom I can have a drink. Just once a month."
"All right. Just tell me how you did it."
"The Wi-Fi network you installed last week. It is unsecure. Everyone here gets on to it. It is like the Community Center. I got that tip from the Hillcrest Yahoo group." He paused. "Bro, all the stuff you download from the net, you just can't put it in a folder called "Technical." You think your wife can't figure that out?"


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Wenger: Arsenal will announce my future - but I don't know when
Arsene Wenger says it will be down to Arsenal to announce whether he will remain at the club beyond the end of the season.
Wenger insists Alexis wants Arsenal stay
Wenger is out of contract at the end of the season and has come under intense pressure to end his 20-year reign, with the FA Cup now Arsenal's last chance of winning silverware this season.
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The Frenchman has revealed a decision has been made on his future, but has consistently refused to announce it publicly despite huge debate over his next move.
And with under two months to go until the end of 2016-17, Wenger could not even confirm the announcement will be made before the season's conclusion as he spoke ahead of Monday's Premier League trip to Crystal Palace.
Asked whether the announcement would come from him or Arsenal, Wenger said: "From the club.
"I have nothing to add. Of course [I am planning for pre-season games], but no [that does not suggest anything] - that suggests that I do my job, which is to plan for the future of the club.
"I cannot tell you now [if the announcement will be before the end of the season] because I don't know. I'm focused now on the next game."
Wenger was then asked on three consecutive occasions whether he could confirm the existence of a two-year contract offer from Arsenal, but the 67-year-old refused to budge.
I signed to win more trophies, says Lingard
"I have spoken enough about that," he said. "I have nothing to add on that. I cannot tell you anything more than I said many times.
"I can understand that the subject is maybe of an interest but to me what is of interest is what is happening on the football pitch.
"Sport is about your next performance. It is down to you to change things.
"What is to be professional is to focus on what is important - that means performance."

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It's been about three weeks now since most people have started in on their pre-UFE study period so I'm going to do another Q&A today, but the lite version which is meant to be more humorous than serious. So if you come here just for the serious stuff then you can take today off 🙂 Even the CICA likes to sneak some amusement into the UFE.
You're always welcome to browse through the previous articles or utilize the forums or Twitter/Facebook to discuss any last minute issues or offer advice.
As many of you are probably aware, when a Google search brings you to a web site, the search term often gets passed on to the web site. Today's Q&A comes from some of these search terms.
First question is one that made me chuckle quite a bit.
Now, you never know, this might have nothing to do with the UFE but I think with how smart Google is, it just might! So you made out with your UFE study buddy, now what? Well good on you my friend, but it might be a good idea to find a new study buddy now. If you can't provide each other honest advice and feedback it's not a useful UFE studying relationship. We have a handy Study Partner Search on the site in case you'd like to use it 🙂 Thanks for the laugh!
The exact number of Cs in Level 2 and the number of RCs in Level 3 that you need are not disclosed. So you won't find anything but speculation out there. You can view my speculation here where I discussed The Importance of Levels 1, 2 and 3.
Another one that made me laugh a bit because of the funny wording. If you're looking for UFE courses check out the post here on the most popular courses. If you actually want to make the UFE, well they have a whole team of people on that one over at the CICA!
It depends on the province. But you can write it at least three times in all provinces and then I believe you would have to write in another province.
From the CICA Web Site:
If I do not pass the UFE, can I write again?
Yes. The number of times you may write varies by province; all CA students may retake the UFE at least twice, for a total of three attempts. Check with your provincial institute /Ordre/region for the rules in your province.
But why search for such a negative topic already! Stay positive and keep studying hard 🙂
Keep the fun stuff coming, makes this more fun. Less than a week, hang in there and don't forget to take breaks if you're starting to feel drained.


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The best thing in life is finding someone who knows all your flaws, mistakes, and weaknesses and still thinks you are completely amazing. Oluwatosin says his lovely wife makes him feel complete. He says she is the missing part of him he has been waiting for and he is happy, he is going to spend the rest of his life with her. For Adeola, she says her charming husband makes her smile even when she has no reason to, and said she never knew what love meant until she met him.The lovely couple are both thanking God for bringing them together at the perfect time and in the perfect place. It is a dream come true for them. We are happy to introduce the lovely couple to you as we share their pre-wedding photo-shoots and their Love story.
How they met ( By the Bride)
I met Oluwatosin at my family friend's birthday get together [10/10/2009], there and then our love story started… Oluwatosin has always been my source of inspiration, encouragement and has always brought nothing but joy and laughter into my life.
Hmmmmm. Here we are [10/10/2015] and it's our wedding . Wow, dreams actually do come true.
Oh yes! [10/10] the date sounds perfect, [10/10] the days feels perfect. We are 10/10 shikena!!!!!!!


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Effective and Safe Treatment for Vaginal Dryness
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Great news for women who suffer from chronic irritation of the vagina or vulva! Finally, we have an effective, safe treatment for vaginal dryness. A laser treatment, marketed as the Mona Lisa Touch, has shown excellent results in the over 2500 patients treated world wide.
Menopause brings a welcome end to monthly menstrual cycles, but the low estrogen levels after menopause can also cause thinning of the skin, or mucosa, of the vagina. When estrogen levels are higher, the vaginal tissue is thick, with undulations and infolding. This protects the tissue deep to the vaginal mucosa, which contains nerve endings and blood vessels. If the vaginal skin (or mucosa, in gynecologist terms) has thinned, the nerve endings can be irritated, the small blood vessels can be damaged, thereby causing pain and decreased lubrication.
Some women are menopausal due to surgery, with removal of ovaries. Cancer chemotherapy can induce early menopause, and many of the medications used to prevent recurrence of breast cancer can cause vaginal thinning (atrophy) and dryness. Many patients mourn the loss of a happy sexual relationship, because intercourse is often just too painful to be tolerated, much less enjoyed.
Prior to the introduction of this laser procedure, the only treatment for breast cancer survivors has been water based lubricants. Although these help with dryness, the thin tissue is not affected and sex may continue to be painful. Hormonal treatments are available, but carry some risks; specifically, increased risk of stroke, heart attack and breast cancer.
Other conditions of chronic irritation of the vulvar tissues can be treated with laser as well. The most difficult of these is lichen sclerosis. In this chronic condition, the skin becomes very thin, easily torn, tender, and the patients experience severe itching. This is also an effect of the lack of thick skin protecting the sensitive nerves below. Laser treatments to the vulva have shown a great reduction in symptoms.
The procedure involves three to five treatments, 6 weeks apart. Risks are minimal, including only risks of any laser procedure. Pain during the procedure is minor, and numbing creams can be used if needed. Unfortunately, no insurance plans cover this procedure at this time.
We have this in our office.
Susan Yarian, MD
Dr. Yarian is a graduate of the University of Florida, with a BS in Industrial Engineering. She worked as an engineer for years before pursuing her medical degree at the University of South Carolina. As the founding partner of ObGyn Associates of St Augustine, she has been gratified to watch the practice grow from a one doctor, one midwife office in 2001 to our current practice. She is particularly interested in high-risk obstetrics, but enjoys all aspects of gynecology care. Even after 21 years in private practice, she feels it is a privilege to be a part of women's lives in such an important way.


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ASCO 2017: A 17-gene panel for prediction of adverse surgical pathology in the setting of MRI-guided prostate biopsy
A cohort of PCa men with Low- and Intermediate-Risk NCCN category, who were managed with RP, was identified from a clinical database. Patients were required to have had a simultaneous mpMRI-guided and systematic biopsy, and to have undergone RP within 6 months. Biopsy tissue of the highest Gleason pattern was used for calculation of GPS. The primary endpoint was AP. Secondary endpoints included the range of GPS within UCLA prostate MRI risk groups and median GPS when there was discrepancy between MRI and systematic biopsy Gleason Score (GS).
134 men met criteria for the primary endpoint. Median age was 62 years (range 46-77). NCCN Low- and Intermediate-Risk PCa was present in 16%, and 84% of men, respectively. Biopsy GS 3+3/3+4/4+3 was present in 19%, 67%, and 13%, respectively. In a univariable model, GPS was associated with AP (OR 3.8, 95% CI 2.1 to 7.4, p < 0.001). After adjustment for highest biopsy GS and clinical T-stage, GPS remained significantly associated with AP (OR 3.4, 95% CI 1.8 to 6.8, p = 0.0004). A wide and overlapping distribution of GPS was noted across UCLA MRI prostate risk groups, indicating that GPS provides information that is distinct from what can be determined from mpMRI. When there was a discrepancy between mpMRI and systematic biopsy GS, mpMRI targeted lesions with higher GS had higher median GPS (33, range 13-70) than systematic biopsies with higher GS (median GPS 25, range 15-55).
To conclude, GPS provides independent and complementary prognostic information to mpMRI-guided biopsies. The combination of mpMRI for biopsy guidance and GPS for molecular analysis, may optimize prediction of AP and improve patient selection for treatment rather than surveillance.
Presented By: Amirali Salmasi, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Written By: Hanan Goldberg, MD, Urologic Oncology Fellow (SUO), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Twitter: @GoldbergHanan
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Out of 72 faces, you correctly identified 70.
In other words, you got 97% correct.
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British researchers have identified a new gene that is particularly active in a difficult way to treat breast cancer and thus could help in the search for new treatments.
"Our understanding of the genes that drive the development of stem cells led us to seek consequences when these genes go wrong. BCL11A activity stood out because it is very active in the triple negative cancer. He had all the characteristics of a gene of breast cancer novel "said PentAO Liu, lead author of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
After combing through 3,000 patients with breast cancer, the team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found that hyperactive BCL11A gene promotes the development and progression of breast "triple negative" cancer.
The research appears in the journal Nature Communications and was conducted in mice and human cells always new routes to explore specific treatments for this aggressive tumor.
There are many types of breast cancers that respond differently to treatment and have different prognoses.
The increased activity of BCL11A gene is found in about eight out of 10 patients with basal-like breast cancer and is associated with more advanced tumor grade.
"Our studies of genes in human cells BCL11A clearly marked as a new driver for triple negative breast cancers," said co-first author Walid Khaled.
About one in five patients affected by triple negative breast cancer.
The researchers also showed that BCL11A required for normal development of breast cells and progenitors mother believed that the cells that, when mutated, give rise to basal breast cancer type.
The risk of developing breast cancer and / or ovarian cancer of a woman is much greater if a deleterious mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene is inherited.


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NBA GPP Cheat Sheet
Prices listed are Fanduel unless otherwise noted.
My NBA articles will mostly focus on Fanduel lineup construction since besides center, you need to play two at each position. The players recommended are usually still good plays on DraftKings unless the pricing is drastically different. Also, many players on DraftKings have dual position eligibility or may be listed at a different position. I will try to mention if there is a specific good play on DK based on price or position eligibility. These are my favorite plays at each position and maybe a value play or two. The players listed are in no particular order, as I am giving choices to help build your lineups.
If you didn't read my write up yesterday this is what I wrote "Super small slate tonight. Hard to differentiate. Enter the single-entry and 3-max tournaments. Prepare to tie if in a large field GPP on Fanduel at least." I still say enter those, but tonight with 11 games many more places you can go. You can enter larger field GPPs tonight without having to worry about a tie. I do think a more balanced lineup tonight does well, as opposed to stars and scrubs.
Point Guard
Jrue Holiday – going against Denver who have third worst DVP at point guard
Reggie Jackson – good spot versus Darren Collinson
Jeff Teague – going against Dallas who have second worst DVP at point guard
Goran Dragic – only put up 28 FD points against the Wizards two days ago. I think that goes up tonight
Dennis Smith Jr. – more bad DVP, like playing Teague and Smith together
Kyle Lowry – no one on the Knicks should be able to cover him
Shooting Guard
Dennis Mitchell – really like with no Ricky Rubio in the lineup
Once again, we must choose between KCP and Jordan Clarkson who are both in good spots
Austin Rivers – good pivot from the higher priced Lou Williams
Tim Hardaway Jr. – only real offense on team outside of K.P.
J.R. Smith – if you want to pay down
Devin Booker – "only" scored 30 FD points yesterday, could rebound nicely
Small Forward
Lebron James – the one superstar you may need tonight
Brandon Ingram – offense runs through him when he is on the floor
Joe Ingles – usage bump with no Rubio
OG Anunoby – if Ibaka out, maybe actually gets some usage. Punt play
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – like the price if paying down
Harrison Barnes and T.J. Warren – higher priced options in play
Power Forward
Trevor Booker – starting at center tonight and priced very low
Kristaps Porzingas – Lou and I discussed his usage being off the charts
Blake Griffin – don't see Crowder being able to stop him
Taj Gibson – favorite value play
Paul Millsap – going against Anthony Davis doesn't worry me too much
Kyle Kuzma – like his upside in high scoring game
Greg Monroe – still very cheap on both sites. Could be trap though, he will be highly owned
Andre Drummond – favorite high-priced center
Karl-Anthony Towns – has picked up his play recently
Jonas Valanciunas – not bad if you want to pay down but not all the way to Monroe
Jusef Nurkic – Sacramento has the worst DVPs versus centers
DeAndre Jordan – should get all the rebounds versus Kevin Love


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The Importance of Friendship
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If you thought Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Lobster," was strange, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" is on a whole other level.
Colin Farrell plays a surgeon living an idyllic Midwestern life with his wife, played by Nicole Kidman, and their two children. But everything starts to take a very dark turn after a teenage boy named Martin infiltrates their world.
Martin is played by a talented young Irish actor named Barry Keoghan, who also had a role in Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" this year. He was raised by his grandmother in a working class neighborhood of Dublin. He more or less stumbled into acting after answering an ad. He's also an amateur boxer in his free time.
Like many of Lanthimos' works, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" has garnered strong reactions — as in The New York Times: "As in Mr. Lanthimos's other movies, no explanation is offered. No boundary is marked between the normal and the supernatural. The normal, in this filmmaker's world, is pretty weird to begin with. All the characters speak in the same droning, matter-of-fact tone until they are provoked to violent rage. They ask puzzling questions and produce overelaborate answers, not so much like machines but like people doing their best to fail a Turing test."
Keoghan attributes the reactions to Lanthimos' style of direction, which he says was a different kind of experience:
It's the Yorgos way. He has his own rhythms, his own language. It's just a different way of acting.
When Keoghan spoke with The Frame's John Horn, he talked about working with Lanthimos and the experience of being in "Killing of a Sacred Deer."
Did you know the film would get the kinds of reactions it has been getting?
I saw it in Cannes for the first time with an audience and I mean it was a big audience. That was an experience watching that. But the reaction it's getting ... I kind of knew that it'd get that reaction. You kind of know what kind of reaction a Yorgos Lanthimos movie is going to get. I don't think he wants to make movies where people walk out and [say], All right, that's that. I know what happened there. I think he wants to challenge people and ... I really do believe that he's a genius.
I remember talking with Colin Farrell and John C. Reilly around the release of "The Lobster" and I asked them about working with Yorgos and [what] he explains about their characters, their back stories. And they said he gives you nothing, that he doesn't want to talk about the character's history or how they got there. Is that how he worked on this film?
He works that way and it's refreshing. It's the Yorgos way. He has his own rhythms, his own language. It's just a different way of acting. He doesn't ask for that. He never once on set asked, Could you say it this way? Or, Deliver it this way? You go in knowing that's the way you should speak. I took that from watching Colin in "The Lobster" and how people spoke in that. So I auditioned that way. I read the script in that way. There's a lot going on in the head.
So even if Yorgos is not going explain what the movie is about when you're doing scenes with Collin or Nicole Kidman or other actors, are you guys having a cup of tea or coffee saying, What the hell is this movie about? Are you guys trying to piece it together yourselves?
Oh yeah, I had a hard time keeping a straight face on this movie. I just kept laughing. You know, some of the dialogue is just so funny. And when it's delivered in that way it's even funnier. It was funny to film. As much as of an intensive film it is, it wasn't like that on set. It was very relaxed and chill.
The one thing that I think is true about Yorgos' movie is, that even though his characters are caught in extraordinarily difficult and strange circumstances, they don't seem aware of it. They're not really outside of themselves looking in, which is kind of strange that they don't realize that the things that are happening are extraordinarily weird. They're just in it and they don't have perspective on it.
Yeah, definitely. When I looked at "The Lobster," it's like if they were put on the earth that day. That's how they talk. If we were all put on the earth, let's say today, that's how we'd talk because we're not influenced by social media or all sources of media. We all talk in certain ways and in different situations ... And so this is like you being just put on the earth and you don't get time to go, Oh, this is the way I should talk when I'm in this situation. You just kind of say what you're thinking. And that's what it feels like to me. That's how we'd speak — no rhythm.
I want to ask you a little bit more about getting into this movie and your audition for it. Did you send in a tape? Did your guys have you read something from the movie? What was your way in?
Yeah, this was a weird audition. Weird film, weird audition. He got us to do these exercises like throwing a tennis ball on the ground, or having a pen your hand and constantly throwing it up in the air. And I was like, Why is he doing that? And just say your lines. It's just all part of distracting us from attaching emotions or feelings to our words and ... basically getting us to just say it.
That was a weird audition process but it was great. I really enjoyed it. I walked outside and I was like, That was probably one of the best auditions I've ever done. I want to work with him.
There's a scene in "Killing of a Sacred Deer" where your character eats a bowl of spaghetti. Can you talk about shooting that scene and what Yorgos wanted to say? How much do you have a conversation about the scene? Or do you just go out and start eating spaghetti?
That was the second day of shooting. It's not often you get to sit in front of Nicole Kidman in your boxers with a big bowl of spaghetti. So I looked at her like, I'm going to throw this scene around and see what I can do with it. And Yorgos is a big fan of letting the actor see what he [can] do with it first.
So, yeah, I really wanted to stress the whole, I was upset when I found everyone eats spaghetti the same way — more than when my dad died. The less emotion you attach to these words, the more impact it has, I think. That was a fun scene to do. I mean, for the second day as well. It really got me more comfortable with everything.
So when you were growing up, are you going to the movies a lot? Are you watching TV? At what point are you figuring out that maybe the things that you're seeing up on screen are things that you want to do? And does that happen gradually, or one day you wake up and say, That looks fun?
I think there was a point where I was like, Okay, I can make a living out of this. I started getting interested in the craft and watching old movies and they're the ones that reach out to me the most — films like "Cool Hand Luke" and "On the Waterfront." So I start watching all of these and I was getting educated and I started being interested in this acting thing, if that's what they call it. But it's the craft and that's why I started getting interested.
As I started getting into the craft, Jim Sheridan and Kirsten Sherrod and Lance Daly and John Kearney, they all had this warehouse factory. And it was an actual factory where I went to a three-day workshop. There was 15 of us actors. We set up this kind of come in once a week and work with these directors and experiment on camera and look at human behaviors on documentaries. It wasn't an acting school. It was like literally a cold warehouse and we went there and that's where I kind of learned my craft, mostly.
And has it always been the case that you play younger than your real age? I suspect if you go to a pub and try to buy a pint they still card you?
Oh yeah, man. That's that's the worst.
Enjoy it as long as it lasts.
Yeah, exactly. Look, I can play younger. It's better to be playing younger because you've got that experience and it's hard to play older when you're younger. So, yeah, I want to now transition into playing my own age or a bit younger myself.
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Marlin SCARA arm
napalm1432 posted a topic in Cura + pluginsHello all, I'm currently building a SCARA Arm 3d printer and got some parts working. I'm using the Marlin firmware by qharley, edited byJCERNY to drive the arm. So far i got it to home to endstops and make it move. i'm having problems calibrating home positions though and i'm hoping you guys could help. It's a single Scara arm so it may be different than the usual morgan scara arm, and maybe that's what's giving me problems? the goal is a single arm, with a theta length of 162 mm, and the same for the psi length also 162 mm. I got the steps/revolution set right. Some other problems i'm having is that sometimes when i want the arm to move say 10mm, it just keeps rotating, this doesn't always happen though. My question here is can you guys help me get this to work since there's not alot of documentation about getting a scara arm to work with marlin. I made a github for this so if you can please commit changes. If anything is unclear or more information is neccesary please let me know. the github can be found here: https://github.com/Napalm1432/Marlin-for-Scara-arm/tree/master/Marlin-for-Scara-Arm-Development
Bad heating error
napalm1432 posted a topic in Ultimaker 3D printersHello, I have a problem with a bad heating error, no matter what i try to print it gives me this error, but when i use another sd card i don't get the error? anyone know what the issue might be here? Thanks in advance
As for the extrusion multiplier, i know it sounds weird to put it on 2, but i actually got good results, not just the first layers but the rest too
No it's set on a UMO but the settings apply to both, i tested these settings on both machines, only difference might be that it is actually set in UltiGcode and that you won't get a message of overriding system settings on the UM2
I already sent you this link personally, but here is it for anyone else having the same issues, i made some screenshots with the right settings for the UM2, it seems that some standard settings aren't right at all, filament diameter for example was set at 3mm instead 2.85 so the following screenshots should help: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ogt7h6gdqsprzt9/AABA58TG_oslHlTjqXijV0Oia?dl=0
Low temperature reading
napalm1432 posted a topic in Ultimaker 3D printersHello, I'm having an issue with my heated bed, none of the thermistor settings seem to work right, except for one, only the temperature reading is about 20C to low, is there a way to fix this? I can't find the specifications of my heated bed, but i measured the resistance and got about 100Ohms. Hope anyone can help with this. The only thing i do know of the heated bed is that it is a silicone rubber heated bed of 300x300mm 24V I just can't find the resistor value.. EDIT: Actually found a way around, changed some settings in thermistortables.h and now it's displaying the correct temperature
UM2 style homing
napalm1432 posted a topic in Cura + pluginsHello, I'm trying to build my own printer using a RAMbo board, everything works fine, but i want to do a ultimaker 2 style homing, meaning i want to use the lower endstop for the bed to home, and when the print starts letting the buildplate go up, i got the direction of the motor right, and it responds to the endstop on the bottom, but how do I get it to go up when the print starts? I hope anyone can help me with this. if there really is no other solution i'll have to put the endstop on the top (which i really don't want). Thanks in advance!
Printen kleinere details gaat fout
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Printen kleinere details gaat fout
napalm1432 posted a topic in NederlandsIk heb het volgende probleem bij mijn prints, maakt niet uit welk model ik gebruik, als voorbeeld heb ik de robot geprint, het probleem wat ik heb is dat details in het model niet goed meegeprint worden, maar de rest van het model komt er wel weer goed uit, ter voorbeeld, de strepen op de buik van de robot zijn normaal goed zichtbaar, in mijn print verdwijnen deze compleet. Ik heb alles op de printer al nagekeken, het enige wat ik nog niet geprobeert heb is de motors vervangen. Aan de gcode kan het niet liggen aangezien ik het autoprint bestand van de robot heb gebruikt die ik op meerdere printers heb gedraaid. Iemand enig idee waar dit aan kan liggen? Bijgevoegd een foto van de robot die ik heb geprint (let niet op de losse bovenkant, dit heb ik handmatig gedaan zonder goede reden)


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The Portal
I walked a secret beach as the light came up. My mind moved in concert with the ocean rolling in to my left.
In the distance, at the wrack line, I saw an enormous piece of driftwood positioned in such a way that all its branches shot straight up into the sky.
I adjusted my course to investigate and beheld a sixty-foot trunk of a willow. There were beaver marks its entire length. It was the single largest piece of beaverwood I'd ever encountered. It might be the biggest one on earth.
And it was still alive! Green buds were sprouting forth into tiny little branches. It might live for years. A high tide might lift into a nearby place where it could reroot.
I started gathering wood to build a fort within this titanic piece of beaverwood. I built. I interlocked. I hoisted. More wood. More building. More bending and weaving of the branches and spars.
I stepped back to apprise the fort.
It was no fort. I was building a portal of some kind, one with no front or rear entrance. Just an entrance, an opening to somewhere in the mind, the heart, to freedom, to bliss.
One simply had to walk through.
I realized I'd never built a portal before. It just came to me as I built with driftwood. I never build with any preconceived notion. I just let it flow. That is why I build on the beach and will continue to build forts or portals or thrones until I die
Just start building and see where it goes. Writing is sometimes like that for me, but making something out of driftwood is something entirely different in my creative mind. Body, too.
You sweat when you build. I don't sweat when I write. There's something right there.


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If you didn't think people who base decisions on facts are concerned about the future of this country, you might note the hefty rise in the value of gun maker stock today. If you listened to me you would have enjoyed the same paper profits my wife and I made by acting on my advice. I expect shares of gun makers will continue to go up along with your taxes.
Meanwhile, stock of most businesses, except those favored by Obama such as solar stocks and certain health associated stocks and "tort" corporations, will continue to struggle to grow their businesses.
In the meantime, I again advise, do not discard your weapons. Their will be a concerted effort by this administration to take weapons out the hands of those who use them only for their own defense, gun shows, shooting exhibits, game hunting and the fun of collecting.
Also, join me in supporting States Attorney Jerry Brady in his efforts to get guns out of the hands of those who wish to inflict death and destruction on themselves, mostly blacks, and innocent black and white people.


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26-28th June, 2012, TTO was able to make another beach trip to Vung Tau. This is something the orphans look forward to each year.
We stayed at the same hotel as last year, which is very close to the beach. This year, an Australian friend, Tim and Fiona who has been staying at TTO as a volunteer from England for a few weeks joined us and they made the trip very special with their loving, caring and friendly spirit. Thank you, Tim and Fiona. We hope you can join us again next year. Thank you, Miss Cu for organizing the trip and all the volunteers, for their love and care. Thanks to the sponsors of the trip which made this trip even more comfortable than last years. The photos below clearly show the orphan's happiness, excitement and fulfilled fellowship with others. Thank you all. A little bit of love goes a long way.
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A Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of the Market Garden, the Arnhem Operation, September 1944 by David Bennett
|A Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of the Market Garden, the Arnhem Operation, September 1944 by David Bennett
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|Summary: Bennett's reanalysis of Market Garden and rehabilitation of Major General Sosabowski is a boon for those with specialist interest in the subject. Immaculately researched but densely packed, it makes heavy weather for the general reader.
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|Date: May 2011
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Operation Market Garden, September 1944 is encapsulated for most people in the Hollywood movie "A Bridge Too Far" which, like most movies, gets some of it right and some of it wrong.
Such anyway is Bennett's assessment. So what is the true story of what one Major Norton called a magnificent disaster, perhaps consciously echoing that judgement on the charge of the Light Brigade in a far earlier conflict "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre"?
For those not acquainted with the history, the Operation was the largest airborne operation in the history of warfare. Its objective was to gain a bridgehead over the Rhine and so secure the advance on the German-held industrial base of the Ruhr valley. The British 1st Airborne division was to capture the Rhine bridge at Arnhem while the Americans (82nd and 101st Airborne) were to take the river and canal crossings around Eindhoven, the Waal crossing at Nijmegen and the Maas at Grave.
Given the complexity of the operation it is perhaps more astonishing that it was even tried, than that it failed. Yet it could actually have worked, despite the plan being pulled together in less than a week and the, shall we say, "forceful" personalities involved.
With the German army now in retreat the Allies somewhat unexpectedly found themselves faced with the tactical need for rapid pursuit, but were hindered by the logistics of supply from fully grasping the opportunity. The press at home is increasingly optimistic of a victory shortly at hand, Eisenhower still cautious in August is also getting caught up in the mood by September. Churchill remained ever skeptical, expressing the thought that the war was as likely to carry on into the new year as not.
Hitler, for his part, had no such doubts. He was in it to the end. And (like it or not so where his troops). Surrender was a heresy that would not be spoken of, except by those tired altogether of living.
One of the first mistakes of Market Garden was to assume that the Germans remaining in Holland by this stage were not going to make a real fight of it. They did.
The second error was in selecting the commanders. Montgomery and Brereton knew nothing of airborne operations and the third, Browning, though one of the pioneers was not truly battle hardened. Lower ranked officers, with the real experience, advised repeatedly against proposals and suggested more workable options. They were repeatedly ignored.
Worse, after the disaster had transpired, the British managed to pass the blame to the most able man in the field, the Polish commander, Major General Sosabowski. Bennett's re-assessment of events is dedicated to Sosabowksi as one (along with Leading Seaman Herbert Bennett and Berliner and human rights activist Willi Derkow) of "three good men" and "the bravest of them all".
In somewhat dense prose Bennett takes us through the details of the planning, the launches and landings, the battles, the endeavours to win crossings and gain a few hundred metres of headway. He follows the operation from conception to complete abandonment. Writing at this distance in time he clearly has greater access to official records than author Cornelius Ryan did (A Bridge Too Far) had decades earlier. He has clearly been assiduous in checking out both sides of the story.
This is to the benefit of historians and those with a specific interest in military strategy. The wealth of detail is exceptional. For the more general reader, however, it is the book's downfall. Without the appropriate mental capacity for handling military strategy and keeping the maps, cast of characters, the jargon and the latest developments in my head I simply kept losing the plot.
If ever a book clearly demonstrated why characters get conflated for the film versions this is it.
A typical passage reads As soon as Hackett landed in the second lift, Mackenzie told him that Hicks was now in command of the 11th Parachute Battalion which was to drive towards the bridge. Hackett was angry at both of these prescriptions and demanded that another battalion be transferred to the command of the Fourth Parachute Brigade. He later got control of the KOSB. Hackett was told to report to Hicks' HQ s soon as practicable. He spent the next few hours trying to extricate 10th Parachute Battalion form the northern reaches of DZ-Y a move 156th Battalion toward Arnhem. The 10th Battalion had virtually destroyed the SS Wach Battalion in the combat on the DZ and was replaced by the Sicherheit (Security) Regiment Knocke. The 156th began its move at 1700 hrs, the same time that Hicks was pulling back the Borderers, hard pressed in von Tettau's attack, east toward Arnhem and a more constricted perimeter. The far positions in Renkum had been lost.
Me too, to be honest.
Of course, the book isn't aimed at the general reader. It is intended to be a detailed account of a specific series of events and to exonerate those who have been unjustly vilified on a false accounting of their part in them. On those levels it undoubtedly succeeds. For those keeping up with events in general the tone is leavened by personal reminiscences from the troops involved, but it is the upon the decision-making that Bennett rightly places his focus, since it was the key failure of commanders to listen to intelligence and adjust their positions accordingly that ultimately determined the fate of Market Garden.
Further reading suggestion For more tales from the front line in World War 2 try Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg, 1943 by Keith Lowe or The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph 1942-45 by Frank McLynn
You can read more book reviews or buy A Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of the Market Garden, the Arnhem Operation, September 1944 by David Bennett at Amazon.co.uk
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The Present:
"Pure Piano, Pure Music" is the motto now for Gerald's present works. After his 2015 released solo piano album "Landscapes", and 2016 "Dreamscapes", followed now the third album in his "Scapes" series - "Waterscapes". The 10 solo piano pieces are again in a neo-classical / new age style, and cruise this time thematically around the element Water and it's inhabitants. The unique sound of the refurbished Euterpe piano at Gerald's home gives his pieces a distinctive character of intimacy and personality, so that in fact nothing else to add is needed - just a piano, just pure music!
The Past:
Gerald Krampl's musical career started in his early youth in the 60s, by being trained in classical piano and music theory. In the 70s and 80s he formed two prog-rock bands, Kyrie Eleison and Indigo, which gained a high reputation worldwide in the prog-rock community. Gerald played keyboards and wrote all songs, and several LPs, CDs and singles were successfully released. His own company IndigoMusic was founded in 1983, first mainly to market his own band works, but soon the rooster was expanded with various side projects ranging from disco to folk, which were produced in the also own studio for various major record companies.
After a break 1993 from the music business followed a new start in 1999 with his AGNUS DEI Project for Music & Poetry together with his wife and poet Hilde, settled in the New Age / Therapeutic Music genre. After her unexpected death in 2002, 4 regular albums, Lemuria (2002), Merlyn (2002), Angelos (2003) Gaia (2004) plus 2 Reiki Music compilations (2005) were partly posthumously released, on his therefore new Sandrose label. Successfully distributed by partners in EU, USA and CAN, they were highly acclaimed and also reached top positions in the US New Age Radio Charts.
Since 2006 Gerald works now as a solo artist in a Neo-Classical / Ambient Electronic style, writing and producing music for various projects. So f.e. the soundtrack music for films and web presentations (31Projects.at - a Web and TV Documentary about the Holocaust, 7Minuten.at), accompanying music for a German spoken fairy tales album - Es war einmal…(2008),branded give away CDs for companies, and of course also the music for his frequently released solo albums - 31Projects-The Music (expanded soundtrack, 2007), Timediver (2008), Innocent Wasteland (2009), Lighthouse (2010), and Wonder Way (2012), which was this time recorded in collaboration with reknown viola and violin player Peter Sagaischek, who now replaced the synthetic strings sounds with his acoustic instruments, adding a completely new dimension to the songs.
2013 then saw the birth of a first real solo piano album - "Solo Piano Collectibles", which contains revisited songs from his last three releases plus three new tracks, all played on his vintage Euterpe piano at home on which most of the songs in Geralds musical career were composed.
In 2014 Gerald's next solo piano album "...until at last, night closes in" was released. This time the completely new composed material, 14 songs in a melodious neo-classical or new age style, was mobile recorded on a beautiful Boesendorfer Grand in the "Theater Kurpark Oberlaa" in Vienna, on just one single day in May.
You can find Gerald's complete range of music at Bandcamp - http://indigomusic.bandcamp.com
For reviews or broadcast purposes please request a free download access to get the music in lossless FLAC format + digital booklet!
For further information visit: "geraldkrampl.com" or the label site "indigomusic.at"
Discography (Solo Works):
Dreamscapes (Solo Piano) (2016)
Landscapes (Solo Piano) (2015)
...Until At Last, Night Closes In (Solo Piano) (2014)
Solo Piano Collectibles (2013)
Wonder Way (2012)
Lighthouse (2010)
Innocent Wasteland (2009)
Timediver (2008)
31Projects - Soundtrack (2006)
+ 7 albums with Agnus Dei Project, 6 albums with Indigo, 2 albums with Kyrie Eleison, 1 album with popular Fairy Tales accompanied by music.
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Concerns I Have With The Pirates
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By: Noah Wright
The Pirates are only 2 game out of the NL Central division, but there have been 2 things that have really been noticeably bad to start off the season. That's the team's clutch hitting, and the bullpen. Both of which have struggled so far to start the season, and have led to many disappointing losses. Especially with how good the rotation has been. I mean, the starting 5 have all looked like aces through their first few starts of the year.
The clutch hitting is the first thing that needs to be improved. They have left roughly 7 men on base per game. That's 19th in the MLB right now. While I don't expect them to score every man they put on base, they need to cut it down. Right now, they're pretty good with men in RISP, having left about 3.29 runners in scoring position this year per game so far. That's about 10th in the MLB. However in general, they're leaving too many men on base. A lot of the Pirates games, they have won, or lost by just a few runs. It would not only help the pitchers if they were given a large lead, but it would also help the bullpen. The first way they can fix this is rearranging the line-up. Josh Bell so far has been one of the best run producers in the line-up. He needs to stay batting either 3rd or 4th. Whenever Corey Dickerson comes back, he should be inserted right into the middle of the order as well. Their clutchest hitter has been Colin Moran, but the corner infielder seems to do much better in clutch situations when he comes off the bench. Regardless, Moran should stay on the bench since he performs better as a substitute than starter. They could also go out and get a bat to help improve the line-up. A few of my suggestions include utility man Howie Kendrick from the Nationals, or veteran corner outfielder Hunter Pence as a rental from the Rangers. Both would add a decent clutch bat to the bench, and more outfield depth.
The pen is the biggest struggle so far this year. Keone Kela and Richard Rodriguez, 2 relief pitchers who were greatly relied upon by the Pirates last season, have gotten off to bumpy starts. Rodriguez, who has done better recently, has given up 4 home runs in only 11 innings. Last year, he gave up 5 in 69 and a third innings. Keone Kela has been prone to the long ball as well, giving up 3 in 8 and two thirds innings, but gave up 5 in 52 innings all of '18. Kyle Crick has been solid outside of one appearance where he gave up a handful of weakly hit balls that turned into hits, before giving up a 3 run triple to David Peralta on Monday. Though he has not walked a single person yet. While this trio of relief pitchers are all still fairly young, and will probably bounce back, the same can't be said for Nick Burdi. Burdi went down with a biceps injury on Monday's game. While it initially looked really bad when it happened, it turned out that he didn't tear any muscles completely. Regardless, he will still be out for a fair amount of time. Plus outside of left handed, shutdown closer Felipe Vasquez, the team doesn't have a great option for a left handed relief pitcher. Sure Francisco Liriano has done fairly well, but I don't trust him in a close game, set up situation just yet. There are plenty of LHP relief options available on the market though. One former Pirate that comes to mind is Tony Watson. The now-Giant has done well over on the West Coast for SF, and could be up for trade. The same can be said about Giants' closer Will Smith, except he's never been a Pirate. Smith is a rental though, while Watson does have a cheap player option for 2020.
The Bucs don't need a fix immediately. They're solid enough now that they could stay in the playoff hunt for a few more months. However, they could really improve their chances by adding a few pieces here and there. I'm not saying they should go out and acquire the biggest name on the free agent market, but adding a Tony Watson and a Howie Kendrick is doable. Both don't add very much to the payroll, and both wouldn't cost more than a mid level prospect or two.


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Gathering 4 Gardner Biennial Conference
The Gathering, also referred to as G4Gn ("n" denoting the number in the series), is an invitation-only biennial conference that started with G4G1 in 1993. Since the second conference in 1996 the meetings have been held every two years, the most recent being G4G13 in the spring of 2018. To date, all G4Gn conferences have been held in Atlanta, Georgia.
At each Gathering, there are typically lectures, performance art, puzzle and book displays, close-up and stage magic acts, and guided sculpture building. Traditionally, each conference has a Gift Exchange in which attendees swap puzzles, magic tricks, artwork, mathematical papers, novelty items, books and CDs/DVDs.
Typically there are 250-350 attendees between the ages of 8 and 102 from all over the world.
G4G Photos
These are a few presentation highlights from G4G11 and the sculpture building events at G4G8 through G4G12.
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The philosophy behind the "deb" business coaching process is to give you the tools for you to grow your business and empower you and your staff to drive your business to the next level and keep it there. This is achieved by setting sustainable business strategies, workplace reviews, and developing the appropriate tools to monitor and analyse your business. Put simply we work with you extensively to ascertain what you want. What are your short term and long term goals? We work with you to
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Our Business Coaching Process is Straightforward
We approach our business coaching sessions in a clear and focused manner.
80% of small businesses fail in the first three years. This is often as a result of one of two key concerns.
One: Poor business planning in the first instance.
Two: Loss of focus as we get caught in the day-to-day business rather than analysing what we are achieving and capitalising on that.
No matter what your business is, the principles are the same. There are many factors that can affect the outcome and these will vary based on the business and the individuals talents.
Our Business Coaching Process Starts at the Foundation of Your Business
To ensure we have a solid base to work from, we need to identify all the factors that affect your business. Examining this in three ways will set a solid foundation to build on. This applies both to planning a new business or developing and building on an existing business to take it to the next level.
This is achieved by Identifying – Planning – Monitoring your business.
Strategic planning is the key to success. We listen to what you want right now and where you want to be in the future. How have you achieved what you have to date? What are your successes? How can we capitalise on these and minimise future risks?
The strategies we devise must be realistically planned and stay on track like all good TRAMS with set stations along the way.
Timely: Work to an agreed time frame
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Part of the identification process will highlight the tools required specific to your business.
Your Strategic management plan is set to enable you to take a well-earned break. You will have a well-oiled machine working with you, to one common goal. The tools we identify will help you to make the right decisions going forward and allow the business to run smoothly in your absence with contingency plans in place.
The ultimate goal of our business coaching sessions is to increase your sales, your profits, and your share of the market.
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From St. Johns Town Center, look to the southeast across Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295.
That's where the Skinner family intends to sell another 1,000 acres of timberland for development for shopping, working and living, according to our Daily Record news partner.
The Skinner family also sold the land that became the St. Johns Town Center regional shopping destination.
"We are optimistic that a plan like this will create something in Jacksonville that it hasn't really experienced yet, something that is little more urban in a suburban area," said A. Chester "Chip" Skinner III, who represents the family members who own the property.
It's also the last large undeveloped Duval County property site that remains of the Skinner family's original 50,000 acres from the early 1900s. The rest has been sold and developed.
"This is our last large holding in the area. We are trying to cast a vision and hopefully get some parties that buy into that vision that we can bring into the property to develop it," Skinner said.
They envision mixed-use retail, office and multifamily.
A conceptual site plan by the England-Thims & Miller civil engineering firm shows an employment center, retail and mixed-use, a mixed-use village and residential.
It also shows a central "Skinner Park."
Through Sawmill Timber LLC, the Skinners submitted the "Southeast Quadrant Mass Grading Plan" to the St. Johns River Water Management District on Tuesday for 1,065.3 acres at southeast Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295.
The address is 5101 Kernan Blvd.
A phasing plan filed with that application shows:
• A 245-acre Town Center Planning Area at the north central part of the site. That will include office space.
• A 128-acre North Merchant Planning Area. Drawings show three potential major anchors and other retail buildings.
• A 60-acre South Merchant Planning Area.
• A 276-acre Single Family North property.
• A 133-acre Single Family South property.
• A 25-acre Ryals Village at the northeast corner of the site.
• An almost 141-acre conservation easement with Gum Swamp, along with a 33-acre compensatory flood storage area and other stormwater facilities, buffer and mitigation facilities.
• An 11-acre south access.
Plan extends Kernan
Plans show that Kernan Boulevard, which dead-ends at the property, will be extended to connect to Gate Parkway to the south.
That's actually the impetus for the development.
Skinner said the family's Transportation Management Area agreement with the city requires it to connect Kernan Boulevard and Gate Parkway by 2023, which is in five years.
"We felt like it was appropriate to start working on the permits because it is a lengthy process," Skinner said. Applications to the Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers require a site plan.
The road system opens the property for development.
"We created what we think may be a potential site plan for the property," Skinner said, but emphasized that the family has no development partners or schedules.
"We are really just in the permitting process," he said.
You can read a longer version of this story on the Daily Record's website that a satellite image of the property area along with a look at the plans filed 13 years ago and progress on the road construction piece of the plan.


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[W]hat the courts have been doing . . . constitutes a life-threatening problem for people with disabilities .
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) July 26, 2013
The National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA), led by fourteen national disability organizations run by people with disabilities, including Not Dead Yet, is celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by issuing a new "Call to Action" to address continuing forms of discrimination against people with disabilities.
Signed into law by President George Bush senior on July 26, 1990, the ADA was, according to NDLA's Statement, "the first comprehensive federal civil rights statute protecting the rights of people with disabilities."
Nevertheless, despite the ADA, the Statement says, "far too many people with disabilities are forced to live in institutions, forced to receive unwanted treatment, denied programs and services, or to be paid less than minimum wage. On a regular basis, our civil, constitutional, and parental rights are disregarded or stripped away. Our lives and expertise are not valued equally – with dire consequences. Healthcare professionals refuse to communicate with us, overrule the decisions we make or those made by our authorized surrogates; law enforcement and the courts too often fail to treat those who kill people with disabilities the same as those who kill nondisabled people, particularly when an individual has been killed by a family member."
The NDLA Statement includes a comprehensive "Call to Action" addressing a wide range of issues, including concerns about health care discrimination based on disability that are central to the grassroots efforts led by Not Dead Yet:
"We must assure that the lives of people with disabilities of all ages are equally valued, protected, cared for and preserved as the lives of nondisabled people... Healthcare providers must never use perceived quality of life judgments, the cost of care, or other factors to overrule the decision to receive life-sustaining healthcare made by a person with a disability or their authorized surrogate."
Among the disability community activities taking place this week Washington, D.C., the National Council on Disability, and independent federally appointed body that advises the President, Congress and federal agencies on disability policies, held its quarterly meeting. During the meeting, Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet's President and CEO, provided both spoken and written public comments urging the Council to address the problem of negative quality-of-life judgments made by physicians to justify denial of life-sustaining care to some individuals who both require it and want it.
Coleman focused on a legislative remedy that developed in Oklahoma to prohibit such quality of life judgments, the Nondiscrimination in Treatment Act passed in May of this year, which states: "A health care provider shall not deny to a patient a life-preserving health care service the provider provides to other patients, and the provision of which is directed by the patient or [surrogate] . . . on the basis of a view that treats extending the life of an elderly, disabled, or terminally ill individual as of lower value than extending the life of an individual who is younger, nondisabled, or not terminally ill."
Coleman told the Council, "I like the sound of that," but noted that the provision has already received "some pretty intense criticism."
One critic is Professor Thaddeus Pope, who wrote about the Oklahoma law in a piece entitled "Defending Disability Discrimination." Pope gave an example of an institutionalized person with mental illness who allegedly would not be able to handle his medications and other transplant care requirements to be eligible for a transplant. Coleman and other disability advocates challenge these sorts of claims, which assume that the necessary support services do not exist. Pope argued that the courts have a long history of permitting disability discrimination regarding life-sustaining treatment.
"I suspect that Pope is right about what the courts have been doing, and it constitutes a life-threatening problem for people with disabilities," Coleman told the Council, urging them to take a leadership role in addressing this concern.


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Image via WikipediaI picked up a copy of Uncharted 2 at lunch today. To my surprise the game was cheaper than I could find on Amazon, and even cheaper than the price sticker had indicated. The game was marked at $39.99 and rang up at $34.91! Even with tax (8.517% in OK) it was much cheaper than Amazon, which has the game listed for $54.99.
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I designed this hand-lettered cut file with our guest room in mind. I think it's such a simple but cute way to make guests feel welcome! In addition to the cut files, I'm also sharing an 8×10 printable for my non-Silhouette using friends.
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Thursday 5 December 2019
The State of the Arab State
The Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS) is delighted to be hosting a research workshop on the theme of The State of the Arab State, funded by the AHRC and co-hosted by Professor Oliver Schlumberger (Tübingen University) on the occasion of his Matariki Network-funded visit to Durham University. The workshop is one in an international series of events directed by Professor Schlumberger and aiming to stimulate broader reflection on democracy and authoritarian resilience in the region, as well as the significance and impact of the Arab Spring on political institutions
9.30am - 4.30pm, Hatfield College Dining Room, Durham University.
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