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Yesterday was great. I love the diversity of my days now. Quite different from sitting at a desk all day long. Some quick hits:
* Extended staff meeting. Very energizing. Talking about reaching people is downright fun.
* Talked to a great friend about ministering to college students.
* Saw the movie Iron Man.
* Sat through a 30 minute presentation about youth & sports…had to do it so my kids could play t-ball. I expected it to be a complete bore, but it wasn't too bad. Did you know that 25 million kids participate in sports…but by the time they reach 13, there is a 70% drop out rate?
* And one of the best parts of the day: I got a call from one of our 5th grade students and her mom – wondering if she could go to the youth deal on Sunday morning since she was going to be bringing her friend who is in the 8th grade. Hmmm…let's see…should I have been a stickler and said, "No! Promotion Sunday is not for another 2 weeks! You must stay in your area!"? Uh, no. I said, "Absolutely! If you are bringing a friend to church for the first time, you can ABSOLUTELY go with her to her specific area! And by the way, GREAT JOB on inviting your friend to church with you! Keep it up! See you on Sunday!"
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For my review of the Mexican original, click the following link: MISS BALA (2011)
No real segue. Saw the trailer, saw the original film, I know a little bit about the real event these movies are based on, and now here we are.
The story looks like it's about a woman who visits her friend, and gets caught up in a criminal organization, working with the police, all while trying to save her friend.
Here's the cast. Starring, we have Gina Rodriguez (SMALLFOOT [2018], FERDINAND [2017], DEEPWATER [2016], and the upcoming SOMEONE SPECIAL [2019]), Anthony Mackie (THE HATE U GIVE [2018], DETROIT [2017], Captain America CIVIL WAR [2016] and WINTER SOLDIER [2014], AVENGERS: ULTRON [2015], and upcoming films THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW [2019] and AGAINST ALL ENEMIES [2019]), Ismael Cruz Cordova (MARY QUEEN [2018] and BILLY LYNN [2016]), Thomas Dekker (TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES [2008 – 2009], HEROES [2006 – 2010], and the upcoming BLUE CALL [2019]), and Aislinn Derbez (HAZLO COMO HOMBRE [2017]).
Now for the crew. Directing, we have Catherine Hardwicke, known for TWILIGHT (2008) and LORDS OF DOGTOWN (2005). Penning the screenplay is Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, known for stuff I've either never seen or heard of. Composing the score is Alex Heffes, known for QUEEN OF KATWE (2016). The cinematographer is Patrick Murguia, known for stuff I've either never seen or heard of. Finally, the editor is Terilyn A. Shropshire, known for stuff I've either never seen or heard of.
So… yeah, I wasn't a big fan of the original. I thought it was way too confusing and nothing was explained. I know that was the point, but the movie comes across as just messy and making shit up as it went along. I see this movie and I have to say that I am a bit more excited. It looks like it'll have a lot more action, more sensible characters to get invested in, and just a whole lot better. Personally, I'm pretty stoked.
This is my honest opinion of: MISS BALA
Gloria Fuentes (Gina Rodriguez) is a Hollywood make-up artist and is going to visit her friend, Suzu Ramós (Cristina Rodlo), in Mexico, who wants to enter the Miss Baja California beauty pageant. One night going out on the town, Gloria and Suzu go to the Millennium Club to have a good time. However, the club is raided by a cartel group called Los Estrellas, led by Lino Esparza (Ismael Cruz Cordova). Gloria and Suzu are separated, and despite Gloria's intentions to look for her, she eventually finds herself entangled in a conflict between Los Estrellas and the DEA, and all she wants is to find her friend.
Holy shit… IMDb has it as a 4.1/10 and RottenTomatoes has it at a 32%, both as of 2/1/2019. Well… I guess I'm the odd man out. I actually like this movie. In fact, I'm going a step further. I think this is a superior film to the original. Yeah, I said it, and I ain't taking it back. With that said… yeah, I can understand why this movie is getting a negative reception.
Let's start with the natural comparing and contrasting. For starters, Gina Rodriguez is a far superior lead than Stephanie Sigman was. I don't know if I want to blame the woman exclusively. Perhaps it was the director's choice to have her completely emotionless as her life is constantly "threatened" by the most non-intimidating drug gang south of the border (actually, now that I'm joking about it, maybe it was more intentional than I thought), but one would think that a beauty queen wouldn't be so nonchalant about being wrapped up in the business of a cartel. Gloria gives a shit. She's freaking out, she's wide-eyed, breathing heavily, confused as to why they make her do random things, like be part of the pageant, which she legitimately didn't want to do. She never looks like she's enjoying herself and she does, at least most of the time, continuously ask about Suzu. The original film almost forgets about her completely until the end.
Also, Lino in this movie is far more intimidating than the original. How so? HE THREATENS HER!!! Look, on a personal level, I'd have sooner decked the guy than ever take off his boots like some servant, but that's because I don't take assholes seriously who think that a gun is a sign of how in control they are. But I'm not Gloria, and Gloria is an every-woman who probably doesn't constantly imagine herself in life-threatening situations. Lino exploits that and in a far smarter way than Lino from the original. Consider, Lino never flashed a gun, and never even had a cohort watch over her. Lino did everything right in this one. He has a dude drive behind her to make sure she stays with their little mini caravan, he has someone watch over her when they're on foot, he just feels like a much smarter character here.
More than anything, I like Gloria's arc far better than Laura's. In that… she actually has an arc. She evolves from this scared nobody, to a machinegun toting, red dress clad, bad-ass. The story is a more straight-forward "woman saving worman" kind of flick, and quite frankly, I find that refreshing. Women heroes may not be new, but I find that it's more often than not, a woman saving a man kind of thing. Very "feminist role reversal" type shit going on. Not that those movies don't do it well, it's just not always subtle. Here, at least the feminism isn't crammed down your throat and you can just appreciate a resourceful woman for being a resourceful woman.
But, I gotta be honest with myself here, this movie isn't exactly "good". There are more than a few dumb moments. And before the defenders come up and start spitting venom my way, I'm not referring to <<<SPOILERS – highlight to reveal>>> [ the moment when Gloria decides to save Lino's life, as you can easily explain that away as he was her only source in knowing how to find Suzu, and it's been made clear that she can't trust the DEA. ] <<<END SPOILERS>>>
I am referring to such scenes as Lino teaching Gloria how to use a rifle. It's around here where his stupidity starts seeping in. I know it's meant to serve as a means of thinking that he thinks he and Gloria have some kind of romantic connection. Please, bitch, it's been less than half a week. Knowledge is power, and distribution of power is a dangerous gamble. I doubt Isabel (Aislinn Derbez) was given that kind of training from a man who regularly got laid by her (albeit, likely by force) for probably a lot longer than Gloria has been here. That's a level of arrogance that I don't think works for a character like Lino. I mean, I get why she doesn't pull the trigger because she'd have a legion of blood-thirsty dick-munches that would hunt her down until they were all growing grey hair in awkward areas, but the idea that she wouldn't utilize this dollar-tree worth of training at some point is pretty dumb.
There's also that bit where she's told to take a bunch of drugs to their partners in San Diego, led by Jimmy (Anthony Mackie). This is the only time when Gloria doesn't have a dude following her and is left completely with her own devices. Why she doesn't turn a corner and go to a police station, or pull in to a gas station and tell an employee to call the police on her, is a little beyond me. There were ways out of this and they weren't explored.
Why did we dedicate a scene of showing Lino as a family man? What the hell was the point of this? To try and humanize him? Um… excuse you, movie, but you acknowledge that Lino has been threatening Gloria to take off his boots and to strip down to underwear? By doing that, you made him irredeemable. He doesn't deserve to be humanized. He needs to be seen as the scummy monster that he is. Pretty tasteless moment.
And I have to ask why this movie is sequel baiting. I mean, this isn't simply based on a Mexican movie, it's based on true events. I mean, okay, even that movie took its liberties, but it was intended to tell the story of Laura Zuñiga, and that was it. If any sequel were to come of it, it would be the possible scrutiny of being labeled as a member of the cartel and rough road it took to get her eventual comeback as a model. Not build a make-believe franchise where she becomes a CIA operative. Not that I'll complain if it happens, but… doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I suppose I won't count this as a negative or anything, as anyone can argue that this movie isn't "technically" about Laura Zuñiga, but it does feel like a cynical and desperate reach for a franchise for a movie that doesn't quite deserve it. I buy that Rodriguez can be an action star, but… not this story.
Overall, I think this movie isn't great. It's got more than its fair share of recycled plot-holes that the original film suffered from and some pretty awful writing in terms of how certain characters are portrayed, which does cripple the movie. With that said, Rodriguez can certainly carry the film, and for all its faults, it's still easier to watch than the original. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but it's true. As a recommendation, however, I might say this is a skip. Rental at best, but definitely not worth seeing in theaters.
My honest rating for MISS BALA: 3/5
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Not found in the search: somebody tried tincture of wax moth larvae? It is believed that well helps with pulmonary diseases.
Not found in the search: somebody tried tincture of wax moth larvae? It is believed that well helps with pulmonary diseases.
I have never tried it for anything. They smell disgusting...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
To say frankly I never used it too but after reading Russian beekeepers forum (http://www.pchelovod.info/index.php?showforum=86 ) I decided to ask here. Majority of Russian beekeepers think its a new panacea: it cures almost everything, especially lung, heart deceases and increases immunity. Very simple to produce: take 20 g of young moth larvae for 100 ml of 70° alcohol and keep for 10 days. In tincture it doesn't smell bad, some say like cognac.
Maybe they don't taste that bad. The fish seem to think wax moths taste good... I've eaten similar things I guess... all in all, I'd rather get stung... it seems to have some of those same effects...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
Hum...interesting. I'd rather get stung too, but not my mom. Might make up some of this and try it, if I can find enough worms. My bee are robust and wax moths are not a problem. Guess I could set up an empty nuc with comb and breed a few. Never thought I would have ever said that!
South Florida, 9 hives, TF, foundation free, slatted racks, bottom entrances, zone 10b
Well ... I see people here is far behind the wide tread of world civilization. What do you say if there is one thing that is said to have 10 times more potent than the of wax moth larvae?
Here is a google translation of one researcher, which unveils new superdrug: excrements of moth larvae.
Dark bee cells contain such waste products of the bees, as the remnants of royal jelly, larval shell and feces, carbohydrates, peptides, nitrogenous base serotoninopodobnye compound, as well as flavonoids and aromatic acids of vegetable origin. The presence of these dark cell components makes complete food for the larvae of wax moth. An alcoholic extract larvae of wax moth, grown on artificial feed from vytopok, wheat and corn flour, yeast, milk powder, glycerin, honey, wax does not exhibit biological activity. Nor different biological activity alcohol infusion of dark combs. Do not have a biological activity, and the extract of wax moth larvae grown on a dark cell before pupation.
Thus, an alcoholic extract of wax moth larvae (20 g for 100 ml of 70° alcohol) reared on artificial diet, as well as before pupation, does not possess biological activity. The larvae of wax moth "activate" dark cell during their assimilation. Before pupation the larva finishes the accumulation nutrients and stops the feed intake. The biological activity of the larvae of wax moths before pupation of the larva changes from a product in its activity - excrement, which tincture (50-80 g for 1 litre of 45% alcohol) is 10 times more efficient than the similar from wax moth larvae.
Yeap, and they have referred to "excrement of rabbit" as smart pills. Can we find a volunteer?!
thanks for that info sesk we are in an intricate web of life and we are only dimly aware of this fact and often not at all, even though our survival as a species depends on it .Using live natural substances to strengthen and reconnect ourselves is fascinating to me. uli
It is the first I have heard of it and it is very interesting. I hope you can find someone with some experience with it.
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
There are plenty of reviews at the site http://ognewka.ru/gb/ where they sell this tincture.
Here I reproduce 3 typical of them. You can yourself, using translate.google.com read what people say about this moth larvae tincture. Also, you can find reviews at the beekeeper forum, where ordinary beekeeprs discuss this item from 2005 to 2015. (http://www.pchelovod.info/index.php?showtopic=1587 40 pages to read)
301. Natalia (05.06.2015 10:40)
Good afternoon, Nina Dmitrievna. I order you tincture 3rd time. Now and for the parents. Definitely better to live with her. But for me a recovery drink probably need a few more courses. I have so undermined by antibiotics the stomach and intestines that all is not restored quickly. The main thing is there is a positive result and this gives hope.Spasibo. Health to you and your family.
300. Alexander (5/15/2015 5:52)
Hello, Nina Dmitrievna. I congratulate you all with coming feast. I wish you and your team every success in work, good humor, good health and good luck in everything.
About the use of moth: I have already spoken about the stunning, miraculous effect of the extract (my previous review in the guest book at p. 2 № 276. Alexander).
I myself still hard to believe that I was completely healthy. A year ago, I was on the verge of life and death. It's like some kind of nightmare. Diagnosis: TB, HIV, paraproctitis first convulsions, then absolutely refused the leg.
I accept the moth from June 2014. The result is obvious. X-rays: October-scarring cavities December- practically healthy. Ie no coking but fully overgrown cavities. My phthisiatrician very pleased with the results of my treatment, she canceled part of the drugs, transferred me to the stage of follow-up care. I think in June I will be removed the second group of disability. And it's about six months of treatment. You can not imagine how happy I am to have found this information on the Internet about the moth. And you sent it to me. People are doubting, I just advise to try. And you will feel the effect of the extract.
P.S. And I really liked your bonus for repeat order. Thank you very much to you.
299. Natalia (03.05.2015 18:57)
Nina D., hello .. !!!! I hasten to inform you about our happiness ... !!!! Today, my husband was examined for tuberculosis ... and he is doing well !!!! With a disability is removed !!!! And translates into a healthy group !!!! And it's all thanks to the wax moth !!!!!!! Thanks for the help!!! From all our family thank you !!!!!!
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Generally it's $2.50 for 50 wax worms at a bait shop.
Internet credibility is an oxymoron
Larvae must be young: between 1 and 1,5 sm, not before pupation, otherwise it looses healing effect.
Yesterday I bought example of tincture. Cost nearly 4$ for 70 ml (57$ for 1 litre).
I know I'm coming in late on this thread but willing to take one for the team. I live in Ukraine and the folks here swear by this stuff. I'm going to try it and see if it cures anything. Not sure if pickled wax moth larvae can fix my aches and pains.


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Much effing needed. And thankfully, it's here!
I am going to the farm of my Roomie's parents for the next three days. This is the closest to a vaca I've had in over a year! It's not just sitting around because I have to. It's hanging out with 982408329820 dogs, people I enjoy, hopefully some wine and/or Bailey's, and playing Apples to Apples and eating cheese.
I'll be mostly offline. The cabin has no internet, and neither does it have cell reception, but I can get online from the main house. I further internet break wouldn't be horrible...My fish. Oh, my fish. I am starting to think that my mental cycle right now is hormone-based, so off to the doctor after the holidays. Clinical depression isn't something I've ever been diagnosed with, nor do I think I've ever had. Everyone gets depressed, but that doesn't mean that being depressed means you have depression. I am not confident that that's not the case for me right now. But because it comes and goes, I don't really know how to describe it. I will keep a feelings journal, maybe, to be able to describe it to the doctor?
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Some of it might be that I've been overwhelmed. Between whatever is going on between me and PollyDude (GUISE, IT'S REALLY HARD), being homesick, and now coming down with bronchitis...I think it's just too much. It might not be as bad as it seems? Ugh, I don't know.


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William Henry "Bill" Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 12, 1937. Cosby dropped out of high school to become a medic in the Navy, obtaining his diploma while in the service. Upon becoming a civilian, he entered Temple University, where he played football and worked evenings as a bartender.
While working as a bartender, Cosby began to entertain the customers with his comedy routines and, encouraged by his success, left Temple in 1962 to pursue a career in show business. He began by playing small clubs around Philadelphia and in New York's Greenwich Village. Within two years he was playing the top nightclubs around the country and making television appearances with Johnny Carson (also acting as guest host), Jack Paar, and Andy Williams. Cosby became the first black to star in a prime-time television series. I Spy ran from 1965 to 1968 and won Cosby three Emmy Awards.
In the 1970s Cosby appeared regularly in nightclubs in Las Vegas, Tahoe, and Reno, and did commercials for such sponsors as Jell-O, Del Monte, and Ford Motor Company. From 1969 until 1972 he had his own television series, The Bill Cosby Show. During the early 1970s he developed and contributed vocals to the Saturday morning children's show Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. He appeared in such films as Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Let's Do It Again (1975), A Piece of the Action (1977), and the award-winning television movie To All My Friends on Shore. During this time he also earned a master's degree and a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts.
Cosby was star and creator of the consistently top-rated The Cosby Show from 1985 to 1992, author of two best-selling books, Fatherhood (1986) and Time Flies (1987), and a performer at the top venues in Las Vegas, where he earned $500,000 a week. He also won top fees as a commercial spokesperson for Jell-O, Kodak, and Coca-Cola. He returned to television in 1996 in the series The Cosby Mysteries and he joined again with Phyli-cia Rashad in the comedy sitcom Cosby.
While contending with personal issues such as the loss of his son in 1997 and a false paternity suit, Cosby has continued to be active in social and political issues regarding the African American community. The Cosby family made headlines when they donated $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta. In 2000 Cosby addressed the education system with the book American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge. Cosby has received numerous awards for his contributions, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2009.
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I am sorry in the delay in updating this. I have had problems logging in with my laptop and it doesn't seem to upload any pictures of new art. Also life has been so crazy busy I haven't had much free time recently. I am hoping things may start to quieten down and a can enjoy creating new art and being inspired again.
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I was in rural Wiltshire enjoying the rural life….
However I had always wanted to travel it was a dream and an ambition of mine that felt to a degree unfilled. I was aware of impending milestones and how you should never have unfulfilled dreams. I have always had itchy feet and wonderlust. So I accepted a oppertunaty to live and work in Hong Kong.
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My living situation at first was very tiny. I expected yes its Hong Kong etc to be living somewhere small but I came here to live in what could be generously described as a cupboard. where the floor space was less than a square metre, a kettle/kitchen inside my wardrobe and having to jump onto my bed to close my door.
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I Hong Kong doesn't seem to be that big on the arts scene there are galleries and exhibitions and event events going on, but you do have to source them out. Also the main art museum I was so excited to go to has been closed for a three-year period of renovation.
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Animal behavior emerges from the dynamics of brain activity. Without a method to simultaneously measure both neural responses and behavior, inferences about the relationship between the two must necessarily remain indirect. Here Nguyen et al. (1) and Venkatachalam et al. (2) close this fundamental gap by developing techniques for monitoring neural activity with cellular resolution in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes.
These and other recent studies (3⇓–5) exploit the recent development of sensitive, bright genetically encoded calcium indicators (6), a rapid imaging modality that affords high-resolution optical sectioning, and the worm's transparent, compact body and nervous system (7). In this context, the term "compact" refers not only to the small number of neurons, namely 302, but also to their physical association: ∼60% of neuronal cell bodies are contained within neuronal ganglia encompassing a cylinder that is ∼40 µm in diameter and ∼120 µm in length, estimated from the number of neuronal cell bodies between the nose and the anterior border of the retrovesicular ganglion (8,*) and the dimensions of a young adult animal. To image this single field of view at high speed, these groups, as well as a previous study (3), customized spinning disk confocal microscopy systems to allow high-resolution volumetric imaging at 6–10 Hz. To cope with moving animals, the current studies used closed loop feedback between worm movement and a motorized stage to keep the animal's head in the field of view.
In technical tours-de-force, Nguyen et al. (1) and Venkatachalam et al. (2) achieved parallel imaging of as many as 80 single neuronal cell bodies with behavioral tracking. Both studies express the genetically encoded calcium sensor, GCaMP6s, and a calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein, TagRFP, under the control of pan-neuronal promoters and report ratiometric changes in fluorescence. This ratiometric strategy reduces motion-induced noise, as demonstrated analytically (1). Whereas Nguyen et al. engineered animals to express both the calcium sensor and the anatomical tagRFP marker only in nuclei, Venkatachalam et al. targeted only the tagRFP marker to nuclei, while monitoring calcium signals in the cytosol (Fig. 1). The two strategies impose different technical challenges. In the latter situation, the green calcium-dependent fluorescent signal overlaps with the red, calcium-independent signal, and the activity-related signals are from the cytoplasm, but the boundaries between cell bodies are indistinct, making segmentation harder. In the former situation, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the green, calcium-dependent signal and the red, calcium-independent signal, and separate nuclei belonging to distinct neurons are easily distinguished, but calcium-dependent signals are derived from the nucleus. Fortunately, nuclear and cytoplasmic calcium signals in C. elegans neurons appear to differ primarily in their kinetics (3). Additionally, studies in mammalian neurons show that nuclear calcium signals follow action potentials (9). Together, these findings lessen concern regarding the use of nuclear calcium signals as a proxy for neuronal activity.
Nguyen et al. (1) and Venkatachalam et al. (2) report divergent approaches to tracking worm movement during imaging. In the latter case (2), the worm's head was kept within the imaging volume by a feedback-controlled, motorized stage, and the worm's motion was inferred from the orientation of the head. In principle, the accuracy of this inferred motion model depends on the finding that the worm's body follows the trajectory of the head (10). The inferred locomotion algorithm was assessed by comparing inferred to measured locomotion trajectories disseminated in a database of single-worm tracking studies (11). In the former case (1), animal movements were recorded by a second, low-magnification objective, and motion was measured directly. Both the inferred and direct motion models yield information about animal movement in conjunction with neural activity and work well. The direct motion approach may enable future studies of other parts of the nervous system, whereas the inferred motion strategy is compatible with experimental designs involving opaque substrates.
A major goal of all techniques for whole-brain imaging at single-neuron resolution is to discover how neural activity patterns are connected to behavior and modulated by sensory input. Previous studies connected the trajectories of freely moving C. elegans to states of motion—animals are said to move forward, turn, or reverse direction (12⇓⇓⇓–16). Forward and backward movements are thought to depend on specific command interneurons, AVB (forward) and AVA (reverse) (17). Are there other neurons whose activities are correlated with movement state? The answer appears to be "yes": Both studies show that the C. elegans nervous system has distinct clusters of neurons whose activity increases during forward movement and anticorrelated clusters whose activity increases during backward movement (1, 2). Based on a principal component analysis of one data set, Venkatachalam et al. further infer that a large fraction of the neurons in the imaged volume appear to carry signals closely allied to locomotion. Similarly, half of the imaged neurons analyzed by Nguyen et al. were correlated with either forward or reverse locomotion. However, the fraction of movement-linked neurons varied considerably among the four animals imaged during movement. Thus, significant uncertainties remain about the size and extent of movement-linked clusters, and it is unclear how stable or stereotypic the activity patterns of these movement-linked neural clusters are across behavioral states and between individuals. Nonetheless, these findings, as well as those of Kato et al. (3), support the notion that a significant portion of the brain is devoted to encoding information about its behavioral outputs.
How do the patterns of neural activity measured by Nguyen et al. and Venkatachalam et al. map onto the identities of specific cells? Although it is possible to index and analyze ca. 50–80 neurons within a given image stack, movement-induced distortions and variation in cell body position complicate efforts to position the indexed neurons within the worm's neuroanatomical atlas (1, 2). Thus, a major challenge lies in devising strategies that allow for the neuronal cell bodies within the imaging volume to be uniquely identified. Hybrid strategies combining position and activity patterns can yield provisional identifications (3), but they rely on assumptions about the nature of the expected activity derived from prior or parallel analysis of each class of neuron. Ambiguities may complicate such hybrid strategies if neuronal activity patterns depend on longer-lived behavioral or neuromodulatory states. On the other hand, a combinatorial strategy for neuronal identification via nuclear-localized fluorescent proteins might overcome some of these limitations and likely also enable improvements in algorithms for combined neuronal and behavioral activity tracking.
A corollary of the large movement-linked clusters is that neurons whose activity is primarily driven by sensory stimulation may be rare. Consistent with this idea, Venkatachalam et al. (2) detected a single pair of neurons whose activity was modulated by sinusoidal variations in substrate temperature. As expected, the thermo sensory pair are the AFD neurons known from previous studies to respond to thermal fluctuations (18, 19). This finding suggests that sensory information is sparsely represented in the worm's nervous system. However, this inference may be premature, because fewer than half of the neuronal cell bodies contained within the imaging volume are analyzed (50−80 out of ca. 180) with existing techniques, and the sensory landscape has not yet been fully explored.
Techniques for whole-brain imaging at single-neuron resolution hold a great deal of promise for linking patterns of neural
In technical tours-de-force, Nguyen et al. and Venkatachalam et al. achieved parallel imaging of as many as 80 single neuronal cell bodies with behavioral tracking.activity to behavior. Such approaches also provide fascinating technical challenges. For instance, targeting calcium indicators to neuronal nuclei reduces the image segmentation problem to a matter of reliably tracking volumes of interest through time, while also imposing a low-pass temporal filter on the recorded signals (3). If such a hypothetical "nuclear filter" were invariant across neurons, then this limitation could be overcome by a global deconvolution. If the nuclear filter were to vary between neurons, however, using nuclear calcium signals as a proxy for neural activity could create spurious activity correlations or obscure true correlations. The nature of the relationship between cytoplasmic and nuclear calcium signals and its variation among neurons is not currently known.
Signals derived from identified neurons expressing GCaMP6s in nuclei or in the cytoplasm of C. elegans neurons support the idea that nuclear signals are slow compared with those in the cytoplasm (3), but it remains possible that they are also transformed in other ways in some cells. In principle, a direct comparison would be possible by coexpressing red and green fluorescent indicators and directing one indicator to the cytoplasm (with a nuclear export signal) and one to the nucleus (with a nuclear localization signal). Such a measurement would reveal the limits of nuclear calcium as a proxy for neural activity. More broadly, reliance on cytoplasmic or nuclear calcium signals in cell bodies makes local signaling in neurites invisible, hiding the very calcium signal likely to be most relevant to synaptic transmission. This gap in our ability to measure neural activity won't prevent us from extracting considerable insight from whole-brain imaging, but it may cause us to underestimate some important correlations as the landscape of neural network interactions is explored.
The concurrent analysis of single-neuron activity and animal behavior represents a significant step forward that will undoubtedly inspire new lines of investigation into how neural circuits control locomotion and are influenced by sensory input. Venkatachalam et al. (2) demonstrate that their system can be generalized to monitor neural activity in the fruit fly larva, paralleling efforts that have imaged neural activity in all or part of the brain in immobilized zebrafish (20), larval and adult fruit flies (21, 22), and mice (23). Most of these latter approaches deployed fictive motion, virtual reality, or other situations in which animals need not move during imaging. Nguyen et al. (1) and Venkatachalam et al. (2) now show that, at least for the worm, "head fixed" is no longer the rule. By directly closing the loop between brain and behavior and by the future introduction of real-time perturbations of neural activity, these studies establish a strong foundation for dissecting the mind of the worm.
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The opera itself is held in the breathtakingly beautiful surroundings of Lismore Castle and Gardens on the shores of the Blackwater River. Lismore Castle, the privately-owned residence of the Duke of Devonshire and his family, plays host to intimate, close-up opera in the transformed upper stables in the grounds of the castle by kind permission of Lord and Lady Burlington.
The Festival believes in nurturing young talent, providing opportunities for up and coming artistes, and also in introducing the next generation to the beauty of classic music and opera. A key element of the Blackwater Valley is our engagement with schools and schoolchildren, helping to inspire the musicians and singers – and the audiences – of the future. In 2019 BVOF commenced an educational collaboration with Mobile Music Machine to run a series of classroom workshops reaching just under 2000 children during these enlightening sessions. For detailed information see our education page.
In addition to school workshops BVOF also offers schoolchildren the opportunity to attend the dress rehearsal of the Opera which for most of the children this is their first encounter of live opera. In 2019 over 400 children from schools in Blackwater Valley region attended Don Pasquale and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive from both students and accompanying teachers alike. We look forward to again welcoming schoolchildren to our opera double bill dress rehersal in 2020 as well as designated schools places at the Dromore Yard Double-Bill.
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival converts the former stables into a beautiful setting for its productions, adding a roof, and tiered seating to maximise comfort for the festival's patrons. A much-anticipated annual event on the European music festival calendar, the festival attracts local and international music lovers and visitors to the region. As a festival for lovers of music and the good things in life, it incorporates beautiful locations, unique historic venues, landscape, architecture, gardens, music, food and wine.
As well as opera, The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival features musical events and recitals. The day-time Recitals take place in the great private houses of the Blackwater Valley thanks to the generosity of their owners: Sir Charles and Lady Keane of Cappoquin House, Philip and Susie Wingfield of Salterbridge House and the three Jameson sisters, Kristin, Andrea and Tara of Tourin House. The 2019 Festival presented Recollections of Ireland, a series of recitals curated by Irish-international pianist, Una Hunt, exploring the rich musical heritage of Ireland and bringing it before new audiences.
Patrons of the festival can appreciate the grand interiors and gardens of these elegant historic homes while listening to beautiful music. The 2019 series of day-time Recitals continued at Villierstown Church thanks to Christy Morrissey and at Dromore Yard thanks to Mr and Mrs Michael Alen-Buckley. Two evening Concerts also took place at Dromore Yard, a mini hamlet of preserved 1800s agricultural buildings on the banks of the Blackwater River at Aglish. Nadege Rochat on her Stradivarius cello returned, having played the same venue in 2018, with two other highly accomplished musicians, Pablo Barragán and Maki Wiederkehr to form a cello – clarinette -piano trio. Perhaps one of the highlights of the Festival was the mesmerising performance of Italian Pianist Giovanni Bellucci who trilled his audience with a programme that included music by Liszt, inspired by famous operas – a truly memorable experience for those luck to have been there.
The 2018 winner of the RDS Collins Memorial Award, Killian White accompanied by Máire Carroll on piano, played in St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore hosted by Dean and Mrs Paul Draper. The Cathedral was also the venue for Balfe's one act opera The Sleeping Queen. St Carthage's Parish Church in Lismore opened its doors to the Festival for the first time for an organ recital accompanied by trumpet thanks to Fr Michael Cullinan with support from Donal Kennefick.
"To bring beautiful music to a stunning location and create the audience of the future for the most beautiful of all art forms – Opera!" In the words of his Excellency, President Michael D. Higgins,
"Music is such a powerful medium and the Lismore Opera Festival has been working tirelessly promoting the beauty and relevance of opera. It is wonderful to witness results of the drive and enthusiasm of such dedicated people making opera more accessible and connected to audiences in such an inclusive and authentic manner."
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival would not be possible without the gracious support of our wonderful Sponsors, Donors, Hosts, Friends, Patrons and Volunteers. We could not do it without you.
Thank you.
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Directors
Michael Alen-Buckley (chairman)
Michael co-founded RAB Capital plc in 1999 and is Executive Chairman. He was a Director at ABN-AMRO Hoare Govett from 1996 to 1998 and prior to that held senior positions at Merrill Lynch, Smith New Court and James Capel. Michael is Chairman of the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Board, a Founding Partner of the ARK Brunel Academy and a Patron of Irish Heritage which supports Irish musicians & Irish composers in Great Britain to a wide audience. He is also on the Board of the Irish Georgian Society. Michael is also a supporter of The Bush Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Donmar Warehouse plus Garsington and Glyndebourne operas. Michael has been a BVOF Board Member since 2017.
Giancarla Alen-Buckley
Gianni has worked as an independent documentary film maker for broadcast television in the UK (1980-1997). She is a Founding Partner of the ARK Brunel Academy School and has been a board member and fundraiser for KIDS, the UK-based charity providing services for children with disabilities and their families (1999-2006), and a board member and fundraiser for the Alternative Theatre Company, AKA The Bush Theatre, London, (2006-2018). With particular expertise in youth development, education and hospitality, she is also a Board Member of the RFHotels Group since 2014. has been a Lismore Music Festival, and now BVOF Board Member since 2017.
Brian Kingham
Brian Kingham is a London and Wicklow based businessman. He has founded more than a dozen businesses in support services, security, building engineering and electronic systems. He has interests in cyber security, data analytics and the digital economy. He is a global investor in early stage technologies. He is a supporter of various youth development initiatives in education and entrepreneurial endeavour. He has a long association with the University of Buckingham where he was Chairman of the new Medical School Development Board and provides an annual Scholarship for Entrepreneurs. He is a former member of the Court of Brunel University. He was an early promoter of private opera in London and country houses organising private performances for more than 30 years. Brian has been a Lismore Music Festival, and now BVOF Board Member since 2016.
Conor Doyle
Conor is Chairman of Doyle Shipping Group (DSG). DSG provides shipping services in the ports of Cork, Dublin, Foynes, Fenit, Geeenore and Belfast. Conor Doyle is Finnish Consul in Cork. He is a director of Corcadorca. Among his former offices he was Chairman of Cork Port Company 1989-91, President of Cork Chamber of Commerce 1997/9, Chairman of National Sculpture Factory 2008-2017, Commodore of Kinsale Yacht Club 1983-86. He was formerly a director of Eagle Star Insurance Company and Cork and Limerick Savings Bank. Conor has been a Lismore Music Festival, and now BVOF Board Member since 2017.
Tom McCarthy
Tom holds a BA in Economics, an MBA and a DBA from University College Cork. Tom is the Managing Director of McCarthy Developments (Cork) Ltd. which is a property development company and is part of a wider business portfolio which includes McCarthy Properties (Property Management Entity), privately owned, successful commercial entities that are opportunity led. The group's main focus in on the residential, commercial and leisure sectors. Tom takes an entrepreneurial approach to business, is opportunity led and results driven. He believes in integrating the highest quality standards across all aspects of the business. His core competencies are in risk management and strategic planning. He has a proven track record in dealing with the complexities of asset acquisition and management, managing multi-location projects, involving large multi-disciplinary teams while maintaining effective financial management and a strong customer focus. Tom has been a Lismore Music Festival, and now BVOF Board Member since 2017.
Pat Howett
Patrick is a Chartered Accountant .He qualified with PWC where he worked in the Audit and the Tax Departments. He joined JLT as Finance Controller in 1984 and filled various roles before being appointed Chief Executive in 1995 a position he still fulfils. He served on the Irish Brokers Association of Ireland from 1992 to 1995 where he chaired the Strategy and Technology Committees. He has a keen interest in music having been a member of the Italian institute choir and Kilmacud Musical Society. Currently he is a member of the Celtic Choristers and the Rathfarnham Ukulele Group. Patrick has been a Lismore Music Festival, and now BVOF Board Member since 2018.
Susie Wingfield
Susie Wingfield has been visiting the Blackwater Valley for almost half a century and has lived at Salterbridgefor 25 years. She is deeply involved in the local community and has been an active supporter of the Lismore Opera Festival, now BVOF, since its inception in 2009. For the past nine years she and her husband Philip have hosted a recital at Salterbridge during the Festival. Susie was co-founder of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust Ireland which funded ground breaking research into this disease from 1989-2008. The work continues under the umbrella of CF Ireland. Susie, having joined the BVOF board in 2019, brings a wealth of organisational abilities as well as strong & diversified networks across Ireland. One of Susie's focuses for 2019 will be to build the Local Hero's network.
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Director
Eamonn Carroll
Eamonn is an experienced development professional with a significant track record in high-level sponsorship negotiation, implementation and activation. Prior to becoming Festival Director he was Membership Relationship Manager at the RDS. Before this he directed the sponsorship and Friends strategy for Wexford Festival Opera and Wexford Opera House and managed key relationships for the company with leading Irish and international philanthropists. He has represented the cultural sector on the Minister's Working Group on Arts Funding & Philanthropy. Formerly, Eamonn was Assistant Chief Executive and Head of Fundraising with the leading Irish research charity Fighting Blindness and Vice-President of the Students' Union at NUI Maynooth. Eamonn previously served as a BVOF Board Member from 2017 and became Festival Director in April 2019.
Blackwater Valley Opera Artistic Director
Dieter Kaegi - Artistic Director
For 10 years Dieter Kaegi was director of productions at the renowned Music Festival in Aix-en-Provence. He became assistant to the general director of Monte Carlo Opera followed by for twelve years as Artistic Director of Opera Ireland in Dublin. Since 2013 Mr Kaegi has been General Director of TOBS, theatre, opera and orchestra of Biel and Solothurn in Switzerland.
In 2009, together with Jennifer O'Connell he co-founded the Lismore Opera Festival (which changed its name in 2018 to Blackwater Valley Opera Festival) and he continues to act as its Artistic Director.
Dieter has directed over 100 opera productions in important opera houses and festivals in Europe, US and Asia, such as: Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opernhaus Zürich, Maggio Musicale di Firenze, Rossini Festival Pesaro, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Liceu Barcelona, Royal Opera Copenhagen, Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg, Chorégis d'Orange, Opéra de Nice, Opèra de Monte Carlo, Opéra Royale de la Wallonie Liège , Seattle Opera , Washington Opera, Macau Arts Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Korean National Opera Seoul, Jekaterinburg Opera, Perm Opera, Opera Posznan, Latvian National Opera Riga and many others.
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Key Staff
Breda O'Brien - Chief Executive
Breda O'Brien, having acted as Financial Controller for the 2018 Festival, now takes up the role of Chief Executive for the upcoming Festival. Founder and principal of Lismore Accountants since 2015, Breda is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years' experience. Qualifying in 1999 while working with Deloitte in Cork, she has extensive experience dealing with businesses in this increasingly competitive and changing world and has a wide range of business experience. As Chief Executive Breda's focus will be to oversee the implementation of plans to meet the financial, commercial and operational objectives of the 2019 Festival in line with BVOF's ambitious 5 year growth plan.
Bryan Murphy – General Manager
Graduating from UCC with a business degree Bryan's early career was in Supply Chain Management in Business Development roles. Joining Munster Rugby in 2004 his role as Operations Manager coincided with a hugely successful period for the province including 2 European Cups. Since his departure in 2014 Bryan has concentrated on Event Management including the staging of the Pendulum Summit – Ireland's premier business forum. Bryan joined the team of BVOF in 2018 focusing on Sales and Marketing and continues into 2019 with broader commercial and operational responsibilities. As well as his UCC Business degree Bryan holds both a Master of Business (MBS) & Project Management qualifications (PMI).
Other Team Members
Lucy Ryan (Producer)
Lucy has a background in the theatre, film and TV industries in both Ireland and the UK. Work in theatre includes several years at The Donmar Warehouse Theatre and then as a freelance producer for a number of UK organisations including Artichoke and with LIFT on a large-scale outdoor spectacular as part of the London 2012 festival.
Projects in Dublin include 5 years at Corn Exchange Theatre Company producing Dublin by Lamplight on The Abbey Stage (2017) The Seagull (DTF 2016) at The Gaiety and the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed A Girl is a Half-formed Thing which has toured Ireland, the UK and internationally. Lucy joined the BVOF team in 2018 and oversees the production of all artistic content in the festival's diverse range of venues.
Emma Penruddock (Box Office & Friends Programme)
Emma founded and curates the unique on-line artisan collection 'I am of Ireland' (www.iamofireland.ie / +353 87 7997317) specialising in high quality Irish Art and Craft. I am of Ireland's collection is also available to view from her family home gallery just outside Youghal. During this year's festival 'I am of Ireland' will exhibit at Salterbridge House between 28th May – 3rd June.
Emma is the BVOF Friends' Co-Ordinator and Assistant Box Office Manager.
Fiona Howard (Education)
Fiona lived in London for 20 years, working as a Trade Floor Technical Analyst for Deutsche Bank and CIBC World Markets. Returning to Ireland in 2011, she became involved with Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in 2015 (formerly Lismore Opera Festival). Fiona manages an office for a local engineering company. She is co-ordinator of the Opera Dress Rehearsal (Schools' Night) filling the auditorium with over 400 excited and enthusiastic school children.


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John Everett Dolbow
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Professor John E. Dolbow came to Duke University from Northwestern University, where he received an MS and PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. During the course of his graduate study, John was a Computational Science Graduate Fellow for the Department of Energy, and he spent a summer working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Dolbow's research concerns the development of computational methods for nonlinear problems in solid mechanics. In particular, he is interested in modeling quasi-static and dynamic fracture of structural components, the evolution of interfaces with nonlinear constitutive laws, and developing models for stimulus-responsive hydrogels. A native of New Hampshire, Dr. Dolbow received his Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
Appointments and Affiliations
- Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor in the Department of Mathematics
- Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative
- Professor of Mathematics
- Bass Fellow
Contact Information
- Office Location: 319 Gross Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708
- Office Phone: (919) 660-5202
- Email Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Websites:
- Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1999
- M.S. Northwestern University, 1998
- B.S.M.E. University of New Hampshire, 1995
Research Interests
Modeling quasi-static and dynamic fracture of structural components, the evolution of interfaces with nonlinear constitutive laws, and developing models for stimulus-responsive hydrogels
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- R. H. Gallagher Young Investigator Award. U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics. 2005
- Young Researcher Fellowship Award. First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. 2001
- Robert J. Melosh Medal, Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis. Duke University. 1999
- Computational Science Graduate Fellow. U.S. Department of Energy. 1997
- Highest Technical Content Award. ASME Regional Student Conference. 1995
- Walter P. Murphy Graduate Fellowship. Northwestern University. 1995
- Presidential Scholar. University of New Hampshire. 1991
Courses Taught
- CEE 530: Introduction to the Finite Element Method
- CEE 622: Fracture Mechanics
- CEE 630: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
- CEE 780: Internship
- ME 524: Introduction to the Finite Element Method
- ME 525: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
- ME 758S: Curricular Practical Training
Representative Publications
- Asareh, I; Kim, TY; Song, JH; Dolbow, JE, Corrigendum to "A linear complete extended finite element method for dynamic fracture simulation with non-nodal enrichments" [Finite Elem. Anal. Des. 152, 2018](S0168874X18305080)(10.1016/j.finel.2018.09.002), Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, vol 157 (2019) [10.1016/j.finel.2019.01.006] [abs].
- Geelen, RJM; Liu, Y; Hu, T; Tupek, MR; Dolbow, JE, A phase-field formulation for dynamic cohesive fracture, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol 348 (2019), pp. 680-711 [10.1016/j.cma.2019.01.026] [abs].
- Liu, Y; Peco, C; Dolbow, J, A fully coupled mixed finite element method for surfactants spreading on thin liquid films, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol 345 (2019), pp. 429-453 [10.1016/j.cma.2018.10.045] [abs].
- Peco, C; Liu, Y; Rhea, C; Dolbow, JE, Models and simulations of surfactant-driven fracture in particle rafts, International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol 156-157 (2019), pp. 194-209 [10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.08.014] [abs].
- Jiang, W; Spencer, BW; Dolbow, JE, Ceramic nuclear fuel fracture modeling with the extended finite element method, Engineering Fracture Mechanics (2019) [10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.106713] [abs].


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Fans, too high a hill?
Companies typically have customers, what about fans?
A fan is an ardent admirer of a pop star, film actor, a devotee of a sport etc. (Collins dictionary, 2015)
Devotion: a noun describing love, affection or dedicated loyalty for someone or something.
We didn't need to cite the Collin's dictionary here of course, it's not the Nobel Prize in Literature we're after but it helps to position the bar.
For a moment allow us to accept that DebaPay has a personality, after all culture and behaviour is set by the people in the company. In this context is it impossible to add "business" to the above definition of fan?
We'll agree, the creation of fans might be a tall order in a business setting. Not to try however is perhaps settling for what might already be available due to industry conditions and factors like serendipity.
So to create fans one needs to do things that appeal to people, it's a matter of identifying what makes people tick; those things that people relate to and will be grateful for. This task starts with getting a really sharp team together, full of really smart people, to identify what the company can tackle and deliver. Then, when it's delivered, get the press printing – or social media firing on all channels. In short, get the message out there as people need to know all the good things that are happening in the company.
But what about belief, internal belief? Are "really satisfied customers" the end goal or the ultimate achievement? Do we simply meet or even exceed customer expectations? "Exceeding customer expectations" is a widely used and honourable phrase in business today. Maybe that's the ceiling.
However, imagine having just one fan. Imagine in a business setting that someone is an ardent admirer of the how the business behaves in terms of conduct towards them. This we'll agree is far beyond satisfaction. This is communication at the lowest frequency, at a fundamental level, that no promotion or social media message will ever achieve or disturb.
It's impossible to claim that this will be achieved if it's at all possible in business. Yes people like and even love brands but compared to sport and music are people devoted to a particular company? The question is, do we aim for really satisfied customers or do we provide the conditions to allow just one person to become a fan? Maybe it's just too bold a goal.
Here @ DebaPay the bar is high up..


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Here are some financial errands that you need to deal with immediately.
It is mandatory to link your Aadhaar card to bank account, PAN card and mobile number. Here's how you can do it:
(a) Bank account
Step 1. Log on to the Net banking facility of your bank.
Step 2. Click on 'Update Aadhaar card' or 'Aadhaar card seeding' option.
Step 3. Enter Aadhaar card details and submit.
Step 4. After verification, the linking will be done and you will be informed via SMS or e-mail. You can also link it offline.
(b) PAN card
Step 1. Log on to the government income tax website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and click the link 'Link Aadhaar' on the left under 'Services'.
Step 2. Give PAN and Aadhaar numbers, fill name and submit. After verification from UIDAI, the link will be confirmed.
Step 1. If you are registered on the income tax portal, log on and go to 'Profile Settings'. Pull it down, click on 'Link Aadhaar'.
Step 2. Verify details like name, date of birth and gender with those in your Aadhaar card. If the details match, fill in the Aadhaar number and captcha code, and click on 'Link now'.
Step 3. A pop-up message will inform you when the linking has been done.
(c) Mobile phone
If you are linking for the first time, download the Aadhaar card correction application from the UIDAI website. Fill the details, attach copies of Aadhaar card and identity proof, and submit these to the enrolment centre. It will be updated in about 10 days. If you are updating a new number, go to the UIDAI site, fill the Aadhaar number and captcha code. On getting an OTP, update your number and it will be linked.
To ready yourself for the online filing process, get the information and documents you will need at the time.
Step 1. Secure Form 16 from your employer.
Step 3. Make sure you have other information and papers like interest income, charity contribution and details for exemptions (HRA, health insurance premium, etc) that have not been take into account by your employer.
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act enables exchange of information between India and the US. Under a 2015 agreement, all individuals and entities who opened a bank account or invested in mutual funds, NPS and insurance schemes between 1 July 2015 and 31 August 2015, will have to get compliance by providing self-certification. Though the last date was 30 April, you can still do it to avoid your account being blocked.


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Here is the other clip I promised from Jennifer and Brian's Wedding Video. The clip features some heartfelt words they exchanged right after they lit their unity candle. I've never had that happen before and to tell you the truth it caught me off guard. I ended up being handheld with my camera and I couldn't see Mark, my other cinematographer, so I had no idea what he was getting. I was compelled to stay put until it was over.
This is why it's so important to have your wedding captured on video and if that video happens to be HD all the better. For Jennifer and Brian, their heartfelt words and the images that go along with those words are now immortalized for all time. I'm so proud and happy to be the one to do that for them. I mixed in some clips that have that old super 8 color film look to give it the feel of remembering.
Jennifer and Brian's Special Moment from Vasili's World Video on Vimeo.


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Medical Malpractice: The Third Leading Cause of Death in America
Unfortunately, when hospitals and doctors make poor and negligent decisions, patients are left with no choice but to endure the consequences. Ana Pereira is a woman who endured medical malpractice seven years ago when she went to Monmouth Medical Center in New Jersey, a hospital that currently has three out of five stars on Yelp. She won her case in court not just once—but twice. First, roughly $18.5M and then an additional $24M.
Pereira's Story
Pereira was diagnosed with kidney stones and renal colic when she arrived. The day after she was admitted into the hospital, medical staff moved quickly to remove deadly bacteria from her kidney. But something didn't go right with the first operation, so she had to have it repeated.
Unfortunately, this is when she developed sepsis and fell into a coma for five days. When she woke up, her extremities had been deprived of circulation for too long, and her only option was to amputate both of her legs up to the knee as well as her left hand.
A small group of medical professionals was found liable and the most recent convicted doctor was Dr. Michael Esposito, a urologist that had been avoiding compensating Ana. He currently holds a four-star rating on WebMD, a total of two five-star reviews on Google, and a three-star rating on his Healthgrades profile where he has a philosophy proudly saying, " We are committed to delivering the best care and an exceptional patient experience. We are devoted to providing services that are patient-centered and compassionate, and care for you as a person."
More Common Than You Think
The truth is that negligence by medical professionals is more common than many might think. Medical professionals are human beings, and sometimes (like anyone else) they make poor decisions. In addition, hospitals are notoriously understaffed, stretching the few available doctors and nurses in too many directions, and in the rush and scramble each day, mistakes can occur. Unfortunately, their decisions can turn another person's life upside-down. Sometimes their mistake ends up killing another person.
It can be frightening to realize that a life-altering tragedy could literally happen to anyone. It's happened to people from all walks of life. Medical malpractice has even affected celebrities such as legendary musician Michael Jackson, notorious wrestler Hulk Hogan, famous SNL comedian and actor Dana Carvey, and world-class golfer Tiger Woods to name a few.
In 2013, the Journal of Patient Safety has conducted a study that revealed numbers that, according to NPR news writer Marshall Allen, make it the "third-leading cause of death in America."
What Can Be Done?
Although it is helpful, money simply can't make up for all of the difficulties that a person must face after they have been negatively affected by medical malpractice. It is understood that money is never going to stop the constant pain that some injuries bring. It is also understood that it is not going to make up for the continuous accommodations that survivors are going to need in order to help people maintain as much of their own autonomy as possible. Certainly, money is incapable of bringing back a loved one that has died. So, how is compensation determined? It is likely that this could fill a book and undoubtedly has.
Still, compensation can help survivors to prepare for the challenges that now lie ahead for them, and it also helps to hold the medical staff accountable for what they have done. There will be many other things for the affected individual and their family to concern themselves with as life moves forward, and worrying about how to pay for medical bills due to medical malpractice doesn't have to be one of them. And if a family member has passed away due to poor medical judgment or negligence, their family should be compensated so that they aren't struggling to pay for the memorial services on top of mourning the sudden loss of their loved one.
If you or someone you love has been harmed by medical malpractice, it is absolutely crucial to have guidance and support from a qualified and devoted lawyer. Find the right lawyer for you in your area by going here.