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I've put this stuff together from the point of view of a professional production team, but if you're thinking of an amateur weekend shoot, please try to plough through it all. The process is just the same. Easier in some ways, because you don't have to convince anybody to give you six million dollars to spend on location. But harder in other ways – you don't have an experienced set designer available or a hotshot editor ready to deal with your rushes.
You could just grab a camera and go out there and shoot. And the result would be… just like your aunt's holiday video!
You wouldn't start to build a house without a set of plans, would you? You'd hire an architect – then you're pretty sure the house won't fall down as soon as you build it.
A film or television programme is just the same. Do as much preparation as you can – it's good insurance.
- Pre-production
- Production
- Post-production
But first, here's the fourth of those three – the pre-pre-production phase! Getting the thing started. All programmes begin with an idea. The idea can come from the producer, the writer, or indeed, anybody. But it's a long way from there to switching on your television and seeing that idea in full colour.
Preliminary research
There's so much television programming about these days (some people have access to more than a hundred channels, and not all of them are showing 'I Love Lucy' 24 hours a day), so the first bit of research you should do is to see what the other chaps are doing. If you've had a brilliant idea for a cookery series, for instance, have a good look at other cooking programmes, and see what they've got to offer. And hope your idea isn't already there on screen.
There's another reason why you should watch the opposition programming; you can learn a lot from their faults! Even if all you learn is not to do is to have a different celebrity chef as presenter each week, that's a fault you can now avoid. And an aside here; no disrespect for chefs, but anyone who is an expert in one field is less likely to be totally proficient in another. To put it another way, a painter communicates his ideas on canvas; he probably won't be as good with words. He may be totally captivating as an interviewee, but the chances are he'll be rather average. If you've set your heart on a series of celebrity chefs, don't despair; just change the format of the programme slightly and do that bit of it with an experienced interviewer learning how to cook that chef's signature dish.
And there's a corollary; you won't find many television presenters who are good cooks, gardeners, painters, etc. Yes, Percy Thrower was totally brilliant at both gardening and presenting. Same for Tony Hart, Johnny Morris, and Patrick Moore (except I know Patrick never lifts a spade). But if I were contemplating a cookery series and had the choice between a good presenter who was a rather average cook and a good cook who was an indifferent presenter, I'd take the first one. After all we've all known teachers who mug up on the next lesson just before the class, don't we? And on television you can always go for take two…
You need to consider locations if you're shooting outside a studio. Some organisations have a location library you can consult – a lot easier than scouring the country looking for a Gothic castle or a quiet (but accessible) waterfall. There are agencies that do the same thing, and the tourist boards in many countries are only too glad to send you information (and even chauffeur you around possible locations). But probably before you get that far, you'll need to get permission and/or money to go ahead.
Programme Proposals and Treatments
Production is expensive, and you need to get money – lots of it – before the idea can be converted into pictures on film or videotape. You need to get the idea down on paper so that the money people can examine and evaluate it. The process will force you to organise and clarify your ideas. You'll see the weak points and discontinuities, and have answers ready for the inevitable questions. A proposal can be as short as 500 words, or as long as 50,000. The main thing is it should be as short as possible, but still enable an experienced reader to 'see' the production in his head. You will need to give details of the kind of programme, duration, the target viewer, likely audience size, the storyline (if it's a drama) or the approach (non-fiction), maybe some of the key performers, and some idea of the cost. There's one big thing to bear in mind when you write a proposal; don't just inform – sell.
What will it all Cost?
A television programme costs a lot of money. In the USA, two or three million dollars an hour is a good rule of thumb for a popular prime-time production. Whether you're pitching you your head of department in a large broadcasting organisation or trying to get venture capital from a sponsor, you have to convince the reader that your idea will sell – that is, the viewers will like it. You must know who your viewer is. The more specific you can be be about the target audience, the happier the advertisers will be. And you'll convince everybody you've done your homework.
There are many, many formats for drawing up a proposal. Think about the priorities of the chap who will approve (or not) your idea. Here's just one way of drawing up a proposal: Presuming your big boss approves your idea in principle, you'll probably then need to do a budget estimate. Most organisations have budgeting charts that serve mainly to remind you of all the thousand and one different things which are going to cost money. Including your own salary or fee. There's no great magic to doing this; it's largely a matter of experience and organisation. You'll need to know how many days you need each person involved, for instance – if you don't know ask around, consult the actual person, etc. At this stage you haven't got a script, so details might change later on, but you'll be able to get a rough estimate of the cost at this stage.
Of course, if you're thinking of an amateur shoot with a group of friends, far less paperwork is involved, but I suggest a rough and ready addition of how much it really will cost.
Compromise or Cut
There will probably ensue a few days, or weeks, of negotiation. Your head of department likes a bargain as well as anyone, and he wants to get the best value possible. Can you use a cheaper lead and do it on tape instead of film? Wouldn't it be cheaper to set the piece in West London, not Tokyo? Some organisations prefer to short-circuit all this and just allocate a fixed fee based on expected audience size and time and day of transmission. Obviously some programmes will be exceptions, and they'll need to be bargained for. Whatever your local situation, you'll probably find a bit of a squeeze. Very few producers are handed a blank cheque book and told, "Enjoy". It's time to get down to the real nitty-gritty.
The Pre-production Phase
Old hands know the maxim: The most important phase of production is pre-production. Or to put it another way; a stitch in time saves nine. Even if you're not shooting Titanic, programme making is an expensive business. It would take a huge calculator with room for a whole row of zeros to work out how much money has been wasted by producers and directors rushing into a shoot before they've planned it properly. One or two people (or even a dozen of them) in an office, planning, researching, and kicking ideas around aren't too expensive. Crews, editing, star performers, location travel and accommodating are all huge drains on a programme's budget. It is in pre-production that the vague ideas and conjurings of the writer, producer and director become a shooting script, schedule and storyboard. Lots of paperwork, I'm afraid. The director tries to see and hear the final product in his head. But the huge army of people who will turn that vision into reality need to have their efforts coordinated and orchestrated otherwise it'll be "dog's breakfast" time.
Hiring and Auditions
People need to be recruited. You've almost certainly got at least one person in mind for each of the major roles, both on screen and off. If you haven't, ask around, look in Spotlight and consult the Internet which has all sorts of directories. If you've got a programme running, you'll almost certainly have a file of young hopefuls who've written in asking, begging, for a chance to appear. You'll probably need to run some auditions.
Different people like to run them in different ways, but it generally comes down to some sort of mock-up of the final production; a couple of pages of dialogue with someone from the production office playing the other role(s). Before I did my first auditions I asked a very old television hand what to do. He said, "Just book the very largest audition room you can, set your desk as far from the door as possible, and by the time he's reached you, you'll know". And, what do you think? He was absolutely right. The body language, what he or she is carrying, first words, the whole approach all tell you as much as a full camera test.
Don't forget the viewer in all this. In order for your programme to have value and a lasting effect, the production must in some way affect the viewer emotionally. This is a major key to success. Accurate visualisation is extremely important. But extremely difficult, at least to begin with. When we're young, most of us convey our ideas to others in verbal form. As we grow older and go to school, then college, we progress to using written communication. If we want to send a message, the instinct is to write words. But television and film are, primarily, pictures. Telling a story in moving pictures is very difficult, especially at first, but hugely powerful when you get it right.
Consider the famine in Ethiopia; for many months people knew that there was disease and death. But it was only when a camera crew got pictures of small children with sticks for limbs, distended bellies and flies crawling across their faces that the world leapt into action and we had Live Aid and all sorts of other aids. And AIDS is another story. But a poll revealed that most of the people who had given money had no idea where Ethiopia is; indeed a sizeable number of them didn't know to which country the money was going.
Who's going to Watch?
A very important thing to bear in mind during the pre-production process is the identity of the viewer. Is he or she a child? A retired person? A businessman? A rebellious teenager? You'd need to approach the story differently depending on who your target viewer is. And I say viewer in the singular deliberately, at least for television. For many dramatic programmes, especially feature films, the viewer isn't usually addressed directly by the cast (Woody Allen is a notable exception). But for documentaries, travelogues, consumer programmes; the vast majority of non-fiction television programmes, you must regard the experience as one-to-one communication. Lines like; "Those who were watching on Thursday will remember . . ." are definite no-nos. Address the viewer personally; "If you were watching on Thursday you'll remember . . ." And the presenter is singular too; how many times have you heard the line; "Tell us, Mr Smith. . ." and wondered how the interviewer became a plural person?
The art of the Possible
As well as the aesthetics, you must remember the practicalities. By the time you're halfway through pre-production, locations will be firming up. But you can't just whizz off there and shoot. Hotels, flights, location caterers, portable lavatories, generators, all sorts of things have to be organised. And in many cities it's just not possible to find a good quiet street, set up your tripod, and start shooting. You may well need access permits, licenses, security bonds and insurance policies. In public locations the controlling agency will usually restrict shooting to certain areas and to specific hours. If there is a street scene and traffic will be affected, it will be necessary to arrange for special police. Private premises are easier and more difficult. Depending on the nature of the production, insurance and a bond may be required.
The Last Few Weeks
During pre-production, all the personnel to be involved will be booked, many consulted, some in great depth, and all of the major elements will be thought through and planned. Anything the designer does will affect the way the set is lit, and therefore where the microphones are placed. There will be at least one, often a long series of planning meetings with all the key people. Some changes will be made; some just to get the thing to work, others because someone has been able to add another dimension to the director's plans. And there will be plans. Not just drawings to enable the set to be constructed, but a scale drawing of what will be where in the studio. The director will work out how he will get various shots and plot positions for each camera.
The Script
The script, which started off as a simple list of dialogue and stage directions will have each shot listed opposite the speech or action which the shot will capture. Hours and hours of work. There will be graphs and charts of who is needed where and when. A very complicated dovetailing to make sure that the shooting is done in the most economical way. And, if the production is a drama, the plotting of shots will take place after each of a series of outside rehearsals. (They're called Outside because they happen outside the studio – in a church hall or gymnasium; anywhere there's a large flat space.
The second AD or Assistant Floor Manager will put tape marks on the floor to show where the walls of each set will be, and there'll be old junk furniture to stand in for the expensive leather armchairs of the real set. Doors will be indicated by a couple of upright posts and staircases will just be a couple of telephone directories. Any old stuff will do, as long as the shape and size of each set is correct so the cast can get an idea of how much room they have for moves.
The first rehearsals will be simpler, though; everyone sits around a table or a ring of chairs and reads from the script. There will be changes and improvements, and gradually the script will disappear and the cast will start to add 'business' to the plain words. During this time, other people will be beavering away. If the right costumes can't be hired, they may be specially made for the production. A long-running series will have a series of costumes for each of the main cast members. There may even be a number of identical shirts, for instance, if a scene involves someone getting wet. And the cast will probably have to attend fittings for costume, even for wigs.
Towards the end of the outside rehearsals, there will be a technical run. Design, costume, sound, lighting; all the craft people will be there. The designer will show models of his sets, samples of the wallpaper, and the wardrobe supervisor will bring along some or all of the costumes. The technical run is usually the last outside rehearsal, then there may be one or two days rest before:
The Production Phase
Here is where everything comes together in a kind of orchestrated coincidence of splendour. Or something like that. Some programmes are broadcast live; news, current affairs and sport are obvious examples. Most other things are recorded. There are all sorts of reasons – the ability to go for a second take if there's a problem, costume changes, etc. And some live programmes are also recorded – so they can be sold to broadcasters in other countries, or for a repeat at three in the morning, for instance.
The Post-production Phase
If the programme is recorded, a large amount of post-production work is largely concerned with editing the programme. The producer, director, and videotape editor view the rushes, make major editing decisions, and start work on a rough cut. (If the programme is a drama, this may well be happening during the shoot; often each day begins with a viewing of yesterday's rushes. The editor will then be assembling sequences while the next few scenes are being shot. This can help if there's a huge problem – at least the cast and crew can be brought in to see the problem and a re-shoot scheduled quickly.)
Whether editing is done concurrently with the shoot or later, the editor will produce a Rough Cut; just what it sounds like. A first assembly. Every scene, at full length; if there's an interview, most of it will be in, even if only one or two sentences are needed in the end. Rule of thumb; the first rough cut usually runs one and a half times the projected programme time. The editor will then show this to the director and perhaps the producer. They'll have ideas for tightening; maybe whole scenes will go. Then the editor will produce a second cut and that will get a viewing; more cuts, and so on.
Eventually, everyone will agree it's perfect, or it's nearly transmission time, so let's go with it, whatever. Then music will be added; if there's commentary, that will be written and recorded, and the masterpiece will go to air.
Don't stop before the End
But that's not the end of the story. There are plenty of other things to do whether the show is live or recorded: The set and props must be returned to the hirer or store, or carted off to someone's garage. Many, may accounts must be settled; most of them financial ones. Fees for artists and other people; transport; hire of the studio and/or equipment – many many different bills. Trailers and other promotional material must be prepared. Transmission forms are needed; they'll give accurate timings, details of credits and any suggested introduction.


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This is a short extract of the interview to Katy Perry on the Ellen Show earlier this year. I think they are talking about Katy's film, Part of me, released this year.
Self-study activity:
Watch the clip and number the topics in the order they are mentioned.
Being myself
Turned down by record companies
Artists are not perfect
Failed marriage
Family rules
You can read the transcript here:
But like you said, you shot the good the bad, who knows what's gonna happen in your life when you start shooting. You got married during that time.
I did.
And that then didn't turn out to last. And now how and – that's part of it still in there?
I thought it was important for me, well first of all, I thought it was important for me to show everything in between I think, sometimes, umm, people think that we're perfect. And we know we're not perfect, at all and I think it's important to start breaking down the idea that, to achieve your dream you have to always be perfect, or flawless, or live in kind of some fantasy world. Ah so that's why I decided to put everything into the film. In the most tasteful way.
But mostly it's about how I got there and the ride along the way which can be bumpy but mostly it was extremely fun.
I think when people all of a sudden like you know you explode on the scene, you have a huge hit song and everybody like, you know, knows who Katy Perry is. What people don't know is what you've gone through even to get to that point and you were dropped by 3 record labels.
Ya, I made a gospel record when I was 15 that didn't pan out ah and then I was dropped by two other record labels and there was just a lot of the word "No" being sent my way, and I just never accepted that. So it was kind of like – for me growing up – it was like overcoming my family situation of me being sheltered and not being able to listen to like Secular music and then in the industry overcoming that. You know. Overcoming everyone saying ah it's not gonna work cause a lot of people wanted me to be like someone whether it was a Kelly Clarkson, or a Avril Lavigne and I was like, well, I wanna be Katy Perry first. And they didn't really understand that maybe cause my vision was so strong but finally I got to ah go with it and it's kind of worked out.
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Contact: Mark Wilson
2019 Call for Nomination Form
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Date Presented: Friday, January 31, 2020
Eligibility:Projects and programs designed and significantly implemented between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 are eligible for consideration. Projects that were in place prior to October 1, 2018 are also welcome for consideration if innovations were made to the existing project that enhanced its scope and impact. Nominated programs should:
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Prize Awarded: Plaque
2018Small Bar Association Category—Fewer than 500 Members:Rensselaer County Bar Association - Restoration of artwork and historic artifacts at the Rensselaer County Courthouse Medium Bar Association Category—500 – 1,999 Members: Onondaga County Bar Association - Creation of Veterans' Rights and Military Law Section Large Bar Association Category—More than 2,000 Members:Suffolk County Bar Association - "Another Night" Video Project Emerging Bar:Caribbean Attorneys Network Program - "What the Health: Mental Health Among Professionals of Color
2017Small Bar Association Category—Fewer than 500 Members:Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys - Creation of the Lawyers Committee on Racial JusticeLarge Bar Association Category—More than 2,000 Members:New York County Lawyers Association - Pro Bono Program on Certificates of Relief from Civil Disabilities / Certificates of Good Conduct and New York's New Sealing Law
2016Small Bar Association Category—Fewer than 500 Members: The Association of Black Women Attorneys (ABWA) - Power Brunch SeriesThe Dominican Bar Association (DBA) - Let's Chat SeriesMedium Bar Association Category—500 – 1,999 Members: The Asian American Bar Association of New York's (AABANY) - Seventh Annual Fall Conference: Speak Up | Rise Up | Lift UpThe Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) - Inaugural Back-To-School Backpack Donation Drive ("Backpack Donation")Large Bar Association—More than 2,000 Members:The Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) - Voter Registration ProjectEmerging Bar:The Caribbean Attorneys Network, Inc. (CAN) - The Conversation:"Something Has to Give" Event
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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) gained Food and Drug Administration approval for its powerful new cholesterol drug Liptruzet, a combination of two already-approved drugs, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)'s Lipitor and Merck's Zetia.
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) already sells a combination drug containing Zetia and Zocor called Vytorin. Zocor and Lipitor are in the same class of drugs called statins, but Lipitor is considered more powerful.
In a clinical trial, Liptruzet taken for 12 weeks lowered LDL cholesterol — that's the bad kind — by 53% to 61% depending on the dose. Lipitor alone in the same trial reduced cholesterol by 37% to 54% depending on the dose. Zetia by itself reduced LDL cholesterol by just 20%.
Interestingly, despite Lipitor being a better statin than Zocor, the LDL cholesterol data doesn't look that much better than for Vytorin.
In the clinical trial supporting the approval of Vytorin, the combination pill reduced LDL cholesterol by 45% to 60%. It's difficult to compare results between trials since there may be a different makeup of the subjects enrolled in the trials, but there's somewhat of an internal control because both trials tested Zetia alone. In the Vytorin trial, the group that got Zetia by itself had a 19% reduction in LDL cholesterol, similar to the 20% seen in the Liptruzet trial.
One advantage of Liptruzet over Vytorin seems to be at the lowest dose — 53% vs. 45% — which could be helpful for patients that can't tolerate high doses of statins due to side effects including muscle aches.
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The last patch of carrots from the garden. These still need to have the tops cut off, sorted and stored.
These are from our original carrot patch. We left a few in the ground after the first year and let them go to seed the second year. Everything that has come up in the last four years are "volunteer carrots" from the original seed.
We sorted five buckets of these this morning. One box of small carrots and multiple leg carrots to be used first, another for the large carrots for long term storage in the root cellar. The green tops will be dried and used as goat food.
Susan cutting the tops off and sorting them for the root cellar.
Our daughter gave us some apples from their trees. Susan made a pie out of the first batch.
I decided to clean the ashes out of the wood stove while it was cooled down during the day. We've been using it in the mornings and evenings now that the weather has turned colder
The cat inspecting my work.
The chickens were absolutely sure there was food in the empty ash pan.
The goat's getting his winter coat and has managed to grow a goatee during the summer.
Susan decided to make chicken and dumplings for supper. Of course this is a rabbit but we didn't tell Tristan. He thought he was having chicken with his dumpling.
We didn't tell him that when he thought he was eating "potatoes" he was also eating rutabagas and turnips.
We had a warm afternoon and Susan found the paint sprayer so she got started painting the Uhaul.
I've started on the ceiling now. When I finish it I'll do the front wall next then I'll build the back wall and door. After that it'll be time to put in the insulation and paneling. The dog was hoping Susan had some dog treats instead of just a camera.
Susan getting our last jar of pizza sausage from the root cellar. We raised and butchered two hogs a couple of years ago. She made breakfast sausage and pizza sausage out of part of the meat. Both were good but the pizza sausage is the best we've ever had.
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The Yorkshire Countrywomen's Association are a friendly group of women who meet at the Grey Village Hall in Sutton on the Forest on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm.
Currently we have a growing membership of 50 members.
We endeavour to further friendship, inform, and provide mutual support to women living in the village and surrounding areas.
New members of all age groups are always welcome.
We are very proud of our annual programme of speakers, and frequent outings.
Once a month we have a coffee morning where approximately 20 members enjoy delicious homemade scones, jam and cream !!!! We have an on-going commitment to fund raising and we donate to village amenities as well as to local charitable causes.
We organise the huge marquee for the Home Produce and Crafts Section of the Huby and Sutton Show and in May in the Village Hall we undertake the catering for the annual Canadians' Memorial Service and the Open Gardens Weekend which is held every other year. If we say so ourselves people come from far and wide for the delicious homemade cakes alone !!!!
We aim to have a club which is truly for the members, and encourage their input to let their voices be heard.
Our programme for 2019 is –
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|Annual Dinner at the Rose and Crown
|Feb 6th
|Battle of Stamford Bridge Tapestry (Heather Cawte and Project members)
|March 6th
|I've got a drawer full at home!! (Nancy Norton)
|April 3rd
|The Ups and Downs of Exhibiting (Hare Spring Cottage Plants – Stella Exley)
|May 1st
|A Life Treading the Boards (Catherine Terry)
|June 5th
|Macarons (York Cookery School)
|June 23rd
|Hosting the Home Produce and Crafts Marquee at the Huby and Sutton Show
|Annual Outing (TBC)
|Afternoon Tea Party (TBC)
|September 4th
|Brunei and Me (Alana Barney)
|October 2nd
|Understanding Recycling (Tracy Flint – Hambleton District Council)
|November 6th
|Branch AGM
Gin and Tonic Jollies! (Cooper King)
|December 4th
|Getting Ready for Christmas (Presentation by Our Members)
If you are interested in finding out more about us, please don't hesitate to contact Irene Martin (Secretary) – tel: 01347 810553; email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Perhaps you would like to come along as a visitor to 'give it a try' – you would be very welcome.


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Vetronic Servicing & Customer Service
Customer Service
Vetronic Services is called Vetronic Services and not Vetronic Supplies for a reason. We believe in good old-fashioned service so we will call you back when we say we will and we will always keep you informed about your order or repair. It is our policy to inform all customers by e-mail when their order has shipped or their repair has been sent. Wherever possible we will try to accommodate urgent requests for servicing or repairs, so if you have an SAV03 that needs a service but you also need it back by Thursday and today is Wednesday, tell us. We can send you a loan unit while yours is serviced and if you tell us by 12 noon we can ship out that day. If there is an extra charge related to this or anything we do for you, we will tell you. No-one likes those sort of surprises.
Product Servicing
We will routinely contact you on the anniversary of the sale of a product or a year after the last product service to remind you that a service for your unit is recommended. There is no obligation to take up this service and if you decide not to have a serice this time, we will not contact you again on this matter for a further 12 months.
Smaller Products
We want to make servicing as simple as possible for you. For the smaller items such as SAV03, SAV04, Capnovet-10 and Lightning/Sentinel systems we usually leave it to you to post it to us as it is simple and relatively inexpensive to do so. However, if you wish us to collect any item from you we can do so using one of our contracted couriers. This applies whether you are in the UK or anywhere else in the world. We will advise you of the extra cost that this collection will incur.
Merlin and larger products
The Merlin service procedure is simple. We will contact you to remind you that a service is due. We will arrange a convenient date and then send you a loan Merlin on that date in a special heavy duty crate. All you need to do is remove the loan unit and place your own unit in the crate and secure it following the instructions provided. We will then arrange collection, service and return of your Merlin, usually all within 3-4 working days. Once the loan Merlin is placed in the crate ready for collection we will arrange collection of the loan unit. All arrangements are usually made via e-mail.
For larger products other than Merlin we can arrange collection and provision of a loan unit (where applicable) in a similar manner. Please call us to discuss any special requirements.
Tafonius servicing is usually done on site. The first service is carried out within 12 months of supply but subsequent services will be based on hours of use. We recommend a service after 500 hours of use. The hours-of-use indicator is shown on the Auxiliary startup screen on later models or at the beginning of the Slow Data record in all machines. We will contact you to arrange the first service but will rely on you to contact us for the second and subsequent services. Please note that we require at least 2 month's notice to arrange a Tafonius service.
All Tafonius services cost £600 + travel costs.
Non-Vetronic products
We do not routinely service non-Vetronic products. We recommend that you return them to the manufacturer or supplier for this. However, if you have a problem with some equipment then we have a policy for looking at this for you. The equipment needs to be shipped to us at our Abbotskerswell facility where we will examine it and assess the problem, along with a repair form detailing what exactly is wrong with the unit. We will then report our findings before doing anything else. This assessment costs £45.00 +VAT. Depending on our assessment and recommendations the equipment may then be repaired, returned to you or scrapped. We will make you aware of the full repair costs before we proceed.
Latest News
Happy Anniversary Tafonius!
Happy Anniversary Tafonius! It is now over 10 years since we sold our first Tafonius machine in late 2008. Tafonius machines are numbered starting with T5. Junior machines started with J4.Both T5 at Edinburgh Vet School and T6 at Anglesey Lodge in Ireland were sold at...read more
London Vet Show 2019
Vetronic Services are delighted to inform you that we will be present again at this year's London Vet Show. Held on 14 - 15 November, at the Excel London, why not pop on by to Stand D32 where we will be pleased to see you. Vetronic Services will be on hand to answer...read more
Vets South 2019
Taking place on 6 – 7 March 2019, at Sandy Park Stadium, Exeter, VetsSouth 2019 will focus on 3 key topics; endocrine system, emergency medicine & surgery and emergency & critical care nursing. Vetronic Services Ltd are proud to be a part of this exhibition...read more
Vetronic Services are Supporting a day of CPD at Twycross Zoo.
On November 24th 2018, the Veterinary Wound Library are holding a day of CPD at Twycross Zoo. The day will focus on Exotic Wound management and will include lectures, workshops and entry to the zoo. Vetronic Services are delighted to be able to support this event and...read more


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Last week there was a story in the Hollywood press about a lawsuit filed by a surrogate mother against the television channel Bravo. The woman had been paid to carry a child by two of the network's reality-television stars, Jeffrey Lewis and Gage Edward, of the renovation show "Flipping Out." Now with the birth accomplished and the season on the air, she claims that the network filmed and broadcast her delivery without permission, while humiliating her by airing Lewis's quips about the horror of the female anatomy in labor.
The "Flipping Out" lawsuit, sad and sordid, falls 31 years after a far more consequential surrogacy debate: The "Baby M" case, in which a surrogate mother, Mary Beth Whitehead, changed her mind after the birth and sued — ultimately unsuccessfully — for the right to keep her child. I was 7 during the case but I remember it vividly, mostly because my mother was obsessed with it. We were not Catholics then, or any kind of conservative, but opposing commercial surrogacy seemed like a natural extension of her feminist and liberal principles, which would of course oppose a system in which the rich paid poorer women to bear their children.
At the time this was not an eccentric view. There were wide differences of opinion among feminist intellectuals about surrogacy (as about every other issue) in the 1980s, but there was enough consensus to produce an amicus brief in the Baby M case, endorsed by Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem among others. The brief argued that surrogacy violates essential parent-child relations, runs afoul of laws against trafficking in human lives and threatens the dignity of the women being rented. "As technology develops," its feminist authors warned, "the 'surrogate' becomes a kind of reproductive technology laboratory … In short, she has been dehumanized and has been reduced to a mere 'commodity' in the reproductive marketplace."
That was a long time ago. There are still feminist thinkers who question commercial surrogacy, and still states that restrict it; in Europe, a feminist critique of commercialized reproduction still shapes law and policy. But in America the practice has been completely culturally normalized, liberal opinion generally accepts it as a positive good, and any residual opposition usually comes from social conservatives. The commodification involved is obvious ("I guess we won't be using her again," Jeff Lewis tweeted about the woman who bore his daughter) and predictably class-mediated — wealthy families paying lower-middle-class women (often military wives), Americans looking abroad for cheaper wombs — even when reality-television stars aren't involved, and it's part of precisely the kind of eugenic economy that the feminist brief warned against in 1987. But for their successors today, the ubiquity of commercial reproduction doesn't rate as a major cultural or political concern.
You can tell a number of stories about why this happened. Defending the legal logic of abortion rights — my body, my choice — pushed feminism in a libertarian direction. The benefits of in vitro fertilization made a lively trade in eggs and embryos seem desirable or at least inevitable. The gay rights movement created strong social pressure in favor of allowing male same-sex couples to have children as close to the old-fashioned way as possible. And biotechnology advanced to a point where most commercial surrogacy became "gestational," meaning that the surrogate carries someone else's child rather than her own — which reduces the particularly agonizing aspect of the Whitehead case, where it was her own biological child that she had sold and wanted back.
But perhaps the simplest way to describe what happened with the surrogacy debate is that American feminists gradually went along with the logic of capitalism rather than resisting it. This is a particularly useful description because it's happened so consistently across the last few decades: Whenever there's a dispute within feminism about a particular social change or technological possibility, you should bet on the side that takes a more consumerist view of human flourishing, a more market-oriented view of what it means to defend the rights and happiness of women.
A little while ago I wrote a much-derided column about sex robots, which was misread (no doubt through my own writerly errors) as making a case that misogynistic "incels" have a natural right to some sort of Atwoodian redistribution of nubile handmaids, or at least a robotic substitute. My actual point was roughly the reverse. Sex robots and other virtual substitutes for intercourse are bad and deadly and dehumanizing, but in one of the ironies that our society's evolution regularly delivers, I suspect enlightened liberal opinion will end up welcoming them. The logic will be egalitarian but ultimately consumerist: It's not just toxic incels who want sexual intimacy they can't achieve, and if a technological substitute is available for the more sympathetic sort of unhappy celibate, well, it's their body and their money and their choice.
We obviously don't know that this is where the sex-robot debate will end up. (Though just a week after my ill-fated column, the useful barometer of New York Magazine offered up a sex robot cover story, in which the intrepid female reporter concluded by contemplating some future intimacy with a prototype named "Henry.")
But we do know how previous debates like this have gone, or how they're going. Feminists were divided over surrogacy and commercialized fertility, but the opposition to both practices gradually dissolved, and now only eccentric conservatives notice the weird resemblances between California-style surrogacy practices and the handmaids and econowives of Gilead. They were divided over pornography, often bitterly — but over time the sex-positive side increasingly won out over the Andrea Dworkinish dissenters, even as the online realm was overrun with images and videos that more than justified her arguments. They were, and are, divided over prostitution, but it's pretty clear that the version of feminism that supports the rights of sex workers to sell their bodies in the marketplace has the intellectual momentum.
Then, too, in a broader sense the most culturally important strands of American feminism have been the ones devoted to making women's lives safe for market capitalism rather than the other way around — with "lean in" and egg freezing for Silicon Valley elites and the temporary sterilization of I.U.D.s and LARCs for the working class, both together encouraging the idea that professional goals are the heart of personal fulfillment, for the sake of which other female realities and aspirations must be managed or give way. (The rather important female reality of motherhood, a Guardian essayist noted recently, "comes up in less than 3 percent of papers, journal articles or textbooks on modern gender theory.")
I know that coming from a conservative columnist much of this reads like a long exercise in trolling. (Did you know, feminists, that you're all just slaves of capital? That you need less cultural Marxism and more of the genuine economistic article?) But the most serious form of cultural conservatism has always offered at most two cheers for capitalism, recognizing that its great material beneficence can coexist with dehumanizing cruelty, that its individualist logic can encourage a ruthless materialism unless curbed and checked and challenged by a moralistic vision.
For most conservatives this reforming vision is assumed to be religious — the Christian moralism that attacked the vicious capitalism of slavers and gentled the ruthless capitalism of robber barons and sustained nonmarket institutions like the family and the church across the long ascent of global wealth. But I am not under any illusions about the cultural position of my own faith in the late-modern West. At best, Christians may hope to build a counterculture, but in the wider landscape our ability to shape trends or resist them is at a historical low ebb.
Whereas feminism in this age of #MeToo inquisitions (I mean that in a good way) and "the future is female" ambition does have real capital to burn. So as feminists look around for places to turn their moral energy, the consumerist trajectory of their movement is worth contemplating, and the suspicious gaze that 1980s feminism once turned on the flesh trade in all its forms might be worth recovering.
At the very least it is a grave mistake for feminists to assume that because the moralism of the past was often patriarchal and sexist, they must always choose "consenting adults" individualism over a more holistic morality, a presumption for choice over a defense of human dignity, the logic of the market over more communitarian alternatives, a consumerist interchangeability of the sexes over a social architecture that respects their differences.
Something needs to pull our society back from its dehumanizing and commodifying drift. It might yet be a form of feminism — if feminists can stop going with a current that their foremothers wisely attempted to resist.


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Human being is familiar with the concept of sale from their first years of their lives. All of us are salesman from different perspectives; for example: some people sell thoughts, knowledge, ideas and others sell products or services.
From the basic view, people resist changing and buying is known as a change in major and minor levels. Nowadays positive relationship between salesman and the process of sale, power of influence to customers' thoughts and gain customers' trust are the fundamental and main standards of marketing. The relationship between customer and marketer has to be like the relationship between doctor and patient because customers need to understand that your services or products are going to help them and make their life easier.
It doesn't matter that where you are from, what your culture is or how your life style is; it only matters that you need to look at problems, issues and needs from your customer's view in order to have influence on them.
Iran is a big country with different life styles, different economical area and people. Iran marketing has to be specified by localizing. Localization for Iran market requires lots of information about Iranian needs, perspective, requirements, favorites, obligations, daily activities and more important culture. Culture is really important in this case because knowing Iran's market won't help marketers to make benefit, it may help them to sale more or less but making benefit comes from a continues service.
We as Iran localize team not only try to be in touch with you and Iran market all the time but also we try to update information about all of Iran's market; either in capital or other cities. You may have something to sale which has not lots of payers in capital but it can make benefit for you in other parts of Iran's enormous market.


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WASHINGTON (PTI): The recent rise of China as a regional and global power, including its substantial military modernisation and buildup, is a source of strategic uncertainty and potential friction, a top Pentagon commander has told US lawmakers.
"China's rise as a regional and global power, including its substantial military modernisation and buildup, is a source of strategic uncertainty and potential friction," Admiral Samuel Locklear, the commander of the US Pacific Command (PACOM), told a Senate Committee during a confirmation hearing Thursday.
The China-US relationship, he said in written response to questions, has been an area of in-depth study and analysis by current commander and staff of PACOM.
"China's continued rise as a regional and global power, coupled with its pursuit of military technology and capability and its increasing propensity for challenging the territorial and maritime claims of other countries, particularly in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, has had an unsettling effect in the region and increased the prospects for miscalculation," Senator Joseph Lieberman, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said.
China, Locklear said, appears to be building the capability to fight and win short duration, high-intensity conflicts along its periphery.
"Its near-term focus appears to be on preparing for potential contingencies involving Taiwan, and to deter or deny effective intervention in a cross-strait conflict. Its modernisation efforts emphasise anti-access and area denial capabilities," he said.
The commander said that Beijing's growing focus on military missions other than war includes humanitarian assistance, non-combat evacuation operations, and counter-piracy support.
"Lastly, China is strengthening its nuclear deterrent and enhancing its strategic strike capabilities through the modernisation of its nuclear forces, and is improving other strategic capabilities, such as in space, counter-space, and computer network operations," he said.
Locklear said that in terms of regional security, China's economic growth has increased its international profile and influence, and has enabled its leaders to embark upon and sustain a comprehensive transformation of its military forces.
"The pace and scale of China's military modernisation, coupled with the lack of transparency, raise many questions, both within the United States and in the region as a whole, about China's future," he said.
Locklear said his first priority will be to continue to maintain a credible deterrent posture and reassuring military presence in the Asia-Pacific.
"Next, we must both deter North Korean aggression and counter their proliferation activities," he said.
The top US commander said that actively pursuing steady and measured military-to-military engagement will be one of his top priorities to deal with the situation.
"Lastly, while supporting our nation's strategic focus on the Asia-Pacific and sustaining the realignment and transformation processes already underway, we must also carefully shepherd and repeatedly assess progress toward desired force posture, ensuring we remain cognizant of evolving budgetary realities," he said.
Locklear said the US will remain steadfast in its efforts to mature the military-to-military relationship with China.
"Both China and the US have a strong stake in the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region. Building a cooperative bilateral relationship will reduce the likelihood of a miscalculation, increase the clarity of Chinese strategic intentions and encourage mutual engagement in areas of common concern," he said.


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Two years ago, my husband and I decided to celebrate Easter a little differently. We filled a couple hundred eggs with candy and drove our family to a local playground after Church. We thought it would be fun for our kids to have an Easter Egg Hunt somewhere other than our front yard. When we arrived, we asked the other families if they were alright with us hiding the eggs around the playground for all the kids to find. Not only did they enthusiastically agree, some of the children even gave us eggs from their previous egg hunts to hide as well.
The kids waited patiently for us to hide the eggs. After we passed out grocery bags to those without baskets, the hunt began!
We were pleasantly surprised by how kind and well behaved all the kids were. With ages ranging from babies to preteens, there were roughly two dozen kids, but they all participated nicely. The older children even helped the little ones fill their bags. Everyone ended up gathering roughly an equal amount of eggs.
The families insisted that it was one of the most enjoyable Easter Egg Hunts they had attended. It was definitely one to remember!
A neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt is a simple yet fun way to meet new community members. It doesn't have to be an extravagant affair, and, if you keep participation to your microhood, it's not costly either.
Although our spontaneous hunt was a hit, I recommend planning in advance. Here are some ideas for a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt:
Choose a safe location
Whether you host the egg hunt in your yard or at a park, make sure the environment is family-friendly and safe for young children. Secure any permit or reservation necessary for pubic locations.
Recruit help
We all know that "many hands make light work". Ask neighbors to help donate candy, fill eggs, or hide the eggs. The more the merrier!
Pass out invites
Create invites or pamphlets to give to your neighbors a few weeks before the event. You can also post on social media including Facebook neighborhood groups or NextDoor. Just beware that their definition of neighborhood is broader than ours, so consider that when posting.
Consider food allergies
An estimated 1 in 13 children has food allergies in the US with the most common including milk, eggs, peanuts, soy, wheat, and tree nuts. When buying candy, consider individually wrapped pieces. One blogger also suggests marking eggs that contain allergens. "We have a hard rule that if it contains known allergens for your group, the egg should be marked with a clear identifier for the parents. For instance, an X drawn with sharpie, or a sticker. You can let your older kid know to look out for the ones with the markings if they have particular allergies."
Clean Up
After the Easter Egg Hunt, make sure to check for any missed eggs or trash. Have fun, but be considerate of the neighborhood and environment too.
Do you have a neighborhood story or tip to share? Contact us here!


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So. Well. Hm.
To be honest, I'm not sure what's happening in this video, just that it's oddly entertaining.
7 Responses to "Cute rat! (New Short)"
I just lost my pet rat, I had no idea it would affect me in thistle way. Rats get a bad rap when in fact they are caring and very affectionate animals. I cry alot and will miss her so much.


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Etosha Heights Safarihoek Lodge
Upon Request
Etosha Heights Safarihoek Lodge consists of 10 farms that were originally used for domestic farming. Over a period of time, acquired and combined to create a stunning wildlife reserve that they are now privileged to be part of. With an array of animals which include various species of antelope, predators, birds as well as others. Guests can be assured their time spent at Etosha Heights Safarihoek Lodge will make for an interesting and memorable safari.
Etosha Heights Safarihoek Lodge Namibia partakes in various conservation efforts and projects that are currently operational and many more still to come. The main goal and vision is to encourage and develop sustainable eco-friendly tourism, all to the benefit of the area, animals as well as the community. Morning and afternoon game drives on the reserve are offered and can be booked beforehand or as the need arises while at the lodge. A 2-3-hour drive that gives you the opportunity to see anything from a wide variety of plains game or if you are lucky a run in with the occasional predator. Refreshments are included.
Whether you're looking for luxury sojourn or a laid-back holiday with affordable accommodation, we can make it happen!
Once we have all your information and understand the vision for your holiday, we'll start planning your trip.
With all your plans in place, all you need to do is pack your bags, hop on a plane and travel over land and sea to your destination of choice!


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Our model is wearing a size medium shirt. He is 185cm (6'1") tall with a 94cm (37") chest and a 79cm (31") waist.
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Assembly Specialist (m/f)
Assembly Specialist (m/f)
Programming of software and USB interfaces
Your new challenge
- Assembly of electronic components in housings
- Pre-assembly of housing components
- Wiring and assembly of cable harnesses
- Making solder joints
- Preparation of electronic components for the assembly process (forming and cutting)
Your profile
- Soldering skills and experience in electronics manufacturing or assembly are an advantage
- Technical interest in the assembly of electronic assemblies
- Good knowledge of written and spoken German
- Careful working methods as well as reliability, flexibility and ability to work in a team
The benefits
- Exciting and responsible tasks with a high degree of freedom in design and decision-making
- Your new working environment is characterised by a collegial team, flat hierarchies and short decision paths.
- Modern workstations with high-end equipment
- From November 2018 relocation to an ultra-modern company building with ergonomic workstations
- Development prospects and suitable further training
- Regular in-house language courses
- Flexitime for a 40 hour week and 30 days holiday per year
- A remuneration in line with market conditions according to agreement
- Holiday and Christmas bonus
- permanent position
- Fresh fruit, water and coffee are free of charge
- We promote a harmonious environment, which is why we regularly organise team events for all employees.
Über IHSE
IHSE is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) devices with 30 years of experience. KVM technology enables the remote switching, bidirectional extension and conversion of primary computer signals including DVI, HDMI, 4K DisplayPort, digital audio and USB. IHSE develops and manufactures an extensive range of KVM switches and extenders with visually lossless signal transmission from headquarters near Lake Constance, Germany.
IHSE products have been certificated for outstanding manufacturing quality, operability, resilience and high transfer speeds. Many renowned companies and institutions across vertical sectors including Broadcast, Post Production, Control Rooms, Banking, Industrial, Healthcare, Maritime, Education, Venues, Air Traffic Control and Government rely on KVM solutions made by IHSE, Germany.
Good work results can only be achieved in a friendly working environment. Modern work places with a sophisticated equipment is waiting for you in a young and motivated team. The fields of activity we offer you give you leeway for initiative of your own and creativity. Interesting tasks are waiting for you as a programmer or software developer. IHSE is located where others spend their holiday, near Lake Constance. IHSE is a successful and expanding company with future. Therefore, a working place with prospects is waiting for you.
If you dispose of the required computer background, are able to work in a team and enjoy to work independently, we are looking forward to welcoming you in our team!
IHSE GmbH
Are you interested in a challenging job? Then please send your application documents by e-mail or by post to:
IHSE GmbH
Human Resources
z. Hd. Vanessa Schulz
Benzstrasse 1
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|November 29, 2017 08:00 AM EST
With the release of the new 2017 Edition of the OWASP Top 10, we wanted to give a quick rundown of how BIG-IP ASM can mitigate these vulnerabilities.
First, here's how the 2013 edition compares to 2017.
And how BIG-IP ASM mitigates the vulnerabilities.
|BIG-IP ASM Controls
|Injection Flaws
|Attack signatures
Meta character restrictions
Parameter value length restrictions
|Broken Authentication and Session Management
|Brute Force protection
Session tracking
HTTP cookie protection
|Sensitive Data Exposure
|Data Guard
|XML External Entities (XXE)
|Attack signatures (see below)
|Broken Access Control
|File types
URL flows
Session tracking
URL flows
Attack signatures (Directory traversal)
|Security Misconfiguration
|Attack Signatures
|Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
|Attack signatures
Parameter meta characters
Parameter value length restrictions
Parameter type definitions (such as integer)
|Insecure Deserialization
|Attack Signatures (see below)
|Using components with known vulnerabilities
|Attack Signatures integration
|Insufficient Logging and Monitoring
|BIG-IP ASM can help with the monitoring process to detect, alarm and deter attacks
Specifically, we have attack signatures for "A4:2017-XML External Entities (XXE)":
- 200018018 External entity injection attempt
- 200018030 XML External Entity (XXE) injection attempt (Content)
Also, XXE attack could be mitigated by XML profile, by disabling DTDs (and of course enabling the "Malformed XML data" violation):
For "A8:2017-Insecure Deserialization" we have many signatures, which usually include the name "serialization" or "serialized object", like:
- 200004188 PHP object serialization injection attempt (Parameter)
- 200003425 Java Base64 serialized object – java/lang/Runtime (Parameter)
- 200004282 Node.js Serialized Object Remote Code Execution (Parameter)
A quick run-down thanks to some of our security folks.
Read the original blog entry...
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- Bit.ly, Twitter, Security & You
- Global Distributed Service in the Cloud with F5 And VMware
- Lori MacVittie Interview at Cloud Connect
- Working with One of the Top Ten Women in the Cloud
- Create a Smarter Storage Strategy
- The Threat Behind the Firewall
- Will Open Source Open Doors for Cloud Computing?
- Oracle Data Guard Sync Over the WAN with F5 BIG-IP
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Today, I went to Apollo, to observe the deaf&hard of hearing class. The teacher I followed named Brianna, she is such a nice and sweet teacher, I like her so much. She is the only deaf teacher here, they have 5 deaf and hard of hearing students in Apollo, Brianna teach them one on one.
The first class is for a Somalia deaf girl. She is still learn English and ASL, so what she learn is very basic English words and sentences, when she trying to do the paper, she have to practice some ASL at the same time. I think the lesson is so useful for her, and she really learn it very well. That class is easier for me to follow, and we really had a great time together.
The second class is for a deaf and brain paralysis boy. He's always so happy though he even can't walk very well. He have a a interpreter, she help me to translate, so I can understand everything and that's so awesome. He's lesson is read a very easy book, see the picture and sign the color. It's a very interesting class.
It's so nice to observe the class at Apollo, but the most important problem for me is still the language. After so many time did't practice my ASL, it's much hard for me to follow the teacher. Because high school is not like elementary school, what they learn is much harder. Next class we are reading an article about loan, and when she's teaching I basically can't understand everything. That's made me feel sad, but it let me know I still need to learn more ASL, and I need to work harder. Hope I can make a progress!


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This mod will allow admins to automatically prune pm's that are older than a set amount of time from the database. This runs off of a cron job, and only requires you to set up the time in days, and usergroups in the mods options.
I originally wrote this as a part of a mod I did for DBTech called, [DBTech] vBSuper PM's, they have graciously allowed me to use the code, to give users this part of their mod. The code is under license from DBTech.
It is a simple installation upload the contents of the UPLOAD folder, then import the product XML, ozzmodz_cron_remove_pm
You can edit the options under the settings, [OzzModz] Periodic PM Cleanup Settings
Complete Feature List
- Option to disable the mod completely.
- Ability to set how many days old PM's should be before getting pruned.
- Ability to select which usergroups PM's will be pruned via the cron job.
- Option to select which folder to prune the PM's from.
- Option to select which read status get pruned.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Q. Why do I need such a thing, you ask?
A. Some admins might like to prune older PM's from their database.
* History (Changelog) *
v1.0.0 (March 4, 2015)
- Initial public release.
v1.0.1 (March 14, 2015)
- Version checking now done on OzzModz.
This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without the permission of DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
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What to Do in Dallas Tonight: July 20
Not so long ago, it was difficult to hear the name Bret Michaels without being transported to our youth, a time when Spandex, large hair, and bands with nonsensical umlauts in their names dominated the popular music scene. Those were dark days, friends.
Somehow, Michaels has managed to move on. The former Poison front man has transformed himself into a sympathetic character on the comeback trail. Thank you, reality television. Tonight, you can see him play in Jack FM's Bandanaroo along with Fuel, and Cowboy Mouth. Performing live just two months after his brain hemorrhage? That's commitment. Of note: ticket proceeds benefit Texas Can!, and that's definitely something to believe in.
We can't think of a more suitable footnote to such an evening than a fully loaded hot dog at Angry Dog. Hot, greasy, and possibly not good for you, this is how you end on a high note, people. And yes, you want fries with that.
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Publication Date: Apr 10, 2018
240 pp
List Price US $15.95
Trim Size (H x W): 5.5 x 8.25
List Price US $8.99
An astute novel following the life of an art professor at Stockholm University as she navigates the academic world, with its undercurrents of sexuality, competition, deceit, and fear
In her forties and childless, Karolina Andersson feels adrift living alone after the breakup of a long relationship. She finds fulfillment in her work, and when she starts advising a new postgraduate student, she is struck by his confidence. He claims to have discovered new materials from a female artist working around the turn of the century that would change the historiography of Swedish visual arts. Karolina soon finds herself embroiled in a game with unexpected complexities, both emotional and professional.
Eventide is a perceptive novel of ideas about love, art, and solitude in our time, and the distorted standards to which women are held in their relationships and their careers.
Excerpt from Eventide
She had only just sat down in her own room when there was a theatrical knock on the door. A young man looked in; he was wearing a shirt in a dull beige that made it look like some kind of uniform, and for a moment she thought he was a courier delivering a book she had forgotten she'd ordered. Then she realized that this was Anton Strömberg, the PhD student she had never met. He looked carefree and totally confident, exactly like a person who writes carefree, confident emails. He moved as if this were his room, in spite of the fact that he had taken no more than a couple of steps through the door. He smiled at her.
"Hi Karolina—Anton Strömberg."
She stood up to shake hands. He was very good-looking: tall, and with a careless ease about his body that was a little provocative.
"I just thought I'd call in and say hi while I'm around," he went on. "Did you get my message?"
"I did, yes. Yes."
"You didn't reply."
His tone was friendly, but with an underlying challenge.
"I was just about to."
That was a lie, and for some reason she thought he could tell.
"So what do you think? About Ebba Ellis?"
"She seems very interesting. I must confess that I'd hardly heard of her until now, but provided you can find enough material to work from, I'm sure it will be fine."
"I've got fantastic material."
"Really? Tell me more."
"For a start," he said, sitting down on the visitor's chair without waiting for an invitation, "hardly anyone has written about Ebba Ellis. In modern times there's nothing at all; she seems to have been completely forgotten."
"There are plenty of artists in that position; in most cases it's because they weren't very good."
A Newsweek Best Book of the Year 2018
A World Literature Today Notable Translation of the Year
"[Bohman] perceptively explores the constraints facing a female professor in the academic world…compelling, nuanced, at times comical." —Newsweek, Best Books of the Year
"Eventide is full of damn fine writing, but it's the novel's irreverent attitude toward feminism that makes it as challenging as it is necessary to read." —Los Angeles Review of Books"Eventide is full of damn fine writing, but it's the novel's irreverent attitude toward feminism that makes it as challenging as it is necessary to read." —Los Angeles Review of Books
"This insightful novel is at once cutting and beautiful…masterful and devastating." —Three Percent
"Bohman…is an adroit novelist with deep insights into the mind and heart of Karolina, a complex character whose restlessness, irresolution, and search for meaning make every one of her actions, both hesitancies and uncertainties, plausible and psychologically rich. Intelligent, impassioned, and compelling, [Eventide] explores complex inner worlds with great sensitivity and insight." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Bohman's prose is clear-eyed and arresting…With literary flare and levelheaded pacing, Eventide provides a glimpse into the unsettling nuances of academic gender politics and the restless, unbounded nature of female aging and agency." —Shelf Awareness
"Moving…This psychologically rich journey provides insight into an intelligent, successful woman who burns with needs she fears she can't fulfill." —Publishers Weekly
"An absorbing feminist novel of psychological suspense…[Bohman's] details about ivory-tower life are spot-on; she nails turf wars in academia with subtle wit…The novel ends in an elegant twist awash in schadenfreude. Eventide is ink well spent." —World Literature Today
"Bohman is a powerful artist of human feelings, and presents a compelling portrait of the inner life of the woman at the heart of her novel…a highly rewarding read." —PopMatters
"Eventide is a spare, utterly satisfying tale of male frailty and one woman's delicate act of revenge. Therese Bohman is a mesmerizing talent; she writes with wit, honesty, and devastating poise." —Lucy Ives, author of Impossible Views of the World
"Therese Bohman's arresting novel explores contemporary mores with crystalline reflections on art and culture, passion and its absence…An intelligent, uncompromising story." —Sylvia Brownrigg, author of Pages for Her
"Both incisive and tender, Therese Bohman's elegant Eventide leaves no stone unturned in the heart of her protagonist…Reading it was like having an intimate conversation with a brilliant woman in a deceptively still and quiet room." —Bonnie Nadzam, author of Lions
Eventide Reading Group Guide
- Karolina observes that "It is twilight in Nietzsche's work, twilight in Baudelaire, twilight in the work of everyone with whom she felt an affinity" (p 126). Why do you think the novel is called Eventide? Which moments in the novel take place at twilight, and how does Karolina feel during those moments?
- The epigraph of the novel contains two quotes, one from Dante and one from Swedish musician Jonathan Johansson.
Midway in the journey of our life
I found myself in a dark wood,
for the straight way was lost.
—Dante Alighieri
I think God is German
There is a grace in everything that is organized
—Jonathan Johansson
In what ways does Karolina feel lost in Eventide? How does she feel about order and orderliness?
- What most defines Karolina: her job, her desires, or her singledom? Does she enjoy her work? Does she enjoy being single?
- How does Karolina feel about feminism? Do you think she's a feminist? Do you think Lennart Olsson is a feminist?
- Why did Karolina break up with her partner, Karl Johan? What does she believe constitutes a good relationship?
- Karolina "wanted someone who wanted her. Someone who liked her enough to think about a future together" (p131). What else does Karolina want? Is she a conventional woman, with stereotypical feminine desires? Her dissertation was titled, "Seduction and Destruction. The Dangerous Woman in Swedish Art at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Is Karolina a "dangerous woman"?
- Karolina is "particularly fascinated by Mannerism, the final phase of the Italian Renaissance" (p 15) and believes that "most ideologies seemed to be in their Mannerist phase" (p 16). Is she going through a Mannerist phase in her adulthood?
- How does Karolina feel about "the cultural heritage of the West" (p 72) and Western civilization? She tells Hans Jerup "I like the old world" (p 85). Is this something she feels comfortable sharing openly? Why do you think so?
- What does Karolina think makes a work of art "genuinely good" (p 143)? What do you think makes art great?
- What characteristic allows Karolina to discover Anton's lie? What do you make of her solution to the situation?
- Karolina spends much of the novel imagining the lives of historical figures and of the people in her milieu. What role does imagination play in her life? Who in the novel, contemporary or historical, does she identify with most?


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The evidence against Hillary Clinton is mounting…
The FBI informant who has information on the Clinton-Uranium One deal has broken his silence for the first time. The informant revealed in a telephone interview with Reuters that he is eager to testify due to his "concerns about Russia's activities in the United States, but declined to comment further."
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The witness, identified by Reuters as William D. Campbell, worked as a lobbyist for a Russian firm.
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How to Pick Out the Best Equipment for Your Next Camping Trip
There is no question that people these days are looking for anything they can do that will allow them to get away from their usual lives and feel a stronger connection to the world around them. In most cases, this will be due to the fact that modern life has a way of getting you to forget all of the reasons why you're here and the sorts of goals you might have. As a result, you're going to have no trouble letting go of all the things that might leave you feeling stressed or anxious.
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There is no doubt that the type of shelter you take with you on your camping trip will have a big impact on how much you enjoy everything. This is why it's going to be so important to look around for a great gazebo that can go over any of your camping tables. If you're able to find a way to eat your meals under a roof when the weather turns bad, then there should be no doubt that you'll really enjoy yourself. You'll find a wide range of interesting gazebos out there that will be able to help you feel like you're ready for whatever nature can throw at you.
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A good book can provide you with an unbelievable experience. It teaches you about things beyond your daily horizons connects you with the brightest minds and can create characters so real that you seem to know them. In the past, access to information was accessible to very few people. At the time, the clergy and the Church sheltered books like gold. Currently, access to information is unlimited. Most of us have the privilege of reading the books we want, even for free.
How many books do you think you have read so far? How many books do you think you can read throughout your life? Let's do the calculation: Life expectancy is 80 years (more if you're lucky). Suppose you start reading (by habit) at age 20. If you read one book per week you will be reading approximately 2880 books. If instead, you read 100 books a year, you would be able to read 5000 books in your entire life. Imagine how many incredible stories and valuable information you can discover. Imagine everything you are missing simply because you do NOT have the habit of reading.
I mean what about all those fantastic adventures and beautiful romances? What about all the battles, heroes and villains of the past that you've never heard of? What about all the fascinating things about the world that you still do not know?
Start to read and forming the habit is very easy and fun. All you have to do is follow the steps below.
Classical literature is beautiful but, at first, it can be difficult to read. I advise you to choose a simple book. Even some for children or young people are fun. One way to choose a book is to think about the type of movies you like to watch. Maybe you lean more for suspense or maybe for romance and prefer a love novel. The possibilities are endless. Research the best sellers or the most famous authors. You can also ask for help at the library or ask a friend.
Reserve a moment of the day in which you will be reading. For example: Before going to bed, on the way to school or work, after your daily activities, etc. I recommend that you write it in your agenda, in this way you give it the importance it deserves and it also helps you organize yourself better so as not to fail.
Includes a reminder to not forget to read. It can be a note on your bedside table, an alarm on the mobile, or simply put the book in a visible place.
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The best part of starting a habit is to see how much you have advanced over time. Another option is to register on an incredible website called Good Reads. Here you can see the book reviews, find new authors and register the books you've read and even leave your opinion about it.
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They acknowledge that Chicago is a hotbed of violence and murder, much of it involving guns and gangs. For years, conservatives have pointed to cities such as Chicago to show the failures of gun control. Chicago still has stringent gun control in place, even though the courts have ruled that they must allow concealed carry. That was a step in the right direction, but it doesn't mean obtaining a gun is all that easy there.
The media generally ignore Chicago's "gun violence," because they know it makes gun control look bad. They'd much rather focus on crazy white people who commit mass murders with scary-looking guns. Everyone knows that Chicago is one of the most violent cities in the U.S., but you'd never know it from watching the news.
As of this writing, President Obama is headed for Chicago to speak before the International Association of the Chiefs of Police. In response to a question about what the President would be discussing, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that he would touch on the subject of gun control and ways that Chicago could help stem gun violence that's so prevalent there. Earnest conceded that Chicago does indeed have strict gun control laws, but he said that the city's violent crime rate is a testament not of the failures of gun control, but of the need for more gun control, particularly on a national level. He said:
"The city of Chicago is a good illustration of why allowing local jurisdictions to put in place these gun safety laws doesn't work because it's just too easy for those with bad intentions to just cross the city line or just cross the county line and make a handgun purchase that they are prevented from making in some other jurisdictions. Often somebody who is seeking to evade gun laws like that is somebody who shouldn't have a gun in the first place. This is somebody with a criminal record, somebody who may be the subject of a restraining order or maybe even somebody with a mental problem. Chicago ends up being a pretty good illustration for why those kinds of national laws are important to the safety of communities all across the country."
That's become the liberals' stock answer in responding to critics about Chicago's violence. Gun-free zones that disarm law-abiding citizens aren't the problem. Guns are the problem.
While Obama's in Chicago talking about the need for national gun control, I wonder if he'll ask the Secret Service to disarm themselves. If not, he'll be utterly surrounded by people carrying guns.