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The Bender oak, estimated to be more than 250 years old, is an arboretum flagship tree.
Trees that are 100, 200 or even 300 years old require special management techniques. Here are some examples of trees that are getting the proper care and some tips on how you can cultivate and coddle your own veteran trees.
Walking among centuries-old trees — magnolia, cherry, Bender oak, European beech, katsura — Jason Lubar puts it simply. "We are a tree museum." Rather than remove aging trees, Lubar and members of Urban Forestry Consulting Team focus on veteran tree preservation at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. They turn back the clock by regenerative pruning, propping and cultural practices.
Loss can make what remains more precious. In recent decades, storms have wreaked havoc on the arboretum's older trees. Each mature tree standing is venerable and significant — environmentally, genetically, historically, sentimentally. The prominent gray-barked, upright Bender oak that welcomes arboretum visitors is thought to be 250 years old. All year round this flagship tree is most people's first impressive, up-close-and-personal experience with the arboretum's treasures. Strolling from the parking lot to the Widener Education Center, visitors walk under branches of its 90-foot-wide, deep green canopy.
Veteran trees are craggy, scarred, fissured giants who grab and hold our imagination. Their huge limbs give us places to hide and dream. Their split, pithy trunks are homes to insects and birds. They are history in themselves and for the people who've climbed their branches, played tag under their canopies and leaned against their hefty trunks and shared secrets.
Regenerating Veteran Trees
Steel cabling strung through the branches holds the Bender oak together.
Lightning rods of copper wire extend from a red oak top deep into the soil to capture and divert electricity from the tree into the ground.
Caring for them is different from young or even mature trees. "Veteran trees have complex systems. They've seen the slings and arrows of 100 to 300 years," explains Lubar, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and associate director of urban forestry at the Morris Arboretum. As survivors they deserve TLC — scientifically based, naturally derived TLC.
Europe with its history of old trees — some 800 to 1,000 years and aging — has developed the science and art of veteran tree care. The United States with its younger trees is just starting to become educated in preservation.
Centuries-old trees are consolidating their resources and energy; they're getting smaller; they may die back, Lubar says. "We do cultural things to preserve the veteran trees, to maintain their vigor," says Lubar. "The main thing is managing the leaves" — promoting as much growth as possible to photosynthesize, producing as much food as possible.
The regenerative techniques Lubar and his colleagues use for the arboretum's living collection are helpful for any mature tree in our yards, woodlots or gardens.
Regenerative Pruning
One technique involves specialized pruning. "We turn back the clock by doing regenerative pruning," Lubar says. To lessen stress and breakage, they reduce weight by removing large, long branches. They may make heading cuts to trigger interior canopy growth. A heading cut trims a branch back to a bud or a small branch.
Lubar and his team encourage and manage the growth of vibrant shoots, suckers and water sprouts to produce more leaf mass. "Now we let water sprouts grow," he explains. "They will be the new canopy. They will keep the mature tree growing." More leaves means more photosynthesis, hence more nutrients for the mother tree.
Above the sheep meadow, staff have propped heavy limbs of the magnificent splaying magnolia, using mostly through-bolts with red cedar timber. The red cedar, which resists rot, is taken from elsewhere in the arboretum. Lubar nods appreciatively toward a wide, deep furrow of rotting wood on a supported limb. "This is rich in biodiversity. Having old trees like this supports a
wide range of insects and grubs that birds
eat." Lubar looks down. "Mulch under the canopy to reduce soil compaction," he says. "The better you can make the soil around the old tree, the healthier it will be."
Wildlife benefit from rotting branches. Birds eat the grubs and insects living in the decaying wood.
New from Old: Phoenix Tree
Across from the arboretum's Widener Education Center, the aging cherry tree is considered a "Phoenix Tree." A new tree — called a cambium column — grows from the declining mother trunk. This new tree uses the same roots and has the same genetic material as the mother tree. Another Phoenix rebirth occurs in a nearby linden. One partially broken limb touches the ground. Staff propped the limb to keep it connected to the mother tree. So far it's forming a cambium column, a new tree with genetics identical to its mother.
The 90-foot-wide weeping European beech, pre-1909, puts out its progeny through layering, Lubar says. Layering involves the limbs dipping and rooting to form rings of new trees surrounding the decaying mother tree. New rooted trees will have the same genetic material as the mother tree.
Holding the Parts in Place
Morris Arboretum's Associate Director of Urban Forestry Jason Lubar shows how a red cedar timber from elsewhere on the property has been cut and bolted to prop up a large magnolia branch.
The weeping European beech, pre-1909, puts out its progeny through layering branches that surround and grow into genetically identical trees.
Look up into the massive Bender oak on Compton Hill. There, regenerative TLC involves steel cable strung through the branches, attached to bolts, weaving throughout the crown. "The cabling is a supplemental support system helping to hold up the big limbs," explains Lubar. "We also cut off the ends of larger limbs to relieve weight and trigger growth."
Copper conductor is used as lightning protection. The lightning rod carries the electric charge to the ground where the energy is dispersed. The main conducting cable runs from the highest accessible point in the tree down the trunk and into the ground. A large or forked trunk requires two or more cables on opposite sides of the trunk as well as small connecting cables along major branches. Cables are grounded — placed some 10 feet deep in surrounding soil.
Regenerative Tree Care Techniques
• Leave the autumn leaves under the tree. Use a mulching mower to shred leaves or just allow fallen leaves to stay. Trees evolved in a forest setting where leaves naturally dropped and decomposed into nutrients.
• Mulch with organic matter — no more than 2 inches of shredded leaves or shredded bark — under the tree canopy for a healthier root system.
• Do not have mulch touching the trunk or covering above-ground roots. Mulch against a trunk or on top of roots can hold moisture and more, causing tree parts to rot.
• Trees need as many healthy roots as possible. Growing grass under the branch spread of an old tree undermines that. Digging to plant shrubs, perennials and annuals can damage tree roots, too.
• Consult an arborist trained in regenerative tree pruning. Correct care of veteran trees differs from young and mature tree care.
(From State-by-State Gardening January/February 2012. Photography By Charlotte Kidd.)

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Dr. Evered is a neuropsychologist and psychodynamically oriented clinical psychologist who maintains psychotherapy, assessment, and consultation practices in Berkeley and Concord. His clinical work, research, and teaching focus on furthering the understanding of the relationship between brain functioning, emotions, and behavior toward effective treatment interventions and outcome. Dr. Evered combines a theoretical and research-based approach to his clinical work in order to develop in depth, supportive, and effective therapeutic relationship. He maintains a broad clinical practice with adults, adolescents, and children. Specific areas of assessment specialization include mild traumatic brain injury, postconcussive disorder, neurodevelopment, attention pathology, AD/HD, verbal and nonverbal learning disabilities, and Asperger's Syndrome. Dr. Evered's psychotherapy interests include individual development, life change/adjustment, trauma/PTSD, depression, affect dysregulation, and medical illness.
Dr. Evered completed his predoctoral psychotherapy training at the Karen Horney Clinic in Manhattan and his predoctoral neuropsychology training at St. Mary's Medical Center, McAuley Behavioral Health in San Francisco. He completed his postdoctoral training at San Francisco Clinical Neurosciences. Dr. Evered is a consulting clinical neuropsychologist for Neuromuscular Consultants in San Francisco and John Muir Medical Center in Concord. He is also Director of Clinical Research for Systems Micro Technologies, developing innovative neuroimaging for the rapid detection of traumatic brain injury and stroke.


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Ok, what if what I expect of my husband is to lack expectations of me...lolOne standard marital expectation is sexual fidelity. The failure of either partner in this area can lead to STD's which in turn can cause sterility and even death. This seems a reasonable expectation because of the consequences. What are the negative consequences of a wife not taking her husbands name that he can point to and say "look at the harm that will be done if you don't take my name". I don't think men have much of a leg to stand on demanding that women change their names because "omg how will it look to other people if you don't change your name". I doubt that men routinely lose respect or social status, health or wealth because of their wife's last name.
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Hotel Royal Penang, George Town
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Collect nights
Hotel Royal Penang, George Townfrom $81
- Deluxe Room
- Executive Suite, 1 King Bed
- Apartment Suite
- Superior Room
What's around Hotel Royal Penang, George Town
- In Downtown George Town
- Gurney Drive - 14 min walk
- KOMTAR - 17 min walk
- Gleneagles Penang Medical Centre - 14 min walk
- Penang Times Square - 17 min walk
- Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal - 32 min walk
- Gurney Plaza - 33 min walk
- Penang Adventist Hospital - 35 min walk
Getting around
- Penang (PEN-Penang Intl.) - 29 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 237 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 20 floors
- Check-in time 2:30 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Up to 2 children stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking
Payment types at the property
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Sauna
- Business center
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Elevator
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas
- Accessible bathroom
- Wheelchair-accessible parking
- Chinese
- English
- Malay
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Special features
DiningGrove Brasserie - This restaurant serves breakfast and lunch.
Hotel Royal Penang, George Town's small print
Also known as
- Hotel Penang Royal
- Hotel Royal
- Royal Penang George Town
- Hotel Royal Penang Hotel
- Hotel Royal Penang George Town
- Hotel Royal Penang Hotel George Town
- Hotel Royal Penang
- Penang Hotel Royal
- Penang Royal
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- Royal Hotel Penang
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- Royal Penang Hotel
- Hotel Royal Penang George Town
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: MYR 3.00 per accommodation, per night
- A tax of MYR 10.00 per accommodation, per night is imposed by the country of Malaysia and collected at the property. Permanent residents and Malaysian nationals are exempt from the tax. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for MYR 100.0 per night
Breakfast costs between MYR 30 and MYR 80 per person (approximately)
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of MYR 100 per vehicle (one-way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Good 7.4 From 223 reviews
Only good thing is strong wifi. Hotel is really old. When check in there was no bathing towels. Same thing happen on 3rd day. Staff not very friendly. Hotel not near to any places of interest, such as malls. Have to take transport to places of interest.
The cleaning person did not clean cups not give us enough soup and shampoo. We do not like to complain. The keys are over sensutive, we need to redo it after we went outside. The front counter person it was due to our mobile phone got too close to it. One of the bed as in bad shape and caused me backache. The location is ok, easy access to nearby mLland famous eating places.
not a good experience; hotel and room smelled like stale cigarettes, men stared at me and my friend who was dressed average in a very uncomfortable seductive way. we ended up checking out early. no customer service at all during check in or check out. the men just stood around.
terrible front desk service. service was stale with no smile and pleasantries. only one person manning the desk and wait time was long during check in and check out. room was not sound proofed, I could not get quality sleep with traffic noise, albeit being on the 10th floor.
An enjoyable stay. The reception staff are very helpful and I feel I must also make a positive mention of the housekeeping. the breakfast had a good spread and the hotel is handy for lots of eating places. The hotel evening buffet is very good value.
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Take a short Seabus ride to Canada Place, home of the cruise ships and the Convention Centre, stroll the vibrant Lonsdale Quay Market or shop at North Vancouver's largest shopping centre, Park Royal. We are conveniently located by Capilano University, Pacific National Exhibition Fairgrounds, Playland Amusement Park and Deep Cove which is well known for kayaking and hiking.
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Hello everyone. I've talked about it in the past, but now it is finally happening. I'm going to open up a public tool for editing information in the Kongming's Archives database and we're going to see if we can start evolving it into an interactive online encyclopedia. This could also mean things like online community biographies, new information and areas at the main site, or easy collaboration on projects like 'Differences Between the Novel and History' lists.
We just need people interested in working on the project and turning it into something cool. To that end, if you like the idea of a Three Kingdoms reference on this scale, want to contribute to Kongming's Archives, or simply want to share your knowledge with others, reply in this thread and let me know (include the information below).
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If you would like to participate in the Development Project, please fill out the form listed below. You will need a Kongming's Archives user account to join. We will write you back after you submit it and soon you can be editing Kongming's Archives over the internet!
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My heart grew troubled,
my soul groaned within me
as I observed the ways of the ignorant.
I saw those who blind themselves to the Lord,
who ignore his existence and his statutes.
I saw how they prospered,
how power fell into their hands.
Wealth they have in abundance,
yet they waste it on trivial nothings.
Sinners dominate the culture,
they draw others in with their sin.
Those who are lawless are honored
and those who deny God lauded.
I asked myself, "Why is this so?
Why has God allowed the wicked to prosper?"
My thoughts were helpless
and my mood downhearted
until I remembered the truth.
The end of the wicked is to come.
The ignorant have gained their reward on the earth;
they have gained the love of men.
Those who seek the love of men
will find emptiness on the Day of Judgment.
I realized, O Lord, that those who love you,
those who serve Yahweh,
they will receive their reward at the end of time.
The righteous will stand on that day,
but the sinner will fall.
Though the wicked prosper now,
their downfall is assured.
I look to the faults of culture,
to a nation awash in sin,
to a country flaunting iniquity.
I know, O Lord, even if your people are slandered,
if believers are reduced to but a few,
if Christians are mocked and despised,
you, O Mighty God, still reign.
The Lord is King of Nations,
God of Hosts,
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The Son of God will reign
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I've asked this in another forum already but this might be the right spot to suggest a feature i would like to see in AOS4:
The support of pivot monitors.
That is when you turn a monitor to 90° or 270° and the screenmode handling software should recognize this, maybe after a reboot but optimaly of course onthefly.
I realize this is not easily done with a different width and height resolution swap but with a different way how the driver 'paint' the display contens.
What are your thoughts about this?
I've learned that the orientation of input/output of mouse coords x&y also has to be swapped. Input.device and stuff....


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As one of the most visited Gardens in the UK, we are noted for our friendly atmosphere and approach to our visitors. We value and very much appreciate our volunteers and regard them amongst our important ambassadors, whether on site or wherever they go in the world, contributing to developing and promoting our reputation.
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Volunteers carry out a wide range of activities and tasks at the Garden, from buggy driving to gardening, tour guiding and assisting with school visits, to organising exhibitions and painting fences. The vast majority of our volunteers usually dedicate one day a week to volunteering at the Garden, some usually do a morning or afternoon a week and others volunteer on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, or, as and when we require their help.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, email or phone our volunteer co-ordinator Jane Down on 01558 667118 or email@example.com and she'll be able to help you out.
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As with a lot of charities in the UK, the Garden's resources are limited. Therefore, to enable the Garden to meet its objectives it has developed and maintains an essential, balanced, effective, and mutually beneficial staff/volunteer partnership. This is based on the principle that Garden staff provide the structure, organisation, direction and day to day management, whilst volunteers add value to the Garden's work by performing a wide range of roles, contributing their time, flexibility, experience and specialist skills. Thus within this framework, volunteering is a legitimate and crucial activity which is supported and encouraged by the Garden.


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HAMMOND, Ind. (CBS) — More than two years after his Northwest Indiana restaurant was raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, a Richton Park man and his wife now face federal charges connected to that and a child day care business they ran.
Michael McClellan, 38, plans to plead not guilty, his attorney, Scott King, said.
McClellan, who bought Paragon restaurant in 2008, is charged with one count of harboring illegal aliens at the restaurant on U.S. 30 in Schererville and in a house behind the restaurant.
When agents raided the restaurant in March 2010, they arrested 13 people. McClellan said at the time he had been trying to resolve some of the problems he inherited when he took over Paragon. He is still listed as the president of Paragon Family Restaurant and Banquets.
The indictment, unsealed Thursday in the federal court Hammond, says McClellan harbored the illegal workers since at least February 2009.
He also faces three mail fraud counts connected with not reporting the illegal workers to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, meaning he paid less unemployment tax than he should have.
"Homeland Security Investigations holds employers accountable when they knowingly hire an illegal alien workforce to gain an unfair advantage over their law-abiding competitors," said Gary Hartwig, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Chicago. "Our goal is to level the playing field for those businesses that play by the rules."
Both McClellan and his wife, Tina McClellan, 36, are charged with a fifth count of making a monetary transaction with criminally derived property. That count is connected to a day care center , T&M Day Care, that they operated in Calumet City from 2006 through 2010.
The indictment claims the state of Illinois reimbursed the two for providing child care to low-income families and that another group, Healthy Start, paid them for giving meals to the children.
The day care center never watched those children, however, and the McClellans instead pocketed at least $200,000 for services never provided, according to the indictment.
They then used $112,000 to buy the house behind the restaurant in October 2009.
Federal attorneys are asking that the McClellans forfeit the house and $3,520 in cash.
King said he and his clients are eager to see more information from the government as the indictment was just unsealed Thursday.
"We believe there's some significant questions regarding the government's theory in this case," he said.
Both the McClellans were released Thursday on $20,000 bond. An arraignment for both is scheduled for Dec. 11.
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Although cesarean (C-sections) are relatively safe surgical procedures, they should only be performed in appropriate medical circumstances. Some of the most common reasons for a cesarean are:
Some common causes of fetal distress are:
Like many surgical procedures, cesarean sections require anesthesia. Usually, the mother is given an epidural or a spinal block. Both of these will numb the lower body, but the mother will remain awake. If the baby has to be delivered quickly, as in an emergency, the mother may be given a general anesthetic, which will make her fall asleep.
During the surgery, an incision is made in the lower abdomen followed by an incision made in the uterus. There is no pain associated with either of these incisions because of the anesthesia. The doctor will open the uterus and the amniotic sac. Then the baby is carefully eased through the incision and out into the world. The procedure usually lasts about 20 minutes.
Afterward, the physician delivers the placenta and stitches up the incisions in the uterus and abdominal wall. Usually, the mother is allowed to leave the hospital within a few days, barring complications like wound infections.
One concern that many women have is whether they'll be able to have a normal delivery after having a cesarean. The answer depends on what the reasons were for having the c-section in the first place. If it was because of a one-time problem, like umbilical cord compression or breech position, then the mother may be able to have a normal birth.
Therefore, as long as the mother has had one or two previous cesarean deliveries with a low-transverse uterine incision, and there are no other indications for a cesarean, she is a candidate for vaginal birth after cesarean, also called VBAC (say as "vee-back").
Cesarean sections are safe, and can even save the lives of both mother and baby during emergency deliveries. Expectant mothers should be prepared for the possibility of having one. Keep in mind, in childbirth, it's not only the delivery method that matters, but the end result: a healthy mother and baby.
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Educating Girls in South Asia: Promising Approaches (2006)
One of a series of papers aimed at promoting better education in South Asia.
Author/Publisher: UNICEF ROSA (Region of South Asia), UNGEI
Language: English
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Huge challenges remain in increasing enrolment particularly for girls from the poorest families, the most remote areas, or the most culturally conservative settings. But South Asias own experience shows that when there's a will, there's a way to educate girls. The differences in performance among and within countries prove that effort matters and can make a real impact.


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With European clubs AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Legia Warsaw and Red Star Belgrade all scheduled to play at Toyota Park beginning next month, Chicago fans will get an opportunity to see some of the world's best in their own backyard.
But Fire technical director Frank Klopas is looking at Chicago's upcoming exhibition matches with a more watchful eye. The club has zero Designated Players on the roster and this spring's friendlies will provide the Fire with a great opportunity to scout -- and possibly snatch -- a European star.
"We're always looking and this is an opportunity," Klopas told MLSsoccer.com over the phone on Thursday. "There are some good teams coming in with some good talented players, so there are going to be opportunities to see some options there. We'll definitely be on the lookout."
Klopas said that there are no plans in place to talk with any specific players, only that "there are a lot of good players on all four teams coming in." However, one player who would seem to fit the Fire's needs is PSG's Ludovic Guily.
Reports out of France have hinted that the winger is interested in coming to MLS and -- with the Fire in need of another attacking midfielder -- Chicago would seem like a natural fit.
"You definitely didn't hear [any rumors about him from me]," Klopas said. "Giuly's a good player. But he's got a year left in his contract at PSG and it's his option to stay or not so it's not like he's a free player in June."
Of course, no article about the Fire potentially signing a DP would be complete without mention of Mexican star Cuauhtémoc Blanco. The former Fire forward has played his last game of the season for Mexican club Veracruz and could return to the Fire after this summer's World Cup


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Under the NSP program, the county buys foreclosed houses in poor condition within designated target areas, repairs them and puts them back on the market. It can't sell them for a profit.
The foreclosed house with the red door frame and brick accents sits along a shaded street in Gainesville.
The building, now emptied, was once a home. Though vacant, some small family touches remain.
A University of Florida light switch cover sporting an older version of its iconic mascot remains in a barren bedroom, while another room is brightened by warm yellow wallpaper stretched across the ceiling.
"You almost feel like an anthropologist," said Tom Webster, housing programs manager for Alachua County. "You go in and see all these kind of unique additions and wonder who lived there once upon a time."
The house has its problems, of course. Tiling on the kitchen floor needs replacing. A ceiling fan hangs so low in the living room it could decapitate someone, Webster jokes.
The roof is the biggest issue. It is covered with fuzzy green moss, and its overhangs are marred by gaping holes — probably caused by the weight of water sitting on the flat expanse — in which rats or other creatures could find shelter and multiply.
The county has purchased the foreclosed house as part of a federal grant called the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. It will renovate the building, fixing problems and adding energy-efficient windows and other items if needed, before putting it up for sale.
Under the NSP program, the county buys foreclosed houses in poor condition within designated target areas, repairs them and puts them back on the market. It can't sell them for a profit.
This house was purchased as part of the county's second ongoing NSP grant, Webster said. The county bought 22 homes using the first $2.9 million grant, and it so far has purchased three homes using the second grant. But it's racing against a March deadline to spend half of the funding, which totals a little more than $1 million.
The county generally will buy houses as long as they are structurally sound. The degree of disrepair varies, with problems ranging from mold to leaky roofs.
"We like to say we buy the pits, not the cherries," he said.
Before buying a house, Jay Moseley of Meridian Community Services Group does a basic inspection of the home's interior and exterior to determine if it's viable and estimates the cost of repairs for the county.
But those estimates sometimes fall well below the actual cost — a problem the county's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee wants to address.
Kara Bolton, a committee member and president of Kara Bolton Homes, said she and others on the committee are concerned about unexpected increases in renovation costs to some homes that they believe could have been avoided with a more thorough pre-purchase inspection.
As an example, she cited one house with an electrical system that required a complete re-wiring, adding another $6,000 to its repair total.
"A very simple $300 inspection could have saved that expense," she said. "It's always a challenge when purchasing real estate. You don't really know what you're getting."
The housing committee plans to send a letter to the County Commission recommending it consider requiring more thorough, mandatory inspections by a licensed inspector before final purchase of a home for the NSP program, she said. More intensive inspections could identify problems that otherwise would become expensive surprises during repair work.
Bolton pointed out that money saved from not purchasing homes with higher repair costs could be used to buy and renovate a greater number of houses. The county expects to lose money on the homes it repairs and sells, but closer inspections would give it a better understanding of the total investment it can anticipate for a home.
"It's just trying to make an informed decision so that as they go to bid, they're working with as much information as possible and there's no big surprises later on," Bolton said.
But Webster said unexpected repair needs arising during renovation are, well, expected.
He cited one house with a repair estimate of about $41,100 that needed two major, unanticipated repairs. The first was for roof decking so thin it fell below minimum standards — a $2,900 problem he doubted a more thorough inspection would have noticed. The second was for the electrical system, which had cloth-covered wiring that had to be replaced — a surprise expense of $6,400.
Moseley, who does the inspections, said he looks at the bones of a house's exterior structure before the county places a bid and then examines the interior before final purchase to estimate the repair costs.
"If the bones are good, the rest of it we can work with," he said.
But the degree to which a house can be inspected pre-purchase is limited. He can't do an electrical inspection because the power isn't usually on. He can't check out the "guts" of the house without removing sections of the wall, which isn't allowed until the county buys the house. Septic tank inspections before purchase are also out of the question.
"There are things that you can never know until you start taking things apart," he said. "It's kind of a crapshoot."
Hiring another professional to do a full-fledged inspection could significantly delay the county from buying a house because it would have to wait days for the written review, Webster said. Staff often must move quickly on a potential purchase, given the prevalence of competitors and limited amount of eligible houses within its target zones.
Besides, a more thorough inspection wouldn't glean that much more information than his reviews do, Moseley said. He said he considers his initial work order to be a baseline repair estimate, but he said he can ascertain 90 percent of what needs to be done.
Moseley pointed out that the unexpected increases in renovation costs after purchase might not amount to enough to buy one additional house.
"I've been doing this for 20 years, and change orders are just a necessary function of rehabbing a house," he said. "We all hate change orders."
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A strategic management game, best described as a sci-fi tower defence game with moving spaceships and configurable units. Design your own ships from a series of hulls+modular components, group the ships into a fleet, give the fleet orders and positions and then watch it engage in OTT gratuitous space battles against enemy fleets.
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You also don't understand the word "professional" this word only mean: "earn money on that in a way you mean it" and not do it like people who don't earn money with that want it.
its the same like Michaels "Beer" Pictures haters don't like it but Michael will not end it because of this.
A Superior mind would never be a mental fascist who control people and limit people in the role of Robotic slaves.


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Stanborough School is a co-educational school that provides an outstanding education for both local and international communities.
As a school, we offer a caring environment where our students are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to meet and exceed academic standards. We also provide multiple opportunities for our students to internalize the values and attitudes they need to become critical thinkers who are well-rounded and tolerant individuals. This is proven by the fact that our students continually score higher than national and Hertfordshire averages in their GCSE examinations.
With our active Pastoral Care program, Stanborough School aims to ensure that students develop strong moral and ethical values. This will prepare students for the challenges of a changing world.
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Venlafaxine is used to treat depression. It may improve your mood and energy level, and may help restore your interest in daily living. Venlafaxine is known as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain.
Antidepressant medications are used to treat a variety of conditions, including depression and other mental/mood disorders. These medications can help prevent suicidal thoughts/attempts and provide other important benefits. However, a small number of people (especially people younger than 25) who take antidepressants for any condition may experience worsening depression, other mental/mood symptoms, or suicidal thoughts/attempts. Therefore, it is very important to talk with the doctor about the risks and benefits of antidepressant medication (especially for people younger than 25), even if treatment is not for a mental/mood condition.
Tell the doctor right away if you notice worsening depression/other psychiatric conditions, unusual behavior changes (including possible suicidal thoughts/attempts), or other mental/mood changes (including new/worsening anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, irritability, hostile/angry feelings, impulsive actions, severe restlessness, very rapid speech). Be especially watchful for these symptoms when a new antidepressant is started or when the dose is changed.
Other Uses
This section contains uses of this drug that are not listed in the approved professional labeling for the drug but that may be prescribed by your health care professional. Use this drug for a condition that is listed in this section only if it has been so prescribed by your health care professional.
This drug may also be used for anxiety, panic attacks, or hot flashes that occur with menopause.
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Read the Medication Guide provided by your pharmacist before you start using venlafaxine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, usually 2 to 3 times daily with food.
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. To reduce your risk of side effects, your doctor may direct you to start this medication at a low dose and gradually increase your dose. Follow your doctor's instructions carefully. Take this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same times each day.
It is important to continue taking this medication as prescribed even if you feel well. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor. Some conditions may become worse when this drug is suddenly stopped. Also, you may experience symptoms such as confusion, mood swings, headache, tiredness, sleep changes, and brief feelings similar to electric shock. Your dose may need to be gradually decreased to reduce side effects. Report any new or worsening symptoms right away.
It may take several weeks to feel the benefit of this medication. Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.


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Celebs Step Out to Support Zooey Deschanel's Clothing Line!
Malin Akerman, Rodrigo Santoro, Peter Facinelli, and Jennifer Morrison hit the red carpet to celebrate the launch of the Zooey Deschanel for Tommy Hilfiger Collection on Wednesday evening (April 9) at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif.
Also in attendance at the star-studded event were James Van Der Beek with wife Kimberly, Zoey Deutch and Avan Jogia, Scandal's Dan Bucatinsky, Last Man Standing's Kaitlyn Dever, The Walking Dead's Alanna Masterson, Brian Geraghty, Nia Vardalos, Eva Amurri Martino, Louise Roe, Gillian Zinser, Angie Harmon, James Frecheville, Mia Moretti, Neon Hitch, Veep's Tony Hale, Ioan Gruffudd with wife Alice Evans, and Bad Teacher's Ari Graynor.
The dresses in Zooey's capsule collection will launch at 200 Macy's stores beginning April 14.
FYI: Malin is wearing a Tommy Hilfiger dress, Bionda Costana shoes, a Stephen Webster ring, and Rodo clutch. Zoey is wearing Tommy Hilfiger coat, shirt, skirt, ring, and clutch with Bionda Castana shoes.
30+ pictures inside of celebs attending the launch of Zooey Deschanel's new line…


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It feels so good to announce any new Belle and Sebastian action. So naturally, we're thrilled to announce the August 27 US release of The Third Eye Centre on Matador – a collection of B-sides, rarities, and non-LP tracks from the last decade. The album is on CD (CD!), download (download!), and on vinyl (vinyl!) as a gatefold double LP. Special pre-order info coming next week – watch this space (and that of your neighbors).
Listen to the NEW track "Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix)" here:
The 19 tracks are from the time around their last three albums – Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003), The Life Pursuit (2006) and Write About Love (2010). Consider The Third Eye Centre the successor of sorts to Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005), which compiled earlier singles and EPs.
Track listing:
I'm A Cuckoo (Avalanches Remix)
Suicide Girl
Love On The March
Last Trip
Your Secrets
Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix)
I Took A Long Hard Look
Heaven In The Afternoon
Long Black Scarf
The Eighth Station Of The Cross Kebab House
I Didn't See It Coming (Richard X Mix)
(I Believe In) Travellin' Light
Stop, Look And Listen
Passion Fruit
Desperation Made A Fool Of Me
Blue Eyes Of A Millionaire
Mr Richard
Meat And Potatoes
The Life Pursuit
Belle and Sebastian will play the following 2013 dates:
4– Quebec City Festival – Quebec
5– Montreal Jazz Festival – Montreal
6– Ottawa Bluesfest – Ottawa, Canada
7– Toronto Urban Folk Festival – Toronto
9 – Bank Of America Pavillion – Boston
10– Skyline Stage @ The Mann – Philadelphia
11– Prospect Park – NYC
12– Merriweather Post Pavillion – Wash DC
13– Stage AE – Pittsburgh
14– Bunbury Music Festival – Cincinatti
16– ACL @ The Moody Theatre – Austin
17– Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara
18– Twilight Series– Salt Lake City
20– Pitchfork Festival – Chicago
26– Open Air Festival – San Sebastian, Spain
27th July – Low Cost Festival, Spain
15– Sonorama – Spain
17– Parades de Coura – Portugal
23– Rock en Seine – Paris, France
30– Openair Festival – Zurich, Switzerland
SEP 1– End Of The Road Festival – Dorset
SEP 6– Bestival – Isle Of Wight
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Reasons to be Creative Conference
My old friend John Davey is putting on a new conference called Reasons to be Creative but with the speakers he's lined up for the event the title is not really necessary.
Two old buddies taking a break in filming
Josh Davis showing me the skateboard ramp in his backyard and wisely talking me out of trying it out.
Agency, Director, Production Studio?
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Ride, Rise, Roar on BluRay
Our feature documentary on David Byrne has played 30 plus festivals, 50 screens in the UK, and now is out on BluRay and DVD stateside.
Events: New Design Matters/Artist Series Film
I recently teamed up with Debbie Millman and her Design Matters show and we produced another film – the first collaboration yielded the Lawrence Weiner short. This one we filmed live, in front of an audience of a little over 100 people at the SVA studio where Debbie records the Design Matters radio show. It features Malcolm Gladwell discussing with Debbie the design of his three book box set with the designer Paul Sahre and illustrator Brian Rea, along with DeeDee Gordon and project producer Josh Liberson.
Events: HC to speak at How, Boston
I unfortunately had to cancel at the conference I was most looking forward to in 2012, FITC Amsterdam coming up February 27th. The good news is I will be driving to How Design Conference in Boston. Another favorite conference of mine. Always a good time. I'll be talking about my second book, MTIV, and how I would add to it now 10 years later. It will be a personal talk about what I've learned dealing with clients, the thin line between collaboration and cowardice, and how to remain always aware of your vision. Hope to see you there.


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Aquila, the Italian string company, have released their 'Red Series' strings, a new type of 'Nylgut' mixed with a copper compound to increase the density of the string. This makes the lower notes, like the 'Low G' on a Tenor attainable without using a wound string. This, in turn, avoids the scratching sound as your Continue reading Aquila Red Strings
Monthly Archives: June 2012
On the Bench
Again, it's a while since I posted any progress reports, so to whet your appetite for next weekends Craft Fair, I thought I'd show a couple of instruments that are underway.
The Cuatro, which is No 3, along with the tenor Uke that might just remind you it is Olympic year, should both be strung up and finished by the weekend, while the Concert body and banjo bits are work in progress, both for customers.
The banjo is, in fact a prototype and will be shortly followed by an open-back banjo Uke.
The Craft Fair, which will be held over the weekend of 16th and 17th June attracts a good number of stands and, for the weekend only, it will cost you £1 to enter the village, through which you get to all the stalls. The money though, goes to a good cause, that of the Kent Air Ambulance, which runs purely on donations, so come along and support the event.
Don't forget though, that the Village itself is open all year round and is free to visit, it's just this weekend that a charge is levied.


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Spit in the face of the Public Taste by Skrju [web]
popularity : 56%
alltime top: #46177
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Well, I liked it a lot. The graphics are obviously very limited but their repetitive and hypnotic nature go very well with the sweet soundtrack.
MOAR experimentation,
LESS shallow productions !
MOAR experimentation,
LESS shallow productions !
rulez added on the 2009-12-04 20:49:15 by cxnull
i tried to like this because i know what it's supposed to be doing, but it's just random lines and bad vertex arrays
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sucks added on the 2009-12-04 22:13:47 by guardian ٩๏̯͡๏۶
go get a 3d modeller...
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What Confused said.
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I didn't try to like it. Because I hate this kind of demos and this one is one of the worst examples of its kind.
sucks added on the 2009-12-05 08:52:08 by Skate
concept fullfilled and the music is beautiful!
rulez added on the 2009-12-05 09:22:01 by elfh
bad chimera ripoff.. too hectic and looks somehow cheap
sucks added on the 2009-12-05 09:24:01 by v3nom
cool soundtrack + bad graphics = oink
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what faaret said
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Silly little demo trying to be controversial.
sucks added on the 2009-12-05 12:41:53 by Wade
sound-stuff nice, visual-stuff - crap.
Izvinite rebyata, no eto bespomoshnoe gavno, a ne concept
Izvinite rebyata, no eto bespomoshnoe gavno, a ne concept
sucks added on the 2009-12-05 12:51:40 by BiTL
Looks like a precession of false starts, each scribbled out. Is it about hopeless ambition? Or is it simply a reductionist view of the demoscene - rotating abstract shapes and glitches. I dunno, but it's interesting and for that it deserves a fucking thumb.
rulez added on the 2009-12-05 14:11:58 by Insectecutor
sucks added on the 2009-12-05 14:12:42 by Maali
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Reminds me of trial:error, which is better. Nice soundtrack in this one though
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+1 Bitl
sucks added on the 2009-12-05 20:14:22 by Phantom Lord
Utter shit, only soundtrack is marginal.
sucks added on the 2009-12-06 01:00:04 by HeatSurge
Public taste's face successfully spat in.
sucks added on the 2009-12-06 13:12:52 by andr00
nik-0, sq
rulez added on the 2009-12-06 13:27:01 by mitchell
When the programmer is not able to write the program - begins surrealism..
sucks added on the 2009-12-06 18:05:10 by in*tEr
compulsory scene award
sucks added on the 2009-12-07 02:30:49 by zoolum
bad prod, really.
Wade, soglasen.
Wade, soglasen.
sucks added on the 2009-12-08 12:03:13 by FoxLis
no thanks
sucks added on the 2009-12-26 02:25:11 by Alpha C
Didnt we experiment enough already? Go get a girl.
sucks added on the 2009-12-26 03:42:21 by Exin
lol @ exin
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sucks added on the 2009-12-26 07:00:50 by panic
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July 04, 2013
By Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou
City News Service
Newly minted Mayor Eric Garcetti's first day in office began with a face-to-face meeting Monday with a panel of business leaders to discuss issues ranging from expanding business resource centers to a plan to rid the city of its business gross receipts tax. Notably missing among the group were some of the bigger and more influential business groups, such as the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Valley Industry & Commerce Associations and other types of "umbrella" organizations.
"I want to help them rethink their role in the city," Garcetti said. "In time, we'll bring them in, too."
The mayor's spokesman, Yusef Robb, said the goal of the economic roundtable was to understand the needs of business chambers working at the "Main Street" level. Instead of the larger organizations, the group consisted of directors and presidents from a dozen or so chambers representing such areas as San Pedro, Venice Beach, Century City, Hollywood and Encino, as well as a group representing Hispanic chambers. The gesture left an impression on some attendees.
"You're the first mayor we've met on his first day in office!" Steven Kasten, president of the Lincoln Heights Chamber of Commerce, said as the meeting wrapped up. As Garcetti jotted notes and fielded suggestions from the chamber representatives, he also began outlining defined policy direction for his first few months in office – at least in the area of economic development. Chief on his list is a strong push to eliminate the city's gross receipts tax on businesses, which has given the city the unwelcome distinction of having the highest business tax among Los Angeles County's 88 cities, Garcetti said.
As a councilman, he participated in creating a plan for phasing out the gross receipts tax, which is based on a company's earnings before expenses are paid out, rather than its profit, as is the case with many state and federal taxes. Some city leaders, who Garcetti called "well-intentioned budget minders," have expressed concern that getting rid of the tax could cut into the amount of revenue for city services. In order to gain momentum for the effort, Garcetti said he would need the chambers' help to come up with examples of how the gross receipts tax has hurt businesses and caused others to leave the city.
"I want to humanize this," he said.
No longer able to introduce legislation himself, the new mayor will need to rally the support of members of the City Council, which would have to do the leg work of putting together a law to phase out the tax. The council Garcetti will be interacting with underwent a dramatic shift this Tuesday with the installation of six new members. The council also appointed a president, with incumbent Herb Wesson hoping to be re-elected by his colleagues.
Garcetti's hour-long roundtable also included a discussion of making city services more accessible and known to businesses, especially smaller ones that do not normally interact with City Hall. Garcetti said he wants to build on the city's six business resource centers, which are modeled after "one-stop-shop" centers that bring together myriad "hodge-podge" city resources into one location for job seekers and families. The business-oriented centers would help companies find business loans, provide mentorship and give technical assistance. If expanding the reach and number of the centers is not possible, Garcetti said the city could also partner with local chambers that already provide such services.
The panel also discussed Los Angeles' "business team," city staff who work with city businesses, with Garcetti saying he wants to not only increase their ranks, but also ensure its members are experts in various industries or geographic regions. Garcetti also promised a more cooperative approach toward businesses. He said government entities are often more focused on regulating industries, which he said is still important, but he also wants to make sure it also focuses on helping businesses succeed.
Other "to-dos" Garcetti said he took away from the meeting were to create a panel of city officials from different departments to discuss how their services can be better coordinated; directing police and fire chiefs to think about how public safety can partner with businesses; and researching ways to simplify the city's contract bidding applications. Garcetti also touched on a need to focus on the immigration law that is making its way through Congress as a possible driver of the local economy.


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Sumlin: Muschamp should tend to his own business
COLLEGE STATION — New Texas A&M football coach Kevin Sumlin has fired a volley across the Gulf of Mexico at Will Muschamp after the Florida coach, coming off a 7-6 first year, poked fun at Aggieland last week.
"He needs to worry about his own team," Sumlin said Wednesday.
By the time these two rising stars in the coaching business are finished trading barbs, the Sept. 8 showdown between Florida and A&M at Kyle Field might be the most hyped game in history between two programs coming off 7-6 seasons.
Oh, and there's that A&M-playing-its-first-SEC-game thing, as well, against the Gators on a historic Saturday along Wellborn Road. A&M officially exits the Big 12 on June 30 and enters the Southeastern Conference on July 1.
Muschamp last week had asked a gathering of Gators fans, "You ever been to College Station? It'll be the only time you go," according to the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger.
A light jab, for sure, but one Sumlin didn't care for, considering he's proud to call College Station home, a setting he vehemently defends as a great college town. While most of the offseason chatter has been about the Aggies' SEC entrance — and focused on the ballyhooed Florida game — Sumlin's attention is zeroed in on the week before.
A&M faces Louisiana Tech, last year's Western Athletic Conference champion, in the Bulldogs' backyard of Shreveport, La., on Aug. 30, a Thursday night. Sumlin, who spent the last four years at Houston, becomes the first A&M coach in 40 years (Emory Bellard at Wichita State) to open on the road.
"It's going to be a real challenge against a conference champion in our first game," Sumlin said. "We'll draw from the experience, and it will be good for us."
Last season, Louisiana Tech led Sumlin's UH squad 34-7 before the Cougars, who'd finish the season 13-1, rallied to win 35-34 on Sept. 17 in Ruston, La. The Bulldogs, who return most of their team this season, also blew a fourth-quarter lead to TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl to finish their season 8-5.
"Anybody who watched that bowl game knows those guys are for real, and they're not going to be afraid of anybody," Sumlin said.
Meanwhile, Sumlin, offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and offensive line coach B.J. Anderson spent the past two days in Green Bay, Wis., surveying the Packers' offense during their first organized team activities. Sumlin said he enjoys drawing from others this time of year — especially from an offense as successful as the Packers in recent years.
Sumlin won't gather his players on the practice fields again until early August, and fans can count on at least one thing from training camp: drills will be outside, where it's steamy and hot, just as they were during his first spring on the Coolidge practice fields.
"I looked at our schedule, and we don't play any games in domes," said Sumlin, who primarily intends to use the indoor complex for bad weather.
"That's why you need (the indoor building) — you get to August in this part of the country, and it starts raining. In the SEC, just about everybody is in the same kind of (hot) climate. We need to condition that way and play that way."
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'I Origins' review: deep subject with shallow premise
I Origins
Drama. Starring Michael Pitt, Brit Marling and Astrid Berges-Frisbey. Directed by Mike Cahill. (R. 113 minutes.)
The use of retina scanning and iris recognition in determining identity becomes the launching off point for "I Origins," a drama about science, faith and eternity. The title is a slightly awkward pun, but it accurately describes the movie's areas of investigation - not just the origins of the eye, but of the "I," of consciousness.
Michael Pitt plays a young scientist whose big ambition is to disprove the existence of God by documenting the precise process by which the human eye evolved - the chain of development in simple organism through primates. Meanwhile, in his private life, he enjoys taking pictures of people's eyeballs. In one likable, loony sequence, he meets a masked woman at a costume party, photographs her eyes and later is able to track her down when he spots those same eyes staring out from a billboard.
"I Origins" is at its best when it's a personal story about relationships, and it has a strong first hour. Ian (Pitt) gets romantically involved with Sofi (Astrid Berges-Frisbey), his temperamental and philosophical opposite. She is childish, impulsive and spiritual, and he is sober, methodical and empirical. Theirs is the kind of chemistry that makes either for a brief, glorious passion or a marriage from the depths of hell. Sofi is contrasted with Brit Marling as Karen, Ian's lab partner, who is brilliant and sane and offers him the prospect of a happy, productive life.
The actors are appealing, and they benefit from writer-director Mike Cahill's script, which takes care to individualize them. Berges-Frisbey is fascinating in her moodiness and impulsiveness, but Cahill and Marling make Karen just as interesting, not just as a sounding board for the hero's ideas and inspirations, but as an energetic, instigating presence in her own right.
Where the film derails - no, it doesn't quite derail; rather, it goes intentionally and methodically off the tracks - is when it stops being about personalities and starts being about ideas. Making a drama out of ideas is tough enough, and these ideas aren't all that compelling. Take the first big idea, the movie's foundational concept. How would an evolutionary mapping of the eye's development disprove God's existence? It might disprove the Genesis story, but that's all. That means there really are fewer consequences to the research than the filmmaker imagines. The scientist's hypothesis, even if proved, wouldn't change much of anything.
"I Origins" slows down the longer it goes on, and the last half hour drifts into vagueness. The climax is dramatically inert and depends on the soundtrack to convince us that it's actually happening. Even worse, in the movie's own terms, it's scientifically inconclusive. Still, getting there is mostly pleasant.
Mick LaSalle is The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Get your blazers out, GFOPs. Because "Men In Blazers," the wildly popular soccer podcast and ESPN World Cup show hosted by Roger Bennett and Michael Davies, is coming to Portland.
But you won't have to be in downtown PDX to enjoy the soldout show. Because it will be streamed live on Timbers.com.
- Men in Blazers Live Show, Monday, Aug. 4, at 9 pm PT
According to the MiB themselves, the show will be "a night in conversation with some of our favorite American (Australian, and Canadian) footballers... and Timber Joey." And, of course, you can expect the same kind of witty banter that made MiB a phenomenon during the World Cup.
If you are lucky enough in Portland this week, MiB will hold an after-party at Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub, starting immediately after the show.


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Last week I was "workshopping" some of the topics for the upcoming "Staying in the Employment Game" MS TV program. We sat, a group of about a dozen of us, talking about issues with staying employed after diagnosis.
My full-time work experience ended abruptly within 4 months of diagnosis. Most of the people in our group were still employed with the same employers (if ot in the exact same jobs) as they were when they learned of their multiple sclerosis. For this reason, I wanted to learn more about the nuts and bolts of their experiences.
I was a little surprised at the universality of one of the sentiments I heard that night…
"I've gone from thrive to survive," said one man; EVERYONE chimed in with the same feeling. The conversation that ensued about promotion, income, status, respect, and assignment to the choice/hard jobs was pretty intense.
Some of the people in the group work for very large, multi-national corporations, some were self-employed, and others were in between. Some people felt the "issues" were self-inflicted while others felt that management was not giving them the chance to prove they could still do the big project.
To a person, however, a "don't rock the boat" feeling was expressed. Even if a situation was not the best (perhaps a small company where certain health/disability programs were unavailable) everyone seemed to focus on keeping what they had…even if it was diminishing or below their capabilities.
I've said it time and time again in these pages; I learn SO MUCH from the MS community.
As I finish writing the program this weekend, I'd like to have one final go at learning from you about employment issues. Specifically, staying employed issues. Have you noticed that you have gone from "thrive" to "survive" at work? If so, tell me about it. If not, tell us ALL!
Wishing you and your family the best of health.


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'This judgment simply ignores the common sense approach': cancer advocates hit out at BRCA1 cancer gene ruling
A federal court ruling that human genes can be controlled by private companies has led cancer advocates to call on the federal government to intervene.
Justice John Nicholas on Friday upheld US company Myriad Genetics' patent over the so-called breast cancer gene, which is a mutation in a gene known as BRCA1.
The landmark decision could lead to fewer and more expensive tests for cancer and a whole host of deadly diseases, as well as preventing victims from getting a second opinion on their test results.
The ruling is the first in Australia to decide on whether isolated genes can be patented, and will set a precedent in favour of commercial control of genetic material.
The law firm Maurice Blackburn had joined with a Brisbane cancer survivor, Yvonne D'Arcy, to fight the patent.
They argued that it was a naturally occurring component of the human body that had been discovered, rather than an invention that could be patented.
But Justice Nicholas said it would be a "mistake" to assume that just because the gene mutation was a part of the human body, isolating it was not a form of "new manufacture".
He said a previous High Court decision had given a very broad definition of what "new manufacture" meant, and that there was no legal basis to demand the product be substantially different from something that occurred in nature.
Ms D'Arcy was in tears as she left the federal court, and said she was very disappointed.
"We were doing this for future generations, and I'm just so disappointed," she said.
The judge also ordered costs against the 66-year-old pensioner, who has survived breast cancer twice and ovarian cancer once, and faces further cancer tests next week.
She told Fairfax Media she was not worried about the costs, as she "doesn't own anything", and she hoped to appeal the decision.
"I'm little, but I've got plenty of fight," she said.
The chief executive of the Cancer Council, Ian Olver, said the decision showed the law must be changed to ban patents over human genetic material.
"Given that most of the new cancer treatments are going to be targeted at genes and their products this really has to be sorted out," he said.
In Australia, Myriad Genetics has granted an exclusive licence to the patent to a company called Genetic Technologies Limited.
In 2008, Genetic Technologies attempted to enforce its patent rights over the gene, and threatened pathology and cancer centres with legal action.
After a public backlash it did not follow through with its threat, and it has not actively defended the case in Australia.
An intellectual property consultant, Luigi Palombi, said the decision was ridiculous.
"The fact that [DNA] has been extracted really doesn't change what it is, and to say that it is therefore an invention is ridiculous," he said. "This judgment simply ignores the common sense approach."
He said it was a failure of government that a law firm and a cancer survivor had been left to fight the patent.
"These parties have taken an absolutely enormous risk in this and they will not benefit from the result of the decision," he said.
Rebecca Gilsenan, the principal lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, said the firm would review the judgment and decide whether or not to appeal.
"We are very disappointed with the outcome today," she said.
In the US, where the case against the BRCA1 patent is also being fought, there have been several decisions and appeals. The US Supreme Court will again consider the case in April.
The director of research investment at the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Alison Butt, said the decision would restrict research into gene mutations and could increase the cost of testing.
Cancer advocate John Stubbs said the decision was "very very disappointing". He said it would have far-reaching effects not just for cancer patients, but people with other genetic diseases.
A clinical geneticist who practices privately in Sydney and at Royal North Shore Hospital, Michael Field, said if Genetic Technologies began enforcing its patent in light of the decision, it would increase costs for the health system, and women who decided to have the test privately.
Genetic Technologies has not responded to a request for comment.
Amy is Health Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. Before working at the Herald she worked as a freelance journalist and radio presenter, as well as writing for a number of publications for doctors. She also keeps a health blog at www.dailylife.com.au.


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Maybe he heard it was a cat house.
Deputies were called Tuesday night to the Emerald City after the owner told Everett Robert Lages to leave after the 47-year-old Port Charlotte man tried to bring a kitten into the strip club in Murdock, according to a news release from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
But instead of leaving, Lages sat down outside and dialed 911.
When the deputies arrived and spoke with Lages, they noted that he appeared to be drunk and told him he needed to leave the premises and even called a taxi for him., according to the report.
But when the taxi arrived, Lages would not provide the cabbie with an address and would not say whether he had any money for the fare, according to the report.
Lages allegedly then began to yell and cause a scene, insisting that the club owner had committed a crime and continued to dial 911 on his cell phone, even though the deputies were on the scene.
When the deputies ordered Lages to stop calling 911, explaining that continuing to do so in the presence of law enforcement was a crime, Lages refused to hang up the phone and also refused to exit the taxi, the report states.
Lages was placed under arrest and had to be forcibly restrained.
He was charged with Misuse of the 911 System, Disorderly Intoxication, Trespassing after Warning and Resisting Arrest without Violence.
No word on the cat.
Get the DUHtails from the news release.
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There's this thing that people used to tell me before we moved here: because July and August in Houston are so humid, the women here have this naturally incredible, moisturized skin.
And ok. After three weeks of July, I will tell you: the air is very moist here (hence the hair frizz… sorry guys).
But the problem? I don't spend ANY TIME IN IT. No, I spend my day jumping from air-conditioner to space-heater and back to air-conditioner, so my poor skin isn't even sure what season it is, let alone taking in the moisture-rich outdoor air. For sensitive skin, you know what's a disaster? That.
So I've been trying to take extra good care of my skin this summer — and you know what's a really crucial fix? Taking off all my makeup, every time I don't need to be wearing it. Because you add dried-out, re-circulated indoor air to massive outdoor humidity, and you're going to get oil and grease building up underneath your makeup. No makeup on? Then just grab a Simple Skincare Cleansing Facial Wipe and you're good to go (I leave them in the glove compartment of my car now). Makeup on? Suddenly you're letting that buildup sit on your skin twice as long, or worse.
Now, that's not to say that I'm not wearing makeup — let's be serious, that's not happening anytime soon. But it does mean that I'm not putting on foundation to run out to the grocery store, or putting anything on my face when I'm lazing around on a weekend afternoon. And you know what? With great facial skincare products, I don't even feel like I miss it.


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Have you ever wanted to sing with The Royal Opera? This is your chance!
On Monday 7 January, we're broadcasting Royal Opera LIVE and we want you to be part of it. We'd like you to submit a video of yourself singing 'Va Pensiero' – the famous slave chorus from Verdi's Nabucco.
We want as many voices as possible – whoever you are, whatever you sound like, we want to hear you sing and we'll feature the best during Royal Opera LIVE.
Not only that, but British composer Elspeth Brooke has been commissioned by the Royal Opera House to write a piece of music inspired by 'Va Pensiero', one of Verdi's most famous choruses. She will incorporate the best moments into her new work, which will premiere later in 2013.
To enter, watch the video of Rolando Villazón singing 'Va Pensiero', get someone to film you somewhere interesting and sing along. If you don't remember the words, feel free to hum along instead. Then, upload your clip as a video response to our clip on YouTube.
Royal Opera LIVE will be streamed around the world on Monday 7 January via the Royal Opera House website, The Space and the Guardian website.
Royal Opera LIVE is a co-commission between the Royal Opera House, Arts Council England and The Guardian.


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Parking is so expensive downtown that I frequently avoid paying the $20 or $30 by parking over in Chinatown for $3 or $4.
It's not any less convenient. Often it gives me the opportunity to roam a bit.
Like its counterpart in San Francisco, a walk thorough Chinatown in Los Angeles is an opportunity to encounter everything from the pungent smell of burning joss sticks to the odor of pickled vegetables.
Roast goose and roast ducks hang in the windows of restaurants. Cheap trinkets compete for shelf space with expensive teas. Men gather to smoke in the alleyways. Greasy, stale water forms puddles outside the doorways of the dim sum parlors and noodle shops.
The smells of Chinatown always remind me of Independence Day.
As a high school freshman in the Bay Area I learned that Chinatown was the place to buy fireworks. I'm not talking about the lousy safe-and-sane sparklers, snakes and fountains. Nope. I mean bricks of Thunderbomb and Black Cat firecrackers, Moon Traveler bottle rockets and Roman candles.
It meant hooking up with the Joe Boys or the Hop Sing Boys, which never bothered me. Sometimes it meant putting together a transaction in the elevator of a sketchy housing project on Stockton. Another time we ended up in an alleyway counting off bills and bagging firecrackers in a narrow passage between a whorehouse and a mahjong parlor.
Seems risky now. I wouldn't want my teen sons doing that sort of thing. But times are different, too. Back then we would load our explosives in paper bags and take them back to San Jose on the BART. I'm pretty sure that would not pass muster in our post 9/11 police state.
We'd sell some of the loot and fire some of it off. It was fun to have money and fun to blow off fireworks in honor of our nation's birth.
I got to thinking about all of this a couple of weeks ago. Early one morning I was in Chinatown and watched as El Monte police officers tossed the Saigon Plaza on North Broadway. They were looking for someone but quite honestly seemed out of place negotiating the narrow walkway between stalls of cheap clothes, plastic toys and counterfeit CDs.
In fact, that's what I thought they were doing, looking for counterfeit. Nope they were looking for a woman who had secreted herself in a hidden alcove between a broom closet and a brick wall. They found her and she came out in cuffs.
I asked what was going on and the cops said they were part of a taskforce targeting illegal fireworks.
The light bulb went off. Right. Chinatown, late spring. Fourth of July.
The payoff came Tuesday when El Monte City Councilman Bart Patel announced the city's taskforce seized 51 tons of fireworks and arrested 41 people over the course of just a couple of weeks. I'm guessing that woman in the Saigon Plaza was one of them.
After his big announcement, the cops and fire department lit off an M-80.
At least someone had fun.
Frank C. Girardot is the senior editor of the San Gabriel Valley News Group and author of the Kindle books "Name Dropper: Investigating the Clark Rockefeller Mystery" and "Deadly Sins: Manling Williams." Twitter.com/FrankGirardot