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Bad Robot Assembling New Action Film; Brad Parker Directing With Matt Reeves Producing
Briefly: Paramount and J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot are putting together a new mystery movie, and have tapped Brad Parker to direct. Parker made The Diary of Lawson Oxford, and also worked as second-unit director on Let Me In. Keeping things in the family, Let Me In director Matt Reeves will produce this currently untitled action film, alongside Abrams and Bryan Burk.
The script is by actor and writer Michael Gilio (who wrote a draft of Carter Beats the Devil) but we've got no details on it right now.
Gilio also wrote a draft of Treasure Island that had Paul Greengrass attached for a moment, and he wrote a script called The Interventionalist with which Alexander Payne was involved back in 2010. He also had the script Big Hole on the 2008 Black List. None of that stuff is produced yet, however, so unless you track down the feature Kwik Stop, which Gilio wrote and directed in 2001, this Bad Robot film will be the real introduction to his writing work. [Variety]


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Revamped Online Mode And More For Downhill Xtreme
Over the weekend, there's been a quite substantial update for Downhill Xtreme. Sinan Kubba rather enjoyed it when he reviewed it back in April, comparing it to console favorite SSX, and who can blame him?
The latest update has added numerous fun features including a revamped online mode and new longboards to use.
The online mode now allows players to choose opponents from various different categories, such as World's Best (featuring the top players around the world), Skill Level (according to the player's XP level) and Rivals in which players can pick certain players to compete against.
New songs are featured from indie artists We Outspoken, Kidd Russell and The Clench, plus there's a new longboard, the winner of the Distinctive Developments' "design-a-board" competition, as well as the golden Spartan, the ultimate board in the game.
The update is available now and the game is free to download.

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Wendy McElroy is a respected anarchist writer whose work I've linked on a number of occasions. Six years ago I linked the following piece in one of my earliest link columns, but when I recently went to look for it I found the link was no longer good; however, Wendy was kind enough to provide a copy and permission to reprint it. It expresses some ideas I've written about many times in a way that perhaps may help you to understand them a bit more deeply.
I am not talking about spousal abuse. I mean the abuse heaped upon you by the United States government. The parallels are striking.
America claims to own you and, so, you pay a heavy price for leaving as an expat. It cruelly invades your breasts and genitals through pat-downs at the airport. Then it does the same to your children. America swears it is protecting you while violating your rights at every turn; and you have become so brainwashed that you now mistake a fist in your face for safety. There is no respect and no honesty in the relationship the government offers you – only a self-serving contempt that erupts into violence. Your response is to return a love of country along with the money you earn, all the while making excuses for America's bad behavior. Or, perhaps, you even defend America to critics.
I know how you feel. I was once in such an abusive domestic relationship that I am now legally blind in one eye from a fist in the face. After I managed enough self-respect to leave, one question haunted me. Why did I stay? Why would an otherwise independent woman allow herself to be literally beaten up when there were options?
The reasons are similar to why people stay in America. He expressed regret and swore he would make it up to me; I wanted to believe him because the love of a person diminishes slowly. He vowed to change; I hoped we could go back to before he exerted soul-crushing control of who I was and what I could do. I was frightened to be without him because I believed both his attacks on my self-worth and the pumped-up version of his own value. Besides which, leaving meant severing ties with close friends who would be called upon to take sides.
America is doing much the same to you. Officials mouth regret at violations like a ruinous tax burden and, then, they offer you entitlements with your own money. You stay because love of a country also diminishes slowly. America promises to change and you remember what "the land of the free" used to feel like; it was intoxicating. You now believe you are powerless while the government is a relentless Goliath. Besides which, leaving would mean moving away from family and friends.
But walking away was one of the best things I've ever done. It was also one of the most difficult. Despite my fears, however, I met someone else who taught me that love did not have to be packaged in bruises and pain.
There are places in the world that want you and they offer you respect instead of victimization. For example, a few months ago, Panama adopted a policy to make residency faster and easier for you. Executive Order 343 explicitly lists citizens of the United States as being welcome on its soil. In short, Panama created an entirely new immigration sub-category for you.
The first step toward personal or political self-respect is to explore your options. You may not choose to walk out the door but at least you will know where it is and how to turn the handle.


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There are times when creditors of secured loans can repossess your property without getting a court order beforehand. This stands as the case as long as there is no "breach of the peace," meaning that the creditor cannot harass you in order to recoup their losses. Although you may not use force to prevent a repossession, you can call the police or hire a San Bernardino County licensed investigator if you feel as though a "breach of the peace" has taken place.
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The Experimental Injection by David Olère. 1945, 92x72 cm, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York.
The infamous Dr. Mengele administers an injection as terrified prisoners look on.
David Olère: L'Oeil du Témoin/The Eyes of a Witness. New York: The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1989, p. 83.
Reprinted with permission from the Beate Klarsfeld Foundation.
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
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Actifio Joins $1 Billion Valuation Club With $100M Investment
March 27, 2014
Unnecessary copies of data have a tendency to proliferate inside companies, clogging IT systems and slowing the pace of business because the data can be hard to find.
After another year of triple-digit growth, Actifio Inc. has raised $100 million to keep working on this problem, in an oversubscribed round led by Tiger Global Management.
The round values Actifio at $1.1 billion, more than double the $500 million valuation it received just a year ago, and is another sign of investors' intense interest in pre-IPO technology companies.
Earlier this month, late-stage technology investor Tiger Global led a $77 million round in the online small business lender OnDeck Capital Inc., and it co-led a $60 million investment in the online ticketing company Eventbrite Inc. at more than a $1 billion valuation.
Current investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Greylock IL, Advanced Technology Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz also participated in the new round for Actifio. The company could have raised $125 million, according to founder and Chief Executive Ash Ashutosh, but turned money away.
"There's a complete technology disruption underway…the existing incumbents are on their way out," said Mr. Ashutosh, a former partner at Greylock who's also worked in the storage industry for about 25 years. "When you look at how much cash balance they have…they don't know how to spend it on innovation. They don't see a way out."
Actifio is one of several young companies that are streamlining and simplifying IT infrastructure by making it cheaper and easier to use, attacking older technology companies in the process.
Older computing infrastructure ties software applications to a specific server, forcing IT to create, move and store copies of whatever data the app creates so it can be used for analytics, compliance, disaster recovery or other IT tasks.
Using virtualization, Actifio decouples apps and data, creating a single copy of data that can be reused.
"Now the data is the data, and you bring it up and leave it—the app comes up instantly from any point in time at any location. It completely changes the trajectory of how businesses access information," Mr. Ashutosh said.
The new money will be used to expand sales, marketing and what Mr. Ashotosh calls "customer success," helping customers use Actifio to transform how they do business.
The company now has more than 300 customers in more than 30 countries and has no timetable for an IPO, he said, although it will continue to try and grow as fast as possible. If staying private become inhibiting, the company will go public, Mr. Ashutosh said, but "our investors have a long time horizon."
Actifio has now raised $207.5 million. Of the current round, the company closed $75 million on March 14 and has commitments for the rest by April 7.


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Sign the "Wall of Thanks" page or "like" the Wounded Warriors page and the makers of Brawny® paper towels will donate $1 to the Wounded Warriors Project™ (WWP). As of July 19, upwards of $281,000 were donated to "help us support our nation's heroes and their families," says the Web site.
Brawny packaging is also part of Georgia-Pacific's effort to support these veterans and their families. As of July 9, the company began to sell limited-edition packs of the paper towels to help support and raise awareness of the needs of injured service members.
Georgia-Pacific worked with Bulletproof to create the packs. As well as an eye-catching design that manages to retain brand equities, the pack also features QR/text codes and Web/Facebook links that enable shoppers to give back to heroes and their families.
The project involved partnerships between multiple stakeholders and was centered around clearly communicating the various ways of supporting the cause. Bulletproof's challenge was to produce a pack design that engaged and informed the consumer about WWP and promoted a call to action. The objective was to enable consumers to send messages of appreciation to service members or make donations to WWP.
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"Bulletproof developed the idea of communicating the personal stories of Wounded Warriors on-pack, which was then extended across the campaign. This has become an important piece of our campaign, which highlights the issues and challenges faced by service members. We appreciate Bulletproof's creativity and have received great feedback from customers and consumers alike," says Lanier Thomas, director of marketing for Brawny at Georgia-Pacific
"It was a privilege to help bring to life the partnership between Brawny and the Wounded Warrior Project on this special package design," adds Catriona Crombie, Bulletproof's group account director. "We are very happy with the final result, which is eye-catching, yet respectful to the cause. Beyond the packaging, Bulletproof has also participated in the development of wider communications of this important cause."


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Buying tickets from a box office whenever possible is a great tip. And I'm happy to learn that most of the money does go to the artist -- that makes me feel better about when I do indulge in a pricier ticket.
If you buy concert tickets on a regular basis, like me and many of my friends, then you know one topic of conversation that often rears its ugly head — what's the deal with the pricing?!
You start off with a ticket for $35, by the time you're done it's closer to $50. What's with all the service fees and other add-ons? Why does it cost more to print the ticket yourself than to have the online service print it for you? How much does the artist actually get after all's said and done? Why are some of these tickets more expensive than a new laptop?!
If these questions have been rattling around your brain, Wise Bread has the answers for you. And you may be quite surprised at the results. (See also: How to Watch Movies in the Theater for Free)
Here's a chart that outlines where the money goes, with a further breakdown below.
I know, amazing. My cynical brain, coupled with the way artists often complain about vampire record labels, had me thinking that the artists walk away with one tenth of the take, if they're lucky. It turns out that assumption was dead wrong. Although artists get poorly compensated for music sales (roughly 10% of the retail price) they get a much bigger chunk of change when they tour. And good for them, because touring is no easy task (despite what you may have heard from Motley Crue).
On average, the artist takes 74% of the ticket price, although it can go as high as 90% in some cases. Now you know why more bands tour so much.
Back in the eighties and nineties, it was usual to pay 10% or less in service fees. Those days are gone. Now, depending on the price of the ticket's face value, service fees can be as much, or sometimes more, than the cost of the actual ticket! If you buy a ticket to an unknown (or maybe unpopular) act, it may only set you back $15. But don't expect to pay just $1.50 in service fees. No, they will still be around the same price as those of a $50 ticket, and friends have shown me stubs from concerts that showed a $15 ticket fee and $12.50 in service fees.
So what are you paying for? Well, it's usually made up of the following:
These vary by event, and retail outlet/box office purchases usually don't include an order processing fee. These fees are typically shared with the artist, venue, or promoter, but this is the main source of revenue for places like Ticketmaster and covers their costs plus substantial profits.
If you choose standard delivery or print-at-home options, these should not apply. But you can add a lot to the final price of the ticket if you have them shipped two-day or overnight.
The venue of the concert/gig is responsible for adding any facility charges, and they receive 100% of the money collected from them.
City, state, and local taxes are typically included in the face value of the ticket and are not considered service fees.
Ticketmaster used to charge you $2.50 for the option of printing your ticket at home, or you could get them delivered free. Wait, what? Well, it wasn't a question of the physical cost of printing the ticket; clearly it cost the company more to print them than to have you print them yourselves. This was simply one of those "because we can, that's why" fees and it made a lot of financial sense to the company. People were willing to pay the small fee for the convenience of having instant access to tickets and a soft copy available that they could print at any time.
Physical tickets can get lost in the mail, damaged, or misplaced, and that's just a headache. Plus, if you're buying concert tickets last minute, the instant option is your only one unless you want your tickets to arrive after the event. The good news is, as you can see from the LiveNation PDF (or if you have recently purchased tickets via Ticketmaster), that these TicketFast fees have been abandoned. Increased scrutiny from watchdogs and complaints from consumers over the power of the Ticketmaster monopoly had a lot to do with it. So now instant gratification is even more gratifying.
Well, in most instances you're going to get your tickets from a reputable online dealer like LiveNation, which includes Ticketmaster, TicketsNow, TicketWeb, and House of Blues. And yes, they've pretty much cornered the market. But you do have some options to save money.
First, see if you can buy tickets directly from the box office of the venue the gig is at. That may be a trip, but it saves you on a few of those service fees. You could also try buying through the artist's website, which may offer discounts to fan club members, better seats, CDs with purchase, or any other number of goodies. And if you do go through an online source, order them in plenty of time so you can choose better seats and avoid any rush delivery charges (if printing at home is not an option).
Oh, and please, don't give money to the scalpers, and that includes those insidious sites like StubHub. I wanted to get tickets to a concert recently that had completely snuck up on me. Face value of the ticket was $62, but the tickets had all gone. Lucky for me though, StubHub had a bunch at the bargain-basement price of $370! Yeah, no thanks. I went to Craigslist and found someone selling them last minute because they had to back out, and they only asked face value.
I personally think there should be a limit to how many tickets anyone can buy, and that includes corporations or other businesses. And I mean real limits, not the feeble ones they have now that aren't enforced and clearly don't work.
Any other ticket buying advice? Concert ticket horror stories? Ridiculous fees that you paid? Chime in.
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Buying tickets from a box office whenever possible is a great tip. And I'm happy to learn that most of the money does go to the artist -- that makes me feel better about when I do indulge in a pricier ticket.
Well, for bigger name, well established acts, they do get a bigger chunk of the ticket revenue. Newer acts are almost forced into what are known as 360 marketing contracts which means the management company takes a nice sized chunk of things. Not saying they are poor, but newer artists will not even see 50% of FV for most tickets. Think along the range of 35-45%, with the remainder going to their management company.
The fee to print my own ticket always made me laugh. As a frugal ticket buyer, I always simply allowed my tickets to arrive in the mail, or if it was close to the date, arranged to pick it up at will call. Glad to see they finally got rid of this. It'd be like charging to use the u-scan at the grocery store.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, January 30, 2012, 12:42 PM
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Foothill College football coach Doug Boyett passes away
Original post made on Jan 30, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, January 30, 2012, 12:42 PM
Comments (24)
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 30, 2012 at 1:20 pm
What a great man, what a great athlete, what a great coach... You will be missed by all of us. Rest in peace brother.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Jan 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Loved him as a coach, played for him at Foothill. He embodied the defensive mentality, and used to always say things like "We need ATHLETES on Defense!" I was proud to play for him. Good guy.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 30, 2012 at 3:54 pm
What a sad day it has been when I heard about Doug's passing. Doug was a dedicated football coach and player. He was from a family of football people which has been carried on the three generations I have known the Boyetts.
I remember the toughness and willingness to work hard to achieve his goals. We have lost a good one. God bless him and his family.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jan 30, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Thoughts and prayers to Lisa and the rest of the Boyett family. Doug was a good man who gave his all to the young adults he coached, taught and helped find their way. Rest in peace Doug.
a resident of another community
on Jan 30, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Had the opportunity to be a teammate (@Foothill) with Doug. Sent my oldest son (Brian) up there (fall 2011), to play for coach and experience the great community there. Was in shock when Brian gave me the news on Saturday. My prayers go out to his wife and family. I know my son and his teammates with the resolve of the community will get through all this.
Competitive Spirit
a resident of another community
on Jan 30, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Thank you Boyett for caring for my son and his friends at Foothill! Thank you for the love you shared with my father too! You will be missed!! Our prayers and thoughts go to his family.....I pray for peace and some comfort for them and everyone.
Don't think of him as gone away his journey's just begun, life holds so many facets this earth is only one. Just think of him as resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort where there are no days and years. Think how he must be wishing that we could know today how nothing but our saddness can really pass away. AND THINK OF HIM AS LIVING IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE TOUCHED FOR NOTHING LOVES IS EVER LOST AND HE WAS LOVED SO MUCH.
a resident of another community
on Jan 30, 2012 at 11:01 pm
I had an opportunity to played for coach Boyett when he was a Defensive of Coordinator before became a Head coach. I was also an assistant coach under him in 2008-2009 seasons. He was always driven for excellent and also a great family man with a genuine and generous Huge heart. You will be missed from Foothill family.
Rest in Peace coach & best friend, lots of love from the Tenisis family in the South Bay......
a resident of Los Altos
on Jan 31, 2012 at 10:04 am
I attended Foothill with Doug and worked with him at Foothill. Doug was one of those people that once you met him he was hard to forget. He loved his family, his players, and life. He loved what he did and impacted a lot of lives because he cared about his students and players. He will be terribly missed :(
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jan 31, 2012 at 10:18 am
Went K thru 12 with Doug.
A fiery, energetic competitor and very positive – always Team Captain during recess at Walter Hays Elementary School !
If he was in the room, you knew it.
God Bless him and the Boyett family.
a resident of Mountain View
on Jan 31, 2012 at 12:45 pm
I played for Coach Fairchild back in '82 & '83, when Doug and Dan were both defensive assistants for us...when I returned from playing @ Fullerton State, I had had the honor of helping Coach Fairchild, and specifically Doug, redesign and implement some of the Special Teams...when I heard that Doug had taken over the program, I had been meaning to get over there (I'm currently in Modesto) for the last couple of years and try to get in touch with him...very sorry to hear about his passing, I know he will be missed by many!!!...I had often wondered about "that Boyett kid" I kept seeing in the DUCKS defensive backfield...I just knew he had to be related!!!
a resident of another community
on Jan 31, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Coach Boyett,
You'll be missed. Thanks for everything..
a resident of another community
on Jan 31, 2012 at 6:30 pm
I had the oppertunity to play against Doug when I was at Sequoia in the Mid 70's and later he became a teammate at Foothill when I returned from the Army in 79, We developed a friendship over the years, I caught some of Foothills games as well as send some of my athletes to Foothill as a HS Football Coach. He was a good friend and a good coach. He left all of us far to soon. May his family and friends take comfort that for the short time he spent here on earth. He lived his life unselfishly and was a true mentor to his players and a Friend to Us all.. RIP Doug! See ya when I see ya!
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jan 31, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Having coached Doug for 4 years in wrestling and sharing is triumphs and his sorrows through those years I feel truly saddened to hear of his passing, especially so young. Doug always wrestled his heart out, even when his last match was with a destroyed knee for the good of the team. We will miss this warrior with a big heart.
a resident of another community
on Jan 31, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Doug was our Deep Water Running instructor for the past several years at Foothill College. We are going to really miss his wonderful sense of humor. Rest in peace coach.
a resident of Woodside
on Jan 31, 2012 at 9:54 pm
I had the pleasure to play for Coach Boyett during the 2008 season. He was a great man and coach. I'm sad I didn't get to know you earlier in life. You will be missed! RIP
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Feb 1, 2012 at 4:42 pm
We are so shocked and sad to read that Doug unexpectly passed away. He was a wonderful guy and from a family known to everyone...especially in the athletic community. Doug was so humble and genuine and that is rare these days. We were privileged to have grown up with the Boyetts in the "good old days". Doug you will always have a special place in our hearts. Our deepest condolences to the entire Boyett family.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Feb 2, 2012 at 11:21 am
My thoughts and prayers go out to Lisa and the Boyett family!!!
I met Doug when I was 14 years old. My brother and I use to play hoops with Doug and Marshall and the crew on Wednesday nights up at Foothill. I can't explain in words how Doug treated and Taught my brother and I how to be young men!! He took us in and it's been a long lasting friendship ever since.
I will never forget the nickname that stuck with him that Sperbeck gave him , Dougie Fresh you will be missed BY ALL
a resident of another community
on Feb 2, 2012 at 9:38 pm
R.I.P. Coach Boyett,
I had the pleasure to play for coach Boyett during 86-88. Coach Boyett pushed me to excel at everything that I did.I'm so grateful for that defensive mentality that he instilled in me.Thank you for believing and helping me play at the next level. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Boyett family.
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Feb 3, 2012 at 11:04 am
I'm still in a state of shock. I met Doug while playing FB at Sonoma state. We were teammates & roommates, what i rememember most about Doug was his mental toughness and how much of a nice guy he was. I also was coached by his older brother while attending Foothill jc and know what an awesome family he had. My prayers go out to his family, very sad day.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Feb 3, 2012 at 3:04 pm
I'm deeply saddens by the loss is "dougie fresh". I came to foothill as the smallest and youngest freshman in 91-92 and I immediately become a fan of his, because he believed I would be good. Old school football and the love for his players and fellow coaches sticks with me to this very day! U you will b missed!
a resident of Menlo Park
on Feb 15, 2012 at 10:22 pm
I went through K - 12 with Doug, back in the pre-Prop 13 Palo Alto Schools: first Walter Hays, then Jordan Jr. High (back when it was 7 - 9th grade and still "the Dolphins"), and then Paly class of '77. It was a great time to be growing up in Palo Alto!
I lived around the corner from Doug from 8th grade through Senior year, so we saw each other "arounnd," even though I was in the studious student government/choir/musicals (nerd) caste, while he was one of the biggest jocks and cool dudes (part of that much vaunted"Michelob gang," partying with the pom pom girls, I think.)
Even though Doug and his Dad and whole family were all really talented atheletes, Doug was a really down to earth guy who wasn't one of those jocks who wouldn't give a nerd like me the time of day
It's such a shock to unexpectedly lose such a vibrant person so suddenly at such a young age (yes, 52 seems young to me now that I'm that age too!). May his wife Lisa and his whole family find peace and comfort in each others arms during this difficult time.
May those whose lives he touched carry on his best qualities -- and make a difference to a young person just as Doug did for so many students he coached.
Via con Dios, Doug!
Gail Slocum
Former Mayor, Menlo Park, CA
a resident of Los Altos
on Mar 31, 2012 at 9:12 am
I was on the team with him in 2007. he was a great coach.
This is sad.
a resident of another community
on Dec 14, 2012 at 6:35 pm
My brother Pat and I played football with Doug under coach Fairchild. He was a heck of a competitor and was one of the first to really embrace strength training. When he was playing he was already like a coach out on the field.
So sorry to hear this news.
a resident of Woodside
on Dec 23, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Thank you Coach Boyett for everything you did for me. I had the pleasure of playing for you in 85. The world is a lesser place with out you. God bless you and your family.
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At 2:50 PM on Monday, April 15, I was sitting in my Cambridge office, separated from the finish line of the Boston Marathon by 2.5 miles of parks, city streets, and the iconic Charles River. Around 3:00 PM, I started receiving what would soon become a flood of messages—texts, emails, and Facebook chats, from friends, family members, and high-school classmates: "Are you ok?" "Are you safe?" "You're not at the marathon, are you?"
This is how I learned what else happened at 2:50 PM. This is how I learned that mere miles away, two home-made bombs had detonated, killing three people and wounding 183 more. And this is what led me to pace the halls of my building, knocking on every door; to contact, in any way possible, friends I knew were there, at that finish line; to make sure that these people—my people—were safe.
In times of distress and unease—of apparent attack—it's easy to think in us-vs-them terms: to care only about our people, our city, our country.
But if these attacks were perpetrated against any "us," it was the "us" of humankind. The official list of marathon participants includes more than 23,000 athletes: males and females ranging in age from 18 to 83; runners, handcyclists, and wheelchair operators; citizens of 96 different countries and 6 of 7 continents (only Antarctica—which is not home to any permanent human residents—was not represented). They were us. And they were diverse.
The bombs exploded at a site celebrating this magnificent diversity—along the home stretch of the Marathon, a section of Boylston Street lined with the flags of each participant's native country. This diversity was also displayed by the injured, and the dead—an 8-year-old boy, a 29-year-old restaurant manager, a 23-year-old Chinese graduate student.
This was, and is, a tragedy. There is no denying it.
But in the midst of this tragedy, there also was—and is—an unmistakable beauty.
In the immediate aftermath of the explosions—even as debris continued to fly through the air—countless people ran not away from the blasts, but towards them. These people had no way of knowing whether or not there would be more explosions, no way of knowing whether or not they were putting their own lives in danger; they simply saw others in need and immediately rushed to help. At the same time, more people—many of them marathoners who had just completed a draining 26.2 mile test of endurance—began to rush en masse to nearby Massachusetts General Hospital, seeking to give their own blood for the hundreds of wounded that would soon follow. In fact, so many people showed up that the hospital was forced, multiple times, to turn away would-be donors; there were simply too many people trying to help.
These overwhelming displays of helping—of selflessness and what psychologists call "prosocial behavior"—are beautiful in and of themselves. But they are even more beautiful because they transcend us-vs-them ways of thinking. These actions were not reserved for members of one group, one city, or one country; they were enacted without preference or prejudice, directed at victims of every color, creed, age, and gender. And they are still more beautiful because of their immediacy. These actions were not the result of carefully considered decisions, of weighing the pros and cons of each possible behavior; they were virtually instantaneous, seemingly born of a raw, instinctive urge to help those in need. In the face of overwhelming tragedy, people sought to help the "us" of humankind—immediately, prodigiously, and with little regard for their own safety.
A long tradition of research in social and evolutionary psychology tells us that this behavior doesn't make sense. That people operate according to fundamentally selfish instincts, and that these selfish instincts can be found in every organism, every cell, and every gene. According to this tradition, thinking of any "us" at all can be explained as a means to the end of preserving one's own physical and psychological well-being, living to see another day, and producing children that have a reasonable chance of doing the same. Ostensibly altruistic behaviors—everything from sharing resources to laying down one's life to save others—can be explained by fundamentally selfish motives like reputational concerns (the desire to be seen in a positive light), kin selection (the desire to preserve one's genetic material, sometimes even at the cost of one's own life), or simply a desire to ease the personal discomfort that comes along with viewing others in distress. In short, people help others to help themselves.
But other research tells a different story. When people find "lost" letters on the sidewalk, they tend to mail them to the intended recipients, even though this good deed will receive no recognition or reward, does nothing to further their own genetic legacy, and probably does not relieve much personal distress. People make anonymous financial donations, and as many as 32% are even willing to anonymously donate their own internal organs—while still living—to complete strangers. Even children who are four years old spontaneously help others with no apparent concern for approval from friends and/or authority figures, personal benefits, or moral (good/bad) imperatives. Examples such as these provide a counterargument to the selfish view of human nature that has long dominated psychological research. They suggest that people may help others with little or no thought for their own well-being; people may help others simply because they need to be helped.
Of course, it could be that these heartwarming actions can also be explained by selfish motives, ones that are simply more difficult to pin down. Or it could be that these actions represent the outcome of hard-fought battles pitting conscious control against selfish core impulses—victories for virtue, yes, but ones that require continuous effort and are likely to be surrendered as soon as people are unable or unwilling to continue overriding their selfish impulses. It could be that when caring for others threatens people's own welfare, they will retreat into increasingly smaller moral circles—from caring for the "us" of humankind to the "us" of their families, friends, and ingroup members; from caring about this restricted "us" to only caring about themselves. It could be that, when people are put to the ultimate test, self-preservation will always win out.
The Boston Marathon bombings put people to this test. The attack created chaos, pain, and destruction; it destroyed lives and landscapes. It destroyed pretense. Those on the scene were immediately forced to face the jarring reality of those who had already been injured—a reality that represented both these victims' need for help and the possibility that providing help could result in personal injury from further explosions. In this situation, people had neither the time nor the resources to override impulses or think strategically; they could only react, behaving intuitively and emotionally.
It is in these reactions that I see beauty. In the initial movements of the helpers—the first responders, the blood donators, the countless men and women who rushed in to do anything and everything they could to fix the gaping hole left by those Monday afternoon explosions—I see an extreme example of the human capacity for selflessness. I see evidence that people tend to intuitively, instinctively, and perhaps automatically reach out to others in times of need. I see that extreme situations can cause people to transcend us-vs-them thinking, uniting diverse peoples into the "us" of humankind.
In the few days since the bombings, the intervening events—continued loss of life, a night filled with sirens and shootouts, a day spent in "lockdown," the capture of a 19-year-old, and the heartfelt displays of appreciation for law enforcement—have threatened to prematurely relegate the explosions on Boylston Street to the past. Similarly, the delayed reactions of some—actively seeking a "them" to set up in opposition to "us"—have threatened to overshadow the immediate and selfless reactions shown by those at the scene. Taken together, these actions and reactions show that people are complex, confusing, and often self-contradictory. However, they also highlight the immense capacity for human goodness present in the midst of this complexity.
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This question is part of the age-old debate between two nations. The societies of both Canada and the United States hold the view that their own country is the better place to live. Generally, neither country learns all the facts about what the other country has to offer. So, which is better: Canada or the United States?
Benefits Becoming a mother is one of the greatest gifts in the world. Spending time with your child as he or she grows up is a need of every mother. How does your country support new moms?
Canada Canada has paid leave, and many employers offer benefits to new mothers, or parents, ranging from 17 weeks up to as much as 52 weeks. During this time, one of the spouses can claim Employment Insurance (EI) for approximately 15 weeks. Generally, EI payments are 55 per cent of weekly earnings but have a maximum payment of $485 per week. Parents can also split the allocated time if they choose.
U.S. While their northerly neighbors have a solid set of maternity and parental benefits, the United States currently does not mandate any sort of maternity leave. However, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for extreme sickness and birth of a child. While this 12 weeks of unpaid leave is not specifically categorized as maternity leave, it can be used under the FMLA as such. Small companies of under 50 employees are exempt from the FMLA. Some states such as California and New Jersey include paid maternity benefits into their disability insurance, but this choice is solely at the discretion of each state.
Services Some of the more well-known services available to Canadians and Americans are healthcare and university funding. The United States is ranked No. 1 for most expensive healthcare per capita at $8,233. Conversely, Canada ranks No. 6 worldwide and is over $3,700 cheaper than the United States at $4,445 per capita, according to a 2012 OECD Health Data study using 2010 statistics. Americans pay over 17 per cent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) towards healthcare while Canadians sit at about 11 per cent.
University can be another extremely large cost in a person's life. It puts many students tens of thousands of dollars in debt. Individual states have the choice on whether or not they want to grant funding to large state-run universities. Despite these grants, schooling is still very expensive for the average American. A bachelor's degree in the U.S. can run from about $37,600 for an average public college to over $160,000 at prestigious schools such as Harvard. In Canada, the average cost of an undergraduate degree starts at $8,000 (Quebec) and increases to about $26,000. The most expensive undergraduate programs in Canada will cost around $50,000, which is approximately one-third the cost of a degree from Harvard University.
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The real difference is seen in the cost of living. While Americans and Canadians roughly make the same amount per annum, there are large gaps in specific spending areas of both countries.
The monthly rent for a one-bedroom condominium in the downtown area of your average city in Canada is near $907, but only about $878 in the United States. This difference of roughly $29 per month adds up to nearly $350 in the course of a year. If you multiply that over a five-year span, you are looking at over $1,700 in additional expenses for housing alone.
Food is much more costly in Canada. One kilogram of chicken breasts costs around $6.50 in the United States, while it averages almost $11 in Canada. A mid-range, three-course meal for two in Canada ends up costing $60. In the U.S. you are only paying about $44. Finally, clothing is more expensive in Canada than in the United States. A $40 pair of Levi's jeans in the States will run you about $55 in Canada.
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If you live a healthy and active lifestyle and don't plan on having children, the U.S. is potentially the place for you. If you plan on having many children and need the help putting them all through school, Canada may be the more suitable choice for your family. Whichever the case, the choice should be made on the basis of what you value most.


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An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy where an ovum (egg) has been fertilized, but instead of then implanting in the uterus where it needs to in order to develop properly, it instead has implanted somewhere else, most commonly in a fallopian tube, but sometimes in the ovary, cervix or even -- in extremely rare cases -- the stomach. (The word ectopic means "out of place.") Sometimes you might also hear ectopic pregnancy called "tubal pregnancy." It's not common, but does occur in the neighborhood of every two in 100 pregnancies. An ectopic pregnancy is usually identified via a blood test, vaginal exam and/or an ultrasound.
These pregnancies cannot be brought to term, due to the risks to a pregnant person's health and life, and because a fetus needs to be inside the uterus in order to develop properly. An ectopic pregnancy can't somehow be moved to the uterus: it is a pregnancy that will need to be terminated.
Most commonly, the cells of an ectopic pregnancy are removed either with one of the medications used for a medical abortion (also called "the abortion pill" or methotrexate) or via a laproscopic surgery (a minimally invasive surgery done with very small incisions and small tubes through which a tiny camera and the surgical instruments are used to do the surgery). In some cases, more intensive abdominal surgery may be needed, particularly in cases where the pregnancy has gone on for some time and the embryo has managed to continue to grow.
Most of the time, a person with an ectopic pregnancy will still get a positive result if they take a home pregnancy test. An HPT doesn't distinguish between a normal pregnancy and an ectopic one: it just tests for the hormones a pregnancy creates. However, sometimes, home pregnancy tests will not detect an ectopic pregnancy, so that's one reason why, if you've been sexually active and have missed a couple periods, but still have a negative HPT result, it's a good idea to check in with your reproductive healthcare provider.
Why does it happen? There are a few common causes.
People with pelvic inflammatory disease are at a particular risk of ectopic pregnancy, accounting for around half of all cases, and many cases are thought to be due to having had a previous ectopic pregnancy or having had an infection on, or surgery of, the fallopian tubes before. Birth defects and endometriosis are other possible causes. Use of synthetic hormones -- including birth control pills or Plan B -- can pose a higher risk of ectopic pregnancy, as can use of the IUD (pregnancies which occur while women are using IUDs are usually ectopic) or IVF (in vitro fertilization). And sometimes, we just don't know why one has occurred.
Some common symptoms with ectopic pregnancy are typical pregnancy symptoms like missed periods, breast tenderness or nausea. Other symptoms not so typical with normal pregnancies, but which can occur with an ectopic one, are unexplained vaginal bleeding and pain or cramping in the shoulder, lower back, stomach or pelvis. Sometimes, ectopic pregnancies -- particularly if they go undetected and untreated for some time -- will rupture the area where they are, and that can cause shock, fainting or very sharp, severe and sudden abdominal or pelvic pain.
Ectopic pregnancy is one of the many, many reasons that we suggest that people who are planning to become pregnant or have recently become pregnant and have only verified a pregnancy with an HPT be sure to start regular care with an OB/GYN, midwife or other reproductive healthcare provider promptly. Even for people who have become pregnant and are not sure if they want to continue or terminate a pregnancy, getting in to see a healthcare provider to find out if the pregnancy is a healthy one is important when it comes to the pregnant person's health.
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The Colts have bigger problems than the wide receiver position, but having a healthy Wayne next season could prevent Luck from feeling like a lost puppy again so early in January.
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I stumbled on this organizing tool and thought I would share it with you. It's called Home Life and it is a web-based planner/organizer/calendar from Daytimer. A free online tool which allows you to schedule your entire families' activities in one convenient calendar.
Your family events both group and individual are saved and shared in an online calendar. Schedule in your genealogy events and deadlines alongside the kid's activities, your husband's work and family commitments. Each family member is represented on the calendar in a different colour. All family members have the ability to edit this calendar, or you can restrict it to yourself and your spouse. Or if your a real control freak just yourself.
For instance, I have a daughter in University, she can load her school and work schedule to our family Home Life website, you receive your own URL when you sign up (signing up is quick and painless). Now I know if I am trying to plan a family event what her schedule looks like, or if I want to call and chat I can check her schedule to see if she is at work or home. She in turn can see our schedule and co-ordinate her next visit home.
Other features of Home Life Calendar include To Do Lists, Lists such as grocery, an address book, a photo album, documents and a family blog if your so inclined. I love the part that I can make a to-do list and check off who is to complete the tasks. I can then send each of my family members there to-do lists. I love it.... can't say my husband feels the same way.
Home Life functions as a family hub. I used to have a wall size white board in my kitchen; it looked like I was organizing the United Nations. Now I have Home Life and my hub has moved from the kitchen wall to our laptops and iPhones.
It simple to get started. After assigning each family member a colour, start scheduling your events, each event can be scheduled to an individual, the entire family or multiple individuals and all displayed on one family calendar, which nicely identifies conflicts and time restraints. You can click on each family member, and view his or her calendar separately.
It simple to get started. After assigning each family member a colour, start scheduling your events, each event can be scheduled to an individual, the entire family or multiple individuals and all displayed on one family calendar, which nicely identifies conflicts and time restraints. You can click on each family member, and view his or her calendar separately.
What is nice for Moms and Dads is that Home Life takes into account driving time. Let's face it a good deal of our time is spent as a taxi service. Home Life allows you to schedule the driving time and who the driver will be. It also allows you to schedule a text or email reminder to your spouse so he or she doesn't forget to pick up the kids from the babysitter because you have a meeting.
If there is a scheduling conflict, Home Life will point it out to you, allowing you to be proactive and make arrangements for your kids, spouse or yourself. You can synchronize your Outlook with Home Life as well; with the Outlook Sync plug in you have two-way syncing capabilities reflecting your scheduling changes in both calendars. You can also import your Google Calendar.
Home Life is portable; it can be downloaded in an app to your iPhone and iPad, allowing you to carry your calendar everywhere. If all family members have an iPhone you can send all updated calendars and everyone will be on the same page or rather calendar. Like a traditional printed calendar, Home Life will allow you to print it off print, hang it on the fridge for all to see. There is so much flexibility with this calendar it is hard not to love it.
If you're overwhelmed with the start of the new school year, and wondering how your going to balance your family responsibilities with your genealogy life then check out Home Life and get organized.