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Look what surprises found their way to my house over the weekend!
*Huge squeal of delight entered here*
Doesn't my hubby love me?
Okay, seriously now, who wants to come to my tea party?
I am going to have it on the first day of Spring and Lady Spring is coming, so...
Come welcome her with me!
Oh, for FHE treat tonight I made homemade crackers and humus. Delicious!
For the recipe go to my cooking blog! Click here.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
3 comments:
- * { Shannon } * said...
Homemade hummus is the best! Your flowers are gorgeous :) I haven't forgotten about your button... the last few days have been mayhem. I promise to have it to you by the end of the week :)
- March 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM
- Tawni said...
Lovely flowers and I LOVE the tea set!
- March 17, 2009 at 6:07 AM
- Familia Morales said...
That is one awesome tea set!
- March 17, 2009 at 7:50 AM
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I've got a new idea for a iPad app. I don't want to go into too much detail, as I don't want to reveal too much, however, I will be gathering a team of people who would be willing to develop this app with me.
I am looking for someone with a Mac, or Mac mini for the SDK for the iPad.
Here is the idea for the app:
A user downloads the application from the App Store, and they are promoted with a login screen, onto which they can either start a new game, or continue. The user will then have full control of the LCARS computer, depending on which class they have chosen. They will go through a series of missions using the LCARS system.
If you are interested in hearing more about the app, and want to be of assistance, then please contact me.
I will be looking for:
- IPad coder and programmer (with Mac)
- Mission Writer
- Sound Technician
- Voice Actors
- Adobe Flash Expert
- Graphics Designer
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Motor Sports
Scottish motor sports have been a favourite amongst locals and visitors for many years and not just for car enthusiasts, but for bikers and karters alike. There are a number of specialist clubs and organizations throughout the Highlands where regular events never fail to attract the crowds. From humble beginnings amongst the winding, tree lined country roads, some of the best clubs in Scotland have developed and produced Formula One racing champions like Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and David Coulthard. Since the 1950's the need for speed and record breaking has continued to increase over the years and there are now regular kart race meetings throughout the area where young drivers can get their first taste of the motor racing scene. Scotland is a top destination for touring by motorbike and there are a number of recommended biker friendly establishments available as well as many well mapped routes to explore. Motorcycle Scotland offers a wealth of information and advice as well as up to date news for bike enthusiasts.
Fifty thousand acres of land, a quad bike or a four by four, that sounds like recipe for a lot of fun and frolics for those of you who love the thrill of speed and excitement.
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Concord Carlisle Lacrosse Program Visits Harlem
Note: This article is adapted from an article written by C-C parent Renee Barrett, which appeared in the Concord Journal.
The Concord Carlisle grade 8A boys' lacrosse team traveled to New York City on Friday, March 25th to forge friendships on and off the lacrosse field with the boys of the FDA Middle School. FDA's middle school team is coached by CCHS alumnus Simon Cataldo, who also teaches mathematics at the school through the Teach for America program. Simon's program, which he runs alongside Rob Clark (fellow CCHS alumnus), Jake Klein, Sam Klein, Paul DiCarlo, and Tom Dugan, is the only public middle school lacrosse team in Harlem, and last year produced a 13-5 record playing against private schools from NYC, New Jersey, and Maryland, despite the team having only 10 months of lacrosse experience.
Frederick Douglass Academy is a co-ed, public middle school and high school for grades 6– 12 located in West Harlem and serves 1,600 students in one of the most disadvantaged areas of New York City. Due to a lack of public funding, lacrosse is the first and only team sport available to over 600 students in FDA's middle school. The team practices in a paved parking lot and travels by subway, bus and foot for games.
In the fall of 2010, Simon reached out to Concord-Carlise Youth Lacrosse President Charles Gildehaus and they worked together to organize an event in which Concord hosted the FDA lacrosse team. The FDA boys traveled to Concord for a leadership-focused weekend of wilderness activities and Lacrosse. Despite freezing temperatures and driving rain, their night game under the lights on the CCHS turf field was a huge success and the kids on both sides had a blast.
At FDA, the C-C boys were given a tour of the FDA school by principal Dr. Gregory Hodge, attended class with their buddies, and then had lunch together in the library. When school was finished, both teams made their way to Randall's Island for a friendly lacrosse scrimmage. Immediately after the game, all boys celebrated together over dinner in NYC.
One of Concord's players summed up the trip this way: "Although the FDA players go to a school that looks and feels a lot different from what we have here in Concord, they are boys just like the rest of us." Clearly the power of lacrosse (and sports in general) to enlighten its participants and create opportunity was felt by all.
Note: Following the FDA visit to Concord last fall, several of our CC players raised
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The Effect of Infrastructure on Water-Related Diseases in Rural African Communities
AbstractWater-related diseases are still a leading cause of death in developing countries. Though the relationship between water-related disease mortality rates and water sanitation and hygiene measures is well documented, the means to provide proper water and sanitation treatment remain elusive. This paper examines the effect of hard infrastructure on water-related disease rates and proposes that building infrastructure is the best way to reduce the prevalence of water-related disease in rural African villages. It examines the history of sanitation infrastructure in developed countries as well as why similar measures are difficult to implement in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes three rural African countries' sanitation infrastructure systems (Botswana, Rwanda, Swaziland) to recommend best practices in rural African villages. Recommendations for future infrastructure systems are given as well as how governments can best implement those systems to reduce water-related disease mortality rates.
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BATES, Victoria M.. The Effect of Infrastructure on Water-Related Diseases in Rural African Communities. Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal, [S.l.], v. 8, july 2012. ISSN 1555-788X. Available at: <http://vurj.vanderbilt.edu/index.php/vurj/article/view/3558>. Date accessed: 20 aug. 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15695/vurj.v8i0.3558.
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Infrastructure, Africa, Water-related disease, Sanitation
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Gloucester, Mass., addiction recovery initiative: Is it right for NH?
As Gloucester, Mass., Police Chief Leonard Campanello continues to work at changing the conversation in his community about addiction and the role of local police, law enforcement officials around the country are taking note and following Campanello's lead. But given our lack of available services, is it right for New Hampshire? READ MORE


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Leading Suppliers Seize Opportunity in 2009 to Strengthen Relationships With Key Trading Partners; Vendor Managed Inventory Helps Increase Sales, Reduce Costs and Better Manage Inventory During Volatile Economic Climate; Datalliance Customer Base Grew 28%, Individual Customer Locations Increased to 28,000, and SKUs Managed Increased 33% to 13 Million
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - February 17, 2010) - Datalliance, a leading provider of collaborative commerce services, and the world's largest independent Vendor Managed Inventory service provider, today announced that the company achieved significant business milestones in 2009.
"Although 2009 presented a challenging business climate for the industries that we serve, many leading organizations took the volatile business climate of 2009 as an opportunity to drive process improvements and innovation within their organizations," said Carl Hall, Datalliance President. "As evidenced by our growth over the past year, VMI is recognized as one of the few technologies that can help suppliers build stronger, more cost-effective partnerships with their key trading partners. The result is increased sales, reduced costs and better managed inventory for both parties."
Datalliance realized substantial growth in several key areas, including overall customer base, customer locations and SKUs managed. The Datalliance customer base grew by 28%, individual customer locations increased to 28,000, and total SKUs managed increased 33% to 13 million.
Datalliance business growth was a combination of organizations implementing Vendor Managed Inventory for the first time, existing customers expanding their VMI programs to include additional partner locations, and organizations that selected Datalliance for their "second generation" VMI program platform. Of the new customers in 2009, over 50% are implementing Datalliance for their second generation solution in order to gain the latest VMI functionality and the lower total cost benefits provided by the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model employed by Datalliance.
New customers represent a broad range of industries including consumer goods, electrical, plumbing, heavy duty, automotive, and industrial manufacturers. New customers in 2009 included industry leaders such as CommScope, Gates, Leviton Manufacturing, MacLean Power Systems, NSK, Southwire, Sunny Delight Beverages, TECTRAN, Thorlo, Timken, Valor Brands, Watts Water Technologies, and others. In addition to industrial and wholesale distributors, a growing list of retailers are also working with Datalliance including Best Buy, CVS, Dollar General, Food Lion, Hannaford Brothers, Loblaws, Sports Authority, SuperValue, and Wegmans, to name a few.
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When Ang was pregnant with Malaia, I gained around 12 pounds of "sympathy weight". So when we found out that we were pregnant again, the very first thing I did was say to Ang "Please, please do not ask me if I'm hungry, every time you get a craving".
We're now at about 7 1/2 weeks with child #2 and Ang is actually telling me that she is sick of eating. She says she doesn't want to eat every couple of hours, but that it makes her feel better when she does. So my thoughts wander towards, if your sick of eating, why do you ask me, even though I explicitly asked you not to.
I'm not pregnant, I don't need to eat to feel better. But if you continually ask me if I'd like a mini pizza, or a bowl of ice cream. I'm going to crack. I have very limited will power these days, and I enjoy food.
I'm doing everything within my power to resist. I think however, that there is some underlying agenda within Ang's psyche that is pushing her to get me to gain the weight right along with her. After all it is my fault, that she's pregnant. I couldn't keep Mr. Johnson away from that particular meeting, one crisp early September afternoon.
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I am to tell you an old tragic story
Revealed unto my solemn heart
A myth that was wrongfully taught
In a far land of ancient Greece
Dwelt a highland lass in peace,
Fairer than Helen was she, in appearance
I, in lines few reveal unto you
Her virtue and her acquaintance.
Gentle to all young and old
By heaven and earth she was extolled,
In youth she served the goddess`s temple
From soul to heart was innocent ample,
Vanity and vengeance from a heavenly figure
Eroded the life of this maiden fair,
For the sin of temptation of heavenly race
She was cursed and horridly deface
With venomous vipers, rattling around her neck,
That turned a being into rock
With her noxious gaze and look.
The anguish that never had quenched
A fragrance that turned into a stinky stench,
As she refused the gods to be wench.
A rustic figure with crying heart
Ah! Demon and monster she was thought.
Her cheer and bloom
Melted like a mist and made her gloom,
Her sole recreation in that dreadful park
Was to scrub and scratched dust from rock.
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Till Perseus the Demi-god
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Practice Lead, Digital Financial Services / Fintech Intelligence
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- Deadline for Applications
- 12/14/2018
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The initiative
Digital financial services, including mobile money services, payment cards, and other financial technology (fintech) applications are quickly changing the landscape of financial services and having a significant impact on financial inclusion. As one example, Global Findex 2017 found that mobile money accounts penetration increased rapidly since 2014. In 2017, more than 20% of adults had mobile money accounts in 19 countries around the world, up from 7 countries just three years earlier. The World Bank referred to these developments as a fundamental re-imagining of financial services that offer a powerful solution for expanding access and usage of financial solutions for the poor
Despite these rapid advances, investors, funders and market supporters lack the visibility necessary to support healthy growth of the fintech market. Visibility, via trusted sources of information, allows funders and investors to discover partners and investees, and common standards and definitions allow funders and investors to compare potential investments. Trusted sources of comparable information are a pre-condition for capital to flow. Currently, the industry lacks a standardized approach to defining what fintech is, let alone aggregating and analyzing relevant data. This serves as a tremendous barrier to increased investment in and growth of the fintech sector.
MIX is addressing these information constraints through a series of projects that will create the information building blocks to (1) develop market intelligence on inclusive fintechs and (2) transparency on funding flows to digital financial services and fintechs.
MIX is seeking a consultant with experience and knowledge in digital financial services and/or fintech to serve as practice lead for the research, design and development of MIX's intelligence products on digital financial services and fintech. This position provides a unique opportunity to help chart the course forward for digital financial services and fintech for inclusion. The consultant will collaborate closely with leading funders and impact investors in the industry, as well as fintech businesses. As such, the practice lead will be responsible to:
Develop MIX's fintech intelligence practice, including refining the vision and goals for the practice across projects and products and in line with MIX's strategy
Lead and coordinate research and development work across DFS and fintech projects with a goal of informing MIX's product development, product business model, and product operations
Lead MIX's engagement with funders, investors, fintech businesses and other ecosystem actors to develop an industry standard view on fintech segments and key metrics for understanding their businesses, including their inclusiveness
Build out and lead a plan for MIX's fintech intelligence products based on research and in line with market demand
Analyze and synthesize trends in digital finance / find and their implications for MIX's efforts
To accomplish the above responsibilities, the practice lead will be expected to:
Serve as MIX's central focal point for digital financial services and fintech projects to ensure coordination across projects and resources.
Represent MIX externally at industry events and convenings
Coordinate the work of MIX's project consultants in digital financial service and fintech projects.
Develop program goals and develop or coordinate development of project work plans.
Ensure documentation of research findings.
Coordinate development and documentation of product processes and methodologies.
Develop written analysis and reports for presentation to target user and funding partners.
Level of effort
The practice lead is expected to work approximately 60-80%. The assignment will be based on a one-year renewable contract.
MIX is a global organization with analyst teams located in India, Senegal, Peru and Azerbaijan and functional teams located in New York, Washington DC, California and Paris. MIX's work culture supports and encourages working with teams from multiple locations. For this project lead role, it would be an advantage for this person to be based in New York, Washington, DC or in Europe.
Working relationships
The practice lead will report to MIX's COO for overall project outcomes, and will collaborate with MIX's CEO for strategic direction, with MIX's Product Director to ensure development of products in line with MIX practices, MIX's revenues team for proposal development, and MIX's Director of Marketing and Communications for external communication and awareness. In addition, the project lead will work with one (or more) MIX consultants for specific projects and data collection and analysis.
Additional Information
Interested consultants should send a cover letter (clearly stating the candidate's experience) and resume to firstname.lastname@example.com, along with at least one sample of an analytical report or presentation. MIX will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis with a tentative assignment start date of 01-Jan-19.


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The air filters in your home HVAC system are an important component of indoor air quality. They help clean your indoor air by removing particles such as dust, dirt, pollen, hair, and fibers from the air moving through your HVAC system. Air filters should be checked monthly and changed when they get dirty. Here are a few suggestions you can use to help you remember to change your air filters.
- Install a filter change indicator — These devices react to pressure differences in the airflow of your HVAC system. As air filters get dirty, the pressure will decrease and move a needle on the indicator. When the needle reaches the "red zone" on the indicator, it's time to change the filters.
- Make filter changes part of your routine — Most people have a monthly routine involving activities that are repeated every month. Include air filter checks and changes as part of that routine. For example, use paying your rent or electric bill as a reminder to check your HVAC system air filters.
- Set a monthly alarm — If you have a smartphone, tablet, or other type of smart device or computer, set a monthly alarm on the device that will go off when it's time to check the filters.
- Mark filters as a reminder — When you buy a new box of filters, open the box immediately and mark each filter with the month when the filter should be changed. This will not only help you remember filter changes but will let you know if a filter has been in your HVAC system too long.
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Landlords cannot evict tenants without fair warning, PJC brief asserts
January 31, 2018: When landlords believe that tenants have violated their lease and want to evict them before the end of a lease term, Maryland law has rules they must follow. These rules exist to protect tenants, providing a notice period before the landlord can file a breach of lease complaint. But landlords frequently disregard the law, and some courts go along with it.
After two lower courts allowed the landlord of a Public Justice Center client to short-circuit the notice period, PJC housing attorney Zafar Shah filed a petition for writ of certiorari , asking the Court of Appeals of Maryland to take up the issue. The Court granted the request in November 2017, and the following month PJC Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow K'Shaani Smith filed a brief on behalf of the tenant. The brief argued that district and circuit court rulings often undermine tenant protections and provide an incentive for landlords to violate the law. Before filing a breach of lease complaint in District Court, the law requires the landlord to show three things: 1) that the tenant breached the lease, 2) that the landlord gave the tenant 30 or 14 days' notice to vacate the premises (the time given depends on the nature of the alleged breach), and 3) that the tenant failed to comply with the notice. Despite clear language spelling out these requirements, lower courts have repeatedly determined that landlords do not need to meet the prerequisites before filing a complaint as long as they meet them sometime before trial. The PJC's brief seeks to correct this interpretation so that tenants are not evicted without an adequate opportunity to prepare and other due process.
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It is also interesting to raise this question.
You can of course think of superheroes to discuss this question for example, or fairy tales characters if you prefer.
Show the difference in the relationship between children and heroes and later on, adults and heroes. Are there real differences ? What are they, according to you ?
To go further along the subject of superheroes, you can watch this video :
An interesting text in your manuel about how adults view superheroes when they grow up p. 25 (p25).


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Can I listen to music by plugging my Lightning headphones into the juice pack air Lightning Connector?
No. The juice pack Lightning connector does not pass audio from the phone. To use your Lightning headphones please remove the phone from the juice pack case.Can I use the juice pack air case to charge my phone without stopping what I'm doing? You bet! After you install your phone in the juice pack case, press the status button on the back of the case for 3 seconds to start charging your phone without having to stop at a wireless charging base or at a wall outlet. If you want to stop charging the phone and save some battery for later, just press the status button again for 3 seconds.How do I wirelessly charge my juice pack case? Simply place the juice pack case on a mophie charge stream pad or wireless charging base (sold separately) or any Qi-compatible charger. Make sure the center of the case is aligned over the center of the charging base. Wireless charging will automatically begin when the case is aligned on the charger. If your phone is inside of the case, the juice pack case and phone will charge together — Priority+ charging ensures that the phone will charge first, before the juice pack case begins to recharge.What wireless chargers will my juice pack case work with? The mophie juice pack case is compatible with mophie charge stream pads and the mophie wireless charging base. It will also wirelessly charge from any Qi-compatible wireless charger, and is compatible with other wireless charging technologies, such as those used at coffee houses, on airline flights, in furniture products with wireless charging, and in consumer vehicles that support wireless charging.Will the juice pack battery fast charge from mophie charge stream pads and the mophie wireless charging base? No, the juice pack battery will charge at standard Qi charging speeds, not at fast charging speeds.
How do I charge my juice pack case when there's no wireless charger available?
Simply connect the juice pack case to the Lightning cable and wall adapter included with your phone. You do not need to remove your phone from the juice pack case to charge. In fact, leaving your phone in the juice pack case while charging will charge both your phone and the case together — Priority+ charging ensures that the phone will charge first, before the juice pack case begins to recharge.Why aren't the LEDs blinking while my juice pack case is charging? After you begin charging the juice pack case, the LED status indicator will start blinking to indicate charging. The lights will turn off after 30 seconds allowing for a good night's rest. Remember to check the status indicator before you take your juice pack case. When all four LEDs are lit, your juice pack case is fully charged.How many charge cycles can I get out of my juice pack case? Or, in other words, how long will the juice pack case last? You can recharge your juice pack case for over 500 full cycles. A full cycle is when you recharge the case from 0% to 100%. Partial cycles, like charging from 25% to 100%, will not count as a full cycle until all the partials equal 100%. After 500 full cycles, the battery in the juice pack case may provide less than 75% of its original capacity. This is normal for any product with a lithium polymer battery.Does the juice pack case block the speaker, microphone, camera, or any other ports? Of course not. In fact, the juice pack case is designed to act as a virtual speaker box! Sound is redirected from the bottom of the phone to the front, resulting in a richer, fuller sound quality.Does the juice pack case interfere with my phone's antenna reception, Apple Pay or its internal compass? Nope. All Wi-Fi and LTE functions on the phone (as well as Apple Pay) are unaffected by the juice pack case. The phone's internal compass is also unaffected.


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....and CVC shielded the corrupt
Dear All,
This is a SOS call from a Whistle Blower who has been suffering since past seven years for raising the issues of corruption in the Department of Administrative Reforms in Government of India.
My tryst with mis-fortune started when I assisted the Department of Information Technology (GOI ) on a project. Seeing that the project was being awarded to a friend of the Chairman of screening committee, I left the assignment with a note to CVO of Department. Thereafter I received a call from the Project Coordinator challenging me that they are Government and I cannot do anything about them.
Thereafter I started an e-group called india-egov (http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/india-egov ) and ensured that through the discussions on the e-group the Government at least listen to the mess that was happening in e-Governance domain in India. The e-group became a strong voice and there were all efforts to de-fame it and its members.
Then came the role of various agencies which came with various traps like the Job Trap, Horoscope Trap, Honey Trap, Rumors Trap, Defamation Trap, Health Trap and so on. Those who have some background in intelligence agencies will understand what I am talking about.
Anyways I was then lured into a job at Department of Administrative Reforms & PG. However seeing a person with questionable credentials as the Chairman of the Interview Committee, I left the interview. But the next day the interview was re-scheduled with another board (First time in history of GOI a board was changed for candidate) and I was selected. Little did I know that I was falling into a job trap?
However there was higher level of corruption in the Department wherein I was lured into. I raised the issues with the HOD of the Department, but to my surprise my services were terminated on frivolous grounds later. (a suit is going on in the district court on the job matter since six years) There were multiple games played with me in background. Later I petitioned CVC under the Public Interest Disclosure Resolution highlighting the corruption in the RC & IT Division of the Department of Administrative Reforms. The CVC as you will see in enclosed documents found irregularities however dropped the matter whereby the culprit went scot free.
However I had been suffering since then. I operate in a domain of e-Governance and all stakeholders whether in Public sector or private sector are dependent on DIT or DARPG. Therefore I had been manipulated in my job since then. The powerful forces in the background had created such conditions in my various jobs that I had no choice but to resign. The effort was to convey to the world that the problem was with me and not with Department. However I will request you to kindly look into enclosed documents especially the CVC file to conclude about the truth.
Having written to President, Prime Minister, Ministers, MOSs, CVC, CAG, CBI, Cabinet Secretary, Concerned Secretaries to GOI, I still have no one to help. It is therefore that I am bringing the matter in public domain and looking forward to your support.
Looking forward to your help.
Samir Sachdeva
Read the complete file as obtained from CVC under the RTI Act
SOS from a Whistleblower...
Subpages (16): About Samir A quick glance... Astonishing facts CVC Findings CVC shielded the corrupt DGACR (Audit) findings First Complaint - 14 Dec 2004 Important Dates Irregularity or Fraud Issues in Nutshell Letter to PM Performance at DARPG Protect Whistleblower Second Complaint Threat to life Whistleblower Resolution of GOI


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by GLAAD – with intro by MK Scott
Just a month after I personally attended the first half of the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles (April 12), the second half was held this past Saturday (May 5th) at the New York Midtown Hilton. GLAAD honored Ava DuVernay, Samira Wiley, and outstanding LGBTQ images in film and television at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect their lives.
Television personality Ross Mathews hosted the event that included an opening duet with Melissa Etheridge and Adam Lambert celebrating the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough album Yes I Am by performing an unforgettable new arrangement of her song 'I'm The Only One.' Special guests at the event included Robin Roberts, Laverne Cox, Alexis Bledel, Lea Michele, Asia Kate Dillon, Nyle DiMarco, Angelica Ross, Blair Imani, Frankie Grande, Auli'i Cravalho, Janet Mock, Stephanie Rice, Tommy Dorfman, Amiyah Scott, Brad Goreski and Zeke Smith, among others.
At the ceremony, Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) received GLAAD's Excellence in Media Award from surprise presenter U.S. Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey), who received a standing ovation when he entered the room. The Excellence in Media Award is presented to media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people.
During her speech, DuVernay powerfully stated: 'People ask me a lot about being an activist and an artist. To me they are one in the same. To be an activist one must be highly creative. It takes great imagination to envision a world and a way of being that is not there. That's the same definition of art, to me. When I look at the many warriors who have to apply this art, this imagination to their very lives as LGBTQ people, to just survive in this country, I stand in salute. And I feel honored to be able to share some of these stories in the films and TV I make and in the films I distribute.'
Also at the event, Alexis Bledel presented her co-star from 'The Handmaid's Tale,' Samira Wiley, with the Vito Russo Award, which is bestowed on an openly LGBTQ media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting LGBTQ acceptance. The Award is named for Vito Russo, a founder of GLAAD, LGBTQ film historian and celebrated ACT UP activist, who pushed open the door for news and entertainment industries to include LGBTQ performers and stories.
In her electric speech, Wiley remarked that it had been 10 years since she came out to her parents. She also sent a powerful message of support to LGBTQ youth that brought the crowd to its feet: 'You are loved. You have a community that is here for you. Is dedicated to protecting to you. And accepts you for exactly who you are, right in this moment.'
Ms. Gloria Carter accepted a Special Recognition Award on behalf of her son, JAY-Z, for the song 'Smile' off of the album 4:44. The award was presented to her by Robin Roberts.
When she took to the podium, Carter shared her story, and told of the love and support she received from her family. She further said: 'Love gave me the courage to take the power that I allowed other people to have over my life for fear of them revealing my secret.'
Melissa Etheridge and Adam Lambert presented the award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release to Academy Award-winning screenwriter James Ivory and producer Peter Spears for Call Me by Your Name.
In his acceptance speech, Spears shared with the audience the importance of LGBTQ visibility and GLAAD's work. He left the room with a powerful message: 'In these challenging times, I keep thinking of the advice a friend gave me, something everyone gathered here in this room shares in common – everyday, going forward, tell your stories of who you are and how you love, what you believe and what you learn along the way. Don't be silenced. Refuse to be erased. It matters. We matter. Now more than ever.'
Asia Kate Dillon and Nyle DiMarco presented additional winners at the ceremony. Dillon said of the evening: 'Tonight we're here to celebrate art that creates empathy. Thanks to GLAAD – and to all of you – visibility for trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people is increasing at a rapid rate. But there is still so much representation and visibility needed.'
Detroit Pistons player Reggie Bullock spoke at the event about his support for the LGBTQ community and his trans sister Mia, who lost her life to fatal violence in 2014. Actresses Amiyah Scott ('Star') and Angelica Ross ('Pose') introduced Bullock and spoke about their own experiences as trans women of color.
'GLAAD is working to ensure the spirit of unity and intersectionality that was celebrated tonight extends throughout the year,' said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO. 'Tonight's award recipients are the front lines to ensuring that LGBTQ acceptance moves forward in a political and cultural climate that is working against us.'
Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Awards presented on stage, and the individuals that accepted the trophies:
o Excellence in Media Award: Ava DuVernay [presented by: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey)]
o Vito Russo Award: Samira Wiley [presented by Alexis Bledel]
o Special Recognition Award: 'Smile' by Jay-Z featuring Gloria Carter, 4:44 [accepted by Ms. Gloria Carter]
o Outstanding Film – Wide Release: Call Me by Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics) [accepted by Academy Award-winning screenwriter James Ivory and producer Peter Spears]
The following is a list of other award recipients announced at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York:
o Outstanding Documentary: Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric (National Geographic)
o Outstanding Reality Program: 'Survivor: Game Changers' (CBS)
o Outstanding Talk Show Episode: 'Australian Marriage Equality' – 'Last Week Tonight' with John Oliver (HBO)
o Outstanding Music Artist: Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
o Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: 'The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub' – 'Anderson Cooper 360' (CNN)
o Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: 'Murders Raise Alarm for Transgender Community' – 'NBC Nightly News' with Lester Holt (NBC)
o Outstanding Newspaper Article: 'The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV' by Gracie Bonds Staples (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
o Outstanding Magazine Article: 'Forbidden Lives: The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya's Purge' by Masha Gessen (The New Yorker)
o Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Billboard
o Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: 'This Is How We Win: Inside Danica Roem's Historic Victory' by Diana Tourjée (Broadly.Vice.com)
Spanish-Language Award Recipients:
o Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: 'Pulse, Huellas de la Masacre' – 'Docufilms' (CNN en Español)
o Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: 'Comunidad LGBTQ Vulnerable Bajo Nuevo Gobierno' – 'Perspectiva Nacional' (Entravision)
GLAAD previously announced that the short animated short film In A Heartbeat would receive a Special Recognition Award.
Courtesy of GLAAD


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Watch once Upon a Time Season 1 Episode 17 online. Find out more to the life of Snow White and her child Emma Swan. In the previous episode if the series, In the story community, the defense force strike Wayne and Red. She informs the royal prince to go on while she covers them, and looks up at the complete celestial satellite as it comes up. After a second, Wayne trips off and Red eliminates her hide and starts to convert. She then expenses toward the defense force and steps at them
Emma requires police detain images of Betty Maggie but guarantees her that even though she is following process, she doesn't believe that her companion is accountable. She alerts that if she doesn't publication her then it will look like favoritism and then Regina will flame her and generate someone who will railway her.
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Critical Considerations in Collecting
LiveAuctionTalk.com: by Rosemary McKittrick
What are some of the important points for beginning collectors to keep in mind when they're starting out?
If I had to bottom line it below you'll find a list of essential things to remember. And if you think ahead and do a bit of research, you can save yourself the expense of learning through mistakes.
You want to look for the best examples of things in the best possible condition. Condition is everything in the art, antique and collectible field. And that's across the board. Even in a bad economy top-quality merchandise in good condition commands interest. While lower quality items may sit on the shelf for eons.
The next area to consider is age. The dictionary defines an antique as anything at least 100-years-old. If you visited shops lately it can be difficult to find anything much over 50-years-old. Whether you're talking bottles or bicycles, the older, the more valuable rule still applies to most antiques.
But not everything old has value. An 18th century religious text may be 200-years-old and may be only one of five in existence, but without demand, the cash value is small.
The law of supply and demand determines price. The best examples are always going to be more in demand and harder to find. That's why collectors sometimes trade up. Maybe they'll buy something they love like a 1950s cookie jar they remember seeing on mom's kitchen table. Maybe it's chipped and the condition is iffy. A collector might buy it anyway and hold onto it hoping to come across the same cookie jar down the road in better condition.
Rarity. Documents describing important events in history are an example of the types of things feeding demand. Collectors are discerning. They want what's important which is often rare. This is painfully true with ephemera. Old photos, broadsides, letters and autographs deteriorate when exposed to light and time. As they disappear, so does history.
Museum exhibitions, auctions, and galleries expose audiences to the delicate distinctions of good, better and best in art, antiques and collectibles. They're great laboratories for learning. It's the delicate distinctions that can make all the difference.
Provenance is the history of ownership. Every antique you pick up has history. So what's the big deal?
When you can document (paper trail) where an object has been over time and who owned it, you have solid provenance. Nobody is going to take your word for it. They need to see the documentation. The provenance adds credibility and value to an object. It might be a letter attached to the back of a painting, or an old sales receipt. Even when provenance is established, the value of a piece will ultimately lie in its own merit.
Quality. The idea of something being valuable merely because it's old is shortsighted. No matter how much age something has, the value will depend on its quality. Age can be a secondary issue in antiques.
The best (highest quality) works of art, painted by the best artists, will command the highest prices in the marketplace. It's a good argument for buying the best you can afford in any category.
In the end you're going to have to trust your gut reactions to things. If it's a great Victorian oak table, you'll always remember the feeling you had the first time you looked at it. The way you heart pounded.
Remember that feeling and bring it to everything you consider buying. Also remember to buy with your heart and your head. Shrewd collecting can be profitable as well as fun.


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On the road
It's one of those things I have come to accept as a normal part of daily life: checkpoints. I pass by least 3 of them on my way to work. Some are standard, fixed in one place; others appear and disappear in unexpected places along the road, lasting a few hours or a day. Most are manned by the army or the police, a few by 'internal security forces' or, rarely, customs officers. They can be part of the scenery, with warning signs half a kilometer ahead, concrete roadblocks lined up to steer the cars in the right direction, and a little sentry box covered in the colors of the Lebanese flag to shelter the officer on duty from possible rain; they can also be haphazard constructions of crush barriers blocking the road to a point where cars have to slow down to a snail's pace to slalom around them. The cars are usually directed towards the left side of the road, leaving the right side open for those whose drivers are pulled over. A soldier to the left, machine-gun in one hand, peeking into every car, signaling with the other hand to continue driving or stop for a closer inspection of the car and its passengers. About 20 meters ahead another soldier holding a spiked barrier on wheels, to be thrown in front of the wheels of those ignoring the orders of the inspecting officer; on the right a few uniformed men walking around, checking car-papers, driver's licenses, passports, identity cards, trunks and car-hoods.
When passing a checkpoint, the driver is supposed to come to a near halt (without actually stopping), with the window on the driver's side rolled down and the volume of the radio at its lowest. If motioned to drive on, a 'thank you' is in order. Having a majority of female and/or blond passengers usually warrants unhindered passage, but cars full of young men almost always get directed to the side, and so are delivery vans and pick-up trucks.
I am still trying to find out what they are searching for. Clearly, these checkpoints are intended to make the country more secure, but how exactly they contribute to the overall safety – I don't know. Do they want to intercept smuggled weapons? Stop boys from joining their friends in a fight? It seems that only men and immigrant workers (Ethiopian, Sri Lankan and Filipino women) pose a threat to society, because they are the ones who have to show their identity papers at the rare occasions that the (mini)bus gets pulled over. And apparently I am the least dangerous of all, because even when all the other females on the bus were asked to show identification, the soldier looked at me once and ignored the passport I tried to hand him.
Lebanon wouldn't be Lebanon if the Lebanese wouldn't know their way out of the hassle. With a car full of cameras and other equipment, we were sure of a spot in the inspection line, yet when our driver opened his window and the soldier said 'good morning, where are you going with that?' it took us only 7 words to make him grin from ear to ear, nod his head in agreement and let us pass. What we asked? 'Sorry sir, are you from the Bekaa-valley?' Yes, he was, and coincidentally from the village next to that of the driver.
Another strategy, to be used in case of forgotten IDs, is 'ask before they ask': when you get to the checkpoint, you ask the soldier about the road ahead, and (hopefully) he will get so caught up in explaining it to you that he will completely forget to ask for your papers. This does not always work, however, as we realized when we got lost in the hills of South Lebanon and asked to soldier about the way to Tyr last summer. 'Of course we know the way,' he said, throwing a look inside the car, 'but first we would like to get to know the boys a bit better.'


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Treasury Prices Rebound After Sliding on Jobs Data
U.S. Treasury prices rallied Friday after the market largely brushed off a report pointing to continuing strength in the U.S. labor market.
The benchmark 30-year bond was up 1 1/4, or $12.50 for each $1,000 of face value, at 98 in late trading. Its yield, which moves in the opposite direction from the price, tumbled to 6.77% from 6.87% late Thursday.


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Sign Up to Participate (Involving Nudity)
To sign up to participate in The Wall, please fill out the attached form and click submit. For details, see description below.
"Hello, my name is Jimmy Xie; I am an interdisciplinary artist based in Orange County,
Long story short, the project I am working on is called "The Wall." I am on a mission to
collect close-up pictures of 100 penises. Yes, you heard it right, I need to take 100
pictures of penises.
This is one of the boldest projects I have done, but I have no doubt in finishing it
beautifully and professionally as a social activist artist. Over the years, I have done
many projects that involve nudity, and it is my job to make all participants feel
comfortable. You can visit my website for an idea of my work: www.jimmy-xie.com.
This photo project aims to challenge and question gender politics and masculinity. It
confronts the "penis myth" which illustrates the fact that most guys almost never see
other guys naked, so the only way to reference what's normal is through porn—and as
we all know, it has misled most of us for years. While it is much easier for girls to
communicate feelings and private things to each other, we as guys have this wall that
prevents us from getting to know ourselves and other guys.
The 100 pictures will be printed on poster-sized papers and spread around the gallery
space. From the ceiling to walls and to the floor, everywhere people look is covered
with images of penises. While most people I've conveyed the idea to were supportive, I
am positive that some guys would feel extremely uncomfortable seeing the show—and
that is the whole point of this project—it provokes the conversation about "why do you
feel the way you do" and "why do some people get mad or embarrassed for seeing a
human organ?" This project aims to normalize bodies and specifically private parts for
What masculinity implies and what seeing other penises mean to men, especially
straight men, are interesting questions to contemplate about.
NONE of the photos will show faces of the participants. They only feature the genital
area in close-up. I have already collected 35 photos, and I am incredibly grateful for the
support I have gotten so far—considering its only been a week since I started this
project! This show is not about the individual pictures, but about everything as a whole.
The viewers would be busy reflecting on themselves rather than focusing on a single
photo. Everything is confidential.
Please let me know if you want to jump on board, and it would be my pleasure to have
you on this project and make a difference in society!!! Thank you!!!"


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Nipple sparing mastectomy and the evolving direct to implant breast reconstruction
The Irish writer and philosopher, Bernard Shaw said: "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
Sharing ideas and inspiration is the essence of what promotes the evolution of our specialty. The introduction of the acellular dermal matrix (ADM) hammock in 2001 changed implant based breast reconstruction (1). ADM enabled direct to implant (DTI) breast reconstruction omitting the need for intermediate tissue expansion (1,2). The technique can be used for breast reconstruction following skin sparing as well as nipple sparing mastectomy (NSM) (3). In 2005, Scott Spear concluded that preservation of the nipple provided cosmetic advantages that outweighs any additional oncologic risk and has been a proponent for NSM (4-6). The combined procedure of NSM and DTI breast reconstruction is increasingly performed as it is reputed to provide a reliable result with aesthetically pleasing results and is safeguarded in terms of surgical and oncological risks (7-9). In this paper, we describe the evolving use of the NSM and DTI breast reconstruction according to existing literature and our own experience.
The DTI breast reconstruction
A successful DTI approach relies upon the quality of the mastectomy skin flaps and location of the breast footprint on the chest wall as well as the selection of the correct implant size. The technique is best applied in small to moderate sized breasts without significant ptosis (10). Different incisions have been used to access the glandular tissue with similar results. However, the nipple seems to be at greater risks of necrosis when the trans-areolar or the peri-areolar incisions are used, at least compared to the inframammary fold or radial incisions (8). We prefer to perform NSM through the inframammary fold incision aided by hydrodissection, which provides a good overview for the mastectomy with regards to oncological safety as well as hemostasis and patients seem to prefer it due to its hidden location (10) (Figure 1). The radial incision is a good approach for slightly larger and ptotic breasts in order to preserve the blood supply of the inferior skin and allow for better access to the superolateral part of the breast. The standard dual plane hammock reconstruction requires a release of the pectoralis major insertion inferomedially and suturing the hammock to the edge of the pectoral major muscle and the thoracic wall inferolaterally to create a neo-capsule of muscle/hammock pocket to cover the permanent silicone implant (10). The originally described hammock using human derived ADM has been successfully replicated using a variety of biologic and synthetic materials such as human and pig derived skin, pericardium or peritoneum to the synthetic resorbable Vicryl or TIGR-mesh® or non-resorbable titanium coated polypropylene mesh (11,12). Currently, the choice of material for hammock is based on personal preference and pricing rather than scientific evidence, although the use of ADM is more widely documented especially in long term follow up (13-15).
The NSM leaves an intact skin envelope and thereby optimal conditions to achieve the best possible aesthetic result resembling that of a natural breast. The importance of patient selection cannot be overemphasized; the size and shape of the breast, degree of patients' comorbidity as well as tumor type, size and location are all of paramount importance. It is the obligation of the multidisciplinary team, treating the individual patient, to select possible candidates for NSM and DTI and inform them accordingly of their treatment options. All too often are patients poorly informed of their options and end up having a reconstructive solution favored by their surgeon. This is a habit that must change and the decision should solely be the patients, following an informed consent.
Oncological safety is an imperative factor, when NSM and DTI is considered. NSM was shown to be appropriate in carefully selected patients according to a comprehensive review by Mallon et al. and their findings have been further supported by reviews by Endara et al. and Headon et al. (16-18). Headon et al. found an overall pooled locoregional recurrence rate of 2.38%, which is comparable to conventional mastectomy (18). Mallon et al. suggested that patients with early stage invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ with a peripherally located tumor less than 5 cm in diameter, located more than 2 cm from the nipple-areola complex (NAC) and not showing HER2 overexpression or exhibiting a positive oestrogen or progesterone receptor status could be considered for NSM with or without adjuvant radiotherapy (17).
The literature is questionable whether patients, who have had radiation therapy to the breast or are scheduled for adjuvant postoperative radiation should be considered candidates for NSM and DTI? A recent meta-analysis by Zheng et al. showed a significant association between skin flap necrosis and radiation therapy. However they found no association between nipple areola necrosis and radiation therapy (19). The included studies were heterogenous and the authors mention that their results differ from two large studies by Alperovich et al. and Colwell et al. with divergent results (7,20). Based on our personal experience we do not recommend performing NSM and DTI to patients who have had radiation therapy to the breast. We have also observed poorer results after postoperative radiation therapy compared to non-irradiated and therefore, do not advise NSM and DTI in patients scheduled for adjuvant radiation therapy either.
We have found that reconstructions in radiated patients are most often successful in terms of wound healing in the short run, but the late complications and aesthetic results are worse than breasts that are not irradiated. We have found that radiated patients need several corrections, fat grafting and subsequent implant exchange due to capsular contracture over time. We prefer to perform a delayed breast reconstruction in these cases using some form of autologous tissue, microvascular or pedicled flap transfer. We often use a thoracodorsal artery perforator (TAP) flap for the delayed breast reconstruction. This can be used successfully in one stage to cover the lower pole of an implant fastened with an ADM; TAP, implant and ADM is termed TAPIA and is a delayed form of DTI reconstruction (21-23).
Complications such as necrosis of the skin and partial to total loss of the NAC, hematoma, seroma, and infection are a risk following NSM and IBR and need to be discussed in advance and dealt with appropriately if they occur. The consequence of such complication can range from conservative outpatient treatment and follow-up to additional surgery and explantation of the implant and a failed reconstruction. The risk of complications is kept to a minimum by correct patient selection and surgeon experience. A meta-analysis by Endara et al. on complication rates in NSM and IBR, skin sparing and nipple sparing with and without hammock technique, showed an overall complication rate of 22% and a nipple necrosis rate of 7%. The incidence of NAC necrosis was slightly higher in one-stage versus two-stage reconstructions, but the overall complication rates were higher in two-stage versus one-stage reconstructions (16).
The most dreaded complication is skin necrosis, which can lead to extrusion and a failed reconstruction. Intraoperative perfusion assessment using indocyanine green color injection and infrared camera technology (SPY) is becoming more common in the United States and seems to enable surgeons to predict a potential postoperative ischemia. One study found that SPY may not be cost-effective in immediate breast reconstruction but the intraoperative assessment seems to contribute to reducing ischemia-related complications (24-26).
It is the current opinion that NSM and DTI is a safe procedure, relatively uncomplicated and results are more aesthetically pleasing than previously seen in alloplastic breast reconstruction, at least in selected patients. As for the patients' perspective; preservation of the NAC leads to a significantly better body image, sexual well-being and higher satisfaction with the appearance and sensation of the nipple as well as the feeling of being less mutilated compared to patients who had skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) and a subsequent NAC reconstruction (27-30). There is therefore no doubt that NSM is a great preference from the patient's point of view and DTI facilitates this process in a single stage.
From a surgeons perspective; NSM and IBR has been found to be a safe method for breast reconstruction, with acceptable risks of complications leaving the patients with very good aesthetic results (13). The best thing about NSM and DTI is the fact that it is a simple and quick procedure and it does not omit any other reconstructive options. It therefore seems to be an optimal first choice when mastectomy is indicated and patient characteristics apply.
A year ago, the late pioneer of plastic surgery Dr. Scott Spear wrote that "advances in breast reconstruction over the past decades are nothing short of amazing". He followed the birth of the immediate breast reconstruction from nothing in the eighties through a journey of technical advances towards perfection (31). At the end of his journey, the "one and done" NSM and DTI marks merely the end of the beginning of modern breast surgery. The development seems to continue at a rapid pace and it is safe to say that the scope of immediate breast reconstruction, NSM and DTI has increased vastly over the last decade and we will most likely witness further evolution in terms of technical modalities, safety measure and lasting results. At the same time, we also have to be aware of the tendency to publish success stories rather than failures. Increased success leads to higher patient expectations, and disappointments alike. The mastectomy skin flap quality is alpha and omega, when it comes to reconstruction. A sufficient flap is usually the responsibility of a non-plastic surgeon at least until it is insufficient and fails, then it is most often dealt with by a plastic surgeon. The plastic surgeon is not a magician but some of our tricks resemble those of an illusionist. The creation of an illusion of a breast with NSM/DTI is one. Patients need to be aware of this and we must not get ahead of ourselves and remember where we come from knowing that results will be compared in the scrutinizing light of social media. We risk to become victims of our own success as stressed by Scott Spear who stated that we must aim to over deliver and under promise (31).
Long-term follow up after NSM and DTI with the use of a ADM/mesh is warranted. Furthermore, surgeons and researchers should focus more on providing relevant baseline data to ensure the validity of results and also provide clear descriptions of their surgical techniques to facilitate comparability of the results. Moreover, it is not sufficient that we as surgeons evaluate the results. The importance of patient-related outcome measures has become clear and must be applied more avidly in the future (32).
Pre-pectoral placement of the implant with complete ADM coverage is gaining increasing attention in DTI after NSM to overcome animation deformity caused by activation of the pectoralis major muscle (33-35). The literature regarding pre-pectoral implant placement and level of evidence of studies thereof is sparse, however we will most certainly witness a rapid increase in publications of this topic in the near future.
Our overall impression is positive. Improved operative technique for mastectomy and breast reconstruction goes hand in hand with improved cosmetic outcomes and fewer complications. We postulate that the evolution of NSM and DTI breast reconstruction will continue together with the development in biotechnology, implant technology, perhaps with lighter implants in combination with improved bioprosthetics (31)? We have just seen the first report of lighter implants (36). And hybrid approach where implants are used for projection and breast shape together with autologous fat grafting for bolstering of the skin flap with or without a hammock support of the implant are becoming standard of care. It is but natural to apply the tools that are available and the toolbox has grown substantially over the last decade. How we apply these tools must be individualized and remain free from industrial bias or conflict of interest and when we find a tool that works it is our duty to share our findings as we have been fortunate to learn from our peers. One thing is certain, that we need to be realistic in terms of what we can and cannot do and stay honest to ourselves and safeguard our patient's best interest (31).
This article is written in the honorable memory of Dr. Scott Spear who has inspired us greatly. It has been a pleasant privilege to witness that when we think of something "new", then Scott Spear had already published it. If he was there before us, it can only mean that we are on the right path and that is always motivating and inspiring.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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text: Team Christmas Meal We had a great evening in London for our team Christmas meal followed by drinks with close friends and fellow indie devs. Thanks to those that came and helped us celebrate a fantastic year. Adam da Rocha18 December 2017 Facebook0 Twitter LinkedIn0 StumbleUpon Reddit Tumblr 0 Likes


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[NOTE: this post originally appeared on Datachondria, a blog dedicated to technology, data, and modern life.]
LibraryThing has a wonderful "local" functionality which enables users to indicate their favourite bookstores and libraries -- the places where books as physical objects can be found, acquired, purchased. But why not allow users to indicate their favourite public places to read? Favourite cafes, parks, beaches, hotel lobbies, bus shelters. These are the places at which the various social and personal functions of books are best served -- whether those be isolation or flirtation, communication or solitude.
What does it mean as we move away from cultural objects as objects -- things -- and towards cultural objects as nexuses of cultural and social moments?
We've written elsewhere about the way in which books are not just containers for their ideas, but also become receptacles of our memories, of the images we hold of ourselves, and of the images that we want to project of ourselves to others. The same, obviously, is true of music, of art, of all cultural pursuits in which we engage -- and should be true of the metadata by which we navigate all of this stuff.
That's all true at a conceptual level, but has implications for how we live with these objects. When you are free from dealing with books primarily as stuff requiring storage space, you can start to organize them according to aesthetics or other whims and fancies.
For all of our "cultural objects", we should start to think about how our world is (or should be) organized around their cultural purposes -- not their physicality.
At last month's BookNet Canada Technology conference, DailyLit founder Susan Danziger and BookNet CEO Michael Tamblyn both touched on the social utility books have for flirting -- Tamblyn coining the term "Date Repellent Mode" to describe the current state of eBook devices (skip to 10:02 if you don't want to watch the entire -- wonderful -- presentation).
We need to become better at recognizing the social and personal spaces that our cultural objects serve, rather than the physical spaces that were previously the most manifest -- and challenging -- aspect of their existence. When that takes place, we will have an ecology of business and services around those objects that serves them all the better. And, most probably, better books too. Let's stop making the best ideas for the physical form they have to inhabit, and concentrate simply on the best ideas. In the best places.