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'Returned' Russian Adoptee Stirs Debate On International Adoption
'Returned' Russian Adoptee Stirs Debate On International Adoption
The story of a Tennessee woman who adopted a boy from Russia, only to send him back because of behavioral problems has ignited a debate over international adoptions. Since the news broke, Russia has suspended adoptions by American families. Host Michel Martin talks more about the sensitivity of international adoptions with Dr. Jane Aronson, an adoptive parent and founder of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Thomas DiFilipo President of the Joint Council on International Children's Service, and James Blue, the father of two adopted children from South Africa.
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I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.
Coming up, my weekly commentary. I'll share my thoughts about the Tea Party movement, and what I think their anger is really all about.
But now it's time to go Behind Closed Doors. That's the part of the program where we talk about things that are often difficult to discuss, often because of stigma or shame. And I'm thinking there are few things that would cause a parent more shame than to admit that you just cannot cope with a child whom you have committed to raise and love forever.
Of course, we're talking about that story out of Tennessee last week, where a woman put her 7-year-old adopted son on a plane back to his native Russia. She says the boy's behavioral problems were too severe for her family to address, and that she had been misled about their severity by the orphanage from which he came.
Russia has since said it will suspend adoptions by American families. But as you can imagine, this has also raised questions and pushed a lot of people's buttons in the U.S. To talk more about this, we called Dr. Jane Aronson. She's the pediatrician specializing in adoption medicine. She's an adoptive parent herself. She's also the founder of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, and she joins us from Maplewood, New Jersey.
Thomas DiFilipo is the president of the Joint Council on International Children's Services. That's an advocacy organization that works to protect the right of children to live in families around the world. He joined us here in our Washington, D.C., studio.
Also with us, James Blue. He is the father of two adopted children from South Africa. He's also a veteran journalist who's covered much of the world. He is actually en route to South Africa, and he's joining us now from Doha, Qatar. I welcome you all. Thank you all so much for joining us.
Dr. JANE ARONSON (Pediatrician, Adoption Medicine): Thank you.
Mr. THOMAS DIFILIPO (President, Joint Council on International Children's Services): Thank you, Michel.
Mr. JAMES BLUE: Thank you.
MARTIN: So, Dr. Aronson, can we start with you and ask about this specific kind of situation? It's been reported, for example, in a piece that aired earlier on NPR, according to Chuck Johnson, who's the acting CEO of the National Council for Adoption, the number of failed foreign adoption parallels studies of failed domestic adoptions. And it says it's about 15 percent, which I think - is a number that surprises me. Can I just get your perspective on that?
Dr. ARONSON: I'm not surprised at all. In fact, I wasn't surprised by the story because in my 20 years of doing adoption medicine, there have been many stories that have been quite similar. I can tell endless stories about families who were not able to continue parenting their child and abandoned the child, actually, in different settings all around the world because the kids were adopted from different countries. So these are dramatic moments, but there are many stories like this.
MARTIN: Mr. DiFilipo, the focus of this particular case has been Russian adoptions, but children come to the United States from all over the world. Can you just give us a sense of, are there any patterns to where difficulties arise? It makes you wonder whether there's something about the circumstances in some parts of the world versus others that make it particularly challenging.
Mr. DIFILIPO: Well, in this year alone, there'll be about 10,000 children that come into the United States through international adoption. It was a high of 24,000 a few years ago but because of government policies, it's cut, well, more than in half. Most of the children right now are being adopted from China, from Russia, Korea and Ethiopia. That makes up the bulk of the international adoptions.
And whether or not there's a predisposition for one type of a problem in one region, I would say that fetal alcohol syndrome is certainly more prevalent in Southeast Asia and also in Eastern Europe, not so much in Africa or South America. Other than that, it really seems to go towards how long the child's been institutionalized, whether or not there was prenatal care, child's birth weight. And Dr. Aronson can certainly speak to all of this better than I can. But it's really the institutionalization piece, which is universal. Institution in one country is generally the same as another.
MARTIN: Dr. Aronson, can I pick up on a point that you started our conversation with, which is to say the idea that a parent saying, well, this child is too difficult for me, therefore I can't cope - do you think that within the context of adoption, people feel more free to say that than they might if they had given birth to the child? Because, I mean, in this country, it seems to me the result would probably be the same, would probably be foster care, whatever it is. But I do wonder what you think in terms of what's going on with the families and how they process whatever it is they're dealing with.
Dr. ARONSON: Birth parents and parents through adoption have a hard time expressing any feeling of disappoint in their role as a parent and in their child. I think it just goes with the territory. You've been waiting a long time. You put a lot of energy and hope. Your dreams are about being a parent and then you have a baby, either by birth or adoption, and youre supposed to be happy. And so it becomes exceedingly difficult to express those feelings.
Frequently, people have postpartum depression after birth. There's something called post-adoption depression, and it's a very common feeling that people have but people dont feel free to discuss it. And they should feel free to discuss those feelings because if you do express them, then you get help.
MARTIN: Have you noticed any difference between people who adopt domestically and people who adopt internationally? Because one of the things I've heard from people who have international experience - international adoption - is that sometimes, people feel free to challenge them about it. They feel free to say well, why did you choose a child from there when there are many children here?
Dr. ARONSON: I think that's a very - I mean, I think all of us agree, that's a very unfair comment.
MARTIN: Mm-hmm.
Dr. ARONSON: I think there are children available all over the world. They're all equally in need, and there are many reasons that...
Mr. BLUE: Why is that an unfair comment?
Dr. ARONSON: There are many, many reasons why people choose to adopt.
MARTIN: Well no, but that's my point. My question is...
Mr. BLUE: I mean that's a perfectly reasonable question.
MARTIN: ...that people sometimes feel free to say things that they wouldnt feel free to say in other contexts. And that's why I was just wondering, was there any additional element to it.
James, do you want to speak to that?
Mr. BLUE: I disagree with Dr. Aronson. I think that's a perfectly reasonable question. I do wonder why people go to such great lengths to adopt foreign kids when there are so many available in the U.S. And I dont believe I'm a hypocrite. I have adopted children internationally but at the time we did the adoption, we weren't able to adopt in the U.S. So I do think that's a valid question.
MARTIN: Do you think though that people challenge you on that?
Dr. ARONSON: No, but it's usually a criticism, James.
MARTIN: Mm-hmm.
Dr. ARONSON: That's the problem, is that people often, you know, take people to task. They get angry at them. Why are you going to China when you could adopt in New York City? And there are really very important reasons why people may go to a country. And they may not be satisfying to someone else but if you have an interest in your roots, for instance, in Eastern Europe or South America, Central America, that can drive people.
Mr. BLUE: Sure it can drive people, but as the other guest just said, the leading countries where we're getting kids from are China, Russia, Ethiopia and Korea. And I can guarantee you, most of the people adopting there dont have attachments or roots in those countries.
MARTIN: James, can I ask you as a - both as a journalist who's traveled widely and as an adoptive parent yourself, we talked about the role of institutionalization there and whether agencies in orphanages overseas disclose a lot about the children and their circumstances and the kind of care they receive. Can I just ask what your experience was?
Mr. BLUE: Well, you know, I think it's a really good question, and I think it has a lot to do with the sort of pre-adoptive services that are available. In our example, we were living in London and you know, this agency said OKy, we have a kid available for you in Johannesburg. And you know, we were thinking, oh my gosh, this is great because the U.S. requires several medical measures and all sorts of medical records.
And so we got all of his medical records, gave it to an independent doctor, our physician in London, and said would you look at this? What do you think the issue is? But we were very, very impressed with the orphanage that we worked with because when we asked for additional testing that we paid for ourselves, they were more than willing to take them to - sort of local experts in Johannesburg. They were really able to get to the bottom of some of the outstanding questions that we had. And you know, hats off to them for providing those services.
MARTIN: Can I ask you how youre reacting to this story?
Mr. BLUE: I'm reacting to this story in two ways because in addition to being an adoptive parent, I'm also an adoptee. And the thing that I find so tragic, I mean it's so extreme to put a child on a plane and send them back, sight unseen. And what I dont understand is how she didnt have the tools to sort of work through. But it just seems to me there has to be some interim step between things aren't working out at home and putting him on a plane back to Russia.
I'm just saddened by the fact that she didnt have support services, information or know-how to figure some other route because, you know, regardless of her sending her kid back to Russia, it still is her kid.
Mr. DIFILIPO: It actually gets a little more complicated than that...
MARTIN: Tom. Go ahead. Mm-hmm.
Mr. DIFILIPO: ...as well. This child's a U.S. citizen. Our understanding, in looking at the situation, is that the agency she used has a history of placing children with special needs or older, so she had developed a plan so if this happens, if this type of behavior happens, what do you do? If the child becomes violent, what do you do? And that plan had to be submitted and approved by the placing agency.
MARTIN: So what do you think this is about, Dr. Aronson? Do you think this is about adoption, or do you think this is more about parenting and the isolation that some parents feel?
Dr. ARONSON: As a pediatrician, again, I take care of both children who are from birth and from adoption. And I find that parenting is really what we're looking at here. It's a reflection of parenting and how we look at the responsibility as parents, what we do to prepare for it, how we learn to be better parents.
Most important to me at this point is that in my work as the CEO of Worldwide Orphans Foundation, we're in many different countries providing services for orphans in their communities. And I do believe that this is a point for us to look at how children are living in the world.
Youve got kids with no prenatal care, as already been noted, exposure to alcohol, malnutrition, etc., etc., exposure to toxins, smoking, drugs, and I think we have an obligation now to look at what do orphanages look like. That's what I do in my other, you know, hat - is try to help orphans be the best people they can be, to get a good education, good medical care and good mental health care.
MARTIN: Charles, lets hear from you. What do you think we should learn from this?
Mr. DIFILIPO: Well, I think it is an issue of parenting and not just international adoption, because take a look at the United States. We have 500,000 children at any given time in U.S. foster care system, and the majority of them are there because of abuse or neglect. And our goal is to protect children from any type of abuse or neglect, but it happens. And it happens whether the child is born into the family or adopted into the family.
So I think one of the most important things that we can learn, and that families can learn from this, is that there is help available. There are alternatives to hurting your child, to neglecting your child, or to putting them on a plane. I mean, whether it's your local church community or your extended family - starting there, or going to mental health professionals. So there are options.
MARTIN: Are you worried that this will give adoption a bad name, as it were? Or perhaps, is it appropriate for people to stop and think about whether they are really emotionally prepared to address whatever challenges come down the line?
Mr. DIFILIPO: I think it's very important for families to stop and think before they charge ahead with an adoption. Make sure they have the capacity and that they're willing to get help if they need it, and that's a sign of good parenting. Reaching out to get help is what is normal. You know, when people come back and they say, we just want to live a normal life. Well, if your child has problems, that's normal for you.
Mr. BLUE: Right, I mean, I also think...
MARTIN: James, final thought from you?
Mr. BLUE: Yeah, I think we're right to focus on, you know, this is a parenting problem. And you know, in some ways, putting the kid on a plane is a symptom of her inability to cope. And sure, the kid has issues. But I think its right that we shouldnt blame the kid for her shortcomings.
MARTIN: Dr. Aronson, do you want to give us a final thought about what we should learn from this going forward?
Dr. ARONSON: Yeah, I think what James just said just now is very critical, and that is to not blame the child - when you asked, will adoption be hurt. I think a lot of times people do, you know, look at adopted children in a very negative way and we really, just in general, should learn all the victims of adult decisions - government decisions, parent decisions, community decisions. And I think that that's a really important thing, for us to take responsibility as a world community. Weve got to be better caretakers of our children around the world.
MARTIN: Dr. Jane Aronson is a pediatrician specializing in adoption medicine. She's an adoptive parent and founder of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation. Thomas DiFilipo is the president of the Joint Council on International Children's Services. That's an advocacy organization that works to protect the right of children to live in families around the world. And James Blue is the father of two adopted children from South Africa, a veteran journalist - and I should disclose, also a friend.
And I thank you all so much for speaking with us.
Mr. BLUE: Thank you, Michel.
Mr. DIFILIPO: Thank you.
Dr. ARONSON: Thanks, Michel.
Mr. BLUE: Thanks.
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The date of this particular branch of the Smith family in Montgomery county, New York, is somewhat obscure, but taking the facts as known, 1780 approximates the year of the migration of Charles Smith from New Jersey, where he was born about 1760. He was married about this time, and it was a very young bride who helped him make a home in the then wilderness of southern Glen. But the farm was cleared and the home established which they occupied during their joint lives. He married, either in New Jersey or soon after his coming to New York, Anna Dingman, born 1765, died in Glen, 1844. The ancestors of both Charles Smith and Anna Dingman were Dutch, and settled in America at a very early date. Children:
(II) George A., son of Charles and Anna (Dingman) Smith, was born in Glen, Montgomery county, New York, April 20, 1793, died August 18, 1879. He was reared, passed his life and died on the original homestead farm cleared by his father. He married, in Glen, May 20, 1822, Elizabeth Bellows, born in that town, April 27, 1804, died January 9, 1889. Both are buried in Glen cemetery. Children:
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(III) Andrew S., only son of George A. and Elizabeth (Bellows) Smith, was born in Glen, June 9, 1823, died at the home of his daughter in Mohawk, Montgomery county, New York, September 30, 1905. He was a farmer. He married, in Glen, January 10, 1843, Ruth, born in Princetown, New York, April 1, 1826, died in Glen, August 6, 1893, daughter of Lewis and Nancy (Van) Rider, of Sharon, Schoharie county, New York. Children:
(IV) George H., only son of Andrew S. and Ruth (Rider) Smith, was born in Glen, Montgomery county, New York, September 19, 1848. He is one of the substantial farmers of Glen, living near Auriesville. He is a Democrat politically, and a member of the Reformed church. He married, February 17, 1875, Ada, born in Glen, March 25, 1855, daughter of Isaac N., born June 7, 1802, died March 20, 1882, and his second wife, Elizabeth (Miller) Quackenbush. This is one of the oldest families of this section of the Mohawk Valley. Isaac N. was a son of Nicholas Quackenbush, who was born December 9, 1750, on his father's farm along the banks of the Mohawk east of what is now Fultonville. His father came into the town about 1740, built a log cabin along the Indian trail near the river, and literally wrested a farm from the wilderness surrounding him. After generations made further improvements and the place is still known as the Quackenbush farm. Nicholas Quackenbush (son of the pioneer) married, April 17, 1777, Helen Collyer, born May 19, 1761, died June 14, 1843; among their children was Isaac N., who married (first) March 18, 1823, Mary Turnbull, born August 10, 1805, died January 1, 1842. Children:
Isaac N. Quackenbush married (second) Elizabeth Miller, born June 19, 1822, died October 28, 1902. Children:
(V) Charles Q., son of George H. and Ada (Quackenbush) Smith, was born July 1, 1884. He completed his education in the public schools and decided on agriculture as his life work. He is the owner of a good farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, not far from Glen Village, and is one of the prosperous, ambitious and progressive young farmers of the section. He is a Democrat politically, and a member of the Reformed church. He married, June 28, 1905, in Glen, Laura, born January 5, 1886, daughter of Jacob Clement.
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Heavy and sometimes painful menstrual periods in women in our forties may be associated with a condition known as adenomyosis.
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They will also compare their current results with those reported for myomectomy and uterine artery embolization and investigate the efficacy of MRgFUS in treating other uterine conditions, such as adenomyosis, a condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus also grows within the muscular walls of the uterus, said Hesley.
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Among the more common reasons are hormone imbalance caused by your body secreting too much estrogen or not enough progesterone; the effects of hormone pills; fibroids; polyps; adenomyosis (see page 209); infection; abnormal growth of the uterine lining (endometrium); chronic endometritis (inflammation or infection of the lining of the uterus); and thyroid hormonal changes.
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The second expansion for the critically praised strategy-RPG Crusader Kings II focuses on the Byzantine Empire. In the rich political world of Byzantium, the vassals have been scheming. They have split into factions and they are banding together to revolt against your rule.Read full description
The second expansion for the critically praised strategy-RPG Crusader Kings II focuses on the Byzantine Empire. In the rich political world of Byzantium, the vassals have been scheming. They have split into factions and they are banding together to revolt against your rule.
Legacy of Rome contains a wealth of new features to outsmart them and maintain your empire. The finals breaths of the Roman Empire are in your hands!
Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods of world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. Medieval Europe is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones.
Key Features:
Explore the Intricate Faction System:
Join a faction to put pressure on your liege and to keep track of factions in your own realm
Raise Standing Armies:
You will now be able to use retinues to have standing armies in your domain. The size is determined by technology
Experience Factional Revolts:
No more easily defeated rebellions. Disgruntled vassals will now band together in revolt against your rule
Appoint Orthodox Patriarchs:
Orthodox kingdoms and empires can now control their own heads of religion instead of being dependent on the patriarch of Constantinople
Streamlined Mobilization:
You will always raise a single, larger levy from your direct vassal; no need to worry about the opinions of the lower vassals
Leader Focus:
Appoint your generals wisely, their traits & skills are now of vital importance on the field of battle. More commander traits are now added to increase the importance of your choice of military leaders
Explore Byzantine Events & Decisions:
Legacy of Rome includes many specific events & decisions to make the Byzantine Empire come alive
Improve Your Ruler:
You can now actively strive to improve your skills or traits through the new Self Improvement Ambitions
Crusader Kings II is required to play this DLC.
I think that this is the most necessary of the CK2 DLC. For one thing, it turns the Eastern Orthodox into an interesting and unique religion, not just Diet Catholic. Also it gives you retinues (standing armies), which can really give you the edge you need especially if you are a new player.
Crusader Kings II has a lot of great DLC. Legacy of Rome is the first one you need to get. Like the other DLC, Legacy of Rome unlocks/ugrades a non-Catholic power, in this case the Byzantines. However, Legacy of Rome also significantly upgrades the core gameplay by adding "faction" and "retinue" mechanics. Factions allow multiple vassals to band together to demand a specific actions from their liege (e.g. lower crown authority, independence, etc). Hence, the power of larger empires also become more fragile and prone to internal squabbling. On the other hand, retinues represent the centralizing tendency of medieval states over time. Initially, retinues start off as glorified house guards, but over time, larger and more advanced powers will be able to improve and enlarge these units into a standing army. In the late game, a king can squash a rebellious count or two without ever having to call on levies. Overall, Legacy of Rome makes Crusader Kings 2 more dynamic, regardless of whatever power you want to play as and wherever you currently stand in CK2's feudal power structure. If you want to enjoy even the base game to its potential, get Legacy of Rome
Crusader Kings II is awesome; anything that adds to it is too. That says basically everything there is to say about this DLC. The alterations made to the Byzantine Empire make it more fun to play as than before, and the new Faction system makes it even more challenging. Definitely worth picking up.
This expansion brings you the Byzantine empire, the last representative of the classical period. You get specific events that no other culture has and you get to change history. Maybe you will be able to resist the muslim invaders and after that, mend the schism between orthodoxy and catholicism. Or maybe you will fail and re-live history. Either way, this is worth it.
It not only adds falvour for the loveable Byzantines,it is also a DLC which is used to create a generous amount of mods you'd surly want to check out,for this price,you have to get it.
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Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Neuroscience)
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|Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science (MDHS) and The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
|Clinical Research is a component of medical and health research that focuses on acquiring knowledge that can be used to improve the understanding of human disease to aid in the prevention and treatment of illness and for promoting good health.
Clinical research has underpinned significant advances in medicine, in the last decade alone, an anti-cancer vaccine was developed to prevent cervical cancer caused by human papillomaviruses, a vaccine for the prevention of nicotine addiction has been developed and is well advanced in clinical testing, gene therapy and stem cell treatments have entered clinical evaluation, researchers have demonstrated the potential to 'grow' transplantable human organs, new genes have been identified in breast cancer and leukaemia, advances in keyhole surgery with the non-invasive removal of a kidney via the navel, the emergence of epigenetics - studying inheritable changes in appearance or gene expression without r elated changes in the DNA, research is well developed for a bionic eye and other intelligent prostheses.
Further medical advances will be underpinned by professional and rigorous approaches to clinical research.
The Graduate Programs in Clinical Research were established to provide a professional and structured clinical research training program for clinical research professionals. They provide an integrated suite of subjects and programs that build the foundations of clinical research and progress to addressing the specific requirements of globally significant medical challenges, such as Oncology and Neuroscience, which are then consolidated through completion of a major research thesis.
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|The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Neuroscience) is offered through two subjects, each delivered intensively over a week by a team with expertise across the breadth of clinical neuroscience research.
Week 1 - Topics covered include: clinical trials, genetics, mechanisms of disease, epidemiology, health economics, rehabilitation and translation into clinical practice.
Week 2 - Builds on clinical research methodology and skills acquired in Week 1. A major emphasis is on cutting-edge human brain imaging techniques.
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|The two subjects are delivered over two consecutive weeks of intensive face to face delivery. The course is only available on a part-time study basis. However, the intensive delivery mode enables participation from interstate and overseas.
|Who Should Apply
|The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Neuroscience) is aimed at people currently working or studying in neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, radiology, neuro-rehabilitation or other health services. This course will prove useful to advanced trainees, new or emerging clinical researchers, allied health and clinical trial coordinators. More experienced clinical researchers, scientists or those working in the pharmaceutical industry are also welcome.
|The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Neuroscience) requires completion of 25 points of coursework.
Students will complete:
Clinical Neuroscience Research (12.5 points) - This subject covers the frontiers in clinical neuroscience research and provides expert briefings on the current research questions in epilepsy, intellectual disability and autism, stroke and multiple sclerosis as well as research methods in clinical neurological genetics, how animal models inform clinical neuroscience research, research methods in clinical neuropharmacology, brain development, neuroplasticity and neurotrophic factors research and research methods in neurodegenerative disorders.
Neuroimaging for Clinical Research (12.5 points) - This subject provides expert briefings on the current research questions in dem entias, movement disorders, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders and has a major emphasis on cutting-edge human imaging techniques, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including a practical demonstration of language functional MRI, structural and functional MR imaging and clinical research applications, analysis of MR imaging as well as magnetic resonance spectroscopy and research applications.
|Each subject is formally assessed to meet the requirements of University accreditation. Assessment is designed to be practical and relevant to industry professionals.
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By Josh Plummer
Strong work, Mr. Nonis. Very strong work.
Sopel played six years with the Canucks before signing with the New York Islanders in 2005 and he hasn't seen playoff action since. The Calgary native is chomping at the bit to get back into the post-season with Vancouver and during yesterday's conference call he said he's looking forward to helping out any way he can.
"My family is very excited, we never wanted to leave Vancouver in the first place," said Sopel. "I'll do whatever the Canucks want me to do."
Vancouver is known throughout the league for their feisty work ethic, but they're also well known for having a solid cohesiveness in the dressing room. Sopel (or Sopes as he's affectionately known) will be a welcome addition because he's played with a lot of the current roster guys and won't alter anything.
"I'm going to come in, slide right in there, have fun with the boys and do what we need to do to win," he said.
I wonder if he'll get his old stall back?
One thing for sure is he won't be wearing jersey number 3. Kevin Bieksa inherited that sweater and I'm not sure anyone wants to get in an argument with Bieksa about, well....anything.
Sopel will put on #4. Other notable Canucks to wear the #4 are Barry Wilkins - the man who scored the first ever goal for Vancouver way back in 1970, Gerald Diduck and Rick Lanz. Let's not forget about rookie sensation Luc Bourdon.
Funny story about Sopel.
While he was with Vancouver, he briefly inherited the nickname "Clark" because his house was decked out with more Christmas lights than Clark Griswold in the hilarious Christmas Vacation movie. The glow from the bright lights emanated for blocks. The sound you hear is Vancouver residents quickly closing their drapes.
It's no secret the Canucks number one asset is Roberto Luongo. At 6'2, 205 pounds, Sopel will do more than an admirable job of patrolling the blue paint and knocking around anyone who comes close to Luongo.
He's got a right-handed shot, a good first pass and he can play on the power-play and penalty-kill. What else can you ask for?


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But this particular Friday was very different. A large coach with NCFC emblazoned on it took up most of the parking; the rather posh gaff was housing them before playing QPR the following day and I giggled with excitement at the prospect of getting smashed with some City players!
Obviously, they were all tucked up in bed by 6pm, but I did find a few City tracksuited faces that were not immediately recognisable. I got chatting in most part to Mike, our fitness trainer, recently employed from Sheffield United and went about interrogating him with the big questions that were on the collective Vital mind early on in the season, Namely 'why does Askou not play', 'who are we going to buy' and 'how is R Martin fit to wear a Yellow shirt( come on vital friends, it wasn't long ago that a lot of us thought this)'?
Now the answers young Mike gave me, apart from being rather political and towing the company line, didn't tell me a lot - R Martin was the hardest working professional at the club, Lambert thought highly of Askou, and only the right type of player who would fit in was going to come to the club.
I think the Askou line was hiding something (but given his form at Millwall, no big loss), we was spot on in Martin, and the transfer policy, we didn't sign a 'bigish' name just because we could in January, we kept the cash and strengthened in a couple of areas.
But what does stick out in my mind was the question Mike asked of me, a humble City supporter - What did I expect from this season?
In truth I would be ok with mere championship survival, mid-table would be great, play-offs amazing. Mike seemed genuinely shocked by this, 'What about winning the league or automatic promotion?' he asked. 'It's too soon, I think it may do more harm than good, we are just not ready for it' was my response. Mike smiled and just said 'the team goes out to win ever game, every one at the club has the same aim.'
I didn't think much of that, but over the coming months I realised that the whole attitude of the club had changed since the Grant/Roeder eras. Positivity flowed from the top and ran through every member of the staff and team. All they knew was how to win - defeat was unthinkable!
Every game was played to win, attack being the best form of defence, work rate throughout the team increased and you only have to look at Simeon Jackson to see that defending starts from the from the front with this team.
Then there's the 23 points we have earned in injury time, thanks to that determination to win, and Mike's fitness training...
I'm no longer worried about going up so quickly, I'm on board with the positivity that surrounds our great club, belief that the strength of a team can far outweigh its constituent components, but above all that I know one thing to be true - In Lambert We Trust!
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Chris, Thanks for the tips on using the notes feature for extra text. A good place for the equivalent of a LONGDESC. I think though that the trick of hiding text is still useful if you want the text equivalent of an image to appear in the same place of the image. For example if you have a page that says The hydrogen atom consists of [image] with a positive charge and [image] with a negative charge Where the first image is a picture of a proton, and the second image is a picture of an electron. You can create a slide with the following text: The hydrogen atom consists of a proton with a positive charge and an electron with a negative charge The put the images over the words "a proton" and "an electron" respectively. That way the graphical version of the page shows the desired graphic effect with the words "proton" and "electron" hidden. But a person seeing the text version sees the words in their proper place. In other ways, it's a way to simulate alt text. Also, the image has to be a bitmap image if there's any text in it, or the text will appear in some random place. Also like I mentioned your notes idea is a good place to put extended descriptions of the image, i.e. the equivalent of the LONGDESC, e.g. the following could appear in the notes: "The proton is represented by a red sphere with a plus sign and the electron is represented by a much smaller black sphere with a minus sign." Len Chris Kreussling wrote: >I use PowerPoint's Notes feature. When you Export as HTML, the full text of the Notes appear below the graphic image of the slide, as well as on the text-only page. You don't have to play tricks with "hiding" text in the Outline. This doesn't correct the lack of ALT text, but at least you can have a full "text-equivalent" right on the same page. ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Universal Design Engineer, Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering Temple University Ritter Hall Annex, Room 423, Philadelphia, PA 19122 email@example.com (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)Received on Wednesday, 1 September 1999 14:04:17 UTC
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Mother's day offers us moms those few
precious hours once a year, where the spotlight is ever so briefly on us, while the other 364 days of the year we are busy tending to boo-boos, whipping up ten different dinners nightly to satisfy
our finicky kid's taste buds and doing enough loads of laundry to clothe a small country. Unfortunately, on most of those days our unconditional acts of love more often than not go unnoticed
-- but hey, we're moms, we know that compliments and flattery come in the form of good grades and no trips to the ER.
What better way to provide our kids with ample opportunity to shower us with their love than having them craft their very own gifts? Although coloring, pasting and drawing their feelings for us may never rival receiving a Gucci handbag or a trip to the spa, these crafts will undoubtedly find a permanent home on our refrigerators and in our hearts for years to come. The gifts we get from our kids hold special significance -- as they're a physical manifestation of the love they feel for us.
According Karen Pierce Gonzalez, author of Family Folktales: What Are Yours? (www.folkheartpress.com), folktales capture moments in time and are a great way for kids to celebrate their mom.
Follow these tips for writing a folktale for mom:
Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson, mom and daughter, and authors of Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family,
(www.celebrategreen.net) suggest recycling a glass jar to create a gift.
Get a glass jar, about 6.5" tall with a lid. A child can decorate the lid with paper, flowers or anything their mom might like. If she's a teacher, kids can glue on a pencil stub and an eraser. Kids can tie a piece of twine around the mouth of the jar and attach a tag that says, "101 Things I Love About You." They can then write on scraps of paper (preferably recycled), the reasons they love their mother, fold accordion style and place it in the jar.
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Our government has decided to come out with a regulation for companies misguiding the mango men of the country with empty promises through advertisements.
The regulation also makes the brand ambassador guilty in case of any wrong promise made by the brand.
The advertisement industry has opposed the move of government calling it unfair.
According to the detractors of the move, the onus is on consumer not advertisers.
To an extent, they have a point.
We all know deodorants will not get us, girls. Fairness creams will not make us fairer. The kids will never get brains by consuming food supplements suggested by brands and soft drinks don't make us any cooler than we are.
Then why the hell are we so naïve to believe them?
Is it the influence of Idiot box in our lives? Or they wish to be like our heroes by following everything they do?
None of the companies promising moon will counter the argument, idiot box has actually made us bigger idiots than idiot box. We are so influenced by TVs.
I am personally in favour of celebrities applying a mind of their own before endorsing a brand.
They are hero-worshipped in the country. The mortal gods of the country cannot misguide their disciples into using a dubious product.
Moving ahead. Here is my list of endorsements celebrities need to avoid:
- Tobacco and Alcohol products:
Do you have any idea on the number of deaths consumption of tobacco leads to every year? The number stands at 6 million (roughly). (read this)
The government has specifically banned direct ads of tobacco and alcohol. Unfortunately, we live in a country of jugaad. The brands have found a way around the government's directions (full of loops holes) by launching unrelated-unbanned products under the same umbrellas.
Now we have a tobacco company selling perfumed elaichi (cardamom). An alcohol company which ran the defunct airlines, Kingfisher Airlines promoting "Kigfisher" brand as a leading sponsor of IPL.
The celebrities promoting them include Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar (a teetotaler, who happens to be a fitness enthusiast), Ajay dewgan (endorsing both liquor and consumable tobacco product's brands) to name a few.
Money or ignorance? The reason to opt for the brand names is yet unknown.
I hope all celebrities ban the tobacco and liquor brands.
- Deodorants:
Deodorants can help us get the sexist of women by subsiding the "smell" from our body party.
At least, this is what the new ads claim.
And how do they do this magical wonder? Do they take away the smell from the smell-iest pits on the human race walking the mother earth or do they give every single deodorant male user the magnetic power to pull females towards them?
The sexist ads depicting women as naïve creatures attracted to deodorant infected men should be stopped immediately.
Or government needs to come with a regulation to
spice up the promotion by gifting free condoms along with deodorants.
The whole process of attraction -> consumption can be completed in a single go.
The ads can read "Get attracted and get laid safely". Ta-da!
- Property Builders:
Dhoni, the Indian team captain recently decided to part ways with a renowned builder in Noida, Amrapali Group.
The parting happened after the distressed residents of Amrapali Sapphire society trolled him on twitter.
The trolling led to Dhoni getting undue bad publicity for endorsing a brand which by market standards has thousands of unhappy residents residing in many of its unfinished societies.
I think Amrapali got into the limelight because of their DHONI association. Otherwise, the list of builders, who have harassed the consumers is endless.
No wonder, they are willing to give free car, ac, parking, etc, etc with flats today.
The builders have unsold inventory in thousands. Most of them are reeling under huge loans from banks and private investors.
I would call it karmas.
They killed the great middle-class dream of owning a flat in the super expensive real estate market in metro cities.
The middle class has matured now and is giving it back to them by not buying from them.
- Fairness creams:
When the fairest actress in Bollywood and a not so fair actor (a superstar) in Bollywood endorse a fairness cream, you cannot help but wonder, what makes them so foolish.
Are they telling us "Being unfair is unattractive"?
What happened to the original Indian Dusky beauty?
When the actress endorses the fairness brand, I can understand her situation. She is new in the industry.
She has had a series of flops to her name and desperately needs anything to keep the cash flowing in.
What about the superstar Shahrukh Khan?
He is someone who has an opinion on every single topic in the country. Can he speak on why he endorses the "fairness cream" brands?
Does he have a complex with his not so fair complexion?
Has he forgotten, the country had accepted him for his skills, not colour?
He literally applied layers of powder to make himself fair and "lovely"(pun intended) in the misleading ad.
Recently, a fairness cream company was heavily fined for making false promises.
It's time our brand ambassadors put an end to the absurdity of the fairness creams.
- Soft drinks and sugar coated Drinks:
One can of coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar. This is the daily intake you are allowed in a day (source :click here). You can add the numbers and calculate the amount of sugar you consume with the soft drinks daily.
The soft drinks are nothing but a lot of fizzes mixed with a lot of sugar.
For a country with a huge diabetic population, soft drinks are suicidal.
I hope our brand ambassadors do some reading.
They are the super stars who are followed blindly, madly, religiously by millions of followers in the country.
It's time they do not mislead their followers.
Quoting Ben Parker from Spiderman "With great power comes great responsibilities". (I am a sly Spiderman fan who does not do the Spiderman tricks knowing the consequences)


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Why Email Should be a Major Part of Your Marketing Strategy
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Email isn't exactly the sexiest topic for marketers, it's been around too long and doesn't cost enough for that! Yet that shouldn't stop you from considering it as a major focus within your marketing strategy.
I'm not being bias here, but email marketing is great, many marketers do it and gain a strong ROI from it. However, it is often forced down the pecking order in terms of priority, spend and consideration, when really it should be a major part of your marketing strategy. And here's why…
Your Instant Push Channel
Can you name another channel where you can push a message to your customer on demand? SMS maybe, but its limited, expensive and customers get emails on their phone anyway. Phone calls? Even more expensive and not scalable, and that's before we even discuss privacy.
As more and more new technologies are introduced for real-time marketing, they all use email as the accepted means of pushing messages to customers. Why? Because it works!
Email is still the most popular activity on the Internet. Social networks create a lot of noise, and in fairness Internet users spend a lot of time there. However, in terms of reach, it is still not at the same level as email, with there being 3x more email accounts than Twitter and Facebook combined (Radicati Group). The majority of customers are able to access their email regardless of their location, providing they have internet access and a device, and over recent years we have seen the number of emails opened on mobile devices break the 50% barrier. You may be thinking that the same may applies to other channels such as social media and SMS, however these lack space for detailed content.


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On my first two albums, I tried to cover all the music I enjoy," says Jerrod Niemann. "This time, we mashed it all together and that's what you do when you're really attempting to create your own sound. And as it all gelled, I think it brought us into our own pure sound for the first time."
On High Noon, Niemann continues to pursue the innovative sonic approach that has defined his identity in today's country music, while bearing down even harder on the rock-solid songwriting that first brought him to Nashville's attention. The immediate response to the album's debut single, "Drink to That All Night," proves that Niemann's distinctive style still hits the mark. "My biggest obstacle," he says, "was to make sure this sounded different from everything else out there right now."
Jerrod Niemann exploded onto the scene with his chart-topping major-label debut, 2010's Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury. The album, on Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville records, included the Number One smash and RIAA-certified Platinum digital single, "Lover, Lover," and the follow-up Top 5 single, "What Do You Want." Niemann—who has also written songs for and with such artists as Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, and Lee Brice—returned in 2012 with the acclaimed, musically adventurous release, Free the Music. All the while, he's continued playing 200 shows a year on the road, year in and year out.
He credits the advances on High Noon to a new collaborator, producer Jimmie Lee Sloas—honored by the Academy of Country Music as Bass Player of the Year—who has worked with everyone from Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood to bluegrass bands and Megadeth. "We've been friends for years," says Niemann, "and I knew he wanted to get into producing. I called him out of the blue, we had lunch a few times, and I told him I'd love to bring him in to work on this project. We went in and instantly had a great connection."
Niemann also credits songwriter Lance Miller and engineer Corky ("Just call him Corky") with playing vital roles in the album's creation. "The magic came from those four minds—and those four livers! There was no ego, just pure fun. The friendships and feeding off of each others' ideas really created the vibe, and the more experience I have, the more I learn it's all about the vibe."
Before even entering the studio, though, Niemann recorded all of his own demos at home as usual. "That's where I go completely out of whack, take things to the furthest extreme," he says. "Then after I lay down the structure, we take that and start to build around it. We take my unique sounds and then we mesh that with acoustic instruments to come up with an organic approach for the loops and beats. When it all comes to life, it just makes you want to tap your foot."
The resulting thirteen songs on High Noon represent not just a musical blend of country, pop, and rock with splashes of electronic, forward-looking beats, but also a wide emotional spectrum. The album takes the listener on a journey from the opener—the yearning, atmospheric "Space"—to the sexy, slow-burn menace of the last track, "She's Fine," which features a guest vocal from Colt Ford. "Some songs have those haunting melodies and chords—something to scare the kids a little bit!" says Niemann. "That one made me think of songs by Chris Isaak or the Mavericks, or the True Blood theme song. In some ways, we're all still a little feral and have those animal instincts."
"The Real Thing" offers the panoramic feel of a pop ballad from the '60s, while "I Can't Give in Anymore" takes a more traditional country approach, both in subject and style. "It's about that moment when you realize you need to move on from something unless things are going to get better—that point in time to either say goodbye or fix it," Niemann says. The arrangement features the old-school weeping of a pedal-steel guitar. "We had a guy in the band with a b-bender guitar, which can emulate that sound, but when I was listening to the real thing, I was like, 'Of course I'm going to use that, 'cause nobody else is doing it!'"
And then there's "Donkey," an uproarious, swaggering, double-entendre singalong about wrecking a truck and finding alternative, four-legged transportation to the local bar. "The first time I heard it, I thought, 'Oh, goodness,'" Niemann says. "But then I went back and listened another five or six times and thought, 'If I don't record this, I'm gonna end up kicking myself!' It's hilarious to me—I was raised in a family that wasn't afraid to laugh. Every time I played it on the bus, everybody stopped and asked, 'What is that?!' So I thought, I'm just gonna roll with it."
But most of High Noon returns to a single theme: drinking, partying, having fun. "This is a record to get you in the mood before going out on Friday or Saturday night," says Niemann. "I came up playing in bars, and that's always going to peek through in my music. A lot of the people we play for have a beer in their hand, and my job is to get whatever's on their mind off their mind. So always, at least half the songs are about partying—hey, it's better than crying, right?"
Kansas-born Jerrod Niemann—who once lived in the actual Dodge City—explains that there are a number of meanings to the album's title, but clearly, it stands as a challenge and a mission for his music. "High Noon represents taking chances," he says. "We live in a society where a lot of times you're forced to be the same—all copy-paste—and when you do something different, people dig in their heels.
"So High Noon means go out there and go for it. Get your game face on, walk ten steps, and pull the trigger. It's the next step into facing the future."
Reel Big Fish was one of the legions of Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream following the mid-'90s success of No Doubt and Sublime. Like most of their peers, the band was distinguished by their hyperkinetic stage shows, juvenile humor, ironic covers of new wave pop songs, and metallic shards of ska. The group cultivated an underground following that broke into the mainstream in summer 1997, when their single "Sell Out" became a modern rock radio and MTV favorite. Their appearance in the movie "Baseketball" as the halftime band also gained them more fans and helped the bands popularity to grow. Still fronted by original lead singer and song writer Aaron Barrett, they continue releasing albums and touring relentlessly, playing more and more countries and bigger venues all over the world.
Reel Big Fish recorded its self-released debut album, "Everything Sucks", in 1995. "Everything Sucks" became a word-of-mouth underground hit in ska-punk and college circles, which gave the band enough leverage to sign with the indie label Mojo Records. The label's president, Jay Rifkin, and former Oingo Boingo bassist John Avila co-produced "Turn the Radio Off", which marked Reel Big Fish's first album for Mojo. "Turn the Radio Off" was unleashed in August 1996, and over the next year, the group continually toured in support of the album's release, expanding their fan base all the while. In spring 1997, the single "Sell Out" began receiving heavy airplay from several influential modern rock stations in the U.S., which soon translated into MTV support for the song's quirky video. By summer, the song had become a moderate modern rock hit, and the album had charted in the Top 100.
In 1998 the song "Take on Me" from the "Baseketball" motion picture soundtrack was released as the promotional single for the movie and once again found the band in regular rotation on rock radio and MTV in the USA.
The Album "Why Do They Rock So Hard" followed a year later, once again enlisting Oingo Boingo Bassist John Avila as producer. The album was not as commercially successful but is still regarded by many fans as the bands finest work. The band filmed a music video for "the Set up (You Need This)", the only single released from this album.
The guys wound up on Jive Records in fall 2001 when their current label, Mojo, was bought by Jive's parent label, Zomba. Reel Big Fish's first release for Jive, a more rock-oriented record entitled "Cheer Up!", appeared in mid-2002. This album was very successful in Europe with the video for the single "Where Have You Been" receiving heavy airplay on many music video channels.
Later that same year, RBF did a song for a Rice Krispies called "Snap, Krackle, Pop-punk" which was used in 3 separate commercials. Also that year, they recorded a cover of Toots and the Maytals "Monkey Man" for the Nickelodeon movie "The Wild Thornberrys." The single for "Monkey Man" was also released in the UK and received heavy radio play as well as the music video being put on heavy rotation on Kerrang TV.
The band's next album, the cynical yet catchy "We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy", was issued in April 2005. Touring continued for the rest of the year, and Reel Big Fish happily parted ways with Jive in January 2006, having wished to be dropped from the label since the "Cheer Up!" release.
In August 2006, the group self-released a double-disc live CD (along with an accompanying DVD) titled "Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album".
Barrett said of this album "We finally captured the energy, excitement and humor of our live shows that we were previously unable to create in the recording studio environment. And it all sounds really good!"
This album is very popular with RBF fans and is sometimes referred to as "the Reel Big Fish Stand-up comedy album" because of all the silly stage banter.
The band returned with some new material in February 2007, splitting an EP "Duet All Night Long" with their friends in Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer. "Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free" followed several months later, marking Reel Big Fish's first full-length studio release since leaving Jive's roster, and 2009′s "Fame, Fortune and Fornication" found the band covering songs by the likes of Poison, the Eagles, and Tom Petty.
In 2010, the band released "A Best of Us for the Rest of Us". It includes a 22 song disc of re-recorded hits and classic fan favorites as well as a bonus disc of 14 Acoustic or "SKAcoustic" versions.
On July 31st, 2012 Reel Big Fish released their 7th studio album, Candy Coated Fury (Rock Ridge Music), an inspired and infectiously catchy return to the hyperkinetic ska and biting wit of the band's beloved early albums. "This album is a lot like our first two albums. It's got a lot of the same intensity, frantic energy in the music, and the same sarcastic sense of humor. I think these are the fastest songs we've done since those albums," Aaron Barrett, founding vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter says. "We're finally just doing what Reel Big Fish does best, and that's what we did on those first two albums."
"Candy Coated Fury pretty much describes what Reel Big Fish does," Barrett says of the significance of the new album's title. "It's hateful, mean, sarcastic, and, sometimes sad lyrics, over happy, wacky, silly, joyous, fast music that makes you want to dance. This album is mostly love songs, but bitter, angry, hateful love songs. Just about everybody knows what it's like to be in a bad relationship. These songs could be sung by a 15 year old about his first love-gone-wrong, or by a 55 year old about a bitter divorce after 30 years. They're bad-relationship songs that everybody can relate to."
Candy Coated Fury is Reel Big Fish's first album of newly recorded original material in five years. Overall, it's the seventh in the band's twenty year history, and it feels as vital and vitriolic as RBF's foundational releases. The record opens with the huge sing-along vocal, balmy horns, and hyperactive ska groove of "Everyone Else Is An Asshole." The track is an exceptional distillation of Reel Big Fish's classic euphorically-juvenile ska punk. The stately arena riffs in "I Dare You To Break My Heart" reference cock rock, new wave, and soul without sacrificing one iota of RBF's signature simmering skank. "I listen to the Darkness a lot; it was only a matter of time till I wrote a song like this! I can't really sing as high as that guy so this song sounds more like Kiss, if Kiss was a Motown band that played ska," Barrett says, detailing the song's diverse stylistic touchstones. The anthemic "I Know You Too Well To Like You Anymore" features some of Barrett's finest cutely cruel lyrics. "I think that is an amazing bad-relationship song," he laughs. "I really captured the hateful love of two people who were once madly in love, but have been together so long, they can't stand the sight of each other anymore but still say 'they drive me crazy, and I hate this and this about them, but I love them.'" No RBF album would be complete without playfully irreverent 1980s covers. The band rounds things out ska-ifying the Wonderstuff's "Don't Let Me Down Gently" and When In Rome's "The Promise."
On December 12th, 2014 RBF released their first Christmas Album, A six song, digital only album entitled "Happy Skalidays". This album includes 4 classic Christmas songs and 2 RBF originals.
Reel Big Fish continues to tour non-stop, playing over 250 shows a year to thousands of loyal fans all over the world, gaining more and more underground popularity as the Ska scene continues to flourish.
Dane Scott - lead vocals / lead guitar. Dane is a 6-time San Diego Music Award nominee for his work with the band, Tubby, and with 40 Oz. 40 oz won the San Diego Music Award for best tribute band in 2010. Dane has toured the country with Tubby, The Fryday Band, Smooth Move, and now 40 Ounces to Freedom. His soulful voice and face melting guitar riffs contribute to an energetic show which leaves the audience craving more.
Jeremy Miller - Keys. Jeremy is a co-founder of 40 Oz to Freedom. He and Dane have been friends for over 12 years and have been playing music together just as long. Jeremy grew up in Southern Califrnia as well, and directly contributes to his playing vibe. His energetic stage presence and knowledge of the genre, makes him a great asset to the band.
Terry Davis - bass / vocals. Terry is a jack of all trades. He's an accomplished guitar player for the band, Egress, and he also plays bass for numerous side projects. Terry has been a fan, and a friend of music for many years.
Mark Leblanc - Drums / patches. Mark plays drums for Egress, Smooth Choppy, DJ Soulman and Idol Job. He has been playing since he was a little kid and has been rocking ever since.
Tom Burda - Bass / Vocals. Tom is a Berkley School of Music graduate, and currently resides in NYC, where he teaches guitar at The New York School of Guitar. His knowledge of music and melody make him an impressive addition to the band, whenever he's there.
Chad Cocuzza - Percussion. Chad is an accomplished drummer/percussionist for the band, Spoonfed Tribe. He has a great presence on stage and knows how to work the crowd.
With the fuel of both Southern rock and country music influences pumping through his veins, it's no surprise that Sea Gayle Music's CJ Solar is a natural at fusing the two worlds. Combine that with Delta blues, compliments of a childhood spent in Cajun country, and you've got one badass up-and-comer, with the pure musical talent and vocal chops to back him up. Already turning heads throughout Nashville, Baton Rouge and beyond, having been named one of the "Top New Artists You Need To Know" by Rolling Stone Country, CJ says the driving force behind his current success isn't fame nor fortune – it's just a diehard infatuation with the music he grew up on.
"I just want to write songs that say something that really means something. I want to ride around in a van, tour the country, and play songs with my buds. Everything I do in music, I want to do it for the love of the music and the sake of the song," he adds.
It all started back in Baton Rouge where his family's affinity for music struck a chord. "My grandparents loved country music. My dad was a big classic rock fan," he said. "Dad kept a guitar in a closet, and I dug it out when I was seven and started making noise of my own with it," Solar recalls. That so-called "noise" would sharpen quickly, through lessons at the young age of eight, to enrollment at Nashville's Belmont University, to cuts on albums by Justin Moore and Jerrod Niemann, and, now, his own critically acclaimed solo EP that's turning heads, Hard One to Turn Down.
And a Hard One To Turn Down, the EP is. Critics at The Daily Country write, "Solar injects a hefty (and welcome) dose of Southern rock into his country, which melds perfectly with his gravelly vocals." Country Music Rocks was "immediately captivated by all five songs and hopes that [the EP] obtains the recognition it deserves." The Rowdy found it "exactly what country fans are looking to savor." And The Shotgun Seat welcomes Hard One to Turn Down as "the perfect pairing of country storytelling and rocking rhythms, married by his dynamic vocals." And that's only the beginning.
Flashback to Louisiana where CJ put a group together while in elementary school, recruiting his two brothers. They called themselves The Solar Heat, recollected by CJ as "the cheesiest band name of all time." But the band built up a solid local fan base, and helped CJ hone his writing and performance skills. However, CJ knew he needed to be in Nashville where he attended Belmont and landed an exclusive publishing agreement before he had even graduated.
"I'd recorded some of my best songs in December of my senior year," he says. "When I started interning at Sea Gayle Music in February, I played these and two other songs I hadn't recorded for Mike Owens (VP Creative at Sea Gayle). A week later I had a publishing deal. I'm pretty sure that's not the way it happens with most interns. I'm grateful for these opportunities, and I don't plan on taking them for granted."
The ink was still wet on Solar's degree when artists all over town started putting the new Nashville songwriter's self-penned songs on hold. "Blue Bandana," which he'd written in January, was chosen by Jerrod Niemann and released as a single. Then, Solar began writing with Bob DiPiero and other members of Nashville's songwriting elite.
Solar tracked and produced Hard One To Turn Down, alongside Sea Gayle's Brent Anderson, (who's producing and songwriting credits include Chris Janson, Blake Shelton and others), with established country hit-maker Jerrod Niemann joining in on one song as guest vocalist. Its lead single, a paean to the powers of sipping on a "Tall Boy," dropped in mid-March and quickly garnered over 164,000 Spotify spins in its first month of release. The EP followed on April 15, in both digital and physical formats. In May, the music video for "Tall Boy," directed by Marcel Chagnon, premiered on CMT. Tour dates from coast to coast include his own headlining dates and opening slots for The Cadillac Three, Old Dominion, Hank Williams, Jr., and the list goes on.
If it's not obvious yet, Solar is on the fast track to success, with a solid team in Nashville to back him up. And he's not going to leave any stones left unturned. As important as songwriting is and will always be to Solar, he is excited to be stepping into the spotlight as an artist. CJ is a powerful vocalist with his Southern, gravelly edge and he has the guitar chops to match. His live show puts it all together and willknock you off your feet.
Yet the pensive, bolero-brimmed, too-wise-for-his-age 23-year-old is riding his momentum thoughtfully, with the long haul in mind. "I'd love to tour the country and have a handful of hit songs," he muses. "But I'm totally cool with living pretty normally as long as I need to. All that matters is that I keep doing what I love to do."
Whether he's doing his legendary drive-time BLUES AND SOUL PATROL program Mondays on KDHX radio, or walking out on stage in London as special guest of the international Rock band Vintage Trouble, Tom 'Papa' Ray, aka THE SOUL SELECTOR, always takes care of musical business. Co-Founder/Owner of St. Louis' foundation record store VINTAGE VINYL, musician/producer/promoter & vocalist, he has worked as a DJ in LA, NYC, New Orleans, Montreal, and was a hit in Great Britain, with England's The National Rock Review saying:
"Papa Ray warmed up the audience and got the crowd dancing each night spinning a superb selection of rare vintage soul and blues…he delivered a set which would leave Manchester talking for a long time to come."
This year he performed multiple DJ sets at California's famed Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. Always spinning an all-vinyl mix of crucial tunes, for Taste Of St. Louis Papa Ray will be throwing down a Jamaican Rude Boy Anthem Reggae-Ska party set, with his long-time associate from Jamaica, PRINCE PHILLIP…The Soul Selector promises, This will be Murderation Style…
Brian Bax & Matt Wynn are an original Country Rock show from St. Louis. Buckle up for an in-your-face stage show, three part harmonies, and melodies that will leave you humming for days. The quickly rising band has received radio play in several Midwest markets. Their catchy songs and reputation have opened doors to shows with national acts such as Chase Rice, Randy Houser, Scotty McCreery, Craig Campbell, Josh Turner, Diamond Rio, Clay Walking, Little River Band and many more. Available now online, their highly anticipated EP showcases a variety of style and influences. Be a part of the journey as they continue the chase.


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The paper introduces the concept of dynamic, constrained-random, automated verification of IEEE P1500-compliant test infrastructures. We expect such infrastructures to grow in size and applicability and DFT engineers try to address ever increasing complexity and heterogeneity in SoCs and NoCs. Applying a complete and disciplined verification methodology is becoming imperative for more and more technology companies.
Core-based design has quickly become today's de-facto approach to building increasingly complex Systems-on-Chip (SoC). With the IEEE 1500 Proposal for a Standard for Embedded Core Test effectively addressing the important issues of reuse and interoperability with respect to testing core-based SoCs, as well as providing the infrastructure for building and operating testability features within cores from different suppliers, it has also become imperative to thoroughly verify the functionality of the complete test infrastructure within a certain SoC. In this paper we take a comprehensive approach to designing such a verification infrastructure based on a dynamic, constrained-random, coverage-driven verification methodology, which can be part of the overall chip-level validation strategy. We also present a powerful implementation of such an environment using a contemporary Hardware Verification Language, along with experiences from application on several verification scenarios.


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eDevice has 100k connected patients, 50% growth
Through innovation, eDevice has become the leading provider of connectivity solutions for medical device companies, now connecting one hundred thousand devices across the globe.
BORDEAUX, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A few years ago, it was considered a risky bet for an M2M (Machine-to-Machine) telecommunication company to heavily invest in new technology for the emerging Telehealth market. But with the combination of an aging population, an increasing number of chronically-ill patients, and a global need for improving the efficiency of national health systems, eHealth increasingly became one of the most promising markets for technology companies. With 50% growth in its global revenue for 2012, eDevice does not regret the decision to take this route as they complete their 6th consecutive year of growth and profitability.
"According to all the market surveys, the Medical Device Connectivity market is promised to generate phenomenal growth in the next decade. We see new entrants, but it will take years before they can handle the stringent requirements of mHealth"
Starting in 2000 as an end-to-end M2M solutions provider, eDevice obtained its first RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) client in 2002 and specialized in eHealth after 2008, creating a global connectivity solution for Telemedicine companies.
As a pioneer in medical device connectivity, eDevice is the chosen partner of some of the most admired companies, including worldwide leaders in RPM, pacemaker and defibrillator monitoring, remote glucose monitoring, and chronic disease management.
In its "mHealth & Home Monitoring" study of 2013, Berg Insight identifies eDevice as the only MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) specialized in the healthcare industry and further positions eDevice as a major player of the Remote Patient Monitoring platform market for the future.
Michael Freudmann, Vice-President Sales of eDevice, speaks about the specialization of his company: "At eDevice, we believe in specialization. It makes no sense when a company offers connectivity solutions and services for truck tracking, utility metering, industrial M2M, alarm systems, and then also for pacemaker monitoring. Healthcare is a market by itself that requires a very specific know-how and skill set".
eDevice attributes its success to its complete offer for medical device companies, which allows them to focus on their own product and service strategy. With modems and network gateways, wireless and fixed lines services, and remote device management services, eDevice solutions have now been adopted worldwide.
"According to all the market surveys, the Medical Device Connectivity market is promised to generate phenomenal growth in the next decade. We see new entrants, but it will take years before they can handle the stringent requirements of mHealth", said eDevice CEO Marc Berrebi.
Throughout the next 5 years, eDevice anticipates 30%+ annual growth of its global revenue.
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Daniel Craig got it in the neck last week because a photograph appeared to show him failing to share his umbrella with his fiancée, Satsuki Mitchell. It was a pretty tenuous criticism as the picture wasn't clear: he wasn't hogging it, but then again she wasn't particularly under it. Maybe milliseconds later he'd swept her to safety. Then again perhaps he'd just murmured: 'Get out of my space, bitch. My undampened face is my fortune.' But then she might like the rain and hate being constricted under the clammy spans of a patriarchal society - Craig knows better than to make the patronising offer of shelter. After all, in the picture she's grinning. But maybe it's the brave grin of someone hiding pain, neglect: "I'm alright really!" she's begging us to think. "Deep down he cares!"
Whatever the truth of the situation, people seem very clear that James Bond wouldn't have got himself into it. Bond's far too gallant for that, they say - he knows how to treat a lady. I don't know where they get this idea from, as all we've seen James Bond do is shoot or have sex with people (sometimes the same people, although thankfully not in that order) and - in Quantum of Solace - mope about. The main thing about James Bond is that he doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks. He's a bit of a dick, really - not someone you'd want to end up next to at a dinner party - but he keeps saving the world, so, you know, fair enough.
But anyone looking at James Bond and thinking, 'That's what I call a real man' couldn't be more wrong. That's what you call a fictional man - he faces none of the predicaments with which real men like Daniel Craig have to cope. 'Go in there, kill the bad guys, save the girl and disable the nuke,' doesn't present a dilemma. You've just got to have a go and hope you're good enough. Even Craig's new 'Bond with emotions' never has to deal with anything as awkward as being seen to shelter but not condescendingly cosset a woman in rainy conditions. He's never been in an etiquette minefield, just an ordinary minefield. He has no idea what it's like to be a real man.
I do know what it's like; it's extremely tricky. We live in a society where all the old conventions of manners have been broken down but not quite destroyed - they're left hanging around in sharp bits like a kind of offence shrapnel. It gets embedded in anyone not as immune to other people's opinions as James Bond.
The clichéd example is the question of holding doors open: you know, are men supposed to hold doors open for women? Are women supposed to mind if they do? If encountering double doors in a corridor with a stranger of either gender following, what is the separating yardage below which you're expected to wait with the door open to avoid it slamming back in their face and above which, if you do wait, you look like an idiot and force the follower to break into a jog?
No new convention has evolved. I don't know anyone sensible who gives a damn whether they have to open doors for people or always have them opened by others. We don't care what the convention is - we're happy to expend whatever effort it asks of us - but we're desperate, crying out for a new consensus.
Greeting people causes the worst dilemmas. I actually worry about it in advance of social encounters. Who are you supposed to kiss (and how many times), who hug and whom shake hands with? I'm pretty repressed but I'll happily kiss, hug - and, indeed, squeeze on the arse - anyone who requires it of me if that will make the encounter pass off without incident. Equally I'm not offended, or surprised, if people would rather I didn't touch them at all. I don't care, I just want to know.
But none of us knows. So we end up doing mortifying dances of half-handshaking, half-kissing as one party backtracks from the unexpected kiss and the other is at pains to imply that of course a kiss would have been completely welcome. Will no one help us
Few governments have passed as many laws as this one and yet a quick Greetings Act, that would avoid millions of moments of embarrassment a year, that would save the nation's hearts from pumping thousands of gallons of blood into its faces, is too much trouble. How about this: if they've already met, women always kiss one another (both cheeks), men and women ditto, men shake hands unless they've met 12 times in which case they hug; people who haven't already met shake hands? Will that do? Can that be the law? Please?
All of the above is complicated by the fluctuating conventions of sexual attraction. I'm not talking about genuine sexual attraction, but the strange rule, from which the 'men kiss women but not one another' idea surely derives, that men are supposed to express mild sexual interest in all women. There's a general 'Aren't the ladies lovely?' presumption that's very rude not to go along with, but worse to be seen to overplay.
It must be implied that a man finds any woman attractive, but not that he's going to jump her. And how far he is allowed to go in adhering to this rule depends on many factors, primarily the man's age and his marital status. A happily married man of late middle-age can practically goose a woman and it carries no more force than a twentysomething complimenting her hair.
Now I know I'm coming across like a cold, irritable, hand-wringing weirdo - but people like me need rules or we have to think too much about things that don't really matter. Conventions of politeness oil the wheels of social interaction - they make things easy in the 99 per cent or more of occasions when people don't want to upset one another. Everyone knows what to do when they want to be rude, but wouldn't it help if we could sort out a system for the majority of times when we don't?


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Hopefully, the holiday party season is finally beginning to wind down. I don't mind feeling dead tired, but when you look in the mirror and you look dead tired, that's where you have to draw the line.
On Wednesday afternoon, Debbie Markell and I had lunch together at the Georgia Diner in Elmhurst and while there we saw Mike Reich and his partners also having lunch. So many diners have been closing lately that we all seem to run into each other at the remaining few.
That evening, Paul Vallone hosted the monthly meeting of the Bayside-Whitestone Lions in his law office on Francis Lewis Boulevard. The Lions is a good group of citizens who try their best to give aid and comfort to the needy.
On Thursday evening, the Queens Village Republican Club held its January meeting at the Trattoria Lucia. The guest speakers were Bob Friedrich, who seemed upset with the rumored new redistricting line — in fact, he wants to hold a protest rally at the Frank Padavan High School on the Creedmore Grounds.
The other speaker of the evening was GOP County Chairman Phil Ragusa, who brought everyone up to date on the comings and goings of the Queens Republican Party. One of the things he did was tout the New American Eagle Republican Club in Forrest Hills.
On Friday afternoon there was a political strategy meeting at Janet Malone's house in Flushing.
On Sunday at 12:30 p.m., hosts Mathew Silverstein, Debbie Markell and Warren Schreiber held their second annual New Year's Party Brunch at Debbie's spacious Whitestone home, which is ideal for that sort of party.
Just about everyone was there. The top billing went to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and city Comptroller John Liu, both of whom are reportedly interested in running for mayor in 2013. The third heavy-hitter was state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who is happy with his job and not interested in running for mayor.
Some of the others present were Evan and Toby Stavisky. Toby said that when Tom made his address during the State of the State address in Albany, he received applause that was longer and louder than even the governor received. Everyone on both sides of the aisle are happy with the job DiNapoli is doing.
Others present were Carol and Larry Gresser, Ed Braunstein, Steve Behar, Claire Shulman, Linda De Sabbato, Dolly De Thomas, Trudy La Forgia, David Weprin, Arthur Cheliotes, Devon O'Connor, Grace Meng and her husband, Kay Glover, Margaret McGowan, Leroy Comrie, Karen Koslowitz, John Duane, Michael DenDekker, Myra Baird-Herce, Chuck Wade, Mary Conaty, Debbie's husband Barry Klienert and the list goes on and on. It was a lovely party and I would like to thank the "Three Musketeers" for inviting me.
After that event, it was off to the Polonaise Terrace in Greenpoint, where the Polish American Congress was holding its annual Christmas "Oplatek" Celebration, which is always a fun event. This included a Santa Claus who presented each child with a present.
This year's honoree at the event was Chet Szarejko, a well-deserved honor as Chet works hard to promote Polish interests. There was Polish food and young and old alike wound up the evening by dancing.
Liu also dropped by to wish everyone a Happy New Year. It was John's birthday, which was celebrated twice: first at Debbie's with cupcakes and lit candles and second at the Polonaise Terrace with a bouquet of roses.
Two hot Republican news flashes:
1. Rumor has it Estelle Cooper is retiring from the city Parks Department and plans to start a large consulting business in Whitestone.
2. The other Queens GOP event was a rather lengthy article on Page 4 in the Sunday New York Post with the headline "'Extort' slap at GOP's Queens kingmakers," in which City Councilman Eric Ulrich was demanding an investigation into claims that Queens GOP leaders milked candidates "for financial gain."
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