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Adventure in the Lot Valley
The Lot Valley is one of France's best kept secrets. All the fine cuisine, rustic villages, markets and general French charm of the Dordogne, but without the crowds. One of the most striking things about the region is the varied landscape: in one day you can go from rocky, heath covered highlands through thick ancient forest to vast uninhabited lakes. With this variety comes some fantastic outdoor activities. Here's our top five…
1. Go on safari Few know about the mini Yellowstone that sits in the middle of the remote region of Lozere, France. Both the Bison Reserve and Wolf Park provide visitors with the best chance to see these animals without leaving Europe. The Bison Park holds more than 30 Bison, of both the North American and European species, in a large forested area. Guides take visitors around the park on horse and cart, ensuring you see the bison up close and learn about the animal's history and the creation of the park. The reserve also has a cafe that serves lunches, teas and coffees and there is a good little museum on site for rainy days. The Wolf Park is a couple of exits away on the A75 but sits in similar remote territory. Here there are more than 130 wolves and high platforms make viewing the allusive animals easier than is often the case in zoos and reserves. For more information go to Where to visit in Lozere
2. Paddle along rivers and lakes Based on the River Lot in the pretty village of Vieillevie, Asv'Olt is one of the largest kayak and canoe hire centres in the region. The river here is about 6m wide and has a strong enough stream that there are plenty of opportunities to sit back and float along in the sun. If you're lucky you might even spot a kingfisher or an otter. The centre is run by Edith and Jean-Claude, who's passion for the sport ripples through everything they offer. Kayaks and all necessary equipment are available to hire for a day, half a day or for a 3 - 4 day trip. The centre has set itineraries that they print out for guests, meaning you have to think about very little other than turning up. Guides are available if you are apprehensive about setting off alone and there are lessons for beginners if you'd rather not go on a whole trip. For more information go to What to do in Aveyron
If a jaunt around a lake is more appealing then the water recreation centre, Dam'Nature, between Chaudes-Aigues and Saint Flour in South Cantal is a good bet. This lake is the most remote of all the Truyere Gorges, weaving through dramatic cliffs, circled by short-toed eagles and other birds of prey. There is a small island at one end of the lake, which has been turned into a mini camping base complete with fire pit, tipis and a compost toilet. As well as kayaks the centre can organise canoeing, rafting, archery, mountain biking and dragon boat racing, for those in a bigger group. The centre itself was rebuilt in July 2011 and now houses a bar and coffee shop that serves BBQ food on the lakeside terrace throughout the summer. Dam'Nature also provides winter activities including snow carting and snow shoeing in the hills around the lake. For more information go to What to do in Cantal
3. Walk like a pilgrim The medieval town of Conques has been a focal point for pilgrims on their way to Santiago, on the Camino de Santiago, since the 12th Century. The town itself is well worth a visit, with its dramatic cathedral and twisting cobbled streets, and there's no better way to arrive than on foot. The many walking routes in the area are all excellently signposted and offer something for all levels. If you like the idea of walking but are not that keen on carrying luggage or getting lost then the donkey hire and walking company, Les Anes de Monedies, is on hand to help. Pier and Michelle who run this organisation know the local walking routes and the Camino like the backs of their hands and have 30 healthy donkeys waiting to head out into the hills. The donkeys can be hired for anything between one day to three months and Michelle and Pier can help you plan a route, provide packed lunches, arrange necessary transport and provide maps and instructions. You can chose between one of their itineraries, during which they organise your accommodation, or pick up the pilgrimage route, which has specific pilgrim hostels every night. For more information go to What to do in Aveyron
4. Scale a cliff On the dramatic cliffs of Gorges Tarn in Lozere is one of Europe's best Via Ferreta courses for beginners - a climbing circuit set into the cliffs with metallic bars, walkways and ropes. The sheer drop down makes getting started slightly nerve-wracking but before long you get accustomed to being at one with the mountain side, enjoying the panoramic views of Lozere as you leap from cliff to cliff. Professional guides at the Centre de Nature OSCA take groups up to the course for two hour sessions throughout the summer. The centre has a huge range of activities and so if you have less of a head for heights try mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking or caving. For more information go to What to do in Lozere
5. Hike around a volcanoe The Cantal region is home to Europe's largest extinct volcanoe, whose sweeping views and dramatic ridges has created a walkers paradise. Fertile soils makes this an excellent place to experience wild flowers in Spring when the Plomb du Cantal, Puy Mary and surrounding mountains light up with colour. Throughout the year you are guaranteed to walk into the peaceful, ruddy coloured Aubrac cows, whose tinkling cow bells will export you to the Swiss Alps, and in the summer it is also possible to sight wild boar and roe deer. Many GR walking routes pass through the region and since the area is so high, you can't really go wrong when it comes to picking the best route for views. If exploring the 1800m high mountains and surrounding forests in the snowy quiet of winter is more appealing then snow shoeing and cross country skiing is available. For guides and places to stay I would recommend the beautifully converted farmhouse La Roussier, whose owner, Christian is an accredited mountain guider in summer and winter and speaks good English. Alternatively head to the Auberge des Montagnes in Paiherols, a small mountain side village that has all the facilities of a ski resort in a quaint and intimate setting.
To see the full article go to http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/blog/top-5-activities-lot-valley-france


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An Easy Way to Improve Your Health
The students in this class are introduced to a number of Chinese Chi Kung exercises. These slow and repetitive exercises will improve your flexibility, balance and overall health. They will also reduce your stress level, lower your blood pressure, and reduce pain, stiffness and fatigue. In addition, they may relieve the symptoms of fibromyalgia, arthritis and back pain.
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About me
I am a concept artist, game designer and animator stationed in San Francisco, California.
After graduating with B.A. in Animation from Sheridan College in Canada, I have worked in film and gaming. I have worked in mobile, social and PC gaming at Kongregate, Playfish, EA/ Maxis (Sims and Sim IP) and Microsoft in different parts of the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Seattle and now, San Francisco.
Apart from painting, drawing and sketching, I enjoy 35mm and 120mm photography. During my travels, I've been able to expand my collection of retro cameras. I also like to listen to history podcasts, invent new and play existing video games, and learn new things.
"Humpty Dumpty", Official Selection, KLIK! Animation Festival, Amsterdam
"Humpty Dumpty", Winner, Toronto International Film Festival
"Cousin Tony", Teletoon Scholarship Recipient, Ottawa International Film Festival


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If I had a better camera, this might actually look really cute. I don't, and it doesn't. Until I get a better camera...look at the picture and imagine it looking 10 times better in person! I have been in love with the "boo" above, so I tried my own version of it. Little did I realize that I have nothing to hold the paper in place! It's not quite BHG, but it's close enough.
Well, my one and only bell jar. I stuck some handpainted (by yours truly) pumpkins in there, but it needs more. This house is what I call a constant work in progress. Remember my dollar store jackpot? Add a little ribbon, use it as a backdrop, and it's good to go!


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On Tuesday, Feb 11, 2003, at 08:09 US/Pacific, email@example.com wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ext Tim Berners-Lee [mailto:email@example.com] >> Sent: 11 February, 2003 15:15 >> To: Stickler Patrick (NMP/Tampere) >> Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com >> Subject: Re: Proposed issue: site metadata hook >> >> >> And what, then, is the URI of the URI of the information about the >> resource? >> >> (do we have MMGET to get metadata about that?) > > Certanly not. > > Surely you are not suggesting that there cannot exist resources > without names? ;-) > Only that, if they are information-containing resources, it is less useful if they do not have an identifier. This is a tenet of the Web. > The body of knowledge returned by MGET *is* a resource, but > one need not say anything about it or give it a name if one > does not need to (and I expect most folks won't). And one cannot if one does need to? > But if you *do* want to, you can return the URI of that > body of knowledge in the HTTP headers using a tag such as > URI: a'la Apache (though with absolute rather than relative > URIs), or something akin to it, as is commonly done in content > negotiation to identify the particular entity (variant) being > returned, to differentiate it from the resource denoted in the > HTTP request. Ah, that is true, one could return a URI in the headers. > Then, if you like, and if any knowledge is defined about it, > you can do an MGET on that URI, and get back, along with the > results, yet another URI denoting *that* body of knowledge, > and iterate ad nauseum until bored. Indeed. One could do this with GET and Metadata: header of course too. > One simple way to implement this recursive naming is by > means of a standardized URI infix, so that when MGET is > called on > NOT standard! We are trying to AVOID standardizing that space. As you note later on, the server can chose it. It doesn't need to be standard. You always get it from the Metadata: after a HEAD or GET or the URI: after a MGET. Our site tends to use comma suffixes -- http://www.w3.org/,tools > http://example.com/foo > > the RDF/XML returned contains statements describing the > resource denoted by http://example.com/foo and that entity > returned by HTTP has a URI of > > http://example.com/MGET/foo > > which denotes the body of knowledge available via MGET from > that particular server about the resource http://example.com/foo > > If one were to do a GET on http://example.com/MGET/foo, one > would obtain the same RDF/XML encoded knowledge as one would > get by doing an MGET on http://example.com/foo. > > HOWEVER, if one does an MGET on http://example.com/MGET/foo > one gets a description about the body of knowledge known by > the server about http://example.com/foo, with a URI > of http://example.com/MGET/MGET/foo > > Thus, the URI of the body of knowledge about the body of > knowledge about the body of knowledge about the body of > knowledge about the body of knowledge known about the > resource denoted by http://example.com/foo is > http://example.com/MGET/MGET/MGET/MGET/foo, etc... > > Simple. Yes. It could work just like that using GET and Metadata: too. > Downright silly, to be sure, but simple nonetheless and > it will work just fine, thank you very much. > > However, I suspect you are mostly thinking about documents > describing resources, and the URIs of those documents. Well, > that's what rdfs:isDefinedBy is for. No? > > And the content of the body of knowledge about a resource > known to a server may very well be the syndication of > knowledge from multiple documents and/or other servers. > > If you have a document that expresses knowledge about a > resource, and a server which supports MGET which has syndicated > knowledge from that document, or at least is aware of the > descriptive nature of that document, one would expect that the > knowledge returned by MGET would include an rdfs:isDefinedBy > statement indicating the URI of the document from which > the knowledge originated. Well, you'd need N3's formulae or equivalent to distinguish information from other sources... yes we could do all kinds of things. This proposal is just for the hook. The wonderful recursive things one could do would follow.... > Then, the agent would GET the specified document and > do what it needs with it. > > And if one wanted knowledge about the document, well > just MGET it using the very same URI of the document. > > It's really devilishly simple. > It is very similar to the use of HEAD and Metadata: and in fact they are NOT mutually exclusive. It is easier to introduce a header, I think. but in any case, this is really a question as to whether we want a hook. > And of course, the URI of the body of knowledge known about a > web site http://example.com would be http://example.com/MGET ;-) > > Furthermore, a server is free to specify whatever URI it > likes to denote the body of knowledge returned by MGET. good. > It > need not use anything like the above MGET infix. It might > just use UUIDs and track returned entities per session. > Whatever. It really doesn't matter. Though, of course, the > MGET infix is more in line with "Cool URIs don't change" ;-) > > In fact, if that body of knowledge is actually taken from a > specific document, say http://example.com/foo.rdf then one > would expect the server to provide the URI of the entity > returned from an MGET to http://example.com/foo, since that's > the actual resource being returned. > Indeed. > -- > > So, I hope it is now clear that here really is no kind > of MMMMMMMGET problem. > I am so glad. I hate MMMMMMMMMMGET problems. ;-) I guess it comes down to which is easiest to introduce, or if you like, whether a single-round-trip metadata access is deemed worth introducing an extra method (which is generally expensive to get adopted). > Cheers, > > PatrickReceived on Tuesday, 11 February 2003 16:09:31 UTC
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Dr. J. Breanne Everett (Loran Scholar '02) was named one of six recipients of the Governor General's Innovation Award. This award, in its inaugural year, celebrates outstanding Canadian trailblazers and creators who contribute to our country's success.
Breanne is the CEO of Orpyx, a Calgary-based company developing sensor technologies to address diabetic patients' foot complications. Orpyx's flagship device, the SurroSense Rx, helps prevent foot ulcers by collecting and monitoring pressure data.
Breanne started combining her creative and entrepreneurial talents at an early age. She started a jewellery-making business in elementary school that generated regular profits. Her jewellery appeared regularly on the television show North of 60 and in three motion pictures.
Breanne says that being selected as a Loran Scholar was a critical moment in her life: "It removed any limitations and gave me the financial and moral support to pursue what I really wanted to do. By selecting scholars based on personal characteristics and drive rather than a specific career path, scholars are supported to pursue their own goals and interests."
Breanne elected to leave her home in Bragg Creek, AB to enroll in the biochemistry program at McGill University. She returned to Alberta to complete medical school and her residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Calgary. Struck by the number of diabetic patients she was meeting and the severe complications they experience, Breanne began to imagine combining diabetic foot care and neuroplasticity to address these problems.
In 2011 she took a leave of absence from her residency in order to focus on leading her new venture. "Orpyx is not only about meeting the needs of diabetic patients; it is also about taking a preventative approach to patient care and inspiring innovation in the medical profession," says Breanne. While running Orpyx, she also completed her MBA through the Haskayne School of Business.
Recognizing the importance that the Loran Scholars Foundation played in her own life, Breanne is committed to giving back. She is a volunteer, a donor and an active member of the alumni network.


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49ers notes: Crabtree, receivers looking more healthy
Michael Crabtree went through his second consecutive full practice Thursday without any ill effects, and the 49ers watched their top four receivers practice together for the first time this season.
Mario Manningham missed Wednesday's session with a knee injury but was back in a limited capacity Thursday. He was joined by rookie wide receiver Quinton Patton, who also was listed as limited as he returns from a broken foot, as well as Crabtree and Anquan Boldin.
With every practice, Crabtree seems more likely to make his 2013 debut against the Rams on Sunday. There was a question about how the receiver, who is returning from a torn Achilles' tendon, would respond the day after putting in a full afternoon worth of work Wednesday. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Crabtree "looks like Mike's always looked."
Roman indicated whenever Crabtree returns to the playing field, he won't be on a specific snap count but said it also would be unlikely the receiver plays a full game right away.
"I think that's a fair statement in a general sense," Roman said when it was suggested Crabtree would be eased back into action. "I don't think we're going to just throw him out there and have him play every play. It's day-to-day, and see how he's doing, see what he can handle, see what's best."
The 49ers limited Crabtree following his last major injury, a left foot stress fracture suffered during the 2011 offseason. He played in the season opener against Seattle that year but could not finish the game. He was inactive for Week 2.
Crabtree, as he did Wednesday, declined to speak to reporters.
Et cetera – Guard Mike Iupati was on an elliptical machine when practice began. He's made progress with a sprained MCL in his knee but is at least a week away from returning to the lineup. Roman said Adam Snyder would make his second start in a row at left guard Sunday.
• Cornerback Tarell Brown missed practice with sore ribs. Tramaine Brock will start in his place at right cornerback, and coach Jim Harbaugh has said Brock has the license to take over that job even when Brown is healthy.
• Defensive end Ray McDonald appears close to returning from a high-ankle sprain but did not practice Thursday. If he can't play Sunday, Tony Jerod-Eddie would make his third consecutive start.


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I am new to openGL C++ and what I wanted to know is if there was a pre-existing function in the OpenGL library that would allow me to import a 3d or 2d model?
For example, if I make a 3d image using photoshop, or a 3d model using 3ds max could I use a library in openGL example (not real function): glUse3dimage(3dmodel); ?
Or would importing images be more difficult and I would have to make my own function? I am not really a good programmer so I wanted to see how difficult this would be.
Another question I had was if this was difficult would this be easier using openGL with another language? For example openTK with C#?


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The F.I.S.T. Story & Our Founder: Joe Schmitt
A former career criminal, that spanned over 3 decades, Joe Schmitt has been charged with 13 Class X drug felonies', DUI, Unlawful use of a weapon, Domestic Violence, and Deceptive practices. This resulted in an accumulative total of 15 years of incarceration, 6 years on Parole, and 6 years' probation. Upon his release from prison for the last time, he was armed with something different. A VISION. Having been raised Christian, Joe had relinquished his personal relationship with GOD, a path he had chosen to renew while in prison, which he attributes to the VISION of F.I.S.T.
Joe's vision was to create a place called F.I.S.T. (Former Inmates Striving Together), a resource center that people upon being release from prison could quickly gain access to services in the community. His vision included creating a space where ex-offenders could find support amongst themselves and spend time volunteering in the community to help men re-establish part of the moral compass required to successfully exist in society. It seemed simple enough at the time. Armed with a pencil, piece of paper, a gifted desk and a lot of faith, Joe opened the first F.I.S.T. office in downtown Waukegan.
9 years later, we have relocated our office to the south side of Waukegan, obtained 2 housing units for a capacity of 17. We have integrated ourselves into the prison system, local jail, ATP, Waukegan police dept., probation, numerous communities, and parole. We take on endless letters and phone calls from people who are looking for a place to live for themselves or a loved one. F.I.S.T. has implemented a 6 month program to help our residents keep moving forward to becoming self-sufficient. We have housed every type of ex-offender that has been released. Joe's basic principle from the beginning at F.I.S.T. is that we do not judge you, or your past, but you must be willing to change who you are and become who you want to be.


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Oracle delivered an unusual emergency patch to its ubiquitous Java software Sunday to fix a malicious bug that allowed hackers access to users' Web browsers. But some security experts continued to warn users Monday to stay away amid lingering concerns about the company's ability to react quickly to security problems.
The latest security hole came to light last week after the Department of Homeland Security raised an alarm about the security hole. Even after Oracle released the patch, the agency recommended that users disable Java "unless it is absolutely necessary," citing continuing problems with the program's overall security.
Oracle confirmed that it had released a new patch, but did not return a call for comment on the lingering concerns.
Security experts estimate that Java is used in 3 billion machines, about 2 billion of which are desktop or laptop computers. The program was a backbone of Web sites in the early days of the Internet.
Nearly all computer programs have security flaws. But Java has a reputation for not quickly responding to potential issues, said Kurt Baumgartner, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Labs. "They are very slow at handling problems," he said.
Developers are moving away from Java in favor of other programs such as Adobe's Flash, but Java remains a standard program for many kinds of business software. If the security concerns discourage developers from using the program, the move away from Java could accelerate, analysts said.
Oracle updates Java every four months, far less frequently than the monthly or even weekly updates other software gets. Researchers who report Java problems to Oracle often wait months for a fix. That was the case with a security problem the company patched in August — one that security researchers said they identified in April.
The long period of time between updates gives hackers time to take advantage of software problems, experts say.
Chester Wisniewski, a senior researcher at the security firm Sophos, said Java exploits accounted for about 90 percent of all Web-based attacks last year, or about 12,000 attacks a day. The problem Oracle addressed Sunday, he said, had already found its way into "exploit kits," or ready-made code that hackers distribute and use to crack vulnerable sites.
Wisniewski said users should disable Java within their Web browsers for security reasons, and only enable it if they need it for a critical program.
"My recommendation is to remove it," said Wisniewski, who has removed the program from his own devices. "Most people don't need it."
Baumgartner disagrees. He pointed to his company and others who have released antivirus suites and other tools that allow users to keep the benefits of the software while minimizing the risks.
"There are flaws in every software. It's impractical to tell people you can't use it," he said. "It's not a valid solution, in my opinion.
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MC:PR35/1/1C Correspondence about Boase's fellowship at Hertford College
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Letter from T.H. Warren to Boase when the latter was appointed to a Fellowship at Hertford College. This is enclosed in an envelope addressed to the Librarian of Magdalen College, with a covering note from Boase suggesting that it go with the Warren papers.
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Wildfox Swim Diamonds Are Forever 2013 Collection
No matter what new things are unveiled, be it trends, movies, art or whatever, there are old classics that never lose their high class. James Bond movies are among them, which hasve given birth to the sexy Bond Girl, a 60's bombshell, who is bold, feminine and who is always surrounded by influential and handsome men. Los Angeles-based fashion brand, Wildfox Couture, is trying to revive the image of the Bond Girl in the newest Wildfox swimwear 2013 collection, titled 'Diamonds Are Forever'. Featuring bombshell Cintia Dicker, the Wildfox Swim Diamonds Never Die 2013 campaign shows an array of one-of-a-kind vintage swimwear designs featuring a high dose of personality.
The Wildfox Swim Diamonds Never Die 2013 collection draws inspiration from a typical American girl, who loves traveling, flowers and diamonds. As the designer of the collection, Kimberley Gordon, describes: "She wakes up at six in the morning to catch the sunrise and does laps in her giant, turquoise pool. She is always ready to pack her bags and fly to another country, stay in another hotel, she travels lightly, packs bikinis, sparkly dresses and beach cover ups. This girl always has her swimsuit in her purse or her glove compartment, she's always ready for her next big adventure, and she's always ready to make new friends… wherever she goes.'
As a result, the Wildfox Swim Diamonds Never Die 2013 collection unveils a range of bold, seductive and trendy swimsuits and cover-ups for all body shapes and style preferences. There are cool bikinis, monokinis, woven and knit rompers, tunic tops, drawstring pants, towels and, of course, the Wildfox classic one-piece featuring the allover world map. The designs feature Union Jack and American flag prints, romantic florals and stars, as well as memorable, cool phrases, such as "Vacation, Get A Tan, Swim Forever, Margarita'.
Every single item in the Wildfox Swim Diamonds Never Die 2013 collection has an easy-to-remember, fun name. You can pick an Ava Cuddlewell bikini top, for instance, or a Foxy Fairchild monokini. Sounds really pretty cool! If you are so much fascinated by the Bond Girl's style, skim through the newest Wildfox swimwear 2013 collection, pick your favorite item and feel like the main heroin of your own Bond movie this summer!
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Calm down. I'm not pregnant. I don't even want to be pregnant. Imagine that. Progress, no?
But there is something I've been keeping hush hush. Last November, I got braces. Yup, 'tis true. I didn't just get braces. I got Incognito braces. How Bond of me, huh? Call me superficial, but I wasn't game for sporting metal on the outside of my teeth, so I opted for these, which are hidden on the inside. Hidden proved to be a relative term; If you looked directly into my mouth, you could definitely see the metal brackets and wires - I think most people with whom I talked probably noticed them, and fast. More of a giveaway? The slight speech impediment these braces gave me at first, a lovely lispy thing that lasted for months. I literally had to practice speaking, standing in the mirror repeating some weird thing called the Rainbow Passage.
Anyway, it was all worth it. I'm happy to report that I got my braces off on Monday. Even though it's only been 10ish months since I got my them, my mouth felt weird sans metal. But the important thing was, and is, that my teeth are now straight! Now I have the distinct privilege of biting into a plastic "positioner" for the next several days. Said positioner is a contraption that makes me look like I am hoarding my kids' toys in my cheeks and, while I'm wearing it, prevents me from eating and drinking. Oh, and speaking. I'm not going to lie; my girls seem a little befuddled, perhaps even alarmed. At least their mom will have more perfect teeth when this is all over, right?
And that brings us to the most interesting question here, I think. Why would I elect to fill my mouth with metal, compromise my ability to speak normally and eat certain foods after upwards of three decades on this planet? My teeth were fine. Not bad. When I was a kid, an orthodontist told my parents that I didn't need braces. Sure, my front two teeth overlapped and my bottom teeth were battling for space, but so what, right?
The truth is that my teeth bothered me. They were something I noticed in photos, in my wedding video, when I looked in the mirror in the morning. And I decided to finally do something about them. And I am so happy I did, but I am still left wondering why I went through all of this, why I am sitting here typing while my teeth, now straight, are shrouded in a thick plastic torture device.
And why didn't I tell you guys about this before now? Was I ashamed of my vanity? Was I self-conscious about my decision? Did I feel guilty somehow about being able to afford my somewhat narcissistic adult dip into orthodontics?
I don't pretend to know the answers to these questions. What I do know is that I am a fan of flaws physical and other - in the characters I read about and write about, in the people I know and love. What I also know is that I am less forgiving about my own flaws, and my own faults. Somehow, they are less endearing, less okay.
Part of me worries that once this final positioning process is over and my teeth are free and straight, I will miss my old teeth, my old smile, that I will long for the crowding, that chipped front tooth my doctor fixed on Monday when he was plucking those brackets from the backs of my teeth. Part of me wishes I was better at embracing my own imperfections, that I could see them for what I intellectually know they are: beautiful, unique, distinctly mine.
Alas. There is no going back now. ADR has straighter teeth. And the more shallow side of me is super-duper psyched even if the deeper side of me is a bit disappointed that I thought to call the ortho in the first place.
(Thanks, Doctor Andolino! Oh, and thanks Doctor Malpeso for your pre-braces AOO gum surgery which worked to expedite this process. This is a whole separate story with lovely details of face puffery, black-and-blueness, and one very frightened Starbucks barista!)
And here it is, the big reveal... {How bizarre and unsettling are close-up mouth photos by the way?}
Now is when you tell me that my new teeth look fab, that I am not excessively vain, that I am not a drama queen for giving this post its title. Are you forgiving of flaws in others, in yourself? Did you have braces as a kid or as an adult? And if so, do you remember getting them off? Are you keeping any secrets these days, online or off? {Feel free to contact me with any questions about my gum procedure or braces!}


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Owen Gabbert, LLC was initially engaged by Schoolhouse Electric to manage a complicated electrical service upgrade that required careful coordination with building occupants and the adjacent railroad. Subsequently, we were asked to evaluate and execute the factory expansion into the previously storage focused 4th floor. Working in a full service capacity as both construction manager and design-build general contractor, Owen Gabbert, LLC helped realize the company and building owner's vision for the new spaces, while concurrently directing a highly involved permit process and factory equipment install. Careful curation of the existing building's historic aesthetic was balanced against the need for improved functionality in the form of new lighting, sound wall partitions, and poplar clad breakout rooms that accentuate the exposed timber and masonry structure.
Architect: Michael Flowers | Architect
Designer: Schoolhouse Electric (Brian Faherty)
Construction Management: Owen Gabbert, LLC
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If you think you know Dora, think again. The young explorer, now trying to survive high school, leads a group of new friends on a, adventure in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Here's the new trailer, added by rakshasa! Dora and the Lost City of Gold stars Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez and Eva Longoria, and premieres August 9.
@MovieAccessTrailers Dora and the Lost City of Gold stars Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Benicio Del Toro and Danny Trejo, and premieres August 9.
Trailer: A movie star and a young fan develop an unlikely friendship in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan!
They thought he had everything. What if it was it all a lie? Discover the story of an unlikely friendship between a movie star and a young fan in a trailer for The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, added by Stelenavamp! The Death and Life of John F. Donovan stars Kit Harington and Jacob Tremblay, and premieres August 23.
Plot: A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces the written correspondence he shared with him, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
David Harbour gets weird in a trailer for mockumentary Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein!
There are a lot of things about David Harbour's father that he may not want to know. He's probably going to find out anyway. Dive into Harbour family history in the the trailer for Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein, added by Makeupdiva! The mockumentary premieres July 16 on Netflix.
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein stars David Harbour, Alex Ozerov, Kate Berlant, Mary Woronov and Alfred Molina, and premieres July 16 on Netflix.
Mike and Eleven have come a long way since season 1. Look back on the evolution of their relationship in a video from Netflix, added by Makeupdiva! Stranger Things 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
Stranger Things 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
Love doesn't always end well. Maleficent will see to that. Go beyond the fairy tale in a new trailer for Disney's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, added by lilyZ! Maleficent: Mistress of Evil stars Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and premieres October 18.
"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" is a fantasy adventure that picks up several years after "Maleficent," in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney's most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Aurora.
Everybody has their troubles. Judy Garland was no exception. Discover the legend behind the rainbow in a new trailer for Judy, a biopic starring Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland, added by rakshasa! Judy also stars Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon and Bella Ramsey, and premieres September 27.
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Avengers: Endgame was more emotional than anyone expected, even the cast. Look back on the epic film with the stars and check out some behind the scenes footage in a featurette, added by rakshasa! Avengers: Endgame arrives digitally on July 30, and a Blu-ray release will follow on August 13.
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Whoever reads this will be forever cursed. A psychiatrist studying the diary of a teenage killer is soon caught in the same nightmare that caused its author to lose her mind in Dead Diary. Here's the trailer, added by Makeupdiva! Dead Diary, or Wake Up, stars Kelly Frances Fischer and Scott Broughton, and will arrive soon.
Dead Diary, or Wake Up, stars Kelly Frances Fischer, Scott Broughton and Traci L. Newman, and will arrive soon.
Quiet. Composed. Graceful. Disciplined. These are the qualities we see in a good wife... and a good soldier. Meet Mulan in the first teaser for Disney's next live-action remake, added by Winxclubgirl202! Mulan stars Yifei Liu, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Li Gong and Jason Scott Lee, and premieres March 27, 2020.
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We know which characters the Stranger Things cast plays on screen, but who are they REALLY most like? See Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Dacre Montgomery, David Harbour, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin and Cara Buono take the quiz in a video, added by Makeupdiva!
See Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Dacre Montgomery, David Harbour, Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin and Cara Buono take a Buzzfeed quiz and find out which character they REALLY are!
Fans had a lot of questions for Captain Marvel breakout star Reggie the Cat, who played Goose. Find out the feline superstar's answers in an Ask Marvel feature, added by rakshasa!
@Marvel Entertainment - Reggie the Cat answers all the hard-hitting questions you've been asking him. Who is Reggie's favorite Super Hero? And did he steal anything from the set of Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel?
You couldn't kill this thing if you tried. Join an ancient being and a ship load of victims in the trailer for horror-comedy VampyrZ on a Boat, added by Makeupdiva! VampyrZ on a Boat stars Dallas Valdez, Carrie Keagan, Curt Lambert, Diana Ayala Goldner and Kendall Wells, and will arrive soon.
VampyrZ on a Boat stars Dallas Valdez, Carrie Keagan, Curt Lambert, Diana Ayala Goldner and Kendall Wells, and will arrive soon.
Long live the king. Check out loads of new footage from The Lion King in a series of TV spots, added by rakshasa! Disney's live-action adaptation of The Lion King arrives in theaters on July 19.
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Welcome to Hawkins, Stranger Things fans. You're invited to tour the set with the cast, visit the costume trailer, and meet the dogs of Stranger Things in a behind the scenes video, added by mjlover4lifs! Stranger Things 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
Stranger Things 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
Four friends reconnect over the course of five social occasions in Four Weddings and a Funeral, a limited series adaptation of the classic romantic comedy. Here's the trailer, added by DarkSarcasm! Four Weddings and a Funeral stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Nikesh Patel, Brandon Mychal Smith, and premieres July 31 on Hulu.
Television adaptation of the romantic comedy film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.
A young woman being held for ransom refuses to give in and let her captors win in Kidnapping Stella, a German thriller starring Jella Haase, Clemens Schick and Max von der Groeben. Fight for your life in the trailer, added by Makeupdiva! Kidnapping Stella premieres July 12 on Netflix.
Kidnapping Stella premieres July 12 on Netflix.
This is the story of a jock, a princess, a geek, a basket case, and a masked killer who likes to play games. Report to detention and check out a new trailer for Scream: Resurrection, added by rakshasa! Scream: Resurrection stars Mary J. Blige, RJ Cyler, Tyga, Keke Palmer and Paris Jackson, and begins July 8 on VH1.
@TV Promos Scream: Resurrection will be a three-night horror event that stars Mary J. Blige, RJ Cyler, Tyga, CJ Wallace, Giorgia Whigham, Keke Palmer and Paris Jackson, and begins July 8 on VH1.
Good afternoon, Jesus. Get ready to worship with God's favorite family in a new trailer for HBO's televangelist comedy The Righteous Gemstones, added by DarkSarcasm! The Righteous Gemstones stars Danny McBride, John Goodman, Adam DeVine and Edi Patterson, and premieres August 18 on HBO.
The new comedy centers around a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work – all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
One strange newcomer can change everything. Join Shaun the Sheep on a mission to shepherd an alien back to her home planet before the bad guys catch her in the trailer for Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, added by rakshasa! Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon premieres December 13.
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Vought International provides the world with the safety, the service, and the super it deserves. But who provides the superheroes with what THEY deserve? Go inside the world of egomaniacal superheroes and the ruthless vigilantes that keep them in check in a featurette for Amazon's The Boys, added by rakshasa!
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Who wants to see some fireworks? Celebrate the 4th of July with a patriotic Stranger Things promo, added by DarkSarcasm! Stranger Things 3 is now available on Netflix.
You can't spell America without Erica! XD
Who needs a a quick recap before the next installment of Stranger Things drops? Get caught up on everything you need to know about the first two seasons in the official cast recap, added by mjlover4lifs!
It's almost time. Stranger Things 3 premieres July 4, and to get you ready, Stranger Things cast Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and Sadie Sink tell you everything that happened on the show so far.
From new experiences to first love, one summer can change everything. A great beverage and a delicious snack can help, too. Enjoy an extended version of the Stranger Things Coca-Cola commercial, now with more Steve, more Dustin, and more refreshments, added by Bibi69!
From new experiences to first love - one summer can change everything.
There's more than one way to be a Stranger Things fan. See Noah Schnapp and Lilly Singh demonstrate the different types of fans in a video, added by mjlovers4lifs! Which kind of fan are you?
@Noah Schnapp Which fan type are you? Let me know in the comments
The Lion King has everything one could want from a Disney movie. It is time... to feast your eyes on new film footage, go behind the scenes with the actors, and hear a little "Hakuna Matata" in a new featurette, added by rakshasa! Disney's The Lion King arrives on July 19.
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A man returning from war is plagued with flashbacks, hallucinations, and a sense that something followed him home in Jacob's Ladder, a remake of the 1990 thriller. Here's the first trailer, added by Makeupdiva! Jacob's Ladder stars Michael Ealy, Nicole Beharie and Jesse Williams, and premieres August 23.
Jacob's Ladder stars Michael Ealy, Nicole Beharie and Jesse Williams, and premieres August 23.
Life is death. Death is life. An old man fated to collect souls for eternity seeks atonement in 8, an South African horror story from Harold Hölscher. Here's the eerie trailer, added by rakshasa! 8 stars Inge Beckmann, Garth Breytenbach, Keita Luna, Chris April and Tshamano Sebe, and will arrive soon.
@Film Trailer Zone -An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.
They just messed with the wrong Uber driver. A cop without vision and a driver without a dream take crime for a ride in Stuber, an action-comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista. Check out the hilarious retro-style trailer, added by rakshasa! Stuber arrives on July 12.
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An all-star cast assembles for a whodunnit like no one has ever dunnit before in the trailer for Rian Johnson's Knives Out!
You're right to suspect foul play. Check out the trailer for Rian Johnson's Knives Out, added by rakshasa! Knives Out stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer, and arrives November 27.
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Pigeons are everywhere, and nobody notices them. It's the most perfect form a spy could take! Meet the world's greatest spy and watch his transformation begin in a new Spies in Disguise trailer, added by Makeupdiva! Spies in Disguise stars Will Smith and Tom Holland, and premieres this Christmas.
Spies in Disguise features the voice talents of Will Smith and Tom Holland, and premieres this Christmas.
Choose your enemies wisely. An ex-con whose only way out is back in agrees to return to prison and infiltrate the mob in The Informer, a crime drama starring Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Ana de Armas and Clive Owen. Check out the trailer, added by rakshasa! The Informer premieres August 16.
@MovieAccessTrailers The Informer stars Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Ana de Armas and Clive Owen, and premieres August 16.
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Jessica Pearson knows what she's doing. The powerhouse lawyer enters the seedy world of Chicago politics in Pearson, a Suits spinoff. Learn more about the new series in a featurette, added by rakshasa! Pearson stars Gina Torres, DB Woodside, Bethany Joy Lenz and Morgan Spector, and premieres July 17 on USA.
@TV Promos Pearson stars Gina Torres, DB Woodside, Isabel Arraiza, Eli Goree, Simon Kassianides, Bethany Joy Lenz and Morgan Spector, and premieres July 17 on USA.
Everything you know about Jumanji is about to change. Prepare for a wild new adventure in the trailer for Jumanji: The Next Level, added by rakshasa! Jumanji: The Next Level stars Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Danny DeVito and Danny Glover, and premieres December 13.
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Which July movie release are you most excited about? Come tell us in this poll by DarkSarcasm!
An underground gladiator faces a series of brutal battles in the trailer for Netflix's Kengan Ashura!
Who will come out on top? An underground gladiator named Tokita Ohma who fights on behalf of a business mogul is faced with a series of brutal battles in Kengan Ashura, a Netflix Original Anime Series. Prepare for the fight of your life in the trailer, added by Makeupdiva! Kengan Ashura arrives on Netflix on July 31.
Kengan Ashura arrives on Netflix on July 31.
Alfred Pennyworth may not have the powers of a superhero, but he definitely has an epic backstory. Here's a behind the scenes look at Pennyworth, added by Makeupdiva! Pennyworth stars Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett, Emma Corrin and Jason Flemying, and premieres July 28 on Epix.
Pennyworth stars Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett, Emma Corrin, Paloma Faith and Jason Flemying, and premieres July 28 on Epix.
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Since the release of the original The Lion King film in 1994, the world's lion population has declined by half. Learn more about Disney's efforts to protect and revitalize African wildlife from the cast of the new film in a promo for the Protect the Pride initiative, added by lilyZ!
The Lion King #ProtectThePride focuses on protecting and revitalizing the lion population, which has been halved over the past 25 years due to a variety of threats including poaching and destruction of habitats.
Celebrating the 4th of July has never been stranger. Get ready to go round and round and all the way Upside Down in a commercial for Mayor Kline's Fun Fair, starring Cary Elwes as Mayor Kline, added by DarkSarcasm! Stranger Things 3 arrives on Netflix on July 4.
Commercial for Mayor Kline's 4th of July Spectacular.
Has this girl lost her mind? It's very possible. A misguided crook picks the wrong gas station to rob in Burn, a thriller starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suki Waterhouse, Harry Shum Jr., Shiloh Fernandez and Josh Hutcherson. Prepare for a hell of a night in the trailer, added by jlhfan624! Burn premieres August 23.
A misguided crook in need of quick cash, holds up a group of gas station employees at gunpoint. He soon realizes he's made a grave mistake, however, as an attendant proves to be a more imposing adversary than her meek looks suggest.
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Daniel Salazar has been shot, stabbed, drowned and struck by lightning, and somehow lived to tell the tale. Look back on the character's incredible story in a featurette, added by Bibi69! A new episode of Fear the Walking Dead airs tonight on AMC.
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Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars
As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil.
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CHARLES CITY, Iowa
Erwin Johnson picks up a clump of the dark, rich soil that he has farmed for 35 years, like his father and grandfather before him. In a few months, this flat expanse of northern Iowa will be crowded with corn ready to be trucked to market.
A year ago, that market got a little closer -- and a lot better. Instead of sending his corn to a barge company to be shipped down the Mississippi River for export, Johnson now loads it into an open truck and sends it two miles up the gravel road to a hulking new ethanol distillery that he can see from his field. The plant is paying him $5.50 or more a bushel, more than twice as much as Johnson could get just a couple of years ago.
"This is a fantastic time to be farming," Johnson says. "I'm 65, but I can't quit now."
Across the country, ethanol plants are swallowing more and more of the nation's corn crop. This year, about a quarter of U.S. corn will go to feeding ethanol plants instead of poultry or livestock. That has helped farmers like Johnson, but it has boosted demand -- and prices -- for corn at the same time global grain demand is growing.
And it has linked food and fuel prices just as oil is rising to new records, pulling up the price of anything that can be poured into a gasoline tank. "The price of grain is now directly tied to the price of oil," says Lester Brown, president of Earth Policy Institute, a Washington research group. "We used to have a grain economy and a fuel economy. But now they're beginning to fuse."
Not everyone thinks it's fantastic. People who use corn to feed cattle, hogs and chickens are being squeezed by high corn prices. On Monday, Tyson Foods reported its first loss in six quarters and said that its corn and soybean costs would increase by $600 million this year. Those who are able, such as egg producers, are passing those high corn costs along to consumers. The wholesale price of eggs in the first quarter soared 40 percent from a year earlier, according to the Agriculture Department. Meanwhile, retail prices of countless food items, from cereal to sodas to salad dressing, are being nudged upward by more expensive ingredients such as corn syrup and cornstarch.
Rising food prices have given Congress and the White House a sudden case of legislative indigestion. In 2005, the Republican-led Congress and President Bush backed a bill that required widespread ethanol use in motor fuels. Just four months ago, the Democratic-led Congress passed and Bush signed energy legislation that boosted the mandate for minimum corn-based ethanol use to 15 billion gallons, about 10 percent of motor fuel, by 2015. It was one of the most popular parts of the bill, appealing to farm-state lawmakers and to those worried about energy security and eager to substitute a home-grown energy source for a portion of U.S. petroleum imports. To help things along, motor-fuel blenders receive a 51 cent subsidy for every gallon of corn-based ethanol used through the end of 2010; this year, production could reach 8 billion gallons.
Now, however, the legislation is being criticized for making food more expensive while gasoline prices continue to climb. Rick Perry, a Republican who succeeded Bush as Texas governor, has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to waive half of the "misguided" ethanol requirements because of rising food costs; every penny increase in per-bushel corn prices costs his state's livestock industry $6 million a year, he said.
Although ethanol was once promoted as a way to slow climate change, a study published in Science magazine Feb. 29 concluded that greenhouse-gas emissions from corn and even cellulosic ethanol "exceed or match those from fossil fuels and therefore produce no greenhouse benefits." By encouraging an expansion of acreage, the study added, the use of U.S. cropland for ethanol could make climate conditions dramatically worse. And the runoff from increased use of fertilizers on expanded acreage would compound damage to waterways all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Development specialists have also joined the fray. "While many are worrying about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling to fill their stomachs, and it is getting more and more difficult every day," World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said in a recent speech.


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a workshop for the frightened
Variety of cotton fabrics, try and have a few plains and/or very small prints among your selection. (you will not need a cupboard full!!!!)
Sewing machine and usual sewing accessories. N.B. Do not forget the foot pedal and transformer if needed. Support table for your machine
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Fine pins
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A controversial immigration policy that led to the deportation of 1,175 individuals has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court. As part of the Immigration Act 2014, the then Home Secretary Theresa May introduced the "deport first, appeal later" policy in order to clamp down on the number of criminals using the right to family life argument as a means to appeal their deportation.
The policy was supposed to only be used for removing convicted criminals, but it has been noted that these powers were extended to anyone who had overstayed their visa requirements, regardless of their ties to the UK. The court heard from two individuals who had both previously been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Kevin Kiare from Kenya had moved to the UK with his family at the age of three. The second man, Courtney Byndloss had moved to the UK from Jamaica in 2002 and had a wife and children in the UK. Both men had been convicted of drug offences and had served prison sentences.
The Supreme Court determined that the ruling breached their human rights, as an appeal from outside the country would significantly weaken their cases. The financial and legal barriers of giving evidence on their family lives from overseas was determined to be insurmountable. It has been determined that deporting an individual without allowing them to appeal on human rights grounds is unlawful, which is a blow for the Home Office.
This ruling will have a significant impact on the way the Home Office handles deportations of foreign criminals in future. Of the 1,175 individuals who were removed from the country under these powers, only 72 lodged an appeal from outside the country. Of those 72 cases, not a single one was successful.
This was given as evidence that appealing from outside the country would be too difficult and therefore breaches their human right to family life. The cost and practicalities of giving evidence via a video link were deemed to make the appeals process unfair. Other considerations include the logistical problems of coordinating with a solicitor in the UK or seeking additional support from social workers or psychiatrists.
The change in policy is unlikely to have an impact on those who have already been deported and failed to lodge an appeal, but it could have significant impact for the Brexit negotiations. As these rules can be used against EU citizens, it could have a significant impact on how British Citizenship applications and EEA PR applications are handled by the Home Office.


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This morning I called one of my Credit Card companies because I was trying to link one of my credit cards to my Apple Watch and phone so I could do Apple Pay when needed. I was on the phone with the customer care agent June, a man from a call center in the Philippines. I thought I would step out and take a risk with two conditions that were highlighted to me. I asked June about those two conditions, and he said, "Yes, sometimes, but why are you asking?"
I said, "Do you have pain in those areas right now?"
"No, not right now, but I do have issues in those two places." So I asked if he had pain anywhere at the moment in his body. June said, "Yes, I have issues with gout in my foot." I asked what his pain level was. He said it just hurt but not terribly.
I said, "OK, June, I'm going to pray for you right now, and all the pain from the gout is going to go. As a sign the Lord is healing the other two conditions in your body, you're going to feel a warm, tingling presence come over your body." I prayed a simple prayer telling the pain to leave. I asked June to move his foot to see where the pain was at now.
June ecstatically exclaimed, "I feel like electricity going through my body - all through my body!" Then he moved his foot and said, "All the pain is gone!" He was so thankful and surprised by what just happened.
I said, "June, this is Jesus just loving on you. Have you ever experienced anything like this before?"
"Never before over the phone in all my years of doing this anything like this ever happened," he declared excitedly. "I have felt things before in mass. I'm a catholic."
As June and I talked briefly, I got an impression about a 10-year-old boy. I asked, "June do you have a son that's 10yrs old?"
"No, I have a son that's in his mid 20's."
Instead of fully dismissing it, I said, "You wouldn't happen to have a grandson that's 10, would you?"
June said, "I have 5 grandkids, one of which is 10 years old."
Then I felt the Holy Spirit give me a word for his 10-year-old grandson. I prayed over the word I gave about His grandson. June was just freaking out with excitement, saying you are amazing. I said, "No, it's Jesus! And June, this is what Christians get to do. We get to carry on the Jesus ministry." He kept thanking me. I then encouraged June to share his testimony with a co-worker and pray for them if they have any issues. Then I told him to look me up on FB. He said I'm not on FB, but I'm going to remember your name and tell my friends and family to look you up if they need prayer.
I encourage you to step out and take a RISK and put Jesus on display today... make this a habit this new year! What do we have to lose?... your fear? The Holy Spirit is always at work and He's always inviting us to join Him and advance the Kingdom.


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All My Sons
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Theresa Rebeck
The Alley Theater at the University of Houston, April 2015
"Under tyro director Theresa Rebeck (renowned prize-winning playwright of Mauritius, Bad Dates and Omnium Gatherum), the play generates enough steam to power downtown. There's a momentous flow to it, as if it can't be stopped. The pacing's almost musical, swirling to a crescendo, hitting a peak, then spinning forward again to a higher peak. The surge is built in by Miller, but Rebeck conducts like a maestro." – Houston Press
"Rebeck's direction is both sensitive and potent, with a firm control of pace and mood. Even in the seemingly casual family interplay at the start, the spontaneous intrusions of neighbors, the sense of gathering intensity and urgency already is palpable. The occasional still moments are charged with anticipation, then dread. Rebeck keeps ramping up the dramatic power, to the pile-up of fiery confrontations…" – Houston Chronicle


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Simulating the Finalists for 2015 After Round 14/
It seems I'm projecting the likely Finalists earlier and earlier each season, but the competition is at such an interesting juncture that I thought this week might be the right time to start this year.
The technical basis on which I'll be simulating the remainder of the season will be the same this year as it was last year although, in light of the solid margin predicting performance of C_Marg so far, I've decided to use its predictions for margins in the remaining games rather than use the model I created last year, which instead took MARS Ratings as inputs.
That means this week I'll be using the predicted margins in the table at right as my simulation inputs. These predictions use the same methodology as C_Marg to come up with game margins, that methodology drawing on the current difference in the teams' ChiPS Ratings, an allowance for HGA and any Interstate Advantage, and a component reflecting the teams' recent form (as reflected by changes in ChiPS Ratings in the last two games).
C_Marg is, as we've seen already this season, more willing to make extreme margin predictions, a characteristic that we can see reflected here in, for example, the predictions for the Crows v Lions game in Round 21 and, more dramatically, the Hawks v Lions game in Round 22.
As shown, the margin predictions can be converted to victory probabilities (here by assuming that margins are Normally distributed with a mean equal to the predicted margin and a standard deviation of 36 points). Those probability estimates can then, more conveniently, be arranged as a matrix from which we can readily calculate the expected number of wins for every team across their remaining nine games.
Hawthorn, for example, is expected to win about seven of the nine, while Carlton is expected to win only a bit over two of the nine.
The predicted margin in each game is used in each simulation to produce an actual game score. Briefly, the steps for each game in a repetition are as follows:
- Generate a simulated Total Score for the game by assuming that the Total Score is a (discretised) Normally distributed random variable with mean 183.4 points and standard deviation 31.7 points.
- Generate a simulated Margin by assuming, as noted above, that the Margin is a (discretised) Normally distributed random variable with mean equal to the predicted margin and standard deviation of 36 points.
- Calculate the Home Team Score as the simulated Total Score plus the simulated Margin divided by 2 (rounded up if necessary)
- Calculate the Away Team Score as the simulated Total Score less the Home Team Score calculated in Step 3
This process is repeated for every remaining game of the season and the results combined with team performances to date to arrive at a simulated final ladder. The entire process is repeated for all games 100,000 times.
The results, shown firstly as manhattan charts (or 'dinosaurs walking past high fences' charts as I think they might more accurately be called this week), are these:
The contrasting variability in the final ladder positions of the different teams is striking. Adelaide, the Cats, the Roos and the Dogs, for example, have a relatively wide range of almost equally-likely finishes, while teams like the Lions, Dockers, Hawks and Eagles have a much narrower palette.
Viewed instead as a heat-map, those results look like this:
From this we can determine that the most likely finishes for each team are:
- Fremantle 1st
- West Coast 2nd
- Hawthorn 3rd
- Sydney 4th
- Collingwood and Richmond 5th
- Western Bulldogs 7th
- Adelaide, Geelong and the Kangaroos 9th
- GWS and Port Adelaide 12th
- St Kilda 13th
- Melbourne 14th
- Essendon 15th
- Gold Coast 16th
- Carlton 17th
- Brisbane Lions 18th
We can also estimate each team's likelihood of finishing 1st, finishing in the Top 4, making or missing the Finals, and collecting the Spoon. Those estimates appear in the table below and their congruence with current TAB prices assessed in the right-hand side of that table, with incongruent assessments shown as shaded prices indicating that the price represents a positive wagering expectation. (Note that, in keeping with previous seasons, I would not rate bets with an edge below 5% as representing genuine assessed "value", which leaves only the three prices shown in green as having worthwhile edge according to the simulations. Note also that the TAB is not fielding a Spoon market at this stage.)
Fairly obviously, the two teams about which the simulations - and, by implication, ChiPS Ratings - differ most significantly from the TAB's assessments are the Eagles and the Dogs. The simulations have the Eagles finishing Top 4 over 25% of the time, which implies that their current $4.50 price carries a +22% edge. They also have the Eagles making the Finals in 24 of 25 replicates, which implies a +10% edge in their $1.15 price for a spot in the 8.
The simulations also have the Dogs making the 8 in 58% of replicates, which implies a +29% edge in their $2.25 price for achieving that result.
Finally, we can use the simulations to review the likely composition of the Top 2, Top 4 and Top 8 teams.
Fremantle and West Coast finish 1st and 2nd in the largest proportion of replicates (almost 1 in 5), though Fremantle and Hawthorn fill these spots in that order almost as often.
Fremantle, Hawthorn, West Coast and Sydney in some order represent all 10 of the 10 most-common Top 4's, the ordering most common of all being Fremantle, Hawthorn, West Coast and Sydney.
It's a little early to be assessing the most common Top 8's, with even the current notionally "most likely" occurring in less than 1 replicate in 1,000. So, consider the following table a list of some of the more probable finishes only. We should look for stronger candidates to emerge in coming weeks.


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Well, I finally updated the blog software, so I'm now able to post again. I am such a slacker.
I'm really going to start updating this more regularly again, now that its fixed.
I don't think I'm going to do a catch up post, because that will seem daunting and I'll put it off and then never start posting her again. So, I'm just going to say that the past few months have been crazy, but good, and we're all doing well.
So, here are some cute pics from Halloween that I absolutely love. Maggie was a Fairy Princess


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Vote for Klein
I found Ezra Klein's article ["Strategic Two-Fers," December 2006] to be an excellent, logical, and well-written article. However, under the paragraph heading "Voting Reform," one now proven reform was completely overlooked. I refer to the Oregon "all-vote-by-mail system." This is a cheaper system, it results in greater voter participation, it is devoid of fraud and abuse, it gives the voter more time to consult resources on each issue before making his/her ballot, and recounts are easily undertaken in contested cases. Electronic voting machines with no paper trail should be made illegal nationwide immediately. Improvements in our voting and voter registration procedures must be made before the next election in 2008!
Gerald V. Mann
Medford, OR
Wes Hangs Tough
I read with great interest and appreciation Matthew Yglesias' article, "Smears for Fears," because I am both a supporter of Wes Clark for president, and a Jew who, like Yglesias, does not want the United States to bomb Iran. I agree with most of what he wrote.
[But] to say that Clark selected his words so as not to be branded an anti-Semite assumes that [Clark] really was talking about Jewish influence in American politics. I do not assume that "New York money people" must equate to Jews. In my neck of the woods, "New York money people" means rich New Yorkers. Many of them are Jewish, of course, but most are not. So I don't believe Clark's expression was odd or that his intent was to disguise his meaning.
I also strongly disagree that Clark "backed down" from anything he had said before. If you read Clark's exact words in his letter to [Anti-Defamation League National Director, Abraham] Foxman, he merely clarified that his words should not be construed to mean he supports conspiracy theories that Jews control U.S. foreign policy. Clark went on to assert that we cannot, and he will not, let those theories block the honest debate on how the United States should deal with Iran, which he claims is with dialogue first and a military option ONLY as an absolute last resort.
Jai Johnson-Pickett
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (retired)
Stilwell, KS
While "By the Slice," by Mathew Yglesias had many good points about how to compromise on national health care, his assumption is wrong. We do not need to compromise NOW. The time for compromise is a long way down the line.
Right now, the task is to push Congress to hold hearings on H.R. 676, the only single-payer national health-care bill in the House, the bill that has almost 50 co-sponsors already since it was reintroduced [January 24], [and] the only bill that will save the tax payers money, not add to the deficit. In fact, it is the only bill that can pass muster under the new pay/go rules.
Marilyn Clement
National Coordinator
Correction: Harold Meyerson's "The Populist Persuasion" [December 2006] referred to a study by the Citizens Trade Watch. The study was conducted by Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.
From the Executive Editor
We're missing a section in this issue, and it's by design. Our Dispatches section -- the shorter news stories that preceded our feature stories for the better part of the past decade -- is no more. More precisely, we're moving our more topical stories to our ever expanding Web site, www.prospect.org, which already was home to some of the most provocative, thoughtful, and irreverent debates, columns, and articles around, and is now going to be home to some of the most trenchant reporting on events of the day as well.
The move also enables us to expand the space we devote to our feature stories. In this issue, veteran East Asia hand James Mann documents why China's conversion to capitalism by no means guarantees its conversion to democracy. Noy Thrupkaew contributes a very different piece -- a snapshot of Saigon's ultra-hip artists colliding with Vietnam's ultra-square commissars -- that, like Mann's, concludes that liberalizing the economy doesn't necessarily liberalize much else. Ezra Klein profiles the existential depth and political possibilities of John Edwards' populism; historian Julian Zelizer recounts what exactly Congress once did to end the Vietnam War; and Prospect co-editor Bob Kuttner calculates just how big a safety net we'd need to ensure American workers against the ravages of globalization. (Hint: Real big.) Happy reading!
-- Harold Meyerson


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(CNSNews.com) – Gun rights advocates are unhappy with President Barack Obama's pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Obama announced on Nov. 15 his intent to nominate Andrew Traver, presently the special agent in charge of the ATF's
Both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) criticized the president's selection.
According to the NRA, "Traver has been deeply aligned with gun control advocates and anti-gun activities. This makes him the wrong choice to lead an enforcement agency that has almost exclusive oversight and control over the firearms industry, its retailers and consumers."
Alan Gottlieb, chairman of CCRKBA, told CNSNews.com that as ATF director, Traver would exercise vast control over all levels of the firearm industry.
"First of all, the big concern that we have is that the agency that he would be overseeing controls all the firearm regulations against everybody in the
"They can deny dealers licenses, they can decide that a person doesn't sell enough guns to be a dealer or sells too many guns and should be a dealer, all kinds of regulations on how the stores have to operate, what kind of security devices they have to have, all kinds of inspections," said Gottlieb. "There are a whole lot of monkey wrenches that can be thrown into the firearm industry very quietly behind the scenes."
"And there's not a whole lot anyone can do about it." He said, "because Congress has given them the authority to basically impose their own regulations."
Paul Helmke, president of the
"Right now Congress has made it very hard for [the BATFE] to do its job even if it does have staff," said Helmke. "They can't require that gun dealers keep an inventory. It's real hard to figure out if they've been selling guns under the table or illegally if they're not required to do an inventory. They're only allowed to do an inspection once every 12 months."
"Somebody can come in and check if you're selling cigarettes or alcohol to minors any day, but you can't do that with guns," said Helmke. "Just giving them the power to try to track down on the illegal traffickers and guns would be something major."
Helmke's organization is happy with the President Obama's choice to head the BATFE. "[W]e were very happy that he nominated Traver," said Helmke. "Everything we hear of Traver is very positive."
"We believe that law-abiding citizens should be able to buy and keep firearms," said Helmke. "And we believe there are sensible gun laws that we can and should insist upon when it comes to gun ownership. … [T]here are certain classes of weapons that should be out of bounds for private ownership. They include Saturday-night specials, which are used almost exclusively for crime, military-style assault weapons like Uzis and AK-47s, and .50-caliber sniper rifles, which serve no ordinary sporting purpose."
Both the NRA and the CCRKBA cited Traver's involvement in the 2007 Great Lakes Summit on Firearm Violence, conducted by the International Association for Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Joyce Foundation, both gun control advocates, as proof of his position on gun laws.
The conference released a subsequent report, "Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in our Communities," which called for measures such as state and local licensing of firearms dealers on top of the federal licenses already required. It also suggested that "state and local governments should regulate and/or limit the sale of multiple handguns as a measure to reduce gun trafficking."
The CCRKBA and the NRA also drew attention to a recommendation in the report to ban certain rifles from being sold at all, and regulations which could help put an end to gun shows.
"Traver helped develop the IACP/Joyce Foundation report, which recommended banning an array of modern sport-utility rifles and .50-caliber rifles used in long-range competition," Gottlieb said.
The report also encouraged Congress to repeal the Tiahrt Amendment that protects sensitive trace data used by law enforcement in criminal investigations from being misused in frivolous municipal lawsuits that have consistently lost in court, and urged the adoption of restrictive gun show regulations that would effectively force them to close."
The NRA also mentioned Traver's involvement in a report by a Chicago NBC affiliate that apparently mischaracterized gun dealers and suggested that they sold automatic weapons to gangs.
"Traver also participated in an extremely deceptive NBC Chicago report," said the NRA, in which he referred to 'the growing frequency of gang members and drug dealers using heavy caliber military-type weapons' and described them as if they were machine guns: 'Pull the trigger and you can mow people down.'"
The NRA said that Traver knew better.
"As the Agent-in-Charge of
A date has not yet been set for Traver's confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate.


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Arduous Adulting: Act One
Have you ever gone to a new place or tried a new experience and thought to yourself, "I'm never doing that again!" Tell us about it. Thanks for the idea, emilyeggplant!
Source: Never Again
Please remain seated at all times as this is going to be the same old rant-and-rave all over again. In case of inconveniences and emergencies, please proceed to exit by clicking the x-button at the top right of your screen. Thank you.
And so the curtain falls open.
Enter the naive little protagonist as high-spirited as she can be, welcoming this new adventure despite her natural skittishness. She hopped on the plane, went off to learn and explore a foreign land, hoping that she might be able to acquire new skills, meet new people and most importantly to have her own privacy to think about what she wants and what life offers her. Despite her own flaws and limitations, she felt like she grew as a person, achieved the first two on the list just enough, but not the last one. At least not yet, she thinks, and I still have time. Little that she knows, time cannot always tell.
She continued her journey, holding firmly onto her principle of sensibility, because obviously that's what everyone needs to do to survive, no? Off she goes to her first conscious, yet not necessarily unstructured, decision to pursue another level of higher education. She walked through the doors of graduate school with determination–she then believes it is the key to a flicker of security that is employment–only to find the process unbearable and the merrier prospect thin.
She has expected the minimum of the experience only to be disappointed even further. She came to learn that it might even help not to even expect anything at all, which is a difficult task to do in itself with the need to reason why before taking the first step into basically anything. Ironically, both what she did not expect results into two complete opposites. She met those she can confide in as friends, and thus she has never been more content in her experience of social encounters. Yet not once in her mind had she imagined her lifetime strategy of tolerance finally wavers down in none other than the critical juncture of the pavement to graduation. Our protagonist, in her own little story, is poisoned by her own medicine, attacked by her own immune system. It's a mental lupus.
At that moment, she recalled the third and fourth line of the second stanza of a poem that left her a deep impression:
…Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed…
Hence she kept her head high, exerting the last of her willingness and rush of panic to finish her study. Albeit the brutality of fighting the constant enticement of the three vices (the Bed, the Internet and Pointless Philosophizing), she survived once more…
Oh, I wish that is what factually happened to our leading lady–with all humility to how small her contribution to the world she lives in, despite imaginary. She has not even lift her finger to touch the books she is supposed to be reading unless when due dates from the library approaches. I agree that she is rather pathetic than worth sympathizing: her bloodied head is practically touching the ground hard, under the bludgeonings of procrastination, laziness and quarter-life crisis.
And I cannot agree more, she should by now at least–putting it the way she has always preferred it–be "sensible" enough to say, "Never again!" if any opportunity of further schooling that enlist any forms of dissertation writing compulsory. That, if she at least to manage survive this one.


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PBC on FS1 Results Mar 28 Live Report With Ray Flores – The Premier Boxing Champions were back on Fox Sports 1 last night with their ongoing "Toe To Toe Tuesdays" series.
A pair of ten round bouts sat at the top of the card as Leduan Barthelemy stopped Reynaldo Blanco in the ninth round of their super featherweight bout while Kyrone Davis edged Mark Anthony Hernandez via split decision in a middleweight match.
PBC on FS1 Results Mar 28 Live Report With Ray Flores
In this latest TBC report, our "road warrior" analyst Ray Flores reports back to us live from the scene at the Robinson's Rancheria Casino in Nice, California. Check out what Ray had to say as well as highlights from the PBC on FS1 fights right here at TBC.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 – Robinson Rancheria and Casino, Nice, CA
130 LBS 10 RDS: Leduan Barthelemy def Reynaldo Blanco via TKO in RD 9 @1:30.
140 LBS 10 RDS: Kyrone Davis def Mark Anthony Hernandez via SD (96-93,96-93,94-95)
154 LBS 8 RDS: Malcolm McAllister def Alejandro Torres via UD (58-55,58-55,58-55)
154 LBS 4 RDS: Brandon Lynch vs Taif Harris def Brandon Lynch via TKO in RD 2.
122 LBS 4 RDS: Anthony Chavez def Jose Fabian Naranjo via UD.
122 LBS 4 RDS: Eros Correa def Damon Simon via KO in RD 1.
PBC on FS1 Results Mar 28 Live Report With Ray Flores / Check out more boxing news and features at The Sweet Science, where the best boxing writers write.