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James C. Wirken, once a prominent Kansas City lawyer, pleads guilty to money laundering
From the powerful to the powerless, countless Kansas City area residents once turned to James C. Wirken when they needed legal help.
One of the area's most well-known lawyers for four decades, Wirken served as a local and national leader of the legal community, mentored young lawyers and contributed to many charitable causes.
But now, at age 69, Wirken is facing a stint in federal prison for the same kind of financial malfeasance that led to the loss of his law license in 2012.
In a brief appearance Monday morning in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Wirken waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of money laundering.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. According to the terms of Monday's plea agreement with prosecutors, he cannot ask for less than a year in prison. Sentencing will be scheduled later.
Wirken's long legal career began in 1970 after he graduated from St. Louis University School of Law. He served as president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association in 1990, and in 1993 he was named to the executive council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.
Kevin Regan, a lawyer who has known Wirken since the 1970s, said Wirken was well-respected by judges and other lawyers and volunteered hundreds of hours teaching trial advocacy to students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
"He was one of the top trial lawyers in this part of the country," Regan said. "This fall from grace is tremendously out of character for the Jim I knew."
Wirken provided free legal services to many people, Regan said. "His door was always open to those in need," he said.
Wirken also represented clients in many high-profile cases. He represented then-Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser after a former employee filed suit in 2008, alleging wage and racial discrimination and retaliation. The city settled the case in 2009 for $550,000.
In 2005, Wirken represented members of the Jackson County Legislature after they were sued by a former member of the governing body who alleged they had conducted illegal meetings. The suit was dismissed.
Wirken also was involved in a federal criminal case with international implications. He represented an envoy from Taiwan in Kansas City who faced federal charges of human trafficking. The case garnered extensive media coverage in Taiwan and created tensions over whether the defendant qualified for diplomatic immunity. She ultimately pleaded guilty and was deported in early 2012.
It proved to be on of Wirken's last cases. Later that year, he surrendered his law license and was disbarred by the Missouri Supreme Court. That action came after state disciplinary authorities accused him of improperly borrowing money from clients.
"The money 'borrowed' from the seven clients, not taking into account any accrued interest, totals in the neighborhood of $800,000," the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel reported to the Missouri Supreme Court. "Virtually none of the money, much less any interest, has been repaid."
According to the report, those transactions began in 2007 and involved a "repetitive fact pattern" through a number of cases.
After he was disbarred, Wirken gave a brief interview to The Star.
"There were a couple of i's that needed dotting and t's that needed crossing, and I didn't do it," Wirken said. "Therefore, I have to pay the price for that. A couple of loans were made and I didn't jump through all the hoops."
Several former clients have sued Wirken and won significant judgments. In 2010, a Jackson County judge awarded $940,000 to a former client who sued Wirken over loans that never were repaid.
That man has yet to receive any money, but the Missouri Court of Appeals recently ruled that Wirken's malpractice insurance carrier must pay the judgment.
The company still could appeal that decision, but Jonathan Sternberg, the attorney who is representing Wirken's former client, said he is hopeful that his client eventually will prevail and recover the money.
He said that Wirken took advantage of the man during a vulnerable point in his life. "Wirken deserves whatever comes to him," Sternberg said.
And in January, a Jackson County jury awarded another former client $229,000 in damages after she sued Wirken for breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and violation of the Missouri merchandising practices act.
Scott Waddell, the attorney who represented the Kansas City woman in that lawsuit, said his client has yet to receive any money.
The allegations in the criminal charge, to which Wirken pleaded guilty Monday, mirror the allegations made in the civil and administrative actions.
The charge stems from transactions in late 2009 and early 2010 in which Wirken withdrew money from a client's trust account and deposited it in his law firm's operating account, according to Monday's written plea agreement.
Wirken then used the money for his personal benefit, according to the agreement.
The six transactions totaled $116,730, and included $50,000 that was used to pay off a loan that Wirken had been in default on since 2008, according to the court document.
Wirken and his attorney, J.R. Hobbs, declined to comment after Monday's plea hearing.
Waddell said that unless Wirken was "sitting on" millions of dollars that no one knows about, it was doubtful that any of those who have claims against him will receive anywhere near what they are owed.
"It was a case of classic greed," he said. "Putting your interests in front of your clients."


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Thread: Double grinner or uni knot
09-08-2016, 12:56 PM #11Member
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Re: Double grinner or uni knot
The grinner knot and the uni knot are different knots the grinner has six turns up the line then a loop is formed and six turns back up, although four turns each way with modern nylons is fine.
One of the problems is that most fishing books get it wrong and so it continues, although if you look on Youtube the correct grinner is shown.
Having said that the uni is an excellent knot and is actually a variation with less turns of a hangman's noose and has been known as the gallows knot in the past and some forty or so years ago was renamed the Duncan's loop.
The Grinner was invented by Dick walker in I think the 1950's and was named after his grandson whose nickname was 'Grinner'.
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Re: Double grinner or uni knot
Correct Duncan Loop:
There are many web-sites that describe and illustrate a fishing knot that is variously known as a Duncan Loop, Uni-Knot or Grinner.
In Geoff Wilson's Complete Book of Fishing Knots & Rigs the illustration of the Duncan Loop is shown improperly since the initial loop is formed on the standing line side of the hook eye.
This improper illustration of the Duncan loop is a non-slip loop that does not have similar strength as the Duncan loop and to my knowledge has no name.
When the initial loop is formed in the tag end portion of the line after passing through the hook eye it can form a proper Duncan Loop.
The illustration immediately below labeled Uni-Knot is a proper illustration of the Duncan Loop although the snugging and final setting are not shown. The Uni-Knot is a later renamed copy of the original Duncan Loop.
If pulled down and set properly the final configuration of the Duncan Loop, Uni-Knot or Grinner are all the same.
I believe that some of the confusion lies in the manner of which these knots are pulled down after the last wrap with the tag end is passed through the initial loop. In my knot and the Uni the tag end is pulled in the same direction as the standing line with sufficient force to allow the wraps to wind back over themselves to form a neat spiral over the standing and tag lines like a nail knot tied back over on the line itself. If this is not done the knot will not fold over and therefore form knots that differ in their final configuration and strength.
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Re: Double grinner or uni knot
I agree with mot... higher diameter can take less turns, I always use three on heavier and 4 turns on lighter nylon.
Tied like the illustration I leave the forward facing tag end as my dropper.
If you use the hook to draw the knot up it will give you a pig tail.
Pull the knot tight away from the hook using the tag end then slide the knot down to the eye and give it its final tighten and it won't pigtail.
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Beauty Breaks: Session 4 | Re-cap +Photos
Beauty Breaks: Session 4 opened with a meditation led by Amina Ross, that allowed us to release anything that we felt weighted by or no longer needed, from worries to patterns that we feel stuck in day to day or momentarily. As we all grounded ourselves through this guided meditation and deep breathing, everyone was excited to welcome Jade Perry's workshop "I Slay" Stylin' as a Tool of Resilience.
Jade Perry, a contributing writer to various online platforms on topics such as culture, spirituality, entertainment and more, opened with a discussion on how Black women have and continue to use style as a tool of resilience. Many opened up about how dress codes specifically target Black women's bodies and how we are often hyper-aware of how we present ourselves in the world due to the gaze, criticisms, and hyper-sexualization of our bodies. We talked about how our grandma's and other elders have had "the talk" about how what we wear can get us into the careers we want. There was a general consensus about using these rules to get us in and then the act of challenging and pushing against dress codes that are often times specifically biased against Black people.
There was an emphasis on how style can function as an act of reclaiming our own bodies and identities in a world that pushes for assimilation to western European standards of beauty and identity. Perry led us through writing individual Style Manifestos that delved into personal definitions of style. The manifesto engaged us in involving all of our senses and surrounding feelings when defining our style, from the sounds our shoes make on the "L" to basic concerns and worries connected to true self-expression. Some of us shared our manifestos, discussing personal style and clothing as a practice of freedom, meditation through garnishing and as a revolutionary against gender expectations.
To continue onto ways to nurture and establish our physical selves to the world as Black people, Coriama Couture, a local aesthetician, began her workshop, "Hands-On: The 101 Guide to Affordable Grooming." Coriama went over the best and most affordable products for darker skin, makeup tutorials, personal hygiene methods and provided giveaways of safe sex products and of some of the products discussed during her workshop. We all went deep into conversation not just about grooming tips but also how natural beauty without certain products and services can often times make us feel the most lifted and free. Having that balance of self-care and self-confidence creates an inner and outer shine.
Jacqueline Smith, owner and lead consultant of GrowAsis Urban Gardening, imparted on us a revolutionary act of self-sustainability through independent nourishment with her workshop "New Beginnings:" Seed Starting. In the US if you look at neighborhoods in Black, white, and Latino communities with the same poverty rates, there are more large supermarkets available in poor white communities than there are in Black and Latino communities. Rather than having to go to predominantly white neighborhoods for a quality groceries we can start by growing our own herbs and vegetables at home. And, there is also the sense of pride in being your own access to a food source as well as the absence of contributing to labor exploitation, child labor and prison slavery that all often times comes along with how we get our food.
Jacquline who also goes by Jackie, first began by informing us of the places to buy our seeds, to avoid purchasing genetically modified (GMO) seeds. There was a heavy emphasis on the affordability of seeds and other materials that would be needed, such as recycled/free newspaper and toilet paper tubes. We then went over folding newspaper and deconstructing the toilet paper tubes to create pots for seeds and creative ways to keep our seeds pests and disease free.
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Fabric Trend Story - Purist - Spring/Summer 2018
Cover image: Sarah Loggert
We are pleased to share a textile trend called Purist for Spring 2018 today. Purist is a tactile and transitional trend that focuses on shape, volume and surface. Textiles are smooth, light and matte to the touch, almost like plaster of Paris.
Purist is Inspired by personal branding, wearable technology and the minimalism movement that has gathered speed over recent years, thanks to blogs like, The Minimalists so lets find out more...
Let us introduce to you a Purist with an attitude. She sees fashion as a blank canvas for her personal brand of quiet rebellion.
Her seamless, brandless clothing stands out from the crowd, yet at the same time welcomes anonymity, she is a real style oxymoron and baffles marketers.
Mercerized and Matte
We experience her love of simplicity and refinement through smooth matte surfaces like mercerized cotton and fine gauge knits. The classic tee features heavily in her wardrobe but re-imagined in new ways with grown on sleeves or dropped angular armholes.
Images: Cos | Baumeister | Jeff Burton | Boulezar
Form and Shape
Our confident Purist is experimental with shape sculpting herself in spongy double faced constructions with neoprene and quilting adding drama to her radical persona.
Images: Matthieu Belin | Paul Jung | David K.Yoo | Burdifilek
Quantified Self
A true quantified self she is educated about wearable tech and 3D printing and relishes the Internet for learning NOT for social media.
There is an air of casual sensuality in her body fashion as she chooses mercerized bio cotton before lace lingerie. She is confident in her body without the need for ornamentation, shaping or padding.
Images: Byborre | Maud Rondot Bijoux Pansy | Her Line
Final Thought
At this crossroads where minimalism, wearable tech and personal branding intersect I believe there are many opportunities for brands to connect directly with their customers and add value. Leave a comment below and let us know, what do you think of the Purist?
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3xEquity launches a new subscription service for growing financial advisor practices.
Kirkland, Washington (PRWEB) November 11, 2015
3xEquity, the premiere online resource for financial advisors' growth and transition opportunities, introduces a new subscription service on its website 3xequity.com. The subscription service offers a suite of solutions that help advisors plan the future of their practice by:
- Determining the financial value of their practice
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- Analyzing net flows
- Comparing their practice's benchmarks to the top practices in the industry
- Matching qualified buyers and sellers of practices
- Providing access to industry partnerships to finance practice purchases
Subscribing provides full access to the Practice Valuation Optimizer and the Deal Terms Tool, which are typically of special interest to independent advisors. The Practice Valuation Optimizer provides instant current and projected valuations for a practice based on nine customizable variables, including the number of active clients, asset attrition, expected rate of return on client assets and the client age distribution. Valuations are based on a proprietary process that incorporates multiple methodologies from complex algorithms, to discounting cash flow. The Deal Terms Tool provides an instant calculation of the terms of an acquisition based on customizable variables such as the length of the note carried, interest rate and earn-out percentage.
In addition, subscribers gain full access to the Transition Comparison Tool, the first online, instant tool to compare deals that are currently offered by the top five wirehouse firms using an advisor's actual numbers and not simply percentages. Advisors can customize variables such as revenue, assets under management and the expected book value that will move with them to a competitive firm.
For more in-depth reporting, all subscribers can run 12 reports each year. Current reports include the Comprehensive Report that not only provides a practice valuation but also compares a practice to the national average and the top 25% of practices in the country on nine industry benchmarking metrics using data compiled by Moss Adams. By running multiple reports throughout the year, advisors can track trends in their practice. 3xEquity also offers a Wirehouse Transition Report that not only compares transitioning to another wirehouse, but also shows the projections for becoming an independent advisor. Subscribers receive 12 report "credits" they can use to run any report at any time during the yearly subscription. Any advisor may run any report for a one-time fee without subscribing to the service. All reports are emailed to advisors within one business day and stored on 3xequity.com for ease of access from anywhere and tracking.
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3xEquity encourages advisors to preview its suite of solutions for free by signing up to 3xequity.com with their name and email. The free preview provides limited access to all areas of the website.
3xEquity is the premiere online resource for growth and transition opportunities in the financial services industry. Through its sleek, easy-to-use website, 3xEquity offers real-time data analysis, which enables financial advisors to make crucial business decisions. Whether advisors are looking to expand, sell their business, establish partnerships, or evaluate other broker dealers. 3xEquity principles leverage their expertise (decades of experience) in financial investments and valuation platforms to enable the firm to consistently forge value-added relationships in valuation, management, and financing. For more information, please call toll-free 1-855-491-2910, email email@example.com or visit 3xEquity.com.


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In sport, it's the players' performance that decides the results. Science tells us as much.
But if that's true, how do we explain underdogs and upsets? Could it be the power of fan support?
In an Australian-first, at the 2017 AFL Grand Final Virgin Australia, in collaboration with DDB Sydney, introduced a new concept called Fan Report to analyse the impact fan positivity and optimism has on the scoreboard.
The results of the Report were tracked during the Channel 7 broadcast, as well as shared on both AFL and Virgin Australia social platforms.


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How long is the high school season?
About 3 ½ months, this year it end after the state tournament February 17, 2018.
How many contests will there be?
How do you decide who competes and who doesn't?
There will be challenge matches the week before a meet, the winner will be competing as varsity. Some tournaments have both varsity and varsity II, so there may be more than one per weight competing
How frequently does the team travel and who pays the expenses?
For each away dual meet and tournament, the team travels by school bus. You may want to send healthy food with your wrestler for them to eat after weigh ins and during a tournament. Generally once a week during the season we have a competition. Tournaments may be Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, or just all day Saturday. Check the schedule on our website.
Where can I get equipment and how much does it cost?
Fryes Action Athletics in Forest Grove has a good selection of wrestling gear and is available locally. Otherwise online is an option, shoes are generally $65-$100 or more. Headgear, if you want your own, is about $25-$40.
What are the insurance requirements?
Regular health insurance is required
How do parents communicate with you or your assistants?
Through Head Coach Eric Givens (mailto:email@example.com)
Are medical examinations necessary for the players to compete?
All 9th and 11th graders need physicals
Who decides when an athlete is ready to compete after an injury?
Your doctor; the school's athletic trainer, Angie; and the parent and then the coach. The parent will always have veto power if they feel their athlete isn't ready
Are there special instructions for pregame meals?
Nothing heavy or rich. Some good food recommendations are on our website, what to feed a wrestler.
What fundraising will be available?
Jujitsu touraments, about 3 a year, we can make $1500, team members are needed to help set up mat and clean up after the tournament. Kids help is required.
Generally there is a Holiday Bazaar where we rent table space for local people to sell holiday goods, raises about $1200, mostly coach and a parent do the work on this.
Resers Tournament of Champions, in January we are the venue for a large wrestling tournament. We can generally earn about $5,000 and we provide security (parents patrol the halls to make sure wrestlers stay in the general area of the gym and not wander the school). We also run a concession stand for the two day tournament. Parents are necessary as well as kids.
Scrap metal drives, we can earn $1,000 or more by collecting scrap metal a couple of times a year, kids help necessary, parents useful.
Body Building tournament - providing the venue, we can earn $1000
What is your coaching philosophy?
We believe that anybody can wrestle. Wrestling is one of the few sports where athletes get matched up with students of equal size.
When are practices?
We practice every weekday after school. During holidays or days of no school, there will likely be a practice with times to be determined. There will be practices during Christmas break. The goal of the regular school day practices is to be done between 5:30 and 6:00 pm. Unexcused absence without prior notification will result in non-participation time. It is the responsibility of the athlete to make contact with the coach through email or phone. A note after the fact is not acceptable. Makeup opportunities will be provided.
What about weight cutting?
Weigh cutting is NOT something I stress at all to the athletes. Parents may ask athletes who have been in the program, the coach has a philosophy, he wants the athlete to be stronger not smaller. With that said if an athlete says they are going to make a weight and they do not, the coach and the team will be disappointed. The coach will ask questions about why the pre agreed upon weight was not made and help them with their diet. IE - chicken provides more strength and energy than a Snickers bar. Please be supportive of your athlete and provide healthy foods for their consumption during the season.
What soap should my athlete use?
Dial Gold is a good anti-bacterial soap. Defense soap is excellent, though more expensive. It is very important that wrestlers take thorough showers after every practice and competition. They should also wash their practice gear after every practice. Good time to learn if they don't already do their own laundry.
How does my son earn an athletic letter?
The athlete must score points for the varsity 4 times or place in districts. Forfeits count as victories, byes do not.
Who qualifies for state?
The week before the state tournament, we compete in a two day district tournament. Each team brings the top two wrestlers at each weight for an individual tournament. The top four wrestlers in each weight at the district tournament qualify for the state tournament.


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Kurt Busch and Elliott blame themselves for NASCAR title-race exits
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Johnson Controls introduces Software House TST-100 Touchscreen Terminal
Johnson Controls introduces its multi-functional Software House TST-100 Touchscreen Terminal, which provides an enhanced end-user experience at the door. Featuring an intuitive touchscreen user interface, native intrusion functionality and compatibility with legacy and IP-based door controllers from Software House, the TST-100 Touchscreen Terminal allows users to have more flexibility and control at the reader level, the company says. The 4.3-in. graphical LCD touchscreen comes with a range of colourful icons and custom command menus.
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Built using the HID Global 5127 Mini multi-technology read head, the Touchscreen Terminal supports a range of secure smart card technologies, including HID iCLASS SE and iCLASS Seos. It uses high speed encrypted RS485 for secure communications to an IP controller, offers intrusion functionality at the door without the addition of an intrusion interface, and comes with the IP-based Ethernet Access Control Door Module (IP-ACM) from Software House.
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What's the difference between Federal and Provincial Incorporation?/
Incorporation is the act of making your business a corporation and is one of several forms of business ownership you can have in Nova Scotia and across Canada. It makes your company its own legal entity, distinct from its shareholders. A shareholder is someone who owns a percentage of the company and so is an owner. When you incorporate and separate the owners from the company itself, your company is considered a person under the law. It will have the ability to have its own money, take out a loan, sue or be sued, contract with other persons and even be convicted of crimes. Generally speaking, shareholders are protected from liability for the company's actions, though there are some exceptions. This is one of the benefits of incorporation.
There are two different ways you can incorporate, federally or provincially. The basic procedure for incorporation is similar at both levels, and the basic benefits are the same. Owners are protected from liability regardless of the form of incorporation. However, there are advantages and disadvantages to both federal and provincial incorporation, and you need to consider the type of business you have now, and what you would like it to look like in the future in order to make the best choice for your company.
If you incorporate provincially in Nova Scotia (or in whichever province you wish to register) your company is recognized as a corporation there but not in other provinces across Canada. It is common for companies who only want to do business here in Nova Scotia to incorporate provincially. Once you incorporate you will have to file the required yearly paperwork and pay the yearly registration fees for the province you are registered in.
However, if you want to expand your business outside the province you initially registered in, you will have to do what is called extra-provincial registration. This is an option if you are already provincially incorporated in one province but have realized you want to expand to another. The downside is that there is no guarantee that your company name will be available in the other province.
In contrast, federal incorporation allows you to do business in any province in Canada and your name becomes registered in all of them. Federal incorporation is the usual choice for businesses who want to operate in more than one province. As an added bonus federal incorporation will also allow your company to do business internationally at lot more easily.
The downside of federal incorporation is that you also have to have extra-provincial registration in all the provinces in which you want to conduct business. This means you have to pay the fees and do the paperwork for every province you do business in. The laws your company has to follow may also differ province to province, as each branch of the company is subject to the laws of the province in which it resides.
There are many important and technical steps to both create and maintain a corporation, and the online "do it yourself" options do not give much guidance on the common pitfalls to avoid. A lawyer can help you navigate the process and ensure it is done properly so that there are no issues down the road. If you are considering incorporating either federally or in Nova Scotia, we would be happy to help.
We charge the same legal fees regardless of how you wish to incorporate. Our basic incorporation fee is $1600 and includes your legal fees, registration fees, your minute book, seal and other required disbursements.
If you have any questions about federal and provincial incorporation you can call us at (902) 826-3070 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com to set up a meeting with one of our lawyers at our Tantallon law firm. You can also schedule a no commitment Issue Review Consult for $100+HST where you have the opportunity to explain your situation to a lawyer and get basic advice before deciding whether or not you'd like to retain us.
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Happiest day of the year
Though, looking at the illustration, am leaning to one conclusion; it might be just up to the change in attitude.
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I was just thinking that today, about how happiness really is a choice in a state of mind. We must be on the same wavelength :)ReplyDelete
Well Id certainly like to believe am on the same wavelength as my dearest friends. :-)ReplyDelete
I think there is definitely something to it, cause am looking at the drawing and it has " mess" behind her, but she is happy! :-)
- AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 2:56 PM
that's weird! what kind of scientists, do you know??? thanks for your sweet words of encouragement xxxReplyDelete
Lovely to see a drawing that's oozing with smiles and happiness and good to see you're happy without having any specific reason but just because, my favourite kind of happy state :)ReplyDelete
What a charming & charismatic illustration! I love her elegant & lean pose. I love her styling which is classic (the black and the clothing) and modern (the yellow) at once.ReplyDelete
It makes me feel childish to write it, but I interprete the pink background as "the happiness" (which extends out of her aura).
Hope you`re having a nice weekend!
Best, Jen


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Ain't That a Kick in the Head
The MegaPowers take a trip to Japan and talk about The End. Plus, Matt and Jeff's cinematic opus somehow earns a preview of TNA Slammiversary. Follow the show on Twitter: @mprpodcast. Follow the hosts: Chunky Larry is @justsaying, Rhi is @Rhiannamator, and Emessar is @emessar177. Join the Geeks of the Industry group at facebook.com/groups/gofthei. Please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, REVIEW, and SHARE!


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In sickness and in health - Tips for right plonkers
I rather gave partners the benefit of the doubt in my last post. And rightly so, the vast majority of partners are hugely supportive of their loved ones and feel desperately lost in their quest to help, wishing they could share the burden of, or take away complete, the sickness for her.
But lets get real – some partners are right plonkers!
So if you're a plonker but would like to redeem yourself try some of these tips on how you can be less of a plonker and help your loved one:
- Put your piny on and do some housework – and I mean without moaning or calling your mum! (and that includes the toilet – you put some toilet cleaner in, leave it for a bit, then scrub with the toilet brush – found next to the toilet – and flush, job done and brownie points earned!)
- Do without curry for a few months – you STINK the next day
- That goes for fags and beer too, well, in excess anyway. I'm sure you gave up smoking back when you where trying for the baby anyway didn't you – it messes your sperm up!
- Go and have a w*** - don't worry, you're not "dissing" her!!!
- Don't stop out late getting smashed and expect her to sort the kids out in the morning while you spew up and say "don't know what you're complaining about, chucking up's not that bad"
- Cancel your lad's weekend – I don't care if it's fishing, walking, raving, barbecuing or any other testosterone fuelled "me time" she has been isolated, lonely and longing for the weekend all week while you've been busy at work, not spewing up – in the scheme of things it's a minor sacrifice and you can rearrange for a few months time... or just miss it... big deal.
- Don't take the mood swings personally and don't EVER shout back – just take it for what it is, her hurting and upset and lashing out at the closest thing to hand.
- Do text her from work, tell her you love her and support her and how great the future will be. Get her whatever she asks for and do it with a smile on your face (if appropriate).
- Do spend your evening lying in bed with her even though you'd rather be downstairs playing on the X-box. She may not be much company but she will appreciate yours.
It's a bit sad that I've had to write this post really. But all of the above are from real life examples from women I know or have supported. A couple of them (the more minor ones) are from my own experience – My husband is human after all and nine months is a long time to go with out curry and beer! But he was great at texting and just sitting with me in the evenings.
Unfortunately some, otherwise healthy partnerships and marriages don't survive the hefty trial of nine months with HG, it's pretty intense. Resentment created at this crucial time in a changing relationship, as a couple become a family, can eat away at the foundations. But luckily, those that do survive and where the partner has been supportive, tend to thrive with a "we survived that – we can survive anything" mentality.
Partners – follow the above guidelines and you'll be just fine – who knows, perhaps she'll nominate you as an HG Hero!


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Notre Dame Cathedral fire, NFL regular season schedule: 5 things to know Wednesday
Notre Dame fire: Macron calls for unity to rebuild iconic cathedral
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a Cabinet meeting Wednesday fully dedicated to the Notre Dame Cathedral fire. In a televised address, Macron, who wants to see the 12th-century cathedral rebuilt within five years, made a call to unity and to set aside political differences to work on rebuilding plans. Experts say repairs could require a delicate balance of restoring the majestic building's unique look with fortifying the structure for the future. Meanwhile, religious statues that sat atop the cathedral had been removed as part of a $6.8 million renovation of the towering spire that fell to the ground. Notre Dame's heritage director, Laurent Prades, told The Associated Press that the only piece of architecture damaged inside the building is the high altar, which was installed in 1989. A massive fundraising campaign is already underway, with more than $700 million pledged to rebuild the damaged portions of the cathedral.
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Hunt for woman 'infatuated' with Columbine who created security concerns across Denver
Authorities were hunting for a woman described as "extremely dangerous" and "infatuated" with the Columbine school shooting Wednesday after she created major security concerns across the Denver metro area. Authorities said Sol Pais, 18, made credible but unspecified threats that prompted dozens of schools to increase police presence or cancel after-school activities. The incident comes days before the emotional 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting on Saturday. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the FBI said Pais traveled to Colorado from Miami on Monday night and bought a pump-action shotgun and ammunition. She was last seen in the foothills west of Denver and should not be approached, authorities said.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published draft data collection standards of race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status information. HHS is requesting public comment on the standards.
The data collection is mandated by a section of the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of the provision is to help identify and address health disparities affecting various communities.
"Health disparities have persistent and costly affects for minority communities, and the whole country," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius upon release of the draft standards. "Today we are taking critical steps toward ensuring the collection of useful national data on minority groups, including for the first time, LGBT populations. The data we will eventually collect in these efforts will serve as powerful tools and help us in our fight to end health disparities."
The draft standards may be viewed by clicking here. The period for public comment closes on August 1.
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by melanie.blondelle | May 14, 2014 2:42 pm
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) sent an urgent appeal[1] to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) to challenge the legality of the recent law voted in the Spanish Parliament, limiting universal jurisdiction after Chinese pressure on Madrid[2] over two lawsuits focusing on China's leadership for its policies in Tibet, and which has led to arrest warrants being issued by the Spanish courts for several Chinese officials.
ICT urged the PSOE to launch an appeal to the Spanish Constitutional Court, which needs to be signed by at least 50 members of the Spanish Parliament.
Open Letter to Mr. José Antonio Griñán, Chairman of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
Brussels, 14 May 2014
Dear Mr. Griñán,
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) welcomed the public statement made by the spokesperson of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Ms. Soraya Rodriguez, on March 4, announcing that it would appeal to the Constitutional Court against a bill limiting the power of the judiciary to investigate and prosecute serious crimes under international law. This legislative move by the Spanish government has damaged Spain's international credibility in Europe as it contravenes both the Spanish Constitution and international law.[1]
We note however that so far your Party has not taken action, and we are concerned that the time window for such an appeal to the Constitutional Court is limited.
The International Campaign for Tibet, together with many Spanish citizens, lawyers, and expert NGOs, is deeply concerned about the negative consequences of this law reform and the precedent set by Spain. One hundred and twenty-two non-governmental organisations signed a statement calling on the Spanish Parliament to uphold its international legal commitments and ensure that any reforms to its universal jurisdiction laws are consistent with international law.[2]
Both the Spanish Congress and Senate voted in favour of the reform of Article 23.4 of the Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial(Organic Law of the Judicial Branch), which forms the basis of universal jurisdiction in Spain.
The principle of universal jurisdiction allows national courts to try cases of the most serious crimes, including war crimes, torture, enforced disappearance, regardless of where they were committed and the nationality of the perpetrator and/or the victim. The current reform in Spain would restrict the cases capable of being tried in the Spanish courts to those involving defendants who are Spanish nationals and/or habitually resident in Spain. The consequence will be that international crimes will go unpunished and impunity will prevail. Already there are at least two cases in which the negative effects of the new law have been evident, with the release of suspected drug traffickers from Egypt[3] and another concerning an extradition request from Argentina on the grounds of torture[4], which were not possible to prosecute due to the reform of the law.
As the NGOs point out, the changes to the law violate several key international treaties ratified by Spain, such as the Geneva Conventions of 1949[5] or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court[6], which all enshrine the principle of "prosecute or extradite".
We believe too there is widespread concern about comments by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. José Manuel Garcia Magallo, who on April 13 defined universal jurisdiction, in relation to the recent Tibet case in Spain, as a "pointless" exercise, which would not put an end to international impunity but rather create international conflicts for Spain.[7] This way the Minister is recanting the principled importance of an internationally recognized doctrine.
A further issue of concern regards the retroactive nature of the new law, as it would apply not only to future investigations but also to current ones, meaning that all current cases on the basis of universal jurisdiction will be terminated if they do not comply with the new requirements. This goes against the principle of separation of powers in a democracy, as it goes beyond the legislative authority of Parliament by summarily closing all the investigations. Any decision to close a case should be taken by the courts on a case-by-case basis.
As your spokesperson stated, the only possibility of reversing this damaging trend is for the Socialist Party to launch an appeal to the Spanish Constitutional Court to declare its illegality, which needs to be signed by at least 50 members of the Spanish Parliament.
As the law was published in the Spanish Official Journal (Boletín Oficial del Estado) on March 14, ICT urges you to ensure that the PSOE honours its promise and lives up to its commitment to international justice by taking this action immediately and submit the appeal to the Constitutional Court before June 14.
Yours sincerely,
Vincent Metten
EU Policy Director
[1]ICT statement Spanish Socialists commit to defence of universal justice after controversial ruling due to pressure from China: http://www.savetibet.org/spanish-socialists-commit-to-defense-of-universal-justice-after-controversial-ruling-due-to-pressure-from-china/[3]; El País article, March 4, 2014: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/04/planeta_futuro/1393953605_579873.html[4]
[2] For more legal details see the joint NGO statement available at: http://www.tibetpolicy.eu/wp-content/uploads/ONG_declaracion_conjunta_reformaJU_España-EN-24-02-2014.pdf[5]
[3] El País article, April 8, 2014: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/04/08/inenglish/1396957574_158251.html[6]
[4] El Mundo article, May 5, 2014: http://www.elmundo.es/opinion/2014/05/04/53668671e2704e77068b4571.html?cid=SMBOSO25301&s_kw=twitter[7]
[5] Article 50: "Each High Contracting Party shall be under the obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches, and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality before its own courts."
[6] Preamble: "It is the duty of every State to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes."
[7] Interview with Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. José Manuel Garcia Magallo on El Debate de la 1, available on http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/el-debate-de-la-1/[8]
Source URL: http://www.tibetpolicy.eu/open-letter-to-the-spanish-socialist-workers-party-psoe/
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Bah, didn't have a good time at this show! The courses were actually pretty nice, but the ground... not so much. Apollo dropped a bar in JWW Saturday (the LAST bar) and the triple in Std Sunday (the SECOND last bar). We ended up with a whopping 23 points for the weekend. On the bright side Kay and I have a bet about invitational. If Apollo stays in 1st place I will owe her $50. If Raven passes him and he ends up in 2nd she will owe me $50. It's really a win-win situation for me :)
Icon had a bar in both runs on Saturday and missed the weave entry on Sunday (which is really my fault - I didn't wait for him to load). He also had a bar in the Sunday run, but I really handled it lazily and would have handled better if we had been clean up until that point.
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I'm thirteen years old, and I had always loved classical music. Instruments like the violin, flute, and cello always sounded amazing to me, but the one instrument that really stood out was piano. I really like piano songs, and now I want to learn how to play piano myself, but I'm wondering how long it's going to take for me to become proficient at it. I wanna be good enough to the point where I can play something like this:
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St Augustine Day 5
This was our last day here, so we spent the whole day cleaning and packing and getting ready to go. Except one thing: the van wouldn't start. So we hung out waiting on roadside assistance to give us a jump, drove directly to the Sears about an hour away without stopping, and stopped at the mall there while they changed our battery. We took the long way home, through a route near Savannah on the west side of the Savannah river, through a nature preserve.
I was looking for something.
About 10 years ago I was a college student on my way down to work for a campaign. I stopped on the side of the road when I saw something incredible, somewhere between Charleston and Savannah. An amazing little Palmetto tree forest. I can't seem to remember where exactly it is, and I'd have to drive for hours to try to locate it again, as it was in the middle of nowhere. I thought it was on Highway 17, but it didn't appear to be anywhere near the portion we drove. It must have been closer to Georgetown. It could be years before I have the opportunity to find it again. But I'd really like to find it, because it is the perfect height for children to walk underneath the thick canopy. I vaguely remember it being near a Rails to Trails walkway, but I could be confusing that with another memory from around the same time.
If anyone out there reading this knows what I'm talking about and where I can find it again, please let me know. I'd love to take the children there to visit.
Sometimes you don't find what you're looking for, but it's a good thing you got lost anyway.
Because we went out of our way, we were late getting back onto the main road home. As it turned out, there had been a major traffic accident and backup that afternoon, and we were so late, we decided to stop for dinner about an hour south of the incident, to eat and wait for the traffic to clear. We were not the only travelers at our chosen local hole-in-the-wall fried-seafood buffet-with-Bible-verses-on-the-wall restaurant. A big, loud church group was stopped there for the same reason, and they all seriously got a kick out of our more than mildly wild children. By the time it was all over, everyone had had a good laugh, made a new friend, filled up for the night, and the kids were in their pajamas, ready for the last leg home, careening home, pulling a sail of twilight behind our minivan.
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In January 2015, I made over 100 ceramic cups that became the currency I used to exchange for stories. I was interested in how people thought and talked about the idea of home. People are naturally drawn to handmade ceramic cups; they are objects that people want to hold, touch, use, share, and bring into their homes. With these cups, we not only share drinks, but time, conversations, and ideas. A cup can be a tool for connection.
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Being Boss, Part 4
What was supposed to be a simple book review got me thinking so much, that my thoughts couldn't be compiled into one post. So I am making it a mini series. I received Being Boss by Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson free in exchange for an honest review. Be sure to check out the Being Boss website. There are no affiliated links within this series.
Part 4 - Routines
I wrote a morning routine post back in 2016. It's amazing how much things have changed since then and how toxic that routine now looks to me (which makes me hesitant to even link it, but there it is). My new routine is much more relaxed and maybe one day I will write about it. Today however I want to talk about my dream day. Chapter 3, in Being Boss has a worksheet with questions to fill out regarding your dream day. My answers didn't really surprise me, what did was the connection between my values and routines.
Values: Authenticity, Peace, Creativity, Community, Freedom. Keywords in my routine: Slow, Peaceful, Stretching, Kevin, Garden.
My dream routine
Where are you when you wake up? How do you spend your morning? What are you wearing? What's the environment?
We wake up slowly, in our own time, in a house that we have built. Our bedroom has beautiful large windows that allows morning light to stream in. From my position in the bed, there are doors to the left that open up to the greenhouse that has an aerial silk in the middle. Kevin is on my right and as we blink our eyes open, it's water, snuggles, and a scroll through social media. When we drift out of bed it's me to the silk to stretch when listening to an audiobook or podcast while Kevin gets ready for his work day. Then we have breakfast together. Kevin heads off to work and I get dressed, in my soft comfortable clothing. Yoga pants, tank top, sweater. With a cup of tea in hand I head into my office on the other side of the house. The rest of the day look something like this;
Mondays - The scheduled stuff: post at 8 am, yoga at 12:30 pm, Kevin home for 5 pm. Hours in between: writing, editing, photos, clients, gardening. The evening spent catching up on mail, budget, and paperwork together, then games or movies.
Tuesdays - The scheduled stuff: yoga at 11 am, Kevin home for 5 pm, a quick dinner together, aerial yoga at 7:30 pm. Hours in between: writing, editing, photos, clients, gardening.
Wednesdays - The scheduled stuff: post at 8 am, yoga at 11 am, aerial yoga at 6 pm. Hours in between: writing, editing, photos, clients, gardening. The late evening spent together.
Thursdays - My off day, day of errands, catching up on all things life and work related. The evening spent on whatever tasks we need to do together out of the house. Ideally this would be the only night we eat out.
Fridays - The scheduled stuff: post at 8 am, yoga at 8 am and 9:30 am, Kevin home for 5 pm. Hours in between: writing, editing, photos, clients, gardening. The evening with friends or hanging out together.
Weekends are something all together different. They are for adventures and whatever we feel the need for.
The reality
Besides dreaming of my dream house and daily access to aerial silks, most of this is possible. I can do all these things. Which is probably why the last question is asking you to commit. Pick one element of this ideal day and start incorporating it into your present-day reality for the next for days. I am choosing not to snooze, it's gonna be hard.
What would you choose?
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Updating Your Withholding
As you probably know, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, which the President signed and officially made law. While it will not affect your 2017 return, the changes to the tax law have the potential to create serious impacts on your 2018 return.
Due to the potential for significant changes to your tax return, it is important to review your current withholding. There is a good chance that your withholding will need to change following the new tax laws. If you are not careful, you could be stuck with a major tax bill when the time comes to file your 2018 return.
Luckily, calculating your updated withholding is relatively easy. The IRS provides an online calculator which will tell you the amount they recommend withholding. It is available at:
After reviewing your current situation, if you decide to make some changes, fill out a Form W-4 and submit it to your employer. Remember, the results from the withholding calculator will only be as accurate as the numbers you enter, so make sure the information you input is correct. Be certain of the changes you wish to make before submitting them to your employer. Form W-4 is available at:
Specifically, the IRS recommends that individuals who fall into one of these categories should be sure to review their withholding (from irs.gov):
● Two-income families.
● People with two or more jobs at the same time or who only work for part of the year.
● People with children who claim credits such as the Child Tax Credit.
● People who itemized deductions in 2017.
● People with high incomes and more complex tax returns.
Even if none of these categories apply to you, it is still prudent to double check your withholding. This year especially, we highly recommend doing some tax planning with us come summer/fall.


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Recurring Episodes is a regular feature taking an in-depth look each week at a single episode of television, placing it in the context of the larger TV landscape to show what works, what doesn't, what's important, and what's entertaining about the shows of the new Golden Age of Television, and the series that served as influence on those shows. Learn more about Recurring Episodes here.
Welcome to the third installment of Recurring Episodes. This week, the show under the microscope is the pilot episode of the criminally short-lived NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks.
The Show: Freaks and Geeks, created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow, aired during the 1999-2000 television season. Due to low ratings, though eighteen episodes were produced it was cancelled after the first twelve aired. A fan campaign led to NBC airing three more episodes, and then the final three were aired later on the Fox Family Channel. The show became a bit of a cult hit when the entire series was released on DVD.
Freaks and Geeks is a coming-of-age comedy drama following two groups of high school students in 1980 in the suburbs of Detroit, through the lens of a sister and brother, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) and Sam (John Francis Daley) Weir. An overachiever trying to rebel, Lindsay befriends the school's group of burnouts (the Freaks) of the title, played by a who's-who of future Apatow stars—Daniel Desario (James Franco), Nick Andopolis (Jason Segel) and Ken Miller (Seth Rogen)—alongside Busy Philipps as Daniel's girlfriend, Kim Kelly. Sam and his friends Neil Schweiber (Samm Levine) and Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) are the titular Geeks.
Why Freaks and Geeks? One of the first shows to be lauded and defended by an Internet fanbase, and to become a bigger success on DVD than it was when actually aired, Freaks and Geeks is the type of coming-of-age story anyone can relate to, as it follows a diverse cross-section of the high school population. Though it follows many of the coming-of-age tropes, with episodes involving teenage crushes, attempts to get drunk or high, dealing with bullies, and the tense bonds between teenage friends, it uses its period setting and time-appropriate rock music to give it a more genuine feel. It takes on the same adolescent themes present in the highly successful later films of Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) but doesn't feel like it glorifies being a loser, because unlike those movies featuring grown-ups stuck in adolescence, it actually deals with adolescents. It's also just well-written, well-acted, and often funny and heartbreaking at the same time. The pilot episode declares the show's intentions right out of the gate and is the series' most effective hour of television.
The Episode: The pilot episode of Freaks and Geeks begins with an effective feint. The camera opens on a good-looking football player in his practice gear, sitting with a cheerleader in the bleachers, very melodramatically discussing "communication" and their feelings, in a scene straight out of a normal teen soap. Soon after the line, from the football star, "I just love you so much . . . it scares me," the camera tracks downward, to the area below the bleachers, and the first of the great musical cues in Freaks and Geeks kicks in: the opening guitar riff and pounding drums to Van Halen's "Runnin' with the Devil." This cold open tells us all we need to know in both message—this is not a typical teen soap—and execution, as it introduces us to our titular Freaks, hanging below the bleachers, our main character, Lindsay Weir, wondering if she should approach the Freaks whom she wants to befriend, and the titular Geeks, who she ends up approaching instead, to pull her brother out of a jam with freshman bully Alan (Chauncey Leopardi). She pulls him out of a jam, yes, but only to create another, a theme which will continue throughout the brilliantly executed pilot episode of the series.
The vibe of Freaks and Geeks can really be summed up by its title sequence, the series regulars posing for school photos set to Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation." Instead of the players looking their amazing, awesome best, they all look awkward, caught in between poses in their pictures, making faces, not looking at the camera. Some of the show's stars are beautiful actors, that can't be denied—Linda Cardellini may be too pretty for her central role, and James Franco definitely is for his, though both are great throughout the show's run—but even their teen star good looks are undercut by adolescent awkwardness. Again, this is not your typical teen show.
The best is Martin Starr…so good.
From there, as any good series pilot should, the episode both lays out what the show will do going forward while maintaining a standalone plot for the pilot episode itself. In this, the Freaks and Geeks pilot episode is both greatly successful and a bit of a failure, because, in creating a pilot episode so good, a mini-movie that's closed-off with its individual ending but with loose ends that will continue to unravel as the series continues, the show has outdone itself. The Freaks and Geeks pilot episode is the perfect pilot in every way except for the fact that the show would never be able to match its taut structure and emotional power ever again.
For now, a bit of a digression. It is the pilot episode, or the script for the pilot episode, of a show, that determines whether or not it will be made into a series. This script, written by the show's creator, Paul Feig, underwent several revisions before hitting the screen, introducing more characters and having a fuller arc than initially planned, in order to insure that the pilot would be strong enough to be picked up. The true mark of a successful show is a pilot that gets made, gets put on television, and makes viewers want to come back for more, but there has to be more there. It would be an exaggeration to say that there was nothing left after the Freaks and Geeks pilot, but when the pilot is the strongest episode of a show, it does not bode well for the show's continued success. The pilot of The Sopranos had a hook, setting the stage for the show that would come, but did not even come close to being the best episode of that series' first season. It continued to build. Freaks and Geeks, while later episodes ranged in TV terms from good-to-great, did not. The pilot episode was its crowning achievement. Truly, if a viewer wanted to know what the show was about and see it at its best, the pilot is all he or she really needed to watch.
That being said, it's a great hour of television, because it is so self-contained and so successful. It touches on nearly every pained bit of adolescent life without seeming heavy-handed. It's funny, it's heartbreaking, and in the end, it's even sort of triumphant. It creates a vivid cast of believable teenage characters who, for the most part, look and act like real teenagers—especially the Geeks; these are not your typical teen heartthrobs hiding behind glasses.
So back to the episode. A couple simple plotlines emerge: Lindsay, a former mathlete, is rebelling, wanting to hang with the burnouts and escape the athletic decathlon; Sam, and, by extension, his friends, are picked on by Alan, the freshman bully; and both are encouraged, against their better judgment, to attend the homecoming dance by their parents, broad stereotypes played effectively to the hilt by Joe Flaherty and Becky Ann Baker. From these plotlines the real meat of the story develops. Sam wants to ask his first crush, Cindy Sanders, to the dance (since he's being forced to go anyway); he and his friends try and figure out a way to deal with their bullying nemesis Alan; and Lindsay tries hard to make something decent out of being forced to go to the dance, only to have it blow up in her face.
Typical teen show plotlines, right? Of course they are—where Freaks and Geeks excels is in its details. The bully successively calls Sam Weir "Sam Queer," "Sam Queer," and "Sam Weird," obviously thinking he's the first person to ever think of anything so clever. When all efforts in the gym class' dodgeball game are devoted to nailing Sam, the gym coach (Thomas F. Wilson, a.k.a. Biff Tannen, one of the show's many great casting choices) steps in, but only half-heartedly, chuckling a bit to himself. The entire school's bullying of the mentally challenged Eli (Ben Foster) feels more believable than other such portrayals, because Eli really thinks everyone is being his friend, and when it's pointed out to him that he's being made fun of, by Lindsay, it backfires on her, not on everyone else. When Sam finally gets up the guts to ask Cindy out, of course she already has a date for the dance. And the climactic bully fight is as awkward and goofy as any teenage brawl tends to be. Because of that, the show's ending, which could have been cheesy in concluding another show—Lindsay and Sam both end up having fun at the dance—feels earned. The Freaks and Geeks pilot tells a complete, well-defined, well-acted story. It's almost too bad it's the best the show would ever do.
Odds & Ends: Joe Flaherty, as the Weir dad, has a good running joke in this episode that will continue throughout, his answer to anything that any teenager ever does wrong: "You know who used to cut class? Jimi Hendrix. Know what happened to him? He died. Choking on his own vomit."
Freaks and Geeks is one of those shows where nearly everyone involved seemed to go on to do something else noteworthy. Executive producer Judd Apatow became the most successful comedy writer-director-producer-whatever in Hollywood with his slew of movies in the aughts, many of which starred Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and, in smaller roles, Martin Starr, who also ended up on another underappreciated TV comedy gem, Party Down. James Franco became a legit star until he turned himself into a meme. Creator Paul Feig has directed TV shows both critically acclaimed (Mad Men, Arrested Development) and popular (The Office [running way too long American version]) and both (30 Rock).
It's been mentioned before, but the way this show uses music is really unparalleled in television, except by The Sopranos. Later episodes centered around musical themes include one using only old-school punk rock and one strictly scored by the music of the Who.
One of the dudes bullying Eli on the bleachers is totally Goldberg from the Mighty Ducks movies.
Next Thursday, May 12 – Oz, Season Four, Episode Eight: "You Bet Your Life"


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Lotions vs Creams
Achieving and maintaining beautiful skin can be confusing when presented with so many choices. Determining whether you want or need a lotion or a cream can be daunting. Both have the same goal: to keep moisture in the outermost layer of your skin. Both are mixtures of oil and water but there can be a notable difference between the two in both appearance and performance.
Lotions have a higher water to oil ratio and are great for normal to slightly dry skin. They tend to feel lighter, have less viscosity and are less greasy. They can also be more easily absorbed into the skin and are normally sold in bottles or tubes.
Creams on the other hand have a higher oil to water ratio and are great for dry to very dry skin. They have a heavier, richer feel, have a thicker consistency and are usually sold in jars due to their higher viscosity. Creams provide more of a barrier on your skin that helps to hold in valuable moisture.
To understand these differences, picture the products this way. We have added water at one end of the moisturizing spectrum and petrolatum at the other end to help you visualize the benefits:
In terms of moisturizing, or locking in moisture, the benefit increases as you move from left to right. You can see that creams contain a higher level of oils that form the moisture barrier on your skin. So depending on your needs, you can choose products from within this spectrum. And, dermatologists suggest using your choice of products immediately after showering in order to lock in moisture from the shower in your skin and create a barrier that stops you from losing water quickly.


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I'm a Belgian, 25-year old (or young;)) women and live near the Bruges. English isn't my native language, so I'm sorry for the possible faults in my blog!
At the age of 22, I've heard the 4 most destroying words in my life, You have chronic myeloid leukemia. I didn't know what it was, what I could expect, but nevertheless, my world fell apart! A few months earlier, I became sixth at the European Indoor Championships at the 1500m (Athletics) in Paris and ran a Belgian Record at the same distance. I was ready to move further and was really training hard for the Olympic Games in Londen 1 year later. One day after my diagnosis, the news paper screamed the words: 1 Year untill LONDON. And I was crying like hell.
Symptoms before diagnosis
The diagnosis came as a shock. I was tired indeed, but I was training 12 times a week and was also studying to become master in physiotherapy. Anyone would be tired then. But the weeks and months went by, and I felt that my training went well, but not like before. I had a lot of headache and inflammations of the throat. I was very good in ignoring those signals. Im my eyes, they weren't signals at all!
But 1 week before my diagnose, I had the European Championships for the Under 23 age- group. 2 years earlier I became 4th and now, I was a lot stronger, faster and better. So I really went for a better place. But that didn't happen at all! I was 9th with a very strange and bad feeling during the race. My sports doctor checked my blood again, because they expected a low level of iron. But they saw that my withe blood cells were again increased. That was also the case during the previous months, but we always had an explanation. Training, tired, maybe a little infection,... But now, the amount was too much, to be 'nothing'. So he decided to go to the department of heamatology of the University Hospital in Leuven (Belgium). '' Just to be sure" and with the faith that afterwards, the focus could be renewed on "training and performing at the highest level possible."
I soothed everyone, even myself. "You can't train like that, you can't do those things, when something bad is going on! So everything will be okay." But it wasn't. At all.
I couldn't believe it. I thought it was some kind of sick joke. I thought the hospital was wrong, that the test-results were false-positive. After the shock, no, during the shock, my thoughts went to my running, what about my running? Running was the biggest part of my life. While my mother asked how the life expectation and life quality was. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief by hearing her 'stupid' questions. But the doctor shaked me back to the reality by saying that these were very good questions.
The answer we would here a lot, untill I couldn't hear it anymore, was: If you react well on the medications and the side effects are okay, your life expectancy and quality of life will be okay. Even your sport at highest level can be a possibility. That would turn out to be even more seperated from the truth than saying that elephants are green and the sky is pink, but at that moment, it was like the only branch of wood in the whole ocean. It was either believing in it, or sinking. And so I believed in it with all I had!
Treatment & my life today
At this point, we are more than 3 years further and a lot has happened in-between. I haven't reached complete remission (yet) and I'm busy with a third type of medication. The side effects are really disturbing my life and although I'm trying as hard as I can to keep reaching my dreams, that treatment makes it very hard. If I would believe in the word, which I don't, I would even say, impossible.
In my coming blogs, I will talk a bit more about the past 3 years, but for now, I can say that December will be a 'doctor' month again. I have my monthly 'big' check-up in Leuven, where they will have a look at my cancer, but I'm also looking for a few other solutions, maybe an other amount of medication, or again an other sort of, or whatever. I need the hope that this won't be 'forever', that my life won't always revolve around doctors, medication, side effects, tiredness, headaches, and a big lack of energy! I'm too young to sit in a chair, 'happy to be alive' but nothing more than that. I get older people, who are saying that. I really do. But I'm not old. I am at the age were I should by at my strongest, where I should do all those crazy things, or just knowing that I could do them, if I want. Not waking up and deleting 9 out of the 10 'normal' things I wanted to do today but can't do because of how I feel.
Don't get me wrong, I have a lot to be thankful for. But when I get the oppurtunity to live, when cancer gets to a chronic stage or chronic disease, I really want to live, not only survive. And because I believe there is a solution for everything, I will keep looking for it until I have found it andd will keep believing in a world without cancer!
Hi Lindsey,
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences of CML with us and for doing so with such excellent English which I think might be better than mine!
I can totally understand your frustrations being so young and have felt a lot of similar feelings (especially recently) after my own treatment for CML. I'm 30, and whilst not an international athlete, absolutely adored long distance running and football. I've run marathons and used to play football regularly but due to complications with my lungs post transplant for CML I have a significantly reduced lung capacity and now running for 25 minutes is a struggle.
It's taken time for me to re-adjust but I'm getting there and I think the key thing is to remain positive, adjust your goals when it comes to exercise as frustrating as that will be but never give up hope as treatments are improving all the time. I was diagnosed with CML in 2003 and in the 11 years since then there have been enormous improvements which mean that more and more patients are not only surviving but going on to lead perfectly normal lives. However, we do not want to stop there and will not stop until we beat blood cancer for good - you can rest assured of that!
In the meantime, keep blogging as you write so well and will really help others who are in similar positions and never, ever give up hope! You're clearly someone who is very driven with a real will to succeed - you wouldn't have got to where you got in athletics without it - so draw on that now and don't be afraid to ask for help. Stay strong and thanks again for your brilliant blog.
Hi Lindsey,
I just wanted to tell you to stay strong! I also have CML (diagnosed at age 30) but it was found three months after I completed treatment for Primary Mediatinal B Cell Lymphoma. Turns out I had lymphoma and leukemia at the same time! My world was turned upside down at 30, and while things are doing much better now, I'm not perfect. I still live with neuropathy pain almost every single day. I'm lucky that I've made it to a compete molecular response on the TKIs but it certainly wasn't easy. My doctor had to make three dose adjustments and things are finally holding at 200mg on Tasigna.
Just don't give up hope! I used to be super active before my diagnoses and it took me close to three years to get back to working out. I still deal with pain every single day but I've learned to push past it when I can and deal with it when I can't. It takes time to accept and adjust to a new you, but it will happen. I live in London (even though I'm american) so if you ever wanted to meet up let me know! I have tons of lymphoma friends but can't seem to find many young people with CML to interact with. Good luck to you!! And fantastic blog!! :-)
Hi Rachel, If you want, you can send me an e-mail (email@example.com). The majority of the people with CML are indeed (a lot) older and are mostly dealing with other problems then the younger ones.
It would be nice to chat sometimes with each other!
I know neuropathy pain is hard to deal with, and the cold whether doesn't make it easier! Take care and good luck!
Hi Andy,
Thank you for your comment! Although I have my doubts about the term ' perfectly normal lives' with those medication, I know that the treatment possibilities are a lot better than a few years ago! But indeed, we have to keep fighting untill all the cancer is gone!
It's great to hear your positivism and I hope things will get better for you too!
Take care!
Thank you so much for sharing, Lindsey. I was diagnosed Dec 2010. Although not very active, I was energetic. I had a good response, but the side effects were awful: tiredness like you describe so that it honestly felt like 3 am the next morning at around 11 am! As for my memory and ability to think, well! Just to say that I even left my front door open with the keys actually in the lock pretty much sums it up! Four years on, I have a little more energy but still need to sleep each afternoon or pay the price, but a reduced dose of Dasatinib has seen some of my mental ability come back. I'm adjusting, still, but have more positive days than bad ones by a long distance, now, and am facing life was it is and try to make the most of each moment. It's hard, and sometimes horrid, but it is what it is.
Thank you so much for sharing. It's so good to hear I'm not alone in having these extreme symptoms... so I hope it's good for you to know you're not alone either! Stay positive, enjoy and savour everything you can! Huge hugs from England!
I am a 10 year BMT survivor..I had AML. I highly recommend the BMT approach. Then you can get on with your life.
'If life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life you have a thousand reasons to smile' - never ever give up, fly headlong into the rest of your life Lindsey xx Chris
Hi Lindsey, I believe that not only does cancer change your life, it changes you for life. Coming to terms with those changes for a young fit person is really hard. You might feel that you are a new, different person and you have to learn to live a different life, and with that new life will come new goals, aims and ambitions. It's really hard to accept that there are some things that you won't be able to do, but there are plenty of things that you will be able to do, they might just be different! Good luck.


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To help our members achieve their goal weight and maintain it, here at NRG we have a new 6 week weight loss program designed to transform your body. It's perfect for those who need a degree of accountability and support in their pursuit for weight loss, fitness, strength, toning and is a great way of ensuring you stay on track.
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