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Substantial effort has been expended to develop optimization models for airplane flight frequency planning. However, these models were designed to pursue only the economic goals of individual airlines. In the world we live in today, we must be prepared to overcome the loss of an airport(s) or part of our air traffic control system through terrorism or natural disasters. Therefore it is important to develop models focused on recovering from a substantial loss of air system infrastructure. This will represent a significant departure from current models, including (1) the inclusion of equity among the individual airlines and the government's role in maintaining system efficiency, (2) the incorporation of the economic capabilities of carriers, (3) uncertainty in the recovery of passenger and cargo demands over time (including how this would differ for various types of disruptions), and (4) the incorporation of uncertainty in the flow of aircraft throughout the airspace.
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Last issue regular PosAbility columnist Dan White discussed his thoughts on Saving the NHS and the ridiculous parking charges that many hospitals expect people to pay.
I adore the NHS. Its concrete walls have protected our family and millions more over the years. This January will see Emily have her first operation in a while and I thought it timely to look back at everything that happened last year around our beloved health system, mainly the lumbering beast of Brexit, car parking and the whispers of privatisation.
The discord Brexit has caused, was, to parents like us, avoidable. For instance, in 2018, the NHS was told to stockpile medicines to ensure adequate supply to all we need in event of a no deal. Emily, like thousands of children, rely on pharmaceuticals and trying to eek out any information about the flow of medicines has been met with media sensationalism and a lack of guidance. To subject us and our children to rumour and fear is nothing short of cruel. I hope when this issue is distributed all our worries have been banished and sense has rained over stupidity.
The NHS runs on diversity and last year the voice of panic around immigration increased. It fills me with horror that through Brexit many wonderful staff have left the system. If reports are to be believed, there will be a massive shortfall of care workers and specialists by 2020 as tighter immigration rules bite. It smacks of surgical suicide that the very backbone of our healthcare is under threat through lack of numbers and toxic xenophobic attitudes from some. All the staff, regardless of colour or creed have been and continue to be exceptionally marvelous.
Outside of the bubble of Brexit, the costs of hospital parking came around again. It seems every year there is a price hike, with some London car parks earning more per hour than someone on the minimum wage. I wouldn't have an issue with this if all the money went back into the system, however, some car parks are run by private firms, even charging staff to park. When our children have appointments, or are rushed in by us, the last thing on our minds should be the horrendous charges upon leaving. Another aspect of hospital parking is the lack in numbers of disabled bays. Is it just me or is a hospital the logical place you will see a huge number of disabled people?
The spectre of privatisation was floating around again in 2018. I think our government should realise that not everything should be there to make a profit. Invest, and as a suggestion, take the NHS out of government hands and put in the care of a cross party group. This way there will be no snap changes every five years and thought, and more importantly, time can be put into finally making the NHS better and stronger.
With a proposed investment to put a Changing Place in every hospital this year, let's leave the NHS alone. Let it do its job without media and government intrusion. The NHS is deserving of care, just like our children.
Dan White | @DeptOfAbility
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Montenegro Criticized For Turning Concentration Camp Into Resort
Hotel & Resort Rich Thomaselli January 18, 2016
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The eastern European nation of Montenegro is under fire for cutting a deal with a company that will turn a former island fort and World War II concentration camp into a luxury resort.
Mamula Island in the picturesque Bay of Kotor off the coast of Montenegro is just across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, which occupied the island during WWII while the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini ruled the country. The island's fort, built in the mid-1800s, became a labor camp ruled by the Italians during the early part of the war.
Critics of the plan say it demeans the memory of more than 2,000 people who were imprisoned in the fort during the war, and the more than 100 who died there. The developers, the Swiss-Egyptian company Orascom, negotiated the deal to turn the island into a tourist destination with a hotel-resort, marina, spa, beach club, restaurants, and a nightclub, according to Balkan Insights.
"The Orascom project would ruin every memory of Mamula and what it really was," Jovanka Uljarevic, grand-daughter of one of the prisoners of the camp, told the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN. "If the baby cried, soldiers would come in and beat everyone up until there was silence. It was cold, they were starved and the overall conditions were very bad."
Admittedly, Mamula has been largely unknown when compared to such places of horror as Auschwitz or Treblinka, but it nonetheless has deep meaning in the Balkans for families of the victims.
This video of the fortress was produced two years ago and includes the chilling soundtrack music from the horror film "Halloween."
"Places of former suffering like Mamula should be part of the educational system and of the special offer of educational tourism," Olivera Doklestic whose father, grandfather and uncle survived detention at Mamula, told Balkan Insider.
According to reports, Montenegro has given a 49-year lease to Orascom to invest 15 million euros ($16.3 million) to build the resort.
"We were facing two options: to leave the site to fall into ruin or find investors who would be willing to restore it and make it accessible to visitors," Olivera Brajovic, head of Montenegro's national directorate for tourism development, told Agency France Presse.
The government defended its move saying plans for the resort would also include a memorial room to former inmates. But many relatives say that's not enough.
"To build a luxury hotel dedicated to entertainment at this place where so many people perished and suffered is a blatant example of lack of seriousness towards history," Doklestic told AFP.
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Rupert Murdoch Turns 80-Years-Old
Happy birthday, Rupert Murdoch. Today you turn 80, but you don't look a day over 105. We kid! In celebration of Murdoch's big day, Michael Wolff has a piece at The Guardian that pretty much covers the man's entire life, and asks what will be next.
Wolff says that Murdoch's life has included so many twists and turns because he is always trying to reinvent himself:
It's obsessional, frantic, unplanned, opportunistic – and, in some sense, always about his changing image of himself. It's about who he wants to be. He is, with a little critical interpretation, less a businessman than a picaresque character. It's an episodic life.
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Do you want to own a piece of history? Items from the Palm Beach estate once owned by President John F. Kennedy are going on the auction block.
A Chicago auction house is selling furniture and family portraits from the home on Palm Beach that was used by the Kennedy family since the 1930s. Now, the public has a chance to win a piece of Camelot.
The estate on Palm Beach was not only the family's vacation home, but once John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960, it became the "Winter White House." In fact, Kennedy wrote his inauguration speech while on Christmas vacation at the estate located on Ocean Boulevard.
WPBF 25 New was given an exclusive look inside the Kennedy compound last year. It was owned by the Kennedys for more than six decades before it was sold to New York businessman John Castle, who went to great lengths to preserve the home's history.
The house has now been sold again, and 153 items from inside the estate will be up for sale. Among the items, a portrait of the president, the first lady and their two young children. It was taken on Easter Sunday in 1963, the same year of the president's assassination.
The twin beds the president and his brother, Joe, slept in as children are also on the auction block as is most furniture from the room where the president and first lady slept.
The family's huge dinner table, along with many decorative items will also be featured in the auction which is just one month away.
The auction takes place Jan. 23, 2016 in West Palm Beach. You can start previewing the sale on Jan. 15. To see the catalog visit lesliehindman.com/sale/winterwhitehouse


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Darby C. Maloney is the Arts & Entertainment Editor for Southern California Public Radio. She works on KPCC's daily arts and entertainment program, The Frame.
Prior to joining KPCC, Darby covered the entertainment industry as producer of KCRW's "The Business" and the "Hollywood Breakdown." While at KCRW, she launched "The Spin-off," a monthly podcast about television, contributed to other culture shows such as "Unfictional," and her work on "The Business" earned numerous awards including two Gracies, a Golden Mike, and a National Entertainment Journalism Award.
In 2006-2007 she was a contributing producer to the "This American Life" television series on Showtime. In the episode "Growth Spurt," she produced the story "Lights, Camera, Traction" about a group of people at the Burbank Senior Artists Colony who made a short film and in the process discovered what it means to be young. From 2008-2010 she helped launch and produce the web-series "The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers" with NOVA and WGBH. The series was nominated for a Webby and won a Streamy in that time.
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Director Susanne Bier: 'Night Manager' was 'one of the most satisfying things I've done'
The Academy Award-winning director explains why the adaptation of John le Carré's novel needed to be a miniseries instead of a feature film.
Hello, Spotify! Goodbye, songwriters?
Songwriters are singing the blues over the paltry sums paid them by streaming services. But veteran songwriters Michelle Lewis and Kay Hanley are leading a fight for more fair compensation.
'It was terrifying' —Lee Daniels, others give their take on upfronts
Amidst all the talk of ratings and demographics at upfronts, there are the actors and show creators who help sell their shows to advertisers. These are some of those people.
'The Lobster' is a darkly comedic look at a society that harshly penalizes single people
"The Lobster" is clearly a dystopian satire and a dark comedy, even if the characters in the film aren't laughing about their predicaments.
Trump is more Schwarzenegger than Al Franken on campaign trail
Trump forged a celebrity character on "The Apprentice," and the way he's using it on the campaign trail is strikingly similar to what Schwarzenegger did with his "Terminator" character.
Chadwick Boseman: from Jackie Robinson to James Brown to Black Panther
The actor has quickly made a name for himself in Hollywood. The next step: getting cast roles that aren't defined by race.
Louie Anderson channels his mom's humanity in 'Baskets'
The veteran comedian plays Christine Baskets, the mother of identical twins played by Zach Galifianakis, on the FX show, "Baskets."
Tracy Scott and the invisible art of script supervision
She worked on some of the most well-received movies of the past few years. Following her recent death, her celebrated colleagues explain why having a gifted script supervisor is invaluable.
Tony-nominated 'The Humans' gets real about family
Nominated for six Tony awards, "The Humans" is a funny but serious look into what binds a family together — and what tears it apart.
Film and TV workers in North Carolina worried by effects of HB2
The widely denounced law, known as "the bathroom bill," is having an impact on a state that has been friendly to Hollywood productions.
Why are Lupita Nyong'o and Idris Elba being cast in non-human roles?
Vulture's senior editor Kyle Buchanan notes two Hollywood casting trends: studios placing top black actors in non-human roles and casting white actors to play Asian roles.
W. Kamau Bell meets the KKK and lives to talk about it
The comedian uses his brand of sociopolitical humor and insight in a new CNN docu-series that sets out to engage Americans with divergent views.
Jason Jones on 'The Detour': 'When you get TV-MA rating ... everything's on the table'
The former "Daily Show" correspondent takes his comedic sensibility to a new TBS series that puts an edgy twist on the traditional family sitcom.
'Confirmation' screenwriter: only Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill 'know the truth'
Susannah Grant says she and her collaborators on the HBO film agreed early on that they would remain neutral about who was telling the truth.
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This section contains presentations and speeches by the Office of Social Impact Investment and its partners at conferences and other events.
NSW Innovation and Health Symposium
This presentation from Amity Durham, Executive Director in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, briefly outlines what social impact investing is and why the NSW Government is exploring opportunities in this area. Amity delivered the presentation at the NSW Innovation and Health Symposium on 3 November 2015.
EAX Morning Tea for Advisory Firms
On 23 September 2015, Trevor Danos AM spoke about the results of the first round and next steps for the EAX at a morning tea for participating advisory firms.
Dr Caralee McLiesh spoke about the growth of social impact investing in NSW and the NSW Government's work in this emerging field at Impact Investing: Social and financial innovation in for-purpose organisations on 15 July 2015.
Child Aware Approaches Conference
Liz Sanders from Uniting and Adele Brookes from NSW Department of Family and Community Services presented together at the Child Aware Approaches Conference in Melbourne on 18-19 May 2015. The conference explored innovations in early intervention, community collaboration and partnership beyond the child and family welfare sector.
CEDA Addressing Entrenched Disadvantage in Australia
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In times of change, the learners will inherit the Earth, while the knowers will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer
From the beginning of my relationship with John Henry and my travels to Norway over a period of eight years (from 1999 I have traveled to Norway approximately ten different times), and in particular over the last three years (from the beginning of the Kristiansand Foursquare Church church plant), I have been researching and studying all of the historical, spiritual, and demographic information I could find, to better assist us in seeing a Foursquare church-planting movement unleashed.
For my research and understanding for this project I have visited various historical sites in Oslo, Norway; i.e., Norway's Resistance Museum, the Oslo State Church, the King's Palace, etc., collecting data to gain understanding about how the historical and political influences of the country affect the churches' potential impact. As well, I have studied briefly the Christian history of Norway, and various church movements
throughout the nation from the seventeenth century. Along with these studies I have thoroughly studied the history and development of Foursquare Norway, as well as the different leadership styles, techniques, and personal, pastoral focuses within each of the three Foursquare churches.
In preparation for my analysis and recommendations for this project, I have made a comprehensive demographic study of the five target cities and have studied the spiritual demography of each of these cities as well; i.e., the numbers of State and free churches, and all correlating statistics that may help us to better understand the makeup of the cities, to better enable us to reach each city. I also conducted several interviews (see Appendix 2) with each of the Foursquare pastors, as well as other pastors and leaders outside of Foursquare.
In writing this paper I have presented it in three sections. Section one details the history and background of the nation of Norway, specifically giving a general historical/political overview as well as an overview of the Christian history of Norway. In this section, in particular, I have written about the distinction between the Norwegian State Church and the 'free,' or independent, churches in Norway. I have also highlighted
three historical revival movements that God used to 'spiritually' awaken and touch the nation of Norway. As well, I have documented the history of Foursquare Norway and how God has used the Foursquare Church for over two decades in church planting and ministering to the people of Norway.
Because I come from a Pentecostal theological perspective, as well as personal experiences within this orthapraxy, I believe that the study and understanding of spiritual historical moves of God within the context of any city, society or country is a necessity in determining the 'spiritual foundations' that have been laid. God instructed Joshua to have twelve men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, to pick up a large stone from the middle of the Jordan and set up a memorial marker as a remembrance of the miracle of God that day of their crossing the flood-swollen waters of the Jordan on dry ground.[These stones are] to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever. (Josh. 4:6-7)
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Trinity Evangelical Divinity School professor Don Carson and Tim Keller came up with the idea for the Gospel Coalition (TGC) several years ago. They kicked it off in 2007 with a conference attended by 500. In 2008, the conference was a by-invitation-only, off-the-record meeting of the nearly 50 men on the coalition's council. In 2009, 3,100 pre-registered and 223 walked in.
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Picture Post, a magazine that pioneered photojournalism, was edited by Stefan Lorant, when it was first published in 1938 by Edward G. Hulton.
The magazine was an immediate success and after four months was selling 1,350,000 copies a week.
When Lorant emigrated to the United States in 1940 Tom Hopkinson took over as editor. Hopkinson recruited a team of talented writers and photographers including Tom Winteringham, Macdonald Hastings, Maurice Edelman, Walter Greenwood, Vernon Bartlett, A. L. Lloyd, Anne Scott-James, James Cameron, Robert Kee, Sydney Jacobson, Ted Castle, Bert Hardy and Kurt Hutton.
Hopkinson used the Picture Post to campaign against the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.
In the journal published on 26th November 1938, he ran a picture story entitled Back to the Middle Ages.
Photographs of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Herman Goering and Julius Steicher were contrasted with the faces of those scientists, writers and actors they were persecuting.
In January 1941 Tom Hopkinson published his Plan for Britain.
This included minimum wages throughout industry, full employment, child allowances, a national health service, the planned use of land and a complete overhaul of education.
This document led to discussions about post-war Britain and was the forerunner of the Beveridge Report that was published in December 1943.
The sales of the Picture Post increased rapidly during the Second World War and by December 1943 the magazine was selling 950,000 copies a week. The trend continued after the war and by the end of 1949 circulation reached 1,422,000 with profits of over £2,500 a week.
Tom Hopkinson was often in conflict with Edward G. Hulton, the owner of Picture Post. Hulton supported the Conservative Party and objected to Hopkinson's socialist views.
In August 1945 Hulton wrote to Hopkinson telling him that "I cannot permit editors of my newspapers to become organs of Communist propaganda. Still less to make the great newspaper which I built up a laughing-stock."
In 1950 Hopkinson sent James Cameron and Bert Hardy to report on the Korean War. While in Korea the two men produced three illustrated stories for Picture Post.
This included the landing of General Douglas MacArthur and his troops at Inchon. Cameron also wrote a piece about the way that the South Koreans were treating their political prisoners.
Edward G. Hulton considered the article to be "communist propaganda" and Hopkinson was forced to resign.
Ted Castle took over as editor but several journalists, including James Cameron, Lionel Birch and A. L. Lloyd, refused to continue working for the magazine.
When Tom Hopkinson left the Picture Post it was selling over 1,380,000 copies a week. By June 1952 it had fallen to 935,000.
Sales continued to decline and by the time the magazine was closed in May 1957 circulation was less than 600,000 copies a week.
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Most people use a computer, tablet, or mobile phone in their company. To avoid malware or intrusions, you need to know how to protect your devices. But it is equally important that you and your employees know how to, for example, handle e-mail in a way that protects the company's information.
Act safely online
The way in which you and your employees act online is crucial to how well the company's information can be protected. Only visit websites that you need to visit on behalf of the company. You should have one device for the company and another one for private use.
When buying things online, always double check the company and website. Look for reviews and possible warnings about the company from which you are about to order.
Only give out your credit card information to companies that you trust and that have secure online payment methods.
Manage your e-mail correctly
Be cautious with messages in e-mails or chat apps which include links and attachments that you are asked to click. This is a common way of installing malicious code on your computer, tablet, or phone. These messages often seem to come from serious actors such as the postal service, bank, or the Swedish Tax Agency, but are of a fraudulent nature. Assess how reasonable the contents seem.
E-mail accounts are often used to restore passwords for other services, which makes them especially interesting for scammers.
- Only visit websites that you need to visit on behalf of the company.
- When buying things online, find out more about the company before making a purchase.
- Be cautious about messages from unknown senders or messages with suspicious contents from what appears to be a known sender.
- Do not give out personal information without being sure of the recipient's intentions.
- Never give out your codes or passwords to others.
Install security updates
Software often has bugs (errors) that can be exploited by those looking to destroy or access information, or to spy on the device where the software is installed.
The manufacturer of your computer, tablet, mobile phone, software, or app therefore recommends continually updating your devices and software. This helps you keep up to date and protected. Make sure that your devices are set to allow automatic updates.
As all pieces of software entail certain risks, it is best if you only install software that is absolutely necessary for your business.
Pirated software is not reliable as it often contains harmful code, put there to destroy or access your information.
Tips for installing security updates
- Only install software that is absolutely necessary for your business.
- Install software from reliable developers on your computer, and never install pirated software.
- Continually update your devices with the latest security updates, preferably on the same day that they are released.
- Always accept automatic updates from the developer.
- Make sure that automatic updates are enabled.
- Only install apps from reliable official marketplaces such as the Play Store and AppStore.
Protect your computer from malware
Malicious code includes computer viruses and is normally installed in your computer, tablet, or phone. The code is often installed without you knowing it, by tricking you to run a programme, click a link, or approve a warning message. The code is used to, for example, send out spam e-mails, delete files, or destroy information.
If your computer or mobile phone has been infected by malicious code, you may not be able to delete the malicious files without a fundamental reinstallation of your computer or a factory reset of your tablet or mobile phone.
"Ransomware" encrypts files and makes them unusable. To get the information back, the person behind the code demands that you pay a ransom within a given time period in order to get a key for the encrypted files. There is no guarantee that you will receive the key even if you pay. This means you will have to reinstall your computer from the ground up. Documents and files will be lost unless you have a backup. Keep in mind that all information will be lost unless you have an uninfected backup.
Help getting your encrypted data back
If you are the victim of ransomware, you can visit nomoreransom.org to get help with recovering your encrypted data. The website is operated by Europol as well as police authorities from all European countries.
Read more about how to get help with malicious code at nomoreran-som.org
Protect yourself against viruses
Your computer, tablet, or mobile's built-in security functions provide basic protection, but this is not enough. You should also install antivirus software on your various devices.
Antivirus tips
- Never click links from unknown or unexpected senders in e-mails or chat apps.
- Do not open attached files from unknown or unexpected senders in e-mails or chat apps.
- Install antivirus software on your devices.
- Do not use pirated software.
- Always accept updates from the manufacturer of your computer or mobile phone.
- Make sure that automatic updates are enabled.
- Do not pay if you are the victim of ransomware.
- Make sure that you always have backups of your files on another computer, external storage, or in the cloud.
If you are the victim of ransomware
Always file a police report. Do not pay the ransom. Perform a total reinstallation of your computer and transfer the files you need from your latest backup.
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Today is July 26, 2006. I'm 24. I woke up this morning at 7:15. I spent the morning putting tarps on hurricane-damaged roofs. For lunch, I had cheese toast and spaghetti sauce. I called my dad today, because this time of year is always hard for him. We talked for a little while, and then I spent the afternoon making enough chili to feed eighty volunteers. I had a staff meeting this evening; I just talked to a good friend on the phone; and now I'm going to go to bed.
July 26, 1992. I'm 10 years old. I've been in a hospital all night long. The nurses keep trying to get me to go to sleep in one of the spare rooms. Instead I wander the emergency room, and spend some time crying and staring at the screen saver at the nurses' desk. Fish swimming across a black background. We're waiting for a helicopter to come take my sister, who is eight, to a better hospital where they're more equipped for this kind of emergency.
After many hours, my mother asks me if I want to go in and say something (and by something I think she means goodbye) to Katy. I'm too afraid of what I'll see, so I send a note inside. Early in the morning, a nurse rushes into her room with one of those cardiac shocker things you see on tv. My parents are crying and holding each other, and I'm asking them what that means.
They send me to stay with my aunt that day, and I spend the morning laying on her couch, listening to her make phone calls over and over to the family, telling them that "little Katy's passed away."
She would be 21 now. What a strange day.
I don't grieve these days any more; the day she died, her birthday, holidays; not like my dad. It's days like this that make me think about my own life. How strangely beautiful life is - even at its most mundane. How great it is to eat toast and spaghetti sauce for lunch, to sweat and work, and fix and build stuff. How nice it is to make a meal for your friends, or talk on the phone with someone you care for, or fall asleep with a fan blowing on your face. To be 24, here and now, alive. It's miraculous and holy. This breath is a gift... and this one too.
It's perspective. It's tinged with sadness, but it's so sweet. It's good to be reminded that I'm alive. And that it's something I should never take for granted.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
July 26
Posted by everyday amy at 9:48 PM
2 comments:
Thana gave me a card today saying "I can only imagine what wonderful things Katy is doing today". She has sent a card every year for 14 years...
I thought she was the only one who remembered.......thank you. mom
Wow Amy. I never knew something happened to a member of your family. I guess it never came up. You'll have to tell me about it (if you're willing). Sorry to hear about it.
PS Hope you are well. Haven't heard from you in a looonnnng time. You look like you've lost weight. I cant believe youre so strong and willing to volunteer for New Orleans. Good luck with that.
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Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez was released from the hospital Saturday after suffering from a rapid heartbeat, dizziness and cold sweats, manager Brad Ausmus told reporters Saturday.
"The thought process is probably a week of rest," Ausmus said.
Martinez, 38, first experienced the symptoms late in Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays and was taken to the hospital. He underwent further testing Friday and stayed a second night in the hospital.
"I didn't find out about it until really, when he came out of the game because he was playing through it," Ausmus said on Friday. "My first thought was maybe dehydration. I'm not sure the doctors even know what caused it or what has caused it. Often times, the body corrects itself on its own."
Ausmus said Martinez will remain in the Detroit area for rest and further monitoring while the team begins a West Coast road trip starting Monday. During that time, Martinez will remain on the 10-day disabled list.
Martinez is batting .261/.337/.376 with five home runs in 60 games in his 15th big-league season. He's under contract with the Tigers through the end of the 2018 season.
To take Martinez's spot on the roster, the Tigers recalled catcher/first baseman John Hicks from Triple-A Toledo.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Apple, fearing that Google Voice may cut into revenue and profit that earned by mobile service carrier and voice call provider, standalone Google Voice client app is not approved and released by Apple yet on the iPhone and iPod touch App Store (Note: Official Google Voice app for iPhone has been released). Without a legitimate Google Voice app, iPhone user cannot take advantage of the free calls provided by Google Voice to outbound destinations in U.S.A (including Alaska and Hawaii) and Canada.
Previously, an application for VoiceCentral Google Voice clients, named GV Mobile were available briefly on the Apple App Store, before been taken down and removed from the App Store on the reason of duplicating features that the iPhone comes with, such as dialer, SMS and etc.
iPhone users can still make use of Google Voice weblication (web app) which officially from Google, free, but is accessible through a mobile web browser. For iPhone owners who want a standalone Google Voice app, the developer of GV Mobile, Sean Kovacs had brought GV Mobile to Cydia Store via ModMyI repo, which as a consequence, is available only for jailbroken iPhone users.
GV Mobile + 2.0 or 1.0 is not free though, although Google Voice service is free, and the official Google Voice app for iPhone, if approved, will likely be free of charge too. But the price tag of $1.99 is worthwhile for advanced features and ease of use the provided by GV Mobile +, where it supports and allows access to almost all features of Google Voice.
Features of GV Mobile +:
- Favorites
- Tab system for Contacts, Favorites, Keypad
- Landscape SMS
- Call & Add Contact from SMS main view
- International support for SMS (until Google blocks it)
- Call, Text, & Add Contact from History
- Voicemail transcriptions, new voicemail screen layout
- Call, Text, & Add Contact from Voicemail
- Local archiving of voicemail
- Offline dialing (via dialing GV #)
- Default Area code
- Data sync options (Interval, Startup, Startup on demand, manual)
- Multiple Accounts
- User selectable tab to open to
- Google Settings : Do Not Disturb, Call Screening, Call Presentation
To install GV Mobile +, user will need to jailbreak iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS. Then GV Mobile + can be downloaded and installed from ModMyI repository via Cydia Store.


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Medical cannabis is an exciting and expanding field of medicine, but because it is such a cutting-edge field, many people have questions about it. Green Remedy Wellness, LLC, is here to help you navigate the application process for a medical cannabis card. They can help you make informed decisions on how medical cannabis can alleviate the symptoms of your chronic condition. For more information or to set up a consultation, call the friendly staff today at the Glen Burnie, Maryland, location, or make an appointment online with the scheduling tool.
Medical marijuana or medical cannabis is the use of the cannabis plant for treatment of a wide range of illnesses and conditions. The cannabis plant contains over 100 chemical compounds called cannabinoids that interact with the mind and body in a variety of ways.
Unlike many medications, cannabinoids are not foreign substances to your body; your body contains cannabinoid receptors that respond to the chemicals found in cannabis. This difference is believed to be a key reason that medical cannabis is less likely to cause addiction or severe side effects than many traditional forms of medication.
Many forms of medical cannabis contain the natural cannabinoid, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) a psychoactive compound responsible for the mental effects of cannabis. While THC is effective for treating insomnia, pain and certain types of seizures, it is not the only cannabinoid that can be used medically.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is another cannabinoid that has been shown to have as many medical applications, and it is completely non-psychoactive. This means that almost everyone with a chronic illness can find a solution with medical cannabis without worrying about the mental side effects that may make their day more complicated.
Yes. One of the benefits of medical cannabis is that you have a variety of options in how you consume your medicine. Cannabis is commonly smoked, but there are a number of reasons that this is may not be appropriate for everyone. Vaporized options are now common, as is edible cannabis.
Many people choose edible cannabis to avoid the act of smoking, and while this is a good health choice, it should be noted that cannabis affects the body differently when it is eaten. It often takes much longer to be digested by the body and take effect, so if you have taken any edible with THC, wait at least 2.5 hours before eating anymore so you can see how edibles affect you.
Typically, the psychoactive effects of eating THC are stronger and longer lasting than when it is vaporized or smoked, but if you do eat too much you are not at risk of any kind of overdose or health problem, just a potentially unpleasant or uncomfortable experience.
Ask the staff at your dispensary for exact dosage information on everything you buy and for recommendations on how to use it.
Like anything else, medical cannabis can be abused, but it is extremely rare to become physically addicted or dependent. Research on exactly how many people who are prescribed medical cannabis will go onto abuse it is still being conducted.
In the rare cases that cannabis withdrawal does occur, its symptoms are very different and much less serious than the symptoms of withdrawal from many other common medications like opioid painkillers. They typically are limited to restlessness, temporary trouble sleeping, and irritability, as opposed to the vomiting, fever, and hallucinations that can be a part of opioid withdrawal.
While it is possible you will find the psychoactive effects of certain types of cannabis, you are not in danger of overdosing or at risk of serious immediate health problems from using cannabis.
If you have any questions about cannabis, its benefits, and its risks, call Green Remedy Wellness, LLC, to set up an appointment, or make one online.


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Whirlpool Range Hood - Stainless Steel
Expel Smoke and Odours With the Whirlpool Range Hood in Stainless SteelPreparing a meal can generate smoke, odours and fumes, which are easy to expel with the Whirlpool range hood in stainless steel. An important appliance to keep you and your family healthy, the Whirlpool wall-mount range hood has a 6" round duct that removes pollutants and fumes from your kitchen. Not only does this Whirlpool hood remove odours and smoke from your kitchen, but it also gets rid of germs and bacteria, keeping your kitchen hygienic and germ-free.It sucks out the excess heat generated from a hot stovetop and simmering foods, so you can cook in an ambient space without breaking into a sweat. This 300 CFM range hood has an optional chimney extension for taller ceilings. It provides extra lighting in the kitchen, thanks to the LED lights so you're able to see how your dish is turning out on the stovetop. This ENERGY STAR range hood exceeds government standards helping you save on utility bills. The sleek stainless steel finish makes this range hood a great addition to contemporary kitchens.The Whirlpool range hood in stainless steel removes smoke and odours from your kitchenOptional chimney extension kit for taller ceilings is availableIs ENERGY STAR-certified, helping you cut back on utility bills
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Do you hate your own race?
This is a question that I have been asked on more than one occasion. Usually as a result of sharing some "unexpected" political view.
Here are a few things you should know about me to better understand my views:
1) I am not a democrat. (Liberal)
2) I am not a republican. (Conservative)
3) I am middle ground when it comes to politics. Liberal in some items, Conservative in others. For instance:
3A) I believe that gays should be allowed a form of civil union. The union doesn't necessarily have to be traditional marriage as we know it because that sort of belongs to religion in its current form. I do not believe that any priest should be forced to marry a gay couple if the priest feels it violates their religious beliefs.
3B) I believe if an undocumented individual serves this country honorably in the armed forces, they should be given a green card and legal status. I also believe a person that came here at a young age and has become a productive member of society should be entitled to some form of legal status. I do not feel that all people that entered this country illegally should be given a green card simply because they are here, and I do not believe in open borders for everyone and anyone. This is a tough topic for me, because I have many friends that could be affected by it. I feel this whole amnesty process hurts the people that are already in line to enter the country and that followed the rules, so I have mixed feelings about it.
3C) I believe that a woman should have the right to choose whether or not to have a baby, regardless of how they conceived.
3D) In NYC, with things the way they are, I support "stop and frisk". Inconvenience some people, save lives, fair trade in my opinion.
3E) I support the 2nd amendment.
4) Being Latino, black or any other "minority" doesn't automatically mean I'll be siding with you in politics or debates. I'm about right and wrong, the color of your skin or sharing my homeland doesn't make you right or wrong.
I do not hate my people, with my limited view of the world I call things as I see/have seen them. I am open to debate and I welcome challenge. If you can correct a viewpoint when I may be wrong, I am willing to accept that. Nothing that I write is set in stone and I'm always willing to listen.
This being said, I hope you have a better view of my thought process, and I hope you continue to enjoy my writing and social media updates.
I'm a Bronx Raised Puerto Rican who dances in pink tights! Please do take note of the date on a post, over the years my views have evolved and they continue to do so. It's all about growth and progress. Peace.


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The role of narrative in healing in Rwanda.
Wielenga, Corianne.
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In 1994, almost a million Tutsi and some Hutu were massacred in Rwanda during the 100 day genocide. Between 1995 and 1998, nearly the same number of Hutu and some Tutsi died, while in flight, primarily in the former Zaire. In the years following genocide, hundreds of thousands of Rwandans have been accused of genocide related crimes. There is not a person in Rwanda who is not directly affected by past violence and the country is in a process of healing and reconciliation. Much of the violence in Rwanda can be traced to perceptions of history and identity. This thesis seeks to unearth narratives of history and identity as a way of exploring possibilities for healing and reconciliation. Through an in-depth examination of four life stories, interviews with leaders in the field of reconciliation in Rwanda and informal interviews with a broad spectrum of Rwandans, this research sheds light on the challenges and opportunities in terms of healing. It finds that through critical engagement with our own and broader socio-political narratives we can expand the possibilities of our own narratives, allowing scope for personal healing as well as leading to a deeper understanding of the other. This can form the basis for sustainable reconciliation.
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"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith.""
– Romans 1:16-17
I am not ashamed to be Shamed, for the Gospel is Christ'
I am not ashamed to be Righteous by Faith, for there is no other Righteousness
I am not ashamed to be Rejected, for Christ strength is made perfect in Weakness
I am not ashamed to have Little Faith, for Jesus is in the boat
I am not ashamed to Climb the Tree, for Jesus will dine with me, He is that Tree of Life
I am not ashamed to Live by Faith, for the Righteous shall be Lived by it
I am not ashamed to be Graced, for there is no other place to be shamed for, except the Gospel
I am not ashamed to be Mocked, for Isaac was Mocked, his mother was Grace
I am not ashamed to be Rested, for Salvation is a Free Gift to be received
Therefore I will most gladly boast in my weakness! Stand tall on Grace ground
For neither shall I, me, myself nor any man, neither angels nor any man can ever
separate me from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus my savior. Amen


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** Note this is a Beginners Class
Hot Yoga Classes
Our Hot Yoga classes consist of a simple Yoga practice taught in a hot environment. Including Yoga postures and sequences with a strong focus on breath and alignment.
Benefits of Hot Yoga:
- Facilitates muscles and joints opening more deeply than regular Yoga classes.
- Can burn up to 50% more calories than a typical Yoga class and can reduce body fat.
- Improves flexibility, strength and balance.
- Reduces risk of heart disease and regulates metabolism.
- Reduces stress and anxiety, improves mood.
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'Secret code unknown'
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I assume from "users reflink" he is referring to the referral from another user which is called "Invite a friend program". The T&Cs state that the new user must make a purchase before he receives the £5 voucher.
I can't see where 'users reflink' is. How did you do it?
the code doesn't work
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bought a game with it Prototype Platinum PS3 and its worked, got it for £5.70 which is sweet.
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Still in deals
should be now mate sorted it.
should be in the vouchers section
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its working any thing good?
Is the link not working?
Dead link??
Never had any problems with any of their codes as long as they are used correctly.
they wont honour it - Priceminster never do
minimum spend £10
ladiesman217, I've removed the duplicate vouchers from your OP
ahh my mistake...i stand corrected!
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im more concerned about the spelling in the thread title... :o
We have a winner! :D
not working
will have a go x
Not working for me too. Never ordered from them before...
happening to me too :(
£10.99 now http://www.best-dvd-price.co.uk/Product-283926/B001SEQKJ2-Lord+Of+The+Rings+Trilogy.html
btw got my refund 2days ago for the purchase i got scammed on, so over 3 weeks wait, and price-minister dont have customer service so beware! only way you can contact them is if you havent recieved your goods, you file a report to the seller, if seller doesnt respond in 3 weeks pricemintser deals with it, and p.s they didnt give my cash back they gave e voucher so **** priceminister, only seller is trustworthy on their is gzoop and base so buy from where you know
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I'm not having much luck with Priceminister, either the item I want is suddenly purchased or the voucher code stops working :p Missed out on 3 items now.
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Media — Lazy loading + More
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One feature That is really nice here's your option to substitute YouTube video frames using a static preview image. If you embed a lot of YouTube videos on your site, this really is a excellent way to speed up your site without sacrificing much, if any, usability.
File Optimization — Minification And Concatenation
The File Optimization tab is Where you can set up WP Rocket's minification and concatenation performance.
· Minification — shrinks the size of your site's code by removing unnecessary characters (like whitespace) without changing any functionality.
· Concatenation — minimizes the amount of files on your site by combining multiple CSS/JS documents into a single.
You can also install some other Settings such as.
· Eliminate render-blocking CSS/JS (PageSpeed Insights is notorious for yelling at you concerning this problem ).
· Combining Google Fonts files (helpful if you use multiple Google Fonts in your website ).
· Eliminate query strings from static resources (this you won't have a major impact, but it can improve your GTmetrix score, should you really care about that).
I recommend Enabling as a number of these settings as possible. I state as possible because some of those configurations for CSS or JS may cause issues with your site (this is not WP Rocket's error — it is almost always a potential problem with minification/concatenation).
What I like is that WP Rocket Makes this clear when you go to trigger one of these settings.
Three cheers for good UX Design!
Preload — Preload Your Own Cache File
Without Preloading, your site only"assembles" the cache for a page when someone actually visits the page. That means the first visitor following the cache lifespan expires does not see the cached version (since the cache has not been constructed yet).
Cache Preloading lets you ensure all visitors view the quick-loading cached page by"warming" the cache yourself, rather than waiting for a person to visit the webpage.
One of those Benefits of WP Rocket is the fact that it gives you two different strategies to preload your cache, whereas a few caching plugins do not even provide one.
· Sitemap preloading — preloads your cache according to each of the pages in your sitemap.xml file. It's low impact, however the drawback is that it does not cache newly edited or published articles.
· Preload bot — automatically crawls URLs once you publish/edit a post to make sure that newly edited/published content is also preloaded. The only downside is the fact that it's a little bit more resource intensive, which might cause issues on"weak" servers. Wp Rocket Infinite License
You Can Opt to utilize zero, One, or the two methods to preload your cache, depending on your needs.
Database — Clean Up Your Database
As your site ages, your Database will pick up all kinds of"gunk" in the form of revisions, trashed opinions, transients, etc..
This area helps you clean out All that unnecessary crap from your database with one click.
Personally, I find this to be The least exciting area of WP Rocket since there are plenty of free plugins that do a fantastic job cleaning your database. However, I guess the key advantage here is that WP Rocket removes the requirement for you to install a separate plugin.
CDN — Integrate With Your CDN
If you use a CDN to speed up The worldwide delivery of your website, WP Rocket can help you.
· Rewrite your URLs to use your CDN
· Exclude specific files from your CDN
As You can Discover complimentary Plugins to perform the first part, the next part, in addition to the fact which you're able to book CNAMEs for particular document types, provides you more flexibility than most of these free options.
For example, you could use one CNAME to your images, and another for the remainder of your files.
If you are using Cloudflare, WP Rocket also includes a dedicated Cloudflare add-on which could help you to get setup using Cloudflare and control specific aspects of the Cloudflare service directly from the WP Rocket interface.
And that pretty much sums up The new WP Rocket 3.0 interface!
Through The plugin configurations, you could even enable caching for both mobile users and logged-in users all with a simple click. After moving to this'advanced' tab, however, things start to get a bit more complicated.
To give you greater control over how caching Functions on your website, you are also free to exclude pages in the cache with the addition of their URLS into the'not cache the subsequent pages'
Through The CDN tab, you can configure the plugin to work with your content delivery network of choice, whereas the tools section gives you fast access to the clear and preload cache buttons.
What's? More, in the event you get stuck, the FAQ and support tabs make it incredibly simple to access the online instruction, and also open a support ticket from inside your WordPress dash — a lovely touch!
In General, WP Rocket intends to be all things to all people. On the other hand, it's quite easy to prepare and begin using on your site with default settings which actually produce good results, yet, on the other hand, there is also an appreciably large choice of configurations and options to cater to more advanced users with particular needs, or those who demand more control over how caching functions on their website.
By Default, each time you print a new post or add fresh content to your website, WP Rocket will automatically regenerate that portion of this cache. Furthermore, it will also refresh the related parts of the cache (including the archive pages( menus, or widgets). Wp Rocket Infinite License
Should You need to refresh everything from the cache, though (not just recently updated or modified content), you can induce WP Rocket to regenerate it from scratch. Going a step further, you'll also find choices to have unrelated parts of your site automatically regenerated if a new post, page, product, remark, or another type of content gets added.
field. (Note. Shopping cart and checkout pages are automatically excluded from the cache as part of their eCommerce service of WP Rocket.)
Documentation And Support
Even though Using WP Rocket from the box is quite straightforward, in the event you get stuck or wish to know more of the intricacies of how it functions, there's quite a bit of high tech documentation supplied — including a getting started section, different tutorials, useful FAQs and a handy troubleshooting section.
As long As your licence is still active, you can also open tickets with assistance to receive whatever WP Rocket-related assistance you need.
My WP Rocket Testing Outcomes
As Mentioned at the peak of this article, I had excellent results from using WP Rocket to cache my WordPress site. By testing the speed of my website with GTmetrix — using the default settings of WP Rocket and uploading and activating the plugin before creating the cache and conducting the tests — that the average page loading times dropped from 2.2 seconds to 0.9.
The site I tested the plugin was a WordPress blog using the free Twenty Twelve theme, with approximately 80 articles and 37 plugins. The website is hosted on a entry level shared hosting program from HostGator, and does not have any CDN in drama.
No two WordPress sites will be the same, however, so that these results might not be typical for all websites. They do, however, show that even a very basic WordPress site on the cheapest hosting will almost surely have the ability to achieve significantly improved load times together with the plugin.
Additional Methods to Accelerate Your WordPress Website
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· Deactivating all redundant plugins (many plugins will significantly slow down your website )
· Compressing and optimising all pictures
· Using a CDN support
· Upgrading into a WordPress-specific high-performance hosting company, such as WP Engine or Flywheel(if your budget allows).
All of All these are well worth trying in the event that you have not already.
WP Rocket Pricing
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The full Pricing choices are as follows. Wp Rocket Infinite License
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· Business. $99 (3 websites )
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The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City Series #9)
By Armistead Maupin
(HarperCollins, $26.99, 288 pages)
Who is this author?
When Armistead Maupin began publishing his "Tales of the City" series in 1976 in the San Francisco Chronicle, it's doubtful that he, or anyone else, could have foretold the success of this ongoing story of a virtual family of gay and straight people living at 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco's Russian Hill with their unusual landlady, Anna Madrigal. Or that a few decades later, same-sex marriage would be happening across the country and transgender people would be increasingly accepted. But happen it did, and Maupin was a groundbreaker. He went on to write many "Tales of the City" novels, along with several others, and now he has written the ninth and final "Tale." The series has been adapted in a musical version and also as three TV miniseries for PBS and Showtime.
Maupin, by the way, is a Navy vet who served in the Vietnam War and once worked for right-wing senator Jesse Helms. He is now married to photographer Christopher Turner, and spends time in San Francisco and New Mexico.
What is this book about?
Anna Madrigal, the lively and mysterious landlady of Barbary Lane, is 92 in this book, which concludes the series. Still beloved by her many tenants, who have been like sons and daughters to her for almost 40 years, she wants to revisit the Nevada brothel where she lived as a boy, before the profound life changes that made her who she is now. So while other "family" prepare to attend the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, Anna and her former tenant, Brian, head back into her past, in hopes of achieving resolution to her very complicated past.
Why you'll like it:
Maupin has the gift of creating heart-warming yet never mawkish stories about complex people who share the deep need to connect, often in unexpected ways. That he has managed to keep this series going successfully for nine novels over nearly 40 years is a testament to his talent. Fans of the series will appreciate his caring portrayal of Anna at the end of her days. Newcomers may want to start with the first novel and work their way through to this concluding book.
Here are some of Maupin's thoughts about being a gay writer:
"I've always been proud of the fact that I've been openly gay longer than just about anybody writing today [...] but I never intended for that declaration to mean that I was narrowing my focus in any way, or joining a niche . . .
"It's complicated. I don't want to feel any less queer, but I think for us to march along in a dutiful little herd called 'gay and lesbian literature' and have little seminars that we hold together is pointless at this point, it makes no sense to me at all. [...] I cringe when I get 'gay writer' each time. Why the modifier? I'm a writer. It's like calling Amy Tan a Chinese-American writer every time you mention her name, or Alice Walker a black writer. We're all discussing the human condition. Some of us have revolutionized writing by bringing in subject-matter that nobody's heard about before. But we don't want that to narrow the definition of who we are as an artist. [...] I don't mind being cross-shelved. I'm very proud of being in the gay and lesbian section, but I don't want to be told that I can't sit up in the front of the book store with the straight, white writers."
What others are saying:
Publishers Weekly says: "This ninth Tales of the City installment is Maupin's farewell to his beloved cast of characters. While his last few books have highlighted San Francisco's Michael "Mouse" Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton, the author updates fans with 28 Barbary Lane's now-92-year-old transgendered landlady, Anna Madrigal. Anna is given the snappy, plucky dialogue she's known for, and some chapters reveal her backstory, including her 1930s childhood, when she was a boy named Andy. Everyone is on hand here: Brian, Mary Ann's ex and father of her daughter Shawna, makes an appearance, accompanied by his "fiftyish and luscious" new wife Wren, a former plus-sized model, along with Mouse and Mary Ann. Maupin's flare for dialogue and fully-realized, contemporary characterization is again on display, as he keeps things hip with the use of modern vernacular ("amazeballs", "chillax") and by incorporating iPads (Jake's "magic slate"), Angry Birds, missives on Twitter, and hooking up on Facebook. The story culminates in the group's attendance at the Burning Man "Fertility 2.0" festival, as Shawna searches for a sperm donor while Brian, Wren, and Anna detour off to Winnemucca for a revelatory reunion with Anna's past. Limned with the comfort of unconditional love yet reflective of the frailty, the uncertainty, and the beauty of aging, this installment is a memorable, satisfying capstone to his series."
"Time marches on for all of us, including the beloved characters of Maupin's "Tales of the City" series. . . . In what Maupin says is the last of the series, Anna Madrigal is 92 and frail; Michael is sixtysomething and feeling much older than his husband, Ben; and the youngest characters are starting to settle down. Once again, the characters revolve around Anna, but so does the plot; we see her backstory as a 16-year-old boy, growing up in a Depression-era brothel as she just begins to understand her nature. Interestingly, most of the action occurs far away from the eponymous city. Instead, the gang goes desert road-tripping: Anna on a last pilgrimage to the past, while the others go to the Burning Man festival, where the spirit of old San Francisco still lives on in collective art, community service, and freewheeling sexuality. VERDICT For fans definitely, but anyone may enjoy the peek into Burning Man culture, as well as the intergenerational twining of the characters and seeing just how far we have come in accepting ourselves," says Library Journal.
Kirkus Reviews says: "More "Tales of the City" with the former residents of 28 Barbary Ln. still fluttering around their erstwhile landlady. Anna Madrigal is now . . . very frail, but she's still got the gender-crossing panache that led her away from the whorehouse her mother ran in Winnemucca, Nev., and from the unwanted appendages associated with her youth as a boy named Andy. Having had one of the earliest sex-change operations in the U.S., Anna is a legend in the transgender community, and her young caretaker, Jake, has built a special float for her to ride at this year's Burning Man festival to receive what everyone knows will probably be her final accolades. He is ultimately persuaded by others in their San Francisco circle that it's too risky, and indeed, the closing chapters' vivid depiction of the "mosh pit in the desert," as Michael Tolliver calls Burning Man, makes it seem an unlikely place for an elderly lady. But while Michael, husband Ben, bisexual celebrity Shawna (who's looking for a sperm donor) and many others are cavorting in the Nevada desert, Anna has unfinished business in not-too-far-away Winnemucca, to which she has persuaded Shawna's father (and Michael's close friend), Brian, and his new wife, Wren, to drive her in their air-conditioned RV. . . . Readers not up to speed on the series may have trouble sorting out all the relationships (and genders), but Maupin spins his usual good-hearted web of intrigues involving people who have created their own community. . . Sweet, undemanding entertainment most suitable for longtime fans.
When is it available?
The Downtown Hartford Public Library has copies of Maupin's new book.
Do you have something to say about this book, this author or books in general? Please post your comments here and I will respond. Let's get a good books conversation going!


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Engelke, Matthew (2006) Clarity and charisma: on the uses of ambiguity in ritual life. In: Engelke, Matthew and Tomlinson, Matt, (eds.) The Limits of Meaning: Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity. Berghahn Books, New York, US, pp. 63-84. ISBN 978184545170-7Full text not available from this repository.
In this chapter, I argue that a focus on charisma can help us understand the extent to which clarity in religious ritual generates a meaningful attitude. The focus is upon two examples from the Johane Masowe church, an apostolic Christian Church with congregations found throughout most of Zimbabwe.
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My life as a writer evolved, I wasn't born this way.
It all started when I was a child and would tell my younger siblings stories to occupy them. The Internet wasn't discovered yet and we had no TV!
I should have seen the signs of my future self through my love of books, reading and penmanship classes; I was taught calligraphy and other forms of writing styles in junior high, and I used these styles when I wrote book reports or essays, two other loves of mine.
As an adult, I made up stories to tell my children and it was with children in mind that I decided to try to write children's books. What a disaster! I found that it's harder to write for children then to make it up in the moment.
My interest in this genre didn't last long but my interest in writing stayed with me.
With the arrival of the eBook and online publishing in many venues, my first manuscript was published…another disaster. I didn't see the errors of my writing and submitted a second manuscript to the same, now de-funked, eBook publisher and all was well in my writer's world.
I sold a few copies to family who were excited for me, but no more than that and it was years later, on reflection, that I was thankful that I went with a pen name! I had too many chapters in too few pages, incorrect use of backstory, endless sentences and no consistency with regards to places, time and character description.
Needless to say, I could no longer advance my career with that pseudonym. I had no writing education and knew that If I wanted to succeed, I would have to learn the craft.
I searched for free online courses and found many but my favorite was Writer's Village University, where I learned to hone my skill. I subscribed to newsletters like creative writing and sites like Writers Digest. I started to journal on a daily basis so I would get into the habit of writing every day.
After years of writing, submitting and rejection letters, I studied more, wrote more, and received more rejection letters. It was only after I changed what I wrote that I finally hit my stride. Instead of a novel as my first attempt at publication, I began with articles online and in newspapers. I wrote a few short stories and as my confidence grew, I started to submit them to anthologies. When my first story was accepted and published, I felt like a super star!
I went on to have four more stories published in other anthologies and then decided I wanted the pages between the cover all to myself so I began to work on a novel.
I wrote many, none of them ever completed. My ideas petered out, I didn't like my characters and they, for sure, didn't like me. I kept at it though; jotted down ideas, took pictures of places I could use as a setting, bounced ideas off of family and friends. I made scene cards and cut pictures from magazines that looked like and helped me to describe the characters in my book. I even created chapter outlines so I knew where I was going and how I would get there.
Writer's block is the bane of every author's existence; how it resolved itself differed with each episode. I woke in the middle of one night with such a vivid idea for a book that I wrote the first three chapters right then and there. I went on to complete and submit the book and it was published in December 2016, the name of the book – With Clear Intent
My second novel, The Pleasures of Deceit, was not as spontaneous; it took a few years to complete. It was picked up by Austin Macauley in NYC and will be released in late 2020.
I am at work on a third novel, one of the many I started all those years ago but never finished.
So, now you know a bit about my writer's life. I hope you enjoyed the read and will come back for more.
All my best to you…


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Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)
IMDB Synopsis
As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
*Minor spoilers*
Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is under house arrest after his antics on tour with his band, The Avengers (in Captain America: Civil War, duh). Things aren't all bad though as he's able to spend lots of time with his daughter Cassie.
He's no longer in touch with Hank Pym and his daughter Hope (Michael Douglas and beautiful Evangeline Lilly), who are peeved with his decision to ditch them for Cap – but his security business – X-con Home Security – run with pals Luis, Dave and Kurt is going (sort of) okay.
Hank and Hope have been forced into hiding but this hasn't stopped them doing what they do best. Working on a tunnel to get them into the quantum realm, the pair believe there's a chance they can find and save Hope's mother Janet, who might still be alive down there. When Scott has a sort of vision/dream which he deciphers as Janet trying to contact him from the QR, he reaches out to Pym.
Of course the gang are soon back together though there's still some bitterness to work through. These squabbles are soon forgotten, however when Pym and co. realise they have bigger problems, namely a very nimble new nemesis called Ghost. Ghost is desperate to get her hands on Pym's portable lab and therefore the tunnel to the QR for her own means. But what are those means, hmmm?
As with the last couple of Marvel films, we've been given a villain that doesn't fit the usual mold and I like it. Ghost makes questionable, bad decisions and hurts people but she's not all bad and not unsympathetic. This helps you actually care about her character when push comes to shove – and her arc is an interesting one that raises the question of whether we'll see more of her later on in the franchise. I hope so, Hannah John-Kamen is a hottie.
With another bad guy and his henchmen on their tail, Ant-Man and Wasp are forced to fight to keep the lab in their possession – which is easier said than done. In addition, is Janet really still alive in the Quantum Realm and will Hank be able to bring her home unharmed?
While Ant-Man is never going to be as strong as some of the more serious Marvel contenders, I do enjoy these movies. They feel old-school in comparison to the big boys and they perfectly balance the MCU. After the intensity of Infinity War earlier this year, Ant-Man was a fun breath of fresh air.
Paul Rudd never disappoints but I do feel as though this is Evangeline Lilly's movie. She commands the screen and brings a practical strength to the role of Wasp. I wasn't all that fussed to begin with but now I'm looking forward to more from her. The way this movie plays with scale is a lot of fun and harks back to Honey, I shrunk the Kids from the eighties.
As for support, Michael Peña is brilliant as Luis (the truth serum gag is a scream), while I really enjoyed both Bobby Cannavale and Judy Greer as Scott's ex-wife. Also, I haven't mentioned a very big name because when I went into the film I didn't even know she was in it so I won't spoiler it. But she's kind of a big deal and I love her.
Oh, and while we're here I bet you're wondering how all this fits into Infinity War and that cliffhanger, huh? Well, it's not until the post credit scene that this becomes clear but let me tell you, it makes the movie – and opens up a lot of questions.
So many questions – can Avengers 4 just hurry up already?
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