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The question is hypothetical, because we do not yet have an indication that the Phillies are serious players for Roy Oswalt, who is still back home in Mississippi gearing up to play some ball. But we know that the team has seen the veteran righthander pitch, and we know that Roy Halladay is headed for a doctor's appointment today, and we know that Roy Halladay does not tend to make doctor's appointments and leave games early for minor ailments. So there is plenty of reason to believe that Ruben Amaro Jr. might have interest in bringing Oswalt back for another go-around.
The tricky variable is the offense, which has shown some signs of life over the last month but still has yet to prove that it is anything more than a middling unit that does most of its damage against middling pitchers. And the two biggest variables for the future of the offense are Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, neither of whom are likely to have returned by the time Oswalt picks a team. All of that could be related if the Phillies have a limited amount of payroll that they can take on between now and the trade deadline.
Maybe the offense does not need any help. Maybe Utley gives you what he gave you after his return last season, and maybe Howard can at least get himself back to the point where he is the batting order's top power threat and RBI producer. And maybe Ty Wigginton rotates in at first base against left-handed pitchers and Laynce Nix and Juan Pierre rotate with John Mayberry Jr. in left field and all of it works to produce a cohesive unit. And maybe Jimmy Rollins breaks out of a funk that has been going on two months and maybe Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence get back to the levels they were playing at for the bulk of last season.
But that is a lot of maybes, very few of which will be sorted out before a decision on Oswalt is due. I don't get the sense that the Phillies will allow themselves to be hamstrung by finances at this point. But I don't know that for sure. Left field is the one clear opening where they can slot a potential difference-making bat -- think Josh Willingham of the Twins, although it is not certain that he will be available. Boston's Kevin Youkilis could also be available at third base. Point is, the Phillies need to have the flexibility to make such a move if July arrives and the jury is still out on the offense. Which is why I'm not sure that spending a sizeable chunk of money on Oswalt would be a prudent move.

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Apartment living with pedestrian-friendly walkways linked to a bustling shopping center full of eateries and shops has been the plan for the Beach Boulevard and Edinger Avenue area for more than a decade.
While Bella Terra has been a popular shopping destination for years, the city's ultimate vision for the area is now coming to fruition. One apartment development is nearly complete, and several more are slated for the area.
The plan looked to morph the defunct Huntington Center shopping mall, which closed in 2003, into a metropolis that blends working, living and shopping.
"I think the intent behind the whole Beach/Edinger Corridor study was to make it very livable, workable and walkable," said City Manager Fred Wilson. "From our perspective, the project is unfolding the way it is supposed to, and we're pretty excited and confident about it becoming a vibrant part of the city."
The goal is to create what staffers call "town centers" – places where cars are rarely needed and everything is easily accessible. Pedestrian pathways will link residences to Bella Terra and other nearby shopping centers.
The Residences at Bella Terra, approved in 2010, is now leasing for its 467-unit development formerly known as the Village at Bella Terra. About 70 of those units will be slated for affordable housing, and the project will also include 13,500 square feet of amenities and 17,000 square feet of retail.
The next development expected to come online is Boardwalk – a 487-unit development that will replace the former Levitz site, which closed in February 2008.
Fifty-seven of these units are expected to be earmarked for affordable housing.
Boardwalk is expected to start moving in residents by May 2014.
A third planned project, HB Lofts, has stalled because of economic roadblocks, but the project will also bring a mixed-use development that will blend about 385 units with 10,000 square feet of retail space.
HB Lofts was approved in 2008, but an anticipated opening date has not yet been set.
Although intensively-planned, projects for the Beach and Edinger Avenue area haven't been without criticism.
Over the years, residents have raised concerns about traffic, overpopulation and accessibility of the area.
Tim Castroreale, a Fountain Valley Realtor and Huntington Beach native, said other areas in Orange County have attempted the "urban living" style of development, including Irvine and the Platinum Triangle in Anaheim.
But Surf City is not ideal for this kind of project, he said.
"I think it's too small of an area," Castroreale said. "Getting in and out of Bella Terra is already hard. I can't imagine what (the traffic) is going to be like when they move everybody in."
While the project is good in theory, he questioned whether it will function as planned.
"In Southern California, everyone drives for everything," he said.
Wilson said the city plans to improve the Beach and Edinger intersection in a few years, and officials hope more people will take up walking to dinner and their favorite stores instead of driving.
Ultimately, the Bella Terra area is a testament to Surf City's ability to experiment and progress, he said.
"It's been a good thing for us," Wilson said. "I think more than anything it's going to show Huntington Beach can evolve and change as times change."
1966: Huntington Center opens as one of the first enclosed malls in Southern California. The mall's anchors are Broadway, JCPenney and Montgomery Ward.
1986: An expansion of the mall includes Mervyn's.
1990s: Huntington Center starts to lose its appeal as competing malls gain popularity in Orange County. Retailers start to close their doors.
1992: JCPenney closes.
1996: Macerich Co. purchases Huntington Center and announces its plan to replace out-of-business Broadway with a movie theater complex.
2001: Montgomery Ward folds.
2003: Huntington Center closes.
2005: San Jose-based DJM Capital Partners Inc. buys Bella Terra for $228 million. The transaction is the second largest commercial sale of the year in O.C. In November, dozens of stores open, including the 20-screen movie theater.
2006: September marks the official grand opening of Bella Terra, which includes a multiday celebration inviting the community to explore the new retail center.
2008: Mervyn's and Circuit City close.
2010: The Montgomery Ward building is demolished to make room for the Village at Bella Terra. Whole Foods opens in the former Circuit City space.
2012: Costco opens in the former Mervyn's space.
Source: Orange County Register archives and labelscar.com.
Caroline Brandenburger:
"I consider Bella Terra as a city core of Huntington Beach. Bella Terra has great restaurants, movie theaters and the best shopping available in Huntington Beach. With the new Costco that opened last May, I can honestly say I am at Bella Terra twice or three times a week. When my family of 5 (including 3 children) want to go out to eat, 9 times out of 10, it will be at a restaurant within Bella Terra. When my husband and I find time for a date night, we go to Bella Terra for dinner and a movie and then a coffee after dinner. After dining there every Saturday, we head to the amphitheater in front of the movie theaters and enjoy live music during the spring and summer months. When I take my kids clothes shopping, we go to the Kohl's, HSS, Carter's and Justice. Each time they open a new store or restaurant, I can't wait to try it out. …
The new apartments being built are absolutely beautiful. Yes, there may be added traffic, but hopefully people can also drive in on Gothard Street and then Center Avenue to park near the back area, that way they avoid Edinger Avenue/Beach Boulevard.
Of course we love going to downtown on Main Street. However, when you have little kids like I do, I much prefer Bella Terra as my choice for an evening out because the crowd is calmer, more family-friendly, and there aren't really bars at Bella Terra. I view the new changes at Bella Terra as very positive, promising and exciting!"
Melissa Powers:
"I love it. The Edinger/Beach area has been a dump for years. This has revitalized the area. Shoppers spend money, and money equals sales tax that the city gets. Helping people get a better lot in life only leads to good things."
Allison Harvey:
"I think building apartments there was dumb – more traffic, more pollution and there are enough residents concentrated around the area already. I'm afraid of more accidents."


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Hong Kong's Phillip Yau, 40, is the latest casualty at the Macau Grand Prix. Yau crashed his Chevrolet Cruze today, in the second fatal accident in as many days. Portuguese motorcycle racer Luis Carreira died in a crash Thursday.
Officials said that Yau was going more than 124 mph when his car struck the barrier, bursting into flames. He was pulled out of the wreckage, but died 40 minutes later.
The Macau track's management defended the course and don't plan to shut down this year's event. This is the 57th Macau Grand Prix held in the famous Chinese gambling hotspot.
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Wasting little time after the worst year in franchise history, Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired general manager Gene Smith Monday.
Following a meeting last Thursday, the two met today at EverBank Field, a day after the Jaguars finished their franchise-worst 2-14 season with a 38-20 loss at Tennessee.
In a statement on Twitter, Khan said: "Now it is time for the Jacksonville Jaguars to begin a new chapter. We're not looking back. I've made it clear from Day One that we pledge nothing less than to deliver the first Super Bowl championship to Jacksonville."
Smith, who turned 49 today, had two years remaining on his contract.
Related: Head coach Mike Mularkey says there's no indication he won't be coach next year
Khan will be searching for the third person to carry the general manager in team history, following James Harris and Smith.
The Jaguars never qualified for the playoffs in Smith's four years in charge of the front office. The went 22-42 under his watch and none of his 26 draft picks, despite several solid performers, have made the Pro Bowl.
Smith had two years remaining on his contract and was one of 10 original Jaguars employees.
It is the first major firing for Khan, who assumed control of the Jaguars from Wayne Weaver last January.
Although supporters would point to the league-high 22 players on injured reserve this year, including running back Maurice Jones-Drew (missed 10 games) and quarterback Blaine Gabbert (missed six games), the Jaguars' inability to receive production from reserve players coupled with poor draft results and unfortunate injuries to some of his major free-agent signings meant doom for Smith.
Among the speculated names that could draw the Jaguars' interest is San Francisco executive Tom Gamble, Arizona's Jason Licht and former general managers Bill Polian (Indianapolis) and Jerry Angelo (Chicago) are looking to get back in after sitting out this year.


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I thought maybe my dream would let me fantasize for one second, then it crushed it with reality.
-Vega- wrote:
Nyuboom wrote:
I thought maybe my dream would let me fantasize for one second, then it crushed it with reality.
What is reality? There is no real difference between the "real" world and the "dream" world.
Oh Vega what are we going to do with you? There is a very real difference between my dreams where I might be robbing a bank or soaring thru the cosmos and my real world\ where I have to pay off student loans and work my ass off every day....
and I walk around like I got a 36" chain.
I rarely remember dreaming, it makes me sad. I hallucinate like crazy right before I drift off though, it used to scare me half to death and now I'm just like "Oh, my curtains are dancing again? That's nice. Zzzz."
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Not to brag but I have the best dreams! I don't have a lot of stress in my life so my dreams are funny. To the point where I wake up laughing
Raining days are for relaxing if your listening some old tunes from dino
I have no words... Words would not explain how I feel...
The King Of Chinese Dragons
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There are theories ranging all over the place.
Dreams are your subconscious trying to tell you something.
Dreaming is your body's way of dumping useless information.
Every dream or nightmare is a parallel universe.
Dreams have no meaning what so ever.
I don't have a particular belief. I just wish my dreams would stay fun, without any romantic nonsense to depress me when I wake up.
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I agree. I think so too. As I have been trying to tell before. I made a vow with myself. ''You have to take responsibility now'' No matter what your family say. No matter what anyone say. No matter what mess you are in. I want a life that I can call a life. I have been living up to that ever since. Be a part of the society. Do something for it and get something in return. I also wanted power. Power to change my life. Power to help other people. In the end I was just risking my own privacy. That didn't mean that I would to try if I could. Getting that helpless feeling made me start thinking a lot. I was despising myself for helping me out of this alone. Even then people said I was selfish and arrogant. I took every word as an insult because they didn't understand. They probably never did. Now I only wish for one thing. Love. Establish a network of friends, find a girl, get education, start working. All those standard procedures of dailylife that most people have to do. This might sound pretty common but I am really deep into life. I have been through a lot. I always wished to become healthy again. Healthy mental state and healthy within my body. Without my heart I could only rely on my music. Feelings, memories and regets where just going deeper inside of me while I just acted like nothing was wrong. Until Christmas 2013 and New Years Eve. I could not stand it anymore. I was hating myself so much. I said: ''Damn you man! Why did you do that? No stop don't say that to yourself. Be kind to yourself. Come on. Trust me. We can do this. I am not giving up. I want to live. I really want to live. I know it can be good. Just take this step. Make your desicion. ''
After that I quit games and started changing my lifestyle. Those spaces that were coffe and games is now tea and anime. Those spaces that were games is now internet and a reunion with my family. I had my knife so close my throat. My body would not stand it anymore. My heart would not stand anymore of this sorrow. I really didn't have any choices back then. Only the unfair thought of this mess I was stuck in.
How can I possible make this out all alone. With my own decisions and intutions? I want to feel again. Like colours, like nature and this earth. Almost died by pneumonia and had pharma drugs in my blood and brain for almost 8 years. If I get ill again I am not sure if I can resolve a situation like this ever again. This was my last wish. I had to do something and I did. I started value every single second, minute, days. Everything I got from people. Everything I had in possesion.
I don't wanna die of sorrow. I still have things I want to do. I wish to go to Japan. Be a musician. Find my love. Start anew and a lot more...
Yeah, my experience was also a life changing one for me. I was thinking the same kind of things to myself. Because lowering our own self esteems does nothing for us right? If we can't believe in ourselves how can we expect others to believe in us? And not believing in ourselves when there are people that do is just too selfish..
I'm also trying to take responsibility for my actions. And it's hardest now, when I've first started to realize the mistakes I've been making. And just getting on the right path is not enough. I have to remember what I did before. And make up for it. Even if it'll take what seems like forever. But I know once I've settled all my wrongs and I can just be on the right path with no more regrets, it'll be worth it.
A life you can call a life, I know what you mean. Alot of people say things and make promises that they never keep. But if we don't follow through with what we set out to do what does that make us? Not something that I want to be.
But you have to know what you are capable of, know your limits, no that you can't do everything alone.
I know that place you were in, not able to feel anything. So broken that you can't feel. It feels like you can never go back to your old self.
I'm still amazed I made it past there.. ahaha.
I'm looking for friends, too. And I think I jus found one, good luck to you too, Striferu.
I have no words... Words would not explain how I feel or to put it more properly. Words would not express how I feel. This gratitude and hope because someone. Someone like you and other here on CR have. It is a simple thing to say thank you. Two words. The depth of a thank you vary from each situation. From the measurable to the inmeasurable. I think I would word my feelings like this but my art, music and creation is my best way to show it. Body expressions counts as one too.
You have my thanks Iakari
No need to thank me ! The feeling is mutual. I'm just being a friend, so if you're thanking me for that you'll be thanking me a lot! Ahaha. But as long as were on that note, thank you, too.
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I had a terrible dream. I dreamt about many bad things and sounds like they really were realistic like coming from where I slept but maybe it came from my mind? Just stop thinking...
Hnn, sometimes when I have dreams where I can hear things, it's because something was making noise in real life. But when you're dreaming, you can think those sounds are anything. Mind if I ask what happened in your dream?
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July 19th, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
Keen observations by bicycle patrol officers led to the arrest of an armed suspect.
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 8:55 p.m., District 7 Officers Joseph Baltutis and Joseph Zawikowski and Sgt. Chris Quinlan were on bicycle patrol heading eastbound in the 5000 block of W. Center St. This area has seen an increase in violent crimes, including an officer involved shooting that occurred in the 2600 block of N. 49th St. recently. Officers spotted two subjects, one later identified as Tramon L. Bean saw officers approaching on the bikes and quickly turned away and began to run. Officer Zawikowski and Sgt. Quinlan followed the second subject and took him into custody. Bean continued to run as he was holding his right arm against his waistband.
Officer Baltutis began to chase Bean and he yelled several verbal commands to stop. Bean then continued to run crossing W. Hadley St. and running into the front yard in the 2800 block of N. 50th St. Officer Baltutis then dismounted his bike and approached Bean on foot ordering him to show him his hands and get down on the ground at gunpoint. Bean then quickly reached toward the side of his waistband and threw a silver and black semi-auto handgun down onto the ground. Bean then ran but Officer Baltutis chased him and took him into custody after a brief struggle.
The officers recovered a loaded handgun and marijuana that Bean had on his person.
Bean was charged with; Carrying a Concealed Weapon - Gun, Possession of a Controlled Substance - T.H.C. and Resisting an Officer. This could easily have been an officer-involved shooting, and Officer Baltutis is commended for taking the armed man into custody without incident.


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Normative Neuropsychological Data in Nondemented Puerto Rican Nonagenarians
Jose R. Carrion-Baralt, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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2006 New Investigator Research Grant
Investigators have found that standard tools for assessing memory or thinking skills have inherent biases that may accurately measure cognitive function in English-speaking Caucasians in the United States, but not necessarily in older adults in ethnic minority groups. Consequently, there is a particular lack of normative neuropsychological data-scores on standard diagnostic tools that would indicate healthy cognitive function-for several groups of people, including older Spanish-speaking Latinos. As a result, misdiagnosis of dementia appears to be fairly common.
In this investigation, Jose Carrion-Baralt, Ph.D. and colleagues will expand on a pilot study in which they collected neuropsychological data on 60 Spanish-speaking Puerto Ricans age 90 to 99 who do not have dementia. They will now recruit 60 new participants who also do not have dementia. Participants will be evaluated using the Spanish version of a tool developed by the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). The data analysis will take into account years of education: 0-6 years, 7-12 years and more than 12 years.
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ALFRED, Maine (AP) — The focus of a small-town prostitution scandal has turned to a Zumba fitness instructor captured in scores of sex videos now that an insurance agent accused of being her business partner has been convicted.
Video and testimony during insurance agent Mark Strong's trial indicated dance instructor Alexis Wright's trysts were captured by a hidden video camera in a sophisticated operation featuring meticulous ledgers and calendars and the use of license plates to identify clients. Strong, who has acknowledged having an affair with Wright, monitored the sex acts from his office 100 miles away.
Wright faces charges of prostitution and tax violations. She has pleaded not guilty and will stand trial in May if there's no plea deal.
Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan said she'll meet with Wright's lawyer next week for a settlement conference.
Wright's lawyer, Sarah Churchill, said the issues are different with Wright's case than with Strong's case. She declined to comment on settlement talks.
The prostitution scandal in Kennebunk, a village known more for its sea captains' homes and beaches than for crime, attracted international attention in the fall after it was reported that Wright's ledgers indicated she had more than 150 clients and made $150,000 over 18 months.
Authorities then set the town abuzz with word that they would be charging each of the johns, leading residents to wonder who they were.
After Strong's conviction Wednesday, McGettigan said the guilty verdicts vindicated law enforcement officials accused of putting too much time and money into the investigation that led to charges, mostly misdemeanors, against the two key figures.
"Prostitution is not legal in Maine. We don't promote prostitution. We don't want it in our communities," she said. "The Kennebunk Police Department did a fabulous job investigating this despite all of the negative comments that were thrown out that it was a poor use of resources. In fact, it was a good use of resources because it makes our communities safer."
More than 60 john suspects have been charged.
While Wright is accused of engaging in prostitution, it was Strong who called the shots by controlling, supervising and managing the prostitution business, prosecutors said.
The married businessman acknowledged helping Wright her open the Kennebunk studio but contended he didn't profit from her prostitution.
Jurors convicted him of all 13 counts: 12 of promoting prostitution and one of conspiracy. Combined, there's a possible prison sentence of 13 years, but that's unlikely because Strong, 57, had no prior criminal record.
Strong, of Thomaston, showed little reaction as the verdicts were announced. His wife buried her head in their son's shoulder and quietly sobbed.
Later, Strong said his family needs to heal.
"It's not easy, obviously," Strong said outside the courthouse. "It's going to take time."
Testimony and videos presented to jurors indicated Strong was familiar with operational details of Wright's activities, chatting via Skype before and after her appointments and watching the sexual encounters from his office in Thomaston. Wright provided clients' license plate numbers to Strong, who used his position as a private investigator to check them out, prosecutors say.
Before each tryst, prosecutors say, Wright took time to make sure her hidden video camera was pointed at the massage table where they took place.
The judge previously dismissed 46 invasion-of-privacy counts that stemmed from videotaping of clients without their knowledge.
Wright, too, faces 46 invasion-of-privacy charges along with 50 additional charges that include prostitution and tax violations.
As for Strong, he has been released on personal recognizance pending sentencing on March 19.
The verdict in the delay-plagued trial came more than six weeks after the start of jury selection, which was halted twice because of legal action that went to the state Supreme Court, leaving potential jurors in limbo for weeks.
Defense lawyer Dan Lilley said he was disappointed by the verdict but is focusing on sentencing and possible appeals.
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Comic-Con: IDW announces 'Star Trek to the Planet of the Apes,' more
"Star Trek to the Planet of the Apes." (IDW Publishing)Link
"Garbage Pail Kids." (Peter Bagge / IDW Publishing)Link
"Shadow Show." (IDW Publishing)Link
"Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues." (IDW Publishing)Link
"Edward Scissorhands." (Drew Rausch / IDW Publishing)Link
"Orphan Black." (IDW Publishing)Link
Capt. Kirk, meet Col. Taylor.
IDW Publishing is boldly going there, with "Star Trek to the Planet of the Apes," an intercompany crossover with Boom Studios. It's landing in January, IDW announced Friday afternoon at Comic-Con International in San Diego during its "Rock This Town" panel.
"It's a madhouse! It seems like David and I get the fun phone calls," Scott Tipton said of himself and his writing partner brother, who have teamed on "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" titles at the company, adding that they worked to find a space within the "Planet of the Apes" movies' chronology to work in a visit from the Starship Enterprise. He made clear that the cosmically weird crossover will be based on the franchises' original casts: "Classic 'Apes' to me means Heston," he said. The art will be by Rachel Stott.
The San Diego-based comics publisher, celebrating its 15th anniversary, and which would later Friday win an industry-pack-leading six Eisner Awards, also announced a "Garbage Pail Kids" series, the new original "Joe Frankenstein" by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan, an ongoing series continuing editor-in-chief Chris Ryall and Ash Wood's "Zombies vs. Robots" (with a yet-to-be-announced new creative team), a new "Galaxy Quest" comic, and an adaptation of the Ray Bradbury tribute book "Shadow Show," featuring stories by Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill and more.
"Garbage Pail Kids" will be a playpen for a number of creators, Ryall said, starting with Peter Bagge.
"It's that kind of thing where you hide from your parents because it's a little bit on the risque side," said editor Sarah Gaydos (who noted she isn't the one handling the series) about the 1980s grotesque trading cards parody of the Cabbage Patch Kids, adding that the series will feature a number of alternative comics artists and is "nailing the feeling of, 'Oh, I'm going to get into trouble for having this!' "
Nolan ("The Phantom," "Detective Comics"), who received one of Comic-Con's Inkpot Awards earlier in the day, was on hand to discuss "Joe Frankenstein," which he co-created with Dixon, whom he worked with on Batman stories in the 1990s at DC. The series is about a Buffalo, N.Y., boy, Joe Pratt, who doesn't know he's the last of the Frankenstein line.
Joe has been secretly protected for years by Frankenstein's monster, and the monster's bride is after the boy because "within his DNA is the coding to unlock the secret to eternal life," Nolan said.
Ryall, talking about turning over "Zombies vs. Robots" to new talent in a "ro-boot" (earning groans), said "it's an attempt to make a bit more sense of this property," which he noted he and Wood had used to defy storytelling conventions.
"Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues," written by Erik Burnham with art by Nacho Arranz, is set for January 2015 and takes place a couple of seasons into the show that the characters started at the end of the sly sci-fi comedy.
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Gaydos discussed IDW's "Edward Scissorhands" continuation comics, written by Kate Leth and drawn by Drew Rausch and set for an October debut. The editor said it's not a sequel, but "stories set in that world."
IDW had earlier announced a comics adaptation of the hit BBC America show "Orphan Black."
"I think we all had that collective groan that the Emmys don't recognize what's going on with the show the way the fans do," Ryall said during the panel, referring to the lack of nominations for the Tatiana Maslany-starring clones story.
IDW's "Orphan Black" series is set for next year; a creative team has yet to be announced.
Ryall also announced that a writer-artist is now set for a long-in-the-works adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsons's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." It's Troy Little, who, it was noted, is fresh off "Powerpuff Girls" ("There's a crossover, right?" Gaydos joked). The comic is scheduled for release next year.
Jonathan Maberry, who recently launched his "V-Wars" series at IDW, said his novel series character Joe Ledger (recently optioned for television) would appear in that story of global vampire conflict in Issues 6, 7 and 8. He's also telling new comics stories set in the world of his "Rot & Ruin" young-adult novels (published by Simon & Schuster), about kids in a post-zombie-apocalypse world. The comics, starting in September with art by Tony Vargas, are set between the second and third books, he said, noting that this is his first Comic-Con.
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Rosacea is a common skin disorder affecting about 14 million Americans. It is characterized by persistent redness on the cheeks, nose, chin and forehead, visible blood vessels, small bumps and pimples. While there is no cure for rosacea, its symptoms can be managed by avoiding certain triggers that worsen symptoms and cause more frequent flare-ups. According to a self-survey conducted by The National Rosacea Society certain foods act as triggers for rosacea. The foods that can trigger rosacea include:
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The association between diet and rosacea varies from person to person. It is important for rosacea patients to identify the specific dietary intakes that can trigger their rosacea episodes and avoid them as much as possible. Don't know where to start? Use this list as a guide, but just know it could be other foods as well. The best thing you can do is become aware of your body and what you put into it daily.
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Five men have been indicted by a state grand jury after an investigation into an alleged asphalt paving scam that targeted the elderly.
Officials say the case — a joint investigation by the Boulder County District Attorney's Office and the Colorado Attorney General's Office — is the first to be prosecuted under the state's new elder abuse law.
Rickey Gene Fite, 29; his father, Rickey Dean Fite, 55; Rodney Jackson, 54; Emanuel Broadway, 55; and Michael Sullivan, 56, were each indicted by a grand jury on 66 counts as part of what officials have dubbed "Operation Steamroller."
The charges include violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and various other counts including money laundering, felony theft and tax evasion, according to the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
The five men are accused of traveling through Colorado and the western U.S. and running a paving scheme that targeted seniors, according to a news release.
Investigators say the men approached elderly homeowners claiming that they had excess asphalt or other home repair materials from a nearby job and offering work for a "great deal," sometimes starting work without the homeowners' permission.
The men then charged hugely inflated prices, according to prosecutors. The Attorney General's Office said in one case a man paid $24,000, and a 94-year-old woman paid $8,300 for work valued at $1,500. In some cases, prosecutors say, Rickey Gene Fite used intimidation and, in one instance, injured an elderly man after hitting him with his truck.
The ring is alleged to have operated in rural areas and neighborhoods of Arapahoe, Boulder, Delta, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray and Weld counties.
"What's alleged here is obviously very serious and very far-reaching," Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said.
Deputy District Attorney Jane Walsh, who heads up the office's community protection division, said reports of the scam first started coming into her office last summer, and prosecutors began working with the Sheriff's Office to track down the suspects.
"When we see behavior that we believe is criminal and that appears to be targeting a significant number of seniors covering a widespread area, clearly we make that a priority to pursue the people involved," Walsh said. "When this type of allegation is made, we feel it's important that it is fully investigated and that if appropriate, it is prosecuted, and anyone deliberately targeting the elder population is held accountable."
The case is the first that will be prosecuted under the state's recently enacted elder abuse law, which legally considers elders to be at-risk adults and increases penalties. The Colorado Organized Crime Control Act charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 24 years.
"Elder fraud has really been a focus for us, and it is a very common problem in Boulder County because we have a large population of seniors, and we've seen a lot of cases of people trying to defraud them," Garnett said. "There's been a lot of changes in the Legislature giving us the tools that we need to go after this type of problem."
Rickey Gene Fite was booked into the Boulder County Jail on Friday after appearing there on a separate legal matter, and Rickey Dean Fite and Jackson are in custody in Oklahoma. Broadway and Sullivan remain at large, and anyone who sees them is asked to call 911.
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- This article refers to the meme-filled website. You may be looking for Encyclopedia Dramatica (disambiguation).
Encyclopædia Dramatica, or ED, is a shitty-ass wiki that joined teh internets at least one hundred years ago. Being the sewer of the World Wide Web, it specializes in drama, memes, and other shit nobody cares about.
The Encyclopedia Dramatica was founded by a bunch of 4chan shitholes who were butthurt when Wikipedia wouldn't let them post an article about some LiveJournal faggot. No further details necessary. Srsly, that sums it up nicely.
ED is dead
In early 2007, the admins started putting up fake "We desperately need moar money" banners on top of the pages to scam money out of their dumbass readers. On May 17, 2007, they closed the site down to make it appear as though the site had truly died. Acne-ridden teenagers everywhere would cry into their unwashed pillows, right before slitting their wrists. A few days later, the site came back like a bad case of crabs. In April 26th 1992, it was dead again; they replaced it with another, less gay site.
In March 30 2011, Encyclopedia Dramatica was completely dead and replaced with OhShiternet. Thousands of ED users left ED after its destruction. Like a hydra, two more sites rose in its place, with 10 more active servers. Thank God for that. It could then be found on ED.ch after the site was down for several hours, in that time many of its users suffered from a severe case of internets withdrawal.
Dead yet Again
In March 2012, ED.ch was dead not even after a year it was launched. It was dead for 2 days before being moved to ED.se where it has remained ever since. Apparently the cheap bastards forgot to hold up their end of the bargain for their Swiss hosts and they then moved to a Swedish server, as you would expect their article on Sweden encountered much "improvements" to appease their new hosts. That didn't last long either and now ED resides at a Spanish website address.
Encyclopedia Dramatica's only style of "humor" is badly written hatred toward everything. This drama, as they call it, is trademarked as Lulz. The "Lulz" can be regarded as a state of mind, whereas the functioning faculties of the mind are completely disregarded, completely lost, and are seldom accounted for ever again. According to Faux News, the pseudo-word "lulz" is a corruption of the acronym LOL. Hence, lulz are the laughs of the corrupted.
Their page on Gigli is really unfunny, as it is stated that "the film is one of the best of all time, clearly on the cutting edge of humor."
Anyone who likes this shit are the biggest fucking losers history has ever known (these people are referred to as EDiots). ED's fanbase is composed primarily of 12-year-olds who think that shock images, misspelled words, lieking a really shit Pokemon, a poorly-drawn Luigi, and being complete assholes to people are the funniest things evar. These are the same kids that ride the short bus to school. And the remaining percent are emo faggots, who, in an attempt to make themselves feel better, use the site as a LiveJournal alternative in order to rant about how much the world sucks. This is why the entire site reeks of teen angst.
I mite be a douche bag and a liar but I GET U FREE PRON at www.FUCKFUCKINGFKUCJKERSFUCK.com!!!!!!!!!1111
Even if one actually finds this shit amusing, it'll get stale very shortly. Hate this, old meme that. Blah blah blah. You soon become immune to the lulz, and the shock value no longer affects you. In fact, the images of mutilated genitals actually arouse you. Thus, Encyclopeda Dramatica is essentially a homoerotic catalogue site.
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The site's owner, Joseph Evers, is a 51 year old pedophile who likes to raep little boys for lulz. He uses the pr0n images as bait, then meets up with them at Lulzcon. When asked in court why he stuck his shriveled cock in a boy's now goatsed anus, he pleaded, "I did it for the lulz." Needless to say, everyone was butthurt and confused when they eventually found out that Joseph Evers doesn't exist.
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Founded more than 130 years ago by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne has grown to become one of the nation's top Catholic universities. The school's mission is to provide a well-rounded education that challenges students academically while nourishing their spiritual and ethical development. Today, Duquesne is home to 10 schools of study and serves more than 10,000 students.
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Johnny Depp Splits from Vanessa Paradis
Johnny Depp and his longtime partner, Vanessa Paradis, are calling it quits.
The 49-year-old actor and Vanessa, 39, "have amicably separated," his rep tells JustJared.com.
"Please respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children," adds the statement.
Johnny and Vanessa began dating in 1998. They have a daughter, Lily, 13, and son Jack, 10, together.
Earlier this year, the French actress responded to rumors of a breakup, telling a TV panelist that they were "all false."
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This is from britains version of "American Idol"..Its been on CNN and I thought I'd watch it...I NEVER expected this voice to come out of this lady. I love everyones reaction to her when they saw her and then the reaction she INSTANTLY got when her voice was heard. ESPECIALLY simons!
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Marilyn Monroe and Mona Lisa Come Together in Vincent Xeus's Exhibition of New Paintings
Vincent Xeus's atmospheric portraits are driven by a reverence for Italian and Dutch Old Master paintings as well as a desire to challenge classical constraints. "I loved their traditions and I had an equally strong desire to break away from it," he has said of 16th- and 17th-century artists. "This conflict gave me struggle, and the struggle kept painting alive for me." After immigrating to the United States from China to pursue a career in architecture, Xeus shifted his focus to oil painting. In portraits of historical figures, cultural idols, and personal friends, Xeus combines traditional techniques such as impasto and chiaroscuro with bold strokes and idiosyncratic details that disrupt otherwise classical compositions. In his "Fragmented Traditions" series, paint splatters interrupt diaphanous dresses, passages of color slide off faces, and outlines are diffused by an all-over dappled effect.
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In this talk we propose a Reduced Phase Space Quantization approach to Loop Quantum Gravity. The idea is to combine the relational formalism introduced by Rovelli in the extended form developed by Dittrich and the Brown-Kuchar-Mechanism. The relational formalism can be used to construct gauge invariant observables for constrained systems such as General Relativity, while the Brown-Kuchar-Mechanism is a particular application of the relational formalism in which pressureless dust is taken as the clock of the system. By combining these two we obtain a framework in which the constraints of General Relativity deparametrize such that the algebra of observables has a very simple structure and furthermore we obtain a so called physical Hamiltonian generating the evolution of those observables. The quantization of the reduced phase space and the physical Hamiltonian can be obtained by using standard LQG techniques and gives a direct access to the physical Hilbert space, which is much harder to achieve in the standard Dirac quantization.
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Why the midday rally? It started with German business confidence up, which created a bounce in European markets. That followed through to our markets, but it picked up at 7:00 a.m. ET whenSt. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on CNBC the Fed will stay easy for a long time. Bullard is a voting member of the FOMC and is considered a moderate.
Leaked reports that Ben Bernanke has been playing down concerns that QE has spawned asset bubbles is also helping markets.
Bernanke will speak before lawmakers Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. My take: this will likely be the main event for stocks. Bernanke will likely follow up on the Bullard comments. Most traders I spoke with felt Bernanke will--subtly--indicate that QE will run into 2014.
They say that for good reason: how can you start tightening when the economy is still so weak? Growth will almost certainly be below trend in 2013 and could be substantially worse if sequestration occurs for even a short while.
I don't know if the Fed will stick to its target of 6.5 percent unemployment before they reduce purchases, but they will certainly require that the unemployment rate be on a downward slope.
A pickup in inflation beyond the Fed's long-term target of 2 to 2.5 percent would also certainly elicit a sharp debate about ending asset purchases.
But none of those conditions seem to exist. How much real employment growth is going to happen with sub-two percent GDP? And there is no sign of rampant inflation: there seems to be plenty of slack in the economy.
Don't think the whole trading community is going along with this scenario. One exasperated trader wrote to me as the market was melting up: "I have to say I'm a bit at a loss--acting like Washington will kick the can again and somehow that's bullish--no one seems to care if EU has no growth and a stand-up comic is about to take lead in Italian election- the 3rd or 4th most indebted nation on the planet ...."
Of course, there is a risk-cost analysis. The risk is you create asset bubbles and you create market dislocations when you unwind your positions. Bernanke will be questioned about this, and he will dance around it. Yes, there are risks, but we are watching asset valuations, and we don't think there is an asset bubble.


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BEIRUT (AP) — Two suicide bombers blew up their cars near an Iranian cultural center in Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding scores, including children in an orphanage, in the latest attack targeting Shiite areas in Lebanon.
An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying they were retaliation for Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian war alongside President Bashar Assad's forces. The Shiite militant organization is backed by Iran.
But the attack — like a dozen other similar bombings since July against Shiite areas of Lebanon — killed and wounded civilians. They included a dozen boys and girls living in a home for abandoned and orphaned children, said Dr. Hussam Bitar, a surgeon at Al-Zahraa hospital, where the youngsters were treated.
The blasts have embittered and angered residents, who say they are facing an unknown enemy seeking to kill them because of their faith.
"You can't imagine this from somebody you live with, somebody who could be your neighbor," Bitar said.
Bitar's pants were stained with the blood of one of the orphaned girls who suffered shrapnel injuries. "She couldn't even remember her name. Did the bomber think of that orphanage?" he asked.
The blast set cars and trees ablaze and shattered the windows of nearby buildings. Mangled metal hung from a smashed building that once held a pharmacy, a clothing shop and a well-known sweet shop, Gondoline. Blood and tattered clothes lay on the ground amid the charred remains of six cars.
"I thought it was an earthquake," said Sam Hasna, a Lebanese-Canadian citizen and owner of the Gondoline. "Everything was on fire. The whole store had crashed down. I saw shattered people, shattered cars, and I collapsed."
Hasna later discovered one employee was killed and another was in critical condition.
"I am trying to reserve the first ticket back to Canada," said Hasna, who spent years building a life in Lebanon. "We tried, we tried, we tried."
The bombings are causing panic, Bitar said. The Al-Zahra hospital recently tightened security, posting guards with assault rifles. He said jumpy guards nearly killed two men after the blast, fearing they were more suicide bombers.
In the hospital, Mariam Atweh, 21, watched over her husband Abdullah, 31, whose arm was mangled by shrapnel.
"They say they are Muslims, like us. But they treat us like the enemy. What are they doing?" she asked.
Nearby lay Hussein Hazouri, an 18-year-old university student with head wounds. "They say they are targeting one group (Hezbollah)," he said, "but they are targeting everybody."
The Lebanese army said the bombers drove vehicles packed with explosives and mortar shells to maximize the damage.
The explosions seriously damaged the white facade of Iran's cultural center, despite blast walls recently erected around the building. The state-run Lebanese news agency quoted the Iranian Embassy as saying no diplomats or workers were wounded. But one wounded man in the hospital said he was an Iranian Embassy worker.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades said on its Twitter account that the "invasion of the Iranian cultural center" was in "retaliation for Iran's party fighting along the criminal regime in Syria."
It was referring to Hezbollah, which has been a staunch ally of Assad's government. Hezbollah's fighters have been instrumental in helping dislodge Syrian rebels from areas near the border with Lebanon.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades said the attacks in Lebanon will continue until Hezbollah fighters withdraw from Syria and scores of detainees are released from Lebanese jails. It said Hezbollah will not "enjoy security in Lebanon until the people of Syria feel secure."
The explosions came a few days after Prime Minister Tammam Salam formed a new cabinet to end almost 11 months of paralysis. He described Wednesday's attack as "a message by forces of terrorism to continue in their plan to spread death in Lebanon."
"We will respond to it with solidarity and our commitment to peace," he said.
Two visiting U.S. senators, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Angus King of Maine, condemned the latest spillover of violence from Syria's civil war. "We hope the formation of the government will build some trust that will enable the country" to combat terrorism, Kaine said.
Lebanese troops recently detained an alleged mastermind of similar attacks. Officials said he led them to several vehicles rigged with explosives.
One of the deadliest attacks occurred in November when two suicide attackers blew themselves outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, killing 23 people and wounding dozens. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility.
The group's leader was captured by Lebanese authorities in December. He died in custody later in the month.
AP writers Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam in Beirut contributed to this report.


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Giving birth to a first child is a hugely personal and deeply emotional milestone in a woman's life.
When you're a celebrity, though, there is no such thing as privacy. And if you're Adele, there's no hiding from the trolls.
As quick as fans were to congratulate the singer, haters were on hand to lob slurs – and worse.
Vanessa Bieber (@PerFemale) tweeted: "Aw, Adele gave birth to a baby :) is it fat and handicapped lol just murder it already lol."
This is, of course, a two day old infant she's talking about. (Bieber deleted her tweet and her account appears to have been suspended, but unfortunately for her, the internet never forgets.)
According to the Daily Mail, another Twitter user wrote, horrifyingly: 'I'll go see her in the UK and kill her', while another retweeted the message, adding: 'And kill her baby.'
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Perhaps even more depressingly, the trolling wasn't limited to nameless losers.
Never one to miss an opportunity for an easy jab, comedienne Joan Rivers got in on the act.
Congratulations to Adele on the birth of her 68 pound 8 ounces bouncing baby boy.— Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) October 22, 2012
Of course Rivers wasn't alone in making a lazy joke at Adele's expense. There was no shortage of variations on the "I didn't know she was pregnant; I thought she was fat" variety.
So Adele was pregnant all along, I thought she was just...fat.— dudeinterrupted (@dudeinterrupted) October 22, 2012
Twitter has declined to intervene on the singer's behalf, citing a policy of not comment on individual users.
The 24-year-old Grammy winner – notoriously outspoken about her her weight and past struggles with depression – announced she was pregnant in June with her charity worker partner Simon Knoecki.


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The Royals Hall of Fame gallery exhibits include the 'crown jewels' of Royals memorabilia. From George Brett's pine tar bat to the retired numbers of Brett, Dick Howser and Frank White, vintage items fill this 7,000-square-foot two-floor masterpiece.
Retired Numbers: Three Royals have been honored with retired numbers: 10-Dick Howser (1987), 5-George Brett (1994) and 20-Frank White (1995). Their jerseys and stories greet each visitor in the Royals Hall of Fame Clubhouse Lobby.
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Founders Ewing and Muriel Kauffman believed the franchise belonged not to them but to the community. That spirit inspired the selection of the team's name, logo and more. So where did the name Royals come from? The answer can be found right here. More »
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The Civil Works Administration was one of the most dramatic and radical programs of the New Deal. Organized in November of 1934, it placed nearly four million men and women on work relief projects in six weeks. The program lasted only five months but was an important precursor to the more famous WPA (Works Progress Administration, 1933 to 1935). This article describes some of the initial "allotments" (federal money and jobs) to Franklin County towns. The Daily Recorder-Gazette claims that the program will employ "every able-bodied man [on welfare!] in Deerfield." The goal is to cut the welfare rolls in half. Greenfield's plan to construct a "surface sewer" to handle rain runoff is typical of the labor intensive nature of many CWA projects. Despite its popularity, the CWA was often accused of "leaf raking" or "made work" just to keep the unemployed busy.
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Evy Johansen 4/2/2007 12:08:35 AMCool image, Rob!! Wonderful light and colors!! #630467
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In 2003, Hayao Miyazaki decided not to attend the Academy Awards, even though his film, "Spirited Away," was up for Best Animated Feature. He did not give a reason at the time, and it was conjectured that the Japanese animator's absence was related to President Bush's decision to invade Iraq that year.
Miyazaki, who has not spoken publicly of the subject, today explained his reasons in an interview with The Times at Comic-Con.
"The reason I wasn't here for the Academy Award was because I didn't want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq," he said. "At the time, my producer shut me up and did not allow me to say that, but I don't see him around today. By the way, my producer also shared in that feeling."
The creator of films such as "Kiki's Delivery Service," "Howl's Moving Castle" and "My Neighbor Totoro" said he broke his six-year boycott as a favor to John Lasseter, the creative chief of Pixar Animations Studios with whom he has a strong friendship. Lasseter, who is helping to bring Miyazaki's latest movie "Ponyo" to the U.S. in August, interviewed the director on stage this afternoon before showing a clip of the film to a dazzled audience.
"I thought I had to respond to my friendship with John Lasseter and come this time," Miyazaki said.
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In my opinion, the most important thing an actor can do to ensure a good session is to show up promptly and prepared. If you have to, show up early and wait in your car. Running late creates stress and takes time away from your session and is unprofessional. It puts photographers in an awkward position, because then they feel rushed and can't work the way they know is the most effective. As for preparation, please have all of your clothes ready the night before. That means clothes that you know look good on you and that you like to wear -- pressed and ready to go. You should not be running around the morning of your session picking up clothes from the dry cleaner, which might not be ready or done the way you want, and you should not be shopping. Good preparation is deciding on your clothes ahead of time and having them ready. I prefer when actors bring a lot of clothes to choose from, but please don't show up with your entire closet and clothes that haven't fit you in years. This takes away time from your session.
On the morning of your session, do not have a fight with your significant other or put yourself in any other kind of stressful situation. This will carry into the session. Obviously, do not go out and party the night before, and get a good night's rest. Lastly, have confidence in your choice of photographer, and don't make it such a big deal that you're in your head instead of being in the moment. It's normal to be a little nervous, but if you put so much pressure on yourself, you will sabotage your session.
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The biggest mistake that actors make is not knowing what their casting is. An actor who wants to play Marlon Brando roles but looks like Andy Dick might have a tough go of it. What roles are you right for? What commercials should you be in? Young mom, young dad, Best Buy guy, detective, lawyer, businessman, college guy, professor, outdoors type, scruffy guy, quirky, preppy, sporty, blue-collar, etc. Call your agent and make sure he or she knows the photographer's work. Your agent must like the picture the agency is sending out. Make sure your reps are a big part of this process.
Keeping in mind your casting, start putting together the wardrobe that suits you best, color choice and style of clothing being the most important things to keep in mind. The digital, online world has taken over, so make smart color choices that are great for you and your skin and hair color. I ask people who shoot with me, "What do you want out of this session? What do you want out of your career as an actor?" Challenge yourself. You must come prepared and ready -- mentally, physically, emotionally -- and have everything ready for a great shoot. When you're able to hand all this over to a photographer you trust, you'll enjoy the process, and I guarantee you a great shoot.
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In a perfect world, your photographer will walk you through everything you need to know to prepare for your photo shoot. Feel free to contact your photographer ahead of time with specific questions. My clients are usually amused at how much information I go over before their shoot days. I'll share some of my general tips on how to prepare for your photo shoot, but ultimately you should want your headshot to look similar to what you have seen in your photographer's portfolio and trust that your photographer knows how to get you there. Many photographers now have their portfolios online. I encourage my clients to look through mine ahead of time and bring in their favorites on the day of the shoot as examples of what they like.
Try to resist the urge to bring friends or parents to your shoot unless they're just coming to drop you off. There is nothing worse than an overbearing parent trying to coach you through your shoot. Let me do my job.
Get a good night's sleep before your shoot. Do not go out drinking the night before. Avoid doing anything drastic to your hair less than a couple weeks from your shoot date. You want to make sure you have time to fix it if your hairstyle doesn't come out the way you want it to. Make sure you have written documentation of everything that is supposed to be included in your shoot, either in the form of a Web page or a contract. There's nothing worse than finding out after the fact that you have to pay your photographer extra, inflated fees for retouching or to print the photos.
My biggest piece of advice would be to go through the photographer's portfolio and look closely at every image. Look for consistently good photos across all types of actors and not just a few pretty faces. Get clothing ideas from their work. In general, keep clothing options simple and comfortable. It's always best to get a few referrals from other actors who have shot with the photographer recently. That way you can show up to your shoot more confident and trusting of your photographer. Most importantly, relax, have fun, and enjoy your shoot. The photographs shown are samples of the photographers' work.
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UC Davis pathology resident provides health care to Kenyans
Posted Jan. 25, 2012
Third-year pathology resident Kali Tu is focused on making a difference to improve health. She recently participated in a two-week elective residency training rotation in Malindi, Kenya, where she provided medical care to approximately 400 rural residents with little or no access to health-care services.
Malindi is a coastal town located on the Indian Ocean about halfway between Mombasa and Somalia In Africa. A two-hour flight from Nairobi, Malindi and the surrounding region have a population of about 200,000 residents.
Providing care where it is needed the most
The trip to Malindi was the second for Tu, who joined a team of 26 American physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, and medical and high-school students. The trip was organized by Vanderbilt University ear, nose and throat surgeons and the Caris Foundation, a Texas nonprofit group that arranges medical care for treatable conditions for individuals in developing nations. The foundation worked with the two main hospitals in Malindi — Tawfiq, a Muslim-mission hospital, and the public hospital, called the District Hospital — and invited local residents with visible head, neck and facial disorders for evaluation and treatment by the team.
"It was extremely fulfilling to work directly with patients and surgeons in an area with low resources."
— Kali Tu
During the trip, surgeons operated on more than 200 patients, and Tu traveled between both hospitals on a daily basis as needed to examine patients and diagnose tumors and margins. The experience broadened her horizons, advanced her training and exposed her to another culture and health-care system.
"The experience was an incredible educational opportunity," said Tu, who joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's residency training program in 2010 in her second year of training. "I gained a lot of experience in performing fine-needle aspirations, assessing cell specimens and communicating with other physicians. It was extremely fulfilling to work directly with patients and surgeons in an area with low resources."
At the hospitals, the medical team had access to a total of three operating rooms, each of which had two tables for treating patients side-by-side. Surgeons worked eight to 10 hours a day, with Tu conducting a fine-needle aspiration clinic to diagnose tumors. Between Tu and the other pathologist on the team, they examined as many as five patients a day in clinic, all patients pre-operatively and all the surgical specimens.
"There are no pathologists in Malindi, so the nearest specialist comes from Mombasa, which is two hours away," said Tu. Medical equipment also is in short supply, so Tu and colleague Jeffrey Mueller, a pathologist from the University of Chicago, brought along a donated cyrostat to perform intra-operative frozen section diagnoses.
Real-world experience in a challenging environment
"There is still a lot of superstition in rural Africa, and many people believe tumors are related to curses. In addition, because few people have the resources to pay for medicine or treatment, most of the tumors we diagnosed were found in extremely advanced stages. That is something we would rarely see in the states," she said.
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine allows residents to take four months of electives during their four years of training and often provides supplies for medical missions. For Tu's trip, the department provided pathology slides, gloves and formalin, and the VA Northern California Healthcare System provided formalin biopsy containers.
"Training in underdeveloped or underserved areas around the world provides important 'real-world' experience," said Rajen Ramsamooj, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and residency training director. "Trainees must rely on their own skills and problem-solving in an environment that lacks assays, auxiliary tests and other technology that's readily available in the United States. It's a great learning experience."
A growing interest in global health
"Kali's interest reflects the growing interest in global health among pathologists and clinical laboratorians nationally," said Lydia Howell, professor and chair of the department. "We are increasingly a global community, so the health of the world's citizens affects everyone. In addition, with 70 percent of all medical decisions based on laboratory testing, pathologists have considerable impact in reducing health disparities globally — and locally — by making essential lab services available to those in need and ensuring that these services are efficient and effective. These challenges will be even greater for the next generation of U.S. pathologists due to pressure for health-care reform."
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The academic health system includes one of the country's best medical schools, a 631-bed acute-care teaching hospital, an 800-member physician's practice group and the new Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. It is home to a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, an international neurodevelopmental institute, a stem cell institute and a comprehensive children's hospital. Other nationally prominent centers focus on advancing telemedicine, improving vascular care, eliminating health disparities and translating research findings into new treatments for patients. Together, they make UC Davis a hub of innovation that is transforming health for all.
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"The cases are very difficult, and it can be a challenging environment," said Tu. "It is similar to what we do here, but the environment is certainly not as comfortable. We don't realize how nice it is to have air conditioning, and how problematic it is just to put on gloves in the humidity we experienced. Sometimes the power would go out, or there would be no water and we would have to buy jugs of water to wash our hands."
The experience expanded Tu's understanding of cultural diversity, she said.
"Almost all the patients ask for their tissue back when we're finished with it, so we only take a small section. The belief is that if their tissue falls into the wrong hands, someone could put a curse on it," Tu explained.
While patients were initially suspicious of health-care providers, eventually the relief provided by the medical team changed many hearts and minds, Tu said.
"In my experience, all of the families were extremely grateful," she said. "They would come in with big bowls of watermelon or dates, bananas and other produce to thank us for treating their family members."
"We are proud that Kali is bringing her expertise to help those who have so much less than most Americans, and that she is gaining a unique perspective that will make her an outstanding pathologist, regardless of where she brings her skills," said Howell.