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Megan Fox's departure from director Michael Bay's "Transformers" franchise was long assumed to be the product of bad blood between the starlet and the director.
Each mouthed off about the other, each maintained they'd made the call for Fox to go -- and then the story went away, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley took Fox's place.
But with the series' next film hitting theaters this summer, Shia LaBeouf is hinting that more than straightforward bickering might have been at play.
LaBeouf told the Los Angeles Times:
"Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment [stuff] that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael, who some people think is a very lascivious filmmaker, the way he films women," LaBeouf said. "Mike films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality. It's summer. It's Michael's style. And I think [Fox] never got comfortable with it. This is a girl who was taken from complete obscurity and placed in a sex-driven role in front of the whole world and told she was the sexiest woman in America. And she had a hard time accepting it. When Mike would ask her to do specific things, there was no time for fluffy talk. We're on the run. And the one thing Mike lacks is tact. There's no time for [LaBeouf assumes a gentle voice] 'I would like you to just arch your back 70 degrees.'"
Interesting theory -- especially since, as several people have already pointed out, Fox isn't exactly opposed to photo shoots or other movie roles (see her upcoming turn as some sort of fallen angel in "Passion Play") that broadcast her body.
But if LaBeouf is to be believed, Fox's issue may have had less to do with what she was being told to do than how she was being told to do it.
No matter what went on, there is an uneasy undercurrent to all of this, one that didn't exist before this kink in the story.
It casts the addition of Huntington-Whiteley in a new light.
After all, Fox wasn't replaced by an A-list actress -- her spot was filled by an untested model.
Know what the good thing about models is?
They don't need a lot of instruction on how to arch their backs.
And now that we look back at some stills from the first two "Transformers" movies, we can see how Fox might have found the elaborate positions she twisted into to be in conflict with her acting.
Namely because she often looked more like a carefully positioned exotic dancer than a real person running from robots.
You'll see what we mean.


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The maritime park of Sam Roi Yot (300 mountains) is 40 kms south from the famous holiday resort of HUA HIN, in the county of Prachuap Khiri Khan. It's one of the oldest national park of Thailand.
Pim joined me at Victory monument, the inevitable place in Bangkok ….. THE bus station ! We will go on a mini bus. Muay arrived a few minutes later, we had time for a meal, together, and wishing us all, a good journey, well, anyway : good luck !!! Off, we go.
Three hours on the bus to get to Pranburi, from there, we should get of the bus and get a car to go to the park….Well, that would happen in a nice dream…. but of course in order to have more fun, we got down, too far !! Nevermind …………….
This park is made of 4 different biotopes : seaside, forest, mangrove and swamp.
We stayed 2 days on the coast, nothing special, as regards the landscape, but the place is so quiet, it's stunning…..
We leave and go up some steps, about 20 minutes later, we get to the beach, where we can hire one of several big bungalows, with 5 beds, ideally made for families.
The beach of Laem Sala, reminded me of Saint Leu, Reunion island. There are she-oak, maritime pine trees with their "weeping needles", i saw some of those, before, in Ko Lao Liang in 2011. Some "Langurs", always as a family have a delicious meal of tree leaves that look like acacia. Please, read Kho Phangan…. to hear them shout and see more photos of these lovely primates.
A rocky path, quite steep, takes us to the cave of Tham Phraya Nakorn, where the trees make the most of the beams of sunshine, giving light to the cave in the day time. In the middle of one of these caves, a buddhist lodge/house the Phra Thinang Khuha Kharuehat, build under King Rama V's reign, adorateur of the place. It shines of thousands golden lights, around 10h30, time when the sun is at it's peak in the cave. The king's signature can be seen on one rock face of the cave (see photo)
The park gives shelter to a large variety of birds, especially in the mangrove swamp area, but we will make the most of it, some other time. The wealth/abundance of it's ecosystem needs a much more appropriate visit, with a very thorough examination….
Thanks to Martine for the translation.
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More often than not, the kneejerk reaction to this question is "No way!" At least, that's the clean version of the reaction. However, there are times when cheating can be good for a marriage. This is the case, according to research conducted by Dr. Lucielle Ostertag from the Italian Institute of Social Sciences. Her study concluded that husbands and wives who cheat on each other are more likely to remain married. She further concluded, however, that long-term affairs, on the other hand, were detrimental to the marriage.
Obviously, the theory raised in this study has been met with a great deal of controversy. It goes against what we've been teaching in churches and communities over the last few hundred years. However, if you look back even further, the idea of one man for one woman is a relatively new concept. In the early years of humankind, it was all about survival of the species. In later years, as survival was far more assured, monogamy became the prevailing philosophy and has been adopted by many religions and cultures around the world ever since.
When Does Cheating Work?
According to Dr. Ostertag cheating works best when it's done far from home, is a short-lived fling, and when couples adopt a "don't ask; don't tell" philosophy about their cheating. Some couples even plan for cheating and establish ground rules so that it works for them.
How Can People Believe Cheating is Good?
Since the idea of cheating goes against the grain, it's hard for many people to understand why or how it could possibly be a good thing. The problem with many marriages is that you do marry your best friend. You love each other, but over time, the newness of it all, the sexual excitement, waivers. Turning to a short-term alternative, allows a little newness and excitement into the relationship without sacrificing the emotional bond or love the husband and wife have for one another.
There is another way cheating can help make marriages stronger. That way involves confirming that the grass is perfectly green within the marriage. Sometimes, the affair serves to affirm the loving relationship you have at home.
Is Cheating Good for all Relationships?
Absolutely not! There are all kinds of relationships where this would never work. Some people believe that there are certain vows that simple should not be broken. Forsaking all others is one of those vows. There's nothing wrong with being unable to forgive infidelity or unable to accept the idea that cheating could be good for marriage. Obviously, every marriage is different. What may be good for one is not necessarily good for others.
The take home from this should not be used to justify cheating. It's meant to show that it is possible to salvage your relationship, forgive, and move on even if your spouse has cheated on you. It is possible to forgive if that's what you want to do. You'll ultimately have to decide if you can make the most out of it in an effort to build a better relationship in the aftermath.


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The first step in understanding how a/an or the are used before nouns, is to realise that the default is not to use them at all – just to use the noun alone.Just as the bare verb, known as the Simple Present, is the default form for verbs and needs no justification for its use, the bare noun – no preceding determiners – is the default form of nouns in English. It seems common sense that if a speaker uses a word, they should know why they do so, but many learners have been led to believe that a determiner is required before every noun and so put one in, more or less at random.
It's very easy to express oneself at length without using any determiners before the nouns. For example:
"Jean lives in Paris which, as you know, is in France. He's young and goes to university where he studies hard. He likes to enjoy himself too. He plays football, listens to music and reads science fiction among other hobbies. In spite of recent events, he's not afraid of terrorist attacks. He goes out a lot to eat in restaurants, attend concerts and visit friends. He doesn't often go to bed early."
In traditional grammar books you will find long lists explaining various reasons for the "absence" of determiners in each case in the text above. Don't clutter up your mind with them! It's very difficult and rather ridiculous to justify a negative. If asked why you live where you do, is it normal to give reasons for not living in the myriad of places where you do not reside? If asked why you chose your profession do you usually explain why you are not an opera singer, a Jain monk, a deep-sea diver or any of the thousands of professions you have not adopted?
It's much simpler to focus on the positive reasons for using the determiners a/an or the.
Why use a/an?
Because you want to refer to one of a number of people or things. Historically, the words a/an are related to the word one and are still close in meaning and are only used with which things which can be counted. For example, "In my fridge I have eggs, tomatoes, carrots, milk, cheese, water and a mango." Eggs, tomatoes and carrots can be counted but I have more than one of each of these. Milk, cheese and water are not usually counted so a/an is not possible. (Sometimes they are considered countable. I have visited the cheese factories in the area where I live and seen the huge 40-kilo Comté cheeses but it would be impossible to put one of them in a kitchen fridge.) Mangos are large fruits so I only buy one at a time.
Why use the?
Because it's clear which person or thing is referred to. The is a weak form of this/that/these/those. One of the ways of defining which person or thing we mean is by pointing to it. The other is by defining in words. This is easy to demonstrate in the classroom with near beginners. In a situation in which several identical markers (or Cuisenaire rods) are present in the room, the teacher tells a student to ask for a particular marker using their fingers to show which one: "Give me that marker." Then the teacher tells the student to sit on their hands and ask for the marker again: "Give me the marker on the book".
Bruce Ballard has written a very clear article on how he uses Cuisenaire rods with near beginner students to help them to choose the correct article in situations they can see and manipulate: Teaching "A" and "The" the Silent Way.
Using manipulatives can also be useful for higher level students to help them understand distinctions that are either not made in their native languages or made different ways. I found French students often had problems with things that are are not felt to be countable in English but are in French. This coupled with not realising that if the question "Which xxxx?" cannot be answered then the word is not defined and the definite article the cannot be used. Understanding and applying these two points led to the eradication of nearly all errors.
A classroom exercise for higher level students and teacher trainees
Step 1
Draw on the board, or place a prepared version of, the following diagram:
Step 2
Write near the top of the board the following example sentences:
I like Shakespeare.
I like whisky.
I like the whisky in this bar.
I like bananas.
There's a banana on the table.
There's an orange on the table.
There are oranges on the table.
I like the oranges on the table.
The orange on the table is sweet.
Step 3
Get the students to discuss what the five pink boxes at the bottom indicate.
That is, from left to right:
ø + -s means no article before the noun; -s attached to the end of the noun.
a/an + -Ø means a or an before the noun; no -s attached to the end of the noun.
the + -s means the before the noun; -s attached to the end of the noun.
the + -Ø means the before the noun; no -s attached to the end of the noun.
Ø + -Ø means no article before the noun; no -s attached to the end of the noun.
Step 4
One student at a time comes to the board, selects one of the example sentences and shows the path it takes to one of the pink boxes. They explain to the class their reasons for making each choice at each intermediate box The other students comment and rectify if necessary. The teacher only intervenes if the whole class is lost and clearly has no criteria for choosing.
At the end the board will look more or less like this:
Here's an Interactive version of the diagram.
Step 5
One of the things that will probably need to be worked on along the way is the distinction between Countable and Uncountable uses of nouns.
The teacher can make three columns on the board headed: Countable, Unccountable and Countable or Uncountable.
One student comes to the board and classifies the nouns suggested by the other students. Each decision has to be justified by giving an example of each noun used in context.
I sometimes did this slightly differently: I had an envelope containing nouns. The students had to take turns in drawing one out and deciding how it should be classified to complete the table on the board. At the end the table would look something like this:
For commercial reasons, at the end of the exercise I would give the students handouts but I doubt if they ever looked at them again.
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Here's an overview of the Main House Earthship and the East Wing Entrance. The Can Wall has really progressed. You'll notice how far down the end Can Wall stack on the right goes down into the ground, and that's because in some places the tire wall had to go down as far as 6 rows below floor level to reach 'Undisturbed Earth' , which is necessary for a solid Rammed Earth Tire Wall.
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Here you can see how we started the natural curve for the bottle design, by rounding and raising the previous 3 can rows below. This allows a natural progression for the start of the first bottle row, and eliminating large gaps of cement.
This is an exterior view of the West Wing Airlock on the Main House Earthship. You can see how the bottles on the left of the door frame had to be designed to allow room for the Electrical Box that will become an outdoor Light.
No… it's not a 'Creature from the Black Lagoon'… rather a Volunteer Intern emerging from the bowels of the 'Black Water Septic Hole' construction, that has been bermed since Friday's installation.
So what exactly were these two doing below ground in such tight quarters?…
… applying a circular footing on the top tire of the 'Outlaw Black Water System'. Not a job for anyone who's claustrophobic!
This is the trench for the Overflow Pipe System leading from the Black Water Septic Holes of both the Main House Earthship, and the Studio Earthship. The scraps of 'Blue Board' insulation act as a porous absorbing Filter that will work in conjunction with the gravel in the trench. It will drain out to a location that is away from the site.
Here's an overview of the Tire Retaining Wall of the West Wing exit of the Main House Earthship. This retaining wall is supporting the earth berm between the two Earthships. You can't see it, but the Studio Earthship rear roof line is just out of frame to the right.
Here's the view from the rear of the roof of the Main House Earthship, overlooking the tire wall supporting the berm at the rear of the Studio Earthship.
Here's the bird's eye view of the exit that will lead out of the West Wing, and out to the front of the Main House. We've entered the last work week on this Gulf Island Build, and things are really coming together. We've made a push to get everything finished in the next 4 days, and we're anticipating celebrating the finish line of a job well done…
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Recently during a deployment I ran through a replication setup rehearsal in order to practice my processes. It is always good practice to run through an upgrade rehearsal and document your steps, experiences and results. To give you a brief background in all of our deployments we use merge replication since we send and receive data between our server and mobile subscribers.
As I ran through the article selection process I selected the appropriate tables, indicated their sync direction (download only or bi-directional), followed by the stored procedures, views and ended with the functions as usual. We didn't have an indexed views otherwise they would have went before the functions. Little did I realize that a view would so happen to reference two other views, meaning that in order for the initialization to complete successfully the two referenced views would need to be created first. The rule "you cannot put the carriage before the horse" definitely applies here.
So to clarify here is a simple scenario: you have a table article and a view which directly references the specific table… simple enough. Well you cannot have the view process before the table because it has a dependency which requires the table to be in place before the view can be processed. Otherwise the initial snapshot at the subscriber will fail. Hopefully that makes sense.
Well in the case with the two views, they needed to be processed before the initial referencing view can be applied. The quick and dirty work-a-round was to remove the article and reapply it, then generate a new snapshot. Honestly this is really not an acceptable practice even if you have a small subscriber base of three and especially not acceptable when dealing with subscriber numbers that exceed 200+. The problem with this is that if we introduce new subscribers they will fail at the initial snapshot delivery at this very article because of its dependencies. However the process works fine when you do a re-initialization with an existing subscriber.
So a method to rectify this issue is to identify the article processing order by running the sp_HelpMergeArticle as followed:
USE [AdventureWorks] exec sp_HelpMergeArticle
It returned a result set of all the articles including the name (article name), upload_option (sync direction), processing_order and such. The information proved to be very useful as it identified the values for the processing_order were all set to zero. However in the event that you want information returned about a specific article then the following statement will do just that.
USE [AdventureWorks] exec sp_HelpMergeArticle @publication = 'AdventureWorks_publication' ,@article = 'AddressType'
Well the default processing_order values were all set to zero based on the first query. Since all were set to zero the article would always revert back to its original position. Luckily there is an option to change the article by using the sp_ChangeMergeArticle store procedure:
USE [AdventureWorks] exec sp_ChangeMergeArticle @publication = 'AdventureWorks_publication' ,@article = 'AddressType' ,@property = 'processing_order' ,@value = 10 ,@force_invalidate_snapshot = 1 ,@force_reinit_subscription = 0
Just to make sure it worked I re-ran the first query and sure enough the article in question dropped down to the very last position in the results set now that it's processing_order value was set to 10. The real test revealed the true results when I staged a new subscriber by dropping the local database and clearing out the accounts. The delivery of the initial snapshot processed successfully without any further errors. Now I can rest better knowing that their support staff can add subscribers without running into this issue.


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Gangotri is a beautiful and popular pilgrimage destination from the famous Char Dham Yatra. Gangotri is located in Uttarkashi district alongside the river Ganga. It is located in the range of the Greater Himalayas and is known as one of the best hill stations in India. Gangotri is famous for its waterfalls and hillocks.
Places to Stay
There are several good budget hotels in Gangotri. Some of them are Ganga Niketan Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 1000), Hotel Shri Bhagirathi (Tariff – Rs. 1000), GVMN Gangotri (Tariff – Rs. 1000), and Gangotri Lodge (Tariff – Rs. 500).
The official language of Gangotri is Hindi. English is also spoken here in some areas.
Holi and Maha Shivratri-celebrated in March, Ram Navmi in October, and Diwali in November are all celebrated with great fervour here.
Places of Interest
Some major attractions in Gangotri are Ganges Glacier (3 km), Vishwanath Temple (7 km), Gangotri Temple (4 km), and Tapovan (15 km).
How to Get There
The nearest airport to Gangotri is the Jolly Grant Domestic Airport, Dehradun (127 km).
There is no railway station in Gangotri. The Rishikesh Railway Station (250 km) is the nearest station.
Gangotri is well connected to all the nearby major cities. One can reach Gangotri by getting down at the nearest bus stand i.e Gangotri Bus Stand. Tourists can book tickets in advance online or from private bus agents like KP Travels or Bhagyashree Travels to reach Gangotri comfortably. Ticketgoose.com offers several bus ticket booking discount from time to time, avail of it while buying your tickets online.


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Burma's Thein Sein in landmark White House visit (Click here to view article)
Burmese President Thein Sein became the first leader from the country to visit the White House in nearly half a century on Monday, but the historic meeting with US President Barack Obama has angered critics of Burma's human rights record.
Burmese President Thein Sein met with US President Barack Obama in a landmark trip to the White House on Monday, becoming the first leader from his country to visit Washington in nearly 50 years.
In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, former general Thein Sein was welcomed to the White House by Obama, who referred to Burma as Myanmar in a symbolic gesture. The latter name was introduced in the country while it was under military rule, and has gradually come into greater use by US officials as ties between the two countries have improved.
Obama congratulated Thein Sein's reform efforts in Burma, promising that Washington would offer further political and economic support in the future. The US president, however, expressed his "deep concern" over ethnic violence targeting the country's minority Rohingya Muslim population.
"The displacement of people, the violence directed towards them needs to stop," Obama said.
Speaking throught a translator, Thein Sein told reporters that his country faced "many challenges," adding that Obama's policy of engagement towards Burma had helped the reform process.
"For democracy to flourish in our country, we will have to move forward, and we will have to undertake political reforms and economic reforms," Thein Sein said.
US support for Burma reforms
Since coming to power as a civilian in 2011, Thein Sein has freed hundreds of political prisoners, easing censorship and letting long-detained opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi enter parliament.
The US has been quick to signal support for the country's rehabilitation and encourage further reforms by engaging with its leadership and lifting economic and political sanctions.
"President Thein Sein's visit underscores President Obama's commitment to supporting and assisting those governments that make the important decision to embrace reform,'' the White House said in its announcement of Monday's visit.
Thein Sein's visit to the White House comes six months after Obama made history with an unprecedented visit to Burma. Meanwhile, recent weeks have seen the US end sweeping restrictions on visas for Burmese officials.
Obama administration 'ignoring crimes against humanity'
However, critics have argued that the Obama administration's decision to invite Thein Sein to Washington was premature and takes pressure off Burma to address current abuses, such as recent anti-Muslim violence, to which security forces allegedly turned a blind eye.
A recent Human Rights Watch report accused Burma of a "campaign of ethnic cleansing" against the Rohingya, a mostly Muslim minority who are not even considered citizens of the predominantly Buddhist nation.
The US Campaign for Burma, an advocacy group that plans protests against Thein Sein, said that the United States should have retracted or at least frozen gestures toward Burma as a condition to stop abuse of the Rohingya.
"President Obama is sending the message that crimes against humanity by state forces against ethnic and religious minorities in Burma will be ignored by his administration," said Jennifer Quigley, the group's executive director.
There has also been mixed progress on 11 reform commitments made by the Burmese government in November just before Obama visited.
The country's leadership has permitted the International Committee of the Red Cross access to its notorious prisons for the first time in seven years, but hasn't allowed adequate humanitarian access to conflict zones where tens of thousands have been displaced.
US lawmakers have also voiced apprehension over the extent of the country's engagement with Burma.
"I'm incredibly concerned about the facts on the ground in Burma, including human rights violations against ethnic nationalities, the use of rape as a weapon of war and brutal violence against Muslims - including women and children,'' Democratic Representative Joe Crowley, a prominent voice in Congress on Burma, said in a statement. He urged the administration to stick to its initial policy of "action for action'' in its relations with Burma.
On the eve of Thein Sein's arrival, Crowley and Republican Representative Peter King introduced legislation aimed at extending a ban on gem imports from Burma that will lapse in July. Much of the jade and rubies Burma exports come from northern Kachin State, the scene of bitter fighting in recent months between the army and ethnic rebels.


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by Jeremy Danté
chapter one. social media has shit fucked up. and while my ability to prolifically express such a sentiment escapes me, the new year brings about a new ambition to document my journey of development through mirroring, theme and elevated awareness. a selection of twelve chapters will live in this space over the course of the next year. totaling to one post per month, and a living story to be told; in my words, the only fitting way my story should be told. much of my development has been constructed on the gauge of my ability to give. to be responsible, to manage up; to strategize and to properly assess the value of things- so that nothing and no one is left behind or forgotten. but in this process, i am the forgotten one. the exterior is a concept of reality and surface. much of the internal affects the external, and in the last month of reflection i continue to think of this concept more and more thoroughly; not being fooled by the outside, but not being naive to what may, or may not, lie beneath the surface of all things, tangible and unfelt.
the last month of the year seen me traveling back to my home of the bay area, in the northern region of california, and also in the southern region of the state, in los angeles. while much of the last year had been a tug-of-war with my heart, mind and my own endurance, the decision to move to new york had already been made and was set in stone. restricted financially, and bound by a promise i made to myself; i was planted and the ground that held my feet in place slowly became cemented here in the concrete jungle. the last year is this blur of struggle that only i know, truly, how hard it has been. traveling back home had my anxiety at it's peak. as i boarded the A train from all the way uptown to queens, my body spiked with anxiety, i kind of wanted to run back into my apartment and hide in the purity of my all white bedroom. i didn't sleep the entire night and packed after a dinner party with the agency, where i told the president, "thank you for making my dream come true, really".
arriving at the airport terminal, clad in all black with luggage to match; i sat at my gate, 4 hours early, just so i could sit and think about everything that the last year had brought me. the love that i found, the dream i achieved and was living, and everything it cost to make all of that happen. tears welted up in my eyes as i sat there thinking about how hard i worked to scratch the surface of really making it. i thought about what i left behind at home, and wondered if everything would be the same; or if life had pressed on without me, leaving me an even smaller space than i had once had back home in the bay. as the plane took off, i began to immediately fall asleep to push the hours of flight away and to distract myself from the lack of planning i had made for who i would see first and who would see me.
first thing i did as i exited the gate was take a deep breath of the clean san francisco, california air the international airport terminal. in a flurry of just four short days, i seen friends that have become my family at the university of california, berkeley; seeing many familiar faces, none of which have forgotten me, or who i am destined to be. it was a good feeing. my cousin took me to in-n-out burger, and a few other spots i love to eat. my strongest ride-or-die homegirls helped me to and from the airport, and let me stay with them during my short visit. in the visit, i seen both sets of my grandparents, which is a blessing to my heart and mind. "don't bring him here", spoke one relative. and as my heart sank, i remembered why i left in the first place. right up against the christmas season, much of my familial has been reduced to it's founding members; with convenient subtraction of those who have been categorized as problematic to the health of my life and aspirations.
i skated off to los angeles, after having a conversation with my girl, penny. "now do you see that you made the right choice to leave?", she asked. i agreed. knowing that i made the best decision i could at the time i had made it. the familiarity of home is comfortable but can easily inspired complacency if not treated in the right regard. los angeles was my vacation; a place where i could rest, build and recuperate from the year i had in new york city. i was with leya; to help create a lifestyle structure for her apartment. this method of building took on many forms, from energy sharing, to scouting for interior pieces that fit the space and character of leya herself. to balance light with dark; to be mindful of lines and cleanliness. to eat the right food, to have the right attitude and listen to the right music all while sharing an open heart of inspiration and gratitude. the perfect start to a new year. i take with me the heartache of love lost, and understand that all pain is with growth. the concept of inside the exterior came to me; because the idea of home was romanticized. being inside of my looking glass, i realized i chose to extend outward, into the world i am now living. inside that exterior, i was able to help leya to create a new foundation for herself; and see much of myself in this figurative process of building, retracting and mindfulness.
with the goals of the new year already actively working in my favor, i remain filled with hope and am inspired to push forward in a real way; more confident in my instincts, choices and respecting the angel that brought me to new york. i know this year will be one of greater goals achieved, love received and more importantly, love reciprocated. to opening my mind to a boundless love that extends from my core and connects with that of my strongest partner yet. these hopes are now manifested in the writings of this piece, and the rest of my story will be told, as each month passes throughout this year.


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The Worst Starcraft GeneralMonday, June 28th, 2010
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Here's what you have to look forward to in early 2014.
10. Cape Town Electronic Music Festival
February 7 - February 9
Various Venues
Cape Town, South Africa
Though its local scenes have been in rude health for years, South Africa is only now emerging onto electronic music's global stage. Cape Town Electronic Music Festival is part of this process. Their first event, in 2012, featured only local artists—this year, Richie Hawtin came into the mix, joining South African icons like Black Coffee onstage and in workshops and panels. At this point the 2014 lineup is still under wraps, but we're excited to see this festival continue growing apace.
RA pick: In the words of Richard Marshall, the seaside Breakwater Garage venue is "reason enough to make it out to the festival."
9. Laneway Music Festival
January 9 - January 26
Various Venues
Brisbanee | Melbourne | Sydney | Adelaide | Perth
Nine years since its humble beginnings as a small gathering in Celedonian Lane, Melbourne, St Jerome's Laneway Festival is one of Australia's most respected annual music events. But as much as it's grown, its policy has remained the same, mostly booking artists from outside the rock and dance circles that are so common at festival across the country. Indie has always been Laneway's focus, though each year has seen a good batch of synth- and laptop-wielding acts as well. Kicking off in late January, the 2014 edition will see Four Tet, Jamie xx and Mount Kimbie join the likes of Chvrches, Danny Brown and a slew of Australian bands on a five-date tour that touches down in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.
RA pick: Mount Kimbie have influenced countless Australian acts, and this will be their first time in the country since 2011.
08. Sydney Festival
January 9 - January 26
Various Venues
Sydney, Australia
The main attraction of Sydney Festival is Sydney itself. The 18-day event takes place in the height of summer at some of the city's best venues, from the Sydney Opera House to the Town Hall to Hyde Park. Musically, the lineup is broad: expect blues, folk, soul, funk, disco, jazz and more, with Chaka Khan and Sun Ra Arkestra among the highlights. On the electronic side of things, organisers have teamed up with Aussie labels Modular Records and Future Classic, both of whom will be hosting events. Juan Atkins, DARKSIDE and Andrew Weatherall head up the international contingent, and there's a solid cast of local talent as well, including Roland Tings and Canyons.
RA pick: Andrew Weatherall rocking the old-school Spiegeltent in Hyde Park.
07. Igloofest
January 16 - February 8
Vieux-Port de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
You'd think a city known for its crippling winters wouldn't be the best place to throw a huge outdoor festival right in the thick of the season, but that's not how Igloofest sees it. A highlight of Montreal's party calendar, the festival unfolds over four weekends in January and February. This year's lineup is still TBA, but past editions have hosted everyone from Joy Orbison to Chris Liebing to Buraka Som Sistema. Just remember your thermal underwear and you'll have a good time.
RA pick: In these conditions, there's no better dance floor drink than spiked hot chocolate.
06. Day Zero - Year One
January 11 - January 12
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
We're sure the world actually ending at the peak of last year's Day Zero in Mexico would have been epic as hell. But the continued existence of earth as we know it did have its perks—for instance, a second Day Zero. This year the lineup is a little smaller, and the party has been pushed back a few weeks from the winter solstice, but the spirit remains the same. Mathew Jonson, Tiga, Thievery Corporation and, of course, Day Zero mastermind Damian Lazarus will all be coming down to Playa Del Carmen for another freaky all-night marathon. Who knows—maybe the Mayans were just running a year behind schedule.
RA pick: Tiga on a pyramid in January should go down marvellously.
05. Astropolis L'Hiver
January 23 - January 26
Brest Commercial Port
Brest, France
One of France's oldest music festivals, Astropolis has roots in the country's early '90s love affair with techno. It's historically been a summer event, though since 2012 they've been throwing winter editions, too. Held in Brest on the tip of France's North Western coast, Astropolis takes over theatres, music halls and clubs across the city. This year's programme boasts a strong UK contingent—Andy C, Elijah, Skilliam and Boddika are all on the bill—alongside homegrown talent like Brodinski, Acid Arab and Aufgang.
RA pick: Acid Arab's Eastern-flavoured club tackle.
04. Sónar Stockholm
February 14 - February 16
Stockholm, Sweden
Sónar is one of electronic music's strongest festival brands, and the Spanish giant's latest global conquest sees them heading to Stockholm for the first time. Taking place in the beautiful Münchenbryggeriet concert hall over two nights, it's more intimate than their blowouts in Barcelona, but still pretty hefty, with three stages and 30 artists. The curation is very much Sónar's spectrum-spanning style: James Holden will rub elbows with Paul Kalkbrenner and Evian Christ, along with a wealth of local acts to discover.
RA pick: You can't go wrong with James Holden live in an old concert hall.
03. Let Them Eat Cake
January 1
Werribee Park
Melbourne, Australia
For the discerning electronic music fan, there's no better Australian New Year's Day rave than Let Them Eat Cake. The Melbourne festival made its debut in January this year with a lineup that brought together house, techno, hip-hop, disco and more. Its second edition is no different, locking in a diverse, international-heavy batch of acts for another session in Werribee Park. On the RA stage, we've got James Holden, DJ Koze and Julio Bashmore, while more syncopated sounds will be supplied by the likes of TOKiMONSTA, Mark Pritchard and EPROM. The party starts at 11 AM, so don't forget your sunscreen.
RA pick: There's never a good reason to miss house oddball DJ Koze.
January 24 - February 2
Various Venues
Berlin, Germany
CTM Festival is a triumph for weird music. Here you've got a rambling cast of artists with basically no commercial potential playing at some of Berlin's most popular venues, and people lap it up. Queues run long, clubs fill up, and all for something as unapologetically challenging as drone metal gods Sunn O))) (one of last year's big name headliners). 2014 marks the festival's 15th anniversary, but instead of going large, they're sticking to their guns: the lineup so far includes Porter Ricks, Mika Vainio and an Opal Tapes showcase. In a world where success too often means compromise, there's something truly reassuring about that.
RA pick: With all the praise Charles Cohen has been getting lately, you'd be crazy to miss his performance with Rabih Beani (AKA Morphosis).
01. The BPM Festival
January 3 - January 12
Various Venues
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
For residents of the Northern Hemisphere, BPM Festival is an oasis—a week of beach parties in the middle of winter, a dose of Ibiza well into the offseason. It also has a lineup that's positively staggering: Dixon, DJ Harvey, Green Velvet, Visionquest, Matthew Dear, Tale Of Us and more than 100 others. A ten-day rave holiday first thing after New Year's might sound like a tall order (not least in terms of days off). But if you can swing it, BPM Festival is pretty hard to beat.
RA pick: Against the backdrop of a seaside sunset, Lee Burridge's All Day I Dream party should be pretty magical.


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'It's a Disaster' Review: David Cross and Julia Stiles Face the End of the World, But We Feel Fine
The apocalypse is in the air these days. Todd Berger's It's a Disaster is the first of four end-of-the-world comedies set for release this year—the others being May's Rapture-Palooza, June's This Is the End, and August's The World's End—and it sets the bar very high for those to come. A character study of eight self-centered friends who congregate for brunch, soon discover their cell phones, Internet, and TV are dead, then learn that they're in the middle of World War III, It's a Disaster starts off threatening to be an insufferable exercise in hipsterism.
Emma and Pete's marriage is on the rocks—they're hosting the brunch so as to announce their divorce—because Emma (Erinn Hayes) slept with Buck (Kevin M. Brennan) and Pete (Blaise Miller) slept with Lexi (Rachel Boston). Yes, Buck and Lexi are a couple too, and they are basically closeted swingers. All seem like clichés: Emma is an uptight suburbanite with hair carefully parted, red lipstick strategically applied, and pearls lovingly draped. Pete is a classic yuppie bordering on a midlife crisis. Buck is a stoner washout with a Hulk Hogan mustache. Lexi is a free-spirited glockenspiel player who's proud of the fact that she and Buck consummated their marriage in the bathroom of a TGI Fridays.
As for the rest of the brunch attendees, Emma and Pete's doctor friend Tracy (Julia Stiles) is a mess of neuroses, maybe because she exclusively dates crazy men, or because none of her friends believe that her boyfriends have been crazy. Her new bf, Glen (David Cross, in full Tobias Fünke mode), seems more promising: he's a fourth-grade history teacher, and the only crazy thing about him is that he's okay with shutting off the 1812 Overture right before its famous climax. At least he's not like Shane (Jeff Grace), Hedy's (America Ferrera) long-term fiancé, who shuns human interaction at the brunch in favor of obsessively bidding online on a rare Alpha Flight comic book.
So yeah, all those characters sound like clichés. On paper they most definitely are. But when brought to life by this talented ensemble, they're anything but. And once it becomes clear that their lives as they've known them are over — an unknown attacker drops dirty bombs and nerve gas on New York, Los Angeles, Orlando, and multiple other cities — then it becomes really interesting. Especially once they realize that the nerve gas will very shortly seep into Emma and Pete's house and kill them all. It's like Portlandia meets Melancholia, and it's fascinating to see how each of the characters orients himself or herself toward the prospect of imminent death.
Worry wort comic-book freak Shane leads the charge to tape up the doors and windows and try to find some way to survive, while endlessly speculating over who attacked them — the enemy couldn't have been from this world, right? — and planning to deal with the post-apocalyptic motorcycle gangs they'll surely face if they live. His completely neglected fiancée Hedy, a chemistry teacher, goes into a negative panic and starts making home-cooked Ecstasy to cope. Tracy sets up one of the best jokes of the movie by lamenting all the things she never did in her life: she never went to Europe, never went to the ballet, never fell in love, never watched The Wire. The response of Glen? "All of those things are overrated…except for The Wire." Oh, and as for Cross's Glen? Well, you'll have to witness his unique solution for dealing with Armageddon yourself.
It's a tricky thing to mine humor from a feel-bad situation as thoroughly awful as this — Berger even shoots his movie like an Ingmar Bergman chamber drama — but whereas this summer's all-star comic extravaganza This Is the End appears to strive for raunchy belly laughs, It's a Disaster settles for a general mood of wry amusement as its characters ponder questions of their own mortality that they've probably never pondered before…and maybe still aren't. Two of the couples at least, Emma and Pete and Buck and Lexi, are so self-absorbed that even the end of the world can't make them look beyond themselves: Emma and Pete are still squabbling with each other over past infidelities, and Buck and Lexi can't overcome their "party on!" attitude toward life to appreciate the gravity of their situation. When Lexi asks Buck if he thinks there's a band in heaven they'll get to join once they pass through the pearly gates, Buck says, "I know there is, and we're going to be a part of it. 'Cause guess what they need? A glockenspielist."
For his film Sans Soleil Chris Marker wrote, "I've been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me." He has a kindred spirit in Berger, who seems amused and even a little charmed by humanity's boundless penchant for the mundane. Berger doesn't place himself above his characters, which makes it all the easier to imply the question: what would you do if you knew you only had hours to live? Would you suddenly experience life as exceptionally heightened and sensually gratifying? Or would nothing really change? It's fitting that It's a Disaster should be released the same weekend as Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, a film that insists upon finding holiness and serene beauty in every single shot — and by extension life itself. It's a Disaster recognizes how much of the human experience takes place in the realm of the banal, and just how okay that is.
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Floor cleaning is the cornerstone of a sharp-looking operation. Often times overlooked areas of the business go unnoticed for awhile, such as kitchens or break rooms — at least to the client. But floors are something everyone sees, and send a real message about how you see your business.
Companies we've worked with have reported that even when you sweep the main part of a hallway, the part everyone walks on, dirt and grime can build up along the sides and corners. It may not be as immediately noticeable as the area they swept, but it can raise some flags to customers.
As we've talked about before, a thorough floor cleaning job involves stripping tile floors. This is a step people often skip, thinking that a quick mop job and slapping another coat of wax on the floor is good enough. The trouble is that dirt that was caught up in the previous wax coating, dirt that didn't get mopped away, is now being locked in by the new layer of wax.
This can lead to uneven floors and additional scuffs in the tile.
In some cases, improperly cleaned floors can even cause slips. Given the costs of workers comp claims and other expenses we noted before, prevention is always the simpler route.
Outsourcing your floor cleaning tasks allows you to:
- Focus on other areas of maintenance
- Enjoy a safer work area
- Sanitize floors
- Prolong the life of the floor materials
Contact us to learn more about using commercial floor cleaning services to upgrade your operation!


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Heathrow, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh are among the airports where two luggage pieces will be permitted.
But some restrictions remain at Gatwick and other airports which have not met government requirements for the relaxation of the one-bag rule.
Some airlines, including Easyjet, are also keeping the one-bag limit.
Extra bags
From 7 January, the Department for Transport says, travellers can carry more than one piece on board, providing the airport has installed improved security scanners, and depending on their airline's policy.
Most of the UK's major airports, including Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham, now have the scanners.
Some, including Glasgow and Edinburgh, only received the go-ahead in the last few days, but several, among them Bristol, Luton, Leeds/Bradford and Liverpool John Lennon airport, have yet to meet the standards.
They still have to prove they can cope with extra cabin bags without compromising security.
At Gatwick, Britain's second busiest airport, only passengers using the South Terminal for connecting flights from Monday will be able to travel with more than one piece of hand baggage if their airline allows.
BAA, which runs Gatwick, says restrictions will remain in place at the North Terminal while engineering works continue to bring the airport up to standard.
However, from 11 February passengers using the North Terminal on connecting flights will also be able to take more than one piece of cabin luggage.
Luggage policy
Size limits on liquids and cabin baggage will still apply and airlines can place their own restrictions on the amount of hand baggage that can be taken in to their aircraft.
The government has stressed it is up to passengers to check hand-luggage policy with individual airlines.
British Airways will allow two pieces of hand luggage per passenger.
Virgin Atlantic will allow one piece of cabin luggage per passengers in Economy and Premium Economy Class (plus laptop, handbag or similar); and two pieces of luggage per passenger travelling first class.
This is the policy the airline operated before the restrictions came in.
'Customer confusion'
Easyjet is keeping the one-bag rule in place because it says too many airports still have the rule to justify abandoning it.
Easyjet's Chief Executive Andy Harrison said: "There is massive scope for customer confusion in an environment where UK airports are adopting different policies.
"The only way to maintain a simple and standard policy is to maintain our one bag policy."
A spokesman for Ryanair could not be contacted for comment.
The dimensions of hand luggage must not exceed 56cm x 45cm x 25cm (22in x 17.7in x 9.8in approx), including wheels, handles and side pockets. This is equivalent to the size of a small roller suitcase.
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Wendy Bailey
Silvia Beasley
Sergio De Bernardo
Jim Bidwell
Mick Brannan
Sultan Caliskan
Peter Chillingworth
Carol Dawson
Charlotte Frost
Andrew Howell
Lauren Kelly
Joe Lloyd
Arfon Owen
Laura Pompili
Suraj Rai
Mary Sedwell
Elise Wortley
Other exhibitions at Slack Space...
Post Room Gallery - Artificial aviary by Chris Andrews
The Long Gallery - Lee Thomas show
Plus ... The Pigeon Hole Project ... on-going.
Other exhibitions at Slack Space...
Post Room Gallery - Artificial aviary by Chris Andrews
The Long Gallery - Lee Thomas show
Plus ... The Pigeon Hole Project ... on-going.
New Exhibition at Slack Space
Creating Visions
Slack Space is delighted to announce a new and exciting exhibition in collaboration with a group of talented Adult Community Learners from the Wilson Marriage Centre, Colchester. Located at our new home in Victoria Place, 'Creating Visions' features the work of over 20 students and showcases the skills they have learnt through an eclectic mix of photography, digital art and illustration techniques.
The exhibition runs from the 28th March to 14th April 2012 at Slack Space, Victoria Place, Eld Lane, Colchester and will be open Wednesday to Saturday from 11.00am-6.00pm.
Creating Visions: Digital Camera Drop-In Session (2-4pm 7th April 2012)
Ever been puzzled about how your digital camera works? Ever wanted to take better pictures? Take advantage of this two hour session with the tutors and enthusiasts from Wilson Marriage Adult Education. Just drop-in and have a chat or even bring along your camera for more specific help and advice.
Transforming spaces – Arts use of empty shops and other disused spaces
Saturday 17 March 2012 9.30am – 5.15pm @ firstsite, Colchester
Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1JH
£32.40 incl. VAT, lunch and two refreshment breaks. 50 free places available! (email us for a booking form and further details)
A Regional conference hosted by UK premier Empty Shop organisation Slack Space Colchester, in partnership with firstsite. The event will look at working in empty shops and other disused spaces and will combine an interactive focus on case studies and success stories with practical advice and contextual understanding.
This event is suitable for:
Community groups
Arts and regeneration professionals
Landlords and developers
Outline of day:
9.30 Arrivals. Refreshments available to purchase at firstsite restaurant
10.00 Abigail Cheverst (Slack Space) 'Working in empty shops – possibilities, challenges and opportunities'
10.30 Michaela Freeman (Artside) 'Artside - curating in the public space'
11.00 Amy McKenny (Tap) 'TAP – running an artist led studio / gallery space'
11.30 Refreshments (provided)
11.50 Breakouts
12.15 Kayte Judge (We are Bedford) 'We are Bedford' – case study'
12.45 Chris Clarke (Slack Space) 'Slack Space – case study'
1.15 Lunch (provided) with performance from popular folk band The Medlars
2.00 The coalface slots – a series of short presentations from working artists on what empty shops activity has meant for them
2.30 Eddie Bridgeman (Meanwhile Space) 'New spaces, new ways of working - the meanwhile lease, development trusts and other solutions'
3.00 Dan Thompson (Empty Shops Network) 'The big picture – presenting the results of a National research and evidence gathering project on disused space activity in the UK'
3.30 Refreshments (provided)
3.50 Breakouts
4.15 3Space presentation
4.30 Plenary / panel discussion – 'Empty shops, disused spaces – the potential, the pitfalls and where we go next.' The results of this plenary will be fed into the Empty shops Network National conference taking place later in the year
5.15 Close
Refreshments available to purchase at firstsite restaurant
Tour of Slack Space Colchester (optional)
All delegates will receive a copy of the Slack Space Manual and the Empty Shops Toolkit
Partner profile:
Slack Space is one of the premier 'empty shop' organisations in the UK and has been successfully putting art and performance into empty shops for over two and a half years
firstsite is a contemporary visual arts organisation based in Colchester with a mission to make contemporary art relevant to everyone.
Artside is a CoExist project featuring two weeks of art and interventions in Southend High Street with artists working directly with venues to create site-led work.
TAP is housed within a converted water works. Currently it houses CoExist Galleries and Studios,The White Bus, MEET, Solug and Open Arts.
We are Bedford is a community collective. The group put on the Castle Quay Weekender in March 2011, an arts festival in 7 empty shops, and run various other successful community events.
Meanwhile Space is led by the Development Trusts Association as part of the Advancing Assets programme, with support from the Dept. of Communities and Local Government.
Empty Shops Network is the National Network for organisations and individuals working in empty shops and other disused spaces.
3Space offer a brokerage service between landlords / developers with empty space and charities or other organisations wishing to use that space.


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touch me
with your mouth
your hands
your whole
take hold of me
catch me
in this space i
give up to no one
i need to know you're listening
yesterday i told you i loved you
didn't leave you a chanel-scented sticky
between your ham sandwich
and yogurt it
isn't tucked away on a napkin in your shirt pocket
i coughed it out to you
through tears
hoping it might catch
a crosswind
enter into your ear or heart or
hand or
i hoped miles away you'd feel me breathing
each inhale an expectation
an urgent
prayer fixed for you
a drawing you in
there are no exhales
i've already lost you
a million times over
in each dialtone each
signing out or off
your signature is a sign of tears
to come fears to face
facts refusing to falter
i get the basics:
you belong with me but are not mine.
we are in love and will never make love
you are happy in,
but not at,
i find a world without you
each day and still
none of them matter.
i am head only.
you care not to hold
can't release my heart.
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Springfield, Illinois is home to the famous Charlie Parker's Diner. It serves up breakfast, lunch and a giant stack of pancakes. For anyone who can eat all four of these pizza-sized pancakes, they will take home the sweet smell of victory and Charlie Parker's will cover the cost.
Challenge accepted.
Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis and Sam Rega. Edited by David Fang.
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SeekerDNA Mistguard solutions make use of a UV-DNA impregnated misting system. The misting systems can be manually activated or linked to an exisitng alarm system.
The misting system can be deployed in a standard overhead misting unit or it can be custom constructed to suit each client for their specific environment.
Mistguard is ideal for use in retail stores to identify and deter theft through shoplifters or robbery.
In a commercial environment Mistguard can be used to protect areas with high value assets, such as stock rooms, bank/weapons vaults and guard access routes.
The video's below show a demonstration of the Mistguard product in action.


text: ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Caroline Kennedy meets Japanese diplomats as newly appointed U.S. ambassador STORY: Newly -appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, met with Japanese vice foreign minister, Akitaka Saiki, on Monday in her first meeting with Japanese diplomats after arrival in Japan on Friday and a day before she goes to the imperial palace to present her credentials to the emperor. The daughter of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy, arrived in Japan last week to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a late start to a political career for which her family is renowned. The 55-year-old lawyer takes up the post a week before the 50th anniversary of her father's assassination. Kennedy, the first female U.S. ambassador to Japan, was an early and prominent supporter of Barack Obama in his initial quest for the presidency in 2008, and also campaigned for him.


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Keep the Intimacy Alive When You Have MS
Just because you have multiple sclerosis (MS), it doesn't mean you have to give up intimacy. When the word "intimacy" is used these days, everyone tends to assume it's all about sex. But, there's definitely more to it than that. Intimacy involves all of the things that keep your partnership healthy and satisfying, including:
Communication: The couples who communicate most successfully are those who can listen as well as talk, and who can recognize their points of agreement while acknowledging their differences. Too often couples clam up when they don't see eye to eye or when things start to get tense.
Because MS is likely to throw a lot of new challenges your way, being able to talk about your issues and priorities is important — even if the conversations get a bit dicey at times.
Trust: Partners need to be able to trust that it's safe to express themselves without fear of rejection or ridicule. In other words, they need to know that the relationship is a safe place for revealing their feelings, needs, and concerns.
They also need to feel confidence in the resilience of the relationship. If every bump in the road is a possible reason for one of you to jump ship, neither of you will ever feel safe, let alone intimate.
Mutual concern: Every intimate partnership is a two-way street. Even when one partner has been diagnosed with a chronic illness, the other partner's well-being should be of equal concern. Try to make sure that both of you are getting equal billing.
Respect: Intimacy can't happen without mutual respect. Particularly if roles and responsibilities change as a result of MS, it's important that the person with MS continues to feel like a respected partner.
Sex: The sexual relationship is an important way for couples to express and experience their intimacy. Because MS can sometimes alter sexual feelings and responses (and therefore interfere with sexual activities), it's critically important that couples get whatever help they need to deal with any changes that occur.
Unfortunately, MS seems to have its own don't ask, don't tell policy — doctors don't often ask and patients don't often tell — so sexual difficulties don't get proper attention. Don't let your doctor off the hook. If you're experiencing changes in your sexual relationship, speak up. Your doctor can help you figure out what is and isn't related to MS and can refer you to a counselor or sex therapist for help.


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Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China, and millions of Chinese people travel both in China and abroad in this days. This new year will be the Year of the Goat.
The number of Chinese travelling to Spain are progressively increasing, being these weeks before and after the New Year when they travel the most. The interest they show for the city of Segovia is a reality that is growing more and more.
Mesón de Cándido is one of the restaurants that has seen this reservation growth. Not only Chinese people, buy also from Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand,... The Chinese traveller is interested in art, history, nature and shopping, but loves also our gastronomic culture. Segovia, World Heritage City, offers a large number of cultural attractions. But the Segovian experience always ends in the stomach. Welcome and Happy New Year of the Goat!


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The STAR expert community is an interactive information exchange platform for international experts in the field of dementia care. This community gives dementia care experts from all disciplines the opportunity to exchange information on course topics, best practices, and state of the art research in dementia care, to create new ideas and to foster international collaboration. Members of the community are engaged in various dementia care expert groups like INTERDEM (a pan-European scientific research group that aims to develop early, timely and quality psychosocial interventions in dementia), Alzheimer organizations, and experts from clinical practice, e.g. members of the North Sea Dementia Group.
Within the community, experts have the chance to interact with professional and informal carers, these are students of national STAR communities. Members of the various national STAR communities have the opportunity to ask questions to the experts, this way experts are able to support professional and informal carers in their carer role.
Together with visitors of the STAR expert community the STAR project team wishes to promote and improve education in dementia care.
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Enginetech helps you build better engines, faster.
Our crankshafts go through a strict QC inspection. Each casting is handled individually and machined to OE specs on top of the line equipment to ensure high quality product. We have extensive coverage for all of you import and domestic needs. With warehouses placed across the U.S. we provide 1-2 day shipping to most locations.


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AP Exam Registration and Contract
Any student enrolled in an Advanced Placement course at Conrad Schools of Science is required to take the Advanced Placement examination for that course in May. This is a course requirement for all AP courses.
It is also required that the student pay for each AP examination in advance of taking the test. The cost of AP examinations for the 2019-2020 school year is $94.00. AP Seminar and AP Research exams are $142 and AP Combo exam is $186. Scholarships will be available for students taking more than two AP exams. The cost of each exam will be reduced by $25. Students who receive free/reduced lunch will be required to pay $15 per exam and must have the free/reduced lunch documentation turned in with the money.
Exam Registration/Payment Deadline - October 1, 2019. Payments of cash or check, made out to Conrad Schools of Science will be accepted by Mrs. Feby in the guidance office.


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Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto Focus on Climate, Both Political and Global | The New York Times
By Mark Landler, June 29th, 2016
For President Obama, foreign trips these days have increasingly become an exercise in explaining the inflamed politics of his country to nervous foreigners. So it was Wednesday, when President Obama joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico at a summit meeting that began as a show of North American solidarity and ended up as an attempt to abandon the nativist and isolationist currents that are agitating politics in the U.S., as well as Europe.
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Pentagon to Host Public Tours Sept. 9
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2006 - For four hours on Sept. 9, Pentagon tours will return to a pre-Sept. 11, 2001, "normal."
Before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, people could walk up to the Pentagon tour window with no appointment, line up and wait for the next tour to start, Dave Evans, the Pentagon's director of community relations, explained. Security issues after the terrorist attacks meant the end to that practice, he said.
But as the fifth anniversary of the attacks approaches, Pentagon officials will briefly reprise the pre-Sept. 11 tour program, conducting tours for the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with no advance registration.
Pentagon tour guides will greet guests near the Memorial Gate, in the Pentagon's south parking lot, and escort them to the site where American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the building, Evans said.
"There's a stone that's placed in the wall over a time capsule," he said. "They'll walk up there, talk about that and then come in the Corridor 4 entrance."
Just inside that entrance is the America's Heroes Memorial, and visitors also will be given a few minutes to see the chapel next to the memorial, Evans said.
"(Then) they'll turn around and come back out the door," he said. "When they come back out again, instead of talking about the same thing, what they'll do is swing out just a little more and point out where the new (Pentagon) memorial is going to be placed."
The site is under construction; therefore, visitors won't be able to get too close during the brief tour, Evans said.
He added that parking restrictions remain in effect throughout the time tours are being offered. Those wishing to take the tour and who have a Pentagon parking pass may park in their designated areas. All others are encouraged to use the Metro subway system and exit at the Pentagon stop.
"We'll have signs posted pointing the way to the Pentagon tours," Evans said. "We'll also have tour guides scattered along the walkway to make sure people are moving in the right direction."
The public tours, held in 2005 during the Sept. 11 weekend as well, are part of events commemorating the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The weekend's highlight is the America Supports You Freedom Walk on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The walk starts near the Washington Monument and ends at the Pentagon.
More than 120 similar walks in all 50 states are scheduled to remember those who lost their lives Sept. 11 and to honor America's military veterans, past and present. The local events around the country parallel the Washington, D.C., Freedom Walk, which is sponsored by the Defense Department's America Supports You program. America Supports You spotlights ways the American people and the nation's corporate sector support U.S. servicemembers.
People who can't make it to the Pentagon for the Sept. 9 public tours can make a request for a group tour, Evans said. Currently, requests are accepted from civic, church, youth or school groups. Tours for Pentagon employees' friends or family members also can be arranged.
Public tours, which had ceased altogether after the attacks, were again offered to groups with advance reservations in February 2002. In 2004, more than 60,000 visitors toured the Pentagon, he said. That number jumped to about 76,000 in 2005.
"This year, we went past that number back in June or July," Evans said. "If we do it right, ... we're going to have close to 120,000 people moving through the building this year, which would put us at the level of pre-9/11.
"That is absolutely, without a doubt, thanks to all of the tour guides and their supervisors," he added.
For more information on the Pentagon and tour procedures, visit the Pentagon's Web site.
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Every time I take a new traveler with me on another Uncharted Adventure the first question I am always asked: "What do I bring?". After 11 years of countless mistakes of over packing, forgetting things, and bringing the wrong gear, I can confidently consider myself to be a travel packing expert. This guide can help you learn the ways of travel packing and avoid all the troubles that go along with what seems like an easy task. So, grab your backpack, and prepare yourself for your next big adventure!


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|Publication Date
|B21C Groundwater Quality and Monitoring of Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems (RIBS), Theory and Field Experiments at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware
|Andres, A.S., Walther, E.F., Türkmen, M., He, C., Chirnside, A.E.M., Ritter, W.F.
|B21B Hydrogeology of a Rapid Infiltration Basin System (RIBS) at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware
|Andres, A.S., Walther, E.F., Türkmen, M., He, C.
|RI79 Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Eastern Sussex County, Delaware With Emphasis on Impacts of Spray Irrigation of Treated Wastewater
|He, C., Andres, A.S.
|GM23 Geologic Map of the Seaford West and Seaford East Quadrangles, Delaware
|Tomlinson, J.L., Ramsey, K.W., Andres, A.S.
|GM17 Geologic Map of the Harbeson Quadrangle, Delaware
|Ramsey, K.W., Tomlinson, J.L.
|RI75 Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Oligocene to Pleistocene Section at Bethany Beach, Delaware
|McLaughlin, P.P., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Ramsey, K.W., Benson, R.N., Tomlinson, J.L., Sugarman, P.J.
|RI66 Ground-Water Recharge Potential Mapping in Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|RI65 Wellhead Protection Area Delineations for the Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Area, Delaware
|Duffy, C.A., Costas, E.M., Andres, A.S.
|HM12 Ground-Water Recharge Potential Sussex County, Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|HM11 Ground-Water Recharge Potential Kent County, Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|OFR44 Storm-Water and Base-Flow Sampling and Analysis in the Delaware Inland Bays Preliminary Report of Findings 1998-2000
|Ullman, W.J., Andres, A.S., Scudlark, J.R., Savidge, K.B.
|HM10 Geohydrology of the Smyrna-Clayton Area, Delaware
|Andres, A.S.
|RI55 Geology of the Milford and Mispillion River Quadrangles
|Ramsey, K.W., Groot, J.J.
|RI52 Quality and Geochemistry of Ground Water in Southern New Castle County, Delaware
|Ferrari, M.J., Bachman, L.J.
|OFR34 Methodology for Mapping Ground-Water Recharge Areas in Delaware's Coastal Plain
|Andres, A.S.
|RI43 Estimate of Direct Discharge of Fresh Ground Water to Rehoboth and Indian River Bays
|Andres, A.S.
|OFR28 Potential for Ground-Water Recharge in the Coastal Plain of Northern New Castle County, Delaware
|Petty, S., Miller, W.D., Lanan, B.A.
|B16 Ground-Water Resources of the Piney Point and Cheswold Aquifers in Central Delaware as Determined by a Flow Model
|Leahy, P.P.
|RI30 Ground-Water Levels in Delaware July, 1966 - December, 1977
|Talley, J.H.
|RI2 High-Capacity Test Well Developed at the Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware
|Rasmussen, W.C., Groot, J.J., Depman, A.J.