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From: The New York Times, 4/18/2007
by: Julia Moskin
"If she had made pies, I would happily have eaten them," said Andrew Ostroy, who was married to Ms. Shelly. "She didn't, but she had an idea that baking would be a way for this woman to extricate herself from a miserable situation."
The major preoccupations of "Waitress" are pies and pregnancy, and the redemptive potential of each for a young woman stuck with a dead-end job and a singularly nasty husband.
The film, which Ms. Shelly wrote, directed and acts in, is the last piece of work she completed before she was slain in Greenwich Village on Nov. 1. The authorities said a 19-year-old construction worker, Diego Pillco, killed her in an argument after she complained about noise from renovation in the building where she worked. Mr. Pillco is in jail awaiting trial, the Manhattan district attorney's office said.
A few days after Ms. Shelly's death, the film's producers found out it had been accepted to the Sundance Film Festival; it opens nationally on May 2.
"It's just impossible that she's not here for the release," said Laura Donnelly, the former pastry chef at the Laundry restaurant in East Hampton, N.Y., who made up to 30 pies a day for the film shoot. "Because she was everywhere on the set — soothing her baby, checking the shot, adding more marshmallows to the pie for the next scene, getting into character."
Ms. Shelly, Keri Russell and Cheryl Hines play the three waitresses at Joe's Pie Diner, located in a dusty, imaginary Southern nowhere. Jenna, the film's main character (Ms. Russell) also bakes all the pies — 27 kinds each day. Her dream-ticket out is the $25,000 prize money she plans to win in a statewide pie contest; her nightmare is being trapped with her abusive husband, Earl, by the baby she's carrying.
Although the film is shadowed by her husband's menacing presence and Jenna's financial worries, "Waitress" is a comic feminist fairy tale about self-reliance. The only man in the film who sees Jenna clearly is the diner's curmudgeonly, pie-loving owner, played by Andy Griffith.
"What you do with food is unearthly," he says, meditating on a weekly special of chocolate cream pie with fresh strawberries. "How the ingredients open up, one after another…I wake up every Wednesday thinking about it."
Not all of the pies in the film are so appetizing. When Ms. Shelly wrote the script in 2003, she was pregnant with her daughter, Sophie, now 4: her husband says that anxiety, along with anticipation, drove her work. "It was important to Adrienne to be honest about her ambivalence and fear of becoming a mother — when do you ever see that on screen?" he said. As Jenna broods about the future (she refers to the fetus at one point as "an alien and a parasite") her escape fantasies and her pies become increasingly wild.
She invents an I Hate My Husband Pie (bitter chocolate drowned in caramel), then Baby Screaming Its Head Off in the Middle of the Night and Ruining My Life Pie (cheesecake, brandied pecans, nutmeg), and finally Earl Murders Me Because I'm Having an Affair Pie (juicy crushed berries in a dark chocolate crust). (Jenna's improbable response to prenatal anxiety is to start an affair with her married obstetrician.)
After labor and delivery, Jenna's fairy tale ending kicks in. Fluffy pies of all kinds dance through the refurbished diner in a Technicolor Busby Berkeley fantasy sequence.
"I thought of those as Dr. Seuss pies and just went crazy with the vanilla pudding and the food coloring," Ms. Donnelly, the pastry chef, said. All the pies on the set were edible, she said, even the luridly lime green and hot-pink-with-orange-swirl specimens.
The fantasy pies were all invented by Ms. Shelly, said Michael Roiff, the film's producer. "She had a very specific and singular vision about those pies," he said. "There are even some that only she would have been able to describe, like Lonely Chicago Pie and Car Radio Pie. And now we'll never know what they were."
Because Ms. Shelly's life may have ended in a way that her protagonist both fears and escapes — at the hands of a violent young man — parts of "Waitress" are more painful to watch than Ms. Shelly could have intended. But the film always finds solace in the kitchen, where picturesque clouds of flour drift in warm light, where custards never boil over, where crusts never burn.
"Jenna is happiest when she's alone in the kitchen, working with her hands," said Keri Russell, who mixes quite convincingly (though a hand double was used in the tricky opening sequence). "And as an actress, Adrienne knew that it is a gift to have something to do with your hands instead of having to stand there and talk."
Ms. Russell, who has been working as an actress since childhood, said that she had never made a pie before working on the film. Ms Donnelly tutored her in pastry arcana. "I didn't even know about kneading or — what do you call it? — crimping, or keeping pie crust cold," Ms. Russell said.
Mr. Roiff said that making a pie and making a film had clear parallels for Ms. Shelly. "Being alone with your creative materials was a powerful image for Adrienne," he said. "You can see in the scenes where Jenna is baking that she is at peace and in control."
That control was hard won for Ms. Shelly, as for many women in the film business. She was established as an actress in the early 1990s, starring in dark comedies by the director Hal Hartley, including "The Unbelievable Truth" and "Trust."
But making the transition to producing her own work was a battle. "She worked so hard to do the work she wanted as a writer and a director as well as an actor," Mr. Ostroy said. "But as a woman, even in 'independent' film, there are still a lot of roadblocks." This year at Sundance, he said, only a small fraction of the feature films were directed by women.
Since her death, Mr. Ostroy has established a foundation in her name that is giving scholarships to film schools and grants to get work by women produced. New York University, Columbia and the American Film Institute are among those participating. (More information is at adrienneshellyfoundation.org)
At the end of "Waitress," Jenna sings her daughter (played by Sophie Ostroy) a lullaby written by Ms. Shelly. She may not have been a baker, but she understood a great deal about pie.
Baby don't be blue
Gonna make for you
Gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle
Gonna be a pie from heaven above
Gonna be filled with strawberry love
Baby don't you cry
Gonna make a pie
Hold you forever in the middle of my heart.


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Can you believe it is already May?! Where has the time gone?? At one point today I stopped to take in the quiet hum of my students happily working. They were chattering about sums and differences, sorting and counting coins, and happily playing our math centers. To keep my students engaged in learning (with only 15 days left of school!) I created a few centers to review the skills we learned this year. My students are LOVING them!
At this point in the year we are easily counting from 1-120 forwards and backwards, by 5s, 10s, and (with help) by 2s. To make sure my students could find missing numbers when counting forwards and backwards I made a "cover all" game. I made some "eye catching" work mats that my students have been drooling over! They love that the math work is integrated in the science units we are enjoying.
For this game, my students take turns picking a card out of the pile and write in the missing number. If they have that number on their board, they cover it up! Whoever has covered up all their numbers first, wins!
Another game that we are loving is a game that I call "Sandcastle Surprise." For this game, my students have to count the base ten blocks on their cards.
Then they use their magnifying glasses to hunt to find the sandcastle the child made! I hid the numbers in the sandcastles. 🙂 They are head over heels in love with this game!!
Once they find the match, they put the cards together and move on to the next card! The squeals of joy over this game is SO awesome!!
We are also really working on "simple word problems." To practice this skill in a hands-on way, I created word problems about watermelon seeds! I added some dried black beans to the center and it instantly was a favorite during our guided math lessons.
My students carefully counted out their "seeds" and then wrote down their number sentences.
We have also been working on greater than and less than. For this, I had to bring out my math sharks. If you missed that blog post, you can read about it HERE. It was such a hit and a lesson that my students beg to play time and time again. To review the skill, I created a center to go along with it. For this center, my students have to look at their math sharks and sort the fish by their numbers.
Finally, we have been working on addition. My "cover your side" games are always a hit with my students. To make this version even more fun, I added in a spinner and some shells to use as the playing pieces! To play, the students spin the spinner, add up the two numbers, and then cover the correct number. This is such a fun way for them to practice this important skill!
During our math centers, my students are happily completing their interactive journals. They are so proud of their hard work!
This week we are winding up our insect week and are about to dive into our last theme of the year: The Ocean!! This is always a favorite of my students. My kinders are getting so good at using their science vocabulary and love looking for our new words in the books that they are reading!
I'll blog more about the fun Science activities we have been completing!
If you are interested in my kindergarten math bins, you can purchase them HERE.
If you are looking for my FIRST grade math bins, you can purchase them HERE.
The interactive notebooks can be purchased HERE.
If you would my "All About The Ocean" pack, you can find that HERE.
I hope that you are having a GREAT week!!
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From Vienna with Love!
• interpretation of the hat
• A journey from past to future
• handmade with great attention to detail
• Unlimited freedom of creativity
• Luxury and elegance mixed with extravagant design
Based on these foundation stones Barbara Habig designs in its fifth generation, a new luxury Hutlinie in continuation of over 150 years of family tradition.
Their style is characterized by a strongly masculine design that gives the man in the woman and the man and woman in the appeals. The colors are harmonious, clean and simple, combined with a love of detail, especially historical. The hats are multi-functional as well as elegant and chic.
A mix of exclusive and extravagant materials, ultra-light and fine, various kinds of sheepskin, fox fur, velvet, and a sophisticated application of fur felt with the exquisite shape, unusual Habig Hut collection.
The selected materials allow a comfortable fit that will allow for most models can be conveniently tucked into your bag or your luggage so as to integrate the head covering as a "must-have" accessory in your busy life.
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First, you have to plan where you want to continue your outdoor camping trip. Second understanding what your financial allowance for spending may be for the camping trip. For those who have older kids allow them to take part in the look where they wish to go and just what they wish to do with an outdoor camping trip. For those who have more youthful children you might like to stay nearer to home, if this sounds like the very first time to become outdoors and spending an evening. Children could possibly get picky and tired riding for any lengthy distance. It is best to become well-rehearsed than to begin with no planned trip. Construct the direction you're going and just how far you'll have to travel to obtain there. Make certain you've enough room to hold the necessities who'll requirement for your outdoor adventure.
This is a listing of essentials you will need for the outdoor camping trip.
1) Have a tent or perhaps a canopy to remain dry and warm.
2) You'll need sleeping-bags or hammocks and warm covers.
3) Take the cooking utensils to cook outdoors. If remaining inside a campground they're going to have a fireplace pit to prepare on. You will have to buy wood or bring charcoal to cook. A fireplace lighter is important.
4) A lantern is going to be handy for added light during the night. Flashlights are good to possess along with you.
5) Getting comfortable folding chairs or lounges can be used as resting on or simply hanging out the campground.
6) You'll need coolers and closed containers to maintain your food cold and protected from creatures.
7) Outdoor games and activities ought to be planned to possess for your special time using the kids whenever your out camping. Discussing tales round the fire are members of camping,
8) Make certain you pack just the thing you need for clothing, sometimes you are able to exaggerate it. Always bring a jacket or sweatshirt in situation the nights could be awesome.
9) Plan the food menu before leaving so you'll not bring greater than you'll need for every meal.
10) Also have the healthy snacks for that trip as well as your camera to consider individuals special pictures to need to enjoy later.
11) Kids prefer to bring their special toy or animal to rest with the they think comfortable and safe.


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Becher, Alfred Julius
Teacher, editor and composer. He was born, of German parentage, at Manchester, England, and met his death at Vienna, in which city he was tried by court-martial for political offenses and condemned to death. He left England in his childhood and went to live in Germany. Was trained for the profession of law, and practised for awhile at Elberfeld. He studied music at Heidelberg, Berlin, and elsewhere, and in 1840, was appointed teacher of harmony at the London Royal Academy of Music. The following year Becher moved to Vienna, where he served as musical critic of the Wiener Musik-Zeitung and the Sontagsblatter. Of extreme revolutionary views, as editor of Der Radikale, he came under the ban of the Government, and was shot by order of the court-martial. He is the author of many songs and pieces for the piano, and of the two pamphlets, Jenny Lind: eine Skizze ihres Leben; Das niederrheinische Musikfest, assthetish u historisch betrachtet.


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Though President Thomas S. Monson did not announce any new temples at general conference, 2015 has been a busy year for temple building in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The year will end with at least:
— Four groundbreakings: Church leaders broke ground on new temples — the Star Valley Wyoming and Cedar City Utah temples — earlier this year. They have scheduled groundbreakings for two more on Oct. 17 in Tucson, Arizona, and Concepción, Chile.
— Three newly announced temples: At the April general conference, President Monson announced three new temples to be built in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and Bangkok, Thailand.


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AJPH Research: Adolescent violence, transgender population, inmate mistreatment, child abuse
CONTACT: For copies of articles or full table of contents of an issue, contact Mandi Yohn at firstname.lastname@example.com or 202-777-2509.
American Journal of Public Health research highlights:
Social networks increase spread of violence among adolescents
Researchers tested the hypothesis that violence among US adolescents spreads like a contagious disease through social networks. They examined responses from a nationally representative sample of 90, 118 U.S. students 12 to 18 years old who were involved in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Violence was assessed by having participants report the number of times in the preceding 12 months they had been involved in a serious physical fight, had hurt someone badly and had pulled a weapon on someone.
Results showed that participants were 48 percent more likely to have been involved in a serious fight, 183 percent more likely to have hurt someone badly and 140 percent more likely to have pulled a weapon on someone if a friend had engaged in the same behavior. The influence spread up to four degrees of separation (i.e., friend of friend of friend of friend) for serious fights, two degrees for hurting someone badly and three degrees for pulling a weapon on someone. Researchers concluded that adolescents were more likely to engage in violent behavior if their friends did the same, and contagion of violence extended beyond immediate friends to friends of friends.
["The Contagious Spread of Violence Among US Adolescents Through Social Networks." Contact: Brad J. Bushman, PhD, School of Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.]
0.53 percent of U.S. adults identify as transgender
Researchers estimated the proportion of U.S. adults who identify as transgender and compared the demographics of transgender and non-transgender populations. They analyzed data from states and territories in the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System that asked about transgender status. The proportion of adults identified as transgender was calculated from affirmative and negative responses. They also explored differences between male-to-female and non-transgender females and female-to-male and non-transgender males.
Results showed that transgender individuals made up 0.53 percent of the population and were more likely to be non-white and living below the poverty line; as likely to be married, living in a rural area and employed; and less likely to attend college compared with non-transgender individuals. Researchers concluded that the transgender population is a racially diverse population present across U.S. communities, and that inequalities in education and socioeconomic status have negative health implications for the transgender population.
["Transgender Demographics: A Household Probability Sample of US Adults, 2014." Contact: Halley P. Crissman, MD, MPH, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.]
Sexual minorities overrepresented in prisons and jails, experience higher rates of mistreatment
Researchers set out to report characteristics of sexual minority U.S. inmates. Data from the National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012, was used to estimate differences between sexual minority and heterosexual inmates.
Results showed that sexual minorities — those who self-identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual or report a same-sex sexual experience before arrival at the facility — were disproportionately incarcerated. About 9.3 percent of men in prison, 6.2 percent of men in jail, 42.1 percent of women in prison and 35.7 percent of women in jail were sexual minorities. The incarceration rate of self-identified lesbian, gay or bisexual persons was more than three times that of the U.S. adult population. Compared with straight inmates, sexual minorities were more likely to have been sexually victimized as children, to have been sexually victimized while incarcerated, to have experienced solitary confinement and other sanctions and to report current psychological distress. Researchers concluded that there is disproportionate incarceration, mistreatment, harsh punishment and sexual victimization of sexual minority inmates.
["Incarceration Rates and Traits of Sexual Minorities in the United States: National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012." Contact: Ilan H. Meyer, PhD, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California.]
Child maltreatment investigations more common across lifespan
Researchers estimated the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the U.S. Using data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child Files (2003–2014) and Census, they estimated the cumulative prevalence of reported childhood maltreatment. They also extended previous work, which explored confirmed rates of maltreatment, and added new estimations of maltreatment by subtype, age and ethnicity.
Results showed that 37.4 percent of all children experience a child protective services investigation by age 18. African American children had a higher rate of maltreatment investigations, while Asians/Pacific Islanders had the lowest rate. Researchers concluded that child maltreatment investigations are more common than is generally recognized when viewed across the lifespan. The data suggest a critical need for increased preventative and treatment resources in the area of child maltreatment.
["Lifetime Prevalence of Investigating Child Maltreatment Among U.S. Children." Contact: Brett Drake, PhD, MSW, Brown School of Social Work and Public Health, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.]
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Latin Wave
Treasures (Tesoros)
Twelve-year-old Andrea, six-year-old Dylan, and toddler Lucas move with their family to Barra de Potosí, on Mexico's Pacific Coast. They quickly make friends with the local children, who immediately enjoy the company of the newcomers from the city. When one child is convinced that he has seen the ghost of explorer Sir Francis Drake, the whole group sets out on an adventure, searching for a long-lost treasure from the 16th century.
This delicate tale by Mexican maestro María Novaro places children center stage and depicts the magic and wonder of childhood and the empowerment young people experience when they are given autonomy. Idyllic and full of hope, Treasures exquisitely captures the limitless possibility that youth represents.
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If adopted, such a move could provide a boost for ecommerce leaders Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and their smaller rivals. A high-level committee has been set up under Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to look into ecommerce, including issues related to foreign direct investment (FDI), a senior government official told ET.
"We want to liberalise the sector and do away with complex regulations," said the official. "We will look into each and every aspect of ecommerce and issues involved."
The global ecommerce market is worth $22.1 trillion, according to estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). India, ranked 10 ahead of Brazil and Russia in per-capita ecommerce spending, has 22 million online shoppers.
Total B2C (business-to-customer) sales in India stood at $20 billion and B2B (business-tobusiness) at $298 billion. The ecommerce industry in India is expected to grow from $17 billion in 2014 to $60-70 billion by 2019. The 12-member committee will submit its recommendations to PMO in two months.
It includes secretaries of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) besides representatives of six states.
"The terms of reference of the committee would be to examine various issues in ecommerce sector and making recommendations for further liberalisation of the policy in this sector (including possibility of changes in the FDI policy)," according to an August 3 office memorandum that ET has seen.
Offline and online players have continued to spar even after the rules were issued in March with brick-and-mortar stores alleging that ecommerce companies are flouting norms and circumventing FDI laws by infusing overseas capital into retailing directly to customers, which India does not allow.
Marketplace rules
Under the rules, DIPP had classified the marketplace model as a B2B activity in which 100 per cent FDI was allowed. But this also meant that a marketplace could not directly offer discounts and no vendor should account for more than a fourth of total sales.
Warrantees and postsales services would have to be provided by sellers and not the marketplace. DIPP said a marketplace would act as the provider of a technology platform and act as a facilitator between buyer and seller.
Such companies were allowed to provide services to sellers such as warehousing, logistics, call centres and payment collection. As opposed to the marketplace model, the inventory-based model was categorised as a B2C activity in which FDI is not permitted.
Amazon, Flipkart and other online companies have said that they are compliant with the rules. After years of heavy discounting as they sought to gain market share, ecommerce companies are looking to reduce cash burn and improve their financials as investors seek returns.
That has led to some consolidation — Flipkart's Myntra unit recently acquired Jabong.


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I wanted to make a layered bake, that reminded me of a burger. It's not a saucy layered bake, though you do get some juices from the vegetables and meat. The Sweet potato layers make up the top and bottom like buns , and you have tomato and onion as toppings. I threw some zucchini in as a green instead of lettuce. I was really happy how it came out, and the layers hold together pretty well, which is sometimes a problem with saucier bakes.
1 lb grass-fed ground buffalo or beef
2 sweet potatoes [peeled and sliced]
1 large tomato [sliced]
1/2-1 onion [sliced, keeping the rings together]
3 cloves garlic [chopped]
1 zucchini [sliced]
1 yellow summer squash [sliced]
- Grease a glass 9×9 pan with duck fat. place a layer of sweet potato slices to cover the bottom.
- Season the ground beef with a little salt, pepper, oregano, and maybe a little chili powder, and press lightly into the pan, covering evenly from edge to edge. [season however you would normally season burger meat]
- Add the slices of onion on top of the beef, and sprinkle the chopped garlic around, Then place the tomato slices on top.
- Cover with a layer of zucchini slices and finish off with another layer of sweet potatoes.
- Rub top layer with duck fat and bake covered 300 degrees for 1 hour
Increase heat to 400 degrees and bake an additional 30-60 min.
[optionally, you can probably start off at 400 degrees and cook for a shorter amount of time. I used the longer cook method because I wanted to leave it baking while I went to CrossFit. ]


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Mountain Laurel Moravian Fellowship was officially formed in October, 2007 with an eight member Steering Committee. The members of this committee had been members of various Moravian congregations around North Carolina before settling in Alleghany and Ashe counties and desired to carry their Moravian tradition to the mountains.
The Fellowship's first service was a Candlelight Christmas Lovefeast held at Transou United Methodist Church on December 16, 2007. Regular Sunday worship services began on February 10, 2008 at Transou UMC.
Worship services are held every Sunday of the year at 11:00 AM, unless there is inclement weather.


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Here's what I saw. If you have no first-hand experience, please don't try and convince me otherwise. It's the old line about "Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?"
This comes from Cop in the Hood:
Temptation is everywhere. Given the prevalence of drug dealing and the fact that drug dealers hold hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars in cash, police officers routinely face the opportunity for quick and illegal personal gain. Police could get away with stealing drugs or money, at least for a while. But robbed drug dealers can and will call Internal Affairs. And officers with criminal dealings will usually be ratted out by another criminal. Putting a dirty cop behind bars is as good a get-out-of-jail card as exists.
I policed what is arguably the worst shift in the worst district in Baltimore and saw no police corruption. I know there are corrupt police officers. After three years on the street, one Eastern District officer stopped a man who drove his motorized scooter through a red light. The man had $6,300 in his pocket. The officer counted the money and allegedly returned $4,900 of it. The man called police to report the missing money and the officer was arrested and indicted on felony theft charges. One year later, these charges were dropped on condition that the officer resign from the police department and agree not to work in law enforcement again. When a cop is dirty, there is inevitably a drugs connection. Over a few beers after work, the subject of the drug squad came up. An older cop warned me to "stay away from drugs [in your dealings as a cop]. They'll just get you in trouble in the long run."
Incidents do happen, but the police culture is not corrupt. Though overall police integrity is very high, some will never be convinced. But out of personal virtue, internal investigation stings, or monetary calculations, the majority— the vast majority—of police officers are clean. A greater problem is that high- arrest officers push the boundaries of consent searches and turn pockets inside- out. Illegal (and legal) searches are almost always motivated by a desire to find drugs. In the academy, an officer warned the class, "Corruption starts six months to a year after you're out of the academy. When you're on the streets and you start shaking down drug dealers because they're worthless shits." Similarly a sergeant explained:
You'll get out there, thinking you can make a difference. Then you get frustrated: a dealer caught with less than twenty- five pieces will be considered personal use. . . . Or you go to court and they take his word over yours. You're a cop and you're saying you saw something! . . . After it happens to you, you don't care. It's your job to bring him there [to court]. What happens after that is their problem. You can't take this job personal! Drugs were here before you were. And they'll be here long after you're gone. Don't think you can change that. I don't want you leaving here thinking everybody living in this neighborhood is bad, does drugs. Many [cops] start beating people, thinking they deserve it.
Police officers are often in a position to hold various amounts of drugs and money. Legally seized drugs and money are kept in one's pockets (carefully separated from personal belongings) before being taken to the station house and submitted in the proper fashion. Officers have to be careful not to make honest mistakes. They could put something in the wrong pocket. Something could fall out of a pocket. The night gets busy and they might forget to submit. Before each shift, police officers search the squad car for anything left behind.
Many residents, after repeated calls to police about drug dealers, assume that officers are either incorrigibly corrupt or completely apathetic:
I understand what you [police] deal with. But you got to understand. People see police drive right by the dealers, don't even get out of the car. Or they [police] got them [dealers] with their legs spread [being searched]. Who's to say you ain't taking a little something on the side? You can't have drugs on this scale without somebody letting it happen.
Police discount such accusations:
People get bad ideas from the media or from criminals that we're corrupt or brutal. But we're not. Or they refuse to think that their son could be involved with drugs. They want the corner cleared, but if we pick up their son it must be the racist cops picking on him because he's black. And with the amount of drugs you've got in this area, of course they aren't going to like police because we're trying to lock them up. Too many people here are pro-criminal.
Even financially, it pays to be straight. A New York City police officer explained:
My pension is worth between one and two million dollars. I'd have to be a fool to risk that for $100, even $1,000. I'll tell you when I'll be corrupt: the day I walk into a room piled with drugs, five million dollars in cash, and everybody dead. For five million, I'd do it. I'd leave the drugs and take the cash.
Some officers enter the police department corrupt. Others fall of their own free will. Still others may have an isolated instance of corruption in an otherwise honest career. But there is no natural force pulling officers from a free cup of coffee toward shaking down drug dealers. Police can omit superfluous facts from a police report without later perjuring themselves in court. Working unapproved security overtime does not lead to a life in the Mob. Officers can take a catnap at 4 am and never abuse medical leave. There is no slope. If anything, corruption is more like a Slip 'N Slide. You can usually keep your footing, but it's the drugs that make everything so damn slippery.


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Kudos for writing this, Michael. I'm getting tired of hearing these criminal acts in the news. In almost every case it seems to have been driven by the desire for attention online. I read an article this week about how some American girls were arrested at the Colosseum in Rome for carving their names into the wall and trying to post a photo of themselves doing it. I hope they get punished for it.
Delicate Nature – What's Your Responsibility?
I was inspired to write this post based on a Facebook photography group posting that stirred up a lot of vitriol in the comments section yesterday evening. The group, a typical bunch of happy-go-lucky photographer's posting their latest images, had a large majority of responders none too fond of one of the images that was posted. I'm not going to list the group, commenters, or the poster of the image, because the specifics aren't the point. The action being displayed in the image is. The behavior in the photo seems to occur all to frequently in many of the social media platforms, groups, etc. The image in question was one of a young man jumping on top of a sensitive rock formation on the Oregon Coast. While I'm sure the young man's intentions were not malicious, the resulting photo and posting for hundreds, if not thousands of viewers, lends it self to copy cats. One after another, after another trying to recreate their own insta-twitter-book moment.
Ok, then what's really the problem? We all love social media right? We all want likes and thumbs ups, right? It's just a photograph, right? The issue many had, as well as my perspective, is that this behavior puts an undue burden on the features, formations, and landscape. Let's say you live close to a State or National Park with a famous view, rock formation, historic structure, etc. Would you crawl on it? Jump on it? Trample it? Just to get a photo or fun shot for Instagram? Twitter? Facebook? I understand taking photos with individuals enjoying moments in awe inspiring locals. I try to put myself or friends into my photography to give scale and perspective. But we, especially as photographers, have to use good judgement.
Just less than 2 years ago Glenn Taylor and David Hall toppled a delicate rock formation over in Goblin Valley State Park (Utah), all the while capturing it on video. This past year Casey Nocket willfully vandalized 8 National Parks for the sake of 'being creative', some say fueled by her ability to show it off to others via social media. Trevor Lee recently was fined by the National Park Service, both monetarily and with community service for creating a stream of unique, but illegal photos in Yosemite National Park on his Instagram feed. Mr. Taylor & Mr Hall, Ms. Nocket, and Mr. Lee posted to social media sites touting their 'accomplishments' and by no means am I accusing the young man mentioned above of intentionally destroying anything, but the 'what's it going to hurt' mentality for social media posting ties all of the above far too closely together.
What this boils down to is as a photographer I've come to grow an immense respect for the natural beauty around us and the reality that it is delicate, very delicate at times. Am I perfect? No. I've jumped a few barriers & ignored a few signs in my younger days. Do I now try extremely hard to pay utmost attention to being respectful when I'm in a delicate environment? Absolutely, yes. Hindsight puts me in a position where I wish I had the perspective I now have back then. It's growth and heightened awareness that's changed me. More time spent in these beautiful and wild places has shaped my perception. As well as simply growing up and being more mature. If we all decide to jump up and down on Balanced Rock, trample the meadows of Paradise at Mount Rainier, or climb all over Delicate Arch – eventually we won't have Delicate Arch. We won't have a meadow full of wildflowers. We won't have Balanced Rock. And Then what? It will be too late to fix.
I want to encourage anyone who enjoys the outdoors, wilderness, parks, and trails to set an example. I encourage others to share this and my hope is that others will learn faster and at a younger age, to teach and encourage others to be respectful of those places we all enjoy. Because we ALL want to enjoy them.
(I encourage good conversation and open dialogue on this topic and want to hear your thoughts, but anything that turns into poor behavior/mud slinging/name calling/etc won't be tolerated – those comments will be deleted).
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Thanks Richard. I read that too, same stuff different country. While I love social media & the interaction and people we'd never meet if it weren't for the platform. The drive to 'create' the next big thing or one up the other guy is just escalating the behavior. What I'd really love to see is more articles/blog/retweets about those getting penalized or punished. Maybe, just maybe it would start deter the behavior.


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Chants of Evil, The Visions of the Breathing Darkness - a Photo Book on the Art of Black Metal is the first book on the current generation ("Third Wave") of Black Metal from the twenty-first century and contains many beautiful live concert photos, taken by the Dutch photographer Chérie.
The book describes and shows how Black Metal, originating in the 1980's, has spread from Norway all over the world. English texts, matching the photo's, were written by the portrayed artists and by internationally renown connoisseurs of the genre. The texts focus on the development of Black Metal in their most important sources: the three Scandinavian Countries, Germany, France and Canada/USA.
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TFI Dubai Sound City. And not Korova.
There's some odd slebs watching on from the lake-covered floor in the Irish Village. Over to our left is Frank Bruno looking bemused and slightly excited. Behind us, surrounded by 'fans' is Carlton Palmer, last seen in a bath advertising pizza.
Tonight he's wearing a yellow T-shirt.
And when the Riverboat Song's unforgettable intro rings round the fuggy, night-time heat of the mainstage, I kinda wonder if Jimmy Fivebellies or even the man himself Chris Evans may wander on to shake a pair of Paul Smith's like it really is 1995.
Alas, no such luck. We make do with Simon Fowler's Moseley gang, dance our socks off and remember The Day We Caught The Train to university. Those were the days.
Ocean Colour Scene's Simon Fowler
It'd be unfair to say We Have Band are a third-rate Friendly Fires, but until they add some oomph to their vocal attack they're always going to be in the jetstream of the St Albans crew.
Don't get me wrong, WHB are very watchable, have the crowd exactly were they want them: all swaying, googly-dancing (this involves moving your shoulders like a decapitated chicken) and that triple-drum beat-down is oh-so fine.
But when you've three of the buggers on vocal duties and only one is having the desired effect it's time to have a rethink. I mean, what was with the post-modern, American-accentuated twat-style delivery by the Parisian-looking cat on the right?
Surely he knows Josh Stone tried this already? And failed.
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If there's one thing I'll say for Liam Fray and The Courteeners, they've a tremendous sense of humour.
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At one time this phrase was touted by Embrace.
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Scotland's social movements can be a model for the world
Human societies have always been shaped by conflict between ruled and rulers. Rome fought slave and tribal revolts as often as foreign wars. Feudal Kings needed the Church to mediate the demands of their serfs and armored knights to put down rebellions.
Capitalism produced a wholly new set of social movements. Whereas the pre-capitalist Wars of the Three Kingdoms (the proper name of the "English Civil War", acknowledging the vital role played by Scotland and Ireland) were fought for reform of the Church, from the late 18th century on movements emerged demanding higher wages, safer working conditions, shorter hours, and political democracy. Economics supplanted religion as the mediator of class conflict.
From these movements came trade unions, cooperatives, building societies, and the ideologies of Socialism and Communism. Even fascism, being a reaction against Communism, was ultimately caused by these movements. From living standards to geopolitics, labour movements shaped everything in the 20th century.
Today we find ourselves at a juncture. Actually-existing Communism is defeated and discredited. Trade unions are weak and largely confined to the public sector. Even the Mary Barbour-descended Scottish tenants' movement, which beat the landlords in 1918 and by the 1970s was replacing Council ownership with tenant's management cooperatives, met a sticky end at the hands of the McConnell government.
This isn't just the story of Thatcher beating the miners. 30 years have passed since then, trade unions have declined across the developed world, and we have been left with no champion to oppose a aggressive new right wing politics. Increasingly, the manufacturing jobs that first created trade unions, Socialism and all that will disappear. Even intellectual labourers are seeing their jobs turned into production lines, then automated. Bank clerk used to be a good job – today you'll be on a zero hours contract in a call centre, thanks to computer software. The situation has seemed increasingly hopeless.
But in 2014, right here in Scotland, amidst the smoldering ruins of Labour's old-style centralist social democratic project, a flower bloomed. Activists have been trying to empower citizens through social media since the early days of the internet, but in the Scottish independence referendum political social media finally became a mass phenomenon. Yes activists took to adding everyone they could as Facebook friends, especially those with Yes twibbons, but also unconvinced citizens. This created a dense news distribution network that reaches hundreds of thousands of Scots.
In combination with high quality crowdfunded news and comment websites this allows a far wider range of perspectives to reach the public. The centre of politics has shifted away from the narrow politics of the media and political classes, and towards the broad left wing politics of the Scottish people.
Humans are driven to conform, and good thing too, or there could be no society. Unfortunately, when we watch television news, our views are shifted because a wide variety of people are presented agreeing with ruling class viewpoints. We feel an urge to agree, just as we would if all our friends shared a point of view.
Social media has inverted that pyramid, to great upset from journalists. Now they have to face the views of thousands of (often angry) ordinary people, and once a dense network such as Scotland's politicised Facebook users is formed, we can establish our own social consensus without being trapped in an ideological spectrum where Ed Miliband is considered dangerously left-wing.
We have to build institutions that serve the same function to us as trade unions did to the labour movement, which learned the hard way that it needed permanent institutions and financing. Perhaps reformed unions, or reformed political parties, can be the vehicles we need. Perhaps it will be something new. We'll find out by building it.


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Simon Fraser University biologist Tammy McMullan leads a fun introduction to insects.
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We'll walk for approximately one kilometer on gently-graded trails.
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9:30 AM – Meet at Thacker Regional Park. Click HERE for map.
– Explore forests, streams, and ponds.
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The 40 hour basic mediation training on November 18-21 was just amazing! If you were able to attend, I think you will agree that it was time and money well spent, whether or not you're a professional entering the mediation field. Even participants who were professionals in the field prior to attending the training were very gracious with sharing their expertise with all of the learners.
Dr. Clare Fowler came from Eugene Oregon to conduct the training. She is a professor at University of Oregon, has her own mediation practice and is an editor for the website, www.mediate.com. She conducted the in-person interactive training in Anchorage and then a follow up after the training, online, which was a great way for the attendees to gain some experience with how to conduct mediation online. I think those who attended the follow up online will concur that mediation done online is not as easy as it sounds; however, Dr. Fowler, with her method of teaching, made this experience almost seamless.
Dr. Fowler teaches a SONAR approach to mediation. SONAR is an acronym which stands for Statement, Opening, Negotiation, Agreement and Resolution. To get more information about Dr. Fowler and her basic mediation training, please find her website at: http://www.clarefowler.com/index.cfm
Everyone in the practice of mediation started somewhere. Having a foundation to start from is a great way to build on knowledge and experience. Interestingly, many of the training attendees were not in the mediation business but rather see mediation training as a way to bridge conflict within their workplace and at home. It just goes to show how useful these skills are to just about any professional.
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Arena das Dunas is a new stadium with a capacity of 45,000 seats, demountable to 32,000 seats. It is a multipurpose stadium built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The stadium design by Populous is inspired by the sand dunes that dominate the city of Natal. Arena das Dunas will host four group matches during the World Cup 2014. Arena das Dunas is developed by our client OAS in a Public Private Partnership with the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
LocationNatal, Brazil
PeriodSince 2011
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OAS Coesa Consórcio Arena Natal has appointed Arena do Brasil to advise them on the design of the stadium and set up the management and operational organization of Arena das Dunas Nova. The services we provided include preparing comprehensive guidance and a review of the planning documentation according to FIFA regulations as well as an analysis of possible improvements to make the stadium operations more efficient during the FIFA World Cup and afterwards, in its legacy mode. Currently there is no demand in Natal for a large football stadium. Therefore we have convinced our client to make part of the stadium demountable. We have initiated additional changes to the design of the venue so that it can host various types of usage after the 2014 World Cup. This will ensure future profitability, and intensify use and integration of the venue with local society. Our suggestions and related technical implications are integrated in the design of Arena das Dunas.
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Diala has been an active member of The Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division and is currently the Chair of the Lawyer in Every Classroom Committee (2013-2014). She has previously served on its Board of Directors (2010-2012). She served as Co-Chair and Oxford Regional Chair of the High School Mock Trial Committee (2007-2009). Diala has also served as Chair of the Nominations Committee (2012-2013). She served as a member of the Mock Trial Committee (2004-2006), Pro Bono Committee (2004-2007), and the Wills for Heroes Committee (2009-2010).
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I wish I could talk to you. I'd tell you to ask your agent to give you a copy of the MLS listing - both the customer version and the agent version. Several times lately, I've noticed that there's a significangt difference in the two versions.
The agent version sometimes is not at all exciting. For example:
- "Seller is still fixing up.."
- "The dog just barks; harmless."
- "The cats can be in or out."
- "Be sure to ...."
- "Can't be shown until..." with that date being months in the past.
- "Garage: 0", when remarks clearly mention the two-car garage. Maybe only the customer's version.
- "Special conditions. Call listing office." When it's vacant with lockbox. Of course we need to call, but at least we could plan more efficiently if we knew how easy it would be to fit this one in.
There may be nothing in the brief remarks to make an agent want to show that one instead of all the others that are well-presented. Some negative things may be necessary remarks, but it looks self-serving when the other version is much more attractive. There's room for both!
The "customer" version may be flowery and detailed, so our clients notice that one and wonder why we didn't suggest it, unless we're bothering to look at both versions. It's frustrating to have to print both to have at hand both showing instructions and all the good features.
I appreciate the agents who are as conscientious about presenting their listings to their colleagues as to the buyers. While I'm griping, I also appreciate the agents who bother to convert lot dimensions to acreage when possible and appropriate. Our system has dimensions and acreage as separate categories, and when I search for "5+ acres" and a listing has only dimensions, it won't come up.
Mr. and Mrs. Seller, if you'd ask your agent to show you how the listing comes up both for agents and for the public, you might be able to suggest ways of making the listing presentation more attractive and accurate for both. That might help you cut short the many days on market that probably have you wondering what's wrong.
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It's time for the Griffin girls sister photo shoot. We do one every year! This year we went with a relaxed look on the streets of New Orleans. Right outside of the Rusty Nail bar on Constant Street. I love shooting the Griffin girls. McKenzie (the youngest) had a gig singing with her band, Walker Lukins and the Sidearms at the Rusty Nail. We decided to take advantage of the fact that she was in town and we did a midnight shoot. You will see that we wanted each girl to be wearing a plaid pattern. The Photo shoot was nicknamed "The Plaid" shoot. Shooting at midnight was interesting in New Orleans, a had a little audience… People walking their dogs, customers of the local bars.
Dori Griffin New Orleans local. She is number 2 and she has two adorable children. She is a super talented Mom and has a "onsie" company called Onsie of a Kind for babies based out of New Orleans.
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Choose your house and take part in four Hogwarts lessons. Please note, all houses will take part in all four lessons, including Slytherin! We have History of Magic with Professor Binns, played by the incredible story teller Robin Simpson. Delve into Divination with Professor Trelawney, played by spellbinding Susanna Meese. Help Professor Sprout (Fiona Willats) re-pot mandrakes and spend half an hour in the world's best place for a free period, Gryffindor Common Room.
Make sure you come dressed as your favourite character. There will also be opportunities to guess how many Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans are in a jar and come face to face with the Fat Lady and guess the Gryffindor Common Room Password.
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X2 target 22LRIn your part of the world, I would drop a message to DavetheChamp, see what he and his Dad might either have in the armoury at WelshArms, or know is available in your area. They'll see you right or point you in the right direction if they've got nothing suitable.
Forum BlockedThe Open Rights Group have a handy tool for checking if sites are on an ISP block list. You can also send unblocking/reclassification requests with it. I've had some success getting some sites off (WTSF and WSRA) with Vodafone and Sky being relatively responsive. At the very least you can normally get it off the "regular" lists but they'll dig their heels in on the "Kidsafe" or "Strict" filters. It can also be a bit whack-a-mole because getting a site off the black-list doesn't necessarily get it white-listed, it just goes "neutral" - since they often use third party lists, sites can end up getting added back on.
Forum SecurityYou can use any TOTP-compatible app - I use Authy in preference to Google's app. Not that it matters - as Neil says it doesn't store anything on you, it's just generating a one-time password. I'll be blunt here. If 2FA is on offer somewhere USE IT. The benefits cannot be overstated.
.22 Rifle Ammo HaulAnd it doesn't need to be a top-tier brand. I mean, if that money is burning a hole in your pocket or you're sponsored, then by all means get Tenex/R50/Midas+, but if you find a batch of Eley Match/RWS Rifle Match/Center-X that your rifle likes, that will serve far better and offer more consistency than shooting lots of odd-batch R50 and Tenex (and you'll have more budget left for kit/travel/comps/associated training expenses). The label is only based on their proofing barrels, which gives an indication to consistency but it's performance in your barrel that counts - to that end, I'm not convinced you're getting a lot of value buying off-the-shelf odds of Tenex compared with off-the-shelf Match. It might be great, it might also fail to hold the 10 ring, and you're paying a 30% premium to find out! Last time I batch tested I found a good batch I was happy with. But one batch tested at 21mm after 10 shots. Off the shelf you don't know if it's any good till you start shooting it. I've shot 590+ in training and had double-tons with Rifle Match. Not as often as I'd like perhaps, but in training you're rarely shooting for score and tier-2 ammo is usually "good enough" to tell you if you're achieving your training goals.
Rifle StockMay help to add some salient details such as: Precise or the older 2213 alu-stock? Round (19-) action or square (20-)? Accessories included? Photos? Price?
Cardiff HotelI assume you've given Sport Wales a call - they have accommodation in the main building (and a decent breakfast!) for about £35/night. It does go really quickly though, so I suspect they'll be booked out for the weekend, if not with shooters then with other sports who are running training camps that weekend (I gather Hockey are notorious for pre-emptively booking out entire corridors of accommodation, before dropping half of it at the last minute when they realise they haven't got that many participants coming). Definitely try AirBNB, but also widen your search. I've commuted from Cardiff to Tondu (near Bridgend) in the mornings for shoots, and it's not been too bad - 25-30 minutes depending where you are in Bridgend, so whilst it's maybe a bit further than you want to go, you could do that in reverse.
Wanted: Peli 1720Having never flown with firearms, will be doing it twice this year and need a baggage-handler-proof hard case! Would like to hear from anyone who perhaps doesn't fly anymore and has a 1720 knocking about that they're willing to part with! EDIT: Sorted
Hemmers replied to slug33ukuk's topic in WantedDoubt it unless someone knows a dealer with some second hand stuff. Mags are expensive - even Ruger 10/22 rotary magazines are £20-30 and there's literally millions of them floating around, and being continuously mass-produced (i.e. low-per unit cost). By contrast I hadn't even heard of Krico till I went hunting just now, so presumably their production is an order of magnitude (or two!) lower and they don't seem to be big enough to justify/interest a UK distributor. They're €60-90 even in Germany, so by the time you factor in the cost of shipping from Germany and any paperwork (not sure how beaurocratic magazines are to ship - not a serialled, FAC part, but still the sort of thing liable to raise eyebrows at customs), then £80 unfortunately sounds about right. I know someone who had to pay £30 for a 10-shot CZ .17HMR mag and that's basically just .22wmr and readily available in the UK...
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Hemmers replied to David Levene's topic in Bug ReportsNo, the same has happened to me. Must be the forum because it was working fine earlier, and I've not done anything to my setup.
Anschutz Butt-hookNeed an butt-hook for an Anschutz 1913 because changing my current one for 3P is playing havoc with my prone scores! Doesn't have to be an Anschutz hook, just suitable for 3P. Any offers?
We'll take it! PM'd you.
Yeah, we could use an extra ammo cabinet at Southampton Uni, but we'd need to get it to, well, Soton...*looks wistful* Excellent price though.
3-p Rifle RestI could use one as well if anyone has more than 1 going!
http://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_html/Stan...sories/img3.gif http://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_html/Stan...sories/img1.gif We're looking for the type of mounts shown with these stands. Randomly, we seem to have stands and poles, but a deficit of mounts.
Jubilee Clips themselves are not the issue. We need the metal bits the clips fit to. The bits that clamp to the poles. The ones we have are the same shade of green as our DJR Stands (I'd send photos but i've lost the USB lead for my camera, and NOONE elses seems to work! :glare: Need a card reader...). Did DJR do mounts as well? I heard he was ceasing production of his stands, for a while at least, anyone know about mounts?


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On World Elephant Day today, we're working to raise awareness about the urgent plight of African and Asian Elephants, and to give everyone ideas about how we can help look after these magnificent animals in human care and in the wild.
Unfortunately African and Asian elephants are under terrible pressure from poaching, hunting and habitat destruction. Taronga Western Plains Zoo is home to six Asian elephants and one African elephant that are doing their bit to contribute to the preservation of their kind. As well as participating in our region's first conservation breeding program for their species, Taronga Western Plains Zoo elephants are great ambassadors for their species, getting people thinking about how they can help ensure their future survival.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo also has a long history of providing funds and support to many elephant conservation projects around the world from Africa to Aceh in Indonesia. You can check these out on the Taronga Western Plains Zoo website. You can contribute to these programs by visiting the zoo shop. The purchases made from the shop contribute to the care and conservation of Taronga Western Plains Zoo animals and for their counterparts in the wild. There's some amazing original artworks created by our elephants during their weekly enrichment activities, so you can purchase a great piece art and also know you are contributing to the preservation of these remarkable animals.


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SourceTufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical and laboratory findings as well as results of treatment in patients with Lyme disease associated with fibromyalgia.
DESIGN:Observational cohort study. The mean duration of observation was 2.5 years (range, 1 to 4 years).
SETTING:Diagnostic Lyme disease clinic in a university hospital.
PATIENTS:Of 287 patients seen with Lyme disease during a 3.5-year period, 22 (8%) had fibromyalgia associated with this illness, and 15 (5%) participated in the observational study.
MEASUREMENTS:Symptoms and signs of fibromyalgia, immunodiagnostic tests for Lyme disease, and tests of neurologic function.
RESULTS:Of the 15 patients, 9 developed widespread musculoskeletal pain, tender points, dysesthesias, memory difficulties, and debilitating fatigue a mean duration of 1.7 months after early Lyme disease; the remaining six patients developed those symptoms during the course of Lyme arthritis. At the time of our evaluation, late in the course of their illness, 11 patients had positive immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody responses to Borrelia burgdorferi by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), one had a positive Western blot, and the three seronegative patients had positive cellular immune responses to borrelial antigens. Four patients had abnormal cerebrospinal fluid analyses that showed an elevated protein level, a slight pleocytosis, or intrathecal antibody production to the spirochete. The signs of Lyme disease resolved with antibiotic therapy, usually intravenous ceftriaxone, 2 g/d for 2 to 4 weeks, except in one patient with persistent knee swelling. However, 14 of the 15 patients continued to have symptoms of fibromyalgia. Currently, only one patient is completely asymptomatic.
CONCLUSIONS:Lyme disease may trigger fibromyalgia, but antibiotics do not seem to be effective in the treatment of the fibromyalgia.
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A set of photos showing peaches in various panties has been forwarded by many famous bloggers on Weibo lately. The peaches, named "When the peach is ripe" (same with an erotic Hong Kong movie shot in 1997), was from a fruit shop in Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu province.
Mr. Yao, owner of the internet shop "Fruit Hunters", said he applied patent for his peaches with underwear a month ago. On the website of the shop, nine peaches with panties in a box were priced at 498 yuan ($79), but they sell well locally in Wuxi (a nearby city in Jiangsu province) and Nanjing, Mr. Yao said.
The peaches are harvested from Mount Yang in Wuxi, and the panties are custom-made from a famous underwear brand in Wuxi, produced with special materials that the brand developed themselves, according to Mr.Yao.
"My employees dress up for each peach by hand," Mr.Yao added.


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EVA_Unit_4A joins Skype! (08-29-2011)
I just want to let you all know that I have signed-up with the free-to-use Skype video chat site under the username- what else?- EVA_Unit_4A!
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The root of all good works is the hope of the Resurrection; for the expectation of the recompense nerves the soul to good works. For every labourer is ready to endure the toils, if he sees their reward in prospect; but when men weary themselves for nought, their heart soon sinks as well as their body. A soldier who expects a prize is ready for war, but no one is forward to die for a king who is indifferent about those who serve under him, and bestows no honours on their toils. In like manner every soul believing in a Resurrection is naturally careful of itself; but, disbelieving it, abandons itself to perdition. He who believes that his body shall remain to rise again, is careful of his robe, and defiles it not with fornication; but he who disbelieves the Resurrection, gives himself to fornication, and misuses his own body, as though it were not his own. Faith therefore in the Resurrection of the dead, is a great commandment and doctrine of the Holy Catholic Church; great and most necessary, though gainsaid by many, yet surely warranted by the truth. Greeks contradict it , Samaritans disbelieve it, heretics mutilate it; the contradiction is manifold, but the truth is uniform.
St. Cyril was technically semi-Arian (despite attempts to claim otherwise, this is really not in doubt), not in the sense that he disagreed with Nicene theology (he rejects Arianism and never says anything against Nicene theology), but in the sense that he seems to have favored compromises to make peace with people who were uncomfortable with the Nicene theology of homoousios, which was looked at by many as an unclear theological innovation breaking with the tradition of the Church. The Council of Nicaea had occurred in 325. It did not bring peace and clarity, but spread considerable confusion. 'Homoousios', the 'consubstantial' of the creed, was not a widespread term; a great many bishops, including many whose orthodoxy is not in dispute, thought that it was not helpful. Cyril became a bishop largely because he was a member of this group, and it is very noticeable that the corresponding Catechetical Lecture, despite being thoroughly orthodox, does not mention the homoousios at all.
A council was held in 360 in Constantinople which almost went Arian, but was pulled back from it by some complicated ecclesiastical politics. It did, however, protest the homoousios in moderate terms:
But since the term 'ousia', which was used by the fathers in a very simple and intelligible sense, but not being understood by the people, has been a cause of offense, we have thought proper to reject it, as it is not contained even in the sacred writings; and that no mention of it should be made in future, inasmuch as the holy Scriptures have nowhere mentioned the substance of the Father and of the Son.
This council had widespread acceptance. What seems to have brought it down ultimately was that a number of Arian-leaning bishops seem to have taken it as a license for much more aggressive action, which started pushing moderates like Cyril into direct opposition. When another council was held in Constantinople in 381, it went in favor of the homoousios, and it is the Creed of that council that is actually recited as the Nicene Creed. St. Cyril seems to have backed it completely this time; indeed, if some stories are to be believed, he is the one who actually wrote it -- the Creed of Constantinople according to some stories may well have been the baptismal confession of Jerusalem with the homoousios added. It's unclear (at best) whether this was actually the case, since we don't actually know how the Creed of the First Council of Constantinople came about (indeed, some have argued that the Creed of the First Council of Constantinople was actually not given by that Council, although the later Council of Chalcedon explicitly affirms it as such). But St. Cyril had certainly shifted his position.
Things did not get less confusing; most people ignored the First Council of Constantinople for quite some time afterward, although the council did mark a strong and permanent shift in the theological atmosphere (of which it may have been either cause or symptom). But Cyril's fight was coming to an end, and he died in 387.


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