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A 'not-knowing intention' reflective stance can help therapists engage an exploration of the problem story as experienced by clients
Language and Reflexivity
Feminist-Narrative 'Assumptionlessing' 1: Taking a stand for Collaborative Practice
As a bi-cultural Latina and French Canadian with family spread across the globe, I have always been curious about the subtleties of language as it has travelled with me and impacted my experience. Language, as I have begun to see it, is an active relational process, inviting meaning through the contexts in which it is produced. Exploring the dialectical relationship between language and culture with my peers and clients in the context of therapy permits me to understand more fully the many creative therapeutic avenues and tools available in the therapeutic process. This invited me to develop further my capacity in the engagement of deconstruction, uncovering the more invisible discourses supporting the problem story and reclaiming of the clients sites of important meaning and values that may have been discredited and excluded.
The use of externalization as practiced in the Feminist-Narrative therapy approach at ProChoices mesmerized me. Externalizing conversations is central to Narrative therapy, and engages opportunity to deconstruct the stories that maintain problems. Through externalizing language, the client and therapist loosen the problem story to invite movement and response so that they may re-locate to supportive sites. From a different vantage point, we can then become active agents in a preferred relationship to the problem. Of particular interest to a Feminist-Narrative Therapist is how these stories are further articulated within the politics of the culture in which we find ourselves. Perusing these intertwining branches of stories leads to brushing against the roots of normative assumptions. Exploring the problem as outside the person invites us to notice the problem's influence on various aspects of their lives, and to explore moments where the problem had less power, in addition to noticing it's historical and cultural location.
The Feminist-Narrative therapist asks questions intended to engage a collaborative process of research. Reflexivity supports the Feminist-Narrative therapist to sustain a personal awareness of assumptions that can interject and get in the way of the clients knowing, and offer questions more useful for a client at a particular time in their therapeutic journey. A 'not-knowing intention' or 'Assumptionlessing' 1 reflective stance supports the therapist to engage an exploration of the problem story as experienced by the client, versus fulfilling the direction and focus dictated by methodology that may invite soliciting of specific responses informed by cultural knowledge and biases. In essence, it distances the assumption from overriding new meaning making most helpful to the client, and it entails that no one experience of a problem is identical. Some of my favorite moments in therapy involve peeling the layers of normative assumption, and uncovering underneath the personal and more meaningful appearance. Taking a unique perspective of the problem allows the Feminist-Narrative therapist and client to co-construct preferred narratives free from these constraints.
As a learning therapist, it took some time before I accepted that I was not superhuman and carried assumptions and bias like everyone else. Indeed, as socialized beings it is impossible to escape the impact of socialization. As much as we resist dominant power, it surrounds us all and can easily take over and undermine our authority. When our values are not in agreement with dominant cultural and hegemonic metanarratives, the therapeutic conversation can uncover the impact of this resistance. At ProChoices, therapists are encouraged to practice reflexivity and to embrace humility, and this intention continues to support me to sustain a decentered but influential approach, to let go of being the expert in the room and to invite a collaborative co-research experience. It also encouraged me to develop a more supportive working relationship with my own assumptions, instead of ignoring their existence and impact in the therapy room.
Although I have developed many strategies to explore my relationship to 'assumptionlessing' through a reflexive practice, I have found that it is through externalizing conversations where I am best situated to distinguish and address the social constructions and co-constructions of meaning, mostly because these conversations consistently challenge the stories I myself carry. Through externalizing, I am invited to be curious about the problem, not the person as the problem, which also engages my clients to take a stand for the values, perspectives and helpful meanings that protest the problems negative influence alongside me. It is my hope that we, as a therapeutic community, support the naming and addressing of the meta-narratives of society that hold power and shape the storying of our problems collectively, to unveil and hold accountable the source of these problems. I cannot help but wonder how locating problems as originating from our social context, instead of continuing to locate them as personalized problems, might shape the future of therapy as a whole.
1. 'Assumptionlessing' was coined by one of the first ProChoices cohort Therapists, in jest. It was a term used to describe the feminist practice of narrative reflexivity supporting ProChoices therapists to be vigilant with personal biases and assumptions. The term has been collectively used since its inception..Written by Alisha Gori (Sept 2016 Cohort) with the collective editing and support from the ProChoices team
Alisha Gori (Learning Therapist, Group Coordinator, Researcher/Writer) began her journey with ProChoices as a volunteer leading a research project that explored therapists' understandings and meaning involving collectivist intention, unified values and principles, and the activity of individualism. The research data synthesized from her work project has made a contribution to the development of the ProChoices Clinic Council. Alisha later joined ProChoices as a Practicum student while completing her MA of Counselling at Adler University, and fell in love with the learning and practice of Feminist Narrative Therapy and the mission and guiding principles of the ProChoices Community Clinic. Alisha continues to work as practicing certificate program graduate therapist at ProChoices, co-facilitates client groups and offers her experiences as a learning therapist with other ProChoices therapists and in a blog series, exploring all aspects of Feminist Narrative Therapy from client, therapist, and a life-long student perspective.


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Gamers paying in Great British Pounds couldn't have been too happy to be faced with the proposed Rock Band pricing scheme proposed by EA and Harmonix. With a suggested retail price of £130 for the "Instrument Pack" and £50 for the software, UK gamers were looking at a $350 USD price tag. Fortunately, UK retailers seem to have taken it upon themselves to slash prices, according to a report from MCV.
Play.com is currently listing Rock Band and its dedicated controllers for far less than original asking price, taking about $100 off the total investment. That's venturing into almost reasonable territory, something that will be sure to help Rock Band's chances across the pond. Good going, UK retailers!

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Three DeLorean biographical films
It doesn't seem too strange that a film about John DeLorean might be made, however three? Well that's the number that's currently being looked at, and while a few of them come from way back, it seems that there's a race on for DeLorean's life on screen.
John DeLorean is the man most famous for making the car where the doors went straight up, never really went that fast, and had loads of problems, but it featured in the Back to the Future films as the lead car.
However his life was turned upside down when he was arrested for drug dealing in order to raise funds to save his company which was struggling with the DeLorean car. All wasn't as it seems though, he was entrapped by the FBI and he even wrote a letter to his lawyer stating what was happening and that it should be read in the event of his capture.
He managed to successfully defend himself and was found not guilty through entrapment, however by then he had lost the company he had built and the famous car.
He ended up losing everything though, but that car has become a part of cinematic history.
Yet it wasn't just about the DeLorean car, John DeLorean had a hand in many more cars than just his own. He worked for GM's Pontiac division and was responsible for a great many achievements, but what he was most known for was bringing the Pontiac GTO to life, widely regarded as the first American muscle car.
As head of the Pontiac division he went on to deliver the Pontiac Firebird, a car I fell in love with when I was young.
You can read more of his life story over at Wikipedia, but let's get back to the story of the biographical films being made of his life. Variety through The Playlist reports that there are three currently in development.
Time Inc. Studios and XYZ Films are working on the latest one, and it seems to be the one backed up with the most information, for behind it the film carries:
"...articles from Fortune and Time; the Hillel Levin-penned DeLorean book "Grand Delusions"; and an unpublished memoir written by DeLorean himself."
The studios also claim that...
"...they have cooperation from the car designer's longtime friend and business partner Fred Dellis and from DeLorean son Zachary DeLorean, executor of the DeLorean estate."
Now that is a major scoop for the film, with that backing and access to source material this could be the richest and most in depth film about the man that we're going to get to see.
Another project is one with producers now that has the life rights from John DeLorean's long term attorney, and the last production is one that has James Toback, who just brought us the Tyson film, writing the script for Brett Ratner to direct.
Out of that lot I think I'm going for the latest one with all the backing, I can't really see that the Ratner version could be good, although Toback writing could provide us with a very interesting tale.
Are you interested in a story about John DeLorean? The man who is credited with bringing the Pontiac GTO and Firebird to the world, and with creating the car from Back to the Future? Sure that's the positive view of his life, the rest is what will be explored in the films.


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BOILING SPRINGS � Two familiar programs will be opening the football season against one another the next two seasons.
Gardner-Webb and Furman have agreed to a home-and-home series. The two teams will square off on Aug. 31, 2013 at the Runnin� Bulldogs� Spangler Stadium. The following year they will be matched up in Greenville, S.C.., on Aug. 30 (2014).
GWU and Furman have not met in the sport since 2005 � with the Paladins taking a 48-31 win that season at home. Furman holds a 3-0 edge in the all-time series.
Furman replaces Old Dominion on the 2013 schedule. Gardner-Webb also has home games with Richmond (9/14), Charleston Southern (11/16) and Liberty (11/23) scheduled so far for the 2013 season � along with road games within an hour drive against Wofford (9/21) and Charlotte (10/5).


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A week after Fulton County's Central Library in Atlanta closed for up to two years for renovations, the library system will start a free three-day-a-week laptop program so people in the area can still have access to technology.
The Library on the Lawn, at Woodruff Park, will give users access to computers Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free wifi is also available.
The program starts Monday, though the computers won't be available during inclement weather.
The initiative is part of an effort to help fill the void the library will leave for homeless residents, in particular, who often depend on the library system for access to technology, as well as shelter. Thousands of people each month went to Central Library for computer access, including 4,000 in March.
Atlanta had 3,600 homeless people in 2017, including 1,200 downtown, said George Chidi, the social impact director for Central Atlanta Progress. Many who use the library are not chronically homeless, he said, and access technology so they can apply for jobs helps them get back on their feet.
Woodruff Park is two blocks from the library, and while the initiative won't be able to completely fill the need for Internet access, organizers hope it will make a dent, particularly for underserved or underemployed people who often make use of the library's Internet access and computers.
The closure is one of many planned for the county's public library system, as Fulton County renovates its branches over the coming years.
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La Janda
The aerea of La Janda is located in the southern-most corner of Europe in the Andalusian province of Cadiz in southern Spain. It includes the municipalities of Alcalá de los Gazules, Barbate, Benalup - Casas Viejas, Conil de la Frontera, Medina Sidonia, Paterna de la Rivera, San José del Valle and Vejer de la Frontera.
The nearby airport at Jerez de la Frontera and the extensive road network communicating La Janda with the rest of the country makes it easy to reach.
Ensconced between the natural parks of La Breña y Marismas de Barbate and los Alcornocales, La Janda also basks by the sea. Its beautiful coastline is enhanced by the charming "Ruta del Toro" (Bulls Route) which runs through the local towns.
The area boasts may tourist attractions, ranging from beach tourism or mor ruralbased tourism inland, which is more peaceful and ideal for pursuing all tiypes of sports. Mention must also be made of its magnificent ancestral culture, privileged natural environment, valuable heritage, exquisite cuisine and colourful festivities.
A Coastal Sentinel
The district was a stop-off point and settlement area for different cultures since remote antiquity and conserves many archaeological riches. The first settlers came from North Africa. Initially they were gatherers but later embraced new techniques developed during the Neolithic period and from Megalithic Culture.
La Janda has many shallow caves withpaintings, making it one of the most important sites in terms of late Neolithic schematic rock art in Western Europe. Valuable cave paintings can be seen at Tajo de las Figuras (Benalup), which is open for visits. The cave contains striking representations of birds, quadrupeds and anthropomorphs.
Later the Phoenicians and Carthaginians came to trade with the local indigenous population and founded colonies such as those at Asido (Medina Sidonia) or Lascuta (Alcalá de los Gazules). These established deep-rooted t raditions such as Almadraba, an age- old technique of catching tuna by setting nets in a maze formation, and the fish salting industry. With the arrival of the Romans, the number of settlements multiplied and the salting industry enjoyed its period of greatest splendour.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Visigoths occupied the entire Iberian Peninsua and also left their mark, as evidenced by the ornamental remains unearthed in the area or numerous hermitages such as the Los Mártires hermitage in Medina Sidonia, the oldest hermitage in Medina Sidonia, the oldest hermitage in Andalusia. The long period of Moorish occupation also left a profound mark on local culture and idiosyncrasies.
The Andalusi heritage can be seen when strolling through the villages and admiring their arquitecture, winding and labyrinthine streets, whitewashed facades, patios and arches... Many Muslim fortresses and walled enclosures can be found throughout the territory, such as those at Medina Sidonia, Alcalá de los Gazules or Vejer de la Frontera, as well as others built by the Christians to defend reconquered lands.
Gothic and Mudejar architecture flourished between the 14th and 16th Centuries. Fine examples include the beautiful churches dotted around the area, as well as convents built by religious orders that settle in the area.
The triumph or Baroque style led to the construction of lavishly furnished churches and chapels containing a bewildering wealth of sacred treasures, magnificent palaces and stately homes. Neoclassicism and all subsequent artistic styles are also represented in La Janda.
Costa de la Luz
La Janda´s coastline has 39 km of beaches belonging to the towns of Conil de la Frontera, Barbate, and Vejer de la Frontera, which are now important tourist spots.
This hugely diverse coastline boasts sprawling beaches and paradisiacal virgin coves of limpid waters and white sand (there are some nudist beaches) next to urban beaches or others located in tourist complexes with all the services and facilities families need to enjoy their holidays.
Barbate has several excellent beaches for sunbathing and swimming. These include the Playa del Carmen beach, which is in the town and has a full range of facilities, and the beach at Caños de Meca, which is particulary beautiful due to its natural caves and fresh water springs that gush from the cliffs overlooking the sea. When there is a strong south easterly wind, windsurfers flock to these waters to pursue their favourite sport.
The Playa de la Yerbabuena beach is wild and peaceful, with its dune formations, pine groves and cliffs that lead up to the Torre Vigía del Tajo (look-out tower). The endless beach of Zahara de los Atunes is situated in this beautiful municipal district of Barbate, together with de Playa de Atlanterra beach which is protected by beautiful mountains.
The sea conditions on the beaches in Conil de la Frontera are ideal for surfing. The Playa de los Bateles beach, a hot sport for windsurfers , is in the town and offers beautiful panoramic views of this coastal village.
Roche is a peaceful residential area situated in a beautiful pine forest. La Fuente del Gallo is perched on an abrupt cliff. La Fontanilla is famous for its excellent tourist services.
Conil also boasts a number of small virgin coves with cliffs and clear waters, making them ideal spots for snorkelling and scuba diving. It has some outstanding coves, such as Cala del Tío Juan, Cala Melchor, Cala Quinto, Camacho and Cala del Aceite.
Natural Landscapes
La Janda has an extremely rich and varied natural heritage, including two natural parks of incalculable environmental value. The La Breña y Marismas de Barbate Natural Park (3,797 ha) is situated between Barbate and Vejer de la Frontera. Its most representative ecosystems are its marine systems, cliffs, pine groves, marshlands and small dune formations.
The Hierbabuena Cliffs reach heights of up to 100 m and are home to a huge variety of birds which build their nests on the steep cliff faces, such as the cattle egret and the yellow-footed gull. The pine forest of Barbate runs along the edge of the cliffs and forms the largest mass of umbrella pines in the province. The beauty of this forest is enhanced by the fresh water springs on the beach.
The marine ecosystem includes a rocky seabed containing abundant species of algae and molluscs. The marshlands at the mouth or the River Barbate are used by many migratory birds as a resting area.
The Los Alcornocales Natural Park covers an area of more than 170,000 ha. The La Janda municipalities of Alcalá de los Gazules, Benalup- Casas Viejas, Medina Sidonia and San José del Valle are located within its perimeter.
The constant temperature all year round and the high rainfall, accentuated by a summer fog popularity know as "Barbas de Levante", create an almost tropical microclimate inside the park that fosters the proliferation of thick vegetation. It is know as "Europe´s virgin forest".
There are also gall- oak , Andalousian oak and wild olive forests and an area know as "Los Canutos", in reference to a series of deep valley rivers and streams that water the vegetation in this area , some of which dates from the Tertiary Era, with species such as alders, rhododentrons or laurel.
The large thousand-year-old cork oaks after which the Park is named have also been a means of living for local inhabitants, who, since time inmmemorial, have extracted cork from these trees (every nine or ten years).
This is an obligatory stop- off point for birds migrating to Africa and therefore an ideal spot for ornithologists to watch these interesting migratory flows.
The district has abundant water resources at its large reservoirs (Guadalcacín, Celemín and Los Hurones) and at the Laguna de Medina Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve in the province of Cadiz and the second largest in Andausia. This is an area of recognised international importance for its aquatic birds (e.g. white-headed duck, giant coot, marbled teal). A
World of possibilities
The natural setting of this district in Cadiz allows visitors to enjoy a wide range of outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, bicycle tourism, canyoning, rock climbing, horse riding or open-country camping.
In the Los Alcornocales Natural Park, visitors can practise all these sports in the park´s thick forest and observe different animal species such as roe deer, deer or foxes. In the La Breña y Marismas del Barbate Natural Park, different routes weave through pine groves and along steep cliffs, offering magnificente views of the beaches and opportunities for bird watching.
The beautiful landscapes around the rivers and reservoirs in La Janda are the ideal location for a wide rante of activities always in contact with nature. There are also artificial beaches for surfing , rowing, kayaking or saling. Fishing is another option in this rich water paradise.
Its thick forests are a real delight for hunting lovers. The wealth of hunting options allow hunters to enjoy big game, like roe deer or deer, and small game, like rabbits, partridges and pheasants.
For adrenaline lovers, there is nothing better than a bit of hang-gliding or paragliding. The hilltop where Vejer de la Frontera is perched is used as a launch pad by paraglidign lovers.
Culture and traditions
The museums and exhibition halls in the district offer visitors a closer insight into the history and traditions of each of its municipalities. In addition to the archaeological and artistic museums (Vejer Museum of Historical- Cultural Heritage, Medina Sidonia Municipal Museum), there are other museums devoted to the customs and ways of life of local inhabitants, such as the "Museo de Raíces Conileñas" (Conil Heritage Museum) or different museums in Barbate dedicated to the art of fishing.
Numerous cultural events are held throughout the year: poetry competitions, conferences, concerts, trade fairs, theatre circuits or street theatre, painting exhibitions. Music is also an intrinsic and characteristic part of life in these towns, particulary during the summer season when numerous festivals liven up the atmosphere.
Flamenco occupies a privileged place in this regard, so much so that Benalup- Casas Viejas has its own songs and dances such as the chacarrá. There are many flamenco peñas (clubs) and important flamenco festivals are also held where audiences can enjoy live flamenco. The Flamenco Night at Arco de la Segur in Vejer de la Frontera takes place in August and has been declared a Festivity of National Tourist Interest.
Paterna de la Rivera is the cradle of the cante por peteneras (flamenco song style) and every year it hosts the National Peteneras Song Competition. It is also the birthplace of two of flamenco´s greatest singres, El Perro de Paterna and, of course, Dolores la Petenera.
Horses are a traditional element of the district. There are famous stock farms and a century-old tradition is kept alive at the Paterna de la Rivera Doma Vaquera (Andalusian Dressage) Championship, with competitions at national and international level. This magnificent animal is also the star attraction at local pilgrimages and fairs.
The craftwork tradition in La Janda combines a veriety of raw materials with exquisite craftsmanship. Materials such as wicker, palm, leaves, esparto grass, cane and cat´s-tail , are used to produce rural objects. Other noteworhy items include ornamental products such as crochet or macramé produced with beautifully coloured plant fibres and leather strips. The area is also famous for its traditional country boots, wooden sculptures and some of the finest ceramics in the province. The craft of making fishing nets has produced decorative objects such as curtains or cloths.
The Bull Route
The municipalities of San José del Valle, Paterna de la Rivera, Medina Sidonia, Alcalá de los Gazules and Benalup Casas-Viejas in La Janda art part of what has become know as the "Ruta del Toro" or Bulls Route, due to the large number of stock farms that breed fighting bulls in these municipalities.
The Bull Route invites visitors to discover more about this beautiful and noble animal in its natural habitat and the techniques that have been used to select and maintain fighting bulls, their breed and t her bravery since ancestral times. Visitors can lose their gaze in the green meadows as the admire the herds of fighting bulls and enjoy the beautiful spectracle of these animals grazing in complete freedom.
Most of the route passes through the Los Alcornocales Natural Park, a beautiful area of thick cork oak and holm oak forests and numerous farms. Many farms have opened up to tourism, offering visits and the chance for visitors to see first-hand all the work that goes into looking after these animals , as well as the branding of bulls.
Many of these towns also maintain deeplyrooted traditions in which fighting bulls are the main attraction. These include the encierros (bull runs in the streets) which take place on very special dates. Fascinating bull runs include the "toros embolaos" (bull with balls on ther horns), celebrated in Vejer de la Frontera on Easter Sunday, the "Aleluya in Paterna de la Rivera" bull run on Easter Sunday too, and the "toros enmaromados" (masked bull run) in Alcalá de los Gazules to celebrate Saint George´s Day.
There are also prestigious farms in the district where fighting bulls are bred to fight in Spain´s finest bullrings. The main stock farms breeding fighting bulls are Torrealta, Torrestrella, Cebada Gago, Mari Carmen Camacho, Marques de Domecq, Martelilla, Jandilla, Marcos Núñez and Fuente Ymbro.
The flavour of the land
Local cuisine is characterised by two clearly differentiated gastronomic styles: inland cuisine and coastal gastronomy. However, both share common characteristics, namely the quality of their raw materials, the exquisite preparation and the culinary traditions inherited from the different cultures that have settled in the area.
The coast is famous for its exquisite fish and shellfish dishes. Sole, sea-bram , red mullet and red band bream are served cold, grilled or oven-baked. Succulent stews such as rice with large red prawns, rice with fish and shellfish , dogfish with tomatoes, stuffed squid or cuttlefish with potatoes, will make the mouths of the best gourmets water.
Other famous delicacies include almadraba tuna, which is caught using a thousand-year-old fishing technique and cooked in lard, with onions or grilled, and salted tuna, dried salted tuna, cured reo or "ahijá" tuna in oil.
Famous vegetable gardens and orchards line the coast and their excellent produce is used to produce rich traditional stews such as cabbage stew, rice with Spanish oyster-plants, artichokes with peas or "patatas aliñás" (seasoned potatoes)
Visitors ara also spoilt for choice at the wide range of delicious meats, particularly the local pork and famous Retinto beef which are the main ingredients in various sumptuous dishes. Special mention must also be made of the local game meat dishes, which include deer, roe deer and boar stews, rabbit with rice and partridge stuffed with ham or pine nuts.
Pig slaughtering is an ingrained tradition in this area. The pork is used to make sumptuous sausages, blood sausages , black puddings , famous pork scratching or loin in lard.
What better way to relax than to stop off at one of the many establishments scattered around the district. There are all kinds of alternatives, from prestigious restaurants serving exquisitely- prepared dishes, to coastal establishments where guests can sample delicious products overlooking the sea, or more traditional , homemade cooking at one of the many typical local roadside restaurants.
General informationWeb: www.comarcalajanda.org
How to get there?
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Interesting web pages with more information on this place:http://www.alcaladelosgazules.es/
Official Web of Alcalá de los Gazules http://www.barbate.es/
Official Web of Barbate http://www.playasdetrafalgar.com/
Web of Tourist Information about Los Caños http://www.webconil.com/
Web of Tourist Information about Conil de la Frontera http://www.benalupcasasviejas.es/
Official Web of Benalup http://www.conildelafrontera.es/
Official Web of Conil de la Frontera http://www.medinasidonia.com/
Web of Tourist Information http://www.paternaderivera.es/
Official Web of Paterna de la Rivera http://www.vejerdelafrontera.es/
Official Web of Vejer de la Frontera http://www.visitatrafalgar.com/es
Trafalgar Coast http://www.facebook.es/ConilTurismoSensible


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|Star system:
|New Canada
|Trans-Briar Patch
|Mean surface temperature:
|Atmospheric pressure:
|150 Mbar
|.41 g
|Atmospheric composition:
|Carbon Dioxide, Argon
|6,842 km
|Distance from primary:
|106,900,000 km
|Land/water ratio:
|100/0 %
|Planetary year:
|206.8 days
|Planetary day:
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The planet Tosnoqua (New Canada II) is the second planet in the New Canada system.
Celestial bodies in the New Canada system are named after figures from the mythology of the ancient Canadian Indians on Earth. Tosnoqua was both a symbol of wealth and a figure to be feared by all.
She was a slow moving giant who lived in the deep forest. She would scare children who had left their community; the children would be unable to get away and would be captured and carried off to her cave in the forest. The supernatural woman who lived in the woods and was said to be half blind. She would hold children in a basket that was strapped on her back.
The surface of Tosnoqua is ancient. If there ever was tectonic activity, it has long-since subsided. There is ample evidence in the form of old river channels and coastal erosion that the planet was once considerably wetter than it is in the current epoch. It is unclear where the water is today — possibly locked in subsurface ice deposits at the poles, or in vast subterranean reservoirs. A massive crater basin dominates the southern hemisphere, and a bulge of cracked, upthrust land on the exact opposite side of the planet indicate a powerful impact sometime in the distant past. Of particular interest is the highlands plateau in the northern hemisphere. The plateau is covered in curious, artificial-looking mesas and buttes, whose regular angles and linear arrangement could almost be taken as an ancient, alien metropolis. The entire region has been nicknamed The City. In addition, several other, highly odd geological formations across the surface defy explanation.
Several forms of anaerobic microbes have been discovered in Tosnoqua's temperate latitudes, typically a few centimeters below the surface of the ground. Primitive lichens grow on the rocks and formations in and around the City plateau, indicating the possibility of the presence of liquid water. According to one theory (not widely believed), the highland region known as The City is in actuality the ruins of an ancient metropolis built by an unknown alien race who inhabited the planet millions of years ago.
Apart from the periodic monster dust storms that sweep out of the south during Tosnoqua's closest approach to the sun, the weather is quite consistent. The sky is clear and cloudless, and the thin, mostly-carbon dioxide atmosphere means the temperature can vary from +20° C in the afternoon to -50° C just before dawn. Space suits are not required for surface excursions, but because of the low temperature, pressure and lack of a significant planetary magnetosphere, radiation-shielded, thermal outerwear complete with respirator is a must.
There are several scientific camps spread across the surface of Tosnoqua for the purpose of studying everything from the atmosphere to xenobiology, to searching for evidence of ancient habitation in the 'ruins' of the City. Civilization has followed the scientists, as businesses move in and set up shops supplying the researchers with living essentials and diversions. Most of the non-scientific population is concentrated under a massive transparent-aluminum dome, situated near the City plateau.


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24 Oct The Coach's Pick
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Lambda Phi Epsilon at the University of Virginia was personally selected by UVa's head football coach, Mike London, to be the recipient of a financial donation of $500 as recognition for their demonstrated commitment towards the Be the Match Foundation. Lambda Phi Epsilon was one of four campus organizations, supporting four different causes, to receive this honor on October 24th, 2013. Additionally, the associate chapter has raised another $500 this past year for the Be the Match Foundation by hosting a local "paint wars" charity event with the university's Chinese Student Association and Asian Student Union. Way to promote the cause, Lambdas at UVa!


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Rhymes for 23 "unrhymable" words, such as orange, purple, chaos, music and others.
A clever soccer penalty kick trick.
Health care data hacks are becoming a significant problem.
Health organizations are targets because they maintain troves of data with significant resale value in black markets, Kennedy said, and their security practices are often less sophisticated than other industries... Credit card information has a relatively short shelf life, with new cards issued on a regular basis, he explained. But a health organizations often have complete profiles of people including Social Security numbers and medical health information that is much more difficult if not impossible to change...Those of you who read about the "mystery tunnel" discovered in Toronto and intially incorrectly flagged as possible terrorist activity should read this engaging story about the young man who dug the tunnel.
In Spanish, some plural abbreviations are written with double letters (i.e. the abbreviation for "Estados Unidas" is not EU, but rather EEUU, as shown in the embedded photo). If you think that's nonsensical, remember that in English, "pages" is abbreviated as "pp."
Online "swatting" (maliciously sending an armed SWAT team to someone's home) explained.
The history of movie trailers (they used to trail the movie, not lead it, as a teaser for the public to return for next week's installment).
Video of a suicide bomber detonating himself in a Yemeni mosque just as the worshippers are chanting "Death to Israel" "Death to America." The "Middle East Friendship Chart" in the discussion thread may or may not be helpful.
"An undergraduate student at the College of Chemical Sciences in Sri Lanka and his mentor have been tinkering with a new way to cook rice that can reduce its calories by as much as 50 percent and even offer a few other added health benefits. The ingenious method, which at its core is just a simple manipulation of chemistry, involves only a couple easy steps in practice."
How to concoct a passphrase that the NSA can't guess.
How the "baby carrot" was invented. It's just a cut-up/shaved down ugly big carrot.
Which countries are included in the term "Scandinavia" ?
backgrounds of science writers at NPR with those at FOX News.
A man in Brazil has the world's largest vinyl record
Video of a computer simulation of the last moments of Russian Aeroflot Flight 593 before it crashed. "The pilot's 11 year old daughter and 16 year old son were taking turns in the pilot's seat. While the boy was flying, he inadvertently disengaged the autopilot..."
GIF of a most unusual "chair exercise" (one not taught in nursing homes).
A city in Colorado has approved the use of funeral pyres for the outdoor cremation of human bodies.
A suggestion that the rhythms of certain parts of Beethoven's most famous works may reflect the irregular rhythms of Beethoven's heart during episodes of cardiac arrhythmia.
Fake laughter doesn't sound the same as real laughter.
Happy blogiversary to Rob's Webstek, which recently celebrated its sixth year online. Rob writes from Amersfoort, in the Netherlands, and finds things I wouldn't otherwise know about. Shown: his celebratory croquette (presumably a garnaalkroketten/croquettes aux crevettes).
A heartwarming gif of a dog rescued from a tar pit.
How to safely get rid of a yellowjacket wasp infestation using a vacuum cleaner.
"Scientists recreated a 9th Century Anglo-Saxon remedy using onion, garlic and part of a cow's stomach. They were "astonished" to find it almost completely wiped out methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA."
An essay written in defense of a married couple's decision not to have children.
Those who like math puzzles will be familiar with the old riddle of whether the weight of a truck changes if birds inside the (sealed) truck leave their perches and start flying. This has now been objectively tested using equipment developed for analyzing drones. The result may surprise you.
A heartless prank (image at right), the consequences of which might depend on the pressure in the balloons...
GIF of a crash test between a car from 1959 and one from 2009.
A dog saved her nine puppies by placing them in a hole during a forest fire in Chile.
"Tautophrases" explained.
Excavation of the remains of a camel from a site at the River Danube in Tulln, Austria. "Archaeological camel finds in Central Europe are not as unusual as one may expect covering a chronological span from Roman period till early modern age."
"The University of Houston is paying Matthew McConaughey — the very wealthy Academy Award-winning actor and spokesman for Lincoln cars — $135,000 to deliver the commencement speech in May." Better than wasting it on teacher salaries or lower student tuition or other silly things.
The No. 1-rated woman golfer in the world is 17 years old.
A gallery of photos of lakes amidst the sand dunes of southwestern Libya.
The photo at the top is a cluster of crocuses in our front yard. My wife refers to this particular group as the "Minnesota Vikings" cluster because of the admixture of purple and gold colors (and the name seems appropriate because they always fade by the end of the season.)
April also marks the season for a great American tradition which I will be participating in, and which will preclude my doing much blogging for the coming week. Between now and April 15 I will be digging through piles of paperwork as part in a ritual one might call "feeding the beast." TTYL.


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In iOS and tvOS, you can use this class to reference Live Photos from the user's library (fetched with the
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The 12th International Conference in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy was held October 5 – 7, 2012 in Austin. This conference (along with the Conference Of The Americas) always provides a great opportunity to catch up with many friends, colleagues, and fellow MDT clinicians from around the world. This year was special though – it would be held in Austin. It was the first of many international conferences that I have attended at which I could go home at night and not have to sleep in a hotel bed. Ah yes, it is the simple things in life that we appreciate the most!
Once again, the McKenzie Institute International brought together a great panel of speakers and experts from around the world. One thing that has always impressed me most about this conference is the broad range of speakers, controversial or otherwise. The commonality is that they all attend with a willingness to collaborate and improve the quality of musculoskeletal care, regardless of their expertise or background.
Here are just six of many highlights from the conference.
1. Further confirmation of the failure of the patho-anatomic model. Jeremy Lewis noted in his presentation that 30 – 54% of people with partial full thickness tears of the rotator cuff have no loss of function, and that 50 – 96% of asymptomatic individuals have some degree of structural failure. He reported that there is little relationship between shoulder structural diagnosis and shoulder symptoms.
It has now been shown that knee, shoulder, and spine MRI all reveal structural failures but are not predictive of symptoms. Simply stated, an abnormal MRI is not predictive of pain (or problem). Traditional orthopedic tests may also have high sensitivity (for concordant symptom reproduction) yet low specificity.
But with the current over-utilization of MRI comes another more significant problem - "imaging has a negative psychological effect on the patient" and that the patient "bears that burden" (Lewis).
2. An anatomical "reality check" on core stabilization. Susan Mercer provided some anatomical research regarding the core musculature. She discussed all of the primary muscles of the core, including transversus abdominus and multifidus, with respect to vector analysis and force production. Throughout each and every example, she stated that research now indicates that the basis for the role of these muscles in stabilization is NOT confirmed. I am sure many practitioners advocating for reams of core stability work will be a little dismayed by these findings.
For those who like systematic reviews, Stephen May presented some research indicating that stabilization exercises are no more effective than other active interventions for the management of chronic low back pain. Perhaps more interesting is that they do not appear to prevent a future onset of back pain either.
As an anatomical sidebar, Mercer also noted that "stretches are not stretching connective tissue" as this would entail 5 weeks of non-stop repetition, with more load applied more frequently, in order to do so. How many clinicians, athletes, and coaches are doing that?
3. Obstacles to recovery and prognostic indicators. Nadine Foster gave a couple of great presentations on prognostic factors, classification, and obstacles to recovery. With regards to classification and sub-grouping, she noted that it was important to "spend more time getting science right", and to focus on prognostic factors that actually predict outcome. Her research indicates that there are two prognostic factors that are predictors of a poor outcome at both 6 months and 5 years: pain intensity, and a strong belief and negative perception about back pain.
4. MDT as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Mark Werneke and Gary Jacob both presented their perspectives on a very valuable clinical benefit of MDT. It is, in effect, a cognitive behavioral approach as it incorporates behavioral change as its most basic level. Although this is something that MDT clinicians intrinsically understand, it was an interesting way to phrase the discussion.
As an aside, Jacob noted that 50% of premature deaths could be prevented by behavioral change. Now that is something that could have a huge impact on health care costs in this country.
5. Classification schemes are the latest trend in health care. There were a number of presentations regarding classification schemes and their defining elements. Nadine Foster, Tom Petersen, John Childs, Wim Dankaerts, Robert Medcalf, and Maurits van Tulder all contributed to the discussion. As would be expected, all presenters espoused the benefits (and some of the realities) of their respective classification scheme.
Unfortunately, the abundance of classification schemes creates a huge problem. New additions to the fray oftentimes try to "re-invent the wheel" and overlap many effective strategies already in place. Long-term, I expect this to be a global problem of further micro-management.
6. The clinical value of the MDT mechanical assessment. One thing that takes place at all McKenzie conferences is the evaluation and treatment of patients on stage. This is something that few (if any) other approaches to care are typically prepared to do. The live patient assessments always provide conference participants with a view of the inner workings of MDT, and can serve as great learning experiences.
Along with these live patient assessments, there were studies presented on the use of MDT with osteoarthritic knees (Richard Rosedale) and elderly patients with back pain (David Oliver). The spectrum of clinical value is increasing steadily, and now has even more research to support the use of Mechanical Diagnosis And Therapy.
But were there only six highlights? Absolutely not! Of course, this doesn't do justice to the vast amount of research and experience shared at the conference. Add to that the interactions amongst clinicians, and it was a highly valuable learning and collaborative experience.
My "quote of the conference" goes to none other than Dr. Wetzel, a noted spine surgeon from Philadelphia:
"Nothing destroys confidence like follow-up".
"Nothing destroys confidence like follow-up".
Embracing and implementing the research won't come without some challenges and difficult conversations amongst clinicians. Fortunately, the 12th International Conference provided an environment for good, positive discussion. Patients are too important and deserve no less than that from all of us.
Onwards to the 2013 Conference of the Americas in Denver – and the 2015 International Conference in Copenhagen!
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05. December 2012
Italian FOC GP first gunfire in the "Poets' Gulf"
On the 5th of December, the Italian First of Class Carlo BERGAMINI Frigate shot 54 cannon rounds in the waters of La Spezia Gulf.
Upon several firing sessions and qualification tests, performed at the Italian Naval Experimentation and Support Centre premises, for the first time the 127/64 Lightweight Gun System had been employed on board of a ship.
The outstanding results, achieved with these last tests and mainly aimed at assessing the structural robustness of the ship's superstructures, have also confirmed the high level of maturity of the Combat System, whose Functional Integration has recently been completed in Taranto Naval Base.
Further firing tests will be executed in the next spring, whilst the first missile launch is planned to be carried out by autumn 2013.


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NOAA's National Weather Service Reaffirms County's Preparedness
ERIE COUNTY, NY—Erie County has been recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ("NOAA's") National Weather Service as being StormReady®, confirming that Erie continues to meet a stringent set of storm warning reception and information dissemination criteria, enabling prompt identification of potential weather hazards as well as speeding distribution of necessary warning information. Erie is the only WNY county, and one of only 19 counties statewide, to receive the designation.
"Receiving this designation is a testament to the work that Erie County's Department of Emergency Services has done to prepare, educate, and assist our communities in developing resiliency plans in the event of severe weather, and in responding once that weather arrives" said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz. "For better or for worse, our area is known nationwide for the weather, so it is good that we are also being recognized for our ability to give residents the information they need to keep themselves and their families safe in the event of a weather emergency."
Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services Dan Neaverth, Jr. added, "The key to successful completion of the Storm Ready program requires, a dedicated community oriented staff, an ongoing working relationship with the terrific folks at the National Weather Service and direct public outreach. The Storm Ready program epitomizes the need for collaboration during disaster preparedness and response."
StormReady® is a nationwide community preparedness program that uses a grassroots approach in helping communities develop plans to handle local severe weather. There are over 2,100 StormReady communities across the United States. In order to be recognized as StormReady, communities must establish a 24-hour warning point and Emergency Operations Center; have more than one way to receive severe weather forecasts and alert the public; create a system to monitor local weather conditions; promote the importance of community preparedness through public seminars; and develop a formal severe weather plan.


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This dish reminds me so much of a great Nigella Lawson dish. She loves a tray bake, and I have to agree. You bung everything together in a tray, bake it for the prescribed amount of time, and then eat. It's the perfect weeknight dish for when you want something delicious, but nothing something that's going to use three bowls, two pots and multiple spoons.
I always knew there was a risk in making this for the teenagers, because they are not fans of lentils, whereas the adults in the family are. In any case, they found a workaround: they ate the fish and the potatoes (happily, as it happens) and ate around the lentils. Problem solved. The adults loved everything.
Highly recommended, both for the ease of making it and the delicious taste. I would definitely make this again.


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The Society of Biblical Literature's home on the web. Visit this site for the SBL Review of Biblical Literature and information on congresses, research and List of publications.
Homepage for SNTS featuring details of members, meetings, subscriptions, how to join, editorial boards and a brief history by Martin Boobyer.
Features information on annual meetings, List of publications (CBQ, New Testament Abstracts etc.), jobs, grants, External links and a comprehensive membership directory.
Features information on membership, conferences and the full text of their journal Scripture Bulletin.
Features information on meetings, becoming a member and some full text papers from seminars.
General information about the society and its annual conferences; features a members-only section.
General information on the British New Testament Society, and especially its annual conference.
Features information on conferences (with a call for papers), list of members and details about Neotestamentica.
Features information on conferences (with a call for papers), and details of the association.
Homepage for the Biblical Archaeology Society with extensive news and excerpts from the Biblical Archaeology Review.
This homepage for the Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem features information on scholars, their List of publications (including the journal Revue Biblique) and more. Available in both French and English, though the English language section is incomplete.
Homepage for "an organization of evangelical Christian scholars with specialties in Old and New Testament and in ancillary disciplines. Its vision is to foster excellence in the pursuit of Biblical Studies within a faith environment." The site features constitution, newsletters, details of its meetings and on-line essays.
Homepage for the European Association of Biblical Studies, "open to all scholars and students of the Bible. It organizes research groups, supports a graduate network and holds an annual conference, usually in early August, at different locations in Europe.
The Center for Ancient Texts & Languages (CATL) is an organization working in cooperation with the International Greek New Testament Project, which has its two centers of operation at the University of Birmingham, England and the Institute for New Testament Textual Research in Muenster, Germany. It is based in the Minneapolis / St Paul area.


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On studying the Twelve Steps, many of the first members of The Program exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go through with it." "Do not be discouraged," we're told at the meeting after meeting. "No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection." Can I believe, in the words of Browning, that my business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made…?
Today I Pray
Even if I am an old hand at The Program, may I not forget that the Twelve Steps do not represent an achievement that can be checked off my "things to do" list. Instead, they are a striving for an ideal, a guide to getting there. May I keep my mind open to deepening interpretations of these principles.
Today I Will Remember
Progress rather than perfection.
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Since H.R.H. The Prince of Wales opened his Gloucestershire home, Highgrove, to the public in 2008, there have been visitors from far and wide flocking to see the beautiful gardens, and as Tetbury is just 5 minutes away, it is the perfect stop-off before or after your visit, with wonderful boutiques and independent stores, it's ideal for browsing or serious shopaholics!
Located right in the centre of the shopping, and opposite the Highgrove store, we can provide lunch for your group to suit your timings and budget. Often the lunch needs to be served quickly and efficiently and we are experienced in meeting these requirements to ensure a really memorable day. We suggest the express 2 course menu, as this can be pre-ordered and planned in advance, but if prefer to order from the normal menu on the day, we can still manage a large group.
- 2 courses for £12.95 per head, 3 courses £15.95
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Rebecca is a consultant in sports and exercise medicine based in Yorkshire. Having trained in hospital medicine and Sports and Exercise medicine, she is currently pursuing her clinical interests in the impact of physical activity on chronic illness, working in clinical research in oncology to address barriers and opportunities to integrating exercise prescription within usual care. She continues to work in musculoskeletal medicine within the NHS and with sports including GB Boxing and tennis, with special interest in female athlete health and performance.


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We play Duplicate Bridge 5 days a week – visitors are most welcome.
Session start times are as follows, and to enable play to start on time, please be seated 10 minutes before the scheduled start time:
Monday 12:30pm
Tuesday 7:30pm
Wednesday 12:30pm
Thursday 7:30pm
Friday 11:00am (please note this session is primarily for junior players, so Intermediate grade players and below only.)
We also have Sunday afternoon Bridge once a month starting from 31 May 2020 until 27th September 2020, please check our calendar for the exact dates.
On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, you are welcome to drop in – we guarantee you a game. Just register with the director on arrival.
Should you need a partner for any other session, let us know and we will do our best to arrange one for you. For our contact details, please click here.
Table money is $4.
If you would like to see our full calendar of events, please click here.
Club Etiquette
While we recognise there may be a natural reluctance to complain about fellow players, should it become necessary to do so, we ask that you do call the Director, and simply state "This player is interfering with my enjoyment of the game".
We expect players to be courteous at all times, and to behave in a manner that makes bridge enjoyable, including:
- greeting others in a friendly manner
- being a good "host" or "guest" at a table
- giving credit when opponents make a good bid or play
- following uniform and correct procedure in calling and playing
We also expect players to carefully avoid any remark or action that might cause annoyance or embarrassment to another player or interfere with the enjoyment of the game, such as:
- publicly criticising partner or opponents
- badgering, rudeness, insinuations, profanity, threats or violence
- negative comments concerning partners or opponents play or bidding
- gloating
- objecting to a call for the Director
- disputing or arguing with a Director's ruling
Important Events
Each day of the week has three important events:
- Pairs and Junior Pairs Championship
- Singles and Junior Singles Championship
- Special Pairs
The Pairs events must be played with the same partner for each session – no substitutes allowed, while the Singles events are played with a different partner for each session.
Each event is played over six weeks, with five sessions counting towards the final result.
The Rhonda Rickman Memorial Cup is for the Intermediate Player of the Year.
Starts Feb 10:
Championship Pairs
Junior Pairs Championship – Florence Howard Trophy
Starts June 8:
Singles Championship – Zena Klink Memorial
Junior Singles Championship
Starts Aug 31:
Open Pairs Championship – Laura Harrison Trophy
Championship & Junior Pairs
Starts March 17:
Singles & Junior Singles Championship
Starts June 9:
Pairs & Junior Pairs Championship
Starts Sept 1:
Open Pairs – Memorial Trophy
Starts March 4:
Open Pairs – Laura Harrison Plate
Starts May 20:
Singles & Junior Singles Championship
Starts Sept 2:
Pairs & Junior Pairs Championship
Starts March 5:
Championship Pairs
Junior Championship Pairs – Mike Cooper Cup
Starts May 21:
Allen Clarke Championship Pairs
Allen Clarke Junior Championship Pairs – Allen Clarke Memorial Trophy
Starts Aug 13:
Mt Albert Open & Junior Pairs – Carol Hansen Trophy
Starts Feb 28:
Arch Jelley Pairs – Arch Jelley Cup
Starts May 29:
Isobel Roy Singles Championship
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I am in FYBCom (Maths) & am Naval NCC cadet wanting to become a Customs Officer. Please provide information on how to go about it.
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To be a Customs Officer, you have to qualify through the Civil Services examination (CSE). Thereafter you can opt for Customs and Excise services based on your preference and ranking in the examination.
To be eligible to take the CSE, you need to a graduate in any stream with age between 21 to 30 years. Apart from direct recruitment through the Civil Services Examination some posts in the junior scale are filled in by promotes from the Group 'B' of the Central Government or State Government Services.
Once appointed, all probationary officers of the All India and Central Services undergo a compulsory foundation training course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
Training begins in the last week of August with a foundation training course of 4 months duration for probationers of all civil services. The foundation course is followed up by specific job-oriented training, conducted separately by each service in different parts of the country. This training is partly institutional and partly hands-on. For most cadres, the training is of 12 months' duration. Customs probationers are trained at Chennai.
After probation, customs officers get posted as Assistant Commissioners (customs) at any one of the eleven zonal offices located in major cities in India.


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Toronto 2009: "Jennifer's Body" Could Use Some Work
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Even though Telluride stole a little of Toronto's thunder with a sneak premiere of Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air," the foremost film festival in North America is not about to let anyone forget that it was the place where "Juno" debuted two years ago. All three "Juno" principles — Reitman, screenwriter Diablo Cody (with "Jennifer's Body"), and star Ellen Page (the lead in "Whip It!") — are back up north with new films, and the most direct descendent, the Reitman-produced and Cody-penned "Jennifer's Body," was the first of the three to premiere in the midnight madness section on Thursday.
An émigré of the dearly departed Fox Atomic label, "Jennifer's Body" arrived in Toronto with plenty of baggage, but came across like catnip to the friendly audiences in a country that gave birth to the "Ginger Snaps" franchise. Though Cody has said her follow-up to "Juno" was inspired by '80s horror films like "Fright Night" and "Nightmare on Elm Street 3," it's the Canuck werewolf tale of two sisters — one infected and one looking for the cure — that "Body" most resembles. Not that Jennifer (Megan Fox) is in the least lupine — she's a demon who, much to the dismay of her friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), begins to feed on the boys in their high school.
One wishes that director Karyn Kusama showed as ravenous an appetite for genre in her adaptation of Cody's eminently quotable script — the snap of the latter's pop culture references and puns occasionally connect, but are usually steamrolled by Kusama's heavy-handed efforts to push through a plot that seems made up as it goes along. Then again, no one can accuse Kusama of not indulging the film's likely audience — Seyfried asks Fox if she's wearing her "Evil Dead" t-shirt shortly before the two make out. And Kusama does manage to push the envelope with what's unusually subversive imagery for a mainstream film (Fox's first appearance as a demon with a Cheshire Cat grin is rather unforgettable, especially when there's an implication she's been raped).
If we're still playing six degrees of "Juno," "Up in the Air" star George Clooney's other film in Toronto, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," screened for press and industry on Thursday afternoon to mild applause. Based on Jon Ronson's nonfiction account of the U.S. military's experiments with psychic warfare, the film's opening title card reads "More of this is true than you'd like to believe." Moments later, we meet Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), a down-on-his-luck journalist for the Ann Arbor Daily Telegram who stumbles onto a lead about a troop of U.S. soldiers who were trained to become "psychic spies."
After an interview with a former soldier (Stephen Root) who stared a guinea pig into cardiac arrest, Wilton tags along with Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), the most intuitive member of the New Earth Army, a secret unit trained to use their minds in response to violent confrontation after the discovery by one soldier (Jeff Bridges) that most of his command isn't psychologically capable of killing another human being. Instead, the specialized troop communicates in New Age-y buzz phrases like "psychic disincentive" and "optimum trajectory" and practice skills like cloud bursting to preserve their mental acuity.
"The Men Who Stare at Goats" was helmed by Clooney's producing partner Grant Heslov and it couldn't come with a more impressive pedigree — besides the cast, the screenplay, by Peter Straughan, was on the 2006 Black List of best unproduced scripts. On the technical side, cinematographer Robert Elswit ("Magnolia") and composer Rolfe Kent ("Election") bring their usual panache. But "Goats" never quite adds up to the promise of all its involved talent, working fine as a broad comedy about a hippie squadron until it faces a third act where it must either embrace or reject the psychic hooey it's spent the majority of its runtime mining for jokes. The filmmakers also made a critical error in casting McGregor in the lead, a choice that seemingly was made because of his "Star Wars" past — there's a running gag about the psychics calling themselves "Jedi warriors" that he's amusingly oblivious to — than the other qualifications of playing a risk-averse Midwestern beat reporter. As the often-shaggy-haired Cassady, Clooney comes out unscathed, relying on the crazy eyes he developed in the company of the Coen brothers to convincingly pull an apprehensive McGregor through an unspecified mission in the Kuwaiti desert.
The only trace of irony in "Creation," the festival's opening night film, can be found in its title, seeing as the Jon Amiel-directed drama chronicles the most destructive period in the life of Charles Darwin, as he debates whether to publish his groundbreaking "On the Origin of Species" and contends with the failing health of his ten-year-old daughter Annie. If that sounds serious with a capital S, it's because it is, but with Paul Bettany in the lead, the film avoids being crushed under the weight of its own self-importance. Along with his real life wife Jennifer Connelly playing Darwin's spouse Emma, Bettany's impressive turn as the famed naturalist invites the audience in with his passionate intellectual curiosity and keeps the film afloat when things turn sour.
[Additional photo: "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Overture Films, 2009]


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Adding alarms to your cameras allows you to get notifications and/or an email when your cameras detect a person between certain times eg. when you're not home. Your camera alarm can be scheduled for set times or can automatically arm when you leave home and disarm when you return.
Automatically arming your alarm works by using a geofence to determine when you are home or not. The geofence will be set up around the area where the cameras are located, and the alarm will automatically be armed/disarmed when you leave or enter the geofence area. This means, when you return home the alarm will atomatically disarm, then when you leave, the alarm will automatically arm itself again.
The requirements for Auto Arm/Disarm feature are:
- Active GPS on your mobile device
- Permission for Cammy app to use GPS
- Reliable internet on your mobile device (4G/LTE)
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- Open the Cammy app and tap the 'Alarms' icon at the botttom of the screen
- Tap 'Add an Alarm'
- Enter a name for your alarm and tap 'Continue setup'
- You can now select all the cameras you want to associate with this alarm. Once done, tap 'Continue setup'
- Select the location for this alarm if you want your alarm to auto arm itself when you're outside the perimeter. If you prefer to schedule set times for your alarms click here.
Cammy detects your location based on the location of your phone, but we recommend that you type in your address in the area provided. The pink circle which appears around your home on the map is the geofence area. The alarm will be armed/disarmed as you enter or leave that zone.
- Tap 'Finish Setup'
When you create an alarm this alarm is set to 'Auto Armed', and it is 'Auto Disarmed' if you are detected to be on premises. Once you leave the geofence area that will change to 'Auto Armed' (after 5 minutes).
*Tip for iPhone users: To ensure the Auto Arm/Disarm feature works correctly, leave the app running in the background and do not force close the Cammy app (this is done by double tapping on the home button and swiping up). This will ensure that Cammy can always access your GPS to have the alarm arm/disarm more accurately. Please note, doing this would NOT affect your battery life or data usage.


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Guy Standing
Guy Standing is professor of development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class
The Guardian's political editor, Heather Stewart, tells Anushka Asthana that the general election on 12 December will be highly unpredictable as Brexit preferences, unpopular leaders and tactical voting intersect. Plus: Guy Standing on the plunder of natural resources by private interestsPodcast
Finland is trialling an unconditional income scheme, and studies show its benefits. I'd bet my own income that the idea would work here in the UK
Guy Standing: There's fanfare over the anniversary but the rights enshrined in the Great Charter are, for society's most vulnerable, being trodden on daily
Contrary to what sceptics predicted the basic incomes model created more economic activity and work
Guy Standing writes: At the dinner to mark Derek Robinson's retirement, a seat was left vacant next to him
Guy Standing: The UK's oil wealth was exploited for the benefit of the few. We have to avoid that happening with shale gas
Guy Standing: Social democracy's retreat doesn't mean progressive politics is dying. Today's mass class – the precariat – is defining a new agenda
Guy Standing: Flexible labour markets have created a growing 'precariat', who should have the right to a basic standard of living
Guy Standing: The degraded and demonised precariat is scrambling around in a twilight zone of 'jobs' in which they must remain on standby
Guy Standing: Nowadays we do a lot of work when we come home from work. Yet our outdated statistics don't record any of it
Guy Standing: Progressives need to find ways to speak to the new global, insecure classes before the far right does


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Lead investigator in Trayvon Martin case transferred
Sanford PD says Chris Serino transferred to night patrol
SANFORD, Fla. – Local 6 has learned that the lead investigator into the death of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, has been transferred out of the investigative unit.
Sgt. Dave Morganstern with the Sanford Police Department said Chris Serino were transferred out of the investigative unit to night patrol on Tuesday.
According to a release, "Serinio has voluntarily requested a reassignment to patrol division. Officer Serino has made this decision of his own volition and will begin his new assignment on July 7, 2012."
Word of Serino's transfer comes the same day the State Attorney's office released evidence in the Zimmerman case, including Serino's request for Zimmerman's arrest on manslaughter charges, dated March 13.
Zimmerman is being charged with second-degree murder in Martin's death. He is in jail awaiting a second bond hearing on Friday.
Watch Local 6 for more on this story.
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There has been a lot buzz around the recently aired PM's conversation on CNA (link), but so far no one seems to have picked up on and reviewed the web chat that MOS Lawrence Wong had following the Prime Minister's public relations exercise. Until now that is.
Minister Wong, who happens to be on the National Conversation committee, was publicized to be participating in a web chat with Singaporeans. The online conversation was billed as a continuation of the studio conversation that the Prime Minister had (which incidentally was prerecorded) and took place right after PM Lee's program was aired.
The impression given by CNA was that Minister Wong would be taking questions from the chat room during the live chat session and answering the audience in real time. The expectation was that viewers would be treated to a scenario where the minister takes on tough questions posed by a concerned public and does his best to engage and show leadership in the answers he would provide.
Unfortunately that was not how the entire session transpired. The show started with a CNA reporter, Ken Teh, acting as a moderator of sorts for the minister. Ken Teh was the one who went back and forth between the computer screen and apprising the minister of the questions that were being posed by members of the chat room.
Within five minutes into the streaming web chat it became very apparent that Mr. Wong himself was not going to even look at the computer screen and actually see the questions being posed to him. Throughout the entire one hour session, Ken Teh filtered all the questions before posing them to the minister.
Midway through the chat session the audience was suddenly informed that Minister Wong was also going to be taking call in questions from callers. There was one little problem about that though…CNA did not publicize the hotline number that people could use to call in. What was even more laughable about the call in segment was the first caller that CNA put on the air; it was Dr Jia Jia's father; who coincidentally was amongst the group of members of the public that were invited to meet with the Prime Minister at the Istana during the much publicized tea session a few weeks ago.
By this point it was pretty obvious that Mr. Wong was only going to be answering softball questions propounded by people who were designated as friendly, or at least un-antagonistic, towards the government. The entire dialog felt like a farce, with the government just going through the motions of a public relations exercise in order to soften its image and attempt to win back some support for its policies.
After seeing all this unfold within the span of fifteen minutes, I decided that this web chat session was a waste of time. I literally felt like I was listening to a robot dispense a monotone response whenever Mr. Wong tried his best to answer the questions posed to him by the moderating Ken Teh. The most damning part of the session was Mr Wong's response to a call, Jun Feng, on gay equality in Singapore. When faced with the issue of how some of our own people are dehumanized and treated like they are not a part of society, Mr. Wong did not even seem to know the issues the LGBT community faced nor could he bring himself to use the words gay or lesbian (link). That segment of the chat session was the most telling about the entire exercise in futility.
The rest of the session limped on until it was mercifully ended at the end of the hour. I am pretty sure that Mr. Wong was not the only who felt relieved when he was told that the time for the session had run out. If this dialog session was a sign of things to come regarding the National Conversation, then my suggestion to the government is to either change the format of these chat sessions or simply abandon the futile public relations exercise. The growing cynicism of the electorate is not going to be won over by a few token gestures at engagement. Especially when it appears that the people trying to do the engagement do not seem to understand the meaning of the word engagement. Our ministers could learn a thing or two on running these chat sessions by watching footage of how US president Barack Obama does them (link).
The National Conversation represents a mammoth opportunity for the government to do two things: 1. Show the people that it genuinely wants to engage the electorate. 2. Win back the ever increasing number of people who have become disillusioned with the government's leadership.
Hopefully the government is paying attention to the P.R. feedback on how these sessions are going over with audiences and will make adjustments to its engagement strategy. Otherwise the National Conversation will just continue to be nothing more than a constructive charade in practice.


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ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) — A 69-year-old Blount County man is behind bars on more than a half million dollars in bond, charged with 16 counts of sex abuse against a young girl.
AL.com reports Herbert Writesman, of Hayden, is charged with six counts of sodomy, four counts of first-degree rape, and two counts each of first-degree sex abuse, second-degree sex abuse and sex abuse of a child.
Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey says Writesman was arrested earlier this month, and remains jailed on $885,000 bond.
An affidavit in the case said the sex abuse began when the victim was five and continued multiple times for 11 years. Casey said further information about the case is not being released.
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Breast cancer will kill an estimated 40,000 women in the USA in 2015. For those who survive, choosing to have breast reconstruction or not is often the first step to personal recovery. The P.iNK (Personal Ink) campaign offers an alternative - free tattoo art over survivors' mastectomy scars, as a means to rebuild self-confidence in a body transformed by disease. MTV News visited a campaign event in Queens, NYC, and spoke with those drawing inspiration and hope from the tattooist's needle.
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"Civil" War, 25th Amendment, Constitution, crazy, government, Trump, Warren
Look for the 25th Movement to go about as far as Impeachment.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Thursday she believes it's time for White House officials to invoke the 25th Amendment and begin the process of removing President Trump from office.
The comments come one day after a blistering op-ed published in The New York Times by an anonymous senior administration official that blasted Trump as amoral and "anti-democratic" and said staffers must constantly rebut the president's "misguided impulses" and "worst inclinations."
"If senior administration officials think the president of the United States is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th Amendment," Warren told CNN.
"The Constitution provides for a procedure whenever the vice president and senior officials think the president can't do his job. It does not provide that senior officials go around the president — take documents off his desk, write anonymous op-eds. … Every one of these officials have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It's time for them to do their job," she added.
The author of the Times op-ed said the idea of removing Trump from office had already been floated by his top aides.
Fake news begets fake crisis? In the 1% off chance this moves forward, watch out. It has no chance of success. However, if played out, it could easily precipitate something hot, something we haven't seen in 153 years.
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these two weeks have been the best two weeks for me this year so far. a very high super duper triple special big fat thanks to intan. she always cracks my laughter these two weeks. and of course to the others; aweks and kipas.
here few things about these two weeks:
- last week. went back home with intan. hahaha. kau igt xintan? she's pretending to sulking with me. so, she's running from me. dr pintu pagar belakang sekolah tu. sampai dah dkt ngn hujung blok sk tu. ada lah about 100m. bapak ah aku nak kejar dia. so, aku pegang tali sandang beg tu. dgn beg bekal aku tu. dgn kelakarnya. intan kau boleh gelak je en. haha.
- few days back. intan ckp pasal peribahasa org bercinta tu. ala yg 'mandi tak basah, tidur tak lena, makan tak kenyang.' so, kimi and i add a bit to the peribahasa. just to cracks her up. the most funny that i add was 'pakai bra hook patah'. and kimi i think 'hujan tak stop stop.' haha.
- yesterday. hana's birthday. haha. sam, you was hilarious. running from hana just so she didn't see the not-so-surprise birthday card. but she did saw it. haha. so, before going back, i hand the card to her and we sang happy birthday to her. after that, she read the card and laugh at it. ucapan paling kelakar was from izhar, ikhwan and hisham. hisham wrote 'i love you so much. muah muah.' HAHA, yeah. while ikhwan wrote 'aku wish paling awal kan? so bg hadiah la.' well, something like that. and izhar wrote 'aku cute en. so paham-paham la.' damn you guys.
- today. majlis makan2 sempena hari jadi hana. makan dlm bilik mpv. haha kelakar doh. intan n nadia gay. yana and raje camwhore. haha. aku je mcm yg baik2 sikit. ceyh! haha. ada belambak gambar. tp malu gila nak letak sini. nnt2 la kalau rasa nak letak. next entry ke.
oh. before terlupa. anyone that have free time tomorrow or happen to be near wangsa maju or you just don't know what to do, come to my school. we held a BESTARITOURN. so, senior boleh dtg la kali ni. insyaAllah tiada aksi halau-menghalau kali ini. well, it's exactly to raise money to build up another pc lab and a musolah. and untuk naik taraf bilik2 khas (lab, library, etc.) ada gerai2 and pameran2. i'm incharge in physics lab. so yeah come to my school. its sVian honey.
maybe another week of hiatus next week.
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A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
---Meistter Eckhart
Morgan James, who could sing the phone book and give it soul, covers Rag'n'Bone Man's "Human."
Rag'n'Bone Man does his own cover of The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter," and spins it hauntingly.
Finally, the late Eva Cassidy covers Sting's "Fields of Gold" in a manner that makes it her own.
If you can not find anything here that you like, you've definitely stumbled across the wrong little corner of cyberspace.