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World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly – Simply Media DVD Review
August 29, 2016 August 28, 2016 archivetvmusings BBC Documentaries, Simply Media	1942 and hitler's soft underbelly, BBC, david reynolds, simply media
In 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly, Professor David Reynolds re-examines the North African and Italian campaigns of WW2. He starts by posing a question. "Why did we and the Americans spend a lot of the Second World War in the Mediterranean, rather than crossing the Channel?"
If the main battleground was Russia, they surely the next key area was to be found in occupied Europe – so why was Churchill obsessed with campaigns in North Africa and Italy? Reynolds is able to produce a number of convincing arguments. As a man of Empire, Churchill understood the importance of Egypt – if the Suez Canal was lost, then Britain faced ruin. But there were also more pragmatic reasons – neither the British or the Americans had the capability to launch a full-scale assault across the English Channel and into France in 1942. But Churchill needed a victory, any victory, in order to shore up morale.
Given that defeat had already followed defeat for the British since 1939, another failure (he envisaged a bloodbath of the scale of the Somme if they attempted a landing in France) might have spelled the end. Possibly not for the British war effort but certainly for him as leader, as the likes of Sir Stafford Cripps and Anthony Eden were circling. The perilous state of Churchill's own personal standing during this period is a matter of historical fact, but since it often gets overlooked it's an interesting area to explore.
So once Monty scored a victory at El Alamein, Tunisia and Italy began to look like tempting prospects – offfering the British and Americans chances to score what should have been easy victories. Surely Hitler would be too occupied with Russia to be able to adequately defend these theatres of war?
It wasn't to be and Reynolds declares that Churchill's bright idea would become a dark obsession. Partly this was because Churchill underestimated Hitler, but the British prime minister also received faulty intelligence. The work of the codebreakers at Bletchley Park has become well known during the last few decades, but Reynolds shows that they weren't infallible. Often this was because they didn't have access to the top level of German high command and given the chaotic nature of the German command structure (thanks to Hitler's knack of micro-managing) the information they received, whilst not deliberately inaccurate, wasn't correct either.
David Reynolds is an engaging guide. You get the sense that he relishes being away from his day job (as a professor of International History at Cambridge) and that he also enjoys throwing some quirky scenes into what otherwise might be a fairly dry viewing experience.
He opens the first episode with a fairly conventional piece to camera, except that he's walking along a beach, his trousers rolled up and the waves lapping at his feet! He also can't resist doing the voices of the various players (his conversation between Monty and Churchill is one such amusing moment) and another comic touch occurs when he describes an interesting meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt.
Churchill was a guest in the White House and, returning to his bedroom after a visit to the bathroom, was slightly surprised to find the president in his room. Dressed in only a towel, Churchill told Roosevelt that "the Prime Minister of Great Britain has nothing to conceal from the President of the United States" and promptly dropped the towel. Reynolds re-enacts this scene although thankfully he was fully clothed.
The occasional moments of levity don't detract from the fact that Reynolds is an authoritative historian who seems to delight in reaching out to a wide audience. Across the two 45 minute episodes he's able to succinctly sketch out all of the key points from this period of the war, sometimes offering a fresh outlook on familiar topics (but always giving well argued reasons for his statements).
A ninety minute television documentary can never hope to have the same scope as a reasonably detailed book (and Reynolds' own writings are recommended for those who want to dig a little deeper) but 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly (like his other documentaries available on DVD – 1941 and the Man of Steel and Long Shadow) are all fine examples of popular history documentaries.
1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly is released by Simply Media on the 5th of September 2016. RRP £19.99.
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel – Simply Media DVD Review
August 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 archivetvmusings BBC Documentaries, Simply Media	1941 and the man of steel, david reynolds, simply media
Originally broadcast in 2011 (the 70th anniversary of the German invasion of Russia) 1941 and the Man of Steel is a two-part documentary written and presented by David Reynolds.
It's fair to say that the battles on the Eastern Front have never attracted the same level of interest (especially in the UK) as the conflicts in the West have. But Reynolds convincingly argues that the Battle for Russia was just as critical – possibly even more so – than the Battle for Britain in deciding the future not only of the United Kingdom, but the rest of Europe as well.
Reynolds, a pleasingly idiosyncratic academic, makes this point with an amusing introductory speech, clearly designed to wrong-foot the viewer. "He was a little man, about five foot five. In his sixties. Rather tubby. Enjoyed his drinks and his smokes. An unlikely hero perhaps. But in the dark days of the twentieth century he helped save Britain. And he was one of the biggest mass-murderers in history. Stalin was his party name".
He then deftly paints a striking picture of Stalin, from his young days as a bank robber (albeit in a good cause – or at least the cause, Bolshevism, which he believed in) through to his years of terror in the 1920's and 1930's, where he brutally suppressed any opposition via show trials, torture and mass executions.
But Reynolds is able to argue that it was his dominant personality which helped to bring Russia to the brink of defeat in 1941. If you create a society that functions only if the man at the top performs effectively, what happens when he begins to make mistakes? Stalin's first major miscalculation saw him fail to believe that an attack from Germany was imminent. He had accurate intelligence from Britain, but his mistrust of the West caused him to disregard it – a fatal mistake.
The first few days of the German offensive saw them make substantial gains whilst Stalin seemed powerless to act. The news was no better during the next couple of months and Reynolds suggests that this pressure brought the Man of Steel to the point of a nervous breakdown – in a rare moment of candour he bitterly admitted to his colleagues that "Lenin founded our state and we've screwed it up". This picture of Stalin – a broken man, alone in his dacha and unwilling to answer the phone – is a compelling one. When the politburo trekked out to see him, Stalin feared the worst (a coup) but in fact they wanted him back. And it was their faith (a bitter irony when you consider how ruthless he'd been with anyone who dared oppose him) which seemed to spark him back into life.
How he then managed to turn things around is the crux of the documentary and Reynolds, using official documents and telegrams, illuminates the key moments. Stalin began by falling back on his old methods of terror, but he also had to learn the gentle art of diplomacy – which wasn't easy for someone who'd risen to the top by not listening to anybody. But listen he did – and to a most unexpected source, Winston Churchill. The British Prime Minister had been a savage opponent of Stalin's Russia in the past, but political expediency now meant that the Man of Steel was a vital ally for the beleaguered British.
Churchill's trip to Moscow in 1942 is a fascinating part of the story. Stalin attempted to push Churchill into launching an early invasion of France and then angrily called the British people cowards after he failed to get his own way. Churchill took great umbrage at this slight and considered returning to Britain there and then, but the next day Stalin suggested they retire to his apartment for the evening – where they consumed a great deal of alcohol, leaving Churchill with a severe hangover the next day! This moment helps to paint both leaders in a very human light and is also a good example of the strange dichotomy of Stalin's character. On the one hand he was a brutal and utterly ruthless tyrant, but, as here, he could be approachable and amenable (and remember, it was Churchill who nicknamed him "Uncle Joe").
Twenty eight million Soviet citizens lost their lives during WW2 – a picture of death and devastation that's almost unimaginable. Had Stalin not been so reckless during the first year of the war, says Reynolds, then the death toll would have been considerably less, but he did ultimately achieve a crushing victory over Germany and this victory would help to shape world politics for the next four decades.
Running for ninety minutes (two 45 minute episodes) 1941 and the Man of Steel provides the viewer with a compact overview that still manages to feel quite comprehensive. Reynolds, who has helmed a number of documentaries (including Long Shadow), certainly knows his stuff, although he may be something of an acquired taste. He likes the odd dramatic flourish and his quirky sense of humour bubbles to the surface occasionally. But his arguments are cogent and well thought out and he's a very affable guide through this complex theatre of war.
1941 and the Man of Steel is released by Simply Media on the 8th of August 2016. RRP £19.99.
World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly – to be released by Simply Media on the 5th of September 2016
July 29, 2016 September 22, 2016 archivetvmusings Forthcoming DVDs	1942 and hitler's soft underbelly, david reynolds, simply media
Due in early September from Simply Media is another documentary written and presented by David Reynolds, 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly. Review here.
The British fought the Second World War to defeat Hitler. World War Two 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly asks why, then, did they spend so much of the conflict battling through North Africa and Italy?
Reynolds reassesses Winston Churchill's conviction that the Mediterranean was the 'soft underbelly' of Hitler's Europe. Travelling to Egypt and Italian battlefields like Cassino, scene of some of the worst carnage in western Europe, he shows how, in reality, the 'soft underbelly' became a dark and dangerous obsession for Churchill.
Reynolds reveals a prime minister very different from the jaw-jutting bulldog of Britain's 'finest hour' in 1940 – a leader who was politically vulnerable at home, desperate to shore up a crumbling British empire abroad, losing faith in his army and even ready to deceive his American allies if it might delay fighting head to head against the Germans in northern France. It arrives on DVD on 5 September 2016.
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel – to be released on DVD by Simply Media on the 8th of August 2016
July 29, 2016 August 10, 2016 archivetvmusings Forthcoming DVDs	1941 and the man of steel, david reynolds
Due shortly from Simply Media is the two-part BBC documentary, 1941 and the Man of Steel, presented by David Reynolds. This was originally broadcast in 2011. Review here.
In World War Two 1941 and The Man of Steel, due for release on 8 August 2016, Reynolds examines Josef Stalin's handling of the conflict between the Soviet Union and Germany during the Second World War. The name Stalin means 'man of steel', but Reynolds' penetrating account reveals that the man himself was anything but.
Releasing to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Reynolds reveals how the dictator's mental frailties nearly caused his country to fall to the Nazis, and examines the compromises Stalin was forced to make to survive. He also investigates the events that led to Stalin eventually siding with the Allies, including Winston Churchill's controversial visit to Moscow in 1942.
Travelling to the sites of the main battles and using original telegrams and official documents, he re-examines how Britain and America were drawn into alliance with Stalin, a dictator almost as murderous as the Nazi enemy.
Long Shadow: The Great War – Simply Media DVD Review
July 3, 2016 July 28, 2016 archivetvmusings BBC Documentaries, Simply Media	BBC, david reynolds, long shadow: the great war, simply media
With the centenary commemorations of the Battle of the Somme still fresh in the memory, it feels like the ideal time for Long Shadow: The Great War to be released on DVD in the UK for the first time. Although as we'll discover, David Reynolds (the writer and presenter) has concerns about how certain events – most notably the Somme – have come to dominate our understanding of the war.
Long Shadow was one of a raft of BBC Great War programmes announced in late 2013. It's an ambitious (and still ongoing) project – more than 2,500 hours of programming across television, radio and online to appear between 2014 and 2018.
This breadth of programming, covering both drama and factual, allows for a range of approaches to be taken when discussing the events of 1914 – 1918. Long Shadow, broadcast in September 2014, asks us to both remember and reassess what we know (or what we think we know) about the Great War and how the conflict shaped the rest of the twentieth century.
Speaking to History Extra, Reynolds makes the point that the Somme, terrible though it was, has clouded our understanding of both the war and its legacy. "Our view of the war has become focused almost on one day. We need to get out of the trenches and take a broader view of the conflict. That's what I mean by becoming a caricature – it's become simplified down. A caricature is not necessarily untrue, it's just a sharp oversimplification of what is going on."
Reynolds, a Cambridge academic, follows in the footsteps of many illustrious predecessors. Needless to say, presenter-led documentaries stand or fall on the quality of the man or woman in front of the camera. Thankfully for Long Shadow, Reynolds is an engaging presence – he's capable of deftly describing the bigger picture, but can also change gears to illuminate smaller-scale, individual stories. Reynolds rarely seems to stand still – he's often seen walking to his next location – but this hyperactivity (and his sometimes highly dramatic intonations) doesn't detract from the story he has to tell.
Over the decades, a certain perspective of WW1 has become solidified ("lions led by donkeys") and this has been reflected in popular satire (Oh! What a Lovely War, Blackadder Goes Forth). Long Shadow attempts to peel away this familiar (and, he argues, inaccurate) viewpoint in order to make sense not only of the war, but of the very different world that both the victors and vanquished returned home to.
Post 1918, the British were keen to honour their dead (Reynolds has some interesting points to make about Edwin Lutweyn's Cenotaph) but since the public at large found it hard to visualise exactly what had happened on the battlefields between 1914 and 1918, the war slowly faded from the public's consciousness. But a play, Journey's End by R.C. Sheriff (which debuted in 1928), would help to reignite interest in the conflict. Reynolds argues that for many, Journey's End helped to illustrate the futility of war – "never again".
In Germany there was a very different sentiment in the air. If the British were saying "never again", then some Germans were of the opinion that the war had never ended. It was simply that they had been betrayed by a spineless ruling elite who had forced the country into signing a humiliating armistice. So the seeds for Adolf Hitler's rise to power were already in place.
But if, as Reynolds argues, WW2 came to be seen as a just war – fought against an evil and corrupt regime – this would have consequences for the Great War. Post WW2, the Great War would be known instead as WW1. It was no longer "The War To End All Wars", instead it was seen as a failed attempt to end global war (if it had been successful there would have been no need for a Second World War). Reynolds admits this renaming could seem to be a trivial matter, but it was a factor that helped to shape the modern viewpoint that the Great War achieved nothing, except mass slaughter.
Reynolds also examines the unfamiliar British landscape that emerged following the 1918 armistice. Democracy had come to Britain for the first time with both the working classes and women eligible to vote. Also discussed is the way that the Great War strengthened a section of the United Kingdom – as both Wales and Scotland took pride in joining with their English counterparts to defeat a common foe. Had this not happened it's tempting to wonder whether the union between the three nations would have fractured. But if the war was a unifying force for England, Scotland and Wales then it was a very different picture in Ireland. The Easter Rising in 1916 was a watershed moment for Catholics, just as the Battle of the Somme in 1918 was for their Protestant counterparts.
In conclusion, if you're looking for a documentary solely focused on the military conflict between 1914 and 1918 then this possibly isn't the programme for you. Long Shadow concerns itself with documenting the aftershock WW1 inflicted on the world at large, with Reynolds demonstrating how this brutal conflict helped to shape the modern world.
The series uses very little archive footage, which is a good move. Iconic and stirring though these pictures are, the scratchy black and white images also tend to automatically distance the viewer from the events portrayed. Running for three 50 minute episodes (Remembering and Understanding, Ballots and Bullets, Us and Them), Long Shadow is an accessible and thought-provoking documentary.
Long Shadow: The Great War is released by Simply Media on the 4th of July 2016. RRP £19.99.
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Jlo's And shakira's haltime show
"This year for the Superbowl J. Lo and Shakira performed together for the Superbowl halftime performance ."
--Jayden Baasansuren, 6th grade
This year for the Superbowl J. Lo and Shakira performed together for the Superbowl halftime performance
Super Bowl 54 was held in Miami at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, February 2nd at 3:30pm. The real show, however, didn't start until 5, when superstars J.Lo and Shakira hit the stage.
Background: According to the LA Times Jlo said, "I think it's super important for two Latina women to be headlining the Super Bowl, especially right now in Trump's America. Both Jlo are both Latina women and they are the first to perform at the Superbowl. Jlo and Shakira are both great singers and performers. Jlo started singing in 1999 and Shakira started performing and singing at the age of 13. On the day of the Superbowl it was Shakira's birthday and i guess she had a good birthday.I think it is important right now when Trump is building a wall and its importance because they are showing Latina power.When Jlo's daughter Emme sang she had a outfit representing Puerto Rico flag in her outfit.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia. With a Lebanese father and Colombian mother, Shakira honors both her Latino and Arabic heritage in her music. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 and signed her first record deal at 13.Jennifer Lopez was born in 1969 into a family of Puerto Rican descent. Lopez took dance lessons throughout her childhood, and at age 16 she made her film debut with a small role in My Little Girl (1986). Her television break came in 1991 when she became a dancer on In Living Color.
Hype: Was this the best halftime yet? No one knows, but everyone was ready for this year's performance. Throughout the past, really good artists have performed at the Halftime show, including Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Missy Elliot, to name a few, all of whom spiced up the stage. Out of all the halftime performers, however, Beyonce still holds the record for the best performance to date. Although Jlo and Shakira did heat up the stage with their choreography and their singing. Overall the halftime show really gave some watchers a shock with their performance. Jlo and Shakira were really entertaining. I don't think this was the best halftime show because they could've done better,Lady Gaga and Beyonce really hit the stage. Shakira and Jennifer Lopez headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2020 and fans loved it.
Review: Personally I believe that the Super Bowl halftime show this year was great it was very entertaining,Jlo's daughter Emme did great at singing and Jlo and Shakira were both wonderful together they brought the fire to the stage. I believe they did an amazing job. They really brought the boredom out of the watchers,they banged the living spirits out of us and woke us up from the long game.Okay, on with the show, which was high-octane, relentless Latin pop fun delivered by two artists who know better than most how to blow a crowd's hair back with their dance moves and magnetism.The halftime show was good but not the best some other artists have done better,they are somewhere on the charts.On the surface, the Super Bowl halftime show by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira was a party: exultant voices, shaking hips in glittery costumes, irresistible global rhythms. They danced and belted through a quick-cutting mega mix of their hits.
What they sang:
Demi Lovato sang this year's national anthem and sang it beautifully.
Shakria sang many of her songs like She Wolf,Hips Don't Lie,Waka Waka,Empire,Chantaje,Ojos Asi and I Like It Like That ft Bad bunny and Jlo
Jlo sang Jenny From the Block,Ain't it Funny,Get Right,Waiting for Tonight,Booty ft.J Balvin,On the Floor,Let's Get Loud Ft. Shakira and Born In the USA ft. Jlo's daughter Emme Maribel Muniz .
"Jlo and Shakira fans are all wondering what song they will be performing.This all leads to two great Latina singers working together for the Super Bowl.
diddnt watch all of it but i was surprised afff

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Watch Haley Reinhart, Casey Abrams Duet On "Baby It's Cold Outside"
It's a 'Very Idol Christmas,' Love Haley & Casey
By HippyGirlHeather on November 22, 2011 8:48 AM |
Haley Reinhart and Casey Abrams are often linked together after appearing on last season's American Idol. They had a couple amazing duets on the show ("Moanin'" and "I Feel The Earth Move") and rumors of a romance ran rampant over the internet, during which the makings of a true friendship blossomed between this quirky, bluesy, jazzy, twosome. While fellow contestants (winner and runner up, respectively) Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina, have tried hard to forge separate, solo country careers, Haley and Casey seemed to have embraced the fact that while they're remembered by many separately, they're perhaps remembered more for their shared moments.
Haley went on to greater success by the show's standards by lasting until the Top Three while Casey was voted off during week 11's eliminations and dramatically given the judge's "save" and managed to not annoy America enough to stay for a few more weeks. Haley is working on her first album with 19/Interscope Records rumored to be out in early 2012, while Casey has been signed to a management deal but no record deal that I could find note of.
"Baby It's Cold Outside" is their most recent joint venture and if you're not sure you remember the song, it's featured in the movie Elf, sung by Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel's characters, as well as performed by everyone from Bette Midler, to Barry Manilow, to Miss Piggy. I was never a Haley fan on Idol because she seemed to be lacking in something, I couldn't put my finger on it but, she never pulled me in. Casey on the other hand I knew immediately why I didn't like him: while extremely talented Casey was highly obnoxious and unlikable. While my opinion of him hasn't changed, I'm slowly easing my way on to the Haley Train. In this clip of "Baby it's Cold Outside" performed in her hometown of Chicago with her pal Casey, she could not be more adorable, charming, and almost captivating. They didn't do anything new for the song or make it especially memorable, but it's made me take a second look at Haley Reinhart.
If you want to bypass the inane chit-chat skip to the 1:30 mark. Let me know what you think of their duet: are you excited for Haley Reinhart's debut album?
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Is George Steinbrenner a Hall of Famer?
Amidst Monday's announcement that Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres are finalists for American League Rookie of the Year, we found out that another Yankee could be on the cusp of something special. The National Baseball Hall of Fame has released its Today's Game Era ballot, which consists of ten worthy candidates whose impacts to the game came from 1988 to the present, including the late Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner. During his time as The Boss of the Bronx Bombers, Steinbrenner's ownership was responsible for eleven American League pennants and seven World Series titles in a 37-year period. There is no denying his track record, so why is there any doubt about his candidacy for this great honor? All of the success that George Steinbrenner enjoyed for decades did not come without its controversy. His leadership style could be described as brash, resulting in feuds with managers and rapid turnover of management personnel. In his first 23 seasons in the Bronx, he changed managers 20 times. Billy Martin alone was fired and rehired five times. General Managers were not safe either, as Steinbrenner employed eleven different GMs over 30 years.
Despite his seeming inability to manage his employees effectively, perhaps the most controversial aspect of his ownership were the two instances in which he was suspended from Major League Baseball. The first suspension, for 15 months, came in 1974 over illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon. The second, coming in 1990, was handed down after it was found that Steinbrenner hired Howard Spira to dig up dirt on Dave Winfield. Initially, this was to be a lifetime ban, but was later reduced to three years. In his absence, GM Gene Michael was free to assemble his vision of a team that would ultimately turn into a dynasty under Brian Cashman. With Cashman, George Steinbrenner solidified his legacy as an owner who could rule with an iron fist but do it effectively and with much success. The only question is whether or not the panel of 16 voters can look past the controversy of his ownership and see the dynasty for all its greatness. Steinbrenner will need 75% of the vote (12 out of 16) to be enshrined next summer. It is worth noting that The Boss received fewer than five votes the last time he was up for consideration. If nothing else, the irony of George Steinbrenner and Mariano Rivera in the same Hall of Fame class would make for a great storyline in New York.


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The Vets, a pet healthcare platform that provides at-home care, raises $40M led by Target Global
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The Vets, a tech-enabled pet healthcare platform that provides at-home care, has raised $40 million in seed funding led by Target Global, PICO Venture Partners and Bolt Ventures. Founded last year as part of co-founder Target Global's venture building program, the team of co-founders including CEO Daniel Sagis, COO Dori Fussmann and Target Global aims to transform pet care by combining technological innovation and at-home care.
The company provides the ability for pet owners and practitioners to discuss medical conditions and preventative care while observing pets in their home environment. Visits include full diagnostics, such as blood workup and capturing vitals. The Vets notes that aggregating data from these care visits allow for more accurate diagnoses and healthcare predictions, along with analysis of possible trends by breed.
Since its inception, the company has expanded to nine major cities, including Miami, Tampa, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas and Denver. Starting today, The Vets' services are now available in New York City as well. The company plans to offer its services in 25 cities by the end of the year. The Vets has served more than 7,000 pets to date.
The startup also aims to address the growing issue of burnout among veterinarians. In order to do so, The Vets promotes a four-day workweek and a daily appointment limit for veterinarians to ensure that they aren't being overworked.
"For too long, veterinarians have been overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated. At our core, we believe happy, healthy pets come from happy, healthy vets," said Daniel Sagis, CEO and co-founder of The Vets, in a statement. "This funding round will further position The Vets as the next generation of pet healthcare, leveraging preemptive technology, allowing us to strengthen our footprint and penetrate new markets much more efficiently and effectively."
The platform allows customers to schedule in-home visits to receive numerous services for their pets, including wellness exams, home lab tests, microchipping, vaccinations and health travel certificates. Practitioners are also able to provide client education, nutrition information and more. The company says that bringing pet healthcare into customers' homes allows the veterinarian to develop stronger relationships with pets and also ensures that the care is being provided to pets in a comfortable and stress-free environment.
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Shmuel Chafets, chairman at The Vets and co-founder at Target Global, told TechCrunch that the seed funding expands the company's capability to attract, train and grow its team. He also noted that funding will support initiatives in building its consumer experience and expanding into new markets this year.
"We have an established R&D department consisting of veterinarians, software developers, data scientists and analysts," Chafets said. "We plan on leveraging our data science capabilities to create personalized medical insights for our customers and their pets. This will enable our veterinarians to not only offer the best and most suitable treatment on a case-by-case basis, but to also detect disease trends, outbreaks and causes of emergence; thus creating a new standard for preventative pet care in the United States."


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Letter: Fracking far worse than earlier…
Letter: Fracking far worse than earlier drilling methods
By Cheryl Cary Canastota and Cheryl Cary |
PUBLISHED: July 14, 2014 at 3:03 p.m. | UPDATED: July 21, 2021 at 8:40 a.m.
I agree with Ron Blackmore's letter saying it would be wise for Hamilton to reconsider using natural gas. Before signing on to use natural gas, folks need to really have an understanding of all the potential consequences of using natural gas, which in part will be obtained by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
This "new fracking technology" is substantially more destructive of air and water than the previous method to produce gas. It's a big change from the earlier gas wells developed in the past 50 years in New York.
Fracking operations not only include drilling activity but the construction of pipelines, roads, holding tanks, ponds, waste pits, and compressor stations.
To keep the gas in a highly pressurized state as it travels through pipelines, compressor stations are located every 40 to 100 miles along the route to market. This means anyone who lives near a potentially explosive pipeline or compressor station will be affected.
Transmission pipelines operated by Tennessee Gas and Dominion run parallel to Route 20, just north of the Village of Hamilton. There is a new compressor planned for Georgetown and an existing compressor in Eaton. Compressor stations have been documented to cause air, water and noise pollution and the air around them have shown extremely high levels of cancer-causing substances. Additionally, gas from the Marcellus Shale contains radium which will decay into radon gas, another cancer causing agent.
More and more the dangers of fracking are becoming known. In July, Concerned Health Professionals of NY released a major new compilation of the risks and harms of fracking which confirmed that the public health risks from unconventional gas and oil extraction are real and that "peer-reviewed medical and public health literature uncovered no evidence that fracking can be practiced in a manner that does not threaten human health."
I hope the three major potential users that should know the dangers of fracked gas, Hamilton Central School District, Community Memorial Hospital, and Colgate University do not sign on as customers. Fracked gas is not safe. No child on a playground, in a hospital or going to school should be exposed to potential toxins.
Climate change is a fact and burning fracked gas makes the problem worse. The Cornell study of methane emissions from shale gas production established the greenhouse gas footprint of fracking as being greater than that of any other fossil fuel including coal. In an article by Anthony Ingraffea, Ph.D., who co-wrote the study, he says "The first 1,000 gas wells unconventionally developed in New York will use more frack fluid, and produce more waste, than all the gas wells ever drilled in the state."
More money needs to be invested on renewable sources of supply such as wind, water, solar and energy-efficiency technology as they are better options. These create economic growth and jobs; and a clean energy future for our children. Moving forward with a natural gas pipeline and utility would be a "bad idea for Hamilton."
– Cheryl Cary, Canastota
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Recognizing the safety influencers in our communities who are going above and beyond to make sure the message gets out and more doors get closed.
The San Francisco Fire Department's enhanced Fire Prevention and Education Team has a mission of promoting fire safety through community outreach and education. Every year, they increase their efforts to bring citizens and local first responders together to help reduce the number of residential fires. During the Spring of 2019, the department held several community events where they took the opportunity to incorporate the Close Before You Doze message into their fire safety materials and activities.
Citizens that may not have heard of the public fire safety campaign before and may not have access to the internet regularly, will now be exposed to the important tips and reasons to add closing doors to their bedtime routine.
The West Chester Fire Department officials want people everywhere to hear the live-saving message of Close Before You Doze - so they've set it to music.
For the second year, the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department featured a door prop to help share the Close Before You Doze Message during their Annual Open House.
Assistant Chief Lee Dunham of the Campville Fire Department/ Town of Owego Fire District is taking the Close Before You Doze message to the streets using a dollhouse to demonstrate the impact that a closed door can have on the spread of fire and smoke.
Jennifer Williams, UL NFP Marketing Specialist taught over 50 girls ages 13-17 the important role that a closed door can play in slowing a fire's growth. She presented Close Before You Doze at Camp Fury Delaware, an introduction to emergency services careers for teen girls that provides hands-on experiences.
This past Spring, the Close Before You Doze message was the theme of the winning 6th Grade Science Fair project put together by 12-year-old Peyton Pierson in Osceola, Indiana.
See how the Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office shared the Close Before You Doze message with more than 18,500 Ohio State Fair Attendees.
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A review of Briefs by John Edgar Wideman
Reviewed by Sheri Harper
Briefs Stories for the Palm of the Mind
by John Edgar Wideman
2010, Paperback: 168 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0557310043
Okay, I have to admit that I spoiled the author's expectation that I would do a quick search through the tales and pick two to compare and not bother to read the rest, see "Review" from "Briefs" by John Edgar Wideman. And for good reasons.
First of all, in "Briefs" John Edgar Wideman will make you laugh. One of the funniest comes from this letter to Madonna titled "Dear Madonna" where he comes to grips with why and how a person would write to a well known celebrity. Other tales are funny in an ironic sort of way, like "Manhole" where he tells of an experience on his daily jog or "Ruins" featuring a conflict with his wife over why an author named Pepe used a certain phrase in a work of fiction.
Second of all, "Briefs" has much insight into the writing life for other authors and readers, especially regarding the short short, or flash fiction form. John Edgar Wideman's story "Plot" provides a potent example of what plot can mean in a short tale. "Hunger" tells of a meeting of authors probably at a conference in amusing detail. Quite a number of the stories have chilling examples of voice, including "Bedtime Story" told by a father about the genealogical meaning of being a parent and "Story" told by a father taking care of his child.
Last of all, John Edgar Wideman is able to tap into the readers emotions. He starts by sharing his experiences with the criminal justice system in a number of tales including one that anyone who has received a call from someone in jail can relate to titled "AT&T", "Thirteen", a tale of a young man that makes a mistake, "Ghetto" and "Condemned", but even more powerfully in "Cry In", where only the emotion is examined, the emotion of hearing news that hurts too bad to share. Other tales deal with the issue of race including "A Story About Color for Children Born With Many". More fun are some of his sensual tales including "Scherezade" where two lovers deal with past loves in an unusual fashion and "Crossover" telling the tale of a woman who deals with sex games and "Renovation" which deals with intimacy in a dysfunctional couples relationship.
Overall, the stories paint very clear pictures, sometimes reading more like prose poetry, sometimes like anecdotes, sometimes with surprising turns, sometimes just resonating in lush language. I had a fun time reading the tales in Briefs and found it enticement to play with tales of my own.
About the reviewer: Sheri Fresonke Harper is a poet and writer. She's been published in many small journals and is working on her second science fiction novel. See www.sfharper.com
Tags: short stories
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Sections 33 and 103A of the Liquor Control Act 1988 ("the Act") impose mandatory training requirements on licensees, approved managers, supervisory staff, bar staff and crowd controllers in relation to the management of licensed premises and the responsible service of alcohol.
Well managed premises and the responsible service of alcohol is seen as an important tool in providing consumers with safer venues that are committed to practising harm-minimisation techniques. Training provides licensees, managers, bar staff and crowd controllers with important skills and knowledge about the State's liquor laws; alcohol and the effects of excessive alcohol intake; standard drink measures; options to assist customers to drink within appropriate limits; how to refuse service
Increasing the skill levels of people working in the industry will ultimately raise the standard and professionalism of the industry, which will benefit consumers and the public in general. This policy provides guidance as to the minimum requirements to be met in respect of this training.
There are two levels of training:
Provide Responsible Service of Alcohol — a course of training in responsible practices in the sale, supply and service of liquor which covers topics such as duty of care, harm minimisation, refusal of service, effects of alcohol, juveniles, identifying intoxication and conflict resolution; and
Course in Management of Licensed Premises — a course on the legislative obligations and responsibilities of licensees and managers.
Under section 33(6b) of the Act, persons seeking approval to occupy positions of authority under a licence; that is, as licensee, are required to demonstrate that they have successfully completed an approved Course in the Management of Licensed Premises and in the Responsible Service of Alcohol prior to the approval of an application for a licence, or approval of a transfer of licence.
Similarly, applicants for a restricted or unrestricted manager approval must successfully complete either an approved Course in the Management of Licensed Premises and or in the Responsible Service of Alcohol, depending on the type of approval they are seeking.
These requirements and the training requirements for staff occupying supervisory positions and all other staff engaged in the sale and supply of liquor, including under an occasional licence, are set out below.
Permanent liquor licences
Nationally Accredited Responsible Service of Alcohol
Clubs WA Responsible Service of Alcohol- Club industry Training
Course in Management of Licensed Premises
Licensee – Individual Yes
Licensee – Partnership
(at least one partner must complete the required training)
Licensee – Company
(at least one director must complete the required training) Yes
Licensee – Club
(club committee members are not required to undertake training, however approved managers, supervisors and servers must comply)
Supervisors and servers – Clubs Yes
Supervisors, servers and crowd controllers – all other licences
Unrestricted Approved Manager
Restricted Approved Manager (Clubs and Occasional Licences)
(if a Restricted Manager subsequently completes the core unit, MLPLCA401A, of the Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA), they may apply to upgrade to an Unrestricted Manager Approval) Yes
Occasional licence (less than 250 people)
Licensee – Individual
(at least one director must complete the required training)
(club committee members are not required to undertake training, however approved managers, supervisory staff and other serving staff must comply)
Restricted Approved Manager Yes
(only required if a condition is imposed on the occasional licence) Yes
Crowd controllers, supervisory and other serving staff
Occasional licence (251 to 300 people)
(at least one partner must complete the required training) Yes
Occasional licence (more than 300 people)
Supervisory and other serving staff Yes
Crowd controllers Yes
If a Restricted Manager subsequently completes the Core Unit, MLPLCA401A, of the Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA), they may apply to upgrade to an Unrestricted Manager Approval.
Please note that it is a prerequisite of enrolment for the Core Unit, MLPLCA401A, of the Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA) that participants have completed the nationally accredited unit of RSA training (SITHFAB002).
Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA)
The Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA) is comprised of a core unit and two elective units.
Course unit information
Core unit
MLPLCA401A
Covers managing legislative responsibilities for the sale, supply and service of liquor.
Completion of this course is the licensing authority's minimum training requirement for new licensees and new unrestricted approved managers.
A prerequisite to completing this unit is the successful completion of the nationally accredited unit Provide Responsible Service of Alcohol (SITHFAB002) which must be completed separately.
MLPLCA402A Focuses on managing licensed premises for the sale, supply and service of liquor to the general public.
MLPLCA403A Focuses on managing licensed premises used for the production or wholesale supply of liquor.
While the minimum requirement for new licensees and new unrestricted approved managers is the completion of the Core Unit (MLPLCA401A), applicants are strongly encouraged to complete either elective unit to gain a greater depth of knowledge.
Evidence of compliance
Certification (in hard-copy or digital format) proving the satisfactory completion of a Course in Management of Licensed Premises:
Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA/MLPLCA401A)
Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52735WA/MLPLCA401A & MLPLCA402A or MLPLCA403A)
Course in Management of Licensed Premises (52473WA) (MLP1, MLP2 and MLP3)**
Course in Liquor Licensing (52065**)
Short Course in Liquor Licensing (51544**)
Certification (in hard-copy or digital format) proving the satisfactory completion of a Responsible Service of Alcohol course:
Provide responsible service of alcohol (SITHFAB002)
Provide responsible service of alcohol (SITHFAB201**)
Provide responsible service of alcohol (SITHFAB009A**)
Provide responsible service of alcohol (THHBFB09A**)
Provide responsible service of alcohol (THHBFB09B**)
Clubs WA Responsible Service of Alcohol - Club Industry Training
**These courses are no longer delivered by Registered Training Organisations, however, past successful completion will still be accepted by the licensing authority.
The Registered Training Organisations in respect of the Course in Management of Licensed Premises and the nationally accredited unit of Provide Responsible Service of Alcohol are listed on the Department of Education and Training's website.
Clubs WA delivers the Clubs WA Responsible Service of Alcohol - Club Industry Training.
Training register
Section 103AA of the Act states that licensees must maintain, on the licensed premises, a training register that records employee information and their training compliance. This requirement does not apply to an approved manager as they must have completed the relevant training in order to have been issued with either a restricted manager approval or unrestricted manager approval by the licensing authority.
The training register must contain the following details:
Employee name;
Date employment commenced;
Course provider name;
State or Territory where training was done; and
Date of training certification.
The penalty for non-compliance is $5000.
Each record must be maintained in the Register for a period of four years or for the duration of employment of the trained employee. The Register may be kept in any way the licensee considers appropriate, including by electronic means.
The licensee or an employee of the licensee must allow an authorised officer to inspect the Register and to take copies of the Register or any of its parts.
It should be noted that while there is no requirement to keep a copy of the training certification with the Training Register, it is nevertheless a requirement for the licensee to keep a copy on the premises as per regulation 14AG(2). This can either be hard copy or stored electronically provided it is available for inspection when required. To assist licensees, an approved standard format for this training register can be downloaded.
If a person fails to comply with these requirements, the licensing authority may decide to:
in the case of an application for a licence or approval as a manager, find the person not fit and proper to hold a licence or occupy a position of authority in respect of a licence; or
issue an infringement under section 167 to the licensee, approved manager, or member of staff; or
require the licensee to show cause why more restrictive conditions should not be imposed on the licence; or
lodge a section 95 complaint for disciplinary action against the licensee. Under section 96 of the Act, if such a complaint was upheld by the Liquor Commission, a range of disciplinary action could be imposed including: a reprimand and a fine of up to $30,000. However, the penalty sought could also include the suspension of the licence for a specified period of time or the cancellation of the licence.
The requirement for crowd controllers to complete responsible service of alcohol training came into effect from 1 July 2018.
For further information, please contact the department on 61 8 6551 4888 (country callers please use our toll-free number 1800 634 541) or email the Director of Liquor Licensing.
This policy is designed to provide information in regard to the subject matter covered, and with the understanding that the Director of Liquor Licensing is not passing legal opinion or interpretation or other professional advice. The information is provided on the understanding that all persons undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its contents.
Liquor Control Act 1988
Page reviewed 25 June 2019


I've been working for about 4 years as a freelancer, I took the plunge about 2 years ago to go full-time, before that I balanced my illustration jobs with a non-related part-time job.
I've never missed a deadline, working through the night when needed. While I try to plan my schedule to avoid 'all-nighters' as much as possible, sometimes thats when it really clicks and you can get your best work done. It's very quiet at 4:30AM.
I just love making images so I juggle a few different styles and work in lots of different fields. It's normal for me to be commissioned for traditional illustration avenues like magazine editorials, advertising campaigns, storyboards for TV opening titles to more contemporary opportunities like customisng trendy restaurant walls, trainers and clothes. I'm part of a group in Dublin called Tiny Little Horse that designs and produces screen-printed gigposters for international bands. I also do a lot of custom typography for advertising and business logos.
I have a good relationship with a number of design and advertising companies that provide me with regular and interesting work. Dan Willett (formerly of Play Lounge, Soho) has hooked me up with some great commissions in the last few years, The Vader Project and the 2000AD anniversary show for example. Self-generated projects are starting to fill up much more of my time now.
I've started co-producing gallery shows and other projects recently that involve co-ordinating and spreadsheets and lots of correspondence which I find myself surprisingly enjoying quite alot. I think being an illustrator can be an isolating existence if you are not careful. So maybe the interaction of being involved with group activites is filling a void.
Hmmm, enjoying chicken, pesto and rocket on a ciabatta these days from the local Italian deli. Yummy!
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Second year scholar Billy Waters has followed Liam Nolan in agreeing professional terms with the club. Waters has this afternoon signed a one-year professional deal with the Alex taking him until the summer of 2014.
Waters is a technically gifted central midfielder who showed he has an eye for a goal with a stunning strike in the F.A. Youth Cup win over Carlisle United earlier in the season.
The 18-year-old's impressive displays for the Alex youth team saw him regularly feature for the Crewe U21 side. Again Waters impressed sufficiently and often travelled with the Crewe first-team squad where he was named on the bench on several occasions.
Waters will now be looking for more of the same over the coming 12-months and will be targeting more first-team involvement for the Alex.
Subscribers to Crewe Alex Player will be able to see an exclusive interview with Billy later this afternoon.


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Three consumers had brought an action against three debt collection agencies on the basis of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") on the basis of misleading or deceptive conduct on the basis of threatening action they do not intend to take.
The consumers argued that the agencies never had an intention of proceeding to trial, but rather were issued to obtain Default Judgment or a settlement of the outstanding debt.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the proceedings and agreed with the Federal Court, noting that it is not always economic or desirable to go to a trial and a collection agency is entitled to change its strategy at any time in the process.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (a consumer protection watchdog in the US) undertook a study of single repayment car loans.
These loans are typically short term loans for consumers in severe financial difficulty and are banned in half of the states in the US. Their existing car is offered as security on a loan that can result in very high interest rates of up to 300% (well in excess of the mandated cap in Australia on interest rates).
By taking out such a loan, according to the report, consumers end up in a downward spiral of debt that they cannot escape. Loans are often taken to repay the initial car loan.
These loans became popular with lenders following regulatory caps in payday lending rates. Like Australia, the US is also investigating the payday industry with this style of loan also under review.
From 13 July 2016, Google will place a global ban on short-term loan advertising from its websites.
Google Director of Global Product Policy, David Graff, stated "Research has shown that these loans can result in unaffordable payment and high default rates for users so we will be updating our policies globally to reflect that.....We'll continue to review the effectiveness of this policy, but our hope is that fewer people will be exposed to misleading or harmful products."
The ban will apply to credit where repayments are due within 60 days.
This follows a recent case where ASIC forced Nimble to refund $1.6M to consumers for being not engaging responsible lending practices. Read more about this here.
The industry is under review in Australia with practices being closely examined.
In the US, a father took his baby for an outing to go shopping, but left the baby in the car whilst he went shopping.
Whilst in the shops, a repossession agent repossessed the car, unbeknownst to him that there was a baby inside. As soon as he realised there was a baby inside, he immediately phoned the police. The repossession agent claimed that he didn't see the baby due to the car windows tint and clothing on the backseat.
The father also phoned the police believing his car had been stolen.
The baby was safely returned to the father who was cited for leaving a baby unattended in a car.
In the US, Winchester City considers mandatory regulation that repossession agents must log a repossession with police before attendance. Debt Collection agencies had been notifying police of their repossession jobs prior to attempting to repossess goods.
The new requirements to attend a police station prior to repossession to affirm the financiers right to the goods. Whilst agencies had an informal agreement in place with police to do this, the new regulations would apply to anyone attempting to repossess goods, not just debt collection agencies.
This is aimed at reducing unnecessary call outs where owners report vehicles as stolen where in fact it has been repossessed.
In the US, Experian have released a new innovative product to aid the compliance to the US Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Although specific to the US, it is a good example of where data matching can aid compliance.
The product takes batches of telephone numbers provided from the creditor or debt collector to match against over 4,500 phone providers in Real Time. This confirms the ownership of the number, connectivity of the number, the carrier and activation date.
This is particularly relevant in the US and the laws around using automated diallers. In the US, you can only use an automated dialler with the consumers consent (this includes SMS services from the web). Should a phone number provided in the past by a debtor (with consent to be automatically dialled) be reassigned to a new person, the new persons consent is required for any further calls.
In Los Angeles, California, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") took action against a finance company and its subsidiary resulting US$48.3m in fines and penalties.
The CFPB investigation allegedly uncovered that the debt collectors from the financier were utilising a web based program called Skip Tracy.
Flower shops, pizza delivery services and family or friends. For instance, if a debt collector alter the caller ID to be from a flower shop, the debt collector would continue to pretend to be from the flower shop in an attempt to find illicit information from the account holder.
Repossession agents. The debt collectors would advise the consumers that their vehicle was about to be repossessed.
Storage facilities. The debt collectors making calls would imply a car may be released back if a partial payment was made (even though they would only release the vehicle if full payment was made).
Law enforcement officials. The debt collectors pretended to be law enforcement officials and would threaten criminal charges, even where the cases had not been referred to law enforcement agencies.
Whilst in the US, it is very very likely that the misleading and deceptive conduct provisions of Australia Law would apply should this style of collection technique be applied here.
Furthermore, the companies were also fined for disclosing the existence of debts to 3rd parties without consent.
In Pennsylvania, a Judge has ruled that a debt collection agency has breached the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by printing a bar code on the outside of an envelope.
This is because of smartphone bar-code readers and the increases the risk if identity theft. When the bar code is scanned, it reveals the reference number of the debt under collection.
QR codes not being permitted on the outside of envelopes, where the QR code revealed the name of the Debtor.
Account reference numbers not being permitted as they could reveal the financial position of the debtor.
The owners of the business agreed to pay a US$15,000 fine now with a US$445,000 fine payable if they re-enter the debt collection industry within 5 years.
As part of closing the business, over US$3M loans under collection will no be collected.
The Bank of America was recently fined US$30M for violation of consumer protections in the US.
The bank breached the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ("SCRA"). The purpose of the SCRA is to prevent military personnel who are in active service from abusive lending and debt collection practices. These practices were affecting non-home loan facilities.


Glazing choices are an important area to consider. Selecting options that reduce UV and minimise heat loss to increase year-round comfort are decisions that impact your project.
Thermal performance is becoming increasingly important to many homeowners. You can optimise the thermal efficiency of your home by choosing a Performance Glass option to suit most requirements. Low E (the 'e' stands for emissivity) glass enhances the insulation value for a modest premium. Further wins can be had by using Argon gas in your double glazing.
Argon creates an additional barrier to heat loss and heat absorption, achieving good thermal performance gains.
An additional option to consider is a thermal spacer in your double glazing which prevents the transfer of hot and cold temperatures between the two pieces of glass.
For superior thermal performance combine high performance glass options with ThermalHEART Technology.
Double glazing offers year-round thermal advantages. Benefits include significant reduction in UV light and a good retention of internal heat. As a bonus, it also dampens sound. Within the general category of double glazing, there are plenty of options to further boost your home's thermal efficiency by choosing Performance Glass.
Warmth is one thing, but safety is key. All window systems come with glass that complies with NZS 4223, the glazing standard cited in the New Zealand Building Code.


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I never would have thought its this difficult.
Who would've thought they would be this difficult to find a job in New York City? I've been looking for a job for over year now and still haven't had any luck.
What have you done so far? What's your background?
I've applied for a bunch on Craigslist and I've tried indeed and monster.
I don't have tons of education. So I suppose that's my problem.
Most jobs in the US I have found are through referral, from a friend or business associate. If you have education, try a head hunter.
Have you visited an agency to try getting placed for a temp position? If you've applied for a number of jobs and have not received any responses, then it's time to get thee to an agency so they can review your résumé and work with you on securing temp or temp-to-permanent employment. Also, check with your area community college and/or your local library system to see if they offer job-hunting/job skill classes.
Also, depending on the type of work for which you've applied, you may need to reset expectations based on your actual qualifications for now until you've gained experience working in the U.S.
Thank you for your informative post. I have tried temp agency, but a permanent position would be better suited for me. My wife is employed and brings home most of the bacon. But I would like to contribute more to our household.
Employment agencies offer temp-to-permanent positions as well as temp options. If the agency you tried didn't offer temp-to-perm, then find one in your area that does.
What's your background if you don't mind my asking?
What kind of work did you do before?
Make sure your résumé is strong, it wouldn't hurt to contact a résumé writing service. they can just look it over and make sure its a good layout and there are no errors.
But word of mouth works the best in NY I think.
Tell any and everyone you are looking for a job so they can let you know if they hear about any opportunities.
Depending on where you live as well. My wife barely knows English and got a job working 9.50/hour as a general laborer. Which is paid the same as working at Wal-Mart, Sears, etc...as customer service people. I was surprised as well.
General Laborer positions are pretty much low skilled.


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Anabolic steroids: the physiological effects of placebos
This study is one of three in an investigation of the short and long term effects of an anabolic steroid (Dianabol) upon human performance
Medicine and Science in Sports
Published on Tuesday, May 23, 1972 by Gideon Ariel
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MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 124-126. 1972
Anabolic steroids: the physiological
effects of placebos
ABSTRACT. Fifteen male varsity athletes were informed that some of them would be selected to receive an anabolic steroid (Dianabol). Instead, six selected subjects were given placebo pills. Taking the placebo apparently supplied the psychological inducement to increase strength gains above and beyond reasonable progression. Greater training gains were made during the placebo period in three out of four weight lifting exercises. The gains were statitsically significant when comparing the two regression lines for the pte-placebo and placebo periods.
The work of Kochakian and Murlin (1) provides the basis for the use of anabolic steroids. The pharmacological properties of these steroids have proved of value clinically in the treatment of conditions where protein synthesis and reduced nitrogen loss is desired. Their use has been extended b`y "power event" athletes in their attempts to develop increased muscular contractile force and is reported to be widespread (2). The dieculty of detecting these substances in the urine or blood assures their continued use despite criticism and prohibition by official rule making bodies such as the NCAA.
This study is one of three in an investigation of the short and long term effects of an anabolic steroid (Dianabol) upon human performance.
Johnson and O'Shea (3) found that strength, body weight, oxygen uptake and blood nitrogen retention were significantly increased when an anabolic steroid was administered to healthy subjects. Significant alterations in lactate dehydrogenasc, creatine phosphokinasc, urea nitrogen, and protein metabolism were reported by O'Shea and Winkler (4) in a study o�
This research was supported by a grant to Dr. Benjamin Ricci from a Public Health Service Biomedical Services Grant No. FR07048-05 awarded to the University of Massachusetts.
Submitted for publication October, 1971.
GIDEON AHIEL AND WILLIAM SAVILLE
Department of Exercise Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
competitive swimmers and weight lifters. The latter significantly increased their strength performance while the swimmers were unable to improve their competitive speed performance. Neither group displayed any toxic side effects. These same authors have emphasized the need for a "severe" exercise regimen and a protein dietary supplement to accompany the administration of the steroid. Fowler (5) reported no effects of steroids on strength. The length of time that the steroid was administered may have been responsible for these results.
The motivational effects of the administration of anabolic steroids have not been measured. Doubleblind studies have not been conducted with healthy subjects because the opinion was held "that doubleblind assays arc primarily necessary for the securing of subjective clinical data and serve little purpose in the collection of biochemical or physical measures" (4). Double-blind testing was not considered compatible with small sample sizes.
One must contend, however, that motivational factors could influence physical performance measures. A positive attitude towards the beneficial effects of an anabolic steroid by highly motivated, top class athletes, seems reasonable.
In the present study, 15 male varsity athletes ; were used. All 15 volunteers had experienced two years of hard weight training, 5 days a week, reduced to twice a week during vacation periods. For a period of four months prior to the actual experimental period all subjects trained for five days and were tested o~ , the following day in the seated, military,; and bench presses, in the curl and squat. A standard warns-up procedure was performed after which each test "consisted of a
ANABOLIC STEROIDS : PLACEBOS
maximal lift. The subjects were informed during this preliminary period that the most improved lifters would be selected and given an anabolic steroid (Dianabol ). Eight subjects were selected randomly from the initial 15 volunteers. The Director of the University Health Services explained the possible physiological effects of the anabolic steroids in a positive manner. Research studies reporting the strength gains associated with anabolic steroids were made available to the subjects.
After the pre-experimental period the 8 selected subjects were tested for maximal strength in the aforementioned exercises. The University Health Service ran screening tests appropriate for the other two phases of these experiments and excluded two of the subjects. The remaining 6 subjects were given placebo pills daily (provided by the University Health Service) with the information they contained 10 mg of Dianabol, an oral anabolic steroid.
Data were collected, as previously described, for seven weeks of the pre-placebo period (PP), and for four weeks of the placebo period (P). During the P period no dietary supplements were administered.
As strength gains are a function of training over a period of time, neither the "t-test" nor one-way-analysis of variance for "before" and "after" conditions were deemed totally adequate analysis techniques. The relationship between both the gains in strength and the effect of time for the PP period and the P period suggested a comparison of the regression lines for these two periods with regard to the psychological influences upon strength gains.
Figure 1 illustrates the regression lines of the strength test measurements for the PP and the P periods and Table 1 shows the analysis of these regression lines." A comparison of the two slopes or regression coefficient for the two periods is reported.
Figure 1-Regression lines for the PP and the P periods.
With the bench press and squat exercises (Table 1, A & D) the significant F ratios (.05 level) demonstrate strength gains made in both PP and P periods. The significant F ratios between the slopes illustrate, however, that the gains in the P period were significantly greater than those in the PP period.
The test of significance of the differences obtained in the military press (Table 1, B) clearly shows that there was no significant increase in strength by the subjects during the course of the PP period. However, during the P period there was a progress which was great enough to permit a significant difference between the two slopes and the P slope showed a greater increase in strength.
The sitting press results (Table 1, C) 'illustrate significant gains during both periods but the P period gain was not sufficiently greater than the PP period to permit a significant difference in the two slopes. This demonstrates that the strength gains as a function of time for the two periods were not significantly different.
When the total progress in all four exercises for the two periods was tested (Table 1, E), the subjects had a significant improvement (.01 level) during both periods. When these gains were compared, a significant difference was evident in favor of the P period (.01 level).
These results clearly indicate that although the subjects continued to improve during the PP period, the improvement during the P period was significantly greater. Taking the placebo apparently supplied the necessary psychological benefits to utilize strength gains above and beyond that which would be expected from a reasonable temporal progression.
In order to compare the results of the present study with those of other authors (3) a one-way analysis of variance was used to find if there was statistically significant differences between the PP and P periods. The results are presented in Table 2.
With the exception of the sitting press exercise, greater gains were made during the placebo period and these gains were statistcally significant. The absence of gains in the sitting press may have been as a result of the order of execution and the opposing effects of psychological enhancement and neuromuscular fatigue.
With this demonstration of psychological enhancement of human performance, investigators must be cautious when assessing the effects of supplemental treatments on performance. The assumption that one dependent variable has been isolated may well be erroneous, and observed differences may not be solely attributable to one such variable.
"Further details of this statistical technique are available in Statistical Methods by C. W. Snedecor and W. G. Cochran (6).
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TABLE 1. A comparison of regression lines representing strength measurements in a training and a placebo period.
d.f.	Reg. Coef.	Deviations from Reg.	M.S.	F-ratio
d.f.	S.S.
(A)	Exercise: Bench press
Within	6	.95	5	7.82	1.56	16.02(1, 5)*
1. Training (PP)
2. Placebo (P)	4	3.28	3	30.67	10.22	10.54(1, 3)*
3. Sum	8	38.48	4.81
4. Pooled, W.	10	.73	9	78.74	8.75	28.97(1, 9)**
5. Difference between slopes:	1	40.25	40.25	8.37(1, 8)*
(B)	6	.09	Exercise: Military press	.46	.54(1, 5)
2. Placebo (P)	4	2.54	3	5.75	1.92	33.59(1, 3)*
3. Sum	8	8.05	1.01
4. Pooled, W.	10	.73	9	52.02	5.78	12.97(1-, 9)**
5. Difference between slopes:	1	43.98	43.98	43.76(1, 8)**
(C)	6	.84	Exercise: Sitting press	1.09	18.19(1, 5)**
Within	5	5.44
2. Placebo (P)	4	1.44	3	2.13	.71	29.23(1, 3)*
3. Sum	8	7.57	.95
4. Pooled, W.	10	1.00	9	10.20	1.13	81.12(1, 9)**
5. Difference between slopes:	1	2.64	2.64	2.79(1, 8)
(D)	6	1.24	Exercise: Squat	1.45	29.95(1, 5)**
2. Placebo (P)	4	2.80	3	17.65	5.88	13.35(1, 3)*
(E)	6	3.13	All exercises combined	5.93	46.10(1, 5)**
Within	5	29.67
2. Placebo (P)	4	10.06	3	72.95	24.32	41.65(1, 3)**
3. Sum	8	102.62	12.83
4. Pooled, W.	10	4.95	9	457.38	50.81	43.40(1, 9)**
5. Difference between slopes:	1	354.71	354.71	27.65(1,8)**
*F-ratio significant at the .05 level of confidence. **F-ratio significant at the .01 level of confidence.
TABLE 2. Effects of placebo (steroid) treatment on strength measured, in kilograms, by maximum weight lifting.
Exercise	Training	Placebo	Mean
period (PP)	period (P)	diff.
Bench P.	Before	After	Diff.	Before	After	Diff.	8.74*
133.32	137.86	4.54	137.86	151.14	13.28
Military P.	88.27	89.00	.73	89.00	96.59	7.59	6.86**
Sitting P.	82.58	84.85	2.27	84.85	90.15	5.30	3.03
Squat	134.85	137.50	2.65	137.50	156.44	18.94	16.29**
*Significant at the .05 level of confidence. **Significant at the .01 level of confidence.
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2. COBLEY, J. Track and Field News, May 16, 1971.	1. Appl. Physiol. 20:1038, 1969.
3. JosiNsoN, L. C. AND J. P. O'SIIEA. Science. 164:957, 1969.	6. SNEDECOR, G. W. AND W. G. COCHRAN. STATISTICAL
4. O'SHEA, J. P. AND W. WINYLER. Nutrition Report Inter-	METHODS. The Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa,
national 2, No. 6, 351, 1970.	pp. 432-436, 1967.


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Lars Von Trier, Matt Dillon and a serial killer……
3rd November 2016
......he hadn't quite grasped the concept of flashing.......
Lars von Trier is no stranger to controversy having made films like The Idiots, AntiChrist and Nymphomania Vol 1 & 2 and even having been booted out of the Cannes film festival for his remarks about Nazi's. He's now turning his talents to a film about a serial killer and has cast Matt Dillon and Bruno Ganz in the lead roles in his upcoming film, 'The House That Jack Built'. Dillon will play the titular Jack, an intelligent serial killer. Ganz – best known for playing Hitler in Downfall — will star as the mysterious Verge, who has a recurring conversation with Jack about his actions and thoughts.
Von Trier said in a statement, "The two gentlemen have each figured as milestones in my cinematic development. Besides being an epochal match, they are excellent actors and fit quite organically into 'my cinematic family.' I look forward with pleasure and pride to working with them both." and according to producer Louise Vesth of Zentropa it seems that that von Trier had been inspired by Dillon's performances in films like Drugstore Cowboy or The Outsiders. The rest of the film awaits casting but there are said to be four prominent female roles who, "all have an important role to play."
Von Trier and Dillon have already met to discuss the part and will continue to meet until the film starts shooting in spring 2017 and the film will follow serial killer Jack over a 12-year period in a non-linear way, capturing his development as a murderer as he strives to perfect the art of killing and the film will show the murders from Jack's point of view who considers murder "the ultimate artwork."
Some technical aspects of the film will be shot later this month until the end of the year and the principal photography will begin in spring 2017 for nine weeks.The first part of the shoot will be in Trollhattan, Sweden (Western Sweden) where von Trier has shot before most recently with 2011's Melancholia. Despite being shot in Sweden the film is actually set in Washington State in the US.
The film is expected to be delivered in spring 2018 and if his previous films are anything to go by then expect the outrage to begin shortly…….
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WASHINGTON - Last week, Nike awarded a widely sought-after contract for what was supposed to be a corporate social responsibility campaign to APCO Worldwide.
But in the light of last month's unfavorable ruling by the California Supreme Court, the company is reconsidering the size, intent, and feasibility of the campaign.
The original request for proposals outlined an initiative to combat perceptions of Nike as a poor global citizen, stemming largely from accusations of running "sweatshops" in third-world countries. But as the process unfolded, the nature of the campaign was cast into doubt after a ruling by the California Supreme Court allowed a lawsuit against the company to proceed.
That lawsuit contends that comments made by Nike in press releases should be subject to the same laws as statements made in advertising. The plaintiff, San Francisco activist Mark Kasky, claims that the company lied several years ago regarding working conditions in overseas factories. Nike has appealed the lawsuit, and is confident it will go to the US Supreme Court.
With the increased scrutiny on all its corporate communications, Nike is apparently hesitant to launch any major campaigns that make claims about its work practices. Furthermore, with a high-profile case likely headed for the Supreme Court, the company believes it will need as many friends in Washington as it can get. APCO, largely staffed by former members of Congress and other political operatives, is well-regarded for its aptitude in making connections between politicians and its clients.
The price tag attached to the contract is placed somewhere between $500,000 (?338,000) and $1m. A source close to the negotiations said no decision had been made yet, but that the lawsuit would undoubtedly alter the resulting campaign and its budget from what was originally intended.
At contention in the potential lawsuit are statements made by Nike in letters to newspaper editors, university presidents and athletic directors, as well as in press releases. The company claimed that all its employees in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam were paid double the minimum wage, received free meals and healthcare, and worked in an environment consistent with local health and safety regulations.
In his lawsuit, Kasky claims Nike violated laws prohibiting false or misleading statements in commercial speech. The ruling by the California Supreme Court deemed only that Kasky's lawsuit could go to trial. It made no judgment as to the truth of Nike's statements.
Nike contends that "commercial speech" does not include press releases or letters to editors and universities.


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This gallery honors the artists who have earned Vesterheim Gold Medals in Vesterheim's National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition.
This exhibition, held annually each summer since 1967, celebrates the past, present, and future of folk art by encouraging and inspiring emerging and established folk artists to develop their craft. The exhibition started with a rosemaling category. Weaving and woodworking were added in 1982 and knifemaking in 1994. Metalworking is the newest category, added in 2018.
Experts in each field knifemaking, metalworking, rosemaling, weaving, and woodworking offer feedback to artists on their work and award ribbons to the very best pieces in the exhibition. As artists win ribbons, they also accumulate points. Points are associated with each ribbon color: Blue, 3 points; Red, 2 points, White, 1 point. When artists accumulate eight points over successive exhibitions, they are awarded a Vesterheim Gold Medal.
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