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Lose what, to whom and why?
And let forgiveness air the mess.
Text: Linked to dVerse Poetics. Paul is hosting with the theme "grace". I am also linking this with Debbie Roth's Forgiving Fridays.
Photo: "Bottle in the Light" by the author. I am linking this to Trablogger's Mundane Monday with the theme of "bottles". I am also linking it to Frank Jansen's Tuesday Photo Challenge with the theme "recycle" which is what I should do with this bottle since I no longer use it. Perhaps the idea of the light of grace shining through the bottle might link the photo to the poem?


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Yemen: Saudi-led coalition announces ceasefire
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A Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has declared a ceasefire, according to officials.
Sources told the BBC the ceasefire will come into effect on Thursday in support of UN efforts to end the five-year-old war.
The coalition, backed by Western military powers, has been fighting against Houthi forces aligned to Iran since March 2015.
It's unclear if the Houthi forces will also observe the ceasefire.
Last month the UN Secretary General António Guterres called on those in Yemen to cease fighting and ramp up efforts to counter a potential outbreak of the coronavirus.
He called on the parties in the country to work with his special envoy Martin Griffiths to achieve a nationwide de-escalation.
On Wednesday, Mr Griffiths welcomes the ceasefire news in a statement.
He said: "The parties must now utilise this opportunity and cease immediately all hostilities with the utmost urgency."
Both sides are expected to take part in a video conference to discuss the ceasefire. The proposal calls for the halting of all air, ground and naval hostilities.
A statement from the coalition forces said: "On the occasion of holding and succeeding the efforts of the UN envoy to Yemen and to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Yemeni people and work to confront the corona pandemic and prevent it from spreading, the coalition announces a comprehensive ceasefire for a period of two weeks, starting on Thursday."
The situation in Yemen has long been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The war has cost many civilian lives and left the country on the brink of collapse.
The UN has brokered talks in the past, but this will be the first that the coalition has announced a countrywide ceasefire.
Mohammed Abdulsalam, spokesman of the Houthi movement said his group had put forward a vision to the UN which includes an end to the war and to "the blockade" on Yemen.

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Berlin-based composer and music producer Robot Koch and the photographer Sabrina Theissen got together to take a look at the topic of sight, which IWISHUSUN has dedicated its work to, from an unusual perspective. Robot Koch provided his brand new song "Jupiter", for the project, which Sabrina Theissen used to garner inspiration, answering with her photographic tryptich, shown above. The sky and the sun are the determining motifs, which, in a similarly minimalist way as the song by Robot Koch, are captured only indirectly by reflection, allowing the greatest possible space for the unexpected aspects of ones own interpretations in their complete reduction – a playing field for one's own way of seeing and perspectives.
Our thanks to Robot Koch, Sabrina Theissen as well as Frederic Leitzke and Andreas Lamøth from Editude Pictures, who captured the creative exchange in moving images.
You can read the IWISHUSUN interviews with Robot Koch, Sabrina Theissen and Editude Pictures here.


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Education financing system is facing critical challenges in Pakistan. Speakers at the panel "Education Financing in Pakistan: Challenges and Way Forward" highlight the flaws of the government in tackling the issue of education financing, as the future of a nation depends on its literate children. Our correspondent Raja Taimur Hassan has the story…..


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La regione di Marmara (in turco Marmara Bölgesi) è una delle sette divisioni a fini statistici della Turchia. Si trova nella parte nord ovest del paese e comprende anche la parte europea della Turchia. La superficie è di circa 72.845 km² e ha una popolazione di circa 22 milioni di abitanti.

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 Istanbul
 Kırklareli
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Reforming Activation in Swedish Work Disability Policy
Ståhl, Christian
Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3310-0895
Seing, Ida
Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Education and Sociology. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
2018 (English)In: The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention / [ed] Ellen MacEachen, New York: Routledge, 2018, p. 125-140Chapter in book (Other academic)
In this chapter, we review the development of the activation concept in Swedish sickness insurance during the 2000s, by analyzing how it is conceptualized in government reports and translated into policy and practice. At different times, policy has been informed by different types of knowledge, where the conceptualization of activation has developed from focusing on individual responsibility for rehabilitation and promoting return to work through restricting access to benefits, towards a systems perspective, where return to work is considered a multistakeholder endeavor. We offer a critical analysis of the use of evidence in policy development and its practical consequences.
New York: Routledge, 2018. p. 125-140
Sociology Political Science
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-157007ISBN: 9780429443398 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-157007DiVA, id: diva2:1317268
Ståhl, ChristianSeing, Ida
Division of Community MedicineFaculty of Medicine and Health SciencesEducation and SociologyFaculty of Arts and Sciences
SociologyPolitical Science


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Clouston et al., 2015. Educational Inequalities in Health Behaviors at Midlife: Is There a Role for Early-life Cognition?
Cognitive Functioning
Education is a fundamental cause of social inequalities in health because it influences the distribution of resources, including money, knowledge, power, prestige, and beneficial social connections, that can be used in situ to influence health. Recent studies have highlighted early-life cognition as commonly indicating the propensity for educational attainment and determining health and age of mortality. Health behaviors provide a plausible mechanism linking both education and cognition to later-life health and mortality. We examine the role of education and cognition in predicting smoking, heavy drinking, and physical inactivity at midlife using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (N = 10,317), National Survey of Health and Development (N = 5,362), and National Childhood Development Study (N = 16,782). Adolescent cognition was associated with education but was inconsistently associated with health behaviors. Education, however, was robustly associated with improved health behaviors after adjusting for cognition. Analyses highlight structural inequalities over individual capabilities when studying health behaviors.
Clouston, S. A., Richards, M., Cadar, D., & Hofer, S. M. (2015). Educational inequalities in health behaviors at midlife: Is there a role for early-life cognition? Journal of health and social behavior, 56(3), 323-340.


For the first time since 2015, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally traffic count has a shot at topping the half-million mark. Numbers are trending upward through the first three days of the 78th edition of the event.
The South Dakota Department of Transportation tabulated the numbers from nine different reporting stations around the city of Sturgis and determined that overall traffic is up nearly 3 percent this year compared to 2017. Nonetheless, the event covers a grand total of ten days which means that the trends can certainly change.
Saturday August 4th was the biggest percentage gain so far with 60,119 entering the city which beat last year's number by 10.8 percent. Friday's increase was just under 2 percent (49,424) while Day 3 (Sunday) year over year was down 4.2 percent with 52,153. So you don't have to do the math, the three-day total for 2018 is 161,969 while 2017's number is 157,166. If the 2.9 percent traffic increase were to be maintained over the course of the 10-day festival, the final number would be just over 483,000. Which means to reach 500,000 people entering Sturgis, 7 percent more vehicles than last year are needed.
The 75th edition of the Rally still stands above all others when it took place back in 2015. That mammoth event drew almost 750,000 vehicles into Sturgis.


John is worried. In fact, he's so worried, it's distracting him from his job, family and responsibilities. His son has recently been diagnosed with depression and is in desperate need of both psychological treatment and medication. The boy has a good relationship with the psychologist in their town, but it seems as though therapy alone isn't enough, and that the proper medication would significantly help control his son's disease. The psychologist, who is unable to prescribe the appropriate medicine, had to refer John to the nearest child psychiatrist--a three-hour drive away. John's son trusts his psychologist and is wary of seeing someone else. John wants to provide his child with the best care possible, but it seems that the easiest route is the only one he can't take.
In most states, John and his son don't have many options. But in Illinois, Louisiana and New Mexico, the family would have a different option. In those states, appropriately trained psychologists can be granted the right to prescribe medications. Patients are able to work with one health care provider for psychotherapy and medication management, if needed.
Most medications to treat mental disorders are prescribed by primary care physicians. However, they have not received extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders, unlike psychologists.
Psychologists trained to prescribe are also able to un-prescribe, ensuring that all patients receive the proper combination of therapy and medication when they need it. Simply put, a prescribing psychologist offers integrated and comprehensive approach to care that can save time and money.
What does it mean to be appropriately trained as a prescribing psychologist?
All licensed psychologists are highly trained, health care professionals holding a doctorate (PhD or PsyD) and extensive training in the diagnosis and management of mental illness. Graduate school for psychologists takes an average of seven years, with coursework that includes the biological basis for human behavior.
After receiving his or her doctorate, a psychologist must complete between 1,500 and 6,000 hours of supervised clinical practice and take a national examination in order to become licensed (rules vary by state). In some states a jurisprudence exam is also required.
While each state develops its own educational requirements, the training for a licensed psychologist to prescribe is rigorous in all the proposed legislation.
In Louisiana, psychologists must complete a post-doctoral master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology.
New Mexico requires a minimum of 450 hours of didactic instruction along with a 400-hour supervised practicum as part of its eligibility criteria.
In Illinois, psychologists seeking prescriptive authority must complete advanced, specialized training in psychopharmacology as well as full-time practicum of 14 months of supervised clinical rotations in various settings such as hospitals, community mental health clinics and correctional facilities.
Psychologists must pass a certified exam in psychopharmacology.
After completing their formal training, psychologists must coordinate care with a patient's primary care physician.
Psychologists are also trained to know when to refer patients for the evaluation of other health problems.
When all the training – doctoral and post-doctoral – is completed, prescribing psychologists have more training in diagnosing, treating and prescribing for mental health disorders than primary care physicians.
The movement to grant psychologists the right to prescribe psychotropic medication took root in the late 1960s when the APA identified psychopharmacology as a discipline of psychology.
1991-1997: The Department of Defense begins a six-year trial program to train 10 psychologists to prescribe medication at assigned military bases. The program was successful, demonstrating that psychologists can be taught to prescribe safely. Some of the psychologists are still prescribing and appropriately trained psychologists may now be credentialed to prescribe in the Defense Department, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Indian Health Service.
2002: New Mexico becomes the first state to enact a law allowing appropriately trained psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications.
2004: Louisiana passes legislation providing prescribing rights to psychologists.
2014: Illinois enacts legislation granting prescriptive authority to licensed psychologists with additional specialized training in psychopharmacology.
2016: Iowa passes legislation granting licensed psychologists who are trained in psychopharmacology with prescriptive authority.
The need is great and the evidence is clear: Allowing prescribing rights for psychologists is an essential step to providing thousands of patients with access to comprehensive mental health care.


DETROIT, March 27, 2006 (PANW)--Following the growing pattern around the United States, tens of thousands of people marched from the southwest side of Detroit to the federal building downtown calling for the defeat of an anti-immigrant bill which would make felons out of 11 million people inside the country.
Perhaps the largest protest involving the Latino community in the history of Detroit, people of all ages took to the streets to oppose the two anti-immigrant bills--one already passed by the House--now being considered within the US Senate.
In Los Angeles it was estimated that one million people demonstrated against the bill on Saturday. On Monday tens of thousands of youth walked out of school to illustrate their strong resistance to the anti-immigrant legislation. Last week in Chicago 300,000 took to the streets for the same cause.
"For three an a half miles immigrant rights marchers thronged the street from curb to curb. From elders to babies in strollers the community turned out. Some independent truckers shut down their rigs to walk the march with their families. Thousands of youth received their education in the street today instead of classrooms. Chanting and waving national flags and homemade signs, the sleeping giant of the Latino immigrant community referred to in several signs was clearly awakened by the barbaric provisions of HR4437. One woman summarized HR4437 as 'legalizing racism.'"
"Councilwoman JoAnn Watson introduced a resolution to the Detroit City Council today that 'supports and salutes the marches for immigrants' rights, especially the march here in Detroit'. The resolution further opposed federal legislation harmful to the human rights of immigrants and supporting 'a humane, not racist immigration system.' Although marchers were overwhelmingly Latinos, significant numbers of Anglo and African American Detroiters joined in.
A demonstration was held in Grand Rapids, Michigan today as well.
PANW Editor's Note: The following article from the corporate media came closest to estimating the crowd that demonstrated on March 27 from the southwest side to downtown. The Detroit Free Press claimed that there were 50,000 people in the march. However, the crowd appeared to be at least twice that size. It stretched wide and deep along Michigan avenue going all the way back to Vernor, the heart of the Latino community in Detroit.
Myra Daniela Rodriguez, 4, of Westland stands on the shoulders of her father, Rodrigo Rodriguez, at the rally Monday on West Lafayette.
Waving flags, toting babies and chanting "Si, se puede," which means, "Yes, we can," a mostly Latino throng marched Monday in one of the largest political rallies Detroit has seen in recent years, protesting proposed legislation in Congress to mark illegal immigrant workers and anyone who supports them as criminals.
"It's not right," said one of the marchers, 27-year-old Manuel Negrete of Lincoln Park, who works in landscaping. "The Latinos in this country, we came to work. We came to this country for opportunity."
Beginning in front of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the heart of Mexicantown in southwest Detroit, the march forced many businesses to close as employees took to the streets. Detroit Police put the number of protesters at more than 50,000.
While some said that was an exaggeration, there was no doubt that thousands of marchers made the trek to the McNamara Federal Building in downtown Detroit -- where protesters chanted "Justica," or "Justice" -- before moving on to a rally outside WDIV-TV (Channel 4), where speakers railed against the proposal.
Similar rallies were held Monday in Grand Rapids and Washington, D.C., following others across the country during the weekend. On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee stripped the legislation of criminal penalties for residents found in the United States illegally and opened the door for millions of undocumented workers to seek citizenship.
In downtown Detroit, protesters included undocumented and legal immigrants, as well as U.S.-born citizens. Many hailed from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and waved the flags of their homelands or the United States.
The number of marchers made for a vivid testament to the growth of the Latino community in Michigan and across the nation. According to U.S. census estimates, Michigan's Hispanic community grew by nearly 11% to 359,111 people from 2000 to 2004.
landscapers and on construction sites, for example. Advocates say undocumented immigrants can find work because they're willing to work hard for low wages.
Negrete, a man born in Mexico who became a U.S. citizen in 1999, and other immigrants at the rally said they work hard, pay taxes and contribute much to America.
"People came here to make a living," said Alfredo Velazquez, 31, a truck driver from Detroit, born and raised in the city. "They're not taking away from anything."
What concerned Velazquez was that, under the legislation, he could be charged with a felony for helping a friend, family member or anyone else who might be here illegally. In many U.S. cities, including Detroit, where undocumented immigrants are part of the community, such a law would be unfair, he said.
"This seems pretty harsh," Velazquez said, as the crowed marched down Michigan Avenue past Tiger Stadium.
Religious groups played a major part in the rally: Under the bill as it was passed by the House, churches and social service groups would be criminalized for helping needy immigrants who are here illegally.
One local Catholic priest, the Rev. Thomas Sepulveda, pastor of Detroit's St. Anne Church, was in Washington, D.C., on Monday, lobbying U.S. senators to reject the proposed bills."We're doing jobs that other Americans don't want to do," said Oscar Carlito, 22, a student at Wayne Student University, as he marched with his fraternity brothers.
Contact NIRAJ WARIKOO at 248-351-2998 or nwarikoo@freepress.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Camila Giorgi, née le  à Macerata en Italie, est une joueuse de tennis italienne.

Professionnelle depuis 2006, elle a remporté trois tournois WTA dont celui de Montréal en 2021.

Carrière

Début de carrière

Née à Macerata d'un père argentin et entraîneur de tennis, Sergio Giorgi, et d'une mère italienne, Camila Giorgi commence le tennis à l'âge de cinq ans. Elle dispute son premier match officiel le  lors d'un tournoi ITF disputé en Azerbaïdjan. À l'âge de douze ans, elle perd sa sœur, passionnée de tennis, décédée dans un accident de voiture.

Elle ne dispute de 2006 à juin 2011 aucun match en simple dans un tableau principal d'un tournoi WTA mais elle remporte quatre titres sur le circuit ITF en simple et perd deux autres finales. C'est lors du tournoi de Wimbledon 2011 que Giorgi dispute son premier match de tableau principal d'un tournoi WTA. Après avoir remporté ses trois tours de qualification, Giorgi est battue au premier tour par Tsvetana Pironkova (6-2, 6-1). Quelques semaines plus tard, Giorgi échoue à se qualifier pour le tableau principal de l'US Open. Elle termine cette année 2011 à la .

Remportant son cinquième titre ITF en avril 2012, elle est éliminée à la fin du mois de mai au dernier tour des qualifications de Roland-Garros mais elle se qualifie pour le simple de Wimbledon quelques semaines plus tard. Elle y domine Flavia Pennetta (6-4, 6-3), Anna Tatishvili (6-3, 6-1) puis Nadia Petrova (6-3, 7-6) pour atteindre les huitièmes de finale où elle s'incline contre Agnieszka Radwańska (6-2, 6-3).

Elle a quelques victoires notables à son palmarès : contre la Française Marion Bartoli (tête de série ), au premier tour des Internationaux de Strasbourg en 2013 (en deux sets 6-3, 6-2). Elle est éliminée par la Canadienne Eugenie Bouchard au second tour. Mais également contre la Danoise Caroline Wozniacki, alors tête de série  et  mondiale, au  de l'US Open 2013 (4-6, 6-4, 6-3). Elle est battue en 1/8 de finale par l'Italienne Roberta Vinci, tête de série  (6-4, 6-2).

2014

Son année 2014 s'avère prometteuse puisqu'à Indian Wells, elle élimine successivement l'Allemande Andrea Petkovic (6-7, 6-3, 6-3), la Roumaine Sorana Cîrstea,  mondiale (7-6, 6-3) et la Russe Maria Sharapova,  mondiale (6-3, 4-6, 7-5).

Elle continue sur sa lancée au tournoi de Katowice, où elle élimine au second tour l'Italienne Roberta Vinci ( mondiale et tête de série 2) (6-3, 6-7, 6-0) : belle revanche de l'US Open ! Elle se hisse ensuite en demi-finales où elle bat en deux sets Carla Suárez Navarro ( mondiale et tête de série 3) (7-6, 6-4). Néanmoins, elle s'incline quelques jours plus tard en finale contre la Française Alizé Cornet, tête de série numéro 4, (7-6, 5-7, 7-5).

Après une déception à l'Open de Madrid où elle ne parvient pas à se qualifier pour le tableau principal, elle commence sur les chapeaux de roue le tournoi de Rome, pour lequel elle bénéficie d'une wild-card, en éliminant au premier tour la Slovaque Dominika Cibulková,  mondiale et tête de série 9 du tournoi (6-4, 7-6). Mais elle ne va pas plus loin car elle perd au second tour contre Christina McHale (qualifée) sur le score de (1-6, 6-3, 6-1).

Son parcours à Roland-Garros est assez bref puisqu'elle se fait battre par la Russe Svetlana Kuznetsova (tête de série ) dès le deuxième tour (7-6, 6-3). Cela lui permet néanmoins d'atteindre la  mondiale son meilleur classement à cette date.

Après un parcours anodin à Birmingham (victoire par abandon sur une qualifiée et perte au second tour contre la Belge Kirsten Flipkens), elle pointe à la  mondiale. Ensuite, elle continue à Eastbourne, sa moisson de tête de série en éliminant Victoria Azarenka,  mondiale et tête de série 4 (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) mais il faut reconnaître que cette dernière est diminuée par des pépins physiques (forfait à Miami, Madrid et Roland-Garros). C'est sa quatrième victoire contre une joueuse du top 10. Encore irrégulière, elle laisse Caroline Wozniacki prendre sa revanche et l'emporter en quart de finale (6-7, 6-4, 6-2).

À Wimbledon, elle perd au deuxième tour contre l'Américaine Alison Riske ( mondiale) (7-5, 6-2). C'est un peu décevant car en 2012 et 2013, elle était allée respectivement jusqu'en 1/8 et 1/16 de finale. Cela dit, elle continue de grappiller des places au classement WTA, puisqu'elle pointe désormais à la  mondiale. Après être allée jusqu'en quart de finale au tournoi de Bad Gastein - ce qui lui permet d'atteindre son meilleur classement, à savoir  mondiale - son été continue modestement puisqu'elle est éliminée au premier tour de l'Open du Canada, et des tournois de Bastad et de Cincinnati. En revanche, à New Haven, elle se hisse jusqu'en demi-finale, en ayant éliminé la Danoise Caroline Wozniacki ( mondiale) au deuxième tour (6-4, 6-2). À cette occasion, elle améliore son meilleur classement, à savoir  mondiale. À la suite de cela, elle enchaîne forfaits (Tokyo notamment) et contre-performances (perte aux premiers tours de l'US Open contre une qualifiée, de l'Open de Wuhan et de Pékin), et chute logiquement au classement à la  mondiale. Elle se hisse ensuite en finale du tournoi de Linz en battant notamment l'Allemande Andrea Petkovic ( mondiale et tête de série ) au premier tour (6-1,6-2). Elle finit sa saison par un quart de finale à l'Open de Moscou, en battant notamment l'Italienne Flavia Pennetta (tête de série ) au deuxième tour (7-64 6-4). Elle achève sa saison à la  au classement WTA.

2015 : premier titre WTA

Elle commence la saison 2015 par un quart de finale à Hobart et un troisième tour à l'Open d'Australie, battant au passage pour la troisième fois en quatre confrontations sa compatriote Flavia Pennetta ( mondiale) au premier tour (4-6, 6-2, 6-3), ce qui lui fait retrouver son meilleur classement, la  mondiale.

Elle permet à l'Italie de gagner un point en Fed Cup contre la France en battant à plates coutures Alizé Cornet ( au classement WTA), sur le score de 6-4, 6-2. Mais l'Italie finit par s'incliner. Elle perd notamment son second simple face à Caroline Garcia (4-6, 6-0, 6-2).

Elle enchaîne avec un décevant premier tour à Anvers et un second tour à Dubaï, chaque fois stoppée par l'Espagnole Carla Suárez Navarro ( mondiale) qu'elle a pourtant battue en avril 2014 sur la même surface lors de son beau tournoi de Katowice. Elle est ensuite battue dès son entrée en lice au tournoi d'Indian Wells. Elle chute logiquement de quelques places au classement WTA, où elle pointe à la . Elle fait ensuite un parcours moyen à Miami (, logiquement battue par Simona Halep, 3, 6-4, 7-5). Après un excellent parcours à Katowice, où elle écarte notamment Agnieszka Radwańska, tête de série 1 et 9 au classement WTA, en demi-finale (6-4, 6-2), elle s'incline en finale, battue par la Slovaque Anna Schmiedlová, pourtant seulement  mondiale (6-4, 6-3). Cela ne la fait pas beaucoup progresser au classement car elle était déjà finaliste l'an passé. Elle est ensuite logiquement battue par Serena Williams en match de barrage de la Fed Cup. Elle fait une médiocre saison sur terre battue, puisqu'elle perd dès le premier tour aux tournois de Madrid et de Rome. Elle ne passe ensuite qu'un seul tour à Roland-Garros. Elle commence par contre la saison sur gazon sur les chapeaux de roue puisqu'elle acquiert son premier titre sur le circuit WTA à Bois-le-Duc en battant en finale la Suissesse Belinda Bencic (7-5, 6-3). Elle passe deux tours à Eastbourne et atteint le troisième tour à Wimbledon. Elle est stoppée par Caroline Wozniacki (5) sur le score sévère de 6-2, 6-2.

Sa saison sur dur est assez moyenne puisqu'elle est battue par sa compatriote Francesca Schiavone au second tour du tournoi d'Istanbul. Sa régularité lui permet néanmoins d'atteindre son meilleur classement à l'issue du tournoi ( mondiale). Elle ne dispute que deux tournois de la tournée américaine du mois d'août : elle perd au second tour à Cincinnati et au premier à New Haven. Elle conclut cette tournée par un deuxième tour à l'US Open.

Elle fera une prestation moyenne dans la fin de saison asiatique : perte au second tour à Tokyo, huitième de finale à Wuhan (battant au second tour la suissesse Belinda Bencic, tête de série n°11 et  au classement WTA) et perte dès le premier tour à Pékin. Elle achève sa saison 2015 par une perte au second tour au tournoi de Linz.

2016 : difficile démarrage et conflit avec la FIT
Lors de la tournée sur dur préparatoire à l'Open d'Australie, elle perd d'entrée à Brisbane. Par contre, elle va jusqu'en quart de finale à celui de Hobart (mais elle n'a pas été confrontée à des joueuses du top 50). Ensuite, elle perd au premier tour de l'Open d'Australie. En février, elle gagne un match de Fed Cup en indoor face à Kristina Mladenovic (1-6, 6-4, 6-1) et perd l'autre face à Caroline Garcia (6-3, 6-4). L'Italie est tout de même éliminée. Elle continue la saison sur dur par une perte au premier tour de Dubaï. Ce n'est qu'à Indian Wells qu'elle parvient à passer un tour avant de s'incliner dès qu'elle rencontre une joueuse du top 50, Ana Ivanovic () (2-6, 6-2, 7-6) non sans s'être bien battue. Elle descend à la . Elle perd ensuite au premier tour à Miami. Elle retrouve des couleurs à Katowice où elle se hisse en finale. C'est un tournoi où elle a de bonnes sensations puisqu'elle y a été finaliste également en 2014 et 2015 (elle n'a été confrontée à aucune joueuse du top 50 cette année).

Elle est suspendue neuf mois par la Fédération italienne de tennis pour refus de sélection accompagné d'une amende de  euros, d'une interdiction d'utiliser les structures d'entraînement et d'une privation de wild-card pour le tournoi de Rome.

2017 : Numéro un en Italie

Camila commence la saison avec une bonne performance, une demi finale à Shenzhen, mais sera ralentie par une blessure au dos au printemps puis plus tard par une blessure à la cuisse. Elle revient en forme à Wimbledon où elle gagne deux matchs et gagne 14 places au classement WTA. Profitant de la chute de Roberta Vinci au classement WTA elle devient la joueuse italienne n°1, avec une  place, terminant même la saison à la  à la suite d'une blessure au coude.

2018 : Quart de finale à Wimbledon

Camila commence la saison avec une demi-finale à Sydney où elle bat notamment Sloane Stephens et Petra Kvitová, puis une autre sur terre battue à Prague. À Roland-Garros, elle s'incline au troisième tour contre Stephens, future finaliste et retrouve après le tournoi le top 50. À Wimbledon, elle se qualifie pour son premier quart de finale en Grand Chelem. Elle bat la  mondiale Anastasija Sevastova au premier tour, puis sauve des balles de match contre Kateřina Siniaková au . Elle échoue contre Serena Williams.
À Tokyo, elle atteint la demi-finale et se distingue avec une victoire sur la n°2 mondiale Caroline Wozniacki.

En octobre 2018, elle remporte son deuxième tournoi WTA, à Linz contre la Russe Ekaterina Alexandrova.

2019 : Deux finales malgré les blessures
Une blessure au poignet la contraint à faire l'impasse sur l'intégralité de la saison sur terre battue. Elle fait un retour infructueux sur gazon puis se rend à Washington où elle parvient en finale mais s'incline contre l'Américaine Jessica Pegula. Trois semaines plus tard, elle dispute une nouvelle finale au Bronx mais échoue contre la qualifiée polonaise Magda Linette.

2020-2021 : Sortie du top 100 puis succès au Canada
Début 2020, elle sort brièvement du top 100 pour la première fois depuis 2017. Elle obtient pour principaux résultats un  tour en Australie et une demi-finale à Palerme.

Lors de la première partie de la saison 2021, elle ne connait aucun résultat significatif mis à part un quart de finale à Lyon. Elle ne remporte que deux matchs sur terre battue, signant toutefois une victoire sur Petra Martić à Roland-Garros. Elle se reprend sur le gazon de Birmingham en éliminant deux joueuses du top 10, Karolína Plíšková au premier tour et la n°4 Aryna Sabalenka en quart. Elle abandonne au tour suivant contre Anett Kontaveit. Sélectionnée aux Jeux olympiques de Tokyo, elle se montre à son avantage en écartant d'entrée Jennifer Brady, puis Elena Vesnina. Elle signe un nouveau succès sur Plíšková et rejoint sans perdre un set les quarts de finale où elle est battue par Elina Svitolina.

Lors du Masters du Canada à Montréal, elle crée la surprise en battant successivement Elise Mertens (6-3, 7-5), Nadia Podoroska (6-2, 6-4), Petra Kvitová (6-4, 6-4), Coco Gauff (6-4, 7-6) et Jessica Pegula (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) pour se qualifier pour la finale. Elle obtient une troisième victoire en deux mois sur Plíšková (6-3, 7-5) et remporte le plus grand titre de sa carrière.

2022 : Huitièmes de finale à Roland Garros

En mai 2022, elle atteint les huitièmes de finale du tournoi de Roland-Garros, en battant entre autres la Biélorusse Aryna Sabalenka (4-6, 6-1, 6-0). Elle tombe contre Daria Kasatkina (2-6, 2-6).

En juin, juste avant le tournoi de Wimbledon, elle atteint les demi-finales du tournoi d'Eastbourne, en s'imposant notamment contre l'Espagnole Garbiñe Muguruza, pour leur seconde confrontation sur gazon, en deux sets (7-5, 6-3). Elle s'incline face à la Lettone Jeļena Ostapenko (2-6, 2-6), tenante du titre.

2023 : 4ème titre à Merida
Fin février elle s'impose lors du tournoi de Merida en battant l'Egyptienne Mayar Sherif (6-4, 6-2), l'Espagnole Nuria Párrizas Díaz (7-6, 6-2), en collant une double bicyclette à l'Américaine Sloane Stephens, ancienne vainqueur de l'US Open (6-0, 6-0) en quarts de finale, de la Tchèque Kateřina Siniaková (7-5, 7-6) et de la qualifiée Rebecca Peterson (7-6, 1-6, 6-2).

Style de jeu
Camila Giorgi est une joueuse complète qui possède un bon jeu de jambes et une très bonne réactivité ce qui la rend efficace en défense. Cependant, et ce malgré sa taille relativement modeste, Camila développe le plus souvent un jeu très offensif basé sur des coups puissants en fond de court, aussi bien en coup droit qu'en revers, bien que ce dernier soit un peu moins solide lorsqu'elle est nerveuse. Elle pratique donc un tennis à hauts risques qui peut engendrer un grand nombre de fautes directes dans un mauvais jour. Aidée par ses bons réflexes, Giorgi possède une volée efficace qu'elle a peu l'occasion de pratiquer au vu de la puissance de ses coups. Le seul défaut de Camila Giorgi est celui qu'elle partage avec toute la jeune génération du tennis : l'irrégularité. Ce paramètre est parfaitement illustré par le nombre élevé de doubles fautes dans un match malgré un excellent service qui dépasse régulièrement les  en première balle. On notera aussi sa qualité en retour de service, pour lequel elle se place à l'intérieur du court.

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Parcours en « Premier » et « WTA 1000 »
Les tournois WTA « Premier Mandatory » et « Premier 5 » (entre 2009 et 2020) et WTA 1000 (à partir de 2021) constituent les catégories d'épreuves les plus prestigieuses, après les quatre levées du Grand Chelem.

En simple dames

Parcours en Fed Cup

Classement WTA en fin de saison

Records et statistiques

Victoires sur le top 10
Toutes ses victoires sur des joueuses classées dans le top 10 de la WTA lors de la rencontre.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

 Site officiel

Naissance en décembre 1991
Naissance à Macerata
Joueuse italienne de tennis
Joueuse de tennis aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020


Small multiples repeat the same basic chart, typically with the same axes, to display different slices of a dataset. They are an excellent way of showing rich multi-dimensional data, without becoming a dense mess of lines. They are also one of my favourite charts!
This small multiples visualisation is both interactive; as you mouse-over the closest year is highlighted on all of the charts; and responsive, with the number of multiples per row depending on the overall screen width.
The data for the above chart was taken from an excellent article on Interactive Small Multiples on the Flowing Data website.
The first step is to load this data and shape it into an array of values by category. The following code uses the D3 tsv loader / parser to load the TSV data, and coerce the values into the correct types. Following this the nest component groups the data based on the category of each item.
With this code the data is now an array of objects, one per category, each of which will be represented by a chart within the small multiples visualisation.
Rendering a chart with D3 involves creating data joins that construct paths and other SVG elements that represent the underlying data. For this blog post I'm going to be using d3fc, a library of D3 components that we've been developing that extend the D3 vocabulary from paths, rectangles and groups to series, annotations and charts.
The d3fc extent component is used to compute the domain range for each scale. The yExtent shows a few interesting features of this component, padding the upper bound by 20%, and ensuring the domain range includes zero.
The line series component is used to render the data for this category as an SVG path.
The cartesian component renders the standard chart 'furniture', creating axes, chart labels and rendering a series.
The d3fc components follow the standard D3 pattern, allowing them to be rendered via the call method on a D3 selection.
At this point, adapting the line series component with a repeat component, provides an excellent illustration of the power of small multiples.
It's time to scale this chart down and apply a bit of styling. Each multiple chart has a few components, a filled area, a line and horizontal gridlines.
The following adds these additional components, using the multi series component to combine them all together. The multi series renders the same data via multiple series components. It also has a mapping function that can supply different data to each. In this case all of the series render the values array, which was created by the D3 nest.
If you inspect the rendered you'll notice that the cartesian chart component uses a mixture of SVG graphics and HTML DOM, with flexbox used to arrange the labels, axes and plot area. As a result, you can hide elements via CSS and the chart layout will update accordingly.
Rendering multiple copies of this chart is really quite straightforward using a D3 data join. The following code creates a div element for each category via the enter selection. Because the cartesian chart following the D3 component convention it can be 'called' via a data join in order to render multiple chart instances.
This is where things start to get a bit more fun!
The basic principle of d3fc is that visualisations should be data-driven, this includes interactive features such as tooltips and crosshairs. Using a unidirectional data-flow concept that is familiar to React developers, interactions should update the underlying data bound to the chart / visualisation. Whenever the data changes, the entire visualisation should be re-rendered in order to reflect this change.
This approach makes use of the idempotent nature of D3 data joins and the efficient way they update the DOM via the different selections (enter, update, exit). For further information and worked examples take a look at the excellent article on D3 data join by Chris Price.
This approach allows us to split the problem in two - the first is the rendering of the small 'trackballs' that follow the mouse position.
The above code illustrates another interesting d3fc feature, the decorate pattern, which allows you to access the underlying selection used to render a component. This allows you to add / update additional elements as part of the enter / update selections. In this case a text element is added that renders the value associated with the trackball.
Notice that the mapping function is now a little more complex, with the point series that represents the trackball rendering the trackball property value.
You'll notice that even though all the charts have the same trackball value, they have their own trackball property in the underlying bound data, which will allow them to move independently.
Now that we've got a trackball that renders, it's time to add event handlers that update the underlying data and re-render the chart.
There are a few things going on in the above code: - Previously the data join used to render the small multiples only had logic in the enter selection. The above updates this to correctly handle enter and update. - The d3fc pointer component is used to add an event handling for each of the small multiple charts. The pointer component is very simple, it adapts mouse events returning an array containing the mouse location. It's sole purpose is to make it easier to wire up mouse events to the underlying data which 'drives' the visualisation.
Now that the basic render-loop is in place, it's time to update the event handler to snap to the nearest year and display the correct value for each small multiple.
I've also added a bit of extra logic to hide the x axis when the trackball is visible, and a vertical line annotation to render the 'tracked' year on the axis.
Small multiple visualisations are generally quite large, making it a challenge to render them on smaller screens. As they are basically a grid of small charts, the obvious approach to making them responsive is to vary the number of columns based on the overall screen width, using a similar approach to the bootstrap grid system.
For most D3-based visualisations this is quite a complex task as the layout calculations are often performed manually using patterns such as the margin convention.
As mentioned previously, the d3fc cartesian chart uses flexbox for layout, so there is no need to compute margins or manually layout the individual charts. It also has another useful feature; the chart uses d3fc element to create its rendering surface, which brings the benefit that it redraws itself when the size of the containing element changes.
To see this in action, try out the final visualisation full-screen and change the browser window width. You can also see the final source code for this example.
Hopefully you've found something useful in this article, and if you've built an interesting small multiple visualisation using D3 or d3fc please share!


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Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Author: Anne Rice
Narrator: Josh Heine
Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min
Publisher: Random House Audio
Genre: Fiction - Historical
Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most ambitious and courageous book, a novel about the early years of CHRIST THE LORD, based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.
The book's power derives from the passion its author brings to the writing and the way in which she summons up the voice, the presence, the words of Jesus who tells the story.
by Amanda Quick
In financial straits and on a sure path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House, far from society's prying eyes, would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment. She was ...
Narrator: Anne Flosnik
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett
Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Wel...
Narrator: John Lee,Dan Stevens
If you liked the Century Trilogy, you'll love the "extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece."—Booklist, that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal career. "Follett risks all and comes out a...
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by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory, "the queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) Presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses. Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this d...
Narrator: Emilia Fox,Bianca Amato
The Lady Elizabeth
by Alison Weir
Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up t...
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
The Boleyn Inheritance
Three women share one fate: the Boleyn Inheritance From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl comes a novel about three women whose positions brought them wealth, power, deceit, and terror in England after the death of Anne Boleyn. Ann...
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Alex Cross's TRIAL
The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in Washington D.C., Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at every turn. ...
Narrator: Dylan Baker
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When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny. All children mythologize their birth. . . . So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's beloved collection of stories, long famous for the mystery of ...
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It seems pretty ironic for an author to change from Gothic fiction, erotica, then to Christian literature, but American author, Anne Rice did just that. She was born Howard Allen Frances O'Brian in 1941 in New Orleans. Somehow, being born in New Orleans seems fitting for an author most famous for her popular series of novels entitled, The Vampire Chronicles.
Rice was raised in a Catholic family, but chose to be an agnostic as a young adult. She was very successful coming right out with her first novel......Interview with the Vampire. With that success, she began writing sequels to that novel in the 1980's. In the mid- 2000's, she returned to Catholicism and published novels that were fiction about some happenings in the life of Jesus. She distanced herself several years later from organized religion, siting disagreement with their position on social issues, but vowed her lasting faith in God.
Rice's books have sold over 100 million copies......thus, her immense popularity as an American author. She was married to her husband, Stan Rice, for 41 years until he passed from brain cancer in 2002. They had two children, one who died of leukemia at fie years old, and a son Christopher, who is also an author. Several of her novels have been adapted to film. Many ask about her strange given name...... Howard Allen Frances O'Brien. She answers with......her father's name was Howard, and her mother thought that giving her a man's name would give her advantages in the world as she grew up. On her first day of Catholic School, when the Nun asked her name, she just said Anne because she thought it was a pretty name. The name has served her well.
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Esri Builds Information Portals Worldwide
The Geospatial One-Stop portal allows users to search for data and services, as well as visualize map services, across multiple servers.
The technology and services offered with the GIS Portal Toolkit were used to create the Geospatial One-Stop, India National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), and EU INSPIRE portals.
Geospatial One-Stop
As part of the Geospatial One-Stop Initiative, Esri developed a portal to make it easier, faster, and less expensive for all levels of government and the public to access geospatial information. The portal was developed, building on Esri's experience and standards-based commercial off-the-shelf technology.
The purpose of Geospatial One-Stop is twofold. The first purpose is to support the business of government. Almost every aspect of government—including, but not limited to, disaster management, recreation, planning, homeland security, public health, and environmental protection—has a geographic component and requires geospatial data and tools to appropriately manage it. The second purpose is to support decision making; issues occur in places (e.g., floods, events, and crimes), and decisions addressing one issue often have broader implications, sometimes affecting entire communities. Geospatial information allows decisions to be viewed in a community context and can facilitate cross agency coordination.
Visit Geospatial One-Stop at www.geodata.gov.
India NSDI Portal
The India NSDI portal provides access to information on spatial data that has been developed by several government agencies in India. Users can take the traditional approach to searching for spatial data based on a map sheet (or topo sheet, similar to the quad sheets in the United States), or they can search for spatial data using more generic search criteria such as spatial extent keywords. The portal also provides quick access to information on spatial data via Web pages with metadata provided by participating agencies.
Esri implemented the portal using ArcIMS 4.0.1, ArcSDE 8.3, and ArcGIS Desktop 8.3 with an Oracle 9.2 database. The portal search page can be accessed from ArcGlobe, allowing the user to search for live data and maps using the portal and then view this data in ArcGlobe. ArcGlobe is a new application that will be available with ArcGIS 3D Analyst 9.
Esri integrated India's own metadata standard approach with ISO 19115 compliant metadata. By doing this, the portal can contain metadata documents that fit within the India NSDI metadata standard and that are published by agencies that follow the ISO standard. This opens the door to foreign users and global spatial data infrastructure participation.
EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal
The EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal is Europe's Internet access point to a collection of spatial data under the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Initiative. INSPIRE aims at establishing a legal framework for the creation of a European spatial information infrastructure that delivers to its users integrated spatial information services. This framework is expected to be in place from 2007 onward.
A prototype version of the EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal was implemented by Esri utilizing ArcIMS 4.0.1, ArcSDE 8.3 on an Oracle 8i database, and ArcGIS Desktop 8.3. The EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal also makes use of the ArcWeb Services Place Finder gazetteer service and the European street map image service based on the AND Global Road Data and Tele Atlas/TomTom MultiNet database.
The target users of the EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal include policy makers, planners, and managers at European, national, and local levels, as well as European citizens and their organizations. Possible services include the visualization of information layers, overlay of information from different sources, spatial and temporal analysis, and so on. Where appropriate and possible, the EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal will link to national geospatial portals. The EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal will not store or maintain data. The data is distributed in many national and private servers across Europe and maintained by the organization or agency responsible for the data.
Visit the EU INSPIRE Geo-Portal (eu-geoportal.jrc.it).


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Andrew Dunn
State Politics Reporter, Carolina Journal
The following bio is that of an event speaker or guest author. This person is not directly affiliated with the John Locke Foundation.
Andrew Dunn is the former state political reporter for Carolina Journal. He has spent a decade as a journalist in North Carolina, previously serving as the founder of Longleaf Politics, editor-in-chief of Charlotte Agenda, and as a reporter and editor for The Charlotte Observer.
Andrew is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, where he majored in journalism and served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel.


And we're back in just plain audio world for episode 4 of The Nerd Cult. Listen to us all gush about the release of the Avengers: Infinity War trailer. Then, Brock takes us a spooky tour of a PS2 classic, Rule of Rose. After that, Josh and Tyler discuss how amazing their Super NES Classics are while Brock stares jealously from the corner, and how much help the new D&D rules expansion, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, can be to DMs and players alike. As a bonus, hear about the absolutely atrocious games our three hosts would make if they were game designers, here on The Nerd Cult.


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Local Rhythms – Listening room etiquette
February 18, 2010 February 18, 2010 Michael Witthaus
There are a few things I can't tolerate. Gum chewing during phone calls, people who drive below the speed limit on two-lane highways and idiots who talk in listening rooms.
The other night I went to a club in Manchester to hear Amy Petty and three other singer-songwriters do their thing. Charlestown native Jandee Lee Porter, who belts out country songs like a young Linda Ronstadt, blew me away.
She's a star in the making.
It was a great night of music – at least the part that I could hear clearly.
For too much of the evening, some schlub at the bar had a long and loud conversation with a few of his friends. Finally in frustration, I walked over and told him through gritting teeth that I came to hear the music, not listen to him talk all night.
He finally shut up.
Did reality television make this dolt believe his ordinary musings were more important than what was happening on stage? It was appalling, particularly because it happened at an event that people paid to get into.
It's much worse at no cover clubs.
So I have a few suggestions for the next time you're around live entertainment.
1. Learn the meaning of "stage whisper" – if you must talk, don't shout.
2. The longer the conversation, the closer the talkers should be – don't yak across the table.
3. If you're not there for the music, don't sit next to it.
4. Remember if you're at a comedy show, the guy with the microphone is the one being paid to talk.
5. If you buy a ticket and don't like what you hear, don't ruin everyone's night by staying.
The lack of respect for musicians is ridiculous. I'm waiting for the day some guy asks a guitarist to hold a beer so he can use both hands while kissing his girlfriend.
Come to think of it, the silence might be worth the trade-off.
At least if his tongue is in her mouth, it can't be employed to talk about cell phones, car repairs or his latest Facebook status.
I understand that you didn't come for the music, but there's no reason that your prerogatives should completely subjugate mine.
Talk all you want, but at a decent volume.
For ticketed events at places like Boccelli's or the Flying Goose, please take it outside.
Have a good time, but don't ruin mine. Is that so hard?
Thursday, Feb 18: Jason Cann, Harpoon Brewery – Salt hill Hanover opened a day too late for Jason's Local Rhythms-picked appearance two weeks ago, but he's now a Wednesday regular there. The singer/songwriter, who mixes cool originals with reinvented Michael Jackson songs and a cover of "Please Come to Boston" that's' better than Dave Loggins' version, also plays every Thursday at the Windsor brewpub.
Friday, Feb. 19: Talkin' Smack Band, One Mile West – A cozy restaurant with a great bar expands its musical offering with a mix of decades-spanning rock and blues. Lead singer Rich Cortese has a voice that's equal parts sandpaper and sheen. Their selection of material is especially good. I can't remember if I've ever heard a cover band tackle Robin Trower's "Day of the Eagle," and that's just one of many nuggets in a typical set.
Saturday, Feb. 20: Ross Robinson, Pleasant Valley Brewing Co. – Just a short drive beyond Bellows Falls, this pub/restaurant books a steady flow of talented original artists, including this Massachusetts picker, who cut hi teeth busking in Cambridge, and specializes in finger-style and slide guitar. His cover of Hot Tuna's instrumental gem "Water Song" thoroughly impressed me, but his vocals are also stellar.
Sunday, Feb. 21: IZ Style Winter Tour, Mt. Sunapee Resort – The Pete Kilpatrick Band provides musical entertainment for the concluding day of this weekend event, which is all about the ways winter sports enthusiasts can reduce their environmental footprint. The Reverb Eco-Village features local, regional, and national environmental non-profit groups helping to educate skiers and snowboarders in planet-friendly behavior.
Monday, Feb. 22: The Status & The Bay State, 802 Music – Fans of alternative bands like All-Time Low and Boys Like Girls will like this indie double bill. I'm particularly intrigued with the Bay State, which began as an acoustic project a few years and back and features the throaty Susanne Gerry on vocals and bass and, surprisingly, Evan James playing viola. It's power pop with a difference.
Wednesday, Feb. 24: Eileen Ivers, Hopkins Center – Anyone interested in the intersection of Irish and American culture will enjoy this show. The founding member of Cherish the Ladies and original Riverdance star performs Beyond the Bog Road, a multimedia show that explores the experience of Irish immigrants' journeys to America, and what Ivers calls their "brilliant transformation from desperate refugees to cultural forces to be reckoned with."
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Researching ice climbing in Ouray, Colo.
Since I've lived in Farmington, I frequently hear the names of small Colorado mountain towns thrown around --...
Researching ice climbing in Ouray, Colo. Since I've lived in Farmington, I frequently hear the names of small Colorado mountain towns thrown around --... Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: https://www.daily-times.com/story/sports/outdoors/blogs/base-camp/2014/02/25/researching-ice-climbing-in-ouray-colo/31977499/
Molly Vorwerck, PNM7 Published 7:18 p.m. MT Feb. 25, 2014
A warning to travellers leaving Ouray before heading over Red Mountain Pass
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Since I've lived in Farmington, I frequently hear the names of small Colorado mountain towns thrown around -- Telluride, Ouray, Silverton -- and before I had seen pictures of them, or really knew anything about them, I already knew they had to be great places because of what people were doing there. They were always mentioned in the context of fun activities: skiing in Telluride, hiking in Silverton, climbing in Ouray.
We decided to start our 2014 Outdoors Bucket List with a bang -- we hope ice climbing got your attention! Honestly, when I got to Ouray, I started to get a little nervous about making this a bucket list item. The ice climbers climbing out of the box canyon as you walk across the bridge look pretty extreme. But my doubt subsided as soon as I started talking to people. The Baxters, a couple that had traveled to the Ice Park from north of Salt Lake City, said that they usually hiked for miles into the woods to get to one waterfall, that they would climb over and over. This made me realize how special the ice park really is. If you still feel like its not for you, even walking along the canyon edge watching climbers repel over the edge and climb back out is an experience in itself. Check it out the next time you're in Ouray.
The drive to Ouray through Molas and Red Mountain Passes in the snow was by far scarier than any ice climbing I did that weekend. Some routes at the ice park have pre-placed anchors, but for the most part, climbers build anchors off of trees at the edge of the canyon.
The history of how the ice park came to be is really interesting, as is the maintenance that goes into it. Ouray Ice Park's website is complete with all this info, videos and all.
Molly Vorwerck
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Had a good time catching up with the Lion in Oil crew, Larry from Larry Brown Sports, and the gentleman from You've Been Blinded, who should always been remembered for his genius photo from the hot blogger bracket.
Thanks to Nacho for putting the event together. If I can figure out how to get pictures out of the TheStarterBoyfriend's phone, I'll post the pictures of Will playing Guitar Hero.
Oh I hope you're ok, sorry to hear about any sorta accident. Hopefully TheStarterInsuranceAdjuster is kind.
Let's hope. My 2003 Volvo is not as valuable as the 2008 Audi TT that was also involved.
Dobie must be one of the worst singers ever if Ben is a better vocalist.
Oooo….fender-bender. No fun. At least you managed to make part of the event.
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In the new academic year, more than 100 students from India are expected to arrive at Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
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What surprises our foreign students in Syktyvkar stores?
Now about 150 foreign students study at our University. Verbum launches a permanent column "Exchange students", where we will talk about the life of foreign students, their taste preferences and national dishes. The first topic for discussion is food. Our correspondent talked to students from different countries and looked into their food basket.
Over the last academic year, the number of foreign students at the Syktyvkar State University has doubled compared to 2015 – now there are 142 of them. 97% of students came to Syktyvkar from the former Soviet Union. This is not surprising, because all foreigners, one way or another, are studying in the "great and mighty" Russian language. In addition, we have students from Germany, interns from Finland and the United States, and since the fall there were five guys from South Africa.
Many of them are studying not the first year, so the foreigners were in our country. For example, at first, some Muslim girls were embarrassed when boys came to visit their neighbors in the room. You can understand them – many foreign students culture is radically different from ours. But there are other stories: before you move into the room, the boys from Kyrgyzstan took all the things and furniture in the corridor., the governor of the dormitory who was interested in what is happening received the following answer: "First you need to clean the walls and windows, and only then to bring the furniture." According to neighbors, the Kyrgyz's room is so clean that many people wear white socks.
Over time, foreign students stopped celebrating their national holidays and began to cooperate with our students, joining the mixed companies. It suggests that we are doing well with multiculturalism. Any student can learn something new about another country from the resident of this country, ask about the traditions and try the national food.
Marius Lenk
Germany, Limburg
Institute of Humanities, journalism, 2nd year
About sanctions: I love to cook. Many products had to be forgotten because of the sanctions, but they are easy to find a replacement, for example, I really like your "Russian" cheese.
About shops: in Germany I have a car, I used to come to the supermarket and buy food for the week ahead. Here it is different: most often I go to the "Pyaterochka", but there is not always possible to find what I need, so for some products I have to walk to the "Lenta". By the way, there are a lot of different gingerbread with condensed milk inside in Syktyvkar stores. We can only buy them on Christmas.
About vegetables: I noticed that many vegetables are not cleared of the soil in Syktyvkar stores. I told about it my relatives: someone thought that it is impossible to verify — is it a good product. My great-grandmother said that he would like to buy such a product, she said that you had known that it recently pulled out of the ground.
About the features: I was surprised that the packaging of goods specified different volume. In Germany, all packages have a single volume, for example, exactly one liter of milk. In Russia, the package can be 0.9 liters.
About bread and prices: in Germany I bought bread in a private bakery. The price of such a large bread, which is baked by hand (it lasts a long time, plus the taste is very different), will be 350 rubles. It may seem that it is very expensive, but our salaries are several times higher. But a small bunch of greens is very expensive here.
Unusual product: Carbonated drink "Kolokolchik". It has unusual taste. We don't have that in Germany. It's a great idea for business.
National currency: Euro
Nuri Ashimbekova
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek city
Institute of Humanities, advertising and public relations, 2nd year
About winter: Kyrgyzstan is not too different from Russia. The only difference is winter: if we have it in Bishkek for only two months, here it lasts about five, so you wait for spring for a long time.
About product: My friends and me do not have enough of the Kyrgyz fruit and vegetables: they taste better or something, probably because growing at home, and without the addition of various chemicals. We also do not have enough meat and meat delicacies, dried fruits and national drinks. For me it is not particularly noticeable, except for bread. At home we bake it ourselves, I loved my mother's bread, and my own too. Here I buy bread in the store and noticed that I eat it much less, not as in Bishkek, but the black bread is very tasty here.
About holidays: Several times a year we gather together in a small company in the dormitory and prepare national dishes, for example, «manti». They are very similar to «khinkali». Soon, on the holiday of Nooruz, which will be in the spring, we will organize a concert and prepare many different dishes from our national cuisine: pastries, desserts, main dishes, snacks.
About prices: if you count, the average for one day I spend about 300 rubles, and in a month the food goes to 5-6 thousand.
Unusual product: the store is not particularly surprised. But a classmate told me that you eat the raw deer meat. It is highly frozen and thinly sliced. I am not a fan of meat, I eat meat rarely and little, so when she said about this, I was very surprised.
National currency: Kyrgyz som
Philip Mulenga
Zambia, Lusaka city
Listener of the program "Russian as a foreign language»
About shops: Usually I prepare a salad of boiled potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onions and tomatoes. From the shops I go to "Maxi" and "Pyaterochka", because there are good prices corresponding to the quality, and a large selection of products that I would like to try.
About prices: Most of the money goes to, so to speak, "priority food": rice and chicken. From the store I am getting large packages of products, which then I eat within one month. Approximately I spend about 3-4 thousand rubles. It does not include the money which I spent on snacks in the "Pyaterochka" after the study.
About the price difference: in Syktyvkar I easily find everything I need, and I can also save on products. They are very cheap compared to Zambia. For example, for $1 in Russia I can buy quite a lot, but in my country this money will be enough for only one loaf of bread.
About ourselves and others: Sometimes my friends and I are preparing sweet rolls and Zambian meals, such as, flites (ball-shaped doughnuts). Recently I tried to cook mashed potatoes, and next weekend I'm going to try the dumplings. I look forward to it!
Unusual product: I Want to try boiled condensed milk. I buy regular condensed milk almost every day. I love condensed milk.
National currency: Zambian Kwacha
Nuria Saidrahmonova
Tajikistan, Pamir city
Institute of management and entrepreneurship, management and entrepreneurship, 4th year
About dreams: since childhood I had a dream to study abroad, to find new friends from different countries. I've been living here for four years.
About the differences: Tajikistan is very different from Russia – it is a completely different culture and mentality. I constantly learn something new about Russia: for example, recently I have heard that when it is very cold in winter, in Syktyvkar you can meet a bear in the city. But with food there is almost no difference. I'm not surprised at your dumplings, Russian salad, herring under a «fur coat»-all this we also have. Like everyone, we have our own national food: shiroi (from the Taj. Shir – "milk", Choi — "tea"), which we usually drink in the morning, manti, pilaf, samosa and more.
About products: All the necessary products are in the store. Usually I go to the "Magnit", "Quinto", sometimes in "Pyaterochka". Prices here are much higher than we have in Tajikistan.
About prices: Average food spend about 100-150 rubles a day. 3 thousand is enough for the whole month.
Unusual product: you can easily find mushrooms in any store. In Tajikistan, they are rarely used, and it is almost in every pizza.
National currency: Somoni.
This academic year 142 foreign students study at the Syktyvkar State University.
Besides that, 5 students from Zambia are not students, but trainee on «Russian as a foreign language» course.
This academic year, the University interns citizens of Finland and the United States — 2 people.
Countries: Germany (exchange students from the University of Heilbronn only 4 people: 2 have already graduated, 2 will come), Finland – 1, USA – 1, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Zambia (5).
Thus, the countries of the former Soviet Union — 97% of all foreign students. It is not surprising because all foreigners study in Russian language.
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The Ooni of lfe, His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has described Sir Olaniwun Ajayi as his unforgettable pillar of support, exemplary Pan – Africanist with unapologetic patriotism in the course of Yoruba emancipation, unity and progress.
The spiritual leader of the Yoruba race made this known on Friday in a condolence statement released by his Director of Media and Public Affairs Comrade Moses Olafare saying that apart from being a dependable leader of Remo people of Ogun State, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi had spent great part of his life as a pillar behind the throne of Oduduwa in Ile – Ife and a committed Yoruba patriot whose ideology of progressiveness remained incorruptible till his glorious passage.
"I commiserate with the family of our beloved Papa Olaniwun Ajayi, I commiserate with Remo people, I commiserate with the people and government of Ogun State, I commiserate with the Yoruba race, I commiserate with the Nigerians and I also commiserate with the entire continent of Africa over the death of this exemplary leader who until his death remained a fantastic family man, a dependable Remo leader an exemplary cultural and political ambassador of Yoruba race, a Nigerian Nationalist per excellence with an undying spirit of pan -Africanism.
His moral support for my reign since I mounted this sacred throne of Oduduwa will definitely remain indelible. His numerous selfless contributions either as a commissioner in charge of health and education in the old Western Nigeria or as an unapologetically committed Yoruba leader of thought who did not at anytime trade away his ideology of progressiveness with which he took part in the struggles for the freedom, unity and progress of not just our region but also Nigeria and the continent of Africa at large.
'May his soul rest in the perfect peace of the Almighty Olodumare' Ooni Ogunwusi said.
The Afenifere Chieftain died on Thursday before 12 midnight at the age of 91 years.


Discussion in 'The Shop' started by Sandwich, Feb 27, 2013.
I have a cane creek angleset that I assembled out of scrap metal in a cave. As a result, the upper assembly is not factory, in particular the top cover.
When I tightened it down the first time, I noticed that the bearing cover was rubbing against the gimbal and wouldn't turn. Tried again with a different top cap from another CC headset that uses an integrated "spacer" under the cap. That didn't work either. Finally I added a 1.5mm spacer beneath the second top cap and I get good compression on the actual compression ring. The only catch is now there is a very tiny, sub 1mm gap between the cap and the bearing. Is this a bad thing that may lead to premature wear? I added what appeared to be a seal between the spacer and the bearing, and that pretty much covers the entire bearing. I just want to make sure that no excess dirt is getting in there, and limit the amount of water than can ever reach it. At the same time, my first preference is to have no rattling in the assembly.


I am conducting researches on earthquakes. As for education, one of my goals is to help graduate students acquire skills needed to carry out both observations and analyses. I actively give open lectures in high schools on demand and open seminars for the public in order to give back some of research products to society. I diligently play active parts in my academic societies and committees in my university.
I investigate seismic structure in and around the subducting Philippine Sea plate in order to contribute predictions of the Nankai Trough mega-quakes. I try to reveal the behavior of slab derived fluid and the conditions of the plate boundary surface.


I'm mixing up Davy Jones, Davy Crockett and Leif Garrett.
"I guess you don't know then," he responds, which is true, I don't know.
My office explodes in laughter. I'm not sure if they are laughing about the possibility of Snooki being preggers or if they are laughing that I even care.
Here's the thing. I pretend to dislike Snooki, and maybe I sort of do seeing as though she pretends to be Italian, but really isn't, all the while giving Italian women a questionable reputation, but I think I really do sort of like her given the fact that I actually dressed up as Snooki for Halloween.
And, truthfully, I guess I shouldn't even go there considering what the Mob Wives do for Italians. I watch that show and thank my lucky stars my family isn't "that kind" of Italian. We're the Bill Cosby of Italians.
Honestly though, if they had cast me on Jersey Shore say five years ago I'm sure I would maybe be a disgrace to my family – and all Italians for that matter – because let's face it, alcohol and video cameras don't always display people at their best of bests. You know what I'm sayin? Remember JUST STOP TALKING, thank the lord there were no cameras to film that train wreck!
So, sorry I'm not sorry that maybe I sort of actually like Snooki. Not those fugly shoes she was wearing though. Yuck!
But what are your thoughts on her being a mother????
But, then I think of Kendra, Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend, and another of my fave celebs (besides Giuliana Rancic, of course) who famously told her mom she was pregnant at her wedding shower on an episode of Kendra and the world (well, maybe not the world, but definitely E! and her fans) were SHOCKED.
I'm sure there was speculation of what kind of a mother can that big boobed, blonde haired former Playmate actually be???? And if you watch her current reality show and have read any of her books (I plan to post on that later) you will know that she is actually a good wife and mother.
And then I think of me. I was raised in the good 'ole Midwest, sure my parents divorced before my 1st birthday, but they both remarried and had children by the time I was 4 thus making this lifestyle very normal and giving me a great big family with two different viewpoints and opinions on raising children and on life.
I like to credit my two families for giving me a more balanced outlook on life because of these varying viewpoints and opinions. It made me see what different families can be like on the inside. My dad and stepmom were pretty laid back parents who never grounded or spanked their children, while my brother and I were often getting grounded, spanked, soap in the mouth, whatever it may have been to encourage straight As and good behavior.
I once jokingly said "You're such a Focker!" to my brother (after the movie Meet the Parents came out in 2000). I was saying it referring to my brother as a dork, and my mom nearly had a heart attack trying to tell me that Focker was a swear word.
Needless to say I never said that again.
I went off on a tangent though. My point is such that I was raised a very well-balanced, respectable, nice young woman and look at me now, the crazy still managed to get me.
Back when I got pregnant I thought I was going to be this fan-frickin-tastic mother who was dressing her kid in designer kid clothes and sipping cappuccinos at the local Starbuck's while my baby sat in herSilver Cross Balmoral Pram baby carriage, which according to The Most Expensive Journal, is likely the most expensive stroller in the world, priced at $2,900.00. And how hilarious (or depressing) that Snooki can actually afford one!
I never thought I would be the one struggling, or the one suffering from Post Partum Depression, or the one writing "Bad Mom" blog posts….
This is not to say I think I'm a bad mom, but more to say everyone is a mom in their own way, to the best of their abilities, and influenced (whether positively or negatively) by their own lifestyle and upbringing.
Who is anyone to judge?
The "Bad Mom" stories are silly and funny and are meant to remind us that no one is perfect. We all have meltdown moments. And what's a "Bad Mom" to me may not be a "Bad Mom" to you. I mean, we can all agree I'm not talking about crazy people who lock their kids in attics that you see on the news. Those people weirdos need to die. I'm talking about those of us just living life day by day, trying to be good people and trying to make it in this big crazy world.
As for whether or not Snooki will make a bad mom; I guess it depends on time and your bad mom criteria. According to The New York Post, despite Snooki's denials according to sources she IS in fact preggers. Read Snooki Lied – She's Preggers and MSN's Wonderwall for the info.
And remember that many people might think that Madge is one of the best mom's out there, but I would BEG to ask Lourdes that question. For one, Madonna doesn't even let her kids watch TV! Wonder if Snooki will let her bambino watch Jersey Shore?
Don't be shy…please share your "Bad Mom" stories? Or if you're the perfect mother afraid to share what sticks out in your mind as something your parents did to you??? Email me at jlee5879@live.com.


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Home » Luther Alumni Magazine Archive » Volume 47, No. 3 Spring 2014 » Sherwood O. "Bud" Mellom, 1949
Sherwood O. "Bud" Mellom, 1949
Volume 47, No. 3 Spring 2014 (5/28/14)
SHERWOOD O. "BUD" MELLOM, age 89, of Willmar, Minn., died Wednesday evening, October 30, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, following complications of colon cancer surgery.
Memorial service was October 4, at Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar. A private interment will be held at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements were with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar. www.petersonbrothers.com
Sherwood O. "Bud" Mellom was born on February 20, 1924, in Brandt, S.D., the son of Ole and Margit (Underland) Mellom. He grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from Washburn High School in 1942. From 1943 to 1945, Bud served with the 4th Division U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific during WWII. Following the war, he continued to serve his country in the U.S. Army Reserves for over 20 years and retired as a Captain.
On September 3, 1948, Bud was united in marriage to CHARLOTTE KATHRYN (BLEGEN) MELLOM '51, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
In 1949, Bud graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and began his teaching career in New York Mills, Minn., From 1951 to 1954, he was a principal, teacher and coach in Raymond, Minn., and then taught in Clara City, Minn., for a year. In 1955, Bud began employment as a teacher in the Willmar Public Schools and retired in 1986.
Bud and Charlotte spent 20 years wintering in Florida and enjoyed travels to Alaska, Hawaii, Norway, Europe and parts of the United States. Besides traveling, Bud's hobbies included golfing, goose hunting at Lac qui Parle and pheasant hunting in S.D. He was a member of Vinje Lutheran Church since 1956, Willmar Optimist Club, United Way of Kandiyohi County board member, Golden Member of the Sons of Norway, 4th Marine Division Association W.W. II, Willmar American Legion Post #167 and the Little Crow Country Club. He was a past president of the Minnesota Federation of Teachers, an Election Judge, and was active with the Kandiyohi County DFL.
He is survived by his children: Sherwood "Butch" Mellom, Jr. (and Kristel Hart) of Willmar, Kathryn Williams of New Richmond, Wis., and KRISTEN (MELLOM) TONE '77 (TERRY TONE '77) of New London; son-in-law: Stacey Porter, Sr. of Willmar; eight grandchildren, Mark Williams, Ryan (and Shelly) Williams, Kjersta (and Chris) Meium, Margit (and Brian) Neal, Stacey Porter, Jr., Kari (and Chris) Hentges, Erik (and Jennifer) Tone, and Jacob Tone; seven great-grandchildren, Kennedy, Søren, Kasen, Sonja, Lyla, Macy, and Briar; sister, Karen Mero and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Charlotte in 2008; one daughter, Cindy Porter in September 2013; son-in-law, John Williams and brother, DONALD "RED" MELLOM '50.
Bud was able to stay in his home until time of hospitalization with the love and support of family and great caregivers.
Memorials preferred to Vinje Lutheran Church, Willmar, Minn., or Rice Hospice, Willmar, Minn.
"Bud" Mellom
Ingrid (Oxley) Brady, 1949
Willis I. Nordhem, 1949
Return to Luther Alumni Magazine, Volume 47, No. 3 Spring 2014


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Eric is a native Michigander with an interest in geogrpahy and history - but the reads won't be as snoozy as you might remember from school. In a previous life he was lead explorer of Season 1 of the Haunts and Legends of New York video series (http://bit.ly/HauntsAndLegendsNYS) and host of Foodamazoo (http://bit.ly/Foodamazoo).
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Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
4-Word Review: A killer targets Penn.
During an interview segment on a nationally televised talk show magician Penn Jillette jokes that it would be interesting to have someone out to kill him. After the show is over strange things begin to occur, but he initially thinks its practical jokes done by his partner Teller. Eventually he becomes aware that someone really is after him who even switches his identity so that he resembles Jillette. The two lay low and even hire an attractive lady cop (Caitlin Clarke) to protect them, but things are never quite as they seem in a film that features one crazy twist after another.
For the most part the film works well despite an unconventional structure that may take a while for some viewers to get used to. The script was written by the two stars and I enjoyed the surreal tone and the sort of mind games it plays with the viewer as one is never quite sure what's real and what isn't. The humor is offbeat and funny. I enjoyed their opening act that they do while hanging upside down and how the killer (David Patrick Kelly) tries to reenact it at the end of the film while using himself in Penn's place. The segment where Teller keeps throwing coins at a man inside a casino was my favorite and I also got a kick out of Penn's conversation with Teller inside a taxi cab after he is stabbed.
Penn seems like a natural in front of the camera and just like with their stage act does all the talking. Teller though gets a lot of screen time and is surprisingly engaging despite his silence. He finally does speak at the end, which I didn't like as it broke the mystique of the character and really wasn't all that clever or amusing. The late Caitlin Clarke gives solid support in the dual role as Penn's girlfriend and the tough talking Officer McNamara. If you look closely you will also briefly spot Jon Cryer as a frat boy, Tom Sizemore as a mugger and famous atheist James Randi as the '3rd rope holder'.
The only real issue that I had with the film is the ending in which all the main characters end up dying either by being shot or committing suicide. I'm sure this may have seemed clever on paper, but it comes off as maudlin and overdone as well as hurting the film's otherwise playful tone. I also didn't get why the two characters after having been shot didn't have bullet holes in their bodies or any type of blood coming out of them. These guys use blood quite liberally in their stage act and it gets used in other parts of the film, so why not have it when it really counts at the end? The female character kills herself by jumping out the window and yet in the very next shot two men are seen walking on the sidewalk just outside of the apartment, but there's no dead body on the ground, which doesn't make sense. Penn's closing narration helps save it a little, but the segment still seems like they wrote themselves into a hole that they couldn't get out of.
Director: Arthur Penn
Available: VHS, DVD (Warner Archive), Amazon Instant Video
Posted in 80's Movies, Black Comedy, Buddy Movies, Offbeat
Tagged Caitlin Clarke, David Patrick Kelly, Entertainment, James Randi, Jon Cryer, Movies, Penn Jillette, Review, Teller, Tom Sizemore


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Yes, the BBC Radio 2 DJ, legendary actor, host and broadcaster Craig Charles of Red Dwarf, Robot Wars and Coronation Street fame is also one of the UK's best loved Funk and Soul DJ's. Broadcasting for 10 years on BBC 6 Music with their prime time Saturday night slot, Craig Charles has gone from strength to strength, becoming a commanding figure and DJ in the UK funk and soul scene.
6Music way back in March 2002.
The list of guests that have been on The Funk And Soul Show speaks for itself!


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How to use developer mode to turn off the annoying ads
How to turn developer mode off for a few extra bucks, or to make it the default on Android.
It's an option that's been available for quite a while now, but now that Android 4.4 KitKat has arrived, it's become even more prevalent.
But first, let's talk about how it works.
Developers can enable developer mode by going into Settings > Developer options, and tapping on the 'Developer options' button at the top right of the screen.
The app's been around since early last year, and it lets you enable developer modes that let you use different settings to the one you use in normal mode.
This is a very simple, yet powerful option.
By tapping on Developer options on the home screen, you'll be able to toggle the default developer mode for each app.
There are three settings that you can set here: The default developer settings, developer options, or developer mode.
You can also change which apps will have developer mode enabled.
The default is developer mode, so you won't see ads.
You can also set a specific app to be developer mode only or developer options for all apps.
The developer options will allow you to use different features and settings, but you'll still see ads if you use the default settings.
You'll also be able toggle whether you want to be notified about changes to developer options (the notification will pop up when you're in developer mode).
There are three types of notifications you can receive, so if you want more control over when and how apps are notified, there's a notification option here.
Apps that have a developer option will have a notification icon when they're in a developer mode and a green background when they are not.
If you disable developer mode when you start an app, the app will be disabled permanently.
Developer mode is the default mode on Android, and when you tap on it, the device will start downloading the developer version of the app.
This version of an app will have the same interface, features, and permissions as the one the device is running.
When you launch an app that has developer mode disabled, a message will pop-up saying, "Developer mode has been disabled.
This app cannot be launched with developer mode turned on."
This message tells you to disable developer options.
Once you disable developers mode, you won
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Bangladesh tackle resurgent England in W.Cup clash
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Rattled Bangladesh tackle resurgent England in a make-or-break Group B match on Friday where defeat will almost certainly end their World Cup campaign before the quarter-finals.The Tigers have just one win in three games and failure at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium will mean they'll have just a slim chance of advancing to the last eight from a group that includes India, South Africa and the West Indies.England, who resurrected their campaign with a six-run win over South Africa on Sunday, will qualify if they beat Bangladesh and the West Indies down Ireland in Mohali earlier on Friday.Bangladesh, who began the tournament ranked eighth in one-day cricket, have played uninspiring cricket so far, leaving millions of their fans angry and frustrated.The Tigers crashed to their lowest one-day total of 58 against the West Indies in Dhaka last Friday, losing the game by nine wickets in the first session itself.
Memories of a dream run in the Caribbean four years ago, when they knocked out India in the first round and then stunned South Africa in the Super Eights, have faded.Bangladesh have been let down by their batsmen, whose form deserted them after a brave, but unsuccessful chase of India's 370-4 in the opening match when they replied with 283-9.They were shot out for 205 by Ireland, fought back to restrict the non-Test nation for 178 under the Dhaka lights, before hitting a new low against the West Indies.Opener Tamim Iqbal and captain Shakib Al Hasan are the only batsmen to score half-centuries in the tournament, both against India.Spin spearhead Abdur Razzak has managed just one wicket in three games at a cost of 112 runs. Left-arm spinner Shakib has three and off-break bowler Naeem Islam two.
Batsman Junaid Siddique said the team looked forward to a fresh start against England."We don't want to remember the past and want to look forward," he said. "There are no negative feelings at the moment. If we play to our potential we can beat anyone."Bangladesh face an England team reeling under the twin blows of losing star batsman Kevin Pietersen and fast bowler Stuart Broad for the rest of the tournament due to injuries.The duo have been replaced by fluent left-hand batsman Eoin Morgan and giant fast bowler Chris Tremlett, who are both available for Friday's game.Andrew Strauss' men will be buoyed by their impressive run against Bangladesh, having lost just one of their 14 one-day internationals so far.Significantly, England have also won all their six contests on Bangladeshi soil, the last three in March, 2010.England must find a new opening partner for Strauss in Pietersen's absence, with Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara and wicket-keeper Matt Prior the likely candidates.Morgan, 24, was confident England will overcome the absence of Pietersen and Broad."To lose two world-class players in Kevin and Stuart is going to be a big loss," the former Irish World Cup star said."But in the past — like we have seen in the recent Ashes series — guys have come in and filled other guys' places, done very well and we have gone on to do exceptionally well – Yahoonews
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