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The Face Of Love Review
Jordan Adler Mar 8, 2014 4:03 am 2014-10-02T09:34:06-05:00
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The Face of Love is a stilted and soapy melodrama that almost works due to some stellar performances from Annette Bening and Ed Harris.
If The Face of Love proves anything, it is that Annette Bening is still one of the finest American actors working today. In Arie Posin's new drama, which boasts shades of Douglas Sirk and an attempted Hitchcockian suspense, she gives everything to the role of Nikki Lostrom, a lonesome widow who pursues a relationship with a man who has an uncanny resemblance to her late husband.
In the opening scene, Nikki sits, sullen and anguished, by the pool of her immaculate Los Angeles home, gripping a glass of wine as she remembers finding her husband Garrett (Ed Harris) dead, strewn on the beach after drowning during a trip to Mexico. Distracted by these harrowing memories, she drops the wine glass. Picking up the pieces of broken glass, Nikki does not even grimace, even when she grips the shards so tightly her hand starts bleeding. Bening is a fearless actor mining remarkable depth in a performance that ought to have been in a better film, one that was more psychologically compelling and without the mawkish, meandering melodrama.
Five years after her husband's death, Nikki still mourns Garrett. A neighbour and friend, Roger (a restrained Robin Williams), offers her company and attempts to court her, but Nikki is not ready to move on. However, when she heads back to the art gallery she used to visit with Garrett, Nikki finds something even more evocative than the paintings. She sees a man with features strikingly similar to Garrett's wandering around the museum. His name is Tom, he is an art instructor at a local college and Ed Harris plays him too, although with a few facial tweaks to look different from the flashbacks near the start.
Nikki asks Tom for some private art tutoring and he quickly falls for her. While she hides from him the details about her late husband, initially telling Tom that Garrett divorced her and not explaining that he looks exactly like Tom, he also hides details about an illness. And, herein lies the problem with The Face of Love: so much of the drama relies on these characters trying their hardest to fool the other, that it is hard to feel much sympathy for either of them.
Posin, who wrote the screenplay with Matthew McDuffie (A Cool, Dry Place), has trouble balancing the off-kilter story with precious, schmaltzy dialogue. The drama meanders as Nikki avoids confronting the truth with Tom, although bump-ins with Roger and daughter Summer (a strong but underused Jess Weixler) add to the tension. There is only so much dramatic irony one can take, however, before it replaces the momentum of the drama altogether.
The director, making his first film since 2005's The Chumscrubber, owes some of his story to both Hitchcock's Vertigo and Sirk's All That Heaven Allows, although the suspense and sensuality is more muted than in those classics. As soon as Tom teaches Nikki how to paint, breathing life into her empty existence, the film looks more like a Techni-coloured dream, standing in striking opposition to the gray-skied, dreary looking flashbacks at the start. (In the scene when Nikki finds her husband's body on the beach, she is also wrapped in a rose red outfit, a Sirki-ian touch.) As any painter would, Posin starts using more colour as the melodrama become lusher; however, with such deceitful characters, the romance is a hard one to root for and the suspense drags on for so long that it is no longer thrilling.
At its core, The Face of Love is an intriguing look at one woman's peculiar handling of grieving over her dead husband. Bening gives the performance all of the nuances it could handle, even if much of the rest of the material is subpar. She is stunning, especially in two scenes. The first is a minute-long take of her first encounter with Tom. She arrives at his college and asks, awkwardly, if she can take a class. As he speaks to her sympathetically, she becomes more flustered until she is so bereft of composure she dashes out of the room. Here, as her character confronts this uncanny double of her late husband, she realizes the deep water she could tread into by involving herself with this man – and Nikki does not yet have the stamina to commit to him.
In another moment, she visits Tom's house and is startled (and somewhat dismayed) at his wall of photos with friends and family. Both characters share completely different histories and Nikki has to adapt to looking at Tom on his own terms, separate from Garrett. Both of these scenes show the struggle her character has with encountering the past as well as trying to move on from it, and Bening does so with deep emotional intensity. The actress is best at wordless scenes – take the dinner scene when she realizes her wife is cheating on her in The Kids are All Right, or her bawling after failing to sell a house near the start of American Beauty. Bening delivers an all-encompassing pain and insecurity as she deals with loss and tries to figure out how to explain the truth to Tom.
However, it is suspicious as to why Nikki is so interested in falling in love with Tom, when she knows sharing him with friends and family would only cause more alarm and confusion, as well as betray the truth of how uncannily he resembles her late husband. The character is the victim of a screenplay that does not feel convincing or thought out in detail.
Meanwhile, Williams gives earned pathos to an undernourished character, while Harris seems just as undervalued. As Tom falls even deeper in love with Nikki, he ends up as a character used more like a prop to occupy her time and rid her of insecurity in the wake of her husband's death than a credible, realized person. When he tells Nikki, "I could take a bath in how you look happy," you just wish the story would fast-forward from soapy romance to the difficult reveal and the conflicted emotions that would arise from the circumstances.
As a showcase for one of the finest American actors, The Face of Love is almost worth recommending. However, Bening is just not quite able to transcend the stilted material, which doesn't know how to generate an authentic glimpse of grieving and loss like the actor can. Furthermore, Posin's script relies almost entirely on dramatic irony to maintain suspense, but the off-kilter edges of this strange story are dulled by the meandering pace of the central romance. Despite some strong performances, it is hard to root for characters who keep walking in circles to avoid confronting the truth.


Amy Sherman-Palladino began her career in the entertainment business as a staff writer on Roseanne during the show's third season, evolving into story editor and supervising producing posts. During her four seasons on Roseanne, Sherman-Palladino was nominated for Emmy and Writers Guild Awards and was honored with a Peabody.
Among later projects for Amy Sherman-Palladino was the Fox comedy The Return of Jezebel James, starring Parker Posey and the ABC Family dance drama Bunheads, starring Sutton Foster.
2016 brought the highly anticipated return of Gilmore Girls to Netflix as a four-part mini- series. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life reunited much of the original cast, tracing the characters' lives across each season: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Sherman-Palladino served as executive producer, writer and director alongside her husband and frequent collaborator, writer/producer/director Daniel Palladino.
Currently, Sherman-Palladino is serving as creator, executive producer, director, and writer of the Amazon series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The series won eight Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and Sherman-Palladino made Emmys history with wins for both Comedy Writing and Comedy Directing. In its first two seasons The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has also earned three Golden Globes, five Critics' Choice Awards, three SAG Awards, two PGA Awards, a WGA Award, and a Peabody Award. The series is currently in production on its third season.
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After the latest iPhoto update to Version 9.3 i experienced a reproducable crash of iPhoto.
This was the error i found in the Crah-Report.
After some time i found some solution in the apple support forums.
You just need to restore the folder /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaIOServices.framework from your latest backup.
I really wounder what happened to apples QA. I mean thats the second update (after the thunderbolt 1.2 update), that affect other software or the system stability itself.


I thought I was prepared. I thought I had a plan. I thought this would be the year I did Lent right. Then my kids started throwing up . . .
Every year, I feel I have somehow "missed something" during Lent. While everyone else seems to be on a spiritual retreat, I find myself sidelined and distracted as to what we're supposed to be doing here . . . something about eating more fish, sacrifice, and more prayer, right? By the time I finally figure out what I am going to give up and what prayers I will add to my already busy day, there is maybe a week left in Lent. And once again, I missed it. Everyone comes back from Easter rejoicing and talking about how good they feel, while I sort of feel like it's just another day.
But not this year. This year, I had my spiritual books lined up, my plan of attack ready. I knew what I was going to give up, and I even had all my Friday meatless meals planned.
But as always…"real life" imposed itself on my plans. That is, The Flu.
My irritation grew as the piles of messes from our bathroom renovation began to creep up around me. The bathroom vanity waiting to be installed was in our bedroom, along with the medicine cabinet. With the recent illness, cold and flu medicine that had been in the cabinet now littered my dresser, along with hairbrushes and shampoos. And anything that didn't fit on my cluttered dresser leaked into the kitchen: thermometers, rubbing alcohol, cotton balls, more flu medicine mixed in with dirty dishes that were never put away.
I didn't have the time or energy to pray. Most of my time was spent catching up on work or dishes or laundry. Coaxing a previously sick child to go back to school or running to the school to pick up the next sick one. Hours of homework to be made up for the time missed. And it didn't help that the kids came home with Valentine cards and candy that I found strewn all over the floor.
On Friday I found out that our church was offering Confession as well as Eucharistic Adoration. I had not been able to do anything in prayer in regard to Lent, so I wanted to at least go to Confession. So I loaded up on cold medicine, made tuna melts for Dennis and the kids for supper, and left.
As soon as I arrived home, I stepped back into reality. Dennis was stressed, the kids were whiny and hungry, and oddly enough, the dog was sick.
Apparently, the kids hated the tuna melts. They called it "prison food." However, the dog enjoyed it. He stole Max's tuna sub off his plate when no one was looking and wolfed it down in one gulp when he saw Dennis come running. Supper dishes were everywhere with uneaten food and the kids were cranky that there was "nothing to eat." Dennis was "done" as he declared he was going to bed, and the dog was looking at me with a bulging stomach.
I tried to not let my new-found peace be disturbed as I calmed down the cranky kids and put them to bed. I bid Dennis good night and was about to tackle the dishes when suddenly, the dog threw up. I ran the dog outside where he continued to be sick and began cleaning up his mess. Just when I let him back in, he threw up again. And again.
I found myself angry at the whole lot of them. I noisily scraped off the food on plates and shoved them in the dishwasher as I thought of it. Angry at the dog for his disobedience and now his mess because of it. Angry that at the kids for turning their noses up at a perfectly good meal. Angry at the mess that was left behind. Angry that I had just come back from Confession, and now thanks to them, I had to go back. My peace was not only disturbed, it was gone.
It wasn't until I read these words—these words that I have read a hundred times over the years—that I understood that everything that I was experiencing was exactly as it should be.
Like Jesus, I was in a spiritual desert, where everything felt dry. Prayer did not come easy. My time of prayer was filled with the distractions of noisy children, or a dog who got into everything.
And, as I thought more about it, I realized why everything has been so hard. Because the devil is there to tempt us, just as he did with Jesus. To distract us. To lure us out of the desert.
Lord, I have been hungry. I prayed. I have been craving a prayer life that doesn't seem possible. I have been hungry for peace that doesn't seem to last; and instead, I am faced with temptations and weaknesses.
"Remember you are dust, and dust you shall return." Those familiar words came back to me as I scrubbed the dishes left from the night before. I had fallen into the devil's temptation of vanity and success, wanting to walk out from my journey feeling I had gained something, accomplished something. That my sacrifices and prayers had been worth the effort.
Lent isn't about filling myself up with prayer or even peace. The words continued in my head as we drove to the library with a blaring radio and singing children. It's about emptying myself so God could fill me with Himself. And peace will come.
I had been trying to make my Lent how I thought it was supposed to be–a plush spiritual retreat, instead of accepting the spiritual difficulties that come with it.
But at the end of forty days, there is a Resurrection. And we would be all the stronger for it.
"Lord, it is good we are here." It is true. It is good to be here in the desert with the Lord, striving for holiness, being hungry for Him. There is no other place I would rather be.


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World Record set as Gurkha Officer reaches the South Pole
Lieutenant Scott Sears (Royal Gurkha Rifles) has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole on his own and unsupported in only 38 days.
He reached his destination on Christmas Day after negotiating 700 miles+ of Antarctic plateau, crevasse fields and glaciers.
The 27-year-old officer has raised over £30,000 for The Gurkha Welfare Trust and schools destroyed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Whilst waiting at the pole for a gap in the weather to be taken by plane back to Union Glacier he said: "The last 5 weeks have been a huge challenge but I'm proud to be standing here now after 2 years of planning and training.
"It's going to take a few weeks for everything to sink in, I've been alone in a tent for nearly 6 weeks so it's all a bit overwhelming".
He said his 38-day trek saw him face wind and cold that saw temperatures fall below -30C (-20F).
He pulled a sledge containing all of his food, fuel and equipment that at more than 100kg (220lb) was heavier than him. His route from Hercules Inlet saw him gain more than 11,000ft over his trip.
He also had to deal with whiteout conditions which either meant he could barely see where he was going or he had to stop and make camp until the weather cleared again.
Lieutenant Scott Sears is hoping to be back in the UK for the New Year celebrations.
You can read more from Scott on his Blog.

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Alisa Weilerstein Playing Shostakovich (And Other Stuff)
March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 the coffee philosopher	DC, Music
By other stuff, I mean a short piece by Texas composer Tobias Picker and Schubert's Great C Major Symphony (which I have always known as the Ninth, but apparently there's not universal agreement on that number) which did not feature Ms. Weilerstein.
I've never seen Weilerstein play before, but you can put me down as a fan now. She really threw herself into the Shostakovich piece. Despite being in a major key, this was not a happy piece, but felt sort of desperate. I am not a musician, so many of intricacies of interpretation are beyond, but the playbill talked about it as being philosophical and I could hear as a sort of conversation. In the first movement, I heard a progressive (subversive?) professor speaking to his class, trying desperately to get them to think for themselves, with the final three movements being more of the dialogue that the playbill suggested (though I didn't hear the horn as being the other side of the dialogue, so much as it suggested).
One thing I noticed. During some energetic, frenetic, staccato bowing, she was shaking her head with the movement, but her head seemed turned towards the First Violin and for a moment I thought, is she criticizing the First Violin? Took me a moment to realize it was just her head moving with the action of her cello, but the image stuck with me.
This was my first encounter Tobias Picker. I won't be looking for more opportunities. The playbill called it emotionally neutral and tried to make that sound like a compliment, but the whole thing (thankfully, brief) sounded like the score to a Hallmark Channel movie.
Schubert is Schubert. Never been one of my 'go to' composers, but, of course, I appreciate him. Like Shostakovich, the key may have been major, but the emotions were in a minor key, but with fierce desperation. The playbill did try to brush off the final movement's appropriation of bits from the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth as being minor or unimportant, but I did find them very 'noisy,' so to speak.
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In the 9-week period that the pilot program ran, approximately 500 pounds of plastic film was diverted from entering the landfill. Anecdotely, several campus staff/faculty have mentioned that they have become a 'collector' for their child's school or family or neighborhood, indicating that people want to do the right thing in terms of recycling this material and having an opportunity to do that are now taking advantage of the program at UWGB.


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Book Talk: Someone to Love by Mary Balogh
posted at Friday, September 14th, 2018 at 8:00 AM | Adult, Book Talk, Reviews
I received this book for free from Library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Someone to Love by Mary Balogh
Series: Westcott #1
Published by Berkley on November 8, 2016
Genres: Historical, Romance
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Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family—including the daughter no one knew he had...
Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. But the new earl's guardian is interested in Anna…
Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. As London society and her newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm Anna, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well and for so long.
Before this, I'd only read one other Mary Balogh novel, though she'd come to me highly recommend. I did end up being very impressed with A Matter of Class, one of few romance novels which I found really impressive in terms of plot (which isn't a slam on romance novels, because the plots are meant to be on the simple side and often messing with that is a bad thing). Someone to Love is also quite unique based on all the historical romance I've read, and in a very good way.
That said, my only Goodreads friend who has read this didn't like it, and I can actually see why readers of historical romance might not love this book. See, going into a historical romance, you generally expect something sexy, pretty fast-paced, and focused on the romance. Someone to Love doesn't really do that. It's rambling, like a walk along the lane. There's sex in it, but the scenes tend to be short or even fade to black, and they're not massively orgasmic, though the characters do have fun.
Balogh writes a more classic kind of romance, one that's basically a blend between Jane Austen's subtle romances with comedy of manners and a modern historical romance. Personally, I really love that, but I know readers who are less into classics will struggle with the rambling pace of the novel and the lack of hot sex.
The ship too is admittedly a bit strange, and often they're not even really the focal point. I do love Avery and Anna, but they're not a catnip ship, and neither falls into common romance character archetypes.
Anna grew up in an orphanage, and now, in her middle twenties, she works there. I love how much Anna loves her orphanage, and that it wasn't a dreary Dickens-style place. Through a twist of fate, a lawyer discovers that Anna is in fact the sole legitimate heir of the Earl of Westcott, recently deceased, his three kids raised with him now bastards because it turns out his first wife didn't die until after his second marriage. Obviously, much of this is tough on Anna, but she holds up so well under the changes, calm and kind, because she firmly believes that no one is better than she is and that she is better than no one. I love the way Anna defends her boundaries while remaining open to change and experience. She's such a strong character in a way that you don't often see in fiction.
Avery, meanwhile, is described as beautiful, feminine, and small. When he went to school, he was picked on mercilessly. He has an angelic type of beauty, and he's very much the opposite of most romantic heroes. Determined not to be the target of bullies, her worked hard, and by happenstance discovered a Chinese martial artist with whom he studied, so he now has a lithe grace and air of danger. I have mixed feelings about that aspect, because there's one scene that goes over the top and it does feel appropriation-y but it also acknowledges that Chinese people existed in the 1810s in England, which is awesome.
More than the couple, though, Someone to Love is about the whole Westcott clan. Initially, I was put off by this, because you're introduced to so many people at once, and it was very overwhelming, though admittedly that dovetails nicely with how Anna was feeling. Ultimately, though, I felt very drawn into the Westcott family, and I have fond feelings for much of the cast. I'm looking forward to all of her siblings' books, as well as Alexander Westcott's and Elizabeth's.
If you enjoy romance novels with a more classic pace and mien and a strong family focus, I strongly recommend Someone to Love. This book impressed me so much with its uniqueness and subtle humor.
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Plympton
This 20-year-old cat has been reunited with his family after vanishing FIVE YEARS ago
Gizmo's family have said for others who have lost a pet to 'never to give up hope'
Charlotte TurnerSenior reporter
Gizmo, the 20-year-old cat who has been missing for five years. He was found by passers by who brought him into Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home
A cat which has been missing for five years has finally been re-united with its owners – and he has reached a phenomenal age despite fending for himself.
Gizmo was brought into Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home on Saturday, August 12, and the people who found him said he was wandering around the Newnham Park area.
Gables' assistant manager Ruth Rickard was worried that if he was taken back to the area, which is popular with dog walkers, he might get attacked, so she thought it best to keep him in and put an appeal out on Facebook.
Ruth said the old boy – who she suspected was between the age of 16 and 18 – was a friendly feline who must have been being fed by someone to have been able to survive.
Gizmo has settled in nicely with his owners
The following day after the farm put out a picture of Gizmo, they got a call from a member of the public who thought the cat could be theirs – but they hadn't seen him since he wandered off five years ago.
These beautiful tall ships will be moored in Plymouth for a week
The potential owners sent in a few pictures of Gizmo, and Gables invited them in to see the old boy to check if it really could be their beloved pet who had been gone for so long.
To both Gables' and the owners delight, it was Gizmo.
Ruth Rickard said: "As soon as they looked at him they knew it was him and started crying.
Newnham Park in Plympton where Gizmo was found
"It really made our day, he was so happy to have cuddles. The family thought he looked in bad condition but actually, when they said he was between 20 and 21, he is in remarkable condition."
Gizmo was taken home with his long lost family and has since settled in well.
The owners took to the animal charity's Facebook page to thank Gables, saying: "Just wanted to say a massive thank you to all of those who shared the post that helped us to find our old man Gizmo and another big thank you to the person who found him and to Gables for taking him in.
"Woke up this morning to him cleaning my face and wanting to snuggle into me. After five years away from us, he has come home and just fit right back into the family! It just goes to show that you should never give up hope."
Gizmo was given his overdue microchip before he left Gables, just incase he decides to go off on his adventures again.


Last week I went to the Forevermark Diamonds Oscar suite. I went last year too and it is a dream come true-trying on diamond after diamond? Sign me up! Just less than one percent of the world's diamonds are eligible to become a Forevermark diamond. Forevermark diamonds are responsibly sourced. That is very, very important! Responsibly sourced means the diamonds only come from sources which are committed to high business, social, and environmental standards AND benefit the people, communities, and countries from which they are from.
Several stars wore Forevermark Diamonds on the red carpet this year. You can see their red carpet looks in my Oscar recap post here.
Oh, my glory--gorgeous! How did you wrangle an invitation? Lucky girl.
I am so SO incredibly jealous! I love that they are all sourced "responsibly" (as responsible as any mining practice can be, that is) because, as you said, that is so important. Happy to see celebs taking that into consideration when choosing their jewelry for the night.
SO insane! I'd be afraid to touch all of those diamonds! I love those last bangles.


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Gabrielle Reece on Family, Healthy Living, and Having It All
Do you ever wonder how celebrities or professional athletes seem to have it all? They have the fit body, the money, the fame, the accomplishments, the family — you name it.
But what many people don't realize is all the hard work and sacrifice it took behind the scenes to get to that point.
I had the privilege of interviewing Gabrielle Reece, a world-class sand volleyball athlete, model, fitness trainer, author, wife, and mother. In talking with Gabby, I got the sense that she may have it all, but she'll be the first to admit that it hasn't been handed to her on a silver platter. She has worked incredibly hard for everything.
We first talked about childhood adversity, her volleyball career, and how she paid her way through college by modelling. Then, we got into her best relationship advice (she and husband Laird have been married 20 years and have three daughters) and wisdom she has learned on how to take care of yourself.
I loved the insight she had on the importance of empowering alpha males to stand in their power. We also discussed her views on the importance of knowing your own worth despite what others may think of you.
There were so many great "aha" moments in this interview. Let's dive in!
Who Is Gabrielle Reece?
Gabrielle "Gabby" Reece is a professional beach volleyball legend, model, New York Times bestselling author, wife, and mother. She is also the creator of HIGHX® fitness program, co-founder of XPT®, and executive member of Laird Superfood® with her husband Laird Hamilton, a professional surfer.
A Florida State star turned pro, Gabby trained hard to hone her skills in two-person beach volleyball and competed domestically in the 1999-2000 Olympic four-on-four Challenge Series and the 1999-2000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. In 1997, competing with the best global beach volleyball players ever assembled, Gabby's four-person team took first place at the first-ever Beach Volleyball World Championships.
That year was Gabby's fifth season as team captain in the four-person Women's Beach Volleyball League (WBVL), and her fourth year captaining Team Nike. Named the "Offensive Player of the Year" in 1994-95 and Women's Beach Volleyball League (WBVL) blocks leader, Gabby led the WBVL in kills four straight years in a row from 1993-1996.
To say the least, Gabby is extremely accomplished. She not only is a star athlete but also has been married for 20 years and has three daughters. She has managed to juggle a lot which she says she is used to, because growing up she didn't have it easy.
A Rocky Start in Life
Gabby was born in California but didn't stay there long. Her mom was training dolphins in Mexico City in a circus, so Gabby lived there as a small child. When she was about two years old, she got whooping cough, so a couple who were childhood friends with her mother took Gabby in to live with them in Long Island, New York, for five years.
During that time her biological father passed away in a plane crash. When she was seven, her mom got remarried to a man from Puerto Rico, and she came to take Gabby to live with them in Puerto Rico. Then they moved to St. Thomas where Gabby lived until she was 15.
It wasn't until Gabby moved to St. Pete, Florida, in the eleventh grade that she was introduced to volleyball. She got really into basketball as well and took both sports very seriously.
"I had a great coach. And then my senior year, I played both sports, and the joke was, I had about five or six offers for volleyball and about 30 for basketball because I had a better coach." – Gabby Reece
When she was doing NCAA, she played two years on scholarship and then gave up her scholarship to model because it made more sense financially for her to work. She explained that modeling was a business choice for her.
"When I was growing up, people weren't like, you're so great, you're so pretty. They were like, you're giant!" – Gabby Reece
A towering figure at 6'3" by the age of 15, her height was a part of her identity, but she didn't let it define her.
"I wasn't walking around like a rooster, but I wasn't tormented by my height either." – Gabby Reece
Because she wasn't born into the most stable situation, she was first focused on survival. She looked around at her life, and once she turned 18, she knew she had the power to build the kind of life that she always wanted.
"I knew clearly very young that I thought there were certain things that were very hard for my mother or the couple who took care of me, and I wanted to make it easier. I mean, we never had cars really that worked well, and I remember being with radiators that were overheating, thinking, 'I don't want to spend days of my life putting water in a radiator before you take it somewhere.'" – Gabrielle Reece
So Gabby worked really hard for many years and put in many hours into volleyball. It became the anchor in her life amidst all the instability with her family. She turned the pain and anger she felt from her mother's choices and turned it into purpose. She made an inner vow that her life was going to be different.
Gabby played her last "mini-season" of beach volleyball when she was 40.
"I was like, fine, you can drag me out for one more … fine. It's a natural game for me. I like it, but it's hard on my knees. It did all my 80 years of jumping in 25 years." – Gabby Reece
Gabby admitted that she had to overcome the challenge of having a fake knee from her years of playing volleyball. It used to get her down, but now she has learned how to push past that and think of all the things she still does have in life.
"I think when competing in sports, what I learned was the joy of movement. And even, you know, the discomfort of training, I always say most athletes kind of enjoy the grind on some level. It's not that they love all of it, you know, but they do. There's something in it for them. Also, it's very real. You just couldn't really fake it. You had to deliver." – Gabby Reece
After delivering those skills tournament after tournament, it was time for Gabby to retire from volleyball and pursue health and fitness in other disciplines.
Health and Relationships Beyond Volleyball
Gabby is very holistic when it comes to health — including physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. She wrote the New York Times Bestseller My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life to help women ditch the vision that life needs to be anywhere close to perfect. It includes hilarious stories, wise insights, and concrete takeaways on topics ranging from navigating relationships, ageing gracefully, and getting smart with nutrition.
Gabby has learned a lot about relationship wisdom from her marriage to Laird Hamilton. She openly talks about their ups and downs and doesn't put on a facade that her marriage has been easy.
"Laird and I have been together 20 years, and there have been a few times that it was touch and go if we were going to continue on. By no means do I want to sell it that it has been smooth. You learn the rhythm and the dance. You say, 'Are we going to try to learn the language of each other or aren't we?'" – Gabby Reece
Gabby explained that if she was "with herself" all day, she would be bored to death. She and her husband balance each other out. Her advice for looking for a significant other or spouse is to pick your top five traits or non-negotiables and then throw everything else out the door. This was important for her because both of them have very strong personalities.
"We've had people go, 'Well, it must be hard. You two are very strong.' But you leave it [your pride] at the door. I don't want to antagonize Laird. I'm not here to provoke him. I'm not here to agitate him. You know, when I see people that live together and I can see the kind of actually trying to push each other's buttons, I'm like, life is too short. It's already hard enough as it is. So being with an alpha male, you have to kind of let them be their strong male self." – Gabby Reece
Gabby loves her relationship with Laird now, and they have three beautiful daughters. She realizes that marriage and children are not the end-all, be-all for happiness. And her happiness is not the responsibility of her husband, it's her own job to take care of herself.
Being a Positive Role Model for Women
Gabby is clear that she doesn't push the narrative that women need to be married and have kids to find happiness. She encourages women to be independent on their own as well and to chase after the things they are passionate about.
"I think everybody has an individual walk. I think it's first, 'Who am I? What am I good at? How do I want to express myself? What are my passions?' And I think it's very important to take care of yourself. I think exercise and eating well is a great start. The other thing that happens to women is we go through the process of being in a family and having children. And then we get spit out of that, and we've lost our identity. So how do you put everyone else first and simultaneously not lose yourself?" – Gabby Reece
For Gabby that means taking time out of the week for herself and following the passions that she wants to pursue, such as building her High X curriculum which is now in 24-hour fitness gyms across the U.S.
Her curriculum is different because you're working out on a team of two, four, or six, like in volleyball. It creates diversity and accountability. What she has heard from women over the past 20 years is that they don't have the time to work out and they don't know where to start. High X helps them with a variety of plans and workouts, whether it's meditation, stretching, running, or a class.
Gabby is passionate about helping others take the best care of themselves inside and out and occupying the space to be able to do that. She realizes in each season of life, we are occupying new spaces and representing something that people need.
The lessons she has learned from sports have translated so well to holistic wellbeing. Here are her top six:
Believe in yourself even when something is scary or unknown.
Decide to deal with your fear and anxiety.
Get out of your own way and enjoy winning.
Understand that timing is important.
Have personal accountability for your actions.
Practice self-discipline every day.
"I don't get out of bed every morning saying I'm so excited to exercise. I've created an infrastructure to be successful." – Gabby Reece
It's also been important for her and for Laird to surround themselves with people who are going to speak positively about their abilities instead of complaining about how "old" they are getting.
"Your belief system is a reflection of the people who are in your world." – Gabby Reece
Most importantly, she reminded us to give ourselves grace. You might mess up and eat too much one day or not exercise. Don't beat yourself up about it! Tomorrow is a new day to start over. You don't have to wait until New Years' to have a new resolution.
Why You Should Listen to This Gabby Reece Podcast Episode Right Now…
I like to ask my podcast guests this big question: What do you think you were put on this earth to do? Gabby believes she is here to help others take better care of themselves.
"[My purpose would] represent the idea of, let's try to take care of ourselves, let's see if we can arrive at forms of happiness, let's see if we can accept where we are in our life, [and] let's not be afraid of what's uncomfortable and messy about life. That's the other thing too — I'm actually not interested in perfection. … I don't find it interesting. I like when people are like, 'This is real, this is how it is.'"
She also wants to be that person that celebrates other people's victories because community is so important in living a healthy lifestyle. We're not meant to do anything alone.
Gabby lives by these three truths:
Being truthful is always the best way.
Don't take anything personally. It's not about you.
Don't be afraid to let someone go ahead of you.
BONUS — Say yes to positive opportunities.
I wanted to acknowledge Gabby for her commitment to serving women and being an example. She is so committed and grounded at the same time. She really does have it all, and it's really inspiring for me to witness and be around her energy.
When I asked Gabby what her definition of greatness is, she believes that greatness is defined when you can get your external life to reflect who you truly are on the inside.
"Are you true to yourself, and does your outer life reflect who you are and your essence on the inside? Because that takes a level of courage and commitment. Any time we can do that, it's one of the greatest opportunities in life." – Gabby Reece
Friends, this was such a fun interview! Beyond her accomplishments, I just think Gabby is such an incredible human being. I'm loving everything I'm seeing that she does online and all the things that she supports. So make sure to check her out and give her some love. You can visit her website and send her a tweet to let her know what you enjoyed most about this interview!
Also, if you want to listen to the full interview, you can head on over to my website and search for Episode 215.
We would love to hear from you on Instagram! Post a screenshot of this episode with your greatest takeaways and be sure to tag @lewishowes and @gabbyreece so we can read it!
Thank you for joining us. I hope you get out there today and spread some greatness into your world!
To Greatness,


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Q: iPhone and ASIHTTPRequest - Unable to start HTTP connection I am using the ASIHTTPRequest class in order to communicate with a web service and get a response. This is how I send a request to the server
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@verifyLogin.json", serverUrl];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[str stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
ASIHTTPRequest *request = [[[ASIHTTPRequest alloc] initWithURL:url] autorelease];
[request addRequestHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"text/x-gwt-rpc; charset=utf-8"];
NSDictionary* data = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:emailId, @"username", pwd, @"password", nil];
[request appendPostData: [[data JSONFragment] dataUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[request setRequestMethod:@"POST"];
[request setDelegate:self];
[request setDidFinishSelector: @selector(gotLoginResponse:)];
[request setDidFailSelector: @selector(loginRequestFailed:)];

[networkQueue addOperation: request];
[networkQueue go];

The control immediately goes to the error routine and the error description and domain are
Unable to start HTTP connection and ASIHTTPRequestErrorDomain
I can get the same request to work via a desktop tool for checking HTTP requests so I know the settings are all correct.
Can someone please tell me what I am missing here while sending the request?
Thanks.

A: As I commented earlier;

in your first line it says
  "%verifyLogin.json". Shouldn't that
  be; "%@verifyLogin.json" ????

A: For me I forgot to add http:// as i was testing locally. But after adding http it ran successfully

A: Can you check the status code of the request when it fails? I recently dealt with a JSON user authentication issue with ASI-HTTP-Request where the first request would always fail with Status Code 0 and some sort of underlying network connection failure (as if it wasn't connected to the internet, but clearly was).
I was able to solve it by setting that particular request to not attempt to use a persistent connection.
So try that first!

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Just like in the fashion industry, a House is defined by what it does. Maybe one day the CEO of McDonalds will marry the largest stockholder in Sony, and their child will be heir to an empire of poorly-fed easily excitable Internet junkies. But the nice part is, when that happens, we'll already have the heraldry a dynasty needs. How about we call it "House Sony D"? Or does that sound too much like a drag queen?
This shirt was designed by: Dana Paskiewicz & MJ, who were inspired by tattoo imagery to create this crest of modern pass-times. And plus those lion monsters are all over the garden this time of year.
Wear this shirt: to the renaissance fairs of 2431. It'll be so retro.
Don't wear this shirt: if you plan on joining the Cavity Creeps. They're not too fond of anything connected to Crest.


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Sensing Our Planet
Microbes in the Murk
Ancient life survives in suspension under the sea.
Laura Naranjo
About the data used
Tucked beneath Earth's rich surface layer, tiny organisms eke out a meager living, subsisting in complete darkness with very few food sources. Their existence defies how we often think of life, abounding with oxygen (O2) and light. Strangely enough, up to 30 percent of Earth's life forms survive in these extreme places. These microscopic organisms, or microbes, cling to lava vents, linger in permafrost, and lurk in seabeds.
"The biggest ecosystem on this planet—the most populated part of this planet—is the subsurface," said Hans Røy, a researcher at Denmark's Aarhus University who studies aquatic ecology and microbial food webs. Røy seeks out these microbes deep in the seabed, curious about how they survive. "We're interested in what sets the limits for life," he said. How do these organisms survive without food or energy sources? And are they clues to life in other extreme places, such as on other planets?
Scientist Hans Røy opens a core sample drilled from the Pacific Ocean seafloor. This sediment can be tens of millions of years old, and contains microbes that provide clues into how organisms survive with no light and little oxygen. (Courtesy B. B. Jørgensen)
Searching the gyre
On Earth, scientists find some of the most energy-deprived environments in ocean gyres. Gyres are massive areas of relatively stationary water bound by currents, which sweep nutrients around the gyres rather than into them, rendering them more desolate than the neighboring ocean environments. A group of Røy's colleagues had discovered an oddity in the South Pacific Gyre: its remote and desolate seabed contained oxygen—and microbes—and they suspected the North Pacific Gyre might harbor similar conditions, as well.
Røy and his colleagues spent forty-two days at sea, drilling cores in and around the bed of the North Pacific Gyre. The gyre covers a vast expanse of the ocean, nearly eight million square miles, slightly larger than the size of Russia. It stretches between the coasts of Southeast Asia and North America, and reaches from the equator to 50 degrees north. In fact, the North Pacific Gyre's isolated seabed was once considered a vast marine desert. Scientists have discovered that the gyre harbors life, including the microbes Røy was searching for, along with an unexpected amount of oxygen.
This image shows global distribution of chlorophyll in the oceans. Purple indicates the least; red the most. Dark blue areas mark Earth's five major subtropical gyres. Data are from the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS). (Courtesy SeaWiFS Project)
Most life, no matter how small or how deeply buried, requires at least minute amounts of energy. Subsurface microbes acquire this energy by consuming detritus, or the remains of dead organisms, and in that process they deplete oxygen from the seabed. Therefore most of the seabed is anoxic, meaning it contains no oxygen. Oxygen typically exists only in the shallow upper layers of sediment. "In coastal waters, oxygen penetrates maybe 1 to 2 millimeters [0.04 to 0.08 inches] down," Røy said. "In normal ocean sediments, this may be 10 millimeters [0.4 inches]." Yet in the South Pacific Gyre, oxygen penetrated far deeper into the seabed.
On their way to the North Pacific Gyre, Røy and his team drilled cores in the seabed at several locations as they traveled west along the equator. Most of the seabed was indeed anoxic below the shallow top layer. However, once the ship veered north into the gyre, the cores told a different story, and they found conditions similar to the South Pacific Gyre. "Suddenly the entire sediment column is oxic, all the way down to the bedrock," Røy said.
In the gyre, one reason oxygen might penetrate so deeply is because algae in the surface waters simply do not produce enough detritus to filter down to the seabed. So along the research trip, he and his colleagues also checked primary productivity for the previous ten years around each core site using data from NASA's Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) satellite instrument. Productivity indicates the rate at which algae and phytoplankton in the oceans convert solar energy into biomolecules, in much the same way a cornfield produces corn. Once the researchers entered the North Pacific Gyre, productivity dropped by 50 percent. But it was not nearly low enough to explain the lack of oxygen consumption in the seabed. Why were they finding oxygen in the cores of this extreme environment?
Life in slow motion
Scientists drill cores of deep, ancient seafloor sediment to learn more about microbial activity in Earth's extreme environments. (Courtesy B. B. Jørgensen)
Oxygen persisted in the seabed not because of the lower primary productivity present in surface waters, but as a result of how slowly sediment and food were buried. The ocean within the gyre is remote and lacks currents, so the sedimentation rate is only 0.2 millimeters (0.04 inches) per 1,000 years, compared to 10 to 40 centimeters (4 to 16 inches) per 1,000 years along the continental shelves and slopes. "That organic material basically sits right on the surface for thousands of years. And everything that the bacteria can eat, gets eaten before the sediment slowly gets buried," Røy said.
Røy discovered that oxygen existed simply because there were few microbes to consume it. "It's kind of the other way around than you would think. The oxygen in the cores is there because nobody's using it," he said. "It's not really that the seabed microbes were super high adapted to lower energy, there were just a lot fewer of them." Other seabed environments typically contain far more organisms, which consume all the available food and oxygen, leaving most of the seabed anoxic.
In addition to the low population, these microbes live so slowly that they are not consuming even the trace amounts of oxygen and food that remained. They were consuming and respiring, but their metabolism had slowed down so much it could only be measured on a geologic timescale. "If you put a lid on the sediment and tried to suffocate the microbes, it would take 40,000 years," Røy said.
Ancient, dark, and deep
The microbes Røy explored also stretch our assumptions about how long organisms can survive. The North Pacific Gyre cores drilled into sediment dating back 86 million years. Were the microbes also that old? "We have no idea, no way of really investigating that. But they can not be less than 100 years old," Røy said. "But if they are so starved that they use enough energy to just barely keep themselves alive, well then there's really no upper limit to how old they could be."
This image of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, shows a region called the Conomara Chaos. The terrain is a jumble of ice rafts that scientists think might be evidence of liquid water below the surface. Studying Earth's energy-poor ecosystems can help scientists understand whether life could exist in similar environments on other planets. (Courtesy NASA Galileo Mission)
If the microbes reproduced, even at very slow timescales, some microbes may indeed be distant descendants of ancestors that were alive when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. But it is also possible that some have subsisted in stasis, capable of resuming normal life functions once conditions change. Tori Hoehler, a specialist in space science and astrobiology, studies extreme microbial life forms on Earth to understand what life on other planets might look like. Hoehler said, "These guys down in the deep subsurface are metabolizing anywhere from ten thousand to a million times more slowly."
Other research teams have located ancient microbes in similar deep seabeds and provided them with richer food sources than those typically found in their spare natural habitat. These cells once again metabolized food, and emerged from a sort of suspended animation. This means that the North Pacific Gyre microbes might also revive if more nutrients became available to support them. "It seems that these microbes are sort of sitting there, ready to go," Hoehler said. "And that's at least some indication that they're not in a completely unrevivable state, and maybe they are just going very, very slowly."
Life on Earth and beyond
Studying these microbes gives scientists like Røy and Hoehler a chance to expand the known boundaries for life on Earth, and understand what life forms might thrive in extreme environments that appear uninhabitable. Yet scientists currently know so little about these conditions, even on Earth. Hoehler said, "A third of the life on our planet lives in a physiological state that we have very little insight into."
Exploring extreme environments can also clue scientists into where life on other planets might be found. While countless science fiction books and films have created wildly imaginative scenarios of what aliens might look and act like, it is far more likely that alien life will resemble the tiny humble microbes found deep in Earth's seafloor.
"The kinds of conditions we find deep in the subsurface may be more relevant to thinking about life in these other places," Hoehler said. For instance, it is believed that water exists deep in Europa or in the subsurface of Mars, in conditions similar to Earth's subsurface environment. "A first step in understanding that is knowing how life on Earth copes with limitation of energy," Hoehler said. "And what can that tell us about the prospects for life elsewhere?"
Hoehler, T. M., and B. B. Jørgensen. 2013. Microbial life under extreme energy limitation. Nature Reviews 11, doi:10.1038/nrmicro2939.
Røy, H., J. Kallmeyer, et al. 2012. Aerobic microbial respiration in 86-million-year-old deep-sea red clay. Science 336 (6083): 922–925, doi:10.1126/science.1219424.
NASA Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC). SeaWiFS Level 3 data. 2012. Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.
NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC)
Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS)
About the remote sensing data
Satellite GeoEye SeaStar
Sensor Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS)
Data set SeaWiFS Level 3
Resolution 9 x 9 kilometer
Parameters Chlorophyll a and photosynthetically active radiation
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The photograph in the title graphic is cropped from the original size and shows an abyssal seafloor in the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011/Flickr)
Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Gyres | Ocean Circulation | Sub-bottom Profile
Benthic | Ecosystems | Marine Ecosystems
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| Penn Medicine study finds more personalized workplace wellness programs increase results
Penn Medicine study finds more personalized workplace wellness programs increase results
By Michelle Huang 10/19/20 11:27pm
Penn Medicine researchers found that adding fun and competitive elements to workplace wellness programs help drive positive results. Credit: Kylie Cooper
Researchers at Penn Medicine found that individuals' progress in workplace wellness programs designed to nudge them toward physical activity is influenced by personal and psychological characteristics.
In the study — which was published on Oct. 14 in PLOS One — around 600 obese or overweight employees from the consulting firm Deloitte took part in a physical activity program over a six month period, tracking their step counts with wearable devices. The study found that adding fun activities and competitive elements to the program helped drive positive results.
The research expanded on a similar study in 2019, which analyzed the best ways to motivate people through a physical activity program called STEP UP.
"A one-size-fits-all approach to nudging new behaviors within wellness programs can have limited success," director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit and senior author of the study Mitesh Patel told Penn Medicine News. "We've shown that different forms of nudging can be effective, and in this latest study on this program, we've now demonstrated that matching nudges to the right behavior profiles can unlock their full potential."
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In the STEP UP program, participants were randomized into four different groups: one in which the participants only had their goals and the device and three others that had games tied to their goals. Participants in the three latter grounds were instructed to do their best to meet daily goals and achieved points if they obtained their goals or lost points if goals were not met. The gamification groups showed success in this study.
For the new study, researchers divided individuals into different "phenotypes," which are psychological and behavioral characteristics.
"Participants in the study had completed surveys to help us hone in on their personality type, social support, risk preferences, and other factors," assistant professor of Medicine and medical director of Provider Engagement, Population Health, at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City Shirley Chen told Penn Medicine News. "We used a statistical method called latent class analysis that takes this information and identifies a hidden pattern that links groups of people together based on their behavioral phenotype."
The study categorized 54% of the study population as "more extroverted and more motivated," 20% of the study population as "less active and less social," and 25% of the study population as "less motivated and at-risk."
The differences in phenotype were related to how individuals responded to the study's different gamification methods. Individuals in the "extroverted and motivated" group improved their daily step counts by an average of 945 steps, but reverted progress after the intervention ended.
The study also found that individuals in the "less active and less social" group responded significantly to all forms of gamification, compared to individuals in the control group.
"They had the most to gain," Patel told Penn Medicine News. "So it was rewarding to see that this group benefited the most and their behavior was sustained even after the interventions stopped."
The last phenotype of "less motivated and at-risk" revealed no differences when they took part in the study. This helped reveal who the nudges work for and who they don't work for.
"Broadly, our findings demonstrate that behavioral interventions have different effects on different people and one size does not fit all," Chen said. "The concept of constructing behavioral phenotypes is a promising approach to designing and targeting behavioral interventions based on meaningful individual differences."


Brandon Hughes was a four year starter and two time 2nd ALL Pac 10 selection at Oregon State University. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers with the 149th pick. Hughes played five years in the National Football League for the Chargers, Giants, Eagles, and Browns. After his NFL career, Hughes decided to utilize his skill set to help athletes and "everyday gym goers" maximize their talents. Through American Fitness Professionals and Associates, Hughes has received an Advanced Personal Training Certification and is continually increasing his skills and knowledge. Hughes named your gym Fuel House because it is a symbol of energy, power, growth, and sustainability.
Aaron was born and raised in Levittown, PA and has been working in the fitness industry since 2009. He attended high school at Pennsbury and played football for the Falcons. Aaron is certified through Bucks Community College and is currently at Bucks completing his Health & Physicals associates.


Your front door plays an integral part of your entire home. Not only does it provide security and interior comfort, it also reflects your personal decor style and helps you make a statement. Your front door is the entryway to your adored abode. It's the key to a good first impression and can set your home apart from the rest of the houses on your block. Your front door not only enhances your exterior aesthetic, it also sets the tone for your interior decor choices. Whether you have a ranch-style bungalow or a three-story Victorian home, here's how to make a statement with your front door.
At Gentek, you have a few choices when it comes to picking your door material, and all of them are top notch. First Impressions Doors come in steel and woodgrain fiberglass. With Codel Entry Systems (available on the West Coast), you can choose between smooth fiberglass, textured fiberglass and steel entry doors. Wood edge steel doors are one of the most popular choices among today's homeowners. They're versatile, provide thermal comfort and you can count on them to enhance your curb appeal. Codel's fiberglass doors are virtually maintenance free, and have no exposed wood so you don't have to worry about moisture seeping into the door like you would with other fiberglass door brands.
One of the best ways to make a statement with your front door is to go with a more daring hue. Since your front door doesn't cover as much area as say, siding does, you can opt for a bolder colour. If the rest of your exterior falls more on the neutral side, a nice pop of colour on your door can make your house stand out in the best way. Any colour from Gentek's Colour Selection can be used for your First Impressions door. And with Codel Entry Systems, you have your choice of colours ranging from more neutral tones like Navy, Espresso and Olive to bolder hues like Ballard, Proctor and Magnolia. Check out the catalogue for the entire range of colours!
There are so many options to choose from for your front door style. Whether you want a simple entry door with no windows or a grand entrance with decorative glass or wrought iron, Gentek has a door that will fit your aesthetic and budget! With a wide selection of door styles, colours, glass options and hardware, you have all the options you need to create your perfect front door!
There's really no better way to make a statement with your front door than investing in a custom door for your home. Gentek's First Impressions Doors are built just for you with best-in-class design and construction. First Impressions Doors offer superior strength and structural integrity, balanced with refined elegance. They're custom made to the exact measurements of your door opening, offering the perfect balance of all-weather protection and gorgeous aesthetics. You can match your First Impression door to your Gentek windows and siding to complete the look of your home!
If you want to make a statement with your front door, look no further than Gentek! With plenty of colours, materials and styles to choose from, you'll find the perfect match no matter your style and needs!


Our Standard 400bbl (64m3) Production Tanks are built to API 12F and are 12' in diameter and 20' feet tall. Units have a 8" 3 saddle "L" skid complete with a flat ¼" floor and 3/16" shell and roof.
Standard inlet, outlet and vent nozzles c/w valves and plugs.
Our Standard 400bbl (64m3) FRAC Tanks are built to API 12F and are 12' in diameter and 20' feet tall. Units have a 8" 3 saddle "L" skid complete with a sloped ¼" floor and 3/16" shell and roof.


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Vera Caspary
Laura [Signed with ALS]
Eyre & Spottiswoode, London. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944. First UK Edition. Signed by Vera Caspary on half title "For the Gelatts with love - Vera June 8, 1944." Holiday card from Caspary to Lois and Roland Gelatt also laid in, in which Vera thanks Lois for her long letter and apologizes for her "disposition" upon a previous visit, saying, "I confess to being a spoiled and cranky woman when domestic help betrays me. Next time I'll do better." Roland Gelatt was a music critic and editor, best for known for his work, "The Fabulous Phonograph." Octavo. 171 pages. Bip Pares-illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is worn along edges, shows general staining and toning, and 1 1/4" closed tear along rear joint. Boards worn with brief exposure to extremities. Front hinge cracked but binding sound. Light staining to fore edge but pages unmarked. Caspary's romance thriller detective novel was basis for the highly-praised 1944 Otto Preminger movie, named one of the ten best Mystery films of all time by the American Film Institute. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; In Dust Jacket]
Bookseller: Capitol Hill Books [Washington, DC, U.S.A.]
LINK TO THIS PAGE: https://www.vialibri.net/years/books/281335914/1944-vera-caspary-laura-signed-with-als


Brian McDermott has flown to Ireland to contemplate his next managerial move after getting the sack from Reading.
McDermott will go down as a club legend after guiding Royals to the top flight after winning the Championship last season against all odds.
A hero at the Mad Stad, the 51-year-old said he was "devastated" to get the axe from owner Anton Zingarevich on Monday. And Russian millionaire Zingarevich has claimed that the decision to give the popular manager the boot was the hardest of his life.
But after just nine wins in all competitions so far this season and the club joint bottom of the Premier League, McDermott is now out of work, ending a 13-year affiliation with Royals.
Speaking to the Reading Post from his house in Bourne End, McDermott's wife Sarah said that he was keen to pass on his thanks to the Reading fans who had supported him during his time at the club.
Academy manager Eamonn Dolan, now in charge of first team affairs, will meet the media tomorrow ahead of Reading's trip to Manchester United on Saturday.
2000: Brian McDermott (born April 8, 1961, in Slough), joined Reading after Alan Pardew appointed him as an Academy coach.
Later became reserve team manager and was then promoted to chief scout under Steve Coppell.
December 16, 2009: Appointed caretaker manager after Brendan Rodgers was sacked.
December 19, 2009: Simon Church's 90th-minute goal earned Royals a point in a 1-1 draw away to Bristol City in McDermott's first game in charge.
January 13, 2010: Beat Liverpool 2-1 (aet) in a FA Cup third round replay.
January 27, 2010: Became full- time manager on a 12-month rolling contract.
March 7, 2010: Reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, but beaten 4-2 at home to Aston Villa.
March 13, 2011: Reached quarters for second consecutive year in the English FA Cup, beaten 1-0 by Man City.
May 30, 2011: Beaten 4-2 by Brendan Rodgers' Swansea City in Championship play-off final.
April 17, 2012: Beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at home to earn promotion to the Premier League.
April 21, 2012: Promoted as Champions to the Premier League.
January 2013: Named Premier League manager of the month.
The Reading Post today pays tribute to the successes of Brian McDermott who was sacked as Royals manager on Monday.
This may seem unusual as Reading lie second from bottom of the Premier League but McDermott should be remembered for his many triumphs during his 13 years at Madejski Stadium.
He stands out as an honest man with strong values and everyone at the Reading Post thoroughly enjoyed woking with him. We wish him every success in the future.


PAW PATROL LIVE: THE GREAT PIRATE ADVENTURE AT THE STOCKTON ARENA It's Pirate Day in Adventure Bay and Ryder will need all paws on deck as he and the PAW Patrol discover a secret treasure map while on a mission to rescue Cap'n Turbot from a mysterious cavern. It's up to Chase, Marshall, Skye and all their heroic pirate pup friends to save the day and find the pirate treasure before Mayor Humdinger finds it first!
Tom Jones has been performing for 50 years.


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A Critical Assessment of Security Challenges in West Africa
Issaka K. Souaré
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
International relations and terrorism
Military coups d'etat
Transnational criminality
"This paper aims to appraise and map the security challenges that have faced West African countries since independence with a special focus on the period after 1990. It also assesses the efforts made by various national, regional, continental and extra-African actors and makes suggestions on how the shortcomings in these efforts could be improved. An effort is made to show the evolution of at least some of the challenges over the years, in the hope that this could contribute to a better formulation of policy responses."


Nokia has announced that its N8 smartphone will go on sale in Blighty on the 22nd October.
According to Nokia you will be able to get your paws on the N8 from the Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone.
If you want it a bit earlier you can buy it from the Nokia website from 15 October. There will be the small matter of writing a £429 cheque if you want it SIM free.
Most of the stores will be offering the N8 on contract from £30 per month.
The Nokia N8 will come with exclusive content from Nokia's Ovi Store, including the BBC Iplayer, enabling users to catch up on the last seven days of BBC radio and television.
The N8 has a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash and can record HD quality videos, edit videos using a built-in editing suite and play them back with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound. It has a scratch resistant Gorilla Glass display and runs the Symbian3 OS.
It also has an ARM 11 680MHz processor, which is half the speed of some of its rivals, although that is helped by a 3D graphics hardware accelerator.


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Contra Dance, with The Young and the Fretless and caller Dale Wilson – The Young and the Fretless play old-time mountain music on the prairie – a mix of Appalachian Mountain and Midwestern tunes and songs. Arrive half-an-hour early (7:30 pm) for a contra dance lesson!
Come out and celebrate good friends, good times, and good acoustic music every Monday evening from 8 – 11pm at the historic Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana. All acoustic styles and instruments are welcome; microphones are provided. There will be a sign-up sheet for anyone who wants to come up to the stage and share their music and there may even be a few extra instruments lying around in case you forget to bring one. Sam Payne, Dustin Norder, and Black Coffee Fridays will all be standing by to make sure the music never stops, so the possibilities are endless and it's sure to be a hell of a good time! Check out the Facebook page for updates.
Started in the Spring of 2011 by Jeff Arrigo and Christopher Todd Durnil, the Champaign-Urbana Singer-Songwriter Collective originally met at the UC-IMC on Wednesday nights. We have now moved the location to the Clark Bar and meet on the first Tuesday of the month, with special showcases the following Tuesdays. This is a great group and all of us have become fast friends – it's open to all styles, all ages, we're non-judgmental – we're all just there for the love of music and sharing songs and ideas for songs with one another, and talking about the music scene. If you haven't come out to the group yet, please be sure to mark the first Tuesday of the month on your calendar. It's a great time, and I'm always looking for musicians who would love to play on Tuesdays!
Be sure to check the Facebook page for announcements of the second Tuesday special showcases!
Join us for a night of tango dancing in an elegant atmosphere!
Live music with Bandoneon Massacre!
$10 for the whole evening.
Informal gathering of folks who like to share in singing traditional folk songs. Instruments welcome (but not required). Meets the second and fifth Mondays, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Master fiddler, singer and songwriter David Greely will be performing a solo show at the Community Center for the Arts in downtown Urbana. An original member of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, David toured with this band for many years before embarking on a solo career. Over the years, David has been assembling a repertoire of uncommon Cajun music. He uses old and rare tunes, new companion pieces to old ones, and striking new melodies that meld Cajun roots with fiddle sounds he's heard in his travels worldwide, and arranges them with novel instrumentation and rich harmonies. David's solo shows are totally acoustic, intimate and engaging. There will be a suggested donation of $10 at the door.


The current total local sales tax rate in Valley City, ND is 7.500%. The December 2018 total local sales tax rate was also 7.500%.
Valley City, ND is in Barnes County. Valley City is in the following zip codes: 58072.


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package cobase.user

import javax.inject.Inject

import cobase.DBTableDefinitions
import cobase.group.Group
import play.api.db.slick._
import slick.driver.JdbcProfile

import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
import scala.concurrent.Future

/**
 * Give access to the subscription object using Slick
 */
class SubscriptionDAO @Inject() (protected val dbConfigProvider: DatabaseConfigProvider) extends HasDatabaseConfigProvider[JdbcProfile] with DBTableDefinitions {
  import driver.api._

  def isUserSubscribedToGroup(user: User, group: Group): Future[Boolean] = {
    val result = db.run(
      slickSubscriptions
        .filter(_.userId === user.id)
        .filter(_.groupId === group.id)
        .result
        .headOption
    )

    result.map(subscription => subscription.isDefined)
  }

  def subscribeUserToGroup(user: User, group: Group): Future[Subscription] = {
    db.run((slickSubscriptions returning slickSubscriptions.map(_.id)) += Subscription(0, user.id, group.id))
      .map(id => Subscription(id, user.id, group.id))
  }

  def unsubscribeUserFromGroup(user: User, group: Group): Future[Unit] = {
    val result = db.run(
      slickSubscriptions
        .filter(_.userId === user.id)
        .filter(_.groupId === group.id)
        .delete
    )

    result.map(_ => ())
  }
}

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