A few more birds than last week, but less courting activity. No visits to the burrows. No disturbances.
disturbance - Crows flying over (8:06 - 8:12) (fly off water) Actually they just fly further out away from the beach, but not for long this time.
Seemed busier and moving around more than last week, and sitting in bunches on the in-shore rocks. Only three approach to the cliffs though.
disturbance - Eagle (7:40 - 7:55) (fly off water) The eagle flew over when I was walking to the site. Few birds when I arrived, but then the number close to shore and flying around kept increasing.
For the first time since I have been doing this there were 1-2' waves rolling in at a quite short and steady rate for the entire hour. They created a surf and made count the PGs on the water a bit challenging as they floated up and down over the waves. There was a noticeable increase in the flying around activity, often approaching the bluff and circling back out again. Definitely much more going on this week!
So many PGs flying to and from the bluff that I am not sure I recorded all the visits. Clearly two more active burrows as noted above. Also saw several visits to the bluff about 100 yards further south. Only once could see a delivery for sure.
disturbance - Eagle Flew Overhead (8:05 - ?) (fly off water) All went way off shore and had not returned by the time I left.
1 - 1/12 foot waves rolling in every 5 -6 seconds made counting challenging since the birds seemed to bob up and down, in and out of sight as the swell lifted and hid them. Some flying around, but not interested in the bluff. Four PGs floated around with what looked like sculpins in their beaks, but never flew anywhere. Saw three PGS visit the bluff further south.
disturbance - People (7:50 - 7:55) (flee bluff or beach) Gary and Karen walked by at the water line.
disturbance - Heron (8:20 - 8:23) (flee bluff or beach) Hreon landed on rock in midst of swimming PGs. They all flew off and immediately a squadron of 8 PGs flew of the bluff and circled around several times seemingly in formation. The hreon left and all the PGs came back immediately.
Tide in and water calm. The PGS were close to shore on the water and very active in the air - lots of flying around and sitting on various ledges. At 8:15 they seemed to take a time out: no activity at all for five minutes, and then at 8:20 they returned to a high level of activity.
Very quiet day. Other than the three visits noted, there was no flying around. Wondering if there would be more activity earlier.
Almost no activity. Very little flying at all. No visits. Mostly just swam around well off shore. Don't think any more visit make any sense.


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April 23, 2020 April 30, 2020 Jackie Jardine
School friend says victim was "amazing friend"
Wynter Connors looks back on her school years and smiles through her tears as she remembers her friend, Alanna Jenkins.
Jenkins was among the 22 victims in the shooting and arson rampage that began last Saturday night in the community of Portapique in neighbouring Colchester County. She and her husband, Sean McLeod, lost their lives in a house fire in West Wentworth on April 19 that was a result of the devastating crime spree.
Connors, who grew up in on the east side of New Glasgow, and Jenkins were childhood friends. They went to school together from Grade 7 through to university at St. Francis Xavier in Antigonish.
"She was an amazing friend with a kind spirit and was full of life," Connors says.
"There are no words to express how painful this is …
My heart aches for her family and all the other families and friends that are going through the pain and loss."
Connors recalls Jenkins as having a love for music.
"She was always up for a good time and once she got her licence – look out! We would cruise around town blasting our fave tunes… music was one of her loves … she knew every up and coming song and all the lyrics."
Their teenaged adventures took them to Magic Valley, random fields with hay bales, the beach and Jenkins' cottage.
"One of my favourite moments was her sweet 16 sleepover and corn boil at her cottage with family and friends… so many memories made on the beach that night."
And Connors praises Jenkins' ability to connect with children.
"Alanna was amazing with kids, always babysitting for friends of the family. She absolutely glowed every time she talked about her "kids".
After high school, the two reconnected at StFX, where new memories were made; Connors recalls sharing drinks, hanging out and swapping recipes. "Our bond grew stronger, and a new circle of friends was made. Alanna was so welcoming and a great friend to so many."
The best of friendships stand the test of time and Connors is thankful, particularly at this devastatingly sad time, for her circle of friends that stretches back many years.
"We had an amazing group of friends through junior and senior high school," she notes. "We all connected through Facebook messenger the other night, having drinks, swapping stories of Alanna and sharing photos. Tears were shed. Realizing we will always have each other no matter where life takes us. It's so sad that tragedy made us realize this."
Connors now lives in Timberlea with her husband Cory and daughters Ella and Brynn.
"I can't even fathom explaining this horrific act to my two young children; they know that a special woman that was mommy's friend is gone to heaven. When they get older and learn about what happened in Nova Scotia on April 19, I'll be right there telling them how beautiful Alanna was inside and out, how supportive and strong we are as a province to cope through such an unfair loss."
She offered a parting word to her friend: "Thanks for sharing the recipe for broccoli and curry chicken casserole. It became a family favourite in my house!"
Wynter Connors, top left, and Alanna Jenkins, bottom, with a group of friends in their school days. (Submitted photo)
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In modern cars and trucks, there are generally two types of circuits that run through the vehicle: circuits that are live all the time and circuits that are only live when the engine is running. A circuit that is live or hot all the time means that it constantly receives power, even when your car is parked and the engine is turned off. We'll refer to this type of circuit as constant. We'll refer to cold circuits, or circuits that are only live when the engine is running as switched.
There's no consistent design across vehicle manufacturers or truly reliable guidelines in owner's manuals to know which circuits are constant and which are switched.
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I was just thinking of this book this morning while playing with Riley. For those who don't know the story, Grover spends the book trying to convince the reader not to turn to the next page, because that brings us closer to the end of the book and as the title states, there is a MONSTER *gasp* at the end of the book! There are wonderful drawings of Grover pleading, nailing up boards, building brick walls, and pages where he laments about how you have continued to turn the pages despite his warnings.
I go back to work next Tuesday. This week has just flown by. I've often felt like Grover- in my mind pleading and hoping that someone would somehow keep the day from turning into the next day. Like in the story, there's no stopping the inevitable. I woke up and realized today is Friday. Where did this last week go?! My head is in a panic- this is the last day we'll have just for the two of us. This is the last day we'll have to spend running errands during the day together. The last chance we'll get to meet Daddy for lunch. The last time we'll get to watch the Today Show together and Regis and Kelly. The last day we'll get to spend playing together. The last day I get to be a "SAHM" (stay at home mom). My heart gets caught in my throat thinking about it. And then I realize I've spent this time thinking about it when we could be doing something wonderful and get even more disappointed in myself and upset.
I completely understand Grover's panic and fear and desperation on the page right before the end. When he tells the reader that the next page is it. The next page will bring The Monster! He tries one more time but has given up because the reader has turned the page before, they're going to turn it again. I know that no matter what I do or think or say, tomorrow is going to come too.
Here's where the book teaches a very important lesson. When we turn the page, there is no "MONSTER". Grover looks around and realizes that the monster at the end of the book is him. He is the monster at the end of the book! I find it a perfect analogy for my life right now. My return to work is the monster at the end of this chapter of my life. I don't look forward to it because it takes me away from the Rilester and I question if daycare will be good for her and if I'm just being selfish about continuing in my career. There are many reasons why I am going back to work and I know day care will be good for her. It is an excellent center and close to my office so I can pop over at lunch or be there in an instant if she needs me.
And like Grover I find myself calm now, and like Grover on the very last page of the book- I too feel a bit embarrassed that I'm so worried at all.
However, unlike Grover, I'm a mom. I'm finding that being worried, questioning my choices, and realizing there is no single perfect answer are all part of this life. I'm also luckier than Grover- because instead of invisible readers who don't listen to me, I've got Mark who does listen and understands, is always here for me and is also figuring out this whole parenting thing himself.
So today we'll play, we'll run some errands, we'll have bottles and we'll enjoy the lovely day it is outside. We'll have this weekend with Dad and we'll look to next week like the new adventure it is. Next Tuesday will just be the beginning of a new routine, not something to fear or try to delay further.
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WOW! turn that over and you have MOM! You have made the transformation from a woman with a child to a mother with a daughter! Welcome to the most awe inspiring job there is! Step back and read that entry you just wrote…you are doing and will continue to do a great job! It will be hard at first but hang in there. Mark and Riley are very lucky and blessed to have you in their lives!


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Two hard-boiled eggs, two slices of toasted brown bread, 1 banana sliced, a spoonful of almonds soaked in honey, and tea.
This is my 25th post for NaBloPoMo March 2012.
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nice, really liked the menu ! BTW what is the importance of almonds soaked in water or honey ? whats the exact health benefit ?
Don't know about the water, but honey is said to be a catalyst. It apparently enhances the properties of the substance used with it. That being said, I take almonds with honey simply because I like the taste more than just dry almonds.
Isn't a teaspoon of honey in a glass of warm water taken in the morning – good for health?
PS: But should the warm water, lime and honey co-habit?
Having it for the last three days and loving it; feel very energetic! Btw, how much time between this and breakfast?
No idea. People usually advice to take it early in the morning, on empty stomach.


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The UKs second city has shopping opportunities rivalled only by the capital, London. In recent years Birmingham has completely re-invigorated its city centre shopping areas and boasts over 1000 shops all within 20 minutes of each other. If that doesn't sound impressive to you please bear in mind that it includes a recently opened Selfridges that is the size of many DIY warehouse stores. The city has several main shopping centres or malls, retail and whole-sale markets, Victorian arcades as well as a wealth of street shopping. The three main shopping streets are New Street, which runs from the Council House to the Rotunda; the High Street which starts at the Rotunda and Corporation Street, which is off New Street. Major shops found on these streets include; Boots – High Street, Marks & Spencer – High Street, Waterstones – New Street and House of Fraser – Corporation Street. With a history as a draper store going back to 1851, The House of Fraser on Corporation Street is still known locally by its original name of Rackhams.
In terms of shopping in Birmingham the jewel in the crown has to be the new Bullring Shopping Centre. Once an area derided even by local residents the new Bullring, which opened in 2003, has been completely modernised into a glass enclosed shopping centre to rival any in the world. Here you can shop in over 140 stores, with all the fashion, jewellery, electrical and house-hold names imaginable represented, in this shopping centre that is big enough to accommodate 26 football pitches over its four floors. The two largest occupants are Selfridges and Dabenham's whose stores spread over all four floors of the centre. Approaching the Bullring you can see the shape and size of Selfridges by its iconic 21st century design and construction. Finding the Bullring is easy, simply look for the Rotunda tower block on New Street and then the bronze bull statue that's where it starts. The centre opens daily at 09:30 (09:00 on Saturdays) and closes at 20:00, except Sundays when it is open 11:00 to 17:00.
As the city has developed over the last ten years several other smaller shopping centres have opened around the city. The Mailbox was once the city's mail sorting depot, on Royal Mail Street. Transformed and opened in 2000 it is now the home to a select 50 outlets of the very highest quality. It not only contains designer fashion shops but also; bars, restaurants, hotels and a complex of flats, or rather urban living. Names that you'll find here include; Armani, Ralph Lauren and Harvey Nichols. The Mailbox is not on the main shopping routes in the city, to get to it walk along Navigation Street, which is to the east side of New Street railway station.
Two older shopping centres in Birmingham are the Pallasades and the Pavilions. The Pallasades was originally opened in the 1960s and was part of the New Street Railway Station re-development. As such for many people arriving at New Street station by train they have to pass through the Pallasades to get out on to New Street itself. The only large stores located here is a branch of Argos and the main Woolworths for the city. The Pavilions is on the High Street and has some forty stores in it. The two largest stores here are HMV and Virgin which dominate the entrance to this shopping centre. There are also entrances from the centre into Waterstones and Marks and Spencer's, which join on to the centre. Other shopping centres include, Priory Square which is between the High Street and Corporation Street at Bull Street. This has many small and funky independent stores alongside a few market stalls selling mainly clothes. The only major retailer here is Argos. City Plaza is between the cathedral and Corporation Street. It has a few designer shops alongside several hair and beauty salons.
Birmingham has several Victorian and Edwardian arcades which are worth visiting if only to see the splendour with which they were built, never mind the shops inside them. The main one not to miss is Great Western Arcade. Built in 1876, its design was influenced by the Crystal Palace in the Great Exhibition of 1851. With 40 retail outlets the arcade is between Colmore Row and Temple Row. The south Eastern Arcade leads on to Martineau Place, which is a small, out-door area, in between Corporation Street and the High Street. Here there are entrances to the main Birmingham branches of W H Smiths, Boots and BHS as well as a selection of smaller shops.
Apart from Farmers' Markets and the licensed street traders in the city centre, Birmingham has four markets. The Wholesale Market covers an area of 31 hectares and has over 200 trading units. The market mainly supplies local retailers with horticulture, fish, meat and poultry. Along with the redevelopment of the Bullring shopping centre, the Bullring markets were also re-developed; all of the Bullring markets are located around the shopping centre. The Indoor Market - has 140 stalls and whilst being famous for selling fish, you can buy just about anything here for the home or yourself. The Indoor market is open daily from 09:00 to 17:30 except Sundays. The Rag Market, as the name implies, comprises 350 stalls and a few shops selling all manner of materials and clothes making accessories. The Rag market is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays at the same times as the Open Market. Birmingham was first granted a market charter in 1166, since when the Open Market in the Bull Ring has been a permanent fixture. Like the nearby indoor market it sells a range of goods to meet everyone's needs in its 130 stalls. The market works Tuesday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:00.
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… from jury duty, that it. I'm going to have a lot to say about the experience and lessons learned in an article for the next print edition of Serf City. For now, it suffices to say that it sucked big time, and I'm glad it's over.


The greatly improved snowpack will improve runoff in the Truckee River and flows to Pyramid Lake this spring. The snow and rain in March did come too little and too late to push us to an average water year, however. How quickly drought conditions on the river will return depends on how rapidly the spring warms up and whether we get additional storms – never to be counted on – during the early spring. Precipitation since October 1 (the beginning of the water year) remains below normal, too, but better than the snowpack. Snow water in the end-of-season snowpack appears to be diminishing year after year, especially the lower elevation snowpack.
The Tahoe and Truckee River basin snowpack water content remains significantly better today than in February. Although the official water content gets counted on April 1, the numbers won't change too much. So for March 29, the median water equivalent in the snowpack stands at 78% in the Lake Tahoe basin and 83% in the Truckee River basin. However, total precipitation (rain and snow water equivalent) for this water year is better at 97% and 91% of normal. The Carson River basin has more water in the snowpack at 88% which matches the total precipitation percentage – 88%. Overall, the Carson River's watershed is higher elevation than the Truckee River's which may account for the precipitation tracking overall precipitation.
Lake Tahoe stands at 6228.6 feet – just 6″ below its maximum legal elevation and 5.6 feet above its outlet rim. The Lake Tahoe dam controls flows out of Lake Tahoe into the Truckee River. The Lake will soon see an increase in runoff from the melting snowpack. How fast it rises will be based on flows into the Truckee River by the Federal Water Master's office – the administrator of the Federal Court decree that governs water in the Truckee River for both California and Nevada – as well as the temperatures this spring that determine how quickly the snowpack melts. In an average water year, Lake Tahoe sees a rise in elevation of about 3 feet over spring and early summer. Truckee River flows are running above the long-term average now at more than 2,000 cubic-feet-per-second (CFS) at Pyramid Lake.
Pyramid Lake may see a moderate rise if flows in the Truckee River remain high for most of the spring and diversions to the Newlands Project are small. As of February 28, 2018 Pyramid's elevation was 3,802.37 feet elevation. Pyramid Lake's historic elevation before the Newlands Project was built was 3,880 feet in elevation. Last year saw a significant rise in the Lake's elevation – some 10 feet. With a less than stellar water year for 2017-18, however, Pyramid Lake's elevation will most likely decline again. The highest elevation for Pyramid Lake in the last 25 years occurred in 1999 when it reached an elevation of 3,817 feet.
Water flows from Lake Tahoe into the Truckee River increased dramatically in the past 7 days. How long these flows from Tahoe last will be based, in part, on how rapidly the snow pack melts.
Flows from Lake Tahoe have jumped from 50 to 900 CFS in the last 7 days.
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Razique Mahroua / Paloma Vita
To which degree does said culture define oneself and one's choices? Can one shed the layers of cultural conditioning past the thickness education creates?Being 2.0 aims to reflect on such questions and offer the reader a transpersonal experience fed by an in-depth work of deconstruction. Being 2.0 is the retelling of the author's story, son of immigrants who moved from Algeria to France, and of the author's reflections and struggles to belong in cultures which seldom speak to him. The book unravels the complexity of biculturalism and its impact for a generation of people for whom geographical boundaries are getting thinner while the hyper-connected world expands.
Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet
The issues facing humanity have become increasingly complex due to the fact they are embedded in a global web of ecological, economic, social, cultural and political processes that are dynamically interlinked. The capacity to conceptualise and redesign solutions, in systems and sustainability terms, will increasingly be what society and employers expect. This "expectation" is g...
Fei Xiaotong Studies, Vol. II, Chinese edition
The year 2016 was a significant year for honouring Professor Fei Xiaotong (1910–2005), because it was the 80th anniversary of his fieldwork in Kaixiangong Village.Fei Xiaotong Studies (Volume 2) consists of articles by authors from the UK, Japan, USA, Germany, China and Hong Kong. The main articles focus on Fei Xiaotong and related studies, with China in comparative perspective...
The Walter Clinton Jackson Essays in the Social Sciences
Vera Largent
From varying fields of interest, not always with complete unanimity, twelve members of the faculty of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro make their thoughtful contributions on the subject of democracy as a way of life and comment on its successes or failures in the region, the nation, and the world.Originally published in 1942.A UNC Press Endu...
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Sanford Winston
This is a statistical study designed to analyze the trend of illiteracy in the United States and its present relation to sex, age, urban and rural environment, race and nationality, and school systems, together with its quantitative effect on the selected factors of birth-rate, infant mortality, early age of marriage, size of family, mobility, suicide, and urbanization.Original...
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Ram Roop
Bal Gita provides condensed learning from the well known book Gita. It teacheshumanity, your bound duties, how to respectfully interact with other people, and the deeds of practicing Good Karma. The Author passes on his version of learning from Ram Roop was born in Lautoka Fiji Islands, and moved to Surrey Canadaearly 1970. Whilst well versed in Hindu scriptures throughout his ...
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Police psychology has become an integral part of present-day police agencies, providing support in the areas of personnel assessment, individual and organizational intervention, consultation, and operational assistance. Research-based resources contribute to those efforts by shedding light on best practices, identifying recent research and developments, and calling attention to...
To which degree does said culture define oneself and one's choices? Can one shed the layers of cultural conditioning past the thickness education creates?Being 2.0 aims to reflect on such questions and offer the reader a transpersonal experience fed by an in-depth work of deconstruction. Being 2.0 is the retelling of the author's story, son of immigrants who moved from Algeria ...


Newton, IA – After a chaotic start to the Iowa Corn Indy 250 on Saturday, a mechanical issue ended the day early for Tagliani and his Team Barracuda – BHA crew in P16.
Throughout the day, rain cycled through the area and threatened to delay the race. After only a brief holding pattern, the No. 98 started the race in P9. Cold tires caused Tagliani to spin before the green flag dropped, he rejoined the pack two laps down.
The Canadian driver battled forward and gained position after position. At lap 65, Tagliani was running at a pace one full second faster than the race leaders. As the competition went on, he ran as high as P3 before having to pit. A mechanical issue on lap 207 brought the race to an end for Team Barracuda – BHA.
In two weeks, the IZOD IndyCar Series heads north for the Canadian races, starting with the Honda Indy Toronto, where Tagliani aims to put on a good show for his "home" crowd. The 85-lap race will take place on Sunday, July 9 with pre-race activities starting at 12 p.m. ET and an estimated green flag drop at 1 p.m. The Honda Indy Toronto will be broadcast live on ABC.


This book has been recommended to me several times, and now I can see why. It's a memoir, covering most of Thomas's life and emphasizing her three marriages and children, especially her second husband who died years after their divorce. But it's a memoir in fragments. It doesn't try to be comprehensive, which is a wise choice, since we can never tell all of a life, perhaps least of all our own (hmm). Instead, she gives us a number of crystalline scenes or anecdotes, which together paint a picture, necessarily incomplete but rich.
Thomas's language is rich, too, lyrical and tangible in its sensory detail, but also rooted in the dirty and the everyday. These details can be sublime, but often aren't the ones we'd think of when seeking the sublime: "Watermelon rind. Styrofoam. Broken clocks and chair legs." Mattress shopping, table settings, sawdust on a rug. Chapters shift perspective, using first, second and third person POVs. In the second person, Thomas directly addresses her late second husband. I found it interesting to examine her choice of POV throughout the book and its effect: that second-person addressed to a specific person feels the most intimate, especially since the reader knows that that specific person is absent. Third person feels most remote, and she often uses it when (I interpret) she needs distance from her subject.
Safekeeping is a slim book, easy to read in one sense: you could flash right through it and walk away with a sense of Thomas's personal history. There is plenty to sink into, though, too, and those may be the best kind.
Bonus: here's a look at my semester's reading, now that I have it all compiled. Hints of what's to come!


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DVD Review: Another Year
Prior to watching Another Year I was not in awe of Mike Leigh's track record, but rather shamefully ignorant. I was keen to watch the film though because of some glowing reviews last year, promising trailers and that wonderful artwork and logo. I remember seeing said tree sprawling massively across an Odeon in London's West End way back in the halcyon days of 2010, and thinking that was the type of thoughtful British picture I wanted to see.
The central idea behind the story, which Leigh scripted as well as directed, is tender, realistic and probably true to life. Happily married couple, Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen) are lucky and they know it. The people in their lives, who seem far less blessed, gravitate towards them for kindness and warmth. Their son Joe (Oliver Maltman) is taking his time to find love as his friends get hitched left, right and centre, Gerri's co-worker Mary's (Lesley Manville) bubbly energy conceals her loneliness and Tom's childhood friend Ken (Peter Wight) is trapped in Hull watching his precious roots wither away. The narrative plays out with a chunk from each of the year's four seasons.
The opening scene was just what I had been hoping for and what Leigh's reputation guaranteed. Imelda Staunton plays an insomniac pressing her GP for sleeping pills but understandably her doctor seeks out the true, underlying causes. Staunton's character is clearly completely miserable; crestfallen at her lot in life and the realisation that this is all she's likely to get. The scene lasts a full five minutes, uninterrupted; Leigh really lets it breathe and grow. For most of the scene we don't see the GP's face, helping us truly inhabit Staunton's excellent performance. We've all felt like that at the doctors, like you're just another appointment to be checked off by a faceless health drone.
The GP refers our dejected and menopausal patient to a counsellor. It turns out that Gerri is a counsellor. And this is where the problems begin with Another Year. Gerri continues to be a counsellor for the duration of the story, always behaving as though maintaining professional standards, even alone in bed with soul mate Tom. Ruth Sheen's tone of voice never varies more than a fraction, making her seem either mildly interested or not that bothered. Whilst Broadbent's range of reactions to the various problems of friends are different and human, Gerri deals with each situation on dull auto-pilot. Sheen's performance genuinely seemed mechanical and totally robotic, which was a real shock after all the talk of quality acting.
The passing of the seasons is beautifully shot and there are moments of heart warming dialogue that is convincingly ordinary and recognisable from everyday life. Do I really want to watch a film with conversations startlingly similar to the small talk I run away from in reality though? It all gets rather dreary, with next to no drama in the first two seasons and not a pinch of escapism. Leigh's script also has some awful expositional dialogue, particularly for Lesley Manville's character Mary, Tom and Gerri's desperately clingy friend. I cringed at the clumsy manner her myriad but dull problems were introduced and grimaced later at Manville's caricatured portrayal of an overzealous eccentric going off the rails. Her drunkenness at BBQs is amateurish.
Or is it? I honestly don't know if I fell into the trap of mistaking the annoying traits of a character for bad acting and storytelling. This is because the last two seasons, autumn and winter, went a long way to redeeming the failures of the first couple. As Mary reaches rock bottom her character becomes far more bearable and Manville's performance finally makes you empathise and feel pity, sympathy, and even sadness. David Bradley puts in a fabulous performance as Tom's grieving brother who is a man of few words. Some of his scenes with Broadbent, and an extended one with Manville, are superb.
I don't want to mimic the idiotic readers of the X-Factor age who throw away a book they're reading in disgust because the characters are not "likeable". Novels and films are not about providing you with brief friendship. But Another Year is hard to get into. As I've said I was really surprised by how irritating I found the performances of Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. In Manville's case I think I judged her too quickly and her character was simply a vibrant pain in the neck, well realised. However I maintain that Sheen was simply two dimensional, which is disappointing given the importance of actors to such an ensemble piece. By the time Another Year ended I was starting to enjoy it but there's no doubt that this is a film with the potential to frustrate as well as reward.
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Adapting good and successful novels: One Day, A Very Private Gentleman (The American) and Room
I've discussed the business of adapting books into films before on this blog, and indeed the increasing phenomenon of the adaptation as opposed to original screenplays. I've bemoaned the lack of creativity in the film industry, leading to such a focus on both true stories and transformations of already existing fiction dominating this year's Oscars, for example. But for all my ranting and raving there's something irresistible about a good adaptation, because if your source material's good there's a good chance your interpretation of it will be. It's like a kind of quality guarantee.
Then again it's a treacherous tightrope to walk, especially when you're bringing not only a good novel but a commercially successful one to the screen. Films based on novels with a huge and devoted following will benefit from the diversity and commitment of that fan base at the box office, but perhaps also suffer critically if they don't capture the brilliance of the book.
After mingling the words in your mind and arranging them on the page, watching their finely tuned order blossom into a bestseller and basking in the praise and revenue, it must be hard for an author to relinquish control of his characters, no matter what the financial compensations. This is presumably why many decide to remain attached to the cinematic versions of their creations as writer or producer or something, even with the risk of their original being tarnished and overshadowed.
David Nicholls did just this for the adaptation of his immensely successful One Day, choosing to write the screenplay himself. There is now a trailer online for the film, which can be seen over at Empire Magazine via this link: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=30843
I was absolutely absorbed in One Day when I read it and funnily enough I think I read it in roughly one day. It's one of those books that you have to try really hard not to call a "page turner" because of how limp and cliché that sounds. It really is difficult to put down though. It became an ever present feature of the landscape of bookshops for a long, long time and still lurks prominently in the shadows. No doubt it will enjoy a revival with the release of the film. It was not the usual sort of addictive trash either. There was an organic originality to the concept, a humour and truth to the writing. The two main characters, Dexter and Emma, were fabulously realised. It was at once epic and emotional, experimental and accessible.
It did divide critical opinion, but the overwhelming consensus was that it was a cracking read, a verdict echoed at tills across the country. It's the story of Dexter and Emma, who meet and sleep together one day at the end of their time at Edinburgh University. In bed they discuss the future, their hopes, fears and dreams for it. The novel follows them on the same date of the year, whatever they're doing, for every year that follows their meeting. It mostly focuses on their relationship as friends but also charts their development as people, journeying through alternative aspects of British history like dodgy 90s TV along the way.
It was quite a few months ago now that I read One Day but I am still excited about seeing its rebirth in cinemas. It will be difficult to bottle up the simultaneously intimate and epic feel of the book for the audience, but as I've said before what really matters is capturing the spirit, the essence and sentiment of a story. The trailer certainly seems to strike some of the right emotional chords, as One Day really was enormously touching and moving as well as gripping. It may simply be that my age, one of transition between worlds, allowed me to inhabit Dexter and Emma's shoes perfectly and marvel at the rollercoaster of their lives, grounded in those student beginnings. But then again, One Day shows snapshots of its key characters at a variety of ages, so anyone should be able to jump right in and live their human journeys. Perhaps that is part of the secret to its appeal.
Three Cs are very important for a good adaptation: cutting, casting and creativity. Nicholls would certainly have had to ruthlessly cut chunks of his already lovingly crafted and edited novel for the screen, as well as find the right leads. Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess are the chosen ones, and they seem to fit the bill in the trailer, in spite of wavering accents on occasion, as Empire point out in their commentary on the footage. I've also recently seen and reviewed The American, starring George Clooney, which was based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth. Screenwriter Rowan Joffe changed aspects of the story rather dramatically, including its conclusion, for a modern and cinematic update to the book. Despite my gripes about the increasing frequency of adaptations, it is possible to be really creative and bold with them, with the added benefit of a proven base material to work with. Joffe was certainly creative, as was Clooney, who needed to exhibit the right physical mannerisms to convey the book's character in miniscule brush strokes, compared to Booth's first person narration.
Having now both read the book and watched the film, Joffe appears to have done a good job in creating The American. And as I've said, perhaps what is most admirable is that he has created something, not merely transplanted the book to the screen, which can be the worst mistake when adapting something that's already celebrated art. The original novel, written in the first person about a gun maker nearing retirement, was impossible to adapt as it was. It needed more drama and would lack the charismatic voice of the page. It needed new sources of charisma.
The film does drop key themes of the novel. Interestingly as a student of history, Booth's recluse (known as Signor Farfalla or Mr Butterfly, as his cover is painting them) is outwardly repulsed by the idea of history and progress, unless it is the history of ordinary men. And yet his narration repeatedly comes back to the idea through imagery, symbolism and anecdotes. Mr Butterfly claims that he is truly influencing history by providing the weapons for assassination with deft craftsmanship behind the scenes. But what the novel hints at, which a film couldn't do in the same way, is that the narrator is struggling with the idea that after his retirement no one will remember his life's work. If he has altered history it is unnoticeably so. He never says as much but the light implications are there and extremely fascinating.
Booth was also a constant traveller, as well as a writer of history, which might explain Mr Butterfly's anecdotes of the world and some of his eye for detail, along with his warped fascination with the past. One of the ways the film captures the incredibly vivid and visual style of the book is through director Anton Corbijn's direction. Corbijn used to be a photographer, and in the film this becomes Clooney's character's cover and he never gains the nickname Signor Farfalla, only The American. This somewhat spoils Booth's unassuming character blending into any background, but the essence of him remains the same and the parallels with the striking visuals of the film and the descriptions of the book are appropriate.
The American is a very minimalist and restrained production. You get more from the book in terms of the character, but still not a great deal, so Joffe reflects this with the dialogue. This is still a man in isolation with a unique existence, who forms meagre relationships that are still too much for a man of his profession. He is growing too susceptible to these ties with age. What I liked particularly about The American is that it stands alone from the book and one can be enjoyed without the other, just as well as the two together. They are distinctive and different but enjoyable entities of subtlety.
Of course some books should simply never be adapted. Something about them cannot be replicated and without this something any adaptation becomes a pointless exercise. A bad adaptation of such a book is painful and a great shame. I think that Room by Emma Donghue, shortlisted for last year's Booker Prize, is such an un-adaptable book.
It's been a while since I finished reading Room, and in any case my observations and insights would not compare to fellow blogger Tom Cat's: http://tomcatintheredroom.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/room-emma-donoghue/
I will briefly say why I think any adaptation would fail however. Room is reliant on the first person narration of Jack, a five year old who has been imprisoned since birth in a small room with his mother. This is the controversial novel inspired by the Fritzl case. I was sceptical about reading it and presumed it to be an exercise in creative writing drawing rather shamefully off of ghastly deeds in the media.
After I read the first pages of Room however I was hooked enough to buy it. And Jack himself is never abused. The novel is bleak and harrowing at times, but usually because of what Jack doesn't say. The obvious implications, for example when Jack counts the creaks in his mother's bed from his hiding place of the wardrobe, are the chilling thing for the reader.
What Room is really about is a unique five year old, nurtured with extremely intimate and confined love from his mother. As Tom Cat points out in his review, the philosophical points potentially there to be explored are many. Instead of really delving these depths however Room is more intriguing for its characterisation of Jack and the original voice Donoghue gives him. He makes incredibly perceptive observations about the modern world through both his innocence and ignorance. Occasionally his impressive vocabulary doesn't quite sit right and convince, despite it mostly being explained away by his intense education from an early age; sometimes Jack obviously uses Donoghue's word or phrase rather than his own. But the fact that this only happens now and then is a remarkable achievement.
For the most part Room is a heartbreaking, funny and thrilling story that takes a fresh view of modern life and culture. Everything good about this story derives from Jack's completely original and skilfully executed narrative voice though. Many of the reviews of Room call its concept unique, but it really isn't that astounding, simply ripped from extensive news coverage. It's the clever angle from which Donoghue approaches her story that's so wonderful and this couldn't be transformed into film, no matter how they attempted to do it. Voiceover would not work; we are witnessing the thoughts tumbling through Jack's head not a commentary of events. Jack's innocence wouldn't transfer to the screen, so neither would the appeal and success of the novel.
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Ed's safe shadow cabinet of unity must not lose the fire of Opposition
Two Eds are better than one? Well perhaps not as Labour's new leader opted not to make his namesake Ed Balls shadow chancellor, despite the weight of expertise, a strong leadership campaign and many votes in the shadow cabinet elections behind him. His wife Yvette Cooper then, who topped the poll of Labour MPs, would surely get the chance to carve Labour a new, distinctive position on the deficit in response to the Con-Dem's cuts? No. 60 year old Alan Johnson, the earliest backer of Ed's elder brother, was chosen by young Ed as his right hand man. Despite David's choice to bow out from frontline politics, his shadows hangs heavy over his brother's first team selection.
Of all the shadow cabinet roles assigned it was obviously that of shadow chancellor that carried the most importance and also Johnson's appointment to that role which was the biggest shock. Ed Miliband has been either slammed for his caution or praised for his unifying skills and his courage to make the right choices regardless of popularity. I happen to think that making Johnson shadow chancellor is a missed opportunity for Labour's new generation but there are some well selected roles in Ed's team. Andy Burnham is a good match for the education brief, given his reasonably strong leadership campaign, working class background and accessible, relevant character traits such as his love of football. His ordinary accent will contrast well with Michael Gove's nasal snobbery in the Commons. Likewise Jim Murphy seems a good choice to shadow the MOD and Liam Fox, with his dour Scots accent he shall be able to pour scorn on government defence cuts whilst emphasising the needs of the ordinary soldier and citizen. There is also no reason why Harriet Harman, Douglas Alexander and John Denham ought not to succeed in their new roles in International Development, Work and Pensions and Business respectively. Alexander and Denham in particular have their work cut out, with capable coalition opponents in Ian Duncan Smith and Vince Cable, but both are able ministers themselves.
However in my view Miliband has made a mistake in his handling of where exactly to place the popular and talented husband and wife team of Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper. Both are wasted at the Home and Foreign office. Those who support the leader's decision say that it was unavoidable to maintain party unity and to avoid the mistakes of the Blair-Brown years. An economic policy handed to Balls, they say, would have conceded this ground to him permanently as Blair did for Brown, dividing the party again and sowing the seeds of future turmoil. My response to the argument of unity is that by appointing Balls Shadow Home Secretary Miliband has not necessarily pacified him. Balls will be gutted as it is to have missed out on his shot at the Treasury yet again; he made no secret of his desire for the job. To be so bluntly snubbed and given what many regard as the jinxed ministerial brief will not endear him to the younger Miliband. Besides there was no reason for Balls and Miliband to be enemies as Blair and Brown were, especially if Miliband had trusted Balls and rewarded with a job he had long coveted. If Miliband was uncomfortable handing his most important role to the volatile Balls though, he should have given it to his wife Cooper. Cooper won the shadow cabinet elections, and therefore had democratic legitimacy as well as the additional merits of youth (only 40 years old and part of the new generation), expertise (she was previously Work and Pensions secretary, a closely related role), intelligence (Harvard educated, a journalist at the Independent) and the fact that she is female. Appointing her to his top job would have sent exactly the right sort of modern, fair message but instead Miliband played it safe. Whilst being Foreign Secretary is an important, prestigious position, shadowing the area is less glamorous and less crucial to the argument defining British politics at the moment; how best to respond to the deficit.
With Johnson's appointment Miliband signalled that he is planning to stick largely to Alistair Darling's failed election pledge to halve the deficit in four years. This is disappointing as frankly Labour need a new idea to be championed by their new generation. Ed Miliband needs his equivalent of David Cameron's "Big Society" and he has an enormous opportunity if he can find his big idea, because voters refuse to buy into the Prime Minister's. Appointing Johnson though is unlikely to lead to a distinctive, radical or inspiring position on the deficit with credible, imaginative solutions. Yes Johnson is a capable minister, having held high profile jobs as Home Secretary and Health Secretary amongst others, but he has always taken a back seat and kept a low profile. He has shown the capacity to be popular with ordinary voters; with his working class charm often talked about, but lacked the desire or courage to use it. In the past he has passed up opportunities for advancement and you wonder if he is genuinely enthused by the task set him by his new leader and the opportunities to make a real difference to fairness he has, or whether he is merely grimly descending to his task for the sake of previously mentioned, holy party unity.
Forging a successful, coherent and credible economic policy that is also electable is THE challenge facing Labour. The coalition is struggling over issues like universal benefit, tuition fees and the spending reviews. Tension is set to rise, with the NUS leading students to the streets on the 10th November to highlight the backtracking of Lib Dems. The shadow chancellor should be the spearhead of Labour's new generation, with new ideas gradually forming a fresh vision, one more accessible than Cameron's "Big Society" and fairer too. He should be prepared to examine ideas like the Robin Hood tax, mansion tax and graduate tax, whilst also backing the more sensible reforms of the coalition, such as a standard benefit payment and lifting the income tax threshold, as long as they are carried out properly. Labour needs to propose ideas for a new sustainable economy that can support essential and modern public services, whilst always striving for growth. It should look at green taxes, green jobs and green industries and offer a new deal with concrete investment. It should be prepared to ring fence areas of spending the Conservatives are set to cripple, whilst being ready to remain credible and a force in the argument by suggesting alternative means of revenue. Labour has to offer the opportunities a modern day, liberal British society craves in a way that can be paid for and delivered on; not the idealistic, vague promises of Cameron's individualistic rhetoric, which merely serves as a cover for a smaller state, no matter how well intentioned.
Unfortunately I fear that Miliband's selections for his shadow cabinet and his chancellor in particular, will lead to half baked, over cautious policies that lack the passion for real change. Indeed an incoherent policy on the deficit will lead to policy clashes throughout the party that might give Labour's new generation an identity crisis. Balls as shadow chancellor would have relished the chance to set out a genuine alternative to the coalition and Miliband would have had to rein him in at times when he was wrong. But ultimately I feel the dynamism glimpsed in the Labour leadership campaign would have been better channelled towards George Osborne than given a bitter, limited home in opposition to Theresa May. Balls is likely to propose tough, populist positions on crime, driven by his resentment at missing out, policies that could undermine his new leader's courtship of liberal Britain. Cooper too could have been a far more effective weapon against Osborne than Johnson and shall be wasted in her standoff with Hague, on issues like Afghanistan where there is no real disagreement. She also could have been a far better symbol of the new party Miliband is trying to create. Ultimately I can only assume Miliband feared she would be the puppet of her husband and his appointment of an ensemble of women to less important ministerial positions shows that he may not be as pro-women as he likes to make out. His appointment of an unknown to his previous brief as Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary also shows a disappointing lack of regard for an issue he led supporters to believe was vital to him, but now may well have proved to be a mere rung on his career ladder. A high profile appointment to this area in his shadow cabinet could have been a signal of intent. Despite my criticisms though it's possible that the team Ed has chosen, with its mix of his and his brother's supporters, will offer a unified and passionate opposition. It is wrong to judge before they have set to work, after all the road to the election is a marathon not a sprint, it just might have been possible to set out at a faster pace.
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Q: How to hide empty parens when children are empty I am trying to build a dynamic search box to filter items in a list - the list is setup as a series of unordered lists, each of which contains a number of items
When the user enters a letter into the search box then I only want to return the list items which contains that letter/letters - that part works fine
However, I have headings inside each unordered list so whilst all the items in the list are hidden the heading is not and I want to hide the heading/whole unordered list if none of its children are visible
Conversely, when the search box is changed the unordered list should show or hide as appropriate.
HTML
<input type="text" id="search-input" name="search-fields">

<legend>Section 1</legend>

bob

fred

tom

<legend>Section 2</legend>

mike

john

david

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$("#search-input").on("keyup", function () {
    var search = this.value;

    if (search !== '') {

        $('.tmenuspan').each(function() {
            if ($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(search) >= 0) {
                $(this).closest('.tmenu').show();
            } else {
                $(this).closest('.tmenu').hide();
            }
        });

        $('ul.sorted-list').each(function() {
            if($('ul.sorted-list > li').is(':hidden')) {
                //$(this).closest('ul.sorted-list').hide();
            }
        });
    } else {
        $('.tmenu').show();
        $('ul.card-tabs-sorted').show();
    }

});

In the above when I type bob, all the tmenu items are hidden except the one containing bob which is what I need but the section 2 heading/unordered list still shows - this is the bit I cannot figure out.
https://jsfiddle.net/9Lw675ep/

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var $ul = $('.sorted-list');
var $li = $ul.find('li');

$("#search-input").on("keyup", function () {
  var inputValue = $.trim(this.value); // Trim values!
  var rgx = new RegExp(inputValue, "i"); // Case insensitive

  // LI
  $li.show().filter(function() {
    return ! rgx.test($(this).text())
  }).hide();

    // UL
  $ul.show().filter(function() {
    return ! $(this).find("li:visible").length;
  }).hide();
});

https://jsfiddle.net/n62k7hxL/

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Kavalan is Taiwan's first whisky maker and the nation's only family-owned whisky distillery. This particular whisky was from Kavalan's Solist range. It was matured in a Sherry cask giving it a rich and fruity flavour. A really delightful whisky. This miniature is great for the avid tasted or if you want to try before you buy.


The Giving Season: What gifts do you bring?
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ, born into this world to save it. Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace for all. The Magi saw the star above Bethlehem and were compelled to see the wonder of a newborn king who would be the Savior of the world. Whether you follow this star or not, the Season of Giving began with the Magi in the East. What gifts did they bring him? Rare items for that time: gold, frankincense and myrrh. What gifts do you bring? What gifts are you willing to share with others?
It has been said that we are all gifted in some way. It's also been said that we are all gifted differently. Gifts bestowed by God. We can also offer gifts of time, talent and treasure to others and to the community. What gifts are you willing to share?
On the walls of the business office at the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in downtown Erie are works of art made of colorful fabric, both hand and machine stitched, and crafted by JoAnn Peters. JoAnn is the number cruncher at First Covenant; she handles all matters financial. Her skill with numbers and her ability to pay attention to detail supports not only her tasks for First Covenant, but her evolving skill as a fiber artist.
JoAnn started sewing as a teenager and has been seriously quilting for the last 12 years. This past July, she submitted her work to Campbell Pottery for their annual juried art show titled In the Garden. JoAnn had entered pieces in local guilds and craft shows before, but the Campbell Pottery Juried Art Show represented a new challenge for her.
Not only did JoAnn capture the top prize, her first-place quilted artwork was purchased by a woman who lives in New Jersey. The buyer was passing through the area and made a stop at Campbell Pottery, saw the quilt and made special arrangements to take it with her. Campbell Pottery, located just south of Edinboro, is a major stop for art enthusiasts and artists alike. Master Potter Bill Campbell has been winning national awards and perfecting his craft for decades. His designs are featured in over 500 galleries across the country. His wife, Jane Campbell, manages the art store-turned-tourist destination and gallery and oversees all the juried art shows held at that location.
JoAnn Peters has taken a passion for quilting to a new level and is now an award-winning fiber artist. This journey began some years ago. Yet along the way, she discovered that sharing her talents with others held a certain satisfaction. We're treated to a visual gift when JoAnn completes her latest project and hangs it on the wall in the office at First Covenant. Thanks for sharing JoAnn.


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Do you think I should stay in relationship with a girl who is two years older than me? I am 19 and she is 21. She says she loves me now but she also says that she is not deeply in love with me. She also says that I shouldn't count on her even being with me tomorrow. She says that the age matters in between us but for now she is content to be with me. However, she stays with me secretly. No one knows about our relationship and that is the way she prefers to keep it. Not our family or friends.
You are young and perhaps you don't know the signs of fling. If you were a little older and a few years wiser in the relationship department, you would realize that the signs this girl is giving you are about the size of a highway billboard. She is telling you quite blatantly that she is not that into you and this is just a relationship of convenience for her.
Please allow me to point out a few of the obvious signs.
She has told you that she loves you "now". "Now" is the key work in this scenario. When someone says, "I Love You"....it is never followed by a "today" or a "right now". When you truly love someone, you love them unconditionally and not just for the moment. You love them for always...at least you presume to. If I told my husband that I loved him and he responded with, "Yeah, I love you today, too", I don't think I would take that too well. It is insinuating that tomorrow he perhaps won't love me.
She has told you that she is not deeply in love with you. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out. She is already giving herself the easy out when it comes time for her fling to be over with you. So when she wants to dump you, you won't be able to retort with, "But I thought you loved me?". She will all too easily remind you that she told you she was never deeply in love with you. Perhaps she will give you the cheesy old line, "I love you like a friend".
She has told you that age matters. Okay, here she is giving you yet another excuse for your inevitable break up. She would rather date older guys. Most women do. That is...until they hit 40 and get divorced. Then those 20 year old hotties start looking pretty damn good.
She is keeping your relationship a secret. Now this has got to tick you off. She is basically telling you that you are not good enough for her and she is embarrassed about your relationship for some reason or another. When you truly love a person, you want to shout it to the world, no matter who the other person is. I remember dating someone for a while, whom I fell in love with, who was not very attractive. In fact, people gave him strange looks and made jeers at me for being with someone so strange. But I couldn't help the way I felt about him and I was proud to be with him. The fact that this girl wants to keep your relationship a secret tells me that she could care less about you or your feelings.
I understand you are young so I am not going to ream you too hard, although I would like to. These are hard lessons of life and love that you need to learn the hard way. Remember that real love has a certain amount of mutual respect between two people. Is this girl giving you any respect at all? No. It is time to move on my dear.


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Garth Brooks Never Expected to Win Entertainer of the Year Again
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Garth Brooks was crowned Entertainer of the Year at the 2016 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 2). It's an accomplishment he told reporters that he was surprised to receive, and he "kind of went numb when they called my name."
"When we left, I never thought I'd get to come back," Brooks says of his retirement from country music in 2000 (quote via the Boot.) "And then, when you come back, you never think you're going to get to hold one of these again."
The country icon believes that awards are often bestowed on the younger artists, and the older acts are usually left empty-handed.
"Awards are for younger artists; they just are," Brooks adds. "People think it's the other way around, that the older you get, the more ordinary it gets, [but] it's exactly the opposite. We were lucky enough to have the largest tour in the world at the end of the '90s, which garnered us two of these. Good Lord willing, if everything keeps going, we're going to break that record here in the next month or so."
During his acceptance speech Wednesday, Brooks thanked all of those involved with his current world tour, as well as noting his love for his wife and tourmate, Trisha Yearwood.
"Thank you to the coolest touring mate you could ever ask for, the love of my life, the breath I breathe in and out," he said at the podium. "It could not have been any better for me — I get to take you home."
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Montefiore and Einstein Lung Cancer Expert Is Appointed To National Cancer Institute Board
Roman Perez-Soler, M.D to Provide Scientific Oversight to Internal NCI Researchers
NEW YORK (January 20, 2016) – Roman Perez-Soler, M.D., chairman and chief, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care; chief and professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and deputy director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center (AECC), has been named to NCI's Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology. The BSC, consisting of distinguished cancer scientists primarily from academia, provides advice to the NCI leadership on all aspects of the Institute's intramural and extramural research programs.
"This appointment is in recognition of Dr. Perez-Soler's leadership and notable, innovative laboratory and clinical research contributions on the prevention and treatment of lung cancer," said I. David Goldman, M.D., director, AECC and professor, Departments of Medicine and of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein. "Also of note, are his many years of service to NCI as a member of grant review committees and as a recipient of peer-reviewed grants from this organization."
Dr. Perez-Soler is an internationally recognized thoracic oncologist dedicated to the development of innovative therapies for lung cancer. Over the last three decades, Dr. Perez-Soler has pioneered the development of now widely accepted modalities for treatment of a variety of cancers, including liposomes for the delivery and tumor-targeting of anticancer agents. Dr. Perez-Soler has also championed the use of inhaled interventions as an early strategy for patients at risk of developing lung cancer.
Dr. Perez-Soler will serve on the NCI's Board of Scientific Counselors through July 31, 2020.


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Born in Kobe, Japan, moved to U.S.A. in 1956, passed away at home in Mesa, Ariz. Survived by daughters, Joy Matsushita-Saul and Cherri Gillaspy (Randy); granddaughters, Midori and Alison.
Service will be held Friday, Aug. 28, 11 a.m. at the Green Hill Memorial Park, 27501 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.


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Biografia
Ann Millikan nacque in California. Studiò musica all'Università di Stato di San Jose, dove si laureò con un Bachelor of Arts. Continuò a studiare diplomandosi con un Master of Fine Arts al California Institute of the Arts, dove studiò con Morton Subotnick, Mel Powell e Stephen Mosko. In seguito continuò i suoi studi in musica africana e canto classico.

La Millikan compone diversi generi musicali, tra cui orchestrale, operistico, corale e strumentale e i suoi lavori sono stati utilizzati per scopi come installazioni, teatro e danza. Le sue composizioni sono state definite "dinamiche e diverse".

Le opere della Millikan sono state eseguite a livello internazionale e sono ampiamente disponibili su registrazioni. Attualmente risiede in Minnesota.

Onorificenze e premi
La Millikan ha ricevuto sovvenzioni e premi come segue:

 2011 Iniziativa per Artisti dello Stato del Minnesota arts board
 2010 Borsa di studio Mcknight Composer
 Consiglio delle Arti della California
 Centro Musicale Americano
 Premi ASCAP
 Forum dei Compositori Americani
 Meet The Composer
 Argosy Foundation, Fondo di Musica Contemporanea
 Fondazione Jerome
 Fondo Famiglia Zellerbach
 Programma di Arti Civiche di Berkeley
 Condurre la Pace Tramite il Canto (Summa cum laude)

Lavori
Tra le Opere selezionate troviamo:

Orchestra
Trilhas de Sombra
Ballad Nocturne
Landing Inside the Inside of an Animal
Red Migration for orchestra

Musica da Camera
Thunder Woman
Kuiper Belt Wamfle
The Woodcarver & The Blacksmith
Cantando para a Onça
Choro do Zeitgeist
Red Migration
221B Baker Street
Trens Coloridos para Gabriela
Three Reflections
K'uei: A SYZYGY

Teatro e danza
From The Bottom Drawer
The Color of Blood: Praising the Moon We Are, Part I
The Medicine of the Spiral
K'uei: A SYZYGY

Archi
From the Bottom Drawer
Choro do Miro
Metal Shop 302

Legni
House of Mirrors I
House of Mirrors II
Calendula
Suite for Woodwinds Quartet

Voce
Water From Your Spring
The Medicine of the Spiral II: Quartet Improvisations
My Island
Abstrações

Coro
Grandmother walks, mist rises
Choro
Advent Music
O Sapientia – O Wisdom
The One Who Is Coming...
La Vieja
Song of Remembrance
Psalm 78: 14, 15, 17-19, 23-25
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Ave Maria
I Woman

Opera
 Swede Hollow, musica e libretto di Ann Millikan

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Nati nella contea di San Diego

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The U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings were recently released—and saw the University of Miami drop seven points to our new spot of No. 53.
But what's a few digits? We can all agree that rankings don't really matter in the grand scheme of things, right…?
Well, no—in many ways, they do. To suggest otherwise borders on sore loser talk, and we aren't sore. Not that sore, anyway.
While the past few years have seen UM flip-flop in the rankings, in seemingly constant competition with the University of Florida, this latest list puts our chomping neighbors-to-the-north at No. 35, the best score of all Florida schools.
To us, the students, this slip does not mean too much. We're here already, after all, and the tangibility of our sum academics, experiences, relationships, organizational involvement and environment (have you been to the beach? The pool?) naturally outweighs the theoretical prestige of a high ranking…even if we do lose bragging rights in this one particular spot.
But prospective students and their parents don't yet know these experiences—"theoretical" is pretty much all they have to go on. You might even remember being in that seat, narrowing down your list of schools—your "dreams," your "targets" and "safeties"—and using U.S. News to help you do it. So in this way, when it comes to cultivating the school's future student body, rankings matter.
And in any case, it's important that an institution recognizes its shortcomings. Even if U.S. News employs an imperfect system (its methodology for ranking schools, for example, is ever-changing), at the very least its much-anticipated annual ranking gives us something to think about when self-reflecting: How can we do even better?
It is wise to never rest on one's laurels, or palm fronds, for that matter, so if this drop leads us to think, even more consciously, about striving for better versions of ourselves and our school—it's worth it.
Of course, let's not get too down on ourselves along the way. While we will always have work to do (and if we don't, we're being complacent), UM offers a beautiful environment, a thriving cultural scene, opportunities for every interest and countless other intangibles that one can't even begin to quantify through any kind of ranking.
Just like our report cards in elementary school, our GPAs now and salaries or performance reviews—we hope—in the future, the U.S. News ranking is worth knowing and working at. But it's not the be-all, end-all of our spirit, our worth. As is the case with any school you go to, ranked No. 53 or 153, your experience is what you make of it. Clichéd, but true!


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G4 to change direction - Report
NBC Universal reportedly planning to rebrand geek-themed network in 2013 and move it in direction reminiscent of GQ magazine.
By Eddie Makuch on September 7, 2012 at 12:02PM PDT
NBC Universal's G4 television network, in its present form, may be coming to an end. Variety reports that the American network, home to game-focused programs like Attack of the Show and X-Play, is undergoing a rebranding that may involve a name change and a shift in content that will make it reminiscent of men's magazine GQ.
G4 no more?
The site's sources did not divulge what G4 may be rebranded as, but said the changes are expected to happen sometime in 2013. As of press time, the network had not responded to GameSpot's request for comment.
In addition to its regular programming, G4 covers numerous annual conventions, including the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the Consumer Electronics Show, and Comic-Con.
Several high-profile G4 employees have left the network recently, including former Attack of the Show host and field reporter Kevin Pereira, as well as X-Play's outspoken talking head, Adam Sessler.
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