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10-page letter from Jill Rockcastle:
"This is my final statement done to help all the people affected by my
actions, Bill's actions, the actions and the results of whatever does
happen to them in our aftermath. I'm writing this so that each person
that receives it will identify with the time period in which your
experience occurred with him and I and can have some of the why, how,
why me, how could they, what happened etc. answered. I am not trying
in anyway to justify a single thing in here. I am not looking to
clear my name or actions. I have already done the most final things
possible to stop us from hurting anyone else.
"When Bill and I met, we discovered that we both had the ability to
get pretty much anything we wanted out of people. I did what I did
out of my need to survive. Bill did what he did out of the need to
conquer. To be superior to the people around him. To look like the
most successful person in the room. He lived his life feeding his
narcissism.
"He did all kinds of performance and look enhancing drugs. He was very
physically aware and fit. He felt superior in his profession as a
Chiropractor. He was earning a large amount of money but I was
constantly listening to conversations on the phone about lies and
schemes against people and agencies to maximize what he was paid.
"I was working in the mortgage business and as anyone knows that has
owned a home and gone through the finance process, it usually
involves being bullshitted all the way to signing documents that
never exactly match what you thought you were getting. Both of us
lied, manipulated, cheated, conned and hustled people to make the
most money for us.
"Bill was also immersed in the battle over his rights in the custody
of his daughter. He was not fighting to have custody tailored to the
needs and the best interest of his daughter but to maximize the
inconvenience to his ex-wife and to satisfy his public image of being
considered by people as just as good of a Dad if not better as his ex
was a Mother. The problem was, he was not. He did not enjoy the
emotion love part of being a parent. He believed that his ex was so
obsessed with (their daughter) because she had all these detachment
issues but she was always better for her than he could ever be and
THAT IS WHAT HE HATED and fought so hard against. He knew deep down
that he could not care for someone. That he didn't feel love. That he
didn't feel compassion. Not once ever in his life did he do something
JUST to make someone feel better. He wasn't capable of tenderness.
When we met he had no contact or relationship with his biological
Father and hated when he had to do something with his mother and that
side of the family.
"I had no family so it wasn't a problem for me not to do family
things. I was used to spending holidays with friends and not
relatives.
"Not too long after meeting each other, Bill was going through another
custody evaluation, and was required to provide his 2001, 2002 tax
returns. These returns showed he was actually making over 200,000 in
net income which was subject to child support. He ranted daily about
the prospect of paying so much. His ex, the bitch, was not getting
that much. On and on and on that went until I showed him a program I
had for preparing returns yourself. He asked me to cut his income way
down. I did the calculations but I couldn't go through with it. Two
days before the court hearing, he was threatening me. Screaming on
the phone. Telling me he needed this. I did love him. I did want to
help him. On the morning of the hearing, I finally gave in and faxed
the revised return to the lawyer. This when our partnership in crime
was launched. Our first act of joint deception. We did his return to
have only half of that net income and his support was raised to $1800
a month instead of the $4000 they were talking about. It worked so
perfectly for Bill and I was a willing participant that he now had no
problem asking me for more. We stopped paying taxes altogether.
"Because of this first crime as I will call it, we began living
without rules and not afraid of consequence. Bill told me if we were
ever caught, he would have enough money to buy us out of trouble. He
had a partnership with a doctor to open an office in Antioch and had
me do the books. This way, he—we—could report anything in the
financials and he could take more than the 50% profit. I once again
did this as he gave me some of the profits. He had me finance real
estate for some of the people he worked with so I could get increased
fees and share them. I did it.
"Bill discovered several ways to bleed as much personal revenue out of
any relationship, business deal and opportunity and was enjoying huge
"At the time, I loved and visited Las Vegas often. I had learned how
to work the marketing systems and programs developed by casinos to
attract and maintain players who offered regular spending and gaming
losses. I was able to establish myself as a VIP at several properties
and had many perks and benefits including free rooms, meals,
amenities , etc. He began going with me on my regular trips. He loved
the VIP treatment and attention.
"Because I played table games for 6-8 hours a day to meet the
requirements of my status, he began playing poker. His obsession was
"He took over his Hayward office as an owner in Feb 2004. I helped
him purchase the building his Hayward office was in and was able to
get this done as a LLC without affecting his personal credit. He
viewed this as such a coo and was so impressed with my ability to
"pull one off." He had his home in San Ramon and I had mine. We
spent everyday together. I started doing the books for his Hayward
office as a favor since I was still doing his Antioch office. I cant
even remember the number of times I would hear him scamming someone
on the phone and hanging up and being so proud of himself for how
much he got out of that guy or this lien. He over treated patients,
he had them have the injuries flare up after he maximized the
original allowed billing and milked the state for so much money in
false care. He was so impressed with his self net worth and began
spending excessively. He wanted to live his status. He wanted to be
visibly rich. He suggested we move in together but neither one of our
houses were good enough.
"I was able to cover my expenses with one or two deals a month, as I
financed larger homes with larger mortgages and was obtaining 2% or
better on my transaction. On $700,000 that was $14,000 or more on one
deal. I split 50/50 and then 60/40 with the broker I worked with so I
walked with $8000 and that was more than I spent. So I didn't work
much. I had a lot of free time and he was still working daily from
7-7 most days. He was very jealous of this. He wanted to play poker.
He wanted to live the high rollers life and become a professional
player on TV. Getting on TV was an obsession. He wanted to be
recognized publicly. He decided that because changes were coming in
workers compensation benefits and his income was going to soon suffer
that he needed to be a player. I had free time and he wanted it.
"In Oct 2004 we moved into our new lifestyle. The beginning of the
con. Im leaving so much out but those who know us know we went
through the physical enhancements, all the plastic surgery, all to
look rich and look great when he was famous. I did so many things to
my body to be his "trophy" Im not blaming him alone for this. I
liked it. I wanted it. I helped Bill buy two additional houses. I
helped Bill get his fancy car. I helped Bill do all this and said
everything was because of me and my money so that his exwife would
not pursue him for more support.
"Bill decided to go for the poker and hired two doctors to run his
offices giving them buyout options after a period of time just like
he bought his Hayward office. The doctor he put into his Hayward
office disclosed to us that he was in the process of being prosecuted
for child pron. Bill didn't care. I went to our attorney and told him
everything. He told Bill not to let this guy near his office. Bill
didn't care. He wanted the freedom and he wanted to play poker full
time. Bill went so far as to let him even move into his home in San
Ramon as part of the deal. CHILD PORN.
"Bill played his first professional poker tournament at the WSOP ,
buying in for 10000 and losing in about 4 hours. But the rush of
doing it was now what he needed. Everything we did from then on was
based on his goal to be the pro, to win millions, and most of all to
be famous. To be on TV.
"As for his daughter, he continued an ongoing battle with his wife.
This never stopped for six years. He went through several
professionals, attorneys, and all kinds of money on this. Spending in
access of $100,000 just to hurt Joanne. He never really wanted xxxxx.
I will insert a letter to her now.
"This letter is to help you and xxxxx. I want you to know that the way
you felt about Bill and why he was so horrible to you was not for any
other reason than Bill preferred fighting with you over just being
happy with xxxxx. I don't know why but I do know that his hatred for
you must have been more than that. What you thought and portrayed to
the world about him governed every move he made. He wanted everyone
to view him as the best Dad I think because he didn't even know how
to be one. He loved xxxxx inside but did not for whatever reason,
know how to take care of her emotionally. He did not have a caring
nurturing bone in his body. He felt love but didn't feel the need nor
have the ability to be weak in it. He felt he always had to be "Top
Gamer."
"Two years ago, he did plan to have you and your Mom killed. He paid a
guy to do it while we had xxxxx in Las Vegas for our Christmas time.
It was the scariest few days .
"He was going to kill you so he could get xxxxx, kill your Mom so she
wouldnt file for custody and then hire a full time nanny to take care
of her do he could continue to chase his poker dream of winning the
big one and getting on TV. When I got so upset by this and told him
that he would devastate xxxxx, his response was, she will get over
it. Living in Las Vegas, traveling, etc and with one person dedicated
just to her, she will "be on cloud nine." Kids are happy wherever
they are. That gave me the biggest insight to Bill. He never had, not
in xxxxx, not in me, not anything that he truly loved accept himself.
To think that she would be better off and happier if she lost you. He
could not see the relationship you share with her because he had
none, nor did he really understand one with her. Having her sit in
her bedroom for 12 hours on a Sunday watching TV while he played
poker and did lines of cocaine was his idea of visitation. She was
happy because she never got to do that at home because you had her
doing things all the time. He saw that as a fault in you. That you
were so obsessed with xxxxx because you had all these detachment
issues and maybe you do have some Joanne, but you were always better
for her than he could ever be and THAT IS WHAT HE HATED and fought so
hard against. He knew deep down that he could not care for someone.
That he didn't feel love. That he didn't feel compassion. Not once
ever in his life did he do something JUST to make someone feel
better. He wasn't capable of tenderness.
"He criticized you for breakfast in bed when if he would have just
done that once in a while for her, just got up and snuck in her bed,
she would have been so happy. He couldn't or wouldn't do it.
"Everything had to have a visible end result to be considered worth
doing for him. Not an emotional satisfaction. That he never got.
I am so sorry. I should have ended this then. I should have been
stronger and gone to an attorney and helped you. His obsession with
poker was as important to him as fighting with you. He calculated
every more in your battle to achieve the maximum Joanne piss off
level possible. This new tactic of trying to get xxxxx out of OLG was
only because you are so involved in your church and school and you
love her there. He had no thought of how happy xxxxx was there, how
it had become her community, how she had rooted herself . He believed
she would adjust but you would not. You would go crazy. He loved the
thought of you having to live everyday without what you wanted. I
don't understand that.
What happened did because I just couldn't let it keep going. He was
planning on filing this new motion to get you mentally examined,
change her school, get 50% custody and the other changes in there and
then tell you how it really was going to be. He would win and hire a
nanny to care for xxxxx when he had his week on so he could continue
to play poker. As a backup plan he would find the real guys to do
the job and be prepared to kill you and your Mom if this got to be to
difficult and he wasnt winning. When this happened Joanne, he was
doing just that. He decided to go forward and get this done. We
fought about it constantly, violently and I believed him I just
couldn't let it happen. I'm so sorry for you and for xxxxx but in the
end here today I will feel for the first time that she is safe and
that maybe somehow I actually helped her.
"Now for the rest of the people that have been hurt by this. I will
tell the stories in general terms but you will know who you are.
Bill began flying through money. He played online, he played
constantly and he played as if there was no end to the money. He
really believed he was going to make it.
All of the changes to workmens compensation came down and Bills
income went down 2/3 from what it was. He was losing money in his
offices He was spending more than he was making, not only on poker
but on trips, on partying, on toys, on everything. But he believed
all he had to do was hit it once, win once and it would all be
perfect. The money was running out. We were living this fake life of
millionaires. But we weren't. We were going broke. This is when some
of the schemes were hatched. The different ways to get people to give
"ME" money, not him so he didn't have the exwife thing. Selling
fake real estate deals. This plan was born after doing a real deal
with a friend buying 50% of a property that was financed by the other
guy, on his credit and we paid 50% cash and signed a side deal saying
we owned 50% but that was only on paper. Bill thought that was a
great way to get money because he believed the guy we did this with
made money that we didn't know about. On the property and on the
furniture deal.
"The first one he promised me that if I was able to get this person to
buy off on this that the money given as a down payment would be
returned to that person doubled when he won a big tournament. I did
it. At this point I should be looked at as horrible for being able to
even think it yet do it. But I thought if he was right, then I was
helping. That's how I lived with my sick self.
The next really horrible one was a good friend, according to Bill,
got in trouble and asked Bill and I to help them. This included
holding funds that were a source of their pending prosecution but
what they needed protected if their case all came down. Bill had them
give the money to me and be the front person with them, talking about
protection options so that if anything happened he was not subject to
recourse by his exwife and loose anything with his daughter. My kids
were already gone, so I could take the fall. What people didn't think
he knew couldn't hurt him. Bill took the majority of the cash and
hide it in an undisclosed location so that I didn't have to be
scared. I was.
"Several more things happened and while doing his poker and his drugs,
we put on quite the show. High rollers. Big money. I was rich. I was
a great business person. I was despicable.
He continued to fight his exwife. He hired attorney after attorney.
He ended up with a woman in Pleasanton who is a perfect resource for
anyone who would like validation. She was scared for me. She saw how
aggressive and violent and nasty Bill was and could be. She advised
me more than once to take care of me. On one occasion, I visited her
office alone and she was shocked at the way I looked and concerned
that I was in trouble. I was. But I said nothing. In this custody
and other battles, Bill was ordered to be tested for ADHD and to get
anger management. A therapist was selected and Bill began visiting
him. I went on several of these and on one appointment, I was talking
and Bill was being so mean and so destructive that the therapist said
"You are a prick" and Bill loved it and laughed.
"Bill signed an agreement instead of going to court so that he could
cut his regular visitation down which accommodated his poker playing.
He hired a nanny when he did have xxxxx, taking her to Vegas and she
spent all day and night with her instead of him.
"We were running out of everything, money, credit, friends,
everything. So many nights, starting at 4 pm and going until 1 or 2
am, he would play online poker and do lines of cocaine and I would
sit on the bed doing nothing when we were home. When in Vegas, he
played poker. Cash, tournaments and invitational games, all of which
he would loose. A tournament would run a week with games everyday
totally $15-20,000 which he would loose and then play the big game,
with the $10, 15 or $25,000 buy in fee. He was losing in excess of
50-75,000 a month easy. From Jan 2007 to the day of this tragedy
he had lost over $200,000.
Now I did gamble too and several of you know how I could bet. But you
have seen me win thousands. I would play roulette, win 20,000, text
Bill in the poker room. He would run over and grab 10-15,000 and go
loose it.
"His income continued to drop. I hit several large jackpots including
$80,000 at Bellagio. I stashed a lot of my Paris and Bellagio cash
winnings. I had a nest egg. I gave it to my children as they needed
"He was now becoming desperate. Several more scams were done and he
was funded a little longer but he never won. His offices were dying
and costing us. I went to the bank constantly depositing money to pay
the bills. He would come up with cash and make me deposit it so the
bank thought it was all mine so if his exwife did anything that he
would be ok. My days were spent juggling phone calls and lies to
people and the fake life. I was breaking down.
I'm going to skip so many things in an effort to shorten this but my
life was a constant hell for the last year. Im going to skip all the
lawsuits that were being filed. All the tax notices. All the bounced
checks. All the drugs. All the collections. The worst day being when
Bill informed me that his friend who had given him the cash to hold
needed some money for taxes. That was the day he told me it was all
gone. That I had to come up with the cash for his friend. I went
into shock. I don't know what happened to me but I changed. I became
convinced I had to stop him somehow. I called everyone for help. Some
of you know I asked. Some of you know how desperate I was becoming. I
called that attorney mentioned and asked to help me to get me out.
"But she never called me back. I called my at my attorney and told him
everything about the gambling and drugs. He told me that most
gambling addicts could not stop until everything was gone as there
was no substitution for the high. I knew it.
"On the day of the tragedy, Bill left for Vegas instructing me to make
sure his buyin was paid by the time he landed. I had been suffering
symptoms of heart attacks for several weeks and decided I had to see
my doctor. I had a rash breakout a week before I thought was nothing.
"I went in and found out I had shingles, caused by overwhelming
stress. He gave me scripts for pills to calm me. I hadn't really
slept for weeks.
I will now insert my statement about the tragedy.
SUBJECT TO ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE
To: Legal Counsel
Subject: Jill Rockcastle
From: XXXXXXXXXXXXX.
I met with Jill Rockcastle for several hours on April 13, 2007, and
April 14, 2007. These communications were between a client and her
attorney, and pursuant to California law, are privileged. Nothing
contained in this memo should be released to any third party, for any
reason, without her express, written consent.
During the course of our conversations, Jill disclosed to me that her
husband, was deceased, and in the apartment they shared in Las Vegas.
She advised that he had threatened to kill her during the midmorning
hours the day before, April 12, 2007, and that she stabbed him
approximately three times in the upper chest area. She then cleaned
the apartment, disposed of the knife, and returned to California.
Upon her return to California, she tried several times to contact me,
finally reaching me late afternoon on April 12, 2007. Not knowing
what had occurred, we made arrangements to meet the next day, April
Background.
In the mid-1980's, Bill was a correctional officer. He apparently
worked at the Vacaville Medical facility at Vacaville, California.
He told Jill on many occasions that the best part of this job was
being able to beat people up, and that you became a hero to your
co-workers the more you did it. Jill does not know whether he was
fired or resigned.
In early 2000's, Bill graduated for chiropractic school, and went to
work as a chiropractor. He was very successful for a time, and had
three offices. A few years ago, however, he got into professional
poker. He fancied himself as a major player in the poker circuit,
and poker quickly took over his life. He abandoned his own practice,
and entered into written agreements with subordinates which
ultimately left them in charge of the three offices. Issues have
arisen with a couple of these offices which resulted in one ongoing
lawsuit with one doctor, and very current issues with the employee at
the other office.
About the time he was graduating from chiropractic school, Bill
divorced. She is about 37-38 years of age, and lives with their
daughter, (age 9) at an unknown address in Castro Valley. They were
only married about 18 months. She found herself pregnant with xxxxx,
and Bill "did the right thing." However, shortly after she was
born, Bill left. According to Jill, Bill never had deep real feelings
for xxxxx, but loved to harass his ex-wife. In fact, there is an
existing court order that he was required to attend some of her
sporting events, which he always dreaded.
Jill and Bill knew each other as friends for a couple years. They
met about 6 months after Bill divorced. A couple years later, they
developed a romantic relationship, which resulted in marriage in, I
believe, 2005. Bill had a chocking fetish, which Jill discovered
during a sexual encounter when he chocked her into unconsciousness.
He had both hands around her throat, which he had done before, but on
this first occasion he had a crazed look about him, and seemed to
"get off" on the chocking. When she came out of it, she was very
upset with him. The same thing occurred much later. The last time
he did so was this past Easter.
Bill had a very rocky relationship post marriage. His ex wife even
warned Jill, before they were married, to be careful of Bill, but
without any explanation. Although divorced, and having experienced
many issues with Bill after their divorce, hi ex wife still cared for
him, and in a way still believed she had some kind of relationship
with him. This extended to contacts with his family, such as
Christmas cards.
But Bill had no such feelings towards her. He repeatedly told Jill
that he hated her, and wanted to see her dead, and her mother dead.
Jill believed that Bill would have enjoyed killing them himself.
Twice, they were involved a very, very expensive evaluations after
Bill sought changes in custody and visitation. As a result of these
evaluations, there is an extensive paper trail of the problems,
threats, and issues between Bill and his ex wife. The witnesses
1. Andy Pioman, PhD at the Oasis Center, Walnut Creek, who assisted
Bill with anger management;
2. Erica Meyers, PhD, Oakland, who was one of the evaluators;
3. Christine Pigeon, Oakland, a special master assigned by the family
law division of the superior court;
4. Jim Jacobs, a former special master; and
5. Vera Hartford, Bill's former attorney in the second evaluation.
Vera asked Jill to meet for lunch, and during their meeting said she
was very concerned about Jill, and asked her to be very careful
around Bill. She also asked Jill to find some way to get Bill to
"fire her."
Just before Christmas, 2005, Bill told Jill that he had hired someone
to kill his ex wife and her mother. Jill didn't believe him, but
noticed that he was acting very agitated and anxious. He was hanging
around the phone at the Belagio where they were staying for the
Christmas break. He finally told her that he was waiting for a phone
call from the person, confirming that the killings had taken place.
Jill panicked. Jill prayed that he was lying. As it turns out, he
wasn't lying, but had been ripped off by the intended "hitman."
Bill was furious, but, to Jill's knowledge, he never attempted to
hire someone to kill them again. He did, however, often talk about
killing both of them. Generally, these threats were made while he
was on cocaine, or crashing from a cocaine binge. The rantings got
worse if Bill and his ex wife were involved in litigation, which had
recently been on going, or he had to take care of his daughter or go
to a sporting event.
There was, at the time of his death, a new petition he had filed to
change custody and visitation. It was recently filed, but was in its
infant stages. It is important to note that he had no feelings for
his daughter, and these efforts were solely for the purpose of
harassment. When his daughter was in the home he shared with Jill,
Bill would rarely speak to her, and would spend his time playing
poker on the computer. He was very unpleasant with her, and
virtually never showed any affection towards her. xxxxx was
beginning to rebel against him. He was never physically abusive
towards her, but was mean and vicious.
Bill had experienced only very minimal success as a professional
gambler. The circuit he was in took him throughout Nevada and
California (Indian Reservation casinos). The championship rounds
were preceded by "mini tournaments." While the buy in for the
"main event" may have been $10-25,000, the mini tournaments could
double the amounts advanced just to play. Generally, he lost. He
also developed a habit of imploding during a tournament. Whatever
triggered the event, he would simply play stupid and lose very
Gamblers keep long hours, and to keep his edge, Bill began using
drugs. He was also a weightlifter and body builder. He was very
strong, and in very good physical condition. He took metabolic
steroids for some time, but recently stopped. He replaced them with
daily injections of testosterone in the upper arm, and testosterone
gel on the thighs. He also began abusing cocaine. Jill believes
that last time he used cocaine was about 0100 hours, Tuesday, April
His drug regiment began early in the afternoon Generally, he would
get back to the apartment (or hotel) very late. When he woke up the
morning, he would take Ativan and coffee. The stimulant in the
coffee would keep him on edge. He would be able to return to sleep
for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours, but would then wake up very alert, and
very aggressive. He claimed it gave him an edge, and started his day.
Once awake, he would generally adjourn to his office, where he would
spend untold hours playing poker on the computer. If out of town for
tournaments, he would then hit the casinos. He would play all the
mini tournaments, often at a cost of $1,000 or more each evening,
almost always losing. Even if he lost every night, he would get the
money from Jill to play the main event.
The Night Before the Incident. On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, Bill went
to Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament at the Bellagio Hotel, Las
Vegas. Jill was supposed to drive to Las Vegas from her home in San
Ramon on Wednesday, and bring Jill's daughter. She was supposed to
bring $30,000 with her to support Bill's playing over the next few
days. This included the $25,000 fee for the main event, and the buy
ins for the various mini tournaments. Unfortunately, her daughter
injured her knee, and could not make the trip. Jill decided to fly,
but could not get a flight which would get in Las Vegas in time for
the Wednesday night mini tournament. She knew that Bill would be
furious with her if that occurred. She called a friend of hers, and
asked if she could advance Bill the $5,000. She could not, but spoke
to a friend who could. He advanced the money, but a friend of Bills
was supposed to repay him. Jill told both that Bill would "kill
her" if there was a problem getting the $5,000. Jill arrived in Las
Vegas on Wednesday evening after the tournament began, around 9:00
p.m. She immediately tried to make good on the debt. What she did
not know, however, was that Bill's friend had located Bill at the
tournament, before her arrival, and told him what had occurred. He
said he was not comfortable giving this guy $5,000. This apparently
caused Bill to implode, and he was actually out of the tournament by
the time Jill landed.
Jill found out that Bill did not have enough in his account to cover
the $5,000, and decided to simply go to their apartment. This is
where she found Bill. He was upset with her. When he got upset, he
generally did not yell and scream. Instead, he would get quiet, grit
his teeth, lean forward into one's space, and aggressively "talk"
to you. He could be vicious and threatening. He had, on at least
one occasion, and in front of others, "head slapped" Jill. He
often threatened her, but generally not in public. Bill demanded
that she make good on the $5,000 immediately, and became very
aggressive. Jill had had enough, and told him she would not do so,
and for him to make good on the debt. He calmed down, and went to
bed around 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. Jill went to bed a couple hours later.
Day of the Incident. Bill woke up around 0730. He was in a foul
mood, and still upset from the night before. He was not threatening,
however. He spilled a glass of red crystal light on the carpet
directly next to the bed. Jill got up and cleaned the drink, hoping
to avoid staining the new carpet. She used pine cleaner and the smell
was strong. So she covered the wet floor with two throw blankets from
the bed, spread them out to cover the wet carpet. He took his
Ativan and coffee, and went back to sleep for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Jill does not know whether he took his injections. She believed he
did not have any cocaine. The absence of cocaine concerned her more
than if he was using the cocaine. She had seen him "crash" from a
cocaine binge, and knew that he would get crazy, threatening, and
aggressive. When he finally woke up around 1030-1100, he woke up
very alert and, as she feared, aggressive. He immediately began
talking about Jill repaying the debt to Julian, but she again said
she would not do so. He also wanted another $2,500 to play in
another mini tournament that day which started at 100. Jill refused
to give him any money. He got more and more aggressive, more
"gritty," and then began comparing Jill with Joann. Jill thought
that Bill was beginning to lose it, and decided she should leave. He
began saying that he Jill was going to embarrass him before the
gamers, and ruin him. He started threatening Joann and her mother
with death, saying that he was going to kill them, and that he sick
of everything that was going on. This brought back memories of
December, 2005. Then he said he was sick of Jill, and was going to
kill her. She remembered that Bill told her once that they would
never divorce, "not unless one of us died."
Jill walked out of the bedroom and into the living room. Her plan
was to leave, but Bill negotiated around the room so that he was
between her and the door. He continually moved towards her, gritting
his teeth, threatening her, getting as close as he could to her.
She backed out of the living room, and into the kitchen. The kitchen
is U-shaped, and he backed her into the far end of the "U." At
this point, Jill saw the butcher block, and removed a knife. She
pointed it at him, and told him to leave her alone. Bill did not
back off, but gave her a little space which she used to get out of
the kitchen. But Bill still kept himself between her and the door,
and then began advancing towards her. He backed her down the
hallway, and back into the bedroom. He advanced towards her, with
his arms at his sides but hands and forearms outstretched as if to
strangle her. She was terrified that he was going to kill her, and
unable to retreat, began striking at him with both hands. He went
down, and she realized, for the first time, that she still had the
knife in her hand, and that she had inflicted 3-4 wounds in his upper
chest area. It took a bit for her to understand what had just
happened, but it was evident to her that Bill was dead. She covered
him with the blanket and a towel because she "didn't want him to be
cold." She straightened things around him. She touched him and
talked to him and thought he would get up.
For some time, she sat in the room trying to figure out what had
happened. She then panicked. She decided to take her own life. She
made oatmeal with several drugs in it and attempted to eat it. It
tasted horrid so she threw it away and cleaned the dish. During this
time of panic, she decided she didn't want anyone having to deal with
what she had done. She cleaned up the apartment, washed the sheets,
"cleaned around so no one had to" and she left the apartment. She
made the decision to return to California, and to call her attorney
for help.
Possible Exculpatory Evident. In addition to what may be revealed
during the post, there is a yellow box in Bill's office, setting
under the day bed, which should contain cocaine residue. Also in the
office, setting on the day bed, is a box and flex file containing the
various evaluation materials. This includes a 4-5″ green folder
containing the vicious and threatening emails between Bill, Joann and
others. The divorce papers are located in a black file cabinet to
the right of Bill's desk.
I know that everything I have disclosed here does not excuse this. It
does not explain it and it does not help me in anyway. I am not
sending this for that purpose. I fully intend at this time to end
this entire tragic string of events by ending my life as well. I know
my children will have to learn to accept that but no one else should
accept me being allowed to live whether it be in jail for the rest of
my life or anywhere or how. I had to stop us. Everyone that was part
of this I hope you recover. I hope you can take your disgust and
anger with us and put it on us. Find console in the fact we are gone
and cannot hurt you anymore.
If for some reason I fail in this, at least this will guarantee my
conviction and I will have to pay everyday for my disgusting life.
Not that it could mean anything but I am truly sorry. To the people
who loved me, I apologize for this shame. I hope you can walk away
physically and emotionally from us. I hope you can forgive only
enough to insure your own future happiness.
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Ephphatha School believes in teaching sign language and hence the importance they place on preschool preparation for pupils starting at the school. All teachers use sign language but none are formally qualified as most of this training has been done on the job by teachers who are more proficient in signing. In 1992 Ephphatha School started to do more to develop a signing vocabulary and produced a booklet of 83 commonly used words in Burundi, which can only be seen as a start because this was not followed up by any further publications. The teachers in Ephphatha do not discourage oralism nor do they force signing all the time. There is willingness among the teachers and the head teacher at Ephphatha to learn oralism/lip reading from CESDA teachers and to teach CESDA teachers their signing skills.


In South India, the screen is believed (at least by some) to be a place where divine manifestations happen. The theatre becomes a sanctum sanctorum, fans become devotees and actors become gods; Cinema is a religion and stars are Avatars, to be adored and worshipped.
Here is a list of South India's mightiest superstars. Who would you choose to be the Superstar of the Decade? Vote Now!
Phenomenally popular, Rajnikanth is known among his fans as "The Superstar". For thousands of his admirers, Rajni is the last word in stardom. He has enchanted film viewers with his magical performances, thrilling on-screen presence and unique dialogue delivery. Rajni has, so far, had only three major releases in this decade ('Baba', 'Chandramukhi'and 'Sivaji The Boss'), out of which two were record-breaking hits.
In spite of the debacles of 'Baba' and 'Kuselan' (guest role), Rajni has remained the mightiest star in terms of B.O pull. While 'Chandramukhi' rewrote all previous Box-office records, 'Sivaji The Boss' opened to unmatched frenzy and fanfare.
Rajnikanth proved that he is India's biggest crowd-puller with 'Endhiran' (2010).
Whether it is the runaway comic caper, 'Thenali', or the thoughtful remake, 'Unnaipol Oruvan', Kamal Hassan has made crowds sit up and take notice, every time he appeared on screen.
In this decade, Kamal won accolades for his experimental film 'Dasavataram', in which he played ten roles. The film was a hit, and the performance fetched mixed reviews. He, however, got favourable reviews for his portrayals in 'Anbe Sivam' and 'Virumandi'.
Another popular Kamal film of the decade was 'Vasool Raja MBBS' (the remake of Raj Kumar Hirani's 'Munnabhai MBBS'). One of the biggest stars of Tamil cinema, Kamal Haasan continues to stun his detractors and enthrall his fans.
Chiyaan Vikram's 'Anniyan' is one of Tamil cinema's biggest blockbusters to date. His impressive performance as a person with multiple personality disorder won him both B.O. success and critical acclaim.
Vikram also gave powerful performances in super hit films such as 'Sethu' and 'Pithamaghan'.
His latest offering 'Kanthasamy' was declared a hit but could not match the success of his previous ventures.
Despite many ups and downs, Ajith has remained steadfast and managed to give hits at the right time. Even when his films haven't done well, critics and fans have appreciated his performances, which has made him stay on top.
Hits such as 'Dheena', 'Citizen', 'Poovellam Un Vasam', 'Villain', 'Attagasam', 'Paramasivan', 'Valaralu', and 'Billa', testify to Ajith's ability to play characters of various hues.
In spite of an erratic career graph, Ajith has retained his popularity.
Vijay has remained the quintessential 'young man' of Kollywood, enacting youthful roles with ease and elan. His dance and action sequences are worthy of applause!
Hits such as 'Ghilli', 'Puthiya Geethai', 'Madhurey', 'Sivakasi' and 'Kuruvi' made him a favorite among the youth.
Vijay's popularity and box office success took a slight dent with the debacles of films such as 'Aadhi', 'Sachien', 'Villu' and 'Kuruvi'.
No other actor from Kollywood has amassed so much popularity in so little time as Suriya has.
Suriya's most popular hits of the decade include 'Nandha', 'Mounam Pesiyadhe', 'Kaaka Kaaka', 'Ghajini', 'Aaru', 'Varanam Aayiram', 'Ayan' and 'Aadhavan'.
Chiru's career graph for this decade resembles an ECG print out. While crowds rejoiced at some of his super hits, the fan following did take a beating with a few duds that he dished out during 2006-09.
Films such as 'Indra', 'Tagore', 'Shankardada MBBS' and 'Shankardada Zindabad' drew huge collections at the box office and won him a lot of regional awards.
'Andarivadu', 'Jai Chiranjeeva' and 'Stalin' opened to mass frenzy but weren't able to sustain viewer interest.
Nag's presence on the silver-screen has worked wonders sometimes and has caught dust on other occasions.
His most popular hits of the decade include 'Nuvvasthavani', 'Santosham', 'Manmadhudu' and 'Sriramadasu'.
'Nenunnanu', 'Azaad', 'Sivamani', 'Krishnarjuna' and 'King' were just average grossers, but Nag's performances in these movies were greatly appreciated.
Apart from the blockbuster, 'Narsimha Naidu' (in the beginning of this decade), none of Balakrishna's releases were able to create the magic this star is supposed to be capable of.
'Seema Simham', 'Chenna Kesava Reddy', 'Palnati Brahmanaidu', 'Lakshmi Narsimha', and 'Vijayendra Verma' were average successes.
Ballayya's revived his fortunes with 'Pandurangadu' and 'Oka Mogadu'.
This young and talented actor has created quite a standing for himself in the Telugu film industry with well-placed releases, in this decade.
Kicking-off the decade with the super hit movie, 'Murari', Mahesh repeated his success with major hits such as 'Okkadu', 'Athadu', and 'Pokiri'.
Though Mahesh's charm worked wonders with fans in 'Takkari Donga', 'Nijam', 'Naani', 'Sainikudu', and 'Athidhi', the films did just average business at the B.O.
Jr. NTR's rise in Tollywood has been phenomenal by all standards; he now commands a fan following at par with any of the big names of the industry.
NTR's first major B.O success of the decade was 'Student No. 1' (2001). He followed it up with another mega hit 'Aadi'.
NTR's other major hits of the decade include 'Simhadri' and 'Yamadonga'.
Sampath Kumar aka Vishnuvardhan had been a very influential star in the Kannada film fraternity. His superstar stature, charisma and undying appeal had kept audiences coming back to watch his movies regardless of the film's overall USP.
VV's biggest hits of the last ten years were 'Simhadriya Simha', 'Kadamba', 'Apthamitra', 'Kshana Kshana', and 'Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige'. His posthumous releases, 'School Master' and 'Aptharakshaka', hit the bull's-eye at the Kannada B.O.
Puneeth Rajkumar has so far had a dream run in this part of South Indian cinema. Since his magical debut in 2002 in the blockbuster 'Appu', there has been no looking back for this Rajkumar scion.
Crowds loved his performances in 'Appu', 'Abhi', 'Maurya', 'Aakash', 'Arasu', 'Milana' and 'Vamshi'.
A classic case of an over-night hero, Ganesh has made a mark for himself in Kannada films post the release of the super hit, 'Mangaru Malle'.
His good run at the box-office continued with hits such as 'Huddugatta', 'Chelivina Chittara', 'Gaalipata', 'Aramane' and the recent 'Maleyali Jotheyali'.
One of Malayalam cinema's most popular faces, Mammootty's has remained a super star for most part of his career.
Mammootty's super hits for this decade include ' Kazhcha', 'Thommanum Makkalum', 'Rajamanikyam' and 'Pazhassi Raja'.
His is an illustrious movie career of over three decades, spread over acting, producing and distributing. Mohanlal is now a mighty force in Mollywood.
His hits from this decade include 'Narasimham', 'Thanmatra', 'Udayananu Tharam', 'Rasathanthram' and 'Keerthichakra'.


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Summer retreat with Moore starts this Sunday
Tracy Simmons spoke with Thomas Moore earlier this month for a story in the American Republican, published in Waterbury, Connecticut. She writes:
"A Life at Work is about finding the right job and becoming the person you were meant to be.
"It's not just about finding a job somewhere, it's deeper," [Thomas Moore] said. "It has everything to do with feeling that your life is meaningful."
The book addresses how to begin looking for one's life work, how to prevent unhappiness from seeping into other areas of life and how to know when it's time for a change.
"One way people can get an idea of what they should be doing in terms of work is to simply be more in touch with themselves," he said. "I tell them that if they're in the wrong work, they'll know it. They'll be watching the clock, drinking too much, relationships may be difficult, they may feel depressed. There's a lot of things they're going to have to tackle."
Moore uses fairy tales, Greek and Roman mythology and the teachings of Socrates to illustrate his point. He also asked readers to submit their stories about finding meaningful work. He changed names and places and used many of those stories in the book, he said."
Simmons also mentions the retreat with Thomas Moore in Madison, Conn., to start this Sunday: "The summer retreat will include presentations and discussions with Moore as well as time for individual reflection. More information is available at (203) 245-0401."
Labels: A Life at Work, Event, Thomas Moore
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Q: Performance Tuning an Existing Oracle Query I'm a newbie to Oracle and have been given a task of improving some existing SQL queries currently running in a web based application. I've extracted the following query and ran it in SQL Developer to view the Explain information. I'm not very familiar with the Plan Table Output and looking for some help with possible improvements in the queries performance which takes about 2 seconds to return 50 rows.
Query:
SELECT PATD.StageName                                                                                AS StageName,
  100 * (LINKS.NEVENTS - LINKS.NCONTACTS) / (DECODE(LINKS.NEVENTS,0,1,LINKS.NEVENTS))                     AS PERCENTREPEAT,
  LINKS.NEVENTS                                                                                AS NEVENTS,
  LINKS.NCONTACTS                                                                                AS NCONTACTS,
  'STAGE'                                                                                AS DETAILLEVEL,
  LATD.LinkClassName                                                                                AS LINKTYPE,
  PATD.ActivityGroupTxt                                                                                AS PACTIVITYGROUP,
  SATD.ActivityGroupTxt                                                                                AS SACTIVITYGROUP
FROM
  (SELECT NEVENTS ,
    NCONTACTS ,
    LINKTYPEKEY ,
    PACTIVITYGROUP ,
    SACTIVITYGROUP
  FROM
    (SELECT SUM (
      CASE
        WHEN CALF.PredActivityKey = -1
        THEN 0
        ELSE 1
      END)                                AS NEVENTS,
      COUNT (DISTINCT CALF.RELATEDID)     AS NCONTACTS,
      CALF.predecessorlinkclasskey        AS LINKTYPEKEY,
      CALF.PredActivityKey                AS PACTIVITYGROUP,
      CALF.SuccActivityKey                AS SACTIVITYGROUP
    FROM
      (SELECT * FROM TABLE_A WHERE GKEY = 4
      ) CALF
    JOIN TABLE_B DDate
    ON (DDate.DateKey=CALF.SegmentStartACDDateKey)
    WHERE CALF.segmentstartacddate BETWEEN TO_DATE('2012-09-25', 'YYYY-MM-DD') AND TO_DATE('2013-09-25', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
    AND DDate.fullDate BETWEEN TO_DATE('2012-09-25', 'YYYY-MM-DD') AND TO_DATE('2013-09-25', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
    GROUP BY  CALF.predecessorlinkclasskey,
              CALF.PredActivityKey,
              CALF.SuccActivityKey
    ORDER BY NEVENTS DESC
    )
  WHERE ROWNUM <= 50
  ) LINKS
JOIN TABLE_C LATD
ON (LATD.linkclasskey=LINKS.LINKTYPEKEY)
JOIN TABLE_D PATD
ON (PATD.cfactivitykey=LINKS.PACTIVITYGROUP)
JOIN TABLE_D SATD
ON (SATD.cfactivitykey=LINKS.SACTIVITYGROUP)

Plan Table Ouput:
| Id  | Operation                               | Name                    | Rows  | Bytes |TempSpc| Cost (%CPU)| Time     | Pstart| Pstop |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT                        |                         |    50 |  4550 |       | 54882   (1)| 00:10:59 |       |       |
|*  1 |  HASH JOIN                              |                         |    50 |  4550 |       | 54882   (1)| 00:10:59 |       |       |
|*  2 |   HASH JOIN                             |                         |    50 |  3850 |       | 54855   (1)| 00:10:59 |       |       |
|   3 |    MERGE JOIN                           |                         |    50 |  2550 |       | 54829   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|   4 |     TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID         | TABLE_C                 |     3 |    39 |       |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|   5 |      INDEX FULL SCAN                    | PK_TABLE_C              |     3 |       |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|*  6 |     SORT JOIN                           |                         |    50 |  1900 |       | 54827   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|   7 |      VIEW                               |                         |    50 |  1900 |       | 54826   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|*  8 |       COUNT STOPKEY                     |                         |       |       |       |            |          |       |       |
|   9 |        VIEW                             |                         |  1244K|    45M|       | 54826   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|* 10 |         SORT ORDER BY STOPKEY           |                         |  1244K|    45M|    61M| 54826   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|  11 |          HASH GROUP BY                  |                         |  1244K|    45M|    61M| 54826   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|  12 |           VIEW                          | VW_DAG_0                |  1244K|    45M|       | 30184   (2)| 00:06:03 |       |       |
|  13 |            HASH GROUP BY                |                         |  1244K|    56M|    81M| 30184   (2)| 00:06:03 |       |       |
|* 14 |             HASH JOIN                   |                         |  1244K|    56M|       | 15278   (2)| 00:03:04 |       |       |
|  15 |              TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TABLE_B                 |   367 |  5138 |       |    15   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|* 16 |               INDEX RANGE SCAN          | AKI_TABLE_B             |   367 |       |       |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|  17 |              PARTITION RANGE ITERATOR   |                         |  1247K|    40M|       | 15253   (2)| 00:03:04 |    40 |    92 |
|  18 |               PARTITION HASH ALL        |                         |  1247K|    40M|       | 15253   (2)| 00:03:04 |     1 |     3 |
|* 19 |                TABLE ACCESS FULL        | TABLE_A                 |  1247K|    40M|       | 15253   (2)| 00:03:04 |   118 |   276 |
|  20 |    PARTITION LIST ALL                   |                         | 10183 |   258K|       |    26   (0)| 00:00:01 |     1 |     4 |
|  21 |     TABLE ACCESS FULL                   | TABLE_D                 | 10183 |   258K|       |    26   (0)| 00:00:01 |     1 |     4 |
|  22 |   PARTITION LIST ALL                    |                         | 10183 |   139K|       |    26   (0)| 00:00:01 |     1 |     4 |
|  23 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL                    | TABLE_D                 | 10183 |   139K|       |    26   (0)| 00:00:01 |     1 |     4 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
---------------------------------------------------

   1 - access("SATD"."cfactivitykey"="LINKS"."SACTIVITYGROUP")
   2 - access("PATD"."cfactivitykey"="LINKS"."PACTIVITYGROUP")
   6 - access("LATD"."LINKCLASSKEY"="LINKS"."LINKTYPEKEY")
       filter("LATD"."LINKCLASSKEY"="LINKS"."LINKTYPEKEY")
   8 - filter(ROWNUM<=50)
  10 - filter(ROWNUM<=50)
  14 - access("DDATE"."DATEKEY"="TABLE_A"."SEGMENTSTARTACDDATEKEY")
  16 - access("DDATE"."FULLDATE">=TO_DATE(' 2012-09-25 00:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') AND "DDATE"."FULLDATE"<=TO_DATE('
              2013-09-25 00:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
  19 - filter("GKEY"=4 AND "TABLE_A"."SEGMENTSTARTACDDATE">=TO_DATE(' 2012-09-25 00:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')
              AND "TABLE_A"."SEGMENTSTARTACDDATE"<=TO_DATE(' 2013-09-25 00:00:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))

Note
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   - automatic DOP: skipped because of IO calibrate statistics are missing

 49 rows selected

A: This seems to be classic performance issue arising out of 'pagination'. But, i tempted to look into this as SQL and execution plan were provided here.
If you search for large window like 12 months or so (BETWEEN '2012-09-25' AND '2013-09-25'), CBO is going follow and rely on FTS on all key tables.
But, That may not that bad if proper partitions are in place. SQL can returns pretty fast (if not in desired 2 sec).
You most costly operations of your SQL is No 10 & 13 of plan output (SORT ORDER and GROUP BY ).
|* 10 |         SORT ORDER BY STOPKEY           |                         |  1244K|    45M|    61M| 54826   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|  11 |          HASH GROUP BY                  |                         |  1244K|    45M|    61M| 54826   (1)| 00:10:58 |       |       |
|  12 |           VIEW                          | VW_DAG_0                |  1244K|    45M|       | 30184   (2)| 00:06:03 |       |       |
|  13 |            HASH GROUP BY                |                         |  1244K|    56M|    81M| 30184   (2)| 00:06:03 |       |       |

Therefore, i would recommend the following (based on explain plan and assuming STATS are updated) :
1) Global Index on 'TABLE_A' to support costly '..GROUP BY':-
  CALF.predecessorlinkclasskey,
  CALF.PredActivityKey,
  CALF.SuccActivityKey

2) Re-visit Partitions: re-organize partitions (may be sub-partitions as well) on table (at least largest TABLE_A) to include the following:
Table_A:
partition on "GKEY"
sub-partition on "SEGMENTSTARTACDDATE"
3) Reduce the date range window: I would also suggest you re-think and reduce the date range window to a more realistic and optimal level (may be a month or a Qtr)
There is no point traversing 1247K rows for 50 rows in hand.
4) Use GTT to park the interim output (You can experiment with it as a last resort. But, this will demand code re-factoring/ SQL splitting etc)
You may try all OR some of these options. Make sure your stats (table/index) are up-to-update.

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RunningAHEAD - Topic: Weekly Water Info now on Home page.
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I moved the weekly water info to the Home page so that several of us can edit it.


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Adela Mărculescu (n. 21 decembrie 1938, Aiud) este o actriță de teatru și film din România. În prezent este actriță la Teatrul Național din București. Din 2001 este cetățean de onoare al municipiului București.

Spectacole de teatru
 Alexandru Lăpușneanu
 Cine a fost Adam?
 Idolul și Ion Anapoda
 Între patru ochi
 Despot Vodă
 Torquato Tasso
 Un anotimp fără nume
 Capcana
 Omul care a văzut moartea
 Vrăjitoarele din Salem
 Trilogia antică
 Poveste din Hollywood
 Harvey
 Dragă mincinosule
 Vecina de alături
 Anul viitor la aceeași oră
 Mașinăria Cehov
 Viață de actor
 Dulcea pasăre a tinereții
 Take, Ianke și Cadîr
 Dona Diana

Filmografie

 Șapte băieți și o ștrengăriță (1967) - dublaj de voce
 Serbările galante (1965)
Ceața
 Hyperion (1975) - Thea
 Dumbrava minunată (1980) - Toamna
 Iancu Jianu haiducul (1981)
 Alo, aterizează străbunica!... (1981)
 Galax (1984)
 Acțiunea "Zuzuc" (1984)
 Surorile (1984)
 Declarație de dragoste (1985)
 Un oaspete la cină (1986)
 Primăvara bobocilor (1987)
 Să-ți vorbesc despre mine (1988)Cine iubește și lasăBătălia pentru Roma Dușmanul dușmanului meu (1999)
 Păcală se întoarce (2006)

Premii și distincții
Președintele României Ion Iliescu i-a conferit actriței Adela Mărculescu la 7 februarie 2004 Ordinul Meritul Cultural în grad de Ofițer, Categoria D - "Arta Spectacolului", "în semn de apreciere a întregii activități și pentru dăruirea și talentul interpretativ pus în slujba artei scenice și a spectacolului".

Referințe

 Lectură suplimentară
 Să crezi, să iubești, să dăruiești.. Adela Mărculescu, Ion Moldovan, Editura Bunavestire, Blaj, 2013 - recenzie

Legături externe
 http://www.tnb.ro/index.php?page=actor&idactor=41Interviuri Adela Mărculescu: Dacă mie îmi luați scena, eu pot să mor, 28 iunie 2008, Amos News Adela Marculescu, Silvia Kerim, Formula AS - anul 2009, numărul 853
 Adela Mărculescu – Lebăda albă a teatrului românesc , 14 februarie 2011, Q Magazine''

Nașteri în 1938
Actrițe române
Actrițe de film române
Actrițe de teatru române
Cetățeni de onoare ai Bucureștiului
Decorați cu Ordinul Meritul Cultural

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James William Robinson was born in Portsea, Hampshire, England on 6 August 1881.
He was the son of James Tribe Robinson (b. 1859), an able seaman, and Elizabeth Ann Gill Evans (b. 1960). His father hailed from Sussex and his mother from Dorset and they had married in Southampton in 1879. At the time of the 1881 census the couple were childless and living at 17 Frederick Street, Portsea.
James was one of nine children, six of whom lived past infancy. His known siblings were: Laura Bessie (b. 1883), Frederick (b. 1887), Bessie Rebecca (b. 1889), Thomas Henry (b. 1893) and Florence Rose (b. 1904).
His father later left the sea and moved he and his family to Chadwell, Essex where he took up a position as a harbour lock gateman and would be listed on the 1891 census living at 59 Tilbury Dwellings and the 1901 census at 188 Dock Dwellings. James was not listed with his family at either address on these census records and his whereabouts at the time are unknown but he went to sea as a young man and became a steward.
James was married in Southampton in 1902 to Lillian Emily Bruce Pike (b. 1881 in Shirley, Hampshire, daughter of Robert and Sarah Pike). The couple had one child, Laurence Bruce (b. 1906).
James was likely at his seafaring duties at the time of the 1911 census and would be absent from home when his wife and son were listed as living at 5 Bath Cottage, Carlisle Road, Shirley.
When he signed-on to the Titanic, on 6 April 1912, James gave his address as Vine Cottage, Carlisle Road, (Southampton). His last ship had been the New York. As a saloon steward he received monthly wages of £3, 15s.
James Robinson died in the sinking. His body was later recovered by the Mackay-Bennett (#151) and buried at sea on 24 April 1912.
NAME ON COAT - J. M. ROBINSON.
James' son Laurence died aged only 12 in 1918. His widow Lillian remained in Southampton for the rest of her life but was not remarried until 1928 when she wed John H. Dixon. She died in 1947.


Working out is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Rest and proper nutrition are critical components to exercise recovery. When it comes to post-workout nutrition, there is something called the "window of opportunity". In a nutshell, this is the time directly after you exercise up until 2 hours, where your body is primed to receive nutrients that can assist with its repairing and rebuilding processes.
Rehydrating by replacing electrolytes, replenishing glycogen stores (energy) and reducing muscle wastage with protein consumption are key components to feeling stronger, leaner and fitter. The below strategies will help do just that, boosting exercise performance and recovery. However, it would be remiss if I didn't also mention simply opting for nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich, anti-inflammatory foods as a mainstay in your diet (i.e. fruit and veg!), to best support your body in every way, particularly in helping combat exercise-induced oxidative stress.
Coconut Water – contains potassium, magnesium and calcium making it great for replacing electrolytes after a workout. Electrolytes have many crucial bodily functions such as regulating and maintaining proper hydration, controlling heartbeat and relaxing the muscles to aid in recovery. Drink immediately! Top tip: you might want to add a pinch of Himalayan salt to your beverage, especially if you feel you have really worked up a sweat!
Magnesium Oil – Magnesium has many functions within the body and whilst plentiful in dark green leafy vegetables and other various foods, to reach a therapeutic dose, you would need to be eating a lot! Unfortunately, many of us are under-consuming plant-foods. Enter this easy to absorb, simple to use transdermal magnesium oil! Delivered through the skin, it is directly available to the muscular system. Use this directly after a workout, at least 20 minutes before showering (or apply after showering) to maintain proper muscle function, prevent stiffness and cramping, regulate hormonal processes, moderate stress and balance calcium for healthy bones. Its natural ability to relax and sooth both muscles and the nervous system makes it a fantastic sleep aid, workout or no workout! Top tip: if you often experience stiffness and cramps, this might be a sign of magnesium deficiency.
Spirulina – Spirulina is a natural, highly nutritious salt-water algae. It is one of the most complete sources of food, boasting 60-70% protein (approximately 3-4 times higher than meat) as well as valuable nutrients like iron, B12, potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus and calcium. Studies reveal Spirulina consumption has a positive effect on enhancing endurance, while also expediting recovery from exercise-induced stress. Stress can create an acidic environment within the body. Whilst certain parts of the body require acidity e.g. the stomach in order to break down food, we want our blood to be alkaline. Spirulina is an alkalising substance, which can help balance our pH. It has also shown a preventive effect against skeletal damage from exercise-induced oxidation. Quality control in growth and processing of Spirulina is critical to avoiding contamination and ensuring safety. This brand is reliable as it is grown in Hawaii in some of the cleanest coastal waters with stringent guidelines as to origin, purity, potency, processing and packaging.
Maca powder – maca root, or Peruvian Ginseng, is exceptionally nutritious, loaded with amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals to fuel and enhance exercise. It has been shown to improve stamina and prevent the onset of exercise-related aches and pains. It is also an adaptogen meaning it modulates stress, hormones, energy and mood according to what you specifically require. How incredible is that!? It can be had both before and after a workout, most delicious in a smoothie! Top tip: you could incorporate coconut water as a base, green leafy vegetables, banana (carbohydrates replace glycogen), quality protein and 1-2 tsp Maca to tick a few boxes at once!
Protein powder – I've left this last, because, albeit important, I do believe this might get a little too much widespread attention. However, if your workout is especially vigorous you may require a good quality plant-based protein powder to aid in protein synthesis and muscle rebuilding. This particular product is raw, sprouted, organic, non-GMO, gluten-free, vegan, and has a 98.2% assimilation rate which means it is highly absorbable. Spirulina, nutritional yeast, chia seeds and greens are other good sources of plant-based protein if you would like to incorporate them into a protein-rich meal or snack.


In any sort of building or construction project, including electrical, plumbing or masonry work as well as other applications, there will be times when you will need to test and measure to do a good job and to prevent injury. To do this. you might use such tools as a dial indicator, caliper, vernier caliper or laser tape.
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In order to send prescription renewal authorization requests electronically to all eligible prescribers in your area, your pharmacy software must be updated with a valid Surescripts Provider Identifier (SPI) number for each prescriber activated for electronic renewals. Your software vendor can provide this information to you, usually electronically. However, you can also generate an online report that will provide you with SPI information for all prescribers activated for this service via the Surescripts network.


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Attorney Charles LiMandri, apologist Trent Horn speak truth to USD students
'Catholic marriage is exclusive, permanent, complementary'
Jim Holman2021-04-14T08:06:09-07:00April 14th, 2021|
LiMandri: "I'm called to speak the truth in a loving and sensitive way...."
The University of San Diego, a nominally Catholic college, has periodically sponsored Sexualities Cluster Courses presenting the traditional Catholic view on human sexuality.
This year's presentation, which took place via Zoom on March 25, attracted 150 students.
The lecturers were Trent Horn, apologist for Catholic Answers and author of Why We're Catholic, Answering Atheism, Made This Way, Hard Sayings, and attorney Charles LiMandri, a USD alumnus and leader in the move to qualify Proposition 8 for the California ballot and the fight over the Mt. Soledad cross. LiMandri founded the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund and has led the fights to re-open California churches.
"By sharing these timeless truths, we are not condemning anybody. Questions we've gotten from USD students in the past suggest that's what we're doing, but we're certainly not….
"We view same-sex attractions as disordered, not part of God's plan, but not in and of themselves sinful unless they're acted upon….
"In speaking these eternal truths, I may raise the ire of people who disagree, including some of you, I'm called to do it in a loving and sensitive way…
"Catholic marriage is exclusive, permanent, complementary… We fulfill each other…. As men and women we each walk around with half a reproductive system… Only in marriage can we be complete in our reproductive systems…."
To view parts or all of the USD presentation, click here.
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Wow. Complementary reproductive systems? Where's the romance? No wonder people are leaving.
bohemond April 15, 2021 at 7:44 am - Reply
Let them leave smaller but holier….
Anonymous April 15, 2021 at 9:05 am - Reply
Romance is a human invention. The Church teaches God's intention for mankind. You can still have romance- men and women did for centuries. What a ridiculous post. This is the type of dribble that has people confused.
Juan April 15, 2021 at 9:34 am - Reply
Romance – Complementarity = Mental Health Problems
Did anybody else click the link?
My jaw is on the floor.
The Church's teaching is good. Stick to that.
Anne TE April 15, 2021 at 8:05 pm - Reply
The presentation on the blue link was excellent and faithful Catholic teaching.


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