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Un impatrié est un salarié ou un individu expatrié rentré dans son pays d'origine, notamment dans le cadre de son parcours professionnel, en dehors d'une situation d'urgence (on parle alors de rapatrié).

Dans le contexte professionnel, l'impatriation consiste pour une entreprise à faire venir des collaborateurs étrangers en France, pour répondre à un besoin de compétence et de main-d'œuvre, et très souvent à une recherche de maîtrise des coûts. Un impatrié est alors un salarié étranger en France.

Pour les ressortissants de l'Union européenne, l'impatriation est facilitée par l'absence de besoin de permis de travail pour un nombre croissant de pays et de métiers. Par ailleurs les cotisations sociales peuvent être payées dans un pays autre que celui d'exercice de l'activité.

Pour la majorité des non-ressortissants de l'Union européenne, un permis de travail est requis, et en l'absence d'accord entre les pays les cotisations sociales doivent être payées en France.

Les métiers du bâtiment, de l'informatique, de l'hôtellerie et du textile sont de fort consommateurs d'impatriés ou, par extension, de main-d'œuvre étrangère.

Il est commun pour les entreprises de procéder à des simulations pour déterminer le pays où les cotisations sociales sont les plus avantageuses ou exonérées, et les pays où les salaires sont en dessous des minima français. Ces salaires devront être ajustés pour répondre aux minima français, mais le résultat reste avantageux pour l'entreprise et le salarié impatrié.

L'État français a souhaité depuis plusieurs années rendre attractive l'impatriation des cadres dirigeants. L'article 121 de la loi de modernisation de l'économie qui vient d'être votée en France modifie et étend le régime fiscal de faveur des impatriés, auxquels sont éligibles certains salariés et mandataires sociaux s'ils n'étaient pas résidents français pendant les cinq années précédant celle de leur prise de fonctions.

L'impatriation de salariés est un phénomène qui tend à se développer du fait de la mondialisation. Les salariés sont mobiles mais les entreprises tendent à employer une proportion de plus en plus importante de personnels d'origine locale dans leurs entités étrangères. À cette occasion nombre d'expatriés rentrent dans leur pays d'origine. Beaucoup d'expatriés étudiants rentrent également dans leurs pays d'origine après plusieurs années d'études et de travail à l'étranger.

Voir aussi
 Expatrié
 Rapatrié

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Our in-depth knowledge and skill in the industry keeps us constantly in step with new techniques and materials.
Artisanal production specialising in HF accessories for footwear, leather goods and clothing.
Passion and a professional approach have allowed our company to acquire an exclusive clientele.
We now work for the most important brand names in international fashion.
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ALL OUR PRODUCTS ARE SUBJECT TO STRICT QUALITY CONTROL WHICH MEANS WE CAN OFFER TRULY EXCELLENT PRODUCTS.
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In the Matter of a Proceeding under Article 4 of the Family Court Act.
I am the petitioner in this action, and I make this statement in support of my petition in the above entitled proceeding and as such I am fully familiar with the facts and circumstances herein.
Since the divorce I have been making support payments of $60/week. I have not been able to pay at the level of $120/week as ordered, and I hope this affidavit will clarify there was no intentional effort by me to reduce income so as to avoid support.
Most of my professional working career has been spent with defense contractors in this area associated with General Electric/Martin Marietta.
After leaving GE, pay and advancement at the new company were not as expected.�� Domenic had been born and I wanted to increase my income and responsibility.� I returned, in 1993, to work within Martin Marietta as a consultant (at a salary of app. 50K/year).
While doing some critical testing on a new system I felt their was clear fraud going on. Attempts to resolve it �amicably� failed and I was fired in August of 1994 for �whistle blowing.�� The matter is currently still under investigation by the local US Attorney�s office and I have a suit filed (with legal counsel), in US District Court, and under seal, related to this.
Domenic was about a year and a half old and I really enjoyed looking after him and being with him as he grew. Both Adrianne and I were working part time. I also made a determination I would never return to that type of �big company� work environment, and I would start my own business � which I did in February of 1995.
Shortly after leaving Martin Marietta I was served with divorce papers (in the summer of 1995).
Given the reduction in my time with Domenic since the divorce started, having the flexibility in my schedule to always be with him during his time with me has been invaluable. I have made the most of our time together (the Company �waits� when he is with me), and I would not trade that time for all the money in the world (nor would he).
My Company, the Software Workshop Inc., has shown steady growth and is a supplier of web hosting services on the Internet. I am an employee of the Company (and get a paycheck), and I also have one full time and part time employee.� I have tried to supplement my income by part-time teaching as an Adjunct Professor in Computer Science at Onondaga Community College.
The Company growth, while good, has not been as rapid as expected due to the limitations on my time placed by the Divorce.� The Divorce prevented me from getting home equity financing, so I am saddled with massive credit card debt � and am now not able to get business consolidation loans because of the Judgments against me.
I fully expect the company to become viable and to offer me the same or better benefits as I had before. It is also something I can share with my child as he grows.
I appealed the Divorce Judgment, including the �imputed income� of $40,000 � and I hope the Court will find for support in line with my actual income.� The Company handles no �cash� � all transactions are via check/credit card payment/deposit � so I can present detailed information if required. The Company also has an accountant.
28th day of July 1998.


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Net sales distribution of Cloetta 2017, by category
Distribution of net sales of Cloetta in 2017, by category
by M. Ridder, last edited May 24, 2018
This statistic shows the distribution of Cloetta's net sales in 2017, by category. In that year, 17 percent of the net sales of the confectionery company Cloetta were generated from chocolate sales.
Share of net sales
Europe, Sweden
Cloetta is a confectionery company operating in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom.
U.S. market share of leading chocolate companies 2017
Sales of the leading snack size chocolate candy brands of the U.S. 2017
Sales of the leading chocolate candy brands of the U.S. 2017
Candy and chocolate average unit price in the U.S. 2018, by segment
Statistics on "Confectionery"
Non-chocolate
Net sales of the leading confectionery companies worldwide in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Global confectionery market: leading companies 2018, based on net sales
Sales of Nestlé's confectionery sector worldwide from 2010 to 2018, by segment (in million CHF)Sales of Nestlé's confectionery sector worldwide 2010-2018, by segment
Dollar sales of confectionery worldwide in 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)*Global confectionery sales 2017, by region
Revenue of the confectionery market worldwide by country in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Revenue of the confectionery market worldwide, by country 2018
Sales per region of the global confectionery market in 2017, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)Global confectionery market: sales per region 2017, by type
Sales of candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)Candy and chocolate dollar sales in the U.S. 2018, by segment
Sales of private label candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)Dollar sales of private label candy and chocolate in the U.S. 2018, by segment
Average price per unit of candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in U.S. dollars)Candy and chocolate average unit price in the U.S. 2018, by segment
Average price per unit of private label candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in U.S. dollars)Private label candy and chocolate average unit price in the U.S. 2018, by segment
Net sales of the leading confectionery companies in North America in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)North American confectionery market: leading companies 2017, based on sales
Confectionery market share in the United States in 2017, by companyU.S. confectionery market share 2017, by company
Advertising spending in the sugar and confectionary products industry in the United States from 2010 to 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)U.S. sugar and confectionary products ad spend 2010-2019
Market share of chocolate confectionery worldwide in 2019, by regionShare of global chocolate confectionery market 2019, by region
Market share of the leading chocolate companies in the United States in 2017U.S. market share of leading chocolate companies 2017
Leading vendors of snack size chocolate candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)Sales of the leading vendors of chocolate candy (snack size) in the U.S. 2017
Sales of the leading snack size chocolate candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Sales of the leading snack size chocolate candy brands of the U.S. 2017
Leading vendors of chocolate candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)*Sales of the leading vendors of chocolate candy in the United States 2017
Sales of the leading chocolate candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*Sales of the leading chocolate candy brands of the U.S. 2017
Sales of the leading gift box chocolate brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Sales of the top gift box chocolate brands in the U.S. 2017
Sales of candy in the United States in 2018, by category (in million U.S. dollars)*Sales of candy in the U.S. in 2018, by category
Non-chocolate market share in the United States in 2017, by companyU.S. non-chocolate market share by company 2017
Leading vendors of hard sugar candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)*Sales of the leading vendors of hard sugar candy in the United States 2017
Sales of the leading hard sugar candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*Sales of the leading hard sugar candy brands of the U.S. 2017
Leading vendors of non-chocolate chewy candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)Sales of the leading vendors of non-chocolate chewy candy U.S. 2017
Sales of the leading non-chocolate chewy candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Sales of the leading non-chocolate chewy candy brands of the U.S. 2017
Retail gum sales in the United States in 2017, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)U.S. retail gum sales 2017, by segment
Gum market share in the United States in 2017, by companyU.S. gum market share 2017, by company
Sales of the leading 5 regular gum brands of the United States in 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)*Leading U.S. regular gum brands 2019, based on sales
Sales of the leading 5 sugarless gum brands in the United States in 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)*Leading U.S. sugarless gum brands 2019, based on sales
Per capita chocolate consumption worldwide in 2017, by country (in kilograms)Global chocolate consumption per capita in 2017, by country
Per capita consumption of sugar and chocolate confectionery in the United States in 2018 (in kilograms) Average confectionery candy consumption in the United States in 2018, by category
Average annual per capita purchases of candy in the United States and United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017Candy purchases per capita in the U.S. and UK 2013-2017
U.S. population: Do you eat chocolate and other candy?Consumption of chocolate and other candy in the U.S. 2018
U.S. population: Which types of chocolate and candy do you eat most often?Most eaten types of candy and chocolate in the U.S. 2018
U.S. population: Which brands of chocolate and other candy do you eat most often?Most eaten brands of chocolate and other candy in the U.S. 2018
U.S. population: How many servings of chocolate and other candy have you eaten in the last 30 days?Amount of chocolate and other candy eaten within 30 days in the U.S. 2018
Net sales distribution of Cloetta 2017, by country
Net sales of Cloetta 2008-2017
Net sales of Cloetta 2018, by product category
Sales volume forecast of confectionery in Bulgaria 2010-2016
Average monthly expenditure per capita on confectionery in Poland 2008-2017
Sales value forecast of confectionery in Bulgaria 2010-2021
Market share of the largest players on the sugar confectionery market in Denmark 2017
Global candy consumption volume in 2016, by country
Revenue generated with confectionery in China until 2013
Market share of the largest players on the confectionery market in Sweden 2018
Leading chocolate and sugar confectionery companies Bulgaria 2016, based on turnover
Revenue distribution of the Chinese confectionery sector in 2010, by segment
Distribution of the confectionery market in Canada in 2014, by category
Global candy consumption per capita in 2016, by country
Value of confectionery retail sales in Saudi Arabia 2012-2021
Annual household expenditure on confectionery products in Denmark 2006-2016
Toms Gruppen annual revenue 2011-2018
United Kingdom: top ten confectionery products on Facebook 2019
Confectionery in the UK
Confectionery market in the Netherlands
Confectionery market in Belgium
Chocolate market in the Netherlands
Snack foods in Canada
Snack foods in Japan
Ülker and Godiva
Ice cream and frozen desserts in the United Kingdom (UK)
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. - Form 10-K 2019
Pulse Report Confectionery H2 2015
Ferrero - Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2016
Chocolate products in Germany
Net sales of the leading confectionery companies worldwide in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
Sales of Nestlé's confectionery sector worldwide from 2010 to 2018, by segment (in million CHF)
Dollar sales of confectionery worldwide in 2017, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)*
Revenue of the confectionery market worldwide by country in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
Sales per region of the global confectionery market in 2017, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)
Sales of candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
Sales of private label candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)
Average price per unit of candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in U.S. dollars)
Average price per unit of private label candy and chocolate in the United States in 2018, by segment (in U.S. dollars)
Net sales of the leading confectionery companies in North America in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Confectionery market share in the United States in 2017, by company
Advertising spending in the sugar and confectionary products industry in the United States from 2010 to 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)
Market share of chocolate confectionery worldwide in 2019, by region
Market share of the leading chocolate companies in the United States in 2017
Leading vendors of snack size chocolate candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)
Sales of the leading snack size chocolate candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Leading vendors of chocolate candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)*
Sales of the leading chocolate candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*
Sales of the leading gift box chocolate brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Sales of candy in the United States in 2018, by category (in million U.S. dollars)*
Non-chocolate market share in the United States in 2017, by company
Leading vendors of hard sugar candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)*
Sales of the leading hard sugar candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*
Leading vendors of non-chocolate chewy candy in the United States in 2017, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)
Sales of the leading non-chocolate chewy candy brands of the United States in 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Retail gum sales in the United States in 2017, by segment (in million U.S. dollars)
Gum market share in the United States in 2017, by company
Sales of the leading 5 regular gum brands of the United States in 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)*
Sales of the leading 5 sugarless gum brands in the United States in 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)*
Per capita chocolate consumption worldwide in 2017, by country (in kilograms)
Per capita consumption of sugar and chocolate confectionery in the United States in 2018 (in kilograms)
Average annual per capita purchases of candy in the United States and United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017
U.S. population: Do you eat chocolate and other candy?
U.S. population: Which types of chocolate and candy do you eat most often?
U.S. population: Which brands of chocolate and other candy do you eat most often?
U.S. population: How many servings of chocolate and other candy have you eaten in the last 30 days?
Distribution of net sales of Cloetta in 2017, by country
Net sales of Cloetta from 2008 to 2017 (in million SEK)
Net sales of Cloetta in 2018, by product category (in million SEK)
Sales volume forecast of confectionery in Bulgaria from 2010 to 2016 (in 1,000 tonnes)
Average monthly consumer spending per capita on sweets in Poland from 2008 to 2017 (in Polish zlotys)
Sales value forecast of confectionery in Bulgaria from 2010 to 2021 (in million BGN lev)
Market share of the largest players on the sugar confectionery and pastilles market in Denmark in 2017
Consumption volume of candy worldwide in 2016, by leading country (in million pounds)
Revenue generated with confectionery in China from 2008 to 2010, with a forecast until 2013 (in billion yuan)
Market share of the largest players on the confectionery market in Sweden in 2018
Leading chocolate and sugar confectionery companies in Bulgaria in 2016, based on turnover (in million USD)
Revenue distribution of the Chinese confectionery sector in 2008 and 2010, with a forecast for 2013, by segment
Distribution of the confectionery market in Canada in 2014, by category*
Consumption per capita of candy worldwide in 2016, by leading country (in pounds)
Value of confectionery retail sales in Saudi Arabia from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)
Annual household consumption expenditure on confectionery products in Denmark from 2006 to 2016 (in DKK)
Annual revenue of Toms Gruppen A/S worldwide from 2011 to 2018 (in million DKK)
Leading ten confectionery products in the United Kingdom as of March 2019, by number of Facebook page fans

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Google's HTTPS-everywhere push is showing results in page loads on Chrome.
Google planning VIP security with USB keys Google will launch a new service to protect politicians and senior executives from sophisticated phishing attacks.
Google's efforts to knock the web into a state of HTTPS-by-default is showing signs of working, with a significant rise in HTTPS traffic on Chrome on Android, Windows, Mac, and Chrome OS.
A year ago Chrome traffic crossed a key threshold, when traffic protected by HTTPS on Windows passed the 50 percent mark. As of October 14, the figure for Chrome on Windows stands at 66 percent.
The percentage of HTTPS page loads on Chrome is growing on all platforms. HTTPS traffic on Android is now 64 percent compared with 42 percent a year ago. HTTPS-protected traffic on Chrome for Mac and ChromeOS is 75 percent, up from 60 percent and 67 percent respectively a year ago.
Google also notes that 71 of the 100 most popular sites have now enabled HTTPS by default, up from 37 a year ago.
According to Google's HTTPS encryption transparency report, 73 percent of pages loaded in the US using HTTPS in Chrome on Windows, up from 59 percent a year ago.
The web is getting more secure, according to Google.
It reports slightly lower levels in other major markets, such as Brazil, Germany, France, and Russia, but all are trending upwards in a similar fashion. HTTPS page loads in Japan are also rising, but only account for 55 percent of all pages, up from 31 percent a year ago.
Google has created numerous incentives and penalties to encourage and prod developers into enabling HTTPS, from making it a positive ranking signal in search to changing Chrome's security warnings for HTTP pages and sponsoring the Let's Encrypt certificate authority, which provides free digital certificates.
Chrome now has over a billion users and Google mandates HTTPS to use newer browser features that allow websites to access hardware, such as a computer's camera or microphone.
This year, Google began operating its own Root Certificate Authorities to issue SSL certificates for its products and has recently launched a managed SSL service for App Engine customers.
And the company has started enabling enforced or 'Strict' HTTPS (HSTS) for its top-level domains (TLDs) such as .foo and .dev to ensure that all sites under these TLDs follow the HSTS policy after acquiring a digital certificate.
Let's Encrypt meanwhile has been issuing as many as one million certificates per day this year and currently reports that 63 percent of pages loaded by Firefox use HTTPS.
"HTTPS is easier and cheaper than ever before, and it enables both the best performance the web offers and powerful new features that are too sensitive for HTTP," wrote Emily Schechter, a Chrome security product manager.
All sites under Google's top-level domains will automatically support HTTP Strict Transport Security.
A supporter of the antivirus industry has defended the practice of intercepting encrypted traffic for malware analysis, but admits vendors need to clean up their act.


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Kung Fu Panda is Back Doing What He Does Best
Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda II (2011)
Summary: Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.
When I heard they were making a second Kung Fu Panda, I dreaded the thought. The chance of messing up such a sublimely animated and awesomely lovable action-adventure – stockpiled with loads and loads of USA-relevant comedy – was too great to risk. Then I saw the second movie and my fears were soothingly put to rest.
Directed by Jennifer Yuh (the lead story writer for the first Kung Fu Panda), part II is as delightful as part I. The same characters are back in the same lovable roles. "Po," the Dragon Warrior Panda, is voiced by Jack Black. Angelina Jolie is "Tigress." Dustin Hoffman is "Master Shifu" while "Monkey," "Mantis," "Viper," and "Crane" are brought to life with the voice-talents of Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, and David Cross.
If you've seen the first film, you will be taken back with the same memorable scenery. You'll be surprised how many chords it strikes to see it again. Any newcomers to the movie will meet an accident-prone, funny panda with enough slapstick offered to entertain three-year-olds, but with a plot maturity level high enough to speak to any other age group.
Since the conclusion of the first film, Po is going through a personal crisis, a crisis of identity. In flashbacks of his real parents, he is in a fight to find who he is and where he comes from. His noodle-making duck father, "Mr. Ping" (James Hong, voice) has been by his side, but can't tell him the full story of how he came to be. But Po's search for personal meaning must be put on hold when the evil peacock, "Lord Shen" (Gary Oldman, voice) rises to power with a new deadly weapon capable of blowing all of China to bits.
With "Master Rhino Mighty Horn" (Victor Garber, voice) fallen to the great weapon, the Furious Five's strengths must be tapped to overcome Lord Shen's conquering forces of ravenous, thieving wolves bent on wreaking chaos, led by the wolf boss (Danny McBride, voice). But Po and the five will need the extra help of "Master Ox" (Dennis Haysbert, voice) and "Master Croc" (Jean-Claude Van Damme, voice) to succeed.
The conceit and self-serving, advantageous manipulation of Lord Shen is classic villain material. His use of blades, here cloaked by his showy feathers, is something you'd see from the fast-flinging lead villain in any memorable martial arts movie. Lord Shen is a pleasant addition to the series, but with Po, things aren't any different. They're the same.
Po seems no more well trained than before his ascension to Dragon Warrior. Much of the film has Po's seemingly inept bumbling around like we saw in movie 1. This is a bit unexpected and almost disappointing when these attempts at juvenile appeal make the audience ask how Po ever managed to beat Tai Lung. And this is especially perplexing to audiences because we get to see Po and Tigress face off against each other at one brief juncture.
The care with which the lines were written, the interaction of the characters, the way the personal elements take priority over anything else in the story is what you'd expect from Kung Fu Panda. This movie could have melded right in with the first, but we wanted a little more.
Part II is not quite as inspirational as part I. Po's dramatic search for his parents is overplayed and becomes emotionally exploitative to the audience. His oddly-manifesting ineptness, resulting in some much-loved humor has gone into overkill in an attempt to refresh it. But what we wanted was the next level, not merely a continuation of what made the first movie great.
Kung Fu Panda II may stand a little behind its progenitor in terms of overall quality and appeal, but the great fighting and thoughtfully-placed humor hits all the high notes, allowing it to stand front and center with its better half as a great cinematic summer kick-off.
Grade: A- (4 stars)
Rated: PG (for sequences of martial arts action and mild violence)
Director: Jennifer Yuh
Starring: "Po" (voice) (Jack Black), "Tigress" (voice) (Angelina Jolie), "Shifu" (voice) (Dustin Hoffman), "Shen" (voice) (Gary Oldman), "Monkey" (voice) (Jackie Chan), "Mantis" (voice) (Seth Rogen), "Viper" (voice) (Lucy Liu), "Crane" (voice) (David Cross), "Mr. Ping" (voice) (James Hong), "Soothsayer" (voice) (Michelle Yeoh), "Wolf Boss" (voice) (Danny McBride), "Master Ox" (voice) (Dennis Haysbert), "Master Croc" (voice) (Jean-Claude Van Damme), "Master Rhino" (voice) (Victor Garber)
Genre: Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family
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Community efforts to make Mahia predator free take another step forward
The four-year project aimed at removing possums, and controlling mustelids and feral cats from Mahia Peninsula has been named "Whakatipu Mahia – Predator Free Mahia" at a community meeting yesterday.
Iwi, community, central and local government gathered at Tuahuru marae to discuss progress on a landscape scale project aimed at enhancing biodiversity on the peninsula alongside sustainable socio-economic outcomes.
In July, Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Predator Free 2050 Ltd launched a project aimed at creating a Predator Free Hawke's Bay. The first phase of the $4.86 million project will focus on removing possums from 14,500 hectares of land on Mahia Peninsula within four years, as an initial step towards ridding the region of predators. It focuses strongly on innnovation and eradication within the farmland predator control context said Rongomaiwahine Chairperson Moana Rongo.
"It is a pleasure to share our community vision of a restored Mahia. The vision is embodied in the name 'Whakatipu' meaning growth or re-birth," Moana said.
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage also attended the community meeting during a visit to the East Coast region.
"It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a community to save our wildlife. That's certainly the case in Mahia where iwi and hapu, community members, central government and local councils have all come together to work make this special place a haven for our native plants and wildlife," said Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.
"I am impressed by the energy and passion that so many people here have for the project and I will watch its development with great interest," Minister Sage said.
Following the community meeting the Minister was escorted on a trip to Onenui Station to showcase the leadership role landowners play in landscape-scale conservation through Ngā Whenua Rāhui kawenata agreements (conservation covenant for Māori landowners). Onenui Station is a significant land block within the Mahia landscape, the third largest tract of remaining forest on the Mahia Peninsula and the largest on the peninsula's south-eastern coast.
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Culture, Relationships Tracy Moore and Admin October 22, 2018
Why Your Girlfriend Loves Mark Ruffalo So Much
There's a key to understanding Ruffalo's universal appeal, and it's a 2004 film starring Jennifer Garner
I know it might be hard for men to hear this or even understand it, but here goes: Your wife or girlfriend loves Mark Ruffalo. He is her boyfriend, husband, lover and confidant. He is also your mom's secret boyfriend, husband, lover and confidant. And your grandma's, and your dentist's, and her receptionist's, and your mail carrier's, and also that of every woman you know, if that woman is remotely into guys. Technically, according to Ruffalo's ability to turn Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right, lesbians too.
That's because Mark Ruffalo is America's boyfriend. Ruffalo? Ruffle me.
My million dollar idea is Hooters for straight women, in which a staff of shirtless Mark Ruffalo clones delicately assemble grain bowls
— Gabriella Paiella (@GMPaiella) June 23, 2016
He's our Guy Next Door, a "thoughtful woman's leading man," who is smart, hot, kind, great in bed, sensitive, caring, attractive and impossibly easy to be with, who also loves us, and only us, and always has, and always will, and who fights for the rights of all women and the environment. (Sorry.)
Now that he's signed on to play twins in the film adaptation of Wally Lamb's I Know This Much Is True, you've probably noticed that women in your life are a little bit more hyped-up and excited than usual. This is because there will be a film soon featuring two Mark Ruffalos at once, which is beyond our capacity to understand — as well as, so we thought, the universe's capacity to tolerate a certain amount of greatness. Of course, we'd have always been good with two Ruffalos, we just didn't realize it was ever an option.
the only thing better than mark ruffalo is TWO MARK RUFFALOS https://t.co/68UEZ8mEQn
— Jessica Roy (@JessicaKRoy) October 18, 2018
Maybe you're wondering: Why all the Ruffalo fuss? After all, he's just an actor, and there are theoretically a million hot dudes women could be obsessed with, like any of the Chrises or Bradley Cooper.
But on behalf of all women, I am willing to tell you why.
'13 Going on 30'
Mark Ruffalo has been in a lot of movies, but the main reason he's your woman's actual man is because of 13 Going On 30.
do you ever think about Mark Ruffalo in 13 Going On 30 and just pic.twitter.com/VJgefFbb3R
— 👻🔮spooky Caitlin 🕸🕷 (@caitlin_anne16) October 19, 2018
In this film he plays a hot great boyfriend with perfect music taste who's been in love with Jennifer Garner (i.e., with you) since elementary school even though he was chubby. But he is also so good and correct that when you don't like him back, he does not become an angry incel or remain bitter in the slightest. Instead, he goes on with his life and marries Wendy, and when you come crawling back to him, he stays with Wendy because he committed to Wendy and loves Wendy. But, let's face it, he doesn't really love Wendy the way he loves you (how could he?!) and he just loves her because he couldn't have you, and this is the reason you know you were really supposed to be with him, which is why when you go back to being 13 again, you don't fuck it up this time so you can get with Mark Ruffalo. Dig?
Mark Ruffalo Is Hot but Humble
Mark Ruffalo is obviously good-looking, but it's the kind where he makes it seem like it's not all that special to be that good looking: That's how he was born and he can't help it, and he wouldn't have even necessarily picked it, it's just what happened, NBD. If it were up to him, he would have been completely normal. It's just he's really hot and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
As Cari, a woman I know, puts it, "He's hot but not like model-attractive or ripped. Like, he's hot enough to be a movie star but also regular-looking enough to imagine you could maybe (hypothetically on Earth 2) hook up."
Or, says Angie, another Ruffalo fan: "He's 'accessible-hot,' someone you could imagine actually marrying."
mark ruffalo + polaroids. what a man. pic.twitter.com/iKei55N6VE
— romanoff (@goshromanoff) October 17, 2018
Another woman, Ashley, explains that Ruffalo's swarthiness, mixed with his kind eyes, are a "crackerjack combination."
She continues: "He seems competent and not overtly masculine about it. Like a nice dude with hot arms who doesn't make a big deal about his hot arms, but will make a big deal about voting rights!"
Mark Ruffalo Is Very Smart
"I love his brain, mostly," Ruffalo fan Alexis tells me. "His messy hair makes it looks like he's thinking so hard." It's true. When Mark Ruffalo says things on Twitter or in interviews, he sounds very smart about those things.
The GOP is continuing to everything they can to suppress voters leading up to the election. Let's work together to make sure the voting rights of vulnerable communities aren't being infringed upon. Here are a few resources and I'll add more as I see them:
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) October 12, 2018
Mark Ruffalo Is an Activist
He self-identifies as a "husband, father, actor, director, and a climate change advocate" on his Twitter bio, and he routinely tweets calls for action on voting, the environment and women's rights, which is part of why he's so hot. "And he's genuinely a nice, kind person," Angie explains. "He is from Kenosha, [Wisconsin], so we are biased, but I think that's what the deal is for everybody else. Also, there's an earnestness to his voice that says he's solid."
Love this. See how these kickass women are closing the gender gap in the #STEM field: https://t.co/Gf6FCZmjOW
We must get as many people to the polls as possible 🗳: https://t.co/mllhL8ppQQ
(Sorry to meme you, Paul. Unless you aren't planning on voting. Then DM me, thanks) pic.twitter.com/24rxvT4Gom
Mark Ruffalo Has Dyslexia, Which Is Hot
October is #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth. Millions of people, myself included, have dyslexia, but very few understand it. #SayDyslexia pic.twitter.com/e64cAnhgkX
Mark Ruffalo Is an Amazing Kisser
We don't know if it's true in real life, but, like, we know it's true. He kisses like how all the best men kiss in the movies when they do it in the romantic way. He kisses the way you imagine being kissed for the first time by the person you could theoretically love forever if they were Mark Ruffalo and not whoever actually kissed you first for real, or the guy you had to end up with who isn't Mark Ruffalo.
His Eyes, My God, His Eyes
"I've given this a lot of thought, and I think it's because his eyes are just sad enough to make you feel like he needs you to make him feel better," Ruffalo fan Winona says.
Mark Ruffalo Is Vulnerable
Mark Ruffalo inspires entire lists of how he is too precious for this world. He can seem wistful and sad and also hot and aloof in movies and neither one seems contradictory or like some kind of put-on, because he seems real and reachable and sensitive in real life. "He's masculine, but extremely vulnerable," Alexis says.
Hey! Just wanted to thank you for following me and being such an incredibly active, curious, interested and engaged community. Grateful.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) August 2, 2017
He is the opposite of a bad boy: He is a good boy, but not in an infantilizing way — in a comfortably masculine way that exudes all the best parts of masculinity without any of the weird, stunted ones. He talks openly about being an engaged, hands-on father, being from a family with mental illness, and how much he fucking loves his wife (sobs).
Mark Ruffalo Is Emotionally Available
"He emotes," Cari explains.
Then Alexis sends me this entire fantasy sequence of her husband, Mark Ruffalo:
"He looks like the kind of guy that would lean in when you talked to him about something important to you. Maybe hold your knee in a non-sexual way. And he has like a 'protector' quality that is super attractive. He'd go to bat for you. He'd yell really loud at someone for almost hitting you with their car. He'd get really mad at your boss with you. Tell you all the reasons why you're right and she's wrong. He'd end friendships with people who weren't nice to you. And he'd be really good at doing your daughter's hair. He'd get into it and learn all kinds of braids and stuff."
Mark Ruffalo Is Hot
Might've already said that, but still.
my brain: mark ruffalo
the words that come out of my mouth: marf fuckallo
— 🎃 Spookthion Douji (@Obeithion) October 19, 2018
In conclusion, we know that this is a lot to take in for any man. Believe us, it's a lot for us to take in, knowing we can never (literally) take Mark Ruffalo in(side). Last year, Reductress wrote a guide for women on how to love boyfriends even though they're not Mark Ruffalo, which includes this perfect line: "There comes a point in every relationship when you find yourself asking, 'Is it worth it to stay with someone I know isn't the perfect man for me, because the perfect man is accomplished actor and environmentalist Mark Ruffalo?'"
Hopefully it all makes sense that even on your best day, in the best most flattering light, even if you almost always recycle and are a pretty good guy, that you'll never be Mark Ruffalo.
Maybe it bothers you. Maybe you've seen him go hard on women's issues and voting and the environment and wondered why he has to go mucking it up for other men by being so likable, hot and also politically active, setting the highest possible bar for any man on earth so far.
But if you would just try to understand the essence of Mark Ruffalo, you will better understand the women in your life. And maybe you can glean some of that Ruffalo juice so that you may endeavor to resemble him for our benefit — and for the greater good.
If you think about it, you'll see that we're both in the same boat, really. Although now there will be two Mark Ruffalos on TV, which means one for each of us, we still both know that you can never be Mark Ruffalo and we can never be with Mark Ruffalo. It's harder for us, trust me. But at least now we can commiserate.
Tracy Moore is a staff writer at MEL. She covers all the soft sciences like psychology, sex, relationships and parenting, but since this is a men's magazine, occasionally the hard ones. Formerly at Jezebel.


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Throwing in the ceramics workshop.
From Sep 25th to 29th, Sebastian has an exhibition in Helsinki called Test Lab – Status Flux among other 9 artists studying photography and media art in Aalto.
During his study here, he photographed stunning portraits of Aalto staff and students.
Find out more in his website and Instagram.
Aalto has 27 workshops for students to try out their ideas and prototyping.


The MatrixInterleaver object performs block interleaving by filling a matrix with the input symbols row by row and then outputs the matrix contents column-by-column.
Define and set up your matrix interleaver object. See Construction.
Call step to interleave the input symbols according to the properties of comm.MatrixInterleaver. The behavior of step is specific to each object in the toolbox.
H = comm.MatrixInterleaver creates a matrix interleaver System object, H. This object permutes the input by filling a permutation matrix with the input symbols row by row. The object then outputs the matrix contents column by column.
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Specify the number of permutation matrix rows as a scalar, positive integer. The default is 3.
Specify the number of permutation matrix columns as a scalar, positive integer. The default is 4.
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Home Sport Breaking: John Cena's Role At Survivor Series Revealed!
Breaking: John Cena's Role At Survivor Series Revealed!
David Golić
Source: mirror.co.uk
There were reports that WWE wants to add a big name to be the special guest referee in the match between the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and the WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. Those rumors have gone quiet over the past couple of days, and now they will be completely dead since AJ Styles just won the WWE Championship, earning himself a shot at the Beast Incarnate.
John Cena was one of those guys that were rumored to be involved with the match. He was the number one candidate to be the special guest referee. Now, since AJ Styles is going to fight Lensar, WWE doesn't need the referee to be a big name in order to elevate Jinder Mahal and this battle. He is not going to be in the match.
Source:thesun.co.uk
Since Styles is in the Champion vs. Champion match, he left one spot open on the 5v5 Smackdown Live team. Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura and Bobby Roode were left hanging because of Styles victory over the Modern Day Maharaja.
Thankfully, John Cena is coming to the rescue and will be the final fifth member of the team. He is actually going to be in a wrestling role, and we can likely expect him to show up next week during the go-home edition of the Smackdown Live.
His last appearances were for the Monday Night Raw, and his previous match was against Reigns at No Mercy. So how is he now on Smackdown Live?
Well, he announced that he is a free agent making him able to appear on both shows. But, since this is a brand war, it's a bit strange for Cena to fight on somebody's side as he actually doesn't belong to anybody. However, it is clear why WWE made this move. He is a big name, and there was one spot open. Cena is a draw, and that is why he is going to be on the show.
Jinder Mahal
Smackdown Live
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David is a student at the Faculty of Security Studies, from Serbia, 20 years old. He is a long time sports enthusiast, very passionate about NBA, NFL, WWE and Soccer. Fan of the Boston Celtics, New England Patriots and Arsenal, David always watches his teams in action and cheers them on.
John Cena about starring in a movie with The Rock
John Cena Regrets His Mean Comments About Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
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Nikolai Pirogov – Wonderful Doctor
The biography of Nikolai Pirogov, whom his contemporaries named wonderful doctor, is a vivid example of selfless service to medical science. The myriad of discoveries that have saved lives for thousands of people are still used in medicine.
The future genius of world medicine was born on November 25, 1810 into a large family of a military official. Nikolai had thirteen brothers and sisters, many of whom had died while still young. Father Ivan Ivanovich was educated and achieved great success in his career. Parents paid special attention to the upbringing of children: the boys were sent to prestigious institutions, and the girls received education at home.
The Pirogov family loved to read and had an impressive home library. Every Sunday the family visited the church. Many doctors visited their hospitable house and willingly played with the curious Nikolai and told entertaining stories from practice. Therefore, from an early age, he decided to become either a military man like his father or a doctor, like their home doctor Mukhin, with whom the boy became very friendly.
At first Nikolai studied at home and at the age of 11 he was sent to a private boarding house in Moscow.
Soon the family had financial problems. Therefore, children had to be taken from prestigious boarding houses and transferred to homeschooling.
Family doctor Mukhin, who noticed the ability of Nikolai, advised him to enter the medical faculty. For the gifted young man an exception was made, and he became a student at the age of fourteen.
You know, Nikolai combined his studies with work in the anatomical theater, where he received invaluable experience in surgery.
After graduating from university, Pirogov was sent to the city of Dorpat (now Tartu), where he worked at the local university for five years. 22-year-old Nikolai defended his doctoral dissertation. By the way, his scientific work was translated into German. The talented doctor was invited to Berlin, where he worked for two years along with leading German surgeons.
Sergei Prisekin. Pirogov and Garibaldi, 1998
Returning home, the man expected to get a chair at the Moscow University, but it was taken by another person. Therefore, Pirogov remained in Dorpat and immediately became famous throughout the region for his fantastic skill. Nikolai Ivanovich easily performed the most complex operations, which no one had done before him, describing the details in the pictures. Soon Pirogov became a professor of surgery and left for France to inspect local clinics. It's interesting that Pirogov saw the famous Parisian surgeon reading his monograph.
Upon his return to Russia, he was offered to become the head of the Department of Surgery at the Medical and Surgical Academy of Petersburg, and soon Pirogov opened the first surgical hospital. In St. Petersburg, the doctor had been working for 10 years and during that time he wrote scientific works on surgery and anatomy. Nikolai Ivanovich invented and controlled the manufacture of necessary medical instruments, continuously operated in his own hospital and consulted doctors in other clinics.
This way of life could not but affect the health of the doctor. The news that the project of the first Anatomy Institute in the world, on which Pirogov worked the last few years, was approved, helped him get back on his feet. Soon the first successful operation with the use of ethereal anesthesia was carried out. It became a breakthrough in the world medical science, and Pirogov's mask for anesthesia is still used in medicine.
Pirogov – great Russian surgeon
In 1847, Nikolai Ivanovich went to the Caucasian War to test scientific developments. There he performed ten thousand operations using anesthesia, and used his invented bandages, impregnated with starch, which became the prototype of the modern plaster bandage.
In the fall of 1854, Pirogov along with a group of doctors and nurses, went to the Crimean War, where he became the chief surgeon in Sevastopol. Thanks to him a huge number of Russian soldiers and officers were saved. Actually, he developed a completely new system of evacuation, transportation and sorting of wounded, thus laying the foundations of modern military medicine.
On his return to Petersburg, Nikolai Ivanovich met with the emperor and shared his views on the problems and shortcomings of the Russian army. Alexander II was angry with a daring doctor and did not want to listen to him. Since then, Pirogov fell into disgrace at the court and was appointed guardian of the Odessa and Kiev districts. He tried to reform the system of existing school education and the authorities were discontent. Pirogov developed a new system, which consisted of four stages:
elementary school (2 years) – mathematics, grammar;
incomplete secondary school (4 years) – general education program;
secondary school (3 years) – general education program + languages + applied subjects;
higher education: higher education institutions
Russian surgeon Nikolai Pirogov
In 1866 Nikolai Ivanovich took his family and moved to his estate Vishnya in Vinnytsia province. There he opened a free clinic and continued medical practice. People from all over Russia came to him. Also he wrote several works on military field surgery that brought him fame.
Pirogov traveled abroad, where he took part in scientific conferences and seminars, and during one of his trips he was asked to provide medical assistance to Garibaldi himself.
Emperor Alexander II again remembered the famous surgeon during the Russo-Turkish war and asked him to join the military campaign. Pirogov agreed. Arriving in Bulgaria, Nikolai Ivanovich took up the organization of military hospitals, after traveling for three months 700 hundred kilometers and visiting twenty settlements. For this the emperor granted him the Order of the White Eagle and a gold snuff-box with diamonds.
His last years, the great scientist dedicated to medical practice and writing the Diary of the old doctor, finishing it before his death.
Russian silver coin dedicated to Nikolai Pirogov
In 1841 Pirogov married Catherine Berezina, the granddaughter of General Tatishchev. Their marriage lasted only four years, the spouse died after giving birth to two sons.
On June 7, 1850 he married Alexandra von Bistrom, the daughter of Lieutenant-General A.A. Bistrom and a relative of the renowned navigator Kruzenstern. In 1884, thanks to Alexandra Antonovna surgical hospital was opened in Kiev.
The cause of Pirogov's death was a malignant tumor that appeared on the oral mucosa. He was examined by the best doctors of the Russian Empire, but they could not help. The great surgeon died in the winter of 1881. The wife of the deceased decided to embalm his body, and, having received permission from the Orthodox Church, invited Pirogov's pupil David Vyvodtsev.
The body was placed into a special crypt with a window.
The main significance of the whole activity of Pirogov is that by his selfless and often disinterested work he turned surgery into a science.
The body of Pirogov in mausoleum
K. Kuznetsov. N. Pirogov visits Giuseppe Garibaldi
Famous Nikolai Pirogov, Vladimir Stasov, Maxim Gorky and Ilya Repin, 1905
Operation in Pirogov hospital
L. Koshtelyanchuk. Pirogov and sailor Peter Koshka
Known Pirogov and his sons, 1850
Russian stamp dedicated to Nikolai Pirogov
A. Sidorov. N. Pirogov and K. Ushinskiy in Heidelberg
Outstanding Russian doctor Nikolai Pirogov
Ilya Repin. Portrait of the Surgeon Nikolay Pirogov, 1881
A. Sidorov. Tchaikovsky visits Pirogov
Anatomical Institute in St. Petersburg
Bust of Pirogov Nikolai
Little Kolya Pirogov in his childhood
Pirogov during the war
Surgical Instruments of Pirogov
The estate of Pirogov Nikolai
Russian navigator Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern
Sergei Witte - gifted statesman


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Turns out the most common birthday in Australia over the past 10 years is September 17, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. And, as The Herald Sun reports, it's likely the festive season contributed to the number of babies born on that day.
This article orginally appeared on Marie Claire.


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Which foods and supplements can I try to alleviate menopausal symptoms?
Many women ask about diet and supplements that they can try to alleviate symptoms of menopause. In my view bioidentical hormones started at the time of menopause are a very effective way to alleviate symptoms.
What else helps with symptoms of menopause? Avoid alcohol, caffeine, spicy foods and sugar, all of which may worsen hot flushes. Generally sugar cravings are common when you are feeling exhausted but this frequently leads to crashes and mood swings in the longterm.
I get asked a lot about phytoestrogens such as soy: there seems to be some confusion about what they are. Phytoestrogens are naturally-occurring plant nutrients that exert a weak effect on the oestrogen receptor. Phytoestrogens are NOT hormones – eating phytoestrogens wont actually raise your oestrogen or progesterone blood levels, unlike taking bioidentical hormones which are hormones and will raise your hormone blood levels.Theoretically phytoestrogens might help modulate some symptoms of both high oestrogen (where they might block some of your own oestrogen interacting with its receptor) or low oestrogen (by exerting a weak effect on the oestrogen receptor). Soy and flax are the most potent phytoestrogens. The most current study on soy isoflavones and hot flushes showed benefit for the first 12 weeks but then no change or an increase in symptoms for the next 12 weeks. Based on these results, soy isoflavones in the treatment of vasomotor symptoms may not provide the relief we have come to hope for – and I have to say that in practice I don't find that patients have noticed much difference from increasing phytoestrogens in their diet. Also, soy beans can be allergenic for some women.
Many women have heard about supplements and herbs for alleviating menopause symptoms, and here's a list of the most researched botanicals. In my experience these tend to provide symptom relief at least in initial weeks/months, and can be helpful for milder symptoms.
Black cohosh can alleviate hot flushes: it is one of the most dominantly studied botanicals -there are around 200 studies on black cohosh, and although not all show benefit for hot flushes, enough do. In a randomized, double-blind, controlled 3-month study in China, 244 menopausal women took 40mg/day of black cohosh and this significantly reduced symptoms at 12 weeks.
Kava may be beneficial for perimenopausal anxiety and hot flushes (there are 3 or 4 studies on this).
Maca is a traditional plant common to the Andes Mountains and has been used to improve sexual function. The evidence is limited - less than half a dozen studies – but two randomized controlled trials suggested a positive effect of maca on sexual dysfunction in menopausal women.
Panax or red Ginseng may help hot flushes and fatigue: 72 postmenopausal women were randomly assigned red ginseng or placebo for 3 months. The red ginseng group had a reduction in flushes and menopausal symptoms and also some improvement in LDL cholesterol after 12 weeks compared with placebo.
Valerian can help hot flushes and insomnia –76 menopausal women received 225 mg valerian capsules three times per day or placebo: after 8 weeks the valerian group had significantly less severe hot flushes.
Red clover may help depression and anxiety in menopause – 109 postmenopausal women took either 80mg of red clover extract or placebo for 3 months and the red clover group had a significant 75% reduction in anxiety and 78.3% reduction in depression.
St John's wort for hot flushes and mood disorders: St John's wort is the most thoroughly researched natural antidepressant and it is also emerging as an important option for treatment of hot flushes, depression and mood swings, either by itself, or in combination with black cohosh (there have been some studies looking at the combination).
A study of St John's wort liquid extract showed a statistically significant decline in hot flushes compared to placebo after 8 weeks and another trial demonstrated that after 3 months of treatment, women in the St. John's wort group reported significantly better quality of life scores and significantly fewer sleep problems compared to placebo.
If you are taking any medications or have any illnesses, please discuss with your doctor before commencing any of these.
 Efficacy and tolerability of a medicinal product containing an isopropanolic Cimicifuga racemosa, aka black cohosh (iCR) extract was in Chinese women from five hospitals in China, with menopausal symptoms: a randomized, double blind, parallel-controlled study versus tibolone.
 The effects of valerian root on hot flashes in menopausal women.
 Improvement of postmenopausal depressive and anxiety symptoms after treatment with isoflavones derived from red clover extracts.
 Effect of St. John's wort on severity, frequency, and duration of hot flashes in premenopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
 Effects of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) on hot flashes and quality of life in perimenopausal women: a randomized pilot trial.


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The Host Has Left the Building
Singer & actor Andy Hallett died yesterday. I just found out on the way home from work. He was only 33 years old, but his heart must have been much older. It gave out, and he is gone.
Many of you won't know who Andy Hallett is. For those of us who loved the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff "Angel", we know him as Lorne, the green-skinned, red-horned, lovable demon with a Rat Pack swagger and a heart of gold. Lorne ran a safe haven karaoke bar in Los Angeles where demons and humans came together without violence, and Lorne used his gift to "read" people's fate/path/you name it, as they sang. Sometimes horribly. Sometimes hilariously horribly.
But Lorne himself? Damn, he had a set of pipes on him.
Andy Hallett was discovered - if Wikipedia can be trusted - when Joss Whedon saw him singing in a Universal City Blues Revue gig. Based on his pretty fabulous singing gift, Whedon crafted a character for him on "Angel." Initially, the character, called simply "The Host" initially, was only supposed to be featured in a handful of episodes in the series' second season. But the character that Hallett brought to life was such a delight - funny, witty, and utterly L.A. - he became a regular, appearing in 76 episodes, right through the apocalyptic finale of Season Five.
We came to know him as Lorne (full name: Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan.) He was a charming musical misfit from another dimension - a dimension filled with bloodthirsty demonic "champions", no humor, and absolutely no music. (Did I mention his mother had a beard the Smith Brothers would have been proud to sport?) Lorne found a home in Los Angeles, where green skin, flashy suits, and a killer singing voice probably wouldn't make anyone blink. (I've seen worse at American Idol auditions.) Lorne was, quite possibly, my favorite character on the show. I was bummed when it went off the air in 2005, but it had run its course. And, of course, there are always the comic books that pick up where the show left off.
Apparently, shortly after filming the final episode back in '05, Hallett had a bad tooth infection. That, terrifyingly, led to a case of cardiomyopathy.
Friends, let this be a reminder - don't ignore your teeth. They might not only go away; dental infections can lead to serious heart problems. I can still remember my mom telling me that when I was a kid, which freaked me out so much, I have outrageously good dental hygiene to this day.
Sadly, Andy Hallett never recovered from his heart problems. What a shame. What a damn shame to lose someone at 33 - someone clearly talented, and, from all reports, a seriously lovely person.
For those of you who never watched "Angel" - and for those who just want to remember those sweet pipes that got him that wonderful gig in the first place, here's a little Lorne for you:
Goodnight, Lorne.
Rest well, Andy.
Thank you for charming the socks off me again and again. Tomorrow morning's "Angel" reruns on TNT just aren't going to be quite the same knowing you're gone.
Posted by Merujo at 9:21 PM
Labels: Angel, death, music, obituary, singer, talent, The Muse
Lorne was my favourite character on that show (aside from my undying love for Angel/Angelus of course). So sad to know he's gone. And so shocking to see he's the same age as me. And to learn that a tooth infection can lead to this. Eep!
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ach! this is so sad. Thanks for posting because I didn't even know about it. I'm booking our dental appointments first thing tomorrow morning.
He and Fred are my favorites. One of this mornings episodes had him back in his home dimension. I love the scene where all his friends look into the bucket that holds just his head. When he opens his eyes, everyone (except Fred) jumps back in suprise. I was almost late to work because I wanted to see that scene.
I'm so glad I can still see him on the reruns, but sad that that is all we've got.
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Jeff Long fired from Arkansas athletic director post
Kurt Voigt The Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas fired athletic director Jeff Long on Wednesday, ending a nearly decade-long tenure that included the scandalous ouster of football coach Bobby Petrino and the continued mediocrity of the program under Bret Bielema.
The College Football Playoff selection committee member, formerly the chairman until this season, was under contract through June 2022.
"Since coming to Fayetteville in 2008, Jeff has led our department with character and integrity and helped move us forward in so many ways," Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz said. "However, over the past year, Jeff has lost the support of many of our fans, alumni, key supporters and members of the university leadership, support that I believe is critical in our pursuit of excellence."
The firing comes at a time of turmoil for the football program, which is 29-32 in five seasons under Bielema, including a mark of 11-27 in the Southeastern Conference. The Razorbacks (4-6) will fail to win at least nine games this season for the sixth straight year, the school's longest stretch since an eight year stretch that coincided with joining the SEC in 1992.
Long was in Little Rock last week for a meeting of the school's Board of Trustees, but he never met with the board during an executive session. Instead, Steinmetz was called into the session while Long waited outside.
Several issues were thought to be a part of the discussion, including the performance of Long and the football program, along with the fate of Arkansas' long tradition of playing an annual football game in Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium. The school currently has one year left on an agreement to play one game annually away from the Arkansas campus in Little Rock.
It's an agreement that has caused much friction between the school's northwest Arkansas constituency and the rest of the state since Razorback Stadium was expanded in 2000, and Long said in September that he hoped to have a resolution about the future of games in central Arkansas by the end of this season.
Long was hired away from Pittsburgh by Arkansas, and he replaced former longtime athletic director Frank Broyles at the beginning of 2008. He came into prominence nationally for his handling of Petrino's departure in the spring of 2012.
Petrino, now at Louisville, was fired after a motorcycle accident during which it was later discovered he was riding with his mistress. That led to revelations that he had hired the woman to a position in the athletic department, and that he had given her $20,000 to buy a new car. Long hired John L. Smith as the interim football coach for the 2012 season and the Razorbacks went 3-9.
Long was praised after that season for his hiring of Bielema away from Wisconsin. The Razorbacks were coming off a scandal-ridden eight months at the time, and Bielema was hired to restore the program to the level it had reached under Petrino, when it went a combined 21-5 over the 2010-11 seasons.
Bielema had led the Badgers to three straight Rose Bowl appearances when he was hired, and he brought with him instant credibility. However, after improving Arkansas' win total in his second and third seasons, the Razorbacks have struggled mightily since the end of last season — losing eight of their last 12 games.
Following the Petrino firing, Long agreed to a new contract in 2013 that raised his annual salary to $1.1 annually by the following summer. The agreement included a public acknowledgment about Long's pursuit of another job — believed to be Texas. He also was reported to have been a candidate for the Stanford job in 2012.
Long also was responsible for the hiring of basketball coach Mike Anderson away from Missouri in 2011, and he also spearheaded the current $160 million renovation of Razorback Stadium, along with numerous other building projects on the Arkansas campus.
Senior associate athletic director Julie Cromer Peoples was appointed interim director of athletics pending a search for a new hire.


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Red is the perfect color choice for a home office.
Yellow promotes conversation in a communal living area.
Orange has been known to increase energy levels and excitement. I suggest using it in a home gym.
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I'm no great fan of Oliver Stone. While I wouldn't downgrade him to the "hack" level I place M. Night Shyamalan on, it's pretty safe to say that Stone is a perpetually flawed filmmaker so hellbent on making socially relevant films that he too oft forgets to also attempt to make them decent pieces of entertainment. Many of Stone's films fall in to one of two categories; they're either bland, lifeless, overly political pieces of work, or frenetic, unfocused, overly political wax works. That said, there are only one or two Oliver Stone films I can say I've enjoyed. At the top of the list is the original Wall Street, which, in spite of the lovefests surrounding Platoon or Born on the Fourth of July, I think is perhaps Stone's best effort. The 1987 film managed to be timely as well as original. Stone couldn't rest on his historical laurels, he had to build up the story to construct its characters, and the resulting portrait of corruption and money mongering sentiments paid off. We remember Wall Street for its depiction of an era, the oft ironically confused quotation of its mantras, and the way it worked like bad prophecy on the decades since. When I first heard that Stone was working on a sequel to the film, the then titled Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (someone, wisely, has since dropped the tacky '2'), I thought it was completely absurd. It seemed like an especially low point in the Hollywood recycling machine; churning up another old drama with another, now significantly less edgy, aging star. It didn't work with Basic Instinct 2, and I'd hate to see a sudden repeat for Fatal Attraction, so why dig up Wall Street from its palce in the cultural consciousness and redefine it to forever be associated with Shia LaBeouf?
Well, 10 minutes into Money Never Sleeps, I understood why Stone felt the nagging need to resurrect Gordon Gekko. The film is set in 2008, in the midst of market crisis and at the panic point of our economic recession. If Stone, who is perhaps easily the most politically obsessed director in Hollywood short of Michael Moore, wanted to make a film about the present state of the American economy he had two options: try to make a film set on Wall Street that didn't conjure up echoes of a movie already in his oeuvre; or, just make a sequel. Duh.
There's a lot that's actually working in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. We find Gordon Gekko semi-transformed. He's still the ruthless, manipulative smooth talker he was in the first film, but now his game has been altered for a new era. His approach is different. Fresh from prison, he questions the system that made him and that betrayed him, but still, only for his profit. He speaks to business students, puts in his two cents on television roundtables, and is slimily seductive as a symbol of greed's power even when not onscreen. Douglas does that thing that is unique to him; the steely approachability that makes him creepily unnerving even when he's disguised as your humble, rapidly aging patriarch. You have to like him. You have to like him even though you can't trust him. Young market trader Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) makes the mistake of liking Gekko too much. After his mentor Louis Zabel (Frank Langella) is crushed by the economic downfall and boardroom humiliation, Jake decides now is the time to step up and seek revenge on the terribly sleazy, terribly wealthy Bretton James (Josh Brolin). Against the wishes of his fiancé Winnie Gekko (Carey Mulligan), Jake seeks the advice of her father, and quickly falls lock step into place at his side (though he doesn't seem to realize it).
What follows is an entertaining enough popcorn melodrama. Douglas, though he won't win any Oscars this time around, returns to the role with vigor. Carey Mulligan, too, manages to make her moral confusion as people's champion and conflicted daughter easily apparent. Even LaBeouf, though it pains me to admit it, turns down his smart mouthed shtick long enough to seem, well, adult. He's wide-eyed. Young, blinded, and a little too naïve even as he steps up to play a dangerous game with the big dogs of the global economy. There are enough ups, downs and intrigues to make Money Never Sleeps worth the price of admission. It fills its little gaps with shiny New York photography and a soundtrack appropriately comprised of songs collaborated on by David Byrne and Brian Eno. It doesn't much try to compete with the tone of the original, which is perhaps to its advantage. Yet, while I liked the film far more than anticipated, it certainly plays host to some of those same old Oliver Stone overambitious flaws. In many ways, it feels as though it was actually designed as a separate film that was revised to include a Gordon Gekko subplot.
There's something weird going on with Gordon Gekko. The plot seems heavily interested in re-designing him with a heart and mellowing him in his later years. This is the problem with Money Never Sleeps: it never throws itself balls to the wall to make the scathing commentary on the greed is good message it preaches against. Its original villain becomes a sort of antihero. Its hero is less about blowing whistles and more about winning back the love of his life, bringing people together. There's no tremendous wake up call. No roiling anger. Just some heavy moralizing and a strange attempt at the humanization of the very same man who has become the poster child for a couple generations of savage corporate folk. Stone wants us to know that greed is not good, but really, he never gets around to actually indicting, finger pointing, and calling out the reckless monetary decisions that got everyone into this mess in the first place. Instead, we get the personal drama and the romantic inclinations of Jake Moore to act like the white knight of Wall Street and thus attract the fresh faced, PG-13 crowd to the multiplex. We get a kinder, gentler, monster. A monster whom the audience may forgive, though he equates love with money. We also get a really poor 'bubble' trope that runs through the film (which is, let me tell you, not working at all) in a way that's almost cloying, but that's another issue entirely.
No, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is not a perfect film. It could be bigger. It could be better. It could be slightly less confusing in its business dealings and a little lighter on the moral imperative. For what it is though, a sequel, a big blockbuster, it works. It's just a little smarter than your average popcorn flick; and somehow, this is all it really needs to be.
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Brilliant description.We're left with a solid if predictable drama and a whole lot of very sharp suits and New York loft apartments to envy.


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