In the past, people almost exclusively received medical treatment in their country or region of origin. It was only aristocracy and the independently wealthy who were able to do any type of traveling for healthcare purposes. As time progresses, however, this trend is changing dramatically. As the convenience and frequency of travel becomes more and more normal to the average person, the opportunity to travel for the purpose of receiving healthcare is also becoming more and more commonplace.
It is still uncommon for the working class to travel for healthcare purposes, but the middle class, who formerly only received domestic healthcare, is now known to embrace the practice of medical tourism. This shows a wider acceptance growing for receiving healthcare out of a foreign country or state. Travel costs are only going to minimize as the world continues to rely more and more on international travel for personal and business commuting, which means we can expect to see medical tourism grow in popularity.
Medical tourism is largely considered the way of the future. It is a very logical system. Every nation practices different types of medicine, and every nation has strengths and weaknesses in their medical practices. Why wouldn't people go to the country that offers the most expertise in the condition or ailment they are afflicted with? If someone has cancer, they should go to the region of the world that has experienced the most success in defeating cancer. If someone has hepatitis, they should travel to the region of the world with the best understanding of liver conditions.
It is understandable that not everyone has the means to travel to receive healthcare. A great many people cannot afford healthcare in their own country, let alone in a foreign country. Medical tourism will not be accessible to every demographic in the near future, but it is increasingly becoming accessible to more and more demographics. Those who can travel for healthcare should, as it benefits the world economy and the personal health of the traveler.
As a developing nation, citizens and residents of Thailand can benefit a great deal by traveling in order to receive healthcare services. Thailand has a solid, well acclaimed healthcare system of its own, but some of what it offers is limited. As a middle income country, the funding, science and advancements are not quite what they would be in a first world nation. Those Thailand residents and citizens who are able to travel internationally have a major advantage when it comes to accessing quality healthcare.
One desirable destination for Thai people looking to receive healthcare abroad is Canada. Across the Pacific Ocean from Thailand, Canada is welcoming of medical tourists from all over the world, including Thailand. Medical tourism has become a prominent part of Canada's medical and travel industries. Economically speaking, any country that attracts medical tourists has a lot to gain, which is certainly the case for Canadians. As a world leader in medical innovation, Canada can offer a medical tourist state of the art medical facilities, expert physicians and advanced medicine.
Canada's medical services are purported to be some of the best anywhere on the globe. Canadian physicians are highly trained and receive the most thorough of medical educations. Canada is home to some of the world's premiere physicians, as well as a wide range of expert specialists, ranging in skill sets from hepatology to endocrinology to dermatology. As a first world nation, funding is available to see that medical facilities are kept up with the latest technological advances and medical equipment.
Not everyone in Thailand has the means to travel, but those who do should consider the benefits of medical tourism, especially to countries with reputations for good health practices such as Canada. Medical tourism increases the connection between countries, encourages the free exchange of information and helps the global economy. Enabling people to travel to the healthcare services they need most in the world is the way of the future.
Thailand has a reputation for providing decent healthcare services to its residents and citizens. People living in Thailand are largely satisfied with their public healthcare system and are appreciative that it is socialized and accessible. Thailand has received a great deal of praise at a global level for the way it cares for its citizen's and resident's health matters.
The country of Thailand has been providing public healthcare to its residents and citizens since 2001. Though there are some criticisms of the system, over 99-percent of the population is covered by universal healthcare, which makes Thailand a leader among middle income countries with a socialized healthcare system. There are very few other middle income countries that have gone to a socialized healthcare system. When they do, they will likely model their reform on Thailand's example.
The reforms that were initiated in 2001 made a great deal of difference to the people of Thailand. Citizens and residents pay a co-payment in order to access public healthcare services, but most of the funding for the Thai healthcare system comes from public sector. This makes it a very popular system among the people. It is a system that works considerably well, but some criticisms have arisen. People have complained about inequalities, duplication of resources and rising costs within the system.
Thailand is a country that has some infectious and non-infectious diseases contained and treated, while others are still a major risk factor. Particularly HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis pose a threat to citizens and residents of Thailand. The average life expectancy in Thailand is 70 years old. It is agreed that there is still a great deal of progress that can be made in the healthcare system of Thailand, as well as in the personal health practices of Thai residents and citizens, but all things considered, healthcare in Thailand is a successful endeavor. It stands alone in its region of Asia as the only middle income country to offer socialized medicine.
Canadian healthcare is some of the best in the world. Not only has it been a solid public healthcare system for many years, it is also considered one of the leading nations in medical science and advancement. Canadians are reported to be some of the happiest citizens on earth as far as their healthcare is concerned, and its not hard to see why. With one of the most stable and well-established healthcare systems in the Western world, Canada is a prime destination for medical tourists.
The reason the Canadian healthcare system works so well is because it is balanced intelligently between funding from citizens and residents as well as funding from the public sector. Canadians pay premiums on their health insurance. The cost of the premium varies between provinces. Some provinces charge no premium at all, while others charge a flat monthly fee. In addition to provincial health insurance, private insurance policies are available to residents and citizens. Canadians also put taxes dollars toward the public health insurance fund to keep it viable. There is a great deal that the government contributes to social health insurance as well. This ensures that healthcare services in Canada are free or only cost a minimal fee.
Canada is considered a model country for public healthcare, and the best executor of a public healthcare system within North America. Canada is a popular medical tourism destination for this reason. Since medical tourism emerged with the advent of convenient travel around the globe, many have taken advantage of Canada's advanced medical system. This can be accomplished by paying out of pocket or by purchasing travel insurance. These options can be more costly than receiving healthcare in one's country of origin, but it can be worth it to receive the premium healthcare within a medical specialty. There are certain medical services provided by Canadian healthcare practitioners that are considered the best in the world. If these services can save a life, are they not worth the travel costs?
Medical tourism is a phenomenon that has seen a great deal of growth around the world in recent years. When a resident of one country travels to another country to take advantage of medical services, that person is a medical tourist. They are traveling for the purpose of healthcare. Countries in Asia, such as Thailand, are embracing medical tourism.
When it comes to the rising trend of medical tourism Thailand offers reasons to stay and reasons to go. It has become popular to travel to Thailand for cosmetic procedures, such as plastic surgery and liposuction, however, for serious medical procedures, Thailand has its disadvantages. Most physicians in Thailand are specialists rather than general practitioners, so they are not always the best at diagnosing general ailments. Many are also traveling medical specialists without a permanent location to practice out of, so reaching them after treatment can prove very difficult.
For a highly organized and professional medical treatment experience, Thailand residents should consider travelling to Canada. A large number of Thai citizens have already discovered the benefits of traveling to Canada for the purpose of using the healthcare system. This is because the Canadian healthcare system can prove highly efficient when compared to other countries. Insurance policies for travelers give Thai residents access to general practitioners, specialists, surgeons, naturopaths, mental health professionals and addiction treatment services, all under a highly organized medical system that has been called one of the best in the world.
Thailand certainly has specialty medical areas of its own, but when Thai residents require healthcare services that are more complete and more organized, they should consider travel to Canada. There are many foreign healthcare policies available to foreigners coming to Canada, as well as world class healthcare services.


Choosing a bank is not a decision that should be taken lightly. The bank that you choose will be responsible for the safeguarding of your money for many years and the bank's business practices can cost or save you a significant amount of money over that time. There are a number of things that you should keep in mind when searching for a new bank to hold your accounts. Here are some of the things that you should think about.
Before choosing a bank, you should review the different accounts that the bank has available and the features of each of those accounts. Most banks have a variety of different account options to choose from and each of those options will have different features that make it suitable or unsuitable for your needs. Once you have found a type of account that suits your needs, compare that type of account at several different banks to see which bank has the best terms for the account that you want. You may find that one bank has lower fees or lower minimum amounts than its competitors.
Many bank accounts have fees associated with the account that are triggered by specific actions or failure to take actions as detailed in the terms and conditions of the account information. For example, I have a checking account that will charge me a monthly fee of $6 if I fail to have at least $500 in direct deposits for the month or I do not use the debit card associated with the account for at least five transactions each month. I would not have chosen this type of account if I weren't sure that I would be able to avoid the fee each month with my normal banking activities. If your normal banking activities will trigger considerable fees throughout the year, then that particular type of account is not the best type of account for your needs.
When choosing a bank account, it is important for you to be able to access the bank account easily when you need to. You should check to see where branches of the bank are located and how far away they are from your home or office. You should also review the locations of ATMs you can use without being charged a fee. ATM fees can quickly add up to hundreds of dollars each year at nearly $5 per occurrence and having to go far out of your way to access an ATM branded for your bank increases the chances that you will be paying ATM fees frequently.


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Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe, in Deutschland Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe, ist ein Schweizer Spielfilm aus dem Jahre 1940 von Leopold Lindtberg mit Paul Hubschmid und Anne-Marie Blanc in den Hauptrollen. Der Film entstand nach der gleichnamigen Literatursatire aus dem Novellenzyklus Die Leute von Seldwyla (1865) von Gottfried Keller.

Handlung
Im schweizerischen Seldwyla, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Kaufmann Viggi Störteler, der unter dem Pseudonym Kurt von Walde schriftstellerischen Ambitionen nachgeht und bereits einige Novellen und Essays verfasst hat, muss für vier Monate nach Berlin reisen. Aus diesem Anlass plant er einen «Briefwechsel zweier Zeitgenossen: Kurt – Alwina». Dafür schreibt er seiner Frau Gritli, einer einfachen Person, die seinen literarischen Ergüssen nicht folgen kann und dabei auch gern einmal einschläft, einen wortreichen und schwülstigen Liebesbrief, den sie doch bitte geistreich, unterschrieben mit «Alwina», beantworten möge. Daraus solle sich ein reger Schriftverkehr ergeben, den Viggi irgendwann einmal zu veröffentlichen gedenkt. Da sie zu derlei Dingen keinerlei Bezug hat, greift Gritli zu einer List: Sie schreibt kurzerhand Viggis Brief ab, unterzeichnet mit ihrem Namen und steckt ihn kommentarlos dem jungen, scheuen Dorflehrer Wilhelm zu, der erst vor kurzen in Seldwyla seine neue Stellung angetreten hat. Der aber glaubt, dass dieser Brief der Beginn einer kochenden Leidenschaft zwischen ihm und dem jungen Mädchen werden könnte und antwortet ihr verliebt. Gritli nimmt nun dessen wohlschmeckende Worte, schreibt sie kurzerhand ab und «verkauft» diese, nunmehr an ihren fernen Gatten gesendet, als ihre beziehungsweise «Alwinas» Antwort auf Viggis bzw. «Kurts» ersten Liebesbrief. Nun beginnt ein reger Schriftverkehr, der Viggi glauben machen lässt, dass seine literarischen Bemühungen bei seiner Frau nun doch Früchte getragen haben.

Jedenfalls ist er entzückt von ihren Worten. Gritli hat bei ihrer Charade Glück, denn der scheue Wilhelm belässt es bei seiner glühenden Liebespost aus der Ferne und kommt nicht auf die Idee, irgendwann einmal den nächsten Schritt zu wagen und mit ihr direkt von Angesicht zu Angesicht sprechen zu wollen. Als Viggi Störteler eines Tages nach Seldwyla heimkehrt, sieht er Wilhelm im Wald vor sich hinträumen, um ihn herum die Liebesbriefe drapiert. Wilhelm läuft davon und lässt die Schreiben zurück, die Viggi sofort entdeckt und liest. Im Nu hat er begriffen, dass man ihn veralbert hat. Zornesrot verstösst er seine Frau vor aller Mitbewohner Augen, und auch Wilhelm verliert, durch den Dorfklatsch ins Gerede gekommen, seinen Posten. Es dauert nicht lang, da heiratet Viggi Störteler erneut, diesmal eine glühende Verehrerin seiner Sprachergüsse. Gritlis gleichgültiges Verhalten Wilhelm gegenüber hat den verträumten und zart besaiteten jungen Mann sichtlich mitgenommen, so dass dieser sich als Weinbauer in die Einsiedelei zurückzieht. Doch Gritli hat derweil Interesse an dem Geige spielenden Schöngeist gefunden und sucht ihn, in Verkleidung, in seinem selbstgewählten Exil auf. Wilhelm ist in dem zurückliegenden Jahr reifer geworden, was Gritli sehr gefällt. Nach einem gemeinsamen Spaziergang sinkt sie in seine Arme. Dann kehren die beiden, begleitet von Seldwyler Volk, in die Gemeinde zurück.

Produktionsnotizen
Die Dreharbeiten zu den Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe fanden von August bis Oktober 1940 statt. Die Innenaufnahmen entstanden im Filmstudio Rosenhof in Zürich, die Aussenaufnahmen wurden in Stein am Rhein, Regensberg, Grüningen, Wallisellen, Greifensee, Diessenhofen, Mellingen, Bremgarten und Zofingen hergestellt. Die Uraufführung erfolgte am 30. Oktober 1940 im Zürcher Urban-Kino. In Deutschland lief der Film erst 1949 an.

Die Produktionsleitung lag in den Händen von Heinrich Fueter, die Filmbauten entwarf Robert Furrer. Im künstlerischen Beirat sass der berühmte deutsche Bühnenbildner Teo Otto. Es sang der Chor der Berner Singbuben unter der Leitung von Hugo Keller.

Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe kosteten etwa 150.000 Schweizer Franken. Rund 900.000 Schweizer Kinogänger sahen den Film, der somit ein grosser Kassenerfolg wurde. Bei der Biennale in Venedig holte er 1941 den Coppa Mussolini.

Kritiken

Im Lexikon des internationalen Films heisst es: "Die Verfilmung der Novelle von Gottfried Keller vergröbert den Gegensatz der Charaktere merklich. Die oberflächliche, teils idyllische Biederkeit wird weder der Liebes- und Ehegeschichte noch der darin enthaltenen Zeitkritik gerecht."

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Angry Fans Are Getting Refunds For 'Pokémon GO' Purchases
Dave Thier Senior Contributor
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Here comes the backlash. Over the weekend, Pokémon GO developer Niantic Labs made two moves that have made fans furious: first, a new update removed the footsteps from the "nearby" tracking screen, effectively nullifying the already-broken in-game tracking with the implication that it's not getting fixed any time soon. At the same time, it shut down all the third-party tracking apps people had been using instead, making it impossible to hunt for particular Pokémon through any means. People are upset, and they're using the lack of tracking as ammunition to successfully request refunds for Pokécoin purchases on both iOS and Android. The argument is that the game advertised tracking at the time they made those purchases, and that feature is no longer available.
There's a reddit thread full of instructions and success stories, as well as a few mentions for people in tech support that say they've been overwhelmed by refund requests from Pokémon GO. I got a refund on a $4.99 purchase and can confirm that it went off perfectly, and I have yet to see the Pokécoins deducted from my account. It remains to be seen how this is going to be handled as more and more people start requesting refunds: we're in relatively uncharted territory here. I've contacted Apple for comment.
I don't envy Niantic right now: the developer made a mistake by shutting down third-party trackers before fixing the game's native tracking, but a video game community scorned can be an ugly thing. Death threats are basically a certainty, and CEO John Hanke's Twitter has already been hacked. But it's an ugly situation all around: the company needs a community manager, or just the bare minimum of communication. I feel like just the smallest: "we know you're upset, and we're working on it" would go a long way towards alleviating the situation, but silence seems to be the order of the day.
Pokémon GO is headed for trouble if it doesn't start to work on some of these things. The core reddit crowd is frustrated over these recent changes, and casual players are going to start running into an endgame without a whole lot to do. This is a game that's been out nearly a month and now has less functionality than when it launched in an apparently unfinished state: that's not a great place to be in. Communication would be a nice start, letting Pokévision and other apps continue to operate would be better, and more features would be best. As it stands, the developer risks being a flash in the pan, albeit a very big one.
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Diabetes is a major health issue that affects nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States, and the Georgia Department of Human Resources reports that diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in Georgia. November has been designated American Diabetes Month to call attention to diabetes, though increased awareness, prevention and management of the disease.
To help increase awareness of diabetes management and prevention, Southeast Georgia Health System will host a free diabetes education program on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Brunswick Campus in the Linda S. Pinson Conference Center.
Designated Diabetes Day, the event will include free health screenings, including blood glucose screenings, lectures, exercise demos, vendors, and educational information. Fasting of eight hours, or two hours after a meal, is recommended for accurate blood glucose screening results.
The diabetes lecture topics include "Preventing and Controlling Diabetes" and "Eating the Right Foods." Both lectures are open to the general public and include a question and answer session.
The event is free, but space is limited and registration is encouraged. To register, please call 1-855-ASK-SGHS (855-275-7447).


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Note: 5th window vs 6th window; If your 2U case has 3-horizontal slots like the upper slot in the picture, the rear window is 6th window. If your 2U case has 3-horizontal slots like the bottom slot in the picture, your case has a 5th rear window!
Following 1U/2U riser cards are based on 6th rear window!


Buffalo New York is almost Canada, which you can see across the Niagara River (Niagara Falls is just a few miles to the north). That's the river that links Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, and marks the boundary between the US and Canada. Yes, Buffalo Wings were invented here in then Anchor Bar.
Perhaps the famous civility of Canadians rubbed off on the Buffalonians, because they work together well in startups. Multiple industries support innovation, as does the 43North organization that sponsors prizes of up to $1 million for new startups in the area.
Believe it or not, Buffalo with about 260,000 residents is the second largest city in New York, but a distant second to New York City in population. The Erie Canal helped Buffalo grow thanks to shipping in the 1800s. Steel and automobile factories moved away in the mid-20th century, but financial services, technology, and biomedical engineering have risen to replace those jobs and added many more.
Extended life spans are wonderful, but that gives cancer more time to catch up to us. Athenex is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and providing new therapies to treat cancer.
Starting under the radar in 2004, the first funding for Athenex came in February of 2010 for just over $4 million. Three placements in 2011, 2012, and 2013 added nearly $10 million more. That money must have been put to good use, because two private equity placements, $40 million in May 2014 and $48.1 million in May 2015 brought their funding total to $102.15 million.
No user has enough bandwidth and no provider has enough content, portals, and marketing hooks to get enough other users. That's where Synacor comes in, with their online content, portal, and comprehensive front-ends that enable telecommunications companies to find, nurture, sell, and support more users every day.
Starting fairly early in the portal content delivery business, in 2001, Synacor got a confidence boost in the spring of 2003 with a total of $10 million in two separate funding rounds. Seven investors jumped in during the October 2006 round of $17 million. That plus two rounds in 2004 adds up to a total of $33.46 million.
Do you have good healthcare benefits? If so, it may be because your company participates in a private benefit exchange run by Liazon. Working the over 150 carriers, including 60 medical carriers, Liazon provides clients thousands of plans across the country.
Founded in 2007, Liazon received their initial funding round in April 2011, when four investor groups dropped $12.6 million onto the table. Another four investors did a similar Series D round in April 2012 for another $18.2 million for a total of $30.8 million.
Americans love cars, or at least we love buying new ones with that lovely "new car" smell. But what about cars with an "old car" smell? That's where ACV Auctions comes in: they leverage various mobile technologies to provide new B2B solutions displaying live mobile auctions for new and used car dealers.
ACV had their new company smell back in 2014, and in April 2015 received $600k in venture funding. Two rounds in 2015 and 2016 added $6 million. The big sale was a fully-loaded, including floor mats, Series B round in March of 2017 for $15 million. Seems the only thing people love more than their cars is their smartphones, and ACV mashed the two together for a total of $21.6 million in funding.
Buffalo has a proud manufacturing history providing services of all kinds for much of New York State. Turning Buffalo's rust belt reputation upside down, Sentient Science uses software to model the microstructure of critical components in physical devices to predict and therefore avoid failure. Examples include wind turbines and engine and transmission components of fleet vehicles.
Starting their product development back in 2001, Sentient Science suffered from their non-glamorous market and went it alone until a grant for $499.3k was given in October 2011. Another grant of almost a million followed 18 months later, and then the venture groups noticed them. In January 2016 they received $17 million in venture funding, followed by a $199.l96k grant a month later.
Don't let the hype surrounding 3D Printing fool you – the proper term is actually "Additive Manufacturing" and making things makes a mess that must be cleaned. In the case of printed parts, supports, frames, and rough edges must be eliminated. That's where PostProcess Technologies comes in to clean up with their special proprietary software and patent-pending machines.
Founded in 2012, the company bagged $4 million in seed investment from New York Ventures, Rand Capital, and Richmond Capital Partners in April, 2017. Those are serious business investors, which gives PostProcess some extra credibility. Add in the $90,000 grant from the New York Power Authority earlier in 2017 and you can see the trend line heading upwards.
Big Data, number crunching, business intelligence and other analysis tools are great, but miss a critical feature: visuals. Charts are one thing, but explanatory graphics that inform while being easy to develop sell the information in ways spreadsheets never can. Add in easier access and lower cost via the cloud, and you have Decision Pace.
The company started back in 2009 because the founders, Alan Lash and Jay Moeller, saw the developing world of Big Data lacked easy visualization tools. Their strategic vision earned them $1 million in seed money in June of 2013, and another $300k venture round in August 2014.
Golfers are almost a complete subset of high-income individuals, so anything that catches the golf world's attention can hit it big (pun intended). And hitting bid describes OnCore Golf Technology and their two new balls, the Avant and Caliber.
Started in March of 2009 (just before golf season), OnCore Golf Technology received equity crowdfunding of an undisclosed amount in September 2012 (just about the end of golf season in Buffalo). Two years later another $140k rolled into the cup, and they hit a birdie in March 2015 with $2 million in Series A funding.
Buffalo's Roswell Park Cancer Institute was the breeding ground for Empire Genomics, which got its start in 2006. Focused on genome-wide analysis to determine the underlying mechanisms of diseases, a focus on molecular diagnostic services for various cancers has pushed them to the forefront.
Serious research and lab results garnered their first investment of $1 million in July of 2014 from Rand Capital and Z80 Labs Technology Incubator. BroadOak Capital Partners jumped in with another $1.75 million in May of 2016.
Everyone wants clean energy but the details can be tricky. That's where ENrG comes in with their focus on research into critical ceramic components for such devices as fuel cells, gas separation membranes, thermal management components, and advanced ceramic batteries. You won't see these components, but you'll see the positive results.
Beginning research activities in 2003, ENrG was a little early with their technology so research grants became their funding source. Starting with their initial grant of $300k when they started, they have received 10 more grants for a total investment of $4.86 million.


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This utility makes it possible to build a Debian package of Oracle SQL Developer. The Oracle SQL Developer program is governed by the copyright holder (Oracle USA, Inc.), so you may be limited as to what you can do with the resulting package (i.e. no redistribution, etc). This utility will simply help you create the Debian package, it is your responsibility to use the resulting package accordingly with the OTN license, a copy of which is included in the created package, that you must agree on when downloading the source.
This utility will require you to download the architecture independent archive from <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer>, identified as "Oracle SQL Developer for other platforms", "Oracle SQL Developer for Multiple Platforms" or "Oracle SQL Developer for Linux and Unix" (depending on which version you are building), to create the Debian package from.


When I teach developmental psychology, I find that students are fascinated by the subject of birth order. Research over the years has yielded mixed results. I admit having been impressed by Sulloway's fascinating book Born to Rebel. But I know that it is difficult to tease out the effects of birth order on behavior from the many factors affecting development. Steven Pinker says that he once believed in birth order effects, but now rejects them.


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March 11, 2019 Melanie Noell Bernard
Everyone is ranting and raving all over the internet for a brand new TV adaptation of comic book THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY… but I thought this show was garbage and I'm going to tell you why.
Disclaimer: I have not read the comic books and therefore am not judging based on the source material, but on the TV show as it stands for entertainment value.
On one day in 1989, 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by billionaire industrialist Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who creates the Umbrella Academy and prepares his "children" to save the world. In their teenage years, though, the family fractures and the team disbands. Fast forward to the present time, when the six surviving members of the clan reunite upon the news of Hargreeves' passing. They work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father's death, but divergent personalities and abilities again pull the estranged family apart, and a global apocalypse is another imminent threat.
Wow. A plot about the end of the world. SOOOO original. Better yet? Superheroes saving the world from the apocalypse. Seriously? You're handing the cons to me on a silver platter. This plot is so overdone and absolutely nothing in this TV show re-imagines that plot in any way shape or form. Best of all! This is my favorite part, the entire plot relies on every single character being emotionally damaged in the most cliche ways possible. There is so little originality in this show it's not even funny.
As if the plot wasn't bad enough, let's get into the characters who are 'siblings' adopted by an eccentric, stern rich dude. Shocker. Rich dude neglects the kids causing intense emotional trauma that NONE OF THEM EVER DEAL WITH. Literally none of them. None of them has moved past it, gone for counseling, or become adults. They are all stunted children in adult bodies with no idea what they fuck they're doing. But let's break it down because I have to.
Klaus: The kid who can see dead people is afraid of said dead people and spent years of his life locked in tombs in order to overcome his fear of ghosts. Unsurprisingly, he turns to drugs to escape the one thing he can see and no one else can: the dead.
Diego: Tough guy. Vigilante. Can curve any object he throws. Literally batman… without the money. Congrats.
Allison: Pretty girl. Popular. Success and life built on lies that she tells (her 'rumors' become true). Abuses power. Loses everything. Is a total spoiled teenager who never learned to earn anything.
Luther: Not 100% sure what his superpower is because NO ONE EVER EXPLAINS IT. All we know is that some experiment to save his life turned him into a giant with excessive body hair and he is afraid to show that part of himself to the world, but he does whatever he is told like a good boy scout and his world is SHATTERED when *gasp* he was lied to. Hank McCoy anyone? But with less emotional maturity.
Number Five: Honest to God don't think we ever got his name. Time traveler/spacial jumper. Spews a bunch of mumbo jumbo to make the watchers think he's hella smart. Has a superiority complex, which is heightened by his supposed 'survival of the apocalypse' and knowing the world is going to end. In reality he's just a giant prick with an excessively short temper and even shorter patience.
Vanya: The Phoenix. No, not kidding. Vanya is literally Jean Grey/The Phoenix. She's a telekinetic who couldn't be controlled and therefore was brainwashed/medicated to believe she didn't have powers and low and behold she finds out because DUH! And no real surprise that she is the apocalypse. Because you know, not teaching control and suppressing powers has NEVER gone bad, right? >.>
Which brings me back to the fact that the ENTIRE plot is garbage. why? Because it's stolen. This plot is so unoriginal. Has no one seen X-Men? So why is everyone who's seen The Umbrella Academy acting like it's the best thing since sliced bread? It's not. It's recycled and poorly at that. But I'm not done yet. Let's continue.
Character Relationships
Who the fuck is the writer for this? You continue to use the same stereotypical actions over and over again so that none of your characters have any growth or dynamic characteristics whatsoever. Only when in the face of certain destruction do they realize 'oh, shit. I'm an asshole.' Really?! It took you THIS long to realize this? And yet you still make the SAME mistakes. Like for cripes sakes! Stop beating a dead horse with these character decisions.
This is best cemented through the last episode when the brothers are still trying to take down Vanya. They intend to ambush her and take away her violin to stop her power (because she suddenly needs the violin for her power? Which she doesn't so good on that logic, boys.) And Allison, who can't speak, is the only one who realizes Vanya needs love but she's literally the biggest reason Vanya felt unloved so way to go Allison. Too little, too late.
Luther x Allison: They were raised as siblings. We don't technically know if they have any biological relation because see 'no answers' below. But the two of them still have romantic feelings for each other and despite that they are forced apart at every turn either by fear or themselves. However, of the things that drive them apart, being siblings isn't one of them. I've seen conflicting commentary on this particular aspect. I'm not sure how I feel about it morally, but I do know that it was WRITTEN like garbage and therefore came off as garbage. It was like the writers didn't even know what they wanted and that translated. Figure it out, people.
This show literally gives no answers to anything. How did Ben die? Why is he still hanging out with Klaus? Literally nothing! Ben is the single most interesting character in the ENTIRE show and he's dead and says no more than a couple dozen words.
How does Number 5's traveling work? He literally just mumbles about calculations, but there is no concrete anything here. You're gonna screw around with time travel, how about actually understanding it first rather than willy-nilly throwing characters around. Thanks.
How did these children all come about? I get that it was some magical, virgin Mary phenomenon where 43 women suddenly gave birth despite that they weren't pregnant, but how did this happen? Are the children technically related? What does this have to do with their superpowers? Right now I log this as: WORST ORIGIN STORY EVER.
Doesn't Add Up
Number Five spent most of his life in an adult body and his entire assassin life in an adult body and just got back into his teenage body in episode one. And yet he knows EXACTLY how to move this pint size body to kill like 7 goons. I call bullshits. He's half the size he was, half the strength (because five was a total twig as a child), and would take time to adjust to his body again. Not only that, but the entire 'I'm a teenager again because bad calculations blah blah' feels like such a gimmick and it goes back to the whole NOT EXPLAINING YOUR TIME TRAVEL SEMANTICS. Time travel shouldn't change your age in any universe so unless you want to explain to me WHAT calculations I call bullshits.
How did no one file Hargreeves throwing his 'children' out into dangerous situations and making them under-aged superheroes NOT get filed for some kind of child labor suit? Or unsafe to parent? Like this can't be legal! But NO one questions it. Instead, they monetize it and turn it into a franchise and destroy those kids lives. Great. Nice job, society.
Wow. Because this couldn't get any worse let's throw in some mojo-jojo style assassins aka they're incapable. They're sent to hunt down and stop Number 5 from preventing the apocalypse, but they spend most of their time in the show buying donuts, arguing like an old married couple, and being the WORST assassins on the planet despite everyone claiming they are some of the best. Like that's your best? Damn. How do you police time then?
Arbitrary blonde woman villain. Super posh. Is supposedly in charge of the time monitoring organization. Survived a grenade. Like… wtf. This is cliche at it's finest. Watch any bond movie for this, but this character added NOTHING to the plot whatsoever. Her entire character could have been removed and the show would have still been the same.
That Ending
Predictable. Cliche. True to the unfortunate static nature of the characters and utterly uninteresting. The apocalypse still happened. Why? Not because they didn't try to stop it, but because none of the characters realized WHY it was happening: because they're all dicks who treated Vanya like she was less than them. Superpowers don't make you better than anyone. But they can make you a super dick. Had you been a decent human being and loved each other properly like siblings should have, Vanya never would snapped. She probably would have learned control or at least she would have loved people while losing control and everyone would fucking learning something. Ugh. I just can't with this. Don't watch it. It's not worth your time.
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Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves 19 November 2005
In Korea, President Bush was momentarily embarrassed, when he fell for a robot's request to "pull my finger"
"Go two blocks, take a right and then straight to Dupont Circle" was Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's response, after being interrupted in a press conference for directions
NASA announced its' new space initiative, deemed to be operation-ready by 2010, to be able to launch people into space from Landrovers
A bevy of animal rights groups and private citizens are launching a Class Action lawsuit against Walmart, for what they say is "excessive and deceptive" marketing to animals
Former Vice President Al Gore was in New York this week, auditioning for the role of Vito Corleone in a new Broadway musical version of 'The Godfather"
Scientists in New Zealand say that Global Warming has reached such a critical point in the country, so much so that New Zealanders have taken to cooking their meals outdoors, on the ground
Author, actor and Air America talkshow host Al Franken has announced a new auction, with all proceeds going to charity. Bidders need to predict the extact time of day that Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly has a "total meltdown".
Franken, shown under the Offical O'Reilly Meltdown Clock says he'll match the winning donor's bid if the time O'Reilly cracks happens while Franken is on-air with his show
Cheney Speech Causes DC Police, Homeland Security Grief
Switchboard, 911 System Flooded With Sighting Calls; Troops and Aircraft Deployed
Vice President Dick Cheney's speech Wednesday evening did more than just slam the Democrats and critics of the Bush Administration.
It caused complete havoc in the Washington, D.C. area.
Cheney made an extremely rare public appearance, speaking at the conservative policy group Frontiers of Freedom Institute's 2005 Ronald Reagan gala at the Mayflower Hotel.
While the Vice President was inside the hotel, defending the Administration's use of their version of pre-war intelligence, and calling the Democrats criticism of it "one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city," Washington D.C. police and Federal troops and personnel were scrambling around the city, dealing with thousands of calls and reports on the sighting of Mr. Cheney.
As calls began to pour into the main switchboard, police officials initially feared some level of attack on the Vice President, or a possible terrorist plot unfolding. Additional police officers were called in and senior command officers took the precaution of notifying the Department of Homeland Security.
An DHS spokesperson stated that Director Michael Chertoff was notified and that "normal procedures were followed".
This included deploying aircraft that maintained a "No-Fly" security zone around the city, and deploying Federal troops and other DHS staff to augment the Washington D.C. Police.
There were minor reports of some looting and a few scuffles took place. No arrests were reported.
Both the White House and the Vice President's office had no comment.
The Vice President has maintained an extremely low profile, particularly since the indictment of his Chief of Staff, I .Lewis 'Scooter" Libby. The sighting, claimed by hundreds of D.C. residents, was the first in recent memory of Cheney being out of his Secret Bunker.
One resident, Lamar Ellston, claims he was detained by Secret Service agents and drugged, after claiming he saw the location of the Secret Bunker."
"It was like right out of Batman," said Ellston. "All of a sudden, this building opened up and a whole train of limos and SUV's came streaming out of it. Then the building closed back up."
Ellston claims that a van in the Vice President's motorcade broke from the line, made a u-turn and four agents pulled Ellston into the van.
He was taken to an unknown location, questioned for three-hours and "given something to drink", which Ellston claims was laced with a drug that put him to sleep. He said he woke up "miles away' from where he was, and inside a Metro subway station.
The Secret Service declined confirming Ellston's claim, stating they don't comment on operational protocols.
Special White House Council Karl Rove has been racing around Washington D.C. the past two days, excitedly telling people that he "didn't tell Bob Woodward". Reportedly, he has been hounding Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, asking him to "make a note I didn't tell Bob Woodward".
Amazon Wins More Patents; Now Controls Biz Speak For Entire Web
Everything from "Dear Sir" To "Thank You For Your Order" Now Subject To Royalty Payments
After winning patents last week, for their Customer Reviews, Amazon.Com scored a blockbuster today, winning new patents for nearly every possible business phrase used across the World Wide Web.
Everything, from "Dear Sir" or "Dear Madam" to "Thank You For Your Order" is now owned by Amazon. Anyone that uses these words or phrases, or thousands of others, are liable to pay Amazon a royalty.
In a brief statement, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said that Amazon plans to "strictly enforce" its' new patents.
(As a matter of disclosure, The Garlic was required to secure a special wavier to write this article and post it on the web)
The new patents extend over three languages in addition to English - French, Spanish and Chinese.
Just last week, the online retailer of books, appliances and nearly everything else was awarded three new patents, covering its purchase circles, search and consumer reviews.
Amazon has been in fierce competition, and litigation over these patents. In 2001, Amazon sued rival Barnes and Noble for infringing on its' "one-click buying" patent. The companies eventually reached a settlement in 2002.
The breath and scope of the business phrase patent even has industry observers surprised and gaping at the potential windfall and competitive edge Amazon now holds.
"It's absolutely incredible," says Daria Pannesi, editor of 'In The Loot', the newsletter for high tech dollar traders. "Their stock has already jumped 17-points and, if they truly enforce the patents, with the revenue that will flood in, they'll make Google look like a penny stock."
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez Secretary of Commerce believes it will ultimately cause a "boon of new business", and "a real spike for the economy"
"Businesses, across the board, are going to have to change their websites. That's likely to beef up the employment numbers as more copywriters and web talent will have to placed to accommodate the new language requirements."
Business Schools are now being swept up as a result of this new Amazon patent.
Already, Wharton, Harvard and Stanford have stated that they are in the process of developing new curriculums in the area of creative business writing as a means to get around Amazon's patents. The courses are slated to be available, starting with the 2006 Fall semester.
Among the thousands of business words and phrases that Amazon has secured the patent for include;
"You order will ship in (1-Infinite) days"
"Please hold on for the next available operator"
"Do you want to review your shopping cart"
"Thank You for your order"
"Please come again"
In a bit or irony, customer reviews on the Amazon website are, technically, subject to the patent requirements. Amazon has stated they will take those into consideration on "a case-by-case basis".
Barnes and Noble refused comment, indicating they were "pouring over" the patent. A spokesperson did say that legal action "hasn't been ruled out" and that "for now, it will be business-as-usual".
Upon hearing the comment, Amazon quickly fired off a letter to Barnes and Noble, demanding payment or a retraction.
Citing an infringement of the new patent, Barnes and Noble was informed that "business as usual" is now owned by Amazon.
Top Ten Cloves: How Bush Administration Is Spinning Use Of White Phosphorus In Iraq
10. Completely safe - as long as you don't get it in your eyes, or on your body
9. We're fighting an unconvential enemy so we have to use unconventional weapons, but we don't use chemical weapons
8. Got confused and mixed up with bags of chalk for new baseball fields being built
7. If not used, Halliburton could sue for breach of contract
6. We need night vision capablities. since there's little to no electricity
5. Don't know anything about it, must be something Scooter Libby authorized
4. To even question us about using White Phosphorus must mean you're aiding and abetting the enemy
3. Actually, was old supply of Sadam Hussein's chemical weapons and just destroying them, with alittle overspill
2. If you want the real story on it, you're going to have to watch the Fox News Channel
1. With all the pre-war spin, someone had to create some kind of cloud
Under Fire, Woodward Offers Reason He Didn't Write Plame Story
Not Comfortable With Public Meetings; Didn't Have High-Level Secret FBI Source
Following his disclosure that a source told him about Valerie Plame two-years ago, and that he recently testified before Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and the Grand Jury investigating the CIA Leak, Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward, and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, has come under a barrage of fire, including from his own newspaper and colleagues, and is seeking to set the record straight.
In a written statement published yesterday, Woodward said that he told Post colleague Walter Pincus, a reporter, without naming his source, and that he was told Plame's name and status while "confidential background interviews for my 2004 book "Plan of Attack" about the lead up to the Iraq war, ongoing reporting for The Washington Post and research for a book on Bush's second term to be published in 2006.
Woodward also indicated he didn't step forward with the information, or tell Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. until last month because he didn't want to be subpoenaed.
Throughout the investigation by Fitzgerald, and leading up to the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff, Woodward spoke often on the case, saying it "wouldn't amount to much", that it was "laughable" and calling Fitzgerald a "junkyard dog prosecutor".
In a brief press conference today, Woodward sought to clarify his remarks and explain his position.
First, Woodward indicate he is still not free to name his source.
"My source is a source, I can't give any name to my source. I only have permission to call my source a source. And that holds until my source dies, then I can, if I choose, name my source. If I die before my source dies, my source cannot name themselves. The identity of the source dies with me - unless we agree, at some future point, that I name my source, or my source names themselves"
Having, with his colleague, Carl Bernstein, investigated and wrote the story of Watergate, the scandal the brought down President Nixon and his administration, Woodward said he "wasn't comfortable" writing about the Plame affair.
'I didn't have a good feel for it," stated Woodward. "I also didn't have a secret, high-level, FBI source that could give me leads, and that I could confirm leads with."
Woodward is referring to Mark Felt, former Assistant Director of the FBI and infamous "Deepthroat" informant from the Watergate story.
"This was a CIA matter and I don't have any close contacts there."
Woodward also indicated that his source wasn't "very clandestine"
"We would meet in the source's office, or have coffee at a Starbucks. They even wanted to talk over lunches and dinners, at public cafes and restaurants"
"At one point," said Woodward, "I suggested a 1AM meeting, at a location in Northern Virginia and my source looked at me like I was crazy … Said that they went to bed by 9:30PM."
Woodward says he even reached out to Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, to see if he had "any paperwork on Plame or the CIA that he could leak to me."
"There was no money to follow, no break-ins," said Woodward. "It was, pretty much, just your straight, run-of-the-mill, leak-and-smear campaign"
Woodward is attempting to stem the criticism, that he is a "White House Stenographer" or crony.
In stating the he told his colleague, Walter Pincus, about being told about Plame, Pinucs says he "doesn't recall Woodward telling him that". As Pincus has been writing about the Plame matter, and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, Pincus says "he cannot imagine he would have forgotten such a conversation."
"Are you kidding?" Pincus said. "I certainly would have remembered that."
Woodward said he "doubts" he would start writing about the Plame case now.
"There's likely still a lot to come out on this," admitted Woodward, "but I think that most of the Pulitzer work has already been done, so I don't see what would be in it for me."
At a press conference this morning, Donald Trump explained his firing of Martha Stewart, as "the Big Donald told me to do it and you don't say no to the Big Donald"
Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard On President Bush's Trip To China
10. Tell him that if they really want to punish there corrupt baseball players, we can take some at our camps here
9. At dinner tonight, I hope he doesn't get sick, like his father did that time
8. Ask him if he brought the photo album of Vice President Cheney's Secret Bunker
7. It will be a deal-breaker, but we have to hold to no visa for Paris Hilton … We don't want that over here
6. We play our cards right, maybe he'll hire us to build that wall along the U.S.-Mexican border
5. You can translate this directly - If he keeps harping at us about Taiwan, tell him we'll put him on our Axis of Evil
4. No Mr. President, I think you'll be more comfortable riding in the car … The bicycles here in China are alittle different
3. President Bush, to make you feel more at home, we outted one of our secret agents here, in your honor
2. Do you think he's Bob Woodward's source?
1. I don't know what to say, he stepped of the plane and promised us all kinds of hurricane relief aid
White House Not Happy, Puts Out RFP For Revisionist To Spin Blame
Ethics Classes; Indictment Worries Cut Into Effort; Need "Top Shelf" Spinner To Pound Out Message
From plummeting ratings, to criticism for using the Veteran's Day Holiday for partisan attacks, to being preoccupied with the Ethics classes and having to prepare for more indictments, the White House, sources say, have quietly put out a Request-For-Proposal to Presidential Historians and other top authors to assist the Administration in countering the liberal and Democrats attacks, charging they misled the country into the Iraqi War.
Since last Friday, when the President kicked off the campaign to paint the Democrats with the same "intelligence brush", the Administration has been relentless, trotting out Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman on Sunday's 'Meet The Press' program and yesterday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield, returning to the pre-war theme of criticizing the Iraqi Policy is akin to being unpatriotic and giving aid to the enemy.
The President has used stops along the way to the Japan Summit to press his case and charge the Democrats with trying to "politicize" the war.
In a confusing and embarrassing moment for the President, a Japanese reporter, in broken English, asked the President about the "storm of controversy" following him. Having been briefed in Air Force One about the latest round of thunderstorms and tornados that hit Tennessee, the President bristled and tersely responded that "the Democrats have access to the same weather reports that we have."
"They don't just want to wag the dog," said Ann Mitchell, veteran Capital Hill journalist, "they want to swing and twirl the entire kennel."
The dogs, however, are whirring just yet.
President Bush is currently at the lowest point since taking office in 2000. In a USA TODAY/ CNN/Gallup Poll released Monday, the President registered only a 46% approval rating.
And, despite the high-level attacks, by himself and staff, the President was rebuked yesterday by the Senate, as both Republicans and Democrats submitted bills to put heat on the Administration to be accountable for the Iraqi Policy.
While somewhat similar, in theme, the Democrat's bill, rejected, by a vote of 58 to 40, called for a timetable to remove troops from Iraqi. The Republican bill, which won approval with a 79 to 19 count, only requested for the White House to submit quarterly reports to the Senate on the progress in Iraq.
"You'd have to say," offered Mitchell, "that if Sam Ervin were still with us, he'd be saying that dog won't hunt."
Mitchell says that the White House is "fatigued" and "bogged down".
"They have these Ethics classes they have to attend, they still have indictments hanging over their heads. I even heard that Karl Rove has 'smear-block'."
Shortly after the Senate vote, White House Chief of Staff Andy Card, reportedly, released the RFP.
It's not known how many were sent out, and to whom they were sent.
Early last evening, Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, author Doris Kearns Goodwin, and biography Kitty Kelly were seen being escorted into the West Wing. Sometime later, Watergate author Bob Woodward was espied leaving the White House.
"They definitely want a heavy hitters," said Mitchell. "Someone with credibility and someone that can actually write."
There are also rumors that the Administration will be reviving their "paid journalist" program, and that Card has a target list of right-wing pundits that will be contacted.
"Andy wants the top-shelf guys … The one's that have columns, as well as their own radio or television programs, or, at least are regular talking heads on the cable news universe."
There's unconfirmed reports that the Fox News Channel is already on-board with the White House program, pro-bono and also that author and former political operative Dick Morris, as well as former Nixon Speech Writer and presidential candidate Pat Buchanan have signaled to Card that their game for the work.
"If they get their message straight," said Mitchell, "and get these big guns on the team, in two, maybe three-months, they'll have the polls showing that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi trained Al-Qaeda people or were involved in 9/11."
"This reporter, this little, squeeky reporter kept saying we lied, we manipulated the intelligence, so, goodness, I just snapped and gave him the death claw ... Got'em right around the neck and shook him up real good ..."
Top Ten Cloves; Details of Bob Woodward's Appearance Before CIA Leak Grand Jury
10. Nervous, being first time before Grand Jury, kept saying "Liddy" when he meant to say "Libby"
9. Offered, when first heard "Wilson's wife", he drifted back to his youth, and his Dennis The Menace comic book collection
8. Promised he wouldn't call his new source "Deep Throat II"
7. Said best advise he could give Grand Jury is to follow the money trail
6. Admitted, under oath, he was happy he wouldn't have to share royalties with Carl Bernstein when he writes book about case
5. Testified in talking with Libby, Plame name never mentioned, however, there was a flashing neon sign behind Libby's desk
4. Said he confirmed Valerie Plame's name by putting flag in potted plant on his balcony
3. Got Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to agree to submit testimony for Pulitzer Prize
2. Insisted on giving his Grand Jury testimony in parking garage, late at night
1. Would only testify if Special Prosecutor guaranteed he'd be played by Harrison Ford when movie gets made
White House Discord, Aides Say, Locks Bush Into Blame/Denial Strategy
Cite That Libby Took The "Faulty Memory" Defense, Leaving President Avoidance As Only Option
Starting with ignoring the solemn respect traditionally accorded the annual Veteran's Day Holiday, President Bush's aggressive tactics of blaming Congress members for making misleading statements about the Administration's run-up to the Iraqi War is a result of the continued discord inside the White House, sources tell The Garlic.
"They've essentially come to," says Paula Malady, an analyst for the think tank, All Things Terror, which specializes in Middle East affairs, "that all the other kids are doing it, so it's not our fault."
According to sources close to the White House, squabbling and turf battles inside the White House has lead to the latest strategy of having the President, aggressively and harshly criticize his critics for "politicizing" the issue.
"He's channeling Lenny Bruce," said a Capital Hill operative. 'Denial, denial, denial."
The reference is to a classic Bruce routine, on infidelity, in which Bruce advises to "Deny it … If they catch you in the act, deny it … If they catch with a chicken, deny it …"
Malady agrees with the denial assessment, as well as the White House discord as leading to, what she refers to as "an losing situation".
"They didn't line up their ducks very well."
As previously reported by The Garlic, Vice President Dick Cheney as already reserved the "Nolo Contendre" defense, should he end up under indictment, after a fierce argument with his former Chief of Staff. I. Lewis 'Scooter" Libby. Libby had sought to use that defense and, after losing his battle with Cheney, has fallen back to the 'faulty memory" defense.
"That leaves the President odd-man-out," says Malady. "He's the one that has to play the denial card."
Sources say it was Special Council Karl Rove who advised the President to begin his offensive on Veteran's Day.
"Rove wanted to augment it with a major smear campaign," said one source close to the White House.
This lead to a "turf battle" between Rove and White House Chief of Staff Andy Card. Card, while on-board for the 'Denial Strategy', wanted to wait until after the New Year to market it.
"Card wasn't comfortable launching a new war marketing program this close to the Holidays," said the source. "He wanted to wait until early January, after the Holidays, when the media is hungry for new stories."
Card had previously advocated, on other Iraqi War material, that "you don't launch a new product in August" and has been, often, a lone voice as to the timing of new initiatives.
"I'm surprised any strategy at all got out of that place," said the source. "They've got some many new people and interns in there, rewriting the administration's history, it's amazing that they could coordinate any kind of campaign."
The Vatican announced today that French Poodles have been added to the decree and that any priest "seen with or owning one" will be deemed gay and both priest and pooch will be banned from the church
News In Brief 15 November 2005
Google May Come To Terms With Publishers; Will Digitize Cliff Notes Only
Response To 'Bazooka Joe' Strong; Customers Want Shorter Read, Synopsis Over Full Text
Google announced today that they have come to an agreement with Cliff Notes, to digitize the entire catalog of the popular literature study guide series, as an effort to ward of the growing number of lawsuits from publishers.
Major publishers, including McGraw-Hill, Wiley, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster have joined the Authors Guild in filing suits to block Google, and their programs, Google Print and the Google Library Project, from moving forward with the digitization of their works and collections.
Major libraries, such as those at Stanford University, Harvard University, Oxford University, and the University of Michigan, as well as The New York Public Library have signed on with Google.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, in a brief statement released, said that he was "pleased" to come to terms with Cliff Notes and "looking forward to bringing their content to the digital world."
There's more to the Cliff Notes deal than Google is letting on, according to John Ruffing, editor of a the newsletter 'Did You Mean Everything?', that monitors Googles activities.
"After all the fuss to develop Print and the Library Project, the months of research, software development and testing, Google discovered that people want less, not more, as to print, books, etc."
Ruffing says Google's offering of the Bazooka Joe Comics, which they digitized earlier this summer "has gone through the roof".
'They've come close to crashing the Google system for Bazooka Joe, and that says something," said Ruffing. "Follow-up research, much to Google's surprise, kept coming up with people wanted less, not more, to read."
Ruffing says that the Cliff Notes deal may pave the way for the publishers and authors to, eventually, come on-board.
'If I'm a published author, do I want someone quoting me, or Cliff Notes?"
Top Ten Cloves: How NBC Told Martha Stewart She Was Fired
10. Posed to her if she could think of what Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby had in common
9. Told her she had all the time in the world to concentrate on her K-Mart products from now on
8. Fearing violence, had her probation officer tell her
7. Asked her to bake a German Chocolate Cake - in Germany
6. Gave her a Terrell Owens jersey
5. Brought in former GE Chairman "Neutron" Jack Welch to let loose on her
4. When Martha brought up Season Two, was advised that there was "someone else here who doesn't fit in"
3. Forged Donald Trump's signature in a classic "pink slip"
2. Cited a clause in her contract, that if the Chicago White Sox won the World Series, she had to leave
1. Got her a Guest Slot on 'The Office' and are letting them fire her
Cheney Lobbies Sony To Keep Controversial Secret, Evasive CD Software
Says Spyware Could Aid War On Terror; CIA Could Combine With Patriot Act To Nab Terrorists, Sympathizers
Sources tell The Garlic that Vice President Dick Cheney is appealing to Sony BMG Music Entertainment to keep its controversial, antipiracy program, XCP, on its CD's as a means to assist Cheney, and other agencies in the War Against Terror.
According to a high-level administration official, Cheney's request comes in concert with his lobbying efforts in Congress to have the CIA exempted from any new anti-torture legislation or bans.
"Apparently,: said the official, "the CIA has developed profiling, or some other program, related to music CD's and the listening habits of suspected terrorists and they don't want to disrupt that investigation."
Cheney met over the weekend with Andrew Lack, Chief Executive Officer of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, to make his case on keeping the secret spyware software.
Sony Music had announced last Friday that they were halting CD production, with the XCP software, after a torrent of criticism emerged from consumers, technologists and Internet privacy advocates.
Critics say that the XCP software is a destructive form of spyware that installs itself on a user's computer, without their knowledge and the program offers no instructions of links on its' removal. Additionally, the spyware offers computer hackers a door to take control of a user's computer, as well as allowing Sony to capture data on a user's listening habits.
Following the flood of complaints, Sony BMG issued a software patch a week ago to modify the behavior of their security program, and it also offered users a way to safely remove XCP from their machines.
XCP isn't the only antipiracy software Sony uses. For nearly two-years, Sony has sold about 20 million CDs containing MediaMax, an antipiracy program designed by SunnComm Inc. of Phoenix.
"When Cheney's office got wind of this," said the administration official, "they were in heaven. To have a corporation with the capability to secretly capture this much information, it was almost too good to be true for them."
In the meeting between Cheney, Lack and Cheney's new Chief of Staff, David Addington, Cheney presented the case to Sony that they were entitled to keep the software as is, and that, if necessary, the Vice President's office could officially mandate it under provisions in the Patriot Act.
"Cheney believes this could be their biggest breakthrough as to finding sympathizers, to breaking up terror cells."
Cheney's attachment of the Sony spyware to the CIA exemption of torture leads some experts to believe that the CIA is using music as one of the forms of torture in their network of secret prisons, or "black sites", as was disclosed last week by 'The Washington Post'.
President Bush, last week, vehemently stated that the United States "does not torture people", yet the Administration continues to block efforts to ban military and agency use of torture as related to captured, suspected terrorists.
Sony issued a statement that they have no plans to cease using their other formats of antipiracy software and experts watching this case believe they will simply "reformat XCP" so they can continue collecting the information.
The Vice President's office, as well as the White House, refused comment on the Cheney-Sony meeting, or that Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been awarded a "No-Bid" contract from the Hurricane Katrina Relief Program by the administration.
Outgoing Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan, when asked what advice he could give to his successor, Ben Bernanke, to keep the U.S. economy afloat, answered "a shot of Jameson everyday, around 4PM, and a prayer ... It worked for me"
Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard At The Federalist Dinner Last Week
10. Hurry up, the Silent Auction is starting and I want to bid on a copy of Libby's indictment
9. If the Senate messes with approving Alito, we're going to start the paperwork of taking Harry Reid's house by Eminent Domain
8. With all the judges in here, you'd think they'd rule on getting better food served at this thing
7. Hey look, Harriet showed up … I wonder if she's qualified to have dinner?
6. Nice touch, putting the Constitution on the napkins
5. Oh My God! Robert Bork's here … I'm going to see if he'll autograph my gavel
4. Look at Rove up there … He looks like he's indicted
3. I heard Dick Cheney's going to show up with some CIA people and give a demonstration on how they torture people
2. I liked it when we had Charlton Heston here… It still gets me … "You'll have to take this gavel from my cold, dead hands …"
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I grew up in a family obsessed with the "correct" body image and physical appearance. I was the only child out of six who was overweight, and because of this was constantly taunted by my older brothers and their friends about my size. I grew up believing something was horribly wrong with me; I didn't fit in with the rest of my siblings, I was a bad person because I couldn't control myself and my eating habits. My mother would encourage me to lose weight in whatever way possible.
I was dieting from the age of 8. At age 12, I was anorexic and my parents were thrilled when I lost 40 pounds over a four-month period (they had no idea that anything was wrong—even when I did not menstruate for 9 months). At age 14, I had gained back those 40 pounds and more and was then prescribed amphetamines by a physician to assist me with my weight "struggles."
By age 16, I started bingeing and purging after reading about bulimia in a women's magazine popular at that time. No one ever asked me why I ate so much, no one wanted to listen to what I had to say or how I felt about things going on in my life that contributed to the bad feelings I had about myself. No, they just wanted to treat the symptom without understanding the underlying problem.
I know my parents only wanted me to be "happy" and they believed (and instilled in me the fact) that I could never be happy or satisfied if I was overweight. What I wish they would have instilled in me instead was the knowledge that people come in all shapes and sizes and that physical appearance is not the only attribute about a person that is important. I wish I had been taught about the satisfaction we can obtain from things like intellectual pursuits, having an open mind, understanding the uniqueness of each individual, and seeing the beauty of the world around us.
I feel that I wasted so much time focusing on what was wrong with my body and my looks (when in actuality nothing was really wrong). I regret spending all of that time that I could have instead spent developing my intellect, meeting new people, and exploring the exciting things in our world. I finally accepted my body and myself with the assistance of a kind, encouraging therapist and by reading and really taking to heart the works of author Geneen Roth. She helped me "break free" of all the false notions I had about weight loss. She helped me understand that we first have to accept ourselves as we are before we can move on to eventually lose weight.
No longer do I wake up on Mondays swearing to start a new diet, vowing to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks. No longer do I feel guilty if I eat a piece of cake, a slice of lasagne, a roll with butter on it. Once I "broke free" of all the dieting nonsense, I had a lot more time to develop other aspects of myself that I had let go because of my preoccupation with my body image. I returned to college and obtained a second degree; I met people who were interesting and intelligent, people who were accepting of diversity and difference.
I have now learned to listen to my body and to fill it with nutritious foods that enable me to function at my best; I have learned that regular exercise also enhances my feeling of well-being. Would I change a part of my body if I had the resources to do so? Not now. I like the way I look and feel about myself. It took me a long time and a lot of work to be able to get to this place. I'm glad I made it. I'm glad I'm here.
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A veteran business leader, turn-around expert and advocate for value creation, bestselling author Ronald A. Williams is the chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises, LLC. He is active in private equity as well as a director on corporate, public sector and non-profit boards. The former chairman and CEO of health insurance giant Aetna Inc. devotes his time and energy to helping future leaders with strategy, values-based leadership, and the continued transformation of the health care industry. Williams speaks and consults with organizations seeking change. "A national and global dialogue is one of the most powerful tools for transformation," Ron says. "What could be more exciting than helping an organization pursue a purpose that energizes every single employee?"
A veteran business leader, turn-around expert and advocate for value creation, bestselling author Ronald A. Williams is the chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises, LLC. He is active in private equity as well as a director on corporate, public sector and non-profit boards. The former chairman and CEO of health insurance giant Aetna Inc. devotes his time and energy to helping future leaders with strategy, values-based leadership, and the continued transformation of the health care industry.
Through RW2, Mr. Williams counsels C-Suite corporate executives on the development of strategy and on how to achieve transformational leadership grounded in core values, keys to successful board service. He works with private-sector and nonprofit groups to address critical societal needs, including how to transform American health care so that it creates more value for consumers.
Mr. Williams is a Director of American Express, The Boeing Company and Johnson & Johnson. He serves as Operating Advisor to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and currently serves as Chairman of portfolio companies agilon health and naviHealth. He successfully guided two CD&R portfolio company exits: Envision Healthcare (NYSE:EVHC) and PharMEDium Corporation.
At Aetna, Mr. Williams turned a struggling organization into an industry leader, transforming the company's strategy, culture, operating performance and financial results. When he joined Aetna in 2001, its loss from continuing operations was $292 million, with earnings per share loss of $0.46. Mr. Williams was named President and joined Aetna's Board in 2002; he became CEO in February 2006 and Chairman in October 2006. In 2011, the year he stepped down as Chairman, Aetna's full-year operating earnings were $2 billion, with operating earnings per share of $5.17. Revenues were $34 billion, up from $19.9 billion in 2005, and the company was ranked 77th on the FORTUNE 100 list. Market capitalization grew from $4.7 billion in 2001 to $15.3 billion in 2011. During his tenure, Aetna was named FORTUNE's most admired company in the Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care category for three consecutive years. Under Mr. Williams' leadership, Aetna sought to make a positive impact on health care in America by serving as catalyst for change, focusing the industry and it's many participants to transform American health care into a more efficient system that delivers greater value. Aetna pioneered large-scale consumer-directed health plans, including industry-first health reimbursement arrangements and health savings account plans. The company also invested in both studying and publishing the findings from medical claims and utilization patterns from these plans, placing Aetna at the forefront of discussion about health care reform. Aetna was an early advocate in calling for an individual coverage requirement to expand access to health care and was a supporter of mental health parity legislation.
Mr. Williams is a member of the MIT Corporation and is Vice Chairman of The Conference Board. He is a member of the President's Circle of National Academies, which advises the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine), and the National Research Council. He also serves on the boards of NAF (National Academy Foundation) and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is a member of the Peterson Center on Healthcare Advisory Board, the RAND Health Advisory Board, and the Bipartisan Policy Center's Commission on Political Reform (CPR). His previous board service includes Deutsche Bank Americas Advisory Board, Save The Children, Vice Chairman of The Business Council, Chairman of the Healthcare Leadership Council, and Chairman of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare. He served on President Obama's President's Management Advisory Board from 2011 to 2017.
In 2013, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an independent, multidisciplinary policy research center founded in 1780, and became a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, a non-profit, non-partisan, business-led public policy organization.
Prior to Aetna, Mr. Williams was a member of the Office of the Chairman at WellPoint Health Networks Inc. where he served as Group President, and President of the company's Blue Cross of California subsidiary. Mr. Williams joined WellPoint's predecessor firm Blue Cross of California in 1987. Previously, Mr. Williams was co-founder of Vista Health Corp. and group marketing executive at Control Data Corp.
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Буци — село Старомаяківської сільської громади Березівського району Одеської області в Україні. Населення становить 126 осіб.

Село було внесено до переліку населених пунктів, які потрібно перейменувати згідно із законом «Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного (нацистського) тоталітарних режимів в Україні та заборону пропаганди їхньої символіки».

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Села Березівського району
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Hugh McGuire, in Book: A Futurist's Manifesto, posits that the book and the internet will merge. Ebooks are just one step away from being web pages. Eventually they will be web pages. And publishers will need to treat them as web pages.
When books are open, accessible, interoperable – when they can talk with one another in the same fashion web pages can talk to one another – how do publishers publish? How do readers find?
In this keynote, I would like to introduce concepts of the semantic web to the larger book industry. Resource Description Framework (or microdata, or microformat) ontologies can be helpful in creating schemas for search engines that will enable readers to find not only the book they are looking for, but the most appropriate passages within that book. Linking to passages within other books is also, of course, an eventuality (just as websites link to web pages on other websites). In such an environment, one book opens the door to many other books. In this way, a single book can actually contain multitudes of other books.
This will be a very high-level presentation – my goal is to get the book industry thinking about the direction publishing is headed in, and show some of the exciting possibilities that lie ahead when books can actually communicate with one another.


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Q: Linq Syntax: SubmitChanges() method not effecting on database but just the DataContext While trying to save my changes in my database table EmpTable, no commit in database takes place.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Data.Linq;

namespace ConsoleApplication_
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Working Fine");

            DataBase1ClassDataContext dc = new DataBase1ClassDataContext(@"Data Source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\Database1.mdf;Integrated Security=True");
            Table<EmpTable> t = dc.EmpTables;

            foreach (var i in t)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(i.Id+" "+i.name+" "+i.Address+" "+i.contact+" "+i.GetType());
            }
            List<EmpTable> l = dc.EmpTables.ToList();
            for (int j = 0; j < l.Count(); j++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(l[j].Id + " " + l[j].name + " " + l[j].Address + " " + l[j].contact + " " + l[j].GetType());
            }
            label1:
            Console.WriteLine("1 for inserting data, 2 for exit");
            int a = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
            Console.WriteLine();
            EmpTable obj = new EmpTable();
            switch (a)
            {
                case 1:
                    {
                        Console.Write("Enter a new unique ID: ");
                        obj.Id = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
                        Console.WriteLine("Your new id is : "+obj.Id);
                        Console.Write("Enter name: ");
                        obj.name = Console.ReadLine();
                        Console.Write("Enter address: ");
                        obj.Address = Console.ReadLine();
                        Console.Write("Enter contact no.: ");
                        obj.contact = Console.ReadLine();
                        dc.EmpTables.InsertOnSubmit(obj);
                        dc.SubmitChanges();
                        Console.WriteLine("INSERTED. . . :)");
                        dc = new DataBase1ClassDataContext();
                        t = dc.EmpTables;
                        foreach (var i in t)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine(i.Id + " " + i.name + " " + i.Address + " " + i.contact + " " + i.GetType());
                        }
                        Console.WriteLine("To operate again,");
                        goto label1;
                    }
                case 2:
                    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit,\nExiting . . .");
                    break;
                default:
                    Console.WriteLine("Wrong Entry, Try Again");
                    goto label1;
            }
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

Whenever I run my code, it shows only the data currently from the table which I have manually inserted.
Please help.
Important: I have a primary key in my table already present.

A: I have got my answer, by changing my database1.mdf "copy to output directory" As do not copy, this option is in properties of database, and then a new error is explored which I rectified by giving the full path of db in configuration as it always points to server explorer and real db is in solution explorer.
Thank you so much guys.
Happy Programming

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Dear Sunflower, When we had proper seasons I used to like all of them for different reasons. The trees turning to a mass of oranges and browns in the Autumn, a crisp white snowy day with clear blue skies in Winter, a fresh blowing day with fluffy clouds scurrying by in Spring and hot lazy days on the beach in Summer. Now we have most of this all in one day!.Do you mind exclamation marks.
hahaha!exclamation mark.full stop.I agree,and the reason why,is because of man,s greed,and woman,s of course,they came,they saw,they destroyed,now nature is dealing her final card.Personaly,i beleive it wil be before date predicted,i cry for peoples souls,when the time approaches,vivaldi says it all.
Though since useless things to still hang in my mind, if pushed, my own preference would be autumn - Keats' "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"
very interesting. I will have to give this more thought. Psychologically and spiritually speaking, i mean.
I know for myself that I prefer spring and summer. I have always attributed my preference to having been raised in a sunny climate and from being from Mediterranean descent. I really don't like cold winters; I appreciate the cold and snow from a distance.
I do know that I love the spring, because of the new budding green leaves and flowers. I love nature bursting forth and seeming to laugh in the colors of flowers and leaves. In summer, i just feel free and secure. I don't know why, but I do. Sort of unstoppable.
I would love to hear others' views.
Location: Arizona My internal structure depends on the 4 seasons...being born and raised in Connecticut and living there for 38 years. The seasons were clearly defined....6 foot snow drifts led to daffodils, then the sound and the smells of freshly cut grass, the sudden change in humidity brought brisk Halloweens and leave piles, then the snow came. I feel stagnated with a strange underlying current of sadness, even though I live in constant sunshine! I think it is because I live in constant sunshine that I crave the diversity. I think each season gives us permission to grow and reflect. The desert is lovely and awesome, yet it only remains true to itself.
Location: California Arcata, CA seems to have two seasons, rainy and not rainy. Fog at any time. I love the Fog! Temperature averages around 55 to 60 all year long. The natives are discombobulated if it is too hot or cold, and too hot could be only 75 degrees, and cold is under 50 degrees! In New York the four seasons are much more dramatic. I am still tired of the heat and the cold from there, and if I need more heat or cold I can drive out of town fifteen minutes away. Odd place this. On the other hand, there is a saying here, that if you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes, perhaps the clouds, wind and Ocean currents change things.
Location: United Kingdom When I was little we had lots of snow in the uk; now, much less so; I think this is not simply a childhood memory; snow used to abound for weeks, now we may have a day or two, then it is gone.
The best fresh-water pond or sea swimming days are the coldest; whether the rolling breakers, or walking for 45 minutes at 6 am in the dark as happened the winter before last through driving snow, breaking the ice, breaking my spectacles en route ; whether that is 'cos I enjoy the cold, or need the cold to still me down, either remains possible.
Funny others mention it. But, I do have memories of colder weather even here in sunny SoCal. I grew up along the water (Pacific Ocean); you can see the water from most rooms in the house. I always knew what to expect for the day by reading the water. White caps (waves) on the water meant a blustering day and a storm to come. And, I remember raging winter storms that blasted the house. It felt like the windows were going to be blown out.
I felt safest then...As a child, I thought, "...a burglar or other trespasser would have to be crazy to go out in weather like this..." I always slept deeply those nights.
I live in NE Ohio (basically Cleveland), which is the same as NY. Our seasons are dramatically different. Right now we are hot, humid and muggy. Beautiful days for the pool, but grass is now brown and dried out. In winter it is extremely cold, lots of snow (as we live in the snow belt from Lake Erie) and our spring is always super rainy.... soaked and in many cases, flooded. Our most prized season in my own eyes, is our fall. The temperature is perfect, like Tracy's normal. But the tree's color's, leaves falling and over all smell.... with Halloween to make it perfect. Fall is my favorite time of year. I am a July baby.... But i really don't care for the hot weather, unless i am on a boat, skiing and swimming.
Oh Jill. I went to college out your way, well, almost... I went to U.of Notre Dame in Southbend. I appreciate your desciptions, wholeheartedly! My big sis also went to UND withme. In fact, it was the beautiful autumn (all 2 weeks of it), when I went to go visit her at school, that was the deciding factor into hauling my sorry bum out to Indiana! Oh, and was I sorry!
The campus was just splendid in the autumn. Little did I know that the autumn days were short and the winters were loooooonnnnnnnngggggg. (First snow was Oct. 8, 1988 and the last snow was May 1989. That's right, I haven't forgotten it...as if I haven't forgiven the gawds!) I had no idea how cold was cold in Indiana. I couldnb't undersatnd why people would choose this. Well, it certainly didn't kill me and I did, in fact, grow from the experience, and I learned to truly appreciate what I have in this land of beautiful sunshine.
I loved my time in the midwest and I truly believe that the coldest place I have ever lived holds the warmest hearts you can find anywhere. People are genuinely 'nice' in the midwest. Isn't the saying, "cold hands, warm heart"...how about "cold lands, warm hearts!"
And, I do miss the summer storms though. I think I mentioned this before. But, can you tell I really do??? Thunder and torrents of warm rain???
Location: California I love storms too! I love to go out and see what the Ocean is doing, and the Wind. I miss thunder and lightning tho.
Touchdown Jesus...ND....we played you guys....and I think we lost...a few years back. UMTerrapins vs The Fighting Irish!
As much as I liked Brady (I thought he had the arm of a Joe Nameth, Alabama) your couch stinks...Charlie gotta go!
The EP-I-TOME of faith was BC (yes, Boston College is a Roman Catholic school) when Doug Flutie threw the "Hail Mary" pass against the 'Canes of Miami. His last effort has lived on in history, and will always be remembered in many metaphores....if only you South Benders could be so lucky!
Location: No I'm not impersonating a cat! I'm a laughing Owl 55 to 60 degrees all year long....sounds wonderful. And yes the fog is nice. It's been a great deal of rain in the Southwest and the plants are just loving it! That's the best thing, to see the plants so green and perky.
Location: No I'm not impersonating a cat! I'm a laughing Owl Good to see you Party Marty and the Furballs! Hope you're all in good spirits and health.