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Echocardiography and Structural Heart Symposium, 39th Annual
October 27, 2022 to October 28, 2022
Live Symposium | 13.25 Cat. 1
October 27-28, 2022 | Thursday-Friday
Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon, Miami, Florida
As valvular heart disease and structural heart treatments become more integral within cardiology, providers will rely on the diagnosis and treatment of disease using transcatheter/nonsurgical therapy.
The 39th Annual Echocardiography and Structural Heart Symposium – formerly known as the Echocardiography Symposium – will include successful topics from years past that focus on current guidelines for the evaluation of core topics within echocardiography, such as cardiac structure, cardiac function and hemodynamics assessment.
In addition, the internationally renowned faculty experts will address the latest developments, cutting-edge technologies and future directions of structural heart disease assessment, treatment options and advanced cardiac imaging.
These discussions will include advanced echocardiography imaging techniques (3-D, Strain, CT and TEE) and valve repair approaches (TAVR, mitral valve repair devices, left atrial appendage occlusion devices, paravalvular closure and alcohol septal ablation). Treatment focus will be on aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves and interatrial septum valvular heart disease, as well as specific patient populations, including those with cancer, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Current controversies speak to indications and contraindications for various diagnostic and treatment approaches.
This year's expanded focus will be of special interest to anesthesiologists, cardiologists, ED physicians, critical care physicians, sonographers and medical professionals interested in echocardiography and the newest advances in diagnosis and treatment of structural heart disease.
Upon completion of this symposium, participants should be better able to:
Utilize a multidisciplinary structural heart team approach to diagnose and treat structural heart disease.
Recognize the echocardiographic presentation and application of advanced imaging in patients with valvular heart disease and atrial fibrillation, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Demonstrate the utility of multimodality imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and workup for left atrial appendage and in valvular heart disease.
Assess and apply a comprehensive approach when managing the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves and the interatrial septum, utilizing basic and advanced imaging techniques to identify and guide the treatment of valvular heart disease.
Utilize current evidence-based clinical data in TAVR, TMVR, MitraClip, LAA occluder devices, paravalvular leak and EtOH septal ablation to optimize treatment.
Demonstrate the management and utility of transesophageal and 3-D imaging in the cardiac catheterization lab to guide structural heart procedures.
Further define the tricuspid valve anatomy and function and describe the implications for treatment of tricuspid regurgitation using transcatheter therapy.
Avoid common pitfalls in imaging patients in cardio-oncology, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and structural heart disease.
Define protocols that can assess valvular heart disease after intervention.
Cardiologists, vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians, critical care physicians, echocardiography and noninvasive vascular testing specialists, sonographers, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and medical professionals interested in echocardiography and the newest advances in diagnosis and treatment of structural heart disease.
Event date: Thursday, October 27, 2022 - Friday, October 28, 2022
Attendee Type Registration Fee
Physicians $425*
Baptist Health Employees $110
Other $225***
Physicians-in-training/Fellows $55**
Students $55
*International physicians and physician groups of 3 or more are eligible for a 20% discount.
**Registration must be accompanied by a letter from the Fellowship/Residency Director.
*** Non-physician groups of 3 or more are eligible for a 10% discount
13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
13.25 General certificate of attendance
13.00 Nurse Practitioners
13.00 Florida Board of Nursing
13.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
13.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Event starts:
10/27/2022 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends:
Thursday, October 27 - 7 Cat. 1 Credits
7:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
7:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Barry Katzen, M.D.
Moderator: Elliott Elias, M.D.
8:00 a.m. Introduction to Valvular Heart Disease and Guideline Updates
Patrick T. O'Gara, M.D.
8:15 a.m. Sonographers' Corner: Evaluating Aortic Stenosis
Elliott Elias, M.D.
8:30 a.m. Evaluating Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Severity and Outcomes in TAVR vs. SAVR
Philippe Pibarot, DMV, Ph.D.
8:45 a.m. TAVR: Anatomy, Sizing, and High-Risk Features
Omar Khalique, M.D.
9:00 a.m. Imaging Post-TAVR
9:15 a.m. Role of CMR in Aortic Stenosis
João L. Cavalcante, M.D.
9:30 a.m. Case Presentation: A Difficult Decision of TAVR vs. SAVR for My Patient
Nish Patel, M.D.
9:50 a.m. Panel Discussion with Question-and-Answer Session
Faculty: Patrick T. O'Gara, M.D., Philippe Pibarot, DMV, Ph.D., Omar Khalique, M.D., João L. Cavalcante, M.D., Nish Patel, M.D.
10:00 a.m. Break and Visit Exhibits
Evaluation of Prosthetic Heart Valves
10:15 a.m. Prosthetic Heart Valves
10:30 a.m. Evaluation of Prosthetic Heart Valves: Form and Function
10:45 a.m. Case Presentation: TAVR Valve-in-Valve
Ramon Quesada, M.D.
11:00 a.m. Clinical Conundrum: Is It Pathologic Obstruction or Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch?
11:15 a.m. Panel Discussion with Question-and-Answer Session
Faculty: Patrick T. O'Gara, M.D., Phillipe Pibarot, M.D., Ramon Quesada, M.D.
11:25 a.m. Lunch and Visit Exhibits
Learning From the Experts on Valve Disease and How They Treat and Image It
12:20 p.m. Should Asymptomatic Severe Valvular Heart Disease Be Treated?
12:35 p.m. Using Advanced Imaging (Strain/Stress) to Assess MR Pre-Conception in an Athlete
Eli Friedman, M.D.
12:50 p.m. Is Stress Echo Still Necessary?
Partho P. Sengupta, M.D., D.M.
1:05 p.m. Unlocking the Mystery of When to Treat Severe Aortic Regurgitation
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D.
1:20 p.m. Role of CMR in MR and Aortic Regurgitation
1:35 p.m. Panel Discussion with Question-and-Answer Session
Faculty: Eli Friedman, M.D., Partho P. Sengupta, M.D., D.M., Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D., João L. Cavalcante, M.D.
1:45 p.m. Break and Visit Exhibits
Building on the Basics of Echo with Advanced Imaging
2:00 p.m. What Is an Interventional Echocardiographer or a Structural Imager?
2:15 p.m. Prosthetic Assessment for Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation
2:30 p.m. How Do I Quantify Valvular Heart Disease? (PISA, Continuity, Planimetry, Regurgitant Fraction, Percentage)
2:45 p.m. Strain Without Stress: A Challenging Case in Cardio-Oncology
Socrates Kakoulides, M.D.
2:55 p.m. Strain Imaging
3:10 p.m. An Interesting Case of Constrictive vs. Restrictive Heart Disease
Faculty: Philippe Pibarot, DMV, Ph.D., Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D., Socrates Kakoulides, M.D., Partho P. Sengupta, M.D., D.M.
Multimodality Imaging for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Structural Heart Disease
3:30 p.m. Essential TEE Views and How They Relate to the Sonographer
3:45 p.m. Imaging and Treatment of Cardiac Shunts (ASD/VSD/PFO)
Muhamed Saric, M.D., Ph.D.
4:00 p.m. Left Atrial Appendage
4:15 p.m. LVH and AS: Can I Tell If This Is Amyloidosis CMP?
4:30 p.m. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and the Benefits of ETOH Ablations
4:45 p.m. Assessing the Right Ventricle
Faculty: Muhamed Saric, M.D., Ph.D., Omar Khalique, M.D.
5:10 p.m. Adjourn
Friday, October 28 - 6.25 Cat. 1 Credits
7:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Elliott Elias, M.D., Damian Chaupin, M.D.
Mitral Valvular Disease Regurgitation and Right Heart Disease
8:00 a.m. Assessing Mitral Regurgitation
Nadira Hamid, M.D.
8:15 a.m. Imaging for MitraClip and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR)
Stephen H. Little, M.D.
8:30 a.m. Is MitraClip for Functional or Primary MR?
8:45 a.m. Aortic Regurgitation and Upcoming Transcatheter Treatment
9:00 a.m. An Introduction to TMVR
9:15 a.m. CT Planning for Mitral Valve Disease
Constantino S. Pena, M.D.
9:25 a.m. My Toughest and Most Interesting Cases of TMVR
Bernardo Lopez Sanabria, M.D.
Faculty: Nadira Hamid, M.D., Stephen H. Little, M.D., Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D., Bernardo Lopez Sanabria, M.D., Omar Khalique, M.D., Constantino S. Pena, M.D.
9:50 a.m. Break and Visit Exhibits
Tricuspid
Moderator: Damian Chaupin, M.D.
10:05 a.m. Anatomy and Echo Imaging of Tricuspid Valve
10:20 a.m. CT Planning for Tricuspid Valve Interventions
10:35 a.m. How Do I Evaluate Treat and Think About Transcatheter Treatment for Tricuspid Regurgitation
10:50 a.m. My Toughest and Most Interesting Cases of Tricuspid Clip
11:00 a.m. TEER for TR and an Update on Transcatheter Therapy and Data for Tricuspid Regurgitation
Faculty: Nadira Hamid, M.D., Omar Khalique, M.D., Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D., Ramon Quesada, M.D., Stephen H. Little, M.D.
12:25 p.m. An Update on Mental Health and Imaging
Orlando Santana
12:35 p.m. Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis
Elliot Elias, M.D.
12:45 p.m. An Interesting Case of Mitral Stenosis: How to Use Strain and Stress to Guide Treatment
12:55 p.m. Role of ICE in Transcatheter Therapy
1:10 p.m. Diastology: How Technology Can Assist Us
1:25 p.m. Endocarditis on the Native Valve and Prosthetic Valves and When to Send for Surgery
1:40 p.m. When and How to Use 3D/4D Imaging
1:55 p.m. Case Presentation: Paravalvular Leak Closure
Faculty: Orlando Santana, Elliot Elias, M.D., Bernardo Lopez Sanabria, M.D., Partho P. Sengupta, M.D., D.M., Stephen H. Little, M.D., Nish Patel, M.D., Lowie Van Assche, M.D.
Back To Basics Rapid-Fire
2:20 p.m. Will Artificial Intelligence Replace the Clinical Echocardiographer?
Damian Chaupin, M.D.
2:30 p.m. Imaging Assessment of Pulmonary Embolism
2:45 p.m. Back to Basics for Aortic Stenosis and More
3:00 p.m. Echocardiography and the Heart of an Athlete (Differentiating Adaptation from Pathology)
3:15 p.m. An Interesting But Uncommon Case of MR
Faculty: Elliott Elias, M.D., Partho P. Sengupta, M.D., D.M., Eli Friedman, M.D.
3:40 p.m. Closing Remarks
NOTE: Schedule subject to change.
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Symposium Directors
Elliott J. Elias, M.D., MPH, FACC, FASE
Medical Director of Cardiac and Structural Imaging
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Damian F. Chaupin, M.D.
João L. Cavalcante, M.D., FASE, FACC, FSCCT, FSCMR
Director, Cardiac MRI and Structural CT Labs
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center and Core Lab
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Associate Editor, European Heart Journal
Associate Editor, Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FESC
Professor, Senior Research Scientist
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and the Valve Science Center
Medical Director of Sports Cardiology
Baptist Health Medical Group Cardiology
Assistant Director of Structural Heart Echocardiography
Socrates V. Kakoulides, M.D.
Medical Director, Diagnostic Center
Baptist Health Medical Group
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Imaging
Saint Francis Hospital and Catholic Health
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research and Education
DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute
Roslyn, New York
President, American Society of Echocardiography
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Director of Structural Heart, Houston Methodist Hospital System
John S. Dunn Chair in Clinical Cardiovascular Research and Education
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Dept. of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital
Watkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiology
Head of Cardiology Research
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec – Université Laval
Professor, Department of Medicine
Canada Research Chair in Valvular Heart Diseases
Medical Director, Structural Heart, Complex PCI & Cardiac Research
Director, Noninvasive Cardiology & Echo Lab
New York University Langone Health
Partho P. Sengupta, M.D., D.M., FACC, FASE
Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Chief of Cardiovascular Service Line, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Disclosures And Resolution Of Conflict Of Interest
Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been approved for 13.25 credit hours by the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants, CE Broker Provider #50-182. 7 credits for the Thursday session (CE Broker #20-942804) and 6.25 credits for the Friday session (CE Broker #20-942808).
American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Sonographers and vascular technologists may use these credits to fulfill their ARDMS requirements. The ARDMS accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Nurses and Respiratory Therapists - Approved on a session-by-session basis for a total of 13.0 contact hours by the Florida State Board of Nursing CE Broker Provider #50-182 (7.0 credits for the Thursday session and 6.0 credits for the Friday session).
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians - Approved on a session-by-session basis for a total of 13.25 contact hours by the Florida State Board of Pharmacy, CE Broker Provider #50-182; (7.0 credits for the Thursday session and 6.25 credits for the Friday session).
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The three-year extension was granted in July after an independent accreditation/certification body, Smithers Quality Assessments, Inc, reviewed RMG's processes and verified that they are in compliance with the strict ISO standards of quality management and assurance. The standards include: development of procedures to cover all key processes in the business, monitoring processes to ensure efficiency, detailed recordkeeping, regular review of all procedures, and ongoing efforts to facilitate improvement of services. Merkle Response is the only remittance processor certified to ISO 9001:2008 in the United States. RMG has been certified since 2002.
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Q: how to convert a perl + cpp into an standalone application I am a newbie in programming. I am working on a big recognition algorithm that contains many inputs, parameters and outputs, and needs to call external binaries made by my teammates. So far I have already had a perl script that glued everything together. This time I want to attend a recognition contest, but it has been asked to submit only one standalone application. Is there any quick solution?

A: I like perl , and I also like C/C++. so I don't wanna suffer from this.
I wrote a github project to solve this issue.
please see:
    https://github.com/tlqtangok/perlcpp
a short example is here :
P_eval("$a=2;$a=$a**10;");
Int("a") ;   // a= 1024

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The 9th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Red Army.  Located in Simferopol during the beginning of the war in the east.

History
The corps headquarters was formed in accordance with orders of the North Caucasus Military District of 6 June and 26 August 1922. Its headquarters was initially located at Grozny, then relocated to Vladikavkaz in January 1923 and thence to Novocherkassk in August 1925. The corps included the 13th Rifle Division for the disarmament of population of Dagestan in August 1925 and the 9th Rifle Division for the suppression of Karachay rebels between April and May 1930. In May 1932 the corps headquarters was relocated to Krasnodar, where it remained until 1941.

In late May 1941 the corps was relocated to Crimea with headquarters at Simferopol. At the beginning of the war the corps was re-organized as the new 51st Army.  The corps was re-created in August than in May 1942 it was disbanded.  In 1942 it was reformed yet again than assigned to the 9th Army later in February 1943.  In 1944 it was assigned to the 28th Army as part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front where it remained until April 1945 when it transferred to the 5th Shock Army where it participated in both the Battle of Poznań and the Battle of Berlin where it later joined the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, where was possibly disbanded later that year.  The corps was later disbanded in October 1946 when the 5th Shock Army was disbanded.

Structure before Operation Barbarossa 1941
Organization of the corps before the start of the war in the east:

 Headquarters - Simferopol
 Political Commissar, 9th Rifle Corps - Colonel Ivan Zakharovich Susaikov
 Chief of Staff, 9th Rifle Corps
 9th Corps Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron
 9th Corps Engineer Battalion
 9th Corps Signal Battalion
 9th Corps Field Medical Battalion
 9th Corps Supply Group
106th Rifle Division(Major general Aleksei Nokilayevich Pervushin)
156th Rifle Division (Major general Platon Vasilevich Cherniayev)
234th Rifle Division (Later added at start of war)
 32nd Cavalry Division (Colonel A. I. Batskalevich)
 Artillery Commander, 9th Rifle Corps - Major general Mikhail Mikhailovich Barsukov
 9th Corps Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
 9th Corps Field Artillery Regiment
 9th Corps Anti-Aircraft Battalion

Structure of the corps just before the 1944 operations
 Headquarters under Major General Ivan Rosly
 9th Corps Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron
 9th Corps Engineer Battalion
 9th Corps Signal Battalion
 9th Corps Field Medical Battalion
 9th Corps Supply Group
 Infantry Commander, 9th Corps
230th Rifle Division
 301st Rifle Division
 Artillery Commander, 9th Corps
 9th Corps Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
 9th Corps Field Artillery Regiment
 9th Corps Anti-Aircraft Battalion

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Citations

Bibliography

Rifle corps of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations established in 1939

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My day started at 1pm. Yes. You read that correctly. I did not emerge from my cave until 1pm.
But what do you expect from someone who is unemployed? Down on their arse, nothing to do and was kept awake most of the night by the extreme wind and heat that decided to hang around like a bad smell?
The day didn't progress much from there. I partook in the normal human condition of having to feed my face (turkey, camenbert, cranberry all in a nice wrap and a piece of fudge on the side) as well as guzzling the several glasses of coke zero that I need for my body to keep functioning at normal levels.
Retreating back to my cave of a bedroom I watched the original Fame. Now, I have seen this before, but it was actually super boring. Why do people make such a big fuss about it?
I hate to see what they did with the remake. I thought there would be more performing like in High School Musical, now that is awesome and what a movie about singing and dancing should be like.
By the time this had finished, I was able to watch the American version of The Biggest Loser. I don't agree with the ways they lose weight, but it is rather hilarious to watch as you shove toblerone into your chomps while Bob and Gillian are yelling at contestants to get their arses moving.
Six pm then meant news time and as a media junkie, I got my daily dose of news from TVNZ.
Then I proceeded to feed my face again with bacon, avocado and cheese burgers. Plural. Two.
Anyone else thinking fatty, fatty, fatty?
Then I decided to finally have a shower. Because I can wait until 8pm to get clean and smell like a peach again. That's just the way I roll. The unemployed way I roll.
Yeah, you're totally jealous of my life right now aren't you?
I caught the tale end of How I Met Your Mother and finally realised this post is rather self absorbed and boring (glass shattering).
For the evening, I foresee myself watching The Event, The Big C and then probably some of season 2 of Scrubs and probably The Young Victoria.
I'll try and sleep around 2am while listening to Miley Cyrus' "When I Look At You", but toss and turn and wake up numerous times until I decided to haul my arse out of bed at some point tomorrow morning.


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1 Transcendence and the Mundane at the Edge of the Middle Kingdom: Protestantised and Pragmatic Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong
In: Religious Transformation in Modern Asia
Author: Joshua Esler
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004289710_002
Chapter price:
This paper explores the way in which the Hong Kong Christian education system, inherited from the British, has influenced certain Chinese practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism in the territory to follow a 'Protestantised' form of Tibetan Buddhism. This paper shows how such practitioners often reject a pragmatic approach to Tibetan Buddhism followed by other Chinese practitioners in Hong Kong, the latter of whom may bring 'this worldly' concerns to various deities, bodhisattvas and lamas. Arguing from an 'alternative' position on postcolonial and subaltern studies, this paper seeks to show how these Protestantised practitioners, while drawing from a modernist Christian perspective on Tibetan Buddhism, also appropriate the 'rationalising' aspects of their Christian education as well as Tibetan Buddhist doctrinal arguments to undermine this perspective. By mimicking the discourse of their Christian education, appropriating it to 'prove' the truth of Tibetan Buddhism, and at times undermining the logic of this discourse itself, such practitioners creatively 'talk back.'
Religious Transformation in Modern Asia
A Transnational Movement
Numen Book Series, Volume: 148
History of Religion, Religious Studies, Religion, Asian Studies, Modern History, History, Religion & Society, Social Sciences, Comparative Religion & Religious Studies, Religious Studies
2 The Party Giveth, and the Party Taketh Away: Chinese Enigmatic Attitudes Towards Religion
3 From Manchuria to the Korean Peninsula: The Scottish Impact in Late Nineteenth Century Korea
4 Dangerous Women in the Early Catholic Church in Korea
5 Ise Jingū, Nōsatsu Kai and Indulgences: Pilgrims in Tokugawa Japan Viewed by Two Swedish Travellers
6 Jalarām Bāpā: Miracles and Meaning in Nineteenth Century Gujarāt
7 The Impact of Modernisation Processes in the Himalayas: Tibetan and Nepalese Traditions in Transition?
8 Indian Astrology
9 Islamic Identity in the Secular Environment of Post-Colonial Indonesia
10 "Traditional" Modernity: A Vietnamese Response to French Colonialism as Revealed in the Great Mural of Đạo Cao Đài
11 Many in One: Malaysia's Religious Pluralism Driving Growth and Development
12 Changing Profiles: The Historical Development of Christianity in Singapore
13 The King and His Cult: Thailand's Monarch and the Religious Culture

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February 17th, 2011 / 9:16 pm Lincoln Michel —
Is there a way to "like" a post here?
February 17th, 2011 / 9:22 pm Trey —
yup, right above where it says "showing x comments"
February 17th, 2011 / 9:24 pm Zachary German —
Number one white cop killer in America, nay, the world.
February 17th, 2011 / 9:26 pm karl taro —
so, do I just submit my story here in the comments section?
February 17th, 2011 / 9:41 pm adam m. —
February 17th, 2011 / 9:49 pm drew kalbach —
the ethics of this! the ethics!
February 17th, 2011 / 9:51 pm Mark C —
this feels even more relevant after reading Daniel Nester and Steve Black's study on Bookslut.
February 17th, 2011 / 9:53 pm Ryan Call —
http://www.bookslut.com/features/2011_02_017197.php
February 17th, 2011 / 10:07 pm James Yeh —
Long live the dead website.
February 17th, 2011 / 10:13 pm M. Kitchell —
"why does it look dead, it is a website"
is maybe my new favorite thing ever
February 17th, 2011 / 10:35 pm Nathaniel Wanley —
"Deborah Treisman, Fiction Editor of The New Yorker, said last year that writers submitting to the slush pile aren't very savvy about about the business of publishing and therefore must not be savvy about writing" Maud Newton.
Having no submission facility is a much more ethical way of excluding the preterite masses of the non-savvy.
February 17th, 2011 / 10:38 pm Anonymous —
long live the new flesh
February 17th, 2011 / 11:06 pm shaun gannon —
"is X viable" and "is X dead" are two very different questions
but similar in that they are both dumb
February 17th, 2011 / 11:24 pm BAC —
what's always puzzling to me is this: why the hell do non-solicited submitters think so dam highly of themselves? you are not a customer. this in not a restaurant. assume you will be rejected. assume you are wasting your time. good magazines are not quilt clubs. just because you're around doesn't mean you're important. what's wrong with that? it's fine not to matter. think about all the people in the world who have no idea you exist. it's okay. exist when you can and be nothing most of the time. just like everybody else. you're no different just because you have an e-mail account. you're no different because you pressed save on the DOC file. if a party is taking place and you weren't invited it doesn't mean the party has ceased to be. it only means you need to figure out another way to pass your time.
February 17th, 2011 / 11:32 pm Mark C —
yeah, that one!
February 17th, 2011 / 11:51 pm Sean —
Oh, fucking A!
February 18th, 2011 / 1:37 am Jimmy Chen —
before i published 'a lot' i simply wanted to publish 'a lot'; i think that is an honest feeling. i don't think the internet made humans glib, i think humans made humans glib. i can't wait until all the websites is dead, then i can be alive again. 404 is god's street address.
February 18th, 2011 / 1:54 am deadgod —
blake is publishing a submission
sonant capillaries
chaos is subletting, with a view to granulating the foundation
February 18th, 2011 / 2:00 am Morry Ale Liver —
A sumbitchshun is the lifeblood of Oedipal overthrow?
February 18th, 2011 / 2:06 am elizabeth ellen —
cattiness is underrated as a survival technique. catty blake is my favorite blake. (did i get the whole anus, p.h.? i know you watch for that shit.)
February 18th, 2011 / 2:39 am darby —
writers need readers. magazines just need money.
February 18th, 2011 / 3:24 am M. Kitchell —
the capitalist mode of appreciation is a dead scene man, in the future everything is free
as kathy acker said "There should be all the food and medicine you need […] Luxury, fun, etc. everywhere all the time."
February 18th, 2011 / 3:34 am Robert Swartwood —
The lifesblood of a magazine is reading fees. HIGH reading fees. Duh.
that sounds fine. i didnt mean to express an ideology. just an observation.
February 18th, 2011 / 5:57 am shaun gannon —
the lifeblood of a magazine is actual blood
February 18th, 2011 / 6:29 am James Yeh —
that and guts (or is it "butts?")
February 18th, 2011 / 6:45 am jesusangelgarcia —
butts.
February 18th, 2011 / 8:09 am zusya —
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/ask/2008/12/questions-for-treisman.html
February 18th, 2011 / 7:42 pm William Owen —
As a writer, and among the writers I know, he writer's natural condition is wanting to punch most things most of the time, so this seems about right.


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Feb 17 George Washington Through the Lens of Food
Frederick Douglass Opie
George Washington was born in 1732 in provincial colonial Virginia the son of a wealthy tobacco plantation and slave owning family. He made his mark as a military officer in the French and Indian War and later during the American Revolution. He became the first president of the United States in 1789. We know a few things about his culinary taste from author Kathleen Krull. She tell us in wonderful children's book on U S Presidents, Lives of the Presidents, that breakfast for Washington included three buttered corn meal cakes covered with honey, and lots of tea. We also know that Washington loved crabmeat soup which served as one of his wives' specialty dishes. As native Virginian, the first president enjoyed sweet potatoes with coconut, ham with oyster sauce, and string beans with mushrooms.
Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/FrederickDouglassOpie?ref=hl and Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie
President Stories with Related Recipes: /www.foodasalens.com/odasalens.com/2012/02/culinary-historians-look-at-presidents.html
Martha Washington's Crab Meat Soup Recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/martha-washingtons-crab-soup-21728
Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Katharine Hewitt, Lives of the Presidents: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/461426.Lives_of_the_Presidents
Thomas Jefferson's Garden: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/10/152337154/thomas-jefferson-s-garden-a-thing-of-beauty-and-science
The Founding Fathers and Gardens: Listen Now [24 min 27 sec] http://www.npr.org/2011/07/01/137555246/growing-a-revolution-americas-founding-gardeners
Feb 18 Chef Sean Brock, Carolina Lowcountry Tasting Dinner Part 1
Feb 14 This Weeks Best Food History


I would be glad to hear any comments or suggestions people have to make, after reading.
Wherever they live, across the UK, older people should have the opportunity to live in resilient, thriving and sustainable communities and to emphasise the importance of the joined up thinking and collaboration between government departments if we really want to make that happen.
The policy motion passed at Conference, in Glasgow, recently, calls for us to be ready to create an Age Ready Britain. It states: "Liberal Democrats take an optimistic video of of ageing and the opportunities it presents." I love this line. Retirement should be a time of discovery, of engagement and opportunity. Everyone should be able to feel optimistic about their old age, wherever they live.
My mother is an optimistic pensioner and an inspiration. She lives in Hertfordshire, just close enough to London to enjoy good public transport and Mum is a wizard on the buses. Buses allow her to be independent, go shopping, to the doctors, to the library, to the church, to the choir, to see friends, to go to groups, talks, U3A – you get the picture. All possible, because regular bus services are available. Mum is 84 years old.
In contrast, if you read my blog, you will have read about my meeting with Ivy in Ashmore Green, West Berks, a year or so ago. The day we met, Ivy had learned that her eyesight had deteriorated so much, she was not allowed to drive any more. She had been looking into the bus services and told me, "I can get to Tescos in Thatcham on the bus, alright. The only problem is, I have to spend the night there". The only return bus left half an hour after she could be dropped off and, Ivy said, at 84 years old, she just can't shop that fast.
I sat in on a Health and Wellbeing Board meeting in Lambourn, recently, and heard about how resources for older people were likely to be closed down and moved to Hungerford. Six months before, during the Hungerford by-election, I'd spent time speaking with residents on the Fairfields estate. All the residents who were over 65 were about to be moved to a shiny new facility on the edge of the town. So resources are being moved into town, while old people are being moved out. You couldn't make it up.
The number of older people living in our area is increasing fast. West Berkshire is home to more than 23,500 people who are over 65 – a figure that increased by 23% between 2001 and 2011 – double the average increase across Britain. Of this group, 3,300 people are over 90 years old – a figure that went up by 34% in the same period. We need to keep facilities where people live, to house people where the facilities are, or to provide regular, reliable transport so that people who are too old to drive can continue to live full and active lives for as long as possible.
To create thriving and sustainable communities that work for older people there needs to be some manner of better public transport. Regular, reliable, affordable. But how can we possibly afford such a service?
Each year the government awards a local government settlement to local authorities across the country. Not every authority receives the same amount and, on average, urban areas receive £153.47 more per person than rural areas. This constituency has a population of about 98,000 people. Multiply that by £153.47 and you get just over £15 million. A useful chunk of change, as they say.
I have no doubt that calculations behind the local government settlement have sound bases. There are issues with deprivation in some cities that need special consideration. I would like to ask, however, whether the new, ageing demographic of the UK is being fully considered, as well, when these calculations are made. I don't want a fancy rural grant for this or a specially negotiated subsidy for that. 'm not asking for special favours for countryside communities. All I want is fair's fair for everyone, wherever they happen to live.
When people stay active, they stay healthier – and happier – for longer. An active, older, society offers a group of individuals who are often happy to engage, to volunteer, to help each other. So long as they can get about. When you are trapped in a block of flats a couple of miles or more from any active community, how are we honestly expecting people to cope?
The Policy passed at conference calls for the creation of a Minister for Ageing. When they are created, I call on them to engage with the Department of Local Government, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department of Transport and DEFRA, with its responsibility for rural communities.
If I'm elected to Westminster I will work for and campaign for joined up thinking between government departments, joined up public services, joined up action – which is the only way to enable the resilient, thriving and sustainable communities we all want, for older people.


V-MODA, the award-winning maker of world-class high-fidelity headphones and audio devices, today announces a brand-new partnership with Roland to together develop the next breakthrough music products. The merger provides V-MODA the resources to accelerate product development, push the boundaries of audio innovation and reach a global audience of music aficionados.
The financial details and terms of the agreement are confidential.
Visionary and founder of V-MODA, Val Kolton has worked relentlessly for the last 12 years creating the vision for the V-MODA brand, meticulously designing and testing the products around the globe and inventing disruptive products in the crowded world of headphones. Kolton will maintain his role with the company as V-MODA's CEO. Furthermore, he will also provide his expertise in product design for Roland's dance, DJ and electronic music division as a consultant.
For the CEO video interview and more information about V-MODA joining the Roland family visit V-MODA.com/808Day.
Designed in Milano, V-MODA's verve is to amplify an authentic music lifestyle via timeless products forged by unparalleled quality, fashion-forward design and an unequivocal passion for music and materials. Led by Chief Visionary Officer and professional musician Val Kolton, V-MODA blends analog renaissance age inspiration, Italian design and the charisma of classic Hollywood. V-MODA products have won over 35+ editors' choice awards and have become essential gear for over 40% of the world's top 100 DJs.
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How Do You Finish a Life with Wounds? Thoughts on Saint Francis on His Feast Day
October 4, 2017 by Wendy Murray
How Do You Finish a Life with Wounds? Thoughts on Saint Francis on His Feast Day October 4, 2017 Wendy Murray
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Francis, which in the Catholic tradition, is the day to remember and celebrate the life and death of the saints. Francis died on this day 791 years ago, in 1226 after many years of contending with various debilitating illnesses. His final weeks are referred to by locals in Assisi still as sua agonia (his agony).
As a Protestant, I derived great spiritual consolation from Saint Francis during a time when I was bereft of hope and inclined toward despair. (I have written a book about him: A Mended and Broken Heart, the Life and Love of Francis of Assisi if you are interested in a journalistic nonCatholic interpretation of his life.)
I can't say specifically what it was about this saint that so affected me. But during my first visit to Assisi many years ago, I experienced consolations that I cannot account for in earthly terms. The singular question that pressed in on me at the time was, How does one finish a life with wounds?
Francis had been a happy youth, born in 1182 in the medieval fortressed city-state of Assisi, sprawled along the southern slope of Mount Subasio. He was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, Peter Bernadine, and his French wife, Pica.
He was a little short, with large kind eyes, bearded, and had delicate hands and a frail physical constitution. Francis was known to sing songs of the Troubadours– French poets who traveled the countryside making melodies of the love's longings. He apprenticed his father in the cloth business, happily assuming the role of model and trend-setter for silks and velvets of extravagant colors. His friends, when they'd been drinking, which was often, called him "our dominus" — our king. The appellation endeared Francis, and he would sing for them in French and buy another round of drinks. He was the leader of a "wild pack of Assisi youths," as one historian puts it. Even so, Francis was well-liked. His extravagant generosity and courtesy extended to all, including the poor.
At the age of 20 Francis had fought with Assisi in a local battle against neighboring Perugia, and his hometown warriors were slaughtered. He himself was taken prisoner in Perugia where he languished for a year underground with little food, bad water, cold conditions, and no latrine and contracted malaria that would plague him the rest of his days. His father negotiated a ransom for his release. Francis remained bedridden for a year in recovery. He was never the same.
At the age of 23, while on an errand for his father, he passed a run-down church a mile south of Assisi called San Damiano. He stopped to rest inside the crumbling walls. Francis reposed beneath a Syrian cross hanging over the altar bearing the image of the crucified Christ. He perceived the image was speaking to him. "Francis," it said, "don't you see that my house is being destroyed? Go, then, and rebuild it." This began what would become a protracted but life-shattering conversion of Francis, emulating Christ in humility and poverty.
During that first visit to Assisi, on our last morning, I made my way alone in the early light down to that little church. It was here where Francis had retreated near the end of his life when illness and blindness had nearly incapacitated him. He lay day and night in a hut tended to by his female companion, Clare, unable to endure sun or firelight.
I found a spot under a tree behind the church near a cistern, the morning's light glinting off the olive trees wet from dew. I thought of Clare, whom Francis had brought here. Some say they'd loved each other but had renounced it. The life of Francis was a love story in any case. I thought of the question I had put to Francis in my imagination — How does one finish a life with wounds? I heard nuns singing from inside the walls — the same walls Francis had built when the voice said, "rebuild my church." He had been given a task. He accepted a humble responsibility. From that church where I sat, the image of the crucified One brought him purpose and rescued him. So he picked up a stone.
He was a pilgrim, stripped of the life's consolations. Life as a pilgrim had but a single purpose: to have eyes to look for the unexpected, to imagine possibilities, and to remain accessible to the voice that speaks. He heard it and picked up another stone. When he could find none, he begged for stones. Stone upon stone, amid olive groves and singing birds, cooled by morning mists, he moved and moved and piled and scraped until the stones became a wall. The wall became a church. The church became an assertion.
At the end of Francis' life, age 44, his liver and spleen were distended with lesions. Malarial parasites made him vomit. He found it hard to breathe. The paradox was, even in suffering, his death became an assertion. God acted always only in love. He made a request of his brothers as his final gesture on this earth: "When you see that I have come to the end, put me out naked on the ground and allow me to lie there for as long as it takes to walk a leisurely mile."
They lay him naked, face down, and he embraced God's beauty in the dirt. He remembered his dependence on God alone. He whispered to a brother, "I have done what is mine to do. May Christ teach you what yours to do."
How does one live out a life with wounds? Pray open-armed, for the One who hears also stretched his arms wide. And move stones.
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The maid's cart wheeled by, hall lights casting its shadow under the door. The shadow paused, the maid presumably noticing the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, and moved on. I wouldn't have cared if she'd barged in. There was no shame to be found in here.
To everyone else, we were growing pariahs: never conforming to the molds they'd created and never able to explain why we didn't want to. It didn't make sense, but it was never about sense. It was simply physics: a car driving on a slanted road will take the curve that's given to it. We put less thought into each other than the whole of the rest of our lives, and within that minimal effort grew a place free of pressure and ripe for comfort. So when we found one another it was pure joy, the light-as-a-feather kind you remember as a kid but can never articulate. Like a beloved photo, once taken candidly and later unearthed in a box, dusted off, remembered and held tightly.
With the sunlight baking the hotel room, the air conditioner kicked on, blasting an inordinate amount of cold air over the bed. She pressed her body in to mine. I reached down, grabbed her half of the covers, and threw them back over her. And in a few minutes, when the air conditioner had turned off, if she didn't eventually reach down to pull the covers off her overheating body, I was prepared to do it for her. We had the whole day wide open, but it was possible we'd spend its entirety in bed, battling the varied air.
I've long known that we are two celestial bodies whose trajectories will inevitably put us on a crash course with one another, and the survivors will surely count to zero, but I don't care. I can't picture the apocalypse, but I know too well what it looks like when we overlap one another and the sun shines behind us, casting a beautiful shadow upon the world.


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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

#nullable disable

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeFixes;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.CodeFixes.MakeStatementAsynchronous;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Test.Utilities;
using Xunit;
using Xunit.Abstractions;

namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.CSharp.UnitTests.Diagnostics.MakeStatementAsynchronous
{
    [Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeStatementAsynchronous)]
    public class CSharpMakeStatementAsynchronousCodeFixTests : AbstractCSharpDiagnosticProviderBasedUserDiagnosticTest
    {
        public CSharpMakeStatementAsynchronousCodeFixTests(ITestOutputHelper logger)
           : base(logger)
        {
        }

        internal override (DiagnosticAnalyzer, CodeFixProvider) CreateDiagnosticProviderAndFixer(Workspace workspace)
            => (null, new CSharpMakeStatementAsynchronousCodeFixProvider());

        private static readonly TestParameters s_asyncStreamsFeature = new TestParameters(parseOptions: new CSharpParseOptions(LanguageVersion.CSharp8));

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixAllForeach()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<int> collection)
    {
        foreach (var i in {|FixAllInDocument:collection|}) { }
        foreach (var j in collection) { }
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<int> collection)
    {
        await foreach (var i in collection) { }
        await foreach (var j in collection) { }
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixAllForeachDeconstruction()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<(int, int)> collection)
    {
        foreach (var (i, j) in {|FixAllInDocument:collection|}) { }
        foreach (var (k, l) in collection) { }
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
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        await foreach (var (k, l) in collection) { }
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixAllUsingStatement()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        using (var i = {|FixAllInDocument:disposable|}) { }
        using (var j = disposable) { }
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        await using (var i = disposable) { }
        await using (var j = disposable) { }
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixAllUsingDeclaration()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        using var i = {|FixAllInDocument:disposable|};
        using var j = disposable;
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        await using var i = disposable;
        await using var j = disposable;
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixForeach()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<int> collection)
    {
        foreach (var i in [|collection|])
        {
        }
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<int> collection)
    {
        await foreach (var i in collection)
        {
        }
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixForeachDeconstruction()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<(int, int)> collection)
    {
        foreach (var (i, j) in collection[||])
        {
        }
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.Collections.Generic.IAsyncEnumerable<(int, int)> collection)
    {
        await foreach (var (i, j) in collection)
        {
        }
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixUsingStatement()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        using (var i = disposable[||])
        {
        }
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        await using (var i = disposable)
        {
        }
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }

        [Fact]
        public async Task FixUsingDeclaration()
        {
            await TestInRegularAndScript1Async(
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        using var i = disposable[||];
    }
}",
IAsyncEnumerable + @"
class Program
{
    void M(System.IAsyncDisposable disposable)
    {
        await using var i = disposable;
    }
}", parameters: s_asyncStreamsFeature);
        }
    }
}


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Madonna Celebrates Michael Jackson's 58th Birthday
The Queen of Pop is missing her King. Madonna took to Instagram to pay tribute to her late friend and fellow superstar Michael Jackson on Monday, August 29, what would have been his 58th birthday.
Her Madgesty, who herself just turned 58 two weeks ago, posted four feels-inducing throwback pics of the pair from the '80s and '90s, including a snap from their iconic red carpet appearance at the 1991 Academy Awards.
'Happy Birthday to this wonderful and glorious creature!!' the 'Vogue' singer captioned the collage. '👑 The King! Gone too soon! ❤ ❣❤❣❤❣❤❣❤❣❤❣.'
Jackson tragically passed away in June 2009. That same year, Madonna honored her pal and his chart-topping career during a heartrending speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.
'In a desperate attempt to hold on to his memory, I went on the internet to watch old clips of him dancing and singing on TV and on stage, and I thought, 'My God, he was so unique, so original, so rare. And there will never be anyone like him again.' He was a king,' she told the star-studded audience in 2009. 'But he was also a human being, and, alas, we are all human beings, and sometimes we have to lose things before we can truly appreciate them.'
During an October 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, the Material Girl revealed that while she and Jackson made a failed attempt to work together, they ended up spending the entirety of their friendship having fun. 'So that's what we were doing: watching movies, having dinner, hanging out, going to the Oscars, being silly, seeing if we could work,' she told the magazine. 'He got relaxed. He took off his sunglasses, had a glass of wine, I got him to laugh.'
From Us Weekly
Happy Birthday to this wonderful and glorious creature!! 👑 The King! Gone too soon! ❤ ❣❤❣❤❣❤❣❤❣❤❣ pic.twitter.com/CokMPDi1ag
— Madonna (@Madonna) 29 August 2016
Madonna shares another picture from LOVE magazine
Madonna shared another new picture by photographer Mert Alas from the upcoming issue of LOVE magazine - out on Monday 19 September.
It's Friday and LOVE 💘💘💘 is in the AIR! 😍😍😍😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/FDNp4vvSjb
Madonna Makes Surprise Appearance at MOMA's Screening of 'Truth or Dare'
Madonna still loves to shock.
The Queen of Pop made a big entry when she showed up for the 25th anniversary screening of Madonna: Truth or Dare at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday night (Aug. 24) in New York City.
Some 400 guests were caught off guard when the pop legend, wearing a red off-the-shoulder red dress, turned up unannounced and mingled with fans.
Madonna's revealing Truth or Dare documentary was originally released in 1991 and captured the action and controversy of her worldwide Blond Ambition Tour.
MOMA's special anniversary event included a conversation with the film's director Alek Keshishian, Blonde Ambition Tour choreographer Vincent Paterson, and dancers Jose Gutierez and Salim Gauwloos.
Surreal Moment! At the MOMA!! So nice to watch a film in a museum. So many freedoms we...https://t.co/fsLeHhBlFB pic.twitter.com/vcuk7Ea9AF
'It's not too late to make my Birthday Wish Come True!'
'The Candles have been blown. The Cake has been cut, but it's not too late to make my Birthday Wish Come True!! I want to take you on an unforgettable trip to Art Basel. Enter to win and support Raising Malawi: www.omaze.com/madonna'
The Candles have been blown. The Cake has been cut, but it's not too late to make my...https://t.co/oqRuPeHjH9 pic.twitter.com/9uYgTjdP4h
Happiness! ❣🇨🇺🎂❣🇨🇺🎂❣🇨🇺🎂❣Viva Cuba
Happiness! ❣🇨🇺🎂❣🇨🇺🎂❣🇨🇺🎂❣Viva Cuba @nunoxico @RalphLauren pic.twitter.com/AiKAwMHRtM
2 Rebel ❤'s admire the Art in Havana! 🎨🎨🎨🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺❣❣❣ pic.twitter.com/93nTOfpxuO
Mi Preciosa ! Mi Amore! Siempre! ❣🇨🇺 pic.twitter.com/4ti3zxNuPo
The Chimney's say it all. 💃🏻🎉❣😘💯🍾🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺 Best Birthday Ever! Viva Cuba! pic.twitter.com/ayBThi6DVI
Madonna's Instagram: More from Cuba
Madonna shared some more pictures from her Cuba trip (including one with Debi Mazar) on her Instagram page and looks like they all had a fabulous time:
'Pina Coladas in Loma del Angel! 🎉💘🇨🇺'
'Muy Caliente in Havana! 🔥🎉🍾😉🎉🇨🇺'
'Get in the Car! 🚗💃🏻🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺'
B Akerlund also shared this great shot of Madonna in Cuba on Instagram:
UK newspaper the Metro featured Madonna and Rocco today on their trip to Cuba - click on the article to enlarge.
Events: Madonnarama in Cleveland
Twist Social Club
11633 Clifton Blvd
Event Time: 9pm-2:30am
Madonna's love letters to feature in documentary
Madonna's deeply personal letters and recordings she made in bed will be included in a new documentary.
The 'Ray of Light' singer's 18-month romance with Breakfast Club singer Dan Gilroy will be the focus of a new film, and her former lover is said to have turned over 'hours' of video, as well as a huge number of letters and photos to director Guy Guido for inclusion in 'Emmy and The Breakfast Club'.
According to the director, the movie - which will focus on the period of 1979 to 1982 when Madonna was living in an abandoned synagogue in New York with Dan and his brother Ed - will include interviews and re-enactments and feature 'sweet little love notes that she would leave for Dan' and 'very poetic love letters expressing her feelings for him and the struggles of their relationship.'
There is also a 20-minute recording of 'silly, romantic bantering' which the couple made in bed and that features Madonna and Dan 'having fun with each other and bedroom talk, and also getting into a little philosophical life discussion.'
The filmmaker insisted using personal material without the 57-year-old singer's consent wasn't a decision taking lightly, but Dan felt it was time to 'share' the 'intimate' footage.
He told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: 'There are some intimate things, but at this point they're ready to share. Especially Dan - he's been holding this in a very long time.'
Guy described the couple's relationship, which began in 1979, as the 'meat' of the movie, but said the documentary also explored Madonna's ambition and determination to make it in the music industry.
He is hopeful the film will be complete by January 2017, and that a major distributor will release it.
Madonna on the cover of LOVE magazine
Madonna will appear on the cover of the next issue of LOVE magazine (out on 19/09/2016) photographed by Mert Alas.
Some quotes from the magazine:
'I don't consider myself a pop act, I consider myself an artist. And it's an artist's responsibility to be revolutionary in our work. It's our responsibility, our duty and our privilege.'
'I was already famous before social media, so for me fame isn't the burden. Fame is the manifestation or the by-product of my work, and that was two decades before social media. Now to me the burden is people are more focused on fame than actually doing the work or being an artist. Now it's easy to become famous. What isn't easy is to develop and grow as an artist without being distracted or consumed with fame.'
'I like Instagram because it's like keeping a diary and every day I get to share different aspects of my personality, my life, and what inspires me, what infuriates me, or what causes I want to fight for. It allows me to be mysterious, ironic, provocative or proud. I get to use it as a platform to bring attention to people or issues that I think are important. It allows me to be the curator of my life.'
Family Mambo Cuban Style
Madonna is sharing more media from her trip to Cuba, including a great video of her and Rocco dancing:
'Walking in the HOT 🔥🔥🔥Streets of Havana! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
'Family Mambo Cuban Style! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎂🎂🎂💝🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
Family Mambo Cuban Style! 💃🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉🍾🎈🎈🎂🎂🎂💝🍾🍾🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺 pic.twitter.com/t2OiBR9gcD
Madonna visits Cuba for her birthday
Madonna is the latest celebrity to visit Cuba, dancing in a restaurant for her birthday and touring Havana with her family and friends.
The singer arrived in Havana on Monday. Excited crowds have gathered outside the hotel where she is staying in historic Old Havana, but have caught few glimpses of the 58-year-old star.
Fan Taimi Estrada Joba says she hopes to see Madonna perform a concert in Cuba someday. In her words, 'We are very happy she came.'
A string of U.S. celebrities has visited Havana as part of a boom in tourism set off by the declaration of detente with the U.S. in December 2014. Cuban state media posted enthusiastic reports about Madonna's visit and the Foreign Ministry sent a string of tweets welcoming her.
From Associated Press Via Yahoo! News
Cuba Libre 🇨🇺❣🍾 pic.twitter.com/5fSUzNd2ir
Vogue with Madonna at Art Basel Miami
I want to take YOU to Art Basel! 😘🎉💃🏻 🌍🙏🏻🇲🇼💯 WIN: https://t.co/jivl2HRXXs #MadonnaxOmaze pic.twitter.com/CyFLyUIuOR
Visit: www.omaze.com/experiences/madonna
Are you Like a Virgin to the art scene? There's no better place to immerse yourself in some of the world's most inspiring artists, galleries and collections than Art Basel. And when you factor in the one and only Madonna, who'll be there in all her Madonna glory, you'll be Vogue-ing your way to popstar heaven. Grab a friend and head to Miami, where you'll go to Art Basel, get pop cultured at an art auction and then get 1-on-1 hangout time with the music queen and Ray of Light herself! Yes… your pop music prayers have been answered. Flights and hotel included.
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Madonna's Instagram: 'You make a girl feel special!'
Madonna posted a picture of her from her birthday trip to Cuba with a message of thanks for all her birthday wishes:
'Thank you to all my fans and everyone who is in my gang for all your birthday Wishes!!!! You know how to make a girl feel special!! 👑💝🇨🇺'
Happy Birthday Madonna!
madonnalicious and all our readers wish Madonna a very Happy Birthday!
Events: The 11th Annual Brisbane Madonna Party
Australia's longest-running MADONNA PARTY celebrates the Queen of Pop's birthday and 30 years of TRUE BLUE, her biggest-selling studio album.
Strike a pose and get into the groove as upstairs at The Wickham hotel is transformed into a dance club playing only the music of Madonna - 1980s, 1990s, Noughties & Now!
FROM 7PM
Gather upstairs, meet other fans, grab a drink and watch a fan-compiled collection of Madonna music videos, live clips & rare footage.
8.30PM TIL 12.30AM
Join DJ Sean Manley (SYD) - official DJ for the Madonna Rebel Heart Tour VIP parties - who plays you nothing but the best music of Madonna - the greatest hits, fan favourites....and everything in between! From 'Everybody' to the latest 'Rebel Heart' songs.
With licensed bar, roving photographers, merch stall and more!
PRIZES FOR THE BEST DRESSED and BEST VOGUER!
Wickham Hotel, 308 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley
PRE-BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE AND SAVE!
Tickets $15.00 + booking fee (presale) or $20.00 (at the door) 18+ event
www.kristianfletcher.com
Events: The 13th Annual MADONNATHON
Cathyland presents:
The 13th annual MADONNATHON
LIVE Tribute Show & Dance Party
Special appearance by drag superstar & #1 Madonna Impersonator VENUS D LITE
Sat, Aug 20 doors 6pm, showtime 8pm $15
@ BROOKLYN BOWL 718-963-3369
61 Wythe Ave (bet N 11th St & N 12th St) Brooklyn, NY
Tix avail online: http://brooklynbowl.com
DANCE + SING, GET UP + DO YOUR THING!
'Where's the Party?' At Brooklyn Bowl for the 13th annual MADONNATHON - the biggest Madonna celebration in the world! Each year we pack the house with a crowd of die-hard, fun-loving Madonna fans who get into the groove, paying tribute not only to Madonna's amazing music, but also her ever-evolving looks and influence on our lives. Happening every year in honor of her birthday, MADONNATHON features LIVE performances by some of New York City's most talented musicians, singers & dancers, collaborating to bring you the very best of Madonna's huge repertoire!
And this year, for the first time, the dance afterparty will go til 2am with DJ CHAUNCEY D (Madonna Worship, Stonewall Inn) spinning Madonna hits and showing Madonna videos all night long! (afterparty tix only $5 after 11:30pm)
Wear YOUR best Madonna look (killer matador cape, virgin bride, lucky star, peepshow dancer, geisha glam, cone bra & ponytail, urban cowgirl, Evita, Material girl....), because best-dressed Madonna fans will sing onstage w/the band + win prizes. Onsite makeup artists will also be providing red lips and beauty marks at the 4-minute Madonna Makeover booth.
Special appearance by drag superstar & #1 Madonna Impersonator VENUS D LITE - as seen on RuPaul's Drag Race, Botched & My Secret Obsession - Meet & greet Venus after the show!
Hosted by: Cathy Cervenka & friends
MADONNATHON 2016 event page: https://facebook.com/events/228060397586279/
MADONNATHON info: http://madonnathon.com
Events: Madonna BDay Tribute in NYC
8/15 10pm Mobile Mondays! Madonna Bday Tribute on 45's & Vinyl Remixes
with Joey Carvello & Johnny D
+ MM All Stars
Party with Rebecca Lynn
Bowery Electric 327 Bowery at 2nd St.
Free Event with RSVP https://madonnamm.eventbrite.com
Facebook invite https://www.facebook.com/events/681971005275019/
Mi Vida Loca!
Mi Vida Loca 💘 pic.twitter.com/4rLWVFafVn
— Madonna (@Madonna) 7 August 2016
Events: NYC Madonna Birthday Boat Party
LUCILLE YACHT – 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Empire Cruises: 2430 FDR Drive, New York, NY 10010
Calling all Rebel Hearts! Your are invited to a once in a lifetime dance party experience! Be apart of the Madonna Fan Documentary called 'Living for Madonna' that will be filming on board while taking a 3-hour cruise with breathtaking views of Manhattan! + Win Deluxe Madonna Giveaways all Night!
Tickets are strictly limited, but you can also buy tickets one hour before boarding time, which will be 7pm. So we advise you to buy them online to not miss out on this special event. Must be 21 years old to participate.
The party starts just before 7pm and we Don't Stop The Music til just before 11pm on this multi-level dance party cruise! Drinking, Dancing, and Partying on a yacht with breathtaking views of the NY Skyline and Statue of Liberty is the very definition of how to party in the summer....so grab your friends, family, co-workers, whomever....and purchase tickets for this ultimate late night summertime event.
To purchase tickets visit www.eventbrite.com or www.madonathonnyc.com
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/276766486025051


Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom, 'Lena900' and 'Dhr. Awesome' were all amongst the 15 title winners on Day 12.
The highlight tournament of the day was Event #40-High ($5,200 Eight Max High Roller No Limit Hold'em) as 260 entrants came together to create a juicy $1.3M prize pool. The final four was set after Conor 'blanconegro' Drinan, Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene, 'iambest2' and 'EvnomiYa' had all departed from the final table. The first player to bank a six-figure score was 'Crazy Elior' who exited in fourth-place for $104,358, followed by 'OverTheTop43' who collected $139,288 in third, which left Jonathan 'Proudflop' Proudfoot and 'Dhr. Awesome' left to do battle.
After the players had agreed on a money-deal they fought for the title and remaining prize pool with 'Dhr. Awesome' prevailing for the $224,753 victory. It was a second 2018 SCOOP series silver medal for Proudfoot, who took away the considerable runners-up prize of $209,296 to smash his previous best recorded online cash of $47,771.
Event #40-Medium ($530 Eight Max High Roller No Limit Hold'em) saw Pedro 'PaDiLhA SP' Padilha defeat Canada's 'JGagMan' heads-up to win $132,274. It was a second career SCOOP title for the Brazilian after he won his first back in 2012. 'JGagMan' took away $94,288 for their second-place finish as Phil 'PhilRoyal888' Mighall made up the top-three for $67,212.
In the #40 'Low', Renan 'r_dkGyn' Taveira came through a 9,337 player field and turned $55 into $55,880 after a three-way deal. Tóth 'MartinPro66' Martin succumbed to Taveria heads-up for $46,104 after a deal had been made with eventual third-place finisher 'xxdzsa', who accepted $41,840.
'Lena900' added another $50,391 to the 'Team Sweden' series prop bet total after they claimed victory in Event #39-High ($1,050 Six Max NLO8). The current PocketFives no. #5 has been in a well voiced six-figure prop bet against Patrick Leonard and 'Bencb789' since the start of SCOOP, and was able to help his teammate 'C.Darwin2' by extending their lead. Bernardo 'bedias' Dias took second-place for $37,351, with 'recusant_89' in third for $27,686.
'thomber26' was the Event #39-Medium champion for $19,548 after they eliminated 'russiadgl' into second-place for $13,620. There was also second final table appearances of the day for 'High' runner-up Bernardo 'bedias' Dias, who this time took the bronze medal for $9,490, and Phil 'PhilRoyal888' Mighall, who added another $6,612 to his bankroll in fourth.
The 'Low' ($11 Six Max NLO8) title went to 'barry_dread' who negotiated a 4,889 player field to win $6,821. 'aDrENalin710' was the player to fall during heads-up for $4,750, with 'dyadka' the third-place finisher for $3,310.
Victor 'Isildur1' Blom, 'D PitcherAK' and 'villepn' were named the three Event #41 HORSE champions. Blom's title came in the 'High' for $59,780 after the Swede had eliminated 'MUSTAFABET' into second-place for $41,480. 'D PitcherAK' banked $18,848 for beating the UK's Ross 'thelukystump' Atkinson heads-up in the 'Medium', with the Brit taking away $13,888. And in the 'Low', 'villepn' took the SCOOP title alongside $8,083 after they saw off 'Senkel92' in the final battle, who won $5,704.
Event #42 saw three NLHE Heads-Up Shootout tournaments take place with 'LuxPoker17' and Aaron 'aaronmermel' Mermelstein agreeing to a deal in the $2,100 'High'. There was a prize pool worth $256,000 after 128 entrants stumped up the buy-in and when play reached its final two they agreed to a money-deal before battling for the SCOOP accolade. 'LuxPoker17' was the one to go the distance for $64,000.01, with runner-up Mermelstein banking $58,879 for their share of the deal. 'Epistokrat' beat 'ProBelgian' in the $215 'Medium' final match, earning $18,567, with the runner-up collecting $11,814 and Romania's 'jimmyrestant' took down the $22 'Low' for $5,170.47 as 'pelmeenid' fell at the final hurdle for $3,288.
The final tournaments that came to a close on Day 12, were in Event #43 NLHE. 'great dant', 'DMcZZa', 'Lena900', 'rybunia' and 'girafganger7' all made the $1,050 buy-in 'High' final table before 'roo_400' defeated 'oriente1' heads-up for the win. The victor took away $62,269 with the runner-up awarded $47,165. 'SwatFBA' took down the $109 'Medium' for $25,721, with 'DOCTORB911' taking second for $18,334, and 'regevgerev' became the $11 'Low' champion for $8,876.95 after they beat 'MarceleBrito' heads-up.