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Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Fred Meyer Warehouse Foods Stores
Re: Fred Meyer Warehouse Foods Stores
Roseburg had a Warehouse Foods in kind of an odd location at the east end of Garden Valley Boulevard that survived for a couple of years after the opening of the current mainline store several miles away. When the new store opened, the food section was also in the Warehouse Foods model: center-store...
Topic: 1970 Independent Food Stores in Oregon
Re: 1970 Independent Food Stores in Oregon
Hauke's in Astoria eventually moved from the 1970 location (at about 3100 Marine Drive) to one across the street and a couple of blocks away (3300 E. Marine Dr) ca. 1977ish. The new location was built without an in-store bakery (Home Baking was a few blocks away and excellent, and Danish Maid was an...
Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
Re: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
(1) When did "coffee cream" stop being sold as a Lucerne item? It seems to be "extinct" today. Ahh, coffee cream, AKA "light cream" - I think it's 20% fat, compared to whole milk at 4%, half-and-half at 12% and whipping cream starting at 30% and going to 44-46%. I haven't seen it on the west coast ...
Topic: Cub Foods in Washington State
Re: Cub Foods in Washington State
I wouldn't swear to it in a court of law, but ca. 1984, I'm pretty sure that what is currently the TOP Foods in Everett near Everett Mall opened as a Cub Foods.
Topic: SeaTac Mall/Commons at Federal Way
Re: SeaTac Mall/Commons at Federal Way
Lamonts rebranded to Gottschalks rapidly after the buyout, which would put the conversions mid-2000. The curlicue L was still in use at a few locations at that point; I'm not sure when they switched the the simplified cursive L, but I know none of the former F&N/Lipman's/Crescent locations (Valley R...
Topic: Old Fred Meyer Stores w/ Separate HI&GCs
Re: Old Fred Meyer Stores w/ Separate HI&GCs
The three Salem-area stores all had separate HI/GC to my memory, circa 1991. 2855 Broadway St NE / Keizer's was to the north edge of the parcel, where Dollar Tree is now. 3740 Market St NE / Lancaster, again, to my blurry memory, was also on the N side, but I can't recall if it's the NW or NE corner...
Topic: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
Re: If you could bring a defunct store back.....
That's sad. A store like that deserved to last forever and it kind of reminds me of the famed Wegmans stores in upstate New York and other areas and the Harris Teeter chain in the Southeast. when did they (D'Allesandro's) go belly up? I'd guess around 1985ish, give or take a year. Earlier than Smit...
D'Allesandro's in Boise, no question. By far the best all-around grocer I've *ever* shopped, and that includes living in Portland, Austin and Seattle, cities that were (and, I maintain, still are) way more serious about food. I like their approach to sale circulars (post the competition's, mark ever...
Topic: First Taco Bells in Portland, OR
Re: First Taco Bells in Portland, OR
There was a pretty early prototype on Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy by the former Jafco-now-Uwajimaya parcel by the mid-70s.
Topic: Classic Malls in Portland, OR Before 1980
Re: Classic Malls in Portland, OR Before 1980
At Eastport Plaza, there were three known restaurants outside of the mall, all of which I believe dated to 1979-1980, the period which the mall was updated: Izzy's Pizza (3846 SE 82nd Ave.) Izzy's wasn't in the Portland market yet - 79-80 would have been their first attempts at the Izzy's concept, ...
Topic: Fred Meyer Marketplace, Shelton, WA
Re: Fred Meyer Marketplace, Shelton, WA
This may also explain the *extremely* odd/large QFC in Belfair, then, which, I swear, has no peer in the QFC pantheon - it's got a layout that could best be described as . . . "non-traditional".
I miss two freezer products. One I think might've been a Piggly-Wiggly exclusive: Viennese Ice Cream cake. It was so good. I wonder if this was a knockoff of Breyer's/Unilever "Vienetta" - a decorated loaf of ice cream and wafer-thin chocolate coating (like the shell of an eskimo pie, but layered i...
Topic: Former Boston Market locations in your area
Re: Former Boston Market locations in your area
tkaye wrote: I believe the Port Orchard location is some sort of a barbecue restaurant now. The one in Lakewood is a Taco Bell.
Wow, I'm totally not placing this. . . . roughly where in PO are we talking?
Topic: Falk's ID (Idaho)
Re: Falk's ID (Idaho)
Definitely not in Karcher ca 1978-1983. The layout of Karcher at that time (haven't been there in a gazillion years) was pretty limited in terms of anchor options - thus, Bon Marche at one end, JC Penney midfield and the grocery store at the other (or was Ernst/Malmo connected, and the grocery store...
They must have started the "Best Little Cookie Company" marketing after they were sold by Parmalat, which would be the very opposite of "little" anything.
The Archway bakery in Oregon was bought by US Bakeries/Franz a few years back. Cookie Parade will, however, be missed.


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Versaprofiles Inc. is a spin-off IPL. The management of IPL Extrusion repurchased all assets of this business unit from IPL Inc. in July 2011. The management team includes virtually the same personnel. President Stéphane Gonthier and CEO Serge Mercier have served as General Manager and Vice President of Operations of IPL Extrusion for several years. The same applies to engineers, sales and customer service representatives. Product lines remain unchanged, or at most expanded with the latest technical advances. It is therefore a business continuity, but within the newly created corporation.
A promising future: The Versaprofiles leadership and management teams are forward-looking and driven by ambitious goals for growth and development of value-added products in targeted market segments. Our objective is to remain as an industry leader, while continuing to provide our customers with efficient and cost-effective products. We have therefore launched an investment program focused on new technologies for the production of extruded products, allowing us to increase our production capacity and efficiency. Versaprofiles is focusing on increasing investments in research and development, as well as on recruiting and training key technical staff to provide unique pipe and engineered profile designs.
2013: Start of activities in the gas pipe market.
2012: Innovations in maple sap and geothermal energy markets. Versaprofiles first innovates in the maple sap industry by launching its FUSION technology for wet and dry lines. In geothermal energy, the company also installs coaxial systems with the 4 and 6 inch GEOPERFORMX® pipes.
2011: IPL Extrusion becomes Versaprofiles on July 1, 2011. That same year, the company invests in increasing its production capacity to produce polyethylene pipes up to 8 inches in diameter.
2006: In an effort to innovate and develop new products, the company focuses on four well-defined business segments: proprietary and custom pipes, geothermal systems, maple sap harvesting, and specialized and custom engineered profiles. During this period, IPL extrusion develops two new innovations, i.e. the GEOPERFORMX®, a geothermal pipe with thermally enhanced conductivity, and the RAPITUBE®, a wireless tubing system for maple syrup operations.
1997-1998: IPL Extrusion is growing and the plant expands. These expansions were carried out with the support of the city of Saint-Lazare de Bellechasse and upper management of IPL.
1996: In order to increase production and diversify its products, IPL relocates its extrusion department, formerly located at its headquarters in Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, in the former Plastic SM factory in Saint-Lazare de-Bellechasse. The purchase of new equipment, coupled with the motivation of its staff to develop new products, allows the company to enter new market segments such as automotive, telecommunications, drinking water, geothermal energy, upholstery and transportation.
1991: The maple sap products manufactured by the company using extrusion and injection are now marketed by Les Équipements d'érablière CDL Inc., a company located in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.
1987: IPL Extrusion starts producing landscape edgings from 100% recycled material. These new products were and still are available to landscapers and some big-box stores.
1966: A breakthrough is achieved when the traditional concept of the sap collection bucket gives way to the sap collection tubing system – the engine of the vacuum system. This innovation allows maple syrup producers to double productivity.
1965: IPL adds a new segment to its activities: extrusion moulding. A banister moulding is the first part manufactured with the extrusion process.
1939: IPL is founded by J. Emile Métivier in St-Damien de Bellechasse in his grandfather's smithy. The company starts its operations by manufacturing various types of brooms and brushes. Around 1950, it acquires its first injection machine for molding plastic products, including toothbrush handles and cases.


Too often, myths and misconceptions about mental health services prevent people from seeking support. My goal is to provide a space where these myths and misconceptions may be examined. The blogs titled "Therapy Note" dispel or provide clarification to some of the more common myths for the population/topic listed in the title of the note.
Myth 1: Treatment starts at the first session.
Reality: The first session is also referred to as the initial or intake session. It is generally structured differently from a treatment session and does not involve interventions. The time is utilized to gather information and may involve forms, questionnaires and tests in addition to the verbal interview. This may feel frustrating that you did not "start" working on the issue right away. However, you want the therapist to get to know what your goals are prior to giving you ways to address them.
Myth 2: If I attend a first session, I have to continue with this therapist.
Reality: One session does not obligate you to ongoing sessions. It is okay if you do not "click" during the first session. This may feel like a difficult conversation to have. However, therapists know how important the right fit is for treatment. Some may welcome this as part of the process and allow space for this by asking if you would like to continue at the end of the first session. If the therapist does not ask if you would like to continue, you can bring it up. It is a great exercise of setting your own boundaries to be able to say this is not a good fit for you. You may also simply say that you are going to continue your search.
Reality: A therapist does not typically disclose personal information unless it is relevant to treatment. This is to provide a boundary for the therapeutic space to be solely about the client. It is fine to ask your therapist questions. It is up to them to navigate if and how to share personal information.
If you are seeking faith based counseling or feel as though a certain race, gender or sexual orientation is important to you, let the therapist know.
In addition, some couples may want someone who is married or has been married. Some parents may want a therapist who is a parent. In any of these cases, when you want to know personal information, you have to ask yourself (1) why this is important to you (2) how will this information impact treatment?
Myth 4: The intake forms include questions about suicide. The therapist thinks I'm suicidal.
Reality: Therapists have to assess all clients for suicidal ideation as part of our ethical obligations.
Myth 5: The first session did not go well so therapy is not for me.
Reality: Even if you do not find the right fit with the first therapist, continue the process. Every therapist is different. Therefore, your experience with one, does not set the tone for all.


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In-Depth: The New Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar
The Lange 1 has always been a special timepiece. Defined by its distinctive and aesthetically-pleasing off-centred dial with large date layout and characteristic high-quality finishing, the Lange 1 was one of the four original models that announced the great revival of A. Lange & Söhne in 1994. Now, some 27-years later, it is no exaggeration to describe the Lange 1 as a modern icon in its own right. And a popular muse for Lange's gifted watchmakers and engineers. Leading them to constantly explore and push the boundaries of what this mechanical marvel is truly capable of. The latest such evolution to emerge from the brand's steadfast refusal to rest on its laurels is the sublime new Lange 1 Perpetual.
The A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar – Click the image above to find out more.
The Perpetual Calendar
Incredibly, this is the first Lange 1 to be devoted entirely to one of the most complex complications in watch-making; the perpetual calendar. Although it's not the first Lange 1 to feature such a complication. That honour goes to the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar which made its debut in 2012, and as the same suggests featured the added complexity of a tourbillon. That model also represented a number of firsts for the brand, including being the first Lange with a tourbillon that is not visible on the dial side, the first tourbillon with an automatic movement and the first tourbillon with a stop-mechanism. It is a highly-prized (and sought-after) reference by collectors and it's not hard to imagine that the new Lange 1 Perpetual will likely follow in its footsteps.
As you might expect, the Lange 1 Perpetual shares a very similar dial layout to its tourbillon-equipped predecessor. Praised for its intuitive legibility and ability to maintain the appealing asymmetry of the Lange 1 dial layout, whilst simultaneously integrating all the additional indications for a perpetual calendar, this design is as timeless as it is effective.
Find out more about A. Lange & Söhne's commitment to quality, click the image above.
The time – hours and minutes – are shown on an off-centred dial in the right-hand side of the dial. Above and to the left is the model's famous outsize date window at 11 o'clock. Beneath this are the days of the week, displayed vertically and indicated to by a retrograde hand. Next is the moon phase display with small seconds. Eagle-eyed enthusiasts will note that Lange has rotated the crescent-shaped aperture to an upright position and integrated the day/night indicator via a gradient blue disc. This means that the moon, crafted either in white or pink gold depending on the case material, appears against a lighter blue sky during the day and on a dark blue starry sky at night. The mechanism is designed to be highly precise and will require an adjustment of just one day in 122.6 years.
Around the periphery of the dial the months are arranged on a ring which advances once a month. An applied gold arrow at 6 o'clock points to the current month. Yet another example of an apparently simple solution that is deceptively challenging to implement in practice. Advancing the ring each month requires substantially more power compared to traditional displays, challenging Lange's engineers to come up with an innovative solution that would make this reliably possible without compromising the model's overall precision and accuracy. Immediately above the month display is a leap year indicator, visible through a small aperture. The calendar displays advance instantaneously and can also be advanced collectively or individually with correctors in the caseband.
One Timepiece, Two Variations
The new Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar is presented in a 41.9mm case and remains an impressively svelte 12.1mm. It is available in two variations; one in pink gold with a grey solid silver dial and the other in white gold with a solid pink gold dial. The pink gold reference features applied pink gold Roman numerals on the hour and minutes disc. Pink gold is also used to frame the big date window and the triangular month indicator, and the hands. The case is paired with reddish-brown leather strap with a pink gold prong buckle.
The white gold reference, with its eye-catching solid pink gold dial, shows rhodium-plated white gold for the hands and double-framed date window. Unlike the pink gold version, there is no luminescent material on the dial. It is offered on a dark brown leather strap with a prong buckle in 18k white gold and will be limited to just 150 pieces.
Inside both cases is the new L021.3 automatic movement, Lange's 67th manufacture calibre, which is based on the L021.1 of the Lange 1 Daymatic. The L021.3 has been upgraded with a newly developed winding mechanism with a unidirectional rotor in 21k gold and an additional centrifugal mass in platinum. The cam-poised balance runs at 21,600vph, and delivers a power reserve of 50 hours. Visible through a sapphire case back it showcases Lange's hallmark movement finishing. The plates and bridges are made of untreated German silver and are decorated with Glashütte ribbing; the balance cock is hand-engraved with a distinctive floral motif and the gold chatons are secured by thermally blued screws. The gold rotor, with the brand name engraved in relief, features a handmade frosted decoration.
An exquisite and exclusive timepiece sure to be in high demand and short supply, both versions of the new Lange 1 Perpetual will be available for purchase from the A. Lange & Söhne boutique in Sydney later this year. We anticipate that allocations will be highly limited, with only a few pieces making their way to Australian shores this year. Please contact us directly to discuss your interest in acquiring one of these sought-after models.
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Reaching 85 countries and serving more than 3900 hotels, GuestTek is a global leader in broadband technology and interactive solutions for the hospitality industry. Since 1996, GuestTek has partnered with hotels to maximize property offerings, enhancing brand image and helping to generate more revenue. Whether it's an individual property, franchised or corporate location, GuestTek customizes its solutions to match each property's requirement and delivers on the technology needs of today's guests.
The OneView™ platform gives guests the ultimate in-room experience. With converged HSIA, Video, Data, Voice and mobile applications like myAway and myMedia, OneView™ seamlessly integrates with guests' personal electronic devices. By offering a custom interface, GuestTek brings hotel branding to every room, reinforcing a property's services and amenities every time a guest turns on the TV or logs into their device. Because OneView is built in house, it offers a flexibility that resellers simply cannot match. GuestTek's Research & Development teams continually develop new features in response to client or market demands. By consistently providing state-of-the-art-technology, OneView™ is designed to grow and evolve.
GuestTek has experienced significant worldwide growth with the 2014 acquisition of iBAHN & TelNet and the creation in 2015 of its subsidiary, Event Conference Services (ECS). GuestTek continues to seek opportunities that expand capacity to serve more global clients and offer the best in hospitality technology. GuestTek's continuous commitment to its clients has led the company to align itself with leading global providers of satellite and cable television to deliver better offerings to guests.


I'll just admit that I can't believe it is already April and spring is truly with us. The longer days and warmer temperatures promise outdoor activities and encourage plans unencumbered by inclement weather. For those of us who no longer work full-time, they can challenge us to find regular activities that keep us active, engaged and continuing to learn. Our region offers a wide variety of events, classes and community gatherings to attract and inspire us. Many of them are single events we can put on our calendars and look forward to. Others are ongoing classes or experiences that interest and inform us. In addition, there is another category of involvement — Volunteerism — that asks us to consider ways we want to contribute our knowledge and experience. Our featured author this month, Gary Davis, shares what he has learned about the value of Volunteerism and how his organization addresses many needs in our region while providing a learning and supportive community for his volunteers. We're continuing to expand and streamline our web site's Resources to be as helpful as possible. To see the full list of categories — from Aging to Veterans — hover (either with your mouse or your fingers) over the word Resources on the menu. Enjoy the sun and the flowers!


Inspite of looks makeover, MS paint is still meant for very basic image editing functions. There is no significant addition of new features to MS paint. With makeover existing features are more in your face and usable due to ribbon interface. See version comparison [via] of MS paint over different Window OS.
So you're simply bashing someone because he didn't like the "incredible upgrade" Microsoft made to Paint. You say they are devoid of information.
I don't see any information in your post, Rodya. You said it was pretty, you said it was useful, you said it was "an OBVIOUS improvement"? Come on. The first is arbitrary, the second one is fake, and the third one is just ridiculous. You didn't specify in the least WHY is it better. Just bashed the person who doesn't share your point of view. Do you know how is that called? Ad hominem. You simply felt the necessity to argue with someone in the internet. What a bigot, huh?
Don't joke! It is the worst piece of crap ever. I am using Openoffice in my office thanks to the Ribbons.


At CommunicAsia, Samsung officially announced three new Android handsets that will be released in Europe and Asia this summer. Say hello to the Galaxy 3, the Galaxy 5, and the Galaxy Beam. The Galaxy 3 will sport a: 3.2″ WVGA touchscreen display, a 240 x 400 resolution, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, and a 3.0 megapixel autofocus camera. The Galaxy 5 will have a: 2.8″ QVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, and a 2.0 megapixel fixed focus camera with LED flash. The Galaxy Beam, which is the real high-end offering of the group, will offer a: 3.7″ WVGA SUPER AMOLED touchscreen display, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash, a-GPS, FM tuner, a built in pico-projector (hence the name), an impressive 1800 mAh battery, and Android 2.1. Pretty cool stuff from Samsung. Look for all three handsets to drop overseas this July.


The Shire advises road users of the upcoming Road Closure at the intersection of Doley Road and Abernethy Road and Abernethy Road west bound from Warington Road to Doley Road.
The Proposed Temporary Road Closure is for the purpose of the Abernethy Road Upgrade Project. The closure will commence on Wednesday 10 April 2019 and is expected to be re-opened 10 May 2019. Weather conditions and operational changes may require these works to be rescheduled at short notice, please check this page for updates.
Please note that all businesses within the Glades Village Centre are open and detours are in place to ensure your access.
Please see detour map on the Shire's website.
The Shire appreciates your patience on this matter. If you require any further information, please contact the Shire on 9526 1111.


Bringing your connected device from concept to market just got a whole lot easier - and coding skill or a soldering iron is not required! Today, Electric Imp is happy to announce a new collaboration with Quirky, the company that makes invention accessible by bringing new consumer product ideas to market through its unique online collaborative platform.
Last Wednesday, Quirky and GE unveiled a groundbreaking partnership to develop a new line of Internet-enabled consumer products. Creative people around the world are invited to participate in the development of these new products on quirky.com/GE and encouraged to join in and influence the creation of the products. The new line of products will be co-branded Wink: Instantly Connected and available in stores by the 2013 holiday season. Electric Imp will serve as the connectivity backbone of any device created through this initiative.
Electric Imp is looking forward to working with Quirky and GE to provide connectivity for the next wave of consumer devices so they can collaborate with each other and popular Internet services to become truly intelligent and integrated with our lives. The Imp platform, which encompasses everything from our friendly and seamless BlinkUp configuration to WiFi and cloud services, is a natural fit for innovative vendors, allowing them to concentrate their efforts on what makes their products special, rather than what makes them connected.
Kevin Fox, an Electric Imp co-founder and director of user experience, and I are excited to be part of the program's evaluation process that determines which devices are ultimately put into production.
Electric Imp believes ideas should not be limited by technology. Our unique platform easily moves hardware into the cloud, enhancing the innovative mechanics of your product with those that can come through the cutting edge connections the device has to Internet services and other connected devices. The Imp platform connects easily to any service that has a Web API, such as text messaging and email services, data websites, and even customized services.
For example, you could synchronize sprinklers to a weather website to ensure a lawn or garden is no longer watered if the forecast calls for rain later in the day. You could also start conversations between users and their homes by developing products that send a mobile alert to the user or service department when a device isn't working properly. Conversely, a user can use a mobile app to turn on a device or check in on its status.
Moreover, the problem you are trying to solve might be best approached by the way your device interacts with other products, and how their relationships can change and improve over time. The act of powering down a work computer at the end of the day could turn on a home heating system so the homeowner arrives to a warm house, for instance.
Ultimately, there are boundless ways in which devices can be intelligently connected and empowered. So think big! Electric Imp's platform gives you and your idea the flexibility to determine what devices to connect, as well as the ways in which you combine them, to suit your particular needs for practically any situation.
We encourage you to submit your concepts and join us on the journey from ideation to launch. Submissions are free, but you'll need to get cracking on your ideas quickly since the product evaluation process begins Wednesday, April 17.
Want to participate but don't have a product idea or problem to solve? Not to worry. You can still help determine which Wink: Instantly Connected products are made by being an influencer. Whether you submit an idea or provide feedback along the way, you still have the opportunity to get a share of the profit if the product is created.
Stay tuned for more updates to see which products come to life from this innovative program. One of them might just be yours!


In this week's edition of Cell, Lisa Giocomo and colleagues at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU describe how they "knocked out", or disabled, ion channels in the grid cells of the brain.
Grid cells are equivalent to a longitude and latitude coordinate system in the brain, with the grid cell firing at the cross-point where the longitude and latitude lines meet. This network enables the brain to make internal maps. Ion channels mediate signals between the inside and the outside of the cells.
When the researchers knocked out the ion channels, they found that the resolution of the maps created by the brain became coarser, in that the area covered by each grid cell was larger.
In a normal brain, the ion channels function as they should, and the brain is able to generate the precise resolution for the map that it needs. But if the ion channels don't work – as was the case in the experimental set up – then the map isn't at the right resolution.
The article in Cell is being published simultaneously with a companion article in Neuron, authored by researchers at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science, at Columbia University in New York. The two Kavli Institutes decided to work cooperatively on the topic, says Edvard Moser, director of the Kavli Institute at NTNU.
"We believe that this is a great example of collaborative research instead of neck-and-neck competition. We got our knock-out mice from Eric Kandel's lab at Columbia, and they sent a post-doc over here to work with us. We discussed and debated our findings of course, gave each other feedback and input," Moser says.
The collaborative approach enabled the two institutes to publish linked research data from two interconnected areas of the brain, the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus. Both sets of data show the effect of removing ion channels in grid cells and place cells. Place cells are thought to base their spatial response based on the calculations of the grid cells, so finding this close correspondence in research results is "very rewarding," Moser says. "It's great that we can find two pieces of evidence that show how scale is represented in our brain, and that we can publish these results at the same time."


[Ùisdean] Fàilte oirbh gu sreath ùr Aibisidh far am bi mise, Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein, agus dà sgioba de dh'eòlaichean, no co-dhiù duine no dithis aig nach robh an còrr ri dhèanamh, ri beagan spòrs agus fealla-dhà am measg fhaclan agus abairtean na Gàidhlig. Tha iad uile an seo agus Dwelly fon achlais, agus am Faclair Beag, agus Faclair na Pàrlamaid, agus uill tha fhios agaibh fhèin gu bheil barrachd air aon fhaclair ann agus feumar sin innse dhuibh. Dh'fhaodadh nach bi mi fhìn no iad fhèin no gu dearbh sibh fhèin càil nas foghlamaichte aig deireadh an t-sreath a tha seo ach tha sinn an dòchas gun toir sinn gàire oirbh agus gun glac sibh facal no abairt no fiosrachadh às ùr as an dol seachad.
[Ùisdean] Gu na sgiobaidhean ma-thà 's air mo làimh chlì an sgiobair Iain MacIlleMhìcheil agus 's iomadh duine ainmeil a tha air tighinn a-mach à Eilean Ìle.
[Ùisdean] Ach a rèir càite an lorg sibh am fiosrachadh a tha sin, chan eil Iain bochd nam measg. Tha an aon sheacaid air Iain a-nochd ge-tà 's a bh' air nuair a bha e air a' chiad ruith de dh'Aibisidh bliadhnaichean mòra air ais.
[Iain] Tapadh leat airson sin! Bha dùil 'm gun robh do fhradharc dona ach cha robh mi buileach den bheachd gun dèanadh tu dubh de ghlas!
[Ùisdean] A' chiad cheist, Iain, ciamar a chòrd Aibisidh riut a' chiad turas?
[Iain] Uill tha mi air mo chlisgeadh nach eil thu ag aithneachadh sin bhon dealbh. Bha mi air mo chlisgeadh, bha an t-eagal orm. A' chiad turas a bha mi riamh ann an stiùidio telebhisein.
[Ùisdean] Bheir sinn dhut comharra airson sin fhèin.
[Iain] Agus tha sibh gu math mì-mhodhail a' cur an leithid an-àird, tha mise a' smaointinn.
[Ùisdean] Uill còmhla ri Iain an turas seo, ged nach eil sin na annas mar a bhios fhios aig iomadach neach a tha a' coimhead seo, Cairistiona NicAoidh no Neen mar as fheàrr a dh'aithnichear i. 'S e glè bheag a thig air Aibisidh as urrainn a ràdh gun robh Ted Heath uabhasach dèidheil air an lasagne aice. Tha mi 'n dòchas gun tuig sibh gur e Ted Heath am Prìomhaire a tha sin seach fear dhen aon ainm a b' aithne dhomh fhìn às an Òban. Na h-òige 's e fìor ghroupie a bh' innte a' siubhal nan sitigean a dh'fhaicinn còmhlan an leithid Iron Maiden, Whitesnake, Calum Kennedy, Van Morrison agus eile agus a' faighinn backstage gus coinneachadh riutha. Tha fàilte ort, Neen.
[Neen] Abair eachdraidh. Chan eil fhios a'm, cha mhòr gu bheil mi gam aithneachadh fhìn.
[Iain] Agus chan eil sin ach an d' anail fhèin?
[Neen] Ach bha mi ga do chreidsinn mu dheidhinn na seacaid. Tha fàileadh na mothballs thall an seo a tha deamhnaidh.
[Ùisdean] Gu sealladh ormsa! Uill, 's fheàrr dhuinn gluasad ma-thà. Agus air mo làimh dheis, Màiri Anna NicDhòmhnaill. Chan eil cus ann an saoghal na Gàidhlig a th' air uimhir de dh'obair a dhèanamh ann an saoghal nam faclan ri Màiri Anna. Tha i air a bhith a' cnuasachadh agus a' cagnadh fhaclan fad a beatha eadar a bhith ag obair aig a' BhBC gu bhith na sgrìobhaiche leabhraichean do chloinn agus do dh'inbhich. Tha ceangal mòr aice ri cha mhòr a h-uile eilean deas air Na Hearadh ach 's ann ann am Beàrnaraigh a tha an teadhaire a bhith airson faisg air dà fhichead bliadhna. Tha sinn air udalan ùr a chur oirre a-nochd gus nach teich i agus nach cuir i cus thoinneamhan dhan roth. Tha fàilte ort, a Mhàiri Anna.
[Màiri Anna] Uill tapadh leatsa, tha mi a' smaoineachadh!
[Ùisdean] Uill tha mi a' smaoineachadh gun robh tomhas dhen fhìrinn an sin ach 's fheàrr dhuinn coimhead air Màiri Anna ann an seagh eile.
[Iain] Tha sealladh aice ri Iris Murdoch òg, nach eil? Tha.
[Màiri Anna] Tha mi toilichte gun tuirt thu òg 's nach ann sean!
[Ùisdean] Uill, a bheil sin a' dèanamh feum dhut, a Mhàiri Anna?
[Màiri Anna] Tha e a' cur eagal orm. Cà d' fhuair thu siud?
[Ùisdean] Còmhla ri Màiri Anna airson taic a chumail rithe 's cha deach i ach sgrìob a Sgalpaigh a lorg an fhir seo, Tormod MacLeòid. Tormod Federer mar a th' againn air. Eòlaiche teanas Radio nan Gàidheal. Tha e air an stannadan agus an racket a cheannach airson na h-aibisidh a tha seo agus 's e a bhios a' leum seachad air a' mheadhan a chur meal-a-naidheachd air MacIlleMhìcheil ma ghleidheas e fhèin agus Màiri Anna. Tha Tormod air a bhith an sàs ann an saoghal an telebhisein o chionn fhada. Tha e coltach gun tuirt Lorraine Kelly, ge b' i cò ise, gun robh e "ridiculously handsome".
[Tormod] Càil a theansa, a Mhàiri Anna?
[Ùisdean] A bheil thu a' tighinn beò air an sin fhathast, a Thormoid?
[Tormod] Uill cha do choinnich i a-riamh rium agus mar sin 's dòcha dìreach gu bheil beachd aice. Fàgaidh sinn aig an sin e.
[Ùisdean] Agus a bheil thu fhathast a' tighinn beò air buntàta 's sgadan?
[Tormod] Dha-rìribh! Chan eil am bet air.
[Ùisdean] Uill tha e a' dèanamh feum dhut. Tha e a' dèanamh feum dhut, sin a chanainn.
[Hugh Dan] Welcome to a new series of Aibisidh where I, Hugh Dan MacLennan, and two teams of experts, or at least a couple of people that didn't have anything else to do, will be having some fun with Gaelic words and phrases. They are all here with Dwelly under their arm, and the Faclair Beag, and Faclair na Pàrlamaid, and well you know yourself that there is more than one dictionary and you must aware of that. Perhaps I, them or yourself won't be any more educated at the end of this series but we hope that we make you laugh and that you catch a word or a phrase or some new information in the passing.
[Hugh Dan] To the teams then and on my left hand side the captain John Carmichael. Many a famous person has come out of Islay.
[Hugh Dan] But depending on where you find that information, poor John isn't among them. John has the same jacket on tonight though as he had when he was on the first run of Aibisidh many years ago.
[John] Thanks for that! I thought your sight was bad but I didn't exactly think that you would turn black to grey!
[Hugh Dan] The first question, Iain, how did you enjoy Aibisidh the first time?
[John] Well I'm surprised that you can't recognise that from the picture. I was nervous, I was afraid. The first that I was ever in a television studio.
[Hugh Dan] You will give you a point just for that.
[John] And you are very rude putting the likes up, I think.
[Hugh Dan] Well with Iain this time, although this is not strange to those who watch this, Christina MacKay or Neen as she is better known. It's very few that come on Aibisidh that can say that Ted Heath was very fond of her lasagne. I hope you understand that that's Ted Heath the Prime Minister instead of a man with the same name that I knew from Oban. In her youth she was a true groupie travelling all over to see bands such as Iron Maiden, White Snake, Calum Kennedy, Van Morrison and others and getting backstage to meet them. Welcome, Neen.
[Neen] What a history. I don't know, I barely recognise myself.
[John] And that's just in your own view?
[Neen] But I believe you about the jacket. There's a dreadful smell of mothballs over here.
[Hugh Dan] My goodness! Well, we better move then. And on my right hand side, Mary Anne Macdonald. There aren't many in the Gaelic world that have done as much work in the world of words as Mary Anne. She has been studying and linking words all her life between working at the BBC to being a writer of books for children and adults. She has a strong connection to nearly every island south of Harris but it is in Berneray that the --- has been for nearly forty years. We have put a new twist on her tonight so that she doesn't flee and put too much twists in the wheel. Welcome, Mary Anne.
[Mary Anne] Well thank you, I think!
[Hugh Dan] Well I think there was a bit of truth in that but we better look at Màiri Anna in another light.
[John] She has the look like a young Iris Murdoch, doesn't she? Yes.
[Mary Anne] I am pleased that you said young and not old!
[Hugh Dan] Well, does that help you, Màiri Anna?
[Mary Anne] It frightens me. Where did you get that?
[Hugh Dan] Joining Mary Anne to help her and she only went on a wee jaunt to Scalpay to find this man, Norman MacLeod. Norman Federer as we call him. Radio nan Gàidheal's tennis expert. He has bought the standards and the racket for this Aibisidh and it'll be him that will jump across the middle to congratulate Carmichael if he and Mary Anne win. Norman has been involved in the world of television for a long time. Apparently Lorraine Kelly, whoever she is, said that he was "ridiculously handsome".
[Norman] Any chance, Màiri Anna?
[Hugh Dan] Are you still dining out on that, Norman?
[Norman] Well she has never met me and therefore perhaps she only has a hunch. We'll leave it at that.
[Hugh Dan] And are you still surviving on potatoes and herring?
[Norman] Certainly! Nothing beats it.
[Hugh Dan] Well it's doing you good. It's doing you good, that what I'd say.
[Norman] Look at my skin.


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Chucky takes a stab at smart devices in the "Child's Play" reboot…
Posted by A Middle Aged Geek on June 30, 2019 July 1, 2019
Child's Play Back in the Day.
Doting mother Karen Barclay (Catherine Hicks), son Andy (Alex Vincent) and their "Good Guys" doll Chucky (voice of Brad Douriff) in the original Tom Holland directed "Child's Play" (1988).
1988 saw the release of the original "Child's Play", directed by Tom Holland ("Fright Night"), with Catherine Hicks ("Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home") as a retail-working single mother named Karen Barclay who manages to procure a popular 'Good Guy' doll for her son Andy (Alex Vincent). Unbeknownst to the two of them, their 'good guy' is possessed by the soul of a now-dead killer named Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), who intends to continue his murder spree within the doll now known as "Chucky," with the ultimate aim of once again inhabiting a flesh-and-blood body (namely Andy). Chris Sarandon plays nice guy cop Mike, who ultimately aids Karen and Andy in stopping Chucky before he can take possession of Andy.
My own pic of Catherine Hicks, taken at a convention in Burbank back in 2013. Lovely woman. She was relatively new to attending conventions at that time.
That's the original story, and it spawned a series of increasingly camp and silly sequels that are played as dark comedies rather than horror. I enjoyed the "Child's Play" movies well enough. They work far better for satire than screams, with the later films becoming almost Saturday Night Live-parodies of the original. I still remember my wife and I giggling as we watched "Bride of Chucky" (1998) on cable. I also got a free condom at San Diego Comic Con 2004 as a promotional item for the then-new release of "Seed of Chucky" (the condoms were labeled "Get A Load Of Chucky"… I am not making that up). There were later made-for-video sequels which I didn't see because I felt the idea had long ran down its batteries by then. "Child's Play" felt tired…it was time to grow up.
Mark Hamill, whose voice-acting career is as almost as universally well known as his Luke Skywalker fame…
So what brought me back? One name: Mark Hamill. Yes, Luke Skywalker himself. But it wasn't his ability with the force that made me want to check out his take on Chucky, but rather the brilliant voice-acting work he's done in the years since the original Star Wars trilogy. His "Joker" in Bruce Timm's animated "Batman" TV series and its sequels is arguably one of the best interpretations of the character ever. Similarly impressive is his underrated work as the burned-out US soldier "Todd Wanio" from the epic Max Brooks' audio-drama/book "World War Z" (2006; not to be confused with the truly inferior, related-in-name-only 2013 movie adaptation starring Brad Pitt). When I heard Hamill was involved? I decided there might be something to this 2019 "Child's Play" reboot after all…
Child's Play 2.0
***** SPOILERS!*****
From Vietnam with Love…
The broad strokes of 2019's "Child's Play" (directed by Lars Klevberg) are more or less the same, but with important key differences. The new Chucky doll is no longer possessed by killer Charles Lee Ray, but is now a malfunctioning artificial intelligence system sabotaged by a disgruntled, suicidal sweatshop worker in Vietnam where the "Buddi" dolls are made. How a lowly line worker in a sweatshop could reprogram the doll's software (let alone remove safety protocols for its AI) is never explained, but who cares? The dark magic voodoo nonsense that allowed Brad Douriff to possess 1988's Chucky required similar suspension of disbelief.
It always begins with the commercials…
Tim Matheson ("Animal House") plays a Tim Cook-style executive for an Apple/Amazon style mega-corporation whose hands are in many fields, such as smartphones, smart-cars, smart-homes, etc. and its "Buddi" dolls come with an app that allows them to control any of their devices within your home (why any parent worth a damn would want their pre-teen kids to control vital functions of their house is beyond my comprehension, but okay…). For me, this was one of the new film's most interesting new ideas. New Chucky isn't some serial killer-possessed doll… it's Alexa run amok. Given that we now live in a world under threat of cyber-warfare, that could be infinitely more dangerous than a body-leaping killer. The movie takes advantage of the idea, however illogically it is presented.
Yeah, because allowing a doll to run your home is a perfectly good idea…
The new Karen Barclay (Aubrey Plaza) is a genuinely terrible mother who now works at a far sleazier, on-its-last-legs retailer called (appropriately) Zedmart (think K-Mart in its final hours). Desperate for a gift for her son's forthcoming birthday, she takes a returned Buddi doll (voiced by Hamill) from a disgruntled customer, and instead of returning it to the manufacturer, she blackmails a shipping/receiving worker into allowing her to take it home.
Aubrey Plaza's Karen is no Catherine Hicks…
Plaza's Karen is a mother of uncommonly bad judgment; from boyfriends to basic parental choices, she is in stark contrast to the original Karen, who was more mother lioness protecting her cub. The new Karen tries too hard at being the 'friend' as opposed to a solid parent.
"Yeah, um… it's great, mom. Do you still have the receipt?"
Taking the doll home to her Andy (now played by Gabriel Bateman, who's a good six or so years older than the original), only to realize he's too old for the doll. Andy, trying to please his dispirited mother, accepts the gift. Upon powering it up, Andy realizes the glitchy, thoroughly creepy toy doesn't quite work as advertised…
"Wouldn't you prefer a game of chess?"
Eventually gaining control of the 'smart-doll', who names itself Chucky, the lonely latchkey kid begins to bond with the doll, who rapidly begins to learn all of Andy's likes and dislikes, such as an irritating cat and his mother's married douchebag boyfriend Shane (David Lewis), and eventually sets about 'pleasing' Andy by removing these obstacles from his life, one by one. Andy soon realizes Chucky goes too waaaay far when the deadly doll brings him 'gifts' of a human head and dead cat.
Sheriff Woody: "Just remember Andy, you've got a friend in me…"
Along the way, Andy also befriends neighbor detective Mike Norris (now played as a warmer mama's boy by Brian Tyree Henry, instead of '80s yuppie-cop Chris Sarandon), as well as a gaggle of local kids who befriend Andy, and later join him in his war against Chucky. Quite a few popular TV shows/movies these days feature "Scooby Gangs" of kids (the rebooted "It", "Stranger Things," "Good Omens" etc).
As Chucky begins to gain more and more remote interconnectivity of other devices, he becomes an even greater threat. Along the way, Chucky murders Mike's mother in a self-driving car under his control, as well as the sleazy apartment building superintendent. The story climaxes at the midnight launch for the new line Buddi 2.0 dolls, which include wider style selections, and even a Buddi-Bear doll.
With a little help from his friends…
Chucky gains control of the dolls (and other toys) which become his remote-controlled cybernetic army in a plot to permanently eliminate all obstacles standing in the way between he and his 'best friend' Andy, including Andy's mother and friends. Chucky is later smashed to bits by Andy, his mother (who was taken hostage by Chucky) and Andy's friends.
"We are not responsible for our dolls swinging US elections…"
A final scene sees the Tim Cook-like executive issuing a non-committal 'apology' via a bank of TV monitors for the deadly, gruesome melee at Zedmart, insisting that its products were not to blame. But, as a precaution, the launch of Buddi 2.0 will be delayed…leaving the originals on toy shelves to be unleashed in a potential sequel.
Malfunctions.
There are many times in this film where you simply have to suspend logic and disbelief for it to work at all. This was arguably the case in the originals as well (especially the campier sequels).
Not to nitpick a campy horror flick, but access to the doll's controlling software wouldn't be given to assembly workers.
— That a disgruntled assembly worker in a Vietnamese sweatshop would have access to the Buddi's operating software and control inhibitors is asinine. Such control chips would be hardwired and coded long before they're installed by assembly workers. Then again, is such a premise any more ridiculous than Brad Dourif pouring his discorporating soul into a rubber doll? Probably not…
For a moment, I honestly thought the building superintendent was being played by Jack Black…!
–When the sleazy building superintendent (Trent Redekop) is savagely murdered by Chucky, Detective Mike (who lives in the same building, along with the Barclays) doesn't bother to inform ANY of his fellow building tenants that a gruesome murder has taken place in their building's basement (!?). When I was an apartment dweller, there was a dead body found in one of our building's dumpsters; warnings were posted all over the complex, including the mail and laundry areas. You'd think Detective Mike would've been more personally motivated to warn those tenants who shared his building.
— How a doll's tiny hands could gain leverage and strength to tie a grown woman up with duct tape (let along wield heavy bludgeons) is also never explained. The doll's hands and arms are simply too small to mechanically convey such power. Then again, this is yet another problem the previous Chucky franchise never addressed either (though that at least could be attributed to 'voodoo' or mysticism).
"Access denied… access denied…access denied…"
— Why would a toy manufacturer release a doll clearly designed for young children (probably ages 6-10) with the ability to operate a wide range of devices within their parent's homes? Does anyone else see 'bad idea' written all over this? I can imagine a curious 7 year old accidentally jacking up the heat in their house to a sweltering temperature just to see how high it can get.
— The 'Chucky POV' cam features very 1990s-looking static as it glitches. I can't speak for others of course, but I haven't seen static from a video camera or television set in about 10 years or so. Video malfunctions today tend to either black out the screen or break up the image into pixelated cubes.
"Chucky phone home!'
–Visual homages to Steven Spielberg's "E.T." are sprinkled here and there, with Andy wearing a bright red hoody and Chucky's glowing 'remote control' finger being reminiscent of the healing touch of the extraterrestrial. Andy and the AI doll's budding friendship also darkly mirrors that of Elliott and E.T, with the doll learning many 'human' customs for the first time via Andy's tutelage. That this artificial being later acts as Andy's avenger and hopelessly codependent 'best friend' also speaks to the danger of modern kids who lose themselves online, ignoring real world relationships and responsibilities in the process.
–A toy police car drives by with Peter Weller's "Robocop" (1987) giving his signature warning, "Dead or alive you're coming with me." Both "Robocop" and "Child's Play" were released from Orion Pictures. There's a brief nod to "Star Wars", as Andy's original name for his doll is "Han Solo", which the doll rejects in favor of "Chucky" (Hamill, of course, played Luke in the Star Wars saga). Director Klevberg lovingly homages 1980s cinema.
Andy may wear a hearing aid, but it seems he's surrounded by others with a listening problem.
–New Andy also wears a hearing aid, which is ironic since he is the one who is seemingly never believed nor listened to, except by his sometimes doubting friends and sympathetic neighbor, Detective Mike. Sadly, Mike's ill-fated mother Doreen (Carlease Burke) meets her end en route to her bingo game in an Amazon-style self-drive car under Chucky's control. Andy frantically tries to warn Doreen about not riding in the smart-car, but she doesn't hear him. Once again, no one listens to the boy. One wonders who truly has the hearing issues in the film…?
–While the insanely talented Mark Hamill isn't used nearly enough for my satisfaction, he does deliver a sufficiently creepy performance as a more misguided than deliberately malicious Chucky. More of a murderous Pinocchio than a body-swapping Charles Manson. Dourif's Chucky sought to ultimately take control of Andy's body, whereas Hamill's model is just fatally codependent.
Tim Matheson does Tim Cook
–Tim Matheson's portrayal of slick, Tim Cook-like executive "Henry Kaslan" is a deliberate slap at the lack of responsibility seen in recent big-tech CEOs such as Cook, Marc Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey. The rich and powerful faces of companies who always manage to carefully sidestep any liability when their products are misused. They are never held accountable, of course…
Handle With Care.
"Cleanup in aisle 14…"
Having seen the movie with a fellow horror fan/friend of mine, one's appreciation for the rebooted "Child's Play" will depend on how much one can suspend disbelief and enjoy this darkly comical farce directed at the needlessly complicated devices and toys that run (or ruin) our lives in the 21st century. While the movie's gore is predictably over-the-top, its tone is more in keeping with the campier sequels than with the straighter horror of the original. Personally, I enjoyed this rebooted "Child's Play" more for its commentary at current consumer culture than for any thrills and chills (I worked retail years ago, and still bear the scars). This new "Child's Play" is hardly the last word on horror or even consumer satire, but it takes a halfway decent stab at both, offering an undemanding 90 minute matinee or future Netflix viewing.
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Ernst Louis Kalkowsky (* 9. September 1851 in Tilsit, Ostpreußen; † 13. Februar 1938 in Dresden) war ein deutscher Geologe.

Nach dem Abitur in Tilsit im Juni 1870 immatrikulierte sich Kalkowsky am 17. Oktober 1870 an der Universität Leipzig. 1874 wurde er bei Ferdinand Zirkel in Leipzig mit der Arbeit "Mikroskopische Untersuchungen von Felsiten und Pechsteinen Sachsens" promoviert. Die Habilitation erfolgte 1878 in Leipzig mit der Arbeit "Die Gneissformation des Eulengebirges".

Kalkowsky folgte 1886 einem Ruf auf den Lehrstuhl für Mineralogie und Geologie an der Universität Jena. 1894 wurde er zum Ordinarius für Mineralogie und Geologie an der TH Dresden in Nachfolge von Hanns Bruno Geinitz berufen. Im Jahr 1888 wurde er zum Mitglied der Leopoldina gewählt. Im Jahr 1898 trat er die Nachfolge von Geinitz als Leiter des Staatlichen Mineralogisch-Geologischen Museums in Dresden an.

1907 erfolgte die Ernennung zum Geheimen Hofrat. Am 1. Oktober 1919 wurde er emeritiert. Er gehörte im August 1912 zu den 34 Gründungsmitgliedern der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft. Im November 1920 ernannte ihn die Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft ISIS in Dresden zum Ehrenmitglied.

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Geologe (19. Jahrhundert)
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Hochschullehrer (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
Hochschullehrer (Technische Universität Dresden)
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In diagnosing PTSD, clinicians need to ascertain that patients experienced a traumatic event and that they involuntarily re-experience the event. In addition, patients will show symptoms of hyperarousal, avoidance, and emotional numbing. Self-report instruments such as the Post-traumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (29) or semistructured interviews such as the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale(25) are useful in assessing the symptom pattern. The DSM-IV criterion of a minimum of three avoidance or numbing symptoms appears too strict for clinical purposes. It does not appear justified to withhold treatment if the patient is distressed by the PTSD symptoms but fails to meet this criterion.
The ARW was closed out by a special session examining PTSD and NATO operations. This was opened by a graphic presentation from Dr. Zoltan Vekerdi of the Hungarian Dr. Amy Adler, a psychologist with the US Army Medical Research Unit Europe, described the results of psychological screening of soldiers returning from deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq. Their results indicated that the 4-question screen known as the PC-PTSD performed as well in this population as the 17-item PTSD Checklist for Military Populations (PCL-M). The PC-PTSD was more desirable on the basis of its brevity, and it has been incorporated in a U.S. Department of Defense form that is routinely used to screen soldiers after deployment. Dr. Adler also highlighted data that indicate screening should be done at 3-6 months after deployment since many do not develop symptoms until that point, rather than immediately upon return.
Individuals with specific phobias acquire their fear(s) early in life, and the disorder persists for many years. (112) For many individuals, specific phobias are not sufficiently impairing for them to seek treatment. Often individuals with specific phobias adapt their lifestyle to avoid contact with the feared stimulus, such that only persons with the most severe specific phobias seek treatment. Events that commonly precipitate treatment-seeking include a change in lifestyle such that the feared stimulus becomes intolerable (for instance, accepting a job that requires frequent air travel), and the experience of a panic attack in anticipation or in the presence of the feared stimulus. Improvement in specific phobia is unlikely unless the person seeks effective treatment.
Several psychological and pharmacological treatments are effective in PTSD. The effect sizes (Cohen's o statistic) given below are taken from a recent meta-analysis of 61 treatment-outcome trials.(99) The difference between the pre- and post-treatment scores is divided by the pooled standard deviation of the pre- and post-treatment scores. An effect size o 1 means that the treatment led to improvement by one standard deviation. In interpreting the effect sizes, one has to bear in mind that PTSD patients in pill-placebo or waiting-list conditions also showed some improvement. Mean effect sizes for these conditions were o 0.77 and o 0.75 for observer-rated PTSD symptoms, and d 0.51 and d 0.44 for self-rated PTSD symptoms.
The following morning, a special presentation was provided by Dr. Joseph Zohar, a researcher with years of experience in the evaluation of PTSD in Israeli combat veterans, who reviewed the results of a large case-control study in which PTSD patients were compared to matched controls with regard to demographic and pre-draft cognitive and behavioral testing. In general, while some of these measures were successful in predicting whether one might develop schizophrenia, they were not useful predictors of the development of PTSD. However, those who appeared to have less resources, as evidenced by such measures as having less education, more siblings, reservist status, and immigrant status, were more likely to seek help for PTSD symptoms on the battle-front rather than waiting until after deployment. While their overall prognosis did not appear different, this information can prove useful in making appropriate resources available.
68. van den Hout, M.A., Tenney, N., Huygens, K., and de Jong, P.J. (1997). Preconscious processing bias in specific phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 29-34. 114. Ehlers, A. and Skil, R. (1995). Maintenance of intrusive memories in posttraumatic stress disorder a cognitive approach. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 13, 217-49.
In contrast, acute stress disorder, as defined in DSM-IV, is only diagnosed if the psychological symptoms persist for more than 2 days. Dissociative symptoms dominate the symptom pattern. Dissociation refers to a disruption of the usually integrated feelings of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment. Symptoms include a subjective sense of numbing or detachment, reduced awareness of surroundings, derealization, depersonalization, or dissociative amnesia. In addition, patients with acute stress disorder experience symptoms that are typical of PTSD, namely re-experiencing aspects of the event, avoidance of reminders of the event, and hyperarousal symptoms. Acute stress disorder is seen in DSM-IV as a precursor of PTSD. If the re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal symptoms persist for more than 4 weeks, PTSD is diagnosed.
Post-traumatic stress disorder In ICD-10, PTSD is conceptualized as an alternative diagnosis of acute stress reactions. The definitions of acute stress reaction and PTSD differ in terms of the stressor criterion (exceptionally stressful life event vs. exceptionally threatening or catastrophic event), the time course (symptoms start to diminish within 48 h versus no time limit), and symptom pattern (PTSD, but not acute stress reaction, includes involuntary re-experiencing the traumatic event). In DSM-IV, acute stress disorder can be distinguished from PTSD by the time-frame covered by the diagnoses. Acute stress disorder refers to the period from 2 days to 1 month post-trauma, after which a diagnosis of PTSD can be considered. The primary difference between the symptom criteria for acute stress disorder and PTSD in DSM-IV is the former's emphasis on dissociative reactions.
With the pressure to do something to help. Research on the predictors of PTSD suggests that normalization of symptoms and information about their time course, practical help in resuming one's life, and, if possible, facilitation of social support may be helpful (see Chapiei. .S ). Furthermore, patients may benefit from practical advice about issues such as hospital procedures, police questioning, insurance claims, legal procedures, and media pressure to tell one's story. The lack of randomized controlled trials suggests that pharmacological treatment cannot be considered a front-line treatment for acute stress disorder, but research on PTSD suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be helpful.
Identifying highly symptomatic individuals with acute stress disorder and providing a cognitive-behavioural intervention from approximately 2 weeks post-trauma may reduce the risk of later PTSD. Additional preventive methods have been explored that prepare individuals 'at risk' (e.g. emergency services and military personnel) for experiencing trauma so as to enhance their coping strategies and reduce the risk of them developing longer term symptomatology. For those individuals at high risk of experiencing a trauma, providing them with training to remain calm, evaluate the situation objectively,(57) to not identify with victims, to utilize social supports, and to express emotional reactions(58) have all been found to be associated with better coping after the trauma. However, evidence remains preliminary.
Phobia-specific irrational thoughts may contribute to the development of the phobia, maintain avoidance behaviour, and contribute to physiological symptoms. (1.3Z) Cognitive restructuring treatments help patients to monitor irrational thoughts and change underlying beliefs, so that they are better able to enter feared situations. When combined with exposure to feared stimuli, cognitive restructuring has been demonstrated as effective. ( 38) However, there are relatively few studies of cognitively oriented treatments for specific phobia.
Whereas potential prevention or amelioration of some types of amnesia is a remote possibility, prevention or amelioration of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not. The revival of the reconsolidation literature (Sara 2000 Nader et al. 2000 Nader 2003) has incited attempts to modify or even erase long-term traumatic memories long after their formation. The PAS hypothesis supports such attempts. But additional practical implications of the PAS notion could be incited by assimilating into neuroscience a notion that is so familiar to cognitive psychologists, namely, that the life span of an item in memory persists only from one activation to another, and that memories, primarily declarative ones, change upon their use. Rites of passage, in which these changes are likely to take place, are not only windows of opportunity to peek into the mechanisms of memory they also provide potential therapeutic windows.
The norepinephrinergic system seems to be indirectly involved in depression. The compound reserpine can provoke depression and a variety of antidepressive agents prolong the half-life of catecholamines, either by inhibition of their re-uptake or by decreasing the metabolic rate (for example, by inhibiting monoamine oxidase MAO). Modifications to the density of epinephrinergic receptors and phasic variability in the level of norepinephrinergic metabolites have been found in patients suffering from depression. In particular, postsynaptic a2 receptor down-regulation seems to be prevalent in depression, combined with increased presynaptic receptor sensitivity and increased a2 receptor density in the LC. Decreased norepinephrinergic receptor sensitivity and increased norepinephrinergic turnover have been noted in patients with anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Psychogenic excoriation often co-occurs with mood and anxiety disorders. Of 34 adults with psychogenic excoriation evaluated with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, lifetime mood disorders were diagnosed in 27 (79 per cent) of subjects, with the most common types being major depressive disorder (in 13 (38 per cent)) and bipolar disorder type II (in nine (26 per cent)). (,36> Lifetime anxiety disorders were diagnosed in 19 (59 per cent) subjects, with the most common types being panic, generalized anxiety, and specific phobia (all appearing in seven (21 per cent)). The comorbidity of psychogenic excoriation and personality disorders has not been systematically studied.
Several studies indicate that everyday stressors, and stress caused by traumatic events, can produce different grades of immunosuppression and increase a person's vulnerability to infection. (13> Psychiatric conditions such as depression, which includes certain central nervous system dysfunctions, may lead to or be associated with immunological disorders. Favourable or unfavourable placebo effects might also be explained in terms of complex interactions between the central nervous system, the immune system, and the endocrine system.
Hypochondriasis needs to be distinguished from anxiety disorders. (32) Patients with specific phobias of illness are fearful of, and wish to avoid, illnesses they have not yet encountered, whereas patients with hypochondriasis are preoccupied with illnesses they believe they already have. Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder often have intrusive thoughts about disease or contamination and rituals that involve checking for signs of disease or seeking reassurance. They differ from hypochondriacal patients primarily in having other obsessions or compulsions. A diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder should not be made if obsessions are restricted to having a serious illness. Obsessive-compulsive patients tend to regard their ideas as senseless and resist them, whereas those with hypochondriasis regard them with conviction.
The aetiology of the lesion is unknown, but different infections with an exaggerated response to some unknown microorganism or post-traumatic events have been attributed as causal factors 9, 76, 167, 382 . Most reported laryngeal IMTs are polypoid or pedunculated lesions that occur in the true vocal cords or in the subglottic area. Hoarseness, foreign body sensation, dyspnoea and stridor are presenting symptoms. Patients with laryngeal IMTs are mainly adult males 382 .
Psychotropic drugs may help some subjects. Antidepressants should be given if there is a major depressive episode. Benzodiazepines may reduce PTSD-related anxiety, but drug treatment should be supplemented with psychological interventions. The serotonin antagonist cyproheptadine has been reported to relieve nightmares, but its efficacy compared with psychological techniques and other drugs is not known.
The interactionist's perspective Here, mental processes and the development of the person are seen as the result of an interaction between the individual and her environment. Traumatic events, e.g. during childhood, can be memorized in the cognitive system and may lead to negative psychosomatic or psychological symptoms. However, traumatic events are assumed to affect both the mental processes and the brain processes at the same time. Also, there is an interaction between the mind and the brain.
PTSD results in protracted symptoms and personal impairment within a few weeks of exposure to a traumatic event. The subject experiences intrusive and distressing recollections of the event, which in young children may be seen as recurring themes in play either alone with toys or in games with other children. (34) Whilst adults may experience recurrent dreams of the event, children may present with nightmares of no overtly recognizable content. Children may re-enact the traumatic event behaviourally following internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble the event. Clinical studies have suggested that the persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma) noted in most adult PTSD sufferers are present in children. The most troublesome symptom appears to be visual imagery, whose intensity may result in dissociative experiences (flashbacks) and which may be the mechanism for the behavioural phenotype seen in the social re-enactment of the event during play.
If the developmental processes of the kind described here are important then schizophrenia may appear after many years of mismatched and unsatisfactory interactions. There is ample evidence that the emotional atmosphere in the home, and especially the level of criticism, hostility, and over involvement, (which together are termed 'expressed emotion') influences the course of schizophrenia (Bebbington and Kuipers 1994 Butzlaff and Hooley 1998). Mueser et al. (1998) found high rates of traumatic events in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and Garety et al. (2001) reported that severe trauma was associated with psychotic symptoms unresponsive to medication. The mechanism is unclear, but probably entail interactional processes with mutual influences between parental and (adult) child behaviours.
Treatment approaches are drawn from a variety of paradigms including cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic, psychosocial, and pharmacological treatments, and are often trauma focused in general rather than being specific to problems associated with criminal victimization. Ochberg (5) categorizes them into two main approaches, the first focuses on previous personality and makes the assumption that symptoms relate to unresolved issues and pre-existing weaknesses, rather than the traumatic events and their consequences. The second approach focuses more on the events themselves, the individual strengths and coping styles of the victim and setting realistic achievable goals. Debriefing and cognitive-behavioural treatments tend to be trauma related in general, rather than being specific to the crime.
In dissociative or conversion disorder the patients usually present fewer symptoms, but these are almost exclusively pseudoneurological symptoms. The onset is sudden, and closely associated in time with traumatic events, insoluble and intolerable problems, or disturbed relationships. The symptoms are transient and often remit suddenly after a few days, although they may persist for longer but seldom for more than a few months. Episodes of dissociative or conversion disorders frequently occur in patients with other somatoform disorders.
There have been studies suggesting a higher than expected prevalence of SDB in patients with post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSDs). In one study Krakow et al. (42) reported the potential presence of SDB in 52 of female patients with PTSD, correlating positively with body mass index (BMI), increased arousal index, and PTSD severity. Improvement in insomnia and post-traumatic stress with successful treatment of SDB has also prompted the hypothesis of an arousal-based mechanism in trauma survivors and in patients with chronic insomnia (43). A greater than expected level of anxiety, depression, stress symptoms, and past history of psychiatric problems are also reported by Smith et al. (35) in patients with SDB and insomnia.
Given that pituitary insufficiency may have serious consequences and may aggravate the physical and neuropsychiatric morbidity observed after TBI (Agha et al. 2005), frequent assessment of the subject's endocrine status is essential. Moreover, with the more elevated and prolonged risk for psychiatric illness, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and sleep wakefulness, that are persistent symptoms of TBI (Fann, Burington, Leonetti, Jaffe, Katon, and Thompson 2004 Dikmen, Bobmardier, Machamer, Fann, and Temkin 2004 Ryan and Warden 2003) and the evidence that the neuroendocrine stress system and depression share common neural pathways and hormonal mediators (Gold and Chrousos 2002), measurement of the allostatic HPA stress response should prove to be a relevant biomarker in TBI.
Some very recent work has looked at implicit and explicit memory as well as attentional processes in children with generalized anxiety disorder, PTSD, and depression. Broadly speaking, the preliminary findings are in accord with the voluminous findings with adult patients, namely that depressed children tend to have biases in memory for sad things, while anxious children do not. In contrast, children with anxiety disorders (including PTSD) have biases in attention that make them attend more to threatening cues in their environment, or at least to threatening words projected on computer screens. Studies using these adult-generated paradigms but utilized within a developmental framework should greatly increase our understanding of why some children break down under stress and others do not. Biases in cognitive processing of emotional reactions are implicated and can now be studied more readily.
A saccular cyst (SC) is a mucus-filled dilatation of the laryngeal saccule that has no communication with the laryngeal lumen 80, 161 . Most SCs are congenital in origin some may also appear as acquired lesions caused by various inflammatory processes, traumatic events, or tumours 1, 161, 257 . SCs, which may occur at any age, are divided into anterior and lateral. The former spread medially and posteriorly, and protrude into the laryngeal lumen between the true and false vocal cord. The latter are generally larger and extend towards the false vocal cord and aryepiglottic fold. They may rarely spread through the thyrohyoid membrane 10, 80, 161, 357 . SCs may be asymptomatic, but the most common symptoms are progressive cough, dysphagia, hoarseness, dyspnoea and foreign body sensation. Diagnosis is often made by laryngoscopy combined with CT scan 69 .


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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals

import datetime
from decimal import Decimal
import random

from amaascore.assets.asset import Asset
from amaascore.assets.bond import BondGovernment
from amaascore.assets.bond_option import BondOption
from amaascore.assets.foreign_exchange import ForeignExchange
from amaascore.core.reference import Reference
from amaascore.tools.helpers import random_string

REFERENCE_TYPES = ['External']

[docs]def generate_common(asset_manager_id=None, asset_id=None):

    common = {'asset_manager_id': asset_manager_id or random.randint(1, 1000),
              'asset_id': asset_id or str(random.randint(1, 1000)),
              'currency': random.choice(['SGD', 'USD'])
              }

    return common

[docs]def generate_asset(asset_manager_id=None, asset_id=None, fungible=None):

    common = generate_common(asset_manager_id=asset_manager_id, asset_id=asset_id)
    common['fungible'] = random.choice([True, False]) if fungible is None else fungible

    asset = Asset(**common)
    references = {ref_type: Reference(reference_value=random_string(10)) for ref_type in REFERENCE_TYPES}

    asset.references.update(references)
    return asset

[docs]def generate_bond(asset_manager_id=None, asset_id=None):
    props = generate_common(asset_manager_id=asset_manager_id, asset_id=asset_id)
    bond = BondGovernment(par=Decimal('1000'),
                          pay_frequency='M',  # Need to check how we want to represent this
                          coupon=Decimal('0.05'),
                          **props)
    return bond

[docs]def generate_bond_option(asset_manager_id=None, asset_id=None, option_type=None, strike=None, option_style=None):
    props = generate_common(asset_manager_id=asset_manager_id, asset_id=asset_id)
    asset = BondOption(underlying_asset_id=random_string(10),
                       option_style=option_style or random.choice(['European', 'American']),
                       option_type=option_type or random.choice(['Put', 'Call']),
                       strike=strike or Decimal(random.uniform(99.0, 102.0)).quantize(Decimal('0.05')),
                       **props)
    return asset

[docs]def generate_foreignexchange(asset_id=None):
    asset = ForeignExchange(asset_id=asset_id)
    return asset

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View Full Version : Why do T/A radials howl like a banshee?
I can not believe the howl eminating from my tires, the rears in particular. The car is incredibly noisy. Is there a cure, or ar C4's all noisy as hell. I am looking for a quieter 'vette. I think my '86 has found a new home.
Yeah, thanks, Ken. I was thinking about the same. That is why I'm sorta looking sideways at a C5, to dispell some of those issues.
TA's are not exactly a high end tire. There are likely others that are quieter. Keep in mind, though, you are sitting very close to those babies.
Maybe your problem is not enough sound out of the pipes?
In 1994, Chevrolet made over 200 modifications to reduce body noise and creaks.
as for the T/A's... some tires are just loud.
Check out Tirerack.com. Read the tests and buyer feedback. If they're noisy tires they'll more than likely comment on it in the test results.
I just bought a set of Kumho Ecsta MX's for my '94... I havent installed them yet... But I feel real good about my purchase. These things were rated higher than a set of Yokohama's that would have costed me more than 120 bucks more (for a set of 4).
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Legends are always something of a specialty for cinema. We can never know the truth so instead we make up our own, we would rather have a fantastical idea of previous worlds than the reality that it was all probably a bit boring. So the real question is will this new medieval fantasy from Guy Ritchie be a Kingdom Of Heaven or just another Revolver in his chambers?
So Guy Ritchie is back. Many directors want to broaden themselves and not get typecast, they are forever trying to reverse what the public think of them, always fighting from the bottom attempting to become something more than they were first known for. Guy Ritchie isn't like that. He prefers to continually re-skin his previous works and successes and transport them to different locations.
When King Arthur first gets his hands on Excalibur (Spoiler) he is greeted by one of the worst cameos I have ever personally seen, to which they try and redeem themselves by making him go Super Saiyan (complete with comical sound effect), it's here where the entire film begins to go south and everything starts to slip off the edge of reality like a painting in a thunderstorm. Everything in the movie skips to a beat that is both nonsensical and eurythmic, actually speaking of rhythm.
The Soundtrack is a conflicted affair (much like the film itself) it's half filled with amazing Celtic ballads backs with strong string and orchestra and the other half is pumped full of Medieval dubstep, with this bizarre heavy breathing a compliment. It's just a mess.
That's what King Arthur is, a mess there could have been so much to enjoy in this film, but none of it properly translates or hits. There are characters that warg into a giant eagle (which can only be a ill-judged reference to Assassins Creed) , Peter Baelish is somewhere in the film as a revenge filled archer who can escape any prison, Jude Law seems like he has turned up for an entirely different movie and so does the his entire role as a thespian, and Charlie Hunnam's accent relocates from scene to scene.
Here is the biggest downfall of King Arthur, it reminds you of a host of better films, it's like Gladiator without the Gladiator, it's like Lord Of The Rings without The Lord Of The Rings, it's like Monty Python And The Holy Grail without the Monty Python or The Holy Grail, it's like Hamlet without the sophistication or epicness, it's like all of these films, but isn't actually as good or ambitious as any of them.
King Arthur has moments of pure beauty, that get totally lost in a whole world full of conflicted plot lines, silly storytelling and poorly thought out characters.


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Frequently instructed by family law firms when there is an immigration element to a family law matter.
Publications and training
Author of the immigration law chapter in the publication: 'Surrogacy Law, Practice and Policy in England and Wales.'
Author of the LexisNexis article 'Immigration certification—'remove first, appeal later''.
Author of the immigration chapter of the Law Society Publication "Civil Partnership – the Law in Practice";
Co-author of 'International Surrogacy Arrangements', Family Law Journal.
Tutor of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association course 'Significant Others' which deals with immigration law for partners.
Tutor of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association course on surrogacy and immigration law.
Memberships and volunteering
Member of the Law Society Immigration Law Committee.
Volunteer for UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group.
Member of the advisory board of SOGICA, a research project that explores the social and legal experiences of asylum seekers across Europe claiming international protection on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Member of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA).
Read law at the University of Cambridge.
Law school at the College of Law, London.
Qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and joined Wesley Gryk Solicitors in January 2000.