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Already Too Many DUI Wrongful Deaths in 2014
On Behalf of Makarem & Associates | Mar 28, 2014 | Articles
It's really sad to say, but there have been a larger number drunk driving deaths already in 2014. It's even sadder to say that many of these deaths were people who didn't deserve to die. But, because someone chose to be careless and irresponsible while drinking then decided that they'd get behind the wheel and drive, the results have been devastating to many families across the US lately.
It's already happened right here in California a few times this month. One man on a motorcycle was killed after a guy who was too drunk to know how to pay for his food (he tried to pay with a health care card at the drive thru window) sped off and hit him in an intersection. Two drunk drivers ran into each other head-on a few weeks back on Osgood road, but that wasn't the worst part of the story. One of them was a 33-year-old mother (someone who should be old enough to know better) named Patricia Serratos who paid the ultimate price for her uncaring attitude when her 4-year-old baby girl got killed in the accident. Not only was she too drunk to drive, but she was also too intoxicated to remember to strap her little girl down in the back car seat.
Wrongful deaths caused by drunk drivers happen all the time from the West coast to the East. In South Carolina, there was another incident that separated two more children from their mom, only this time it was an innocent parent that was killed. At the tender age of 27, Crystal Grizzard was taken away from her family forever as Austin Cedar, a man who wasn't even old enough to drink in the first place, hit her head on, killing the Applebee's manager instantly.
People inside vehicles are not the only victims of wrongful deaths caused by drunk drivers. Some intoxicated motorists hit pedestrians, and are sometimes so intoxicated that they keep driving after they the accident. According to the Dallas News, that's exactly what 29-year-old Justin Lott did when he struck Oklahoma State student Kasey Wachoff. It's a shame that this smart young woman had to lose her life because someone decided to drive their car after drinking too much.
The innocent victims who have died in wrongful death cases due to drunk drivers will be remembered by their families and friends forever, but their passing could have been avoided. If you or anyone you know has been affected by the unfair death of a loved one due to a careless drunk driver, please contact one of the wrongful death attorneys at Makarem and Associates directly at310.312.0299 or by email at [email protected].


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Ventura station
Ventura (Japanese guitars)
Vegetarianism and wine
Trenton Doyle Hancock
The (sur)name Ventura (English pronunciation: /vɛnˈtʊrə/, Italian: [venˈtuːra], Portuguese: [vẽˈtuɾɐ], Spanish: [benˈtuɾa]) is Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for "good fortune".
Ventura may refer to:
Ventura, California, US
Ventura, Iowa, US
Ventura Boulevard, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, US
Ventura County, California, US
Ventura Freeway, a highway connecting downtown Los Angeles with Ventura County, CA
Ventura Rodríguez (1717–1785), Spanish architect and artist
Cassie (singer), legal name Cassandra Ventura (born 1986), American pop and R&B singer
Charlie Ventura (1916–1992), American band leader
Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 1984), Brazilian footballer (goalkeeper)
Giampiero Ventura, Italian football coach
Jean-Baptiste Ventura (ca. 1792–?), Italian-born soldier, mercenary and adventurer
Jesse Ventura (born 1951), American wrestler, actor and politician
Johnny Ventura (born 1940), Dominican composer and singer
Lino Ventura (1919–1987), Italian-French movie actor
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Ventura is a passenger rail station in downtown Ventura, California. The station is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily. Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Ventura was the 33rd-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 125 passengers daily. The single platform is located on the south of the tracks with a view of the Santa Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands. The Ventura Freeway (Hwy 101) is parallel with and on the north side of tracks.
The Metrolink Ventura County Line terminus is in Montalvo at the East Ventura Metrolink Station since commuters traveling towards Los Angeles are better served by that station and overnight storage of trains in the downtown was impractical. Special service trains may come to this station such as service to the Ventura County Fair, in season.
Platforms and tracks
Neighborhood and destinations
Ventura County Fair at Seaside Park
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Ventura was a brand of stringed instruments imported from Japan by C. Bruno and Company during the 1960s and 1970s. C. Bruno was bought by Kaman (Ovation) in the early 1980s, after which the brand disappeared. Many of the guitars built during this time frame were known as lawsuit guitars due to the tendency of imported guitars to mimic the well-known American brands such as Martin and Gibson. Some of the Ventura guitars were knock-offs of the Martin line, such as the Ventura V-35 appearing similar to the Martin D-35.
The Ventura line included guitars (classical, western, folk, concert, electric, electro-acoustic), banjos, mandolins, and bass guitars.
Unofficial Ventura guitar website
Kaman Industries (parent company of Ovation) actually acquired C Bruno & Son in 1971. Although there isn't much in the way of records from this period, it is believed that Kaman contracted with manufacturers such as "Matsumoku" (parent company of brands such as Aria) from '71 until the brand was discontinued in 1982. There is also evidence that C. Bruno contracted with other companies before the '71 Kaman acquisition such as "Kasuga" and others.
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Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of veganism is known as a vegan.
Distinctions are sometimes made between several categories of veganism. Dietary vegans (or strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term ethical vegan is often applied to those who not only follow a vegan diet but extend the philosophy into other areas of their lives, and oppose the use of animal products for any purpose. Another term is environmental veganism, which refers to the avoidance of animal products on the premise that the harvesting or industrial farming of animals is environmentally damaging and unsustainable.
The term vegan was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson when he co-founded the Vegan Society in England, at first to mean "non-dairy vegetarian" and later "the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals." Interest in veganism increased in the 2010s; vegan stores opened, and vegan options became available in more supermarkets and restaurants in many countries.
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Wine is sometimes finished with animal products. Specifically, finings used to remove organic impurities and improve clarity and flavour include several animal products, including casein, albumen, gelatin and isinglass.
Non-vegetarian/vegan additives
Wineries might use animal-derived products as finings. To remove proteins, yeast, and other organic particles which are in suspension during the making of the wine, a fining agent is added to the top of the vat. As it sinks down, the particles adhere to the agent, and are carried out of suspension. None of the fining agent remains in the finished product sold in the bottle, and not all wines are fined.
Examples of animal products used as finings are gelatin, isinglass, chitosan, casein and egg albumen. Bull's blood is also used in some Mediterranean countries but (as a legacy of BSE) is not allowed in the U.S. or the European Union. Kosher wines use isinglass derived from fish bladders, though not from the sturgeon, since the kosher status of this fish is in debate .
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Trenton Doyle Hancock is an American artist. He was born in 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and grew up in Paris, Texas.
Hancock received a BFA from Texas A&M University-Commerce, and an MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia. Hancock makes prints, drawings, and collaged felt paintings.
The characters which populate his imaginary worlds include the Mounds, half-animal, half-plant creatures, which are preyed upon by evil beings called vegans.
Hancock was included in the American Folk Art Museum's "Dargerism" exhibit, showing the influence of Henry Darger on contemporary artists.
He is represented in New York by James Cohan Gallery and was featured in PBS' Art:21.
Trenton Doyle Hancock, PBS series Art:21 – Season 2 (2003).
About Trenton Doyle Hancock(archive), Cleveland Museum of Art
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Terminal Cities and Towns on Father Louis Hartman's Itinerary through Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. 1959 - 1960.
Since my recent trip through Lebanon and Syria offers ample material for a story, I am again asking the good office secretary of the Catholic Biblical Association of America, Mrs. Agnes Smith, to duplicate and mail out to you this third of my circular letters. There may or may not be more circular letters from me, depending on what the future offers. This time, at least, I have plenty to write about. Contrary to my usual practice, I even kept a sort of diary on my Syrian safari. But I will spare you the weariness of a day-by-day account. It will probably be more interesting if I give you a general outline of the tour and mention just a few of my experiences and impressions.
The trip began with an inauspicious start by being postponed for one day. We had intended to leave Jerusalem for the north on Monday, October 12th, but we did not get going till the following morning. On Sunday, the 11th, it was noticed that our car had some trouble with its steering gear, and it took all day Monday to get it fixed. Although it was really before the Syrian trip, the short drive we took that Sunday is worth recounting.
On that Sunday all of us of the "American School" went to the wedding of Miriam, who had been housemaid at our School for the past year or two. Miriam's home was at Beth-Jala, an entirely Christian village (though all Arab-speaking, of course) just a short distance northwest of Bethlehem, the home town of the man she married. Both Miriam and her husband are Greek Orthodox Christians. The match was mostly arranged by Miriam's parents, and she felt greatly embarrassed by the fact that her somewhat older bridegroom had only one arm. In fact, she said outright that she was not at all happy with the marriage. But she really had no good reason for her discontent. She is about thirty years old and would soon be left a hopeless oldmaid--a great hardship in this part of the world. Besides, her husband seems to be a fine man, who has worked hard, despite his physical handicap, till he now owns a grocery store in Bethlehem.
Ten day before, Miriam and the Bethlehem grocer Hanna (John) had their solemn engagement. The other members of the American School also attended this, but I had to go out with one of my visitors from the States that day and so I missed this part of the show. From what I heard of it, the "engagement" was really the marriage contract, at which the bride and bridegroom gave their mutual consent. I was told that the singing and dancing of the women which followed this first ceremony was of a wilder nature than the more sedate celebration which I witnessed after the "wedding" proper, which was really only the nuptial blessing.
On this Sunday morning we drove in our "School car" to Miriam's wedding at Beth-Jala, along the new road that leads from the Jordan part of Jerusalem to Bethlehem. The old Bethlehem road, further west, is now in part Israeli territory and closed to through traffic. The new road to the east must first go way down into the low Wadi en-Nar, "Valley of Fire," the lower extension of the Cedron (Kidron) Valley that runs between the Old City of Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. This new road is full of hairpin turns as it winds up and down the deep gorge. That is where our driver noticed that there was something wrong with the steering wheel.
The wedding was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., and we got to Miriam's house at about 9:45. Her parents' home consisted of just two rooms, both bedrooms, each opening on a large stone platform in front of the house, but with no direct connection between them. The bedding was carefully rolled up against the whitewashed walls--no bedsteads, of course. In one room a table was set with candies and cakes, wine and araq (Arab fire-water). In the other room Miriam sat like a queen on her throne, dressed in a stunning white silk dress that any American bride would have been proud to wear. It must have cost her grocer bridegroom several months income to pay for it. She looked completely incongruous in the midst of her sisters and other womenfolk, who were all dressed in their ancient costumes, dark dresses gayly embroidered with bright colors. We American visitors were the only menfolk. It was quite a while after the scheduled hour before the bridegroom with his male companions and the village priest arrived. I could not help thinking of our Lord's parable of the wise and foolish virgins, when the bridegroom was long in coming.
The religious ceremony, performed right in the little room of the thick-walled house, amid the olive trees, was quite long, lasting well over half an hour. Most of it was in Arabic, but a good part was in Greek. The priest was assisted by a man who was either a deacon or took the part of a deacon. Both were excellent singers. Sometimes each seemed to be singing a different melody simultaneously, yet with a strangely harmonious effect. The ceremony consisted of many litanies and blessings. Towards the end the priest put a crown of artificial flowers on the head of each of the couple, and he joined their hands after a ring ceremony (the latter an importation from the West?). After singing the Gospel in Arabic (I think it was our Lord's words on marriage, just as in a Latin Nuptial Mass), the priest placed the Gospel Book on the forehead of each of the couple. The ceremony ended with a blessing of bread and wine and a partaking of these by the priest, the bridal pair, the best man, and the maid of honor. An ordinary house table, put in the middle of the room, served as an altar. I doubt very much whether this was intended as a Eucharistic Communion in the strict sense. At least, there were no Greek words of consecration, though there may possibly have been a consecration in Arabic, which I could not understand. In any case, the maid of honor, Beverly Pope, the teen-age daughter of the Director of the American School, who is a Methodist, was given the blessed bread and wine with the others. Throughout the whole ceremony we all held lighted tapers, even the little children who were milling through the crowd and in danger of setting someone's clothes on fire. I trust that this did not make me an active participant in the ceremony, at which I was otherwise a mere silent spectator. The climax came at the end when the priest led the whole bridal party a half dozen times or more in Indian file around the "altar," while the old women let out whoops of jubilation. During this giddy running around the altar, the bride's mother trailed along with the bride and bridegroom, busily sewing their sleeves together with needle and thread. Before we drove back to Jerusalem, we had to share in the sweets and drinks, and each of us was given a "favor," a cute little porcelain box, with lid, full of Jordan almonds--very appropriate in the Kingdom of Jordan.
It is taking this letter as long to get started telling of the trip to Syria as the trip itself took in getting started. Let me first explain that this was not merely an ordinary tourist's sight-seeing journey. The land north of Palestine, that is, Lebanon (ancient Phoenicia) and Syria, is intimately bound up with Biblical history. As Biblical archaeologists, we are primarily interested in the ancient sites, the important cities of two to six thousand years ago, through which the commerce, the culture, and the invading armies of Assyria and Babylonia passed on their way to Palestine. Besides visiting the fine museums in Damascus, Beirut, and Aleppo, where much of the artistic remains of these ancient cities, as discovered in the archaeological excavations, are preserved, we visited many of the ancient mounds themselves, called "tells," under which the great cities of old are buried. Syria abounds in tells, only a small number of which have so far been excavated. We were fortunate in being able to visit four of these tells where active "digs" are now being undertaken. In each of these cases the director of the "dig," some world-famous archaeologist, showed us all over his tell and explained to us the things he was discovering. It was thrilling for me to be present at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) just as the Arab workmen, under the vigilant eye of Claude Schaeffer, who has spent some twenty years as director of this dig, were unearthing cuneiform tablets written around the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C. This excavation is under French auspices. In the same way Professor Mortgart of Berlin showed us around his new dig (only in the 2nd season) at Tell Khuweira in northern Syria, near the Balikh River, not far from the Turkish border; Professor Riis of Copenhagen guided us around his dig at Tell Sukas, at the Mediterranean south of Jebleh, which is south of Latakia; and the vivacious director of the Beirut Museum, Maurice Chehab, entertained us at his dig at Tyre, on the southern coast of Lebanon. This is definitely a much better way to visit an ancient site than it is when an excavation is finished. Thus, at the renowned sites of four-thousand year-old Mari and of two-thousand-year-old Dura-Europus, both near the Euphrates, we had to depend on guidebooks to identify the things to be seen.
This region to the north of Palestine is much less important for New Testament history. But in Damascus I walked the full length of "the Street that is called Straight" on which was the house of Judas where St. Paul was taken after he had been stricken blind on his way to persecute the Christians at Damascus. There are still some remains from Roman times on this street, but the street itself is now almost entirely part of the great "souk" or market of Old Damascus. A large Syriac Catholic church and school is on the traditional site of this Judas' house. I also visited the traditional house of Ananias at Damascus, where St. Paul was baptized, and likewise the place in the old city walls where St. Paul escaped by being let down in a hamper. There is a nice modern chapel here (also Catholic). But the trouble is that St. Paul's place of escape here is a new reconstruction in the medieval wall and of very dubious authenticity. In driving along the coast road between Sidon and Tyre in southern Lebanon, we covered the same ground that our Lord traversed when He cured the daughter of the Syrophenician woman. Here also we drove through the little village of Sarafand, ancient Sarepta, where the prophet Elias stayed during the famine with a widow woman--an event that Christ referred to when He was rejected at Nazareth.
Another legitimate object of our tour was to see the countryside itself of these northern regions, which has not changed much since Biblical times, as well as its people, who have retained much of the ancient ways of living. I don't want to discourse on the geography of the Near East, but a minimum of knowledge about it is necessary to understand something of the land we toured through. All along the coast north of Palestine there is a high range of mountains. Between the Mediterranean Sea and this "Lebanon" range there is a stretch of lower land of varying width, which is luxuriantly green all year round. The large groves of banana trees on this coastal plain show its tropical climate. The highest points in the coastal range are a little above 10,000 feet, higher than any mountains in the eastern United States. Inland, east of the coastal range is a long, wide valley, the Beqa'a, drained in its northern half by the Orontes River. East of this valley there are Mount Herman (topped with snow most of the year, but not at this time, autumn) and the Anti-Lebanon range. But as you go north up the Beqa'a, the latter range of mountains breaks up into chains of rolling hills, running off in a northeasterly direction. Finally, further east is the great Syrian desert, fertile only where irrigated from the streams that traverse it--the Euphrates and its northern branches, the Balikh and the Khabur. In that northeast part of Syria, called the Jezireh or "Island" (apparently because it is almost surrounded by these rivers) we had some of the most exciting times on our journey.
Now for something of the trip itself. There were five of us on the safari--all men, thank God! Dr. Pope, Director of the Jerusalem Sehool; Herb Bessj, fellow; Vaughan Crawford, who had just finished a summer "dig" in Iran and was on his way back to the Metropolitan Museum where he is Assistant Curator of the Near Eastern Sections; Omar, cook and major domo of our School, who did most of the driving and acted as our interpreter; and finally, myself. We kept a pretty strenuous regime. On most days, when we had large distances to travel and much to see, we started out on the road at the first streaks of dawn, about five in the morning. After driving for a couple of hours we would buy Arab bread and cheese in some village, and this food, with delicious fresh fruit bought on the way (mostly grapes and apples), would serve as our breakfast and lunch. Usually we tried to hit some larger city or town before nightfall at five in the evening, where we could get one good cooked meal a day. The hotels we passed the nights in varied according to the size of the towns we could reach in the evening. In the large cities we had really nice hotels; in some of the smaller places we had to be satisfied with rather primitive accommodations. One of these little inns where we once passed the night had a sign outside in English which proclaimed it "the most first class hotel." No doubt its rival hostelry was a real fleabag.
I had a Mass kit with me, so that even when I was not near a Catholic church, I could say Mass, which I did every day except one--when we had to spend the night in a tent on the desert. The assembling of this kit is a story in itself, too long to recount here. Most of its component parts came from the White Fathers at St. Ann's in Jerusalem; both the Dominicans and the Franciscans could not help me, since they needed their own Mass kits just at this time of the year. In the big cities of Damascus and Beirut I said Mass at the Franciscan churches, when we were not leaving too early in the morning. On the days when we made our five-o'clock starts, I had to get up before four a.m. in order to say Mass before the others got up. Since I got to bed by nine or ten in the evening, as soon as I had finished my Breviary, this worked no great hardship.
But even just riding in our car was often a pretty rugged experience. The main roads of Syria are hard-surfaced, but often pretty much broken up by the many big trucks that use them. Side roads are just dirt tracks, which often get outrageously bumpy. Our car was a Chevrolet carry-all, a sort of cross between a station wagon and a light truck, of about 1952 vintage, I think. When we put the larger pieces of baggage on the roof, we had plenty of room not only for the five of us but also for any stranger to whom we gave a lift on the road. These hitch-hikers are common in Syria. Several times without their valuable help as guides we would have been completely lost in the desert, where the tracks we were trying to follow often branch off into bewildering forks. No signposts in the desert, of course, and generally no one to ask the way.
Here's a brief outline of our itinerary. The first day from Jerusalem to Damascus, stopping only to see the great Roman ruins at Jerash in Transjordan. The second day sight-seeing in Damascus, especially its museum and its interesting "souk." On this day we applied for police permission to go into restricted "military areas" near the border, and we were told that it would take several days before we could get the necessary signatures. So, on the following day, we drove westward over the Anti-Lebanon range, across the Beqa'a, and over the Lebanon range, to Beirut. Of course, there is always much delay with passports and customs at every border crossing. We then spent three days touring Lebanon, the lovely little country that occupies the southern half of the coastal plain and range, together with the southern Beqa'a. Each day we had as our guide a remarkable gentleman, Mr. Qalayan, engineer for the Lebanon Department of Antiquities and professor of engineering at the American University of Beirut. The recent restorations at the enormous Roman temples at Baalbek ("the Baal of the Beqa'a"), through which he guided us, are mostly his work. There was hardly an antiquity site in Lebanon to which he did not take us. He spoke fluent English and French, as well as Arabic and Turkish and his native Armenian. So also did his wife and two daughters, college students. He entertained us at his home one evening.
Back in Damascus, we still had one day to wait for the "signatures" for our military passes. That was "Army Day" in Syria, a sort of Syrian Fourth of July. The hour- long fireworks that evening were at least as good as the best that I've seen at the Washington Monument on the Fourth. In my desert outfit--khaki shirt and pants and a "keffiyeh" or headveil that the Arab men wear--I roamed about the crowded streets of the modern part of Damascus that evening, sampling the exotic food that the street-vendors were selling, completely disregarding my earlier fears of getting sick from such strange food and drink. My fellow Americans were astonished when they met me as I was enjoying a boiled ear of fresh corn that I had bought from a man on the street. Most Arab foods are quite tasty, though perhaps too highly seasoned for Americans. They can do various things with rice, such as stuffing squash or eggplant with it. The ordinary meat is mutton, usually made into shish-kebbab or mishwi. In both of these forms the meat is roasted in small pieces on a skewer; in shish-kebab it is first finely ground and mixed with spices, whereas in mishwi the mutton is merely cut into small squares. In a native restaurant the kitchen is quite in the open. You can see the cook cut your piece of meat from the whole slaughtered sheep that is hanging there. Don't let the sight of him first shooing off dozens of flies disturb you; the roasting will kill the germs. It really is not as gruesome as it sounds. I was only sick once on the trip with something violently explosive in my innards. But the next day I was cured with a good medicine called "entero-vioforme."
From Damascus we finally got moving north, in one day to Aleppo, stopping only at the towns of Homs and Hama--at the latter place to photograph the big "norias" or water wheels, that use the flow of the Orontes River to lift water in buckets to a much higher level for irrigating the surrounding fields. Aleppo, Damascus, and Beirut are the only big cities in this part of the world, each with a population of a little less than half a million. Beirut is the most "western" of the three. The old part of Damascus is typically Oriental, but its new section is even more modern than Beirut. Aleppo is an Oriental city, even in its modern part.
From Aleppo we headed east into the Jezireh, the mostly desert region of northeastern Syria, to see the "Dead Cities" along the Euphrates and its affluents, the Balikh and Khabur. On the second day in this region we began to run into trouble with the forces of nature. While we were driving in the desert, black clouds came up which soon brought terrific wind. The air filled with so much dust that sometimes we had to stop the car till we could again see where we were driving. We were coming back from Abu Kemal, at the Syrian-Iraqi border (completely closed to all traffic). As we got near Deir ez-Zor, our headquarters for the night, near the junction of the Khabur with the Euphrates, it began to rain, and it rained all night long. Jerusalem has not yet had its first winter rain. But here the rain came earlier, and in torrents. The next morning it cleared up, and we pushed on north through the desert to Kameshli. The rain had already made some of the fields pretty muddy and hard to drive on. But we did not yet know what we were in for. The same torrential rains on the mountains of Turkey, which drain south into Syria, made the Khabur and Balikh (ordinarily almost completely dried-up riverbeds) overflow their banks on the following day and flood big stretches of the fields. However, we managed to get through most of the mud as we drove west that day, just south of the Turkish border, to Ras el-'Ain (Tell Halaf--an immense, very ancient mound, covered with fragments of "painted pottery") and to et-Tell el-Abyad (south of Abraham's stopping place of Harran, which is now in Turkey). At one spot on this dirt road we came to a small wadi (gully) that had about a foot-deep of rushing water in it and its steep sides all soft and muddy from the higher flood of the day before. Sitting right in the water of the wadi was a car full of men, women and children. Not only did they block our way, but we would get stuck in the same way, if we tried to make the crossing. However, the combined effort of both our group and the men in the other car saved the day. We merely had to get out and push, let the mud fly on us where it would.
We had intended to visit the German "dig" at Tell Khurweira early that afternoon, and then get to Jerablus (on the Euphrates, south of Carchemish) before nightfall. But with the slow driving through the mud and the delay at the swollen wadi, we could just manage to reach the German dig when the workers were quitting at sunset. Mortgart and his German assistants had no idea, of course, that we were coming. But they gave us the traditional hospitality of the desert, letting us share in their nice supper, and giving us the dining tent for our sleeping quarters overnight. Why I did not freeze to death that night, I don't know, I did not even catch a cold from it. The ground can be terribly hard and cold, with nothing but one thin blanket to wrap yourself in. I had not even taken a sweater with me on the trip. There is an astonishly great difference in the desert between the scorching heat of the sun and the freezing sparkle of the brilliant stars at night. The cold dawn at last came, and the hot coffee of the Berliners, before they started another day's work on the dig, was delicious. That was the only day on the trip when I could not say Mass.
The next day was the day of mud with a vengeance. We tried to drive further west, but our road was blocked by hopeless stretches of mud. We could not even get back east from the spot into which we had gotten ourselves. At one little village we met a man who said he wanted to go to Raqqa and if we would take him with us, he promised to get us there. Raqqa is on the main asphalt road from Aleppo to Deir ez-Zor. Once we got there, it would be easy sledding--I mean driving. Sure enough, our old Beduin guide knew all the desert trails and the best places to ford the swollen wadies. But at one place we really ran into trouble. This was a stretch of about a quarter of a mile long where we had to go through thick oozy mud. We just had to take this muddy trail because it led to a stone bridge over a deep wadi, which no car could cross at any other place. But at different holes along this hopeless track there were already two trucks and four passenger cars helplessly floundering. Some of these people had already been there for two days. We shared all our food with them. Then we all got down to work. The mud was beginning to harden and there was now a chance of getting through. Everybody pushed a car till its wheels got traction, and then the driver would gun it for all it was worth, while all the Arabs yelled at the top of their lungs: "Yalla! Yalla! -- Go! Go!" One of my Protestant companions remarked that it was more fun than a church picnic. After about two hours we got all of the cars, including our own, safely to the bridge; that is, all except the trucks, which had to wait for a tractor and towing chain to get them out.
When I speak about the "desert," you should not get the idea of sand dunes, such as there are in parts of the Sahara. The Syrian desert is mostly just hard, level ground, sometimes as far as the eye can see, as flat as the proverbial pancake, with practically nothing growing on it. It is an awe-inspiring feeling to be out on such a desolate plain, with not the slightest sign of life in any direction. On some parts, however, of this desert, there is a scanty growth of green. Here we would come across large flocks of sheep and goats or herds of camel. For me, one of the most interesting things was the wild life of the desert. Once we came upon four lovely gazelles, bounding along together in graceful leaps right near our car. At this time of the year the desert has enormous flocks of birds migrating south from Europe. There must have been millions of wild doves in some of the great clouds of them that we saw alighting on the desert. In the ruins at Dura-Europus I roused up a great big owl, which scared the life out of me. In the same ruins I suddenly came upon a fox right in front of me. I don't know who was the more frightened of the two of us. But he succeeded in slipping by me without him hurting me or me hurting him. On another day we saw a car full of men with shot guns madly hunting some kind of ploverlike birds of which there were hundreds all around. They were filling the trunk of their car with the shot birds as fast as a fisherman fills his fish box in the midst of a school of mackerel. The saddest thing was to see the strings of various sorts of pretty little birds that the boys were offering for sale along the road. When I asked what the birds were called, they said that they were "sparrows."
This letter has already gone on and on, further than it should. I shall have to shorten the rest of the account. Just one more little experience I had in the wild Jezireh, this one a happy one. We arrived one Sunday afternoon about four o'clock at Deir ez-Zor on the Euphrates. I walked by myself up the one main street to the town's edge, and was surprised to see a lovely Franciscan church. I thought it just as unlikely to find such a church here as to find one in the Gobi Desert. I went into the church and found October devotions going on. There were several dozen school girls, all in the same uniform (probably orphans), and a dozen or two men and women, saying the rosary in Arabic, with the bearded priest at the altar. When the girls sung the Tantum Ergo and pronounced the word Sacramantum like true Frenchies, it was easy to tell the nationality of the Sisters who were with them. The people never suspected that I, in my muddy khaki, was a priest. But they seemed pleased to see that such a wild-looking foreigner knew how to genuflect and bless himself with holy water. For my part, I felt as if I were at home, among my own, in this outlandish village at the end of the desert.
After getting back to Aleppo from Raqqa, we drove through magnificent Alpine scenery over the northern extension of the Lebanon coastal range to the little Syrian seaport of Latakia. No wonder the ancient Phoenicians made one of these mountains, Mount Saphon, the abode of their gods. From Latakia we visited Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit, on the coast to the north, and also the Danish dig at Tell Sukas to the south, near Jebleh. The headquarters of the Danes, their "expedition house," was at the edge of the village of Jebleh. There had been heavy rains here also. Our own car could never get through the mud to the Tell, four miles away, that was being excavated. So the Danes took us there in their four-wheel-drive, Russian-made jeep. This dig is being financed by the Carlsberg brewery of Copenhagen, and at the Danish expedition house we were treated to some bottles of Carlsberg beer, an excellent drink, or at least my desert-parched throat thought so.
The next day we drove from Latakia inland over the lowest part of the coastal range, through land sprinkled with ruins of Crusaders' castles, on our way to Homs and back to Damascus. We drove up a rocky side road all the way to the top of a mountain on which nests the most famous and best preserved of all the Crusaders fortresses, the mighty Krak des Chevaliers. The Saracens never succeeded in capturing this impregnable stronghold. Its knights abandoned it when it was the last and only Crusader castle left in this part of the world. To walk through its complicated fortifications and vast vaulted halls is to go back eight hundred years into the Middle Ages.
On Saturday, October 31st, we drove directly from Damascus back to Jerusalem, without stopping off, for lack of time, to visit the Jebel Druze area in the Hauran, as had been planned. We had, in fact, planned too much and not reckoned with the delaying mud of northern Syria. Thus, we also had to let go for a later trip the excursion to the renowned Roman-age ruins at palmyra. When I got to my room that Saturday evening, it felt more like "home" than I ever thought it could.


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Former Fifty Shades star quit film after breakdown
10th Sep 2014 6:00 PM
t wasn't the thought of being mocked in the dressing room by the cast of Sons of Anarchy, or the hours of shooting nude scenes that prevented Charlie Hunnam from taking the career-changing role in Sam Taylor-Wood's adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.
The actor, who was replaced by Jamie Dornan in the lead role, has admitted that he suffered a breakdown after he struggled to keep on top of his hectic filming schedule.
"I wouldn't have signed up in the first place if I didn't want to do it," he told Moviefone.
It was a really, really difficult time in my life.
"I was going to finish Sons... at like 11pm Friday night, get on the plane Saturday morning to Vancouver for Fifty... missing the whole first week of rehearsal and start shooting Monday morning."
"And I was going to shoot that film, wrap that on the Wednesday and the following Monday I was going to start shooting Crimson Peak [Guillermo Del Toro's 2015 film] in Toronto. I just had like... Frankly, something of a nervous breakdown."
"I just said, 'I can't... I can't.'
"To fail on such a grand scale - because Fifty's going to be massive, it's going to be huge. I really didn't want to fail on such a grand scale and I just couldn't transition from Jax Teller (his Sons of Anarchy character) to Christian Grey in 48 hours. I bit off more than I could chew and it was painful. I loved the character and I wanted to do it.
"It was just a s**t situation. I was really, really, sorry to do it. It was one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't situations."
He officially resigned from the role of Christian Grey in Fifty Shades... on 12 October, amid reports he was concerned about being typecast.
He later confirmed that his father, Billy, had passed away shortly before.
"I have had some family stuff going on so just trying to stay focused and stay positive and keep trying to do a good job at work and be with my family and stay positive," he told E! News at the time.
Born in Newcastle, Hunnam first appeared on British television when he starred as Nathan Maloney in Queer As Folk between 1999 and 2000.
He rose to fame in the lead role of Jax Teller in Kurt Sutter's hit FX TV series Sons Of Anarchy, before going on to land a lead part in Del Toro's Pacific Rim.
Watch the trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey (explicit content warning):
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Tonight, at the Rotaract meeting I went to, I discovered RIDS-Nepal. They're a nonprofit group that's trying to bring what they call the "Family of Four" to poor Nepali towns: clean water, latrines, smokeless stoves, and indoor lighting. They've developed and implemented designs for solar hot water heating to increase bathing and get rid of scabies; they've developed plans to teach Nepalis about greenhouses. The smokeless stoves are now considered official issue by the Nepali government, and reduce carbon monoxide emissions to the point where babies are no longer born brain-damaged. They're incredible.
Synopsis:Informational video about the RIDS-Nepal project and the "Family of Four": clean water, pit latrines, smokeless stove, and indoor lighting.


NDA's track and field team competed at the Three Rivers Athletic Conference Track & Field Varsity Championship on May 9th & 11th at Findlay High School and at the TRAC JV Championship on May 12th at St. Francis de Sales High School. Our varsity finished 3rd and our JV finished 2nd. NDA's event TRAC Champions include our 4x800M Relay team of Madeline Vining, Bridget Siebenaller, Emily Vining, and Lauryn Mick with a 9:43.44, Lauryn Mick in the 1600M Run with a 5:05.64, and Madeline Vining in the 3200M Run with a 11:48.75. Great job ladies!
Next up for the Eagles is the OHSAA District Meet at St. Francis de Sales High School on Thursday and Saturday, May 17th and 19th. Here is link to the time schedule for Districts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pcvuPQDIEdb3tb9eWkXyhVbyUJIt3sHSCpP_QysF9kk/edit.
Lauryn Mick- 1st- 5:05.64- TRAC Champion!
Madeline Vining- 1st- 11:48.75- TRAC Champion!
Madeline Vining, Bridget Siebenaller, Emily Vining, Lauryn Mick- 1st- 9:43.44- TRAC Champions!


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Spotify cuts 6% of its workforce, impacting 600 people
Romain Dillet
Music streaming service Spotify has announced that it will be conducting a round of layoffs that will impact around 6% of its global workforce. In its most recent earnings release, the company said that there were 9,808 full-time employees working for Spotify. Today's move will impact around 600 employees.
"Like many other leaders, I hoped to sustain the strong tailwinds from the pandemic and believed that our broad global business and lower risk to the impact of a slowdown in ads would insulate us," Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek said in a note sent to its employees.
"In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today, we are reducing our employee base by about 6% across the company. I take full accountability for the moves that got us here today," he added.
Ek's letter is quite long compared to other internal memos announcing layoffs. In addition to this difficult announcement, he says that Spotify isn't efficient enough to ensure the company's long-term success.
"We still spend far too much time syncing on slightly different strategies, which slows us down. And in a challenging economic environment, efficiency takes on greater importance," he said.
There are some adjustments at the helm of the company as well. Dawn Ostroff, the chief content and advertising business officer, will leave the company. Alex Norström will become the only person in charge of business as Spotify's new chief business officer — he used to be the chief freemium business officer.
Gustav Söderström, who has been the chief product officer for more than a decade, is staying at the company and overseeing most engineering and product work. So it sounds like there isn't much change on this front.
According to Ek, the company had to conduct layoffs because Spotify's current trajectory was unsustainable over the long run. "To offer some perspective on why we are making this decision, in 2022, the growth of Spotify's [operating expenses] outpaced our revenue growth by 2X […] As you are well aware, over the last few months we've made a considerable effort to rein in costs, but it simply hasn't been enough," Ek wrote.
Spotify employees who are impacted will be invited to one-on-one conversations over the next few hours. They will receive severance pay that will vary depending on local notice period requirements and employee tenure. On average, employees will receive five months of severance.
Accrued and unused vacation will be paid out and healthcare coverage will continue during the severance period. In a filing, the company estimated it will incur approximately €35-€45 million in severance-related charges. Spotify will also offer immigration and career support.
Over the past year, Spotify shares have dropped by 50%, to $97.91 a share. Shares are currently trading at $104 in pre-market trading, up 6.22% compared to Friday's closing price.
Last week, Microsoft announced that it was laying off 10,000 people while Google's parent company said it would cut 12,000 jobs. Amazon, Meta, Salesforce and many other smaller companies have all announced their own round of layoffs in recent weeks. Today, Spotify is joining this unfortunate trend.
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A Comparative Study of Rosuvastatin and Atorvastatin in Patients With Hyperlipidemia
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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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This study will be conducted to assess the status of oxidative stress inflammation and thrombogenesis in patients with hyperlipidemia and to compare the antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and antithrombogenic effects of rosuvastatin and atorvastatin.
Hyperlipidemia is the major risk factor for development of atherosclerosis which ultimately leads to cardiovascular disease (CVD), an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Atherosclerosis was previously considered as a lipid storage disease but now growing evidence indicates that increased oxidative stress, vascular inflammation and platelet activation play an important role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. Among the hypolipidemic drugs, statins, 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, have proved to be very much effective. Therefore, statins are the most widely used hypolipidemic agents. Evidence shows that besides hypolipidemic action statins possess antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and antithrombogenic effects known as pleiotropic action which might play an important role in attenuating the atherosclerotic process. However, pleiotropic effect varies with different members of statins.
The present prospective interventional study would be conducted in the Department of Pharmacology, Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, BSMMU from March 2016 to August 2017. Total 90 cases will be selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The cases will be subdivided into 2 groups: group A and B. Group A consisting of 45 patients who will receive rosuvastatin (5-10) mg orally once daily and Group B consisting of 45 patients who will receive atorvastatin (10-20) mg orally once daily for 08 weeks. Patient's blood sample will be collected to measure baseline lipid profile, malondialdehyde (MDA), erythrocytic glutathione (GSH), high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), prothrombin time (PT), platelet count. After obtaining baseline data patients will be assigned to the respective group. Parameters of baseline will again be evaluated after 08 weeks of therapeutic intervention. Regularity of drug intake will be ensured over telephone, pill count, and from the patient's compliance sheet. Patient's data will be recorded in a predetermined data sheet. Patients will be informed about study, its merits and demerits in easy language and then informed consent will be taken.Therefore, the present study has been designed to compare the antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and antithrombogenic effects of rosuvastatin and atorvastatin in hyperlipidemic patients to establish the superiority of a particular statin, so that it will provide a better therapeutic option in order to prevent CVD related mortality and morbidity.
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Suffering From Insomnia?Here's How To Stop It From Ruining Your Life
There's a lot of advice out there on how to combat insomnia. But what if you can't? How do you maintain your sanity when you're tossing and turning in bed for hours — or worse, when you've just woken up from a night spent tossing and turning? Obviously, that situation is not ideal, but it doesn't have to ruin your day — or your life. Read Also: Why Don't I Enjoy Sex?(Here's The Answer )
"Insomnia can come from many places, and sometimes these overlap," Dr. Benjamin Smarr, Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior at UC Berkeley and Reverie Sleep Expert, tells Bustle. "Usually one refers to insomnia when the sleeplessness is not caused by some other obvious cause, like side effects from medicine, anxiety, or bright lights and loud noises. The principle thing to do is notice how long it takes from when you want to go to sleep to when you get to sleep. If that is routinely a long time, or if you wake frequently and for many days in a row, then it's worth speaking with a sleep specialist."
There are many ways to treat insomnia, from cognitive behavioral therapy to magnesium and 5-HTP supplements. But these treatments don't always work every night, and you may find yourself needing to do damage control during or after a terrible night's sleep. Here's how to stop insomnia from getting in the way of your work, relationships, and life.
1. Occupy Yourself
Obviously, you want to try to get to sleep. But if it's not working, lying there with your thoughts is going to make you more anxious, Chris Brantner, Certified Sleep Science Coach at SleepZoo.com, says. And the more you lie in bed stressing out, the more you'll associate your bed with stress, which will make it harder to sleep, says Smarr.
"Instead, get up and do something," Brantner advises. "Just make sure it's not something that will amp you up. Do something in soft, dim light that's perhaps boring and monotonous. And make sure it doesn't involve a screen. Maybe read a book, fold laundry, etc." Smarr recommends doing this in a different room if you can. Once you've gotten tired out from this activity, give sleeping another try, and it might be easier.
2. Get Sunlight
"Getting in the daylight naturally energizes you and helps you wake up," Brantner says. "And there's something about the sun that just makes you feel better. Not only that, it can have the additional benefit of resetting your circadian rhythm, which could help with the following night's sleep." So, try to get outside as soon as possible the day after a crappy night's sleep, and take breaks to go outside as much as you can.
3. Exercise In The Morning
When your head is hurting and you can barely open your eyes, working out may be the last thing on your mind — but it's also one of the most helpful things you can do to wake up. "A morning workout is a good way to get the blood flowing, get endorphins flowing, and give you a morning boost," says Bratner. "Whether you got good sleep or not, it's a good idea to push through and start the day off right."
4.Take A Short Nap
Napping for around half an hour can help get you through the day after a sleepless night, says Bratner. Just make sure not to sleep more than that, or else falling asleep the following night may be even harder.
5.Don't Look At The Clock
"You want to avoid the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night and looking at the clock, which just adds stress to the fact that you can't sleep," says Bratner. To avoid the temptation to do this, hide any visible clock faces in your room and put turn your phone so that the screen is facing down (which you should be doing anyway so that the light doesn't wake you up).
6. Remind Yourself That At Least You're Resting
"A lot of insomnia cases are made worse by the anxiety of needing to fall asleep," says Brantner. "It's why sleep trackers can cripple some people into not being able to sleep." To avoid the downward spiral of worrying about your insomnia (and getting more insomnia as a result), remind yourself that even if you don't sleep, you're resting, and that in of itself is valuable.
7. Tell Yourself It Will Get Better
Brantner also suggests feeding yourself positive mantras throughout the day. For instance, if you're able to work out that day, tell yourself, "now I can feel recharged," he says. Or, if you feel like you're barely hanging in there, tell yourself, "I can make it to my nap this afternoon."
But Brantner says there really is no adequate substitute for good sleep. "I'd recommend anyone dealing with insomnia take a serious look at their sleep hygiene and their bedtime routines and do their best to create every possible opportunity for quality sleep," he says.
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Trịnh Cối (鄭檜, ?–1584) was the de facto ruler of Southern dynasty in only 1570 and official ruler during 1570–1572.

Biography
Trịnh Cối was born at Sáo Sơn village, Vĩnh Hùng commune, Vĩnh Lộc district, Thanh Hoa town (now Thanh Hóa province). He was the eldest son of duke Trịnh Kiểm and had a title Marquis Tuấn Đức (俊德侯).

In February 1570, Trịnh Kiểm has died, so emperor Lê Anh Tông gave Trịnh Cối the authority with new title Duke Đạt Nghĩa (義達公). However, some officials and generals didn't comply with Trịnh Cối, so they supported his younger brother Trịnh Tùng. April 1570, officials Lê Cập Đệ, Trịnh Vĩnh Thiệu, Trịnh Bách, Phan Công Tích with their inferiors went to Trịnh Tùng's house and advised him to plot a coup d'état. At first Trịnh Tùng pretended refusing for the suffering, then he agreed completely.

After the Northern dynasty heard the news about a confusion in Thanh Hoa, Emperor Mạc Mục Tông had assigned Prince Mạc Kính Điển to lead 100,000 soldiers with 700 warships to attack Southern dynasty. In August 1570, all of Thanh Hoa produced a stir.

Mạc forces came on waterfronts Linh Tràng, Chi Long, Hội Triều and occupied Bút Cương village easily and quickly. Northern dynasty garrisoned in Hà Trung, both parties faced about 10 miles. So Trịnh Cối was caught between Mạc forces and Trịnh Tùng, and he was reluctant to surrender to Mạc Kính Điển.

Immediately the Mạc forces cancelled marching orders, Trịnh Cối directed his mother, wives, children and inferiors about 1,000 persons to follow marshal Mạc Kính Điển in the backing Đông Kinh.  Emperor Mạc Mục Tông had conferred him a title Marquis Trung Lương (中良侯) and his inferiors "duke". All of them had been banished to the capital.

In September 1584, Trịnh Cối died. The Mạc dynasty declared the provisional truce, then consigned Southern dynasty Trịnh Cối's bones for the entombing.

A surrender made Trịnh Cối to be slighted by Lê dynasty's records, Trịnh clan annals haven't even recognize him as the leader of Southern dynasty. He was only recognized by Nguyễn dynasty's records. However, contemporary lord Trịnh Tráng (son of lord Trịnh Tùng) still conferred a posthumous title Archduke Trung Lương (忠國公).

See also
 Trịnh Tùng

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 Trịnh Kiểm died, gave Trịnh Cối the authority in 1570
 Blood of the throne

1584 deaths
People from Thanh Hóa province
Trịnh lords
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16th-century Vietnamese monarchs


Maybe One Day I Will Return to Writing.
Some comments by a reader have prompted me to say something about my recent absence. I have not been able to devote the time it takes to write these history posts as of late because my wife and I welcomed a baby into the world back in February. The little guy has completely captured my free time. Maybe one day I will be able to add the blog back into my juggling routine. Keep checking for updates.
I am looking forward to future installments. And congratulations on your new baby.
Ditto that last commenter! This is a GREAT blog. Perhaps the little guy can sit in your lap and add his own commentary while you write. It could be a learning opportunity!
Hope things get normal soon and you come back to it. I'd love to see the west side of the 200 block. I'd also like to talk to you about turning this into a book.


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11 Interesting Shocking Facts About The Cast Of "Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim"
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"Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" is the newest hottest kdrama on the block. Its interesting fast-paced plot as well as its cast chemistry is quickly making it one of the most viewed and talked about kdramas of 2018.
But who are the cast behind the newest tvN drama? Is there anything interesting that you need to know about them?
Today, I will talk about 11 interesting and shocking facts about the cast of "Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim?"
Park Seo Joon And Lee Tae Hwan Have Long Been Fans Of Park Min Young
Out of the entire main cast, Park Min Young is the sunbae of the group. She has been acting for such a long time back when Park Seo Joon and Lee Tae Hwan had been doing other things and weren't even thinking about acting.
Park Seo Joon has fond memories of Park Min Young, back when he had dreams of becoming an actor but hasn't actually started yet. He shared an interesting story of when he used to watch "Unstoppable High Kick" back in his army days; he said that his supervisor loved the drama so he watched it with him.
"I had a good impression of her since then. I hoped that we'd get the chance to work together one day since we're around the same age, and now I got the chance to do it. The director keeps telling me that we have great chemistry, this inspired me to work harder."
Park Min Young also revealed that she has watched his previous drama, she said,
"He's such a good actor; I always wondered what it would be like to share the screen with him. He's a considerate person and a very talented actor who can easily embody his character, and can point out the things that makes his character special. I understand why people call him an expert I comedies.
He helps me out a lot and motivates me to be funnier for my role. I am fortunate to be working with such a great cast. We have such a nice atmosphere and we have good teamwork, I am fortunate to be able to work on this drama. "
Lee Tae Hwan also revealed that he was also a fan of "Unstoppable High Kick," he also called himself lucky to have been able to meet such a great cast in a great production.
"Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" Held A "Good Luck" Ceremony
"Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" is one of the few kdramas that hold something called 'good luck' ceremony, a ceremony that is held by Korean actors and actresses involved in a production in hopes of bringing good luck and fortune to the upcoming drama.
The ceremony was held back on May 15 in the city of Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi Province.
The main actors and the director were present at the event; they cheered on the drama and wished for its success.
And it looks like it has worked, because the drama premiered with impressive ratings, according to Nielsen Korea, the first episode scored 7.44% with a peak of 10.3% which is very good for a cable channel, the second episode also performed very well.
Its precedent, "My Ahjussi" highest rated episode 7.3% with a peak of 8.2%.
Park Min Young First Variety Show Regular Appearance Was Netflix's "Busted"
Despite the fact that Park Min Young has been working in the showbiz for a very long time, she hasn't been ever cast as a regular member of a variety show before 2018.
The actress is one of the cast members of Netflix's "busted," which is an investigative variety show where the seven cast members have to solve a mysterious case every episode.
The variety series showed a different side of the actress that has always been slaying with her acting skills.
Luckily, the variety show has been renewed for a second season.
"Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" Is Park Min Young's First Romantic Comedy Leading Role
It might be difficult to comprehend, but "Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" is talented actress Park Min Young's first romantic comedy leading role.
She has always been starring in action dramas, historical and melodramas throughout her career; she has never led a romantic comedy drama until 2018.
Fans can hardly believe that its her first time leading a romantic comedy drama, why hasn't she picked a romantic comedy before? It suits her so well; she's a natural and is doing very well as Secretary Kim.
We hope that this drama becomes a huge success that'll drive Park Min Young to take on more romantic-comedy leading roles.
Park Min Young Still Keeps In Touch With Lee Joon Gi
Remember the time we shipped Park Min Young with Lee Joon Gi?
When they both took part of tvN's "My Ear's Candy" which is about friendship between male and females actors, our hearts fluttered at how sweet they were together.
Sadly, the way the episode was edited made it out to be more romantic, which ended up causing issues as it was later revealed that Lee Joon Gi was dating actress Jeon Hye Bin.
It was around the same time Lee Joon Gi was shooting the variety show episode.
Back then, it didn't land well with fans who thought that they have been misled by the way the program was edited. Lee Joon Gi gave encouraging words to Park Min Young that led her to tears.
There was even a special episode dedicated for them both which ended up being cancelled because of the controversy surrounding Lee Joon Gi's dating life.
In an interview, she revealed that she was encouraged by his sweet warm words and revealed that she still keeps in touch with him from time to time.
This Is Park Min Young's And 2PM's Chansung Third Collaboration
"Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" isn't the first time Park Min Young and 2PM's Chansung worked together.
They previously shared the screen in "Unstoppable High Kick" back in 2006-2007; they were part of the supporting cast and it was when they both started their acting careers. They reunited last year in the melodrama "Queen For 7 Days."
This is their third time working together; 2PM's Chansung is playing the role of Go Gwi-nam, an employee of Yoomyung Group. He is known for his handsome looks and elite education.
His character is yet to be introduced in the drama; the first two episodes didn't feature his character yet.
2PM's Chansung is one lucky guy!
People Didn't Think Park Seo Joon's Suited his Character
Believe it or not, some netizens didn't like it when they found out that Park Seo Joon was taking on the role of vice president Lee Young Joon in this drama.
Park Seo Joon addressed those haters and their groundless complaints through the press conference of the drama. He revealed that he read those comments of people who didn't think he was handsome enough to play the role, he wittily replied,
"When news of my casting came out, there were fans who loved the original webtoon that commented, 'He's not a good fit,' and there were also others who thought that I would be well-suited. There were many different responses."
"However, to those who think I'm not a good match, nothing can be done about it now. It's too late. I've already started filming for the drama. I've started, and I have to finish, so please put away your complaints, and I would be grateful if you kept an eye on my acting.
The production staff worked so hard to take the original webtoon's clothing and hair into consideration. They particularly took a lot of care in designing the costumes. To be honest, I only own one suit, but in taking on this role, I ended up wearing almost entirely bespoke suits."
Those haters must have nothing to complain about now having seen how good Park Seo Joon is playing his role. A webtoon is a thing and an adaptation is another. The remake of the webtoon doesn't need to match everything 100%.
Lee Tae Hwan Admitted He Was Nervous Playing A Much Older Role
Lee Tae Hwan is born in 1995, he's playing someone who is 35 years old, a character more than 10 years older than his actual age, he admitted that he felt pressured by his role.
He is much younger than his on-screen younger brother played by Park Seo Joon yet he is the cold-hearted best-selling author giving his younger brother trouble. About that he said,
"I have played a lot of characters in their 30s. This time, it is an even older mid-30s role.
I do feel pressure, it would be a lie to say I don't, but I studied with the thought of approaching it as a character and expressing it beyond age.
The director jokes that I don't look like I'm in my 20s. I think this could be a great strength for me."
We can't wait to see him slay his role.
Park Seo Joon Is Very Close To Many SISTAR Members
Park Seo Joon is known for being a friendly actor; he's friends with BTS's V, Park Hyung Sik, Kim Woo Shik and many other actors and idols.
He is known for being one of the very few lucky actors who have worked with 3 members of the former beloved idol group SISTAR.
He starred in "Family" with Dasom, "Dream High 2" with Hyorin, and MC-ed with Bora on a music show. So he knows all of them very well. They meet up from time to time and even keep in touch with each other.
He also most recently reunited with Hyorin. Hyorin shared a photo of the two together in Los Angeles; Park Seo Joon was being an absolute gentleman lowering his legs to match her height.
Lee Tae Hwan Is Close Friends With Lee Jong Suk
Lee Tae Hwan has shared the screen with Lee Jong Suk in the famous drama "W: Two Worlds."
The actor talks fondly of Lee Jong Suk. The two previously bonded while sharing the screen in "W: Two Worlds" together.
Lee Tae Hwan talked about how Lee Jong Suk was like a mentor to him, saying, "Lee Jong Suk is someone who can teach you a lot. He gives me a lot of good advice concerning acting.
If there is something I'm pondering over, he'll contact me and listen, give me advice, and buy me god food. He's really kind and awesome. He's a guy I want to learn from."
This Drama Is Pyo Ye Jin And Park Seo Joon Second Collaboration
"Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" is the second time Pyo Ye Jin and Park Seo Joon have worked together.
The first time they've worked together was in 2017's "Fight My Way," although they didn't have many scenes together because their characters paths didn't cross often.
This time it's different, Pyo Ye Jin is playing the replacement of his longtime Secretary, Secretary Kim. This is their second time working together; they have great chemistry in the drama.
So, what did you guys think of the article? Do you like it? Have you checked out "Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim" yet?
You can check out episode 1 and 2 review and recap of the drama here.
Tags: 2PM, Chansung, Lee Tae Hwan, Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon, Pyo Ye Jin, Whats Wrong With Secretary Kim
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Everything You Need to Do on Your Next California Road Trip
By Jeff Miller Published On 09/04/2015
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By Jeff Miller @jeffmillerla Published On 09/04/2015
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Whether it's one of the West Coast's most iconic road trip destinations or some under-the-radar weekend getaway, you're headed to some sort of sun, beer, and body of water combination in California this weekend. No matter where you're going, there's going to be some awesome thing nearby you didn't even know to check out, from insane abandoned stuff, to beautiful hidden spots, to one of the state's best burgers, burritos, bars, whatever.
Consider this your cheat sheet to all of them, the best the state has to offer in all of the categories that matter.
The Best Lunch Spot in 38 LA Neighborhoods
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Eat one of the best burgers in the state
When it comes to picking the best burgers in the entire state of California, there really are no losers. Unless you only pick 19, in which case there are, like, thousands of losers. READ MORE...
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Explore California's hidden-est gems
It's beautiful enough, that no matter how many Half Dome hikes you take, you're still never even going to scratch the surface of all the Instagrammable wonder the Golden State has to offer. But that doesn't mean we're not gonna help you try: here are the 15 most beautiful places in California you didn't even know existed. READ MORE...
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Drink in one of the Golden State's best bars
If we're being honest, we pretty much love every bar in California. Because, well: alcohol. Still, there are a few Golden State drinkeries that raise the, ahem, bar, for the rest of them. The best bars in California, as it were. And they are... READ MORE...
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Find an amazing abandoned barracks, an airplane boneyard, and more
If you've ever seen I Am Legend or 28 Days Later you know that 1) there's something eerily fascinating about abandoned places, and 2) zombies are assholes. Providing you with all the eerie fascination you can handle, but none of the "zombie dogs killing your German Shepherd," here are the 14 most insane abandoned places in California. READ MORE...
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Hit one of California's most ridiculous water parks
Much like the members of the Avengers, not all California water parks are created equal (seriously, Hawkeye's power is... really good aim??), which is why we put together this list of the best ones, and then unapologetically ranked the heck out of them, from 10 to 1. READ MORE...
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House one of (all of?) the state's top burritos
As 2Pac once rapped, "Out on bail, fresh out of jail, California dreaming. Soon as I step on the scene, I'm hearing hoochies screaming. Fiending for money and alcohol and... a list of the best burritos in the entire state of California, especially if it's written by those dudes at Thrillist." Oh, hey, look what we've got here! READ MORE...
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Check out the secrets of the California coast, including the glowing night waves
The California coast, like Gretchen Weiners' hair, is full of secrets. These are the best of them, from an ocean blowhole you can jump inside of (?!?) to a sunken ship that only appears once every 20 years. READ MORE...
Spend time in an underrated town
You already know all of the reasons you should hang out in San Francisco (food and views), Los Angeles (attractive people and good bars), and San Diego (beaches and panda bears). But what you maybe don't already know is that California is chock-full of other small cities (towns, even) that also have a ton of fun stuff to do and see, even more delicious stuff to eat and drink, and are definitely worth a visit. For example, these eight places, which boast everything from trail rides along the coast to an alleyway filled with bubble gum. READ MORE...
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Jeff Miller is the editor of Thrillist LA, and needs to go on a California road trip, like, now. Follow him on Instagram at @jeffmillerla and on Twitter at @ThrillistLA.


Microsoft just can't seem to finish anything related to business applications these days.
The latest case in point is the Microsoft Business Framework (MBF). Microsoft appears to have all but given up on building the MBF, sending half of the 200-plus development team back to Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), the unit responsible for business applications, and half remaining with the Platform and Tools division, where they've been working for the past two years.
MBF was to be a set of lower level software application components to provide core business functionality upon which higher level applications and systems could be constructed. The original plan was for MBF to be the underlayer for Project Green, the successor to Microsoft's current disparate business applications, such as Great Plains, Axapta, Solomon, and Navision. MBF would be an open platform that would also allow third-party developers to build industry specific applications that would easily interoperate with Microsoft's own business apps.
Microsoft, of course, is claiming that the break up of the MBF development team really doesn't mean anything, and that MBF will still be delivered, but just in a different way, with bits and pieces showing up in other products, etc., etc. Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft Watch has a good summary of the history of fits and starts with MBF.
One Spectator reader has given me some interesting insights into the history of MBF and the current situation with Microsoft Business Solutions. Note that my editorial comments are in [brackets].
The pre-history of MBF originates from then independent Great Plains where they worked on the next generation Business Apps Platform. One of the reasons that Microsoft bought Great Plains was some promising ideas from the Great Plains R&D team.
However, the release of even bits of the new generation technology was characterized by constant delays and problems. At Stampede 2002 the MBS people even joked that every year since 1999 a new and better thing was promised but either was not delivered or when it was launched the result was a failure. Mostly it was related to portal technology and it was more related to Solomon than Great Plains.
Surprisingly, the [MBF] development environment for the entity persistence model was Rational Rose. Microsoft distributed a MBS Great Plains branded Rational Rose trial as THE development environment for MBF, but alas, IBM bought Rational Rose. Then the big issue was to tweak MS Visual Studio to accommodate all that was lost when they had to abandon use of Rational Rose.
There was a big undertaking by the MBF team and the Navision team in Denmark to port Axapta to .NET-MBF, but that effort was soon abandoned.
Part of delay for MBF may be associated with the delays and stripped down functionality for Longhorn [the next generation of MS operating systems], but I do not believe that this is the core reason. The most important reason for the delay of MBF is the delay of WinFS [the next generation Windows file system]. In the entity persistence model, the integrated security model is actually the core function related to MBF.
My source goes on to provide some insights into MBS product development in general.
In the meanwhile in 2002-2003, project Magellan was started....The outcome was MS Office Small Business Accounting, which was a total re-write in C# and MSDE. The database layer for this product is very heavy, with hundreds of stored procedures, functions, and triggers. It is really more like Great Plains, not like Axapta and Navision. The database layer is so heavy and the database normalization structure is so far thinking that it makes me think that this is the way the next generation unified business applications will be developed.
The packaged software thinking of Microsoft was reflected in many product policies over time. Now they have finally switched back to developing all products independently and trying to rescue Project Green by releasing it in waves.
Surprisingly, Navision is not a friend of MS SQL Server at all. There is big degradation at 30 users and a plateau at approximately 100 users. Furthermore, Axapta scales better on Oracle than on MS SQL Server, and it does not support SQL Server 2005 up till 4.0 or even later.
He also speculates on potential acquisitions and the situation among the MBS VARs.
It is possible that Microsoft will start buying market share. Epicor may be the prime candidate, but there may be others.
Just as there are problems with MBS being profitable, the MBS VARs also have been in trouble, especially the large ones. Some have been running at huge losses for several years before being bought by someone. At least so far this has not resulted in Microsoft buying some of its big VARs--that would definitely upset the community. But watch out for hidden support measures, such as more discriminatory margin structures or industry builder initiative financing.
Although this entire post paints a pretty bleak picture concerning Microsoft's development efforts in business software, I am not by any means suggesting that software buyers stay away from Microsoft's offerings. I continue to short list Microsoft's business solutions where they appear to be a good functional fit. Microsoft may be having difficulties, but it has the resources to deliver--something that can't be said for many of its competitors in the small and mid-sized business market these days. But first, it needs to get its act together and start delivering stuff.
If you have different information, or an opinion on anything in this post, please feel free to email me or use the comments section of this post.
The speed degradation is similar on both native and SQL, however, on SQL it is less prone to locking problems at higher user counts.
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