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Home Fashion Interiors (HFI) in Alpharetta now has their virtual tour on Google Street View!
HFI features an impressive selection of fabrics for special order pieces, a massive collection of leather furniture, bedroom furniture, dining room sets, chairs, ottomans, lamps, paintings, wall decor — and everything in-between. The stunning showrooms have been expanded to over 33,000 square feet.
To showcase the entire facility, eighty-three virtual tour photos were published with their precise locations logged. Future changes to the furniture display areas can be easily updated with new tour photos.
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Fraser and Neave Ltd (F&N) received an offer of roughly $1.1 billion for its hospitality and apartment unit. The bid was said to complicate Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's efforts to takeover of the conglomerate. However Fraser and Neave (F&N), the Singapore-based conglomerate, informed that it turned down a $1.1 billion offered bid from the unnamed party to buy its hospitality and serviced-residence unit.


An amazing piece featuring ancient roman glass that is excavated in Israel that dates between 100AD & 400AD and after 2000 years in the earth it has a beautiful sea green glow. On the flip side a Widow's Mite is set, an original coin dating between 135BC and 29AD it was the lowest denomination coin in Jerusalem at the time. Made famous by the biblical stories told by Mark and Luke. The tales tell of a Widow who donates two Mites to the church and is ridiculed by the wealthy business men around her, Jesus in anger flips the stalls of the business men while proclaiming that even though the widow only donates two mites it is all she has challenging them to do the same and donate all they possess. The coin face spins so you can show off either side, the ring itself has been hand crafted in sterling silver. Each piece is hand crafted in Israel.


Each year, plenty of people ask the question, "Should I get a influenza vaccination?" For many of those people, the answer is already defined and it is "Too bad, you're getting one." Some states, such as New Jersey, have made flu shots mandatory. In Jersey, children 6 months to 5 years old must be vaccinated in order to attend a licensed daycare, preschool or pre-kindergarten, in spite of protest when the law was enacted in 2008. On a different front, hundreds of hospitals across the U.S. have mandated flu shots for employees, under the contention that it improves patient safety. Again, there was turmoil created, including seven workers at Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital being relieved of their jobs for refusing to roll up their sleeves. The reasons against the shot are widespread, including religious beliefs, allergies, vegan lifestyle, uncertainty about safety and efficacy and simply freedom of choice, to name a few.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to have 90 percent compliance in inoculations by the health care work force by 2020. The American Nurses Association and National Nurses United, organizations that represent more than 300,000 nurses in the U.S., think the shot should be recommended, but not mandated with unemployment repercussions to non-compliant employees. What that means…get ready for some battles in court.
Now, this isn't an exercise to debate the finer points of individual liberties versus public responsibility. This is an opinion encouraging due diligence to make an educated decision. There's plenty of arguments in either case for today's flu vaccine, with some calling the push a "marketing machine" and others saying it has absolutely no value, while the CDC still maintains its vaccination recommendation. It's also a realization that one day the flu shot may be mandated nationwide, just as other vaccinations that have stifled once-prominent or deadly diseases like polio, measles and cowpox. In order for that to happen, though, it seems that some significant strides are necessary to effectively fight the ever-mutating influenza viruses.
Why? Well, because today's treatment is a bit of a crap shoot, with current formulations only having the ability to include three strains of the flu virus. Each year, a think tank of CDC and affiliates evaluate data and take a guess at which three types of flu will infect people in the upcoming flu season. This is out of countless possibilities and surely can't include new mutations that haven't surfaced yet. Then they proceed to approve manufacturers. For the 2013 season, the three strains targeted were A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus, A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2)-like virus, and B/Wisconsin/1/2010-like virus.
Sanofi Pasteur provides about half of the flu vaccines in the U.S. The nation apparently ran low this year. According to CNBC, as of January 4, there were only about 7 million inoculations left out of the 135 million produced for this year's flu season. Obviously, people are acting upon the CDC's recommendation (or being told they have to).
Australia is also feeling the surge of people wanting the flu vaccine. A department spokesman for the National Immunisation Program in Australia said on Monday that unprecedented demand for flu shots is causing a shortage of vaccination shots in the country. The organization provides free shots to people most susceptible to the flu. CSL Limited, as the only manufacturer of the flu vaccine in the southern hemisphere, reported on Tuesday that it has restarted production of its flu vaccine to meet demand.
The crux of the potential for future demand and effectiveness of a flu vaccination seems to rest in the ability of a company to develop a "universal" flu shot that can protect against more than the three strains comprising today's treatment or to develop methods to expedite vaccine production.
Through a partnership with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Novartis, in a collaborative effort with Synthetic Genomics Vaccines Inc., has made huge strides in genetic code processes to replicate new viruses and quickly develop a vaccine.
Don't think vaccines can't potentially carry serious side effects. A lot was made of Glaxo's Pandemrix, a monovalent 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine that was used in Europe during the 2009/2010 flu season. Apropos, Pandemrix was never approved in the U.S. and was never used again overseas. The UK Health Protection Agency discovered evidence earlier this year that the vaccine, which includes an adjuvant to stimulate the immune system's response to the vaccine, was linked to narcolepsy in children.
New processes could be blazing the trail to next-generation vaccines.
In January, the FDA approved Flublok, the first trivalent flu vaccine made using an insect virus expression system and recombinant DNA technology. Developed by privately-held Protein Sciences Corp, Flublok was approved for seasonal flu therapy in people 18 to 49 years of age. The vaccine is made by putting hemagglutinin, a protein from the flu virus, into a virus that infects insect cells, then culturing the cells to grow the protein. Clinical data showed Flublok to be about 45 percent effective against all flu strains, not just three like today's standard vaccine.
Flublok could be the transition to the next wave of flu vaccines as the technology does not include growing the virus in chicken eggs, as is done in current vaccines, not only expediting manufacturing time, but also making the vaccine available to vegans who don't want any part of an animal in their body as well as those people with egg allergies. Using cell cultures, rather than eggs could cut production time from about six months down to about eight weeks.
Interestingly, institutional investors in Protein Sciences include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Pfizer, Inc. (PFE).
Overseas, Lothar Stitz of Friedrich-Loeffler Institut in Germany and colleagues are using messenger RNA, a molecule that tells cells which proteins to make, to develop new flu vaccines with promising data to date through in vivo research.
In the States, Madison, Wisconsin-based Flu-Gen is readying to start clinical trials on its REDEE FLU vaccine that infects the nasal canal with a live virus (rather then dead ones like current approved vaccines), priming the immune system. The company has a goal to maneuver down the regulatory pathway to commercialization by 2019.
U.S. World News and Report said last week, "It's time to worry about the new Chinese bird flu," in an article discussing the latest developments of the H7N9 virus now infecting more than 100 people, including 22 deaths, and spreading outside of China to Taiwan. The article states that the new version of flu is "very, very unsettling" as a new mixture of three different types of bird flu variants that has been spreading in chickens unnoticed.
Blue Bell, Pennsylania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO) is mentioned in the article for its plans to test the new strain in a controlled lab environment. The company is developing its SynCon vaccine as a new means to create a universal seasonal flu vaccine protecting against known flu strains like H1N1, H3N2, Type B flu strains, subtypes and more as well as new, unmatched strains. Inovio has partnered with Merck & Co. (MRK), the U.S. military, National Institute of Health and more leading names in the health care/biotechnology space in the development of its vaccines. The company is developing vaccines for a variety of diseases, including cervical dysplasia, HIV, hepatitis C, malaria and leukemia, but for the intent of this article, influenza, using a DNA-based vaccine platform that is made in pure water.
Much like the advancements made by Flublok and others aforementioned firms to think outside the box, Inovio's platform provides scalability, a broader therapeutic and far faster manufacturing than current methods. The company delivered positive interim data in December from an ongoing H1N1 Phase I clinical trial in elderly patients (>65 years of age) with additional data expected later this quarter or early in Q3. In vivo laboratory tests are also being conducted of vaccine constructs for A/H3N2 and Type B influenza.
Whether an advocate or an opponent of influenza vaccinations, the fact is that they are a growing part of the world in varying degrees. Some overseas countries aren't jumping on the flu vaccination bandwagon, but it certainly doesn't look like the U.S. government or U.S. organizations are going to wane from their leading roles supporting or mandating vaccinations. From an investors' standpoint, the majors above have a stronghold on global sales at the moment, but some technologies look to be coming down the pipeline that could provide an opportunity for either a junior to get a boon in value or one of those majors to develop new vaccines or to make an acquisition to potentially grab more of the market.
From a humanitarian standpoint, one can only hope that the mutating strains of influenza can be addressed with new therapies, whether through egg-based methods, cell cultures or genetic engineering to provide a more rapid response vaccine(s).


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Major-Injury Crash Blocks Multiple EB Lanes on I-80 in Berkeley
By Bay City News
Published Jun 16, 2019 at 12:47 AM | Updated at 10:10 PM PDT on Jun 16, 2019
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Four of five lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley were blocked due to a multiple-vehicle, major-injury collision early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said the four-vehicle collision was first reported at 12:08 a.m. just west of University Avenue. At least one person was seriously injured and only the No. 5 lane was open as of 12:38 a.m.
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It reminds me of Man Ray's "Ingres's Violin".
Have always liked this idea.
This is very clever! Love the shot and the editing. Very well done!
So you go around critiquing people's positive comments, do you? I don't have the time to google every image I like to verify that it's an original concept. I happen to never have seen a photo like this before and wanted to share my appreciation for it. Sorry if that offends you. Wow.
No, I don't "go around critiquing people's positive comments": I randomly seen this deviation, I randomly read the comments, and I simply couldn't avoid to let people know that this is not a unique concept after reading what u write because the web is full of people thinkin how cool and unique is something when it's not at all. But as I already said, this won't change the fact that the shoot itself is good as well the composition I'm not offended at all.
Well you sure showed me. Perhaps in the future you should consider avoiding that impulse. Have a nice day.
Sorry but I disagree. If I'm conviced about (just to make an example) that the moon is green - then someone points out to the fact that it's not - I'm more than happy to have been warned/noticed about something I wasn't able to see myself before. But what can I say, maybe I'm the weird one here Anyway I think this should well explain why, imho, I thought it was a good idea to talk with u about the above thing. Ps. I'm not such a bad person as it may seem, lol. I swear.


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By Leon Botstein
It is a pleasure to welcome the audience to this concert of the American Symphony Orchestra at St. Bartholomew's. St. Bartholomew's has a rich and noble history as a venue for concerts, particularly concerts that utilize its spectacular and legendary Aeolian-Skinner organ. Although the present organ dates from 1918, it incorporates much of the previous organ by Hutchings and Odell. The organ has been meticulously maintained. Its current configuration dates from 1971, when it was rebuilt just one year before Aeolian-Skinner closed its doors in 1972. It is one of the finest instruments in the United States and is ideal for a performance of the most famous symphonic work with organ from the 19th century, Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 which opens this program.
Leopold Stokowski, the founder of the American Symphony Orchestra, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this season, began his career in the United States as the organist and choir director of St. Bartholomew's. Ambitious and charismatic, he made the church on Park Avenue a major venue for secular concerts in New York. The popularity of these concerts would prefigure Stokowski's subsequent triumphant success as one of the major conductors of the 20th century. The two orchestras with which he is most closely associated are the Philadelphia Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra. He was not only a master of orchestral sonority, but an inspired interpreter known for spontaneous and imaginative readings of the standard repertory, which includes the organ symphony of Saint-Saëns. But it should be remembered that Stokowski was a leading advocate of new music and avant-garde modernism to the end of his long career. He pioneered in programming works by 20th century composers including Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, William Dawson, and a host of post-World War II Americans.
In his lifetime, he was the object of misplaced snobbery as a podium showman. This was largely the result of envy on the part of competitors and the corrosive snobbery of critics who resented Stokowski's innovative use of film and popular media. He was without question as fine and original a conductor as his rivals. He cultivated a lush string sound and had a keen sense of drama and rhythmic propulsion. One can observe his mastery of the technique of conducting in a film now available on YouTube made with the American Symphony Orchestra at Madison Square Garden of a rehearsal of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Tonight's program is constructed in part to honor Stokowski's legacy, first in the selection of a great late-Romantic symphony that features the organ, his own instrument (played by his current successor at St. Bartholomew's), and second with the kind of underappreciated music he was quick to champion. Saint-Saëns' well-known masterpiece is followed by a rare performance of Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D.
Smyth may very well be the finest woman composer of the late 19th and early 20th century period. The American Symphony Orchestra was participant in the first fully staged, complete performance of her operatic masterpiece The Wreckers at Bard SummerScape at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. That 2015 performance is also available on YouTube and on the Fisher Center's website. Another opera by Smyth, Der Wald (The Forest) was the first opera by a woman staged at the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to being an outstanding composer, Ethel Smyth was a determined and outspoken political activist, primarily on behalf of the women's suffrage movement in England. She was arrested for her role in protests against the exclusion of women from voting. Her 1911 "The March of the Women" became popular as a means of galvanizing political support for the right of women to vote.
She was, in addition, closely associated with Bloomsbury. She maintained close relationships with writers and intellectuals including Virginia Woolf. Her talents extended to sports. She was an accomplished equestrian and tennis and golf enthusiast. She achieved considerable fame in her lifetime. She was the first female composer to become a Dame by action of the King, and was honored with honorary degrees by the Universities of Durham and Oxford.
It is fitting that one of Smyth's finest pieces, the Mass in D is being performed in a major Anglican church. As Byron Adams, the program annotator for this concert (and arguably the finest expert on English music in the English-speaking world) points out, the Mass is organized to fit the Anglican liturgy. The composer Donald Tovey, the distinguished and celebrated English writer on music, compared Smyth's Mass to Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. There can be no higher praise for a sacred work based on the traditions of the Mass and written with concert use in mind. The ASO hopes this performance will inspire the long-awaited entrance of Smyth's Mass in D into the repertoire of orchestras throughout the United States.
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Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Linda Chavez-Thompson.
A second-generation American of Mexican descent, Chavez-Thompson grew up in Lubbock, Texas. An oft-told anecdote from her childhood told the story of a young Chavez-Thompson convincing her father that her mother should stay home and care for the household rather than working in the fields. She and her siblings threatened to walk off the job in support of her mother. Her father agreed and Chavez-Thompson got her first organizing victory.
In 1967, she started working as a secretary at the Laborers (LIUNA) local in Lubbock. As the only bilingual staff member, she soon became the union representative for Spanish-speaking LIUNA members. Before long, she was drafting grievances for workers and representing them in administrative proceedings.
Later, she moved to San Antonio and began working with AFSCME. In 1986, she began serving as a national vice president for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. Her accomplishments and hard work helped her become an international vice president of AFSCME in 1988, and in 1993, she was elected to serve as a vice president on the AFL-CIO Executive Council. In 1995, she won her election to become the federation's first elected executive vice president. She was the first person of color to hold one of the AFL-CIO's top three positions.
During her time as an AFL-CIO officer, Chavez-Thompson focused heavily on recruitment, particularly trying to convince more women and people of color to join unions. She also focused on teaching the importance of unions to young people. Even more successful were her efforts to partner with community groups in recruiting members and fighting back against anti-union efforts. She represented the federation and working people in a variety of organizations, including the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the United Way of America and the Democratic National Committee. She also was elected president of the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers, a part of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
Chavez-Thompson retired from the AFL-CIO in 2007.


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Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany (photo: Robert Scarth, Wikimedia license CC BY-SA 2.0)
Geographic Location: Western Thuringia, Middle Germany
The Reformation, one of the most significant religious and political movements in Europe in the last thousand years, began on 31 October 1517 in Wittenberg.
Martin Luther, who first arrived there in September 1508, nailed his 95 theses to the town church and fundamentally altered the course of western history.
500 years later, Wittenberg is the focal point for a decade of celebrations designed to bring the Reformation and its legacy to life at original venues across the town.
A wide-ranging calendar of events – from those rooted in religion and the Reformation to more conventional affairs such as fun-packed public festivals – put the spotlight on Wittenberg and its history.
Wartburg Castle in Eisenach also has a big part to play in the anniversary celebrations. Legend has it that Ludwig the Leaper founded the castle in 1067.
For over 200 years, its fortunes were closely aligned with those of the influential Ludowingian dynasty who ruled over Thuringia in central Germany.
The power and influence wielded by the counts grew rapidly thanks to their chess-like political maneuvering, appropriation of land and tactical marriages.
They received a further boost when their state became a landgraviate under the Holy Roman Empire. From May 1521 to March 1522, Martin Luther – who had been exiled by the Emperor and excommunicated by the Pope – stayed at the Bailiff's lodge of Wartburg Castle under the name "Squire George".
Throughout his detention, which was for his own safety, he lived and worked in a sparsely decorated room, which is now referred to as the Lutherstube.
Here, in just ten weeks, Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German from the original Greek text. The Lutherstube, which is the last stop on the museum tour of Wartburg Castle, still makes visitors feel they have been transported back to Reformation times.
For centuries, it has been a magnet for pilgrims and is considered the birthplace of the written German language. In December 1999, Wartburg Castle was added to the World Cultural Heritage list.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment that was originally designed specifically for individuals with self-harm behaviors, such as self-cutting, suicidal thoughts, urges to suicide, and suicide attempts. People with these behaviors sometimes meet criteria for a condition called borderline personality disorder (BPD). Individuals diagnosed with BPD also tend to struggle with other problems — depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, eating disorders, or alcohol and drug problems.
In our experience, the symptoms people experience exist for a good reason. Their previous experience has led to their developing a manner of coping that helped them survive difficult circumstances. Typically, people who benefit most from DBT are people who are highly sensitive by nature. They feel their own emotions and their environment deeply and intensely. Additionally, highly sensitive people often experience invalidation from their environment. Other people, who are not as sensitive, may not understand or accept a more sensitive person's experience, and thus try to convince them that they are wrong or bad for feeling as they do. When this happens often enough, it can cause a highly sensitive person to question and mistrust their own reality, their thoughts and feelings, in a way that creates distress. This leads to a vicious cycle of feeling misunderstood, wrong, bad, and miserable. This, in turn, leads to coping behaviors that tend to make the problems worse.
As DBT Therapists, we take the view that people are doing the best they can, and they need to learn to do better, be better at solving their problems. We also believe that people struggle with ineffective behaviors and unsatisfying relationships, not because they are bad or broken, but because they have not yet learned to be skillful in their approach to living and to relationships. Therefore, we look at issues with which people struggle, and the difficult emotions they experience as problems to solve. In DBT we promote the attitude that "even though I did not cause all of my problems, they are mine to solve." We approach therapy from a behavioral perspective; seeking to identify and promote or strengthen effective attitudes and behaviors, and seeking to identify and reduce or eliminate problematic or ineffective attitudes and behaviors.
3 types of problem behaviors include: Life Threatening Behavior, Therapy Interfering Behavior, Quality of Life interfering Behavior. These are addressed in order of importance, as listed here. DBT also has 3 primary phases. Phase 1 is the skills building phase, where we are focused on eliminating problem behaviors and learning and practicing effective skills. Phase 2 is the trauma resolution phase where, with some stability achieved by eliminating problem behaviors and improving skills, the long-standing emotional patterns are addressed in order to gain relief from chronic painful cycles. The completion of phase 2 often gives clients so much relief and access to skills that they choose to terminate therapy and live their lives. In phase 3, some clients choose to optimize their potential, seeking to pursue self-actualization or to engage in personal growth beyond being free of past patterns.
DBT consists of 4 parts as well, including individual therapy sessions, skills group, and coaching as the foundation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, as well as a consult group for the DBT therapists to monitor their own use of DBT to be sure they are adherent to the principles and practices. Clients also use a self-monitoring and self-report process using diary cards, in which clients track their own symptoms, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and these are reviewed weekly. Skills group teaches 4 primary skills of DBT: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness.
At Spectrum Recovery Solutions, DBT principles, concepts, and skills are incorporated into our treatment process for people struggling with addictive behaviors and relationship conflict. David Llewellyn and Alicia Allen are intensively trained in DBT. Betcy Walter, Michele Band, Paula Wilkinson, and Rena Essrog are trained in DBT skills.


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Mind in the Media: What's So Appealing About Oddball Wednesday Addams?
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Mind in the Media is an ongoing series discussing mental health and psychological topics in popular movies and television
Spoiler alert! This article contains major spoilers for the first season of the series Wednesday, now streaming on Netflix.
Netflix's Addams Family adaptation Wednesday, which focuses on the moody pig-tailed character Wednesday Addams during her teenage years, has become a major hit.
The story centers on Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) as she enrolls in Nevermore Academy, a school for so-called "outcasts," whose student body includes werewolves, vampires, sirens, psychics, gorgons, and all kinds of other teens with strange attributes and abilities.
While it's the kind of school that Wednesday should fit into perfectly—and is even where her parents Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez (Luiz Guzman) met—when she first matriculates, Wednesday is determined to be an outcast among the outcasts.
Yet, as time goes on, and as she becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a deadly monster stalking the woods near the school, Wednesday begins to form alliances and even *gasp* make friends.
Despite her preference for solitude and her lack of concern about fitting in, Wednesday has racked up plenty of fans in the real world. But why does Wednesday stand out even from her fellow outcasts, and what is it about her that's so engaging to so many viewers?
This article will examine potential psychological explanations for what makes Wednesday different before turning its attention to why her weirdness also makes her appealing, and even admirable.
Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe: What Makes Wednesday Addams Different?
In the first episode of the series, Wednesday is introduced as she walks through the halls of the high school she attended before Nevermore. Students stare and move out of the way as she passes, and it's clear that she doesn't have any friends and is unlikely to make any.
So when she finds her little brother Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) stuffed into a locker, she decides to teach the boys who bullied him a lesson—by throwing piranhas in the pool during their swim team's practice.
It's an extreme act, even for a member of the Addams family, a pop culture mainstay we've come to associate with all things macabre. Between the deed itself and Wednesday's lack of remorse for it, it would be easy to diagnose her with various personality disorders, and as a fictional character, much about Wednesday is heightened.
However, as the show goes on and the picture of Wednesday deepens, it provides enough insight into her to suggest several possible explanations for her preferences and seemingly sociopathic actions.
Wednesday's preference for solitude and her comfort with being alone all point to her being an introvert. As clinical psychologist David Tzall, PsyD, explains, "an introvert is someone who gets their energy from being away from people." That said, everyone wants to be around people and connect with others once in a while. Even Wednesday periodically appears to enjoy other's company, even if she's quick to hide it.
As Tzall notes, people's tolerance for social interaction falls at some point on a spectrum. "That means you're going to find people on either end of the spectrum," Tzall observes. "Some people [will] prefer not to be around people as much or prefer to be alone and… there's nothing wrong with that if they at least have people in their life that they reach out to or it's not disruptive to them. [If] it doesn't impair their life or their functioning, then that's perfectly healthy and appropriate."
Wednesday, with her headstrong independence and enjoyment of activities like playing the cello and writing, could be seen as an introvert who simply prefers to be alone most of the time.
Yet, Wednesday's rejection of others goes beyond an introvert's preference for alone time. Psychiatrist Sam Zand, DO, says she seems to be suffering from unresolved post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that stems from her experiences with being bullied by her peers.
The series makes it clear that while Wednesday comes from a loving family, she was bullied by other children from an early age. In one especially upsetting scene, Wednesday recalls a childhood incident in which a group of boys restrained her as they ran over her beloved pet scorpion with their bicycles.
While Wednesday brings the story up to explain why she no longer cries, it points to a formative trauma that would contribute to the teenage Wednesday's PTSD. It's an "exaggerated example, a Tim Burton example, of what kids go through," Zand explains. "That bullying very vividly taught Wednesday she can't trust society and that the world is a bad place."
Tzall concurs, sharing, "…having developmental trauma or having social trauma, being hurt consistently, really limits the world and your options. So we start to have a narrower and narrower approach to who we contact, who we trust."
As Tzall points out, when we meet Wednesday at the beginning of the series, she seems to feel: "I have no use for people because they've hurt me or they want nothing to do with me.... So I'm going to distance myself from everybody." As a result, her "approach is to constantly put up a wall" that will prevent her from being hurt further.
David Tzall, PsyD
…having developmental trauma or having social trauma, being hurt consistently, really limits the world and your options. So we start to have a narrower and narrower approach to who we contact, who we trust.
— David Tzall, PsyD
As the show continues, Wednesday gradually starts to come out of her shell, but Tzall notes that given her PTSD, even that is a struggle for her. "She's not with people [at Nevermore Academy] who think that she's weird, if you will, because she's like them…," Tzall says, "and now that she's in a group that she belongs to, she doesn't know what to do with that, and she still rejects it because it feels unsafe."
From this perspective, Wednesday becomes a much more sympathetic figure than she was when she was only known as the girl who tried to take out the swim team by putting piranhas in the pool. In fact, Zand feels that we tend to downplay the way trauma impacts people.
"We all want to be resilient…" Zand reflects, "so we minimize sometimes how we've been affected. We don't want to call it trauma." This is certainly something we see Wednesday doing in her description of the boys who bullied her as a child and killed her pet scorpion. Instead of confronting her trauma, she decides she'll no longer cry because it doesn't help, but that also means she can't heal from her PTSD.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Of course, the incident with the piranhas may point to a deeper issue, such as narcissistic personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder. Zand notes that Wednesday shows flashes of narcissism, including feeling like she's better than others and believing that she's the smartest person in the room. On the other hand, Wednesday doesn't crave attention or recognition, so the diagnosis doesn't seem to quite fit.
A better explanation for her behavior might be antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), or because people aren't officially diagnosed with ASPD until they're 18, conduct disorder, the diagnosis children are given who display the symptoms of ASPD. ASPD and conduct disorder are marked by a lack of empathy and remorse and a disregard for social norms and rules.
Wednesday's actions in the first episode with the piranhas certainly checks those boxes, and as Zand points out, goes far beyond normal teenage rebellion and boundary-pushing. So some mental health professionals might diagnose Wednesday with conduct disorder because of this.
That said, throughout the show, Wednesday frequently tries to protect people. Even her actions with the piranhas were driven by her desire to protect her brother. Zand observes that Wednesday's compassion for others is selective, but because she is protecting others along with herself, her actions could also be attributed to "hypervigilance and PTSD."
On the other hand, while some people might see Wednesday's lack of social success as a sign of autism, both Zand and Tzall agree she doesn't appear to be on the spectrum.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is marked by difficulty connecting with others and trouble understanding human emotions and social situations, but Zand says, "[Wednesday] can connect, she does have a level of emotional understanding, but just a lack of desire to fill her ego through acceptance." In other words, it's not so much that Wednesday doesn't understand what others are going through, it's that she chooses not to get involved.
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She's Creepy and She's Kooky: What Makes Wednesday Addams Appealing?
The Wednesday Addams of Wednesday certainly marches to the beat of her own drummer, and sometimes that leads her to do questionable or inappropriate things, but the response to the show indicates that audiences enjoy watching Wednesday's teenage adventures.
Part of this may be because it's entertaining to watch someone behave in strange and unusual ways that we're unlikely to encounter in real life. But many viewers may also admire the character's confidence and ease with herself.
Hollywood vs. Reality
While Wednesday's quirks and differences are exaggerated for our entertainment, and those eccentricities are part of what makes her appealing, we can also learn from her confident way of moving through the world. As a result, Wednesday is a positive example for everyone who feels a little bit different.
Tzall observes that it's rare to find someone who's confident in who they are. After all, even if you feel comfortable with yourself, if other people question one of your traits or characteristics, you may start to wonder if you're strange or abnormal because of it, causing a problem where previously there wasn't any. Wednesday, however, seems impervious to that issue.
"Someone who's confident who's like 'You know what? I like this and I'm going to own this,' I think people really look up to that…," Tzall says, "because… no one is that way all the time…. To own your thoughts and your feelings and your behaviors implicitly is something that people struggle with."
This characterization of Wednesday as confident in who she is offers a positive message for viewers. "I think that's one thing that people can take away from this show," Tzall reflects. "That it's okay to be who are and… that it's okay to be different."
This is especially driven home by the fact that as the show progresses, Wednesday starts to find acceptance among her peers even though she never expected it, a demonstration that if you find your tribe, you can be accepted just for being yourself.
Cultivating Self-Confidence
Of course, cultivating self-confidence isn't as easy as Wednesday makes it seem. However, the character does several things that likely help her feel more secure in who she is, including:
She doesn't compare herself to others. Even though it's natural to compare ourselves to other people, it often causes us to focus on our flaws. Reminding yourself to focus on your own strengths instead can help.
She's kind to herself. Wednesday doesn't berate herself for her setbacks or mistakes. Instead, she picks herself up and keeps going, a practice that can enhance self-confidence.
She does things she's good at, including playing the cello. Recognizing and practicing our strengths make us feel good about ourselves and can increase our self-confidence.
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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Server : MonoBehaviour {

	// Project settings - Network - Debug, set to full.
	// Project settings - Player, set to run in background.

	// Improvements:
	//
	// Compare to other multiplayer projects I have made.
	// Setup multiplayer players cubes and levels.
	// Make debug window persistent through different scenes.
	// Put on kongregate.
	// Look at other unity multiplayer games.
	// Look at ball3D.com lobby system.

	/*  Game rules
	Players: 2
	Time: Turn based, 2 minutes each
	Win condition: completed in least turns.

	Lobby
	Limit players: 2
	Auto join or start new server.
	Auto start game.
	Add chat.
	Add guest names.(random?)
	*/

	// Change gameTypeName and name to whatever default should be.
	string gameTypeName = "Game Type 1";
	string gameName = "Game 1";
	string netComment = "";
	string netPass = "";
	int maxPlayers = 3;
	int port = 25000;
	bool useNat;
	HostData[] hostData;
	string playerName = "Name";

	public GameObject playerObject;

	public GUIText debugText;

	string globalChat = "Chat";
	public string chatText;

	Vector2 chatScroll;
	Vector2 serverListScroll;
	Vector2 debugScroll;

	// Resize debug window.
	bool debugExpanded;
	bool debugHidden;
	Rect debugExpandRect = new Rect(300, 0, 350, 250);
	Rect debugNormalRect = new Rect(300, 0, 175, 150);
	Rect debugHiddenRect = new Rect(300, 0, 0, 0);

	// Window rectangles.
	Rect welcomeWindowRect = new Rect(0, 50, 150, 50);
	Rect serverListWindowRect = new Rect(270, 50, 500, 100);

	Rect serverWindowRect = new Rect(0, 50, 150, 50);
	Rect clientWindowRect = new Rect(0, 50, 150, 50);
	Rect chatWindowRect = new Rect(160, 50, 250, 250);
	Rect debugWindowRect = new Rect(300, 0, 175, 150);

	void Start(){
		// Check if need to use nat punchthroug, might not need this.
		useNat = !Network.HavePublicAddress();
		// Set player random name.
		playerName = "Steve" + Random.Range(1000,9999);

		// Hide debug at start.
		debugHidden = true;
		debugWindowRect = debugHiddenRect;
	}

	void Update () {
		// When connected, push users to level 1, try to keep everyone loaded on same level

		// and have their own player moving and seeing others.
	}

	void Awake(){
		// When GUI first loads refresh host list.
		MasterServer.ClearHostList();
		MasterServer.RequestHostList(gameTypeName);
	}

	// WelcomeWindow
	void WelcomeWindow(int windowID) {
		if (GUILayout.Button("Main Menu")) {
			Application.LoadLevel("Main Menu");
		}
		if (GUILayout.Button("Refresh Host List")) {
			MasterServer.ClearHostList();
			MasterServer.RequestHostList(gameTypeName);
		}

		// Player name
		GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
		GUILayout.Label("Your player name :", GUILayout.Width(120));
		playerName = GUILayout.TextField(playerName, 10, GUILayout.Width(120));
		GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

		GUILayout.Space (50);

		if(GUILayout.Button("Start a new server", GUILayout.Width(240))){
			// Use NAT punchthrough if no public IP present
			debugText.text += "\nGame Type Name: " + gameTypeName;
			debugText.text += "\nGame Name: " + gameName;
			if(netPass != ""){
				Network.incomingPassword = netPass;
				debugText.text += "\nPass: " + netPass;
			}
			if(port == 0){
				port = 25000;
			}
			if(maxPlayers == 0){
				maxPlayers = 5;
			}
			debugText.text += "\nMax Players: " + maxPlayers;
			debugText.text += "\nPort: " + port;
			debugText.text += "\nNat?: " + useNat;
			Network.InitializeServer(maxPlayers, port, useNat);

			if(netComment != ""){
				MasterServer.RegisterHost(gameTypeName, gameName, netComment); // Register this server onto a master server.
				debugText.text += "\nComment: " + netComment;
			}
			else{
				MasterServer.RegisterHost(gameTypeName, gameName);
			}
		}

		// Game name
		GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
		GUILayout.Label("Game Name: ", GUILayout.Width(120));
		gameName = GUILayout.TextField(gameName, 20, GUILayout.Width(120));
		GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
	}

	// ServerWindow
	void ServerWindow(int windowID) {
		if (GUILayout.Button("Launch level 1")) {
			//Application.LoadLevel("Level 1");
			networkView.RPC ("GlobalLevel1", RPCMode.All);
		}
		if (GUILayout.Button("Launch level 2")) {
			//Application.LoadLevel("Level 2");
			networkView.RPC ("GlobalLevel2", RPCMode.All);
		}

		if (GUILayout.Button("Disconnect server")) {
			// Message hosts saying server disconnected.
			debugText.text += "\nDisconnected server";
			Network.Disconnect();
			MasterServer.UnregisterHost();
		}

		// At least one player connected to server.
		if (Network.connections.Length > 0){
			if (GUILayout.Button("Kick all players")){
				for(int i = 0; i < Network.connections.Length; i++) {
					Debug.Log("Disconnecting: " + Network.connections[i].ipAddress + ":" + Network.connections[i].port);
					Network.CloseConnection(Network.connections[i], true);
				}
			}
		}

		// Buttons to kick each player.
		for(int i = 0; i < Network.connections.Length; i++) {
			if(GUILayout.Button("Kick player \n" + Network.connections[i].port)){
				Debug.Log("Disconnecting: " + Network.connections[i].ipAddress + ":" + Network.connections[i].port);
				Network.CloseConnection(Network.connections[i], true);
			}
		}

	}

	// ClientWindow
	void ClientWindow(int windowID) {
		if (GUILayout.Button("Disconnect from server")) {
			Debug.Log("Disconnecting: " + Network.connections[0].ipAddress + ":" + Network.connections[0].port);
			Network.CloseConnection(Network.connections[0], true);
		}

	}

	// ServerListWindow
	void ServerListWindow(int windowID) {
		// No hosts.
		if (MasterServer.PollHostList().Length == 0) {
			GUILayout.Label("No Hosts");
		}
		// Display hosts.
		else if (MasterServer.PollHostList().Length != 0) {
			hostData = MasterServer.PollHostList();
			int i = 0;
			//GUILayout.Label("          Name                     " + "                Players/max" + "                             pass?");

			GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
			GUILayout.Label("  Name      " + "Players/max" + "     pass?");
			GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

			serverListScroll = GUILayout.BeginScrollView (serverListScroll, false, true);
			while (i < hostData.Length) {
				HostData h = hostData[i]; // Less to write

				// Displays all the hosts. Could use a foreach with a GUI button for each.
				//Debug.Log("Game name: " + hostData[i].gameName);

				// Change some information for Server List Hosts buttons.
				// Display Server List Hosts longways.
				// Display host list
				/*
				if(GUILayout.Button(h.gameName + "                                    " + h.connectedPlayers + "/" + h.playerLimit + "                                    " + h.passwordProtected)){
					// Connect to existing server
					Network.Connect(h.ip, port, netPass); // "127.0.0.1"
					debugText.text += "\nConnecting to " + h.gameName;
				}
				*/
				GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
				// If there is a password, add an input box.
				if(h.passwordProtected == true){
					GUILayout.Label(h.gameName + "          " + h.connectedPlayers + "/" + h.playerLimit + "             " + h.passwordProtected);
					GUILayout.Label("Pass: ", GUILayout.Width(40));
					netPass = GUILayout.TextField(netPass, 20, GUILayout.Width(60));
				}
				else{
					GUILayout.Label(h.gameName + "          " + h.connectedPlayers + "/" + h.playerLimit + "             " + h.passwordProtected);
				}
				if(GUILayout.Button("Connect", GUILayout.Width(120))){
					Network.Connect(h.ip, port, netPass);
					debugText.text += "\nConnecting to " + h.gameName;
				}
				GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

				i++;
			}
			GUILayout.EndScrollView();
			//MasterServer.ClearHostList();
		}

	}

	// ChatWindow
	void ChatWindow(int windowID) {
		GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
		GUILayout.Label("Players in chat: " + (Network.connections.Length + 1) + "/" + maxPlayers, GUILayout.Width(220));
		GUILayout.Label("Welcome " + playerName, GUILayout.Width(220));
		if(Network.isServer){
			if(GUILayout.Button("Clear chat")){
				globalChat = "";
				networkView.RPC ("SyncChat", RPCMode.All, globalChat);
			}
		}
		GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

		// Chat box, contains all chat.
		chatScroll = GUILayout.BeginScrollView (chatScroll, false, true);
		// Need to display player name left of input message box and on every message sent.
		GUILayout.Box(globalChat);
		GUILayout.EndScrollView();

		// Player input.
		GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
		GUILayout.Label(playerName + ":", GUILayout.Width(100));
		chatText = GUILayout.TextField(chatText, GUILayout.Width(200));

		// Press button or enter to send message.
		if(GUILayout.Button("Send", GUILayout.Width(60)) || Event.current.type == EventType.KeyDown && chatText != ""){
			// Need to change what is sent,
			// currently the whole chat is sent but
			// when the chat is too big it can not be sent.
			PrintText(chatText, new NetworkMessageInfo());
			chatText = "";
			chatScroll.y = 100000; // Set scroll to bottom.
			// All text is wiped when a new person joins.
			networkView.RPC ("SyncChat", RPCMode.All, globalChat);
		}

		// Button sends a message to everyone connected.
		if(GUILayout.Button("Hi to everyone", GUILayout.Width(120))){
			networkView.RPC ("PrintText", RPCMode.All, "Hello everyone.");
		}
		GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

	}

	// DebugWindow
	void DebugWindow(int windowID) {
		// Scroll view with debug information inside.
		if(debugHidden == false){
			debugScroll = GUILayout.BeginScrollView (debugScroll, false, true);
			GUILayout.Box(debugText.text);
			GUILayout.EndScrollView();
		}

		// Two buttons, Shrink/Expand and Hide/Show.
		GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
		if(debugHidden == false){
			if(debugExpanded == false){
				if(GUILayout.Button("Expand")){
					debugExpanded = true;
					debugWindowRect = debugExpandRect;
				}
			}
			if(debugExpanded == true){
				if(GUILayout.Button("Shrink")){
					debugExpanded = false;
					debugWindowRect = debugNormalRect;
				}
			}
		}
		if(debugHidden == true){
			if(GUILayout.Button("Show")){
				debugHidden = false;
				if(debugExpanded == true){
					debugWindowRect = debugExpandRect;
				}
				else{
					debugWindowRect = debugNormalRect;
				}
			}
		}
		if(debugHidden == false){
			if(GUILayout.Button("Hide")){
				debugHidden = true;
				debugWindowRect = debugHiddenRect;
			}
		}
		GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
		GUI.DragWindow();
	}

	void OnGUI(){
		// Set a new GUIText as debug/ information for player.

		// If game is not a client and is not a server show Welcome and Server List.
		if(!Network.isClient && !Network.isServer){
			// WelcomeWindow
			welcomeWindowRect = GUILayout.Window(0, welcomeWindowRect, WelcomeWindow, "Welcome");
			serverListWindowRect = GUILayout.Window(3, serverListWindowRect, ServerListWindow, "Server List");
		}

		// If game is server show ServerWindow.
		if (Network.isServer){
			serverWindowRect = GUILayout.Window(1, serverWindowRect, ServerWindow, "Server");
		}

		// If game is client show ClientWindow.
		if (Network.isClient){
			clientWindowRect = GUILayout.Window(2, clientWindowRect, ClientWindow, "Client");
		}

		// If game is client or server show ChatWindow.
		if(Network.isClient || Network.isServer){
			chatWindowRect = GUILayout.Window(4, chatWindowRect, ChatWindow, "Chat");
		}
		if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)){
			Instantiate(playerObject, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity);
		}
		// Debug window.
		debugWindowRect = GUILayout.Window(5, debugWindowRect, DebugWindow, "Debug");
	}

	// RPC examples
	[@RPC]
	void PrintText(string text, NetworkMessageInfo info){
		globalChat += "\n" + playerName + " Says: " + text;
		// RPC example 2 //networkView.RPC ("PrintText", RPCMode.All, "Hello everyone.");
	}
	[@RPC]
	void PrintText(string text){
		globalChat += "\n" + text;
		// RPC example 1 //PrintText("Hello 1");
	}
	[@RPC]
	void SyncChat(string globalChat2){
		globalChat = globalChat2;
	}
	[@RPC]
	void GlobalLevel1(){
		Application.LoadLevel("Level 1");
	}
	[@RPC]
	void GlobalLevel2(){
		Application.LoadLevel("Level 2");
	}

	// Server methods.
	void OnConnectedToServer() {
		//SpawnPlayer();
		Network.Instantiate(playerObject, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity, 0);
		//Display "<Player name> connected" and disconnected.
		PrintText("Connected", new NetworkMessageInfo());
		networkView.RPC ("SyncChat", RPCMode.All, globalChat);
	}

	void OnFailedToConnect(NetworkConnectionError error) {
		debugText.text += "\nCould not connect to server: " + error;
	}

	void OnNetworkInstantiate(NetworkMessageInfo info) {
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Tourism flourished under the Labour government
Opposition Leader Mahendra Chaudhry said Tourism was one of the fastest growing sectors under his government in 1999/2000, rubbishing allegations by the Prime Minister that he had stifled it by cutting off funds.
"It was one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy. After years of stagnation, we had brought back investor confidence with some $300 million worth of Tourism investment projects poised to take off when the 2000 coup took place," Mr. Chaudhry said.
These new projects were expected to create 3000 additional jobs in the industry.
"The ground work for much of the major development taking place in the industry today were laid by the Labour-led government. I had done the ground-breaking ceremony for the Hilton Hotel. The Sofitel Hotel and the second phase of TrendWest were also our initiatives.
"So what is the Prime Minister talking about? Yes, I had cut off some of the funding from the Fiji Visitors Bureau because money was being wasted in promoting markets that had no value for us.
"But there was no adverse impact on the industry. On the contrary, Tourism showed record growth under our direction, surpassing the 400,000 visitor arrival target for the first time ever.
'These facts are indisputable. The Prime Minister should learn to tell the truth. Labour believes in prudent management of public finances, not wastage and the huge handouts to buy votes that have become the hallmark of the SDL government," Mr. Chaudhry said.
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Die Antwoord's Ninja, left, and Yolandi: 'A lot of people wanted to ban the interweb to stop us getting known.'
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When Die Antwoord checked their emails on 2 February this year, among the 5,000 or so messages the group had received overnight was one from Neill Blomkamp, the District 9 director and a fellow South African. The subject line read: "Oh my god." And the message? "I fucking love you guys."
Since then, their fame has travelled further. David Lynch loves their videos so much that he invited them round for coffee. David Fincher wanted to cast singer Yolandi (stage name: Yo-Landi Vi$$er) as Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (she turned him down) and two weeks ago they shared a stage with the Aphex Twin at the LED Festival. So how did this South African "zef" rap-rave outfit, from "a tiny fishing village in Cape Town", come to be championed by hipsters the world over?
The 3 million people who've now watched their first video, "Die Antwoord – Zef Side", will be familiar with Yolandi, a diminutive blonde, and Ninja, a tattooed, lanky guy endowed with a sinuous physicality which he puts to good use as he dances and raps in an arresting Afrikaans/English hybrid. They'll also be familiar with an infamous close-up of his genitalia flapping in exuberant slo-mo beneath a pair of Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon shorts. Die Antwoord's name is Afrikaans for "the Answer" and at the end of the "Zef Side" video the narrator asks: "The answer to what?"
Ninja, joined by the teeny Yolandi and the tubby, mute DJ Hi-Tek, slouches against a wall, squinting. He raises his arm and lets it fall to his side. "Whatever, man… fuck." If Ninja doesn't know the original question, neither does anyone else. After the website Boing Boing seized on the video at the start of February, it was sent zipping round the globe, "taking over the interwebs", in the band's parlance, and increasing their YouTube views from around 800 to 500,000 almost overnight.
Each posting was invariably accompanied by some combination of "wtf?", "are they for real?" and "is this a joke?" Surely no serious rap could begin with: "Uh, yo, for real/ That's what I'm talking about/ Check it out", as the track "Beat Boy" does?
But for the huge crowd rammed into Berlin's Magnet club to see them, Die Antwoord are no joke. Neither, it turns out, is their live show. Their set has the whole crowd thrashing and rapping along, often in Afrikaans, to every word. When they can keep up, that is, because Die Antwoord's outrageous aesthetic makes it easy to overlook just how good Ninja is. Relishing its guttural smacks and hard edges, he makes Afrikaans sound like a language that was made for hip-hop. It's testament to his charisma, too, that he can mutter an incidental "fokken fok" into the microphone and elicit the kind of audience reaction worthy of Martin Luther King.
When not rapping, he shoots bug-eyed glances to his sides from beneath a lowering brow, looking very much like a pre-Country Life John Lydon. Meanwhile, Yolandi, sullenly passive in the videos, is ferocious on stage. At one point, she yells: "Germany! Now you've fokken heard of me!" They've more than heard of her – at least three women in the crowd sport her haircut: an uncompromising combination of undercut and mullet, with a brutally short fringe. "The Yolandi" may yet become 2010's hipster equivalent of "the Rachel".
At one point, the pair lead the crowd in a chant of: "Jou mae se poes in a fispaste jar", which Ninja translates, politely, as "your mother's private parts in a fish paste jar". Their lyrics get much filthier than this. So filthy, as Yolandi will tell me later, that when they first became famous, "all these conservative Afrikaners thought we'd sprung from Satan's dark pit".
My interview was originally postponed due to an ominously vague explanation: "Ninja's being… difficult." The band's publicist tells me the last journalist used the phrase "white trash" and called Ninja by his real name (the incongruously grand Watkin Tudor Jones). She closes her eyes and shakes her head, as though his reaction was too horrific for words. None the less we venture, with some trepidation, up a dark staircase to meet them.
Backstage, in a brightly lit room, Ninja is holding court while eating pitta bread and hummus. He clasps both my hands and does a little bow and a series of ingratiating head tilts, an odd and endearing courtly dance that's repeated when we say goodbye. Gesturing to their rider – tiny dishes of prunes, nuts and sweets: were it not for the Jägermeister bottles, it could be a table set for a children's birthday party – he gabbles: "Have some food, it's all free!"
Complimentary peanuts may soon lose their thrill, but for now, you can't really blame them for getting excited. Die Antwoord are not the first hip-hop group to inject humour into what they do. They are, however, the first rap-rave group from South Africa to become a global phenomenon, delivering a slap in the face to anyone moaning about the homogenisation of culture or the pervasiveness of Anglo-American pop music.
When I meet them the following week in London at their record label – they're newly signed to Polydor – they're hunched inside their own-brand tracksuits looking morose. Then Ninja starts expounding on the meaning of "zef" and he comes alive. "It's like the underbelly of Afrikaans; an embarrassing thing they want to hide away. The zef swearing, for me, is so fucking extreme that it's like cartoon language – this weird, like, freak mode fungus style. Because it's not just a language, it's…"
A whole culture?
"Ja and we just, like, dived into that and made that our thing."
"Zef's kind of like you don't give a fuck and you have your own flavour and you're on your own mission," says Yolandi. "It's associated with people who soup their cars up and rock gold and shit. Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style."
Ninja – or rather Watkin – has long been involved in hip-hop groups ("I've been fucking around with lots of, like, conceptual stuff for a while"), but the thinking behind Die Antwoord, as the 36-year-old explains, "was kinda throw away the conceptual stuff and just let it be South Africa and South African style. Yolandi sort of pushed me because it was right there and sometimes you can't see what's right in front of your face". Yolandi, whose age remains a secret, "was doing nothing" before Die Antwoord except, as Ninja adds with some pride, "causing trouble, going to rehab and getting expelled".
Ninja's engaged in an anecdote about their beef with one of the producer Diplo's DJs when he lets slip that he has a daughter. A daughter? "Ja, ja" he says, impatiently. With Yolandi? "Ja, we're just friends, but we had this kid by accident. We're a good fucking mum and dad on that level, whatever." I'm reeling at the image of either of these two changing nappies. Ninja, however, is speeding on. "A lot of people wanted to ban the interweb to stop us getting known. And you can't stop it. We've got this fierce fucking following – like the cutest, most freak-mode, wildest kids, and also older people who are super-duper in tune with what we're doing, and that's not going away – it's getting bigger fucking fast. Bigger and bigger.
"It's, like," he continues, "is this [Die Antwoord] fucking terrible, like fucking retardedly the worst thing ever or the most amazing thing in the entire universe?" I'm with David Lynch et al on the answer.
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CLAREMONT – The Girl Scout Council of Greater Los Angeles and KidCare International last weekend presented Claremont Junior Girl Scout Troop 2044 with the Bronze Award, the highest honor Junior Girl Scouts can achieve.
To win the award, girls are required to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on their community.
The 17-member troop won the award for opening the Community Clothing Closet at the KidCare CARE Center in Montclair last October. Since then, the girls from the Claremont community and Granite Creek Community Church in Claremont have volunteered at the closet, distributing clothing to needy families.
"Once a month, we are able to serve more than 100 families with gently used, donated clothing that the girls collect from family and friends and the local community donates," said Claremont resident Dena Anderson, co-leader of the Troop 2044.
The idea to open the clothing closet stemmed from volunteer work the troop was doing at the KidCare CARE center, which opened in September at 9014 Benson Ave., Montclair.
KidCare International, a Claremont-based nonprofit organization that supports humanitarian projects in Southern California, South Africa, Haiti, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Russia, opened the KidCare Food Bank last year to provide food, baby formula, diapers, blankets, household and personal care items and toys to needy families.
"While volunteering at the KidCare Food Bank, we saw an opportunity to serve families even more," Anderson said.
The troop consists of Lexi Deahl, Emily Little, Keren Santamaria, Anahi Lozano, Christa Arteaga, Sarah Gale, Maya Aga, Sarah Hamid, Ohana Dorantes, Katie Caldwell, Clara Riggio, Shuval Smith, Sharren Offutt, Gabriella Gunawardane and Marlee Anderson.
Each member served 20 hours at the Community Clothing Closet and was required to complete a number of other badges before qualifying for the Bronze Award.
Marlee said she was excited to win the award and get a chance to serve others.
Each month, the girls gathered and sorted clothing, and were personal shoppers to those who needed clothing. At the Community Clothing Closet, they sort it by men's, women's, boys', girls', babies' and accessories.
After the awards ceremony Sunday at Memorial Park, the troop participated in Disneyland's "Give a Day, Get a Day" on Monday.


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Last week we got published in PLOS One a paper entitled 'The unbearable emptiness of tweeting – About journal articles'. Such provocative title was difficult to go unnoticed and almost immediately and ironically, people started to engage with it in Twitter commenting, criticizing and praising the paper. Among critiques, there were some regarding to the field analyzed (Dentistry), the fact that we focus our tweet analysis on the top 10 most tweeted papers or the feeling that our main message was that tweeting about research was a complete waste of time.
The reasons for such reaction might as well be many, but my take is that it is not due to the novelty of our findings (which I believe were not that surprising) but for being so bold on our conclusions. Altmetrics, as it also happens with Open Access, seem to be surrounded by a certain aura by which researchers seem to scare to criticize its limitations based on the assumption that they may lead to a complete disregard from the scientific community. It is as if we now there is something in them and therefore, we do not want to make them look too bad. Hence limitations are always presented with extreme care. In my opinion, this is dangerous. Bibliometricians and researchers working on altmetrics or social media metrics might be aware of their limitations, but many are not and are seeing these new metrics (with great potential, that is out of question) as true 'saviors' to the ill-fated Impact Factor.
Of course the paper does not position itself against the use of tweeting scientific literature, nor it states that all tweets relating to scientific literature are meaningless, but that current metrics based on Twitter are too flawed. That is not to say that meaningful metrics and approaches cannot be developed from Twitter and in fact there are many doing a fantastic job on better understanding Twitter and its value for research evaluation to develop more meaningful methodologies and metrics.


The city of Denver did a study in 2008 (if I recall correctly) and found that death-row sentences cost the city thousands of dollars more per case (maybe millions??) than life sentences per case because of the trials and appeals; it took statistics based upon the fiscal impracticality of the death-row in order for the city to make efforts to stop death-row sentencing. Capitalism is culturally engrained in us, more so than we think. Thank you again for another informative podcast, Lee. No longer in a tent, but still very much unplugged, haha. Keep on keepin' on, my friend; you're wonderful.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they attack you,…………then you win.


Heat broiler. Using a heavy, sharp knife, slice the mango lengthwise around each side of the pit. Remove the skin and cut the fruit into bite-size pieces. Divide between 2 small ramekins and stir in the lime zest. Top with the yogurt and brown sugar and dot with the butter. Spritz with the lime juice.
Broil 2 to 3 minutes or just until the topping melts and browns.


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BE IT REMEMBERED that the Operating Committee of the America First Party met on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. East Coast Time, pursuant to the previous resolution of the Operating Committee.
J. C. Schweingrouber of Ohio, Public Relations Committee Chairman
Martin McClellan of Florida, Vice-chairman, checked into the meeting briefly from work.
Mr. White moved the adoption of the standard Agenda. Mr. Schweingrouber seconded the motion. The Agenda was adopted by unanimous consent.
The Chairman delivered his report. Some feedback from the last press release was reviewed. The Chairman is writing several articles for the next issue of the newspaper. A discussion took place regarding the futility of the Paul campaign for President.
The Secretary reminded the members that he had previously circulated draft minutes for the April 10, 2007 meeting of the Operating Committee. Mr. Hey moved the adoption of the minutes as published. His motion was seconded by Mr. Schweingrouber. The minutes were adopted by unanimous vote.
The Secretary mentioned changes in the postal rates and requirements that he is researching.
The Treasurer reported that the party's bank balance is $ 4,591.93. There are no outstanding unpaid invoices due at this time.
Mr. Hill reported that the Partybuilding Committee will be meeting this Friday evening. The Committee is considering details of the Activist programs and a promotional pamphlet for them.
Mr. Schweingrouber delivered the Public Relations Committee report. The Committee will be meeting this Saturday to work on articles for the next issue of the newspaper. He also described some activities of the state party in Ohio.
Mr. Hey reported that the Rules Committee is presently on hiatus.
There being no further business, on motion made by Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Schweingrouber, and adopted by unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 10:27.


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Are stone kitchen benches the new asbestos?
Last month 22 silicosis claims were lodged to WorkCover in Queensland, including six people who have been diagnosed as terminal, leading to state government intervention.
There have been 16 silicosis claims by stonemasons in Victoria, and 23 claims in New South Wales over the past three years, The Urban Developer reports.
Stonemasons dry cutting stone bench tops are now at serious risk of the irreversible condition, which is contracted by breathing in tiny particles of silica dust that settle in the lungs.
The aggressive form of pneumoconiosis is a disease with no cure that traditionally affects coal mine workers.
"I'm expecting another 300 cases in Queensland by December alone," Brisbane occupational physician Dr Graeme Edwards told ABC's 7.30 report.
Labelling the situation "horrendous and alarming, Edwards says 50% of those cases are going to have progressive massive fibrosis.
Calls have been made for the government to develop regulations to explicitly ban the practice.
Lung Foundation Australia Chief executive Mark Brooke says occupational exposure contributes substantially to the burden of lung disease in Australia and is a growing issue that needs attention.
"Symptoms from silicosis may not be obvious and can initially include shortness of breath, chest pain, or a persistent cough," Brooke explains.
Engineered stone is becoming more common as a cheaper substitute to marble benchtops, but is made of around 90% crystalline silica, one of the major causes of silicosis.
Both the Thoracic Society and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians are calling for immediate changes, including respiratory health assessments of all past and present stone workers, more vigilant and independent monitoring of dust levels, and an immediate ban on dry cutting.


This 8 week session is an extension of the material covered in Set 1, although new students are welcome.
This set explores the different aspects of energy systems including Meridians, Chakras, Auras, The Hara Line and the Assemblage Point.
More movement exercises are shared in this session to increase opportunities for better movement and coordination, and the 5 Element Tai Chi Set with Sound and Color will be continued at the end of each class.
Handouts, video and research opportunities will be shared in each class to add to the experience of understanding and exploring how to build energy in the body for greater health benefits.


Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in February 2017 using Scopus and OVID to review relevant publications between 2011 to present. Two independent reviewers screened potential papers.
Results: The database search resulted in a total of 1,536 articles; after deduplication, title/abstract and full text screening 67 studies were included for qualitative analysis. The vast majority of studies were conducted in high income countries (n=59), and used Markov-based modelling technique (n=60). Most of the analyses utilized long-term time horizons; 58 studies calculated lifetime costs and outcomes. The examined treatments were heterogenic among the studies; 7 analyses did not directly evaluated treatments (just along with screening or genotype testing). The examined treatments (n=60) were either dominant (23%), or cost-effective at base case (57%) or in given subgroups (18%). Only one (2%) study reported that the assessed treatment is not cost-effective with the given setting and price.
Conclusions: Despite their high initial therapeutic costs, second generation direct-acting antiviral agents were found to be cost-effective to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Studies were predominantly conducted in higher income countries, although we have limited information on cost-effectiveness in low and middle income countries, where assessment of cost-effectiveness is even more essential due to more limited health care resources and potentially higher public health burden due to unsafe medical interventions.


A rather late video that I had forgot I had shot but while clearing down my iPad Pro storage decided to quick edit it and get it online.
A session of Karting on my own at Autodromo Algarve karting circuit which is next to the full circuit. Few mistakes on track but being 40c and a rather small karting seat for me did not help.


If you're having a bad day, then this might make you feel better! And even if you're not having a bad day, these our just downright hilarious.
Bored Panda has compiled these Snapchats of people having a bit of a hard time, and we can't really help but laugh.
Does that make us bad people?


My thanks to Jill for such an awesome blog post, what a treat to have her back on Living a Life of Writing.
promo side, and the creative side.
person and online. New review? Share it on Facebook and Twitter.
a door prize. Meet with a book club? Yup. Speak at a library?
because maybe then they'll come to my events.
minutes after the introduction, Suzy will ask you for writing tips.
these things too when you were starting out!), so you say yes.
like this distract you from your real goal: Writing.


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Four Economists Named 'Goodman' Co-Authored A Paper About Sharing The Name 'Goodman
Published by Business Insider on Tue, 30 Dec 2014
I'm sure you can guess the title.In a paper set to be presented at a January 4 conference in Boston, four economists with the surname of "Goodman" wrote about surname-sharing in economics (via John Overholt of Harvard's Houghton Library).The authors include Allen Goodman of Wayne State University, Joshua Goodman of Harvard University, Lucas Goodman of the University of Maryland, and Sarena Goodman of the Federal Reserve Board.The title: "A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors."As the authors write in their conclusion, "Our main contribution is showing that such a collaboration is feasible." Which is excellent.The paper will be presented as part of the American Economics Association's7th Annual Economics Humor Session in Honor of Caroline Postelle Clotfelter. Some of the other titles set to be presented at the conference include, "Was that Rational' The American Economic (Year in) Review", "Homer-Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics", and "Rockonomix: Integrating Economics and Popular Music."Back in November, Paul Krugman wrote about the intra-disciplinary hand-wringing that was going on in economics following a paper that said, basically, successful academic economists are really arrogant. So it's good to see some economists taking a break from in-fighting and urging for more collaboration among authors that share names.But the excerpt of the Goodman paper made available ahead of the conference isn't just, well, a big joke or something.As the Goodmans write, "The phenomenon of coauthorship in the economics profession has been widely explored."The authors note that in 2012, less than 25% of economics articles were written by a single author, and find that research has shown evidence of "alphabetical discrimination," meaning that economists with earlier surname initials have greater career success.Good thing I'm not an economist.The Goodmans also find that among 9,000 unique economists, 45% share a surname with at least one other economist, and within that group, that 10% share a surname with more than 10 other economists. The most popular surnames among economists are:Smith (35)Lee (30)Brown (24)Chen (22)Miller (21)The Goodmans also uncovered a 2008 paper from the Van Praag father-daughter tandem that explored phenomenon of alphabetical discrimination, which the Goodmans write, "for whom the issue is quite salient in all research but the paper in question."The Goodmans also conclude that they are the first paper written by four economists with same surname, arguing that the 2012 paper written by Skarbek,Skarbek,Skarbek, andSkarbek contains just two economists ' Brian and Erin Skarbek are husband and wife attorneys, while David and Emily Skarbek are the economists. Additionally, the Goodmans argue that since the research for the project began before either woman took the Skarbek name, "We therefore suspect that the share surnames may be endogenous to the publication process itself."The paper concludes with the Goodmans naming names and calling for action:"Future breakthroughs on this topic should be possible. We believe much could be learned if only economists John Turner (University of Georgia), Lesley Turner (University of Maryland), Nicholas Turner (US Treasury Department) and Sarah Turner (University of Virginia) would find a way to work together. Substantial progress might also come from collaboration between Janet Smith (Claremont McKenna College), Jeffrey Smith (University of Michigan), Jeremy Smith (University of Warwick), and Jonathan Smith (College Board), whose work could explore the impact of both surname-sharing and first initial-sharing. Finally, we encourage cousins Erzo F.P. Luttmer (Dartmouth College) and Erzo G.J. Luttmer (University of Minnesota) to consider collaborating for reasons too obvious to state. This area seems ripe for exploration."Sure.We've embedded the preview below. Goodman Economics paperJoin the conversation about this story
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Want Chairmanship Of Parliamentary Panel On Law, Justice Back: Congress
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad objected to the fact that the party was not re-allocated the chairmanship of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: October 16, 2017 11:11 IST
Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the government to reconsider the allocation of chairmanship of committees.
New Delhi: The Congress has accused the government of "arbitrarily" taking away the chairmanship of a parliamentary panel on personnel, public grievances, law and justice from it, and sought a rethink on such allocations. In a strongly-worded letter to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad objected to the fact that the party was not re-allocated the chairmanship of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.
He demanded that the government reconsider the allocations. The government, however, justified the reallocation on the ground that after the change of strength of parties in the Rajya Sabha following recent elections, the Congress could retain the chairmanships of two committees, and not three.
In his letter, Mr Azad said, "In August, the government had informed that the Indian National Congress can retain the chairmanships of two committees in place of three in view of the changed party strength in the House."
"Though being the largest party in the House with a strength of 57, the Congress had reluctantly agreed to give up the chairpersonship of the committee on science and technology, environment and forests, and retain the chairpersonship of the committee on personnel, law and justice and the committee on home affairs," he added.
"The discretion to give up the chairmanship of a committee lies with us and the government cannot arbitrarily take away such chairmanship. This is against established parliamentary practices," the Congress leader said.
The Congress also disagreed with Ananth Kumar's argument that the chairmanship of the law and justice committee had always been with the ruling party. On this, Mr Azad said, "You (the minister) have conveniently chosen not to mention the period between 2014 and September, 2017 when the chairmanship of the law and justice committee was with the INC as earlier agreed between the government and the principal opposition party."
Further objecting to the allocation of chairmanship of the committee on commerce and industry to the BJP's ally Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Azad said such reallocation could not be done as the SAD was part of the Union Cabinet.
"As per established practice, committees are allocated on the basis of strength of parties and not by clubbing together nominated and individual members," he said, demanding a reconsideration of the Rajya Sabha committee allocations.
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