Win 7 Total Security 2013 is the PUP that uses misleading techniques to prevent removal. Use Reimage to locate malicious components and get rid of them faster than with uninstall instructions. A full system scan blocks virus reappearance and prevents traffic to malicious domains.
HOW CAN I GET INFECTED WITH Win 7 Total Security 2013?
HOW TO REMOVE Win 7 Total Security 2013?
Win 7 Total Security 2013 is a rogue anti-spyware, which seeks to scare users into thinking that they are infected with different kinds of viruses. For that, it displays forged system scanners and also shows continuous alerts about dangerous malware detected. In reality, it's partially right because their PCs are really infected. However, the main virus on their machines is Win 7 Total Security 2013. This program belongs to a huge family of viruses that all change their names depending on the PC's OS. Keep in mind that you must remove this program from your computer if it starts displaying its continuous alerts and notifications! If you have already purchased its license, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges.
Just like Win 7 Security Plus 2013, this malware also seeks to mislead you into thinking that you are infected with tons of viruses and that you should purchase its license for their removal. We highly recommend ignoring its fake notifications because they are useless. Additionally, you should remove Win 7 Total Security 2013 from your computer.
4. Enter this link to your address bar: https://www.2-spyware.com/download/hunter.exe and download a program on your desktop. Launch it to kill the malicious processes of Win 7 Total Security 2013 and remove its files.
You can also try to make your virus think that you have purchased its license by entering this code: 3425-814615-3990.
This entry was posted on 2013-01-10 at 03:15 and is filed under Rogue Anti-Spyware, Viruses.
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Q: jQuery Timepicker and jQuery Datepair: How to set end time into 15mins I'm using jQuery timepicker and jQuery datepair
here's my html code
<p id="timeOnlyExample">
    <input type="text" class="time start" /> to
    <input type="text" class="time end" />
</p>
and my jQuery code
$('#timeOnlyExample .time').timepicker({
    'showDuration': true,
    'timeFormat': 'g:ia'
});
var timeOnlyExampleEl = document.getElementById('timeOnlyExample');
var timeOnlyDatepair = new Datepair(timeOnlyExampleEl);
So the output of this code is: for example I choose 1:00am in the time start and the output of time end is 2:00pm so the time interval is 1 hour.
But I want to do is when I choose 1:00am in the time start I want the output in the time end is 1:15am 15 mins interval. I'm searching right now for the solution but I think there is someone who can help me in this problem. Thanks

A: You can use interval option.
$('#timeOnlyExample .time').timepicker({
    'showDuration': true,
    'timeFormat': 'g:ia',
    'interval': 15 // 15 minutes
});

More details at : http://timepicker.co/options/
You should initialize the datepair with defaultTimeDelta .
var timeOnlyDatepair = new Datepair(timeOnlyExampleEl, {
  'defaultTimeDelta': 15*60*1000 // milliseconds
});

A: try adding 'step' :15,
$('#timeOnlyExample.time').timepicker({
        'step' :15,
        'showDuration': true,
        'timeFormat': 'g:ia'
    });

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IDB launches coalition to promote cross-cutting skills in the 21st century
Today, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), together with 22 partners from the public and private sector, announced the launch of a 21st century skills coalition that will support the implementation of a new generation of education and training policies in Latin America and the Caribbean. This coalition will provide more than US$34.7 million in funding to support projects that will promote these skills among children and youth in the region.
IDB, Germany and Switzerland partner to transform vocational training in LAC
Multi-donor fund of US$13 million will accelerate the transformation of technical and vocational education and training in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) and the Government of Switzerland, represented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), have launched the TVET Fund, a new multi-donor fund that aims to transform
Public and private-sector leaders highlight IDB's role in transforming the region
The IDB invited leaders from across the region to celebrate its 60th anniversary Washington, D.C. -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today concluded its official 60th anniversary celebration with a "Voices for Development" seminar, where leaders discussed the importance of women's empowerment, sustainable infrastructure and the challenges that the digital revolution represents for institutions.
IDB Group launches Open Innovation Challenge to reduce plastic use
Washington, D.C. — The Inter-American Development Bank Group together with MIT Solve launch an Open Innovation Challenge that seeks to find the most innovative solutions that substantially reduce or eliminate single-use plastic and plastic waste in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Rethink Plastics Challenge offers the selected solutions prizes totaling 60,000 USD.
IDB announces winner of the 2019 Superheroes of Development Award
The winning IDB-financed project developed a new solution to monitor public infrastructure works and to empower citizens to evaluate the use of public resources in Honduras. WASHINGTON D.C., September 12, 2019. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the winner of the Superheroes of Development contest, an award given to executing agencies that have successfully implemented innovative solutions in projects financed by the IDB.
Costa Rica will strengthen its fiscal sustainability with IDB support
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Fifty-seven proposals were submitted, and the entities selected will benefit people in Central America, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. IDB Lab, the IDB's innovation laboratory, has announced the two proposals selected to implement the best and most innovative Ready-to-Work Bootcamp models aimed at closing the skills gap of our future workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially of people in vulnerable circumstances.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use in the United States last year reached their lowest levels in two decades, in part from a combination of more natural gas use for electric generation, as well as recent mild winters and reduced transportation demand, according to reports published this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
CO2 emissions declined by 10% in the two years preceding 2012 from more than 8,000 industrial facilities, including 1,600 electric generation plants, EPA said in a report Wednesday.
EPA reiterated that fossil fuel power plants are the largest U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions source, emitting more than 2 billion metric tons of CO2 in 2012, roughly 40% of the total domestic GHG emissions.
EPA and EIA said the decrease of GHG emissions was principally driven by the large switch by power utilities from coal to natural gas-fired generation.
CO2 levels from energy-related activity declined 3.8% last year, with carbon emissions reaching their lowest levels since 1994 and more than 12% below 2007 peak levels, according to an EIA report published on Monday. Since 1990, only the deep recession year of 2009 saw a larger percentage emissions decrease than 2012.
Energy-related carbon emissions have declined in five of the past seven years, and last year the decline came despite a growing U.S. economy. Although gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.8% in 2012, energy consumption fell by 2.4%.
Continued low natural gas prices helped drive the emissions decline, with average prices at the $2.66/Mcf level in 2012, a low for the past decade, EIA said.
"Natural gas competed favorably with coal, and electric power producers consumed (dispatched) the lower-priced natural gas in place of coal, which has higher carbon content than natural gas," EIA said. "The increase in natural gas-fired generation, while coal-fired generation decreased, substantially reduced the carbon intensity of electricity generation in 2012."
The upswing in gas use in the power sector helped overcome an overall decline in renewable power generation last year due to a sharp cutback in hydroelectric supplies. An overall increase in wind-generated power supplies was wiped out by a decline in hydro generation supplies that were twice as large as the gains in wind power, the report said.
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(Warning: viewpoints in the blogpost may be controversial.) I know, I know. Making a statement like this is like Marge Simpson telling Homer that the despicable action he has just undertaken is the worse thing he has ever done. Homer's classic response is, "You say that so much it has lost all meaning." But just because I say stupid stuff all the time doesn't make what I am about to say any less stupid.
The main antagonist (bad guy) for the novel I will be releasing this summer (Lord willing and the creek don't rise) is a Texas Ranger. I know! Even after they just lost the World Series. And the hit series (it was a hit in Texas, anyway) Walker, Texas Ranger has only been off the air since 2001 (can you believe it's been almost 10 years?). Why, dear reader, would I do such a jackassery-like thing?
First of all, playing cowboys and indians as a child I was always forced to play the role of the outcast native American. Embittered ever since, I have bided my time until I could even the score with cowboys everywhere. Secondly, and by secondly, I mean truthfully, who makes a better bad guy than a supposed-to-be good guy? Who didn't cry themselves silly with shock and outrage when they first heard the famous words, "<kooooh paaahh> Luke. I am your father." I mean, holy inhaler wheezy Mr. Darth Vader. Back that up a sec.
Jedi Knights are supposed to protect us, not crush our windpipes with their thoughts. And that is exactly the point. Texas Rangers are supposed to ride the range with nothing but a six shooter and a smile (well, throw in some pants and stuff like that). Maybe an occasional karate kick to the groin of a despicable human trafficker. But in reality, (ironic that I speak now of reality) some Texas Rangers back in the day were like Darth Vader, except without the voice of James Earl Jones. They ran amuck with hateful and racist intent.
Since the good guy Rangers were getting plenty of play, and I figured a bad guy Ranger would make a nifty little twist, I created John Tilly McCutchen (J.T. McCutchen, Lightning McCrunch, the Reefer Ranger, Rinche) known to his friends as… well, he doesn't have any friends. He's the Inspector Javert of the wild west. He's the Darth Vader of the Texican Petro-oligarchy (gotta' read the book to find out about that one).
He can drop the hammers on his Colt .45 Flat Tops faster than you can squeeze your sphincters shut in fear. He's got a short fuse, a legalistic worldview, and trust me, if he finds out that you're planning on not reading the book I've written about him he'll renovate your cranium with unwanted ventilation. Don't say I didn't warn you.
This one has got some great phrases. For example, "holy inhaler wheezy.". And don't forget (because I know I won't) "renovate your cranium with unwanted ventilation.". Genius! I tell you! Genius!
I didn't always make you play the Indian. You could have been a North Korean or Soviet soldier.


First unveiled at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the Volkswagen Passat followed the design language of the new age cars from VW. The wide stance and the sharper design made it look better than before. Though the car shares its underpinnings with the Skoda Superb, both cars look worlds apart.
Volkswagen has finally launched the new generation of the Passat in India and it's priced at ₹ 29.99 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi). The Passat will be available in two variants and sadly there's no plug-in hybrid variant introduced yet. First unveiled at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the Volkswagen Passat followed the design language of the new age cars from VW. The wide stance and the sharper design made it look better than before. Though the car shares its underpinnings with the Skoda Superb, both cars look worlds apart. The new-gen Passat has taken nearly three years to come to India but the launch has been a much awaited one. We say this because we've already driven the car and know exactly what it's all about.
The Passat is Volkswagen's second major launch this year after the Tiguan SUV and shows that the company is not afraid to enter premium segments though the sales in these segments have suffered in India post the introduction of GST. The Passat is based on the same MQB platform as the Tiguan and local assembly of the car has already begun in India.
In its eighth generation, the Volkswagen Passat gets a sharper design language over its predecessor. Compared to its predecessor, the proportions are better with a longer wheelbase and a lower body. Characterized by horizontal lines, it features a crisp and angular shape. You also get a wide triple-slat grille, LED headlamps with signature DRLs and dynamic Light Assist feature.
The cabin is a lovely looking thing as it's clutter free and simple. A 12.3-inch TFT digital instrument cluster makes it to the Passat, shared with the Audi TT, while you also get the touchscreen infotainment system on the centre console with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. In addition to this, the sedan comes with new Park Assist, Head Up Display (HUD) unit, and a host of new safety features on board.


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An Elephant, the Thief and Escalonia
October Escalonia, Little Halley
This is Escalonia. Unknown to me before our move to Orkney, she has become one of my favorite shrubs! From Spring until the worst of the winter gales set in, clusters of pink, bell-shaped blossoms adorn her branches. Her leaves are a deep waxy green, reminding me of Gardenia foliage, or the Camellias that grace the entryway of our old home in Graham. Above all though, I love Escalonia for her resilience!
Our first winter in Orkney (2014) was a WILD one! Orcadians in their eighties claimed they could not remember a winter like it. Salt laden gusts topping 100 MPH battered this beauty until the only leaves left dangling from her branches were withered and brown. "She's done for," I thought to myself...
The worst of the winter winds have not yet arrived, but I am ahead of the game. I have found myself in the midst of one of life's stormy battles. Several weeks ago Henry and I decided to have another go at our favorite study, 'Experiencing God'. Our renewed commitment to draw near to the Lord, to seek His purpose and plans, unleashed a barrage of fiery arrows from the pit of hell. The attack has left me feeling bewildered and helpless. My consolation comes from knowing that El Roi, the 'God who sees,' is my Defender.
This is a tricky time of year for me anyway...approaching the eighth anniversary of Dad's disappearance and death. Haunting memories of our Montana nightmare reappear: Images of pale November sunshine casting long, distorted shadows...Miles and miles of faded gold stubble, the barren remains of summer's harvest...The desperate, somber expression on my son's face as we searched for Dad, a mirrored reflection of my own heart...The sound of the helicopter as it landed, bearing news of Daddy's demise...And the abject horror of seeing my father one last time...encased in a black body bag.
Life can be cruel. It is against this backdrop that I began my study yesterday:
"If you were standing before God, could you describe your relationship with Him by saying, 'I love You with all my heart, and all my soul and all my mind and all my strength'?
Yes? or No?
How I wanted to check 'Yes!' But I could not. 'What has happened to me?' I wondered. I began to realize that the Thief has robbed me of trust in God's goodness, fueling the fire of doubt. The circumstances of Daddy's death provided the fodder and the spark...the testing of my faith and radical obedience required these past few years only fanned the flames.
'How can I love Someone I do not fully trust?' I wondered.
I began to pray, and as I prayed the words of C.S. Lewis came to mind, as penned in
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
"Aslan is a lion - the Lion, the great Lion."
"Ooh," said Susan. "I thought he was a man. Is he quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion."
"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver..."Who said anything about safe? Course He isn't safe. BUT HE'S GOOD. HE'S THE KING, I TELL YOU."
"Course He isn't safe, but He's GOOD..."
I found myself praying, "Spirit, help me experience Your love for me as I recall Your goodness and faithfulness...thank you for giving me a Daddy who understood me - who loved me unconditionally..."
As I prayed, a torrent of memories washed over me! Momentary flashes of my father's wild and lavish expressions of love. My first Christmas brought a puppy, Inky, a black ball of fluff who would become my closest companion and confidant. Many pre-school days were spent standing on the seat of the 'call truck,' wedged behind Dad's shoulder. We bounced through the countryside, from farm to farm, tending to all manner of livestock. Those days were not complete without a stop for 'penny candy' at Mr. Kuper's store.
Several years later I would arrive home from school one afternoon to find a baby elephant standing in our front yard! Dad was a man of delightful surprises! Then there was the day he decided to buy a herd of ponies...twenty-four, to be exact, along with two 'pony rings' he would take to local carnivals.
He taught me to work. My career began at the age of twelve, cleaning kennels and mopping floors fouled by sick dogs. I watched my father practice veterinary medicine without partiality, loving and serving those shunned by others, often refusing to charge those who could not afford his services. He was NOT a perfect man...many a naughty word escaped his lips when he was frustrated or angry, but I NEVER detected a hint of pride. His was a humble, servant's heart.
After my disastrous and painful divorce he was often both "Papa" and very much a second father to my children. He loved his grandchildren in the same outlandish way he loved his children, with a balance of love, discipline and an unmatched sense of adventure.
Dad with Drew and Kate...
Tears flowed freely as I relived life with Dad...wondering anew at the peculiar richness of my childhood. It was then I heard the familiar 'still, small voice,' and I knew...
"It was You all along!" I cried. "It was You blessing me through my father, revealing Your generous, knowing, loving heart through him! And You love me still..."
I asked the Lord to forgive me for doubting Him...for questioning His goodness. I told Him I LOVE Him with all my heart, soul, mind and strength...and like the Escalonia, I know the storms of Winter will eventually pass, giving way to Spring.


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UN Say Millions Starving. Should we let them "get on with it"?
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid "a catastrophe".
UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.
Unicef has already warned 1.4m children could starve to death this year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39238808
You can't have it both ways. Either we stay out of other people's affairs, or, as I said in the Syria thread, for serious matters we get involved.
Do we let let all starve?
Surely you look at each situation individually??
.... agree.
I think it's how you get involved that's the point. We shouldn't be taking part in foreign wars on an individual country basis. However, feeding those who are starving etc. as a result of those wars or a famine is a different issue. The UN has said £3.6bn was needed by July to avert disaster. Well that in itself should be simple enough to find out of our foreign aid budget, we give £12 billion a year. But we can't do everything and other countries have to get involved and do their bit.
We give more in foreign aid than many countries and we have our own problems with social care, the NHS and housing.
When something can be done about overpopulation, especially in arid regions that cannot support unlimited numbers of offspring, then starvation, like poverty, will always be with us. It is no use putting a plaster on an infected wound. The problems these places have is with their cultures and religions that disallow women's education and the freedom to control their own fertility.
If those who control these cultures are not willing to join the modern world, then it is these folk who are plunging their people into catastrophe, not the west. The fascist grip these elites have on their people is what is creating this problem.
To help people is one thing, but to help people to continue destroying themselves is another.
The Catholic Pope is also part of a similar problem. The countries where Catholicism refuses to allow fertility control, or family planning, are often made the victims of poverty. When any situation arises that is a challenge to their survival, they tend to implode. It isn't rocket science to work out why, but it would take several miracles to get any of the unbending wills among the people who control these vast numbers with ideology and belief to admit it and allow the people to be saved by common sense.
You're right about Catholicism. Their early intervention in Africa has led to a lot of the problems but I can't see any solution. It's amazing that people with apparently so little sustenance manage to breed so prolifically, apparently with very little if any medical care. If we feed one generation then it simply multiplies the problem in a few years time. There has to be some sort of bribery or persuasion to encourage them to practise contraception. Perhaps some sort of allowance if they only have one child.
Of course the other problem is that they seem to spend more time fighting each other than trying to grow produce and feed themselves. I realise drought is a factor of course but there wasn't always a drought but it seems the problems persist.
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It's the lack of medical care and short life expectancy that is a big part of it. People over compensate. If you have a high degree of confidence that your little sprog won't croak it you don't keep on making more of them just in case. The actual end result is over population albeit occasionally cut down by fighting and natural disasters.
Although I'm a confirmed atheist I think religion plays a minor part in population growth. There are catholic and muslim nations that have low population growth thanks mainly to being more prosperous and seeing women as something more than just baby machines e.g. Italy and UAE.
Islam is another problem in North Africa and it is trying its best to migrate down south. Also keen on out of control breeding, oppression of women and strict obedience to the enforcers of the clerical elite. Can be utterly vicious in warfare and has caused untold misery to many Africans. The tale of Zanzibar is one where the Africans fought back.
In South Africa, for example, education has reached many now and these families on average now have only two children, or only as many as they can afford. The others are slumped in squatter camp horror and the children run round, unfed, unclothed and illiterate. It is no surprise that a life of crime beckons to them at some stage. My city has an opposition municipal government now and at last funds are being allocated to the upliftment of some of of these areas and people. Takes time after so much corruption and theft of funds.
I don't know what is to be done about places like Somalia, Sudan and the Yemen and other drastically destroyed places. They need help that is practical and solutions that are workable. They need vaccination programs and basic schooling for all children. Girls need to be free to gain literacy skills and get advice on family planning and the avoidance of diseases, etc. Boys need to learn methods of farming that can thwart the climate. If the governments aren't on board with this then nothing gets done. That is the problem. Archaic notions of social hierarchy and belief are taking these places and these people to the brink of catastrophe.
The constant fighting is another, as you mention. These are often old feuds. The scarcity of water and resources make things worse. Support from dodgy allies doesn't help either. Turning these folk into refugees, then calling them "immigrants" and using them to multiculturalise developed nations is stunningly irresponsible.
When something can be done about overpopulation, especially in arid regions that cannot support unlimited numbers of offspring, then starvation, like poverty, will always be with us.
There has to be some sort of bribery or persuasion to encourage them to practise contraception. Perhaps some sort of allowance if they only have one child
There was an excellent programme on BBC about 3-4 weeks ago, a lecture in fact by a Swedish scientist, I don't know if anyone saw it?
It was "telling the future" of the world in the next 50-100 years and specifically focussed on population growth and Africa.
It is all down to money...
The programme highlighted a case of an African farmer who lives with his large family (many kids) in a isolated area and was moving "up the ladder." The programme followed his journey and highlighted how even Africa will eventually become highly developed and turn into a continent of several billion people.
Basically, the farmer's time was mostly spent walking from place to place. When his family need water, it's at least a few hours hard trek on foot for them to get the water in heavy containers, a massive effort just to get water. If he needed supplies or to sell his crops, that's half a day's walk to the nearest town.
All that changed when he saved up enough money to by a bicycle, TRANSFORMED his life forever
What took hours to get water, then took minutes. What took half a morning to sell crops at the nearest town, took an hour instead, thus giving him more time to grow more crops which in turn gave him more money.
He and his wife, then started receiving lessons on how to read and write and count. He eventually found out that the person buying his crops was fiddling him and not paying him the correct amount for his crops, thus he got more money again.
The programme finished with him getting a motorcycle and him eyeing a car in the future.
Africa can change but there are many challenges ahead.
Would that be Hans Rosling? I saw one of his lectures a long time ago which pretty much busted the idea of exponential global population growth. That's not to say it won't continue to grow for a while yet but he predicted (with sound basis) a plateau.
Yep, and I've just read that he died in February, so it must have been a repeat that I saw. And yes, he did say that population would plateau.
And the name of the programme was "Don't Panic - How to end poverty in 15 years".
It's not on iplayer any more, but I'm going to track it down elsewhere. A must watch and I want to see it again.
This is the one I saw:
I found this programme on the net with the same name as the one I saw on BBC2, but I don't think it is the same programme, but similar and still very good:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4197h4
South Africa is very advanced on the farming front and now African farmers are getting training and funds for the project of turning SA back into a food producer of note. (Getting rid of Zuma would help enormously as he is just using the white farmer race card to stay in power.)
But in the future, when Zuma has mercifully left the political stage, African farmers will hopefully be in a better situation than some of the other African farmers because they have a hugely successful and scientifically based farming heritage on which to expand and build. It's just very important not to allow brainless politicians to ruin that.


There are many types of prayer wheels. The most common type is the small, hand spun one. But there are wheels placed on a tabletop or where they can be spun by wind or by flowing water in order to continuously use nature's elements to spread blessing. Smaller mounted wheels can be spun by the heat rising from a flame or by steam from a stove.
Nowadays even motor driven prayer wheels are built.
Our wheel can be reached and spun from anywhere in the world, through internet. So it becomes a community prayer wheel.
The properly consecrated prayer wheel - originated from Tibet - is donated by The Gate of Dharma Buddhist Church.
We have only added a few things to it, so it became the world's first internet operated prayer wheel, with its own IP address. Just click and watch the wheel turning!
Every turn of the cylinder equals the sounding of all the mantras written on the paper-rolls put inside.


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"Doing Theta Healing with Kelly is the best thing I ever did. After my first session with her I felt like a completely different person, so much lighter and free of so much fear and shame holding me back. I knew that this would be part of my life's work right away so I took the Basic and Advanced Theta Healing courses with her. And then later Dig Deeper and Manifesting with her. Kelly is an amazing teacher and healer, and a Soul mate of mine I'm sure. The transformations I've had after the Theta courses are unlike any other I've had in my life (especially dig deeper, where I gained confidence in my digging and cleared blocks so I was able to start giving theta healing sessions myself for clients!) I LOVE working with Kelly and having a session with her is one of the best things you can do with your life. Her intuition is so strong and she knows what needs to be healed at this time (even when you don't!) Love you Kelly!!! So grateful to have met you." B.T. June 2018.
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"I am so glad I choose you as my teacher, I enjoyed your class you made it seem so simple. It all just made perfect sense. I would like to continue learning everything I can about Reiki and continue to practice and improve. I would like to become a registered practitioner and maybe one day I can even become a Master like you and teach. That would be amazing! Thank you again Kelly for helping me discover my path." T.G.
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In the beginning, there is a darkness. A royal introductory tune of swirling electro-horns and synthesized harps shoots through the room as if you're approaching King Arthur's court, in space. After a screaming mechanical halt, on a floor-to-ceiling screen the words "Another Time-Another Place" stretch across the blackness in dramatically pumped-up white type, like you're watching an old school outer-space serial thriller. But don't expect mutant mole people to start attacking their silver-suited masters on Mars, because this is Shakespeare.
The Tempest, as you you've never seen it before, is playing-virtually-now through April 26 at Henry Ford Community College, packed into a tight hour and 15 minutes. Prospero is still wronged out of his dukedom; he's still marooned with his beautiful daughter, Miranda; he still employs the preternatural services of the spirit Ariel and the misbegotten monster Caliban. But this time around, Ariel is a golden, Metropolis-influenced, art deco robot with a sleek, bolted and virtual physique. And the characters work their moonstruck magic not from an island, but from a planet.
Directed and concocted by George Popovich, director of theater arts at HFCC since 1985, this high tech Tempest is a brainchild that's been brewing since Lawnmower Man, with its tempestuous mixture of live action and virtual reality. Popovich wanted to try that mix with live theater, and after much experimentation, he and his colleague, Nick Riley, finally realized the 3D stereo look they wanted.
When it comes to high-tech know-how behind the magic, video technical director Alan Contino helps explain the spell: "We're using polarized 3-D projection. Instead of wearing the anaglyph 3-D glasses with red and blue lenses, we have polarized lenses, one horizontally polarized and one vertically polarized, and the projectors do the same thing. We call it 'stereo video'. Live actors and animations are filmed using a left and right eye view, and the polarized glasses allow us to converge the disparate perspectives into one three-dimensional image."
On the large screen, a spaceship hums, glows and spins out of control between two smaller screens, which establish the surrounding atmosphere made up of the cratered surface of a luminous green orb and stars shimmering off into infinity, or seemingly so. The visuals are ominous as Ariel conjures her storm, which is shown as an expanse of bursting electrical magenta swallowing the hapless ship.
The sorcerer Prospero, played by Greg Kjolhede, is more like Obi Wan Prospero. With his long, graying hair and beard, tall staff with sphere on the top and glittering-robe clothing, he looks like a wizard whisked off a Dungeons and Dragons game board. A Shakespearean actor, Kjolhede found a challenge in the guise of his metallic femme fatale Ariel, the siren of the skies who whirls the tempest that shipwrecks Prospero's foes. Kjolhede reflects, "When I interact with Ariel, which is pre-recorded, it's like doing a film. I'm not actually looking at anybody. I'm just hearing the audio track, for the most part, and I have to manufacture what our relationship is. I have to make our interaction seem dynamic and in the moment."
Another character with heavy virtual interplay is Caliban (played by Jason Mercury), the misshapen offspring of a powerful witch. Mercury slithers across the stage like a loose muscle. With his scaly, leopard-patterned body and rasta locks of plastic-coated cables that light-up green and hot red (at those special moments). He seems to manipulate objects onscreen (as tech hand John Wilson manipulates the virtual objects with a joystick), floating them around in space. Mercury says "As actors, we have the imagination that we use to create those objects in our mind, and we mime…we use our craft to create the objects for our audience, along with the 3-D [virtual] ones."
Mercury's words are reminiscent of the character Dr. Morbius-from the sci-fi film classic Forbidden Planet-a man who uses his unconscious id to physically manifest monsters of destruction. The film was a major influence on Popovich, not only source for sci-fi iconography to help elucidate the dense and distant Shakespearean language but because the film is loosely based on The Tempest as well-with much more nightmarish results.
HFCC isn't the only home to virtual reality theater in the country, but it's one of only two. The University of Kansas has been staging virtual performances since 1996. But Popovich wasn't satisfied with the primitive programs that Kansas started with: "So what I tried to do was to refine and hone everything, not just jump not to say I had it first. We come out a little better."
This hybrid of film and theatrical aesthetics is a high-energy triple-interplay between audience and actor, actor and screen, back to screen and audience and every combination in between, with added dimension all the way around. According to Kjohede, it's tough not to get overshadowed by the virtual effects: "When you're on stage with kids or animals, you really have to work hard. On stage with a giant, three dimensional robot is a lot of work too."
As far as acting goes, the commanding presences of Kjolhede and Mercury hold an engaging cast together. Miranda, played by Natasha Rose, sports a "medieval marries the '60s, sexy hemline" look with thigh space boots, a glittering bronze getup that would make any Star Trek yeoman drool. All those men in metallic-eggplant, mock-military outfits with sparkly sleeves and classic rock boots tumbling in front of the rocking 3-D interior of a ship in its deep-space death throes, create a rare live ambiance, especially when the virtual sparks morph into real-life sparks on stage.
So is this just a Flash Gordon in the pan or the beginnings of a long love affair between the beauty of live theater and that ever-expanding, big-bang beast, technology? For Popovich, it's just for one more cyber step to the next futuristic production. For sci-fi fanatics, Trekkies and especially fans of early space- and science-driven flicks (or if you just want to give your kids a taste of the classics slathered in sparkling 3-D dramatics), The Tempest a' la Popovich is a must see.
The Tempest by William Shakespeare is at Henry Ford Community College's Adray Auditorium (5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn) April 2-26. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Call 313-845-6475 for tickets.


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to improve the outcomes of cancer therapy.
According to the American Cancer Society's Cancer Facts & Figures 2017, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the US this year.
This is horrible news that can't be sugar coated. Everyone's life has been impacted by cancer and will continue to be.
But if we take a peek at the micro-trends, we can clearly see progress. According to the ACS, cancer peaked at 215 deaths per 100,000 persons in 1991. As of 2014, that rate had dropped to 161 per 100,000 (a decline of 25%), primarily because of reductions in smoking and improvements in early detection and treatment.
This decline translates into more than 2.1 million fewer cancer deaths over the past two decades – progress that is driven by rapid declines in death rates for the four most common cancer types – lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate.
Oncology research and development activity remains concentrated on targeted therapies, which make up 87% of the late phase pipeline today.
Targeted therapies include small molecule protein kinase inhibitors, biologic monoclonal antibodies, and a range of new mechanisms that can identify or block the cell processes that cause cancer cells to multiply.
Particular focus is being placed on targeted therapies that use gene marker tests to indicate a greater likelihood of tumor response, or amplify the patient's own immune response to target the cancer.
Immunotherapies are one of the fastest growing areas within oncology R&D, and will undoubtedly make up a larger portion of the pipeline in 2020.
Precision Medicine, which will reach $88B by 2022.
Personalized oncological and medical testing and analysis, which grew to $21B in 2016.
Cancer and tumor profiling, which will reach $35B by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 18.5%.
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A 6.4 magnitude quake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, shaking and toppling buildings, and leaving several people feared trapped under the rubble of a hotel, according to local reports and postings on social media. One hotel employee was rescued from the basement and three others remain missing, officials said.
Rescue workers scrambled to search for survivors in buildings left tilting precariously on their foundations in the Taiwanese city of Hualien on February 7, after an overnight quake killed four and injured more than 200.
Most of the death toll from the February 2016 quake was from the 16-storey Wei-kuan apartment complex, which toppled on its side with many of its residents buried in the rubble.
Yesterday, an quake of 6.4-magnitude on Richter scale struck about 20km off the island's east coast near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien.
In Hualien, four buildings have partially collapsed or tilted, including Marshal Hotel and two residential buildings. A number of people were reportedly trapped inside the hotel, the newspaper said.
Rescue workers were also attempting to help two hotel workers now trapped near the main counter at the lobby of the Marshal Hotel, which collapsed when the quake struck, CNA, Taiwan's official news agency said.
Taiwanese media reported that a separate hotel known as the Beautiful Life Hotel is tilting. Several other buildings were also reported as collapsed.
The quake struck about 22 km (14 miles) northeast of Hualien shortly before midnight (1600 GMT), with its epicenter very shallow at just 1 km, the USGS said. Powerful aftershocks have disrupted rescue efforts.
Firemen search a collapsed building after the natural disaster hit Hualien, Taiwan, late Tuesday night. Residents of the city have been asked to stay indoors and the army has now been called for to aid the rescue operations.
Video footage and photos showed several large buildings leaning at sharp angles.
Hualien is a popular tourist destination on Taiwan's eastern coast and home to about 100,000 people.
A damaged building is seen after an natural disaster hit Hualien, Taiwan February 7, 2018. In 1999 the country was hit by a 7.6 magnitude quake in which more than 2,000 people were killed.
The Pope emeritus said: "In the slow decline of my physical strength, internally, I am on a pilgrimage to the House of the Lord". Since May of 2013, the pope emeritus has resided in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery within the borders of Vatican City State.
It turned negative, as 34 investors sold TGI shares while 58 reduced holdings. 26 funds opened positions while 63 raised stakes. The stock is now moving below its 20-Day Simple Moving Average of -6.41% with a 50-Day Simple Moving Average of -7.88 percent.
The formula is calculated by looking at companies that have a high earnings yield as well as a high return on invested capital. What to Expect From TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation ( AMTD ) in Coming 5 Years? It has outperformed by 4.40% the S&P500.
Williams agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Clippers on Wednesday, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. The Clippers are 27-25 and a half-game out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
But he didn't mention the fact that even as he was making the speech the stock markets were plummeting. Selfish is lying constantly to pretend you've achieved things you haven't.
The deputy is forced to partner with a ruthless Federal Marshall (Schwarzenegger) to make sure justice is properly served. Outrider will be co-written and executive produced by Trey Calloway ( CSI: NY, The Messengers ) and Mark Montgomery.
If that legislative strategy plays out, it would avoid a government shutdown tomorrow when current federal dollars expire. Should the stop-gap measure fail, the U.S. government will again shutdown Friday evening.
Well, you have to say everyone was shocked when they won the league in the manner that they did - in his first season as well. But it seems their lifeless performance against the Hornets last night forced him to allow his players an extra 48 hours.


Problems have solutions when the solutions work together.
Once upon a time, there was a lovely middle-aged woman who lived in Maryland, in the company of 5 Companion Parrots. She was legally blind, but that disability did not interfere with her ability to generate a reasonable income doing something that supported the needs of others with disabilities like her. It also did not interfere with her dedication to or ability to care for the 5 Parrots impeccably, who had been with her for 20 years. And, as is the case with almost everyone who has ever had the opportunity and the privilege to have such amazing creatures as our Companions, these 5 Parrots were more than simple Companions. They were her beloved family.
Then one day a family crisis arose! J's parents, who had been living in South Carolina with her sister, were compelled to be placed in a continuous care facility for medical reasons, and serious consequences ensued. Their lives were at risk. J made the decision to relocate from Maryland to South Carolina to be close to her family in this crisis.
In her efforts to make the move to South Carolina, J gathered the primary necessities of settling into a new home, including the full-size cages and accessories for the 5 Parrots, and had them shipped ahead of her. Temporarily, the birds remained in Maryland, housed in travel cages in J's home there under the care of a friend, while J traveled to South Carolina to secure housing and prepare to bring the birds into their new home with everything all set up and awaiting their arrival.
With J in South Carolina, busy with the details of creating a new home there, a complaint was filed back in Maryland with the Prince George's County Animal Control. In investigating the complaint, PGCAC discovered the birds in what they deemed to be "too small cages", not having been kept properly cleaned. (Apparently, J's friend had fulfilled their promise to feed and water the birds properly but had not performed proper cage cleaning while J was gone.) And so, Animal Control seized possession of the 5 Parrots and notified J of their requirements in order to be able to return her birds to her. Initially, at least, she would be required to show proof of permanent residence locally, and proper housing for the birds or they would become "property" of Animal Control and dealt with at their discretion after July 1, and, in any case, would not be allowed to be returned to J under any circumstances after that, at any time.
Enter a multitude of concerned, well-meaning friends wanting to help find a solution leading to a Happy Ending for J and her Parrots. While there are times when friends can and do provide viable solutions to temporary challenges, once a government agency has become involved in a situation, it takes on a whole different tone; one which can and should be dealt with using the assistance of organizations who have experience with the system and people who operate within it.
NOW enter two organizations who have just those qualifications: The Quaker Parrot Society and The American Federation of Aviculturists!
However the connection was made (J is actually a member of QPS), both organizations stepped forward and began communicating first directly with J and ultimately conversing with PGCAC as well.
Now, HERE is the crux of the matter. When Prince George's County Animal Control took possession of the 5 Parrots, they were operating inside of A) a very meager knowledge of Companion Parrots and their day-to-day requirements, and B) no understanding whatsoever of the circumstances that generated the conditions for which the complaint was lodged and/or in which the birds were found. Given the lack of information at hand, they acted in what they believed were the best interests of the birds. The invaluable service that QPS and the AFA provided was to help fill in the gaps, and to give a voice to an otherwise distracted-by-critical-family-issues J. The two organizations provided a much-needed understanding of parrot husbandry to Animal Control, as well as help J organize her efforts to complete her task of relocating to South Carolina and demonstrating to Animal Control that she did, indeed, have the proper facilities to care for the birds appropriately.
More specifically this included providing support for J in securing the necessary documentation to demonstrate an established, permanent residence in South Carolina; physically transporting size-appropriate cages and accessories for each of the 5 birds from near Maryland to J's new location in South Carolina (until she receives delivery of her own that she shipped from Maryland), setting them up, and showing evidence that this had been accomplished so that Animal Control in South Carolina could inspect and approve; and last, but most certainly not least, delivering J WITH her 5 Companion Parrots from Prince George's County, Maryland to South Carolina … which occurred, safely and successfully at approximately 11:00 pm, Thursday, July 6, 2016. The Prince George's Five ARE AT HOME!
Obviously, there were "a thousand" little steps in between that had to be taken. And those steps were each meticulously and deliberately taken by individuals committed to assuring J and her beloved Parrots a Happy Ending. We have each had a part in this success with the Quaker Parrot Society and the American Federation of Aviculture, by our hearts, our hopes, and whatever help we could offer that was useful in accomplishing the result. But the bulk of the heavy lifting was done by the Prince George's County Animal Control, QPS, the AFA, and J herself. And it is to them that we all owe a debt of gratitude for being willing to stand for our relationships with our Companion Parrots, and for being willing to go the distance. They can, and will, do it for each and every one of us, should the need arise. We only need ask, and yield to their wisdom and experience. And then, pay it forward.


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See How A Restorer Brought My Old Master Painting Back To Life
What happens when you come to own a very old painting that's in need of some tender loving care? For pity's sake, don't break out the soap and water.
By William Newton
Usually when we see a painting in a museum exhibition or in an auction catalogue, the piece has either been kept in good condition, or it's been cleaned up to look its best. But what happens when you come to own a very old painting that's in need of some tender loving care? For pity's sake, don't break out the soap and water: you need to seek the services of a professional art restorer.
That's just what I did recently, with a very dingy, dirty oil on canvas that I picked up at a local auction. The painting depicts the Annunciation, that moment described in the Bible when Mary consents to become the mother of Jesus.
Underneath all the surface grime and cracking, I suspected it was probably a Northern Italian piece by a lesser artist, dating from the second half of the 17th century. Despite its rather sorry state of preservation, the painting struck me as a work of art that had lived a rough life, but was still worth saving.
Enter Katja Grauman, a professional art restorer I discovered online. After seeing the before and after examples on her site, I knew that if anyone could unlock the hidden potential in this dirty, disintegrating bit of painted old cloth, she could. I recently sat down with her in her Virginia studio, to discuss what she had to do to bring this very old work of art back from the brink, and what it takes to be an art restorer.
Enter Katja the Restorer
WN: Let's talk about this painting, from the time you got it, to where we are now.
KG: Well, the painting was in poor shape. It needed some imagination to see the potential in it. But I think you're correct, and we can establish that it's northern Italian, 17th century, by a provincial artist.
WN: Nice. I like being right.
KG: The canvas was all hand-made, and the paint was very fragile and flaking. With old paintings it doesn't take much to damage them, because the canvas itself can get very brittle with age so that it no longer supports the paint. And once the canvas is dry and fragile, any pressure on it can cause breaks, tears, and further deterioration.
Basically there are two components in restoration: one is conservation, where we stop the damage and deterioration of the painting, and stabilize it, and then there's the restoration component, where we clean it and infill the missing parts, turning it back into the painting that it once was. Your painting needed both, conservation and restoration, very badly. So the first thing to do here was just to stabilize the paint layer, and then line the canvas properly.
WN: Can you explain what lining is?
KG: Lining is adding a new piece of linen to the back of the painting. Since your painting was so fragile and had multiple fractures and flaking, and some tears in the canvas as well, what we had to do was add a layer of Mylar, which is an inert piece of plastic that we put in as a support layer.
Nobody will ever see it, because it's sandwiched in between the original canvas of the painting and the new canvas on the back. It adds strength and it's fully reversible, if it needs to be removed later. That's the current thinking in restoration, that everything we do has to be reversible.
Then there was the inpainting to do, to fill in the missing areas. Your painting was painted in oils, but we don't use oil paint in restoration, because we try to distinguish between the original and the new. Some Old Masters that were restored in the past were restored using oils, but it's often impossible to remove this, because the oil becomes a part of the canvas.
That's why now, the proper restoration method is not to use oils, but acrylic pigments, which are chemically very different from the oils and take different solvents. Later you can clean off the restoration safely, if needed, without damaging the original oil paint. Sometimes we use watercolors as well. It really depends on the project.
WN: What do you think had happened to this painting over the centuries, to get it in the state that it was in when you first got it?
KG: Time is the worst enemy of art. So you have the natural processes that are happening to any painting, which is exacerbated by not having the painting in a climate-controlled environment. The chemistry of the pigments means that a normal temperature range is insignificant when it comes to causing changes.
But really it's about dryness and humidity. Over time, if you take a painting from New York, where it's relatively dry, to Florida, where it's very humid, within a few days the painting reacts, it absorbs water from the environment, the canvas enlarges, and pulls the paint apart. And then as it dries—say, if you put it in a heated room—the canvas shrinks back. This constant push and pull creates a craquelure, in addition to the normal chemical craquelure that occurs as the paint dries.
As the paint dries, the topmost layer dries first, and then it slows down the middle layers, so there's a very specific but normal chemical process involved. It's like wrinkles on your face: you can't avoid them, unfortunately, but they're normal.
Author's painting after cleaning.
As your painting aged and got dirty, the varnish was completely soaked in, meaning no one had touched the varnish in over a century. Dust and grime, fireplaces, candles, smoking, all affected it. It was kept in an environment that was very dry, so probably at some point the owner just put it in an attic, because it wasn't very attractive anymore. It did have a previous restoration, over 100 years ago before it got so bad, because somebody recognized the value of it.
WN: Back when people still appreciated artistic skill.
KG: People used to recognize that paintings like these were valuable: the materials were expensive and the artists were expensive. In Old Masters, there are no bad paintings. It's not like in Modern and Contemporary Art, where everybody is an artist these days. In 17th century Italy this was not so: to get a commission you had to be good, you had to be trained, and it took a lifetime to be trained as an artist.
WN: And also just to build up a clientele.
KG: Right, exactly. So the painting had been restored before, by someone who recognized the value of it, but it was overcleaned. Varnishes have to be cleaned off of old paintings periodically, every 40 to 100 years, depending on the condition.
Over the years, all old paintings have been cleaned, but before organic chemistry very abrasive soaps and ammonia were used to clean paintings, so a lot of Old Masters have suffered in the hands of "restorers."
How One Becomes a Painting Restorer
WN: I'm curious, with respect to your career path, did you always intend to do art restoration, or did that came to you later?
KG: Well, I came from a former communist bloc country, Czechoslovakia, and under the system there when I grew up, the regime made sure that they captured children with talent early on. So starting around the second grade, there were specialized government commissions going from classroom to classroom, looking out for children who showed artistic talent, athletic ability, or musical talent, to place them in specialized after-school programs.
It was suggested that I take art classes, because they saw some talent in me, and then the natural progression was for me to go on to art high school. And that led through university education, so that I was on a single career path from very early on.
WN: So you're choosing your career at…14?
KG: At 14, yes. I gravitated toward it because I've always liked old stuff: picking up old things, finding things, repairing things. But once you're on that career path, the training is highly academic, so you have to go through vigorous schooling of copying Old Masters, and figure drawing, and being able to change the 3-D image that you see into a 2-D flat painting or drawing. At the same time, they were focused on eliminating every trace of your own creativity.
WN: Why's that?
KG: Because in art restoration, you can't really have your own artistic style develop. That's why when people ask me, "Are you an artist?" I have to say, "No." Academically, yes: I can paint anything. But not in my style.
You have to tell me, "I want you to paint a painting in Rubens' style," or "I want you to paint a painting in Matisse's style," and that I'm able to do. My own? No. Of course you can't entirely avoid having some of your own style in art restoration, but not very much. You can't really cultivate it.
WN: That's really interesting: the sublimation of the self for the sake of a career as an art restorer. I never thought about that before.
KG: When you study art restoration, you're never given a canvas and told, "Paint." You're given a canvas and told, "Make a perfect copy." I would have been a very average artist, but I can be an excellent art restorer, because I have artistic talent combined with other talents.
Author's painting in Katja's studio.
For example, you have to be something of a scientist, because you have to learn a lot about chemistry. You also have to learn a lot about history, because it's a multi-faceted field. Plus, you have to be really crafty. You have to be comfortable sitting on the ground, or climbing scaffolding, or doing a lot of dirty work, repairing stretchers, removing frames, dealing with old things that are fragile, or treating something that only has sentimental value as if it were a Fabergé egg.
WN: Right, because it could be an object that doesn't have a very high monetary value, but it's important to the owner.
KG: People have a very strong attachment to their art. When they bring their art to the studio for restoration, they have a really hard time visualizing what is going to happen to their piece, and sometimes the parting with it is difficult. So normally when a new client comes, who has no understanding of restoration but is very attached to their piece, they need time to get to know me and feel comfortable. Sometimes there's a lot of listening to family stories.
Detail of painting after cleaning, before restoration.
WN: So there's a lot of cultivating trust? Because someone who's in the art business is looking for a restorer who knows what they're doing and has the training and the reputation to do the work. But someone who's bringing a painting of great-grandfather's prize pig, which has never left the family since it was painted, can have trust issues.
KG: It's almost like dating, you know? The first impression is very important, because I have to know what I'm talking about—which I do, but it's a lot of work sometimes. I've noticed that some people are very uneasy about leaving their paintings, and at first I was taken aback by this because I'm a professional. And so of course, I couldn't be in this business if I were to destroy or damage your painting!
But I've had to learn to convince people over and over again that it's actually good for them to leave the painting here, and that what I'll return back to them is added value. A good client is an educated client, so I take my time to explain what I'm doing, if they're interested—and most people are very interested.
WN: What are some of the major misconceptions that people have when they're coming to you for the first time?
KG: Some of the common misconceptions come from people who watch a lot of programs like "Antiques Roadshow," where they've heard that when a painting is dirty or damaged that it has a "patina," and that this is a good thing for the painting. It's not.
Sometimes it's hard to explain that the varnish, which is the topmost layer of the painting, ages and oxidizes, but that layer is removable. It's put on a painting specifically to protect it, but over time as it yellows and darkens, it can obscure the visuals, and you won't be able to understand or enjoy your painting. The varnish can be removed safely, and especially with old paintings, it's routine.
WN: It's a bit like having cataracts.
KG: Exactly. Some people grew up with dirty paintings, so when a painting is cleaned, they're very surprised. Sometimes people don't like their clean paintings, and I have to explain, "No, your painting has always been this bright. The varnish just obscured it."
WN: And so overall, you're helping bring back what the artist originally intended you to see.
KG: Right. Properly done art restoration enhances the value of a piece, it doesn't detract from it.
After restoration.
William Newton is an Art Critic at The Federalist. Newton is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, The University of Notre Dame Law School, and Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. He lives in Washington DC. Learn more at wbdnewton.com and follow on Twitter @wbdnewton.
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