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package com.github.tototoshi.slick

import slick.driver.JdbcDriver
import org.joda.time._
import com.github.tototoshi.slick.converter._
import java.sql._
import java.util.Calendar
import slick.jdbc.{ PositionedResult, PositionedParameters }

class JodaDateTimeZoneMapper(val driver: JdbcDriver) {

  object TypeMapper extends driver.DriverJdbcType[DateTimeZone]
      with JodaDateTimeZoneSqlStringConverter {
    def sqlType = java.sql.Types.VARCHAR
    override def setValue(v: DateTimeZone, p: PreparedStatement, idx: Int): Unit =
      p.setString(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def getValue(r: ResultSet, idx: Int): DateTimeZone =
      fromSqlType(r.getString(idx))
    override def updateValue(v: DateTimeZone, r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Unit =
      r.updateString(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def valueToSQLLiteral(value: DateTimeZone) = toSqlType(value)
  }

  object JodaGetResult extends JodaGetResult[String, DateTimeZone] with JodaDateTimeZoneSqlStringConverter {
    def next(rs: PositionedResult): String = rs.nextString()
    def nextOption(rs: PositionedResult): Option[String] = rs.nextStringOption()
  }

  object JodaSetParameter extends JodaSetParameter[String, DateTimeZone] with JodaDateTimeZoneSqlStringConverter {
    def set(rs: PositionedParameters, z: String): Unit = rs.setString(z)
    def setOption(rs: PositionedParameters, z: Option[String]): Unit = rs.setStringOption(z)
  }

}

class JodaLocalDateMapper(val driver: JdbcDriver) {

  object TypeMapper extends driver.DriverJdbcType[LocalDate]
      with JodaLocalDateSqlDateConverter {
    def zero = new LocalDate(0L)
    def sqlType = java.sql.Types.DATE
    override def setValue(v: LocalDate, p: PreparedStatement, idx: Int): Unit =
      p.setDate(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def getValue(r: ResultSet, idx: Int): LocalDate =
      fromSqlType(r.getDate(idx))
    override def updateValue(v: LocalDate, r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Unit =
      r.updateDate(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def valueToSQLLiteral(value: LocalDate) = "{d '" + toSqlType(value).toString + "'}"
  }

  object JodaGetResult extends JodaGetResult[java.sql.Date, LocalDate] with JodaLocalDateSqlDateConverter {
    def next(rs: PositionedResult): Date = rs.nextDate()
    def nextOption(rs: PositionedResult): Option[Date] = rs.nextDateOption()
  }

  object JodaSetParameter extends JodaSetParameter[java.sql.Date, LocalDate] with JodaLocalDateSqlDateConverter {
    def set(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Date): Unit = rs.setDate(d)
    def setOption(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Option[Date]): Unit = rs.setDateOption(d)
  }

}

class JodaDateTimeMapper(val driver: JdbcDriver) {

  object TypeMapper extends driver.DriverJdbcType[DateTime]
      with JodaDateTimeSqlTimestampConverter {
    def zero = new DateTime(0L)
    def sqlType = java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP
    override def setValue(v: DateTime, p: PreparedStatement, idx: Int): Unit =
      p.setTimestamp(idx, toSqlType(v), Calendar.getInstance(v.getZone().toTimeZone()))
    override def getValue(r: ResultSet, idx: Int): DateTime =
      fromSqlType(r.getTimestamp(idx))
    override def updateValue(v: DateTime, r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Unit =
      r.updateTimestamp(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def valueToSQLLiteral(value: DateTime) = "{ts '" + toSqlType(value).toString + "'}"
  }

  object JodaGetResult extends JodaGetResult[Timestamp, DateTime] with JodaDateTimeSqlTimestampConverter {
    def next(rs: PositionedResult): Timestamp = rs.nextTimestamp()
    def nextOption(rs: PositionedResult): Option[Timestamp] = rs.nextTimestampOption()
  }

  object JodaSetParameter extends JodaSetParameter[Timestamp, DateTime] with JodaDateTimeSqlTimestampConverter {
    def set(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Timestamp): Unit = rs.setTimestamp(d)
    def setOption(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Option[Timestamp]): Unit = rs.setTimestampOption(d)
  }

}

class JodaInstantMapper(val driver: JdbcDriver) {

  object TypeMapper extends driver.DriverJdbcType[Instant]
      with JodaInstantSqlTimestampConverter {
    def zero = new DateTime(0L)
    def sqlType = java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP
    override def setValue(v: Instant, p: PreparedStatement, idx: Int): Unit =
      p.setTimestamp(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def getValue(r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Instant =
      fromSqlType(r.getTimestamp(idx))
    override def updateValue(v: Instant, r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Unit =
      r.updateTimestamp(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def valueToSQLLiteral(value: Instant) = "{ts '" + toSqlType(value).toString + "'}"
  }

  object JodaGetResult extends JodaGetResult[Timestamp, Instant] with JodaInstantSqlTimestampConverter {
    def next(rs: PositionedResult): Timestamp = rs.nextTimestamp()
    def nextOption(rs: PositionedResult): Option[Timestamp] = rs.nextTimestampOption()
  }

  object JodaSetParameter extends JodaSetParameter[Timestamp, Instant] with JodaInstantSqlTimestampConverter {
    def set(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Timestamp): Unit = rs.setTimestamp(d)
    def setOption(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Option[Timestamp]): Unit = rs.setTimestampOption(d)
  }

}

class JodaLocalDateTimeMapper(val driver: JdbcDriver) {

  object TypeMapper extends driver.DriverJdbcType[LocalDateTime]
      with JodaLocalDateTimeSqlTimestampConverter {
    def zero = new LocalDateTime(0L)
    def sqlType = java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP
    override def setValue(v: LocalDateTime, p: PreparedStatement, idx: Int): Unit =
      p.setTimestamp(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def getValue(r: ResultSet, idx: Int): LocalDateTime =
      fromSqlType(r.getTimestamp(idx))
    override def updateValue(v: LocalDateTime, r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Unit =
      r.updateTimestamp(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def valueToSQLLiteral(value: LocalDateTime) = "{ts '" + toSqlType(value).toString + "'}"
  }

  object JodaGetResult extends JodaGetResult[Timestamp, LocalDateTime] with JodaLocalDateTimeSqlTimestampConverter {
    def next(rs: PositionedResult): Timestamp = rs.nextTimestamp()
    def nextOption(rs: PositionedResult): Option[Timestamp] = rs.nextTimestampOption()
  }

  object JodaSetParameter extends JodaSetParameter[Timestamp, LocalDateTime] with JodaLocalDateTimeSqlTimestampConverter {
    def set(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Timestamp): Unit = rs.setTimestamp(d)
    def setOption(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Option[Timestamp]): Unit = rs.setTimestampOption(d)
  }

}

class JodaLocalTimeMapper(val driver: JdbcDriver) {

  object TypeMapper extends driver.DriverJdbcType[LocalTime]
      with JodaLocalTimeSqlTimeConverter {
    def zero = new LocalTime(0L)
    def sqlType = java.sql.Types.TIME
    override def setValue(v: LocalTime, p: PreparedStatement, idx: Int): Unit =
      p.setTime(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def getValue(r: ResultSet, idx: Int): LocalTime =
      fromSqlType(r.getTime(idx))
    override def updateValue(v: LocalTime, r: ResultSet, idx: Int): Unit =
      r.updateTime(idx, toSqlType(v))
    override def valueToSQLLiteral(value: LocalTime) = "{t '" + toSqlType(value).toString + "'}"
  }

  object JodaGetResult extends JodaGetResult[Time, LocalTime] with JodaLocalTimeSqlTimeConverter {
    def next(rs: PositionedResult): Time = rs.nextTime()
    def nextOption(rs: PositionedResult): Option[Time] = rs.nextTimeOption()
  }

  object JodaSetParameter extends JodaSetParameter[Time, LocalTime] with JodaLocalTimeSqlTimeConverter {
    def set(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Time): Unit = rs.setTime(d)
    def setOption(rs: PositionedParameters, d: Option[Time]): Unit = rs.setTimeOption(d)
  }

}


Over the course of a decade, GMU provided lead geotechnical design and construction services for Ladera Ranch, a 4,000-acre master-planned community in South Orange County developed by Rancho Mission Viejo. The challenging hillside site featured a variety of complicated soils conditions, including numerous landslides, that were evaluated and remediated in the course of 100 million cubic yards of corrective grading. GMU received a number of awards for our work at Ladera Ranch, including 2004 ASCE Project of the Year.


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Celebrity Marathon of Lust!
By Rebecca Dana • 01/23/06 12:00am
One television network executive, contacted with urgency on Jan. 16 to discuss matters of great importance to the future of the medium, responded via e-mail at 9:26 p.m.
"I'm steeped in Golden Globes!" he wrote.
Which makes you think two things. First: Oh! That's right. The Golden Globes are on. And second: Why on earth, given that every shred of available evidence suggests these awards are largely useless, both as a judge of quality television and as an instrument for increasing ratings, do TV people still care about the Golden Globes?
Movie people, fine. The ceremony, at least Hollywood's third- or fourth-most-anticipated of the season, is a decent predictor of other, more important awards. Winning one of those little trophies means that more people will go see your movie, which means more buzz, which combined with many (tasteful!) ads in Variety and Hollywood Reporter can lead to a swell time on Oscar night, a steeper paycheck next time and a boatload of residuals from DVD sales.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the dubious organization of sometime journalists that mounts the ceremony each year, likes outsider movies, Oscar long shots, films that depict less fortunate people persevering, but not in exactly the way you'd expect them to, and yet still with the financial backing of a major film studio. Bonus points went out this year if you were a Focus feature or your project included gays or transsexuals.
But when it comes to television, the association tends to vote with Nielsen. This year's big winners were Desperate Housewives and Lost, both of ABC and the only two breakout hits of the 2004-5 television season. Desperate Housewives had already won last year in the musical/comedy category, beating out actual comedies Arrested Development on Fox and Entourage on HBO, not to mention a host of un-nominated but no doubt superior musical television series, wherever they might be.
So why do the 90-odd members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association go highbrow with movies and middlebrow with TV?
"They like to appear to influence the Academy Awards," said David Poland, a Hollywood-based film columnist and the editor of the Web site Movie City News. "For movies, they usually pick what they think they can have an influence on. But in terms of the television stuff, it really is just a celebrity marathon of lust. That's why you have all four Desperate Housewives nominated"—which they were, in the Best Lead Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, category. "That's why, with something like House, I'm sure Hugh Laurie came and charmed the hell out of them."
Mr. Laurie won for Best Actor in a Dramatic Television Series.
"It's definitely a contest in which one must vigorously campaign," said Mark Urman, the head of the U.S. theatrical division of THINKfilm, who has campaigned successfully for awards more than once in his day. "These are not critics on a beat. They are not people who are assigned to see movies or television shows in the way we currently understand. In order for them to see the stuff, it's a backbreaking ordeal. They need to be met more than halfway. You need to get their attention. I can imagine the receptions for Desperate Housewives. You can probably have a lot more fun with those four girls than you can at the press conference for a different show."
The sheer workload of the members of the voting board may explain why they seem to show a preference for popular TV—it's easier to discover a hit on NBC than on National Geographic Explorer. The ceremony's remove from television's major award show, the Emmys, which is in September, might also be a factor. Coming as they do nine months earlier, the Globes don't really work as predictors for the Emmys, and winning one seems to have little effect on ratings.
"As they go through the television categories, once a show is eliminated, the cast will sometimes just get up and leave," said Mr. Poland. "Because they have to go to work in the morning."
Jim Cramer, the frothy-mouthed, crazy-eyed millionaire host of Mad Money on CNBC, is about to enter the land of genuine lunatics: press-obsessed real-estate moguls, power-mad billionaires, the editors of various glossy magazines and people who eat cockroaches for money. He's developing a reality-TV show.
King of Wall Street, as the show is presently called, is being conceived on the West Coast and is based loosely on the formula of The Apprentice, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
The show, if made, would air on CNBC or NBC.
In an early blueprint, a group of contestants would be given a certain amount of money to invest. Then, as in life, whoever makes the most money wins.
Naturally, there would be diversions along the way—games and contests, in which the business-savvy participants will try to sell stock to monkeys or compete for who can go the longest without hitting on CNBC "Money Honey" Maria Bartiromo.
Presented with that general description of the project in an e-mail, Mr. Cramer wrote back almost immediately: "NO COMMENT."
Then he sent another e-mail, several seconds later.
"No," it said, "'terse no comment.'"
A spokesman for CNBC—the sort of person who any other day would fall over himself at an opportunity to kvell about the struggling cable business channel's only real star—likewise declined to discuss Mr. Cramer's reality show.
Fortunately, there is a canon of Cramer literature, ginned up in the months since Mad Money debuted in March 2005, that suggests what sort of game-show host the stock prophet might be.
Born in Philadelphia in 1955, Mr. Cramer has two degrees from Harvard and once lived for a short time in his car. In the 1980's, he worked as a broker for Goldman Sachs, then started a hedge fund, where, biographers invariably note, he earned a stunning average return of 24 percent a year, after fees.
His show airs five nights a week on CNBC. It features heavy-metal music and a set overrun with doodads and sound-effect buttons, which Mr. Cramer whacks gleefully when a particular stock looks good or bad. He lives in New Jersey, wakes at 3:45 a.m. and is worth, by his own estimate, between $50 and $100 million.
All told, it's a personality well suited to the reality genre. Or, as any of the more than 400,000 viewers who watch his show might say: "Booyah!"
Ever watch a full week of evening and late-night news on Channel 2 and feel like you're getting whiplash?
You're not imagining the breakneck pace of things, which is appreciably different from other local newscasts. It feels a little bit like having the headlines read by a horserace announcer, in not entirely a bad way.
It's all a part of Peter Dunn's plan to cram as much news, blog-like, into the evening newscasts as possible.
Last November, when Mr. Dunn became the new president and general manager of WCBS-TV, he quickly seized on pace as the key feature of a local newscast.
At 6:45 p.m. on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, about 20 reporters from the WCBS-2 news team gathered in a third-floor conference room to hear the latest attempt at a panacea for local news. Kim Godwin, the channel's assistant news director, unveiled the plan: No story could be longer than a minute and 15 seconds.
This is the sort of decision that can radically alter the feel of a local newscast, and radically shift its ratings. In the coming weeks, other amendments trickled down: Stories are best around 45 seconds; the 11 o'clock news should contain at least 20.
Exactly what makes a successful local newscast is anyone's guess. Many have tried to perfect the genre, increasing the length of stories or shortening them; adding more crime coverage or less; having reporters chase down the proprietors of dirty lunch buffets and cameramen shove microphones in the guilty mugs of the city's least fastidious landlords. To date, not much of it has worked. The ratings for WCBS have basically plateau'd.
And the new shorter-faster-better edict has rankled some in the news division, who were beginning to adjust to an earlier cure-all calling for more substantive stories that could stretch to two minutes.
Mr. Dunn, a longtime newsman and a veteran of the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia, restricted himself to a general comment when contacted by NYTV.
"CBS 2 is focused on improving the product and that may be what you are noticing," an e-mail, signed with his name and sent via his publicist, read. "Our goal is to report the news that matters most to the communities we serve. We do not compare ourselves to anyone but ourselves and strive to improve our news operation every day."
Filed Under: Home, Media, NYTV, Hollywood, CNBC, Jim Cramer, Peter Dunn
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Mark Cavendish has been catching a lot of heat for causing the crash in Tuesday's stage at the Tour of Switzerland, but when you watch the video of the crash, it's really not that clear.
I see Cavendish throwing his bike left to right as he is accelerating, but he is still holding his line at that point; he does drift over in front of Gerald Ciolek, which could be seen as deviating from his line, but Heinrich Haussler came over just as much. To be honest, in my eyes, Haussler caused the crash by keeping his head down instead of watching where he was going and cutting over and into Cavendish.
Of course, Cavendish's post-crash actions certainly aren't professional, especially spitting on the ground at riders who are complaining, but he is taking a disproportionate amount of heat for causing the crash. Haussler is easily just as much to blame, if not more so.
I just hope the Manx Missile doesn't lose too much of his form, because I'm really looking forward to seeing him dice it up in the Tour de France in a couple more weeks.


Hello I have not received the previous version of BlackBerry 10.3.3 I am using the Z30 STA100-2 model, but today an update of 10.3.2205 is more distributed Is Blackberry juggling with me?
If your device is unlocked and purchased from shopBB, then you will get it.
If not, then you have a long time to wait for your carriers or you could just get into the forums and help yourself with the update files.
Does that mean that I'm not gonna get the 10.3.3 update on my BlackBerry? I didn't buy it directly from BlackBerry of course. I'm in India! I thought that the software updates are sent directly to the device? Do we actually have to do something to get the latest updates? This is sick, or am I just confused?
You just have to wait. I have PP SE bought unlocked and unbranded and asked BB team about the OTA, they replied "The rollout for 10..3.3 started with devices purchased from BlackBerry directly, and will roll out to carrier purchased, and devices bough from online retailers & re-sellers in the near future Unfortunately we cannot provide an ETA as per when you can expect to see 10.3.3 so make sure you continue to check daily.
The updates are still*provided through the original carriers. You can do the update manually yourself though.
Question to all, can't sachesi be used to update a phone?
BIG Question help me out!
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Age distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by generational group
Age distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by age group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who are ages…
Generational cohort
100% < 1% < 1% < 1% 644
52% 48% < 1% < 1% 867
< 1% 100% < 1% < 1% 1,998
< 1% < 1% 85% 15% 3,879
< 1% < 1% < 1% 100% 1,993
< 1% < 1% < 1% 100% 215
Learn More: 18-29, 30-49, 50-64, 65+


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Went on line and saw the car.... Phoned First4car and was impressed by the dealer who was friendly and gave me all the information I needed to know to make a decision without any pressure.
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The guys are very welcoming in and not pushy at all, but happy to answer any questions you have. Bought the car with a fast turn around with MOT and full vallet. The car was second hand however looked New. Keep you the good work guys.
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Thank you Mark for taking the time to leave a review. We believe every customer needs the time to decide for themselves whether the car is the right one for them. Of course we are always on hand to provide information and help with that decision but a car is personal to each and every customer. It's always great to hear a customer is happy with their purchase as well as the customer service they received. We hope to see you again Mark when it's time for an update. Many thanks.
First 4 Car were brilliant. I first organised a test drive to which they were very accomodatig and left me to get used to the car in my own time. Once I decided to purchase, it was done so smoothly and right to he timings we required. Would definitely recommend.
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U.S. plastic bottle recycling hit 3 billion pounds in 2014: report
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Arlene Karidis
The United States recycled more than 3 billion pounds of post-consumer plastic bottles in 2014, representing a 97 million pound increase from 2013, according to a report from the Association of Plastic Recyclers and the American Chemistry Council. The 2014 figure also marks a recycling rate jump of 31.8%.
PET and polyethylene constituted 97.2% of the plastic bottle recycling market, and polypropylene accounted for another 2.6%.
The increase is primarily due to single-stream recycling and how many recycling programs now accept all types of plastic bottles, according to ACC's managing director of plastics markets, Keith Christman. Despite this increased number of bottles collected, the volume in weight is down.
As environmentalists and recyclers remind consumers of the benefits of recycling and of the harm caused by plastic waste — particularly to marine life — more people are adopting recycling as a routine practice. But convenience has been as powerful a motivator as education, as seen by higher recycling rates when consumers can combine recyclables in one cart rather than have to separate them. This easier approach has proven to increase household participation and volumes.
Movement of recycling programs to start accepting all types of plastic bottles also has helped bring the numbers up, Christman said.
"We know that from studies that have been done over the years. Having more communities recognize the need to collect all plastic bottles makes it easier for people and increases plastic bottle recycling," he said of the 25-year-running upward trend in recycling rates.
Still, recyclers face challenges with new manufacturing trends. For instance, some products are sold in smaller bottles of more concentrated products, and the bottles are lighter. Therefore, while more containers are collected, the volume in weight is decreasing.
"It makes it harder to have dramatic increases in the pounds of recycling if the amount of material going on to the marketplace is growing more slowly," said Christman.
Nonetheless, "All trends are positive this year, in a very tough market. We're pleased that we continue to both maintain and see slight growth going forward," APR Executive Director Steve Alexander said to Plastics News.
Plastic News US bottle recycling hits 3 billion pound mark
Filed Under: Recycling


MURRAY — A couple of brothers had to buy expensive, new power tools for a second time after two thieves stole their equipment from the home they are remodeling in Murray. They hope surveillance video from neighbors' cameras will help police catch the culprits.
Brian O'Keefe called it gut-wrenching to see his valuable tools stolen on camera. But he wanted to share his story so that others who may make the same mistakes are not victims too.
"They're good at this," O'Keefe said of the burglars.
He and his brother are remodeling a home near 4700 S. Meadowview Road. He'll live there soon. Right now, it's a work site, targeted by thieves early Wednesday.
O'Keefe arrived at 7 a.m. that day.
"I ended up seeing that the garage was halfway open," he said. "I walked around the side of the house and saw that the back door was kicked in, and also the garage door. I knew right away what had happened."
In the garage, he said all of their main, expensive power tools were missing. The thieves swiped an expensive table saw, a miter saw, an air compressor, a chainsaw, and a $1,200 jackhammer. He estimates the thieves stole more than $4,000 worth of tools in all.
"It's kind of gutting to go back and watch the video, to see them carrying your stuff off that you use every day," he said. "Then you have to go and replace it."
Surveillance video from neighbors' cameras show the thief walking next to the house at 5:45 a.m. Ten minutes later, a red pickup truck backs into the driveway.
The thieves load up the truck, and take off two minutes later. They believe it is a newer, red Dodge crew cab. They cannot get a number from the license plate.
O'Keefe thinks the man who kicked in the door organized all of the tools in the garage.
"So, when they backed the truck up, it was a quick in-and-out," he said.
He also believes the thieves targeted his empty house. "It's very obvious this house is being remodeled," he said.
According to police investigating a crime, homes under construction — and construction sites in general — are often targeted by burglars.
"They probably knew our times that we come and go," said O'Keefe.
He learned a couple of critical lessons the hard way. "From here on out," he said, "all of our tools are packed up, every day. Don't leave anything on the site."
Police agreed: Anything left onsite must be secured.
O'Keefe had also neglected to record the serial numbers on his power tools. He's now taking a picture of the tool and the serial number for each that he owns and keeping them secured every night.
"From here on out, we take all of our tools with us, big or small," he added.
Anyone who might have information on the burglary is asked to call Murray police at 801-264-2673.


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Optimi Health (OPTHF), (CSE:OPTI) – First International Psilocybin Supply Agreement For Optimi Health: Here Are The Details
ByJoana Scopel
Optimi Health Corp. OPTI OPTHF 8BN, a Canadian-based company licensed by Health Canada to produce and supply natural psilocybin and other psychedelic substances, announced that it has entered into its first international psilocybin supply agreement with Promises Innovative Recovery ("PIR").
PIR is a globally-minded medical, research, and educational center focusing on preventative healthcare, precision medicine, and innovative treatments, including psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy and plant-based therapeutics. Pamela and Gary Roberts, founders of the Florida-based Social Impact Organization, provide expert substance abuse, addiction, and mental health services to treatment centers through its comprehensive and exceptional intensive outpatient protocol.
Focus on the health and wellness markets, Optimi Health will be collaborating with PIR "on the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Costa Rica devoted to scientific research, therapeutic discovery, and advancing techniques in psychedelic-assisted mental health treatments utilizing both cannabis and psilocybin," reads a press release.
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Related to Costa Rica's regulations around the medicalization of cannabis, Optimi showed interest in supporting PIR's work with the Costa Rican government "to establish a medicinal and therapeutic psychedelic research framework in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders."
"The need for a safe, consistent supply of psilocybin for scientific research and better health outcomes is not limited to Canada," said Optimi Health CEO Bill Ciprick. "As we look to the international research and commercial landscape for psilocybin, we are now presented with the opportunity to both supply and participate in the establishment of a ground-breaking research center whose work will translate to very real, lived advancements in patient care."
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Bryan Safarik, Chief Operations Officer of BC Green, said that "the leadership of the Costa Rican government, and Promises Innovative Recovery, is an excellent chance for industry stakeholders to move forward in partnership and good faith with national health authorities. It is our sincere hope that this collaboration, beginning with research and medical tourism, will lead to a more complete regulatory framework for the widespread medicinal implementation of cannabis and psychedelic therapeutics."
"Our agreement with Optimi and BC Green instantly validates the quality and scale of supply required to support a future medicinal and therapeutic framework in Costa Rica," said the co-Founder of Promises Innovative Recovery, Gary Roberts, who is meeting with Costa Rican officials and interested stakeholders this week to discuss the licensed framework.
Roberts also lauded Optimi and BC Green's expertise working within Health Canada's Special Access Programme (SAP), a regulated model accessed by Canadians facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. "We have an opportunity to build a clinically validated, compassionate access framework, much like the SAP model in Canada, that would put Costa Rica's psychedelic medical tourism industry in a league of its own."
"Our strategic partners, Knowde Group, are leaders in this sector and will be providing the clinical and regulatory guidance to accomplish this. There are tremendous benefits in this space, and we are looking forward to exploring them together," Roberts added.
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LEGENDARY 1896 YC&AC vs. ICHIKO BASEBALL GAMES
May 18, 2016 October 1, 2016 / Western Sports / By Mike Galbraith
Four simple games of baseball 120 years ago opened way to brilliant future for baseball in Japan.
Baseball's rise to ascendancy as Japan's most popular western sport began in 1896 when four baseball games played between May 23 and July 4 – three on the cricket ground of the Yokohama Cricket & Athletic Club (YC&AC) in the center of what is now Yokohama Koen/Park and one in Tokyo – rocketed the level of Japanese interest in the sport, game by game.
In May 1896 baseball was by no means a new sport in Japan. Many baseball games had been played since the first recorded game in 1871 in Yokohama between the USS Colorado and a local team. That local foreigners team soon started to play games against a Tokyo foreigners team that included Horace Wilson and other teachers at Kaisei Gakko and Englishman F. W. Strange working nearby in Daigaku Yobimon, and in 1876 the Yokohama Base Ball Club was formed which was merged with three other Yokohama sports clubs in 1884 to create YC&AC. Meanwhile, Hiroshi Hiroaka established the Shimbashi Athletic Club baseball team in 1878 in Tokyo and did his best to promote the sport, and gradually Japanese middle and high schools began to take it up.
What made these four games in 1896 both different from those before them and the stuff of legends was that they pitted a Japanese team against non-Japanese teams AND that the Japanese team demonstrated great skill and prowess and overwhelmed their opposition in three of the four games.
There was not even a pre-mediated plan to play a series of the four games. Originally, Englishman William Benjamin Mason, a teacher in Tokyo's First Higher Middle School, was simply asked to use his connections with the mainly British-run YC&AC to arrange a single game against the club's baseball team. That game led to a request for a rematch and the rematch led to a challenge from the baseball nine of the visiting American warship USS Detroit anchored at Yokohama, and that was to lead to the final game played on July 4 as a high profile part of the celebrations of Independence Day.
The Japanese team was the Tokyo Higher School (better known as the First Higher School or Ichiko) which was a school to prepare students to enter the Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo). The game in Tokyo was between Ichiko and the baseball nine of the USS Detroit.
When the first game was played on May 23 1896, neither the foreign community in Yokohama nor the Japanese language media seem to have attached any particular significance to it being the first "international" baseball match. The YC&AC played at least two Brits in their team with cricketer K. F. Crawford being a vice president of the club.
It was only the 12th recorded game played by Ichiko, some of whose supporters had caused the international "Imbrie incident" during the school's first ever game almost exactly six years earlier. They attacked the Christian missionary Rev. W. Imbrie who taught at Meiji Gakuen where the game was being played when he tried to enter the ground taking a short cut by climbing over a hedge. As a result the game was stopped with Ichiko losing 6-0. The assault on Imbrie was one of several at the time on American missionaries, one of whom died, and came at a time of rising tensions between Japanese and foreigners. One reason for these attacks were issues relating to extraterritoriality and the special status of foreigners in Japan. Meanwhile, economic crisis also exacerbated feelings against privileged foreigners and the unprecedented high price of rice led to reports of mass starvation even in Tokyo. All in all it was not surprising that some Japanese students were restless and that the YC&AC were reluctant to play against Ichiko.
One former member of Ichiko's baseball club – he played catcher – who was a spectator at that first ever Ichiko game was MASAOKA Shiki who went on to become one of Meiji Japan's most famous poets and the last of the four so-called "pillars" of Japanese haiku. More later on him.
YC&AC Vs Ichiko on May 23 and June 6 1896
The only Yokohama newspaper to cover that May 23 game and the other games in Yokohama was the Japan Weekly Mail (JWM). The JWM reporter's coverage of all the games was excellent and his analysis impressive, giving readers a good sense of how each game progressed as well as the general atmosphere. Even the length of each article indicates how the popular interest grew game by game.
The title of the JWM's two-sentence article with tabulated game stats about the first game was "BASEBALL." and the article read "A baseball team of the Y. C. & A. C. were badly beaten on Saturday by a nine from the Tokyo Higher School, being out-maneuvered at all points of the game as a glance at the score with show. Mr. Geo. Rice was scorer." The score was 29-4 and the stats show that Ichiko's pitcher AOI Jitsuzo was the outstanding player on the field. The losing YC&AC soon requested a rematch which was set for June 6.
Games stats for the first ever Ichiko vs YC&AC baseball match
The Japanese media doesn't appear to have written anything about that game but after the second game papers like the Asahi wrote small articles explaining what happened subsequently.
The headline for the article about the second game played June 6 was "YOKOHAMA VERSUS THE TOKYO HIGHER SCHOOL" and the longish article read as follows:
"The Tokyo Higher School repeated their victory of a fortnight ago by defeating a team of foreign baseballers on the Cricket Ground on Friday afternoon. The Yokohama team was made up of four players from the Y.C. and A.C. and five from the U.S.S. Charleston and Detroit, but they were no match for the active Tokyo students, who managed to score 28 runs to 9 made by the home team. It must of course be borne in mind that schoolboys with their daily opportunities to practise, their constant matches and sparer figures, have always the advantage over a team of grown men, hastily brought together, who have not played together before and besides are never in practise, even at the best of times, save in match games. Still one expected a little better showing than was made by the foreigners on Friday: their first fours innings produced not a single run. The play of the Japanese youths was smart throughout, the fielding admirably sure, the pitching of Aoi and the catching of Fujino remarkably clever. The day was brilliantly fine, though cool for the time of year, and the ground was thronged with some hundreds of Japanese spectators who cheered most impartially every good point of the game, whether by their own men or by foreign players. Mr. Geo. E. Rice again officiated as the scorer, and Mr. Merriman was the umpire."
Game stats for second Ichiko vs YC&AC baseball match
It was after this victory that Japanese newspapers gave some coverage to the two wins and that the baseball nine of the USS Detroit challenged the Ichiko team to a match on their home ground in Hongo in Tokyo which was duly arranged for June 27. When the American naval squad entered the Ichiko ground to music from the ship's band, it is reported that they found the school had around 10,000 Japanese supporters. In a warm up game the American team had lost to the YC&AC and so it was perhaps not surprising that the navy team lost 22-6.
USS Detroit was a 2,235 ton unprotected cruiser launched in 1891. Saw brief action during 1893 Brazil revolt at Rio. Had good baseball team.
And so we come to the remarkable last of the four games played by Ichiko in 1896 – that against the YC&AC on Independence Day, July 4. Under the headline "THE BASEBALL MATCH" the JWM's lengthy description of the game is as follows: "The game commenced at 3 o'clock, instead of 10 a.m., owing to the heavy rain of the early morning making the ground too swampy for play. In the meantime, the Tokyo players had been entertained to lunch in the Pavilion, the repast being furnished by Mr. W. N. Wright. A large number of spectators were on the ground when the game began and they increased considerably as the afternoon wore on. Yokohama went in first to bat and made 5 runs; the Tokyo Higher School failed to score that innings, but in the next drew level. In the third innings, Yokohama made two runs, and Tokyo only one. A change came over the play in the next innings, the Tokyo lads, by excellent fielding, putting out the home side for one run. Then they went in and scored 5, the game thus standing, Yokohama 8, Tokyo 11. From then the game grew more and more exciting, neither team letting a chance go by. Abel made some pretty catches in the right field, while Church, a naval player, relieving Eckhardt as pitcher, made things more lively for the visitors, whose propensity for stealing bases he greatly checked. At the close of the sixth innings, Yokohama had made 10 runs and were two behind the Tokyo Higher School's score. In the seventh and eighth innings neither side managed to get home, the men being either struck out or put out to get home, the men being either struck out or put out on 1st or 2nd base. Excitement became intense when Yokohama went out to begin the 9th and last innings. They had to make three runs to win, and when two men were caught out without scoring it looked all over but the cheering. Then Dame Fortune went boldly over to their side, and with the assistance of an error or two by the Japanese fielders they managed to get four runs, thus passing their opponents' score by two runs. Still the Japanese had another innings to play and the possibility of a tie was very imminent. But the home team, pulling themselves into better combination than before, prevented the visitors from scoring another run: the game thus ending in a victory for Yokohama by two runs. The applause – supplemented by many fire crackers – that greeted the hoisting of the telegraph, was frantic; then the Yokohama captain called for cheers for the Tokyo Higher School. These were given in good earnest. Competent critics agree that the Japanese team played a neater and better game in the field than their opponents – the combination produced by constant practise being pretty to watch: but the home team beat them easily in batting, sending the ball further afield with the greatest ease. Mr. W. S. Stone was umpire, and Mr. Geo. E. Rice scored."
Games stats for third Ichiko vs YC&AC baseball match
In that final and, arguably, most important game played on July 4, the YC&AC had eked out a victory. While the JWM reporter indicates the win was down to the "naval player" Church, he doesn't mention the role of the USS Olympia like he mentions the role of the USS Charleston and the USS Detroit in supplying players from their baseball nine for the second game. The USS Olympia was the flagship of the US navy's Asiatic Squadron and its baseball team was the strongest in the squadron but the ship didn't arrive in Yokohama until the day after the second game! According to a story in the Japanese media, Church was a black major leaguer, but from the late 1880s black players were banned from playing in the major leagues. Moreover, the baseball records relating to Hiram Lincoln Church (1863-1926), the only player from that period with the name Church, show him as a left fielder only being picked to play for the collapsing Brooklyn Gladiators franchise in their final three games against Syracuse in August 1890 because he was at the time living in Syracuse where the games were being played. Church's time in the navy and on the USS Olympia is not mentioned. Clearly more research is necessary clarify the background of the man who rescued the YC&AC from total humiliation. NOTE: Since writing this story I have discovered that the so-called 'professional' baseball player 'Pop' Church was not Hiram Church but actually an 18 year-old from Rhode Island called Ernest Fisher Church. You can find out about him in a separate story on the subject on the website.
6,585 ton USS Olympia was a 'protected cruiser' with 33 officers and 395 men was commissioned in 1895. Its first real voyage was to Japan and its baseball nine quickly became the Asiatic Squadron champions.
Despite losing that final game, there was clearly no one who doubted that the Japanese players had outplayed their foes. AOI Jitsuzo, his team mates and coach KANAE Chuman were now national heroes. Yokohama Commercial High School and Shizuoka High School immediately set up baseball clubs with AOI becoming the coach of the former not long after.
The above-mentioned poet MASUOKA Shiki also contributed greatly to the promotion of baseball in Japan. He referred to baseball frequently in his poetry, translated many of the special baseball terms into appropriate Japanese, and being a journalist at the time, published a series of three longish articles introducing baseball to readers not long afterwards in the Nippon newspaper that attracted a lot of attention.
The Ichiko games against the YC&AC have attracted a lot of attention and variety of interpretations from historians and writers over the years and have been used as primary evidence to support various contentions such as that they somehow helped facilitate the realization of Japan's sense of self-respect as a national in the world.
Many of the writings on such subjects are weakened by basic factual mistakes especially regarding the YC&AC which is commonly referred to as the Yokohama Athletic Club. Indeed, if you google "Yokohama Athletic Club" you will get thousands of hits and even find a Wikipedia page. In 1896 the name of the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club was then still called the Yokohama Cricket and Athletic Club. Many writers also seem to believe that the club was an American club dedicated to playing baseball.
More sinister is the way in which several writers seem to, sometimes gleefully, cast aspersions on the characters of the entire YC&AC membership of those days, especially the baseball team. A good example of this is the following from Alan Klein's book called Baseball on the Border: "The Yokohama Athletic Club rejected the first invitation in 1891 and all subsequent invitations until 1896. Initially, the Americans rejected the Japanese because it was felt that a nation of kite-fliers and flower arrangers could never offer a sufficiently virile challenge to Americans playing the American game."
In fact, the early history of western sports shows clearly that instead of taking an exclusionist stance towards Japanese participation in their sports, foreign athletes and teachers, including many Americans, actively lobbied for the introduction of sports in schools and colleges in order to improve the physical health of students.
When Japanese sports teams and sportsmen were judged to be good enough, their foreign counterparts were usually keen to compete against them. As far back as September 1876 a story on baseball in the Japan Gazette stated "We should be pleased to see ….a match arranged between the Settlement and the Japanese students of the Kaisei-gakko, who have made such progress in this American game as would likely surprise their opponents." As indicated above, the fact that Ichiko couldn't get a game between1891 and 1896 against the YC&AC was not due to the feelings and/or racial beliefs of the club's members but was due to a combination of unrelated external circumstances and events.
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I finally picked up some items from the #NSale this morning–and they were all $35 OR LESS!!! In case you haven't heard about what the #nsale is, it's the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale that's going on now. Nordstrom puts some of the new fall collections on sale for crazy discount prices–and yes, it's new stuff! Usually you only see these prices after-season.
That means you can go ahead and stock your fall wardrobe! First up, basics: I've heard wonders about the Zella Live In Leggings, and leggings are a cold-weather staple for me, so I had to buy them. I picked up the short-sleeved Lush tee since it will not only work now, but can be layered for fall. I purchased it in white, but there's five other color options. And of course I had to buy the striped long-sleeve tee! It's the perfect for a put-together yet casual look.
For fun items, I finally jumped on the backpack purse trend. To be clear, I was on the backpack purse trend when I was little, but it's been a good twenty years since I rocked one. I actually bought this Sole Society backpack (instead of the BP one shown below) in the Brown Saddle color, and it was only $29.90! Plaid is back for fall, of course, and I really liked the fun colors of this O'Neill plaid. Finally, I grabbed this Lush dress. It will make a great transition piece to cooler weather, and I can see wearing it with a long cardigan, tights, and booties this fall!
If you're looking to add some nicer things to your closet accessory-wise, may I suggest this Kate Spade watch (org. $225, sale $149.40), this Tory Burch wallet (org. $195, sale $129), or this Rebecca Minkoff bag in the blue shade (org. $195, sale $129.90).
Don't forget to shop with Ebates for 6% cashback on your Nordstrom order. Just go to the Ebates site, search for Nordstrom, click through, and you're ready to earn cashback–get all the details on the Ebates website. Just remember that when Ebates opens a window for you to shop in, you have to order from that window/session for your cashback to count.
The sale is currently open to Nordstrom cardholders, but you can apply online or in-store and shop right then if approved! Happy shopping!


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Equestrian Federation boss to lead 2010 Games directors
United States Equestrian Federation CEO John Long has been selected as Chair of Board of Directors of the World Games 2010 Foundation. He replaces interim Board Chair Tandy Patrick, who will continue to serve as an active board member.
"I am looking forward to being a very active chairman," said Long. "The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games provide an unprecedented opportunity to showcase both Kentucky and U.S. horse sport, and I know that by working together, we can be sure these Games leave a lasting legacy for many stakeholders."
Long previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Churchill Downs, where he supervised the management, operations, and planning for the company's racetracks and simulcast facilities. In 2003, Long became the first CEO of the United States Equestrian Federation, Inc., which is the National Governing Body for equestrian sport in the US.
"We will produce these Games at the highest competitive level so that they will be artistically, technically and commercially successful," said Long. "In doing so, we will elevate horse sport in America, showcase the Commonwealth of Kentucky and provide for the Kentucky Horse Park to become the greatest equestrian venue on earth."
The USEF supports a membership of more than 90,000 ranging from children with their first pony, to the training and selection of Olympic equestrian teams. Twenty-eight breeds and disciplines are represented in the Federation, and annually participate in more than 2800 USEF-licensed horse shows in the US and in high-level international competitions, including the Olympic Games, the Pan American Games, and World Cup competitions.


Local 12: Bacon Bonanza! (Make your own, candied bacon & french toast rollups!) | The Food Hussy!
Today on Local 12 - I'm having a bacon bonanza and making a quick on-the-go breakfast for the team! First up - you know you can buy bacon - but did you know you can also MAKE bacon?!
It comes with a big plastic bag and step-by-step instructions. Just so you know - you have to go to a butcher shop to get 5 pounds of pork belly - I went to Lehr's in Milford.
The starter is to throw the sugar and cure in the bag and then in the fridge it goes for a week. Then you smoke it or bake it and it's ready to go! But since it takes a week - I'm using bacon I got from the folks at Mangalitsa.
I decided to make candied bacon for my friends at Local 12 - I mean - why not try something new?!
It's super simple - I found a recipe on this blog for making it - you wisk together brown sugar, maple syrup (not Aunt Jemima!), Dijon mustard, salt and cayenne.
Then dip your bacon in the mixture - I sort of squeegied it off with my fingers before laying it on the pan.
While that was baking - I got ready for my french toast rollups. This again was super simple! I cut the crusts off some newly bought cheap white bread.
Then I used a glass to roll the bread thinner. This makes it easier to roll the bread.
I baked it for 25 minutes and then took out the plain bacon - (check it at 15 and 20 minutes) but then gave the candied bacon a little longer. It's not going to "look" done but at that point it is. Just let it cool on the rack or on parchment paper (not a paper towel - I know from experience!). It cools and hardens up pretty quickly.
While the bacon was cooling I mixed together eggs, cream, salt and cinnamon for the French Toast mixture. Then I took a slice of the flattened bread and put a piece of bacon on the bread and rolled the bread around the bacon. Then I dipped the bread/bacon roll into the egg mixture and fried it until it was golden brown.
This is a perfect on-the-go breakfast and if you use the candied bacon - you don't even need syrup!
Cook bacon on stove top or oven ahead of time. Whisk eggs, cream, salt & cinnamon. Preheat skillet on medium high and spray with non-stick spray. Flatten each slice of bread with a rolling pin or glass. Take a piece of bacon and set it on top of the bread. Roll the bread around the bacon. Dip and roll the bread/bacon into the egg mixture. Place the bread/bacon seam side into the hot pan. Fry until golden brown and flip and do other side. Serve with a little syrup or just grab and go!


Life lately// EP10: 3 Days and it's a WRAP!!!!!!
As the days go by, I tick off each day remaining to round off my programme, with enthusiasm.
Dont get me wrong housemanship has been really great!! The clinical skills acquired, experiences, fun times and of course the alerts (my favourite part)😀😀😀😀 have been amazing. But everything that has a beginning surely must have an end.
When I came into the practice I was "as green as they come.
I couldn't even take blood sample without my heart racing and my hands shaking, but look at me now 😀😀😀😀.
I have seen the good, bad and ugly parts of the profession. I have had really inspiring and wonderday days and I have also had really bad days.
But in summary It's not as rosy as it seems but I know I made the right decision when I chose this path.
Aside the clinical experience, this programme afforded me, it helped me see life from a different perspective.
You see, I didn't really like living in the east and it was boring living far away from the city centre in a village far from civilization (no offence) My initial impression of the easterners here is that they were mean and sexist. (dunno if that has changed much now) It's difficult to miss how the males are priotized over the females.
It exposed me to lots of characters I had to put up with everyday. The nice and the meanies. But hey! that's life. It's a sandwich of all varieties of people and learning to thrive in the midst of all the shenanigans makes you a well rounded individual and a winner👑.
I learnt some things about myself too, took note of what I had to change or work on like being more interactive and sociable (problems of an introvert) learnt where to draw the line between being respectful and being stupid.
I learnt the value of patience. Patience in dealing with people, patience with yourself, patience with God. It's a key ingredient to living a happier life.
It was also a character building camp for me as well.
The trying times have shown me that I am stronger than I am, I do appreciate good health now, more than I used to.
It's emotional for me at this point because I can remember vividly how this blog was conceived.
I remember how I cried, prayed and waited for my name to appear on the list.
I was also terribly bored.
I needed an outlet to let out my thoughts and keep my mind busy.
I want to appreciate you guys clicking on my site and reading my post. You guys keep me motivated. The views and comment keep me going.
I have made friends in this blog. Slot of people have reached out to me I love you all please keep them coming. We are here for each other.
This space means a lot more than you think. Blogging, even though it's hectic combining it with my day job, is a stress reliever for me. I will try to keep the blog as interesting, inspiring, fun and nformative as possible.


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Shraddha Arya And Alam Makkar To Get Engaged On Nach Baliye 9 Stage, Will Get Married In 2 Years
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The most loved couple of 'Nach Baliye 9', Shraddha Arya and Alam Makkar will probably get engaged on stage in front of national television. Checkout the entire story!
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By Jasleen Kaur Last Updated: Sep 25, 2019 | 07:55:36 IST
"Put Your Hands Up, Put Your Hands Up, Like You Just Don't Care Coz It's Nach Baliye, Na Sharma Mere Maahi, Duniya Ki Na Soche, Nach Baliye, Lootege Wah Wahi, Chal Rang Jama De, Nach Baliye..." The last quarter of the year is always full of dance, masti, drama, controversies and what not! The reason behind the same is the start of two of the biggest reality shows, Nach Baliye and Bigg Boss. While we all are anxiously gearing up for Bigg Boss season 13, Nach Baliye is already entertaining all its fans. One amongst the favourite jodis this season is the chupi rustam jodi of Shraddha Arya and Alam Makkar.
Shraddha and Alam have kept their relationship under their hats until Nach Baliye happened to them. It was when the two decided to participate on the show that they had officiated their relation. It is also to be noted here that Shraddha was earlier engaged to an NRI businessman, but their engagement broke off due to reasons best known to them. Nonetheless, the actress has gracefully moved on from her broken engagement and is currently enjoying her dating spree with Alam. Or rather we should say, the two are dancing their hearts on the show! (You May Like: Sushmita Sen's Younger Daughter, Alisa Sen Looks Like Her, The Actress Herself Shares The Proofs)
Now as per the latest reports, whilst fighting for the coveted trophy of the reality show, Alam Makkar and Shraddha Arya will be now be exchanging rings on-stage. Well, to be more precise, walking on the footsteps of Ravi Dubey-Sargun, Dipika Kakkar-Shoiab, Aashka Goradia-Brent Goble, etc., these lovebirds too will pop up the question on the stage of Nach Baliye. Wouldn't it be an adorable sight to see these lovelies exchanging rings on national television?
To add more to it, audience will also see a famous astrologer, Janardhan Pandit as a special guest this weekend, who will confidently predict Shraddha and Alam's marriage in coming two years. In his own words, "Shraddha and Alam will get married in 2 years and there's ample happiness written in their lives. Alam has a great future in business and Shraddha will continue acting for the next 38 years even after delivering a child." Wow, now looks like #ShAlam fans have more reasons to rejoice! (Checkout: New Mommy, Amy Jackson Is All Set To Marry Her Fiance, George Panayiotou Next Year)
In an interview with TellyCkakkar, Shraddha Arya had revealed why she feels that her fans will still take some time to adjust to the fact that she is dating. The 32-year-old actress had remarked, "I believe my fans are still in a shock and are in denial mode regarding me and Alam dating. Maybe it's because both of us have started our relationship very recently and did not officially announce it. It was only through Nach Baliye that they came to know about my relationship status." Further talking about their Nach Baliye 9 stint, Alam was quoted as saying, "One or two months ago, I wouldn't have imagined myself dancing on a stage. My life was all around office work and business meetings. However, when we decided to take this up, we thought of doing it with complete dedication."
Talking about her relationship with Alam, in an interview earlier, the actress had retorted, "When I was first offered the show three months back, I outrightly rejected it. Never in my remotest thoughts did I plan this. But when they did not give up on me, I asked myself what was stopping me from doing the show? I was getting to learn different dance forms on such a big platform. I wondered why it is a taboo to talk about who you are dating publicly. It is so natural. I wanted to break that taboo that celebs have to keep their love life under wraps. I don't know how the relationship will shape up in the future but I am in a happy phase right now. And I have no qualms in sharing that with the world." (Do Read: Faisal Khan And Muskaan Kataria End Their Relationship After 'Nach Baliye 9', Confirms The Actress)
Are you guys excited to watch this weekend's Nach Baliye? Do keep us posted!
Images courtesy: Shraddha, Alam
Shraddha Arya Feels That Her Fans Are 'Still In Shock' Over Her Dating Businessman-BF, Alam Makkar
Sometimes it is better to clutter-free your life of toxic elements and pave way for better things. In times of turmoil, specifically pertaining to relationships, one should always believe in the workings of the universe and let it spread its magic. We bet, one of the prettiest celebs actresses of


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My mother, Gwendolyn Ardyth Simm Goodwin, passed away today at the age of 85, from Alzheimer's Disease. She went peacefully and quietly with my sister, Jessica, by her side. I have missed her already for almost 10 years, and will miss her always, but I am glad now to know that both my parents are watching over me now and they will always be with me.
These are a few of her favorite things:
Chicadees
I Love Lucy - especially the chocolate factory and Vita-Meata-Vegimen episodes
Going over the Bourne Bridge into Cape Cod
Southport, Maine
Mom's made-up words and expressions:
Bonanza Day Treat! - said when eating a large hot fudge sundae
Teedeetootie - a name for my sister's security blanket
Chatting Hour - for girls only
He thinks he's body-everyself - to describe a stuck-up person
The Girls' Friendly - her name for the church group actually called The Friendly Guild
My beautiful and brilliant budding writer 13-year-old neice Olivia wrote this poem for her Grandma Gwen:
From the moment i first saw her,
Until the time she said goodbye,
I knew she was amazing,
By the twinkle in her eye.
Her smile,
...So pure, and loving and kind,
And I just can't seem to get her memory,
Ever out of my mind.
I'll miss you forever and always,
never forget your love,
I know you'll enjoy heaven,
Watching me from above.
Writing Through Sorrow
The first piece I ever got published was a feature story for Guidepost's Angels on Earth magazine. It was a true account of something that happened shortly after my dad had a crippling stroke at age 80. Until then, Dad was still working as an independent land surveyor and had seemed to be in robust health. The stroke left us stunned and heartbroken - for him, for our family, for this shocking and abrupt end to life as we had known it. Writing the piece for Angels on Earth helped me to cope with my sorrow during the most difficult time I had ever known.
Over the next few months, it became clear that Dad would never walk again. Despite the physical incapacity, his mind was sharp -sharper than most 80-year-olds who haven't had brain trauma. But he was understandably sad and depressed. My mission became to help him find ways to feel like part of the world, to feel like he could still make a contribution. We collaborated on a memoir that was published in The Martha's Vineyard Gazette. We wrote companion memoirs about a home town character, whom Dad had known as a selectman and local businessman, and whom I had known as my cantankerous first employer. The pieces were published in our hometown newspaper.
Five years later, Dad passed away. Soon after, I wrote a poem called Poppies, which captured feelings about my childhood and the cycles of life. The poem won 10th prize in the 2010 Writer's Digest Annual Poetry Competition.
It did not escape my notice that the things I wrote during times of deep sadness had a high degree of success - with success defined as being accepted for publication. My emotions were intense and raw, and that somehow enabled words to flow as freely as tears and to coagulate in ways that had strong impact.
When Dad passed away, I asked myself how I could keep the wonderful memories of my parents and my childhood alive. I already knew the answer: I could honor my parents, and thank them for the wonderful start they gave me in life, through my writing. I could breathe new life into the streets of our hometown and the people who lived there. I could recapture some of the joy of my own childhood by writing books for children.
My mother has Alzheimer's and has been "gone" from us for almost 10 years. She is now dying - today, tomorrow, very soon. Though I have grieved for her for a long time already, there is fresh sadness today with the finality of her passing. I know that these feelings will well up and demand release through writing - in fact, they already have.
Five Books That Changed My Life
We read to learn, to understand, to grow, expand our worlds and our minds, to be inspired and entertained, to be moved, to escape. The words of others, and the way they combine and sequence those words in infinitely unique combinations, amazes and moves us. Books can change the way we think, the way we feel and the way we see the world. Here are five books that changed my way of thinking, and therefore changed my life:
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne : I don't know how old I was when I read this book - probably between the ages of eight and ten. What I distinctly remember though, was thinking this specific thought: I want to write books like this, Tiddly- pom.
The House of Belonging, Poems by David Whyte: I didn't really like poetry very much before reading David Whyte. I felt that it was often incomprehensible and therefore unrelatable. David Whyte is different. His poems are like the moors of his homeland: there is great beauty in their spareness. I can work out the meaning of his poems, allowing me to connect with them emotionally. Whyte inspired me to try writing poetry - something that had never interested me before.
Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach: I read this when I was in my forties, at a time when I was deeply dissatisfied and longed for greater personal meaning in my work and my life. This book reminded me to take the time to be grateful every day, and to find joy in simple pleasures. It helped me to remember back to a time when just the sight of violets growing by the side of the road made me feel like a millionaire.
In The Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant: This book is about relationships - most importantly, the one we have with ourselves. The key message is about learning to speak your truth - to say, clearly, what you want and need, and to banish the belief that doing so makes you selfish. Vanzant says that by learning to love ourselves, to honor our own needs and purposes in life, we become better partners, parents and friends.
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott: I am in love with Anne Lamott! She writes about writing and life and life and writing until they become one and the same. She is willing to share herself freely and openly. In doing so, she gives us all permission to be more accepting of ourselves, and more open to sharing who we are through our writing. She is wise, compassionate, and so darn funny. The single most important writing help I got from Anne is her concept of the "shitty first draft." It freed me completely and forever from the tyrannical idea that my words had to fall perfectly into place the very first time.
What books changed your life? They don't have to be about writing - most of these aren't. Books that help us become confident in who we are and teach us about life make us better writers too.
New Book by Arthur Wooten and a Blog Award
http://www.arthurwooten.com/blog.htm
I have recently reconnected on Facebook with several elementary and high school classmates, and it's wonderful to find out what they do now. It turns out that Arthur Wooten, whom I knew as "Bobby", is a playright and the author of two critically acclaimed books, On Picking Fruit and Fruit Cocktail. For two years he has been the humorist for the London based magazine, reFRESH. But most importantly, Bobby - er - Arthur's new book, Birthday Pie, will be released in April. Check it out on his website at http://www.arthurwooten.com/.
Today I want to give a blog award that I just made up: The "I Wish I'd Written That Post" Blog Award. It goes to Sarah Allen, who wrote the 3/19 post: 5 Things Writers Can Learn from American Idol's Casey Abrams." Casey is is absolutely fearless about being himself and just putting it out there. Sarah hits the target with her assessment of what Casey is doing right and how it applies to writers - and anyone pursuing a creative path. Check out Sarah's blog at: http://fromsarahwithjoy.blogspot.com/
Writing a FICTION Book Proposal
Once my agent and I finished line-editing my book she said, "Okay, next we do the book proposal." I said, "HUH?" I had figured that at this point she would just send it off, or better yet, walk it into the offices of our selected publishers and say, "HEY everybody, check THIS out!" Apparently not.
It seems kind of weird doesn't it, the idea of a book proposal for a work of fiction? With non-fiction it makes more sense, because you can pitch your idea along with an outline before you have finished writing the book. But with fiction, the book must be done, complete, fini! before you approach anyone - agent or publisher. So when does a fiction book proposal come into play and what's in it? It comes into play when you and your agent think the book is ready to go to a publisher. If you write for children, as I do, there are publishers you can approach without an agent, so the time would be when you are sure beyond a doubt that your book is ready.
Here's what's in my book proposal:
*Overview
*Marketing plan
*Author's Bio
*Comparable and complementary books
Overview: This is a summary of the story that is a cross between a query and a synopsis. Mine is just shy of two pages for a manuscript of 160 pages. It is written like the query, with a strong opening to grab the attention, and staying with your voice. And, it's like a synopsis, in that it is written in present tense: "When 12-year-old Jamie Reynold's world falls apart ...." But unlike a synopsis, in which you tell pretty much the whole story, including giving away the twists, turns, surprises AND the ending, in the overview, you leave enough unanswered questions and suspense to get the publisher to say, "I need to know what happens and I want to read it now!" So, think of it like the query you wanted to write - the one that was a few pages long!
Marketing plan: This is where you tell the publisher the things YOU will proactively do to help sell your book. It's not where you tell them how THEY should market it. The idea really, is to show publishers your willingness to participate in promoting your book, that you have thought about it, and that you have creative ideas about it.
Nowadays, it's pretty much a given that you will establish a website, so you will want to tell them that, and you will probably want to reserve an appropriate URL. You can also mention if you have a blog or plan to start one, and any other social networking you do or plan to do.
It's a given that you'll be willing to do book readings and signings, so indicate that willingness, but add any ideas of your own for giving talks or workshops. Again, since my book is for kids, and a large portion of the story takes place during the Depression, we honed in on ideas for fun classroom discussions. One example is showing kids how to find the stories in the local history of their own town. Another is talking about what things have changed since the 1930's, and what things have remained unchanged (or have come around again).
You'll want to talk about your ideas for contacting media, especially in any locations where you have a personal history or presence. If you are lucky enough to have personal contacts in any media - TV, radio, or print - name names.
Let them know your history and comfort with talking to and in front of groups. If you don't have experience with this and it scares you, start now to get some, in whatever ways you can.
And, anything else you can think of that is specific to you or your book that will offer visibility.
Author's Bio: All About You, but short :-)
Comparable and Complementary Books: This is really important, because publishers will look at books that are similar (in whatever way) to yours to see how they sold. Fortunately, my agent had some ideas about comparable books.
What makes a book comparable? In my case, we picked up on these key aspects: Christmas as a backdrop, an historical element,a fantasy component, and similar themes (like overcoming fears and helping others becoming its own reward). We picked three books that all used Christmas. One had the historical aspect, one had the fantasy component, and the other had similar themes. One was for the same targeted age-group as my book, but the other two were for younger readers.
We are putting the finishing touches on the proposal, and my hope is that my agent will be off presenting it to publishers by the end of this month. I really like the way this process was a collaboration between my agent and me. She gave the proposal its overall format and shape, and identified the essential components. But then she allowed me to be an active participant in creating this incredibly important document that will have my name on it. I don't know if all agents will handle it that way, but I feel the end product presents my book the way I would want it presented. And, being involved was a great learning experience. As writers, we really need to understand what matters to publishers so that we can make the best possible impression, and so that we understand what will be asked of us when our books make their way into the world.
If anyone else has tips for people about doing their proposals, please comment. And if you have any questions, please ask!
It's Always Good to Have a Back-up Plan!
Just posting a funny photo today, as we are on vacation in beautiful La Paz, Mexico and wifi is spotty. We took this picture in Todos Santos, a lovely town about an hour away from La Paz (on the Baja peninsula). Todos Santos is combination charming old Mexican town and upscale ex-patriate community. We stayed overnight at the Hotel California, which isn't really the one in the song, but they like to go along with letting you think it is! It's right in the center of town and is beautifully appointed in rustic charm. Comfy beds with nice linens, Mexican tile, several gorgeous wall-encased outdoor "living rooms." I think if you had a room on the street it would be noisy, but we were in the back - due to a mix-up on their part, they gave us a better room at the lower rate! It had two balconies overlooking the pool and patios.
Oh, and we took the bus from La Paz to get there. Last year we hired a van to take us, and the guy gave us a great tour, but it was expensive ($200) and we felt like we would have liked more time to walk around the town on our own. So this year we took the bus ($34 round trip for both of us.) I was a little nervous about that, but it turns out the buses are reliable and quite nice - good, comfortable seats and we even had a movie! This weekend Todos Santos is hosting their version of the Sundance Film Festival, called the Festival de Cine, Todos Santos. Mexican hearthrob Diego Luna is hosting it (he was in Frida and Milk), presenting his film Abel, which took awards in Sundance and Cannes. If you go to Todos Santos, you can eat great food cheap at Miguel's, and we also had good margaritas, tortilla soup and nachos at Hotel California.
All in all a fun adventure!


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Recent national columns have suggested that the loss by the NDP in the recent Nova Scotia election is harmful to the national NDP's hopes for 2015. For example see these commentaries by Thomas Walkom, Chantal Hébert, and Jeffrey Simpson. Inevitably all this foretold gloom for the NDP did lead to a counterpoint from Aaron Wherry.
TC's view is that the Nova Scotia defeat will, if anything, be beneficial to the federal NDP. We live in era of slow growth-induced fiscal pressures on Canadian governments, pressures that result in a dampening of the popularity of incumbent governments when like the Nova Scotia NDP they cut spending and increase taxes. Even though many have recovered to win elections, we should remember that incumbent governments including those in Ontario, B.C., Alberta and Manitoba had to come from behind to do it. Fumbles by their opponents played critical roles in the final outcome (let's not forget the contribution of Michael Ignatieff to the Harper majority in 2011).
The only one-term government in Manitoba's history was that of Tory Sterling Lyon, who ruled as a prairie Thatcher from 1977 to 1981. In the 1980 federal election, the NDP won half the Manitoba seats (7 of 14). Mr. Lyon's unpopularity contributed significantly to the outcome.
Further back a poor showing for the NDP in the 1974 federal election in B.C. (just 2 seats) can be attributed in part to mid-term blues on the part of the NDP Dave Barrett government. However, the impact of the wage and price control issue was likely more important (the threat of controls pulled union votes toward the Trudeau Liberals). By 1979 and out of office provincially the NDP bounced back, taking 8 constituencies, more like their long-term normal.
In the 1988 federal election the NDP had enormous success in both Saskatchewan winning, 10 of 14 seats, in no small measure because of the profound unpopularity of the PC government of Grant Devine, and B.C., winning 19 of 32 seats, where Premier Bill Vander Zalm was on his way to destroying the B.C. Social Credit party, a provincial cousin to the federal Tories. The 1988 election was the previous high water mark for the NDP when they won a record of 44 seats, not exceeded until 2011, including 10 ridings in Ontario.
So Thomas Mulcair faces 2015 with an almost clean slate provincially. Only in Manitoba where the incumbent Selinger government has recently been taking a beating in the polls does trouble beckon. As it is the NDP holds just two federal ridings in Manitoba currently.
Not being in office provincially has in the past been and is now an asset for the federal NDP not a liability.