Parkinson's disease is a disease which, among other things, changes one's ability to move freely. This means that you get harder to carry out movements, such as getting up from a chair. Everyday actions, which were previously taken for granted, become more difficult and take longer. This can affect your work and leisure activities, but also your friendships or relationships.
However, Several measures can alleviate the problems of everyday life. At the Same time, it is essential that one's Parkinson's Medicine is well regulated, as the medicine eliminates the motor symptoms, for example, slow movements, tremor, and muscles that freeze, so that suddenly you cannot move.
This article provides several general tips to ease the daily life of Parkinson's Patients who have difficulty moving freely.
Which problems typically occur with Parkinson's?
People with Parkinson's disease are gradually becoming stiff and slow in their movements, and some have problems with shaking especially in the hands. The Disease can also be reflected in a decreased facial mimic, difficulty in swallowing, as well as increased production of saliva and dryness in the mouth. Movements no longer work automatically, and you often have to think about them more consciously than before.
What can people living with Parkinson's do to ease movement problems?
With Guidance and training, you can achieve some good habits about moving appropriately. You can thus maintain your ability to move freely. It is an advantage if you start early in the process, so you can get used to being active, training and rehearsing appropriate movements. Also, Assistive products and housing changes can significantly ease their daily lives.
If you have problems keeping your body upright, it is essential to strengthen the muscles on the back of the body and learn to tighten the muscles on the front of the body. It also keeps the body's joints moveable.
If you have trouble traveling and setting up, you can learn some good habits. It may, for example, be to remember to lean very much forward and pull the legs under them before standing up. It may also be time to avoid getting into very low chairs, as these are difficult to get away from again.
It is essential that you maintain your time. One can try to keep its regular time with walking speed, length of the progress, rhythm, and moving. Also, it is good to focus on being able to change direction and turn safely in the same way as it happens when it rings on the door, and you have to change course and turn around.
People affected by Parkinson's will experience problems with their balance. It is therefore essential to train its balance. This can be done using balancing exercises and by remaining as active as possible without putting yourself in a dangerous situation where you are at risk of falling. Balancing activities can consist of standing on a leg close to a stable object, such as a table, wall or door. You can learn right and left, forwards and backward without moving your feet. All exercises can be done with both open and closed eyes.
If you find it difficult to walk and talk at the same time, it can be helpful if your companion, if any, waits to speak until you take a break yourself and do not speak to one until you are safely over the street. It may also be helpful for the partner to avoid talking to one while eating.
You can train yourself to do several things at a time, for example, in calm conditions to go with a tray, a newspaper and talk at the same time or listen to music.
If you have problems switching in the bed, such as getting from the back and onto the side or from lying to seated, you can train it. It may also be useful to pay attention to actions that reduce the friction between your clothes and bedding. For example, You can sleep on a sliding sheet and generally relax with smooth nightwear, for instance, of satin and silk.
People with Parkinson's are going to experience problems with their excellent motor skills. Excellent Motor skills are a general concept and cover wide. Fine Motor tasks are, for example, to tie laces, write, use cutlery, knit, use a regular keyboard and more. Here It can be a great help in everyday life with, for example, an elastic lace band, so you can quickly get your shoes on with a shoehorn, larger grip in general, so that it is easier to keep on cutlery, stick sticks and a ballpoint pen.
You may have problems processing the food in your mouth because the ability of the tongue to move is changed, as it can also be stiff and slow in the movements. You also get harder to swallow and can cough when eating and drinking-you get more natural food in the wrong throat. Thin liquids like water can be difficult to take because the fluid is running fast, so you cannot prepare to swallow when the swallowing function slows down. Adding thickening agent to thin liquids can help make the juice thicker and thus easier to take. This is because the more viscous liquid runs more slowly, thereby giving you more time to prepare to swallow. Also, It can help to do exercises for the mime and tongue: You can inflate the cheese, look angry, look astonished and row the language as far as possible.
It is also important to pay attention to how you sit when eating and drinking. You have to sit upright, right in front of the food and with the chin slightly down to the chest. Also, it is essential to make good time and concentrate on the meal.


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Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Virginia is the first parish in the state of Virginia in the United States, under Diocese of North America and Europe of Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar in India. Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, VA currently conducts its Holy Communion Service at the Community Lutheran Church located at Sterling, Virginia. The Parish is currently led by Vicar Rev. Renny Varghese.

Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Malankara Mar Thoma Suriyani Sabha as it is called in native Malayalam) is one of the oldest groups of praticising Christians in the world. Believed to be followers of one of the original disciples of Jesus Christ – Saint Thomas (also called Didimus or Thomas, the doubter). It is widely believed  that the Apostle St. Thomas came to Muziris on the south west coast of India in AD 52 and laid the foundations of Christianity in this part of the world.

Mar Thoma Church in the United States
The history of the Mar Thoma Church in the North American and European continents represents the dreams and aspirations of the faithful members of the Church. Commencing as a small prayer group in Queens, New York, in 1972, the first approved parish was recognized in New York in 1976. From this humble beginning, the Mar Thoma Church began to immeasurably grow within the last 30 years. In terms of functionality, the churches in this part of the world were grouped as a Zone of the Mar Thoma Church in 1982.

Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Virginia, formation
Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Virginia, was approved as a new parish of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, effective April 15, 2010, by the Synod of the Mar Thoma church which met on February 22, 2010. Rev M.M John was appointed by the Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan as the first vicar of the parish which is under the Diocese of North America & Europe.

Since the early 1990s a dedicated group of Mar Thoma families have lived and worshiped in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These families longed for a place of worship closer to home and a place of Christian learning offered by Sunday school for their children. The information technology boom of the late 1990s brought a new wave of Mar Thoma families to Northern Virginia which was rapidly emerging as the Silicon Valley of the East. These families brought with them a desire for worship and fellowship with like-minded believers. The foundations for a future parish was laid over the years by these families as they participated actively in church organizations at the Mar Thoma Church of Greater Washington which as the parent church offered prayerful support to the infant parish.

Parish inauguration
On December 26, 2010, Diocesan Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Geevarghese Mar Theodosius Episcopa formally inaugurated Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Virginia.

Vicar
Rev. Renny Varghese is the vicar of Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Virginia, since May 1, 2021.

Former vicars

 Rev M. M. John served as vicar from April 2010 to Dec 2010.
 Rev. Dr. Philip Varghese served as vicar from January 2011 to April 2011.
 Rev. Roy Geevarghese served as vicar from May 2011 to April 2012.
 Rev. Jaisen Thomas served as vicar from May 2012 to April 2016.
 Rev. Alex Kolath served as vicar from May 2017 to September 2020.
 Rev. Prince Varughese served as interim vicar from September 2020 to April 2021.

Church organizations
The parish organizations or ministries are:
 Edavaka Mission (Parish Mission)
 Sunday School
 Choir
 Youth Fellowship
 Yuvajanasakhyam
 Sevika Sanghom (Women's Ministry)
 Young Family Fellowship

Church parsonage
The church purchased a new property as parsonage on May 4, 2012, at Chantilly, Virginia. The vicar and his family stay at the parsonage.

Church land in Aldie for constructing a church building
The church purchased a land in Aldie, Virginia, on February 15, 2017, to construct a church building.

Fundraising project in 2014
The church conducted a raffle fundraiser in 2014.

References
 Diocese of North America & Europe
 Thomas the Apostle
 Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
 List of Marthoma Syrian Churches in United States of America

External links
 Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Virginia's Official website
 Diocese of North America and Europe
 Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
 St Thomas Cross, Nazraney Sthambams & other Persian Crosses
 Time Magazine - St. Thomas in India
 IMTC, VA. Inauguration
 Ecumenical Outreach of IMTC, VA
 Youth in Service - IMTC, VA

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Indian-American culture
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PLSG assures on sustainable peace, unity of citizens
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By DUMAH RANDONG
PLATEAU State government has said that it would continue to pursue peace and peaceful co-existence among the citizens of the state in view of its strategic importance to the development and well-being of the people of the state.
The state Governor, Somon Lalong stated this when the President AVC, Edward Schmidt, a German Faith based organization paid him a courtesy call at Government House, Rayfield, Jos, Thursday.
The Governor who was represented by his Deputy, Prof. Sonni Tyoden, said peace has been the central focus of his administration hence a bold step was taken to established the Peace Building Agency and has done well in the restoration of Peace among different ethnic and religious groups in the state.
The Governor while assuring the organization of government willingness to work closely with it, said it was government's desire to entrench peace not only in the state but the country at large.
Lalong reiterated that government will do all within its power to secure the lives and property of its citizens noting that a situation where people will be divided along religious line was not healthy.
Earlier, President AVc Nehemiah Edward Schmidt had disclosed that the organization was providing humanitarian service. Schmidt who also disclosed that they were on a solidarity visit to the state, said the organization was active in several countries and expressed the desire to partner with the Plateau State government through the Peace Building Agency in order to promote peace.
In a related development, Governor Simon Lalong has urged citizens in the state not see peace making as the responsibility of the government alone but also a collective resolve of the people to live in peace and harmony with one another.
The Governor made the call when Director Relief West Africa of the Samaritan Purse, a faith based organization Francis Norton paid him a visit at Government House, Rayfield, Jos Thursday.
The Governor who was represented by his Deputy, Prof. Sonni Tyoden appreciated the organization for coming to the state to render humanitarian service especially to the Internally Displaced Persons and said the organization's vision was in line with biblical injunction of providing help to the needy.
Lalong said Plateau has received it's fair share of problems posed by the security challenges and called on the organization to formalize its relationship with the government for further interaction.
Director West Africa of the Samaritan Purse said, he was in Nigeria to assess the condition of living in the IDP camps and present some relief materials to support them.
He further disclosed that the organization provides relief materials to several countries faced by disaster and conflicts.
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Pollinators play a critical role in agriculture and our ecosystems. They transfer pollen between flowers while visiting a plant for food, mates, shelter and nest-building materials, leading to fertilization and successful seed and fruit production for plants.
They are responsible for an estimated one out of three bites of food that people eat according to the National Garden Pollinator Network. Be proactive when you are designing your garden by adding pollinator friendly annuals or perennials to your plan.
Join the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge by "planting for pollinators" and increase pollinator habitats in urban, suburban and rural areas. Our president Wayne Gale sits on the board of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) which is a founding partner of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge.
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56 Park Street, Southwark, London SE1 9AR
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The Rose Theatre, owned by Philip Henslowe, was built in 1587 and thus was the first theatre on Bankside, pre-dating the Swan and the Globe. Plays by Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe, and some by the up and coming Shakespeare, were performed there. Abandoned by 1606, its remains were excavated in 1989 by The Museum of London.
Part of the Rose Playhouse site has re-opened for performances, and excavation of the original theatre foundations and artefacts can be seen.
See also: Shakespeare's Globe, Original Globe Theatre site
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God of War is one of the most popular exclusives that the PlayStation 4 has ever put forth. In the interview below Cory delves into the mythos of God of War 4, and the new upcoming title which is slated to break from the Greek mythology its predecessors were based on.
Barlog mentions that the art team went out to Iceland to research the art and style needed for the game.
Replicas of the toys shown at E3 2016 are shown and explained.
Cory explains how the UI is linked together through artifacts he shows.
Barlog speaks to the core theme, Family which is an undercurrent that runs throughout the entire game.
Kratos' son will play as sort of the opposite of his father, by being very empathetic.
God of War 4 looks like it's going to be an awesome game with a lot of new surprises in store for fans and newcomers alike. Let us know in the comments how you feel about the new God of War game and what it will be like to see Kratos with his son. God of War 4 is set to launch April 20th on the PlayStation 4.
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HBO Sport's 24/7: De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao (Episode 1)
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Freddie says De La Hoya's too old, overstaying
It's not aired on local or cable TV but it's a must-watch. I'm referring to HBO's documentary called "24/7," which features Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. I first heard about this bio-short film from Chris Aldeguer. The youngest son of ALA, Chris is now in the U.S. preparing for two mega-events: he'll watch the Dec. 6 blockbuster at the MGM Grand and, just hours later, at 6 a.m. the following day (Dec. 7), he'll run the Las Vegas Marathon—the first-ever 42-K by Chris after training for over 12 months.
Back to HBO's 24/7 film, what a story! It contrasts DLH's training at the immaculate confines of his brand-new gym at Big Bear, California with MP sweating amidst the noise and commotion of the Wild Card Gym.
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Art Macapagal
Two days ago, fighting for the presidency of the Philippine Olympic Committee, Jose "Peping" Cojuangco bested his rival, Art Macapagal. What a thriller of a contest!
At first, the four initial ballots cast went for Cojuangco. Next, Macapagal, the half-brother of President GMA, snatched 11 of the next 15 votes to lead, 11-8. But after that, Cojuangco won 12 of the next 17 votes to virtually clinch it at 20-16. But, four more ballots were left unopened. The first vote went to Macapagal. Same with the second. And the third. All of a sudden, the score stood at 20-19 with one vote remaining. At this point, Cojuangco said, "I have to admit that my heart beat a little bit faster than normal." Finally, when the last vote was said, it read: "Cojuangco."
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Boxing? A sport? No, it's entertainment
Antonio Lopez Aldeguer, quoted by Quinito Henson in yesterday's issue of The Philippine Star, summed it up best: "Boom Boom was in top shape. I don't know what to say. We did our best to prepare him for this fight. Our critics exaggerate our losses and forget our wins. This hurt us. We can't seem to win the big ones. We wanted a tough opponent for Boom Boom to test him. We got what we asked for. We did everything possible for Boom Boom. I just don't know where to go from here."
The one trait I admire most about ALA—apart from being Cebu's undisputed Sportsman—is his candor and straight talk.
You saw it, I saw it and Mr. Aldeguer, without mincing words, saw it—that, against a hard-bitten, rigid and durable opponent, our own Rey Bautista was tyrannized.
Sure, Heriberto Ruiz's head collided with Boom-Boom's to unleash a torrid of red lava that flowed non-stop, but even before that head-butt and, worse, after that, B-B-B was outclassed and outperformed.
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28 Cebuanos to run the Singapore Marathon
Fourteen days from today, on the same Sunday morning when Manny Pacquiao steps on the square ring to battle Oscar de la Hoya in the biggest sporting event ever by a Filipino, 28 Cebuanos will step on the asphalted roads of The Lion City to fight another battle: the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.
How far is a marathon? Is it 10,000 meters? 20,000? 30,000? No, it's 42,195 meters. Doesn't that sound crazy? Foolish? And ludicrous, to run that far? As my brother Randy, the only musician in our family, would often ask, Why?
Continue reading 28 Cebuanos to run the Singapore Marathon
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Jesse Bernad builds his Field of Dreams
When I studied college at U.P. Cebu, the one week that I looked forward to each year more than any other was Intramurals. The sport that got my palms sweaty and my heart racing 178 beats per minute?
Softball. But while I enjoyed gripping that aluminum bat, inserting that leather glove on my left hand and catching and throwing balls and stealing bases, the one player I detested facing was the pitcher of the Seniors team: Jesse Bernad.
In an article I wrote on this space last year, here's how I described Jesse: "If you saw Troy, he's Achilles. Our Michael Phelps of the Athens Games. Everybody sweated facing Hulk. As softball pitcher, he threw underhand fastballs that screamed at you like a bullet ambulance. How do I know? I stood meters from him as batter and almost fell off my backside at the zooming softball's pace. As basketball center, Jessed pulled down rebounds like he were picking mansanitas, deflected shots like one would mosquitoes, and "owned" the low post like a Tim Duncan."
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Basketball helped No. 44 score a slam dunk
When Barack Obama was interviewed by Sports Illustrated with the question, "President Nixon had a bowling lane at the White House. President Eisenhower had a putting green and President Bush has a Tee-Ball game on the South Lawn. What sporting traditions are you looking forward to bringing to the White House?" he replied:
"Sports have always been a central part of my life. Growing up, I learned about competition and teamwork on the basketball court, and these days I try to get in a pickup game whenever I can. If I'm fortunate enough to move into the White House, I'd consider putting in a basketball court."
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Santander is gearing up to host a festival of Olympic class sailing with the finale of Sailing's World Cup to draw the 2017 Series to a close.
Some of the world's leading sailors and exciting youthful prospects will compete across the ten Olympic events and Open Foiling Kiteboarding from 4-11 June, as more than 250 sailors from 43 nations aim to be crowed 2017 World Cup Series Champions.
Racing will commence on Tuesday 6 June at 12:00 local time. Live Medal Races on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June will bring the 2017 series to a close.
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of World Cup Series Final Santander.


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The Startling Success of "The Shack"
How "The Shack" became an overnight success that crossed cultural boundaries.
By Wesley Baines wesley baines
First published by William Paul Young in 2007, "The Shack" was quickly met with incredible success, selling over 20 million copies to date. Recently, the Stuart Hazeldine-directed film adaptation of the novel made box office headlines with the 4th largest opening of any faith-based film ever.
What's more, despite the roots of "The Shack" reaching deeply into Christian theology, this is a tale that resonates with secular audiences nearly as much as with religious and spiritual crowds.
So what accounts for the astounding success of Young's story?
In a word: pain.
Suffering is a reality of human existence, and because of the problem of pain, as author C.S. Lewis once phrased it, we are always in search of a remedy, of some knowledge that might dull our human agonies, of a salve to place upon our wounded hearts.
"The Shack" provides that salve by connecting modern audiences—and their modern pains—to a very different aspect of God than the distant, angry old man to whom many are accustomed. This isn't a book about God's judgment or man's depravity. No—this is the story of God's healing love, and how that love can ultimately help us deal with our pain.
Let's unpack what, specifically, makes the way "The Shack" deals with pain so universally compelling, and what it says about us as a culture.
It Embraces Unconditional Love
Our contemporary age is marked by the need for love, and by the pain of isolation and division over differences—both inside and outside the Christian Church. But "The Shack" gives audiences an example of how to unify through the power of unconditional love.
This story presents the image of God in the way that the world needs Him right now. Expertly brought to life by actress Octavia Spencer in the film adaptation, God is a kind, warm-hearted mother who wants nothing more than the good of her children. She is portrayed, as Tim McGraw said in an interview with Know News, in "a way that we can put our arms around."
And right now, a big-hearted mamma we can put our arms around is just what we all need.
In the film, Mack is a broken man who has lost a huge piece of himself, and the reality is that the only thing that can heal that kind of pain is relationship. In the film, God's kindness toward Mack will leave few dry eyes amongst audiences because it touches the innate human craving for unity and loving community.
Whether secular or religious, audience members have a lot to learn from "Papa," as God is called in "The Shack"—she is an example to live by, not a doctrine to follow. She shows what happens when we love one another, and when we engage in loving relationships with one another.
That's what our culture needs right now.
And so that's what people are looking for—something familiar, loving, and kind that shows us how to be so, as well. That's what heals the hearts of this generation, and this is a big reason why "The Shack" is, and will remain, so startlingly successful.
It Addresses the Reality of Grief
"The Shack" gets pretty real—more real than a lot of religious fiction tends to get. When Mack loses his daughter, there is no miraculous intervention. God doesn't descend from the heavens and restore the little girl in a glorious deus ex machina.
Instead, the tragedy derails Mack's life, sending him into a spiral of depression. Even Mack's encounter with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in the shack doesn't bring everything back to normal—the end of the story is really only the beginning of Mack's long, slow journey toward healing.
This is one of the greatest strengths of "The Shack." Instead of denying grief, as religion sometimes does, it deals with it. It acknowledges the problem of pain, and the fact that grief doesn't often just go away when we step through the doors of a church or fall to our knees in prayer.
Because of this, "The Shack" is a story that feels authentic and holds a mirror up to audiences, allowing them to see their own pain in its terrible fullness. Mack came to the shack with a serious lack of self-forgiveness, but everyone has their own version of the shack filled with their own particular pain.
And when God appears, she helps Mack work through the pain, spends time with him, and loves on him. Often, that's what we need the most when we go through a painful experience, and the idea that there is a God out there who is willing to do that is compelling enough to make this story incredibly popular, no matter your beliefs.
It Guides Rather than Commands
The final element of the success of "The Shack" is that it doesn't claim any particular theological doctrine. Here, you'll find no warnings or stern commands to live a certain way—those are left for other texts to handle.
This is just a story about a man and his pain.
Mack is portrayed by actor Sam Worthington, who, in an interview with Beliefnet, talks about the power of stories.
"The Bible is stories, and out of these stories you gain insight into, alright, how can I parallel that with my life… and use the lessons they're teaching to make me a better person?"
That's it—rather than being a prescriptive religious text, Paul Young's story is simply an example for audiences to learn from. It provides value to a viewer's life without trying to take control of that life.
"The Shack" tells us that it's okay to reach out to something higher for help in our processing pain and grief, but allows us to do so in our own way.
A Spiritual Balm
In the end, "The Shack" isn't about theology—it's about love, forgiveness, and freedom of choice. All of these ideas are vital to the relief of pain, and so as long as people feel the need for that relief, this story will continue to endure, giving audiences everywhere a spiritual balm that would be difficult to find anywhere else.
Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, The Shack takes us on a father's uplifting spiritual journey. Own it on DVD, digital HD, and Blu-ray.
Wesley Baines


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Kelly Reilly: Yellowstone's Beth Dutton
by Elysian Magazine December 30, 2021
She was born and raised in Chessington, England, an outlying section of Greater London. Her mother was a hotel receptionist; her father, Jack Reilly, a police officer, was the son of Irish parents. And her brother, Neil, is a professional golfer. Married for more than a decade to New York financier Kyle Baugher, KELLY REILLY is 44-years-old, is 5' 6" tall, and has acted in 30 films and 23 television series since beginning her career in 2000. Anglophiles will remember her in Poldark, Rebecca, Pie in the Sky, and brilliantly as Mary Gerrard in Agatha Christie's Poirot. Or not…because Kelly is one of those rare talents who transforms herself into the character she's playing, whether it's in comedy, drama, or adventure, in film, television, or on the stage. As Beth Dutton in Paramount Production's sweeping modern-day Western drama, you'd almost believe she was born and bred in Montana and that she's Kevin Costner's daughter, not Jack Reilly's. "As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters," she says. Of her YELLOWSTONE family she says, "It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile."
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Little is known about Kelly's personal life—and that's on purpose. At the time she and her husband were dating, she said, "I live between my house on the borders of Sussex and Surrey, and New York, where my boyfriend lives. I'm not saying any more about him except that he's not an actor, not in the business. I spend a lot of time across the pond. I spend a lot of my time on aeroplanes. I'm probably going to do the move soon. I'd like my life to be in one place." In 2015, Kelly decided to take a break from stage acting after starring opposite English actor Clive Owen, in Harold Pinter's play, Old Times, on Broadway. "I hadn't done a play in eight years," she said at the time. "I was doing play after play after play in London, and I couldn't manage a great personal life and do a play. Now, I'm married and happy and content so I thought it was time to see if I could get that balance back."
Just two years later, Kelly found herself in Darby, Montana filming YELLOWSTONE. And though the rest, as they say, is history, her audience still knows as little now as we did back then about the woman behind the mask of Beth Dutton.
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Q: GPUImage - low FPS I am currently using GPU framework to record a video along with WhiteBalance and Exposure Filters but the FPS is very poor (About 12 FPS). I have used the above filters in GPUImage original demo Code (SimpleVideoFilter) but the results are same.
Here is the Method that I am using to record a video with combined filters. These are the results for iPhone 5, iPod Touch which has max 30 FPS support.
Any Ideas to achieve FPS upto 28 or something with the AVCaptureSessionPresetHigh and WhiteBalance,Exposure filter together!! Thanks !!
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I expected that Gov. Mary Fallin's first State of the State address would have been more partisan and ideological than it was given the Oklahoma Republican landslide in November, but a meeting that happened before her speech should worry Democrats more on a couple of levels.
On Monday morning, right before Fallin, pictured right, went through the typical Republican canards of tort, workers compensation and education "reform," a Senate committee passed a bill that, if eventually approved, would strip the Oklahoma State Board of Education of any real authority.
Some outspoken Democrats have rallied around the board after some members-appointed by former Gov. Brad Henry, a Democrat-questioned the credentials of recent hires by newly elected state Schools Superintendent Janet Barresi, a Republican.
Thus, the real message of the first day of the Oklahoma Legislature's session this year: If Democrats try to get in the way of the Republican juggernaut with heavy-handed behavior, they can expect immediate and drastic consequences from Republicans.
Perhaps, the state School Board and its meetings could be a place where Democrats can take stands on important issues like education funding and so-called "school choice" and start to win back voters, but it seems unlikely that picking a fight over the people on Barresi's senior management team is going to generate a lot of enthusiasm and, frankly, even interest. This, too, should worry Democrats. Why did some Democrats here pick this battle when there are so many others to fight?
As I've written before, I didn't support Barresi, and I'm worried about her agenda. I worry, in particular, about the overall Republican push for so-called "school choice," which could ultimately drain public schools of funding through an expanded voucher system or some hybrid of it. This is an important issue. Education funding here is expected to take at least a 3 percent cut for next fiscal year, and this comes after other recent cuts. This is an important issue. Who Barresi picks as her chief of staff or communications director might be an administrative problem because of institutional rules that can be easily changed, but it's not an important issue.
Democrats should pick their issues more wisely and try to find ways to reverse their fortunes. That can only happen with messages and candidates that resonate with Oklahoma's voters. Why fight it out over who is going to write Barresi's press releases?
Meanwhile, Fallin got through her speech without using much confrontational language. She even threw out the idea of prison sentencing reform, something long championed by progressives. Her main agenda, though, is based on conservative initiatives. The odds are she will legislatively win all her initiatives over the next two years and probably many years after that.
Update: Another overreach among state Democrats on this issue is that somehow the Oklahoma Constitution protects the State Board of Education and its duties.
The supervision of instruction in the public schools shall be vested in a Board of Education, whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by law. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be President of the Board. Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General shall be ex-officio members, and with the Superintendent, compose said Board of Education.
Actually, if the state went by a strict interpretation of the constitution, all the board members would currently be Republicans. As it stands now, the Republican Party, which controls the legislature and the executive branch, can do whatever it wants with the board. Also, do some Democrats here think that if the GOP wanted to repeal this part of the Oklahoma Constitution through a vote of the people that it wouldn't happen?


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Pharyngitis, more commonly known as a sore throat, is typically caused by viral infections such as the cold or flu. Symptoms include a scratchy, irritated throat with soreness that grows worse when swallowing. In severe cases, a sore throat may be caused by an infection such as streptococcal (strep throat) or mononucleosis.
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Throat Culture – During this procedure, a sterile swab will be rubbed over the back of the throat and tonsils in order to collect sample secretions. Other than a gagging response in some patients, this is generally causes little discomfort. The collected sample will be cultured in a laboratory for up to three days to determine whether bacteria are present.
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I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I had a great time with mine and my wife's family. I received some wonderful gifts (including that spectacular Godzilla set from Criterion and some Grateful Dead socks). I also got some much-needed rest. With a couple of weeks off, I have lots of cool things to talk about. It was really hard to just pick five, but never fear, I'm sure I'll slip some of the things I consumed over my break during the next few weeks.
Universal Horror Collection, Vol. 3
This collection from Shout Factory continues to cover Universal Horror films that aren't included in other more famous monster sets. There are no Frankensteins here. No Draculas, Wolfmen, or Creatures from the Black Lagoon either. No, these sets feature slightly more obscure monsters and madmen. They contain four films each and things are already starting to stretch a little thin.
Out of the four films featured in this set, two are more comedic than horrific and one barely qualifies as horror at all. That isn't to say there aren't some good films here, just that if you are looking for classic or even semi-classic Universal Monsters, you should probably look elsewhere.
The comedic films work the best. The most enjoyable of the bunch is The Black Cat (1941), not to be confused with the 1934 film of the same name included in the Universal Horror Collection, Vol. 1, a fun little film about an old, rich woman, whose nasty kids return home to a creepy old mansion where they hope to inherit their riches. But as they do in these sorts of things, one by one they all start to die. It is full of all the tropes of the genre and a very Abbott & Costello-esque turn from Broderick Crawford and Hugh Herbert. But all the films are worth watching and the collection is quite nice.
This Australian crime series has been picked up by Hulu and the wife and I have been enjoying it. The series stars Ioan Gruffudd as a forensic pathologist/senior medical examiner with a complete disregard for the rules and total empathy towards the dead. He's also got a dark past that may include the murder of his ex-wife's former husband. If that sounds like your typical broadcast television crime series, that's because it basically is, but it's quite well made and Gruffudd's performance is terrific.
The episode-to-episode mysteries are mostly good and the larger mystery of Harrow's past puts it into binge-watch category. The secondary cast is interesting and enjoyable and it all adds up to not quite must-see TV, but something well worth watching when you aren't quite in the mood for prestige television.
It's fascinating to me how I wind up watching films by certain actors or directors (or both) during a given period, almost by accident. By which I mean I don't set out to watch films by that particular artist, but that's exactly what happens. For example, I didn't mean to watch 12 films starring Alec Guinness this past year, but that's what I wound up doing. As it turns out, several of his old Ealing comedies were released on Blu-ray and I reviewed them, and then a certain decade-spanning, fantasy franchise finished up its nine-film series this year and so I went back and caught the original trilogy which all-star Guinness in some way.
And then there were films like Doctor Zhivago that have been on my list of things to see for a very long time, which started streaming on one of my services and just happen to include Guinness in its cast list. Put it all together and it turns out 2019 was my Year of Guinness.
Doctor Zhivago is an epic classic from David Lean. It is essentially a love triangle where a man is in love with one woman but married to another. It is set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, giving it that David Lean epic quality. It is gorgeously shot and composed, and full of great actors like Julie Christie, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, and of course, Alec Guinness. It isn't quite as good as Lawrence of Arabia or The Bridge on the River Kwai, but it's still quite wonderful.
The Sons of Katie Elder
John Wayne is another actor whose films I kept seeing this past year. Unlike Alec Guinness, his films came my way on purpose. I think I started with Stagecoach because that's a film that is highly regarded and had been on my list, and from there I kept hitting "play" whenever I'd see his name pop up on whatever streaming service I was browsing. Wayne is an actor that I don't actually love, in that I don't think he's particularly good at his art. But he certainly has a stage presence and a star power, and he made a lot of really good films so I have been trying to see a lot more of them.
The Sons of Katie Elder is pretty standard western fare. It stars Wayne as John Elder, the oldest of four sons from the titular Katie Elder. When she dies, the four come back home to say goodbye and take care of her estate. Three of the four boys are rascals with the youngest being a rascal-in-training. Katie was apparently a loving, giving woman adored by all in the town, and nobody can figure out why her sons turned out so rotten. John is the worst of the bunch, but since he's played by John Wayne and since this is a western of a certain bent, it turns out all of them have a heart of gold.
As they look into matters, it seems Katie was murdered and most of the film finds the brothers trying to find out who did it and how to stop him. There is lots of goofy comedy (including a wonderful brawl between the brothers), plenty of action, and some good old John Wayne bravado. Dean Martin plays one of the brothers and he's a hoot. It's a film without a lot of depth, but it definitely hits that classic western sweet spot for me.
This Phoebe Waller-Bridge series garnered a huge amount of critical buzz when its second season dropped earlier this year. The first season was quite popular but things went really over the top for season two. It was one of those shows that had been on my list of things to see, but I kept putting it off. I wasn't ever quite sure it would be for me (the terrible name didn't help). I was a little under the weather a few weeks back and finally decided to give it a go.
Honestly, after the first couple of episodes, I was ready to leave it forever. Waller-Bridge plays the titular Fleabag, a selfish, foul-mouthed, misbehaved woman about London who treats basically everyone around her like garbage. It was funny, but not as hilarious as it seemed to think it was. It felt a lot like those comedies who think women who love sex and cursing are inherently hilarious simply because they are women. I have spoken many times about how I have a peculiar sense of humor and that sort of thing doesn't tend to do it for me. But Waller-Bridge's performance was incredibly winning and there was enough going for it that I kept watching.
Through its six episodes of the first season, we slowly understand what it is that makes her behave so poorly. We're given a backstory that gives insight into the character. This gives the series a weight that so many comedies like it are missing. One of the things I really loved about Fleabag is that she seems to understand her behavior is abhorrent and actually wants to stop, all the while finding it difficult to make changes.
The second season takes place a year later and she's finally started to make those changes. Her life is still a bit of a mess, and she's a long way from perfect but there is growth. The comedy becomes less raunchy and the drama more potent. In my opinion, anyways. There's also a love interest (played by the always wonderful Andrew Scott) that complicates matters in a really satisfying way. Waller-Bridge has stated there will not be a third season, and if not, she can be proud of creating one of the best series I've seen in a long while.
From producer Jordan Peele comes this new Amazon series about a group of Nazi hunters living in New York City circa 1977. It stars Al Pacino as a holocaust survivor. It looks like tons of fun.
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