I've got to admit, one of the highlights of my recent trip to P&G Pet Care for Behind the Paw, the influencer summit hosted by Iams and Eukanuba, was getting to see my pal Griffin again. I love a floppy dog, and while "floppy" does not seem to have made the official standard of the Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Griffin is a perfectly floppy PBGV in my book!
I first met Griffin at last year's AKC/Eukanuba National Championship when he was still a pup in training. This April he officially became P&G Pet Care's newest V.P. of Canine Communications.
Schmoozing at the Pet Care offices is just one of Griffin's roles and he did a great job greeting us as we entered the building of the Mason, Ohio office.
Fabulous floppiness with a smile!
After greeting us, Griffin led the way to the meeting room where we met with some of the other P&G Pet Care executives.
Griffin shakes paws and exchanges business cards before the rest of the P&G representatives arrive.
Even Execudogs have to have their priorities in order!
A good job if you can get it!
Then, Griffin grabs a quick nap at my feet (awww!) while we hear about Consumer Care at Iams and Eukanuba.
Next we heard from leaders from each brand before embarking on a tour of the building. Employees in the Pet Care area are allowed to bring their dogs to work, everyday!
In true executive fashion, all the former Execudogs, and Execucat, have their portraits displayed where they can be admired for generations to come.
Next, Griffin shows us what a dog in his position does to further communicate his key messages to his constituents.
... beautiful! Before we knew it, it was time to hit the road for the airport. Thanks Griffin, and all the folks at P&G Pet Care for a great tour and a super summit!
Wonderful! Looks like it was such a fun time!
Hee hee! Griffin DOES have it all figure out!


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How edtech can aid the learning process
Creativity is dying a slow death as the Indian educational system emphasises rigorously on rote learning rather than critical thinking and problem solving," says Mitsuyo Tamai, CEO of Japan-based tuition centre Kiwami.
People must understand that good grades dont equate to proper learning," she said, adding that the onus of education is being defeated in this competitive environment.
Headquartered in Delhi, Kiwami applies a creative method called 'Tamai incorporating Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based learning through videos, movies and 3D animations for teaching mathematics and science till Class VIII.
We enhance the imaginative skills of students through diverse evaluation programme such as 'SOROBON (Abacus) which augments the calculation skill of every child by the power of imagination," says Tamai.
Students consider ICT tools very helpful as it aids them to comprehend assignments easily, especially for those with special needs or difficulties," she added.
Global competition system
Kiwami claims that as of 2015, nearly 30,000 students across different countries have benefited from its teaching methods and materials.
Our uniqueness is that we conduct two global standardised tests thrice a year. This way our students will know where they rank in the world and will be motivated to study more," she said.
We have tied up with 10 Kendriya Vidyalayas and are already providing our services at a reasonable price to leading names in the private sector, such as DPS, Ranchi," Tamai said.
With presence in Singapore, the US, Thailand and Vietnam, Kiwami now intends to expand its learning centres pan-India within five years.
The author is Mitsuyo Tamai, CEO of Japan-based tuition centre Kiwami.

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These are the last few days before the packers arrive and start the madness on Monday morning. Not to say I do not have a lot of things to do ... because I certainly do! I have to pack for our time in temporary housing ... take all three kids to the doctor for their final checkups ... dentists ... haircuts ... gather records and the like. It is a long list ... and I am assuming this is the easiest part of this madness!!!
I had an AMAZING night last night. Two besties threw a cocktail party in my honor ... more deets to come! It was amazing and I kept the tears at a minimum and I am very proud of myself for doing so!!!
Hope you are having a great week ... I haven't forgotten you ... just buried in to do lists!
i had so much fun on Monday! I miss you already!
it was so much fun!!!!!


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Brain Pain discussion
This topic is about Asylum Piece
Asylum Piece - Spine 2014 > Discussion - Week Two - Asylum Piece - Second five stories
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This discussion covers the second five stories, p. 103 – 212 and Conclusions/Book as a whole
An Unpleasant Reminder, p. 103 – Doubles troubles, and a cruel prank
Machines in the Head, p. 113 – Just another cog in the wheel
Asylum Piece, p. 121 – Life on the estate
The End in Sight, p. 197 – Sentence is passed
There Is No End, p. 207 – "If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there"
And so we reach the end, if there is an end. A powerful journey, understated in style, but terrifying in its implications.
Anna Kavan had a long struggle with mental illness. Some of what we've read here can be considered autobiographical. Does knowing that these stories spring from direct experience alter our reception of the stories? What if we didn't know the author's history? How might that change our view of this book?
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So glad that you chose to include Anna Kavan in this year's choices. I am now on a mission to find all of her books.
I'm fairly certain that, even without knowing her history, it would have been obvious that these were very personal stories about clinical depression and mental illness. I can't think of any other books I've read that better express the complete prison that mental illness creates, both literally and metaphorically. (At least, standard disclaimer, as I understand it.)
One recurring theme was the indifferent authority figure as a type of jailer, usually an older male who casually condemns the narrator to continued misery. Not too surprising considering the times in which these were written. Another, even more heartbreaking, theme is how the narrator frequently considers herself to blame for the condemnation or indifference of others, the "I belong in the fog" of the second story.
I plan to add some more comments as they relate to the individual stories. I hope more people will show up here. Kavan's writings are more than deserving of the rediscovery they seem to be undergoing.
Whitney wrote: "One recurring theme was the indifferent authority figure as a type of jailer, usually an older male who casually condemns the narrator to continued misery. Not too surprising considering the times in which these were written. Another, even more heartbreaking, theme is how the narrator frequently considers herself to blame for the condemnation or indifference of others, the "I belong in the fog" of the second story...."
I couldn't help thinking about the doctor in The Yellow Wallpaper, as well as the two doctors in Mrs. Dalloway and their attitude towards Septimus - and naturally Woolf's own relationship with mental illness and breakdown. What I like about Kavan, and what is most impressive, is that she writes pretty directly from inside her own experience of insanity/incarceration, whereas Woolf writes through the proxy of Septimus.
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Jim wrote: "Whitney wrote: "One recurring theme was the indifferent authority figure as a type of jailer, usually an older male who casually condemns the narrator to continued misery. Not too surprising consid..."
I thought of the doctors in Mrs. Dalloway as well. I think I definitely would have thought about these stories differently if I didn't read some background on Kavan.
I also knew Kesey had worked in a State Hospital as opposed to being a patient when I read Cuckoo's nest.
Re-linking my review, can't think of too much more to add, and ready to move onto Ice.
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An Unpleasant Reminder was an excellent story, I wasn't expecting the humour of the ending...a very grim humour. The sort of thing a Gestapo officer might find funny.
After the early stories in the collection, the Asylum Piece stories came across as quite 'normal' and yes, possibly autobiographical. The early stories were menacing and ambiguous about the nature of the threat. In Asylum Piece the threats and fears are more real. The characters are confused over their incarceration and have a natural desire to be free.
The second Asylum Piece story starts with the line 'I had a friend, a lover. Or did I dream it?', in the middle is the line 'I am forgotten and lost' and the story ends with the line, 'I had a friend, a lover. It was a dream.' This story almost reads like a diary entry, but it's powerful nonetheless.
I'm looking forward to Ice.
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I read Ice shortly after it was published, when Anna Kavan was "rediscovered" and it became a minor cult classic. I think I was vaguely aware that she had written other books - but you never saw them in bookshops or libraries, only Ice. I was therefore quite surprised to find a copy of Asylum Piece a few years ago, simply because I'd got it in my mind that she was a one-book author. The internet makes this kind of discovery hugely easier.
Anyway, this seemed an opportunity to read the book - and I am suitably impressed. I like Anna Kavan's spare prose style. It often seems simple, even prosaic, but then an odd choice of word or phrasing catches your attention. Somebody suggested it reads like a translation. There's a touch of the alien about it.
The Peter Owen edition that I picked up is intriguing. He was Anna Kavan's publisher and knew her well - but on the back cover Asylum Piece is referred to as a collection of short stories in one paragraph and as a novel in another. I assumed the first when I started reading, but the latter by the time I'd finished. Makes a difference, because short story collections are typically edited by publishers who may well select the stories and arrange them. But surely Asylum Piece is a unitary work, published as written. Anyone know for sure?
...and here, for what it's worth, is a review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Peter wrote: "The Peter Owen edition that I picked up is intriguing. He was Anna Kavan's publisher and knew her well - but on the back cover Asylum Piece is referred to as a collection of short stories in one paragraph and as a novel in another. I assumed the first when I started reading, but the latter by the time I'd finished. Makes a difference, because short story collections are typically edited by publishers who may well select the stories and arrange them. But surely Asylum Piece is a unitary work, published as written. Anyone know for sure?."
I don't know for sure, but given that it was when she had recently been released from the asylum, and that she had published several novels before, she surely would have worked in concert with the publisher to determine the order.
Your experience agrees with mine in that it seems like short stories at first, but then quickly turns into a novel. I suspect part of the effect is that the novella-length of the story "Asylum Piece" definitely has the sense of being a novel, and so maybe we retrospectively see the whole book as more novel-like. Or something like that...
I'm curious now to read Let Me Alone which was her second novel written as Helen Ferguson, and is the source for the name Anna Kavan. I wonder if there is something about that character that she identified with enough to change her name.
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Before Midnight was the end of a rather cool journey into a very interesting storytelling idea, and filmmaking one for that matter. One in which three films are made 9 years apart, so that not only are the filmmakers behind it getting older and having difference voices and stories they wish to tell, but the characters on the screen also lived those 9 year gaps. This very unique style helped create an over arching storyline that was able to go places other films aren't able to, and just as uniquely allowed the filmmakers to create something just so damn cool.
Looking at them as separate films though can be a different story, as you really should do that, though that's sometime almost impossible. Just like with the Lord Of The Rings films, even if you have your favourite out of the bunch, you still need to see all three as part of just one big film. Yes, you should see these three Before films as one big story, and I suggest watching them all back to back if you can, but, this is a review for Before Midnight, and I would be remiss if I didn't review it as both a standalone film and as part of this great trilogy.
Like the first two films, this is a talkie, though it had more in common with the first film in the sense it changed locations often and felt like it took place over time, as in half a day, whereas the second film took place in real time over 80 minutes, and the first over what I can only assume was 24 hours. Though time aside, out of the three, this film stands out as the most different, as where the other two were all about the two characters falling in love, with only a hint of trouble near the end of the second, this one was all about how can this couple now make what they have last.
In fact when this film started to hit the drama, which the first didn't really have any of, and the second only a small burst of it near the end, whereas this one had a whole lot at about the two thirds mark, and when it hit, it hit hard. Maybe not as hard as some viewers might think if they hadn't seen the first two films, but if you had, not only is your heart breaking at possibly recognising your own relationships in these two, but it breaks knowing how far they have come in the 18 years than span these three films.
Though I must say, that despite at how awesome the writing, acting, and directing was on the film, I couldn't help but start to dislike Julie Delpy's character. Now, it could be because I'm a male and connect more with Ethan Hawke's character, or maybe I saw too much of her flaws as reminders of past relationships of mine, but either way it did bug me a bit. At the end of the day though, I guess, that's what makes this series so damn good, as it feels so real and authentic and that means loving and hating things in equal measures and at the same times.
To sum up, I loved this film, and loved this series, and I think it should be watched far and wide by everyone, from people newly in love to those who have decades under their belts. The story arch and situations they find themselves in I think will undoubtedly impart much knowledge, head nods of recognition, and hopefully solidarity that relationships are hard, and awesome at the same time, and that what you're going through might just be what others are going through at the same and are still as strong and wonderful despite the hardships.


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Q: About event definition (probability) On Wikipedia, an event is defined as a set of outcomes of an experiment (or in other words, a subset of the sample space of the experiment) right?
In my probability class, we said at some point that:

If $a$ is a $σ$-algebra of a sample space $S$, then any $A \in a$ is an event.

My question is:
This is not the definition of an event right? Because, for example, if $S$ is the sample space of throwing a die, and we have the set $\{ \emptyset, S\}$ which is a $σ$-algebra of $S$, then the set $A=\{1,2\}$, which is not an element of the given $σ$-algebra, is still called an event, right?
Any help to alleviate this confusion would be appreciated.

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If $a$ is a $σ$-algebra of a sample space $S$, then any $A \in a$ is an event.

No, indeed, that is not defining.   Events are defined as subsets of the sample space.   A $\sigma$-algebra is defined as a set of events, including the empty event, that is closed under countable unions, countable intersections, and relative complementation.
As such, all elements of a $\sigma$-algebra are events, but not all events need be elements of a $\sigma$-algebra.

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On the last track, we discussed various ways that holiday triggers can become recurring times of anguish and how to recognize patterns regarding these negative habits. Also, we included the "Morning Attitude Log" to address these issues.
On this track we will acknowledge how the endless demands and stresses of the holiday season have created a whirlwind of thoughts, emotions, and desires that you can barely explain that have left you feeling lost and directionless. Then we will describe a four step Uncovering the Confusion Cover-up technique to help you rebuild a calm inside yourself.
Holiday stresses take many forms: seemingly endless traffic jams; grocery stores that are out of that one last item you need; buying that one perfect gift; visiting family; kids screaming and running through the house. Our peace of mind is under constant attack from the demands of friends and family plus our own senses of devotion and obligation.
Eventually, you're so confused you can barely decide what clothes to wear or where to go for lunch. This confusion or disorientation eventually leads to a feeling of absolute desperation, as if, since you have no control over your life, you might as well not be invested in it.
But confusion doesn't have to be a one way ticket to holiday let down and depression. Let's take a closer look at why we allow ourselves to get confused in the first place and then we will offer a technique you can use to peer through your confusion and regain a solid sense of your identity.
According to Barbara DeAngelis, "Being confused is always covering up something else. The experience makes emotions we would rather not feel, challenges we would rather not face-so instead we tell ourselves that we're confused." Confusion serves as a diversion during the holiday season. You have been told all your life that the holidays are a time of giving and love and families getting together to reminisce about the good times. And this is certainly true, but the other side of that truth, is that holidays are a lot of work.
There are lot of expectations and a lot of possibilities for disappointment. Some aspects of the holidays are negative and confusion is one of the ways that those negative feelings can be covered up. Confusion is a tool that has its rewards. Unfortunately those rewards are misleading and will not lead you to where you want to be. The four rewards of confusion are Attention, Advice, Addictions, and Avoidance.
In all the hubbub and excitement of the holidays, it is easy to feel lost in the noise and acting confused is a great way to attract attention. Are you really finding it that impossible to slow down, take a breath, and get done those things you need to get done? Or, do you actually prefer to appear hectic, rushed, and confused? It turns out that if you act confused enough, people may feel sorry for you. They may reach out and ask you, "Are you OK?" If you're confused enough, you turn into a martyr. But this is not the kind of attention we really want. We would rather be praised for a good job than to feel pitied.
Being confused is also a good way to avoid responsibility. When you are confused you can't make decisions, so you have to ask for advice from others. Then, if something goes wrong, you can always say, "Well, I was only doing what So-and-So told me." Except, that, in reality, we know that we haven't avoided that responsibility at all and we still feel judged for our failures.
Confusion is also an emotion that makes a good excuse to continue in your addictions. Especially around the holidays with all the New Years resolutions and the "getting to start with a clean slate" talk that goes around. Being confused offers the convenient excuse, "Well, I'd quit smoking but it's so hectic around here right now, I just know it wouldn't work." Or "I'm so confused right now. I know I should quit-and I will-this just isn't a good time."
The biggest reward from confusion is that you can avoid those things you need to face to actually get rid of your distress. Being confused means that you are always acting busy. When you're busy you don't have time to deal with your sister-in-law's snide comment, that, if you were to respond to her, would only lead to a fight. Being confused means that you don't have time to consider that the reason that helping in the kitchen is so miserable is because you're afraid of letting down the family if you fail.
Let's take a minute to try and peer through your confusion to the real issues.
In this technique, "Uncovering the Confusion Cover-up" all you will need is a piece of paper and a pencil.
Step 2: Try to find something you're confused about. For example, you know that your family is expecting turkey for the big meal, but last year's bird was an absolute catastrophe. In the left hand column you would write "I don't know what to make for the big family dinner." In the right hand column, consider the consequences of not being confused.
If you were not confused you'd have to make a decision. What could that decision lead to? It might lead to disappointing your family. Either you will serve them something they don't want, or you will have to face your fears of trying to bake another turkey. So you'd write "Make a decision about dinner. Face my fear of disappointing my family."
"Choose one diet and stick to it." Or you if you wrote that you were confused about how to handle your frustrations at work; in the right hand column you might have to admit that your supervisor is sabotaging your projects and that you need to confront her.
Feel free to list anything that you have been reluctant to make a decision about. Then, in the right hand column, be honest about what consequences clarity would bring. You will probably find that much of your confusion is merely a way of avoiding, or covering up, the negative characteristics that this supposedly happy time brings out in you.
On this track we have discussed the four rewards of confusion and why those rewards do not aid in the actual relief of stress. We have also presented the Uncovering the Confusion Cover-up technique so that you can see how confusion masks your real anxieties and fears.
On the next track we will discuss how prioritizing your tasks can help you free up and focus your energy on getting rid of those things that cause you the most distress.
What are four rewards from confusion or overwhelm? To select and enter your answer go to CEU Answer Booklet.


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День відпочинку (Відгу́л) — це відпочинок, який надається працівникові як компенсація за роботу у святкові та неробочі дні, за роботу вихідного дня, а також працівнику-донору безпосередньо після кожного дня здавання крові для переливання (за бажання працівника цей день приєднується до щорічної відпустки). Такий день ще називається «донорським».

Компенсація передбачена трудовим законодавством, але може надаватися і за згодою сторін (роботодавця та робітника).

В чинному українському законодавстві у більшості випадків замість терміна «відгул» вживається термін «день відпочинку» (ст. 72, 107 КЗпП України)

Див. також
 Законодавча термінологія

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Література
 Дмитренко Ю. П. Трудове право України: підручник / Ю. П. Дмитренко. — К. : Юрінком Інтер, 2009. — 624 с.

Трудове право

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Vince Gilligan Urging Breaking Bad Fans To Stop Throwing Pizza On The "Walter White House"
By Matt Lyons
Speaking during the Inside Better Call Saul Podcast earlier this week, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan urged fans to stop trying to recreate the iconic scene from Breaking Bad in which Walter White angrily throws a pizza onto the roof of his house when his wife won't let him enter. Some fans, who Gilligan refers to as "assholes," have taken it upon themselves to mimic the scene by throwing their own pizzas on the real-life location.
Being that Breaking Bad was filmed in several real-life locations around Albuquerque, New Mexico and not on a set, people actually live in that house, and they are understandably not happy with the pizza throwing. It's a sentiment that Gilligan shares, and as he said during the podcast:
There is nothing original or funny or cool about throwing a pizza on this lady's roof
On top of throwing the pizzas, the "fans" have reportedly been rude to the homeowner when she comes out to inform them that they are on private property. Prior to this happening, Gilligan said that the lady who owns the home has been perfectly fine with people taking pictures of the house, as long as they remain at a distance and don't disrupt her or her neighbors.
If Gilligan nicely asking you to not "be an asshole" isn't enough, Jonathan Banks (who plays Mike Ehrmantraut on both shows) issued a stern warning and vowed "If I catch you doing it, I will hunt you down." Even if he is partially joking, if watching him play the ruthless hitman on Breaking Bad for five years is any indication, it's probably not a good idea to mess with Jonathan Banks.
Vince Gilligan also asks fans to take down the license plate number of anyone found "being an asshole" and report it to the authorities.
The full Inside Better Call Saul episode can be seen below, and Vince Gilligan's warning begins at around 3:16.
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Book 7 in the Hope Contemporary Romance	Series
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Book 7 in the Hope Contemporary Romance Series
It's never too late for a second chance at first love…
When Loretta Simmons returns to Hope, Oklahoma, after a disastrous marriage, she's determined to remain independent for the sake of her daughter. The only thing standing in her way is Deacon Fox—the man she loved and walked away from years ago.
Since Loretta owns the bookstore right next to his current renovation project, Deacon can't escape the woman who broke his heart. Throw in her adorable little girl and one ridiculously oversized dog, and they're almost a family. Only he can't be that guy—what they had was once in a lifetime.
But love has a funny way of re-opening a door you thought was firmly closed…
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Love Me Again: Book 7 in the Hope Contemporary Romance Series
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Loretta Simmons jumped at the sound of a loud crash next door.
What was that? It was only six thirty. She'd come in to The Open Mind bookstore extra early this morning to unload inventory before her store opened, expecting quiet.
This was not quiet.
Maybe it was nothing. A rodent or something, since the building had been closed for years.
Another loud banging sound made her pause.
Okay, something was up. She hoped no one was breaking in next door. Maybe she should peek out the front window.
She left the storeroom and glanced quickly at her daughter, Hazel, who was sitting on one of the sofas in the reading section. Hazel obviously hadn't heard a thing, since she had her headphones on and was watching a movie.
Loretta made her way to the front, cautiously pulling at the blinds. There was a truck parked out front, but since it was still dark outside she couldn't make out the lettering on it. It appeared to be a work vehicle—and what burglar would park in plain sight?
Deciding to step outside, she opened the front door and walked across the porch so she could get a better look.
At the same time, a tall, imposing figure walked out the front door of the building.
Oh, crap.
Deacon Fox. She instantly made the connection to the truck parked out front.
It was a Fox/McCormack Construction truck, which could only mean one thing. The building next door must be undergoing renovation, and Deacon Fox was in charge of that renovation.
A cloud of dust followed him. He had on worn jeans, with a tool belt strapped to his hip. He was sweaty and had dirt smudges on his face and a handful of debris slung over his shoulder. She'd never seen a man look hotter.
Though why she'd notice his hotness was beyond her. She shouldn't notice that. About Deacon. Or any man, for that matter. Male hotness was not at the top of her radar right now.
He'd spotted her, so after he slung the pile of wood into the oversized trash bin that was parked in the street, he walked over to her.
"Loretta."
"Deacon. I see you're working on the Harden building."
"Who bought it?"
He shrugged. "Some investor. I guess they're leasing out all three floors. My job is to gut it and renovate it for office space."
Office space would be good. Potential customers for her bookstore. "I see. Kind of noisy over there this morning."
He obviously wasn't in the mood for conversation. But she was curious.
"So, is that noise thing going to take long?"
He nodded. "A while. It'll get worse before it gets better."
She heaved a sigh. "That's not good for my customers."
"Sorry. I have the permits to do the job, so your customers will have to get used to a little dust and noise."
She had been afraid he was going to say that. The last thing she needed for her fledgling business was inconvenient parking and the upheaval of reconstruction going on next door. "Fine. I'll put up apology signs."
"Yeah, you do that."
The tension between them was palpable, and had been ever since she'd moved back to Hope last year. Which was entirely her fault, of course, since she'd dumped Deacon in high school and had married someone else. Still, that had been years ago. Surely he was over it—over her—by now, right? So maybe she could do something to start easing the tension between them.
"How about coffee? I have some freshly made in the shop."
"I've already had coffee. I gotta get back to work."
His tone with her was short. Clipped. No warmth in his voice. They used to be so close. She remembered his smile. He had a devastating smile, and she'd seen him use it on her friends since she'd returned to Hope. But not with her. Never with her.
"Okay. I guess I'll . . . see you later?"
"Yeah. See ya, Loretta."
He walked back inside, and she felt a twinge in her middle. She knew guilt and maybe a hard stab of remorse caused that twinge. She and Deacon had made so many plans for the future together. And she'd blown up all those plans the day she'd told him she didn't love him anymore.
That had been a lie. She had always loved him. Part of her always would. But she'd chosen a different life, and that life hadn't included Deacon in it.
Okay, maybe she hadn't exactly been the one to choose that life. She'd been pushed, cajoled, and needled by her parents until she'd been convinced that Deacon wasn't the right choice. Going to college in Texas had been the right choice. Following Tom Simmons to Texas had been the right choice. Marrying Tom had been the right choice.
Or so she'd thought.
In the end, she'd made all the wrong choices.
"Hey, Mom?"
She turned at the sound of her daughter, Hazel's voice, the one amazing thing she'd done in the past twelve years. At nine years old, Hazel was the bright spot in her life. She smiled at her daughter.
Hazel peered around her at the structure next door. "What's going on over there?"
"Someone bought the old building, so now they're gutting it—taking out everything inside and putting all new stuff in."
Hazel nodded. "Ooh. Can I watch?"
Her daughter was always curious, and anything that had to do with dirt or a mess was her jam. After Hazel had been cooped up in a super sterile condo in Dallas for so long, Loretta was inclined to let her experience all the dirt she wanted to.
"It's dusty and noisy, so don't get too close. It could be dangerous."
"I know. But I wanna hang out here and watch. Is that okay?"
"Yes, but don't go inside that building, and stay on this part of the porch."
"I will."
Loretta remained with Hazel for a few minutes, watching as her daughter found a spot on the top step and sat. Other than the netbook she used for watching movies and playing video games, Hazel had no toys with her. Today she wore capri jeans, a short-sleeved T-shirt, and her favorite baseball cap. Her entire wardrobe had changed since they'd moved from Dallas. Tom had always expected his daughter to dress appropriately. And by appropriately he had meant pinks and purples and dresses and sweaters.
Hazel had hated that she'd never been given the freedom to choose her own clothes.
After the divorce, Loretta had told Hazel she could wear whatever she wanted to. She'd rebelled against her father's rules and chosen jeans, T-shirts, and baseball caps, her long blond hair pulled up into a ponytail and wound through the hole in the back of the cap. And she always wore her favorite pair of black Chucks tennis shoes. With no socks.
Whatever. As long as her daughter was happy, then Loretta was happy. Loretta's parents disapproved, of course, which also made Loretta smile. So maybe Loretta was experiencing her own bit of rebellion, even if it was a bit passive-aggressive.
She might have eked out a bit of independence with the divorce, but she hadn't yet gotten to the part where she would tell her parents to go to hell. They might have pushed her into making life changes as a teenager, but she'd been the one who'd ultimately made the choices, and she had no one to blame but herself.
After taking one last look at Hazel, who seemed content to watch the goings-on at the building next door, she sighed and headed back inside the bookstore to start her day. And to start making those apology posters for her customers.
Maybe she should consider making one of those apology posters for Deacon. Though she doubted that would be enough to make up for what she'd done to him.
She could never make enough apologies to Deacon for what she'd done.
Deacon Fox worked with his crew ripping out the cabinets that lined the wall of the first floor of the building they were going to renovate. It wasn't even eight in the morning yet and he was already drenched in sweat. This old building had seen better days, the place was piled high with years' worth of junk, and this project was going to be a nightmare.
He looked around and grinned as dust motes filled the air, a rain of gray obliterating the summer sun trying to come in through the open front door.
Yeah, it was a mess. Just the way he liked it.
He hauled a piece of demolished cabinet out to the Dumpster. On his way back, he spotted a little girl sitting on the front step of Loretta's bookstore. She looked up at him but didn't say anything, so he didn't say anything back. He noticed on his next several trips out to haul discarded debris that she was still there . . . watching.
He knew that was Loretta's daughter. She was cute, with her ponytail sticking out of her baseball cap. And she seemed to be interested in what he was doing. He wanted to go talk to her, but he wasn't about to. It was best he keep his distance from Loretta and her kid.
When he dropped another load in the Dumpster, the little girl smiled at him.
What could he do? Whatever he felt about Loretta, he wasn't going to take it out on her kid. So he smiled back, then went back inside and picked up more crap to drag outside.
He and his partner, Reid McCormack, had discussed whether or not to bid on this job. Deacon had known it was next door to Loretta's bookstore. Reid had told him he'd understand if Deacon wanted to pass on this one.
But it was going to be a decent-sized job. The building had three floors and was similar to the renovation Reid had done on the building Loretta now occupied. It wasn't an historical building like that one, but it was a large project, and Deacon wasn't going to let his past with Loretta make them pass up an opportunity for a moneymaking job.
Reid said he'd take it, but by the time they'd bid on and gotten the job, Reid was working on designing a new building for one of the town's large medical practices. That project would tie him up for a while, which meant Deacon was going to have to take the reins on this one.
He was fine with it. What he and Loretta had was in the past, and he sure as hell could handle working next door to her for the next few months.
They lived in the same town now, and they shared many of the same friends. It stood to reason they were going to occupy the same orbit every now and then. He might as well get used to seeing her.
Except seeing her dragged in all the old memories, opening that door to the past.
The past had been golden. They'd been young and in love, and they'd made plans together. And unlike some things in his past, his life with Loretta wasn't clouded. It was vivid. Every moment they shared together was like it had been yesterday.
The way her hair used to curl at the ends. The way her lips used to tilt when she smiled.
Her laugh.
Her perfectly painted pink toenails.
The sound of her breathing when they . . .
He forced the past away and stared out at the sunlight, at those dust motes slowly falling to the ground, every one of them holding memories. He shoved them aside.
Yeah, every time he saw Loretta now it hurt just a little damn bit.
His only option was to keep that door firmly closed, because he'd hurt enough over her already.
As for the job and the close proximity? He'd just suck it up and deal with it.
He could handle it.
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Another month has flown by and once again I must apologize for the dearth of blog posts. I have no really good excuse, other than I have been heads down a lot on my next ebook. I've been struggling a bit with it for various reasons, and I'll probably talk a little about them in another blog post soon, but for now, I wanted to get December's wallpaper up for you.
This one is from the commute home after a rather long day at work. It was a cold and wet fall evening, and the wind was blowing away the last leaves on the trees. The road was littered with mostly yellow leaves and the rain really brought out the colors that appeared in my headlights. I had made a similar photograph during my One Camera/One Lens/One Month experiment, so I had an idea of the kind of photograph I might get. I held the camera in front of the steering wheel with one hand and fired off a few shots, using a slow shutter speed to blur the motion from the car. This particular shot was to me the best of the bunch. I hope you like it, too.


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Wahlberg Protection Program: BostonHerald.com
Here is a recent article (and photo) from BostonHerald.com
Wahlberg Protection Program
Guest-starring on USA's 'In Plain Slight,' ex-New Kid Donnie joins up
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Sunday, March 28, 2010 http://www.bostonherald.com The Inside Track
Photo by USA Network
When the writers of USA Network's "In Plain Sight" needed a Boston guy to throw into the Witness Protection Program, they needed to look no further than Donnie Wahlberg.
The Dorchester homey guest stars on Wednesday's season premiere as a Hub truck hijacker who is hiding out in New Mexico with his teenage son and new family.
"There are certain times when fame and success have become challenging and hiding out has seemed really appealing to me," said Wahlberg, who spent last week in Toronto filming the CBS cop show "Reagan's Law" with Tom Brady [stats]'s baby mama No. 1, Bridget Moynahan.
"I've traveled to some real obscure towns and thought what it would be like to set up shop here and disappear. But I'd eventually go stir crazy and miss all that I take for granted."
Like Twitter, we assume!
Usually, when Donnie's in a new town, he sends out Tweets to meet his obsessively devoted New Kids fans - whom he calls "soldiers" - to get a feel for the locals.
But to get into character for his witness protection gig, Donnie said he flew to New Mexico - where the Mary McCormack-Frederick Weller drama films - a week early and "laid low."
"Living life on the run and living with a false identity is a hard thing to do," he said. "Fugitives sometimes turn themselves in because they can't live with the pressure."
As for playing a Boston underworld figure, that wasn't too hard to master.
"There's always someone to draw on, someone you pluck off the street - a friend, a cousin, an uncle," said Wahlberg. "It's the worst thing in the world to get it wrong because there's that added pressure to get it right. If you stink it up as a Boston guy, I will get a lot of flack when I come home!"
BTW, Wahlberg's Charlestown cop drama, "Bunker Hill," which also starred Moynahan, "turned out great," he said.
"It just sort of didn't fit timing-wise for TNT," said Donnie. "So it was rebuild it or try something else." Hence, "Reagan's Law."
So now that Donnie's spending lots of time on the tube, what programs does he TiVo?
"I'm a big reality TV guy," he laughed. "I don't know why I like trainwreck TV - 'Bad Girls Club,' 'Tool Academy' and 'Jersey Shore.' But I also like 'The Dog Whisperer,' 'Iron Chef' and 'Chopped.' "
(Coincidentally, in his 'In Plain Sight' episode, his character owns a diner that is known for its popovers.)
"I tend to gravitate to reality TV to turn off my brain," he told the Track. "I work a lot - you know I work 22 or 23 hours a day - and I need to be able to tune out with 'Tool Academy.' "
Donnie said he was also a fan of "The Shield," which starred Andover homey Michael Chiklis as a cop working on the edge, and "The Sopranos" cast because they weren't "typical Hollywood leading men. They were regular guys."
File Under: "Sight" Seeing.
Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1242866
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New Blog From Joey
Joey posted a new blog on his site in response to the recent People magazine article:
First, let me say how overwhelmed we are by the tons of well wishes we got from so many people. Every message went directly to our hearts. We thank you so much for your love and support.
A lot of the feedback from the People magazine piece was just simple good wishes, but there was a lot of fascinating, heart-felt, informed discussion about the different paths for deaf and hard of hearing people. As you can imagine (although maybe not until you are touched by something like this) the views are many and varied.
We heard from people who have loved ones, children, siblings, fathers, mothers, with hearing loss and heard their stories. Every story is enlightening and again we are so grateful to those who have shared.
As the spectrum of hearing loss is great, so too are the points of view on how to treat it. There are some who say that we should do nothing as far as hearing aids or implants with Rhys. The theory being he is perfect the way he is, God meant him to be that way and he is blessed to be that way. I can totally appreciate that choice. I believe that this is a gift. That his hearing loss will lead him down a path of great things. He will have a special perspective in life that he would never have if he was a fully hearing person. I can not wait to watch that perspective grow and learn from his life.
Some have said that we should wait until Rhys is old enough to chose for himself, whether or not he wants the cochlear implant. That operation is irreversible, so I can appreciate that argument as well.
We do not know where he stands as far as being a candidate for cochlear implants. It will take sometime. He is not deaf. He has a lot of usable hearing and so he could be able to hear enough with "regular" hearing aids. I do know that all the people and families we have talked to have raved about the cochlear implants and consider them a miracle. But like I said there are so many different paths and every person with hearing loss is different. One thing is for certain, the more information the better. My wife and I were pouring over the responses to the article on People.com and your feedback will serve us well. We do not know what our decision will be right now. We are learning more everyday. We are strong and we are blessed and everyday is a gift, but there are some tough, frustrating moments. We will forever consider your feedback as a treasure trove to open whenever we need a little lift. I cant wait for when People Magazine does a 10 year check-in with Rhys and he and Griffin can pick their own outfits! What will they wear??
All our love,
The McIntyres
Interview with Talk Stoop
Here is an interview with Talk Stoop (filmed a couple months ago):
Joey and family in People magazine
Joey is in the current version of People Magazine. Click on image for larger version. Thanks Bertha for sharing!
(Photo of Donnie on the set of TV pilot)
Here is a quick update: Donnie in Toronto filming the TV pilot (formerly called Reagan's Law) with Tom Selleck from PopGoesTheNews.com:
Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg play cops in Toronto
Television icon Tom Selleck, who hasn't headlined a series since Magnum, P.I. in the '80s, started work today on a potential new drama for CBS.
The 65-year-old actor is shooting an untitled pilot (formerly called Reagan's Law) in Toronto until the end of the month. Since Magnum went off the air in 1988, he has made several movies and had recurring roles on series like Las Vegas, Friends, The Closer and Boston Legal.
In the pilot, Selleck plays a widower named Michael who is chief of police in New York City and living with his father, played by Winnipeg's Len Cariou (Damages), who is a former NYPD chief. New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg (Boomtown), plays Selleck's son, a detective who's just back from a stint in Iraq.
It's not the first time that Selleck has worked in Canada – he shot part of the 1987 comedy flick Three Men and a Baby in Toronto and has made several Jesse Stone TV movies in Halifax. Wahlberg has worked a lot in Toronto – including in the TV remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, the TV mini-series The Path to 9/11, the movie Dead Silence and several Saw sequels – and he made the feature Dreamcatcher in British Columbia.
Watch video of "The Hour" interview w/ Joey: Update: Video has been deleted, does anyone have it saved?
Zookeeper to be released October 8!
New blog from Joey:
03/19/2010 - Oh Canada...How I love thee
Oh Canada, how I love thee...
I was really grateful to be a part of Canadian Music Week last week.
I have belabored the point in the past, but I will say again, I think the New Kids were Canadian in our former lives.
The Knights are already Canadian so maybe we were rehearsing in the basement of their Toronto home a hundred years ago.
All the cliches are true about Canadians- kind, straight forward, positive, caring, and content. They seem happy in their own skin and it feels good to be around that energy.
Sure there are a few jerks up there but I haven't really met them.
The music scene mirrors that positive vibe. Maybe it's because there's 35 million people that it feels like a real community, but that's a lot of folks too, so maybe it's just the openness to artistry. I'm sure everyone doesn't like everyone else's music up there but there is a comradery.
Maybe it's because I'm just a visitor and I'm seeing it through rose colored glasses. It's always fun to travel outside of your home- you feel the freedom to really be who you want to be. I get that vibe traveling thru the states too. When I'm in Canada you get the best of both worlds- not the US but very close :)
I spent 3 days in TDot and had a lovely time. Universal Canada had a show with their artists. Stereos and Down with Webster rocked it among others. Good times! I did a few songs to track and it felt good to be on stage as usual- even if I forgot the words :)
Second night was the CMW Awards for the industry and my good friend David Corey won programmer of the year at Chum FM- I was sitting right next to him so it must have been the luck of the Irish.
Friday was Fan Fest at the Masonic Temple- very cool place. Lotta great bands and I was honored to be asked to play. (I think Daughtry referred to me as Joey MacAttack and his drummer said Please Dont Go, Joe from behind his kit). My performance was again just me and my tracks but it felt real good to rock out. I was "on a mission."
Then we were off to Calgary. Wasn't there for very long but I was told time and time again Thank you for coming to see us so we didn't have to travel for once! :)
The sound system at the show was not good at all but I think we had a good time despite the technical difficulties.
I enjoyed meeting all of you who came out at such last minute notice! Energy FM really stepped up!
And then the next day we hopped over to Victoria- on a sea plane! Yowza- that was fun :) What a life over there on the island. I could get used to flying back and forth to Vancouver. Sooo beautiful. Stunning.
Johnnie and I got in early to Victoria so we hit Darcy's and had a couple of the best burgers I've had in a while. The caesars were fantastic (and I ain't talking about a salad).
We jumped over to the Kool FM station and had a great crowd waiting for us. Again this was all last minute so I thank everyone for coming down.
We signed some CD's and took some pix.
And we had the cutest baby interrupting our interview- no way I can ignore a baby crying ;)
And then that night I was back home to my babies who I missed desperately. Skype is ok, but nothing beats the real thing. I honestly have a hard time thinking of being away from the fam.
I'm glad we have days off in between this upcoming tour. I'll have the best of both worlds- Rock star/Dad! :)
We are starting to put together this upcoming show! Gonna be special. It's got to be!
See ya out there.
-jm
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Videos and photos from Joey at KOOL FM
Here are some Videos from Joey at KOOL FM:
Videos courtesy of tigzybear
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Donnie to appear in CBS pilot "Reagan's Law".
Donnie to play Brian Reagan "a detective with a quick fuse and a family man who served in Iraq" in CBS pilot called "Reagan's Law".
From The Futon Critic:
REAGAN'S LAW (CBS) - Donnie Wahlberg ("Runaway") and Len Cariou ("Damages") are the first to be cast in the drama pilot, about the Reagans, a multigenerational family of cops in New York City. Cariou will play Patrick Reagan, the clan's patriarch and the former chief of police. Wahlberg then is set as Brian Reagan ("a burdened man in a rumpled suit"), a detective still haunted by his experiences in Iraq. Michael Cuesta is helming the CBS Television Studios-based hour from a script by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green.
Joey in Canada
Here is some information about Joey's upcoming concerts in Canada from his site:
3/09/2010 - Joey McIntyre OH, Canada! Tour Hey this is obviously very last minute (although I've been thinking about for a while). I am gonna be in Toronto Weds. Thurs. and Friday for Canada Music Week- performing Weds. and then on Friday at Chum FM's event at MTV. Good times! After that we fly to Calgary where they are playing my song "here we go again" on Energy FM 101.5 a lot, so I had to come show my appreciation. SO that night we are doing a little Meet Joe Mac (not the CD, but the event). Come down down! Here's the info: The Whiskey Nightclub
Calgary, Alberta , Canada Tickets On Sale Today ! 1pm PST
Go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/103534
Saturday March 13th
Doors Open at 5:30pm.
Meet & Greet starts at 630pm.
Joe Mac 830pm
Then on Sunday we are on to Victoria where they are banging my song at CHUM FM there too! (I know I said Vancouver for a second, but just swim over to Victoria for a little Joe Mac love).
Victoria is one of the prettiest places I've been and can't wait to get back this Sunday. Details coming soon for that Sunday show!!!
Let's get this!!!!!!! -jm
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"In Plain Sight" preview
Here is an "In Plain Sight" preview (Donnie appears in Season Premiere): Click here to watch!
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Joey to perform on March 12 in Toronto
Joey to perform on March 12 in Toronto:


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SK Telecom launches first commercial 5G
By Pacific Island Times News Staff
SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile operator, has officially launched its commercial 5G services to customers starting April 5, according to its local partner, IT&E.
The announcement, which was made Wednesday last week, "makes South Korea the first to launch commercial 5G mobile network services in the world, taking the lead over the U.S., Japan, and other countries," according to a press release from IT&E.
IT&E last announced its partnership with SK Telecom, which the company said would allow the early launch of 5G services in Guam and the CNMI. SK has invested $33 million in the partnership, making it the second largest shareholder of IT&E.
SK's announcement, Jim Oehlerking, IT&E's chief executive officer, said "is another milestone in IT&E's relationship with the SK Telecom. The strategic partnership allows IT&E to leverage SK Telecom's 5G technology expertise to unlock new and exciting ways for subscribers in the Marianas and Guam to stream, share, play, and browse. 5G will transform the mobile experience for our subscribers."
SK Telecom said it will provide "the fastest, widest, and safest 5G network with 34,000 base stations throughout 85 towns and cities across the country equipped with the world's first quantum cryptography solution to eliminate the risk of hacking."
SK Telecom also unveiled ultra-high definition (UHD), gaming, virtual reality, and augmented reality content that will be available to its subscribers.
The AR, VR, and cloud games unveiled today only mark the beginning of the age of Hyper-Innovation brought by 5G. SK Telecom will continue to introduce 5G-based innovative services to lead all areas of New ICT Information Communications Technology.
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It was to be a case of so far yet so near for Henselite UK sponsored player Greg Harlow in the recent Scottish International Open in Perth. The 2010 World Champion was beaten by fellow Englishman Robert Paxton in a cracking final that was very much a game of two halves. Harlow started brilliantly and completely overwhelmed his opponent set winning 11-2. But a change of jack length tatic in the second set brought massive dividends for Paxton as he took complete control of proceedings and won the set 10-2 to take the final into a tie-break. It was Paxton who held his nerve to win the three end shoot out 2-1 and he became the first first qualifier to win the established World Bowls Tour title in Scotland.
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Thank you very much Rahul for your comments, messages and the exercise of how becoming an observer. I really appreciate all that.
Yes I have already started observing my thoughts and I think I am also somehow advanced in this topic.
It´s going to stop me out.
The market is moving in my favor.
The market is taking off without me.
And many other similar expressions when that´s not the true, it is the trades we execute the ones that are inside of the markets, it is not ourselves, but since we take the trades so personal we express in that way, and that´s why we get deppresed or very angry if thinks do not turn out the way we want.
I´ve also realized that I try to control the market with my thoughts, for example, I say: Go up, go up, if I am in a long, or go down, go down, if I am in a short, and I try to command the market on what it needs to do to satisfy my desires.
If I get upset I start cursing the markets or telling it even bad words, or some other times I start begging the market to do what I want, or I even start praying. Or I have also catch myself telling the market: You are doing again this to me, you only stopped me out and reverse into the direction of the trade, why are you doing this to me?
I have also observed my Inner Critic in charge saying: This is not for you, after so long you still do not get it, when will be the time when you start trading profitable and consistently, You did the same mistake again, you are not worthy, what are you doing, why did you move your stop loss if the market was going against you and other self-reproach expressions.
I have also realized about my thoughts when the adapted voice is in charge like for example when I see an opportunity and I want to be a 100% sure the trade will work, or I start thinking "Am I sure this is the place, what if I am wrong" and thoughts about not taking the risk so that I do not experience the arousal of emotions. For example I say, "this is a good opportunity, but I rather remain on the sidelines or in my comfort zone, because I do not want to experience the emotions that bother me". I´ve experienced also worrying thoughts about all the time that has passed and feeling that I am stuck and not moving forward.
So I think I have already some miles in this topic of awareness or mindfulness. I am also very aware that those thoughts are very strong and can totally affect my mood. I am a very rational and anatlytical person, so I like things to be precise and to work the way they should work. I know that´s not the way the market behaves, because this is a probabilities game, so I got frustrated when things do not turn out, the way they supposed to be. So I need to start thinking with a probability mindset and with a managing risk mindset, just as I do when I trading on SIM, because there´s no money at risk.
But still when I am aware of those thoughs and beliefs, I keep producing the same thoughs, beleifs and behaviors, because I haven´t developed the way to change those beliefs so that I start producing new thoughts and therefore new emotions. And as I say before, I think that´s the only part, which is the last of the process, that I think I am still missing.


Henrik Sjödin is working within the Evolution and Ecology Program studying the emergence of group structures resulting from migration behaviors in large communities and their resulting effects on cooperation.
The ubiquity of cooperation among non-relatives is one of the most puzzling facts in science, as it appears to contradict Darwinian evolutionary theory. While this is interesting and challenging to understand from a strictly theoretical point of view, advancing our knowledge about the nature of cooperation, for instance, around public goods and common-pool resources such as global climate, forests, and fish stocks, will be central in bringing about a sustainable future. Previous and recent work has highlighted the importance of understanding the emergence of cooperation in large populations subdivided into groups, as in   . The mechanistic underpinnings of group formation in such systems, however, have yet to be explored. Likewise, the effects of the resulting group structures on the emergence of cooperation are not yet well understood. Therefore, in this project I study the emergence of group structures resulting from migration behaviors in large communities and their resulting effects on cooperation.
Through analytical and numerical exploration of mathematical formulations of stochastic individual-based Markovian processes of (a) inter-group migration, (b) social learning, and (c) exploration of migration strategies, I aim to show how these three types of process interact and the levels to which cooperation becomes established within the emerging group-structured communities.
There is an intricate dynamical interaction between the group structure of a community, the residents' inter-group migration behaviors, and the levels of cooperation that are established. Preliminary results from the project show novel bottom-up effects on cooperation in large communities that provide new insights into the emergence and maintenance of cooperation and sociality and that will also likely be of major assistance in facilitating the understanding of top-down regulation of cooperative communities. The results of the project are expected to be published during 2015.
 Hauert C, Monte SD, Hofbauer J, Sigmund K. (2002). Volunteering as Red Queen mechanism for cooperation in public goods games. Science 296(5570), 1129–32.
 Sasaki T, Okada I, Unemi T. (2007). Probabilistic participation in public goods games. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274(1625), 2639–42.
 Garcia T, De Monte S. (2013). Group formation and the evolution of sociality. Evolution 67(1), 131–41.
Henrik Sjödin is a Swedish citizen, and a Kempe Postdoctoral Scholar (Aug 2014 – Aug 2016).


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HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. L.C. Head, RNVR) and HMS Brontes (Cdr. T.St.V.F. Tyler (retired), RN) together pick up 25 survivors from the British tanker Daghestan that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-57 nine nautical miles east of Copinsay, Orkneys in position 58°47'N, 02°46'W.
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR) picks up 28 survivors from the British merchant Empire Howard that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-403 north-west of North Cape in position 73°48'N, 21°50'E.
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR) picks up 4 survivors from the American merchant Greylock that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 70°52'N, 00°21'W. The Greylock was later sunk by gunfire by one of the escorts.
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. J.P. Kilbee, RNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant Aymeric that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-657 east of Cape Farewell in position 59°42'N, 41°39'W.
HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. F.J.R. Storey, RNVR) picks up 51 survivors from the British tanker Empire Heritage and 41 survivors from the British rescue ship Pinto that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-482 north-northeast of Tory Island in position 55°27'N, 08°01'W.


Dolphins power in to the break at Pennington Bay, Kangaroo Island.
Australian Traveller reader Lucy Taylor packs up her extended family for a hands-on Kangaroo Island road trip, serendipitously stumbling upon pockets of fine food, art and action.
My first mouthful of Kangaroo Island was chomped straight off the ferry which brought our car and us across from mainland Cape Jervis in South Australia, to pristine beachfront Penneshaw.
As ropes were thrown to the jetty, dolphins leapt from the turquoise shallows, our first show of many over the next few days. A farmers' market was set on the cricket oval in a laid-back kind of 'swing'. A 10-minute wander around the market put me in the right kind of holiday mood; sourcing fresh local lunch fare was simple.
We were in and out of the first stall with a handful of crusty bread, coated in Kangaroo Island's Source Beetroot Relish and some fried sheep milk haloumi, both produced down the dirt track; topped with zesty rocket and a drizzle of the Island's best olive oil. It is not unlike our home, Tasmania, the produce unique and tasty from the farmland surrounds.
Only the yellow sun-parched ravines, bulging from the landscape, hint at another place, making these flavours uniquely dusted with that South Australian something special. The breath of the Southern Ocean bumping up against the limestone shore is different than at home, but the country vibe and finger-waving locals make us feel most welcome at our new island shores for the next six days.
We are two car loads: mum, dad and the rowdy young boys who want to do a magical show charging two dollars every night; aunties and uncles, buns in the oven and grand nanny and grandfather. Took us a couple of ferries and a plane trip to get our load across to South Australia, but a sixtieth birthday celebration felt like the greatest excuse to get the crew together, on new shores.
Surfboards and fishing tackle in the back, chooks and dogs offloaded to granny and pop left behind, and even the cat, accidentally locked into the house back in Tasmania for a couple of days survived our journey across oceans. A few swags were with us for a night under the stars and then a much-anticipated booking to the picturesque, hillside Kangaroo Island Beach Lodges.
We were mixing family fun with a foodie festival. Beach combing with shark sighting. Luxury with laidback charm. Each day we encountered long stretches of road between the bays and farms gates, ochre-toned dust trails behind our discoveries.
On day one we found a Ligurian bee population hard at work on Clifford's Honey farm. The local mallee gum cleverly crafted into honey by the bees, tasted gamey and sweet. A new kind of flavour for each of us honey lovers, who finished off the experience with the creamiest little tub of ice-cream made on site. We all sat with tight seatbelts and sweaty armpits on this sunny day, as we rumbled down the track to the next stop. Our morning toast, a whole new kind of yummy every morning thereafter.
On day two we surfed with dolphins and a school of trevalla. Possibly even a shark. It is hard not to imagine every dark shape framed by a stunning clear aqua blue is a great white with seal colonies dotting the south coast of the island, where the swell rolls in on our stay.
The waves are first class, and while the Bells Beach Classic gets top coverage over the Easter weekend down in Victoria, Pennington Bay is arguably where the best action is at. Dolphins drop into four foot 'pits' and grandfather pulls into a barrel before his son in-law with his finned friends not far away. On the beach pregnant aunty belly flops in the dumpers and young sons wheel around like gulls, collecting cuttlefish and feathers from great sea eagles in the limestone soft sand.
On day three we have South Rock roast lamb for dinner, literally out of our front paddock, as we are staying on the sheep farm in a self-contained shack at Antechamber Bay. The Kangaroos peer in at us, glad that it is not them on the dining table, despite one of the youngest lads in the travel party doing their best to install a stick trap using old reams of fishing rope found down on the farm's own shorefront where we fish and walk at sunset, to catch a boomer to no avail.
On day four we meet a local artist and traipse Fine Art gallery in Kingscote. Our art-loving family is inspired. Grand nanny pulls out her acrylics and canvas sheets and we are each 'ordered' to paint an image inspired by our island stay. Some pieces are more "Shep", others Jenny Clapson; two local favourites. Our migrant artists paint architecturally pleasing, solar passive buildings, ocean shadows, sea eagles and cars parked at the surf break with some gnarly left-handers in ultramarine brush strokes. We each pull out some good lines for our artist statement for a sixtieth birthday exhibition to be held on the final evening at our luxury accommodation.
On day five, we spend all our spare change on hiring sand boards and locating Kangaroo Island's very own 'Little Sahara', complete with high peaks and pocketed beeswax cubes that rubbed strategically in the right places on the deck make a downhill descent dangerously speedy. Each of us had a sore spot, underpants full of salt grains and for one of us, completely facial exfoliation; a whole head having been submerged full speed into a mound of sand.
On day six we eat a local catch of King George whiting marinated in lime juice, coriander, salt, pepper and local olive oil with a spud salad and greens and sip local sauvignon blanc from Dudley Wines on the Island's east coast. Some skull a fine Coopers ale. We all line a long table at our lodge overlooking our own private paradise, and a farm of 800 hectares. It is a busy time to visit the Island at Easter and yet it's hard to imagine there is another person here. It feels quiet, calm and peaceful.
Kangaroo Island is known by the aboriginal descendants of this place as 'Karta', land of the dead and in a way it is heavenly visiting here in holiday mode, like all the perceived busyness of normal life does cease to exist. Our hospitable accommodation provider at Antechamber Bay mentions that one of the first settlers, post colonisation sailed to Tasmania to find a native wife (many sealers may have done the same in an earlier time); he brought her back to the land we stayed on; … Our island populations converged.
"So you have a connection here", he says and it is easy for us to feel that way though our time here is fleeting.
Flights are available to Kingscote, the capital of Kangaroo Island flying Rex from Adelaide. Sea Link is a ferry service running several times daily from Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula, to Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island. Mainland coach connections run from Adelaide and Goolwa to connect with SeaLink ferries. On island connections are also available to pick up and drop off at accommodation on the island.
Kangaroo Beach Lodges are suitably equipped to sleep up to 8 adults (and a couple of kids) in luxurious, architecturally stunning accommodation with your own private beach.
Gateway Visitor Information Centre at Penneshaw (08) 85531185 or free call 1800811080 is a great source for accommodation and ferry bookings.
It is best to have your own wheels. A four wheel drive is recommended to traverse all the gravel roads that will lead you to some of the best farm gate experiences and beaches around the island. On-island connections via coach and hire cars are also transport options on Kangaroo Island.


We have our fair share of Magical Moments here at The Grove Cottages and we love it when we can help to make things extra special for our guests.
One such moment happened in December when Dean booked a short break at Don's Barn, with the intention of asking his partner Emma, to marry him. He asked us to organise some champagne and to write in the guest book so everything was ready for their arrival…..
She said 'yes' (of course she did!) and they have now set a date, booked the wedding venue and also booked their honeymoon, back with us at The Grove Cottages.
Congratulations to Emma and Dean!
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Mol Biol Rep. 2014 Mar;41(3):1311-6. doi: 10.1007/s11033-013-2976-6. Epub 2014 Jan 3.
Cytoprotective effects of urinary trypsin inhibitor on astrocytes injured by sustained compression.
Zhang S1, Yu R, Zhang Y, Chen K.
SICU, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University Affiliated Provincial Teaching Hospital, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Decreased cell membrane integrity is a primary pathological change observed in traumatic brain injury (TBI) that activates a number of complex intercellular and intracellular pathological events, leading to further neural injury. In this paper, we assessed the effects of urinary trypsin inhibitor (UTI) on astrocyte membrane integrity by determining the percentage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) released after sustained compression injury using a hydrostatic pressure model of mechanical-like TBI. Astrocytes isolated from SD rat pups were injured by sustained compression. At a pressure of 0.3 MPa for 5 min, a significant increase in LDH release was observed compared with control samples. Astrocytes displayed extensive structural disruption of mitochondrial cristae reflected in their swelling. Based on our initial results, injured astrocytes were treated with UTI at a final concentration of 500, 1,000, 3,000 or 5,000 U/ml for 24 h. The percentage of LDH released from injured astrocytes was significantly decreased when 1,000 and 3,000 U/ml of UTI were used. In a separate experiment, astrocytes were treated with UTI at a final concentration of 1,000 U/ml immediately, or at 30 min, 2, 6, or 24 h after sustained compression. The percentage of LDH release was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) when astrocytes were treated with UTI immediately or 30 min later. Together, our results suggest that UTI may have protective effects on astrocytes injured by sustained compression injury. Furthermore, the early administration (<2 h after injury) of UTI may result in a better outcome compared with delayed administration.
Effects of sustained compression on LDH release from astrocytes. Pressure duration of 1 or 5 min was used on astrocytes over a pressure of 0.1, 0.2, or 0.3 MPa. LDH release was expressed as a percent of the total releasable LDH (extracellular and intracellular LDH). Values are presented as mean ± SD. *P < 0.01 versus control
Cytoprotective effects of urinary trypsin inhibitor on astrocytes injured by sustained compression
Mol Biol Rep. 2014;41(3):1311-1316.
Astrocyte morphology before and after sustained compression injury. a Normal ultrastructural features of uninjured astrocytes. b Ultrastructural abnormalities in astrocytes injured by sustained compression injury (0.3 MPa for 5 min)
Effects of different concentrations of UTI on LDH release from injured astrocytes. *P < 0.05 versus control; **P < 0.01 versus injury. The amount and duration of pressure for the injury and UTI group were 0.3 MPa and 5 min. LDH release was expressed as a percent of the total releasable LDH (extracellular and intracellular LDH). Values are presented as mean ± SD
Time-dependent effects of UTI on LDH release from injured astrocytes. *P < 0.01 versus control; *a P < 0.05 versus control; **P < 0.01 versus injury. The amount and duration of pressure for the injury and UTI groups were 0.3 MPa and 5 min. LDH release was expressed as a percent of the total releasable LDH (extracellular and intracellular LDH). Values are presented as mean ± SD
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AngelList brings syndicates to India
Kia Kokalitcheva
Co-Founder and CEO of AngelList Naval Ravikant. Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images
AngelList today announced that it is launching its deal syndicates platform in India, after having first teased the plans in 2016.
Why it matters: This could rapidly expand the number of Indian startups able to raise venture capital funding.
India is now the fourth country where AngelList now offers syndicates, a platform through which individuals can raise money that is then invested on a deal-by-deal basis into local startups.
It has been a growing market for AngelList, including as its second biggest for hiring services with nearly 5,900 startups participating. India also has more than 6,000 registered investors interested in Indian startups (834 of whom are residents), and almost 31,500 registered local startups.
The country's requirements for angel investors are similar to those in the U.S., asking that participants have net tangible assets of at least INR 2 crore (excluding value of their residence), plus a certain level of investing, entrepreneurial, or managerial experience.
Check out AngelList's FAQ for more on the Indian syndicates' fine print.


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Features: 360° Rotation Mechanism, Rearward Facing Car Seat, Side-impact Protection, Newborn Inlay, UN R129/02 (i-Size).


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