Home health care can be defined as health related services that are given at home. When dealing with the decision of what to do with an aging family member, planning ahead of time can help to avoid confusion and can make the process easier. Staff can also monitor serious illness and unstable health status, as well as helping with getting you into and out of bed, helping you bathe and use the bathroom, and doing things like light housekeeping, cooking, shopping, and laundry.
With the reduced responsibility, families often begin to have more quality time with the person because they no longer become stressed over care duties. To put it simply, home health care is the health care service offered in a patient's home. If all the costs for hiring a care worker through an agency become too much, you may want to consider hiring directly.
From the perspective of patient satisfaction and continuity of care, it may be in the best interests of the home health provider to attempt to provide the same individual practitioner to the patient. Most home health care agencies will charge about $20.00 an hour or over.
Paying for home health care does not have to cost you an arm and a leg, but do be prepared for the occasional (but necessary) out-of-pocket medical expenses. It is important to have a backup list of friends, family, other home care workers, or a home health care agency you can call on.
Most seniors would prefer home health care, of course, as people always do value their privacy. Other terms such as 'home health care' and 'domiciliary care' are often used interchangeably with home care – but can refer also to care provided by a health professional.


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Pesticide exposure during pregnancy may increase autism risk
Scientists have long hypothesized that chemicals found in our environment play a role in causing autism. Research published this week in Environmental Health Perspectives supports that theory, finding children whose mothers are exposed to agricultural pesticides during pregnancy may be at increased risk for autism spectrum disorders, or ASD.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, looked at the medical records of 970 participants. They found pregnant women who lived within a mile of an area treated with three different types of pesticides were at a two-thirds higher risk of having a child with ASD or developmental delays. These pesticide-treated areas included parks, golf courses, pastures and roadsides.
The study investigated the use of three classes of pesticides: organophosphates, which include the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos, as well as pyrtheroids and carbamates.
Post by: Harmeet Kaur -- Special to CNN
Filed under: Autism • Conditions • Environment • Pregnancy
One more reason to exercise regularly
Approximately 18% of women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy - meaning they're up to seven times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life.
The good news is that even if you have gestational diabetes, exercise can help.
A new study published this week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine finds that every two hours of moderate activity (like walking or gardening) each week reduces a women's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 9%. Women who added 2.5 hours or more of moderate activity to their weekly regimen reduced their risk for type 2 diabetes by 47%.
Post by: Nadia Kounang - CNN Medical Producer
Filed under: Diabetes • Diet and Fitness • Exercise • Pregnancy
Women waiting longer to have their first child
More women over 35 are giving birth for the first time, according to a government study released Friday. The report, issued by the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at data compiled over the past four decades.
In 2012, there were more than nine times as many first births to women over age 35 than in the 1970s
From 2000 to 2012, first birth rates rose 35% for women aged 40 to 44, and 24% for women aged 35 to 39
The first birth rate for women aged 40–44 has more than doubled since 1990
In the past 20 years, first birth rates rose for older women across all races. The largest increases were seen for non-Hispanic white and black women, and Asian or Pacific Islander women
Post by: Jacque Wilson -- CNN.com Health writer/producer, Jennifer Bixler - CNN Medical Executive Producer
Filed under: Aging • Living Well • Pregnancy
Obesity during pregnancy raises stillbirth risk
Pregnant women who are obese or overweight have an increased risk of delivering a stillborn baby, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers looked at 38 studies to better understand the potential risks to an unborn child in relation to its mother's body mass index. They found even a modest increase in an obese pregnant woman's weight is linked to an increased risk of fetal death, stillbirth and infant death.
The highest risk was in women with a BMI over 40 (30 is considered obese). These women were two to three times more likely to experience complications. Even women with a BMI over 25 (which is considered overweight) were found to experience increased complications. FULL POST
Post by: Trisha Henry - CNN Medical Producer
Filed under: Conditions • Living Well • Obesity • Pregnancy
Study: Stress may reduce fertility
If you're trying to get pregnant, relax and try to keep your stress down. That sounds like good advice, which your doctor has probably given you, but there has been very little science to back it up - until now.
Researchers, publishing in the journal Human Reproduction, say they have put out the first prospective study showing an association between stress and infertility. They measured stress using biomarkers in the saliva of women who wanted to conceive, and found a strong correlation with alpha-amylase.
"The women who had the highest levels of this salivary stress biomarker had a 29% decreased probability of pregnancy over time, and that actually translated into a more than two-fold risk of infertility for them by the end of the study," said lead author Courtney Lynch, director of reproductive epidemiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Post by: Elizabeth Landau - CNN.com Health Writer/Producer
Filed under: Living Well • Pregnancy
Acetaminophen in pregnancy linked to 'ADHD-like behaviors'
Doctors frequently recommend acetaminophen, commonly found in over-the-counter pain relievers including Tylenol, to pregnant women for treating mild pain.
But a new study out of Denmark suggests the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy could be associated with ADHD-like behavioral problems in children.
"(Pregnant women) shouldn't worry at this point," says study author Dr. Beate Ritz, professor and chair of the epidemiology department at the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health. "But if I were a woman who was pregnant ... I would try to avoid taking painkillers as much as I can until we know more about this." FULL POST
Post by: Arianna Yanes -- CNN Medical Intern
Filed under: ADHD • Children's Health • Conditions • Medications • Pregnancy
U.S. women having fewer children
New numbers out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that fewer women in the United States are having children.
Between 2000 and 2009, pregnancy rates for U.S. women fell by 12%, or nearly 6.4 million pregnancies. The pregnancy rate is the lowest it has been in 12 years.
In fact, the rates for teenage pregnancy reached historic lows in 2009, for all three major race groups: non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanic teenagers. In 2009, there were 39% fewer teen pregnancies than the 1991 peak rate of 61.8 teen pregnancies for every 1,000 teens.
"Research suggests that more teens are delaying initiating sex, waiting longer to have sex," said Rachel Jones, a senior research associate with the Guttmacher Institute, who was not associated with the study.
If babies are ingesting both solid foods and breast milk, the immune system can learn the food is safe, scientists say.
Here's a roundup of five medical studies published recently that might give you new insights into your health, mind and body. Remember, correlation is not causation - so if a study finds a connection between two things, it doesn't mean that one causes the other.
Breast milk + solid foods = allergy prevention?
Journal: Pediatrics
With up to 8% of children in the United States dealing with food allergies, many parents want to know how they can prevent this condition. A new study suggests that babies who receive solid food while they are breast-feeding may be protected from food allergies.
Post by: Elizabeth Landau - CNN.com Health Writer/Producer, Jacque Wilson -- CNN.com Health writer/producer
Filed under: Allergies • Brain • Conditions • Diet and Fitness • Living Well • Mental Health • Pregnancy • Psychology
Autism linked to induced or augmented labor, study says
As scientists struggle to understand the causes of autism, a potential new pattern has emerged: The condition is associated with induced or augmented labor, according to a new study.
Induction means stimulating contractions before spontaneous labor begins. Augmentation means helping contractions become stronger, longer or more frequent. Both of these methods of expediting deliveries have helped mothers who have health conditions that could be detrimental to them or their child.
The researchers did not prove that these treatments cause autism. Women should not read the new study, which is published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, and decide against expediting labor on that basis, said Simon Gregory, researcher at Duke University Medical Center and lead author of the study.
Filed under: Autism • Children's Health • Pregnancy
A medical worker prepares to perform intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
IVF may slightly increase mental retardation risk
While new research finds no significant link between autism and singleton children conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF), a slightly increased risk of mental retardation, or intellectual disability, was found following IVF treatment including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
ICSI involves the injection of a single sperm into an egg to fertilize it. Researchers found when ICSI was used to overcome male infertility, the risk for intellectual disability increased slightly compared to IVF without ICSI.
"The reasons (for an increased risk) could be the underlying infertility," says Abraham Reichenberg, one of the study authors and a professor at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and King's College London.
"It could be something happening in the many steps that are involved in each of the treatments, or something that's happening later in the pregnancies, or all of them combined together. It could be any one of those steps. In any one of them it could go wrong." FULL POST
Post by: William Hudson - CNN Medical Producer
Filed under: Autism • Conditions • Fertility • Living Well • Pregnancy

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Are you too ambitious? Are you ambitious enough?
Are you too ambitious? Do you stretch yourself too far? Do you spread yourself too thin on all the many, many projects you have going? Do you neglect to relax and to renew your energy? Are you feeling drained?
I see this over and over again. In the life of other people, as well as in my own.
But busy as you might be, do you ever stop to wonder if you're working on the right things? Are you making a difference in your own life and in other people's life? Do you work on things that bring you closer to your goals?
Because sometimes we're keeping ourselves busy, but all our activity might not bring us closer to our goals.
So as paradoxical as it can sound, you might be too ambitious about how much you want to get done while not being ambitious enough about choosing the things that would have the greatest impact.
I for sure have fallen prey to this pattern again and again.


Sunday, November 11 is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
I encourage you to share the plight of persecuted Christians with your church and community by downloading our specialized prayer bulletin. Also, please consider how you can provide Bibles to these believers. You can give the precious gift of God's Word for only $5!
Take the opportunity to visit worldhelp.net/prayer and read excerpts of testimonies from Christians on the front lines of persecution. Let their stories motivate you to intervene.
For those who will experience the results of your prayers, I want to personally thank you. We may never fully know the weight of our prayers . . . but we do know they will be heard and honored.


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Woolly Mammoth
Chronicle Classroom
The Year of the Proficiency
Art Project Fears
Woolly Mammoth and admin December 11, 2015
There was an atmosphere of general excitement in Mrs. Michaelson's English class when she announced that, instead of writing about the chapter the students had to read for homework, they would be drawing pictures to tell the story of the chapter. While most students were pleased to break their usual routine of tedious worksheets and paragraph analyses to participate in a tedious art project, one student suffered in silence.
"I heard the word 'drawing' and all of the light in my eyes disappeared," reported senior Maria Hanover. "There's nothing worse than graded art projects in non-art classes."
To clarify, Hanover is not trying to bash Mrs. Michaelson's assignment. "I get it, she's trying to stimulate us creatively, and I totally respect that and think that's great and all, but I just…" Hanover trails off, embarrassed. "I have the art skills of a left-handed fourth grader."
Hanover was quiet for a moment, then, regaining composure, continued, "There, I said it. I couldn't draw my way out of a wet paper bag. I'm eighteen years old. I pay taxes, drive a car, have the right to vote… and I still draw stick figures. There's something wrong there. It's like I never hit artwork puberty. And it's not fair."
Mrs. Michaelson, when asked about how the assignment can possibly be fair when all students have different levels of art ability, responded, "I'll grade the assignment based on effort, not skill. If I see that you tried, that's all that matters."
High school students unknowingly creating things that will later make Maria Hanover feel insecure about her own art skills
Hanover, hearing Michaelson's response, chirped, "That's the thing! My drawings are so bad that they look like I didn't put any effort into them. They look like I literally drew them in the senior lounge ten minutes before class. But, in reality, I spent an hour at my kitchen table with a stupid dull crayon, surrounded by crumpled paper, crying a little, wondering why I've been cursed with the ability to attempt to draw a hand and have it come out looking like an eggplant."
The worst part, though, is not the assignment itself. The worst part, Hanover conceded, is the day the students have to share their drawings. "The teachers always make you do that: put your piece under that stupid overhead projector at their desk. And, naturally, the artistically talented kids will share theirs first, just to ensure that I feel as bad as possible when I eventually end up sharing. And everyone will say, 'Wow! That's so good! How long did it take you?' And the junior Picasso up at the projector will laugh and say, 'Oh, only about ten minutes!' And I'll think, 'What? Ten minutes to break into the Louvre and steal that masterpiece?'"
This cycle, Hanover said, repeats and repeats, until finally it's her turn to share. "I always hope the teacher will forget about me. They never do, though. So I come up there with this hideous thing and put it under the projector and everyone is laughing, and I just kind of have to laugh along, pretending I did it that bad on purpose to be funny, but it's killing me inside."
Hanover, when asked if this is the thing she is most excited about leaving behind when she graduates this June, replied enthusiastically, "Yes! Sure, I'll be making new friends and going to college and moving away, but all of that pales in comparison to the fact that I will never, ever have to share a drawing with a classroom full of judgemental teenagers ever again in my mortal life. There's nothing that I want more."
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I've been telling everyone about the vultures I saw when I came here for my interview, but no one has believed me! These things just sit outside the conference room/the big bossman's office and it's the creepiest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
Even after showing this picture to a few people, they don't believe me! They say it's Photoshop'd!
It's NOT. And now I have proof! Mr. Big Bossman came to my office the other day and said "your bird is here" and I immediately went to prove to y'all that it's the real deal.... And I tried to conquer it... Or something.
NOW do y'all believe me?!
Ew. It's so gross! And UNREAL. I still can't help but stare and get grossed out every time they're out there. I think he needs a name, though... How about Tom? Or.... something.
Yikes. It's a shame we don't have a more attractive mascot, but oh well!


1. What is the Junior League? Share what the group does and what its mission is.
Junior League of Boca Raton is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteer. The Junior League welcomes all women who value our Mission. We are committed to inclusive environments of diverse individuals, organizations and communities.
2. Tell us a little about yourself. When did you get involved in the Junior League and why?
I am originally from Brazil. I grew up in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo and I am the oldest of three sisters, a mini league of our own! I came to the US as an international student to further my education in 2000 when I met my husband Marco. I spent most of my career between the East and West coast of the U.S. and my husband and I decided to call the South Palm Beach County area our home. We now have 2 boys, Pietro (5) and Phillipo (2), and one more on the way (arriving in October). I have always been very involved in community initiatives since growing up in Brazil, and joined the Junior League of Boca Raton in 2010. The women of the League are an inspiration for me! The League is composed of very strong women who have leading careers, lovely families and are catalysts of positive change in our community.
3. What are some of the initiatives Junior League is working on?
The Junior League of Boca Raton is a network of empowered female civic leaders working with community partners to address and solve pressing issues like child welfare, nonprofit support and hunger. We're part of an international network of 291 Leagues comprised of over 150,000 women, in Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and the U.S., engaged in similar work in their own communities. This provides us with a unique and powerful depth of knowledge and resourcefulness to bring about the changes we strive to accomplish.
4. What are your plans and goals for your term as president?
Our commitment has remained unwavering: to develop exceptionally qualified civic leaders who can identify a community's most urgent and pressing needs and address them with meaningful and relevant programs and initiatives that not only improve lives, but change the way people think.
The Junior League of Boca Raton celebrates all women who make a positive impact in our community. This year is very special for us, as we are celebrating the 30th Woman Volunteer of the Year Luncheon which celebrates outstanding women who are philanthropists and volunteers in our community. These amazing women are nominated by nonprofit organizations throughout Palm Beach County for their dedication and expertise as volunteers, furthering the missions of the organizations they serve. We are honored to have Barb Schmidt as our honorary chair and our past-president Kirsten Stanley as the event chair.
5. What is your favorite part about being involved in Junior League? Why should someone consider joining?
The Junior League, one of the oldest, largest and most effective women's volunteer organizations in the world, and has matured and evolved since it was founded by social activism pioneer Mary Harriman in 1901. True to their legacy, today's League members are at the forefront of tackling society's thorniest issues—addressing and acting as advocates on an array of critical issues including human trafficking, foster care, juvenile justice, teen self-esteem, cybercrimes, literacy and the environment, among others—for the express purpose of enhancing the social, cultural and political fabric of our society.


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On the eve of my birthday I went to a local bookstore to buy myself a birthday present. I don't think I do this every year but maybe I should, so let's go ahead and say it's a tradition now. I should note that this is a very good bookstore, and it clocks in at .8 miles from our apartment, so it's the perfect get-outside-and-walk-somewhere destination. These sorts of destinations are important to have when you spend all day sitting inside working on job applications, short fiction submissions, that play I wrote this year and really like and think everyone else should really like, researching new OB/GYNs, figuring out a way to con Final Draft into letting me download the software I already own instead of making me re-buy it for the third time, and reading the state of California driver's manual. Yes, Los Angeles is a beautiful place, and in the Nancy Meyers version of my life I'm walking the beach in dulcet tones every morning and befriending a Hollywood screenwriting legend by night, but shit man, I have things to do, so I end up working at my kitchen table until I look up and think, oh no, I haven't gone outside today.
So I walked to the bookstore on the eve of my 28th birthday, which was strange and disorienting because the average temperature in LA last week hovered around 100 degrees, and I'm used to celebrating my birthday in the for-real fall. And I had been wearing running shorts all day and I was kind of like, I'm going to go do this fun thing for myself, it's my birthday, I should look like a functioning adult member of society, I should change out of these running shorts because I've been sitting in them all day and they're disgusting. And I just wanted to put on some jeans, because I am done with shorts, but it was so hot, and I settled on wearing a maxi skirt? Which was not better than pants, it was probably worse in fact, but that's what I wore to buy myself a birthday present.
Once at the bookstore, it became apparent to me that everything was different and maybe I wasn't supposed to be there and also, yes, I was sweating in a way that I'm sure looked both impressive and troubling to the staff. The space was set up for an author reading, so many of the book cases were wheeled away and hidden within other aisles. I knew what I was looking for, but the titles would be impossible to find in the new set-up. Naturally, I did not ask for assistance. Rather, I sucked in my stomach and shimmied between book cases, swiping at books with other books like they were power towel rolls on a grocery store top shelf. But this is not the story! No, reader, I have led you down a deceptive path paved with tales of my sweat (you should probably get used to that, though). The real story is that of the Whining Man.
That's the thing about these bookstores! They have everything except the books you want!
The Whining Man wore some kind of performance fleece vest, maybe one of those Marmot numbers that keeps you both warm and cool. You know, something completely impractical for a place that literally has no weather. He was there with his wife, who was wearing some sort of corresponding outerwear, and she held their dinner leftovers in a styrofoam container. The Whining Man walked swiftly from aisle to aisle, bobbing his head, swinging his arms, at one point spinning in circles before finally declaring:
His wife mumbled something, surely a stock response that she's conjured after years of these kinds of outbursts. At this point, I pulled out my phone to look up a photo of the author who was doing the reading later that evening. It would have been too rich if the Whining Man was whining about his own book, but alas, it was not to be. However, I have been in that same bookstore when a different man, an author, very politely asked a store clerk why his book was not displayed on a better shelf, so it wasn't a completely impossible scenario. The Whining Man continued whining about these kinds of bookstores, and they have all these interesting books, sure, but where are the books he wants? Where are his books! Where are the books for the whining men?
I am happy to report that the Whining Man eventually found the book he was looking for. I caught a glimpse of him with Dan Brown's newest release, Origin, tucked smartly under his arm. The book, as it turned out, had been so sneakily hidden away on a large table plainly marked "New Fiction."
On my birthday, Tony took me to Malibu. It was lovely. Here are some photos!
Birthday shrimp, obviously
Couples pic
You can search "surf life" on giphy to find and use this gif made by me, the author
One last story before we go. Tony and I went to a beachside bar for a happy hour drink during sunset. As you can see from the pictures above, the sunset there is gorgeous, so lots of people want to find a good viewing spot. By some miracle of birthday magic, we got a pretty prime location in the bar, and I got a big ol' birthday whiskey. The table next us, however, was occupied by a family: father, mother, and adult daughter. I assume they were tourists. At some point in our drinks, Tony started giving me the "look behind you" eyes. So I faked a stretch, the kind you only do when you want to look at the people next to you, and that's when I saw it: The adult daughter was taking off her clothes. From her seated position in the lounge couches, she was stripping down to her bikini. This bar is on the beach, yes, but it is certainly not a "beach bar," i.e, it was actually a little fancy, i.e. i.e., there was certainly no indication that this was an establishment in which you would still receive service if you were shirt and shoe-less. So she took off her clothes, and her parents gave her a little clap, as they were very pleased that she was now sitting there in her bikini. Then, she stood up and strutted a circuit around the bar, full-on cat walk style, while her parents clapped more and took pictures of her. By the time she made it back to her table, a very uncomfortable-seeming hostess was waiting for her. She informed her that she was sorry, but she did have to ask her to put her clothes back on. The family was incensed! Father, mother, and adult daughter all began talking in unison, explaining to the hostess why this was just not possible.
It is so hot! What do you want her to do!
I am too hot! It is so uncomfortable in here! That's your fault!
But my beautiful daughter! No one is complaining about this!
The hostess said she understood, and she would work to cool down the area, but she asked her again to please put her clothes back on. The adult daughter (I repeatedly write "adult" because I estimate the woman to have been between 35 and 40) huffed and crossed her arms. She picked up a fashion scarf that she had with her and draped it around her neck.
"There," she said. "Is that better?"
A quick blogkeeping note! First, thank you to everyone who is reading and to all the people who have offered such kind words to me about enjoying the blog. Writing makes me feel better (among other things), but having an audience is an added bonus. So THANK YOU! Second, at this point I have typed 1328 words. That is a lot of words! Which means writing blogs of this length (and of this quality, right? …right?) can take a good chunk of time. I am probably going to start writing shorter posts (if not very short posts) but posting multiple times a week. I am not going to do a social media call to those posts, though, because that will be too much, for you to see and for me to keep track. I would love it if anyone who enjoys reading can check back in at their convenience (bookmark this website!) to see if I've added new content. If the analytics show the views are dipping too much, then I'll go back to reminding you. But let's try that and see how it goes!
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Three LA Shorts
But first, a list of words that I confuse with other words, and therefore have to think about significantly more when I try to say them aloud:
Polenta, the cornmeal-based Italian food; it takes every last sinew in my body to not say "placenta"
Aioli, the spicy mayo that comes with your fries at nicer restaurants; always right on the razor's edge of blurting out "areola"; this one works both ways, as the words are totally interchangeable for me, unlike "placenta" which always, always comes out first
Nagini, Voldemort's snake in Harry Potter; I refer to her solely as "Kathy Najimy," but that one is a conscious choice
And now some stories.
The Storage Unit That Was Filled with Garbage
I recently posted on Instagram about finally getting our stuff delivered from Chicago. A very exciting day, indeed! It was surreal to have lived in a new city (and apartment) for 2 1/2 weeks, packed a whole apartment and then traveled across the country the week and a half prior to that, to make for nearly a full month of not living normally. I remember packing up our Chicago apartment at the end of September and saying to books and dishes, "I probably won't see you for awhile." And I was right!
We reserved movers to meet us at our moving unit in Van Nuys early last Thursday morning, which was a very easy commute because no one here wakes up before like, 10. To give a small amount of context to anyone who hasn't used a moving-unit service (still calling it a "moving-unit" as not to out a particular moving company, but maybe I will start a PODcast and out them there), it works like this: You rent what is essentially a storage unit from a participating company of your choice. The difference is that the storage unit is not a part of a building; rather, it's just a big metal box that is moved around a warehouse with a forklift. (Very cool to witness and even cooler to think about how satisfying it must be to stack and unstack things all day; thought briefly about quitting writing and going into demolitions full-time.) Your big metal box gets loaded on a tractor trailer and is driven to where you need it to go, e.g., the City of Angels. Most cities allow you to place your metal box on the street, and you can unload directly from there into your new home. As luck would have it, we moved from one big city to another, so street zoning laws prohibited us from leaving it on either our new or old streets. Therefore, we had to hire movers to move all our stuff into their moving truck, and then load it into the moving unit, vice versa of course for the California part of the task. That is why we had to meet our movers at the loading dock last Thursday morning. You can also avoid all of this by driving your stuff across the country in your own rented moving truck but, as I cannot think of a lower depth of despair, we opted not to do that because I didn't want to hate myself. I remain steadfast in saying I have no regrets.
Our movers were three lovely Russian gentlemen (though two were quick to clarify that they were Latvian and Bulgarian respectively) and upon hearing we are writers, they began to pitch stories, I assume with an aim to get a story credit on our pilot, "Movers." One of them asked if we are the next Dan Brown. I said, "I hope so." The leader of the moving team then told us a story about moving a hoarder out of her home and discovering a mummified parrot between the cushions of her couch. I had many follow-up questions about this claim, chief among them a question of the parrot's age in relation to the hoarder's age. Parrots live forever, everybody knows that!
A woman in a BMW pulled into the loading zone. She was very put together: high heels, expensive bag, hair up in a sleek bun. From around the corner, three day laborers entered on foot, one of whom holding a gigantic pair of bolt cutters. The forklift was moving again, readying 3 storage units for her. We watched her deliver some instructions to the day laborers then disappear, presumably into the main office or some kind of Fancy Lady Lounge. I decided to watch them unload her units, since watching my own things get loaded made me too nervous, and Tony was already low-key Dad-style checking in with our movers after every box. I was also curious to know what such a fancy lady could have in storage. Jewels: Box 1/7 I chuckled to myself. The day laborers cut the Master Lock with their giant cutters, and that's when I saw it: an avalanche of trash cascade out and onto the asphalt. It was too good to be true! You know, you dream about seeing so many trash bags fall out of a storage receptacle, especially one owned and operated by a rich person, but you never think the stars will align in such a way that is actually happens to you. And then the second moving unit was opened: More trash! Trash bag upon trash bag, gathering in a great mountainous heap. The day laborers shrugged at each other like, Boy, this lady has a lot of trash! then proceeded to toss it about before eventually digging out a gigantic antique dinette set from circa the "Backstreet's Back" music video. I guess it just goes to show that sometimes you have to dig through a lot of trash before you can….eat? (That one didn't work so well, I'll keep trying to break it.)
I of course want to note that I recognize the relative disparity in a fancy lady just passing off her mess onto someone else, in this case, workers she can probably exploit if she wanted to because that's how power and privilege works in this country. I also recognize that she is likely a person who is used to things getting done for her while she gets to wait inside in the air conditioning, and that sucks. But for now, reader, take solace in the fact that once the storage units were open it was revealed what had been inside her all along: it was trash. (Theeeeere it is.)
The First Time I Bonded with Other Angelinos
Perhaps I have expressed this before, but one of my primary concerns in moving to LA has been finding people that are like-minded. There are plenty of nice people, plenty of funny people, plenty of amazing friends-of-friends, but I'd be lying if I said I was totally sure I could hang with Angelinos. Over the past several weeks, I have become very aware of how Midwestern I am, and I began to ask myself, "Then what, exactly, is universal?"
I got my answer at the West Hollywood Target.
Tony and I had spent most of Sunday shopping at Target, because that's what you do when you move. (It's also what you do not when you move, when you just feel like "going out and doing something!", when you just want to feel something.) This was to be our last "big" move-in Target trip; purchases included things like a vacuum, an ironing board, tiny fake pumpkins that were noted on my shopping list as "fall color." It was a relief to be done with this, because it meant we could start living our lives with all the same trappings that we had in Chicago, with most of the same stuff, with all the comforts of home that go into making a home. Of course, when we actually got home, we realized we had left Target without an entire bag of stuff.
I was very angry.
Angry because it meant the move was still not over, angry because driving all the way back to West Hollywood would not be a breezy errand, angry because I never forget anything but when I do I really beat myself up over it. Luckily, we were attending a Halloween story telling event in West Hollywood later that evening so we decided to leave a whole half hour early and go back to the Target.
We got our stuff back, it was all good, plenty of time to spare. But in the middle of our exchange, while we were waiting to see if they could track down our bag, I noticed two security guards bolt out the front door, presumably to chase someone down. Tony leaned over and said, in total sincerity, "Do you think there was an issue with our receipt?" Eventually our transaction was complete and we got into the next down elevator to go back to the parking garage. We stepped into the elevator where two Kendall Jenner-clones already were: Shiny high ponytails, high-waisted jeans, crop tops, dramatic brows. One was on her phone, with her agent, I thought. Then, Target security personnel appeared at either elevator door, so suddenly that my first instinct was to be anxious of them. Other people loaded onto the elevator, but I realized we weren't going anywhere. That's when I realized security was there to apprehend the two ponytails.
"Mommy, I have to go," said the taller ponytail into her phone before hanging up and cooly going with the security guards. The smaller ponytail toady followed suit, pushing their over-stuffed cart back into the bowels of Target Jail.
"Oooh, mommy's not gonna be happy with her," a fellow elevator rider said the second the elevator door was closed.
Without hesitation, the other people on the elevator started adding onto this bit, calling out their total lack of denial and laughing at their acceptance at getting caught. We all sort of reveled in our collective pettiness and wore it like a party tank, while ultimately knowing, Hey, I'm not the one shoplifting at Target! And that's when I realized: it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you are there for witnessing the comeuppance of some white girls at the Target.
The Woman in the Gold Dress
I was sitting at a Halloween story telling event a few nights ago, when I noticed a woman slink in. It was nearing the end of intermission, and people were heading back to their seats, fresh drinks in hand. This woman, however, had not been there for the first half. In fact, I wasn't entirely convinced she knew what she had wandered into, as this event was taking place at a bar and anyone could wander into this back room if they wanted to. The woman wore a floor-length gold sequin dress and she jangled the ice of her cocktails in a glass. She was smiling not only with her mouth but with her eyes and her whole body. She was very drunk. The lights changed and the MC of the event approached his microphone, signaling to us that it's time to be quiet and behave. The woman in the gold dress had different ideas, though. Instead of finding a seat or heading back to the bar, she opted to sit on a chair that was part of the set. She wrapped herself in a sarcophagus of fake cobwebs and then sat down in the space where performers might perform. So picture it: the MC, in full vampire regalia and makeup, is addressing a room full of people while a woman in a gold dress sits exactly parallel to him. It looked like this:
Artist's rendering
She stayed for more stories than I expected, laughing along at all the right times, listening intently, never taking her eyes off the performers. It seemed that the woman in the gold dress might be an honest-to-god fan of live entertainment. And when she decided to go, at some point in the middle of a story, she quietly stood up and left, dragging all the fake cobwebs with her, the very same cobwebs that were wrapped around mic and music stands. At first there was an attempt by some audience members to assist her, but they soon realized it was not a fruitful undertaking. They just kind of let it happen. She slinked back out into the bar, ice cubes clinking, sequins and cobwebs disappearing through a curtain. The moral of this story is: When you're a woman in a gold dress, you get to do whatever the fuck you want, I think.
What do the female protagonists have in common in all three stories? How are they different?
How does privilege (theirs and your own) affect the lens through which you read these characters and their actions?
Is it possible that the woman in the gold dress was a ghost?
Author KatiePosted on October 24, 2017 October 26, 2017 Categories california, moving, TargetLeave a comment on Three LA Shorts
All the Weird Things
I present to you my up-to-the-minute list of all the weird things about Los Angeles.
The never-changing weather, the constant sun, the vivid colors found in the flora of the trees, the nice-smelling air, the dependable light breeze at sunset, zero humidity. I depend on bad weather to stay inside and read and write all day. I need it for my art, man. How will I find the time or the strength to burrow under a mountain of blankets and read if the weather does not necessitate (and enable) my staying inside? Do I read outside now? Has one ever read outside? Will it hurt my eyes? What about zoning out on my phone and watching hours of unwrapping videos on YouTube? Are these unwrapping videos real or are they fake? Do these gift unwrapping families get sponsored by the toy companies before wrapping these gifts, so that when their sweet British children declare, "Oy! Happy Christmas, mum!" they are actually reacting to goods that were provided by Big Toy, Mum and Da laughing all the way to the bank? Can I watch these videos on my phone outside, too? Please advise on what "going outside" is like.
How nice everyone is to you all the time, presumably because they think you might be famous or important. One can't possibly have every actor/writer/director/producer/blogger/lifestyle expert/celebrity gossip columnist/Olsen sister/health guru/morning show host committed to memory, so it's better to be safe than sorry. If I walk down the street with my sunglasses on, I can see people look up like, Are you somebody? And they don't do it because I exude a particularly strong sense of célébrité, they do it because they're just playing the odds and it's more likely than not that the average person in public is actually a famous person. I guess it doesn't help that I've taken to publicly shouting, "My uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, won't be happy about this!" into my phone.
Anyone who orders anything at a counter takes 7-12 minutes to place said order. Sandwiches, coffee, drinks, you name it: People here have nothing but time to ask questions about their purchase. I went to my local grocery store last week (like the Dude, my Ralphs card is also my only form of identification) and there were two young women in front of me at the deli. Their shopping cart was filled to the brim with items you only buy if you just moved, e.g., condiments, cleaning supplies, toiletries. All the stuff you throw away at your last place and just re-buy at the new one. Having just moved myself, I felt sympathy for them, knowing that moving can be tough and having to re-buy all the stuff you had just a few days ago can be annoying. I even went so far as to think, "Yeah, I bet we have a lot in common. Solidarity!" And then it took them literally 15 minutes to purchase a pound and a half of cold cuts and that's when they became my sworn enemies. They began by asking the deli worker how much meat they would need to make four sandwiches. The deli worker gave a response. The women hummed and hawed over this response, then switched the question up to how much meat is needed for a week's worth of sandwiches. They deliberated again over the expert recommendation that came from the deli worker. Questions of this nature went on for some time. IF turkey BUT ham THEN what? Then what??? And how! Why ham! Why turkey! They eventually decided that they wanted 24 slices of turkey, 12 slices in one bag and 12 slices in another. They then asked for a sample of every cheese–"just a little slice, to try!" How are you about to buy a cart's worth of condiments but not know how sandwiches are made? At some point during the cheese tasting, the deli worker turned to me and asked what I wanted and then said, "Do you want to pick that up later? I'm helping them right now." I begrudgingly agreed and turned in a huff, whispering to no one that Uncle Francis is going to hear about this.
But I suppose the truly weirdest thing about moving here–or moving anywhere, really–is the element of starting over on things that I just didn't have to worry about for a long time. This is not a phenomenon unique to me; all people hate updating resumés. This stage of rebooting, however, is the first time I've had to do it since graduating college and solidifying my life in Chicago. This is a return to finding doctors, a place to get my hair cut, the safest route from point A to point B. To doubting my ability to make adult decisions, even though I've done a perfectly fine job of it for years, even though I have a partner who supports without ever condescending. I can say with confidence that this is an issue of confidence. I need more of it. I've spent so many years pretending I know what I'm doing, I'm afraid the ruse will catch up with me. Here's hoping that I can outsmart LA in the same way I outsmarted Chicago, college before that, and basically any other situation in my life in which I had to pretend I knew what I was doing.
I just told you I'm happiest when I'm inside under blankets; surely you can glean that I am a huge comfort creature. I was hygge before hygge was a thing, baby. And though I talk (and, I think, walk) a big game of making emotional, intellectual, professional, creative changes, I really hate physical changes. Like, the actually having to get up and and do stuff element of changes. Yes, I moved across the country, but that's different! That's big. That is macro. I am talking micro. Walk two blocks to try a new restaurant? Too much effort! Want to check out the public library in our new neighborhood? No, absolutely not now, even though we have nothing else to do! Leave this shitty bar and walk over to that awesome bar? No way, we're already here! It's hard to pinpoint the exact issue, though "comfortable footwear" is a leading theory. It's also fair to assume that I'm afraid of finding out my routines aren't actually all that great, that I've been wasting time and money on things that are beneath me, that I didn't do it right the first time.
So here's to getting my library card, to getting my bangs cut, to walking south when I always go east. To celebrating the three writing submission and application deadlines I just hit, because we should celebrate what we write even though rejection is possible, the bright side always being that at least my mom will read my plays and stories. To all the weird things.
On an unrelated but sad note, I want to mention the passing of our sweet buddy, Chester. My brother and I were told for years and years that we were absolutely not allowed to ever have pets, and then my mom met Chester and he stole her heart. Chester was temperamental and hilarious, kind and unabashedly nosy. A true cat. I leave you with one of my favorite short stories by Lorrie Moore, If Only Bert Were Here. It's about the death of a cat, and it's so funny and touching. Just want to reiterate, this story is about the death of a beloved cat, so don't be like, Hey, that story was sad, Katie! What gives! I am telling you now, so read it when you're ready. But read it! It's great. Death can be multi-faceted like that sometimes.
My last visit with the little prince
Author KatiePosted on October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017 Categories movingLeave a comment on All the Weird Things
Stop Gap Living
Well. Here we are.
The adventure across [most of] the United States was a great one. We traveled Chicago to Omaha to Denver to Santa Fe to the Grand Canyon and finally, to our new apartment in Los Angeles. I wish there were more exciting stories from the road, but the truth of the matter is that the drive was completely without incident, each stop more lovely than the last (and they were all lovely), and we gawked in awe at parts of the country that neither of us had seen before. This is as good a time as any to mention that we were in the Grand Canyon for two days, and in those two days, the horrific shooting in Las Vegas happened as well as the death of Tom Petty. To be clear, these are two very different events, carrying two very different weights, things that I don't intend to equate, but they were nonetheless being talked about on the trails by domestic and international tourists alike. I am saddened by both of them. Being at and looking upon the Grand Canyon is a surreal enough experience in the first place, but to look across the canyon (the great wide open, as it were) towards Las Vegas was both isolating and devastating. Big canyon, little me. And I was struck again with the now commonplace question of "Where were you when?" and it was hard not to feel shame and sadness over all the tragedies I can't separate from the others, because there have just been so many. I was enjoying myself at the Grand Canyon when the Las Vegas massacre happened. We were awake and watching the live coverage because we were just next door, or so it seemed. Gun control now. Action now. Do something now. Throw your prayers into the canyon like I did and then get to work because there is a lot to be done. I am not going to apologize for the weird tonal transition that is about to happen.
Sunset at the Grand Canyon
The trip was most notably marked by all the warm welcomes we received from friends old and new. They showed us their cities and sent us off with full bellies and hearts alike. If you ever make a large-scale life change, one that involves moving away from all the things you ever found familiar, I highly recommend seeing as many people that love you along the way as possible. We felt loved! We felt refreshed! We almost decided to just live in Santa Fe and not go any farther! But farther we went and now we are here in our completely empty apartment because the delivery of all our belongings has been delayed for an unknown amount time.
I guess that detail qualifies as an "incident," now that I really think about it.
In short, there was a clerical error, and our stuff just never left Chicago. Just didn't leave. Was supposed to leave! Didn't leave. So for the 6 days we were driving across the country, and making jokes like, "There's our stuff!" every time we saw a train or tractor trailer pulling freight, we were WRONG because our stuff was not loaded onto any mode of transportation, it was just hanging out in the warehouse where we left it nearly 2 weeks ago. Upon hearing this news, Tony and I both laughed ourselves hoarse because what the fuck else can you do but put on the same clothes you've been wearing for days and keep moving forward. I'm not here to drag a company on the internet, especially as their HQ was hit in Hurricane Irma and we feel they likely had other priorities to tend to, so please, do not inquire. In fact, everything was really great until there was literally a mere paperwork error and they didn't know our stuff was ready to go so they didn't send it. (Rest assured that I will whisper the name of this company to you after I've had 3 sips of wine.) I should also add that the gas company can't send anyone out to turn on our gas until the 10th, so when all is said and done, we will be sans stove for a week. We are basically squatting in our home. I eat cereal while sitting on a yoga mat (the most use it's gotten in months, by the way) and I sigh deeply and say yes, yes, this is the LA dream I was promised.
Since arriving only days ago, we have developed an intricate system of stop gaps on which we solely survive. The yoga mat, for example, was the only place we could sit aside from kitchen counters and un-yoga matted floors. Then we treated ourselves and bought lawn chairs, a true game changer. We have no way of cooking, but when the gas gets turned on, our kitchenware will still be in transit. What does one buy to account for only a few days of meals? And beyond that, what if our stuff takes weeks to get here? Do I prepare now for the possibility of needing multiple weeks worth of items? Do I never cook again? This basic cycle of questions applies to all aspects of my life now, whether it's carefully selecting clothes to wear or applying for health insurance. What do I need right now while keeping in mind that this need might very quickly change? What if nothing ever changes and this is our life now? We remedied most of these existential quandaries by going to IKEA.
I would like to begin by saying I had never been to an IKEA. I experienced all five stages of grief during my time at the Burbank IKEA. I denied that a place like this could or should even exist. I was angry that the flurbs and blurghs were all so boring-looking, yet so clean and geometric and undeniably mod. I bargained with a higher power, dedicating my life to better furniture-buying research if I only made it out of there unscathed. I was depressed at the prospect of falling prey to its powers. I accepted that I am basic.
"More jorgenflürbs!" I exclaimed, riding the cart like a Razor scooter down aisle 13 toward bin 20. "More flürbenjorgs for all!"
We selected some sensible items (and of course some not-so-sensible items) in an attempt to bring a kind of normalcy and familiarity back into our lives. I guess that's why we bought so many pillows. I can't claim that I fully "get" the appeal of IKEA, though I certainly get it for now. "For now" is the name of the game, but only for now. I feel just prepared enough, which is more than you can hope for sometimes. Putting together a kitchen table and chairs also gave us something to do and something to sit on.
In my last post I said "I don't believe in luck, I only believe in myself." I still mostly maintain that motto, though I do want to note that I acknowledge how privilege factors into my life and it's easy for me to just, like, blindly believe in myself. I believe in myself and I also believe in my ability to be flexible. I believe in making sandwiches because you don't need a stove to cook those. I believe in action and changing all that has become normalized "for now."I believe in flurgenglürgs. I believe that every last one of our belongings will make it to Los Angeles and that moving will be complete and living here can really begin.
Author KatiePosted on October 9, 2017 Categories ikea, moving, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Stop Gap Living


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MipCom Gala Screening
By Jess • November 09, 2017 • 0 Comments
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Jessica attended a gala evening held at the international film market MipCom on October 16th. We have added a few photos to the gallery…
Harlots Photocall at Mipcom in Cannes
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Jess was spotted at Mipcom in Cannes last week promoting Harlots (TV Show). We have added x19 photos to the gallery…
Harlots (Stills + Interview)
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If there's any doubt that Jessica Brown Findlay has left Lady Sybil of "Downton Abbey" far behind, consider a recent interview with her by phone from London. Findlay was discussing her role as Charlotte, an 18th-century prostitute in Hulu's drama series "Harlots," while commuting by bus to perform that night as Ophelia in "Hamlet."
If others remain fixated on the popular character she last played five years ago in "Downton" — "I think the British press think I might be that person" — she's focused firmly on the work at hand.
"Harlots" is a bold showcase for Findlay, whose character is a madam's daughter who went into the family business, and the rest of its female-dominated cast. But women also are the power behind the screen as writers, producers and in other key positions – a change that Brown found richly rewarding.
"Normally, when I'm reading (a script), I'm like, 'That character's brilliant' – and it's a guy," she said with a laugh. But in "Harlots," the women are fully formed and as intriguing as any man.
"It's really exciting to allow female characters to be frustrating and imperfect and infuriating and funny," Findlay said. Her co-stars include Samantha Morton as her mother, Margaret, and Lesley Manville as Lydia, a rival madam with a vicious streak. The history-based story was a revelation to Findlay.
"I was aware it was a time when London was exploding economically, doing incredibly well, and with that came lavish lifestyles," she said. For the prostitutes and madams and catered to men with disposable income, the reward was the ability to "own property, have rights over their own bodies, make a living and survive."
The idea of survival by any means was the harsh reality for women who lacked connections or a man, whether husband, father or otherwise, as their protector, said Moira Buffini, who created and produced the series with Alison Newman.
A woman without such a safety net might end up in the sex industry, said Buffini, who says the tally is startlingly large when all connected to it are included "One in five women were working as sex workers or in associated businesses, like cleaners or cooks in the house," she said. "There were three sex shops in Covent Garden; condom makers; back street abortionists, and the child-minders who looked after the prostitute's children while they worked."
London's Covent Garden, now a popular shopping and tourist area, was the city's version of a red-light district in the 1700s. It even boasted a guidebook to individual prostitutes, "Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies."
Newman came across a copy, which opened a window for the creative partners on the "amazing outlaw society of 18th-century harlotry" and led to "Harlots," Buffini said. But it wasn't Buffini's first work on the general subject. "Loveplay," which received an Olivier Award nomination for best comedy play in 2003, dealt with it as well. The inspiration for that was more direct. Early in her career, she taught drama to female prison inmates and discovered how many had supported themselves as prostitutes.
"It struck me they were defined by what they did and not by who they are. Because I knew who they were, it struck me as odd," she said. She'd already seen the toll it could exact on one individual, an older woman who had been left in a "bad way" by her past life and who Buffini's mother helped care for.
"You could see the way her job had played out in her life. You could see the damage, not just on her but on her children's children," she said.
"Harlots," with its lavishly costumed and painted prostitutes, looks at both the hard-earned freedom and the anguish such a life accorded. But given the number of people now working in the sex industry, voluntarily or not, why not tackle the modern reality?
Buffini has a ready answer.
"History gives you a fascinating prism through which to look at the contemporary world and to look at contemporary gender politics. History removes you from the dead weight of documentary, if you like, as a dramatist," she said. "It frees you from that and it gives you a language and gives you a bright, focused color palette in which to explore quite specific things."
Harlots Teaser Trailer
By Jess • January 16, 2017 • 0 Comments
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The eight-part series was directed only by women and boasts an all-female writing and producing team. Hulu is intending to even the playing field with its upcoming brothel drama Harlots.
The eight-part series — which stars Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Jessica Brown Findlay — promises to show as much male nudity as female nudity and tell its story from the perspective of women.
"It was very important to us from the beginning to make it about the female gaze. We were determined to make something different," executive producer Alison Owen said Saturday during a panel for the drama at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour. "Our hope from the beginning was, 'Everything from the whore's eye view.'"
To ensure that the story comes from the perspective of women, only female directors were hired to helm the hourlong episodes. Among them: Coky Giedroyc (Penny Dreadful) and China Moo-Young (Thirteen, Humans). "We really set out to get all female directors. We got the best of the best in the U.K., and it has influenced the show exactly the way we wanted it to," said executive producer Debra Hayward, who added that the series also has an all-female writing team.
Set against the backdrop of 18th century Georgian London, Harlots explores the city's "most valuable commercial activity" (i.e. sex) based on the stories of real women. Written by Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre), the drama is based on an original idea by Buffini and Alison Newman.
"It's a show about economics as much as it is a show about sex work," said Manville, who plays a madam who threatens Morton's character, Margaret Wells, as she struggles to reconcile her roles as mother and brothel owner. "What the show does really well is show prostitution from every social angle."
Harlots Release Date Confirmed for March 29th 2017
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Yesterday, Hulu announced its mid-season programming slate. The streaming platform will release Season One of Harlots on Wednesday, March 29th. There will be 8 episodes available. Jessica will star alongside Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Eloise Smyth.
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"Jesus had 2 dads and He turned out just fine" read a Catholic church's sign which has drawn criticism from those concerned it could promote acceptance of gay parents.
Saints Columba-Brigid Catholic Church in Buffalo, New York, intended for the sign to be a message of welcome to children with a father and stepfather, according to the pastor, Fr. Roy T. Herberger. He found it in a Google search for "funny church signs" and hoped this particular message would welcome those in non-traditional families.
Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone mandated the sign's removal after claiming that he received critical calls from "around the world." Despite the pastor's explanation of his intention for the sign, Malone said the possibility that this inclusive message "be misunderstood and even perceived in a heretical way" necessitated its removal.
Petra Fontanez, a parishioner who was a single mother, said she does not always feel accepted in church settings, but this message helped her feel welcome.
This incident is, sadly, another incident where a highly vocal minority attempts to stymie local Catholics' efforts towards mercy and inclusion. The truism "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" comes to mind. Everything, it seems to LGBT-negative activists, is tied to their negative narrative about LGBT families.
Whether the sign refers to same-gender parents or stepparents or grandparents really doesn't matteer. Nontraditional families, rather than nuclear families,are increasingly normative. Fr. Herberger's decision to reach out to the margins of his own parish is pastorally wise and in keeping with Pope Francis' desires for the church in this Year of Mercy.
Yet again the bishops don't get where their flock is. Who would want to be part of the club they are in?
Bob Shine: can you send us the pastor's and bishop's info so we can forward a message to each of them?
To contact Bishop Malone, you can use the diocesan contact form (http://www.buffalodiocese.org/Contactus.aspx) and/or, if you're on Twitter, his handle is @BishopRJMalone.
To contact Fr. Herberger, you can either call the parish (716-852-3331), send mail to the church (418 N. Division St., Buffalo, NY 14204) or sign their online guestbook (http://columba-brigid.org/6.html).
I couldn't find emails for either party unfortunately. Hope that helps!
Cool, but there seems to be a major difference between GOD and us humans.
The irony is wonderful and forces one to look at the reality in a wholly new way. Thanks for focus on its serendipity, Brian.
Thanks, Ed…. Just stating what we have always been taught in the light of current events.


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Q: scrape a specific tag elements with RegEx From a HTML source code, I want  have the JSON file with regular expression .
here is my source code:

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I want to have the json file starting with the word dataManager , how to write a regular expression for this ? I am using python.

A: So, from the earlier question, I assume you have the r.text from which you want to retrieve the json part. You can do this in multiple ways, read why regex is not one of them.
I would do it in the following way:
from lxml import html
import json
tree = html.fromstring(r.text)
json_as_str = tree.xpath('//script[@id="__NEXT_DATA__"]/text()')[0]
json_as_dict = json.loads(json_as_str)

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Het Kapucijnenklooster is een voormalig klooster en kloosterkerk van de orde van Minderbroeders Kapucijnen in de West-Vlaamse plaats Izegem, gelegen aan de Roeselaarsestraat.

Geschiedenis
Klooster en kerk werden gebouwd van 1899-1901. Toen in 1907 de Heilig-Hartparochie werd opgericht met een kerkgebouw in de nabijheid, deed de kloosterkerk, gewijd aan Sint-Antonius van Padua, dienst als hulpkerk.

De kloostergebouwen werden door de Duitsers ingericht als veldziekenhuis en de kerk werd door hen als feest- en concertzaal gebruikt. In 1918 werd de kerk, tijdens het bevrijdingsoffensief, zwaar beschadigd en in 1919 hersteld.

Gedurende de jaren '80 van de 20e eeuw werden de kloostergebouwen ingericht als verpleeghuis voor bejaarden, 't Pandje genaamd. Ook kwam er een vormings- en bezinningscentrum (De Harp).

In 2012 werd een deel van de kloostergebouwen gesloopt. Ook in 2019 werd een deel van deze gebouwen gesloopt. De kloostertuinen werden tot stadspark ingericht. In 2014 werd de kloosterkerk onttrokken aan de eredienst, nadat de laatste drie paters vertrokken waren. In 2015 werd voor de kerk een sloopvergunning aangevraagd. De sloop liet echter op zich wachten door de aanwezigheid van een gasleiding. Momenteel (2020) wordt ook beraadslaagd over een herbestemming van de kerk.

Gebouw
De kloostergebouwen zijn in een sobere neogotische stijl. Ook de dwars op de straat gelegen kerk is neogotisch. Het is een basilicale kruiskerk met een klein achthoekig klokkentorentje op het dak.

Orgel
Het orgel is van orgelbouwer Kerckhoff.

Klooster in West-Vlaanderen
Onroerend erfgoed in Izegem
Kapucijnen
Voormalig klooster in Vlaanderen

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Each year, over two million wildebeests, zebras and gazelles stampede across the East African plains in search for better grazing. Grabbing the opportunity, predators like lions, leopards, hyenas and Nile crocodiles await the ungulates for a tasty lunch, promising spectators a wild and action-packed experience. This spectacular animal movement known as the Great Migration continues all throughout the year (See Great Migration Map for reference). So, if you want to plan your perfect safari to see this iconic event,it's always wise to know where to go depending on when you're going!
In December, you can find the wildebeest herds around Southern Serengeti, particularly in Ndutu area and eventually nearing Masek and Kusini Maswa come March. Expect to see thousands of baby wildebeests being born each day during the calving season between these months. Many adult ungulates become even more protective of their young while predators are at large, hence, predator-prey interaction is almost always guaranteed. Bird watching is also at its best during this time as migratory birds are still present, adding to the already impressive resident avifauna of the Serengeti.
April and May are the wettest months of the year in Tanzania but despite the long rains, your safari can still be as remarkable. The scenery is lush and beautiful, and rates become significantly lower. The wildebeest herds start to move towards the central and western regions and by May, most of them can be seen around Western Seronera and Moru Kopjes where more herds of zebras and gazelles join the party. Twitchers and photographers will also love it because while migratory birds start to leave by April, a few new ones arrive.
Long rains have stopped and dry season is beginning. During this time, the herds congregate around the Western Corridor as they reach the south side of the Grumeti River. The movement starts to slow down as the herds prepare to cross the crocodile-infested river – an obstacle they have to face before the bloodier and more challenging Mara River crossing further north. By July, you can see them around Grumeti Reserve where wildebeests prepare for their mating season.
Fasten your seatbelts as this is the time when you can finally see the dramatic Mara River crossing. The herds undergo the toughest feat of their migration as they cross the international border and fight for survival against predation, drowning, exhaustion and hunger – no wonder why this spectacle of nature is often referred to as the Wild Cup of Wildlife! Survivors then celebrate their survival by feasting on the grasses of Masai Mara in Kenya while those who stayed in Tanzania can be found in the northern areas.
The last herds crossing the river can be found in Masai Mara National Reserve, one of Kenya's most sought-after wildlife sanctuaries, while some others start to move back to the southern plains of the Serengeti. By November, most of the herds can be seen in Lobo, Mbuze Mawe and Seronera Valley in Serengeti. European and North African birds also arrive here around November and resident bird species start nesting. As herds start to settle back in the south, calving season eventually begins again and the cycle starts over.
Since the Great Migration is a continuous movement, it is pertinent to be with an operator who knows exactly what you want and exactly where to go for you to fully experience this remarkable adventure. Whatever your budget and traveling style, African DMC is always willing and able to assist you in making your dream vacation a reality. We can even customize itineraries! Contact us now for the ultimate Great Migration safari.


Scotch grain whisky is usually made from a combination of malted barley and either maize or wheat. The starch in the non-malted cereals is released by pre-cooking and converted into fermentable sugars. The mashing and fermentation processes are similar to those used for malt whisky. The wash is distilled in a Coffey or Patent Still, named after its inventor Aeneas Coffey. It has two tall columns - a rectifier and an analyzer. Cold wash is pumped in at the top of the rectifier and meets steam. The alcohol is cooled, it then condenses and flows away as scotch grain spirit. The distilled grain spirit is lighter in character and aroma than most malt whiskies and therefore requires rather less time to mature. The vast majority of matured grain whisky is used for blending.


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Available for pickup or local delivery to Metro-Atlanta only.
Fast-growing and spreads quickly. Propagates via underground tuber. Only plant in areas where you would like a large thicket of beautiful sunflowers and delicious tiny potatoes!
These are sold as tubers. $0.99/tuber. I recommend at least 5 to get your patch started.


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First Lady Michelle Obama is traveling to her hometown of Chicago Friday, where she will tape an upcoming episode of the Oprah Winfrey show to discuss her plans to start a "comprehensive national campaign" to support military families, the White House said.
In addition to Mrs. Obama's one-on-one interview with Ms. Winfrey, a military family will join appear on the show to share their own story. The journalists Tom Brokaw and Bob Woodward will also appear to "tell stories of other courageous military families," according to the first lady's office.
The appearance is the latest in a string of high-profile moves by Mrs. Obama to promote her top agenda items, including healthy eating and supporting military families. On Thursday, she appeared in Washington with Wal-Mart executives to announce the company's new initiative to lower sodium, transfat and added sugars in is foods.


Part of the arrangement at Wheatland, President James Buchanan's mansion, this teapot caught my attention because of its vivid color. This may not be the actual one used by the President and his wife, but it fist the period.
If you are ever in Pennsylvania and in the vicinity of Lancaster, visit Wheatland. You will learn something about James Buchanan and understand more of the complexities of his term and.
That is a beautiful teapot!


How Long does it take to get Pregnant after the Mirena Coil is Removed?
The good news of the matter is that achieving pregnancy after Mirena removal is surprisingly easy, as the contraceptive effect is immediately gone. After that, it will only be a matter of waiting until a woman's ovulation and menstruation cycles return before she can get pregnant again.
It is very rare that women have trouble getting pregnant after discontinuing use of Mirena. Seeing a doctor is the best possible thing to do when you are ready to get pregnant after Mirena, since your doctor can remove your IUD for you and can also give you advice on how to get pregnant quickly afterwards. Don't be surprised if it takes a few months to get pregnant after stopping your Mirena IUD.
If you start tracking your ovulation and finding out when your fertile days are, that will go a long way towards helping you to get pregnant faster. Also, make sure to eat a healthy diet, take a prenatal vitamin, get plenty of exercise and stop smoking or using alcohol when you are trying to conceive. These things will help you improve your chances of conceiving as well.


Eve-of-conference embarrassment for Tories as secretive club of party funders make killing by short-selling shares.
David Cameron faced embarrassment in the run-up to his party conference last night after members of a secretive club of Tory donors were linked to the 'short-selling' of the collapsing Bradford & Bingley.
As the bank was taken into the hands of the authorities ahead of its probable nationalisation, two members of Mr Cameron's elite Leaders Group were revealed to have bet on its falling share price, which has dropped by 95% in a year.
A hedge fund managed by Michael Hintze, who has given £660,000 to the Tories since Mr Cameron took over, declared 'bets' on the bank's falling share price in July.
A second fund, GLG Partners, which declared its 'short-selling' in Bradford & Bingley in June, is managed by Belgian Pierre Lagrange, whose wife Catherine has given £50,000 to the Conservative Party.
Both Mrs Lagrange and Mr Hintze are members of the Leaders Group, which grants access to the Tory leader and his inner circle in return for a £50,000 donation.
The links between Mr Cameron and the City of London figures - dubbed 'robbers in pinstripes' - emerged after a team from Channel 4's Dispatches programme obtained the names of the 100-strong Leaders Group.
The programme, being broadcast tomorrow, identifies Paul Ruddock and David Craigen of Lansdowne Partners, who have given £260,000 between them, as among seven hedge-fund members of the group.
Lansdowne is reported to have made £100m by betting that Northern Rock would collapse and has helped to drive down the value of Barclays by selling shares in the bank worth £151m in recent months.
In April it was announced that Mr Lagrange, one of two managers of GLG, had paid himself £400m after using complex financial instruments to make money in the global downturn. Last year the company paid more than £1.5m to American authorities to settle claims of illegal short-selling, without admitting or denying the allegations.
Mr Lagrange, 45, who lives with Catherine and their three children in a £15m house in Chelsea and a £21m mansion in Oxfordshire, was forced to declare his company's 'short' position on Bradford & Bingley, along with Mr Hintze's outfit CQS, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) ordered institutions to do so. The practice has now been banned until January after it was blamed for the demise of banks such as Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and HBOS.
Last year Mr Cameron apologised 'unreservedly' after The Mail on Sunday disclosed that he had been using his taxpayer-funded Commons office to stage lunches for the Leaders Group.
The Committee on Standards and Privileges criticised Mr Cameron for 'abusing'Westminster facilities.
Members of the group are promised that they will be 'kept close to policy developments and meet with the Leader several times a year at small dinners or lunches'.
Its activities are shrouded in secrecy. Its existence was not even acknowledged on the party's website until Friday after Channel 4 and this newspaper made enquiries about its membership.
The Tories refused to disclose who attends the meetings or to confirm that they have been held at Mr Cameron's home. Neither would they explain why Mrs Lagrange had made the donation rather than her husband, or whether her donation gave Mr Lagrange the right to attend the meetings.
Mr Lagrange's spokesman said the donation was made by his wife on the basis that 'her and her husband thought the party was doing some good things and decided to give them some money'.
A Tory spokesman said: 'We have donors from a wide range of businesses, including retail, industry, property, insurance and financial management. All donations are legal and comply with Electoral Commission rules.
Lansdowne Partners has not declared any short-selling positions on Bradford & Bingley.
Hedge fund boss Jim Chanos, head of Kynikos Associates, which helped expose the Enron scandal and specialises in taking short positions, has attacked regulators' attempts to rein in the practice.
'Short-sellers are the realtime corporate watchdogs,' said Chanos, who manages £3.8bn.
He said those who accused hedge funds of spreading malicious rumours to drive down share prices to improve their dealing profits were 'bankers in trouble'.
He also rejected last week's accusations by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York that short-sellers were 'bank robbers'.
'Before they crucify me and vilify me, they should sit down and talk to me,' he said.
•• RAB Capital, the hedge fund manager that tried to prevent the Government nationalising Northern Rock, is facing a crucial vote for investors in its biggest hedge fund.
Investors will vote tomorrow on a proposal to lock up their money for three years.
If they vote against the deal, a second vote will be held on whether key funds should be liquidated.


Former O2 UK CEO Ronan Dunne will oversee Verizon's wireless business.
Verizon Communications named former O2 UK CEO Ronan Dunne as executive vice president and group president of its wireless business.
Dunne will begin next month and will report to John Stratton, executive vice president and president of operations for the company. Dunn spent the last eight years as CEO of O2 UK, which is owned by Telefonica SA.
"Ronan brings a wealth of expertise, as well as global wireless perspective and experience to Verizon Wireless," Stratton said in prepared remarks. "He has a proven record of performance in highly competitive environments. We look forward to his leadership as Verizon continues to invest in and evolve our wireless business to provide the best experience for our customers."
Dunne stepped down as CEO of O2 UK in July after a proposed sale of the carrier to CK Hutchison collapsed in the face of European Union opposition. Telefonica then shelved an alternative plan to sell a stake in the unit.
O2's customer base reportedly increased to 25 million from 18 million during Dunne's tenure. He will be responsible "for all aspects of Verizon Wireless' operations," Verizon said, including marketing and network operations and customer care.
The executive joins the largest U.S. mobile network operator during a transitional period. Verizon is moving aggressively beyond its core wireless business as growth in the U.S. smartphone market has slowed significantly over the last two years. Verizon recently agreed to buy Yahoo's core online business for $4.38 billion to expand its digital media business, and earlier this week it announced plans to spend $2.4 billion to acquire Fleetmatics and step up its pursuit of the telematics market.
The newfound strategy may have been a factor in Verizon's move to look beyond its current front office for leadership. "VZ executive pool conservative," William Ho of 556 Ventures tweeted. "Needed outsider with legit wireless ops knowledge & 'street fighter' competitive streak."


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Call for ban on trainees working alone at night
JUNIOR doctors should not be allowed to work alone on night shifts, a coroner has concluded.
Senior Essex coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray made the call following an inquest into the death of a patient at Basildon Hospital, Essex, which happened on August 31, 2012.
The inquest heard that the junior doctors tasked with caring for 57-year-old Lyn O'Reilly had only been in their posts for four weeks. At one point, a single junior doctor was left alone to care for 130 patients on the night shift.
There were accusations of poor medical record keeping, poor communication between nurses and doctors, and of junior doctors' concerns not being acted upon by consultants. Junior doctors, it was claimed, were given little support day or night time by senior staff.
A post mortem found fluid in Mrs O'Reilly's abdomen, caused by an abscess which had burst and led to a fatal infection.
Mrs Beasley-Murray recorded a narrative verdict and said: "There were very serious failings in the post-operative care Mrs O'Reilly received at Basildon Hospital."
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said a number of changes have been made to the way the hospital is run, including the employment of more nursing staff at weekends and bank holidays. There is also now a longer, five-day induction period for junior staff and improved note taking.


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Emily Jeremiah's translations include Eeva-Liisa Manner, Bright, Dusky, Bright (Waterloo Press, 2009), Asko Sahlberg's Brothers (trans. with Fleur Jeremiah, Peirene Press, 2012), Kristina Carlson's Mr Darwin's Gardener (trans. with Fleur Jeremiah, Peirene Press, 2013), and Sirkka Turkka, A Sure Star in a Moonless Night (Waterloo Press, 2013). For the last three years, Emily has acted as a judge for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation. She is also a Senior Lecturer in German at Royal Holloway, University of London. She lives in London.
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Here I am holding up the mosaic for scale and to show how its framed.
Detail shot - all those circles are hand cut by me, using the flathead tile nippers.
Every piece of glass is hand cut and shaped.
More shots of the frame. Like all of my mosaics, this one is custom framed.


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// Copyright (c) DNN Software. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Dnn.DynamicContent;
using DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace Dnn.Modules.DynamicContentManager.Services.ViewModels
{
    /// <summary>
    /// ContentTypeViewModel represents a Content Type object within the ContentType Web Service API
    /// </summary>
    [JsonObject(MemberSerialization.OptIn)]
    public class ContentTypeViewModel : BaseViewModel
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a ContentTypeViewModel
        /// </summary>
        public ContentTypeViewModel()
        {

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a ContentTypeViewModel from a DynamicContentType object
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="contentType">The DynamicContentType object</param>
        /// <param name="portalSettings">The portal Settings for the current portal</param>
        /// <param name="includeChildren">A flag that indicates whether the children collections should be parsed</param>
        public ContentTypeViewModel(DynamicContentType contentType, PortalSettings portalSettings, bool includeChildren = false)
        {
            ContentTypeId = contentType.ContentTypeId;
            Created = contentType.CreatedOnDate.ToShortDateString();
            IsSystem = contentType.IsSystem;
            CanEdit = !(IsSystem) || portalSettings.UserInfo.IsSuperUser;

            if (includeChildren)
            {
                ContentFields = new ContentFieldsViewModel(contentType.FieldDefinitions, portalSettings);
            }

            LocalizedDescriptions = GetLocalizedValues(contentType.Description, DynamicContentTypeManager.DescriptionKey, ContentTypeId, contentType.PortalId, portalSettings);
            LocalizedNames = GetLocalizedValues(contentType.Name, DynamicContentTypeManager.NameKey, ContentTypeId, contentType.PortalId, portalSettings);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// A flag that determines if the current user can edit the object
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("canEdit")]
        public bool CanEdit { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// A collection of content fields
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("contentFields")]
        public ContentFieldsViewModel ContentFields { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The Id of the Content Type
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("contentTypeId")]
        public int ContentTypeId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The Date when the Data Type was created
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("created")]
        public string Created { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The name of the Data Type
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("isSystem")]
        public bool IsSystem { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// A List of localized values for the Description property
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("localizedDescriptions")]
        public List<dynamic> LocalizedDescriptions { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// A List of localized values for the Name property
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty("localizedNames")]
        public List<dynamic> LocalizedNames { get; set; }
    }
}

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Ok, here's a Stormtrooper theme, WVGA only. It's basically the Darth Vader theme with a different slider and wallpapers. It will be hard to read appointments on the portrait screen, but I like the way it looks.
Besides the graphics I also included a theme file in the zip. Since S2U2 now has this feature I figure I should use it. There's really no need to copy the graphic files to your device anymore. Just copy the theme file to your device or storage card.
Then run S2U2 Settings, select Theme, then Load Theme. By default it searches the S2U2 folder. But if you hit the arrow on the bottom of the screen you can load the theme from anywhere on your device or SD.
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