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WFO’s latest track, “The Elephant Crush,” is undoubtedly the “Who Let The Dogs Out” of the summer of ’23. It’s a vibrant, energetic track that combines various elements to create a one-of-a-kind auditory experience. The pulsating tribal drums set an inviting rhythm that’s complemented by a driving bassline, creating a powerful foundation for the track.
The brass elements, reminiscent of the lively music scene of New Orleans, further amplify the track’s energy, while the afrobeat guitars add an exotic touch to the mix. Above all, the vocal performance by WFO co-founder and composer, Mitchell Stuart, is a testament to the passion and dedication poured into this release. His voice is emotionally charged and committed, making each verse hit harder.
Adding to the eccentricity of “The Elephant Crush” is the guest appearance by Tony Award-winner Danny Burstein. His theatrical flair draws comparisons to the iconic “Time Warp,” injecting a dose of nostalgia into this contemporary dance anthem.
Recorded between the bustling streets of New York City and the picturesque beaches of Cape Town, South Africa, “The Elephant Crush” is a spectacular blend of diverse influences. This track embraces the joy and spontaneity of summer, making it the ideal soundtrack for the season.
In conclusion, “The Elephant Crush” is an addictive tropical dance cocktail that won’t let you stand still. So, whether you choose to dance in your shoes or barefoot, make sure to let loose and move to the beat. WFO has delivered a global viral dance craze that is set to ignite the summer of 2023 – and we’re here for it!
Despite his many accomplishments, WFO remains humble and dedicated to both his art and business. He continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in music production and record label management. Sosa is always on the lookout for new talent and collaborations that can help him and GS Productions elevate to greater heights.
This track is a huge testament to the power of music and creative art to transcend boundaries. There is everything to love about this song, from the composition, realization, and visuals down to the execution…everything has been achieved with exceptional artistic skill, dedication, and heartfelt passion.
This is an impressive job blending a plethora of captivating melodic ideas together with that sense of unbridled energy to provide listeners with an experience filled with both liveliness and charisma. The soaring guitars, the lush percussive elements, the outstanding bass, and the exquisite trumpets all blend with splendor to create a feeling that transcends music!

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Ask an Eye Doctor and Get an Answer ASAP
What exactly was the doctor's response?
my left eye cataract is not ready to be removed and so the right eye vision cannot be corrected very much - it would be uneven.
What level of vision do you have in your right eye?
I dont know but I have my scrip - can I give you numbers from that? FYI - I am switching doctors . I am very happy about my husbands outcome but it made me a little sadder today about my own.
The script would not help me much.
When you cover your left eye, describe what you see out of the right eye.
is everything blurry at all distances?
meaning it is clear out of the right eye?
I'm not sure if I am understanding you.
Were you expecting to see well without glasses?
I am near sighted. With my glasses off I can see only about 10 feet which is better than the left eye. Can I say this any better?
Did your doctor promise you good vision at distance and near?
Promise? We were not going for better near vision - better distance. Maybe this was not an appropriate question to ask on this forum.
I guess I should say I do not recall him "promising" anything.
Can you tell me what the numbers on your script is?
SPH - right-3.00; left-5.00. Do you want all columns?
no, that should be fine.
Did you ask your doctor if he intended to leave your right eye near sighted or if he was targeting good vision at distance?
no - I didnt know there was a choice. Do you think I am stuck with this or can I ever have the replacement replaced
In general, when cataract surgery is done, the target is to have little prescription left over -- meaning distance is good at distance and you would need reading glasses to see up close.
The difficulty in your situation is that your left eye is very near-sighted.
So, if the right eye had little prescription, and the left eye was -5.00, then you would not be able to tolerate glasses.
The option in that situation would be to wear a contact lens in the left eye or proceed with cataract surgery in that left eye earlier than intended.
It appears that your doctor left the prescription nearsighted in the right eye on purpose, so that the two eyes would be closer together in prescription.
So you have a couple of option at this time.
You can consider exchanging the lens implant in the right eye for a different lens. by doing this, however, you may need to have surgery in the left eye as well to balance out your prescription.
You may consider LASIK in the right eye to achieve the same purpose of reducing the prescription, without the added risk of intraocular surgery.
third option would be to wear contact lenses in both eyes.
I have performed many cataract surgeries. I talk to all my patients in detail about target prescription and what implications that may have on the unoperated eye.
well - I guess part of my problem is communication because I have not understood it at all. Also, to be honest I did not feel comfortable with this doctor. He did tell me that if I had an extra few thousand I could get LASIK.
Exchanging the implant is an option, but carries risk of intraocular surgery.
It is possible that the doctor did not explain in as much detail as he needed to.
because of your pre-existing near sightedness, there are many options in terms of which way to proceed with the lens implant.
that why it is important that i include my patients in the decision making process as to what type of lens i implant.
a second opinion with an in person exam is helpful.
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THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGES IN LAND MONITORING PUBLISHEDRoxana SELARIU, Andreea STULEANEC, Radu BERTICI, Mihai HERBEI None firstname.lastname@example.org
Remote sensing is defined as the technical field that deals with the detection, measurement, recording and visualization in the form of images, of electromagnetic radiation, which are emitted by objects, but also phenomena, from the surface of the Earth or from the Universe, from certain distances, without the existence of real or direct contact with them. As its name implies, remote sensing involves "the acquisition of information from a distance, without having direct contact with the detected object", through a "set of means that allow the recording of information on the earth's surface". This paper presents the spectral behaviour of some components of the environment, such as: spectral reflectance and spectral signature. Next, are presented a series of satellites, the most important of which is Landsat 8, which is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program and the seventh that successfully reaches orbit. The satellite has two instruments: OLI (Operational Land Imager) and TIRS (Thermal InfraRed Sensor), which provides global coverage at resolutions of 30m (visible spectrum, NIR, SWIR), 100m (thermal bands) and 15m (panchromatic band). We will conduct a study on the most important vegetation indices. The formulas for the calculation of the indices start from the hypothesis that the spectral variation of the soils without vegetation is linear. The function which described this variation is called the straight of the soils. This line can be most easily determined in a two-dimensional histogram of radiometric values, having as x-axis red band and z-axis, near infrared band. The radiometric values corresponding to the lack of vegetation are identified in the histogram. The straight for best approximating is the straight of the soils. Vegetation indices are very useful in monitoring of large areas, as they represent a very effective means of monitoring and evaluating drought phenomena at the scale of images, due to the possibilities of precise discrimination of vegetation, as well as correlations with biophysical parameters that determine the vegetation status and turgidity such as: plant height, leaf index, biomass, etc.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 18: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge receives a chocolate easter egg during a visit to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia, Friday, April 18, 2014. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, the first official trip overseas with their son, Prince George.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith/Pool)
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Maqrizi as a Historian of Religions in the 15th Century
Makrizi is one of the great historians, who was studied in the medieval Islamic world and is belonging to the school of Ibn Khaldun. He wrote in many areas, especially history. In our study, moving from the work of al-Maqrizi called al-Khitat, we have identified the information given about the religion of Judaism and Christianity and specified the method followed by Makrizi. As a result, he has given valuable information about religions in his book in descriptive method and avoided from comparisons and reviews as much as possible.
al-Maqrizi, al-Khitat, History of Religions, Judaism, Christianity

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Morrison Apologizes To Bret, Kimbo - Wrestling, Top UFC Heavyweight Says Lesnar Is Done
-- Yahoo! has a story about Kimbo Slice leaving MMA to become a pro wrestler in Japan. You can check out the full story at this link.
-- Speaking of MMA, FightLine.com has an article about top UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson apparently feeling that the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter featuring Brock Lesnar as a coach is a sham. Nelson feels that Brock Lesnar's UFC days are done, and he is just doing the show to bring ratings. Nelson feels that the fix is in, and Lesnar will leave the show mid-season and be replaced by Shane Carwin or Frank Mir. You can read all of Nelson's comments by clicking here.
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- "Dazzling" the drones is another way to get rid of them. This means to "blind" the camera on a drone by shining a strong light beam or laser at it.
- Counter-unmanned aerial systems, or C-UAS systems, usually use a combination of methods to stop drones from flying.
The Indian Army wants to buy drone jammers that can be mounted on vehicles and can find and stop drones or drone swarms coming from different directions.
The Army put out a request for proposals (RFP) for the jammers on January 18 with details about how many and what kind of systems it wants to buy. At the moment, the RFP calls for 20 of these jammers that can be put on vehicles.
Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) have made drone jammers that can be used on vehicles. Private companies are also working on this technology.
The RFP says that the vehicle-based drone jammer should provide full and complete solutions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), drones, and drone swarms based on at least two sensors. “The system should be able to detect, track, identify, and destroy swarms, drones, and UAS that are coming at the same time from multiple directions,” it says.
It also says that the jammer should combine all detection sensors and identify threats to give the operator a full picture of the air situation and make it easier to choose and manage countermeasures for UAS/drones using jammer systems.
The jammer should have a radio frequency (RF) detector, a 3D radar (Drone Detection Radar), an RF and satellite navigation jammer system, and a command and control centre (C2 Centre).
Drones can be stopped in many different ways. One of the ways is to use RF jamming, which creates a lot of RF noise that interferes with the radio link between the drone and its operator. Once the RF link, which can include Wi-Fi links, is broken, a drone will usually either land or do a “return to home” manoeuvre.
The drone’s satellite link, like GPS or GLONASS, can also be broken. When a drone loses its connection to a satellite, it will usually stay still, land, or go back home.
“Spoofing” is yet another way to deal with the threat of drones. This lets the jammer take control of the targeted drone or send it in the wrong direction by giving it a fake communication or navigation link.
“Dazzling” the drones is another way to get rid of them. This means to “blind” the camera on a drone by shining a strong light beam or laser at it.
Lasers and high-powered microwaves can also be used to kill a drone by destroying its most important parts.
Counter-unmanned aerial systems, or C-UAS systems, usually use a combination of methods to stop drones from flying.


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Action shots: Playing in feet of fresh snow
March 12, 2018
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Four of Ireland’s leading employers join new remote working alliance
Vodafone, ESB, eBay and Liberty Insurance have joined Ireland’s first remote working alliance – the Remote Alliance. The four founding members of the Alliance have committed to embedding remote working within their organisations on a long-term basis. Established by social enterprise Grow Remote, the initiative will lead the way for other Irish employers to commit to long-term remote working.
According to Grow Remote, the purpose of the Remote Alliance is to build an Ireland where employment is accessible no matter where people live. Speaking at the launch of the Alliance today (27.09.21), Renate Kohlmann, Director of Grow Remote, said: “We are delighted that four of Ireland’s leading employers have come on board with Grow Remote to create the Remote Alliance. To have Vodafone, ESB, eBay and Liberty Insurance as founding members will help encourage more employers around Ireland to join in the long-term remote working journey. Remote working has the power to transform and reinvigorate local communities by giving people access to job opportunities regardless of where they live in Ireland.
“While the impact of Covid-19 was devastating, it brought about some positives. We know now that remote and hybrid working is good for employees, and for businesses. We know more than ever that people value their work / life balance, and want to be connected to their local community. Individuals, employers, and communities have the opportunity now to take some of these positives and embed long-lasting, positive systemic changes that will transform communities around Ireland.
“Companies are navigating the challenges and opportunities of remote and hybrid working, but there is no roadmap or tried-and-tested template for them to follow. Our founding members are demonstrating bravery, forward-thinking and great leadership in committing to remote working and joining the Alliance, and we’re calling on employers around Ireland to follow suit.”
Practical advice to become “remote-first”
The Remote Alliance will establish a forum of some of Ireland’s leading employers who want to make the transition to remote and hybrid working. Alliance members will meet on a monthly basis, facilitated by Grow Remote. The forum will be an opportunity for members to address the challenges and opportunities they have faced in implementing long-term remote working, as well as sharing their solutions and learnings with other Alliance members. Grow Remote will provide practical advice for members on how to move from reactionary remote working as a result of Covid-19 to embedding “remote-first” working policies into their organisations.
In collaboration with Alliance members, Grow Remote will also develop a playbook and other resources to reach a broader range of employers of all sizes and empower them to follow on the remote working journey.
Speaking at the announcement of the Remote Alliance today was Anne O’Leary, CEO of Vodafone Ireland, who said: “Vodafone Ireland is proud to be part of Grow Remote’s Remote Alliance. The impact of Covid-19 gave our organisation an opportunity to test, on a mass scale, what remote working would mean for us, and through extensive internal engagement, we are delighted to be committing to a long-term hybrid model of working. Our model will give our employees the flexibility they want, while maintaining the opportunity for social interactions and the collaboration and innovation that comes from being together in the office. As such, we can create a more inclusive environment, where we can challenge ourselves to remove any barriers to inequality for our people and our customers.”
Echoing Ann O’Leary was Paddy Hayes, Chief Executive of ESB, who said: “ESB is committed to nurturing a trust-based and agile environment, where our people have the tools, flexibility and autonomy to deliver a secure, affordable, low-carbon energy future.
“As we emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to empower our people to work smarter, enjoy the benefits of an inclusive, flexible working culture and significantly reduce carbon emissions through remote and hybrid working. We’re looking forward to working with other like-minded members of the Remote Alliance to develop solutions that will ensure that remote and hybrid working can become a sustainable part of our business.”
Opportunities for employers of all sizes
Grow Remote are encouraging employers of all sizes to consider joining the Remote Alliance journey. Speaking further, Renate Kohlmann said: “Moving to remote working on a long-term basis is a daunting prospect for many companies, particular those without the large resources of bigger organisations. Many employers have invested a great deal of time and effort into planning their post-pandemic workplaces, but they are still uncertain about how it will all work. Thanks to the leadership of our four founding members, companies of all sizes will be able to learn how to overcome barriers to remote working, and Grow Remote will be on hand to provide support and advice, regardless of company size.”
For more information the Remote Alliance, visit: https://growremote.ie/.
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Transfer news: Manchester City's Albert Rusnak set for SC Cambuur loan
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Sky Sports understands Manchester City youngster Albert Rusnak could be set for a move to the Netherlands with SC Cambuur.
Slovakia Under-21 international Rusnak has linked up with Cambuur for pre-season training and he is thought to have impressed.
The 20-year-old shone in a midweek friendly win with two goals and two assists and Cambuur are believed to be ready to make an offer to take him on loan.
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Rusnak will have another chance to catch the eye in this weekend's friendly with De Graafschap, with a host of clubs also expected to watch the midfielder in action.
It is understood that City are happy to loan out Rusnak so that he can gain some valuable first-time experience, with the player having previously spent time with Oldham Athletic and Birmingham City.
Cambuur are keen to win the race for Rusnak's signature as they look to build on a 12th-place finish in the Eredivisie last season.

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12oz Kurobuta Pork Frenched Rib Chops
14 individually vacuum sealed 12oz. chops (approximately 10 lbs.)
The rib bone on each of these chops has been “frenched”— scraped clean for an extra elegant presentation that befits Kurobuta’s high status among the world’s finest pork. Kurobuta Pork comes from pure-bred Berkshire pigs, a heritage breed that dates to the 1600s. Kurobuta has intense marbling and a richer flavor than conventional pork, which has long been bred for reduced fat content. Call it the unconventional pork. You’ll taste the difference.
Store frozen meats in your freezer until you’re ready to use it, then thaw only as much as you plan on cooking.
RECIPES & TIPS
Grill, broil or pan-fry these chops. Kurobuta pork has so much natural flavor that you can keep seasonings and sauces simple. Allow the meat to rest after cooking to let juices redistribute.

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Here's a new idea for a holiday stocking stuffer: a gift voucher for stock.
Stockpile.com is now selling a physical gift card for shares of stock. Not unlike iTunes and retail stores, Stockpile gift cards come in denominations ranging from $25 to $100, and can be purchased on the checkout line of retailers like Kmart and Toys 'R Us.
Once purchased, the receiver then logs online, signs up for a Stockpile Investments brokerage account and redeems the purchased amount for a fraction of the stock. Stockpile co-founder and CEO Avi Lele sees the site as a way to help democratize investing for retail buyers.
"We're seeing young people coming in getting gift cards, or coming in on their own, and buying $25, $50, $200 worth of their favorite stocks to start investing early," Lele told CNBC's "Closing Bell" in an interview last week. "It's much better to start [investing] in your 20s than in your 30s or 40s," Lele said.
Lele said people over 30 are buying the gift cards for people under the age of 30. Shares of Apple, Facebook and Google, which now trades under Alphabet, are the most popular with Stockpile card recipients.
With stocks in the middle of an extended bull run, a wave of new financial products and services are trying to attract new classes of investors. However, Stockpile could have trouble getting the buy-in from one key group of investors — young millennials.
According to a study by Bankrate.com, only 26 percent of adults under 30 are investing in stocks. Dan Schawbel, partner and research director at Future Workplace, said that's because millennials have a lack of trust and confidence in the market.
"Many are dealing with student loans and focusing more on achieving financial independence from their families right now," Schawbel told CNBC. "People who are older have more money to invest in stocks and millennials weren't taught about the long- term implications of investing early rather than later in life."
Still, some analysts say if marketed correctly, stock gift cards could give the traditional savings bond a run for its money.
"I think there is a great market for this, actually. They now have the grandparent market locked up," said Monica Mehta, a principal at Seventh Capital.
Mehta said this could be a natural substitute for people who want to give something special, as long as the receiver does not forget about the gift card. "This offers the potential to get people to be more active with equities and be educational," she said.
CNBC retail analyst Stacey Widlitz believes this has potential to be a great teaching tool, and may be the next category to eat into retail sales.
"As long as the stock market keeps going in the right direction, fueled by global monetary policy, a piece of the stock market might be a more enticing gift as opposed to the ugly Christmas sweater," said Widlitz.

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Onion Price In Madhya Pradesh: The retail price of onion in metropolitan cities of the country is around Rs 100 a kg. Even the wholesale price of onion is very high in Lasalgaon, Nashik, the biggest onion market. But the situation is different in Madhya Pradesh, another major onion producing state. The farmers here are wandering to sell onions. Far from getting them the legitimate price of their crop, they are forced to sell onions at the rate of 8 to 20 rupees per kg. Also Read – Onion Price Today: Onion sold in Nashik wholesale market today for Rs 70, know what is the price in retail
According to the report of Zee News, even though the prices of onions are touching the sky in the big cities of the metros, the situation in Malwa farmers is different with regard to onions. In fact, there are about 1.25 lakh farmers in Neemuch region of Malwa and onion crops are sown on a large scale in this area. At present, onion prices are around Rs 100 per kg in metros, but the picture here is something else.
When we visited Neemuch Mandi, which is called the biggest agricultural produce market of the state, farmers were unhappy about the price of onion. In fact, the farmers say that the festival of Deepawali is near and in the coming days, they have given a holiday of Mandi Yoga, in such a large number of farmers are coming to sell onion in the mandi.
But the price of onion here is 8 to 25 to 35 rupees per kg. The farmers say that they have come to the market for two-three days to sell onions, but the prices of onions are hardly available. Farmers allege that due to market traders and middlemen, farmers are not getting full price of onions.
Mandi traders say that old onion is being sold for above Rs 55 per kg, so the same low quality is being bid for Rs 8. So the same market secretary Satish Patel says that the farmers are happy about the price of onions. They have also got the price of onion at the highest 70 rupees per kg. On Thursday, there are about 15000 bags of onions in the market. When the market secretary was talked about selling onions sold in metros, he said that when onions go out from here, it is taxed on freight, due to which it becomes expensive.
Although the merchant and the officer have their own arguments, but the condition of the farmers remains the same. Even the farmers also say that onion crop grown in a bigha costs about 25000. Farmers should get at least 70 rupees per kg of onion. Talking about the retail market, onion is being sold to customers here for Rs 60 to 60 kg.
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Tom Jolliffe looks back at 15 recent films which you might have missed…
The last few years seems to have bought an upturn in interesting and engaging cinema. Even as conventional blockbuster fare, which can feel interchangeable, rules the roost, indie and world cinema is beginning to find a place and more acknowledgement. At the same time, the masses aren’t catching these films with quite the same regularity as the big tentpole releases. With that in mind, here are 15 films from the last four years that are well worth your time, and which you might have missed…
A woman who has recently suffered a trauma and psychological problems moves to an apartment building, attempting to rebuild her life. She’s woken at night by knocking, and can’t find the source. Soon knocking gives way to the sounds of screaming but no one will acknowledge it. This intense and brilliantly acted Swedish thriller draws on 60’s era Polanski and gravitates around Cecilia Molocco’s exceptional performances. If you want a gripping, intimate and tightly constructed antithesis to 3 hour blockbusters, look no further than this very excellent and sub-90 minute thriller.
Pig was one of the great surprises of last year. Nicolas Cage has his prized truffle pig stolen and must get it back. On paper it teased the prospect of possibly being a kind of John Wick-esque film with Cage likely to go all out crazy. Those expecting a melding of Mandy and Wick might have been disappointed, though like Mandy, this really hasn’t got the attention it deserves. For one, it never goes down the Wick route and takes an unexpectedly philosophical route to conclusion. It also has Cage playing a role of such restraint and subtlety, that it will really surprise people. I think he was harshly overlooked during awards season, but this film hasn’t had the backing others had. A clever, beautifully acted film with unexpected moments. Aside from a slightly jarring and oddly ‘Wick-esque’ underground fight club of chefs, this plays things pretty straight.
The Trip, a thoroughly enjoyable black comedy from Norway, proves that Netflix has a decent eye for World Cinema, but moreover proves further that Noomi Rapace is one of the most consistent and underrated actors around. Rapace just seems to be firing out great films at the moment, in no less than four languages too (Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish and English). The Trip sees a husband and wife (a TV director and failing actress) on the downslope of a marriage heading to a remote cabin for a trip. Neither realises the other plans to kill them, and then throw in the unexpected arrival of criminals to further complicate matters. It’s violent, funny and touching in the right places. The cast are great, but Rapace is atypically magnetic. I could watch her taking her bins out. But that would be weird.
Calm With Horses
An enforcer for an Irish crime family is none too bright. Arm is a former amateur boxer (Cosmo Jarvis), retired having killed a rival in the ring. He now does the bidding of his friend (Barry Keoghan), whose uncle runs the criminal business. Arm has issues with his ex, and has difficulty getting to know his young, autistic son (who is prone to the same kind of violent outbursts as he). Calm With Horses has the crushing inevitability that Arm’s situation is going to come to a head, and it does so after he fails to kill someone he’s been tasked with offing. Arm isn’t bright but increasingly changes his outlook to be more responsible for his son, helping him get to a special school in cork. The film is gripping, tense, brutal, and punctuated by some very effective minor moments of action. Keoghan is very good, but in the center, with a young Brando-esque magnetic stoicism, is Cosmo Jarvis. It’s a superb performance. A real take notice announcement to the movie going public.
A simple premise crafted with ruthless efficiency and great pacing. John Hyams continues to show loads of creativity as a genre film-maker, in films that are somewhat overlooked. Alone sets up a basic cat and mouse chase with much of the film resting on the two excellent leads (Jules Willcox, chased by Marc Menchaca). In the vein of films like The Hitcher, it keeps the chase going with plenty of complications along the way, and enough ambiguity not to be elusive. A comfortingly slender 90 minutes means it never gets too indulgent for its premise, and Hyams keeps proceedings gripping. Willcox imbues her protagonist with so much depth and sincerity, which draws you into her plight.
A new wave of great Japanese cinema is upon us. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is up for four Oscars, benefiting from a door kicked open by Parasite (the Oscar winning Korean masterpiece from two years ago), but Shoplifters, a 2018 effort from Hirokazu Kore-eda was a touch too early to pick up such attention. Kore-eda’s penchant for slow burning, beautifully observed humanist cinema is in full force. He’s also a specialist in family dynamics in difficult situations and creating complex ideas. Shoplifters sees a family of misfits living in poverty (despite ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ both working, and collecting ‘grandmothers’ pension). There’s social commentary here too, but this family get by through shoplifting. The youngest son has been trained to work in unison with predominantly his dad. The family unit grows when they encounter a young girl, cold and hungry, and seemingly the victim of domestic abuse. She’s taken in and adopted (ie, effectively kidnapped) by the family and slowly drawn into the grifting existence. Wonderfully observed with dark caveats and unexpected twists, Shoplifters is light, jovial and funny one second, beautifully poignant in another, heart crushingly sad in others. It’s a wonderful film that more people will hopefully catch. It might be Kore-eda’s best work. The performances all around are sensational, but particularly impressive are the two youngest actors who are so authentic and natural.
Riders of Justice
This might be my favourite film from last year. It takes the well worn path of revenge genre, but in a way the Nordic regions excel at recently, and subverts it. The American equivalent might star a somewhat ambivalent Liam Neeson, running through the motions, but here, we have a thunderously stoic Mads Mikkelsen on top form. He imbues the character with so much depth. It’s as much about his own ability to recognise a need for therapy, for dealing with his grief properly, than about revenge. The story, with all its twists and turns (some very clever) about seeking this vengeance, is really secondary and Riders, unlike the Bronson mould this in many ways follows, is an anti-revenge film. In truth, some who caught this might have expected more violence, action and full blooded retribution. There’s still plenty (some minimalist and well constructed set pieces) but perhaps due to the sheer power of Mads as a performer, this is elevated to something else.
The ambiguity and confined sci-fi horror of Cube, heavily seasoned with social commentary, The Platform came out of the blue to audiences outside of Spain, aided in capturing its audience with a Netflix release. A platform that goes up and down 333 floors is the starting point for a simple game. Those at the top eat first, the platform lowers and lowers with every floor eating leftovers from above. Inevitably those on the bottom reaches are left with nothing. As a further kicker, your placing changes every week. Clever, grim, exciting and plenty of twists.
Okay, you might start thinking I’ve got a thing for Noomi. I probably do, but she’s great. Lamb, as atypically A24 in all its beautifully shot, ambiguous quirkiness as you can get, is another great platform for her talents. A childless couple (having lost a young daughter before) on a remote, struggling, farm, on the downslope of a marriage (again Noomi) are shocked when one of their sheep gives birth. As we slowly realise, the lamb is a kind of half breed human/lamb, the lineage of which becomes a little clear later. The couple treat Ava like their own. The film is more about a couple who have been unable to reconcile their grief and guilt, and the film was probably mismarketed as more of a horror film than it actually is. It’s really more in the psychological drama field, but it’s engrossing and stunningly shot. There’s enough here to draw one in to wanting a rewatch, and Noomi is brilliant once again.
A White, White Day
You’re also going to think I have a thing for films dealing with grief, particularly Nordic films. I kind of do. It’s the inherent repression and simmering build up to the regrettable that the Nordic cinemasters do better than anyone right now. Usually against the backdrop of expansive, cold and desolate rural spaces. A White, White Day has a recent widower struggling on his own and becoming increasingly obsessed with the notion his recently deceased wife had an affair. It’s like a dark, Icelandic, About Schmidt, minus the road tripping. Ingvar Sigurosson is sensational, a role of introspection and simmering anguish.
I’ve spoken before about the brilliance of Lee Chang-dong’s Burning. It hit a year before Parasite. It picked up masses of acclaim and a fair amount of Western notice for an East Asian film, but nothing quite like Bong Joon-ho’s stratospherically successful film. Burning is a film almost wilfully determined to keep its audience at arms length with a lingering and slow film that begins one way, and shifts into something else entirely once Hae-Mi, a girl between a poor farm boy Jong-su and an affluent playboy, disappears. Jong-su having been somewhat indifferent to Hae-mi after their reconnection (and brief physical fling) finds himself jealous, but equally intrigued when she returns from travelling with Ben (Steven Yeun). When she goes missing, the film takes a further twist becoming a determined search as Jong-su becomes convinced Ben has murdered her. The genius of the film is that Chang-dong feeds so much to the audience with clues that all seem feasible, even in the vagueness of some. He does this whilst additionally throwing in contradictory moments, all whilst having us follow a protagonist whose obsessive behaviour is making him an unreliable narrator. This absolutely demands repeat viewing to unearth more subtleties, more clues, more set ups. So much of what Hae-mi says has some relevance to understanding her character. So much of what Ben says is deliberately evasive, or playfully elusive. He says things for effect sometimes which may or may not have truth. It’s just an exceptional work if you give it patience and attention, because even if you end feeling like it’s been laborious without payoff, you’ll suddenly find you can’t stop thinking about it, that it’s hooked you in.
Boss Level features reliable action man of the moment, Frank Grillo, teaming with Joe Carnahan. They’d also team again the same year with Copshop which is also great fun and worth a watch (but picked up a bit more attention seemingly). Grillo does groundhog day in a colourful riff on action films and video games with an array of quirky characters. It’s brimming with energy and scenery chomping pizzazz from all involved, while Grillo is suitably gruff and charming. Mel Gibson enjoys himself a lot in full bad guy mode, something he’s becoming very adept at now, and perhaps a sensible reinvention. Carnahan knows how to put together a fun film with great dialogue and bundles of energy. The individual elements have all been seen before, not least the groundhog day scenario, but this is very enjoyable and the set pieces are great (See also Copshop).
A video censor whose sister went missing several years ago believes she sees her sibling on a video nasty she’s been tasked with readying for the BBFC. She sets about trying to uncover the truth behind the tape, and about her sister, taking her down a dark, lurid, neon soaked path in this great homage to 80’s video nasties. Niamh Algar (also in Calm With Horses) is excellent. The film looks great and when it delves into full blown, Cronenberg-inspired horror, it really kicks off.
Speaking of Cronenberg, here comes Junior. Brandon, son of David, is crafting his own path and creating some great and intensely creative body horrors. Possessor picked up a decent amount of early buzz via festivals and eventually on release, but perhaps hit during a difficult period as far as finding mainstream big screen notice. The buzz has since subsided a little too sadly. An elite corporate assassin uses brain technology to take over the bodies of people to kill targets. Increasingly these immersions into another psyche have an effect on her, and on her newest assignment, her host begins fighting back. Possessor is as gruesome, odd and enthralling as you might expect from a Cronenberg. However even more key here is the performance by the eternally brilliant Andrea Riseborough.
Two friends on a hunting trip in the Highlands face unexpected disaster when one of them accidentally shoots and kills a child. They attempt to cover it up and then find themselves a little ingratiated with the local family the child was part of. They attract some suspicion and things take a further dark turn when the body is discovered. This is a stark, thrilling and gut-wrenchingly tense psychological horror. We see the effects on both men in the wake of the accident, and the decisions in hiding it that push them beyond redemption. When the boy is found and the family realise what has happened, the hunt truly begins. Jack Lowden and Martin McCann are great and the film is superbly shot (making great use of those iconic Highland landscapes). Director, Matt Palmer has a water tight grip on (the thrilling) proceedings. Calibre, despite a home on Netflix, is very overlooked.
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a great effort of an up-and-coming director, but definitely has its flaws
The Parasomniac is a great effort of an up-and-coming director to create a suspense/thriller. The 2nd half of the movie is paced extremely well and provides a conclusion that leaves you guessing. The acting is solid, and the main character Robert, provides a believable take as a guy who never catches a break and becomes jealous of living under the shadow of his more successful roommate. The first half of the film drags somewhat, as we learn more about the main characters' lives at an unnecessarily, and at times, a painstakingly slow pace. It would have been better if the character exposition were cut in half. The story really picks up when we start wandering along with the main character, questioning what's real and what's not. What is real is that this is a valiant attempt at offering a new take on a suspense movie, giving us a flawed/human character that doesn't know if he's made one mistake too many. Overall, it's a solid attempt/interpretation of a suspense movie that is worth watching. Final grade: 7/10.
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VJ Chitra Biography
Name: VJ Chitra
Other Name: Chithra, Chithu
Date of Birth/Age: 26th December 1984
Home Town: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Current City: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Father Name: N/A
Mother Name: N/A
Height: 5feet 5inch
Occupation: Television Anchor and Actress, Model, Dancer, Video Jockey, Dubbing Artist and Psychologist.
Debut: Sattam Solvathu Enna
Years active: 2012-present
Source of earnings: Serials
VJ Chitra is an Indian Actress, who is working in Tamil Television industry. She was born on 26th December 1984 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Chitra made her acting debut in the Tamil television serial “Mannan Magal” along with Yuvanraj Nethran, directed by Yogam Ravi. She also acted with well known television actors like Kavin Raj, Ashwin Karthik, Ramji, Manikandan and Siddharth. She has appeared in some well known television serials such Darling Darling, Velunachi, Saravanan Meenatchi and Chinna Papa Periya Papa. Chitra currently doing the negative role in Pandian Stores serial along with Kumaran Thangarajan in Vijay TV.
VJ Chitra as Kalayarasi role in Saravanan Meenatchi serial.(Season 2)
VJ Chitra as Periya Papa role in Chinna Papa Periya Papa serial.
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Ampledeed — A Is for Ampledeed
((Not on label) no#, 2013, CD)
by Jon Davis, 2013-11-15:Given the general difficulty of writing about music, it's pretty common to resort to metaphors; the first one that comes to mind regarding Ampledeed is "all over the map." I'm not sure if it would be wise (or even appropriate) to say Ampledeed doesn't recognize the validity of maps, so I'll just leave it at "all over" with regards to the geographical comparison. A Is for Ampledeed consists mostly of short tracks (ranging from three under a minute to a few over five minutes) in a wide range of styles. The opening track, "We Breath Time," exhibits the same diversity within its own confines. There is a quiet guitar intro with a vaguely latin feel, several different sections of keyboard-driven progressive rock, some freaky signal manipulation, and more — in a variety of tempos and time signatures. The vocal sections are nicely done, with good work both in the lead and backing parts; in the more laid-back parts, I'm reminded of Camel (like Breathless). When they prog it up, they remind me of the better American bands of the last 20 years, like Echolyn and Underground Railroad, but their restlessness, while not as jarring as Mr. Bungle, sets them apart from those predecessors. When keyboards are so prominent in the arrangements, bands run the risk of sounding like copycats of one of the giants of prog keys, namely Wakeman, Emerson, and Banks, but in these tracks I hear more of Kerry Minnear and Dave Stewart. And believe me, that's a good thing! Few things can turn me off a new release faster than hearing another Wakeman clone cranking out the arpeggios and trills. Ampledeed's core is the trio of Aaron Goldich (keys, vocals), Luis Flores (guitars, vocals, bass, ukulele), and Max Taylor (keys, drums, vocals, bass), but most of the tracks feature guests on a variety of instruments. I suppose some listeners might be put off by the stylistic inconsistency, but I find it refreshing — progressive rock for the ADD generation.
by Henry Schneider, 2014-05-24:Ampledeed is a young band from California State University Northridge consisting of Max Taylor (percussion and keyboards), Aaron Goldich (keyboards), and Luis Flores (guitar). It is difficult to describe the kind of music they play, which is predominantly instrumental with vocals thrown in here and there in the oddest of places across the 14 songs on their debut release. Take for instance the opening track “We Breathe Time.” This song is nearly eight minutes long and you think that it is an instrumental slab of progressive jazz with numerous time signature shifts and tight arrangements. Then after 5:45 vocals drop in your lap unexpectedly. In many of the songs I found the vocals difficult to understand as they are down in the mix. But if you go to Ampledeed’s web site you can read the lyrics, though they tend to be alliterative and obscure. Roughly half of the 14 songs are instrumentals, where Ampledeed excels, playing very intelligent progressive jazz influenced rock intermingled with quiet acoustic and piano music. I detect vague references to Soft Machine and Frank Zappa. And for some reason, the song “Wake of the Galaxy,” a quiet song primarily with piano and vocals, reminded me very strongly of Anthony Phillips. This is a remarkable effort for a debut and self-released disc. Ampledeed reminds me of the type of bands released by Cunieform Records. They are a band to watch mature over the next couple of years.
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Jazz Composer Mark Lomax, II Releases Epic 12CD Set – In addition to being a fine jazz drummer, Dr. Mark Lomax, II is a composer in residence at Ohio State University, where he has been very busy on the compositional front. The year 2019 is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first ship bringing African slaves to North America, and in commemoration of this, Lomax has produced 400: An Afrikan Epic, a 12 volume set of CDs featuring a variety of different musical ensembles. » Read more
Chicago-Based Surabhi Ensemble Tours the World in January – Surabhi Ensemble was formed more than a decade ago in Chicago with the aim of bringing together musicians from varying traditions to make music. Saraswathi Ranganathan, who plays veena, assembled a cast that includes Arabic oud, Spanish guitar, and percussion from Africa and India. This month, the group will be sharing their sounds with concert-goers in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa. » Read more
Seaprog Festival Seeks Donations – Seaprog is a small festival in Seattle that highlights creative music from many genres with artists from around the world. It's also a US non-profit organization. They're seeking donations to help keep the ball rolling. Starting in 2013, the organization has been growing, and has featured such artists as Free Salamander Exhibit, Jack o' the Clock, Nik Turner, Cabezas de Cera, Miriodor, Thinking Plague, and many more. » Read more
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The reggae train for Bob Marley’s Night this year moves to Takoradi on Saturday, May 11, 2019.
With a good line up to commemorate the World Reggae Legend, Bob Marley’s day, the occasion also seeks to project the good and humanitarian deeds of Bob Marley.
Ras Kuuku, King Vuvu, Iwan, Osagyefo, Jah Konkarah, Bredren Bonages, Black Nacha Runks, Chuku Lion are headliners for the show happening at Solo’s Garden in Koforidua (opposite he DVLA Office).
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Title: Instructor of Percussion
- Master of Music in Percussion Performance, Brigham Young University-Provo
- Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance, Eastern Washington University
TYREE HASTINGS currently serves as the Director of Percussion Studies at UT Tyler. Prior to this appointment, he held a teaching position at the University of North Texas since 2019 where he taught applied lessons, percussion methods, and percussion ensemble, and at Brigham Young University-Provo from 2017-2019 where he taught percussion ensemble, drumline, music theory, and aural skills. His students have premiered new works, competed on internationally recognized stages, and received admittance into top tier drum corps. His students have said the following:
“Professor Hastings is a great teacher who ensures his students learn with hands on experience.”
“Lessons stretched my thinking by making me think more about the sound I was creating.”
“These lessons improved my timpani skills tremendously.”
In addition, Tyree has given clinics and performed at universities and high schools across the United States and Australia.
Tyree is also a diversified performer. His performances have included an international tour with Australian Broadway star Patrice Tipoki, a showcase concert at the TMEA conference in San Antonio, Texas, and multiple performances as a featured soloist at the Northwest Percussion Festival. Tyree can also be heard performing frequently with various professional ensembles in the area.
With an emphasis on percussion performance, Tyree holds a Master’s in Music degree from Brigham Young University-Provo and a Bachelor’s in Music from Eastern Washington University. His principal teachers include Mark Ford, Christopher Deane, Paul Rennick, Stockton Helbing, Ron Brough, and Michael Waldrop.


Just as the Specialist Groups bring together like-minded people, so do the Institute’s Branches. Meetings are held from September through to May and are designed to appeal to all members, satisfying the technical and social needs of members in each Branch area. Joint meetings provide a wider perception of the engineering industry associated with NDT and enable members of other societies and institutes to appreciate the benefits of NDT to their industry.
The full Branch meeting programme is published each August as a separate booklet (and full details are also included here). With 12 Branches meeting throughout the season, there must be a meeting of interest to you nearby.


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Summer School: Overland Experts' 4wd 101 Class
It is a beautiful summer morning, a few small clouds, light breeze, not too hot yet. I’m sitting in my 4Runner, engine idling, 4low lit up on the dashboard. I’m third in a line of 4Runners, one Tundra, and one Jeep. Ahead of me a tall instructor, Director of Training Mike Morrison, leans into an open window, chatting with the driver, our teammate Scott, talking him through the first obstacle that lies ahead. Our teammate Greg is in front of me in his recently purchased 4Runner, and our owner Jeff behind me in our work Tundra. Our crew is about to begin the obstacle course of the Overland Expert’s (OEX) 4wd 101 class.
As I’m watching Scott begin to crawl forwards through the first obstacle, an alternating series of dips and moguls designed to articulate the suspension and create a situation where two tires lose ground contact, I’m taken back to my first time through this class two years ago.
The first time I took the 4wd 101 class I had just purchased my new 4Runner. It had just broken 4,000 miles on the drive over to Uwharrie that morning, new BFG KO2s installed the week prior, the only modification I had made to my 4Runner at that point. I had never been “off road” before, and I was nervous as hell, but that’s why I was taking the class.
At that time, I didn’t have any intention of ever making my 4Runner into what it is today. It was just going to be a vehicle that could take me into forest roads for hiking, and if I happened to accidently get “stuck” or find an obstacle blocking my path, I wanted to know the safe ways to approach them. By the end of the day, I was introduced into a whole other world, and I was hooked.
The “bug” hit me about the time I was doing the off camber turn, a 35 degree downhill turn that generates some serious pucker factor. You are about 10 degrees away from being in any danger of a rollover, but to a new off road driver, it is terrifying (in a good way). I was blown away at what obstacles the stock vehicle was capable of crossing.
By the end of that first day, I knew that my new 4Runner was no longer just a means to get into the woods, but a new hobby and addiction all by itself.
Jumping back to the present, it is my turn to approach the obstacle. Greg has just completed the first obstacle, his new stock 4Runner making it through with ease.
We’re using two-foot driving (Left Foot Braking) for these technical obstacles, a method where you hold the brake with your left foot, set the throttle with your right foot at about 1300 RPMs in my 4Runner, and then smoothly use the brake to adjust the vehicle speed while keeping the engine speed set at that constant RPM level. This allows you to maintain traction when wheels begin to slip, using the brake to retard spin of the wheels that are breaking loose and keeps power going to the wheels that have traction.
I hold down the brake, set my throttle, and gently ease off the brake to roll forward. I learned this technique in the class two years prior, but admittedly I have been using the “cheater buttons”, ATRAC and the locker, a little too much over the past year, and I was a little rusty. I lurched a little bit more than I’d have liked approaching Mike. He leaned into the window, briefed me, and then I was off through the moguls.
When I reached the end of the moguls, where the obstacle is the biggest and you lose ground contact with both a front and rear tire, I immediately lost all momentum and felt the tires spinning. I had messed up my two footing and wasn’t going anywhere. I took a breath, reset the throttle, and eased forward this time without issue despite the two airborne tires. I should have been practicing two foot driving more over the past two years on the trail.
The rest of the time on the obstacle course was spent getting familiar again with two foot driving, and navigating the rest of the obstacles – the hill, the ditch crossing, the tree crossings, rocks, and my favorite, the off camber turn, which still is a little intimidating even after everything I’ve been through these past two years. Watching Jeff in the huge Tundra traverse this was interesting, seeing that long wheelbase truck with a spinning KO2 several feet in the air as he crested the turn. We also practiced what to do if you ever did start to enter a rollover situation, turn the vehicle downhill and give it throttle, (which happened to save me a year and a half later one cold wet December night riding around Uwharrie, but that’s a story for another time.)
The rest of the afternoon was spent discussing different recovery methods and gear, a brief introduction into winching, and finally how to recover from a failed hill climb. Then we were off on the trail ride around the Grand Overland District where we got to practice some of the techniques learned.
There is a very deep ditch on the trail, which I remembered fondly from the past few times I’ve driven on the property during past classes and events. I watch Jeff in the Tundra ahead of me dip the monster into the ditch, rear tire lifting impressively into the air, and easily climb back out, this time with the fronts lifting. Jeff was completely new to off roading that morning, but handling the ditch like a pro at the end of the day.
I maneuvered into the ditch gently, feeling the front tip down and left while the rear rose several feet, and then easing forward, up and out. I remember when I took the ditch two years ago I scraped both the front and rear bumpers and had a little difficulty traversing it, but this time there was no contact and I went over without any slippage, a testament to the techniques I have gained (and the lift and bigger KM2s didn’t hurt either.)
The biggest takeaways our team had was that even our more experienced drivers still learned a ton in the “entry” level class, and that our work Tundra is extremely capable despite it being so much bigger than the 4Runners. It’s also always impressive seeing what obstacles stock vehicle is capable of crossing. I was personally surprised at how much I learned the second time through the class, and I need to remember to practice two foot driving on obstacles.
If you are interested in taking a class, contact Mike Morrison at Overland Experts, firstname.lastname@example.org . Thank you to Mike, Dan, Steve, Rob, and Tony for a great day, you guys are a top notch crew! We’re looking forward to taking more classes in the future!

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Poor little tyrant.
After he recently celebrated his 300th round of golf, President Obama told the Golf Channel on Sunday he was being “force out” of office.
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“I’m not a hack, but I’m not quitting my day job,” Obama said.
“Actually, you are quitting your day job fairly shortly,” Feherty said, smiling.
“Well, I may get good,” Obama said. “I’m being forced out. I didn’t quit.”
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Have you ever thought about how your diet affects your brain health? More specifically, how nutrition affects your brain health? Did you know that even with a healthy diet, you still don’t receive enough nutrients to make an impact. In fact according to USDA data, 1 Bowl of Spinach in 1953 has the same nutritional value as over 43 Bowls of Spinach today. That's an 84% loss of nutrition! What this means is that even with a healthy diet we don't receive proper nutrients in the quantities that our brains need.
Professor Riona Mulcahy (who specializes in brain/dementia research) said it best in a recent interview with Sky News: "The difficulty is that to get the amount of these nutrients that you need per day to achieve these results, isn't possible from your normal every day diet. For example you would need to eat 200,000 trout to get the amount of one of the [ingredients] found in Memory Health called Meso-Zeaxanthin. We know a healthy diet helps, but the unique Memory Health formulation gives you the right amount to give the results that you need... So it's not just diet alone, it's really getting enough of it! This is especially difficult today as a lot of our food is now mass produced, fish is farmed, and the nutritional value of our food is going down. So even with a healthy diet, we don't receive enough of these nutrients. What Memory Health does is deliver specific key nutrients directly to the brain to prevent the brain from degenerating.”
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The new center wants to permanently draw attention to the often invisible target group
Erasmus MC Sophia has a new center for children of parents with psychiatric problems, or KOPP. The departments for child and adolescent psychiatry, psychiatry and obstetrics work together in the centre. In this way, problems are detected in time, and the correct, if necessary, preventive measures can be taken in good time.
Dr. Esther Mesman, GZ psychologist and co-initiator of the KOPP center explains: ‘In the Netherlands, each school class has an average of five KOPP students, often an invisible group. These children are at a higher risk of developing mental health problems themselves. You want to identify problems as soon as possible and take preventive measures if necessary. Then cooperation in the region is crucial.’ The KOPP center works together with municipalities, psychiatry, midwives, youth health care and other social institutions.
Rich research history
The combination of care with scientific research into the development and life course of (unborn) children of parents with psychiatric problems makes the new center something special. ‘At Erasmus MC, we have a rich history of research into the importance of psychiatric complaints in parents on the child’s development, from pregnancy to adulthood. We immediately translate the results of these studies into clinical care, political advice and the development of education.’
Patient at the center
The new center wants to permanently draw attention to the often invisible target group and aims to have the widest possible influence on the lives of parents and children. ‘We have a website that contains all information, specialisations, examinations and care providers. It has become much clearer, and the patient is central. We also recently organized a first public day for families, policy makers and care providers. We shared research findings with them and there was an interactive market where we as carers and researchers could talk to the public. There were over a hundred visitors, so we can call it a great success’.
For more information, visit the KOPP Center’s new website.
- The Netherlands has an estimated 400,000 children of parents with mental health problems (KOPP). These problems can range from mood swings to depression and bipolar disorder.
- Because of the circumstances at home, but also because of a possible hereditary predisposition, these children run an additional risk of developing mental health problems themselves: 40 to 60 percent end up with a mental health problem at a later age.
- Why do some children develop mental health problems and others do not? Child psychiatrists suspect that it is about the interaction between genes and environment and the right connection with the resilience of children and families.
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Title: Conquer Me
Author: Geneva Lee
Publisher/Year: Westminster Press 11/10/14
Length: 266 Pages
Series: The Royals Saga #2
Love doesn’t always conquer all, but it can conquer me.
Alexander had the world at his feet and me on my knees until secrets tore us apart.
I should stay away from him. I should run. But I’m addicted to him…to the pleasure and the pain.
He warned me about his dark side…about his past. But I have a dark side, too. Together we’ll conquer our demons…if we don’t destroy each other first.
STILL LOVE this series. I went back to read what my thoughts were on the first installment of this series since i have such a positive reaction and yup – it holds true. There’s something to be said about a story that has so much tension, passion and anxiety in it, and it is all written so well together. You really don’t know what’s going to be thrown at them next, even though you fully understand what the underlying issue is.
So we join this series again when Alexander and Clara aren’t necessarily together, yet they can’t be apart from one another. Alexander has told her that they can’t be together since there are expectations on who he’s to be with since he’s the Crown Prince, and yet there’s such a strong attraction and bond between them that it’s futile in a sense to try to stay apart. The other bit is that we know that Alexander has hinted at the fact that he’s a dominant and while he’s not one to actively pursue the lifestyle, we know that it’s a part of who he is.
If that wasn’t enough, we know that there’s so much more going on. We know that Pepper has her own motivations in the story – i know that she wants to be with Alexander and not for love but for what he can do for her and what he can give her (money and all that other stuff to be spoilt with). What’s interesting though is where our author takes her in this installment. While i knew that there was going to be more about the car crash coming up i think that the other bit of information that we learn, that Clara is able to use against her is even jucier.
And there’s more. We see that the perfect world that Clara thought she had with her family isn’t quite as sound, and we see her mother and father’s relationship tested. The good thing though is that even with everything that’s going on with those folks, Clara continues to have a confidant in Edward – Alexander’s brother – and she’s able to get some sense of sanity and life back into herself.
If you thought that perhaps all that was enough to make for a great 2nd installment, there’s still so much more that goes on. We have a jilted psycho ex come into the picture – and that’s not a good thing. We have a father who has a pure hatred for things that he can’t control, we have drug allegations and we have a relationship that is so tentative and fragile that even a little whisper of a breath will break it. Where we are left off at the very end of this book is one that’s really an edge. You want to hope for the best, yet you know that whatever sense of security that we have is going to be broken as soon as we stop being cautious. So, thankfully the 3rd book is out and i have it in my library so i’m going to dive right into it tonight and i’ll let you know what i think. I can’t wait to see where Alexander and Clara end up, and the fear that i have knowing that the epilogue teased someone buying a gun ….well i wonder who’s going to make it to the end of the trilogy. i’ll leave you with those parting thoughts and enjoy!


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Why do we need to improve Park & Rides around Oxford?
There are currently substantial delays on all approaches to the Oxford ring road, with particular hotspots located to the west (A420, A40), north-west (A44) and south (A34, A4074) during the morning period.
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Gilford hands T-Wolves their first loss
|JAY MOUSSEAU goes up for a pair of his eight points in action against Gilford on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Kathy Sutherland. (click for larger version)|
December 27, 2010ALTON — Three wins does not a season make.
However, one loss also does not a season make.
The Prospect Mountain boys' hoop team, after jumping out to a 3-0 start to the season, dropped a 62-56 decision to Gilford on Tuesday, Dec. 21.
"We didn't win a championship at 3-0 and we're not out of the tournament at 3-1," coach Rob Carpenter said after his team's first defeat.
From the first whistle, Tuesday night's contest was a physical battle and the Timber Wolves couldn't quite keep up with the Golden Eagles from the beginning.
Austin Perrin hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at two, but that was as close as Prospect would be to the lead all night. Gilford then ran off seven points in a row to take a 9-2 lead before Zack Drouin drained a long three-pointer to cut the lead to five.
Gilford responded with a pair of three-pointer to push the lead to 15-5, but Drouin hit another from long distance with just 15 seconds on the clock, pulling the Timber Wolves within seven, 15-8, at the end of eight minutes of basketball.
Gilford scored the first three points of the second quarter before Drouin hit a free throw for the Timber Wolves. After another Gilford hoop, Adam Navarro delivered a pair from the charity stripe and Logan LaRoche did the same, cutting the lead to 20-13.
Gilford then hit three hoops in a row to stretch the lead to 26-13 before Drouin drove to the hoop for the Timber Wolves for the team's first field goal of the quarter with just 3:15 left in the half.
After another Gilford bucket, Jay Mousseau hit for the Timber Wolves to make it 28-17. However, Gilford hit a pair from the line and a field goal to push the lead to 32-17.
Prospect responded with a rebound and hoop from Mousseau, a three-pointer from Pat Cassidy and another Mousseau hoop off a great feed from Ethan Henderson, cutting the lead to 34-24 at the halftime break.
Gilford scored first out of the locker rooms, but Navarro answered with a rebound and hoop to keep it a 10-point game. However, a field goal and free throw from the visitors stretched the lead to 13. Navarro hit another free throw and Drouin answered with a bucket to again cut the lead to 10, but Gilford drained two more hoops for a 43-29 lead.
Drouin sunk two from the free throw line with 15 seconds to go, making it 31-43, but the visitors hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to take a 46-31 lead after three quarters.
A Golden Eagle free throw started the scoring in the fourth quarter, but Drouin answered with a three-pointer from Prospect. Not to be outdone, the visitors hit a three-pointer as well, making it 50-34.
Cassidy and Drouin (off an Anthony Frangione steal) hit back-to-back buckets to cut the lead to 12, but Gilford answered with four points in a row. Drouin hit a free throw, Mousseau hit two from the line and Henderson finished off a Frangione steal with a bucket to cut the lead to 54-43 with just 3:10 to play.
Gilford followed that up by hitting three from the free throw line and a field goal to push the lead to 59-43, but a long three-pointer from Drouin with 1:33 on the clock made it a 13-point game at 59-46. After a Gilford free throw, Frangione drilled a three-pointer to make it an 11-point game.
However, the Golden Eagles hit two from the line to push the lead back to 13. Drouin answered with two free throws and Frangione drilled another three-pointer to cut the lead to 62-54 and Drouin hit a shot at the buzzer to account for the final points.
"It as a pretty physical game, they let a lot of things go on both ends," Carpenter said. The Golden Eagles shot 32 free throws on the night.
"Gilford made their shots and we didn't finish," Carpenter continued. "We had a lot of opportunities around the rim that didn't go in."
The Timber Wolf coach noted that his team couldn't get any momentum going, which came from the fact that the boys were unable to make stops on the defensive side of the ball.
"When you're trying to get momentum turned back around in your direction, you have to get defensive stops," he said. "We didn't get any stops on defense."
Carpenter noted that his team is still a young squad that is a work in progress and he is hopeful that the upcoming holiday tournament will help them get a few little things worked out.
"Hopefully the Christmas tournament will help us get things worked out," he said. "Some little things we have to get better at."
For the game, Drouin led the way with 26 points, while Mousseau chipped in with eight.
The Timber Wolves will be back in regular season action on Tuesday, Jan. 4, when they head to Somersworth for a 6:30 p.m. contest.


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This morning I enjoyed the extra hour in bed, before getting up to run to Queens Park to do Moira’s 5k Run there. I did it last year and enjoyed it, so entered again this year. This year we started from the bandstand, I think near where Moira’s flat overlooked the park.
It was pretty chilly this morning, but I wrapped up warm and ran the 2 miles to Queens Park, getting there just after 10am. It was a lovely beautiful autumnal morning – between 0 and 2’C to start with, then it warmed up to about 10’C later in the day. The main thing was that there was no wind or rain, so the conditions were ideal. Here’s a nice picture I took when I got to the park.
I thought I would be mostly on my own, then Jo came up and said hello at the bandstand. Last year Jo, Audrey, Louise, Lisa and I all did the run… but this year it was just Jo and I. Audrey was at work, Louise didn’t make it, and Lisa was running the Dublin marathon (well done Lisa!). We stood listening to Bea, Moira’s Mum, at the start. (For more about Moira and Moira’s Fund, see the bottom of this post).
Bea mentioned how Moira’s flat used to look over the park, and they called it ‘Moira’s Park’. Then the terrible thing happened 10 years ago, when she was murdered in the park. But Bea wanted us all to reclaim the park for ourselves, our park.
Once again this year, her speech at the start was very heart felt and thoughtful. She mentioned many who were running it / raising money for the charity, and all of the organisers and volunteers. Charity patron Elaine C Smith was also there and had a few jokes to crack, joking that she’d already run the route, along with some other fun jokes.
I wasn’t sure if I would run the 5k fast, or whether I’d take it easy… it seemed like a good idea to take it easy and take the beautiful park and surroundings in… and now Jo was here it gave me an excuse not to run fast, and to run with her instead.
After the warm up (which as usual I didn’t take part in)… we walked to the start line and were quite far back in the pack, so there wasn’t much room to start fast for me.
The route takes you from the bandstand then up right up the hill, turning right, then down past the bandstand again… it was there that we saw Fit Girl who came to see us run as a surprise. She snapped a few pictures of us as we went.
I ended up running with Jo for the first mile, then she said she wanted to slow down, and suggested I go off on my own. My first mile was a 10:10 minute mile, then just before the hill at the glasshouse I took off on my own.
I seemed to zoom past some others, especially on the down hills… and at one point I passed Stephanie from the Bella Harriers. She was helping John run his first 5k, and it was nice to see her in passing.
A little further on, I was pushing strong and passed Anne Williamson, another Harrier… I was tempted to slow down to chat to her, but she encouraged me to keep going without her and we’d chat at the end.
My second mile was much faster, a 7:11 min mile. Up and over the hill one more time, and my third mile was around 7:34..my average heart rate running on my own was around 168 – right up my race pace towards the end.
My last 0.1M was 6:16 min mile pace (and 174 HR), maybe to do with (another Bella Harrier) Paul Clawson cheering me on. It was good feeling like I was running strong, and was probably helped by the first easy mile.
I’m glad I ran that first one with Jo… although it meant a finish time of 25:29, it was nice to catch up with her, and not beast it all the way.
I was thinking it’d be good to see how fast I can run a 5k and I might do a wee time trial in the next month or so. See if I can get anywhere near my 5k pb of 21:31 I set quite a few years ago.
I could have maybe run 23 minutes today if I’d really pushed it, so anything under that would be a bonus. Maybe I should race my 14 year old nephew and see if he can make me run fast? 😉
After the run today, we were given a goodie bag which had a bottle of water, a tangerine, a Moira Fund card, and a Moira Fund flyer… along with some biscuits and my favourite – a mars bar. Yum. The medal was the same as last years, but this time with a green ribbon instead of a blue ribbon.
Here’s us at the end, with a bit of a sweat on. After I spoke with the few people I knew there at the end, I started my 2 mile run home… taking it easy, and enjoying the nice morning, Mars bar in hand for later on.
And here’s me at the end with my medal (and thumbs up for my mars bar):
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The GCC summit faces common challenges
I refer to Sultan Al Qassemi's opinion article A collection of citizen voices urges the GCC to cooperate (December 5). While the GCC customs union is still not the same as the EU's, there is clearly a progressive agenda. The lack of agreement on a common GCC currency seems to have been to local benefit, given the far-reaching negative consequences of the euro as a common currency.
The GCC faces many challenges collectively as the next big growth region after the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) group. These include a rising youth demographic, unemployment, uneven growth, dwindling oil resources and massive expatriate populations, not to mention regional security issues. Yet there is a common Gulf Arab identity that has been forged as a global brand, much as "South Asian" or "South East Asian".
It is encouraging to see Gulf citizens concerned about the environment, women's rights, common transport and, increasingly, a global outlook which, given the already unprecedented expatriate populations, exceeds any other region's contribution to global citizenship and diversity.
Athar Mian, Abu Dhabi
Australia is the place for the World Cup
In reference to the sports article Sepp Blatter: it's the way he tells them ... (December 4), this sums up what, sadly, has become of the beautiful game.
Qatar is a questionable location for a major football tournament. The only thing going for it is its pledge to rehouse the stadiums in developing nations.
If Fifa wanted to break boundaries, it should have plumped for Australia: clean, great fans and grounds, a growing enthusiasm for the sport and proximity to other exciting areas - Malaysia, Indonesia and the rest of South East Asia.
Sean Williams, Abu Dhabi
Correction on UAE play therapist
How disappointing to read the article headlined No play therapy for nation's young (December 5), which quoted research from last year stating that there were no trained play therapists in the country. This is, in fact, incorrect and reinforces the view that education in the UAE is Dubai or Abu Dhabi centric and that the other emirates have little on offer.
To correct this false impression, your readers need to be aware that for the previous two years the Ras Al Khaimah English Speaking School (RAKESS) had a fully qualified teacher and PhD in play therapy, Dr Sarah Turner, employed at the school.
She worked to support students with behavioural disorders arising from divorce, physical abuse, depression and other emotional or physical issues. The play therapist worked in collaboration with special education teachers and the educational psychologists to enable these students to maximise educational and social opportunities.
This team was highly successful in working with these students and families with identified problems and received positive feedback from these members of the community.
The play therapy approach was effective for those who find it difficult to express themselves in words. Unfortunately, the integrated play therapy and special education programme is no longer functioning.
However, the experience demonstrated the need within the UAE for a specialist trained support team for students with disorders and that there is much to be learned from this experience - even though news of the programme had clearly not reached Dubai or Abu Dhabi.
Roy Burrows, former principal, RAKESS,Ras Al Khaimah
New skills for an old system
In reference to Classroom advice from the teenage teacher (December 3), Adora Svitak is a very impressive young woman. Not only has she written a book on education, Ms Svitak is also in the classroom, where I assume she is putting her ideas into practice.
She offered her opinions regarding education in the UAE, in particular as discussed by young teachers at the Dubai Women's College. The young Emirati women "feel they can't change things … the system needs a radical shift".
One student teacher, Amna al Thani, was impressed with Ms Svitak's belief in the power of change and made a comment that 45 minutes a day studying English is not enough.
Change is next to impossible when the status quo is both accepted and reinforced by the education experts and the society within which the education system works.
Faculty member Satya Klever essentially said that Dubai Women's College is graduating teachers without a way of implementing the teaching methods they have been taught.
Isn't teaching people skills and concepts that cannot be implemented immoral?
Tom Pattillo, Ras Al Khaimah
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On Tuesday (25) at 4.33pm, two crews from Cambridge were called to a fire in the open on Milton Road, Cambridge.
Firefighters arrived to find waste and pallets on fire in close proximity to a bungalow. The heat from the fire was also affecting a nearby car port. Firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the fire, before returning to their station by 6.30pm.
The cause of the fire was accidental.