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Birthdate: February 18, 1988
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Where You've Seen Her: Actress Maiara Walsh got her start with children's shows like Unfabulous and Cory in the House. Her role as the mischievous Ana Solis on Desperate Housewives made waves and got people talking. Since then, she's appeared in The Vampire Diaries, Mean Girls 2, and Switched at Birth. This year, we can't wait to see more of Walsh as she stars in General Education, One of Us Must Know, and A Chance of Rain.
Random Fact: Her name is pronounced "MY-Ah-Da" or at least that's what IMDB wants us to think!

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What happens during the discharge process
When your physician says you are ready to go home, he or she will write the order on your chart and give you instructions for follow-up care. As soon as you know about your discharge, please let relatives or friends know so your discharge can go smoothly.
Before you leave, check your nightstand, bedside tray and closets for any items you may have missed when packing. When you are ready, ring the nurses’ station with your call light. A nurse will discuss follow-up care with you and then you will be asked to sign your discharge instructions.
The University of Toledo Outpatient Pharmacy is available to fill your discharge. Prescriptions may be delivered to the outpatient pharmacy in the basement of the hospital building prior to your discharge. See your nurse or discharge counselor to assist with this process. The outpatient pharmacy is available to fill your prescription needs Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and can be reached at 419.383.3750 or dial Ext. 3750 from your room.
If your physician wants to see you in the office for follow-up care, the nursing staff may assist you with making appointments at your request. Ask the physician or nurse for the direct telephone number to the office in case the appointment cannot be made before you leave the hospital. You may also call the operator at Ext. 4000, 419.383.4000 or 800.321.8383 to obtain your physician’s telephone number if you did not get it before you were discharged.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio will march not once, but twice, in this year’s New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
The mayor agreed to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade after the Board of Directors invited the Lavender & Green Alliance to march under its own banners in the world’s oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
“This March 17th, we will all march together,” the mayor told a crowded press conference at the Irish Consulate on Thursday. “For the first time in decades, the whole Irish community will come together to celebrate.” The mayor said he will march with city police and firefighters at the beginning of the parade and also march later in the day with the Lavender & Green Alliance.
“On behalf of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Board of Directors, it is an honor to welcome Mayor Bill de Blasio and the members of the New York City Council to the 2016 New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade,” said Parade Board member Frank McGreal.
“On March 17th, 200,000 of us march up Fifth Avenue to honor St. Patrick and to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising, the birth of Irish freedom,” McGreal added.
“We remember the brave men and women who stood on the steps of Dublin’s General Post Office and read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. One of the greatest declarations of human rights, this document promises to cherish all the children of the nation equally.”
McGreal welcomed Lavender & Green Alliance founder Brendan Fay and the group to the parade, saying in Irish “Cead Mile Failte — one hundred thousand welcomes.”
Fay responded, “Go raibh cead mile maith agaibh, one hundred thousand thanks.”
Parade chairman John Lahey said he wants the 255th New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade this year to be the “most inclusive parade ever.” The parade’s Grand Marshal is Senator George Mitchell, who brokered the Good Friday Agreement, which brought peace to Northern Ireland. This year’s parade, which is expected to have 200,000 marchers, also marks the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, which proclaimed Ireland as an independent republic.
The mayor thanked Cardinal Timothy Dolan for his support and credited Pope Francis for his compassionate leadership of the Church, which has shown more acceptance of LGBT Catholics. When asked about his stand on gay priests, Pope Francis did not stray from the Church’s doctrine, but told reporters, “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday proposed delaying a new rule limiting foreign banks’ credit exposure to a single counterparty, allowing non-U.S. regulators time to adopt similar regulations which foreign companies could opt to follow instead.
With the proposed 18-month delay, foreign banks would not have to comply with the new restrictions until July 1, 2021 for larger banks, and the beginning of 2022 for smaller firms.
The rule would apply to the combined U.S. operations under direct control of foreign banks, which are permitted to operate under their home country’s similar rules.
The potential delay would not apply to intermediate holding companies established by foreign banks in the United States, which must adhere to the Fed’s rule.
The rule, introduced under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law but still not effective, aims to prevent contagion risks that rocked many big banks during financial the crisis due to their large exposures to one another.
Reporting by Pete Schroeder; Editing by Richard Chang
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An RTI activist recently placed in public domain minutes of the meeting RBI’s board had to consider demonetisation. A highlight was the observation that it would not have “material impact” on black money. That’s on account of black money finding its way into assets such as real estate and gold. In other words, black or unaccounted money is intertwined with everyday economic transactions. Therefore, a fight against it needs a long-term strategy and not a heavy-hand measure like demonetisation which had adverse economic and social consequences.
Opacity in the process of economic policy making and its execution is an important contributor to black money. An attempt to trace its source also leads to the issue of political funding. In India political funding is not only opaque, it’s the root cause of cronyism. If the next Lok Sabha is serious about tackling black money it needs to end cash donations to political parties as they are unaccompanied by disclosures about the identity of the giver. Beneficiaries are the more than 2000 political parties registered with the Election Commission which also receive tax exemptions.
NDA attempts at reform of electoral funding have perversely added another layer of opacity. The government introduced electoral bonds which allow for funding of political parties through the banking channel but the relevant legislation allows donor identity to be concealed. This level of opacity made the previous chief election commissioner OP Rawat wonder how one could be sure that black money did not find its way into bonds. In addition, the legal provision that companies declare their political contribution in their financial statements was dropped. This shrouds an important political funding channel and creates conditions for the growth of cronyism. Reform of political financing should be a core part of fighting black money.

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Hannah Gosselin's eldest, twins Mady and Cara, have left for college and are breathing free air for the first times in their lives.
While Kate tries to elicit sympathy by mourning Hannah's absence from family trips, she has another bone to pick.
Kate says that the world has been so unfair to her family. Girl, go look in a mirror.
Kate Gosselin took to Instagram to share a photo of her eldest daughters.
"I love these kids fiercely," Kate writes, referring specifically to Mady and Cara.
"And," she adds. "I don’t apologize for my tears."
"Times have been so tough," Kate complains.
"And," she notes. "So needlessly unfair for them."
Awwww, they're all grown up! Well, you know, they're adults. "Grown up" seems to start around 30 and it is not as fun as it sounds.
"Despite it all," Kate continues. "They’ve turned out to be such wonderful amazing human beings."
"I cannot wait to see what lies ahead for each of them," she expresses.
Kate looks forward to seeing their progress "once they get away from those who have tried to destroy them versus protect them!"
Naturally, she also plugs her show, Kate Plus 8.
Back in May, Mady opened up about how much she and Cara are looking forward to college.
"College feels like a place to blend in," Mady expressed.
She continued: "and I feel like we haven't really had much of a chance to really blend in."
"And," she stated. "I want to be just like somebody."
You know that you've had quite the childhood when your firmest wish for your university experience is anonymity.
"I don't want to know everybody's name," Mady continued.
She added: "and I don't want to know everybody's business."
"And I don't want everyone to know my name and my business," Mady emphasized.
She's not quite saying that she doesn't want to make any friends. It sounds more like she wants to blend into the crowd.
"I feel like big college is the way we want to go," she concluded.
"She was not able to come and that's sad," Kate said in a recent clip to explain why Hannah was not joining a "family" trip.
Kate accused: "That's the second trip here actually for us that she hasn't been with us."
"It was sad for us because you know, they're getting older and they're making different choices and they're doing different things," she said.
Kate continued: "And she opted to stay back with her dad, which again, you know, her choice."
"It's not optimal for mom," she admitted. "But it's something that I support and you know, we just adjust and move on."
So what does Kate mean when she says that her two eldest daughters have faced so much unfairness?
Does she mean that it's unfair to be thrust into reality stardom as a child because your parents are thirsty for fame?
Does she mean that no child deserves to grow up in an abusive household?
Or does Kate mean that two children would have been enough, and she robbed her eldest twins of any hope of a normal life by having six more?
All of these are great point. But because Kate is the culprit in each case, we strongly doubt that this is her meaning.
We wish Mady and Cara the very best at their (undisclosed) universities! We're sure that they have a long road to recovering from having Kate as a mom.


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If you’ve been thinking about purchasing or refinancing a home, now might be a good time to act – or at least explore your options.
After all, mortgage rates are at historical lows.
Opportunities that are available now may soon vanish when the housing market straightens itself out.
You could see benefits for years to come by capitalizing on current interest rates.
Following are some of the benefits:
While home values in many parts of the country continue to fall, buyers may be holding out until they feel that the real estate market in their area has reached the bottom. Truly rock-bottom deals exist but are less common these days, especially in the case of foreclosures, as banks would rather sit on homes than give them away.
Looking at a purchase transaction as a long-term investment means that market fluctuations down the road, either way, should have only minimal influence on your decision to buy.
As much as falling home prices are a benefit to homebuyers, they can represent challenges for those looking to refinance their existing homes. Regardless, saving a percentage point or two on a mortgage rate can add up to thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars over the life of a mortgage. There are programs that allow a refinance with little or no equity in a property, and existing Federal Housing Administration borrowers may even be able to refinance without having to get an appraisal.


LBN’s Bob Donley notes that August has returned, and with it comes municipal elections, including in Phoenix. This election will be one of the least competitive in the last fifteen years. The biggest contests on the ballot are two initiative proposals.
In the mayor’s race, Greg Stanton—seeking a second term—has two challengers. One of them, Matt Jette, proposes to use local college campuses to stimulate the economy. The other, Anna Brennan, says she will use her business experience to help create jobs by making Phoenix more business friendly. Four city council members are running for reelection, but only one of them is actually in question. Daniel Valenzuela is being challenged by Felix Garcia. The other three seats are uncontested. The predictable low turnout for an election like this one should help the incumbents.
The tougher question relates to a pair of ballot proposals. Proposition 103 is aimed at helping the city better manage its growing pension deficiency and better balance the budget. Opponents say it is anti-labor. The other issue is Proposition 104, usually referred to as the transit tax. [Note: Proposition 104 has been the subject of previous reports on LBN, including this one.] The proposal is a 35-year plan to increase and expand sales taxes.
The promise is that light rail and bus service would improve and potholes would be fixed. Critics, on the other hand, say the tax proposal is a “billion dollar boondoggle,” throwing good money after bad. They say that the tax proposal would not do what is promised.
The election is August 25, 2015.
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QNB Stars League Week 18 – Al Sailiya 2 Al Arabi 3
Al Arabi’s Wilfried Bony was the hero as they came from behind to record an entertaining 3-2 victory away to Al Sailiya at the Al Ahli Stadium in the first of Friday night’s fixtures in Week 18 of the QNB Stars League.
Al Arabi scored through Wilfried Bony (12th and 80th minutes) and Victor Vazquez in the 78th. Al Sailiya’s goals came from a Morteza Pouraliganji own goal in the 53rd minute and Abdulkadir Ilyas in the 61st.
The night got off to a lively start when Bony latched onto a loose ball in the penalty area before rounding Saoud Al Khater in goal and giving his team an early lead.
Bilal Saidani nearly got his side back on level terms shortly after. However, his close-range effort was brilliantly intercepted by Gregory Gomis in the Al Arabi goal.
Shortly after the restart, The Peregrines were level when Fahad Yousef skipped into the box from the left and his square pass was unfortunately converted into his own goal by Morteza.
It did not take long for them to capitalise on this again as Yousef, in almost identical fashion, skipped past the Al Sailiya defence and squared the ball across the box, but this time Ilyas was on hand to slide it home.
As the clock was ticking down, Al Sailiya got themselves back on level terms when Vazquez reacted quickest to a deep free-kick and headed home unmarked at the back post.
With barely enough time to catch breath, Al Arabi secured all three points when Musab Keder surged down the right before laying off the ball to Bony who, in composed fashion, glided past his marker and struck his shot inside the far post.

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Remember Jatujak? This Thai restaurant was located on the fourth floor of The Block, SM City North EDSA. My colleagues turned friends and I frequent this restaurant because we used to always watch a movie in this building. Thus, it became our go-to restaurant when we crave for Thai food. Jatujak has several offerings and they are all good. We specifically love their Thai Spring Rolls, Pad Thai, and Bagoong Rice. Also, I remember drinking the best Thai Milk Tea here. But that was years ago. So when my family and I went to watch Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, I decided to visit the restaurant again. To my surprise, it’s been replaced by another Thai restaurant called Easy, Tiger – Thai Food with a Kick!
One Sunday morning, my family and I decided to search for a nice restaurant at the mall. Sure, malls are busy on a weekend but if you plan to eat after hearing the mass then it’s the best place to be. They basically have it all! So after finding a parking space at SM North EDSA’s new building, we did a little walking and ended up at a place called Tamarind: Taste of Thai. We’ve been to this mall countless times but that was the first time we passed by that area. Thus, we didn’t hesitate to try it.
The first thing that comes to mind when you say Conti’s is their Mango Bravo cake. No one can blame them because it’s really good. A great proof is that almost all the cakes I see at parties and surprise birthday celebrations are from Conti’s. But honestly, it’s been a while since I dined at their restaurant. Conti’s do offer several mouth-watering dishes. So for my Abuelita’s birthday, I decided to treat her at Conti’s Bakeshop & Restaurant.
Have you seen the new area at the ground floor of SM North EDSA, The Block? Like most people who visit different malls, not all explore a certain floor or building except when needed. I’m glad I was looking for something that day and decided to take a different route. If I did not, I wouldn’t have discovered the array of restaurants near SM Hypermarket. From Japanese cuisine to Filipino favourites, you will find something that suits your taste buds. The one that caught my attention was Bistro Remedios.

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Minority Enterprise Development Week
Posted by City of Philadelphia on August 28, 2017
The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce, Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) is hosting their annual Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) starting October 2, 2017. In partnership with Art Is The Culture (A.I.T.C.) organization founded by Kamal Rhodes, the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement (OBME) will participate in MED week by hosting an event for Black Male Business Owners in the City. The initiative highlights the contributions of Black Male Business Owners and addresses ways to sustain business through the utilization of Resources. https://beforewallstreet.eventbrite.com
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Whenever Shelley even glances at the supplement aisle at her local chain drugstore, the options overwhelm her. “It seems like I read a new article every week about the latest and greatest supplement, and why a product that was hot three months ago has become a no-no. I absolutely need supplements now that I’m in menopause, but I have no idea which ones to buy. It’s frustrating and upsetting!” Shelley said.
Shelley, and millions of other women, will be delighted to learn that a store we’ve known for years aims to become the go-to destination for superior health, wellness and beauty products for women 45+. When our backs were turned, GNC woke up and recognized that we’re a pretty darn important community of ladies! Firmly established as the leading resource for sports and fitness supplements, GNC is now determined to help boomer women feel and look the best we can, without a bit of frustration. “Lots of physiological changes take place in a woman’s body starting in perimenopause and then leading into menopause,” said Guru Ramanathan, Chief Innovation Officer, who has been with GNC for two decades. “It’s an important phase in the life of a woman, and we want to be there for her.”
Walk into a GNC today and you’ll see, front and center, four major sections of Women’s Health and Beauty products to help support your nutrition and health goals during perimenopause and menopause. You’ll find supplements for heart health to hormone balance; for bone health to digestion support; for eye health to urinary tract health. GNC also offers us an impressive selection of products for our skin, hair, and nails!
No doubt, it’s a big challenge to win over smart and demanding women, but 82-year-old GNC is putting its money where its mouth is! Besides greatly expanding its selection of nutritional supplements and other merchandise women need, it’s committing major resources for research and development to create top-quality products for us. It’s also vigorously training employees, and offering exclusive online tools so we have the essential knowledge to buy the most effective products for each of our unique needs! GNC knows that knowledge is powerful to women.
Guru and his teams of scientists and product innovators constantly stay on top of developments in healthy aging, travel the world to find unparalleled raw materials, work tirelessly to develop the very best dietary supplements, and put many of them through clinical studies with real women to make certain they meet GNC’s stringent performance standards. “A lot of people shop only for price and don’t really understand there’s a definite difference in product quality between a big bottle of fish oil supplements for $5, and GNC fish oil, which properly supports healthy cholesterol levels, as well as joint, skin and brain health,” Guru explains.
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Amphan made landfall on Wednesday, lashing coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. The storm is weakening as it moves north into Bhutan.
Thousands of trees were uprooted in the gales, electricity and telephone lines brought down and houses flattened.
Many of Kolkata's roads are flooded and its 14 million people without power.
The storm is the first super cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal since 1999. Though its winds had weakened by the time it struck, it was still classified as a very severe cyclone.

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Mara Thompson is a very talented mixed media artist who also happens to live in my neighborhood, so I enjoyed being able to walk over to her studio the other week to chat more about her work. Her use of fascinating and diverse materials is very inspiring to me, as is the innovation she brings to her projects (everything from drawing to dying papers, painting, making use of an old typewriter, incorporating found and vintage materials, etc.). She inspires me to seek and experiment and let everything be a creative process.
I also like her collaborative spirit and her drive to network with other artists. One of her current collaborative projects involves 5 or 6 other artists who are continuing an unfinished story written by Rene Duamal: metaclimb.blogspot.com.
Mara's art can be found on her website, mythmara.com.
1.) When did you first start creating? Have you always been interested in art?
My first memory of creating falls into the venue of “play”…making a home for a colored cardboard caterpillar, likely from a cereal box, in a plastic strawberry basket. The grass was the cellophane from Easter time. It kept me rapt for hours…days.
Yes…but it was not named as such…it was a yearning for expression that I didn’t see possible in any other part of daily life. The something “Other." I would cut high school just to visit the new LACMA…wander around…go home again. Or I’d keep it close to home and cut classes to go to the library. It paid off, it was what I needed.
2.) When did you decide to become a working artist?
I always “worked” at drawing while raising my daughter and eventually working a twenty-year career….I decided to further study the arts when I left that career. I began to pursue a Fine Arts Certificate at a recognized art college. Eventually I began to work at that college just to check out what was happening…demystify the art world a bit.
3.) Where do you get the materials for your art? How did you become interested in your subject matter?
During my college continuing ed classes, the basic supplies were explained. After a time, long after finishing the courses, I learned which ones I really love to work with and how to focus on just those. In the beginning, I happily likened myself to an exuberant puppy stumbling over its own feet. I knew it would take time to settle. I found my love of vintage paper, images and materials has woven its way into my expressions. It was in my basic nature.
4.) What do you like best about the creative process?
The mystery of what appears. Knowing how to use the materials allows the thinking brain to relax and the subconscious to rise. One revelation leads to another. In the studio, there is no “time."
5.) What do you like least?
Not having MORE space to work in.
6.) What motivates you to keep creating?
7.) Art can sometimes be an isolating profession. Has art connected you to other people or impacted others in interesting ways?
Since I’ve been focusing on the art now for eleven years, coincidentally during the growth of social media, I’ve found world-wide artist friends and opportunities. It’s joyous and is opening many doors.
8.) If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?
Been there, done that. It was what I had to do to make money for my family. A creator never retires.
9.) What are your creative dreams? (if anything is possible, what would you want to have happen?)
I’m happy and hope I continue to be as fortunate as I am to have time to devote to the studio. When it’s ready, a series will make itself clear that it’s ready to be shown around. I just need to be in the studio for that to happen. Simply – show up and work.
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Copper Mountain Resort presents first Mac and Cheese Fest this Saturday
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What: Mac and Cheese Fest
When: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22
Where: Copper Mountain Resort
Cost: $25 for full sampling adults 21 and up; $20 for full sampling for ages 12-20; $10 for kids 11 and under; $1 per Ala Carte individual ticket
More information: Visit http://www.coppercolorado.com
Bacon may have been enjoying its time in the trendy food limelight recently, but this Saturday it’s going to have to step aside and give another delicious food a chance to shine. Copper Mountain Resort is holding its first Mac n Cheese Fest this Saturday, Aug. 22.
The festival is one of several that Copper has created this year in order to bring more food-centric events to the summer lineup. Others include the Burger Summit, which took place July 25, and the upcoming Chubby Chili Pepper cook-off on Sept. 19.
When event organizer Holly Robinson did some research on potential new food festival ideas, she ran across a few other macaroni and cheese related events, and the idea just stuck with her.
“We were looking for an event that would be super family-friendly,” she said, “that would appeal to adults and kids.”
The Mac and Cheese Fest will feature macaroni and cheese dishes prepared by eight Copper Mountain restaurants. Each dish will be paired with its own signature cocktail, designed by the restaurant chef to perfectly complement the style of the dish and its flavors.
The menu, which can be found online, showcases a wide variety of types of dishes within the medium of mac and cheese. Alpinistra Family Bistro, for example, will offer pulled pork mac and cheese paired with a bacon bloody mary, while JJ’s Rocky Mountain Tavern features smoked salmon, bacon and roasted peppers along with a sweet lemon fizz cocktail.
The restaurant with the winning mac and cheese dish will receive $500 and a trophy, with a plaque for the two runners up. Visitors will be able to vote for the People’s Choice winner, which will receive a $500 cash prize.
Tickets options allow guests to sample all dishes and cocktails at $25, with those ages 12 to 20 able to purchase tickets for $20 to pair the mac and cheese dishes with non-alcoholic drinks. Tickets for kids 11 and under are $10. For those who just want a few samples, “mini mac” tickets will allow them to pay for each dish individually. Tickets can be purchased online ahead of time or at the event. The event may sell out, as the Burger Summit did in July.
Other events surrounding the mac and cheese festivities include a magician, craft center, balloon animals and improve poet for the kids, as well as a mac and cheese eating contest, “which I think all the teenage boys in Summit County should be super excited about,” said Robinson.
Live music will start at 2 p.m. with the John Truscelli Band. At 3:30 the award-winning Denver-based band Hot Lunch will take the stage until about 5 p.m.
Meanwhile, Copper’s usual activities will be available, such as go-kart racing and riding the chairlift to the top of the mountain.
“You can work off some mac and cheese, you can go for a hike if you want,” said Stephanie Sweeney, communications manager at Copper. Trails start from Center Village, where the mac and cheese fest is, or people can choose to ride the chairlift and walk back down.
Parking will be free, and Sweeney recommended B Lot, Chapel Lot or Copper Circle as the lots closest to all the action. She also suggested people arrive a little bit before the event starts at 2 p.m. to make sure they can get their tickets and to walk around.
Above all, anyone and everyone is welcome to come listen to some music and taste test some unique mac and cheese dinners, whether they’re young in age or young at heart.
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The Cowichan Folk Guild (CFG) will proudly present the 33rd Islands Folk Festival on July 21 – 23, 2017 at Providence Farm in Duncan, BC. For directions, click here. Music lovers from all over Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are invited to join this celebration of music, featuring all the best elements of a homegrown folk festival. Gate opens at 3:00pm Friday July 21.
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Weekend Passes can also be purchased in Duncan at Ten Old Books, Volume One Books and at the Beverly Corners Liquor Store.
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Remember how Koito’s fabrication of aircraft seat test data delayed the delivery of five Airbus A330-300s to Thai Airways International (and created other delivery delays)?
Well, Thai A330s are still parked at Bordeaux, but the carrier’s board of directors has agreed a plan to get them fitted with seats and into the air where they belong.
Thai has picked German firm ZIM Flugsitz as its supplier of economy-class seats for the A330s under various stipulations. A key provision will see ZIM work in parallel with Koito, which has until 20 September to confirm its commitment to Thai (scroll down for Thai’s entire statement).
ZIM displayed its ‘ECO-01′ family of lightweight economy-class seats at the recent Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.
Here is Thai’s statement about its new seat strategy (note that ZIM will get Thai’s 747 retrofit work if Koito can’t make good on the A330 commitment):
The Board approved on the Supplier of economy class seats including the in-flight entertainment for the A330-300 (4th to 8th aircraft) and for retrofitting of B747-400 (7th -12th aircraft).
Zim Flugsitz GmbH is the selected Seat Supplier, replacing Koito which could not provide the seats for THAI in due time. Due to the seat delivery problem, it became necessary for THAI to find other seat suppliers in parallel with solving the KOITO seat problem.
THAI then set up a Procurement Committee to find a new Seat Supplier, upon which ZIM Flugsitz GmbH has met the technical requirement specified by the Committee. ZIM products have also received endorsements from various organizations, leading to the confidence that it can deliver the seats to THAI within the specified timeframe.
German-based ZIM Flugsitz GmbH provides quality products that meet TOR specifications the most. Therefore, when compared all details and all aspects, ZIM Flugsitz GmbH was selected to be the Supplier of economy class seat for THAI, with an offer for ZIM to work in parallel with KOITO who has until 20th Sep to confirm to THAI their commitment.
If KOITO cannot deliver the seat within the specified time frame, ZIM will deliver the seats to THAI within 8 months of receiving the LOI. This comes with condition that ZIM would be supplier for the retrofit project of B747-400 (7th-12th aircraft).


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For an intranet application instead of using a proper web server, it has been planned to just deploy static html pages by sharing it over the network. This static html page is continously updated in the background by a program running on that PC and people access this html page by typing the shared file path directly in the browser. A maximum of 10 simultaneous users are expected to access it. Can any one see the disadvantages or advantages in this type of deployment?
The problem is that this is what Web server side programming languages are designed to solve. One disadvantage is that this makes the process overly complicated. Web servers can be pretty light weight if the issue is not wanting extra administrative overhead. It sounds like you'd be writing a lot of data unnecessarily. I'd suggest using some Web based programming language/platform like PHP, Perl, ASP.NET, etc to just serve up content.

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- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Bicolano lawmakers have moved for the establishment of a government assistance fund meant for cancer patients from poor families.
House Bill (HB) no.3441 or the proposed “Indigent Cancer Patients’ Assistance Fund (ICPAF)” was jointly filed by Masbate 1st district Rep. Maria Vida Espinosa Bravo and Sorsogon 1st district Rep. Evelina Escudero.
In the bill’s explanatory note, the lady politiko said noted that cancer ranks as the third highest cause of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines next to communicable diseases and cardiovascular diseases.
“Among the great challenges for the diagnosed with cancer is finding funds to complete the recommended treatment,” they noted.
“This bill seeks to establish an [ICPAF] to support the medicine and treatment needs of indigent and underprivileged cancer patients in the country,” the solons further said.
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indicate primary sclerosing cholangitis as clinically questioned. Mild biliary prominence is within normal limits given age and post cholecystectomy status." So, now she wants to do a liver biopsy to confirm PBC, since my ANA and AMA are positive and ALP of 237. By the way, I feel fine, other than some fatigue. Thoughts?


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ADIE MINGS: Promise for the future
12:20pm Friday 20th April 2012 in Adie Mings Column
I’VE said before that the end of the season cannot come quickly enough for us.
It’s about getting the players out of the firing line and hopefully recharging their batteries over the summer.
We need to go away and have a look at some fresh talent because things do need freshening up.
We need more quality in our team – but you have to pay for quality.
Stourbridge last Saturday were another example – a club with a bigger budget and able to attract those better players.
I’ve had a couple of chats with the board about things and I believe that behind the scenes, things are looking promising with what John Applegate the chairman and Neil Blackmore (new vice-chairman) are trying to do.
They are gearing themselves up to get a lot of things right for next year and with Stuart Gillies arriving as commercial director, they are making great strides to put the club on a sound footing.
I still want to be part of that.
Again, against Stourbridge we created some really good chances in the first half but we were caught out by a little lapse in concentration.
(Goalkeeper) Kev Sawyer held his hands up for their second goal. He just misjudged the flight of the ball.
For their first goal he made a fantastic save but we didn’t react, even though we had five players in and around that area.
Kev’s made two or three great saves, especially as he’s only really about 80 per cent fit But they got the first goal and we huffed and puffed a little bit after that.
We’ve spoken a little bit about what happens when your luck is out.
When you are down and things are not going well those little half-chances just seem to go against you.
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In this edition we have a report on the restoration of two handmade 19th-century looms in Greene County, Ohio. Then we learn about two looms, one simple and one complex, built by a company in Ohio at the beginning of the 20th century. Writing on an old loom leads to an on-line search for its former owner. A 20th-century German loom is restored and updated, and a tape loom on a frame is described.
Restoring Two Looms in Greene County, Ohio
Kathleen Armstrong was volunteered by her mother to restore two looms belonging to the historical society in Greene County, OH. One had some unusual features, many parts missing, and no history. The other, while structurally simpler, came with all its parts and some history.
Two Reed Looms
Reed Loom Company of Springfield, OH, produced a wide variety of looms from very simple to quite complex in the early 20th century. Windy Ferree tells about her very plain but sturdy “Little Dandy” loom, and Linda Bertanzetti describes her very rare and complex “Superior” loom.
The Mystery of Thomas the Tailor’s Loom
Pencil writing on the side of a large old loom set Julie Fuller on a quest to find the owner, who she discovered was a tailor. Thanks to the on-line resources, she was able to trace him and some of his descendants. She describes the loom and her theories about it.
Restoring a Marquardsen Loom
Frank Dykes obtained his Herald Marquardsen loom by trading some Victorian furniture that he could no longer use. He rescued this loom, which was popular with students of the Bauhaus in the 1930s. He recounts the restoration process and how he is updating the loom.
A Tape Loom on a Frame
From her years of researching and weaving on tape looms, Bonnie Weidert recognized an old and strange-looking piece on eBay as a rigid-heddle loom. She describes the frame construction and how it works.


SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Russell Wilson high-stepped his way down the sideline before hugging coach Pete Carroll after Jason Myers’ kick narrowly split the uprights.
After a wild overtime that featured a rare Wilson interception and a missed field goal by San Francisco, the Seattle Seahawks had knocked the Niners from the ranks of the unbeaten and made sure the NFC West would remain tight down the stretch.
Myers kicked a 42-yard field goal after Chase McLaughlin missed a kick earlier in overtime, and the Seahawks handed the 49ers their first loss of the season with a 27-24 victory on Monday night.
Jacob Hollister, a tight end from Bend, played a key role for Seattle for the second straight week. The former Mountain View High standout caught a career-high eight passes for 62 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter that gave the Seahawks their first lead of the night at 14-10.
Last week Hollister had two TD receptions, including a 10-yard score in overtime to give Seattle a 40-34 win over Tampa Bay.
Monday night’s game was even wilder.
“That was the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of,” Wilson said.
Myers gave Seattle (8-2) its second straight overtime win after Wilson got the Seahawks into position with an 18-yard scramble on a third-and-3 play. After a 49ers timeout, Myers delivered one week after missing two field goals and an extra point, moving Seattle on the heels of San Francisco (8-1) in the NFC West.
“We practice these situations every day,” Seahawks tackle Duane Brown said. “Russell Wilson is the best quarterback in the league. When you have him under center, I don’t care how much time is on the clock. We feel like we have a chance.”
The Seahawks shut down San Francisco’s running game, allowing only 3.2 yards per carry and forced Jimmy Garoppolo into an off night as his receivers contributed with several drops. Garoppolo finished 24 of 48 for 248 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
He was sacked five times and missed injured tight end George Kittle and Emmanuel Sanders, who left in the first quarter with a rib injury.


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by Mr. Joseph Warton
Hail meek-ey'd Maiden, clad in sober grey,
Whose soft approach the weary wood-man loves;
As homeward bent to kiss his prattling babes,
Jocund he whistles through the twilight groves.
When Phæbus sinks behind the gilded hills;
You lightly o'er the misty meadows walk;
The drooping daisies bathe in dulcet dews,
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The panting Dryads, that in day's fierce heat
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Cream (Summer Skill Off)
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Cream is a bunny that can be found at the pet parade during the Summer Skill Off.
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Goshichi Harukawa, Japanese, Woman by a Circular Window, 1920-1929, Woodblock print, ink, color, and metallic embelishment on paper; Length: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 inches), Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.43
Gemlike in refinement, privately commissioned prints (surimono) were often designed as visual complements to poems and exchanged among members of the poetry group who composed the texts and underwrote publication costs. The RISD Museum owns an album of eighty-eight surimono compiled by the Osaka poet Iga no Kurimi (active 1810s — 1830s). It unites the skills of the great woodblock-cutter Tani Seiko¯ (active in Osaka during the 1820s) with poems by members of the Osaka ‘crane’ literary group. Woman by a Circular Window, inscribed by the group’s head, Tsurunoya (Ki no Osamaru, ca. 1751 — 1839), also bears Seiko¯’s seal at lower left. The album is one of at least two presented to American geologist Raphael Pumpelly during early 1863 in Japan. Its contents are among the first Japanese prints to enter the United States.


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My high hopes for summer reading were disappointed as I took on new job responsibilities and my family went through a move (and is actually still going through it—we have been between houses for more than a month). I lost access to my Great Books of the Western World volumes for several weeks as part of that process. However, I’m back on campus now and hoping to get this project back on track!
Here are the readings for the coming week:
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book I, Chapters 22-28 (GBWW Vol. 51, pp. 41-59)
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Chapter XXXV (GBWW Vol. 37, pp. 558-571)
- The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part I, Questions 68-70 (GBWW Vol. 17, p. 354-367)
- Sonnets XVI-XX by William Shakespeare (GBWW Vol. 25, p. 589)
- Principles of Psychology by William James, Chapter XX, beginning to heading “The Summation of the Sense-spaces” (GBWW Vol. 53, pp. 540-570)
- The Laws of Plato, Book VII (GBWW Vol. 6, pp. 713-731)
Chapter XX of Principles of Psychology is nearly 100 pages long, so I thought it would be wise to break it up into more manageable sections. It may take us a month to get through at this rate, but I prefer that to the overload sure to occur if we try to do the whole thing in one go.
Here are some observations from last week’s readings:
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book I, Chapters 15-23: I’m not clear on the passage of time here, but apparently some has already passed. Pierre has established himself as a ne’er-do-well, Boris and Natasha are in love, and the Count’s relatives are scheming about his will as he lies on his deathbed. If Pierre is declared legitimate, and the Count’s will is valid, Pierre gets all the money.
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Chapter XXXIV: In this chapter Gibbon treats us to a portrait of Attila the Hun, a real piece of work. For twenty years he was a thorn in the Romans’ side; he forced the eastern empire to pay what can only be described as a humiliating annual tribute and required it to follow his lead in foreign policy. Props to the city of Azimuntium, which made itself such a problem for Attila that he decided not to devote his resources to conquering it. Gibbon makes Theodosius II out to be a complete loser.
- The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part I, Questions 65-67: These questions lead off St. Thomas’s treatise on the six-day creation. In other words, the focus here is on the physical/material/corporeal creation as opposed to the purely spiritual beings treated in the earlier section. St. Thomas affirms that God did create matter and that it reflects his goodness, but that he did it without using angels as a medium. He works in a rebuttal of the Platonic conception of forms here. There’s also a discussion of the empyrean heaven as a sensible place with Genesis 1:1 as the proof text. Question 67 deals with the first day specifically, and I was intrigued to see St. Thomas anticipate the objection voiced by so many today, that you can’t read Genesis 1 literally because the chapter states there was light on the first day but no sun.
- Sonnets XI-XV by William Shakespeare: And yet more sonnets about beauty and the need for procreation to preserve it. I like Sonnet XV, where Shakespeare declares his intention to immortalize the youth’s fleeting beauty in verse; I guess we have to say he succeeded.
- Principles of Psychology by William James, Chapter XIX: James defines perception as “the consciousness of particular material things present to sense.” It is different from sensation (which James denies ever happening in adulthood) in that it conjures in the mind remoter facts about the material thing beyond what the senses apprehend. This is why perception is “baffled” to some degree when we look at things upside-down or repeat a single word ad nauseam. James discusses several kinds of illusions, or false perceptions, when our brains make associations that aren’t really there. He summarizes perception by saying part of it comes from our senses and part from out of our own heads.
- The Laws of Plato, Book VI: The Athenian begins this book by asserting that good laws are useless without good offices for their administration. He recommends that no one be eligible for a guardianship until at least age 50. This strikes me as a wise policy that would have spared the USA not only Ulysses S. Grant and Teddy Roosevelt, but JFK, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama as well. However, it also would have kept Grover Cleveland out his first time around. Plato is sensitive to abuse of the word “equality”—would that more people were today—and discusses different senses in which the term is used and how the legislator should hope to bring it about.
Pity me, my friends. Without a house in Montgomery at the moment, I have been separated from my family for almost two weeks. They are at my in-laws’ house in Texas as I get the fall semester underway in campus housing here in Alabama. I am counting the seconds until my reunion with them. I must rely on the Great Books to see me through this trying period.


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Billionaire Sir Philip Green will not pay himself a dividend this year after profits at his Arcadia retail empire were slashed by a fifth.
Sir Philip banked a #1.2 billion windfall from Arcadia last year in the world’s largest ever dividend payment after the company defied the downturn in spending on the high street.
But yesterday he said no dividend would be paid this time after pretax profits at Arcadia – which includes Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Burton and Dorothy Perkins – fell from #253.8 million to #202.4 million. Operating profit slipped 8.1 per cent to #300.6 million.
It came as like-for-like sales at Arcadia dropped 1.9 per cent in the 12 months to September 2.
The slump at Arcadia follows problems at the other part of Sir Philip’s retail business Bhs, which last month reported tumbling annual profits and a 7.1 per cent fall in like-for-like sales.
The Arcadia stores have come under pressure from strong growth at Primark and a recovery at Marks & Spencer.
But Sir Philip hailed a "strong performance" at Arcadia, given the tough conditions on the UK high street.
He said total sales were up two per cent to #1.8 billion and margins were the same as last year.
Sir Philip added that like-for-like sales were down just one per cent since September 2 – an improvement on the whole of last year.
Retail analyst Richard Ratner, of Seymour Pierce, said a decline of just one per cent was "relatively good, given anecdotal evidence from other retailers".
He added that the annual results were "pretty decent" considering the trading conditions.
Sir Philip said: "This represents a strong performance when set against a competitive retail market, significant investment in new space by our competitors, and underlying cost inflation for all retailers.
"Our operating margin at 16.7 per cent is still among the best in the industry. Like-for-like sales since the year end are down one per cent. However, our disciplined stock control has enabled us to maintain margins."
Arcadia did not give a breakdown of results at its different chains, which also include Evans, Outfit and Wallis.
It is thought that Topshop performed well while analysts suggested Dorothy Perkins lost about #3.5 million.
Capital expenditure rose to #123 million from #65 million last year. Some 46 new outlets were opened and a further 20 re-sited.
In the year so far Arcadia has committed #30 million to new space and refurbishments which Sir Philip said demonstrated the group's confidence in its businesses and their management teams.
Sir Philip acquired Arcadia for #850 million in 2002. His family owns 92 per cent, with the balance owned by HBOS which backed the takeover.
He recently secured the services of supermodel Kate Moss to design and create a new range of clothing for Topshop.
The appointment of Moss coincided with the resignation of Topshop boss Jane Shepherdson, who has been credited with growth at the high street store.
Both Sir Philip and Ms Shepherdson denied she left the company over the appointment of Moss.
Last month Topshop lost its title of "best shop on the high street" to River Island after three years at the top.


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Juventus Sporting Director Giuseppe Moratta has denied that a deal has been struck with LA Liga giants Real Madrid over a transfer for midfielder Arturo Vidal, but has also said that the Chilean international will not be joining Arsenal, Man United or Liverpool either, according to the Daily
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Recent reports had claimed that new Real boss Rafa Benitez would look to bring in the 28-year-old this summer, and though Moratta has confirmed that there is significant interest in Vidal he has stated that he will not be going anywhere this summer.
Speaking with Chilean newspaper, El Mercurio, he said: “I have no problem saying it, Arturo Vidal will stay at Juventus next season; he is a player too valuable to let go.
“We have nothing concrete from Real Madrid or other teams, but we know that several major clubs are watching the Chilean.
“I repeat, Vidal is a prerequisite for the organisation of team player and also for the economy of the club.
“We have no intention of putting him on the market.”
Vidal has once again played a key part in Juve’s march towards the Serie A title this season, making 39 appearances and bagging eight goals.
He found the net in the club’s quarter-final victory over Monaco in the Champions League, and will likely start against Barcelona in the final.


WASHINGTON - The White House is urging quick congressional approval of a deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the partial government shutdown, now in its 16th day.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says the deal reached by Senate leaders "achieves what's necessary" to reopen the government, remove the threat of default and move past brinksmanship.
Carney says the agreement is bipartisan and that President Barack Obama is looking for Congress to act so he can sign it and remove the threat to the economy.
Obama's spokesman is praising Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for working together.
Reid announced Wednesday that the deal will to avoid default and end the government shutdown.
The agreement would reopen the government through Jan. 15 and increase the nation's borrowing authority through Feb. 7.
Reid also thanked McConnell for working out an agreement.
Sen. Ted Cruz says he won't delay a vote on a bipartisan budget deal that will reopen the government and avoid a financial default.
Cruz had forced the shutdown by demanding that President Barack Obama gut his health care law in exchange for a bill to keep the government running.
He told reporters Wednesday that he would vote against the bipartisan bill but wouldn't use Senate delaying tactics to stall the legislation.
The Texas senator has won praise from the tea party and other conservatives for his actions.
Sen. Ayotte: Deal reached
A Republican senator says she understands Senate leaders have reached an agreement to avoid a Treasury default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire made her comments Wednesday as she walked into a meeting of Senate Republicans in leader Mitch McConnell's office.
Ayotte said the leaders would make a formal announcement.
The government would reopen through Jan. 15 and Treasury would be allowed to increase the nation's borrowing authority through Feb. 7.
Stocks surge as Washington closes in on debt deal
Stocks are surging on Wall Street as Washington closes in on a deal to avoid a default by the U.S. government.
The Dow Jones industrial average spiked 200 points, or 1.3 percent, to 15,370 in late morning trading shortly after news that Senate leaders reached an agreement to avert a default.
The bill must still pass the House of Representatives as well as the Senate.
The deal would also reopen the government after a partial 16-day shutdown.


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The Nikon CF-DC3 Semi-soft Case (Black) is an eveready case designed to carry a Nikon D7000 D-SLR camera with a small wide angle or short zoom lens attached. It uses the Nikon AN-DC3 strap included with the camera.
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So I’ve just been talking about this with friends yesterday and it seems really mind boggling to all of us.
Those “totally not Russian” troops who wave Russian flags, speak Russian, brandish Russian passports and Russian weapons have been occupying regions in the east of the country for eight years now. EIGHT. Barely a beep from western media since 2014.
During this time I have periodically received warnings from the US embassy about “increased movement” of military activity on the borders with Ukraine. Even during the past six months.
No one here was talking about it until about a week ago…but the USA news has been blasting nonstop about it for over a month now. No one has been talking about it, except my american friends and family who are all writing and calling in a panic, wondering what I’m going to do.
What’s more, I have a few friends (two ukrainian, one american) who just spent two and half months in the USA.—from early November until January. They said that the news in the US was constantly talking about Russia and Ukraine the entire time they were there. They were very confused…because no one here was talking about it at all until—as i said before—about a week ago.
It’s bizarre, frankly speaking. The USA media is stirring up a frenzy akin to killer bees, razor blades in candy, and shark attacks…and yet here life continues on exactly as usual. I’ll say it again: I’ve heard ten times the fuss from Americans at home than anyone here about this pending ‘invasion’ (which has been ‘pending’ for almost a decade now).
My personal theory is that there are a couple factors at play:
A) The COVID narrative has worn out, and now that the panic has subsided people are going to come face to face with massive inflation and economic hardship caused solely by the incompetence, negligence, and malice of their own government. B) There needs to be a shift of the blame from the government towards some evil enemy: Russia. C) A war may serve two functions: it could simultaneously serve as an excuse for economic hardship while also being a means to ‘stimulate’ the economy and pull out of that same hardship (if you’re worried about official narratives making sense, then you haven’t been paying attention for the past six years).
Tl;dr: Nothing has changed here in Ukraine; it’s YOUR media that is kicking up the massive fuss, and they’ll use anything they can to distract the masses.
P.S. Americans are so heavily propagandized that they don’t even realize it. I was having a conversation with an ex-KGB officer (upper-level in Ukraine during his career). “Americans are children” was what he had learned from his time in the special services. Having lived outside of the US for the last fifteen years minus one, I wholeheartedly agree with this observation.
Edit: because some of you guys decided you’re the best of sleuths, here’s my proof that I actually live in Ukraine
Disclaimer: This is a guest post and it doesn’t necessarily represent the views of IWB.


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As promised, I’ve added the videos of Reese’s appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Today Show. Both are good fun and Ellen especially is a must-see! Enjoy!
A lot of new visitors have been checking out Glamour Reese Witherspoon recently. We hope you enjoy the site and our many features. Please remember that this site focuses on Reese’s career, not her private life, hence we do not post gossip/trashy articles nor stalkerazzi pictures. 😉
I’ve added screencaptures from Reese’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show appearance, which aired yesterday. It was such a fun interview, Reese being her giggly and bouncy self, bringing Ellen treats once again and the talk show host returning the favor. Reese discussed Rendition, Halloween (and showed a pic of her in last year’s awesome costume!) and her work with Children’s Defense Fund. Apologies for the low quality of the caps but I wanted to get them up as soon as possible. Hopefully we’ll have better ones to replace with later.
I also added screencaps from last week’s The Today Show. I’ll try my best to add videos from both appearances tonight. Sorry about the delay, I’ve simply been insanely busy with university this week!
And last but not least, Rendition is currently #3 in the UK box office! Yay! It seems to be doing really well here. The showing that I went to was fully booked and I personally thought the film was pretty good. So don’t believe the negative reviews and go and see Rendition yourself! Reese does a great job! 🙂
Dressed in a wine red short number, Reese Witherspoon stole the spotlight at the Rendition premiere in Rome. 21 first pictures have been added from today’s event.
Reese is currently in Rome, Italy to promote Rendition alongside director Gavin Hood and co-star Jake Gyllenhaal. They attended the press conference just a few moments ago and she looks super cute! I’ve added the first images for your viewing pleasure. Read on for a reportage on what Reese, Jake and Gavin had to say about the film.
Hailing from a country where an apartheid-era state death squad operated under the name Civil Co-operation Bureau, South African film maker Gavin Hood strips away at another sinister euphemism in his latest movie Rendition.
Speaking at a news conference at the Rome Film Festival where the film screened Sunday, Hood said: “Extraordinary renditions, enhanced interrogation – these are just fancy words. We wanted to put a human face to these abstract ideas.”Continue reading this entry »
Sony’s vampire horror pic 30 Days of Night won the weekend at the domestic box office with an estimated gross of $16 million from 2,855 locations, while Ben Affleck’s feature directorial debut Gone Baby Gone opened the strongest among the crowded pack of new adult dramas.
New Line’s new political drama Rendition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon, placed No. 9, grossing an estimated $4.2 million from 2,250 theaters for a per location average of $1,856.
DreamWorks-Paramount suffered its second box office disappointment this month with the debut of awards hopeful Things We Lost in the Fire, which couldn’t crack the top ten films of the weekend. The Halle Berry-Benicio Del Toro starrer grossed $1.6 million from 1,142 theaters for a per screen average of $1,197.
1. 30 Days Of Night $16,000,000
2. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? $12,100,000
3. Game Plan, The $8,122,000
4. Michael Clayton $7,100,000
5. Gone, Baby, Gone $6,000,018
6. Comebacks, The $5,850,000
7. We Own The Night $5,500,000
8. Nightmare Before Christmas In 3-D (2007) $5,145,000
9. Rendition $4,175,000
10. Heartbreak Kid, The $3,900,000
I hope you’re all having a great Rendition weekend. 🙂
Reese’s appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, October 23. You can check out Ellen’s site for a fun little preview. Stay tuned for caps and clips from this as well as yesterday’s The Today Show!
We have added a new layout to celebrate the release of Rendition. Like the previous design, this one was also created by our very own Mycah. As much as we loved the previous one, we felt like the site needed a change. This time we wanted to go for something less dark and more girly and fun and this layout certainly is all of that. Mycah used the new Elle images and I think did them perfect justice. We hope you enjoy this new layout as much as we do. Also if you have no already noticed you can now subscribe to Glamour Reese Witherspoon‘s news/RSS feeds. Look forward to more site changes in the near future!
Actress’s all-American appeal helps film get message across, director says
Before her latest film, if anyone had asked Reese Witherspoon what the term “extraordinary rendition” meant, she might have answered with a blank stare.
The words could be bureaucratese for something as innocuous as a tax deduction. But as Witherspoon’s Rendition spells out darkly and melodramatically, the term actually stands for a U.S. government practice of transferring terrorism suspects to other countries, where their interrogations could subject them to abuse and torture.
“I don’t think I realized what the term was called,” Witherspoon told The Associated Press at September’s Toronto International Film Festival, where Rendition played in advance of its theatrical release Friday. “The term is not really in the popular vernacular.
“It sounds like public-policy rigmarole. It doesn’t sound like anything that you would connect with the torture and detainment of innocent people.”


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