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March 10, 2008 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, today announced that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +1.28% in February (-1.43% YTD) while the S&P 500 declined –3.48% (-9.39% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell –3.03% (-7.52% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index declined –4.95% (-14.35% YTD). Outside of Treasuries, the fixed income markets were in more disarray than equities. The Lehman Aggregate Bond Index declined –0.56% (+1.35% YTD).
“While it was a reasonable month for long/short equity funds in February, it continues to be an extremely difficult market for fixed income funds,” said E. Lee Hennessee, Managing Principal of Hennessee Group. “Several fixed income focusing on investment grade mortgages and municipal bonds have recently faced margin calls and been forced to unwillingly sell assets.”
The Hennessee Long/Short Equity Index advanced +0.93% in February (-2.44% YTD). Whereas equity market volatility proved difficult to navigate in January, funds were able to benefit from the increase in volatility in February. Short portfolios acted as a better hedge in February, providing protection from the market’s decline. While most long/short equity managers are finding a number of attractively priced opportunities, most recognize the market’s poor liquidity will likely drive prices in the short term and potentially allow for purchases at lower levels.
“It’s likely that AIG’s write-off within its credit default swap portfolio will be followed by similar write-offs by many of the large banks,” said Charles Gradante, Managing Principal of Hennessee Group. “Banks may have another $200 billion to write-off as the result of being on the wrong side of this trade if they mark-to-market these contracts. Furthermore, the commercial real estate market is showing signs of weakness due to over-levered real estate investors.”
The Hennessee Arbitrage/Event Driven Index advanced +0.34% in February (-1.11% YTD). The Hennessee Distressed Index advanced +0.79% for the month (-2.07% YTD). While spreads widened in most areas of corporate debt, many credit oriented funds posted positive returns as yields have started to reach attractive levels to compensate for widening spreads. Several small companies filed for bankruptcy and most expect more defaults in the coming months. The Hennessee Merger Arbitrage Index declined –0.56% for the month (-3.32% YTD). While strategic merger and acquisition activity picked up with several high profile hostile deals in the technology and commodity sectors, merger spreads were generally weaker throughout the month because of high equity volatility. Hung LBO deals are slowly being completed although most continue to have difficulty obtaining attractively priced financing. The Hennessee Convertible Arbitrage Index declined –0.56% in February (+0.08% YTD). Despite the market’s sell off, implied volatility as measured by the VIX was virtually flat for the month while credit spreads widened. Many funds are starting to find more attractive opportunities within convertibles as a result of the strategy’s poor performance in 2007.
“Macro managers are diversifying their agricultural portfolios to include major positions in sugar because, on an inflation adjusted basis, sugar is the cheapest commodity and more cost effective than corn in producing ethanol,” continued Mr. Gradante.
The Hennessee Global/Macro Index advanced +2.55% in January (-0.46% YTD). After struggling in January, international equities and international long/short equity funds outperformed their U.S. counterparts in February. The Hennessee International Index returned +2.51% (-1.44% YTD), while both the MSCI Europe and MSCI Asia-Pacific Index posted positive returns for the month as economic weakness in the U.S. has yet to spread to other regions of the world. The Hennessee Macro Index advanced +3.92% for the month (+5.88% YTD), as almost every theme common among macro funds posted positive returns. Commodities (especially oil, gold, platinum, grains) were strong throughout the month, the U.S. yield curve steepened, the U.S. dollar weakened versus both the euro and the yen, and emerging market equities outperformed U.S. equities.
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Name of Assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge Robert W. Gettleman Sitting Judge if Other than Assigned Judge
Plaintiff's motion for leave to file in forma pauperis [#3] is granted. The Court authorizes and orders the trust fund officer at the Cook County Jail to collect monthly payments from Plaintiff's trust fund account in accordance with this order. The Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this order to Supervisor of Inmate Trust Fund Accounts, Cook County Dept. of Corrections Administrative Office, Division V, 2700 S. California, Chicago, IL 60608. However, Jodi Weis, Chicago Police Department, and the City of Chicago are dismissed as Defendants. The Clerk is directed to issue summons for Defendant Sonley, and the United States Marshals Service is appointed to serve him. The Clerk shall send Plaintiff Instructions for Submitting Documents, along with a copy of this order. Plaintiff's motion for appointment of counsel [#4] is denied.
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Plaintiff, Ryishie Robinson, presently in custody of the Cook County Jail, has brought this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that on January 14, 2010, Defendant, Chicago Police Officer Sonley, subjected him to deliberate indifference to a serious medical condition. More specifically, he alleges that he was injured in an altercation with a person named Eugene Witherspoon, and was subsequently arrested for burglary. He further alleges that although he was bleeding from the head, Defendant Sonley hand cuffed him to a wall at the police station and told him that he would not provide Plaintiff with medical attention until he told him what had happened regarding the burglary. Plaintiff waited over two hours to be taken to the hospital where he received eight staples in his head. Plaintiff contends that he now must take psychiatric medications because of his injuries. Plaintiff also names City of Chicago, the Chicago Police Department, and Superintendent Jody Weis, seemingly in his supervisory capacity, as Defendants.
Plaintiff's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), the plaintiff is assessed an initial partial filing fee of $25.17. The supervisor of inmate trust accounts at the Cook County Jail is authorized and ordered to collect, when funds exist, the partial filing fee from Plaintiff's trust fund account and pay it directly to the Clerk of Court. After payment of the initial partial filing fee, the trust fund officer at Plaintiff's place of confinement is directed to collect monthly payments from Plaintiff's trust fund account in an amount equal to 20% of the preceding month's income credited to the account. Monthly payments collected from Plaintiff's trust fund account shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10 until the full $350 filing fee is paid. All payments shall be sent to the Clerk, United States District Court, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, attn: Cashier's Desk, 20th Floor, and shall clearly identify Plaintiff's name and the case number assigned to this action. The Cook County inmate trust account office shall notify transferee authorities of any outstanding balance in the event Plaintiff is transferred from the jail to another correctional facility.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the Court is required to conduct a prompt initial review of prisoner complaints against governmental entities or employees. Here, accepting Plaintiff's factual allegations as true, the Court finds that the complaint states a colorable cause of action under the Civil Rights Act as to Defendant Sonley for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. Davis v. Carter, 453 F.3d 686, 696 (7th Cir. 2006). Defendant Sonley must respond to the complaint.
However, Plaintiff has failed to state a cause of action against Defendant Jody Weis. Plaintiff makes his claims against Defendant Weis in his supervisory capacity. Plaintiff has alleged no facts suggesting his direct, personal involvement, as required by J.H. ex rel. Higgin v. Johnson, 346 F.3d 788, 793 (7th Cir. 2003), inter alia. Nor has Plaintiff indicated that the alleged violation of his constitutional rights occurred at his direction or with his knowledge and consent. Id. Section 1983 creates a cause of action based on personal liability and predicated upon fault; thus, "to be liable under § 1983, an individual defendant must have caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation." Pepper v. Village of Oak Park, 430 F.3d 809, 810 (7th Cir. 2005) (citations omitted).
The mere fact that Defendant Weis holds a supervisory position is insufficient to establish liability, as the doctrine of respondeat superior (blanket supervisory liability) does not apply to actions filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Sanville v. McCaughtry, 266 F.3d 724, 740 (7th Cir. 2001). Section 1983 does not create collective or vicarious responsibility. Id. Supervisors cannot be held liable for the errors of their subordinates. Birch v. Jones, No. 02 C 2094, 2004 WL 2125416, at *6 (N.D. Ill. Sep. 22, 2004) (Manning, J.), citing Pacelli v. DeVito, 972 F.2d 871, 877 (7th Cir. 1992). "Supervisors who are merely negligent in failing to detect and prevent subordinates' misconduct are not liable." Chavez v. Illinois State Police, 251 F.3d 612, 651 (7th Cir. 2001) (citations omitted). To be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, supervisors "must know about the conduct and facilitate it, approve it, condone it, or turn a blind eye for fear of what they might see. They must in other words act either knowingly or with deliberate, reckless indifference." Id. In short, some causal connection or affirmative link between the action complained about and the official sued is necessary for § 1983 recovery. Hildebrandt v. Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 347 F.3d 1014, 1039 (7th Cir. 2003). Because Plaintiff has failed to state any facts suggesting that Defendant Weis was personally involved in--or even aware of--the alleged circumstances giving rise to the complaint, he has failed to state a claim against him.
Additionally, the Chicago Police Department is not a suable entity. See Castillo v. Cook County Mail Room Dept., 990 F.2d 304, 307 (7th Cir. 1993). Consequently, Chicago Police Department is not a proper Defendant, and must be dismissed.
Further, while Plaintiff has named the City of Chicago as a Defendant, he has not stated any discernable custom and policy, sufficient to state a claim against the City. See, e.g., Garrison v. Burke, 165 F.3d 565, 571 (7th Cir. 1999); Phelan v. Cook County, 463 F.3d 773, 789 (7th Cir. 2006); Monell v. Dep't. of Soc. Serv. of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 694 (1978). In the case at bar, the plaintiff does not suggest that there was an unconstitutional municipal policy or custom. Accordingly, there is no basis for liability on the part of the City of Chicago.
The Clerk shall issue summons for service of the complaint on Defendant Sonley (hereinafter, "Defendant"). The Clerk shall also send Plaintiff a Magistrate Judge Consent Form and Instructions for ...


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I’ve always previously made cauliflower soufflé, but as neither of the boys are keen on cauliflower, I decided to try making a cheese soufflé instead.
Ingredients (serves 4)
1 spring onion
1/2 teasp ground bayleaf
100g plain flour
4 large eggs
100g grated cheddar
1/2 teasp mustard powder
Salt and pepper
Preheat fan oven to 170 deg C.
Top and tail the spring onion and cut into a couple of pieces.
Put the milk, shallot, peppercorns and bayleaf in a pan.
Slowly heat until it is just below boiling point.
Remove pan from heat and put to one side to allow flavours to infuse.
Grease a large soufflé dish.
Grate the cheese.
Separate the eggs, putting the whites into a mixing bowl and the yolks into a cup.
Beat the egg yolks slightly.
Whisk the egg whites until they stand in soft peaks.
Strain the milk into a jug.
Melt the margarine in pan.
Remove from heat and stir in the flour.
Gradually stir in the strained milk.
Return to the heat and bring sauce to the boil, stirring all the time.
Cook for a further minute or so until it thickens.
Stir in the cheese, mustard and seasoning.
Stir in the egg yolks.
Quickly fold in the egg whites using a metal spoon.
Tip the mixture into the soufflé dish.
Bake in centre of oven for about 35 minutes until the top of the soufflé is golden and well risen.
Serve immediately and enjoy.
Success. A soufflé which the boys were happy to eat. I served it with mashed potato and vegetables.

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The Tunisian Republican Party announced, Monday, that it is leaving the government of Youssef Chahed and accepting the resignation of Iyad Dahmani from its political body.
The secretary-general of the party, Issam Chebbi, stated the reasons of the withdrawal to the impossibility of working within a government which is under pressure from an influential group in Nidaa Tounes.
Chebbi said: "We refuse to participate in a government led by Hafedh Caid Essebsi."
He added: "We are afraid that Kasbah (the government) would succumb to the pressures of Lake of Tunis (Nidaa Tounes) and Montplaisir (Ennahdha) or else it would be toppled."
Chebbi stressed that:
This decision is due to a number of reasons, including the government's position in favour of the administrative reconciliation law, and the practice of Nidaa Tounes, which leads the coalition government, of what he described as pressures on Iyad Dahmani, the spokesman for the government and a member of the Tunisian Republican Party, when obliging him to choose between his membership in the party or his position in the government.
On Saturday, Dahmani handed over his resignation from the Tunisian Republican Party without explaining the reasons, and the party announced it accepted the resignation.
The recent period witnessed tension in the relations between the Tunisian Republican Party and the leaders of Nidaa Tounes in light of party's opposition to the law of administrative reconciliation and its participation in protests that demanded the cancelling this law.
It is noteworthy that the Tunisian Republican Party is represented in the Tunisian Assembly of the Representatives of the People with one parliamentary seat out of a total of 217 seats in the Assembly.
The government of Youssef Chahed consists of a group of parties:
- Nidaa Tounes Movement Party (58 MPs / 217);
- seven ministers and five Secretaries of State;
- Ennahdha Movement Party (69 MPs);
- four ministers, three Secretaries of State;
- Afek Tounes Party (10 MPs);
- two ministers and two Secretaries of State;
- three ministers and two Secretaries of State from the Social Democratic Path Party (left wing);
- National Destourian Initiative Party (one constitutional – three MPs);
- the Tunisian Republican Party (one MP); and
- Machrouu Tounes Movement Party (24 MPs)
The government of Chahed also includes a number of figures that are close to or supported by national organisations, the Tunisian General Labour Union (the largest trade union in the country) and the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishery (Farmers Union), along with nine independent ministers and three independent Secretaries of State.
At the end of the last month, the Tunisian presidency announced that President Beji Caid Essebsi had signed a reconciliation law with government officials. With that, he gave the sign that the controversial law has become into force.
On September 13, the Tunisian parliament voted by majority in favour of an administrative reconciliation bill with 1,000 government employees who are suspected of "financial corruption" and "misuse of public funds."
The reconciliation law was rejected by Tunisian opposition forces, which, in mid-September, appealed 35 MPs (out of a total of 217 MPs) to the Interim Commission of Monitoring the Constitutionality of Laws.
However, the Commission has failed to appeal against the reconciliation law and referred it to the President of the Republic to be approved and published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Tunisia (JORT), or to be referred back to the parliament for reconsideration, as provided by the law.

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HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) — A bomb squad found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle of man who police say lunged at an airport officer with a knife and was fatally shot, a police union official Thursday.
The suspicious material was confirmed as urine after the confrontation Wednesday at Port Columbus International Airport, said the local police union leader, Jason Pappas. It”s not clear why the man had the containers.
Investigators say he had tried unsuccessfully to buy an airline ticket using a woman”s ID, then got into the fatal confrontation with airport police after returning to his illegally parked vehicle.
Police identified the man as 41-year-old Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed, of Columbus. No one answered the door Thursday at a Hillard address listed for him.
Police were investigating the man”s background and why he was using a woman”s ID.
After the first shots were fired, he got up and headed back toward the terminal, and a second airport officer shot him, Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner said. He was shot multiple times.
Pappas said three officers were involved in the confrontation. He said two uniformed airport officers approached the man, and one struggled with him and fired before retreating, at which point a detective came out of the airport and fired at the attacker.
Abdul-Rasheed had multiple knives on him, police said.
The first officer who fired suffered scrapes and bruises, but the police weren”t seriously hurt, Pappas said. The officers will be on administrative leave for at least two days and will have counseling with a police psychologist, per standard procedure, he said.
Columbus city police are handling the investigation. They have not released surveillance video that is expected to show what happened.
Court records in Cuyahoga County, in northeastern Ohio, show Abdul-Rasheed was indicted in Cleveland in 1999 on charges including attempted murder, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery — all with firearms specifications.
The court determined he was mentally ill subject to involuntary hospitalization and found him not guilty by reason of insanity in June 2000. He was committed to the maximum security unit of a psychiatric facility in Dayton.
He remained under court supervision for more than a decade, transitioning to a different behavioral health care facility, then a group home with full-time supervision in 2002, semi-supervised housing and eventually independent living. His commitment ended in December 2012, and the case was closed.
County records indicate the same defendant had been convicted of attempted felonious assault in 1995 under a plea deal. His five-to-10 year prison sentence was suspended, and he was put on probation and sentenced to community service and counseling.
Online court records don”t indicate details of the crimes, and calls seeking more information from a division of the court clerk”s office rang unanswered Thursday.
Neighbors at Abdul-Rasheed”s apartment complex in suburban Columbus said they saw a man outside his apartment two nights ago screaming and pounding on the door. The man fit Abdul-Rasheed”s description, but they couldn”t say if it was him.
“He was just screaming, ”Why? Why?”” Tim Butts, whose apartment is across the parking lot, said Thursday.
Butts, a technology manager in the Columbus area, said at first he thought the man was joking around.
“It went on and on for about 10 minutes,” Butts said. “He was just outside the apartment there, banging on the door a couple times, then starts screaming, looking everywhere with his hands in the air.”
Franko reported in Columbus, Ohio. Associated Press Writer Mark Gillispie in Cleveland contributed to this report.

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About a decade ago, Time magazine (remember Time?) voted the Genoese-born starchitect Renzo Piano one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He’s won every architectural award possible, including, in 1998, the Pritzker Prize, the top pop. He calls his company a “building workshop,” but “factory” might be a more appropriate term for the tireless multinational enterprise that disgorges buildings the way an assembly line disgorges automobiles. Piano was first catapulted to celebrity — fame is something different — in the late 1970s for his part in Centre Georges Pompidou, the art edifice in Paris whose notable innovation was to put the building’s insides on its outside. It’s a hideous structure, horrendously difficult and expensive to maintain, but it garnered enough publicity to ensure that irresponsible museum directors the world over would clamor for Piano’s services.
A few years ago, Piano defaced the Morgan Library in New York with a truly ugly addition, and he has performed similar courtesies for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Fogg at Harvard, and the High Museum in Atlanta. His latest act of architectural vandalism is the new Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District of New York City, between the High Line and the Hudson River. Until a few years ago, this neighborhood was populated at night by creatures deeply “confused about their sexuality.” Huge infusions of cash have rendered that species of psychopathology less flagrant, but the insertion of the Whitney Museum ensures that the budget of perversity in the neighborhood will remain high.
In April, a few days before the nation’s school-lunch czar, Michelle Obama, lent her distinctive luster to the gluten-free opening of the Whitney, I had occasion to stroll through the building with an architect friend during a press preview. In years gone by, I attended many such jamborees. I go to fewer these days, and I was surprised by the size of the throng assembled in the hangar-like ground floor of the museum that morning. There were many hundreds milling about waiting for some honeyed words from the great architect who had just gobbled up nearly half a billion dollars in exchange for this eight-storey monstrosity. The atmosphere in the room was festive, impatient, self-conscious. “This is a happening event — isn’t it?” was one unasked question. “We’re important — aren’t we?” was another.
My friend and I gave the presentation a miss and headed up to the top of the building, where America Is Hard to See, the Whitney’s inaugural exhibition — more than 600 works by some 400 artists, all drawn from the vast repository that is the Whitney collection — began.
The first thing that attracted my notice was the flooring. Throughout the exhibition space, the floors are seven-inch unfinished pine. “Does Renzo Piano have a brother in the lumber business?” I wondered. In a high-traffic space like an art museum, the floors take a beating. The Whitney’s floors will be trashed in no time. The museum folks know this, however, for I was told that they have tucked in loads of spare planks against the evil day — it will be along soon! — when the floors need to be replaced.
“What is essential in a work of architecture,” Immanuel Kant once observed, “is the product’s adequacy for a certain use.” I wish that Renzo Piano had attended to this simple but important injunction. He has not. The Whitney Museum, like so much else he has produced, is conspicuous for two things: 1) anonymous, convention-hall space combined with a shocking lack of attention to detail and 2) shoddy workmanship. The façade of the new Whitney is clad in whitish gray enamel-covered steel intersected with a huge block of concrete through its midriff. The steel will begin rusting in a few years (does he have a cousin in the steel-plate business?). The massive concrete is already cracking and showing signs of deterioration. (It is curious that Piano doesn’t do better with concrete: He worked with Louis Kahn, a master of that material, in the 1960s.)
The lack of attention to detail is systemic. What a pleasure it is to walk into a building in which the architect has lavished thoughtfulness upon every aspect of the structure, from its siting and the quality of the materials to the shape of the rooms and their ornamentation and workmanship. The guide of good architecture is the human body. You know instantly whether a room is well or ill proportioned, whether its detailing is carefully thought through, whether the structure is a fitting and pleasant abode for the human spirit. The new Whitney is conspicuous for its thoughtlessness. It was not designed so much as it was assembled or agglomerated. The many outdoor patios and cantilevered “plazas” have a bleak institutional feel, more suitable to a correctional facility or a fantasy by Piranesi than an art museum. (Piano’s press release says they function as a “decompression chamber between street and museum,” In fact, as one wit observed, they really function as invitations to suicide by jumping.)
There is one attractive aspect, or prospect, attending the new Whitney, but it’s God’s work, not Piano’s. I mean the views of the Hudson River that the building commands. They are spectacular. They are best seen not from the vertiginous outside spaces but from the corridor-like spaces on several floors that are segregated from the exhibition spaces by a partition. Stand with your back to the partition and gaze out through the huge windows and from certain spots you can see neither the building nor its contents, a double blessing.
An art museum is by definition a repository for works of art, and the significance of Piano’s new Whitney cannot be understood apart from the objects and activities it was fabricated (“designed” is too strong a word) to contain. The ghastly truth is that when one considers what the Whitney is all about, Piano’s building can be seen to have a certain perverse appropriateness. The institution is called “The Whitney Museum of American Art,” but it would be better called “The Whitney Museum of Pretentious Garbage Masquerading as Art.” Like so many art museums these days, especially those art museums devoted mostly or entirely to contemporary art, the Whitney is concerned only incidentally with art in any traditional sense. The origins of the Whitney date back to the 1930s, but by the time it arrived on Madison Avenue in Marcel Breuer’s neo-totalitarian cube, the place of the Whitney in the metabolism of the art world was already shifting. In 1966, when the Whitney opened its doors on Madison, the collection numbered some 2,000. Now, God help us, the collection is somewhere north of 21,000 objects.
The Whitney has some good art. Almost all of it dates to before 1950. And the nearer one approaches to the present day, the more absurd, politicized, pretentious, inane, and pathological it becomes. Item: Self Portrait/Cutting, by Catherine Opie, a color photograph of the naked back of Miss Opie. The “cutting” in question is scalpel-incised bleeding stick figures of two women holding hands along with a house and a cloud. The photograph, a wall label helpfully explains, depicts Opie’s “dream for a lesbian domestic relationship,” but the “fresh wounds suggest ‘the contradictions within that wish.’”
Of the more than 600 objects on view in this inaugural show, I’d estimate 580 are on the level of Opie’s sad feat of exhibitionism. Consider Untitled, by David Hammons. The list of ingredients tells you all you need to know: “Human hair, wire, polyester film, sledge hammer, plastic beads, string, metal food tin, panty hose, leather, tea bags, and feathers.” Now multiply that by 580.
This is not art. It is the end of art. Rather, it is the end of the art world’s enfranchisement as the guardians and transmitters of art. The Whitney, like most major cultural institutions today, serves to mock, undermine, and besmirch the culture it was created to cherish. The Whitney, again like most museums today, poaches on the prestige of art to purvey a species of anti-art fueled partly by money, partly by snobbery. In this sense, the gigantic, expensive failure that is Renzo Piano’s new building is paradoxically a success, for it is the perfect objective correlative of the pretentious confect of art-world snobbery, lavish though pointless expenditure, and aesthetic nullity it was created to encompass. The irony is that there is a vibrant and growing artistic culture in this country. It lives on in the old way, in out-of-the-way ateliers, studios, and schools, where the spirit, traditions, and techniques of the masters are passed down from teacher to student. But you won’t catch any glimpses of that at the Whitney. They’re too busy heralding the latest art-world poseur and fundraising celebrity event to look in on the real life of American art.
– Mr. Kimball is the editor of The New Criterion. His most recent book is The Fortunes of Permanence.

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This study examines the long-term anatomic and clinical effects of tracheobronchoplasty in severe excessive central airway collapse.
Included patients underwent tracheobronchoplasty for excessive central airway collapse (2002-2016). The cross-sectional area of main airways on dynamic airway computed tomography was measured before and after tracheobronchoplasty. Expiratory collapse was calculated as the difference between inspiratory and expiratory cross-sectional area divided by inspiratory cross-sectional area ×100. The primary outcome was improvement in the percentage of expiratory collapse in years 1, 2, and 5 post-tracheobronchoplasty. Secondary outcomes included mean response profile for the 6-minute walk test, Cough-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, Karnofsky Performance Status score, and St George Respiratory Questionnaire. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used for statistical analyses.
The cohort included 61 patients with complete radiological follow-up at years 1, 2, and 5 post-tracheobronchoplasty. A significant linear decrease in the percentage of expiratory collapsibility of the central airways after tracheobronchoplasty was present. Anatomic repair durability was preserved 5 years after tracheobronchoplasty, with decrease in percentage of expiratory airway collapse up to 40% and 30% at years 1 and 2, respectively. The St George Respiratory Questionnaire (74.7 vs 41.8%, P < .001) and Cough-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (78 vs 47, P < .001) demonstrated significant improvement at year 5 compared with baseline. Similar results were observed in the 6-minute walk test (1079 vs 1268 ft, P < .001) and Karnofsky score (57 vs 82, P < .001).
Tracheobronchoplasty has durable effects on airway anatomy, functional status, and quality of life in carefully selected patients with severe excessive central airway collapse.
Abbreviations and Acronyms:BI (bronchus intermedius), CT (computed tomography), CQLQ (Cough-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire), ECAC (excessive central airway collapse), IQR (interquartile range), KPS (Karnofsky Performance Status), LMSB (left mainstem bronchus), MCID (minimal clinically important difference), TBM (tracheobronchomalacia), TBP (tracheobronchoplasty), QOL (quality of life), SGRQ (St George Respiratory Questionnaire), 6MWT (6-minute walk test)
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Published online: June 07, 2022
Accepted: May 30, 2022
Received in revised form: May 3, 2022
Received: August 12, 2021
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Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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In renovating the design center within its Fashion Avenue headquarters, Calvin Klein Jeans sought a workspace that would be both highly functional and stylistically inspirational. Introducing a contemporary aesthetic to the company’s workplace standards, the new space evolves the company’s design philosophy while maintaining the brand’s iconic identity. With communal living room and kitchen spaces as well as shared work surfaces and storage, the stylish, modern and open space provides a setting in which designers can collaborate, socialize and inspire one another. The design also made it possible for Calvin Klein’s immense collection of fashion samples and collateral material to be elegantly showcased.
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Since his speech at the Republican National Convention, Clint Eastwood has proven that he is more than capable of making fun of himself.
The legendary actor was even willing to admit to OTRC.com that he didn't have a difficult time playing a curmudgeon in his new film, "Trouble With the Curve."
"What do I pull from to play a curmudgeon? You just pull from the same thing you do to play anything," Eastwood told OTRC.com at the film's Los Angeles premiere. "You just imagine yourself as a curmudgeon. I may be a little closer to it than most people so it's easier."
"Trouble With The Curve" tells the story of an ailing baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves named Gus (Eastwood) whose sight is getting worse. He takes his daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) along for one last recruiting trip, as she promises to be helpful. Justin Timberlake plays another baseball scout named Johnny who is a love interest for Adams.
While the film is set in the baseball world, it is more of an exploration of relationships than of sports. Eastwood told OTRC.com that the film is about "family relationships," adding, "sometimes they get scarred up and people have to repair them."
Adams agreed with this aspect of the film and acknowledged the sometimes awkward relationship between fathers and daughters.
"I love you dad but sometimes communication can be a bit lacking so, for me, that was some theme that was explored that I hadn't seen in other films between a father and a daughter," Adams told OTRC.com at the film's premiere. "I was really anxious to get to explore that."
Of acting with the Hollywood heavyweight, Adams said she overcame her fears after their first scene together.
"I was so intimidated [by Eastwood] that to just go in and do the scene, feel a really great connection with him and chemistry as this father and daughter," Adams told OTRC.com in a recent press junket. "It was nice to go in and say, 'Okay, I think I can do this' and not let my mind freak me out."
The 82-year-old actor stepped out of a three-year retirement for "Trouble with the Curve," and was rumored to have been done with acting after his 2008 film "Gran Torino."
Eastwood is known for directing films such as "Mystic River," "Million Dollar Baby," "Invictus," "Hereafter" and "J. Edgar." He has starred in films like "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "Dirty Harry" and "Million Dollar Baby."
Eastwood's wife Dina stars in an MTV reality show that chronicles their unique family's lives, from her managing a boy-band to her daughter's tumultuous relationship. The show, however, does not regularly feature Clint Eastwood.
"Trouble With The Curve" hit theaters on September 21. Check out the trailer below.


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Oh my god please update soon. I am addicted.Author's Response: Thanks. If you want to read more, goto fanfiction or siye. This site is behind with the story. Report Review
Ugh, really. I've been waiting for something to happen for a while now and you leave me hanging? A bit of a slow start in my opinion but I know the last one was worth it in the end. You really do love teasing with these smaller very vague plot lines huh? Although I'm pretty sure I know who Kate is... Big hints in this chapter.Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Go sign up on Siye, the story is much further along there. HPFF takes very long to update. Hope to read more from you soon. Thank you! Report Review
I have a paper due in 3 days which is worth 40% of my grade for a topic at 3rd year university level. I then have an oral due the day after that is worth 15%. Instead of doing that, I have just finished reading A Darker Shade of Light, parts 1 and 2 in a single day. I read only the best Harry Potter fanfics and I must say this is up there amongst the best. Please, update soon, I love WoT and HP and cannot wait to see what happens.Author's Response: I've been there, often the day before an exam :) Will be uploading asap. Hope the paper and oral go well. I usually hated the later. Thank you for the review, helps to make my day! Report Review
nice !!! but plz write more about harry and ginny and their plot in their worldAuthor's Response: Thank you! Most of the story is written. Will see if there are places to tell more about their trip away from Britain. Report Review
Really glad you're back! Can't wait to read the new chapters!!Author's Response: Thank you, I hope you enjoy the story! Report Review
Oh, that was mean. That was cruel. Stopping the scene just as everyone's wands were pointed at each other? Sadistic!
I really like how you got back to the characterization of everyone with just the right dialog and details. Very nice chapter, very exciting, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about whomever this Kate is.Author's Response: Sorry for being cruel. I guess it comes from writing nearly the entire story before posting. I sort of missed that it was a cliffhanger. It was just the point where I switched POV. The rest is in the next chapter.
Glad you liked the chapter seeing as it mostly sets the scene while explaining some things. From here on in things should start moving. I guess you could call this the second part of the prologue.
Thank you for reading and leaving a review. I don't get many on HPFF. So I really appreciate it. I gather that H/G stories aren't that big here, but this is still a great sight. Report Review
Looking forward to getting back into the story.
I was kind of hoping you would not bring Tom Riddle back even though his defeat seemed a bit too easy. I was looking forward to Dark Lord Ron, but seems that is not to be.
Glad you are taking the time to have beta readers look over the story! There were a few little bits that jumped out at me that distracted from my enjoyment of the story. But still, the overall writing quality is there.
Looking forward to the rest of it!Author's Response: Dark Lord Ron, that could have been interesting :) Honestly, the thought never crossed my mind.
I had a beta, MinistryMalcontent, for the previous story and this one, just never mentioned his name since I've not seen his name on this site, but he has got a good story SIYE.
He did an amazing job helping my story. In the end there was only so much he could improve. I am hoping this one will be better since I am building on the 120k words of the previous story. Still, there is a lot to learn especially with dialogue. I tend to spend too much on internal thoughts and not actual speaking.
Hope you enjoy this story. Report Review
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- Beautiful design
- Good performance
- Long battery life
- USB-C with Thunderbolt 3 port and USB 3.0 ports
- Variety of security options
- 3-year standard warranty
- Great keyboard
- Dimmer-than-average display
- Lacks on-board storage for Active Pen
- A little expensive
- Uncomfortable heat exhaust port
The HP EliteBook x360 was announced in Las Vegas during CES 2017. The convertible has a 13.3-inch display, running on 8GB of memory, has gained a seventh generation Intel Core i5 processor and uses a 256GB SSD disk for storing files. During CES 2017 in Las Vegas, HP was the ideal opportunity to announce a new EliteBook. At that time, the brand has presented the HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2, a convertible for the first time in the beginning of 2017. The device is equipped with a 13.3-inch display. On this page, you will find all the information, features, specifications and prices of the HP EliteBook x360.
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HP EliteBook x360 review on Specifications
HP announced its newest convertible in early 2017: the HP EliteBook x360, a device that features a 13.3-inch screen. The display uses a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. In the convertible, we find a 57 Wh Lithium Polymer battery, which has to go around sixteen hours without charging it in the meantime. Underneath the hood of this HP, you get an SSD disk with 256GB of storage.
You also hit the seventh generation Intel Core i5 processor, the i5-7200U to be precise. Its clock speed is 2.5GHz. We also find 8GB of working memory. The latest HP EliteBook is also equipped with a 720p webcam.
There is also one HDMI 1.4 connector, an option to place a microSIM card, a microSD card reader and a headset jack. There is also Bang & Olufsen’s audio, there are two stereo speakers and two microphones. The keyboard is backlit.
HP’s continue their unique design with the EliteBook x360, which is lately termed the latest business machine in the market. The aluminum and silver part of the system uses the company Logo that is at the back of the laptop.
By lifting it, will show the 13.3-inch, 1080p touchscreen; and the well-designed keyboard. Because of its 360 degrees hinge, the HP EliteBook x360 can be called a convertible. It ensures that you can fully decide how to use the device.
Tablet mode, tent mode, theater mode and laptop mode: it’s all with the HP EliteBook x360. The convertible only comes in the color silver on the market, weighs 1.28 kilograms and has the following dimensions: 31.69 x 21.85 x 1.49 centimeters.
The sides of the laptop are built with several ports. The right side is a USB 3.0 port, a headphone jack, and a port to insert the card reader. On the left, a microSD card slot is built there, and another USB 3.0 port and the power jack.
Security, Privacy, and Durability
EliteBook x360 is Superb protection with security through Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Along with that, the HP Sure View security mode makes everything private.
HP WorkWise is office intelligence rolled into one smartphone app for security, real-time performance information, and simplified HP printer driver installation.
It has a lot of security options. You can make use of the fingerprint and the camera option.
The EliteBook’s has a good color but the screen happens not to be too bright. The picture is perfect. The EliteBook has more than 100 sRGB color gamut, which happens to be more than the average of the 98%.
With a brightness of 239 nits, the EliteBook isn’t as bright as other Hp laptops.
Keyboard, Touchpad, and Stylus
The keyboard in the Elitebook is just so amazing. The keyboard is not shallow. And is very responsive. Apart from the normal keyboard for the shortcut, there is also some special keyboard for business purposes. They also built in a key to answering skype call and other business calls. The 4.3 x 2.6-inch precision touchpad is just perfect.
HP tunes the speaker with a partnership with Olufsen. You will always find the sound up to standard when playing music on the system. The Bang & Olufsen Audio app allows you to customize the audio.
The Elitebook battery is good and can last you for your business day. This battery can take up to 9 hours before it goes off, and recharge up to 50% battery life in just 30 minutes with an HP fast charging battery.
EliteBook’s 720p is built with a webcam that can snap a very sharp image that will wow you. The picture you get is very sharp, this is rare in the webcam for laptops. With that IR camera Integrated for face authentication with Windows Hello.
The EliteBook has some software suite preinstalled, with a few HP apps and some bloatware and operating system of Windows 10. HP JumpStart allows you to easily register your laptop and download the free software. The Windows 10 bloat includes has Facebook, Candy Crush, Soda Saga and Twitter. Warranties for the EliteBook can be one or three years, but it’s largely determined by the configuration of the laptop you go for.
Price and availability
The EliteBook x360 was priced at $1,910 and with a 2.8-GHz Intel Core i7-7600U CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB PCIe SSD and a 1080p display. The HP EliteBook x360 has been around since January 2017.
The HP EliteBook x360 has received the commendation from most users now to be a business laptop. The design is so excellent with a keyboard to type as you go, and battery life that can take you through the business day. If you want a brighter system, you can consider going for the HP spectra, but it does not have an SD space. But if you need a complete business laptop, Elitebook has all it takes to deliver all that to you.
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Geode, mingles high-end design, interior lighting and photography. It’s not a simple picture frame, or a simple accent light – it’s a dynamic way to make your own images glow, while filling your room with light.
There are three features that make Geode unlike anything else. Each frame is interchangeable and so is the image contained within, Geode unplugs and glows for 6 hours (and recharges once plugged back in) and due to its angular nature, Geode has seven unique resting positions.
Geode is 5”x5”x4.5” and is constructed of plastic and aluminum. The removable frame is a soft, matte finish silicon, while the body is a white opaque, glossy polycarbonate.

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As demand for the renminbi picks up pace globally, where do the opportunities lie for companies and financial institutions?
Paul Skelton, Global Head of Client Coverage, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking
Karen Ng, Head, China Opening & RMB Internationalisation, Client Coverage, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking
In recent years, China’s introduction of enhanced infrastructure as well as policies to address the pain points of usage have strengthened the foundation for renminbi internationalisation.
At the same time, external events – from geopolitical conditions to the interest rate environment – serve as an impetus for countries to reduce their reliance on the greenback, while creating conditions that favour the renminbi.
Taken together, the stage is set for the currency to play an increasingly important role in the years to come. Read the report to learn how companies and financial institutions can capitalise on the opportunities as they arise.
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In national cases from Terry Schiavo to Marlise Munoz, we have all seen how easily things go terribly wrong when there are conflicts regarding responsibility for major medical decisions. But every day there are situations when an accident or illness takes us by surprise and we are caught unprepared. Moreover, a recent article in the NY Times pointed to how easy it is for the medical establishment to misidentify a surrogate decision maker, particularly without a health proxy form.
These cases point out how important it is to for every adult to have an advance directive, such as a Health Care Proxy and/or a Living Will, in order to retain control over medical decision-making.
Massachusetts is one of three states that allow people to make their own Health Care Proxies, but does not officially recognize Living Wills. The difference between the two documents is that a Health Care Proxy designates another person to make medical decisions should you be unable to do so, while a Living Will allows you to list medical treatments that you would or would not want if you were unable to make your own decisions.
On an Massachusetts healthcare proxy form you are free to choose almost anyone as an Agent, but it is important that you discuss your treatment preferences with your Agent. You may also write on the form certain treatments that you do or do not want.
According to the Massachusetts Medical Society in order for your care proxy form to be binding, you must sign it in the presence of two adult witnesses. Once you have signed the form, it is recommended that you make at least four copies. Keep the original for yourself, and give copies to your agent, alternate agent, your physician, and anyone else who may be involved in treatment decisions if you ever become unable to make decisions for yourself. Copies of the form are as legally valid as the original, and the document remains valid until you revoke it.
The most important part of a creating a care proxy form is that you are ensuring that even when you are unable to speak out, someone will still listen and understand your values, goals and wishes regarding medical care. And that is something we can all give three cheers for!


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I presume you have read the book and watched the movie. It never ceases to amaze how excited people get for movies and how fully they embrace the characters. Yes, I was one of the crazy people eagerly waiting in line for the 12:01 Thursday showing. I have to admit that I felt slightly out of place while waiting in the line because I didn’t dress up like one of the characters.
I was disappointed that the movie didn’t include the interaction between Dudley and Harry when the Dursleys were leaving. I thought it was very telling that regardless of what had happened to Dudley (and let’s be honest, gaining a pig’s tail and being almost killed by a Dementor where horrible experiences for Dudley to go through) he felt like Harry was family and that Harry should be with them.
The scene with all the Harrys was incredibly well done. Fleur snuggling up to Bill and commenting how she didn’t want him to look at her were awesome! I was glad we finally got to meet Bill, who plays a larger role in the book than he has played so far in the movies. Harry riding in the sidecar with Hagrid was fabulously done, I loved the added excitement of Hagrid driving on the road to the chase scene. I thought the portrayal of the wand doing magic without Harry’s control was well done, in the book it was a much more subtle movement but for us to actually see it, I think, the movie required something more obvious.
Two of my favorite characters in both the novels and the movies are Fred and George. The scene where George is injured was touching and had just the right amount of humor to keep with the characters of the twins. I really laughed in the movie when George comes down for breakfast with the toothbrush stuck in the hole, so very George.
What did you think of the wedding scene? Originally I was disappointed because Harry wasn’t disguised as someone else but then I realized it is better for us visually to have Harry be Harry instead of trying to keep another character straight in a movie that is full of secondary characters. I LOVED Fleur’s wedding dress, I thought it was gorgeous!
Prior to rereading the book the weekend before watching the movie, I had forgotten how many people died in this last book. While all the deaths made me sad (now I am just discussing the deaths in this first part of the movie), there are two deaths that really hit home for me: Hedwig and Dobby. The first time I read the novel I cried when Hedwig died, it was such a telling moment hitting home the senseless death suffered by the innocent. I did like how the movie changed Hedwig’s death from being trapped and helpless in her cage to being because she was trying to protect Harry. Dobby’s death was also very difficult. Dobby was such a huge supporter of Harry despite everything he went through. I could sympathize with Harry’s desire to make a gesture to show how much Dobby meant by digging the grave by hand for Dobby.
One of the recurring themes in both the novel and the movie is the need for friends and family to help make you a better person and to help you with what you have to do. All the previous novels and movies has stressed this theme, but I felt this movie really hit that theme home. I think this is why Harry prevails and Lord Voldemort fails. Hermione is the logically one, she can figure out the puzzles and do the complex magic necessary. Harry is the action one, he can rush in and get what needs to happen done. Ron is the practical one, it is Ron that keeps Harry from being stupid and Hermione from being too logical. The most telling of this in the movie was after the battle in the cafe where Ron is the one who told the two what needed to happen to get everything done. It is only when Ron is back with the trio that they successfully destroy the horcux and are able to figure out what else they need to do to defeat Lord Voldemort.
One thing I was disappointed that they left out of the movie was the story line with Kreacher. In the novel (for those of you who haven’t read it) Harry gets Krecher to give him the information he needs about RAB and the locket. Kreacher had protected the locket and was so upset about it being gone because of his affection for Regulus Black. Once the trio realizes this, Harry gives Kreacher the fake necklace to have. After receiving the necklace, Kreacher completely changes his attitude about the trio, making the Black house into a home and cooking for them. I thought this story line was necessary to show how the accepted attitude to other creatures was wrong. I also thought this experience made Harry and Ron more trusting of other creatures (Hermione had always had a different attitude towards them, which is why she formed the S.P.E.W club) and made the trio’s trusting of the goblin later in the novel more believable. It also was the antithesis of the new Ministry’s goal with the statute showing all other creatures below the Wizards, including the “mudbloods” and their treatment of the mudbloods.
Lastly, I want to talk about the scene where Harry and Hermione kiss naked. I felt that the nudity wasn’t necessary as the point was gotten across without the nudity. What did you think? What did you think about the movie overall?
Are you as excited for the second part as I am? Here on NovelReaction.com we will be reading the book again when the second part comes out so we can discuss the second part of the book and movie and both together. I was unable to find a trailer for the second part but this teaser trailer gives us some great hints as to what is to come.


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Jubellian Eloy Floyen is the main protagonist of the story Father, I Don’t To Get Married!. She is the daughter of Regis Adri Floyen.
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Jubellian was an outcast of noble society, she received no attention from her father nor from those her age that is, until she met Mikhail Albert Hessen who gave her just the shred of attention it took for her to fall in love with him. She finally got the attention she was seeking and decided to devote her life to him, not caring what he did or who he talked to. This was all until he confessed to her that he never loved her and loved the royal princess instead. This destroyed their three year relationship. He left her and soon after, all three were at a banquet and Jubellian gave the princess some wine because she was thirsty. This wine turned to to be poisoned that the princess died while Mikhail put the blame on Jubellian for the death of his loved one. Jubellian was ordered to be taken away and her father volunteered to bring her to the shadow room, a place where no one can leave once they enter unless they are of the royal family. As they arrived, her father gave her a dagger and bid farewell as the Prince came to torture her. In that instant, she used the dagger to stab herself and hope to die instead of live a miserable life imprisoned. In the end, the true culprit was never revealed and she died having lived a lonely life.
As a young child, Amelia (Jubellian's mother) died and she was left with her father, Regis Adri Floyen, as her only family. He never gave her affection or love and frequently pushed her away. She grew up lonely and longing for some form of affection. Even so, her rank amongst all the other noble women was low and she had no friends. She turned her frustration onto other women and exploited them to get closer to Mikhail Albert Hessen, her boyfriend who was the only one to give her attention.
A typical woman who was just looking for a good job. She had many skills like programming and baking, but she hadn't managed to get a full time job. She often dreamed of escaping her current life and reincarnating into a book, but never as the villainess. One day, on her way to a part-time job, she got hit by a car and died. This caused her to transmigrate into the book that she was reading about the tragic life of a noble woman.
Before the reincarnation, Jubellian had a vile personality where she viewed herself to be above others, partially for the fact that she was the daughter of a duke. Although she never got much attention from her father, she figured out ways to get that from other people and even bullied people who got close to Mikhail Albert Hessen because she was the first person to be there for her. She was also much of a stalker and would follow Mikhail around, watching his every move.
Her personality after the reincarnation is drastically different; she isn't obsessive or rude, but rather much more calm and rational as she does not target her outbursts of anger or frustration at others anymore. Even so, she can be rather unguarded at times and doesn't know when something can be dangerous.
Jubellian is a beautiful young woman with long straight silver hair that reaches to her lower back. Her face is quite petite with elegantly shaped violet eyes and a small chin.
She typically wears dresses that are blues or other cool tones and a relatively simple style.
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- Mikhail Albert Hessen: Mikhail was Jubellian's fiance before he left her for the princess. After she returned from the past, Jubellian decides to end her relationship with Mikhail.
- Regis Adri Floyen: Regis is Jubellian's father.
- Unnamed mother: Jubellian's mother passed away when Jubellian was young. In Chapter 53.5, it is revealed that the full name of her mother is Amellia Norah Floyen as shown on her gravestone (her name was spelled as "Amelia" in Chapter 50.5).


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Do you ever find yourself reminiscing about where you’ve been? Maybe it’s a quiet afternoon and you put on music. Perhaps you have a few days to yourself and end up in a classic Internet rabbit hole. Often times those rabbit holes lead to the same places, for me at least, bringing up familiar, decades-old feelings.
Recently, I again found my way back inside Mapping An Invisible World, the melancholy and longing album by now defunct Days Away. What a diamond in the rough that never received the full attention it deserved! Picking a single song from this album is virtually impossible, as it’s truly a front-to-back listen.
With surprisingly mature lyrics for the age of the band members at the time, a raw talent on the drums (Tim Arnold) backs two driving guitars and quirky vocals (Keith Goodwin) that, once acquired, taste so good. What’s not to like?
The album begins with a pop in the face on the track God and Mars, which is lined with themes of moving on—further punctuated at 1:30 by a quiet swell that builds with atmosphere and Arnold’s ride (cymbal) accompaniment.
A few tracks in, Ideas shows the flexibility of the band in a vocal sense, perhaps a nod to what was to come with the band Good Old War and the two original DA members that shifted camps with that group’s formation.
By the time we hear the track It’s Not Over, the listener is greeted with a familiar early 2000s guitar effect. In this case, it’s not overdone and a welcomed driver to the lyrics demanding clarity in a relationship.
I really enjoy the track You Were Right, because it brings to the forefront the storytelling capabilities of the group. “If you don’t mind, I’ll sneak away and come see you…” which leads into, “before tonight I was thinking that I might be lonely; forever.” Call me a sucker for an indie longing-for-love track, but it gets me every time.
The album culminates with my personal favorite, if I had to pick: T. Kline’s Decline. It ultimately begs to ask, “Is anybody here?” as the aura and commanding drum line moves the final seconds through time and space.
At it’s bottom line, the album might be a coming of age tale about a group of young men trying to figure out life, relationships, and a general sense of purpose. Did they ever find it?
What the band left behind was a raw album that poignantly articulated what most of us go through at one time or another. And for that, it will always hold the line somewhere in my world.
At the time of posting, the tracks on SoundCloud are available as previews only. Visit the Bandcamp links for a full listen.


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Hold the RosesBook - 2002
With candour and humour, this biography tells of Rose Marie's many years in the entertainment world. Her behind-the-scenes look at show business is replete with intimate stories of household names from Hollywood, Las Vegas and Broadway.
Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
Copyright Date: ©2002
Branch Call Number: 791.092 R72
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*****FROM ABC NEWS MEDICAL UNIT*****
The American Medical Association does not "classify" illnesses serious or otherwise. Mental illnesses are classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric Association.
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To reduce the vulnerability of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Nigeria to sexual abuse, particularly among women and girls, stakeholders in the disability sector, have called on policy makers to come up with all inclusive sexual and reproductive health policy that would enable PWDs have access to basic healthcare services unhindered.
Currently, the uptake of sexual reproductive health services among PWDs in the country is low owing to lack of appropriate laws to ensure their full social integration into society particularly through provision for their economic, health, social, educational, emotional and psychological needs.
Research has shown that the marginalization and exclusion of PWDs in Nigeria from basic services such as health is a consequence of three broad factors: low awareness, poor capacity and inadequacy or absence of appropriate legal and policy frameworks.
Charting the way forward, stakeholder at a Roundtable discourse in Lagos recently, urged the government to put the right structures in place that will effectively promote increased uptake of sexual reproductive health services among PWDs.
The roundtable discussion Tagged: “Voices for Change: Promoting increased uptake of sexual reproductive health services among PWDs in Lagos State”, event was organised by Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of the Blind with support from Marrion Daniels and Amplify Change Project.
In her presentation titled, “Addressing sexual reproductive health needs of adolescents with disabilities towards sustainable and resilient society for all”, National President, Down Syndrome Foundation, Mrs Rose Mordi, decried the high level of sexual abuse faced by women and girls living with disabilities.
“A lot of our girls have been sexually abused. I have had cases of abuses with children with disabilities”, she said.
To arrest the situation, Mordi urged the Federal Government to put the right structures on ground by first, signing the recently passed Disability Bill into law.
Mordi also called stakeholders in the disability sector to unite and speak with one voice in order to get the desired attention from government.
Report shows that over 19 million Nigerians suffer one form of disability or the other even as some are said to be in a precarious circumstance
Speaking from the policy point of view on this year’s theme, representative of General Manager of Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), Dr. Adebayo Adebukola, said health services should be made free for all PWDs if Nigeria must have a sustainable and resilient society.
He recommended the employment of sign and language interpreters in government hospitals to enable PWDs access healthcare services without barriers, stressing that PWDs community have been excluded from basic healthcare services for a long time.
For Mrs Aramide Oikelome of Bestspring Foundation, the way forward remains attitudinal change among our policy makers while appealing to them to promote the welfare of PWDs because they also have sexual needs.
In her submission, Mrs. Adedoyin Beyioku Alase, chairperson, Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, Lagos chapter and national president, Deaf Women Association of Nigeria, recommended an inclusive sexual reproductive health policy that will improve the livelihood of women with disabilities by increasing their access to services and also boost the understanding and attitude of health workers.
Earlier in her opening remark, Executive Director, JAAIDS, Miss Olayide Akanni, said the aim of the roundtable was to address the gaps in accessing sexual reproductive health services among PWDs through policy formulation.
Stressing the need to promote the uptake of sexual and reproductive health services among PWDs in Lagos State, Akanni called for increased budgetary allocation for healthcare services especially for PWDs, adding that some of the health facilities are not accessible to PWDs.

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Hargeisa (SD) – UCID party chairman Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe says flights from countries where Covid19 has been detected should be banned.
Chairman Faysal suggesting Ethiopian planes be banned said “ previously we go khat, marijuana and alcohol from Ethiopia, thank god we survived those, now that the Ethiopian flights are allowed to come in, the government have to do one of two things, quarantine everyone for the recommended fourteen days or cancel all flights”.
The chairman also talked about the political optics of banning the Ethiopian flights.
“if the flights are cancelled, the Mogadishu children didn’t do that, it was because of the Virus and we are making that decision, let us focus on the virus and not politics.” Said the chairman.
The Somali federal government who is currently in charged of the Somali airspace has banned all international flights, but the Ethiopian airlines seems to be flying to Hargeisa on its regularly scheduled flights.


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The hotel is nicely located close to tha main road and the river view and view on wolf mountain are nice. Around the hotel is a beautiful park.
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text: I’d earlier featured another work of Israeli artist and designer Tomer Sapir– Prostheses. This work – Unit1.1 is a bedside table that has an built-in alarm clock that is synchronized to the user’s sleep cycles. This is one designer who never ceases to amaze me with his concepts. Love it for its ‘alien-ness’! In fact, it also reminds me of the ‘big brother is watching’ concepts right out of Kafka and George Orwell’s books.


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Pharm 271/272 Introductory Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the basis of clinical therapeutic and thus forms a core part of the programme. In the course emphasis is laid on basic mechanisms of drug action in relation both to drug-receptor interaction and to the operation of physiological and biochemical systems. The section also provides an introduction to the pharmacology of neuro effector systems.
By the end of the course, students should:
- Attain a core knowledge in basic pharmacology and so laid a secure foundation in the principles of drug action to support courses in clinical pharmacy and other course in pharmacy.
- Be able a broad knowledge of modern pharmacology, from the molecular basis of receptors and cell signaling, to the effect of drugs on whole body systems
- Identify the major classes of drug receptors and sites of drug action within the body;
i.) Pharmacological mechanisms by which drugs of various classes may alter biochemical, physiological or pathophysiological parameters to produce theraoeutic or unwanted effects.
Principles of Drug Action
- Introduction to pharmacology
- Targets of Drug-Action-receptors, enzymes, ion channel, carrier systems
- Action via specific receptors.
- Relationship between binding and response. Forces involved in drug-receptor interaction.
- Affinity, Efficacy. Agonist. Antagonists.
- Structure- activity relations (receptor identification).
- Competitive anatagonism. Quantitative methods for assessing atagonist binding from dose-ratio to produce a given level of effects. Schild plot.
- Radioligand binding. Specific and non-specific binding. Displacement.
- Non-competitive antagonism. Reversible v. irreversible antagonist.
- Spare receptors, partial agonists. Cooperativity (Hill plot).Functional or “physiological” antagonism.
- Receptor superfamilies
- Receptor mechanisms. Intracellular receptors regulating gene expression. Ligand-regulated transmemberane tyrosine kinases. Ligand gated ion channels. G-protein coupled receptors.
- Family of channels gated by accetycholine, -amino butyric acid (GABA), glycine on 5th .
- Family of voltage gated ion channels, sodium, calcium and potassium. Introduction to selective blockers. Local anaesthetics.
- G-protein coupled receptors. Basic structure. Pertussis toxin, cholera toxin. Activation and inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. Modulation of ion channels. Activation of phospholipase C. diacylcylcerol, IP3, protein kinase C.
- Intracellular receptors mediating gene expression. Glucocorticoids, Mineralocorticoids, Oestrogens, Progestogens.
- Ligand regulated transmembrane kinases. Insulin, epidermal growth factor, platelet derived growth factor.
- Example of integrated action. Drugs affecting insulin release.

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senior citizen ministry
The Senior Citizens of Teel Apostolic Church are very important to our Church. We realize that what we enjoy as a younger generation was handed down from those who are now our seniors. They are the role models that we want for our children to follow. They have played a very vital role, and continue to do so, in the services of our church.
It is our mission to encourage, support, and assist them in any way that is possible. This is why we have established a Helping Hands Ministry under the leadership of Damon and Linda Tucker. This ministry cares for, assists, and ensures that no special day goes unnoticed. Our Senior Citizens enjoy times of fellowship and fun with events created just to accommodate them. Fun times such as fall festival day, special services to just honor them, and their contributions to our church. We welcome as well as provide transportation to those of our Senior Citizen community. At Teel Apostolic Church, we appreciate you and your years of service to God. Seniors are always a welcome sight in our church.


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File: Orkney mineworkers are protesting what they describe as the arrogant, brutal and exploitative attitude of the mine owners.
HENDRINA - Residents in the mining town of Hendrina in Mpumalanga are grappling with a variety of problems from socio-economic issues and lack of infrastructure to poor services.
Politicians now have less than a month to convince residents to give them a chance at the polls.
The town of Hendrina is an example of the huge socio-economic divide in South Africa.
Many who work in mines, the belly of the economy, still have no running water, proper sanitation, electricity or decent housing.
Their hard labour hasn't paid off as they still languish in poverty.
Ward committee member Khetani Myeni says it's nothing but constant promises.
In the CBD the demands are different.
There is infrastructure for water, electricity and municipal services but sometimes, taps run dry due to the failure of the Optimum purification plant.
It's less than a month until voters have to choose who they trust to deliver services but many here are sceptical and it's not clear whether they'll turn up to make their mark.


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Every Saturday and Sunday.
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Weekends of Imagination
What is Weekends of Imagination?
At MOTAT we’re all about hands on learning, that’s why every weekend we are offering interactive activities that aim to inspire your imagination! With themes that change every month there’s always a fun and engaging learning experience on offer!
Weekends of Imagination was created to encourage young minds to think outside the box, so come along to MOTAT every Saturday and Sunday engage with other kids and flex your creative muscles together!
June - Illuminate: Matariki Lightboxes
Come along to the Mezzanine space of The Idea Collective this June and celebrate the beginning of Matariki.
From 10 June we welcome in the Māori New Year by exploring Maori art, symbolism and themes using light to encourage intuitive making and practical learning.
Using Matariki themed imagery as the basis for creations, we’ll make the light boxes come alive. We provide the light – you provide the art!
Your dazzling displays will also be put on show at MOTAT village during our Night Lights event.


The pastor who was unceremoniously sacked for allegedly not anointing the wife of the Lagos state Governor first, has been saved by well-meaning Nigerians.
The Chaplain of the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Lagos, Venerable Femi Taiwo, who was allegedly sacked by Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode for allegedly “disrespecting his wife” by refusing to anoint her first during an anointing service, has been saved by well-meaning Nigerians.
According to Punch, Taiwo, who was sacked without no query or official reason has been blessed with a fully furnished apartment.
Recall he was ordered to exit the official quarters where he resided with his wife and two children just 24 hours after he got the Governor and his wife angry.
Pleas from church leaders and elders had failed to save the cleric, who still had two years to spend as the presiding chaplain. Taiwo has now settled into a new and furnished accommodation provided by members of his congregation.
Taiwo told Punch that he got five offers of apartment from different members of the church congregation.
A source disclosed that church members who were angered and touched by the way the priest was treated decided to help the cleric and his family.
“Apart from the apartment he moved to, he got four offers of apartment from different members of the African church congregation,” the source said.


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Dr. Mulliner not only demonstrates a caring manner; he asks very perceptive questions and provides excellent advise designed to promote healing.
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Vovem Meat & Liquor is Aberdeen’s superior steakhouse and bar.
Independently owned and operated, Vovem aspires to share its passion for the rich variety of quality beef available across the country. With a unique menu and its custom-built Ox Grill, the kitchen embraces the Argentinian grilling ethos; meat is grilled with wood for a subtle smoky taste by their very own Vovem Asadors (grill masters). As well as a large selection of premium steak cuts, guests can also choose from exceptional seafood dishes, including Scottish lobster and Loch Fyne oysters. All of the food offering is perfectly complemented by the Vovem Bodega, Vovem’s custom wine cellar which houses over 30 hand selected red wines. The large contemporary bar also offers a range of classic cocktails and premium drinks and is a destination in itself, even if you do not wish to dine.
Boasting a stylish interior with a welcoming atmosphere, whether visiting to drink or dine, Vovem Meat & Liquor offers an alternative modern experience.


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The Ministry of Public Health is gearing up to provide premarital medical tests, which have been made mandatory, at three clinics, starting from next month. The clinics are located in the West Bay, Al Khor and Airport areas and tests will be carried out twice a week for couples wishing to get married.
The Al Khor clinic will serve all residents of Al Khor and Al Shamal areas. The clinic located in West Bay will cater to Doha residents. The Airport clinic will serve south Doha and the country's southern region.
Directives issued in 2006 stipulated that all couples wishing to get married, both nationals and residents, have to undergo the medical tests.
The tests will look for three types of diseases — genetically-transmitted disorders, infectious diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, and chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension. It will take around two weeks for the results to be known.
Should one of the partners' test results come out positive, they can decide whether to proceed with the marriage or call it off. After the tests, the NHA will issue a certificate to the couple wanting to get married, and the document has to be presented in court for the marriage to be legalised.
Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, a member of the committee overseeing the premarital tests, had recently said that ignorance about the health of one's partner had led to messy divorce cases.
These divorces usually take place after the first child is born and is found to be suffering from some serious disease, he said.
It has been left to the National Health Authority (NHA) to ensure that appropriate steps are taken to administer the tests. In June, the NHA conducted a workshop to train staff on administering the tests.
There are plans to make the testing facilities available at all health centres in the country.
A decision on whether those wanting to get married outside Qatar have to undergo the medical tests is yet to be taken.
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The rest of the book then talks about the new life of Spring with bunnies and eggs and how yes, they can be great reminders of Jesus’ new life. I didn’t love the book as much as the Christmas book, but I so appreciate the candor and the purposefulness. Bunnies and eggs and spring= new life. Download this Premium Vector about Easter bunnies with color eggs coloring book page, and discover more than 7 Million Professional Graphic Resources on Freepik.
The Easter Bunny (also called the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter ating among German Lutherans, the "Easter Hare" originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of Eastertide. The Easter Bunny is sometimes depicted with. A wonderful book for children to explore their imagination and be creative. This book contains a delightful array of bouncing Easter bunnies, 'egg-citing' Easter eggs and cute and cuddly baby chicks!Art is like a rainbow never-ending and brightly colored. Author: Betty Palatin.
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Find all the books, read about the author, and more. /5(27). In addition to its religious significance, of course, Easter is a holiday associated with scavenger hunts, munching on hollow chocolate bunnies, and sharing brunch with your loved year, Easter Bunnies book suggest adding another, more literary tradition to your list: Gifting your preschooler an Easter-themed book.
With types ranging from picture-heavy to information-rich, these reads are perfect for Author: Elena Nicolaou. Easter means spring flowers, baby animals – and of course chocolate eggs (though books make great Easter gifts too!). Scroll down for springtime and Easter books packed with chicks, lambs and bunnies, fun activities and free downloadable activity sheets.
You’ll find Easter table inspiration from 25 table stylists this week at the bottom of this post. I took a departure from previous years’ Easter tablescapes and a pastel palette in favor of a table that’s different for me one that’s ‘black and white with bunnies all over’.
This Easter Bunny corner bookmark is a perfect little Easter origami for kids to make. Folding your own corner Easter Bunnies book is a great way to encourage reading too, as in the end this lovely project will have to find it’s place in a book the kids will read.
Later in the year, you can try turning an old book into a beautiful Christmas angel. At any time of year, you can learn to make a romantic bouquet from an old book. We also have so many other fun and easy Easter crafts waiting for you to try. Here’s how you can turn an old book into a rustic centerpiece for Easter.
a special lesson a little girl called Jade learns from the Easter Bunny. THE EASTER BUNNY by Jade Kreutzer One day there was a little girl called Jade. And be sure to check out our newest collection of unique Easter gifts, including tons of great Easter gifts for children. From fluffy stuffed Easter bunnies to kid’s toys and special keepsakes that are sure to please.
Create a wonderful, distinctively decorated Easter gift basket, featuring a. The Dumb Bunnies’ Easter by Dav Pilkey is a laugh-out-loud book that takes kids along for the ride as the Dumb Bunnies celebrate Easter with a Christmas tree.
Hey, those bunnies never said they knew what they were doing, and kids will find the bunnies' nonsensical mayhem to be a total delight. Buzzing Easter Bunnies book. Read 22 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.
The sequel to BLUE CHRISTMAS BALLS from Nick Spalding, the b /5. Little ones will be moving and grooving along with the bunnies in the bright new picture book, Everybunny Dance.
Great for Easter or anytime, bunnies of all shapes and sizes sing, dance and play musical instruments—and even a fox can’t help but get involved.
Ages ($10, ). The Country Bunny and the Little Golden Shoes by DuBose Heyward and Marjorie Flack is a stunning book about a mommy bunny’s domestic work (bringing up young bunnies.
Easter. I'm so excited. Who knew the Easter Bunny had an assistant. Well, he does in this picture book, and his assistant is a skunk. They immediately run into trouble when the Easter Bunny begins teaching Skunk how to dye Easter eggs, and Skunk can’t help getting excited/5().
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From shop VintageMaineFinds. This printable book for the traditional rhyme “Five Little Bunnies” will help preschool children practice counting and simple subtraction skills. This would work well with any Easter or Spring themes and activities. My students love books that rhyme and count down, because they like to guess which number is next.
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The Dumb Bunnies may be a little mixed up, but they always have lots. Start an Easter tradition with this fun and funny children's book, from the New York Times bestselling creators of How to Catch a Leprechaun.
"I've been. Easter Basket Stuffers: Eggs, Bunnies & More - DealTown, US - We've got interactive toys, egg coloring kits, LEGO rabbits, crafts and more great goodies as. Happy Easter! What a great addition to any Easter Basket - a fun coloring book filled with Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, baskets, chicks, lambs and more.-Let them color all the creatures in this fun and original coloring book.
-Your child will love to celebrate Easter by filling the pages of this classic coloring book with bright colors.Yvonne, I know that Easter is now over but I am going to make these book page Easter eggs for next year!! I found an old hymnal at Half Price Books and I am using song pages for my eggs.
Some of the strips will show the music bars and most will have the words of the songs and others the titles and number of the hymns.Set of 4 Easter Bunny Egg Holders Cut and Fold Combined patterns Page counts - pages, pages, pages, pages Book Height - 21cm Pattern: Measure Mark Cut and Fold Print - Colour Listing is for Book Fold Patterns ONLY Any Flowers and .