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Nursing home chain may avoid nearly all of $256 million fraud judgment
The Justice Department and a medical whistleblower have tentatively agreed to settle a $256 million civil fraud judgment against a large nursing home chain for $4.5 million, according to court documents filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Entities operating under Consulate Health Care, a chain based in Florida tied to private equity company Formation Capital, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. The sixth-largest nursing home chain in the country with 140 facilities from the Mid-atlantic to the Gulf Coast, it said it did not have the resources to pay the large False Claims Act judgment against it.
A federal civil jury in 2017, in a decision later upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals, concluded that nursing homes now owned by Consulate defrauded taxpayers through inflated billings for rehabilitation services for residents. The penalty was the culmination of a whistleblower case brought in 2011 against an earlier owner of Consulate’s nursing homes by Angela Ruckh, a nurse who worked at two of the chain’s nursing homes.
In the proposed bankruptcy settlement, the United States will receive $3.375 million and Ruckh will get $1.125 million, according to a copy of the proposed agreement filed in court by Consulate’s lawyers. Consulate’s operations division, headquartered in Maitland, Fla., and two of its nursing homes will be sold to another entity that also is related to Consulate, according to public records and court documents.
A nursing home watchdog group criticized the proposed settlement.
“I am very troubled that one of the largest nursing home chains in the country is allowed to evade a $256 million court-ordered judgment against it by filing for bankruptcy and selling a handful of its facilities,” said Toby S. Edelman, senior policy attorney at the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy.
The “pennies on the dollar” settlement, she said, undermines the government’s ability to make sure nursing homes comply with the laws regarding financial dealings and resident care. “What happens to accountability for the billions of dollars that nursing homes receive from the federal government for providing care to residents?” Edelman said.
Consulate and Formation did not immediately respond for requests for comment. The Justice Department and lawyers representing creditors in the bankruptcy case did not respond to comment. The settlement, which contains redactions and was not fully disclosed, still needs final approval of the parties and Bankruptcy Judge John T. Dorsey, which could come later this month.
But Consulate’s outside bankruptcy consultant said in a court filing that the government and Ruckh likely would be unable to collect the original judgment through litigation. The devastating financial impact the pandemic has had on the nursing home industry has damaged not just Consulate but its corporate affiliates as well, said Paul Rundell, the company’s Chapter 11 restructuring officer, in a court filing Monday.
“The skilled nursing industry has been dramatically impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, including from the recent resurgence of infections from the delta variant,” he said.
“Many large skilled nursing organizations, including Consulate, have encountered increased financial stress as a direct result. And the State of Florida, where many of Consulate’s skilled nursing facilities are located, is among the hardest hit.”
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 135,000 nursing home residents have died as a result of coronavirus infection. Many industry beds remain unfilled, as families remain fearful to potentially place elderly relatives in harm’s way.
Earlier in the bankruptcy, the creditors committee asked the bankruptcy court to authorize an examination of Consulate’s financial relationship to its affiliated companies to determine, among other things, why its operations arm, CMC II LLC, transferred $1.6 billion to a parent entity in 2020. But the motion requesting the examination was withdrawn over the summer.
“Consulate’s strategy has proven successful in protecting a billion-dollar company from taking even minimal financial and legal responsibility for poor care in its facilities,” said Charlene Harrington, a critic of the industry’s financial practices and professor emerita in the department of social and behavioral sciences at the University of California at San Francisco.
Atlanta-based Formation Capital also is an investment firm behind Genesis Healthcare, the largest nursing home chain in the nation. Genesis came close to bankruptcy in 2020 but instead transformed itself from a publicly traded company to a privately held firm in March 2021.
Whistleblower lawsuits are common in the health-care industry and often lead to settlements. They rely on the False Claims Act, which dates to the Civil War. The law allows insider private citizens to sue on behalf of the government to uproot fraud against taxpayers. In Ruckh’s case, the government declined to join the case as a plaintiff, but under the law it was still entitled to the proceeds of the judgment.


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The action against Learjet now claims the crash caused his death "at a later date"
DJ AM’s mother is picking up where her son left off in his legal fight against Learjet.
Andrea Gross has amended his $20 million lawsuit against the plane manufacturer, the pilots’ estates and others by adding a wrongful death claim, Los Angeles court papers show.
“The crash ultimately caused Adam Goldstein’s death at a later date,” the papers state.
A trial is set for March 2. A number of opposing lawsuits have been filed in the case.
Learjet has previously denied all responsibility for the crash.

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Man rapes 23-month-old niece and girlfriend’s teenage daughter and infects both of them with HIVBy Mason White 9:38 AM March 21, 2016
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(Scroll down for video) A man will spend the rest of his life in prison for infecting two girls with HIV after raping her.
33-year-old David Wilson of Texas, was found guilty of child sex assault in a Houston court.
Wilson, who previously spent four years in prison and was ordered to register as a sex offender, was for some reason allowed to be alone with his niece.
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Police soon learned that Wilson raped and impregnated his girlfriend’s teenage daughter.
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The lead singer for the Irish rock band U2 is expected to attend the 10th anniversary celebration of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland on Friday, April 11. He will be one of over 200 expected guests to attend. Ireland’s Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former British premier Tony Blair, US Senator George Mitchell, Northern Ireland politician John Hume and Africa campaigner Bob Geldof are also expected to attend.
The Good Friday Agreement, signed in Belfast April 10, 1998, led to the creation of the administration between pro-British Unionists and pro-Irish Nationalists in Belfast.
Ahern has stated, “It is particularly appropriate that we honour Tony Blair, his achievements and his huge personal commitment to the cause of peace in Northern Ireland as we mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.”


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On Easter Sunday, dozens of New Yorkers and politicians gathered outside of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Midtown Manhattan office for an Easter “service,” organized by Make the Road New York. There, they demanded he approve a $3.5 billion fund for excluded workers, including undocumented immigrants, who worked during the pandemic. “He said that black and brown people, primarily, had to go to work. They were essential, they’re important. They had to go to work. They had no choice,” New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams recalled of Cuomo. The fund, which would give 187,000 immigrants and 87,000 recently incarcerated people with about $12,600 each, has angered state Republicans. The New York Post
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Branford assesses social needs
BRANFORD -- As people prepare to ring in the new year, local leaders have a big concern: how to improve the coming year for residents in need.
First Selectman Anthony "Unk" DaRos has been working with local churches on a needs assessment and to make sure everyone in town gets the help they need.
"Between the town and the churches, we get exposure to what the needs are in town," he said. "We are trying to get the word out there about what's available. Winter hasn't been bad so far, but who knows about January, February and March. We want to be ready."
"We keep hearing 'Things are getting better,' but we aren't seeing it," said Andriole.
She added that over the past year, the counseling center has seen a different population: Those who were previously gainfully employed but have faced cutbacks or joblessness.
His church recently gave more than $3,000 to Connecticut's Operation Fuel, which helps provide home heat to those in need. The money came from the Christmas fair, which had been held to pay for the basic needs of the church.
"We decided this year that outreach was in the spirit of Christmas," said Keane. "We were thinking of Jesus and the Christmas story. He was born in a manger -- the first family was homeless -- and we wanted to help those in a similar way."
Keane is hoping to launch an ongoing program in the new year to ensure that town residents get assistance. He aims to have $5 or $10 tags at local stores that can be scanned at checkout if people want to donate money.
"I would want to call it something like Branford Helping Branford," he said. "The money would go to the Branford Counseling Center to administer funding for things like emergency shelter, counseling, medication or heating assistance."
The Rev. Sharon K. Gracen, rector at Trinity Episcopal Church, said the 14 local places of worship involved in the effort are planning to send a mailing to residents asking for donations before launching any new programs.
"With heating alone, there are 250 to 500 families in need and Branford is a town of 30,000 people. That's a big percentage," she said. "A lot are seniors on fixed incomes (and) are having to make decisions like, 'Do I heat my home or buy groceries?'"
At her church, Gracen said members are hoping to double their outreach budget this year.
"It is amazing how many people don't know there are so many struggling in Branford," she said. "We have people teetering on the edge all the time."
Andriole said the town and churches' efforts are much appreciated because the Branford Counseling Center can help people who may not be eligible for state or federal assistance.
The town and the churches are hoping to distribute more information about what assistance is available and launch new programs in the new year.
To donate to Branford Counseling Center, call 203-481-4248 or send a check to 342 Harbor St., Branford 06405.
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This morning, at Moravia Park Elementary School, teachers gathered in a classroom during their lunch break to sit in on an Arts Integration Professional Development. These tailored workshops are just one of the ways Partner Schools who participate in the Schools Program are supported throughout their journey to become a fully arts integrated school.
The sessions are lead by Vanessa Jackson, Arts Integration Coordinator who takes on an engaging and interactive approach to ensuring each teacher leaves with a thorough understanding of what arts integration is and ways they can apply those concepts in their own classrooms. Every Partner School designates a teacher to be the school’s Arts Integration Coach, or AI Coach, who spends extra time in their days to coordinate between their school community and Arts Every Day, collaborates on arts funding plans, and helps other teachers implement arts integration in their classrooms. As schools progress through the Schools Program, AI Coaches have opportunities to demonstrate their ability to lead discussions and hands-on activities during professional development throughout the school year.
Moravia Park’s AI Coach, Ms. Feld, ended today’s professional development with an exercise that got teachers thinking about their understanding of arts standards and how they can use them with their students. This approach where teachers are given the chance to participate in the professional development helps build a sustainable foundation for the school to implement and continue developing once the school “graduates” from the Schools Program.


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ARLINGTON, Va., May 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK), a leader in weaponized, special-mission aircraft, in conjunction with King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB), has delivered the first modified CASA-235 light gunship aircraft to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. ATK was awarded a contract by KADDB to modify two of the country's CASA-235 transport aircraft into highly capable and cost-effective special mission aircraft. The completed aircraft has been delivered to the customer and will be featured during the 10th edition of the Special Operations Conference and Exhibition (SOFEX), May 6-8, 2014, in Amman, Jordan.
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Established in 1999, The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) is an independent government entity within the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) that aims to be the globally preferred partner in designing and developing defense products and security solutions in the region. The scope of work conducted by the Bureau covers the full spectrum of Defence Design and Development, Test and Evaluation, Technology Incubation in the Kingdom, as well as Defence Technology Training.
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When I lived and worked in Hawaii there was a local, family-owned lunch spot that had Cornflake Chicken as one of its weekly specials. That and their roast turkey lunch were some of my favorites. Unfortunately the restaurant is gone and my memories of exactly what that Cornflake Chicken tasted like has long since dissipated. When I moved to Boston I searched for a similar recipe. I never found one but I came across this recipe on a listserv (yes, it's that old). It's been part of my repertoire for more than 20 years and one that I get requests for all the time.
Cornflake chicken and garlic mashed potatoes is one of the most requested meals. And since I'm my mother's daughter, there is always some kind of vegetable - green beans, broccoli, or spinach.
And since I'm also obsessed with chicken & waffles, I've also tried them with cornmeal waffles. I have to say, in this instance it doesn't taste as good as real fried chicken. But it's still tasty with a drizzle of maple syrup.
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The recipe is for a single meal portion of crumbs but I find it easier to make a full box of cornflakes so I always have the crumbs on hand. I put the cornflakes in a Ziplock bag, use a rolling pin to crush them into crumbs, and then measure them out. Then I do a little math to figure out the correct proportion of seasonings I'll need.
Everything is stored in an air-tight container, ready to go at a moments notice. With the crumbs already made, I can get home and get everything going in about 15 minutes, then have a glass of wine until dinner is ready. Since it tastes best hot out of the oven, I make small batches using bone-in, skinless chicken thighs. It also works well with boneless chicken tenders but you need to watch the time so they aren't over cooked.
Note: this recipe is so old I don't know if it had an attributed author. I did a Google search but haven't found a recipe like it.


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The reality that some parents choose not to vaccinate their children is a tough one that other parents and teachers face every day.
But one mother took matters into her own hands after finding out one of her daughter's friends was unvaccinated.
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She shared her experience on web forum Reddit, in a thread where doctors were asked to share some of their "worst experiences with anti-vaxxers".
The mother, who goes by the handle 'DankMums', said she only found out her daughter's friend from dance class was unvaccinated after sending out invites to her daughter's birthday party.
"My daughter's best friend is in remission from leukaemia and is immunocompromised. An unvaxxed kid could kill her," she wrote.
"I uninvited the dance kid and very nicely explained the situation."
But the anti-vaxxer mother wasn't at all happy, "losing her shit" and allegedly trying to get the DankMums and her daughter kicked out of their dance school.
"The dance school owner is an older lady and had no idea there were idiots these days that didn't [vaccinate], so she implemented a new rule that students had to be up to date and the unvaxxed kid had to find a new dance school," the mother wrote.
"I felt bad for the kid but her mother is a sociopath. Herd immunity saves lives when it comes to kids fighting cancer."
Supportive parents told her they would have done the same thing.
"This is the thing about anti-vaxxers that really drives me nuts, I feel terrible for their kids getting put at risk, but it's even worse than that, they are putting at risk anyone who is immune compromised!" one wrote.
"I can imagine the old dance school owner lady's reaction to the idea of anti-vaccination, given the relative prevalence of the diseases vaccinated against decades ago when what is now the elderly population were younger," wrote another.
Earlier this year the Australian Government rolled out its 'no jab, no pay' policy nationwide, docking benefits from parents who won't immunise their children.


With 64GB of internal storage, the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet Ultra is large in many ways. There is also said to be a HDMI 1.4 input port allowing for recording 4K video footage at up to 30 fps. If these rumored specs are true, this future tablet could be one of the best ever designed.
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You can certainly enjoy the heady contents in your absinthe glass even more when you get immersed in vintage classic mood with absinthe posters. By buying a traditional, rare and genuine poster or perhaps a high-quality reproduction of the vintage art, you can truly create the perfect ambiance for savoring each sip of absinthe alcohol to the fullest absinthe history.
Absinthe gained popularity in the late Nineteenth century when it was first distilled to treat soldiers for various diseases. However, its potent bitter-sweet taste together with heady absinthe effects caused by the high amount of alcohol content soon captivated drinkers of all avenues of life including individuals from the world of literature and art. The result was that absinthe was quickly captured in several exotic paintings that usually portrayed males and ladies dressed in various outfits either holding up a bottle of the favorite absinthe brand or sitting in a cafe with a glass of absinthe liquor in their hands.
Since such vintage art isn’t just very rare but also extremely expensive you may tend to get upset. However, today’s technology not only offers you the opportunity to own such works of classic art for the fraction of the original price but also enables you to get them delivered right at the doorstep. The internet has seen the emergence of various online absinthe poster shops and you could easily buy absinthe posters online after going through genres of posters that depict the journey of absinthe into present times. Included in this are posters showing people drinking absinthe drinks, absinthe bottles, absinthe fountains, absinthe glasses, the classic absinthe fairy poster or green fairy poster, or even a poster of the devil pouring out a glass of absinthe.
Each re-print in absinthe art can be ordered as a canvas print or a giclee print on paper, that is made using computerized printing technology. Each poster must be very carefully selected in order that the color and theme suits the existing ambiance of your bar at home and also seems to enhance the environment before you sit back to louche the first glass of the absinthe liquor. You can also choose from smaller posters that measure around 6 x 8 inches to huge ones that measure 33 x 47 inches so as to produce a breathtaking impact to anybody walking in your home or bar.
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Bring music into your everyday life by finding opportunities to sing with your wee folk! The Early Childhood Guide provides seasonal inspirations for incorporating music into your day with your young children. Included in the guide are lyrics and sheet music to the songs, instructions for creating simple musical instruments, musical book recommendations, and listening examples of songs to inspire your days full of music.
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The future success of the police is dependent on attracting the best and brightest to careers in the force, the Policing Minister has said, as a move to fast-track officers into senior roles come into force.
Damian Green added: "This is the first time that chief constables will be able to recruit talented and motivated leaders from other walks of life, who can bring a wide range of experience and expertise.
"They will receive world class training from the College of Policing and will bring a fresh perspective and approach, opening up policing culture which will benefit their colleagues and the public."
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Huang has been in the jewelry industry since 1987, when he and his wife opened a small retail booth in the Los Angeles jewelry district. He founded Super Bell Jewelry in 1992.
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Project Objective - Funding for Education of Disabled Children
Father Benedict Mutunga from the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Katoloni led a project to aid needy children with their education. To date Father Benedict has received €4,000 to assist in the maintenance and fees for the children. "We have been able to assist five children and treat many minor disabilities with surgery. We have paid our contribution towards the athletics annual event and were also able to pay outstanding fees."
This would not have been achieved if Father Benedict had not received the funds from World Mercy Fund. Speaking about the support received from World Mercy Fund, Father Benedict said "Please accept our gratitude on behalf of the children and the community as a whole."
Father Benedict is now seeking further help for the children.
The new project looks after impoverished children, especially the physically disabled in their parish. The main aim is to educate these children and to make them feel part of the community. In many cases the families have neglected the children as a result of their disabilities. The parish want these children to make a future for themselves with the education they receive. A number of these children are really talented and can make beautiful handcrafts assisted by their teachers. Others are academically talented, many get higher education. Father Benedict's and the Parish's role is to assist the children to make their own lives after school.
Through the support of The World Mercy Fund the children from Katoloni Parish can help themselves to live an educated and happier life.
Project Objective - Funding for Extension of St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Centre
St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Centre was built in 2004 by The Diocese of Markurdi under the direction of Rev.P.Foley CSsP and his staff from Abwa. The Local Goverment gave land to Rev.P.Foley to build the centre in March 2003. Construction began the following year with two buildings which housed two offices, a meeting hall and a welding workshop. There was a further expansion of 6 latrines, a generator house and a guardhouse - all wheelchair accessible.
St. Joseph's overall aim is to provide a future for the dignity of people with physical handicaps where they are respected and can live a healthy and productive life within their communities.
There are three key objectives:
To date these objectives have been accomplished but now the goal is to make the centre financially sustainable. To become a reality they they need more land and buildings. In January 2007 a request was made to the local Goverment for additional land for further development. This was given in February 2007.
In order to make a centre financially sustainable The St. Joseph's Centre will need a much larger welding workshop and adequate storage space. Included in the building for storage, they require three workshops to be added to the house training centres in computer, weaving and knitting as well as shoemaking. The disabled need these trades if they, in turn, are to become self sufficient.
World Mercy Fund can support these people by supplying the necessary funds for this project.
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Board will decide whether to transfer land for skatepark site
(Background: The current big mission for the AV Skatepark Project is to convince the AVUSD School Board to transfer (sell for $1) the AV Community park area near the clinic, including the future skatepark site (just north of the high school solar panels). This is essential for the project to be possible because if the school district continues to own the land, the cost of any development is many times greater -- plus the school district is not interested in having a skatepark on their property.)
At the November 8th AVUSD school board meeting, the board will hold a public hearing to consider the case for whether to transfer (sell for $1) the future AV Skatepark site, in addition to the current AV Community Park area. The board will take a vote during this meeting to approve the transfer (or not).
School board members are still undecided on the matter, and need to be compelled to take action by seeing that a substantial faction of our community demands a skatepark. If you are interested in supporting the AV Skatepark Project, please show up to the November 8th school board meeting (5:30 at the AV High School Library)!
We hope to have AV Skatepark t-shirts for sale ($25 each; $20 for students) in the parking lot just before the meeting. In case we don't have your size or you don't want to purchase a shirt, please WEAR GREEN to show your support.

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Celebration service for Mandy Matula of Eden Prairie at Grace Church in Eden Prairie.
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Teammates from the women’s softball squad at the University of Minnesota Duluth joined more than 1,000 friends and family members mourning Mandy Matula at Eden Prairie’s Grace Church on Sunday, where it was announced that her uniform number – 14 – had been retired.
Volunteers led by her brother Steven had searched for Matula since her disappearance in early May. Her body was discovered late last month by a hiker in a park near Sartell.
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from “Edible Capital District” September 2016 issue; by Maria Buteux Reade, photography by Liz Lajeunesse – A baguette changed JoAnne Cloughly’s life. “My Aunt Jeanette took me under her wing when I was a teenager and taught me how to bake French bread. That focused my life. She was my Alice Waters or Julia Child. Everything she did was so beautiful, like pulling stupendous flavors out of a simple salad.”
A certified executive pastry chef, Cloughly now serves as chair of SUNY Cobleskill’s Agricultural Business and Food Management program. Cloughly and I met on campus over freshly baked apple cake and coffee, and she shared her insights as Cobleskill wraps up its centennial year. In one afternoon visit, it became apparent that the college truly lives up to its motto, “Real Life. Real Learning.” These kids are dedicated. Just like their enthusiastic leader.
Edible Capital District: What distinguishes SUNY Cobleskill from other culinary programs?
JoAnne Cloughly: It’s the crossover among programs. Under the umbrella of the Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, established in 2014, ag students learn about cooking, and culinary kids see how food is being grown. Before, ag students would learn how to process and cut meat. Now, one of our culinary instructors co-teaches in the meat lab, and he brings the ag students to the kitchen and shows them how to properly season and cook the various cuts. They discuss taste and texture so they’re learning the whole spectrum.
I want our students to learn how the quality of ingredients affects the preparation and final product. Food isn’t delivered to our kitchens in frozen packages or on Styrofoam trays. It comes from the pastures and gardens across the road. And those same high-quality homegrown ingredients are prepared by culinary students, served in the campus restaurant and consumed—gratefully—by their peers and guests.


Canada Public Service Exams Preparation 2022
With the average annual salary ranging from $44,500 for Administrative Assistant to $118,600 for Executive Director, getting employed in Canada’s public service offers both the stability of competitive government salaries and the diverse choice of career opportunities for seasoned job seekers and new graduates alike.
The Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) manages all pre-employment screening for job positions in the federal public service. As part of the recruitment process, the PSC administers public service examinations. The psychometrics of its civil service testing is geared to the demands of each given public service position and allows for the job seekers aptitude assessment.
What Canada Public Service Exams You May Have to Take
Depending on the type of public service work and on the set of key competencies required for it, the Canadian public service exams can be organized within the following major categories:
- General Public Service Tests
This category of public service exams evaluates your general aptitude for public service work. Within this category of public service tests, you may have to deal with the tests assessing your general intelligence and cognitive ability (such as the General Intelligence Tests GIT-310 and GIT 320), your general competency for public service work (such as the General Competency Tests Level 1 – GCT1-207 – and Level 2 – GCT2-314), your English language proficiency (such as the Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Test GSPAT-120 and the Written Communication Tests WCT-345 and WCPT-351), as well as your general ability to use sound judgement and solve common work tasks experienced by civil service professionals (such as the Public Service Entrance Exams 371, Test of Reasoning 373, and Test of Judgement 375).
- Office and Administrative Assistance Tests
This category of public service exams assesses the areas of your public service aptitude relevant to your ability to effectively fulfill office and administrative assistance work duties. Within this category of public service tests, you may have to deal with the tests assessing your general familiarity with office skills and most common office practices and procedures (such as the Office Skills Tests Checking-203, Filing 201, Following Directions-206, and OST-200) and your general ability to deal with tasks of administrative nature (such as the General Administration Test GAT-380).
- Officer-Level and Management Tests
This category of public service exams evaluates your aptitude for public service positions that require fulfilling the work duties of managerial and supervising nature. Within this category of public service tests, you may have to deal with tests assessing your aptitude for middle management job positions in the public service (such as the Middle Management Situational Exercise MMSE-840, the Middle Manager Simulation Exercise 757, or the Middle Manager In-Basket Exercise 820), as well as your aptitude for senior management job positions in the public service (such as the Senior Managerial Simulation Exercise 861, the Simulation for the Identification of Senior Management Potential 862, the Simulation Exercise for Senior Executives Level 3, or the Supervisor Simulation Exercise 428).
- Tests Specific to Certain Job Positions
This category of public service exams allows for aptitude assessment when it comes to other job positions in the public service which are not included in the aforementioned categories. For instance, to have your aptitude for the job position of a human resources consultant assessed you will have to take the Human Resources Consultant Simulation Exercise 410. Some public service jobs may involve specialized public service exams of their own (such as the Internal Audit Tests for the public service job positions involving auditing work duties, or the Program Advisor Simulation 758 for those interested in filling job positions of program advisors in the public service).
- Tests Specific to Certain Public Service Aptitude Areas
Within this category of public service exams, you will find public service tests that help to determine whether you possess and can effectively apply certain aptitude areas at your workplace that are valuable in modern civil service work environments. This broad category may include such public service tests as the Team Leader Simulation 445, Situations for the Identification of Leadership SIL, the Reviewing Past Accomplishments and Experience Test, or the Candidate Achievement Record CAR.
Regardless of the type of public service examination, you will probably like to increase your chances of success during any civil service examination. How can this be achieved? There is a simple yet effective solution.
How to Prepare for Public Service Exams
One potent PSC test preparation strategy includes familiarizing yourself with the format of your Canadian civil service exam before you take the test. This can be achieved with the help of online public service exam prep materials such as Canadian public service exam books and sample practice tests for government jobs, made available by various assessment centers.
Online public service test prep materials allow you to acquaint yourself with the format of the Canadian public service exam through regular practice with free examples and explanations of the most common public service exam questions and answers.
As a result of your PSC exam practice, you will experience greater confidence with the format of your written exam for government jobs, and will have much less exam-associated anxiety affecting your performance during the examination itself – allowing you to score as high as you possibly can on your public service test.


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Actor Ryan Reynolds has played various superhero roles during his movie career ranging from Hannibal King in “Blade: Trinity” in 2004 to Hal Jordan in “Green Lantern” in 2011.
After casting the Wade Wilson role for “Deadpool” to Reynolds, once again Marvel fanatics are reminded the atrocity that took place during the release of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” when he portrayed as a bare, mouth less, and alien-like version of Deadpool with weird, tribal-like tattoos on his body.
One would think that since Wilson is played by the same person in the two movies, there might be a possible connection between them. Is “Deadpool” a possible sequel to “X-Men Origins?”
Fortunately, that is not the case. Unlike the one in 2011, this so called “new and improved” Deadpool does receive the costume that fans remember him wearing in the 1990s. He is also a talker despite him wear the full outfit throughout most of the film. His revengeful and sarcastic personality leaves audiences pondering on his identity and what he would be categorized as compared to recent Marvel films. He does not fit the stereotypical heroic standards as Captain America. Regardless, one cannot help but admit that his character is indeed lovable.
His backstory goes in depth throughout a decent portion of the film, but is tastefully done by switching between the epic fighting scenes and his personal life, helping the audience understand what he is fighting for and the different dimensions he has to offer eventually come to light.
Without a doubt, Deadpool is emphasized as a natural comedic relief and charismatic wonder that never fails to go above and beyond. The star of the show gives you a taste of what he is about the second the credits start rolling. However, what makes him so relatable compared to other Marvel heroes is that his humor is also an outlet for him to cope during the uncomfortable situations he has to overcome – which could probably be likened to an exaggerated version of Iron Man. He also is portrayed as a very unconventional “knight and shining armor” who develops odd relationships during unusual circumstances.
He has many flaws and makes numerous mistakes, but he does find the ability to redeem himself in multiple occasions because of the underlying force that drives him. He does not seek to save innocent civilians and doesn’t even care if what he does to accomplish his goals is considered “morally acceptable.” In fact, the character obviously displays on how happy he is to make a game out of decapitating a head briefly into the film. In other words, once viewers overlook his sadistic killing methods and wittiness, it is impossible to not adore him.
“Deadpool” was a fantastic movie and movie goers will appreciate on how authentic and humorous the main character was. The screenwriters deserve a round of applause for indirectly mentioning the mess-ups that occurred in “Green Lantern” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Granted, fans are very much aware of how horrid those films were after production, but the fact that it was acknowledged in a comedic perspective during the film was amazing. Also, the notorious Marvel pop-up scene done by Stan Lee is cherish able and unforgettable as well. Due to the high violent and sexual content that featured in the film, “Deadpool” is most suitable to audiences 18 and older.
One does not have to be a Marvel fan or have taken a glimpse into the Deadpool comic books in order to enjoy this film. Ryan Reynolds’ hands-on contributions towards the development of the character will leave audiences and loyal fans craving for more, which will hopefully turn into a sequel.


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Yep, we’re doing it. A massive camera comparison with every single high-end flagship smartphone we could get our hands on. Six handsets, seven different tests, and one table.
This is SoyaCincau’s epic flagship smartphone camera comparison. Want to know which flagship smartphone takes the best photos? Well, now you can see and decide for yourself.
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Now is probably the best time to pick up an iPhone 6s Plus. Retailer SenHeng is now offering RM700 off its official retail price and you can get an iPhone 6s Plus 32GB at only RM2,499. That’s a discount about 22% off.
Barely two months since it was reintroduced in Malaysia, the iPhone 6 32GB for 2017 is now getting a price cut. Originally priced at RM1,999, the entry-level 4.7″ iPhone is now RM300 cheaper as announced by authorised resellers, Switch and Machines.
To me, fitness trackers should be as discrete as possible. The more comfortable and unobtrusive it is, the more likely I will wear it. So, when Fitbit launched the brand new Alta HR today, I was definitely looking forward to seeing if it could take the place of the Charge 2 on my wrist.
If you’re a Celcom postpaid customer using an iPhone, the official MyCelcom app is finally here. Last month, the blue telco had released its Android version for the general public and now it’s also available on the iOS.
Apple just released a brand new version of iOS, version 10.3, and it comes with a whole list of improvements and optimisations. One of the biggest ones is the fact that this new operating system apparently frees up additional storage on your device.
The Samsung Gear 360 has made 360-degree content creation more accessible for the masses. It was compact, easy to use and was reasonably priced for its offering.
Along with the Galaxy S8, Samsung has announced an updated version and it expands VR content sharing to the next level.
An automation app called Workflow, was labeled as “most innovative” by Apple back in 2015. Well, now Apple has bought the app over and are making a move to get more users.
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Prince continued his decades-long run of eccentric behavior by dismissing the Internet in a new interview with London's Daily Mirror.
He's releasing his new album, "20Ten," as a free giveaway in select European newspapers (yes, there is still such a thing as a newspaper), including the Mirror.
Prince lashed out against technology in the Daily Mirror interview, particularly the Internet. "The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
Prince has alternately embraced and rejected various aspects of the Internet. He's been a fierce defender of his intellectual property, aggressively pursuing any Prince-related content that's showed up on sites like YouTube. He's released albums and other songs as online-only exclusives, dating back to 1997, and made an aggressive online push for his last album but recently shut down his own website.
"The Last Airbender," based on the popular anime series, hit theaters this weekend, and the reviews haven't been pretty. Roger Ebert gave it half a star (for context, he gave "Transformers 2" a full star) and opened his review with the following:
"'The Last Airbender' is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented. The laws of chance suggest that something should have gone right. Not here."
Not only has it filled the critics with hatred, but there's something else the critics agree on: that this likely marks the end of M. Night Shyamalan's career. Shyamalan made his name with "The Sixth Sense," and his career's been on a downward trend ever since. His fourth major release, "The Village," was the first that raised some serious concerns with those who followed his career, "Lady In The Water" continued on that path, and "The Happening" left critics aghast with what they'd just seen. The path to redemption is looking a lot less clear after this one.
Comic book fans have been in a tizzy ever since it was announced Tuesday that Wonder Woman was getting a new costume (designed by comic book legend Jim lee), as well as a revised origin. It's a significant redesign, while retaining many of the classic elements. For comparison, here's the original, by artist Nicola Scott:
Her new outfit adds a jacket and pants. Critics have pointed out the '90s style of the jacket and the move away from Wonder Woman's iconic look. However, it retains the color scheme, as well as smaller versions of the tiara and the Wonder Woman logo. Her bullet-blocking bracelets are changed into larger bracers. She keeps her Lasso of Truth. It also provides a more demure, covered up look.
Here's Wonder Woman in action in the new gear:
After reading Wonder Woman #600, the fan fear seems to have been too early. It was a well told story as part of a comic that served as a real love letter to the character. It's also set up from the beginning as a change in the storyline timeline, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a return to the previous status quo with some minor alterations within a few years.
Democratic Senator Al Franken showed that he's just like everyone else in a meeting they find boring, using a United States Senate notepad to sketch Republican Senator Jeff Sessions during Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
He's actually a decent artist. If he's ever looking for work, looks like he's got a variety of fallback options. (Caricaturist? Comic book artist? Police composite artist? Oh, yeah, and there's that comedy thing.)
It's a good thing I can't draw that well, or I'd be even more distractible than I already am. (This is also why I sometimes leave my iPhone at my desk to make sure I focus during meetings.)
Hulu finally unveiled the much-rumored Hulu Plus service today. Instead of just offering the last five episodes of a program as Hulu currently does, you'll now be able to watch the full current season of most series, as well as previous seasons of a variety of series (though not all).
It's a subscription-based service. The item that made me raise an eyebrow is that, while you have to pay for a subscription, it's also advertiser supported, so you don't get out of advertisements by paying the subscription fees.
It's being priced at $9.99 per month. Will consumers be willing to pay for this service, or is the public happy with seeing the last five episodes of their favorite shows online for free?
You'll also be able to watch Hulu Plus programming on a variety of platforms, such as the iPad and the iPhone. I'm not sold on it over the streaming TV options being offered by Netflix, but it's definitely an intriguing new entrant in the paid streaming field. I'm also curious to see if they add more movies to their service to make their offering more competitive with Netflix.

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Here’s how to make your joint wholesale mortgage payments and the best way to settle your equity line of credit.
Making a United Wholesale Mortgage Payment
You can make an installment equity line of credit through United Wholesale in two ways: on the United Wholesale Mortgage Lender Login website or by phone.
How to Make a UWM Payment Online
United Wholesale Mortgage offers a consumer credit advance adjustment page to calculate installments online. To view your records online, you’ll need your Prepayment Number or your name and the last four digits of your Social Security number. If you access the site using your name and Social Security number, you will need your service loan number to retrieve your record data and make UWM prepaid organizational installments.
How to Make a UWM Payment by Phone
If you prefer not to pay in installments with the plan on the UWM website, you can still contact United Wholesale Mortgage Customer Support at 800-981-8898 and make installments over the phone. You will need UWM credit data and a phone agent can pull your records. You must provide your ledger data including your bank instruction number and record number.
Best United Wholesale Mortgage Payments
The best way to pay off your home equity line of credit is the most beneficial. For many, this may be an alternative to automatic installment payments that you can make on the UWM Loan Repair website. However, others may prefer to speak to someone directly about their installments, in which case phone installments are ideal. But remember, your loan can be good for up to 30 years, in which case you can decide to phone 360 month-to-month to structure your home equity loan installments.


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- Register and get a Payoneer Prepaid MasterCard.
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Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl to release on Netflix
Sharan Sharma directorial Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl stars Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi. The film will premiere on Netflix.
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, starring Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role, is set to premiere on Netflix. The official Twitter handle of the streaming giant made the announcement on Tuesday.
Netflix shared a video with the caption, “”Plane ladka udaye ya ladki, usse pilot hi kehte hain”- Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl, arriving soon. #GunjanSaxenaOnNetflix”
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, jointly produced by Dharma Productions and Zee Studios, also features Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi in supporting roles of Gunjan’s father and brother, respectively.
The Sharan Sharma directorial is a biopic on the life of Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena who, along with Srividya Rajan, became the first Indian women fighter pilots to venture into a war zone. Gunjan rescued soldiers during the Kargil War in 1999 and was honoured with the Shaurya Vir award for displaying courage and grit during the war.
Speaking on the film’s OTT release, Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl producer Karan Johar said, “Gunjan Saxena is a defining film based on a true story about a woman who showed unparalleled courage, and inspiration to many in the coming years. We are excited to partner with Netflix and share this fearless story about following your heart and your dreams with millions around the world.”
Shariq Patel, CEO, Zee Studios, added, “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is a film we’re immensely proud of. It’s a film that inspires each one of us to push our own boundaries, step out of our comfort zones, and dare. We are excited that this inspiring story has found a home at Netflix, and I’m sure, it will touch millions of hearts across the world.”
Sharing why Netflix decided to release Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Monika Shergill, VP-Content, Netflix said, “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is a story of pure courage and determination and we can’t wait to premiere it on Netflix. Dharma Productions, Zee Studios and the entire cast and crew have come together to make this incredibly inspiring, must see film that will move and entertain everyone.”
Post the wrap up of Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl in December 2019, Janhvi had shared an Instagram about her emotional journey during the film. She wrote, “Spent two days trying to think of a caption that’ll do justice to what this experience has meant to me but nothing sums it up. It’s a film wrap and I feel blessed to have been on this special journey, and through it to find my best friend @sharansharma – like you say it’s all about the process; and I don’t think there will ever be one as pure, honest, adventurous and memorable as this one. Can’t wait for you guys to see it ”
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl went on floors in Lucknow in February 2019 and was previously scheduled to have a theatrical release on April 24, 2020. But owing to the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the makers decided to have a digital release.


text: Analyses of the air quality in one of the largest petrochemical regions of Canada revealed the presence of concentrated toxic clouds according to a “Nobel Prize” laboratory at the University of California, Irvine laboratory. These analyses reflect the results that had already been obtained confirming the presence of carcinogenic substances in the northeast of Edmonton. Although only a sample was collected, the results are “not due to random”, according to the head of the laboratory, Donald Blake. Researchers visited the region known as the “industrial heart of Alberta” in June 2012, which includes more than 40 petrochemical companies. 96 air samples were collected in the vicinity and in rural areas upstream of the wind. The majority of the results are below safe limits for Alberta. But between the 8th and 12th of July of this year, researchers detected significant increases in the levels of benzene, a carcinogenic substance that has no safe level, during three days. One sample indicated the presence of 11 parts per billion (ppb) of benzene, another 24 ppb, and a third, 156 ppb. Alberta recommends that the rate of benzene does not exceed 9 ppb during an average of an hour . According to Mr. Blake, “If this is something that the wind brings in a home and the home receives five to 20 parts per billion benzene all the time, it starts to worry me,” he said. It was the third visit by the laboratory in the Alberta industrial heartland. In 2008 and 2010, results, reviewed by peers and published, revealed the presence in the air of chemical substances that cause smog at levels comparable – and sometimes even superior – to the largest cities and the largest industrial centers of the world. At least 10 toxic products detected in the clouds were substances carcinogenic either known, or suspected. The researchers also found that the prevalence of blood cancer in men between 1997 and 2006 in the three counties surrounding the area was significantly higher than in neighboring counties. A causal relationship has however never been established. A spokesman for the Alberta Department of the Environment said that the recommended air quality standards followed by the agency’s monitoring of industrial heartland were established by a group made up of representatives of the government,industry and environmentalists. However, she declined to comment on the results of the California laboratory.

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Gingrich amassing a pile of policy shifts
Rivals cite habit as he rises in polls
Among the latest twists in the Republican presidential campaign is this: Mitt Romney, long accused by foes of flip-flopping on issues, is now being given a run for his money by another candidate who shares the same liability: Newt Gingrich.
For years, Gingrich supported the idea that citizens could be required by mandate to buy health insurance, like in the health care overhauls initiated by Romney while he was governor of Massachusetts in 2006 and on the national level by President Obama last year. Now, Gingrich opposes such an idea.
In 2008, Gingrich filmed a commercial with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a liberal Democrat, urging action on climate change. But last month on Fox News he called it “probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.’’
Last May, he criticized as “right-wing social engineering’’ the proposal of Representative Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, to convert Medicare, the single-payer style health insurance program for the elderly, into a premium-support voucher program in which seniors privately purchase insurance. After that ignited a firestorm of protest, he quickly backed off, apologized to Ryan, and said his “words were inaccurate and unfortunate.’’
And, in what may be the most notable example: In a debate Oct. 11, Gingrich said that Democrat Barney Frank, the former House Financial Services Committee chairman, should be jailed for lax oversight of
As Gingrich’s once-faltering presidential primary campaign has picked up steam - he leads in polls in Iowa, and has gained ground in New Hampshire - Romney has begun to point out the Gingrich flip-flops. Meanwhile, the campaign of another GOP presidential rival, Ron Paul, issued a video last week accusing him of “serial hypocrisy’’ on several issues.
Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond dismissed the charges. “The mudslinging is coming, but we’re going to stay positive. Americans are looking for leadership to fix the direction that the country is headed in. We’ll continue to do what we’ve been doing, running a solutions-oriented campaign,’’ he said.
The dispute over the nature of Gingrich’s work for Freddie Mac has gone back and forth. Gingrich initially said he had been hired as a “historian,’’ but Bloomberg News reported that former agency officials said he was retained to “build bridges’’ to congressional Republicans and conservatives “seeking to dismantle it.’’
Gingrich later said he provided “strategic advice’’ and only worked about an hour a month on the Freddie Mac account. The Washington Post calculated “that would suggest that Gingrich earned up to $30,000 an hour.’’
Now a fierce critic of how the agency is run, he was supportive in his past statements.
One example of Gingrich’s onetime backing of the mortgage giant was provided by John E. Sununu, former Republican US senator from New Hampshire, in a Globe op-ed piece last week.
Sununu recalled that in 2005 he was a co-sponsor of legislation to reform Freddie Mac, including scaling back its risky investment portfolios.
“It came as no surprise that they immediately unleashed a well-paid army to oppose the bill,’’ he wrote. “It was surprising, however, to learn Newt was among them.’’
And two years later, Gingrich was protecting the troubled agency from a fundamental overhaul, saying in a 2007 speech that a website, Verum Serum, found on the Freddie Mac website: “While we need to improve the regulation of the [government-sponsored enterprises], I would be very cautious about fundamentally changing their role or the model itself.’’
This year, Gingrich has written that
The flip-flop issue is not the only distraction for Gingrich as he emerges as the chief alternative to Romney in the GOP primary vote. After his quick rise in the polls, his business activities have also come under intense scrutiny.
He has been a principal or director of a network of consulting and media companies, and a for-profit think tank sponsored by many leading companies with health care interests. His net worth has increased by somewhere between 12 and 50 times what it was when he left Congress in 1999.
Gingrich also comes with the heavy political baggage of three marriages, past adultery, and a precedent-setting reprimand by his House colleagues that included a $300,000 penalty for ethical wrongdoing.
He maintains he has changed and learned from his mistakes, but a lesser candidate without Gingrich’s experience and GOP bona fides would probably be punished by voters for such transgressions.
At a recent campaign stop in South Carolina, Gingrich rejected a suggestion that he had cashed in on his status as a former legislative leader.
“I did no lobbying of any kind - period,’’ the Associated Press quoted him as saying. “I’m going to be really direct, OK? I was charging $60,000 a speech. And the number of speeches was going up, not down.’’
Rick Tyler, who was Gingrich’s spokesman for nearly 12 years before joining the exodus of staff from the campaign in June, said: “I’ve never seen Newt fret or worry over money. . . . I was on a conference call when Newt turned down a $1 million contract to be a spokesman for something he wasn’t interested in. . . . All of his efforts focus on large-scale change, and they are consistent with who Newt was when he was elected to Congress.’’
Rich Galen, who worked for Gingrich for about six years in the late 1980s and 1990s and admires him, said the candidate is driven by strategy and appreciates nuance.
“The first two times he ran for Congress as a moderate and lost. It’s never been clear to me whether some of these positions were taken because he needed a starker contrast with the Democrats or the president or if he really believed every semicolon that came out of his mouth,’’ said Galen.
“I don’t think he sees these things as black-and-white as his rhetoric would lead you to believe.’’
Brian C. Mooney can be reached at email@example.com.


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Well, today the proposal for Rainman’s Bride—and its accompanying spinoffs—goes out the door to Beth Adams at Guideposts Books. This is the signal, boys and girls, for everyone to start praying hard…because I truly feel that Guideposts’ “happening” to decide to expand their fiction line (s) to go into the trade market in a big way is a wide-open door for me. Added to that the fact that Beth and I got along like gangbusters at our ACFW appointment—well, let’s say that as much as I’m afraid to hope for anything anymore, this opportunity has tempted me to start believing again. I truly believe that Guideposts is as close to an ideal match for my style as it gets; time and experience will tell. But it’s time to get that Golden Heart book out on the shelves where lots more people can read it!
The next project to pitch is Voice of Innocence, which I’ll be putting together a proposal on and pitching to an agent electronically. This doesn’t stop the pitching for that piece, but it may end up being the last stop it needs to make…until it sells. Let’s hope so.
OTOH, I’m having nagging doubts about this piece, I will admit—if for no other reason than it’s met with such resounding indifference in the agent marketplace. Yet when I entered it in a contest where booksellers judged, they gave it overall high ratings, including one perfect score. One particularly poignant comment came off those contest sheets, from the bookseller who said, “I want to meet this author, and I want to read this book.” To which I murmured, “From your mouth to God’s ears, honey.” All comments were anonymous by nature, but I wished I knew who and where this bookseller was…I would have e-mailed her, or maybe even gotten on the phone, and asked her if she knew any literary agents with taste like hers!
So it’s a mixed bag this morning, but the good news is I’m bringing myself one step closer, on at least one front. Now, does anyone know Guideposts’ response times????
Staying the course (as best she can),

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MP3 Mike Porcel - Intactvs
A wide range of musical styles and a delicate poetry, intensely metaphoric, profoundly lyrical, and slightly nostalgic.
14 MP3 Songs in this album (60:34) !
Related styles: LATIN: Nueva Cancion, WORLD: World Fusion
People who are interested in Loreena McKennitt Cat Stevens Joan Manuel Serrat should consider this download.
“Intactvs” is Mike Porcel''s 2008 new release. The CD condenses all these years of Mike’s prolific and active career, bringing together 14 compositions some of them new and also well known featured themes such as Ay del amor!, Diario & Esa mujer que llega, but all of them representatives of his successful incursions in a wide range of musical styles, from Renaissance, Baroque and Romanticism airs to New Age, Jazzy echoes and progressive Rock, blend together with Cuban roots, Indian, Middle Eastern and Asian atmospheres. The lyrics, a central component of Mike’s musical creations, offer a delicate poetry, intensely metaphoric, profoundly lyrical, and slightly nostalgic. They open the door to a rich gamut of emotions, creating the subtle, engaging experience of Mike’s voice and harmony.
Itinerary of an artist
Mike Porcel was born on Thursday April 13th, in the still yet not desolated city of Havana, Cuba. His first guitar arrived into his hands at the young age of three. However,it was not until he was 9 years old that he received his first guitar lessons instructed by his mother.
He acquired his musical formation through the hands of outstanding professionals and masters such as Leopoldina Núñez – who taught several generations of guitarists -, Harold Gramatges, Alfredo Diez Nieto, Vicente González Rubiera "Guyun" and Angel Vásquez Millares among others. With them he studied classical guitar, traditional harmony and harmony applied to the instrument, musical appreciation, counterpoint, composition, and orchestration.
He began to work professionally as a musician in 1968 with the band Dada, one of the most famous,innovative and controvertible Cuban rock groups of the sixties. At the same time he developed one of his fundamental lines of work: the composition. It is within this slope in which he has been better known for. His songs are characterized by a delicate poetic sensitivity in perfect harmony along with a not less elaborated musical work.
As a composer he has received numerous recognitions; his songs have been recorded by famous Hispanic speaking interpreters such as Nacha Guevara, Elsa Baeza and Danny Rivera among others. Also it was awarded with the First Prize of the World-wide Festival of Youth and the Students (1978) granted to his song En busca de una nueva flor (In search of a new flower).
In 1973 he expanded one of his fields of work as an arranger of numerous Cuban interpreters, and musical director of the theater group Teatro Estudio, where he worked for several years composing original music to theatrical plays such as: La hija de las flores (The daughter of the flowers), a XIX century Cuban theater play classic by Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda; Se hace camino al andar (Make a way but walking) a tribute to the Spanish poets Miguel Hernandez and Antonio Machado, both directed by Armando Suárez del Villar; Madre Coraje (Courage Mother) and Galileo Galilei by Bertold Brecht, both plays directed by Vicente Revuelta.
As a songwriter he performed recitals in different theaters such as Bellas Artes, Hubert de Blanck, Teatro Amadeo Roldan, Teatro Mella and Teatro Karl Marx.
His contact with the theater made him conceived and to performed, in collaboration with other actors, a show where they were combined poetry, theater and music, Que hablen los poetas (Let the poets speak), which obtained laudatory critics of the press for its originality and capacity to grant life to universal poetry -outside the solitary activity of reading-, and to make it accessible to all the social spheres.
In 1977, Mike happened to integrate, as a co-founder and musical director, the rock band Synthesis which stood out in their first year of existence by the attempt to fuse roots of Cuban folk music with tendencies of progressive and symphonic rock.
It is indeed very hard to understand why the work of Mike Porcel always stayed in the limits of an "underground music". The only possible answer to this question is that his resistance to become a spokesman of the Castro regime marked him and, little by little, lead him to a total marginalization of the immediately previous years to his departure of Cuba. This stage of his life was in 1980, when he decided to emigrate, and the Cuban authorities retained him and his family during nine years. Those years were signed by a constant harassment, repression, and the absolute lack of human rights. It wasn’t until 1989,after manifold and unfruitful efforts of international defenders of human rights organizations that he could emigrate to Spain, thanks to the direct intervention of the Commission of Human rights of the United Nations.
Outside Cuba he has developed an intense artistic-musical activity. He was hired by TVE (Spanish TV) like part of the cast of the daily program Buenos dias (Good morning), directed by Luis Tomas Melgar.
The creation of a series of 52 programs for Radio Marti, Despues de tanta vida…(After all that life…), directed by Norma Rojas and Marcos Miranda. From the point of view of composition and the orchestration, Mike co-produced the CD Mis momentos felices (My happy moments) sung by the Cuban-Spanish singer Elsa Baeza. This work was presented in tours that covered almost all the Iberian Peninsula, in which he participated as a musical director of the group of musicians that toured with Miss. Baeza. For the show Aunque es de noche (Although it is night), - who was presented within the framework of the Expo Seville 92- he set to music and orchestrated poems of San Juan de la Cruz and Teresa de Jesus. They also appeared as part of his activity during this period of time the music for the documentaries Un siglo de Madrid (A century of Madrid) and Corpus Christi, directed by Mercedes Segovia, and the music for the cartoon animated series Meme y el Sr. Bobo (Mimi and Mr. Bobo), produced and directed by Myriam Ballesteros. With the Spanish actor Francisco Rojas and Elsa Baeza he creates a second version of Que hablen los poetas (Let the poets speak) who toured throughout several cities of Spain and Belgium.
At present he is an American citizen residing in the U.S.A. where he has been collaborating since his arrival with the theater groups Teatro Avante (Avante Theater) Teatro Prometeo (Prometheus Theater) directed by Mario Ernesto Sanchez and Teresa Maria Rojas respectively. For them, he has composed music for several works released by these groups in the Festival of Hispanic Theater that is celebrated annually in the city of Miami, Florida. Finally, during the last years he has been working in several personal projects of New Age,World,Classical and rock music fusion. In this line of work it is possible to mention the composition of Echoes (A New Age Cuban suite) -not yet premiered- for symphonic orchestra and rock band with an English and Spanish versions. At the same time, he has continued performing recitals in Miami and New York city.
The itinerary of Mike Porcel, the artist, has been once again a test of the failure of the intolerance and the authoritarianism to silence the voice of the dissident art, for which –as Mike said in one of his songs- "there will be troubadours forever… throughout time… yesterday and today"