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For the week of Dec. 16-22
Updated: Dec. 16, 2010, 12:01 a.m.
Juried Student Design Show, Gainesville. Two-dimensional, fashion, digital and interior design works by Brenau University students. Through Friday, Presidents Gallery, Simmons Visual Arts Center, Brenau University, 200 Boulevard, Gainesville. Free. 770-534-6263 or gallery@brenau.edu.
Georgia Junior Duck Stamp Art Tour, Gainesville. Student artwork featuring waterfowl. Through Dec. 23, Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. $3 adults, $2 children age 2-12, free for children younger than 2 and members. 770-535-1976.
"Utopian Dreamstate," Gainesville. Works by Elizabeth D'Angelo. Reception, 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 20; artist talk, 6 p.m. Feb. 24; exhibit, Jan. 20-March 26, Presidents Gallery, Simmons Visual Arts Center, Brenau University, 200 Boulevard, Gainesville. Free. 770-534-6263 or gallery@brenau.edu.
"Mark Maker," Gainesville. Works by Dennis Campay. Artist talk, 6 p.m. Jan. 20; reception, 7-8 p.m. Jan. 20, Leo Castelli Art Gallery, John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts, Brenau University, 429 Academy St. NE, Gainesville. 770-534-6263 or gallery@brenau.edu.
"Book + Sculpture + Sound," Gainesville. Works by Jennifer Khoshbin. Reception, 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 20; exhibit, Jan. 20-March 26, Sellars Gallery, Simmons Visual Arts Center, Brenau University, 200 Boulevard, Gainesville. Free. 770-534-6263 or gallery@brenau.edu.
Art and Antique Festival, Commerce. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. first Saturdays and Sundays. Commerce Crossing, Pottery Factory Drive, Commerce. 706-335-6352.
Toddler Thursdays, Atlanta. Children ages 2-4 can see the High Museum's collections and create their own artwork. No registration required. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Thursday, Greene Family Education Center, High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta. Free with admission. Admission $18; $15 seniors and college students with ID; $11 children age 6-17; free for age 5 and younger and members. 404-733-5000.
Georgia Heritage Arts & Fine Crafts Gallery, Helen. More than 30 artists' work on display; occasional demonstrations. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Monday, Alpine Village Shoppes, Helen. 706-892-1033.
"Better Than Ever Holiday Show," Sautee. Through Dec. 24, Center Gallery and Gallery Too, Sautee Nacoochee Center, 283 Ga. 255 N., Sautee. Free. 706-878-3300.
Anne Brodie Hill exhibit, Gainesville. Through Dec. 31, Inman Perk Coffee Shop Gallery, 102 Washington St., Gainesville. 678-971-8091.
Art exhibits, Gainesville. "As It Should Be: The Story of the Louisiana Marsh" by Barry Sons; "Breakthrough to Beauty in a Hostile World" by Judy Bynum George; "From the Source" by Jill Schultz-McGannon and "81 Pots" by Bob White. Through Feb. 20, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Reception free for Quinlan members, guests of the sponsor and artists; $5 donation for others. 770-536-2575.
"DoVA Alumni: Out There and Everywhere," Dahlonega. Two and three-dimensional work by recent graduates of North Georgia College's Department of Visual Arts. Through Jan. 7, Bob Owens Art Gallery, 315 Hoag Student Center, North Georgia College & State University, 82 College Circle, Dahlonega. Free. 706-867-2746 or ajpozzi@northgeorgia.edu.
"Dali: The Late Work," Atlanta. Exhibit of work from the last 40 years of Salvador Dali's career. Paintings, jewelry, sculpture, video and various other media. Exhibit through Jan. 9, High Museum of Art, 1288 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 404-733-5000.
Ferdinand Rosa exhibit, Buford. Abstract, mixed media paintings. Through March. 4-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday, Adam's Restaurant, 15 Main St., Buford. Free. 770-531-9848 or frrosa@charter.net.
Yonah Art Guild meeting, Cleveland. 6:30 p.m. second Thursday of each month, Hallco Credit Union, 379 E. Kytle St., Cleveland. 706-994-7801 or yonahartguild@yahoo.com.
Arie Meaders exhibit, Sautee. Pottery by Meaders, the mother of famed folk potter Lanier Meaders. Exhibit through Aug. 2011: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia, Sautee Nacoochee Center, 283 Ga. 255 N., Sautee. $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children. 706-878-3300 or www.folkpotterymuseum.com.


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War in eastern Ukraine now seems a distant storm to Kiev
A metal silhouette of a girl with a balloon, dotted with bullet holes, is on display in Kiev, Ukraine, as part of an installation called "The War is Nearby," by Oles Kromplyas, a volunteer soldier and documentary filmmaker. (Ovsyannikova Yulia/Barcroft Media/Getty Images)
By David L. Stern
KIEV, Ukraine — The war between government forces and Kremlin-backed separatists — and, by all indications, actual Kremlin troops — in Eastern Ukraine is only a six-hour train ride from the country's capital, but for some Ukrainians, it might as well be in another universe.
Though it has entered its fifth year, with no end in sight, Europe's only active conflict has dropped from the headlines, inside Ukraine and abroad. In Kiev, residents have other matters to occupy them, now that summer has finally arrived, the street cafes are overflowing, and life seems to become slower with each degree the temperature rises.
But activists such as Oles Kromplyas, a photographer who fought in the east with the Azov far-right volunteer battalion, are trying to refocus people's attention.
This month, Kromplyas unveiled a project to — maybe not so gently — remind Kiev's inhabitants of a conflict that has killed at least 10,300 people and displaced close to 2 million. Entitled "The War Is Near," life-size silhouettes, made from metal sheeting perforated with bullet holes, have sprung up amid the summer strollers in some of Kiev's most scenic parks and squares. The human cutouts include a small girl with pigtails and a balloon, a fashionable young woman holding a purse and a small dog, and a young couple in an affectionate embrace.
"I wanted to install [the silhouettes] where people gather, in unexpected places," Kromplyas said. "To shock and surprise them and make them think about the war."
And yet, in some ways, Kromplyas' project seems not to bring the war closer but to underscore its distance; the metal objects may become just more clutter on the capital's crowded streets. At the same time, the exhibition highlights the indifference that some Ukrainians hold for their war-torn fellow citizens in the east. The blank forms represent not so much individuals but nameless, faceless victims.
What started in spring 2014 with large pitched battles and a fluid front line has settled into static trenches and armed positions that almost recalls World War I, with sniper fire, mines and heavy artillery accounting for most of the death toll (which, of course, is infinitesimal compared with the casualties of the global war of a century ago). The Moscow-backed rebels control two "people's republics" covering territory roughly the size of New Jersey. Cease-fires intermittently take hold but always disintegrate over time.
Recent weeks have witnessed another sharp escalation, with almost daily military and civilian casualties. Among the dead was Darya Kazemirova, a 15-year-old girl killed when a shell exploded in the yard in front of her house.
There have been some changes in the circumstances surrounding the war, but nothing to alter its basic calculus. Ukrainian authorities recently reclassified their name for the conflict as a "Joint Forces Operation," instead of an "anti-terrorist operation," and officially placed full responsibility on Russia for the carnage and destruction.
The United States, the European Union and the Ukrainian government are conducting parallel peace negotiations with Moscow. None, however, has produced a breakthrough — though the sides have agreed to prisoner exchanges — and a proposal to introduce international peacekeepers into the conflict zone remains on paper.
Perhaps the greatest shift has been in the Trump administration's announcement that it was reversing Obama policy and would sell Javelin antitank missiles to the Ukrainian military. These reportedly will be stored away from the front line in central Ukraine and used only in case of an all-out separatist assault.
Meanwhile, the war grinds on, with no sign that the bloodletting could end anytime soon.
The stalemate — one commentator describes it as "a war of exhaustion" — poses a quandary for Ukrainian officials: How to maintain hope and a feeling of urgency amid a conflict in which no solution appears immediately feasible.
To be sure, the perception that Ukraine has been invaded by a foreign army and is fighting for its very existence motivates many. But the longer the fighting goes on, the more remote the conflict seems. And this remoteness creates a gulf between those caught in the crossfire — the people represented by Kromplyas's bullet-ridden silhouettes — and those living in the peaceful rest of the country.
Ukraine, as it has sometimes been portrayed, is not a "divided society," with a Russian-speaking east sympathetic to Moscow and a Ukrainian-speaking center and west looking toward Europe. In fact, the conflict has in some ways helped unify the country. Support of NATO and the European Union has increased, while polls indicate that a majority of residents, even in the two breakaway eastern regions, want to keep the country together.
But there are nevertheless sharp social, economic and political differences between the industrial, hardscrabble Donbas region, where the fighting is raging, and the rest of the country. The war has helped aggravate these differences. Many Ukrainians have long regarded the Donbas population as a separate society, with questionable political loyalties.
"From the outset [of the conflict], there has always been an ambivalence toward the people [in the east]," said one humanitarian official from a Western nation, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. "And I think there's been this narrative that has been stoked up, labeling all the people there on the other side of the contact line as separatists, terrorists, or if not that, then they're supporting that line."
This ambivalence has translated into a harder line among some politicians toward the eastern Ukrainians. Last year, members of the Samopomich (Self-Help) political party joined forces with volunteer battalion combatants to block all major transport arteries and significantly reduce trade with the breakaway territories.
"We need to limit financial relations with them," said Yegor Soboliev, a prominent Samopomich member. "We should put on Putin the whole burden of occupying our land."
Others, however, see in this an effort purely to attract votes. "A lot of political parties, in a cynical way, understand that the population in the Donbas in general, and especially in the noncontrolled areas, are not their voters," said Vyacheslav Likhachev of Vostok SOS, a nongovernmental organization providing aid to people in the east.
"And to have more support from Ukrainian society here, they can make some radical statements or even legal initiatives, just to show that they are more patriotic than the government," he added.
But the war will end, eventually. And then the question looms of what will happen next.
The government has published a "reintegration plan," but critics say this fails to provide a clear road map of what reunification actually would entail.
"They talk more about the territory than actually the people — this whole line of getting back the territory," the Western humanitarian official said. "But sometimes it seems that the people aren't really part of that package."
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Diabetes drug boosts survival in patients with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 pneumonia
SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…
SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Sitagliptin, a drug to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetes, also improves survival in diabetic patients hospitalized with COVID-19, suggests a multicenter observational study in Italy. Patients given sitagliptin in addition to insulin had a mortality rate of 18 percent as compared with 37 percent in matched patients receiving only insulin. Led by Paolo Fiorina, MD, Ph.D., of Boston Children's Hospital, the study involved seven Italian hospitals during the first surge of COVID cases last spring.
Although the study was retrospective and observational, the findings—published on September 29 in Diabetes Care—have sparked a new randomized, placebo-controlled trial of sitagliptin. That study is now preparing to enroll patients in Europe.
"We think it's reasonable to try sitagliptin if a patient is admitted to the hospital with type 2 diabetes and COVID," says Fiorina, a diabetes researcher affiliated with the Boston Children's division of nephrology and the University of Milan. "I'm excited about our findings, because we still have very few therapeutic options for the many diabetic patients affected by COVID."
Based on sitagliptin's mechanism of action, Fiorina and colleagues believe it could also work in nondiabetic patients with COVID. A randomized, controlled trial to test that idea is moving toward regulatory approval.
Why sitagliptin?
Sitagliptin, an oral drug, is one of a class of drugs known as DPP-4 inhibitors, prescribed to an estimated 15 to 20 percent of patients with type 2 diabetes. It was approved by the FDA in 2006, and lowers blood sugar by blocking the receptor for the enzyme DPP-4 (also known as CD26), causing an increase in insulin production.
But recent studies suggest that DPP-4 may also help SARS-CoV-2—the coronavirus that causes COVID-19—get into respiratory cells. In addition to blocking DPP-4, sitagliptin has anti-inflammatory effects, reducing production of the cytokine IL-6, which is known to contribute to the "cytokine storm" that can cause organ complications in COVID-19.
Sitagliptin may also have a third benefit: keeping blood sugar down. Previous studies have shown that diabetic patients with worse glycemic control have worse COVID-19 outcomes.
"We decided to try sitagliptin and collect the data," says Fiorina. "COVID-19 mortality in diabetic patients is high, and the drug is very safe, so we felt there was no reason not to use it."
Study design and findings
The study enrolled 338 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 pneumonia who were admitted to seven academic hospitals in northern Italy from March 1 through April 30, 2020. Of these, 169 were given only IV insulin for their type 2 diabetes (the standard of care) and served as controls; the other 169 received sitagliptin in addition to IV insulin. The two groups were matched for age and sex, and their outcomes were analyzed retrospectively.
Illness severity, other clinical characteristics, and use of other treatments for COVID-19 were similar in the two groups. Compared with the controls, patients receiving sitagliptin had reduced mortality (18 percent vs. 37 percent) and were more likely to improve clinically.
Specifically, patients treated with sitagliptin were:
less likely to need mechanical ventilation (hazard ratio, 0.27, or a 27 percent likelihood as compared with controls)
less likely to need intensive care (hazard ratio, 0.51)
more likely to have at least a 2-point drop on a 7-point scale of disease severity (52 percent, versus 34 percent of controls).
less likely to have a worsening of clinical outcomes, as defined by any increase in the clinical severity score (26 percent vs. 46 percent).
"We must now confirm our findings in a placebo-controlled, prospective study," says Fiorina. The new trial, enrolling patients in Italy and elsewhere in Europe, can be viewed at ClinicalTrials.gov: clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04365517. The team is also seeking approval to test sitagliptin in COVID-19 patients without diabetes.
Sitagliptin not linked to higher fracture risk in diabetes
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IT'S a tail, ahem, tale to warm even the hardest of hearts, as a local environmentalist nurses an adorable newborn bunny rabbit back to full health.
The West Belfast man, a talented photographer who now lives in the heart of the countryside just outside the city – and runs the very popular Twitter account @AntrimLens – came across the exposed kit in a stone pile at the back of his house last week. Although four of the five-strong litter hadn't survived a sharp drop in temperature overnight, one plucky sibling survived the odds and is now currently growing stronger by the day under the careful and watchful eye his adoptive dad.
"I have always had a stone pile at the back of the house and that's where the female rabbit burrowed to have the babies," he said. "The dog was barking and barking at the pile but I thought nothing of it.
Currently around three inches tall with a rich brown coat, the bunny has been kept safe and warm in the AntrimLens home in a soft grass and straw bed and a woolly hat for heat.
"We have just been keeping her nice and warm, in a little bucket with some grass for her to eat and I've been feeding her droplets of milk with a syringe.
The bunny has already captured the hearts of the AntrimLens family.


A convergence of multiple factors make this the perfect time for US persons yearning to own a piece of France to take the plunge. The exodus of wealthy French families escaping record French tax rates causing a property glut, and the strong US dollar against the euro, make today's French real estate market an attractive opportunity for those who always dreamed of buying a pied à terre in France.
Although the US purchaser may have confidently lined up an English-speaking notaire, found a capable real estate agent and signed a promesse de vente, a US purchaser would be wise to seek tax, legal and accounting advice to fully understand the implications and requirements of their choices and avoid any nasty surprises.
There are many titling options that depend on the US individual's personal situation: married, single, living in the United States or abroad, and so on. These options include individually titled, titled in a French entity (such as a société civile immobilière (SCI)), titled in a US entity (such as a limited liability company (LLC)) and titled in a trust. No one way is better than another, but it is important to address the implications and pros and cons in both France and the United States for each option.
Taking title directly is simplest. It causes minimal reporting burdens and generally provides favorable tax treatment. Before 17 August 2015, US citizens were exposed to the French civil law concept of forced heirship, under which testators were not free to leave their interest in French real property to the person of their choice, but instead had to leave it to certain family members. For example, a male US citizen who was married in a non-community property jurisdiction with two children was required under French law to leave two-thirds of his villa in Provence to his two children, and only one-third to his wife; or the life interest known as the usufruit to his wife, and the remainder interest, or nue-propriété, to his children. French inheritance tax, with an exemption of €100,000 per child and graduated rates of up to 45 per cent, also exposed the French property owner to tax he or she would rather avoid.
After 17 August 2015, European Succession Regulation No. 650/2012 (the Regulation), sometimes referred to as "Brussels IV", came into effect. The Regulation provides that a testator can choose the law of his or her nationality to govern his or her worldwide succession, including that of assets located in an EU Member State. Where an individual has several nationalities, he or she may choose the law of any of the countries to which those nationalities relate. This means US citizens can choose US law (more specifically the state law to which they have the closest connection) to govern their worldwide succession, including their ownership of French real property. The choice of law must be made expressly in a declaration taking the form of a disposition of property upon death, such as a will.
Because nearly all US states enable testators to freely dispose of their property, US citizens should elect the law of their nationality in their will to avoid French forced heirship rules without having to use structures such as a company.
There may be several reasons for taking title in an SCI other than the avoidance of French forced heirship. Similar to the ownership by families of US property in a partnership, holding title through an SCI may be beneficial if there are multiple owners who want continuity of management and a degree of confidentiality.
An SCI does not, however, provide limited liability for its owners and for US tax purposes is treated as a foreign general partnership. This means US owners will typically have additional reporting requirements, including filing a Form 8865, Return of US Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships, and reporting their shares on a Form 8983, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, if they meet certain filing thresholds. Failure to file these informational forms can trigger substantial penalties.
In order to avoid the foreign reporting requirements associated with ownership of shares in an SCI, or because of prohibitions by their employers from owing foreign entities, some US citizens consider taking title to French real property in a US LLC. Some French tax inspectors recently took the view that US LLCs, which are treated as "transparent" entities for US tax purposes, should be treated as "opaque", ie, taxable in their own right for French tax purposes, irrespective of their US tax treatment. The argument is that French limited liability companies, eg, SARLs, are always subject to corporation tax.
As long as the LLCs are also transparent for tax purposes, however, no French corporation tax is due, even if French real estate property is rented out. On the other hand, if LLCs are treated as opaque, they are then subject to French corporation tax. Even in the absence of rental income, when the French property is used free of charge, corporation tax is due on the notional income. The characterization of an LLC as opaque is currently at issue as a result of a recent court case. Until the law becomes settled, it may not be advisable to hold French real estate in an LLC.
Although the use of a trust as a dispositive and testamentary substitute is commonplace in the United States, and its benefits are numerous (eg, continuity of asset management upon incapacity, avoidance of probate, confidentiality, protections for minors or other beneficiaries, long-term tax advantages, etc) US citizens should proceed cautiously before considering titling their French real property in their trust as there are extensive French reporting and tax implications.
As of 1 January 2012, assets or rights held in trusts having some connection with France are deemed to be part of the original settlor's estate and taxable in his or her hands. After the original settlor's death, French assets are taxable in the hands of the beneficiaries thereafter deemed to be settlors, irrespective of whether the trust is revocable or irrevocable. Trustees are also subject to extensive reporting requirements.
When the settlor of a trust, or one of its beneficiaries (existing or contingent), is resident in France, or if the trust fund contains French assets, the trustee must disclose to the French tax authorities the formation of the trust, any variations to its terms and its termination (event-based reporting), and the market value of the trust assets each year (annual reporting). Annual reporting may or may not include the payment of a specific tax at a rate of 1.5 per cent of the trust assets. The penalty for failing to comply with the reporting requirements gives rise to a fine of €20,000, or 12.5 per cent of the value of the trust fund, whichever is the greater.
Even if the US person sets up a US trust with a US trustee, and the French real estate is only a minor portion of the trust assets, it will still be subject to French reporting rules.The trustees must identify all beneficiaries (existing or future) of the trust, and gather the somewhat burdensome information needed to comply with the extensive French reporting requirements.
It is generally not advisable to use an offshore company because it entails both strict reporting requirements and punitive taxation.
In addition to choosing how to take title to the French property, a US purchaser should consider other tax issues, including coordinating French and US income tax on the rental income if it is rented, French and US capital gains tax (CGT) if it is sold, French wealth tax if certain thresholds are met, and French inheritance tax and US estate tax if the US citizen dies owning the property.
French law imposes the impôt sur la fortune (ISF) wealth tax on French residents on a worldwide basis (with some exceptions), and on non-residents owning French property. As such, individuals are required to declare the net value of their assets, and are subject to taxation on the value of these assets, if the net value of the assets equals or exceeds €1.3 million as of 1 January of that calendar year. The wealth tax rates currently range from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent. French wealth tax is not deductible against US tax for US persons.
US persons not resident in France must pay the French ISF on the net value of their French property if it exceeds €1.3 million. Debts (eg, a mortgage) are taken into account for determining the net value.
Under article 6 of the US-France Income Tax Treaty (the Treaty) and the Protocol amending the Treaty, rental income from French real property is sourced to France and taxed there first (at a top rate of 45 per cent). US persons are subject to worldwide income taxation so must also report it on their US Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Return, but may receive a foreign tax credit for the taxes paid to France, subject to some limitations.
Under the Treaty, the sale of French real property at a gain will give rise to French CGT at a top rate of 19 per cent. This was previously 33.3 per cent for non-EU residents, a rate that was struck down by an EU ruling in 2014. Investment property held for more than 22 years can be sold tax-free. US persons must also declare the sale of French real property on their US income tax return for the year of sale, and will be subject to US capital gains tax (both federal and state) and possibly the 3.8 per cent net investment income tax. As with income tax, US persons may be permitted a foreign tax credit for any French tax due. In the case of both income tax and CGT, US taxpayers will essentially pay the greater of the tax in France and the United States.
• subject to a rate based on a scale depending on the degree of kinship of the beneficiary to the deceased.
As an example, the highest rate of tax for assets passing to a direct descendant is 45 per cent and, to an unrelated party, 60 per cent. The exemptions are €100,000 for each child; €31,865 for a grandchild; and €1,594 for an unrelated party. Of course, the US person is also subject to US estate tax on a worldwide basis. The US person will be allowed a credit against US tax for any French inheritance tax paid on French real property. If the US person's worldwide estate is less than the US person's remaining applicable exclusion amount of US$5.43 million, however, the availability of the credit will be moot.
or signature authority over, any foreign financial accounts with an aggregate value exceeding US$10,000 at any time during the calendar year." The penalties for willful failure to file the FBAR can exceed 50 per cent of the account.
Given some of the recent changes, both tax-related and non-tax-related, this is an opportune moment to fulfill that dream of owning a property in France. US persons just need to remain cautious about their reporting and filing requirements in both France and the United States and not assume they are separate; they will need a coordinated plan to address how to title the property, how to dispose of it on their death, and how to satisfy their reporting obligations. Once this is all organized, they can fully enjoy their pied à terre.
This article was first published in Who's Who Legal: Private Client November, 2015.


This post sponsored by AARP and the American Diabetes Association.
My husband isn't normal. I guess a more accurate descriptor would be that he's an anomaly. See, my husband has peripheral neuropathy—numbness, tingling, pain, and worse in his feet. It's a condition most commonly due to diabetes. Yet my husband does not have diabetes, not even pre-diabetes. According to literally decades of blood tests seeking a diabetes-PN connection, there is no connection.
There are, though, chronic—and oh-so stubborn—foot wounds my husband regularly contends with, similar to the foot wounds folks with diabetes often experience. It's a confounding state, to say the least.
In light of my husband's diabetes-like but definitely-not-diabetes condition, he recently—upon the advice of his physician—chose to implement some of the measures people who do have diabetes take to manage their disease. Primarily, my husband intends to eat right and exercise regularly. It certainly can't hurt, and we definitely hope it will help.
Such measures aren't all that simple to figure out, though. Particularly when it comes to choosing foods. Attempting to research the matter online can be an overwhelming task for my husband. And for me, the menu maker, grocery shopper, and primary partner in all things related to my hubby's health.
Enter the Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™. As luck would have it, soon after my husband and I committed to incorporating diabetes-management measures into his lifestyle, I was invited to try out the innovative product resulting from many months of collaboration—and researching and testing—between AARP and the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
The timing couldn't have been more perfect! The Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™, per AARP and ADA, "empowers those living with diabetes to take care of themselves—on their own terms. Inside the box are lifestyle products, resources and information that meet people's changing needs during their journey with diabetes."
Both AARP and ADA are trusted experts that understand the health and lifestyle needs of the millions of people affected by diabetes. The core mission of both organizations is to deliver innovative solutions that empower people to live their healthiest lives. On their own terms, as research shows the key to managing chronic conditions is empowering people to do it themselves. The Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™ helps those with diabetes take the first steps toward living their healthiest life by managing their health... themselves.
The exclusive ADA Content Wheel will be a tremendous help for my husband to pick and choose what he can eat as well as how much (above right he tries out the "fist measurement" as the fist on the wheel equals 1 cup).
Although there is no cure for diabetes, it can be managed. The goal of the Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™ is to empower people with the disease to do that. After perusing (and using) the goodies in the box, my husband and I dub it diabetes management made easy.
And an inexpensive gift, as the boxes make exceptionally thoughtful presents for people living with diabetes. Family caregivers—as well other family and friends—can help promote healthy habits by purchasing a Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™ to be delivered right to the doorstep of a loved one. The boxes are available only online at LetsBeWellBox.com and cost $49.99 (retail value for all nine products is over $75). Plus, shipping is free. All the revenue from the Let's Be Well Diabetes Boxes will go to supporting the social mission work of AARP and the ADA.
The Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™ is designed to benefit anyone with Type 1, Type II, or Pre-Diabetes. Or any husband who's not normal, err, an anomaly ... at least when it comes to diabetes.
Learn more about the Let's Be Well Diabetes Box™ developed by AARP and ADA at LetsBeWellBox.com.
Disclosure: This post sponsored by AARP and ADA.


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Q: Compiling and Running a netbeans GUI Application in Unix commandline I need to make a GUI Application for my class , so I want to make sure I can transfer a netbeans project using the GUI Builder (I know how to make it without it, but that's more time consuming and I think it would look neater without me guessing coordinates etc. and I was use to the netbeans GUI builder) from netbeans onto unix and compile it.  So here's what I did I made a new JFrame form (using netbeans GUI Builder) called StartFrame.java and another called MenuFrame.java.  (keep in mind that it ran with no errors in netbeans) StartFrame creates a new instance of MenuFrame and opens it on it's first run.  So I transferred all of it onto the unix system.  So at first I tried compiling it, but of course it got errors, saying that org.jdesktop... isn't found.
Okay so I've already searched stackoverflow and the web for this.  So I ended up getting the swing-layout-1.0.4.jar from the libraries in netbeans.
I'm kind of new at compiling from command line, but I put them all in the same folder, and while I was in that directory.
I did
javac StartFrame.java -cp swing-layout-1.0.4.jar

and I got the error that NoClassDefFoundException: MenuFrame even though it is in the same folder.  So then I tried
javac StartFrame.java MenuFrame.java -cp swing-layout-1.0.4.jar

and it compiled fine with no errors.  So then It created 6 files StartFrame.class StartFrame$1.class StartFrame$2.class StartFrame$3.class StartFrame$4.class MenuFrame.class
I tried running it with
java -cp swing-layout-1.0.4.jar StartFrame

and it had a NoClassDefFoundException: StartFrame.  I searched the web for fixes for this and stack overflow and found similar (not exact though) problems like this, but none of those fixed it.

A: The file dist/README.TXT will tell you how to proceed. Type ant -p at the command line to see that available commands: ant run is usually good.
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The machine doesn't have ant installed

That would be unusual, so you should certainly verify it. You may need to add the current directory to the path, e.g.
java -cp .:swing-layout-1.0.4.jar StartFrame

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August 25, 2010 by Patrick
The week of July 21, 2003, media broadcasts including national news announced that a Titan Arum, (Amorphophallus titanum) was about to bloom at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC. Throngs of the curious endured the blazing sun and long lines to get a look at this spectacular plant, native to Sumatra. As is usual for this species, the peak opening lasts for only a day or two and by Friday, deterioration was evident, with total collapse inevitable the next day. The U.S. Botanical Garden agreed that it would be in the best interest of science to preserve a specimen of the Amorphophallus before it fell into total ruin.
Why make a specimen? Scientists use dried collections to survey the tremendous diversity among and within species. By carefully comparing the critical characteristics of each specimen, plant taxonomists (scientists who give names to plants) develop a much clearer understanding of the definition of each species and their relationship to other species. The more specimens a researcher has to compare, the more complete is the assessment. Specimens may also serve as vouchers for research that is done in related fields or other applied sciences using plant material.
Specimens of this Amorphophallus titanum will reside at the United States National Herbarium. The U.S. National Herbarium dates back almost to the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution in 1846, and now contains 4.6 million specimens. The herbarium had only two collections of this species, made in Sumatra in 1935-6. There were fruiting specimens and specimens of leaves, but no male and female flowers. This would be the first flowering material for the United States National Herbarium, an important enhancement to our reference collection.
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Who Is I-Hua? Maybelline's First Asian Representative Is Not New To The Modeling World
By Sienna Fantozzi
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They're already pretty well represented when it comes to model diversity, but Maybelline just added a Taiwanese model, according to The Cut, and you're probably wondering now: Who is I-Hua? There's a lot you need to know about Maybelline's first Asian representative (besides the fact that she's absolutely stunning, of course).
Though Maybelline has worked with an Asian model before, I-Hua Wu is the first Asian model to represent the beauty brand in their worldwide ads. That's a pretty big deal, so I have a feeling I-Hua is about to become a seriously big name in the modeling world. Not to mention, she's in some pretty great (as well as iconic) company. Maybelline's model roster includes supermodels Gigi Hadid, Jourdan Dunn, and Christy Turlington. I mean, NBD, right?
Wu joins the list as the first Taiwanese model, as well as the first global Asian representative, and while she's no doubt destined to become huge, you may not know a lot about her right now. If you're curious and want to learn a little more about the brand's gorgeous new model, check out these seven facts you totally should know about I-Hua Wu.
1. She Never Thought She'd Become A Model
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Wu opened up to The Cut, revealing that she never thought about being a model because she was actually bullied for her looks. "I was bullied because I was too tall, or different somehow — I'm not really sure. I didn't have any friends and was ostracized. In junior high, I cried every single day," she said. When she entered a modeling competition, where she was discovered, she finally met other tall people, though she still doesn't think she's as beautiful as everyone else thinks she is.
2. She's Walked In Major Fashion Shows
She's walked for Vivienne Tam, Milly, and Banana Republic, to name a few.
3. She Has Great Street Style
And posts killer #OOTD snaps on Instagram.
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4. She Loves Food
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Her Instagram is filled with snaps around the city.
7. She Wears Glasses
And looks so fierce in them.
I can guarantee you'll be seeing plenty more of this model's pretty face in the near future, so get used to it!


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Home > Opinion > The icon no party can afford to ignore
The icon no party can afford to ignore
Praveen Davar15 April 2016 10:08 PM GMT
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, whose 125th birth anniversary fell on April 14, has emerged as one of India's most revered leader, especially during the last two decades. No political party can afford to ignore him though the reasons for doing so are more political than emotional.
Independent India's first Cabinet, under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, had only 14 members with B.R. Ambedkar as Law Minister listed at No.11 in the order of precedence, below Jagjivan but above Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherji of the Hindu Mahasabha (later the Jan Sangh founder). Mahatma Gandhi had prevailed upon Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to include non-Congressmen as well because Independence was for the whole country - and not only for those who led the freedom movement.
It was only four years later, on September 27, 1951, after Ambedkar quit the Nehru Cabinet that it became known that one of the causes for his doing so was that he was not given the portfolio of his choice: Ministry of Planning. However, the prime reason for his resigning was over the government's failure to pass the Hindu Code Bill, faulting Nehru with "lack of determination" to get the measure through.
Suffering from many ailments including diabetes, rheumatism, and high blood pressure in a life full of relentless struggles, Ambedkar died in December 1956 after turning 65. Only two months earlier, he had formally embraced Buddhism and converted lakhs of his followers to his new faith. It was the culmination of a long process spanning nearly 50 years. But it was only after Independence that Ambedkar made up his mind to adopt Buddhism, a religion he saw as a liberating force for the entire country.
Even though he had ceased being a minister, the government allowed him to retain his bungalow where he spent the final years of his life focussed on studying Buddhism.
He also began to learn Pali and translated Buddhist texts into Gujarati and Marathi. In 1954, during a trip to Burma (now Myanmar), Ambedkar made a proposal for sponsoring a campaign for Buddhist conversion in India, arguing that Buddhism was a religion for the whole world.
At a dhammadikha ceremony held in Nagpur, attended by nearly 500,000 people, Ambedkar, and his followers converted to Buddhism. Besides dedicating them to social service and eradication of casteism, Ambedkar administered 21 vows to his followers, which included renunciation of all aspects of "Brahmanic Hinduism". The neo-Buddhists took a vow against worshipping Hindu gods and goddesses and not to perform shraddh ceremonies or worship the cow.
As Ambedkar will be remembered most by posterity for his monumental contribution to the making of India's Constitution it is appropriate to quote from his last speech in the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, the eve of the statute being adopted:
"On January 26, 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics, we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality. In politics, we will be reorganising the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value.
How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at the earliest possible moment or else those who suffer from inequality will blow up the structure of political democracy which this Assembly has so laboriously built up."
But Ambedkar was much more than the architect of India's Constitution and a Dalit leader who today towers above others of his ilk. He was an educationist, economist, anthropologist, sociologist, journalist, jurist and, above all, a great parliamentarian and social reformer who devoted his whole life for the uplift of the weakest and most vulnerable sections of Indian society.
This much and, more, will be remembered, and said, about Ambedkar during the year of his 125th birth anniversary celebrations.
(Praveen Davar, an ex-army officer, is a member of the National Commission for Minorities. The views expressed are strictly personal.)
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'After Earth' ponders world without humanity
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A world empty of other people might sound pleasant in our over-connected, over-sharing, Internet age. No more marketing calls on the cellphone, traffic jams or radio call-in show blather.
But in After Earth, which stars Will Smith, the adventure-flick vision of the future without other people looks less ideal. Hidden deep in the "muscular" science-fiction film, says director M. Night Shyamalan, are the lessons of environmental scientists on the impact of people on our planet.
Much of the "fun," he says, in planning the film, which opened Friday, was trying to contemplate a suitably adventurous world where Smith and his son Jaden play space rangers who crash-land on Earth and find that the heavy hand of humanity has been abruptly removed from the planet for a thousand years. Increasing numbers of studies looking from the skies to the ocean depths have documented our impact: The stocks of large predatory fish, such as tuna, swordfish and cod, are less 10% of their levels before industrial fishing. On land, big cats such as lions numbered in the hundreds of thousands a century ago, and today there are less than 35,000 in Africa. In the air, at least 10% of bird species are likely to disappear by the end of the century at present rates of population decline.
So what would it mean to have a world without us?
"The science that is in there, nobody will get in the back row," Shyamalan says with a laugh. What fascinated him about the movie were environmental studies and books digested in a year of planning the production. "I was struck by one biologist's observation that birds would blight the sky without us," he says.
"There is a line in Moby-Dick that always stuck with me about man and nature," Shyamalan says. (In Moby-Dick, author Herman Melville wrote, "one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.") Even though he is best known for suspense films rather than cliff-jumping action films, he says he saw the "sense of biblical judgment in the fury of nature" underlying the film. It's a theme he sees in many discussions about the future going on now in society, and that is reflected in a sort of hippie/monk future for humanity seen in the film, which Shyamalan wrote with star Smith.
"We didn't want the Blade Runner future where technology has overrun nature, which to some extent is where we are headed now," Shyamalan says. "Not in a Kumbaya way, we wanted a future where people try to use only what they have to survive."
Underlining the film's themes, Jaden Smith stars in a NASA public service announcement released in conjunction with the movie, touting NASA's fleet of environment-monitoring satellites. "So that we never have to leave," Smith says in the video, unlike the Earth-fleeing plot of After Earth.
A lot of writers have tackled these themes of the film, perhaps most notably The World Without Us by Alan Weisman,which looked at how our homes, cities and farms would disintegrate within years and decades without our everyday efforts, and James Kunstler's The Long Emergency, which pointed to troubles for the suburbs in coming decades. In the movie, humanity gets by with "no metal and no right angles," Shyamalan says.
As always, he says, the preparation for a movie is best if it remains hidden. Which may be just as well because some of the other science in the movie, say geology and evolution, are given the Hollywood treatment for dramatic effect.
For example, a piece of Africa somehow has mashed into North America's West Coast in a thousand years, explaining a cliff jump that goes from redwood forests to tropical jungle in one fell swoop. And whole new species appear to have evolved in that same time period.
"One idea we played with is that domesticated animals would become dominant and feral because you start out with so many of them," says the director. Feral pigs have done so in just a few decades nationwide, for example, with more than 5 million roaming from Texas to Wisconsin.
After Earth is a science-fiction adventure after all, a father-and-son story that Smith originally pitched to Shyamalan during a happy birthday call. "It did teach me a lot about adrenaline, where a lot of my films have been focused instead on suspense," Shyamalan says, suggesting he is more likely to go back to less muscular movies next time.
"As soon as you say that, be careful, I'll probably end up directing Vin Diesel in Fast & Furious 7," he jokes. "You never know about the future."


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Whiskey lovers lined up at Stranahan's Distillery in Denver over the weekend, hoping to procure a bottle of the latest Snowflake release.
Stranahan's Unveils the 2022 Release of Snowflake
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Colorado distiller Stranahan's today released the 25th edition of Snowflake, its ultra-limited annual winter whiskey. It's called Batch #25: Humboldt Peak, in keeping with the Stranahan's tradition of naming each Snowflake release after a "14er", or a Colorado mountain over 14,000 feet high.
As always, this year's iteration is aged between five and ten years in new white American oak barrels with a #3 char, and then finished in a variety of wine, sherry, and rum barrels. This year's finishing choices included cabernet sauvignon, oloroso sherry, and Barbados rum casks.
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The festivities outside the distillery featured cooper demonstrations, live music, food trucks, and whisky-and-food pairings. Like other Snowflake releases, Humboldt Peak is available today only at the distillery on a first come-first served basis, priced at $120. Last year featured two Snowflake releases—Sunshine Peak and Mount Eolus—also priced at $120 each. Some 1,500 bottles of each were made available.


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In Football the Christmas period is one of the busiest in the season calendar, Boxing Day and New Year's Day matches being tradition and sometimes the most anticipated event of the holiday season for supporters! Here is where our work and commitment to what we do shine through more than ever. Between December 23rd and January 1st our stewarding, security and traffic management services will be deployed across seven clubs up and down the country. Covering fourteen matches, overall in December we were in place at nineteen.
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Lastly, Stewards and Security, without you stadiums would not be able to open their doors. Your roles are so vital to the match day experience. During the festive period your presence means that much more, we can't thank you enough!
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Other Abstract: This thesis aims to collect various forms of "creative folklore" derived from Khru Mo Nora belief in Tambon Takae, Changwat Phatthalung, and to analyze factors and functions of such creation. The data is collected from 2 types of Nora, ritual and entertaining, in the fieldwork during 2014-2017. The result shows that "creative folklore" derived from Khru Mo Nora belief in Tambon Takae, Changwat Phatthalung, appears in both ritual Nora and entertaining Nora. In ritual Nora, creations in the form of "creative folklore" are ritual and elements of ritual, which are newly created but aim to transmit the old beliefs from their way of life. There are also creations in the form of "cultural product" for sale, such as sacred relics and souvenirs derived from ritual and performing elements. In entertaining Nora, a troupe called "Khun Sri Sattha" is formed to perform Nora creatively–i.e., participating in "Khon Thai Khan Thep" show, performing a musical "Kraithong," and starring in a film "Serd." The troupe also creates new costumes for performing Nora in the manner of popular folk music. "Creative folklore" phenomena in Tambon Takae is caused by several factors. The first factor is the policy from administrative agencies inside and outside the community. The inside agencies are the municipality of Tambon Takae and Ban Takae school (Wan Khru 2500). The outside agencies is Phatthalung province and its cultural department. Another factor is the change of the ritual master in Nora Rong Khru Takae. The last but crucial factor is touristic context. This research reveals the ways of thinking in terms of creative folklore. The ways of thinking in ritual Nora are the emphasis on authenticity, creating a new ritual based on the belief of the old ritual, expanding the belief of Khru Mo Nora to the general audience, and adding to Nora Rong Khru ritual the aspect of cultural commodification. In case of entertaining Nora, the way of thinking in terms of creative folklore are creating a network of Ratcha Khru Nora into the "Thep Sattha" group, presenting Nora in modern media and other performances, and using the traditional Nora as base for a new creation. "Creative folklore" based on these ways of thinking has a function in transmitting the belief of Khru Mo Nora in both sacred world and profane world. It also has a function in sustaining the belief that Takae is the origin of Nora through ritual and icons which represent a unique identity of this space evidently. Hence, this study helps to understand the ways of thinking, dynamics, factors, and functions of "creative folklore" derived from Khru Mo Nora belief in Tambon Takae, Changwat Phatthalung, in contemporary Thai society. It could provide a way to study a various forms of creation from folklore as "creative folklore" in the frame of folkloristic study, and a way to study cultural commodification in other places.


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Over the weekend I indulged a bit too much but got back on the treadmill (and on pace) Monday to do what I could to take some of the damage away.
While I was negating some of the impact, someone else was wreaking havoc at the Boston Marathon, injuring over 150 people and killing 3 the last count I've heard this morning.
I was running my 3 miles on the treadmill at the exact time people were running towards the finish and crossing the line when the bombs went off. I realized that this morning. Just as participants were finishing or nearly finishing, celebrating, meeting their family and friends, feeling very accomplished and proud (probably exhausted) after the 26+ mile voyage on Patriots' Day. Onlookers there for support, ready to congratulate and hug their loved one.
I can't imagine the confusion and pain involved in these seemingly increasing horrific and deathly events. Planned and orchestrated by persons who so badly want to inflict suffering.
I'm heartbroken and flummoxed-as the rest of the nation is; my thoughts are with the city of Boston. The city is strong. I'm confident justice will be served. People will run again and those injured will be rehabilitated. Those lost will be remembered by the entire country. I know I won't forget every time I lace up my shoes and hit the pavement or treadmill.
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All Quotes by author - Dennis Kucinich
" And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people. "
" Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that principle. "
" Bush is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all. And I'm going to take the country in an opposite direction than he's taking it. "
" But beyond all that, the question that is continually begged is why isn't America leading the way toward total abolition of nuclear weapons. "
" Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance. "
" First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade. "
" I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world. "
" I believe health care is a civil right. "
" I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home. "
" I don't want to bash Bill and Hillary, because they're friends of mine, but I do have a difference of opinion about how to take back the House and the Senate. "
" I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues. "
" I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer. "
" In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved. "
" In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with the utmost seriousness. I am quite aware of the historic fight that has lasted the better part of the last century to bring America in line with other modern democracies in providing single payer health care. "
" Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations. "
" I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war. "
" I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again. "
" I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis. "
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" I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution. "
" Life should not be a funeral march to the grave. We should have the capacity for being able to lift up not just public dialogue, but lift up each other in a greater cause of nationhood. "
" Look, I've lost before. And there's always a tomorrow. "
" My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics. "
" My political career goes back to the '60s and those were times of vigorous debates. "
" Oh, my family lived in 21 places before I was 17. "
" People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no one really knows what anybody stands for. "
" So actually war is politically profitable, financially profitable, morally depraved. "
" The fact of the matter is we went after Iraq for oil. And the fact of the matter is that the United States has degraded our role as a great nation by attacking this nation that had no capacity to attack the United States and no intention of doing so, that didn't have anything to do with 9/11, didn't have weapons of mass destruction. "
" There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference. "
" There's an ethical dimension to my life and all of our lives, from the time we get up in the morning to the time we sleep, including what we sleep on. So I don't separate my choices from ethical choices at any time. "
" The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear. "


I've had my lovely Pfaff for a few months now. I'm still very much in love with this machine, but I'm now able to give a slightly more objective review of it. Before this, I sewed on my Brother CS6000i, a very good beginner machine that even has a lot of whistles and bells, but I'm really glad to have made the upgrade to my Pfaff Expression 3.5.
IDT - of course, the reason I got interested in Pfaff. The IDT is basically a built-in walking foot, and I just love being able to use a lot of different foot on my machine even during the quilting phase. For example, I use the blind hem foot for stitch-in-the-ditch, and sometimes I put on an open-toe applique foot for better visibility.
Stitch Look & Tension - I've never, ever had to adjust tension on this machine, it automatically handles that, and with the exception of my messed up bobbin (see Issues) all the stitches came out perfectly. Even when I'm sure my needle is dull, it keeps on stitching perfectly.
Automatic Thread Cutter - I love this feature, but it is also a pain (see Issues). When it works though, this little feature makes me feel like I have something really fancy.
37 Needle Positions - Another major upgrade from my Brother machine that only had 3 stitch positions. 37 Needle Positions mean that I can adjust my needles for that perfect size and still use the edge of my standard presser foot's edge as a guide. I never use my quarter-inch foot for piecing, I prefer instead to use the standard 1A zig zag foot while adjusting my needle position to 3.5, which is a scant quarter seam. I find that much easier to use than the quarter inch foot.
Ease of Changing Needles - Changing the needle with this thing is a cinch, I don't even have to use a screwdriver, I can tighten and loosen the needle screw with my fingers very easily. It also comes with a little tool to hold the needle so that it doesn't fall into the throat plate, as well as to help the needle get back into spot. After changing needles on my Brother machine, I know that this one is much easier to work with.
Continuous Reverse - This is another feature I never knew I needed until I used it. On my Brother machine, if I wanted to reverse a few stitches I needed to hold down the reverse button and stitch a few stitches. This is fine if I just wanted to reinforce a seam, but it is impractical to have to hold it down for fancy reverse designs. But on this machine, I just press it once and the machine stitches reverse perfectly until I press it again. I've used that a lot during quilting, to quilt in reverse for the designs I want instead of turning the quilt 180 degrees, which would be much, much more painful.
Large Throat Space - This machine has a good 10" from the needle to the back of the machine for quilting, which is pretty great. I do need to maneuver and squish a bit, but in general I'm my current bottleneck to be lack of space *behind* the machine where the parts I already quilted get bunched up, not lack of space in the harp.
Of course, this machine isn't perfect, there is no such thing. There are a few things I've found somewhat annoying about this machine.
Automatic Thread Cutter - Yes, this is one of my favorite features. But it's also a feature that I've been most annoyed about. That's because it only works about 80% of the time. When it doesn't work, if I press it again it frequently does work. I clean out my bobbin area very often of lint, so I'm not sure why it fails so much.
Bobbin Issues - The bobbin of this machine is a sensitive beast, I've discovered. You have to drop the bobbin in correctly and pull the thread through just correctly. There's supposed to be a little "click" that tells you it's in the right place, but in truth I've never ever been able to hear it. Usually issues don't show up until you start stitching and realize your stitches look funny, and it's even kind of subtle. Luckily I've run into this issue just twice, and I can hear that the machine sounds different so I can fix it without having to rip back too much. However, the *number one* annoying thing about this machine is pulling up the bobbin thread. It just doesn't work like other machines I've seen, where you basically take one full stitch, and the bobbin thread comes up. In this machine, unless I have a piece of fabric, the bobbin thread doesn't get pulled up at all no matter how many stitches I take. In normal sewing I don't bother, I just let the bobbin thread bit get trapped in the seam. But in quilting where both sides are visible, it's virtually required that I sew on a piece of scrap fabric first in order to pull the bobbin thread way up. I can deal with this, but it's annoying.
Lack of Presser Foot Pressure Adjustment - not an annoyance, but a glaring lack of feature. I know some features are reserved for really really fancy machines, but it seems machines much cheaper than what I paid for has a presser foot pressure adjustment, and I don't have it.
Extension Table - Ooh, I hate this thing. I meant to buy a quilting table, but bought this instead thinking it was the same thing. It's not. I do use it for quilting since I have it and can't get rid of it, but it annoys me a lot. Mostly, because the lower left corner of this thing is *very* pointy. That means not only do I accidentally hurt myself on it sometimes, but my quilt gets stuck on it *so freaking much*. I might toss this and buy a real quilting table sometime out of sheer annoyance. But this thing was not cheap! Sigh.
Circular Attachment - it's a cute little attachment but it's a lot to pay for for what it does. I think I would have been better off with a compass and a marking pencil. I've also seen people rig up their own, and they're quite brilliant and resourceful to do so.
1/4" Foot - I don't use my quarter inch foot for piecing, I find it really difficult to use for piecing, because the guide area is so short. I use my zig zag foot for piecing instead and adjust the needle position. However, what I do use the 1/4" foot for is to sew on a marked line perfectly. I find it very easy to do with the quarter inch foot. One caveat is that if I pop the foot on just after popping the other foot off and forget to reset my needle position, I end up with a broken needle.
Open Toe Applique Foot - I actually got the generic version of this foot as Pfaff no longer manufactures it. But it's really great for visibility during applique or for machine finishing the binding.
Open Toe Free-Motion Foot - I use this instead of my closed-toe free motion foot for better visibility. It's otherwise identical, and stitches well (or not well) identically. I'm glad I have it though, as it helps me see where I'm going better.
As for the value of this machine, I think I could have gone with a different brand to get more for less money. It's no question. But there's something about Pfaff that I find ... seductive. So I'm glad to have gotten this machine, and I think it's absolutely worth it to plunk down a large chunk of change for a machine that makes sewing joyful. It is most definitely much, much more joyful to sew on this than on my old Brother. I'd rather spend money on the machine than on a vacation, as sewing *is* my daily vacation!
Instead of upgrading this machine at some point, I'm debating getting a midarm. I really don't want a longarm, but a midarm like the Pfaff Powerquilter 16 or the Handi Quilter Sweet 16 (and I heard these are the same machine, branded differently) might just be the ticket! I would have to wait for the next quilt show to try it out in person, though, before I make a decision. Until then, I'm leaving some space in my sewing room for the potential addition ... and will continue to practice free-motion on my Pfaff.
Great information. I am trying to get use to a Brother Innovis 40 after wearing out my beautiful, very basic Bernia of more than 30 years.
Hi Liz, your post was interesting and useful. I have the same machine and the only problem I am having with it is that the needle falls out when I am using the zig zag feature. Tried tightening the clamp as tight as I could and it still falls out. Have you had any issues similar to this?
No, I haven't ever had that problem ... have you gotten yours checked out by a technician?
Hey I bought mine a month ago and Love it. After not sewing anything since my Teens I'm 50 now I find it a dream to use. I've already made a Denim Shirt and now trying my first patchwork quilted handbag for a special lady friend. I had a few issues when I first tried using the machine with lint in the bobbin area and broken threads. This was all down to poor quality threads.
Hi. Are you still happy with this machine? Have you found the lack of presser foot pressure adjustment to be a problem? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
For the most part I'm moderately happy with my machine. However, I do think lack of presser foot pressure is a problem. At the time of purchase, my dealer told me I could trade it in for a full-refund within a year for the next model up (which does have presser foot pressure), and I was fully planning on doing that. But I didn't get it in writing and the dealer reneged on the offer. Had I known then what I know today, I would definitely get presser foot pressure ... and use a different dealer.
Thanks for answering my inquiry. I don't understand why Pfaff failed to include presser foot adjustment on this model. It makes no sense. It's a shame your dealer pulled a bait and switch on you. Shame on him/her!
Thanks for this review. I wonder, after the time has passed by- are you more happy with this machine? Would you buy it again? What features you miss?
The only feature I really miss is pressure foot pressure adjustment. This machine just presses down too hard on everything, making it so easy to distort things and making walking foot quilting nearly impossible to do well. That's the only thing, but it's a BIG thing, and as such, I wouldn't buy this machine again.
Thank you for quick answer. I thought that this can be adjusted manually, but seems, I am totally wrong.
Liz, you should be able to adjust your presser foot pressure by adjusting the screw behind your pressure foot. It's located behind, on top. I recently learned this from my retailer. Hope this helps you! If not, to go your retailer of contact Pfaff.
Wow, that's incredible, nobody ever told me (certainly not my dealer) and it was not in the manual. Thank you!
Liz, I wasn't able to make any difference with tension that way. Not sure what my instructor was saying. However, there's a great tutorial explaining free motion Quilting on this machine. On the lever to lift your foot, when you push the switch underneath forward, your foot won't lower tightly. This allows free motion easily. When the switch under the lever is pulled back, the foot lowers down all the way.
Thanks Patti, I was talking about the presser foot pressure during walking foot quilting, this machine has no problems with the pressure during free-motion quilting since, as you said, it hovers a little bit above the fabric.


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Home Gaming Is Joel Embiid Playing in the Olympics?
Is Joel Embiid Playing in the Olympics?
Aaron Long
As the 2024 Olympics approach, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is a wanted man. Joel Embiid has "strong interest" from Team USA for the Paris Games.
According to Stein, the host country is also interested in signing Joel Embiid, who became a French citizen in July. On September 29, Joel Embiid told reporters that earlier in the month he had also been sworn in as a U.S. citizen.
The five-time All-Star acknowledged, "I've been here for a long time." "My son was born in the United States. Being an American citizen felt like a privilege while I was here. Therefore, I reasoned, why not?"
Some of our guys did meet with him, Collet stated. "He ought to join in our games, in my opinion. Now, that said time will tell. We'll accept his choice, whatever it may be."
Joel Embiid has made it clear he is not thinking about the 2024 Olympics at the moment, despite the fact that the Olympic teams likely would appreciate a quick decision.
Last month, he stated, "I just want to be healthy and win a championship and proceed from there."
Despite being a native Cameroonian, Joel Embiid has never competed in the Olympics. Before he left for Kansas in 2013, he worked under the tutelage of fellow Cameroonian basketball player Luc Mbah a Moute.
This Olympic cycle, Team USA will be led by Steve Kerr. He'll be taking over for Gregg Popovich, who won a gold medal with the team in Tokyo in 2020.
With a final score of 87–82 over France, the United States men's basketball team won their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal. Despite the setback, the French team nevertheless managed to win an Olympic medal for the first time since the year 2000, matching their best Olympic finish.
Based on FIBA's rankings, Team USA is the best team in the world. Fifth place goes to Spain, followed by Australia, Argentina, and France.
As Joel Embiid mulls over whether or not to pursue an Olympic career, the Philadelphia 76ers are gearing up for his ninth season. This past year, the 28-year-old had his most successful campaign to date. He led the NBA in scoring at 30.6 points per game and came in second place for MVP.
The Sixers' regular season kicks off on October 18 at TD Garden against the Boston Celtics.
1 Personal Details of Joel Embiid
2 Funny Things About Joel Embiid
Personal Details of Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid was born to Thomas and Christine Embiid in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. A younger brother named Arthur and a younger sister named Muriel were part of his upbringing.
Sadly, 16-year-old Arthur lost his life in a car crash in 2014. Joel Embiid and the Brazilian model Anne de Paula have been an item since 2018.
Funny Things About Joel Embiid
NBA star Joel Embiid speaks English, French, and the Cameroonian language Basaa.
In reference to the maxim "trust the process," Joel Embiid dubbed himself "The Process."
Even though Joel Embiid doesn't drink alcohol, he's been caught downing three or four Shirley Temple pitchers.
And it's not only single ladies; Joel Embiid has been accused of online flirting with married women. Embiid made up a tale about killing a lion when he was six years old.
Joel Embiid failed four times to become a licenced driver while attending the University of Kansas.
After two and a half years out of the game due to injury, Joel Embiid considered giving up basketball altogether.
Despite his success on the basketball court, Joel Embiid is convinced that he could make the Cameroon national soccer team if he switched to that sport instead.
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Q: Is it possible to select signing algorithm of access token in OAuth PKCE flow from client? We are implementing OAuth PKCE flow and we would like to choose a specific signing algorithm for an access token (JWT). Since access token is generated and signed at authentication service, the obvious answer is to configure the service. I'm however curious if it's possible to also select the algorithm from client when requesting the access token, because i think the server announces multiple available signing algorithms in it's metainformation manifest (userinfo_signing_alg_values_supported). Our authentication service is Apereo CAS and the client is Nuxt Auth module.
I couldn't find any mention of such feature in Nuxt Auth documentation, but I would like to know if it's an architectural or just implementation limitation.
Motivation: we have a bug in one of the backends preventing the correct JWT validation and we suspect it's triggered by the exact combination of crypto actions contained in default signature algorithm our authentication service gives us. We would like to try another algorithm to confirm this hypothesis (and keep it if it works). We are however in corporate environment where change on both sides (backend libraries-auth service) is very difficult even for testing environment so I'm looking for an easier way through configuration. The bug has exactly these symptoms https://github.com/spring-attic/spring-security-oauth/issues/1052 but is probably triggered by different, not yet fixed cause.