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Mince alors ! est un film français de Charlotte de Turckheim coproduit par Christine Gozlan, Dominique Besnehard et Michel Feller.

Il met en scène Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin et Julia Piaton dans les rôles principaux.

Une suite, Mince alors 2 !, est sortie le 22 décembre 2021.

Synopsis

La jeune, ronde et jolie Nina est mariée à Gaspard, lequel, pourtant, aime plutôt les femmes très minces. Le couple s'installe à Paris et Nina se prépare à lancer une très sophistiquée ligne de maillots de bain. Par amour pour son époux et bien qu'elle ait du mal à accepter l'idée, Nina accepte son cadeau ambigu : une cure d'amaigrissement à Brides-les-Bains, considéré comme « le dernier espoir des grosses ». Sur place, elle rencontre plusieurs femmes fortes dont deux vont la marquer. Sophie, avocate de Marseille aime garder le contrôle sur tout et sur elle-même ; Émilie, aide-soignante dont la devise « Big is beautiful » (« Le gros est beau ») est en contradiction avec sa vie amoureuse en jachère et que la surcharge pondérale met en danger. Ce trio flamboyant fait dès lors, des étincelles.

Nina décide donc envers et contre tout de perdre quelques kilos et ce malgré le désaccord du médecin de la clinique, le Docteur Hachemi qui est sous le charme. Mais la jeune femme apprend que son mari, ravi de l'avoir envoyé en cure, a une maîtresse. Pour Nina, les choses se compliquent.

En parallèle, Thomas, un jeune garçon obèse, apprend que sa sœur est en réalité sa mère et comprend d'où vient son mal-être. Leur mère, effarée par la grossesse de sa fille trop jeune, voulait absolument cacher l'histoire et a décidé de faire passer Thomas pour son fils.

Fiche technique
 Réalisation : Charlotte de Turckheim
 Scénario : Charlotte de Turckheim, Gladys Marciano
 Dialogues : Charlotte de Turckheim, Gladys Marciano, Jeanne Le Guillou
 Producteur : Christine Gozlan, Dominique Besnehard, Michel Feller, Anne Derré
 Photographie : Pierre Aïm
 Musique : Éric Neveux
 Son : Miguel Rejas
 Décors : Patrick Dutertre
 Montage : Scott Stevenson
 Costumes : Charlotte Betaillole
 Société de production : Thelma Films, Mon Voisin Productions, M6 Films, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels
 Pays d'origine : France
 Budget : 7,51 millions d'euros
 Langue : Français
 Date : 100 minutes
 Genre : Comédie
 Date de sortie en France:
 Box-office : 1 446 357 entrées. Il fait partie des dix films français les plus rentables de 2012.

Distribution

 Lola Dewaere : Nina
 Grégory Fitoussi : Gaspard, le mari de Nina
 Victoria Abril : Sophie
 Catherine Hosmalin : Émilie
 Émilie Gavois-Kahn : Nathalie
 Barbara Bolotner : Jessica
 Dominique Besnehard : Antoine
 Alain Stern : Fred
 Martin Daquin : Thomas, le jeune curiste
 Valérie Moreau : Isabelle
 Éric Boucher : Jean-Paul
 Mehdi Nebbou : Docteur Hachemi, le médecin du centre
 Pascal Légitimus : Freddy, le professeur de sport
 Pauline Lefèvre  : Natacha, la styliste
 Frédéric Chau : Baptiste, le styliste
 Julia Piaton : Roxane, la sœur de Thomas
 Christine Citti : la mère de Roxane
 Charlotte de Turckheim : Christelle, la patronne du salon de coiffure
 Raphaël Lenglet : Yussuf, l'escort de Sophie
 David Salles : André, l'autre escort
 Anouk Aimée : la mère de Nina
 Gilles Stella : Un serveur
 Pascal Liger : Hans, le mari du Gundrun
 Claudine Wilde : Gundrun, la femme de Hans

Accueil
Lors de la première semaine d'exploitation en salles début , le film rassemble 365 886 entrées et prend la première place du box office national, devançant même les productions américaines La Colère des Titans et Hunger Games. Le film est un succès populaire, totalisant 1 384 236 entrées en France.

Distinctions

Nomination
 Césars 2013 : Nomination au César du meilleur espoir féminin pour Lola Dewaere

Autour du film
Lola Dewaere avoue avoir hésité avant d'accepter le rôle de Nina. Elle déclare avoir été refoulée de castings à cause de son relatif surpoids. Avant le tournage, elle a grossi de sept kilogrammes qu'elle a perdus ensuite.

Charlotte de Turckheim se dit concernée par les problèmes de poids dans notre société. Pour l'aider à incarner son personnage, elle apprécie revêtir des perruques, afin de mieux distinguer son travail de réalisatrice et celui d'actrice.

Catherine Hosmalin déclare avoir vécu tout ce que subit son personnage.

Parmi les acteurs de complément, de véritables curistes de Brides-les-Bains ont participé au tournage lors de leur cure.

Suite
 2021 : Mince alors 2 !

Notes et références

Liens externes

Film français sorti en 2012
Comédie française
Film se déroulant en Savoie
Film tourné en Savoie
Film sur l'obésité

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Why can't I disable the Cancel button in a wizard?
Date: February 24, 2006 / year-entry #71
Tags: other
Summary: The PropSheet_SetWizButtons macro lets you manipulate many of the buttons on a wizard, but the Cancel button remains elusive. Why can't you disable the Cancel button or the "X" button? Because our users tell us they don't like it. Observation of users in our labs and interviews with them reveal that wizards that disable the...
The PropSheet_SetWizButtons macro lets you manipulate many of the buttons on a wizard, but the Cancel button remains elusive. Why can't you disable the Cancel button or the "X" button?
Because our users tell us they don't like it.
Observation of users in our labs and interviews with them reveal that wizards that disable the Cancel button cause them stress and frustration. Put yourself in their shoes: You've started some operation, the wizard asks you a few questions, you answer them, and then, uh-oh, it asks a question you can't answer, or you realize that you don't want to do it after all because the wizard told you that completing the task will have some undesired side-effects or because one of the steps is taking too long. You want to cancel out of the wizard. But the wizard won't let you. "Ha-ha. Now I'm going to force you to do what I tell you! You're trapped, I say, trapped! Mwaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
Don't do that to your users. It only upsets them. Let them cancel and live another day.
aidan_walsh says:
Pity said button can still be hidden.
Indeed, today i was configuring X server settings in Linux and the "wizard" had "Back" button that was disabled. I was really really frustrated.
Roger Lipscombe says:
I occasionally have a need to disable the Cancel button in a wizard that's displaying progress and if that process can't be cancelled.
Obviously, it's better if the process could be cancelled.
Alternatively, I guess the UI guidelines would imply that you get to the end of the wizard, and then the slow process starts when you click Finish, with a progress dialog of its own.
Not exactly seamless, though.
Why Microsoft "observations of users" are imposed to all ? I mean, it's a statistic and people can have a different opinion (different target etc) so there is no reason to make it an imposition.
Moi says:
Pah! The user always has the Cancel button available. Mine has a red light in it and sits on the power strip.
strik says:
"." wrote: "Why Microsoft "observations of users" are imposed to all ?"
Please tell me for which company you are working, so I can avoid your products.
Every program that tries to tell me, the user, what I have to do is a bad program. Remember: It is not your machine, it is mine. If I want to cancel any operation, it is my right to do so.
Alun Jones says:
At the end of the day, there's nothing that Microsoft imposes on you – it's merely the way that their property sheets work. If you don't like the features that they don't provide, you can always build your own property sheets.
> Every program that tries to tell me, the user, what I have to do is a bad program.
By extent : the property sheet is the program and the programmer is the user. And it tries to impose me that a wizard should always be cancelable. Even when its operation is not. And even for software which is not targeted on the shop shelves. Which by the way only a small percentage of all software is.
So I can expect the back/cancel buttons in the Vista setup wizard will be ENabled..?
This reminds me of the (Microsoft created) dialog with (from the top of my head) the text "Do you want to reboot?" followed by… you guessed it, a single "OK" button.
Forrest says:
What I want from a wizard is a preview button that'll show all the steps, so I'll know what questions are going to be asked before they actually are.
Forrest, I've never seen a Microsoft product do that, but I'd definitely seen Symantec do it. Installed the corp AV. "I'm going to reboot your computer now" (paraphrased) No cancel. No "later". No nothing. And it was actually not a good time to reboot. I was in the middle of some work. Ugh. (Go figure, a user actually trying to multitask on a multitasking machine . . . )
If the entire community could take one thing from MS and use it, it should be MS's experience studying user behavior. MS has done this better than any other company for years and years. Even if the products that are made are not the best in terms of a user experience, the information that MS has about users is phenomenal.
Ignore it at your peril.
Maurits [MSFT] says:
"Do you want to reboot?"
I've seen that one. On a server.
AnotherMatt says:
Any programmer that takes over my computer is automatically a scoundrel in my book. That includes programmers who disable my cancel button and Microsoft for not letting me disable it. There, you all lose. :-)
Brian Friesen says:
I'm glad you can't disable the cancel button, I agree that doing so would be very annoying. A similar situation, the Windows Modem Control Panel dialog, if you open this up for the first time, it forces you to set your area code, and there is no cancel button (or the cancel is disabled – I forget). I haven't owned a modem in at least 6 years, why oh why and I forced to enter an area code?
Mikael Johansson says:
Whenever my Norton updates, it throws up that "I wanna reboot now! [OK]" dialog. I tend to drag it off the screen and ignore it, since my computer'll get rebooted in a few hours anyway. Once I'm done with it.
Matt Green says:
Actually, some Microsoft products are pretty bossy. Windows Update, for instance, says, "You need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect!" I click later and resume working. But then, another 15 or so minutes later, it has to come up again and remind me. IF I CLICKED LATER, I OBVIOUSLY MEANT IT. I DIDN'T ASK TO BE REMINDED. Office has a special behavior that irritates me to no end. When I start a shutdown sometimes, it STOPS the shutdown and says "please exit all Office applications before shutting down the system." Yes, I'm sure Office is sooooo great that I should never subject it to the horrors of a system shutdown like a normal program!
SuperKoko says:
"By extent : the property sheet is the program and the programmer is the user. And it tries to > impose me that a wizard should always be cancelable. Even when its operation is not. And even for software which is not targeted on the shop shelves. Which by the way only a small percentage of all software is."
The programmer application does not "own" the computer.
The user "owns" the computer, that is the difference.
That is why, in a protected-mode OS, the user can format his HDD, but software can't without the request of the user (assuming the user does not always run as root user).
Of course, I understand that you want to "own" the computer of anybody who installs your application.
Also, I would like to say that you can program your own Wizard system.
Microsoft's wizard system is a contract between the programmer and the user (If you programmed with the Eiffel programming language, you should understand, or if you programmed with any OO language, or any API).
This contract says.
The wizard shall have the look and feel and feature of a standard wizard.
<rude>
It does not says : It shall have the look to make the user think that it has the features and then, when you have his confiance, abuse himself"
Providing illusions to abuse someone… It is probably a good definition of devil.
</rude>
"I occasionally have a need to disable the Cancel button in a wizard that's displaying progress and if that process can't be cancelled."
A process shall never be uncancellable, because you cannot assume that everybody has ECC RAM, and a perfect power supply.
A setup/process should be cancellable, but also, must not leave the computer in an inconsistent state if it is reseted during the process.
That is one of the best features of MSI setups.
teambanana says:
@Matt Green:
That thing with office was actually a bug. I can't remember exactly what it was but it only occured if you were using Word as your outlook mail editor. You'll be glad to know that it fixed in office 2003!
"But then, another 15 or so minutes later, it has to come up again and remind me. IF I CLICKED LATER, I OBVIOUSLY MEANT IT. I DIDN'T ASK TO BE REMINDED."
The purpose of that "feature" seems to make the user feel guilty, because it may be unsafe to work after a setup, because some loaded-in-memory files may be incompatible with files on the HDD, and, the system may crash at any time.
Like that, if that happen, the user does not think
"Hey the application is buggy"
"Hey it said that I could wait for reboot, I simply clicked"
but he thinks
"I am culprit, I refused to reboot so many times"
And he may also think
"Why the h*** does it allow me to do something buggy"
Of course, the system may even crash during the setup.
In fact, the whole Update system is buggy.
It should do the whole installation process at boot time.
So, the user could just launch the setup, which could actually do nothing except add the setup file in a file, so at the next boot, it'll install it.
But, that is not the way it has been done.
"If the entire community could take one thing from MS and use it, it should be MS's experience studying user behavior. MS has done this better than any other company for years and years. Even if the products that are made are not the best in terms of a user experience, the information that MS has about users is phenomenal.
Ignore it at your peril."
As far as I can tell, Microsoft only does studies with new users, and by "new users" I mean PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER USED A COMPUTER BEFORE.
Nevermind that 90%+ of people who by a new computer or new MS OS HAVE used a computer before and the "people who have never used a computer before" stop being "people who have never used a computer before" soon after they start using the system.
That's why there is so much provision for novices in MS OS's and a major case of "Microsoft knows best" and "we MUST protect the user from himself". Sometimes there are good reasons to do 'unsafe' things.
"A process shall never be uncancellable, because you cannot assume that everybody has ECC RAM, and a perfect power supply.
A setup/process should be cancellable, but also, must not leave the computer in an inconsistent state if it is reseted during the process."
In a perfect world, maybe. But sometimes things cannot be cancelled. Formatting a disc, erasing a series of files, etc. If you somehow cancel operations like that there is no way not to leave the system in an inconsistent state.
Anonymous Coward says:
The "Reboot Later" thing from Windows update is exceedingly annoying. If you use Process Explorer to kill it, the damn process is recreated. There is no way of getting rid of it other than a reboot.
To control "Reboot Later", set Automatic updates to "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them" Then you can install at the end of the day.
Jason Spiro says:
Forrest wrote:
> What I want from a wizard is a preview button that'll show all the steps, so I'll
> know what questions are going to be asked before they actually are.
Many Assistants (the Mac OS equivalent of Wizards) do this. (They show a list of steps on the left-hand side of the dialog box, and color each step's name in bold as you get to it.)
http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#installing
http://helpcenter.suntrust.com/knowbase/root/public/sn2980.htm
You're right, this would be great to have on Windows as well.
"Don't do that to your users. It only upsets them. Let them cancel and live another day."
So why does the Windows installation wizard allow you to click "Next" in order to complete the process, and afterwards show a 'Wee! I'm done!' message where the same button says "Finish" but doesn't really do anything other then "Close"? And I've seen more of them.
silkio says:
I too hate hate HATE the windows update "Reboot Later" system. I believe I have, once or twice, accidently restarted because – god forbid – I was actually typing at the time it decided to take focus.
That has to be the #1 annoying thing for me with apps. Taking focus away from what I want. The little flashing startbar button was supposed to fix this, right?
It hasn't.
Mike said:
> This reminds me of the (Microsoft
> created) dialog with (from the top
> of my head) the text "Do you want
> to reboot?" followed by… you
> guessed it, a single "OK" button."
If you didn't know already, you can sometimes get arround these ones by clicking the "x", or an alt-f4.
I am also reminded that I just downloaded and installed 4 service packs for windows 2000 AS, and each one of them had a different way of telling me that it wanted to reboot.
Meta says:
'if you open this up for the first time, it forces you to set your area code, and there is no cancel button (or the cancel is disabled – I forget)'
In fact it does. It solves the 'problem' of a user not wanting to do as he's been told by simply reopen the wizard if it is closed. Which was very frustrating, once I clicked something, which didn't even look like it would start this wizard. So at least for the case that you are in a 'I didn't want to do THIS' situation there should be a cancel button.
PatriotB says:
"I am also reminded that I just downloaded and installed 4 service packs for windows 2000 AS, and each one of them had a different way of telling me that it wanted to reboot."
Please say you didn't download and install SP1, then SP2, then SP3, then SP4… I believe they're cumulative so you'd only need to do SP4.
Randolpho says:
Matt Green wrote:
"Office has a special behavior that irritates me to no end. When I start a shutdown sometimes, it STOPS the shutdown and says "please exit all Office applications before shutting down the system." Yes, I'm sure Office is sooooo great that I should never subject it to the horrors of a system shutdown like a normal program!"
That's an issue with Windows in general — any program can cancel or indefinitely delay a shutdown.
Well, I should say "once could", rather than "can" — it's fixed in Vista. A program can delay a shutdown for a few seconds at most, now. If they fail to handle the shutdown in that time, too bad.
Please say you didn't download and install
> SP1, then SP2, then SP3, then SP4… I believe
> they're cumulative so you'd only need to do
> SP4.
Okay I won't say I did that; but if I did I surely don't remember anything telling me that I shouldn't :) (Not that I read any text beyond "Download here" and "Service Pack 4 Required to …").
Norman Diamond says:
A hard disk formatting operation can be cancelled by the method "Moi" described. After cancelling, if you decide you want to format it after all then you have to start the format from the beginning. No surprise, right? So the format operation deserves a software cancel button for itself, for the same reason as everyone else is observing about all other software.
Same for checkdisk. Sometimes I've started a checkdisk operation that I thought was going to take a few minutes, but then see it's going to take a few hours (like phase 2 starting and then crawling along invisibly). Surely when not in the middle of actually fixing a broken NTFS structure and not doing surface testing that usually isn't selected anyway, there's not too much that has to be written back in order to put the file system structure back the way it was, cancel the checkdisk, and let the user start over on a weekend or nighttime.
As for service packs, service packs for Windows are cumulative except for when they aren't, such as NT4 SP5 and above which didn't include NT4 SP4, except for parts of SP4 that they included, except for changes to SP4 after the original SP4. Service packs for Office aren't cumulative except for when they are, except for when they're partially cumulative. Visio too. Of course you can always read the release notes for service packs in order to see which ones are cumulative and which aren't, except for when the release notes give information that isn't quite right.
Steveg says:
"Why Microsoft "observations of users" are imposed to all ? I mean, it's a statistic and people can have a different opinion (different target etc) so there is no reason to make it an imposition."
Mr|Ms Dot, you ask a reasonable question.
Consider, though, that you could replace "Microsoft" with any company that produces anything and and your comment remains as valid. eg Why did Apple impose their observations of users on the interface of the iPod? Why can't I change the way its UI works?
Consider the opposite of what you said: what happens when companies *don't* "enforce" their observations of users, or worse don't make any observations, on their products. Think of any gizmo you've used with a crappy interface (are you old enough to remember VCRs?). Think of that door you use every day that has a handle yet you have to push.
Ultimately we're talking about a minor thing in a very large thing, but I find it good to know that the small things are subject to thought and debate.
The other angle of your argument is the imposition of something on the minority. That comes down to a cost benefit/ratio. But that's some waffle for another day.
toomuchwin32 says:
While I completely agree with the assertion that a non-cancellable wizard is a horrible thing to impose on a user and any software that does this does not deserve to live on my computer, at the end of the day, the Cancel button is a window that has an HWND. There are tons of things that a determined programmer can do to really disable the Cancel button, (EnableWindow(hWnd, FALSE), subclass the window and alter its behaviour, sublass the dialog proc itself and not pass on the WM_COMMAND with IDCANCEL to the original proc, subclass the dialog window proc and suppress WM_CLOSE etc etc etc). So while I completely agree that one of the things that Microsoft does best is "user behaviour studies", the step of not allowing the PropSheet_SetWizButtons to disable the Cancel button is a lame step and really only forces a determined (but idiotic) programmer to do crazy stuff to disable the window. And it also is inconsistent the fact that there are a lot of other potentially annoying stuff that the OS happily lets a program do. I believe the best thing about programming on a Windows OS is the amount of democracy there exists in letting me override almost any OS behaviour. Breaking that "democracy" model in some few selected cases seems pointless to me. There will always be idiots that will break the UI guidelines, and no amount of restrictions to the API set are going to prevent that.
As several people observed, a cancel button that can't be disabled can be hidden. But Microsoft wouldn't dare to do such a thing, or at least not in a product released after February 2006. Some versions of Visual Studio 2005 aren't released yet, right? When they get out, they won't do this, right?
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To all the people complaining about the reappearing "reboot later" button. You can get rid of it. There is an official way to set the time before it reappears. Set it to 24h or bigger, and be happy :)
The setting is hidden in the Windows Update section of the Policy editor.
See http://blogmal.42.org/tidbits/windows-restart,en.story for details.
I'm sure some Microsoft UI design guideline relating to software that asks questions and works according to the questions states that the software should ask the questions FIRST, then, only after all questions have been asked, get on and do the work.
If a wizard is designed this way, then it will always be cancellable because nothing is actually done, and therefore cannot be undone, until the user hits Finish. But if you ask a question, do a bit of work, then ask another, then do another bit of work, then you'll have a potentially uncancellable wizard, unless you add the extra complexity of undo logic and storage.
This has the additional benefit that the user is not forced to sit there watching the wizard; they just answer the questions which can be done at the user's speed, hit Go and then they can go watch telly, make a coffee or whatever. Very little is more irritating than some setup software that needs handholding through a lengthy process, especially when the prompts are of the form "Now I'm going to do X; hit OK to continue" with no other option than OK. As a programmer myself, from a debugging perspective I can see the use of this sort of popup, but production software DOES NOT NEED the user to be prompted with debug messages!
When trying to install .Net Framework 2 under Vista beta 1, I saw it display a window for a fraction of a second, SAYING that it was disabling the Cancel button. Which it proceeded to do.
Though it didn't matter in the end. The .Net Framework 2 installer cancelled itself, rolling back every action.
Vista beta 1 puts a link on the desktop to give instructions on how to report bugs. The beta bug reporting tool refuses to install itself until .Net Framework 2 is installed. .Net Framework 2 refuses to install itself because of bugs in itself and/or Vista beta 1.
So I have around 15 minidumps and around 5 various other bugs which Microsoft says I should report to Microsoft, and there's no way to report them because the bug reporting tool won't work because of bugs.
(The environment where this happened is completely different from the one where my install of Vista beta 1 32-bit checked build is still ongoing.)
LittleHelper says:
Any program, even old 16-bit ones, is allowed to set all other top-level windows' parents to itself. And then reboot. No other apps are then allowed to stop the reboot. This way Windows is rebooting super fast, no swapping (disk chewing) or anything. I've mapped this little useful util to a shortcut-key. All it does is to call SetParent on every enumerated top-level windows, and then calling ExitWindowsEx.


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Le Fort, Gertrud von (1876–1971)
German novelist. Name variations: G. von Stark. Born Gertrud Augusta Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea von le Fort, Oct 11, 1876, in Minden, Germany; died Nov 1, 1971, in Oberstdorf, Germany; dau. of Lothar Friedrich (army officer and baron) and Elsbeth Mathilde (von Wedel-Parlow) von le Fort; attended University of Heidelberg, 1910–14, and University of Berlin, 1916.
Studied philosophy and church history at Heidelberg and converted to Catholicism (1926); writings, which reflect philosophical studies and deep commitment to Catholicism, include Hymnen an die Kirche (1924, Hymns to Germany), Das Schweiβtuch der Veronika (1928, The Veil of Veronica), and Die Letzte am Schafott (1931, The Song at the Scaffold).
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Q: how can i use const [keycloak, initialized] = useKeycloak() in react js i'm using api keycloak for authentication
     onLogin: (email, password) => {
    return dispatch => {

      var axios = require('axios');
      var qs = require('qs');
      var data = qs.stringify({
        'username':  email ,
        'password': password ,
        'client_id': "react",
        'grant_type': "password",
        "client_secret":"KJQplL6bo7gM6ngqlMsnjc1CfPvL2BxKm"

      });
      var config = {
        method: 'post',
        url:  "http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/krycloak-react-auth/protocol/openid-connect/token",
        headers: {
          'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
        },
        data : data
      };
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
      axios(config)
      .then(function (response) {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data.access_token));
        const token = response.data.access_token ;
        console.log(token);
        Axios.get("http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/krycloak-react-auth/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo",{ headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer  ${token}`}})
        .then((response)=>{

              console.log(response);
             const  data = response.data;
            setTimeout(() => {
          const user = { name: data.name , email: data.email };
          dispatch(fetchSuccess());
          localStorage.setItem('user', JSON.stringify(user));
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        })
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Kentuckians For the Commonwealth will be hosting its third annual BrewFest craft beer event at the Grand Reserve from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 21.
More than 13 Kentucky breweries are slotted to participate in this year's event, which is for participants age 21 and older only. Both previous Brewfest events have been sold out, and attendance this year will be limited to 700 attendees.
Brews to be featured at the event will include Against the Grain, Apocalypse Brew Works, Blue Stallion Brewing Co., Country Boy Brewing, Cumberland Brewery, Dry Ground Brewery, Ei8ht Ball Brewing, Ethereal Brewing, Falls City Brewing Co., Kentucky Ale., Monnick Beer Co., Paducah Beer Werks, Rooster Brew, Sterling Beer, and West Sixth Brewing. Tickets, which cost $25, are available online.
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The investment migration sector is increasingly adopting blockchain technology and crypto-currencies.
NTL Trust, an investment migration specialist, has partnered with the SelfKey Foundation to conduct document collection and KYC processes on the SelfKey digital identity platform.
"We are pleased to partner with SelfKey for processing of citizenship and residency by investment applications globally, where NTL represents clients in fourteen inward investment target countries. We have examined the SelfKey technology and found it to be a perfect platform for managing the due diligence process involved in citizenship by investment programs" says Robert Martin, Immigration Services Consultant at NTL Trust. "Basically, it allows our Legal Support team to manage our own KYC processes, whilst creating reliable files that can be submitted to the government for their due diligence process in a timely manner," added Martin.
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Richard Toots is Long John Silver in an adaptation of Treasure Island. Photo contributed
Set sail with Princeton's Crimson Tine Players as they hit the high seas in Treasure Island
Andrea DeMeer
Dec. 8, 2022 10:39 a.m.
Calling all marauders and buccaneers.
Princeton's Crimson Tine Players is set to sail on a rolling adventure across the high seas and hopes to get the whole community on board.
Treasure Island, a pantomime adaption of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, is playing at Riverside Centre just in time for the holidays.
"It's a fun production," said director Heather Anderson. "There is a lot of audience participation. You are going to laugh a lot and you might want to join in with the singing.
"It's family friendly, meant for all ages."
Approximately 40 people were involved in staging the play, and they began rehearsals in September.
The cast of 30 includes both adults and children.
Richard Toots is Long John Silver, Dayton Wales is Squire, Rod Fletcher is Dame, Isabel Wouda is Jenny and Abby Erickson plays Jim.
The story follows these characters as they steal a treasure map, commandeer an unlikely crew and look to make their fortunes.
Assistant director is Payton Barth and Noelle Cherot is producer.
In addition to traditional pirate tunes the production includes hits from Shania Twain and Michael Jackson.
Treasure Island opens Saturday Dec. 10 at 2 p.m., with a 7 p.m. show on the same day.
There is a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Dec. 11, and 7 p.m. performances Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday Dec. 18.
Tickets are $10 each for adults, and $5 for children and seniors.
The play is two hours long, plus a 20-minute intermission with a concession.
Related: More 'mega' Christmas displays expected this year despite cost concerns: BC Hydro
Do you have something to add to this story, or something else we should report on? Email:andrea.demeer@similkameenspotlight.com
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Q: A way to redirect user back to specific page when URL is typed in PHP I have a PHP website of 6 pages and I want to have a functionality such as this:
The website is a little quiz game where you need to get through 5 trivia questions per page and the final page displays the highscore. The score is based on how fast you got there as the pages have a timer.
But I found out about a cheat I want to fix. If you simply type in the URL highscore.php or question5.php, you can get there faster without having gotten through the first few pages.
Is there some way to fix this?

A: Track the state of the quiz on the backend, e.g. track which questions have been answered yet. When the user tries to access a page that would require a previous page to be completed first, redirect the user to that page instead.
You can achieve this with a Session.
An even better solution than having six pages would be to have one page instead, e.g. quiz.php and then funnel all access through this page. This will make it easier to track progress because you don't need to copy and paste the code to the individual pages.
On a side note: you also want to track the time the quiz was started on the backend.

A: It's not that hard, just a careful coding is all you require.
Firstly, start a session and set it to an initial value, say 1, that means the user is in page 1. If he submits the answer, and then the user loads any other page in your website, create a script to call the same session value and use header("Location:page2.php")to force a redirect to page 2 or the page he is supposed to be in.
If the session is removed somehow then use isset() to check if it exists, if it doesn't start from the beginning.


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A Day in the Life of Cole Burton
Shepherd Center Brain Injury Rehabilitation opens in new window
One young man's journey back from traumatic brain injury.
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Cole Burton takes a determined, if slightly, unsteady step.
Then he takes another.
Two physical therapists gently guide him. His destination: the Lokomat®, a robotics-assisted, treadmill training system.
Total distance: Six yards.
Cole's parents stand nearby. Their eyes never leave their son: It's the first time in Cole's two months in Shepherd Center's Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program that he's made this short trip without a walker.
"Most parents only have the privilege to see their child walk for the first time once," says Charlie Burton, Cole's father, eyes still riveted. "Now, we've seen it a second time."
Three months earlier, it seemed unlikely Cole would ever walk or talk again.
On May 24, 2018, Cole and 18 other geology students from Auburn University were studying rock formations off U.S. Highway 431, near Glencoe, Alabama. An oncoming pickup truck went out of control and hit Cole and another student. Both were airlifted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital.
Cole, 21, from Decatur, Alabama, sustained a diffuse axonal injury, along with broken bones and abdominal injuries. He remained in a minimally conscious state for three weeks. The other student later died.
A week after the incident, a doctor advised Cole's parents of the option to withdraw treatment. After painful family discussions, Cole's parents declined. On June 22, Cole was transferred to Shepherd's intensive care unit (ICU), still largely unresponsive. A team of physiatrists, neuropsychologists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists and others met to address his needs.
"The way Cole showed up (given the severity of his impairments), he wouldn't have been considered ready for admission by a lot of rehabilitation hospitals," says Andrew Dennison, M.D., Cole's primary physiatrist. "However, we feel an earlier admission is helpful so we can get control of medical issues that are limiting progress and start rehabilitation interventions that will help patients progress more quickly."
As Cole became more aware of his situation, the team implemented Shepherd Center's family- and patient-centered approach to help guide treatment.
"The team approach is important, as is having a patient's desires and goals used to push therapy," Dr. Dennison explains. "It only happens when you take a mindful approach tailored to the individual."
A look at Cole's daily care, near the end of his eight-week inpatient stay, illustrates Shepherd's interdisciplinary approach to helping people on their road to recovery from traumatic brain injury. It focuses on individualized therapy, outside-the-box thinking, and a top-to-bottom culture of empathy, hope and real-world preparedness.
"Cole is such a reflection of the culture here," says Chelsea Day, Psy.D., Cole's neuropsychologist. "He's a reflection of outlook and giving back and humor. At the end of the day, Cole is Shepherd."
Cole puts it another way: "I never feel like a patient here. I feel like a person."
8:30 a.m.: Breakfast as a Community
Cole exits his Auburn-bedecked second floor room in Shepherd's Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Unit at 8:30 a.m. and heads to breakfast down the hall, in the therapy gym. He's dressed in what's become his daily uniform: a yellow Navy t-shirt from the ROTC program he belongs to at school and gym shorts.
Other patients and families greet Cole and his parents as he settles at a table with a patient near his own age. They exchange progress updates and talk football. Dr. Dennison drops by to check on Cole's status.
Cole overhears a therapist at the next table reciting a schedule with another patient, an older woman who's having trouble comprehending. When she answers one of the therapist's questions correctly, Cole leans over and encourages her with a, "Good job!"
"Some people come in and see other patients and say, 'I want to be where they are,'" says Tina Burton, Cole's mom. "We did that. Now, some look at Cole for inspiration."
Cole's parents take turns circulating among other families. Breakfast becomes a kind of unofficial support group, as do other meals in the cafeteria or outside in the Secret Garden. Shepherd also provides families with more formal counseling and peer support – services unique to Shepherd Center.
"You get to know the families," Charlie says. "Everybody here has suffered loss one way or another. We encourage each other. We ask questions of people who've been there. Everybody celebrates every victory.
"A sense of family takes place," Charlie adds, as Tina helps Cole cut through a pancake. "You build relationships that continue in the hallway and beyond. We're in the 'Shepherd Club.'"
10:00 a.m.: Speech Therapy: Winning!
Breakfast is cleared, and Amy Waite, CCC-SLP, Cole's good-humored speech therapist, has him read a story and answer questions about the sequence of events. Later, they'll play Yahtzee. It's one of many games, puzzles and mental exercises Waite employs to strengthen and evaluate the cognitive skills, such as memory, problem-solving and speech processing of patients with brain injuries.
"It's therapy in the context of a game," Waite says. Cole rolls dice, strategizes, totals scores. He ditches his calculator at one point to add the figures in his head.
"163," he says of his score.
Waite asks if he's sure. He tries again: 168.
"Cole is good at giving an evaluation of what was difficult for him," Waite says. "That self-awareness is important for a patient with a brain injury. His sense of humor is intact, as well."
To illustrate the latter point, she asks Cole to repeat what he said the first time he beat her at Yahtzee.
Cole: "You just lost to a brain injury patient!
11:15 a.m.: Occupational Therapy: The Pool
When occupational therapist Elise Kirkby, MSOT, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, first asked Cole about his favorite activities, he mentioned swimming as part of his ROTC training. Elise relayed this to Cole's team of doctors and therapists who meets weekly to assess his progress and adjust his treatment plan.
Cole's therapy schedule soon incorporated Shepherd's 100,000-gallon indoor pool.
"It's a great example of a therapist listening to a patient and his interests," Charlie says.
Cole's parents also completed a Shepherd program that allows them to take Cole into the pool on their own, which they've started doing on weekends.
Cole does leg stretches, arm rotations and other movements in the water that extend his range of motion.
"We try to incorporate activities patients did before," Kirkby says. For patients who can't verbalize, she uses a picture book with activities they can point to. "It keeps them motivated, and they already have muscle memory we can tap into."
After Cole dries off and changes, he ties his shoes on the deck. His left arm couldn't move when he arrived at Shepherd. Now, Kirkby emphasizes it as often as possible. It takes him a while, but he finally knots the laces.
"Cole is the type who's going to keep working until he gets full functionality," she says.
1 p.m.: Individual Physical Therapy: One Step at a Time
Cole steps carefully down a hall while Isha Smith, a program tech, bounces a large plastic ball toward him for him to catch. Belinda Richardson, PT, DPT, NCS, his primary physical therapist, holds him by a gait belt to make sure he stays steady.
The routine emphasizes balance, coordination and depth perception.
"It's something simple that incorporates a lot of different things," Richardson says. "You get a lot of bang for the buck."
Cole moves to a stairwell. He climbed it for the first time the day before. "I was just holding my breath," says Tina, his mother, who watched from the bottom of the stairs.
Now Cole takes to the stairs again, with Richardson and Smith keeping him steady. When he comes down two flights, Richardson asks, "You tired?" Cole says no. He wants to try to climb.
"I'd rather do stairs again than sit down," he says.
This time instead of painstakingly having one foot lead and the other meet it on each stair before taking the next step, going one step at a time – he's more confident. He alter-nates feet, lifting one up and past the other to take the next step upward. When he finishes, Smith exclaims, "Beautiful!"
Cole and Tina exchange high fives.
2 p.m.: Group Physical Therapy: Goals
Cole seats himself on a NuStep™ machine, a recumbent cross trainer that builds strength and cardio endurance. Today's goal: 500 steps, an accomplishment that seemed impossible a month ago. An older patient pedaling a stationary bike beside him urges him on.
Cole has no recollection of the first month following his accident, but he's seen videos his family made. He mostly laid in bed, maybe lifted an arm and scanned his surroundings blankly. A break-through came when he performed a secret handshake with his younger sister, Libba, a freshman at Troy University in Alabama. Charlie says Libba really stepped up when he and Tina were consumed by decisions and details.
"Maybe we were still too broken," he says. Family support is invaluable to patients with a brain injury, say medical team members.
"When I see those videos from early on, it's kind of surreal," Cole says, keeping pace on the machine. "I know it's me, but I had no consciousness at all."
Time's up: 503 steps.
SIDEBAR: WHAT'S NEXT AFTER INPATIENT REHABILITATION?
3:30 p.m.: Physical Therapy Meets Recreation Therapy: Yoga
It looks like any other mid-sized meeting room, except for the electric candles flickering on the window sill, the wall tapestry, and the mats and pillows scattered on the carpeted floor. Meditative music drifts from a cell phone.
For Cole and the other patients here for adaptive yoga therapy, the room is literally a take-a-deep-breath respite from their intensive therapy schedules. In addition to therapy, their days can include regular neuropsychological testing and counseling, plus classes that teach patients and family members about their injury and how to manage day-to-day care after leaving the hospital. Yoga, like music therapy and animal-assisted therapy, is a distinctive tool in Shepherd's broad, holistic approach to rehabilitation that is made possible because of donor support.
Yoga helps with balance, core strength and coordination. It also helps anxious patients who may need to relearn coping skills. It reacquaints them with their bodies as they recover and rebuild neurological connections with their minds.
"Our goal is to teach each patient how to relax and be aware of their bodies," says Mary Ashlyn Thiede, an exercise physiologist and one of six registered yoga instructors at Shepherd.
After a dozen standing movements and poses, Cole lowers himself to the mat with a bit of help. He executes a half dozen more moves before finishing on his back – eyes closed, body still.
"It's almost like there's no objective," a refreshed-looking Cole says afterward. "I guess the objective is to… relax."
6:40 p.m.: Shooting Pool as Recreation Therapy
Cole greets recreational therapist Maddy Weber, MS, CTRS, at a pool table in the first-floor rec room, where another patient joins them.
Rec games like pool require patients to adapt motor skills, eye sight, critical thinking and other aspects previously taken for granted – all through a game they can play after leaving Shepherd.
Weber scrolls through her phone in another teachable moment. "What do you want for music?" she asks. "You can't shoot pool without music."
Cole watches as the young woman playing with him knocks the cue ball at the 10 ball. It nearly drops in.
"Nice!" Cole tells her.
He has a clear shot at the 1 ball. But he steers his chair farther down the table to take a crack at the 5, even though it's behind two other balls. He remembers a previous shot and calculated the odds.
"I don't want to shoot at the 1 again. I missed it before," Cole explains.
"This way I have a better shot at hitting something."
His shot scatters both balls. One of them nicks the 5.
Cole looks pleased.
"I think it was good practice," he says.
7:30 p.m.: Neuropsychology Group
A dozen patients crowd into a cozy room. When a latecomer arrives,
everyone shifts their wheelchairs to make room.
Led by Lisa Hoyman, Ph.D., a neuropsychology postdoctoral fellow, these group sessions are a chance for patients who have sustained brain injuries to share stories, fears and advice. They're all ages, all income levels, from all over the country. They've been in car wrecks, diving accidents, had strokes.
"It's absolutely level ground," Charlie says of Shepherd. "It doesn't matter what neighborhood you're from, if you're rich or poor. Everyone is over-coming something and trying to get better."
Dr. Day, Cole's neuropsychologists, who has private sessions with Cole and his family, says recovery for patients with brain injuries usually continues long after they leave Shepherd. She calls the process, with its mix of hope and realism, "a journey."
For Cole and others in this room, Shepherd Center is where that journey begins.
"The goals Cole and his family had when he came in here are not the goals they'll leave with," Dr. Day says. "Their hope for Cole was just to make it through what-ever it was. Now, they're having conversations about returning to school.
"Cole has defied many of the odds the family was given," she adds. "He's not alone in that."
As he leaves today's session, Cole has his own take.
"We've all beaten the odds," he says, "just by being here."
Rehabilitation doesn't end when a patient is discharged from the inpatient program at Shepherd Center. As part of bridging the gap between the hospital and the real world, Shepherd Center offers a continuum of care through various programs.
Shepherd Center's Assistive Technology Center
Patients can be fitted with everything from wheelchairs to specialized mounts or voice- activated devices to help them become more independent and engage in preinjury activities like tending to email and sometimes driving. Thanks to donor support, occupational therapists evaluate each user's lifestyle requirements and functional abilities. They can then provide recommendations for custom modifications to hardware, software, electronics and other appliances.
shepherd.org/adaptive-tech
Shepherd Pathways Day Program
Patients with brain injury who no longer need 24-hour nursing care may be eligible to continue their recover and rehabilitation with this program. Located in nearby Decatur, Georgia, Pathways offers treatment rooms, two large therapy gyms, a computer lab, outdoor sports equipment and a putting green. Activities include practice with grocery shopping, accessing transportation, dining out and pre-vocational and vocational assessment and counseling.
shepherdpathways.org
Transition Support Program
Clients may be referred to receive an average of eight weeks of follow-up support from this donor-funded program. The primary goal of the program is to prevent rehospitalization, improve health and safety outcomes, and promote patient and family autonomy once the patient is discharged from Shepherd Center. Case managers also work to locate therapy and medical facilities close to home for out of town patients and can provide refer-rals to help them find adaptive sports or other opportunities.
shepherd.org/TSP
Beyond Therapy®
Beyond Therapy® is based on research suggesting the central nervous system is capable of synaptic plasticity and anatomical reorganization through "activity-based" therapy. This process is called neuroplasticity. Beyond Therapy® combines the concepts of athletic training and physical therapy to promote health, wellness and recovery for people with a variety of neurological disorders.
beyond-therapy.org
Written by Drew Jubera
Photos by Louie Favorite


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Goblet is 7" tall, the base (or foot) is 3"
Door County is Wisconsin's peninsula, known for its gorgeous water views and lush forests. Lake Michigan sits right next to us, and the air off of the lake fills your soul with a sense of respite. Nearby, the coniferous arbor vitae cling to the cliffs, and serve as inspiration for our stoneware pottery.
Visiting our showroom is an interactive experience, in which you can see the influence of our environment in our artisan pottery. Get stoneware pottery, such as our Handmade Goblet today from Ellison Bay Pottery Studios!
Watch a video of John throwing his goblet in one piece HERE.
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My hubby asked me this morning when do we turn the clocks back? (Daylight Savings Time... Fall back, Spring forward)... Anyway, I googled it and at first glance I saw, Sunday, October 21st. Didn't dawn on me that I might have been wrong, (Daylight Savings Time was changed to November a couple of years ago) but I told him, "Oh, this Sunday." And with that he walked away. But I got a prompt to google it again. So I did. This time it said, Sunday, November 4th. So I thought to myself, 'How come I didn't see that the first time?' and even googled it a few more times, and binged it to be sure, and that original date or site that I had found before, I could not find. Not thinking too much of it, I shook it off as it was time for me to go to my hair appointment.
Ok, so what's the point, I hear you saying. Well, I got to the hair salon and as I was sitting under the dryer, I sent a text to my hubby, telling him of my mistake, saying, "Daylight Savings is Sunday, November 4th. Guess this is what happens when you skim over stuff, instead of reading it. (Especially when you don't have your glasses on)." But almost immediately after I wrote that, I heard God say, "Exactly. And that's the problem."
God said those things that are important to us, we take the time to understand. We pay attention to it. We read. We study. We do. That so often we pick up His Word and we skim over it, instead of actually reading it. Reading and understanding is just like hearing and listening. Just as we can hear something, but not necessarily listen, we can read something, but not necessarily understand. Understanding requires a step more. Just like listening requires action (that we take heed to what we hear), understanding requires that we apply our heart to receive wisdom. To learn something that we did not know before.
God then said that when I googled the date, I was so set on just getting a date than actually getting information, that I skimmed over what was there and only saw what I was so intent on seeing. And not only that, because I did not have my glasses on, that only enhanced what I saw. Or made me believe that what I saw was in fact the case. He said that sometimes we are so set on getting what we want, on doing what we want, instead of actually doing what is necessary, that we miss it. And we mess up. And because we don't have on our spiritual eyes we are convinced that what we are doing is enough. For whatever we think it is enough of. Reading, listening, seeing.
How many of us say that we are going to read the Word, and actually do set out to read the Word, but we walk away with little or no understanding? Or worse, no revelation? And how many of us have taken what we thought we read and passed it on to somebody else? Feeding them false or misinformation. Bless God that this was only a date about Daylight Savings Time that my husband had asked me. But what if had been something more? Like how many times must he forgive somebody? Or what must I do to be saved? We do not want to give people misinformation because we cannot take the time to read.
Lord, Jesus help us. Lord Jesus, help me. It's time to stop skimming and start doing.


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Editorial: Child protection should be pope's…
Editorial: Child protection should be pope's top priority
In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets with Roman priests at the Vatican, Thursday, March 6, 2014. Pope Francis confessed Thursday that he took the rosary cross of his late confessor from his casket and wears it to this day in a fabric pouch under his cassock. He said he did so telling the late priest, ?Give me half your mercy.? Francis made the revelation Thursday during an informal chat with Roman priests about the need to be merciful to their flocks. He told the story of the ?great confessor? of Buenos Aires who had heard confessions from most of the diocesan priests as well as from Pope John Paul II when he visited Argentina. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
By Delaware County Editorial Board and Delaware County |
PUBLISHED: March 10, 2014 at 1:27 p.m. | UPDATED: July 21, 2021 at 9:03 a.m.
As Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput prepares to take his delegation of corporate executives to the Vatican March 24 to prepare for the World Meeting of Families in September 2015 in the City of Brotherly Love, there is a crucial item that should be included on his agenda. He should ensure that the issue of children's safety is a high priority when planning this international event with Pope Francis. The meeting, designed to 'emphasize the good news of the family and highlight its intrinsic value to the good of society,' would be the ideal time for the pontiff to publicly condemn clerical sexual abuse and its deleterious effects on children – and, subsequently, their families. It would be the perfect occasion for the Holy Father to define decisive actions to bring to justice any pedophiles still among church ranks and make accountable their superiors who have permitted them continued access to children. After decades of the hierarchy protecting pedophile priests, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was forced to take a stand in 2002 when the molestation conviction of a Boston priest opened a Pandora's Box of clerical sexual abuse allegations across the country. The bishops formulated a policy requiring all reports of suspected child abuse within the U.S. church community be turned over to civil authorities. Since then the abuse scandal has exploded worldwide. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who Chaput has dubbed an honorary co-chair of the World Meeting of Families along with Gov. Tom Corbett, knows better than anyone the importance of the pope proclaiming a zero-tolerance stance on harboring suspected pedophiles. It took two grand jury reports initiated by two Philadelphia district attorneys to finally send two priests and a Catholic lay teacher to jail for abusing children. In 2012, the Rev. Msgr. William Lynn became the highest ranking member of the Catholic Church to be found guilty of endangering the welfare of children for allowing at least one pedophile priest to be moved from parish to parish under his watch. Lynn's conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Superior Court last December, but Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, himself a Roman Catholic, has appealed the overturned conviction. The second Philadelphia grand jury report, released in 2011, also resulted in archdiocesan officials suspending more than 20 priests accused of inappropriate behavior with minors. Some have been restored to public ministry while others have been banned because an archdiocesan panel found allegations against them credible. The first grand jury report released in 2005 concluded that more than 60 priests in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia had allegedly abused children since the 1940s but escaped prosecution because of the statute of limitations. Since he was elected pontiff a year ago after the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has impressed not only Roman Catholics but people of all faiths. Last Dec. 11, after only nine months in office, Pope Francis was named Person of the Year by Time magazine because of his simple ways, his sense of humor and his compassion. Yet he has still not advanced any initiatives from the child protection commission he appointed three months ago and last week actually claimed the church had been unfairly attacked over abuse. His spokesman insists, however, that new initiatives to protect children will be forthcoming from the Vatican and will be a model for society at large. While it isn't yet confirmed whether Pope Francis will be in Philadelphia for the 2015 meeting of families, it certainly would make history if he used the occasion to proclaim a new day for Mother Church in how she protects her children. It would make his visit one of substance, and not just pomp and circumstance.
Delaware County Editorial Board
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Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs published a new report revealing internal connections of internationally recognized terror organizations, including Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and groups that support the Boycott Divest and Sanctions Movement – BDS – against the Jewish state. According to the report, titled "Terrorists in Suits," a recent study examined 13 BDS organizations and found 30 activists with past and current affiliations to terrorism, twenty of whom were even incarcerated on terror charges with senior positions in BDS organizations. The report, conducted by the research division of Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs, claims that the Palestinian terror organizations view BDS as an additional tactic to be used for the annihilation of Israel. The report further points to a web of global interconnections between BDS and terror organizations, with more than 100 connections that were identified, included joint campaigns, manpower and financial assistance. The report also revealed that the BDS organizations listed in the report receive millions of Euros in funding from European countries and philanthropic foundations. In response to the findings of the report, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdgan said, "The terrorist and boycott organizations are united in their goal of destroying Israel and see de-legitimization and boycotts against Israel as a complementary means to the armed struggle." Minister Erdgan also called on the European Union and the sponsoring countries of the entities mentioned in the report to reconsider their steps regarding the legitimacy and funding they grant BDS organizations.


Saybrook's made great strides in the 21st century: creating new programs, completing the most successful fund-raising campaign in its history, and accomplishing key goals as it moves towards the creation of a full university structure.
But as Saybrook grows in new ways, old questions become more relevant: what is the place of Humanistic thought in the 21st century? How does it apply to disciplines outside of psychology? In what way can Saybrook best articulate and pursue these principles?
All members of the Saybrook community are invited to a community-wide discussion of these issues to be held at this January's Residential Conference in San Francisco, on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 7:15 – 9 p.m..
The purpose of the panel is to address the question of incorporating humanistic values from the field of psychology into a multi-disciplinary platform for a new university. To what extent are those values the province of psychological study only and to what extent can they be appropriated by other disciplines (healthcare, education, business, etc) to open new levels of inquiry?
Entitled "Sustaining the Humanistic Core of Saybrook," the discussion will feature an introduction by Saybrook President Lorne Buchman; a panel discussion with key Saybrook faculty and trustees, including Eleanor Criswell; and a question and answer period where community members can react to what's been said and suggest new directions for pursuit and inquiry in the future.
It is a vital discussion for the community to have if Saybrook's commitment to Humanistic values – and its understanding of those values – are to remain healthy and relevant in a period of growth and change.


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Cricut is a world leader in personal electronic cutting machines that enable people to achieve their creative best. For over 30 years, Cricut has sold tools that inspire creativity, including most recently the Cricut Explore Air electronic cutting machine, Design Space online software and a Design Space app enabling iPad and iPhone users to always be creative on the go.
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GWP is based in London specialising in LGBT destination wedding planning services for happy couples wanting to get married in the UK or abroad. The founder is Petra Truneckova who is passionate about weddings and is one of the leading LGBT wedding planners in the UK.
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The Woodland Trust stands up for woods, trees and wildlife. As the UK's largest woodland conservation charity, we want everyone to care about trees and woodland as much as we do. We offer tree and woodland dedications in hundreds of our free-to-visit woods across the country. Dedications support our work while offering people wonderful places to celebrate special occasions such as weddings, and are perfect as wedding favours and gifts.
Every dedication is unique – from individual trees up to woodland groves with benches or marker posts – and they all support our vision of a UK rich in native woods and trees for people and wildlife. Visit woodlandtrust.org.uk for more information.
Prezola is the UK's leading independent wedding gift list service, designed for modern style-savvy couples who want the widest choice possible. Founded by husband & wife team, Ali and Dom Beaven, the company has grown to have over 300 brands and 30,000 items available for gift lists with top brands such as Le Creuset, KitchenAid and The White Company along with boutique brands like Bombay Duck and Cox & Cox.
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Almost every bride knows the traditional poem; 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue' but many don't realise that the final line of the poem is; 'and a silver sixpence in her shoe'. The long-standing British wedding custom is for the bride's father to slip a silver sixpence into his daughter's left shoe on the way to the altar, to wish the happy couple a long and prosperous life together.
2016 marks a special year for The Royal Mint and brides-to-be, as it sees the re-introduction of the silver sixpence. The 2016 Silver Sixpence, the first silver sixpence to be struck in more than 60 years, offers a contemporary and traditional finishing touch for those celebrating their big day in 2016. Visit royalmint.com to find out more.
Wedding Flowers & Accessories is the UK's only consumer magazine devoted to big day blooms. Every issue is bursting with beautiful ideas alongside practical and expert advice, making it the ultimate sourcebook for both brides-to-be and the nation's florists.
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Ted Baker is already razor-sharp in the fashion, fragrance and lifestyle world, but he's also earned his stripes in the grooming world too having discovered the ancient techniques and joys of a traditional Turkish shave. The art of Turkish barbering is a skill handed down from generation to generation, and a master barber only passes on his title to his apprentice after many years of training.Ted applied their secrets and know-how to recreate an invigorating and signature experience across London town.
NIKI P London is an independent British based label, creating luxury hand-illustrated silk wearable art. Founder and head of design Niki Pearson, hand sketches illustrations which are transformed into stunning textile pieces. The NIKI P London label is about creating beautifully unique and inspiring designs, that both look and feel amazing to wear but also bring a sense of colourful happiness into the world. Their passion for beautiful and aesthetic designs incorporate natural beauty and the vivid colours of life – elements that make people stop, look and smile.
R+Co is a game-changing line of hair products created by top stylists that celebrates the culture of hairdressing and the spirit of artistic collaboration. Based on a collective of some of the most knowledgeable, forward-thinking, rule-bending hairstylists in the business—a "supergroup" that has come together to make a "superline" of products and to share the knowledge garnered over a combined century of hairdressing.
Simon was once asked if he was one of those really annoying people who think they have the best job in the world, and he said "yes"! Throughout his floral career Simon's unashamed love of English herbaceous style has epitomised his design ethos, with seasonal flowers and foliage's being key to his success. Focusing on weddings and special events, from an intimate dinner party to a lavish celebration, his attention to detail is evident in everything he does.
Simon loves the fact that no two days are ever the same, and that every visit to the the flower market offers something new. The industry that he loves inspires him on a daily basis, and the changing seasons drive his creativity. For a preview of the kind of thing you can expect, visit simonnickelldesign.com.
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