I suspected at a very young age that there must be something terribly wrong with me. I was clearly very different from other children, and it was confirmed soon after my 5th birthday, when the headmistress at kindergarten peppered my tongue with cayenne, in front of the whole school, for telling "tall tales" about a mysterious "angel man" watching over us from the corner of the playground, as well as the sad little "ghost girl" who used to play with us on the merry-go-round. Apparently, I was upsetting the other kids, and some of their parents.
At first I thought everyone saw, heard and sensed the same things I did, but on that momentous day in daycare, it became very clear that this was not the case.
My mom was not impressed, for example, when she discovered one day that her missing glass bowl had been turned upside down and used as a 'crystal ball' to do readings for some of the kids in the neighborhood. Not to mention the fact that those kids were a little freaked out too! What can I say... we had no computer games in those days.
Growing up in Apartheid South Africa, my childhood environment was shaped by a government policy known at the time as Christelike Nasionale Opvoeding (Christian National Education). This restrictive policy was geared towards social engineering and allowed very little religious or ideological freedom. The Calvinistic and highly chauvinistic values of the regime were drilled into us, and we were programmed not to question authority, and to comply with the prescribed cultural and social expectations of our community.
To be sensitive, emotional and spiritually aware are still taboos in this world, especially for young men. Combine that with being an empathic 'new age weirdo' who talks to dead people... and you have the perfect breeding ground for shame, self-hatred and public humiliation. The fact that my parents were emotionally absent, and not at all nurturing or supportive, did not make things any easier.
At least I no longer blurted out the secrets of unsuspecting adults at social gatherings, which often caused many red faces and awkward silences around coffee tables and barbeque fires. I'm sure many folks were quite relieved that I opted to keep my mouth shut.
I was fortunate to grow up with a lot of books in my childhood home, and I became the proud owner of a public library card as soon as I could read. Just like Roald Dahl's character, Matilda, books really were my saving grace. In my late teens, I was fortunate to discovered the classic book, An Experiment with Time by J.W. Dunne, and this helped me a great deal over the years to understand and interpret my dreams, which is a skill I now effectively use in my work. The most important thing I learned from Dunne's book was that I was not the only guy in the world who sees the future in his dreams.
Oddly, books also brought me a fleeting 15 minutes of popularity among my peers. I was around 13 years old at the time and I used to secretly read books about divination, the paranormal, and mediumship, in the school library. It was the safest, most peaceful place for me to hide from the bullies during school breaks.
One day three older girls noticed the palmistry book I was reading, and the leader of the pack came over and asked me what it was about. Not used to this kind of attention, especially from older kids, I proceeded to spill the beans, before I even considered how she might respond. Instead of being shocked or amused, she asked me if I could "tell fortunes." Without any hesitation, I said yes. She immediately beckoned her friends over, and insisted I read their palms.
I actually knew very little about palmistry, but I was born with the ability to 'see' and 'feel' things when I touch someone, or hold an object that belongs to them. So, one by one I took their eagerly upturned hands and gave the first psychic readings of my career. I will never forget the expression on their faces as I talked about their problems at home, their schoolwork issues, and all the drama of their teenage romances and the boys they secretly had crushes on.
Word spread of the geeky kid in the library who tells fortunes, and soon there was a mob of youngsters waiting for me at the library every day. The library became my 'psychic parlor' and a refuge for all the teenage angst of the senior girls. But my newfound fame was short-lived, because the crowding and noise got so out of hand that the school's librarian had no other choice but to put an end to it. She also sent me to the headmaster's office, where I received a beating with one of the canes from his extensive collection - for being a disruptive influence, and for doing "the devil's work." The following week, at Monday morning assembly, he read from scripture and sternly warned the student body against the evils of witchcraft and satanism. I was just thankful he never called my parents.
Grandma Dolly was a badass ghostbuster in her day.
For a long time, after my stint as the 'teenage library psychic,' I refused to publicly acknowledge the existence of psychic or paranormal phenomena. I had by now gone thoroughly undercover, and deep into the psychic closet. Yet, I still was frowned upon by teachers, and rejected and tortured by many of my peers, for daring to be different from the norm. I was a weird kid. Period.
On my 16th birthday my father gave me a yellowed, sealed envelope from my grandmother, which she handed to him a few months before her passing. It contained a short letter to his eldest child, explaining my psychic heritage. The letter also contained a St. Christopher pendant, which she said I should wear for my protection. I did not take any of this very seriously at the time, and disregarded all of it as the 'woo-woo' ramblings of an old lady. Sorry grandma, I will apologize to you in person someday, when I finally get back to the Other Side.
For many years, I had a problem with intense anxiety and I frequently experienced acute panic attacks. The problem was so severe when I was about 4 or 5 years old, that I had to be rushed to the emergency ward on more than one occasion, and once had to be hospitalized, because I would literally stop breathing. My dad told me years later that on that particular day I was so uncontrollably hysterical, it took the physical strength of two nurses, my dad and the doctor to pin me down for an injection.
The first time I personally became fully aware of having these panic attacks, and that they were linked to something beyond this world, was when I was about 7 years old and in the second grade. I was sitting on the living room floor one afternoon, paging through a book, when suddenly an intense sense of dread engulfed me. At the same time an ominous 'shadow' descended upon our home, as if the sky had suddenly turned overcast outside. The living room became gloomy as if it was suddenly twighlight. Someone... or something... was in that room with me. I remember feeling somehow very angry...when the pages of the book in front of me began to vigorously page all by itself... from cover to cover... rapidly... like someone flicking through a deck of cards! I was beyond myself with terror! I ran for dear life, jumping over furniture and just about diving through the front door to get out of that house! Outside the sun was shining brightly and it was still a beautiful, peaceful summer's day. I refused to go back into the house for the rest of the afternoon, patiently waiting on the front lawn, until my parents came home from work.
Soon after, I woke up one night from some kind of bad dream. Crying inconsolably, I ran to my parents' bedroom, where my mother lay sleeping alone. My dad was not yet home. Mom could make no sense out of what I was trying to say. She thought I was simply afraid of the heavy thunderstorm outside. Apparently, I was sobbing and repeatedly crying, "Daddy has the moon on his face...!" Later that night the phone call came. My father had been in a head-on collision and had not been wearing his seat-belt. He went through the windshield, head first. The shattered glass cut into his face, leaving a large, deep wound shaped like a half moon across his forehead. He carried that scar for the rest of his life.
By the way, that 'self-paging' book was certainly not the first or last time that telekinetic phenomena happened around me. Psychokinetic occurrences are an almost normal, although very infrequent part of my everyday life since I can remember. For example, it is not unusual for me to somehow crash computers and cash registers everywhere I go, when I am out and about on a particularly emotionally distressed day! A few people in my life have also learned not to stand under any exposed overhead light-bulbs, whenever I'm around, as they do tend to unexpectedly explode from time to time. Same thing happens with street lights. One of the funnier instances occurred inside a grocery store in 2009, on a quiet weekday morning. I was walking down the cereal aisle, minding my business, when a piece of PVC water pipe mysteriously became dislodged and dropped from the ceiling, missing my head by inches. Fortunately, I only had a scratch on my face and my shirt was covered in a muddy slush. Interestingly, most of these everyday 'disturbances' subsided and even disappeared once I began working full-time as a psychic professional.
One of the most traumatizing and memorable anxiety attacks happened during the school holidays in the early part of 1983. I was 16 years old at the time and waiting for a bus in Church Street in Pretoria, South Africa, when I was suddenly overcome by the most horrible sense of dread. The anxiety was so overwhelming that I could hardly breathe. I had no idea what might have caused this suffocating feeling, but I just new that I was in extreme danger... and I immediately had to get out of that area! At first I walked, but eventually ran like an insane person for about 2 km (1.3 miles).
Then, just as suddenly as it came, the feeling was gone. I came to an exhausted halt, drenched in perspiration, yet utterly calm and relieved. This inexplicable incident was soon forgotten, but in recent years I accidentally discovered its true meaning, after sharing some of my childhood experiences with a fellow psychic. I had never made the connection before, but after doing some further research, I soon realized that a few months after my panic episode, on the afternoon of May 20th, 1983, at least 16 people were killed and about 130 injured in a car bomb explosion in Pretoria. The explosion happened outside the Nedbank Square building on Church Street, at the height of the city's rush hour…just a few steps away from where I had been standing on that day when that dreadful panic attack hit me! So much for psychic overload and being an energy sponge. To this day I wonder if I could have made a difference at the time, had I been more empowered with a better understanding of why I was experiencing these bizarre things.
In my early 20's, I was referred to a therapist by my doctor, in the hope of overcoming my anxiety. It was a miraculous synchronicity that I went to see this particular therapist, because he just happened to be a mainstream psychologist who was also interested in alternative spirituality, energy work and holistic healing. For obvious reasons, he never admitted any of this to me at the time, I only figured it out many years later. Instead of just doing the usual psychotherapy, we also did past life regression and energy healing. At the time I did not understand what he was trying to accomplish; I thought he was teaching me some kind of self-hypnosis. And I thought his therapeutic skills sucked, because he spent most of his time sitting back in his armchair with his eyes closed.
After many sessions, during which nothing much happened, I had a major breakthrough one day. I remember suddenly feeling an intense 'explosion' in the are of my solar plexus, as if a floodgate had burst wide open. I was pinned to the couch by a powerful stream of energy rushing through what felt like a churning 'cavity' in my stomach. It was like a tornado drilling right through my spine, and into the floor below me. It was the most astonishing thing I had ever felt. After the initial shock, an incredible sense of relief and freedom washed over me. The therapist asked me what I was feeling, but I was unable to speak. I was completely paralyzed, as if in a trance. Silent tears were running down my face, and I felt profoundly calm, blissful and at peace.
Years later, I figured out that what I had experienced was an unblocking of my solar plexus chakra, which is the energy center for mental understanding of our emotional life. Interestingly, the spiritual lesson of this chakra is to achieve self-love, and acceptance of our place in the stream of life. The solar plexus chakra is often linked to issues relating to self-image or self-esteem, oversensitivity to criticism, fear of rejection, and fears of our secrets being found out. The information stored in this energy center also relates to personal power, our sense of belonging and the consciousness of self within the Universe . It is the basis for a positive, healthy self-image and connection to one's personal spiritual path and life calling. Based on my childhood experiences, I clearly was a prime candidate for developing a problem in this area! Not that any of this mattered much to me at the time. All I cared about was the fact that I never again experienced a single panic attack since that day.
The 1990 paperback that launched my career.
On my final visit to the unorthodox 'shrink,' he unexpectedly gave me as parting gift a paperback copy of the book Mind To Mind: The Secrets Of Your Mind Energy Revealed, by the late Betty Shine. She was a renowned psychic medium and healer in the United Kingdom, and her book helped me find my way back to who I really was. It opened up a whole new world for me, very far removed from the books on palmistry I used to read in the school library.
Betty's book and grandma's pendant were also not the only unusual, synchronistic gifts I received along the way. While I was a senior at university, for example, I became acquainted with a new student, named Rudy. Our friendship was brief, but to this day his synchronous appearance in my life intrigues me. How exactly it happened remains a mystery to me, but one day he just unexpectedly showed up at my door with an unusual gift in a brown paper bag. It was a brand new deck of Rider Waite® Tarot cards.
It was not my birthday, or any other special occasion, so I asked him the reason for this unusual gift. His answers still haunts me to this day. "It is best to receive your first deck as a gift, instead of buying it yourself," he said. Then he left. A few days later I heard that he had dropped out of school and I never saw him again. Sadly, that deck of cards ended up being burned in a bonfire later that year, which a friend and I felt compelled to make in the backyard when we became reborn Christians for a period of time.
In 1996, I experienced three consecutive blackouts, or fainting spells, a few weeks apart. I simply fell unconscious for no apparent reason. Twice I badly injured myself, and still have the scars on my left ear and the right side of my forehead. On all three occasions I had profound out-of-body experiences (ODEs). I remember feeling like I was floating and seeing my own body lying on the floor. Then it felt like I was moving very rapidly through a dark tunnel… to a place of safety. It felt like all the sacred knowledge and deepest truths of the Universe were surging through my very being. I also felt intense emotions of well-being, and joy, and peace. It was unbelievable, and so pleasant, that I did not want to return, but I kept hearing a far-off voice telling me that I had to go back, because my work was not done. I felt annoyed that anyone would expect me to go back, but I was being sucked violently back into my body and waking up feeling disoriented, and really miserable.
After these experiences, my psychic awareness rapidly began to increase and intensify, although I still did not take it very seriously and kept it secret from friends and family. After all, I had majored in Psychology in the early 90s and knew very well where people ended up who claimed they 'saw things' or 'heard voices'. I had no intention of becoming just another psychiatric statistic. But after several further traumatic life events, and strange disruptions in my professional and personal life, I eventually could no longer avoid the inevitable. I increasingly felt a sense of urgency to fulfill my true life purpose, whatever that may be. I also continued to have vivid dreams and other psychic and paranormal experiences, which I ignored to the best of my ability. Eventually, I could no longer keep up the pretense.
The breakthrough came at a point in time when my life seemed to have spiraled completely out of control. I had reached the stage where I simply felt I had nothing more to lose, and I had finally also lost the will to continue the charade. It all came to a dramatic climax, when I found myself late one night searching Google for the most effective, and least messy methods of suicide... until I experienced an unforgettable metaphysical encounter, which ultimately led to a profound spiritual awakening. It may seem somewhat shocking for me to say this, but today I believe that this was the best thing that could have happen to me at that time. While I thought I was giving up on my crazy life, and throwing in the towel, what really happened was that I finally surrendered my resistance to my true self.
At first, I smelled a strangely pleasant odor that I suddenly remembered very vividly from my childhood. This distinctive scent always preceded the 'floating bubbles of light' which I used to often see as a child. I had completely forgotten about those experiences, yet here they were again... the flickering light specks that look like 'bundles of fireflies.' The smell they came with was like electricity, or ozone. It was not unpleasant, simply unusual. For a long time I had no way of describing it, until I bought a small air purifier a few years ago. I soon discovered that the faint smell of ozone, which is generated in small quantities by the negative ions from the purifier, was rather similar in scent.
It was also revealed to me that the word Yarden consists of the Hebrew letters Yud Resh Dalet Nun, read from right to left. My jaw dropped when I uncovered the meaning of every syllable and I soon realized that "Jordan" was much more than just an individual spirit guide, or my personal guardian angel. Yarden was not a person or a singular being, he was a group of entities, a universal energy, an infinite intelligence.
Yud is the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and means "hand." The Zohar states that the Yud represents the head of all creatures, and in the Sephrotic tree the Yud symbolizes wisdom - the stage of concealment which precedes its development into a state of expansion in understanding. Yud is the smallest letter in the alphabet, yet is frequently associated with the large concept of emanation, the highest level in the Four World paradigm of Kabbalah. Resh is the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and means "beginning" or "head". Resh literally means "there is a beginning." Dalet is the 4th letter of the alphabet and means "door" or "doorway." Nun is the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and means "shine, sprout, spread," According to the ancient Kabbalistic text,The Bahir, the bent Nun represents the spinal cord through which the body is fed by the brain. Go figure.
To this day I find it quite mind-boggling when I think of that incredible moment. Behind my desk, in front of the flickering screensaver on my laptop computer, intending to plan my own demise... I experienced instead a deeply significant spiritual breakthrough. I was confronted with an overwhelming and sudden awakening to my spiritual origins. I was reconnected with my inner divinity and higher self in a very powerful way. I still did not know what I was going to do going forward, but I finally felt free in that moment to fully acknowledge who I really was, for the first time in my life. For weeks afterwards I was like a hung-over, dazed Rip van Winkle, who had finally woken up after spending many years in a restless, feverish sleep. I was now perceiving with astonishment a sparkling, new, mystical world through the eyes of a newborn.  After that fateful night, my life took a remarkable turn for the better.
Crossing Over with John Edward was the final puzzle piece.
My daily, humdrum existence changed, in radical ways I could have never imagined. In time everything in my environment began to shape and rearrange itself around me. I experienced one synchronistic event after the other. It was as if the right people and the most perfect opportunities just flowed towards me and crossed my path in a miraculous chain of events. I received daily signs and intuitive confirmations, and at night my dreams were filled with ideas and visions of what needed to be done the next day. The confusing riddle that was my 'dirty little psychic secret' finally began to fall into place, and gradually my life began to transform.
In my youth it was near impossible to find any reliable information on alternative spirituality, metaphysics, psychic phenomena and the paranormal. In those days we did not have films and television shows like The Secret, Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal or What The Bleep Do We Know? There were also no Long Island or Hollywood mediums, or any cable TV for that matter. Bear in mind that I basically grew up without television, since it was only introduced to South Africa when I was in my early teens, but I did spend a lot of time in the movies. The closest thing I had to a psychic role-model in those days was the actress Sissy Spacek in the classic Stephen King film Carrie, as well as the stereotypical gypsy fortune-tellers and their crystal balls in my dad's old comic books. The metaphysical books I could find in the school library were on subjects like the evils of witchcraft, or how Harry Houdini became a debunker of mediumship. No wonder it took me decades to figure out what all the 'strange things' were that I was seeing, hearing and feeling! Fortunately, with the dawning of the new millennium, came the TV show Crossing Over with John Edward, which brought me the final missing puzzle piece. Seeing someone whom I could actually identify with, doing this kind of work out there in public, like it was the most natural thing in the world, gave me the courage to finally come out of the psychic closet myself.
Today, my quest continues to liberate others from dogma, ignorance, prejudice and fear, and inspire people to live their life by design and fulfill their true destiny. My early life experiences compel me to search for more answers, and it continues to inspire me to teach and write. The confusion and frustration I had to endure as a child, often due to ignorance, fear and intolerance, made me vow to research, learn and share as much as I could about alternative spirituality, psychic phenomena, parapsychology, the paranormal, and metaphysics. If I can spare just one sensitive child unnecessary trauma, inspire just one adult to come out of the 'psychic closet', or save just one Indigo soul's life from ending in tragedy, then the bewilderment I had suffered as a child would all be worth it.
Psychic DNA: Nature Or Nurture?


text:
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

{- |
Module      : Text.Pandoc.Filters.ShortcutLinks
License     : BSD3
Maintainer  : Artyom <yom@artyom.me>

This filter turns links that look like "[something](\@w)" into <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something>. For details, see <https://github.com/aelve/shortcut-links>.
-}
module Text.Pandoc.Filters.ShortcutLinks
(
  shortcutLinks,
)
where

-- General
import Data.Maybe
import Control.Applicative
-- Parsing
import Text.Parsec hiding (optional, (<|>))
-- Text
import Text.Printf
import qualified Data.Text as T
import Data.Text (Text)
-- Pandoc
import Text.Pandoc.Definition
import Text.Pandoc.Walk
-- shortcut-links
import ShortcutLinks
-- local
import Text.Pandoc.Filters.Utils

shortcutLinks :: Inline -> IO Inline
shortcutLinks i@(Link attr is (url, title)) | '@':_ <- url = do
  -- %20s are introduced by Pandoc and needs to be converted back to spaces
  let urlOriginalT = T.replace "%20" " " (T.pack url)
      urlOriginalS = T.unpack urlOriginalT
  case parseLink urlOriginalT of
    Left err -> do
      printf "'%s' is not a proper shortcut link: %s\n" urlOriginalS err
      return i
    Right (shortcut, option, text) -> do
      let shortcut' = shortcut
          option'   = option
          text'     = fromMaybe (T.pack (stringify is)) text
      case useShortcut shortcut' option' text' of
        Success link -> return (Link attr is (T.unpack link, title))
        Warning warnings link -> do
          printf "Warnings when processing a shortcut link (%s):\n"
                 urlOriginalS
          mapM_ putStrLn warnings
          return (Link attr is (T.unpack link, title))
        Failure err -> do
          error $ printf "Error when processing a shortcut link (%s): %s\n"
                         urlOriginalS err
shortcutLinks other = return other

-- | Parse a shortcut link. Allowed formats:
--
-- @
-- \@name
-- \@name:text
-- \@name(option)
-- \@name(option):text
-- @
parseLink :: Text -> Either String (Text, Maybe Text, Maybe Text)
parseLink = either (Left . show) Right . parse p ""
  where
    shortcut = some (alphaNum <|> char '-')
    option   = char '(' *> some (noneOf ")") <* char ')'
    text     = char ':' *> some anyChar
    p = do
      char '@'
      (,,) <$> T.pack <$> shortcut
           <*> optional (T.pack <$> option)
           <*> optional (T.pack <$> text)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
require 'cucumber/core/events'

module Cucumber
  module Events
    # Event fired after each step definition has been registered
    class StepDefinitionRegistered < Core::Event.new(:step_definition)
      # The step definition that was just registered.
      #
      # @return [RbSupport::RbStepDefinition]
      attr_reader :step_definition
    end
  end
end


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How do they compare to other composite decking?
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What sort of warranty is there?
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Are they slippery when wet?
Can Nex Gen be installed on a steel frame ?
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Can I paint or stain the boards?
What dimensions does it come in?
Society is getting a lot busier with work and family that these days your normal household does not have the time nor effort to maintain a natural wood decking. Especially in Perth you would have to oil your deck every 3-4 months due to the extreme heat and sun rays hitting it every day. And when you forget to oil it the wood starts to warp and fade in colour that to get it back to the original colour, you will need to sand it back first and then oil it.
What people are looking for is a no-maintenance decking system that looks great and will continue to look good for years to come. Not only that you want to increase the value of your property so having a great looking deck is important for sale value.
Despite composite decking being around for quite some time a lot of people are still finding it a new concept however when they know the benefits of composite decking it is a no brainer to get it installed compared to natural wood decking.
There are a lot of companies selling composite decking so ensure you do your research to get the right supplier for your decking with the right price. Most of the top 5 composite decking companies come with some sort of warranty from a 20 year no fade and performance warranty to 25 years so keep that in mind when choosing the deck for you.
Other than that it will come down to colour preference as well as price.
Maintenance of a composite deck is virtually none, only occasional cleaning with soap and water or a pressure clean. During the summer time in Perth it will not fade so there is no oiling needed.
This decking looks good… How much is this decking a square meter. Does the price differ on different colours?


text:
In Residential
'73 Fifth Avenue' By Sitework, Inc
73 Fifth Avenue was one of the first Artist Loft Buildings in the Flat Iron District of New York City. This Full Floor Loft was designed to accommodate 2 Artists in residence. One was a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker. The other was a Sculptor. While they shared a common living space, the bulk of the loft's area was needed to accommodate their professional lives. The dancer, choreographer and filmmaker needed a studio, video viewing room and office space while the Sculptor need a studio suited to his particular needs, as well as sharing the office space, which doubled as a reception area. By creating a secondary "exterior" wall, their private space was protected from people arriving and leaving their studios and offices. Fortunately, this loft was large enough to fully accommodate all their requirements.
Architects: Sitework, Inc
Status: Built
Sitework, Inc
Carol left a successful career as a New York architectural designer to attend the American Film Institute where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film, with an emphasis in Production Design. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a major in Interior Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. She was a partner in a New York design/build firm before opening her own design office. Her design projects have been published in magazines (Interiors, House & Garden Decorating Guide, House Beautiful's Home Remodeling), books, and exhibited in shows, including the American Institute of Architects show Women in Architecture. Her photographs have been shown in many group shows, winning the Jury Award at the 1989 NYU small works show.
As Production Designer with a keen eye and attention to fine detail, Carol Strober has a passion for outstanding design with an extensive background as an architectural and interior designer, as well as being an award-winning fine art photographer – all of which give her an edge in creating uniquely cinematic settings.
The importance of collaboration in the film process was emphasized at The American Film Institute, where Carol earned her MFA in Production Design. She was mentored there by legendary, Academy Award™ winning, Production Designer Bob Boyle who recommends Carol as, "a great asset."
From project to project, Carol enjoys the challenges of a new script and being part of the team that brings its worlds to life through skilled visual storytelling. She makes it her constant goal to use all of her resources to realize the Director's creative vision. "My inspiration flows from the script. The movie plays in my head as I read – the words conjure images that become the basis for my dialogue with the director and creative team. I always strive to seamlessly enhance the emotional storyline that the director, writer, and actors bring to life sometimes supporting the theme, and other times in counterpoint." Her films have been screened at many film festivals from Sundance to Berlin, and stand for quality and artistic excellence well beyond their budgets and schedules:
"Made on location in New York City on a tight 18-day schedule, [Starting Out in the Evening] sports impressively high production values, notably…production designer Carol Strober's warm, lived-in interiors." – Scott Foundas, Variety
"Man in the Chair, a modest but intelligent feel-good movie…Everyone involved should be saluted." – Rex Reed
"Inspired production design and exceptional performances are the polish on this emotionally penetrating effort…" – Shari Frilot, Sundance, on Thirteen.
Strober's work has set the stage for actors as talented and diverse as Frank Langella, Holly Hunter, Don Cheadle, Christopher Plummer, Lily Taylor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Terence Howard, Evan Rachel Wood, Lauren Ambrose, and Jeremy Sisto. Carol always works to give actors spaces that feel real and grounded, allowing them room to bring the world of the script to life.
"Designing original evocative spaces, collaborating with creative and talented people, and knowing that your efforts are going to be shared with such a large audience are all benefits of the job." The opportunity to work in this context is one for which Carol is grateful. " I have the best job in the world, working with so many talented artists and being able to realize the worlds I imagine."
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The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 17 "Know Thy Enemy"
Wow – it sure has been a long time, "The Vampire Diaries". I'm excited for this. I hope after this long hiatus the show doesn't disappoint. I'll recap as I watch and save my opinions for the end. Let's jump right in, shall we?
Isobel returns to Mystic Falls.
Oh good, a recap. After this long it's a little hard to remember what's been going on. There was a lot happening when we left off – Matt found out Caroline is a vampire, Isobel returned to Mystic Falls, there was werewolf and witch drama and poor Jenna is still clueless to it all. I'm not going to go over what's already happened because this is going to be long enough as it is. Feeling lost? Check out my previous "The Vampire Diaries" recaps here and here.
Jenna doesn't take the news well.
Finding out her boyfriend's wife is alive is hard for Jenna to take. Finding out her niece knew doesn't make it any easier. Naturally, she wants to know who else was in on this little secret. I don't think Jenna wants the answer to that question – especially considering what else she would find out in the process.
Katherine bargains with the brothers Salvatore.
As Damon and Stefan discuss Isobel's arrival, Katherine asks that they don't tell anyone she is still in town. While I don't trust Katherine after, well, everything she's done on the show, she makes a good point. She could come in handy as a decoy Elena. Stefan heads out to handle some business, telling Damon to let Alaric know Isobel paid Jenna a visit. I bet he'll be thrilled.
Jenna has a bag packed. This doesn't look good.
This seems like a pretty good time to tell Jenna the truth. With all of the danger surrounding Elena and those closest to her, it seems like a bad idea to let her take off on her own. Sure she says, "I don't want you here, Ric. You need to go" but maybe they shouldn't listen to her. John appears out of nowhere and tells them to let her go – that it's too dangerous for her to be around with everything that's going on. I'm just not inclined to believe that. John starts to spout off about honesty and Alaric, very justifiably, pops John in the nose. I won't lie. I clapped a little here. It seems to me that John is about the last person that should be lecturing anyone about honesty.
Yay, Caroline!
Caroline is probably my favorite vampire on "The Vampire Diaries" (aside from Damon, naturally), so I'm excited to see her so early in the episode, even if not under the best circumstances. She's on the phone telling Stefan that Matt not only knows her secret but that he also suspects vampires killed Vickie, which they did, of course. The worse news? She has no idea where Matt is. Yikes.
This just screams great idea.
While Stefan and Elena discuss the disaster with Matt, Isobel and Jenna, John asks them to join him downstairs. Apparently, it's important. When they go downstairs, Isobel emerges from the kitchen and says she asked John for a 'do-over'. Wonderful. John, being the bright individual he is, invited Isobel into Elena's home, meaning she can pretty much come and go as she pleases. John says Isobel has information about Klaus. I wouldn't trust this woman anymore than I would trust Katherine which is not at all. I don't like where this is headed.
John, Isobel, Elena and Stefan sit down for a nice, friendly chat.
Isobel claims she's spent the time since her last visit to Mystic Falls trying to track down Klaus because, according to her, finding Klaus before Klaus finds Elena is their best chance of keeping Elena alive. Makes sense but I'd believe it more coming for anyone other than Isobel. Apparently, she didn't find Klaus, but did find out there are rumors circulating about the whole doppleganger situation. Naturally these rumors put Elena in even more danger as any vampire looking to suck up to Klaus is going to go after her.
Nope... don't like where this is going at all.
After Elena questions Isobel's motives, John insists Isobel has actually been helping Elena all along. Funny. The last time we saw Isobel, she was making it pretty clear she had no interest in helping her daughter. Even so, John says that Klaus is obsessed with finding Katherine and has been for centuries. He claims they had to kill the tomb vampires (and nearly Stefan and Damon in the process) to prevent word that Katherine was still alive from reaching Klaus. It actually sort of makes sense. If Klaus were to learn Katherine was still alive, Klaus would head straight to Mystic Falls, find Elena and bad things would transpire. The scene ends with a proposal from Isobel. Apparently she has a safe house that Elena can go where no vampires could get to her – not without her permission, anyway. She asks Elena to let her help. Elena tells her to get out. I'm thinking that was a pretty smart move.
Jeremy, Bonnie and Damon search Luka's house.
Before dying, Doctor Martin told Bonnie she could find a spell that would allow her to harness the power a witch leaves behind following their violent death. With Damon and Jeremy to help, they head over to the Martin house to look for it. If Bonnie goes to where a whole bunch of witches were burned back in the 1800s, she can harness their power with this spell. Damon knows where the witches were burned. Bonnie does a little hocus pocus and the book with the spell flies off the shelf. I totally wish I had that power.
Lady vamps fighting... why don't more men watch this show?
It seems Isobel plans to stay in Mystic Falls for a while as she's just found herself a nice house. She really seems to like it, but her joy is short lived as she turns to find Katherine there. I thought Katherine didn't want Isobel to know she was in town? Anyway… there's a brief fight, but Katherine wins; pinning Isobel to the wall by her throat.
I honestly don't know how anything on "The Vampire Diaries" surprises me, but here we are. Apparently the fight was just a little play fight and Isobel and Katherine are friends. Isobel tells Katherine she's been busy working out a deal with Klaus to save Katherine's life. Isobel, not surprisingly has John right where she wants him and is getting as much information out of him as she can. In turn, Isobel is providing that information to Katherine. While Isobel wasn't able to directly able to reach Klaus, she got to one of his witches.
Isobel and Katherine scheme.
Isobel informs Katherine that Klaus would be willing to grant her freedom if Katherine is able to deliver the moonstone and the doppelganger. Katherine says she can get the moonstone. In a not at all surprising development, Katherine says she is willing to backstab the brothers Salvatore to gain her freedom stating that there's not much they can do to help her anyway as they lost the one tool they could use to kill Klaus (the dagger sticking out of Elijah's chest) and their witch lost her powers. Does she not know Bonnie has her powers back? Shh! No one tell her!
Damon, Stefan and Elena try to figure out how to keep Elena safe.
Ah yes, the tension between Damon and Stefan as they try to figure out the best way to protect Elena. This takes me back. Damon suggests staying at their house until Stefan points out vampires can come and go as they please there so Damon suggests staying at Elena's house where things are more secure. That's great and all, but what about Katherine and Isobel being able to get in. Do they honestly trust those two sneaky broads? Regardless, Elena isn't a big fan of needing a babysitter all the time. Honey, you have a whole pack of vampires hunting you. Maybe it's better to err on the safe side.
Keeping secrets from Katherine.
Something is going to go down at the Lockwood Luncheon. Jenna is sending Elena there. Caroline is going there looking for Matt. Yes, something is going to take place. Regardless, Elena tells Damon and Stefan she'll need an escort. Stefan naturally volunteers. Damon points out that he wouldn't be able to attend anyway as he has "witch stuff" to do with Bonnie. Elena starts to ask if that means he'll be going to the site of the burning but he cuts her off before she can finish. Enter Katherine.
It's always weird when Katherine and Elena are on the screen at the same time.
I hope Damon hid that moonstone somewhere good because you know Katherine is going to be searching hard for it. I want to have faith, but Damon hasn't always shown the best judgment. Katherine wants in on the vampire hunting plan, but Damon and Stefan aren't eager to share the information. Smart move. Damon tells Katherine they don't trust her. It shocks me that she'd think otherwise.
Sheriff Forbes, Caroline and Mrs. Lockwood discuss Tyler.
Over at the Lockwood house Sheriff Forbes discusses an 'odd case' of a fire where blood was found but no bodies with Mrs. Lockwood. Sheriff Forbes admits she's beginning to think everything weird that happens in Mystic Falls involves vampires. She's wrong, of course. There are werewolves and witches too. Caroline arrives and asks Mrs. Lockwood if she's seen Matt but Mrs. Lockwood hasn't. Mrs. Lockwood asks her to ask Matt if he's heard from Tyler. Is it sad I completely forgot about Tyler?
Poor, poor Caroline.
Poor Caroline is at her wit's end over the whole Matt situation. I'm not sure how she thought it was going to go though, but one has to remember, Caroline had no choice when she became a vampire. She was used as a pawn in Katherine's evil scheme. She says she wanted to tell him at the 'right time' and that she felt he would be "okay with it" (it being the fact that she's a vampire) because he loves her. I love that most about her. She's so innocent. Caroline heads off to look for Matt. Elena and Stefan promise to join her after they accept the award for Jenna on behalf of Elena's adoptive mother. Stefan tries to reassure Elena by telling her Matt might "be okay with it". Yeah… doubt that.
The house where the witches burned.
Jeremy, Bonnie and Damon arrive where the witches were burned. Apparently Damon tried to save Emily. It's not as sweet as it sounds. He saw Emily as his key to getting Katherine back. The ominous music makes me think something's up. When they head into the house it becomes pretty clear the place has seen better days. A floor board creaks. I think Jeremy may have wet himself. It's nice to see a little bit of humor.
Oh, this isn't looking good.
So it would appear that the house has been booby-trapped for vampires. Damon is unable to move out of the sun and his ring isn't working. Damon starts to sizzle as Bonnie starts to work her magic. It better friggin' work. Bonnie is successful and Damon's going to be just fine. I guess a witch on your side is a good thing for a vampire. Damon decides to wait outside while Bonnie and Jeremy work inside just to be safe.
Really Damon? Are you kidding me right now?
Remember earlier when I said I hoped Damon hit the moonstone well because Katherine would be hunting for it? Remember that? Well she did and he didn't. The freaking soap dish? I know hiding things in plain sight is a great strategy in some cases but in amongst things people might actually use? No, I'm not a big fan of that strategy. Way to go, Damon. Now Katherine has the moonstone.
Isobel is a cruel, cruel bitch.
Isobel approaches Alaric as he heads to his car and apologizes. He tells her he isn't interested in hearing it. She tells him that she compelled him to let her go. She then says she wanted him to know how much she loved him before she did what she had to do, says "he's all yours" and some goon pops out of nowhere and does something to Alaric's head. I knew – absolutely knew – he was going to regret giving John that ring.
Bonnie and Jeremy share a kiss before the whispers begin.
Back at the house that hates Damon, Bonnie and Jeremy share a tender moment inside before Bonnie begins her ritual. A bunch of crazy whispers start – the souls of the witches who died. Bonnie can't make out what they're saying, but seems to be following them. Jeremy follows behind her. If they kill Bonnie off this show I will be livid! Jeremy does not need to lose another freaking girlfriend.
The spirits are ready.
Bonnie follows the voices to the spot in the house where she needs to perform her ritual. Jeremy demands to know what the whispering ghosts are saying. Bonnie refuses to tell Jeremy what's being said which leads me to think it's bad news. If I were Jeremy, I'd be all like, "Witch please… I lost too many girlfriends for you to be pulling this crap on me." That's not what Jeremy said, though. A few random fires light and Bonnie announces the spirits are ready. Meanwhile, Damon is locked outside. I hope they don't need vampire intervention.
Well... that's one way to create a distraction.
I'd feel proud of myself for calling this one, but I think it was fairly obvious that something was going to happen at the luncheon. While Elena is downstairs accepting an award on behalf of her adoptive Mom, her real Mom is upstairs feasting on her Dad. Now that, dear readers, is a dysfunctional family. At least Isobel had the decency to warn John he was about to become dinner.
John to Isobel: "What are you doing here?"
Isobel to John: "Creating a distraction."
Isabel to John: *chomp*
I'd say she got the job done. As Elena is giving a heartfelt speech about how much the Historical Society meant to her adoptive parents, John's body comes tumbling down the stairs. Chaos ensues. One question though – Did Isobel not check his finger for that ring?
"Nice dress. Mind if I borrow it?" - Katherine
Oh… a distraction. Can I just say Stefan sucks as a bodyguard? While everyone pours out of the room to see what happened by the stairs, Katherine appears out of the crowd and grabs Elena. I totally didn't see it coming at all. That was the first big shock of the episode and it's only halfway over.
"He's bleeding. Is he alright?" - Stefan
Meanwhile back at the foot of the stairs, Stefan is kneeling over John. He sees the bite marks. Mrs. Lockwood shoos him away. Perhaps she saw the bite marks as well. Stefan dashes off to find Elena leaving Sheriff Forbes to examine the body. Sheriff Forbes takes a look, sees the bite marks and tells everyone to leave him alone. "He just needs some air." Right, Sheriff. Totally believable.
Elena is in trouble.
Isobel just keeps getting more and more lovable by the moment, right? We flash from the party (where Katherine has just fooled Stefan into thinking she's Elena) to a car where Elena is lying unconscious in the backseat. The camera zooms out and surprise, surprise, it's Isobel being evil again. They can't get rid of this woman soon enough.
Katherine proves she can't be trusted. Again.
As Stefan and Katherine-pretending-to-be-Elena leave the party, Katherine stops pretending. Stefan grabs her, throws her against the car and demands to know where Elena is. Katherine responds by stabbing him in the belly with a needle, apologizing and tossing him in the bushes. She then steals his car and heads off to, likely, meet up with Isobel and Elena.
Bonnie succeeds but at what cost?
Back at the witch house, things seems to be going badly for Bonnie. First she starts crying and then the screaming and wailing begins. Jeremy tries to rush to her aid, but is thrown back and seems unable to move. Bad stuff, my friends. When all is said and done, though, Bonnie says she "did it". I have to think, though, it isn't quite as neatly wrapped up as she leads Jeremy to believe.
"He'll be fine in a couple of hours."
Over at the Lockwood house, Damon is called in to look at John. Damon checks John's hand and sees the ring. Damon informs the ladies that John will be fine. Naturally, they're confused considering they think he's dead. He explains the ring. I don't think that's going to go over well with the women. Damon says they'll need to come up with a cover story. His suggestions? "Epileptic fit, alcohol binge, banana peel… whatever works."
Matt suddenly becomes important to the story.
As Sheriff Forbes leaves the house, calling in the 'false alarm' at the Lockwood's, we see Matt waiting for her. He demands to see Vickie's file so he can see how Forbes covered up the fact that Vickie was killed by a vampire, which of course, she was. Sheriff Forbes tells him he needs to calm down because he's upset and doesn't know what he's talking about. He does and she knows it.
I will never complain about a gratuitous shot of a shirtless Ian Somerhalder.
Damon drags John home, tosses him on the floor and decides to wash up. This means taking his shirt off and I'm totally cool with that. Stefan calls to inform Damon that Elena has been kidnapped. Damon discovers the moonstone is missing. I have to wonder if he feels at least a little stupid for hiding it somewhere so lame.
Elena's waking up. Isobel is double crossing Katherine. I have no idea what's going on.
Katherine arrives at Isobel's, urging Isobel to hurry because it won't take Damon long to figure out where her house is. As Elena wakes up in the backseat, Isobel tells Katherine she's sorry. She had to do what she was told to do. What is that? I have no idea. This is the portion of "The Vampire Diaries" when things really start getting complicated. I love this part. Isobel tells Katherine 'he' wanted the moonstone and Katherine. Katherine asks who, but Isobel hangs up. I'm just going to go ahead and assume 'he' is Klaus.
And Katherine goes down!
The same man that did whatever was done to Alaric's head has now taken Katherine down. I'm assuming this is Klaus' man-witch. I hate to use the word 'warlock'. Charlie Sheen has destroyed that word for me. I think it's a pretty safe assumption as, until now, only witches have been able to take vampires out with wicked headaches.
Caroline returns home and finds Matt waiting.
Caroline returns home and finds Matt waiting in her house. He tells her Sheriff Forbes (her mother, in case you're new), brought him there to wait so he could cool down. Caroline tries to approach him but he backs away. He tells her he needs to know more about not only what happened to Vickie but more about Caroline too. She tells him she'll tell him anything he wants to know. I could be wrong, but it feels like Sheriff Forbes is trying to get information out of Caroline using Matt. It feels like a trap. I hope I'm wrong.
"How much power can you draw from 100 dead witches?" - Jeremy
As Bonnie and Jeremy leave the witch house, Bonnie tells Jeremy that the chant he heard was a warning but that it isn't important. When he persists, she shrugs it off, saying it's a lot of power to have access to. He asks how much power she has so she summons a storm to demonstrate; answering his question with one statement – "a lot."
Damon and Stefan arrive at the 'nicest foreclosure in town'.
Damon and Stefan show up at the house Isobel has been using (the house where the man-witch took out Katherine) and head inside to search for Elena. I'm not sure that splitting up was the best idea they've ever had, but this whole episode is full of unusually bad decisions for the brothers Salvatore. Stefan searches upstairs while Damon searches downstairs. Damon sees Isobel's stuff, but there is no sign of Elena.
So... is Isobel good or evil? I'm thinking a little bit of both.
Just like Isobel's last appearance on the show, I had a hard time deciding whether she was completely evil or just tragically misguided. As we arrive at the cemetery, I find myself no closer to being able to answer that. Isobel takes Elena to the headstone Isobel's parents placed when it became clear the police weren't going to find her body. She talks about how they bring flowers every week. She tells Elena she believes the human part of her – the part she gave up to be a vampire – is buried in the grave. Isobel tells Elena that the human part of her used to dream about meeting her daughter but instead of meeting that part, her daughter got to meet the part of her that would betray her own flesh and blood. She genuinely seems to have a heart, but as her cell phone rings, I have to believe something terrible is about to happen.
"I'm so sorry, Elena... that I was such a disappointment to you." - Isobel
… I don't know what to write here. As much as I loathed Isobel and all the things she did to Elena, this was a genuinely heartbreaking moment. The call was the man-witch telling her that Klaus has the moonstone and Katherine so Isobel can let Elena go. Isobel had done what she was supposed to do. Apparently Klaus doesn't need the doppelganger yet. Isobel apologized for being a disappointment, rips off the necklace that protects her from the sun and bursts into flames before Elena's eyes. Goodbye, Isobel.
"So after I hurt you in the woods, I made you forget and I promised myself I'd stay away from you but I couldn't 'cause I love you." - Caroline
From one harrowing emotional scene to another. Matt and Caroline sitting together at her house while Caroline pours her heart out to him. She tells him everything and he doesn't take it well. He feels hurt and betrayed – like all of his friends are liars. Caroline tries to talk to him, but he insists it's too much. He asks her to make him forget. This would be good news if it weren't for the vervain issue. How do we know Sheriff Forbes didn't give him vervain so the vamps wouldn't go after him? Would she go after her own daughter? I'm not liking this.
Elena and Stefan try to figure out what Klaus wants.
When the next scene opens, we find Elena holding Isobel's necklace, feeling sad that she's gone. Stefan assures Elena it's natural considering Isobel was her mother. Elena asks a question that I think all of us are asking – why did Klaus let her go? Stefan says they can assume Klaus knows everything John knows so he would know that Elena's protected and that she isn't going to turn herself into a vampire meaning, that's right – he also knows she's not going to run. I have a feeling we're going to meet Klaus before this episode is over.
Why is Elena always so against the best ideas?
Because they all got fooled by Isobel and Katherine, they decide it's time to take a few extra security measures. They want to sign their house over to Elena. If her name is on the deed, she'll have control over what vampires can get in and what vampires can't. They say that Elena can just stay there until all is safe. I think they're foolish. All is never going to be safe. Where would the fun be in that?
John's back.
While in the midst of offering Elena their house, John gasps and comes back to life. Damon grabs him the moment he sits up. He swears he had no idea what Isobel's plans were and apologizes to Elena. Call me a sucker, but I believe him. Elena tells Damon to put John down because she needs to talk to John. Damon looks at her like she just took away his favorite toy. I love Damon.
"Do you think I was born with these powers so I could float feathers and blow out candles?" - Bonnie
After reading that Bonnie could die if she uses too much of her power, Jeremy asks how much power it would take to kill an Original. She tells him the truth – it would take all of her powers which means killing Klaus will also kill her. Jeremy tells her he won't let her do it, but Bonnie basically tells him he has no say – that she needs to do it for Elena, Jeremy and everyone else. This show really enjoys making martyrs, doesn't it?
"I feel like she died." - Matt "She did." - Sheriff Forbes
Sometimes it sucks being right. It sucks a lot. What's with all the emotional stuff going on in this episode? Geez. Matt meets Caroline's Mom at her squad car and tells her that he did what she asked him to do – basically, fool Caroline into telling him everything. Sheriff Forbes asks Matt to tell her everything Caroline said. Although the scene ends before he does, it's pretty safe to assume he did what she asked.
John tells Elena the truth... I think?
It's hard to believe anything John says, but I'm inclined to believe this. He tells Elena that he had no idea Katherine and Isobel were working against him. After he calls them two of the most selfish vampires in the world, Elena questions why he would trust them. He tells her that he was there when Isobel gave birth to Elena. He tells her he saw how heartbroken Isobel was to give Elena up. Isobel promised to help keep Elena safe and he believed her. Perhaps John wasn't even aware that a vampire could be compelled as Isobel was. He says he'll leave if she wants him to. When Elena doesn't respond, he gets up . Elena stops him. Despite the fact that he's done horrible things and screws up at every turn, he's the only parent she has left.
Stefan and Damon put their heads together.
Elsewhere in the Salvatore household, Damon tells Stefan he hears Bonnie's spell worked. Neither of them know, of course, that killing Klaus would kill her. Regardless, they realize that Katherine doesn't know about Bonnie's recovered (and strengthened powers) so suddenly they have a secret weapon.
It appears Klaus has a secret weapon as well.
The last scene begins with Katherine waking up on the floor. I thought we would find out what was going to become of her. Instead, we learned what has become of Alaric. Katherine observes some weird ritual being performed on Alaric, after which Alaric rises from his chair and is bowed to by man-witch. Katherine tries to run but is unable to leave. Alaric very slowly approaches her, cups her chin in his hands and says, in an accent very distinctly not Alaric's, that he has missed her. She stares in horror at what is clearly no longer Alaric and says his name – Klaus.
Ladies and gentlemen... "The Vampire Diaries".
My Final Thoughts
Well "The Vampire Diaries" is back, alright. I don't think there is a scripted show on television right now more capable of delivering an action packed, emotion movie in every single episode. It was a long wait, but it was well worth it. I am more excited than ever to see what happens next so… let's talk spoilers.
We know for a fact that there will be at least three deaths before the end of the season and even the cast doesn't seem sure of who will be leaving. I'm guessing Elena and Stefan are safe and I'd like to think Damon is. Other than than, I think it's anyone's guess. Does Isobel count? I'm not entirely sure. Since I'm not sure how it would be possible for Alaric to survive playing host to another entity, I'm going to assume he'll be one of them as well. As to the fate of Matt and Sheriff Forbes – that really depends on what they do with their new found knowledge.
Tyler will be returning to Mystic Falls after receiving a troublesome phone call. All we know for sure is that he'll be back in an episode titled "The Last Day" which will air on April 28th. Will the phone call be alerting him to the death of his friend Matt? Maybe even Caroline? I'd be willing to bet it will be his mother, Mrs. Lockwood. With Sheriff Forbes closing in, though, it could be almost anyone.
What did you think of Thursday's episode? Who do you think will be killed off of the show next and do you think they'll stay dead? With these Mystic Falls folks, you can never be sure. What are your thoughts on Isobel? Is John sincere in reaching out to Elena or does he have an ulterior motive? Sound off in the comments section below and make sure you come back next week for the next complete recap of "The Vampire Diaries".
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Pentec Health to Pay $17 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Posted on February 06, 2019 by Medtech[y] Staff
U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Pentec Health agreed to pay the United States $17 million to settle allegations that Pentec submitted false claims to Medicare and other government healthcare programs.
Headquartered in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, Pentec furnishes a range of renal and specialized pharmacy compounding services, including the compounding of its drug, Proplete, and the provision of intradialytic parenteral nutrition and intraperitoneal nutrition to individuals with end stage renal disease.
The United States alleges that from 2007 to 2018, Pentec billed Medicare and other federal healthcare programs for excessive amounts of product wasted during the compounding of Proplete, and Pentec routinely waived patient copayments and deductible obligations in order to induce the prescription and use of Proplete. Pentec also submitted duplicate and improperly coded claims to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
Along with this Settlement, Pentec has also signed a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. The company is subject to exclusion from Federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, for a material breach of this CIA and subject to monetary penalties for less significant breaches for a period of five years.
"We are committed to ensuring that compounding pharmacies appropriately bill Medicare," said U.S. Attorney McSwain. "Pentec allegedly padded its bottom line through several improper means, including by charging the government for quantities of medication that its patients did not actually need or receive. Those who engage in these practices will be held accountable."
"Compounding pharmacies play an integral role in the delivery of quality health care services and are required to follow rules designed to protect patients and prevent the waste of taxpayer funds," said Maureen Dixon, Special Agent in Charge of HHS-OIG in Philadelphia. "We will continue to work closely with the United States Attorney's Office to ensure the integrity of taxpayer funds."
This settlement resolves a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by Jean Brasher, a former employee of Pentec, under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the FCA, which permit private citizens to bring lawsuits on behalf of the United States and obtain a portion of the government's recovery. The FCA also permits the government to intervene and take over the lawsuit. Ms. Brasher was represented by David Bocian, Esq. of Kessler Topaz Melzter & Check, LLP.
"We thank the relator for her invaluable contribution in this case. Together with her lawyers, they provided vital assistance to the government throughout this case. Without information from citizens like the relator, detecting fraud and conserving government program funds would be far more difficult," said U.S Attorney McSwain.
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Q: type inference in OCaml says my function is 'a list list -> list while it should be 'a list I am new to OCaml and have very little experience with functional programming.
I have written the following function
let rec reverse l =
  match l with
  | [] -> []
  | h::rest -> (reverse rest) @ h

which is supposed to reverse the elements in a list, transforming [1;2;3] into [3;2;1] for instance.
I don't know if the function will work but the issue is that OCaml infers that function to be of type 'a list list -> 'a list while I'd expect it to be an 'a list -> 'a list.
# reverse [1;2;3;4];;
Error: This expression has type int but an expression was expected of type 'a list

A: The concatenation operator @ expects both its operands to be lists.
When you write  (reverse rest) @ h, it is immediately inferred that h must be a list. Since l = h::rest and h is a list, then l must be a list of lists.
Instead, try to replace (reverse rest) @ h with (reverse rest) @ [h]. This should work correctly.
However, note that the concatenation a @ b takes time linear in the length of a. Since you call this concatenation repeatedly, the overall complexity of your algorithm is quadratic. That's very slow. It is actually possible to reverse a list in linear time if you use an accumulator to build the reversed list progressively, using only :: and never @.

A: The OCaml typechecker always infers the best possible type for an implementation ((outside of advanced features like GADTs, higher-rank polymorphism and first class modules)).
Thus, if the inferred type of a function does not match your expectation, it means that there is an error in your implementation.
Here, the issue is that the type of (@) is 'a list -> 'a list -> 'a list. Thus reverse rest @ h implies that:

*

*h is a list (thus l is a list of list of some element 'b).

*reverse rest as the same type as h
Consequently, the type of reverse is 'b list list -> 'b list.

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namespace ui {
namespace {

// A function to turn a tree into a string, capturing only the node ids
// and their relationship to one another.
//
// The string format is kind of like an S-expression, with each expression
// being either a node id, or a node id followed by a subexpression
// representing its children.
//
// Examples:
//
// (1) is a tree with a single node with id 1.
// (1 (2 3)) is a tree with 1 as the root, and 2 and 3 as its children.
// (1 (2 (3))) has 1 as the root, 2 as its child, and then 3 as the child of 2.
void TreeToStringHelper(const AXNode* node, std::string* out_result) {
  *out_result += base::IntToString(node->id());
  if (node->child_count() != 0) {
    *out_result += " (";
    for (int i = 0; i < node->child_count(); ++i) {
      if (i != 0)
        *out_result += " ";
      TreeToStringHelper(node->ChildAtIndex(i), out_result);
    }
    *out_result += ")";
  }
}

std::string TreeToString(const AXTree& tree) {
  std::string result;
  TreeToStringHelper(tree.GetRoot(), &result);
  return "(" + result + ")";
}

}  // anonymous namespace

// A class to create all possible trees with <n> nodes and the ids [1...n].
//
// There are two parts to the algorithm:
//
// The tree structure is formed as follows: without loss of generality,
// the first node becomes the root and the second node becomes its
// child. Thereafter, choose every possible parent for every other node.
//
// So for node i in (3...n), there are (i - 1) possible choices for its
// parent, for a total of (n-1)! (n minus 1 factorial) possible trees.
//
// The second part is the assignment of ids to the nodes in the tree.
// There are exactly n! (n factorial) permutations of the sequence 1...n,
// and each of these is assigned to every node in every possible tree.
//
// The total number of trees returned for a given <n>, then, is
// n! * (n-1)!
//
// n = 2: 2 trees
// n = 3: 12 trees
// n = 4: 144 trees
// n = 5: 2880 trees
//
// This grows really fast! Luckily it's very unlikely that there'd be
// bugs that affect trees with >4 nodes that wouldn't affect a smaller tree
// too.
class TreeGenerator {
 public:
  TreeGenerator(int node_count)
      : node_count_(node_count),
        unique_tree_count_(1) {
    // (n-1)! for the possible trees.
    for (int i = 2; i < node_count_; i++)
      unique_tree_count_ *= i;
    // n! for the permutations of ids.
    for (int i = 2; i <= node_count_; i++)
      unique_tree_count_ *= i;
  }

  int UniqueTreeCount() {
    return unique_tree_count_;
  }

  void BuildUniqueTree(int tree_index, AXTree* out_tree) {
    std::vector<int> indices;
    std::vector<int> permuted;
    CHECK(tree_index <= unique_tree_count_);

    // Use the first few bits of |tree_index| to permute
    // the indices.
    for (int i = 0; i < node_count_; i++)
      indices.push_back(i + 1);
    for (int i = 0; i < node_count_; i++) {
      int p = (node_count_ - i);
      int index = tree_index % p;
      tree_index /= p;
      permuted.push_back(indices[index]);
      indices.erase(indices.begin() + index);
    }

    // Build an AXTreeUpdate. The first two nodes of the tree always
    // go in the same place.
    AXTreeUpdate update;
    update.nodes.resize(node_count_);
    update.nodes[0].id = permuted[0];
    update.nodes[0].role = AX_ROLE_ROOT_WEB_AREA;
    update.nodes[0].child_ids.push_back(permuted[1]);
    update.nodes[1].id = permuted[1];

    // The remaining nodes are assigned based on their parent
    // selected from the next bits from |tree_index|.
    for (int i = 2; i < node_count_; i++) {
      update.nodes[i].id = permuted[i];
      int parent_index = (tree_index % i);
      tree_index /= i;
      update.nodes[parent_index].child_ids.push_back(permuted[i]);
    }

    // Unserialize the tree update into the destination tree.
    CHECK(out_tree->Unserialize(update));
  }

 private:
  int node_count_;
  int unique_tree_count_;
};

// Test the TreeGenerator class by building all possible trees with
// 3 nodes and the ids [1...3].
TEST(AXGeneratedTreeTest, TestTreeGenerator) {
  int tree_size = 3;
  TreeGenerator generator(tree_size);
  const char* EXPECTED_TREES[] = {
    "(1 (2 3))",
    "(2 (1 3))",
    "(3 (1 2))",
    "(1 (3 2))",
    "(2 (3 1))",
    "(3 (2 1))",
    "(1 (2 (3)))",
    "(2 (1 (3)))",
    "(3 (1 (2)))",
    "(1 (3 (2)))",
    "(2 (3 (1)))",
    "(3 (2 (1)))",
  };

  int n = generator.UniqueTreeCount();
  ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<int>(arraysize(EXPECTED_TREES)), n);

  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    AXTree tree;
    generator.BuildUniqueTree(i, &tree);
    std::string str = TreeToString(tree);
    EXPECT_EQ(EXPECTED_TREES[i], str);
  }
}

// Test mutating every possible tree with <n> nodes to every other possible
// tree with <n> nodes, where <n> is 4 in release mode and 3 in debug mode
// (for speed). For each possible combination of trees, we also vary which
// node we serialize first.
//
// For every possible scenario, we check that the AXTreeUpdate is valid,
// that the destination tree can unserialize it and create a valid tree,
// and that after updating all nodes the resulting tree now matches the
// intended tree.
TEST(AXGeneratedTreeTest, SerializeGeneratedTrees) {
  // Do a more exhaustive test in release mode. If you're modifying
  // the algorithm you may want to try even larger tree sizes if you
  // can afford the time.
#ifdef NDEBUG
  int tree_size = 4;
#else
  LOG(WARNING) << "Debug build, only testing trees with 3 nodes and not 4.";
  int tree_size = 3;
#endif

  TreeGenerator generator(tree_size);
  int n = generator.UniqueTreeCount();

  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    // Build the first tree, tree0.
    AXSerializableTree tree0;
    generator.BuildUniqueTree(i, &tree0);
    SCOPED_TRACE("tree0 is " + TreeToString(tree0));

    for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
      // Build the second tree, tree1.
      AXSerializableTree tree1;
      generator.BuildUniqueTree(j, &tree1);
      SCOPED_TRACE("tree1 is " + TreeToString(tree0));

      // Now iterate over which node to update first, |k|.
      for (int k = 0; k < tree_size; k++) {
        SCOPED_TRACE("i=" + base::IntToString(i) +
                     " j=" + base::IntToString(j) +
                     " k=" + base::IntToString(k));

        // Start by serializing tree0 and unserializing it into a new
        // empty tree |dst_tree|.
        scoped_ptr<AXTreeSource<const AXNode*> > tree0_source(
            tree0.CreateTreeSource());
        AXTreeSerializer<const AXNode*> serializer(tree0_source.get());
        AXTreeUpdate update0;
        serializer.SerializeChanges(tree0.GetRoot(), &update0);

        AXTree dst_tree;
        ASSERT_TRUE(dst_tree.Unserialize(update0));

        // At this point, |dst_tree| should now be identical to |tree0|.
        EXPECT_EQ(TreeToString(tree0), TreeToString(dst_tree));

        // Next, pretend that tree0 turned into tree1, and serialize
        // a sequence of updates to |dst_tree| to match.
        scoped_ptr<AXTreeSource<const AXNode*> > tree1_source(
            tree1.CreateTreeSource());
        serializer.ChangeTreeSourceForTesting(tree1_source.get());

        for (int k_index = 0; k_index < tree_size; ++k_index) {
          int id = 1 + (k + k_index) % tree_size;
          AXTreeUpdate update;
          serializer.SerializeChanges(tree1.GetFromId(id), &update);
          ASSERT_TRUE(dst_tree.Unserialize(update));
        }

        // After the sequence of updates, |dst_tree| should now be
        // identical to |tree1|.
        EXPECT_EQ(TreeToString(tree1), TreeToString(dst_tree));
      }
    }
  }
}

}  // namespace ui


I've just finished my script for Coda so I'm looking forward to what's next.
Working on the script to an issue of the upcoming Transformers: Coda in which I get to revisit Kup, the character I wrote for previously. Enjoying the process immensely so far, it's a lovely change of tack from cramming in a million E.J. Su designed Headmaster TFs onto a single page.
Read McCarthy's blog entry with his response, Roche's blog entry, and thanks to Mort at the IDW boards for starting the piecing together!


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Meet Birt Johnson, Jr.: California State Parks Foundation's new Board Chair
Now going into its 52nd year, California State Parks Foundation has had many remarkable people serve as the Chair of the Board of Trustees. This past October, Birt Johnson, Jr. was elected to serve in the position.
For several decades, Birt and his wife Kathleen have frequented the numerous iconic state parks connected along the Central Coast. Over the years, he introduced those same parks to his sons. Recently, they were blessed with a new granddaughter and look forward to sharing with her the simple pleasures of life. He was excited and proud to become a board trustee, and now humbled to be named the Board Chair.
Birt Johnson, Jr. retired after 33 rewarding years with AT&T. In his last assignment he served as General Manager of the Central Valley / Central Coast Construction & Engineering Region for AT&T. He held a wide variety of line management and staff positions with increasing technical and leadership responsibilities during his career – including, Network Planning, Network Engineering, Technology Selection and Evaluation, Network Operations and External Affairs.
Birt is a long-time resident of the Monterey Peninsula from the early 1960s. He is a product of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District and a proud Seaside Spartan. He received his B.A. in Management from Saint Mary's College and has completed the Advanced Telecommunications course at the University of Southern California.
At an early age he was taught to give back to his country and community. He is a recipient of the Boy Scouts of America, Whitney M. Young, Jr. (civil rights leader) Award to recognize individuals who have been instrumental in the development of scouting opportunities for "At Risk" youth.
Many years ago, he crafted a Values Statement about his commitment to community work. This statement includes:
Giving Back: You have two hands; one is being held while you are being guided forward; reach back with the other hand and help others. This is true in providing support for community or mentoring individuals.
Making A Difference: Get involved where you can and are able to make a difference. There are more opportunities than available leaders. Understand your skills, knowledge, and experience to identify and find the best match. Engage in the process and focus on the mission or person. Ensure that your time and efforts are utilized appropriately.
Enjoy The Time: Feel good and have fun while giving back! Your enthusiasm will be present and contagious.
Birt has brought those values to his work with California State Parks Foundation. He also has served in capacity as President for Santa Cruz County United Way, Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce and Monterey Peninsula College Foundation. He currently serves as Vice Chair, for the board of directors of the Community Foundation of Monterey County (CFMC). He also serves as Chair for the Grants & Programs Committee for CFMC. Over the past two decades, he has served with numerous nonprofit organizations to include The Village Project, Inc., Center for Community Advocacy and Save Our Shores.
While Birt is just getting started as Board Chair, he has been with California State Parks Foundation for several years, working alongside the staff to advance the mission. In his partnership with staff, he has shared what he fundamentally believes about the work.
We are the protectors of California parks (so my granddaughters will share the same experiences) and that they remain beautiful and pristine decades from now.
We are responsible for using any available resource(s) to ensure "all" Californians feel welcomed and are able to access our parks.
We acknowledge the historical significance of these lands.
When he stepped up as Board Chair we asked Birt to answer a few key questions on the organization, mission, and California state parks. We share those questions and answers here with you below.
1. What first led you to get involved with California State Parks Foundation?
Early in my career while attending a conference, one of our key leaders spoke about giving back to our communities. Those comments have remained with me for over 30 years. There are more opportunities than available community volunteers, so get involved where you can and are able to make a difference. Focus on the mission, feel good and have fun!
California State Parks Foundation allows me to participate in an ongoing initiative which ensures the state parks we have today, will be experienced by those who come after us (my granddaughters).
2. Why are California state parks important to you?
I was introduced to state parks as an elementary school student with a visit to the Custom House Plaza in Monterey, right next to Monterey State Historic Park. My true appreciation and bonding with state parks occurred as a sophomore in high school, when I was invited to join a friend for an outing at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. I was stunned, amazed, and forever captivated by the sheer living beauty. While we resided only a short distance away, my family and friends were not aware of the many scenic and iconic state parks. As I grew up, the frequency of my visits and exploring increased to include friends and eventually my own family.  Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Garrapata State Park, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, and the newer Fort Ord Dunes State Park are also among my favorites. Our sons' share a passion for our parks and the outdoors. Our youngest purposefully chose Point Lobos as the special place to propose to his now wife.
Our 280 parks are important and represent special spaces where individuals, families, and friends can visit or gather to relax their minds and refresh their physical being. My hope is that our parks remain indefinitely and even thrive as open spaces for the enjoyment of all Californians.
3. Why do you believe it is important to "protect and preserve" California state parks for the "benefit of all'?
First, the primary mission of California State Parks Foundation is to "preserve and protect" our state parks — this is fundamental to our purpose, initiatives, and efforts. Over 50 years ago, William Penn Mott, Jr. gathered with a group of supporters and formalized a vision which became California State Parks Foundation. His vision represents a journey of dedication and commitment which is carried forward today by the dedicated board and excellent staff.
Secondly, for the "benefit of all." California is the most populous and diverse state in our country. We believe the numerous urban, suburban, and rural communities with their varied demographics should have the opportunity to actively participate in the beneficial experience of visiting our state parks. California State Parks Foundation advocates for and seek partnerships which warmly welcomes, ensures affordable access to, and provides a rewarding experiences for all Californians.


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Breathtaking Vantage Point
By Fran Endicott Miller
Since its 2008 opening, Cavallo Point Lodge has served as a favorite spot for those who know that San Francisco is sometimes best enjoyed from afar. Nestled at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito on what was once the Fort Baker military base, the resort
provides unparalleled panoramic views of the orange icon and the San Francisco skyline. And with a fleet of Vintage Electric Cafe bikes at guests' disposal, both are a just a short ride away.
Rows of strategically placed Adirondack chairs are scattered throughout the large property to offer views of the Bay. The resort's two main building verandas feature lineups of sun-facing old-fashioned rockers, which provide the perfect spot to enjoy the
complimentary evening wine hour and complimentary morning coffee and house made pastries. Lofty blankets are provided for when the inevitable fog rolls in under the bridge.
Cavallo Point Lodge honors its Fort Baker roots by using the fort's 24 Colonial Revival buildings, which were built between 1901 and 1915 and take full advantage of the breathtaking Bay scenery. The buildings house the Lodge's two restaurants, administrative offices, and meeting rooms. Former officer's quarters serve as the
resort's historic rooms and suites, each featuring expansive foyers, fireplaces, and front porches. The sleek, contemporary rooms and suites feature sustainably designed windows that emphasize the stunning view. Construction of these quarters helped the resort to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification.
On any given day, Cavallo Point is host to couples of all ages, families, wedding parties, corporate retreaters, and well-behaved dogs. Dogfriendly amenities include beds, food, water bowls, and a welcome bag of treats. Canines are permitted on the main building verandas and can be seen under foot and table as their owners dine and take in the view.
Activity seekers can find hiking, morning yoga, or kite flying on the green expanse of the main parade ground, but the electric bicycles alone are worth the stay. These sleek, retro vehicles allow for easy and endless exploration around the hilly terrain.
The hands-on Children's Bay Area Discovery Museum is within walking distance of the Lodge, and the Marine Mammal Center is close by. The Cavallo Point Cooking School provides classes within its state-of-the-art open kitchen. And tucked behind the resort's
acclaimed gift shop, The Mercantile is Cavallo Point's Art Gallery, a small, atmospheric public space that stages works by such artistic luminaries as Imogen Cunningham, Ruth Asawa, and Ansel Adams.
Cavallo Point offers shuttle service into downtown Sausalito, where one can find many dining options, such as the stellar Poggio Trattoria. But with two dining spots on site, Farley Bar and Murray Circle, guests often feel compelled to settle within the picturesque
premises.


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from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import, nested_scopes, generators, division, with_statement, unicode_literals
from hytra.pluginsystem import object_feature_computation_plugin
import vigra
from vigra import numpy as np

class StandardObjectFeatures(object_feature_computation_plugin.ObjectFeatureComputationPlugin):
    """
    Computes the standard vigra region features
    """
    worksForDimensions = [2, 3]
    omittedFeatures = ["Global<Maximum >", "Global<Minimum >", 'Histogram', 'Weighted<RegionCenter>']

    def computeFeatures(self, rawImage, labelImage, frameNumber, rawFilename):
        return vigra.analysis.extractRegionFeatures(rawImage.squeeze().astype('float32'),
                                                    labelImage.squeeze().astype('uint32'),
                                                    ignoreLabel=0)


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Faculty Profiles News News: French & Francophone Studies Spring 2017 More Spring 2018 Spring 2018 More Uncategorized
Professor Nathan Rabalais (French and Francophone Studies) publishes book of original poetry
Post author By njrabalais
Prof. Brett Brehm sat down with Nathan Rabalais to talk about his new book of original poetry in French, Le Hantage: un ouvrage de souvenance, just published by Éditions Tintamarre.
BB: I'm intrigued by the play of text and image in this book. Could you tell us how you conceived of that interplay?
NR: I think I've always been in touch with the visual aspect of art. Even when playing or writing music, I often imagine shapes, colors, or different contours when performing or thinking about themes and structure. This was just a great way to do it in a very explicit way and have the images accompany chapters and certain poems. It was also an opportunity to work with my brother, David, who is a fantastic photographer.
BB: Are there particular poetic traditions from which you are drawing here? Who and what were your main sources of inspiration for these poems?
Jacques Prévert has been a big influence on my style from the beginning. I'd like to think I emulate him in sort of a 'false simplicity' – using short and musical phrasings that often hide more complex plays on words or internal rhymes. But since I mostly write in Louisiana French, I think I'm influenced on a deeper, less obvious level by a lot Louisiana poets who paved the way for writing in our French (Deborah Clifton, Jean Arceneaux, Kirby Jambon and others).
BB: Could you tell us about the particular poetic language you are using here, and perhaps how that language relates to place?
NR: This book is very much rooted in Louisiana – in the language, the images, and overall esthetic. I try not limit myself to strictly oral style of Louisiana French, since the way I speak is a product of my whole experience with French (in Canada and France). I do love finding inspiration in the Dictionary of Louisiana French (2010) and finding words that remind me of my childhood or words I've never seen. I think we can do these words honor by reviving them and using them in new poems. To me, that's the best way of appreciating immaterial heritage and culture – to keep using it and make it relevant.
BB: I've never heard the word 'hantage' before… is it a Louisiana French word?
I actually made this word up! It's based on hanter (to haunt, frequent, return). There is a word in French hantise that has a similar connotation, but I've noticed that Louisiana French has a certain affinity for using –age at the end of verbs to make them nouns. For example, I've heard words like parlage (speaking), dormage (sleeping, slumber). It's fascinating. And since my book is about how memory is processed, often without our even choosing to process it, I organized the book into chapters, each one related to a step of that process. That's why there is a lot of imagery of waves and water in the book; it becomes a symbol of memories or feeling coming and going in their own time.
BB: Merci, Nathan!
NR: Merci à toi!
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