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Balathal is an archaeological site located in Vallabhnagar tehsil of Udaipur district of Rajasthan state in western India. It is one of the ninety Ahar-Banas culture sites located in the Basins of the Banas river and its tributaries.

Excavation
The archaeological site, located 6 km from Vallabhnagar town and 42 km from Udaipur city. It was discovered by V. N. Misra during a survey in 1962-63. It was excavated from 1994 to 2000, jointly by the Department of Archaeology of the Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute, Pune and the Institute of Rajasthan Studies, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur under the direction of V. N. Misra of the Deccan College.[1] Balathal is one of the important sites in Mewar region of Rajasthan. The extensive excavations carried out at the site have produced vast amounts of data.

There were various ethnobotanical remains recovered at Balathal and these include wheat, barley, Indian jujube, okra, and Job's tears as well as several varieties of millet, lentils, and peas. The excavated remains also included domesticated animals such as sheep, goat, and cattle. Archaeologists also discovered several burial sites where the earliest evidence of leprosy in South Asia was found. This was identified in the remains of an adult male buried sometime between 2500 and 2000 B.C.

Balathal was occupied during two cultural periods: the Chalcolithic and the Early Historic.

Chalcolithic phase
Chalcolithic Period  (3000-1500 B.C.), also referred to as the Ahar culture is characterized partially by its well-planned structures. For example, buildings had multiple rooms, with structures servings varying functions. Evidence from this era that was found includes clay, stone, shell, and copper objects, as well as floral and animal remains. Some of the pottery from Balathal was locally produced, while other types found at Balathal came from other sites in the Ahar-Banas Complex. This, and other, evidence show that the chalcolithic communities traded and exchanged materials with other contemporary communities, which may have included settlements like Harappan in Gujarat.

Available data suggest that Balathal was a well-fortified settlement and underwent a period of economic development and then a decline.  This decline entailed a decrease in population and corresponded with the rise of a contemporary Harappan (Indus) civilization.

Early Historic phase
After the Chalcolithic phase, Balathal was abandoned for a long time until the Early Historic phase (500-200 B.C.) of the site's activity. It was discovered that there was a cultural vacuum that persisted from five to six centuries. This new settlement already had the knowledge of iron, which enabled the inhabitants to establish agriculture practice and production. The excavated artifacts, which included tools such as plows, sickles, knives, spades, hoes, and adzes, among others, revealed that the settlement already produced crops twice a year.

Meditating Yogi's skeleton

A 2700 old skeleton of a meditating yogi in the cross-legged sitting jñāna mudrā position with hands resting on knees and index finger touching the thumb to form a circle was found at Balthal. This represents the spiritual enlightenment in the indian-origin religions. Sometimes sadhus chose to be buried alive in this yogic samadhi. This is the oldest archaeological skeletal evidence of yoga.

See also
 List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites
 List of State Protected Monuments in Rajasthan
 List of Monuments of National Importance in Rajasthan
 Tourism in Rajasthan

References

Sources
 Gogte, Vishwas D. Chalcolithic Balathal- a Trading Centre as Revealed by the XRD Study of Ancient Pottery, Pune: Deccan College, 1996.
 Misra, V.N., and R.K. Mohanty  A Rare Chalcolithic Pottery Cache from Balathal, Rajasthan, Pune: Deccan College, 2001.
 Misra, V.N., Vasant Shinde, R.K. Mohanty, Lalit Pandey, and Jeevan Kharakwal Excavations at Balathal, Udaipur District, Rajasthan (1995-97), with Special Reference to Chalcolithic Architecture, Pune: Deccan College, 1997.
 Srivastav, A., R. Balasubramaniam, and V.N. Misra. Metallurgical Investigations on a Chalcolithic Copper Nail from Balathal, Kanpur: Indian Institute of Technology, 2003.
MISHRA, ANUP RANJAN. "CHALCOLITHIC CERAMICS OF BALATHAL, DISTRICT UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN." Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, 60/61, 2000, pp. 467–472. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42936637.
Dibyopama, A., (2010). Site Catchment Analysis of Balathal. Ancient Asia. 2, pp.47–57. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/aa.10205

Udaipur district
Archaeological sites in Rajasthan
History of Rajasthan
Chalcolithic cultures of Asia
Indus Valley civilisation


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===Invented game shows===
A few nods to game shows that didn't really exist, even if some of them sounded rather promising:
*''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' did a number of game show spoofs, the most complete of which was probably ''Blackmail'' whereby a well-known politician had to ring in and stop the money clock before too many compromising details were, er, compromised. '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeiMMYVWd40 Watch the clip]'''. Others included ''Spot The Braincell'' (a reworking of ''At Last The 1948 Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Nosmo Claphanger Show" - see below), ''Stake Your Claim'' and ''The World Forum Trivia Game'' (shurely one for the National Geographic channel?). '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sstrj15XpWQ Watch Spot the Braincell]'''.
*''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' did a number of game show spoofs, the most complete of which was probably ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeiMMYVWd40 Blackmail]'' whereby a well-known politician had to ring in and stop the money clock before too many compromising details were, er, compromised. . Others included ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sstrj15XpWQ Spot The Braincell]'' (a reworking of ''At Last The 1948 Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Nosmo Claphanger Show" - see below), ''Stake Your Claim'' and ''The World Forum Trivia Game'' (shurely one for the National Geographic channel?).
*''Do Not Adjust Your Set'' featured a game show so complicated that by the time the rules had been explained, there was no time for the actual game. This sketch (penned by Eric Idle) had previously appeared on radio in ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' and was later redone by the Python team on the LP ''Monty Python's Previous Record''. If you have Flash, you can hear the ISIRTA version on the [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sotcaa/pythonpages/python_albums01.html SOTCAA Python Pages] - scroll down to point 4.
*2DTV suggested ''Paper in the Bin''.

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*Fry and Laurie created ''Don't Be Dirty!'', "the show that shows that you don't have to be dirty." '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26FKgGK84po Watch the clip]''''
*Fry and Laurie created ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26FKgGK84po Dont Be Dirty!]'', "the show that shows that you don't have to be dirty."
* ''The [[Alexander Armstrong|Armstrong]] and Miller Show'' introduced the fantastically pointless 1950s panel game ''How Many Hats?'', complete with panellists based on [[Gilbert Harding]], [[Isobel Barnett]] and [[David Nixon]].
* Sketch programme ''The Peter Serafinowicz Show'' featured "television's most futile game shows", including ''Heads Or Tails'' and ''Who Would Like to Win £100?'' [http://youtube.com/watch?v=fX046o-SGr8]. There was also X Factor spoof ''You're a C**t'', Big Brother clone '''Clone House'' and call-to-lose channel ''Riddles to Riches''.
* Sketch programme ''The Peter Serafinowicz Show'' featured "television's most futile game shows", including ''Heads Or Tails'' and ''[http://youtube.com/watch?v=fX046o-SGr8 Who Would Like to Win £100]''. There was also X Factor spoof ''You're a C**t'', Big Brother clone '''Clone House'' and call-to-lose channel ''Riddles to Riches''.
*The Outer Hebrides Broadcasting Corporation brought us the simplistic 'Come On Now, Out With It' as part of ''Naked Video''. '''[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M3g57YAUSM8 Watch clip (scroll to 2:50)]'''
* Channel 4 laughed at overnight premium-rate quiz shows on ''Swizzcall''; by the show's airing in October 2007, the genre was fast becoming history.
Good Game Guides - Articles
1.1 Spoofs of real game shows
1.2 Political spoofs
1.3 Invented game shows
Whenever you're doing a sketch show, the easy fallback position is to target the game show. So easy to parody, the laughs almost write themselves. Er, quite. Here is our own half-assed attempt to catalogue some of the finer moments of British comedy masquerading as incisive comment. Also listed are other places and references where you might not otherwise expect game show action to pop up.
Spoofs of real game shows
The Apprentice - Spoofed by Kombat Opera as "The Applicants".
Ask the Family - Not The Nine O'Clock News re-imagined this as a contest between the Brainies and the Smaughtarses, two "perfectly ordinary" families of quantity surveyors. Watch the clip
Bargain Hunt - Taken off by the Dead Ringers impersonation team, and Harry Hill.
Big Brother - Virtually every show under the sun's taken this off. Graham Norton and SM:TV Live and to name just two. The celebrity version also featured heavily in the finale of Ricky Gervais' Extras, with a fine performance by Lionel Blair.
Blankety Blank - Done by Have I Got News for You as Blunketty Blunk and Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow as (you guessed it) Muckety Muck.
Bullseye - done by Naked Video. Watch the clip (scroll to 2:34)
Bruce's Price is Right - A clip of this features in the film Little Voice. Also, the Lenny Henry Show spoofed this with The Price is Correct.
Call My Bluff became Scrape My Barrel introduced by The Chairman of the Robert Robinson Fan Club on End of Part One.
The Chair - Parodied on SM:TV Live
Come Dancing - As sent up by Eric Idle's post-Python series Rutland Weekend Television. Watch the clip
Countdown - Yes, yes, we all know the Fry and Laurie sketch with Simon Sad and Liz Tragic (SLOBLOCK doesn't even have 9 letters!) - Watch the clip. But did you spot a snatch of the show in the film About A Boy, and thusly the accompanying video for Something to Talk About by Badly Drawn Boy? The Big Breakfast did Countdown Under (see what they did there?)
The Crystal Maze - Three of note here: Steve Punt gurning as a skullcapped Richard O'Brien inviting teams to do the Making a Cup of Tea game in The Mary Whitehouse Experience. The Adam & Joe Show, RO'B was played by Yoda who accompanied a load of Star Wars toys. And in Tony Robinson's Maid Marian and her Merry Men it featured in the entire last half of one episode, featuring Wayne Morris as Robin Hood doing a spookily accurate version of RO'B.
Deal or No Deal - Impressively, this was spoofed by at least three shows in its first year on air. Dick and Dom had Muck or No Muck with Ian Kirkby donning the beard, as did Rory Bremner and Jon Culshaw in the spoofs in their shows (Bremner, Bird and Fortune and Dead Ringers), neither sounding much like Noel Edmonds, but it was nice of them to try. Culshaw even appeared on DOND itself for the first birthday special, in his Edmonds guise.
Double Your Money - Spoofed by That Was The Week That Was with David Frost as a Russian Hughie Green and Lance Percival as the "normal" Hughie Green.
Dragons' Den - Done by Messrs Enfield and Whitehouse in Harry and Paul.
Family Fortunes - Appeared on an episode of sitcom Barbara and, when Les Dennis was on it, Celebrity Big Brother series 2.
Film Buff of the Year - Blue Film Buff of the Year from Naked Video. Watch the clip (scroll to 7:14).
Find the Link - spoofed in an advert for Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate which was the second ad ever shown on ITV (after the famous one for Gibbs' SR toothpaste).
The Generation Game was spoofed by LWT sketch series End of Part One in the form of Larry Grayson's Fat Ladies Embarrassment Game Watch the clip.
Going for a Song was spoofed by Do Not Adjust Your Set.
The Golden Shot was parodied on The Benny Hill Show as The Golden Shoot, with Hill impersonating then-host Bob Monkhouse (during the latter's first stint); Bernie the Bolt was changed to Barney the Bolt.
Hard Spell - As Muck Spell, this was one of Dick and Dom's more successful games.
The Krypton Factor - the lesser-known of the A Bit of Fry and Laurie take-offs.
Lose a Million, staggeringly, was deemed worthy enough to appear in the Brit horror flick Shallow Grave. Answers on a postcard...
Mastermind - Again, too many to mention really, but the stand-out must shurely go to the Two Ronnies' Sketch, specialist subject: Answering the Question Before Last - Watch the clip. On the Benny Hill Show it was Masterbrane, Paul Hogan's show did Thickhead and Lenny Henry's show did (it says here) Masterbonk. Even Magnus Magnusson himself once hosted a spoof version which appeared out of the blue during an edition of Wogan on April Fool's Day 1987 . There was also Strip Masterbrain, at which point we draw a veil.
"He's a fat man who tells blue jokes."
Mr and Mrs / Sion a Sian - Rob Brydon loves this format so much, he's sent it up in at least two of his shows. A version of the quiz was a regular feature of the first series of The Keith Barret Show, and an extract from the real thing provided one of the better items in the generally disappointing Directors Commentary. Do you think he might be angling for a job? Meanwhile, Boredom Television sold their other camera to produce another series of Mr and Mr and Mrs for End Of Part One.
Name That Tune was another target for the Benny Hill Show.
Opportunity Knocks, in the Bob Monkhouse incarnation, was sent up and knocked down by the cast of Radio Active, in the 1987 episode Mike Says... Here's a Bit of Talent.
A Question of Sport - taken off by The Fast Show's 'Chanel 9' (without once making comic reference to Chris Waddle) and A Bit of Fry & Laurie. Watch the Fast Show clip and Watch the Fry and Laurie clip
Play Your Cards Right - Played with Brucie as part of Have I Got News for You but using the Iraq War playing cards instead. "Please, this is satire!" Priceless. Also, the Lenny Henry Show did Bonk Your Cards Right. We must have been out that evening. Like at the knitting club or something.
The Pyramid Game - as spoofed by Rik Mayall and Victoria Wood in Wood & Walters. Watch the clip here
Runaround - appeared on The Big Breakfast as Punaround.
Sale of the Century - The Benny Hill Show spoofed this with Sale of the Half-Century. Ho ho! You may stop laughing now.
Take Your Pick - The Yes/No interlude was taken off by Tony Hancock and John Junkin on an episode of the variety programme The Blackpool Show in 1966. Watch the clip.
Telly Addicts - appears on the video for Blur's It Could Be You.
Through the Keyhole - Way back in its TV-am days, there was once a spoof edition with Peter Cook as Loyd Grossman, poking around Loyd's home.
Top of the Form - spoofed in At Last the 1948 Show. A reworked version of the sketch later turned up in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball.
University Challenge - memorably demolished by The Young Ones, with real-life UC contestant Stephen Fry among the guest stars, and Griff Rhys-Jones providing the definitive "interpretation" of the Bamber Gascoigne role. Watch the clip. Griff also gave us his Bamber in a Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch involving a supergrass being quizzed UC-style. The 2006 film Starter for Ten revolved around the lives and loves of a 1980s University Challenge team and featured a turn by Mark Gatiss as Bamber. The format was also copied for a Labour party political broadcast in 1970.
"Toxteth O'Grady, USA"
Ultra Quiz - also fell victim to the Radio Active team, in the 1984 episode Gigantaquiz.
The Weakest Link - most people will give the props to Frank Skinner for this one (for kicking a Maureen when she's down), but 2d:TV had a line in Anne Robinson sketches. Children in Need did a Doctor Who Dead Ringers Weakest Link. Live & Kicking did a parody called "The Leakiest Sink" with Sarah Cawood as Anne Robinson. Mitchell and Webb spoofed it (far too late - 2006 is hardly the zeitgeist, chaps) as Hole in the Ring.
Wheel of Fortune - spoofed by Alexei Sayle's Stuff, complete with the Up the Chimney bonus round. Also featured in the Tony Wilson biopic 24 Hour Party People.
Whodunnit? - given the End Of Part One treatment.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - okay, so we've had Who Wants to Be A Foreign Millionaire?, Who Wants to Win a Mini On Air? (The Big Breakfast), Someone's Going to be a Millionaire (TFI Friday), Who Wants To Sing Walking In The Air?, and Who Wants To Die On Air? And that's just the made-up formats. Meanwhile, Slumdog Millionaire, a 2008 British film based around the Indian version Kaun Banega Crorepati, was a massive critical and box office hit, winning four Golden Globes, seven BAFTAs, eight Oscars and a mighty truckload of other prizes.
Win, Lose or Draw - Dick and Dom again...
The whole lot: The 2005 Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf" was based on the premise of a broadcaster in the far future plucking people from Earth and forcing them to take part in futuristic - and generally deadly - versions of current gameshows and makeover programmes. We got to see their versions of The Weakest Link (hosted by the "Anne Droid"), Big Brother and What Not To Wear; other shows broadcast by the Bad Wolf Corporation included "Call My Bluff with real guns, Countdown where you've got 30 seconds to stop the bomb going off, Ground Force which is a nasty one, you get turned into compost, Wipeout speaks for itself, oh, and Stars in Their Eyes... if you don't sing you get blinded."
Political spoofs
Some programmes have been presented as game shows to make some kind of political or social point. In some cases, the fictional nature of the show has been hidden from the viewers until the end of the broadcast, although in truth it's not that hard to tell when something's been scripted to the hilt.
The Great Big Giveaway Show, hosted by Neil and Christine Hamilton (and with announcements by Darren Day!), was actually part of a police sting operation filmed for Channel 5's documentary Donal MacIntyre's Big Sting. Seventeen fine-dodgers were lured to Portsmouth Guildhall, supposedly to take part in a big money gameshow - and were promptly nicked. So remember, if you're on the run from the law and you get an invitation to take part in a gameshow you never applied for, held in a location that isn't a TV studio and hosted by people you could never in a million years imagine fronting a big money quiz, it may be a trap. Later in the series, MacIntyre also pulled the same stunt in Leeds, with the Richard Whiteley-hosted Just the Ticket.
Also making a serious point was the one-off Come On Down and Out, a spoof produced for Channel 4's Gimme Shelter season in 1993, in which homeless people (played by actors) competed to win a house. It was hosted by Andrew O'Connor and Annabel Giles.
In 1997, a company called Hubris made a one-off show for Channel 4 in 1997 called A Date With... hosted by Tony Slattery. The show was Blind Date for disabled people, with Slattery making inappropriate jokes at the expense of the contestants. Over the credits, the continuity announcer revealed that the show was in fact a spoof - it turned out all the contestants were trained actors etc. The programme was promoted as a real game show but, as such, few people took any notice of it.
Not quite a spoof, but then not quite a game show either, 2008's two-part Horizon special How Mad are You? placed ten people in a castle, gave them tasks, and challenged three psychiatric experts to pick out the five people who had previously been diagnosed with mental health disorders. Paul McGann narrated.
Invented game shows
Monty Python's Flying Circus did a number of game show spoofs, the most complete of which was probably Blackmail whereby a well-known politician had to ring in and stop the money clock before too many compromising details were, er, compromised. . Others included Spot The Braincell (a reworking of At Last The 1948 Show's "Nosmo Claphanger Show" - see below), Stake Your Claim and The World Forum Trivia Game (shurely one for the National Geographic channel?).
Do Not Adjust Your Set featured a game show so complicated that by the time the rules had been explained, there was no time for the actual game. This sketch (penned by Eric Idle) had previously appeared on radio in I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and was later redone by the Python team on the LP Monty Python's Previous Record. If you have Flash, you can hear the ISIRTA version on the SOTCAA Python Pages - scroll down to point 4.
2DTV suggested Paper in the Bin.
In The New Statesman, the Honorable Member for Haltemprice, Alan B'Stard, featured on a quiz game called What's the Question? hosted by Nicholas Parsons.
At Last The 1948 Show amalgamated The Golden Shot, Double Your Money and Take Your Pick into The Nosmo Claphanger Show with John Cleese as an amalgam of all the worst aspects of Bob Monkhouse, Hughie Green and Michael Miles.
Only Fools And Horses featured the incomprehensible Goldrush, hosted by Jonathan Ross, though only because ITV wouldn't let them use Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. They're actually using the set at the BBC centre for people who come in on tours!
Tyneside children's drama Byker Grove featured Ritual Humiliation. And that wasn't just Ant and Dec's haircuts. Oi!
Father Ted gave us Morning Quiz hosted by closet alcoholic Henry Sellers and The Eoin McLove Show on which Ted's specialist subject was William Shatner's Tek Wars.
Radio sketch show A Look Back At The Nineties gave us what sounded at the time like the ultimate bad-taste quiz "Are They Dead Yet?". Not long after, Simon Mayo did it for real and no-one batted an eyelid.
Yes, Quizzlestick! OK, it wasn't real, but between you and us... nobody's noticed. Or they have and they don't care. Adam and Joe also did a spoof of 100% called 200%, but that's less well remembered.
"...unless it's a general knowledge question."
Dale Winton challenges Renton to 'Take the Test' in the film Trainspotting.
In 2005, the Beeb's speculative docu-drama If... TV Goes Down The Tube featured The Cage, a boring reality show of 2015 in which some people are, er, locked in a cage, and one of them commits suicide on air.
Quickfire, the quiz game hosted by Bob Martin in the comedy drama of the same name. (The title character host was played by Michael Barrymore, who co-wrote the script with Bob Mills.)
I'm Alan Partridge contained numerous references to Skirmish, a military quiz Alan apparently hosted on that well-known cable TV station, UK Conquest. At one point there were plans to actually make an episode of this show as a one-off, but they came to nothing, alas.
Kenny Everett's Star Quiz took celebrity guests and completely humiliated them. It featured on The Kenny Everett Video Show (or Video Cassette) where the likes of Bernard Manning, Terry Wogan and Billy Connolly were given a good gunging for failing to utter a silly secret word (e.g. Rampart) whilst being asked questions such as "A British Prime Minister on a famous occasion said 'You've never had it so good'. How many furlongs in a mile?".
One of the regular features of Channel 4's not-very-funny comedy series Balls of Steel was presenter Alex Zane duping real members of the public into taking part in various unfair game shows, such as "Alex Zane's Buzzing Game" (with a dodgy buzzer that wouldn't buzz when it was supposed to, and did when it wasn't), "Alex Zane's Lying Game" in which contestants were hooked up to a "lie detector" (actually an air-conditioning unit with bicycle lights attached) and "Alex Zane's Cleverness Game", a Mastermind-like quiz with a lot of incorrect answers. Generic catchphrase: "Nice to see you - yes it is."
It's a Shame! was a recurring skit on a late series of Going Live!. Hosts Trevor and Simon hosted a show with no budget, no prizes, no shame, and no respite from their silliness.
Victoria Wood's character in BBC's dinnerladies, Bren, appeared on "Totally Trivial", which was hosted by Henry Kelly.
The last episode of Jonathan Creek (which incidentally featured Bamber Gascoigne in a cameo) satirised celebrity reality shows with a sub-plot involving the programme Animal Farm, in which minor celebs lived in a pig sty, with pigs. Eyebrows were raised when, mere weeks after this episode first aired, Five announced they were making The Farm. (Thing of note: many years earlier, Creek creator/writer David Renwick also penned the Two Ronnies' "Mastermind" sketch.)
For BBC Three's Mischief, Danny Robins devised a deliberately bad taste reality show, Let's Make A Baby (a.k.a. IMPREGnation) in which thirteen strangers would share a house and the first couple to conceive would win a hundred grand each. Robins and David Brook (the man behind Quiz Nation) then toted it around the international formats fair in Cannes to see if anyone would go for it. Which quite a few did.
Marc Wootton's High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman featured Spirit Academy, supposedly a search for new "psychic talent". Which turned out to be an uncannily accurate premonition of the subsequent Britain's Psychic Challenge. Spooky!
The comedy show Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive featured Brydon playing himself (or at least an approximation thereof) as host of the invented game show Annually Retentive, a celebrity panel game about years gone by, which shamelessly steals rounds from Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and the like. The programme cuts between the panel show (which is recorded as a real show) and its production meetings and suchlike (which are scripted).
That Mitchell and Webb Sound/Look gave us the maths quiz that EVERYONE is talking about - NumberWang! The writers have suggested that it's the opposite joke to Quizzlestick.
"Eight?"
Fry and Laurie created Dont Be Dirty!, "the show that shows that you don't have to be dirty."
The Armstrong and Miller Show introduced the fantastically pointless 1950s panel game How Many Hats?, complete with panellists based on Gilbert Harding, Isobel Barnett and David Nixon.
Sketch programme The Peter Serafinowicz Show featured "television's most futile game shows", including Heads Or Tails and Who Would Like to Win £100. There was also X Factor spoof You're a C**t, Big Brother clone 'Clone House and call-to-lose channel Riddles to Riches.
The Outer Hebrides Broadcasting Corporation brought us the simplistic 'Come On Now, Out With It' as part of Naked Video. Watch clip (scroll to 2:50)
Channel 4 laughed at overnight premium-rate quiz shows on Swizzcall; by the show's airing in October 2007, the genre was fast becoming history.
ITV's big drama hope for 2008, Rock Rivals, revolved around two judges on a fictional X Factor-style talent show. In a weird blurring of reality and fiction, at the end of the series viewers were asked to vote for which fictional act should "win" the show-within-the-show.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue once presented The Quiz of Quizzes, which packaged elements from Play Your Cards Right, 15-to-1, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Countdown, Family Fortunes, Just a Minute, Deal or No Deal and The Weakest Link into 5 minutes & 48 seconds, precisely.
2008 brought us Peter Kay's one-off talent show spoof Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice... hosted by the real Cat Deeley. Taking the joke a stage further, or milking it beyond what is strictly decent (you decide!), a spoof follow-up to the spoof show (so is that a double negative, thus making it a real show, or what?), Britain's Got an Extra Pop Factor and Then Some 2 + 1, was presented by Ben Shephard.
Still in casting shows, Search for a Sexxbomb appeared in the 2009 series of Skins. The game sought a new member for a salacious band, and included the obligatory sob story from every contestant. And Scott Mills hosting.
And finally, who could forget Spitting Image's ultimate Paul Daniels hosted game show: Knock Your Odd Block Mr Family Price Lines-2-1?
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The festivities are in order this Easter season in Lagos and Promyth Entertainment has something fun planned for fun lovers and party people, get ready for HEY (The Happy Easter Y'all Party).
This Easter Monday there we bring to you a turn up at Skybox Lounge in Lekki. As Promyth Entertainment will be bringing the best vibes with music from Lagos City's best DJs and appearances from some of your favorite celebrities.
Where else would you want to be on Easter Monday?
Skybox Lekki is the place to be this Easter Monday for the best vibes and a good time.
Doors open at 2PM. See you there!!


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This Guy Is So Smart, He's Got His Own Academic Journal
Slavoj Žižek on refugees, Bernie Sanders, and the American pol who scares him worse than Donald Trump.
Alexander Sammon
Courtesy Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is part philosopher, part international phenomenon. And if that seems impossible in this day and age, consider: Žižek, a Slovenian cultural theorist, has published more than 40 books in English, has starred in four films, and even has an academic journal (International Journal of Žižek Studies) dedicated to his work. Renowned for his gymnastic thinking and mastery of counterintuition, Žižek has been called "the most dangerous philosopher in the West" by the New Republic and "one of the world's best known public intellectuals" by the New York Review of Books.
Out this week, his latest book, Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles With the Neighbors is an urgent and entertaining diagnosis of the ongoing refugee crisis and global terror threat, highlighting the glaring contradictions in our attitudes and actions. True to form, Žižek, an avowed Marxist, takes this fraught historical moment as an opportunity to apply his particular brand of bombastic, unconventional salve. His past positions have chafed liberals and conservatives alike, and this book will be no exception. (See below.) I caught up with Žižek to talk about the limitations of democracy, orphan prophets, and America's ugly presidential election.
Mother Jones: What, specifically, is the biggest problem that the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East, and to a lesser extent in North America, has exposed?
Slavoj Žižek: It's an issue with democracy! When people complain Europe is not transparent—if, right now, you organized elections all across Europe, the first result would be to throw all the immigrants out. Unambiguously. This is the problem! I spoke with some Slovenian representatives in Brussels when they were negotiating to help Greece and immigrants. And they told me they were making deals in closed sessions, but if the debate were to be public, it would have been much worse for Greece and for immigrants, because public opinion in countries like Slovenia and Poland was much more against immigrants and against helping Greece. What shocks me is that the very same people who complain that the democratic process in Europe should be more transparent at the same time want more rights for immigrants.
MJ: And what does this mean for democracy?
SZ: The state wants to impose basic anti-racist measures, and then local communities controlled by right-wing fundamentalists block that. I am here on the side of the state, which I am ready to endorse up to the crazy end. We have to accept that the people are quite often not right. I believe in democracy but in a very conditional way. There are elections that are a miracle, in the sense that you can see that people were really, authentically, mobilized. For example, in spite of all the compromises that occurred later, the Syriza elections—this was an authentic choice. So miracles do happen, but they are exceptions. Don't fetishize the people. Don't mythologize the people, they are not right! Don't mythologize the immigrants. This is the big motive running through my book.
MJ: This is one of those positions that won't be too popular on the left.
Immigrants "are ordinary, shitty people like all of us. The point is not to like them. The point is to accept them and try to help them."
SZ: My point is precisely that the ultimate racism is to endorse the immigrant other, but the idealized version of that other. They are ordinary, shitty people like all of us. The point is not to like them. The point is to accept them the way they are and try to help them. That's why I don't want to open my heart to the refugees. That's for liberals to do. Let's open our purses to them. Give them money! Let's not get into this emotional blackmail.
MJ: You first bring up the term "double blackmail" in the book with regard to the supposedly irreconcilable opposition between secular capitalism and Islamic fundamentalism. Please explain that.
SZ: Although I'm totally opposed to Islamic fundamentalism, I don't buy the story of stupid, radical leftists who claim Islamic fundamentalism is one of the big anti-capitalist forces. I think this is empirically not true. I read reports of Daesh [ISIS]. The nearest approximation is that they operate like a big mafia corporation, dealing with artifacts, cultural monuments, oil. Al Qaeda or the Islamic State, they are not traditional. Forget about their ideology; look at their organization! They're a brutal centralized power. They are ultramodern in their mode of functioning.
The second reason I think the opposition is wrong is that a new form of capitalism is emerging. It's a wrong, racist term, but "capitalism with Asian values," which simply means capitalism no longer ideologically perceives itself as this hedonistic individualism. More and more, you can combine a certain religious, ethnic, or cultural commitment. Like India's prime minister, Narenda Modi, my hero in a horrible sense. I am totally opposed to him. He is a neoliberal economist and Hindu fundamentalist. So again, this entire disposition of oppositions like "liberal permissive capitalism" versus religious fundamentalism is wrong—it doesn't function like that. This is not where capitalism is moving.
MJ: An interesting illustration of this contradiction is Uber, which recently caught flack for taking $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia. So we have the technological vanguard of Silicon Valley in bed with one of the world's most infamously regressive Islamic regimes, and yet Uber's services in the kingdom have been portrayed as a social justice issue, since women aren't allowed to drive.
"American feminists supported the invasion of Iraq, claiming it will bring liberation to Iraqi women. They were totally wrong."
SZ: So let me play the devil here. As Saudi Arabia I will tell you, "Fuck you. You preach multicultural tolerance. Such a role of women is an immanent part of our culture. Where is your tolerance for different cultures?" And in a way, I would be right! Because you cannot say, "We will correct women's role in society and otherwise we leave to Saudis their culture." A shameful story is how American feminists supported the invasion of Iraq, claiming it would bring liberation to Iraqi women. They were totally wrong. Saddam was still, with all the horrors, a secular leader. Women held public posts in Saddam's Iraq. If anything, now the role of women is much lower. They are much more oppressed now. Isn't this a beautiful irony?
The main social effect of the American occupation of Iraq was to worsen the position of women and, because of the rise of more orthodox Islam, most of the Christians left Iraq. Christians were a considerable minority there, a couple million of them for thousands of years. It took American intervention to see them thrown out. Tariq Aziz, Saddam's foreign minister, was an Iraqi Christian. We should never forget this. The two states which are disappearing now in the Middle East, Iraq and Syria—are you aware that these are the only two states which were formerly secular? Assad was also horrible, but neither Syria nor Iraq defined themselves as Islamic states. They defined themselves as secular states.
MJ: Yet in your book, you focus as much on the impact of economic policy in creating these problems as you do on the impact of military intervention.
SZ: Economic trade agreements are more destructive; they're even worse. I'm not even a priori against military interventions. Take the Republic of Congo. The state is simply not functioning—it's the closest you can get to hell on earth. But of course nobody wants to intervene there because Congo's local warlords all make deals with big companies who get minerals—like coltan for electronics—much cheaper. I would have nothing against a nice military intervention into Congo to simply establish it as a normal functioning state with basic services. But this I can guarantee will never happen. Big powers become interested in human rights violations only when there is some economic interest behind it.
MJ: Let's talk about the American election.
"Trump is a vulgar opportunist. Cruz is a monster. Do you think Ted Cruz is human?"
SZ: When I was young, decades ago, my leftist friends were saying that those in power speak the official polite dignified language. To provoke them we should be more vulgar with words. But today it's the opposite. Right-wing populism introduces vulgarity into public space. Trump is obviously a pure ideological opportunist. You know he makes the move to the right, then a little bit to the left. At some point he supports raising minimum wage, then he's lowering it. At some point he said we should have more understanding for Palestinians; now he says we should recognize Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel. He is an opportunist, and I think that even with his provocations, he is nothing extraordinary. I don't think there is anything remotely radical in his position. I am infinitely more afraid of people like Ted Cruz. Trump is a vulgar opportunist. Cruz is a monster. Do you think Ted Cruz is human?
What I find problematic about this demonization of Trump is that through this demonization, Hillary Clinton succeeded in building a common front. This is the only time I sympathize with Trump. When Bernie Sanders supported Hillary, Trump said, "It's like Occupy Wall Street supporting Wall Street." Hillary succeeded in building this totally ideological unity, from [Clinton Foundation donations from] Saudi Arabia to LGBT, from Wall Street to Occupy Wall Street. This consensus is ideology at its purest.
MJ: What do you make of the argument that, beneath all the racial animus we're seeing toward immigrants and refugees, there's some vague, misdirected frustration with neoliberal policy?
"The left should reappropriate things like public decency, politeness, and good manners."
SZ: This is always how racism works. Take anti-Semitism: The Jew was always the ersatz for the capitalist. The big achievement of anti-Semitism was to take class resentment and rechannel it into race resentment. Here we come to the true greatness of Bernie Sanders. Instead of just despising the ordinary farmers who fell for [racist rhetoric], he got them on his side. He got those who by definition are conservative fundamental Republicans to the moderate left. This is a mega achievement. He is the answer for the left. To get this infamous silent majority on your side should be our strategy. The left should reappropriate things like public decency, politeness, and good manners. We shouldn't be afraid of this. Capitalism has become an extremely vulgar space.
MJ: Back to the question of refugees. Nowhere do you advocate opening borders, or posit that everything will work itself out.
SZ: There are real cultural problems. You know in Cologne, Germany, the New Year's scandal. This was of course not a rape attempt—if you want to rape you don't go to the place full of light and people at the center of the city. This sort of thing happens all the time. It was happening at the anti-Mubarak protests at Tahrir Square. This is a typical lower-class Arab carnival ritual. You dance around women; you maybe pinch them a little bit, but you don't rape. Of course, this is unacceptable for us. But we need to talk openly about this, because if we don't talk about this we feed the opponents, the right-wing paranoiacs, Islamophobia. An open, honest debate should be risked here. And the first mistake we make is if we think we understand ourselves, we definitely don't. Yes, criticize Islamic fundamentalists. But at the same time analyze ourselves.
MJ: So can progressive values and Islam be reconciled?
SZ: If you look at the Muslim tradition, there are terribly progressive elements of it. Islam is not a religion of family; it's a religion of orphans, which is crucial—Muhammad was an orphan and so on. There is tremendous emancipatory potential in that. The Haiti revolution, the key ideologist was a guy named John Bookman, a slave who knew how to read, that's why they called him Bookman. But you know which book he was reading? The Koran. Islam played a key role in mobilizing slaves in Haiti. Right now, I think we live in dangerous times. Who knows what turn it will take. But I think there is a chance for the left.
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Happy Valentine's Day and in honor of this love fest I am blogging a party very close to my heart...my little girl's 1st birthday bird party.
Fiona loves animals, all of them, so an animal theme was only natural and after finding an amazing vintage birdhouse the theme was born...Birds! For entertainment we had an exotic animal presentation by a local animal rescue Amazing Animals Inc. It was a great way to combine a great cause with fun.
Now for the decorations...most of the birdhouses were repurposed thrift store finds and the rest were from Michaels & Hobby Lobby. The wood cake bases were from EventWood and the custom clothespin cake topper was from Creating from the Heart. Fiona party dress was from Baby Gap and her tutu for the cake was a Popatu pink ruffle dress purchased from RueLaLa and the amazing matching headbands were from Birdie Baby Boutique.
I can honestly say that I have never been more obsessed with a party before, my wedding included but the countless hours spent painting tiny birdhouses, searching thrift stores, cutting tiny bunting and birds out of felt was as fun as it was gratifying. Though Fiona will not remember this fete, we will always cherish this special day she spent with family & friends.
I hope you enjoy this party as much as we did.
Hi! I just wanted to compliment your absolutely adorable Bird party! My daughter, Magnolia, is turning 1 next month and I am also planning a "Birdie 1st". your blog helped inspire me for some décor ideas. Thanks for that!!


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Scalefast named winner of the 2019 Annual American Business Awards
American consumers still prefer credit cards, but consumers elsewhere begin to seek out different payment methods. That puts brands in a delicate position.
More than 3,800 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Live Event of the Year, and App of the Year, among others.
Scalefast was recognized for the second year in a row, for outstanding growth, client results and commitment to helping brands sell direct-to-consumer on a global scale.
Scalefast won in two categories:
Gold Stevie Winner
Company of the Year –
Business & Professional Services – Medium
Silver Stevie Winner
Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year –
Up to 100 Employees
Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals worldwide, in a two-month judging process.
A big thanks to the American Business Awards and the jury members for recognizing the work and dedication of Scalefast's team!
About Scalefast
Scalefast is changing the way brands do direct-to-consumer eCommerce, by empowering them to regain the control and simplicity they need to create an exceptional shopping experience, directly from their online storefront.
Scalefast's modern approach to eCommerce has generated award-winning success for their clients and has allowed them to become the fastest-growing eCommerce platform in the U.S. Its full-stack enterprise solution brings together a cloud-based eCommerce platform, global business services and an international footprint of logistics, payment, tax and business partners.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.


Justin's WeatherTalk: Sunday- Better Than Expected!
If you watched the Kentucky Derby on Saturday- then you had an idea that at least my forecast was going to be wrong. The cold front I had advertised to bring severe weather to the race, moved through as you can see here, in the afternoon. However, the rain raced out ahead of it and the race was sunny and dry.
We had our own issues with the warm front that was slow to move north. It kept low clouds and fog in Baltimore County until early afternoon. I was at the ABC2 booth at the Towson Fair hearing it from many of you. I had faith the sun would would pop out, yet it waited until 1pm. At least we had Saturday turn out nice as I said. The showers did arrive late- and so far, so good, right.
Well Sunday (morning map here) had a foggy start, but with the storm now 6-10 hours ahead of schedule... our westerly wind will dry us out. Instead of being the wet day of the weekend, it should turn out nice. This is the 10th of the last 11 weekend with rain, but most of it fell overnight. not a complete bust, but a pleasant surprise after another foggy start. So hopefully no complaints.


Word is rapidly spreading that Ignatius Leong of Singapore has made a deal with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and is about to withdraw as a candidate for FIDE President.
Here is a picture I took of Ignatius Leong in 1988. Leong is seated to the far left. Standing is Grandmaster Eugenio Torre of the Philippines.
Leong bid for Singapore to hold the Olympiad in one of those two years. However, just as his bid was gaining momentum and had chances for success, Leong backed out and withdrew his bid. Later, since I, Sam Sloan, was continuing to circulate a petition among FIDE Delegates not to hold those two Olympiads in Greece but to hold at least one in Singapore instead, Leong went up on the dias, asked for the microphone and criticized me and disavowed the petition I was circulating, which by then had many signatures of FIDE delegates.
Leong has done things like this many times since. For example, there was the 1996 FIDE Congress in Yerevan where Leong switched sides and then claimed that his life had been threatened. Leong later formed his "World Chess Organization", which flopped and disappeared.
At the recent FIDE Congress in Istanbul, I asked Leong what had happened to his "World Chess Organization". Leong replied, "What World Chess Organization?"
"Many of us would like to know ... especially as you indicate that you are going to ask the rest of the world to support Leong's Ticket ?? Have you looked at Ignatius's 'track-record' within FIDE ? I have ! I am beginning to think more and more that I should have done as many asked me - as far back as 6 years ago ... and that was to put up my own 'Ticket' this year ! I am confident that my ticket would have been a better one than either or the two we have !!!"
However, this time there was hope that Leong might not flake out. Leong had assembled a distinguished group of chess personalities to run on his ticket. These included Morton Sand, a lawyer from Norway, Lin Feng of China, Jean-Claude Loubatiere, President of the French Chess Federation and Uvencio Blanco of Venezuela. Only Steve Doyle of the USA remained loyal to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
One wonders: Did Morton Sand of Norway, Lin Feng of China, Jean-Claude Loubatiere of France and Uvencio Blanco of Venezuela know that Ignatius Leong has a history of being a flake when they agreed to join his ticket? Is it too late for these same four people assemble an alternate slate that does not include Leong to challenge for the FIDE Presidency?


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Today I have another share of a design layout that I have created for Bella Paperie using lots of Blue Fern goodies including my all time favourite thing to use ......yes Chipboards!! And this layout has a lot. So if you too love to use Chipboards then this may interest you.
I have a few close-ups and details of the layout below which I have titled "Once Upon A Time".
I started off the layout with Stamping the framework of the papers! I have used a mixture of Archival Inks and Distress Inks.
I have also used some Prima goodies including the Birdhouse and Butterfly resins, and the Hello Pastel Prima Flowers. The smaller flat flowers are also Prima which I have added a drop of Liquid Pearls (Buttercup) to the centres.
Love love love these chipboard flourishes. These have been inked with Distress Inks and covered with dimensional magic!
The chipboard Princess Window has been inked and painted with Distress Crackle Paint (Picket Fence). Once dry I then again inked it and then gave it another coat this time with Crackle Accents, and then I inked it yet again and wiped away excess with baby wipe!! Time consuming but well worth the outcome.
Beautiful hand dyded lace which is also available from Bella Paperie. This beauty was cut in half down the centre and draped around the heart.
I have used the Symphony Corners as butterfly wings, by turning them on an angle and having them come out from behind the Princess Window. The chippies were treated similarly to the Princess Window but I have used a lot more inking on these. The photo doesn't clearly depict the true colours.
I hope you have enjoyed your visit here. Please don't be shy let me know what you think.
Hi Lizzy!!! thank you, you are always so kind!!
This page really speaks to me Tina - every aspect is just beautiful - not to mention the beautiful Miss C taking centre stage.


This Final Year Project (FYP) report presents the work of Project Number B338. The Project Title is Standard Static Tensile, Compression and Torsion Tests. The purpose of this report is to give the reader an overview of this FYP. This project is a pioneer project and hence, it would be essential for the future generation whom would research on relevant areas. The report looks into the different areas of the development of this FYP. This report consists of six chapters which begin with an introduction to the FYP. It will touch on the background of FYP. Rationale, objectives and scope of this FYP are reflected too. The objectives of this FYP are to conduct standard static tensile test, conduct standard static compression test and compare the results with past researches. Moreover, there would also have recommendation for standard static torsion test. The second chapter of the report is the descriptions on American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International standards for tensile and compression tests. Important terms regarding tensile and compression tests are explained. It will also cover a brief description of the material, Aluminum alloy 6061-T6 (Al6061-T6) used in this project. The third chapter states the brief grinding and polishing procedure of Al6061-T6 before the chemical composition analysis can be done. Furthermore, standard static tensile and compression specimens dimensions are reflected. Chapter four describes the experimental setup and procedures. Universal Testing Machine, Instron 5569 is to be used for performing standard static tensile test, while Universal Testing Machine, Instron 5500 is to be used for performing standard static compression test. Results and discussions are mentioned in chapter five. There is a comparison of this project analysis with the past researches.


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Big Boy Mac
by Lee Juslin
Mac was an owner turn-in to Lone Star Westie Rescue.
Mac's owner said she was turning him in to rescue because of a "change in the season of life," so perhaps a divorce. Whatever the situation, she had gotten Mac as a puppy, apparently kept him outside much of the time, and now, at eight-years-old, Mac is looking for his forever home.
When they first saw Mac, the rescue volunteers practically had to hold their noses. He had a serious yeast infection that had caused most of his hair to fall out, a nasty ear infection, dry eye, and he stunk to high heaven. He was also quite thin and, though he weighed seventeen pounds, he was a large, tall Westie. In short, Mac was in rough shape.
Immediately, his foster moms, Linda and then Elizabeth, put him on a regimen of daily medicated baths and an antibiotic prescribed by the vet. It has taken a lot of dedicated work, but Mac's hair has grown back, and his ear and skin infections are nearly gone. Plus, now he needs a medicated bath only every other day. He has also put on weight and currently weighs in at twenty-six pounds.
Mac and his siblings
Elizabeth says he is just a great little dog who loves laps and often sits next to her with his head on her lap. He is very good about having a bath and waits patiently while the medicated shampoo sits on his skin, and, then, he remains calm while she dries him with the hair dryer and sometimes he actually nods off.
Mac is good on a leash and loves walks. He also loves toys—especially playing fetch—and is good with other dogs though it is not known how he would be with cats. He is house-trained and becomes quite vocal at meal times. Elizabeth says he'd be good at keeping burglars away.
Mac is a gentle, playful, friendly boy that would enjoy a home with a single person, couple, or family who would play with him and give him the cuddling and love he enjoys. Older children who know how to treat a dog would be a good match. He would also enjoy a fenced in yard where he could run and play with his people or a dog sibling.
Most of all, Mac needs an experienced person who would be proactive in maintaining care for his sensitive skin and the dry eye for which he needs daily drops. He also needs to stay on his diet of Signature Duck limited ingredient food. Mac's hair has grown back to some extent, but he may not get back his full coat, and he needs the combination of medicated baths and special food to prevent his skin problems from returning. Elizabeth says that's a small price to pay for a dog as great as Mac.
If you would like to learn more about Lone Star Westie Rescue, volunteer, or apply to adopt Mac or one of his friends currently with Lone Star Westie Rescue, visit them on FB: Lone Star Westie Rescue or visit their web site: Lone Star Westie Rescue.
If you would like to volunteer to be a foster parent for SSWR or to make a much needed donation to SSWR for their sanctuary dogs, you may do so through Paypal: Sanctuary Dogs or by mailing a check to: SSWR, PO Box 19415, Sarasota, FL 34276.
Visit Lone Star Rescue's FB page: www.facebook.com/LoneStarWestieRescue
Lone Star Rescue website: Lone Star Westie Rescue
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We also have a brand new pets newsletter that will be going out once a month letting our readers know about all of the pet and animal rescue related articles that went up that month so you never miss a thing. We hope to send the first one out in June. We also hope to provide some additional content and maybe even some pet related giveaways. You can use this box to subscribe!
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Lee Juslin is a free lance copywriter living in North Carolina with her husband, Scott, and her band of misfits: Tarquin, a Wheaten Scottish Terrier, and three handicapped cats. They can be seen on their website: Hampshire Hooligans. She owns I B Dog Gone, a small embroidery business and is the author of the Nurse Frosty books for children and Frosty's Story: Tales of a Therapy Dog. She supports a number of national and regional terrier rescue organizations.
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Founded in Denver in 1887, United Way is the world's largest privately funded non-profit, and the largest non-government funder of human services. United Way of Northern California (UWNC) is one of 1,200 local United Ways in the United States. Each United Way is governed by a local volunteer board, and operates autonomously.
United Way's mission is to "fight for the health, education and financial stability of every person in our community." We do that by working in close collaboration with non-profit partners, government agencies and the business community to advocate for, support and deliver programs and resources that help improve lives. UWNC gives grants to agencies whose work aligns with out mission; runs programs promoting financial stability for families, and operates 2-1-1, the human services helpline, in Shasta and Tehama counties. UWNC is a proud supporter of Help Central Inc., which operates 2-1-1 in Butte and Glenn Counties.
UWNC is based in Redding and operates in a nine-county area, including Butte and Glenn counties. It has long been a desire of UWNC to deepen our presence in Butte and Glenn. The recent, tragic Camp Fire has made that goal an imperative. This new position stands as an opportunity to extend the agency's work at a time when those resources are critically needed.
The successful candidate will be offered a two-year employment contract, subject to renewal at the end of that period dependent on job performance and the strategic needs of the agency.
The Regional Manager, Butte and Glenn Counties will represent the interests of UWNC in those counties. An early and crucial role will be to coordinate disaster relief, recovery and preparation activities on behalf of United Way, collaborating closely with all appropriate partners and agencies. The Regional Manager will establish relationships with non-profits, government agencies and key business partners in Butte and Glenn counties. Based on input from those parties and general community input and knowledge, the Regional Manager will develop, recommend and help implement strategies for community impact programming, and open the door for new revenue opportunities. The Regional Manager will advise the President & CEO and other key managers of needs and opportunities in his/her territory, and work collaboratively within the agency to execute against those needs.
Coordinate United Way's disaster relief, recovery and preparation activities in Butte and Glenn counties. Represent United Way on any Long Term Recovery Group or similar collaborative.
Develop relationships with non-profit partners. Advise on Community Impact grant-making to non-profit agencies.
Develop and implement strategies for program work that furthers United Way's mission in Butte and Glenn counties.
With the 2-1-1 Program Manager, develop partnership activities with Help Central Inc., operators of 2-1-1 Butte/Glenn.
Develop relationships with key government agencies and businesses in Butte and Glenn counties. Assist the UWNC Development Director in pursuing revenue opportunities.
Create positive relationships with Redding-based staff.
Minimum Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience, in health and human services, business administration, public administration or related fields.
Minimum three years' experience in the non-profit field, or in government or private-sector work that intersects with social issues.
Minimum two years' management/supervisory experience.
Proven track record of working with multiple agencies or entities to accomplish mutual objectives.
Knowledge of regional social service issues and agencies.
Bilingual / multilingual a plus.
Able to work on a keyboard comfortably through an eight-hour shift.
Able to lift up to 15 pounds.
Possession of a valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
This position involves occasional travel and occasional work beyond normal business hours. UWNC offers medical, dental and vision benefits; 10 paid holidays; vacation and sick benefits. United Way of Northern California is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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Bills guard Mike Williams was carted from the sideline with a back injury in the second quarter of Buffalo's game against Carolina.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (Nov. 27, 2005) -- Bills guard Mike Williams was carted from the sideline with a back injury in the second quarter of Buffalo's game against Carolina.
Williams was hurt earlier in the quarter while pass blocking on tight Ryan Neufeld's 9-yard reception deep in Bills territory. He made his way off the field on his own, and was immediately attended to on the Buffalo sideline.
He then was examined for an injured back muscle.
Formerly a right tackle, Williams was making his second start at left guard. He had missed four games earlier this season with an ankle injury.
Former starter Bennie Anderson replaced Williams in the lineup.


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Wednesday, October 10th 2012 at 5:00 am
Anne Gordon, RN
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Sounds like a science fiction horror story, but it is what is happening. Today, I heard about Zombie Bees being found now in Washington State, and a new swarm sighted in British Columbia. What?
It is thought these bees are infected with a parasitic fly causing them to erratically fly at night until death. An adult fly infects the bees by injecting eggs into the bee's body. The bee is eaten from the inside as the maggots hatch. Zombie bees have been confirmed in Oregon, Washington state, California, South Dakota, British Columbia, and were first discovered in 2008.1 There's even a website called Zombeewatch.org.
The 'colony collapse disorder' that is also killing bees might be related, but it is not known yet. Bees are vital for pollination, and sustainable agriculture. It is thought that pesticides might play a role in the declining bee population.2 According to Steve Sheppard, Washington State University chairman of the entomology department, his research has shown that chemical accumulation shortens the insect's lives. Pesticides once again may be creating more damage than intended.
Forests are dying, and people calmly point their finger to the bark beetle pests taking down forests in the US and Canada. An infestation of 750 million acres. Also responsible, is the Spruce beetle, the Fir Engraver, and the list goes on. Sure, there are cycles in nature with insects and diseases. And, true, the effects of climate change, or introduction of invasive species, are possibly shifting the balance.
But, where is the voice of alarm? How about the dead fish, dead birds, and the mutating shrimp? People just nod and say, 'die off's' or, climate change. Could there be a relationship between these strange mutations and ecological imbalances caused by over use of pesticides, or terminator seeds?
What will it take to awaken out of our collective trance, to see and make healthy changes? Is the constant need for entertainment and digital networking blinding us? As we take a closer look at the trees, and the smaller unspoken voices that are screaming in silence as they mutate, or die, we can see a trend. Even microorganisms are shifting. Our medications are not working as predicted, and a new truth is growing.
Perhaps there is a feeling of helplessness, or of denial. But, people, can work together to affect change. At one time, it was thought that lead was safe, but people who researched banded together to stop its ubiquitous use. Many vaccines have been altered due to mercury within them (used as a preservative), when people became aware of injected potential health problems resulting from the jabs.
Today, we may be poisoned through massive amounts of toxic chemicals, in the air, water, and some engineered foods, thus not getting the required nutrition. A lot of organic food gets irradiated, after traveling thousands of miles, (do you think nutritional integrity could be affected)?
Are your loved ones victims of a new 'normal' of obesity, allergies, or autoimmune disease? Are we the new zombies, behaving erratically, sightless victims of our environment? Lets hope not. There's a lot to learn and do if we are to create a healthy place on earth.
AG Professional, Spread of Zombie Flies Killing Honey Bees, 9/27/12
Usa Today, 'Zombie' fly hijacks bees' bodies and may explain die-off, 1/4/12
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1 Andrew Core, Charles Runckel, Jonathan Ivers, Christopher Quock, Travis Siapno, Seraphina Denault, Brian Brown, Joseph Derisi, Christopher D Smith, John Hafernik. A new threat to honey bees, the parasitic phorid fly Apocephalus borealis. PLoS One. 2012 ;7(1):e29639. Epub 2012 Jan 3. PMID: 22235317
2 Mickaël Henry, Maxime Béguin, Fabrice Requier, Orianne Rollin, Jean-François Odoux, Pierrick Aupinel, Jean Aptel, Sylvie Tchamitchian, Axel Decourtye. A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees. Science. 2012 Apr 20 ;336(6079):348-50. Epub 2012 Mar 29. PMID: 22461498
Anne Gordon is an RN, an Author, Researcher, and a computer artist. Fascinated with societies, and the future, she is drawn to medical health trends of tomorrow. What will health look like? Will we be more mechanical than spiritual? These are some of the concepts she is looking at. Many of her articles like her art, are slightly outside the mainstream box, aimed towards thought stimulation. She is also extremely curious about how the 'business' of healthcare, and wellness intertwine today.
Her artwork, is a combination of photography and painting, and is publicly shown. In her spare time, she teaches in a local community college.
Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of GreenMedInfo or its staff.
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During the discovery process, the sharing of information is considered normal, if not the entire purpose of the endeavor. Indeed, the exchange of evidence often promotes bringing the truth to light efficiently or, at the very least, narrowing the issues in contention. However, some information remains beyond the scope of this liberal sharing process, and litigants will often fight vigorously to preserve the information over which they still have an entitlement to privacy. This situation arose in a recent case that was appealed to Florida's Third District Court of Appeal, Bailey v. Miami-Dade County.
Bailey arose from an alleged act of negligence at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, involving Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employees and Mt. Sinai staff who dropped a patient who had suffered cardiac arrest aboard a cruise ship from a gurney. The patient later died, and her husband brought a wrongful death action against Mt. Sinai, alleging medical negligence and ordinary negligence. After commencing the action, the complaint was amended to include a count of ordinary negligence against Miami-Dade County. Prior to filing this action, the plaintiff retained a physician to prepare a medical affidavit, which is required for all actions involving medical negligence in Florida. During the discovery process, the physician's name was disclosed to the defendants on expert interrogatories. The existence of the physician's affidavit was also disclosed, but the plaintiff refused to proffer the affidavit, asserting work product privilege. Shortly thereafter, Mount Sinai settled, leaving Miami-Dade as the only defendant and ordinary negligence as the sole claim. When the trial court issued an order directing the parties to submit their witness lists, the physician's name was not listed on the expert witness disclosure list, even though he had been listed as a expert who would testify on the earlier expert interrogatories. The defendant immediately sought to depose the physician, and the plaintiff refused, again citing work product privilege. The plaintiff sought a protective order, but the trial court denied the request, leading to the current appeal.
The Third District sided with the plaintiff. First, the court noted that deposing a non-testifying expert under the circumstances constituted a "departure from the essential requirements of the law." Rocca v. Rones, 125 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013). Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(b)(5)(B) provides, "[d]iscovery of facts known and opinions held by experts, otherwise discoverable under the provisions […] of this rule and acquired or developed in anticipation of litigation or for trial, may be obtained only as follows […] A party may discover facts known or opinions held by an expert who has been retained […] by another party in anticipation of litigation or preparation for trial and who is not expected to be […] a witness at trial, only as provided in rule 1.360(b) or upon a showing of exceptional circumstances …." Rule 1.360(b) provides for one party to submit to an examination by a qualified expert when "the condition that is subject of the requested examination is in controversy." The Third District concluded that the present situation did not satisfy these conditions.
First, the defendants were not requesting that the decedent in this case submit to an examination, so Rule 1.360(b) was not applicable. Next, the defendants had failed to provide any evidence to the trial court showing exceptional circumstances that would justify deposing the expert witness. The Third District cited several earlier decisions clearly holding that the work product privilege applies in the absence of a clear showing of exceptional circumstances. Indeed, considering the sole claim remaining was one for ordinary negligence, it would be difficult for the defendant to show that disclosure of this medical evidence was of extraordinary importance. Accordingly, the Third District held that the trial court should've granted the protective order and remanded the case.
As this case demonstrates, the discovery process can be as litigious as trial. Given that disclosures during discovery can have a marked impact on the outcome of a case, someone considering bringing an action for an act of possible negligence should always consider enlisting the aid of counsel prepared to prevent disclosures that may lead to undue harm. The South Florida medical negligence attorneys at Frankl & Kominksy have argued numerous cases in both state and federal court and have an understanding of evidentiary law that could be useful for you should you pursue legal action to redress your injuries. Feel free to contact us for a complimentary case evaluation if you're interested in the options you may have.
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Fox, Faulkner
PERSONAL: Born in West Point, VA; married; children: two sons. Education: Harvard University, B.A. (literature); Yale University, M.A. (American studies); Vermont College, M.F.A. (poetry).
ADDRESSES: Offıce—English Department, Duke University, P.O. Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708-0563. E-mail—[email protected]
CAREER: Writer, poet, and writing teacher. State of Virginia, Richmond, special assistant to the secretary of human resources, 1986-87; Upward Bound writing instructor, CT; National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) Pro-choice, NC, director, 1992-94; University of Texas, Austin, poetry instructor; Duke University, Durham, NC, creative writing instructor, 2002—. Has also worked as an English tutor, high school French teacher, and tour guide. Performer at Frontera Fest, Austin, TX.
AWARDS, HONORS: Bernice Slote Award, Prairie Schooner, for best work by an emerging writer, 1998.
Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life; or, How ILearned to Love the House, the Man, the Child, Harmony Books (New York, NY), 2003.
Contributor to periodicals, including Salon.com, Prairie Schooner, Parenting, and Child.
SIDELIGHTS: Faulkner Fox has degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Vermont College. She is married to a man who shares in the housework and the childcare, but in her Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life; or, How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child she reveals that motherhood is not exactly as she had pictured it.
Prior to marriage Fox had some interesting and challenging experiences working with the mentally ill, high school students in the Upward Bound program, and as director of the North Carolina branch of the National Abortion Rights Action League. With a small grant from Radcliffe College, she spent time in New Orleans studying voodoo and alternative spirituality. Fox's dissatisfaction began when she and her educator husband moved to Austin, Texas. Six months pregnant and with no friends, she feared that she would be thought of as just another faculty wife and stay-at-home mom. Fox soon found that embarking on her writing career was difficult with one, then two young children in the house. Although her book covers issues of motherhood, Judith Stadtman Tucker, writing on Mother's Movement Online, noted that Fox presents "a deliberate and thoughtful record of the growth and development of a woman. . . . a mother. . . . who refuses to allow her selfhood to wither like a neglected houseplant just because she's completely in love with her husband and children."
"I can't think of one [parenting] book as entertaining or refreshingly honest as Faulkner Fox's Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life," wrote Naomi Rand in the Boston Globe. Other critics applauded Fox's honesty, though they also felt that stay-at-home mothers could feel alienated by her tone. Julia Kamysz Lane noted in the New Orleans Times-Picayune that "because she is angry, Fox sabotages every encounter with fellow stay-at-home moms, judging and dismissing them practically before they even say hello." Lane felt that some readers may see Fox as "selfish, silly, or self-indulgent" for wanting the time, privacy, and quiet necessary to write. A Kirkus Reviews critic felt that Fox's "very honest account exudes relief at the chance to express her feelings and a measure of pride that she has faced some of motherhood's inherent conflicts, if not entirely resolved them." Fox admits that she kept count of how many diapers her husband had changed, in comparison to her own number, as well as how many of those were soiled. She did other task comparisons and assigned "Frequent Parenting Miles," but she says that her husband is good about pulling his share of the load, even though she feels his contributions don't match hers. The couple eventually sought counseling to deal with the stress of the situation.
A Publishers Weekly contributor felt that women who are attempting to be mothers and individuals will understand Fox's frustrations, but added that "readers who've decided to make mothering their full-time job could feel slighted by Fox's treatment; she feels they're at the 'bottom' of the 'totem pole of power.'" Overall, Booklist contributor Vanessa Bush wrote, "women of various political perspectives will appreciate this honest look at the rigors of motherhood."
Fox, Faulkner, Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life; or, How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child, Harmony Books (New York, NY), 2003.
Booklist, December 1, 2003, Vanessa Bush, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life; or, How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child, p. 631.
Boston Globe, May 16, 2004, Naomi Rand, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life.
Brain, Child, spring, 2004, Heather Hewett, "Great Expectations: Feminism, Momism, and What a Woman Wants," p. 68.
Kirkus Reviews, October 15, 2003, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life, p. 1260.
Montclair Times (Montclair, NJ), February 5, 2004, Elizabeth S. Ludas, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life.
Publishers Weekly, November 10, 2003, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life, p. 50.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), January 18, 2004, Julia Kamysz Lane, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life, p. 7.
Washington Post Book World, May 9, 2004, Stephanie Wilkinson, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life, p. 6.
Duke Dialogue Online,http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/ (January 15, 2004), review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life.
Faulkner Fox Home Page,http://www.faulknerfox.com (August 11, 2004).
Mother's Movement Online,http://www.mothersmovement.org/ (December, 2003), Judith Stadtman Tucker, review of Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life.
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