Bio: Sean Sweeney's love of reading began in 1988, when he was handed J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit, and was given a needed boost with John Grisham novels and the Star Wars Expanded Universe. His passion for writing began in 1993, as a sophomore in high school, when he began writing sports for his local newspaper. Born and raised in North Central Massachusetts in 1977, Sweeney has written for several newspapers and radio stations. When he is not writing, he enjoys playing golf, reading, watching movies, enjoying the Boston Red Sox, the New England Revolution, Arsenal F.C., Gold Coast F.C., and playing with Caramel The Wonder Cat.
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1. Introduce yourself and what it is that you do.
Helloooooo! I'm Sean Sweeney, and I'm an author. I'm the author of 13 novels and additional short story work, including the Jaclyn Johnson AGENT series. I consider myself to be an every-genre author: I've hit every genre there is, so I have a little something for every member of the family.
2. Day, swing or night shift writer?
I'm a full-time writer, so I have 24 hours with which to do my thing. Do I use all 24 hours? Sometimes. Sometimes not. It depends on when I'm motivated.
I'm currently writing a mystery set in my hometown of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, starring young private investigator Alex Bourque. He's investigating a three-decades-old cold case. I've written three Jaclyn Johnson AGENT thrillers and will write the fourth this summer. I've written a historical romance that isn't really a romance, per se. I've written fantasy, sci-fi, sports fiction, and kiddie lit, too.
4. The worst and best advice you have ever received?
All advice is good advice, in my opinion. The best piece of advice I've ever received came in the summer of 2004. I was in the middle of writing my first novel and I had problems with it. I couldn't think about how I wanted to continue. Everything I thought of didn't sound good. So I went to see R.A. Salvatore speak at the Westminster, Mass. library -- it was he who convinced me to write the book in the first place -- and he said something that has stuck with me ever since: There is no such thing as writer's block. Writers write through the block. And if it isn't good, delete it and re-write, and the crap doesn't exist.
Writing is easy. If you want a hard job, go dig sewer ditches.
By opening my eyes, or by closing them: Some of my best ideas have come while I sleep. Sometimes I have to open my eyes, go to my office, disturb the cat, and find someone online to talk out my idea and see how it can work. And sometimes, ideas come while I'm writing. A lot of it is imagination, and some of it is fact. It's up to the reader to discern what is real and what is imaginary.
8. What do you do to help you write? Do you down the energy drinks? Eat junk food? Mutter to self endlessly? Blast the tunes? Do tell.
Well, coffee is a major part of my writing. I have a Keurig, best invention ever. I usually go through a box of 12 K Cups in less than a week. But anyway... if I have a problem, I usually hop on AOL Instant Messenger and talk with one of my author friends, or on Facebook IM. I usually need silence to write, so I sit in my office or in my recliner and type away. I will occasionally munch on Cheez It or Skittles, but give me my coffee.
9. If you if could meet any of your own characters, who would it be?
Definitely Jaclyn. She's a hottie.
"The Double O's have nothing on her Double A's"!
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Happy Birthday, Jeff Corey!
In May of 2017, the memoirs of character actor Jeff Corey—born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn in 1914—were published to much critical acclaim. Written with his daughter Emily, Improvising Out Loud: My Life Teaching Hollywood to Act concentrates a great deal on Corey's second career as an acting teacher. (The change of profession was necessitated by his blacklisting in the 1950s, due to his past political affiliations). The list of his students who "went on to bigger and better things" is a lengthy and most impressive one. Performers under Jeff's tutelage include Jack Nicholson, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Barbra Streisand, Robin Williams…and, shortly before his passing in 1955, James Dean. Corey is beloved by classic film fans for his appearances in movie westerns like True Grit (1969—as bad guy Tom Chaney) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and his old-time radio bona fides weren't too shabby, either.
Jeff Corey was the son of working class Jewish immigrants, and though he was "an indifferent student" in high school, a drama class he took fueled his interest in acting. He earned a scholarship with the Feagin School of Dramatic Arts, one of NYC's prestigious theater schools; his stint there, he later reflected, rescued him from a career as a sewing machine salesman. While at Feagin, Jeff worked with the New York Federal Theatre Project alongside such luminaries as John Randolph, Elia Kazan, and Jules Dassin. Post-Feagin, Corey landed a job with a Shakespearean repertory company, and later found work with a traveling children's theater troupe. One of Corey's earliest onstage showcases was portraying "Rosencrantz" in a touring production of Hamlet, a Broadway success overseen by actor Leslie Howard.
With his wife Hope, Jeff moved to Los Angeles in 1940 to find work in motion pictures…and old-time radio fans may have seen him in a brief bit as a game show contestant forced to sing a song with a mouthful of crackers in You'll Find Out (1940), starring the Ol' Perfesser himself, Kay Kyser. Corey got small roles in movies like The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), Roxie Hart (1942), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), and My Friend Flicka (1943). When he wasn't toiling in B-pictures, he helped established the Actors Lab, where he appeared in such productions as Abe Lincoln in Illinois and God Bless Our Bank (opposite Ann Sothern). Jeff joined the Navy in 1943, and was assigned to the U.S.S. Yorktown as a combat photographer; he later earned citations for the footage he captured during a kamikaze attack on the ship.
After World War II, Jeff Corey returned to his motion picture career and was on his way to becoming a most recognizable character face. He's not credited, but that's Jeff playing "Blinky Franklin" in the 1946 film noir classic The Killers…and as a certified noir maniac, my cherished celluloid memories of Corey include seeing him in such vehicles as Brute Force (1947), The Gangster (1947), Canon City (1948), City Across the River (1949), Follow Me Quietly (1949), and Fourteen Hours (1951). Other memorable turns by the actor include roles in Ramrod (1947), Joan of Arc (1948), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Roughshod (1949), Home of the Brave (1949—a great Corey performance as a sympathetic psychiatrist), The Next Voice You Hear… (1950), and Rawhide (1951).
While his movie career was going great guns, Corey also appeared on many occasions in front of a radio microphone on such shows as The Lux Radio Theatre and Favorite Story. Jeff made the rounds on many of radio's top dramatic anthologies, notably Escape, NBC Presents: Short Story, The NBC University Theatre, Screen Directors' Playhouse, Suspense, and The Whistler. On The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Corey regularly played Lieutenant Ybarra—the police contact of the titular P.I. portrayed by Gerald Mohr. Rounding out Jeff's radio resume are appearances on the likes of The Curtain of Time, Night Beat, The Silent Men, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Tell it Again, and This is Your FBI. The actor's enjoyment of radio acting would continue through radio revival attempts in the 1970s (like The Sears Radio Theatre). Corey also appeared on an NPR broadcast in 1997, in a production written and directed by the legendary Norman Corwin. This effort, titled Our Lady of the Freedoms and Some of Her Friends, was a July 4th commemoration (and the swan song for journalist-commentator Charles Kuralt).
During his time with the New York Federal Theatre Project, Jeff Corey attended Communist Party meetings…but he never actually joined the Party. It made little difference to the House Un-American Activities Committee, who subpoenaed him to testify in September of 1951. Corey later recalled to Patrick McGilligan, the co-author of Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist: "The only issue was, did you want to just give them their token names so you could continue your career, or not? I had no impulse to defend a political point of view that no longer interested me particularly." His decision not to "name names" meant that, at the age of 37, Jeff Corey was out of work with a wife and three daughters to support. Undaunted, Jeff found work as a laborer (earning $14 a day) and then enrolled at UCLA on the G.I. Bill.
His teaching career came about purely by accident. A fellow UCLA student who wasn't doing well in his studies organized an acting class and talked Jeff into teaching it—so Corey launched the ambitious enterprise out of his garage. A young freshman, Carol Burnett, was among the first of his students—the "tuition" for "Corey University" was $10 a month for two classes a week. Not given to self-promotion, Corey's acting classes soon became popular via word-of-mouth and, by the mid-1950s, he would become the most sought-after acting coach in Tinsel Town. (The irony is that several of Jeff's students related that while auditioning for acting jobs they would be told that the studios were looking for a "Jeff Corey-type.") The list of individuals who studied with Jeff Corey is a long one, but just to drop a few names: Robert Blake, James Coburn, Richard Chamberlain, Sally Kellerman, Shirley Knight, Penny Marshall, Rob Reiner, Anthony Perkins, Sharon Tate, and Leonard Nimoy (who contributed the foreword to Corey's memoirs).
Jeff Corey didn't work in movies or television for many years, but the logjam was broken with a role in a 1961 episode of The Untouchables. Jeff then began appearing in films, such as The Yellow Canary (1963—starring Pat Boone, a one-time student of Corey's) and Lady in a Cage (1964—as the wino who menaces Olivia de Havilland). Corey did some of his finest film work in this period, with roles in The Cincinnati Kid (1965), In Cold Blood (1967), The Boston Strangler (1968), and Little Big Man (1970—as Wild Bill Hickok!). I'm a huge fan of his turn in the cult classic Seconds (1966), in which he plays the ominous, chilling counselor to John Randolph's tired businessman (who is later turned into handsome Rock Hudson). Not only did Jeff get to work with his old friend Randolph, but fellow blacklistee Will Geer is also in the film (and is equally sinister).
Corey continued to work in movies and TV throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s (he was a regular on former student Robert Blake's short-lived series Hell Town). He even received several opportunities to direct (episodes of Night Gallery and Alias Smith and Jones are on his C.V.). According to Patrick McGilligan, Jeff was "an actor's actor, someone that actors loved to watch because he was always doing something interesting in his work." Corey passed away in 2002 at the age of 88 (from complications suffered after a fall), but he left us with a legacy of acting riches. But as McGilligan notes: "He was a wonderful actor who we never fully got to see because of the blacklist."
Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson was an 18-year-old rebel when he first enrolled in Jeff Corey's acting classes…and later observed that the one lesson he took away from his experience was "You can't change the world…but you can make the world think."

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7 Positive Portrayals Of Disability In Pop Culture
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"Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone." Martina Navratilova
Tennis great Martina Navratilova had it right: disability is a matter of perception. The only problem is, what if everything we see regarding people who have different abilities is negative?
For example, in the movie Cake, Jennifer Aniston is a chronic pain patient who is hard to love. She is prickly, seemingly ungrateful, and not nice to the people who care for her. As her story unfolds, these traits are more understandable, but her character shouldn't be the only image of someone with chronic pain or disability on the big screen.
Here are seven examples of characters and people who are changing the way we look at chronic illness and disability in pop culture.
1. How To Train Your Dragon
It may seem strange to begin the list with cartoon characters in a children's movie, but childhood is where early perceptions of people with disabilities are formed. How To Train Your Dragon features three main characters who are amputees. These characters don't fall into clichés about what they can and cannot do. Their lives are intertwined in such a way that they help each other, work together, and generally do everything non-amputees do (and more!). While we can safely say that dragons and their ilk are not going to appear anytime soon, this animated movie is a great way to normalize a disability that children (and many adults) might find curious.
The ways in which the characters deal with their amputations also speaks to the amazing advances in prosthetic technology (Gobber in particular has many different prosthetics, including a beer stein for drinking). The disability in this movie is a non-issue, and that is a great message to give to kids.
2. 127 Hours
This movie about real-life climber Aron Ralston tells the story about how he became trapped between two boulders in the middle of the desert and had to amputate his own arm with a pen knife. The movie begins with an exuberant and highly physical Ralston heading into the desert to hike and ends with his rescue after his self-amputation.
While the movie does not highlight how he handled life after this experience, it is a good illustration of the trauma that can lead to amputation (such as an accident or in a war zone) and the mental fortitude that it takes to make it through the actual event. Those with disabilities are often viewed in terms of their physical disability, discounting the mental strength that it takes to come through such trauma. This movie highlights Ralston's extraordinary ability to do what he had to do in spite of the pain and horror he must have felt doing it.
It is also worth noting that in real life, Ralston has continued to climb, summiting all 53 of Colorado's "fourteeners" (mountains 14,000 feet and higher in elevation). This is not a person who has let disability define his life.
3. Forrest Gump
Lieutenant Dan is perhaps one of the most human characters in the list thus far. He is a regular guy who defies his family's long history of death in battle by merely losing both of his legs in Vietnam. His struggle to deal with this is documented in the movie. Gary Sinise portrays Lieutenant Dan with compassion, humility, and humanity.
While not everyone who suffers a traumatic accident leading to a lifelong disability will follow the same road as Lieutenant Dan, the struggles with anger, depression, and addiction are very real for those who become suddenly disabled. There is no sugar-coating, and although Lieutenant Dan is not the star of the film, his impact on Forrest is apparent.
That's right, the same movie twice. Why? Because the eponymous lead of this film is arguably one of the most positive portrayals of someone who is defined by society as mentally challenged. Over and over Forrest is told he is not smart, and he himself even says, "I am not a smart man." Yet he makes millions, meets presidents, becomes a father, and marries the love of his life. Forrest Gump's life may seem fantastical and improbable, but his message of love, acceptance of other people, and focusing on strengths instead of weaknesses make him a positive role model for everyone.
5. As Good As It Gets
Not all disabilities are readily apparent, and As Good As It Gets tackles the invisible disability of mental illness. Jack Nicholson portrays an introverted author who struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder. While Nicholson's character is cantankerous and seemingly unapologetically homophobic, his journey in the film, both literal and figurative, help him to open his eyes to new possibilities.
While on the surface this may not seem like a positive message, this movie looks at the struggles that different people face – single parent, homophobia, OCD – and puts them on the same level. Instead of looking at OCD as the worst of the issues faced by the main characters, it is just something else to learn to work with. Acceptance is a theme in this film, and that is a great message to put into the world.
6. Viktoria Modesta
Moving from the big screen to the small one, Viktoria Modesta is a British pop artist who voluntarily had her leg amputated below the knee to improve her mobility that had been hindered due to a birth defect. Channel 4 in London has chosen to collaborate with her because their own message is one of including alternate perspectives. Dan Brooke, chief marketing and communications officer of Channel 4 pointed out how this could help further the channel's mission while increasing awareness and acceptance:
"Channel 4 was born to be different: to offer alternative perspectives and to take creative risks, especially with new talent. In a world of homogenized pop, Viktoria is those values in a nutshell. We are honoured to help her develop her career and change attitudes to disability in the process."
If you haven't watched her music video yet, definitely check it out.
7. House
Finally, no self-respecting list of positive portrayals of disability in pop culture could leave out Gregory House, MD, the snarky pain-pill addict with chronic pain and a devastating ability to figure out complex medical mysteries. He is all-too human and all-too imperfect, but his chronic pain and addiction are not necessarily the reasons why.
Again, this may not seem to be positive, but the message here is that people of all abilities are complex. People with disability are not their disability; they are a combination of many things. For too long, a person onscreen who was disabled was just that disability. House portrays someone who is struggling with more than just a disability. Not always with grace, not always with courtesy, but always as a human being.
Perception of disability is changing in pop culture. For more portrayals of disability in film and TV, use Vanderbilt's search tool for specific disabilities, or check out Listal's 46-item list.
By Pain Doctor| 2016-11-17T10:35:14-07:00 September 3rd, 2015|Tags: chronic pain, disability, movie, Pain Awareness Month, pop culture, TV|0 Comments


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Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust > News > Northern Devon one of most-improved Trusts in country
Northern Devon one of most-improved Trusts in country
Posted on June 19, 2008 March 6, 2018
Northern Devon Healthcare is one of the most-improved NHS Trusts in the country, a new analysis reveals today (Monday 16 June).
A report from the Healthcare Commission (HCC), which monitors standards across the NHS, puts the Trust in the top ten for progress between 2006/07 and 2007/08.
The Trust also assessed itself as complying with the key standard on having systems to reduce the risk of infection, with high levels of cleanliness and hygiene, and year-on-year reductions in MRSA.
Northern Devon's submission to the HCC, which will form the basis for this autumn's Annual Health Check results, shows it met all requirements in 37 out of 43 categories throughout 2007/08. The remaining six categories were fully met by the end of March 2008.
This marks a major improvement since 2006/07, when the Trust met 24 standards throughout the year.
Chief Executive Jac Kelly said, "We're extremely proud of the progress we've made this year. We now have the systems in place to demonstrate that the care we provide to patients is excellent and meets their expectations. Rising above the 'weak/weak' rating of last year also means we won't be subject to the DH's planned performance-management regime for failing Trusts.
"As of today, we believe we're meeting all the national standards, which is a tribute to the efforts of staff across the Trust. I'd like to thank everyone who has played their part.
"The improvements are part of a wider pattern that suggests the future is really bright for local healthcare. We're back in the black after our financial troubles, we're about to embark on a £23.5m refurbishment of North Devon District Hospital, and we'll soon be launching our vision for the future."
The Healthcare Commission focuses on seven essential areas:
care environment and amenities
clinical and cost effectiveness
accessible and responsive care
These are broken down into the 43 categories, which range from the reporting of incidents and levels of training to patient information and the involvement of patients and local people.
The Healthcare Commission will now verify the submission, along with those of all trusts around the country, before publishing its Annual Health Check in October.
Jac Kelly said:
The Trust's submission to the Healthcare Commission is available here
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Foreign Students Living in Canada Skyrockets to 570,000
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There are currently around 570,000 international students studying in Canada, which is a 60 percent increase from just three years ago. The spike is helping push the most substantial increase in foreign immigration in over a century in the country. Canada allowed 425,000 immigrants (temporary and permanent residents) in the year and boosted the population growth to over one percent, which is a 30-year high. Canada has become one of the most desirable immigration locations in the world. Canadian Visa Professionals can help you obtain the needed visa to live and work in this amazing country.
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The immigration system in Canada has always been geared toward the highly skilled. Over 65 percent of foreign-born working-age people had a post-secondary degree in 2017. Stéfane Marion, a chief economist of the National Bank of Canada, said, "We are the biggest talent poachers in the OECD." He commented that the massive advantage is the country is able to deal with technological change and globalization.
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Less than 25 years ago Sabinillas was simply a fishing village and as its main industry 90% of Sabinillas' workforce worked on the local boats that can still be seen dotted across the shoreline. Sabinillas' popularity has boomed due to vast development in local areas and this has lead to an increase in tourism and heavy investment has turned this once small fishing village into a fantastic tourist destination.
Today Sabinillas has developed into a charming beachside town and one of the few that has not succumbed to mass tourism and over development. The contrasts can be seen and most appreciated in early morning when the fishermen are pushing out there wooden boats ready to get the catch of the day. Families are out walking along the promenade watching the sun rise and the recently established bars, patisseries and cafes are opening ready to receive locals and tourists meeting for a relaxing day on the expansive beachfront promenades.
The busiest day by far in Sabinillas is Sunday when thousands come to visit the Sunday craft market. This is one of the most popular markets along the coast and definitely one not to be missed.
Sabinillas beach is one of the few beaches in the Costa del Sol to be honoured with the prestigious blue flag beach award. This certifies that as well as exceeding European environmental, health and safety standards the beach also offers the best in facilities and activities. The weekend is when Sabinillas beach really comes to life. The beach volleyball courts and table tennis tables are popular with those keen to show off their skills. Beach lovers and sun worshippers gather in droves to enjoy the ambience and beautiful scenery. Sabinillas beach enjoys a great location, great atmosphere and to add views can stretch from Africa to Marbella making this a stunning destination.


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Noelia: Justice is served
The singer is very happy after a judge rejected the demands of her stepfather, TOPY Mamery, who accused her of defamation
Por People Staff
Updated Junio 18, 2008
Credit: CLASOS/JPISTUDIOS.COM; MEZCALENT.COM
After learning that the she wouldn't have to pay her stepfather, Topy Mamery, for defamation after she accused him of distributing a sex video of her, the singer Noelia said the decision was a blessing from God.
"I hoped that God would have a hand in this ruling, because when the truth is on someone's side, you always have faith that the wrong will be made right," said the Puerto Rican, 30, during a press conference held at her apartment in Brickell, FL.
Last week, a judge in Puerto Rico dismissed the claim brought by the husband of Yolandita Monge, ensuring that there was insufficient evidence to show that the singer of "Candela" and her partner, Jorge Reynoso, acted in bad faith, and added that the case was just family drama that had been made public.
Noelia's stepfather not only denied that he was responsible for exposing the intimate video, in which the singer appeared with her former boyfriend, rapper Jamil, but also demanded a compensation of $ 15 million and accused Jorge Reynoso of having committed the heinous act.


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Q: Click on Imageview inside of TabHost here my code
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            new Intent(v.getContext(),Saved_jobs.class).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP))
            .getDecorView();

    replaceView(view);

I am using this code to open new activity inside of tabHost and open activity perfectly and all control click event working fine
But when i click on imageview then application crashing
Imageview click event code
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            @Override
            public void onClick(final View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                //Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                 AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(RecentlyViewd.this);
                builder.setTitle("Are you sure you want to delete this job?");
               // builder.setMessage("whould You like to save job");
                builder.setPositiveButton("OK",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                      db.DeleteLocation(v.getTag().toString());
                     Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Job Deleted !",10).show();
                     startActivity(new Intent(RecentlyViewd.this,RecentlyViewd.class));
                     finish();
                }
                });
                builder.setNegativeButton("CANCEL", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
                        // Canceled.
                          dialog.cancel();
                      }
                    });
                builder.show();
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01-03 15:54:11.205: E/BinaryDictionaryGetter(1092): Could not find a dictionary pack
01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
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01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771):     at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:224)
01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771):     at android.view.WindowManagerImpl$CompatModeWrapper.addView(WindowManagerImpl.java:149)
01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771):     at android.view.Window$LocalWindowManager.addView(Window.java:547)
01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771):     at android.app.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:277)
01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771):     at android.app.AlertDialog$Builder.show(AlertDialog.java:932)
01-03 15:54:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(2771):     at com.jobDiagnosis.RecentlyViewd$SavedAdapter$1.onClick(RecentlyViewd.java:196)
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SLASH 'Slash' [Release Date 10/05/2010]
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Few artists in rock 'n' roll can carry off a single
name, and carry it with gravitas. That is except Slash. And few guitarists
command as much respect as Slash. So when he started making calls to his
all-star wish list of singers and players he wanted to work with him on his
current album, he didn't hear no. And while Slash has seen overwhelming career
success already, 'Slash', is the artist's first true solo album. He spent nearly
a year at a Hollywood studio where he recorded special sessions with producer
Eric Valentine [whose credits range from Queens of the Stone Age to The
All-American Rejects] and an intense, compact rhythm section of bassist Chris
Chaney [Jane's Addiction] and drummer Josh Freese [most recently of Nine Inch
Nails].
The artists on the album are a bona-fide who's who of
contemporary rock music. Ian Astbury, Lemmy Kilminster, Chris Cornell, Duff
McKagan, Maroon Five's Adam Levine, Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy, Wolfmother's
Andrew Stockdale (on the stunning first single 'By The Sword'), Avenged
Sevenfold's M Shadows and rising-star singer Rocco De Luca. The tracks cover a
wide range: 'Ghost' with Astbury starts the album on a darkly seductive note.
'Beautiful Dangerous' [Fergie full-out] and 'I Hold On' [Kid Rock] push the rock
'n' roll edge. The super drive instrumental 'Watch This' showcases a power trio
workout of Slash, McKagan and Grohl. The sly 'Crucify the Dead' (Ozzy), 'Doctor
Alibi' (Lemmy) and 'We're All Gonna Die' (Iggy) spotlight the unmistakable
personalities and wit of three rock icons. And the tautly romantic 'Gotten'
(Levine) and nearly mystical 'Saint Is a Sinner Too' (De Luca) offer stark
contrasts in moods and shades.
Since emerging into the frontline of iconic rockers
with the late '80s surge of his seminal band Guns 'N' Roses, Slash has been one
of the world's most sought after guitarists. Iconic musicians are often looking
to Slash to add that special touch to recordings. From Michael Jackson ('Black
and White', 'Give In to Me') to Ray Charles to Stevie Wonder, directors Quentin
Tarantino and Darren Aronofsky (core contributions to the soundtrack of 'Jackie
Brown' and the signature sound of the score to 'The Wrestler'), the top figures
in modern music and popular culture have demanded the definitive rock guitarist
of a generation. Critics and fans alike still debate the best rock riffs of all
time with 'Sweet Child O' Mine' consistently taking top honours, while a Time
Magazine survey placed Slash second only to Jimi Hendrix among electric
guitarists.
Slash's history encompasses Guns 'N' Roses, his own
Slash's Snakepit band and two global hit albums anchoring Velvet Revolver in
recent years, but the Slash album will be his first solo effort. The album is
centred around the theme that no matter who is singing, there's an energy,
excitement and, above all, musicality to the guitar playing that elevates and
unifies the music throughout.
The solo album comes on the recent heels of several
other projects such as recording songs with Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones on
his upcoming solo album, writing and performing his first full film score,
sitting in with the Black Eyed Peas in concert, and co-writing his 2007
autobiography Slash. All signs indicate Slash won't be slowing down anytime
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From Planet Rock. Guns N' Roses' 'November Rain' has become the first song from the 1990s to hit one billion views on YouTube. The lavish nine-minute video, which reportedly cost $1.5million to make back in 1992, is also the first music video from the pre-YouTube era and the 20th Century […read more…]
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The project I propose is to get statistics on the alignments of beta sheets in protein structures, for the purpose of predicting 3D protein structure from amino acid sequence. When two adjacent beta strands are aligned into a beta sheet, the probability of the alignment depends on the probabilities that each amino acid from one strand is opposite a particular amino acid type on the adjacent strand. These probabilities were investigated in a paper "Sequence specificity, statistical potentials, and three-dimensional structure prediction with self-correcting distance geometry calculations of beta-sheet formation in proteins" by Zhu and Braun in Protein Science, vol. 8, pp. 326 - 342 (1999) using statistics from 169 proteins known at that time from the Protein Data Bank (PDB), http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do.
The goal of this project is to modernize these statistics using more recent data from the PDB, and also to take into account the four possible orientations of each beta strand, since Zhu and Braun only considered two more general classes of orientations, parallel and anti-parallel. Also, Zhu and Braun calculated the probability of an alignment as a simple product of probabilities of directly and diagonally opposite amino acid types, but more detailed joint distributions could also be considered.


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A Play in Two Parks – 'Love's Labors Lost' a Comic Jewel at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
By Andrea BraunContributing WriterLove's Labor's Lost is a "play" in the strictest sense of the word, and it's fun to watch the characters pontificate, read their letters aloud (even if a couple of them go awry), flirt, and stretch language to illogical limits and syllogistic absurdity.
It's well known in theatre circles that this early work in the Shakespeare canon isn't often performed and conventional wisdom has it that it's simply dated. Its puns and jokes are too much of their own time for contemporary audiences to "get" them. It also could be static considering how much standing and speaking there is if the stage business isn't choreographed to avoid it.
I'm certainly pleased that director Tom Ridgely didn't think in those limited terms. Our new artistic director of the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has given us a comic jewel. I'm not familiar enough with the text to cite specific edits and emendations that may have been made, but I think some are there. It's particularly hard to tell because Ridgely has paced this piece at 11 out of 10, and yet it's wonderfully easy to follow.
The basic story is simple enough. Four young noblemen decide to take an oath to forgo romance for three years to allow time for study and contemplation, and the edict is issued that Navarre shall be singular in its observation of these rules. In a trice, four young women show up. Oops! What now?
The situation is that straightforward, but complicated by politics in that the men are the friends and companions of the King of Navarre (Sky Smith) and the Princess of France (Kea Trevett) representing her ailing father, the King, and her attendants and have come to discuss the disposition of the Aquitaine.
Flirting ensues, complete with the young men playing
dancing Muscovites (you won't believe it until you see it) and the Princess and
her entourage exchanging jewelry to confuse the men about their identities.
There are actually two plays-within-the-play, plus funny moments from the
scholar Holofernes (Carine Montberband) and the curate Nathaniel (Katy Keating)
whose routine reminds me of a Socratic version of "Who's On First."
Early in the action, we meet consummate clown Costard
(Patrick Blindauer) as he's being
berated by the King for illicit relations with the wench Jacquinetta (Molly
Meyer). Costard shows his own facility with language when he tries to get out
of being punished for breaking the new law about congress with a woman, for
which the Spaniard, the haughty and verbose Don Armado (Philip Hernandez), also
in love with Jacquinetta, reports him. And the course is set for merriment
throughout.
The set by Jason Simms is perfect, and contains more
you than you might expect. Melissa Trn's costumes span the ages from the
vaguely Roman slave look sported by Costard, to Armado's bedazzled uniform; the Curate and
Holofernes in Elizabethan dress, the noblewomen in Bennett sisters garb sans
the bonnets, and the men's mostly timeless attire. With John Wylie's lights, it
all combines to create a beautiful show. Rusty Wandall incorporates wandering
minstrels in his sound design, so we're welcomed to the show with "Meet Me in
St. Louis" as we enter, and "Gloria" complete with a Blues flag at curtain call,
and much else throughout. While the actors are mostly excellent, it's Tom
Ridgely's show and he's got a winner.
The Shakespeare Festival runs in Forest Park through June 23 nightly at 8 p.m. except Mondays. Admission is free and festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. with a Green Show and a 25-minute version of the play performed Thursday-Sunday nights at 7:15 by the Shakespeare Squadron.
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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Announces Free Fall Programming
New Urban-Rural Settings for Shakespeare in the Streets
Rehearsals Begin for 'Love's Labors Lost' – Opens May 31 in Forest Park
The nationally-recognized Shakespeare in the Streets program will highlight the stories of not just one community, but two – Normandy, Missouri and Brussels, Illinois — for Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' first urban-rural exchange Sept. 12-14. The performances will be inspired by the Bard's play, "As You Like It."
Audiences will choose whether to start in Normandy or Brussels — 45 minutes from one another — where Act One will begin at the same time in both locations. Act Two will take place on busses that transport the audience members to the banks of the Mississippi River. The final act will occur on the water between Missouri and Illinois where the actors will unite to share not only the same space but also the same story. Partners include Beyond Housing, the Normandy Schools Collaborative and Brussels High School. Event locations, casting and creative information will be released in July.
In October, the Festival will unveil Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's 1957 12-part suite titled, "Such Sweet Thunder," an extraordinary but long-forgotten piece of work inspired by different Shakespearean characters. In 1960, French choreographer Maurice Béjart used it as the score for an avant-garde ballet. The work will be revived in partnership with Jazz St. Louis to reconstruct the score, Big Muddy Dance Company to create new choreography, and the Festival, which will weave the pieces together with Shakespearean scenes and sonnets. A fourth partner, Nine Network, will host the resulting three free performances Oct. 3-5 in its Public Media Commons. Additional details will be released in late summer.
'Love's Labors Lost' – May 31 through June 23
The Bard's comedic take on love and courtship will resonate throughout Shakespeare Glen when the Princess of France (Kea Trevett) and her ladies arrive in the King of Navarre's (Sky Smith) royal forest during Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' production of "Love's Labors Lost," May 31 through June 23, in Forest Park. Performances are nightly, excluding Tuesdays, and begin at 8 p.m. Preview performances are scheduled May 29-30.
Highlights of this lyrical comedic production include original music composed by St. Louis-based Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra, a diverse cast under the direction of the festival's Executive Producer Tom Ridgely, and a forested set that blurs that line between stage and park.
"Love's Labors Lost" features Shakespeare's largest cast of comic characters, including four sets of lovers, and is the only one of his plays set in a park. The story revolves around the princess and her ladies who arrive on a diplomatic mission to Navarre, only to be met by the young king and his lords who have taken a vow not to see women. Affairs of state give way to affairs of the heart as Shakespeare reveals with great humor and compassion the way our culture sometimes doesn't fully prepare us for the realities of love and intimacy.
"I think Love's Labors Lost asks the question of what happens when the ideas of love that young people absorb from their culture have totally unprepared them for what it's like to actually be in a relationship with another human being," Ridgely said. "The Bard's advice to young lovers, I think, is how grand gestures don't always pan out. Nor do disguises. He's asking them to be curious, to get to know the actual person."
The nightly Green Show will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature local musicians, family art activities and roving performers. Free backstage tours will begin at 6:30 p.m. in front of the main stage. A 20-minute mini-play of "Love's Labors Lost" will be performed Friday through Sunday by the Festival's advanced teen ensemble, the Shakespeare Squadron.
Open lawn seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Premium seating, priced at $10 and $20, can be reserved online beginning Wed., May 1, at www.sfstl.com until noon the day of the show, or purchased after 5:30 p.m. in the Glen. Festival souvenir picnic blankets, comfortable for two and pre-set in the blanket seating area, are also available for $40.
Picnic fare, including sandwiches, snacks, beer, wine, soda, and water are available for purchase, provided by the Saint Louis Zoo. Audiences will be able to purchase Schlafly's signature craft beer, available exclusively at the production in Forest Park. Cash, debit, and credit cards are accepted in Shakespeare Glen.
Four performances – June 4, 6, 13 and 20 – will be American Sign Language interpreted, thanks to support from Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Mind's Eye Radio will also audio describe a performance for the visually impaired.
For a full cast and creative team list, please visit www.sfstl.com.
About Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents Shakespeare and works inspired by his legacy of storytelling. Since 2001, the festival has grown from producing a single production of Shakespeare in the Park to a year-round season of impactful theater in exciting and accessible venues throughout the St. Louis community. The festival's artistic and education programs reached over 50,000 patrons and students during the 2018 season and have reached over one million since 2001. In 2019, the Festival was recognized as a "What's Right with the Region" finalist by Focus St. Louis. Leadership support for Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' 2019 season is provided by the Whitaker Foundation. The festival is also funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Council, the Regional Arts Commission, and the Arts & Education Council of Greater St. Louis. For more information, please visit www.sfstl.com, or call 314-531-9800. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shakesfestSTL Twitter: @shakesfestSTL Instagram: ShakesfestSTL Snapchat: shakesfestSTL
Veteran Performers Among Cast for 'Love's Labors Lost' at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
Veteran performer Philip Hernández, the only actor in Broadway history to play both Valjean and Javert in "Les Misérables," will headline the 2019 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis production of "Love's Labors Lost," May 31 through June 23, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Preview performances are scheduled May 29-30. Performances are held nightly, excluding Mondays, and begin at 8 p.m.
Philip Hernandez
Hernández will portray Don Adriano de Armado, the lovelorn soldier considered to be one of Shakespeare's finest comic creations. The actor made his Broadway debut in the Original Cast of the Tony Award-winning "Kiss of the Spider Woman," directed by Harold Prince, and created the role of Reverend Gonzalez opposite Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades in the Original Broadway Cast of Paul Simon's "The Capeman." TV credits include roles on "Nurse Jackie," "Mysteries of Laura," "Law and Order" and "Ugly Betty," among others.
Joining Hernández in the Festival production are Bradley James Tejeda (Duc de Biron), a native of San Antonio, Texas, and a recent graduate of the Yale School of Drama, as well as New Yorkers Kea Trevett (Princess of France) and Sky Smith (King of Navarre), both emerging stars within the Shakespeare theater circle. Trevett has appeared on stages nationally with the Classic Stage Company and the Roundabout, as well as internationally in "Antigone" (Africa Tour). Her TV and film credits include "Fosse/Verdon" (FX), "Milkwater" and "The Kindergarten Teacher." Smith's most recent credits include "Twelfth Night" (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival) and "Love's Labours Lost"* (The Acting Co.).
Kea Trevett
Festival veterans include Patrick Blindauer (Costard), who appeared in 2018's "Romeo & Juliet"; Katy Keating (Nathaniel), most recently seen with the Festival in "Into the Breeches!" and "Blow, Winds"; and Michael James Reed (Forester/Marcadé), marking his seventh park appearance.
Other area performers making their Festival debut include Jeffery Cummings (Boyet); Carl Howell (Dull), returning to St. Louis after appearing regionally at the Repertory Theater; Carine Montbertrand (Holofernes), most recently of Titan Theatre at Queens Theatre; Naima Randolph (Moth), an alumni of the Festival's Shakespeare Squadron and Camp Shakespeare programs; Laura Sohn (Rosaline), a graduate of Rutgers University; Molly Meyer (Jaquenetta); and Sam Jones (Longueville). Also joining the cast are Webster University Conservatory graduates Vivienne Claire Luthin (Maria) and Kiah McKirnan (Catherine), and current student Riz Moe (DuMaine).
Tom Ridgely, executive producer of the Festival, will direct the production, his first since taking the helm of the organization last spring. This marks the company's 19th season of free, outdoor, professional theater in the park.
Creative team members include Jason Simms (Set Design) of New York; Melissa Trn (Costumes), a former St. Louisan currently living in Los Angeles; and John Wylie (Lighting) and Rusty Wandall (Sound). This marks Wylie's sixth season with the Festival, and Wandall's eighth.
*A note on the title, "Love's Labors Lost":
Spelling and punctuation in early modern English weren't nearly as regularized as they are today. Shakespeare famously never even spelled his own name the same way twice. Similarly, the first quarto of this play is titled "Loues labors lost"; the first folio has it as "Loues Labour's Lost"; and, the second folio, "Loues Labours Lost." Given the lack of certainty about what exactly Shakespeare intended, there are various schools of thought on how best to render those three words in modern English. Since the British "u" in "labour" was optional even in Shakespeare's day, the Festival has opted for the more familiar American spelling. In addition, since the title contains an allusion to the Labors of Hercules, which are referred to often, along with the work of Cupid (aka Love), the Festival opted for the plural over the contraction — hence, "Love's Labors Lost."
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents Shakespeare and works inspired by his legacy of storytelling. Since 2001, the festival has grown from producing a single production of Shakespeare in the Park to a year-round season of impactful theater in exciting and accessible venues throughout the St. Louis community. The festival's artistic and education programs reached over 50,000 patrons and students during the 2018 season and have reached over one million since 2001. Leadership support for Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' 2019 season is provided by the Whitaker Foundation. The festival is also funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Council, the Regional Arts Commission, and the Arts & Education Council of Greater St. Louis. For more information, please visit www.sfstl.com, or call 314-531-9800.


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It is nice to see you back to blogging again. Hopefully we will get to read your articles more frequently now. You have several fans who look forward to your writeups, as you are already aware.
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Travel north from I-96 to High Street. Turn right on High Street until you reach the parish.


So you want your bathroom to look different. You want to create a kind of feel for your bathroom that transports you into a different zone when you go there. Here are a few ideas to create a very different look, with very little expense, little effort and pretty much no hardware or workers of any kind needed!
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A different towel stand is another thing that can give your bathroom a different look really quickly. One of the easiest things to do is to get a freestanding towel stand. Alternately, you can have one that's attached to the wall, but for that may actually require a screw driver and screws!
Nothing changes the look of your bathroom quite as much as those towels. Get some really nice brand new ones – splurge a little here! They not only look beautiful, but are put to good use every day. Nothing makes one feel pampered like using a plush, soft, towel when one steps out of the bath!
And remember to jazz up the look of the towels with something as simple as a small flower accenting them.
There are plenty of other ideas you can come up with along these lines – things that are easy to do, quite cheap to implement, and take very little time. So make those small changes in your bathroom right away!
Let's face it. The bathroom is one of the most important rooms in your home. You use it first thing in the morning, so it kind of sets the tone for the whole day. You also use it last thing at night, so it also sets the tone for the night!
The point basically is that you want your bathroom to look exclusive. In fact, many of the higher end houses look that way largely due to how their bathrooms are decorated. So, regardless of how large or small your home is, why not make the bathroom a place you will love to be in?


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"In Miami, Last Winter" by James Kaplan
By Steven Schwartz
Featured Art: Untitled (Seascape with Houses on Beach) by Unknown
I was worried. Thirty years had passed since I looked at the story. Every writer has a list of stories he carries around in his head, if only he were to put together that anthology of personally selected hits. To go back and pick one . . . well, a lot rested on it.
"In Miami, Last Winter," by James Kaplan, was first published in Esquire in 1977. I came across it then—at twenty-six years old—and then again the following year when it was anthologized in Best American Short Stories 1978. The second—and last time—I read it I admired it even more, a sure test of a story's staying power. You know the plot, you know the characters' dilemmas, you know the story's stakes, yet you're still dazzled by its force to catch you up in its immediacy. Indeed every story works toward establishing a renewable present: the ability to make the reader experience its effects anew. In short, you fall helplessly under its spell once more.
Paul Stein, fifteen, the narrator, begins his account of an adolescent obsession with chess by introducing us to sixteen-year-old Harry Urbanic: "The first time I saw Harry Urbanic, he was hustling chess for quarters, standing with his arms spread, and his hands on the table at the corners of the board, his head flicking back and forth like a serpent about to strike." It's hard to pass up a first line like that. The lever yanks down, the stadium lights go on, the noise erupts, game on: literally in this case. Harry Urbanic (later we will learn that he is vaguely of Eastern European descent, from behind "the Iron Curtain" and has no parents to speak of) bangs down his chest pieces, playing multiple players "for quarters." The story takes place before the triumph of machine over grandmaster, Deep Blue over Garry Kasparov in 1997, when the human brain was still king of the endgame. It's replete with the towering names and historic moves of chess lore; the stale smells of cigarette smoke, too much coffee, and jittery adolescent boys pushing down the plungers on their clocks; and the game's argot for winners and mostly losers: fish, patzer.
Paul's childhood friend Artie first teaches him chess, and Paul soon dispatches him as an unworthy opponent, moving on to other conquests, the young and old who haunt the tournament halls. His reputation rises until he becomes a metropolitan champion. But then his downfall: he meets Irving Weinfeld, sixty years old, a "master past his prime," now "fat, old, and bald" and "such an ugly old man." Paul, distracted by the man's wretched condition, sees in him his own unhappy future, bereft of true human connection. He loses the match and gives up chess. But years later in college, he walks by the House of Chess and notices that Harry Urbanic is scheduled to challenge fifty players simultaneously.
If the story followed the true pattern of the quest narrative, Paul would make his comeback, and in a battle royal overcome the mythic Harry Urbanic (who also plays checkers, poker, golf, and bridge for money and always wins). But that's the movie version. The literary one is decidedly less triumphant. Paul loses. Afterward, in a coffee shop nearby, Harry informs Paul that the three ties—the "draws"—he could have also won, as he did all the other forty-seven games.
"You don't mean to say you drew on purpose?" Paul says.
"Yeah, well, I can't win 'em all—doesn't look right."
More crushing, Paul learns that Harry was "carrying him" faking any significant opposition, and then Harry drops the hammer: "Listen pal, let me save you a lot of grief. You don't have it. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough."
A great short story has to rattle on the page. From its opening sentence it has to visibly shake the house; it has to bring all its emotions to the fore without a drop of fat; it has to pay off the promise of its opening gambit: in this case that Harry Urbanic will change the narrator's life and do so without contrivance, sentimentality, predictability, or cheating. No tricks, as Raymond Carver once said. It also has to have a touch of the mythic and a good dose of the mysterious—we never learn the true meaning of the title. After wiping out Paul's illusions about finding his identity and salvation in chess, Harry tells him: "Miami. You would not fucking believe what happened in Miami last wintuh." We don't know what happened in Miami "last wintuh." We only know it matters in some profound coded way for Paul, and that he will have to become a full human being, no shortcuts. Once again, I was enthralled to find out how he would get there.
Steven Schwartz is the author of four books, including the novels Therapy and A Good Doctor's Son. His fiction has received the Nelson Algren Award, the Colorado Book Award, and Sherwood Anderson Price, and two O. Henry Awards. He teaches creative writing at Colorado State University and in the Warren Wilson MFA Program.
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Ipswich: More people are spending longer in A&E says Labour - but hospitals say they are busier than ever
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An opposition taskforce has said figures published by the NHS show there are now more people spending longer in A&E departments than when the party was last in office.
But Ipswich MP Ben Gummer defended the government, saying the country's hospitals are now treating more people than ever.
The Labour Southern Taskforce has used NHS statistics on the time patients spent in A&E for major injuries or illnesses to show a rise in the percentage of people spending more than four hours there.
The figures for Ipswich Hospital show 3,258 patients were not seen within this target time in the 2013/14 financial year, a 2.2 percentage point rise from 1,089 in 2009/10, which was the year Labour left office.
The taskforce said there was "a crisis in our NHS" and that "in the last year, almost a million people have waited more than four hours to be seen at Accident and Emergency departments".
They also called the figures a "damming addition to this Government's already poor record on the NHS".
But Conservative MP Ben Gummer, who represents Ipswich, said the town's hospital was performing well.
"Let's get the facts straight first of all. We are treating more people in the NHS than ever before," Mr Gummer said.
"There are fewer people going over waiting time targets than when we took office so the NHS in Ipswich is working incredibly hard and are producing ever better results.
"The long and short of it is that at the last election we were the only party to promise to put more money into the NHS.
"We have delivered on that promise and that is why not only are we treating more people but we have seen specialist services come back to Ipswich Hospital like the heart unit which I and the East Anglian Daily Times and patients had campaigned so hard for."
A spokesman for Ipswich Hospital said: "Our emergency department has seen an unprecedented number of people this year.
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A Fabulous Finish to Year 2's Ocean topic….
Class 2B held their final lower school assembly on Wednesday 14th June. It was a musical performed as part of their Fantastic Finish to the topic of Oceans and Seas. The story was about Stella the Starfish who had lost her family and the general theme of the production was friendship between the sea creatures, as they all helped Stella to find her family again.
The children all rose to the occasion and although it was done under the guise of an assembly, it was a brilliant production for the children to do as they begin to think about leaving Lower School and starting Upper School. There were some lovely soloists and enthusiastic chorus singing, as well as a very floaty seaweed dance.
The pirate ship was used from a previous year's assembly, and the backing screens have been used many times, so it was quite a recycling production too – pride of place has to be given to Mrs Chippendale's amazing aquarium from a recycled box and Mrs Hopkins' hand drawn and painted pebbles as a background!


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Wishing you a magical 2018… May your year be one of joy, good health, prosperity, love and peace.
2017 saw The Grace project shared far and wide and as a result touched many lives. Some of the highlights included a collaboration with Cincinnati University Hospital which resulted in a stunning exhibition at Miller Gallery in Cincinnati. Immediately after that we had a gorgeous exhibit at Outnumbered Gallery in Colorado.
In June, the Grace project was exhibited at the FORCE conference which was held in Orlando, during which time I photographed the largest amount of women in the shortest amount of time that I'd ever experienced. 36 in only two days!! What a whirlwind that was! I converted my hotel into a mini studio… and Goddesses showed up at my door every 30 minutes! I also got my hand slapped by the concierge at the hotel as I got caught sneaking out to the gorgeous landscaping of the hotel that I was staying at where I attempted to create some epic outdoor mastectomy shots before I got ratted out by tourists.
In September were invited to exhibit at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Colorado.
In 2017 I photographed well over 100 women (and a few men) for the Grace project. That is mor than 100 people that got to have the empowering and liberating experience of participating in a Grace project photo shoot (the shoots really do have their own magic) and more than 100 closer to our goal of photographing 800 which is the approximate number of new breast cancer diagnosis in the United States every day.
I am so grateful to every person who supported us in 2017. Whether it was with financial support, volunteering at our events, participating in the project, sharing our posts, giving Joules and I a couch to sleep on or a guest room to crash in on our travels, or those who took us out for a food or made us a home cooked meal (or margarita) while we were on the road… I thank you ALL sincerely. Can you feel the love?
We are looking forward to exciting things for 2018. There will be further exhibitions and also the first edition Grace project book is in the works!
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Gladys Mitchell (1901-1983) was an English author of mystery novels and children's books. She also wrote historical fiction as Stephen Hockaby. She is best known for her Mrs. Bradley mystery series. Gladys attended Goldsmiths College and University College, London. She taught English, history and games at St. Paul's School, Brentford and then at St. Anne's Senior Girls School. Gladys began to write novels in the mid-1920s, and continued to teach at various schools until 1961. She earned the CWA Silver Dagger Award in 1976.
Notes: Death at The Opera was published in the U.S. as Death in the Wet. Groaning Spinney was also titled Murder in the Snow.
The Timothy Herring series was written as Malcolm Torrie.
The standalone titles Marsh Hay, Seven Stars and Orion, Gabriel's Hold, Outlaws of the Border, Shallow Brown, and Grand Master were written under the pen name of Stephen Hockaby.
Gladys Mitchell Synopsis: A Speedy Death is the first book in the Mrs. Bradley series by Gladys Mitchell. Guests are set to dine at Alastair Bing's elegant country manor, but only one guest – a murderer – is aware of the dead body in an upstairs bathtub. With renowned explorer Mr. Everard Mountjoy noticeably missing from the dining table, the rest of the party searches for him, and soon discovers the explorer's drowned corpse. The murder is mystifying, not in the least because what is in the tub is the body of a woman! As danger and theories unravel, psychoanalyst Mrs. Beatrice Lestrange Bradley observes and interprets all, from shrieks in the night to drowning attempts to poisoning. It's clear that Mrs. Bradley has a keen eye for detail. But can she find a motive for murder?


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In January, the Internal Revenue Service reopened the offshore voluntary disclosure program to help people hiding offshore accounts get current with their taxes. Although details of the 2012 program were not immediately available, the parameters will likely be very similar to the 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative ("OVDI"). While 2011 OVDI Program seemed straight-forward, it turned out it was anything but straight-forward.
US tax citizens or residents must file a "FBAR" (a "Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts") annually, provided the US citizen or tax resident has over $10,000 in financial account(s) which are not located in the United States. The term financial account is broadly defined and includes any bank, securities derivatives, or other financial instrument accounts. It also includes any savings, demand, checking, deposit, or other account maintained with a financial institution in addition to certain annuity and life insurance contracts, commodities and precious metals and safe deposit accounts. The FBAR is filed on a US Treasury Form TD F 90-22.1. The FBAR is filed with the US Department of Treasury by June 30 of the year after the US citizen or resident had a non-US account. The FBAR requirement has been in existence since 2003.
Although the IRS has yet to provide details, it's a fairly safe assumption that the 2012 will look very similar to the 2011 OVDI Program. So, for taxpayers who went through the 2011 OVDI Program, what were the penalties?
The general penalty for a "non-willful" failure to file a FBAR for a given year is $10,000 per year.
If the taxpayers didn't come forward, when the IRS discovered their offshore activities, and the IRS deemed the failure to file "willful", they would face up to $4,543,000 in tax, accuracy-related penalty, and FBAR penalty. The taxpayers would also be liable for interest and possibly additional penalties, and an examination could lead to criminal prosecution.
So, if the IRS deemed the failure to file a FBAR was willful in this case, the IRS could impose a penalty of $4,543,000, even though the taxpayer's account was only as high as $1,400,000 (i.e., the penalty is 3 times higher than the highest overseas aggregate account value)!!!
We discuss what constitutes a willful failure to file, and what the 2012 amnesty program offers taxpayers, in future posts. But the key take-away for US citizen/residents with foreign bank accounts is: you better participate in the 2012 amnesty program, because the possible penalties for not filing FBARs are huge.


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