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Financial Provision Claims
In certain circumstances, it is possible to claim that a deceased person's estate does not make reasonable provision for everyone it should. These claims are made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
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Caellum Matthews/Jamie Madrox ( caelrox) wrote,
@ 2012-09-18 16:38:00
Player Info;
Name/Handle: Chris
Are you 18 or over?: Yep.
Character Info;
Alter's source work, author and character: Marvel Comics, Len Wein, with Chris Claremont and John Buscema, Jamie Madrox (Multiple Man)
Character Journal name: caelrox
Character Name: Caellum Marcus Matthews
Character Age: 21
Character Played By: Jamie Campbell Bower, http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtEav4Uqz5M0deqa9hwopqXRMEcbV402QxIYQJkAtHWjGIJHVn
Alter Played By: Josh Duhamel, http://www.mastcelebs.net/upload/Josh-Duhamel-4.jpg
Character History and Personality:
If anyone asks Caellum about where he is from, he shrugs. He is not from a wealthy family. His father left when he was four, and his presence became less and less after his remarriage to a girl from Arkansas, or maybe it was Missouri. Caellum was born in California to John and Marley Matthews, and while his father was working, the family had done rather well. It was short lived. When his father lost his job, and the finances took a hit, so did his parent's relationship. Marley took her son and his sister back to her hometown in Wisconsin for a few years. They migrated with one of her boyfriends to Chicago, and ended up in Oklahoma with another step-father with no job.
Caellum went to school, took care of his sister Brennen from Dad #2, and worked at whatever job would pay him the most money. In spite of the family finances, Caellum had a decent social life. He was quick with a smile and a joke, could charm a rock into dancing, and loved music. In Oklahoma, he worked for a local music store. They specialized in local bands, giving them a platform to display their work. He became enamored with the guitar, playing the ones on display for hours, telling his boss that he could give customers a better show if he could actually get a few chords down. To his delight, a year later, a customer traded a guitar in for a new model, and Cael received it as his Christmas bonus. The Fender Blacktop Stratocaster is the best present he has ever received.
Leaving Oklahoma at 16 with his mother, he ended up in Portland, Oregon. Michael, Dad #2, had received a promotion, and they were moving again. Cael sat in the back seat, picking at the strings, trying to ignore his step father's comments on actually learning to play. On arrival, his mother signed him up for music lessons three days a week, as long as he kept up his grades in school.
At John Marshall High School, he met his bandmates. Domino Effect was born. Caellum wanted nothing more that to see the band succeed. He quit working, much to his family's chagrin. He spent hours in the garage with his bandmates, often left with bleeding fingers. Pure tenacity and love of music kept them going night after night, and kept Caellum at school during the day. They recorded their own demo in the same garage and hand carried it to anyone who would listen. Several clubs were interested but the boys were underage. Caellum was hurt that they would have to wait for a break, but they were close to graduation at that time.
After graduation, several band mates left for college. Cael had barely passed, making college options few and far between. He could have done better, but he wasn't sure that life was for him. It was the first time that he actually had to face choices that were more difficult to make, and for a few months, he was a bit lost. He wanted to play, to have his band back, and there didn't seem to be a future left. Lurking around small club shows, he did make a few friends from Train Wreck, a local band seeking a guitarist. They weren't great, but managed a few bookings on the Portland scene. After a year and another round of self-promotions, the band was offered a gig at a club in Las Vegas.
In spite of all the erratic moves, his mother's life choices, and his own responsibilities, Caellum has a humorous approach to life. He's learned to adapt quickly, instead of sinking into depression over losing another group of friends. He does tend to remain somewhat aloof in his approach to people, with the exception of his band. He is also never quite settled, not really collecting possessions except clothes, guitar, and car. He actually enjoys the ability to come and go as he pleases, move on a whim, and start new things.
Cael has always loved the nightlife. In every city it was the same. He loved to be out there, in the thick of the experience, meeting people. While he did hold a job, most were in the afternoon as it accommodated his philosophy of sleeping till noon or later. School had been a comedy of errors trying to get him up for his first period class. On several occasions, he showed up still drunk, or high, looking like he just rolled out of bed, and managed to convince his teachers that he has been truly working way too hard to support his mother. While he was also disciplined on several occasions, he always avoided expulsion, to the point that it was a game for him. Once school ended, this became a pattern - sleeping late, working, playing his guitar, and partying all night. Las Vegas is the perfect place, one he calls home.
Ever adventurous, Cael will try anything. He loves dares. His mother had cautioned that those dares would kill him one day, not that he paid attention. His range extends from recreational drug use to skydiving, bungee jumping, or walking naked down the strip. He does draw the line at violence towards others, aside from the occasional club fight, but there are few exceptions otherwise.
When asked about a perfect evening for a short article on the band, he offered the following. "All I really want to do it grab a bottle, take it out to the desert with my friends, and play music all night. That's a perfect night, just playing under the stars."
Cael does have a job in Las Vegas busing tables at a restaurant. It isn't much, but it pays the bills that low paying gigs don't. One night, he was cleaning up a huge mess, swearing when he dropped a plate. He heard a voice in his head, or rather a laugh. He was quick to blame the marijuana that he smoked while on break, but he knew that wasn't quite it. He was further disturbed when the voice seemed to pop up on a date, causing him to actually cut it short and return home. He received his journal the next day. His reaction, "Fuck yeah!"
James Arthur Madrox was born in New Mexico to Dr. Daniel and Joan Madrox. Living near Los Alamos, suspected radiation had left Jamie with an unusual ability. In the delivery room, Jamie was spanked lightly, encouraged to cry, when a second baby appeared, an exact duplicate of the first, followed by another. Dr. Charles Xavier encouraged the family to move to Kansas, and raise Jamie in privacy. They did just that, homeschooling him, giving him work around the farm. His father even created a suit that would absorb the kinetic energy that was the source of Jamie's ability.
At fifteen, Jamie's parents were killed in a freak tornado accident. The accident may have been caused by researcher Damian Tryp, who discovered Jamie to be a changeling, a predecessor to a mutant. After the accident, Jamie continued at the farm until he was 16. His suit had been damaged and he was using his duplicates to help him with the chores. He decided to move on, ending up in New York City.
After a few run-ins with the law due to his 'dupes' actions, he was reacquainted with Dr. Xavier who moved him to Muir Island to help in a research lab. The island was later destroyed by the Shadow King, but Madrox was asked to join the X-Factor. During his time with the team, Jamie was a prankster, finally finding a home with people who had unusual abilities. Jamie was really excited about the opportunity, although some of the adventures that followed left him drained, and near death.
Jamie, as Prime, has a pretty unusual ability, even considering most mutants or changelings. He can produce independently thinking and feeling duplicates of himself. Upon completion of the task, they are reabsorbed by Prime, who also gains the knowledge, and emotion that the dupe has acquired. His 'dupes' usually behave themselves, taking bits of Prime's personality with them. However, the longer they are in the world, the more they wish to break free, unwilling to be absorbed back into Prime. He did send several of these duplicates into the world, allowing them to lead lives and gain knowledge. This is the case with John Maddox, a Prime dupe who has carved out a life for himself, including children. He is the one that Jamie allowed to stay on the outside. Absorption does cause him some issues, as he often ends up as a multiple personality before pulling himself back together.
After the fall of the X Corporation, Jamie began X-Factor investigations. In the course of events, he discovered that Siryn, a woman he had met back on Muir Island was pregnant. She later had a son, Sean. Jamie's happiest and saddest moment occurs the first time he holds his son. As he ruffles the boy's hair, he is absorbed by Prime. Realizing that the boy was fathered by a dupe, which made him an infant dupe, Jamie is devastated. He considers suicide, but is prevented by a hologram of Layla Miller, taking Jamie into the future.
Following the death of his son, Sean, Jamie has continues to serve with the X-Men, tasked out on several missions by Cyclops. He does believe that there are still renegade duplicates out there, but unless they interfere, he does not feel that hunting them would be as productive.
Journal/Key: Jamie's journal is blue with a gold shield. On the face is a large key pointing upward. A ring dangles from it with several smaller keys, signifying Prime and his dupes. His actual key is the same as the one found on the face of his journal. It is fancy and yet of common design.
Storylines;
Open: Siryn - Jamie's one time lover and mother of his child. There are a lot of feelings here that could certainly come into play.
Open: John Maddox - an Episcopal priest with a wife and family. He does come into the books now and then as the only duplicate Jamie will not reabsorb.
Open: Renegade Dupes - What great fun that would be!!!!!!!
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2014-01-16 03:48 am UTC (link)
Definitely. He is bouncy one, but it's cute at the same time.
He's done most things that he can snort or smoke. Cocaine is his drug of choice, like he needs more energy, but he has been good, trying to be more serious, keep the party life to a minimum, etc. He can definitely get into more trouble.
We can log them if you want. I can do GDocs or on the comm, whichever works!
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They both are, hehe!
She's only ever smoked pot, never been interested in the rest. But they can mellow out one night (or however it's said, right? ;) )
Sure! I'm up for either.
2014-01-18 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Si, si.
Sorry, work is crazy. Stupid need to pay bills. Yuck.
Setting up thread. Along with playing catch up. LOL! - I'm working later but will be back tonight. :D
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As part of tradition, Orchid pays homage to the rich treasure trove of fine arts on the occasion of Founder's day. This evening was therefore dedicated to great artists of the past and present. The performances were created in a manner that brings to life all these artists and at the same time provides a great platform to all our superbly talented students to display their talent to the audience. The evening began student-narrators welcoming the audience and then inviting the melodious young voices of the students with the Indian Classical vocals. Their foot-tapping rendition of 'Rang na Daro' to a fusion of percussion instruments set the mood for the evening. This was followed by a graceful performance of Bharat Natyam by our students which garnered great applause. The performance was seamlessly fused to introduce another style of dance, that of Ballet, to the audience. Our talented young ballerinas have definitely stolen the hearts of many with their lithe and elegant movements. This merged into the more Contemporary style of dance as a tribute to Shri Uday Shankar. The dancers caused the audience to gasp in excitement at every lift and fall while they moved gracefully across the stage to the music. Then ensued a most rhythmic performance by our young tabla players and as they played, we experienced not only great music but also the passion that was evident on their beaming faces. By then we had welcomed into the audience none other than Shri Taufiq Qureshi with his son Shri Shikhar Naad. It then seemed most natural to ask them to share a few words about their passion for the art, their revered guru and father and grandfather Ustaad Alla Rakha and glimpses of their life experiences. An already delighted audience then got to witness the Choir pay tribute to A. R Rahman and some of his compositions. The beautiful voices, the outstanding key board solo and the amazing band made the performance most enchanting. The last performances were those of the junior and senior percussion groups. It would be a gross understatement here to say that it was anything short of brilliant. Seeing Taufiq Qureshi and Shikhar Naad tap their fingers and nod their heads in sync with the music was acknowledgement enough to these children, and a standing ovation from the audience sealed it.
None of us were prepared for what was to happen next. The students were successful in coaxing Qureshi ji, Shikhar ji, Swaminathan ji and Sukanya ji to come up on stage and perform with them! The next 15 minutes was pure happiness as music filled the air with their jugal-bandi and our students joined in the rhythm. As this impromptu and brief, yet amazing performance came to an end, it took some time for the crowd to settle down. What else could one expect after such an experience! Our students then took the stage again to perform the finale, a beautiful piece titled 'African Fantasy' as all 150 odd student-performers of the night gathered up on stage to take a bow and bid adieu to the audience. While our students who were in complete awe of the performers crowded around Qureshi ji and the others, Lakshmi di and Shilpa di played guards and whisked them away as the crowd kept longing for more with bright smiles across every single face. We all take back these memories to cherish forever. The excitement of what is yet to come over the next two days knows no bounds!


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1. The biggest problem it solves is that patches submitted to drupal.org were accidentally including things that they never should have included (like people's settings.php files) We just don't need that information, thank you very much.
This is a strawman argument since that file isn't included in git anyway. We don't include .patch and .orig and .rej files in the gitignore even through those are as likely to be included in a patch to d.o as a settings.php.
2. Simply change the .gitignore and commit the change. You won't be pushing it up to 7.x right?
This also goes around the very thing its supposed to prevent. If 1 of the goals is to prevent chagnes to settings.php from making their way in to patches (when the file isn't even versioned) aren't we going to end up seeing patches to d.o with hunks from .gitignore?
On #2, gitignore hunks in patches, it does depend on how you make patches. If you make patches against your local tracking branch then no, it will work fine. If you make patches against the remote branch, then yes, you'll have the problem you suggest.
Perhaps .patch and .orig files and such should be included in the .gitignore. However, they're almost always in the untracked files, so less likely to be a problem. The problem is when settings.php is tracked.
1) Since I believe that an additional .gitignore will become sort of a standard, it would be a good idea to also set a standard in terms of "common filename". Therefore, changing project.gitignore into .gitignore.custom in this (and potentially all other copies of this) wonderful tutorial would be lovely.
2) Although possibly going into extremes, it's not clear to me whether one could have both an additional global core.excludesfile, in addition to one a per project.
3) Will you also publish/move these tutorials on d.o at some point? Obviously, I'd want to read them on your blog first, but middle-term, we should try hard to collect these tidbits in d.o handbooks.
P.S.: After preview, the submit+preview buttons appear at the very very very bottom of the screen/form.
#1 Done - works for me.
#2, Yes, you can have a global and also a project core.excludesfiles. I like it, because so many files just should never show up in my index. I use Eclipse, and never want any of its meta files to accidentally show up as untracked or in the index. So global is a great place.
#3, I agree very strongly, and try to get information like this into the d.o handbook. There are at least a couple reasons they start here. First, nobody would ever notice if I dropped them into the handbook. Second, I'm often spouting my own opinion here in order to see what the community will think of it. It's often too soon to try to promote "best practices". For example, almost all I wrote about rebasing turned out to be more than most people need. I'll need to write some more basic practices. And the great git docs team did in fact winnow down some of the more complex practices I was promoting.
All of your posts about git are highly interesting to me. Digging further on the net, it seemed that many (non-Drupal) git users agree with your best practices on rebasing. That has been very valuable input.
But yes, at the same time, git noobs like me get slighlty confused and worried about whether they're merging public/remote branches correctly, whether (default?) squash merges are correct, or whether patches should not rather be committed separately to every other remote branch (related to that strange fast-forward thing?), aso... Losing or properly maintaining log/change history is what concerns me most.


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Eurovision Memories, Riverdance and Måns Zelmerlöw
Following on from my last post when I wrote about the sad passing of Sir Terry Wogan, I feel I can't end that thread until I have mentioned The Eurovision Song Contest. Love it or loathe it, the contest is a big fixture in television's annual calendar and is watched by, wait for it…… up to 600 million people worldwide!
Terry presided over the television commentary of the contest from 1980 until 2008 after which he hung up his headphones, making way for another witty Irishman, Graham Norton. During his years at the helm, Terry's commentary was far more of a draw for viewers than the contest, or nonsense as he called it. Who can forget all the "eejit" on-stage hosts we had to endure, and his observation that the Danish pair in 2001 looked like "Doctor Death and the Tooth Fairy".
My first memories of Eurovision were from 1967 when a barefoot Sandie Shaw won for the UK with Puppet On A String. I have mentioned my "anorak" tendencies before in this blog and The Eurovision Song Contest is a dream for people like me – Endless possibilities when it comes to stats, lists and databases. Who won in which year; where the contest was held; which artist represented each country and so it goes on…
Anyway, in 1967 when I was still only 6 years old I remember using a little blue Silvine notebook to record my family's verdict on the songs which had made the shortlist as potential contenders for our entry to that year's contest. I can't remember if as a family we did pick Puppet On A String but I do remember that we all had to give each song points out of 10 and I was savvy enough to realise that if I started with a lowish score of 5 out of 10 there would be room for manoeuvre. I also can't remember if we actually sent in our verdict on a postcard (or if you couldn't afford one of those a stuck down envelope), but for me, it was the start of a long love affair with all things Eurovision. As the years went by I became an even bigger fan of the contest and when colour came to our television screens things just got better and better.
Sadly when my teens and twenties came along, and I found myself a social life, Eurovision lost out as I tended to be out on a Saturday night but it would have been impossible to miss the fact that we won again in 1976 with Brotherhood of Man's Save Your Kisses for Me, and soon after in 1981, with Bucks Fizz and Making Your Mind Up.
The contest at this time was entering a fallow period and it was definitely not cool to admit to being a fan. Terry's commentary continued to amuse but we didn't really put up any worthwhile candidates and didn't win again for another 16 years. During the '90s however the Celtic Tiger was rearing its head and Ireland won the contest four times in five years. It seemed they could do no wrong and when Bill Whelan's Riverdance was performed as the interval "filler" during the 1994 contest, a new and very lucrative art form was born. Gone were the days of folksy, green velvet-jacketed Irish dancing and in breezed Michael Flatley and a cast of thousands with their toe and heel-tapping spectaculars. Johnny Logan who won the contest himself for Ireland in 1980 and 1987 also wrote the winning song for Linda Martin in 1992, making him the most successful entrant ever. Wonder if any of this success was down to Terry and his Irish charm?
The times they were a-changing however and when the wall came down, Eastern Europe suddenly wanted to be a part of this music-fest, not realising that here in the UK it was still seen as a bit of light-hearted nonsense. In the rest of Europe, the contest has become a juggernaut of a show with each country putting up their most talented artists and in the build up to the live final, practically bankrupting their country with the promotion of their song. It all got a bit too much for Terry however, and his astute observation that there may well have been some political voting (never!) led to his eventual departure from the commentary box.
Since my daughter has been old enough to enjoy Eurovision with us, it has become one of my favourite nights of the year. We print off the scoresheets, invite friends round, serve the food and drink of the host nation and wave our little flags when the UK entrant appears on stage. Since the debacle of 2003 when Jemini had the distinction of receiving the first ever score of "nil points", we have generally languished around the bottom of the scoreboard and it is hard to see how things are ever likely to change. We don't really take it seriously, we are part of the "Big 5" who pay for the thing so go straight through to the final (no-one likes someone to get an unfair advantage) and yes, political voting is absolutely part of the contest and pretty much nobody wants to pal up with us in the world of Eurovision.
You are probably wondering if I am ever going to get round to the song in this post well here we go. Last year after watching the contest for nearly 50 years on television, I went to watch it LIVE in Vienna! We went with our best friends dressed as Bucks Fizz and had the best time ever. As usual the UK came about last but we made loads of new friends and were "papped" constantly in our outfits. The winner was a young Marti Pellow-lookalike called Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden with his fantastic song Heroes. Sweden are now knocking on the door of Ireland's record of seven wins in the contest with a very impressive six, their first being the song Waterloo by the most successful Eurovision act of all time, Abba.
Heroes by Måns Zelmerlöw:
https://jukeboxtimemachine.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/01-heroes.mp3
There are a lot of problems in the world today and even in Europe we are facing big political decisions in the very near future. I just wish we could gather together some of our leaders for the next Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. The whole concept behind the contest in the 1950s was to help a war-torn Europe rebuild itself. The European Broadcasting Union set up a committee to search for ways of bringing countries together, via a "light entertainment programme". From our first hand experience of Vienna, it certainly works and if Angela Merkel and David Cameron want to join us we have a couple of very fetching Bucks Fizz outfits going spare?
Heroes Lyrics
(Song by Linnea Deb/Joy Deb/Anton Hård af Segerstad)
Don't tell the gods I left a mess
I can't undo what has been done
Let's run for cover
What if I'm the only hero left
You better fire off your gun
Once and forever
He said go dry your eyes
And live your life like there is no tomorrow son
And tell the others
To go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard:
We are the heroes of our time
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
We're dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
The crickets sing a song for you
Don't say a word, don't make a sound
It's life's creation
I make worms turn into butterflies
Wake up and turn this world around
In appreciation
He said I never left your side
When you were lost I followed right behind
Was your foundation
Author AlysonPosted on February 6, 2016 May 10, 2018 Categories 2010s songs, EurovisionTags Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz, Eurovision Song Contest, Heroes, Johnny Logan, Mans Zelmerlow, Puppet On A String, Riverdance, Sandie Shaw, Terry WoganLeave a comment on Eurovision Memories, Riverdance and Måns Zelmerlöw
Sir Terry Wogan, A Sad Pudsey and "The Floral Dance"
Didn't anticipate when I started the blog last month that it would become an obituary column for so many stars from the world of entertainment. Since Christmas we have lost Lemmy from Motorhead, Natalie Cole, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey and as of last weekend, "National Treasure" Sir Terry Wogan. I can only hope they are all having a wonderful celestial time with Sir Terry acting as the host of BBC Heaven's newest and best ever chat show.
I used to finish each post with the comment that I hoped it would be a long time until I had to write about the passing of another legend but I am starting to realise that this will certainly not be the case. Until 1952 there were no music charts to speak of and it was not until the 1960s that television became universal in homes. Since then there has been an explosion of easily accessible visual entertainment and the multitude of stars we have grown up with are as familiar to us as our family – We look upon them as our friends. Until recently, most of the really high profile deaths in the music world were down to tragic circumstances but now the deaths are much more age-related. Yes, the baby boomers are getting older and sadly we will have to start saying goodbye on a much more regular basis. Won't dwell any longer on this sad fact but am now prepared for this kind of news when I switch on the radio in the morning.
Sir Terry Wogan
Cannot end this short post, which should really reflect the soundtrack to my life, without mentioning that Terry Wogan himself actually entered the charts in 1978 and even appeared on Top of the Pops with a song called The Floral Dance which was written way back in 1911. (Apparently it had been one of his father's favourites and he used to sing it whilst in the bath.)
The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band had been successful with an arrangement of the same song the previous year so now Terry was having some fun with it making it all the way to No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart. It was most definitely a comedic version and was mainly for the amusement of his millions of "Wake Up To Wogan" listeners. Although hated by serious music fans, there is part of me that is still glad that songs like this made it onto TOTP. There aren't many vehicles for the novelty song nowadays, yet something so very British about it all – An eccentricity sadly missed.
Floral Dance Lyrics
(Song by Kate Moss – the other one!)
I thought I could hear the curious tone
Of the cornet, clarinet and big trombone
Fiddle, 'cello, big bass drum
Bassoon, flute and euphonium
Far away, as in a trance
I heard the sound of the Floral Dance
As I walked home on a Summer night
When stars in Heav'n were shining bright
Far away from the footlight's glare
Into the sweet and scented air
Of a quaint old Cornish town
Borne from afar on the gentle breeze
Joining the murmur of the summer seas
Distant tones of an old world dance
Played by the village band perchance
On the calm air came floating down
And soon I heard such a bustling and prancing
And then I saw the whole village was dancing
In and out of the houses they came
Old folk, young folk, all the same
In that quaint old Cornish town
Every boy took a girl 'round the waist
And hurried her off in tremendous haste
Whether they knew one another I care not
Whether they cared at all, I know not
But they kissed as they danced along
And there was the band with that curious tone
Each one making the most of his chance
All together in the Floral Dance
Dancing here, prancing there
Jigging, jogging ev'rywhere
Up and down, and round the town
Hurrah! For the Cornish Floral Dance
Author AlysonPosted on February 3, 2016 January 29, 2022 Categories 1970s songs, RIP 2016Tags Terry Wogan, The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, The Floral DanceLeave a comment on Sir Terry Wogan, A Sad Pudsey and "The Floral Dance"


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Volume 52(1); Jan 2009
Ethical considerations for clinical trials performed in children
Myungho Oh
Korean J Pediatr. 2009;52(1):1-5. Published online January 15, 2009
Children are not small adults and there is a need to carry out specific trials that cannot be performed in adults. In general, children (minors) are unable to consent but their assent should be obtained using age appropriate information. Institutional Review Board (IRB) need paediatric expertise to balance the benefits and risks of research in children. The lack of consent...
Recent progress in the understanding of clinical characteristics, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of new bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Beyong Il Kim
Korean J Pediatr. 2009;52(1):6-13. Published online January 15, 2009
Recent advances in perinatal care have resulted in improved survival of extremely low birth weight infants (ELBWI). However, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains one of the major complications in ELBWI. BPD was originally described over 40 years ago; the clinical characteristics, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of BPD have changed markedly through this period. In this article, I have reviewed recent progress in...
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants and extremely low birth weight infants in Korea, 1984-2008
In Kyung Sung
Korean J Pediatr. 2009;52(1):14-21. Published online January 15, 2009
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) and extremely low birth weight infants (ELBWI) in Korea on 14 reports from 1984 to 2008 were analyzed. Follow-up rates were varied from 42.9% to 90.2%. Duration of follow-up ranged from 4 months to 5 years. The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) of VLBWI was as follows: 4.3-5.3% in 1980s, 7.1-9.1...
Assessment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) revisited
Jeong Hun Kim, Young Suk Yu
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a major cause of blindness that affects premature infants. With advances in neonatology, ROP is likely to emerge as the most serious problem of vision loss in children even in developed countries; such a situation could be called the third epidemic of ROP. However, controversy and uncertainty still surround favorable outcomes of ROP. For successfully...
Effects of soy-based formula on infants` growth and blood laboratory values spanning 3 years after birth
Ji Eun Yoon, Mi-Jung Kim, Heon-Seok Han
Purpose : We compared body growth, blood cell counts, and chemistry among infants receiving soy-based formula (SF), breast milk (BM), and casein-based formula (CF). Methods : Full-term neonates delivered at our hospital from June 2001 to August 2003 were recruited and divided into 3 feeding groups (BM=20, SF=19, CF=12) according to the parents wishes. Breast feeding or artificial formulae were...
Angiotensinogen gene M235T polymorphism as a predictor of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive adolescents
Joo Hyun Gil, Jung Ah Lee, Eun Young Park, Young Mi Hong
Purpose : The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been demonstrated to play a major role in regulating blood pressure. Therefore, components of the RAS are likely candidate genes that may predispose an individual to essential hypertension and cardiovascular complications. Among them, the M235T polymorphism of the angiotensinogen gene has been speculated to be associated with elevated circulating angiotensinogen concentrations and essential...
The effects of early surfactant treatment and minimal ventilation on prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in respiratory distress syndrome
Jong Jin Park, Pil Sang Lee, Sang Geel Lee
Purpose : Early surfactant treatment and minimal ventilation, bronchopulmonary dysplasia needed prolonged oxygen supplement is a problem. This study aimed to report the effects of early surfactant treatment and minimal ventilation on the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in respiratory distress syndrome. Methods : We retrospectively studied 139 premature newborn infants (gestational age, 36 weeks; birth weight, 1,500 gm) admitted to...
The outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity in relation to duration of low dose oxygen therapy
Pil Sang Lee, Jae Won Choi, Sang Geel Lee
Purpose : This study aimed to determine the influence of low-dose oxygen (FiO2 <25%) therapy through nasal cannulae on the progress and prognosis of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as well as methods of preventing ROP. Methods : Our subjects comprised premature infants (gestation period <37 weeks; birth weight <1,750 g) born in Daegu Fatima Hospital between February 1, 2001 and...
Rotavirus-associated neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis
Hyun Joo Seo, Yu Jin Jung, Soo Kyung Park, Seo Hui Choi, Ji Hyuk Lee, Myo Jing Kim, Yun Sil Chang, Won Soon Park
Purpose : This study aimed to test whether rotavirus-associated necrotizing enterocolitis (RV+NEC) produced different clinical findings or outcomes from those of non-rotavirus necrotizing enterocolitis (RV-NEC). Methods : Eight patients from the RV+NEC group and 22 patients from the RV-NEC group diagnosed with modified Bell stage II or higher NEC were selected for this study. Fecal specimens from all infants were tested...
Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children
Soo Jin Lee, Young Min Ahn, Hee Jin Kim
Purpose : The rate of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in children is an indicator of the effectiveness of TB control programs in the community. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of DR-TB in children and evaluate TB management. Methods : Between January 1999 and July 2007, drug susceptibility tests for anti-TB drugs were employed for patients aged less than 19...
Assessment about the measles elimination from cases and outbreaks, 2002-2007 - Assessment about the measles elimination -
Jae Sung So, Un Yeong Go, Hyun Kyung Oh, Soo Jin Baek, Jong Koo Lee
Purpose : We assessed about the measles elimination in Korea according to analyzing national data on measles cases for 2002-2007. Methods : We estimated the effective reproduction number according to the proportion of imported cases and outbreak size. Results : Eleven cases, thirteen cases, six cases, six cases, 25 cases (60.0% were linked to 1 outbreak of 15 cases), and 180...
Changes in platelet counts caused by valproate in children with epilepsy
Ju Hee We, Young Mi Kim, Sang Ook Nam
Purpose : In adults, valproate (VPA) has been reported to be associated with thrombocytopenia. However, few studies have investigated this association in children, and the factors affecting platelet counts remain controversial. This study was undertaken to investigate changes in platelet counts following VPA therapy and related factors in children with epilepsy. Methods : Our subjects comprised 75 epileptic children who...
Complex febrile convulsions: A clinical study
Jeong Sic Kang, Sa-Ra Kim, Dong Wook Kim, Tae Won Song, Nam Hee Kim, Jong Hee Hwang, Jin Soo Moon, Chong Guk Lee
Purpose : Febrile convulsions are classified into simple or complex types, the latter being characterized by increased risk of recurrence and progression to epilepsy. This study aimed to delineate the clinical characteristics of complex febrile convulsions. Methods : Between January 2003 and December 2006, 550 children were diagnosed with febrile convulsions at the Department of Pediatrics, Ilsan Paik Hospital. Their...
The relationship between catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphism and coronary artery abnormality in Kawasaki disease
Hyo Jin Lee, Myung Sook Lee, Ji Sook Kim, Eun Ryoung Kim, Sung Wook Kang, Soo Kang Kim, Joo Ho Chun, Kyung Lim Yoon, Mi Young Han, Seong Ho Cha
Purpose : Many gene polymorphisms are associated with coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease. Catechol-O- methyltransferase (COMT) plays an important role in the metabolism of catecholamines, catechol estrogen, and catechol drugs. Polymorphisms of the COMT gene are reported to be associated with myocardial infarction and coronary artery abnormalities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between COMT...
Outcome of patients with neuroblastoma aged less than 1 year at diagnosis
Jung Min Suh, Sang Goo Lee, Keon Hee Yoo, Ki Woong Sung, Hong Hoe Koo, Ju Youn Kim, Eun Joo Cho, Suk Koo Lee, Jhingook Kim, Do Hoon Lim
Purpose : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with neuroblastoma aged less than 1 year. Methods : From January 1997 to December 2007, 41 patients aged less than 1 year were diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Patients were divided into 3 risk groups according to the stage of the disease and N-myc amplification. Low-risk...
Usefulness of DTI-based three dimensional corticospinal tractography in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Ji Hyun Yeo, Su Min Son, Eun Sil Lee, Han Ku Moon
Korean J Pediatr. 2009;52(1):99-104. Published online January 15, 2009
Purpose : Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging-based three-dimensional fiber tractography (DTI-FT) is a new method which demonstrates the orientation and integrity of white matter fibers in vivo. However, clinical application on children with cerebral palsy is still under investigation. We present various abnormal patterns of DTI-FT findings and accordance rate with clinical findings in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, to...
The effect of erythropoietin in neonatal rat model of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
Heng-Mi Kim, Byung-Ho Choe, Soon-Hak Kwon, Yoon-Kyung Sohn
Korean J Pediatr. 2009;52(1):105-110. Published online January 15, 2009
Purpose : Perinatal asphyxia is an important cause of neonatal mortality and subsequent lifelong neurodevelopmental handicaps. Although many treatment strategies have been tested, there is currently no clinically effective treatment to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of hypoxia and ischemia in humans. Erythropoietin (Epo) has been shown to exert neuroprotective effects in various brain injury models although the exact...
Effect of genistein on the sexual maturation in immature female rats
Woocheol Lee, Sung-Ho Lee, Ryun-Sup Ahn, Mi Jung Park
Puopose : Exposure to dietary phytoestrogens such as genistein during early childhood is a growing public health concern. We examined the effect of early exposure to genistein on sexual maturation in immature rats. Methods : Weaning (3wk-old) Sprague-Dawley female rats were assigned to three groups (n=6 for each): fed by high dose of genistein (100 mg/kg/d), low dose of genistein...
Hand-Foot syndrome induced by sorafenib, a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in a patient with advanced renal cell carcinoma
Seung Hyun Lee, Sung Hun Noh, Sun Young Kim, Kyu Yun Jang, Pyoung Han Hwang
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) arising from epithelial cells of the renal tubules is a highly aggressive and malignant tumor in all ages; however, it rarely occurs in children. the standard treatment for RCC is radical nephrectomy with lymph node dissection when the tumor is localized and can be completely resected. Adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy are used for pediatric patients...
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation manifesting with perioral cyanosis and dyspnea on exertion: A case report
Yu Kyung Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Gun Lee, Man Yong Han
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are direct communications between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins, resulting in right-to-left shunts that may cause cyanosis, dyspnea, and digital clubbing. Neurological complications such as intracerebral hemorrhage or brain abscess may result from cerebral thrombosis or emboli. In most cases, they remain unrecognized until the late teenage years. Here, we report a case of a 6-year-old...
Changes in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in a neonate with symptomatic isolated left ventricular noncompaction
Ji Hyeun Song, Yeo Hyang Kim, Chun Soo Kim, Sang Lak Lee, Tae Chan Kwon
We describe here our experience with a neonate presenting with cyanosis, grunting, and cardiomegaly, who was diagnosed with isolated left ventricular noncompaction (IVNC) by echocardiography. The patient had high levels of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT pro-BNP) and symptoms of heart failure including poor feeding and tachypnea. During the period in which NT pro-BNP levels steadily increased, the patient suffered...


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No longer hording cash, GCSD gives voters a say
June 22, 2014 by DEBBY MAYER
GERMANTOWN—The school district holds a Special District Vote Monday, June 23 from noon to 9 p.m. Voting takes place in the school lobby, 123 Main Street.
Proposition I establishes a capital reserve fund of $500,000. The money would be transferred to the fund from an unassigned fund balance for the 2013-14 school year.
Money in the new fund would be reserved for future capital improvements as deemed necessary by the Board of Education. The name of the fund is "District-wide Renovations, Reconstruction, Construction and Improvement Reserve Fund."
Additional amounts as available in the future may be transferred from unspent unassigned appropriations in the general fund to this reserve fund, to a cap of $5 million over 10 years.
The state allows school districts to have 4% of their total budget in an unassigned reserve fund. Last December the Germantown Central School District was discovered to have 19% of its budget– $2.5 million–set aside for unspecified purposes.
The current, $13.8 million district budget uses $719,117 from the unassigned reserve fund to keep the tax levy to zero. And in May voters approved a $510,792 capital improvements project, all of which will be paid for from the unassigned fund balance.
Now Superintendent Susan L.S. Brown urges all qualified voters in the district to vote on June 23. "We created a corrective action plan," she said, "and one of the items was to insure that [assigned] reserve funds are set up, by regulation." Ms. Brown, who took her post on September 1, 2013, was not superintendent when the unassigned reserve was amassed.
In other business during the June 11 Board of Education meeting, Ms. Brown reported on the status of the Pre-Kindergarten Pilot Program. She has formed a committee of volunteers who will visit existing pre-K programs and develop and implement a survey for the entire school community. The committee visited two schools in Kingston on June 16, St. Joseph's and George Washington Elementary School.
Based on their visits and the survey, this group will make recommendations to the administration for all the logistics of the pilot program.
A curriculum-writing group will begin work to develop a curriculum resource list and instructional methods for the pilot program. This is a stipend position appointed from the school faculty.
"Germantown is determined to implement a pilot program that meets the needs of students and community and prepares children for kindergarten and lifelong learning," Ms. Brown said Tuesday. "For that reason, the start date of the pilot program is yet to be determined."


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en.infoglobe.cz » Places of interest » Beroun
The Royal Town of Beroun, situated on confluence of rivers of Berounka and Litavka is calling for visit not only thanks to its historical monuments but also thanks to rich cultural and sports offer as well as of wonderful environment.
The town of Beroun is with its strategic placing (distant 40 kms from Prague and 60 kms from Pilsen) an important junction of trade and production just from Middle Ages. After establishing of quick connection with the Prague (by means of the highway D5) the town is becoming the satelite town of the capital. Many people are finding a job in Prague where they are going daily.
Beroun is situated in a wonderful hilly countryside on a border of Czech Karst and Křivoklát -Region. In 1992 Beroun was declared the Town Remembrance Zone (thanks to many historical monuments). It became also an important starting-point of tourist paths to Křivoklát Forests, Caves of Koněprusy, or to the Castles of Karlštejn and Točník. The Berounka - river is flowing through the town. This river is popular with watermen spending each summer at Beroun-weir, near to vast camping-place on the left bank of Berounka. The town of Beroun is a town of sports, there are operating several soccer-clubs and especially Hockey Club HC Beroun-Bears, participant of the 1st Division of Ice-Hockey is very popular. Pot-Market, taking place every year at the beginning of September, has the importance in the region. The international music festival ?Tallichův Beroun? is quite known as well.
The first notice of the town is from 1265, anyway, the place was colonized sooner. The name of Beroun is derived from the Latin name of the Italian town of Verona. The town, established probably in a period of highest medieval wave of towns-foundation in Bohemia, was abandoned and had to be new built in a period of reign of King Wenceslaus II. However, its importance decreased after 30years´ War. In 60-ies of 19th century the limestone started to be mined and the other categories of industry developped (textile and iron industry). The importance of a town went up. During the communist era there were built big dwelling seats and industrial complexes (Iron and Rolling Works and big Cement Works in Králův Dvůr). Several surrounding communities became parts of Beroun, at that time (Králův Dvůr). However, this era influenced negatively the character of the town - several historical monuments were destroyed - big panel dwelling seats and a highway going through nearly the historical city damaged the city centre. In 1989 the town of Králův Dvůr became an independent town. The importance of an industry was suppressed. The industrial production was changed from the heavy to the light industry (new industrial zone). The traditional mining of limestone has not been limited, unfortunately. Now,the historical city is wonderful restored and the whole town is acting in an arranged impression.
Important Monuments
The rests of fortification: two gates (Pražská and Plzeňská). Typical point of charming square is a Gothical Church of St.Jacob. Also several houses on the square and in surrounded streets are worth to see. The other place of interest is the Cemetary Church of Annunciation of Lord and Duslova Villa (Neorennaisance building of end of 19th century - according to Architect Antonín Wiehl) ? now there is situated the Town Gallery.
The Nature
The town is surrounded by hills and forests all round. Many marked tourist trails are passing through the countryside (interest trip-points are, for instance, the castle of Karlštejn, Svatý Jan pod Skalou / St. John under the Rock, Koněprusy, Tetín, Hudlice, Nižbor). Near to the town it is situated afforested hill of Městská hora (Town´s Hill) with look-out-tower. On this hill there is a run, where three bears are kept (originally known as the bears from TV programme for children. (bear is in sign of a town, from this reason the town-hall is contributing the nutrition of these animals). The town is flowing through by two rivers, Berounka and Litavka. The town is therefore exposed to floodings (the last flood was in summer 2002). The water in Berounka is quite good, it is suitable for bathing. The watermen are using it often, too (anyway, attention to dangerous weir, unfortunately, it happened tragical accidents of swimmers and watermen on a weir!).
Text: Jan Chaloupka
Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Aktron, č.2, ŠJů, č.2, Martin Kozák
Do You Know, That? - Railway Tunnels
Published: 3.10.2010
The Czech Republic has many special routes and localities, and railway nest belong to them, for sure. Its density is ranged to most advanced of the world. So, the railway station buildings or stops are to be found nearly in each village, and if you can see motor railway carriage, passing through countryside, all this belongs to very nice moments of every excursion.
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Berounka-river is not too interesting for watermen, it is calm flow which could even let asleep a Prince who would like to set free "The Sleeping Beauty". So, you cannot expect a lot of adrenalin experience. On the other hand, the river is very beautiful!


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Welcome to the Fed, Janet Yellen. Now, can you please save a global economy teetering on the brink of collapse?
The U.S. government is careening towards what might be an epic financial implosion, and Washington is gripped in yet another frenzy of high-drama. By contrast, the nomination of Janet Yellen to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve is anything but dramatic, and certainly more calming to frayed financial market nerves than Larry Summers would have been.
Beyond the glass ceiling implications of Yellen being the first woman to serve in that post, however, what should we make of this coming transition?
The prominence of the Fed has grown enormously over the last decades, starting with Paul Volcker, accelerating with Alan Greenspan, and continuing with Ben Bernanke. Perhaps because the Fed is independent and separate from party interests, it has acted as a steward of the financial system, and such attitudes are rare in the world of partisan politics. Critics — and they are legion, vociferous, and mad as hell — believe that the Fed is burdened with arrogance and has made precisely the wrong long-term decisions in a desperate attempt to stave off the crises that are an inevitable and healthy part of a free-market system. The Fed bankers themselves believe that they have kept the proverbial lights on in the face of political malfeasance and waves of global change. Yellen will do nothing to heal that split, and given her background is likely to see it widen.
Yellen has served as the Federal Reserve's vice-chairman since 2010, was a governor of the bank during the Clinton administration, served as Clinton's chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and began her career as a staff member of the bank's research division in the 1970s. She worked her way through the ranks at the Fed, and would be the first head of the bank to have a resume largely built on serving that institution. She has impeccable academic credentials, with a Ph.D. in economics from Yale and a brief stint as a professor at Harvard. She is married to the Nobel Prize-winning economist George Akerlof, and has spent many years focused on employment, wages, and labor patterns.
Though she has accumulated respect within the worlds of academia and banking, she is not without critics — hardly surprising given a multi-decade career in the upper echelons of policymaking. Indeed, it would be more surprising if she had no critics. Some have questioned her managerial style, while others have praised it, making it all but impossible to parse unless you know her.
The most telling criticism came during her confirmation hearings to be vice-chair. Because she was president of the San Francisco Fed during the housing bubble, some senators, including Republican Richard Shelby of Alabama, questioned how she could have allowed such egregious lending standards and loose credit. Yet, as a recent story in Bloomberg noted, in 2007, she was one of the first inside voices on the committee to express serious concern that housing prices were overinflated and heading for a fall with serous ripple effects throughout the economy.
Assuming she is confirmed, and that seems to be an extremely safe assumption, she will face a situation every bit as unenviable as the one that confronted her predecessor Ben Bernanke when he took the job. The best response so far to her nomination came from a tweet by former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, who quipped, "We finally get a woman to chair the Fed and what happens? Bunch of men try to destroy the monetary system before she can even start the job."
Yellen would not assume the position until January 2014, and by then, the drama over the debt ceiling and levels of funding for the U.S. government will have been resolved, one way or another. It's certainly in the realm of the conceivable that the morass over the debt will lead to sharply higher interest rates, and that would be an added item to an already full plate for Yellen. While she will likely not have to clean up the mess of a default or delay of U.S debt obligations, she will still confront an array of choices that revolve around when to taper Fed purchases of government bonds, how aggressive the bank should be as a lender last resort, and what to do if worst fears come to pass and the U.S government proves unable to prioritize payments in order to pay interests on its outstanding bonds.
Bernanke also was plunged into a crisis, and he responded with an aggressive policy of zero interest rates, easy access for banks to borrow from the Fed's coffers, and quantitative easing that has seen the Fed purchase $85 billion of securities a month and its balance sheet expand to more than $3 trillion. Those moves have been forcefully supported by Yellen, and may even have been policies that originated with her (absent microphones and transcripts, which only the NSA could conceivably provide, we will never fully know). She will now bear the responsibility of unwinding those purchases, and while many fear the possible effects that will have on markets, rates, and the global flow of money, no one knows what the consequences will be.
The optimal outcome will be a gradual rebalancing of global accounts, done slowly and deliberately over the course of years. The problem is that reality does not always present policymakers with optimal conditions. The bank has been adept under Bernanke in responding to crises, as have the other major central banks around the world. That is not a statement without controversy. A considerable chorus believes that central banks have critically wounded the free market and only forestalled the inevitable crash and crisis borne of years of ill-advised government monetary and fiscal policies worldwide. Many investors believe that whatever strength there has been in equities and whatever calm there has been in global bond and financing markets is a product of deeply misguided Fed policies, and that we are nearing a break point.
The Tea Party certainly believes that, and prefers to get the implosion over with now rather than later. Better a crash triggered deliberately than one that sneaks up on you, they argue. Yellen would not agree. She strongly believes that monetary and fiscal policies need to be supportive of the weak American economy and lousy labor market. She will not gain any allies in the Tea Party caucus, nor will she likely be on the Pauls' Christmas card list.
More than most Fed chairs, she is acutely sensitive to the labor market. Of course, one can question how much Fed policy can directly impact the labor market: The "dual mandate" of the Fed to promote "stable prices" and "maximum employment" only dates back to 1977, and the levers of money flow seem to have only an elliptical effect on whether companies hire. That flies in the face of macro-economic theory and policy, which holds that lack of credit or access to capital is one reason companies don't hire and one reason they fire. But in a world of enhanced productivity generated by robotics and information technology, companies often choose to invest not in people but in software systems or robots. There ain't much the Fed can do about such trends, nor would it prudent to try.
Yellen is the ultimate technocrat, and that is both a genuine strength and a possible weakness. The appeal of Larry Summers was that he was unpredictable and unbeholden to economic orthodoxies that he felt congenitally driven to question. But he lacked support and has a knack for making enemies. The world of macro-economic policy has become immensely complex, and technocratic knowledge is a necessity. Nonetheless, it is still a system of rules created by people. Economics and banking may be seen as a science, and economies perceived as mechanical systems in need of tuning and fixing, but in truth, they are fluid, ever-evolving systems that demand new responses to evolving circumstances. The Fed has acted creatively in recent years, and no one quite knows whether its policies will be a long-term success. The virtue of Yellen is that she shares responsibility for these innovative policies of quantitative easing. The unknown is whether she will be adept at how to alter that path if circumstances warrant.
Finally, in a world that is increasingly knit together by money, the Fed is a vital actor, but it is by no means the only actor or the most important. There is no one institution that shapes everything or most things. We live in a lattice of institutions where government has far less control, and where quasi-governmental institutions such as the Federal Reserve pull only a few select levers. Yellen may prove adept, or not, but her successes or failures will be one segment of a puzzle whose picture we don't even know. She is today's story and will be tomorrow's Fed chair, but navigating the shoals of a morphing global economy will be left to all of us.


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Bouncy castles are always a big hit at children's birthday parties.
But next time it's your little one's birthday, why not forgo the rental and buy your own instead?
They're not as expensive as you might think, at least not if you head down to your nearest Aldi store.
The budget supermarket is selling a 6ft bouncy castle for £69.99.
A bouncy castle of the same size will set you back £99.99 at Smyths Toys, meaning shoppers make a saving of £30 if they choose Aldi's version.
But the bargain product won't be around for long.
The Crane Bouncy Castle is part of the supermarket's Specialbuys range, so it's only available while stocks last.
It comes with four stakes - used to secure the bouncy castle into the ground - a carry bag, a repair kit, an air blower and air blower stakes.
The fun-looking bouncy castle is multi-coloured, and has netted sides, as well as a red archway entrance.
It's the perfect item for family parties, and summer get-togethers in the garden.
According to Aldi, the bouncy castle is pretty easy to put together, as the supermarket claims it inflates in less than two minutes.
The Crane Bouncy Castle is available to buy from Sunday, May 27 - so you've just missed out if you wanted it in time for the Bank Holiday weekend.


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Stockbroker on model Anderton stalking charge facing verdict
Lauren Turner
The trial of a stockbroker accused of stalking Sophie Anderton is expected to conclude today.
Paul Davis (58) allegedly bombarded Ms Anderton with text messages after making initial contact with her, claiming he intended to write her biography.
But he went on to tell her he wanted to marry her on a mountain, buy her a solitaire diamond ring and take her for dinner at Claridges in a string of 88 texts sent between January and April last year, Kingston Magistrates' Court in Surrey heard when the trial started last month.
The 32-year-old model said she was "practically hysterical" when she reported the matter to police on March 27 last year.
Davis, of Old Park Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, denies one charge of harassment on the grounds of insanity.
District Judge Andrew Sweet adjourned the hearing at the end of the day-long trial.
The verdict is due to be given at West London Magistrates' Court today.


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Q: Comparing two datagridview I have a Datagridview (called DGW5 in the code below, which has always 8 rows) that I have to compare with another Datagridview (called DGW3 in the code below). The two datagridview have obviously the same number of columns (equal to 3). If the rows of the two Datagridview are equal one to each other, I have to add the index of the row (plus 1) of the DGW3 in a Listbox.
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Western Gull occidentalis ... 1st cycle (1CY), October 29 2014, Ballona Jetty, California, USA. Picture: Hartmut Walter.
Please visit Hartmut's Flickr Photostream for more images!
All of the banded WEGUs with plain color bands, found in California have been from the Southeast Farallon Islands. For every year, they start using a new colour for that cohort. This is a bird from year 'BLUE'. Hatch year 2014.
Many upper scaps replaced. Otherwise in juvenile plumage.


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Valerie June plays the Rio on Sunday, Dec. 3.
Valerie June's long, thick dreadlocks lead some people to expect the Jamaican accent of a reggae singer. With just a few words in her thick Tennesseean accent, however, June makes assumptions evaporate, and opens the door to questions about what kind of music she plays.
But June sees it as simply writing songs in whatever form they come through.
Born in Jackson, Tennessee, June grew up surrounded by music. She's always loved it and she "just soaked up every single type." At 21, she picked up a guitar and started writing and performing. At 35, she now plays the banjo and lap steel guitar, as well.
In 2013, the Brooklyn-based June became a global sensation with the release of her major label debut album, Pushin' Against a Stone. She had previously self-released two albums, but Pushin' was an overnight sensation 10 years in the making. June found herself the focus of tastemaking publications and shows, including the New York Times, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, NPR, The Tonight Show and Austin City Limits. She even performed at the White House at the invitation of former First Lady Michelle Obama.
June found herself very busy, very quickly—and for good reason. Pushin' is a masterclass in artistry, originality and authenticity. The album remains utterly fresh.
This year, June dropped her sophomore release, The Order of Time. Where some artists who make big splashes fail to deliver on their sophomore release, June went deeper into the magic that makes her unique, and emerged with a record that leaves listeners wondering where her talents end.
The Order of Time sees June sharing stories of her family and life. The opening tune, "Long Lonely Road," is a sparse and quiet song about the sacrifices her ancestors made and the journey through hard times to better days. It sets the tone for an album that's been called her best work yet.
Recording the new album was a chance for June to step into her own vision and courage. On Pushin', she was new to the big business of recording and producing. On The Order of Time, she was in familiar territory.
On The Order of Time, June was more confident making decisions and directing the sound. She told the musicians what she wanted—and if it failed, they tried something else.
"I was more fearless," she says.
An open-hearted fearlessness runs through June's music. She's acutely aware of the transience of life and the beauty of everyday moments. The Order of Time is an exploration into the big picture questions of life: existence, loss, family, joy and spirit—themes she's drawn to in the music she loves.
For June, music is part of the animating and connecting force between all of us humans just trying to figure things out.
Valerie June will perform at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $27/gen, $40/gold. 423-8209.


When visiting Kelseyville, CA you might need help locating Attractions, Arts, and Entertainment ideas. Browse the categories below which all go to Kelseyville-specific Attractions, Arts, and Entertainment pages. On each Kelseyville page you might find companies and businesses in nearby cities such as Lakeport, Glenhaven, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks. Some of the ideas in this section include Kelseyville Cemetery Dist in our Cemeteries category, Braito's Buckingham Marina, Glenhaven Beach Campground & Marina and Pit Stop in our Marinas category and Lakeport Cinema in our Movie Theaters category.


Bacchus! My friend, has anyone ever told you that you're a dead ringer for Patton Oswalt. One of my favorite funny people.
That may be the best praise I've EVER GOTTEN. It's mainly because I've listened to most of his stuff at least 20 times. I own it all. Werewolves and Lollipops, Feeling Kinda Patton, My Weakness Is Strong, Frankensteins and Gumdrops, Patton vs. Zach Vs. Alcohol vs. Patton, and his HBO special.
Can I use rum instead? I'm a total rumpot. My friend pours it over her oatmeal in the morning and she says it makes everything better... AWESOME idea!!! What if I throw it all in a blender & drink it???