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Fads in the commercial fitness industry tend to be short-lived. Since its inception in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the commercial fitness industry has seen many fads come and go, such as dance aerobics classes, functional training, and cross-training (those of us that are old enough can remember Nike's cross-training ad campaign featuring Bo Jackson and Howie Long in the late 1980s). To most of the American Public, it's very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, to understand what is true and what is false as far as exercise is concerned. Most fitness philosophies (and nutritional philosophies, for that matter) mislead you with false promises and unrealistic expectations. Because of this, it's no wonder so many people wind up frustrated and disillusioned, or worse, injured as a result of their commercial fitness experience. Because of our commitment to truth and science, I would like to contrast the Total Results/High Intensity Exercise philosophy with four other philosophies found in the commercial fitness industry.
CrossFit - This form of training has gained in popularity over the last decade. There are even competitive games broadcast on television dedicated to elements of this type of training. CrossFit involves performing ballistic calisthenics, Olympic-style weightlifting, and very fast strength training/body weight exercises. You can go on You Tube and watch demonstration workouts, as I have. The risk of injury in this type of training is very high. CrossFit violates principles of safety, physics, and motor learning. The bottom line is that unless you are training specifically to compete in the CrossFit games, or are a competitive Olympic-style lifter (more on this later), there is no sane reason to participate in this type of activity.
Orange Theory - In the interest of full disclosure, there is an Orange Theory studio located just down the street from our Total Results facility, so that's what prompted me to research them. Orange Theory incorporates elements of steady-state activity, ballistic resistance movements, body weight exercises, functional training, and aerobic dance. On their website and marketing materials, they mislead you into thinking that you can burn between 500-1,000 calories during one of their workouts, which is virtually impossible. They also say that you keep burning calories for up to 36 hours after a workout. Even if exercise were simply about burning calories (which it is not), they fail to take into account the amount of calories burned due to one's basal metabolic rate. Since Orange Theory's methodology (if you can call it that) has a high risk of injury due to its high volume and disregard for speed of movement, it violates principles of safety, principles of motor learning, and shows a complete and utter ignorance of how the body's metabolism works.
Olympic Weight Lifting - This philosophy is very prevalent in athletics. Boyd Epley, who is the long-time head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Nebraska, was the first to popularize this philosophy at the collegiate level, and most other collegiate and professional programs have followed his lead. Some Olympic lifting exercises include power cleans, squats, and the clean-and-jerk. Simply put, Olympic lifting is very skill-oriented and involves mostly throwing and catching of extremely heavy weights, thus placing a significant force on the muscles, connective tissues, and joints. Any professional who is responsible for the safety and well-being of a client/athlete that utilizes this approach is guilty not only of scientific ignorance, but also guilty of malpractice, in my opinion. In addition to a high risk of injury, there is very little effective muscular loading involved due to the high-force nature of the activity. Unless you are a competitive Olympic lifter, there is no rational reason to perform this type of weightlifting.
Aerobics Philosophy - The leader of the Aerobics movement was Dr. Kenneth Cooper, who is an M.D. and former Air Force colonel. His philosophy exploded in popularity in the late 1960s following the release of his book Aerobics in 1968. The aerobics philosophy was built around the use of the VO2 Max test; this is where his philosophy runs into problems. The test was originally designed to measure the minimum oxygen uptake of comatose patients; it was later to be used to measure the maximum oxygen uptake of people running on treadmills. VO2 Max has been completely invalidated; as Dr. Doug McGuff has stated, one's VO2 Max is about 90 percent genetically predetermined. Dr. Michael Pollock, who conducted more studies involving VO2 Max than anyone, admitted to Ellington Darden, PhD, that the VO2 Max test wasn't a valid test of anything. It's also important to understand that one cannot separate the aerobic metabolic pathway from the anaerobic metabolic pathway. Depending on the intensity of the activity you are performing, you may use a greater degree of one pathway than the other, but never is one completely shut off at the expense of the other. Not only does the aerobics philosophy contain a high rate of injury (both acute and overuse), it is founded on bad science.
Total Results/High Intensity Exercise philosophy is the only exercise philosophy that is congruent with the traditional hard sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, and concepts of motor learning). We are the only exercise practitioners that are conscious of the importance of proper head/neck position, avoidance of unilateral loading (particularly in the entry/exit of each machine), and the avoidance of Val Salva (breath holding). We utilize a safe, slow speed of movement, with an emphasis on avoidance of undue acceleration and careful change of direction. Our workouts are brief, infrequent, and intense, and we keep detailed records of every workout. Regulation of exercise volume and frequency are paramount. We stimulate the body to adapt, and then allow you to reap the benefits.
We are always searching for a better way. A day may eventually come when we are proven wrong, but this philosophy has been around for almost 40 years, and it's still just as rational today as it was back then. We'll continue to improve as instructors to keep giving you the safest and most efficient workout possible.
I just returned from a Spring break trip with my family to the beach. The weather was near perfect. I even went in the water a few times, which is highly unusual for me in April. Below are a few observations from my trip.
On the long drive down to our beach rental, we stopped to gas up and get a bite to eat. I held out for an exit with both a gas station and a Wendy's restaurant. Don't Judge! Sometimes in the middle of nowhere on Route 95 at 9pm there are no other options besides fast food and gas station snacks. I chose Wendy's because they have very edible salads (I am partial to the apple pecan chicken salad). Of course, this Wendy's was out of salads at the time of our visit. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich which I ended up eating about 2/3 of in the car. It was edible but not great and certainly not an award winning start to my vacation diet. However, when I am on a road trip, I don't sweat my diet too much. I try to take some healthy snacks along (fruit, nuts, etc.) and make decent choices when I stop for food, but one or two fast food meals will not make or break me.
We spent three beautiful days hanging out on the beach, mostly reading, walking, and taking in the view. I was very encouraged by how many people were out walking the beach from very early in the morning until well past sundown. There were also many groups of (mostly young) people playing soccer, football, and various beach games. However, I would say that at least half of the people I saw over the course of our mini-week were significantly overweight. And the overweight people tended to congregate together. There are several reasons for this. Obviously, genetics plays a factor within families. However, I was reminded of some studies I read about several years back which concluded that one significant predictor of obesity and type II diabetes was spending time with other overweight and obese people. The company we keep can actually make us fat. This can be due to similar diets, an acceptance of unhealthy body weights and practices, and other psychological reasons.
I saw several gyms inside hotels as well as commercial gyms in town. My advice to anyone thinking of working out while on vacation - Don't! You should run away as fast as possible from anything resembling a gym at the beach or any other vacation spot. Why? First, the equipment is usually terrible - poor quality, poorly maintained, and different settings and sizes than you use at home. Second, you are on vacation to relax and rejuvenate. You can actually do more good for you body by not doing a hard workout using unfamiliar equipment. Third, most vacation spots have countless recreational opportunities. Our beach area had great walking, body surfing, golf, biking, tennis and more. While it may not be the most intense and effective exercise, all these actvities are fun and invigorating. Trust me, your muscles will not atrophy from a week or two missing your workout!
An increasing number of Americans are sensitive to wheat and other grains. Symptoms of these grain sensitivities range from a variety of gastro intestinal issues to headaches, brain fog and fatigue to muscle soreness and more. Because of this, a $10+ billion industry has grown up promoting "gluten free" products. Only about 1% percent of the population is thought to have Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder caused by the gluten in grains that damages the intestines, but the number of people with Celiac is on the rise.
Gluten, which is a group of proteins that give bread its elasticity and chewiness, is often blamed for the non-Celiac wheat sensitivities. This is in part because when wheat products, which naturally contain gluten, are removed from the diet, symptoms often reduce or disappear. However, is gluten really to blame for all these symptoms? It may not be as simple as that. A look at the processes we use to grow, harvest, mill, refine, enrich, and even bake our wheat products in the United States point to a number of alarming practices which individually or together may be compromising our grain products and our health. Let's start at the beginning.
A critical consequence of all this refining is that we lose our taste for foods that don't contain certain vitamins. In other words, when we consume low nutrient food, our appetites lessen or down regulate, and we find other sources of food to get our nutrients. The government and the grain industry realized this many decades ago and found that if you add certain B vitamins back into the grains, usually at much higher levels than the grains had in the first place, our appetite for these breads and cereals will increase and we will buy and eat more. Of course, we are told that breads and cereals are "enriched" for our health, but in reality it has nothing to do with health. This addition of unnaturally high amounts of iron, thiamine, niacin, etc. increases our appetite and encourages us to eat more food that we would not normally have a taste for. There is a current theory that this is what has caused our current obesity epidemic. How food enrichment promotes obesity. It is interesting to note that France and several other countries do not enrich their bread (in fact there are laws against it) and they have significantly less obesity even though they eat 40% more grains than Americans. Vitamin supplementation and obesity.
Most current wheat crops do not have much more gluten than in past generations. However, modern baking practices increase the gluten in the end product in several ways. First, instead of traditional bread making which uses sourdough starter with naturally occurring bacteria and yeast from the surrounding air, commercial bakers use fast rising yeasts. An additive called "Vital Wheat Gluten" is frequently added to allow bread to rise better in this environment. Rising in just minutes instead of the traditional hours does not give the yeast and bacteria enough time to digest all the gluten in the flour. This can lead to a variety of problems in our guts. Why there is more gluten in our bread today.
What can we do? What can we eat?
It is amazing what has happened to our wheat products in a few short decades. In efforts to increase yield, improve shelf life, and enhance our appetites, modern food producers have taken a staple of our diet (breads and grains) that humans have consumed for millennia with little or no health issues, and turned it into a "Frankenfood". Bread, which was a cheap, nutritious way to fill our stomachs for thousands of years, is now potentially the cause of obesity and a variety of inflammatory diseases.
So, should we swear off all bread and pasta? Go gluten free in order to avoid the risk of all these health problems? The answer for me is no. Now I know that gluten, which is a natural part of wheat and other grain products, is not intrinsically unhealthy. Now I know the processes we have developed in recent decades to bring wheat from farm to plate have made these foods a health risk and lacking in proper nutrition. Now I can take steps and make choices to get better, more nutritious wheat products in my diet. However, we have to be very careful of what we consume. Much like other food in our diets, we need to consider both the source and the process by which it is made.
Look for 100% whole grain as the only ingredient. If it says "Enriched" don't buy it. If the ingredients include folate, iron, thiamine, etc. that also means it has been enriched.
Favor organically grown bread, pasta, flour. Organic wheat products have not been coated with Round -up just days before harvest. Even my local Food Lion has organically grown bread with 100% whole wheat in the bakery section.
Several brands of Italian pastas are grown organically and without any of the practices I mention in this article. Read the labels carefully. These pastas are about twice the price of regular enriched pasta but for me, the $3 vs the $1.50 for a box of pasta is well worth it for such a superior product.
Make your own bread or pasta. I have started buying King Arthur brand flour, which is not enriched, bleached, bromated or otherwise adulterated. I use my old bread machine to knead the dough then let it rise for a few hours and bake in a traditional bread pan. One loaf per week is great to have with dinner, for lunch sandwiches and even with some honey on top at breakfast.
Look for bakeries that make bread in the traditional manner, with 100% whole wheat and sourdough starter. They are few and far between but I have found a few in my area.
When you vacation in France, Italy, or various other countries, enjoy the bread and pasta without guilt!
At first glance, these suggestions may seem like you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get high quality, unadulterated wheat products. Remember, however, I recommend very similar discriminating practices when it comes to buying and eating eggs, beef, fruit and vegetables and other food. For example beef from factory farms have less healthy omega-3 fatty acids and more omega-6's because the cattle are fed corn instead of the grasses they evolved to eat. Because of this unnatural diet, the cattle must be injected with antibiotics to keep them gaining weight. Therefore, whenever possible we should be buying and eating beef from organically grown, grass fed cattle.
Gluten has been cited by many well-meaning, health conscious people, including myself over the years, as being something to avoid. Something that can and will make you sick, and generally miserable. However, with the exception of those few who have unfortunately developed Celiac Disease, gluten per se should not be a problem for most of us. However, wheat and wheat products that are bred for super pest resistance, drenched in Round-up just prior to harvest, milled into oblivion, hyper-enriched, and baked unnaturally fast can and will cause many of us problems to our health. Avoid conventionally grown and commercially made wheat products and stick with organic, artisanal, and home made and you can enjoy a long and healthy relationship with bread, pasta and other wheat products for years to come!
It is not often in life that we find a perfect fit. Whether it is a relationship that is seamless and easy, or just the right diet combination that makes you feel focused and energetic, or an exercise program that perfectly fits your lifestyle and rewards you with lifelong benefits. Back in 2000, I was out of shape and in search of some type of exercise that would get and keep me fit with a minimum time commitment, due to my work and family responsibilities. Serendipitously, I stumbled upon this 20 minute high intensity, slow movement, weight training program. It sounded too good to be true, but at the same time the logic and science behind it sounded reasonable.
I started the program in early 2001 and from the very first workout I knew this was going to be different than anything I had ever tried before. Coming from an athletic background I was no stranger to demanding physical effort, but I also knew I was in poor condition at the time (10+ years of corporate life with all the lunches and drinks and dinners and none of the exercise discipline required). Each workout, my muscles quivered and shook, my energy was temporarily drained and I sometimes had to sit and recover for 10-15 minutes prior to driving home. Slowly but steadily, I gained strength and started seeing some definition in my body. This inspired me to improve my diet and I started off with a low carb, Atkins type diet, which was popular at the time (I have evolved my thinking on this and will share more in future posts). Excess fat started to melt away, and over the course of a year or so, I lost 30 unneeded pounds. I have easily maintained my body weight for over 16 years within a 5 pound range. I had such great results, I saw this as way to help others achieve lifelong health and fitness and I opened Total Results a year later.
Perhaps more important than a body I am happy with at the beach or in slim fitting clothing are the health markers that improved and have stayed in great ranges over all these years. My resting heart rate is still about 50 bpm, my blood pressure is normal, my cholesterol levels are ideal, and I am still able hike and bike and participate at a high level in most physical endeavors, even though I have old knee and back injuries that would severely limit most people. I also know I am attaining great metabolic benefits such as improved Insulin sensitivity and the conversion of fatty acids to energy (ie. burning fat).
All this and you would think I had to commit thousands of hours of time running or on the tread mill and at the gym, as well as mantaining a highly restrictive diet all the while. If you thought that, you would be wrong. I have spent less than 30 minutes per week exercising and follow a roughly 80/20 rule for eating well. Most "exercisers" spend more time at the gym in just one year than I spent in the last fifteen years COMBINED! Yet, I am as strong, healthy, and physically able as anyone in my age range; in fact, more so than all but maybe 5% of elite athletes.
Make no mistake, this workout is hard. It takes a lot of mental focus as well as great physical effort. From Teenagers all the way up to people in their Nineties, Total Results clients work their tails off. It is not something that most clients, even our most dedicated 10+ year clients, look forward to each week. But like me, they see and feel and understand the benefits. They know that this workout is special and that the results are amazing!
My story is only one anecdote. However, we have supervised and documented tens of thousands of workouts with hundreds of clients at Total Results over the years, and the positive results cross all boundaries of age, gender, initial fitness level or any other variable. Those who are willing to commit, on a regular basis, to this brief but intense routine, just once or twice per week, can see results equal to, if not greater than, my own amazing transformation.
If you are looking for an answer to a slow but noticeable loss of bodyshape, energy, stamina, or strength that you enjoyed at a younger age, I urge you to come talk to us. If you want to get stronger but are afraid of aggravating an injury, please give us a call. If you just want to lose 20 pounds and fit back in your smaller size clothes, you owe it to yourself to come experience the program that has safely, and efficiently helped so many others over the years!
Total Results offers a truly great workout, and if you committ to it, you, like me, will achieve truly great results!


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I've been hearing great things about this, thanks for the review.
Watched the final two episodes. It maintains its quality right through to the end.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5/10 - The plot's a mess, the action overdone and repetitive - two-and-a-half hours of meaningless noise. Even the banter, Joss Whedon's trump card, fell flat here: most of the good lines went to James Spader as the title villain, rather than our heroes. Throw in useless subplots, unnecessary new characters and a superfluous romance between two of the leads, and you've got a bland studio product. I think The Avengers have reached their saturation point but don't worry, there's a decade's worth of sequels and spin-offs to go!
That's pretty much exactly how I imagine this movie playing out. I didn't like the first one so there's no reason for me to bother with this.
OK, maybe the "9" was a bit generous. But an "8" for sure. I guess I was just excited by the TT transfer, which makes the film look as good as ever without introducing an alternate color scheme, artificially sharpening details, turning everyone's complexion red. And, when I was defending the film to stanton I mentioned 4 explosions--but in fact, there are 6! And there's an incredibly nice bit with a car overturning--and disintegrating--down a slope. And this film has truly one of the greatest endings in cinema history.
I think your initial rating is correct. I can't really think of any flaws. I still haven't watched my copy of the TT bluray, so I'll get back to you on this.
I didn't like the first one so there's no reason for me to bother with this.
Yes and I'm the guy who gave the original Avengers a 9/10.
Pasqalino Settebellze (Seven Beauties) (1975) A great Wertmuller picaresque epic with cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli (Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Life Is Beautiful and others ) 10/10.
It is remarkably amateurish all around and dull as well, especially for a flick that's not supposed to be art anyway. It possesses no redeeming qualities what so ever; except - I think it should be shown to movie students as a prime example of what bad scripting, directing and editing (and acting) look like when mashed together. No wonder it was never shown on TV over here.
P.S. I thought Sam Wanamaker was actually Robert Loggia for 3/4 of the movie.
Hah, this is like a John Irvin week!
A fairly typical run-of-the-mill modern-noir/crime/heist flick, with Harvey Keitel in a leading role, playing a hodgepodge of his (usual) more famous roles from the '90s, just as the supporting cast. But despite that I found it a watchable time-passer.
I don't believe these sort of movies have ''faults'' that can/should be analyzed. One must take 'em for what they are and enjoy if possible.
I read Keel's book in high school, it's something else whether or not you believe the stories. Reviews scared me away from the movie.
Le septième juré / The 7th Juror (1962) 1080p - 7/10. Bernard Blier, in the role of his career, plays a meek pharmacist who, one Sunday afternoon down by the lake, strangles a girl he fancies. Fortunately, the girl had been heard arguing with her boyfriend a short time before--said boyfriend is therefore taken into custody. At the trial, Blier, having been made one of the jurors, does his best to confound the prosecution's case (in the French system jurors can question witnesses directly, so Blier, who knows the crime scene better than anyone, easily causes doubt to be cast on all the testimonies). The boyfriend is acquitted, yet no one is satisfied, least of all Blier himself, who finally decides to confess to the crime. But no one will believe him.
This is an interesting premise, and for much of the film my attention was riveted. But as it turns out that the Blier character is an essentially moral individual--the murder was an aberration--the whole thing becomes a contest between the man with a conscience and his corrupt society. The corrupt society, which had ulterior reasons for wanting to convict the boyfriend, of course wins in the end, but the author thereby scores the (not very interesting) point he wished to make about elitist rotters. A better film/source novel was possible, at least for those of us who have seen An Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion. After the boyfriend's acquittal, when the town wants to know who the real killer is, Blier should have planted evidence to surreptitiously build a case against himself instead of confessing. This would have eventually spurred the prosecution to indict him and seek his confession, which he may or may not have withheld (whatever works better dramatically). At the point of conviction, though, Blier would be saved when another strangulation murder occurs--the anti-establishment vet, a character in the original plot, has acted to save his friend. The two murders are never solved, there are more murders, whatever, choose the cynical ending you like best. That would have made the film's second half much more compelling.
A remake of this French film was made as an episode of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("The Star Juror") in 1963, which I have not seen. The title The 7th Juror (which may or may not refer to the same property) is being used for a project in production now, so maybe a new English language remake is coming.
The Match Factory Girl (1990) - 10/10. A minor masterpiece, streaming free for a week (with commercials): http://www.hulu.com/watch/231044?
Thanks for reviewing this. I was intrigued but the reviews are scaring me away.
Then again, I hated the Schlesinger version, so maybe I'd find a fresh approach more appealing.
The movie isn't rotten all the way though, just don't expect it'll give you answers or scare you.
Crime et châtiment / Crime and Punishment (1956) 1080p - 7/10. Dostoevsky updated to 1950s France. It works well--until it doesn't. The big trouble is all the talking. Dostoevsky was, in the estimation of some, a frustrated playwright who novelized dramatic set pieces. Needless to say, this is death to cinema. Still, there are things to like in this film, especially the performances of Robert Hossein, Bernard Blier, Jean Gabin. The ending, though, is hopeless. Wrenched from its original context, it is mawkish and unconvincing. The filmmakers needed to be less faithful to their source and find a way to be true in spirit to the book without slavishly following what was written on the page.
I've only seen the 1935 version – with Peter Lorre as Raskolnikov and Edward Arnold as the Inspector; directed by Josef von Sternberg – and I liked it very much.
The property has been adapted many times. Apparently, there is also a 1935 French version (with Harry Baur, set in Russia) but I haven't seen it.

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Tax deductible gifts are the order of the day, to save taxes while holidaying. People who find tax deductible gifts as a mundane option, need to think again as the US government has introduced lots of attractive gifts in the tax deductible category as long as they are used for the right purposes.
Some of the technological gadgets that are classified as tax deductible are computers, tablets, smart phones, kindles, cameras, video cameras and modern GPS’s. The pre-requisite for making these gadgets tax deductible is that these have to be used for official purposes only. Self educational gifts are also tax deductible as this is pursued to develop one’s current skill sets. Some of the educational gifts that can be claimed for deductions are books, subscription paid for educational magazines, tuition fees paid for a course etc.
People who work from home are not left behind. There is something in this scheme for these people also. A person can gift himself a new office or some furniture and claim the same for tax deductions as these are used for official purposes; only in this case, the office is at one’s home itself. Furniture especially is a very good example of a tax deductible gift and the tax payer has the added advantage of using this for domestic purposes also.
A tax payer can gift himself a brand new car and claim tax deductions for the same as long as it is used for official purposes. There is no other pleasure than splurging in a new car and getting a tax benefit for the same. A full time employee can also claim for these deductions as long as the employer does not already reimburse this. Cars are used as tax deductible gifts mostly by contract employees, freelancers and entrepreneurs who do not have direct employers to reimburse these.
The tax payer should always note that the gifts can be tax deductible only if it is used for purely official purposes and if the IRS recognizes these gifts only if it is absolutely necessary for the business needs. Care should be taken that a gift used for personal reasons should never be claimed for tax deductions. This is a serious offence and there are high chances that the tax payer might get enquiries for audit by the IRS and this causes loss of reputation for the individual.
However the tax payer can prudently use some of the gifts for personal as well as official purposes and still claim tax deductions. Computers, for example, can be used for personal purposes as well but the individual should exercise control to claim deductions only for the official expenses part. The tax payer should keep a clean record of all receipts in order to claim tax deductions.
With these effective tax savings gifts, one can not only enjoy holidays but also have enough money to save for a rainy day. One must smartly use the tax laws to save money, the ethical way.

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As of This year, televisions, personal computers, laptops along with monitors usually are banned in the garbage in accordance with Completely new Jersey's Electronic Spend Management Work (Act).
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 40.25 (j) The employer must ask the employee whether he or she has tested, or refused to test, on any pre-employment drug or alcohol test administered by an employer to which the employee applied for, but did not obtain, safety-sensitive transportation work covered by DOT drug and alcohol testing rules during the past two years.
This certifies that I completed this application, and that all entries on it and information in it are complete to the best of my knowledge. I authorize you to make such investigations and inquire of my personal, employment, financial or medical history and other related matters as may be necessary in arriving at an employment decision. (Generally, inquires regarding medical history will be made only if and after a conditional offer of employment has been extended.) I hereby release employers, schools, health care providers and other persons from all liability in responding to inquires and releasing information in connections with my application. In the event of employment, I understand that false or misleading information given in my application or interview(s) may result in discharge. I understand, also, that I am to abide by all rules and regulations of the Company.

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Cleaning toilets is by far my least favorite job. I keep telling my daughter that if it were just the two of us, I would only have to clean the toilet once a week instead of once a day. This is why I love toilet cleaners that do the job for you. Let me introduce you to my current favorite toilet bowl cleaner.
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Ok the cute boys don't come with the cleaner but you get the idea cough, cough!
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All I can tell you is, brother, you have to wait.
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Laurie Keck-McGee was born and raised in Southern California where she and her family with three siblings shared a love of cooking, movies, and travel; her travel have taken her across the globe to Scotland, England, Whales, France, Japan and Australia. In her twenties, Laurie went to West Los Angeles Community College to explore many types of classes to explore career options. She found herself enjoying the rigors of the business world thanks to the influence of her father whom is an accountant. But, she was also drawn to medicine from a biology teacher at Venice High School that she enjoyed so much that it encouraged her to take college biology as a prerequisite for her business degree and she was hooked! The instructor was so electrifying and exciting that she never missed a day of class. The experience was so positive that she took every science course as extra credit including anatomy, microbiology, chemistry, and science math.
After graduating from West Los Angeles Community College, Laurie was accepted to the University of California, Riverside to further her studies in one of the two colleges in California that focus on a science degree in Business of Administration. After completing two years, Laurie returned to Los Angeles to find that she wanted to go into a career that blended her business knowledge of accounting, financial management, human resources, and strategic management within the medical field. Choices of positions were limited since she did not know enough about medical insurance, medical billing and coding thus, she made a decision to return to school at Everest College to learn billing and coding and found her passion!! The experience was amazing! She was valedictorian of her class.
She was immediately employed after graduating, at Downtown Physician Medical Group in Downtown LA and she became an ambassador for her patients and a strong representative for her doctors. Patients on the whole did not understand all the details of their benefits so she became their advocate to help them get their coverage and care they needed as best as she could. She spent one day on the phone for over 7 hours to fight with a worker’s compensation case to fight for a man who needed a surgery for over 5 years that had been denied; best moment was calling him and giving him the good news that he no longer needed to suffer. She also enjoyed working with her doctor’s side by side being a support to help them get optimum reimbursement for the work that they performed as well as keeping them informed on new changes in laws and regulations to prevent denials. The field was electrifying and enjoyed doing something new every day, until one day an opportunity came along for a medical and billing instructor and jumped at the chance with the support of her mother; who is also a tenured teacher of over 20 years. Laurie’s knowledge of the field and her experiences came alive in the classroom and has been helping individuals like herself many years ago make this amazing change. She motivates, encourages and breaks down material to help students achieve their success in their upcoming field. She has been honored as teacher of the year for Parthenon and has worked with charities to help the community as well.
Since then, she has received her CPC (Certified Professional Coder) certification from the AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) in 2011 and is looking forward to achieving more certifications to challenge her beyond the classroom.
The love of her family and, husband, John and daughter, Jillian are her greatest joy and greatest gift.

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These sleep stones are infused with pure essential lavender oil. Place the stones by your bedside and enjoy the aroma of pure lavender, the perfect aide for natural restful sleep. Jars of stones @ $ 23.99 Packet of stones @ $12.99 each. Made in Canada.
This miniature clay zen garden is hand crafted from Indonesia and features a buddha head, 2 lotus shaped tea light holders, sand, pebbles and a miniature rake. Would make a perfect gift for a special friend or family member or tranquil decor accent for your home. Approx. 10″ l x 8 1/4″ w x 6″ h @ $24.99.


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MELBOURNE, Fla. - Hundreds filled Wickham Park on Saturday to listen to a band and watch the opening ceremony for the Florida Vietnam Veterans Reunion.
The ceremony, with its flags and salutes, was a stark contrast to the quiet remembrance earlier in the day that honored women who died in the conflict.
The women's ceremony was missing from the reunion's official program and it wasn't on the group's official Web site. The 25 women who attended the ceremony at the Moving Wall veterans memorial heard about it through a network of women vets on the Internet.
The omission didn't surprise Kammy McCleery, a "Donut Dolly'' - women who did anything from administrative work to giving moral support to the troops with the American Red Cross - in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. She flew in from Kentucky to attend the reunion.
McCleery said she vividly remembered being reprimanded by vets who told her she had been "just a cheerleader'' and not to dare call herself a vet despite supporting GIs in camps on the front line.
When one Army veteran in the audience heard this, he gave her a hug. It was a long hug, and they both cried.
Stephen Maxner, an oral historian with the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, said it's been only in the past five to six years that women have started to be recognized for their contributions to the war.
The Pentagon estimates 1,234 women served in the war but doesn't have exact figures. Several women's groups say the number, including civilians who helped support the military, was closer to 3,000.
Ann Kelsey, an Army Special Services librarian who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, said she had a hard time telling people what she did when she returned to the United States.
That trend is changing, and while women aren't comparing themselves to vets who carried machine guns and fought in the jungles of Vietnam, they are starting to talk about what they saw.
That's why Kelsey traveled from New Jersey to attend the reunion, which for the first time allowed women to set up an exhibit at the site.
Cheri Hawes, a Satellite Beach resident, used the event to speak in public for the first time about her experiences as an Army nurse at a tent hospital from 1970 to 1971.
Six hours later, she was deciding which of three injured men would live or die. They all needed immediate help.
"Our priority was to help those who we knew we could save and send back out into the field,'' Hawes said.
Those who weren't going to make it were assigned a nurse so they wouldn't die alone.
Later that same night, she and another nurse had to go outside the tent and record the names of all the dead soldiers.
Hawes kept her composure while she spoke, but when she sat down, her control flowed away among the tears. She wept.
Many women shared their memories at the women's exhibit, and several came to listen despite the fact it was at the rear of the park, behind the food and vendors.
These women had gripping stories from perspectives as varied as a wife waiting for her GI to come home, to a woman who found a family among the fighting.
Alix M. Hall of Melbourne Village didn't live the war in Vietnam but has lived with it since her husband and father returned from the war.
She became a Veterans Affairs nurse in the psychiatric ward and worked with several hundred men who suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Linda "Scooter'' Watson of Tampa was in the Women's Army Corps and transported orphans from Saigon to the United States as part of Operation Baby Lift in 1975.
She vividly remembers the armed guards escorting her and the children to and from the plane. She remembers the crying children placed in cardboard boxes underneath the plane seats to make room for as many children as possible. She remembers hearing what she thought was thunder while the plane took off.
Cathy Oatman of St. Petersburg was among the lucky ones. She served as a data controller with the Army in Saigon from 1969 to 1972. She doesn't say much about the war except that what spared her from so much agony was her children.
Oatman, then 32, adopted two Vietnamese children - Kevin and Kami - and brought them to the United States with her in 1972.
She talks about her first moments in Saigon.
"I remember getting off the plane and seeing all these guards with huge guns and thinking, "What have I gotten myself into,' '' she said in a moment lost in her memories.
She talks about crossing enemy lines to seek the approval of a Catholic bishop to take the children from an orphanage. Even with all the hardships, she said she is grateful for one thing - her kids.
"Kevin and Kami saved me,'' she said.
Watson, who helped babies escape Vietnam, has amassed a collection of women's memorabilia from the war.
She travels Florida setting up an educational display so children and adults can understand the role women have had in the military. Her collection includes uniforms and medals not only from the Vietnam War but as far back as the Revolutionary war.
Master Sgt. Paula Byrne, stationed at Patrick Air Force Base, said she was glad women finally were being recognized.
Byrne has spent 20 years in the service, is married and has children. She will retire soon and said she feels confident the military, like the rest of society, is learning to recognize women and their valuable role.
She points to the recently appointed first female three-star general.
Elaine James traveled from the Midwest to lay a red carnation at the foot of "The Wall'' in memory of some of the women who died.
She served as an assistant to the Chief of Army Intelligence from 1970 to 1971.
Although some Vietnam veterans at the reunion resented the women and either refused to talk about them or say anything that could be printed in the newspaper, others were more accepting.
Stephen Douglas Lipscomb, a veteran who lives in Vero Beach, said women need to be honored for their sacrifices as much as men.


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Initially, to protect the business, suitable policies should be acquired. Dedicated servers may be targeted by hackers as it provides numerous benefits compared to other web hostings. Protecting the servers is the primary step. If not secured, it may results in loss of enterprise in an incurable manner. Below example shows the process takes place in a hacking system of client business.
The following are the ways to secure dedicated server from the hacking.
To protect the data, certain privileges can be applied. Required data can be accessed using SSL with those privileges.
The firewall acts as a layer between the local network and the Internet. Here firewall can block the harmful code and SSL provides access to transfer the encrypted data. It is a basic step to have a firewall to prevent DDoS attacks. For effective security use firewall along with SSL.
It is an improved security system works with the firewall as a set of two. It determines the traffic at the source and allows real traffic. Firewall reacts to hacking attempts, IPS is dynamic which means it takes decisions like to prevent the traffic, reviewing the connections, giving the indication to the administrator, etc.
In the case of passwords selection, Brute force techniques can track the most common or simple passwords. Selecting complex passwords can increase security. The complex passwords can be the combinations of lowercase and uppercase characters mixed with numbers and special characters. Attackers cannot track such complex passwords.
Whitelisting of IPs allows access to only limited IPs thereby insignificant traffic is avoided. Only authentic and verified IP addresses can access the server.
Update the server scripts regularly. The performance of a server depends on server scripts and applications. These updates can help in overcoming the errors caused by earlier versions.
Proper management of hardware can result in best performance. Restricted access to the server can be the primary aspect.
It is the job of hosting provider to protect the server and network. This can be achieved using methods like IP blocking, spamming and mod security. So select the hosting provider who is accountable for software, hardware, proper system maintenance, technical support, monitoring, and updates.

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Alex Thorson, veteran, outreach team member and former client.
Outreach is essential to the success of our Roads Home program. With more than 1,600 square miles of service territory, we cannot wait for homeless veterans to come to us. We must identify them and meet them where they are living – in encampments, parks, underpasses, and abandoned buildings – and we must do so in ways that establish trust from the very first encounter.
In 2012 BFHP’s Interfaith Chaplain began working with the men in our veteran’s transitional housing program. Her work focused on helping these homeless veterans heal from the moral injury they sustained as a result of combat experience. This powerful work inspired us to create a unique service model which soon became our Peer Outreach Internship.
This 6-month internship is designed from a twofold perspective. It allows homeless veterans the chance to give back to their peers while learning valuable life and job skills, and also provides them with spiritual support during their own journey towards reintegration and personal acceptance.
In 2015 we began intensive outreach efforts into encampments and abandoned buildings. The interns accompany our team in an effort to reach chronically homeless veterans who were not connected to VA services. We found that many of these veterans were deliberately avoiding services because experiences they had in combat had left them feeling unworthy of help. Not only were these veterans in need of mental and physical care, but also deeply in need of spiritual care. Our engagement strategy is centered on building personal relationships and trust.
To date, all interns have graduated the program with stable housing and the means to support themselves. One of the graduates now works full time for BFHP.
This unique model has been recognized on the national level at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans in Washington DC.


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From Methven head toward Mt.Hutt. When at the highway turn left along Highway 72. When you reach Mt.Somers village take the first right and follow the signs to Lake Clearwater. Keep driving through Lake Clearwater village for another 10 minutes and you'll arrive at Mt.Potts Lodge. From the lodge the ski area is helicopter accessed, and lifts on the mountain are provided by the snowcat. Bookings are essential."
Dubbed the new spot X by a visiting La Grave guide, Mt.Potts is New Zealand's only heli-accessed cat-skiing experience. Join a group of no more than 14 guests skiing the steeps, powder, basins and chutes of Mt.Potts. Located an hour's drive from Methven, Mt.Potts is the highest ski area in the south island.
Our day pass includes heli access onto and off Mt.Potts, skiing or boarding all day with our patrollers, transceiver hire and tuition, a packed lunch and coffee and cake once you're back down at the lodge. We can arrange transfers from Methven or Christchurch, or you can self drive to base lodge in a 2wd vehicle.
You'll get an average of 12 - 14 runs per day in terrain to challenge intermediate to expert riders and skiers. Don't worry if you're less confident, there are some wide open bowls and mellower areas to cruise down too. Our last run of the day is a 2km mission to the end of the snowline.
Stay at Mt.Potts lodge! A chalet in the Alps with a New Zealand twist. Mt.Potts Lodge is a converted woolshed with history and charm. A three course dinner, bed and breakfast are included in the price of your overnight stay. We have a licensed restaurant, and bar, warmed by a great pot belly fire. Mt.Potts lodge has twin and share rooms, and a cottage.

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Condiments and containers for hot liquids can quickly become a messy nuisance that will take up your time and perhaps turn off your customers with thoughts of poor professional hygiene. One of the keys to sanitation is organization and that's where RCS Plastics comes in the picture. We provide more than one kind of dispensers and caddies in a variety of sizes. With a holder for hot cup sleeves and stirrers, as well as, salt, pepper, sugar and other condiment packets the possibilities are endless. With these stations, the organizing potential to improve your establishment's appearance will be easy. You decrease time spent cleaning and re-organizing those tiny little packets of coffee, tea, and sugar.
Food stand owners, we can help you, too. Our products can also accommodate food condiments with a place for every packet of ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, salt, pepper, straws for cold beverages, or whatever kind of organizer you may require.
For use in other establishments such as bars and nightclubs, RCS Plastics can also make compartmentalized garnish storage units with flip-up lids for both easy access and increased sanitation.
Is your store in need of some standalone shelving? RCS Plastics’ condiment stations and stackable units are ideal for placement over milk refrigeration units at your coffee stations to hold items such as sweeteners, lids, stirrers, hot cup sleeves and single-serve creamer containers. Available in sizes designed to accommodate coffee setups small, medium or large, these units are made with 3/8” extremely durable acrylic with stainless steel screws to attach uprights to the shelves and guaranteed to last.

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Vehicles are incredibly valuable assets to have for most businesses, but even then, they still have hidden potential waiting to be unlocked.
At SpeedPro Imaging of South Orange County, our knowledgeable and attentive staff will help transform your cars, vans and trucks with custom fleet wraps, which will drastically extend your branding outreach throughout Mission Viejo and the entire Saddleback Valley.
We’ve developed a positive relationship with many businesses through Orange, Los Angeles and Riverside counties. Come see what we’re all about!
We operate in an area with massive population centers close by, which means there are tons of audiences your business can reach. Vehicle wraps are an incredibly effective method of doing so, as people make concentrated efforts to look at mobile marketing mediums. For example, just one wrap can muster up as many as 70,000 impressions per day, which can add up to an average of 8.4 million throughout the course of a year.
Multiply those numbers by the number of vehicles in your fleet, and you’ll be left wondering why you didn’t take advantage of the medium sooner!
While the upfront investment might be on your mind, it’s important to take into account the long-term savings that wraps represent. Overall, they offer the lowest cost per 1,000 impressions of any other advertising method. At $0.70, wraps drastically outpace popular methods like primetime TV ads ($20.54) and newspaper ads ($11.66). The latter options simply can’t reach the kinds of audiences that wraps can thanks to their unique mobile nature.
Carrying out a massive project like this can be daunting, but we’ll gladly help you throughout the entire process! We offer full fleet wraps, partial wraps, decals and window films, so your options are wide open, and we’re excited to discuss them with you.
Any and all graphics you commission will be created using cutting-edge printing technology and durable, industry-leading materials. With our long-life inks and mediums, your graphics will maintain vibrant colors and crisp images for years without any signs of fading!
We can also help you set up a customized phone number or landing page to print on the wraps, which will allow you to track the leads that they generate.
As we approach the final stages of this process, we’ll create a digital rendering through a virtual template to show you how your wraps will look in real life. You can offer your feedback, and we’ll make any necessary corrections prior to printing.
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LITTLETON- Spurred by a presentation by Brien Ward, residents made their disappointment in the selectmen known at last Wednesday's selectmen's meeting. At its height, the four-hour, standing room only meeting had residents shouting and storming out of the Opera House in frustration.
"In Littleton, the voter is king," said Ward, who was the one who made the motion to cut $745,000 from the town's proposed budget at the deliberative session. "They speak, as a public official, you listen."
The statement came during a presentation on how Ward believes the board of selectmen has ignored the will of the voter by making cuts that go against the sentiment of the original amendment.
"We're at a point where you, as voters, are not going to have any say in what goes on in town," said Ward to the audience.
Historically, Ward argued, Littleton's government has honored the specifics of an amendment, even though it was only required to meet the bottom line of the budget. Ward gave 16 examples of this happening from 2005 to 2008, in both the school and town spheres. For example, in 2006, when $315,407 was deleted from the town budget eliminating the assistant town manager, a police lieutenant, and an MRI contract for economic development, or, in 2008, when $140,000 was added to the school budget for math and social studies positions. In these cases, the Littleton Board of Selectmen and Littleton School Board not only adjusted their budgets by the monetary amount, but also honored the method of reduction or addition.
"Historically, we have always treated deliberative session amendments and warrant articles with the same amount of respect," said Ward, implying that the selectmen have not done so in this case.
Ward made the motion for the successful amendment of the proposed budget at the town's deliberative session in February, cutting $745,000 from the $5.5 million budget. Along with the figure, the motion made a suggestion about how the reduction should be reached, with the elimination of 11 of the town's 50 positions: the town manager, police captain, a police sergeant, police detective, fire department captain, three fire department lieutenants, planning and zoning clerk, assessing clerk, and a highway department employee. Ward purposefully stayed away from the library, transfer station, Park Commission, Chamber of Commerce, Glenwood Cemetery, Conservation Commission, town clerk's office, Community House, and the fire department call company.
Since the voters approved the proposed budget 964 to 794 on voting day, the selectmen have worked to find the $745,000 reduction in the budget. In their first round of cuts, they eliminated the town manager, three highway department employees, one police officer, two firefighters, the tax collector, and a transfer station position. They also reduced subsidizes to the library ($50,000), parks and recreation ($50,000), the Littleton Area Chamber of Commerce ($15,000), the Community House ($5,000), the Conservation Commission ($5,000), and the Cemetery Board ($3,000). An additional $60,000 reduction was made in labor-related items (seasonal employees, number of hours worked, etc.) and $59,000 in non-labor related items (Channel 2 coverage, department events, signs, etc.).
Many of the residents present – including Ward, himself – argued that these cuts were not in line with the sentiment of the amendment, which focused on eliminating middle management positions, particularly in the police and fire departments. They believe these departments are over-staffed, and have superfluous supervisory roles that inflate the town's budget with hefty salaries and benefits.
"The actions and the cuts that you made were not the ones that I voted for," said Resident Rebecca Pageau.
Selectman Mike Gilman, who as the newly-elected selectman was not involved in the initial round of cuts, made a motion to "respect the will of the voters" and to reconsider the method of cutting. Selectman Marghie Seymour seconded the motion "for the purpose of discussion." She went on to argue that it was unfair for Ward to compare cuts over a multi-year period that, in total, still falls roughly $184,000 short of the $745,000 cut made in just one year. Seymour recognized that while services provided by the Parks and Recreation department, the Chamber of Commerce, and the transfer station are important, public safety is more important, and she did not want to be responsible for someone dying because of cuts made to the fire or police departments.
"You're not accountable," Seymour said to Ward, "but I am."
Chairman of the Select Board Ron Bolt defended the selectmen's actions based on what he claims were poor calculations.
"The amendment was fundamentally flawed from beginning to end," said Bolt. "It was rapidly conceived and poorly executed."
The selectmen have made this argument from the beginning, stating that Ward's suggested cuts do not add up to the $745,000 target. This comes from a combination of not accounting for the fact that the budget was already a quarter of the way through its cycle when the cuts could first be implemented, which means a quarter of the eliminated positions' salaries were already expended. Also, because of contractual agreements, the selectmen argued that the town could not fire more senior employees before first laying off those hired more recently. Ward has countered that the selectmen did not take labor-related costs such as travel and training into account when making that determination. However, the selectmen insisted that, should the cuts have come solely from labor – as the amendment intended – that would mean laying off 18 or 19 employees, rather than 11; this represents 40 percent of the town's work force.
"You can go down the list, and none of it made any sense financially. So, basically, what happened is we went back to the drawing board," said Bolt. "It was just not a workable amendment. We were not disrespecting anyone."
Resident Bruce Hadlock found Bolt's defense lacking, calling for his resignation.
"You disrespected our whole community," said Hadlock.
Hadlock also did not agree with Bolt and Seymour's decision not to accept help from local business owners with backgrounds in working with budgets. Budget Committee Chairman Steve Kelley suggested forming such a group to help make the decisions on how most efficiently to make the cuts at the March 9 press conference.
"You won't listen to help," said Hadlock.
Resident Bill LaTulip made a short presentation on the political climate in Littleton following the mass departure, asking the residents to stop micromanaging the selectmen and to make a clear distinction between what is a "want" and what is a "need" in terms of town services. Ultimately, he called for an end to town divisiveness.
This seems unlikely, at least in the near future, as half of the room's over 100 occupants left the meeting halfway through with shouts and grumbles of "Wait 'til next year."
"I've lived in Littleton all my life, and to have people act like this is ridiculous," said LaTulip.
Later in the evening, the town took a $48,603 step closer to reaching the $745,000 budget reduction with the refinancing of a town fire truck. The measure was made possible by a warrant article passed this year that gives the selectmen the authority to refinance loans in order to save the town money. In addition to the $559,910 in the initial round of cuts and layoffs, and the $55,000 in Main Street project money to be used for a bond payment, the selectmen have cut $615,466 so far, leaving $129,534 left to find.
The selectmen voted to defer the three-percent pay increase scheduled for exempt, non-union workers, and will revisit it when they "can review where the budget is going," according to Bolt. A three-percent increase for the union workers is contractually scheduled for this year, and the selectmen had previously planned to include the non-union workers in that measure.

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Thanos has some choice words for Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the latest Avengers: Endgame TV spot. There is just one second of new footage featuring Iron Man, but it does also have some previously unheard dialogue from the Mad Titan before a battle is set to begin. Josh Brolin's Thanos was a key component to the promotional material for Infinity War, mainly because that movie was largely told through the villain's perspective. Now, for Endgame, the perspective has switched back to the heroes as they try and figure out a way to reverse the Decimation and bring back half of the universe.
Josh Brolin's Thanos asks, "Look at the world around you... is it not more peaceful?" in the Avengers: Endgame TV spot as we see the drastic effects of the Decimation shown on the screen. "Avengers, let's finish this," declares the Mad Titan at the end of the spot.
“Ah, we have such tweets to show you!” Remember when Pinhead said that in Hellraiser back in the day? No? Oh, right, that line might be in the possible near-future reboot that multiple studios have threatened over the last few years. Well apparently, the internet is still hungry for some fresh cenobite action, and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson is the new target of this insatiable media machine, after he posted a humorous meme riffing on the Lament Configuration, the MacGuffin of the Hellraiser series.
This article contains spoilers for Black Panther and the wider McU.
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Benedict Cumberbatch has slowly become one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Most people became aware of him from his critically acclaimed take on a modern Sherlock Holmes in the BBC show Sherlock. His compelling and entertaining performance in that show gained him notoriety, leading to high-profile film roles. He has since become an Oscar-nominated actor for The Imitation Game and is part of the ever-popular Marvel Cinematic Universe as Doctor Strange.
While Cumberbatch's rise to fame might seem like a case of overnight success, he slowly built a solid career with small roles in smaller projects before getting his big break. He has become a star thanks to roles like Sherlock and Strange, but there are plenty of his roles you might not be as familiar with.
This story comes from Den of Geek UK.
As more and more comic book movies arrive in cinemas, it's become easier to observe emerging trends. A particularly interesting one of late is the growing number of horror directors being headhunted for them. As well as Neil Marshall following Guillermo del Toro by making this week’s Hellboy reboot, last week's big release Shazam! comes from director David F. Sandberg.
Sandberg's previous films include Lights Out, a ghost story that evolved out of his short film about depression, and the surprisingly good Conjuring prequel/sequel Annabelle: Creation. On the surface, his latest is nothing like either of his previous films and yet in other ways, it is.
A new international teaser for Avengers: Endgame has just been released, and if you thought that last month’s trailer relied too heavily on footage from previous Marvel movies, then you probably won’t care for this latest preview, which consists almost entirely of Avengers: Infinity War clips.
Lions rule the African savanna in The Lion King, which welcomes Donald Glover as future king Simba, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Simba’s friend-turned-love interest Nala, and James Earl Jones as Simba’s wise and loving father, Mufasa, reprising his iconic performance from Disney’s 1994 animated classic.
Chiwetel Ejiofor was called on to portray Simba’s villainous uncle Scar, and Alfre Woodard portrays Simba’s no-nonsense mother, Sarabi. Jd McCrary fills the shoes of Young Simba, a confident cub who can’t wait to be king, and Shahadi Wright Joseph brings tough cub Young Nala to life.
One of the sillier McU films, Doctor Strange nevertheless packs a spectacular punch.
This article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange and the wider McU.
The slightly unfortunate thing about the magical corner of the Marvel Universe is that it’s really very silly, but that also just so happens to be what totally rocks about it. One of the biggest triumphs of Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange is that you can genuinely manage to forget it’s so incredibly silly fairly early on, which is pretty much a miracle when the movie kicks off by giving us a glimpse of the mystical world in the form of a bald Tilda Swinton having some kind of magical glowing fan fight up the side of a rolling Inception building with fandom’s most precious Hannibal Lecter.
Marvel has announced that the Fantastic Four’s Sue Storm is set to take the spotlight in her own five-issue Invisible Woman limited series this July courtesy of Mark Waid, Mattia De Iulis (Jessica Jones), and Adam Hughes.


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Sinus Relief: We've had another week of warm days here in the Bay, alternating with cooler ones - the cool is a relief but the changing weather can bring its own problems. When zooming air pressure starts making me feel congested, I thank heaven for my NeilMed, which I love and am embarrassed to say find much easier to use than a regular neti pot!
Motherhood in China: I really enjoyed this longish article about Chinese practices of postpartum confinement (based in TCM theories about the need for after birth recovery), and how the current generation of Chinese women are both adapting and abandoning them.
Cooling Soup: And I spent a bunch of time reading through the archives of the Chinese Soup Lady. I love her site and she offers wonderful seasonal recipes using herbs. I especially want to try her Sugar Cane and Imperatae Drink!


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Home » Expeditions » Lavushi Manda on foot!
A recent addition to the portfolio of the Kasanka Trust is Lavushi Manda National Park, close to the town of Mpika. At roughly 1600km2 this Park is just about four times the size of Kasanka and consists of pristine miombo woodlands, wide open dambo’s and a rugged escarpment running along its eastern boundary. Noted as the last place Black Rhinoceros were found in Zambia, prior to their local extinction and reintroduction into North Luangwa NP by the Frankfurt Zoological Society, this beautiful Park is perhaps one of the least known and visited in the country.
Standing atop the concrete pillar which marks the very top of Mt Lavushi and the highest point in the surrounding area (photograph by Jorden Wilson)!
Every so often I get to visit ‘Lavushi’, with tourists or for other reasons, and every second spent here is thoroughly enjoyed. Hiking the ridge which dominates the surrounding woodlands gives some of the most breathtaking views to be enjoyed in the country. The scarce and threatened high altitude vegetation – rare in Zambia – and steep cliffs almost always deliver sightings of Klipspringer, Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax and Smith’s Red Rock Rabbit, whereas Verreaux’ Eagles and Augur Buzzards patrol in the skies above. Game in the woodlands, although depleted in numbers and weary of people and vehicles, exists in good diversity and the patient visitor may be rewarded with sightings of some of the larger species that still occur in the Park.
Leading a hike across Lavushi Manda with students from the American Wildlands Studies Programme in 2012, some of the first tourists to have properly explored Lavushi (photograph by Travis Lund).
At the moment, I am overseeing operations in the Park for two weeks or so, as the manager has taken his off-days. The solitude, although perhaps worrisome in the long run, is bliss when coming from the hub of activity which is Wasa Camp in Kasanka. As one is not spoilt for choice with large herds of Elephants, Buffalo and other plains game, or Lions behind every bush and Leopard up every tree, one tends to notice the little things more and pay attention to detail. For instance, a lifer for me, as an amateur but easily excitable birder, was marked by my first ever sighting of a Grass Owl! The early-burning teams had accidentally stumbled upon the nest of this rare bird and managed to keep its habitat of moist grassland from burning. A brief look (from a distance!) one late afternoon revealed the nocturnal resident and I managed to get a brief glimpse as it flushed and settled again a bit further on in the dambo. Tick!
The view from atop magnificent Mt Lavushi. Euphorbia’s in the foreground, with the Malauzi Valley stretching at the base of the mountain (photograph by Jordan Wilson).
Deploying scouts and putting the final touches at the campsites – fitting the drums for our eco-friendly toilets (my degree did not prepare me for this!) and marking short walking trails – allows me to explore the Park a bit, much to my content. Three basic campsites have now been constructed at Mumba Tuta and Kapanda Lupili Falls on the Lukulu River and at Chibembe Plain below the Lavushi ridge. Common Duiker (‘diver’ in Dutch) are still plentiful and may often be seen when driving through the Park, whereas Kinda Baboons shriek at my approach and make a run for it. Vervet Monkeys are often encountered when crossing the Lukulu and we recently observed a single male Sable Antelope when driving back from Chibembe Plain. The latter was not inclined to let us bask in its majesty and disappeared within seconds. A Side-striped Jackal, however, made up for this as we watched it for minutes, sniffing around an old campfire at Kapanda Lupili Campsite. My personal highlight, so far, has been a beautiful male Bushbuck crossing the road in front of me in a burnt and open patch of mwarra – a highly unusual habitat choice! I had a brief look if perhaps one of Lavushi’s remaining Lions was in tow, having caused it to break cover, but no such luck!
Kapanda Lupili Falls and the closeby campsite are perhaps two of the most attractive locations in Lavushi Manda (photograph by Jordan Wilson).
Speaking of Lions, a handful are still known to persist in the Park. Tractor driver Boxen (the same who fearlessly saved a Sitatunga lamb in the Fibwe swamps) spotted a female with cubs at the beginning of 2012 and several reports indicate that there might be a few more around still. The spoor of a large male may be found along the main road on occasion, but the mighty Lord Lavushi is still to reveal himself to us in the flesh.
Reports of Warthog have increased exponentially in recent times. This one was found playing (yes, playing!) with two Side-striped Jackals in a dambo not far from the Lukulu River (photograph by Frank Willems).
A roadworks crew found fresh spoor in the soft sand close to the Lukulu bridge on the morning of the 13th of July. I investigated and found the spoor leading upstream along the river, crossing the main road before disappearing a few hundred metres along the Lavushi Peak Road, heading towards the mountain. Judging from the size of his spoor, this was one big boy! One of our staff, Chilekwa, later that day found a second set of spoor in our own tracks. It seems Lord Lavushi had doubled back to investigate those investigating him, and proceeded to within a few hundred metres of where the roadworks crew was busy filling potholes! They got quite the scare when Chilekwa broke the news to them!
Lion tracks found along the Lukulu River and Malauzi Valley Road early one morning.
Recent reports indicate that game numbers are increasing in the Park, or at the very least that the remaining wildlife is becoming less weary of people. Fast-breeding indicator species such as Warthog are sighted with increasing frequency, demonstrating that poaching in Lavushi Manda seems to be on the decrease with augmented efforts on the part of ZAWA and the KTL to bring it under control. Other species which I have personally encountered this year include Roan Antelope, Reedbuck, Bushpig and Civet, whereas a Leopard makes the occasional appearance on the camera trap close to Linda Camp and can be heard driving the local Baboon troop crazy! Tracks of two Elephant were found in the Park towards the end of May but the pachyderms have since taken their leave and nobody is quite sure where they have headed to or when next they might pay us a visit. Given a few years to stabilise and reproduce, animal populations should eventually produce rewarding game viewing. Perhaps Black Rhino will once again roam the Park in years to come?
This Roan was one of a group of three sighted by a recent visit from the World Bank to Lavushi Manda and must have undoubtedly been one of their highlights (photograph by Frank Willems)!
Lavushi is an absolutely magnificent place with an immense potential for an alternative form of ‘outdoor’ tourism unique in Zambia. Few that have visited here have not been impressed by its magnificent scenery, pristine woodlands and pleasant sense of isolation in an unspoilt wilderness. Large animal sightings are a bonus and do not draw focus, therefore allowing the visitor to appreciate everything for what it is and pay attention to the Park’s other assets – whether they be the plentiful birdlife, Lavushi’s interesting geology or beautiful wildflowers – which may often been taken for granted when exploring the wilds of Zambia. I, for one, aim and hope to spend as much time as possible in Lavushi Manda and cannot wait to see what the future has to store for this, one of Africa’s forgotten parks!


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