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Amanda Bynes goes topless on Twitter — what's left?

Amanda Bynes keeps taking things off — her hair, her shirt and now her bra, posing late Wednesday night for topless selfies she posted on Twitter.

With captions like "Rawr!" and "Long hair, don't care," the shots are posed so as to primarily tease rather than reveal. In one shot, what appear to be torn leggings are visible. Check 'em out in the video above.

The 27-year-old, speaking to InTouch, pondered why some people think she's a bit nuts lately.

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"I have no clue," she said. "Every time I’ve heard it, it came from an ugly person’s mouth, so I don’t care. The only ones lying about me having a mental illness are people I don’t talk to."

While her parents are reportedly worried and trying to keep her hands off the $3 million to $4 million of her money that they've invested for her, the retired actress said she has friends who support her all the way.

"I only have hot friends," she told the mag. "They have my back until I die."

Note to Bynes: Should you choose to get a consult for, oh, any ol' reason, don't pick an ugly doctor.

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Barging for a Bit Lesson Europe's Waterways

Float a little easier down Europe's waterways with a discount in July and August for one-week barge cruises.

Go Barging, which specializes in canal cruising, takes visitors through some of Europe's loveliest landscapes and best-preserved medieval and Renaissance towns and villages.

During those two months, the discount is $250 per person for cruises on the waterways of France, England or Scotland. Each barge accommodates six to 12 passengers. There are plenty of stops to visit historic abbeys, castles, museums and wineries, to stroll through open-air markets and to meet local people. Bicycles are available for those who want to pedal off to see more of the countryside.

An on-board chef prepares meals based on the regional cuisine.

All cabins have windows that open, storage space and a private bath or shower.

A minivan accompanies the barge to take guests on daily excursions.

Cost: from $1,990 per person, double occupancy, including cabin and all meals. International air fare is extra.

Contact: Go Barging; telephone (800) 394-8630, Internet

Colorado: Pioneer Trip

Every Saturday through August, authentic wagon trains will trace wagon routes through Pawnee National Grassland in northeastern Colorado.

This travel adventure through time starts each Saturday night with a Western-style feast at a ghost town followed by three days on the trail. On Wednesday the group loops back to Sterling, shakes off the trail dust in a motel, visits the Overland Trail Museum and returns to the Denver airport.

Highlights of the trip include finding--but not keeping--Indian arrowheads, learning about ancient tepee rings, storytelling around the campfire and a visit by a mountain man. And it's always possible that an Indian medicine man will drop by or a cowboy or two might stop to share some grub.

Cooked fresh on the trail every day, the food is Western: steaks, homemade biscuits and gravy, flapjacks, bacon and eggs. Guests will live like pioneers but will have such camping comforts as cots, tents and sleeping bags.

All ages are welcome, although the trip is not recommended for children younger than 6.

The wagons are bumpy, and many participants prefer to alternate riding and walking (one to two miles a day).

Cost: $650 per person, with a 10% discount for children younger than 12. All camp gear and meals on the trail are included. Not included: air fare to Denver and lodging and food in Sterling.

Contact: Wagon Train Vacations; tel. (800) 284-0367,

Colorado River: Rafting

Paddle the Colorado River through a 26-mile stretch of red sandstone and shale canyons on a canoe trip Aug. 17 to 19. Participants may take side trips into deep box canyons, exploring a landscape created over millions of years.

A Denver Museum of Nature and Science zoology research associate will lead the group. The river current, gentle enough for a novice paddler, offers occasional small Class 1 rapids to add a little excitement.

Cost: $305 for adults, $215 for children 8 to 12. The trip includes canoe guides, all meals from breakfast on the first day through lunch on the third day, and pre-trip canoe instruction at Cherry Creek Reservoir. Not included are tent and sleeping bag, transportation to the site and entrance fee to Cherry Creek State Park for a practice session. Participants also pay for their trip to Denver, where a shuttle will take them to the launch spot.

Contact: Denver Museum of Nature and Science; tel. (303) 370-6304,

Pyrenees: Biking

Explore a remote corner of Europe, the Pyrenees, on a bicycle journey that departs Sept. 14. The cycling route crosses the border between France and Spain several times as it winds through foothills.

This 15-day ride goes from the Atlantic Coast to the balmy beaches of the Mediterranean, and the territory in between is a diverse region of meadowland, ice-clad peaks and bare rock canyons. The average daily cycling distance is 35 miles, and longer or shorter distances are available to cyclists of different abilities. The terrain is hilly. Van support is available.

Cost: $3,395 per person, including first-class hotels, gourmet dining and a support vehicle. International air fare is extra. The tour is limited to 20.

Contact: Gerhard's Bicycle Odysseys, P.O. Box 757, Portland, OR 97207; tel. (800) 966-2402,

Ireland: Walking

Walkers can follow the paths of saints and poets through Ireland's Ring of Kerry with the Wayfarers of Rhode Island. Departures are scheduled for Aug. 6 and Sept. 3 and 24. History and Celtic culture are an integral part of the walk. Highlights include a visit to the birthplace of Irish patriot Daniel O'Connell. The itinerary also takes the group to the town of Kenmare and some 16th century gardens. Other stops include a stone circle, a Franciscan abbey and the ancient Staigue Fort in County Kerry.

The Wayfarers guides are experts in the region's history, literature and flora and fauna.

Walks are about 10 miles a day, and transportation is available for travelers who want to walk only part of the way. Accommodations are in comfortable inns and hotels, and lunches are in traditional pubs.

Cost: $2,595 per person, double occupancy, including six nights' room and breakfast, pub lunch or picnic and dinner, with wine daily; transportation of baggage; and the full-time services of guides.

Contact: Wayfarers of Rhode Island; tel. (800) 249-4620,

Italy: Photography

See extravagant Gothic architecture, stunning landscapes, fabulous archeological sites and medieval hill towns in Italy with travel photographer Michele Burgess from Sept. 12 to Oct. 3.

Highlights of this in-depth tour include Milan, fashion capital of Italy; the isolated coastal villages of the Cinque Terre; the Leaning Tower of Pisa; the historic treasures of Rome; the well-preserved remains of ancient Herculaneum and Pompeii; Positano and the lovely Amalfi Coast; the picturesque region of Umbria; the pastoral countryside and medieval towns of Tuscany; Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance; the mosaic churches of Ravenna; and Venice during the full moon.

Cost: 4,995 per person, including round-trip air from Los Angeles, accommodations, many meals and entrance fees.

Contact: In Focus With Michele Burgess, 20741 Catamaran Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92646; tel. (714) 536-6104,

Canada: Sea Kayaking

Learn to paddle a sea kayak and get up close and personal with an orca whale in the wilds of British Columbia's Johnstone Strait. The six-day guided paddling trips offered by Sea Kayak Adventures run through Sept. 10.

Participants will paddle two-person kayaks through the glacier-carved waterways between Vancouver Island and the rugged mountains of mainland British Columbia. Along the way, they'll follow pods of orcas in their hunt for salmon; the strait is a traditional gathering place for the whales.

The group will also explore the area's islands on foot, visit an ancient Indian village to view totem poles and remains of a traditional longhouse, and camp on secluded beaches. Guides serve meals and set up luxury camping accommodations. Kayaking experience is not necessary, but novice adventurers should be reasonably healthy and fit.

Cost: $895 per person, including kayaks, camping supplies and meals. Air fare to Canada and transport to the starting point at Port McNeill are extra.

Contact: Sea Kayak Adventures; tel. (800) 616-1943,

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Do-nothing Congress II: It's not a compliment

It's official: The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate agreed on so few issues this year, Congress is on pace to pass the fewest bills in a two-year term since World War II. Pundits have compared the current occupants of Capitol Hill unfavorably to the infamous "Do-Nothing Congress" of 1947-48, which was a dynamo in comparison. Lawmakers passed 1,729 bills in that two-year term, compared to 58 in the first year of this one. Unless something changes dramatically in the second half of the 113th Congress, it will be the least productive in modern memory.

Counting the number of bills that make it into law, however, is only one way to judge lawmakers, and not always the most meaningful. Adding 50 new wrinkles to the tax code, for instance, would be far less valuable than enacting a single comprehensive overhaul. And as important as it may be to keep federal law up to date, so too is the work congressional committees do to oversee the executive branch and draw attention to emerging national issues.

Yet the paltry number of bill signings coincides with a stunning inability to do the basic job of governance, let alone tackle bigger and more divisive issues. The legislative branch's most fundamental task is to authorize federal programs and appropriate money each year for the agencies to carry them out. This year, not only could lawmakers not get most of the spending bills through their own chambers, they couldn't agree on a stopgap bill to keep the government open, leading to a costly 16-day shutdown.

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The shutdown epitomized the dysfunctional relationship between House Republicans and Senate Democrats that has endured for three years. The House GOP has passed a long series of ideologically pure bills with little or no Democratic support, aiming to free businesses of federal regulation and shrink the scope of the federal government. Senate Democrats have responded by ignoring those measures completely — not even holding hearings on them — while they pursued their own liberal priorities. Point fingers where you may, but if the House Republican leadership really wanted to get something done instead of just scoring political points, it would have changed tactics long ago.

To its credit, the Senate has managed to legislate on a few major issues, such as the country's broken immigration system, and its supermajority-forcing filibuster rule has made Democrats obtain at least a modicum of GOP support for their initiatives. Yet Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hasn't found a way to defuse the polarization among Senate factions that has stopped much of its work, other than to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominees — a drastic but justifiable step that generated even more ill will between the parties.

For most of the session, Republicans and Democrats have acted like an embittered couple that stopped speaking to each other years ago. The sole exception was the recent budget deal struck by the leaders of the House and Senate budget committees, Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). The deal set a discretionary spending limit for fiscal 2014 that split the difference between the two chambers' proposals, while cutting mandatory spending and raising fees enough to more than offset the cost. That sort of compromise, so exceptional today, was once routine in Washington.

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The budget agreement should make it easier for Congress to pass bills in January to keep the government open after its temporary funding expires, but there's still a real possibility for lawmakers to foul things up. That, after all, is what happened in October, when House Republicans insisted on attaching a toxic rider — a provision to "defund Obamacare" — to what should have been a non-controversial stop-gap spending bill. And even if lawmakers resist the temptation to fight pointless ideological battles, Republicans have already signaled that they plan to extract concessions from Democrats in exchange for raising the debt limit early next year.

A modestly productive Congress would handle both of those fiscal tasks without drama, then make at least incremental progress on immigration, the sluggish economy, healthcare costs and other major issues. If last year is any guide, this Congress will do none of those things. And if that's how its term concludes, it will be a most unproductive Congress regardless of how many other bills it passes.

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Album-release gimmicks grab attention, but for how long?

In early August, a mysterious symbol started appearing in random metropolitan areas. A jumble of letters arranged in a diamond grid, the mark had no discernible message, signature or obvious identifiers. It was distinctive enough to draw notice, though, and shots of it soon started appearing on social media.

Was it the work of a political group looking to incite? A plot point in some creepy new David Fincher movie? A graffiti artist offering public anagrams?

Eventually online sleuths connected the dots when, on Instagram, the Canadian rock band Arcade Fire started posting the image. Long at work on the follow-up to their Grammy-winning album of the year "The Suburbs," the band had issued a missive. Like the Vatican announcing the new pope with a plume of smoke, the symbol suggested that a decision had been made: A new Arcade Fire album would soon arrive.

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Since then, the band and its marketing team have continually dripped out news: grainy photos of the band, brief snatches of sound, the date 9/9. At the recent FYF music festival in Los Angeles, attendees were offered hand fans with the symbol on it — but didn't get any further details.

The obscure missives prompted Pitchfork music writer Brandon Stosuy to tweet, "Are Arcade Fire a band or a mystery novel?"

On Monday, it released the first single, called "Reflektor," a compelling, seven-minute disco rock song that features backing vocals by David Bowie. The diamond grid, it turns out, are the jumbled letters of the song and album title.

The Arcade Fire rollout is one of the most prominent of a number of big-ticket pre-release campaigns this year and offers insight into how social media has transformed the ways in which artists reveal and frame their new work.

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Lady Gaga has been steadily building awareness of her forthcoming "ARTPOP" for the past year, most strikingly through images of her with splotched face paint, and a typically over-the-top MTV Video Music Awards performance using similar signifiers. At the iTunes festival, she played tidbits of a handful of songs, and fans did the rest by spreading the clips. For much of the summer she tweeted alluring details on her new work.

Others this year have harnessed social media's swarm effect. Daft Punk hosted its official "Random Access Memories" release party at a remote Australian village called Wee Waa, banking on social media buzz. Kanye West's "Yeezus" was teased with projections in urban landscapes. Electronic band Boards of Canada announced news of fresh music by planting a select few singles at respected record stores. Each record contained part of a new song.

Not long ago fewer platforms delivered the news of future music: radio rotation, a clever music video, a late night TV appearance, well-placed record reviews and print ads got the word out. These tools continue to be essential, especially for bands lacking status or millions of Twitter or Facebook followers. Gaga and Arcade Fire can tease because people want them to.

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But as viral marketing has become more sophisticated, prominent album releases now follow a template that mimics that of a blockbuster Hollywood film: Build advance buzz by releasing a trailer/pre-video tease, drop a single, release a video. Keep seeding the brains of eager fans with anticipatory desire so that upon release date, first-week numbers propel the album to the top of the sales charts — and hopefully recoup the investment upfront.

Such placement on the charts can lead to a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. Once an album is in the top 10, it lands on the iTunes, Amazon and Google Music chart pages. There it lives prominently on coveted real estate viewable by millions, each of whom is a click away from purchase. It's the equivalent of screening your movie in the biggest theater chains in the world.

There's a downside, though. The "Reflektor" symbol has now fully dented the brains of music fans, where it lives alongside logos for Coca-Cola, Taco Bell, Jiffy Lube and every other commercial icon.

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Is it anything more to it? Is it a piece of art because it was delivered by artists? Or has an initially striking image been transformed via the relentless dribble of information into little more than a trademark for the new Arcade Fire record? Is this a message of art, or a message to build brand awareness?

These ploys can get tiresome too. As evidenced by the number of "Reflektor" hand fans flying through the crowd during FYF, one person's clever campaign is another person's trash. Miley Cyrus' team has certainly built the anticipation for her forthcoming "Bangerz" album. Her Instagram features sexy teases, but it's not going to make the album any better or worse. Once it, "Reflektor," "ARTPOP" and others come out, the marketing materials will vanish within the feed like old handbills on a telephone pole.

All that will rescue the music from oblivion is its potency, not the cleverness of its rollout.

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Depression treatment: Better but still not great

Depression affects 1 in 6 Americans in the course of his or her lifetime. And while antidepressant medications have seemingly revolutionized treatment, making the depressed well again is a largely hit-or-miss proposition. A review of advances in depression treatment published in the Lancet this week acknowledges the limitations of current treatment, but looks ahead hopefully to several new therapies -- among them, deep-brain stimulation.

"In actual practice, most patients need several sequential treatment steps to achieve remission," said the authors of the Lancet "seminar," all from the University of Pittsburgh's Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. More than 3 in 10 depressed patients who seek treatment are unlikely to see their depression lift completely after trying several courses of antidepressants.

"No fully satisfactory treatments for major depression are available," the authors concluded.

The authors noted that as researchers uncover some of the things that go wrong in a depressed person's brain, better diagnosis and potentially better treatments will emerge. Among the possibilities: genetic tests that can help predict how well a patient will respond to the plethora of antidepressant medications available; brain imaging techniques that might help diagnose depression and shed light on how it works; new evidence that some psychotherapy can be effective even when delivered via telephone and the Internet; and two potential new "rescue drugs" -- ketamine and ademetionine (also known as SAMe) -- that appear to bring about short-term remission at least of depression that has failed to yield to standard drugs and psychotherapy.

Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation -- already approved by the FDA as a treatment for depression -- and deep-brain stimulation -- not yet approved, but for which research evidence is accumulating -- also appear promising, the authors wrote. But as regulators and psychiatrists deepen their understanding of deep-brain stimulaton, the authors warned, they should be attentive to the possibility it could increase patients' risk for suicide.

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John Gatch is a staple at races. Photo courtesy of Judy LoPresti

by Judi LoPresti

John Gatch is a do-it-all-er when it comes to cycling. A long time racer, both in road and cyclocross. Announcer for some of the biggest races held here in Cincinnati. Promoter and organizer for the OVCX race, Gun Club CX. He even has a podcast. I was excited to have the opportunity to interview him. Despite his busy schedule, John took the time to answer some of the questions I have always been curious about. He is somewhat of a legend around the cycling community and I hope you enjoy his answers as much as I did.

Judi LoPresti: You are a roadie. How did you get into Cyclocross?

John Gatch: I started ’crossing a long time ago when I was a Junior as a wintertime diversion/training option. My first cyclocross race was in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January, in the deep snow with USCF Coach Eddie B. screaming at me to keep going.

JL: Tell me about how you got roped into organizing an event like Gun Club?

JG: This will be my tenth year promoting and producing a cyclocross race. I started because it’s a heck of a lot less hassle putting on a ’cross race than a road race or criterium. I was burned out on the road race promotion front.

JL: How did Gun Club become the venue for this race?

JG: As participation grew I started to look for a venue with multiple course options, parking and a building for registration, food, etc. The Gun Club fits the bill with its massive lodge, fireplace, kitchen, bathrooms and over 100 acres. It’s owned by some brothers who I know from church.

JL: What’s up with the skirt?

JG: Skirt? What are you talking about? I did wear lederhosen at the race last year. [see picture above] I figured the promoter should be easy to spot. This year I’m looking for a matador’s outfit.

JL: How do you go about setting the course up each year? It is always so brutal, but my personal favorite of the OVCX series.

JG: I do a lot of riding out there leading up to the event. My ’cross training buddy, Mikey, and I tweak it every year. I am especially proud of the “valley of death” section we came up with last year where riders could choose one of two ways across a creek before a steep-ass hill.

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Gatch in action on the cyclocross course. Photo courtesy of John Gatch.

JL: Tell me about what all it takes to organize an event like Gun Club CX, how far in advance do you start?

JG: I actually start the day after the race. I’ll sit down and make a list of what worked, what didn’t work, course notes, total the receipts, list ideas for next year, etc. I then put all that away until mid-August when I’ll pull a race permit, solicit sponsors, design a new logo, inventory my equipment, and start to get my volunteer crew assembled.

JL: Does it get in the way of your own training? How do you get it all done?

JG: Not really. I try to stay organized. As long as I don’t procrastinate I can stay on top of it OK.

JL: The race is set for early October this year. How do you think the race will differ from years past when it’s usually in November?

JG: Other than starting the planning earlier I don’t think so. I suppose it could be a bit warmer. Also, we gain a little daylight in the morning. That will help with set up.

JL: Which do you like better, announcing at a race or organizing a race?

JG: I like racing a race best. This year I’ve been able to double up and announce and race some crits. I am super psyched to announce the UCI3 Cincinnati Cyclocross Festival with Dave Towle. I’ve know Dave for a long time but have never announced with him. The organizing bit is a big job but the payoff is race day when everyone arrives, registration is humming, events start on time, the grill is fired up, the marching band is playing, and the crowd is pumped.

JL: Would you consider racing the event anytime soon? I think you’d kick ass at cyclocross.

JG: The Gun Club is getting too big for me to take the time to race it. The last time I raced it was three or four years ago. I did get fifth in the A race, but guys are getting faster and I’m getting older and slower!

JL: Tell me about your podcast. How did you come up with it?

JG: It was my wife’s idea. I’d just come back home from a weekend of racing and immediately got on the phone with one of my teammates (the other John) to re-hash the events. She was like, “Lord! You guys just spent the weekend together racing and your still talking about it. Do a podcast or something!” And so it was born. She even came up with name. We like to think the podcast is the kind of conversation you’d have in a car with a bunch of buddies driving home from a race.

JL: How did you get the announcing gig? You do such a good job! You make us all feel like rockstars.

JG: Thank you. I’ve never met a microphone I didn’t like and I have no fear of speaking in front of large crowds. I love the challenge of educating and entertaining a crowd at a bike race no matter what the category. Plus, I know the feeling of being in a race and hearing your name over the PA. It’s pretty cool. I like to recognize who’s putting out the effort regardless of age or experience level.

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Gatch with a second place trophy and some seriously muddy bikes. Photo courtesy of John Gatch

JL:  You won the Tandem Championship Nationals last year. Do you plan to go to Bend to compete again next month?

JG: Sadly no plans at this point. My tandem partner’s wife had a kid recently. I don’t think it would go over too well. Life always intervenes in bike racing.

JL: Name your favorite belgium beer.

Wow, now that’s a good question. I’d have to say Westmalle Abbey – Tripel, but for an American Belgie-style beer the Ommegang Abbey Ale is an excellent Dubbel at an awesome price.


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One of the most spectacular sights we ever saw, snorkeling in Hawaii, was a sea turtle. It was colored in every imaginable shade of green in a pentagonal shape arching across his hard shell. It poked its wrinkled head out, and peered at us with small dark beady eyes. We averted our gaze and the majestic creature continued on its endless search for food. I swam closer to the creature steadily, trying to get a closer look. It cocked its head as if to say, what interesting creatures you are. It darted into a clump of coral, and we lost it for a few moments. We saw it next when it turned a corner in steady pursuit of a fish. It glanced at us, giving the fish time to swim free. Its prey lost, the creature flicked a wrinkled flipper and took off.

The excitement over, we traveled back to the sandy shore. When I reached my mother, who was on the beach, I told her of the amazing sight that we had seen.

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While the four-inch gash on Emily Schaeffer’s leg oozes blood, Bethany Lloyd jumps into action. She grabs splints and starts tying them in place with long strips of gauze. Schaeffer sits calmly, unfazed. The blood covering her leg isn’t real; the wound is staged with makeup. The whole situation is simulated, a chance for the teens to practice the skills they’ve learned in their emergency medical technician class at the Burton Center for Arts and Technology. The pair, juniors at Northside High School, come to the Burton Center every other day as part of Roanoke County Schools’ inaugural EMT program.

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STOCKHOLM - Per answers some questions about 2003 from Aftonbladet's Per Bjurman:

Best CD: The Cardigans "Long Gone Before Daylight". Should've been number 1 all over the world… why wasn't it?

Best song: Outkast "Hey Ya!" Although one's getting tired of it now….

Best concert: The Stones at the Cirkus. Can anyone beat this?

Best retro: Polanski on DVD. Plus the fact that the 60s more and more seem like, believe it or not, UNDERESTIMATED….. art… literature… music… film….design…. cars…. clothes…. etc., etc., etc.!!!

Worst: The Britney-Madonna-single will probably not be historic. But if you mean something that isn't really a "musical" experience one can mention that one gets terrified of that Michael Jackson district attorney…..help!

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I've been a little quiet since publishing YELLOW at the end of last year.. It's not been for a lack of ideas , but the summer was nice I was knackered after making that book. But for anyone who's bumped into me this year or gotten trapped talking to me at a magazine event, they'll know there was something bubbling.

That magazine is SHINER - a new magazine for young men. We're slowly pulling together a very exicitng team of raw, young talent to help us shone a lot on the real lives of young men and we're looking at a first issue in early 2017. But for now you can read the full manifesto at:


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Punisher In Action On “Daredevil” Photos

Fans have been keen to see Jon Bernthal’s take on Frank Castle, aka. The Punisher, ever since it was announced that the character would be a part of the second season of Marvel and Netflix’s “Daredevil” series.

Set photos from the production have mostly just shown Bernthal in civilian garb, but today it looks like the violent vigilante may have surfaced as new set photos from this past Thursday in New York City show off Bernthal’s Frank Castle getting pretty physical with a cop for a fight scene. Check out the shots, which originated at JustJared.com where there’s a full gallery, below:


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The movie centers on a group of friends who suddenly become involved in a diamond heist. Paul Walker is also apparently in talks to join them.

Mike Gunther wrote the movie and is directing. Fredrik Malmberg (“Conan”) will serve as executive producer.


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ntfs-partitions The first sector of NTFS partitions is used as the partition boot sector. It contains the information which allows the OS to read the partition. Without it, the partition cannot be accessed.

NTFS has a backup copy of the boot sector on the last sector of the partition which can allow recovery programs to restore it. The FAT also has the boot sector, and resides on the first sector of this partition. The difference is that FAT does not have a backup copy of this information; Recovery is much more difficult than NTFS.

The first file stored on an NTFS partition is called the Master File Table (MFT) which is essentially a listing of the names, properties and locations of all the other files in this partition. This is referenced by the operating system to access individual files.

NTFS stores a backup copy of this file. Data restoration software can access or restore a copy of the MFT in order to access files on the partition.

FAT partitions with something similar, called predictably enough the File Allocation Table (FAT). The FAT is also backed up on the disk, and can be restored by software. The major disadvantage of the FAT as compared to the MFT is that it needs to be located on a specific area of the partition to function, so if that area of the disk is damaged, recovery will become more difficult.

When a file is deleted (removed from the recycle bin within Windows), both file systems simply mark the file as deleted. The data is not actually removed from the hard drive, but rather the space it takes up on the disk is now considered to be free. Consequently, if you delete a file accidentally, you have an excellent chance of being able to restore it provided you do not write more information to the disk.

For example, If you two NTFS partitions on the effected disk. When you ran FDISK, it wrote garbage information over certain areas of this disk, including areas of both partitions. As a result, the first partition (the one with your article on it) had lost its partition boot sector, meaning it could not be accessed normally by an operating system. The second partition had merely had crucial system files overwritten, and was unbootable, but still can accessible once you transferred the disk to another computer.

There is a way to fix all of this, and get the data back

One rule to remember when you have lost data, please don’t write anything more to the affected hard drive!

If you have deleted a partition by accident, do not create another partition, just leave it blank.
If you have deleted files from the recycling bin that you realize you need, do notsave anything to the drive. The reason is that hard drives do not actually erase anything, not data or partitions. When you erase a file from the operating system, it is just marked on the drive as having been deleted. When the system needs to store more data on the drive, it will consider files on the drive marked ‘deleted’ as being empty space, and cheerfully copy over them. If that happens then you’re in big trouble.

Another rule applies twice over for partitions; since partition information just presents the operating system with a way of addressing the space available on the drive. If you wipe out a partition everything from it will seem to be gone.

If there is no partition information, no data can be read by the operating system. This does not mean that your data it is not there however, only that means you can’t see it. Data-recovery programs have no such handicap.

What you need to do was to allow FDISK to test the integrity of the drive, which it does by writing a pattern of data to certain areas. Of course, in the case, many of these areas contained partition information and critical system files. The result was one missing partition, due to a destroyed boot sector, and one unbootable (but still readable) XP installation.

First and best thing to do in a data-loss situation is to make sure no more data is written to the drive. Obviously, if you have just the one partition and it’s fried, you can’t boot normally to the operating system. The best option in this situation is to transfer the drive to another computer, preferably one using the same file-system as your damaged partition (such as, the same operating system, or a newer version). See the PCSTATS Beginners Guides sectionfor information on how to move your hard drive to another computer.

Transferring the HDD to another computer has the dual benefit of preventing the drive from being written to accidentally, and potentially allowing you to retrieve information from the disk just by using Windows Explorer to look through file structures.

If you have damaged or erased essential operating system files, but the partition information is still intact Windows will not boot. The HDD can still be read from a different operating system which is one way out of the doom and gloom.

All the processes described from here on are strictly for resolving software issues with your data, like accidentally deleting partitions or files. If your hard drive has a physical problem, if it is making strange noises, shaking, rattling or smoking, nothing here will apply. Turn off your computer, unplug the drive and call a data recovery service if your data are vital.

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If you are going through a difficult time as many Americans are today, applying for the right personal loan with a low interest rate can be frustrating. If you have been able to keep your credit score above 700 and have assets, such as owning your own home, finding a low interest personal loan through the bank which carries your mortgage is the best way to go. Since you already have a history with your bank, filing the paper work will be that much easier. Even if you have no assets, but you have a high enough credit score you may qualify with a bank for an unsecured low interest personal loan. These loans are very hard to get and are based on credit reports, income and debt to income ratio.

If banks are not an option, you may be able to borrow through your retirement plan. While one would not think of borrowing from their 401K, you may borrow up to a certain amount of your balance and it will come with a low interest rate. You may want to find out what you are able to borrow first to see if it is enough. The loan is usually repaid within a short period of time such as a year or two, but the benefit of doing this is that you cannot be turned down and the repayment goes back to you with interest – one of the best low interest personal loans that you can acquire.

If you are amongst the population that has acquired a blemish or two over the past couple of years obtaining a low interest personal loan may be more difficult. However, if you own your home and have maintained the monthly payments on time, even with a few late payments which may have lowered your credit score, you should still be able to acquire a relatively low interest personal loan through your bank.

The rate of interest may be a bit higher but still one of the best places to apply. Another option for someone who has a few late payments is to look for a low interest personal loan through your credit union. While the credit union does not usually lend large amounts on a personal loan, they will lend at a low interest rate, making the loan affordable.

If you are looking for a low interest personal loan, your best bet is to check your credit rating first because this will have the most bearing on the interest rate that is approved. Once you have established that you have good credit, you can explore the options above in securing your low interest personal loan.


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Vesuvian archaeology

From the Villa to the Villas – In the Shadow of Mt. Vesuvius

Some like them exotic, some like them simple. I guess I like them big, luxurious and… Roman. I can’t say exactly when my passion for Roman villas (I guess the title gave me away, eh) started, but there surely is a pattern there: from the moment when I was asked to do a research for my Archaeology & Anthropology class in high school, and I chose to discuss the Villa of the Mysteries in front of a bunch of clueless 17 years old Australians, to the life-changing moment when I submitted my application for a Curatorial Internship at the J.-P. Getty Museum. But this is not the story of how I spent my days as a Classical Archaeologist strolling around the reconstructed peristyle of the Villa of the Papyri – although I could fill pages with the amazingness of experiencing my dream job [Dream job /dri:m dʒɒb/: to work in any Archaeological Museum filled with Classical Antiquities].

This is the story of how I decided to come back home, to Italy, and got myself a room with a view on Mt. Vesuvius.

Mt. Vesuvius seen from Villa Arianna, Stabiae. Photo caption ARC

The year, 2010. I am writing my thesis on some Neronian frescoes (not just “Neronian” but “Neronian-Neronian”, aka, from one of the many wings of Nero’s palace in Rome), and decide to go look at similarly themed-frescoes in the best wall-paintings archive in the world: the Vesuvian sites. On a sunny day, I make my first encounter with Villa San Marco and Villa Arianna, and immediately fall in love  (Pompeii what?).

Four years later, I am currently working in Castellammare di Stabia for the Restoring Ancient Stabiae (RAS) Foundation, trying to preserve and make known this often-forgotten site (by tourists at least) to local and international audiences. Each year, the Foundation facilitates archaeological excavations and conservation campaigns from all over the world; promotes summer schools and university-level lectures and visits to the archaeological sites of Campania, as well as programs for local schools. It has also funded some major exhibitions and made the objects recovered at Stabiae tour the world – a big pro for a museum geek like me. So what does an archaeologist do at the RAS? Or rather, what do my colleague, Paolo Gardelli, and I do? We try to fit together a puzzle of pieces, often on the very same day!

Piece 1 – Digging and Restoring

Lapilli anyone? Photo caption ARC

Mind there: before actually digging and restoring, there’s a lot of paper-work to do. But once that’s over (if it is ever over), and once the projects and the collaborations have been signed, the archaeological fun begins. I have been here only a month now, but I did get my peek on all the different projects that are taking place at Stabiae: from looking for the lost root cavities in the gardens – or in a corner viridarium – to washing floors to make the marble pieces stand out; from scooping underground to see what is left there to scratching the surfaces of columns to take the salts away, I got to see all this taking form and meaning. After a long pause, I even got to hold a trowel again. And it is like going on a bycicle: you just never forget how to use it.

Piece 2 – Research

Villa Arianna, diaeta 12, detail of IV style decoration. Photo caption ARC

Digging is publishing, shouldn’t this be the rule? And what does an archaeologist like me do in two villas full of frescoes? She picks one. Daily task for me: finding a wall-painting that needs publishing, or I think deserves publishing, or I love particularly (okay, this is getting harder). Then study it, make it as if I painted it with my own bare hands and amazing taste in juxtaposing colors and themes. Find the reason beyond a certain subject (why that small Psyche over there?), a color (why is that column green?), a context (why in that room?).

Piece 3 – Education

Our 2014 Summer School group visiting Villa Arianna. Photo caption ARC

 Last but not least, our daily tasks also involve teaching and taking schools and university groups to see the villas. Our Education programs are many and varied, and they also include simulated digs in a dedicated area at the Institute, workshops, lectures on the Vesuvian sites, archaeo-music… There’s much to choose from, and I personally enjoy doing it. I’m truly convinced that part of the mission of an archaeologist (or a curator, for that matters) is to share his/her knowledge and simultaneously take from others. Have you ever met a 10 years old girl asking you if Diodorus Siculus ever wrote anything on Cremona? It’s a priceless experience.

Day is over, time to go and immerse myself in one of the many books that has been written on the cities buried by Vesuvius. Oh yes, another perk of working here.


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As health care coverage has expanded, area hospital networks have seen sharp declines in the cost of caring for those uninsured, reflecting a statewide trend in which hospital expenditures for so-called charity care have plummeted by more than 60 percent.

As health care coverage has expanded, area hospital networks have seen sharp declines in the cost of caring for those uninsured, reflecting a statewide trend in which hospital expenditures for so-called charity care have plummeted by more than 60 percent.

Premier Health and Kettering Health Network, which have hospitals or medical offices in seven area counties, have seen their charity costs decline by several millions of dollars in past years since Medicaid was expanded in the state under the Affordable Care Act.

Statewide, total uncompensated care costs — which include charity care plus the cost for patients who are unable or unwilling to pay — declined 64 percent from $1.2 billion before Medicaid expansion in 2013 to about $433 million this year, according to Ohio Medicaid. At the same time, Ohio hospitals saw their Medicaid shortfall inch up a mere 2 percent to about $490 million.

Officials attribute the decline to greater use of the Affordable Care Act and an expansion of Medicaid that has increased access to care for more than 600,000 previously uninsured Ohioans.

“It’s basically a wash,” said Mike Sims, vice president and corporate controller for Premier Health, referring to the decline in charity care costs compared to the hospital’s Medicaid shortfall — or the difference between what Medicaid reimburses hospitals for providing care and the costs of treating Medicaid patients.

Premier’s Medicaid shortfall increased by a whopping $14 million from $73.7 million in 2014, the first year of Medicaid expansion in Ohio, to $87.7 million last year, according to figures provided by the network. However, charity care costs nosedived by a commensurate $13.9 million.

Results vary by hospital, with some hospitals essentially breaking even while others rake in windfall profits as a result of charity cost savings, based on figures from the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

Medicaid expenses continue to grow despite enhanced reimbursements from the federal government for those covered by expanded Medicaid because reimbursements cover only a fraction of the actual cost of care. Still, health care reform has kept those costs in check while allowing many of the communities poorest and sickest residents to seek the help many desperately need.

“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a good thing,” Sims said. “It gave people access to insurance, and having that access gave them the opportunity to access services that they may not necessarily have used in the past.”

The ACA is composed of two main parts: Expansion of the Medicaid program to allow states to cover families with incomes less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level; and federal or state-regulated health insurance marketplaces, sometimes referred to as an exchanges, that provide subsidized coverage without job-based health insurance and not eligible for Medicaid.

While more Ohioans are covered by Medicaid expansion than the marketplaces by about a 3-1 ratio, the marketplaces have also played a key role in driving down hospital expenses, according to Todd Anderson, executive vice president of finance for the Kettering hospital system.

“At times, we see the same patient covered by a commercial product through the exchange that may have been covered by a Medicaid product,” Anderson said. “We see our community members regardless of their insurance. Our growth has enabled us to produce some excess revenue over expenses.”

From 2013 to 2014 — the first full year of ACA implementation — Kettering hospitals saw their charity care costs decline by $17.4 million, or 57 percent, from $30.5 million to $13.1 million — wiping out a $600,000 increase in Medicaid shortfall over the same period, according to figures from the network’s annual report. Kettering officials declined to break out charity care and Medicaid shortfall numbers for 2015.

Anderson was quick to point out that any net gain in savings from reduced charity care costs is poured back into the community in the form of new facilities and services. But that keeps costs growing, which means the charity cost savings only mitigates overall cost increases, he said.

“When I think about what we call our bottom line…obviously, what you see is a bottom line that continues to add value to our community,” Anderson said. “Medicaid expansion has helped. But at the end of the day, that Medicaid payment — although it’s something more than we received if that member didn’t have any funding — is still a shortfall to our costs.”

As a result, Kettering is constantly looking at ways to operate more efficiently, Anderson said. That’s a smart strategy when you consider the fate of Medicaid expansion is still uncertain.

Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president, has repeatedly vowed to repeal and replace the ACA, which would impact 30 states, plus Washington, D.C., which have expanded Medicaid coverage under the law.

Even if Trump is not elected and federal funding remains in place, the Supreme Court has left Medicaid expansion up to the states. And that means Ohio legislators will have to decide next year whether to pick some of the cost of expansion, which, so far, has been fully paid for by the federal government.

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Primary database - 2 node RAC cluster on ASM

Standby database - 2 node RAC cluster on ASM with dataguard

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I have to copy some archivelogs which are on ASM to the ASM location of the standby node. can you please help.

Here's what I have so far ...

On primary
logged into RMAN
copy archivelog '+FRA_PROD/2012_10_26/thread_2_seq_6664.6373.79999999' to /u50/thread_2_seq_6664.6373.79999999' ;

The above command copied it to a f/s on the OS level.

then I scp'd the file to the standby node.

on the standby node :
i logged into rman
cataloged the file -- catalog start with "/u050/thread2-seq_6664.6373.79999999' ; - completed successfully

then i tried to copy the file into ASM as follows

copy archivelog '/u050/thread2-seq_6664.6373.79999999' to '+FRA_STANDBY/2012_10_26/thread2-seq_6664.6373.79999999' '

but got the error - ORA-01276: cannot add file +FRA+STANDBY/2012_10_26/thread2-seq_6664.6373.79999999. File has an Oracle managed Files file name.

Please suggest if there is any other way to accompolish copying files from one ASM node to another ASM node.

Appreciate your help.


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Classic Green Bean Casserole

A traditional classic side dish for the holidays, it wouldn't be the same around our house if green bean casserole didn't show up.

Classic Green Bean Casserole

I don't know what it is about Green Bean Casserole, but I am the first one to say I love it, and I expect it at holiday meals. Gooey, creamy southern béchamel (that's Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup for those of y'all with a more sophisticated palate) mixed in with one of our favorite southern veggies - green beans - and accented by crunchy French fried onions. Oh yeah. Comfort food for sure and likely to invoke all kinds of memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas past. Maybe that's why we love our Green Bean Casserole so much in The South.

And listen y'all. If you want to make a homemade cream sauce, then by all means, go for it... but folks, I'd like to ask that you please stop trash talkin' the classic if you don't mind. There are an awful lot of us still endeared to the original, and besides... remember mama's advice that if you don't have something nice to say, well.. if you're a proper southerner, you know the rest. For those with more adventurous appetites, I've added in some nice variations at the bottom of the recipe too.

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Recipe: Classic Green Bean Casserole

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Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 25 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings

  • 2 slices of bacon, optional
  • 1/4 cup of finely minced onion, optional
  • 1 (10.75 ounce) can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
  • 1/2 cup of whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon low sodium soy sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
  • 4 cups of cooked green beans
  • 1-1/3 cups (more or less) of French fried onions (like French's), divided

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 1-1/2 quart casserole dish with butter or non-stick spray; set aside. Saute the bacon and onion in a skillet just until onion is tender and bacon fat rendered, about 5 minutes. Pour off excess bacon drippings, reserving for another use.

Stir in the soup, milk, soy sauce, and pepper until well blended. Add the green beans and 1/4 of the French fried onions; turn out into the casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 25 minutes or until bubbly. Sprinkle top of casserole with remaining fried onions, using more or less as desired. and return to the oven for about 5 minutes longer, or until onions are lightly browned.

Double for a 9 x 13 inch dish.

Cook's Notes: Use 1 large bag (16 to 20 ounces) of frozen French style green beans or 2 smaller packages, precooked; 1-1/2 pounds of fresh green beans, precooked; or substitute 2 cans of green beans, drained, uncooked.

For Broccoli Casserole, substitute 4 cups cooked broccoli florets for the green beans.

For Cheese Lovers, stir in 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese or other mild cheese with the soup. Omit the soy sauce. Sprinkle with an additional 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese when adding the remaining onions. Can also use Parmesan, or other stronger cheeses, but reduce to 1/4 cup mixed in and 2 tablespoons on top.

Cheesy Ranch Green Bean Casserole: Increase bacon to 4 slices, and add 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Stir into the soup mixture along with a packet of dry ranch dressing and seasoning mix. Finish as above.

To add a festive touch, stir in 1/4 cup chopped pimento or red pepper with the soup.

To add extra crunch, add 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds to the onion topping.

For a suitable replacement for cream soup, check out this recipe for a homemade condensed cream of mushroom.

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  1. Love this casserole and like you I 'expect it' during the holidays. I add drained jarred sliced mushrooms to mine to go with the 'mushrooms' in the mushroom soup, and just use canned french green beans. I know, I know...but it's just delicious!

  2. I have made it with the french style too so no objections here. Extra mushrooms are always good too! Merry Christmas!!

  3. Hey yall! I just wanted to say that I've hit the jack pot with this website. A couple days ago I was looking at a recipe and it was on this site. This site has all the recipes I want and so much more! I'm so excited to try them all

    1. Thank you so much Hannah - I'm happy that you've found us too - welcome!!

  4. Thank you so much for posting this recipe! I made it today for thanksgiving dinner and my boyfriend absolutely loved it and said it was the best he's ever had! I did add the shredded cheddar cheese and some chopped mushrooms while leaving out the soy sauce-otherwise followed the recipe to a T. I will be making this again for sure! Thank you thank you and happy holidays!!

    1. You're so welcome!! I don't know why I don't make it more often because I love it, but I just HAVE to have my green bean casserole on the holiday table. I actually crave it! Yesterday, I added about a half cup of chopped up portobello mushrooms and a small jar of drained pimentos!

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