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|Ruth Fisher
|Portrayed by:
|Frances Conroy
|First appearance:
|Last appearance:
|"Everyone's Waiting"
|November 17, 1946
|Los Angeles, CA
| Nate Fisher (son)
David Fisher (son)
Claire Fisher (daughter)
Sarah O'Connor
|Significant Other/s:
| Nathaniel Fisher (first husband)
George Sibley (second husband)
Ruth married Nathaniel Fisher in 1965 after becoming pregnant with her first child, Nate, who was born while Nathaniel was serving in Vietnam. Four years later she gave birth to another son, David. Their third and final child, Claire, was born much later, in 1983.
Trapped in a maternal role at a young age, Ruth felt resentment toward her younger sister Sarah, an artist who Ruth sees as a free spirit. This was worsened by an incident in which her son Nate lost his virginity while under his aunt Sarah's supervision; Ruth and Sarah were estranged for years afterward.
Shortly before the series begins, Ruth has an affair with her hairdresser, Hiram Gunderson, who takes her camping. After Nathaniel's sudden death, she calls off the affair to mourn but rekindles the relationship months later. Seeing as her responsibilities as a housewife are now relieved, Ruth takes a job at a flower shop where the owner Nikolai becomes infatuated with her. Hiram then breaks up with Ruth and she begins seeing Nikolai. Their relationship ends when Nikolai is robbed and beaten by a Russian mob and Ruth offers to pay off his debt. Ruth ends their relationship when she realizes Nikolai has been feeling suffocated by her attentions and has only been staying with her out of guilt.
Ruth finds herself at odds with the women in Nate's life, and also has strained relations with her own children most of the time. Ruth finds comfort in her granddaughter Maya after Nate's death and starts a friendship with a new friend Bettina, Sarah's caretaker.
During her daughter-in-law's disappearance, Ruth struggles with her emotions and her self-imposed role of matriarch-in-control. During this time, she meets and marries geologist George Sibley after only six weeks of courtship. Ruth discovers unpleasant facts about her new husband's past, including multiple wives and an estranged son. Over time, George becomes increasingly paranoid, particularly with beliefs regarding an inevitable nuclear apocalypse, forcing Ruth to admit him for treatments including electro-convulsive therapy. Finding it hard to deal with his subsequent memory loss and emotional instability, Ruth decides to set George up with a life separate from hers before eventually divorcing him.
After Nate's death, Ruth decides she needs a change in her life and moves in with her sister and Bettina. She also lets George know she wants them to remain social (but not to remarry), ends a schism between herself and Brenda, and signs over Claire's full inheritance to her from a trust fund. Ruth dies in 2025 of old age at a hospital with George and her surviving children at her bedside.
Ruth tends to keep her emotions bottled away and assume a subservient role; growing up, Ruth was obliged to serve as caretaker for her crippled grandmother, who was verbally abusive. Ruth dresses plainly and is often considered "out of touch" and naive by others, frequently taking people at face value. Ruth can be seen as aloof, as she rarely knows what is going on in her children's lives and has stated this problem on several occasions. Her repressed emotions often cause her to have angry outbursts in reaction to her family.
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Jennifer Schreuders, MD; G. W. S. Thoe Schwartzenberg, MD; Edmee Bos, BSc; Florens G. A. Versteegh, MD, PhD
The authors report a case of acute onset of comitant esotropia with diplopia in a 5-year-old boy with a diffuse pontine glioma. On first presentation, the angle of esodeviation was 30 prism diopters at distance fixation and 25 prism diopters at near fixation. Neurological symptoms appeared 10 weeks after the first visit.
From the Departments of Pediatrics (JS, FGAV) and Ophthalmology (GWSTS, EB), Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, the Netherlands.
The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.
Address correspondence to Florens G. A. Versteegh, MD, PhD, Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, P.O. Box 1098, 2800BB Gouda, the Netherlands. E-mail: email@example.com
Several case reports1–4 have described children who presented with acute onset of comitant esotropia and were found to have intracranial tumors. A cerebellar tumor was identified as the underlying pathology in most of these cases. We describe a 5-year-old boy with acute onset of comitant esotropia in the absence of neurological findings. He developed neurological symptoms 2½ months after first presentation and computed tomography of the cerebrum was performed, which revealed an arachnoid cyst in the left hemisphere and a diffuse pontine glioma.
This rare presentation of severe intracranial pathology raises the question of whether it is efficient to perform further radiologic examination of all children with acute onset of comitant esotropia without neurological symptoms or whether the costs outweigh the benefits for this commonly seen problem in childhood.
On first presentation, a 5-year-old boy had acute comitant esotropia with diplopia for 2 weeks with no other neurologic findings. Except for a post-partum Group B streptococcal infection and Pfeiffer's disease, his medical history was unremarkable. He had no antecedent head trauma, systemic illness, or psychogenic stress.
Visual acuity measured with a picture chart was 6/6 in both eyes (uncorrected). On the alternating prism cover test, the angle of esodeviation was 30 prism diopters (PD) at distance fixation and 25 PD at near fixation. The ocular rotations were full and there was no nystagmus. Fundus examination was normal.
One month after the first symptoms, the patient underwent strabismus surgery. A 5-mm recession of the internal rectus muscle of both eyes was performed. Three weeks after surgery, the angle of esodeviation had increased to 55 PD at distance fixation and 65 PD at near fixation and the first sign of a bilateral abduction deficit was noticed, becoming more obvious in time.
Further neurological problems appeared 2½ months after the first visit. According to the patient's mother, he started to have difficulties walking and his fine motor skills had regressed. Because of these symptoms, the boy was referred to a pediatrician. Neurological examination revealed a bilateral nerve palsy of the abducens nerve. His mouth was hanging a bit open, with his tongue pointing out to the right. The pharyngeal arch was asymmetrical, with the left side being higher than the right. The uvula was pointing to the right. Muscular strength was symmetrical and normal. There was a bilateral Babinsky reflex.
Following neurological examination, computed tomography of the cerebrum was done. Two intracranial mass lesions were detected (Figure 1). One was located in the left hemisphere, which was diagnosed as an arachnoid cyst, and another in the brain stem, which was diagnosed as a pontine glioma.
Figure 1. Computed tomography of the cerebrum shows an arachnoid cyst in the left hemisphere and a pontine glioma.
Primary malignant tumors of the central nervous system are the second most common childhood malignancies, after hematologic malignancies, and are the most common pediatric solid organ tumors.5 Of all pediatric central nervous system tumors, 10% to 15% are located in the brain stem. Most of these tumors are diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.6
Children with pontine gliomas often present with classic brain stem symptoms such as cranial nerve palsies, pyramidal signs, ataxia, hydrocephalus with elevated intracranial pressure, and personality changes instead of sensory and motor deficits and convulsions, which are often seen in children with supratentorial tumors. For cerebellar tumors, defects in coordination and nystagmus could be distinctive for the location. Acute comitant esotropia as the first sign of a pontine glioma as in the case presented here is rare, but there are several cases described with a similar presentation to our patient. In the majority of these case reports,1–4 a cerebellar tumor was identified as the underlying cause. Williams and Hoyt3 described six patients with acute comitant esotropia in children with brain tumors. Five of these children were diagnosed as having a cerebellar tumor after neuroimaging. In the other case, a pontine glioma was the underlying pathology.
There are both similarities and differences between the patient described by Williams and Hoyt and our patient. In both cases, acute comitant esotropia and diplopia were the first signs of the pontine glioma. Neither of the patients initially had neurological symptoms. Both patients were hyperopic; our patient had refractive values of +2.0 in the right eye and +2.25 in the left eye. Our patient showed an increase in the angle of esodeviation after strabismus surgery in both eyes. The patient described by Williams and Hoyt died before strabismus surgery could be performed.
Other authors have described patients with acute comitant esotropia as the first sign of a cerebellar tumor.1,2,4 Case characteristics of these reports and of our patient are summarized in Table 1.
Table 1: Summary of Case Characteristics
Esotropia is a commonly seen problem in infancy and childhood and is mostly caused by an ophthalmological problem. In accommodative esotropia, most patients undergo a phase of intermittent strabismus. Symptoms of intermittent diplopia commonly occur during the development of this strabismus.7 Acute comitant strabismus can occur after artificial interruption of binocular vision, but also without any obvious exogenous cause.7
Acute comitant esotropia as the first sign of intracranial pathology is rare, but should always be considered. Because of the increasing numbers of cases reporting this rare presentation of brain tumor, it is necessary to evaluate whether further radiologic examination of all children with acute comitant esotropia could be worthwhile. Lyons et al.8 believe that a high index of clinical suspicion should be maintained and further neuroimaging should be considered in the absence of expected findings associated with acute comitant esotropia such as hypermetropia, fusion potential, atypical features, or neurological signs. Brown and Iacuone9 suggest that the absence of sensory or motor fusion may be sensitive for intracranial disease, but their presence is not specific for the absence of intracranial disease. Cruysberg et al.10 believe that in cases of acute-onset comitant esotropia, the same risk factors for serious neurological disease should be considered as in cases of paralytic strabismus. The acronym DON'T PANIC, described by Cruysberg11 summarizes these risk factors: Diplopia, Ophthalmic symptoms, Neurological and general symptoms, Trauma, Papilledema, Anisocoria, Nystagmus, Incomplete visual fields, and Corneal hypoesthesia. Our patient's symptoms at first presentation were acute-onset comitant esotropia and diplopia. If the DON'T PANIC risk factors were applied in our particular case, neuroradiologic examination probably could have been performed earlier. However, in our experience, we more often see children with a slight difference in esotropia, some slightly more at distance, without any other accompanying symptoms. We do not perform central nervous system imaging as a standard procedure in these cases. To date, our case has been the only one at our department with an intracranial tumor presenting with esotropia and normal eye movements.
Summary of Case Characteristics
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.2 Scope
1.3 Definitions, Acronyms
and Abbreviations
Overall Description
2.1 Specific
2.1.1 Product
2.1.2 Search Facilities
2.1.3 Maintain customer profile.
2.1.4 Provide personalized profile
Provide Customer Support.
2.1.6 Email confirmation.
2.1.7 Detailed invoice for customer
2.1.8 Provide shopping cart facility
2.1.9 Online tracking of shipments
2.1.10 Allow multiple payment methods.
2.1.11 Allow online change or cancellation of order.
2.1.12 Allow Online Product reviews and ratings
2.1.13 Offer online promotions and rewards.
2.1.14 Online Purchase of products.
Requirement analysis
3.1 platform requirement
3.1.1 Supportive
operating system
3.2 Software Requirements
3.3 Hardware Requirements
3.4 Feasibility Study
3.4.1 Technical Feasibility
3.4.2 Economic Feasibility
3.4.3 Legal Feasibility
1. Introduction
The Software Requirements Specification is
designed to document and describe the agreement between the customer and the
developer regarding the specification of the
software product requested .
Its primary purpose is to provide a clear and
descriptive "statement of user requirements"
that can be used as a reference in further development of the software Software.
This Software Requirements Specification aims
to describe the Functionality, External
Interfaces, Attributes and Design Constraints
imposed on Implementation of the software Software described throughout the
rest of the document.
and describing the functions and specifications of Software is the primary goal of this Software
Requirements Specification (SRS). This Software Requirements Specification
illustrates, in clear terms, the Software's primary uses and required
functionality as specified by our customer
1.2 Scope
software Software being produced is called E-Commerce Software. It is being
produced for a customer interested in selling goods via Internet.
Software is cross-platform and is available to anyone using the Computer &
E-Commerce Software will allow any user to create an account to become a
customer. The customer, through the process of account creation, will have the
option to become a member of the site. The Software will allow customers to
browse, search, select, and add goods to a shopping cart. Check out goods in shopping
cart and decrement the stock that the inventory the Software maintains.
will also allow, on an inventory wide basis, customers and sellers to interact
with a promotion Software that handles percentage-off promotions that can be
applied to member's orders.
1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and
Frequently Asked Questions
Shopping cart
An object that lists a Customer's selected Items, their applied
promotions and gives them an option to check out
Software Requirements Specification
An individual entity in the inventory which has several descriptive
Barcode, Price, Reorder Threshold, Stock
Pin number
The unique id given to
either customer or merchant who
access the data in the site
Data mining
The process of collecting, searching through, and analyzing a large
amount of data in a database, as to discover patterns or relationships.
A line of travel or motion, a course or route followed.
Overall Description
The term "Electronic commerce" (or e-Commerce) refers
to the use of an electronic medium to carry out commercial transactions. Most
of the time, it refers to the sale of products via Internet, but the term
ecommerce also covers purchasing mechanisms via Internet
Mainly all the current ecommerce websites are showing the
similar amount of things The main purpose of all the e commerce is to maximize
the the business of the organization. This proposed Software will also perform
almost the similar amount of things but with some of the additional data, we
have maked this Software hassel free , we can do payment in many types of way,
the uniqueness in this project is that people will able to buy this product in
various other way, like anybody can do the payment if the customer isnot having
sufficient balance
Specific Requirements
The Software must display all the products that can
be configured.
The Software must allow user to select the product
to add cart
The Software must display all the availAble
components of the product to configure
The Software must enable user to add one or more component
to the configuration..
The Software must allow user to update the
configuration to resolve conflict in the current configuration.
The Software must allow user to confirm the
completion of current configuration
2.1.1 Product
The Software must display detailed
information of the selected products.
The Software must provide browsing options to see
product details.
The Software must
display detailed product categorization to the user.
2.1.2 Search facility.
The Software must
enable user to enter the search text on the screen.
The Software must
enable user to select multiple options on the screen to search.
The Software must
display all the matching products based on the search
The Software must
display only 100 matching result on the current screen.
The Software must
enable user to navigate between the search results.
The Software must
notify the user when no matching product is found on the search.
2.1.3 Maintain customer profile.
The Software must
allow user to create profile and set his credential.
The Software must
authenticate user credentials to view the profile.
The Software must
allow user to update the profile information.
2.1.4 Provide personalized profile
The Software must
display both the active and completed order history in the customer profile.
The Software must
allow user to select the order from the order history.
The Software must
display the detailed information about the selected order.
The Software must
display the most frequently searched items by the user in the profile.
The Software must
allow user to register for newsletters and surveys in the profile.
2.1.5 Provide Customer Support.
The Software must
provide online help, FAQ's customer support, and sitemap options for customer
The Software must
allow user to enter the customer and product information for the support.
The Software must
display the customer support contact numbers on the screen.
The Software must
allow user to enter the contact number for support personnel to call.
The Software must
display the online help upon request.
The Software must
display the FAQ's upon request.
2.1.6 Email confirmation.
The Software must
maintain customer email information as a required part of customer profile.
The Software must
send an order confirmation to the user through email.
2.1.7 Detailed
invoice for customer.
The Software must
display detailed invoice for current order once it is confirmed.
The Software must
optionally allow user to print the invoice.
2.1.8 Provide
shopping cart facility.
The Software must
provide shopping cart during online purchase.
The Software must
allow user to add/remove products in the shopping cart.
2.1.9 Online
tracking of shipments
The Software must allow user to enter
the order information for tracking.
The Software must display the current
tracking information about the order.
2.1.10 Allow multiple payment methods.
The Software must
display available payment methods for payment.
The Software must
allow user to select the payment method for order.
2.1.11 Allow online change or cancellation of order.
The Software must
display the orders that are eligible to change.
The Software must
allow user to select the order to be changed.
The Software must
allow user to cancel the order
The Software must
allow user to change shipping, payment method.
The Software must
notify the user about any changes made to the order.
2.1.12 Allow Online Product reviews and ratings
The Software must
display the reviews and ratings of each product, when it is selected.
The Software must
enable the user to enter their reviews and ratings.
2.1.13 Offer online promotions and rewards.
The Software must
display all the available promotions to the user.
The Software must
allow user to select available promotion.
2.1.14 Online Purchase of products
The Software must allow user to
confirm the purchase.
The Software must enable user to enter
the payment information.
Chapter 3.
Requirement Analysis
Platform Requirement:
proposed Software comprises of a web
application for E-commerce,
& a mobile application for customer / users.
Each of their requirements are as stated
Web Application for E-commerce
Mobile Application for end users
Back end Management Software
3.1.1 Supportive Operating
Software :
Mobile OS is the platform on top of which other programs, called application
programs, can run on mobile
devices such as mobile
phones, Smart phone, and hand held computers. The most common
operating Software's (OS) used in smart phones
Android from Google Inc. (open source,
Android was developed by a small startup company
that was purchased by Google Inc., and Google continues to update the software.
Android is an open source, Linux-derived OS backed by Google, along with major hardware and software developers (such as Intel, HTC, ARM, Samsung, Motorola and eBay, to name a few), that form the Open Handset Alliance. Released on November 5th 2007, the OS has a following
among programmers.
There have been many releases of Android .All are nicknamed
after a dessert item like Cupcake (1.5) or Frozen
Yogurt (2.2). Most major
mobile service providers carry an Android
Software Requirement :
The Software Requirements in this project
Operating Software: Windows
XP, Windows 7 or Windows8
IDE: Eclipse with STS Plugin,
android studio
Application Server: Apache Tomcat 7.0.67
Front End: HTML5, JavaScript, j Query, AJAX and CSS,
Database: MySQL
Browser: Chrome or Firefox
or Internet Explorer
Hardware Requirement:
Processor: Intel Core i3 or Higher / android minimum
RAM: minimum 2GB/4GB
for computer
RAM: minimum 512MB
for android
3.4 Feasibility Study
A feasibility study aims to objectively and rationally uncover the strengths and weaknesses of an existing
business or proposed venture, opportunities and threats present in the environment
& the resources
Technical feasibility
The project member was very much familiar
with the basic website building, so with the help of that, we have
converted it into the android
members of the project also have ideas about the android , which help us to build a proper application
the mainly
used skills was HTML,CSS
experts were present for possible solution for our problems
3.4.2 Economic Feasibility
This project
requires a computer
Software to develop the software
and a server Software
to host the application. Rest everything is software
requirement. by economic
also it is feasible like parking demand in future,
and also financial
analysis is also feasible
3.4.3 Legal Feasibility
project is developed with a premium template which is legally
purchased from the developers
and are authorized to use it for personal purpose.
Also the major idea behind the project is our own idea and does not conflict with other existing Software's idea. Hence legally project
is feasible to be developed
Chapter 3
Software Design
3.1 System basic Flow
Given below figure describe the figure of the
flow of the entire architecture
Whenever the end user will enter the website with
the help of computer or android application, the entire website must be
displayed to the user within 15 sec , it's our responsibility to make the
website responsive , & it should be user friendly simultaneously
Since as per the survey done, maximum number f
the people mostly prefer mobile phone over the laptop, so it may allow the user
to login, register or search the product as a guest, after that user will
search for the respected product & proceed to checkout after doing payment
it will give notification to the seller to dispatch the order from warehouse. Warehouse
is the place where entire items is to be kept, successfully confirmation by the
warehouse will let the item go for quality & services for packaging process,
After the completion of the entire packaging, product isready to get dispatched
to the customer
3.1 Architecture of the project
3.2 Use case Diagram
The purpose
of use case diagram is to capture the dynamic aspect of a Software.
Use case diagrams
are used to gather
the requirements of a Software
including internal and external
influences. These requirements are mostly
design requirements. So when Software
is analyzed to gather its functionalities use cases are prepared and actors are identified.
Use case diagrams are used to gather the requirements of Software including
internal and external influences. These requirements are mostly design requirements. So when Software is analyzed to gather its functionalities use cases are prepared and actors are identified.
Activity Diagram
Activity diagram is another important diagram
in UML to describe
dynamic aspects of the Software. Activity diagram is basically
a flow chart to represent
the flow form one activity to another activity.
The activity can be described as an operation of the Software. So the control
flow is drawn from one operation
to another. This flow can be sequential, branched or concurrent. Activity diagrams
deals with all type of flow control by using different elements
like fork, join etc.
Activity is a particular operation
of the Software. Activity
diagrams are not only used for visualizing dynamic nature of a Software
but they are also used to construct
the executable Software by using forward
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Tempest Car Hire has announced the opening of its new branch at Lanseria airport, aimed at offering the cost conscious traveler convenience and accessibility, and a welcoming environment with the similar open-plan feel recently adopted by Tempest's other recently revamped airport branches.
"Lanseria Airport has become a key hub, and with many of our clients, especially those situated in the North of Joburg, now using this airport, we want to be able to accommodate them," says Tempest marketing director, Janita Edwards.
She adds that representation at airports is key from a convenience point of view. "We need to be at the hubs where people travel to and from, so our clients can engage with us where they are, and not have to travel to get to us, or wait for a vehicle to be delivered."
Tempest, which has over 30 branches nationwide, is an ACSA car rental concessionaire as well as having representation at non ACSA locations, like Richards Bay and Oribi Airport in Pietermaritzburg, and now, Lanseria.
Over the last 18 months Tempest has implemented a branch upgrade programme, of which OR Tambo was the first branch to be refurbished, followed by the other branches.
She points out that Tempest was the first SA car hire company to go for an open plan feel to its kiosks, specifically at OR Tambo International, and this has directly contributed to an increase in walk-up business at this location. "Walk-ups (customers who have not pre-booked their car rental) offset no-shows and the vehicles are used thus retaining a high utilisation level, and of course it's great that we can assist with providing a customer with a vehicle at the last minute," she says.
Edwards expects Lanseria will follow this trend, and says that the design of the new Lanseria branch stands out, with its almost 100% glass design while following the same layout and image as Tempest's other upgraded branches.
"It has the same welcoming, open feel, as the other recently revamped airport branches, which now have better capacity, and is in keeping with our cool, but unpretentious brand image," she explains.
Edwards says that Lanseria clients will be able to enjoy other additional conveniences including GPS rentals, quick access to car parks, and separate returns facilities to speed up returns for clients. "Clients can also pick up a complimentary magazine (or 10!) – which have proven to be very popular and a successful value add at other Tempest locations," she adds.
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Along with Radhika, other important starcast in this serial include Venu Arvind, Babloo Prithviraj, Arun Kumar Rajan, Vicky Krish and Nikhila Rao. Director O. N. Rathnam is credited with extracting the best from all, even the trivial characters. Dialogues for this serial are written by famous author Pa. Raghavan. His unique style of explaining complex topics in simple words has captured the imagination of fans. Title music of Vani Rani is composed by 'Dhina' and sung by Shakthisree Gopalan. The serial is shot in Chennai as well as a number of other locations, making it one of the most beautiful productions in the television serial domain. Production house of Vani Rani is very active in Social media, publishing all episodes regularly for international viewers. This has created excitement among one and all making it very successful.
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Vani Rani is currently aired in Sun TV from January 21, 2013, from Monday to Saturday. Vani Rani Serial was created by Raadhika Sarathkumar, wherein she has also played the Female Lead Roles as Twin Roles named Rani and Vani. Also, this mega serial is directed by O.N.Rathnam, written by Pa.Raghavan. Once the prequel Chellamay serial got finished on January 18, 2013, within a week of time the same slot has been filled by this Vani Rani serial which makes this a Sequel. Radhika Sarathkumar, born on August 21,1962 in Colombo, has acted in more than 150 movies including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada, then acted in 8 Tamil serials. She has also produced 5 movies and owns Radaan Television production company.
She has won 4 Filmfare Awards, 3 Tamil Nadu Sate Film Awards, 1 Nandi Award and 1 National Film Award. Vani and Rani, are the Twin Sister characters played by Raadhika Sarathkumar, tie the marriage knot to an elder and younger brother of the same family respectively so that there would not be a big partiality for the twin sisters. Vani, the elder one has a god education and knowledge, so she becomes a well-known attorney and Rani the younger one is not as intelligent as her elder sister, so she fails in education and does not even pass her 10th grade. Even though their character and attitude are at different poles, Rani is a favourite among neighbours with her go to and innocent approach.
Vani is a roaring lion at the court room who is looked up as a role model by so many upcoming lawyers for her advocating abilities, whereas Rani is a well-versed home maker. Not only the difference exists only with Vani and Rani, the same applies to their respective husbands as well- Vani's husband, Bhoominathan played by Venu Arvind is a successful Granite businessman and Rani's husband, Swaminathan played by Babloo Prithiveeraj experimented his hands in so many fields, but failed in all his attempts facing only losses. Vaani is a mother of 2 children, Surya played by Arun Kumar Rajan and Gautham played by Vicky Krish.Rani has three children, Saravanan played by Maanas Chavali, Selvi played by Nikhila Rao and Thenmozhi played by Neha who are in their teens. While staying together within a bigger family, indifference occurs and cold war starts among each other in the family. Finally, it becomes difficult to keep the family values intact despite of, all the problems which keep cropping making the situation even more complex. Twists and turns and how the climax is achieved makes the story an exciting and emotional one.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - If you think it's beginning to look a lot like thermonuclear war, unplug from cable news for a night or two and gift yourself with holiday-themed live music and theater on Northeast Ohio's stages.
"A Christmas Cabaret"
The Musical Theater Project's annual snow-kissed showcase features gems you aren't likely to hear anywhere else, such as Irving Berlin's "Santa Claus" from 1916 ("You'd better be good like a good baby should, or he will fly right by to another neighborhood!"), as well as must-hears about Frosty, Rudolph and the Grinch.
Sunday and Monday, Dec. 17 and 18; Nighttown, 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights.
Performances at 7 p.m.
$30-$35, with membership discounts available; musicaltheaterproject.org or 1-800-838-3006.
Additional performances Dec. 15 and 16 at Stocker Arts Center, Cirigliano Studio Theatre, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria. Tickets: $10-$20; stockerartscenter.com or 440-366-4040.
"A Christmas Carol"
The Charles Dickens classic, adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman and staged by longtime Great Lakes Theater company member Tom Ford, is now in its 29th annual production and has been seen by more than 725,000 adults and students throughout the region since its debut in 1989.
An added stocking stuffer? This season, Cleveland's most popular holiday play features the return of one the theater's favorite sons: actor Andrew May.
Saturday, Nov. 25-Saturday, Dec. 23; Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland.
Opens 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25. For dates and performance times, visit the website below.
$28-$75, and students sit in any seat for $26; greatlakestheater.org or 216-241-6000.
"A Christmas Story"
The record-breaking show - written by Philip Grecian and based on the motion picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark - returns to the Allen Theatre for the fifth consecutive year in all its pink-bunny-suit, glowing-leg-lamp, triple-dog-daring glory. (And let's not forget Ralphie's turkey-loving, frickin'-frackin' Old Man.)
Friday, Dec. 1-Saturday, Dec. 23; Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland.
In previews Friday, Nov. 24-Thursday, Nov. 30. Opens 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. For dates and performance times, visit the website below.
$25-$110; clevelandplayhouse.com or 216-241-6000.
"A Holiday Jazz Revue at Karamu"
Karamu celebrates the holidays with a touch of sass in this original jazz musical revue featuring standards from Irving Berlin to Cole Porter, and other seasonal favorites, including "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?," popularized by none other than Queen of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald.
Friday, Dec. 1-Sunday, Dec. 17; Arena Theatre at Karamu House, 2355 East 89th St., Cleveland.
Opens 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. For dates and performance times, visit the website below.
$15-$37; karamuhouse.org or call 216-795-7077.
"The Loush Sisters get HARD for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers)"
It just isn't Christmas at this critic's house without an infusion of holiday beer, er, cheer from Holly and Jolly Loush, aka The Loush Sisters, the dirty, delirious brainchild of Liz Conway, Michael Seevers Jr. and Beth Wood. This year, the soused siblings take the stage to give their boozy, bawdy, satirical spin on the perennial seasonal fave "Die Hard." (Cindy Lou Who and other kids under 18 should skip this adults-only show.)
Friday, Dec. 1-Sunday, Dec. 17; Cleveland Public Theatre's Gordon Square Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland.
In previews Nov. 24, 25 and 30. (No show Nov. 26.) Opens 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. For dates and performance times, visit the website below.
$20-$45; cptonline.org or 216-631-2727, ext. 501.
"The Santaland Diaries"
Join Cleveland Public Theatre at Playhouse Square for David Sedaris' dyspeptic comedy featuring the jaw-dropping real-life (mostly) exploits of the author when he takes a job at Macy's as a Christmas elf. Adapted by Joe Mantello, directed by Eric Schmiedl and starring David Hansen as Sedaris' alter ego Crumpet. (For mature elves only.)
Wednesday, Dec. 6-Sunday, Dec. 17; Outcalt Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland.
Opens 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6. For dates and performance times, visit the website below.
$32.50; playhousesquare.org or 216-241-6000.


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Conservatives back revised health bill, GOP moderates balk
The MacArthur amendment addresses this by forcing states opting out of Obamacare protections to fund high-risk pools instead in order to treat the most expensive patients. The conservative House Freedom Caucus is prepared to support a reworked USA healthcare reform bill even though it would not fully repeal former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, the group said in a statement on Wednesday.
Former Cowboys star Drew Pearson trolls Eagles fans
Pearson didn't hold back, trolling Eagles fans by thanking them "for allowing him to have a career in the National Football League". It didn't matter who or what, they booed. Before he got down to business, he took the opportunity to troll Eagles fans. Pearson egged the crowd on. "With the 60th pick in the second round, the Dallas Cowboys select defensive back from Colorado Chidobe Awuzie".
'The Big Bang Theory' Mayim Bialik tweet sends fans into panic mode
Bialik (Amy) took to social media on Tuesday night to share the photo. Cuoco, who plays Penny on the show, revealed that she "ugly cried" on their last day on the sets of TBBT season 10. Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter report the five other main cast members agreed to forgo a portion of their salaries to beef up Bialik's and Rauch's deals.
"Star Wars IX" sets release date
The new trilogy kicked off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which released in December 2015. Daisy Ridley returns to star as Rey, with other returning stars John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Mayhew, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Lupita Nyong'o Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa.
Disney sets May 2019 release date for new 'Star Wars' film
For fans, that's great because it means you'll get your Star Wars fix a little sooner than expected, but it also means that the Summer lineup gets that little bit more crowded for everyone. " Star Wars " is taking another step into Memorial Day weekend. Jon Favreau's remake of The Lion King has been set for July 19, 2019 . As Indy famously said, "it's not the years, it's the mileage" but we're still absolutely delighted to see that Harrison Ford will be dusting off the fedora yet ...
O'Reilly's departure creates new challenges for Fox
But the climate shifted dramatically after The New York Times reported on April 1 that O'Reilly or Fox had paid $13 million to settle five cases against him alleging sexual or other harassment. "This is what happens when women speak our truth - we can slay dragons", Bloom said. He has also had best-sellers with everything from the memoir "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" to his most recent work, "Old School", which includes passages urging the respectful treatment of women.


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Facility staff decided to pursue SEP certification to contribute to Bosch's 2020 target to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 35% and improve energy efficiency by 35%. To qualify for SEP, the Bosch Rexroth facility established an energy management system using ISO 50001, tracked the consequent improvements in energy performance, and had a qualified third party verify the results.
Although Bosch facilities across the globe were implementing a range of energy savings practices, the Rexroth facility's staff recognized the benefits of SEP's structured approach. Where short-term projects often achieve short-lived results, Rexroth has established a system for the long haul, achieving sustained savings and projecting year-on-year energy usage reductions.
Rexroth began implementing ISO 50001 through the conventional method of establishing baselines for both infrastructure and machining. Based on the results, projects were determined using what staff refer to as the "CO2 calculator" (energy and CO2 savings weighed against net present values and payback periods). However, Rexroth management quickly recognized the value of employee engagement in successful energy management implementation. The facility benefitted from input and action from those on the front lines—those working hands-on with energy-consuming equipment and systems—and instituted the Bright Idea program to reward employees with particularly useful suggestions (awarding points toward a prize).
The Bethlehem facility is the first Bosch site in the Americas to attain SEP certification. Thanks to SEP's standardized approach, Rexroth is both trailblazer and guide to other facilities, as the lessons learned can be applied at multiple locations. The results have been published in a Bosch newspaper and on a company video, and facility staff are enthusiastic about continuing to highlight benefits and share information with the 360,000 Bosch employees worldwide.
The DOE-administered Superior Energy Performance® program provides third party verification of energy performance improvement as part of meeting ISO 50001 requirements. Members of the U.S. Council for Energy Efficient Manufacturing, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board developed SEP as a transparent system for certifying sustained improvements in energy performance and management practices.


text: I'm reading 20 classic, modern-classic or cult books. Read more about this project here. See the other classics here. Why did I want to read it? Because I already know and love the story so well (mainly via Scrooged and A Muppet Christmas Carol) and I've been meaning to read the original around Christmas-time for years! When was it published? First … Continue reading 20 classics #15: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


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If you haven't heard, Google announced their deadline to have a mobile site in place. April 21st 2015 was the infamous Mobilegeddon deadline. It basically stated that if your website was not mobile-friendly, your rankings on mobile search would drop. More than half of Google's searches are happening on mobile devices now. So it would make sense that Google wants your site optimized for the mobile end user. That said, if you're still using a website that isn't ready for 2019, unmobile-friendly and losing your business money, why is that?
Think about your potential customers searching for you and finding you one day and then a month later you're located on page 10 or 15 on Google search results, that's a lot of missed sales opportunities for your business. If you're an eCommerce driven website you certainly have felt the sting of customer disengagement. If you're a business to business website you have likely also seen the tumbleweeds drift by.
Bottom line is this, we're not in in 2006 anymore. The web has evolved quite a bit in the last 10 years and now more then ever the website you own, that 24/7 sales rep for you company has gone MIA to the public because you aren't optimized for mobile engagement.


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Welcome! Jesus Christ is my LORD and Savior! Romans 10:9-10,13; John 3:16
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In the Year of our LORD Jesus Christ 2019
Saturday, November 27, 2010
It is time that the Birther lawyers start thinking like Lawyers, and not as bloggers when they petition the Courts
and the other by Orly Taitz. in October 2010, the month preceding Apuzzo's
Both posed their opening questions very weakly, and so much so, that I personally view them as if they were written more like bloggers to a site Administrator than by lawyers to the US Supreme Court. It really irks me that with all the time and information that is now known on Case law, as compared to this almost new field to most of us in 2008, that a better line of questioning wasn't done.
So in order to justify my criticism, and be constructive about it, I submit that these 6 questions in their entirety, or 6 of the same material substance and case citations, should have been the ones posed in the petitions of Apuzzo and Taitz to the US Supreme Court for Writs of Certiorari. I offer them for anyone in the future having Article III standing to sue Obama or an Obama appointee and Obama in the future, demanding he prove he even is US jus soli born, and has the right to be President via the US Constitution (which he always invokes in his Executive Orders), and demand the US Supreme Court uphold that a US Natural Born Citizen is and has been legally defined by the Courts as US soil born with a US Citizen Father at the time of birth.
"Birther" Challenge Questions to be posed to the US Supreme Court
1. Is the burden of establishing a delegation of power to the United States, or the prohibition of power to the States, upon those making the claim, (such as the President of the United States, or those aspiring to such office) as stated by 333 US 640 @ 653 Bute v. Illinois (1948), a requirement under Supreme Court ruling and the Law or not?
2. Is the requirement of presenting an identification of person, and proof of birth to follow 533 US 53 @ 54 and 62 Nguyen v. INS (2001) in which both hospital records of where born and witnesses to the birth, be a partial fulfillment of 333 US 640 @ 653, in which the Court would recognize such certification as rising to the level of a jus soli claim for High Federal Office?
3. Is there a requirement in the Constitutional Article specified as 2.1.4. (now 2.1.5) in which a Natural Born Citizen, and those seeking the Presidency of the United States, have sole legience to the United States at birth?
4. Does a Natural Born legience follow the condition of the nationality and citizenship of the child's father at birth or not?
5. Is the US Constitution to be understood in the natural sense per South Carolina v. United States, 199 U.S. 437 @ 448 - 450 (1905), Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U. S. 1 (1824) @ 188-189, taking also into account the influence of Vattel -- even as cited in The Venus, 12 U.S. (8 Cranch) 253 @ 289-290 (1814) -on the definitions of the framers in using "natural born citizen" in place of indigenes (indigenous) as used by Vattel?
6. Does every word of the US Constitution have its due force, as stated by Holmes v. Jennison, 39 U.S. (14 Peters) 540 @ 570-71 (1840); and is the precept of interpretation of the US Constitution to this effect, where "every word [of the US Constitution] must have its due force" active in the Rule of Law in the Supreme Court of the United States as it regards the Constitutional Article 2.1.4 (now Article 2.1.5) "natural born citizen" clause or not?
Those are my 6 questions that I believe should be mandatory in filing "Birther" challenge cases against Obama in the US Supreme Court.
In regard to question 4 above:
You will note in Perkins v. Elg, 307 U.S. 325 @ 330 (1939), that : "Steinkauler, a Prussian subject by birth, emigrated to the United States in 1848, was naturalized in 1854, and in the following year had a son who was born in St. Louis."
In other words , the child , by both fact and de jure (by rule of Law), was born to a US citizen Father on US Soil at the time of birth in Perkins v. Elg in order to be called a Natural Born Citizen.
Obama has NO US CITIZEN Father, hence is NOT a United States Natural Born Citizen...but a dual national born citizen, who does not even rise to the original intent of the 14th Amendment, as stated in Case law with the US Supreme Court, including Oral Argument observations like that made by Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsberg in the Oral Arguments of Nguyen v. INS 533 US 53 (2001).
[[[[[***** Update 11/29/2010 Kerchner v. Obama rejected.
There were some 265 other petitions of Certiorari that were denied along with Kerchner v. Obama.
On page 15 of the pdf. release, (see link below), it is stated that Kerchner v. Obama is denied. But compare. In other petitions of certiorari ff., a specific mention that: "Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition."
That is NOT so with Kerchner. In other words, Kagan and Sotomayor were allowed to howl down and voice their opinions against Kerchner, and refused to recuse themselves, nor were asked to.
I understand how that Kerchner, not being drafted, nor directly affected specifically to injury did not have sufficient enough Article III standing to sue. I get that.
I also get that his questions were lame as compared to how they should have been posed, and how that they should have been posed more like mine above. I get that.
But why did Kagan and Sotomayor not recuse themselves or be forced to recuse themselves?
On that technicality alone, there is cause to rechallenge and re-petition.
I would say that if somebody was groped at the Airport because Obama green-lighted the TSA (a US Government entity, and the policy implemented on his/Obama's watch by an Obama appointee who Obama executively approved of / appointed/ or was a direct result of his Administration coming to power), file a rape / sexual molestation charge against Obama, use and incorporate all 6 of the above questions into your other questions, and I can almost guarantee the US Supreme Court will issue the Writ of Mandamus on Obama. File in Washington DC, at the US Supreme Court level, and file the Writ of Mandamus first...then go for the Certiorari. *****]]]]]
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SMR Strauss would like to object, citing "English common-law", the opinion of Edwin Meese, et al, THE HERITAGE GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION (2005), and the use of semantics while quoting Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, a comment made by Senator Orrin Hatch on OCTOBER 5, 2004, and a couple commentaries on the law by St. George Tucker and William Rawle.ReplyDelete
NONE of SMR's citations are Supreme Court de jure (by the law), failing to cite any Supreme Court Law Cases or offer any proof of authority, nor are able to take away from validity and de jure rulings of the Court, nor the judicial interpretation of "natural born citizen" as ruled upon by the US Supreme Court as always being through a US Citizen Father WITH a US jus soli birth...however, the objection by SMR Strauss is duly noted.


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'Prayer Zone' signs crop up near South Carolina schools
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — "School Prayer Zone" signs are cropping up near some schools in South Carolina.
News outlets report the white and fluorescent green signs show two figures kneeling in prayer, their hands clasped above the words "2 Chronicles 7:14." The Bible verse promises those who pray and "turn from their wicked ways" will be forgiven.
The 714 signs by nonprofit Christ Teens can be seen in several counties and resemble official signs by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The agency says it didn't approve the signs, but they're legal as they sit on private property and are outside the highway rights of way.
Nonprofit director and founder Vanessa Frazier says she came up with the idea in 2016 and has been working out the details with the state agency ever since.


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In Ghana today, many people who suffer from a variety of human ills wander from one pastor to another in search of a spiritual cure. Because of the way cultural beliefs about the spiritual world have interwoven with their Christian faith, many Ghanaian Christians live in bondage to their fears of evil spiritual powers, seeing Jesus as a superior power to use against these malevolent spiritual forces.
In For Freedom or Bondage? Esther Acolatse argues that Christian pastoral practices in many African churches include too much influence from African traditional religions. She examines Ghana's Independent Charismatic churches as a case study, offering theological and psychological analysis of current pastoral care practices through the lenses of Barth and Jung. Facilitating a three-strand conversation between African traditional religion, Barthian theology, and Jungian analytical psychology, Acolatse interrogates problematic cultural narratives and offers a more nuanced approach to pastoral care.
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In this thoughtful, carefully researched, and much-needed book Esther Acolatse enters into critical engagement with African Christian pastoral practices, especially 'deliverance' ministries. . . . Her robust theoretical and practical approach, illustrated with actual contextual cases, avoids the dangers of over-spiritualization, under-psychologizing, and cultural irrelevance, which have marred effective care of souls in contemporary African cultures. . . . It should be required reading for all who have pastoral and educational responsibilities for persons influenced by African cultures.
—Emmanuel Y. Lartey, L. Bevel Jones III Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care, and Counseling, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
This is an important book. With the increasing significance of Africa within contemporary Christianity, new and urgent theological issues are arising for pastoral practice as African understandings of the spirit world interact with the biblical materials and traditional Christian practice. Acolatse is beginning a much-needed conversation between African and Western theologians, with huge pastoral implications.
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Acolatse's proposals provide a holistic and dialogical model for pastoral care, one that engages with the ecumenical tradition and is informed by interdisciplinary analyses, while also expertly reappropriating global South perspectives, sensibilities, and cosmologies. May an increasingly Pentecostal and charismatic world Christianity take heed.
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Regular event: Friday night @ Van Gogh Museum, Friday April 16th, 18.30 - 22.00, price of museum, free with Museumkaart (and no need to wait in line), stuff for kids.
The Van Gogh holds a weekly special event every Friday with either discussions, presentations, debates, etc... and it always ends with music. This Friday check out "Light Canvas" a presentation and demonstration about the use of lights in art- painting with light starting at 18.30 and with a discussion with the artist Monobanda about the uses, results and impact of light art. At 19.30 get a tour through the Paul Gauguin exhibition (in both English and Dutch). DJ Goldfinger, fills in with his usual smooth tunes.
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Having a tooth removed is probably the last thing most people want to have done. Even stepping foot into a dentist or oral surgery office can be a huge accomplishment for some people. However, there are options patients have that will make them as comfortable as possible.
After a brief consultation with a surgeon, patients can decide to use "local anesthesia" or "general anesthesia" when having their procedure done. Below are the descriptions for those two options:
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Local anesthesia is the most common anesthesia option for our patients. An anesthetic is gently injected at or near the area of the procedure. This will numb the area keeping you completely relaxed while the procedure is completed. Patients use this option for extractions, wisdom teeth removal and dental implants.
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Elizabeth and Wade Anderson remember their honeymoon of 20 years ago with an eerie level of detail. They remember the dress she wore that first night in the Barbados (strapless, cocktail-length), the name of their taxi driver (Bruce) and the kind of car he drove (a Hyundai Sonata), and that a gecko climbed on their table during dinner. The romantic two-week holiday stands out in their memory because, once it ended, the honeymoon was really over. Life started to unravel.
The edges started to fray when Elizabeth began to write thank-you cards for their wedding gifts, a task complicated by the fact that some of the gifts had been stolen, she was sure of it. Elizabeth suspected the landlady—the same woman she swore was continually peering in the windows of their basement apartment. The young bride convinced her new husband Wade, so eager to protect, to install a video camera. It captured only hours of Elizabeth's socked feet padding nervously through their home.
So they moved. And then moved again. In that first year, they lived in four different places, and even the security bars and steel door that Elizabeth had installed while Wade was at work couldn't keep out the spies and thieves.
It was only after a long-lost friend of Elizabeth's paid her an unexpected visit that it became clear that Elizabeth's reality was not real. Elizabeth, who by now had lost 15 pounds because she wouldn't eat their "poisoned food," was in a state of psychosis. A few days later, she was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
That was 20 years ago; they're still married. Happily even.
Marriage, the ultimate union, was the catalyst for Elizabeth's first breakdown. She had suffered from depression before, and even attempted suicide as a teenager, but thought she had the blues beat. These delusions were new. Marriage would also prove to be the inspiration for her ultimate recovery. "I wanted Wade to stay with me so much that he was a big reason to be well," says Elizabeth, now 49. Today, on Valentine's Day, the story of their decades-long marriage is a lesson for us all.
Schizophrenics, as a rule, don't do well with relationships. Because their sense of reality is so skewed and often infused with compelling delusions, it's hard for them to relate to others. Marriage rates, especially for men, who are typically diagnosed at a younger age, are low and divorce rates high, according to the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. Even now, Elizabeth says that, had she known she was sick, she would never have agreed to marry Wade.
He says of that terrifying time in the first years of their marriage: "I went back to my vows and they didn't say 'In sickness and in health unless it's inconvenient.'"
That simple explanation belies his deep commitment, a bond that's as much paternal as it is spousal. The 47-year-old Calgarian, who now teaches automotive mechanics at SAIT, uses phrases like "I'm her primary caregiver," and "I'm her pill monitor," in describing his life as a husband. The role comes naturally to him. He's a helper, the kind of guy who'd help push your car out of an icy alley and, if that didn't work, stick around for the tow truck. And part of his job is to care for Elizabeth, a job he seems to love and she to need.
They did come close to splitting up. Wade stuck it out for the year following her diagnosis, trying to "never judge" his wife, who slept 18 hours a day while he toiled away at his job as a mechanic, fixing high-end cars. The turning point came when the door to divorce was opened for him by the person you might expect would pressure him to stay—his mother-in-law. Elizabeth's mother told him: "I know this isn't what you signed up for. If you want to leave it's okay. We'll make sure Elizabeth is well cared for."
Wade says that his mother-in-law's words "freaked him out," but he couldn't deny the idea was lurking in the back of his mind along with such moral dilemmas as, "Is this right? Is this what I want? Does it matter what I want?"
"I didn't know what to do. There's no manual for what to do."
He decided to come clean and tell his wife he wasn't sure he could hack it. They agreed that he would stick it out until she was well enough to take care of herself and then they would reassess their situation. That agreement liberated both of them to relax and heal.
For starters, Elizabeth took her medication. ("I'm not one of those anti-psychiatry people. I'm a big believer in drugs. They helped me.") Then she stayed with the "goal group" she'd been assigned to as a hospital out patient. She had three goals a day, and they all revolved around Wade. She would put banana bread in his lunch, a kind note in his socks and tell him that she loved him. Then take a nap. Even now, 20 years later, he seems to cherish the idea that he was the light she walked towards.
Another helpful strategy was ignoring the advice of a marriage counsellor who had told them to make "date nights." "One of the worst things we ever did," recalls Wade, laughing. The very memory of the two of them, sitting at a fancy restaurant with nothing to say to one another, makes them shudder.
Instead, they renewed a simple evening routine that they'd started when they were dating and have maintained until now: a nightly shared cup of tea. Once the dishes are done, they sit in their living room (no TV anymore) and sip and talk. He tells her about his day. She tells him about hers, even if all she managed was a load of laundry. Again, no judging allowed. If the delusions are alive and she still feels as though she's being watched, they can talk for hours and hours. If not, they might just go to bed.
Of course, there have been many dark moments along the way. Like the surprise birthday party she planned for Wade's 30th, the same week she decided to cut her meds in half. Wade returned from a week-long work trip to find his wife back in the psychiatric ward, 30 pink flamingoes planted on his front lawn and 60 guests about to arrive for a party he didn't know was happening. "I drank too much that night," he remembers. But as with any couple that has weathered enough storms, these war stories have now morphed into excellent anecdotes. You can tell Wade especially loves telling the party story, with Elizabeth giggling in the background.
Another 17 years have floated past since that failed party. Elizabeth quit her job working with an agency that helps people with disabilities find employment, to write and self-publish a book in 2012 about her life called Being Mentally Healthy (in spite of a mental illness). She received an award for it in 2013 from the Lieutenant Governor's Circle on Mental Health and Addictions. She speaks publicly about her schizophrenia and her recovery.
Her illness hasn't gone away completely. "It's still there," she says without a hint of shame. "In the back of my mind I still do think it was real. That some people are after me." She nods. Wade shrugs. They sip their tea.


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"I've seen God's Hand at work in a mighty way. God blessed me and showed me his undeniable power in jail. Incredible."
"I've listened to Vision for such a long period of time so it's a joy to be here."
These were Allen Murray's first words after hitting the studio occupied by Rise and Shine's Robbo and Becci recently.
Allen has spent time as a guest of Her Majesty at a couple of her less salubrious establishments, one being Palen Creek Correctional Centre near the Queensland NSW border.
It was in this institution Allen came under the Godly influence of Jason the chaplain.
As Allen tells the story, his encounter with the Lord took place when behind bars.
"I went to a Catholic school as a young 'fella' and seeds were planted but I definitely didn't have a relationship with God unfortunately."
Allen said he was running a business that led to an altercation. This incident put him in jail turning his whole world upside down.
"The things that made me who I was were all stripped from me," said Allen, who was about to cop another setback.
"I ended up getting in a fight with someone after I told him I didn't want to do this (fight!).
"Unfortunately it came about and we had this fight," Allen said, unaware of the hierarchical system in the prison that resulted in the threat of further violence.
Allen was not sure what to do after he received a tip off that a group of inmates intended to beat him up. Later he was in the prison's metal shop where a man who was sitting down the back called him over.
"He turned to me and said, 'Do you believe in God?' And I looked at him, he was a big guy, about 110 kilos, and he said, "Do you mind if I pray for you?'"
Allen described it as a fervent prayer as he asked for the Lord to protect him.
Allen had been on the receiving end of a lot of taunts and threats since the fight so it was a surprise to him, that after this prayer, the situation changed dramatically.
"After this gentleman prayed for me I walked into the unit and I was thinking, 'Can't they see me?"
"This was unbelievable so I walked up the stairs and nobody said anything. Then I sat down at the table and after about two days the guy that I'd had the altercation with told me he was going to another unit and things fizzed out," was how Allen described it.
"I've seen God's Hand at work in a mighty way. God blessed me and showed me his undeniable power in jail. Incredible."
When Allen looks back at this time he sees it as the start of a journey and believes from having had this experience that we tend to want to go back to what we know.
"I was thinking 'did that really happen' especially if things weren't going the way we think they should be," Allen explained. "I'm a Christian and everything should be just working out for me."
Which they weren't. but Allen held fast believing that God had a purpose for him.
"I had a good brother inside called Boya and God placed me alongside this guy." Allen said Boya used to read at least six hours a day.
"He was like a human Concordance and later we ran study groups. But he mentored me and gave me a strong foundation."
It couldn't have been arranged any better. Allen was walking with someone every day who lived for Christ.
"Men would go to him for prayer," Allen declared. "By the time we got to Palen Creek we started up our own little Bible study group. I think it grew to 22 men which was a real joy," Allen shared.
But there's more to Allen. God's also gifted him with guitar playing, singing and song-writing talents.
Allen's new album has just been released, titled 'In the Palm of Your Hand' and there's no second guessing that this is pure Gospel music. In fact 10 percent of the proceeds from the CD sales is going towards prison chaplaincy.
Allen said it was an ex-prison chaplain who funded the album.
"You can see God's fingerprints all over it. I can't take any credit for it because it's all about You," said Allen with genuine humility.
And some of the songs express the regret of past actions, the hurts and the wounds, but importantly the Lord's healing hand that's stretched out with His love and forgiveness for Allen and those he loves.
'But I Know' is a song from the album Allen played in the Rise and Shine studio and can be heard on the podcast attached to this article.
Allen said he wrote the song for his daughter. The song came about on an occasion when he was driving to church and was overcome by grief over the broken relationship with his daughter.
"I was crying and it was like God said, 'I've got this. I am bigger than this. Are you going to look at this problem or are you going to look at Me?'"
Allen said he felt a weight was lifted from him at that moment.
Allen Murray now resides at Hervey Bay and is called upon to share his testimony and music whenever and wherever the Lord calls him to do so.
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Catawba Business Honor Society Students Tour Uptown Charlotte
March 17, 2011
Nine Catawba College students, all members of Phi Beta Lambda, the business honor society, spent March 1 visiting uptown Charlotte.
Their tour guide of the Queen City's uptown was 1977 Catawba alumnus Joey Popp, a Charlotte radio and television host and a member of Catawba's Ketner School of Business Advisory Board. Popp took the group on a two-hour walking tour and wrapped up the afternoon with dinner at Brixx.
Lynn Weisler, a former Ketner School of Business Advisory Board member and a CPA, accompanied the students and treated them to dinner. Also along for the tour was Catawba Professor Pam Thompson, faculty advisor for Phi Beta Lambda.


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March 16, 2018
Child abuse is still taking place in Telford but the police are too scared to confront the gangs because they don't want to be labelled 'racist', according to a man who claims his daughter is currently being groomed.
Westmonster went to Telford to investigate what the reality was like on the ground after news broke that it could be the scene of Britain's worst ever child grooming scandal.
The first person our reporter spoke to said: "Can I speak to you privately over here? Listen, I know it's still happening. I know because it's happening to my daughter right now."
He said social services have to check her attendance at a local college every day in case she's absconded to spend time with the grooming gang, or been kidnapped.
The man, of Indian heritage, said: "If you drive around you see groups of Pakistani men. Just a few days ago I saw a group of them surrounding a young, white girl. They were trying to put cigarettes in her mouth, they were just harassing her in the street. This is how it starts.
"The problem is there, it's plain to see, but the police and politicians are too afraid to tackle it because they think they'd be labelled racist. This is like a mafia town. The amount of drugs in the area is shocking and they seem to come from the same gangs who are abusing the girls.
"You see big buildings around the town centre that are always empty. How do those business owners afford the rent? I think there's widespread money laundering going on. It's proper mafia."
When asked how he would describe the gangs, he said: "Please don't call them Asian. I'm Indian, and if you call them Asian then it implicates me. They are Pakistani. Please be specific."
Local councils and police forces can't keep burying their heads in the sand. This is an historic problem and it's still happening today. If they're too scared of being called racist to actually confront the problem and save goodness knows how many more young girls from this depraved abuse, then they're not fit to hold public office.
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CRDB Bank has thrown its weight behind mega infrastructural projects by empowering local suppliers and contractors through offering them collateral-free loans, to speed up completion pace.
The lender, with a capital base of over 790bn/-, wants local suppliers and contractors to fully participate in construction projects financed by the government.
This will also enable locals to bid for big projects as well.
The bank's Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Dr Joseph Witts, said that after studying pain points of suppliers and subcontractors, the lender could loan and guarantee them once they produce bid order, letter of credit and invoice discounting.
"We have recently introduced bridge financing products, specifically tailored to suit suppliers and contractors' needs with flexible conditions," Mr Witts said on behalf of the CRDB CEO, Abdulmajid Nsekela during a business meeting with over 400 Standard Gauge Railway and Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHP), contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.
The CCO said the collateral would be self-secured by contracts namely purchase order financing, contract financing and invoice discounting.
CRDB Bank also offers overdrafts and investment loans to finance the acquisition of construction equipment, vehicles, machines, buses and other assets and other financing facilities such as bid guarantees, advance payment guarantees, performance guarantee, and letter of credit.
"Our credit facilities are granted at attractive rates, shortest turnaround time with flexible conditions to suit suppliers/contractor's needs," he said.
The entire bank's team is focused to work efficiently to meet expectations of all stakeholders, as we embark together on a journey of being a catalyst for infrastructural development in Tanzania.
Though the lender opened doors for all suppliers and subcontractors, the main focus is put on two key mega infrastructure projects namely the JNHP and the SGR.
The bank had issued an overdraft of 20 million US dollars and 88 million US dollars in terms of advance payment and performance guarantee to Yarpi Merkez--the main contractor of SGR.
Also granted the sum of 221 million US dollars as advance and performance bond in support of the Rufiji project main contractor—JV Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric. The Contractors Registration Board (CRB), Registrar, Mr Rhoben Nkori said the biggest challenge contractors faced was securing loans without providing collaterals.
"This impedes locals from obtaining major projects, let alone become subcontractors in these projects," Mr Nkori said at the side-line of the business meeting, yesterday.
He said this will bridge finance gap local contractors were facing, "if CRDB walks the talk."
Mr Nkori said the lender's value chain financing was a welcoming gesture and suppliers and contractors' liberator since working capital is the main obstacle that bars locals from "bidding for big projects."
Despite representing 90 per cent of all contractors, they only access 20 per cent of total construction projects in the land.
"This non-collateral lending will also enable locals to complete some existing projects on time," the Registrar said. Kastipharm Ltd Managing Director, Anwar Kachra said CRDB walks the talk since it took him a few days to secure a loan by providing local purchasing order (LPO).
"This is truly a bank that listens…I engaged a number of lenders but none came forward. CRDB visited me and I secured a loan faster," Mr Kachra, whose company supplies health equipment, said.
The government embraced a Private Public Partnership (PPP), model in implementing these projects, which is the best way of developing and empowering local private sector through joint ventures with large international firms in areas such as subcontracting in civil works, electrical works, and facilities management.


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- 1 cup organic dry-roasted peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups teff flour
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup organic maple syrup
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ bag of dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two cookie sheets with coconut oil. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, vanilla, applesauce, and maple syrup and mix until creamy. Add the teff flour and salt and combine well. Fold in chocolate chips. Scoop into 1½-inch balls and flatten with a fork. Arrange in rows with 1 inch of space around each cookie.
Bake at 350 degrees for 13 minutes, until bottoms are golden brown. Let cool on cookie rack.
Makes 15 to 18 cookies