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Could epigenetic factors explain the hereditary factor and the environmental factors in endo?
"Endometriosis, a common, benign, estrogen-dependent disease affecting 3-10% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue that is found primarily in the peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal septum. Recently, endometriosis has been alternatively described as an immune disease, a genetic disease and a disease caused by exposure to environmental factors, in addition to its usual description as a hormonal disease. In addition, accumulating evidence suggests that various epigenetic aberrations play definite roles in the pathogenesis of endometriosis."
"Unlike DNA mutations, epigenetic modifications are dynamic, constantly affected by environmental and lifestyle factors, which makes enzymes that affect epigenetic changes sought-after targets for drug development. Santanam emphasizes that so little is known about the epigenetics of pain. "When you look at pain research, they mostly focus on back pain, fibromyalgia – those types of diseases. There are only now looking at epigenetics of pain," says Santanam. "If you look at all the other fields, there are already epigenetic-related drugs available in the market."
"Conclusions: Our findings suggest that an epigenetically suppressed tumor suppressor gene is involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis by creating the proliferative, antiapoptotic, and other disease-specific characteristics of endometriosis. The results also suggest that histone deacetylase inhibitors are promising agents for the treatment of endometriosis."
"Epigenetics is the study of changes in gene activity which are not caused by changes in the DNA sequence. It is the study of gene expression, the way genes bring about their phenotypic effects.
These changes in gene activity may stay for the remainder of the cell's life and may also last for many generations of cells, through cell divisions. However, there is no change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism. Instead, non-hereditary factors cause the organism's genes to behave (express themselves) differently." | 2019-04-25T06:49:15 | http://endocomprehensive.blogspot.com/2013/09/epigenetic-factors-in-endometriosis.html |
Please complete the form below by April 30, 2019, if you or a representative from your institution plan to attend the investiture ceremony.
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In Virginia, Brandon Lockett is charged with felony child neglect, improper disposal of a human body and obstruction of justice in connection with missing toddler, Aveion Lewis. A search warrant has been issued and the investigation has resumed into this tragic case involving a missing two-year-old boy that is thought to be dead.
News stories report that Aveion Lewis was returned to the home of Brandon and Morgan Lockett after spending time in foster care. He had previously been removed from their custody due to neglect. He returned to the Lockett’s home in September and has been missing since January 14th.
The FBI and Roanoke Police are involved in this investigation. | 2019-04-24T02:03:13 | https://www.keanelaw.com/blog/in-virginia-brandon-lockett-is-charged-with-felony-child-neglect-improper-disposal-of-a-human-bo.cfm |
One of the best ways to achieve a straightened smile with the least amount of trouble is to wear Invisalign braces, as this innovative system fixes the positioning of teeth without the need for a clunky, unattractive, uncomfortable metal framework. Read below to learn more about this advanced orthodontic treatment, and call Hilton Head Dental Team in Hilton Head Island, SC, if you are interested in Invisalign.
Invisalign is an orthodontic system that requires the patient to wear a series of plastic, molded, tooth-shaped trays over a set period of time which can range from six months to over a year, depending on the individual's orthodontic needs. The trays have grooves for the teeth that encourage them to change position slowly and gently, and as they conform to the mold of each Invisalign tray, the teeth settle into their new alignment. The result is a straighter, more properly arranged set of teeth that you can feel confident about!
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Sometimes Invisalign braces are called “invisible” braces because many people don’t notice that you’re wearing them—at least not until you are up close and personal with them. This is one of the reasons why it’s such an in-demand orthodontic treatment. Another major benefit to Invisalign is that it gives you certain freedoms that you can’t get with standard metal braces. For instance, you can remove them to eat, brush, and floss properly each day.
Once you make the decision to straighten your teeth using Invisalign braces, the next step is to have your dentist model your smile to create the plastic trays you’ll need to wear. Call (843) 681-9666 today to schedule an appointment at Hilton Head Dental Team in Hilton Head Island, SC, to get the process started! | 2019-04-19T18:19:23 | http://www.hiltonheaddentalteam.com/blog/post/is-invisalign-right-for-you.html |
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Andy Lewis and Scott Rogers take the challenge to complete 365 missions (an average of a highline, a BASE jump, or a NEW climb per day) in the year 2013. SkySight, Monkey Den Media, and Slackline Media all coordinated together to film and edit a teaser of the potential we expect from the entire year!~ Over the last week we have compiled some footage of our latest missions.
"The heat and the softness of the sunshine The peace and the rawness of the storms and the cold. The motion and the rhythm and the ebb and the flow Of the tides and the wind Of this glorious weather all around" Wishing all of our friends a happy and successful time in the year ahead. We look forward to sharing new ideas and projects with you all. Thanks to everyone for all your comments, inspiration and enthusiasm... the journey continues!
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First highline experience, first video... Try standing up on a highline is not the easyest thing i did, making my own video of this amazing trip neither.
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Vystoupení skupiny historického šermu Merlet, pěvecké skupiny Euphorica a provazochodců ze Slack Art na večírku ČEZ na hradu Kost .17.6.2010. | 2019-04-21T12:07:10 | http://slack.cz/video/?tag=highline |
We analyze the impact of the most recent global financial crisis (GFC) on the seven most important Latin American stock markets. Our mean-variance analysis shows that the markets are significantly less volatile and, in general, investors prefer to invest in the post-GFC period. Our results from the Hurst exponent and runs and variance-ratio tests show that the randomness and efficiency have been improved after the GFC. The stochastic dominance test shows that the markets are efficient, there is no arbitrage opportunity due to the GFC in our studying period, and, in general, investors prefer investing in the post-GFC period. The results confirm that the 2008 global financial crisis does have some positive impacts on Latin American stock markets. Our findings provide important information for investors and market regulators in their decision making in investment and setting regulations. | 2019-04-20T22:17:53 | https://estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/52632 |
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The Turkish edition of The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs has arrived!
It never stops being exciting to see the international editions of my books arrive on my doorstep.
Just this week we sold the Taiwanese rights to my next novel, 16 Truths About Love, which will publish in the fall of 2019. And The Other Mother, which will publish a year after that, will publish first in the UK in the spring of 2019.
Publishing internationally is something I never imagined happening when I published my first novel in 2009. In addition to the excitement of knowing that your story is traveling the world and the financial benefits of publishing a book in two dozen countries, I hear from international readers all the time, often through the magic of Google Translate.
Recently, Mexican teenage girls have been writing to me about my first and third novels, wanting to know what happens next.
It’s a strange, strange world.
I opened the Turkish edition of my book, mostly to see what Turkish looked like, and look what I found. Inside the book, affixed to the binding with a perforated edge, is a bookmark designed to appear like the cover of the book.
Also, why don’t we get something like this in the United States? I’m suddenly feeling like our American publishers are letting us down a bit. | 2019-04-20T10:20:39 | http://www.matthewdicks.com/matthewdicksblog/2018/10/11/6muy58gln7tme7g2icsmeueta0w6pf |
God knows you. He engraved your name on His hands and keeps your tears in a bottle (Isa 49:16; Psalm 56:8).
God knows you. And He is near you! How far is the shepherd from the sheep? (John 10:14) The branch from the vine? (John 15:5) That’s how far God is from you. He is near.
His Kingdom needs you. The poor need you; the lonely need you; the church needs you...the cause of God needs you. You are part of “the overall purpose He is working out in everything and everyone” (Eph. 1:11 MSG).
The Kingdom needs you to discover and deploy your unique skill. Use it to make much out of God.
God is with us; we are not alone! | 2019-04-19T18:50:50 | http://www.w2wministries.org/2015/11/god-is-for-me.html |
The 1990 and 1998 amendments to the INA implemented a limit of 115,000 on the number of persons who may receive H-1B status in each fiscal year (FY 1999-2000). The visas decreased to 107,500 in fiscal year 2001 and to 65,000 in fiscal year 2002. The limit of 65,000 per annum remains in place today. However, an additional 20,000 H-1B visas are available to foreign workers who have obtained a master’s degree or higher from a U.S. academic institution. Furthermore, foreign workers with offers of employment from institutions of higher education, related or affiliated nonprofit entities, or non-profits research organizations are exempt from any numerical limitations. Extraordinary ability entertainers, athletes and artists (now under the O and P visa categories) were removed from the H-1B category classification. The most significant change is that an H-1B approval from the USCIS can only occur upon prior approval of a labor condition application (LCA) by the Department of Labor (DOL).
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), the H-1B category is available to a foreign worker seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of working in a “specialty occupation”.
The term “specialty occupation” is defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) as an occupation that requires a theoretical and practical application of a highly specialized body of knowledge and the attainment of a bachelor’s or higher degree (or its equivalent) in the specific specialty. Pursuant to the federal statute the list of potential occupations that fall within the term “specialty occupations” is not limited to the professions stated in the statute. As long as an occupation can be shown to fall within the ambit of the above definition, the job position can qualify for H-1B status.
Certain occupations have no trouble meeting this definition, because specialty occupations are deemed to include “professions.” INA § 101 (a) (32) states that the term “profession” shall include but not be limited to architects, engineers, lawyers, physicians, surgeons and teachers in elementary or secondary schools, colleges, academies or seminaries. These occupations would easily qualify for H-1B status because each one is specifically mentioned in the statute.
the nature of the job duties are so specialized and complex that the knowledge required to perform the duties is usually associated with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
that certain supporting documents will be made available for public examination within one (1) working day of filing the LCA.
has more than 50 full time equivalent employees in the United States and at least 15 percent of whom are H-1B non-immigrants.
An H-1B visa is initially valid for up to three (3) years. Extensions may be requested up to a maximum stay of (6) years in either H or L status. The H-1B worker must then reside outside the United States for at least one (1) year before becoming eligible for H status again. The limit of 6 years is extended if ETA-9089 & I-140 are filed & approved.
Pursuant to Federal Regulation 8 CFR § 214.2 (h)(6)(vi)(E), the employer of an H-1B worker will be liable for the reasonable costs of return transportation of the alien abroad, if the alien is dismissed from employment for any reason by the employer before the end of the period of authorized admission. If the H-1B beneficiary voluntarily terminates his or her employment prior to the expiration of the validity of the petition, the H-1B beneficiary has not been dismissed. This provision applies to any employer whose offer of employment became the basis for the alien obtaining or continuing H status. However, there is no statutory or administrative mechanism for enforcing this obligation.
The doctrine of dual intent is statutorily recognized for the H-1B category. Therefore, the H-1B status holder can stilll pursue his/her status permanent residency without being required to maintain a foreign residence.
The H-1B worker’s spouse or unmarried children under age 21, who are accompanying or following to join the H-1B worker, can be admitted as H-4 dependents. H-4 dependents are not permitted to engage in employment except spouses of an H-1B principal who is the beneficiary of an approved Form I-140 or have received the H-1B beyond the six (6) year limit. However, the dependents may study and also engage in activities ordinarily permitted for B-2 visitors. The doctrine of dual intent is also recognized for H-4 dependents of H-1B workers. | 2019-04-19T22:49:27 | https://www.adanvega.com/H1B.html |
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Open for lunch and dinner, Shrubbery Taverna is a lively and fun restaurant at Mission Beach. Great for family outings. | 2019-04-24T10:20:52 | http://www.cairnsdining.com/search/all/all/mediterranean/all |
it appears to be a few superstars may simply be over Davido’s persistent requirement for flaunting and praising things which may pretty much have been delighted in/effective when stayed silent.
A couple of days back, the FALL crooner, had taken to snapchat to observe Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo tailing him on IG, a response which many would state is reasonable because of his need to demonstrate he isn’t as neighborhood as Wikzid, made him appear.
Lil Kesh, may have recently brought sides with Wizkid, as he made his emotions about Davido’s response known through snapchat, taunting and crap crapping the DMW manager’s decision of praising the new accomplishment. | 2019-04-25T04:01:43 | https://www.ent-redefined.org/lil-kesh-mocks-davido-for-saying-ronaldo-followed-him-on-instagram-watch-video/ |
These two tired bird dogs are just getting back from a short "roading" jaunt. What a great way to get some dogs into shape. It amazes me that they love it! They pull as hard as they can as long as they can. It's a simple set up using roading harnesses. Eventually, I'll get up to 4 dogs per run. Right now, I'm waiting for the pasture to get cut- I don't want to get all four dogs on the road at once. Once the hay is cut, we'll be able to make loops of the fields as much as we want. | 2019-04-22T02:22:05 | http://www.abirdhuntersthoughts.com/2009/09/img00164-20090925-1533jpg.html |
In spite of his leaked opening statement a day before the proceedings that could be described as wholly benign, former FBI Director James Comey came out swinging this morning as he addressed the Congressional assembly.
“it confused me when I saw on television the president saying that he actually fired me because of the Russia investigation and learned, again, from the media that he was telling, privately, other parties that my firing had relieved great pressure on the Russia investigation.
While the questions and answers during the grilling were, for the most part, respectful, yet probing, no “smoking gun” of collusion with the Russians or obstruction of justice regarding the investigation were revealed. Not surprising. Donald Trump hasn’t become the ruthless business mogul by neglecting to leverage intimidation with total regard in avoiding prosecution.
The most damaging allegations involved Comey’s interpretation of Trump’s statement that he “hoped” Comey would drop the investigation into fired National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn. Comey admitted feeling so “stunned” by Trump’s action to dismiss every other witness to their conversation and his repeated pleas to drop the investigation that he committed to memory every word for documentation. He confessed that he had never felt this degree of doubt and intimidation with either President George W. Bush or President Obama.
Several times during questioning, James Comey declined to answer based on his lack of specific knowledge, or deference to the ongoing investigation under current FBI Director Robert Mueller. He promised to reveal more details in a closed session.
It is not openly known to what extent that further testimony to Congress behind closed doors will reveal any criminality on the part of the new President. House Speaker Paul Ryan excused President Trump’s bad behavior by stating, “He’s new to government. And so he probably isn’t steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between the D.O.J., F.B.I. and the White Houses.” Isn’t that why Republicans elected him? Because he’s “not a politician”? I guess they got what they wanted.
Democrats will crow over the allegations while Trump will crow even more loudly over his vindication. In the meantime, Americans feel the sting of this whiplash.
This debacle did substantiate the tyrannical tendencies of an egotistical demagogue that expects oaths of “loyalty” from his subjects unless they want to face unpleasant consequences. | 2019-04-25T12:52:19 | http://www.nationalcompass.net/2017/06/08/comeys-testimony-a-nothing-burger-possibly-but-the-secret-sauce-might-have-a-kick/ |
Bidding farewell to the room and bed @ BLU Home Guesthouse that has kept me warm and well-rested for the past 6 nights.
And this is me saying: HELLO JEJU ISLAND!
Embracing the next part of my adventure with KRISPY in Jeju!! Will meet her at Gimpo airport before our flight, and since I’m checking out tomorrow morning, I’ll be depositing my luggages at Gimpo before shopping (again) at Lotte Mall (Korea’s first and largest lifestyle shopping complex at the airport), then spending the night loitering in the vicinity. Insanely excited to meet Kris!!
P.S. Ever since I’ve stopped wearing makeup and eyeliner outside of work, I realise I’m looking more and more…like my brother. Gasp. | 2019-04-21T22:12:31 | https://viktoriajean.com/2014/03/26/this-is-hello-and-goodbye/ |
Two Types of Transformer in Common Use.
When the magnetic circuit takes the form of a single ring encircled by two or more groups of primary and secondary windings distributed around the periphery of the ring, the transformer is termed a core-type transformer.
When the primary and secondary windings take the form of a common ring which is encircled by two or more rings of magnetic material distributed around its periphery, the transformer is termed a shell-type transformer.
Actually, core-type (or “core-form”) in U.S. Power-transformer engineering usage means that the coils are cylindrical and concentric (the outer winding over the inner) whereas shell-type (or “form”) denotes large pancake coils that are stacked or interleaved to make primary-secondary (P-S) groups.
Except for certain extremes of current rating, the choice between the core- and shell-type construction is largely a matter of manufacturing facilities and of individual preference.
Core-form transformer characteristic features are a long mean length of magnetic circuit and a short mean length of windings. The three-leg (one active leg) and four-leg (two active) construction of single-phase cores and the five-leg (three active) construction of 3-phase cores are used to reduce overall height.
In these cases, the core encloses the cylindrical windings in a similar fashion to the shell-form construction. The simple concentric primary (inside) and secondary (outside) winding arrangement is common for all small- and medium-power transformers.
However, large MVA transformers frequently have some degree of interleaving of windings, such as secondary-primary-secondary (S-P-S). The core-form construction can be used throughout the full size range of power transformers.
Shell-form transformer characteristic features are short mean length of magnetic circuit and long mean length of windings. This results in the shell-form transformer having a larger area of core and smaller number of winding turns than the core form of same output and performance.
Also, the shell form would typically have a greater ratio by weight of steel to copper. | 2019-04-24T09:52:20 | http://www.transmission-line.net/2011/06/core-type-and-shell-type-transformer.html |
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has established a new Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and appointed as its founding director, Rocky S. Tuan, a world-renowned expert in stem cell biology and tissue engineering.
For more than 30 years, Tuan has studied the workings of the musculoskeletal system and its diseases, including cartilage development and repair, cell signaling and matrix biochemistry, stem cell biology, nanotechnology, and many other orthopaedically relevant topics.
The purpose of the new Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering is to develop the knowledge base and the technical know-how toward the restoration of organ functions by applying principles of cellular and molecular biology as well as the physical sciences and engineering, Fu said. Novel approaches—such as stem cells, biomaterials, nanotechnology, and bioreactors—will be utilized to advance skeletal tissue engineering and regeneration.
Since 2001, Tuan has been chief of the Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch at the National Institute of Arthritis, and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College and Berea College and his doctorate from Rockefeller University, New York. Prior to his appointment at NIH, he held professorships in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and at Thomas Jefferson University, where he also was vice chair and director of research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He currently has adjunct appointments at George Washington University School of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Tuan’s wife, Cecilia Lo, has been appointed founding chair of a new department of Developmental Biology in Pitt’s School of Medicine [see accompanying article]. Both Lo and Tuan have served on many professional committees and boards, published significant research papers in top-tier scientific journals, and delivered invited talks at highly regarded academic centers.
They will begin their positions this summer. They have been married for 33 years and have one child. | 2019-04-25T18:47:29 | https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/rocky-s-tuan-named-director-pitt-school-medicine%E2%80%99s-new-center-cellular-molecular-engineering |
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3) Take the pumpkin puree and drop it into the blender.
4) Combine the maple syrup, cinnamon and frozen banana and pour the mixture into the blender.
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3) There are alternatives for pumpkin pie spice. Instead of the pumpkin pie spice, you can try out cloves, ginger, or cinnamon.
4) Any type of milk is fine. However, you can adjust according to your preferred protein count.
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July 29, 2018 at 12:09a.m.
Prodigal Company President Jeff Hedrich’s invitation to speak at the DOYO Live digital marketing and interactive design conference in downtown Youngstown this week is just one way Prodigal and its branding process are being recognized in the marketing industry.
Later this month, Hedrich will take his message to professionals across the state at the Ohio Marketing Summit.
Prodigal’s Brand MRI process also has caught the attention of current and prospective clients and is fueling Hedrich’s vision for the company’s future. He hopes to expand the Boardman-based business to another market.
As the branding agency enjoys its recent recognition, Hedrich recalled the company’s humble beginnings 25 years ago.
Hedrich got his start in the industry working for a creative agency in downtown Cleveland. A few years into his career there, he went to the owner and asked for a raise. The owner said no.
Hedrich rented a small office and worked from a closet-sized room. He enlisted family members to sit in or call the office to make the business seem more bustling.
Prodigal got its big break when Hedrich convinced Farmers National Bank to hire his firm. Soon after, Prodigal brought on Sheely’s Furniture & Appliance Co. Both companies remain with Prodigal to this day.
Prodigal faced some challenges when the tech bubble burst in the early 2000s and the financial crisis hit in 2008, but it survived thanks to client loyalty and Hedrich’s conviction that an economic downturn is the right time to gain market share, he said.
The company sharpened its focus on branding and began developing the Brand MRI. Hedrich said the process is an answer to an issue that came up in meetings with prospective clients – every agency had its take on branding, but none of them had a strategy.
Brand MRI combines the theory of brand positioning with the science of behavioral economics.
What resulted was a 12-week process that begins with internal focus groups, then surveys existing and prospective customers. The results show what the client is good at, what it is better at than its competitors and what customers value the most about it.
Hedrich and clients who have gone through Prodigal’s branding process say it delivers a message that will resonate with customers.
Sheely’s General Manager Jeff Curry said the Brand MRI offered the business new insights.
Curry said the MRI showed that customers value the shopping experience there, which is unique due to sales associates not working for commission.
Looking to the future, Hedrich sees Prodigal emerging as a leading branding agency.
That might seem like a big dream, but Hedrich thinks it’s possible. | 2019-04-20T08:21:29 | http://www.vindy.com/news/2018/jul/29/local-branding-agency-finds-success-reco/ |
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Richards is the founder of the Pasadena chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and is beloved in her community. As of Tuesday morning, nearly 80,000 people had signed a ColorOfChange.org petition calling on Judge Elaine Lu to free Richards.
Only 44 of the hundreds who had gathered for the hearing were able to squeeze into the painfully small courtroom. One of the last to be let in, I was determined to catch a glimpse of Richards. I have interviewed her twice, both times before the incident at the heart of the trial. Richards organizes in my own neighborhood of northwest Pasadena. The petite, young organizer appeared in handcuffs, vulnerable but also awed by the support she saw.
Of the entirely non-black jury that unanimously convicted her last week, one juror wrote to the judge with a change of heart, asking Lu to impose “the minimum possible sentence for Ms. Richards,” saying, “I feel sick for upholding a law in which I do not believe.” Lu, clearly moved by that letter and many others she received from Richards’ supporters, began the hearing by announcing that she had made a tentative decision to grant probation. There was a palpable sigh of relief in the courtroom, and Richards, unable to help herself, raised her fist in the air and looked around, smiling through tears.
Defense attorney Nana Gyamfi then spoke passionately, calling attention to the online petition and the significance of Richards’ political activism within the spectrum of this nation’s history of civil rights. She emphasized the troubled relationship the black community has with police, a relationship so frayed that she has raised her own child (Gyamfi is African-American) to not dial 911 in an emergency for fear of what police might do.
The prosecutor, however, was defiant, retorting that none of the political or historical context of Richards’ activism mattered and that in fact police were to be lauded for showing restraint during the altercation. She maintained that Richards deserved the full wrath of the justice system, including a stay-away order from La Pintoresca Park, where Richards organizes low-income, black youths. Richards once more reacted, letting out a pleading “no.” The park is in the heart of Pasadena’s black community, frequented by young people but also heavily patrolled by police.
Richards and several of her friends and colleagues became involved in an altercation between Pasadena police and a black woman who had apparently left a restaurant without paying her bill. Richards, who had been leading a demonstration nearby, attempted to intervene. While she was not the only one to do so, she was the only one of the group whom the police arrested two days later and charged with “attempted felony lynching,” among other things.
It is the “lynching” charge that provoked the greatest public ire after Richards was convicted last week. News outlets all over the world reported that she was the first black person to be tried and convicted of such a horrendously named accusation. That a black woman was convicted of a charge stemming from the United States’ hideous history of mob murders of African-Americans struck a collective nerve. Richards is also the only BLM activist nationwide to have received such a severe sentence since the movement began in 2014.
But why did Richards and her friends intervene in the arrest of a stranger? Black folks and BLM activists have every reason to fear for the safety of black women being arrested by police. It is not just the high-profile case of Sandra Bland in Texas that underscores that fear; in addition to Bland, four other black women died in police custody last July alone. One report tallied 15 cases of black women who died in encounters with police. If today’s police and justice system are seen as the modern-day version of a lynch mob, there is something seriously wrong with our society.
Gyamfi has said that Richards will probably serve 36 days of her 90-day sentence—a sentence that could have been as long as four years. As is usually the case, the probation will more than likely be onerous and could blunt Richards’ activism for three long years, even though she will be able to return to the park where she organizes. The 52 anger management courses mandated in the sentence are disgraceful, however. Black women have so much to be outraged by, and yet when women like Richards use their voices, they are subject to the ugly stereotype of the “angry black woman” and are told to submerge their rage and “manage” their anger.
I first met Richards in 2014, when BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors brought her to an interview on my show, then named “Uprising.” Cullors was among the hundreds of people demanding that the judge “Free Jasmine” this week.
I asked her if she considered Richards’ sentence a victory or a defeat.
And so the struggle for black lives continues, with the hope that Richards’ case has energized rather than dampened the movement.
Sonali Kolhatkar is a columnist for Truthdig. She also is the founder, host and executive producer of "Rising Up With Sonali," a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku) and Pacifica stations KPFK, KPFA, and affiliates. She is the former founder, host and producer of KPFK Pacifica’s popular morning drive-time program “Uprising." She is also the co-director of the Afghan Women's Mission, a U.S.-based non-profit solidarity organization that funds the social, political, and humanitarian projects of RAWA. She is the author, with James Ingalls, of "Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence" (2006). | 2019-04-20T09:02:12 | https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/06/10/partial-victory-black-lives-matter-activist-jasmine-richards |
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Bummer. I was hoping that we'd win Honest Tea's Honest City award again (here). But apparently we came in 2nd place this year ... to Chicago.
On July 19, Honest Tea, the nation’s top-selling organic bottled tea company conducted a social experiment by setting up unmanned pop-up stores stocked with ice-cold Honest Tea and Honest Ade in 12 cities across the United States. Signage asking visitors to leave $1 per bottle on the honor system was posted next to a transparent (but securely mounted) cash box. In partnership with Ustream, hidden cameras were arranged to provide live video feeds of each pop-up store on the interactive honestcities.com website that documented how honest people actually were and tracked the real-time honesty results of each city.
In keeping with its mission-driven approach, Honest Tea is donating all of the money collected –nearly $5,000 to three non-profit organizations. Honest Tea will also match the funds collected, bringing the total donated to $10,000.
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The Writing Workshop is Sydney's leading creative writing workshop for young people. We run after-school workshops in Annandale,Marsfield (Kent Road PS), Eastwood, Haberfield and Leichhardt, and school holiday workshops in Bicentennial Park (Sydney Olympic Park).
Payment through this site is via credit card only. If you wish to pay via bank transfer or cheque, please go here for a booking form to ensure we set aside places. | 2019-04-24T00:31:42 | https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=470696 |
CLIENT: Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer International).
PROJECT: Together with the World Network of Prayer of the Vatican Pope, we created the first spot in the story starring a Pope: The Video of the Pope. The Video of the Pope is a global initiative conformed by a series of monthly viral videos in which the Holy Father shares his intentions of prayer for the great challenges of humanity.
From La Machi we lead the idea and the integral production of the videos, from the elaboration of texts and scripts, the creativity, the audiovisual production, the campaign of press and diffusion and the strategy of global launching being worth of a digital platform conformed by a site web – www.thepopevideo.org – and profiles in the main social networks.
+19 million visits in their own networks.
Versions in 9 different languages.
+80 countries in which the media have covered the news.
16 recognitions obtained so far (Premio Mercurio, ¡Bravo !, WINA, Publifestival, FICE).
January 2016: Interreligious dialogue. That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice.
February 2016: Care for Creation.That we may take good care of creation–a gift freely given–cultivating and protecting it for future generations.
March 2016: For children and families in difficulty. That families in need may receive the necessary support and that children may grow up in healthy and peaceful environments.
April 2016: Small farmers. That small farmers may receive just compensation for their invaluable work.
May 2016: Respect for women. That in every country of the world, women may be honored and respected and that their essential contribution to society may be highly esteemed.
June 2016: Solidarity in cities. That the aged, marginalized, and those who have no one may find–even within the huge cities of the world–opportunities for encounter and solidarity.
July 2016: Indigenous people. That indigenous peoples, whose identity and very existence are threatened, will be shown due respect.
August 2016: Sports, a culture of encounter. That sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between peoples and may contribute to peace in the world.
September 2016: For a more human society. That each may contribute to the common good and to the building of a society that places the human person at the center.
October 2016: Journalists. That journalists, in carrying out their work, may always be motivated by respect for truth and a strong sense of ethics.
November 2016: Countries receiving refugees. That the countries which take in a great number of displaced persons and refugees may find support for their efforts which show solidarity.
December 2016: End to child-soldiers. That the scandal of child‐soldiers may be eliminated the world over. | 2019-04-18T10:39:34 | https://www.lamachi.com/en/portfolio_page/the-pope-video-2016/ |
Where can I get fresh produce?
Find us at our Farmer’s Market located on 99th Ave & McDowell (NE corner, just north of the car wash). Crow’s Dairy, raw honey and fresh produce are available at Crossfit Fury, or come to a Fury Farm affiliated gym to find out their delivery schedule. Individual and boxed produce and honey can also be ordered below. Orders of 10 or more boxes (or over $200) receive free delivery. | 2019-04-21T02:28:28 | http://www.furyfarm.org/store |
The Better Days Ruffle Dress by Finders features off the shoulder with floaty fit, comes with rope belt. Perfect piece for a beach / summer day. Fully lined. Designed in Australia. | 2019-04-23T06:25:00 | https://talis.com.au/product/fi-0833/ |
Definition of "Naic: model life insurance solicitation regulation national association of insurance commissioners"
Model state regulation that governs method of selling life insurance to prevent fraud or misrepresentation by agents or insurers. A life insurance disclosure model regulation to help buyers understand the basic policy features and evaluate costs of similar insurance plans was adopted on an interim basis in 1973 and revised in 1976 and 1983. Today, insurers must provide a buyer's guide and a policy summary to prospective buyers. Insurers must keep files of authorized documents; agents must identify themselves and the company they represent and cannot represent themselves as financial planners or investment advisers unless they in fact are. In addition, reference to a dividend or any non guaranteed item must be identified as such.
Do I have a Lien on my Home? I need Hospital Insurance in addition to my current health insurance policy? What is a housing ratio? What is a lock in? What is Disability Insurance? | 2019-04-20T08:49:37 | https://www.realestateagent.com/real-estate-glossary/insurance/naic-model-life-insurance-solicitation-regulation-national-association-of-insurance-commissioners.html |
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Shyama Raju & Company India Pvt. Ltd., the holding company of DivyaSree Developers started operations over three decades ago primarily as a construction company. Over this period of time the company has undertaken a multitude of infrastructure projects on behalf of government agencies in the city of Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka. With the boom of the IT industry, the company through its flagship Divya Sree forayed into real estate development in 1997 and is today rated among the top office space solution providers in South India. Over the last fifteen years DivyaSree has developed more than 7.5 million square feet of world-class office buildings in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, the golden triangle for IT Industry in South India. Their clients include leading IT and BPO corporations such as Cisco, Dell, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Google, Accenture, IBM, Wells Fargo, Logica, Tesco, Thomson Reuters, Cognizant, Deloitte, Xerox, UBS amongst others. | 2019-04-18T22:21:23 | http://www.mylandmark.info/divyasree-77-place |
The PhD thesis is titled Graffiti Achaeography: The poetics of engagement in Sydney’s inner suburbs.
This dissertation intervenes in the material traces of illicit graffiti writing and urban art production in Sydney's inner suburbs to reveal how graffiti reshapes and transforms place. This research has four aims. Firstly, to map the unfolding and unfinished meshwork of graffiti traces in three territories of production – the exterior, interior and subterranean habituses. Secondly, to photograph graffiti's displays in situ to provide formal texts for analysis and archivisation. Thirdly, to analyse the tensions and dialogues embedded in graffiti's multimodal formations to understand how place is constructed through the graffiti in the three territories. Fourthly, to design a dynamic and agile virtual interface to reimagine graffiti's place as digital heritage. As a practice-based research project, it comprises a thesis and a digital image archive titled Sydney Graffiti Archive. | 2019-04-23T11:06:48 | http://www.sydneygraffitiarchive.com.au/thesis |
Dewalt is a Russian Protoss and currently member of teams the reps.ru fun-gaming pro team and sas.
Dewalt is a quite new player to the scene. He was member of the FRee FRiends Team from 2010 to 2012. In between these two years the Protoss was overtowered by other Russian players and didn't win any notable tournaments.
When he joined the the reps.ru fun-gaming pro team in early 2012 he improved a lot, mostly thanks to the training with high class Russians like Tama. He started to enter more and more events, mainly those organized by the Russian community. As a result the Russian was the player with the second most games played in the ICCup Event Rankings of 2012.
His training paid off in mid 2012, when he was able to win Defiler Tour 40 and defended his gold medal a week later. He is often referred to as one of, if not the best, Russian player, especially after he was undefeated in the Russian King of the Hill. However, Dewalt tends to lose games against relatively weak opponents occasionally in early chances of tournaments, mainly because he lives in Novosibirsk and thusly has a time-zone disadvantage.
In 2018 he placed 4th in BSL 4, and got eliminated in quarter finals in StarLadder Pro Series and BSL 5. In 2019, Dewalt advanced to top4 of BSL 6. In 2017-2019 he won many smaller tournaments, for example, BSL5 Ladder Tour #2, BSL5 Ladder Tour #3, BSL5 KotH, BSL6 Ladder Tournament 3, and many more, solidifying his place as a top foreign player.
In early 2019, Dewalt went on a 2 month BW training trip to Korea. He was playing Broodwar full-time, and got to practice playing against high level Korean players with extremely low latency. His initial plan was to ty to try to qualify for ASL7 but he bought the ariplane ticket in advance, and missed the ASL qualifiers by only a few days.
On March 20th, he won a $1000 challenge organized by Rus_Brain, a BW tournament organizer/sponsor from Russia. Challenge was to get 11 consecutive wins at 2200+ MMR, playing with Korean VPN. Games had to streamed, and webcam also had to be on.
Dewalt joined team sas for Gambit's Cup 3 round 2. | 2019-04-25T11:07:03 | https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Dewalt |
Valérie Amiraux holds the Canada Research Chair for the Study of Religious Pluralism in the Department of Sociology. She holds a PhD in political science and previously studied history and oriental languages. She is a member of the academic advisory board of the CCEAE, and has led research projects on Muslim communities in Germany and France. The research program of her chair, established in 2008, is entitled “Confessional Belonging and Ethnicity: Comparing Muslim Communities in Europe and Canada” and explores interactions between religious majorities and minorities within secularized political regimes. Her work also examines the relations between religious institutions and individuals’ religious practices. Her research program includes projects on “Pluralism and radicalization” as well as methodological reflections on interdisciplinary comparison.
Her most recent research project on political fiction, financed by the SSHRC Insight Program (2015-2018), brings together an international and multidisciplinary team composed of professors, researchers and students gravitating around the Canada Research Chair in Religious Pluralism and the PLURADICAL (FQRSC) group. Based on the theory of the public and publics and driven by an ethnographic perspective, the research focuses on discourse analysis within popular culture.
Valérie Amiraux maintains a vibrant network of research contacts in France, where she completed her graduate studies at the Sorbonne and at Sciences Po in Paris and retains a position as a researcher at the Centre national de recherche scientifique, and in Italy, where she was postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She regularly collaborates with Daniel Sabbagh (CERI, Paris), Nacira Guénif (Paris-XIII, Villetaneuse), Marwan Mohammad (CMH, ENS) and Olivier Roy (European University Institute, Florence) on questions of religious pluralism in Western societies. These networks have helped her attract postdoctoral fellows to her Canada Research Chair at UdM’s Centre for Ethnic Studies as well as doctoral students in co-tutelle with French universities working with her on themes related to Islam in Europe.
SSHRC Gant, Comment la religion devient-elle l’affaire publique des autres?
“Visibility, Transparency and Gossip: How Did the Religion of Some (Muslims) Become the Public Concern of Other?”, Special Issue: Critical Religious Studies 4:1, 37-56.
(co-authored with Francis Desharnais) Salomé et les hommes en noir (Montréal: Bayard Canada).
"Visibilité, transparence et commérage: de quelques conditions de possibilité de l’islamophobie… et de la citoyenneté”, Sociologie 1:5, 81-95.
(co-edited with David Koussens) Trajectoires de la neutralité (Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal).
(co-authored with David Koussens) “From Law to Narratives. Unveiling Contemporary French Secularism”, Recode (Responding to Complex Diversity in Europe and Canada) – Online Working Paper Series 19, 3-15.
(co-edited with Pascale Fournier) “’Illegal’ Covering: Comparative Perspectives on Legal and Social Discourses on Religious Diversity”, Special Issue: Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture 19:6, 689-806.
"The ‘illegal covering’ saga: what's next? Sociological perspectives", Social Identities 19:6, 794-806.
"Crisis and New Challenges? French Republicanism Featuring Multiculturalism", in: Alessandro Silj (ed.), European Multiculturalism Revisited (London: Zed Books), 65-140.
"Discrimination in Comparative Perspective: Policies and Practices", The American Behavioral Scientist 8:1-2, 1691-1714.
“From Empire to Republic, the French Muslim Dilemma”, in Anna Triandafyllidou (ed.), Muslims in 21st Century Europe. Structural and cultural perspectives (London: Routledge), 137-158.
"L’affaire du foulard en France. Retour sur une affaire qui n’en est pas encore une", Sociologie et Sociétés 41:2, 273-298.
"De l’Empire à la République: l’islam comme problème public", Cahiers de recherché sociologique 46, 45-60.
(co-authored with Patrick Simon) “There are no Minorities Here: Cultures of Scholarship and Public Debate on Immigrants and Integration in France”, International Journal of Comparative Sociology 47:3-4, 191-215.
(co-edited with Gerdien Jonker) Politics of Visibilities. Young Muslims European Public Spaces (Bielefeld: transcript).
Acteurs de l'islam entre Allemagne et Turquie. Parcours militants et expériences religieuses (Paris: L'Harmattan).
Arber Fetiu: La littérature dystopique et l’islamomania en Occident. | 2019-04-22T05:58:06 | http://www.irtg-diversity.com/index.php?page=people&person=valerie_amireaux&id=38 |
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Serial and parallel LCDs to attach to your microcontroller project.
This a parallel 4x20 Blue mode Super Twisted Nematic (STN) with built-in HD44780 equivalent controller. White LED backlight makes for white characters on blue background. It has 6 o’clock viewing.
The LCD requires 4 to 8 input lines for data and a data read/write I/O Line, a enable signal, and a instruction/data register select I/O line. This LCD is a much less expensive alternative to the serial LCDs, but requires more I/O. | 2019-04-19T08:52:36 | https://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.aspx/4x20-parallel-lcd-neg-mode-w-white-led-backlight/695/ |
This artwork is part 4 of a 4-part series one of my valuable collectors has commissioned. He has commissioned a painting of his barn on his California land to be done in the four seasons. This one will be the spring scene. Each painting will be the same scene, just a different season. The series represents the cycles of life.
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In today's video we're going to be doing a breakdown and review of Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 and the title of the episode was called: Winterfell. Here is the description for it: The Great War has come, the Wall that has protected the Seven Kingdoms has fallen and the Night King's army of the dead marches towards Winterfell.
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I am born in Zeitz, germany. I went to school from 1981 til 1991. I moved to UK 1997.
I am currently studying a degree in Applied Social Science in Hull.
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On 10th January 2008, Heraeus Noblelight moved into new office premises and a new Applications Centre in Shanghai. This had become necessary as the previous offices had gradually become too small. In recent years, the company’s activities in China have steadily increased and further expansion is planned. Moreover, the Applications Centre in Shanghai is an important factor in the winning of contracts.
At the opening, Rolf Diehl, Manager of the Infrared Division at Heraeus Noblelight, presented a glass sculpture to Dr. Chuangmin Zou, managing director of Heraeus Noblelight in China. This small work of art shows a Chinese dragon in a glass temple. It is partly gold-plated and parts of infrared emitters have been incorporated into the design. The sculpture was made by apprentice glass workers.
In December 2007, the purpose-built new production and administration building in Shenyang was opened. CEO Rainer Kuechler said during the opening ceremony: “The new building opens up new opportunities for growth for us. It is an important step to become a leading manufacturer of speciality lamps in China.” Besides lamps for optics and analytics, also infrared heaters for industrial processes and UV lamps for water disinfection are produced in Shenyang, predominantly for the Asian market.
Heraeus has been present in Hong Kong since 1974 and in Shanghai since 1994. Heraeus Noblelight, the speciality light sources company, is active in China since 2002 with its own subsidiary Heraeus Noblelight (Shenyang) Ltd., in which several previous activities were consolidated.
Heraeus Noblelight GmbH with its headquarters in Hanau and with subsidiaries in the USA, Great Britain, France, China, Australia and Puerto Rico, is one of the technology- and market-leaders in the production of specialist light sources. In 2006, Heraeus Noblelight had an annual turnover of 88 Million € and employed 651 people worldwide. The organisation develops, manufactures and markets infrared and ultraviolet emitters for applications in industrial manufacture, environmental protection, medicine and cosmetics, research, development and analytical laboratories.
Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company in the business segments of precious metals, sensors, dental and medical products, quartz glass and specialty lighting sources. With revenues of more than EUR 10 billion and more than 11,000 employees in over 100 companies, Heraeus has stood out for more than 155 years as one of the world’s leading companies involved in precious metals and materials technology. | 2019-04-22T12:58:36 | https://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/companynews/report-102252.html |
After two loose, so-called pit bulls attacked a Beagle in August, Breckenridge, Colorado is not only considering a breed-specific law (BSL) for “pit bulls,” but also for breeds like Doberman Pinschers, unnamed breeds of mastiff, German Shepherds, Malamutes, Chow Chows, Rottweilers, Huskies, and possibly others.
Although Colorado has, since 2004, prohibited breed-specific dog bans, Breckenridge is citing Denver as a supposed BSL success story. What they neglected to acknowledge, however, is that Denver’s “pit bull” ban has cost millions in taxpayer dollars and has regardless been enforced poorly with Denver’s ACOs repeatedly being unable to discern what is and what is not a “pit bull” as defined by their own ordinance.
As Denver (and Miami-Dade County) has also shown, BSL actually increases dog bite-related hospitalizations. And if that’s still not enough proof for Breckenridge, even the White House recently acknowledged that BSL is impotent legislation that does not keep communities safer.
. . . since 2011, the town has issued 15 citations for 31 bite calls, none of which involved pit bulls. There have been 86 citations for 115 “dog at large” calls.
Really? Breckinridge is going to dust off that old tale and tell it as if it were fact?
Again, the urban myth that “pit bulls” supposedly have locking jaws (and the variant of the locking-jaws myth, the more-powerful-bite-force myth or the they-do-more-damge-when-they-bite myth) has long since been debunked. As such, when public officials cite the locking-jaws mythology in an effort to make their pro-BSL argument appear credible, they just make utter fools of themselves.
A survey on the Engage Breckenridge website showed that most Breckenridge citizens were opposed to breed-specific legislation in Breckenridge. According to the Summit Daily, “In the comments, people advocated more preventative measures such as holding owners responsible . . . ” Should it be that a town’s citizens are smarter than their governance?
Mayor John Warner, Councilman Ben Brewer and Councilwoman Jennifer McAtamney said they wanted more information and to reach out to the community. McAtamney said she was concerned about bigger dog problems, such as dogs on the loose. Councilmen Mike Dudick and Gary Gallagher said they would support a ban. | 2019-04-23T00:10:33 | http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2013/10/26/breckenridge-colorado-may-consider-breed-specific-law-for-pit-bulls-other-breeds/ |
Here is the latest plan for the $13 million Young St, Frankston redevelopment which will be turned into reality within months.
This plan has been a work in progress and includes the themes and aspirations that were most popular during the consultation period. Some of those suggestions were fantastic and proved that asking our community is the best way!
Our State Government team and the Frankston City Council team have been working together to ensure the best possible finish.
This is only one facet of what our awesome governance team are working on to redefine Frankston- thanks to Maria Peters, CEO Chisholm Institute, Sue Williams, CEO Peninsula Health, Gabe North, Centre Manager Bayside Shopping Centre Vicinity Centres, Glenn Weir OIC Frankston Police Station, Kevin Hutchings, Managing Director South East Water and Professor Leon. Peterman, Pro Vice Chancellor Monash University.
Things to look out for on the plans include: the scramble crossings, the city park green area and event space, roundabout removal, changes to bus bays and widened footpaths for better flow and trade.
Note that this is the latest version, close to final, but we still have work to do. | 2019-04-21T16:53:15 | http://www.pauledbrooke.com/news/latest-plans-for-young-street-redevelopment-revealed/ |
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh has said that he would subpoena former President Goodluck Jonathan as his defence witness.
Metuh’s lawyer, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu, according to Punch, made the request during a session at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.
He told the court that, “We have another witness on a subpoena, and at the end of the evidence of this another witness, we will take a decision on whether or not the first defendant (Metuh) will testify.
Ikpeazu said Dasuki was scheduled to be the next to testify for the defence, but he was absent from court on Monday.
Dasuki’s lawyer, Mr Ahmed Raji (SAN), however, opposed the request to compel the ex-NSA to testify as Metuh’s defence witness.
The court session is still ongoing.
It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had in January 2016, arraigned Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited, on counts of money laundering involving in alleged cash transaction of $2million and fraudulent receipt of N400million meant for procurement of arms from the NSA office on November 22, 2014. | 2019-04-20T18:17:05 | https://dnllegalandstyle.com/2017/metuh-requests-call-jonathan-witness-2/ |
What is Initial requirements for Novell Certification?
How to take my NCLP exam. Can give me some pointers?
How does someone become a novell certified linux professional?
How to prepare for novell CLP certification? | 2019-04-22T20:35:25 | http://iexamcenter.com/question/novell-clp-certification-interview-questions.html |
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Jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is set to go on hunger strike in her Tehran jail cell to protest her denial of medical care.
In a letter published by the Iranian NGO Defenders of Human Rights Centre, Zaghari-Ratcliffe announced that she would be going on a three-day hunger strike along with imprisoned Iranian physicist and campaigner Narges Mohammadi.
"In protest to this illegal, inhuman and unlawful behaviour, and to express our concerns for our health and survival at this denial of specialist treatment, despite taking daily medicines, we will go on hunger strike from 14.01.2019 to 16.01.2019," the letter said.
"We announce that in the event of the authority's failure to address these concerns and them further endangering our health, we will take further action."
The charity worker was first arrested in April 2016 while working for the Thompson Reuters Foundation, accused of spying and plotting against the Islamic Republic. She has denied the charges.
Although she is potentially eligible for parole, this has been repeatedly denied to her by Iranian authorities.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband told the Telegraph that she was "currently having medical treatment blocked for lumps in her breasts, for neurological care over her neck pains and numbness in her arms and legs", and said that "seeing an outside psychiatrist has been banned."
"These are all being personally blocked by the head of Evin clinic, Mr Khani, despite having been approved by the prison doctor."
Mohammadi, deputy president of Defenders of Human Rights Centre, has been repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for campaigning for reform within Iran.
Amnesty International described her sentence at the time as a "cruel and devastating blow to human rights in Iran."
Richard Ratcliffe said the hunger strike had mainly been prompted by the refusal of a doctor to inspect the lumps in Zaghari-Ratcliffe's breast.
"The denial of seeing a specialist to get the lumps checked in her breasts was a last straw. She has decided that enough is enough. Talking and lobbying in other ways hasn’t worked," he explained.
Diplomatic tensions around Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case were exacerbated in 2017 when Boris Johnson, then the British foreign minister, wrongly described her in a meeting as having been training journalists in the country, a comment that led Iranian authorities to threaten new charges against her.
Since taking over as foreign secretary in July 2018, Jeremy Hunt has announced a renewed push for Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release and last week accused Iran of holding her for diplomatic leverage.
Her MP Tulip Siqqid tweeted on Thursday that "quiet diplomacy" by Hunt and Prime Minister Theresa May had failed to return the charity worker home and said other options needed to be pursued.
"Nazanin has again been driven to despair because of the hopelessness of her plight. The cruelty of her captors + our Government’s failure to secure release means her life is at risk," she wrote.
"What is the PM’s plan to bring her home? Quiet diplomacy has failed." | 2019-04-23T06:02:50 | https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-go-three-day-hunger-strike-iranian-jail |
So after that spectacular season last year culminating in one of the most exciting playoffs and Superbowls ever I was spent. I didn't know if I would or even could muster excitement for the upcoming season.
Then some time last Tuesday I was back at mouth frothing excitement for the upcoming season, both for my Seahawks and the NFL in general.
Lots of transitions in coaching and rookies having huge responsibility put on their shoulders. In particular I am glued to how Rex Ryan pans out in Buffalo with a team that is peak Rex Ryan.
So tonight we start the season with two of the most insufferable franchises in the sport. The Patriots who are inarguably the best franchise since 2000 and the Steelers whose fans are a future glimpse into what a bunch of backwards-looking revisionist mouth breathers Patriots fans will become after Belichick and Brady retire.
1. Russell Wilson with Jimmy Graham, a bona-fide receiver and something we've been lacking.
2.Tyler Lockett returning kickoffs and punts. This rookie is electric (woogie woogie woogie) at returning and given how awful Brian Walters was last year, this should be a huge improvement for us.
3. Dion Bailey playing strong safety during Kam Chancellor's holdout. 2nd year in the league and markedly different than the brutal physical playstyle of Kam. Hopefully he excels at the position.
4. Frank Clark and Michael Bennett being a 1-2 punch pass rush. It's possible that our D Line is going to be the standout position group on defense rather than our DBs.
5. Better play calling from Bevell. Cause it can't get any worse.
So fellow NFL fans, what are you looking forward to?
P.s. I won't spoiler or spam the blog section with NFL stuff unless there's a supreme nuffling and even then I'll wait till wednesday. So rest assured you haters of the game that is half the inspiration for the game you love, you will barely even notice a peep.
I quite like American Football and i reckon i understood about a quarter of that: well done!
Now please remember. Please don't blab the scores and spoil it for us Euros.
Didn't read the p.s. did ya Koadah. FOR SHAME!
As a pats fan, i look forward to breathing through my mouth and 15 years from now when i can interrupt any football conversation to say... "but Brady/Belichick were the best combo ever, even if your team did just win the last two SB's, that's nothing compared to our blah... blah... blah."
Please note the use of "our" to indicate I had something to do with the team's success.
that's the thing though ryanfitz - living in the past's achievements will only hold you over for so long. Niners fans aren't happy and they pull that "How many rings you got?" crap all the time.
It seems like a trump card but it's really a prison you wind up inhabiting where there will never be anything ever as good as it was and your memories of how good it was will fade.
Also, hell yeah you have to use 'our'. Whats the point of being a fan if you can't relish in the achievements of the team?
I kid of course just more of a college fan myself.
Should be a fun season though.
How high did Beastmode go in your pool? You think he can sustain production?
Go steelers go! What a catch by Antonio Brown!
I actually took beast mode as a keeper (3rd year now) along with dez. I think he can keep up the yardage at about 1700 apy and hopefully Graham can open up some better play action passes that will benefit the run game down the road. I'm cautiously optimistic but that's kinda stupid being the #1 favorite.
The renaissance in Oakland. 70's greatness is coming powered by ACDC... Back in Black.. Writing is on the wall. Never been this excited to watch them. They should be a great team to watch.
Anyway we are all used to here what Jarryd Hayne is capable of, but what is your feeling stateside? Is he a one (pre season) wonder? A work in progress? Will he even get on the field? Or will he have an impact this year for the 49ers (who seem to be in a desperate situation from what I gather)?
Grod - I am super excited to see how he does and I think he'll get some opportunities at punt returning at the very least. He's so different in some ways from the mold of kick/punt returners but he's surprisingly agile and has great vision.
I hope he makes it!
Gronk does seem the posterchild for shirt-copters and ALLMENZLOS!!!!!!
Renaissance I tell you: Back to taking talented players with off-field issues.
Always been an Eagles fan, although have lived in St. Louis the last dozen or so years. Looking forward to the Eagles offense and hopeful their defensive secondary does not stink quite as bad as last season.
Ya got Byron Maxwell for big money, so maybe that'll help a bit. The offense really is the most intriguing thing about the Iggles so I think I'll watch their offensive drives on Sunday Ticket then go to more entertaining games on D.
I'm a 49ers fan, though I live in Boston. But c'mon - even if you hate the Patriots you have to love Gronk. The dude is a giant man-child who is enjoying the hell out of his charmed life and is on track to shatter all kinds of records for tight ends. I can admire that.
I really hope that Gronk never does anything criminal because he really is the embodiment of everything that is fun about the NFL.
Tyler Lockette is gonna be much more than just a PR/KR guy... Gonna be the #1 WR come Week 5 or so. | 2019-04-23T12:21:46 | http://fumbbl.com/p/blog&c=mrt1212&id=17565 |
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Buy works – Sidorov Valentin Mikhailovih | (born 1928, the Tver Province).
Sidorov Valentin Mikhailovih (born 1928, the Tver Province).
People’s Artist of the USSR, Laureate of State Prizes, member of Presidium of the Russia Academy of Arts, Chairman of Board of the Association of Painters of Russia. In 1948 entered the I.E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where studied under P. Belousov, R. Frenz and I. Spepashkin. Graduated from the Surikov Moscow State Institute of Arts in 1954, after having passed the course under P.I. Kotov, F.P. Reshetnikov and V.G. Tsyplakov. In 1960-1966 headed the ‘Academic Dacha’. Traveled a lot in Siberia, the Pamirs and abroad. Permanent participant of the municipal, regional, All-Russia and All-Union Art Exhibitions as well as the Russian Fine Arts Exhibitions abroad since 1951. In 1997 appeared as a designer of the ballet ‘Song about merchant Kalashnikov’ (music by V. Kazenin).
At the Omsk Theater of Opera and Ballet. Member the Russia Writers Union (2001), Laureate of the Sholokhov Prize (2000), author of the book ‘Edge of Inspiration’ (1984), the novel ‘Burn as bright as you can’ (2001), series of stories about artists in the ‘Mir Muzeya” (‘The World of Museum’) MagazineIn 1996 was awarded with the Golden Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts for the works created in 1993-1995 and on year later became the Laureate of the State Prize of Russia for the series of picturesque works ‘My quite Motherland’: ‘June Evening’ (1994), ‘My quite Motherland’ (1994-95), ‘Hay –mowing morning’ (1995), ‘Spring. High Sky’ (1990-1996)/ The artist’s works are kept at the State Tretiakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum and great number of regional Museums.
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Day 3: There is nothing in rural Montana.
…just look at it! Absolutely nothing. And I have no reception, so while Michael is driving, I suppose I should write up about yesterday’s travels and post when I can.
We fell in love with St. Louis, something I definitely didn’t expect! I mean, it’s the birthplace of my good pal (Tom Sandoval) and one of my favorite men (Jon Hamm), so I don’t know why I underestimated it. But we pulled in, and shoot! It was super clean and the Gateway Arch was more breathtaking than I was expecting. And as someone who’s not necessarily a sports fan, I was way impressed with the Busch Stadium area.
We stopped at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial just outside of the Arch, which was such a sweet slice of Americana. One of the Park Ragners dropped me while I was talking to my mom on FaceTime to show me how to take this fun dome shot with a self timer.
Then we went to Angelo’s Taverna, where I ate toasted ravioli, which is, apparently, a midwest thing? It was ravioli breaded, friend, and served with marinara. Not normally my thing! But I figured, when in St. Louis.
If you go to Angelo’s? As for Kia. She was so sweet and friendly.
The drive out of St. Louis was lovely…the surrounded suburbs are gorgeous, or at least were from the highway. We stopped a few hours outside the city and picked up a mount for the dashboard so that we could take time lapse video.
Then we got real sick of Missouri. It never seemed to end! We found a way to take a quick detour and knock Kansas off our “States Visited” list, and then another detour just out of Iowa to knock Nebraska off the same list. The Nebraska detour was a blast though, because we found a Lewis and Clark Visitor Center! It was closed, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t put the selfie stick to work.
The rest of the evening was spent driving to Sioux Falls. In the distance on the I-29, we saw fireworks. Turned out that they’d just been legalized in the state of South Dakota that night! What are the odds?
We got to our destination safe and sound. We went with Airbnb for our accommodations, and can’t sing the praises of Karen enough. Her home was impeccable, and she was extremely hospitable. She even made us to-go breakfasts for the next morning! | 2019-04-23T12:17:40 | http://meredithbracesloss.com/day-3-there-is-nothing-in-rural-montana/ |
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Simply put aperture cards are card blanks with die cut windows; they are really useful for designing eye-catching framed cards and for also adding depth to your projects.
1. With a piece of the Dovecraft Bohemian paper, cut a 14.5cm square and stick to the card front. To make an aperture for the front, use the third largest nesting die and cut.
2. With your chosen Bohemian paper, cut a piece of 15.2cm square to cover the inside of the card. We have used the damask paper with floral border.
3. To create the inside concertina fold, cut a piece of card 15.2cm by 10cm. Score and fold 2.5cm in from both sides to create three panels. Turn your card so the opening is on your work surface and stick one of the 2.5cm to the inside of the card front and the other 2.5cm behind the card.
4. Stamp 2 butterflies onto some patterned paper and stick to the inside so it is at the centre of the aperture feature.
5. To decorate the card, we have surrounded the aperture with paper blossoms. To make two paper butterflies, we have used a contrasting Dovecraft Bohemian paper and cut using the Fiskars Squeeze Butterfly Punch. Stick to the card and finish the border by adding an adhesive gem or pearl to the flowers and butterflies.
6. Stamp the ‘Love & Wishes’ sentiment and cut to shape with a fishtail edge. Add several 3D foam pads to the back of the card in the centre to give a curved appearance and stick to the top of the card at an angle.
7. To finish, we have added a Dovecraft Bohemian Printed Butterfly to the corner of the stamped sentiment and to the bottom right corner of the aperture and embellished with three gems.
1. With your chosen piece of Dovecraft Bohemian paper, cut a 15.2cm square, cut the aperture out, by using the window as a template, before sticking to the front of your card.
2. Cut a 15.2cm square with the acetate and stick to the inside of the aperture. With a contrasting piece of paper, create a 15.2cm square and cut out the aperture. Stick the paper over the acetate using double sided tape. Make sure the edges of the acetate are covered.Using the Dovecraft Bohemian check paper, cut a 15.2cm square and stick to the inside of the card. Stamp the ‘Thank You’ sentiment in the centre.
TIP: If you are not confident stamping directly onto the card, stamp on the same pattern paper and cut out before sticking down.
3. We have embellished the inside of the card with some butterflies cut from the front of the 6" x 6" paper pad, then cut the bottom section of the front cover to size before gluing into place.
4. For the front, we have cut seven butterflies from the 12" x 12" paper pack and stuck them around the aperture. To finish, add some sequins and 2 wooden butterflies to the front of the acetate.
1. With two different Dovecraft Bohemian papers, cut a 15cm square and cover the front of both cards.
2. Using the second largest nesting stamp, die cut the stamp on one of your card fronts. Use the third largest die for your second card front. Stick both cards together by stick both the backs together using double sided tape.
3. Cover the inside of the card using a contrasting patterned paper. We have used the pretty multiple butterfly paper for ours.
4. Print the ‘Love & Wishes’ sentiment stamp onto a strip of patterned backing paper. Once dry, cut to size and stick to the back of the front aperture at an angle. To decorate the front of the card, we have then added two butterflies from the front of Dovecraft Bohemian paper pad and embellished with three gems. We have then added four large adhesive pearls to each corner of the nesting stamp.
5. For the second fold of the card, we have added two printed butterflies to the inner aperture and embellished with 3 gems in different sizes to create the butterfly body.
6. To finish, we have added a wooden butterfly shape to the centre of the card and decorated with some pearls to coordinate with the pearls used on the front of the card.
Are you tempted to make your own card with apertures? We would love to see what you make, simply share it on the project gallery! | 2019-04-25T20:09:25 | https://www.thecraftblog.com/blog/may-2015/3-creative-ways-to-craft-with-aperture-cards |
Mohammad Ali Salim Awarded the Prestigious MFIAP Title.
In this body of work, I chose to examine the interactions of people with public graffiti art installations in New York City. I was inspired by the non-permanent nature of graffiti installations. They are always changing. Every few months, the installations are painted over by new artists. I have observed, studied, and photographed one area over the course of a year.
Characteristic of many urban regions, early works of graffiti were seen as a sign of competitive vandalism. Artists would compete to see who can mark harder to reach parts of buildings as a symbol of personal accomplishment. This act of competition has been transformed into a widely recognized art form that is well received by the local community. The graffiti artists reflect the diverse population of New York City. With permission from the local government, artists are allotted wall space on the exterior of public buildings, or entire spaces, to create their works.
The people of New York City have incorporated these non-permanent installations as a part of their daily lives as they chose to either just briefly look, or to linger and take in the artwork while passing by, and then continuing onto their destination and daily routine. Some people even choose to take a short break and pass time in these areas to read, have a cigarette or a cup of coffee, or think about their day. The vivid colors and unique style bring delight to the viewers, creating a sense of community bonding. | 2019-04-22T10:13:11 | http://www.mohammadalisalim.com/MFIAP-PANEL/MFIAP/i-XqnTctN/ |
Thanks for reading and visiting. This all started as a scrapbook of sorts on my favorite holding but lately has taken on a life of its own. It’s clear to me that owners of TPL are passionate bunch. And the bunch appears to be expanding. Biggest day ever today. View stats below.
Well, it turns out the blog hit 1,000 before the stock price did… I bet the stock price will not be that far behind! Thanks for doing this website, definitely a great website and I enjoy reading the articles that you publish. Exciting times to be invested in TPL. At what point does management realize that they have to get 2 out of ever 3 votes in order to just get tied with HK and crew. I’m sorry but the recent 4 star general is a PR stunt and we deserve better. At what point in time does management realize that they are trapped in the sunk cost fallacy? Again, congrats on the website – I have said it once and I will say it again, great work!
Thanks for reading and thank you for the kind remarks. Always appreciate your posts here and elsewhere.
Thank you for collecting all this info in one place!
I said it many times before, love this place. Thank you so much for keeping us all posted, it’s the best source for daily perspective and info sharing on TPL I’ve found. The guys @ SA do a good job too, but just not the same. Congrats on your success!
Thanks TPLblogger….I REALLY appreciate your site and frequent updates on a stock that is invisible to most of the investing world. Your success is due to both timely updates, and your measured common sense views. And being ahead of the curve for what has been a transformative time for TPL. With the fun of the director proxy fight it will be interesting how quickly you have a 2000 handle on the eyeball count.
Really appreciate all your efforts!! | 2019-04-19T18:26:21 | https://tpltblog.com/2019/04/08/eyeballs/ |
Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Piano, Harmonica, Fiddle, Steel guitar.
Kenny Price (Hee Haw); Johnny Russell; Red Stewart & Pee Wee King; Wynn Stewart; Sylvia (singer/song writer); Nicki Thomas (Playmate March 1977); Buck Trent; Billy Walker; Doc & Chickie Williams; and, Mac Wiseman.
Roy Nichols (Merle Haggard), James Burton (Ricky Nelson/Jerry Lee Lewis/Elvis), Don Rich (Buck Owens), Spider Wilson and Jimmy Capps (Nashville Staff Guitarists), Chet Atkins, Merle Travis and many others.
Guitars - Fender Telecaster (2), Ovation Nylon String, Peavey DynaBass. Amps - Fender Mustang III, Peavey Vypyr 120, Peavey Vypyr 120H w/Weber speaker, Mosvalve 500-Tubeworks Bass rig. | 2019-04-25T02:56:04 | https://www.bandmix.com/47red/ |
Doing business is no easy task. You are often over occupied with stuff and barely find time to focus on the basics. Though your focus will remain on the business, small tasks may not get your attention. There is nothing wrong in it, as you have no time to check their performance. Instead, why not try to find reputable bookkeeping and accounting firms in UAE instead? After all, both services will come in handy once they begin to perform their tasks. While bookkeeping service will keep an eye on petty expenditures, an accounting firm may check bigger transactions. The big question may be, where to look for to hire these services and what it takes to hire them? Well, you being an entrepreneur should know where to find these, but if you don’t, then the best way to do is to get in touch with your contacts. Ask them to help you find suitable firms for your business. If they suggest you to look to outsource these firms, you should go for that option too. It will only help your business prosper in the longer run.
The lack of time is a problem, but it will remain so for a long time. To make sure that nothing goes wrong, and you end up hiring a reputable firm without any fuss, you should get in touch with contacts and ask them to assist you in your need. Chances are that they’ll comply, and you might end up getting in touch with decent, reputable firms soon.
Now that you are in touch with a few services, start asking pertinent questions. Chances are that you will get relevant answers. The moment to hire is no there yet, so explore more options. Remember, you need to outsource the best services for your business. There is no room to make a mistake as it might cost you dearly. Focus on what you should look for, and also check the credentials of the service. Bookkeeping services should take the burden from you, and help you save time in doing that. Same will be the case with accounting and auditing firms. While you are at it, don’t forget to look for VAT consultants in Abu Dhabi. These consultants will assist you in calculating the value added tax. Once calculated, it will become easy for you to pay the due amount of tax to the government. | 2019-04-26T00:05:17 | https://everettcivilcontructworks.com/general/hiring-bookkeeping-services-a-handy-way-to-share-your-burden/ |
WASHINGTON — It was a meaningless game on a meaningful day for soccer in the nation’s capital.
D.C. United ended its long and often illustrious run at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium while the New York Red Bulls ended their long run to Major League Soccer’s postseason.
After a dreadful first half, New York scored twice in the second half to walk away with the Atlantic Cup and a 2-1 victory. The Red Bulls, the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, will take Amtrak home and immediately begin preparations to face the Chicago Fire in the play-in game, on Wednesday night in Bridgeview, Ill. They could have faced any of four teams — Chicago, New York City FC, Atlanta or Columbus — and the opponent was not decided until NYCFC and Toronto each scored late to earn draws and settle the matchups (Atlanta will face Columbus). Toronto and NYCFC finished 1-2 and have first-round byes.
McCarty, of course, was jettisoned by the Red Bulls in a trade last January, one which upset many of the club’s fans. But now, it’s obviously time to move on and prepare.
Five Red Bulls regulars stayed at home — Sacha Kljestan, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Daniel Royer, Damien Perrinelle and Aaron Long. The youngsters Sean Davis and Tyler Adams, along with the veteran Felipe Martins, began the match on the bench. Davis and Adams entered the match as substitutes in the second half.
But Marsch allowed goalkeeper Luis Robles to keep his consecutive starts streak alive, which is now 174 games.
Marsch said the team would train on Monday and travel either on Tuesday or Wednesday.
With Robles, the captain for the game, the only regular starter in the lineup, the Red Bulls were lethargic and largely loitered in the first 45 minutes. And they paid the price two minutes before halftime when Paul Arriola‘s skillful volley put D.C. up, 1-0, to the delight of the nostalgic and vocal crowd of 41,418.
But in the 68th minute, Panama’s international defender Michael Amir Murillo played a nice one-two passing combination with Muhamed Keita that let Murillo hit a gentle volley over goalkeeper Steve Clark.
“I don’t generally encourage our center backs to go forward like that,” Marsch said.
Seven minutes later, Vincent Bezecourt‘s neat backheel pass sent Connor Lade, an early sub for the injured Sal Zizzo, down the right flank. Lade’s cross eluded Clark and somehow made it way to Gonzalo Verón for an easy tap-in. Verón failed to give the Red Bulls an insurance goal when his penalty kick, after a hand ball by Jalen Robinson, was stopped by Clark, ending the Red Bulls’ string of seven PKs without a miss this year.
“This game was big for the group, because we didn’t start off so great in the game and we didn’t start the year great on the road,” Lade said. “Against Chicago, we know we’re in for a special game, but we feel we have a lot of momentum going.
D.C., which hosted a Legends Game that included many of the stars of the club’s past — such as Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno, John Harkes and Eddie Pope — before the match. At some point next season, the club will move into its new Audi Field. Also on hand was the team’s first coach, Bruce Arena, and first General Manager Kevin Payne. | 2019-04-22T12:09:02 | http://www.empireofsoccer.com/red-bulls-win-last-game-at-r-f-k-prepare-for-chicago-in-playoffs-66360/ |
Kids Shredding Singletrack is a weekly mountain bike skills clinic for 11 to 16 year old youth. Sault Cycling Club ran their inaugural Kids Shredding Singletrack (KSS) sessions in June of last year. The response was so positive that we’re at it again for a second season.
We will have 6 weekly sessions, starting Tuesday May 7, ending June 11. The sessions start at 6:45 will last approximately 90 minutes.
The instructors/leaders include a mix of certified and non-certified riders. All are experienced mountain bikers who love the trails and teaching others about them.
Kids will need to be fit and motivated enough to ride between 6 and 10 km of single track trail in an outing.
The focus will be on introducing the kids to fun and safe mountain biking. The environment will be non-competitive and kids won’t be pressured to try any skill outside their comfort zone. One of our volunteers is a photographer so we will try to provide a complimentary digital photos of each rider shredding single track and learning a sport they can enjoy for the rest of their lives.
If you are interested in having your child participate, please complete the KSS Registration Form and the completed KSS Bike Check Form. Send these to [email protected] by May 1, 2019.
There will be a welcome session and bike check on Thursday May 2, starting at 7pm, at the Esposito Park Pump Track. We will ride the pump track and warm up our riding muscles (and make sure we have all of our paper work completed!).
Sean, Andre and I can hardly wait for our weekly rides! | 2019-04-19T04:25:37 | https://saultcyclingclub.ca/2019/03/26/kids-shredding-singletrack-aka-youth-mountain-bike-skills-clinic-3/ |
I’ve been a bit quiet while fighting a sinus infection, coping with side effects from the antibiotic for said infection, resting a small hernia so that I don’t have to see a surgeon, and then, because I’m so gloriously accident prone, elevating my foot so three newly rebroken toes can heal quickly. My cup overflowed and I had no creativity to chat about. *laugh* However, I wanted to pop on to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year full of personal success and joy. And pampering, of course. It’s kind of my job to hope and help you work some pampering into your year. *teasing grin* Hopefully you have a safe and fun celebration however you are ringing in the new year! | 2019-04-19T01:14:34 | https://georgiaspampering.com/2014/12/31/happy-new-year/ |
Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap will be on the jury of the 20th Busan International Film Festival’s New Currents competition in the Asian films section.
Since the inception of the fest in 1996, the New Currents section presents current trends in Asian films by discovering and introducing new filmmakers.
The New Currents jury consists of celebrated filmmakers and film professionals from wide ranging genres to search for new directors with strong spirits.
Sylvia Chang, one of the most acclaimed actresses and female directors in Asia, has been appointed head juror of the New Currents competition section. She has been actively engaged in filmmaking aside from her acting career as a representative Hong Kong film icon since the 1970s, read biff.kr.
The other members of the jury include Kashyap, South Korean director Kim Tae-yong, German actress Nastassja Kinski and American film critic Stephanie Zacharek. | 2019-04-19T23:11:11 | https://odishasuntimes.com/anurag-kashyap-on-busan-international-film-festival-jury/ |
Still Photographer Justin Lubin took to Instagram to reveal that production has officially wrapped on Annabelle 3 the sixth film in The Conjuring Universe. Directed by Gary Dauberman, the film is set to debut July 3, 2019.
The untitled Annabelle 3 will once again center around the titular demon doll but this time she is already under the possession of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Mckenna Grace will play the role of Judy Warren, daughter of the paranormal investigating couple who is targeted alongside her two teen babysitters by the demonic doll after they bring it home into their artifact room. Madison Iseman and Katie Sarife are set to play Judy Warren’s babysitters.
The Conjuring universe includes both James Wan-helmed Conjuring films, the first Annabelle spinoff and its sequel Creation, and the recent blockbuster The Nun. It was announced last year that plans are underway for another feature film based on The Conjuring 2‘s Crooked Man, while a third Conjuring film is also being developed.
Gary Dauberman, the writer behind the spin-offs, will make his directorial debut with the new Annabelle film. Dauberman also wrote The Nun, which opened in theaters on September 7. He also penned New Line’s massive hit It and is working on the follow-up, It Chapter Two, as well.
James Wan’s Atomic Monster and the Peter Safran Co. are again producing the third film with Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear to executive produce.
John R. Leonetti directed the first spin-off, which earned $257 million on a $6.5 million budget, while 2017’s sequel was directed by David F. Sandberg and made $306.5 million worldwide on a $15 million budget.
That’s a wrap on Annabelle 3!! What a great cast and crew!! | 2019-04-18T18:30:38 | https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1019269-annabelle-3-wraps-production |
Shirts With Random Triangles: Covering Dixie: President Obama honors Alabama (again), Mike Stoops, Vanderbilt recruiting, and more.
Covering Dixie: President Obama honors Alabama (again), Mike Stoops, Vanderbilt recruiting, and more.
Covering Dixie Like Mildew - The SEC: All your crystal football are belong to us. | 2019-04-21T04:25:55 | http://www.shirtswithrandomtriangles.com/2013/04/covering-dixie-president-obama-honors.html |
Washington, DC (Rooters) — Capitalizing on the recent popularity of social networking applications, the Internal Revenue Service today announced its newest service, a social networking site at WhoYouShouldKnow.gov.
In what is believed to be a first, WYSKster was created without a single dollar of taxpayer money. Former Stanford University Provost and current National Security Advisor Candy Rice’s Palo Alto connections came in handy for what is believed to be a first in government: a venture capital funded government enterprise.
Privacy advocates were concerned about WYSKster’s announcement, but when reached for comment, EPIC President Mark Rottenberg could only be heard weeping softly in the background.
Future versions of WYSKster will incorporate data from President Bush’s Temporary Worker Program, terrorist organizations, and anyone who listens to Air America Radio.
WYSKster is currently in beta and will be available to anyone with a valid social security number shortly after April 15.
Neal Stephenson has a new novel coming out in two weeks: The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle. I still haven’t read Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, so I guess I better get busy.
And Volume Two is just 823 pages — that’s darn near svelte compared to Quicksilver.
Air America is now live, with the “O’Franken Factor” playing live (requires Real Player).
Back in December, Joe Rospars posted to the Dean blog about sending care packages to the troops. The post linked to AnySoldier.us — a clearinghouse for how to send care packages to soldiers serving in Iraq.
That afternooon my wife put three large care packages together of toilettries, books and other assorted items and we sent them on their way.
Yesterday, we got a thank you note from one of the soldiers, who had just returned home to his wife and two daughters after serving in Kirkuk.
Unreal. Candace Parker, the two-time Naismith Player of the Year, won the dunk contest at the McDonald’s All American Boys and Girls Games.
The catch? This wasn’t the girls’ competition. She beat the guys.
Last year’s winner? A guy you might have heard of: Lebron James.
Candace played her high school ball less than a mile from my house, and is headed to Tennessee next year. She first dunked in a game as a sophomore.
[Obama] may become the first black Democrat able to rise above race in the fashion of Powell and Rice, and in doing so become the embodiment of one of America’s most enduring dreams.
MoveOn.org has a new book out: 50 Ways to Love Your Country. It’s currently #2 at Amazon.com; help make it #1!
Civic activity on either side of the aisle is to be appreciated and encouraged. Get involved.
Nothing like those first few days with a little one in your life. Congrats to Roland and his wife Barb.
When I told my four year-old that we’d be taking a train trip in a month, the look of joy that crossed his face was worth the price of the ticket (a rather reasonable $900 for a family of four, round-trip – within $10 of the cost of airfare for the same trip). When I showed him the virtual tour of the sleeper cabin we’ll be in, he nearly fell over. “COOL!” he proclaimed.
This is a riot. And I just showed it to Jason Krause, the tech reporter for the ABA Journal.
But grassroots, doesnt quite cut it for me. What we really have at our hands are Jazzroots. Combining the power of technologies with the dynamics of Jazz. Often unscripted, often just jamming along, and sometimes not very refined, small flares of activism. Small pieces, loosely joined, to bastardize David Weinbergers latest work of genius, achieve great things, not by cohesion or through a unified leadership, but through persistence and improvisation.
Like Jazz, jazzroots efforts are sometimes rather unpolished, yet appealing.
Carl with a K has an advance copy of what is probably the best post mortem on the Dean campaign. For those who would like to pin the campaign’s demise on the software, or the Internet, or the new supporters… this is well worth a read. The answer is both more straightforward and more depressing than any of those indictments.
Check this out: the good folks at Bloomba get it. They recognize that one of the barriers to adoption is inertia: most people out there are using Outlook, and they don’t even realize that there’s a better answer. So Bloomba is reaching out to execs at small to mid-sized businesses. Tell them what you do, what line of work you’re in — and they’ll send you a copy.
They’ve taken a page from Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: if you’re a connector, they want you. If you haven’t given Bloomba a look yet, this is a great chance to do so.
Just finished reading Footprints of God, the latest book from Greg Iles. I’ve written about Iles before — and I can’t think of an author I’d rather read right now.
And what a story Footprints of God is.
How does a guy who’s written historical fiction, spy thrillers, legal dramas, and serial killer thrillers, now turn around and do this?
Finally got around to trying to sync my iPod to the new laptop. The iPod was working, mind you.
About a third of the way through the sync, iTunes stopped making progress. That lasted a good ten minutes, at which point I decided that something was wrong. So I rebooted the iPod (held down the menu and play buttons).
That’s when the chunk-chunk noise started.
An endless cycle of seemingly random iPod error messages appeared on the device, and each time I tried to launch the iPod Updater software I got an error on my PC saying “Can’t mount iPod”. OK — this isn’t fatal, as I have a copy of iPod — the Missing Manual and it told me how to go through the disk diagnostic app on the iPod.
At which point I got to the point that the Missing Manual described as “Bad. Really bad.” The iPod diagnostic was reporting a serious failure with the iPod disk drive.
OK — I’m still in the warranty period (not for phone support, but for mail-in support). So I went to the iPod support site, and followed the steps to initiate a support request.
So I have an iPod that doesn’t work. And I can’t get it fixed because the Apple support site doesn’t work.
Marc Canter wants to know who has the most active workspaces. He has three.
Lots of RSVPs coming in through comments and e-mail, so here’s an update. We have a few options. If you think you can make it next week (reminder: Wednesday night, 7:30pm 7:15pm) to the blogger dinner in Chicago, cast a vote for your preference for dinner. We’ll go with the group majority on this one.
Update: Ben Pao it is!
Ben Pao. Chinese. 6 blocks from TechShow hotel. Entrees are between $12 and $20.
Volare. Italian. 3 blocks from TechShow hotel. Entrees are between $12 and $20.
437 Rush. Italian steakhouse. 3 blocks from TechShow hotel. Steaks are $25+, pasta is $15-$25.
Confirmed attending: me, AKMA, Buzz Bruggeman, Albert Delgado, Jim McGee, Fred Faulkner, Mike Fioritto, Ernie Svenson, Dennis Kennedy, Jeff Beard, Matt Homann, Jenny Levine, Tom Mighell, Shannon Clark, Barry Bayer, Erik Heels, Jack Vinson. I’ll update as others confirm.
Jeff Jarvis is providing marvelous daily summaries of the growing feud between the Bush administration and Howard Stern.
Inc.com’s Norm Brodsky writes about meeting JetBlue’s CEO on a flight from New York to Oakland. But, he wasn’t sitting down. He was working the flight.
That’s an inspiring person to work for. Now I know why so many people I know rave about JetBlue.
Continued love and good wishes to the Cutler family; we had dinner with them this weekend and got to share stories about how they’re doing. They’re so strong during this ordeal — and to hear such good news is a tremendous relief!
In the meantime, I’m off to dinner with the other exec members of DuPage for Dean to reminisce about a hell of a year.
4pm UPDATE: Very preliminary mid-30s turnout projection for Chicago. Official projection at 6 pm. That’s not bad at all. Still trouble with GOP turnout and downstate turnout. Word is DuPage County is experiencing a small spike in Democratic voters.
Transparency. You don’t have to guess what he’s thinking; he’ll tell you.
Candor. He doesn’t pull any punches.
Decisiveness. He has conviction — and the wherewithal to follow through on it — that others will count on.
A sense of humor. He doesn’t take himself too seriously, and he likes poking fun.
Most of all, what you get from reading about him is a sense that he likes who he is, what he does, and the positive effect he can have on other people.
And how can you not like a guy who writes this post?
I first met Hiram Wurf a little over a year ago; I had just written my first few posts about the Dean campaign, and he was a local looking for info. He found my blog, and shortly thereafter he was helping me plan events in the county.
Hiram’s contributions to the Dean effort here in DuPage County are legendary: much of the group’s success is directly attributable to his passion. Now that he has a little free time on his hands (thanks, Howard), he’s channeling some of that passion into a blog, WurfWhile. Be sure to swing by and give him a read.
With my first week at Socialtext under my belt, I am happy to report that it’s as exciting as I’d hoped it would be. As with any growing company, there is a lot that needs to be done (and done yesterday) — but that’s part of what keeps the juices flowing. I’m continuing to get up to speed on the product itself, and now that I’m monitoring changes to my workspaces in my RSS aggregator (now using Sharp Reader), I’m amazed at how well distributed groups can work together.
[Socialtext] offer[s] a middle ground between e-mail and a conventional web page, which makes them useful for collaborative projects, particularly those involving far-flung teams. Rather than maintaining multiple copies of a document and sharing ideas by e-mail, [Socialtext] allows members of a team to pool their thoughts more easily.
We’ve had incredibly rapid adoption of this new tool, especially for group brainstorming and sharing learnings. This has been especially gratifying since most of the team are pretty agnostic when it comes to technology.
Dean fans will recall these three words were the cornerstone of his September 23, 2003 speech in Copley Square, Boston.
“Democracy and freedom, forged through action. That is the story of America.
There’s a certain symmetry. Dean for America. Democracy, Freedom, Action. DFA.
It’s great to see Obama get the national attention ahead of Tuesday’s primary here in Illinois. My wife and I put an Obama sign in our yard a couple weeks ago, and I feel he’s the best candidate we have going into the general election. While there are other strong candidates in the field (and Blair Hull is not one of them; see here), only Obama has the potential to be a superstar on the national stage. He’s a committed lawmaker (the only one in the race who’s actually passed a law), an insanely smart individual, and brings a life story to the race that will earn him instant credibility on a range of issues.
The race will be close. Be sure to get out and vote on Tuesday, regardless of who you want to win.
Turns out the reviews by the pros were less enthusiastic.
I loved the film. Didn’t just like it, loved it. Towards the end, I watched as a son tried to reconcile conclusions about his Dad he’d drawn long ago with seemingly incontrovertible evidence that what he believed to be true was not. (Or maybe it was — but it’s his uncertainty that’s so poignant.) I thought about my relationship with my father (a very good one, thankfully) and my relationship with my two sons (still early, but so far so good!) and how dynamic the relationships are, and how important they are to me.
There are a few memories of time with my Dad that are frozen for me — I can recall every detail about them. There’s the time he showed me how he could write three pages about the sun rising in response to my complaints that I couldn’t write three pages about the Civil War. (Cut me some slack, I was in seventh grade. Three pages seemed like a lot at the time.) I was awed by the skill I didn’t know he had — and not just by the ease with which he did it, but the enjoyment he took in doing it. That’s the day I decided I liked writing.
I remember the weekend he spent with me while I was studying in France. It was the first time he and I interacted not as father and son but as friends. I’m fortunate that I realized at the time just how significant it was — I enjoyed the weekend all the more, and twelve years later, can still tell you what we had to drink for lunch before heading off to the caves for a wine tasting.
And I remember when he held my son for the first time: his first grandson, and the sixth generation in our family in which the first born was male and named Richard. I remember the pride I felt for bringing a new man into the world, the joy I felt at being able to share it with my Dad, and the connection I felt to the generations before us who had played out this exact scene so many times before.
Stories about us are what will keep us around long after we leave. On my last day of sophomore history in high school, Winslow Smith told us that all men search for immortality. Teaching, he said, is the closest a man can come to immortality — because long after the teachers go, with any luck their students will still talk about them. I’ve never forgotten that lesson from Winslow.
That, in a nutshell, is what Big Fish is all about. It’s not the story that matters. It’s what the story says about us — why we tell it, how we tell it — that matters. Some people listen to the stories themselves; hopefully more will hear the storyteller. With any luck, those that love us will keep the stories (and the storyteller) alive.
Details: Wednesday, March 24. So far, confirmed to attend: me, Ernie, Buzz, Jenny, Jim, Dennis, AKMA, and Jeff. I spoke with Buzz today and I think others are coming — but I lost track of the others he named.
Just like a few years ago I would go out of my way to reward companies who had web sites, I am pre-disposed to work with people who have recognized the value of contributing to the weblog community – and as the blog model gains momentum, that will only get easier.
Indeed. Just over a year ago, I was fortunate enough to have lunch with Socialtext CEO Ross Mayfield, who talked to me about his plans for Socialtext: combine the weblog concept with easily editable web pages (aka “wikis”) and you’ll have a platform for lightweight and powerful group collaboration.
I’ve been a user of Socialtext for several months — and part of the reason I’m so excited about this opportunity is that I’ve seen the dramatic increase in group productivity that results from using such a powerful tool. The other reason I’m excited is that I’m joining a talented, smart and passionate group of people. I feel very fortunate to join them so early in this journey, and can’t wait to see where the ride takes us.
For those that don’t know Socialtext, it’s a very flexible application (for some customer stories visit here). Groups who need to ensure everyone is on the same page can derive tremendous benefits from using Socialtext. If you want to learn more, feel free to drop me a line and I’ll follow up with you shortly (that’ll give me enough time to work on my elevator pitch!).
I won’t be moving anytime soon — part of the reason for the flurry of activity in the basement last week was to get an office area ready for me to use (alas, it will be ready on Wednesday. But we’re close!).
I want to thank so many of you who contacted me privately during my job search process. Not only do I have my blog to thank for my new position, I have it to thank for the dozens of remarkable people who are most definitely part of my circle of friends — most of whom I’ve never even met. To all of you who wrote with suggestions, names, and wishes of good luck, thank you!
On April 24, tfpl will host a seminar called Knowledge Management: Lessons from Leaders. Among the panelists is Ros Jones, Knowledge Manager at the Financial Services Authority.
I’m not doing as much travel as I used to (and that’s a wonderful thing), but it occurred to me today that magazines are nearly ideal for the 1-2 hour flight. You pick them up in the boarding area, and if you read the whole thing cover to cover, you probably finish around the time you’re taxiing to your gate.
There’s certainly a subscription model opportunity here — but I think the more likely play (at least initially) is the business traveler who is rarely in the same place each week (and might therefore miss a subscribed-to disc in the mail). For $5, don’t you think tens of thousands of travelers would pick this up to watch in flight?
The tendency to hate, really hate, opposing politicians surely is not good for American democracy. It is not rational to hate George W. Bush, just as it was not rational to hate Bill Clinton. But after spending eight years hating Clinton, conservatives who complain about the Bush-haters appear to be hypocrites.
George W. Bush enjoys neither royal nor religious status that would place him beyond criticism. Whether or not he is a real conservative, he is no friend of limited, constitutional government. And for that the American people should be very, very angry.
Interesting: Sunday night, CNN is doing a one-hour inside the Dean campaign special. Included at the link are some pop-ups about campaign staff, a timeline, and other items. Not sure how revealing this will be, but might make for some interesting watching.
Me? I’ll be cleaning the house after my 3 4 year-old’s birthday party. Maybe I’ll TiVo it.
I’m impressed with Kerry’s showing. I’m the last guy to offer up an opinion about how he pulled it off, but like many in this election, I’ve indicated that I want a guy who would beat Bush. I felt Howard Dean was the right guy for that fight — and that the campaign’s strategy was the ideal playbook to take head-to-head. Turns out I was wrong — and Kerry’s strong campaign is evidence that he’s capable of getting the votes needed to get elected.
My admiration for Kerry’s campaign is matched by sadness looking back at the last year. I got involved in the Dean campaign by sending an e-mail more than 18 months ago. I never thought I’d get involved as I did, nor did I think my involvement would garner me any attention — so it was more than a bit surreal to listen to Illinois’s Governor Blagojevich repeatedly thank me by name on Monday for my work on the Dean campaign and for the impact it had in our county.
It’s only fair to assess the campaign through the same lens I looked at others. And when John Kerry fired his campaign manager, I remarked at the time that candidates who couldn’t run strong campaigns didn’t deserve our vote. Kerry had let his campaign corrode from the inside out.
But to his credit, he fixed it.
Dean, on the other hand, didn’t. Two factions grew in Vermont, to the point that they became counter-productive. Dean failed to fix the situation. It became a tense environment, where valuable energy was wasted trying to negotiate competing loyalties and agendas.
That’s no way to run a campaign. And it’s no way to win office.
Hats off to John Kerry. He’s the party’s nominee, which means he’s my nominee.
To look at my basement right now, you’d conclude that I actually know what I’m doing. There’s the table/miter saw (it’s even got a cool laser, though I can’t figure out why), the drill, the cordless screwdriver, the levels, hunks of drywall on the ground… and the more than 600 linear feet of lumber I’ve secured to the ceiling joists to frame out the heating vents so we can hang the ceiling tomorrow. The soffits are almost done (thanks for the link, Allison!) and the drop ceiling should go in pretty smoothly (at least, that’s what I’m telling myself). In the meantime, my wife is painting the walls and cabinets; we’ll install the cabinets tomorrow and get the countertop in over the weekend.
If ever I needed confirmation that my calling was software, this project has provided it. | 2019-04-23T06:51:56 | http://tins.rklau.com/2004/03/ |
“Don’t panic!” This was the first thing I blurted out to my boyfriend, George — taking the advice of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — as our hysterical houseguest, followed by my panicked cat, burst into the bedroom at 3 a.m. Our insomniac friend had made herself a cup of tea and lit a candle. Although we aren’t sure how it happened, we knew what did happen. Sudan, my 20-pound Savannah cat, knocked the candle over. A copious amount of wax now covered the back of his head, neck, and right ear. Thankfully, he wasn’t burned, but he was frightened.
Panicking would not remove hardened wax from a squirming cat’s head. Neither would toxic solvents. The wax was so thick it couldn’t be easily cut or wiped out of his fur. Leaving it wasn’t an option either — he would ultimately ingest it. The only solution was to shave him. Sudan needed a buzz cut. And, luckily, I had the right tool for the job — a super pocket pro compact cat and dog clipper.
Although these clippers are designed for cats and dogs, they aren’t particularly animal friendly. They buzz and vibrate — two unfriendly attributes that are especially scary to a sensitive kitty such as Sudan.
The wax-removing process needed to be easy and anxiety free for everyone — Sudan, George, and me. This was an opportunity for me, a certified cat behavior consultant, to put into action what I advise others, using positive-based and force-free methods. Minimally, Sudan’s reactions when exposed to the sound, vibration, and feel of the clippers needed to be calm — not panicked and stressed.
Clicker training, a reinforcement-based training system, along with counter conditioning and desensitization, were in order here. They worked without constraint and force. Through these coercion-free and positive methods, accompanied with highly desirable treats, we replaced unpleasant, fear-driven responses with pleasant and stress-free ones — to the point that Sudan kept coming back and rubbing his head on the clippers.
We started with something easy — introducing Sudan to the clippers, using clicker training. The instant his nose touched them, I reinforced the behavior with a click and a treat. Within a few seconds he was repeatedly targeting them, eager for the treat that followed. Once he was cool with the clippers, George gradually moved them until they rested on his neck. Sudan always had the option of leaving the scene — he didn’t. My cat is highly motivated by food — he will jump through hoops (literally) for his favorite chicken treats.
The buzz followed. George turned the clippers on so they buzzed and vibrated while he positioned them about a foot away. When Sudan retreated from the grating noise, nothing happened — no clicks, no treats. When he stayed, I clicked and gave him chicken. Once Sudan was comfortable with the buzz, George moved the vibrating clippers towards him in tiny increments. I reinforced Sudan when he chose to stay.
George touched Sudan’s head with the vibrating blade and clipped a small amount of wax from his fur. He manned the clippers while I continually reinforced and distracted Sudan with chicken. At first my skittish kitty tolerated less than a second of shaving, then gradually accepting more until George was able to give him a complete buzz cut without stressing him or us. Sudan was finally wax-free.
Sudan relaxing while he is shaved by Marilyn Krieger.
The three of us celebrated! George and I marked our victory with chocolate and coffee while Sudan relaxed in my lap. Although my sensitive cat won’t win any prizes for his new do, he was calm and wax-free. An unexpected development was Sudan’s new love affair with the clippers. He revels in being massaged with them. I covered the blade with a guard that acts like a massager. Every morning Sudan hangs out by the drawer where it’s stored, eager for a daily massage.
Sudan’s story illustrates how effective coercion-free and positive-based methods are. Although it took a little time to remove all of the wax, he was never constrained or forced. Throughout the process, Sudan was calm and stress-free.
Got a cat behavior question for Marilyn? Ask our behaviorist in the comments below and you might be featured in an upcoming column. If you suspect a behavioral problem, always rule out any possible medical issues that may be causing the behavior by first having your cat examined by a veterinarian.
She is a frequent guest on television and radio, answering cat behavior questions and helping people understand their cats. | 2019-04-23T04:34:45 | https://www.catster.com/lifestyle/how-to-shave-a-cat-and-keep-him-calm-in-an-emergency |
There is disruption on the Woolwich branch of the DLR due to a security alert at London City Airport.
⚠️ There's no service between Woolwich Arsenal and London City Airport while we respond to a security alert at London City Airport.
There’s very little to go on at the moment except the obvious which is avoid the DLR and use Southeastern or the tube if at all possible. | 2019-04-20T03:18:28 | https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2019/03/05/security-alert-at-london-city-airport-halts-dlr/ |
Most protein bars are glorified candy bars, LOADED with sugar, calories, and saturated fat. Switch to Quest Bars — the all-natural protein bar with 18 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and over 20 grams of HQ whey protein.
Think for a minute about your training and progress — does it feel like your muscle growth has slowed, or even stopped altogether? If so, you’re stuck in the middle of a big, black, fitness abyss known as a plateau. Here are a billion ways to bust through.
A guide to one of the best all-around ab exercises on the planet — the weighted cable crunch. If you want bigger, stronger, uber ripped abs fast, cable crunches are your ticket to explosive growth.
The next time you decide to cozy up with Ryan Gosling and The Notebook, go completely HAM — let the tears pour down your face, gulp down a few glasses of red wine, and stuff your face with an entire PINT of Arctic Zero — it only packs 150 calories.
While one goal of weight lifting is to buff up, most people who train religiously acknowledge that the benefits go far beyond muscular growth. Here are 18 reasons why you NEED to lift weights — right now. | 2019-04-23T10:54:21 | http://www.leanitup.com/category/featured-article/page/20/ |
The UK was on Amber alert as strong winds up to 129km/h battered the country. A deepening low pressure system to the north brought very blustery winds with gales battering the area. Damaging gusts swept exposed spots of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. High winds have brought down trees and power lines causing travel disruption in parts of Scotland.
We were warned to batten down the hatches amid fears of falling roof tiles, cracking branches and damaged power lines. I woke up to a freezing casa that I’d to put the heating on and it was the end of May!!! Then the dilemma of dressing for work. So I stick to my safest attire, cardigan and boots. It was quite calm on the way to work.
But during my lunch walk, I’d to hold on to my hat. WhoOOSH!!! I had to cut it short because I don’t want to be out and about under the trees in full leaf as winds of this strength can easily topple them. There were lots of flying twigs and debris about . So back to the safety of the warm office. These wind speeds would be noteworthy in midwinter, but for them to occur in late spring is most unusual. So far the Midlands escaped the full brunt. I spotted these cute cygnets huddling together to keep warm.
Apart from strong winds, UK airspace was again braced for ash clouds released from the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano. Different volcano. Different ash cloud. Same problems. It came just over a year after the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted and the resulting ash cloud grounded flights not only across the UK but through most of northern Europe. The Grimsvotn volcano started erupting on Saturday sending a plume of ash up into the atmosphere bringing the closure of Icelandic air space.
Thousands of airline passengers face travel disruption as dozens of flights were cancelled as the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland headed towards Scotland and northern England. I think it was for the best that carriers were cautious than to have aeroplanes falling from the sky. My cousin, Jajan and family, was in the UK for a fortnight’s holiday and he was watching closely the chain of events. They will be flying back to Malaysia from Glasgow and didn’t want to be stranded in a foreign land.
We planned to meet when they were in Oxford but we got our lines crossed. I thought we were meeting on Wednesday but he planned it on Thursday. I was working on that day and he has to be in London the same night. He was on a very tight schedule and I hoped he and family had a wonderful time in the UK. Since we couldn’t meet here, we made plans to meet when I’m in Malaysia. Have a safe trip home.
In Malaysia, landslides caused by heavy rains, have hit the Hidayah Madrasah al-Taqwa orphanage in the district of Hulu Langat. 16 people, all but one of them young boys, were buried under mud and rubble. An absolute tragedy to those who have very little in life to start with. It was even more tragic that the orphanage was built on a hillside, in a country prone to heavy rainfall. Where were the planning and health and safety authorities??? Al-Fatehah to those who died.
In the city of Joplin, Missouri, 142 people were killed by a massive tornado. America's deadliest single tornado, with winds of 322km/h, was one of the most destructive in US history carved a swathe of destruction through the city. It left a trail of devastation six miles long and half a mile wide, including flattened houses, ruined churches and grocery stores, mangled cars and splintered trees. The Joplin tornado was one of 68 reported across seven Midwest states over the weekend, from Oklahoma to Wisconsin.
The weather patterns were definitely changing. My heart and prayers go out to all the people who had been adversely affected.
At work, my colleagues and I cracked our heads to decide where to place a decimal point or dot in the classification system. I had only realised that some of us didn’t think that it was important where the dot is after the main subject related group. The dot is not a decimal point in the mathematical sense, but a psychological pause to break the monotony of numerical digits and to ease the transcription and copying of the class number. It also helps the shelving assistants when they shelve the books.
I have also joined a Zumba class at the nearby primary school. The classes run on Tuesday and Thursday but I could only managed the Thursday class. There were classes held in the university but their hours doesn’t fit with mine. This class started at 6.30pm which meant that I have time to change at home and then Babe gave me a lift to the school. I walked home after the class is over. Another 30 minutes of brisk walking. Not an easy feat after the class as my legs turned to jelly :-).
Zumba is a dance-fitness class performed to a thumping Latin American beat, with a party atmosphere. The word "Zumba" comes from a Colombian word that means to move fast and have fun, which was how people described the routine. Using upbeat Latin music together with cardiovascular exercise, Zumba is aerobic dancing that mixes effective body sculpting movements with easy-to-follow, fun dance steps.
The session lasted about an hour and incorporated several dance styles, including cumbia, merengue, salsa, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso, belly dancing and Bhangra. To give it a local flair, Bhangra and Arabic music was also mixed in. The music includes both fast and slow rhythms, allowing for a great cardio workout as well as body sculpting exercises. You tend to forget that you’re working out and everyone was smiling and having fun. There were about 30-40 of us, all women of different ages, sizes and colours having a very good time.
During one of my walks, I heard a harsh screeching call above me. When I looked up, I spotted this handsome Jay flirting from tree to tree. I stood there admiring the pinkish plumage, intense blue patch on the wings and the quirky black moustache. This was the first time I’d seen a Jay in the university’s grounds and what a pleasure it was. | 2019-04-25T22:59:12 | http://seri-says.blogspot.com/2011/06/amber-alert.html |
She's becoming a road car?
Hi Pete, She's becoming what she was before for the most part. A Track Day/Daily Driver. It'll be a 2 L motor now, still FI but Wes Ingram performance (not race) upgrade. The roll bar will go back in for some peace of mind on track days. The (same) speakers keep me happy every day, including during long drives to the 3 tracks I like best. Something I'd like to do is a Rocky Mountain tour in the car, south to north and then across southern Canada to Vancouver and then down the Pac coast back to LA. Most of my miles will be local...grocery store, coaching assignments, Angeles Crest jaunts.
Looking good Andy. The Rimicci family is doing a great job, once again. How much hands on do have in this Andy?
Bob, I'm doing little things...like now I'm taking all the bits off my old dash and installing them on a new one. I had refurbished the old dash myself and it held together nicely for a while but I thought at this stage with the same old cracks reappearing that I'd opt for new. Hopefully the materials are superior to the original.
The two firewall brackets for the dash required four 3/16" holes for their rivets, so I put a deep socket over the bit to prevent me from doing something dumb.
BEFORE (little dimples show where to drill).
One of the two firewall brackets attached.
Paul, hilarious for sale ad!
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I took the (mostly) completed new dash down to the shop to be installed. While there I saw the new 2L engine in the car for the first time. It's starting to feel like I'll be driving Angeles Crest again soon.
Hanging out here with a bunch of Italian friends. You can see the new headliner is in, trunk weather stripping, and rear backup light (this will be wired as a 3rd brake light with red bulb). The TAMIYA logo sticker is probably going to go.
Another view of the new headliner. The new dash is in and being rewired.
The nose picked up it's grill components.
New door handles that will actually lock.
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Cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed your photo-documentation of the transformation/restoration of this car. I have been looking for a 1750 GTV project car and your journey gives me inspiration (and some courage to take it on). Where did you source the new dash from (seem to be a variety of them all over the place) and how does it compare to the original? Can you post a few more pictures of the new dash please? Also, what did you (or Wes Ingram) end up doing to your 2-liter? Specs and mods please?
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Hi Tim, Here are 2 more photos of the dash. Still not complete, because of ongoing wiring, but better angles. The dash is made in Italy, and I believe the shop got it through Centerline Alfa. It came as a blank. So you can see when I drilled for the four warning/indicator lights on the left, I had the option to reposition things a little. Notice there is no hazard light flasher...didn't want it. In drilling those 4 holes and cutting the opening for the stereo I encountered no metal. Its a tough plastic frame. It is a lot lighter than the one I took out. The 2 center brackets for attaching to the firewall aligned perfectly. However the two side brackets were wrong. I had to remove and use the side brackets from my old dash. (This may be because we ordered the dash for the earlier 1750 series as it had a much cleaner look). I also "borrowed" my glove box door from the old dash because it fit way better than the one supplied.
Tim, regarding what Wes did with the FI, I know it's his HP build. I'm under the impression that HP builds can vary. He likes to talk with the engine builder before starting. I can get more info from Santo and Anthony if need be.
I wanted the engine to be suitable for a track-day/daily driver. So as a street car it can't be too radical. I know the pistons are 10.4:1, the crank has been reground, hardened and balanced. I know the cams are Colombo & Bariani... but can't tell you which ones, some head work was done as well. Everything is new on it. It will be quicker than a regular FI 2L, but still very street-able. At least that's what I had in mind.
My son's '74 2L GTV was converted to Webers after he bought it from me. He drives it on the street and it's fast at the track. I hope to be neck and neck with him next time were out. He's in the black '74 and I'm in the red '71, the track was Buttonwillow.
The bottom shot was "The Best of France and Italy" show held in Woodley Park, Van Nuys a few Novembers ago.
The Radiator being fitted. the oil cooler is hidden in front. Neither have their hoses yet. The car goes out soon, after the windshield and rear window are installed, back to the upholstery shop for carpeting.
Thanks so much for the details on the dash Andy - super helpful. I'm familiar with the Centerline-sourced dash (it's like $1400 nowadays I think). Everyone's mileage seems to vary when it comes to dash replacements. So Wes did your injection and Santos did your engine build? Envy you guys - we don't have the wealth of Alfa resources up in NorCal that you've got down there.
Must be so awesome to be able to share the track experience with your son - in another Alfa nonetheless. Even if you're just a step behind your son on the track - you can't watch your own car while you're driving it.
Be sure you line your doors with Dynamat as well - it makes a world of difference and the door slam resembles that of a 911!
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"Envy you guys - we don't have the wealth of Alfa resources up in NorCal that you've got down there."
Hi Tim...I believe Dave Vegher who owns Veloce Motors West, in Petaluma, is still building engines. He's one of the best builders anywhere. And Wes is closer to you than me. His waiting list is loooong.
Today I took some left over Dynamat down to Santo and Anthony for the doors (thanks Tim for the suggestion) and for the new floor under the driver's seat.
Since last time, the rear window and the windshield glass have been replaced. New brake fluid reservoirs have kicked out the old pair, and the rear deck has been reinstalled.
Thanks for the updates Andy. Looking good. Almost a car again. | 2019-04-21T22:13:28 | https://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/arosc-alfa-romeo-owners-club-southern-california/657777-71-gtv-resurection-4.html |
Following the Labor Day Weekend project on the Bay Bridge, KQED Radio News’ Cy Musiker ran a story about bridge safety questions including critical comments from an authority on the bridge, UC Berkeley’s Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl. I found it difficult to listen to this story, partly because the audio for Prof. Astaneh-Asl was really bad, but mostly because it seemed like he was just speculating about the bridge being unsafe. Since they’d found a pretty serious flaw in part of the bridge suspension, he said that there probably more problems that they just hadn’t seen yet. OK, maybe. But maybe not? Without anything more to go on, I’m not sure why Cy went ahead with his “Is the Bay Bridge Safe?” story. It just seemed alarmist. I’m re-reading American Ground, and Prof. Astaneh-Asl shows up here as well. His portrayal in the book is not too flattering; he comes across as something of an opportunist, with a penchant for making attention-getting claims that turn out to be called into question. I’d missed the follow-up story the next day, where Cy interviews Tony Anziano, the Caltrans project manager for seismic upgrades on bridges, and who would presumably know what he’s talking about. He says the bridge is safe, which I accept as the answer to the question posed the previous day. | 2019-04-19T22:30:40 | https://mellowcat.blog/2009/09/14/so-called-expert/ |
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There are a number of quaint little towns and villages in the area. Here are just a few you could visit during your stay. As you will see from the Area map, Invergordon is in a central position allowing access to the north and the south possible. Public buses run through the local area and you should check the Stagecoach timetable for routes and times at www.stagecoachbus.com. The area is also covered by day tickets. We have given an indication of bus numbers and estimated journey times throughout the following list. These are for guidance only - we cannot be held responsible for any changes. Please always check with the bus driver on the day.
From Invergordon to Brora takes just under 2 hours 30 minutes. 25X will take you from Invergordon to Tain where you will have to change to X99 or X98 to take you further north i.e. Dornoch, Golspie or Brora.
Tain is a small town (about 11 miles from Invergordon) which was the birthplace of St. Duthac and his final resting place. Places of historical interest in the town include The Tower, St. Duthus Church and St. Duthuc’s Chapel. The Museum on Chapel Brae has many exhibits relating to Tain’s past and is also the centre of the Clan Ross Association. In 1966 Her Majesty The Queen Mother opened the Rose Garden which was laid out with 900 roses to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the Royal Charter being bestowed by King Malcolm Canmore in 1066.
Visit www.tain.org.uk for more information.
Glenmorangie Distillery is located just north of Tain (about 12 miles from Invergordon). They boast the tallest stills in Scotland and produce around (6,000,000 litres) 10 million bottles per annum.
Visit www.glenmorangie.com for further information.
Balblair Distillery is located in Edderton (17 miles from Invergordon). The distillery produces 1,700,000 litres of pure alcohol per year, from locally sourced barley.
Balblair was used in filming the 2012 film ‘The Angel’s share’. The Angel’s share is so called because during the process when the whisky is left to mature, a small amount of the whisky in the barrel evaporates and the content is reduced by a small amount (up to 2%). As the barrels are air tight and stored under very tight secure warehouse conditions no-one can explain why, when the barrel is finally opened there is less in every barrel than there should be, so myth has it that it must be taken by the Angels, hence ‘The Angel’s Share’!
Visit www.balblair.com for further information.
Dornoch is a small town situated on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east. Dornoch has the thirteenth-century Dornoch Cathedral (Scotland’s smallest cathedral), the Old Town Jail (now a shop), and the previous Bishop's Palace which is now the Dornoch Castle hotel. Nearby is Royal Dornoch Golf Club, named the 5th best golf course outside the United States in 2005 by Golf Digest magazine. Legendary golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper on the Royal Dornoch links. It is also notable as the last place a witch was burnt in Scotland. Her name was Janet Horne; she was tried and condemned to death in 1727. There is a stone, the Witch's Stone, commemorating her death, inscribed with the year 1722. On 21st December 2000, Madonna had her son Rocco christened in Dornoch Cathedral, the day before her wedding to Guy Ritchie in nearby Skibo Castle (a private club).
Visit www.visitdornoch.com for further information.
Ben Bhraggie is a hill which rises 397 metres (1,302 ft) above sea level. The hill dominates the skyline above the village of Golspie and is visible from many parts of east Sutherland. The 100 foot high statue which is perched on top is that of George Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford and first Duke of Sutherland who became notorious through the part he played in the Highland clearances. The statue has come to be known locally as The Mannie.
A network of mountain bike trails, the Highland Wildcat Trails, has been built on the side of Ben Bhraggie. This features black and red graded routes, going from the summit of the hill down to the village of Golspie, including the longest single track descent in the UK at around 7 km.
Visit www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/highland-wildcat-trails-golspie-p317471 for further information.
Brora was once the main industrial centre in Sutherland having at one time a coal pit, boat building, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, distillery, wool mill, bricks and a stone quarry. Stone from the quarry was used in the construction of London Bridge, Liverpool Cathedral and Dunrobin Castle. When in operation, the coalmine was the most northerly coalmine in the UK. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. Today, very little remains of these industries apart from Clynelish Distillery to the north of the village.
Visit www.brora.name for more information.
Clynelish Distillery started life in 1819 when a distillery was founded in the village of Brora by the Marquis of Stafford, later known as the Duke of Sutherland. This notorious character is more famous in Scotland for his part in the Highland Clearances of the same year, when he evicted around 15,000 crofters from his land in order to farm sheep. It is speculated that he started the distillery to provide a market for his barley and to put the local moonshiners out of business. It is one of the base spirits for Johnnie Walker Gold Label.
Visit www.discovering-distilleries.com/clynelish for more information.
The Fearn Peninsula, Portmahomack, Tarbat Discovery Centre and the Seaboard Villages can be accessed by taking 25X from Invergordon to Tain and changing to 30C there. The journey from Invergordon to Balintore will take approximately one hour.
Portmahomack is a small, picturesque fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. It is situated on the Fearn Peninsula. Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is about three miles from the village and Ballone Castle (now a private home) lies about a mile from the village. There is evidence of early settlement and the area seems to have been the site of significant activity during the time of the Picts, early Christianity and the Vikings. The village is situated on a sandy bay, has a small harbour designed by Thomas Telford and has the unusual distinction of being on the east coast but facing west. Portmahomack lies inside the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation with the associated dolphin and whale watching activity.
Visit www.portmahomackcommunity.org.uk for further information.
The Seaboard Villages are three small, contiguous coastal villages, situated about 10 km southeast of the town of Tain in Easter Ross. They face east onto the Moray Firth.
Visit www.seaboardcentre.com for further information.
From Invergordon to Dingwall takes approximately forty five minutes on a 25 bus, which will also continue to Inverness taking another forty five minutes.
Dalmore Distillery is located just outside Alness (about 3 miles from Invergordon). It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland", from which it takes its name.
The Dalmore distillery is owned and operated by Whyte & Mackay Ltd and now stands as their largest distillery as well as being the flagship for the brand. With four pairs of stills, Dalmore produces 4,300,000 million litres per annum and employs eighteen staff at peak times, but still retains its quality and character.
The legend of The Dalmore dates back to 1263, when Colin of Kintail, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie, saved King Alexander III of Scotland from a charging stag. As a reward the grateful King, granted Colin of Kintail the lands of Eilean Donan, the motto ‘Luceo Non Uro’, which translates to ‘I Shine, Not Burn’ and the right to use the 12-pointed Royal Stag as the Mackenzie clan crest. The lease was taken over in 1869 by three Mackenzie brothers, Alexander, Charles and Andrew. As members of the clan Mackenzie they brought with them the iconic 12-pointed Royal Stag emblem, the caberfeidh, which has adorned every bottle of The Dalmore since. In November 1917 the focus shifted from malts to mines at Dalmore when the Admiralty took over the distillery; the US Navy used the warehouses as factories for the production of deep-sea mines. In 1920 they left the distillery again - mostly in ruins - after an explosion and a fire in the warehouses, but not before some 38,000 mines had been shipped from Dalmore. Long before the legal battle about compensation for the damages between Andrew Mackenzie and the Royal Navy was over (the debate eventually reached the House of Lords in 1925) Dalmore resumed production again.
Alness is a small town 3 miles from Invergordon. For most of the 1990’s and early 2000’s Alness regularly entered and won flower competitions such as Scotland in Bloom, Britain in Bloom and others, winning a large number of awards and this also helped regenerate some areas of the town with some housing estates winning separate awards themselves. They have not entered in recent years, however the town is still adorned by flowers maintained by hard working volunteers.
Visit www.alness.com for further information.
Cnoc Fyrish Stands tall over Alness and rises to 1,478 feet. The imposing monument, at the summit, was built in the 1780’s. It is said to replicate the Gates of Negapatam, a coastal fortress near Madras in India, which General Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar (who was raised on the estate) had captured from the Dutch and their Indian allies around 1781.On his return home from India, and as the local population were being cleared off their land, employment was a problem and so it was allegedly built to give the locals some work. It was said that Sir Hector rolled stones from the top of the hill to the bottom, thereby extending the amount of time worked and paying the labourers for additional hours.
More details of a suggested walk to the top of Fyrish can be found www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/fyrish-monument.shtml.
Evanton is a small village 4 miles from Alness. It is more or less enclosed to the north-east and the south-west by two rivers, the Allt Graad and the River Sgitheach.
The Allt Graad, sometimes called the River Glass, is a picturesque river that flows from Loch Glass, near Ben Wyvis, for 9 km (5½ miles) until it passes the northern end of the village, and empties into the Cromarty Firth. However, some 3 km (1.9 mi) before it reaches the Cromarty Firth, it passes through the Black Rock Gorge. The latter is a few hundred metres in length and reaches 36 metres (120 ft) in depth. In April, 2004, ten days of filming took place in the area for the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the Gorge is the setting for the scene where Harry is chased by a dragon.
Visit www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/blackrockgorge.shtml for further information.
Kiltearn church and burial ground lie on the shore of the Cromarty Firth. The current church is on the main street in Evanton.
Visit www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/kiltearnchurch.shtml for details of a walk round the area.
The "naked rambler" Stephen Gough was reported and arrested at Evanton in November, 2003. He was engaged in a naked trek through Britain from Lands End to John O’Groats. While walking through Evanton wearing only a hat, a backpack and boots, he was spotted and reported by a local resident. He was sentenced two months later! His arrest meant that he still had one hundred miles to go in order to complete his journey. He completed his journey in January 2004 and repeated the feat in 2006.
The Zulu Herring Boats which were part of the Seaboard fishing fleet before World War 1 are now commemorated by a plaque at Foulis Point on the shores of the Cromarty Firth, strategically placed so as to see the remains of the wrecks at low tide. The boats were left moored there when the Seaboard fishermen answered the call to serve their country, but unfortunately very few of them ever returned and the boats were left to rot. Only three of an estimated dozen or so can be seen to this day – their outlines being visible at low tide about one hundred yards from the shore.
Dingwall lies near the head of the Cromarty Firth where the valley of the River Peffery unites with the the mouth of the Conon, 11 miles from Invergordon. It was formerly an east-coast harbour but now lies inland. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts of which may date back to the 12th century. In 1411 the Battle of Dingwall is said to have taken place between the Clan Mackay and the Clan Donald. The 18th century town house and some remains of the ancient mansion of the once powerful earls of Ross, still exist. An obelisk, 16 metres high, was erected over the grave of Sir George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie, near the parish church of St Clement. It was affected by subsidence, becoming known as the "Leaning Tower", and was replaced by a much smaller replica in the early years of the 20th century. However even this is now marked by signs saying "Keep Out" on the grounds that it is a dangerous structure.
Dingwall is the home of Ross County Football Club, who won promotion to the highest tier in Scottish football in 2012. Despite the town's small population, The team reached the 2010 Scottish Cup Final, when over 17,000 Staggies fans travelled to the match. They won their first major piece of silverware in 2016 by winning the Scottish League Cup.
Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, KCB, DSO (4th March 1853 – 25th March 1903), also known as Fighting Mac, was a distinguished Victorian soldier. The son of a crofter, MacDonald left school before he was 15, enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders as a private at 17, and finished his career as a major general, "one of only a few British Army generals who rose from the ranks on his own merit and professionalism." He distinguished himself in action at Omdurman (1898), became a popular hero in Scotland and England, and was knighted for his service in the Second Boer War. Posted to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) as Commander-in-Chief of British forces, he committed suicide in a Paris hotel in 1903. MacDonald is often said to have been the model for the soldier who appeared on the label for Camp Coffee. "Fighting Mac" remains a national hero in Scotland. A 100 ft high memorial was erected above Dingwall in 1907, as well as another memorial at Mulbuie on the Black Isle, near where MacDonald was born.
The Drover’s Monument commemorates the unique annual migration of livestock, and the unsung heroes who performed it in days gone by. They collected cattle from the Western Isles, Skye or the far North and walked them hundreds of miles to market in all weathers. Some even walked their herds all the way to London to secure the best price. Many of them became cowboys and major ranchers in the U.S. Wild West.
Glen Wyvis Distillery. On the 16th April 2016, 270 years to the day after the Battle of Culloden, The Flying Farmer, John Fraser Mckenzie and his board offered the chance to become part of history by inviting members of the public to invest in the distillery. As a result, GlenWyvis Distillery is now the world’s first 100% community-owned distillery. While the building is completed high on a hill overlooking Dingwall, GlenWyvis Basecamp has been set up down in the town itself in Victoria Restaurant on Dingwall High Street – where you can learn all about GlenWyvis Gin, our plans for GlenWyvis Whisky, and our local heritage tours. Here you can enjoy a tipple of GlenWyvis Gin and learn all about our limited edition malt whisky, Highland Inspiration, released to mark the laying of our foundation stone.
The Black Isle is even more difficult to visit using public transport. You have to take 25X into Inverness bus station. To reach Beauly and Muir-of-Ord you need a 28 bus from Inverness bus station. The journey will take approximately 1 hour 45 minutes. To reach Cromarty from Inverness take 25D (from Longman Road) to Avoch, Fortrose and Cromarty. The journey to Cromarty will take approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.
The Black Isle, despite its name, is not an island but a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water – the Cromarty Firth to the north, the Beauly Firth to the south, and the Moray Firth to the east. It includes the towns of Cromarty, Fortrose and Beauly, and villages such as Muir of Ord and Avoch.
Beauly is a small town 10 miles (16 km) west of Inverness. Beauly is the site of the Beauly Priory, or the Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin and John the Baptist, founded in 1230 by John Byset of the Aird, for Valliscaulian monks. Following the Reformation, the buildings (except for the church, which is now a ruin) passed into the possession of Lord Lovat.
3 miles (5 km) south of Beauly is Beaufort Castle, the chief seat of the Lovats, a modern mansion in the Scottish baronial style. It occupies the site of a fortress erected in the time of Alexander II, which was besieged in 1303 by Edward I. This was replaced by several castles in succession. One of these, Castle Dounie, was attacked and burned by the forces of Oliver Cromwell in 1650 and razed again by the royal army of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland in 1746 during the Jacobite Rising. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat witnessed this latter conflagration of his castle from a neighbouring hill (he then fled and took refuge in the Highlands before his capture on Loch Morar). In 1994 Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat sold Beaufort castle to Ann Gloag (director of the Stagecoach Group), to pay off debts.
Visit www.visitbeauly.com for more information.
Muir-of-Ord: is situated near the western boundary of the Black Isle, about 20 km west of the city of Inverness, and 10 km south of Dingwall. The Black Isle Show, one of the largest agricultural shows in Scotland, is held every August in a showground near Muir of Ord.
Glen Ord Distillery is located in Muir of Ord. It is the only remaining single malt whisky distillery on the Black Isle. The distillery currently produces 5,000,000 litres of pure alcohol per year.
Visit www.discovering-distilleries.com/glenord for more information.
Cromarty is a small town on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, 5 miles (8 km) seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. The town grew around its port, formerly used by ferries, to export locally-grown hemp fibre, and by trawlers trawling for herrings. The port was a British naval base during the First World War and HMS Natal blew up close by on 30 December 1915 with heavy loss of life.
Highland Ferries offer a regular ferry service between Cromarty and Nigg with the Renfrew Rose running from June to September, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, offering a direct route North from the Black Isle.
Cromarty is architecturally important for its Georgian merchant houses that stand within a townscape of Georgian and Victorian fisherman's cottages in the local vernacular style. It is an outstanding example of an 18th/19th century burgh, "the jewel in the crown of Scottish Vernacular Architecture". The thatched house with crow-stepped gables in Church Street, in which the geologist Hugh Miller was born (in 1801), still stands, and a statue has been erected to his memory.
The burgh is also noted as a base for viewing the local offshore sea life. These include one of the most northerly groups of bottlenose dolphins.
Fortrose is a town about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of the bishopric of Ross. The Cathedral was largely demolished in the mid-seventeenth century by Oliver Cromwell to provide building materials for a citadel at Inverness. The vaulted south aisle, with bell-tower, and a detached chapter house (used as the tollbooth of Fortrose after the Reformation) remain. These fragments, though modest in scale, display considerable architectural refinement, and are in the care of Historic Scotland (no entrance charge). Fortrose shares a golf course with Rosemarkie. Set on the Chanonry Ness the course stretches out into the Moray Firth and offers good views of Fort George. The course is well known for its signature 4th Hole "Lighthouse". The lighthouse in question is the Chanonry Point lighthouse which was designed by Alan Stevenson and was first lit on 15th May 1846.
Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie. This is one of the best spots in the UK to view Bottlenose dolphin from the land. The dolphins are often visible off Chanonry point, particularly on an incoming tide when they play and fish in the strong currents. Other wildlife, including porpoises and grey seals, can also regularly be spotted. European otters are occasional visitors.
Avoch is a small harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle. Ormond Castle or Avoch Castle was a stronghold built on the site and served as a royal castle to William the Lion; passed on to the Morays of Petty then Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, upon his marriage to Joanna de Moravia in 1362. Descendants of Archibald, were to take the title of Earl of Ormonde from the castle. Legend has it that the village was founded by survivors of the Spanish Armada. Intrepid Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to explore the great Canadian river now known as the Mackenzie River, crossing North America twice, to the Arctic Ocean in 1789 and Pacific Ocean in 1793, retired to Avoch in 1812 where he died in 1820 and was buried in the old Avoch Parish churchyard.
Take the public bus, 25X, from Invergordon to Inverness, the journey takes approximately 50 minutes.
The direct route between Invergordon and Inverness crosses both the Cromarty Bridge and the Kessock Bridge and bypasses towns such as Beauly, Muir of Ord and Dingwall. The Cromarty Bridge crosses the Cromarty Firth and the Kessock Bridge crosses the Beauly Firth. When the Kessock Bridge was opened, it was the first bridge of its kind in Europe, and won the Saltire Award for Civil Engineering. It was designed by a German and is based on a bridge over the Rhine in Düsseldorf.
Inverness – the capital of the Highlands, with a population of around 55,000, was granted city status in 2000 and is situated at the mouth of the River Ness (which flows from nearby Loch Ness). The city lies at the end of the Great Glen with Loch Ness, Loch Ashie and Loch Duntelchaig to the west. The Caledonian Canal also runs through the Great Glen connecting Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy.
Visit http://www.inverness-scotland.com for more information. | 2019-04-18T23:12:56 | http://visitinvergordon.com/nearby.html |
United Healthcare vying for a slice of Obamacare pie in Illinois?
UnitedHealthcare vying for a slice of Obamacare pie?
If UnitedHealthcare of Illinois Inc. starts selling plans on the state's health insurance exchange this fall — as reported today — the insurer most likely won't make a large dent in Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois' market share.
Still, there are chances for the carrier, an arm of Minneapolis-based UnitedHealth Group Inc., to make inroads in the state.
First off, even though roughly 217,000 people signed up for plans on the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace for 2014, many thousands more uninsured sat out the first year of Obamacare. Those people, hit with tax penalties for going without coverage this year, could be more motivated to buy insurance the next time around.
Also, given Blue Cross' difficulties processing applications during the 2014 enrollment period, there may be some customers willing to switch from the state's dominant carrier to an alternative if the price is right.
Chicago-based Blue Cross dominated the marketplace in the enrollment for the 2014 plan year, garnering about 200,000 signups from Oct. 1 to April 19, 92 percent of the state's total. The insurance giant was one of five carriers that offered plans on the state's exchange, which was operated in partnership with the federal government's site, HealthCare.gov.
United stayed off the Illinois marketplace for 2014 but is planning on entering the exchange with its own individual policies, according to the Chicago Tribune, citing unidentified sources.
A United spokesman would not confirm or deny the report, saying that the company is still evaluating its participation on the exchanges on a state-by-state basis.
"Although we intend to increase our participation in the exchanges as they mature and develop over time, in the near term we remain focused on the necessary first steps of this process, which include careful evaluation of exchanges on a state-by-state basis, (qualified health plan) application submissions and rate and product filings," the spokesman, Kevin Shermach, said in an email.
Before this year, nearly 1 million people in Illinois lacked insurance but had incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, by some estimates.
If it does jump in, United will likely have to set its prices within shouting distance of Blue Cross' to be relevant in the market.
For the 2014 plan year, Blue Cross had the lowest premiums among plans sold in the Chicago area in the bronze, silver and gold metal categories. For example, in Cook County, Blue Cross' three lowest-cost silver plans all had premiums below $182 per month for a 27-year-old individual. No other carrier offered a plan below $200 a month, according to data released last fall by the federal government.
Depending on what plan features the company offers and how it price them, United's entry could help hold down premium increases.
“With UnitedHealthcare coming in, they're going to try to undersell Blue Cross, which will help keep the rates low for people in the coming year,” said Jim Duffett, executive director of the Campaign for Better Health Care in Champaign.
Blue Cross has been the largest carrier in the state by premium revenue and membership for years, with United a distant second.
In 2012 United held about 8.4 percent of the total market for individual and group plans. Its share was smaller in individual plans; it covered about 36,000 lives that year, or 6.4 percent of the market, according to research by Carl McDonald, a Boston-based analyst at CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.
Meanwhile, Blue Cross covered nearly 309,000 people, for 69.3 percent of the individual market.
Carriers have from May 27 to June 10 to submit plans to the Illinois Department of Insurance for sale on the exchange. Open enrollment for the 2015 plan year starts Nov. 15. | 2019-04-18T17:07:12 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140523/NEWS03/140529865/united-healthcare-vying-for-a-slice-of-obamacare-pie-in-illinois |
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If you ever wished to charge your phone seamlessly by placing it right on the mouse pad on your desk, then this is what you need!
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The past few weeks have seen a rise in the cancellation of Netflix shows –from the extremely expensive The Get Down to the deeply dull Bloodline. Some have wondered whether this is a sign of the cracks in Netflix’s facade showing or the streaming content bubble finally bursting but for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, this is only the beginning of Netflix establishing itself as a real media network.
Fantasy shows are all the rage and–with Game of Thrones going off the air soon–it’s time to find a replacement series. What better than to take it back to the original: the story of Jesus Christ, this time with that prestige television filter that all the people love these days. The last supper, the temptation of Christ by the Satan snake (I think that’s what happens), walking on water, the betrayal by Judas; these are all ripe ideas perfect for an hour-long overly drab and superficial television drama. It won’t make it past the first season if the Christians of America have anything to say about it.
Sean “Puffy” Combs aka Puff Daddy aka P Diddy is one of the greatest and volatile personalities out there and it is honestly motivating every time. No person has learned the art of berating greatness out of people except for him (just watch both seasons of Making The Band). I say fly Puff out to various places in America and have him give the Glengarry Glen Ross Alec Baldwin type speech to different unions, small companies, high school football teams or disgruntled rap groups. It’s inspirational to see common people achieve goals and it’s hilarious and a little uncomfortable to watch Puff Daddy yell at you because you took a nap instead of trying to hustle for a few more minutes longer.
If you want a show that will be canceled quickly then how about a half-hour comedy about the world of freelance creatives. Casting a bunch of attractive young people who don’t get enough jobs a month to afford the ridiculously spacious apartment they occupy in Brooklyn is sure to bore many and piss off the people who actually freelance for a living. There will be incredible episodes such as the one where everybody is still waiting for a paycheck from a job they did 6 months ago or the one where they go to networking events for free food and to hopefully meet someone who can give them an actual job in media; there’s also my personal favorite: the one where they contemplate quitting and seeing if they can get an office job. This show will be doomed from the very start.
The recent Twin Peaks revival is notable not just for being a return back to a show that the world fell in love with 25 years ago but also because the new series is pure, uncut David Lynch. To see a David Lynch project free of oversight, notes and restrictions has been both maddening and exhilarating but it should also open the door for other directors to have that same opportunity. And since Netflix is now in the bold chances department, what would be a bolder chance than letting director and possible crazy person Lars Von Trier having free reign to make whatever he wants. It will almost sure be controversial, self-indulgent, insane, disturbing and will have people talking. It’s a win-win where Netflix gets to say they did something brave and they got to up their cancellation numbers.
Ok so here me out: we get a host right, let’s just call him me. We give me a camera crew and a briefcase of an undisclosed ridiculous amount of money and it is my job to spend it all in under 48 hours. If The Get Down and Marco Polo are any indication, Netflix has no problem spending insane amounts of money on nonsense so let’s cut the middle man. Maybe I’ll go to Vegas and bet the entire thing on one game of Craps, maybe I’ll rent out a football stadium and throw a kegger or maybe I’ll pay for billboards for Planned Parenthood in red states; who knows, the sky’s the limit and it will almost surely make everyone reconsider everything that lead to this show existing –including Netflix’s desire to actually cancel shows rather than just financing good and sensible programs. | 2019-04-26T12:56:58 | https://deathbycake.net/2017/06/13/helping-netflix-and-their-neverending-pursuit-of-disposable-content/ |
Dave U. Hall has a sordid history of playing bass-o-guitar in bands with Lester Bangs and Mickey Leigh, including but not limited to Birdland and the Rattlers. In fact, that's him on the back of the Rattlers album cupping his groin! So if you need somebody to cup your groin on an album cover, give me a call and I'll pass along his email address. But yes, so when David bounced me a howdy-doodly-doo, I thought "Power Tree! Sure could however interview!" He responded, " ." And the rest, as they say, is below, with my questions in bold and his answers in regular print.
How did you get involved with Birdland and the Rattlers?
Well, I have known Mickey Leigh since I was twelve years old. We grew up together in Forest Hills and went to the same schools. Therefore, it was that association that eventually brought me to Birdland and the Rattlers.
What kinds of mischief did you and Mickey get into when you were 12?
You know; I feel a little bit reluctant to answer this question. I have kids and I don't want to give them any ammunition to use on me one day (laughs). I guess it would be safe to say; that Mickey and I got into the kind of mischief that children that age often get into. Looking back on it, I suppose it was clean fun compared to the kinds of things that children do today.
Did you know Mickey's soon-to-be-famous brother when you were young? If so, what was he like?
I knew Mickey's whole family. So yes, I did know Joey (as well as Mickey) when I was growing up. Joey was a nice guy. He was a quiet sort of person most of the time unless he was fighting with his brother. Sometimes when Mickey wasn't home, I would hang out with Joey. We would listen to albums. I remember Joey putting on albums like The Stooges and the MC5. He was into a lot of stuff that other people didn't really listen to.
Although we were friendly when I was young, we became really close after the Ramones broke up. That's because besides being a family friend, I was also his computer consultant. I used to go over to his house quite often when I was in the city working with other clients to do maintenance work on his computer. By the way, I was responsible for helping him get his first computer. Joey really loved his Macintosh computer. After he died, I wrote an article about Joey and his Macintosh for a magazine called MacDirectory. I wanted the Macintosh community to know that Joey was one of us. When I received the issue (that the article was in) from MacDirectory and read it, I cried. I really miss him.
How long have you been playing bass? And why did you choose that instrument? Do you play any other instruments?
I started playing electric bass around thirteen years old. I hung around with this guy that nobody's mother liked. He had a brother who played bass (I think he had a Hofner or something). Anyway, I used to go over to this guy's house and see his brother's bass on the bed. I remember holding it once and plucking the strings. It was from that moment on that I fell in love with the instrument. I begged my Mom to get me a bass. The rest as they say, is history. I also play some woodwind instruments. But my main woodwind instrument is the flute. I remember listening to this band called Seatrain. The bass player played bass and flute on the album. There was a song on the album called "Flute Thing" that inspired me to take it up. I guess I wanted to get the high and low frequencies of music (laughs).
Did the Ramones seem revolutionary to you at the time, or were you able to pinpoint their influences - or what?
I didn't even know that the Ramones existed until about 1975. It was around that time that I left college in Boston to gig with a jazz-rock band that was formed up there. One of our first gigs I believe was at CBGB's. I remember at that time; that CBGB's was a place where you could play any style of music. Punk (or new wave) music was just starting to come up but and not at the forefront yet. Actually, I thought what I was doing at the time was revolutionary (laughs). Anyway, It was most likely; that I started to hear the Ramones music at CBGB's the first time. When I first heard them, I don't think that I was too impressed. I mean; you have to understand; I was doing music in 11/8 time and here was this band doing three minute songs loud and out of tune. By the way, and this is a true story. Dee Dee and Johnny used to show up at my gigs. I was never sure if they liked the band or whether they were just in the neighborhood at the time. I remember Dee Dee saying, "We're not here to see you." Anyway, I think it was Johnny who noticed that I had this tuning device. It was called a Strobotuner. The Strobotuner was the first machine that could tune an instrument electronically. Well, guess who started using it for their band after seeing me use it. Maybe I should claim that The Ramones in tune sound was due to me. (laughs).
I guess what I am trying to say, is that in the beginning, I didn't really understand where the Ramones were coming from. Looking back at that particular time, it seems as though rock and roll was really getting away from its roots. It was like all those records that Joey used to play for me when I was a kid just got lost and forgotten. To me, it was the Ramones who bought rock back to its roots. I didn't get it then, but later on I realized that. It was when I got it, that I really appreciated what they were doing and where they were coming from. I love the album Road to Ruin. It is one of my favorite albums of all time.
What was your impression of Lester Bangs? Was he difficult to work with?
I really didn't know Lester in a social way. It was more like a professional relationship. I would basically interact with him at a rehearsal. We would play and work out the songs and then pretty much go our separate ways. That was about it most of the time. As far as rehearsals went, Lester did have a certain way about him that I found unusual. I don't know. Maybe being a rock critic, I thought he might have felt uncomfortable doing what he wrote about other people doing. Lester wasn't your typical front man. I mean; when you go on stage looking like you just got out of bed, you have to wonder what the guy was thinking. But all in all though, I liked Lester and thought he had a lot of soul.
This many years later, what do you think of the Birdland CD?
Well, I originally played those songs way before the album came out and loved all of them. I don't have the CD. However, I do have a few rehearsal tapes that we made and I thought they rocked when I listened to them. You know; now that I think of it, I did go on Amazon.com a few times and listened to snippets of the album in Real Player. It sounded really good. In retrospect, I think one of the positive things about me leaving Birdland; is that had I not left, that album might not have happened and that means that we would have very little today to hear musically from Lester.
What was the greatest professional success of your life? Were the Rattlers a popular touring band?
I think that the greatest professional success of my life (other than making the Rattler's album) was being able to play in all the different bands that I played in. This gave me the opportunity to learn so many different styles in addition to all the experiences that came along with it.
Were the Rattlers a popular touring band? That's hard to say. I guess only to the people that came to see us (laughs).
Did you ever feel like too much attention was put on "Joey Ramone's brother" and not enough on the Rattlers' music?
Yes I did. Maybe the writers (or some reviewers of the album) thought that it would be a good idea to mention that "little brother" stuff or the connection. Maybe they felt that it would sell magazines or hook the reader into reading their article. So it's possible that it helped the band in some crazy way. I'm sure that it hurt us in many ways too. It's hard to say. I think that when you have a brother who is so well known in the same music community you're playing too, it is pretty hard to avoid something like that totally.
To you, did Mickey seemed bothered by the fact that he was constantly compared to his brother?
This unfortunately, was one of the curses that Mickey had to deal with. I know Mickey wasn't too pleased seeing a review of the album or an advertisement in a local paper saying, "Joey Ramones baby brother, or little brother" or some variation of that. I remember once, being on tour and arriving at one of the places for a sound check. Mickey picked up the local paper and read something in there referring to the little brother or whatever thing. He lost it and started ripping the paper into shreds. He was quite fed up with all of it but took it well nonetheless. It was also frustrating having some people write and compare the Rattlers music to the Ramones instead of reviewing the album on its own merit. In my opinion, comparing the Rattlers to the Ramones was like comparing apples and oranges. It was just plain silly.
Same question -- this many years later, what do you think of "Rattled"?
I am very proud of that album. A lot of love went into making that record. When I listen to the album today on my car stereo or on my iPod, the music still seems as current today as when we first did it. I'll never forget when the JEM/PVC record company signed us to do the record. That was probably one of the greatest musical moments of my life.
I was also really happy, when I found out that Dionysus records wanted to reissue Rattled on CD. It gave people that heard of the band, (but never had a chance to buy the album) a second chance to hear the music.
What did you bring to the table in Birdland and the Rattlers? Did you co-write any of the songs? Or bring in ideas? What were the situations like?
When I was in Birdland, I basically brought my talent into the band. Mickey and Lester wrote all of the songs in Birdland. The music (from what I remember) was already pretty much structured. However, I do remember me being able to interweave my style here and there in the music.
As for the Rattlers, I feel I brought a lot more to the table than I was able to in Birdland. Even though certain individuals might not agree and write me off as a fly by night second bass player. I guess it is easy to forget that someone got the clothes together for the band or designed the album cover or helped develop the band's concept or whatever.
As for the music, I didn't write or co-write any songs for the Rattlers in the beginning. When I first got into the band, it was more like learning the songs that the Rattlers already were doing. However, as time went on, the band started to eliminate songs from the set list. Thus, opening up the playing field to contribute. It was then that I started to think about melodies and rhythms that would fit into what we were trying to say as a musical unit.
The problem about writing songs for the Rattlers was that you felt as though you were invading Mickey's territory. Mickey was very critical about anything you brought to the table. So for a while, I didn't bother to bring in anything because I didn't want to get myself aggravated. So I just contributed my style of bass playing. However, I did get credit for co-writing one song with the band. Our first song writing team effort was the song "I Won't Be Your Victim." When the album came out, that sort of became our single along with our music video. I wrote the middle part of the song and the most of the title. Later on, I wrote a song called "Let's Be Friends" that the Rattlers performed before the end of my tenure with them. So as you can see, I did try to contribute to the band.
Mickey mentioned that there is a whole album's worth of Rattlers material that was never released. What is this material like? Do you think there's any chance it ever will be released?
As I mentioned before, when I first got into the band, I learned songs that were eventually eliminated from the set list. I am not exactly sure if it was an album's worth of material we scraped from the list. It is possible however, that the Rattlers may have recorded some songs after I left the band that I don't know about. So it is possible that there may be enough songs for another album. The music that I am aware of was kind of pop sounding. I liked all the Rattlers songs. But I think the rational was that once we decided to go into a certain direction, we wanted the songs that we were doing to have continuity. So eventually some songs that weren't in the vein were scratched.
As far as Mickey releasing the songs, well, that is up to him. In fact, when we talked about this subject once, I remember him saying to me that he wanted to record the "Let's Be Friends" song if he ever did decide to put out unreleased material. I believe he said to me, "We did that in the Rattlers so it should be on the record if we ever do another Rattlers album." So I guess anything is possible. I know he is very busy now writing a book on his brother. Therefore, I don't see Mickey doing a project like that for a while.
What did the Tribe sound like? Did you ever record any material?
I can't really put my finger on it, but they did incorporate a bit of the U2 sound in their style. I think that U2 was really hot at the time so maybe that's why it was in there or perhaps it was accidental. I sometimes wondered if the singer thought he was Bono's alter ego. (laughs).
Do you still keep up with Mickey at all? Why did you end up parting ways after three bands together?
Well, we really never parted ways totally. Mickey and I still speak to each other on the phone or over the Internet. But it seems only when I initiated it (laughs). He still forgets to call me on my birthday which I rib him about every year (laughs). Seriously though; after playing in three different bands with him on and off; he and I would just go our separate ways so to speak. Mickey was a dominating person to work with and sometimes I felt I just needed some space from him to clear my head. However, despite it all, he and I still remain friendly today. One thing I learned in the music business is that business is business and friends are friends. Since we started off as friends, I didn't see jeopardizing a friendship over a business relationship. I guess what I am trying to say; is that I always considered his family my extended family. And family is very important to me.
Did you hear his Stop cd? Any thoughts?
Not only did I hear it, I even played on the record (laughs). If you look at the credits, you'll see that I am listed on it playing flute. I played flute on "With our Hands we Pray." I think that the Stop cd was a stepping stone record for Mickey. The record felt to me as a kind of bridge to a new style and sound he was starting to explore.
Have you played in any other bands since Crown the Good?
Yes. Actually, I tried to start my own band at one point. Right after I left the Rattlers, I wrote like twelve songs. I think that they were all about Mickey (laughs). I hooked up with this drummer who used to play in the Dictators and we went into a recording studio to put the material down on tape. Since we didn't have a full band, I hired some the best studio musicians in New York that I knew at the time to help demo the tapes. I even asked Mickey to play on one or two tracks (definitely one). Anyway, after we made the tapes, it seemed as though we just couldn't get any musicians that we auditioned to duplicate the sound from the tape. Then, the drummer (who was the only permanent member besides me of course) started to have personal problems and eventually betrayed me. So I scraped the project and put the tapes away in storage. After that, I just played as a hired gun for bands that called me up for gigs. However, I was pretty selective with whom I played with. Some things you can't do, even for money (laughs).
What are your main artistic pursuits these days? And what do you do professionally?
Well, back in the 1980's I started to get involved with electronic music. I always had a love affair with technology ever since I can remember. I first worked with drum machines (for my demos) and eventually graduated to analog and digital synthesizers. Then, when MIDI came out, I started to learn how to write and compose music on my computer. I am still very involved with computer music today and teach it as well at a school in Brooklyn. When I am not doing anything musical, I do Macintosh computer consulting. I've also written articles and reviews for the Macintosh in a few computer magazines. I enjoy working with digital photography as well using iMovie and iPhoto.
What does the "U" in your name stand for?
Well, Mickey always used to say to me, "You do this, you do that". So I just substituted the U for You (laughs). Actually, for some reason, I was always the one who was elected to supervise hauling around the equipment. So I used to say to Mickey, "What am I, a U Haul?" So I put the U in my name as a joke to mean Dave U Haul the equipment. | 2019-04-24T00:57:40 | http://markprindle.com/hall2-i.htm |
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It is once again the big impact. At the end of February, shortly before the US-set deadline for the trade to expire in the dispute with China, want to be US President Donald Trump and China’s head of state Xi Jinping to come together to negotiate the restructuring of their economic relations personally. Details about the planned Meetings are completely open, but if the previous meetings between the two heads of state are an indicator, then the world expect public again bombastic pictures in front of historic facades, probably somewhere in Southeast Asia.
unlike many previous Trump productions of the Pomp and circumstance could be, this time, however, appropriate. Because the heads of the two largest economies manage to the top of world economies, a breakthrough that could affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people in a sustainable manner – in both Good and Bad.
The sino-American relationship is in crisis. The rise of China to new large-scale power scares strategists in the United States for quite a long time. However, during the growing military and political influence of China’s ruling Communist party remains in Asia and Africa for most Americans in the Abstract, she meets the growing economic success of the Chinese directly.
Hardly a Federal state, in the non-workers complain that the local industry has moved either to China or due to poor ability to compete, had to close down. At the same time, resentment over the forced Joint Ventures with Chinese companies grows in the chief days, without the US companies can do in the medium term, the largest economy in the world. And that this vehicle will also be used to mass-tires the intellectual property of the American withdrawal, doubted a long time nobody more.
use This displeasure know Trump. Already in the election campaign, he criticized China in focus. In the White house, he surrounded himself with collaborators who shared his vision of the world and the Chinese as a threat to American prosperity view. Their most striking protagonists, the US trade representative Robert Lighthizer, and Trumps economic adviser Peter Navarro. Other, more liberal voices within the Administration were, however, soon cold. In order for the hardliners to determine the course of China policy. You want to arrange the relations of the two States. A step that is associated with enormous risks.
Over the decades, had found the United States and China, a mode that worked for both sides. China acted as an “extended workbench” of the developed industrial countries, and took over the production of affordable consumer goods, which were sold in the United States. With the collected capital of Beijing, turned to the Americans, in turn, low-interest loans available, which drives consumption in the United States.
the two countries grew economically ever closer. The Chinese economy was dependent on the demand from the United States, the Americans benefited from the cheap Goods and the cost of production. As a “Chimerika” referred to the British historian Niall Ferguson has been more than ten years, this symbiosis – a term that not coincidentally recalls the word “Chimera”. | 2019-04-20T23:21:44 | https://www.globaldomainsnews.com/trade-dispute-pretty-dependent-countries |
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As summer winds down, I want to post more fun time photos of the good times I enjoyed with my grandchildren. The first kidfest was in San Jose, CA. But these next 2 or 3 feature my Wasatch Front kidlets.
In a seven-day period in the latter part of July, I visited two petting zoos – well, the one at Thanksgiving Point was more of a Pet Peeking Zoo. While a few goats romped free on the square, little visitors could pet MOST of the domestic animals through the wire fence.
The petting zoo at This is the Place Heritage Park, on the other hand, was an up-close-and-personal experience as you will see in this slide show of Misses Mia and Evie.
Stay tuned for the Thanksgiving Point Pet Adventure!
Categories: ... just another entry ... | Tags: Entertaining Grandchildren, Fun in the Summer Sun | Permalink.
I think you have a budding photographer there in Mia! Beautiful kids–such big pretty eyes and creamy complexions. I enjoyed the slide show! | 2019-04-25T22:01:23 | https://rbsalisbury.com/2010/08/17/summer-fun-kidfest-2-of-3-or-4/ |
Moving is really stressful. You cannot even commence to comprehend it unless you will be in the midst of the storm. A couple weeks ago my roommates, newly married and able to make a big change moved out. I didn’t even realize how much stress these were experiencing until one, Rachel, was at the middle of the dining area in tears because of how consumed with stress it had all made her. Lucky on her behalf, after they got all of their stuff together a сustoms clearance will be taking over the truly hard part. You might begin to see the relief on her face the moment those freight shippers came in and removed all their large appliances and furniture. Her move was not just her and her husband against a monstrous logistical task. Now it had been within reach of properly trained, qualified professionals.Getting out of a state, or maybe your town, or perhaps your community can be quite a nightmare of intricacies. Everything you have amassed has value into it and yet, within the heat of the move, I have come across so many people nearly give up. “Leave everything here, we do not need it” they’ll say. Obviously this can be only a choice for the most affluent people, and the ones guys don’t have to worry. There’s no freight quote on the planet some meandering rich person would turn down and only moving themselves. Unless they are truly eccentric, crazy or just irritably “gung-ho.”Getting a freight quote can be tricky. If you are moving there are numerous of men and women trying to make use of the stressful position you’re in. These individuals would love to play your “We just need to understand this done”-attitude against you. And you will discover youself to be surprisingly prone to their charming promises that everything will be cared for. Don’t be fooled. Look in for the companies marketing you. Compare freight cost and look at reading user reviews. You should always be confident in your business. And as opposed to just going with any freight shippers why don’t you look into a logistics company?Moving they’ve got said can be more stressful than losing someone you care about. Now I am not sure without a doubt with that but the terror in people’s eyes since they begin to pack their lives into boxes is most definitely real. Life’s hard and messy and there is a large amount of stuff to deal with. Moving basically takes this reality and articulates it in clear and apparent ways. Freight shippers and logistics companies might help. Don’t panic. Call somebody who has experience. | 2019-04-22T07:59:56 | http://wordsfromnerds.net/members/gramgas5/activity/199296/ |
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Today’s Gospel highlights what a different world Jesus and the earliest Christians lived in by comparison with us today. Jesus and Luke’s community unquestionably believed in slavery. In all the Gospels Jesus regularly draws on the image of a slave to make points about duty, respect or responsibility. In other passages Jesus and St Paul advocate for the just treatment of slaves or servants. It was an institution in their world that they never questioned. They never told the slaves to make a bid for freedom. They never told Christian slave owners to set their slaves free.
Like society generally, the Church, for most of its history, followed this line. Much to our shame when the tide rightly turned against slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Church was, generally, very slow to be converted to the emancipation movement and take a stand against the colonialism and racism that slavery enshrined. Our movement on the question of slavery is a wonderful study in the development of doctrine. Not all social realities that Jesus assumed in his day continue to be relevant to our world. It took Society 1800 years and the Church a bit longer still to see slavery for what it is – an assault on the children of God – both servant and master. It shows how we have to keep carefully discerning the movement of the Holy Spirit and God’s guidance in the light of new thinking. The image of the slave in today’s Gospel is invoked to underline our response to God’s goodness. It is good to recall that the word "redemption" literally means, "buying back." It comes from the practice in the ancient world where there were two types of slaves - ones who were born or forced into slavery, usually for life, and others who paid off a debt or a crime by becoming a slave, usually for a period of time. The second type of slaves could be set free when someone else paid their debts, or the ransom their master now demanded for them was settled. They would, then, either be the slave of the purchaser, or set free completely. The metaphor came into Christian theology to describe how we, who are enslaved by our destructive behavior, gained a liberator in Christ who entered into a sinful world, subjected himself to its violence and death, to succeed in setting us free. Christ shows us that we do not have to live destructively anymore. Now claimed by the love of Christ, we are no longer slaves, but his friends, indeed through the redeeming work of Christ we have been welcomed into God’s family. Our work for God, then, is totally disproportionate to the gifts we have been given. Holding, as we do, that life, creation, all talents and, in our case, security and peace are fruits of God’s love, Jesus is right to highlight which side of the ledger is more generous. To serve God in the world, in response to his invitation, is a privilege. We share in his creativity, compassion, hospitality and care. And often, through us, others come to know God and make a judgment if Christian faith is sincere. As respondents to many surveys tell us, they may like who Jesus is and his teaching in the Gospel, but the stumbling block for their joining us is the way they see that faith lived out in the Church. May the Eucharist, then, give us a sense of the dignity we have by being called the servants or slaves, friends and family of Jesus Christ the Lord. Richard Leonard, S.J.
Nicely done, Richard. Especially this line: "As respondents to many surveys tell us, they may like who Jesus is and his teaching in the Gospel, but the stumbling block for their joining us is the way they see that faith lived out in the Church. " It is amazing how Jesus always attracts and all people are naturally drawn to him. When will the royalists in the church realize that they attract no one. Jesus is the way , the truth and the life. Easy to see except in many of his so-called messengers who like to quote long doctrines and make idle distinctions while seeking self glory. | 2019-04-19T18:15:17 | https://www.americamagazine.org/content/good-word/church-and-slavery |
When thinking of flora and fauna in the Riviera Maya, cenotes or snorkeling/diving in the second largest reef in the world are typically the first two natural wonders that come to mind. No doubt those are both great experiences, but one of the hidden gems in Puerto Morelos is its botanical gardens.
So close that you can even see Rancho Sak-Ol from one of the lookout points, the botanical gardens are almost literally in our front yard. Of course it has a range of plants for any botanical-enthusiast, but the botanical gardens also offer a spectacular mix of wildlife, history, and agriculture.
The initial trail takes you through a few Mayan landmarks, including a traditional home, medicinal building, and very small ruins of a Mayan structure. A bit down the path from the ruins sits a lovely stream with a miniature waterfall.
Next you have the option to walk down a path to learn a bit about the important role Mexico played in the popularization of chewing gum. A series of signs in English, Mayan, and Spanish explain the intensive process of extracting gum from trees.
Last but not least, the final portion of the path shows off the abundant wildlife of the Riviera Maya. You might be lucky enough to spot spider monkeys swinging in the trees, iguanas lounging, or some coatis scurrying along the floor.
A spider monkey hangs from the tree looking for a tasty leaf to eat.
Near the end of the trail, you can climb to the top of the lookout tower and see the vast expanse of forest as you cross a hanging wooden bridge. Be sure to let us know if you could see Rancho Sak-Ol when you come back!
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How to get there: The botanical gardens are a 10-minute taxi ride or drive from our hotel. | 2019-04-21T10:30:11 | http://blog.ranchosakol.com/?p=58&share=twitter |
Nicolas Demuth aka Parra for Cuva grew up in small town in lower Saxony (Germany), which he left right after his A-level to study sound design in the wild, vibrant Berlin. The various musical influences of the city only boosted his already strong fascination in producing electronic music and helped developing his unique sound. More so his long years of playing classical and jazz piano help him transfer his visions. Also of great importance is his long lasting friendship to singer Anna Naklab, whose voice stands in perfect symbiosis to his compositions. “Serene and relaxed within the last bone”, as it was so eloquently put by Blog author Bianca Werner, is a good way to describe their collaborations. In the spring of 2013 Parra for Cuva & Anna Naklab released their ‘Fading Nights’ EP on the French label Delicieuse Musique Records followed by their second release called ‘Something Near EP’, which came out on Well Done! Music. | 2019-04-22T04:57:40 | http://www.delicieuse-musique.com/label/artists/Parra+for+Cuva.html |
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Car parks and campsites can be monitored with the cameras to protect people�s property whilst they�re enjoying themselves at your event.
An alternative option, is to use our purpose built Mobile CCTV Unit with digital wireless transmission sending real time images back to your control room. Imagine having the ability to get CCTV images from any corner of your event back to the control room. | 2019-04-23T16:34:44 | https://www.mobilecctv.co.uk/rapid-deployment-cctv.php |
The Cake Stall is an Auckland based boutique bakery, specialising in old fashioned cakes and treats just like Grandma used to make. Our wide selection of cakes and other baked goods can be taken home or enjoyed at our beautiful Royal Oak location over a cup of coffee. The Cake Stall is dedicated to bringing you only the best products and cake accessories; from retro tins and napkins, to New Zealand made preserves and bagged goods. We bake fresh daily from the kitchen behind our shop so you can enjoy the wafting scent of baking whilst you browse our selection of cakes and accessories. Our dedicated team of bakers make quality goods from tried and true recipes, to bring you that taste of home you so fondly remember. | 2019-04-19T11:35:36 | https://thecakestall.co.nz/ |
Feel the excitement and g-force of V8 performance racing with Australia’s premier V8 experience team for 4 laps at Eastern Creek Raceway, a challenging circuit and home to the V8 Supercars and A1 Grand Prix. Driving in an anti-clockwise direction, this track delivers a challenging mix of long straights, tight and tricky corners, rising curves, hills and flats. Be prepared to take it to the max with a no limit drive often reaching 200 kph!
You are then strapped in behind the wheel and you're off! Your personal instructor will coach you through the intercom to make sure you go as fast as you can, as safely as you can on the 4 lap session.
What an awesome experience. My instructor was great and I would definitely do it again. | 2019-04-25T06:43:33 | https://www.adrenaline.com.au/sydney/v8-experiences/v8-race-car-4-lap-drive-eastern-creek/ |
Description: Ramp up the intensity in Battlefield 3 and enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore nine massive multiplayer maps. Use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat from land, sea, and sky. Plus, every second of battle puts you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action. This is Battlefield 3, where there's no wrong way to play... except the one that gets you killed.
Play to your strengths. The four player classes — Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon — each have their specialties, and working together is key to victory. Play Assault and revive your fallen teammates on the front line. Or take the long view as Recon and neutralize the enemy threat before it appears.
Go anywhere, do anything. Commandeer any vehicle you come across, from tanks and buggies to helicopters and jets. Slam your F/A-18E Super Hornet directly into an enemy combatant! Why not? Do whatever you want, because you can.
Total mayhem. Enjoy nine multiplayer maps. Massive destructible environments? Yup. Wide open spaces for crazy vehicular combat? Roger that. The only thing between triumph and total destruction is you.
Plus, the Battlefield series has never looked better, as stunning graphics and sound detail make you think you're truly on the battlefield! It's a truly epic experience. And whether you play alone through the story mode, or go online to battle with friends or rivals across the world, you'll know that this is a game worth playing. | 2019-04-26T12:02:11 | https://www.hrkgame.com/et/games/product/battlefield-3/ |
Ten years ago I wrote to Hanoi University asking if they could assist a group of UK cavers in exploring the limestone areas of Vietnam. Since that date we have had a number of successful expeditions to this wonderful country. On all expeditions we have been fortunate to have had with us members from the Geology and Geography Department of the University who have played a full and vital role in all aspects of the expeditions.
During the last six expeditions we have explored and surveyed over 140km of magnificent caves in Vietnam. We have concentrated our efforts in 2 main provinces, one in central Vietnam (Quang Binh) and the other in the northeast (Cao Bang).There are many other areas still unchecked but we believe we have been fortunate to be the first to have a major expedition to this fascinating country.
During these expeditions we have made many new friends with people we have come across. We have had many exciting experiences and all have been made more interesting by the kindness and generosity shown by the local people. These people have been through many hardships in the last 50 years and we have found both the young and old to have tremendous resilience to whatever problems are placed in their way. Without their considerable help we would not have been able to have the success that the expeditions have surely achieved.
This latest expedition was no different to many others we have had to Vietnam. The team worked very hard in all aspects of the expedition and free time was an absolute minimum. An important factor in any expedition is how all members can work together in difficult conditions and still have a good time.This was helped considerably by the assistance of Vietnamese members who worked so hard in trying to make our limited stay as easy going as possible.
All the permissions and access problems were sorted out well in advance, making sure of the best possible use of our limited time. Because we were caving in areas very close to sensitive borders it was very important that everything was well organized. At times we were literally a stone’s throw from either China or Laos but because of the correct planning we experienced no problems whatsoever. We had a totally free hand in where we wished to go and all the local people were extremely friendly wherever we went. The biggest problem we encountered was to be dragged into local houses to be offered the local house rice wine before and after caving. However we could cope with such difficulties and the hospitality shown by the people we met was at times quite overwhelming.
The expedition found over 20km of new cave passage. We explored the longest single cave in Vietnam at 18.9km that included a 10.5 km river passage and involved a 4-day underground camp. We have left many caves still unexplored and found a new area with tremendous potential. All members had a wonderful time and the experience of the people of Vietnam is one not to be missed.
This report I hope will explain some of our experiences in this beautiful country and I for one will return to continue our exploration of the amazing caves of Vietnam. The next expedition is scheduled for 2001. | 2019-04-22T09:03:05 | http://www.vietnamcaves.com/1999-report/report/report-1999/introduction |
CLEVELAND (AP) Michael Beasley headed home on crutches, his immediate future and Milwaukee's playoff hopes in doubt.
Beasley sprained his left knee in a frightening scene during the first quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night. As he was trying to defend LeBron James, Beasley's left leg buckled grotesquely and he crumpled to the floor under the basket.
Beasley, who has given Milwaukee an offensive spark this season, immediately signaled for help and had to be helped off the court by teammates Thon Maker and Greg Monroe. He also needed assistance to get to the locker room.
He's scheduled to have tests on the knee Tuesday in Milwaukee.
Beasley scored 11 points before going down, and the Bucks didn't have enough offense in a 102-95 loss to the Cavs, who packed the lane to stop All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo. He finished with just nine points on 4-of-13 shooting.
But Beasley's injury was far more concerning for the Bucks, who entered 10th in the Eastern Conference.
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft, Beasley is in his first season with Milwaukee. He's bounced around the league, playing twice with Miami and for Minnesota, Phoenix and Houston. But he's been a nice addition for the Bucks, who recently lost star Jabari Parker to a season-ending knee injury.
Kidd believes Beasley should be considered for the league's Most Improved Player award. | 2019-04-24T20:00:21 | https://www.si.com/nba/2017/02/27/ap-bkn-bucks-beasley-injured |
Liposuction is a procedure for removing fat by suction method. It is also known as Lipoplasty, Lipo-contouring and Suction Assisted Lipectomy (SAL). This is basically a body contouring procedure by removing localized fat deposits. Amongst various Cosmetic Surgery procedures this is one of the most commonly done procedures worldwide.
This is the treatment of choice to get rid of stubborn fat deposits anywhere in the body. Most commonly done areas include Face, double chin, arms, axilla fat, waist, abdomen, waist region love handles, side bulge at upper thighs, inner thighs, buttocks and knee joint region. Virtually any area with localised unwanted fat can be treated by this method.
Even after diet, exercise and gym training some areas fail to respond and shed off fat. Such areas are most effectively improved by this procedure. Depending on area 5 to 7 litres of fat can be sucked out in one go. However this is not a weight reduction surgery but body reshaping surgery. For weight reduction this is just an adjunct method along with other means.
This routinely done procedure is painless and doesn’t require overnight hospitalization. The area to be treated is marked and infused with medical fluid to enhance it. This is also called tumescent method. The fat is then sucked out through tiny 2 to 3 mm cuts by introducing specially designed cannulas which are attached to a suctioning machine through a pipe. After the unwanted fat has been sucked out area is covered with compression tapes and garments to prevent any fluid collection and swelling.
Patients are sent home by evening. They can resume normal light activity the next day. The compression garments are worn for about 3 to 6 weeks. Results are good and lasting. Whatever fat is removed does not come back in that region. This beneficial effect can be permanent if adequate measures are taken to avoid weight gain.
Dr VD Singh's VM Plastic Surgery Centre in Chandigarh is undertaking these procedures since last 15 years. Several patients from near and far have visited this centre for liposuction. | 2019-04-22T01:03:29 | http://www.plasticsurgerychandigarh.com/services/liposuction-liposuction-treatment-india-chandigarh-punjab |
Do you love tea? Try white, green, yellow, and black tea, Matcha, Rooibos, Honeybush, Mate, Lapacho, Pu-erh, blooming and ayurvedic tea. For coffee lovers waiting for a Cappucino, Espresso, Americano, Caffe Latte, vienna coffee and Espresso Macchiato.
Zluva - impoexpo, spol. s r.o. | 2019-04-24T12:00:57 | https://www.edb.eu/czech-companies/consumer-goods/food-products/coffee-and-tea/ |
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