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Melinda Gardiner is a Registered Nurse and Certified Music Practitioner (CMP)® , with nearly 50 years of study, teaching and work in integrative healing and medicine.
From 1969 to 1977, Melinda was a senior student of Michio and Aveline Kushi studying, and then teaching traditional Japanese healing, food preparation and arts.
From 1980 to 1999, Melinda studied The Therapeutic Touch extensively with Dolores Krieger, RN, PhD and Dora Kunz. She has taught Therapeutic Touch at various venues, including Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, NY, and created the modality of Unitative Listening for the Music for Healing & Transition Program for the training of Certified Music Practitioners. Unitative Listening is based on the process of Therapeutic Touch.
As the Treatment Coordinator in the Medical Office at Camphill Village, Copake, NY, from 1984 to 2004, Melinda was part of an integrative medicine practice using the indications of Anthroposophical medicine for a community of about 230 people.
She completed Level I and Level II Sound and Tone Training with Don Campbell at the Institute for Music, Health and Education in 1993-1994, studied the traditional use of sound during her apprenticeship from 1980 to 1996 with Native American elder OhShinnah Fast Wolf, and intensively studied Gregorian chant with Father Columba Kelly at St. Meinrad's Archabbey in Indiana in 2002.
As a clinician, singer and harper, Melinda has been offering therapeutic music to patients in many settings since 1990. She became a Certified Music Practitioner in 1998. Currently she is a therapeutic musician for Community Hospice of Columbia-Greene Counties, Catskill, NY, and at Columbia-Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY.
Melinda is a liturgical musician and cantor at Our Lady of Hope Church, Copake Falls, NY since 1984.
She is the co-author of two books: Shadows of the Living Light and Five Songs for Therapeutic Musicians.
She was an Executive Board member or the Executive Director for the Music for Healing and Transition Program, Inc.(MHTP), a national 501c3 educational organization, from 1998 to 2017, and remains a faculty member of MHTP. Melinda was one of the founders of the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians, and a Board member until 2017.
Melinda founded Nemeton Productions, and between 1987 and 2015 produced over 70 concerts and workshops featuring recognized masters of traditional Scottish, Irish and American folk music.
Currently Melinda is dedicated to learning Gaeilge (Irish) and studying sean nós singing.


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Dry eye syndrome is one of the most common eye conditions in the United States today. Millions of Americans are affected every year. The symptoms of dry eye syndrome can range from mild to severe, and patients find symptoms to be very frustrating at times. Here at Georgia Eye Associates, we are proud to offer multiple dry eye symptom treatment options.
Dry eye syndrome is caused by malfunctioning tear glands. This can mean that you are simply not creating enough tears to lubricate the eye, or that the tears are lacking one of their three components.
The tear film is made up of three layers:
- Oil (lipid) layer: the outer layer of the tear film that seals the tear film to help reduce tear evaporation
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- Mucin layer: the innermost layer that helps the water layer to spread evenly over the eye
The most common form is called an evaporative dry eye. Evaporative dry eye occurs when the glands that are responsible for creating the lipid layer of the tear film are not working properly. The lack of a lipid layer causes the middle aqueous layer to evaporate quickly and not spread as evenly over the eye. When this happens, you will begin to experience the frustrating symptoms of dry eye syndrome.
One of the most common symptoms of dry eye syndrome is watery eyes. While this may seem odd, this is your eye producing more of the water layer as a protective measure against the dryness. Unfortunately, this does not help to solve the issue.
Other common symptoms of dry eye syndrome:
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- Red eyes
- Burning sensation
- Foreign body sensation
If you are experiencing these symptoms, your doctor will test you for dry eye syndrome. A thin strip of filter paper will be placed under the lower eyelid to measure tear production. This is called a Schirmer test. Your doctor will conduct further testing to confirm that there is a deficiency in the tear film. After confirming that you have dry eye syndrome, and the type of dry eye syndrome that you have, your doctor will be able to determine the best treatment for you.
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Tommy is a 3-year-old Dachshund/Miniature Pinscher mix who weights about 12-14 pounds. (But don't tell him that, he is certain he's a Great Dane.) With his low-rider Dachshund-style body, amazing ears, and big personality, he is truly one of a kind!
Tommy had a cushy start to his life; he was doted on by his elderly owner who was unable to care for him due to her own health issues, so he ended up at a kill shelter for a brief time until we found him. Tommy's very affectionate and loves playing with his toys, riding in the car, and going for walks with his foster family. He has a hilarious macho strut, you can hear "Stayin' Alive" if you listen closely. ;).
In his previous home, Tommy was the center of attention, so he definitely has a mind of his own and will do best in a home where he is the only dog (and he's not a fan of cats). He has been having fun in his loving foster home, but he's ready to be a permanent member of a family again.


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Alex Paik
Alex Paik is a Brooklyn-based artist using cut and folded hand-colored paper to explore reflected color, visual counterpoint, ephemerality, and repetition as a tool for development. His work is influenced by his childhood training as a classical musician and his interest in polyphonic musical structures. Paik's work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs nationally and internationally. He is represented by Gallery Joe in Philadelphia and is the director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid, a network of artist-run spaces with locations in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles.
My first serious introduction to art was through classical music, and the qualities and architecture of music stayed with me as I made the transition to visual art. I've always been attracted to the way that music can simultaneously be cerebral and personal, physical and immaterial, structured and organic, especially in the contrapuntal music of Bach.
My work resembles the way that the voices of a fugue are continuously repeated, transposed, inverted, and folded into themselves. Each piece focuses on one unit as its subject which is then repeated in different configurations as the piece grows. I use repetition not so much as a compositional device, but more as a way to explore and develop the possibilities of the unit. Or, to borrow Glenn Gould's description of Bach's late fugues, to "give the impression of an infinitely expanding universe."
I'm also interested in the idea of variability between each hanging of an artwork. The Modular Wall Installations are improvised onsite each time they are shown according to the size of the wall. Each exhibition becomes a different performance of the same piece, further adding to the ephemeral and temporal quality of my work.
Ultimately, the musical quality that I'm attracted to most is grace - the way that the labor behind a work is hidden behind an appearance of effortlessness and elegance. My work is constructed and "composed" in such a way as to feel like it just appeared, almost out of thin air, and could just as quickly disappear.
Q&A with Alex Paik
by Emily Burns
Hi Alex! Can you give us some insight into your process? How do you begin and how do you create your compositions? Does drawing play a part in your work?
All of my current work starts out as a simple shape/form that then repeats. With the smaller, static works (Improvisations and Rearrangeable Drawings) I am usually just practicing/experimenting with how that unit will tesselate, what it will look like as it stacks, and what kind of negative spaces will be created. I also use those smaller works to play with more reduced color palettes.
The Modular Wall Installations are improvised onsite and I do not go in with a preconceived plan. Having played around with the shapes beforehand through the smaller works I am able to improvise and riff off of those ideas as I go. What's especially interesting to me is how these installations change over each performance, since each time I install one I am usually thinking about something that I found interesting in the previous one and continuing that thought process.
The effects of color, reflection, and shadow are so subtle in your installations, is this something that is difficult to capture in photos? Can you talk about the nuances of exhibiting your pieces?
Yes, the works are very difficult to photograph well. I honestly haven't figured out a way to translate the reflected color into the photographs although I suspect that it is probably impossible. The way the eye perceives the color reflecting off of the wall vs. the color on actual paper is very physical and I don't think that it can be captured in a flat photo.
As you can imagine the installations are very responsive to, even dependent upon, the lighting situation in the gallery. I don't fuss too much about the lighting when these are shown. When the gallery is flooded with light the reflected colors are more pronounced, and if there are spots or harsher lighting the installations become more linear since there are harsher shadows.
Have you always worked in this way? How has your work progressed over time?
I started out as a painter and slowly transitioned into making assemblages. From the assemblages I decided to work exclusively with paper. I think the work has always been at least loosely concerned with structure and geometry.
Can you talk about your relationship with color?
Color is interesting because it begs for systematization while at the same time is impossible to actually systematize/understand. There's also this kind of primal, staring-into-a-fire magic about how color can change depending on what's next to it, the way that light is hitting it, etc. Since color is just reflected light it is, like light, simultaneously matter (a particle) and anti-matter (a wave). I find that these self-contradicting ideas dovetail nicely with the way I am thinking about repetitive, generative "compositions" as well as the ethereal/temporal quality of the installations. The colors I use are typically highly saturated or mixed with a little bit of white in order for there to be a clarity between the different colors, like notes on a scale.
You were trained as a classical musician—how does this influence your current work? What instrument(s) do you play? Is music still a part of your life?
It influences me greatly. Since my first introduction to thinking seriously about art was through classical music I've always favored using musical terms to describe my work and am also attracted to "musical" qualities.
My best instruments were violin and guitar. I can play bass and piano and, more recently because of my daughter, ukulele. I don't really play seriously anymore but I still listen to a lot of music and am constantly searching for new music as well as filling in gaps in my musical knowledge.
What are polyphonic musical structures? Can you talk about the relationship between sound structures and the geometric shapes in your work?
Polyphonic music is music that has multiple voices/melodies playing at the same time. The opposite of this would be a single melody with, say, some chords backing it. Fugues are the most common form (made famous by Bach), but they can be found in a lot of other music or at least in parts of other music as well like in early jazz music where all the musicians would improvise simultaneously.
The relationship between music and my work is metaphorical. I think that I try to embody many musical qualities that I find attractive: the idea that each "performance" of an installation is the same piece but also different, the immaterial and ephemeral quality of the work, and the way that these geometric shapes combine, rhyme, and layer on top of each other mimic the way that the subject of a fugue is constantly flipped, transposed, and layered.
What do you enjoy most about working with cut paper? What is the importance of paper as a material for you?
What I like the most about the paper is that it has it's own life and kind of does the work for you. The slight warping and variations in each hand-cut and folded shape gives my work a softness that I think would be lost if it were made out of a sturdier material. I also love the intimacy and directness of paper and how it relates to drawing. I think my work is closer to drawing than painting.
What is a typical day like for you?
Take daughter to school (if it's a school day) then go to the studio for a few hours. Pick daughter up, walk dog, go grocery shopping, cook dinner for the family. After dinner I will either train martial arts, go back to the studio, visit someone else's studio, or do admin work on the computer. If it's not a school day (she doesn't go every weekday) then it's a similar schedule except obviously there's no studio time in there, just daddy-daughter time all day.
Do you feel like it is important to get into a particular headspace when in the studio? If so how do you get there?
Since my time is fairly limited in the studio I generally have a goal that I am trying to reach that day (prepare x number of units, glue x number of pieces, do x number of drawings, etc). I try very hard not to get distracted by other things while I am in the studio and avoid bringing my computer there. Since I wear many hats (artist, dad, curator, arts administrator) I am always being pulled in many directions at the same time so it's important to me to try and separate these different roles. If I remember something that I need to do for one of my other roles I will put it on one of my To Do lists so that I don't forget it later.
After a year of feeling like I had a lot of pressure to produce, I've been trying to allow myself to daydream/get bored a bit more in my studio. I think that it is important to spend time with your work. Not really "thinking" about it necessarily but just looking and letting your mind wander off a bit. Sometimes, of course, you have a looming deadline and need to go into frantic production mode but I think there needs to be a balance.
What do you listen to while you work? Is this an important part of your practice?
I listen to music or to podcasts about music. It's not an "important" part of my practice but frankly much of the labor in my work is very boring and monotonous so I need something to pass the time :)
Has there ever been a book/essay/poem/film/etc that totally changed or influenced you?
Hearing Glenn Gould's recordings of Bach for the first time really opened up the world of Bach to me in a way that hadn't before. They are somehow mathematical, direct, clear but still intensely emotional at the same time. His playing has a great sense of precision, architecture, and grace but still feels almost improvised.
What are you reading right now?
I recently finished a book about running non-profit arts organizations, "Creativity to Community: Arts Nonprofit Success One Coffee at a Time" by Matthew Hinsley and just started a book about the history of color systems in art and science, called "Color Systems in Art And Science," Images by Narciso Silvestrini text by Ernst Peter Fischer, sponsored by Caran d'Ache Switzerland. I also just started "The Making of Asian America," by Erika Lee.
What are some of the artists that you look at the most often or most recently?
Matisse (especially the cutouts), Richard Tuttle, Thomas Nozkowski, Paul Klee
What is the best exhibition you have seen recently?
The recent Guston show at Hauser & Wirth was pretty amazing. His drawings make me want to quit art.
What is your relationship with social media? Do you have a favorite or least-favorite platform?
I use Facebook and Instagram quite a bit. I have a twitter account that just reposts my Instagram and Facebook posts, but I'm not really sure how to use it.
Any advice to recent grads who are interested in getting their work out there and exhibiting?
Just start showing up, literally and figuratively. If you want to be a part of "The Art World," then you need to be a part of the art world in some way. Either by writing a blog, showing up to openings, running an exhibition space, running a magazine, etc etc.
Can you tell us more about your professional development work with artists? Where can artists find out more?
This was mostly the idea of TSA NY Co-Director, Vincent Como. We have done a few workshops where basically Vincent and I go through a lot of practical knowledge that we've acquired over the years. Things like how to approach galleries, practical advice on your web presence, etc. Basically all the things that I wish I learned in grad school! We are hoping to expand this into more content-specific workshops like artist statements, websites, even tax advice. We are currently trying to book an artist-accountant for a workshop on taxes this fall. Artists that are interested should check our website periodically to see when the next workshop is and/or sign up for our mailing list.
How did you become interested in curating? Any advice to young artists or curators who are interested in getting started? Do you feel that there is some kind of 'qualification' needed or can anyone with an interest take it on?
I hesitate to call myself a curator — I just like to put together shows that I'd like to see. I think that my real skills are in running the administrative/backend stuff for TSA. I've acquired a lot of administrative skills over the years (mostly through figuring things out on the fly) and am good at keeping the bigger picture in mind while managing all the small moving parts.
My advice to young artists/curators would be to start a space for a year or two! It's really not that hard and, since artists are born problem-solvers, you can figure things out as you go along. If you find you need help with something, just ask around. For me, the biggest thing I was looking for after grad school was a community. By working together with other artists and using each other's knowledge, you'll simultaneously insert yourself into the art world and create a small community for yourself.
Can you tell us a bit about Tiger Strikes Asteroid and what was the impetus to create it?
Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a platform for artist-initiated exhibitions and projects. We started in Philadelphia in 2009 and have since opened spaces in New York (2012) and LA (2014). We will be opening up a space in Chicago soon!
We started TSA in Philadelphia with basically no real long-term plans. The impetus was somewhat selfish in the early days: we didn't see enough opportunities to show the kind of work that we were interested in and we also wanted to create a way to expand our networks by working with artists from other cities. Since starting spaces in NY and LA I've seen the organization grow into something much bigger and have also seen what does and doesn't feel "right" for our organization. The organization is structured in such a way that it allows for expansion and welcomes new voices and ideas. We are always trying to work with new artists and give the reigns over to as many artists as we can. The vision is that we can continue to empower artists to produce their own exhibitions and projects as an alternative to the more commercial gallery world. TSA didn't start out as overtly political but as we grow it has become political almost by default.
What have been some of the biggest challenges of running one (or three!) spaces?
The biggest challenge is keeping track of everything that's going on at all of the sites! As Director, my role is to know what's going on at each site, providing help/input (without taking away from the autonomy of each site's programming), and taking care of the administrative backbone for the organization. The organizational/administrative aspects of a sprawling beast like TSA has to be really, really tight in order for each site to feel free in their programming. It's a strange balance — like trying to put two opposite ends of a magnet together. Most of this stuff we are just figuring out as we go along!
What keeps you motivated?
Since starting TSA several years ago I've seen how much good we can do in the art world. We've been able to show the work of almost 500 artists, many of whom hadn't been showing very much when we worked with them. It's empowering to myself as well as to our members to be able to have carte-blanche with our exhibition slots and as we all grow together as curators we've been getting more and more ambitious with our exhibitions.
Being a part of a community of artists working together toward a common goal is a huge part of what keeps me motivated, too. We've all become good friends because of TSA and have continued to support each other's art careers outside of the gallery. I think that a key part of being an artist is the social aspect and since I am not great in huge social situations like openings, being a part of TSA allows me to be a part of the community at large. On a more selfish note, I think that almost every opportunity I've had in my artistic career has either been directly or indirectly because of my work with TSA.
I remember running into an old professor at an opening last year. He asked how things were going and I told him how stressed I was trying to make work, run TSA, be a stay-at-home dad, and also organize "Artist-Run" in Miami. He looked at me for a second and then asked, "Well, what the fuck else would you be doing?" I am busy, yes, but I feel like I've found a way to make a life in the arts that works for me and that balances time in the studio and being an active member of the art world.
Do you have any news, shows, residencies or projects coming up?
I'm curating a show at TSA New York in September and am also curating this year's Satellite Show, an art fair in Miami.
Thanks so much for sharing your work and talking with us!
Thank you!
To find out more about Alex and his work, check out his website.


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Hello! So, Benefit's 'They're Real' used to be my ultimate mascara which I always got for my birthday. Once I started wearing makeup more frequently, a tube of mascara no longer lasted me a year, and I felt unable to justify the price myself!
Since then, I've been on the lookout for another equally good mascara at a much better price, and I have found it!
I still have a sample 'They're Real' in my makeup bag, so I thought I'd do a little post to show you how they measure up!
Note – my FalsifyeeHD is running pretty low, which is something that could have affected clumpiness.
Seventeen's Falsifye is 6.99, whereas 'They're Real' is 19.50, so you're saving over a tenner, without any difference in product in my opinion.
Bother mascaras have a similar wand, with multiple thin plastic spokes, which make it very easy to coat all lashes. Seventeen doesn't quite have the same ball at the end of the wand, but you could also save the wand from a sample of Benefit's if you were really that obsessed with it!
They're Real is the left, Falsifeye on the right
As you can see, there is little to no difference. If anything, I prefer the cheaper option as it makes my lashes fan out much more!
As far as wear, they just don't budge. Seriously, both of them are a nightmare to get off, and I have given up trying to totally remove my mascara every night – I know this is bad but I don't have endless patience!
If you aren't bothered about that though, I'd definitely recommend trying Seventeen's out now!
What are your favourite dupes?
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Come on down to The Library Ballroom for a Macon First Friday Celebration! This First Friday, February 6th, The Library Ballroom will be featuring The Mid-Life Chryslers playing the Best Stax, Motown, Classic Rock, R&B with a touch of Reggae, Patsy Cline & so much more. It's going to be a night to remember! Don't miss it!
Doors open at 7:30pm. We will also have a cash bar open throughout the night. Admission is only $5.00! It's going to be a great time!
Event is presented by Widner & Associates, Inc.., Pi Tech, Inc., The Fuller Center for Housing, Macon, GA, Ace Hardware, The Gentry and Cotton Avenue Lofts.
The Mid-Life Chryslers are the busiest & most In-demand band in Middle GA! Their fans & Clients are happy & satisfied, and they love them right back! Energetic, toe-tapping, & FUN! The Mid Life Chryslers bring on the party with great classic rock, soul, R&B, & country! The Chryslers will rock the house and get everyone on the dance floor! They are a group of dependable, veteran musicians who play from the heart and love to entertain! They truly love their audiences & are happy for them to join in the fun! Come see why The Mid Life Chryslers are the most In-demand band in Middle GA!


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University Hospital Humphrey Gallery is hosting portraits of homeless people staying at 2100 Lakeside. Every Friday over a semester of his junior year at Cleveland Institute of Art, Elmi Leodan Ventura Mata would visit 2100 Lakeside Shelter in Cleveland to paint portraits of some of the men living in the shelter. His portraits are on display right off the main entrance of UH through the middle of September. We have a few photos of the artwork and we will have a few more in the Cleveland Street Chronicle. It is worth stopping in if you are on the Case campus to see these fine works of art.
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After hooking up my 1TB portable USB 3.0 drive up to the Wii U using the recommended Y-cable, I tried transferring Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed from the internal memory of the Wii U to the external drive. The whole process took just under 8 minutes to move 5.8GB of data.
Last time I tried moving files over without the Y-cable and I ran into errors, so it's definitely mandatory that one use a Y-cable for stable operation. Thankfully the cables are pretty cheap, so it's not a big deal.
I'm now looking forward to being able to download big games without worrying about storage, although with the 32GB internal memory of the deluxe it hasn't been an issue for me yet.


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The smoky peat flavour of malt whisky is here given a kick by the sharpness of the ginger. No longer the Methodist tea-time cake of yore, so hopefully a slice won't send anyone to hell just yet.
50g unsalted butter
100g black treacle
75g muscovado sugar
2 medium eggs
25ml sunflower oil
75ml blended or single malt whisky
100g chopped glacé ginger
175g plain flour
1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 tsp ground ginger
3¼ tsp mixed spice
175g icing sugar
Line the base and sides of a 17cm loaf tin or similar with nonstick paper, and heat the oven to 180C (160C fan-assisted)/350F/gas mark 4. Melt the butter, remove from the heat and stir in the treacle and sugar until any lumps soften. Beat in the eggs until mixed through evenly, then do the same with the oil and whisky. Stir in the glacé ginger.
Sift into the mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and three teaspoons each of ground ginger and mixed spice, and beat in well. Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted pulls out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin, then beat a quarter-teaspoon of mixed spice with the icing sugar and 25ml water, and spread this over the cake.


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A popular game originally published for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows has just been released for the Android platform. Shoot Many Robots which is developed by Demiurge Studios is a game that lets you do one thing, and that is shoot many robots.
Shoot Many Robots can now be downloaded over at Google Play for free. While the hardware and system requirements of the game vary, it is best if you can install this game on a device with a large screen and a powerful processor.
This title is a side-scrolling shooter that lets you control P. Walter Tugnuts who loves beer and explosions and is the only person standing in the way of total world domination by robots. As you start the game you'll crash out of the front window of a bus and hit the road running.
The controls are fairly simple. Tap on the right side to shoot your weapon, tap on the left side to jump and swipe to change lanes. You won't be able to control the forward movement of your character since he runs automatically.
Your task is to either shoot at the robots or avoid them. If you get hit by a robot you instantly get killed. As you move along you will be able to collect coins along the way. These cons are needed to buy new items and weapons that you can use to destroy the robots quickly.
Some of the game features include
- Endless running and gunning action
- Silly Hats give you special abilities
- Challenges & daily rewards
- Rank up and expand your arsenal
- Simple controls: tap to shoot, swipe to change lanes
- Revolutionary exploding red barrels
- Beautiful 3D environments
- HD graphics for high resolution displays
If you are familiar with the gameplay of Temple Run then it's similar to this game.
The graphics are simply amazing while the soundtrack has a certain country feel to it which complements the game beautifully.
One advice for those who would like to try out this game is that it's best if you can install this in your tablet. You will appreciate the bigger display, which aside from making you admire the beautiful graphics, also lets you easily see the robots.


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2014 Housing Forecast
The chill in the air is accompanied by a flurry of activity in predictions for the real estate market in 2014. Real estate associations, along with national economists have already put figures to their forecasts for the upcoming year. And the public wants to know. Those looking to purchase in 2014 are eager to know where they stand in terms of financing, as well as in which direction to focus their house hunting. And those contemplating selling their homes anxiously await the prediction of a rise, or decline in housing prices. The most ideal way to determine what is best for you in the upcoming year is to contact your local real estate agent. They should be the most familiar with the projection for your area.
So far, chief economists are expecting a flat pace of sales. The most recent numbers project a 6% increase in property values and a 4.16% to 5.4% increase in interest rates by the close of 2014. With anticipated increases in both prices and interest rates, sales volumes may remain stable and at balanced levels.
Supply and demand are ultimately at the root of how expectancies and predictions are reached, playing a pivotal role in the 2014 real estate market forecast. While the supply of home inventory could become heightened due to escalating property values, the demand will also be increased thanks to a somewhat strengthened economy. Because of this anticipated surge in both home prices and interest rates, the market will likely remain at a steady level.
On the other hand, the new construction market is predicted to boom in 2014. With more financing for new development becoming available, the sales of newly built homes are expected to climb by a staggering 18.5% next year. In addition to this surge in sales of new construction, a forecast for a projected 25% increase in new construction starts should help to boost the overall market.
Calculations derived by real estate associations or market economists are certainly worthy of attention. However, it is imperative to understand that these are national predictions -- a blanket forecast gauging the general direction the market will take nationally. Because real estate is local, it is important to take your area dynamics into consideration for insights closer to home. Your area could potentially be better or worse.
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As a mom, there's not much I get 'props' for. No one jumps for joy when I wash and fold their clothes; no one really notices when I go grocery shopping, or make lunches, or sweep the floor. (I wrote about motherhood being a tough gig not too long ago.) And hey – that's the life of a mom, so I don't sweat it. But one of the reasons I love, love, love to cook and to bake is because, without fail, when my kids catch whiffs of what I'm stewing, or baking, or sautéing… it draws them to me.
That's the thing about cooking: the sweet, delicious smells created by my work call my babies to my side quicker than words ever do. They come in close, lean in, and ask for nibbles. They want to talk about what's going into the pan; they ask questions like: Mom, did you make this up? Have I eaten it before? Will I like this?
They see ingredients at their finest – fresh, colorful, clean. They see me confidently using my hands to prepare and dice and toss and squeeze. They see me choose, and manipulate, and 'dance' my mama's dance of love. And, when it's all done, they enjoy the fruits of my labor.
It's seeing my babies enjoy my 'work' and celebrate my 'dance' – that's why I cook.
I especially love the squeals of joy when I make these:
Call these my rebel yell against commercialize pop tarts, breakfast strudels, and sugary cereal. I dreamed them up in my kitchen one day when I had an abundance of mangos and some leftover tart dough… and I can't believe it took me so long to begin creating these. They are just sweet enough with the fresh fruit and the slight addition of sugar that I wouldn't hesitate to serve one for breakfast with a couple eggs – or as an after school treat with a glass of milk. And man, let me tell you: the kids really think they're getting something spectacular when they eat these.
The crust is super simple, the filling is fresh and easy to prepare, and based on the reaction of my kiddos, all kids are sure to enjoy making and eating.
Here goes:
First, make the dough.
- 2.5 cups flour
- 2 regular sticks of salted butter
- 2 TBSP sugar
- 12-13 TBSP ice water
- Add flour, butter, and sugar to the bowl of a food processor. Turn on for 10 seconds nonstop. Then, pulse and additional 5-8 times. The goal is for butter bits to be about a little larger than pea sized…. so don't over process!
- Drizzle a TBSP of water at a time through the top of the food processor and pulse for 1 second after each water addition.
- Pour mixture from food processor bowl into a large mixing bowl and, using your hands, squeeze the dough together until all of the mixture is stuck together. (NOTE: The dough should lean to the dry side. If it is too dry, wet your hands and continue to work dough until it adheres. If it is too sticky, add a tsp of flour at a time until the stickiness is gone.
- Form two discs, wrap in plastic, and chill.
While dough chills, prepare your filling. Here are some great options…
Mango/Coconut filling
Dice up some champagne mangos and toss with sweetened shredded coconut.
Apple filling
Peel and dice up granny smith apples. (Apple pieces should be just slightly larger than a corn kernal.) Toss the apples with a little sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice.
Fresh Berries
Toss fresh blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries – anything! – with a little sugar and squeeze of lemon juice.
Assemble the handpies:
- Preheat the oven and a baking sheet to 400 degrees.
- Roll out your chilled dough on a floured surface until it's about 1/8 of an inch thick.
- Cut out whatever shape you'd like with an oversized cookie cutter, or other found object from your kitchen. (Large coffee cups make great cutters for circular hand pies.)
- Fill the center of your shape so that you maintain about a 1/2 inch around the outside of the filling. Dip your finger in the egg wash and coat the edge along the outside of the filling.
- Take a second shape and cover the filled piece. Gently push the edges together being careful not to push the filling out of the sides. Then, dip a fork into the egg wash and 'seal' the edges with the fork.
- Using a pastry brush, wash the top of the hand pie thoroughly, then score with either a knife or a several fork pricks.
- OPTIONAL: You can sprinkle colored pastry sugar over the top before baking. If you are making the apple pies, you can add chopped store-bought caramels and sprinkle a pinch of coarse sea salt over the top for a 'salted carmel apple' pie.
- Place the assembled pies onto a preheated baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for approximately 18-20 minutes, or until the pies are golden brown.
These little gems are amazing warm… but just as yummy served cold – especially when thrown into a lunch pail for your little love.
Check out today's AM Northwest segment from this morning where Dave and I made these up:


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LonMark Automated Food-Service Initiative
LonMark International is working with McDonald's Corporation to create and manage interoperability standards for networked kitchen equipment and building automation systems. The LonMark interoperability standards will help to ensure that the kitchen and building equipment can communicate with each other in a common restaurant network.
"LonMark International has long history of supporting multi-vendor interoperability standards,
making it the ideal organization to administer this program for us,"
said Glenn Schackmuth, Director Worldwide Equipment Systems with McDonald's Corporation.
McDonalds's has been working with numerous technology, kitchen and building equipment suppliers on its Smart Restaurant initiative for the past several years. The McDonald's Smart Restaurant equipment communicates and shares information utilizing a common network infrastructure, allowing for the development of applications which will help to improve the operational and energy efficiency in its restaurants worldwide.
Automated Food Service (AFS) Task Group
Suppliers of equipment used in catering, quick-serve restaurants, and kitchen-equipment are encouraged to join the LonMark Automated Food Service (AFS) Task Group. This group is focused on assisting vendors (equipment manufacturers and suppliers) and end-users (quick-serve restaurants, commissaries, and cafeterias) in automating records-keeping data collection for temperatures and equipment status. Additionally, the task group handles solutions for automated enhancement of equipment for menus, safety, and energy efficiency.
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well was denied was that an alleged violation was found by the ODNR on a Beck
Energy-drilled well in Benton Township in Monroe County, Ohio.
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been leaked into a stream," Tugend said. "There was a large notch on
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Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Packing Party
Children's Ministry has collected many items over the last 5 months. Our goal is to pack 50 boxes. We have all the supplies to pack a shoebox, the only thing you need to bring is a donation to cover the shipping cost for each box you pack. (Samaritans Purse suggested donation is $7 per box) You can put a check/cash inside the box. Or donate online print a tracking label ...Keep Reading


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A number of conditions can lead to heart enlargement, also called cardiac hypertrophy, in infants. Around 1 percent of infants have congenital cardiac defects, the most common congenital defect found in newborns, the American Heart Association reports. Congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy are two conditions that result in heart enlargement in infants. The treatment for an enlarged heart depends on the cause of the enlargement.
A number of medications treat enlarged heart in infants. Some, such as diuretics, decrease the workload of the heart by decreasing the amount of blood that has to be pumped through it. Medications such as digitalis help the heart beat slower but stronger, which increases its efficiency. Anti-arrhythmia medications and blood pressure medications that slow and strengthen the heartbeat may also be prescribed for cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure.
Heart surgery for infants with enlarged hearts can consist of repair of abnormal blood vessels or other problems or can require a complete heart transplantation. Devices that automatically supply a shock when the heart goes into a dangerous arrhythmia, called an ICD, internal cardioverter/defibrillator can be surgically implanted to help children with cardiomyopathy, Cincinnati Children's Hospital explains.
Enlarged hearts must pump more often to supply enough blood to the body, which requires additional energy. Infants with enlarged hearts tire easily, making it difficult for them to take in enough calories by mouth to give them the additional energy they need just to survive. Such infants often require enteral feeding through a nasogastric tube, which supplies nutrition directly to the stomach through gravity. A tube placed directly into the stomach or small intestine through the abdominal wall can also supply nutrition.
Artificial Heart-Lung Machines
Infants with seriously enlarged hearts from heart failure may require ECMO, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation, a type of heart-lung bypass machine. ECMO may be used as bridge to buy time in an infant waiting for a heart transplant. Another type of ventricular assist machine, called the Berlin heart and available for use in a few specialized hospitals, can be used for up to a year, Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago reports.


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Last year was my lowest year in ten years for amount of books read. To be honest, I was working through textbooks and FreeCodeCamp learning to code, which took away from my reading time. Still, there were a lot of interesting books on this year's list!
1.) 4th Generation Warfare Handbook – William S. Lind and Gregory A. Thiele
2.) The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom – Candida Moss
3.) Robopocalypse: A Novel (Robopocalypse #1) – Daniel H. Wilson
4.) Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft – by Elizabeth Bear and Greg Bear et al.
5.) Algebra: Sets, Symbols, and the Language of Thought (The History of Mathematics) Revised Edition – John Tabak, Ph.D.
6.) Hannibal and Me: What History's Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success and Failure – Andreas Kluth
7.) White Needle: 5 (Shadow Squadron #5) – Carl Bowen
8.) Phantom Sun: 6 (Shadow Squadron #6) – Carl Bowen
9.) Uncertainty in Games (Playful Thinking series) – Greg Costikyan
10.) The Magician's Nephew (Narnia Chronicles) – C. S. Lewis
11.) Gorilla Mindset – Mike Cernovich
12.) Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy #1) – Gregory Benford
13.) Law: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #180) – Raymond Wacks
14.) Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #12) – Steve Bruce
15.) The Circle – Dave Eggers
16.) Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War – P. W. Singer and August Cole
16.) Will I Ever Be Free of You?: How to Navigate a High-Conflict Divorce from a Narcissist and Heal Your Family – Karyl McBride, Ph.D.
17.) The Cartel Hit (Mack Bolan the Executioner #438) – Mike Linaker, Don Pendleton (Series Creator)
18.) Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
19.) The Tournament – Matthew Reilly
20.) Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior and Feel Great Again – Jeffrey E. Young and Janet S. Klosko
21.) Scarecrow Returns – Matthew Reilly
22.) Progression – Sebastian Marshall
23.) Abyss Deep (Star Corpsman #2) – by Ian Douglas
25.) Your Many Faces: The First Step to Being Loved – Virginia Satir
26.) Bitcoin for the Befuddled – Conrad Barski and Chris Wilmer
27.) Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money – Nathaniel Popper
28.) Star Wars: The Rise of the Empire – John Jackson Miller et al.
29.) Re-read GIS for Dummies – Michael N. DeMers
30.) The Blood of Gods (Emperor #5) – Conn Iggulden
31.) Battlefront: Twilight Company (Star Wars canon) – Alexander Freed
32.) Head First Mobile Web – Lyza Danger Gardner and Jason Grigsby
33.) The Water Knife – Paolo Bacigalupi
34.) Public Health 101: Healthy People – Healthy Populations – Richard Riegelman, Brenda Kirkwood
35.) Soil: Digging into Earth's Vital Resource (Exploring Science: Earth Science) – Darlene R. Stille
36.) Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism – Stephen Graham
37.) Planet of Slums – Mike Davis
38.) Proxima – Stephen Baxter
39.) There Will Be War Volume X – Jerry Pournelle, Editor
40.) JavaScript: The Good Parts – Douglas Crockford
41.) Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere 2nd Edition – Guillermo Rauch
42.) Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2) – Greg Bear


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Summer Concerts on the Veranda Series
Nothing announces the arrival of summer like the kick-off of the Summer Concerts on the Veranda Series that begins each summer and continues through September at Cafe at Adele's.
Showcasing both local talent and music legends, the series offers a wide range of music, from American Roots rock, classic rock, blues and jazz to bluegrass, surf music and more.
Through the years, the community has enjoyed performances by Red's Blues, The Rowan Brothers, CW Bayer, Hick'ry Switch, Lorin and Chris Rowan, Niall McGuiness and New World Jazz Project, Jerry Miller and Bob Mosley of Moby Grape, Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise, Linda Merrell, Mike Beck, Barbara Baxter, The Mighty Surf Lords, Notch 8, Latisha Lewis and many others. This year we are booking great talent for your enjoyment and as each performance is confirmed we will post the information below… just scroll down to see what is coming up.
"This is a wonderful use of our Veranda, which provides a relaxed place for everyone to be reintroduced to music from the past and exposed to local talent," Charlie said. "Music is such a happy thing for me, always has been … It's a gift that gives to the musicians, to our patrons and to our staff, alike."
Charlie has a special Veranda Menu available on these evenings as well, adding to the experience. As always, concerts begin 6 p.m.-ish, Charlie Time. The Veranda Series is one of the most anticipated summer events in Carson City and a guaranteed good time; as such, reservations are recommended.


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In the early days of the Cuban missile crisis, before the world knew that the cold war seemed to be sliding toward nuclear conflict, President
"From then on, it seemed there was no waking or sleeping," Mrs. Kennedy recalls in an oral history scheduled to be released Wednesday, 47 years after the interviews were conducted. When she learned that the Soviets were installing missiles in
The seven-part interview conducted in early 1964 — one of only three that Mrs. Kennedy gave after Mr. Kennedy's assassination — is being published as a book and an audio recording. In it, the young widow speaks with
At just 34, and in what her daughter,
Charles DeGaulle, the French president, is "that egomaniac." The Rev. Dr.
The White House social secretary,
She suggests that "violently liberal women in politics" preferred Adlai Stevenson, the former Democratic presidential nominee, to Mr. Kennedy because they "were scared of sex." Of Madame Nhu, the sister-in-law of the president of South
Any shortcomings on the part of her husband are not mentioned. She speaks of his loyalty, sensitivity, courage — traits consistent with the Camelot template she had been the first to invoke. She presents herself as adoring, eager for his approval and deeply moved by the man. There is no talk of his extramarital affairs or secret struggle with Addison's disease, though she does speak in detail about his back pain and the 1954 back surgery that almost killed him.
He was, she says, kind, conciliatory, forgiving, a gentleman, a man of taste in people, furniture, books. Fondly, she recalls him ever reading — while walking, dining, bathing, doing his tie. She remembers with amusement how he would change into pajamas for his 45-minute afternoon nap in the White House. She lets slip a reference to a "civilized side of Jack" and "sort of a crude side," but she clarifies: "Not that Jack had the crude side."
He wept in her presence a handful of times. Mrs. Kennedy describes how he cried in his bedroom, head in hands, over the debacle of the attempted invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 by Cuban exiles opposed to
On the subject of her marriage, she presents herself in many ways as a traditional wife — one year after the publication of "The Feminine Mystique" by
In fact, he said, he found "a very high correlation" between the people Mrs. Kennedy runs down in the interviews and those known to have had difficulty in the Kennedy administration. In some cases, they were in danger of being fired. Those she praises, Mr. Beschloss said, tend to have flourished. To what extent that correlation reflects Mrs. Kennedy's influence on her husband, or vice versa, is open to interpretation and is likely to vary from case to case.
Recalling a trip to India and
She even named possible replacements.
"And Jack was so impressed by that letter," she tells Mr. Schlesinger, that he showed it to Dean Rusk, the secretary of state (whom Mrs. Kennedy disparages as apathetic and indecisive). According to her account, Mr. Kennedy said to Mr. Rusk, "This is the kind of letter I should be getting from the inspectors of embassies."
Even so, Mr. McConaughy, a career diplomat, remained ambassador to Pakistan until 1966.
There are men she praises, too, in the book, which is titled "Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy" and published by Hyperion. She credits Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., the president's father, as the dominant influence in inculcating a sense of discipline in his children. Among the administration figures she admires are
In many of her accounts of her marriage, the grieving widow in her early 30s appears to bear little resemblance to the woman who married Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping magnate, four years later, or who, after his death, embarked upon a career as a book editor in New York and later told a friend she had come to realize she could not expect to live primarily through a husband.
But, she added, "By then, she's a different woman."
Mrs. Kennedy might have been intentionally projecting the image expected of women at the time. She also knew that she was speaking for the historical record, since the conversations were part of a larger oral history of the Kennedy presidency. But her self-confidence seems to have grown in the White House. For the first time, she became one of her husband's most visible assets. Her televised tour of the White House restoration that she had initiated was watched by 56 million viewers.
"Suddenly, everything that'd been a liability before — your hair, that you spoke French, that you didn't just adore to campaign, and you didn't bake bread with flour up to your arms — you know, everybody thought I was a snob and hated politics," she tells Mr. Schlesinger. All of that changed. "I was so happy for Jack, especially now that it was only three years together that he could be proud of me then," she says. "Because it made him so happy — it made me so happy. So those were our happiest years."
She humorously recounts a visit from Sukarno, the president of
Every single one turned out to be of a woman — "naked to the waist with a hibiscus in her hair," Mrs. Kennedy tells Mr. Schlesinger, who bursts out laughing. She says she could not believe what she was seeing. "I caught Jack's eye, and we were trying not to laugh at each other." Sukarno was "so terribly happy, and he'd say, 'This is my second wife, and this was.'..." Mrs. Kennedy says. "He had a sort of lecherous look" and "left a bad taste in your mouth."
Describing the night of the inauguration, she recalls that she was both recovering from a
"And then she told me it was Dexedrine," Mrs. Kennedy says
Asked if Mr. Kennedy was religious, she tells Mr. Schlesinger, "Oh, yes," then appends a revealing qualification: "Well, I mean, he never missed church one Sunday that we were married or all that, but you could see partly — I often used to think whether it was superstition or not — I mean, he wasn't quite sure, but if it was that way, he wanted to have that on his side."
He would say his prayers kneeling on the edge of the bed, taking about three seconds and crossing himself. "It was just like a little childish mannerism, I suppose like brushing your teeth or something," she says. Then she adds: "But I thought that was so sweet. It used to amuse me so, standing there."
In her foreword to the book, Caroline Kennedy says her decision to publish was prompted by the 50th anniversary of her father's presidency. It would be a disservice, she said, to allow her mother's perspective to be absent from the public and scholarly debate.
People have certain impressions of her mother, Ms. Kennedy suggests in a video accompanying the electronic version of the book, but "they really don't know her at all." In her printed foreword, she says, "they don't always appreciate her intellectual curiosity, her sense of the ridiculous, her sense of adventure, or her unerring sense of what was right."
An article on Monday about an oral history of Jacqueline Kennedy that is being published this week paraphrased incorrectly, in some copies, from her recollections 47 years ago about her exhaustion on the night of President Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. She noted that she was recovering from a Caesarian section, not that she was nine months pregnant. The article also misspelled the brand name of a drug the White House doctor gave Mrs. Kennedy that night. It was Dexedrine, not Dexadrine.


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FIREFIGHTERS carried a 79-year-old grandmother down a ladder from her burning home in a dramatic rescue today.
Joan Cobarn was trapped inside her three-storey house in Larch Croft, Chelmsley Wood, as flames tore through the building.
A team of firefighters in breathing apparatus forced their way into the building and found the granny cowering in her bedroom at 6.15am.
They carried her over their shoulders 15ft down a ladder but she passed out as they reached the ground.
Firefighter Richard Simmonds said: "She was terrified when we found her. The whole building has gone up in flames and the only reason she's alive is because she shut her bedroom door and stayed in there until we could reach her."
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Angela Im
Angela Im
I first stepped into my first Pilates mat class while in college in search of a way into a healthier lifestyle. I've been hooked ever since!
After a few life changing years of Pilates incorporated in my fitness regimen I decided it was time to educate the importance of fitness and Pilates to others.
I received my Pilates certification in mat and equipment at the Kane School and has been teaching clients the importance of daily fitness, body awareness and strengthening since 2011. I'm a strong believer that our bodies are capable of bigger and greater things with proper training, education and discipline.
I'm also an avid distance runner and Pilates is a perfect complement to my race training. With the help of Pilates for injury prevention and cross training, I've run over 25 half-marathons and a handful of marathons, trail races, distance relay races and still going strong...
My other deep passion is my love for food. I'm a firm believer that you shouldn't deprive yourself of the food you love as long as you eat in moderation and balance your diet with healthy and clean foods. A healthy life is about loving life not restricting your life!
I currently teach group classes at FLEX studios and am available for private sessions at ELEV8 or in-homes in the NYC area. Feel free to email me for any inquires!
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Ice Fishing
Don't let the plunging winter temperatures stop you from fishing some of the most pristine lakes around. Ice fishing in South Dakota can be a great way to enjoy fishing year round.
With the lakes frozen hard by January, ice fishing begins in earnest. Walleyes, northern pike, and yellow perch are the main target for ice fishing, with yellow perch being the most popular. Northern pike are the most aggressive, and can be found in abundance in the Missouri River system. Walleyes are plentiful, with almost every lake in South Dakota having plenty of walleyes for each fisherman.
Ice Fishing Equipment
To have a successful ice fishing trip, you'll have to gear up. Although some would like to debate the necessity, many ice fishermen use an ice shack. Also called an ice shanty, fish house, or other names, an ice shack is a heated structure large enough for 2 or 3 ice fishers to occupy at the same time. Ice shacks are pulled onto the ice behind a truck, or on a trailer. In South Dakota, ice shacks are regulated the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks department. Check out their website to find specific information and regulations.
In addition to a shack, a good ice auger or ice saw is a necessity, and a power auger will make it easier to cut a round or rectangular hole in the ice. A skimmer can also be useful for ice fishing, as it can remove new ice as it is formed and clear the slush left from creating the hole. Many anglers carry a portable heater as well, as temperatures below -20 F can make it difficult to keep an ice fishing hole open.
A flasher can also be a useful piece of equipment. It's similar to a fish finder, and uses sonar to locate fish and other objects. Flashers differ from fish finders in that they can locate fish almost instantaneously.
Ice Fishing Safety
Many fisherman will walk out onto a lake that is covered by 2.5 inches of ice, although 4 inches is recommended. If you are going to be taking a snowmobile out onto the lake, 5-6 inches are recommended. 7-12 inches of ice are recommended for light cars, and 14-16 inches for full-sized trucks. Different parts of a lake can have different thicknesses of ice, depending on how quickly or slowly the water is moving, so fishermen should use caution at all times. It is also wise to watch out for "rotten ice" or soft ice, which is caused by late winter warm spells. The texture of the ice is chnaged, and is exceedingly dangerous.
Fishermen should also be wary of carbon monoxide poisoning, which sometimes happens because of fish house heaters, although most newer ice shacks have air exchange systems to prevent this. Frosbite can also be dangerous to ice fishermen, especially in windy or conditions or extremely low temperatures.
Ice-fishing contests can be a lot of fun, and if you're the lucky winner, lucrative. The City of Mobridge, in the north central part of South Dakota, hosts an annual ice fishing tournament, usually held in January. The contest takes place on Lake Oahe, and during the contest cash and prizes total over $15,000.


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Frozen fetuses part of doctor's troubles
Doctor now facing murder owned Colonie clinic where 17 fetuses found in '96
COLONIE — A New Jersey doctor charged with murder last week for performing several late-term abortions in Maryland had once operated an abortion clinic in Albany County at which state investigators discovered 17 frozen fetuses in 1996.
The discovery was part of a broader investigation by the New York attorney general's office, which declined to pursue criminal charges related to allegations that late-term abortions, in violation of New York's fetal homicide law, were being performed at the Colonie clinic then owned by Dr. Steven Chase Brigham.
At the time, investigators said there was evidence that Dr. Mark Binder, who worked for Brigham at the Central Avenue facility, American Women's Services, had performed abortions on fetuses that exceeded 24 weeks.
Brigham was never prosecuted in New York on abortion charges. He was prosecuted for Medicaid fraud and also found responsible by a state medical panel for gross negligence, including nearly causing the death of an abortion patient.
Brigham, 55, operated a second clinic in Nanuet, Rockland County, where investigators said they had additional evidence 15 years ago of late-term abortions.
Brigham, of Voorhees, N.J., was arrested Dec. 28 along with a Utah physician, Dr. Nicola Irene Riley, 46, on charges of murder and murder conspiracy handed up by a grand jury in Elkton, Md., where prosecutors said the pair traveled to perform late-term abortions at a clinic operated by Brigham. They were charged under Maryland's viable fetus law. New York has a similar law that prohibits abortion of fetuses after 24 weeks.
The fetuses discovered in a freezer at the Central Avenue clinic were later buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.
Dennis C. Vacco, who was New York's attorney general for much of the earlier investigation, said he could not recall the case or why his office didn't pursue charges related to the suspected late-term abortions. Vacco lost re-election in 1998 to Eliot Spitzer, who took over as attorney general when the investigation was ongoing.
"It seems to me that it was the type of thing that would have risen to my attention and if it had I just don't understand why we would not have brought (charges) ... I just don't know," Vacco said Wednesday. "It seems to me that we would have pursued this if it had risen high enough up in the organization."
John Meekins, a former assistant attorney general who worked the case, said that his supervisors in New York City instructed him to pursue Medicaid fraud charges related to the illegal billing practices at Brigham's clinics.
"They said stick with just the Medicaid fraud," Meekins said. "We were forbidden to do anything without their approval."
Meekins, who retired in 2003, headed a regional Medicaid fraud unit for the attorney general. He said there was little consideration by his office to turning over the fetal abortion case to the Albany County district attorney's office. Meekins said he encountered political pressure against the investigation from the Albany Democratic machine, including a judge who had ties to the Colonie clinic's landlord.
The judge is not being identified by the Times Union because he could not be reached for comment.
"The landlord kept telling me how close they were," Meekins said. "(The judge) paid me a visit and I told him that this was a case that deserved prosecution."
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Binder was sentenced to 40 days in jail for contempt of court for refusing to turn over the clinic's medical records, which he claimed belonged to Brigham. Meekins said Brigham was finally served with a subpoena when he traveled through New York between a Connecticut residence and his New Jersey office.
During a contempt hearing in Albany, when Meekins said his office was trying to get access to the records, a clinic worker testified she was instructed to use an outdated medical scale so the age of fetuses would appear younger in the clinic's records.
"Some of the details that were coming out were nasty," Meekins said.
Meekins said he also routinely had trouble meeting with then-District Attorney Sol Greenberg.
"Anytime I had anything for Greenberg they told me he wasn't available he was at Democratic Party headquarters," Meekins said. "I remember having to empower my own grand juries just to meet him."
Investigators with the New York Health Department and Attorney General's office concluded patients at Brigham's clinics were refused abortions if they did not make extra cash payments, even though their treatment was covered by Medicaid. The clinics also made no arrangements with nearby hospitals in case of emergencies, and at least two women nearly bled to death. One woman required a colostomy following a botched operation, health department records alleged.
Still, Meekins characterized the late-fetal abortion allegations as "nebulous," but he also said several witnesses provided damaging testimony against the clinic.
"In fact, I spoke to an undertaker and he said he picked up the body of a child there that looked to him like it was fully developed. I couldn't get any confirmation of that," Meekins said. But a health department report refers to a coroner describing one of the fetuses as appearing in size to be about 7 or 8 months.
Investigators in Maryland said during an investigation that began 16 months ago they discovered 35 late-term fetuses in a freezer at the Elkton clinic, including one suspected of being aborted at 36 weeks. Brigham is charged with five counts of first-degree murder, five counts of second-degree murder and one count of murder conspiracy.
In New York, Brigham owned and operated clinics in Nanuet and Colonie, including acting as a consulting physician after his medical license had been revoked by New York in January 1994.
The administrative charges included negligence related to a young woman who nearly bled to death after Brigham delayed getting her to a hospital following a botched abortion.
Binder fled the country while his fraud case was pending. He was arrested in Hong Kong in 1999 and later sentenced by former Albany County Judge Larry Rosen to six months in jail.
Brigham was sentenced to 120 days in jail for a conviction on two misdemeanor tax charges.
Binder also had his medical license revoked in New York. A state panel said he made a bleeding woman drive to New York City after a botched abortioni in Colonie because he didn't have medical privileges at upstate hospitals. He misled hospital officials by indicating the woman was flown to the hospital, records show.
A state Health Department report on Binder included allegations that former lab technicians, a funeral director, patients and a physician assistant gave health investigators information that Binder routinely aborted fetuses that were in excess of 24 weeks while working for Brigham.
In one case, "the nurse who worked on the procedure found that the fetal foot length correlated with a 26- to 28-week pregnancy ... (and) even the funeral director assessed the fetus to be 7 to 8 months," according to a ruling against Binder in March 1997 by the state Professional Medical Conduct Board.
Brigham was arrested Dec. 28 and is being held in the Camden County jail in New Jersey. Authorities arrested Riley in Salt Lake City. Both are awaiting extradition hearings.
The Maryland investigation began in August 2010 after a botched procedure at Brigham's Elkton clinic. An 18-year-old woman who was 21 weeks pregnant had her uterus ruptured and her bowel injured, and rather than call 911, Brigham and Riley drove her to a nearby hospital, where both were uncooperative and Brigham refused to give his name, authorities said.
The procedure authorities say was botched resulted in the murder case against Riley and three of the 11 murder charges against Brigham. The other charges against Brigham relate to four illegal abortions, prosecutors said.
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Mortgage servicers are still providing loss mitigation efforts to keep homeowners in their properties even as the foreclosure inventory continues to fall nationally.
More than 116,000 homeowners received a modification from a mortgage servicer during the second quarter, according to Hope Now data. Loan modifications completed under the Home Affordable Modification Program accounted for 34,400 of the quarterly total, while the remaining 81,753 were proprietary modifications, Hope Now said in a report released on Thursday.
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This particular topic is something I didn't expect to happen and I didn't realise until it hit me that language does disappear including sign language. I am very interested in following those stories as I am a great believer in preserving deaf history….and together we can do just that!
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Researchers can accurately date the origins of ABSL to 200 years ago, a time when nomadic Arab tribes roamed the dunes of the Negev desert and survived by herding goats. The head of one of those tribes was the sheikh of the al-Sayyid clan, an Egyptian peasant who migrated to the area after a family feud, married a number of local women, and adopted the Bedouin way of life. When his children, two of whom carried the recessive deafness gene, were rejected as "foreigners" by surrounding Bedouin tribes, they married among themselves. Four generations later, the first deaf children were born; as their deaf children had deaf children of their own, the language started to form. Read more
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Hey- Look!! Saints and Sinners starts at 4:00 pm Sunday now!!
Hi Y'all-
Cycle the Greenway Sunday morning!
Cycle the Greenway ride, June 7th ---- The third annual Cycle the Greenway ride is this Sunday, June 7th. The ride raises $ for the Wolf River Conservancy. This worthwhile event offers rides ranging from 20-50 miles and features great food and entertainment. Please sign up on the MHBC website or go to www.wolfriver.com for more details.
MS-150 September 12 & 13
FedEx "Rock-N-Roll" Bike MS 2009.
Tour Minimum Pledge: $300
The FedEx "Rock-N-Roll" bike ms ride begins at Graceland, the home of the "King", in Memphis, TN and rolls the dice all the way down to Tunica, MS and Harrah's Casino. This ride is a tour for all cyclists, offering a variety of rolling hills and flats through the back roads of Mississippi. You will enjoy Harrah's as you relax and play at this wonderful resort. Be moved by a wonderful "warm" evening program and try your luck at hitting the Jackpot!
The National MS Society and local sponsors will provide rest stops with refreshments every 10-12 miles, supplies along the route, support and gear vehicles, bike mechanics and medical staff throughout the weekend to help you.
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Note: This next piece is not really cycling related, but hey, I am the editor, and it is my cat, so it is getting published. If you have ever loved a pet you will understand.
In Memoriam
Jiboo "Boo" the cat used up her 9th and final life Thursday, June 4th. Boo was a loyal friend and long time supporter of your current Memphis Hightailer newsletter editor, me. She was smart, fierce, and beautiful.
Boo looked upon all of my various bicycles with the obvious disdain that is common to those of the feline persuasion. I was never able to train her to ride with me on a bike, but she definitely trained me to not try to ride with her—my attempts to ride my bike with her were met by her claws and her hasty departure.
Boo really trusted me when I was on the bike, however. I would come barreling down the hill into our driveway after a ride. She would just sit right there in the middle of the driveway, staring at me, not flinching at all, as I rolled by just inches away from her tail.
Boo would sometimes demand to sit in my lap while I was putting together the weekly Tailwind. It was distracting, but it never delayed the publication by more than a few minutes.
Boo was my psychotherapist when I was down or bored. She was never critical when I would cuss or when I would get upset while working on my bike. She helped me recover from some serious cycling accidents and was a relaxed companion when I was toasted after a long hot ride. And, I learned the handy skill of how to clean cat hair out of a bike chain during the year I kept my Serotta in my living room.
She will be missed greatly by your newsletter editor.
Bon Voyage, my faithful feline friend! May you have nothing but the freshest tuna in Kitty Heaven, and may you stay forever young.
Weekly Hightailer Rides
Saturday & Sunday Morning 8 am: the Superlo Rides
The weekly Saturday & Sunday morning rides will leave from the parking lot in front of Super Lo on Southern between Perkins and Colonial. The rides usually travel between 25-30 miles. Avg. speeds range from 12 to 18 or so mph. Saturday's group is usually larger and often has a wide variety of riders from beginner to advanced. Sunday is generally smaller and a bit more relaxed in general. The rides have rest stops at grocery or convenience stores near the midpoint.
Downtown Ride: 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 9 am
Join Bill Draper for a nice ride. From Bill: The ride accommodates each group and goes at an appropriate pace for the group. This is more of a historic interpretative ride than what is commonly thought as a "bike ride". There is loads of historic information here and the beauty of the river front is worthwhile. I lead three different routes in the downtown area. This is an easy 2 to 2 and one half hour tour. It has several stops at historic and panoramic locations in the downtown area. We do a different route each ride.
Saturday Morning Vic's Ride -- Lakeland Outlet Mall on Canada Road and I-40. The rides will start at 8 AM (until it gets hotter, when the start time will move to 7) and we average 16-18, with rest stops every 12-15 miles. More info? Click here to email Vic.
Sunday Afternoon -- Hustle & Flow with the Saints and Sinners, 4:00 p.m. Super Lo
Are you a saint who went to church on Sunday morning? Or are you a sinner who partied too much and just woke up on Sunday afternoon? Either way, this is the ride for you.
Intermediate pace (15-19 mph) 25-40 miles. We try to be aware of riders with different abilities and pace preferences-- we will try to not really drop anyone, but sometimes we fail at this endeavor. Varied routes, mostly urban. Lots of bumps, holes, tracks, and glass. Orange Mound, Windermere, Frayser, Shelby Farms, North Memphis, Beale, Summer Avenue, Trolley tracks, Hooters, Stax, Elmwood, Hollywood. Flats can happen - be prepared. Want a tame, sedate, bucolic, suburban nature ride? This isn't it.
Tuesday Night at Howard-McVay Park, 5:45 pm
Slower paced Ride. If you have ever been left behind on a group ride, you will recall that it¹s a lonely feeling. A new ride is starting on Tuesdays after work at 5:45 from McVay Park. We will go at a slower pace (10-13MPH) and we will start out at about 10 miles. Most importantly, we won¹t drop anyone.
If you have wanted to do a group ride, but thought you may get left behind, this is a perfect ride for you. We will start out the season at this slower pace and only increase speed an distance if riders choose to. So join us if you like a slower pace or you are not accustomed to riding on city streets.
We will start at McVay Park in Germantown and ride on roads that have less traffic. Meet at the McVay Park parking lot at Turpins Glen Drive at McVay Rd. at 5:45 starting on Tuesday, April 14.
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Tuesday & Thursday Night, Shady Grove Soiree, 6 pm
When: Depart promptly at 6 pm Where: Shady Grove Elementary School, Shady Grove Rd., just west of Yates.Distance: 25-30 milesRoute: Mostly flat, seek hillsPace: avg. 17-19 mph. This is not a serious ride, but we do strive for a good work-out. We make one brief stop usually at St George's High School in Collierville. No sweep.Front and back lights recommended, required by law after dusk or in low-light conditions. Any questions? Call Matt, 482-6342.
Want to see the route we ride? Click here - It is posted on bikely.com
Thursday Night Thrill Ride, 5:45 pm
Location: Bartlett Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
Distances: 25-34 miles
Route: F-M Ride: A-C
Intermediate to advanced
The TNT ride is back this year at it's old location, BPAC. Starting a month earlier than normal due to DST, this ride typically has three groups ranging in speed from 15-17 mph, 17-19 mph, and 20+. The fast group is usually led by Memphis Velo team members. Distances vary by the amount of daylight available but will ultimately be about 32 miles during the hot summer. The ride will leave promptly at 5:45 pm and there is no sweep.
STOLEN BIKE ALERT - Help find John Vookles' bike!! John started riding bikes before a lot of y'all were born. He is a long-time Hightailer and an generally decent fellow most of the time, except when UT wins, when he becomes temporarily insufferable.
Keep your eyes open for this bike- it is unique, as is John.
Litespeed Appalachian touring bike -- black frame with yellow lettering. Probably the only one in Memphis. Stolen out of my locked garage the first week of April. If anyone sees this bike, please call me at 725-1177 or 355-4265 -- or call the police. Or offer to buy the bike from the rider -- I'll reimburse of course. The rider will probably have no idea of the value of the bike. Thanks , John Vookles
Support your local bike shop-- They have rides of all sorts. Riding with a shop or with the Hightailers is a great way to learn new routes.
Bike Shops and links to their rides are listed here: Links
Critical Mass - Overton Square - Cooper and Trimble. Last Friday of the month, 6 pm or so.
No charge, no t-shirt, no plan other than to gather and ride together.http://memphiscriticalmass.blogspot.com/
Fixed Gear Track Races - Starting Soon! Advocacy info, events and more - Fix Memphis
Mason writes well about Memphis and biking at http://www.biketofeel.com/
Anthony has a nice bike blog at http://www.anthonysiracusa.blogspot.com/
Out of Town Rides: Riding a bike is a great way to get a feel for an area.
Enjoy the rides--
Cliff H.
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YLYC Brent was launched in 2014 using the successful multi-agency format of YLYC Ealing. YLYC's role in reducing youth crime in the Ealing area resulted in MBEs for founder Diana Dishley JP and prison officer Tony Boden in the 2013 Honours List
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