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Many thanks to those who supported us and egged us on in the production of this CD: Steve Steckler, recording engineer, itinerant bass player and choral consultant, whose studio at Asparagus Media was so tantalizingly close to the barbecued ribs at Mid Atlantic Seafood that we just had to record there. And to his children Sophia and Magdalena Steckler and their friends Thea and Asher Henry who make up the Crabernacle Choir.
Chelle Fulk, our fabulous fiddlist friend, who generously gave of her time and talent to make sure this music saw the light of day, and who made Janie simply do it again (and again and again) till it was right.
Mike Lange for his boogie piano
Rowen Corbett for dem bones
Glen McCarthy for occasional bass and ready smile
Frank Cassel the banjoman
Bob Zentz for his big black button box
Karen Ashley for her cover design
Maureen Gillmer for her cover photos (that's Peale Rogers tending his pound net)
And to you our fans without whose enthusiastic tendency to learn our words better than we do, we would be hard-pressed to get through an entire concert with all verses intact.
All songs herein written by Janie Meneely except for Ladies of the Bay, by Dody Welsh Parris (copyright 1988) and Chesapeake Café by the students at the Chesapeake Public Charter School in Lexington Park, Md. (copyright 2009). All vocals are Janie and/or Paul (with the aforementioned Chesapeake Crabernacle Choir chiming in on Freezin' Our Butts Off and Chesapeake Café). Paul plays guitar (we'll tell you if it's Janie on guitar), Chelle plays fiddle and Steve plays bass when bass there is, unless otherwise noted.
Susquehanna Suzy
This song goes out to the late Brenda Guldenzopf, whose unflagging support of Janie's music, of music in general, plus her tireless work for the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum sets her high on our heroes' shelf. The last time we saw her, about a month before she passed away from breast cancer, Janie promised her a song about the northern Bay. While this song does little to recall the thriving shad industry or the waterfowling or the lumber or the granite that emanated from that neck of the world, it at least echoes the passion people feel for the workboats that keep them and their labors afloat regardless of where they might be. Susquehanna Suzy is a scrappy little deadrise workboat that Janie either saw or thought she saw working out on the Susquehanna Flats one day. Here's to love, here's to Brenda, here's to every vessel that ever captured a captain's heart.
Heading Back to Reedville (The Stack Song)
When last we checked, Reedville, a tiny town on the Northern Neck of Virginia, remains in the number two spot for the greatest haul-out (in pounds) of fish in the entire U.S. (A town in Alaska is number one and a town in Louisiana is number three.) That's pretty amazing for a little metropolis that comprises one main street, a couple of terrific eateries and the charming Reedville Fishermen's Museum. What's even more amazing is that all that poundage comes from such small fish: menhaden. Oil, fertilizer and fish meal from the vast schools of menhaden that drifted in and out of the Bay fueled the local economy to such a degree that the town of 500 was once dubbed the wealthiest in the nation. Rendering plants dotted the shoreline of Cockrell Creek where "the smell of money" hung heavy in the air. Omega Protein is the only factory still going full tilt, harvesting menhaden that is drawn primarily from the Atlantic Ocean. Only vestiges of the other processing plants remain, including one tall smoke stack that stands where the Morris-Fisher Company once processed tons of menhaden. Called the Tall Stack by the locals, this particular remnant of the old plant has served as a beacon of sorts, guiding fishermen home to Reedville for nearly a hundred years. When Omega Protein (which owns the site now) announced plans to topple the structure due to safety concerns (it was slowly coming down all by itself), the public outcry was passionate. "Save the Stack" became the mantra for Reedville residents who wanted to preserve their oldest aid to navigation as well as one of the last reminders of the menhaden plants that built the town.
Paul and Janie were invited to perform at the Reedville Fishermen's Museum just as the Save the Stack effort was getting underway. Not one to miss a songwriting opportunity, Janie managed to scribble out the original version of this song the night before the gig (Paul was already in bed); they practiced it in the car on the way from DC to the Northern Neck. The song was well received, to say the least. Now that the stack has been rebuilt and reinforced, Janie tweaked the last verse and the original chorus. She's playing the guitar, and Frank Cassel is playing banjo (check him out at www.banjomanfc.com).
Ladies of the Bay
Back when the earth was still cooling, Jeff Holland, Chris Noyes, Dody Welsh Parris and Janie formed a little group called Crab Alley, dedicated to the task of ferreting out traditional Chesapeake Bay music that they could sing in lieu of (or along with) the New England sea chanteys they loved so well. Coming up all but empty-handed, they set about creating their own body of music derived from all things Chesapeake. They called it "Tomorrow's Traditions Today" and vowed that when people next looked for Bay material, they would find at least one repository that reflected life on these shores. At that time Dody Parris was a sail maker living in St. Michaels (now she's in Centreville: Chesapeake Canvas and Sails). Like so many of us, she lamented the demise of the fleet of working skipjacks that used to stud the Bay in the gray winter months, and she wanted to commemorate them in a song. Her goal was to cite every skipjack then afloat, but the first chorus she penned (the one you hear on the recording) stuck: "Rebecca Ruark, Stanley Norman, Kathryn, Caleb Jones, their names ring out a chorus that echoes in my bones." Magically, those four vessels remain active on the water today. Rebecca Ruark, captained by the indomitable Wadey Murphy, dredges for tourists out of Dogwood Harbor (Tilghman island); Stanley Norman is owned and operated as a school vessel by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation; newly restored by her owner Captain Stoney Whitelock, Kathryn sails out of Deal Island; Caleb Jones, one of the younger of the Bay skipjacks (built in 1953), was recently rebuilt by the Lady Maryland Foundation as part of the Save Our Skipjacks (SOS) initiative and still works the water out of Wenona (Deal Island).
Over the years (and long after Dody herself was no longer part of Crab Alley) Ladies of the Bay became one of Crab Alley's signature songs, recorded as a duet by Jeff Holland and Janie. This version of it is a more straightforward Janie solo (Janie on guitar as well), with Paul adding vocal harmonies and harmonica.
Freezin' Our Butts Off
Speaking of skipjacks, one thing most watermen can agree on about dredging for oysters is that sooner or later in the process they find themselves freezing their butts off on the Bay. Watermen harvest oysters in the winter months. Dredgers leave the dock in the wee hours of the morning so they can be on top of the oyster rock by dawn. By the time they have their limit (or are ready to call it a day) daylight is starting to fade. While the Chesapeake region offers a fairly benign winter climate—some winter days are full of sun, and daylight temperatures in the 60s aren't uncommon—there are plenty of times when a sharp wind cuts through your bones and the watery sunshine can't even defrost your breath. On days like that, a waterman is most certainly freezin' his butt off as he hauls up the dredges and culls through the oysters.
Janie performs this song a lot as part of her school program (Chesapeake Songs and Stories). She's been told by some educators that "freezin' our butts off" is a rude and vulgar expression and that "butts" is not a word they permit their students to use. When that is the case, Janie stresses the fact that the song uses waterman's language which is not appropriate for school children except in the context of the song's chorus. Paul offers a different tack: the song, he says, refers to what is happening on deck to a Russian immigrant, Sergei Arbutzoff, recently shanghaied off a Baltimore dock. To placate school authorities Paul's words are "We're freezin' Arbutzoff on Chesapeake Bay." Whichever way you prefer to "hear" it, that's Janie on concertina, with Glen McCarthy on bass and Rowen Corbett on bones.
Morning Watch
Another song from the Crab Alley days, Morning Watch is one of Janie's most requested, so here it is again for round two. The imagery for the song comes from a time in Janie's wild and crazy youth when she was part of a delivery crew taking the yacht Scaramouche down the coast from the Bay to Florida. She left Annapolis at around 1 p.m. on a grey November day and glided past Norfolk the next morning as the sun was just beginning to rise. It was her first overnight sailing adventure and the start of a series of deliveries that left a vivid mark in her brain. The "little sloop" reference, though, goes back to naval architect and Bay sailor Ernie Tucker, a business associate of her father's, who owned a tiny sloop called the Half Pint. It was love at first sight when he saw her moored in the West River, just off the Chalk Point Road. Chelle adds the lovely fiddle tune A Bright Morning (#426 from O'Neill's Music of Ireland collection; celtic-sheet-music.com/musicofireland.html).
Big Liz
The lower Eastern Shore of Maryland is riddled with swamps, especially around the Blackwater Refuge, where the watershed stretches from below Cambridge to the Nanticoke River. At one edge of the Blackwater system lies the Green Briar Swamp, where the ghost of Big Liz guards a cache of gold. According to those in the know—local fifth graders mostly—Big Liz was a slave woman whose master trafficked with the Confederate army during the Civil War. Readying a shipment of gold, the slave master feared that Big Liz would carry the information to a nearby Yankee camp. He told her to help him haul the gold to the swamp and then dig a hole deep enough to bury it. When the hole was dug, he grabbed the shovel and whacked her upside the head (knowledgeable fourth graders say the head came clean off) and left her dead body in the hole along with the gold. For reasons lost to history, the gold was never recovered and Big Liz still guards it, making sure it doesn't fall into Confederate hands. Stories abound from people who have ventured into the swamp for one reason or another and encountered . . . well, something that just gives them the willies.
That's Mike Lange, playing the piano, with Rowen Corbett on percussion and Glen McCarthy on bass.
Ballad of Berkeley Muse
Once railheads and modern packing methods made oysters a viable trade commodity, the price of the tasty little bivalves soared. Oysters meant big money and the industry boomed. Dredgeboats hauled up hundreds of bushels a day while individual tongers could harvest a boatload on their own. The massive oyster reefs that laced the Bay were considered a menace to navigation, so no one really objected as eager watermen dismantled them bit by bit. The boom couldn't last, though, and the open market of the Bay bottom created tension as Maryland watermen vs Virginia watermen, tongers vs dredgers all vied for the same resource, sometimes with guns blazing and fists flying. Eventually Maryland established the Oyster Navy to patrol its waterways, including the Potomac River, and try to maintain order. By the end of World War II, the oyster harvest had diminished substantially, and the battle for oysters among those who remained in the business had become even more contentious. This was particularly true on the Potomac River, where Virginia watermen with their power dredges had easy access to Maryland waters where power dredging was illegal. At night Virginians would slip out to the oyster beds and help themselves. The Oyster Navy, by this time armed with bow-mounted machine guns, had its hands full.
One April night in 1959, Berkeley Muse, a Colonial Beach real estate developer, went along for the midnight ride aboard his friend's dredgeboat. It was for a lark, really. But the bullet that tore through his chest that night, coming from an Oyster Navy patrol boat, was dead serious.
Marylanders and Virginians alike were horrified at such a show of force. It hardly made sense to kill someone over a few bushels of oysters. The brouhaha that followed brought about the creation of the bi-state Potomac River Fisheries Commission to oversee the river. It remains in effect today.
Janie is on guitar here.
Waterman's Wish
It took a while to come up with just the right ending for this little ditty, but finally the joke snapped together. "Natty Boh" is National Beer, brewed right here on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and a long time favorite of crab pickers everywhere. Rowen Corbett brings the song to life with his clackety bones.
Living by the River
It wasn't hard to pick the title song for this CD. Living by the River is a song we've been kicking around for years, and it seemed to be thematic of this project in general. After all, most of the songs here are all about living by the water, working on the water or just generally celebrating our Chesapeake heritage. That's Janie on guitar.
The Devil and St. Pete
This is yet another of Janie's songs from the Crab Alley days. Inspiration for the lyrics comes from Joshua Thomas, a waterman-turned-Methodist minister who preached in the early part of the 19th century. He was dubbed the Parson of the Islands because he sailed his log canoe, The Methodist, all around the Lower Eastern Shore spreading the gospel to any and all. Whether or not it was his doing, the Eastern Shore remains a hotbed of Methodism today, especially in the watermen's communities.
Joshua Thomas was living on Tangier Island when the British occupied the place during the War of 1812. He made the famous prediction that Baltimore would stand fast against the British attack. When the war was over he continued his ministry, eventually moving his family and flock to Deal Island where they built a chapel and later a church.
Joshua Thomas made quite an impression on people. His memory is still revered—one of the Liberty Ships of World War II was named after him—and his biography, The Parson of the Islands, written in 1861 shortly after his death, remains on the shelves of bookstores and museum shops around the Eastern Shore. Janie wanted to write a song to commemorate this remarkable man, but hard as she tried, this little ditty kept edging across the page. Finally she realized that these words, as much as anything else she could have written, bear testimony to a man of great faith such as Joshua Thomas, and so it is his song indeed. Janie plays the whistle.
Thomas Steinheise
Built in 1855 the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse used to sit at the mouth of the Patapsco River, guiding ships up the channel to Baltimore. Originally keepers and their families tended the light, but by 1919 only a pair of keepers remained in charge. They stayed together for two weeks out of the month, then worked alone while their partner went on shore leave for a week.
Life was fairly routine until one stormy night in August of 1933 (a few days before the terrible hurricane, in fact). Powerful winds swept the Bay, and Thomas Steinheise (or Steinhise or Steinhice depending on which account you read) heard the distress whistle from the tugboat Point Breeze as the vessel foundered on the shoal. Some accounts say a mysterious hand upon his shoulder woke him from his sleep. He thought it was his son Earl who was with him at the time, but Earl himself was awakened by the storm. Regardless of how he came awake, Steinhiese wasted no time in readying and launching the lifeboat. The lifeboat's engine, however, wasn't up to the challenge of 15-foot seas. When it stalled, Steinheise was upwind of the wreck. Maneuvering with his rudder and a single oar he was able to sweep down on the crew, by now struggling in the waves. Singlehandedly, he hauled six men aboard his boat (one had already drowned) before turning back toward the lighthouse. By then another ship had come to the rescue, and Steinheise was satisfied that the rest of the endangered crew would be safe. But now the storm was against him and his boat was heavy with the rescued crewmen. It took him an hour to get them finally to the safety of the lighthouse. For his valor, he was awarded a Silver Lifesaving Medal by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse was automated in 1948, and in 1977 the structure was moved to a land-based site at the Baltimore Maritime Museum where it is part of the Living Classrooms campus.
Bob Zentz plays one of his button accordions in the background, and rounds out the song with a rendition of Johnny Todd, the traditional tune that Janie "channeled" for the Thomas Steinheise melody.
South County, Oh
Several years ago Janie was asked to contribute a song to the Roots and Tides Driving Tour of southern Anne Arundel County (affectionately referred to as South County). She was quick to comply. The song fell out of her pen within days. Once upon a time when her daughter was quite young, they lived in a little house in Shady Side, a community across the water from Galesville, at the mouth of the West River and deep in the heart of South County. Tobacco fields still lined the roads and life centered around horses, farming and the water. There are plenty more people living down that way now, and many of the farms have been cut up into residential swatches, but the "feel" of the place remains the same, with country roads curling around horse pastures and dead-ending at boatyards. That's Janie on guitar. Frank Cassel adds banjo to the mix.
Chesapeake Café
Students at the Chesapeake Public Charter School in Lexington Park, Md., wrote this song with Janie as part of a week-long songwriting extravaganza under the direction of music teacher Tara Gates. Mike Lange chimes in on piano, Glen McCarthy on bass, Rowen Corbett on percussion and the Chesapeake Crabernacle Choir again, noodling in on the chorus. It was very good. It was very good.
P.S. These liner notes will expand as time goes by. Check our website for updates:www.calicojackmusic.com.
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Conservative students at Emory University are planning a free-speech event for next week, after an outcry on campus over messages supporting Donald Trump.
Students woke up Monday morning to find messages written in chalk all over campus, in support of Donald Trump. That afternoon, a group of 40 to 50 students protested. According to the student newspaper, the Emory Wheel, they shouted in the quad, "You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!" and then students moved into the administration building calling out, "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."
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Treat teachers better and all will benefit Chronicle Editorial / March 30, 2017
HE ISSUE: Legislative meddling in schools continues to disgust.
OUR OPINION: If lawmakers care to properly address education issues, radical but simple shift needed.
For Floridians, it's a truism: If you work in the Sunshine State, you get paid in sunshine.
But in a world where entry-level jobs often require multiple years of experience and homeownership is out of reach for many formerly middle-class workers, state legislators are seeing evidence that among some of the state's most crucial professions, sunshine doesn't hold the value it once did.
They just don't want to acknowledge where that evidence leads (so we're going to hold their hands).
The problem is particularly acute in schools, where districts across the state are starved for instructors.
As you nurse your coffee this morning, school district staff are bundled up in the Northeast trying to sell bright-eyed, winter-weary youths on year-round warmth and easy access to beaches. It's become an annual pilgrimage for the district, and last year it wasn't enough: As of this writing, the district has 42 open instructional positions and 16 open support positions.
Even an optimist would reasonably conclude it won't be enough this year, either.
Citrus schools are not alone. In February, the Orlando Sentinel examined the issue of teacher shortages in Orange County, where the district has nearly 80 teacher vacancies despite hiring in excess of 1,800 teachers. In doing so, it interviewed Palm Beach Superintendent Robert Avossa, whose district saw 40 teachers from Florida Atlantic University enter classrooms this year.
"I need 1,500," he told the paper.
In Hillsborough, nonprofit government monitor Florida Watchdog pins the teacher deficit at approximately 500.
Around the state, the story is the same. This invites an obvious question: Why the shortage?
Newspaper investigations and state and independent analyses agree on one common cause: The number of college students who want to go into teaching has dropped precipitously, even as university enrollment has increased.
To find out why that might be, let's examine some Chronicle reportage from January, when we interviewed teachers and administrators to ask that very question:
"I used to have six or seven of my kids every year say they wanted to be a teacher. That stopped happening," Citrus County School Board member Sandy Counts said then. "The conditions in the classroom are not a pleasant experience any more."
Further insights gleaned from those interviews:
Teaching generally does not pay well. That disincentive is further compounded by the budget realities many districts face, which see teachers purchasing supplies for their classrooms out of their own pockets.
Standardized testing has removed creativity from the classroom. Furthermore, teachers' pay raises are tied to student testing performance, even in classes such as physical education where students do not take standardized tests.
In the past five years, state lawmakers have removed tenure, which means teachers with seniority no longer have built-in job protection.
Teachers are no longer held in high regard by students and parents. Educators say teachers are blamed when students do poorly.
"It's not like it was when we went to school, when teachers had control in their classroom," Assistant Superintendent Mike Mullen told us.
Pause for a moment and consider Mullen's statement: If teachers are not in control in their classrooms, who is? Hint: It's not the students either.
Increasingly, it is state lawmakers, whose desire to exert control over the state's teachers and schools seems secondary only to their desire to be re-elected.
With that thought, let's examine three recent headlines:
"Florida legislators shift proposals from teacher pay raises to bonuses," Naples Daily News, March 15.
Regular readers of this space are doubtless familiar with the state's Best and Brightest Scholarship program, which claims to reward the state's highest-performing teachers with one-time bonuses. For those who don't recall, the program dangled the promise of the bonuses in front of teachers who met two criteria: They had to have scored in the 80th percentile or better on either the SAT or ACT test in the year they took it; and they had to have been rated highly effective by their school district the previous year. Incoming teachers needed only the test scores to qualify.
The Daily News story focused on the fact that Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, decided to drop a $200 million proposal for teacher pay increases in favor of expansion of the bonus program. Along with that, he wants to loosen eligibility criteria for the bonuses.
What could possibly be his justification?
"I think we should be rewarding teachers who show a track record of doing well," the paper quotes him as saying. "We shouldn't be rating them on how they performed on a given day."
You know a good way to reward employees who consistently do well over a period of time and who continue to improve? Raises!
But we would be remiss to not mention the fact that the state stands to spend significantly less on Best and Brightest funding than the $200 million proposed for raises. In the most recent state budget, the program received $47 million. That funding is not promised year to year. This is a shell game intended to fool naive citizens into thinking legislators are committed to education as they slash funding for schools, and it comes at the expense of teachers the state cannot afford to keep losing.
"Bill to limit job guarantees for annual contract teachers advances in Florida House," Tampa Bay Times, March 23.
HB 373, which has gotten favorable referrals in committee and has a sister bill sitting in the Senate, is summarized thus by the House: "Prohibits district school board from awarding annual contract for instructional personnel under certain circumstances; prohibits district school board from altering or limiting its authority to award or not award annual contract; provides applicability."
That is the state taking bargaining authority away from local districts, making it harder for those localities to retain effective teachers valued by their school systems and their communities. How is this supposed to help Florida's students? How is this supposed to help Florida's teachers? How is this supposed to help Florida's schools?
"Senate delays testing bill amid GOP rift," News Service of Florida, March 27.
To quote is enough: "Republican divisions on standardized testing temporarily scuttled a bill aimed at cutting back on the number of exams students face in public schools."
The measure in question is SB 926; the politics of those divisions we will leave for readers who wish to inquire on their own, but suffice it to say that legislators' egos are once more prevailing over students' interests.
Here's a thought for the legislators: Treat teachers the way you would want to be treated instead of the way they want to treat you. Give them a path forward and upward. Sell them on the promise of a fulfilling, rewarding, lasting career, rather than the sunshine. Pay them more instead of forcing them to compete for crumbs in the form of annual bonuses nobody asked for in the first place, and which teachers and districts have told you repeatedly they do not like.
And don't dare utter the word "accountability" to justify your meddling, because you've shown none yourselves. Legislative mandates — in the forms of excessive testing, classroom/technological requirements (those mandates are often unfunded) and measures designed to hold teachers "accountable" but which really serve only to destroy morale — are among the most significant barriers standing between children and their education.
If you care about education, put money where your mouths are, and where you claim your morals are.


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- Offset of lights when linked to objects,
- Offset of animations when different frames are of different size,
- Growing bloat of the offset management code,
- Input management among the various widgets.
Management of complexity is one of the big difficulty with large projects. Over time, the Technical Debt accrues and becomes a prominent cause of delays and problems. There usually arrives a point where it is more convenient to rewrite than to maintain code. Fortunately there are techniques to address this problem and one of them is Refactoring.
Often Refactoring is seen with suspect, if nothing else because some consider it an anti-pattern of "if it ain't broke don't fix it", but usually simply because it seems a waste of time. Since this is an Indie project, however, we have the huge advantage that we can take any step necessary to improve our product without having too much to compromise (and we technical guys have a lot to compromise in our day jobs to "get things done"… funnily enough this usually mean saving a bit of work today and waste orders of magnitude more tomorrow, or the day after if you are lucky).
While I was at it I also could not resist to rewrite the drawing logic of the WorldView, implementing a true Scene Graph system. Finally I decided to change the Input management from a polling system to an event driven one, exploiting the events handling features of C# and SFML.NET.
This was a bit risky: it is too easy to fall to the line of thinking that by rewriting this or that you could have a better product. Then, rewrite after rewrite you end up with lot of prototypes but no finished works. I believe however that this time it was necessary and it actually would make my job easier later on, when the code base will be even larger than it is today.
Have you had any similar experiences?
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Red Lobsters makes a flavorful, and not too spicy, cajun seasoning. This goes well on top of shrimp, chicken, fish, or sprinkled on top of baked potatoes or even corn on the cob. This spice mix can be best described as something between Old Bay Seasoning, and Tony Casares seasoning. If you haven't had the pleasure of trying out a cajun seasoning mix yet, this one is perfect.
Red Lobster Cajun Spice Mix
Red Lobster Cajun Spice Mix
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Mix all ingredients together and store in an airtight container. This is better if you can blend with a mortar and pestle or in a spice blender.


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Clinic Name: Advanced Ambulatory Care Centre
*This clinic is a member of a Primary Care Network.
Practice Description:
Advanced Ambulatory Care Centre
Alberta Health Services (AHS) officially launched the advanced ambulatory care service in La Crete in June 2011 at the community's health centre, providing improved access to primary care services within the community. The AACC offers extended hours of service for booked and unscheduled patient visits; with access to laboratory and x-ray services.
There are also 23 beds at the La Crete Long Term Care facility, located next door to the AACC.
Patients requiring hospital admission and/or more complex care are referred and/or transferred to a neighboring acute care facility in either High Level or Fort Vermilion.
•84 km to Fort Vermilion
•140 km to High Level
•553 km to Grande Prairie (nearest regional hospital)
•798 km to Edmonton (nearest terteriary centre)
Practitioners in this area: 3 physicians share the call coverage at the Advanced Ambulatory Care Centre; in addition to seeing approximately a total of 11,000 patients each year.
Number of Physicians: 3
Clinic Hours: 0900 - 1700 Mon - Fri
Other Services include - The Northwest Primary Care Network (PCN) represents the partnership between family physicians in High Level, Fort Vermilion, La Crete and surrounding communities. In total there are 5 participating physicians serving approximately 25,000 residents within the PCN region. Other health care professionals such as pharmacists, dietitians, exercise specialists, mental health professionals and others work closely with family doctors to enhance primary care services for patients.
Practitioners in this area: 3 physicians share the call coverage at the Advanced Ambulatory Care Centre; in addition to seeing approximately a total of 11,000 patients each year.
Other Services include - The Northwest Primary Care Network (PCN) represents the partnership between family physicians in High Level, Fort Vermilion, La Crete and surrounding communities. In total there are 5 participating physicians serving approximately 25,000 residents within the PCN region. Other health care professionals such as pharmacists, dietitians, exercise specialists, mental health professionals and others work closely with family doctors to enhance primary care services for patients.
Responsiblities include but not limited to:
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
• Reside in and have as his/her primary residence, La Cete
• Establish and maintain a full time community based practice within the community
• Provision of extended hours (including evenings & weekends) of comprehensive care within the base community
• Provide hospital & call support as per call schedules,including full time participation in the Emergency Department & other call schedules as required
• Contribute to and participate in teaching programs and activities
• Contribute to and participate in other administrative responsibilities as assigned
The successful candidate is recruited for the community of La Crete. Once chosen, the successful candidate may choose to operate their business by joining an existing practice or opening their own practice. This is the candidate's independent business decision and will not be managed through the recruitment process.
There is a Primary Care Network in the community.
The Mennonites decided to settle midway between Caracajou and the Hudson's Bay trading post; two already established settlements – namely, La Crete. Today the population of the Hamlet & surrounding area is close to 9,000. Despite constant growth, La Crete still holds onto a strong culture and religion. Many residents use a German dialect called "Plautdietsch" or "Low German". "High German", which is still spoken in Germany today, is reserved mainly for church services. Most of the community speaks English and conducts business in both languages.
Although the hamlet of La Crete is relatively remote, you will find a good variety in local shopping and family entertainment. You will also enjoy a variety of dining options from traditional Mennonite foods to Western Cuisine in visiting the local restaurants. La Crete has exceptionally large grocery, hardware and drug stores - something that amazes most tourists when they first visit the community.
La Crete has grown to where it is today by the hard work of its people. Originally La Crete was settled as a farming community. During the winter months, people began logging and these two industries have been the sustenance over the past decades.
The community offers many points of interest especially enjoyed in our peaceful vast outdoors. You will enjoy activities such as snowmobiling, sledding, cross country skiing, bowling, curling, senior recreational men's and women's hockey and a fitness centre during the winter months. This is also an opportune time to witness spectacular northern lights which often appear night after night. The summer offers quading, camping, hunting, fishing, canoeing and other water sports, nature walking trails, golf, baseball, pro rodeo as well as fun rodeo, stock car racing, annual antique car parade, annual Canada day parade and activities, annual pioneer days, antique tractor parade, annual mud derby and much more all of which can be enjoyed late in the day due to late sunsets.
La Crete has excellent schools with a high academic success rate as well as competitive and successful sports teams. All of the high school sports teams have been in the top 3 in the zone for the past 3 years. Activities such as minor hockey, skate Canada figure skating club, dance lessons, gymnastics, drama, piano and other music lessons, 4-H Clubs and many playgrounds are available for children and youth. A local FCSS office that provides excellent preschool programs such as Moms & Tots, Read to Me, Primary Pathways to name a few. Bright Futures Society also has an excellent preschool program.
The nearest commercial airport is 11/2 hours away but La Crete does have an air strip for small locally owned planed; and private air charter is available on demand
Fun Facts
The Crest: "LaCrete" which translates as "The Crest", can refer to a "Rooster's comb" and was used to describe the ridge of land where they came ashore about nine kilometers southwest of where the hamlet is today.
Community Economic Development – True North - https://www.truenorth-inc.com/community-and-economics-development.htmlQualifications:
Qualifications & Experience:
Candidate must have current independent practice in a rural & remote setting within the past 2 years
Preference will be given to applicants who have completed the CPSA Preliminary Assessment.
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.Compensation:
Compensation Type: Fee-for-Service
Average Annual Income: $250-$350K Annual
On Call Stipend
GP on Call: Yes Physicians are remunerated for being on call in the Emergency Room. The rate is $23.84 an hour and is paid for a total of 14 hours on weekdays from 5 pm to 7am and 24 hours a day on weekends and statutory holidays. Frequency of on call shifts vary by community.
Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Incentives: www.albertadoctors.org
A Flat Fee is paid to physicians who practice & reside in this community of $38 534.79 per year provided his/her annual income for insured services is greater than $50,000. (Residency conditions apply, including living in the eligible community for nine of the previous twelve months ending on the payment date.) The Variable Fee Premium paid is an additional 35.80% for insured services provided in this community. Rural, Remote, Northern Program (RRNP) - Please note, payments through the RRNP are capped at $60,000 per physician per year.
Medical Liability Reimbursement - reimburses physicians for their medical liability protection costs less a $1,000 deductible.
Continuing Medical Education - reimburses physicians for eligible continuing medical education costs. Each eligible physician receives a $2,656 annual allotment which can be carried forward for up to three years.
Parental Leave Program - provides $1,063 per week for up to 17 weeks to physician parents of a newborn or newly adopted child.
Business Cost Program - addresses escalating practice costs in community based practices. This fee modifier is added automatically to select office visits and consultations. This program applies across the province and all physicians who provide visit services in an office based setting will receive an additional $2.75 with the exception of Calgary and Airdrie where the fee modifier is $3.25 on select office visits and consultations.
* For complete details on the AMA benefits, please contact www.albertadoctors.orgRecruiter Contact:
For more information on this posting, please contact email@example.com.
The CPSA Letter of Eligibility is required with your application.
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Position will remain open until suitable candidate is found.
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Hello everyone! I hope 2014 is treating you kindly!
Just a quick post to point you towards my lovely friend Indigo Roth, who wrote a book! And you can get it right here! Just click the picture and you will be taken to the Amazon page where you can purchase it. Great for yourself, or even as a gift!
I have not had the pleasure of reading it just yet, but I CANNOT wait to do so! It is a very different format, and I already know it's going to be a book that I wont be able to put down. Indigo Roth has been writing the most imaginative, mind-blowing stories that I have had the pleasure of reading for the past few years, and his book (I am sure) is an extension of his creative genius.
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I read this book for the first time as a 17-year-old trying to overcome personal demons.
Written between 1968 and 1970, the book purports to be the diary of a 15-year-old girl fighting her own evil demons. Alice is not the name of the diarist, but a name that was 'chosen' to hide the identity of the author.
Alice is a carefree, very intelligent girl who finds herself trying LSD for the first time to fit in with her new friends, after her family moves to a new town. Everything after that first 'trip' is a whirlwind, with Alice losing her virginity, running away from home, living on the streets, and meeting some very dangerous people. She makes a few attempts to return home and stay off of drugs, but she ends up going back to them again and again, sometimes willingly, other times not.
One of the occasions where Alice relapses, she finds herself waking up in a mental institution, having chewed the tips of her fingers to the bone and scratching her face to get rid of the worms she thought were trying to penetrate her skin. She again tries to shed the dark life she has found herself living, only to find that once she rises above, she is torn down again by unfortunate circumstances that befall her.
A very controversial book in the seventies, it was only speculated later that the book was not actually the diary of a young girl, but supposedly written by psychologist and Mormon youth counsellor, Beatrice Sparks. Sparks claimed to be the editor of the book, and compiler of the original diary that was taken from one of her patients who had gone through the same experiences as 'Alice'. No one knows the real authorship of the book, as it was never proven that the diary was written by the young girl, and Sparks never came forward to say so herself that she was the author.
Go Ask Alice has long been a part of censorship battles and bans all over the world, starting in the 1970s and all the way up to 2003, where it made number 6 on the top 100 most challenged books. (Wikipedia)
Whether the story is true or not, it is an in-depth look at what peer pressure and drugs can do to an adolescent mind. A very dark and disturbing read at times, one sees the struggle that Alice goes through daily with drugs, depression, and guilt. It is unsettling to know that many young girls (and boys) are forced to deal with these issues at some point in their lives, inevitably.
As I said above, I read this book at a time in my life where I had just begun working on getting out of the same situation, so I could relate to what Alice went through. Into drugs, and deeply depressed, I fought to be 'normal' like everyone else who was 'enjoying' their teenage years. Just like Alice, I found myself in a hospital for kids who used drugs to self-medicate against what was really going on, and who were considered to be a danger to themselves. But I persevered, and what I went through as a teenager has only made me stronger, has only made me the person that I am today.
But, my story will have to wait for another day. In the meantime, pick up this book if you can. Although it is a heart-wrenching story, there are points of light and hope. I highly recommend it.
So. Snuff. First off let me say that I am obsessed with Chuck. I want to marry him and have him tell our kids stories like the ones he writes about in his books. Because they would grow up to be very well-adjusted adults I bet.
Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk a little about this book. I loved the idea behind it. An aging porn star wants to go out with a bang by banging 600 dudes a la Metro's Houston 500. The fact that good ole' Charles has no problems writing a book based around the porn industry gives me a good chuckle. He really is a genius who has no qualms writing about any kind of taboo. And for this, I love him.
In the book, Cassie Wright wants to make sure that her aging money maker has a meet and greet with 600 love darts before she leaves the industry for good. Little does anyone know that someone there is meant to die. How can a you take a porn and have it live on forever? Turn it into a snuff film.
With whispers of illegitimate children floating around the set, everyone wants to be Cassie's offspring. She is leaving behind a legacy for her kid that will take them through life easy peasy. So when rumours begin to surface that she is planning to die for the child she gave up, things go from 'a little sticky from the lube', to 'the condom broke and my life is over' very quickly.
Chuck has the reader follow three men, numbers 137, 600, and 72 in a first person perspective of what each is going through and thinking while waiting on set to have their turn with Ms. Wright. Being complete strangers, each plays a significant role in the others' experience, until finally it all comes to a 'searing' end for one of them.
Honestly, like I said, the idea of this book is an amazing one. But, it fell a little flat for me. The execution of the story was lackluster and not full of the usual energy that one see's in Chucky's books. Rant, Choke, Haunted, these are all books that grabbed me from the first sentence and didn't put me down until the end. And then they picked me up and slammed me back against the wall the way that Mr. Palahniuk is wont to do. Snuff had the right intentions of carrying out the same actions, but seemed rushed near the end.
If you want a good read, read this book. I highly reccomend it. If you are very familiar with many of Chuck Palahniuk's works, I still say read it, but try not to be too disappointed.
Take it from me, a true Palahniulover.
I just recently finished reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It has had a lasting impression on me, as this woman grew up with nothing it seems, but at the same time her life experiences are so much that one might think she grew up with everything. She moved around all over the place and was extremely poor, but the way she writes is like, well thats life and you deal with it. She never complains about how she used to live, she embraces it and makes it into a part of her history and who she is today. I think its an amazing story to remind people of a few things. The first thing being that people complain too much these days, when really, they have everything they need right in front of them to enjoy a full and pleasant life. They just dont want to see that. And secondly, it reminds me of the fact that material things arent always so necessary in my life. People judge their worth on all the shit they have, but not on how far they have come, or what they have to say and offer. I sometimes lose sight of that. So the next time you feel like your life sucks or you have been dealt a horrible hand, read this book and see what your life COULD have been like. It will make you appreciate what you have at this moment.
I am reading the 1974 classic 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', by Robert M. Pirsig, and he writes of a man taking a journey on his motorcycle, across the States. The book is written to reflect the man's philosophical thoughts while he is on his journey. One of the first philosophical ideas he throws out there is about classical and romantic ways of thinking. Romantic thinkers always see the outside picture: they look at a rose and only see how beautiful it is, while classical thinkers see the rose and want to know what is inside of it, how it grew, how many layers. So now all I do when I am lying in bed at night is think of the way that I think (definitely a romantic thinker), and how others around me think, and how we interact on a regular basis because of it. It makes me want to delve into my own and others' psyches. Anyway, read the book, its really good.


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John Prine
Album Title: Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
Record Label: Oh Boy Records
Review by Troy Johnson
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John Prine - Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
On June 22, 2010, 'Oh Boy' records released the tribute album "Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine." Twelve of the album's tracks were recorded by well?known musicians who love Prine's music. These artists have collaborated and tweaked some of the classic folk artist's songs on "Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows," and although the man himself doesn't make an appearance on the album it was his label that put it out. The vinyl was in my mailbox on June 21st and it just goes to show the lengths that Prine??always known for his generosity to fans??is willing to go for music lovers to hear his songs.
Though Prine's songs are folky, silly, sing?songy, lyrical masterpieces, the collaborators on this album often turn his originals into new and exciting arrangements that rock a little harder. Songs like "Daddy's Little Pumpkin" by the 'Drive By Truckers' and a version of "All The Best" by 'My Morning Jacket' in particular really give Prine's laid?back style a more upbeat spin. "All The Best" is from Prine's "The Missing Years" album which is in my top three Prine albums of all time and 'My Morning Jacket' turns in a worthy rendition of that great album cut.
Other outstanding artists on this album such as The Avett Brothers, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Old Crow Medicine Show also turn in interesting renditions of Prine's classic music. The best way to experience Prine's classic folk stylings is to listen to the original songs. But for those of you who can't get enough of John Prine, "Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows" is a great tribute to a fantastic artist.
You can find official press releases on www.johnprine.net/news.html and take time to search www.ohboy.com which is John Prine's current label. Since 1984 Prine has done 11 studio albums with 'Oh Boy Records" and one live Album, "In Person and on Stage" which is also a recent release that is only on cd or downloadable, it was released May 25, 2010.
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I will thank you all to congratulate me on my restraint today. Miss Malia's school called today hoping I could calm the child down after she had fallen on the playground and skinned her knee. When the child sees blood on herself hysteria ensues. When put on the phone she sobbed and sobbed telling me she had fallen and hurt her knee "really, really badly". She then proceeded to tell me that I needed to come and pick her up right now. Between the sobbing and pleading for me to come get her I nearly came undone. I almost went to get her. For realz. But I didn't as that in the end would have served my needs and her immediate but not long term need to develop coping mechanisms. I hate thinking long term sometimes. Have no doubt if the wound was significant or perhaps on her head etc I would have commandeered a chopper to get to her but...it was a skinned knee.
The reason for the bandaid on the outside of her tights? She will never let anyone get near a wound. School has a need to cover wounds. I see how they compromised. I still have yet to see the gaping cause of today's drama as I am not to touch it or her leg will surely fall off.
The child is home from school now and she seems not to hate me nor begrudge the fact I did not come rushing to her in her hour of need. I on the other hand still wish I had...glad I didn't...but still. It's for the greater good. It's for the greater good.
Let the applause, pats on the back and congratulatory messages flow.


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Diary of a March through Sinde and Afghanistan,
with the Troops under the Command of General Sir William Nott, K.C.B., &c. And Sermons delivered on various occasions during the campaign of 1842. London J. Hatchard & Son 1843
First edition 8vo, pp. viii, 468, folding panoramic frontis, 7 plates. A very good copy bound in later 19thC leather, a little rubbed. Some foxing to plates.


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Battlefield 4, the FPS title from developer DICE, which has seen a troubled release - compounded with server issues - now gets new patches for the game's PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 version, which will fix some major issues and also bring tweaks to the in-game weapons.
The update which was delayed has now been delivered. However, the company's promise on fixing issues from netcode are only likely to roll out in future updates to the game.
The new patch will fix crashes and improve the stability in the game. These updates will be the same across all the consoles for which the patch has been released. Here is the complete patch notes for Battlefield 4 (Battlelog):
- Several crash fixes and stability improvements
- Various improvements for Spectator Mode
- Tweaked timing for how long the killfeed stays on screen
- Fixed an issue where the message "Joining Server" sometimes didn't appear when the user tried to join the server
- Added default player slots to server browser filters
- Fix for an issue on Silk Road where players could deform the terrain to create a big, water-filled hole
- Fix for a bug that occurred with the end-of-round camera if the player was in the bomber in China Rising
- Fix for an issue on Rogue Transmission where it was impossible to capture a flag while riding the quad bike
- Prevented players from interacting with an M-Com on Siege of Shanghai after it had been destroyed
- Fixed an issue where audio for disarming M-Coms could get stuck in an infinite loop
- Added minimap details for missing carriers in Rush on Paracel Storm and Hainan Resort
- Fix for an exploit that would allow players to shoot two tank shells with not enough delay between shots
- Removed a bug where squads would get split up when transitioning between Conquest and Air Superiority
- Fixed an issue where Defuse could get stuck in an unplayable state between rounds
- Removed a bug that would cause players to sometimes get stuck in the killcam after having been killed
- Fixed an issue with revive icon not being greyed out in-game on map and minimap, when the player died after getting revived in Defuse
- General improvements and bug fixes for the Battledash and Mission create screens
- Fixed a bug where red laser dots would get stuck on textures
- Zoom dispersion fix. When zooming in while firing the dispersion did not lower to the new max value
- Fixed a bug where the enemy health always displayed as full in the kill-cam
- Fixed an issue in Defuse so killed bomb carrier can't plant a bomb in the next round without picking up a new bomb
- The MAV has been updated to prevent players from exploiting it
- Improved repair rates for vehicles with different base healths
- Tweaked volume balance and other ambience parameters on the majority of base game and China Rising maps
- Improved the track vehicles wheel friction so vehicles don't get stuck at relatively minor hills
- Fixed an issue with faulty zoom levels that occurred when using click to zoom in. While sprinting and zooming, will mess up the zoom levels, from hip to zoom.
- Improved boat physics and handling, including implementation of a system that lets players push stuck boats back in the water
Weapon tweaks
- The SRS bolt action time has been tweaked and the rate of fire has been lowered
- The GOL bolt action time has been tweaked
- The muzzle velocity for the MP7 has been reduced
- The MTAR21 muzzle velocity has been reduced
- Updated the handling of the 1x scopes for Type95B1, A91, SteyrAug, SAR21, QBZ951, FAMAS, UTAS, MTAR, L85A2 and F2000
- Updated rate of fire for the RGP7 and NLAW
DICE Los Angeles to Develop Future DLCs
All the future downloadable contents (DLC) will be now taken over from DICE Stockholm by DICE Los Angeles, reported Strategy Informer.
DICE Stockholm will hand over the responsibility of the development to DICE Los Angeles, after the release of Naval Strike expansion. The Los Angeles studio will be developing the final two DLCs of Battlefield 4.
DICE Los Angeles was part of the development of Second Assault DLC that was released in February. "DICE LA works closely with the DICE studio in Stockholm on Battlefield 4. Development of Battlefield 4 Second Assault was led by DICE LA and the studio will continue to lead on future expansion packs including Battlefield 4 Dragon's Teeth and Battlefield 4 Final Stand," said an EA representative to Polygon.
Another DICE developer confirmed this on Reddit. "DICE Stockholm is doing Naval Strike, everything else will be done by DICE LA," he said.


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I decided to predict 2017 minecon just because I want to get people hyped.
*Note: This is not real! These are my predictions and what I think will happen. Feel free to share my ideas however.
Location: North America. Chances are it will take place in America, the biggest fanbase is in America (North America, South America and Central America) so it will take place there.
What Country: U.S.A. With the success of hundreds of minecon buys in less than 24 hours in California, they will move to the east coast most likely New York City, Washington D.C, Atlanta and Miami.
Prices: I would suppose minecon prices will take place near the range of last years (2016, I am not talking from the future) so maybe around $125 - 230. (USD)
YouTubers featured: Since I have no clue of what new YouTubers will come and go, I will say that 1 YouTuber will be added and 2 could go. My top 2 that would never come is Jacksepticeye and Markiplier. Once again I would not be able to guess the new YouTuber.
Events: Most likely same from before (2016)
Cape Design: The cape always features something new about the year (the version of the year) so I would guess a yellow/purple background with a prismarine shard or mob (forgot what their called, lmao).
Chances Of Getting A Ticket? Roughly 1/13,500,000. (Last year was a bit lower)
Lastly, should you go? Yes! This years cape looks amazing! (Tbh that's the only reason I'd go sometimes)
(Last year was: "Eh?")
Have Fun!
-Captain Kurl


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The farmland market is about to get much more active, according to a recent survey of farmer attitudes conducted by Rabobank. The large Dutch firm has conducted its U.S. Farm & Ranch Survey semi-annually since fall of 2008. In it's spring survey the bank discovered "two and a half times more producers plan to purchase, rent or lease new land compared to previous Rabobank U.S. Farm and Ranch Surveys". The number planning to buy new land registered at 15% versus 6% recorded in the previous survey. The bank also notes the current survey is the first to report a significant change in land plans.
Meanwhile the number planning to sell farmland in the next year is also at its highest rate, the survey indicated, at 6%.
Growers most likely to be the most active in the land market were (no surprise) the largest farms -- those with more than $1 million in gross farm income. The suvey found 20% of this group intended to buy while 11% intended to sell.
The bank pointed out the North Central Region "stood out as an active region with 20% of producers intending to buy and 9% intending to sell.
You may access Rabobank's press release here.
You may access the full Rabobank survey here. Note: this is a very large file and may a little time to download.
If interested in seeing a copy of my LandOwner newsletter, just drop me an email at [email protected] or call 800-772-0023.
Closing Grain Commentary 6/2/10
Hog & Corn Comments – 06/02/10 Corn is still weak but hogs may be looking for a short-term bottom.


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Category Archives
Road Trippin'
School is getting out soon, which means summer road trip season. If you are planning a family car trip – and honestly, if you aren't you should be – where will you go?
Wherever you decide for your adventure, did you know that gas prices will be lower this year than last summer? According to Gas Buddy, June will be slightly more expensive than July and August this year for gas. It might be a good idea to use some technology to keep your trip on a budget. AAA Fuel Cost Calculator allows you to budget your gas, it factors in your car make, model, year and type of road you are using to get from A to B. Fuelcaster.com predicts gas prices 24 hours in advance, so you can plan your fill up – today or tomorrow? It is always a good idea to tune into The Weather Channel to avoid bad weather and road conditions whenever possible. At the very least, be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at you by packing an umbrella, waterproof blanket and emergency kit.
To make the road trip more fun for your kiddos, try some of the following:
- Classic car games such as I Spy, I am Going on a Picnic and The Name Game.
- Give your kids a paper map (Rand McNally, AAA) and let them keep track of exits, scenic spots, towns, etc.
- Listen to your kids, if they want to stop at a location DO IT – research and learn about the location. If they get a say, they will be more engaged.
- Pack snacks and drinks to avoid the fast-food frenzy. Don't forget wet wipes for clean-up of any spills or sticky fingers.
- Stop at rest stops along the way, not just for the restroom but to burn off a little energy. Pack a jump rope, baseball gear or a Frisbee. Spend 15 minutes or so getting the wiggles out.
- Teach your kids NOT to be litterbugs. Take a look at the roadways – are they clean or dirty? Talk to your kids about litter and its impact on our environment.
In our experience, some of the most memorable family vacations happen on the open road. So enjoy and get out there this summer! Oh, and by the way, support those Adopt-A-Highway sponsors you see along the way!
Road Trip Time
Are you taking a road trip this Memorial Day weekend? Well, you are not alone! AAA reports that about 37.2 million motorists will hit the US highways on Memorial Day weekend – Thursday May 21st- Sunday May 25th. This represents almost a 5% increase over last year and the highest level of travel for the last decade. Lower gas prices and an improved economy are part of the reason. It also shows that Americans are ready to get summer started after a grueling winter in most of the nation. Auto travel is by far the most popular form of transportation on the holiday weekend. Of course, everybody loves a road trip! Make sure you plan ahead for a smoother trip and enjoyable holiday with a quick driveway car inspection. Be sure to check the following:
• Fluids – oil, brake & transmission fluids
• Hoses & belts
• Tires – both pressure and tread
• Wipers & wiper fluid
• Exterior lighting – make sure all bulbs are working properly
AAA reports that the most common roadside assistance calls are for dead batteries, flat tires and lockouts. A quick check can save you a lot of stress. Also, not a bad idea to download AAA ap (AAA.com/mobile) just in case!
Drive safe and support those Adopt-A-Highway sponsors you see along the way!
Sponsor Spotlight: Children's Dental Theatre
As parents, most of us have experienced a child and the dentist office – not a very fun experience. Our featured sponsor has creatively changed that. Children's Dental Theatre in St. Louis, has taken the dread out of the dentist visit for kids. Children enjoy a movie in one of two theaters, and continue the movie in the exam room! This approach to dental care for children has won rave reviews from both parents and kids. Children's Dental Theatre provides preventive dental care, including:
- Cavity Prevention
- Dental Cleanings
- Dental Exams and X-rays
- Dental Sealants
- Tooth Brushing
- As well as other services
They have put some fun into a dentist visit for kids (and parents too!) It is so very important to make kids comfortable going to the dentist to set up for a lifetime of proper oral health.
Children's Dental Theatre's participation in the Adopt-A-Highway program has been the most effective marketing tool, reaching new and potential patients daily. The program has allowed us to contribute to our community in a meaningful way that resonates with our patient base."
Jennifer Jones, Partner Children's Dental Theatre | St. Louis, MO
We are proud to have Children's Dental Theatre as an Adopt-A-Highway sponsor! Look for their sign on I-70 East at the Kingshighway Blvd. exit. and visit them at www.childrensdentaltheatre.com for more information or to make your appointment today!
How do I Adopt A Highway?
Adopt-A-Highway: Volunteer & Sponsorship
The term and concept of Adopt-A-Highway is well-known throughout the United States. Lesser known, is the fact that most states offer two very different Adopt-A-highway programs.
Volunteer Adopt-A-Highway Program
The first is a Volunteer Adopt-A-Highway program, in which organizations or individuals sign up to clean a certain segment of roadway. Most often twice a year clean up is suggested for Volunteer programs. These programs have been very successful and are of great value to any community. However, there are some limitations due to traffic safety and an increased danger in the litter being thrown to side of the roads – needles, meth pots and broken bottles.
Sponsorship Adopt-A-Highway/Sponsor-A-Highway
On highly traveled highways, it is unsafe for volunteers to be out collecting litter. It is also extremely expensive for state DOTs to keep the highways litter-free. In comes the Sponsor-A-Highway program. It is a simple concept, with great marketing power. Here is how it works:
- A business, organization or individual pays a fee to sponsor a 1- or 2-mile segment of a highway or Interstate.
- They get a prominent sign, featuring their name and logo on that segment.
- Our trained crews come in a clean the sponsored location anywhere from every 2-weeks to 6 times a year, depending amount of litter, location and DOT requirements
Both Adopt-A-Highway and Sponsor-A-Highway programs improve the community in which they are based and help divert funds that would be used on litter removal to greater safety issues. We hope that everybody gets involved and contributes in one way or another. To find a program in your area: go to www.adoptahighway.net or your state DOT website.
Happy Easter to our Peeps (Sponsors)
At Adopt-A-Highway Litter Removal Service of America, we wish you the happiest or Easter! Enjoy your treats, our Peeps!
In 1953, it took 27 hours to make a single Peep Marshmallow. Today, at the Peeps factory in Bethlehem, PA, it takes just 6 minutes per Peep. In fact, more than 5.5 million chicks are hatched per day. Yellow chicks are the ORIGINAL. Yellow Peeps (chicks and bunnies) are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue, then white.
For the past 20 years, no other non-chocolate Easter candy has been able to compete with Peeps. During Easter, Peeps even outsell jelly beans.
Americans will eat more than 600 million Marshmallow Peeps and Bunnies this Easter. Some popular ways to eat Peeps: stale, microwaved, frozen, roasted, in s'mores or served as toppings on pizza.
Enjoy your Peeps any way you like this Easter – April 5th.
Welcome Spring!
We welcome Spring with open arms!
Spring brings relief from the winter weather, but also brings potholes, puddles, slippery roads. As the seasons change, so do road conditions. Stay safe on the road this spring with the following driving tips:
- Spring showers bring blooming flowers and wet roads.Slow down and increase your following distance when it rains. Keep in mind that even mist or light rain can mix with oil on the roads to create slick challenging road conditions.
- Check your windshield wipers, both front and back. Don't drive faster than your wipers can clear water from the windshield.
- Puddles can impair brakes, obscure vision, or cause you to hydroplane. If you find your vehicle hydroplaning, gently ease your foot off the accelerator-do not brake.
- Warm weather brings motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians outside. Pedestrians may be texting, talking on phones, and listening to music, they can be as distracted as drivers. Be cautious at all times.
- If possible, go around potholes.Potholes-an effect of winter weather-can hurt your tires or throw your car's front end out of alignment. If you cannot avoid a pothole, slow down, as the damage can be costly.
- Keep your tires properly inflated. Doing so can reduce damage from potholes, uneven pavement, and other road hazards.
- Spring weather can be temperamental, so be prepared for changes.
Now, go and ENJOY the great outdoors!
Spring has Sprung and with it – Pothole Season
Spring is just around the corner, but while the thaw is welcome after this long, cold winter, it is also the start of POTHOLE season.
Potholes develop when water seeps below the road surface, freezes and expands. This pushes the pavement upward while the traffic above further stresses the roadway. When the pavement thaws, it gradually falls into the hole and eventually traffic chips away and expands the pothole.
Potholes can grow to several feet in width, though they usually only develop to depths of a few inches. If they become large enough, damage to tires, wheels, and vehicle suspensions is liable to occur.
Most state DOTs have a pothole hotline or reporting system. Check the state DOT website to see how to report potholes.
When you see pothole repair crews, slow down and be extremely cautious near mobile work zones for your own safety and that of these very important road crews.


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The city of Clarence, Iowa is truly a tiny town. The town was once called Onion Grove because of the field of wild onions that grew there. The original town was located next to Mill River until it was moved closer to the rail line in the late 1800s and its name was changed to Clarence. Today, Clarence is a quaint and cozy locale to be a dog owner! With a population of under 1,000, this small city doesn't have its own vet clinic, but you'll find quality care just 15 minutes away in Tipton.
Un-fur-tunately, there aren't many dog-friendly activities in town, but you and your dog are sure to sniff out something fun to do nearby! Clarence does, however, have one dog-friendly park, the community park. This park features walking trails where you can stroll with your dog as long as he is on a leash. There are restrooms and water fountains here as well. The playground is open all year long, but dogs aren't allowed to play on it. (Human children only, please!)
Need a little more exercise? The Grant Wood Trail is located about twelve miles away in Olin. It is a paved three-mile trail system that is segmented into two parts. You'll have to keep your dog on a leash, and don't forget to bring water.


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From Cookipedia
Celery is one of three vegetables considered the holy trinity (along with onions and bell peppers) of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine. It is also one of the three vegetables (together with onions and carrots) that constitute the French mirepoix, which is often used as a base for sauces and soups.
Celery Salt is used as a seasoning, in cocktails (notably to enhance the flavour of Bloody Mary cocktails), on the Chicago-style hot dog, and in Old Bay Seasoning.
Celery hearts
A bunch of celery consists of 8 or so stalks, celery hearts refer to the innermost, tender stalks
Growing celery
Because of the requirement to earth up celery, it can be a bit of a fiddle to grow at home, however, a neat cheat is to grow cutting celery which looks like parsley, has the flavour of celery and can be grown on a window sill.
Buying and keeping celery
Don't buy pre-cut sticks of celery, they dry out and go limp in days. Buy a complete bunch with the stems joined at the base. Bought in this manner, celery will stay crispy (in the fridge) for two weeks. If you can also buy celery with the leaves, they are a great way of easily adding flavour to a dish.
If you buy celery that is joined at the base and prune the part you need from the top (leaf-end) then it stays amazingly fresh for weeks if refrigerated. The celery in the photo is 17 days old. If you do need whole stems, they can still be snapped from the base.
if you have celery that is reaching the end of its useful life, slice it into moons, bag it up and freeze it. It loses its rigidity when defrosted but it will be fine for stocks and soups. Even batter if you can vacuum seal it first.
How much does one cup of celery weigh?
Estimated US cup to weight equivalents:
|US Cups
|raw - sliced/chopped
|100 grams
|4 ounces
|cooked - sliced/chopped
|225 grams
|8 ounces
Conversion notes:
Every ingredient has a cups to ounces or grams conversion table. Search for the ingredient, cup to weight conversions are at the end of each ingredient page.
We also have a generic conversion table and a portions per person lookup.
Seasonal Information: Celery
This information is specifically for countries in the northern temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; particularly the United Kingdom, however it should be applicable for northern USA, northern Europe, Canada, Russia, etc.
Celery is at its best and in season during the following months: October, November, December, January, February & March.
5 a day; fruit and vegetable portion sizes
We have recently started to take delivery of a weekly organic fruit and vegetable box which has of course heightened our interest in the 5 a day fruit and vegetable regime. This simple app will show you what makes up one of your 5 a day portions of vegetables. You'll be surprised how small the quantities are in some instances. You'll be able to eat healthier and feel all the better for it.
Select a fruit or vegetable from the picker below to see what its daily portion consists of


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One of the best decisions in my life was to buy a Challenge Pack from a very good friend of mine Jody. She told me about coaching and I actually went out of my comfort zone and jumped in with both feet literally. Well, I have have been doing this for over a year and I can't believe how incredible this company is! How much it has changed my life and my way of looking at nutrition and exercise. I used to think of both as a punishment. Like " oh gosh, I have to go to the gym" and hate every minute of it. About as much as household chores. You know you have to do it, but you'd rather be doing something else right? Wrong, way wrong. I'm not going to lie and say it was easy "Hell NO" but the difference is simple. I knew I didn't want to be where I was way more than doing what I was doing. I knew I had a better life to live and I had to push to get there.
Well with consistency and support I had a change in my perception of "working out", I started to enjoy it, I started to look forward to it. As tough as it might be for that moment, I knew it was only temporary and I would feel awesome afterwards. So with some of the different programs I have loved some and others not so much. I have never been as excited as I am Today! Why? well, I have come to a stage in my fitness where I have plateaued and honestly, my nutrition hasn't been spot on either which is exactly why I have been putting on more weight than off.
So this program has come at the right time in my life and I'm so happy and super excited. Mostly because I need to get out of this funk! I joined a group to help me stay motivated and I also have my own group. There's no stopping me now, this program is working in the two areas I need the most help with. My abs and my booty, who doesn't right? With losing over 110 lbs I have a lot of extra skin, I mean a lot. Like elephant knees, etc. I know we can be critical of ourselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of these mid-life crisis women who want to get plastic surgery and look like a model. I know what I am and I'm damn proud but when I'm trying so hard to progress and there's a lot of extra skin it actually is more of a hindrance than when I was bigger believe it or not. It gets me so frustrated, so I am going to focus on the next 80 days solely on my abs and booty and if I don't see any difference then I know I've tried everything and I'll have to live with that. But I might as well have fun trying!


text: Invasive Plant –Japanese Knotweed ( Polygonum cuspidatum) is blooming profusely in Maine (and 36 other states) in September and actually looking attractive enough to cause a man to inquire if I sold the plant so he could take it back to Ohio. There are many websites to get info from. Just don't give our non invasive, clumping Bamboos a bad name by mistaking it for this terrorist creeper whose rhizomes can run up to 60 feet!


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It's the Merchant's Code!
72 Comments
eithers its a island natives ambush or a trap based from aladdin
or both??
Or maybe the crazy mice from last page…. just a guess
that would make sense, but how did they get in there so quickly??
oh good! the local natives!
they must not have heard the silent alarm
Haitus???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
hey wait a second, Aria's tail wasn't that fluffy at the beggining
Pirates aren't known to have conditioner. See what happens when you leave the palace?
she could have brought some with her, and pirates steal theirs
Quite true on the pirates stealing that and yes pirates when not pillaging they wear dresses and stuff.
Thats what happens to curly fur in a humid climate, it gets very bushy.
that is true, but her tail fur wasn't curly was it??
Even non curly fur gets bushy with high humidity. depends mostly on the genetics.
don't you just hate it when you're wrong, miles?
I always hear her talking with a southern twang and diego with a Spaniard overtone and Miles with an Aussie accent.
I can see it too
does anyone else get the feeling that diego is just starting to like the PERKS his new job got him this time around, heh heh heh. ; )
My money is on a group of cultists that have that stone as a magic emblem for the worship of some sea goddess like that one from pirates of the Caribbean.
notice on the second picture were diego looks =P
that's what I meant by PERKS.
Turnabout's fair-play, my dear chap.
Meanwhile in my favorite character list, Claire has jumped from #2 to #1 in a most spectacular display of cunning. Well done!
oh Mr. Rat it seems you failed to out fox the fox XD
Didn't think she had it in her. way to go!
You gotta admit, her face on that bill looks pretty realistic.
Fallon, you thought you were clever. I have to ask, what makes you think you were clever scamming a fighter with a VERY big sword?
Note to self, be very careful when dealing with Clare. She may be new to the territory, but she is obviously not new to dealing with 'not-so-trustworthy' people.
She called it a 'sweet-looking pistol'. Why does that tell me she's quite familiar with firearms and very possibly black-powder weapons? She didn't go after the piece of junk she seemed so enthusiastic about last page?
I suspect we'll find out VERY soon if Fallon will lower his price on a few items…
Clare: I want this and Sesame really needs a real potion.
Fallon: That will be…
Clare: I'll tell you what I'll give you and you tell me if it's good enough.
Fallon: OK. what will you give me?
Clare (points pistol): your life.
Sesame is just annoyed she got scammed, not getting sick to her stomach. I think you meant to type Farron (Think the name Aaron with a F) and Claire, not Fallon and Clare. At any rate, the piece of junk was just a piece of junk, it was meant to just show Claire being a weirdo who has questionable tastes in purchases – she is the goofball of the group.
As for the rest, you'll have to wait and see! :3
Unless this was meant to be an interview with Jimmy Fallon. I am okay with that scenario as well.
I second this scenario. 😀
If this were to actually happen in an MMO with an NPC merchant the whole thing would end up in a quest to teach the guy a "lesson" anyways. 😛
Scamming a fighter with a VERY big sword is smart if you can outrun them.
Not to mention the gun probably doesn't work.
I'll agree with you on the dealing with Claire. Make sure it is not a scam.
Duck and cover people! Claire is coming!
good thing i came prepared *pulled out a borderlands shield and puts it on*
looks like the swindler just got swindled.
You go, Claire! (Although I think it would've been better if you'd just shot him.)
Instant Karma is best Karma.
Looks like Claire knows something about firearms. She'll get it working again. She has also now moved up to tie for first place in my favorite characters ( Kibbles is the other first place character ). So Sesame needs to step it up to move up the list.
really?…is NOBODY is going to comment on the fact that he asked for a note instead of gold?…some magical weird conversion rate that works for someone from the FUTURE?!?!? so not only was he swindled out of "20 note"…but he somehow was asking for a currency that DOESN'T FEASIBLY EXIST YET?!?! lol… but yeah…insta-karma is my favorite karma…usually.
As stated on the forums, there is different types of currency as there are several kingdoms. So one rich kingdom may have gold coins, another uses paper money. But Claire still gypped him on the note being legal tender in this world.
and they say crime doesn't pay
The scammer got scammed! (Say that five times fast)
man, and I thought Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers was a hard tongue twister.
ever done the woodchuck tongue twister??
yes. yes I have.
done it 5 times fast easy
Interesting, so toilet paper is also a medium of exchange here as well as coin… =^^=
Now that's an interesting choice for Claire. I kind of imagined that she'd go with a long range weapon due to several factors, such as not being a fully trained warrior. I'm just curious to know where she got a box of bullets from.
it was the red brick thing he had in his coat
the conartist got conned
She scammed the scam artist.
"Wacky dollar" LMAO
Scammed a scam artist…. She is a boss fox!
I guess what they say about not judging from apparences is the lesson Claire has taught us (and Farron) x) Sweet revenge Claire, you rock! :3
This is why I like to order out and eat at home.
Ah, Fwizz Cola – the refined choice!
And that hearse Alex espies – is that Art's car?
I'm honestly not sure. Go ahead and pick the choice that makes you happy.
Oh yeah, the very best sides of Alex. 😀
– Shows some fine booty.
– No matter how serious she presents anything with such cool that her blood freezes.
– Ear infection.
– And she never STOPS! XD
interesting woman
so after a 6 month vacation from this new "improved version" of katbox just swinging past to see if they will go back to the way things were and the intelligible format i used to love so dearly. if we move the ads below the commentary boxes here im sure it would get alot more use than it seems to be getting, i mean 6 comments in a week, used to be 60 in a day. Well anywho, yes Alex is cool easy to entertain, just give her a box of sparkly stuff she would be entertained for hours, not my type, cute and intelligent but too easily distracted and… Yeah short attention span is not my type, nor is the pointing out the obvious one of my likes. See you all later maybe in a month or two, i only keep up on two comics now, this and Two kinds.
*giggles* And the Tiger Special claims another to its deliciousness!
*chuckle* And Tina is smirking. I hope Ruby is enlightened enough to leave a good tip.
sad face, she didn't finish it
Let's not be hasty, Ruby might be able to finish it. I don't think she will throw in the towel just yet. I wouldn't.


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I printed all my poems out and put them in a book.
I've placed it on the table in the hopes you'll take a look.
You know you'll find my soul there beneath the cover page.
You'll read about my pleasures, my heartaches and my rage.
I know you don't like poetry and this I understand
but how can you not want to peek into my ''wonderland''?
If you would take a minute and peruse a page or two
I think you'd be suprised to read the thoughts I have of you.
I've tried to make it easy and I know you see it there.
I'll wait it out and hope you see these things I need to share.
I suppose I know the answer is in where I place my book.
I'll put it in the bathroom......then you're sure to take a look!