text: 5 Vegan Diet Secrets to Healthy Hair and Skin Almost 75% of the population suffers from some issues related to skin and hair. A stressful lifestyle, bad diet, air and water pollution and lack of sufficient sleep takes its toll on our bodies. This can have a negative effect on our skin and hair causing problems like dryness, acne, hair […] The Diet With Secrets for Healthy Hair and SkinDecember 13, 2017 in Eating Healthy / Exercise / Health Series / Nutritional Supplements tagged Antioxidant / Omega 3 / Vitamin A / Vitamin E by Karren Haller


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Ohper was 432 years old when SG-1 met him in the episode, 1.08 "The Nox".
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As one of the oldest of the Nox, Ohper was thrilled to share his knowledge with Daniel when SG-1 visited his planet (P3X-774). He felt that the humans of Earth had much to learn. Along with Anteaus, Lya, and Nafrayu, Ohper sought the peaceful way of the Nox. SG-1 had attempted to ambush Apophis and his Jaffa who were on the planet hunting the Fenri, a flying creature which the Nox made invisible. The Goa'uld had sent hunting parties to the Nox homeworld for as long as Ohper could remember. Although SG-1 asked that the Nox bury their stargate, it was apparent that the Nox did not fear the Goa'uld because they had far more advanced technology which would enable them to protect themselves if necessary.
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Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
CONTACT: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement following the successful conclusion of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership:
"An agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations provides a more level playing field in trade for American farmers. The agreement would eliminate or significantly reduce tariffs on our products and deter non-science based sanitary and phytosanitary barriers that have put American agriculture at a disadvantage in TPP countries in the past. Despite these past barriers, countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership currently account for up to 42 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports, totaling $63 billion. Thanks to this agreement and its removal of unfair trade barriers, American agricultural exports to the region will expand even further, particularly exports of meat, poultry, dairy, fruits, vegetables, grains, oilseeds, cotton and processed products.
"Increased demand for American agricultural products and expanded agricultural exports as a result of this agreement will support stronger commodity prices and increase farm income. Increased exports under TPP will create more good paying export-related jobs, further strengthening the rural economy. Today, agricultural trade supports more than 1 million jobs here at home and contributes a trade surplus year after year to our nation's economy. All of this activity benefits rural communities and keeps American agriculture on the cutting edge of global commerce. The TPP agreement will contribute to the future strength of American agriculture and helps to ensure that the historic agricultural trade gains achieved under President Obama since 2009 will continue.
"The TPP agreement would not be possible without the extraordinary efforts of the negotiating team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, assisted by the dedicated staff of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the Chief Economist. I'd also like to thank the formal trade advisors and experts from agricultural commodity groups who provided valuable market information and creative proposals to better inform U.S. negotiators. Collectively, their efforts have led to a strong deal for American agriculture.
"Failing to grasp this opportunity would be a mistake: worse than just losing out on potential gains, our producers would fall behind other countries that are negotiating their own preferential arrangements in TPP countries. We are committed to working with Congress within the framework of the recently-passed Trade Promotion Authority to obtain a strong bipartisan understanding of and support for this historic trade deal that benefits farmers, ranchers, and all those who live, work and raise families in rural communities."
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The Capitals had the day off Tuesday after Monday night's pulse-pounding 4-3 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. However, the fallout from the contest continued Tuesday afternoon, as Bob McKenzie of TSN in Canada reports.
WSH has been told by NHLthere will be disciplinary hearing for Nick Backstrom's x-check match penalty, probably tomorrow.— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 17, 2012
McKenzie doesn't specify whether the hearing will be in person or on the phone. The former option opens up the possibility of a suspension of more than five games. But even if the hearing is over the phone, Washington still faces the possibility of losing their first-line center for a crucial playoff game.
Meanwhile, Dale Hunter had his own complaints about hits to the head.
#Caps Hunter on if he thinks the #Bruins are targeting Backstrom's head "Oh yeah"— Sky Kerstein (@SkyKerstein) April 17, 2012
#Caps Hunter says Backstrom "He's protecting his head, he just came off of 40 games. You have to protect your head."— Sky Kerstein (@SkyKerstein) April 17, 2012
So, to review, we have both coaches complaining to the media about hits to the head. We have players calling each other crybabies, and we have the same players apologizing for innocuous-looking elbows.
Yup, it's the Stanley Cup playoffs, all right.
We'll have plenty more on these games and the rest of the 2012 NHL Playoffs on SB Nation D.C., so keep it locked to this StoryStream for all the latest news and updates. For more news, analysis, and discussion on Capitals hockey, please head over to Japers' Rink. For the opponent's perspective all series, check out Stanley Cup of Chowder. You can also head over to the SB Nation NHL hub page for more on hockey news as the playoffs begin.


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Xcel's Solar*Rewards® program provides a financial incentive for residents, businesses and public entities to install solar power. Monthly payments are made to the owner of the solar system in exchange for Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) produced by solar. This is known as a performance-based incentive or PBI.
Xcel customers also qualify for Net Metering up to 1 megawatt AC (or enough power for roughly 200 homes). If you generate more than you need, the extra energy is added to the grid, and any excess energy will be credited to your bill.
Additionally, there's a specific sub-program for under-resourced communities and income-qualified multi-family.
It is important to note that small commercial incentives levels are decreasing.
Also, large projects qualify for a separate bill-credit mechanism called capacity credit program or ELPC which was strengthened in 2019.


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When you take your pet in for his or her annual dental cleaning, your veterinarian or veterinary technician may make a recommendation to take radiographs, or x-rays, of your pet's teeth based on the initial oral examination. Since dental disease is often taking place under the gum line, dental x-rays often reveal problems that would otherwise be missed.
Many animal patients scheduled for a routine teeth cleaning procedure have additional oral problems, and radiographs allow your veterinarian to view the internal anatomy of the teeth, the teeth roots, and the bone that surrounds the roots. Additionally, the initial x-rays provide a baseline for future comparison as your animal ages.
These intra-oral radiographs are taken while your pet is under anesthesia because animal patients do not know how to cooperate when small radiographic films or digital sensors are placed in their mouths. The films must be placed at specific angles against the teeth with the mouth both open and closed to get the best diagnostic shots, and an animal's instinct is to chew and swallow anything it feels on its tongue. However, the dental x-ray procedure is very quick and painless and can generally be accomplished in less than 10 minutes when performed by a trained technician.
Dental radiographs help your veterinarian evaluate the health of your pet's teeth by identifying the following problems not seen by the naked eye:
- Tooth fractures
- Retained deciduous teeth (baby teeth that failed to erupt at the proper time)
- Tooth root abscesses or infections
- Areas where teeth appear to be missing (broken roots or parts of teeth may be hidden under the gumline)
- Impacted teeth (teeth that are wedged in and can't erupt normally)
- Feline Resorptive Lesions (painful holes or erosions on the surface of the teeth found mainly in cats)
- Bone or soft tissue tumors
- Height of the bone below the gum line
- Bone changes and degree of bone loss due to periodontal disease or some other cause
- Size of the periodontal ligament space
- Presence, or disappearance, of the "lamina dura," the bone bundle attached to the periodontal ligament
These last four diagnostic statistics help your veterinarian determine the degree of periodontal disease, predict future tooth and bone loss, and allow for a full treatment protocol to be recommended for your pet.


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SEC drops investigation into Exxon climate change response
NEW YORK - The Trump administration has dropped a two-year investigation into how Exxon Mobil factors climate-change regulations into its calculations of the value of its assets, the company said Friday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission informed the energy giant in a letter dated Thursday that it would not recommend an enforcement action against the company at this time.
Exxon Mobil cooperated with the inquiry, producing more than 4.2 million pages of documents, company spokesman Scott Silvestri said.
"After a thorough investigation, including a review of these documents, the SEC issued its closure letter," he said.
Silvestri added that Exxon Mobil is confident its financial reporting meets all legal and accounting requirements.
The SEC letter including standard language stating that the decision should not be construed as an exoneration and leaving open the possibility of further future action. The SEC declined to comment.
Exxon faces separate investigations in New York and Massachusetts into whether it misled investors and the public about its knowledge of climate change and how the issue could affect its business.
In March, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Exxon Mobil aimed at the stopping the investigations, dismissing as "implausible" the company's allegations that the states were acing in bad faith.
"Our investigation remains ongoing," said Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood. "We're gratified that multiple courts have now rejected Exxon's arguments regarding our investigation -fully dismissing Exxon's lawsuit against our office, and ordering Exxon and its accounting firm to produce the documents we subpoenaed."
The Irving, Texas-based oil company has called the two state investigations politically motivated.
"As we have said all along, the SEC is the appropriate entity to examine issues related to impairment, reserves and other communications important to investors," Silvestri said.
The SEC investigation began under the Obama administration. Its decision to drop the case came on the same day that the Trump administration proposed rolling back car-mileage standards, a move that would weaken one of the federal government's chief weapons against climate change.
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The cobblestone street in Kiev was lined with cheery buildings glowing lemon, rose and powder blue in the moody light of afternoon sun showers.
It was my second day in Ukraine, and this new housing development was a far cry from the gritty post-Soviet stereotypes I held of the country.
"They look nice, but they're half empty," explained my translator, Arthur Bondar, who went on to describe how the baroque apartments and row houses were owned by oligarchs who had commandeered the land in order to develop, and speculate on, valuable real estate near the city center.
I was in Ukraine in the fall of 2012 reporting on political movements in the region, and those confectionlike buildings, with their closely shorn grass and empty windows, were my first insight into the everyday corruption that enraged many of the people I met there.
The protests that began in Ukraine in November were originally framed as a conflict over whether or not the country should join the European Union, but it's really a desire to end that corruption that has fueled these last three months, say Ukrainian Americans here in The Pacific Northwest.
"I mean have you seen the pictures from his palace?" asks Yulia Shadyrya, a math teacher and member of the Ukrainian Association of Washington State. She's referring to photos of recently ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's estate, which boasted — among other things — a golf course, a zoo and a gilded just-about-everything.
Shadyrya is one of five members of the association gathered in a Brier living room over a Ukrainian-style spread of salmon lox, sliced lamb and instant coffee to discuss what they are calling a "revolution."
They each have their own reasons for landing here (an academic job, a husband from Seattle, a desire for adventure), but all have stories of the corruption back home that, in part, drove them away.
"If you had anything, like a coffee shop or a mall or a construction company, they would just take it from you," said Olha Krupa, a finance professor at Seattle University, describing how entrepreneurs in Ukraine could be forced to sell at a loss, or even simply hand over their businesses, to political elites. "It sounds so bad it's hard to believe."
Stories of jailed friends, lost jobs and government intimidation are common in this group, but there's more than shared history that brings them together. Three months of monitoring Twitter, watching grainy YouTube videos of protesters gunned down by snipers and sleeping with phones by their pillows have created a deep sense of solidarity.
"It's brought us all closer together," said Oksana Bilobran, an immigration attorney who estimates that Washington state's Ukrainian community is somewhere around 100,000. The association says it has raised $17,000 from that community to send back to support protesters in their home country.
There was tentative excitement the night of the association's gathering. President Yanukovych had fled to an undisclosed location, citizens wandered his empty palace outside of Kiev in awe, and back in Brier, pride and possibility filled the room.
"People are finally actually creating something here," said Shadyrya, her voice thickening with emotion, "something of our own."
But things move quickly in a revolution, and the view from Kiev already looked less certain when I got on the phone with my former translator the next evening. Toppled Lenin statues were being dismantled in the capital's streets, and rumblings from Ukraine's ethnically Russian regions hinted at rising tensions — and a lack of consensus across the country.
"Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, the future of this revolution — or even if it is a revolution," said Bondar over Skype.
People were definitely fed up with corruption, he said. But he went on to explain that many of his friends and family in Central Ukraine — far from the action in the capital — remain skeptical of the protesters and their motives.
"We can't just change politicians," said Bondar, who used to pepper our after-work beers with complaints of jobs and grades for sale, of families that went into debt to buy their sons out of compulsory military service. "We should throw out the whole system."


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TRUMAN DALY WRITES – It is widely known that the Olympics take a heavy economic toll on the host country. With this in mind, the question must be asked: What kind of economic effect did the 2018 Winter Games have on PyeongChang? If economist Andrew Zimbalist is to be believed, it is a fairly negative one.
Zimbalist says that PyeongChang spent $13 billion and will get back about $2.5 billion, meaning that the Olympics have racked up a hefty debt for the city and country. The low return on investment is primarily due to underwhelming ticket sales, with estimates stating only about 65% of available tickets were sold. According to Zimbalist, the only way this debt can be justified is through either an increase in tourism, investment from foreign firms, or a large return on the domestic infrastructure built for the Games. However, Zimbalist adds that "There's no evidence from other Olympics that [the investments] happen[s]."
In addition to the cost incurred from the bid itself and from construction of a new infrastructure, South Korea helped pick up the tab for North Korea participation in the games. The payment helped cover the travel costs for the hundreds of North Koreans who came to the south.
South Korean companies hope to make up some of the deficit through an increased number of product sales to those excited by the games. The South Korean Herald reported in December that early iterations of Olympics-branded products had been selling well, according to companies such as Lotte Department Store. The push for increased accessibility to the site of the games has also led to the construction of a new station and new lines for South Korea's high-speed rail network. Ji Won-tae, head of the team in charge of the project at Korea Railroad Corporation, says that this line is the "first high-speed train service that links the west and the east of the nation." This improvement may not yield the short-term economic boost that Zimbalist is looking for, but the new construction has future-proofed the country's bullet train network for years to come.
The final benefit arising from the Olympic cost has nothing to do with economics. As the first Olympics in which North and South Korea are putting forth a unified team, PyeongChang 2018 serves as a landmark occasion and a significant step forward in the historically tense relationship between the two nations. South Korea may view the initial cost of hosting the games as an investment toward an improved relationship with their neighbors to the north. Regardless of the debt, the South Korean government has been enthusiastic about the 2018 Winter Olympics. The country totaled 17 medals.


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We've got pieces of us we left behind.
Parts of our heart we may never find.
Pieces of paper waiting to file.
Parts of secrets locked deep for awhile.
Like chapters in novels or hours in a day,
Breaths in a lifetime. Scenes in a play.
Life is just pieces and parts.
We have pieces of songs we've never sung.
Parts of things we've left undone.
Pieces of trust shattered and broke.
Parts of lies from stories we spoke.
Like drops in a puddle and lines in a hand.
Prayers in the heavens.
Beats in a band. Life is just pieces and parts.
There are pieces of lovers you used to adore.
Parts of friends you don't know anymore.
Pieces of words ripped from a page.
Parts of silence screaming with rage.
Like seeds in a flower and blinks in an eye.
Thoughts in a mind or waves in good-bye.
Life is just pieces and parts.


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Smoothies are the best way to lose weight. A fiber-rich, no-sugar-added smoothie that's loaded with fresh fruit, vegetables, other whole foods and non-dairy milk are wonderfully healthy and nutritious.
Apple, Banana And Almond Smoothie
This smoothie recipe is made with fruits, almond milk and nuts, and wonderful to taste. In addition, it's also packed with all nutrients required for your health. Apples in this smoothie are low in fat and calories, low in sodium, and have minerals, vitamins and fiber as well. These can all assist you to lose weight in various ways. Bananas contain resistant starch and fiber, which support weight loss. Plus, they are a low-energy-density, nutritious food, which is good for reducing kilos. Almond is a rich amount of fatty acids like the omega 3, omega 6 and omega 9, which are useful and are required for our body. Moreover, almonds contain unsaturated fats that help in preventing the cardiovascular diseases. Almond also contains the mono-saturated fats that maintain and lower our BMI (body mass index), thus helps reduce belly fat.
You will need:
1 red apple
1 ripe banana
5-6 almonds
1 ¼ spoon cinnamon powder
1 cup almond milk/greek yogurtYou may also add : Dates are amazing in shakes, they add delicious, natural sweetness to them! Blended with a slice of spicy ginger, a hint of cinnamon
First of all, wash the apple carefully, peel plus core it.
Next, chop the apple, the almonds and banana into small pieces. Then, add it to the blender. Add the cinnamon powder and almond milk to the blender and blend these things well until you get a smooth mixture.
Serve immediately.
Chocolate Banana Smoothie
Dark chocolate is packed with monounsaturated fatty acids. Studies indicate eating a diet rich in these healthy fats may reverse the metabolism to burn calories and fat. Also, it may help by controlling cravings for sweet, salt, or fatty diet-wreckers.
You will need:
2 frozen bananas
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 cup skim milk/almond milk/greek yogurt
1 tbsp honey1 tbsp roasted flaxseed1 tsp soaked chia seeds
Firstly, take the milk and to it add cocoa powder. Add flaxseed powder
Now stir well and place it in one blender.
Then, add the honey, and frozen bananas into that blender and blend well to get a smooth mixture. Top it with soaked chia seeds Your smoothie is ready
Fruit Smoothie
You will need:
1 cup of sliced and frozen pineapple
½ banana
1 tbsp shredded coconut
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 cup water
¼ tsp turmeric
Note: Turmeric is a remarkably powerful antioxidant, boosting the body's own antioxidant enzymes. It is also strongly anti-inflammatory, to the point where it matches the effectiveness of some anti-inflammatory drugs. Use fresh turmeric roots or turmeric powder in this shake to detox your body.
Put all these ingredients into one blender
Now blend well to get a tasty and healthy smoothie.
Finally, enjoy it.
Spinach Smoothie
A cup of spinach comprises of only a gram of carbohydrate and just 7 calories, plus it gives you with folate, iron, calcium, magnesium, and plenty of antioxidants. Hence, spinach is a good choice for weight loss.
You will need:
2 cups spinach, cleaned well
1 ½ cups water
1 whole pear, chopped into pieces
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp grated ginger
The first step is to take a blender and next add the spinach, water, chopped pear, ginger and lemon juice.
Afterwards, blend well to achieve a smooth mixture.
Your smoothie is ready.
Golden Milk is an ancient Ayurvedic recipe.
Today many people have problems (bloating, heart-burn) when consuming milk. According to Ayurveda the way one prepares milk has everything to do with how our bodies react to it. Spiced milk with honey is proven to improve joint pain, muscle stiffness and to boost the immune system.
For Golden Milk Recipe Check out the Video Below:
In conclusion, all the above-mentioned smoothies are healthy and useful for weight loss. Hence, you should add them to your daily diet for best results.


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Pre Settlement funding for amusement ride injuries is extremely important. In this case, a family of four has to deal with the agony of a trial while waiting to be compensated. The operator of an amusement park ride in North Carolina is being sued by an injured family in federal court.
The family of 4 is accusing the operator of moving the car they were occupying in an effort to hurry the riders along so the next riders could get on. The operator is denying these allegations and he is saying that he did not tamper with the controls in order to override the safety device which prevents the cars from moving after the ride has come to a complete stop.
The lawsuit against the operator of the ride, the ride's owners, and the company which brought the ride to the amusement park was filed in April for $150 million. The lawsuit filed states that the family has been enduring the pain and permanent damage caused by the accident for 8 months with no compensation.
The Department of Labor in North Carolina has fined the owner of the ride, as well as the company that brought the ride to the park a total of $100,000. With that being said the point of the lawsuit and the central concern of the family is the question of did the operator tamper with the electric circuitry or not.
Rides, such as the one in question, have a safety device which does not allow power from getting to the ride once it comes to a halt. This is so the passengers can get on and off without the ride moving resulting in them being harmed by sudden movements.
After investigating the ride the Department of Labor said that the owner of the ride ignored the safety device before the ride started operations by modifying the electrical circuitry.
These types of lawsuits fall under premises liability and they can cause the plaintiff to not be compensated at an appropriate time. This is due to multiple parties being involved each of them trying to prove their innocence. In order to do so the defendants must find information that someone else was at fault besides themselves through deposition testimony. Meanwhile the plaintiffs will be consulting with experts to prove negligence on the defendants.
In the midst of the trial the victims are still having to deal with their injuries and the effects they have on their daily lives. Sometimes the victims have to take a leave of absence from their job which will leave them in a financial struggle. When people are stressed about money they will be willing to take any form of compensation even if it is not nearly the amount they should be getting just to make sure they do not lose their cars or their homes. Also these cash advances are only paid back when the case is successfully resolved.
Pre settlement funding for amusement ride injuries can support the victim with their financial struggles. These loans are normally dependent on a personal injury attorney being retained on a contingency fee arrangement.
Pre settlement funding for amusement ride injuries will only be paid back if and when the claim has been settled in favor of the plaintiff. The lender of the loan is very careful to assess the risk of the lawsuit being successful. After such assessment these loans become virtually zero risk as far as the plaintiff is concerned because if the claim is lost they have nothing to pay for.


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Monday, October 24, 2016
MTSPA Meets tonight! Monday October 24th, 2016
Come join us at 630pm in the MTS Staff Lounge!! Our guest teacher this evening will be Mrs. Pletz!! We hope you can make it out!
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Remembrance Day at McKenzie Towne School
With the weather changing and the furnace turning on, it is time to start thinking about how to commemorate Remembrance day in our school, and so the MTSPA is putting a call out to our families to see if you might know some talented bloke who will attend our school for a Remembrance Day assembly and gift us with their talent of playing the bagpipes. If you are able to play, or know someone who could play for our school community, please contact Jenn at email@example.com
Stay warm out there!
In trust,
Your Parents Association
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Ford is trying 3D printing for car parts
Aaron Smith for CNN: Ford (F) figures they will be lighter than their metal counterparts, and therefore more fuel efficient.
The company will start with spoilers, those streamlined decorations fastened to car exteriors to make them look faster. For now, the company is testing parts for its Ford Performance race car division, but 3D-printed parts could be used for mass-market cars and trucks in the future.
Ford released photos of 3D-printed parts, like the plastic molding for car interiors. The company hinted that it might one day be able to 3D-print more complicated parts, like intake manifolds. Cont'd...
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Why it's important
Over the years cars have become a lot lighter. And lighter cars mean safer, faster, and longer lasting cars. So it's mostly a positive. On the other hand, heavier cars with softer suspension generally offer a smoother ride. Owning one of the lighter cars built during the last couple decades means you will feel a lot more of the road beneath you. Today, getting and keeping your tires balanced is more important than ever because if your tires are off-balance by even just a half ounce, you'll feel it.
Unbalanced tires cause vibrations. These vibrations aren't good for your tires, your car or your sanity. Consistent vibrations can cause your tires to wear prematurely and unevenly. That means drumming up the money for a new set of tires a lot earlier than you had planned. Unbalanced tires can also cause wear on your axle and other related parts, which can lead to more expensive repairs. But most importantly, a road trip with a wobbly tire is like hiking with a pebble in your shoe—it's just plain annoying.
Tires can be out of balance in two main ways: they can wobble side to side or up and down (displaced along the radial or lateral centers). This wobbling is the result of imperfections in the rim or tires—tires can have heavy spots, and rims can be chipped or slightly tilted. Tire balancing is a technique all technicians use to counteract these imperfections and preserve the integrity of your tires. While you can't buy perfect rims or tires, you can make up the difference—it's called balancing. It's a quick job too.
What exactly happens
Our tire balancing machine spins your tires rapidly and then applies pressure to simulate how your tires respond to the road. The instrument is able to monitor, detect and pinpoint where the tires are out of balance. It then calculates the exact amount of weight to counteract the lopsidedness, and a computer directs technicians to add counterweights at specific locations along the rim to smooth out your ride.
When should you get your tires balanced?
The easy answer is whenever you begin to feel vibrations. Of course, vibrations can be the result of bigger problems, but starting with getting your tires balanced is a good, cheap way to find out. Most tire companies will automatically balance your tires when they install new tires, but they will not necessarily check to make sure your tires are balanced when you come in for checkups or rotations. The good news is that a tire in balance tends to stay that way, but you never know. If you hit a curb, or a large pothole, it can be enough to send your tires out of balance.
One trick to preserving your tires, your car, and your sanity is to re-balance your tires every time you bring them in for a rotation, every 5,000 miles or so. It is a quick procedure that can easily be done during the rotation process and costs very little.


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A basis point is a hundredth (1/100) of a percentage point. Expressed another way, one percentage point is equal to 100 basis points. This means that if an interest rate drops by 1/2 of a percentage point (such as from 4% to 3.5%), the drop is 50 basis points. If an interest rate increases from 3.75% to 3.90%, the increase is 15 basis points.
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FormFree and Take3Tech partner to bring AccountChek asset, income and employment verification to the LoanMAPS mortgage technology platform
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Apr 05, 2022, 07:00 ET
Integration enables lenders to streamline loan originations for greater convenience, speed and fraud resistance
ATHENS, Ga., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — FormFree® today announced it has partnered with Take Three Technologies (Take3Tech) to make its AccountChek® automated asset, income, and employment verification solutions available within LoanMAPS™, an all-in-one loan origination platform that encompasses a loan origination system (LOS), point-of-sale system (POS), customer relationship management system (CRM), compliance monitoring and report generation.
The integration enables loan originators to text or email borrowers a request to electronically verify asset, income and employment data without leaving the LoanMAPS user experience. Once borrower permission is granted, AccountChek uses securely encrypted, direct-source data to automatically populate underwriter-friendly verification of asset (VOA) and verification of income/employment (VOIE) reports, which are made available within LoanMAPS.
"We are proud to introduce AccountChek as a LoanMAPS integration partner. Our partnership enables lenders to provide a streamlined verification experience while reducing loan processing and underwriting times as well as fraud risk," said Take3Tech CEO Anita Padilla-Fitzgerald. "We look forward to helping lenders empower consumers with the speed and convenience of electronic data verification."
"FormFree is on a mission to make it easy for mortgage lenders to assess borrowers' ability to pay mortgage loans using high-fidelity, direct-source consumer data," said FormFree CEO and Founder Brent Chandler. "It is a pleasure to partner with Take3Tech to make the benefits of AccountChek available to more mortgage lenders and consumers."
About FormFree®:
As the industry's go-to provider for direct-source VOA and VOI/E data, FormFree helps lenders understand credit risk like never before. Our patented AccountChek® and Passport® products open doors to more inclusive credit decisioning by revealing each customer's true ability to pay (ATP®). We have completed over $3 trillion in loan verifications that help lenders lower operating costs while improving the borrower experience. For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.
About Take Three Technologies:
Take Three Technologies developed LoanMAPS, a cloud-based and fully-integrated loan origination platform. With LoanMAPS, you can replace your current LOS, CRM, POS, and Report Generator with one easy-to-use solution that covers of all of your mortgage banking technology needs. From client management and origination to processing and closing, LoanMAPS is here for you with easy implementation and training at your fingertips. Reduce your cost to close and increase your productivity with LoanMAPS today. For more information, visit the company's website https://www.take3tech.com/loanmaps/.
Twitter: @RealFormFree #mortgage #mortgageindustry #fintech #digitalmortgage #MBATech22
This release was issued through Send2Press®, a unit of Neotrope®. For more information, visit Send2Press Newswire at https://www.Send2Press.com
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How to Train a Puppy to Touch With His Nose
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Imagine going somewhere with your beautiful, shy puppy. You missed the early socialization time in his life and you are trying to make up for lost time by introducing him to lots of people in a pleasant way now. A family at the park approaches you wanting to know if their two young daughters can greet your pup. He crouches behind you a bit when the girl's walk toward him. You are not sure, but suddenly you get an idea. You give the girls treats and instruct them to hold out the palms of their hands toward him. You tell him to "Touch" and point to one of the girls' hands. He suddenly looks a bit more confident and relaxed, and he walks forward to obediently touch the hand in order to get the treat. The girl smiles as she feeds him the treat, and then you let the other girl practice the trick with him also. Several minutes and many treats later, your puppy no longer looks shy or uncertain about the girls; instead he seems happy and completely relaxed. He is willingly coming up to the girls, letting them pet him, and taking treats from their hands. You smile as the family walks away, and you think to yourself that this is a wonderful trick, and you will use it to introduce him to new people from now on.
Defining Tasks
'Touch' is a fantastic trick to use to help puppies and dogs get used to new things. Whether that new thing is a person that your puppy is shy around or an object that seems a bit scary to him. By teaching your puppy to touch things when you tell him to, you can communicate to him those that things are safe, and through the use of rewards for touching, you can teach him to expect touches to be pleasant, which will help to decrease his fear.
'Touch' can also be very helpful during potty training. You can teach your puppy to touch a bell when he needs to go outside. You can also use 'touch' as an alert signal for many different important jobs. You can teach your puppy to touch you when your blood sugar is getting too low if he is a Diabetic Alert Dog, or to touch you when you are about to eat something that you are allergic to if he is an Allergy Alert Dog, or to touch you during times or anxiety or compulsion if he is a Psychiatric or PTSD Alert Dog. There are so many important uses for this trick, even if you only want to teach it because it's cute.
'Touch' is a fairly easy command to teach, especially if your dog is not shy about touching things. You can generally expect this trick to take between four and seven weeks to train, and even less time if you only teach him to touch one thing and not to generalize the trick to other objects or hands also.
Getting Started
To get started you will need lots of small, tasty treats, a calm location, a patient, positive attitude, and a willing pup. If you are using the "Peanut Butter" method, then you will also need Peanut Butter. If you are using the "Peanut Butter" method or the "Treat" method, then you will also need an object about the size of your hand. If you are using the "Toy" method, then you will also need a toy or a similar sized object. With all of the methods you will need a variety of additional objects to practice this trick with, and if you wish to teach your pup to touch other people's hands also, then you will need volunteers to practice this trick with your dog.
The Peanut Butter Method
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Grab peanut butter
To begin, grab some treats and peanut butter, and go to a calm location with your pup. Do NOT use peanut butter that contains xylitol, because xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs.
Add command
Smear a tiny bit of peanut butter onto your hand. Tell your pup to "Touch", hold your hand in front of him with your palm facing toward him, and point to the peanut butter on your hand with your finger from your other hand. Allow him to lick the peanut butter off of your hand. Praise him the second that he touches your hand.
After Fido licks the peanut butter off, then add another dot of peanut butter and repeat the trick again. Practice this trick at least thirty times over the next couple of weeks.
Remove the peanut butter
After you have practiced 'touch' at least thirty times, then hold your hand in front of your puppy, tell him to "Touch", and point to your hand with your finger, without any peanut butter on your hand. When he touches it, then give him a treat or a bit of peanut butter on your finger as a reward. If he will not touch it, then practice with the peanut butter for longer, and try it again without the peanut butter later.
Practice with your hand
When your buddy will touch your hand without the peanut butter on it, then practice it until he can do it consistently.
When your puppy can consistently touch your hand when told to, then point to an object and tell him to "Touch" it. When he touches that object, then praise him and give him a treat. If he will not touch the object, then hold the palm of your hand next to the object while you point to the object, and practice with your hand there. Do this several times before removing the palm of your hand and trying the trick again with just your command and finger pointing.
Add objects and people
When your buddy will touch something when you point to it and tell him to "Touch", then practice the command with a variety of objects, and with other people's hands to encourage polite greetings and socialization.
The Treat Method
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Get strong smelling treats
To begin, grab lots of small, tasty treats that smell really good to your pup. Go to a calm location with him.
Add command
Next, get your pup's attention, show him your hand with your palm facing him, and then hold a treat onto the palm of your hand with the finger of your other hand. Tell him to "Touch", and then let him eat the treat in your hand.
Practice this trick at least thirty-five times over the course of the next couple weeks.
Phase out the treat
After you have practiced this trick at least thirty-five times, then show Fido the palm of your hand, point to it, and tell him to "Touch" but do not put a treat in your hand. If he touches it, then give him a treat from behind your back or your pocket.
Practice for longer
If your pup will not touch your hand without the treat, then practice the command with the treat in your hand for longer, and then try it again without the treat in a couple of days. Repeat this until he will touch your hand without a treat in it when you point to it and tell him to "Touch".
Add an object
When your puppy will touch your hand when you tell him to, then practice it until he can do it consistently. When he can do it consistently, then place a palm sized object into you hand, point to it, and tell him to "Touch" it. Reward him when he does.
Put it on the ground
When your puppy can touch the object, then place the object on the ground, point to it, and tell him to "Touch" it there. Praise and reward him when he does. Practice this until he can do it consistently.
Help him generalize it
When your puppy can touch your hand and the object, then practice this trick with other objects and other people's hands, until he can consistently touch whatever you point to when you tell him to.
The Movement Method
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Grab a toy and treats
To begin, grab some small, tasty treats and one of your puppy's toys or a similar sized object, then go to a calm location with your pup.
Add a command
Get your puppy's attention, point to the toy and tell him to "Touch", and then gently touch it to his noise.
As soon as you touch the object to Buddy's nose, praise him enthusiastically and remove the object and give him a treat. Try to praise him right when the object touches his nose to help him learn.
Repeat this trick at least thirty times, until he will touch the object on his own when you tell him to "Touch" and point to the toy.
Add a new object
When your buddy will touch the object when you point to it and tell him to "Touch" before you move it toward him, then choose a different object and practice this trick with the new object until he can touch that also.
Generalize the trick
When your pooch has mastered touching the new object also, then practice this trick with a variety of objects, until he can touch whatever you point to when you tell him to "Touch".
By Caitlin Crittenden
Published: 05/14/2018, edited: 01/08/2021


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After Scott appears on the cover of a magazine for an article on Chandler Enterprises, he and Annie share a celebratory lunch. In an effort to try and destroy Annie, JR tells a blogger she is a liar and a murder suspect. Scott and Annie hear the gossip, and JR admits to Annie that he's responsible for it.
Marissa warns Annie not to go near her husband again. Annie tells Marissa that it must be tough to know her husband is obsessed with her.
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Miss America eliminated the swimsuit competition. So now what?
The Miss America pageant is a pageant no longer.
The Miss America Organization announced Tuesday both the swimsuit and evening gown portions would be coming to an end. Gretchen Carlson, the organization's chairwoman and Miss America 1989, said Tuesday on Good Morning America that the descriptor of it as a "pageant" no longer applies. "We are a competition," she said.
And not just any competition, but certainly a competition that's felt the influence of the #MeToo era. "We are not going to judge you on your outward appearance," Carlson said on GMA. "We are moving it forward and evolving it in this cultural revolution."
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, who competed in Miss America 2011 as Miss Massachusetts, has been rallying for the change for years.
"I think there's something antithetical to the mission of a women's scholarship organization when we're saying that a necessity to basically be given the job as a representative of that nonprofit is to wear high heels and a small bathing suit," Galler-Rabinowitz said in an interview.
"No one is telling you you can't wear a bathing suit or a beautiful dress and not feel as beautiful, but I think the idea that that's an appropriate metric to choose someone to represent a scholarship program has always felt wrong."
That kind of sentiment has been shared by other contestants, including Claire Buffie, who was Miss New York at the 2011 Miss America pageant. "It has nothing to do with the job you're going to do as Miss America," Buffie said. "I think it's time we align the selection process with the job description."
Cara Mund, the reigning Miss America and the last winner to take part in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions, weighed in with a video posted on the Miss America Instagram account.
"This is a scholarship organization, and you don't have to be in a swimsuit to earn a scholarship," she said.
Other former contestants have called out the swimsuit competition specifically for encouraging unhealthy behavior.
"I saw what some contestants (far too many), superb in every other area of competition, put themselves through in order to prepare to be in 'swimsuit shape,' for competition," Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008, wrote on Facebook. "Many things which were downright dangerous to their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and inconsistent with their normal regimen and routine of a 'healthy lifestyle' that the competition purported to promote."
The change to Miss America hasn't been without criticism. The move comes at a time when the organization has seen some controversies. The Huffington Post reported in December on emails that showed Sam Haskell, the former chief executive, had made misogynistic comments about former winners. And there's been dwindling viewership, the New York Times reported.
"I can confidently say that Miss America's decision to get rid of the swimsuit competition isn't about creating an 'inclusive' competition; it's about trying to correct a PR disaster and staying relevant," Ashley Alese Edwards, who has competed in multiple pageants and is also a former Mic editor, wrote for Refinery29.
But Galler-Rabinowitz has a more optimistic vision for what the change could mean, that it will open up the scope of women who'd be interested in competing.
"I still think this is an incredibly welcome change, and opens up who decides to compete in this," said Galler-Rabinowitz, who now works as a doctor in New York City. "I've had friends talk to me about a need for scholarship money and an interest, who are very much uncomfortable with the idea that in order to get those dollars, you would have to appear in front of millions of people in a swimsuit."
Maybe that will happen. But regardless, there are still many outdated practices within the organization. The age of contestants is capped at 25, raised from 24 in January, and women still cannot compete if they've been married, ever been pregnant or have a child.
This is very much still the beginning of an overhaul within the organization, and Buffie and Galler-Rabinowitz both have their own ideas for how Miss America can further modernize itself.
"There are some very specific things I've always wanted to change with the telecast," Buffie said. "The telecast focuses on those onstage questions and the crown, basically, and people are waiting just to see if they bomb their moment. What it doesn't focus on is what we do the entire year. What we do, and our platforms, should be highlighted. Whether it's small packages of the top 15 and what they've done, we should get their backstories."
Galler-Rabinowitz said "showing a commitment and passion for academic achievement should be part of the scholarship organization." "That's another piece of this process," she said. "What this is going to allow the telecast to do is spend more time focusing on the things that are important, which is what women have to say and what they're doing to make the world a better place."
We'll just have to see what really happens come September, when the Miss America 2019 competition is set to take place in Atlantic City, New Jersey.


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A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 film about an eccentric, nonconformist children's television writer living in a New York City apartment with his nephew.
- Directed by Fred Coe. Written by Herb Gardner, adapted from his 1962 Broadway play of the same name.
Arnold Burns edit
- Murray, you've got a rotten reputation. Even these guys weren't easy to grab. Why do you have to build your own personal blacklist? Why can't you just get blacklisted as a Communist like everybody else?
Murray Burns edit
- Irving R. Feldman's birthday is my own personal national holiday. I did not open it up for the public. He is proprietor of perhaps the most distinguished kosher delicatessen in our neighborhood, and, as such, I hold the day of his birth in reverence.
- You might call Nick a bastard... or a little bastard, depending on how whimsical you feel at the time.
- If things aren't funny then they're exactly what they are; and then they're like a long dental appointment.
- Aw, Sandy, that's the most you should expect from life, a really good apology for all the things you won't get.
Nick edit
- My simple child reaction of what you did is that you are not funny. Funnier than you is even Stuart Schlossman, who is my friend, and is eleven, and puts walnuts in his mouth and makes noises. What is not funny is to call us names, and what is mostly not funny is how sad you are, and I'd feel sorry for you if it wasn't for how dull you are. And those are the worst-tasting potato chips that I've ever tasted. And that's my opinion from the blue, blue sky.
Dialogue edit
- Murray: Nick, you are about to see a horrible, horrible thing.
- Nick: What's that Murray?
- Murray: People going to work.
- Albert: Sandra, it's really time we left for Queens.
- Sandra: Here's the Ledbetter file, I'm staying here.
- Albert: Sandra.
- Sandra: I have decided to pursue this case.
- Albert: Sandra, have we lost all professional control?
- Sandra: You just -- you just go yourself -- to the Leadbellies -- you go on to Queens.
- Albert: I was not aware that Nicholas was an O.W. child.
- Murray: "O.W."?
- Albert: Out of wedlock.
- Murray: For a moment there, I thought you meant prisoner of war. I think it's that natural warmth of yours, Albert, that leads me to misunderstand.
- Albert: Mr. Burns, you can assume at this point that Miss Markowitz is no longer involved with your case. The Board will be informed that she is no longer involved with this particular case. Her continuing here, to discuss your case -- at this point -- is entirely unofficial. You can dismiss any conference -- that may resume after I leave -- when I leave here, from your mind. And regardless of what you think of me--
- Murray: I think you're a dirty O.W.
- Albert: And -- do you know what you are? Maladjusted!
- Murray: Oooh! [strikes heart and sinks to the floor]
- Sandy: There is a kind of relief that it's gone - the job, and even Albert. But I know what it is, it's just irresponsible, that's all. And I don't have the vaguest idea who I am.
- Murray: It's just that there are all these Sandras running around who you've never met before, and it's confusing at first, fantastic. But damn it, isn't it great to find out how many Sandras there are? It's like those little cars in the circus, you know? This tiny red car comes out, hardly big enough for a midget, and it putters around, and suddenly its doors open and out come a thousand clowns, whooping and hollering and raising hell.
- Albert: Miss Markowitz did not show up in Queens yesterday.
- Murray: So...
- Albert: Well, her parents are quite upset. I am quite upset. Where is she?
- Murray: She's hiding in the closet.
- Albert: Now, we're really all quite anxious to know where she is.
- Murray: I'm not kidding, Albert, she's in the closet.
- Albert: [checks the closet, gazes at her momentarily, quickly closes the door, and goes back to talk with Murray] She is in the closet.
- Murray: I wouldn't lie to you, Albert.
- Albert: Why is she in the closet?
- Murray: I don't know, uh…she's got this thing about closets.
- Albert: Well, that's a very silly thing for her to be in, that closet.
- Murray: Well, don't knock it until you've tried it. Now, what else can I do for you, Albert?
- Albert: That's a difficult thing for me to believe...I mean, that she's right there in the closet. You know, you are not a person, Mr. Burns, you are an experience!
- Murray: [laughing] That's very nice, Albert. I'll have to remember that.
- Nick: We got to get rid of him!
- Murray: [hugging Nick] Nick...
- Nick: We got to! Please!
- Murray: Nick, we can't. We can't. Aw, kid, I'm sorry. Sorry, kid. I'm sorry.
Cast edit
- Jason Robards — Murray Burns
- Barbara Harris — Dr. Sandra Markowitz
- Martin Balsam — Arnold Burns
- Gene Saks — Leo Herman
- William Daniels — Albert Amundson
- Barry Gordon — Nick
External links edit
- A Thousand Clowns quotes at the Internet Movie Database


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Kevin Powers had been talking to audiences about his first novel, The Yellow Birds, for at least 72 hours by the time I had the chance to interview him. His novel was the 2014 selection for One Book, One Philadelphia, an annual program of the Free Library of Philadelphia that is designed to promote reading, literacy, and libraries, and to encourage the entire greater Philadelphia area to come together to read and discuss a single book. He was back in town for the finale of this program.
The Yellow Birds focuses on a young man, Private Bartle, who has returned from the Iraq War and is working to piece together a full picture of his experience. Our protagonist hurtles back and forth through space and time — stationed in Al Tafar, Iraq, training at Fort Dix in New Jersey, at home in Virginia before and after deployment — and mines his memories in order to gain an understanding of his wartime promises, responsibilities, and decisions. Yellow Birds has received heaps of recognition since its publication, including the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award for first fiction, the Guardian First Book Award, and nomination for the National Book Award in Fiction.
Kevin Powers had just wrapped up an author event for an audience of high school students when I met up with him. We spoke over coffee about The Yellow Birds' non-linear structure, the characters' wartime philosophies, and how the book came into being.
Rachel Karasick: The Yellow Birds makes use of a non-linear structure. Can you talk about why you decided to have Private Bartle recount the story in this way?
Kevin Powers: I suppose it was a natural progression. It was a way of figuring out how I could use all of the resources that I had available to me to let a reader experience, as closely as a reader possibly can, the experience that the narrator has. I came up with the story and the initial draft all chronologically, but I felt like I had an opportunity to let the structure of the book reflect the fragmented way that Bartle perceives the world. I wanted to try to mimic the simultaneity of being in two places at once.
You know, I really like paintings. I think that one of the advantages that painting has over the written word is that you can take the whole in, all at once, and then after that you can break it down into its various parts. I was trying to recreate that effect of experiencing different parts of the story, different parts of the narrative, and different parts of the timeline all at once, so that the reader has the experience in the same way that Bartle does — going back and forth unpredictably.
Part of the challenge was controlling the narrative in a way so that the structure was evocative of that movement, but didn't create confusion for the reader. I didn't know the shape that the book would take when I began writing it, but once I felt like there was an opportunity to include that movement, it became a large part of the revision process. I was trying to fit those things together in a way that I thought would work well.
It seemed like this structure and movement actually generated a lot of suspense.
When you take the story as it unfolds over time and you shuffle it around, you also have to consider how that affects the one arc of the story. There will always be one storyline, no matter what order you present it in. I had to go back and figure out, "When does this information become clear to the reader? Now that I've moved chapter two to chapter seven . . ." as the case may be. A lot of the revision process was making tweaks to that so that it could build a kind of suspense.
Ultimately, I decided that it was more effective to reveal some information early on. For example, you find out that Murph dies very early on. It's not so much about "is this or isn't this going to happen," because we already know the answer to that, given the subject. What's important about the story is the how and the why. For me, the books that I respond to the most tend to explore those questions, rather than just the what. When Bartle is reflecting it allows the reader to also reflect. The hope is that you get as close to his experience, being inside his head, as I could possibly get you as a reader.
Bartle describes this at one point as, "like putting a puzzle together from behind: the shapes familiar, the picture quickly fading, the muted tan of the cardboard backing a tease at wholeness and completion."
That's part of it, you're looking for ways to describe emotional states that are specific to the events that are happening in the story, but they're also evocative of the larger themes that you're exploring. I hoped it would be a fruitful way to talk about not just Bartle's sifting through his own memory, but the way that we all tell stories about our own lives and the ways we construct our identity. In a lot of ways, those determinations guide the choices that we make going forward.
You're being asked to construct a story, but the material from which you're forced to construct it is questionable and faulty and unreliable. That was really probably the most fascinating part of the change that Bartle undergoes — accepting that we're starting out with flawed data. At the same time, it's the best he's got. We have to use our memories to explore our past, even though it's inherently suspect.
I found myself particularly fascinated by the characters of Murph and Sergeant Sterling. They seem to be polar opposites — their motives and reactions are always so different.
I don't think either of these characters know that they have these particular philosophies, about how to endure during wartime or how to approach their set of circumstances. But I think for Bartle, as the central observer — he sees them as having the choice to go in one direction or the other. It was interesting to me to think about all of the people in the book who make compromises just to deal with whatever set of circumstances are immediately in front of them. What compromises are they willing to make?
In the simplest terms, Sterling is willing to set aside his humanity, his morality, in order to survive. In order to physically survive, in order to do what is expected of him, in order to protect the people that he's obligated to protect. Whereas Murph thinks about things in almost opposite terms. He is so attached to his humanity. He thinks of it as being the thing that grounds him, he's attached to a moral understanding of the world.
Again, not that he's conscious of this, but in a way he's willing to sacrifice his actual physical safety in order to preserve his dignity and the things that make life worth preserving. I think it's true that they do occupy different ends of the spectrum. I wanted their decisions to reflect the things that they observe, and the different positions and points of view that they take in regard to the situation they find themselves in.
In The Yellow Birds, you describe each landscape that your characters inhabit with a lot of depth. Can you talk about some of these descriptions and their impact on the narrative?
One of Bartle's concerns is the idea of control, of powerlessness. He has the sense that there's all this chaos, and the decisions that he makes have a limited effect because there are so many variables beyond his control. For me, the natural world represents that really well — that kind of chaos that always moves in one direction.
Nature [. . .] seems to survive and change and carry on, and so I wanted that to be a counterpoint to all of that which is man-made. Which in many ways is a war: this is people making decisions, this is people doing these terrible things to each other. And of course, people are an aspect of nature, they are a part of nature, they are present in nature, but there's this other part of it that I was interested in — the way that the world goes on in spite of all of our petty fights that turn into these massively destructive things.
That thread carried all the way to the end of the book, when Bartle has a vision of Murphy going back into something that's going to carry on. It represents Bartle letting go of the need to control, giving up the idea that he's outside of that, or that he really has a say other than what he does in the moment. I hoped it would illustrate another layer of the environment that they find themselves in — something that still exists independently of them.
The three scenes that happen in and around rivers, including the one you just referred to, were very compelling. There's one mid-way through the book in which Bartle strips down and plunges into a river in Virginia, and comes a bit unglued. There is a parallel moment involving Murph and the river in Al Tafar, and also the vision that Bartle has at the end.
Can you tell me more about those river scenes? They seemed to represent pivotal moments in the plot.
It's interesting. The way that those two parts of the story developed, the image of Murph came first. It was actually one of the earliest parts of the book that I wrote. I had this image of a soldier who had lost a friend, imagining all the damage that had been done to him, and reimagining him in the context of the processes of time, nature, weather. So in some ways, particularly as it relates to that thread of the book that we've been talking about, I had to figure out why that image had such power for me, why it seemed so interesting, why it seemed so unshakable in this weird way.
What is it about that end for Murph that somehow seems, if not redemptive, then like a source of closure for Bartle? You know what I mean? Why is this sticking with me? Why is this important?
I wanted to figure it out, so along the way, it occurred to me to give Bartle the opportunity to have the same kind of experience. But when he has it, he's not ready for it yet. I mean, we can think of these very old ideas of being cleansed and so forth, but he's not there yet. So by the end of the book, by imagining Murph in that situation, he's letting Murph do that for him, you know? It frees him by freeing his feelings of responsibility for Murph. He's talking about how he's back to being material, back to being part of the earth. He becomes a part of the waves, a part of the movement of the waves.
I think that serves the same purpose that he begins when he has that weird experience of his own. Some of this stuff is intuitive, and you hope that there's a connection there. You may not fully understand if it's working, but it feels right. It feels like there's some kind of balance and proportion and you just trust and hope that it works for the reader.
It seems like you've been busy since you finished your deployment in 2005: a B.A. in English at Virginia Commonwealth University, an M.F.A. in poetry from the Michener Center, two books of poetry, and a novel. At what point in this fairly short time window did The Yellow Birds start to take shape?
The book started in 2007. At that time I was working a full-time job after my deployment. It was around that time that I quit my job and went to school full-time. I was working and going to school at night and it was weird. I was just kind of like, fuck it, I want to be a writer, I've known that I wanted to be a writer my whole life. I was actually writing and I realized — what am I waiting for? Why don't I see what happens if I just try to do this? So I started going back to school full-time and taking English classes. I'd already been writing poetry about the war, and I started to recognize, hey, this seems productive. It seemed like I was going in the right direction, but I felt like I needed a bigger canvas.
So I started writing this long prose piece, but I didn't know what the direction would be. I ended up with this draft of a . . . thing. I don't know what else to call it. It didn't have much shape and I didn't really know what I was doing. I think of it as my first attempt at writing the book.
And so I continued working on it, getting the chance to talk and build relationships with other writers for the first time. I started thinking a bit about M.F.A. programs and I was given the opportunity to go to Texas. I knew was going to have three years to work and so I looked back at the writing I had done. I went there for poetry. I had some poems, and I knew I was going to keep writing poems. But I looked at this prose-draft-thing that I had, and I knew that it just wasn't . . . I knew there was more. I knew it could be better and that I could do more with it. So I kind of just scrapped it, and thought, well for the next three years, I'd try to do all of the things that I didn't feel like I could do with that first draft.
That's when I approached it with goals in mind. I had specific questions that I wanted these characters to address through their decisions. So it was probably sometime in 2008 or 2009 when I really felt like "Okay, I'm working on this book," and it started to come together in my own mind in terms of what it was about, who the characters were.
Are there any pieces of earlier writing that ended up in the book?
I didn't really write much while I was overseas. It represents the only gap that I've ever really had in my writing life. I read a lot — or relatively a lot. I read when I could.
I think that fact — of not having material to draw directly from — really influenced the way I thought about my experience and I felt like I could integrate that into the narrator's thought process. This need to go back and revisit the recent past. The difficulty of activating our memories and trying to figure out our stories based on that. So my process in writing paralleled the narrator's process of trying to figure out what his level of responsibility is in terms of what happens in the story.
It was actually, I think, really productive, and influenced the things I was trying to achieve in the book. It's as much about memory and feelings of guilt as it is about battles. At least, I hope it is.
What's next?
The poetry book is imminent! It comes out April 1st, which I'm excited about. The title is Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting.
I'm fairly early in the stages of working on another novel, set just after the American Civil War has ended. It's — as currently constituted — a story about people, relationships, and a ruined plantation owner and his young wife. It's focused on her coming to terms with the status quo and the consequences. I'm interested in the fact that as a country, in that particular period of history, there was a really great opportunity to create a society that actually had equality and justice. The choices that people made in those moments, those early moments after the war, really affected that opportunity.
I'm going to try to find a story that can explore how that happened, why that happened, and how it affected the people in those moments. It's early, but I'm excited about it. I grew up in Virginia, in Richmond, where a lot of this took place, where these real lives were lived. It's something that I've been curious about and have been fascinated by since I was a kid. I walked on that ground, and that ruined plantation house was 300 yards away from my house, and I wondered about the stories of what happened there.
This interview was arranged in cooperation with the Author Events Series of the Free Library of Philadelphia. You can listen to a podcast of Kevin Powers' Author Event at the Free Library here or a podcast from the One Book, One Philadelphia opening program here.
Rachel Karasick lives in Philadelphia, works for the Free Library, and is pleased that the Author Events series takes place 500 feet from her desk.
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many herds of mule deer. They spend their summers here for the sweet mountain grasses and lack of pressure from humans to have their fawns and breed. They reside in every nook and cranny of this area from the low valley meadows to the high country mountains. Hunters come from around the world to hunt some of Wyoming's finest mule deer right in our backyard.


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Borrowed Clubs Didn't Stop This $500 Winner
Davis, Calif., – Saturday, June 10, 2011 was a great day for Michael Ramos of Davis. Ramos was participating in an annual best ball tournament with three other of his friends at Yocha Dehe Golf Club in Brooks, when the unthinkable happened… he aced the 13th hole, a par 3 measuring 168 yards! What's more, Ramos didn't make the hole in one shot with his own clubs: he made it with a borrowed Callaway RAZR X iron and a brand new Callaway Warbird Plus golf ball.
According to Ramos, "Although I've been hitting Callaway balls for years, the club was brand new. I actually picked it up in the pro shop after remarking to the girl at the counter that the set of RAZR X's looked more like works of art than clubs." And as luck would have it, the gal who was working at the pro shop let him demo the 6-iron during the outing.
When Ramos contacted Callaway Golf after his feat to tell his story, Callaway replied, graciously offering him an amazing prize as a reward for his accomplishment.
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02/15/2022 / By Arsenio Toledo
America is about to enter a period of hyperinflation. During this time, the amount of essential goods people will be able to purchase using their hard-earned dollars will rapidly decrease. Before the prices spiral too far out of control, people need to start thinking about the supplies they need to buy before their budgets can no longer handle it. Here are some of the most essential purchases people need to make before it's too late. (h/t to TheSurvivalMom.com)
Perhaps one of the most important items people need to purchase immediately and in bulk, if possible, is food. Long-lasting food makes the most sense for people preparing for a potential scenario wherein their monthly budgets can no longer fully sustain them.
The best long-lasting foods people can buy right now are dry and freeze-dried goods, as their shelf life ensures people will have enough supplies to weather disasters.
The supply of many foods that can be dried or freeze-dried, such as pasta, rice, beans, spices and certain fruits, vegetables and meats, are very fragile. The supply chain crisis America is still dealing with has made the situation worse, and some experts are already warning that some of these products might not be found anywhere for some time.
Other than dry and freeze-dried foods, canned foods are also very important to stockpile. People worried about hyperinflation should look to purchase enough canned food, including canned vegetables like corn, peas, carrots and beans.
These individual ingredients require more work to turn into full meals, but what they do is help expand a person's meal options so they don't have to eat the same food every day.
The stocks of baking supplies like flour, yeast, sugar, baking soda, salt and eggs are also very precarious, especially with the ongoing supply chain crisis. There is also the strong possibility their prices will surge in the next few months.
Perhaps one of the best things people can do to ensure that they have enough of food on their table throughout this hyperinflationary period is to buy seeds and learn how to grow food.
Gardening is a very time- and labor-intensive process, but all this effort will be worth it and could mean the difference between being short on food and having enough to weather a crisis.
It is difficult to predict with 100 percent certainty what goods will be affected by this coming hyperinflationary period. But the trends from the past two or so years could help people get an understanding of what products will be most affected.
The shortage in guns and bullets, for example, has made their prices surge. Families that are worried about their safety should stock up on firearms and ammunition as soon as they are able.
Other products that people should consider stocking up on include meat, potatoes, paper products, car parts and tires.
People should also consider investing in inflation hedges like gold and silver, inflation-resistant stocks and land. (Related: Want to protect your assets against inflation? Consider owning precious metals like gold and silver.)
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Global organizations predict mass starvation amid historic rises in fertilizer, farm production costs thanks to out-of-control inflation.
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Daniel Guggenheim
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- Born:
- July 9, 1856, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.
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- Sept. 28, 1930, Port Washington, N.Y. (aged 74)
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- father Meyer Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim, (born July 9, 1856, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Sept. 28, 1930, Port Washington, N.Y.), American industrialist and philanthropist who oversaw the expansion of his family's vast mining empire in the early 20th century.
In 1891 his father, Meyer Guggenheim, consolidated about a dozen of the family's mining operations into a trust known as the Colorado Smelting and Refining Company. The trust acquired control of the American Smelting and Refining Company in 1901 and became the dominant force in the mining industry for the next three decades. Directing the trust until 1919 and exercising a dominant influence on it in the 1920s, Daniel Guggenheim expanded the family interests to include mines producing tin in Bolivia, gold in Alaska, copper in Utah, and diamonds in Africa, as well as nitrate fields in Chile and rubber plantations in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His most notable philanthropies were the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation and the Daniel Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics.


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May 1, 2015
Dr. Stryker of IWISH and Dr. Honore of Haiti have been trying to address the issue of testing for high grade cervical lesions, as cervical cancer is a huge issue in Haiti. Dr Honore had met with members of the WHO in Washington DC while he was on his Fulbright exchange two years ago. The objective was to determine the best means of detecting dysplasia (the precancerous condition) in women in underdeveloped countries so that it could be treated before it turned into cancer. Due to a paucity of gynecologic equipment and cytopathologists, consistent testing of tissue samples in Haiti is virtually impossible.
Dr Stryker and IWISH Board members met with the CEO of Guided Therapeutics, makers of Lu Viva, to discuss diagnostic testing options that don't require tissue analysis. Other OBGYN's in Haiti and US are collaborating, seeking cost-effective solutions viable in third world realities.
IWISH is looking for partners to sponsor research in this area.
Dr Honore Head of OBGYNm Port Au Prince Hospital; Gordon Stryker, IWISH BOD Chair; Dr Audrey Stryker, IWISH after meeting in Atlanta with reps from Guided Therapeutics.