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Ouroboros (ウロボロス) is the final stage of Mega Man ZX Advent. It is the ultimate Biometal, created by the full awakening of Biometal Model W. It emerges from Master Albert's hideout from the Undersea Volcano.
Ouroboros is the result of all fragments of Model W awakening and merging. The result is a colossal Biometal resembling the eponymous symbol of a snake biting its own tail in a clockwise manner. It has a golden head with red eyes and a segmented white body with glowing red power lines and proportionally small vertical wings.
The interior of Ouroboros is drastically different; the first half of the stage is made of large Model Ws mashed together in a very disorganized manner. Glowing red gems are prominent in the fragments, and the background also includes a giant mechanized red sphere connected to enormous cables. Deeper areas display an entirely different aspect, with the background becoming riddled with gigantic red tubes pulsating like arteries with an intense orange light emanating from below.
While Ouroboros itself does not manifest a personality, it is indicated to contain incredible power; Master Albert claims that the spirits of everything Model W devoured live on inside him, giving him the ability to control all life with the real A-Trans; he demonstrates this by not only transforming into Pseudoroids, but also manifesting their actual personalities, something that cannot be accomplished by Model A's A-Trans.[1]
Following the revelation that Master Albert is the creator of Model W, the Sage Trinity member escapes Legion and begins to retrieve Model Ws everywhere, gathering them all in his base within the Undersea Volcano. Ouroboros is mentioned for the first time when Model A's final cipher is unlocked during a fight between the Mega Man Model A (Grey/Ashe) and the Mega Man Model ZX (Vent/Aile). The cipher reveals the full extent of Albert's plan to the two Chosen Ones, mentioning that the one who wields Ouroboros will evolve beyond "the mere fusion between man and machine". The two Chosen Ones join forces and begin to investigate new leads.
The Mega Man Model A eventually finds Albert's hideout, but the ex-Sage Trinity is slain by Prometheus who, along with Pandora, hates their creator Albert for forcing the two into centuries of servitude. However, the two fall for Albert's ploy, fainting as their sheer hate is absorbed by all the Model Ws, providing the data needed for their full awakening.
Albert reappears in a new body, revealing that Prometheus had taken down a decoy as the fragments merge into Ouroboros, destroying the hideout and emerging from the sea. The Model A Chosen One is forced to escape, leaving Prometheus and Pandora behind. An endless swarm of Mavericks emerge from Ouroboros, wreaking havoc throughout the globe as Albert carries out his plan to make a new world.
However, Ouroboros is boarded in the sky by the Guardians, who joined forces with the Hunter's Guild with the approval of Master Thomas to stop Albert. The Guardian Base crashes into the ultimate Biometal, allowing the Model A and Model ZX Mega Men to infiltrate it. Though Aeolus, Atlas, Thetis and Siarnaq attempt to stop the Mega Man Model A, the four are held back by Vent/Aile, who demands them to hand over their Biometals while the Model A Chosen One moves on to confront Albert. The Mega Man Model A and Albert engage in a bitter battle, with the former being victorious despite Albert unleashing the power of the ultimate Mega Man. Albert dies and Ouroboros explodes in the sky, vanishing in the sea without a trace. The Mega Men, the Hunters and the Guardians manage to escape, but Model Z is lost in the process.
The game map separates Ouroboros into four segments.
Ouroboros 1
The first section of Ouroboros is relatively straightforward; the main obstacles are Reflector Cannons, Sawoods, Galleon Hunters and Galleon Shockers. There is a short stretch of solid blocks over a series of spikes near the door to the next section. The blocks may be destroyed by powerful physical attacks such as Buckfire's Meteor Kick, Bifrost's Ice Bite or Atlas's Megaton Crush.
Ouroboros 2
This section is composed of a corridor leading to a pair of identical rooms with four teleporters each. This is where the player has a rematch with the Pseudoroids of the game. They are arranged in the following order for each room (left to right, top to bottom):
- Room #1: Vulturon, Rospark, Chronoforce and Buckfire.
- Room #2: Argoyle & Ugoyle, Hedgeshock, Bifrost and Queenbee.
Defeating them all is mandatory to proceed to the next section.
Ouroboros 3
This section has much more hostile obstacles than the first, being characterized by red blocks and spikes placed near pits and spike beds. The red objects may be destroyed, but those regenerate after a few seconds and the player will lose a life if the character remains on the same spot as the regenerating object. The quantity increases as the player advances, while additional hindrances are provided by Reflector Cannons, Meteor Threshers, Galleon Spiders, Burners and Caroms.
Ouroboros 4
This is the final area, but also the shortest one as it amounts to a short stretch leading directly to Master Albert's throne room. A cutscene plays where Vent/Aile holds back the evil Mega Men, allowing the Model A Chosen One to face Albert himself.
- The awakening of Ouroboros through the hatred of Prometheus and Pandora harkens back to Serpent using the hate of Vent and Aile to awaken the Model W core in Mega Man ZX.
- The rooms which lead to the Pseudoroid rematches display a giant glass painting in the background with the image of two women reaching out to Albert's crest; one appears human, with long blonde hair and the other has the head of a Galleon. The blonde one bears a strong resemblance to Ciel.While the other one bears a strong resemblance to Iris.
- The power to control all life through Ouroboros may be a reference to Dr. Weil's skills in Reploid resurrection.
- The Mega Man ZX series appears to follow a theme of snakes in antagonistic roles, starting with the Giga Aspis and Serpent in the first game and culminating with Ouroboros in Mega Man ZX Advent.
- ↑ Albert: I told you that you were made in my image. But my real power is not in my copy ability. The spirit of everything Model W eats lives on inside me. The power to control all life. That is the power of the ultimate Mega Man. The real A-Trans! -- Mega Man ZX Advent
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Sage Trinity • Aeolus • Atlas • Thetis • Siarnaq • Serpent • Prometheus • Pandora • Pseudoroids
|Mega Man ZX • Mega Man ZX Advent
|ZX (Vent's story) • ZX (Aile's story) • ZXA (Grey's story) • ZXA (Ashe's story)
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When it comes to managing thyroid disease, you want to start with a balanced diet to make sure you get all the nutrients you need for good health. A balanced diet includes whole grains, a variety of fruits and vegetables, healthy sources of calcium such as low-fat milk or fortified soy milk, and lean sources of protein such as poultry or tofu. Thyroid disease increases the risk of heart disease, so you also want to make sure you include food sources of omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, tuna, walnuts and flaxseed.
Iodine and Thyroid Hormones
Getting an adequate amount of iodine in the diet is essential for thyroid function. Iodine deficiency is a one of the main causes of thyroid disease throughout the world, according to dietitian Cheryl Harris. While iodine deficiency isn't as prevalent in the United States due to the use of iodized salt, iodine intake has decreased, says Harris. Additionally, getting too much iodine in the diet also affects thyroid health. Adults need 150 micrograms of iodine a day. One-quarter teaspoon of iodized salt contains 95 micrograms, while a 6-ounce portion of fish from the ocean contains 650 micrograms. Dairy foods and grains grown in iodine-rich soil are also a source of iodine in the diet.
Selenium and Thyroid Health
Selenium is a trace mineral that has its highest concentrations in the thyroid gland. It is also an essential component in the regulation and production of thyroid hormone. Supplementation with selenium may offer some relief, improving mood and quality of life, in people with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which is an autoimmune disease, according to a 2014 review study published in "European Thyroid Journal." The researchers, however, say more studies need to be conducted before recommendations can be made. Adults need 55 micrograms of selenium a day. With 544 micrograms per 1-ounce serving, Brazil nuts are an excellent source of selenium. Other food sources with selenium include yellowfin tuna, halibut, brown rice, eggs and frozen boiled spinach.
Vitamin B-12 and Thyroid Health
Vitamin B-12 is important for metabolism and production of red blood cells. Thirty percent of those with autoimmune thyroid disease have issues with low levels of vitamin B-12, according to Harris. Adults need 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B-12 a day. Good sources include shellfish, meat, milk, fortified breakfast cereals and nutritional yeast. People over age 50 lose their ability to absorb vitamin B-12 from food and may require supplementation.

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The nation of United Kingdom is rapidly transforming into a top draw destination for foreign tourists with explorers from the Gulf countries, China and Kenya topping the number tables. This jump in tourism benefits as much as possible from the travel visa choices as reveals new figures. The aggregate number of Chinese tourists to Great Britain in the beginning nine months of 2015 was 2,14,000, which is a tremendous rise of 37 percent from 2014. The yearly International Passenger Survey found that while Kenyan travelers numbering 23,000, were up by 30 percent and visitors from Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman (Gulf countries) were up to just under 20 percent in comparison from the previous year.
One reason for this growth in UK's tourism starts from Eastern Europe nations like Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. The top draws though were from Serbia which pushed the numbers significantly by multiplying the numbers to 108 percent to 27,000. While Romania, the second tourism trade country expanded by 49 percent to 4,58,000.
VisitBritain, the UK's tourism board special visas to China presented extended travel visas to two years instead of the six months. In is pointed out that the UK tourism industry has seen strong improvement from the US, up 7 percent. Tourists from Germany were moreover up 1 percent, while the amount of visitors from our neighbors, France, stayed the same. The amount of people going to from India rose by 13 percent, setting another record, while Canadian voyagers were up 13 percent.
There was strong increase in tourist numbers from the Gulf States. This stat includes the United Arab Emirates with visits up 32 percent in from January to September, 2015. Though visitor numbers from Saudi Arabia were down 3 percent, spending rose by 44 percent to UK£ 466million. VisitBritain is anticipating further improvement in tourism in this year.
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New York, NY – May 13, 2014. The Foundation Center and the Open Society Foundations today released a report entitled Building a Beloved Community: Strengthening the Field of Black Male Achievement. It is the latest addition to a growing suite of resources at BMAfunders.org, a web portal that facilitates engagement, collaboration, and strategic decision making among those working to promote positive outcomes for black men and boys in America. Based on interviews with 50 leaders in the social, academic, government, and business sectors, the report maps the landscape of work in this area and offers recommendations for what it will take to strengthen the field moving forward.
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It's rare when a legislative body unanimously agrees on anything. We'd say perhaps mom and apple pie, but we're sure we'd get some pushback even on that.
But such a unique moment occurred at the Statehouse on Wednesday, when all 151 House members present voted in favor of a bill sponsored state Sen. Eileen Donoghue to exact penalties on those motorists who illegally use handicapped-accessible parking placards. The state reps did offer a few amendments that must be reconciled with the Senate before the bill can be delivered to Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
The House vote mirrored one by the Senate, which had previously passed the Lowell Democrat's bill, also by unanimous consent.
Donoghue's bill would give the Registry of Motor Vehicles the authority to investigate whether someone falsely acquired a handicapped-accessible placard for their car, and revoke the placard if they did. It also lets the RMV ask for documentation that would verify whether someone needs access to handicapped parking.
The bill also provides for fines on those who lie on an application for a handicapped placard -- $500 on the first offense and $1,000 for a second offense.
This legislation would also benefit injured veterans, an often-ignored demographic group when it comes to accessibility.
Of course, this measure not only aims at cracking down on the odious practice of the able-bodied taking parking spaces reserved for the elderly or physically impaired, it also contains a bottom-line component.
According to a report in The Sun of Lowell on Thursday, in February 2016 Inspector General Glenn Cunha found that 325 vehicles in Boston displaying placards belonged to someone other than the car's owner, including instances in which drivers used the placard to park for free at metered spots near their workplace.
The Inspector General's report concluded that when someone abuses a handicapped-accessible parking placard for daily weekday parking, the annual cost to the city of Boston is about $2,280.
That loss of state revenue was reinforced by state Rep. William Straus, a Mattapoisett Democrat who spoke in favor the bill. He said the lost parking fees from misused placards are estimated to total millions of dollars in Boston alone. If you multiply that revenue loss throughout the state, those lost receipts amount to a considerable sum.
We concur with state Rep. James Miceli, a Democrat who represents Wilmington and parts of Tewksbury, who said such a bill is "long overdue."
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Dr Geoffrey Heber is a cosmetic physician who opened one of the first non-surgical cosmetic medical clinics in Australia, Heber Davis Cosmetic Medicine, in 1988. It was there he recognised his clients' needs for high performance skincare products that were more effective than those generally found in department stores and pharmacies. As well as producing better results in their own right, higher performance formulations could also maintain and enhance the discernible results clients experienced from cosmetic medical treatments. In 1991, Dr Heber founded Doctors Formula, the first Australian distributor of Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) products, to cosmetic medical clinics, the beauty industry and pharmacies.
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The project refers to the design and construction of the civil and electromechanical works for the Waste Water Treatment Plant in "Kaliti" region of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which is under the frame of a greater environmental upgrade project of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. The design of the project, will ensure the necessary sewage treatment so that the final effluence can be used for irrigation purposes, disposing at the same time the minimum possible operational and maintenance cost of the electromechanical equipment. The wastewater treatment consists of preliminary treatment (coarse and fine screening, grit removal), USB reactors, tricking filters, tertiary treatment and sludge treatment (sludge drying beds). Also Septic Sewage Sludge Reception System and Latrine Sludge Reception and Pretreatment System are included.


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Foot locker has met the same fate as Shiekh. A Nike box lies dead on the Evanston side. A casualty of the move out. Have no fear; plenty of places (seven) for footgear on Howard.
Laced Up, Villa, J-Bees, P and J Footwear, Athlete's Foot, Payless Shoe Source, Marshalls.
Maybe in its place a bookstore, movie theater, greasy spoon, thai food, mountain or prairie gear store, hardware store? Or other main street mainstays like butcher, candlestick maker, jeweler, blacksmith, cobbler? About half of Howard's commercial strip is unoccupied. But there is at least the requisite mattress outlet.
A playhouse (Factory Theater) is moving to Howard. Another excuse for folks to get off the EL and check out the North Pole. Currently Sol Cafe, Lost Eras, Roman Susan Annex, and Peckish Pig are justification enough to visit the city limits by the lake.
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
How Low Will It Go?
|Take the "L" or fill your heap with black gold?
Gasohol now sells for about half it did in 2008. The average then 4.227.
On the Chicago gas price map Evanston is red hot. Not because its a good deal or demand is high. Its the most expensive area to fuel up. By and large the more car dependent an area the cheaper the gas and vice versa.
Chicagoland is pretty sprawled out. If the internet gas spotters are reporting correctly the spread between high and low is almost two bucks. 3.89 a gallon on the west side of Chicago and 1.87 out in Romeoville.
Fracking has broken the big oil producers strangle hold on gas prices. Charge too much and the free market finds new sources. Dinosaurs lived everywhere. Its just a little harder to extract the gooey remains here. Read Time magazine for more analysis and info.
Wall Street Journal prints the obvious article on how this will hit Big Transit.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
People Mover @ Howard EL Almost Back In Action
Through the open ceiling of the makeshift clapboard moving stairs churned this forenoon.
The magic companionway is well-nigh fully operational. One of Chevanston's shadow partners fell into a time portal. He (formerly known as Merek) was aghast when first confronted with voltaic steps. Even those from Medieval times eventually adjust.
If you choose to drive through Paulina's northbound (bus only) lane (like the gutsy grey car parked in front of the CTA van) please do so slowly. Like six miles an hour maximum. There should be an undercover at the DD's with a radar gun to make sure that city workers, buses and scofflaws alike aren't over doing it.
Tip of the day. If someone asks you "Can I ask you a question?" and you reply no, you aren't obligated to answer the forthcoming question.
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Monday, January 26, 2015
525 W Howard Street Evanston, Illinois
|still waiting for something to happen
The only thing missing from Coldwell Banker's site advertising this property is a night photo. Which brings to mind an important question. When is Google Maps putting out a night edition? Things look a lot different when the sun goes down. This is important for posterity and orientation.
This building has been for sale on and off since Google Maps first street capture in August 2007. The last time someone occupied this storefront it was a light fixture store that folded right around the real estate collapse in 2008. So it wasn't there long. And there was an Infinite Light bookstore in 2006.
There are a couple posters with prayers from Francis of Assisi. Perhaps left over from the bookstore or some church? Plenty of folks live in the area that have to drive or take the "L" south or north to shop due to lack of local options. Remember don't let your dogs poop in the back parking lot.
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Friday, January 23, 2015
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Bleached Beyond Recognition
Exiting the Jarvis Red-line a tall green metal box welcomes you to Rogers Park. Informing passerby, tourist, newcomer, old timer alike of the area's history. The structure itself is fine. A gift from Elite Welding and Car Repair (so proclaimed Joe Moore early in Richard M Daley's reign, when he was in shape and had hair).
Like the Farwell Pier the kiosk light is sometimes operational and sometimes not. One side welcomes you to Rogers Park with very bleached picture of Farwell Pier from the 1920's. The other side contained a brief account of the past two hundred years (courtesy of the West Ridge / Rogers Park Historical society). It also contained a picture of the original inhabitants (the Pottawatomie) and a modern survey.
Right now because of sun damage and moisture the side with RP's bona fides and its cartogram is illegible. Someone lost on Jarvis would receive no help or orientation. Time for Ward 49 and the WR/RP historical society to print up a new introduction and you are here map.
By the way, there is a sticker putter in the neighborhood who wants you to throw out all your religious thoughts and books with the rubbish.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Off Season For Runge Roach Racing
Mickee (number 10) dreams of the carnage that lies ahead. Demolition derby season is short and tough. The survivors are rebuilt to battle another day. The losers are sent to the junk yard for scrap metal.
A mid January thaw warm melts the snow early in winter hibernation. Mickee yawns and takes in the sights and sounds of the auto yard. The Skokie Swift waits its turn at the Rogers Ave bridge. Big van tells Mickee about the Holiday Train and some car chases. The Toyota with a broken axle regales the crowd with tales of a recent joyride.
Mickee goes through at least a couple tires each contest. The trailer is equipped with a complete set of replacement tires and a spare. In the quiet between the occasional parley Mick reviews derbies of days gone by and strategy. This year is gonna be his year.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Robbie Burns Night!
Peckish Pig invites you to our 1st annual Robbie Burns Night!
Sunday Jan 25th @ 5 pm at 623 w Howard Street, Evanston, Il 847-491-6778
Enjoy a traditional Burns celebration with pipers, dancers, and poets! $10 includes a sampler of Chef Debs haggis, tatties and neeps with homemade shortbread. Regular dinner will be available as well as flights of Scotch, all night long! Call for details and reservations - seating is limited!
Haggis = pudding of sheep's liver, lungs, and heart minced with onion, oatmeal, and mutton fat AND Tatties and Neeps = turnips and potato.
Who the heck is this guy? Well he wrote Auld Lang Syne. You know the sentimental song you sing on NYE? Before eating haggis you must first address it.
What better poet to celebrate than one you can drink to? According to robertburns.org experts are in short supply. To keep up with demand not every Burn party can be held Jan 25th. There's a Burn party circuit. If you aren't lucky enough to attend one on his true birthday choose Jan 29th since the first Burns supper was held that day in 1802
Friday, January 16, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Respect Our Community - Do Not Litter (Even In Winter)
These signs are definitely an Edgewater phenomenon. There was another one to the east at Kenmore and Glenlake. Easy to forget that litter louts don't take a day off in the winter. Snow may be on the ground but...... hiding under the surface waiting for the slowed down water molecules to warm up and evaporate is a months worth of garbage.
Quite a few corners in Rogers Park could use these reminders and a couple of garbage cans. Ward 49 has a spring clean up which has been a tradition for years. As more and more people take care of their community's litter on a daily basis such events will seem quaint and out of date. We shouldn't wait until early April to pick up a winter's worth of trash on the parkway.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
I-phone and passerby can get confused which side of the street is what this far north (or south depending on home base). Guess they over printed a couple memorial street signs. Instead of throwing them out they pasted Winchester over them and called it a day. (There is a Winchestown, Wales.)
The building at this corner has seen a major upgrade in the past few years to the lobby and retail space. FYI - Warning, premises (are now) under 24 hour video surveillance. Lots of decent vacant commercial storefronts on Howard waiting for something to happen. Word on the block is that Aguas Tortas on Howard isn't gonna happen. Seeing as how the original restaurant went out of business couple weeks ago.
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Three Car Crash On Sheridan
One lane of traffic was blocked south of Birchwood this morning after a car smashed into the parkway. Two other cars were hit. We don't have a resident Bill Smith or Evanston Now in Rogers Park so something has to fill the void. Why aren't big accidents being covered south of Howard or Juneway Terrace? City driving is way worse than it is in the burbs. Accepted norms are different in Evanston and Rogers Park. Auto crashes aren't reported on unless you hit a cop car, someone dies or is critically injured or its a drive by shooting.
The lady in the picture tried to intimidate Chevanston's on scene photographer. This isn't your own private car crash. If major damage is done to parked cars and is causing traffic problems its public knowledge. Why did this accident happen? Was it because of a talking on a cell phone or texting? Was it driving too fast for conditions? We need traffic calming and more enforcement on Sheridan before pedestrians and drivers alike are hurt and killed.
Friday, January 9, 2015
1706 w Wallen Avenue
CHA property (current or former?) on Wallen has been under going renovations since June 2014. The work inside continues into the new year. Building looks sharp with new black trim windows. Its next door to the former Ghost Pepper Creative Arts Agency (link has pic of this building boarded up). If this is indeed a six unit building then the units are very large. Homes by Marco lists this as a tax exempt home.
Google Maps latest drive by in September 2014 saw some men digging a hole in the front lawn with a sawzall laying on the ground still plugged into the building. (Note this alley is special. It is bounded by City Code 27-223)
Some info you need a password or membership to see the data. Funny thing is Google still reveals enough of the link to provide some insight on this property. "Building Permits at 1706 W Wallen Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 gerard.demo01.buildzoom.com/.../1706-w-wallen-ave-chicago-il-60626 1706 W Wallen Ave was remodeled 2 times in the last 6 years, with a total of $680000 spent. The biggest job was $662000: Cha project: interior renovation of 6 ..."
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Thursday, January 8, 2015
Printing & Delivery Services
Community businesses in Rogers Park are stepping up to satisfy a public need for printing hard copies and a place to receive packages.
No Kinko's nearby or anywhere really. There is a UPS store at the Gateway Mall. Why trudge all the way over there when you can run off paper copies at Sol Cafe? Average cost is around 19 cents a page. PRINT WITH ME is also available at Royal Cafe at Pratt and Sheridan.
If you are't home all day (and don't have a work place) you can direct your internet packages delivered (UPS Access Point - Convenient pickup and drop off, Monday and Friday until 5pm) to V-tone. How many more threads on Everyblock do you need to read through re stolen parcels?
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The Sea Is Coming For Your Car!
Parking at the dead end of 1200 E Jarvis rewards your car (for all its hard work surviving city driving,etc, etc) with a great view. Its also a fantastic place to read the newspaper as your auto warms up.
Best to heed the "WARNING" as your turn into Jarvis' easternmost block. For there be "Dangerous Waves" and if you park here you "Park At Your Risk". Remember, "No Free City Tows."!
There must have been an incident that required city tow truck intervention.This is a frozen car in Chicago and this isn't. Beside being stuck in a hellacious blizzard on LSD the most likely place that your car would ice over is Jarvis Beach (soon to be Marion Mahoney Griffin Beach).
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Monday, January 5, 2015
Greenleaf Tattoo Company
This new business has been flying under the radar with their understated and unassuming storefront. Tattoo, piercing and artistic services their raison d'etre and mission. They were given the go ahead by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health this past October.
SAILOR M❂❂N @_FunkyCold_ · Dec 27
Party tonight at the Greenleaf Tattoo Shop in Rogers Park!!! Clark & Greenleaf
Above first tweet re the new tattoo parlor on Greenleaf. Its right by the Lunt Metra Station in a building whose fate was in limbo two years ago.
Tattoo artist Ian Cognito brings his unique, varied style from Brooklyn to a friendly independent shop in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood.1766 Greenleaf Ave Chicago, Illinois (773) 899-5142
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Sunday, January 4, 2015
Rogers Park's Branch Of The Little Free Library
|Charter Number 11908
Take a Book Return a Book
How does this library work? (seen here in Sept 2014)
This Little Free Library offers a way to share good things to read - favorite books from your childhood or books you would recommend to friends, books that teach, intrigue and engage you.
Whose library is this? It belongs to everybody - neighbors, friends and people we don't even know yet. Anyone can use it. That's why we want to take care of it.
Take a book. If you see something you would like to read, take it. Look inside and see who gave it, who else has read it.
Share it. Return it to any Little Library or pass it on to a friend.
Give books. Leave notes in them, be a friend of all libraries by helping anyway you can. Pay it forward!
We support reading for children, literacy for adults and libraries around the world.
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Saturday, January 3, 2015
Illegal Advertising @ Gateway Mall
The telephone pole at Gateway Mall earlier today. Now the signs are where they belong, the trash. Some shyster decided this was a great place to post flyers hawking bankruptcy and mortgage services.
Scary to think that anyone would be desperate enough to jot down these phone numbers behind the Ethiopian Diamond across from the new BK.
When places are too corporate, filled with mostly large chains, and the owners are a board, a REIT, essentially a bunch of executives and stock holders (theoretical people who possess land but not a landlord in the old fashioned sense) this is what happens. No pride.
No oversight by anyone who really has a stake in whats going on. Well except just the bottom line. As long as the money comes in, well who cares if some unscrupulous con men come by and put up unauthorized promotions?
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When we talked about potty training with Harry, he didn't want to know. So we put it off and put it off. We tried the odd time but we were not consistent so I just never happened.
When he turned 3 we knew it was about time we gave it a proper go. harry was still not at all interested and gave up a bit of a fight but we remained consistent and eventually it all just started go as it should.
We have been doing it almost a month now and we have wee's down apart from the odd accident which is to be expected.
Poo's are a little trickier and he usually tries to save it for his nappy at night. And he has done it in his pants. But last week he did poo on the toilet so it's progress, we now know he can do it!
Aside from the poo and the odd accidents, I am still really proud of him because as dramatic as it sounds we honestly thought he never would do it. We thought if he did it would be just before he went to school next year.
We now don't panic when we have to go out because more than anything we feel more prepared now and we've started to recognise the signs of him needing to go and 9/10 he does tell us that he needs a wee.
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It seems like this whole winter season I've been on a bad rotation. All the good windows to capture swells didn't match up to my schedule. Finally I was able to link up and capture some of this solid late season pulse. After a slow morning the sets started to fill in throughout the afternoon. I was hoping to capture happy hour with more consistency, though we were greeted with high clouds and long intervals. It was nice to be out in the water for a few hours regardless. Honolua is such a sacred area that we are all lucky enough to enjoy.


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Just a quick update to let you know that all mixdowns have been finished. Fundraising efforts through Kickstarter.com were wildly successful. Final mixes were delivered to Scooter's Place for mastering last week. All album art files have been uploaded to Discmakers.com.
Once the songs are mastered, a physical disc (and backup) will get shipped to Discmakers, and the final order for duplication/packaging will be placed. Then, 5-7 days later, they should arrive on my doorstep. That's when I'll get to start mailing them out to the generous financial backers listed above!
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A new year is upon us, meaning it's time to make resolutions. That's the easy part. Fulfilling them, well, that's another matter.
I, for one, am no stranger to setting ambitious goals at the start of a new year only to watch them fade away once I grow weary of the pesky daily commitment that they usually involve.
What I've always needed is inspiration.
This year, I think I might have found a little of that from an unlikely source: internationally-renowned classical flutist Mimi Stillman.
Stillman has shown remarkable discipline in staying committed to a daily project that she began more than four months ago in honor of the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth.
Every single day since Aug. 22 (the famed French composer's birthday), Stillman has performed a short piece by Debussy called "Syrinx" and posted videos of the performances to her online blog. Click here to check it out.
But hold on a second. Why am I writing about a Boston-born, Philadelphia-based musician who presumably has no other connection to this area other than the fact that she performed with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Oct. 2011 and attended Philly's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music with SPO conductor/music director Sarah Ioannides?
For starters, Stillman is an exception to the rule in the world of arts & entertainment journalism, where normally the subject of a profile goes about his or her business and forgets the interviewer once the article is published.
That's just the way it is. After all, a journalist's job is to ask questions and hopefully produce an engaging story for his readers; it's certainly not to forge a long-term bond with every person he interviews.
But Stillman had somehow remembered me. Maybe it was a gentle nudge she got from John Schaefer of public radio station WNYC in New York. When Stillman was a guest on his program, "Soundcheck," Schaefer actually mentioned me by name (albeit slightly mispronounced) during their chat.
It seems an item that I had posted to this blog had inspired Schaefer to have a little fun with Stillman during her visit. Click here to hear the segment for yourself. Fans of the Spartanburg-based Marshall Tucker Band might especially be interested in listening. For further context, click here to see my original blog post.
Anyhow, Stillman sent me a friendly e-mail informing me of the broadcast, and we've kept in touch ever since. That's how I learned about what she's dubbed her "Syrinx Journey."
Intrigued by the project, I decided to give Stillman a call recently and learn more about it.
"It's very much a personal thing for me, having (studied) Debussy my whole life practically, as a flutist," Stillman said. "I even wrote my M.A. thesis about him."
Even though the Philadelphia-based Dolce Suono Ensemble, for which Stillman serves as artistic director, has dedicated its entire 2012-13 season to celebrating the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth, the young flutist said she wanted to do even more.
Debussy "was one of the pioneers of the new styles as you enter the 20th century of music that are still very influential today," Stillman said. "His exploitation of color is such a unique contribution, and there are so many composers, and especially people who play my instrument, who still think about Debussy and his relevance."
As Stillman spoke about Debussy and her personal "Syrinx Journey," the excited tone of her voice was not unlike how mine can get when I'm blabbering among friends about American folk and popular music from the 1920s through the '60s. It's obvious that Stillman has a ton of passion for what she does, and it was truly fascinating to hear her discuss the project.
Each of Stillman's daily blog posts not only features a video of her performing "Syrinx" but also brief commentary that often provides a mini history lesson.
"As a trained historian, I cannot help myself from doing a little bit of research every day," Stillman said. "And the nice thing about 'Syrinx Journey' is that I get to learn more about Debussy and his world and share it with others."
Another neat thing about "Syrinx" is how the piece lends itself to unique, almost jazz-like, interpretation.
"There are quite a bit of details about dynamics and tempo and phrasing, but within those, there's a lot of leeway," Stillman said. "It's actually funny because, as I record (videos) every day, I get to see the timings of how long it takes me to perform the piece. And usually it's right around two-and-a-half minutes.
"But sometimes when I'm maybe feeling more languorous or something, it takes like two minutes and 45 seconds. And other times, it's a little more playful and therefore faster in some sections, or maybe even a little agitated and therefore it's faster. It's really more about my mood at the time."
For example, when Stillman played it in the wake of the recent mass elementary school shooting in Connecticut, the piece seemed to have an especially somber and mournful feel.
Each "Syrinx Journey" video is unique, with locations and concepts varying. In one instance, the concept was as simple as Stillman sitting in a rocking chair while performing the piece. I affectionately refer to that one as "Mimi Stillman rocks!"
On the opposite end of the spectrum, some of the locales have been spectacular. The very first "Syrinx Journey" video was recorded in Israel in the awe-inspiring Roman theater at Bet She'an, where Stillman happened to be on Aug. 22. A few days later, she was in Italy and performed "Syrinx" in a beautiful 16th century Tuscan church.
Mostly, though, the videos are shot in Philadelphia, and Stillman does a great job of keeping each performance fresh and never allowing it to seem like a mundane chore.
"At this point, I think I would miss it if I didn't play it every day," Stillman said.
That gets me back to my original point about New Year's resolutions. Watching Stillman follow through with a daily ritual she started months ago gives me inspiration to stick with the almost-certainly-less-demanding resolution I've set for myself.
Hopefully, Stillman will someday be invited back to perform with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Not only is she a virtuosic musician, but she's also revealed herself to be an extremely thoughtful person.
Of her last visit to Spartanburg, Stillman said, "I had a great time. It was nice to play with my former colleague at Curtis, Sarah Ioannides, and I met so many just lovely people.
"Everyone who worked for the orchestra and the players and audience members were just really nice and fun. And I did a master class at Converse College as well and was able to work with students of all levels.
"The concert hall (Twichell Auditorium) was really nice and so were the offices in that arts complex (the Chapman Cultural Center)."
For Upstate classical music lovers with wanderlust, I'd be remiss not to mention that Stillman will perform Jan. 13 at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, N.C., as the featured guest soloist for the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle.
Well, I better stop writing now. I've got some sit-ups to do and a rope that's waiting to be jumped. Happy New Year!


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Last November, during Russia Art Week in London, an imposing van with blacked-out windows was parked in close proximity to the capital's bustling auction houses. The vehicle, emblazoned with the word "Fabergé", belongs to Russian collector Alexander Ivanov, who was busy buying up items made by Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920), a name synonymous with opulence, wealth and healthy art market returns.
Fabergé's workshops in Moscow and St Petersburg, which employed more than 500 craftsmen at the end of the 19th century, are known for their fantastic Easter eggs made for the Russian Imperial court: Fabergé was appointed Imperial goldsmith in 1885.
Royal patronage was key to the brand's success; the London branch sold more than 10,000 objects between 1903 and 1915, with King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra among its clients. "Fabergé's flair for combining exquisite design and technical skill meant that the firm soon became the most popular supplier of gifts for the wealthy elite," says the UK's Royal Collection Trust.
Today, a new wealthy elite is hunting down Fabergé objects. Ivanov is a man on a mission: in 2009, he opened a gallery, the Fabergé Museum in the German spa town of Baden-Baden, and he has to fill it. "There are around 2,000 items in his Fabergé and ancient gold jewellery collection," said his spokesman, who added that in early 2013, Ivanov's collection was divided with his ex-wife. Last month the museum unveiled an intriguing acquisition: the 1,400-piece banquet service of the Maharaja of Patiala, which was first used at a state dinner in 1922.
Ivanov made his fortune by importing computers into Russia as a student. He sold the hardware to Soviet industries in the early 1990s, generating huge profits. He candidly admits that he now acts as a quasi-dealer to eastern European oligarchs, using the proceeds to fund his acquisitions.
"Three dozen Fabergé items that Ivanov bought at Sotheby's and Christie's in November were rather small pieces," his spokesman said. His most notable purchase was a Fabergé jewelled and enamelled gold flower study, made around 1900, for £350,500 at Sotheby's. But Ivanov's watershed moment came in 2007 when he spent £9m (estimate £6m-£9m) at Christie's London on a 1902 Fabergé egg made as an engagement gift for Baron Edouard de Rothschild, a member of the French banking dynasty. The gold-and-pink enamel egg incorporates a clock with a diamond-set cockerel that pops up on the hour.
But this long-held passion has hit a few hurdles. A legal battle has been reignited between Ivanov and the London-based Fabergé Ltd over the trademark rights to the Fabergé name. Ivanov maintains that he owns the "finished" version of Fabergé's 1917 Constellation Egg, a claim disputed by the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow.
And there is now another "Fabergé museum". Russian oil and mining magnate Viktor Vekselberg has reportedly spent $30m renovating the Shuvalovsky Palace on the Fontanka Embankment in St Petersburg, turning the 18th-century building into a grandiose museum for his 4,000-piece collection of pre-Soviet fine and decorative art, due to open in a few weeks. Silk wallpaper and captivating chandeliers crown the main attraction: nine Fabergé eggs, the largest cluster in a private collection.
Early in 2004, Vekselberg swooped on almost 200 Fabergé pieces, including the eggs set, from the Forbes family collection: it was due to be sold at Sotheby's, but the sale was cancelled after Vekselberg bought the entire haul privately. He told Esquire magazine last year that he paid "slightly more than $100m" for the holdings.
In that interview, the billionaire comes across as an avuncular, even humorous figure (he declined to comment for this piece, cultivating the image of a taciturn oligarch). He acknowledges that a deal in 2012 between the Kremlin-controlled oil producer Rosneft and the AAR consortium, of which he is a member, boosted his coffers, reportedly by around $1.5bn (Rosneft agreed to purchase AAR's 50 per cent stake in TNK-BP for around $28bn).
"I would like to say thank you to BP, because I became rich and could use part of that money for this important collection of cultural artefacts," he said. He also quipped that he's never had "any of the eggs in my house. It would look terrible if I put some Imperial eggs on my buffet."
Tsar Alexander III began the most expensive Easter tradition in history when he decided to give a jewelled egg to his wife, Empress Maria Fyodorovna, in 1885. Known as the Hen Egg, its white enamelled shell opens to reveal a yolk whose yellow mass is crafted from gold, and shimmers against the museum's lavish, 18th-century rococo walls.
From 1895, the royal heir Nicholas II continued to honour the family matriarchs, presenting Fabergé eggs annually to both his wife, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, and his mother Maria. In 1897, the newly crowned tsar gave Alexandra the Coronation Egg, with a trellis of diamond-set Imperial eagles embroidered across the lime-green shell. Inside is a sumptuous surprise: a removable replica of the horse-drawn coach that carried Alexandra to the coronation ceremony. "This egg cost around Rbs5,500 at the time," said museum curator Alexey Pomigalov.
Nestled beneath the pink enamelled Lilies of the Valley Egg, dated 1898, is a trio of portraits representing Nicholas II and his two daughters, the Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana. A mischievous plumed cockerel emerges out of the Cuckoo (Cockerel) egg, 1900, which is in the form of a baroque table clock.
The Imperial egg-giving tradition continued until 1916. In total, 50 eggs were made for the Romanov dynasty; eight are still unaccounted for. These decorative trophies very rarely come on to the market as most are already in museums. Several US museums boast prime examples, including the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, which has two. The Kremlin Armoury in Moscow owns 10, but as Pomigalov points out: "We have a more valuable collection from a historical perspective, possessing the first and last eggs made: the Hen Egg in 1885, and then the Renaissance Egg of 1916."
Vekselberg, who also runs the Aurora Fine Art investment fund, has not – excuse the pun – put all his eggs in one basket: his museum also houses around 1,500 other Fabergé pieces, including "Cabinet gifts" made to commemorate important occasions such as diplomatic visits. A trove of glistening snuff boxes are adorned with monograms of the royal family and objets de fantaisie – playful pieces intended as "perfect gifts", as Carl Fabergé put it – include a delicate watering can studded with semi-precious stones.
Fabergé's prices are holding up well, thanks in part to the efforts of Ivanov and Vekselberg. "Two people can drive a market, and this one is still quite narrow," says Geoffrey Munn, managing director of Wartski, a firm established in London in 1911 by Emanuel Snowman, one of the first western dealers to bring works by Fabergé out of post-revolutionary Russia.
At Christie's London in November, 16 Fabergé items (out of a total of 17), including a series of jewelled elephants from the estate of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, all sold well above estimate.
Helen Culver Smith, specialist in Russian works of art at Christie's, says: "About 80 per cent of buyers in this market are Russian-speaking. Established buyers in the US and Europe are still active but we're also seeing more Middle Eastern and Asian buyers in this area."
Munn crystallises perfectly why Fabergé eggs continue to appeal. "These are antiques with a hint of icing sugar," he says. "It's all about uncomplicated pleasure."
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Suspicious Coincidences in Rochester Burglary Case
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - Rochester police today reported details concerning a business burglary that occurred last week.
A spokesman says the owner of the Crooked Pint restaurant in northwest Rochester first reported the breaking last Wednesday, but there were delays in making the report public. The crime occurred sometime between 10:30 p.m. on August 1st and 7:20 a.m. on August 2nd.
The police report indicates the burglar was able to open a safe and steal about $5000 cash. Investigators note there were no signs of forced entry to the restaurant or the safe. The businesses alarm system was shut down for maintenance that night and the security cameras were not working.


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Dearest bloggers who may still follow me,
Because of my terrible absence and increasing busy-ness, I'll be using my blog in a more tumblr style. Posting up pics I like from around the world wide web, quirky websites, quotes, delicious recipes. Whatever I find and feel needs to be shared.
I hope you are still around and enjoy this new foray!


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10 Ways to Lower Your Health Insurance Premiums
Did you know that healthier policyholders, on average, have lower health insurance premiums? It's a fact, and here are 10 healthy lifestyle changes that will make you feel better and may just put money back in your pocket!
1. Get a Flu Shot
'Tis the cold and flu season and, if you haven't gotten a flu shot, stop being such a chicken and roll up your sleeve! Did you know that new research suggests that flu vaccines may help ward off cardiac illnesses? And many health insurance policies cover the cost.
2. Eat Pumpkin Seeds
Do you throw away the "goop" and seeds from your kids jack-o-lanterns? Might want to re-think that, because pumpkin seeds are considered a super food! They've been shown to prevent depression, block enlargement of the prostate gland and lowers the risk of bladder stones.
3. Quit Smoking
If you're still a smoker, it's really time to kick the habit. Smoking is not only unhealthy and linked to scores of related illnesses and terminal diseases, it hits your wallet … HARD! Did you know that smokers typically pay 15-20% more for health insurance even under the Affordable Care Act? The good news is there are plenty of new medicines and approaches to help you kick the habit.
4. Have Another Cup of Coffee
Coffee is as American as apple pie, and there's mounting medical evidence that it has a positive impact on your overall health. One recent study reported that drinking 3 cups of coffee per day might lower your risk of liver cancer by 50%! That's the kind of "health insurance" that'll pep you up!
5. Add Fish Oil to Your Diet
Did you know that research has shown that the OMEGA-3 fatty acids in fish oil can improve your heart health, aid in losing weight, boost your immunity and can even sharpen your vision? All true, and that's just for starters!
6. Start Walking
Any doctor will tell you that moderate exercise is critical to maintaining good health. But that doesn't mean you have to train for a 5K or ride your bike 50 miles a day in spandex shorts to see the benefits of exercising. Just start walking! With your first step, you'll be preventing Type 2 diabetes, strengthening your heart, elevating your mood and, if you're a woman, walking can help lower your risk of breast and colon cancer. [VIDEO]
7. Eat Chocolate
Yup, you read that right! Americans eat an average of 12 pounds of chocolate each year, but most of it's not the right chocolate. To get the benefits from this super food, you need to eat dark varieties that have 50% or better levels of Cacao, the magic ingredient. Research has shown that eating small amounts of dark chocolate that are rich in Cacao can actually reduce your risk of stroke by 30%! Who knew "health insurance" could be so delicious! [VIDEO]
8. Shed Those Extra Pounds
Most of us could lose a few pounds. A good way to start is by simply looking at your plate. What should be on it? Just listen to this song from the nurses at the Duke School of Medicine or, if that doesn't float your boat, visit ChoosemyPlate.gov.
9. De-stress
Did you know that 8 of 10 Americans say that they're stressed out? Stress is no laughing matter from a medical perspective. It's linked to increased risk of heart attack, lowers your immunity to certain diseases, causes headache and muscle aches, disrupts normal sleep patterns and in a recent study, mid-life stress may increase the onset of Alzheimer's disease in women by 20%. The good news is there are plenty of ways to remove stress from your life, especially at work.
10. Drink Water
It goes without saying that getting enough water is critical to good health. With each glass, you're maintaining normal fluid levels in your body, while, at the same time, helping your kidneys and bowels, energizing your muscles and keeping your skin looking healthy. If drinking H20 isn't your thing, eat more fruits and vegetables. They're loaded with water!
Of course, before you start exploring any of these tips be sure to consult with your doctor, especially if you plan to start exercising or changing your diet. Everyone is different and only your doctor can tell you what makes sense for your age, lifestyle and current health conditions.
Remember the very best "health insurance" is the kind that you practice every day!


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I recently had the pleasure of attending a fashion conference held by Lucky magazine in Beverly Hills. Among the talented list of speakers was the very interesting and creative Cassandra Grey- wife to Paramount's Brad Grey. Cassandra was joined by her dear friend, actress January Jones, to speak about her latest project; an affordable luxury beauty shop titled Violet Grey.
"I'm in love with the idea of old Hollywood glamour and to me Elizabeth Taylor is so iconic of that time- a true movie star. They used to say that Elizabeth's eyes were violet- some even said they were violet grey. So when I started building this beauty business in my mind I felt it was the perfect fit- (with my last name being Grey and all) to call it Violet Grey." -Cassandra Grey
The website features Hollywood worthy makeup products that are actually affordable. The brands they carry range from Dior to Nars- and all must meet the "Violet Code": Authentic, Validated, and Coveted. Cassandra explains, "I've always been interested in the teams that make a movie star… I want to bring light to how important these brands are to Hollywood." That is why each brand she selects must be authentic– found in makeup artists' kits, validated– tested for performance and packaging by the Violet Grey community, and coveted– declared necessary by influential names in the beauty and film industry.
Mad Men actress January Jones lent her modeling talents to the brand- you can find her Violet File featured on their website!
Violet Grey isn't for everyone in the way that Ulta and Sephora are- it's more the place you'd go to buy the perfect shade of lipstick or to splurge on an amazing moisturizer. These products are meant to feel special and give you an experience of luxury. I would encourage you to check it out- whether you visit the Violet Grey website or stop by their store on Melrose Place!
"Beauty will never go out of business- it's the business of self-esteem! There's no ceiling there." -Cassandra Grey


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MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Attorney General's Office has found no illegalities with an informational flier that Middlebury officials created and mailed to all local residents explaining the details of a new town office building and recreation center proposal that will be decided by voters on Tuesday, March 4.
BRISTOL — Town residents are hard at work planning the 16th annual Scouting Salute to Veterans Parade, which will be held in Bristol next November.
The event, which is sponsored by the Green Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America, is held in a different Vermont town each year. Veterans and Boy Scouts alike walk in the parade, which is held in honor of the men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States.
MIDDLEBURY — A group of Champlain Valley business owners spoke out against the Addison Rutland Natural Gas Project at a press conference this past Tuesday at the Vermont Soap Works factory in Middlebury.
The speakers, led by Vermont Soap CEO Larry Plesant, urged businesses in Addison County not to use natural gas when it arrives here, possibly in 2014. The press conference was organized by the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG), a lobbying firm that opposes the pipeline.
MIDDLEBURY — Bret Williams has dutifully "tended bar" at the helm of the Vermont Hard Cider Co. (VHC) for more than a decade.
Now, after taking the company from the brink of bankruptcy to its current status as the second-largest hard cider producer in the world, Williams is ready for his "last call."
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EAST MIDDLEBURY — Construction crews are mobilizing heavy equipment for the upcoming replacement of the Sand Hill Bridge on Route 125 in East Middlebury, a project that contractors said will impose some short-term pain for neighbors and travelers in order to generate a finished product in a shorter period of time.
MIDDLEBURY — A town-gown agreement that will lead to removal of the Lazarus building at 20 Main St. and the potential development of land off Bakery Lane in downtown Middlebury is receiving praise from municipal officials and Middlebury College leaders.
VERGENNES — The new Vergennes Police Department headquarters should be up and running by the end of this week, according to Vergennes City Manager Mel Hawley.
Movers were already installing furniture last week. The last remaining hurdles are a certificate of occupancy that Hawley expects state officials to award Vergennes on Wednesday, and the move of the department's phone and computer systems along Main Street from City Hall to the new site near Kennedy Brothers and Kayhart Crossing.
BARRE — The top-seeded Mount Abraham Union High School girls' basketball team on Saturday defeated No. 2 Fair Haven, 43-30, to win the Division II girls' basketball title in front of a capacity crowd in the Barre Municipal Auditorium.
The victory earned the 18-4 Eagles' their second straight D-II title in their fourth consecutive state final appearance.
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MSN Spaces: seven dirty blogs: "Earlier today, I posted comments from a BoingBoing reader about the fact that MSN Spaces, Microsoft's new blogging tool, censors certain words you might try to include in a blog title or url. If you can't speak freely on a blog, what's the point of having one? This demanded a full BoingBoing investigation."
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A major study published August 2005 in the British Medical Journal showed that preschool children who stammer will have significantly less stammering and a higher recovery rate if they are treated with the Lidcombe Programme, compared to those who receive none, or minimal therapy.
As a randomised controlled trial, it studied two similar groups of children, one who received Lidcombe treatment, the other receiving little or no treatment. After nine months of treatment, children receiving Lidcombe had reduced their stammering by 77%, compared to 43% who did not receive it.
The study was run by the Australian Stuttering Research Centre and conducted at two sites in New Zealand. It involved 54 children between three and six years (with frequency of stammering of at least 2% syllables stuttered). The children had been stammering for at least six months before the study, and had not received treatment for stammering during the previous year. There were 29 in the Lidcombe group, and 25 in the other group. 12 of the participants were girls.
In recent years therapy for pre-school children has become more widely accepted. BSA has campaigned for more therapy provision for young children because stammering is most effectively treated before a child starts school.
The significance of this study is that it has produced very clear evidence that therapy, in this case the Lidcombe Programme in the preschool years, can significantly reduce stammering. With therapy services needing to show clear evidence to justify their work, this study provides important data to show that treating stammering in young children is much more effective than relying on natural recovery.
Another randomised controlled trial of the Lidcombe Program is being conducted in Germany and is in its final stages.
From the Autumn 2005 edition of Speaking Out
Letter from Dr Tom Weidig:
I would like to comment on the Lidcombe random control trial study that appeared in the British Medical Journal. The study is an important piece of research but, in my opinion, the Autumn 2005 Speaking Out article over-states the significance of the study. I have carefully looked at their statistical analysis, and concluded that their statistical measures are incorrect and over-state the significance of their results. Moreover, it is unclear whether relapse reduces the efficacy further.
Second, it is important to point out that the study has not shown that the Lidcombe therapy is more effective than another therapy. It might well be that other therapies have similar results. For example, another study by Dutch researchers have compared Lidcombe with a Capacity and Demand therapy and found no difference in efficacy: see Franken et al. in Journal of Fluency Disorders 30 (2005) 189-199. You can find my detailed response [and others, Ed.] on the website of the British Medical Journal [linked on the right].


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One of Bridgestone's primary missions is improving the safety and lives of people everywhere. To showcase this commitment, Bridgestone is holding its first ever Ecommunity, a series of exhibits and talks happening at the Glorietta Activity Center from August 9-10.
Bridgestone Ecommunity is open to everyone and is divided into ten (10) main stations: Rumble & Tumble playground and art area, Bridgestone Sales Caravan, Ecopia Showroom, Bridgestone Cares (CSR efforts), Simulator Game, Bridgestone Golf, Seminar Area, Photo Booth, Toyota Sales Caravan, and Partner Services area. There will also be food concessionaires inside.
Seminars will be conducted on both dates from 2PM onwards and will tackle topics including Driving 101, Road Safety Tips, and Body Kits among others.
Fore more information on their seminars and how to enroll, you can visit the Bridgestone Ecommunity App at https://www.facebook.com/BridgestonePhilippines/app_349274028532080


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Infections and an emergency hospital visit
I felt crappy on Mon and Tues and by Wed morning I just couldn't get moving. I tried taking a bath to loosen thing up (I have a constant backache now) and then I got out of the bath, I vomited. Just a little though because with two days of intensive backpain, I had not been eating much. Anyhow, I stumbled back to bed, flipped on the heating pad to relieve the pain in my back, and then called my pal Angela to come over to help since Dan had already left for work with the babyshoe at his side.
I also called the parent of a school pal of Veronica's to help get her in for the day. Angela arrived in about 30 minutes and started feeding me pedialite unflavored (tastes like soap flakes) until she was sure I could keep it down. The onto some gatorade. Angela said, I think you have a fever, let's check. Sure enough the thermo shows 102.6, not good. Thanks to recent blood work, I knew I had a low white count and was susceptible to infections so the rest of the day was already not looking good. We called the onco office and they demanded that I come in to see them for an evaluation. Angela gets me out to the car and to the onco office within 10 minutes. The chemo nurses draw blood and start me on IV fluids while the doc puts together an express admission to the hospital for me. My pulse is high (145) and my breathing is labored because of the infection. For most of this I am reclined in a chair with a blanket over me just wishing I could bein the hospital already where they could take the pain away from my tortured back.
I was in the hospital from Wed -Mon, mostly because they were having touble getting my pain mamanged properly. It seems to be ok now.
After a chest xray, MRI and CT scan, it was determined that my cancer is still progressing.There is a large tumor forming over the right lobe of my lung and is starting to squeeze down on it, hence the tremendous back pain and shortness of breath.
Since my cancer is still progressing (growing, geting worse) so that means I'll be switching from Navelbine to some new drugs. Two this time: Avastin and Taxol. Taxol will make me bald again, btw, I am still getting used to the idea of dealing with that nightmare. I have oxygen at home now that I have to keep plugged into my nose ful time and 02 travel cannisters to lug around for when i can get out of the house. I will be off of work an on disability for a long time.
It's official, I am chemo resistant. This last stab at new chemo is only because I'm not ready to stop fighting for more time with my family. It' so hard to believe I've arrived here after only being diagnosed since Mar 04. My mood is up and down, and I would say this is largely to do a safe comfy sense of denial and a brain that is simply not ready to quit fighting the good fight just yet.
My dad and stepmom were already sheduled to visit from Jun 8-23 so their timing turned out to be perfect for helping us all with the stress of my being in the hospital and Dan singlehandedly trying to manage out two sweet girls. They may actually extend their time if it seems like it would help.
My ever-supportive sister also hopped on the first plane she could get from NYC to SD and stayed until Wed evening, promising to come back as soon as dad and JoAnne haveto leave if we still need some help. She spent her frist two nights sleeping in the hospital cot in my room to be there in case I needed help right away like if the nurses were responding too slowly for things like administering pain medicine. Meanwhile she paid for this week of Jen's daycare, a cell phone bill and a gas credit card bill, all without me saying a word about it. Plus she left behind another check for $1k to be sure we could continue having a housekeeper come around as often as we need to keep the monkey house clean.
And just to make the hug around us a little tighter, during the week while I was in the hospital, our friends Mark and Alyce dropped off a big bunch of groceries, and now Alyce is trying to help us coordinate how we will get V to and from daycamp each day if I can't safely drive--School is out on Jun 17. (Rx morphine + oxygen = DUI?)
The final link in the hug chain is that my Laurel, reiki master, came all the way to my house so I could have a session this week because I couldn't get the energy to get in the car or even muster up a ride.
It's been a rotten week and yet I feel so blessed by all the warmth my loved ones are showing me. I think, what did I ever do for any of these people to come through for me like this?
Final thoughts: I'm playing by the rules and doing everthing I possibly can, including taking every test or medicine known to kill cancer. I admit I could do a better job eating more -- I am really working on that too--but it is so hard to eat a nurishing meal when it feels like Pele is practicing his kicking by aiming for the right side of my back. Mostly I keep a positive attitude and am grateful for my remaining days here on God's Green Planet. Can I have a just a peek at the plan? Does it say lay down and go quietly or does it say Stand and Fight this one last time and you will be rewarded with your life.
I dream about watching Jennifer graduate college someday. About holding her children in my arm as their grandmother. About seeing Veronica find first love. And about being a wonderful wife and companion to my husband that he deserves.
Thank you friends and family, for once again racing to help us to help the moment you are needed. Namaste.


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The qathet Regional District is governed by a regional board of seven directors: five electoral area directors who are elected for a four-year term by voters in the electoral areas, and two municipal directors who are first elected to the City of Powell River's council and then appointed by council to the regional board. The board chair is elected annually by all directors at the board's November meeting. The board chair appoints standing committees. All board members represent the interests of their particular areas, but must also view many matters from a regional perspective.
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smART Salons: Painting in the 21st Century
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In conversation with Daniel Dove, Peter Rostovsky, Charlotta Westergren, and Paul Winstanley, moderated by Colin Gardner
In May 2010, New York Times art critic Roberta Smith re-affirmed, "Few modern myths about art have been as persistent or as annoying as the so-called death of painting." With this reputation, painters continue to grapple with their roles in the context of contemporary artistic practice. This Fall, Santa Barbara embraces the medium of painting, featuring four prominent painters in exhibition venues around town. Daniel Dove is the subject of a one person exhibition, Daniel Dove, at Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC), November 5 - December 10; Peter Rostovsky's and Paul Winstanley's work will be on view in Parallax, October 23 - December 19 at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF); and Charlotta Westergren will be exhibiting new work in Run to Ground, in CAF's Bloom Project gallery, October 23 - December 19. Join Dove, Rostovsky, Westergren, and Winstanley, with moderator Colin Gardner to discuss painting in the 21st century.