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Place of articulation
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In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a consonant is the point of contact where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an articulatory gesture, an active articulator (typically some part of the tongue), and a passive location (typically some part of the roof of the mouth). Along with the manner of articulation and the phonation, this gives the consonant its distinctive sound.
The terminology in this article has been developed to precisely describe all the consonants in all the world's spoken languages. No known language distinguishes all of the places described here, so less precision is needed to distinguish the sounds of a particular language.
- 1 Overview
- 2 The larynx
- 3 Place of articulation (passive)
- 4 Place of articulation (active)
- 5 Table of gestures and passive articulators and resulting places of articulation
- 6 Homorganic consonants
- 7 Central and lateral articulation
- 8 Coarticulation
- 9 Production of vowels
- 10 Formants
- 11 See also
- 12 Notes
- 13 References
- 14 External links
The human voice produces sounds in the following manner:[1][2]
- Air pressure from the lungs creates a steady flow of air through the trachea (windpipe), larynx (voice box) and pharynx (back of the throat).
- The vocal folds in the larynx vibrate, creating fluctuations in air pressure that are known as sound waves.
- Resonances in the vocal tract modify these waves according to the position and shape of the lips, jaw, tongue, soft palate, and other speech organs, creating formant regions and thus different qualities of sonorant (voiced) sound.
- Mouth and nose openings radiate the sound waves into the environment.
The larynx
The larynx or voice box is a cylindrical framework of cartilage that serves to anchor the vocal folds. When the muscles of the vocal folds contract, the airflow from the lungs is impeded until the vocal folds are forced apart again by the increasing air pressure from the lungs. This process continues in a periodic cycle that is felt as a vibration (buzzing). In singing, the vibration frequency of the vocal folds determines the pitch of the sound produced. Voiced phonemes such as the pure vowels are, by definition, distinguished by the buzzing sound of this periodic oscillation of the vocal cords.
The lips of the mouth can be used in a similar way to create a similar sound, as any toddler or trumpeter can demonstrate. A rubber balloon, inflated but not tied off and stretched tightly across the neck produces a squeak or buzz, depending on the tension across the neck and the level of pressure inside the balloon. Similar actions, with similar results, occur when the vocal cords are contracted or relaxed across the larynx.
Place of articulation (passive)
The passive place of articulation is the place on the more stationary part of the vocal tract where the articulation occurs. It can be anywhere from the lips, upper teeth, gums, or roof of the mouth to the back of the throat. Although it is a continuum, there are several contrastive areas such that languages may distinguish consonants by articulating them in different areas, but few languages will contrast two sounds within the same area unless there is some other feature which contrasts as well. The following areas are contrastive:
- The upper lip (labial)
- The upper teeth, either on the edge of the teeth or inner surface (dental)
- The alveolar ridge, the gum line just behind the teeth (alveolar)
- The back of the alveolar ridge (post-alveolar)
- The hard palate on the roof of the mouth (palatal)
- The soft palate further back on the roof of the mouth (velar)
- The uvula hanging down at the entrance to the throat (uvular)
- The throat itself, AKA the pharynx (pharyngeal)
- The epiglottis at the entrance to the windpipe, above the voice box (epiglottal)
These regions are not strictly separated. For instance, in some sounds in many languages the surface of the tongue contacts a relatively large area from the back of the upper teeth to the alveolar ridge; this is common enough to have received its own name, denti-alveolar. Likewise, the alveolar and post-alveolar regions merge into each other, as do the hard and soft palate, the soft palate and the uvula, and indeed all adjacent regions. Terms like pre-velar (intermediate between palatal and velar), post-velar (between velar and uvular), and upper vs. lower pharyngeal may be used to specify more precisely where an articulation takes place. However, although a language may contrast pre-velar and post-velar sounds, it will not also contrast them with palatal and uvular sounds (of the same type of consonant), so that contrasts are limited to the number above if not always their exact location.
Place of articulation (active)
The articulatory gesture of the active place of articulation involves the more mobile part of the vocal tract. This is typically some part of the tongue or lips. The following areas are known to be contrastive:
- The lower lip (labial)
- Various parts of the front of the tongue (coronal):
- The tip of the tongue (apical)
- The upper front surface of the tongue just behind the tip, called the blade of the tongue (laminal)
- The surface of the tongue under the tip (subapical)
- The body of the tongue (dorsal)
- The base AKA root of the tongue and the throat (pharyngeal)
In bilabial consonants both lips move, so the articulatory gesture is bringing together the lips, but by convention the lower lip is said to be active and the upper lip passive. Similarly, in linguolabial consonants the tongue contacts the upper lip with the upper lip actively moving down to meet the tongue; nonetheless, in this gesture the tongue is conventionally said to be active and the lip passive, if for no other reason than the fact that the parts of the mouth below the vocal tract are typically active, and those above the vocal tract typically passive.
In dorsal gestures different parts of the body of the tongue contact different parts of the roof of the mouth, but this cannot be independently controlled, so they are all subsumed under the term dorsal. This is unlike coronal gestures involving the front of the tongue, which is more flexible.
The epiglottis may be active, contacting the pharynx, or passive, being contacted by the aryepiglottal folds. Distinctions made in these laryngeal areas are very difficult to observe and are the subject of ongoing investigation, with several as-yet unidentified combinations thought possible.
The glottis acts upon itself. There is a sometimes fuzzy line between glottal, aryepiglottal, and epiglottal consonants and phonation, which uses these same areas.
Unlike the passive articulation, which is a continuum, there are five discrete active articulators: the lip (labial consonants), the flexible front of the tongue (coronal consonants: laminal, apical, and subapical), the middle–back of the tongue (dorsal consonants), the root of the tongue together with the epiglottis (pharyngeal a.k.a. radical consonants), and the glottis (glottal consonants). These articulators are discrete in that they can act independently of each other, and two or more may work together in what is called coarticulation (see below). The distinction between the various coronal articulations, laminal, apical, and subapical, are however a continuum without clear boundaries.
Table of gestures and passive articulators and resulting places of articulation
The following table shows the possible combinations of active and passive articulators.
The possible locations where sibilants as well as non-sibilants can occur are indicated in dashed red. For sibilants, there are additional complications involving tongue shape; see the article on sibilants for a chart of possible articulations.
|Front/back →
|Major class →
|Active articulator →
|Lower lip
|Tongue blade
|Tongue tip
|Underside of tongue
|Tongue body
|Tongue root
|Passive articulator
|Upper lip
|Upper teeth
|Upper teeth
|Upper teeth/alveolar ridge
|Alveolar ridge
|laminal alveolar
|Back of alveolar ridge
|apical retroflex
|Hard palate (front)
|Soft palate
A precise vocabulary of compounding the two places of articulation is sometimes seen. However, this is usually reduced to the passive articulation, which is generally sufficient. Thus dorsal–palatal, dorsal–velar, and dorsal–uvular are usually just called "palatal", "velar", and "uvular". Where there is ambiguity, additional terms have been invented, so subapical–palatal is more commonly called "retroflex".
NOTE: Additional shades of passive articulation are sometimes specified using pre- or post-, for example prepalatal (near the border between the postalveolar region and the hard palate; prevelar (at the back of the hard palate, also post-palatal or even medio-palatal for the middle of the hard palate); or postvelar (near the border of the soft palate and the uvula). These can be useful in the precise description of sounds that are articulated somewhat farther forward or back than a prototypical consonant; for this purpose, the "fronted" and "retracted" IPA diacritics can be used. However, none of these additional shades are needed to phonemically distinguish two consonants in a single language.[3]
Homorganic consonants
Consonants that have the same place of articulation, such as the alveolar sounds /n, t, d, s, z, l/ in English, are said to be homorganic. Similarly, labial /p, b, m/ and velar /k, ɡ, ŋ/ are homorganic. A homorganic nasal rule, an instance of assimilation, operates in many languages, where a nasal consonant must be homorganic with a following stop. We see this with English intolerable but implausible; another example is found in Yoruba, where the present tense of ba "hide" is mba "is hiding", while the present of sun "sleep" is nsun "is sleeping".
Central and lateral articulation
The tongue contacts the mouth with a surface that has two dimensions: length and width. So far, only points of articulation along its length have been considered. However, articulation varies along its width as well. When the airstream is directed down the center of the tongue, the consonant is said to be central. If, however, it is deflected off to one side, escaping between the side of the tongue and the side teeth, it is said to be lateral. Nonetheless, for simplicity's sake the place of articulation is assumed to be the point along the length of the tongue, and the consonant may in addition be said to be central or lateral. That is, a consonant may be lateral alveolar, like English /l/ (the tongue contacts the alveolar ridge, but allows air to flow off to the side), or lateral palatal, like Castilian Spanish ll /ʎ/. Some Indigenous Australian languages contrast dental, alveolar, retroflex, and palatal laterals, and many Native American languages have lateral fricatives and affricates as well.
Some languages have consonants with two simultaneous places of articulation, called coarticulation. When these are doubly articulated, the articulators must be independently movable, and therefore there may only be one each from the major categories labial, coronal, dorsal, and pharyngeal.
The only common doubly articulated consonants are labial–velar stops like [k͡p], [ɡ͡b], and less commonly [ŋ͡m], which are found throughout West and Central Africa. Other combinations are rare. They include labial–(post)alveolar stops [t͡p d͡b n͡m], found as distinct consonants only in a single language in New Guinea, and a uvular–epiglottal stop, [q͡ʡ], found in Somali.
More commonly, coarticulation involves secondary articulation of an approximantic nature, in which case both articulations can be similar, such as labialized labial [mʷ] or palatalized velar [kʲ]. This is the case of English [w], which is a velar consonant with secondary labial articulation.
Common coarticulations include:
- Labialization, rounding the lips while producing the obstruction, as in [kʷ] and English [w].
- Palatalization, raising the body of the tongue toward the hard palate while producing the obstruction, as in Russian [tʲ] and [ɕ].
- Velarization, raising the back of the tongue toward the soft palate (velum), as in the English dark el, [lˠ] (also transcribed [ɫ]).
- Pharyngealization, constriction of the throat (pharynx), such as Arabic "emphatic" [tˤ].
Production of vowels
A vowel is any phoneme in which airflow is impeded only or mostly by the voicing action of the vocal cords.
The well-defined fundamental frequency provided by the vocal cords in voiced phonemes is only a convenience, however, not a necessity, since a strictly unvoiced whisper is still quite intelligible. Our interest is therefore most focused on further modulations of and additions to the fundamental tone by other parts of the vocal apparatus, determined by the variable dimensions of oral, pharyngeal, and even nasal cavities.
Formants are the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract that emphasize particular voice harmonics near in frequency to the resonance, or turbulent non-periodic energy (i.e. noise) near the formant frequency in the case of whispered speech. The formants tell a listener what vowel is being spoken.
See also
- ↑ Titze, I. R. (2008). The human instrument. Sci.Am. 298 (1):94–101. PM 18225701
- ↑ Titze, I.R. (1994). Principles of Voice Production, Prentice Hall (currently published by NCVS.org), ISBN 978-0-13-717893-3.
- ↑ Occasionally claims to the contrary are met. For example, some dialects of Malayalam are said to distinguish palatal, prevelar and velar consonants. In reality, these dialects distinguish palato-alveolar (i.e. palatalized postalveolar), palatal and velar consonants; the claim is based on the imprecise usage of "palatal" to mean "palato-alveolar".
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With this release, Force Majeure's Collaboration Series is now set (see the graphic for a description of each of the wines and their respective styles; click on the image for a higher resolution). "We don't anticipate any significant changes to this lineup for the foreseeable future," McBride says.
The latest releases also include some wrinkles to the other wines in the series. Ross Mickel's 2009 Collaboration Series II wine is a Syrah co-fermented with Viognier and Roussanne rather than a Southern Rhône-style blend. The Collaboration Series V wine from Chris Gorman is now a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon rather than a Grenache. Overall, while some of the wines have changed their stripes, the quality bar remains the same for all the wines – extremely high – and Force Majeure continues to push boundaries.
In addition to its Collaboration Series wines, the winery experiments with occasional one-offs made in microscopic amounts. The latest is a Sangiovese from winemaker Carolyn Lakewold that brings a huge mouthful of fruit flavors and is one of the finest Sangioveses I've had from the state. This wine, as well as some of the others listed below, will be out in the fall.
Meanwhile, plantings continue at Force Majeure Vineyard. What McBride and Johnson affectionately call the 'Donut Hole' – a circle in the middle of the vineyard – was planted earlier this spring to high density Tempranillo in a bush vine layout. Next up in 2013 will be the 'Devil's Playground' – a walk up the steep rocky section quickly explains why – which will be planted to Grenache and white Rhône varieties. The first of these estate wines, a Cabernet Sauvignon and Northern-Rhône style red from the 2010 vintage, will be released next year.
While Force Majeure has come far in an extremely short time, don't expect Johnson and McBride to slow down any time soon. "We have a lot more work ahead of us," Johnson says of the winery's great dream to elevate the viticulture and winemaking of Washington State. With their latest releases, they continue to be well on their way.
Read previous posts on Force Majeure, including a Focus Report, here.
Force Majeure Collaboration Series II Red Wine Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2009 $55
(Exceptional) Glass staining with abundant mineral aromas along with a light gaminess, iron, and a floral lift, this is a wine you could just sit and smell and be totally satisfied. Ah but to drink! The palate is perfumed with a soft, restrained elegance and bright fruit flavors and a light pepper note. A simply gorgeous wine. 98% Syrah, 1% Viognier, 1% Roussanne. Aged in French oak (30% new). 14.2% alcohol. 187 cases produced. Ross Mickel winemaker.
Force Majeure Collaboration Series III Syrah Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2009 $NA
(Exceptional) Opaque with a purple rim. An immediately appealing, aromatically complex wine marked by dark, brambly fruit, mineral, raspberries, and an underlayer of spice. The palate is fresh and rich with winding fruit flavors and a distinct mineral streak. Lingers on the finish. A thoroughly delicious expression of Washington Syrah. Give two years. 100% Syrah. Aged in French oak (30% new). 14.9% alcohol. 250 cases produced. Mark McNeilly winemaker. Note: To be released Fall 2012.
Force Majeure Collaboration Series IV Red Wine Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2008 $55
(Excellent/Exceptional) The aromatics that winemaker Carolyn Lakewold brings to bear are always unique and this is on full display in this 2008 vintage offering which is full of cherry cola, cranberry, chocolate, anise, medicinal notes, and baking spices. The palate has an incredible richness while staying well within control. A well structured, mouthful of a wine that will only improve with additional time in the bottle. 60% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Aged in French and American oak (50% new). 13.8% alcohol. 187 cases produced. Winemaker Carolyn Lakewold.
Force Majeure Collaboration Series V Red Wine Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2009 $NA
(Exceptional) Dark in color. This wine is locked up tightly right now with dark fruit, cocoa, and toasty spices. The palate packs a huge wallop of dark fruit with well-integrated tannins that are built for the long haul. This is a colossal wine that should be put far back in the cellar or given an extended decant. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged in French oak (100% new). 14.6% alcohol. 120 cases produced. Winemaker Chris Gorman. Note: To be released Fall 2012.
Force Majeure Collaboration Series VI Red Wine Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2009 $50
(Exceptional) Locked up tightly right now, this is a moderately aromatic, steely wine with spice, floral notes, sauvage, mineral notes and dark fruit. The palate is breathtaking with seamless dark fruit flavors that spread out from end to end and linger for a solid minute on the finish. 48% Mourvedre, 28% Grenache, and 24% Syrah. Aged in neutral French oak. 14.9% alcohol. 140 cases produced. James Mantone winemaker. Sample provided by winery.
Force Majeure Sangiovese Ciel du Cheval Red Mountain 2009 $NA
(Exceptional) The Lakewold style shows through here on a wine loaded with dark, brambly fruit, cranberries, leather, and spice. On the palate, a showstopper, explosively rich and fruit filled with enough tannins to take on all comers. 80% Sangiovese, 20% Barbera. Aged 24 months in neutral French oak. 13.6% alcohol. 50 cases produced. Note: To be released Fall 2012.
Rating System
Please note, my rating system was revised at the beginning of 2012 as follows. Read additional details here.
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After an electrode sheet is slit and notched, lithium-ion cell manufacturers must gauge the width between the copper and aluminum tabs, which are ultimately wound or stacked to become the cell's positive and negative poles. By measuring the distance between each pole tab, cell manufacturers can ensure that the poles will align properly. Any misalignment could cause a failure of connection. Manufacturers calculate the total length between adjacent electrode tabs with the help of machine vision gauging tools.
Sophisticated machine vision systems address a number of applications traditionally handled by contact gauging, such as electrode tab distance gauging, without slowing down production. An In-Sight vision system captures images of electrode sheets as they pass through the camera's field of view and uses gauging tools to measure their features within fractions of a millimeter. The system then locates the center point between the poles in order to measure the pole difference and determine whether these measurements meet specifications. If they do not, the system sends a fail signal to the controller, triggering a reject mechanism.


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The Republicans' majority in the House means they have a mandate against raising taxes, Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Thursday.
"We just elected a Republican House that has been elected repeatedly with almost all of them making a written commitment to their constituents not to raise taxes," Norquist, long an advocate for tax reform, said. (Read More: Boehner Extends Olive Branch on 'Fiscal Cliff.')
He said that gives them more of a mandate than President Barack Obama, who was re-elected with only a 2 percent margin and 9 million fewer votes than in the last election.


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Newly-Remodeled Community Shopping Center Sells For $22.15 Million
Sale of Newly-Remodeled Community Shopping Center Adjacent to Galleria at Tyler Mall in Riverside, Calif. Michaels, David's Bridal-Anchored Center Sells for $22.15 Million
Riverside, Calif. – Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, announced today that President Ed Hanley and Executive Vice Presidents Bill Asher and Kevin Fryman represented the seller in the sale of Michaels Plaza, a 62,952-square-foot, newly-remodeled regional shopping center anchored by Michaels and located across the street from the 1.2 million square-foot Galleria at Tyler Mall in Riverside, Calif. The sale price was $22,150,000.
The seller, an affiliate of San Francisco-based The Krausz Companies, Inc., was represented by Hanley, Asher and Fryman. The buyer, a private investor from Fullerton, Calif., was represented by Jefferson Kim of jKim Group, Inc. of Buena Park, Calif.
Built in 1987 on 5.0 acres and located at 10303-10357 Magnolia Avenue in Riverside, Krausz acquired Michaels Plaza in 2013, and implemented a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2016. The property was 98 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Fryman commented that Michaels Plaza has approximately 94 percent national/regional tenants including Michaels, David's Bridal, Lamps Plus, Armed Forces, The Flame Broiler, GameStop and Miracle Ear.
"The sale represents another prime example of a 1031 exchange buyer deploying their proceeds into a retail investment as a flight to quality and security," said Fryman. "Michaels Plaza attracted substantial interest due to its excellent location in a high-density retail trade area with over 2.5 million square feet of retail space within a one-mile radius. Furthermore, its location of being situated directly across the street from the 1.2 million-square-foot Galleria at Tyler regional mall (with the only Nordstrom in the Inland Empire) was a significant selling point of the current and future long-term stability of the overall location."
Asher commented, "In addition to the prime Riverside County location, the historical occupancy at the center was a key attribute to the sale. Approximately 83 percent of the tenancy has been located at the center since at least 2003, including Michaels and Lamps Plus since 1987, and David's Bridal since 2003. Furthermore, all of the existing tenants have extended their leases for the last five years exemplifying a reliable and stable income stream for the buyer."
Hanley noted that, eight shopping centers priced over $20 million have traded hands in the Inland Empire in the last 12 months, with Hanley Investment Group being involved in three of the eight sales. Only five shopping centers priced over $20 million sold in the Inland Empire in the 12 months prior (3Q 2015 – 3Q 2016).
"Overall the retail investment market in the Inland Empire has continued to improve and be a viable alternative option to the competitive Los Angeles and Orange County markets," said Hanley. "We have seen more transactions in the last 12 months in Riverside and San Bernardino County, and although we have seen more inventory, it still hasn't outweighed buyer demand."
Hanley adds, "Buyers for anchored shopping centers are still starved for the right product that fits their acquisition criteria and return goals. Buyers have been more cautious and selective while sellers continue to adjust to a transitioning market of fluctuating interest rates that is affecting disposition value expectations compared to the last 24 months of peak market conditions."
About Hanley Investment Group
Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors is a retail investment advisory firm with a $5 billion transaction track record nationwide, who works closely with individual investors, lending institutions, developers, and institutional property owners in every facet of the transaction to ensure that the highest value is achieved. For more information, visit www.hanleyinvestment.com.


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In every part of the world, men and women are persecuted and attacked because of who they are or whom they love. Homophobia, transphobia and the brutal hostility associated with them are often rooted in a lack of understanding of what it actually means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). So to combat this terrible scourge and break the cycle of fear and violence, we must work together to improve education and support those who stand up against laws that criminalize love and promote hate. As we mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia this May 17, let us resolve to redouble our efforts.
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am proud to reaffirm our support for LGBT communities at home and abroad, and to call for an end to discrimination and mistreatment of LGBT persons wherever it occurs. Whether by supporting LGBT advocates marching in Belgrade, leading the effort at the United Nations to affirm the human rights of LGBT persons, or condemning a vile law under consideration in Uganda, we are committed to our friends and allies in every region of the world who are fighting for equality and justice. These are not Western concepts; these are universal human rights.
Despite these gains and hard work, there is more to do to turn the tide of inequality and discrimination against the LGBT community. If you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, know that the United States stands with you and we are unwavering in our commitment to ending this cycle of hate.
h/t Rod 2.0
Top photo: Sec. of State Hillary Clinton (State Department photo / Public Domain)


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BONUS! You will receive the PDF booklet with several routines and ideas taught.
This training DVD shows a performance for Kranzo's amazing Travelers routine with four different objects.
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The Travelers with a Backfire ending. After performing a standard version of the Travelers effect the deck vanishes leaving you with the four selections… and the deck is found to have traveled to four different pockets!


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The aptly named SMART-CAR-SUB-BOX is the perfect subwoofer enclosure for any fortwo Smart Car owners looking to maximize their sound system's bass without using too much cab space. Adding a vehicle specific subwoofer enclosure to your car ensures that your aftermarket car audio system will match your vehicle's cab dimensions. This fortwo SMART car subwoofer box is custom built for SMART cars. This sub box allows you to fit a 8" sub without sacrificing any trunk space. In fact, these boxes are designed to fit perfectly under the SMART car's dash. The fact that this box does not take up any cargo space or leg room makes it a must-have considering the diminutive dimensions of a SMART car.
Given that this subwoofer box is exclusively designed for SMART cars, the manufacturer designed it to match the SMART car's interior colors. At first sight friends may even ask you if the box came factory standard given the fact that this box does not compromise the vehicle's factory appearance. With this box, you can maintain the car's factory look as this box seamlessly integrates with the standard interior design of a SMART car. The carpet is finished with a black paint gloss that gives it an aesthetically appealing finish that also enhances its durability.
This custom SMART car box is designed for 8" subwoofers. Two of the best subwoofers for this box are the Kicker Solo-Classic 8" subs (09S8C4 dual 4 ohms or 09S8C2 dual 2 ohms) and the JL Audio 8" W3v3 series subs (8W3v3, 8W3v3, or 8W3v3 8 ohms). After you choose your subwoofer, you are ready to mount the loaded box into your SMART car. The box is packaged with the necessary mounting hardware to make it very simple to install.
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Farm to Table: Getting Fresh
It's a mystery: why does one box of salad greens last for two weeks, and another collapse in 48 hours? We asked Derek Albano of the Whole Foods Market produce department for some tricks of the trade to keep produce fresher, longer.
Leafy greens. These delicates should be first in line for the crisper drawer, the coolest part of the refrigerator and also the most protected (cold air stays inside when the fridge door is opened). Make sure they have elbow room, and, if you're storing them in a plastic bag, toss in a paper towel to absorb and regulate excess moisture.
Tomatoes. Keep these guys where you can see them, on the counter and not in the fridge. Fresh tomatoes that get the cold treatment will lose much of their flavor—and to add insult to injury, when you return them to room temperature, their texture will change from lush to mush.
Strawberries. Not just strawberries, either—a ripe berry of any description is one of nature's most fleeting treats. You can get time on your side, though: find the best, freshest berries you can. Remove any that look even vaguely suspicious. Then refrain from washing them—which helps keep them dry—until immediately before eating.
Onions. Follow one rule and reap the rewards of these hardy bulbs: give them some air. Hang onions in a basket or net bag (sometimes they come in one), which promotes air circulation and helps keep them visible.
Segregate ethylene-producing fruits. Everybody knows that bananas should keep to themselves, but apples, avocadoes, passion fruit and pears also produce ethylene, a gas that dramatically speeds up the ripening (and then, alas, ruination) of any fruit or vegetable in close proximity. Toss the adorably named E.G.G. (Ethylene Gas Guardian) into your crisper drawer, or store fruits in a reusable Debbie Meyer GreenBag. Both products oxidize the gas, rendering it harmless.
Keep produce dry. Keeping moisture where it belongs is key to produce's longevity. Anything that breaches the outer skin of a fruit or vegetable—a bruise, a spot of rot, or a cut surface—will accelerate decay.


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Doomsday hour is here, at least in much of the world, and so still are we.
According to legend, the ancient Mayans' long-count calendar ends at midnight Thursday, ushering in the end of the world.
Didn't happen.
"This is not the end of the world. This is the beginning of the new world," Star Johnsen-Moser, an American seer, said at a gathering of hundreds of spiritualists at a convention center in the Yucatan city of Merida, an hour and a half from the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.
"It is most important that we hold a positive, beautiful reality for ourselves and our planet. ... Fear is out of place."
As the appointed time came and went in several parts of the world, there was no sign of the apocalypse.
Indeed, the social network Imgur posted photos of clocks turning midnight in the Asia-Pacific region with messages such as: "The world has not ended. Sincerely, New Zealand."
In Merida, the celebration of the cosmic dawn opened inauspiciously, with a fumbling of the sacred fire meant to honor the calendar's conclusion.
Gabriel Lemus, the white-haired guardian of the flame, burned his finger on the kindling and later had to scoop up a burning log that fell from the ceremonial brazier onto the stage.
Still, Lemus was convinced that it was a good start, as he was joined by about 1,000 other shamans, seers, stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis and swamis.
"It is a cosmic dawn," Lemus declared. "We will recover the ability to communicate telepathically and levitate objects ... like our ancestors did."
Celebrants later held their arms in the air in a salute to the Thursday morning sun.
"The galactic bridge has been established," intoned spiritual leader Alberto Arribalzaga. "At this moment, spirals of light are entering the center of your head ... generating powerful vortexes that cover the planet."
Despite all the ritual and banter, few here actually believed the world would end Friday; the summit was scheduled to run through Sunday. Instead, participants said they were here to celebrate the birth of a new age.
A Mexican Indian seer who calls himself Ac Tah, and who has traveled around Mexico erecting small pyramids he calls "neurological circuits," said he holds high hopes for Friday.
"We are preparing ourselves to receive a huge magnetic field straight from the center of the galaxy," he said.
Terry Kvasnik, 32, a stunt man from Manchester, England, said his motto for the day was "be in love, don't be in fear." As to which ceremony he would attend on Friday, he said with a smile, "I'm going to be in the happiest place I can."
At dozens of booths set up in the convention hall, visitors could have their auras photographed with "Chi" light, get a shamanic cleansing or buy sandals, herbs and whole-grain baked goods. Cleansing usually involves having copal incense waved around one's body.
Visitors could also learn the art of "healing drumming" with a Mexican Otomi Indian master, Dabadi Thaayroyadi, who said his slender hand-held drums are made with prayers embedded inside. The drums emit "an intelligent energy" that can heal emotional, physical and social ailments, he said.
During the opening ceremony, participants chanted mantras to the blazing Yucatan sun, which quickly burned the fair-skinned crowd.
Violeta Simarro, a secretary from Perpignan, France, taking shelter under an awning, noted that the new age won't necessarily be easy.
"It will be a little difficult at first, because the world will need a complete 'nettoyage' (cleansing), because there are so many bad things," she said.
Not all seers endorsed the celebration. Mexico's self-styled "brujo mayor," or chief soothsayer, Antonio Vazquez Alba, warned followers to stay away from gatherings on Friday. "We have to beware of mass psychosis" that could lead to stampedes or "mass suicides, of the kind we've seen before," he said.
"If you get 1,000 people in one spot and somebody yells 'Fire!' watch out," Vazquez Alba said. "The best thing is to stay at home, at work, in school, and at some point do a relaxation exercise."
Others saw the gathering as a model for the coming age.
Participants from Asian, North American, South American and European shamanistic traditions mingled amiably with the Mexican hosts.
"This is the beginning of a change in priorities and perceptions. We are all one," said Esther Romo, a Mexico City businesswoman who works in art promotion and galleries. "No limits, no boundaries, no nationalities, just fusion."
Gabriel Romero, a Los-Angeles based practitioner of crystal skull channeling, was so sure it wasn't the end of the world that he planned a welcome ceremony for the new age at dawn on Saturday, when he would erect a stele, a stone monument used by the Mayans to commemorate important dates or events.
The Maya, who invented an amazingly accurate calendar almost 2,000 years ago, measured time in 394-year periods known as baktuns. Some anthropologists believe the 13th baktun ends Dec. 21. Still, archaeologists have uncovered Mayan glyphs that refer to dates far, far in the future, long beyond Dec. 21.
Yucatan Gov. Rolando Zapata, whose state is home to Mexico's largest Mayan population and has benefited from a boom in tourism, said he, too, felt the good vibes.
"We believe that the beginning of a new baktun means the beginning of a new era, and we're receiving it with great optimism," Zapata said.
He said thousands of tourists and spiritualists are expected for Friday's once-in-5,125-years event. "All the flights to the city are completely full," Zapata said.
The Yucatan state government has even invited a scientist to speak about the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, to debunk the idea it could produce world-ending rogue particles, a concept popularized by author Steve Alten in his recent book "Phobos, Mayan Fear."
Alten suggests the rogue particles — "tiny black holes" — could unleash earthquakes that might cause a huge tsunami, but acknowledges that linking such events to Dec. 21 "is author's license."
"It's science fiction theory, I'm a science fiction writer," he told The Associated Press.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, however, has listed a number of odd subatomic phenomena — "magnetic monopoles," ''vacuum bubbles" and "strangelets" — that could play a role in the next apocalypse scare.
All of it amused Deyanira de Alvarez, a tourist from Mexico City, as she snapped a photo of the countdown clock mounted in the Merida international airport showing just over two days left to "the galactic alignment."
"My grandmother says that people have been talking about (the world ending) ever since she was a little girl," De Alvarez said. "And look, grandma is still here."
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The fishes designed by Vittorio Locatelli dart in the plates by Antonia Astori.
The colors are different from each other, white, black, blue-ocean, completely covered with tiny goldfishes or disturbing larger fishes. A dinner service in which you can admire an aquarium, fascinated by the life that takes place there, in silence.


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I recently decided to buy a flask. The idea was to get something nice, something I could eventually pass on to my son, along with the art of shaving and advice on how to throw a punch without mussing your hair. Flasks recall a bygone era of unsanctioned drinking — they came of age during Prohibition, when a man in want of a drink needed to carry his own booze. Now, of course, people can drink plenty of places. But you still can't drink everywhere, which is why there's satisfaction to be found in not-exactly-legal public drinking.
I don't mean "public" like outdoor bars, or restaurants with patios. I'm talking about parks, beaches, drive-in movie theaters, sidewalks: wherever drinking isn't really allowed. There is no federal law about this, so it is up to the states to decide whether it's cool or not, and most states agree: It is not really cool. But flasks exist, legally, because people like sneaking booze, just as head shops and Phish concerts exist because people like pot.
Actual rules regarding when and where somebody can drink vary greatly. It really breaks down like this: Places where it's legal to drink out in public, places where it's illegal, and places where people tend to just look the other way.
Print out a copy and keep it in your wallet for handy reference.Illustration: Jen Cotton
Places Where It's Totally Legal
Only seven states in the U.S. allow open containers in public — Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — which really just means they don't actively ban it. Instead, they pass the buck onto their municipalities to decide whether and how their citizens might imbibe publicly. Butte, Montana, for instance, is the one town in the country that (awesomely) allows people to drink anything they want, anywhere they want. Of course, New Orleans is probably the most well-known example of this kind of free-drinkin' mentality, though even the Big Easy has some stipulations about what and where you can drink.
It sounds great, but there is something manufactured about the experience — at least in New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Savannah, all places where I have drunk from plastic containers on the street. Rather than "drinking in public," this type of imbibing feels more like drinking in a giant outdoor bar, except with more unsolicited boobs (pro) and shittier drinks (con).
The ideal drink: Milk Punch (in New Orleans, before noon); Hurricanes, if you must (after noon); margaritas everywhere else.
Places Where It's Illegal
Now we're getting into it. This is where you'll find flasks and their less elegant, more dangerous relative, the water bottle filled with vodka. My own flask epiphany came when I realized that along with convenience-store candy, I could also sneak whiskey into my local Cinemark movie theater. You know what would make Iron Man 2 even better? I thought to myself, Some Jim Beam. But I was wrong. Nothing could make Iron Man 2 any better.
Flasks are cool and they're easy to conceal, but anyone who has ever drunk from one knows they're a dead giveaway when it comes to actually drinking. Everyone recognizes that characteristic "tilt your head back and take a nip" motion required for sipping. A flask just showcases that you are hiding alcohol; it's like trying sneak bullets somewhere by hiding them inside a gun.
The water bottle filled with clear liquor is much, much sneakier. Any high schooler will tell you that vodka works well; gin isn't bad if you can mix it with something. But there is a happy medium to be found between this method and the flask: all that white whiskey that's been popping up. It still looks like water, but it doesn't taste like drinking warm rubbing alcohol.
The ideal drink: Flask: The best bourbon you can afford. Water bottle: Beefeater gin (if you have a mixer), or something like Kings County Corn Whiskey (if you don't).
Places Where It's Cool As Long As You're Cool
Between the two poles of totally legal public drinking and totally illegal public drinking lies the sweet spot: places where it's technically not allowed, but where nobody really cares.
The beer-in-a-brown-paper-bag best symbolizes this compromise between the law (no open containers) and the reality (a lot of public drinking isn't worth busting). I remind you of Major Bunny Colvin's great soliloquy from The Wire about this: The paper bag is "a great moment of civic compromise. That small, wrinkled-ass paper bag allowed the corner boys to have their drink in peace. And it gave us permission to do police work." Of course, the compromise hinges on the integrity of the public drinker not to do anything that would require police work — acting belligerent, peeing against a building, unscrewing the heads on parking meters.
I recently sat outside in a public park near my house in Massachusetts with a 22-ounce beer from Stone Brewing in a brown paper bag. I wanted to be outside as the sun was going down. Some kids chased each other around blankets put out by their parents; a few college kids walked through and settled under a tree. Frisbees drifted by.
The ideal drink: The new tallboys from Sixpoint, if you can find them, or Miller High Life if you can't. If you can swing a thermos, gin and tonics wouldn't be a bad idea.
In places like New Orleans, there is no pact with the people around you. You are allowed to drink, so your pact is with the law. But out in the world away from Bourbon Street — whether that's a movie theater, or the beach, or a park — the beauty of public drinking lies in the pact you must make with the people around you. You won't ruin things by losing your cool, and they won't rat you out. By looking the other way, they're acknowledging that having a drink in the park on a hot, late-summer night is a pretty great thing to do.
Matthew Latkiewicz writes about drinking and other subjects at You Will Not Believe. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Wired, Time.com, Boing Boing, and Gastronomica. Follow him on Twitter.


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We're asking you to save the dates and we do hope you will get your seasonal DIY on to mix and mingle at these upcoming parties!
As you can see Ms. Layla will be showcasing mantels and Ms. Rhoda is handling door décor in the last week of September. That following week (the first week of October) I'm hosting fall crafts and later that week Ms. Sarah will rock the outdoor projects.
I loooove to get my craft on when it comes to the holidays, especially in the fall. Here are a few favorites from the archives that were so much fun to make!
1. Shimmery Magnolia Leaves Wreath; 2. Fall Leaves on Canvas, 3. Gilded Porch Pumpkin Topiaries, 4. Rub n' Buff Posh Pumpkins 5. Autumn Leaves Windcatcher 6. Halloween Boo Game Printable & Prize Bags
Time to start hatching a plan ~ it's going to be another glorious season of fall creativity! If you're in search of inspiration, hop onto Pinterest, there's always much to be found over there. Also I've added a whole bunch of links to my Autumn Ideas board so take a peek there too.
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Updated: April 14, 2016
On April 13, 2016, police authorities removed the restrictions placed on the five women's activists since their "release upon guarantee pending further investigation (取保候审)" a year ago. The restrictions included a ban on travel and the requirement of a guarantor for personal conduct.
The police maintain that they are still investigating the women's alleged crime of "gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places," for which they were detained for 37 days in 2015. The women are: Li Tingting (李婷婷), Wu Rongrong (武嵘嵘), Zheng Churan (郑楚然), Wei Tingting (韦婷婷), and Wang Man (王曼).
They are among nine women's and LGBT rights advocates who were detained on March 6-7, 2015, in three cities across China—Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou—on the eve of International Women's Day, March 8.
Following their initial detention, all five women were transferred to the Haidian District Criminal Detention Center (海淀看守所) in Beijing, where they were initially held under suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles" (寻衅滋事), a charge regularly used to silence civil society voices, and then under "gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places."
During their detention, Wu Rongrong, who suffers from a chronic liver condition, had her medication confiscated, was forced to sleep on the floor, and was denied access to proper medical care for nearly two weeks. She was transferred to the medical facility of the No.2 Detention Center (第二看守所), also known as the "Public Security Hospital," in Beijing on March 19. Wang Man was subsequently transferred to the same location after experiencing heart complications following hours of interrogation. Wei Tingting and Zheng Churan, who are both severely near-sighted, were not allowed access to their glasses.
The women, who are well-known for their moderate, humorous, creative, and effective efforts to advance women's and LGBT rights in China, received an outpouring of both domestic and international support—a testament to the importance of their work and the power of civil society.
Names of Women Detained and Status To Date
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Countries should embrace those who work peacefully towards advancing rights of women & disadvantaged, not imprison them. #FreeBeijing20Five
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) April 14, 2015
China has conditionally released the #FreeBeijing20Five, but concerning they are still considered criminal suspects: http://t.co/a2deQrDSct
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) April 14, 2015
Delegation of the European Union to China, April 14, 2015
"The Delegation of the European Union to China takes note with relief of the release of the five women's rights defenders, who were detained on the grounds that they wanted to launch a campaign against sexual harassment on International Women's Day. . . .
"However, we regret that the investigation of their cases has not been withdrawn yet, as they are still subjected to "bail pending further investigation", which entails restrictions on their freedom of movement and communication. . . ."
Rights of women and girls should never be suppressed. We urge Chinese leaders to show respect for women's rights and #FreeBeijing20Five.
— Vice President Biden (@VP) April 11, 2015
U.S. Department of State, Statement by John Kerry, Secretary of State, April 10, 2015
"The United States strongly urges China to immediately and unconditionally release the "Beijing+20 Five" – Li Tingting, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan, Wei Tingting, and Wang Man… Each and every one of us has the right to speak out against sexual harassment and the many other injustices that millions of women and girls suffer around the world each and every day. We strongly support the efforts of these activists to make progress on these challenging issues, and we believe that Chinese authorities should also support them, not silence them."
U.S. Congress, Senators Marco Rubio, Barbara Boxer, Kelly Ayotte, and Jeanne Shaheen, April 9, 2015
". . . According to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, citizens 'enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration' and the state 'respects and preserves human rights.' The ongoing detention of these female activists who have championed gender equality and women's rights calls into question China's commitment to these principles. . . ."
The detention of women's activists in #China must end. This is inexcusable. #FreeBeijing20Five Read this story: http://t.co/qV3VNOgmyG
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 7, 2015
Canada, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Statement by Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights, March 25, 2015
"Canada is deeply concerned by the continued detention of five women for peacefully campaigning against sexual harassment. . . .
"Canada calls on the Government of China to release these women and to work with them and the international community to strengthen the rule of law and to advance the human rights of women."
United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Statement by the Spokesperson, March 24, 2015
". . . We urge China to release all those detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, in line with China's Constitution and international human rights commitments."
European Union, External Action, Statement by the Spokesperson, March 23, 2015
"The recent arrest and detention of women's rights activists in China on the grounds that they wanted to launch a campaign against sexual harassment on International Women's Day violates their right to demonstrate peacefully. We urge the Chinese authorities to release them immediately. . . . "
U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, March 20, 1015
"If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women's rights activists—not silencing them. The United States calls upon China to release immediately the Beijing+20 Five and partner with them to help ensure that men and women everywhere are able to live free from harassment and violence. . . ."
Welcome opportunity for #China to show its commitment to #Beijing20 by releasing women's rights activists. #FreeBeijing20Five
— Keith Harper (@USAmbHRC) March 19, 2015
Concerned about limits on #FOEX, deteriorating sit. of civil society & detention of #WHRD #WuRongrong in #China says @UKMissionGeneva #HRC28
— Michael Ineichen (@IneichenM) March 17, 2015
In China speaking out against sexual harassment is "creating a disturbance." Disturbance is restricting NGOs fighting for universal rights.
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) March 12, 2015
Chinese authorities should immediately release "Beijing+20 five." Sad reflection on "women's rights are human rights." #FreeBeijing20Five
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) March 12, 2015
European Union Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Spokesperson, Statement on the arrest and detention of women's rights activists in China, March 12, 2015
"We expect the Chinese authorities to release them without delay and to allow them immediate access to legal assistance and to their families."
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will appear at a campaign-style rally in Pensacola, Florida, next week, a move that brings the president less than 20 miles from the Alabama border just four days before a special election that will decide the fate of embattled Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.
The White House had distanced itself from Moore in recent weeks, and several high-profile Republicans called on him to quit the race altogether, following several allegations of sexual misconduct. Just three days ago, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump would not campaign in Alabama on Moore's behalf.
The president will instead appear at a "Make America Great Again" rally on Friday night, Dec. 8, at the Pensacola Bay Center, according to a person familiar with the planning who was unauthorized to discuss the president's movements publicly. The city is roughly an hour's drive from Mobile, Alabama, one of the state's largest cities.
While much of the Republican establishment in Washington has stood firmly against Moore, Trump and his allies are beginning to engage.
A political group aligned with former Trump strategist Steve Bannon is spending at least $150,000 on a new television, radio and digital advertising campaign set to begin running across Alabama on Saturday. The investment, which is largely aimed at attacking Democrat Doug Jones, could swell to $400,000 to help counter Democrats' steady advertising dominance in the race, according to Great America Alliance senior adviser Andy Surabian.
At the same time, the Trump-aligned super PAC America First Action has been polling the race to help determine whether to invest in its own advertising campaign to benefit Moore, according to spokeswoman Erin Montgomery. The group's internal polling suggests the race is a tossup.
Trump's appearance along the border is a surprise, but it comes as the White House was discussing whether Trump should also rally support behind the embattled Republican from afar through recorded telephone calls, text messages or social media, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussions who didn't have permission to speak publicly.
Like Moore, Trump has also faced several allegations of sexual misconduct. Both men have denied the accusations.
The Alabama Senate election is Dec. 12.
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May is National Preservation Month and this year's theme is Discover America's Hidden Gems. What a perfect time to explore our historic cemeteries, and to help find ways to preserve our unused, forgotten, and damaged cemeteries.
National Preservation Month began in 1971 to call attention to grassroots preservation efforts around the country. In 2005, May was officially designated as National Preservation Month and is now observed throughout the United States.
|Up-rooted Stones
|Forgotten Cemetery
There are many cemeteries across this country (and the world,) in desperate need of preservation. Cemetery preservation can include anything from documenting a cemetery, to gaining national or historic designations as landmarks or historical places, to resetting and repairing headstones, restoring buildings or mausoleums, mending fences, even notifying officials of the location of an abandoned cemetery, or contacting and gaining legal assistance in order to take back a cemetery that is being misused or destroyed.
Preserving a cemetery takes money, man-hours, an understanding of what needs to be done and the best way to accomplish these goals. Most states offer free preservation workshops, and a cemetery preservation guide, usually available from the state's historical preservation agency. But even armed with this knowledge, a preservation or restoration group should still seek out a professional in the field for a consultation and/or assistance.
|Loosing a Stone
|Unattended Cemetery
Many of the cemeteries in need of some type of preservation are small, 10 acres or less. These sites are usually privately owned, or owned by a small village or town that can no longer afford their upkeep or repairs. This is where volunteers are the life-blood of preservation, but we must do it in the most acceptable and least damaging manner possible.
|An attempt at Repair
|Shattered name
There are varying levels of skills are needed to perform cemetery preservation. Some preservation work may require attending a workshop and following a training manual if you're, say, resetting a stone. Others require trained professionals with experience to become involved. And the hardest repairs and preservation methods call for professionals to be hired.
|Set in concrete
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Repairing historic grave markers properly is very difficult. Most repairs are complicated and a professional is required. This is not a time to skimp on the money needed or correct supplies required for the repairs. Although the stones shown here have been 'fixed', they were not repaired in the correct manner and have compromised the original headstone. Repairs made by using a material that is harder than the original gravestone will cause tension on the stone that can lead to new breaks and cracks.
|Fallen wall
|Broken fence
Cemetery fences, family plot dividers and mausoleum walls can all be found in need of repairs. Again, it is best to locate an expert in order to maintain the original look and integrity of the site. Historic preservation groups are great sources to help you in locating qualified assistance.
|Human Skeletal Remains Act
If you know of a cemetery in need of preservation, contact your state's historic preservation agency. If you have discovered a cemetery that is being vandalized, excavated or destroyed, get in touch with your local Cemetery Department or Commission, or contact the Parks Department. If all else fails, contact a state legislator, or the Office of Comptroller for guidance. The State of Illinois enacted a Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act (HSRPA) in 1989 to stop such desecration. Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act (20 ILCS 3440; 17 IAC 4170) Check to see if your state has a similar law.
For more information on cemetery preservation, visit:
The Association for Gravestone Studies, (AGS) www.gravestonestudies.org
Founded in 1977, AGS is an international organization that offers publications, conferences and workshops about the historical significance of grave markers.
National Preservation Institute, (NPI) http://www.npi.org/sem-cemet.html
The NPI was founded in 1980 and offers education and professional training for those involved in the preservation, management and stewardship of cultural heritage.
The National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, (NCPTT) http://ncptt.nps.gov/category/training/com/
The NCPTT applies science and technology to historic preservation through the areas of architecture, archeology, materials conservation, and landscape architecture.
|Pioneer Cemetery
It is our responsibility, as citizens, historians, and genealogists, to assist in the preservation of cemeteries. These 'Gateways to the Past' provide us with amazing cultural resources, a wealth of historical assets, and valued public landscapes. They are worth protecting and preserving for future generations!
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"Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans will be able to get coverage for $100 or less." – President Barack Obama
We fought and won a battle three years ago to improve access to affordable health care for every American and finally it's here. Last Tuesday, a key component of the Affordable Care Act took effect when the new Health Insurance Marketplace opened for business, allowing millions of Americans to shop for a variety of quality, affordable health plans that best meet their needs.
Here is how it works. First, if you are among the vast majority of Americans who already have health insurance that you like, you can keep it and you don't have to change a thing. The only changes you will see are new benefits, better protections from insurance company abuses and more value for every dollar you spend on health care.
For example, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition and you can't be canceled because you get sick. Young people can be covered by their parents up to age 26. Most people will now be eligible for free preventive screenings blood pressure and cholesterol tests, mammograms, and colonoscopies. Insurance companies will no longer be able to set a life-time dollar limit on what they spend for your essential health services. In addition, 47 million women will gain access to preventive health services. The law makes it illegal to charge women different rates than men. And seniors on Medicare will have access to cheaper drugs, and free preventive care.
For the millions of Americans who currently have no health insurance, the new law offers a long-awaited lifeline of protection. As of Oct. 1, with a visit to the Health Insurance Marketplace at www.HealthCare.gov, you can learn if you can get lower costs based on your income, compare your coverage options side-by-side, and enroll.
When you use the Marketplace, or "health insurance exchange," as it is also called, you'll fill out an application and see all the health plans available in your area. You'll provide some information about your household size and income to find out if you can get lower costs on your monthly premiums for private insurance plans. You'll learn if you qualify for lower out-of-pocket costs.
The Marketplace can also tell you if you qualify for free or low-cost coverage available through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The open enrollment period runs from Tuesday, October 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. Coverage begins on January 1, 2014.
You can also get help by phone, 24/7, by calling 1-800-318-2596. And local help can be found by visiting LocalHelp.HealthCare.Gov.
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010. It was upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012. While there will inevitably be some start-up wrinkles to iron out, this law is good for the health of the American people and good for the nation. Congressional extremists bent on stopping its implementation are fighting a losing battle and only putting their own political futures at risk. Obamacare is here to stay.
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