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NEILSON, SAMUEL, printer, journalist, and publisher; b. 8 Feb. 1800 at Quebec, eldest son of John Neilson and Marie-Ursule Hubert; m. first 14 June 1831 Margaret McSkimming at Quebec; m. secondly 28 May 1835 Catherine James in New York; d. there 17 June 1837.
Samuel Neilson attended Daniel Wilkie*'s grammar school at Quebec and received a sound education there. His father removed him in order to have him finish his studies in Scotland, and in July 1816 the two sailed for Europe. After a short stay in Paris, Samuel settled in Glasgow, where he registered in a college on Richmond Street run by Dr William Chrystal. He spent three years there, studying Greek, Latin, philosophy, mathematics, and science. In the summer holidays he took special courses in bookkeeping, drawing, architecture, botany, and French. He also passed pleasant weeks at Gatehouse-of-Fleet with his paternal grandmother, his uncle William, and his aunts Isabel and Janet. Upon completing his studies in rhetoric and the two philosophy classes, he was awarded an ma in 1819.
Neilson returned to Quebec that summer and immediately went to work for his father, who was proprietor of the Quebec Gazette and of the biggest shop for printing, bookbinding, books, and office supplies in Lower Canada and who also held the office of king's printer. He had been elected member of the House of Assembly for Quebec in 1818, and there was some concern that difficulties, if not a conflict of interest, might arise from his holding the two offices at once. To avoid such a situation, he handed his printing enterprise over on 29 April 1822 to a company formed by his son Samuel and William Cowan. The partners received respectively two-thirds and one-third of the business.
The plan to unite Upper and Lower Canada was at the heart of political debate in the summer of 1822, and John Neilson sided wholeheartedly with the Canadian party. Governor Lord Dalhousie [Ramsay] was displeased, and offered John Charlton Fisher the position of publisher of the Quebec Gazette. Because Fisher was unable to come to an agreement with Samuel Neilson, the governor decided to strip Samuel of the commission as king's printer that he had granted him. On 22 Oct. 1823 he conferred it on Fisher, who also received authorization to bring out the Quebec Gazette, published by authority.
In January 1828 John Neilson went to London with Denis-Benjamin Viger* and Austin Cuvillier to put the Canadian case against Dalhousie's maladministration. Dalhousie lost all sense of proportion and abused his prerogatives by taking severe measures against some justices of the peace and militia officers, and by arresting journalists for venturing to publish accounts of the mass meetings then being held. As a result Samuel was arrested four times, charged with libel, and released on bail. These difficulties occurred during his father's absence, but he did not lose his calm and maintained a dignified tone in his articles in the Quebec Gazette. Dalhousie was recalled in 1828, and Sir James Kempt*, who succeeded him, dropped the charges.
Founded in 1764 by William Brown* and Thomas Gilmore*, the Quebec Gazette had always been bilingual and since 1818 had appeared twice a week. In May 1831 Jean-Baptiste Fréchette and Étienne Parent* resumed publication of Le Canadien and a year later they turned it into a thrice-weekly paper. Doubtless spurred by the success of his competitors, Neilson altered his newspaper in April 1832, publishing two editions three times a week, one in English and the other in French. The change amounted to producing a daily paper and imposed an almost superhuman task upon Neilson. Some time later a calamitous cholera epidemic struck the town of Quebec, claiming thousands of victims. Those who could, left for the countryside, and John Neilson retired with his family to their farm at Cap-Rouge. But Samuel remained at the head of the paper, never absent for even a day from the shop on Rue de la Montagne (Côte de la Montagne), imperturbable, and temperate in the pages of the Gazette as well as in the short notes he penned to his father. One can readily imagine how overworked he was during this period.
In 1833 Samuel returned to the British Isles. He spent several months resting in Ireland, went to Scotland, and got as far as London. From there he wrote to tell his father that he intended taking up residence in Europe. He returned to Quebec, however, and did not end his partnership with William Cowan until 30 April 1836. On 31 May he turned the business over to his brother William, and in July he made his father his attorney. He was ill, and after he had consulted Quebec physicians Thomas Fargues and James Douglas*, he left for Europe in July, stopping at Saratoga Springs and New York to seek the opinion of other doctors. In November 1836 he sailed for Madeira and the Mediterranean, where he spent the winter. He was back in New York on 16 June 1837 and died of tuberculosis the following day in the quarantine station of that city.
Samuel Neilson's destiny was tragic. The favourite son of his father, whose intelligence and good sense he had inherited, he was utterly devoted to his work and was still making plans in the autumn of 1836 for improving the newspaper and printing-shop. A keen observer of men and politics, he was also a talented writer and possessed real aptitude for drawing and painting, as his unpublished accounts of trips to the Saguenay and Madeira demonstrate. He was a reserved man and seems to have been an enigma to his close relatives. For example, none of his family is listed in the entry for his first marriage in the register of St Andrew's Church. His wife died a year or two later, and his second marriage took place in New York in 1835. Samuel Neilson was one of the most gifted young men of his generation. His untimely death together with his father's dominating personality kept him from fulfilling his early promise.
Samuel Neilson's unpublished narratives of his voyages, which he wrote on his return from the Saguenay and from Madeira, are at PAC, MG 24, B1, 19: 4 and 42: 2157–348 respectively. The PAC also holds important materials on Neilson and his family in the same collection: MG 24, B1, 19: 8; 24: 585; 36: 242–572; 38: 1038–45; 40: 1452–87; 42: 1736–2038.
ANQ-Q, CE1-66, 16 févr. 1800, 14 juin 1831; CN1-116, 29 avril 1822; 22 avril, 7, 31 mai, 11 juill. 1836. F.-X. Garneau, Voyage en Angleterre et en France dans les années 1831, 1832 et 1833 (Québec, 1855), 236–37. Le Canadien, juin 1837. La Minerve, juin 1837. Quebec Gazette, April–May 1822, April–September 1832, April–May 1836, June–August 1837. Quebec Mercury, June 1837. Beaulieu et Hamelin, La presse québécoise. F.-J. Audet, "John Neilson," RSC Trans., 3rd ser., 22 (1928), sect.i: 81–97. Ignotus [Thomas Chapais], "Le monument Wolfe et Montcalm à Québec," BRH, 5 (1899): 305–9. Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, 21 June 1939.
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A recent project to reorganize some materials in the papers of British author Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972) brought to light specimens of traditional Nepalese handmade paper serving in a most prosaic capacity.
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mackenzie travelled widely and at one point was contacted while in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Nepal by a London publisher. The message from London arrived via New Delhi, India, in the form of a telegram and asked if Mackenzie would consider a "biography of Churchill" upon completion of his present commitment. Unless the biography sought was to be a brief piece for a newspaper or periodical, it would appear it was never written by Mackenzie.
So, in a sense, the telegram was just one more of those numberless pieces of paper that the active life of a published author produces, and a creative dead end at that. But this telegram was very different from most others in that it was written out on paper unlike any I have ever seen.
The form was printed in Devanagari script on two sheets and was accompanied by three more unused blanks. The paper is called lokta and is prepared by hand from fibers obtained from the bark of the Nepalese lokta tree (Daphne cannabina). While lokta paper manufacture requires much the same general techniques as traditional Western handmade paper, the present specimens exhibit a faint but uniform criss-cross design when held up to the light rather than the distinct chain-and-wire lines of their Western equivalents. The finished product is said to be durable and resistant to insect damage.
The sheets in the Mackenzie papers are remarkable for their texture and appearance, exhibiting bits of bark and small twigs worked into the fabric of the paper, dramatic whorls of lokta fiber here and there, and even occasional voids in the paper's surface. The paper is a mottled pale tan in color and more nearly translucent than opaque. It seems to have been lightly treated during manufacture with sizing, so has a feel more like cloth than traditional paper. The effect is at once one of extreme primitiveness of technique, and yet, at the same time, one of remarkable beauty.
A web search provided several brief histories of lokta paper, which indicate that it was employed by the Nepalese government until the 1950s for its official correspondence and that it continues to find a role there in the preparation of certain classes of documents. Use of the paper is on the decline in Nepal as it is being displaced by conventional machine-made papers, but there is a substantial international market for it among those attracted by its remarkable texture and appearance.
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First Study to Reveal Mechanism Underlying Abnormal Fat Accumulation in HIV Patients
BOSTON – July 1, 2014 – Building upon their earlier research on the biology of fat metabolism, Joslin scientists discovered that microRNAs –small RNA molecules that play important roles in regulation in many types of tissue – play a major role in the distribution and determination of fat cells and whole body metabolism. Also, the study is the first to reveal that microRNAs (miRNAs) influence the development of lipodystrophy (abnormal fat accumulation) which affects many people with HIV receiving anti-retroviral therapy. The findings appear in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Previous Joslin studies have demonstrated that fat cells (adipocytes) have functions far beyond fat storage: they secrete substances that actively influence metabolism and are also a site of systemic inflammation leading to insulin resistance. The body has two types of fat – the more common white adipose fat (WAT), which stores fat; and brown adipose fat (BAT), which burns fat to produce heat. BAT plays a beneficial role in regulating body weight and metabolism, which has generated considerable interest among scientists and pharmaceutical companies looking for treatments for obesity. Excess WAT, on the other hand, especially in the intra-abdominal area, is associated with metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes.
In the current study, Joslin scientists were interested in learning more about miRNAs and their role in the creation of fat cells and the function of brown and white fat. Earlier Joslin research revealed that with aging, miRNA processing in fat tissue decreases due to a decrease in Dicer, a critical enzyme that converts pre-miRNAs to mature miRNAs.
Using a mouse model in which expression of Dicer was specifically knocked out in fat tissue, the researchers found that mice that lacked Dicer in fat developed abnormal fat distribution resembling HIV-related lipodystrophy (which is associated with antiviral treatment). In mice, this form of lipodystrophy was also characterized by "whitening" of brown fat cells, a loss of white fat, and signs of metabolic syndrome, including insulin resistance, fat tissue inflammation, dyslipidemia (elevated cholesterol and fat), increased resting energy use, and increased markers of cardiovascular disease.
The researchers also found lower Dicer levels in the fat tissue of patients with HIV and HIV-related lipodystrophy, suggesting that low levels of Dicer expression in fat in HIV patients may contribute to the development of this syndrome, a complication which limits therapy in some people with HIV.
Together, these findings indicate an essential role for Dicer and miRNA processing in white and brown cell differentiation and whole body metabolism that may contribute to the development of HIV-related lipodystrophy. "It's good to build on our previous research on miRNA processing and Dicer in aging and find that a decline in Dicer may also play an important role in HIV lipodystrophy by dramatically changing the biology of fat and the tendency towards diabetes and metabolic syndrome," says lead author C. Ronald Kahn, MD, Chief Academic Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center and the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. "This research is a good example of how we go from the "bench" to the bedside and how discoveries in one area or research can lead to insights into other clinical disorders."
This research suggests that therapy with an agent that increases levels of Dicer or specific miRNA expression could be beneficial to people with metabolic syndrome. "If we could increase Dicer activity, fat tissue would have a healthier metabolism which would improve the metabolism of people being treated. It may also reduce the effects of changes in fat that cause insulin resistance and other symptoms of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes," Dr. Kahn says.
Dicer-related therapy might also help patients with HIV-related lipodystrophy. "In some people with HIV, lipodystrophy is so disfiguring that they alter or stop HIV therapy. If we could address the abnormal fat accumulation, people could continue their HIV therapies and get maximal benefit," Dr. Kahn says.
One possible agent that might increase Dicer levels is Rapamycin, an immunosuppressant used to prevent rejection in organ transplantation. Dr. Kahn and Joslin researchers are planning to investigate whether Rapamycin increases Dicer in cellular models.
The Joslin researchers are currently conducting related research to:
• Learn whether changes in fat tissue alter liver metabolism and muscle tissue and the mechanism that communicates these changes.
• Determine if miRNAs can serve as therapeutic agents to treat diseases by identifying miRNAs that are deficient and restoring them to normal levels.
Study co-authors include Marcelo A. Mori, Thomas Thomou, Jeremie Boucher, Kevin Y. Lee, Graham Smyth, Michael Rourk and Aaron M. Cypess of Joslin; Susanna Lallukka and Hannele Yki-Järvinen of the University of Helsinki; Jason K. Kim of the University of Massachusetts Medical School; and Martin Torriani and Steven K. Grinspoon of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Funding for the study was provided by the National Institutes of Health, the Ellison Foundation, the Joslin Diabetes and Endocrine Research Center, the Academy of Finland, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation and FAPESP.


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#OurWorldWithout – championing creativity in crisis
The ingenuity demonstrated by artists of all kinds as they look for new ways to create and share their work is one of the most positive aspects of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown.
Standing back, it is fascinating to see what happens when creative people are temporarily deprived of some of the formal structures that traditionally support, nourish and disseminate their work – concert halls, theatres, galleries, educational institutions and systems, and all the supporting organisations around them.
But are those of us who support the development of musical talent really learning anything that we didn't already know?
The music education world has already acknowledged the need to get better at 'creative use of technology'. Indeed, we've been talking about it for some time. However, the current situation and dramatic increase in online performance has brought new meaning and purpose to the phrase – together with an exhilarating sense of what's possible.
As music educators, we had also recognised the need to better reflect and support the musical talent that is increasingly developing away from formal structures and in the living rooms and bedrooms to which many learners are currently confined.
In these respects, at least, the pandemic has not put us on a different trajectory of supporting music learning. Instead, it is reinforcing many of the conclusions made by last year's Music Commission report and showing how we need to move even faster along the 'curve' to fully support the progression of learners.
The same report highlights the dangers of separating out informal and formal approaches to music learning. Lockdown is a reminder of the need to stop others from falling into this trap or thinking that formality – whether concert halls, curricula and structured learning pathways or organisational support – is irrelevant.
Music learning demands the application of practical and intellectual skills in a disciplined way. Watching amazing demonstrations of artistry broadcast from living rooms, balconies and gardens via You Tube and other platforms can make things feel, in some way, 'homespun'. And this is despite the high quality of the performances and regardless of the simple truth that great music – perhaps more than any other artform – needs formality and broader support systems if it is to thrive.
We need to remind everyone enjoying performances from the latest virtual orchestra or online choir that they are actually witnessing the outcome of a uniquely rich and complex cultural ecology which has taken centuries to evolve and which binds whole artforms together through a dense and intricately drawn network of formal and informal interdependence.
In doing so we should echo the warning given by Lord Black of Brentwood to Parliament last week that: 'music, the bedrock of our creative economy, is in deep trouble' and help these audiences understand that, unless we act now, there is a real risk that coronavirus will undo our entire cultural fabric within months – or even weeks.
Wherever we work in the arts, we must also do something else that the Music Commission and other artform studies have urged. We must champion the personal, social and economic value of the creative talent that we all nurture and inspire through our work and that the nation will desperately need as it emerges from the pandemic and finally gets back on its feet.
We can start by supporting the #OurWorldWithout campaign launched by the Creative Industries Federation to urge government to protect our creative sector.
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As the world still reels over reports of U.S. government surveillance of privately owned smartphones, a spyware industry is growing that's focused on helping employers monitor the ways smartphones and tablets are used by their workers. Parents are also interested in the service to track their children's smartphone use.
With these monitoring tools, the word "spy" doesn't hold the same negative connotations that it carries for the millions of people concerned with government surveillance of phone and Internet communications that were first disclosed last June by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
At least 10 companies are selling smartphone and tablet tracking and monitoring software. This week, one of them, called mSpy, announced it has begun selling its software preloaded on four popular smartphones, including the iPhone 5S.
With mSpy's software, customers can capture a wide range of mobile data from the targeted smartphones, including voice calls, emails, texts, keystrokes, WhatsApp and Skype chats, GPS location and more. Targeted smartphones can also be locked remotely.
MSpy, first launched in 2011 with three employees. Today it has 1.2 million customers, 30 employees at its base in London, and another 10 being hired in New York City.
Founder Andrei Shimanovich originally intended the software for parents to provide more control over the ways their children use smartphones, block access to certain websites and apps or to restrict incoming calls. The software can also provide remote call recording for Android and iOS devices.
More recently, mSpy's software has become a way for small business owners to monitor their company-owned devices, Shimanovich said. The software allows employers to protect data on the smartphones with cloud backup. The mSpy software runs on the smartphone and aggregates the device's daily activity to a cloud-based, password-protected control panel where employers, or parents, can perform remote commands from either a desktop, smartphone or other device with a browser.
While employers can monitor workers carrying the mSpy-capable smartphones, the company notes on its Web site that employers are legally obligated to inform their workers that mSpy is installed on their devices at the time they are issued. However, some functions for managing worker smartphones used in high-end mobile device management software (MDM) purchased by large corporations, such as the remote ability to turn off a smartphone's camera, are not possible with mSpy, the company said.
In addition to backing up mobile device data, businesses are interested in mSpy "for the same reasons that some companies monitor their workers' desktop activity or block certain websites -- to ensure productivity and to prevent any kind of questionable behavior during work hours," Shimanovich said.
"People are very interested in monitoring these days, especially after the NSA and Snowden news, and we think that will continue," he added via email. "As people and businesses become more comfortable with how mSpy works and the benefits it offers, they will see opportunities for it in their everyday lives."
About half of mSpy's customers are in the U.S., with most based in Florida, Texas and California, mSpy said. The company would only say that 10% of all customers are business users that want to ensure the safety of business data, while 40% are parents. Nearly three-fourths are men, and the company recently said in a press release that "individuals wishing to keep tabs on their significant others may find [tracking] increasingly appealing as well."
MSpy sells its software bundled with the iPhone 5S, Nexus 5, HTC One and Galaxy S4. The phones are unlocked and start at $649 for the Nexus 5, which includes a year of mSpy premium software services for $200. Other models are planned, mSpy said.
Large companies in recent years have invested millions of dollars into software and systems to track and monitor workers in the field, ranging from plumbers making house calls to managers in securities firms carrying confidential data on clients. In some cases, MDM and related software is used to set up wireless geo-fences around a corporate campus so that a smartphone or tablet can't access corporate records or apps beyond a certain distance.
Samsung upgraded its Knox software and Blackberry is launching a new version of its Enterprise Server software, both of which are used for device and application management. Both companies' tools are considered more complex and far-reaching than monitoring software designed for consumers and small businesses. Knox costs a business $3.60 per month per user, while BES 12 will be free to existing users and will cost from $19 to $60 per user per year for new customers.
The average cost for such software is $5 per user per month, according to Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates.
Shimanovich said mSpy competes against more than 10 competitors "all with their pros and cons." Competitors include PhoneSheriff, Mobile Spy, My Mobile Watchdog, MobiStealth, StealthGenie, SpyPhone Basic Internet, SpyBubble, E-Blaster Mobile and Flexispy.
Shimanovich said it's not necessarily ironic that mSpy has so many buyers at the same time that so many people are outraged over the surveillance revealed in the Snowden case. "I think people are now more aware that their data and privacy are not as secure as they may have thought," he said.
"Knowing that the government has been spying has naturally caused people to want to take back control," he added. "Interest and awareness of spying is high as a result of Snowden, but now people want to use that same concept to protect or prevent, rather than to exploit."
This article, Snowden surveillance revelations raise interest in smartphone spyware for business, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
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From acting studio and stained-glass making to machine sewing, textile design and cabaret performance, ArtPlay has a bevy of brand-new classes on offer for the 2013 winter/spring session.
ArtPlay is the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center's home for arts education and outreach. With classes for every age group plus educational events for the whole family to enjoy, ArtPlay aims to connect the community to the arts with classes, workshops and performances.
Returning for the new ArtPlay session are the foundation classes of the arts, including ballet, acting, musical theater and jazz dance, along with drawing and visual arts for all ages. Classes will begin in January, and registration is open now. A full listing of ArtPlay classes is online at www.ArtPlayASC.org or call ArtPlay at 205-975-4769. The $25 registration fee is waived for UAB students, staff and faculty who register by phone.
Parents and their wee ones can participate in early arts for toddlers, or first steps in music. Young children can enjoy brushless painting, creative movement and beginning ballet. Older children can act out in theater workshops, musical theater or ballet. Tweens and teens can jump into hip-hop dance, improvisation through sound, machine sewing for fun and garden design and planting. Teens and adults can learn visual arts appreciation with visits to local galleries, mixed media for the 21st century, beginning sculpture, digital textile design and modern dance. Many of these classes are available for other age groups as well.
|A full listing of ArtPlay classes is online at www.ArtPlayASC.org or call ArtPlay at 205-975-4769
The acting studio class for ages 14-18 follows the legendary Lee Strasberg's design, beginning with sensory work — the heart of the "The Method" — followed by scene and character development to empower the actor. Stained-glass making for the same age group will teach young artists copper foil techniques for stained glass, and they'll create two sun catchers. "Sew Much Fun," also for ages 10-14, will teach the basics of machine sewing in a kid-friendly way that keeps the process fun. Participants can create pillows, bags, lap quilts and scarves.
One-day workshops include mosaic masterpieces for ages 7-12 and ages 13-adult, and the fine art of VJ'ing, for ages 12-18, where students can learn the art of creation or manipulation of imagery through real-time editing using video jockey software. Participants can use their new skills to VJ at the Alys Stephens Center's digital projection festival, "Light Dreams," on May 3, 2013.
ArtPlay also offers private instruction in a variety of instruments and artistic disciplines, including guitar, piano, voice, acting, drums and percussion, ballet and modern dance. Through a partnership with the UAB Department of Music, students can receive private music instruction for trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, saxophone, euphonium, French horn, piano, guitar and voice from UAB Music faculty.


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Makaveli in this... Killuminati, all through your body
The blow's like a twelve gauge shotty
Uhh, feel me!
And God said he should send his one begotten son
to lead the wild into the ways of the man
Follow me; eat my flesh, flesh and my flesh
[Chorus: Makaveli]
Come with me, Hail Mary
Run quick see, what do we have here
Now, do you wanna ride or die
La dadada, la la la la
I ain't a killer but don't push me
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin pussy
Picture paragraphs unloaded, wise words bein quoted
Peeped the weakness int he rap game and sewed it
Bow down, pray to God hoping that he's listenin
Seein niggaz comin for me, to my diamonds, when they glistenin
Now pay attention, rest in peace father
I'm a ghost in these killin fields
Hail Mary catch me if I go, let's go deep inside
the solitary mind of a madman who screams in the dark
Evil lurks, enemies, see me flee
Activate my hate, let it break, to the flame
Set trip, empty out my clip, never stop to aim
Some say the game is all corrupted, fucked in this shit
Stuck, niggaz is lucky if we bust out this shit, plus
mama told me never stop until I bust a nut
Fuck the world if they can't adjust
It's just as well, Hail Mary
[Chorus 2X]
Penetentiaries is packed with promise makes
Never realize the precious time the bitch niggaz is wastin
Instutionalized I lived my life a product made to crumble
But too hardened for a smile, we're too crazy to be humble, we ballin
Catch me father please, cause I'm fallin, in the liquor store
That's the Hennessee I hear ya callin, can I get some more?
Hail til I reach Hell, I ain't scared
Mama checkin in my bedroom; I ain't there
I got a head with no screws in it, what can I do
One life to live but I got nuttin to lose, just me and you
on a one way trip to prison, sellin drugs
We all wrapped up in this livin, life as Thugs
To my homeboys in Quentin Max, doin they bid
Raise hell to this real shit, and feel this
When they turn out the lights, I'll be down in the dark
Thuggin eternal through my heart, now Hail Mary nigga
[Chorus 2X]
They got a APB, out on my Thug family
Since the Outlawz run these streets, like these skanless freaks
Our enemies die now, walk around half dead
Head down, K blasted off Hennessee and Thai
Tryin it, mixed it, now I'm twisted blisted and high
Visions of me, Thug livin gettin me by
Forever live, and I multiply survived by Thugs
When I die they won't cry unless they comin with slugs
[Young Noble]
Peep the whole scene and whatever's goin on around me
Brain kinda cloudy, smoked out feelin rowdy
Ready to wet the party up, and whoever in that motherfucker
Nasty new street, slugger my heat seeks suckers
on the regular mashin in a stolen black Ac Integ-ra
Cock back, sixty seconds til the draw that's when I'm dead in ya
Feet first, you got a nice gat but my heat's worse
From a Thug to preachin church, I gave you love now you eatin dirt
Needin work, and I ain't the nigga to put you on
Cause word is bond when I was broke I had to hustle til dawn
That's when sun came up, there's only one way up
hold ya head and stay up, to all my niggaz get ya pay and weight up
If it's on then it's on, we break beat-breaks
Outlawz on a paper chase, can you relate
to this shit I don't got, be the shit I gotta take
Dealin with fate, hoping God don't close the gate
If it's on then it's on, we break beat-breaks
Outlawz on a paper chase, can you relate
to this shit I don't got, be the shit I gotta take
Dealin with fate, hoping God don't close the gate
[Chorus (repeats in background)]
[Prince Ital]
We've been traveling on this wayward road
Long time til I be take a 'eavy load
But we ride, ride it like a bullet
Hail Mary, Hail Mary
We won't worry everyting will come real
Free like the bird in the tree
We won't worry everyting will come real
Yes we free like the bird in the tree
We runnin from the penetentiary
This is the time for we liberty
Hail Mary, Hail Mary
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America's Achilles' Heel: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert AttackAnonymous Wed, 11/30/2016 - 19:20
Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons delivered covertly by terrorists or hostile governments pose a significant and growing threat to the United States and other countries. Although the threat of NBC attack is widely recognized as a central national security issue, most analysts have assumed that the primary danger is military use by states in war, with traditional military means of delivery. The threat of covert attack has been imprudently neglected.


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Using old drugs as new cures seems like a surefire winner. It may be. However, after attending a recent meeting outside London hosted by the Cure Parkinson's Trust, a small yet impactful British charity, it is clear that this path is neither clear nor easy. A committee of experts at the meeting evaluated and prioritized dozens of existing compounds – many are drugs used to treat other diseases – based upon their potential to stop Parkinson's disease.
|From left, James Beck, Tom Isaacs, and Steven DeWitte at
Cure Parkinson's Trust meeting at Cumberland Lodge.
Repurposing drugs for a new use like this has the potential to shave significant time from the drug development process for Parkinson's. But existing drugs come with existing problems. And these problems cannot always be overcome. For instance, a recent science article covered by PDF suggested that a chemotherapeutic agent, nilotinib, might be useful for treating PD. However, it is not clear what the proper dose should be (the article suggested a low one would be effective). Moreover, with potential side effects that include sudden death, the committee felt it was not ethical to consider placing people living with PD in potential danger.
Still, there are drugs that appear to be safe and well tolerated, like statins used to lower cholesterol and metformin used for type II diabetes to name a few. These drugs are not chosen at random: By surveying thousands of people, epidemiology studies have been able to link drugs people take for other conditions (like these) with a lower risk of developing PD. There are also data from laboratory studies that suggest how these types of drugs may help. Even here, though, the path forward is not so clear. The mechanism of action, that is how might some of these drugs actually affect PD in people, is not known. This is not always a stumbling block; but when combined with drugs that are likely to have modest effects and low odds of success, it can be a problem, especially with limited resources.
Recognizing these issues, the Trust's prioritization committee took a hard look at each potential drug candidate and recommended a handful as most promising. These few culled from a list of two dozen compounds will now advance towards evaluation in clinical trials. Hopefully, that phase will begin soon.


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Six Smoothie Recipes for Constipation and Acne Relief
I recommend drinking a morning smoothie if you have constipation or if you have skin problems like acne. Drinking a high fiber smoothie relieves and prevents constipation. It will also provide the nutrients that are necessary for having or keeping a nice clean and smooth skin.
So, here are the six smoothie recipes you can blend.
* Apple Smoothie
* Apple-Barley Smoothie
* Apricot Smoothie
* Peach-Rice Dream Smoothie
* Pineapple Smoothie
* Strawberry Smoothie
Apple Smoothie
Mix in the blender the following.
1-2 small apples cut into wedges 1 banana 1 cup 50:50 rice dream: almond milk ¼ cup or less of raisins soaked overnight1-teaspoon honey1-2 cubes of ice1-teaspoon lecithin granules2 tablespoons flax seed oil
Start by mixing the banana and the liquids. Then add slices of apples to get the consistency you like. In all of your smoothies add flax seed oil for nice smooth skin. I also add a tablespoon of flax seed straight into the blender and the blender will chop them up.Apple-Barley Smoothie
Mix in the blender the following.
1 cup of sliced apples with peel1/2 cup of cooked barley1/4 cup of soaked raisins1/4 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring 1-1½ cup of 50:50 rice dream: almond milk1-teaspoon lecithin granules2 Tablespoons flax seed oil
Make sure you use the lecithin granules in these smoothies since lecithin helps to breakdown the flax oil into tiny droplets and makes it more digestible.
Apricot Smoothie
One cup of fresh apricots or dried apricots that were soaked overnightJuice of 1/2 a lemonTwo oz. of prune juiceOne teaspoon or more of oat banOne teaspoon of mineral wheyOne tablespoon of flax seed oilOne tablespoon of lecithin granules
Add a slight amount of distilled water or ice cubes to make the consistency to your liking. This smoothie is good for constipation and acne.
Peach-Rice Dream Smoothie
Mix in the blender:
2 fresh peaches with peel1-cup rice dream1/2 banana1-teaspoon sesame seeds1-teaspoon sunflower seed1-tablespoon lecithin granules2 tablespoons flax seed oilIn place of rice dream you can use almond milk. I now only use almond milk to make my smoothies. Place all of the seeds straight into the blender. This smoothie has plenty of fiber. You may want to increase the amount of sesame and sunflower seeds.
Pineapple Smoothie
Mix the following in a blender.
1-2 cups of fresh pineapples1/2 cups apple slices1/4-cup fresh apple juice1/2-cup almond milk (more or less as needed)1 banana1-tablespoon lecithin2-tablespoons flax seeds2 teaspoons bran (wheat, oat or rice)
You can add more lecithin if you like. Lecithin does not have a taste. This smoothie is jam packed with fiber.
Strawberry Smoothie
Mix in a blender the following ingredients.
1 banana1-tablespoon of lecithin granules1-teaspoon of any type of bran1 cup or more 50:50 rice dream: almond milkNow add strawberries one by one with the blender on until you get the consistency you like.1-tablespoon flax seeds1 or 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds1-teaspoon sesame seeds1 tablespoon of flax seed oil
You can add liquid minerals or vitamins to these smoothies and give them an additional nutritional value.
There you have the smoothies that I make. Start making and drinking them and see the health benefits that you'll get.
Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural Nutritionist.


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Coinciding with their performance this evening at Nitefreq, with Arthur Baker, I-f, DMX Krew at Jacks in London Bridge (get tickets HERE), Manchester acid pioneers 808 State have announced the deluxe reissue of four of their seminal releases. Released on October 6, each disc will be loaded with extras including rare, previously unreleased tracks, remixes and no doubt some sleeve notes from ZTT Records founder Paul Morley.
Twenty years after acid house first got to its feet, ZTT have decided to issue the 2xCD re-mastered re-releases of 1989's Ninety, 1991's ex:el, 1993's Gorgeous and 1996's Don Solaris.
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If there's one thing that's constant in science fiction, it's time loops, where everything repeats. If there's one thing that's constant in science fiction, it's time loops, where everything repeats. Here's our list!
"A Little Something For Us Tempunauts" by Philip K. Dick features the classic time-loop storyline. A time-travel program is supposed to send some time-travelers forward 100 years, but instead only sends them a few days forward... where they learn that they died on their return from the future. But it gets worse, when one of them realize they're actually living the same few days over and over again, and so is the rest of humanity:
It felt like a deja vu thing, and then it hit him. We're in a closed time loop, he thought, we keep going through this again and again, trying to solve the reentry problem, each time imagining it's the first time, the only time... and never succeding. Which attempt is this? Maybe the millionth; we have sat here a million times, raking the same facts over and over again and getting nowhere. He felt bone-weary, thinking that. And he felt a sort of vast philosophical hate toward all other men, who did not have this enigma to deal with.
How do you break out? You don't. You're basically screwed. On the other hand, it's a kind of immortality.
Replay by Ken Grimwood. Jeff Winston dies of a heart attack at age 43, in 1988. Then he wakes up in 1963, when he's eighteen years old. He keeps reliving the years between 1963 and 1988 over and over again, making different choices each time, but nothing changes the stability of the loop, even committing suicide. Each time, he remembers his previous trips through the loop. Eventually, his loops get shorter and shorter, and meanwhile he tracks down another looper, Pamela. They finally go public, and the government forces them to provide intelligence on foreign developments.
How do you break out? It's not clear. The novel ends with Jeff and Pamela still looping, not sure if this will be their last time around.
"Time And Again" by David James won Science Fiction Magazine's short-story contest in the 1970s, with a classic time-loop story, but I haven't been able to find out much else about it.
The Twilight Zone, "Death Ship." Three astronauts discover a crashed spaceship that is an exact replica of their own. Eventually, they figure out they're actually dead, and then they snap back to the moment they discovered that crashed ship, in an endless loop. (This episode is supposedly becoming a big-screen movie.)
How do you break out? There's no way.
Groundhog Day is still the all-time classic, to the point where people now describe time loops as "Groundhog Day events." Bill Murray spends either about ten years, or millennia looping through the same day. (Director Harold Ramis has said both.) Each iteration of that one day, he learns a bit more and masters all of the variables a bit better.
How do you break out? Once he manages to have the absolute perfect day, he's free of the loop. That includes saving people's lives, fixing a flat tire, putting on a piano show, and getting Andie McDowell to fall for him.
12:01 (1990 Oscar-nominated short film): Myron Castleman (Kurtwood Smith) is trapped for all eternity, reliving the same hour of his life. (Even suicide doesn't help, which is a common theme in these stories. It would be hilarious to find a time loop that you can break by killing yourself.) This half-hour film aired as part of Showtime's 30-Minute Movie series.
How do you break out? You try to sue the makers of Groundhog Day, only to get trapped in endless lawyers' conferences.
12:01 (1993 TV movie): I actually saw this when it was on originally, and enjoyed it a lot. The same day repeats over and over, due to a "time bounce" caused by a particle accelerator gone wrong. Only lowly H.R. employee Barry is aware of the time trap, and he has to get close to a lovely scientist, Lisa (who keeps dying) to discover the truth. Finally, it turns out that the main scientist behind the project (Martin Landau) is ebil.
How do you break out? By disposing of Landau, basically.
"Endless Eight" in The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya: In this Japanese novel series, schoolgirl Haruhi Suzumiya can change reality. In one installment, she makes her friends, known as the SOS Brigade, relive the same two weeks over again because they were so perfect.
How do you break out? After 15,498 repetitions (or about 600 years) Haruhi finally has enough.
Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Cause and Effect": The U.S.S. Enterprise gets caught in a loop where roughly the same day repeats over and over again – always ending with the ship blowing up. For the Enterprise, the loop lasts 17 days. For the USS Bozeman, the other ship in the loop, it lasts 80 years.
How do you break out? Finally, Data is able to "remember" enough to know that Riker isn't always a total moron. Just usually.
X-Files, "Monday": It's one of those days when everything goes wrong - and worst of all, it keeps repeating. Only one woman is aware the entire world is stuck in a time loop.
How do you break out? Mulder pulls a Data, and finds a way to send a reminder to himself, so he'll do things differently the next time around.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Life Serial": Buffy's working at the Magic Box, where a customer orders a live mummy hand. Her attempts to retrieve the hand invariably end with her killing it, which means the sale can't go through. How do you break out? She finally solves the puzzle by ordering a hand be delivered.
Stargate SG-1, "Window of Opportunity": O'Neill and Teal'c get stuck in a time loop for three months, and the only way they can get out is to translate the Ancient writing on an altar so that they have the necessary information to break out of the time loop. In the meantime, O'Neill and Teal'c enjoy their freedom from consequences by biking through the base, playing golf through a Stargate, and, in O'Neill's case, resigning from the Air Force so he can kiss Major Carter.
How do you break out? They finally translate the writing, which explains how the Ancients tried to prevent a disaster by building a time machine.
Day Break: This short-lived series starring Taye Diggs had him framed for murder and reliving the same day over and over until he could solve everything. At least one other person appears to be experiencing the same repetition. Digg's character, Detective Brett Hopper, seems to be able to cause some slight changes to the next loop, such as making people wake up with a strange sense of foreboding that something is about to happen.
How do you break out? The show got canceled before we saw it happen.
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, "Twas the Night before Mxymas": Mr. Mxyzptlk makes Christmas Eve repeat endlessly, each time around making things worse and worse until, before long, Clark and Lois (the only two aware of what's going on) are staring at nuclear annihilation as Mr. Mxyzptlk slowly removes all hope from humanity.
How do you break out? Lois and Clark finally manage to banish Mxy back to the fifth dimension, restoring hope.
Supernatural, "Mystery Spot": Such a classic example of the Groundhog Day trope that Dean actually references Groundhog Day several times. Sam keeps reliving the same day over and over again, and it always ends with Dean dying. At first he thinks it's due to their visit to a Mystery Spot, where the laws of physics don't apply, but as Dean's deaths get more and more demented, Sam starts to suspect otherwise.
How do you break out? Sam eventually figures out the reality-warping Trickster is behind it all.
Blood Ties, "5:55": This Canadian series about a cop with failing eyesight who becomes a P.I. (and teams up with the illegitimate vampire son of Henry VIII) featured an episode where the cop in question, Vicki Nelson, keeps reliving the same day over and over, in search of an antique.
How do you break out? Vicki finally opens a box that releases her from the time loop.
Outer Limits, "Déjà vu": A teleportation experiment goes wrong and sends a bunch of scientists back to the day before, with only Dr. Mark Crest remembering what happened. Trying to figure out what went wrong and created the loop, he ultimately discovers his friend Lt. Colonel Lester Glade altered the experiment by turning it into a bomb in the hopes of saving his career.
How do you break out? Crest finally traps Glade in a time-loop of his final second of life.
Doctor Who, "Meglos": The British time-travel comedy soap featured a lot of time loops, but none quite as ridiculous as Meglos, where the Doctor and Romana relive the same five minutes or so over and over again, at the hands (??) of an evil cactus, who wants to impersonate the Doctor.
How do you break out? It makes almost no sense. They start reenacting the events of the time loop a minute early, so the space/time vortex gets confused. Or something. I know!
Torchwood: Captains Jack and John spent five years in a two-week timeloop.
How do you break out? Probably by having so much sex, they broke time and space.
Sealab 2021, "Lost in Time": In a parody of the TNG episode, Quinn and Stormy keep getting blown back 15 minutes by an explosion that destroys Sealab. And when they try to warn Captain Murphy, they keep getting mistaken for doppelgangers and thrown in the brig.
How do you break out? They finally contact their other selves and abort the mission (to steal cable TV) that led to Sealab blowing up. And then all the duplicate Stormies and Quinns have to fight each other, gladiator style.
Justice League Unlimited, "The Once and Future Thing": Batman defeats the time-traveling Chronos by forcing him to trap himself in a time loop of the very second where he first started time-traveling, forcing Chronos and his wife to bicker for all eternity.
How do you break out? If Batman traps you, you stay trapped.
The Twilight Zone – "Shadow Play": Criminal Adam Grant is stuck in an eternal time loop, as he prepares for his execution. He desperately tries to convince people that none of this is real and that it will all fade to nothing once they execute him, but to no avail: he's killed before the governor's stay of execution can come through. It all restarts with a new itineration of the loop, although this time different people pay different roles in Grant's nightmare.
How do you break out? He doesn't.
Eureka, "I Do Over": It's Allison and Nathan's wedding day, and due to some kind of wibbly wobbly timey whimey thing, Carter ends up reliving the day over and over and over again.
How do you break out? Nathan Stark finally sacrifices his own life.
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut: The entire world is forced to relive 1991-2001, and nobody has any free will to change events, despite remembering everything they did last time. Thus, everyone has to watch all the sadness and mistakes all over again.
How do you break out? The loop only goes around once.
Seven Days, "Come Again?": A glitch makes our time-jumping hero, Frank Parker, loop back to his arrival time.
How do you break out? Eventually, Parker figures out the glitch and prevents it from recurring.
More lists of time loops are at Wikipedia, Me Loops, and TVTropes.
Additional reporting by Alasdair Wilkins.


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Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Collections
Manuscript Collections
|Tim Lee Carter
|Church Records
|Civil War
|Courtney M. Ellis
|Janice Holt Giles
|Green Family
|South Union Shakers
|20th-Century Wars
|Underwood family
|Vernon White
|Ruth Hines Temple
|County Records
|Mammoth Cave
Folklife Archives Collections
|Lynwood Montell
|Sarah Gertrude Knott
A Monroe County native, Republican Tim Lee Carter (1910-1987) served Kentucky's Fifth District from 1964 to 1980. Trained as a physician, Carter counted health care and hospitalization legislation foremost among his interests and, despite his strong support of the armed forces, may be best known as an early advocate of U.S. military withdrawal from Vietnam. This large collection of papers, donated by Congressman Carter, is a valuable resource on the work of a member of the United States Congress. Click here to download a finding aid that describes the collection in greater detail.
Our manuscript collections include records (either originals or photocopies) from churches of many denominations in Kentucky and elsewhere. Typically, these records consist of minutes of church meetings and registers of members, but may also include other information such as the church constitution, articles of faith and rules of decorum, and lists of pastors, elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages and deaths. Click here to browse our church collections, or search TopSCHOLAR®, WKU's online digital repository.
Both Union and Confederate soldiers and civilians are represented in our manuscript collections. Included are letters, diaries, military papers and other material documenting the experiences of Kentuckians and those who found themselves in Kentucky during the Civil War. Click here to browse our Civil War collections, or search TopSCHOLAR®, WKU's online digital repository.
A young broom-pusher on a stationary steamboat, Courtney M. Ellis (1888-1964) became an avid lifelong lover of steamboats and rivers. Of the approximately 3,500 photographs in this collection, the majority picture the steamboats that plied various tributaries of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in the Upland South. Also included are a tape recording of the Delta Queen's calliope tunes, light lists, masters' licenses, newspaper clippings, navigational charts and pamphlets. Click here to download a finding that that describes this collection in greater detail.
Writer's manuscripts, galley proofs, and research materials document the creative processes of noted Kentucky author Giles (1905-1979) of Knifley in Adair County. Also included are World War II letters from her future husband Henry Giles, letters from her daughter, and correspondence with literary agents and publishers. Click here to download a finding aid that describes this collection in greater detail.
The Green family settled and developed a small empire at Falls of Rough in Grayson County, Kentucky. The family constructed a beautiful house and engaged in large-scale farming and lumbering operations. They also operated a grist mill, general store, and saw mills, as well as the post office. This collection includes business papers and letters created by several generations of the Green family. Click here to download a finding aid that describes this collection in greater detail.
Journals, diaries, account books, hymnals, and business records chronicle the activities of the religious community of Shakers, who gathered at South Union in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1807 and disbanded in 1922. These materials provide more extensive documentation of the South Union Shakers' 115 years of existence than any other repository. Click here to browse our Shaker collections, or search TopSCHOLAR®, WKU's online digital repository.
Our collections include correspondence, diaries and papers of American armed forces personnel and civilians as they experienced wars of the twentieth century from World War I through Iraq and Afghanistan. Materials for World War II are particularly extensive. To find 20th-century war collections and download finding aids that describe their contents in greater detail, search TopSCHOLAR®, WKU's online digital repository. Click here to browse our World War I collections.
Letters, diaries, and genealogical information combine to tell the story of U. S. Senator Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) of Warren County, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood (1818-1884), his brother Warner Lewis Underwood (1808-1872) and his son, John Cox Underwood (1840-1913). Rich in information about Bowling Green, the Civil War, and travel descriptions, the collection includes the story, told through letters, of Joseph and Elizabeth Underwood's efforts to build a home in Warren County while he was serving in Congress. Click here to download a finding aid that describes this collection in greater detail.
The Vernon White Collection represents the interests of White (1915-2008), a native of Hardin County, Kentucky and a Sociology Department faculty member at Western Kentucky University from 1966 to 1980. The collection contains information about White's military experience and his academic career, but more importantly it documents his research interests outside his field of study, including: covered bridges, grave markers, archaeology, and American folkways. White's research on these topics led to the publication of several articles and two books: Covered Bridges: Focus on Kentucky (1985) and Grave Covers: Our Cultural Heritage (2005). The collection contains research field notes as well as hundreds of slides. Click here to download a finding aid that describes this collection in greater detail, and here for more about the collection.
Warren County, Kentucky native Ruth Hines Temple received her A.B. degree from Virginia's Randolph-Macon College in 1923 and her M.A. in Art Education from Peabody College in Nashville in 1938. Prior to her graduate studies, Temple taught high school, traveled, and spent a summer at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In 1942, Temple accepted a position as art supervisor at the Western Kentucky State Teachers College training school. In 1946, she was promoted to head of the college's art department, remaining there until her retirement in 1966. This collection includes papers of both Ruth and her family, as well as a large sampling of Ruth's drawings, watercolors, graphic design and other creative work. Click here to download a finding aid that describes this collection in greater detail.
We hold several collections of court records from Warren County, Kentucky that will interest historians and genealogists. The most used collection contains a substantial number (but not all) of the county's original marriage bonds, including more than 7,000 dating from 1797 to 1984. The bulk of the marriage bonds date from 1797 to 1860. Click here to download a finding aid for this collection and here to download images. Another significant collection is of Warren County Equity Court records from 1802 to 1856. The bulk of these cases concern debts, estate settlements and land title disputes, but other matters include divorce, dower claims, contractual disputes, and the disposition of property. Click here to download a finding aid for this collection. Yet another collection of county records includes municipal reports and records; court dockets; fee and order books; trustees' minutes; and local ordinance, surveyor's and commissioner's books. For more information about this collection, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mammoth Cave
Our collections include historical accounts by tourists describing the wonders of the Cave; narratives of guides; archaeology at the Cave; and records relating to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Click here to browse our Mammoth Cave collections, or search TopSCHOLAR®, WKU's online digital repository.
Want to learn more about ghost stories, gospel singing, occupational folklore, Native Americans, log structures, or folk remedies? The Lynwood Montell Collection contains hundreds of oral interviews and sound recordings related to these and other folklore topics. The people of southcentral and southeastern Kentucky speak candidly about their lives with this Monroe County native and his Western Kentucky University folklore students. The collection also includes professional correspondence, drafts and galley proofs of Montell's published works and associated research material. Montell was one of the first faculty members of WKU's famed folk studies program and helped establish WKU's Folklife Archives. For information about this collection, contact us at email@example.com.
This Princeton, Kentucky native, served as the National Folk Festival Association president from its founding in 1934 until 1970. The group's annual festival featured indigenous American and ethnic song and dance. The NFFA later changed its name to the National Council for Traditional Arts. Knott's life and the organization's papers are woven together in a collection of festival correspondence, radio scripts, programs, and news clippings. The collection includes forty years of documentation related to the annual festival, and provides Knott's insights into the organization as well as those of the second NFFA president, Leonard Roberts. For more information about this collection, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Story of a… Pyrotechnician
For 15 years, Lloyd Lightsey, 52, has had a blast lighting up the night sky.
It's Fourth of July at Lake Eola Park, and thousands of people are crowded along the lakeshore for the half-hour fireworks show. They are waiting in anticipation for Lightsey, who is stationed in a 4-foot cubic "shoot shack" in the middle of the lake with two other men, to ignite the first fuse.
"Before the show starts, my anxiety is up. There are so many people watching. I have to make this happen; I'm going to light this thing up."
Lightsey travels throughout the state setting up more than 10 fireworks shows a year for Zambelli Fireworks. He has organized displays for professional sports games, major festivals and private parties, but he says the fireworks show over Lake Eola is the best.
"Looking out over the water, you can see the 6-foot flames coming off the shoot. You can hear the blast from the tubes, the explosion opening up, and in between, the other shots going."
"It takes 12 hours to load the Lake Eola show. We start at 4 a.m." A crew of six, including his wife Karrie and nephew Chris, load the shells. Everyone is licensed to handle explosives. The police, fire marshal, and fire department are on hand in case anything unexpected happens.
"There's always the possibility of an explosion or something like one of the fireworks going out of the tube. It's gunpowder; it's controlled, but you still have to respect it. Safety is most important. After that, let's light this fuse and see what happens!"
For the show, Lightsey mans a console from which cables sprout, leading to each of the fireworks. For the Lake Eola show, there are as many as 300 shots.
"I go into a zone. I can't compare it to anything. A half hour before the show starts, everybody knows not to talk to me."
"The 6- and 8-inch shells go the highest and blow the loudest—a 15-foot flame." He wears headphones to protect his ears, "but when the shell goes up, it still hits you in the chest. It's a percussion. The sound travels across the water; the echo is phenomenal. You've got the flash from the tube, then the echo off the buildings, and you've already got another shell coming back, so it's like…YEAH!"
"After the finale, you can hear the roar of the crowd, but you can also hear me screaming at the top of my lungs. I guess it's just my way of getting rid of tension."
Lightsey made the decision to become a licensed pyrotechnician when the son of one of Zambelli's head trainers asked him to help set up a show at a Miami Marlins game. He apprenticed and became licensed with Zambelli, "because they're the best."
Lightsey also designs and constructs ponds and waterfalls for his company, The Pond Monster. "During the day I'm a Koi fish pond builder—at night I light up the sky."


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Amputee - Musculoskeletal (MSK) Program
Rehabilitative Services
The MSK program is a group of health care professionals that work together to provide care and support for patients and families who have experienced an amputation, trauma, burns or who are living with musculoskeletal conditions. Our team works with patients to achieve the best possible recovery and the highest level of independence and function.
Our health care team may be involved in helping patients with:
- Wound healing and nutrition counseling
- Leisure activities and community reintegration
- Fitting and learning how to use a wheelchair or other mobility aid
- Learning how to do day-to-day activities and finding out what aids may help them
- Deciding what modifications, if any, need to be done to the home to make it accessible
- Assisting the patient gain the highest level of independence and ability in the home and community
For amputee patients:
- Learning exercises and how to take care of their limb
- Reducing post-amputation complications
- Coping with and adapt to their amputation
- Fitting and learning how to use a prosthetic limb, if appropriate
- Lowering the risk of another amputation
- Reducing post-amputation complications
- Obtaining the best possible recovery of function after an amputation
- Helping with any arrangements for return to the community
- Providing emotional support through interaction with the team and peers
The team offers services such as:
- Occupational therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Recreation therapy
- Social work
- Spiritual and religious care
- Vocational Counseling
- Dietary
- Nursing
- Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Pedorthist
- Rehabilitation Medicine (Physiatrist)
- Dietitian
During an inpatient admission, family members and caregivers are encouraged to participate in their loved one's rehabilitation. Patient education and therapy sessions are open to families and caregivers and provide opportunities to learn more about a patient's condition and progress.
Location, contact information and hours
Clinics – level 2
Inpatients – level 8
Tel: 902-473-3132
Fax: 902-473-7744
Hours of clinics/outpatient availability
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
How do I access this program?
A physician referral is required to access this program. Admission criteria must be met to become involved with our program.
Patients may be seen through the Amputee-Musculoskeletal Clinic, as an inpatient or an outpatient basis.
Referrals are sent to:
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Tel: 902-473-1303 or 902-473-1409
Fax: 902-425-6466
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Wow - been a long time since my last update. Sorry, just haven't gotten used to this whole posting online thing.
Lets see - got some minis painted, and even posted some here for scoring. Started a 40k group with some guys from work - we play our first game Saturday, which should be interesting as I think no one has any painted minis at this point.
And I finally found out about a job thats been in the works since January. I've leapt the final hurdle as it were, and have been green lit to return to the land of sand. Now I'm just waiting to have the processor email me with a day to be in Houston - at which point I give notice at my current job, pack my stuff and head south.
Shouldn't be too bad - at least I know what to expect this time.


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Sometimes a no-brainer is nice. Like my fit-and-flare navy cotton frock with its matching skinny belt. Or if I'm going to get the fries with my protein-style burger at In-N-Out (one glance through the window at the hypnotic potato-julienning aerobics, and it's a given).
And even a set of matching bed linens can be just fine. Or NOT.
Maybe it's the drummer in my head, but I think home decor is a splendid place to twirl out of one's matchy-matchy comfort zone.
Consider seating for meals, for example. In my generation (no calculations, please) you grew up eating three squares around a sturdy wooden oval, soldiered by its chair clones. Your parents pinched pennies for said solid maple, and for its casual (and I reckon more FABULOUS) cousin—the dinette set—clad in laminate and thigh-grabbing vinyl.
Sets surrounded us. The kitchen. The dining room. All the bedrooms. Bath towels and fuzzy toilet-enveloping creatures. And then there were the matching outfits my sisters and I sported. (But that's another tale.)
It was all perfectly coordinated for us. A no-brainer and no surprise. And while beautiful, quality sets surely still have their place, I think that's why now, I tend to avoid the MATCHIES.
I was chatting with my friends over at Chairish, and they challenged me to put together some dining spaces that mix it up a bit. Where you can delight not only in your latest farmer's market creation, but in the curated color and life where you sit.
And colorholic that I am, I went for it. Of course I tossed in a couple of my pillow designs. Enjoy my Style Boards below and let me know what you think in this post's comments!
Here's an Eclectic Dining Room that mixes the colorful fun of Mid-Century, with the cushy comfort of proper armchairs. Wood and pottery for warmth, original art and pillows for POP and life.
(Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Anthony Armchairs – Pair, My Bicoastal Sari Waves Pillow, Sculptural Leg Dining Table, Mid-Century Tangerine Chairs, Aldo Londi Bitossi Black And Gold Pottery Bowl, My Bicoastal Denim Trellis Pillow, 5-Foot Ficus Tree from ArtificialPlantsAndTrees.com, Moon Rising Painting by Bryan Boomershine, Vintage Oval Gold-Leaf Mirror, Zen, Blue/Lilac I. 2016 Original Oil Pastel.)
Next, I couldn't resist this Palm Beach Look, that admittedly isn't as much of a stretch with mixing up the furniture (same manufacturer). But it demonstrates how two chair-pairs add instant interest! Glitzy warmth in the artwork, a fun paint color, statement lighting and plants! Would Dorothy Draper approve?
(Ficks Reed Colony White Rattan Armchairs, Ficks Reed Green Rattan Armchairs, Early Saarinen Knoll Round Tulip Table, Large gold rounde succulent planter from InGaConcrete on Etsy, Jo Mattison "Orange Beach" Painting, Sirmos Tropical Leaf Chandelier, Banana Plant from ArtificialPlantsAndTrees.com, Pottery Urn.)
Finally, I hope some unexpected elements in this Artsy Chic Dining Room. (And clearly I still love my chartreuse!)
(Poul Volther J110 Chair, 16-Piece Vintage Napkin & Placemat Set, Metal Dining Table With Sculptural Legs, 1960s Milo Baughman Style Upholstered Bench, Mid Century Lime Dining Chairs, Green and Black Abstract Vase, 5.5 foot Column Artificial Cactus, Sleeping Women Pastel Drawing Signed W. Gray, Dorothy Draper Style Glam Mirror.)
Many of these pieces are still available over at Chairish. Just click the links below the photos.
Chairish is a designer's (and a design-junkie's) dream really. An exclusive, curator-approved online marketplace for beautifully designed items, many of which are rare or one-of-a-kind. So if a piece I link to here is sold out, click to Chairish's main page or its dining chairs, tables or artwork pages.
(And FYI, I get no compensation for Chairish items sales. Same on the artificial plants.)
So, what are your thoughts on these or your own dining spaces? How do you Mix it Up??
Or share about the coolest "mixed-up" dining space you've visited! Chime in with a comment.


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Thoughts on Perl6 - Love it? Hate it?by mrmick (Curate)
|on Jan 10, 2002 at 20:25 UTC ( #137752=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml )
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Thoughts on Perl6 - Love it? Hate it?
Ever since hearing that Perl6 was forthcoming (eventually) and that it was a major rework (read: starting from scratch), I have been reading and playing with some of the new thingies that Dr. Damian Conway has come up with in his exeges. I've also been paying attention to the apocalyspes to get some foundation for what to expect.
I have come to look forward to any and all information related to Perl6. What I haven't heard, however, is much discussion about everyone's views on the inevitable changes tothe language. It looks like there will be significant changes both in what we will be able to do with Perl (more wonderful stuff) and on how we will be doing it. The addition of new data types and that everything will become an object in Perl6 will make us have to fundamentally change how to plan our Perl projects.
While I love Perl because you can use a scalar at any time to represent multiple "datatypes", I also look forward to being able to declare a data type within the language as part of the regular syntax when I need it. Also, I love the idea of replacing the -> operator with . to access object methods and properties, thus ensuring that the style is consistent with other OO languages.
I would love to hear what other Monks are thinking about this. What do you like? What do you hate? Personally, I think that this will be the best version of Perl yet. It may take a little getting used to but as long as it allows(nay - promotes) Impatience, Laziness, and Hubris, I will be happy.
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|Instrument(s): Piano
|Style: Romantic
|Opus: Op. 25, No. 2
|Date of composition: 1832-1837
|Source: Peters, Herrmann Scholtz, 1900b
|Copyright: Public Domain
|Last updated: 2006/May/10. View change history
|Music ID Number: Mutopia-2006/05/10-757
|Typeset using: LilyPond, version 2.8.1
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|MIDI file
|A4 PDF files (zipped)
|Letter PDF files (zipped)
The score zip files include versions of the piece both with and without the fingering/pedal indications from the Scholtz edition.
|Maintainer: Roland Goretzki
|roland (at) roland-goretzki.de


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Can medical marijuana help insomnia? Well, it's a fact that those who use marijuana in the evenings tend to report a good night's sleep.
If you have insomnia any Indica marijuana strains can help or you may like to use CBD Oil if you do not want to get high or are from a non legalized medical marijuana state.
And, there is little doubt that poor sleep patterns can have a negative effect on your life as a whole; not only does it lead to poor health and many minor ailments (which when experienced all at the same time can have the same effect as a major medical condition), but it also leads to poor productivity and time lost from work. In worst case scenarios, of course, lack of sleep can be fatal, in that poor concentration when driving or operating machinery leads to operator mistakes.
There are various over the counter (OTC) medications that will help you to fall asleep; usually these medicines have been formulated for other applications – such as antihistamines for treating allergies. In general it's not a good idea to take treatment for a condition you don't have – especially if you are already taking other medications.
Medical Marijuana for Insomnia
Sleeping pills that are obtainable with a prescription often have unpleasant side effects. Let's take a look at the listed side effects of Ambien (zolpiderm tartrate) as an example:
- depressed mood, thoughts of hurting yourself
- unusual thoughts, risk-taking behavior, decreased inhibitions, no fear of danger
- anxiety, aggression, feeling restless or agitated
- hallucinations, confusion, changes in personality
- daytime drowsiness, dizziness, weakness, feeling "drugged" or light-headed
- lack of coordination
- amnesia, forgetfulness
- vivid or abnormal dreams
- nausea, constipation
- stuffy nose, sore throat
- headache, muscle pain
- blurred vision.
A case here of the treatment being worse than the medical condition?
How can Marijuana help with Insomnia?
Medical Marijuana for Insomnia
A recent study, undertaken at Alberta University in Canada, was designed to investigate the effects of THC on appetite, specifically on the appetite of cancer patients. An unexpected finding of the study, however, was that the patients receiving THC also slept better than the control group. In fact, the study was published with the headline:
Pot Helps Cancer Patients Sleep and Enjoy Food
The first thing to remember when looking for a marijuana strain to help you sleep is that sativa based strains tend to give you a high – the last thing you want when you have sleep problems. Indica based strains, on the other hand, are great for relaxation, stress relief, and for an overall sense of calm and serenity.
There is one particular indica strain, Ingrid, which seems to be particularly helpful for non-sleepers.
Ingrid is a high-quality marijuana strain, which is becoming increasingly popular among medical marijuana patients. It's quite amazing to look at – a light green that is almost neon. It is very potent and you won't need much to help you towards a restful sleep.
What are your thoughts about Medical Marijuana for Insomnia?


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AARP developed this family caregiver guide with you, the caregiver, in mind and as a starting point to help you find the services and support you might need throughout your journey.
To order a print copy of this online guide, call the toll-free AARP Family Caregiving Resource Line at 877-333-5885 and indicate which state(s) you would like to receive. A copy will be mailed to you.
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- Supporting Family Caregivers in Your State
- AARP has a website dedicated to providing you with information about how we're advocating for caregivers in your state.
- Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) (717-783-1550)
- The Department of Aging oversees local Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) and manages programs designed to support older Pennsylvanians, including meal delivery, caregiver support, health and wellness programs, certain in-home care services, Medicare enrollment assistance and elder abuse prevention, among other services.
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- The Department of Human Services maintains several programs and resources for older adults and Pennsylvanians with disabilities, long-term care services and supports, including heating and food assistance and financial and housing help, among other services.
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- Pennsylvania 211 connects Pennsylvanians with information about community services near them. They can help residents connect with emergency counseling, disaster assistance, health care and insurance services, housing and utility payment assistance and employment resources, among other things.
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- This program connects older Pennsylvanians with trained counselors who can provide free consultations and answer questions related to Medicare and Medicare Supplemental Insurance, Medicaid and long-term care insurance.
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- The program helps older Pennsylvanians understand their options for accessing low-cost prescription medication.
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- The nonprofit organization advocates for improving end-of-life care and provides Pennsylvanians with training and support services to help loved ones in need.
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- The program supports caregivers in the state with information, training, counseling and financial reimbursement for certain out-of-pocket expenses related to their caregiving duties.
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- This program helps eligible residents over the age of 60 develop in-home care plans, helping Pennsylvanians manage personal care, meals, medical transportation and home modifications.
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- The managed care program connects Pennsylvanians over age 55 with information, training and resources related to caregiving, social services and respite care.
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- Pennsylvania's ADRC program, known as The Link, connects older and disabled citizens with access to long-term care supports. Link partners work together to connect consumers with all available resources related to care, medication, nutrition, insurance, housing and transportation, and other services for them to continue to live as independently as possible.
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One year ago today NSTAR installed a commercial meter here at my request so I could track energy delivered to my house and energy exported to the grid, in addition to knowing what the overall net energy was. When the meter was installed, it read 000,000 kWh. On a meter without a grid-tied power source, this number would only go up. Here, it can go either way, depending on whether we use more than the PV system produces, or not.
After one year, the meter reads 97,409. Either we've used a hell of a lot of energy, or we've sent more energy to the grid than was consumed on site. I think it's the latter. The PV system didn't go operational until the afternoon of June 9th, so this net export of 2,591 kWh includes about two weeks where the energy flow was only incoming.
The stats:
- 3,813 kWh consumed on site
- 2,752 kWh imported
- 5,343 kWh generated and exported
- 6,403 kWh generated
- 1,060 kWh generated and consumed on site
This year's usage can be compared with program benchmarks such as Passivehouse (PH) and Thousand Home Challenge. My allotment of site energy usage according to the Thousand Home Challenge (see post Finding the Right Target, Part 2) is 5,375 kWh, so we used 71% of our allotment. Of course, it has been a very warm winter, so it's not quite as rosy as that looks. But we've met the THC quite handily.
The most meaningful Passivehouse criterion is Primary Energy (PE, see post Primary Energy). Primary energy is the energy consumed to get the energy to the site as well as the site energy. For electrical grids it's about three times higher than the site energy (the Passivehouse software used 2.7 as the primary energy factor in Germany - various sources say it's over 3 here in the US). The PH PE criterion is in kWh per square meter of Treated Floor Area (TFA, following the German convention for calculating usable floor area). This house would have about 150 square meters of TFA. The criterion is 120 kWh/square meter of TFA, so the limit here would be 18,000 kWh/year of PE, or, using a PE factor of 3, 6,000 kWh of site energy usage. We managed to be comfortably below that limit this past year.
I have proposed an amendment to the PH standard for New England (see post New England PH amendment), where I propose that the PE limit be set according according to number of bedrooms rather than according to floor area. How did we do according to the amendment? A three bedroom house is permitted 13,600 kWh/year, a good bit lower than permitted under the standard as is. With a PE factor of 3, the site energy limit would be 4,533 kWh/year. We squeaked under with 3,813 kWh this past year, but a really cold year might yield a different result!


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I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine
Jennifer Hills is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago. She's changed identities and cities, reluctantly joining a support group where she begins to piece together a new life. But when her new friend's murderer goes free and the tales of serial rapists haunt her, Jennifer will hunt down the men responsible and do what the system won't – make them pay for their crimes in the most horrific ways imaginable. Only this time, no jury may be able to save her.
Category: Horror, Movie Trailer, Thriller


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Intro to Innovation: Fund your idea
Getting an idea may be free, but developing it isn't. What funding opportunities exist for you as a KTH student, employee or researcher, and how can you get access to them?
Time: Mon 2019-05-06 12.00 - 13.00
Location: Fantum, Lindstedtsvägen 24, 5th floor
On May 6th, we'll tell you all about funding opportunities for your idea or the commercialization of your research, from what you can receive from us at KTH Innovation, to how you can secure investment.
When: May 6th, 2019, 12.00-13.00
Where: Fantum, Lindstedtsvägen 24, 5th floor
For Whom: Students, employees and researchers at KTH
This is a closed event with limited seats and RSVP is binding.
Register here .
Intro to Innovation
Are you interested in entrepreneurship but unsure how to begin? Wondering how to come up with a good business idea, how to protect your idea, find funding to develop it, or describe it in a way that makes people get it?
In the spring of 2019, KTH Innovation invites you to five events, where we will give you an introduction to topics that are good to have a grip of when you develop your ideas or commercialize your research.
Come to one or to all five. At any point when you feel ready, you can book a meeting with us at KTH Innovation to discuss your idea or research result, and find out how we can help you move forward. #itallstartshere
More information
Lisa Bäckman


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One of the largest fisheries in California year after year is for the market squid. Ninety percent of the catch comes from Southern California, particularly around the Channel Islands, where adult squid come together for large spawning aggregations that can be up to a million individuals. Join the Ocean Futures Team in this short film as they go on a night dive into one of these spawning aggregations to witness firsthand the importance of this ecologically and commercially important species.
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