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Written by Elizabeth Gunnison for Esquire
When former Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer rolled into the capital last week to receive his Medal of Honor, the 23-year-old war hero's one request was to share a beer with the president. Meyer's beer of choice is Bud Light, but Obama broke out the good stuff for the occasion: White House Honey Ale, one of three beers brewed on White House grounds with the help of a beehive the Obamas had installed on the South Lawn. President Obama is the first-ever American leader to brew his own beer in the White House, and he even personally ponied up the initial $200 necessary to buy the home-brewing equipment. We approve.
However, as the Guardian has wisely pointed out, it's high time that the presidential homebrew be christened with a better, catchier brand name than simply "White House Ale," which is what's currently written on the bottles. The British newspaper has already polled its web readers for suggestions. Among their best: Audacity of Hops, Beerack, Obeerma, Weisshaus, One Term Bitter.

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"Iranians pretend not to cheat; we (USA) pretend not to notice. All that's left to do is stand back and wait for something to happen."
Here are two interesting pieces which may give us pause about how to further US - Iranian diplomacy.
The first opens with a paragraph which sets forth the problem clearly:
"Does it matter what sort of deal—or further extension, or
non-deal—ultimately emerges from the endless parleys over Iran's nuclear
program? Probably not. Iran came to the table cheating on its nuclear
commitments. It continued to cheat on them throughout the interim
agreement it agreed to last year. And it will cheat on any undertakings
it signs."
The second article in some ways is more ominous because it explores threats and conflicts that are less severe than a nuclear threat. The subtitle says much:" The West underestimates the growing threat from radical Islam in the Americas."
"Iran has opened embassies and established
commercial agreements that allow operatives to create businesses, which
can be used as fronts for covert operations. In
Venezuela and Bolivia, Iran has moved to the next level, developing a
military presence through joint ventures in defense industries."
The conclusions of the first article is appropriate for both articles and daunting to all:
"Eventually, something will happen. Perhaps Iran will simply walk away
from the talks, daring this feckless administration to act. Perhaps we
will discover another undeclared Iranian nuclear facility, possibly not
in Iran itself. Perhaps the Israelis really will act. Perhaps the Saudis
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College of Southern Maryland (CSM) student Kelsey Crum, 19, of Owings, made a life-changing choice in mid-April. After a longstanding interest in engineering and robotics, Crum decided that for her, another other ongoing passion was taking a deeper hold.
Crum changed her major from engineering to art.
About two weeks later, the wisdom of Crum's decision was resoundingly affirmed when she was awarded the Juror's Prize – the top prize – at CSM's Annual Juried Student Exhibition Reception. At 19, Crum, a 2017 graduate from Northern High School, was the youngest winner in this year's competition.
"It's incredible," Crum said with a broad smile after the awards were announced. "It felt like it confirmed that I could be an artist … that I could go down this pathway that I wasn't sure of."
Approximately 60 CSM art students participated in the 2018 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, some submitting more than one piece. Eight of those works received awards. The Juror's Prize goes to the one work that most impresses the juror. This year the juror was Northern Virginia Community College Art Professor Matthew Pinney, a Washington, D.C., metro-area artist who has exhibits extensively in the region.
For the Juror's Prize, Pinney was looking for "what piece knocks him out," said CSM Associate Professor and Gallery Director Katherine Sifers, organizer of the annual exhibition, describing the top prize. "What does the juror think really rises above?"
Crum's Juror's Prize-winning work was a ceramic figure of a gray lion with a human face, she titled "Sphinx." As a neophyte in the medium, she only began working with ceramics during a CSM class in the spring semester.
Waldorf resident Asia Rodgers was awarded the photography/graphic design award for an untitled photo of a woman's face. Pinney described Rodgers' work as "mysterious, spiritual … It leaves a lot of questions."
Bernard Dickens III, of Waldorf, was awarded the painting/drawing award for "Spring Transparency, a painting in gouache that Pinney said had "great color" and "maintained landscape qualities."
The prize for ceramics was awarded to Waldorf resident Monic Coppedge for her piece "Trapped Collection," a blue abstract work that was described by Pinney as "great evocative forms."
Bailie Anthony, of Mechanicsville, and Kathrynn Pickering, of La Plata, were both awarded honorable mention awards — Anthony for a small, untitled oil on canvas painting featuring a landscape of trees and sky and Pickering for "Reflecting Hibiscus," a gouache and acrylic work in vivid colors.
In addition to the awards decided by the exhibition juror, the CSM full-time art faculty selected two items from the exhibition to purchase for the CSM Fine Arts Department Collection. A ceramic piece, titled "Her Favorite Shoe," by Accokeek resident Melanie Williams and a photo titled, "Praying," by Waldorf resident Laura Mickus were purchased.
Williams was new to ceramics this semester and was "just floored by the reaction" to her piece. "It lets me know I've learned something, which is really great," she said.
Mickus' said her black and white photo was taken at a local laundromat. She said she initially took the photo because it made her nostalgic — she remembers playing in the laundromat when she was a young girl and enjoying her time there. However, once Mickus watched other students' very different reactions to the photo, she titled it "Praying" to acknowledge some customers might wish they were in a better position and not have to use a laundromat.
Scholarships Announced
In addition to the student art awards, four recipients of the Walter B. Grove II Memorial Art Scholarship were announced at the reception. The scholarship for CSM art students was established by Jane and Walter Grove in memory of their son Walter, who had been an art student at CSM.
"They really are the great benefactors of the arts here at CSM and all over Southern Maryland," said Professor George Bedell during the ceremony, acknowledging the Groves, who were in attendance. The CSM Foundation, which oversees this scholarship fund, was also thanked for its efforts on behalf of student success and the arts at CSM.
Jane Grove said she and her husband enjoy getting the chance to meet and talk to the "extremely talented" scholarship recipients.
"It is always bittersweet, but we know that we are passing on our son's love of art and helping many other students to pursue their dream of an art education," she said. "Today we have a total of 45 scholarship winners since we set it up 19 years ago, the summer of our son's death. The gallery was filled with beautiful photography, paintings, drawings and sculptures."
This year's Grove Scholars are Liane Beckley, of Upper Marlboro; Lucas Snyder, of La Plata; Nicole Tomasic, of Leonardtown and Mickus.
"They were evaluated on their breadth as artist and students," Bedell said, describing the scholarship recipients as "real hard workers, who have shown us some wonderful portfolios as well."
"I am most excited that people are supporting the arts at such a local level," Beckley said. "It's pretty impressive." Beckley is working toward a career in museum studies.
Snyder is a two-time recipient of the Grove Scholarship. "I'm honored that there are people out there willing to fund my future," he said. "It's very helpful." Snyder is working toward a career in graphic design and photography, with the hope of working at a magazine.
Tomasic said that being selected for the scholarship was particularly affirming because she, like Crum, switched her major from engineering to art, with an emphasis on photography.
Mickus is studying art at CSM after having spent 10 years in the military. "It's cool to be recognized," she said, adding that she is enjoying this opportunity to explore her creative side. "I love it. It's awesome."
For information on the Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery and its exhibit schedule, visit https://www.csmd.edu/community/the-arts/visual-arts/hungerford-gallery/index. For information about the Walter Grove II Memorial Gallery, visit https://www.csmd.edu/community/the-arts/visual-arts/grove-gallery/index.
For information about opportunities to support CSM students through scholarships, visit https://foundation.csmd.edu/. For information about both credit and non-credit fine art study at CSM, visit https://www.csmd.edu/programs-courses/not-sure/areas-of-study/fine-arts/.
To view photos from the CSM 2018 Annual Juried Student Exhibition Reception, visit http://csmphoto.zenfolio.com/18studentart.


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Leicester Travel Guide, United Kingdom
Leicester, one of the leading manufacturing, textiles and clothing hub, figures among the top ten largest cities in England. On the other hand, this industrial status is offset by the educational opportunities it offers to its 20000 plus odd students via the numerous schools, renowned colleges and famous universities it houses. The most hallowed seat of education in Leicester is definitely University of Leicester.
Leicester, since the last decade, has been consciously trying and pushing for a holistic urban renewal and facelift to project a better image to the world and to endear itself to the tourists who throng this English city every year.
Apart from Sheffield, which boasts of being a green city, Leicester also has a lush green cover thanks to its 3000 plus acres of green spaces and parks.
It has earned the distinction of being crowned as England's first Environment City.
Leicester, like Manchester and other cities and towns of England, is truly representative of a multicultural diversity and more than a third of the population consists of Asians.
There are attractions galore for tourists who will visit Leicester in the form of the Field Of Battle of Bosworth, the old and historic Norman Castle Gardens and the open air market in the centre of the city. One of the largest street celebrations or English carnivals is held in Leicester in the month of August and it is called the Notting Hill Festival, attended by visitors from all corners of the world.
Leicester is a fascinating city that is steeped in history, art and culture as well as religion.
Naturally, visitors to the city will be spoiled for choice by the plethora of sights and attractions that this English city has to offer. Among the more popular sights and attractions are must-sees like The Clock Tower, The Guildhall, The Magazine, Newarke Houses Museum, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Jewry Wall and Museum, Abbey Pumping Station Museum, New Walk, Castle Gardens, Belgrave Hall and Gardens, Abbey Park, Saint Nicholas Church, Saint Mary De Castro Cathedral and Saint Martin's Cathedral and others.
Leicester also offers diverse entertainment options in the form of endless shopping districts for shopaholics, numerous restaurants and quaint English cafés, a rocking and kickass nightlife, midsummer afternoon retreats and picnic grounds in parks, adventure sports, golf, technical tour, a stroll around the historic city on a magnificent horse carriage etc.
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Kyle Busch had a dominating victory today in New Hampshire Motor Speedway advancing himself in the playoffs into the Round of 12 of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Busch held the pole position, won Stage 2 and he led the race for 187 laps while collecting his third season victory in 2017 in dominating fashion.
The No. 18 racing car did have a challenge at one point in the race during Stage 2 when he escaped a crash with Matt Kenseth as both drivers narrowly avoided what would have been a major setback for their racing teams.
Meanwhile, Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota led the race early on when he powered the lead away from Busch on Lap 40 on his way to winning Stage 1, which was is 19th stage victory of the 2017 season.
Truex Jr. who was well positioned to win Stage 2 ran into trouble when a wreck occurred impacting his opportunity to sweep both stages. He was leading the race when suddenly a incident involving eight racing vehicles including a bunch of Monster Energy Cup Series Playoff drivers wrecked on the backstretch.
The drivers involved were Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Danica Patrick, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeffrey Earnhardt.
The wreck occurred when Kevin Harvick and Austin Dillon ran into each other coming off of Turn 2. Kurt Busch then slammed into his teammate Harvick damaging the side of the racing vehicle knocking him for a loop.
Truex Jr. went into a spin trying to avoid the wreck, however, he was unable to continue with heavy left rear damage almost ending his day of racing. Both Harvick and Busch had to drop out of the race as they sustained major damage and could not continue.
Later in the race Kasey Kahne experienced mechanical trouble with 38 laps remaining in the race. Kahne stopped in Turn 4 bringing out the days fourth caution flag. This incident allowed Truex Jr. to adjust strategy, he took two tires to get back up to the front of the pack. This bold move allowed Truex Jr. the winner last week in Chicagoland to rally finishing in fifth place.
Kyle Larson finished in second place, Matt Kenseth third and Brad Keseloswki in fourth position followed by Truex.
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Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson Top List of Highest Paid Actresses
Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson have claimed the two top spots on the annual ranking of highest paid actresses.
Lawrence stood head and shoulders above her competition, raking in a cool $52 million the last year. It was thanks in large part to starring roles in blockbuster franchises like "The Hunger Games" and "X-Men." She also has a contract with luxury brand Dior, according to Forbes, which compiles the list every year.
Scarlett Johansson came in second, earning $35.5 million. Johansson pulled in a nice chunk of change for her role in "Avengers: Age of Ultron," and also starred in the hit action movie "Lucy." She supplements her acting income with endorsements from Dolce & Gabbana and Sodastream.
"Spy" star Melissa McCarthy came in third with $23 million. Her solo espionage comedy was a resounding success, earning $234 million at the box office on a $65 million budget. McCarthy also stars on the CBS sitcom "Mike & Molly," in addition to launching a clothing line for plus-size women.
Bingbing Fan was the only non-American to make the list. The Chinese actress earned $21 million, and is best known to American audiences for her role in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." She also starred in the Chinese fantasy epic "The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom."
In addition, Jennifer Aniston earned $16.5 million, Julia Roberts earned $16 million, and Angelina Jolie-Pitt earned $15 million.
Here is the full list of the highest paid actresses:
1. Jennifer Lawrence–$52 million
2. Scarlett Johansson–$35.5 million
3. Melissa McCarthy–$23 million
4. Bingbing Fan–$21 million
5. Jennifer Aniston–$16.5 million
6. Julia Roberts–$16 million
7. Angelina Jolie-Pitt–$15 million
8. Reese Witherspoon–$15 million
9. Anne Hathaway–$12 million
10. Kristen Stewart–$12 million
11. Cameron Diaz–$11 million
12. Gwyneth Paltrow–$9 million
13. Meryl Streep–$8 million
14. Amanda Seyfried–$8 million
15. Sandra Bullock–$8 million
16. Emma Stone–$6.5 million
17. Mila Kunis–$6.5 million
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, jewelry retailers are stepping up a campaign that aims to discourage the mining and sale of "dirty gold." A group of jewelry retailers has signed the "Bristol Bay Protection Pledge," which seeks to halt the huge Pebble Mine planned for Alaska's salmon spawning headwaters. Click here to read the LA Times article by staff writer Margot Roosevelt (free registration required). Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
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Google and Mesosphere today announced a partnership that brings support for Mesos clusters to Google's Compute Engine platform. While the Mesos project and Mesosphere aren't quite household names yet, they are quickly becoming important tools for companies that want to be able to easily scale their applications, no matter whether that's in their own data centers, in a public cloud service, or as a hybrid deployment.
With this collaboration between Google and Mesosphere, Cloud Platform users will now be able to set up a Mesosphere cluster on Google's servers in less than 10 minutes. Developers get to choose between two basic installs: a development cluster with four instances, eight virtual CPUs and 30GB of memory for prototyping their applications, or a production-ready install with 18 instances, 36 virtual CPUs and 136GB of memory. If those two options don't fit, they can also create their own custom clusters.
By default, those clusters include the Mesos kernel, Zookeeper, Marathon and OpenVPN. Once the cluster is up and running, Mesosphere offers a straightforward web-based dashboard for managing these clusters that can be accessed right from the Google dashboard.
As Florian Leibert, the co-founder and CEO of Mesosphere told me earlier this week, the main idea behind Mesosphere has always been to allow developers to treat a data center like a single computer — with Mesos and other software packages abstracting much of the basic devops work away. Some companies that currently use Mesos are Leibert's former employers Twitter and Airbnb, which he introduced to the open-source Mesos project.
Mesosphere essentially creates a layer on top of your hardware that handles all of the servers, virtual machines and cloud instances in the background and lets an application draw from a single pool of resources like CPU power and memory. By default, Mesosphere's service does not really care what operating system you run or what cloud you are using. The team tells me, however, that it worked with Google to optimize its offerings for its cloud to take full advantage of the environment (you can read a bit more about Mesosphere and its tools here).
As part of the partnership with Google, Mesosphere also today announced that it is integrating Google's recently launched open source Kubernetes service for managing Docker containers right into Mesopshere. The company says this will make it easier to manage the deployments of Docker workloads. It's worth noting that this is not just for running Mesosphere on the Google Cloud Platform. As Leibert notes in today's announcement, "our combined compute fabric can run anywhere, whether on Google Cloud Platform, your own datacenter, or another cloud provider."
Google's Craig McLuckie, its lead product manager for next generation cloud computing products like Kubernetes, also told me that what Google wanted to do with Kubernetes was to bring many of the core concepts that it has developed for managing its own datacenters to users outside the company. He believes that what Mesosphere and Google are working on is "very complementary" and that he believes that the company can bring some of the concepts it developed into Mesos, too.
As Mesosphere's senior VP Matt Trifiro (and former Heroku CMO) told me, he believes that projects like Kubernetes and Mesos can bring some of these "rarefied air concepts" behind these technologies to everybody. What happened so far, he argues, is that "the tooling hasn't kept up with being accessible for companies that need to get to web scale." But now with the expertise from Google and Mesos, the company can make these concepts consumable for developers so they can operate at a new abstraction level that frees them from directly dealing with much of the infrastructure that powers their applications.
"We look forward to working with Google to make Cloud Platform the best place to run traditional Mesosphere workloads, such as Marathon, Chronos, Hadoop, or Spark—or newer Kubernetes workloads," Leibert writes today.
It's probably not too early to start thinking about whether Mesosphere could become an acquisition target for Google given how close the two companies worked together on this project. For now that's just speculation, of course, but if it ever happens, remember you read it here first.


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State officials said Thursday they will continue to patch the leaky vessel in its San Jacinto Battleground mooring.
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In 2007, Texas voters approved a $25 million bond issue for the project. Officials now estimate the cost could reach $75 million. The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/OMczp6 ) that state and federal officials decided Wednesday against the dry-dock plan.
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Donald Trump says an off-camera recording of him speaking in vulgar terms about trying to have sex with women was "locker room banter", adding "Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course".
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- Trump says recording is "locker room banter"
- "Grab them by the p***y. You can do anything," he says on tape
- Billy Bush says he was "very sorry" for his part in the recording
The video, released by The Washington Post, was recorded while Mr Trump was speaking with TV host Billy Bush during the taping of US entertainment show Access Hollywood in 2005.
The pair was about to tape a segment about a planned cameo appearance by Mr Trump on soap Days of Our Lives, The Post reported.
"This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago," the Republican presidential candidate said in a statement released by his campaign
"Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course — [I'm] not even close.
"I apologise if anyone was offended."
Despite the apology, Republican Party figures have moved to condemn Mr Trump's comments, with some withdrawing their support for the party's nominee for president.
During the recording with Bush, Mr Trump bragged in detail about trying to pursue an unnamed married woman.
"I moved on her and I failed. I'll admit it," he is heard saying in the audio.
"I did try and f**k her. She was married.
"And I moved on her very heavily.
"In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, 'I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.'
"I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn't get there. And she was married.
"Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the big phony tits and everything.
"She's totally changed her look."
Mr Trump then begins commenting on the appearance of a woman he has spotted.
The Washington Post reported that this woman appears to be Arianne Zucker, the actress who is waiting to escort them into the soap opera set.
"Your girl's hot as s**t, in the purple," says Bush, who is now a co-host of NBC's Today show.
"Whoa!" Mr Trump says.
"I've gotta use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her.
"You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them.
"It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait.
"And when you're a star they let you do it.
"You can do anything.
"Grab them by the p***y. You can do anything."
I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly: Bush
At one point, Bush encourages Zucker to give Mr Trump a hug.
"How about a little hug for the Donald?" he said.
Bush said he was "embarrassed and ashamed" by his involvement in the recording.
"It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago — I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along," the Today host said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
"I'm very sorry."
Bush worked on Access Hollywood between 2001 and 2016, before departing earlier this year for a spot on Today.
Mr Trump has faced repeated criticism for his comments about women, most recently involving his attacks on a former beauty queen with a vague and unsubstantiated allegation about a sex tape in Twitter posts that prompted Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to denounce him as "unhinged".
It was revealed this week that as a reality TV boss of The Apprentice, Mr Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he would like to have sex with.
Speaker of the House 'sickened'
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said he was "sickened" by the remarks, adding that Mr Trump would no longer be attending a Republican event in Wisconsin which they were due to appear at together.
"Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified. I hope Mr Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves," Mr Ryan said in a statement.
Mr Trump later said in a statement that he would stay in New York "in debate prep" with Republican National Campaign chairman Reince Priebus, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Senator Jeff Sessions before flying to St Louis on Sunday for the second presidential debate.
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has slammed Mr Trump for "condoning assault" and "hitting on married women".
"Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world," he said in a post.
Republican senator Mark Kirk called for Mr Trump to "drop out" as Utah Governor Gary Herbert — an early critic of Mr Trump who announced last month he would get his vote — said he was withdrawing his support.
The Republican governor tweeted that Mr Trump's statements "are beyond offense and despicable" and "while I cannot vote for Hillary Clinton, I will not vote for Trump".
A slew of other US politicians have also expressed their outrage on Twitter.
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When a group of travelers get together, there are a lot of stories and helpful tips shared. A favorite cafe, a hotel with a great location and places to visit are always on the top of the list. I rarely hear people discussing leishmaniasis and this is the point of a recent article in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. This illness is becoming more and more prevalent, especially in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, and is an infection that most travelers know little about.
If you are just hearing about leishmania for the first time, here is a quick run down:
Basics: Two main types of this disease exist, cutaneous (aka Baghdad boil) and visceral (aka Kala Azar). Visceral disease primarily involves the liver and spleen with fever while the cutaneous form is known for blisters and poorly healing skin sores. Different species of Leishmania are geographically based. The life-cycle is complex and often relies on multiple hosts. Approximately 2 million new cases per year are estimated.
Location: New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is found in Central and South America (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica) in rural forests. Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is found in the Middle East, Mediterranean Basin, Southwest Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Visceral Leishmaniasis can be seen in the Mediterranean basin, India, China, East Africa, Central and South America.
Transmission/ Incubation: Acquired from the bite of an infected Phlebotamine Sandflies. Dogs and rodents are primary animal reservoirs. A 2-6 month incubation from infection to cutaneous nodules/lesions is observed. Visceral forms can have a 2-8 month incubation.
Prevention: Vector and reservoir control, prevention of insect bites
Diagnosis: Demonstration of organism in smear of cutaneous lesion or bone marrow biopsy showing amastigotes in visceral form of disease. The Montenegro skin test is positive in chronic infection.
Treatment: The drug class to know is "Pentavalent Antimonials". Generally a self-limited disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment has to be compared to the toxicity of the medicine. Stibogluconate (Pentosam) 20mg/kg/day for 3 weeks is standard and can be given IM or IV. Ketoconazole has also been shown to be effective as second line treatment, along with Pentamidine. Cryotherapy (freezing) and surgical excision for early lesions may reduce scarring. For visceral leishmaniasis, stilboglucaonate is also used at the above dose but given IV for 28 days.
So, now that we are all on the same page with the illness, back to the article. The authors point out that the majority of cases, in Southern Europe, are of the visceral form (most severe). Given the recent increase in vector borne illnesses in Europe, such as Chikungunya virus in Italy, this parasite needs to be recognized as an "up and coming" issue in Europe.
Anyone who has spent some time in the European side of the Mediterranean Basin can attest to large amounts of dogs and cats. These aren't exactly wild and they don't really belong to one person. They are a kind of "town pet" that is looked after by many people who live nearby. This is part of the culture and charm of the area. This is also one of the major ways leishmania can survive. In fact, the authors of this particular article cited a separate source that found the way Leishmania was imported to South America was with the pet dogs of the conquistadors!
Parasites require vectors to travel around. These vectors are the sand flies, in the case of leishmania. There are many different species of "sand flies" and not all are capable of carry the parasite. However, as in the case of P. Papatasi, a fly commonly found in Europe, studies have shown it to be a carrier. Thus, a potentially new carrier of leishmaniasis is primed and ready to assist with spreading the disease futher accross Europe.
One other concerning point raised was of the possibility of drug resistence. A drug called Miltefosine was recently approved for treatment of dogs in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus. The authors suggest that due to the long half-life of the drug and the fact that dogs are never fully cleared of the parasite, drug resistence may emerge. This could render a very powerful medicine useless to treat humans infected with leishmaniasis. Some species of leishmania have already become resistent to antimonial drugs, in certain areas. Antimonial drugs are considered a "first-line" treatment.
There is a saying in medicine that goes, "If it is not in your differential, you cannot diagnose it". Basically, you have to be thinking about something to find it. Clinicians and travelers alike do not commonly consider the risks of leishmaniasis in Europe. I feel that it is a risk and should be considered by any traveler in the areas. A very cool site: www.Leishrisk.net can give some more information on treatments and control methods. Also, a big thanks to the authors of the article: Spread of vector borne diseases and neglect of leishmaniasis, Europe for their efforts and a very thought provoking article.


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By Dr. Shana Nicholson, Faculty Member, Emergency and Disaster Management at American Military University
*This article is part of In Public Safety's November focus on physical health*
Firefighting and public safety careers are stressful professions. Firefighters, paramedics, and police officers often must interact with people who are at their worst, and offer assistance when people are in pain, struggling, and dying. Such a role can take an immense toll on one's mental and physical wellbeing. In order to deal with such stress, public safety professionals must adopt positive coping skills.
[Related Article: Critical Incident Stress Management Interventions Help Heal First Responders]
Greg Scolapio, Chief of Police of Lumberport, West Virginia, has more than 20 years of experience as a police officer and public safety professional. Scolapio can attest to all of the job stressors in public safety and knows the importance of adopting healthy and strong stress management techniques.
One stress management technique he has embraced is having interests and hobbies outside of public safety. Scolapio is an avid animal-rescue supporter. He was the sworn Humane Officer for the Harrison County Sherriff's Department and has developed a passion for animal rescue. Scolapio volunteers his time for the Humane Society of Harrison County.
Scolapio also dedicates his time to public safety education courses for the community including firearm safety, concealed weapons courses, and is a Refuse to Be a Victim instructor with the NRA. Greg also supports and encourages women's safety and by teaching self-defense courses for Women on Target.
He also encourages public safety professionals to maintain good physical health and foster outside recreational activities to keep their mental and physical wellbeing in focus. "It is the responsibility of leadership to set a good example for mental and physical wellbeing," he said. He participates in running races including Paws for Claws 5K, Derek Hotsinpiller Fallen Stars 5K, and the Cecil Jarvis 10K.
[Related Article: Tips to Improve Physical Fitness]
Public safety leaders also have a responsibility to recognize burnout, excessive stress levels, and declines in the physical wellbeing of their staff. "You must recognize your own limitations and take a proactive approach to keeping yourself well. Don't sweat the little stuff!" he said.
In order to reduce the stress levels that are a primary factor in public safety professional turnover rates, many organizations are implementing fitness and wellness programs. Some programs encourage organized sports events such as golf and softball. Other departments and agencies offer discounted or free exercise facility memberships to their staff. When considering developing such a program, consider using the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Standards 1500 and 1582 as a guide, including yearly medical examinations, regular workout routines, and available mental health resources.
How is your agency supporting outside interests among your personnel?
About the Author: Dr. Shana Nicholson has more than 20 years of emergency medical and fire science service experience. She is an active member of Stonewood Volunteer Fire Department in West Virginia. Her professional background also includes government, social services, and nonprofit administration. She is currently a faculty member in emergency and disaster management at American Military University. She received a bachelor's in criminal justice from Fairmont State University, a master's of science in human services with a specialization in criminal justice and a PhD in human services with a counseling specialization, both from Capella University.


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Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force
An international treaty banning nuclear weapons has been ratified by a 50th country, the UN said on Saturday, allowing the "historic" text to enter into force after 90 days.
While nuclear powers have not signed up to the treaty, activists who have pushed for its enactment hold out hope that it will nonetheless prove to be more than symbolic and have a gradual deterrent effect.
Honduras became the 50th country to ratify.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it "the culmination of a worldwide movement to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons," according to a statement from his spokesman.
"It represents a meaningful commitment towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons, which remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations."
NGOs also welcomed the news, including the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition that won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its key role in bringing the treaty to fruition.
"Honduras just ratified the Treaty as the 50th state, triggering entry into force and making history," ICAN said in a tweet.
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said in a statement: "Today is a victory for humanity, and a promise of a safer future."
The 75th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, marked in August, saw a wave of countries ratify the treaty.
They have included Nigeria, Malaysia, Ireland, Malta and Tuvalu.
Thailand, Mexico, South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Vietnam and the Vatican are among the countries that had already ratified it.
It is now to enter into force on January 22, 2021, the UN said.
'A new chapter'
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -- which bans the use, development, production, testing, stationing, stockpiling and threat of use of such weapons -- was adopted by the UN General Assembly in July 2017 with the approval of 122 countries.
Eighty-four states have since signed it, though not all have ratified the text.
The clutch of nuclear-armed states, including the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia, have not signed the treaty.
However, campaigners hope that it coming into force will have the same impact as previous international treaties on landmines and cluster munitions, bringing a stigma to their stockpiling and use, and thereby a change in behavior even in countries that did not sign up.
ICAN said in a statement that it expects "companies to stop producing nuclear weapons and financial institutions to stop investing in nuclear weapon producing companies."
The coalition's executive director Beatrice Fihn called it "a new chapter for nuclear disarmament."
"Decades of activism have achieved what many said was impossible: nuclear weapons are banned."
Saying his country had played a "decisive role" alongside others, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wrote on Twitter it was "an important step toward our goal of a world without nuclear arms."
Nuclear-armed states argue their arsenals serve as a deterrent and say they remain committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which seeks to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
Separately, Russia and the United States have been seeking to break an impasse in long-running talks aimed at extending a nuclear arms deal between them.
The two sides have struggled to find common ground over the fate of the New START treaty, which limits both sides to 1,550 deployed warheads but is due to expire next February.
While the US wants to rework the deal to include China and cover new kinds of weapons, Russia is willing to extend the agreement for five years without any new conditions -- and each side has repeatedly shot down the other's proposals.
The agreement was signed in 2010 at the peak of hopes for a "reset" in relations between the two countries.
Together with the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, it was considered a centerpiece of international arms control.
However, the United States withdrew from the INF last year after accusing Moscow of violations.
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- A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the chamber's leaders to expand the employee retention tax credit as part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan working its way through Congress.
- The credit was first included as part of the CARES Act last spring to encourage companies to keep employees on payroll.
- The House aims to approve its version of the rescue package on Friday and send it to the Senate, where lawmakers are expected to offer a range of amendments.
A bipartisan group of senators is urging Senate leaders to expand a key economic relief provision when the chamber takes up the $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package next week.
Nine lawmakers wrote Friday to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pushing them to boost the employee retention tax credit in the bill working its way through Congress. The policy, first implemented as part of the CARES Act last spring, aims to encourage companies to keep workers on the payroll while the pandemic damages the economy.
As structured now, businesses can claim refundable tax credits for 70% of eligible wages and health insurance costs for up to $10,000 per employee each quarter. Employers now qualify through June if government public health orders fully or partially restrict their business, or if during a quarter they take in less than 80% of the revenue they saw during the same period in 2019.
The senators wrote that they want to change the tax credit policy to scrap a provision that allows companies with more than 500 employees to claim the credit only for "compensation provided to furloughed employees who are paid but not working." They instead want companies that lost at least 85% of revenue to be able to use the credit for all employees regardless of their status.
"This rule significantly limits the support that the ERTC can provide the hardest-hit businesses, such as those in the live entertainment and performing arts industries," the lawmakers wrote. "Moreover, due to the size of their workforces and scope of their operations, many businesses in these industries have been unable to access other forms of federal economic assistance during COVID-19."
The letter was signed by Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Mark Warner, D-Va., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.
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Some pandemic economic relief programs, such as forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans, try to (but do not always) provide aid to the smallest businesses. Meanwhile, the Save our Stages Act passed as part of the December relief bill is designed to assist the smallest independent theaters and live events venues.
The plan's proponents said at the time that the aid would not go to large, multistate businesses such as Ticketmaster owner Live Nation.
The House aims to pass its version of the $1.9 trillion relief package on Friday. Democrats, expected to approve the legislation without Republican votes through the budget reconciliation process, aim to get the bill to President Joe Biden's desk before critical unemployment assistance expires on March 14.
The House bill would extend the employee retention tax credit — without the change the senators seek — through the end of the year.
Senators across the ideological spectrum are set to offer a range of amendments to the plan when it heads across the Capitol next week. For instance, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will try to make changes to tax policy to ensure companies will pay a $15 per hour minimum wage after the Senate parliamentarian ruled Democrats could not include a pay boost in their legislation.
If the Senate makes changes to the House bill, representatives will have to vote on relief legislation again.


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Visuals in Worship
Setting the Stage for Worship
Over at the North End Collective Church in Boise, Idaho, their new set design is so unique, I asked the Worship Pastor, Ben Biggerstaff, about the philosophy behind it and what it took to build it. While, the work was done by Foster Weld, a local welding and design company, Biggerstaff and his team put a lot of thought into it.
I asked him about the inspiration for the new stage and he spoke of the North End Collective as a church founded on the reality of God as our Father. We are sons and daughters, and together we are family. As a family, "we spend lots of time in each other's homes, porches, and backyards. So, we wanted our corporate worship space to reflect some of the natural aspects of our backyards. We chose barn wood, steal and Edison lights strung over head."
But, isn't worship something we do with our lives? Is set design in a church really something we need to consider?
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"Worship doesn't begin or end with our time in our building. We know that worship is what we do with our whole lives and so I think the space creates a familiarity to the rest of life that both sets our church at ease and promotes worship outside of the building.
I believe that the role of the worship leader includes doing what we can to reduce fear and increase faith as we gather together. Reducing fear comes from connection and the stage design can help with that. Think about what is normal to (our) everyday life. Nature. Homes. Yards. Water. Landscape. What do (we) naturally find a connection with? Integrate that simply into a stage design and it will ease anxieties and fear for a greater time of worship. I'm personally not a fan of 'props' or anything that makes the stage look like a performance for spectators. The set needs to connect with the rest of the worship space. So, the fact that we are doing this 'together' is reinforced. We have a wood/steal pillar in the back of the worship space and wood planter boxers in the windows to tie it all together.
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One more question. For those worship pastors and churches looking to update their stage design, do you have any parting words of wisdom?
"A few things to consider technically: If you have stage lights, how will the design affect the lighting? We created space between the wood so the light will be seen through them. Also, consider the footprint (of the stage and the band set up) and how that will affect cables running on the stage. Our (pillar) bases have large spaces where we can access the XLR inputs in the stage. Measure twice, cut once!"
Isn't it refreshing to walk into a sanctuary set for worship and feel invited in? What has your church done to revitalize the worship space?
Amie Longmire
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Amie Longmire is a writer and artist. She holds a masters degree in professional writing from the University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree in Organizational Leadership. She's taught university level writing courses, published her work in magazines, started her own print company, and she's been writing for small businesses as a freelance writer and editor since 2010.


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It began with a phone call from my friend Udgar, on holiday in New Zealand, asking if I would like to supervise a team of Navajo youth in the building of a Growing Dome for their community. "Of course, you know I would, what is your timeline?", I asked, assuming he was looking ahead to spring since it was mid-December. "Monday," he responded and since it was already Friday evening my adventure began abruptly. Sunday afternoon I began the journey to Growing Spaces in Pagosa Springs, Colorado where I would pick up the geodesic dome greenhouse kit, and then travel to Navajo Nation in Arizona.
I arrived late and spent a sleepless night as I anticipated the challenges awaiting. Way before dawn I traveled to the site of the planned growing dome where I was surprised to see a camp fire blazing. A scruffy guy said, "Hey mate, would you like something to eat?" Just as I was politely declining the offer, I realized the scruffy guy was Jamie Oliver, world renowned iconic English chef. I quickly changed my response and was dazzled by his remarkably vibrant and fresh campfire creation. I should point out that, as the longtime owner of a natural foods restaurant, I am not easily impressed by creative food but this spontaneously crafted meal honestly blew me away.
When I returned to the site later Monday morning, TV filming was already taking place around an outdoor grill. The focus was to be the ceremonial slaughter and traditional preparation of a traditional Churro sheep along with the creative additions added through Jamie's flair. After the extensive and impressive preparation was complete, the film crew shifted to capture Jamie serving the feast to a distinguished delegation of tribal women elders gathered around the campfire. It was an emotional experience for me as I observed this once powerful tribe appearing so fragile and vulnerable.
My thoughts soon returned to the challenge at hand. I was concerned that the site had not yet been leveled as Jamie explained that they intended to film the beginning of dome construction and then travel for a three days of filming in other locations in Navajo Nation before returning to film a community celebration in the new dome on Friday morning. Easy for him to say but I had to build the dome, with the help of I didn't know who and remember the site had not yet been prepared.
When filming for the day was complete, Jamie and Navajo Sheep rancher and Dine weaver, Roy Kady, and I took a walk in the field where the growing dome was to be constructed over the next three days. Roy shared his dream which had inspired Jamie to reach out to Growing Spaces to set this project in motion. As a wise elder in the community, Roy was deeply concerned about the twin plagues of obesity and diabetes that were destroying the health of his people. His dream was for a greenhouse that could produce fresh vegetables year round and help link the youth to their ancestral diet and move them away from a fast food/junk food diet. Jamie, Roy and I had a spirited conversation around this lofty and realizable goal and the potential for hope represented by the Growing Dome.
The following morning my spirits were further lifted as a steady stream of young Navajo men gathered around the camp fire to enjoy the meal Jamie had prepared. I assumed they were there to help in the construction of the new dome greenhouse. True, they had been invited to breakfast by Roy in the hopes that they could be enticed into volunteering for the day but that had not been communicated. It was left to me to encourage each young man to join the project. The reality of life on the reservation quickly hit home as story after story conveyed the fact that survival day to day is a continual struggle and a day volunteering is not an option. Most of these men needed to spend that day collecting enough firewood to warm their family through one more night. After the mass exodus, I was left with two old men and one 14 year old boy for my construction team.
As we began leveling the site I was encouraged that the two men were not actually as old as they appeared but just looked aged because of the extremes of their lifestyle. The truth was that they were each at least 10 years younger than I am and were eager to have a project for as long as it lasted. The project evolved in the magical way that all growing dome builds I have been involved in do, as a team of people come together in the spirit of creating something of lasting value and immediate relevance and beauty for the community. A dome build is akin to a traditional barn raising in that way and it is an awesome experience in the original sense of that word.
I cannot say that I was optimistic that we would complete the dome in time for the filming of the celebration but we were moving in the right direction one step at a time. The ingenious dome kit comes pre cut, pre drilled and color coded so that it goes together amazingly swiftly but it was almost the winter solstice now so day light was frustratingly limited. My scraggly crew stayed together for all three days even when the winds turned brutally cold and we did successfully erect the Growing Dome in advance of the Friday morning community celebration.
On Friday morning the December winds continued to howl as Jamie and his entourage, (film crew) and Navajo guests and their esteemed medicine man arrived. Inside the dome it was peaceful, warm, comfortable and for me exhilarating. As the chanting and singing began, my body was visibly vibrating with a sense of hopeful optimism for this proud community as the powerful potential created by the Growing Dome was conspicuously evident. Jamie mentioned it also in his heart felt comments, that to him, "the Growing Dome represents hope".
I returned to Navajo Nation the following May with a group of Colorado middle school students on a cultural exchange trip that involved building raised beds in the greenhouse out of indigenous stones we collected around the site. It was an insightful experience for me as I saw so clearly that the kids are so similar in terms of their dreams and aspirations but their opportunities are so disparate. I so hope that the future is kind and nurturing to all of these young people and that the Growing Dome does indeed help connect them to the wisdom of their ancestors and their traditional diet and lead them on a path of health and wholeness.


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Catalogue No: TOCC0244EAN/UPC: 5060113442444Release Date: 06.10.2014Composer: Robin Milford Artists: Alice Neary,
Benjamin Frith,
David Adams,
Gould Piano Trio,
Lucy Gould,
Mia Cooper,
Robert Plane
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The revival of interest in the music of Robin Milford (1903-59) has largely bypassed his exquisite chamber music, an omission this recording seeks to redress. It presents some of his most attractive compositions for chamber forces, showing his very personal — and very English — combination of melodic freshness, elegiac lyricism and echoes of folksong.
Robert Plane, clarinet
Lucy Gould, violin
Mia Cooper, violin
David Adams, viola
Alice Neary, cello
Benjamin Frith, piano
Gould Piano Trio, piano trio
Trio in F major, Op. 87, for clarinet, cello and piano (1948)
Sonata in D major, Op. 77, for violin and piano (1945)
Philip R Buttall :
"…A long time later, the present revival of interest in his music has, until now, largely overlooked his quite charming chamber music, so this new release on Toccata Classics – champion of so many musical under-dogs – is a most welcome addition to the catalogue, especially since this particular genre embraces some of his finest pieces. …Whether or not you are already acquainted with the works of Robin Milford, have a particular penchant for English music, or just a fascination for the less-familiar, this superb CD offers over an hour of sheer enjoyment and distraction from the woes of today's world. It is something that you will surely return to, again and again, and is bound to prompt you to investigate more of Milford's output. With outstanding performances throughout, excellent recording and presentation, this is one of the best recent CDs of its kind." MusicWeb International
Barry Brenesal :
"…In his single-movement Phantasy Quintet (1933), Milford combines elements of period dance music with his love of folk-like melody. It is as lyrically expressive as anything his teacher Vaughan Williams ever wrote, with touches of humor, excellent contrast, and a masterly hand at organization. Another highlight on this album is the Trio (1948) for the unusual combination of clarinet, cello, and piano. It is quixotic and personal, an excellent example of his ability to create and extend slender, unpromising motifs into new, distinctive musical terrain. It also readily demonstrates his gift for showing each instrument off to excellent advantage. The vernal Lyrical Movement, smiling and energetic in the triumph of spring, gives way to the prelude, where Milford's deft ensemble writing and sure hand in structure vie for a listener's attention with his expressive genius. By way of contrast, the sonata from 1945 shows how adept the composer was at fitting his ideas and manner into more traditional forms. If there's less of Milford's unadulterated musical personality here, it is still a testament to his craft. In matters of performance, the composer couldn't have asked for a more sympathetic understanding of both the specifics of his musical style and his expressive range. I would especially single out violinist Lucy Gould's caressingly warm playing in Idyll: Under the Greenwood Tree and her variety and rhapsodic tone in the sonata's slow movement." Fanfare
Massimiliano :
This disc is simply incredible, absolutely lovely music from a unknown (to me!) composer. Everything about this CD is superb, from the musicians to the recording. It's a real joy for any chamber music lover and yet another treat from Toccata Classics. Thank you for bringing to the spotlight this wonderful compositions.
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Englishman caught with his pants down in short time room
An older English gentleman found himself a little red faced at a well known Pattaya agogo when police burst through the doors and caught him midway through his "private time".
The police were kind enough to knock on the door of the short time room, but after no answer, they took matters into their own hands.
"Nai Ampher" Naris Niramaiwong, who was in charge of the team, summoned the maid who was on duty at the time to open the door from the outside.
It came as no surprise to the police when they entered the room and found exactly what they were looking for. A 62 year old man, who is yet to be named, and a younger Thai lady who had been bar fined from Windmill agogo downstairs. Both were naked, and were mid way through, well, you know what.
They were both told to get dressed and were interviewed downstairs to determine what was happening.
The district chief was out with his raiding party who had split up all over Walking Street, South Pattaya in what Manager online said was a "crime suppression drive for Valentine's Day".
The main purpose of the drive was to give tourists a "warm feeling" and to assure them of their safety.
The older gentleman and his girlfriend for the night were not the only evidence the police found in Windmill. Check out the sign below which was placed by the toilets. It reads:
"Please close the door gently as guests get startled causing a loss of erectile function …na kha! And if you are using your phones please do so away from the short time rooms".
A picture was taken of this further evidence before the manageress, Malin Kaewwichian, was arrested and charged with running a sex business on the premises without a license, which as we all know too well, is a big NO-NO in Thailand.


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A twelve song tribute to one of my favorite musical groups, The Swan Silvertones. This isn't a "best-of" list or anything of the sort. I just feel that this group, which was capable of just about reaching musical perfection from my point of view, is sadly unknown and as a result too many people are missing out. So, enjoy! This list will be continued with The Swan Silvertones, Part II, The Swan Silvertones, Part III, The Swan Silvertones, Part IV and The Swan Silvertones, Part V. Maybe I should also mention that I have zero interest in the religious content of this music.
1. "Trouble In My Way"
As The Swan Silverton Singers; single (1953); available on Love Lifted Me/My Rock (1991)
It may have a sentimental attachment, being the first Swan Silvertones song I ever heard, but this version of "Trouble In My Way" is what I consider the definitive Swan Silvertones recording. It is hard gospel, with a syncopated rhythm, tight backing harmonies and soaring lead vocals on the top. The two leads trade back and forth, and play off each other by contrasting coarser shouted vocals and smoother ones that effortlessly leap into falsetto range. I sometimes listen to just this song over and over and over again.If music has gotten better than this, I haven't heard it.
2. "How I Got Over"
As The Swan Silvertone Singers; single (195?); available on Love Lifted Me/My Rock (1991)
A great song that provides lots of space for impressive melisma early on, and a pronounced call & response passage later on too.
3. "Glory to His Name"
As The Swan Silvertone Singers; single (195?); available on Love Lifted Me/My Rock (1991)
Claude Jeter is without a doubt my favorite singer. There are few songs that highlight his vocals better than "Glory to His Name". The first ten seconds alone should be enough to convince a few other people to become fans too.
4. "The Blood of Jesus"
From Pray for Me (1975)
A track that relies more heavily on guitar accompaniment than usual. The laid-back mood here always reminds me of "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay". I love Louis Johnson's cracking vocals early on.
5. "Swing Low"
Single (1960), and on Singin' in My Soul (1960); available on Singin in My Soul/Blessed Assurance (2002)
The opener from the group's best album is a fantastic slow-moving number that draws you in to the pristine vocal harmonies. Then the subversive guitar accompaniment, from Linwood Hargrove I'm assuming, keeps you in it all the way. Here's a track that shows how The Swan Silvertones could just do it better than anybody else.
6. "Mary Don't You Weep"
Single (1958), and on The Swan Silvertones (1959); available on The Swan Silvertones/Saviour Pass Me Not (2001)
The improvised lyric "I'll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in my name" from this song inspired Paul Simon to write "Bridge Over Troubled Water", which is a bit of trivia that has probably brought quite a number of new fans to The Swan Silvertones' music through the years.
7. "Jesus Changed This Heart of Mine"
As The Swan Silvertone Singers; single (1952); available on Love Lifted Me/My Rock (1991)
I love the line Claude Jeter sings that goes "I'm gonna eat at the welcome table". His phrasing is amazing. The harmonic resolution at the very end is classic too. When the group went to the Pittsburgh radio station WPGH to record a number of tracks, this one among them, Art Rupe of Specialty Records sent along a letter to chief engineer Ralph Ketterer that said, "This type of performance may be foreign to you, but essentially we want the singers to sing out freely. PLEASE DO NOT HOLD THEM BACK IN ANY MANNER. If they want to shout, let them shout. If they want to cry on the recording, let them cry." I hate to think what might have happened without that letter!
8. "Working On a Building"
As Swan's Silvertone Singers; single (1948); available on 1946-1951 (2005)
The Swan Silvertones' earliest singles found them merely warming up, in a way. Supposedly their label didn't support them in recording hard gospel, pushing instead for a more folk or hillbilly sound. Their earliest sides tend to fall more or less into the "jubilee" gospel style, and the arrangements are reminiscent of recordings by The Soul Stirrers and The Blind Boys from the same time period. As the 1950s rolled around, you can hear them pushing the boundaries a bit more, with the lead singers going out further and further from the backing harmonies.
9. "Prayer In My Mouth"
As The Swan Silvertone Singers; single (195?); available on Love Lifted Me/My Rock (1991)
Another classic track recorded in the 1950s. Solomon Womack (Bobby Womack's uncle) takes the first lead. Womack passed away in the mid 1950s, and the band suspected it was because the demands of touring had taken quite a toll on him. The bass vocals on the second lead (Henry K. Bossard I think) are a cool change of pace before Rev. Robert Crenshaw launches into his wild shouting in the final lead. I have seen Henry K. Bossard credited as the songwriter of "Prayer In My Mouth", but it is essentially the same song as "Guide My Hand" that The Dixie Hummingbirds had recorded a few years earlier.
10. "Search Me Lord"
From Let's Go to Church Together (1964)
Let's Go to Church Together is perhaps the most subtle Swan Silvertones album. It might be live judging from the sound, but I can't confirm that guess. It's not the place to start, but it's great place to end up.
11. "Bye and Bye"
From Saviour Pass Me Not (1962)
The arrangements on The Swan Silvertones' full-length albums had grown quite complex by the early 1960s. From their eclectic Saviour Pass Me Not album, "Bye and Bye" is just another great, upbeat song of which The Swans had no shortage.
12. "He Saved My Soul"
From Blessed Assurance (1963)
The Swans could do it all. This song finds them singing against a pronounced rock 'n' roll backbeat. Not much of a leap between this and soul music. The group's sound would increasingly move in this direction, especially after about 1966 or so.


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From Higher Ed to Nonprofit and Back Again
In more than 20 years as a fundraising professional, leader of development teams, nonprofit administrator and consultant, I've figured a lot of things out, such as…
- The difference between a charitable remainder trust and a charitable lead trust, and how to structure both.
- That canceling the golf tournament won't mean you'll lose alumni, friends and gifts.
- That there are four reasons—and only four—why a donor refuses to make a major gift.
But for all I've learned, there is one matter that stumps me. I've talked to others, read up on the subject and have lived through it personally. And yet, I don't have the answer.
Why is there a seemingly mysterious divide between those who fundraise in the higher education space versus those who fundraise in the nonprofit space? Why do so many people feel that there is a bridge between these two worlds that somehow can't be crossed?
Higher Ed vs. Nonprofit
Or perhaps, shouldn't be crossed?
I'm thinking about a person who shall remain nameless. Years ago, as a chief unit advancement officer at a Tier I research university, I had the opportunity to add to my fundraising team. This person applied for the major gift position and had it all—major gift experience, a prospect management background, special event knowledge and even annual giving. As I recall the resume, about the only skill this person didn't have was eating fire swords.
But I didn't hire this person. Why not? Because all of that talent was accumulated in a nonprofit setting. I worked at a major university, and we didn't "go there." This was a refined higher education setting after all, and nonprofit employees just "didn't translate."
I ended up hiring someone of lesser experience and results (but all of it higher ed), and the person fizzled out within months. I still look up the passed-by candidate on LinkedIn to see where they are. You guessed it—highly successful and still fundraising, and in a nonprofit setting.
Fast forward years later, and I am leading major and planned giving at a globally recognized animal nonprofit. As vacancies and new positions presented themselves, I made my hires almost exclusively from the higher education world. Maybe part of it was because I, myself, had transitioned from higher ed to nonprofit. Maybe part of it was retribution for passing on a home run hire years before. Maybe part of it was me trying to show the world that no, the bridge between higher ed and nonprofit isn't broken.
Some hires worked, and others didn't. What I learned was that where the person came from, what sort of fundraising context they'd worked in before, had nothing to do with their success. Read that again, slowly. If you work in higher education, you are not hiring a "lesser" fundraiser just because they've worked the nonprofit scene (all other things being equal). If you work in nonprofit land, you're not hiring someone "incompatible" if they've only toiled in higher ed.
The Key to Fundraising
The key to success to a frontline fundraising position in either context isn't the type of experience one has had. Donors are donors. Gift agreements are gift agreements. Events are events. Appeals are appeals. Databases are databases.
Rather, the key is emotional maturity. Fundraising success is derived from a winning combination of hard-skills knowledge and soft-skills wisdom, and you can be sure that wisdom—specifically the art of self-awareness, reading non-verbal language, asking good questions and listening well—wins the day.
Emotionally mature people are comfortable in their own skin. They recognize the difference between the controllable and the uncontrollable, and they don't fight the uncontrollable. They have empathy for others, but retain a sense of objective judgement. They maintain a positive attitude toward people and situations but aren't gullible. And they genuinely love forming meaningful, trusting relationships with others.
Beyond gaining and retaining emotional maturity, how else can a fundraiser get across the bridge? Several thoughts here:
- Higher ed leaders: Remember that your compatriots in the nonprofit arena typically wear more hats than you and balance them well. It's not uncommon for a nonprofit fundraiser to turn the crank on prospect research, annual giving, special events, donor relations and stewardship, and grantwriting, in addition to major gifts. This means your potential hire knows not only their job, but likely also others'. They have a sense of perspective of how these important functions fit and must collaborate to produce top performance. And remember: in many cases, a nonprofit organization does not have a defined constituency. Both nobody and everybody is a potential constituent. Success in major gift fundraising in the nonprofit space is the result of excellence in messaging, storytelling and impact demonstration.
- Nonprofit leaders: Remember that your colleagues in the higher ed world achieve success through relationship-based fundraising and high discernment in the process. Tens and hundreds of thousands of alumni grace the rolls of universities, and gift officers are under tremendous pressure to do relationships well in order to achieve maximum philanthropic return from their valued graduates. Higher ed fundraisers understand the value in forming an authentic relationship with an alumnus. You would not do bad to hire someone who can build close and deep ties with your constituents and make them feel great about giving experiences.
Here's to the idea of a continued melting pot of fundraisers who can learn from, and succeed next to, each other!
Scott Koskoski is the managing director of Changing Our World. Prior to joining Changing Our World, Scott served for four years as the co-founder and principal of a fundraising consulting firm that led a significant percentage of its clients to secure the single-largest gifts in their histories.
Prior to this, Scott spent 20 years as both a frontline individual contributor and development administrator, both participating in and leading fundraising teams and campaigns. His experience has been largely in major gifts, board engagement, corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, special events and staff leadership development.
Scott is a graduate of Mercyhurst University and Robert Morris University. He is a past trustee and National Alumni Association board president at Mercyhurst and currently serves on its Presidents Associates group. He is a former AFP board member for both the Denver Metro and Western Pennsylvania chapters.
Scott currently serves on the boards of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Resurrection Power, Washington Youth Baseball and is an elder at First Presbyterian Church in Washington, Pa.


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Aurora, ON, June 25, 2019
Aurora Sports Hall of Fame announced that tickets for the 2019 Induction Celebration Dinner went on sale on June 24 th . The event will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2019.
In late May, the Hall announced the 2019 slate of inductees; two athletes, a coach and a contributor/builder. Jim Clark (Contributor/Builder: Golf), Reg Chappell (Coach: Swimming), Travis Romagnoli (Athlete: Gymnastics), and Dave Gardner & Ryan Gardner (Athlete: Hockey)
We are also excited to announce a new ticketing partner in TicketWindow. A London, ON based software company who's been supporting the cultural, global leisure, and entertainment markets across Canada since 2014.
Participants can purchase tickets online and also have an option print them out. You can purchase tickets to this year's celebration dinner by visiting https://aurorashof.ca
"We're excited to be partnering with our friends at TicketWindow and offer a refreshed ticketing experience with this software. It is very easy to purchase and get your tickets for this year's event" said David Thom, President of the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame. "What an exciting opportunity for us to be the official ticketing partner of the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame.
Participants will find purchasing their tickets through our software not only very easy and intuitive with just a few clicks" said Paul Rivard, Founder of TicketWindow.
About the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame
The Aurora Sports Hall of Fame was established in November, 2013 by Sport Aurora and with the financial support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Aurora Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) celebrates sport history and excellence and is dedicated to the recognition of the important place that sport has assumed within the fabric of Aurora. Every person who values the contribution of sport to our community and country is a part of that commemoration. More information is at https://aurorashof.ca.
For ASHOF media information, contact:
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There is a controversy at a Staten Island elementary school over the cancellation of the annual father-daughter dance because it was viewed violative of the new Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Student Guidelines that went into effect in March 2017. Jared Fox, the DOE's LGBT community liaison, is quoted as saying "Father-daughter dances inherently leave people out. Not just because of transgender status, just life in general."
The DOE has ordered schools to "eliminate" any "gender-based" practices unless they serve a "clear" educational purpose. PS 65 said that the "Father-Daughter
dance is "gender-based" and without a clear educational purpose.
Of course, as schools struggle in build parental involvement and support in our schools, the cancellation of such events undermines such efforts. The question is how to best incorporate and support the small number of transgender or gender nonconforming students. While the dance does not stipulate who will be defined as a father or daughter, it obviously would not be compatible for some gender nonconforming individuals. But is that sufficient reason to bar a dance enjoyed by the vast majority of families — an event that is not mandatory or compulsory. The question is whether there should be accommodation on both sides to allow these events to continue while seeking to minimize exclusions for any students. It seems like a cancellation only deepens the divisions and tensions over transgender issues.
What do you think?


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This small patented device from which Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitors (VpCIs) are slowly released. The VpCIs emit vapors that form a molecular layer on metal surfaces to protect critical, complex, and expensive electronic equipment and other metal components during operations, shipping, or storage.
VpCI-101 provides long-term protection against corrosion even in the presence of adverse conditions including salt, moisture, airborne contaminants, H2S, SO2, NH3, and others.


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HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS: Hodags 5th at Snowflake Invite
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team placed fifth out of 10 teams competing Saturday at the Snowflake Invitational hosted by the Hodags.
Ashland had the top team score of 131.55 points, followed by Marshfield (127.025), Superior 7 (123.1), Antigo (121.8) and RHS (119.3) rounding out the top five.
Two Hodags made the podium among the top-six finishers in the uneven bars with junior Raven Sturtevant and senior Stephanie Kuester tying for third with a score of 8.05. Both also medaled in the all-around competition with Kuester placing fifth at 31.825 and Sturtevant coming in sixth at 31.2.
Sturtevant recorded another top-10 finish by tying for eight in vaulting (8.35), while Kuester recorded two other top-10 finishes by tying for ninth in the floor exercise (8.325) and placing 10th in vaulting (8.3).
RHS returns to action Tuesday by hosting a Great Northern Conference dual meet against Mosinee.
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xo Elizabeth
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Meet Giorgia. In celebration of HOBO's 30th Anniversary, this shoulder bag makes a return from our design archives with a new name and the same great convertibility. Generous leather paired with a simple, statement-making design for the perfect balance of style and functionality. Remove the strap or tuck it in and carry as an oversized clutch to dress up any outfit! Crafted in Buffed Hide, a super soft leather with a gently buffed surface and rich color highlights that only gets more beautiful over time.
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