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Colon cancer is the growth of cancer in the large intestine. The large intestine, or colon, absorbs water and nutrients from foods. After, the colon passes the solid waste to the rectum for storage, before it is eliminated from the body.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. Eventually these uncontrolled cells form a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant growths. These growths can invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body. It is not clear exactly what causes these problems in the cells, but it is probably a combination of genetics and environment.
Risk Factors
Being over 50 years old increases your chance of colon cancer. Other factors that may increase your chances of colon cancer:
- Hereditary conditions, such as familial adenomatous polyposis
- Personal history of colon or rectal cancer, or polyps
- Family history of colon or rectal cancer, especially a parent, sibling, or child
- Ethnicity—African-Americans carry the highest risk of developing and dying from colon and rectal cancers
- History of ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Diets high in meat, and low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains
- Alcohol use disorder
- Physical inactivity
In most cases, there are no symptoms with colon cancer. When symptoms do appear, they may include:
- A change in bowel habits
- Blood in the stool that is either bright red or black and tarry
- Stools that are narrower than usual
- Diarrhea, constipation, or feeling that the bowel does not empty completely
- General abdominal discomfort, such as frequent gas pains, bloating, fullness, and/or cramps
- Unexplained weight loss
- Constant feeling of fatigue or tiredness
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. The doctor will check the rectum for lumps or abnormal areas, and recommend different tests in order to identify tumors and confirm diagnosis.
Tests used to identify potential colon cancers include:
- Fecal occult blood test
- Colonoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Barium enema
- CT colonography
Additional tests may confirm the presence of colon cancer, determine what stage the cancer is in, and/or determine if the cancer has spread:
- Biopsy
- Polypectomy
- CT scan
- PET scan
- Transrectal ultrasound
- Blood tests to look for anemia and tumor markers in the blood
The physical exam, combined with all of your test results, will help to determine the type and stage of cancer you have. Staging is used to guide your treatment plan. Like other cancers, colon cancer is staged from I-IV. Stage I is a very localized cancer, while stage IV indicates a spread to other parts of the body
Treatment for colon cancer depends on how early it is detected, and the stage or location of the tumor.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment may include one or more of the following options:
Surgery is the main treatment for colon cancer. There are several options for surgery depending on the location of the cancer and how much it has spread:
- Polypectomy and local excision—Early stage removal of the cancer.
- Partial colectomy—Removal of the cancer with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue and lymph nodes. The healthy ends of the colon are reconnected.
- Laparoscopic-assisted colectomy —Removal of the cancer with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue and lymph nodes through small incisions in the abdomen.
- Total colectomy—Removal of the entire colon. The last part of the small intestine, called the ileum, is then connected to the rectum.
Some surgeries may require temporary or permanent colostomies. A colostomy is a surgical opening through the wall of the abdomen into the colon. This is used as a path for waste material to leave the body. After a colostomy, you will wear a special bag to collect bodily waste.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It is directed at the site of the tumor from a source outside the body. This therapy is aimed at the immediate area of the cancer.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given in many forms, including pill, injection, and catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells. They can also kill some healthy cells. This therapy is systemic, meaning it affects your entire body.
Targeted therapy uses medications to target and kill cancer cells, while sparing healthy tissue. They are currently used to treat advanced cancers. Targeted therapy is less harmful to healthy tissue, which reduces side effects. It may be used alone or in combination with chemotherapy.
Some medications can be used as part of a treatment plan. Other medications may help to either prevent or reduce side effects of treatments, or to manage certain side effects once they occur. These include:
- Corticosteroids
- Blood stem cell support medications
- Antiemetics to control nausea
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications
- Opioids to control pain
Tell your doctor when you notice a new symptom, and ask if any of these medications are appropriate for you.
The causes of most cancers are not known. However, it is possible to prevent many colon and rectal cancers by finding and removing polyps that could become cancerous. Beginning at age 50, both men and women with average risk should follow one of the following screening options:
- Colonoscopy every 10 years
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
- CT colonography every 5 years
- Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years
- MR colonography every 5 years
- Stool DNA test every 3 years
- Annual fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
- Annual fecal immunochemical test (FIT)
People with any of the following risk factors should begin colon and rectal cancer screening earlier and/or undergo screening more often:
- African American or Native Americans
- Strong family history of colon or rectal cancer, or polyps
- Family history of hereditary colon or rectal cancer syndromes
- History of colon or rectal cancer, or adenomatous polyps
- History of chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Be sure to discuss colon cancer screening with your doctor to see how and when you should be screened.
Lifestyle Changes
There are lifestyle changes that may reduce your risk of colon cancer, such as:
- Not smoking
- Eating a healthful diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and low in red meat
- Being physically active by exercising at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week
- Drinking alcohol in moderation—maximum of 2 drinks per day for men and 1 drink per day for women
- Maintaining a healthy weight
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Mohei Abouzied, MD, FACP
- Review Date: 09/2017 -
- Update Date: 09/12/2014 -


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Senate Maintains Funding For Domestic HIV and Hepatitis Programs
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Fiscal Year 2018 funding bill that maintains funding for domestic HIV and hepatitis programs.
"The AIDS Institute thanks the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee and particularly the Chair and Ranking Member of the Labor HHS Subcommittee, Sens. Roy Blunt and Patty Murray, for continuing to fund domestic HIV and hepatitis programs, especially after President Trump proposed cutting them by almost $1 billion," commented Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute.
The Committee is recommending that funding be maintained at fiscal year 2017 levels for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, CDC HIV, Hepatitis, and STD Prevention programs, and the HHS Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Program.
The Committee continues to fund other programs that impact people who are at risk of HIV, including the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and Title X Family Planning, Unfortunately, the Committee is proposing to increase funding for harmful abstinence-only until marriage programs.
Medical research at the National Institutes of Health would be increased by $2 billion. The AIDS Institute trusts that some of this increase will be dedicated to AIDS research.
"While the Subcommittee is proposing to maintain CDC Hepatitis Prevention funding at $34 million, this amount is totally inadequate to address the growing hepatitis epidemic in the U.S.," commented Franklin Hood, Hepatitis Policy Associate at The AIDS Institute.
There are nearly 55,000 new hepatitis transmissions each year, and the CDC estimates that between 2010 and 2015 the country saw a three-fold increase in the rate of new hepatitis C infections. Of the 5.3 million people living with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C in the U.S., as many as 65 percent are not aware of their infection. Viral hepatitis remains the leading cause of liver cancer, and the number of deaths attributed to hepatitis C now surpasses the number of deaths associated with all 60 other notifiable infectious diseases combined.
While the House of Representatives also maintained funding for most domestic HIV programs, they did eliminate all funding for the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and Title X, and cut SAMHSA's Minority AIDS Initiative programs by over $17 million. The AIDS Institute will be focused on restoring these funds as the House and Senate work together on a final appropriations bill.
"Minority communities, especially in the South, are deeply impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic," said Michael Ruppal, Executive Director of The AIDS Institute. "Now is not the time to eliminate or cut Minority AIDS Initiative programs, which will exacerbate health disparities occurring in minority communities. As Congress continues to craft the final FY 2018 appropriations bills, we urge them to increase non-defense discretionary spending in order to restore proposed cuts, along with many other worthy programs."
For more information, visit www.TheAIDSInstitute.org

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — An animal rights group is urging federal inspectors to fine Charles River Laboratories nearly $200,000 after the firm reported four more monkeys and other research animals died at its testing labs in Nevada and elsewhere since 2009.
Leaders of Stop Animal Exploitation Now say the most recent deaths demonstrate a continuing trend of negligence that has resulted in painful deaths of research animals. The group stepped up its scrutiny of Charles River in 2008 after a heating malfunction killed 32 monkeys in Sparks and another was boiled alive a year later in Reno when it was left in a cage in a washer.
The researcher paid a total of $14,500 in fines for the two incidents. The activists say puny penalties are why labs don't take animal testing laws seriously.
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URGENT ACTION ALERT - Preserve Public Access to Information on Quality of Care in Hospitals
April 21, 2011
URGENT ACTION ALERT - Preserve Public Access to Information on Quality of Care in Hospitals ***PLEASE RESPOND BY WEDNESDAY MAY 4***
On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, the public could lose its right to request information about quality of care in hospitals, under a proposed government amendment to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Provincial MPPs will be voting on an amendment that would allow a hospital to refuse any request for information or reports on quality of care in that hospital. This is the kind of information patient and health advocates need to understand how well our system and individual hospitals are working.
If the government is serious about advancing the quality agenda – as championed by RNAO Best Practice Guidelines and the government's own Excellent Care for All Act – the public must have access to more information, not less.
By clicking on this link you can contact MPPs and the Premier directly and ask them to preserve your access to information on quality of care in hospitals.
We have a small window. On Thursday, April 21, the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs will hold public consultations on Bill 173, the Budget Bill. This is the only day of hearings on this important piece of legislation, and RNAO's President-elect Rhonda Seidman-Carlson will deliver the RNAO submission. The Committee will start and finish debate on the Bill on May 5. One of the sections of the Bill – Schedule 15 – contains a proposed amendment to FIPPA allowing a hospital to refuse to release "information provided to, or records prepared by, a hospital committee for the purpose of assessing or evaluating the quality of health care and directly related programs and services provided by the hospital."
This is a sweeping exclusion because neither the legislation nor the amendment defines a hospital committee. Note that we are NOT talking about information that could identify an individual patient or health professional. Existing legislation already excludes information collected for or by a quality of care committee, so this week's amendment could be interpreted to exclude all other quality of care information and reports.
If the government is afraid that freedom of information requests would chill quality of care discussions, then they could enact a far less-sweeping amendment confirming that hospitals can withhold any information that could identify individuals, but otherwise oblige them to release quality information.
Last Fall, the Ontario Legislature approved the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010, that, with the strong support of the RNAO, extended freedom of information scrutiny to hospitals. In fact the RNAO called for hospitals to be subject to freedom of information in its election platform Creating Vibrant Communities. Now, with this week's amendment, the government is taking a step backwards.
Time is short. Please act today and tell the Premier and MPPs that enhancing quality in our health care system means more, not less, public accountability and transparency.
The Action
Send an action alert and urge Committee Members and the Premier to:
- Withdraw the amendment that reduces public accountability.
- Forward this Urgent Action Alert to your family, friends and colleagues.
For More Information
Read RNAO's Bill 173 Submission: Preserve Access to Quality of Health Care Information, April 21, 2011
Read RNAO's Bill 173 Speaking: Preserve Access to Quality of Health Care Information, April 21, 2011
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Moffat County Inheritance Tax Records 1920-1943This index was compiled from the official record of Inheritance Tax Records filed in the Moffat County Court. The information contained in the full archive record generally shows the name of the estate, date of filing, case number, name of the deceased, date of death, a description of real and personal property, value of the estate, tax liability due and names of next of kin.
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Tax Benefits and Other Concerns for Expats
See the world! Stop at exciting destinations! Soak up the local culture!
While it may seem as if being an expatriate is glamorous and a lot like a travel brochure, there are pros and cons to a U.S. person living and working outside the United States in terms of tax liability, work environment, and even short- and long-term opportunities. Whether spending a semester in college working overseas whetted your appetite for international travel, or your firm or company wants to relocate you for a specified amount of time, you don't want to be cut short in terms of understanding your tax situation.
"The best advice we can give young CPAs is to do your homework on any tax or cultural issue," says Helen Li, CPA, a tax supervisor for Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. in Rochester, New York. Along with Tom Chiavetta, CPA, partner-in-charge of the firm's Global Mobility Practice, and an entire team of accountants and consultants, Helen helps clients understand the ins and outs of being an expat.
Young CPAs who work in business and industry may be more likely to come across an opportunity to leave the United States to work in Canada, Mexico, or really anywhere outside the U.S. border. If you work for a firm, perhaps one of the Big 4, you may find the same opportunities.
"Back in the 80s and 90s, it was a burden for employees to relocate overseas, sometimes to places with a standard of living lower than what they were accustomed to in the U.S., so these companies had to pay as much as three times the base salary to encourage their employees to expatriate," says Helen. "Thanks to the global economy we have today and the rise in the standard of living worldwide compared to 20 years ago, extra benefits paid to work elsewhere are not nearly as large because more and more people want the experience of working abroad. Large companies invest in their employees while they are working overseas, but the employee still must be aware of tax considerations in order to avoid pitfalls at tax time."
CPAs, of course, can research the tax code on their own, or consult with colleagues in their firms or companies for some of the finer points. To help begin the conversation, Helen and Tom offer their top five points for consideration:
#1: Pay Attention to Worldwide Reporting Responsibility
U.S. tax is configured on a worldwide income basis for all of its citizens, green-card holders, and residents (U.S. persons), which is different from the way the rest of the world pays its tax. As long as you are a U.S. person, you will have U.S. tax filing responsibilities.
"In addition, some people think that just because they make under the amount of the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, they don't have to file a U.S. tax return," says Tom. "However, you have to file the return to actually claim the exclusion."
#2: Be Aware of FBAR and FATCA
The IRS has ramped up its focus on Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) and, more recently, began scrutinizing the impact of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on all U.S. persons, whether living and working in the United States or abroad.
"Unfortunately, many citizens, including retirees and people with low income who have foreign bank or investment accounts, are caught in a trap essentially intended by the government to catch terrorists and criminals," says Helen. "Anyone with a combined balance of more than U.S. $10,000 in a foreign bank account will have to file Form TDF 90-22.1 to report their accounts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury."
FATCA, on the other hand, is reported on Form 8938 as part of the Form 1040 individual income tax return and is a step above the FBAR. Here, financial assets such as direct ownership of stocks in a foreign company and other specified foreign financial assets, not covered by the FBAR, are required to be reported. The only saving grace is that the reporting threshold for FATCA is much higher than FBAR and differs significantly, depending whether you are living in the U.S. or abroad.
#3: Avoid Double Taxation
No one wants to pay more tax than they owe, especially if they make the mistake of paying the tax twice. Helen and Tom explain that expats need to know if there are treaties between the United States and the destination country.
For example, if an employee is working on a short-term project in Canada, there is an article in the U.S.-Canada treaty that allows an exemption of Canadian source income from taxation for a period of presence in Canada under 183 days. However, in order to get the exemption, the employer cannot have the remuneration paid out of Canada, which is considered the "host" country.
#4: Consider All Exclusions
While there are short-term projects similar to the Canadian example, there are, naturally, longer-term assignments that we think of as the traditional expat timeframe. Once you have satisfied certain out-of-the-country presence tests, usually at the one-year mark, the expat can take a foreign earned income exclusion (Form 2555) in conjunction with the foreign tax credits (Form 1116) to reduce his or her tax liability and reduce the chances of being double-taxed.
"There are also exclusions based on housing expenses available on the Form 2555," says Helen. "If you paid or accrued foreign taxes, you can take the credits on Form 1116, or as a Schedule A itemized deduction, whether you were abroad long-term or short-term."
#5: Make Sure all Living and Working Details are Documented
Large companies, who regularly place their employees overseas to work, are well versed in providing employees with a letter or correspondence that states, in writing, all of the details related to how much the company will pay for living essentials. This includes housing, an allowance on top of a salary, and spouse and child benefits, such as the cost of education.
In addition, addressing tax equalization is an important consideration. For example, some companies may tax equalize their employee to their home country, paying the home country rates as if the employee never went on assignment.
"Young CPA expats working for smaller companies who aren't as well-versed in addressing these details in writing will want to make sure they secure this kind of information before moving overseas," says Helen. "You'll also want to know if your employer is helping with cultural training or paying for tax compliance assistance while you're working abroad."
Immerse Yourself in the Culture
It's best to learn all you can before making the move, advises Tom and Helen. There are many facets to the tax code to understand, including bilateral treaty agreements that address Social Security, and the issue of breaking state residency for long-term assignees. If you are able to break state residency, it can save you and the company a lot of money by not having to pay state income tax, says Helen.
"The bottom line is that being an expat definitely offers opportunities, especially if the young CPA is in a career-building process," she says. "However, you need to be prepared for your assignment to minimize your tax liability, as well as adapt to a foreign location. It's always helpful to try to learn the local language because it will help you to better understand the local culture."


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Cardinals Tear Down Wall of Bullying
NEW BREMEN — A local school district is taking strides to combat a problem in schools by tearing down a wall of verbal bullying.
Throughout the week, students at New Bremen Elementary and Middle School viewed a wall of 100 hurtful words that was torn down little by little each day. Elementary/Middle School Guidance Counselor Julie Lee said she was hoping to show the students how powerful their words are.
"The whole idea was to tear down the wall of verbal bullying," she said. "I wanted to bring awareness to the fact that our words are powerful."
Lee said she got the idea for the bully wall after watching an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which shared the story of an 11-year-old who committed suicide after she encountered bullying. Locally, Lee said students in grades three though 12 recently took an online survey, and 60 percent of students responded that bullying is a problem in New Bremen Local Schools and 53 percent responded that students do not respect each other.
"I took those statistics to heart," Lee said. "There's something here we need to address."
She noted while she believes New Bremen Local Schools does not have an extreme problem with bullying, it does exist in the district.
"I'm not saying that our school is any different that any other school," Lee said. "It's (bullying is) kind of like the elephant in the room though."
She the fight against bullying needed to start from within the schools.
"It starts from within," she said. "We have great teachers, great kids and a supportive community."
Lee, along with middle school students in the CAKE Club — Caring and Kindness Expected — wrote 100 words that are hurtful toward others. Lee said the words were written on red paper and pieced together like bricks along the cafeteria wall for students to see while they ate lunch.
"We did it for the impact of it," Lee said of why she displayed the offensive words on the wall. "When you have 100 words up there all together, you think, 'Gosh, words are powerful.'"
Lee noted that students making hurtful comments toward each other is a form of bullying.
"When we think of bullying, it's not just hitting of kicking somebody," she said.
She noted that verbal bullying can leave a lasting mark on a student.
"Verbal bullying a lot of times stays with us a lot longer than physical bullying," Lee said. "We remember the hurtful words that people say to us."
A section of the wall was torn down each day to reveal a message to students and staff Friday morning.
"It said 'bullying stops here,'" Lee said of the message. "We want to make this a bully free zone."
Lee said students in CAKE Club interviewed their peers during the week about things they could do to be nicer to each other, and students responded with things like not saying hurtful things and apologizing. The group has collected a list of nice things that students can say and do to construct a nice wall, which will debut next week.
"We're going to construct a wall with positive things," Lee said, noting that saying things like accepting an apology and apologizing to others will be on the wall. "All of those things together are going to make a positive environment."
In addition to the new, positive wall, students will be provided with a reading list of positive books and CAKE Club members will visit classrooms to talk more with students about bullying.
Lee said she hopes the bully wall will make students think twice about what they say to each other.
"I'm hoping that in the future, they will think, "That word was on the wall, maybe I shouldn't say that,'" she said.


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Rebound 800 Locust LLC, an entity created by Rebound Hospitality of Northfield, Minn., closed the deal Monday, and the deed and mortgage were filed Tuesday in Polk County.
The Suites of 800 Locust has been operated and owned in recent years by B.J. Knapp and his sister, Bradie Weeter. The 101-year-old structure was the original home of the Des Moines Club. It was purchased in the 1990s by their father, developer Bob Knapp.
The boutique hotel opened in 2000 and provided luxury accommodations to business travelers, tourists and performing artists during their stays in Des Moines. It has 51 rooms, a restaurant lounge, a spa and fitness facilities.
Rebound Hospitality acquires and operates small hotel properties. It owns and operates the Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, Archer House River Inn and Lost Lake Lodge in Minnesota.
Todd Byhre, director of operations for Rebound, said the company had looked at hotels in the Greater Des Moines area for the better part of a year, including the recently sold Hotel Pattee in Perry.
However, the ongoing revitalization of downtown Des Moines played a significant role in Rebound's decision to buy the Suites of 800 Locust, he said.
"We saw the financials and how strong of a market Des Moines is for hospitality and the revitalization downtown, it will keep growing for a long time into the future, it became clear that this was going to be a really good fit," he said.
He said the structure of the hotel is exceptional and he praised some of the touches that were put in place, such as granite and marble bathrooms.
Changes afoot including simplifying the name to 800 Locust Hotel and Spa, updating Internet service, installing iPod docks in rooms and charging stations in the lobby, replacing televisions with flat-screen models.
Byhre said many of the updates will be on the "softer side," such as launching an improved website that will compete with national hotel brands, improving bedding to "above industry standards," and changing the cancellation policy from 24 hours in advance to 4 p.m. the day of the reservation. At least 3 percent of revenues will be set aside each year for future capital improvement projects.
Byhre also praised the management of the hotel. Bradie Weeter was responsible for day-to-day operations.
"Bradie and the gang did a real good job without lot of experience," he said.
Weeter could not be reached for comment. B.J. Knapp would not talk about the transaction.
Bob Knapp, who is serving a federal prison term for violating the federal Clean Air Act while renovating another historic downtown building, was in the process of transferring many of his far-ranging holdings to his children when real estate and financial markets collapsed, leaving many of the properties saddled with debt. Just one of the properties remains after the sale of the hotel.
Among other things, Polk County property records also show he accrued about $300,000 in state tax liens for failure to pay sales taxes that were generated by transactions at the hotel. Those liens were released in June 2012 after the taxes were paid, according to a filing with the Polk County recorder.
The sale of the Suites of 800 Locust was brokered by Adam Montufar of Chicago-based Paramount Lodging Advisors. Montufar is based in Greater Des Moines.


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Lady Gaga is "ready to get back to work" a month after undergoing hip surgery, according to her manager.
The Poker Face star was forced to cancel the remaining dates on her Born This Way Ball world tour last month (Feb13) after sustaining a labral tear of the right hip, and doctors also diagnosed her with a painful condition called synovitis, a severe inflammation of the joints.
She underwent an operation on her hip on 20 February (13), and her manager Vincent Herbert has now spoken out to assure fans the singer is nearing the end of her recovery period, telling the Associated Press, "(She is) doing wonderful, doing great... (She is) ready to get back to work."
Herbert reveals the pop star is keen to finish off her new album Artpop, which is due for release later this year (13).
He adds, "I can't wait for the world to hear her new music and see her come back healthy, strong and better than ever."


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DETROIT — The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center and Eastern Michigan University said Monday they will offer a free New Venture program to veteran entrepreneurs starting Saturday, Oct. 13 at the EMU Livonia campus.
The New Venture class normally costs $700 per participant, but costs are being covered for veterans through a federal stimulus grant to Michigan State University.
Working in conjunction with VetBizCentral, the New Venture program will be aimed at aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs through the 10-week business development class featuring the nationally acclaimed New Venture curriculum. This program helps entrepreneurs evaluate business opportunities and develop an action plan for owning their own business.
"Our veterans have earned our gratitude for serving our country," said Richard King, Regional Director of the Southeast Michigan Region of the MI-SBTDC. "We support the efforts of those veterans that want to leverage their military service and other experiences to become entrepreneurs. Hopefully, this free program will play a part in their success."
As military men and women begin the next chapter of their lives, entrepreneurship is an appealing option. Officials said studies show 45 percent of veterans start their own businesses after their military service is completed — and that veterans share traits with successful entrepreneurs, such as commitment to excellence, attention to detail, strategic planning skills, and focus on success.
The program is available to all veterans, not just recently serving veterans.
Veterans who have interest in the program can apply online at this link http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e66geq0uh4zt6g5w/start or by calling (734) 487-0355. Eastern Michigan University is host to the Southeast Michigan Region of the MI-SBTDC and is home to one of the largest veteran student populations in the state of Michigan. The EMU Military and Veterans Resource Center serves the educational needs of veterans on campus and beyond. In 2012, EMU was named one of the country's top "military friendly" schools by GI Jobs magazine for the third year in a row. The magazine's list recognizes the 15 percent of universities and colleges that best serve veterans nationwide.
VetBizCentral, also known as the Michigan Veterans Business Resource Center, provides training, education, mentoring, counseling and advocacy for our nation's veterans. The Center helps Veterans establish working relationships with other agencies and enterprises which, in turn, assist veterans in accomplishing their entrepreneurial goals.
The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC) is a statewide business assistance program that provides one-on-one counseling, training, and research support for Michigan small businesses. The Southeast Michigan region serves Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. It is headquartered at the Eastern Michigan University College of Business in the Center for Entrepreneurship, with full service locations at the EMU Business Development Center at TechTown in Detroit, the Schoolcraft College Business Development Center in Livonia, the Oakland County Business Center in Waterford and the Macomb County Business Center in Mt Clemens.


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leather tanning tend to produce a disproportionately large amount of hazardous
and toxic wastes and already have caused serious air and water pollution. Moreover,
because of poor regulatory capacity, developing countries have become targets
for dumping of toxic wastes such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by multinational
In developing countries of Asia, an increase in paper consumption of more than
80% is expected to occur by 2010. However, a shortfall in the supply of all
wood products and especially pulp and paper is likely in the 21st century as
a result of declines in natural vegetation productivity. This trend will put
immense pressure on unmanaged forests of Asia. Some countries in Asia have resorted
to agroforestry and farm woodlots to meet their increasing demand for pulp and
paper on a near-term basis. Over the long term, however, anticipated growth
in demand for wood products of all types probably will necessitate changes in
forest management practices such as greater reliance on industrial plantations.
Heat stress to livestock herded in open areas would reduce animal weight gain,
dairy and wool production, and feed conversion efficiency in arid and semi-arid
Asia (IPCC, 1996). An increase in the frequency of drought and heavy rainfall
could result in a decline in tea yield in Sri Lanka (IPCC, 1998). Climate change
could have adverse impacts on agroindustries such as food, beverages, tobacco,
natural fiber textiles, leather, wood, and rubber.
The manufacturing industry could be affected indirectly through the availability
of water, energy supply, and transportation systems throughout Asia. Mining
operations, which are required to produce raw materials such as coal (practiced
intensively in China and India because of heavy demand), exposes sulfur- and
iron-bearing rocks to weathering and erosion that would be aggravated by global
warming. Mineral industries discharge large amounts of waste ore known as tailings.
Manufacturing industries release effluent to the air and water during production
processes. For instance, cement production and foundry operations release particulates;
metal industries release SO2, CO2, HF, and organic solvents;
and chemical plants release particulates, SO2, and various hydrocarbons.
Food processing, pulp and paper industries, brewing, and tanning industries
release effluents in the form of contaminated water and sediments. This degradation
of the environment may be exacerbated by climate change.
Climate change will adversely affect hydroelectric energy generation in Asia,
exacerbating already depleted water resources in several major rivers in Asia.
Increased humidity and hence more cloudiness in a warmer atmosphere could inhibit
direct solar radiation. Photovoltaic technology, which is used extensively in
Indonesia and a few other south Asian countries for remote area electrification
programs, could be jeopardized. Changes in wind patterns could affect existing
windmill installations. Availability of biomass, particularly fuel wood, depends
on forest area and the quantity of rainfall. In areas with excess rainfall,
CO2 enrichment and higher temperatures could increase fuelwood production
and supply. Geothermal resources also may be affected by changes in precipitation
patterns. For instance, an increase in rainfall could increase recharge of groundwater
for most geothermal fields (IPCC, 1996).
In general, no major impacts of climate change on the production and distribution
facilities of fossil fuels are likely, other than policies aimed at reducing
GHG emissions from burning of fossil fuels. However, offshore exploration, production,
and distribution facilities of oil and natural gas would be influenced by sea-level
rise and extreme weather events such as cyclonic storms and associated surges
that are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Most power plants and oil
refineries in Asia also are located along the coastlines to facilitate transportation
and easy access to cooling water supply. Construction of seawalls will be needed
to protect these facilities against sea-level rise (Mimura et al., 1998).
As reported in IPCC (1996), energy demand for heating, cooling, and agriculture
activities can be influenced by climate change. Global warming would increase
energy demand for cooling in the tropical Asia region and reduce energy demand
for heating in boreal Asia. A similar pattern could be observed in temperate
Asia, either in summer or winter. For agricultural activities, more energy would
be needed for irrigation pumping during warmer weather as the soil becomes drier.
Tourism and outdoor recreational activities are likely to be disrupted in pattern
by climate change. Global warming is expected to shorten the skiing season in
many areas and affect the feasibility of some ski facilities (IPCC, 1998). Summer
recreational activities in coastal recreational areas may be affected with the
inundation of beaches. In Malaysia, for example, unprotected resorts located
near the coastline would be lost through erosion; others that are not affected
by erosion or inundation will cease to operate because of the loss of beaches
(Teh, 1997). The increased frequency of forest fires because of drier conditions
in Indonesia during the 1997 El Niño resulted in haze that affected the
tourism industries of Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia (Schweithelm et al.,
1999). Some wildlife reservation areas that are famous as tourist spots may
lose their attraction because of the disappearance of flora and fauna in the
changed ecosystems. For example, it has been suggested that the flowering dates
of cherry blossoms in Japan and Korea could move 3-4 days earlier if air
temperatures during March increase by 1°C (Seino et al., 1998). Extreme
weather events in highland regions also would threaten rafting, mountain climbing,
and other high-altitude tourism.
Transportation systems, including infrastructure and fuel, can be influenced
directly and indirectly by climate change. A longer rainy season, melting of
ice deposits, and sea-level rise could directly damage infrastructures such
as roads, railways, runways, terminals, airports, and harbors, thereby disrupting
transportation systems. Climate change would increase the inherent necessity
for expansion of infrastructure and alter fuel consumption patterns. In Siberia,
for instance, frozen rivers that currently are used as roads would require a
shift to water transport or construction of permanent roads with shorter winters.
As reported in IPCC (1996), similar impacts could be experienced from permafrost
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The Arkoma Mustangs football team is in the driver's seat in District C-4, but the road is about ready to be lined with some speed bumps."There's still three teams there — Midway, Webbers Falls and us — who are still undefeated in the district," Arkoma Coach Mark Weatherton said. "We'll be playing among us for the next couple of weeks. It's a big game for us. I think if we win this one, we'll have a good chance to host a playoff game. It ought to be a great football game with a large crowd — for a Class C game."The Mustangs (6-0, 3-0 in district play), ranked eighth in the Class C Poll, will welcome the Midway Chargers (4-1, 4-0) to town for a crucial contest."They have a good football team," Weatherton said. "They're big. They average 350 pounds from end to end (on the line). They want to pound the ball right at you. If they pound the ball on us and keep the ball for about eight minutes, it's going to be hard for us to outscore them."'


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CLUB INDUSTRY: Why right now? Why introduce this equipment, this company after so many years of training with it?
ANDRE AGASSI: Quite honestly, the equipment was built for me and our objectives and goals. We didn't want anybody else to have it that might use it as an asset in their training against me. It was our primary goal to address my career in the most effective way possible. The byproduct of it after so many years is the reality of what it is we created. Now the timing in my life is such that I can focus and we can focus on taking this journey that we've lived, this life that we've loved, this symbol of our commitment and love for one another and turn that over to the world. It's the right time as far as we're concerned. It gives us an opportunity to spend 20 more years together.
CI: So you needed it just as an excuse to hang out together some more.
AA: A bit like my book ("Open" was published in 2009 and was No. 1 on The New York Times nonfiction best-sellers list). I wrote my book and then decided, is this really going to be a gift to somebody? Will somebody benefit? Will they experience this as a gift in their lives for one reason or another? The answer is yes. I really think this [book] is going to apply to a lot of people. Then the alternative is unconscionable. So that's why I wrote my book. When it comes to this equipment, the question I have is, what's it going to mean to somebody's life? If the answer is so clear, it almost begs you to do it.
CI: Since the book came out and up till now, what's the reaction been like? Has it changed, in your view, people's perception? Did you hesitate at all to make another public launch or splash like this like you did with the book?
AA: I have no regrets with what I did, absolutely, to get to the core of your question. It was something I'm very proud of. I took three years, I took a magnifying glass to myself and I was able to put my life into a literary focus and believe that it has relevance in a lot of people's lives for a lot of different reasons. And I think that process also helped lead to what we're doing now because you start to put your life in context. You start to realize what certain people and certain experiences meant to you. We all have these experiences in our lives, but do we really know how they form us? How they impact us? How they change our next decision we make? And what trajectory have all these decisions sort of put us on? And when I looked at my life that way, one of the things that was so clear has been Gil's role in my life, and one of the many examples of his role in my life was the love and care he took in creating these machines that gave me the chance for my dreams and hopes and gave me the chance to raise my children. So that reality, everything pointed towards us and what we've lived and what's been the result of what we've lived, which are these machines. We hang our hat on what these machines are. The story of what we've created is arguably just as impressive.
CI: So the three years right after you retired…
AA: That's when I started with my book. I actually started before I retired. I reached out to who I ended up collaborating with (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer) to come share the last tournament with me. Because I knew something he didn't, which was we were going to work together.
CI: What's different about this equipment? We were just nearby at the IHRSA show and saw a bunch of equipment—surrounded by equipment. What's different about what you have that we can't find on the show floor? What makes it special and unique?
GIL REYES: On several pieces of our equipment, it is indeed that—due to patent protection, they're not out there. Thanks to Steve Miller and the administrative side of the company, the ideas and the designs have been protected. The bench press has been a bench press for decades. As far back as 70 years, it's been a bench press, and that's what it is, that's all that it is. People have changed the colors. People have changed the shapes of the tubing. They've put spotter's platforms on it. They've put "trees" on the side on which you can store weights and load it up. But it's still a bench press, and you still have to reach back. We're not here to exterminate, we're not here to in any way condemn what has been. We're here to communicate to the user the next level of user-friendly designer consideration. But that wasn't the incentive or the inspiration for the design. The inspiration for the design is sitting to my left. It's just my love for Andre, my respect for Andre as an elite athlete who was not an accomplished weightlifter when I met him. He was just a very, very talented athlete.
GR (continued): The biggest problem with the bench press is getting to the bench press. You lie on your back, you have to reach back to take the bar—most of the Olympic bars are 7 feet wide—with weights on either side. You have to reach back behind you, but you have to reach far back so that it will clear the cups or the cradles where the bar sits. So you have to clear yourself and then reach back and bring it out to you. Before you even started the bench press itself, you're in trouble, because you have to reach back and get it. Most people enlist the services of a spotter or a lifter, and say, "Could you give me a lift?" That person becomes almost as important to you as you are to the lift because he has to know what he's doing. And he has to reach it and lift it and be able to lift it and hand it to you and set it to you on what's called the sweet spot, the right spot. We have heard of many, many problems that result from that. Our bench press, once again, it was designed only for Andre. Period. I had no intention of anyone ever using it but Andre. It was inspired by him, built for him so that literally, he could just reach back and with one finger, with two fingers, pull the bar down over on his sweet spot, the sternum, the solar plexus, loaded with weights.
CI: So why don't you think anyone thought of making this change to the bench press before?
AA: Some of the best ideas in the world, when they're designed, when they're invented, you always look back and say, "It's so simple, it's stupid."
CI: So why is it that you didn't want to do the bench press that way, that you wanted it your way?
AA: It was Gil's direction of me, that being an inexperienced lifter when we started together and then even more so as I got experienced, weights got heavier, that I was more and more at risk of danger. Taking the bar off was a liability. Gil handing it to me was a liability. If Gil could design a system where the bar would actually lay across where my strongest and safest point is, and I could take it off at my own timing under my own control, then I would be able to do this particular exercise considerably safer. Again, that's just one piece of equipment. What we hang our hat on is not the story that goes behind this. What we hang our hat on is what the story led to; it led to this equipment. When you talk about what this equipment really does, every muscle group it targets to get stronger, it does it without compromising or sacrificing anything that you call ligaments, tendons, joints.
AA (continued): You're talking about, for example, the curl machine. I've never been—and I'm not going to say it doesn't exist in this industry, and I'll never go so far as to suggest that this industry is starved on innovation—I'm just going to simply say I've never been in a gym anywhere in the world where I've ever gotten on a curl machine and ever felt like I could warm up to a one-off max. Because if my bicep could handle the weight, I damn sure guarantee you, a lot of other things that are engaging cannot handle the weight. Our quads can handle a lot more than our knees can. So how do we target muscle groups truly without compromising or subjecting other parts of your body to that sort of risk or danger, especially when you're talking about a career that's so short? We've designed that with the bench press, we've designed that with what normally would be regarded as squats, a great lower-body exercise, a horrible body exercise. Our COD (change of direction) machine allows us to engage in that same activity, add more ranges of motion to it and do it completely without subjecting yourself to risk. In every one of our pieces of equipment, we can get your muscles stronger in a much safer, much more efficient way than anything I've seen out there, anything we've worked on. Every time we've gotten in a gym, it's been a head-scratcher. "What are we going to do to get through this workout?" Because we're not at home."
CI: Your spinal condition that really bothered you toward the end of your career (Agassi was born with spondylolisthesis, where one vertebra splits forward or backward from the next vertebra, leaving less room for the nerves in the spinal column), was that a consideration in designing the equipment?
GR: Always an awareness, yes. Always an awareness from the first day. When he communicated his goals to me, I needed to [keep that in mind] very, very much in order to justify the faith and the confidence at that point that he was day by day beginning to demonstrate in my direction. It was incumbent upon me to really "learn" him. Of course, once I learned of the spondylolisthesis, and his condition in his back, that went into everything we did and didn't do.
AA: Here's adding to what Gil is being very modest about: If you have a physical concern—whether it's a back, whether you've injured something, whether you've had surgery on something—if any of those conditions exist, it highlights like a magnifying glass the importance of making sure you're not doing anything that's stupid. It doesn't change the fact that you shouldn't do anything stupid even if you're healthy. My concern with my lower back was this magnifying glass that Gil had to work around. And in working around it, it became so clear that why shouldn't everybody take care of their back? You only get one of them. So it applies across the board but [it was] specifically designed originally for me.
CI: BILT, B-I-L-T, does that stand for anything? What's the origin of it?
AA: It stands for the fact that this equipment built my career, built Gil's career, built our lives. It's going to build other people's lives, other people's dreams, other people's hopes. We just felt BILT had such a comprehensive suggestion to it. And it was so reflective, such a symbol of what role it's played in our lives. Nothing more than just we liked it. It reflects so much.
CI: Did you know you left out the "u"? There's still time to go back.
STEVE MILLER: There's a bakery in Chicago called Mom's, and they misspelled it on purpose. They put M-O-N-S on it. And everybody that drives by says, "You know you misspelled it." They say, "Yes, we do." Everybody knows it's misspelled, and everybody pays attention. And everybody remembers. So it's all relative. And besides, we're not that smart. We thought we actually spelled it right.
CI: Universities, high schools are going to be a big part initially of where this line of equipment is targeted. Certainly clubs as well. And then the BILT University (training facility) next year is in the planning stages. Can you tell me more about the process for introduction of the equipment?
GR: We're hoping that the knowledge, the awareness, the familiarity grows and increases. I have a professional relationship right now with professional tennis players and athletes. They come to Las Vegas to train physically with me and to be taught, coached and inspired by Andre. And literally from around the world. We'll have them come in from Romania, from Bulgaria, from Germany, from Spain to train and prepare for the upcoming Grand Slams and major tournaments. So we have a really exciting opportunity that we hope expands and grows in its scope, featuring our equipment, of course. And then maybe with every possible expansion to that idea. That's a natural.
AA: Ultimately, the market will demand it. Listen, if we're wrong, then we're wrong. It still hasn't changed what it's meant in my life and what we believe it is. But we have the highest of expectations that the last 25 years haven't been for naught.
CI: You had an affiliation and still do with your name on 24 Hour Fitness clubs. How does that play into this new venture?
AA: We hope they're a client of ours. We hope that they recognize what it is I've lived on and trained on can benefit everybody they take care of, everybody they service. I envision that relationship being strong and healthy as much as I do with other facilities. What we're doing is about getting this in the hands of millions of people, and we're going to use 24 Hour, Equinox, anybody that wants to be part of this team to get this out in people's lives. This is our dream, that it's out there. And it's out there across the board. And it's out there in a wide spectrum of athletes, from top-tier athletes to people who work out twice a week to people who are just learning, who get into strength training and think it's a horrible experience, and they get injured, and they give up on it. So as they get older, their body isn't prepared for the aging process as well. We have high expectations for this.
CI: Are there more products on the way, like the famous Gil Water? You've got the before, during and after (water mixes). Is it still a secret?
GR: The actual formula is, yes. The actual recipe is. There are still actually several ideas, which Steve Miller would ultimately be the person to decide when and where and what. Even equipment-wise, there's a few others already ready and usable. The good thing about it is the idea is in really, really good hands. I'm a pretty safe individual sitting next to Andre and under the leadership of Steve Miller. We just feel very, very excited about this.
CI: There was a tournament long ago where you were in a changeover and you were changing shirts, and Jimmy Connors, who was doing the broadcast, said, "Andre's filling out nicely."
AA: Jimmy Connors has never said something nice about me. (Agassi then shares a laugh and a fist bump with Reyes.)
CI: Years before, during Wimbledon coverage, it was [John] McEnroe and [Mats] Wilander—talk about fitness—and I think they had a shot of them playing their guitars (without their shirts on) at some bar or whatever the night before during that tournament, and they were skinny guys. Tennis players weren't as athletic, [but] strength training is now part of it, as certainly you've shown.
AA: It was definitely ahead of its time. Gil, as a result of our relationship, I think we were ahead of our time. It happened in baseball. While you can question the means in which [baseball players] accomplished certain objectives, what you cannot question is what their objective was, and their objective was to get stronger. Because they realized that the stronger I am, the more capable I am. And it's no different in every other sport. It's a question of when you learn that, and Gil taught that to me really early.
AA (continued): Now you're starting to see in tennis a whole different set of circumstances take place. You're looking at a guy like Rafa Nadal, who you could envision as a running back. I could see him on ESPN as a forward in soccer doing a scissor kick scoring the winning goal. The guy is an absolute stud who relies on his strength to not only push guys around but to be out there for six hours in a ballistic, urgent manner. So the sport of tennis has evolved and is evolving to its rightful place as it relates to what's actually demanded of the athlete. I think [tennis] has always been viewed historically as a sport that is kind of a country club deal. It's now being recognized as a sport that requires all of you mentally and physically in order to do it at the highest level. And that's the rightful place for it to be. Gil taught that to me at an early age, and I believe gave me the advantage that honestly probably rose above what my abilities were as an athlete. I could get away with a lot because of the fact that I was stronger than the guys I was playing against, physically.
CI: Star power. Your name attached to it. How important will that be in this project, in this venture? I know you put, as you've mentioned, your heart and soul in every project during your career and post-tennis career.
AA: I'll tell you exactly what [my name] means: nothing, if the product doesn't stand on its own. The product has to stand on its own. If it doesn't stand on its own, it doesn't matter. You can only sell something that's garbage one time. And what we're hanging our hat on is not my name, not Gil's reputation. What we're hanging our hat on is what we've created over 20 years, and what it's going to mean in people's lives on ground level. That's what we've bet on.


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Have these bands been forgotten by most prog fans?
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Posted: March 31 2013 at 14:36
With all the younger music fans getting into prog these days it seems that many of them are forgetting about some of the important but lesser known older bands. Sure they know about Yes, ELP, PF, KC, Genesis and a few others but it seems some of them have gone under the radar. I'm not even sure how familiar most younger fans are with Gentle Giant. With all the new stuff that comes out or gets discussed it's easy to get sidetracked by prog bands from the past ten to fifteen years or so and forget about the older ones.
So I'm wondering if you feel these bands have been neglected. I'll list about twenty or so. Also, if you are under 40 please state that too(if you want) so I know you weren't into these bands 20 plus years ago.
These are just some bands off the top of my head:
Barclay James Harvest
Twelfth Night (from the 80's)
Mastermind (90's band)
Mannfred Mann's earth band
The Nice (one of the founders of prog imo)
Procol Harum
The Strawbs
Banco (del mutuo soccorso)
Happy the Man
Crack the Sky (more art rockish)
Clearlight (French band)
Rare Bird
Captain Beyond
Cathedral (US band that did Stained Glass Stories)
Atomic Rooster
Cast (90's band from Mexico)
Just about any seventies Italian band
Just about any seventies French band
Heck just about any seventies band from any country other than England.
Please add any band you feel is significant but overlooked from around 1967 or so up to the 90's. The 90's or 80's could be another thread entirely. The point is to not have them be too recent.
I saw Nektar mentioned on another prog site and it got me thinking. If Nektar aren't mentioned much in prog circles(especially these days)then probably most older bands aren't. With all the newer stuff coming out it seems that most prog fans especially younger ones get caught up in the flavor of the week and either forget about or don't bother searching out long lost classics or bands that maybe sang in a foreign language. Lots of good stuff out there pre 2000, pre 1990 and of course pre 1980.
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Genesis is better though..
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Good list.I agree that many younger fans know little of these bands. At 49, I don't know a few myself! I have introduced a young friend of mine to Manfred Mann, Eloy, and The Move and he loves them all. On the flip side, my girlfriend hates almost all my prog music. Oh, well.
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I'm a young guy (as in 21 next month), and I like a lot of them, especially Renaissance, Crack the Sky, Happy the Man, and Gong. I've also seen 3 out of those 4
Edited by pianoman - March 31 2013 at 15:15
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Nektar I like only the first album
Barclay James Harvest Never checked them enough
Triumvirat Same As Above
Twelfth Night (from the 80's) Same
Mastermind (90's band) Who?
Mannfred Mann's earth band I still listen to them sometimes.
The Nice (one of the founders of prog imo) 5 Bridges suite is one of my fav tracks ever
Procol Harum Great.
The Strawbs Sometimes but I don't love them too much
Banco (del mutuo soccorso) Sometimes but not a fan
Eloy A band that I still love
Starcastle Nice clone. Not bad.
Happy the Man Never heard
Crack the Sky (more art rockish) Totally unknown to me
Focus Just Hocus Pocus
Argent Nexus is not bad but it's the only thing I know of them
Renaissance In my top 10 bands
Gong Together with Renaissance
Supersister Not bad
Clearlight (French band) Never heard
Finch Love Glory Of The Inner Force
Ange I think I miss something
Rare Bird
Captain Beyond
Cathedral (US band that did Stained Glass Stories) Three bands I don't know
Atomic Rooster Good but non essential
Colosseum Another big band. They have one of the best lives of the history
Greenslade Good band but I don't know much
Cast (90's band from Mexico) Unknown
FM Same
Just about any seventies Italian band
Just about any seventies French band
Heck just about any seventies band from any country other than England.
There's a lot of great stuff out of the traditional countries.
Edited by octopus-4 - March 31 2013 at 15:22
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I am familiar to one degree or another with most of these bands and I have not forgotten them. Indeed, I have been (re)discovering many of them over the last few years. But then I am not among the younger crowd here. Are most Prog fans younger? Or Older? At 52, I count myself older.
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I'm 51. At least younger than you
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I'm 34. As I'm Dutch myself, I know all about Focus and Supersister. Renaissance and Eloy are also big favourites of mine. The others bands I don't know too well, but I'm checking out some of them. Procol Harum is quite good, but I'm not impressed by Barclay James Harvest.
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Nektar - never stuck with me
Barclay James Harvest - meh
Triumvirat - decent (though I'm mostly unfamiliar)
Twelfth Night (from the 80's) - thumbs up
Mastermind (90's band) - Idk them
Mannfred Mann's earth band - lol
The Nice (one of the founders of prog imo) - never listen to, but do know of
Procol Harum - meh
The Strawbs - good
Banco (del mutuo soccorso) - top notch
Eloy - good to very good
Starcastle - average to my ears (but I was never the biggest yes fan around)
Happy the Man - top notch
Crack the Sky (more art rockish) - don't know
Focus - good to very good
Argent - don't know
Renaissance - enjoyable (though a bit out of my taste range at times)
Gong - love
Supersister - pretty good (if uneven to my ears)
Clearlight (French band) - good to very good
Finch - don't know
Ange - good (though mostly unfamiliar)
Rare Bird - don't know
Captain Beyond - ditto
Cathedral (US band that did Stained Glass Stories) - SGS is excellent
Atomic Rooster - good
Colosseum - good to very good
Greenslade - don't know
Cast (90's band from Mexico) - ditto
FM - fitto
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Nektar Never heard of em
Barclay James Harvest Like a couple of their songs but generally not a fan
Triumvirat Never heard
Twelfth Night Never heard
Mastermind Never heard
Mannfred Mann's earth band Love them
The Nice Like a couple of their songs but generally not a fan
Procol Harum Like a couple of their songs but generally not a fan
The Strawbs Love them
Banco (del mutuo soccorso) Like them
Eloy Never heard
Starcastle Never heard
Happy the Man Love them
Crack the Sky Never heard
Focus Love them
Argent Never heard
Renaissance Love Them
Gong Love them
Supersister Love them
Clearlight Never heard
Finch Never heard
Ange Never heard
Rare Bird Never heard
Captain Beyond Never heard
Cathedral Never heard
Atomic Rooster Not a fan
Colosseum Never heard
Greenslade Never heard
Cast Never Heard
FM Never heard
Just about any seventies Italian band (PFM)
Just about any seventies French band (Harmonium, Morse Code, Magma)
Heck just about any seventies band from any country other than England. (Bo Hansson, Eden, Kebnekajse, Earth And Fire, Anglagard)
I also think Egg, Hatfield & The North, Family, Caravan, Camel (too well known?), National Health, Illusion, Supertramp (too well known?), & Van der Graaf Generator (too well known?). (I'm less than 40)
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Not by me!!
In there, you've got a good chunk of my record collection.
BJH - have 7 albums and they're very good to OK but their Live album is stunning
MMEB - have 6 albums and they're all good to very good
The Nice - have 2 albums, both good
Procul Harum - 3 albums, all good
Strawbs (NOT The Strawbs!) I think I have every album they ever recorded and some albums are complete masterpieces (From the Witchwood, Grave New World, Hero & Heroine)
Eloy - have 4 albums, all of which are very good
Focus - have 5 albums, Moving Waves beng the pick
Renaissance - have 7 albums (and 2 Illusion albums made by the original line up) all of which are excellent
Rare Bird - have 4 albums, As Your Mind Flies By being the best
Atomic Rooster - have 3 albums, Death Walks Behind You being the best
Colosseum - have 3 albums, all of which are very good
Greenslade - have 4 albums; love the music, don't like the vocals
Other criminally ignored bands: The Enid (have 7 albums: In the Region of the Summer Stars and Aerie Faerie Nonsense are brilliant), Uriah Heep (7 albums; Salisbury is their best), Gryphon (have everything; Midnight Mushrumps is the best whole side track ever and Red Queen their best album), 10cc (have 5 albums; the original "Art Rock" band - Sheet Music is brilliant), Be Bop Deluxe (have 5 albums; another superb "Art Rock" outfit). I don't think Caravan are as revered as they should be, either.
I'm sure there are others but I can't be bothered to trawl through 1500 albums to find them.
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I am well above forty .. from your list, I listen regularly to one and only band, namely Renaissance:
Nektar: heard them, not impressed
Barclay James Harvest: have them, very rarely listen to
Triumvirat: heard them, not impressed
Twelfth Night (from the 80's): heard them, not impressed
Mastermind (90's band): no idea
Mannfred Mann's earth band: had some great moments long ago; not interesting any more
The Nice (one of the founders of prog imo): had some great moments long ago; not interesting any more
Procol Harum: have them, find rather boring to listen to
The Strawbs: had some good moments decades ago; not interesting any more
Banco (del mutuo soccorso): not bad at all, but couldn't tell them from other RPI bands of the same time period
Eloy: OK-ish for those who like band like Eloy
Starcastle: don't remember
Happy the Man: no idea
Crack the Sky (more art rockish): no idea
Focus: had some good moments decades ago; not interesting any more
Argent: no idea
Renaissance: a decent band with quite a few good albums - have them and listen to them
Gong: heard them - not impressed
Supersister: no idea
Clearlight (French band): no idea
Finch: no idea
Ange: no idea
Rare Bird: heard of them
Captain Beyond: no idea
Cathedral (US band that did Stained Glass Stories): heard of them
Atomic Rooster: had some good moments decades ago; not interesting any more
Colosseum: heard of them
Greenslade: no idea
Cast (90's band from Mexico): no idea
FM: no idea
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People cannot forget what they never knew. There is a reason why obscure bands are obscure and lesser known bands are lesser known.
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In what way are several of the bands "not interesting anymore" to you?
Is it because you find the music dated, or are you following the newer prog bands and, having moved with the times, find going back in time is just not for you?
Personally speaking I am still discovering new and old bands and find them equally rewarding but then I wasn't really listening to prog (beyond the obvious ones) back then so a lot of it, despite being 30/40 years old is still new to me.
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QUOTE=Dean]People cannot forget what they never knew. There is a reason why obscure bands are obscure and lesser known bands are lesser known.[/QUOTE]
Are you implying that these bands are lesser known and less good?
Because Barclay James Harvest, Focus, Renaissance, Strawbs and Mannfred Mann's Earth Band were all bigger than (say) Van de Graaf Generator and probably even King Crimson in terms of fans and record sales in the 70s. Uriah Heep also were massively bigger than either. They were not obscure then for sure.
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I am nineteen and have admittedly only heard roughly a quarter of the bands on your list. I find it is commonly only the most popular and highest regarded bands that remain in the spotlight decades later, especially with a genre like progressive rock that does not have the same number of fans as many other types of music. Besides, with so much incredible music to discover, it makes sense that new fans are most familiar with the names that made the biggest impact on the scene!
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I can't help but think ALL of the bands mentioned in that original post have a small devoted little following, and the Archives is perfect for bringing all the fans of those acts together!
Prog fans will continue to love, cherish and support these acts, and I'd hope all those artists feel humbled and a sense of pride being involved, no matter how long ago, in something that is still appreciated now, and slowly but surely adding a new fan here and there as they go!
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Paying it Forward?
I have heard the term 'paying it forward' quite a bit since adopting our sons. When people ask what led us to adoption, I usually begin my answer by sharing that I was adopted. I believe, that having grown up as an adopted person, I was predisposed to think about adoption as a way to form my own family. I often hear praise, to the effect of, "That is so cool. Your parents did that for you, so you are paying it forward by doing that for someone else!" When I hear comments like this, I realize that many people consider adoption to be an act of kindness. I know when I am praised for 'paying it forward' it is meant as a compliment. Although it is not accurate, I usually just smile and nod. I can't change someone's perception of adoption in a quick conversation at a cookout or at the library.
Luckily, I have a blog. Maybe I can clear it up a bit here.
My parents were 22 and 23 when they got married. They wanted a family and began trying almost right away. It didn't happen. They kept trying. It still didn't happen. They were heartbroken. All around them, their siblings and friends were having babies seemingly without any trouble at all. They consulted specialists. There appeared to be no reason for their inability to conceive. They continued to hope that it would eventually happen. It didn't. Over a decade after getting married, they decided to adopt. They adopted my brother and two years later adopted me. (Two years later what seemed impossible, finally happened and my sister was born.) Adoption wasn't their first choice and they didn't do it to be nice. They did it because they wanted to be parents. Frankly, they needed us more than we needed them. There are always more families that want babies than there are babies who need families. If they had not pursued adoption, my brother and I would not have languished in an orphanage or foster care. We would have gone to other families. Don't misunderstand me, I had wonderful parents, I was deeply loved and I loved them right back. However, I do resent the fact that there are those who think we adoptees should be grateful in a way that our non-adopted peers are not expected to be. Anyone who has been blessed by amazing parents should be grateful. A person is not more deserving just because they born to their parents. Everyone deserves loving parents.
Our adoption story is different from that of my parents. Infertility did not play a role in our desire to adopt. I got pregnant easily and by the time we were 27, we had 2 daughters. Over the years, Kurt and I talked about the possibility of adding to our family by adoption. We were motivated by the very real fact that there are millions of children, all over the world, who need parents. The idea of adopting a child who was waiting for a family was appealing to us. Not because we are nice or have big hearts, but simply because we love being parents. We loved the idea of another child to love. It was a win win proposition if ever there was one. We felt that God led us to Ethiopia and directly to Mikias. Two year later, we felt that leading again and returned to Ethiopia to bring Jemberu home.
My parents did not adopt as an act of kindness and neither did we. My parents were amazing because they were amazing, not because they adopted us. Like my parents, Kurt and I adopted to have the pleasure of raising more children. To give and receive love. My motivation was not to 'pay it forward'. I love a compliment as much as anyone else. But adopting our boys shouldn't make the list of of nice things about me. My motivation was purely selfish. Being a mother is the pleasure of my life.


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Skip to comments.The Founders had a chance to discuss Progressivism, and they rejected it
Posted on 01/24/2013 6:20:45 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
For those of you who didn't catch the tail end of Mark Levin's show Tuesday night, here's what he discussed in the last 5 minutes.(mp3)
At the Constitutional Convention, July 17th, 1787, delegate Gunning Bedford of Delaware made the following proposal:
Mr. BEDFORD moved that the 2d. member of Resolution 6. be so altered as to read "and moreover to legislate in all cases for the general interests of the Union, and also in those to which the States are separately incompetent," or in which the harmony of the U. States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual Legislation."
That proposal has progressivism written all over it. And as is made clear by the debate that ensued, the Founders resoundly rejected it.
Mr. RANDOLPH. This is a formidable idea indeed. It involves the power of violating all the laws and constitutions of the States, and of intermeddling with their police.
Mr. L. MARTIN considered the power as improper & inadmissible. Shall all the laws of the States be sent up to the Genl. Legislature before they shall be permitted to operate?
I liked the opening line of Madison's comment the best:
Mr. MADISON, considered the negative on the laws of the States as essential to the efficacy & security of the Genl. Govt. The necessity of a general Govt. proceeds from the propensity of the States to pursue their particular interests in opposition to the general interest.
In other words, the states have a specific claim to persue their own best interests, regard of whatever is being called the "general interest" of the day. For Madison, the states were never incompetent; or, certainly not nearly as incompetent as the federal government.(or, as the Founders then referred to it, the general government) Hello 10th amendment. 9th amendment too.
The proposal created quite an outburst, as is made evident by this:
Mr. Govr. MORRIS was more & more opposed to the negative. The proposal of it would disgust all the States.
I would encourage all to listen to the last few minutes, starting at 1:07. It should be noted that the primary pillar of progressive ideology is rule by unelected bureaucrats, but said rule needs to have no opposition from some pesky state legislature.
"We are impatient of state legislatures"
Yeah you are, Mr. Wilson. You certainly are.
Hear me clearly: Who cares?
Boehner and the R's need to re-educate and they're not doing it, not making arguments. Arguing on the basis of founding fathers is tin ear at best. The networks, the teachers, all those in charge of the media and schools (hence, a la Marx) hate our founding fathers. The language to re-educate needs to change. No, I don't have the answers, but the drivel of preaching to the choir is past time...we're in post-America now and to get back to something better takes new tactics, new methods, new people (i.e., Boehner has to go, but he's the horse we have at the moment)...let's see if they can kick out McConnell.
I'm not hating your post, I'm just tired of the preaching to the choir stuff...it doesn't move the football down the field as we already know this stuff.
Then why have FR at all?
We are all frustrated.
Deep down, we all know that the former informed and moral American people are now idiotic and ignorant enough to elect Obama, one of the most failed presidents in the history of our country.
I'm beginning to give up on any political means, because they don't exist any longer, due to a dumbed down American populace.
We have become a nation of whining idiots and illegal interlopers. As long as the checks come, the tv works, and the iPhone is charged all is well so they can discuss whose baby daddy did what to who, what team won what irrelevant sporting event, and where we eating tonight...
It is going to take a major reset event for things to change. That event can be anything from a massive depression to outright rebellion.
wow, never seen such depression.
Actually, I feel the same way.
We no longer have rule by law.
We are almost fully Soviet now.
The only reason they aren't hauling us off to the gulags is because we are ineffective and they don't fear us.
Of course, they saw the country becoming more settled and may have understood that would mean changes. Some of them believed in setting up public institutions -- like a national bank or university -- but there wasn't quite the same idea of improving humanity through government action that came along later.
I'd say it took the industrial revolution and the philosophy of Hegel to bring progressivism into its own. You needed a philosophy of change and progress, a belief that a golden age lay in the future, not in the past. And the industrial revolution brought so much change and upheaval, that it became more common to look to government either to protect against harmful change, or to direct the powerful new forces to produce major changes in society.
That he wrote what are now the ninth and tenth amendments two years later just shows that his views had matured in the meantime as a result of the debates at the ratifying conventions and the widespread demands for a Bill of Rights limiting the powers of the federal government.
Then why have FR at all?
I think you read it wrongly.
wow, never seen such depression.
Actually, I feel the same way.
We no longer have rule by law.
We are almost fully Soviet now.
The only reason they arent hauling us off to the gulags is because we are ineffective and they dont fear us.
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