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The Bunker #3 proves to be an emotional rollercoaster. Heidi gets the spotlight as she thinks back on to the days of her youth and how she may be able to free herself from the ghosts that have stolen from her personality and her past.
We find out just how The Bunker and the letters might be able to give Heidi a much needed release. It is not hard to see that Grady is infatuated with Heidi but she remains cold, not only to Grady but to all people and to all emotion. This story jumps into the past and the reader is treated to the memory of when Heidi and Grady met. Grady was new to the neighbourhood and looking for friends. Dressed as a Red Power Ranger, he managed to find the Pink Power Ranger of his dreams; Heidi. But whilst everything seemed ok, Heidi was dying on the inside, falling victim to a crime that no child should.
Once again we see chalk like art and textures on display in this issue, this technique works well, especially when it comes to the re-telling of memories. The Bunker #3 makes use of a large amount of purple, blue and violet colours of which most are dark. These colours tie in with the suffering and frustration that Heidi has lived with for so long. After Grady's brave act, Heidi decides it is time that she shows her friends what bravery is and splashes of red hit the page for the first time in the issue.
The Bunker #3 is a great read. No, this issue is not action packed and over the top, but instead it is realistic and filled with the harsh reality that plagues the characters. It is a tough read that will lead the reader into immediately wanting to see what happens in issue four. This all ends on a cliff hanger of note.


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Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia (JEASA), Vol.7 No.1, 2016.
Michael Ackland
"Money is a Steal:" Christina Stead's Critique of Finance Capitalism in House of All Nations
Abstract: Stead composed House of All Nations (1938) at a time of unprecedented economic and political crisis in the West, and the urgency of this situation is reflected in the speed and scope of this composition, and in the major target of her satire: finance capitalism. Her depiction of this Marxist concept, as well as specific allusions to the master's writings, are examined in detail to demonstrate her ideological position and putative aims.
Keywords: Christina Stead, House of All Nations, Marxism, Great Depression, finance capitalism, satire
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Copyright © Michael Ackland 2016. This text may be archived and redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that the author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged.
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Rising talent MAX recruits Chicago rapper Taylor Bennett for a fantastic remix of "Wrong," which includes a stunning new backdrop courtesy of RyanEXOE. The original version featured Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert, and this latest rendition should breathe new life into the already buzzing track.
"I love how a remix can bring a song to life in a totally different way. When my longtime collaborator RyanEXOE sent me this version of 'Wrong' I knew it was special," MAX told us over email. "I got to know Taylor Bennett while we were in the studio working on ['Fall Back Fools'] for his debut album so I was stoked to collaborate with him again."
Bump MAX's "Wrong" remix below and grab his self-titled EP here. You can catch him on the road later this month. Tickets are available here.


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It's about to get messy with Martial Arts Madness!
Written by Will Allman
Bloodsport is 1988 film directed by Newt Arnold and starring Jean Claude Van Damme. The film is based on claims by Frank Dux who said he is the first westerner to win the martial arts tournament known as the Kumite.
The story focuses on Frank Dux who as a youth broke into Ninjutsu master Senzo Tanaka's home and stole a katana. He was apprehended by Tanaka after he attempted to return the sword out of guilt. Impressed by his honesty, Tanaka took him in and trained him in the art of Ninjutsu with his son Shingo. Many years later Shingo is killed in the illegal martial arts tournament Kumite. Frank decides to go AWOL from the army and enter the Kumite to honor Shingo's memory. He faces many deadly opponents during the course of the tournament all while trying to avoid the officers assigned to bring him in for his desertion from the military.
This film was a huge at the box office and made Van Damme a superstar. While the plot is a little weak and cliché at times the movie is full of solid hard hitting action. It remains one of Van Damme's best and deserves to be included in any martial arts movie night.
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Iowa's high court said same-sex marriages "could begin" in as little as three weeks, joining Massachusetts and Connecticut as the three states formally recognizing homosexual duos.
King was interviewed by Greg Corombos of Radio America/WND about the decision.
Cal Thomas had an interesting comment on the Iowa action, [URL=http://townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2009/04/07/trouble_in_river_city]]]Trouble in River City[/URL]. This has something to say about other problems facing marriage besides homosexuality.


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- In a pan heat oil add chopped onion, green chilies and cook until onion becomes soft.
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- Again roll it into flat thin circles gently. Avoid rolling it too much it tends to crack easily.In a hot tawa place stuffed egg parathas and cook it in a medium flame until the brown spots started appearing.Flip and cook on the other side until the brown spots started appearing.
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Carla Morrison, Grammys Q&A: 'Shy Girl' Talks Best Latin Pop Album Nod
The Grammy Awards are fast approaching. Do you know your Latin nominees? In the next days we will highlight some of the leading nominees for the awards
Carla Morrison never expected 30,000 people to show during her set at last year's Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City. "It was a big, big moment," recalls the singer/songwriter who is a Grammy nominee for best Latin pop, rock or urban album. "Dejenme Llorar" is an emotionally rich, poetic and captivating album that has resonated with many.
This year the songstress will tour extensively, write more music and make sure she minds mind, body and soul to keep up with a demanding pace that's already looking packed through most of 2013. The award-winning artist, who in November won two Latin Grammys, took a breather to bring us up to date on her newfound success and what a Grammy nomination means.
What were you doing when you found out that you were nominated for a Grammy?
I was at a play. I remember my manager Gil [Gastelum] telling me have my phone near me because U.S. nominations were coming out. I really didn't think I had a chance. But then I got a text from Gil and then another message from a friend. I went outside and started crying in the middle of the street. Then some fans came up to me and asked to take a picture with me. It was overwhelming. I couldn't sleep that night.
What is the most surprising thing that happened to you this past year?
Vive Latino really cemented that things were different. I really wasn't aware that so many people knew who I was. It feels like this happened so fast. That night at the music festival I was scared to step out in front of 30,000 people. I'm not Lady Gaga. Backstage everyone kept saying that they just wanted to hear me sing from my heart with my guitar. I cried like crazy. I was thankful to God and all those people who came to see me.
What is your most important goal for 2013?
My main goal this year is to take great care of my mind, body and soul. It's easy to lose that balance when you tour and then you get sick. My main goal is to stay super healthy. I've been going to yoga and praying a lot.
Who do you hope to meet at the Grammys?
I'm taking my dad as a date. He'll be happy. As for meeting people, I'm a really shy girl. Someday I'd like to meet Shakira, but I'm not sure she's going. I'd also like to meet Rihanna, but I really don't go up to people.
If you could perform with anyone (dead or alive) who would that be and why?
I would love to perform with Patsy Cline. I just love her. I grew up listening to her because my dad was such a big fan. She's amazing. I'd also like to perform with Selena (Quintanilla). She always seemed like someone really cool to hang with.
If you had to take one album to a deserted island for a year, which would it be and why?
I would probably take "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." That album always gives me something new. It has a lot of meanings, a lot of lessons. It's about love, loving yourself and how to love somebody. It talks about God. It's such a great album and never-ending. It's perfect for an island.


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First Anniversary of England's smokefree law shows public ready to acccept even stronger tobacco control measures.
On the first anniversary of England's smokefree law, public support for smokefree environments is still rising [1] and surveys show that most people are in favour of even stronger measures to reduce smoking and to protect children from secondhand smoke [2]. The law has also resulted in a fall in sales of cigarettes [3] and more people than ever are giving up smoking. [4]
Last week, the Office for National Statistics revealed that eighty per cent of Britons agreed with the ban on smoking in public places, with 61% strongly in favour, while a YouGov poll commissioned by ASH found similar levels of support with 63% strongly supporting the measure.
The YouGov survey also revealed that in England:
• 77% of adults support a ban on smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18
• 85% of adults want retailers who are convicted of selling tobacco illegally to children to be banned from selling tobacco products
• 59% support the banning of tobacco products being displayed in shops
• 65% support the prohibition of sales of tobacco from vending machines.
The Government is currently considering action to restrict or remove the display of tobacco products in shops, as well as requiring retailers to sell them from under the counter, and a possible ban on cigarette vending machines.
The ASH research shows a majority of people are in favour of these policies but for the following measures more than three out of four want more action:
• Easier access to quitting medications, such as nicotine gum and patches (82%);
• Licences for tobacco vendors, which should be removed if they are caught selling to underage smokers; (87%)
• A crackdown on tobacco smuggling (75%).
Deborah Arnott, Director of the health campaigning charity ASH, said:
"The smokefree legislation has been a fantastic success and is hugely popular.
But what it also shows is a hunger for more action: the smokefree law is not an end in itself but has proven to be a catalyst for further controls on tobacco. There is still a lot more that needs to be done. In particular the Government should focus on measures to shield children from tobacco industry marketing while parents and carers can do much more to protect children from exposure to secondhand smoke in the home and car.
"We should celebrate achievements so far but cannot afford to be complacent. With nine million people in England still hooked on tobacco, we must re-galvanize our efforts to substantially reduce current rates of smoking and to protect children from smoking."
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[1] Smoking related behaviour and attitudes 2007. ONS, 2008. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/smoke0608.pdf
[2] YouGov poll. Key findings of the survey are available at: https://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_684.pdf
Total sample size was 3,329 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 20th – 25th February 2008. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18 ). The study was a collaboration between ASH, ASH Scotland and ASH Wales. The sample size for the England data was 1056.
[3] A report by industry analysts AC Nielsen in Jan 2008 recorded a drop in cigarette sales of 3.9% for the 12 months from Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 (compared to 2% decline in 2006).
[4] The research found that the decline in smoking prevalence for the 9 months prior to the smoking ban was 1.6% whereas in the 9 months after July it rose to 5.5%. Researchers estimate that this means at least 400,000 people quit smoking as a result of the ban.
Source: The Smoking Toolkit Study. This is a monthly series of national household surveys with smokers and recent ex-smokers being followed up for six months. Data collection began in October 2006. The study is currently funded by Cancer Research UK, McNeil, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. The fieldwork is undertaken by the British Market Research Bureau (BRMB).


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Digitally Printed Hoarding camouflage for Building Sites in London
Printed Hoarding to make the hoarding more attractive is becoming more popular and apposed to using them for a marketing. With the housing market booming in London and the south-east of England building work is popping up everywhere which is causing great stress for the neighbours. With house prices reaching an all time high in … Read more


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Vidyard, the Waterloo, Ont.-based video marketing and analytics platform for businesses, announced on Thursday that it had raised $6-million in Series A funding from a pair of investors in Canada, and two more in the U.S.
Participants in the round include Toronto-based OMERS Ventures, iNovia Capital in Montreal, Paolo Alto's SoftTech VC, and former Eloqua and Salesforce.com executive Jill Rowley.
Co-founder and CEO Michael Litt plans to use the funds to continue improving the metrics and resources Vidyard provides clients to measure video marketing initiatives, and to increase the company's engineering efforts for the development of its hosting, analytics and marketing tools.
The Y-Combinator accelerator graduatesraised an initial seed round of $1.65-million in the fall of 2011, which included YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen's fund Andreessen Horowitz, and Series A contributors SoftTech VC and iNovia Capital, among others.
That initial seed round was used over the following 16 months to "win customers and prove market fit" wrote Matthew Hodgson, the company's chief financial officer, in a post announcing the round on Vidyard's blog.
During that time the company as able to grow from a team of 4 to 14 employees.
Vidyard's Series A investment, meanwhile, "will be used in similar strategic manner," Mr. Hodgson said, with a focus on expanded research and development and marketing budgets, as well as further team expansion, with a new office in downtown Kitchener to support around 35 total employees through the rest of the year.
Last year, Vidyard revealed its video platform was now receiving 1 million hits per day. In January, the company's monthly recurring revenue exceeded its total fiscal 2012 annual revenues for the first time.


text: This story is about a man who owened a manor and then one night he was robed then killed! The robers said to give them his fortune {all his money} but he refused the dog was left at the end of the stairs and died of starvation. A couple years later a farmer bought the manor and he would always rest there after his hard day of work. Then one day after a tiering day he was resting by the fire then out of nowhere the black dog apered on the oppisite side of the farmer. He was shocked but then got used to the dog even though he wasnt part of his world. The villigers warned him to get rid of it "But I dont see the harm its doing no money was needed for the dog and he didnt hurt a fly!" the farmer said. The farmer was so angry he kept poking and stabbing it with a stick. The dog jumped into the cieling and the man throgh the stick at the cieling were the dog jumped and a box came falling out. The farmer picked up the box and opened it "This is a fortune!" the farmer said. He bought a house not far from the manor and he turned it into an inn. He then, in honor of the black dog, he named it "The Black Dog." the dog no longer haunted the manor. But that doesnt mean he finnaly rested in peice. he now haunted the street the inn was on. Its known the somtimes the dog still is seen on the lane. In 1559, 3 tourists saw the dog but they said it scared the to daeth. Since becuase of that the lane is now called "Dog Lane."


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I was up in Philadelphia for the Halloween weekend and no trip to Philadelphia is complete without me going to The Philadelphia Zoo. While there, I managed to catch the Creatures of Habitat exhibit. The exhibits are made from LEGO bricks (OMG childhood memories) and my favorite were definitely the ones I've posted on my Wordless Wednesday post yesterday.
They are, of course, the Golden Lion Tamarins (Leonpithecus rosalia) but the folks that made them did have a sense of humor. If you actually read the signs posted by the exhibit, you'll realize that the Latin name for these critters are Legopithecus rosalia kenneyi. Hah! Legopithecus (Lego ape). Brilliant. Although, for argument sake, Golden Lion Tamarins are not apes but monkeys.
But why the kenneyi subspecies name? One of the artists that made these Lego sculptures is Sean Kenney, in which I would think where the subspecies name comes from (It's probably an Easter egg). I wonder what they plan to do with these sculptures when the exhibition is done. I'd love to get my fingers on one (maybe two). Here are more Lego Golden Lion Tamarin pictures from the Creatures of Habitat exhibit. Enjoy!
Only 12 individuals of this subspecies left!
HAHAHA! Brilliant.
Pirate tamarin. Yarrr!
Golden Lion Tamarin using a tool (stick). Not sure they do though ...


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A book I just remembered as a good read is Small is Beautiful. It seems appropriate given these economic times and the focus on sustainability and green.
In the first chapter, "The Problem of Production", Schumacher argues that the modern economy is unsustainable. Natural resources (like fossil fuels), are treated as expendable income, when in fact they should be treated as capital, since they are not renewable, and thus subject to eventual depletion. He further argues that nature's resistance to pollution is limited as well. He concludes that government effort must be concentrated on sustainable development, because relatively minor improvements, for example, technology transfer to Third Worldcountries, will not solve the underlying problem of an unsustainable economy.
Schumacher's philosophy is one of "enoughness," appreciating both human needs, limitations and appropriate use of technology. It grew out of his study of village-based economics, which he later termed "Buddhist economics," which is the subject of the book's fourth chapter.
He faults conventional economic thinking for failing to consider the most appropriate scale for an activity, blasts notions that "growth is good," and that "bigger is better," and questions the appropriateness of using mass production in developing countries, promoting instead "production by the masses." Schumacher was one of the first economists to question the appropriateness of using GNP to measure human well being, emphasizing that "the aim ought to be to obtain the maximum amount of well being with the minimum amount of consumption."
Continunig the theme GigaOm just posted on Netbooks and Smartphones on the power of small devices.
Smartphones and Netbooks: Closer Than Kissing Cousins
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You know how you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover? Well, when it comes to smartphones and netbooks, a semiconductor research firm is predicting that in fact the cover — or rather, the device casing — may soon be one of the only ways to tell the two apart. Portelligent has analyzed the silicon guts of some of the latest generation of netbooks and smartphones, and concluded that they're becoming more alike — something that should come as no surprise to our readers.
EETimes reports that the cost and amount of silicon inside both types of portable devices are getting closer, and that the only remaining distinctions between the two can be found in the form factor and power consumption (I would add voice to that). But as firms like Nvidia and Texas Instruments get their powerful, yet power-sipping ARM-based application processors into mobile Internet devices and netbooks, the power consumption difference could disappear. Especially if OEMs choose those processors over Intel's Atom.
Rackable has their Microslice server in the server space.
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We recently announced MicroSliceTM, an architecture we envisage to have a very long life, and our first MicroSlice-enabled products, the CloudRackTM TR1000 tray and the C1002 server.
The strategy behind MicroSlice is very simple. There is a large class of enterprise workloads that do not require expensive virtualization software and expensive data center server features. Rackable found a path to provide the benefits of virtualization and data center features without all the cost. We were able to remove so much cost while maintaining the critical features that the result is a sub-$500 server price for many base configurations.
Rackable designed MicroSlice with the following workloads in mind: web mid-tiers, SaaS applications, Cloud Computing, lightweight applications, internet servers, and file/print applications. MicroSlice supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Red Hat, SUSE, CentOS, and Apache.
We made many crucial design choices. First, MicroSlice uses MiniATX and MiniITX motherboards with critical enterprise features, such as remote management and ECC memory support (aka make it small, but perfectly formed). This lowers cost and increases density (260 servers per cabinet, over 1,000 usable cores). Second, it leverages proven energy efficiency and high performance CPU technology that will be reliable in demanding data center environments (AMD Athlon and Phenom). Third, we stay true to our mission of integrating industry standard memory DRAM and enterprise class SAS and SATA drives (and desktop drives if you choose). Finally, MicroSlice is operational within traditional cabinets (C1002 half depth, 1U, up to 2 drives) and our new CloudRack (TR1000 full depth, 1U, up to 8 drives), thus providing investment protection for customers who have invested in our cabinet-level solutions. Please see the TR1000 and the C1002 below:
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This would have been an appropriate headline for an AP article which included a quote from North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad implying that it would be reasonable to default on the government bonds held by the Social Security trust fund:
"I've received the lash from those who say, 'Well, you shouldn't have to cut Social Security because there are trillions of dollars of assets.' It is true there are trillions of dollars of assets. It is true that they're backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. It is also true that the only way those bonds get redeemed is out of the current income of the United States."
This assertion is true of all government bonds, however Mr. Conrad is clearly suggesting that it would for some reason be appropriate not to honor the bonds held by the Social Security trust fund. It is unusual for a prominent senator to suggest defaulting on the national debt. This fact should have been the central focus of the article.


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Vermonters have an opportunity to protect and restore watersheds through the Vermont Watershed Grants Program. Half of the proceeds derived from the sale of the Vermont Conservation License Plate go towards funding the Vermont Watershed Grants Program. The Program, co-administered by DEC and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, distributes grant dollars for noteworthy local and regional water-related projects within Vermont. The other half of proceeds derived from the Conservation License Plate go towards helping the Vermont Non-Game and Natural Heritage Program.
Persons can join our new mailing list to receive future announcements about the Watershed Grants Program. When you sign up to register, simply select "Watershed Grant Program announcements."
Grant funds are available for water-related projects that:
- Protect or restore fish and wildlife habitats
- Protect or restore water quality, and shorelines;
- Reduce phosphorus loading and/or sedimentation as part of DEC's Clean Water Initiative objectives;
- Enhance recreational use and enjoyment;
- Identify and protect historic and cultural resources;
- Educate people about watershed resources; or
- Monitor fish and wildlife populations and/or water quality.
Who May Apply
Municipalities, local or regional governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and citizen groups are eligible to receive Watershed Grants for work on public or private lands. Individuals and state and federal agencies are not eligible to receive funds directly, but may be partners of a project.
Funding Categories
Watershed Grant:
Awards made up to $10,000, depending on project category type. Category types and the maximum grant amount for each project category type are as follows:
- Education and outreach – up to $5,000
- Planning, assessment, inventory, monitoring – up to $3,500
- On-the-ground implementation – up to $10,000
Watershed Grants Program dollars are intended for complete projects or for discreet, identifiable portions of larger projects.
Application Information
Grant awards are made on an annual cycle, with applications due in the fall of the year and funding decisions made the following mid-winter.
The 2019 Project Year grant application deadline is February 15, 2019. Persons interested in applying should consult and use the 2019 project year forms shown below.
- Vermont Watershed Grants Application Guide (2019 project year)
- Watershed Grant Application (2019 project year, PDF version)
- Watershed Grant Application (2019 project year, WORD version)
- Standard State Insurance Requirements for Grantees
- Watershed Grant Administrative Guide (2019 project year)
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Completed applications should be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com with "2019 Watershed Grant Application" in the subject line.
A copy of the Grant Application Guide and the Grant Application may also be requested by contacting Chris Powers at (802) 485-7566.
For information about administering and reporting on grants, please see the Administrative Guide.


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Friday, January 15, 2010
Alien Attack!
8 comments:
- Lissa Nelson said...
Love the backpack.
- January 15, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- j@nAe said...
If there is an alien attack, I don't think little guys like that could do much harm. Then again, that could be some killer gun! :)
- January 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Cara and Barry said...
I'm loving the determination in his eye. And his stuffed-animal-like hands and feet. And his colorful skin blotches. He has a story. I'm sure of it.
- January 15, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Sarah Rachelle said...
I think the backpack says everything. He's definitely on a mission.
have any more on your superhero series? That by far is my favorite - very cool.
- January 16, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- Sam Ricks said...
I do, indeed, have more to come with the superhero stuff. No promises on when the next "installment" might be posted, though. :)
- January 19, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Natasha Wheatley said...
I seriously think this guy is my favorite. Is it because I was slightly obsessed with playing Little Big Planet while I was on bed rest when I was pregnant with Emmaline? Probably-- because his little arms and feet totally remind me of the SackBoy in the game.
- January 19, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Sam Ricks said...
Thanks, Natasha! I like him, too.
- January 19, 2010 at 6:14 PM
- Lissa Nelson said...
Love the backpack.
- January 21, 2010 at 2:07 PM


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A column in the StarTribune's Monday Business Forum (Nov. 21) inexplicably lays the blame for being out of work on the millions of America's jobless, not on our poor economy. And the author, Terry Larkin, says that extending unemployment benefits to the jobless is a disincentive for them to find work. "I see Americans' desire to work being slowly euthanized with larger and longer unemployment benefits," he writes.
This is the same argument we hear from a number of conservative politicians including Arizona Republican Sen. John Kyl who has argued against extending benefits because he claims it inhibits jobless people from looking for jobs. This is the same John Kyl who makes $175,000 a year as a senator and enjoys premier health insurance coverage, something unemployed people don't have.
On a policy level Larkin and Kyl are wrong. A recent study by University of California economist Jesse Rothstein actually found unemployment insurance benefits increased the share of people who found work because it motivated them not to stop looking for work and stay in the labor force. He writes:
"Any negative effects of the recent unemployment insurance extensions on job search are clearly quite small, too small to outweigh the benefits of transfers to people who have been out of work for over a year in conditions where job-finding prospects are bleak."
Even conservative economist Ken Rogoff of Harvard told NPR last year that "today, we're in a once-every-50-years, once-every-75-years recession. There just aren't a lot of jobs. And it's hard to believe that that's really what's holding people back from getting them, that they can collect a modest unemployment check."
There are five unemployed people for every one job in this economy. It's easy for Larkin and others to wax nostalgic about how their parents worked their way through the Great Depression and how if some of the unemployed would be willing to take roofing jobs or work in restaurants or work in the demanding health care field, they wouldn't need unemployment insurance. But the fact is that 14 million people are out of work and the unemployment rate is hovering around 9 percent not because of individual laziness or character flaws but because we have a poor economy and there simply aren't enough jobs.
Anyone who has been on unemployment insurance (as I have during my career) can tell you, the few hundred dollars a week barely pay the grocery bill. The check does not cover the mortgage, gas money or even school fees for your kids. And it certainly is not enough to say, "I think I'll stop the job search now and live off this fat government check." That's preposterous. The argument also shows an incredible lack of understanding of what it's like to be out of work and how important that check is for an unemployed person trying to survive while looking for work.
The Obama administration has proposed extending unemployment insurance once again as part of the Jobs Bill at a cost of $44 billion, a figure many economists see a stimulus since the money is plowed back into the economy. The proposal also calls providing more flexibility to the states and work training programs for the jobless.
So far Congress has not approved the extension. At stake is a lifeline for some six million unemployed workers, our fellow citizens, who find themselves trying to stay afloat while searching for work in the toughest economy in 60 years. They face losing their meager unemployment check next year unless Congress acts. As the richest country in the world, don't we have some moral obligation to help them?
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Once again the Senate has failed to extend unemployment benefits for a meager three months for 1.7 million long-term unemployed Americans, who since the end of December have been without any financial help from the richest country in the world.
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A sad goodbye to 10 international journalists
It's been a couple days since I said my tearful goodbyes to 10 international journalists with whom I had the pleasure to meet, befriend and travel with as part of a nine-week program called the World Press Institute, based at the University of St. Thomas.
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A tough goodbye: a daughter off to college
Sadie came into our lives on a December day in 1995 at an orphanage in Xiamen, China, in the southeastern part of the country across the water from Taiwan. She was six months old and couldn't hold her head up by herself. This weekend, 17 ½ years later, we dropped her off at Monmouth College, a small liberal arts school in Monmouth, Illinois, where she starts a new phase in her life. How did it happen so fast? All those swim meets, basketball games, softball tournaments, school programs, birthday parties, water ski shows, doctors' visits, family vacations, grade school, junior high and high school graduations and all the rest are over. Just like that.
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Legislators should vote to be on the right side of history on gay marriage
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Minnesota House fails to take a stand on gun safety
And now the Minnesota House, caving to gun rights supporters, joins the U.S. Senate in failing to expand background checks for purchasing guns at gun shows. At least the U.S. Senate voted on a similar measure, which failed by six votes.


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I Am the Messenger
I really really enjoyed I Am The Messenger a lot. It wasn't an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime kind of book for me and there were a few problematic elements, but it was still very good. This book is SO unique. I've never read anything like it and I doubt I ever will. Zusak has a way of writing that immerses you in the story and is so out there but so amazing and unique at the same time that it's hard not to love anything he writes. It technically is YA and Contemporary…read more


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Most First FREE Sundays and most Saturdays: 11:30am and 2pm
(Schedule subject to change. Please check our events calendar for specific dates.)
Join us for this fun interactive program, and learn all about different kinds of arms and armor used by knights and soldiers, including Roman soldiers, Medieval knights and beyond! Free with museum admission. Events held in the Museum Conference Room.
Click here to view our Events Calendar for upcoming programs
Guest Reenactor Presentations
Company Of The Wolfe Argent – Representing a company of 15th century Burgundian men-at-arms, this group employs period clothing and weaponry to offer a lively glimpse of arms and armor, society, and daily life in the late Middle Ages. www.wolfeargent.com
Legio III Cyrenaica Roman Legion – Learn from this Roman living history group that strives to accurately portray the famous Legion based in Alexandria, Egypt during the Flavian period (60-100 AD/CE). You will meet Legionary and Auxiliary soldiers and learn about the Legion's history, weapons, tactics and daily life in this engaging presentation. www.facebook.com/LegionIIICyr
Salem Trayned Band – This re-enacting group accurately recreates a 17th-century English colonial militia unit from Salem, Massachusetts. The militia organization in Salem dates back to 1628 and was a continuation of typical European military practices of the day. Dressed in period clothing and equipped with historically correct arms and armor, the Salem Trayned Band will show you how our colonial ancestors defended themselves. salemtraynedband.org
Live Demonstration of Medieval Combat! – The subtle skills of attack, parry, and grapple are brought alive by Cambridge Historic European Martial Arts Study Group as they demonstrate the knightly arts in a recreation of a medieval combat school.
Worcester Art Museum Presentations
Knight's Tale – The Knight in shining armor conjures a thousand images and captures the imagination. What were the strengths of armor? What were its weaknesses? Learn about all the different kinds of arms and armor that were used by knights and soldiers of the past in this interactive program.
The Medieval Knight – This program focuses on the changing role of the Knightly class with emphasis on the influences that shaped the Medieval World. This includes a closer look at the reasons for feudalism, the effects of the crusades militarily and culturally, and the changes in the armor and weapons of the knight.
The Viking Age – Barbarians! Pirates! Traders! Explorers! These are terms used to describe the Norse people who, without warning, exploded out of Northern Europe into the consciousness of Christian Europe and beyond. Unifying the royal authority of England on the one hand while weakening that of France, the consequences of this period set the stage for much of the Middle Ages. Explore the world of the Viking Age through their weapons, armor and more.
14th Century Knight – The Hundred Years War, the Bubonic Plague, the emergence of Knightly plate armor: all of this happened in the 14th century, an age of transition both socially and technologically. Explore this world of change by experiencing it! Interact with the knight and learn how important the common soldier became during this period.
Gothic Knight – In the 15th Century, knightly plate armor became the standard for protection, and it also was the last century to see the knight as the dominant player on the battlefield. Discover how useful armor really was and the changing nature of the world in which it was used in.
Arming a Knight – Ever wonder how a knight gets dressed? Now you can see for yourself the process of getting a knight in his armor. Along the way, learn about knights and the world they lived in.
Roman Soldier – What was it like to be a soldier? How did they live? What was their equipment like? Learn about the Roman Empire from one of its miles gregarious or common soldiers. Volunteer to help the miles show the audience just how effective he and his equipment could be.
King Arthur: Myth versus Reality – The Fall of the Roman Empire in the west brought about a world of change. From the perceived order of empire, to the chaos of warring factions emerged Europe of the Middle-Ages and the Knight. Often seen as an age of darkness, the myths and realities surrounding knighthood grew out of the Middle Ages. Compare our modern imaginings of the Arthurian knight with a more realistic presentation of a mounted warrior from the time when Arthur may have lived.
The Real Cleopatra – Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, is one of the most famous female rulers in history, though better known for the men she loved than the armies she led. But what was Cleopatra really like? Join us for a look at the real woman who became the legend.
Onna-Bugeisha: Women of the Samurai – The official title of a Samurai's wife was "The One who Remains in the Home" – but what did these women really do while the men were away? From warriors to poets, manning catapults to writing laws, no two lives are quite the same. Come and learn the stories of a few outstanding women from the age of Samurai!
Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians – In the early 10th century, the Anglo-Saxons were fighting against the Vikings over control of Britain. Aethelflaed was the daughter of King Alfred the Great, the first King of the English. Like her father, Aethelflead was a warrior who fortified the Kingdom of Mercia and then led the fight against the Vikings in that land. Discover heroic Aethelflaed and explore the weapons and armor of her day!
Samurai: Knights of the East – Samurai, the name conjures an image as strong as that associated with the term Knight. Both were warriors who served greater lords during the Middle Ages. Both had codes of honor: Bushido "the Way of the Warrior" for the Samurai and Chivalry for the European Knight. Their behavior would have lasting impact on the cultures that descended from them. Discover the differences and the similarities of these two groups of fighting men who lived thousands of miles apart from each other.


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December 14, 2013, 2:15 PM
New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
This fall, the New Museum launches a new lecture series, OUTSIDE THE BOX, a roster of gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course of a season. In this new series, lecturers with diverse backgrounds and affinities will address the New Museum's current exhibition(s), kicking off with CHRIS BURDEN: EXTREME MEASURES in forty-five to sixty minute presentations taking place exclusively in the Museum's galleries. As a way to emphasize the Museum's strong commitment to new art and new ideas, Outside the Box talks are open to the public and are intended to provide participants with multidisciplinary perspectives on New Museum exhibitions. To this end, lecturers will speak about the exhibitions or themes emergent in artists' works from the various positions they occupy, be they academic, personal, political, etc., and engage in rich investigations that illuminate and probe the Museum's current exhibition program.
As an artist, Andrew Lampert regularly uses moving images, live performance, and recorded sound to address the contemporary condition of cinema spectatorship in its waning days. He is concerned with time as experienced on screen, in the course of production, and most especially by the audience in a theater. He has exhibited at venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA P.S.1, the Getty Museum, the British Film Institute, the New York Film Festival, and is distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Lampert is also Curator of Collections at Anthology Film Archives, where he is responsible for the daily management, photochemical preservation, and digitization of the moving image and audio collections, as well as co-programming the quarterly screening schedule. He has preserved more than two hundred movies by artists including Wallace Berman, Robert Breer, Bruce Conner, Tony Conrad, Manuel De Landa, the Kuchar Brothers, Marie Menken, Carolee Schneemann, Paul Sharits, Stuart Sherman, Michael Snow, and many others. Lampert teaches in the Film Department at Purchase College, and is currently editing a book titled THE GEORGE KUCHAR to be published by Primary Information.


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probate, it is very much in your best interests to hire a probate attorney in
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text: OSI offers the industry's longest warranty – a full 4 months (or longer on some items) on all parts, both new and C2 Certified. Some parts suppliers, on the other hand – including OEMs – offer warranties of only 90 days on new and 30 days (if any) on used parts. Compare the two and it's clear just how confident we are that we have the best quality parts in the industry.


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You should use the AJP connector to communicate between IIS (isapi_redirect.dll) and Tomcat (via JK). Let IIS handle the web, ssl, and port problems. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Bubnic [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:29 PM To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Tomcat + IIS + SSL Hi, We are currently running tomcat on port 8080 and IIS 6 on port 80, and depending on what directory the user selects, e.g http://www.blah.com/redirectToTomcat The request gets forwarded to the appropriate tomcat webapp on port 8080. We are using the Jakarta Isapi Redirector isapi_redirect.dll to do this. This has worked fine for months. The second I uncomment this section in tomcat's server.xml: <!-- Define a SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 --> <!-- <Connector port="8443" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75" enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" /> --> IIS redirection hangs. Accessing tomcat webapp using :8080 still works, but IIS does not forward to it any longer. I also tried changing the connector port from 8443 to 9443 but same problem. To be honest, I'm not sure if I should use an SSL certificate for IIS and somehow have it take care of security, or to simply add it to the 8443 connector in Tomcat. (that's a less important story) What I really need to know is how to make them work together using https, with the minimum being IIS redirecting say https://...../blahblah to tomcat https://.....:8443/blahblah. I've tried this and get the hanging problem as described above. I've gotten tomcat to work fine with SSL on my development machine (which does not have IIS redirection at all) but not on our server which does use IIS. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything very useful on this on Google/forums etc and have minimum time frames to play around testing different options on the server. I'd appreciate any help/ideas. Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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House Lifting and Seawalls
Ambrose Homes specializes in lifting and moving homes to save them from falling into the ocean due to increased erosion. We also install piers and speciality foundations.
Ambrose Homes does all of this heavy structural work in house with our own crews and equipment. We own unified jacking systems which can lift one million pounds. These sophisticated systems make can be complicated and dangerous projects efficient and safe.
We replace old, crumbling or rotting pilings and bases with brand-new full foundations that we build or, in many coastal applications, with FEMA A-zone and V-zone foundations, or helical piers, which we encase in concrete columns to raise the building out of harm's way and allow the passage of flood waters without damaging the structure.
On Cape Cod, the need for reliable bulkheads and seawalls has increased due to quickly-eroding shorelines. Ambrose Homes, Inc. repairs and installs bulkheads and seawalls using our specialized equipment and skilled crew to protect homes swiftly with low environmental impact.
Bulkheads and seawalls are vertical shoreline stabilization structures that provide protection from waves and retain soil. Bulkheads and seawalls can be constructed from a variety of materials including concrete, wood, and vinyl. Seawalls are typically used to prevent homes from storm surges with pounding surf, eroding shorelines and waves.
The Ambrose Homes heavy structure team:
Constructs advanced concrete work using our own forms and specialty wood pile foundations.
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Kindergarten PAC Meet and Greet
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text: I was pedaling toward Pioneer Square after leaving the R2DToo camp and I encountered Fino and his two pups. I stopped and asked him if he likes to read. He said he did. He asked me about the library and he quickly spotted a Charles Bukowski novel. He found another title he would enjoy as well. How will I find you he asked me. I told him to look for us on Mondays and Wednesdays at the R2DToo camp ten to eleven-thirty or so. Or he could wave to us as we pedal through Old Town. "Thanks," he said. "Your kindness is truly appreciated."


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The Afghan Wife
My debut novel 'The Afghan Wife' was published in November 2017.
A story of love and betrayal set against the background of international politics and the 1979 Revolution in Iran.
In the Historical Background section you'll find information about Iran/Persia where the novel is set. There's more information about me in the About Me section and a collection of my published travel articles and short stories in the 'Cindy's writing' drop down menu. Please take some time to scroll through the photographs of Iran which I took when I visited.
'The Afghan Wife' is available now from Odyssey Books: The Afghan Wife


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Black Phantom
Type: Daylily
Height: 25.0"
Color: Purple
Originator: Maryott, B
Year: 2013
Bloom Season: Mid Season
Fragrant: No
Rebloom: No
-Maybe Next Season-
5.5 inch flowers, 3 branches. 25 inches tall. 20 buds
Mid Season Fertile TET EV. This cultivar has a very dark purple coloring blended with a very diffused nearly black eye giving it the appearance of nearly black in the shade. In bright sunlight, the purple predominates. The form is superb. Very round, very ruffled. Small green throat with white flash. Very deep purple (RHS 83A) with full black diffused eye.
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Lawn Mower Racing Brings Family Together to Compete During Food Lion AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway
The family that mows together grows together; this is especially true for the Sullivan family of Rocket Man Lawn Mower Racing. The family will take to the dirt at Charlotte Motor Speedway April 6-7, as the Food Lion AutoFair hosts the STA-BIL Lawn & Garden Mower Racing Series for two days of lawn mowers racing at speeds up to 60 mph.
Raleigh, N.C. native, Pete Sullivan, races with his 11-year-old son, Wyatt, and several other members of his family located all over the East Coast. Pete is a five-time national champion while Wyatt was the 2012 co-national champion in his youth class.
"We have two family lawn mower racing tree branches that each extend three generations," said Pete, who also works as a partner at the Raleigh-based firm of LStar Management, a privately held real estate investment firm.
"My day job is all about helping families realize the American dream of home ownership, and my weekend passion is racing lawn mowers with my own family."
Pete's father, Pat, known as "The Rocket Man," is from Venice, Fla., and started the team 11 years ago. The patriarch of the Rocket Man Lawn Mower Racing team has built every one of the team's 10 machines and is a four-time U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association (USLMRA) national champion.
Pat, Pete and Wyatt are the first and only three-generation racing family in the USLMRA, and have ten national championships between the three of them. Pete's sister, Tina Paccione, from New Jersey, also races along with her husband Mike Paccione, a two-time national champion. Their son Joey, the latest addition to Rocket Man Racing, is finally old enough to compete this year.
Pete's cousin, Danny Sullivan, from Plattsburgh, N.Y., also races with the USLMRA when his quarter-mile, asphalt-racing schedule allows. The team also has a pit crew which consists of Pat's three grandchildren.
The Sullivan family will join other lawn mower racers from across the country to compete in bladeless competition at the "The Greatest Place to See The Race," Charlotte Motor Speedway. Racing starts at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 7.
A custom-built dirt track will be created at the fifth-mile oval located behind Charlotte Motor Speedway specifically for the racing mowers, which compete in 11 classes with all cutting blades removed. Racing is sanctioned by the USLMRA, where racers compete for points, trophies and bragging rights. The USLMRA is sponsored by STA-BIL®, America's top selling fuel stabilizer.
Lawn mower racers from across the country will compete at Charlotte, including members of the East Tennessee, Florida, Mason-Dixon, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio Lawn Mower Racing Associations, along with the Alabama-based Dixie Outlaws. National and regional champions will be on site to race and visit with fans all weekend.
Food Lion AutoFair annually attracts more than 100,000 visitors, features nearly 50 car club displays and offers a surplus of automotive parts and memorabilia for sale or trade. There's also a collector car auction conducted by Dealer Auctions Inc. and more than 1,500 collectible vehicles of all makes and models will be available for sale in the car corral that rings the 1.5-mile superspeedway.
Food Lion AutoFair is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For tickets or additional information about Food Lion AutoFair or other events at Charlotte Motor Speedway, call 1-800-455-FANS (3267) or visit www.charlottemotorspeedway.com. Follow Charlotte Motor Speedway on Facebook at www.facebook.com/charlottemotorspeedway or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cltmotorspdwy.


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While love is one obvious theme of February, it's not everybody's favourite month. Even though the days are getting a little longer and we're seeing more sunshine, it can seem as if winter will never end, making this month the most difficult for some of us. If this applies to you, I have some information that I'm sure you'll find helpful. Please read on.
If you're feeling blue, then I've got some useful information for you. If, on the other hand, you're feeling really down, truly depressed, then you would need to take steps to see a health professional as soon as possible. I can help you, using one or more of several different strategies, depending on your situation (see contact information below). However, if you think you need prescription antidepressants, then you need to see a psychiatrist or family doctor.
There are two natural antidepressants that I recommend highly for cases of mild to moderate depression, and in the case of curcumin, even severe depression as long as there is no suicide ideation or other psychotic disorder.
Earlier studies have demonstrated the benefits of curcumin in treating mood in animals. For example, as a follow-up to earlier successful studies of mice, curcumin was examined in rats, and has been shown to reverse the effects of chronic stress on their behaviour. This led to speculation that curcumin could be effective in treating depression in humans.
Last year, results of a randomized controlled trial (of humans) were published showing that curcumin was as effective as Prozac (fluoxetine) in treating major depression. While this study was not large (60 patients participated) it is nevertheless very encouraging. This is the first study involving humans but the similarly encouraging results that have been obtained in animal experiments (including a biological mechanism by which curcumin is believed to work) give this study increased credibility.
One third of the patients took 20 mg of fluoxetine per day, one third took 1,000 mg of curcumin/day and one third took both fluoxetine and curcumin for 6 weeks. The observers were blinded as to which treatment each patient was receiving. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, 17 item version was used to measure the patients' level of depression at the beginning and end of the treatment. The mean change in the Hamilton Depression Scale over the 6 week period was measured.
While a slightly higher percentage of people receiving both treatments (77.8%) responded to the treatment (improved over the 6 week period) than those receiving just fluoxetine (64.7%) or curcumin (62.5%), these differences were not statistically significantly different. In other words, all three groups did equally well. This means that curcumin alone is just as effective for treating major depressive disorder (without suicidal ideation or other psychotic disorders) as Prozac or Prozac combined with curcumin.
Of course, the adverse side effects of Prozac are well-known and serious, whereas there were no adverse side effects to taking curcumin.
One caveat to taking curcumin is that there can be difficulty with its absorption. It is fat-soluble, so taking it with food containing some fat should help with its absorption.
Other beneficial effects of curcumin
While several other beneficial effects of curcumin have been reported, many have only been based on animal studies so far, and research is needed involving humans.
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5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP)
Ray Sahelian, MD, published a book on 5-HTP6 in 1998 which has stood the test of time very well. He explains a number of interesting points, and documents taking 5-HTP himself. For example, he notes that he has been asked why people don't take serotonin instead of 5-HTP. The answer is that serotonin cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, whereas 5-HTP can.
Tryptophan is a precursor of 5-HTP, and some people may prefer to take it; however, a higher dose of tryptophan is needed to produce the same effect. Also, tryptophan has not been readily available since the unfortunate distribution of contaminated tryptophan that caused a number of cases of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. It was believed for some time that it had been the tryptophan that had caused the disease, but investigations proved this was not the case.
When Dr. Sahelian took 5-HTP, he noticed a positive effect on his mood, i.e. it worked for him as an antidepressant. He also noticed that he felt drowsy, although it depended on the dose, was not entirely consistent, and didn't make him feel nearly as drowsy after he had developed tolerance for 5-HTP. He also noticed that his appetite was suppressed. All of these reactions have been borne out in studies. One drawback of 5-HTP is nausea at higher doses.
It seems that 5-HTP influences more than just serotonin. It can apparently enter certain brain cells and influence the release of dopamine and norepinephrine. Dr. Sahelian noted that he had noticed a slight increase in visual and auditory clarity when he took 5-HTP, which would be consistent with this theory.
5-HTP is also helpful in the treatment of anxiety, a close cousin of depression. While anxiety is complicated, and should be evaluated by a health professional, this is something you can keep in mind should you (ever) have a problem with anxiety.
Another condition that has responded well to 5-HTP is pain due to fibromyalgia. While fibromyalgia is difficult to treat, and generally multiple treatments are more effective, 5-HTP has shown promise in double blind clinical trials.
You can purchase Nature's Sunshine 5-HTP directly from our office.
In summary, both curcumin and 5-HTP have been shown to be effective in alleviating the symptoms of depression, and both are also very useful in treating other problems. Please contact me if you would like any additional information about these supplements or other strategies to treat depression or just feeling blue.
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Beaver Falls, PA - It was a perfect night for football at Reeves Field on Saturday as a capacity crowd witnessed a 41-28 Geneva victory over Frostburg State in the 2009 season opener. The 13 point victory did not go without its fair share of drama as Geneva watched a 20-point fourth quarter lead slowly melt away before a late touchdown by the Golden Tornadoes iced the game away.
Geneva′s offense scored a pair of first half touchdowns, but the story of the game was the Golden Tornadoes′ defense as it also found its way into the end zone twice in the first half. Frostburg opened the scoring on a 43 yard Avery White punt return just three minutes into the game. Geneva′s offense answered quickly with a nine play, 57 yard drive that was capped by a three yard run from Gerard Muschette. Frostburg struck for an 80 yard touchdown reception from White before Matt Dean capped an eight play, 51 yard drive for the Golden Tornadoes to tie the score early in the second quarter.
With the game tied, it was the defenses turn to find the end zone. Brian Wilson picked up a fumble and scampered 23 yards to give Geneva its first lead of the game. With Frostburg threatening to tie the game, Rich Kolesar stepped in front of a pass at the three yard line and ran for a 97 yard interception return, the second longest return in Geneva school history.
Geneva tacked on another score early in the third quarter on an AJ Delmonico ten yard reception from David Girardi. Leading by 20, the Golden Tornadoes watched Frostburg put a pair of scores on the board to cut the lead to 34-28 before Geneva′s defense came up with another fumble recovery that led to a Girardi two yard run in the final minute of the game.
Girardi threw for 200 yards on 19-32, while the rushing game was led by Muschette′s 68 yards on 15 carries. Frostburg actually out gained Geneva by a 292-276 margin, but the only numbers that mattered were those in the final score.
The Golden Tornadoes will travel Saint Vincent College next Saturday before returning home to take on Thiel College on September 26th.
Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College′s philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).
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This morning I woke and decided that I had a logo. My vision was for a circle with circles inside. This represents my multi-layered talents and interests. The logo encompasses the complexity of my interests in photography, art, digital art, poetry, writing and something I've yet to discover.
Circles represent wholeness and protection. Circles represent life. In total there are 7 circles. I am heavily influenced by my studies of Taoism and Qigong. As so I look to the Chinese interpretation of the number 7.
The Chinese meaning for the number 7 is as follows:
Seven is the number of a perfectly completed cycle, as each phase of the moon lasts for seven days (the four phases of the moon form a complete cycle). This may be why so many ceremonies and festivals in China are celebrated on the seventh day - to seal the perfection of the occasion and to commemorate the intention of the event. The theme of time cycles is repeated when we see Chinese philosophy deems the number seven as a symbol of woman-ness (also connected with feminine moon cycles). The idea of perfect timing and the ordering of nature is expressed with the numeric union of the 4 (symbolic of Earth in Chinese philosophy) and 3 ( symbolic of heavenly attribute). Number seven tells us that to everything there is a larger, grander, more divine construct that sustains life. Perhaps that construct is comprised of the energies of the seven Chinese gods of prosperity: Ebisu the god of business, Daikoku the god of wealth, Bishamonten the god of war, Benzaiten the goddess of the arts, Hotei the god of health, Jurojin god of wisdom, and Fukurokuju god of happiness. The Chinese zodiac symbol for seven is the Horse, and South is this number's Feng Shui coordinate.


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Saturday night at the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival was anticipated by many to be the most eventful of the three-day festival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but extreme weather forced the festival to shut down its acts for the night out of safety concerns.
Increasingly strong winds started around 8 p.m., leading to a temporary shutdown of the festival at around 1 a.m. An estimated 90,000 fans were directed to the speedway's bleachers as winds reached 30 mph. The acts resumed for a short period but officials then ordered an end to the night's festival because potentially dangerous winds were expected through 5 a.m.
"At 2:45 a.m. Insomniac, the producer of Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas, in consultation with public safety officials, made the decision that due to extremely high wind conditions, the crowd would be cleared away from the stage areas," said a statement released by promoters. "The decision was made out of an abundance of caution and with fan safety in mind."
Fans inside the festival were allowed stay until 5:30 a.m. in the infield grass, where music from temporary sound systems was played. But gates were closed to arrivals and the night's attendance topped at about 90,000.
"Insomniac shares our fans' disappointment that weather conditions changed the second night of the Electric Daisy Carnival experience," said Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella. "Our top priority has always been fan safety and we expect that Mother Nature will be more cooperative tomorrow as we prepare for an amazing day three."
At first, the hope was that the winds would subside. A venue-wide announcement over the PA system said, "This is for your safety, this is a temporary situation. The music will continue as soon as the wind dies." Crowds were asked to keep at least 100 feet from the stages.
According to festival security, the situation came as a preventive measure to avoid any risk posed to the integrity of the seven temporary stages. Last year, a music stage at the Indiana State Fair collapsed amid high winds, killing five and injuring dozens of others.
Fans made their way to the grandstand, though many were frustrated to have the sets of headliners like Scottish DJ Calvin Harris cut off. At one point, the crowd herded into the north end of the stands began chanting "refund."
"I'm just glad they're making sure we're safe," said Las Vegas resident Amy Messmann, who also attended last year's festival. "Everyone here knows it's for their own safety. They're here for a good time, and they know being rowdy or violent isn't going to turn the music on faster."
For some EDC die-hards (and over-caffeinated reporters), the show did unofficially go on at the Speedway last night. Several thousand fans stuck around the Speedway till the fest's scheduled end at 5:30 a.m., during which time they were treated to surprise sets from DJs Steve Aoki and Markus Schulz (both scheduled to play that night) on small "art car" stages in the venue's grassy Cosmic Meadow area.
Notes from the night:
• At 1 a.m., Don Chareunsy, the Sun's arts and entertainment editor, began the trek home from the Speedway with two friends after standing in the entrance line at EDC for about an hour. "The line was moving, but then it stopped for about 20 to 25 minutes. Nobody was being let inside, then people were emerging from the Speedway saying that EDC was closed for the night.
"Naturally, people were upset and disappointed—the festival-goer who didn't even make it past the ID check lines with his blown-up green alien looked especially sad—but you can't control Mother Nature. It was really windy and a little cold for Las Vegas."
When Chareunsy dropped off his friends at Cosmopolitan, shuttles were still departing the casino resort for EDC.
• At 1:50 a.m., attendees were cleared to return to the venue, but winds picked up again. Half an hour later, performers had yet to return to the stages.
• At 2:10 a.m., Insomniac released the following statement:
With approximately 90,000 fans who have cleared the turnstiles as of 1 a.m. tonight, Insomniac, the producer of Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas asked fans to calmly head to the stands of Las Vegas Motor Speedway as high winds posed a possible threat to fan safety.
At approximately 1 a.m., Insomniac, in conjunction with public safety officials, made the decision to temporarily halt the show while an evaluation on wind conditions was made.
"Fan safety is Insomniac's highest priority. We cannot control Mother Nature, and we are taking every precaution while high winds continue and have cleared the stage areas temporarily as a preventative measure," said Pasquale Rotella, the founder and CEO of Insomniac. "We are asking fans to be patient inside and outside the venue while we evaluate the weather conditions.
"As winds are being assessed, a final decision on the status of the production is pending."
• Overheard on the security radio at 2:30 a.m.: The fire marshal was shutting down the festival for the rest of the night. Traffic reports showed a high volume of attendees leaving around the same time.
• By 2:45 a.m., Metro officers onsite were confirming that the fire marshal had shut down all performances and rides at the festival as the enormous Circuit Grounds stage suffered damage, and winds were expected to remain around 30 mph until 5 a.m.
However, attendees weren't yet being kicked out and were welcome to remain at LVMS. As of now, the festival will continue with today's events as planned beginning at 7 p.m.
• At 3:06 a.m., festivalgoers were told to exit the Speedway.
Follow Andrea Domanick on Twitter at @AndreaDomanick.