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Last summer while at Bozeman, MT, a call came on our club's radio net asking for a toilet plunger. It seems the caller, who shall remain unnamed, had a blocked toilet in his RV. He asked the other listeners on the morning net if anyone could loan him a plunger. They offered him a stick instead. A stick?
If you've seen most RV's toilets, they are gravity flush from the bowl through a neck and straight down into the holding tank. This arrangement is inexpensive, extremely simple, and darned reliable. But accidents do happen. Oh crap! Yeah, sometimes movements stop on the way down, wedged in the narrow neck between the toilet dump valve and the tank.
Who hasn't heard of, or used, a plumber's helper? Many, if not most, Americans have indoor plumbing. Almost all residential indoor plumbing includes a siphon flush toilet. The siphon refers to a means of creating a trap for water to separate sewer gases from our indoor environment, while still allowing body waste (and whatever else your family throws into the toilet) to flush from the bowl into the sewer drain piping. And the siphon, depending upon specific design, can sometimes be just a little too curvy or small for the job.
What then? Most households have a plumber's helper somewhere in, or near, the bathroom. A plumber's helper hardly has an equal for the job of clearing a blockage from the bottom of the bowl at the siphon's mouth. A push or three of the plumber's helper will almost always clear the blockage and allow the bowl to flush and refill. This works because the plunger uses hydraulic force of water displaced from the plunger cup, as you push the handle, to clear the siphon of obstructions.
Okay, back to the RVs. Without a siphon trap between the bowl and the waste piping, waste and water dump straight down to the holding tank. Well, this is usually what happens. What if it doesn't? The blockage is in the neck, or pipe, below the bowl. A plunger is not the tool of choice, unless one wants to turn it around and use the cup as a handle. A plunger won't help because there is not water to capture in the cup and force downward.
Now what? The unfortunate RVer last summer quickly received at least a half-dozen offers of "a stick" to clear the blockage. A small diameter toilet brush would work, or any sort of stick of approximately 18 to 24 inches length will work fine. The remedy is simply to push the obstructing waste down through the neck. The waste will then fall into the tank.
A push stick would be a one trick stick, and where could I store it? I'll just use the johnny mop, and clean the brush and bowl when I've cleared the blocked toilet pipe. Sticks and bricks houses have plumber's helpers, we have a johnny mop in the bathroom. Luckily our johnny mop almost exclusively serves as a bowl cleaning tool. And only rarely, we may use it as a push rod.


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I read somewhere that every story has already been told, and that is the case with this movie. It's like Charles Bronson on estrogen and aired just before Oprah, minus the juicy parts. As my mother says: "They ruined the action with a love story." Go and watch Death Wish for vigilante justice. Brian Murray
Jodie Foster is a New York DJ turned urban outlaw who is transformed into a bloody killer following a brutal attack in Central Park. More's the pity they didn't kill her and the film. Pass. JJ

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The United States government has started asking a select number of foreign travelers about their social media accounts.
The news came on Thursday via Politico and was confirmed to Mashable by a spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after the new procedure reportedly began earlier in the week.Â
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A statue honoring the Veterans of the Korean War stood watch over a lone Dodge at the county park. Across from the empty jungle gym, unidentifiable country music from a Central Oregon radio station hummed through the 'lowered windows. The west wind bent the top of the pine trees and wafted over-heated coolant from the front grill of the truck. A girl's legs hung from the passenger window and a shirtless teenager slouched in the bench seat. It was late summer 2012 in The Dalles.
"Should we tell them their engine overheated?" My mom said, leading her Irish Terrier, Lucy, down the sidewalk.
"No, Mom... let them be," I said, taking the leash from my mom's hand and continuing along.
It's hard to predict which moments come to identify a specific place or time, often it's the most seemingly trivial ones that capture my imagination and spark my sense of nostalgia.
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Samsung Crescent Suzuki has confirmed that John Hopkins will miss this weekend's Cadwell Park BSB round.
The American recently underwent surgery after breaking several fingers in a practice crash during his second MotoGP appearance of the season, at Brno in the Czech Republic (pictured).
"Unfortunately Hopper's hand is not healed enough to race this weekend, and while this is disappointing to us and the fans it is the right decision when we consider the upcoming Showdown phase of the championship," said team manager Jack Valentine.
"Hopper's been in daily contact as he's undergone intensive laser treatment and hyperbaric chamber sessions. He's explained the external pins are expected to be removed on Wednesday, but of course the weekend is too soon after that for his hand to be sufficiently healed."
Second in the BSB standings, Hopkins is guaranteed a place in the top six Title Showdown, but will be denied the chance to claim extra podium credits - while fans will miss out on seeing the ex-Motocross rider launch into the air over the Mountain.
Cadwell Park is the final event before the three-round Title Showdown begins at Donington Park on September 11.
"We will, we suspect, lose a few podium points to our rivals in the Showdown, but to race a superbike at a track such as this when you don't have 100% strength in your throttle and brake hand is simply too dangerous both to the rider and his competitors and would only stand to slow Hopper's recovery from the injury," said Valentine.
Hopper will not be replaced and Jon Kirkham will thus be the team's only rider at Cadwell Park.
"The team will nonetheless be at very near full-strength as we look forward to giving Jon Kirkham additional resources for the weekend," continued Valentine. "He'll have two crew chiefs working for him as well as his regular crew of mechanics and we hope this will fast track his set-up, allowing him to get back to where he belongs, at the front of the field."
Kirkham is ninth in the championship, 23 points behind sixth-placed Ryuichi Kiyonari.
This weekend's round will feature three races, following the cancellation of an Oulton Park race, due to poor weather, earlier in the year.


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The reality of working from home by Russ King. Author of the laugh-out-loud novel Working from Home: Mixing business with pleasure?
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Could you help me with my hugely glamorous book launch for Working from Home?
I'm launching my new novel Working from home: Mixing business with pleasure? on 18th April and I'm on a mission to get into the Kindle top 10. This is going to take the appearance of some gorgeous, sexy and clever people. Have you guessed that I'm talking about you yet?
Now, here's the interesting bit. The campaign will be a stellar example of guerrilla marketing which means that I have bugger all in the way of a marketing budget. I will however be giving away an Amazon Kindle Wi Fi 6 inch worth £89 (or £90 of Amazon vouchers) to one lucky winner who helps with the campaign. So there's no excuse for anyone saying that they can't read ebooks especially as you can read Kindle books on practically everything these days – except perhaps your toaster.
Working from home is fast, funny and just a little flirty. It has been described as chick lit with balls and is full of insider information about the challenges of running your own business. For £2.99 it is a bargain for a high quality novel that will make you laugh and probably give you a few business ideas too.
Working from home Book blurb
Jonny has an interesting twenty-four hours. One evening he walks in on his naked flatmates in a compromising position on the sofa. The next morning he discovers that the improper use of a Matalan card can result in a bloody nose for the woman of his dreams. By lunch time he discovers that the huge company he works for is shipping out making him and hundreds of others in the area redundant.
Cat is one of those employees and her efforts to turn to freelancing are hindered by someone trying to black-ball her in the industry unless she agrees to sleep with him. Added to this she is just about to catch the attention of a serial adulterer via her new age sister, whose idea of a business plan for her local pub is persuading the barmaids to wear low-cut tops.
Will Jonny and Cat find enough work to pay for the necessities in life like beer and shoes? Can you really work via the Internet from home in your pyjamas? Will Jonny and Cat manage to mix business and pleasure, or will they fail to close the win-win deal?
Working from home is lads' lit asking chick lit out for an adventurous date into the serious world of business networking, where it's not who you know that really matters, but who knows you.
How do I help or enter?
The whole aim of the campaign is to persuade people to buy the book at the same time so it has a chance of breaking into the Kindle top 10. So I need to create a lot of awareness in a short period of time.
To enter the competition you need to either retweet my launch tweet on Twitter (my account is @RussWrites) on Wednesday 18th April or like the Working from Home Facebook page. If you do both you will get two entries. The promotion will run for a week but it's best if you do your bit on launch day. (See bottom of article for boring bits about how I will select a winner)
Anything else you can do to promote the book would be hugely appreciated! This book has been a big part of my life for a long time now and lots of effort has gone into the highly polished novel that it is now.
Emailing your friends the link to this blog www.russwrites.co.uk or inviting them to the Facebook page would be a HUGE help but I can't track this for the competition. However, I would be REALLY grateful if you did this though.
Obviously I'd love you to buy a copy of the book because this is how the book will get up the charts. However, mostly I want you to read and enjoy my work and let me know what you thought of it. You can buy a copy of Working from Home here on Amazon.
If you are not from the UK, you can also buy it on Amazon.com or Amazon in Spain, Germany, Italy and France.
So where's the glamour?
Erm, the glamour part comes from you as you're very welcome to dress up for the event wherever you may be. I'd suggest smart casual. Ladies, this is a fab excuse to get a new pair of shoes and gents, well, you'll probably want to save your money for some more alcohol. Happy days!
Me? Due to their popularity on Twitter I will be wearing my lucky orange pants for the event (even if they were briefly renamed my silly orange pants when I locked myself out of my house while I was wearing them). I have also pledged to never mention my lucky orange pants again if Working from Home hits the top 10 Kindle bestsellers list.
Small print for the competition
This is a serious competition and the prize will be picked at random. I'll put all the entries (retweets or Facebook likes) into a spreadsheet listed and sort it alphabetically to remove any duplicates (in terms of people retweeting more than once – VERY welcome but only one entry will count). I will then use this web site http://www.random.org/ to generate a random number from the number of entries. I aim to select the winner and get the prize to them within two weeks. If the winner is not in the UK I will send vouchers to cover the cost so they can buy the Kindle themselves.
You don't have to buy a copy of Working from Home to enter the competition.
See? I told you this bit was boring!
Finally a HUGE thank you from me if you help promote my book launch and buy a book. It really means a lot to me.
Working from home: Mixing business with pleasure by Russ King
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The Weekender: Three Things to Make, Try and Do
TGIF! As with every Friday, Adriane and Claudia Kiss of TheKissters.com, the sisters' website, which features entertaining tips and tricks to help you "live large on small change," give us fun ideas to try, make and do over the weekend. You know, those fun days. Get ready to start filling up your calendar -- fast.
FRIDAY: Serve Up a Sparkling Drink
Nothing is more festive or appropriate for New Year's Eve than some bubbly. But go beyond the bascis -- we love mixing it with one of our favorite vodkas, such as Russian Diamond, for a "wow"-worthy cocktail. We also love using one of our favorite vodkas that really has a 'wow' factor. This baby is pretty, pink and delicious -- what more could a girl want?
- 1 1/2 ounces Russian Diamond vodka
- 1 1/2 ounces pomegranate juice
- 3 1/2 ounces champagne or sparkling wine
- Strawberries or raspberries for garnish
In a champagne flute, pour the vodka and pomegranate juice. Top with champagne and garnish with berries. Serves 1.
SATURDAY: Editor's Pick! Scrub Your Way to Silky Skin
When one of SELF's editorial assistants, Alyssa, whipped this beauty recipe up, I almost fell over at how pretty it was -- but more importantly, how great it works. Olive oil moisturizes skin, salt exfoliates, rosemary opens up your sinuses and lavender chills you out. Get the full recipe here. - Rachel Jacoby, Web Features Editor
SUNDAY: Set Some Resolutions for 2014
Every year we plan major New Year's resolutions -- and we like to aim high. [Ed. note: Don't worry, girl. Just resolve to what you think you can stick to. That's what the Kissters are doing! - RJ] Here are three the two of us are into for 2014.
- Unplug Before Bed: In this day in age we're all very connected to our electronic devices, so we're gonna try to shut off all of our electronics 30 minutes before. This will give us a chance to read, meditate, or just chill-ax before getting high-quality shut eye.
- Floss Away: If you're like us you don't floss as much as you (or your dentist) would like. This year make it your mission to floss every single day. You can spare the two minutes it takes and your pearly whites will thank you!
- Downsize Your Coffee: A sure-fire way to cut calories -- and cut costs -- is to downsize your to-go coffee order. If you order Venti, opt for a Grande or a Tall coffee at Starbucks. Or, swap your full-fat milk for soy or fat-free. It's the little things, ladies!
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Brown, Biography, Exhibitions & Collections
William Theophilus Brown (1919-2012)
Born in 1919 and attended Yale University (B.A. 1941) and U.C. Berkeley (M.A. 1952).
Brown, a painter, was featured prominently in the Bay Area Figurative Art 1950-1965 show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Brown attended graduate school in painting at the University of California, Berkeley.
He matured as an artist in a climate of artistic ferment, experimentation, and idealism, much of it centered around the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute). There, several young painters, energized by David Park's rejection of abstraction in 1950, laid the groundwork for what became the first postwar modern movement to bring Northern California artists to national attention.
Although Brown and his partner and fellow painter, Paul Wonner later traveled widely and relocated frequently to take on temporary teaching positions, San Francisco would remain at the center of their lives together, and the group of artists with whom they first connected in the 1950s would remain lifelong friends and, in several cases, vital sources of artistic dialogue.


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Sophie Messing
Sophie Messing was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She now studies printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently an intern at Spudnik Press, a printmakers' co-op in Chicago. She is influenced by mythology and early forms of spirituality, with a focus in polytheism as well as Hindu and Yoruban theologies. The artist employs a minimal style and is influenced by the work of Frank Stella and Josef Albers. The artist plans to continue working at Spudnik and other print shops as a means of working communally with other Chicago artists.
Artist Statement
Vishnu took three steps and with his stride created space. According to this line from the Rig Veda, both the creative violence of his footsteps and the absolute neutrality of the spaces between provide us with the dimensionality to exist.
This work is both an affront and an affirmation to the iconoclast. Here I offer up my own gestural, planar visual vocabulary of divinity. By gestural I am not referring to the gesture of the mark or the hand, no; the gesture refers to ritual. My gestures are reverent, repetitive and most importantly, visual. The gestures involved in the rituals of printmaking processes come to light here.
These are my icons, my personal reactions to divinities and their stories.
I explore spatial relationships ultimately through a process of reduction and simplification—of stripping away in the style of the Minimalists to achieve the purest and most honest form of my message. But the message itself is not exact.
The iconoclast in me knows that to attempt to visually represent something as subjective as divinity would only result in something profane. So I develop my own symbols, deep-rooted but necessarily vague.


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Shanti Yoga Centre - Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy - Vancouver
- Pheonix Rising Yoga Therapy is a unique experience where you empower yourself through exploration of what is happening in your body in relation to your life... on a physical, emotional, mental or spiritual level. Guidance is provided through assisted yoga postures, simple breathwork, and verbal communication.
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Spiritual Counseling|~* (Phone Sessions)
- Spiritual counseling sessions(phone or in-person in CA) available with teacher and author, Shanti Lin Rose. Sessions focus on your spiritual path and practices (meditation,etc.). Transformative.
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Spiritually-based Energy Healing and Counseling
- Powerful, Effective! Using gifts of non-physical sight & communication to identify & clear limiting beliefs and energy affecting your life. Clear trauma, Heal physical, emotion and psychological issues. Fast, effective, deep, lasting changes. Feel the effect as it occurs. Services by Phone, ICQ or Email. (re-)Experience Balance, Harmony and Peace.
(Added: 19-May-2002)
- Tachyon treatments are superior to traditional holistic healing methods that use frequency/vibration based energy. Certified Tachyon Practitioner.
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Tap Your Inner Resources
- There is a wellspring of wisdom inside the body. We have life experiences we don't know how to process, so we stuff them inside, and our body responds with an ache, a tightness or an emotional upset.
(Added: 2-Jul-1999)
The Tranquility Place
- Bob and Tami Morrow have created a healing center in Katy, Texas bringing to you the metaphysical and alternative healing aspects of whole health. We offer Meditation, Yoga and Tai Chi classes as well as massage therapy and acupuncture. There is so much to experience here. Please contact us if you feel we can help you in any way.
(Added: 10-Aug-2002)
TheraYoga- Yoga for Disability
- TheraYoga offers a sound, therapeutically based, alternative yoga system for Children, Adults and Seniors with physical challenges and/or disabilities.
(Added: 21-May-2001)
Yoga Avenue
- We carry a variety or Theraputic products for Pain relief, stretch marks, skin care, cleansing crystals and much more.
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Yoga Personal Training / Yoga Therapy
- Looking for experienced yoga instruction? Recovering from an injury or illness? Suffering from chronic fatigue? Want to tone up quickly and safely? For people with special needs, or those who cannot attend the regular weekly classes, individual private training may be more practical and more convenient. Yoga Personal Training can take many forms, based on your individual requirements: Remedial, Therapeutic, or Advanced applications are all available. Robert Wisehart's Yoga Personal Training and Yoga Therapy are available in the Antelope Valley (Lancaster & Palmdale, California).
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- Personalized Structural Yoga Therapy for your body's health, Ayurveda Yoga Therapy for enhanced lifestyle, teacher trainings
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Yoga Therapy Center
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Yoga With Swapna - Instructor & Therapist
- Receive profound changes to body and mind. Relieve muscular tension. Release anxieties and stress. One session can be equivalent to six weeks of yoga practice
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- UK Yoga resource offers antenatal and postnatal yoga advice for pregnant women, also list antenatal yoga classes and specialist pregnancy yoga products
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By year 1800 our small hamlet called Hucknall-under-Huthwaite had emerged having slowly gained an estimated 500 residents. Detailed commercial directories begin listing known farmers, simply indicating vast majority of folk represented poorer dependent labourers, who'd grown fully reliant upon any available farm work. Tied employment could at least feed a family with sheltered keep.
Confined by long hours and walking distance of work, they were given parish employment by a few wealthier land owners and resident gentry. Foreseeing little need, hope or funds for gaining regular public transport beyond Shanks's pony. Horse owners required grazing plus stabling, leaving well trodden roads open for personal transportation largely by those of land owning status, whose needs for adding either basic cart or a carriage would suitably befit a traders role or rural community standing.
General travel needs and methods of conveyance had changed very little over the centuries since midland farmers began working these fields. Cheaply employing manual labourers, they still relied upon choice of oxen, pony or horse for heavier haulage before carting communal produce between larger town markets.
New mechanical innovations fed Britains industrial revolution and its booming population. Changes that outgrew existing rural life also bringing demands for introducing alternative supporting employment. Cotton manufacturing achieved regional spread for introducing knitting frames into a major cottage industry. Wind and water mills powered momentum for speeding through that industrious 19th century into large factories turned by steam. Fuelled from ever deeper coal reserves invited more miners into the largest Hucknall Huthwaite colliery, built around which this growing social community would later require transportation.
Company hired carrier carts drafted in factory workers. Most families simply arrived on foot from both near and far looking for full regular employment offered by New Hucknall Colliery. Before reaching 20th century modernisation this Huthwaite township had become an established mining community. Local shop front traders and public services added diversity in employment, bringing some broader trade along busier business roads. Connections forged along those paths would progressively see passengers following.
Our remote midlands situation primarily demanded links between those towns that had served greatest historic influence. In descending size and importance they each gained their own public transport that stretched busy national communications. Centering trade and commerce through the London capital was where its highest ruling powers afforded necessary connections between all the county courts and administrative offices. Nottingham built up that importance, defensively sited upon the large Trent river that provided our nearest sea link. The market town of Mansfield founded along the river Maun had seated the main overruling manor and local court broadly spanning smallest parish divisions. Huthwaite itself formed a secondary villa, closely tied and lay within ancient Sutton-in-Ashfield parish boundaries.
Broader business connections did also cross from neighbouring Derbyshire, sharing mutual interests between those Nottinghamshire destinations. Links became vastly improved when finding methods for transporting far heavier cargos. Constructing inland waterways proved highly efficient until those canal paths became superceded by cheaper tram roads and then faster railways. Closing distances and speeding through congested towns set tracks for rising passenger numbers, although discovering influence first laying out our modern public transport routes could begin a few thousand years before.
Written 26 Oct 02 Revised 19 Feb 08 © by Gary Elliott


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Chorus America today announced that we have won the 2010 Chorus America Education Outreach Award. As all of you who follow the blog know, we have had a big year in education, especially featuring our first ever National Youth Choral Festival attended by 416 high school choral singers in March. We estimate that we have worked with over 6,000 students this year. Our Education Director Ben Johns has worked very hard all year managing and coordinating everything we've been doing - and is, in fact, giving clinics in schools in the Bay Area all this week. Recognition from your peers is always the most rewarding; we thank Chorus America very much for this honor.
Chorus America gives a number of awards each year to member choruses. Two years ago we were honored by the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, and the inaugural Dale Warland Singers Commission Award (with which we commissioned Shawn Crouch's wonderful piece "The Garden of Paradise.") Below is this year's list.
Congratulations to all of our colleagues who are recognized this year, and thanks to Chorus America for urging us all on to higher levels of achievement!
2010 Chorus America Award Winners Announced
We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2010 Chorus America Awards! Please join us in congratulating these outstanding choruses and choral leaders. We invite you to celebrate with the entire Chorus America family at the Awards Banquet & Auction on June 18th at the Conference, where we'll present many of these awards in person.
2010 Chorus America Award Winners:
Chorus America Distinguished Service Award
H. Royce Saltzman (inaugural recipient), co-founder & director emeritus, Oregon Bach Festival; former president, International Federation for Choral Music; former national president, American Choral Directors Association; former faculty member and associate dean of the School of Music, University of Oregon; former board member, Chorus America.
Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming
- Cantori New York (Mark Shapiro, artistic director)
- Los Angeles Master Chorale (Grant Gershon, music director)
- Young People's Chorus of New York City (Francisco Núñez, founder/artistic director)
Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award
WomenSing (Martin Benvenuto, artistic director)
Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal
Jordan Sramek, founder & artistic director, The Rose Ensemble
Dale Warland Singers Commission Award
(presented in partnership with the American Composers Forum)
Conspirare (Craig Hella Johnson, founder & artistic director) & composer Eric Banks
Chorus America Education Outreach Award
(honoring the best program from choruses with budgets over $200,000)
Chanticleer (Ben Johns, director of education)
Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence
(honoring a volunteer chorus)
Choral Arts (Robert Bode, artistic director)
Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art
Robert L. Simpson, founder & artistic director, Houston Chamber Choir
Michael Korn Founders Award for Philanthropic Contribution to the Arts
Mrs. Jean Riddell, arts patron, Washington, DC
Chorus America Philanthropy Award
(honoring supporters of our Conference host, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
The Halle Foundation
More information about their award-winning activities will be shared at the Conference and in the Fall 2010 issue of The Voice magazine.


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Structural and functional characterization of a Xanthomonas Type III effector
Wu, Shuchi
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Rice bacterial leaf streak disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc) is one of the most important rice bacterial diseases. Xanthomonas type III effector gene avrRxo1 is conserved in diverse Xoc strains and its homologues have been identified from several other gram-negative bacteria species such as Burkholderia and Acidovorax. In this research, we studied the protein structure of AvrRxo1 and illustrated its virulence mechanism.We determined the three-dimensional structure of the complex of AvrRxo1 and its cognate chaperone Arc1 (AvrRxo1 required chaperone 1). The AvrRxo1: Arc1 complex is structurally similar to the Zeta-epsilon family of toxin: antitoxin systems from the human bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. AvrRxo1 and Arc1 have toxin: antitoxin-like activity in bacteria, and the toxin activity of AvrRxo1 is required for its virulence function in planta. These findings suggest that AvrRxo1 evolved from an endogenous bacterial toxin-antitoxin system.Furthermore, AvrRxo1 was shown to have virulence functions in diverse host plants including Arabidopsis thaliana. The ectopic expression of wild type avrRxo1 in Arabidopsis suppresses plant basal defense. AtVOZ (Arabidopsis vascular one zinc-finger transcription factor), which has two homologues in the Arabidopsis genome, VOZ1 and VOZ2, was identified as one of AvrRxo1 candidate interactor. The knockout of voz1/voz2 renders the plants more susceptible to the virulent pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) DC3000, but compromises the virulence function of AvrRxo1. The expression profiling of transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing the avrRxo1 gene allowed us to identify Arabidopsis genes regulated by AvrRxo1 and VOZ1/2. AvrRxo1 interacts with and stabilizes VOZ2 in vivo and directly binds to the promoter region of AtCYS2 (Arabidopsis phytoCYStatin 2) to induce its expression. The overexpression of CYS2 in increased stomatal aperture size, and enhanced plant susceptibility to Pst. Therefore one of AvrRxo1 virulent functions is to regulate the expression of CYS2 by manipulating VOZ2, resulting in increased stomatal aperture. Presumably, this renders the host leaf more susceptible to colonization via the stomata. Another component of my dissertation was based on a genome-wide survey of Arabidopsis papin-like cysteine protease genes (PLCPs). The Arabidopsis genome has 31 PLCP and 7 cystatin genes, and they often worked in pairs to regulate signaling pathways in response to biotic and abiotic stress. The coordinated transcriptional regulation of all Arabidopsis PLCP and cystatin genes has never been systematically investigated. In order to unveil the mechanism of stomata-related plant immunity regulated by CYS2, we analyzed the expression patterns of 28 PLCPs and 7 cystatins in Arabidopsis in response to biotic or abiotic stress, by reprocessing and integrating microarray data from the AtGenExpress database. We also performed enzyme assays and evaluated the inhibition specificity of seven cystatins to the five most abundant PLCPs in Arabidopsis. Finally, we utilized the SVMs (support vector machines) package in R software to predict a functional network of PLCP-cystatin interplay in Arabidopsis. We identified the PLCP protein PAP4 as one of the putative targets of CYS2. The co-expression profiling indicated that the expression patterns of PAP4 and CYS2 were strongly correlated during virulent bacterial infection, and weakly correlated under drought stress. Therefore, PAP4 was determined to be a promising gene in regulating stomatal aperture size. Further research on the interplay of PAP4-CYS2 could be important for understanding AvrRxo1's virulence mechanism and regulation of plant stomatal immunity.
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The Blue Skirt
Now Playing: I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) - Zayn ft. Taylor Swift
First of all...I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!! Greg got me a donut (WITH sprinkles) and a 6-pack of Marsh cupcakes....why Marsh cupcakes specifically....I'll just say that they are an old college favorite. Even though I'm trying to tone up for LA in a couple weeks....I can't turn down cupcakes. Damn him! Hahah Other than that, we typically don't really do much for the semi-holiday. Did anyone do or get anything really special??
Moving on, this post is appropriately titled, "The Blue Skirt", because I also have this skirt in red and it's featured on the blog here.
Now, I know we've already been over my love for fair isle, so I won't go into that again. But I wanted to feature the other color of this sweater and a dressier sweater weather look. A lot of people think that a casual sweater can only be worn casually...that's just not the case. And in general, a lot of tops can be paired with a certain skirt for a totally different, and dressier look.
This J.Crew sweater has so many colors in it that I could've paired with any number of things, but I chose this blue bell skirt (Express, similar from SheIn here, and only $23!) because it's a favorite of mine. Throw on a statement necklace (J.Crew, similar here from Micha Store), some socks (J.Crew, similar here) and booties (J.Crew, on major sale here) and the look is complete and can be worn to any number of events...from a casual dinner to a party. I like to try for that type of outing versatility in my looks.
In general, I like when an outfit has different dressiness-level elements to it...making it all the more versatile. For example....this sweater is pretty casual....the skirt is semi-dressy, the statement necklace necklace dresses up the sweater, along with the skirt....but adding funky socks with my chelsea boots brings a street style/casual element back to the outfit. Does that make sense?? So when put all together, I feel like I could wear this outfit anywhere.
Anyway, I hope that sheds some insight into how I put together looks that can go from day to night as they say....in reality, I do that a lot. The past two weekends I've gone straight from work at J.Crew to dinner and drinks with friends in downtown Indy...so when I've dressed for the day, I've had to keep all of the days plans in mind and dress for both work and play in one outfit. It's a challenge that I happily accept. I hope this helps any of you who might also face that same challenge on the regular!


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Amid the endless loads of laundry that need folded and the dishes that are done for 5 minutes before there are more I see two tiny people that I am in charge of each and every day. Maybe it is the fact that we have been at home for almost two weeks sick, or maybe its the new year and thoughts of goals and hopes for the year dominate ones thoughts. Or maybe it is the fact that the holidays just ended and the holidays are magical for every age. But it has made me think about how my time is spent each day.
I know there are tasks and chores that must be done. Laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping and meal preparations. But, with that never ending list in mind and my to do list in the back of my head what do our days look like to my kids? As we make yet another trip to Walmart or Target and they try to sit patiently in the cart while I bribe them with treats are they having fun? Maybe. Maybe not. While I put on another pointless cartoon so I can clean up the house and do the dishes are their brains slowly turning to mush as they are trained to become the couch potatoes and video game junkies that I swore my kids would never be?
Life happens. Life cannot always be fun or entertaining. As parents we can't bounce from one fun activity to the next without teaching our children about the other equally important parts of life. But, I feel life is full of much more than I am showing them at the moment and for that I feel truly guilty. I am tired. Exhausted really. I have not slept more than a few hours at a time in nearly 4 years. I'm also a perfectionist and tend to bite off more than I can chew. I want to be everything for everyone. I need to be better at finding balance and I need to be better and making magic for my kids.
We are all children only once. We experienced everything as children with wonderment and enthusiasm. That seems to change the older you get. Until you have children. Then you get a chance to experience it again. Snow. The first flowers or spring. Baby animals. Baby siblings. Fireworks on the 4th of July. The changing of the seasons. Carving pumpkins. The magic or Christmas. All of these things and everything in between.
I want my children to remember their childhood being full of not just memories but magical memories. The big holidays as well as little things in their day to day life. Things that to me may not be magical but to them hopefully will be. That is my resolution for the new year. Making magical days, times, memories with my kids because as everyone says...."It goes too fast." "You'll wish for these days back." "Enjoy it while you can." I will listen to those phrases because it does go too fast, and I WILL enjoy every single minute of it. Hopefully, so will they.


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Ravi Howard
2016 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Honor Book Award; 2008 Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
The art of fiction is an art of make-believe. When I first read the quote by Albert Murray, I wanted to keep it at the center of my approach to writing and recreating historical moments, some real and some made real through the process and craft of writing. My speaking engagements give me a chance to share my interpretation of Murray's idea and my views on teaching, writing, and building aesthetic communities.
Ravi Howard tells a thoroughly convincing story about the singing star Nat King Cole's best friend…. [A] warmly enveloping book…. Appealing. — New York Times
A moving tale about bigotry and the power of friendship. — People
Excellent…moving….Weary is a marvelous character…. Readers who appreciate beautifully written, compelling novels with great depth and humanity will be more than pleased. — Philadelphia Inquirer
Heartbreaking…. A bold reimagining of [the] civil rights era…. Howard's choices…are daring. —Los Angeles Times
By following Howard's characters, we are allowed a sidelong but penetrating glimpse into one of the most important events in American history…. Howard bends history…proving that the past can be best felt through refracted light rather than under the harsh glare of historical fact. —Minneapolis Star Tribune
"In an easygoing style, with Weary as his guide, Howard pokes into under-viewed corners of the fight while never losing sight of the humanity of both the cause and its effects." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Howard brings readers back in time to postwar Alabama, in this velvety smooth fictional memoir. . . . [His] prose goes down like the top-shelf whiskey that Weary favors, making for a heady reading experience. — Publishers Weekly (starred review
"Through unfussy language and well-formed characters...gifted novelist Howard...takes readers of all races, ages and classes into the world of pre-civil rights era black people, offering insight on and understanding of one of our country's most tumultuous periods." (BookPage)
Ravi Howard is the author of two books of fiction, Like, Trees, Walking (HarperCollins, 2007) and Driving the King (HarperCollins, 2015). He has received fellowships and awards from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, the Hurston-Wright Foundation, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to being selected as a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, Like, Trees, Walking, his first novel, won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence (2008). He has taught fiction with the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops, the Kimbilio Fiction Retreat, and Minnesota Northwoods, and he is an assistant professor of creative writing at Florida State University.


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After another semester of blogging, the end for our Media and Culture class has arrived. Although the stress of the semester took a slight toll on my work, the quality of my content did not falter. For my final Media and Culture blogging portfolio, my posts continued to be strong in the areas of depth, riskiness, and intertextuality.
Although I think most of my blog posts could fit under the category of depth, one of the first posts that I think exemplifies depth is my Bush, "As We May Think" post. Along with incorporating quotes, I also wrote an in-depth analysis about Bush's article.
Another prominent example of depth was my Sax, "Our Love Affair with Digital is Over" post. I analyzed multiple quotes in this post and wrote multiple paragraphs discussing the article.
While writing about Kirschenbaum's text was a continual risk throughout my blogs, I believe my Kirschenbaum Ch 3 & 4 and Kirscenbaum Ch 5 & 6 posts also fit into the depth category. Similar to my other depth posts, I wrote multiple paragraphs and engaged with quotes.
All of my posts about The Diamond Age exemplified depth as well, including Stephenson, Through Page 200; Stephenson, Through Page 300; Stephenson, Through Page 400; and Stephenson, Through End. I wrote an in-depth response for each of my posts about this novel, analyzing quotes for each section and discussing the main topics and themes.
There are many posts from this portfolio that could be classified under riskiness, but a few examples stick out, such as Kirschenbaum, Ch 1 & 2. Track Changes was a very challenging text to engage with, but I still gave my best attempt to analyze quotes and other aspects of Kirschenbaum's first two chapters.
Another example of riskiness was my Research Article post. This process was challenging and risky because I was unsure of my research topic, but I felt confident in my ability to write an academic paragraph about my source after I overcame the initial feeling of uncertainty.
My Stephenson, Through Page 104 post was also a challenge because Stephenson's text was a complex work of fiction. However, despite my initial challenges, I ended up engaging well with the text and this post could easily fit under my depth category as well.
Although I constantly made connections and references to previous course readings in many of my blog posts, my Borges, "The Library of Babel" post was one prominent example of intertextuality. I compared Borges' work to The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco throughout this post and expanded on these connections.
Another example of strong intertextuality was my Borges, "The Garden of Forking Paths" post. While I discussed Eco's text in my other Borges post, I made comparisons to Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a Traveler in this post. I also discussed multiple TV shows and discussed the differences between visual and print mediums.
A few of my posts sparked discussions in this portfolio. Danisha left comments on both of my Borges posts, which I responded to, and she also commented on many of my Stephenson posts. Although blog discussion was not as large in this portfolio, I participated in all of our class discussions on Canvas and left in-depth responses and comments.
I was fairly successful with timeliness in my second portfolio because I used my week of spring break to get ahead. Unfortunately, assignments from this course and others caught up to me, and my timeliness for this portfolio faltered a bit. Although I did not post everything as early as I hoped, my content was very strong in various categories when I did publish my posts. Even though timeliness is something I wanted to improve for this portfolio, I did still compose many blog posts that were high quality.
Although I fell behind on some blogging assignments, I still believe all of the posts I did create for this portfolio were of high quality. I could categorize each of my posts into at least one of the above categories, so again, I am happy with the quality of my blogging content.
This semester was definitely my most challenging one at Seton Hill so far. While there are certain areas I would have liked to improve for my final portfolio, I am still content with my posts, and I especially believe they all exemplified the category of depth.
Throughout my final posts, I made strides to achieve our course goals by analyzing and evaluating more issues related to "knowledge, thought, and literacy." The Borges stories and Stephenson's text in particular definitely challenged me to engage with the complex issues they discussed. Similarly, my critical thinking and writing skills continued to be strengthened by interpreting and writing about the complex issues in the texts from the various authors.
My final blogging portfolio for Topics in Media and Culture is not perfect, but it is evidence that I continued to engage with our course goals throughout the final portion of the semester. The history and future of the book are complex topics, but interacting with the course content through my blog was a beneficial way for me to demonstrate my knowledge.
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Vitamin A deficiency: migrant health guide
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Main messages
Vitamin A deficiency is extremely rare in people born in the UK, but is a serious public health concern in many low income countries, particularly in Africa and South East Asia.
Vitamin A deficiency particularly affects young children and pregnant women from low-income countries as it is :
- a major cause of preventable bchoilindness in children and increases the risk of disease and death from severe infections
- causes night blindness in pregnant women and may increase the risk of maternal mortality especially in the third trimester
Consider vitamin A deficiency in at-risk migrant patients. Where you suspect it, seek advice on appropriate diagnosis and management from your local endocrinology or paediatric team.
Consider vitamin supplementation for all infants and children under five years old.
Low-income families in the UK who receive one of a range of income-related benefits or Child Tax Credits may qualify for Healthy Start. Children between six months and four years old may also qualify for free Healthy Start vitamin supplements which contain vitamin A.
However, advise pregnant women or women who may become pregnant to avoid vitamin A supplementation and foods rich in vitamin A, such as liver and liver based products, because vitamin A intake over a certain amount may have teratogenic effects.
WHO estimates that approximately one third of pre-school aged children and 15% of pregnant women (at risk of deficiency) are biochemically vitamin A deficient globally. Vitamin A deficiency is one of the leading preventable causes of blindness in children globally.
The number of people who are night blind as a result is approximately:
- 1% of all children
- 8% of all pregnant women
The main cause of vitamin A deficiency globally is a diet that is chronically deficient in vitamin A. This deficit is exacerbated by high rates of infection especially diarrhoea can also reduce vitamin A absorption and repeated infections can deplete physiological supplies which becomes most apparent at stages of high nutritional demand such as early childhood, lactation and pregnancy. These factors may co-exist in people who are socio-economically disadvantaged.
Vitamin A is an essential nutrient needed in small amounts for:
- normal functioning of the visual system
- maintenance of cell function for growth and development
- epithelial integrity (skin and mucous membranes)
- red blood cell production
The daily amount of vitamin A needed by adults is:
- 0.7mg a day for men
- 0.6mg a day for women
Some research suggests that having more than an average of 1.5mg per day of vitamin A over many years may affect bone health and make them more likely to fracture as people get older.
At Risk Groups
Those including:
- premature infants
- Infants and young children in low-income countries (including infants who are exclusively breastfed by vitamin A deficient mothers)
- pregnant and lactating women in low-income countries
- people with cystic fibrosis
- recent migrants or refugees from low-income countries that have a high incidence of vitamin A deficiency and/or infectious disease
- children with inadequate health care or immunisations
Infants, children and pregnant women are most at risk as demands for vitamin A are higher during growth and pregnancy.
Forms of vitamin A
Vitamin A is found in 2 forms: retinol and carotenoids.
Vitamin A is essential to the normal structure and function of the skin and mucous membranes. It is vital for vision, embryonic development, growth and cellular differentiation and the immune system.
Retinol occurs in foods from animal sources, such as:
- whole milk
- cheese
- liver
- butter
It is also voluntarily added to some fat spreads.
Carotenoids (mainly beta-carotene) occur in plant sources which are converted to retinol in the body, for example:
- green leafy vegetables
- carrots
- mangos and other orange-yellow vegetables and fruits
Deficiency may be subclinical. However clinical deficiency has numerous health consequences including:
- xerophthalmia (dry eyes) - an early sign of chilhood blindness
- night blindness and/or longer vision restoration levels in different ambient light settings
- anaemia (as those with vitamin A deficiency also tend to have low iron)
- increased susceptibility to infections
- increased severity and mortality from infections
Be alert to the possibility of vitamin A deficiency in at-risk migrant patients.
Testing and treatment
Serum retinol is not useful for assessing the vitamin A status of individuals as it is not always correlated with intake or clinical signs of deficiency. Serum retinol is homeostatically controlled, unless liver vitamin A stores are either:
- severely depleted (<0.70 μmol/l)
- very high (>1.05 μmol/l).
It is only at these extremes that the serum retinol level reflects the liver Vitamin A stores
In population studies however, the distribution of serum retinol values and the prevalence of individuals with serum retinol values below 0.70 μmol/l (indicative of vitamin A deficiency) and 0.35 μmol/l (severe deficiency) can provide useful information.
Although there is no international consensus as yet, a serum retinol concentration below 1.05 μmol/l has been proposed to reflect low vitamin A status among pregnant and lactating women.
Treatment of vitamin A deficiency is generally based on a Vitamin A rich diet, and the use of supplements, particularly for children with deficiency or for those with severe measles under 2 years of age, where some studies have found vitamin A to be effective in preventing serious complications.
Vitamin A has toxic effects at high serum concentrations, particularly in pregnant women. Excessive supplementation in pregnant women, can be teratogenic.
Vitamin A deficiency is rare in people born in the UK, but low intakes are relatively common and there are no standard UK guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin A deficiency. Primary care practitioners who suspect vitamin A deficiency in a migrant patient may wish to seek advice on appropriate diagnosis and treatment from their local endocrinology or paediatric team.
Prevention and control
The Department of Health recommends daily supplementary vitamin drops for all infants and children under 5 years. If infants are drinking 500ml of infant formula a day supplements may not be needed.
See NHS.UK.
Healthy Start children's vitamin drops contain a combination of vitamins A, C and D, and are available free of charge to children aged from 6 months to their 4th birthday in families who qualify for the Healthy Start Scheme.
NHS organisations may have local arrangements where they provide vitamins free, or at a small cost, to those not on the scheme.
Advise pregnant women, or women who may become pregnant:
- not to take supplements containing vitamin A (including fish liver oils) as they might be teratogenic
- not to eat liver or liver products, such as paté, as they may contain high levels of vitamin A
Patient.co.uk has produced a leaflet on vitamin A.
NHS.UK has more information about vitamin A.
Healthy Start has information on vouchers for healthy food for children and pregnant women.


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Trial Billing
Hi, on the home page after signing up I get this message: "Due to a high load that we are experiencing with Trial Accounts - we have temporarily disabled them." Do you know when this will be back up. And under that it says: "We apologize for the inconvenience, you can still however register your account by providing a Credit Card which will unlock your account." If I update my billing details and sign up for a trial account, after the trial runs out will I be automatically charges? Thanks, Marcus


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Reliable Software Systems is a research line at LASIGE – Large-Scale Informatics Systems Laboratory. LaSIGE is a research unit at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.
The main focus is on modelling techniques and formal analysis approaches to software system structure and behaviour. The group addresses methods and tools for enhancing the software engineering practice, within a software engineering perspective.
Topics: Software verification and validation, Programming languages, Models of Computation, Concurrency theory, Formal Methods and Theory of Security, Type systems, Logic, Software architectures.


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Imports of Chinese solar cells and panels into the United States decreased for the second straight month in May year-over-year, according to the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM). Chinese solar imports totaled $124.1 million in May, down about 45% from $225.8 million in May 2011, according to the Department of Commerce's U.S. Imports of Merchandise database. According to CASM, this significant decline in year-over-year totals reflects the market's rising recognition of the costs, risk,s and uncertainties associated with importing Chinese solar cells and panels.
Despite two months of declines, Chinese import levels for all of 2012 are still ahead of last year's pace. For the first five months of this year, the total value of Chinese cell and panel imports reached $1.21 billion, up from $993.2 million for the same period of 2011, an increase of 21.8%, according to the Commerce data.
The May totals reflect anti-subsidy duties of up to 4.73% on Chinese cells and panels that Commerce announced on March 26 and were applied retroactively to imports starting Dec. 27, 2011. However, they do not fully reflect the impact of Commerce's decision announced May 20 to impose preliminary antidumping duties on Chinese solar cell and panel imports ranging from 31% to 249.96%, according to CASM.
That decision, published May 25, 2012, was applied retroactively to all Chinese imports, starting Feb. 25. The 31% rate applies only to specifically named combinations of producers and exporters; companies not specifically listed by Commerce must pay duty deposits at the 249.96% rate.
Commerce's investigation is currently focused on the actual amount of dumping that occurred during the second and third quarters of 2011. Final duties for those imports, scheduled to be announced Oct. 9, could differ, and Commerce has already identified categories of illegal subsidy programs that will add to those final tariff rates.
However, the final duty rates for goods currently entering the country could increase even further. The final determination will provide estimated duty deposit rates for current entries of Chinese imports, but those tariff rates will not actually be finalized for at least a year from now. If Commerce determines that Chinese pricing in 2012 fell more than production costs for those imports, then the final duty margins for 2012 also will increase.
Imports from several other countries continued to rise significantly, compared with shipments in May 2011. These countries include Malaysia ($135.5 million, up 950% from the year-ago period), Taiwan ($47.2 million, up 615%) and the Philippines ($41.5 million, up 47.3%). CASM continues to work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detect and prevent any circumvention of preliminary duties and identify specific ports of entry and companies suspected of evading duties.


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Alice in Wonderland is a children's novel written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. Now you can read the book online here at KIDOONS to follow Alice's adventure as she chases the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole to hear strange stories and poems and meet interesting characters along the way, like the Mad Hatter, Duchess, Jabberwocky, Cheshire Cat, March Hare, Queen of Hearts, Mock Turtle, and many more!


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Yesterday, I invested some time and a few brain cells in watching the best movie I shall ever see.
I mean that. This is the best.
I consider myself a fairly hardened B-fan; they can't make movies too cheesy to suit me, and I'd of course heard of the members of the Hall of Shame, alias the Worst Movies of All Time, and even seen Plan 9 From Outer Space, and my word that was bad.
But, let me tell you, Plan 9 had nothing on this one. The Creeping Terror isn't bad. The word "bad" doesn't do it justice. It's transcendent. It leaps over bad like it isn't there. It pole vaults over worse like Sergei Bubka. And it jumps over the utmost definition of worst like Javier Sotomayor at the Olympics. Trust me on this. It's not so bad it's good. It's so bad it's...it...OK, I think my brain imploded from trying to think of words to express my feelings.
Right, I've dunked my head in ice water and I'm back.
Before I go further, it might be worth a few moments to describe what passes for a story. The film begins with
stock footage of a satellite launch being played in reverse an alien spaceship landing. Then, from inside the spaceship, which now looks nothing like the "spaceship" we just saw launching landing, a Creeping Monster, uh, creeps out. Believe me that this film wasn't kidding about the "creeping" part of the "creeping monster". An arthritic snail could move faster.
So this Monster creeps over the town, its shaggy carpet-covered behind humping along as though there were several people underneath. Oh, did I just write that? I meant of course that there were several people underneath. You can, actually, see their shoes.
The face of fear
Meanwhile, humans arrive at the spaceship, crawl in, and promptly stuff themselves into the mouth of a second Creeping Monster which happens to be tethered to the wall for, maybe, some goddamn mating ritual or something. Did I mention that the Creeping Monsters have mouths highly reminiscent of anuses, down front, and that their victims have to literally crawl into said mouths to get themselves eaten? No? Consider it said.
Or see it for yourself
Ahem. Where was I? Oh yeah. Monster Number One creeps across town, and finally eats its way to a dance hall where a lot of people are drinking/fighting/dancing (or all three at the same time; sometimes it's kind of difficult to tell where one stops and the other begins). It then proceeds to eat them all, including a couple who considerately wait until it finishes to be consumed in their turn, though they were behind it and could have literally, um, crawled away. (In fact, come to think of it, the male part of the couple seems to be pushing the female part into the Monster's mouth. How very considerate of him.)
OK, from there the plot gets – if you want to know – stupider, to the point where I can't be troubled to describe it here. Instead, I'll just mention a couple of things...
First, this flick has hardly any dialogue. What it has is a lot of...narration. Someone keeps narrating the events as they're happening, including the conversations. Apparently this was either because the original soundtrack was lost and the makers lacked the cash to recreate it in the studio, or else they had no money to record sound in the first place. The same allegedly happened to the monster, which was stolen before filming began and substituted by this...creeping...thing.
In fact, the story of the making of this piece of cinematic
gold platinum plutonium Metal X from the Andromeda Galaxy is fascinating in itself. The director, producer and star (all the same guy, one Vic Savage, and that's a hell of a name) was apparently a con man who sold parts to the actors. They paid to be in this film. I'm not altogether surprised that he skipped town before production wrapped. Are you?
But, again, what's not to love about this film? Look at what it's got that you'll never see anywhere else.
First, the Creeping Terror. Let's look at it one more time, shall we?
Oh the humanity!
Then, it's got lots of screaming hussies (remember this is a film made in 1964, and daring to enjoy yourself by, say, dancing or lying around in a bikini, kissing, made you a hussy) getting eaten.
It's got an army of precisely six soldiers who pack considerately together so that the Creeping Terror can creep up to them and eat them in a gulp.
It's got alien spaceship controls marked in English.
It's got that wonderful, wonderful narration, which often swerves off the storyline into bizarre territory, including a seemingly interminable homily on the benefits of marriage. I kid you not.
Yeah, baby, this movie's got style. Not what you think when you hear the word style, but, style. The kind of style why it's officially my best film ever.
Verdict: 10,234,567 stars. Do you hear that, Creeping Terror? I gave you 10,234,567 stars.
Now please don't eat me.


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You thought every Democrat in every category won in 2008…everywhere? Think again! And did you think there wouldn't be an election confusion in a New Jersey election…even an election in a small town like Rutherford? Election confusion in New Jersey? Yes! It doesn't just happen in Florida! And it didn't just happen in 2009 between Hennessey and Parnofiello. Joseph DeSalvo, small business owner and electrician, won as the stand alone Republican during the 2008 election season. Even though the president won his election and majority of Democratic party against many Republicans running that year for higher offices, DeSalvo stood out as the Republican victory of Rutherford
The election was between Joseph DeSalvo and Frank Wilson on the Republican side while having Kimberly Birdsall and Frank Boyle on the Democratic side. The previous incumbents, George Fecanin and Joseph Sommer, decided not to run for another term. In other words, four individuals were running in open seats and trying to either increase or decrease the Republican majority in Rutherford.
Looking back at the election, the election could be read in different ways. The Democratic party of Rutherford had the advantage in one way due to the presidental election and many people who wouldn't vote in other years will come for the presidental election and the Democrats were leading nationally so people might vote down across without switching over. On the other hand, the Republican had a local advantage in Rutherford because they defeated Democratic mayor Bernadette McPherson in 2007 and increased the number of Republicans on the Rutherford council so a new form of leadership was bringing to take place in Rutherford from the previous year.
DeSalvo was the winner of the election, but the provisional ballots still needed to be verified for DeSalvo to become the official victor of the election. Provisional ballots are ballots which are done when a voter is not on the list for their town because they may have just registered or just moved to their new town. In order for them to vote, they cannot vote in the machines. Therefore, they must vote by written ballot and have the written ballots be counted in the headquarters of the county. For Rutherford, it's Hackensack because Hackensack is the central location for the Bergen County Office of Elections. According to TheRecord newspaper, "Election workers on Wednesday were reviewing those and about 5, 000 others cast in the county to determine which ones were valid" And you thought election problems issues only happened in Florida? Who knew issues can happen in a small town like Rutherford?
Even though many Democratic voters went to vote in 2008, DeSalvo was proclaimed the victor of the council….the sole Republican winner in Rutherford, followed by Democratic opponent Kimberly Birdsall. DeSalvo and Birdsall were appointed to the council on January 9, 2009 as decreed by the Borough of Rutherford. Balance between the two parties, and individuals who would help Rutherford. It is interesting how DeSalvo would be the only Republican to win in Rutherford while it was a Democratic year that year. Rutherford would remain a Republican dominated council that year. DeSalvo would serve under Mayor John Hipp until 2011 where he would serve as liaison to the police, garbage, and head of the council. Kimberly Birdsall would become part of the Green Team im Rutherford which is a group that helps the citizens of Rutherford become more aware of the environment.
DeSalvo would eventually become the next mayor of Rutherford after John Hipp, and Kimberly Birdsall would serve a second term as councilwoman.


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The Definition of Web-to-Print
A common misconception is that the term web-to-print only relates to consumer-based , non-relational internet purchases.
Web-to-print is synonymous with the following phrases:
Online Ordering
Online Ordering Portal
Web Ordering Portal
Online Storefront
Print Storefront
B2B Storefront
B2C Storefront
The definition of web-to-print is the ability for a print or marketing supplier to receive a purchase or quote request from a buyer utilizing a website. Web-to-Print may be Business-to-Business (B2B) or Business-to-Consumer (B2C) transactions. Transactions may be for pieces that have been produced before, or brand new designs.
Whether it be a commercial printer, marketing firm, broker, or in-plant, if you are utilizing a website to accept quotes and orders from print buyers, you are using web-to-print.
Systems often come with an interface to manage incoming print orders with tools to stay organized and keep your customer updated. Many web-to-print systems also integrate with MIS (Management Information Systems).
Web-to-Print Providers, such as PagePath, provide these types of website ordering systems to print and marketing suppliers.
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One of the best parts of being part of the Freight Farms team is talking to our freight farmers and hearing about their successes, their businesses, their customers, and their challenges. They are a wealth of information, so now we are sharing some of their stories with you!
In fall of 2016, Kimball Musk launched Square Roots, an urban farming accelerator program focused on training ten young entrepreneurs at a time to grow fresh, tasty, food year-round in Brooklyn, New York. The accelerator, which leverages Freight Farms technology, provides each entrepreneur with a Leafy Green Machine to run as a business for one year. With the end of the program's first year in sight, we spoke with Nabeela Lakhani, one of the Square Roots Resident Entrepreneurs about her experience in the program, her plans for the future, as well as her thoughts on the food system.
Freight Farms (FF): What motivated you to get involved with Square Roots?
Nabeela Lakhani: The story started when I was a 16-year-old in high school, one of our required readings was Fast Food Nation. My mind was blown reading about what goes on in the fast food industry, and I was horrified. I knew then that I wanted my impact to be in the food industry. And I thought that the way I would do that would be in the world of public health and nutrition, so that's what I majored in when I started school at NYU. As I went through my four years studying nutrition, I didn't feel connected to it the way I expected. I found it too clinical, but I also felt that it wasn't solving the right issue. Here I was studying how to treat patients with Medical Nutrition Therapy for diabetes, but I was motivated by the idea that if we nourish our communities and populations better, diabetes wouldn't be such an epidemic.
I guess in college I became more self-aware and understood more accurately what I cared about. During my last year in school, I realized that the root problem lies in our current industrial food system. We produce food really poorly in this country, and distribute it inequitably, and thus have a whole slew of side effects such as health issues, food access and affordability issues, food deserts, and now, just general trust issues with this current system. Around this time last year, Square Roots was coming together as a company, and once I got connected to them, I was really excited about joining. I knew it was going to give me hands-on experience growing and selling my own food, which would open my eyes to the strengths and challenges involved with farming, production, distribution, and give me the foundation on which to start thinking and working on solutions.
FF: What are your plans for after you graduate from the Square Roots accelerator program?
NL: As of now I think I'm going to look for other opportunities in the urban farming space, most likely another startup that's doing similar work making an impact on food and agriculture. I'd also like to spend some serious time trying to build and develop my own business, whatever that may be.
FF: We read that you also work as a resident farmer, how did you get that role and what has the impact been?
NL: I'm currently working with a market-to-table restaurant in Soho called Chalk Point Kitchen, the owner and chef and team over there have been super excited about our new farms. They've all come to visit the farm, and instantly the owner was committed to supporting both the farms and me as a young entrepreneur. So I've been in partnership with them for the past couple months where they buy my whole farms' weekly yield of greens, and then they get a ton of added value regarding marketing and competitive advantage in a few different ways. The first and biggest, which both myself and the owner were super excited about, was them being able to say "we have our very own Chalk Point Kitchen farmer, who grows only for us, right here in Brooklyn, and she hangs out here at the restaurant three nights a week to meet and chat with our customers." At no other restaurant in NYC can you meet your farmer during dinner, while eating the salad that was harvested within 48 hours. It's a really novel, memorable, and valuable experience for customers, especially people who are eating a farm-to-table, local-oriented restaurant. It strengthens the trust in that restaurant and makes for a unique experience to talk to your farmer, know where your food is coming from, and know that someone who cares about food is behind what you're eating.
FF: How do you see the farm-to-table movement shifting as farmers become more accessible to consumers?
NL: The chef gets to choose what he wants me to grow, so if he wants a particular, rare herb, all year round, we can grow it for him. And then there's mutual marketing. We plan to do events together, and anytime I get interviewed for the press, I talk about my partnership with them and highlight them as a pioneer restaurant for being committed to local farmers and the real food movement, and understanding that food is more than a commodity – it builds connections and communities.
I think there needs to be a shift in how we view and think about farmers. Farmers are super cool and important. And as the real food movement takes hold globally, farmers are the future. Farmers should be proud of what they do, and consumers should be proud of what farmers do, and a vision I have is a future where this type of partnership becomes the norm, and every restaurant you go to has a resident farmer that is so local, you can actually meet every so often at the restaurant. Eventually, so many people will be growing their own food in some capacity that we'll all be farmers and take food back into our own hands.
FF: What's your favorite crop to grow and why?
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NL: My two favorite crops to grow are kale (any variety) and Red Giant mustard greens, for two different reasons. I like having a super clean farm (clean towers, clean crops, no dripping water), and kale is the most wonderful crop for that! It grows beautifully, doesn't need a lot of attention, is super resilient, and tastes so good out of the LGM. The Red Giant mustard greens hold a special place in my heart because of the hilarious reactions people have when they eat them. They're a Japanese variety of mustard greens and have a strong horseradish flavor, an almost wasabi-like sensation where they make your nose sting and your eyes water, and people love it! It's crazy that a plant can do that, and I think you can only experience that when something is as fresh as what we give, and that's when people really get that our greens are just tastier, more flavor packed, and fresher.
FF: What is one small change everyone can make in their daily lives to make a big difference in our food system?
NL: I think one super easy thing that everyone can do (and many people still don't) is to just take a moment to think about where you think your food came from. Once you do that you'll realize that, for most of what we eat, we have zero idea where it's coming from, and sometimes no idea what it's even made of. That's the first step, to recognize that that is a problem.


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Harry the Frog and Louis the Hedgehog Auction/
These handknit stuffed animals are inspired by One Direction's Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. Harry the Frog and Louis the Hedgehog want to come live with you! They are handknit, about six inches tall and looking for a new home! Note: While they are cute and cuddly, they are not toys and would not stand up to a childs play. Proceeds will benefit Harry's birthday charity drive for LLGS. This is a 5 day auction!


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This bold fall wedding was held outdoors at Wente Vineyards in Livermore California. Bold orange, soft peach and a pop of pink made this fall wedding stand out! The beautiful bride carried a bouquet of orange dahlias, peach garden roses, magenta tulips, orange ranunculus. Her bridesmaids wore shimmering gold carried bouquets matching the brides. The groom and groomsmen wore boutonnieres with off white tea roses and seeded eucalyptus.
The outdoor ceremony held on the terrace lawn had The Flower House Altar decorated with a large corner piece and seeded eucalyptus garland and tucked in flowers in soft white and peaches. The aisle chairs were adorned with hanging jar arrangements with white and peach flowers. The sides of the aisle were lined with white and peach rose petals.
The reception was also held on the Wente terrace lawn, with champagne linens and rustic grey wood boxes with organic arrangements with orange dahlias, peach stock, orange roses, olive branches and seeded eucalyptus.
The amazing photos were captured by Adam J Clark Photography.


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The Ep commits itself lovely to nearly all tropical-bass genres we know till now. From start to finish you get roped more and more into a very percussive-tribal-techy vibe, which makes you feel like a predator hunting through a packed and sweaty club. The whole EP stands out due to a very unique sound impression and a loving care of percussive groove elements. The original as well as the remixes are big and banging with delicate build-ups and very powerful main parts, which will definitely make some moves on the dance floor.
The remixes on this Ep were chipped in from
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Hat+Hoodie (Dbty/Berlin),
CoolKidsCan'tDie (Esp Rec/Venice)
Tipanic (BigNHary/Vienna).


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On Saturday the 4th of October, the second edition of this very special festival took place. The organisation had found an extraordinary spot to celebrate this years Nordic talents: The medieval buildings of Central Museum Utrecht. One stage was even set up in the church on the grounds. The medieval monastery that is now home to the museum has a mystical character that fits Nordic Delight perfectly. Nordic Delight Festival a day to discover the best in the fields of film, food, fine arts, design and most of all: music.As the main word for this years artowrk I chose - 'discovering' - It's all about discovering amazing bands, culture, movies and series from the Nordic countries.
How we did this - Artists and bands represent their culture in their songs. They translate their surroundings and culture in their music so they bring it with them everywhere they go. This is directly visible in the artwork of the posters - bands and artist become visible in the landscape.
Why we did this - On the flyers we put the text - don't know this band... - as a teaser to actually find out who the band is on the flyer, and actually going to listen to them instead of dismissing great music just because we haven't heard of them - yet! -
Founding Fathers - Ad Pontier, Arne Dee
Marketing - Eva Verboon
Social media - Tijmen Ruizendaal
Art & creation - Marlous van den Engel, Susanne van den Heuvel
Design - Laura den Otter