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DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - Sep 25, 2014) - United Cannabis Corp. (
The companies will work jointly to develop the property optimizing it for the growing, cultivation, and/or processing of marijuana, in accordance with all applicable State of Colorado and county laws, regulations, codes and ordinances, with the primary objective of furthering the Company's research and development of medicinal cannabinoid and related products.
Under the agreement, United Cannabis will serve as master tenant, subleasing parcels to affiliates and other subtenants. United Cannabis will also serve as property manager, overseeing the design of the 80-acre campus, incorporating the Company's proprietary protocols and methodologies. Construction of buildings and structures, such as basic and state-of-the-art greenhouses, as well as enhancements to the property, such as fencing and irrigation, will be added as mutually agreed upon.
Earnest Blackmon, President and Chairman of United Cannabis, commented on the agreement, "Development of the Pueblo property is an integral part of the Company's growth plan. The geography of the site provides optimal growing conditions, and the layout is ideally suited for our needs. The partnership with INTIVA offers us the flexibility to develop the site to our specifications in order to best work with our licensed affiliates and exclusive contractors."
Mr. Blackmon went on to say, "In addition, as the master lease holder, United Cannabis will maintain control of the property, ensuring that we can preserve the integrity of the land as we look to expand our own efforts in the development of on-site genetics, cultivation, processing, and production of our trademark products."
Joshua Greenberg, Chief Executive Officer of INTIVA Real Estate Colorado, stated, "United Cannabis is the perfect collaborator for this venture. They have extensive knowledge within every aspect of the medical cannabis industry. That expertise, as well as their affiliate relationships, will enable us to optimize the productivity of this parcel. With an estimated 3.2 million square feet of growing space, the property has the potential to be one of the largest grow facilities in the state of Colorado."
About United Cannabis Corporation
United Cannabis Corporation was founded to provide leadership for the medical cannabis industry by offering patient driven solutions intent on improving biomedical and pharmaceutical pursuits thru the use of Cannabis based research, products and services.
For further information, please visit www.unitedcannabis.us
About INTIVA Real Estate Colorado LLC
INTIVA Real Estate Colorado LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Cannabis Ventures Ltd. ("GCV"). GCV was formed to enable investors worldwide to participate in the burgeoning legal marijuana industry, primarily through wholly-owned operating businesses and venture investments. GCV's operating businesses include INTIVA Real Estate Colorado, the owner of the Pueblo County property; and INTIVA Nutraceuticals Ltd., which is in the process of being formed.
GCV's venture investments include ownership in three medical marijuana growers in Canada under Health Canada regulations; in Israel based BreedIT, a global leader in the breeding and licensing of high quality cannabis seeds for medical and recreational purposes; and One World Cannabis, an Israeli company proceeding with clinical trials to develop cannabis medicines for various medical conditions.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933, and are subject to Rule 3B-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and other results and further events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements.


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If you're like most homeowners, you have several furniture and decor pieces around the house that have seen better days.
And while the natural response is to throw away outdated items and buy something new, even lackluster home objects deserve a second chance.
You can easily transform your trash into treasure with a little creativity and some elbow grease.
Follow these quick and easy makeover tips and before you know it, those worn out and uninspiring pieces will be looking great again.
Endless possibilities
Because of its resilience, plastic is a popular choice both around the house and the yard. From furniture, to kids' toys, even coolers, plastic surfaces are everywhere.
And although these pieces are inexpensive and durable, they often can look a little worse for wear after a few years of use.
Luckily, it's easy to make over what you already have with the new Indoor/Outdoor Plastic Primer from Krylon. Plastic Primer is made with Krylon's innovative Fusion for Plastic paint technology to offer lasting durability and improved adhesion.
Simply apply the primer to any outdated or lackluster plastic surface and then paint with any Krylon product you want, including one of the 85 colors in Krylon's Indoor/Outdoor paint line.
You'll be able to truly customize any plastic surface to fit the theme you're looking for.
Even if the object is brand new, sometimes improvements still need to be made. Plastic storage drawers and cabinets are the perfect example of something new --and yet still boring.
They often come in clear or are limited to a few, select colors that never quite match your decor theme.
And unless you want to keep them hidden, re-painting is a must.
By using Krylon's Indoor/Outdoor Plastic Primer, you can paint the drawers in any color to match the rest of the room. Now, those inexpensive storage units will look like real furniture you can show off.
Make a stylish transformation
Do you have an old furniture piece that just doesn't fit in with your decor? Chances are you do.
But instead of going through the hassle of getting rid of it, breathe new life into it and transform the piece into something completely new.
Take for example, an outdated or unsightly chest of drawers you may have hidden in the attic or in the corner of the room.
Instead of hiding it -- give it a new outlook on life. Simply sand it down and give it a fresh coat of paint that will coordinate with the rest of your room.
Add a few embellishments, such as new knobs or paint accents and voila - you have a new nightstand or end table.
You can also use the same creativity to transform an old vanity into a chic desk or an armoire into a stylish potting bench and garden center on your patio.
Picture this
Picture frames are a great way to display family portraits and your favorite memories while also adding a little style to a blank wall.
Repurpose old frames you already have lying around the house to create a gallery wall with some pizzazz. With a few coats of spray paint, you can take frames from mismatched to mesmerizing.
Spruce them up a bit more by using patterned papers as mats. Instead of white or cream, use dramatic colors and bold prints.
Simply cut an opening the size of the photo, and you'll have an unexpected pop of style and color in your new photo gallery. With a few simple and easy ideas, your outdated and boring pieces can find a new spot in your home, instead of on the curb.
Bring new life to old furniture with a coat of spray paint.

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Spring days are here! I can see a faint blush of color on the lower slopes of the mountains where red maples are blooming and setting seed, spice bushes are starting to flower, and a general awakening seems to be taking place. The grass in the lawn grew a few inches this week, but the garden is a bit slower. Lettuce seedlings are still quite small, but the peas have come up strong. Hythe was in the garden with me looking at everything that was coming up and I noticed a short row of strange looking peas. He, of course, told me that they were not peas but funny beans that he planted – and I remembered that we planted a few fava beans there. Well, those are up too. The garlic has grown a little, the onions a lot.
In one of my other garden places, I am enjoying some wonderful daffodils that I planted (with Hythe's help) in the fall. I took recommendations from an article in Taproot Magazine by Erin Benzakein (you should check out her site – it is beautiful) this past fall. She suggested a few specific varieties of spring flowering bulbs for cut flowers, which I ordered from Brent and Becky's Bulbs. The double flowered is called Bridal Crown. It is beautiful with small flowers and the fragrance is amazing. I cut a few and put them on the table and every now and then catch a whiff . . . heavenly. The other blooming now is called Pink Charm (I think). My goal has been to plant enough bulbs that I can have cut flowers inside as early as possible. I want to enjoy flowers outside, but want to have enough that they can also be enjoyed inside.
Not garden related, but Hythe has been a little daredevil on a bike lately. He rode down our dirt road on a kick bike the other evening and William nor I could keep up with him (and he couldn't stop). It was a bit scary because he was going so fast that if he wrecked he would have been hurt (not to mention if a car had been coming up the road!). We had no idea what he could and would do. So, he has a ban on riding on the dirt road again until he has proper padding and has one of us at the end of the road to stop vehicles coming up when he is riding! I took him, Steven, and a cousin to a pump track in South Asheville instead – so he could be a daredevil a little more safely. Also, I love how he rides his pink, flowered, hand-me-down bike with pride!


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Reg Presley, a bricklayer-turned-singer whose ebulliently lusty vocal on the Troggs' smash hit "Wild Thing" helped elevate the song to rock 'n' roll legend, died on Monday at his home in Andover, England. He was 71.
His agent, Keith Altham, said Mr. Presley, who had lung cancer, died after a series of strokes.
"Wild thing, you make my heart sing," Mr. Presley rasped in a voice that spoke as much as sang as the song grew more suggestive:
Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure.
So come on and hold me tight.
(Pause) You move me.
A paean to teenage lust, the recording sold five million copies for the Troggs after its release in 1966 and inspired the coming wave of heavy metal and punk rockers with its straight-ahead three-chord simplicity. The lead guitar lines have provided inspiration for artists from Jimi Hendrix to Bruce Springsteen to garage bands everywhere.
It was the song's sheer sensuality, propelled by Mr. Presley's growl, that stirred listeners. John Rockwell of The New York Times wrote in 1975 that the Troggs, whom he characterized as "cave-man primitive," were "everything mothers feared their darlings would fall for or turn into."
"Wild Thing" reached No. 1 in the United States, the only time this would happen for the Troggs. (It got as high as No. 2 in Britain.) Rolling Stone ranked their rendition of the song, written by Chip Taylor, 261st on its list of the 500 greatest songs.
The group's success in the United States was limited by a dispute between record companies over rights, and by the fact that the band did not do an American tour early on. In Britain, they had hits with "With a Girl Like You" (No. 1) and "I Can't Control Myself" (No. 2), both in 1966. Their "Love Is All Around" was No. 5 in Britain in 1967 and No. 7 in the United States in 1968. Mr. Presley wrote all three.
An argument the group had in the studio in 1968 over how to approach a song was secretly recorded and leaked to the music underground, which loved it — partly for its effusive profanity and partly for a band member's lyrical insistence that only a sprinkling of "fairy dust" made hits. The tape was included in the group's 1992 compilation album, "Archaeology (1967-1977)."
The Troggs attracted new attention in 1994, when the Scottish band Wet Wet Wet recorded "Love Is All Around." That version topped the British singles chart and appeared in the movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
Reginald Maurice Ball was born on June 12, 1941, in Andover. His father drove first milk trucks and then buses, and his mother ran a cafe. He left school at 15 to work as bricklayer. He met a young woman named Brenda at a dance when he was 20 and asked her to marry him. She did, 18 months later. She survives him, as do their children, Karen and Jason.
His start in music was inauspicious, as he quickly discovered he could not play guitar. His family went on welfare as his group, originally called the Troglodytes, scrambled for work. His manager changed his last name to Presley, but forgot to tell him. He found out by reading a magazine.
Mr. Presley was fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomena like flying saucers and crop circles and wrote a book about them. He claimed to have personally seen 14 U.F.O.'s, though he acknowledged that some of his sightings were "iffy."


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Wahclella Falls, also known as Tanner Creek Falls, is the gorgeous reward for hiking an easy, short trail in the Columbia River Gorge. The two tiered falls was running at full force when I visited two weekends ago. I love the feeling when you approach a waterfall. The air cools and the mist hits you. You know you are about to experience something breathtaking.
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Writing is part of who I am.
Writing is not easy.
I write stories I love to read.
I write for young adults.
I write because I love the feeling of getting words on the page.
I write when I've had too many cups of coffee and when I've had too few.
I write with Paramore, Fall Out Boy or Incubus playing in the background.
I have never written a novel for adults. Yet.
I have always written with the hope of getting published one day.
I write in spite of the rejections I've gotten over the years.
I don't write a story if I don't believe in it.
I should write more often than I do.
I might write this very second because I'm feeling inspired.
I will write for the rest of my life.


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Study Anticipates Higher Benefits from Algae Biofuels Compared to Petroleum
A study of a pilot-scale algae-based biofuel production conducted by the University of Virginia researchers found that carbon emissions of algae biofuels are lower than that of petroleum. The study also showed that algae biofuels come very close to petroleum in terms of energy efficient production. The study is published in the November issue of Bioresource Technology.


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Stephen Amell (The Vampire Diaries)
Katie Cassidy (Black Xmas)
Colin Donnell (Chicago Med)
David Ramsey (Pay It Forward)
Willa Holland (Legion)
Susanna Thompson (Dragonfly)
Paul Blackthorne (The Dresden Files)
Emily Bett Rickards (Brooklyn)
Manu Bennett (Spartacus)
Colton Haynes (Teen Wolf)
Colin Salmon (Limitless TV)
Jamey Sheridan (The Ice Storm)
Annie Ilonzeh (Beauty and The Beast)
Brian Markinson (Izombie)
Derek Hamilton (Disturbing Behavior)
Hiro Kanagawa (Heroes Reborn)
Kelly Hu (The Vampire Diaries)
Ty Olsson (X-Men 2)
Byron Mann (Dark Angel)
Roger Cross (First Wave)
Euegen Lipinski (Goosebumps)
Michael Rowe (Tomorrowland)
John Barrowman (Reign)
Currie Graham (Agent Carter)
Kyle Schmid (The Covenant)
Sarah-Jane Redmond (V)
Jessica De Gouw (Dracula)
Jeffrey Nordling (Tron: Legacy)
Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica)
Sebastian Dunn (The Other Half)
Andrew Dunbar (Leprechaun: Origins)
Danny Nucci (Eraser)
Ben Browder (Stargate SG.1)
Christie Laing (Scary Movie 4)
Patrick Sabongui (The Flash)
David Anders (Izombie)
Ona Grauer (V)
Adrian Holmes (Smallville)
Agam Darshi (Sanctuary)
James Callis (Battlestar Galactica)
Rekha Sharma (Dark Angel)
Chin Han (The Dark Knight)
Janina Gavankar (True Blood)
Alex Kingston (Flashforward)
Anna Van Hooft (Flash Gordon)
Celina Jade (The Man with The Iron Fists)
Seth Gabel (Salem)
J. August Richards (Angel)
Summer Glau (Firefly)
Dylan Bruce (Heroes Reborn)
Caity Lotz (The Machine)
Michael Jai White (The Dark
Valerie Tian (Izombie)Knight)
Kevin Alejandro (Ugly Betty)
Bex Taylor-Klaus (Scream: The Series)
Teryl Rothery (Stargate SG.1)
Audrey Marie Anderson (The Unit)
Jimmy Jean-Louis (Heroes)
Cle Bennett (Flashpoint)
Dylan Neal (Sabrina: TTW)
Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Spartacus)
David Nykl (Stargate: Atlantis)
Sean Maher (Firefly)
James Kidnie (Robocop: The Series)
Katrina Law (Chuck)
Michael Eklund (Bates Motel)
Nicholas Lea (V)
Robert Knepper (Cult)
Tara Strong (Batman: The Animated Series)
Lochlyn Munro (Little Man)
Jorge Vargas (Power Rangers Ninja Storm)
Carlos Valdes (The Flash)
Navid Negahban (Legion)
Danielle Panabaker (Sky High)
After turning the story about Clark Kent's evolution from humble teenager to world's greatest hero into one of the most successful science fiction TV series of all time, what exactly do you do for an encore? The obvious answer would be a series about a young Bruce Wayne. Or maybe a crime procedural starring the men and women of the Gotham City Police Department. Instead, The CW gave us Arrow, a series that simultaneously explores Oliver Queen's first months as a vigilante hero and the painful hero's journey he undertook while stranded on a remote island. Even considering Green Arrow's popularity in Smallville and Justice League Unlimited, it wasn't the most obvious choice. Nor was it the choice many DC fans wanted. But ultimately, it was a choice that paid off.
To their credit, they succeeded. Even right off the bat, there were many notable elements that he writers introduced into the Green Arrow mythos. Generally a loner in the comics, here Ollie was given a full family and circle of allies. Some were inspired by characters from the comics, while others were entirely new creations. Probably the most successful new addition was John Diggle as Ollie's personal bodyguard-turned-ally in his war on crime. Watching the dynamic between Ollie and Diggle morph from cold and hostile to warm camaraderie was a treat. And the two sequences featuring Diggle in the costume rather than Ollie suggested that this show could have a life beyond that of its lead character.Amell's performance grew stronger over time, and the subtle ways in which he distinguished his performances during the present-day and flashback scenes stood out.With other characters, it was more a question of the scripts shedding light on motivation and relationships before they really came into their own. This was certainly the case with Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson), who was a bit of a hard sell as a sympathetic mother figure until viewers came to understand her role in "The Undertaking." Similarly, Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell) came across as a fairly flat and unimportant character at first. But by the end of the season, Tommy had emerged as the emotional heart of the series and Donnell's one of the strongest performances.Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) was endearing, her instant charm made fans fall in love with her making her a regular was the best choice when they headed into season 2. As Laurel, Katie Cassidy was excellent as future Black Canary, dealing with her emotions of seeing her former boyfriend back from the dead and the lost of her sister. Structurally, the season started out strong and finished even stronger. The writers managed to weave together an overarching narrative as Ollie slowly uncovered the truth of The Undertaking and his own parents' involvement while contending with various smaller villains and conflicts. Anchoring the series throughout were the frequent flashbacks to Ollie's five years on the island. The pilot episode offered a tantalizing glimpse of what had transpired over the course of those five years with the Deathstroke mask discarded on the beach. Various plot twists revealed just how complicated that story is, teaming Ollie with Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) and Shado (Celina Jade) in an ongoing guerrilla war against mercenary leader Edward Fyers (Sebastian Dunn). Particularly once Slade entered the picture and his bond with Ollie became a major focal point, the flashbacks emerged as one of the strongest elements of the show.
Everything in Season 1 culminated in two climactic episodes as Ollie fought for the survival of Starling City in the present and to stop Fyers from sparking an international incident in the past. These episodes offered a satisfying blend of big action scenes and emotional character showdowns. In particular, the final scene between Ollie and Tommy that closed out the season was perhaps the best the show has delivered so far.
Right off the bat, "City of Heroes" set the tone and direction for Season 2. We saw a despondent Ollie still crushed by the death of his best friend, Tommy, and having retreated to the island in a self-imposed exile. Though Colin Donnell only briefly reprised his role as Tommy this season, his character was very much a lingering presence driving the actions of Ollie and Laurel throughout the year. And his death formed the crux of Ollie's renewed mission. It was right there in the revised opening sequence – "To honor my friend's memory, I can't be the killer I once was." And that, more than Ollie's battles with Slade Wilson or Sebastian Blood or Isabel Rochev, was the core conflict of the season. It's easy enough to fight criminals by shooting them dead. But could Ollie muster the strength and the courage not to kill, even if it meant putting himself, his family, and his city in greater danger? It was a struggle, but the most satisfying element of the finale was the way Ollie definitively answered that question and established himself as a better class of vigilante.Overall, Season 2 was a good showcase for Stephen Amell's acting talents. Ollie was haunted by demons and shouldering heavy burdens throughout the year. He suffered more often than he succeeded, and Amell conveyed that pain well. Most impressive was the way Amell was so capable at portraying Ollie at different periods in his life. We saw plenty more of Ollie's life on the island in the various flashback scenes. Having already spent a year fighting for his life against men like Edward Fyers and Billy Wintergreen, flashback Ollie was closer to the man he is in the present, but not all the way there. And we even caught glimpses of a pre-island Ollie, most significantly in "Seeing Red." More than the changes in hairstyle or fashion, it was Amell's purposeful shifts in vocal intonation and body language that differentiated the different versions of Ollie.Having established himself as one of the better supporting players in Season 1, it was very gratifying to see Manu Bennett step fully into the spotlight and become the big antagonist of Season 2. That's despite him not even being revealed as the secret mastermind of Brother Blood's uprising until the mid-season finale, "Three Ghosts." But it was crucial that the show spend so much time, both this season and last, in building up the brotherly bond between Ollie and Slade and the island. We needed to feel the pain of seeing them broken apart and Slade become a vengeful villain hellbent on tearing his former friend's life down. And it wasn't until much later still that we saw how that rift occurred and Slade turn his wrath against Ollie. It's a testament to both the writing and Bennett's acting that the character never quite lost his aura of sympathy even as he murdered Ollie's mother and tried to do the same to Felicity. This was a man driven half-mad by the loss of the woman he loved and an injection of a super-steroid. But conversely, I appreciated how the finale took pains to establish that it wasn't just the Mirakuru fueling Slade's anger. Even now, super-strength gone and exiled back to the island, Slade is a clear and present danger to Ollie's world.The show introduced Sebastian Blood and Isabel Rochev as Slade's subordinates, with Blood serving as the most visible villain for much of the season. I really enjoyed Kevin Alejandro's portrayal of Blood. Alejandro's Blood was so disarmingly charming that it was often difficult to reconcile him with the masked man kidnapping drug addicts and turning street thugs into super-soldiers. Ultimately, Blood became the sort of villain who does the wrong things for the right reasons. He had an honest desire to make Starling City a better place. And when it became clear to him that Slade Wilson wouldn't leave a city left for him to rule, Blood did the right thing and aided Team Arrow.Most of the increasingly large supporting cast were given their moments to shine in Season 2. I was often disappointed that Diggle wasn't given more to do, but at least he was able to take a starring role in "Suicide Squad." Diggle's backseat status was mainly the result of Sara Lance stepping into the limelight early on and eventually becoming the fourth member of Ollie's vigilante crew. The Arrow had his Canary finally. Sara's own struggles with the desire for lethal force and reuniting with her family often made for good drama. But among Team Arrow, it was often Felicity Smoak who often had the best material. Emily Bett Rickards had much better material to work with this year, whether it was her unrequited love for Ollie, her burgeoning relationship with Barry Allen, or her desire to pull her weight alongside her more physically capable allies. The final three episodes all featured some standout moments for Felicity as she established herself as a force to be reckoned with.
Elsewhere, Roy Harper was often a focus as he transitioned from troubled street punk to superhero sidekick. Roy's temporary super-strength powers were a welcome story swerve and a fitting physical manifestation of his inner rage. His character arc received a satisfying conclusion in the finale when he proved himself worthy and received his own red domino mask, but lost Thea as a result.As for the various women in Ollie's life, Felicity and Sara aside, Season 2 was a little more uneven. Moira definitely had an interesting ride. She started out Season 2 fighting for her life while on trial for her role in the Undertaking. Then, in an unlikely turn of events, she was spurred to run for mayor. And finally, her life did end when she became a pawn in Slade's cruel game. It was a terrific finish for Moira, proving once and for all that, whatever wrongs she committed, she was only ever trying to ensure her children's survival. Thea was more up and down throughout the season. She was often underutilized, but received a boost late in the season when she learned the truth about her parentage. Laurel's character had her own crucible this season, spiraling into into drug and alcohol addiction and losing her job before hitting bottom, rebounding, and playing her part in saving Starling City.The Mirakuru drug served as a plausible, pseudo-scientific way of introducing super-strength and allowing Slade to transform into Deathstroke. And even when it came time to introduce the Flash midway through the season, Barry Allen never felt too out of place alongside the more grounded characters. Season 2 really opened the floodgates as far as drawing in characters and elements from other DC properties. Barry Allen's debut was the most high-profile, but we also saw plenty more of Amanda Waller and A.R.G.U.S. "Professor Ivo became a recurring villain, along with a very different take on Amazo. And in a welcome twist, it turned out that even the Batman franchise is fair game with this show. Early on we learned of Sara Lance and Malcolm Merlyn's connection to the League of Assassins. Nyssa al Ghul appeared in a couple of episodes, and we know her father is out there in the world, leading his shadowy organization in the hidden city of Nanda Parbat. Even Harley Quinn had a brief cameo.And beyond the introduction of all these new elements, the scope of Arrow really opened up in Season 2. The action was bigger and better choreographed. The scale of the conflicts was bigger. The producers simply seemed to have more money to throw around. And whether that was actually the case or just the result of experience and planning, the end result was the same. Arrow became a bigger, more cinematic TV series this season.


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Cabiokid, located 90km from Manila, in Nueva Ecija (Luzon island), is a 5.5 hectare integrated farm implementing permaculture methods and principles as well as eco-tourism. It also functions as a development project site for the latest in permaculture technologies (engineering, education and local economics). The foundation's name is pronounced "Ka-bee-o-kid", a play around the words "bukid" ("field" in Filipino) and the word "bio". They also offer training and educational courses in nature-based technologies and permaculture.
The foundation site is a former rice farm that used non-sustainable methods and chemicals but was restored in 2001 to its rich soil state with organic farming. It now hosts over a thousand plant species, some livestock, with ponds and waterways in the background. Rice is still the main focus of harvest on the farm.
Foundation activities:
- At present the foundation is working to promote sustainable development ideas by doing demos on doable eco-friendly solutions targeting the surrounding local communities, the youth and the marginalized sector.
- Regular 3-7 day permaculture courses are offered with actual examples on the site. Tailor made courses can also be requested on similar topics, including alternative building, waste management and human resource management.
- The Wildlife preservation project is underway in cooperation with local government agencies.
- The "BEMBU" program aims to develop bamboo as an alternative building resource.
- The Cabiokid store and library offers educational resources as well as farm products for sale. They can also contact the farm to rent facilities for tours and seminars.
Current Projects
The Sustainable Technologies and Entrepreneurial Permaculture Program (STEP) initiative, in cooperation with the Isabela provincial government, Antwerp (Belguim), and SALIS aims to teach sustainable livelihood to local communities as well as provide ecological awareness about global warming. Cabiokid targets to build information centers (organic highways and learning resource centers) to do this.
2. Pintig
Cabiokid, in cooperation with Happy Earth, plans expansion through development of an additional 4 hectare land nearby. Development plans include plowing and planting, along with fencing the area.
3. Green School
The Basic Ecology Project aims to provide environmental lessons to elementary school children, with modules from a partner school in Belguim. This culminates in planting activities, lectures and an educational tour on the Cabiokid farm.
CaBIOkid Needs You
Volunteers and working students are welcome on the farm. They can contact Angelito Agustin, Area manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Contact Info
Guapito st.,
Brgy Sta. Rita,
Cabiao, Nueva Ecija,
farm based: 0928 551 3935
other: 0920 9114290
Tags: alternative building, organic farming, permaculture courses, permaculture design, Philippines, rainwater collection, sustainable model, volunteer


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Gert-Jan de Hoon (1966) is an accomplished transformation coach, speaker and guide, author of A pilgrimage to Santiago, co-author of Walking in the Rain and founder of Voyage Beyond. His unique talent is to empower people in a very natural way into their own force and light.
Life path
After his study of Communication Science, Gert-Jan made a choice for long and winding paths to unknown destinations, instead of a fixed career path. It brought him to China in the pre internet era (1991), he lived and worked in Uganda (Africa) and Spain, where he discovered the Camino. He traveled with groups in China, Nepal, India and Pakistan and fell in love with the Canadian wilderness during a wilderness guide course. His life journey learned him to listen to his intuition, being flexible, making contact on deeper levels, dealing with setbacks, keeping things simple, not giving up and living with passion.
Career path
He has extensive experience in the corporate world, the health sector, international diplomacy, the travel industry and was partner in a management consultancy for 5 years. He worked within the medical field (Jeroen Bosch Hospital), with underprivileged youths, detainees, graduates, top management, youth, and starting entrepreneurs. He walks with his clients and persons with a visual impairment on the Camino in Spain and leads workshops at unique locations worldwide.
Gert-Jan is co-founder of Foundation Anders Bekeken. This foundation organizes and supports activities and projects for people with disabilities, to increase self-knowledge, self-confidence and self-acceptance as to get more direction over their own life. An example is Camino Walking Blind, a pilgrimage to Santiago with people who are visually impaired.
The logo of Voyage Beyond is based on Ensõ, a sacred symbol in the Zen school of Buddhism. According to Audrey Yoshiko Seo, author of Ensō: Zen Circles of Enlightenment, "Zen circles, ensō, are symbols of teaching, reality, enlightenment, and a myriad of things in between. Seemingly perfect in their continuity, balance, and sense of completeness, and yet often irregular in execution, ensō are at once the most fundamentally simple and the most complex shape."
Ensõ refers to the beginning and end of all things, the circle of life and the connectedness of existence. It can symbolize emptiness or fullness, presence or absence. All things might be contained within, or, conversely, excluded by its boundaries.


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Bikeastra LIVE at The Velvet Door 4/1/64
A flyer from the "notorious" April 1, 1964 Bikeastra show at The Velvet Door.
In the history of Tucson music there have been many bands whose meteoric rise to fame consumes them in flame long before they gain trajectory and they are left to sizzle and sputter like a marshmallow hanging from the end of a wooden stick over a campfire cookout.
And no band has been more emblematic of that gooey metaphor than Bikeastra.
For nearly four decades local historians and music scholars have wrestled with the facts surrounding the founding of this enigmatic group that is now legendary among those who lust for bike-born sound.
Along the way there were many whispers and rumors among collectors of a Bikeastra Holy Grail --- a storage locker full of material from the band's earliest days.
Now, after years of speculation the Holy Grail has been found.
"We long heard talk about this stuff being out there. But we all figured it was a myth like Stonehenge or King Tut. Then last week we were cleaning out the office and I saw this box labeled bikeastra," said Bike-A-Stra manager Miss Ann Thrope. "When I opened it up and saw all this stuff --- tapes, flyers, stickers, a couple of bottle caps --- I was like, 'Huh. How about that.' I mean really, what more could I say?"
Over the coming months and perhaps years, Bike-A-Stra lead members Steev Hise and Glenn Weyant will sort through the material and make available selected recordings beginning with this early acetate recording labeled 4/1/1964 - Velvet Door - Dusty and Chayn.
Live at The Velvet Door, was recorded at the now "notorious" April Fool's Day Show (commonly known as The Tan Acid Show), and is the earliest known performance by Bikeastra.
While the sound quality is relatively poor by today's standards, it is remarkably crisp considering it was first recorded live onto a roll of Scotch tape before being mastered onto a roll of duct tape and then being transferred to acetate after which it was placed in a box where it sat for 40 years before being discovered and transferred directly to MP3.
The two tracks feature original Bikeastra members Dusty Sprocket (electric guitar, whistle and heavy things dropped) and Chayn D'Railor (viola, voice and squeaky chair).
One of the most interesting aspects of this recording to both scholars, fans and collectors is the discovery that neither members of Bikeastra actually play their bikes or instruments built from bikes.
"It is strange isn't it," Thrope added. "I'm not even sure they knew what a bike was."
In 1978 Sprocket was killed in a tragic pitchfork accident while on a week long retreat at a popular local health spa. Sadly, D'Railor died three months later in a similar accident.
Despite the passing of Sprocket and D'Railor, the Bikeastra legend lives on to this day with a rotating cast of performers.
During the hyphening craze of the early 1980's Bikeastra formally changed it's name to The Bike-A-Stra Starship then Tucson Bike-A-Stra and then once again to The Bike-A-Stra Experience.
Today Bike-A-Stra is simply known as Bike-A-Stra with Steev Hise and Glenn Weyant carrying forward the band's musical and archival legacy, delighting fans by performing many of Bike-A-Stra's greatest hits live on traditional instruments, instruments built from bikes and video projections.
"Eventually we'd like to ride bikes made from instruments. Can you imagine how cool that would be? But right now we have our hands full with sorting through all this material," said Weyant.
Hise concurred noting: "Anything else? Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and check on my hops."


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Paleo and Protein – This is a man's world
Should we really be eating like a caveman? Is protein the healthy superfood that it is made out to be? Do protein supplements really make you ripped, or are you just making expensive wee? This month we will discuss all these things and more with contributions from writers, chefs and a number of experts.
- 6th June – 20 Grams – First up this month, The Nourishment Network's Anthony Warner on protein and the curious case of the 20g rule. We all need protein, but how much is enough?
- 13th June – The Paleo Narrative – In this piece, linguist Maxine Ali investigates the paleo diet, and wonders if the idolisation of our ancient ancestors is just an excuse to sell restrictive diets.
- 16th June – Plant vs Beast – Nutritionist and blogger Pixie Turner discusses the battle between plant protein and animal protein and why and arguments for and against often fall on deaf ears.
- 21st June – Paleo Genes – We talked to geneticist Giles Yeo about the Paleo diet and the effect a switch to agriculture had on our genes. And on the genes of other species.
- 30th June – The Pitfalls of Paleo – Post-doctoral researcher Angie Clonan provides a comprehensive overview of the issues covered by our contributors this month. A great way to wrap up this complex monthly topic!
- 30th June – A Mars a day… – Judy Swift is still talking about chocolate despite it being April's theme. Judy likes chocolate…
- 9th July – A final bonus post on protein and the dangers of diet advice in the fitness industry from Nourishment Network regular Kate Taylor.


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It is obvious that Obama's foreign and domestic policies mimic liberalism to a tee. Whether it is the trillion dollar stimulus, entitlement spending including ObamaCare, massive deficit spending, or the naïve foreign policy that he can negotiate with terrorists and or rogue nations – these Obama policies are liberalism at its best.
All of that said the way Obama runs his White House also epitomizes liberalism. Here are some common work habits (tricks) of a liberal:
Liberals claim to care about others, but in actuality liberals are all about themselves (actions speak louder than words – for instance see how much a liberal donates to charity). And nobody is more narcissistic than Obama. Think about it; how does Obama spend most of his time as president? The answer to that is campaigning! Even though Obama is term limited, he still spends most of his time campaigning and raising money. In fact, he spent more energy creating a metadata system to help him win elections than what was put into creating the ObamaCare website. Liberals are all about helping others just so long as it does not create any sacrifices on their part. What did Obama do after the Benghazi attack? He got a plane to attend a campaign fundraiser in Nevada. What's worse, playing golf and basketball are also more important than going to national security meetings.
Another liberal flaw is their inability to be accountable and responsible. No president has blamed their predecessor more than Obama. Today, Obama is blaming Republicans for his flawed roll out of ObamaCare. In fact, Obama has claimed to have known nothing about major scandals within his administration: Fast and Furious, IRS targeting conservative non-profit groups, DOJ targeting conservative journalists, EPA targeting conservative non-profit groups, the Benghazi terrorist attack, NSA spying, and the gross failure of the ObamaCare website, and so forth. I believe this to be true, because liberals are great at being unaccountable for the actions of people who work for them. And if all of this is not bad enough, not one person has been held accountable for any of the Obama administration great screw ups. Nobody has been fired or sent to prison for breaking any rules, regulations, or laws in the Obama administration.
Liberals are also great at creating a crisis to deflect attention or using a crisis to win public favorability. Obama clearly used the Newtown massacre to push for gun control and he was willing to have the government shutdown to avert attention from the failed ObamaCare rollout.
Liberals also like to bend the rules in their favor. No one has flipped flopped more on policy than Obama. Obama has changed his position on the debt ceiling, NSA metadata, drone strikes, trade agreements, filibusters, civil liberties for terrorists, and campaign financing, to name a few. Obama has defied the Constitution and moved unilaterally to go to war (Libya), create czar positions with no congressional oversight, and to change parts of legislation without congressional approval (he has done this numerous times concerning ObamaCare provisions such as the corporate mandate).
The final liberal trait possessed by Obama that epitomizes liberalism is the ability to lie and make excuses. No president since Nixon and Clinton has been caught in more lies. Whether it was the Benghazi cover story or all the lies about the ObamaCare law, the Obama administration is full of excuses, lies, and misinformation. Liberals continuously change the meaning the words to appease their ideology and ego. They will do anything possible to win elections – that is all that matters.


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GLASTONBURY — Rain forced Glastonbury High School's 517 graduates inside for Monday's ceremony, but it didn't dampen the seniors' spirits.
The cheers were deafening after the Class of 2015 finished filing in to "Pomp and Circumstance."
Over the course of the evening, students heard from their peers and from school administrators on the value of their diplomas.
After ticking off a series of comical predictions for their five-year reunion, graduate speaker Ian Clemens described the Class of 2015's unique historical position.
"This is a generation of promise and hope, and we stand at its frontier. All we have to do is reach out and capture that promise," Clemens said.
While looking ahead to their futures in higher education or the workplace, students also heard praise for their work over the past four years.
School Principal Nancy Bean awarded honors to the school's three top-ranked seniors: Elizabeth Ladyzhets, Kevin Gong and Abraar Chaudhry, who will attend Barnard College, Columbia University and Brown University, respectively.
Glastonbury Board of Education Chairwoman Susan Karp highlighted the Class of 2015's endeavors "in every area of their education and every extracurricular endeavor, from science to foreign language, from literary advances to historic analysis, from athletics to drama, from musical concerts to robotics, from dramatic performances to community outreach."
"While graduation can often be seen as a time to give advice, I must admit as I look back on your accomplishments individually and collectively, it is very evident that you are well prepared for the challenges that lie ahead," Karp said. "In this changing world that we struggle to keep up with, you have excelled."
Superintendent of Schools Alan Bookman focused on the graduates' athletic achievements, including seven state championships this year.
Highlighting another student talent, musical selections were interspersed throughout the ceremony, including arrangements of popular songs "Landslide" and "We Are Young."
Clemens also spoke to his class's wide-ranging array of talents, praising his classmates for daring artistic endeavors, national prestige in robotics and groundbreaking scientific research.
"We are unique, a collection of true individuals," he said. "But our diversity of talents and ambitions is what unites us."


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How does this all work?
Where do I start?Once you decide to begin researching embryo adoption/donation the next question is "Where do I start?" One of the most challenging aspects of Embryo Adoption/Donation is that currently there is no central place to begin. There is no single place with a compilation of resources, except those that are run by a specific agency. Here is some information that I've learned along the way that hopefully will help you get started.
Embryo Adoption vs Embryo DonationLet's start with a little terminology. I personally find myself using the term Embryo Adoption to cover most donor embryo situations, because it seems like it's easier for the masses to understand. But you will find that those in the IF community use the terms Embryo Adoption (EA) and Embryo Donation (ED) differently depending on the situation. There is no hard and fast rule here, but here are my personal observations. EA is usually used when you go through an agency and have a home study, or locate embryos and orchestrate your adoption yourself. Legally speaking, there is no such thing as actually 'adopting' an embryo, however the process to transfer ownership is what we refer to to as embryo adoption. EA can be an open, semi-open or closed/anonymous 'adoption'. ED is the term that is usually used when you go through a clinic, and generally ED through a clinic is done anonymously.
Open, semi-open, or anonymous?
Using an agencyIf you choose EA through an agency, the most popular ones are Snowflakes, NEDC, Embryos Alive, Children's Connections Inc, and Cedar Park. They all require a home study (Embryos Alive will accept a dossier or a home study). The NEDC requires you to travel to their clinic for the transfer, the others ship the embryos to your clinic. The fees for the home study, shipping, and transfer will vary, but average around $6000-$8000.
Using a clinic's donor embryo programIf you choose ED through an anonymous clinic program, you will first need to find one that offers this service. This can be difficult, but with a bit of work you can find many options. You can start by calling clinics near you and ask f they have a donor embryo program. Be very clear, because many times will might assume you are looking for eggs. Egg donation is obviously very different from embryo donation. Clinics generally do not require a home study, although many require a psychological screening. Don't let this scare you away. These "screenings" are actually useful informational sessions and you will be glad you had one! I know we were! The average wait time through a clinic is about a year and the fees will vary greatly, with most in the $5000 range. Some can be as low as $3000 and others up to $9000. If you are willing to travel, you can sometimes find programs with lower fees even with travel costs included.
Finding embryos on your ownAnother option is to find embryos yourself. This is what we did for both of our adoptions. Once you've found some, you can either travel to the donor's clinic where they are stored or have them shipped to you. Some couples who seek to adopt embryos on their own spread the word that they are looking for embryos on blogs, forums and other social media sites. Miracles Waiting is also a great site to find a match. It is a classifieds ad style site where donors and recipients can make contact with one another and discuss the terms of an adoption. On Miracles Waiting, recipients pay a one time nominal fee to join. Another matching site is NRFA - National Registry for Adoption. Recipient pricing is between $20-$39 a month and is free for donors. And another option for self matching is through the forums on Parents via Egg Donation. By choosing this route you may save money over using an agency yet still have an open, or semi-open relationship with the donors. However, your wait time could be be a very long time, OR a very short time, depending on how long it takes for a match to be made. And you will have to coordinate all of the logistics yourself (legal paperwork, shipping, etc). This can have it's challenges, but also it's rewards and is not nearly as difficult as many may think. The two big pieces to coordinating this are finding an attorney and working closely with your third-party donation coordinator at your clinic to take care of the rest of the steps (embryo screening, shipping, etc.) You're not alone because your clinic should hold your hand through what steps need to happen.
If you choose to adopt embryos by locating them yourself and you are looking for an attorney to draw up your contract, I used Adam Aseron here in Austin, TX and highly recommend him. He was exceptional to work with on both of our embryo adoptions and seems to enjoy playing a part in this exciting process for infertile couples. He can help people throughout the US, and is not limited to Texas. In fact, even though he is local to us, he did all of the work for us remotely through email. He was very responsive to email and gave a quick turnaround for all of our requested contract changes. He charged us a flat fee to draw up a contract rather than charge by the hour which was very cost effective. Here is his contact information:
Adam Aseron
Website: Giles, Sayers & Aseron PLLC
Phone: 512.582.7464
Double-donor embryos
Are you considering donating embryos?And speaking to the other side of the table, if you are considering donating your embryos, I thank you from the bottom of my heart on behalf of all of the hopeful recipient couples out there! Currently, there is a huge donor embryo shortage - despite what you may have read online or elsewhere. Many times you may read there are "over 600,000 embryos frozen in time just waiting to be adopted" when this is simply not true. It may be true that there are hundreds of thousands of embryos frozen in labs, but most of them are property of their genetic parents who have intentions of using them at a later date. If you currently have embryos remaining after the completion of building your family, and don't know what to do with them, thank you for considering donation. You can use the above information to help guide you. If I could make a recommendation, please be sure that you and your partner are ready to donate your embryos before actually involving a recipient. It will spare their feelings if you decide you are not ready yet, and it's only fair. And if you are in contact with a recipient only to find that it is not a good match, please be honest with them and let you know it won't work out instead of disappearing. This causes so much heartache to the recipient and will leave them to wonder "why?" Being honest is the kindest thing to do, even if it's difficult.
Please know that if your clinic tells you that you "aren't allowed to donate" or "it can't be done" they are incorrect. These embryos belong to you and YOU get to decide what happens to them, not your clinic. Many times you will be told you have only two options available: Destroy or donate to science. When in reality, there is a third option. And the most tragic part about this is that many couples are not aware of this option and end up destroying or donating to science when they otherwise wouldn't have. The bottom line is that if you wish for your embryos to have a chance at life, you can make this happen. There are so many infertile couples who would do anything to have a chance at parenthood. And you hold the key to not only impact the lives of your embryos, but give the most selfless gift of all to loving recipient couple!
Connect with othersIf you're looking for an online place to connect with other people who are at various stages of the EA/ED process, there is a forum on Baby Center called Embryo Adoption.
I have also started a private embryo donation/adoption Facebook group as a support for women who are anywhere in the EA/ED process. This could be looking for embryos, cycling, or parenting a child who is the result of a donor/adopted embryo. Donors are welcome in this group! But there is also a separate group for donors only, or those considering donating their. It is separate due to the unique issues donors may face and the unique support they can provide one another. Both groups are 100% private and considered "secret" on Facebook, so your other FB friends will not know you are a part of them or see you are posting to them Being a member of these groups will not "out" you to your other FB friends.
If you are interested in being added to either group, please send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
(Thank you to Jess @ A Greater Yes for posting this info on your blog and letting me tweak it for my site!)


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This year is going so fast. It's almost the end of January. Let's save everyone some time and cut to straight to the chase with a quick recap of everything that's been happening across Sony this week…
We're not usually ones to brag but check out the video above which our Japanese team produced to highlight the small, insignificant, screen of Xperia Z Ultra Android smartphone…
You can also check out the "Making of" film below:
Want more BIG news? This week Sony Entertainment, in partnership with FIFA, revealed that Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull will provide the official 2014 World Cup Song. The track's called "We Are One" and will feature Claudia Leitte, a well-known Brazilian pop singer and judge on The Voice Brazil. Of course, the song will be performed live at the opening ceremony in Sao Paolo. Watch out for the new video coming soon…
On the subject of celebrity, make sure you watch the latest edition of The Take Out:
Not only will you learn about the "Age of the Dibby Dibby Sound", but Katherine will also take you through everything you need to know about the gorgeous Johnny Depp's new sci-fi blockbuster, Transcendence.
And while we're talking about future tech, if you want to see what our future of the living room looks likes, we invited the BBC to find out at the recent CES '14 show. Take a look at this great video report.
For the rest of us that still need to use our current living room, Sony Music has just announced its new 56th Grammy Awards Channel on Music Unlimited. Featuring the outstanding artists, albums and songs that are up for the biggest categories, the new channel will get you fully up to speed before the big night on Sunday.
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Riverlanes in Tulsa
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Riverlanes in Tulsa
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Dianne and I have been spending a lot more time bowling lately. Bowling is a great lifelong sport that really compliments our particular brand of recreational river and lake kayaking. Like kayaking, bowling can be enjoyed alone, with friends or with the whole family. High tech and personalized bowling gear is easy to find and fairly affordable online or at Pro Shops everywhere. Bowling centers can be found in every area we travel to and they make a great side trip or alternative when the weather doesn't favor paddling trips. When paddling the LMF River we can bowl in Idabel and when paddling the Illinois River we can bowl in Tahlequah.
Our favorite bowling centers in Oklahoma are RiverLanes Bowling in Tulsa and Henryetta Lanes in Henryetta, Oklahoma. River Lanes is a large, full featured bowling center with all of the frills. Henryetta Lanes is about thirty minutes closer to our house and MUCH more affordable. Sadly, they have no automated score keeping system, which forces me to do math on the weekend. The Henryetta bowling center is small, but friendly...currently open weekends only.
Sahoma Lanes in Sapulpa is another local favorite. Like RiverLanes, they are a large bowling center with a big arcade, bar, glo-bowling, automatic score-keeping, etc. and a good Pro Shop. Bowling at big centers like these is fun early in the afternoon until late into the evening. It is a rewarding sport for couples as long as you can compete with each other in a friendly way.
Tips for new bowlers:
- Buy yourself some bowling shoes quickly. They are cheap, so it won't take you many trips to the bowling alley to save the money you spent on them.
- Bowling is more fun if you buy your own bowling ball. It also hurts less. Dianne and I bought a couple of Ebonite Tornado bowling balls. That model is for novice bowlers hoping to learn more advanced bowling techniques.
- Bowling games take awhile, so plan accordingly. Dianne and I find that we can bowl about three games per hour. Of course, with more players each game takes longer. When we bowl with our Son and Dianne's Mother, the games take twice as long. No matter how fast you throw them, it takes awhile for the pins to reset and the ball to return. If you want to speed things up...throw more strikes.
- Try to find off-prime days and times to bowl. Bowling Centers usually offer reduced pricing on weekdays or late at night. Planning your weekly bowling night on a Thursday might save you a bundle.
- Watch some of the old PBA Bowling Tournaments they show on ESPN Classic on weekday mornings. They offer loads of tips on becoming a better bowler. Also, it is amazing to see the wide range of body shapes that make up Pro Bowling. Whatever you look like, there is likely to be a Pro Bowler who looks like you...but bowls the occasional Perfect Game.
Search the web for nearby bowling centers before heading out on any road trips. Bowling makes a great addition to any paddling trip.
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Heading Soccer Ball Linked with Brain Injuries
David Goodhue
The Bronx, NY
Findings matter of concern given soccer's worldwide popularity among children
Soccer players who frequently head the ball face the possibility of brain injury and cognitive impairment, according to a new study.
Researchers with Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center used diffusion tensor imaging, which is an advanced MRI-based imaging technique, on 38 amateur soccer players who were all about 31 years old. The participants had been playing the sport since childhood.
Participants were asked to recall the number of times they had headed the ball during the past year. The researchers ranked the players based on heading frequency and then compared the brain images of the most frequent "headers" with those of the remaining players.
They found that frequent headers showed brain injury similar to that seen in patients with concussions.
The researchers said in a statement that the findings are concerning since soccer is the world's most popular sport, and its popularity is growing in the United States. Of the approximately 18 million Americans who play the sport, 78 percent are under the age of 18.
Soccer balls travel at speeds as fast as 34 miles per hour during recreational play, and more than twice that speed during professional matches.
After confirming the potentially damaging impact of frequent heading, "Our goal was to determine if there is a threshold level for heading frequency that, when surpassed, resulted in detectable brain injury," said lead author Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of Einstein's Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center and medical director of MRI services at Montefiore.
Further analysis revealed a threshold level of approximately 1,000 to 1,500 heads per year. Once players in the study exceeded that number, researchers observed significant injury.
Repeatedly heading soccer ball increases risk for brain injury
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Saturday, 4 November 2017
The Original Face Montreal Launch
The audience was thoroughly entertained on October 7 at Le Gare when Heather O'Neill interviewed Guillaume Morissette during the launch of his second novel,
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I got kicked out of the garage.
Let me rephrase: enough room was cleared in the barn through some rearranging and the removal of my brother's motorcycle that we got two tables set up inside and one outside on the northeastern side of the barn so this year's seed propagation will be done there instead of in the garage.
This is all well and good, of course. The barn has all my material right at hand and there is more room to move around there than in the garage. The only downside is there is no direct water in the barn, so I'll need to drag a hose in to do the watering. I think everything will be fine, as long as the local authorities don't do heat-seeking flyovers, miss all the outside frames and activity there, and think there's some kind of grow operation going on. To be fair, there is, or will be, one, but not the kind they may think.
There is still obviously some setup to do: I need to climb up to the rafters and drive some supports for my grow lights, hang the lights, and get the flats ready for seeding. The one and only flat currently on the tables has some artichoke seed in it, to see if we can coax some to germinate. Last year's attempt was not successful, and I'm not sure if it was because the seed was almost two years old at that point, or if through some combination of light, watering, and heat I managed to kill the process. Still, there's nothing like the attempt, and what's the point of doing any of it if you're not trying new things and having a bit of fun?
Another item on the list of things that desperately need to get done is polishing off the building and filling of the last row of 8 x 4 frames out back (in addition to the completion of the filling of the current row) so we'll have somewhere to plop the babies when they're ready to exit the barn environment and hit the real weather outside. Some things – okra, the watermelons, and other larger seeded items, along with the things that don't transplant well here, like carrots – I'll directly sow into the frames. I'd say about 75% of the plants will be started in the barn, though, and fed doses of diluted worm poo juice to keep them going while we wait for the winter to go away.
I also have trees and plants to get in the ground. I'm just hoping they can stand to hang out for a bit while the weather moderates enough to have a stretch of decent, non-freezing nights for them to get happy in their new surroundings.
Quite honestly, I'm looking forward to this season in a way I haven't over the previous few years we've been here. I'm not sure if it's because of the way last year went, or because I decided to be more laid back about things in general this year – like the massive server meltdown that made for a 40 hour day last week, or bitchy/rude clients, or because I've come to the base thinking that if I want to do this, then I need to put a complete effort into it instead of thinking of it as a hobby that can be indulged but not tended. Whatever the case, that same optimism that grips me when I turn the pages of seed catalogs has me right now as I mentally plan layouts in the garden and then scrap them one by one, looking for the best way to manage the space I have and the timing of when various things will be ready for going in to the garden and then harvested – and thus be ready to be replaced by something else. The circle of life on the farm has me, and the thought of escape has not been one I've entertained.


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For those of you using the Store Locator Plus WordPress Plugins (WPSLP) , here is something to be aware of when migrating and upgrading sites. The correct process is to first MIGRATE the Store Locator Plus installation THEN update the plugins.
Some site administrators are first installing the latest version of the WPSLP plugin stack on the new site THEN bringing over the data. This can cause some settings to start "seeing ghosts". This will manifest itself in unanticipated ways, such as the map behaving as the old setting is active when it is not set on the admin settings interface.
This particular issue cost me some time when testing new features with the Experience 4.8.3 update coming out later this week. I was playing with the show/hide home marker at startup feature but despite havign unchecked that box it still behaved as if it was enabled (not showing the home marker when the map loads).
It turns out that my settings had not "migrated" from the old-school serialized options to the newer Smart Options architecture. If the old serialized options are still in the data they will take precedence. This is by design to avoid backward compatibility issues.
Normally when you install a newer version of an SLP add on, such as the Experience add on, it will detect the new Smart Option then locate the legacy option to get the value of the setting and delete it. From this point on the Smart Option is the only setting in play. Everything will work by "magic".
However if you first upgrade the plugins then port your data over from an older system you are also bringing over the add on version data. Since much of WordPress, including our add ons and plugins, rely on accurate version data to trigger events (or more importantly to NOT keep running events over-and-over again that should only happen ONCE during an upgrade) this will skip things like settings being upgraded from "legacy" to Smart Options.
What Is "Data"
For WPSLP users the data that you migrate is both the location data, including all relevant category mapping and extended data table, plus select rows from the WP_Options table that store the settings for the SLP add ons. When migrating your sites first make sure you bring over all the proper data values THEN install the same version of your SLP plugins, then update the plugins to ensure all the data values follow the proper migration path.
This should be the standard process for ANY site migration as many plugins and themes use data migration and upgrade techniques similar to those found in SLP. We did not invent these techniques, in fact much of what we build into our architecture come from WordPress veterans. You will find our methodologies in many other WordPress products.
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Ex-offenders can face unfair stigma for years. However, ultimately a criminal record is a small part of your qualification for a job. There are many other areas that you can master to not just survive — but thrive!
Under the "Skills Identification/Development" and "Get a Job" pages on this site, we have even more resources — but these are targeted specifically at people with a criminal background.
Take Control
It can be easy to feel like a victim of the system. But let's remember that some of the most important aspects of an employee are within your control.
- Need some work skills or experience? Our Get Skills and Get Jobs pages will give you a foundation in that. We can assist you every step of the way.
- Need a resume and cover letter? Easy. We have training for that at our WorkForce Centers (see our Calender page for the next workshop date).
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- Need a good impression? You can make yourself looking presentable, clean, and smelling nice.
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There is a lot that you have control over. It may take a little work, but it won't be anything you can't handle.
- iSeek's page for ex-offenders walks you along step by step as you start a new life, from budgeting to goal-setting. Much of the information is general, but there is specific ox-offender information towards the end under the "Find a Job and "Manage Your Career" sections.
- The Minnesota Department of Corrections' Pre-release Handbook is a helpful foundation for the beginning of a new life.
Please visit your nearest WorkForce Center for personalized career help.
Know the Systems
The Law
Minnesota was one of the first states to "Ban the Box" for government jobs — that is, the box on a job application that asks about your criminal record. In other words, it is illegal for a state employer in Minnesota to ask about a criminal record before the second job interview. Be prepared to talk about it eventually, but know your rights in the initial application and first interview.
- The Council on Crime and Justice's guidebook for employers is enlightening for understanding what the employer can and cannot do.
Tax Breaks
The WOTC tax credit allows employers to reduce their federal tax liability by up to $9,000 per new hire by hiring from certain categories of traditionally hard-to-place job seekers, such ex-offenders.
Any size for-profit employer may apply, there is no limit to the number of new hires or claims, and temporary, seasonal, part-time, and full-time work qualifies.
For more information call 888-234-5521, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit the WOTC web page.
Federal Bonding
The Minnesota Federal Bonding Service provides insurance guaranteeing honesty or credibility for certain categories of traditionally hard-to-place job seekers, such as ex-offenders.
There are no forms to fill our or sign. The bond is good as soon as the Minnesota Federal Bonding coordinator certifies the bond.
For more information call 800-345-2537 or visit Minnesota's bonding web page.
Know Your Record
Understand what employers are seeing, and make sure that the public version of your record is accurate.
- State Record: A basic list of convictions and confinement information can be found for free online through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). For a full report, including both public and private information (recommended), you must write the BCA. Cost is $8.00 per request. Visit the FAQ page for more info.
- For a Federal criminal history report, call the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at 304-625-3878.
After you know what your criminal record is, you can look into having your record expunged, or sealed. It won't remove your record, but your report will not longer be public for employers to see. This is not always possible, but it's worth looking in to.
- Justice 4 MN is a site that helps you find free or cheap legal help with civil matters.
Alternately, you can pursue a pardon. This is not always possible, but it's worth looking in to.
- The Governor of Minnesota offers pardons for state offenses. Call the Board of Pardons at 651-642-0284 to request more information.
- The President of the United States grants pardons for federal cases.
Know How to Present
The above steps should put you in a good place for a job hunt. However, even in the best case scenario with an expunged or pardoned criminal record, there could still be a gap in your employment history that you will have to explain. In the worst case scenario, your full criminal record will be known to the employer. This is not insurmountable.
Remember: in Minnesota, the employer will not know about your criminal record until the final interview. By that point, make sure you have made a strong, positive impression on the employer, so that they will not want to turn you down.
How do you do that?
At the end of the day, most people are not bad people. Employers want to do the right thing. They are just sensitive people who get a little jittery. Reassure them.
Because, in the end, employers just want to hire someone who:
- Is enjoyable to be around
- Can do the work
- Is smart
We call those the Three Keys and they can get you into almost any job. If you can prove these three things, you are well on your way to the job — whether you're an ex-offender or not. We have full training on them in our "Get a Job" workshop, but here are some specific thoughts for ex-offenders.
1) Is enjoyable to be around
- Charming is disarming. Smile. Sit up straight. Look them in the eye. Listen carefully. Use humor where appropriate. Break the stereotype of the hardened criminal (an unfortunate, but prevalent stereotype).
- Take responsibility. If or when your criminal record comes up, take responsibility for it. The blame game won't win you any admiration. Explain that you learned from your mistake. Acknowledge that your situation doesn't look good but that you would like a chance to make a new life. Sincerity is important.
- Don't push. Nobody likes to feel backed into a corner, and employers may already be nervous interviewing an ex-offender. So, don't pressure them for the job. Don't come off desperate.
- Focus on them. In the interview, we of course want to get the job — but remember that it's not about you. It's not about what you deserve or what the employer can do for you. It's about what you can do for the employer. When you talk about yourself, talk about how you can add to the company — not what you need.
2) Can do the work
- Don't be a victim. Remember, when you are hired, it becomes a sort of partnership. The employer will need you almost as much as you need him. Your criminal record does not make you a lesser person. Speak confidently about your strengths. Be proud of who you are. Employees want someone who will take pride in their work.
3) Is smart
- Be articulate. Talk specifically. Describe how you've changed. Describe what you've learned. Reassure the prospective employer that you fully understand the implications of what happened. Ignoring problems the employer might have won't make them go away. Bring them out into the open and discuss them calmly, sincerely, and intelligently. Practice your responses with a friend, and get their feedback.
- Strategize. If your employer seems open but hesitant, mention the tax benefits and suggest a trial period.
It may take lots of hard work, but we at the WorkForce Center are here to help you and to let you know there are lots of resources out there. There is hope!


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"Twitter became a notable outlet for dissent by Iranian protesters"
Was this ever verified? ie. were the "tweets" identifiable as coming out of a country in lockdown with even the mobile phone networks effectively censored?
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The Son Also Rises
Patrick Hemingway discusses life with Papa
By Blake De Pastino
JULY 26, 1999: For most of his adult life, Patrick Hemingway lived in Africa. For decades, he ran what he calls a "safari firm" in the savanna. He served as honorary game warden for the nations of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania during dangerous political times. He became so intimate with the ways of the wild that he was appointed by the U.N. to teach other Africans about African wildlife. Then, after his retirement, he moved to Montana, where he has lived in relative seclusion for the past quarter-century. In so many words, he has lived a life that can only be described as Hemingwayesque.
So perhaps it's fitting that, three years ago, Patrick agreed to publish his father's last book -- or, more accurately, his last draft of a book -- on the condition that he himself would edit it. What he had to work with was 850 pages of a "fictional memoir," based on a winter safari Hemingway spent in Kenya with his fourth wife, Mary, and, for a time, Patrick himself. It was a stock of literary tinder that from the very beginning had the makings of truly incendiary stuff.
After all, Hemingway was legendary for his inefficiency as a writer, producing reams of what he knew to be unusable material, just to arrive at a few, near-perfect, razor-sharp sentences. He was famous for complaining about how difficult the writing process was for him. And even in finished form, his streamlined prose was often so slick that it became downright hard to follow, strafed with the author's trademark pages of unlabeled dialogue. And yet, Patrick, who self-admittedly has "very little" experience in writing, wanted to do the work himself. Hemingway was his father. What Ernest intended to say, Patrick claims to know "in my bones as his son, for goodness sake." He is, by every measure, a Hemingway.
The final, edited version of Hemingway's last manuscript, published under the title True at First Light, arrived in bookstores this week, in time for the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's birth. And by all accounts it has the distinction of being the year's most highly anticipated -- and wildly controversial -- release. For hardened Hemingway fans, the posthumous publication of True at First Light may come as no surprise. Five books have already been culled from Hemingway's unfinished work, ranging from A Moveable Feast, his notoriously self-indulgent memoir of Paris in the 1920s, to his collected letters, which he explicitly requested be kept out of the public eye after his death. Nonetheless, the literary marketplace has demonstrated an insatiable hunger for Hemingway's words, regardless of whether they were ever meant to see the light of day. And True at First Light is only the latest to emerge from the shadows.
But that hasn't helped stem the controversy. As critics began pointing out as early as last fall, altering the work of one of the century's most influential authors is, to say the least, a dangerous task. The effect that Hemingway's precise prose has had on American literature, they point out, is measurable in entire generations of writers, with some of the country's most prominent voices having been shaped by Papa's original diction. Both Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) and Joan Didion (Slouching Towards Bethlehem) were known to have spent months of their teenage years hunched over typewriters, transcribing A Farewell to Arms in its entirety, chasing down its rhythms, tracking its syntax. And Hemingway himself was aware of the power that could be made manifest in even the slightest change of phrase. His early mentor Gertrude Stein taught him that commas were a sign of weakness; if you need to use punctuation, she said, then you're not doing your job. And as anyone who has encountered Hemingway's spare and desiccated prose can attest, it was advice he took directly to heart.
As a result of all this, True at First Light has been roundly lambasted by the purest of literary apparatchiks, many of whom can claim plenty of critical truck. Last November, Joan Didion rallied to her hero's defense, saying that Patrick's work on the manuscript "inevitably works to alter what the author may have intended." In the May issue of Harper's magazine, former Hemingway editor Tom Jenks denounced the new release as "unformed, fragmentary, digressive and anecdotal." And no less than The New York Times just last month declared -- in mock Hemingway prose -- "what he wrote this time was not good and it was not true."
But while the book itself has become a dense thicket of controversy, little attention has been spent on the man who made the project possible. Critics are quick to point out his lack of literary experience, but besides that, no one seems to know Patrick Hemingway, his motives, his workings and his memories. Which is why we tracked him down at his home in Bozeman, Mont., where he took time to speak at length about True at First Light, his critics and what it was like to be Papa's son.
Patrick Hemingway: Actually, earlier than that. He wrote it in 1955. He went to Africa in the winter of 1953-1954, and then he wrote this book about a year after he got home. He was still in Cuba then. Mary did authorize Sports Illustrated to have a look at the manuscript in the early 1970s, and they did run extracts from it, mostly from the viewpoint of Sports Illustrated -- that is, as a sort of safari or an account of hunting activity. But the present version has a lot of material that makes it more than just the reportage of the safari. That's one of the many interesting aspects of this book -- it's a fictionalized memoir, which is a difficult genre to pin down. I guess it's impossible to tell at this point where the fiction ends and the memoir begins. I'm afraid that's true of most things.
PH: Well, that did take some time. We got a very careful photocopy made at the [John F. Kennedy] Library, and we hired a typist to put it into Microsoft Word, and that's what I worked with, always checking with the original copy during the process.
PH: Well, he did have all of his writing initially in longhand, so we had to have someone type up the original manuscript in long form. · He had a very legible hand, but there are instances where you had to think twice about it, but not significantly. It's an easy manuscript to read.
PH: I must say that was a rather nasty piece in The New York Times. · The piece in the Times is related to The New Yorker article, because Joan Didion expresses her point of view that Hemingway has been done a disservice by this posthumous publication, and I think one could take that point of view. But, unfortunately, I think the reality is that Hemingway's unpublished manuscripts would eventually find themselves in print even if people had to wait until the copyright had expired. As soon as the copyright had expired, it would have been published by somebody. So I think really, sooner or later, it was bound to happen. And I think sooner is better because I'm still alive as an editor for this particular work -- who knows what he's doing, I think -- and so it's better than somebody a hundred years later who might have difficulty even understanding it at all.
PH: It basically needed my cutting out some of the more descriptive passages, the passages that appeared to be more or less repetitive. Because that's the way Hemingway worked. He wrote a lot more initially than he planned to use. So I think that it was better to cut it down to strengthen the narrative line. Essentially there are three narrative lines in it: one is the lion hunt, one is the leopard hunt [and] the other is the sort of romance between himself and this African girl, compared with his relationship with his wife. Remember, this is fiction, not necessarily what happened. But those three narrative lines, for a commercial cut, needed to be as strong as possible, and I think that made the work more readable for the average reader. You know, a scholar or somebody knowing a lot about it might prefer the uncut version, which supposedly is going to come out.
PH: I think what leapt out at me was the description of the people fictitiously, but they were people who I had known, and I'd think, gosh, he's got them to a tee.
PH: Oh, they were people that you never have heard of. I mean, there are celebrities in the book, like Marlene Dietrich, but that's not the people I'm talking about -- more like the people that served me on the safari, the Africans. There was a man named Keiti -- I knew him well because I went out [hunting] later with him, and I got to know Keiti very well. So I could say, that's Keiti all right.
PH: Well, we had some very nice times there on that last trip. That's the last I saw of him. We never did spend any time together afterwards. I stayed in Africa, and he was a long ways away, traveling in Spain and Italy and so forth, so those are the last memories I have of him ·
PH: Ohhhh, gosh. [Pause] It wasn't so much that the memories were disturbing in that anything awful happened. It was disturbing in that I realized how much I had forgotten. You know, it's amazing how one forgets. And then when you meet someone -- of course, he was writing only a year after the events, but then you see the wealth of the detail of what was going on and how it's all just sort of faded out. It's like a sofa, you know, that's against a window, and the light has destroyed the pattern on the sofa. That's what I mean by disturbing. There were no horrible things that happened.
PH: Artistically, I like A Farewell to Arms because I think it's a very fine example of sort of a classic novel, you know, about the war. But because of my own life, and how it impinged on my parents' life, I like The Green Hills of Africa and To Have and Have Not. Key West is where I was brought up, so that's always meant a lot to me. Neither one of those works, really, is Hemingway's best. But I like 'em ·
PH: I don't think it's going to affect the way they remember him, probably, one way or the other. I think its major importance is that it shows Hemingway in what is really, for all intents and purposes, the last decade of his life. You know, he lived 60 years, and this is the last 10 years of his life, and it shows him more or less in his own words, highly fictionalized as a character in a book, but he's writing about himself and his opinions, and I think that makes an interesting contrast to, say, A. E. Hotchner's Papa Hemingway, which was somebody else's writing. · People are interested in Hemingway, and there's this sort of -- I'd say trite and rather wrong -- image of him: Here's this wonderful writer who was young and wrote a masterpiece like A Farewell to Arms, which set a whole fashion in American language, et cetera, and then as he grew old and drank too much, he got worse and worse [and became] the dregs of this once-great writer. I think that's just ludicrous.
PH: Well, I mean one of the things that is absolutely going against this thesis is A Moveable Feast. Have you read that?
PH: Well, did it strike you as the work of a muddle-headed old man who was so far gone with drink and self-deception?
PH: Well, he wrote it one year before he died. So I don't think you can get a clearer, more concise, more -- in a sense -- killer Hemingway, I mean as far as describing people so that they're damned to eternity, than in that book. [Laughs] You know, A Farewell to Arms was written when he was well, I believe, under 30. If you like books by people in their 20s, fine, but you can't expect a major writer in his 50s to be writing the way he was when he was 20. · I just find this point of view particularly [unseemly] and very, very unworthy of a real literary critic. Especially the lady who wrote that thing in the Times -- I just thought that was ridiculous. That was a professional reviewer for The New York Times, I'm sure highly regarded, not highly regarded by me. I don't know her other reviews, so I may be doing her an injustice, but based on this review I think she's highly incompetent -- even if she does work for The New York Times.
PH: She missed Hemingway's humor entirely. She quotes a passage where Hemingway is parodying religious writing. She makes it [seem] as though he were [writing a serious piece] rather than a parody. I mean, to my mind it's utterly incompetent.
PH: In my bones, as his son, for goodness sake. I know when he's making fun of things. Now if he didn't succeed in conveying that impression to the reader, then all right. I can see how that could happen, but you know, I just don't think that's true ·
PH: I'm 71. I don't know what's next for me. I wake up every day and I think, "Gosh, great day." So I don't have any further literary plans. I'm retired. I took this up as retirement, you know?
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