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Flipside Art Studio, which believes that creativity and self-expression go hand-in-hand and become a transformative experience, announced its full schedule of summer art camps – and there is a camp for everyone.
Flipside Art Studio, with classes also offered by Ann Arbor Rec & Ed and Dexter Public Schools has two studios, including the new location in Dexter:
Dexter Studio – 7069 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd., Dexter, MI 48130
Ann Arbor Studio – 255 E. Liberty St., Suite B213, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Both studios offer art classes, workshops, parties (and more!) that explore a variety of media and techniques. We want to elevate your artistic experiences and offer unique art classes with contemporary twists. We're excited to work with you on your creative journey and make something beautiful together!
Mad Scientist Camp (week of June 17)
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics are all important subjects. However, Art and Design are important to incorporate into a student's learning. During this camp, we will create art projects that are not only fun and exciting, but also raise questions, giving your child the opportunity to find creative solutions. "Artists and scientists both ask big questions; designers and engineers both provide inspired solutions. Together they are more powerful than apart."-steamtostem.org
Under the Sea Camp (week of June 24)
This week Campers will be exploring the deep blue sea. We'll decorate picture frames with sea shells. Create wall worthy art using sand and make awesome ocean sticker scenes. limited time only" or "only 7 remaining!"
Mighty Jungle Camp (week of Aug. 12)
This week is all about nature! We will explore, learn, and learn while learning about our planet. Put on your safari hat and take a walk on the wild side with us as we explore what lies deep within the jungle.
Tropical Paradise Camp (week of July 15)
We are going to whisk you away to a tropical paradise this week! Dust off your Hawaiian shirt, get your Hula on and join us for the best luau of the summer! Children will make their own lei, compete in the limbo contest, and enjoy tropical themed activities as we travel to paradise.
Space is the Place Camp (week of Aug. 5)
Swirling planets, rocket ships, and lots of glowing materials will fill our classroom this week! We're blasting off to outer space for this week of Camp Fun. During Space Week, campers will learn about the solar system, pretend to be an astronaut by decorating their own rocket ship and craft their own stars and planets necklaces.
Inventors Workshop Camp (week of July 29)
Let your imagination and creativity run wild during Inventors Workshop Camp! Campers will dive into the world of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and the Wright Brothers to build all sorts of things made from recycled materials. Campers will brainstorm to invent and design the ultimate invention!
Fairly Tale Camp (week of Aug. 19)
Once upon a time…Each day within the Fairy Tales for Kids week we will focus on a different story! Campers will bond by recreating the magical classic tales through a variety of games and art.
Artful Antics (week of July 8)
There are many tools and mediums that can be explored in the art world!
Campers will break out the paints and natural materials as we they try a different method of creativity each day. While finger painting is fun for toddlers it can also be fun for older campers as they love getting messy and working with texture!
Animal Planet Camp (week of July 22)
Do you have a camper who loves animals?
This week we will dive into our animal planet and discover animals from precious puppies to cranky crocodiles! Campers won't want to miss out on exploring creatures from all over the planet as we decorate the studio with their jungle and forest themed art!
Under the Big Top Camp (week of Aug. 12)
This week we will leave no part of the circus behind!
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The Ohio roadways are teeming with large trucks that are going to and through the state. These vehicles present numerous dangers to drivers of passenger vehicles who share the road with them. When there is a crash with one of these giant trucks, the passenger vehicle and those inside will undoubtedly get the worst of it with serious injuries and fatalities. After a crash with a truck, those who were affected should remember their rights to seek compensation in a legal filing.
Hands-free devices don't always mean distraction-free driving
By now, it should be obvious to everyone in Ohio and across the nation that digital devices can create dangerous distractions for drivers. In an effort to avoid distractions, many drivers are switching to hands-free systems so that they can talk on the phone or accomplish other tasks without taking their hands off the wheel.
Roundtable focuses on distracted driving truck accidents
Encountering large trucks can be an intimidating experience for drivers of passenger vehicles in Ohio. These delivery trucks are traveling long distances at high speeds. To compound their danger, the drivers are frequently tasked with getting their delivery to its destination by a certain time. Their living is based on efficiency and speed and, despite laws regulating their behaviors, some will flout the law in various ways. That includes going beyond service hours, using pills to stay awake and driving while distracted.
Work zone truck accidents boosted substantially by distractions
People who spend the greatest amount of time on the road in Ohio and across the nation are naturally in a position where they are at higher risk to be injured or lose their lives in an accident. This is true for truckers, but it is also true for those who encounter these large, heavy, fast-moving vehicles on the road. Also in danger are people in work zones. The combination of many factors can lead to a truck accident. Add the chance of a distracted truck driver and it is far worse. Researchers are increasingly finding just how much jeopardy people in work zones are in when sharing the road with distracted drivers.
Car, truck accidents and other vehicle fatalities reach 40K again
Ohioans should know that motor vehicle accidents are one of the most common ways for people to die unexpectedly in the U.S. These fatalities can be due to a truck accident, a car accident, a motorcycle accident or any other type of highway crash. Researchers keep track of the statistics as part of their attempt to find ways to improve safety. Regardless of their information and the steps taken by law enforcement, legislators and regulators to improve safety, accidents continue to happen causing injuries and death. This information can be important to anyone who has lost a loved one in a crash and needs legal assistance to pursue compensation.
Trooper and 2 civilians injured in truck accident
Ohio truck accidents can happen for a variety of reasons. While there are the common factors that often cause a truck accident like driver fatigue, distracted driving, truckers under the influence, speeding and recklessness, there are times when an accident will happen just because a trucker does not adhere to the simplest and most obvious rules. One is failing to give law enforcement the room to do their jobs by adhering to the "move over" law. When this rule is violated, not only can other drivers be injured, but law enforcement and first responders can be hurt too. After a truck accident, calling for legal assistance is a must.
Truck accident statistics stagnant even with new ELD rules
With the number of large trucks that are on the road, there is a natural fear on the part of Ohioans that they will be involved in a truck accident. Their size and speed is compounded by the concern that truckers will be distracted behind the wheel, drive under the influence, and flout the rules for how much time they can spend on the road leading to drowsiness. Rules are in place to reduce the risk, but as one recent study shows, the mandate for truckers to have an electric logging device has not reduced the number of crashes.
Car and truck accidents could be linked to handheld devices
When out on the road in Ohio and across the nation, the concern about distracted drivers is a realistic one. Because the growth of smartphones and handheld devices has grown exponentially in recent years, it can be an irresistible temptation to check it repeatedly. A distracted truck driver is especially dangerous because of the size of their vehicles, the speeds they travel and how much damage they can do if there is a crash. Paying attention to various studies of how distracted driving behaviors are impacting road safety is useful for those who have been in an accident and are preparing for a legal filing to seek compensation.
Woman dies in trucking accident when turning semi blocks road
The Ohio roadways are rife with large trucks going to and through the state. While most of these semis are driven conscientiously and safely by their operators, there are times when the drivers will be reckless, negligent, drive while distracted and under the influence. Even when the driver is not doing any of these risky things, simply trying to make a turn can place others in jeopardy. The size of these vehicles and the speed at which they travel puts all others on the road at risk. With a trucking accident, there can be injuries and fatalities. After a collision, legal help is integral to being sufficiently compensated.
Latest statistics show many truck drivers die in truck accidents
When Ohioans hear the words "truck accident," they will reflexively think about people who are in conventional vehicles getting into a crash with a large semi and suffering serious injuries and death. While this does happen throughout the state, truckers are also at risk for suffering the consequences of a crash. When this happens as they are going about their business and doing their job, it is important that their families who are left behind understand the risk and take the necessary steps to file a claim for compensation.

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This summer, Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, presents an original exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking work of three legendary Impressionist artists: Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro.
Featuring more than 90 prints and key paintings on loan from institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art. Innovative Impressions is the first in-depth study to focus on the prints of these three artists together. It explores their remarkable graphic work and the techniques they developed through collaboration and experimentation.
The artists of the Impressionist group are known for their innovative painting methods– approaches that redefined the formal qualities as well as the subjects that were acceptable in art. Three of these innovators, Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro, similarly expanded the boundaries of the print medium. In 1879 and 1880 they formed the most active core of a group of artists planning to create a periodical featuring their prints.
Through this collaborative effort, they challenged each other to develop a new language of printmaking whose visual and expressive potential went well beyond the traditional reproductive purpose of the medium. Indeed, the intimacy of small-scale works on paper at times spurred the artists to be even more daringly creative than they were in their paintings. Their interactions and engagement with printmaking varied over time, culminating in the 1890s, when each developed distinctive methods of introducing color into their work.
Innovative Impressions highlights the artists' working processes by including multiple states, or versions, of several prints, allowing viewers to appreciate the experimental techniques through which the images were developed.
Mary Cassatt
The exhibition also includes examples of Cassatt's 1890–91 series of ten color prints–one of the most significant achievements of her career–as well as several prints that have rarely been exhibited,
Camille Pissarro
and a group of little-known monotypes by Pissarro, who was probably inspired by Degas to take up this technique.
"They were an unlikely trio of artists, from very different backgrounds," said exhibition curator Sarah Lees. "Yet they learned from each other and from other artists in developing unusual approaches to making prints, especially when they worked together in 1879 and 1880. After their publication project fell through, they continued to keep up with each other, although sometimes their relations became more competitive than collaborative. But this exchange of ideas seems to have played a significant role in their creative processes."
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This hardbound, full-color edition with an illuminating essay by Philbrook curator Sarah Lees, this catalog tells the story of this stunning Philbrook-originated exhibition, the first in-depth study of Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro together.


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Cure Arthritis Naturally
The first and most important step in evaluating a patient with polyarticular joint pain is determining whether or not synovitis/arthritis is present, producing soft tissue swelling, joint effusion, tenderness, warmth of the joint, and limitation of both active and passive range of motion. If the only finding is pain without inflammatory changes, then the diagnostic considerations include noninflammatory diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA), fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism. neuropathic pain, and depression. The presence of soft tissue swelling and tenderness with limited active range of motion but normal passive range of motion suggests the problem is extraarticular soft tissue inflammation, such as bursitis or tendonitis.
If there is active synovitis/arthritis. it is clinically useful to distinguish between monoarticular/oligoarticular arthritis (see Chapter 21) and polyarticular arthritis. In polyarticular disease, the next diagnostic clue is the duration of symptoms. If symptoms are relatively acute (<6 weeks), the major considerations are arthritis due to viral infection (such as hepatitis B or C, rubella, or parvovirus B19) or the earliest manifestation of a true rheumatic disease. Viral serologies and compatible clinical history of exposure often can make the diagnosis at this point and obviate need for further rheumatologic evaluation. Treatment of a viral arthritis usually is limited to symptom relief with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) because the conditions are generally self-limited.
Symmetric peripheral polyarthritis is the most characteristic feature of RA but also may be seen in many other autoimmune rheumatic diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and psoriatic arthritis. Lupus, which may present with a symmetric polyarthritis, usually is characterized by the presence of other symptoms, such as malar rash, serositis (pleuritis and pericarditis), renal disease with proteinuria or hematuria, central nervous system (CNS) manifestations, as well as hematologic disorders, such as hemolytic anemia, leucopenia, lymphopenia, or thrombocytopenia. Rheumatic fever, which can cause symmetric polyarthritis, is an acute febrile illness lasting only 6-8 weeks. In psoriatic arthritis the pattern of joint involvement varies widely. The vast majority of patients have peripheral joint involvement of more than five joints. Others have a pauciarticular asymmetric arthritis or exclusive distal interphalangeal (DIP) involvement. Inflammation is not limited to the joints but also occurs at the periosteum, along tendons, and at the insertion points into the bone, resulting in the development of "sausage digits," which are typical of psoriatic arthritis (and Reiter syndrome). Although the arthritis can precede the development of a skin rash, the definite diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis cannot be made without the evidence of skin or nail changes typical of psoriasis.
The peripheral polyarthritis of RA most typically involves the wrists and the MCP or PIP joints of both hands; the DIP joints usually are spared. It is useful to contrast the typical pattern of joint involvement of RA from those of degenerative OA. Degenerative joint disease may affect multiple joints, but it occurs in older age groups, usually is not associated with inflammation or constitutional symptoms, and tends not to be episodic. Also, in OA the hand joints most commonly involved are the DIP joints, where the formation of Heberden nodes can be noted (Figure 22-1). Ulnar deviation of the MCP joints is often associated with radial deviation of the wrists; swan-neck deformities can develop as well as the boutonnière deformity (see Figure 22-2). Swan-neck deformity results from contracture of the interosseous and flexor muscles and tendons, which causes a flexion contracture of the MCP joint, hypertension of the PIP joint, and flexion of the DIP joint. In the boutonnière deformity, there is a flexion of the PIP and hyperextension of the DIP joints. These findings are typical of advanced RA.
Morning stiffness or stiffness after any prolonged inactivity is a common feature of many arthritic disorders. However, stiffness that lasts more than 1 hour
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Figure 22-1. Rheumatoid arthritis versus
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Ulnar deviation of metacarpal-phalageal joint and the proximal intraphalangeal joint
Swan neck
Figure 22-1. Rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis.
is seen only in inflammatory conditions such as RA and reflects the severity of joint inflammation.
Rheumatoid nodules are subcutaneous nodules typically found over extensor surfaces of the proximal ulna or other pressure points. They only occur in 20-30% of patients with RA but are believed to have a high diagnostic specificity for RA.
Rheumatoid factors (RFs) are immunoglobulins that react to the Fc portion of immunoglobulin (Ig)G molecules. The usual serologic tests used in clinical laboratories detect lgM RFs, which are found in 80-85% of patients with RA. RF is not specific for RA, as it is found in 5% of healthy patients, but it can support the diagnosis when clinical features are suggestive. High RF titers have a prognostic utility for more severe systemic and progressive disease.
Radiologic findings in RA, such as erosion of periarticular bone and cartilage destruction with loss of joint space, may help the diagnosis. On x-rays, the typical findings are joint space narrowing, subchondral polysclerosis, marginal osteophyte formation, and cyst formation. Usually, though, the typical x-ray findings do not develop until later in the disease process after a diagnosis has been made based on clinical findings. Joint deformities in RA occur from several different mechanisms, all related to synovitis and pannus formation with resulting cartilage destruction and erosion of periarticular bone. The structural damage to the joint is irreversible and worsens with disease progression. Multiple different joints may be affected, such as hand, foot, ankle, hip, shoulders, elbow, and cervical spine.
There are several extraarticular manifestations in RA. including vas-culitic lesions with the development of ischemic ulcers, which implies systemic involvement; ocular manifestations with symptoms of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (Sjögren syndrome); respiratory manifestations caused by interstitial lung disease: cardiac manifestations; and several neurologic manifestations, such as myelopathy, related to cervical spine instability. Although not common, the continuous bone erosion may result in an atlantoaxial subluxation with cervical dislocation and spinal cord compression. Entrapment neuropathy may develop, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Hematologic manifestations include anemia, typically anemia of chronic disease. The combination of RA, splenomegaly, leucopenia, lymphadenopathy. and thrombocytopenia is called Felty syndrome. Felty syndrome is most common with severe nodule-forming RA.
At this stage in the disease process, our patient is presenting with joint complaints, fatigue, and malaise. No other extraarticular manifestations have developed yet. At the very onset of RA. the characteristic symmetric inflammation of the joints and the typical serologic findings may not be evident. Therefore, initially distinguishing RA from other conditions, such as lupus, may be difficult. Usually, the development of extraarticular phenomenon allows the physician to make a more specific diagnosis.
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CareerACCESS Takes Over Washington, DC
August 8, 2016
CareerACCESS took over Washington, DC in July and reached new milestones!
CareerACCESS has found a federal agency that wants to be its lead agency. Bob Williams, the Deputy Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, stated at four different events that his agency will do all they can to help pilot CareerACCESS. At an event with people from CareerACCESS, Bob had ten of his staff learn why CareerACCESS was important. As the keynote speaker at the closing plenary, Bob stated his commitment to CareerACCESS and at a NCIL board meeting he said that Annette Shea will be our liaison. Right after the board meeting, Bob met with some of us to strategize steps.
CareerACCESS July 2016 Newsletter
July 13, 2016
June was an exciting month for the CareerACCESS initiative!
Outreach & States Activity
The current Senate appropriations bill that is making its way through Congress has provisions that could benefit CareerACCESS. In addition, advocates in Michigan, Vermont, and Massachusetts are leading the charge to pilot CareerACCESS, and continue to work towards its implementation in their states.
CareerACCESS Fall 2015 Progress Report
October 5, 2015
What is CareerACCESS?
CareerACCESS is a career-building alternative to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for young adults with disabilities, ages 18-30.
It is a community-driven proposed program to reform the current Social Security Administration's Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI) rules so that young adults with disabilities can work and achieve their full potential without risking losing their disability benefits.
CareerACCESS at WID's 2015 Disability Policy Summit
September 24, 2015
Join CareerACCESS at the World Institute on Disability's Disability Policy Summit & Ever Widening Circle on Thursday, October 15, 2015. The summit will take place from 1:30-5:30pm (PT) in Berkeley, CA.
Neil Jacobson and Bryon MacDonald, CareerACCESS team members, will be speaking about the need to change the definition of disability in public policy.
For more info, visit: http://wid.org/ever-widening-circle
Watch the YO! Disabled & Proud Webinar Training on Youth Achieving CareerACCESS
August 14, 2015
Webinar: Youth Achieving CareerACCESS – Hosted by CareerACCESS and YO! Disabled and Proud
The National Council on Independent Living, World Institute on Disability, Policyworks, and YO! Disabled & Proud recently presented a discussion on advocating for improved Social Security policies for working people with disabilities.
If you are someone with a disability who uses benefits like SSI or Medi-Cal, and you want to have a job, it can be hard and stressful because of the complicated rules and lack of help available to understand it all. Without the right support, you could lose your benefit or health care.
CareerACCESS Goes to Washington
August 3, 2015
The CareerACCESS team is proud to share that we spent a productive, rewarding week in Washington, D.C. connecting with policymakers, youth activists, and supporters of Social Security reform.
From left to right, Dara Baldwin, Ed Lorenzen, Andy Arias, Angel Miles, Daniel Mellenthin, Rebecca Cokley, and Justin Harford. All are seated at a table in the midst of presenting during a NCIL workshop.
Humans of SSI
June 3, 2015
CareerACCESS recently launched a new project called Humans of SSI that aims to shed light on the challenges faced by people with disabilities on SSI. We hope that Humans of SSI will make these challenges visible to the rest of society and support our mission to reform social security benefits' policies for SSI recipients to encourage and allow for financial independence and career advancement.
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Highlights of the CareerACCESS Twitter Chat on Social Security Reform
June 1, 2015
CareerACCESS hosted a lively and successful Twitter chat on the topic of Social Security Reform. Participants shared key insights about what is needed to improve current policies for the disability community. To all who participate, thank you! Below, you can read through the highlights of the Twitter chat and gather some important insights.
Join the CareerACCESS Twitter Chat on #SocialSecurityReform!
May 12, 2015
Get engaged and join CareerACCESS as we host a Twitter chat where you can share your stories, thoughts, and ideas about the barriers created for people with disabilities by current Social Security policies.
NCIL 2015 Conference's Legislative & Advocacy Workshop Session
April 27, 2015
Our CareerACCESS Update – Spring 2015
March 11, 2015
Our CareerACCESS Update – Spring 2015
Young Adults with Disabilities Join CareerACCESS Core Team
The CareerACCESS Core Team has grown to include young adults with disabilities who are passionate about advocating for changes to Social Security policies. Welcome to Emily Ladau, Andy Arias, and Daniel Mellenthin!
CareerACCESS is looking for an intern!
January 8, 2015
A collaboration of agencies, led by The World Institute on Disability, is looking for a young adult with disabilities to intern with us assisting to promote CareerACCESS.
CareerACCESS pilot programs will be created by changes in federal policy aimed at significantly increasing the employment rate of people with disabilities by expecting young adults with disabilities ages 18 through 30 to work. CareerACCESS will provide required support and services recognizing that disability benefits are offsets to the high costs of disability rather than subsidies for the inability to work.
Youth and CareerACCESS: The Taste Test
August 19, 2014
By Justin Harford
During our week at the 2014 conference of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) advocating for CareerACCESS, a series of programs and supports designed to make it easier for young adults with disabilities to find and hold a job, it was evident that it had the support of those for whom it was designed. In fact, a group of approximately 10 such young adults, with backgrounds in law, advocacy, the nonprofit sector, and research enthusiastically joined up with the CareerACCESS initiative when they learned what it was about. Yet based on many conversations that the CareerAccess team had with directors of government agencies, think tanks and nonprofits it was also evident that the higher-ups would need to hear from those supporters before anything could move forward.
NCIL Youth Lead the Way on CareerACCESS
August 12, 2014
The World Institute on Disability (WID), the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), and PolicyWorks have been working on CareerACCESS, a federal policy initiative that creates an alternative program for SSI youth that want to build careers. NCIL youth introduced CareerACCESS to NCIL members at the 2013 NCIL Pre-Conference.
This year a larger number of NCIL youth and young adults have taken on new leadership roles on this issue; the CareerACCESS reform momentum is building.
New CareerACCESS Summary Document!
June 12, 2014
Our team has put together an accessible PDF that explains all the aspects of the CareerACCESS initiative. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Your Voice and Your Story Are Needed Now!
March 24, 2014
CareerACCESS needs your voice and your story now! We know that current SSI rules make it a challenge for a young person on SSI to try to build a career. Policymakers need to hear your voice and personal story. Let us know how the current SSI benefits system has impacted your choices and attitudes about seeking employment. Only you can give a face to this policy discussion… and the picture you paint with your words will be more powerful than pages of statistics and explanations.
SCDD Supports CareerACCESS!
March 21, 2014
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CareerACCESS: A Springboard to Independence.
March 14, 2014
Why CareerACCESS?
Are you a young person with a disability who dreams of a career and independence? Do you believe having a disability doesn't disqualify you from having a career or limit your potential to participate or contribute to your community? Do you want to earn money, build a career, and pursue your dreams? Today, if you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from the Social Security Administration – you may not be able to do these things that your peers without disabilities take for granted.
Labor Day is no time to celebrate for people with disabilities
September 1, 2013
Labor Day is no time to celebrate for people with disabilities -Neil Jacobson, 9/1/2013, Miami Herald
I FIRMLY believe that all people must work — even those with disabilities. Like me. Work brings meaning to life, provides important social connections and allows people to provide economically for themselves and their families.
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CALACS/ACÉLAC/ACELC: Save the Date!
The Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies is excited to announce that our annual conference will be held at the University of Ottawa, May 20-22, 2020. The call for papers will be coming soon.
LARC's Annual Report 2018-2019 is here!
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by Kent Sterling
It stands to reason that the former offensive coordinator for Oklahoma would be very well acquainted with the staff of one of his former Big 12 opponents – not really a rival for OU, that status is reserved for Texas and Oklahoma State.
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Kevin Wilson had nothing but good things to say about Gary Pinkel in his weekly press conference, citing the attention to detail and fundamentals that are always obvious when studying film of his teams.
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Lucius Alexander's Yule Essay 2017
Lucius posted a topic in Non-Gaming DiscussionLucius Alexander's Yule Essay: 2017 An open letter to a number of interested parties. (This is an essay I revise periodically) You CAN Just Say No to Christmas. I do. You do have a choice. December is a time of traditions. I usually choose not to participate in most of them. But even so I have my onset-of-winter, end-of-calendar-year traditions, and digging out and updating this essay seems to have become one of them. It seems appropriate to quote from something Andrew Sullivan said in 2005 : "Since…most solstice festivals are ultimately about cyclical renewal and resurrection, I have no real qualms about just reiterating what I said last year around this time." I honestly am not sure when I began this – I think perhaps in 2001. It started with a decision to be more articulate about why I feel the way I do about what I call the "butt-end of the year." Why I not only don't celebrate Christmas, but in recent years have refrained even from my own religion's solstice festival. Partly because I wanted to understand it better myself. And partly because it is not just some eccentric objection on my own part; there are issues involved that, in my opinion, everyone should think more about. December, and especially the time around the 25th, is a very special time of year. All kinds of things happen more often: Auto accidents; Abuse of mind-altering substances, especially America's "drug of choice," alcohol; Patients turning up in hospitals for depression and other mental problems. And all kinds of people who never (quite) attempt to harm themselves or others, who never check into a hospital or get themselves falling down drunk, or get fed-up and throw a vase or a turkey or a punch at a relative, nevertheless suffer from assorted degrees of stress, anger, bitterness, disappointment. Some of this is simply due to the facts of nature in these latitudes; long cold nights breed depression in a lot of people, miserable weather is more dangerous to drive in (or do anything else in) and creates not only accidents but its own quota of stress, and so forth. But I don't think that's the whole answer. Let me repeat something I've been saying for years. Dickens and Dr. Suess both got it wrong. Scrooge never reformed into a Christmas-loving good guy. Scrooge ALWAYS loved Christmas. And the Grinch never gave Christmas back after stealing it. He fenced it to Scrooge, who sold it back to the Whos down in Whoville. That's why Scrooge loves Christmas, because he loves profits. He probably paid Dickens to write the story. And Scrooge and the Grinch both pull the same scam, year after year. I'll assume you're already familiar with "A Christmas Carol" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." That seems a safe assumption. Dickens' story is of course older. In fact, Dickens has been credited with having invented Christmas as we know it today. I think that's an exaggeration, but with some basis. And while I don't seriously think there was a "Scrooge" who paid him for it, there were plenty of real-life Scroogelike people who were glad he wrote it. To be fair, he wrote it in 1843 - about 3 years after Victoria married Prince Albert, a fact of interest in that it was Albert who introduced the Christmas Tree to the English speaking world - and the commercialization of the holiday did not take off for another 20 years, or at least, it's not until after the Civil War that a proliferation of Christmas oriented advertising in the newspapers is noticed. It was not until 1851 I think that, for example, an American named Mark Carr was the first to make a seasonal business of selling Christmas Trees. Which is something to bear in mind: Christmas As We Know It is only 150 years old, a product of a time when our civilization was undergoing rapid changes, becoming more industrial and urban, and people were already nostolgically looking back not on the past as it had been, but on a past that never was. A nostalgia that was also immediately being co-opted by commercialization. If Scrooge and his ilk ever hated Christmas, they got over it as soon as they saw there was money to be made. I can just hear the dialogue between Scrooge and the ghost of Marley his partner..... "I was a failure, Scrooge!" "But you were a successful man of business! Why, your assets were..." "Were so much less than they could have been! The profits I could have made, if I'd only known the true meaning of Christmas! Don't make the same mistake I did Scrooge - cash in on Christmas!" As for the Grinch - what is the Grinch really? How is it possible for him to "steal Christmas?" For the Grinch, Christmas is something he can steal because he thinks it resides in things like trees and lights, in "boxes and bags, packages and tags." Just as we are all in some sense the Whos down in Whoville, we can think of the Grinch in ourselves as being the part of us that is likely to make the same reductionist mistake, and the Grinch in others as being those people who ENCOURAGE that kind of mistake - what I think would in Christian terms be called the sin of simony, putting a finite monetary price tag on things of infinite spiritual value. This is how the Grinch manages to steal Christmas - and Hanukkah, Yule, and Kwanzaa and the rest - every year. By hoodwinking Whos into thinking he has it wrapped up in a box, a box they don't have. And every year, Scrooge turns around and sells it back to the Whos the Grinch stole it from. They make it very hard not to be accomplices in the crime. My friend Amadan Na Briona has pointed out that winter gift-giving is an honorable old Pagan custom, but I don't think it is possible to practice it in this day and age without feeding into the Santa Claus myth - and Santa Claus (or is it just the disguised Grinch?) is fat enough and doesn't need any more feeding. It is especially hard for parents of children. Whether children have a naive belief in a literal Santa or not, they are like the littlest Who in the Dr. Seuss story - they look right at the disguised Grinch and think HE is Santa. So do most adults actually, but children fall for the scam even harder. That only makes the crime so much more insidious. Now, I'll admit part of my reaction IS idiosyncratic. Obviously, not everyone else has the kind of rebelliousness that automatically resists anything that is made mandatory, that resents not being free to choose to take something or leave it. And Christmas is mandatory. If I want to, I can remain blissfully unaware of Ramadan or the Chinese New Year. I have actually gotten quite good at evading and ignoring Christmas, but unless I go hide out in a cave, sooner or later those two hustlers, Grinch and Scrooge, are going to be in my face, trying to sell me Christmas. But this is one Who who isn't buying it. And I know I'm not the only one who tries to stock up on groceries and provisions in late November just to avoid having to shop in December any more than can be helped. It's not just a question of the "commercialization" of Christmas. I find it ironic that Christians so often complain about the merchants stealing Christmas from them, when they stole it and filed the serial numbers off it themselves. And let me be clear about what I mean by "stealing." Religions and cultures share or borrow ideas all the time. By "steal" I don't just mean adapting something for one's own use, I mean deliberately trying to deprive someone else of it. A great many Gods at one time joyfully shared the 25th of December as their birthday. It was the Christians who decided that there was only room for ONE Birthday Boy at the party. Which brings me a little closer to the point I want to make. What monotheistic religion, especially Christianity, has done, is to drain the "magick" or the "sacredness" out of the world, investing it into a transcendent abstract thing they call "God." I put the words magick and sacredness in quotation marks because I know I am not really expressing myself well here. Of course the magick and the sacredness are still there, despite the denials of Western monotheism. Perhaps the word I want is "meaning." Or possibly "value." Now, this was a long process, and never a completely successful one, that reached its peak in Puritanism and related movements that sought to "purify" Christianity of anything left over from primordial Paganism. Which if actually carried out thoroughly would purge Christianity of almost anything worth keeping, and a great deal that's NOT worth keeping. But I digress. The next thing our Western Civilization did, after in so far as possible cramming all the (magick - spirituality - Ultimate Meaning - whatever we call it) into God, was to try to kill off God. Humans can do, and refrain from doing, a lot of things, but we can't refrain from meaning. We have to mean something. We have to value something. Or if there is nothing to mean, we just have to mean in the abstract; to paraphrase Terry Pratchett - "I don't think it's symbolic OF anything in particular. It's just symbolic." From this point I could delve into some deep philosophical swamps, such as the question of whether Human Beings actually create meaning or are just compelled to find and recognize it in our experience somewhere. But find it or make it, we end up with it, and we have to PUT it somewhere. The mystics say that all places are holy, all things are holy, all time is holy. Or at least, the pantheists say that. And I think in a very deep and true sense they are right. But for practical purposes, such as the purposes of religion and magick, there is a distinction between the sacred and the profane. After all, the physicists are also right when they say there is a tremendous amount of energy tied up in any given atom of ordinary matter, but they use uranium and not lead to fuel a nuclear power plant. I want to start by discussing sacred space, hoping that will shed light on what I want to say about sacred time. To Pagans, especially Paleopagans, many sites are sacred. Whether or not a shrine was built, the people of an area might respect the holiness of a certain tree, a spring, a hill - anywhere that a numinous presence was recognized. I have said – nor is it an original thought - that monotheism "drained the sacredness out of the world." But never entirely - I suspect many Europeans and Americans hold their own homes sacred, although they would not use that word. And they would understand without ever thinking about it that someone else's home is sacred to them, that "home" is always sacred, but is a different place for different people. But if you are told that there are no faeries under that hill, that there are no sacred groves but only unharvested lumber, that Stonehenge and the Pyramids are monuments to ignorance and superstition only - even if you hear that until you believe it, even so, there is one place that you can still call "Holy Land." The conflicts among the three major Western Monotheisms are caused not so much by disagreement, as by agreement. All agree that on the whole enormous surface of the planet, only a very tiny fraction is "Holy Land." And while they don't agree 100% (Islam has Mecca and Medina, for example) they do mostly agree on exactly where the Holy Land is. Imagine a billion people deciding the same place is "home." Some of the people I am writing this for have some experience of magick. The rest of you will have to take my word for it that you can get real, and sometimes quite surprising, results, by steadfastly focusing your attention and intention by means of symbol and ritual. Especially if a group of people unite their awareness and their will. Now – Imagine the power of millions of minds, perhaps billions, investing value and meaning in the same thing. The "Holy Land" suffers from toxic levels of mana. There is a phenomenon called "The Jerusalem Effect" that strikes people in the so-called "Holy Land," especially visitors who are not acclimated to the psychic atmosphere. Now, it stands to reason that if a person is already unstable, an intense experience like a pilgrimage could trigger a psychotic episode; but the Jerusalem Effect strikes people who had no previous history of mental illness or disorder, who temporarily become deluded, usually into identifying with some Biblical character, and then recover and go on to lead perfectly normal lives afterwards. "There will never be peace in the Middle East." This has been said many times by sane and reasonable people who despair of ever healing the plague of violence that is endemic to the Holy Land. This plague is yet another symptom of the same basic disease. You may think it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, but if you are trying to light a candle in an atmosphere of 99% oxygen, you're wrong – dead wrong. Expecting peace under these conditions is like expecting a seed to sprout when you have a huge lens focusing a hectare's worth of sunlight onto it all day - and then at night you illuminate it with a laser. Of course, I can (and do) choose to never go near that region of dangerously intense, uncontrolled, and conflicting psychic energies that is called "Holy Land." But I can't choose to skip over the month of December. And just as more and more value and meaning has been focused over time on that unfortunate Sacred Space, so the same thing has happened to the Sacred Time that American culture usually refers to as "The Christmas Season." It has become a kind of black hole of significance, warping everything around it. Yes, many cultures of the Northern Hemisphere have had some variation of a festival of light around the time of the Solstice. There is nothing inherently "wrong" with holy days, any more than there is something wrong with sacred sites. But just as it's possible to concentrate too much spiritual power in a given region, far too much power has been given to Christmas. And power, even spiritual power, corrupts if there is too much of it. Christmas wasn't always so overwhelmingly important; at one time there were a lot of little feasts and festivals from late Autumn through Winter, that have now mostly been sucked into the maw of Christmas. St. Nicholas for example originally had his own day, before being identified with Father Christmas. Hanukkah has its distinctive customs, the dreidel and menorah, but even that "stiff-necked people" (to borrow the words of Moses, by the King James version) have surrendered to the gift wrapping compulsion, although such customs are "all made up and have no basis in tradition." (to borrow the words of Rabbi Tuvia Hoffman) And even I have been a hypocrite. I participated in the "gimme-grabbee" gift exchange - because it was fun. It has nothing to do with Paganism, nothing to do with the spiritual uplift I get from the Yule ritual. It's fun, and after all - everybody does it. Everybody. And I know that the Yule Rite is not only deeply fulfilling spiritually, but absolutely vital. I know that if it is not done, the Sun will not rise. So I, too, sometimes stand vigil on the Longest Night. Someone has to carry the torch. But maybe now you understand why I sometimes feel as if the torch I'm carrying is but "another faggot borne to flaming Troy." Why I am happy to give or get presents any other time of year, but give few in December and then on the Ides. Why I don't send Christmas cards, and don't display those sent to me. Why, if it's at all possible, I prefer to be at work on the 25th of December. Why - even though I have come to respect Santa Claus as another form of Deity - I don't want Him too prominent in how I celebrate Yule. A few years ago I heard someone complaining about having to go shop for gifts - "But it has to be done." I couldn't let that pass. "Does it?" I asked. "Why? Do you really feel like you don't have a choice?" I've used a lot of words here, but this is one sentence I really hope comes through loud and clear - You CAN "just say no" to Christmas. I have. Whether or not you do really is up to you. Lucius Alexander Copyright Palindromedary Enterprises


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Our Veterans Diabetes Support Group is a community partnership offering a tailored support plan available to Veterans, their families/loved ones, and anyone who wishes to increase their knowledge of diabetes health and wellness.
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In addition to group sessions CUBS Diabetes Support Group for Veterans is conveniently accessible through telephone-based assistance.
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: Veteran are the driving factors of the diabetes epidemic. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs- Veterans Health Administration close to 25 percentage of Veterans Affairs patients have diabetes, or are at risk of developing diabetes.
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Agent Orange and U.S. Veterans Affected By Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is common among Veterans. Type 2 is one of the diseases Veterans Affairs presumes is associated with exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical compound. Agent Orange was a tactical herbicide used by the U.S. military from 1962 to 1975, named for the orange band around the storage barrel. The military sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange and other tactical herbicides on trees and vegetation during the Vietnam War. Veterans who may have been exposed to Agent Orange include Veterans who were in Vietnam, the Korean Demilitarized Zone, on Thai Air Force bases, and who flew on or worked on C-123 Aircraft.
Military personnel who were involved in storage, mixture and transportation (including aircraft mechanics), and actual use of the chemicals were probably among those who received the heaviest exposures. Several decades later, concerns about the health effects from these chemicals, including dioxin, a byproduct of Agent Orange production, continue.
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The US Navy has reportedly fired new hypervelocity railgun rounds out of 40-year-old deck guns - here's why
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Intelligence Specialist Matt Bodenner/Released
- A US Navy destroyer test-fired hypervelocity projectiles from its standard MK 45 5-inch deck gun during the Rim of the Pacific exercises last year, USNI News reported Tuesday.
- The high-speed rounds, designed for railguns, can be fired faster and farther than traditional artillery rounds from naval deck guns and land artillery pieces without modification.
- The cost of each hypervelocity round is only a fraction of the cost of the missiles the US uses to intercept incoming threats.
The US Navy has reportedly been firing hypervelocity projectiles meant for electromagnetic railguns out of the 40-year-old deck guns that come standard on cruisers and destroyers, in hopes of taking out hostile drones and cruise missiles for a lot less money.
During last year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises, 20 hypervelocity projectiles were fired from a standard Mk 45 5-inch deck gun aboard the USS Dewey, USNI News reported Tuesday, citing officials familiar with the test.
USNI's Sam LaGrone described the unusual test as "wildly successful."
BAE Systems, a hypervelocity projectile manufacturer, describes the round as a "next-generation, common, low drag, guided projectile capable of executing multiple missions for a number of gun systems, such as the Navy 5-Inch; Navy, Marine Corps, and Army 155-mm systems; and future electromagnetic (EM) railguns."
The US Navy has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and more than a decade into the development of railgun technology, but while these efforts have stalled, largely due to problems and challenges fundamental to the technology, it seems the round might have real potential.
The hypervelocity projectiles can be fired from existing guns without barrel modification. The rounds fly faster and farther than traditional rounds, and they are relatively inexpensive.
While more expensive than initially promised, a hypervelocity projectile with an improved guidance system, a necessity in a GPS contested or denied environment, only costs around $100,000 at the most, Bryan Clark, a naval affairs expert with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, told USNI News. The Navy reportedly estimates that the high-speed rounds ought to cost somewhere around $85,000.
The cost of a single hypervelocity projectile is a fraction of the cost of air defense missiles like the Evolved Seasparrow Missile, Standard Missile-2, and Rolling Airframe Missile, all of which cost more than one million dollars each.
With the standard deck guns, which rely on proven powder propellants rather than electromagnetic energy, the Navy achieves a high rate of fire for air defense. "You can get 15 rounds a minute for an air defense mission," Clark told USNI News.
"That adds significant missile defense capacity when you think that each of those might be replacing a ESSM or a RAM missile. They're a lot less expensive," he added. Furthermore, US warships can carry a lot more of the high-speed rounds than they can missile interceptors.
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2018 Toyota Century Is A Contemporary Leading With Old School Design – Toyota has taken the Century into its third technology by unveiling the new model in advance of its community's elite appointed for the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show.
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Additional features found within are the studying light, producing desk, and rear-seat leisure, as well as the higher-good quality supplies used throughout the cabin, this sort of as natural leather and wool-upholstered seats, dependant upon the picked grade.
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