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There is nothing like ownership! I recently received this wonderful news via email from Kofi Taharka, National Chairman of the National Black United Front.
On Saturday, May 21, 2011, the NBUF Houston Chapter will host a Community Asante Sana (Thank You) celebrating paying off the organization's building. They are inviting everyone to join them for food, speakers, edutainment and more at 6:00pm at 2428 Southmore Blvd in Houston. This event will coincide with NBUF's 11th Annual Self-Determination/Malcolm X Birthday Weekend activities.
Historically, from 1995-1997 NBUF members under the leadership of Ishman (Imhotep) Hunter and Akua Fayette renovated the abandoned former drug den inside and out. 20,000 volunteer hours were invested by members to change the face of the community, according to the press release. The facility has been the site of organizing for many causes including: social justice, humanitarian aid, African-Centered education, and many other community needs.
"Let us be crystal clear this accomplishment is the result of NBUF MEMBERS' 17 YEARS OF VISION, DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. NBUF RECEIVED IMMEASURABLE SUPPORT FROM community members, community organizations, businesses, artists, poets, rappers, drummers, dancers, organizers, activists, revolutionaries, scholars, spiritualists, media outlets, tradesmen, and local and national security formations. Everyone who placed time, resources, talent and funds in the NBUF-Houston pot has made this possible," the group says.
NBUF has been an excellent steward of the people's resources. Chairman Kofi Taharka will announce NBUF's vision and needs at this event. The organization has been committed to serving the communities needs for over 30 years.
I personally congratulate our NBUF Family and I thank them for all of their years of service! Forward Ever, Backwards Never! Visit their blog @ http://nbufhouston.blogspot.com/


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Will Warren, cofounder of decentralized exchange protocol 0x, was working on building tokenized derivatives for Ethereum when he and his cofounder realized there would be no place to trade them. They ended up pivoting to create a decentralized exchange protocol, 0x, that enables companies to use that infrastructure to direct fulfill trade orders without worrying about a Mt. Gox- or Bitfinex-type hacking situation, as users would still retain control of their funds. In this conversation, he talks about the problems with centralized exchanges and how decentralized exchanges can overcome some of their own obstacles including liquidity and problems with front running. He also gives answers to some of the criticisms of the 0x project, including why it needs its own token (ZRX) and what the token's purpose is.

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The "perfect" human ear can hear frequencies ranging from 20Hz to 20.000Hz (or 20KiloHz/Khz) according to the official frequency chart.
The average hearing range of the human ear though can hear from 50Hz to 16Khz.
The lower the Hz the bassier the sound. The higher the Hz the higher/brighter the sound.
We can easily say that the more we grow old the less high frequencies we'll hear – usually from 18Khz to 15Khz – but we can hear the mids no matter our age.
The above are not a problem though cause music important frequencies can be found around 50Hz and 16Khz, so even if you are old and "lost" some frequencies don't worry, it's never too late to start mixing!
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I broke down the frequencies into 6 main frequency ranges.
This way it will be easier for you to practice and remember the frequencies. I am positive that this list will improve your mixing skills a lot 🙂
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0 – 60Hz (Sub-Bass)
0 – 35Hz: You can remove it completely. You won't find any musical information here. There's an "energy" that you can feel and will make your mixes sound dull and muddy, plus it will lose it's clarity. This kind of energy is really bad for your mix.
35 – 60Hz: You can still feel the energy rather than hearing it. Around 50 to 80Hz you can find the wonderful energy that "hits you in the chest". This is the exact feel we have when we go to concerts and we feel the bass hitting our chest. It's an extremely important frequency range especially for Dubstep, Hip Hop, Drum & Bass etc… Since this sound is so sweet it's really easy to overdo it so please keep your ears open and mix correctly or you'll end up with the above drawbacks (muddy sound and no clarity).
60Hz – 250Hz (Bass or Main Bass)
The enhancement of these frequencies can make the sound "fuller" and "bigger". On the contrary, cutting these frequencies will make the sound "thin".
Depending on the sound, cutting these frequencies will also reduce the "muddiness". Every project/sound is recorded differently so you've also got to treat it differently.
60 – 120Hz: Fundamental frequencies for the kick bass and the bass guitar.
120Hz – 350Hz – "Really Heavy Area"
That's really the heaviest frequency area. Almost every single instrument has some frequencies in there.
Try to cut as many frequencies as possible from instruments that don't really benefit from these frequencies. And I don't mean to cut lots of dbs but just a couple of dbs would do the trick.
250Hz – 2Khz (Low Mids)
Here you'll find the fundamental frequencies of the most instruments.
By boosting these frequencies you'll make the sound fuller but if you overdo it you will cause ear fatigue to the listener.
The sound hurts the ear and you have a strange sense like"feeling the sound to your stomach".
2KHz – 8Khz (High Mids)
2 – 4Khz: Frequencies that help vocals and instruments to be more noticeable. You can achieve the same thing by cutting the same frequency range from different tracks than the one you're trying to make it more noticeable.
4 – 6Khz: Clarity. I should also mention that by boosting these frequencies the sound seems that it's closer you and by cutting them it seems to be afar.
8Khz – 20Khz
8 – 12Khz: Frequencies dominated by the cymbals.
8 – 16Khz: Clarity and sibilance. It's really important to record properly without "Sh's" in the vocals so can you boost for clarity in case you need it, without worrying about the sibilance.
12 – 20Khz: "Air". It gives the sense of air and openness in the mix.
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The earth endures forever! ... Ecclesiastes 1:4
It's hard to believe there was ever a time when all people on earth thought the earth was flat. Before scientific
proof to the contrary, Galileo was formally condemned to house arrest for entertaining the 'ridiculous notion' that the earth
revolved around the sun, and denounced as an anti-scriptural heretic! Now we know this 'heresy' to be true, beyond a
shadow of a doubt.
So traditional beliefs are not always truth, and what we call 'heresy' is not always false, as you can see by Galileo's
example. Preterists find themselves in a similar situation today, because our beliefs go against the stream of the masses
who hold to a future return of Jesus ('futurists.') Preterist means 'past in fulfillment,' and it honors the imminent
adverbs and other time references of the New Testament placing the 2nd Coming of Christ in its correct time
setting - the first century.
Today's predominant postponement theory glosses over the emphatic time statements, suggesting that Jesus was mistaken
about the time of His return, using "no one knows the day or hour but the Father." (No one knows the day
or hour that a woman will give birth either, but they do know the general time frame is about 9 months.) Futurists
also favor "with the Lord a thousand years are like one day" to explain His 'delay,' as I once did. But the
conclusion of this would be that all time indicators God inspired to Biblical writers were meaningless!
So traditions say He will return in our lifetime, or at least some time in the future. I believe this is a
flat earth mentality, one that feels safe to believe because it has been inculcated in us, and in the majority
of believers. Once a belief is instilled in us, we filter everything else through that premise or belief window.
As an example, if you are a futurist, how do you interpret the following Scriptures?
"Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end." - Ephesians 3:21 Ecclesiastes
1:4 "A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever." "He laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be removed for ever." - Psalm 104:5
"He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever." - Psalm 78:69It's
conflicting with your idea that the earth will be destroyed at the 2nd Coming, right? And since you believe so much
that the earth will be destroyed, what do you do with these verses? Well, one of them must be wrong. Either Scripture
- or your belief. May I submit to you that we don't fully understand the nature of the 2nd Coming, its purpose and its
significance. Consider this... the orthodox Jews still await their Messiah's first coming, because they assumed
that He would come as a king on a literal throne, to defeat their enemies. Did they miss their Savior, the miracle
born in the stable in Bethlehem? Yes. And they're still waiting for Him to come the first time, because they
didn't understand the nature of His 1st Coming, its purpose and its significance. Futurists are not unlike these
precious Jews, whose similar misconceptions have them waiting for something that already happened.
Knowledge and traditions change over periods of time, but the Bible remains true. However, many people read their
Bibles without "audience relevance," meaning, they read themselves into Scripture as if it were today's mail. As
we study God's Word, we must first consider who the letters of the Bible were directly written to, put
ourselves in their shoes - in their culture, in their time - and think of how they would have
understood and applied the message.Although the Bible is a supernatural book inspired by God filled with universal
truths, many messages are timebound. They were written to a specific group of people at a specific time in history. It
was written TO them... FOR all generations, so that we can understand how God completed salvation history! If you're
thinking, "Hold on, so where does that leave us today?" Right where God wants us. Fully restored, fully reclaimed, enjoying
His presence in the new covenant kingdom here on earth, living as the church victorious, graciously welcoming all who thirst
to take freely from the water of life!
Some people ask, "Why does it matter? How is this view important?" The number one reason, in my opinion, is this: Christians
are becoming disillusioned with Christianity because of multiple failed predictions and the despair of postponement. Many
see clearly that Jesus said He'd return to the generation He left, and they see the imminent time statements. Unable to reconcile
this with the modern postponement theory, some Christians struggle and even abandon the faith altogether! Preterism
is the answer they're looking for.The second reason is this: If we interpret the Bible through today's news, and eagerly
await doomsday signs which already happened between AD66-70, we are fueling the pessimism and misguided attempts to push the
modern state of Israel into a future fulfillment of Biblical prophecy! Should anyone perish for such a major misunderstanding?Reason
Three: How can we be good stewards of planet earth if we believe it's all going to burn up one day? The fiery judgment predicted
was a local destruction of the old heavens and earth, or old covenant. The 'elements' that melted in fervent heat were the
rudiments or principles of their old covenant sacrificial system. It's the same word used in Galatians 4, verses 3 and 9.(Look
up 'elements,' #4747 in Strong's Concordance-Greek Dictionary). Jerusalem was surrounded by armies in AD66 and by AD70,
the Temple was left without one stone upon another.
From the early Christians' point of view, this WAS indeed the end of their world. We have wrongly interpreted this age-ending
catastrophe as the end of our planet, a place God promised never to destroy. "And God said, (regarding the rainbow)
This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations."
- Genesis 9:12
The rainbow is God's beautiful reminder to us that He won't destroy the earth ever again. Let's take care of our planet,
our home, for ourselves and for future generations!
"If I will that he (John) remain till I come, what is that to you?..." - Jesus to Peter in John 21:22


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UAB has opened Alabama's first Integrative Medicine Clinic to offer cancer patients alternative and complementary therapies to their medical treatment. Led by Carolina Salvador, MD, director of the UAB Integrative Medicine Clinic and assistant professor in UAB's Division of Hematology and Oncology, the clinic uses non-traditional treatments for a holistic approach to managing symptoms and side effects that can result from cancer treatments.
"We care for the whole person - body, mind, spirit - using complementary therapies that include mindful meditation, spiritual and pastoral care, yoga and dance, among other treatments," Salvador says. "Our program complements what the oncologist and primary care physician does for the patient and family."
The Integrative Medicine staff members don't focus just on the patient's disease. They bring in every resource available to help the patient heal while also enjoying a better quality of life. "We work with all aspects of a person and take care of their physical needs not correlated to the cancer treatment," Salvador says. "We evaluate them for stress, depression, fatigue, and spiritual concerns, and we also attend to their physical activities and sleep. We make sure they have adequate nutrition and that they are taking the correct supplements. We also offer nutrition classes where patients can learn to cook. We look at nutrition carefully, because food is the best medicine for fighting disease."
A registered yoga teacher offers mindful, breath-centered yoga for fostering body awareness, building strength, and finding ease and balance. Kimberly Kirklin of the UAB Arts in Medicine program offers visual arts and guided meditation, dance and movement activities, storytelling and movement sessions, and singing and drawing classes. Drexel Rayford, director of the Support Team Network of UAB Pastoral Care provides spiritual support, compassionate listening, companionship and guidance to help meet each patient's practical, emotional and spiritual needs.
A team psychologist treats patients suffering from physical illness and disability, bereavement, depression, or trauma-related issues. The psychologist incorporates meditation and mindfulness techniques that are designed to enhance the patient's well-being.
Salvador, also an associate scientist with the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, wants to make sure people don't confuse integrative medicine with alternative medicine. "The difference with the UAB Integrative Medicine Clinic is that the patients will continue under the care of their primary oncologist or primary care physician. The integrative medicine specialists will work directly with each caregiver as a comprehensive team," she says. "While complementary therapies like yoga, massage, meditation and acupuncture can help with symptoms and side effects, many alternative cancer treatments are unproven or even dangerous."
Salvador is seeing positive results from Integrative Medicine therapies. "Sometimes it takes a bit of time to change the way we do things, and it is not easy. It takes a lot of work on the part of the patients, but most of them see improvement in the way they sleep and the way they feel," she says. "Many patients see a reduction in pain and stress, and they suffer less."
As integrative medicine becomes more widely used in the treatment of cancer patients, Salvador hopes it will become an integral part of treatment for all diseases. Marcia Howton, MD, recently joined the UAB Anesthesiology Department where she has started an integrative pain clinic and is working in collaboration with Salvador to provide comprehensive integrative care for people with cancer and chronic illnesses.
"Most cancer and academic centers the size of UAB's already have some type of integrated medicine program in place. Our goal at UAB is to expand integrative medicine not only for treatment but for the prevention of diseases as well. We also want to provide all patients with a team to help them find the best modalities for fighting their illness," Salvador says. "What we have here at UAB is just the beginning. We have come a long way from the time I first started thinking about having an Integrative Medicine program. We have created the first true interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Clinic in Alabama, and I am happy to be a part of this effort. I am thankful to the Cancer Center and UAB Medicine for supporting us."


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Last week in brief… Private capital deal activity in Africa turned out to be a little slow last week. That's not to say there weren't any interesting developments--there were--but, where revealed, deal sizes tended to the smaller end of the size spectrum.
The biggest story of the week revolved around the acquisition of quite a high profile African asset manager - Imara Holdings. We learned that FWA, an investment holding company backed by nine family offices from the USA, Europe and South Africa, is acquiring Imara in an undisclosed take-private deal. Having acquired 90% of the firm's share capital, steps to begin the processing of de-listing the firm from the Botswana Stock Exchange are expected to begin in the very near future.
FWA is firm we'd not heard much about up until this point. It was set up in 2013 by Hector Fleming, Harry Wulfsohn and Tom Gaffney with a brief to source private equity and real estate deals in sub-Saharan Africa on behalf of international investors and first took a stake in Imara in 2015. The founding trio have been involved with Imara's operations ever since.
Two potential DFI investments surfaced last week. In the first, the IFC is thinking about investing $12 million for a 20% stake in Nelt Africa, a proposed spin out of the Africa division of Nelt, a Serbian logistics firm. Nelt's Africa division has operations in Angola, Mozambique and Zambia and provide global brands with the logistics services necessary to distribute their products to formal and informal retailers in each country. The IFC's board will review the opportunity in early April.
The second DFI investment is a potential fund commitment. The EIB is considering whether to back Mediterrania Capital's third fund with €15 million. The new fund, which is apparently aiming to raise €250 million by final close, is a generalist private equity fund which will target growth capital opportunities in small and medium-sized businesses. Fons Mediterrania Capital, the private equity investor's first fund, is fully invested, while Mediterrania Capital Partners II, which closed with €120 million in August 2015 has deployed 80% of its capital. The firm typically invests in SMEs with equity values ranging from €25 million up to €400 million which expansion strategies in both North African and Sub-Saharan African markets.
South Africa's busy fintech ecosystem gave us the venture story of the week. Yoco, the Cape Town-based payments provider, has landed an undisclosed amount of capital for its Series A round, which was led by two overseas financial technology investors, namely Velocity Capital and Quona Capital. Neither the amount of capital or value of the the investment were revealed.
Yoco will use the fresh capital to support its expansion plans, which involve growing both its product offering and South African footprint as well as penetrating new markets in East and West Africa next year.
In investment strategy news, Bloomberg reported that Polar Star Management, a hedge fund with one of the Middle East and Africa's better investment track records of the past 5 years is setting up a private equity unit to back agribusiness opportunities in Africa. It's hoping to tap into the rising demand for food on the continent.
Brookings published a note on an interesting survey undertaken by the Milken Institute. Questioning 44 institutional investor in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda revealed that they have a strong, unmet demand for more investment product, especially longer term investment vehicles. Of particular interest to the pension fund and insurance firms in these East African countries would be regionally focused infrastructure and private equity funds investment opportunities.
Finally, a couple of interesting perspective pieces inspired by comments made at recent industry conferences. With the difficulty in attracting capital for Africa's projects being well-documented, Devex asked experts to share their views on how the future of finance, managing currency risk and public-private partnerships would affect business and governance on the continent. And an interesting summary in South Africa's Daily News Bulletin on the key themes and perspectives coming out of SAVCA's annual conference which ended in the last week of February.
Allan Cunningham is a senior media executive who has spent the last 15 years of his career working for some of the world's most respected M&A and Private Equity media companies including Dow Jones's publications Private Equity Analyst and VentureWire and most recently, The Deal. He has built a number of successful digital and event content businesses, both subscription and sponsor-supported, delivering information and content-marketing services to clients in the M&A and broader deal ecosystem. He recently struck out on his own and launched Rowayton Press, a multi-platform media company focused on the private capital opportunities in emerging and frontier markets. Mr. Cunningham holds a Bachelors degree from Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.


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Bloomberg Terminals
The University Libraries have installed two Bloomberg Terminals in the libraries (one at Hunt and one at Sorrells). The Bloomberg Terminal is a powerful resource for business and financial professionals that brings together real-time data on all markets, bonds, equities, commodities, and funds. It covers almost every publicly traded company in the world and has profiles of over one million people for networking purposes.News category: Using the Libraries


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It still can't be downloaded if you didn't have it before.
Posted By Oliver VanDervoort | On 18th, Dec. 2015 Under News
One of the scariest demos to ever hit the PS4 was the Hideo Kojima's PT. Of course, we now know this particular demo or Playable Teaser was actually a hint that a game called Silent Hills was coming down the pike. Then Konami and Kojima had a falling out, Silent Hills was canceled and PT was pulled from the Playstation Store. This pulling of the game wasn't just for people who hadn't downloaded the game yet but it was also pulled for people who just wanted to re-download the game.
In other words, there was no way to get your hands on this thing, even if you had played it once, then deleted it and wanted to download it again. For those who didn't actually get to the end, there is new hope as a way to actually get the game downloaded again. Of course, some people might not want to do this, because you'll have to go through a rather unofficial approach. The instructions can be found on the GamesRadar.
After following the process if you go to your library, P.T. should be sitting there, waiting for a for re-download.
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Infosys has defined what it means to be in a flat world and it is the global transformation partner of choice
- Robert Greifeld, CEO, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
Good evening. Namaste!
In my time at NASDAQ, this is certainly the most exciting market open. It is our first market opening from this great country called India. It is also physically our largest market opening with over 3,000 people. We have now set a world record for stock market openings. Congratulations!
I am honored to be here at this truly, truly impressive facility and to be here with so many Infosys employees. I am most proud that Infosys is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (a round of applause for that) and it is truly a wonderful opportunity to not only celebrate this remote market opening, but to also celebrate 25 great years as a corporation. Congratulations, Infosys!
Now, Infosys was the first Indian company to list on the NASDAQ Stock Market, when they did that back in 1999. This company was founded by seven software professionals and today there are 52,000 employees at Infosys. Truly, truly an amazing performance!
On March 11, 1999, when Infosys came to NASDAQ, you could buy 100 shares for $3,400; today that would cost you about $50,000, which is a 1387% return. Truly, truly impressive!
But I would say this, the real story of Infosys is not in the numbers, the real story is how Infosys has changed the world. In the midst of this age-old culture, Infosys has shown that global sourcing, process refinement can be, has to be, leveraged to build a competitive organization. Infosys has defined what it means to be in a flat world and it is the global transformation partner of choice. Congratulations!
Now, we here at NASDAQ are 35 years old, and we too have a proud heritage. When NASDAQ was formed 35 years ago, every single market on the planet had a physical trading floor. We were the very first market to be screen-based, to be electronic, and it is interesting because we were innovative and had the ability to attract innovative companies of our time. When we think of Infosys, they truly are the epitome; they are the definition of an innovative NASDAQ company.
I am honored to be here today and I am grateful for your hospitality.
Experience the making of Infosys
Seminal moments in the first 25 years - 1981-2006.
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At 25, Infosys is India's most admired, best-known brand
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Infosys kicks up growth mode
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Bell rings for freedom of markets in India
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Infosys at 25 faces new challenges
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Hey individuals, gamers being players, there are loads of ESO leveling guides as well as whatnot turning up on the net, assuring to tell you everything you have to know to get to degree 50 in 2 weeks or something like that. You don't need all that. All you need to understand about leveling in ESO is right below. Take pleasure in as well as video game on!
Sound layout in the game is horrendous; there will be postponed expressions and audios. This will make the game seem like it's avoiding on your 360. It's because it is, the game misses like nothing else, often really freezing the ready a couple of minutes when attempting to navigate to your start menu. Personally this game made my Xbox sound like a generator with a follower and also a few stones inside. Although the voice stars are done very well, everyone in the video game sounds like they're from Terrific Britain for one reason or another. Sound impacts in the video game are perfect, it's practically tough to tell like sounds and also it does not seem repetitive.
The second king from the leading is King Jehu of Israel, a man discovered in the Holy bible. This bas-relief of Jehu is the earliest surviving representation of an Israelite (13). Based on the date given in the obelisk, Jehu brought his homage to Shalmaneser III in around 841 BC (1). The engraving near the panel with Jehu can www.myesogold.com be equated: "The homage of Jehu, kid of Omri: I received from him silver, gold, a golden dish, a gold vase with sharp bottom, gold tumblers, golden pails, tin, a staff for a master and harpoons" (13).
Each individual video game has actually had tradition go very thorough concerning each of the races, which there never appeared to be a doing not have of. You could expect to see each one of these races go back official site to the land, along with hundreds of brand-new ones, each with their very own story. As the hero of the tale, it is your job to assist these people by finishing missions and also finding out concerning their methods.
Gold will certainly be an important part of the Elder Scrolls Online experience and players will certainly need it to acquire installs, equipment as well as more. There are numerous ways to make gold in the video game. Combining various methods as well as being wise about acquisitions will certainly be the very best way to constantly have sufficient gold for what you require.
Participants of Mages Guild method magic, research study ancient books and scrolls, and explore old magical artifacts. The aim of the guild is to offer magic services to folks. Anybody can go to a Mages guild shop to buy wonderful parts, substances and also magical items. Individuals could additionally involve the Mages guild and also employ Mages to eliminate rabid spirits as well as various other phantoms. You can also have your armour, weapon and also other ESO items captivated. Though everyone could use the services of the guild, members could get a discount rate. Yet you won't become its member up until you prove it by locating several tradition books.
There are proficient ranking zones for gamers in The Elder Scrolls Online. You can choose Solo PVE, Double PVE and also Group PVE to check out varieties of veteran rank areas where there are hundreds of countless mini-monsters and also various effective bosses.


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These antique white compote vases are perfect for small floral arrangements and wedding centrepieces.
The compote vase urns come in 2 size - see photos.
Made from metal with an antique white finish.
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Ann Bednarski: The evolution of bullying in the 21st century
For the Nevada Appeal
Have you ever been bullied in your life? Or maybe you were the bully who finally matured. In several recent years people known as bullies became notorious and receive continued attention. I watched entirely too much news coverage about the Occupy Wall Street people demonstrating, destroying, and disrespecting each other and onlookers as they came to many cities as bullies. It made me sick to see so much property destroyed and so many vile, disgusting behavioral maladies on display. There was no clear cause or goal; no message that I could discern; it seemed a mockery. It was saying, "Look what we can do with our freedom of speech and you taxpayers get the bill." This is public bullying and a clear abuse of rights that deserved marginal or no news coverage.
Unfortunately the striking teachers of Chicago could easily be mistaken for bullies: selfish, greedy, demanding, pushy and not at all professional. These are the people who teach our children; role models. It is disgusting mob behavior at the expense of students and their parents. Tax dollars foot the bill for both their egregious behavior and salaries.
I was a teacher for many years, but I never wanted to join a teachers union. Certainly I did lose out on some positions. I was often pressured to join the union with threats of never being considered for an open position. My reasoning: If teachers could not think for themselves, how could they teach students to think critically? There was no desire on my part to join an organization that operates with bullying and is not genuinely interested in the education of children. Instead, the focus is on controlling teachers and schools through coercive collective bargaining.
I have been aware of bullying since I started my formal education. I wore glasses at the age of 18 months. No one else in my family wore glasses. I loved my glasses and everyone accepted my need for them. The most memorable thing about my early childhood was people, even strangers would say, "Poor little girl, she has to wear those horrible glasses." I remember asking my mother why everyone talked about my glasses because without them I could not see clearly or walk safely. She asked if I wanted to go without them, and I said, "NO!"
In kindergarten, no one else wore glasses in the entire school. At 5 years old, I first learned to answer to what many people would call me, "Four Eyes." Today that would not even be called bullying. I loved to read; I hated it if someone purposely broke my glasses. I became very good at protecting myself by carefully guarding my sight enhancers.
By fifth grade a few teachers wore glasses and so did my grandpa. One day this boy in my class asked if he could walk me home. He told he liked me and asked to carry my books. It was a very short walk but in that time he asked if I wanted to know why he liked me. Shyly he told me that first, I was the only one with glasses and then he said, "You are different from everybody else in our school. Everyone in the whole school has two eyebrows except you. You have one that grows right across your face. I like that." I remember how surprised I was; I thought my thick glasses hid my eyebrows and no one could see them. Now I had another flaw brought to my attention. Happily we were at the door and I thanked him for walking me home. I felt like a bona-fide freak.
Upon entering I immediately solicited my older sister for the plucking of my 'unibrow'. She looked at it, estimated restoring it to eyebrows would take several hours. I had to agree to do her homework for a month, a small price for freeing me from freakdom.
Therefore, when braces on my teeth, another "only one in the class," metalized my mouth, I was seasoned to the cruelty by my peers. It didn't bother me. I was keenly aware of individual differences and respected them. Today everyone is scrutinized by their peers and bullying is far more vicious. In my life I stood up to bullies who used intimidation and mockery, quashing such behavior in my classrooms. Sadly, these are almost insignificant compared to the disrespect for others championed regularly on the news.
Unfortunately, we watch, on a daily basis, nearly barbaric bullies whose behavior is praised and encouraged by our very out of touch government and media. It is difficult to differentiate what is happening in the Middle East compared to Chicago, Wall Street, or any other American city where mob behavior and destruction rule. WE, the people, must restore the rule of law and civility to achieve progress.
•-Ann Bednarski of Carson City is a career educator and journalist.


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Canada is a leader in the development of physician-patient communication skills and patient-centred communication is the expected standard in every training program. Perhaps the most complete model is that from the University of Western Ontario: The Patient-Centred Clinical Method (Stewart, M., et. al., 2003). Its six components are designed for primary care physicians but the principles apply to any physician act of communication. It is evidence-based, and most important, it makes clear that more than acquisition of communication skills is required.
Patient-centred care presupposes several changes in the mindset of the clinician. First, the hierarchical notion of the professional being in charge and the patient being passive does not hold here. To be patient-centred, the practitioner must be able to empower the patient, share the power in the relationship, and this means renouncing control which traditionally has been in the hands of the professional. This is the moral imperative of patient-centred practice. (Stewart, et. al, pp 5-6.)
How does one acquire such skills and, ultimately, attitudes? This system of teaching interviewing has been developed by the Standardized Patient Program (SPP) of the University of Toronto. It is used to help students at all levels understand the patient-centred method and to develop their language and communication skills.
It can be likened to a roadmap a physician might use to help navigate the landscape of the physician-patient conversation. Landscapes have features in common such as trees, meadows, perhaps a river, but each is also unique and there are many ways to navigate. We all view landscapes differently depending upon our previous experience. So it is with the physician-patient relationship. Depending upon the physician's attitude and skills, they may use the roadmap effectively to get through the landscape of the conversation — or they may get lost. It is the physician's obligation to see and understand the patient's landscape, while noting important biomedical signposts.


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MUSEUM CLOSED at Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby
Due to the current public health situation with regards to COVID-19 we recommend that you check with your travel and accommodation providers, and Public Health England before travelling. For the latest visitor information on COVID-19 please visit https://www.discoveryorkshirecoast.com/visitor-updates.aspx
The handsome 17th century house in Grape Lane is where the young James Cook came to serve his apprenticeship in the year 1746. It belonged to Cook's master, the Quaker ship owner, Captain John Walker. When Cook was not at sea, he lodged here in the attic with Walker's 'other family' of apprentices.
It houses a superb collection of original exhibits about Yorkshire's most famous son. Original paintings, maps and manuscripts, ship models and Pacific artefacts tell the story of the Voyages.
Every year there is an exhibition in the attic on a special subject, bringing together treasures from all over the country.
'The celebrated Mr. Banks. Reputation and Legacy' is our special exhibition for 2020, on all season from 15 February to 1 November.
Commemorative Coins on sale at Museum, special issue from the Royal Mint for 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's First Voyage
Winner of the Gold Award 2013 for the best small visitor attraction in Visit England's Awards for Excellence. Yorkshire Tourist Board, White Rose Award 2005 and 2012 winner, 'Small Visitor Attraction of the Year'. 'Discover Yorkshire Coast' Tourism Awards winner, 'Visitor Attraction of the Year 2005
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March 28 to November I Open Daily 0945 - 1700
Weekends in November 1100 - 1500
If you would like to visit on other days during the winter months, please ring the Museum and arrange with our Manager a mutually convenient date and time. Ring 01947 601900. The price for a private visit is £8.50 per head.
Last admission half an hour before closing.
Adults £6.50
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Follow signs to Park and Ride (best from Teesside or Pickering or park in Town Centre car parks. The museum is on the east side of the swing bridge over the River Esk, take immediate right turn onto Grape Lane. Museum is on the right hand side at the far end.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today appointed Natalia Kanem of Panama to head the UN's women's health agency.
In making the announcement, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric highlighted that Dr. Kanem brings to the position more than three decades of strategic leadership and management in the fields of medicine, public health, international peace and development, human rights and social justice.
Currently serving as the agency's Acting Executive Director, the new Under-Secretary-General is the fifth Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Prior to that, she was the UNFPA's Deputy Executive Director for Programmes and earlier, its Representative in Tanzania.
She started her career in academia with the Johns Hopkins and Columbia University schools of medicine and public health.
While serving as a Ford Foundation Officer from 1992 to 2005, Dr. Kanem helped pioneer work in women's reproductive health and sexuality, in particular through her position as the representative for West Africa. She then served at the Foundation headquarters, becoming Deputy Vice-President for its worldwide peace and social justice programmes in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and North America.
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Allods Online Beginner Guide For Mages
A Hint Of Flame And A Dash Of Ice
One of the most endearing character archetypes in the world of MMORPGs is the mage. From Runescape to World of Warcraft, and from Anarchy Online to Champions Online, the mage finds a way to make an appearance using elementals one way or another as a prime source for either dealing damage or holding off mobs.
In Allods Online the role of a mage is wholly traditional in the sense that anyone who has played Everquest, Fly for Fun or any of the older-school MMORPGs knows that the primary function of a mage is to crowd control using elemental attacks while dealing massive damage at the same time. That's exactly how the mages operate in Allods Online, and you can get an idea of how they're played with this Allods Online beginner guide for mages.
The Basic Elements Of A Mage
There are three primary elements at the disposal of a mage in Allods: fire, ice and lightning. Utilizing these three basic forces of nature at the beginning of the game becomes a necessary act of survival for mages and after many of the patches to condense or bottleneck the possibilities of certain archetypes, right from the start of the game mages are now designed to CC, making them a lot more party friendly than how they originally started.
The fire skills that mages start with are aimed at unleashing moderate DPS at long range, while the lightning grip compensates for mobs who get too close to mages and the icy grave is for subduing multiple enemies at once for crowd control effects. These are the basic skills that players will start with and must learn to master as they level up.
Mage Skills
Fire Arrow: Shootings a fire bolt at an enemy target from up to 40 yards away. This skill does moderate damage as it's leveled.
Ice Flow: Freezes enemies with ice elemental abilities. Targets are slowed down for as long as this skill is in effect, making it a good mobility reducing skill against tougher melee opponents.
Shocking Grasp: A close-range electric attack that shocks enemies who are close to you.
Meteor: This is a non-targeting skill that allows players to choose where to fire the meteor within a specific area, allowing for AOE damage to any hostiles that happen to be within range. This is one of the most powerful mage attacks on the game and is essential for a DPS build.
Icy Grave: A CC (crowd control) skill that freezes an enemy in an icy clump for a maximum of 30 seconds. This is another essential skill for mages who are planning on becoming crowd controllers for heroics/astral/Gorluxor's Tower.
Stone Barrier: This is a long lasting barrier protection skill that calls on the element of rock to absorb periodic damage for up to 15 minutes.
Reflections: This skill creates multiple illusions of the caster and any damage directed to the player can potentially be dissipated to one of the illusions.
Thunderbolt: A preparatory DPS attack that allows the player to pre-cast and inflicts massive damage on a mob.
Dispel: This skill can remove one negative spell effect from a friendly target or remove one positive spell effect from a hostile target.
Wall of Flame: This is another vital skill for mages who wish to do heroics; the fire wall immobilizes all hostile forces caught within its range and inflicts periodic fire damage. This CC skill works perfect for both PvE and PvP.
Electric Pulse: This is equivalent to what the old Tesla shot used to do for scouts before all the patching. This DoT inflicts electric damage periodically with increased damage per level.
Icy Comet: Another non-targeting attack that's the icy version of meteor. This skill inflicts cold damage to all hostile mobs within the targeting area.
Elemental Shield: An upgrade over the stone barrier skill and adequately enough, cancels out the stone barrier skill. This skill starts with 3 magical barriers that absorb all types of damage except for physical damage. This is perfect for mages who need to off-tank in astral or heroic instances.
Conflagrate: This skill inflicts fear on the selected targets, causing them to flee around in terror and prevents them from using skills or moving around on their own. This skill is another essential CC skill in case Icy Grave or Fire Wall is on cooldown.
Prismatic Lightning: This is another AoE attack that inflicts the target with moderate lightning damage and up to 3 other hostiles in the immediate area with additional damage as well.
Knowing The Mage You Want To Be
Easily enough, the changes made for the mages in Allods Online have been designed to make it easier for players to pick and choose what kind of mage they plan to become. The branching skill tree and talent grids have been eased up so you're either a DPS mage or a CC mage. Making alternative forms of some classes has been limited (or removed) slowly and surely through each and every patch (for better or for worse).
Hopefully this beginner guide for mages shed some light on what to expect from the class. You can check out more beginner guides for Allods classes right here at Bright Hub or visit the Official Website to learn more about the game.
This post is part of the series: Allods Online Beginner Guides And Walkthroughs
From classes to quests all the basics are covered in the listed articles.
- Allods Online: League Walkthrough For Starting Allod
- Allods Online MMORPG: Beginner Guide For The Empire
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide For Summoners
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide For Wardens
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide For Scouts
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide for Mages
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide For Melee Healers
- Allods Online Beginner Guide For Heroics
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide for Healers
- Allods Online: Beginner Guide for Paladins


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CollegeHumor recently designed series of illustrations featuring imaginary pickup lines from famous historical figures like Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Moses, Gandhi and more. Of course, a lot of these dudes weren't out chasing cooze all night, but how could a woman say no to Genghis Khan and his "We can smash cheeks or I can kill you. Just throwing it out there. I'm totally down for whatever." pickup line? Hook, line & sinker. [DesignTaxi]
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Improving Particulate Matter Source Apportionment for Health Studies: A Trained Receptor Modeling Approach with Sensitivity, Uncertainty and Spatial AnalysesEPA Grant Number: R833866
Title: Improving Particulate Matter Source Apportionment for Health Studies: A Trained Receptor Modeling Approach with Sensitivity, Uncertainty and Spatial Analyses
Investigators: Russell, Armistead G. , Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt , Marmur, Amit , Mulholland, James , Sarnat, Jeremy , Klein, Mitchel , Tolbert, Paige
Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology , Emory University
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: December 1, 2008 through November 30, 2012 (Extended to November 30, 2013)
Project Amount: $899,956
RFA: Innovative Approaches to Particulate Matter Health, Composition, and Source Questions (2007) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Health Effects , Particulate Matter , Air
A flexible and extensible approach to conducting particulate matter (PM) source apportionment (SA) analyses for health investigations and air quality management is proposed for development. The proposed work takes advantage of the unique air quality and health data available in the study regions (Atlanta and St. Louis) and the extensive SA and epidemiologic analyses already conducted and underway. Several limitations and fundamental problems associated with various SA approaches have been identified in previous work by this research team. Here, the goal is to develop a SA modeling approach that can be generally applied for epidemiologic assessment and advanced air quality management, and that will provide quantitative estimates of sensitivities and uncertainties propagated from SA inputs to health association assessments. The method utilizes generally available techniques, and would be readily applied by other groups and agencies.
A "trained" receptor-based SA approach will be developed using ensemble results from a variety of methods. A reference SA time series of source impacts will be compiled from application of multiple methods over a one-year time period, and then used to optimize a chemical mass balance SA approach. Characterization of temporal source variability will be assessed to develop a filter to retain the original temporal characteristics. Uncertainties and sensitivities will be quantified in the processing. The procedure will then be applied to a long term (10-yr) daily data set from Atlanta, as well as to data sets from an Atlanta STN monitor to demonstrate applicability to widely available data, a rural monitor to assess urban-to-rural differences, and to St. Louis data to demonstrate applicability to other cities. Output will be used in time-series epidemiologic analyses of acute health effects in both Atlanta and St. Louis.
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An approach for conducting PM source apportionment will be developed, tested, and applied that directly addresses limitations in current SA methods, in particular variability, biases, and intensive resource requirements. Uncertainties in SA results and sensitivities to SA inputs will be used to assess uncertainties and sensitivities in epidemiologic results. Epidemiologic analyses using the improved approach over an extended period will have increased power and resolution over past studies. This research will provide a more stable and accurate SA methodology for use by other air quality and health researchers as well as environmental policy makers. Further, the development of a year-long, national-level, emissions model-based, daily SA, and an ensemble SA will also be useful to researchers and planners.


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While Italian movies robbed Steele of her voice, they liberated her from what it had meant in Britain. Leading ladies in Brit films tended to be well brought-up young things, unless they were lusty and working-class like Diana Dors. Even at Hammer, where sexuality was unleashed regularly via bouts of vampirism, the erotically active roles usually went to continental lovelies (Polish immigrant Ingrid Pitt got her work permit based on Hammer's claim that no native-born actress could exude such desire and desirability). Steele turns up all-too briefly in Basil Dearden's Sapphire (1959) as an art school girl, the only kind of role that might allow for both intelligence and a certain liberated attitude. And Steele really was exactly that type. Her appearance is so arresting, you want the movie to simply abandon its plot and follow her into some fresh storyline: it wouldn't really matter what.
Yeah, that's one of mine!
Thanks and congratulations to my collaborators and the good folks at the mag and Ms. Steele herself. (Just typing "Ms. Steele" provokes a masochistic frisson Try it!)


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Video: BODY COUNT Performs During GRAMMY AWARDS Pre-Telecast Ceremony
January 28, 2018
BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by hip-hop legend, actor and director Ice-T, performed during the pre-telecast ceremony at the 60th annual Grammy Awards, which was held earlier today (Sunday, January 28) at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
BODY COUNT performed the song "Black Hoodie", which was nominated in the "Best Metal Performance" category at this year's event. Also nominated in the same category were MASTODON, MESHUGGAH, AUGUST BURNS RED and CODE ORANGE.
Although BODY COUNT didn't win the award (that honor went to MASTODON), Ice-T said in a pre-performance, red-carpet interview that he was surprised to hear about the nomination.
"[When I first heard about it] I'm, like, 'No. That's a joke. BODY COUNT? Are you serious?' Then they said, 'Now they want you to perform.' So we're going to perform at the pre. I'm, like, 'You've gotta be kidding me. The Grammys?' So we're just overwhelmed, we're excited."
"To be picked and nominated is still a great achievement for my band," he added. "We've been around over 20 years and we're happy to be here."
"Black Hoodie" is taken from BODY COUNT's latest album, "Bloodlust", which was released in March 2017 via Century Media Records.
"Bloodlust" was recorded with producer Will Putney (MISS MAY I, UPON A BURNING BODY), who also helmed 2014's "Manslaughter". The CD features guest appearances by Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA), MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe. The effort also contains BODY COUNT's medley of the SLAYER songs "Postmortem" and "Raining Blood".
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I am so blessed in my job to get to work with wonderful families over and over. Sweet Aubrey is the 5th grandchild and I have photographed in her family. She is such a pretty baby! I loved working with her at the studio.
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"If Hitler's still alive, I hope he's out of town with a musical."So said the great comic writer and Broadway veteran Larry Gelbart, meaning there are fewer more hellish and excruciating tribulations in the arts than suffering through the birthing pains of a live show with songs as well as dialogue.
Gelbart's line had a weird, double relevance for me last week. I was out of town, in Los Angeles, co-producing a work of musical theater. About Hitler.
Sort of. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, it's actually a play about one of the Third Reich's most tragic and poignant victims, the young painter Charlotte Salomon. She was killed at Auschwitz in 1943, leaving behind a remarkable body of artwork.
The last days before our opening were a mix of panic, excitement, dread and anticipation. There were four preview performances, the quality of which varied greatly as various kinks and dings were hammered out in what's a very tech-heavy show, with three projectors flashing images from Salomon's art and complicated music and light cues. Think of the theatrical equivalent of flying a helicopter under a collapsing bridge or simultaneously rubbing your stomach and patting your head while jogging and singing "O Mia Babbino Caro."
Electrical mishaps, bruised egos, strained voices and nerves heightened tension. The potential for disaster was never far away: Ford's Theater was mentioned more than once. In the end, though, it worked. We had a successful first night. "I think we may have dodged a bullet," my friend, co-producer and show director Louis Fantasia muttered. And so far, with previews and four actual performances under our belts, audiences and critics have been kind.
But despite the last few days' total immersion in the make-believe of the stage, reality was never far away, even in the fantasy world of southern California, where, as the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote, "the American dream came too true." This past Sunday was the 15th anniversary of the acquittal of the Los Angeles police who beat Rodney King, a verdict that triggered riots, looting, 54 deaths and racial panic across the cities of United States.
Little has changed since, according to UCLA political scientist Franklin Gilliam, Jr. "The premature death rate for African Americans in LA is still nearly 10 times that of whites," he wrote in Sunday's Los Angeles Times. "And Latino and African American median family incomes are, on average, about half those of whites."
The television set at Louis' house meant Iraq was never far from our minds either. Tuesday, May 1, we were reminded, marks the fourth anniversary of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" address aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, a piece of theater if ever there was one.
The ship was anchored just off San Diego, a quick helicopter ride away, but you'll remember the White House opted instead for the "Top Gun" flight suit and tailhook landing in a Navy Viking jet. As Jon Lovitz's Master Thespian would exclaim, "Acting!"
Last week, there were televised hearings in the House exploring the exploitive, deceitful manipulation of both the "friendly fire" death of football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan and the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq, turning both events into cheap media theatrics. And there was Charlie Rose's PBS interview with the president. "Can you imagine a circumstance in which you would have to say, we did our best, good men and good women sacrificed their life, but we can't in the end do what we want to do, and we have to leave?" Rose asked.
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"No," the president replied. "I can't imagine that, because I believe that with time, this Iraqi government is going to be able to reconcile and move forward."
Reality check: for American troops in Iraq, with more than a hundred dead, April was the deadliest month of the year The Washington Post reported more than 60 Iraqis "killed or found dead" on Monday alone.
The morning after I got back to New York, Louis sent me another op-ed from the LA Times, this one by Niall Ferguson. Since the Iraq war began, the historian wrote, "More than 3,100 Americans have died there, the equivalent of 100 Virginia Techs. Nearly 25,000 have been wounded in action, many of them gravely. And that's nothing compared to the number of Iraqis who have been killed as the country has slid into civil war. Fatalities among the civilian population are running about 3,000 a month. The Brookings Institution's latest Iraq survey carried one statistic that froze my blood: According to a recent poll, one in four Iraqis has personally experienced or witnessed the murder of a family member as a result of violence since the U.S.-led invasion."
Monday, the State Department released its annual global survey of terrorism. In 2006, there was a 25 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide, with a 40 percent increase in deaths from the previous year.
The Post noted a 91% increase of such incidents in Iraq: "Of the 14,338 reported terrorist attacks worldwide last year, 45 percent took place in Iraq, and 65 percent of the global fatalities stemming from terrorism occurred in Iraq. In 2005, Iraq accounted for 30 percent of the worldwide terrorist attacks."
While maintaining that the Iraq invasion brought down "an abusive totalitarian regime with a history of sponsoring and supporting regional terrorism," the report admits that the war "has been used by terrorists as a rallying cry for radicalization and extremist activity that has contributed to instability in neighboring countries."
That latter finding was echoed and amplified by former National Security Council terrorism expert Richard Clarke. "Of course, nothing about our being 'over there' in any way prevents terrorists from coming here," he wrote in last Wednesday's New York Daily News. "... Investing time, energy and resources in Iraq takes our eye off two far more urgent tasks at hand: one, guarding the homeland against terrorism much better than the pork-dispensing Department of Homeland Security currently does the job; and two, systematically dismantling Al Qaeda all over the world, from Canada to Asia to Africa...
"By choosing unnecessarily to go into Iraq, Bush not only diverted efforts from delivering a death blow to Al Qaeda, he gave that movement both a second chance and the best recruiting tool possible."
As a result, for terrorists, all the world's a staging area and all the men and women merely targets. We should plan our exit, and soon. As any good actor knows, timing is everything.
Michael Winship, Writers Guild of America Award winner and former writer with Bill Moyers, writes this weekly column for the Messenger Post Newspapers in upstate New York.
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KERTHUNK RE-THUNK: We're not sure about the sound your stapler makes at the moment of contact, but ours gives a rather satisfying "kerthunk" with each delivered staple. And we're not ready to trade that. Still, at tax time, as one cleans out the files and goes over the past year, there is stapling and organizing and more stapling to be done. We like this staple-free stapler, which will attach up to four pages together with a bit of metal-less magic. KERPOW: We just invented a new sound for this stapler. Now we'll have to buy one, for ten bucks at Urban Outfitters, to see if that is indeed the sound it makes.
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December 28, 2006
plus Top 5 Albums of the Year 2006
Tin Pan Alley songwriter Frank Loesser asked the musical question back in 1947: `What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" As usual, there are many choices. Of course, that's providing we don't have a re-run of last year's catastrophic NYE storm and blackout. (Just tune in KHUM if we do.)
Here are a few of your options:
Let's start with the hot ticket for the evening: Earl Thomas and his Blues Ambassadors at the Pearl Lounge. Earl is hugely popular hereabouts and rightfully so: He's a man full of soul who always throws himself into a performance totally. He just came out with a new album, Plantation Gospel, with his versions of old slave songs (at the top of the 2006 faves for Larry Glass) but that's something recorded, as Earl explains it, using instruments "one would have actually found on the plantation," and the Blues Ambassadors are a bit more electric than that. I'm sure he will rock those blues. The Pearl is not very big, so expect a full house and be prepared to sweat. Earl will, undoubtedly. (BTW, Saturday at the Pearl marks the last local appearance this year by young jazz saxophonist Anthony Diamond.)
It's a jammin' New Year across town at the Red Fox Tavern with the newly dubbed Humboldt Buds featuring guitar wizard Ruben Diaz, ace keyboardist Tim Stretton and friends.
More jam at the Accident Gallery in Old Town with members from Bump Foundation opening the show with a jazz set, followed by the entire funky Foundation.
Vintage Soul is at BC's playing soul classics. (What else would they play?) Dr. Squid gets down with some classic rock at Sal's. (Saturday night, too.)
Indigo has their usual hip hop etc.-style dance party with DJ MuziqElement plus a $2,007 balloon pop at midnight. (Note: That one's an 18-and-over event.) At the Boiler Room it's a dance party/contest with late night competitions for "booty shakin' pole dancing" and "hyphy krump" dancing (or is it "hyphy crunk?"). Expect some flames along the way, too. (Bonus: "Non-alcoholic champagne for designated drivers.")
Of course, the casinos are all jumping: Bear River has Country Fever indoors for hot country dancing and a tent set up in the parking lot with DJ Ray spinning for those who don't care for country. Cher-Ae Heights has woman-fronted rock from Calamity Jane. The party starts early at Blue Lake Casino with The Roadmasters at 4 p.m. in the Steelhead Lounge followed by NightHawk at 9 p.m. Same time across the gambling hall, the venerable Merv George rocks the Sapphire Palace.
Looking southward: Old school rocker Billy Allen plays his hometown bar, The Playroom (that's in Fortuna). Loreen at the Riverwood Inn is throwing another classic New Year's Eve Bash with Jimi Jeff and the Gypsy Band rockin' the night away, champagne, hats, horns and Loreen's famous midnight buffet.
If neo-string band music is your thing, Six Rivers has resident nu-grassers Moses Lincoln Johnson with special guests UKEsperience (the ukulele band).
Along similar lines but with a gypsyish flare: The Absynth Quintet is pickin' and grinnin' on New Year's Eve at the Jambalaya paired with The Bucky Walters. (Come early for a special prix fixe dinner.)
The Alibi is relatively quiet NYE (no live music) but the Plaza is always a hot spot and they have DJ Red spinning old school hip hop at Mazzotti's.
The boys from Nucleus wrote to say, "We will once again, for the 4th year in a row, be rockin' in NYE in Humboldt County -- our second time at HumBrews [properly known as Humboldt Brewery]. Our good friends Moo-Got-2 will be kicking the party off in style and we plan on handing out free live CDs to the first 100 folks in the door. Rain or shine this show will happen -- we have back-up generators if a repeat of last year should occur. So let's rock A-town into 2007!" A note of explanation: NYE 2005/2006 was pretty dark due to the power outage and all, and most places closed their doors, but the Nuke guys scored one of the rare generators and lit up H-Brews to keep the party going.
Got a note this afternoon from Madi Simmons who says he's still in shock from the news that the hardest working man in show business, Mr. James Brown, has passed on. "A major influence for me," says Madi, adding, "I have been seeking to get some of the North Coast funk players to get together and give him a send off." No venue or date yet. If you're interested drop Madi a line at email@example.com.
I keep waiting for James to return, shaking off the cape of death to sing one more chorus of "Please, Please, Please." I'm so glad I got to see him play at the Duzer, just one of many amazing shows courtesy of CenterArts and HSU -- who seem to be bringing us non-stop icons. (That solo set by Richard Thompson will be hard to top.)
2006 was not a bad year for the Humboldt music scene. While I still would not describe the club scene as absolutely vibrant, we had some notable additions: The Pearl completed its first year and stretched past being an upscale jazz and martinis joint to host some very alternative acts. (Does it get much more alt. than The Billy Nayer Show or Pleaseeasaur?)
While the transition from Rumours into Kelly O'Brien's Pub did not go so well, the next transformation -- into The Red Fox Tavern, seems to be much better.
In Arcata we had the addition of Mosgo's, an easy-going, jazz/folk/family-friendly place in Westwood. Then there was the turnover at Muddy Waters, which changed management to become Muddy's Hot Cup and underwent a transformation that included an enlargement of the performance area and the smart choice of local folky Lila Nelson as booker.
Another welcome addition (not totally new): the Passion Presents crew, who brought a fine assortment of jammish bands and more to a wide assortment of venues. It took guts to bring Trey to the Muni -- and I'm certain they lost money doing so -- but wasn't it a great show?
A major change came to the Jambalaya with new management striving to resurrect the Jam as the cultural center it once was. Expect more of the same in 2007 including a January two-night run with poet Jerry Martien and bluesman Thad Beckman back-to-back, backed by some of the musicians who made the Jam what it was back in the day.
While there's nothing now about rock at the Alibi, I have to say that Ian has kept the rock `n' roll flame burning bright, bringing in tons of heaviness and some kick-ass alt. country too. Keep rockin'!
In recent weeks I've been heaping praise on the folks who transformed an Old Town warehouse -- one in the industrial part of Eureka, mind you -- into a cultural oasis. The Empire Squared artists found the space on West 3rd and fixed up one side of the building for a gallery, then invited the kids from Placebo to share it for their all-ages drug- and alcohol-free dances and other events.
Last week I talked with James from The Invasions (and formerly Los Banditos Muertos) about something new planned for the Placebo. With help from some in the local counseling community (and Rob Reirdon's mom, Nancy), James is organizing something I'd describe as an alt. A.A. -- a safe haven where those seeking help with drug and alcohol problems can share their problems, but as James put it, "without all the `higher power" stuff that put me off in A.A. meetings." First meeting for the Harm Reduction Collective is set for this coming Tuesday, Jan. 2, tentatively at the Placebo. (Contact James at firstname.lastname@example.com for specifics.)
Meanwhile a trapeze artist by the name of Leslie turned the other side of the building into Synapsis, a gallery/performance space that saw an impressive array of shows this year including music by Bonnie Price Billy (who shows up on many best-albums-of-2006 lists), a merger of music and theatre by Faun Fables, an awesome acoustic guitar night with Peter Walker and Jack Rose followed shortly by The Slits. The space was also home to multi-week runs by the acclaimed local production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and the Synapsis' own Tsirkus Picaresque.
I ran into Leslie over the weekend at a birthday party for Willoughby, an active cat who has been part of the Placebo from the beginning and was also a member of the Tsirkus troupe. I was about to lavish praise on her operation, but before I could she gave me a look that told me something was wrong. "We're closed," she told me.
A recent e-mail tells more of the story: "In brief, last week we had a visit from the Fire Marshall and the Building Inspector," she began. As a result of the "visit" apparently prompted by a call from the same across-the-street tow yard owner who earlier called the cops on the Placebo, "Synapsis is hereby closed to the public until we make a slew of changes. It will involve a certain amount of public support. It is likely that we will want a group of supporters to show up and speak at a city council meeting sometime in January (probably the latter half)." Note: It looks like the same inspection has the Placebo and E-2 on hold, too.
Leslie continues with a further request: "I am also asking people to write letters of support ... Please write about your experience of Synapsis and why it is important that it continue. Please also include anything about yourself -- whatever you're involved in besides Synapsis -- that is applicable. Please include anything else that seems important for the city to know. We may also use these letters to apply for grants/funding to do the work that is necessary. Thanks so much, Leslie." (Cc: letters to firstname.lastname@example.com)
OK, here's my two bits: Hardworking folks like those behind E-2, the Placebo and Synapsis should receive praise for shining a light in a dark corner of the city; they should not be run out of town. Forgive me if I repeat myself, but, in the words of Pink Floyd: "Hey ... Leave those kids alone!" And show them some support in the weeks to come ... And hey, have a happy ....
your comments to Bob Doran.
Top 5 Albums of the Year 2006
If you read the Hum last week you know
about the invitation that went out from Metro proprietor Gini
Noggle to name the top five CDs from the many released last year.
Having published Bob's selections, we asked Gini if she might
share lists from others who responded. We also asked Larry Glass
from The Works and a few other musically-minded friends to contribute.
So here you have it, some of Humboldt's favorite albums:
THOM YORKE: The Eraser. Hands down, my favorite
CD this year. I had a very rough year and this entire CD really
spoke to me. For me, it's all about "Black Swan." It
is, as my brother best described it, "one motherfucker of
a song."
Levi Land: Metro co-owner
BECK: The Information
Rebbecca Caya: Metro "kick -ass employee"
CATIE CURTIS: Long Night Moon
THE BLACK KEYS: Magic Potion
Larry Glass: Owner of The Works, new Eureka city councilman
EARL THOMAS: Plantation Gospel
Bandon Montague Taylor: Works clerk, drummer for The Ravens
THE GOSSIP: Standing In the Way of Control
Michael Dronkers: KHUM/KSLG program/music director
THE DECEMBERISTS: The Crane's Wife
Monica Topping: KSLG/KHUM traffic coordinator/CR poster girl
Locals: STRIX VEGA:
Drunken Sky
Jennifer Savage: Arcata Eye scene editor/ KSLUG DJ
STRIX VEGA: Drunken Sky. Melodic, expansive, gorgeous,
intoxicating. Exponential bonus points for being local. I would
hire them to write the soundtrack to my life if I could afford
Dustin Green: (New OutDoor Store employee, singer for Entheogen)
10,000 Days
Mark Shikuma: Eureka Books clerk, poet (and one-time Hum sub).
TOM WAITS: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards.
Mr. Waits delivers three incredible discs of b-sides, rarities
and new material for this cornucopia from a true American musical
Dante DiGenova: Owner of Northtown Books
JON BRUMIT: Vendetta Retreat. Not released this
year, but it's the most exciting disc I've heard in the past
five years. Not everyone will agree.
Gus Mozart: KHSU DJ and sound man
NEKO CASE: Fox Confessor Brings The Flood. Case
manages the difficult task of incorporating a number of musical
styles (rock, folk, alt-country, and subtle psychedelia) with
a focus and maturity that eludes most of her contemporaries.
Each song shimmers and shines, and repeated listenings do not
dull their luster.
Spencer Doran: Musician (Five albums from five different countries)
TERJE ISUNGSET: Igloo. Swedish band constructs all
their instruments from actual ice (marimbas, harps, mbiras,
bass drums, etc.); beautifully textured free-floating folk hymns
Comments? Write a letter!
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I have been doing emails with patients for 25 years, about as soon as AOL got started.
Although I've changed my email once,
OLD: email@example.com to
Current: firstname.lastname@example.com,
you can always find your old emails from me by searching for "FROM THE DOC."
I have signed my emails to patients in this manner for 25 years. So…if you are looking for an old email from me to see labs or comments…just search on your old email file "FROM THE DOC"


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There was a shave-a-thon that happened in his hometown of Bismarck, North Dakota, where my friend and Dash's dad, Taner, shaved his head, amongst many other men/boys and even 1 girl!
Kenna thought is was pretty cool, which got us talking about hair donation. We talked about how when people have long hair and donat it, then wigs can be made out of the hair and that someone else can use the wig when they have cancer and their hair falls out.
The other day we decided that it would be a perfect time for Kenna to donate her hair.
Final look with long hair.


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Each year we look to give our co-workers, friends and family a nice "affordable" bottle of wine. It can be a hard task, but this year you will have a few options from Vino-ista to help you!
Category Archives: Off the Vine
Train It! Day Wine Tasting Trip to Santa Barbara
Spring is here, so lets hit the road for some wine tasting in Santa Barbara, California with the perfect designated driver, Amtrak! Continue reading


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Meadow Ln
Oxford OX4 4BJ
A traditional OCV task for high summer: our regular cut of this SSSI by the Thames, on behalf of the Oxford Preservation Trust.
We'll cut the sedge and reeds and rake the cuttings off so they won't enrich the soil. The end result is beneficial to the wild flowers on the site, and, in particular, to the fritillaries hereabouts. If the sun shines this is one of the high-lights of the OCV calendar. As last year we'll be using our set of Austrian Scythes
We'll provide all the tools and training and no previous experience is needed. Just remember to bring a packed lunch and wear old clothes and stout footwear.
Under-18s are welcome if accompanied by a parent or guardian.
You don't have to tell us that you're coming – either meet us at one of the minibus pickup points in Oxford:
1) Outside the Lamb and Flag Pub on St. Giles at 9.20am
2) Outside Tesco on Cowley Road at 9.30am
or meet us at the task site itself if you prefer (check the weekly task email for instructions).


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Dec 24, 2012 11:25 PM GMT
I'm turning into a little tubby!! I've been eating a lot lately and considering I have a pull groin from kicking too high a few weeks ago doesn't help either >.< (meaning I can't train either to burn off the cals) lol
I must have gained like over 10lbs! Anyone else gaining the weight during hte holiday seasons? lol


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History repeats itself.
In the booming 1920s, before regulation imposed by the New Deal, scamsters would literally form public corporations, go public and sell shares, based on fictitious businesses. Stock manipulators like Joe Kennedy would reap fortunes at a clip by selling shares after the public securities price of the shares was run up.. There were "pools" in which investors conspired to perpetrate this kind of fraud. A notable scam of the 1920s was the "Radio Pool," in which crooked Wall Streeters would drive up RCA (the leading stock of the booming 1920s) stock, unload their shares for huge profits, then leave unwary investors with collapsed prices for RCA.
Now, even after 85 years of regulation by the SEC, it happened again.


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Who am I?
I am a wife, and a mother of two. I am a lover of light, and travelling and adventure. I adore my dogs, and all of God's creatures. I have great faith and believe there is good everywhere if you just look for it. I am a fiercely loyal friend.
I believe that every family has a unique and beautiful story waiting to be told. I believe that photographs capture a moment in time, that can be relived long after it is gone - a smile, a first step, a graduation, a family's love. These are all moments to be treasured by more than just our iPhones.
If you would like me to come along and help tell your story, please get in touch with me. I'd love to hear from you.


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Mega-bloks and what to do about it…..
Man… I tell you… mental blocks really aren't cool. Haven't posted for quite a while simply because I don't feel I have anything to say let alone see. Shot some landscapes yesterday on the Holga which was OK – I find NOT doing people a lot easier and zen-like for some reason in this state-of-mind. People (strangers in particular) are not so easy to photograph it seems. I don't think I've ever thought this before but I'm realising that portraiture is quite exhausting and not without its rejections and failures. If only people weren't so self-conscious. Oh I long for the days when cameras were new and no-one really knew what the hell they were!! I shot some images the other day for Winnunga Nimmitijah (the Aboriginal Health Service) who were celebrating a belated NAIDOC Day. I was prepped by a staff member about the taboo of photographing Aboriginal people, especially without asking (the notion of the camera stealing souls remains prevalent it seems), but I think too there was a sense of cynicism about why I wanted to photograph the event (you know, the 'not another whitey coming to help us' attitude – though I heard later that apparently I'm Chinese and got proverbially lumped in with this dominant Asian cultural group despite a correction of my mixed heritage, on my behalf. The attitude being that Asians are all the same aren't they!? Man if we keep going at this neandethal rate, reconciliation ain't ever going to happen!). Anyway exasperation aside, I photographed the day for Winnunga and whilst there were no stand-out images, the final 100 that I edited are a good record of the day. In the end not 100% altruism on my part (but what photography is??). To me the access is way more important – the images will come later. Indeed, this has led to teeing up an opportunity to photograph a group of young aboriginal boxers at the end of the week, so I am happy at least in this regard. Plus there is the issue of posterity, which I am a firm believer in – what gets left behind is what makes history. (Read Susan Sontag on the notion of photography as 'historical traces' – one of her less belligerent pieces). One learning that I have walked away with is this: it IS worth biding one's time to get the story. And I know that for me, the lesson has been that perhaps I am not a 'photojournalist' type who can jump around in one go and get an entire story without feeling any connection. I think I was devastated for all of 5 minutes (there goes my Magnum dream!) then I realised that I like to work slowly and take my time and that in fact this is probably a healthier approach. The logic of more time, better images. I know that my style is somewhat more formal in composition, not staged so much as still. Still-lives of people I suppose. I also like to return and create more images and I like to walk away with the feeling that the process has to some degree been a collaborative one (where I don't feel like shite inside for stealing or damning anyone's souls!). So in turning all this sod over in my brain, the process of applying this to my work is seemingly going to change the nature of what I am doing (well I think so anyway – I told you mental blocks are lame!). The 'creative process' I am constantly told. Actually it's rather like being constipated. I only hope that what emerges doesn't stink too badly!!
Another artist whose work I have been looking at is – conceptual ingenue – UK photographer, Tom Hunter. His approach reminds me a little of my own (the fact that he photographs his friends; his environment and his community) and I like that he has political intent in his work. Also, the way he infuses his inspiration from artists such as Vermeer into his work is beautiful in that they are simultaneouly homages but also clearly, photographs that tell their own stories in the context of Hunter's everyday life. My favourite is 'Ophelia'... simply stunning really… So this is where I am: reading and reading…. looking and looking at other people's work. I know that I have to also start looking at works in other mediums, not just photography, to draw inspiration from (Chaitanya, you are right as always!)
Below are some pics from a series I've been working on about a retirement home. I haven't quite figured out how I want to express the idea of ageing. I think the idea of 'sequencing' (thanks to Jon Rhodes for this concept!) the photographs might be a good way of doing this. I've been photographing the residents' rooms (with the last of their worldly possessions – usually photos interestingly) as well as making portraits. Originally I thought to work in colour, however I like the stillness and formality of the B&W. It seems….. more respectful somehow?
I might well have some new pics to post next week. Until then nightowls…..


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Young patients get their game on during third annual Gator Engineering Day
On Friday, Aug. 1, Patients at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital had the opportunity to interact with soccer-themed game systems that University of Florida students developed in an introductory engineering design course.
The incoming freshman students attended a summer class specifically designed to help them successfully transition into the UF College of Engineering, with fun and engaging projects that have real world applications. This summer, inspired by the World Cup, they were tasked with designing an autonomous mechanical soccer player that is programmed to kick a ball into a goal. Their instructor designed the "goalie."
Patients got to judge the students' work by choosing their favorite game, while students were able to teach young people about the engineering behind the game systems, reinforcing what they've learned in class.