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It began early this month in Winnipeg, a Hitchcockian horror story starring a murder of violent crows.
For the past three weeks, a handful of crows have been dive-bombing from a nest in the city's east-end, attacking unsuspecting residents, dog walkers and their pets in an overzealous attempt to protect young chicks.
The local mailman may be the favoured target: Canada Post says the birds have repeatedly swooped at their carrier as he delivers the mail.
After one too attempted jabs at the head, mail service was halted to about 30 houses last week. Residents were told in a letter that the disruption was due to "aggressive crows."
"We're just trying to keep our carrier safe," said Eugene Knapik, spokesperson for Canada Post. "He's been ducking out of the way, they haven't hit him yet, but it's been very close."
"It's a highly unusual issue, birds are not a normal hazard in the delivery business."
Len Chapko, a 40-year resident of the area, is one house away from the nest. His wife now carries an umbrella to the bus stop, and he was attacked while mowing his lawn.
"Oh yes, they would just swoop down. The most aggressive parent hit me in the back of the neck," he said, adding the young can now fly, and one has joined in the attacks.
Chapko said he's not surprised mail service was cut off. He watched a Canada Post supervisor come out on Friday to try to deliver some mail, and said she was armed with a stick.
"And I thought, that's not really going to help you," Chapko said, chuckling.
Knapik said Monday that both a Canada Post team leader and a carrier were going to attempt to deliver the mail that afternoon.
"We're going to try to continue delivery if it's safe to do it, and we're going to assess day-to-day through the week…We're anticipating that this problem will resolve itself," he said, adding the crows are expected to calm down once their chicks get older.
Wildlife specialists say that humans fall into the predator category for birds, especially if the person is walking a dog or cat on a leash. Birds actively defend their young for up to a week after they are born, longer if the young birds struggle to fly.
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But the ministry has released some tips for residents, recommending that people avoid the area where birds have been attacking.
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Nearly four years ago a Melbourne, Florida resident in foreclosure left town for the weekend. Although her home was in foreclosure she continued to live there and run her home based business from the property. When she arrived home after the weekend away, the lock on her front door had been changed. A field service agent sent by her loan servicer had broke in the back door, changed the lock on her front door, and left his business card. When she found her front door locked she went around to the back of the house where she found her broken in back door left wide open. When she went inside she found that many of her possessions were gone.
The homeowner called the police and a police report was filed. The police did not arrest anyone and told her that because she was in foreclosure this was a "civil" matter. Our client did not know if the field service agent took her belongings or merely enabled some other person to take her stuff by leaving the back door unlocked.
The home owner took pictures of her home after the break-in to show that the property was in good repair and could not have been mistaken for an abandoned property. She asked several different lawyers in the Space Coast to take her case. Every attorney she spoke to told her the same thing: that her damages (about $6,000.00 of lost property) were to small and she had no proof that the field service agent left the back door open or took her property. One lawyer told her "Perhaps the field service agent broke into the property, changed the locks, and locked all the doors and then a thief broke in and left the back door open."


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Tennessee Republicans have gone on a culture war rampage. The Republican controlled legislature has introduced bills that discriminate against homosexuals, a bill that allow the teaching of creationism in science class (which has since become law), and bills that restrict abortion. But now, Republicans are going even further by introducing language in a sex education bill that would define kissing and holding hands as gateways to sexual activity. The bill also bans sex education teachers from promoting contraception.
According to WMC-TV, "Tennessee senators approved an update to the state's abstinence-based sex education law that includes warnings against "gateway sexual activity." In a new family life instructions bill, holding hands and kissing could be considered gateways to sex."
HB 3621 and SB 3310 would also give parents the ability to take legal action against teachers who do encourage the use of contraception to promote safe sex. Such allowances could scare teachers from even mentioning contraception at all, meaning sex education courses would consist of just abstinence-only programs, which are proven to not work in preventing teen pregnancy.
I'm not sure what Republicans have against kissing or hand holding but it's clear they have completely lost their minds and have nothing but sex in their thoughts. With the exception of creationism, Republicans have focused mostly on bills about sex and our sex lives. At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if Republicans next try to actually criminalize hand holding and kissing. After all, according to the GOP, both lead to that evil thing called sex.


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More than on any other social media platform, your experience with Twitter comes down to whom you follow. If you're just following your friends and family, you're going to get pretty bored (no offense to your Aunt Sally). There's a plethora smart, interesting accounts available to follow, and ignoring them is like quarantining yourself from the coolest part of Twitter!
Twitter can be an especially useful tool for athletes, because a large number of athletic experts frequently dispense valuable knowledge in their feeds. With that in mind, here are 15 accounts every football player should follow.
1. Matt Bowen
Matt Bowen spent seven years in the NFL as a strong safety. Now he's an ESPN NFL writer and a high school defensive back coach. Bowen's almost always watching football, and he's great about sharing thoughtful insights on the Xs and Os. He also frequently includes vines of great fundamental football plays, such as Teddy Bridgewater looking off the free safety before throwing a dart up the seam for a touchdown.
2. Dr. David Chao
Following Dr. David Chao's account makes you feel like you're inside an NFL training room. Chao is an orthopedic surgeon who served as the head team physician for the San Diego Chargers between 1997 and 2013. He has a ton of experience dealing with football injuries, and he often diagnoses injuries shortly after they happen, sharing his thoughts with his followers.
3. Uniswag
Fifty years ago, football teams had two uniforms—home and away. But times have changed, and both NFL and college teams now flaunt a wide variety of wardrobe choices. If you're looking to stay on top of who's wearing what, Uniswag is the account for you. From gloves to helmets to jerseys to cleats, Uniswag keeps you abreast of fashion on the gridiron.
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Inside the Pylon is a website that offers "intelligent football talk and analysis on the NFL and college football." They're chock full of good information on all three phases of the game, which makes their Twitter account an excellent follow. In the past 24 hours alone, their tweets have covered the importance of rush lanes, the meaning of the robber technique, the concept of the wheel route and the finer points of the crack sweep. If you want to learn more about every aspect of football, give ItP a follow.
5. Adam Schefter
Schefter is the guy on what's happening in the NFL. He constantly tweets breaking news and can be relied upon to confirm or deny any rumors that bubble up in the football world. If you're only going to follow one NFL expert on Twitter, make it Schefter.
6. NYT 4th Down Bot
It's one of the hardest questions a coach has to answer during a game: "Should I go for it on fourth down?" The New York Times 4th Down Bot is here to help. It uses a unique formula that crunches all relevant information and offers an analytical answer to that very question. The 4th Down Bot offers live analysis of every NFL fourth down decision, frequently coming up with interesting choices. 4th Down Bot will help you see the massive amounts of data that influence every decision, and it's not afraid to mix in some humor.
7. Rob Gronkowski
Lots and lots of NFL players are on Twitter. But if you're going to follow just one, make it Gronk. Why? Because unlike many other players' accounts, which are obviously run by PR people, most of Gronk's tweets are actually from him. That means y9ou get plenty of professional wrestling, sports cars and "chicken sue flay."
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8. Yann Le Meur
Yann Le Meur is a great follow for any athlete looking to improve his or her knowledge of sports science. Le Meur is a sport scientist at the French Institute of Sport, and his Twitter account does a phenomenal job of breaking down complex studies into easily digestible information. No one likes poring over boring research papers filled with big words. Le Meur's account does that work for you and then gives you the information you actually need to know, covering everything from strength training to ACL injury prevention to the performance-enhancing benefits of coffee.
9. and 10. Coach Matt Jones and OL Watchdog
To the casual observer, offensive line play looks simple. A bunch of giant dudes run into other giant dudes so their ballcarrier or quarterback has room to operate. But anyone who's ever actually played football knows there is a science to playing offensive line. Coach Matt Jones is an offensive graduate assistant for the Tulane football team, and he has a passion for offensive line play. Through his #LinemanLunch video series, he highlights the finer points of exceptional blocking. Although he focuses on the offensive line, he also covers receivers and backs making great blocks. OL Watchdog is a similar account that uses vines to showcase stellar o-line play.
11. Matthew Berry
If you play football in real life, odds are you also love fantasy football. Thousands of fantasy football accounts litter the landscape, but Matthew Berry is the guru. He is ESPN's Senior Fantasy Analyst, and he's been covering fantasy sports since long before they became insanely popular. Overall, he's a pretty entertaining dude, and his account keeps you on top of how real-life NFL happenings affect your fantasy team.
12. and 13. Sam Monson and Peter Damilatis
Pro Football Focus is a website that watches every single down of NFL football and assigns players grades based on their performance. If you want to know who is actually playing well (or poorly) in the NFL, give some of their staff members a follow. Sam Monson and Pete Damilatis are analysts at PFF who frequently tweet fascinating stats and insight.
RELATED: 21 People Every Athlete Should Follow on Twitter
14. PFF College
The college football arm of Pro Football Focus offers similarly great insights. With so many teams and so many players in college football, lots of great performers get lost in the shuffle. Ever heard of Weston Steelhammer? He's the top-rated safety in the Mountain Conference. How about Matt Skura? That's Duke's center who was graded as an All-American by PFF this season. If you're looking for insight that reaches beyond the Heisman finalists, PFF College is the place to go.
On everything from football training to nutrition to technique, STACK's got you covered. Our extensive library of articles and videos feature some of the best players, trainers and nutritionists in the world—and all of our content is aimed at one thing: helping you get better. You should also join our STACK Football Performance Training Facebook group, where you can share drills and knowledge with your fellow football lovers!
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On Tuesday I hosted this years Oxfordshire Lolitas Halloween meet. I wanted to do something a bit different this year, so I booked us in to one of the Terror Tuesdays being held at the Oxford Castle.
I didn't really leave myself enough time to create an outfit so in the end I recycled a fair bit of my outfit from last year's 'Kuro Bride' outfit. Only, this time I was a witch! My outfit is made up of Bodyline and off-brand pieces.
Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos inside of the castle but that is understandable considering that they want to preserve the castle as much as possible. So I will just have to describe what happened instead! We were led around inside the castle by people wearing ghoulish costumes. Our little tour included being locked in one of the castle's old padded cells (it used to be a prison) and being led down in to the crypts which are meant to be haunted. At one point we got given dust masks, which made for some interesting photos when we got outside. For some reason, my camera thinks that Michelle is a ghost! I think it adds a special touch to the feel of the photos though! I have kept my mask as a memento.
Afterwards we went to the pub (where I ate far too many chips) and then it was time to go home again. The castle was a great deal of fun. I heard a rumour that one year they did ghost hunting in the crypts which I hope they do again some time because I would definitely love to do that. The crypts definitely had a spooky atmosphere when we went in them. Although Michelle grabbing my arm in the dark may have contributed that...


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Pay for Performance: Should Fannie and Freddie Executives Be Receiving Millions In Bonuses?
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This hearing will examine the validity of bonuses paid out to executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, President Obama offered direct and pointed criticism of entities that received taxpayer dollars but continued to pay executives millions of dollars in compensation and bonuses calling the payments "obscene" and "shameful."
Since entering a conservatorship status, Fannie and Freddie have become de facto arms of the government and have received $169 billion from the Treasury Department and still have an outstanding balance of $141 billion owed to the taxpayers. Despite this outstanding balance, Fannie and Freddie's top six executives received $35 million in compensation. Of that, $12.79 million were bonuses awarded to Fannie and Freddie's top ten executives.
This hearing asks important questions on behalf of the American taxpayers who are footing the bill for Fannie and Freddie. Is the concept of pay-for-performance being applied appropriately? Should these executives of a government-sponsored entity profit while taxpayers foot the bill? What measurable standards, if any, are in place to properly and accurately evaluate performance? Are these bonuses being awarded for your efforts to minimize losses for taxpayers or are they payouts to for the degrees in which you help the Obama Administration achieve a policy agenda?
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The plan was to celebrate Australia Day in traditional Aussie style starting with a few hours at the beach for some sun, surf and sand, followed by a potluck backyard barbie at Chris and Linda's place. The great rainy summer of 2012 had other plans. So, we skipped the beach and settled for just the Barbie portion but started it a little earlier.
Guests included two dogs – one Canadian, one Aussie and a half dozen hungry Aussies and Canucks. We served up traditional Aussie tucker – including prawns, lamb, snags from the Barbie all washed down with some local Aussie brews and wines. We even had an all-Aussie music playlist in honour of the occasion.
The sun popped in and out and even though we had a few no-shows, those who did waved their flags, showed their Aussie spirit, raised a glass to this awesome country and had a great Australia Day.
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I needed to see some texture after all the pure color in the last group, so I found a box of clumped up salt and a bag of split peas to bring into the fray.
There are a lot of vintage tablecloths and napkins awaiting transformation and every thing you see here will be available in the store as I get them washed and dried, hung and shot...Sorry - there will be NO ironing!! You'll have to discover how different this cloth looks once it's ironed for yourself!


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The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the Lehigh Valley and Berks County as a system brings a mix of snow, sleet and rain to the region.
Precipitation moved into the area early Saturday morning with parts north and west of Philadelphia seeing flurries as temperatures remained in the low 30s.
Closer to the city, rain and light sleet fell, leading to some slippery road conditions. Temperatures will head into the low 40s, as the advisory remains in effect for Berks and Lehigh counties until 6 p.m.
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The same morning the Internet was blowing up with Jason Collins's out-of-the-closet slam dunk, Alberta Ballet artistic director Jean Grand-Maître was also talking same-sex love, but from a completely different perspective as he discussed his new k.d. lang ballet. Maybe it's because of the obvious difference between the basketball world and ballet, but the contrast was hard to ignore: Grand-Maître's approach to the gay love story in his new work is utterly matter-of-fact. Rather than an angst-drenched tale of coming to terms with one's sexuality, it's a romance, full stop: Girl meets girl (at a barn dance no less), girl loses girl, girl finds her true love.
"For me, it had to be a love story that was natural," Grand-Maître explains. "So we decided we would try to create a very pure love story – but it just happened to be two women – and not make a big deal out of it."
Balletlujah!, set to 17 songs in lang's repertoire, had its world premiere on Friday in Edmonton. It's the fourth so-called pop or "portrait ballet" Grand-Maître has created for the company, along with works set to the music of Joni Mitchell (The Fiddle and the Drum), Elton John (Love Lies Bleeding) and Sarah McLachlan (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy).
"The setting for Joni was really around the world because the ballet was about war and the environment, and Elton was more about going inside his own head. Sarah was water ... [but] k.d. is bringing us home in a way," Grand-Maître said this week during a break from a Balletlujah! lighting rehearsal. "It's a very, very important creation for this company at this time."
Lang – scheduled to attend performances in both Edmonton and Calgary – may be Grand-Maître's latest pop-music muse, but he has wanted to work with her for years. Going way back, he had a concept for a ballet about an angel, called Gabriel, and he inquired about using her for the angel's voice. She was too busy at the time, and the idea was set aside.
He gave it another shot after the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where Grand-Maître was director of choreography, and where lang brought the house down with her rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
"We worked two years on that show. I think she waltzed in the day of the ceremonies. She didn't even do the dress rehearsal and she stole the show," Grand-Maître recalls. "You saw an immense, immense talent and that reinforced for me that we should work together."
This time, her schedule allowed for a meeting – and maybe a collaboration. Grand-Maître flew to Los Angeles and met with her the morning after she had pulled an all-nighter meditating to mark the Buddhist New Year. (Lang has been a practising Buddhist for several years.) "There was some kind of very peaceful aura around her," he says.
He addressed her reservations that her music – songs like Big Boned Gal – might not work for tiny ballerinas. "I had to explain to her that you can't imagine tutus. You have to really imagine performance art."
But most of the discussion was about lang's life. Was it challenging, Grand-Maître wanted to know, growing up gay in tiny Consort, Alta.? He was shocked at lang's answer: Her sexuality was not an issue. Everybody in town was eccentric, she told him, citing a math teacher who drove to work on a tractor.
"For her, it was when she went to the big city that she realized that people had an issue with homosexuality," he says. "So you can see how in her character there is no doubt about her identity, sexually speaking. ... And when she told me that, I said: 'You know, we can't make it about becoming gay; this has to just be about love.'"
Lang was on-board.
Grand-Maître created a narrative based on that conversation, and selected the songs – including Constant Craving, Crying and, of course, Hallelujah – that would work with the story: A woman – the lang-inspired character (Hayna Gutierrez on opening night, alternating performances with Nicole Caron) – leaves the wheat fields of the Alberta Prairie for the big city, on a motorcycle with her first love (Tara Williamson, alternating with Skye Balfour-Ducharme). But there, the big-boned gal loses her lover, who is lured away by big-city women. Heartbroken, she returns home – and finds her real soulmate (Alexandra Para).
The songs span the range of lang's genres: not just pop, but torch, jazz and, of course, country. Wanting to do justice to lang's country-music roots, Grand-Maître dreamed up that barn-dance scene. He bought square-dance videos and studied them with the company in the studio. Then he applied a contemporary balletic twist to the traditional western dance, with jumps and graceful athleticism augmenting the do-si-do's. Swing your partner, indeed.
There did have to be some popular songs of lang's left out – Miss Chatelaine, Summerfling – because they didn't fit with the narrative.
A group of designers was brought in to evoke the western landscape using multimedia technology, including video projections shot in Consort. The work is very much a love letter to the Prairies – where lang is from, and where Grand-Maître has lived for just over a decade, since moving west from Montreal.
"We wanted to do a beautiful homage to the Prairie people. Not the city folks of Edmonton and Calgary. That's not where k.d. grew up. It's the people who toiled on the land and planted and developed the really harsh terrain into a beautiful place to live," he says.
Throughout, Grand-Maître was driven to create a work that would live up to its muse. "It was a wonderful voyage choreographically," he says. "And her wonderful voice. The challenge to keep up with those notes and the power of that voice, it's almost like a symphonic piece of music when she's singing. So we had to work very, very hard to keep up with her magnificence."
Grand-Maître, who radiates passion about his work and all his pop-star muses, is working with Joni Mitchell on a second ballet for next season. And he's talking with Leonard Cohen's son Adam about a project, possibly for 2014-15. Grand-Maître – who is careful to point out that his work includes classical productions as well – says collaborating with these musicians has been among the richest experiences of his career.
"As artists, they're as important to Canadian history as Emily Carr or the Group of Seven," he says. "There's no doubt in my mind that I've been the luckiest person in the world to collaborate with living composers. Because in ballet, they usually died 200 years ago."
Balletlujah! will be performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton on Saturday and at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary Wednesday through May 11.


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Cascades Casino Penticton Opens Its Doors
$25M Investment
Construction of the Cascades Casino Penticton started in May 2016 and amounted to $25 million cost. Penticton's casino venue is Gateway's latest endeavor which features 45,000 square meters of casino space, entertainment section and a food place all in one.
With 300 slot machines and electronic roulette, along with 10 table games, Cascades Casino Penticton boasts large gaming floor, but also includes two signature restaurants – Match Eatery and Public House.
Dining venues come with live music and entertainment on the weekends, making your trip to Casacades Casino an overall experience.
Grand Opening
Cascades Casino Penticton has prepared a host of grand opening festivities which will see visitors have plenty of fun with live entertainment, but also get in line for some huge rewards straight from the off.
The Casino has announced that their Cascades of Cash promotion will kick off alongside the grand opening and will put all visitors in contention for the whopping $1,000,000 reward. Daily instant win prizes – cash, food, beverage, player points and bonus ballots – will also be awarded during grand opening.
"I am very excited to introduce Penticton to our unique brand of entertainment. We want every guest to have an experience that has them planning their next Cascades trip before they leave", Cascades Casino Penticton General Manager Mike Magnusson said.
About Gateway
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited is the company which operates 18 gaming facilities in Alberta and British Columbia. The company employs more than 4,100 people, 150 of which will work in the brand-new casino in Penticton.
Cascades Casino Penticton will undoubtedly be a valuable addition to the local economy, whereas it will also enhance the overall entertainment landscape of the town.


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MP3 The Dallas Jazz Orchestra Presents Victor Cager - JAZZ: Big Band
This is the Dallas Jazz Orchestra''s fourteenth album, two of which have been nominated for Grammys. This album features baritone phenom Victor Cager, with his smooth, swingin'' style.
12 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Big Band, EASY LISTENING: Crooners/Vocals
Big Band Jazz!
The words themselves conjure up a unique picture of sound: a wall of horns sounding like one big instrument pushed by a driving rhythm section. Then the wall opens a door and a soloist pushes through. The soloist challenges the wall or flirts with it, and then he is folded back within the wall as it presses on again. And the sound calls you forward, to listen, dance, to enjoy.
The Dallas Jazz Orchestra keeps this big band jazz tradition alive and the sound vibrant with inspired musicians, working together in ensemble or standing out as soloists, joyously playing music they wan to play. And DJO Artistic Director Curt Bradshaw, a fine player in his own right, wrote many of the charts, writing and coaxing the best from this wonderful group of players. His talent especially shines through in his writing to showcase a fine natural singer with a deep, lush voice — Victor Cager.
Cager''s voice is rich with an innate vibrato, yet he can sing in a whisper. He shifts delivery and cadence seamlessly, singing emotionally without pathos. Listen to his definite and unforced time sense on "Fly Me to the Moon", his relaxed rhythm on "Our Love Is Here to Stay". Cager shifts on "I Thought About You" from haunting memory to rueful comment (the crack-track-back segment of Johnny Mercer''s lyrics). Cager lets the lyrical sense of each song''s narrative lead him to an almost conversational delivery that tells the story in the song. It''s great, honest singing, unpretentious and human — on every song he sings!
And then there are the fine soloists sprinkled throughout Cager''s vocal numbers like subtle seasoning: Evans''s tastiness, Agster''s robustness, Carrol''s fluid grace, Schloss''s plaintiveness, and all too briefly, Baker''s organic lines.
The instrumental cuts also feature fine solos: a whimsical call and response duet by Sato and Schloss on "Harvey", a haunting then explosive searching by Carrol on his own "Sweet Audrey", another piercing solo by Schloss and great piano fills by Jones on "Miss Jones". Echoic punctuations of the "Minor Adjustment" line by Burgess and Galleo and Jones. Baker''s organic swinging on" Emily" affects the entire band, and Spenser''s solo work on "I Got It Bad" reveals a great lead player who also plays good jazz.
It''s all here: good players, a fine singer, solid charts, wonderful solos, and always that tight and relaxed ensemble, that wall of sound that opens up now and then to let a soloist or a singer tell a story. And it calls you forward, to listen, to dance, to enjoy.
John Gunter
Victor Cager
I was born on August 8,1960 in Dallas, Texas at Parkland Memorial Hospital. When I was six months old, my brother and I were adopted by my aunt and uncle who were both 53 years old. I refer to them as my mother and father. They operated a barber and beauty shop in West Dallas for 49 years. My father''s first love was big band Jazz such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, and especially Count Basie with Jos Williams, whom I had the privilege to meet after his last show in Dallas.
My father''s big band records were my first introduction to Jazz. We had a lot of records and music was very important to our family. I heard everything from Mr. "B" Billy Eckstine, Roy Hamilton, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Jimmy Smith and the New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein. We would even listen to spoken word documentary type LP''s like the one about the funeral of President Kennedy.
My father insisted we read "all the right books and listen to all the right music." Music has always been my first love. My family socialized, danced and enjoyed themselves while listening to some of the greatest music ever recorded. Although I was adopted by my aunt and uncle I still had a significant relationship with my biological father, who happened to be my uncle''s younger brother.
As a youngster I played saxophone and my biological father introduced me to the recordings of Charlie Parker. When I came home from school and heard recordings of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis playing Dobbin with Redd Foxx I Knew my daddy was in the house. He told me stories about jazz musicians such as Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan and Gene Ammons — who was his favorite — and I remember thinking Gene''s horn must have been bigger than the other cats because of his sound.
Following in my biological father''s footsteps, I developed a deep love for bebop. Unfortunately I also walked in his shoes when I succumbed to the disease of addiction which plagued me for many years.
In 1986 my mother (aunt) died after a lengthy illness and over the next eight years I lost practically my entire family including my beloved Uncle Jim, as well as both biological parents. I hadn''t seen my biological mother since I was 4 years old. As a result of these losses I went into a deep depression that went undiagnosed for several years. I believe that hardship and trouble and the grace to bear it often come in the same package. If we never confront ourselves we begin excusing our behavior.
Through recovery I discovered God had given me an inner strength. I will forever be blessed with a deep love of God for https://www.tradebit.com life. As a child I was blessed with a strong love and need for music and the arts. God used this love as the anchor for my recovery.
After I began to recover and practice aggressive faith, I started to realize all God had in store for me and my musical mountaintop experiences began!
The first musicians to give me a break were the ones I idolized as a child. My Uncle Red King, Professor Eddie Washington, Claude Johnson and Roger Boykin were my first musical mentors but it was the great vocal song stylist Ms Sandra Kaye who first shared her stage with me and I''m forever thankful to her for being so gracious! It was she who assured me that I did indeed have what it takes to pursue a life in music. She has been a true friend and angel to me! God will always provide an angel in times of uncertainty.
My first professional singing job was at The Dallas Museum of Art in 1999 with pianist Claude Johnson, bassist Buddy Mohmed, drummer Andrew Griffith, and saxophonist Shelley Carrol.
I''m a member of the most blessed generation to ever live on this planet and God has given me the privilege to record my first CD with The Dallas Jazz Orchestra, one of the best Jazz Orchestras in the country! God has blessed me with four daughters: Alexis, Emma, Jamie and Jazzeline Minette.
Where God guides he always provides!
The Dallas Jazz Orchestra decided to create a CD that represented exactly how we sound in concert. Recording technology has advanced to a level of sophistication unheard of just a few years ago. Ensembles are able to record tracks and send the recorded files to any location in the world, where other musicians are able to contribute to the recording and when finished send it back for mix and master.
Ensembles of all sizes and styles record using sequential tracking and achieve a level of balance and an ambience producing superb quality recordings for their respective jazz fans. With a good sound engineer, these bands are able to duplicate the quality of their CD''s in live performances.
This same recording technology has also enabled bands to misrepresent themselves as they produce recordings they could never duplicate in a live situation. Perhaps most concerning is the possibility that musicians are able to misrepresent that which is supposed to be most sacred to us, "our creative process." Our approach and goal was to record with the intent of capturing our musical moments that best represent the spirit of the band. On June 29, 2005 at noon the entire band, with Victor Cager, congregated at Big Time Audio Studio of Dallas, Texas. Victor would later return to the studio with pianist Arlington Jones to record the rubato sections of his vocal tracks but we needed Victor on the session so the rhythm section could "comp" his phrases rather than do "minus one" ran dom accompaniments.
At 1:00pm we recorded some excerpts in an effort to adjust seating for best balance as each musician was facing the microphone from a slightly different angle and distance. All four trumpets centered around one Cardioid Manley microphone. The trombones gathered around a Neumann U89 microphone and the saxes centered themselves around a Neumann U87 microphone. The lid on the piano was high enough so all soloists could hear the changes and play their solos in "reel" time.
We dubbed in only two solo tracks on "I Got It Bad" which was originally written as a vocal feature. After playing lead on the band track, Larry Spencer added his flugel/trumpet solo track and Mike Morrison added his baritone sax solo. We took several short breaks with comments, jokes and laughter enabling us to escape the tension from intense concentration resulting in our ability to record twelve tunes in four hours. We did two takes of "Emily", "Minor Adjustment" and "I Got It Bad".
The remaining nine tunes we recorded in one take. All 12 tracks were recorded in four hours, and we packed up to leave the studio at 5:00pm. The ability to accomplish such a task is a testament to the quality of musicianship and giving spirit of the individual members of the band as we provide you with an inspiring combination of Victor Cager songs and arrangements highlighting the music of The Dallas Jazz Orchestra.
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Fourteen Actors Acting
A video gallery of classic screen types.
It's always refreshing to see artists so involved in their craft. Besides, it also doesn't hurt to watch James Franco kiss... himself!
You can watch the videos, here.
Directed by Solve Sundsbo.
Music by Owen Pallett.
Produced by The New York Times Magazine.


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I've read some other bloggers' reviews of the Future's End one-shots; I'm sort of amused. I've bought and read two, and neither one seems to tie in to any sort of overarching story or plot at all. The main story has Earth 2, B-tier heroes, and Big Barda (!), but those elements are nowhere to be found here.
Ray Fawkes and Scott Snyder tell an interesting story. It is even more impressive considering how few voices are actually present in this issue. This comic features Batman, Alfred, and an artificial intelligence version of Lex Luthor. Oddly enough, my favorite voice in the comic is robo-Lex. His air of superiority and voice ring true with his dead-on deductions about anyone foolish enough to invade his sanctum. He even figures out who it is that could have made it this far. "Are you Batman?"
The core plot is very slight, with Batman trying to obtain some information to enable him to create clones. Batman wants to put his brain in a cloned body since his war-torn body has worn down over the years. Science fiction has trained me to believe that everyone should have an expiration date, so I think Batman might need to hand off his Gotham-guarding duties to one of his many protégés. The whole "must stay alive to protect my city" comes off as just a tad selfish. Honestly, this is as simple a plot as possible, the cloning tech is a macguffin and Bats spends every page in pursuit of it.
I'm unfamiliar with the artist, Aco, but his work is pretty solid. The heavy lines remind me of Tommy Lee Edwards, although Edwards has a better sense of "direction" and his figure work is stronger. Aco's work looks "digital;" it has that layered look that digital art often displays. I think Batman is the right choice for the artist, I think his gritty style would be interesting to see on Green Arrow or Black Panther too.
This is a FAIR comic, a nice little done-in-one Bat-story that I can read on its own without sweating the greater DCU.


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Restrictions on Teen Drinking and Driving Save Lives
One of the top causes of death among teenagers is drunk driving accidents. In fact, alcohol is a factor in one in four motor vehicle accidents which results in a child, teen, or young adult being fatally injured. In a study looking at how laws affect the rates of teen fatalities in alcohol-influenced car accidents, researchers have recently learned that the more restrictions are in place, the more teens stay alive on the road.
According to Boston University School of Medicine researcher Dr. Scott Hadland, drunk driving accidents resulting in teen deaths aren't only caused by drunken teen drivers. He points out that about half of the alcohol-influenced crashes resulting in a teen death involve a drunk driver who is over the age of 21.
In order to determine what approaches work in fighting to limit teen death in drunk driving accidents, Hadland's team of researchers crafted a study that compared the statewide rates of teen deaths in drunk driving accidents with the restrictiveness of the state's laws governing alcohol use and teen driving. The researchers created a scoring system that would assign points based on laws such as those limiting the hours that teens can be out on the road and whether state laws permit teens to have friends under 21 in the car with them. Points would also be assigned for laws limiting when alcohol can be sold and how it could be advertised. States received a restrictiveness rating between 1 and 100.
According to the results of the study, for every additional 10 points in the state's restrictiveness rating, teens had a 9% lower likelihood of being killed in a drunk driving accident. The study points out the importance of strong statewide laws on alcohol use and teen driving, but also illustrates the importance of parents sending a strong message on alcohol use to their teen drivers, including that they never get in a car with a drunk driver, whether they're a teen or adult. Hadland also explained that "Parents might consider limiting the extent to which young people drive during late hours on weekends." This is due to the fact that, Hadland explains, "the vast majority of people under the age of 21 dying in car crashes are dying in evenings, on weekends. It's a high risk time to be out on the road."
If you or someone you love has been injured in a motor vehicle accident in New Jersey, contact the seasoned, knowledgeable, and effective personal injury attorney Andrew R. Jacobs for a consultation on your case, at 973-532-9681.


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By Gerry Albert Corpuz, Gegemon Babon and Roy Morilla
MANILA, Philippines- The peasant activist group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), the multisectoral alliance Bantay Bigas, the Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid ng Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) and the leftwing fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday urged National Food Authority (NFA) chief administrator Lito Banayo to file criminal and other appropriate charges against former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former agriculture secretary and now Bohol Rep. Arthur Yap in connection with the over importation of rice which occurred in 2004 and 2007.
Peasant leaders Willy Marbella, deputy secretary general of KMP, Bantay Bigas convener and Amihan peasant women federation secretary general Lita Mariano, Kasama-TK secretary general Axel Pinpin and Pamalakaya national chair Fernando Hicap led 100 farmers and supporters' rally outside the NFA outlet in Visayas Avenue in Quezon City asking the NFA chief to charge Arroyo and Secretary Yap before the regular court.
Marbella said aside from Reps. Arroyo and Yap, the charge sheet should include former officials of the Department of Agriculture and NFA who played key roles in the over importation of rice in 2004 and 2007 which cost Filipino taxpayers some 171.6 billion pesos.
In 2004, the Philippine government imported 900,000 metric tons of rice, while the country at that time only lacked 117,000 metric tons to fit the demand of the population, while in 2007, the government only needed 589,000 metric tons to fill the gap in rice supply, but DA and NFA pursued the importation of 1.827 million metric tons or about 1.2 million metric tons more of the required volume to augment the shortage in rice supply.
The rural based groups said aside from bringing the perpetrators of over importation of rice in exchange for fat or juicy commissions, the NFA and the DA should impose a six-year moratorium on the importation of rice and instead pursue measures that would increase domestic rice production, stop land use conversions of rice lands and assure irrigation for more than 3 million hectares of lands devoted to rice production.
They said, instead of reducing rice lands, the government should promote and increase rice lands devoted to rice and food production.
Procurement capacity
For her part, Mariano of Bantay Bigas and Amihan peasant women group urged Aquino government to increase the buying capacity of NFA to 25 percent of the total domestic produced palay by local rice farmers to stabilize rice prices and ensure good dividends for rice farmers.
Mariano lamented that while NFA is mandated by law to buy 10 percent of the locally produced palay from farmers, the authority only managed to buy one percent, and the rest of the funds of the NFA are allocated for unbridled importation of rice.
She said the NFA should increase not only its buying capacity, but also the price of palay per kilo. At present, Bantay Bigas wants the NFA to procure palay at P 15 per kilo, instead of spending taxpayers money to rice importation at the expense of Filipino farmers and consumers.
The groups said rotten and contaminated rice should not be distributed to poor Filipinos, saying the poor do not deserved rotten and unsafe rice for consumption. The groups said it would be grossly insulting and highly revolting to feed the poor with unsafe and health risk rotten rice.
Which is which?
But the groups asserted the unused and undistributed stocks of rice in government warehouses which are sound and still safe to eat should be distributed for free to communities affected by typhoon, including calamity stricken areas hit by Ondoy and Pepeng, and the El Nino and La Nina affected areas.
"In print media, Banayo of NFA said he will strongly consider the demand of farmers to have these hundreds of thousands of metric tons of rice distributed for free to poor Filipinos. But in TV and radio, the NFA chief said the authority will not give free rice to hungry families and multiple conditions shall be met to have these sacks of rice distributed either through food for work program or other measures," noted Hicap of Pamalakaya.
" Which is which? Are Banayo and his puppet master in Malacanang taking us to another roller coaster ride?" added Hicap.
The Pamalakaya leader said Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Proceso Alcala should step into the picture and stop the NFA from talking non-sense , adding that the agriculture department has the last way on what to do with the over imported rice.
"Alcala should tell Banayo to shape up or leave NFA. The demand is as easy as ABC. Make an inventory and proceed with the free distribution of these sacks of rice for free at the immediate, ahead of the next harvest season this coming October. Is that difficult? Mr. Banayo and his benefactor in Malacanang are making things difficult and complicated for the Filipino public.," said Pamalakaya.
Earlier, the KMP, Pamalakaya and other rural based groups demanded Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Speaker Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte to conduct joint or separate congressional inquiry on the over importation of rice in 2004 and 2007.
The groups said in aid of legislation, the rice inquiry will be able to draft policies to stop the government from anarchic importation of rice which are hinged on the liberalization policy and on the agenda of corrupt officials for juicy and fat commissions sourced from over importation and over pricing of rice imports. (With reports from Bombshell Moran and Lollipop de los Reyes)


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When I created this company and then this blog, my plan was always to have a shop. In the beginning it was laziness that kept me from created a shop. I had tons of motivation for the company, but I became me own worst enemy. I started out strong with tons of posts, tons of effort, but because I wasn't getting the response I had hoped for, I found myself discouraged and dismayed. I started making excuses for my lack of posts, for my lack of effort, for the passion I had once had. It wasn't all laziness though, as living life as a spoonie is exhausting and wrought with challenges. It can be incredibly difficult to stay motivated, to stay focused, to maintain consistency. Life got complicated, it got stressful, and painful for a while there, I went through massive life changes and needed to take some time to myself, to heal, to recover, to find myself. I spent the last several months doing major healing, major work on myself, on my soul, on so many aspects of my life. Aside from the laziness and battles with mental health, the other biggest component that kept me from creating this shop and our products was my lack of experience/ knowledge on how to create products and designs, on where to sell said products and designs, on where to even begin. I allowed my lack of experience and knowledge to convince myself that I wasn't good enough to even sell products, to create designs, to have any sort of shop. However, after YEARS of struggling financially, of bouncing from idea to idea from company to company, of failing, of learning, of growing I decided to really buckle down and give this a real shot. My designs are incredibly simple for now as I am still learning, but despite their simplicity I am immensely proud of myself for creating them in the first place. I am in the process of teaching myself Photoshop and will be teaching myself Illustrator so that I am able to create even more complex and beautiful designs. For now though, I hope y'all enjoy the designs I have created! Be sure to check the shop daily as I have a plethora of designs to upload!
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1785 Evangeline Lane #19, Anchorage
- Price$240,000
Atwood Estates - Anchorage's most exclusive address. A prestigious gated luxury neighborhood, with private pitch & putt golf course. Gated access with security cameras and landscaped grounds. Peaceful West Anchorage setting,convenient to the coastal trail,downtown & shopping areas.
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- Price$240,000
- Acres0.16
- TypeVacant Land
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- UtilitiesElec - Adj to Site, Nat Gas - On Site, Sewer - On Site, Telephone - On Site, Pub Wtr - On Site, Electric-Underground
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- Area10 - Spenard
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by Allen West via Facebook
The story of Erin Cox, the Boston high school student suspended for being called in as a designated driver is unconscionable. Sadly, it is indicative of the statist drive permeating our culture to negate individual initiative, personal responsibility, accountability, and acts of honor. When my daughter Aubrey tells me about times when she looks out for her sorority sisters, it makes me proud. Proud to know she is reflecting the Judeo-Christian values upon which she was raised. To the parents of this young lady, and to Erin as well, I commend you. Know that you embody two military creeds: never leave a fallen comrade behind and Semper Fidelis. http://cbsloc.al/16GtE1T


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Title: Stitches
Also known as:
Year: 2012
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Language: English
Runtime: 86 min
Director: Conor McMahon
Writer: Conor McMahon & David O'Brien
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2126362/
A clown's job consists of entertaining kids. How hard can it be? Stitches isn't your typical clown, or maybe he is. He drinks and fucks whenever he gets the chance, and does the occasional job when he has to. He goes to perform for a rich birthday boy, but the kids are not happy. One of the kids pranks Stitches by tying his shoelaces together, but this innocent joke will be the death of Stitches. Many years later he returns for his revenge.
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Yeah, clown movies. What a bunch of assholes they are. I mean, the bad ones are. You know them - "Camp Blood", "Scary or Die", "S.I.C.K. Serial Insane Clown Killer", "Dead Clowns" and so on. I have never been scared of clowns, nor do I find them funny (who does?), so my ties to the genre are quite weak. But everyone have to admit that there are some really entertaining ones. Anything from the cult classic "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" to Marcus Koch's splatter party "100 Tears", or even the rarely mentioned "Klown Kamp Massacre". Generally, these are movies that have found more to offer, they're not just built around the premise of a clown that kills. And when they are, like "100 Tears", they are just so iconic and splattery creative that they're fun. "Stitches" is another one in the line of successful clown horrors, one that follows a similar path of many (a killer clown) but knows exactly how to use a clown character in the correct way.
Stitches the clown doesn't really enjoy working with snotty kids, he'll rather stay home, drink and have sex. But a job is a job, and so he leaves to do a show for the kids at Tom's birthday party. The kids hate Stitches act, and make the day hell for him. Unfortunately - or maybe fortunately - this will be his final show as his shoelaces are tied together and he trips face-down on a kitchen knife. Years later, on Tom's 17th birthday, he's ready to have a party again after the traumatic memory of the death of a clown. And Stitches returns from his grave to get revenge on the kids that taunted him, made a fool out of him, and finally killed him.
Stitches is the perfect bad clown. He's a lowlife asshole, he looks wretched in his costume and he does all the bad things you don't want someone who is near your kids to do. From the opening scene, we know that he's a bastard. But he's a funny bastard. Miserably funny, something which works so well when a comedian is playing the role. It's not just pointing at a clown and saying "look how he's behaving!" - his attitude alone is performed so well that it makes it funny. I fell in love with the character in the opening sequence, which made me excited for the third act when he finally came back from the dead to seek revenge. The second act, which doesn't consist of any Stitches, is also a pretty entertaining one where we get to know the late-teen versions of the kids from the beginning. They're not the typical slasher movie fodder. Not just characters that you want to see die. They're keeping the entertainment level high enough until Stitches returns, even if they're not that special in the grand scheme of things. But they are true characters - not just puppets.
There are some fun gore scenes in the movies - or gore gags, rather. Anything from an umbrella through the head of a woman, to Stitches scooping someone's brain like ice cream. Most of it is surprisingly well made, too, though there are weak moments with very obvious CGI. Aside from those CGI moments, its creativity and solid effects help make "Stitches" an even more fun and memorable clown movie. It never goes to the extreme levels as "100 Tears", but few movies do anyway. What this one has to offer is plenty enough to please.
"Stitches" was a really fun clown movie from Ireland. It had actually funny moments, good characters, solid gore gags, and most importantly a clown that we love. The story was simple but with some cleverness to make it all work. Stitches returns because supposedly a clown always has to finish his performance, which is explained to us by a clown from a sect, who follows it up by saying that a joke is never funny twice as a warning of what's in store. The clown isn't over-dressed to beat us over our heads with the fact that he is a clown. His costume fits his attitude - he just doesn't give a shit. When he returns as the zombie clown, he's still not over-done. He mainly looks the same, except with a stitches up eye. There was no need to do much else with him, because the filmmakers found exactly who Stitches the clown was and what was needed to make him entertaining. Anyone doubting the clown horror subgenre should give this one a spin, as it succeeds with everything that the majority of them don't.
Gore: 3/5
Nudity: 0/5
Story: 3/5
Effects: 3/5
Comedy: 3/5
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The pre-Neanderthal characters who have taken control, at gunpoint, of the government of Honduras are telling us that this was not a coup d'etat, but an orderly legal proceeding against a president who had violated the constitution: A normal constitutional succession, as they are telling us.
This is nonsense. It was a coup, as indicated by the following and many other things.
The removal of Zelaya by a squad of troops and his expulsion from his country is the way coups are done in Latin America, not the way elected officials are normally removed for malfeasance.
The arrest of members of Zelaya's cabinet, without any kind of due process or legal bill of particulars, and effectuated by the military also, shows that this is a coup.
Likewise, the arrest and harassment of pro-Zelaya labor, community and political figures is something that is done in military coups, not in "constitutional successions".
The physical attack against the ambassadors of Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela, who were trying to protect the foreign minister from injury, shows that this is a coup.
The closing down of all media that supported Zelaya or just reported the news accurately, via military squads bashing down the doors of their offices, are hallmarks of a coup.
The removal of elected officials in smaller cities and towns around their country, and their replacement by military officers, is something that would only happen in a coup.
The actions of the military in going through towns and villages to grab military age men and force them into the army, is something that no democratic government would do, and is another hallmark of a coup.
The act of the military firing on a crowd of tens of thousands of extremely peaceful and disciplined demonstrators, resulting in the death of several people, is behavior typical of regimes installed by coups.
Every time there was a military coup d'etat in Latin America in the past century, the army brass would always find some judges, senators and other civilian politicians to invent some pseudo-legalistic claptrap to give it the appearance of legality. Many of the worst dictators in Latin American history ran their countries from behind the façade of a civilian leadership.
We are not fooled. The world is not fooled.


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Lagos, Harpic call for improved sanitation
As part of its agenda to sustain and maintain a healthy environment and also to mark the World Toilet Day, the Lagos State government has entered into partnership with Reckitt and Benckiser West Africa, makers of Harpic, to improve toilet hygiene and sanitation across the state.
According to the statistics by World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF) in 2015, approximately 2.4 billion people live in poor sanitary conditions and one in every 10 people have no choice but to defecate in the open. 1000 children under five years die every day due to poor sanitation and personal hygiene practices. Nigeria is fifth in the world where open defecation is still a major problem.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, in his address said: "Today we join the rest of the world to celebrate personal hygiene as a part of good health and wealth generation because health is wealth. It is a day set aside to reflect on the benefits attached to the personal hygiene and public sanitation by the individual and society at large."
Ambode who was represented by his Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Babatunde Hunpe, said that Lagos state, the fifth largest economy in Africa with the population of over 22 million is faced with the challenges of providing adequate infrastructures for proper and public sanitation despite the 570 public toilets sited at various locations across the metropolis.
"Open defecation and urination have for long being government's problem, but through strategic public education and enlighten campaign especially at market Motor Park some other locations the issues will soon come to an end," said Ambode. The Governor lamented on the effects of open defecation saying it populates underground water table, contaminates agricultural produce and aid the spread of various diseases.
Ambode added: "To this end we establish the public sanitation utility units to provide a road map for converting open defecation and urination in public area across the state. We are also accelerating the provision and monitoring of public toilet in accessible location."


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Navy Tartan Shirt Dress
Cute and casual shirt dress in navy and white tartan plaid! This would make a great base for layering- just add a cute cardigan and your favorite boots for an easy casual vintage look! Features button front, adorable pleats with arrow detail and slight a-line skirt!
fits like: large
bust: 38"
waist: up to 36"
hip: 40"
length: 36"
color: navy, white
material: cotton
label: Country Customs
circa: 1960s
condition: excellent
sku: V173
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i feel like i'm about to by hypocritical, hyper critical, and long-winded with this post, but please bear with me; it has a point. i think.
when i started to write this post, i began by talking about how rcg and i are fairly private people. because as i see it, beyond this blog and our instagram photos we have very little presence in the social media world. we don't post daily updates about the weather or the traffic or the jerk that cut in front of us at the grocery store; instead, we're tagged in things. we participate in life with others and they make sure everyone else in the world knows we're alive. it's good, we like it, it makes less work for us. but we also hate it. we like getting off the grid, being an unknown entity, forcing people to ask "where were you last weekend/week?" and we've been trying to migrate more and more towards that and away from social media. rcg has taken it to the point that he only follows bands, restaurants, and magazines on facebook. right now, my fb account seems to be our only lifeline to the world, and i may follow in his footsteps soon. (we apologize in advance if we miss the big events in your life! text us-- we'd love to hear all about them!)
but at the same time, we/i have this blog. hello, this blog is all about our life. kind of defeats the point, don't you think?
but therein lies another, deeper problem. when i started this blog, the point was for me to have an easy to reference place where i could store my ice cream recipes, and a way for my parents to see what i was up to. but since then it's evolved, as all things must, and it's become more of a "this place i just visited was awesome, you should visit it to, here are some pointers" blog, mixed in with my little projects. i love the travel side of this blog. i wish i could spend my days driving around, traveling, eating, taking pictures, and getting paid. unfortunately, that's a young, hot girl's game. so i do my travel posts and mix in a bit of our everyday life with photo a day and project life posts. and that's where i have the biggest problem.
despite my original misgivings, i love doing photo a day; i've found a way to make it more about the photography and therefore more interesting. and i enjoy doing these project life posts because it allows me to have a record of our lives, which i love, but do you love it? part of the reason that rcg and i have started to unfollow people on facebook is not because we don't love you, we do, we love you all very much, but because we don't really care about the small minutiae of your everyday. (no offense.) and by the same token, we assume you don't care about our everyday lives. it's seems fair: most people's lives are pretty boring, mine included, to the point where the person living it barely cares about it, so why should anyone else care?
this is something i've been struggling with for a while now. this blog feels so very self-centered and selfish. why would anyone be interested in reading my thoughts on various subjects? why would they be interested in seeing pictures of my food, my cats, or even my vacations? why do i continue to post my photo a day photos or my project life pages knowing that rcg and i are the only people who are getting any real joy from these posts? how conceited. and also, how very public our life has become as a result, despite our efforts to keep our business to ourselves. it's madness. so i'm looking for something new. some way for my blog to live on, without you all being bored to tears of our life, without us feeling exposed, all while continuing the fun travel and photography posts that i dig.
suggestions welcome.
ps. this post initially went in a very different direction -- i worked on it this morning, thought it looked good but wanted one more read through when i got home from work. i came home reread it, decided it was all rubbish and didn't say what i was really thinking, and wrote this instead. my apologies.
pps. if you are into the travel posts, i promise i will have some coming your way soon -- i'm in the middle of looking for another job, an online class, learning a second language, etc. etc., the list goes on, and have been seriously remiss in my blogging. i will get back to it soon; i promise!


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Table of ContentsDefinition / general | Epidemiology | Sites | Etiology | Clinical features | Prognostic factors | Case reports | Treatment | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Cytology description | Positive stains | Negative stains | Differential diagnosis
Cite this page: Levy G. Osteosarcoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bladderosteosarcoma.html. Accessed May 29th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Malignant mesenchymal tumor with osteoid formation
- Sarcomas comprise < 1% of malignant bladder tumors
- Rare; < 50 cases reported
- 80% male
- Mean age 64 years, range 41 to 86 years
- Usually trigone
- Patients may have prior or simulataneous urothelial carcinoma
Clinical features
- Associated with urinary tract schistosomiasis
- Patients present with hematuria, urgency and dysuria
Prognostic factors
- Poor prognosis
- Most patients die within 6 months due to local spread with urinary tract obstruction and secondary infection
Case reports
- 24 year old woman post cyclophosphamide for SLE (J Med Case Reports 2009;3:39)
- 75 year old man with hematuria, colonic and prostatic adenocarcinoma (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001;125:793)
- Radical cystectomy, radiation and chemotherapy
- Occasionally responsive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Gross description
- Large, polypoid, infiltrative, often gritty tumor
Microscopic (histologic) description
- High grade sarcoma with spindle cells showing marked pleomorphism; no definite carcinomatous component
- Abundant lace-like osteoid
- May have chondroid matrix in background
Cytology description
- Spindle cell lesion with marked nuclear pleomorphism
Positive stains
Negative stains
Differential diagnosis
- Sarcomatoid carcinomas and urothelial carcinomas with osseous metaplasia: keratin positive, desmosomes on EM
- Carcinosarcoma: admixture of carcinoma and sarcoma, often with carcinoma in situ of the bladder