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Whether you're a member of my Concert Circle or not, I encourage people everywhere to consider the idea of organizing a house concert. I'll tell you about it...
House concerts are a longstanding tradition in the folk music scene in the US, Canada and elsewhere. It's especially popular outside of the big cities, especially in suburban or rural areas where a more typical concert venue or folk club may not exist. Even when such venues do exist, sometimes it's a choice between putting on a show in a music club where maybe 25 people will show up and it will feel empty, or putting on a house concert, and packing your living room completely with the same number of folks!
The usual procedure goes like this... You set a date with the artist (in this case, me). You tell all your friends about it, and maybe ask them to let you know for sure if they're coming or not, if you're worried about having too many people to fit in your living room. If you don't mind, I will also list the house concert on my website -- typically this would just be a "contact so-and-so if you want to attend," and when someone emails you for more information, you'd then give them your address and any other info they might need. (Rather than listing your street address publicly -- though you're welcome to do that if you want to.)
It's common that people would host a pot luck dinner before the house concert, or provide some kind of refreshments, but both of those things are optional. If you're a member of my Concert Circle, you could hold a free event if you want to, or you can make the show a benefit for a cause of your choice. If you're not a member of my Concert Circle, the typical thing with house concerts would be to ask each person who comes in the door for a suggested donation of $10-20, which would usually go to the artist.
Even though audiences are often a bit smaller at house concerts than they might be at a music club, artists like me are often really enthusiastic about the idea of doing house concerts, because our experience is that the audiences are often a high-quality bunch, often including good friends of the hosts, who are usually exceptionally generous in terms of their donations at the door, and their CD purchases. Perhaps that's because of the inherent intimacy involved with doing a concert in someone's living room.
My only other word of advice on hosting a house concert is that you really want to bill it as a concert, rather than a party. If you call it a house party, people tend to imagine chatting and having music in the background, whereas a concert sets the tone properly, since what we're talking about here is an audience sitting and listening to a performer.
Typically, if I'm on tour, I'd probably also like to spend the night at your place if you have a guest room, after doing the concert in your living room (or your backyard or wherever you think is the best place for the show). But we can talk about that and any other details. This entry here is just to familiarize you with the concept, and lay out the basics of what's involved. I hope you want to do it!


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As required by the North Carolina Constitution and North Carolina law, the board of education is committed to providing a free public school education to all children who are legally entitled to enroll in the school system. In accordance with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the North Carolina State Plan for Educating Homeless Children, the board will make reasonable efforts to identify homeless children and youth of school age located within the county, encourage their enrollment, and eliminate barriers to their receiving an education that may exist in school system policies or practices. Based on individual need, homeless students will be provided services available to all students, such as preschool, free or reduced price school meals, services for English language learners, special education, vocational/technical education, gifted and talented services, and before- and after-school care.
The provisions of this policy will supersede any and all conflicting provisions in board policies that address the areas discussed in this policy.
Homeless students are children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The term "homeless student" shall also be deemed to include the term "unaccompanied youth," which includes a youth who is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. Homeless children and youth include those students who are as follows:
1. sharing the house of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason;
2. living in motels, hotels, transient trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
3. living in emergency or transitional shelters;
4. abandoned in hospitals or awaiting foster care placement;
5. living in a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations for human beings;
6. living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; or
7. living in a migratory situation that qualifies as homeless because the child lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.
The superintendent or designee shall appoint and train a school employee to serve as the homeless liaison. The homeless liaison's duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. ensuring that school personnel identify homeless children and youth;
2. ensuring school/preschool enrollment and opportunities for academic success for homeless children and youth;
3. informing parents of available transportation services and helping to coordinate such services;
4. ensuring that public notice of the educational rights of homeless students is disseminated in locations where these students and families receive other support services;
5. informing parents of educational and related opportunities available to their children and ensuring that parents have a meaningful opportunity to participate in their child's education;
6. helping to mediate enrollment disputes, including ensuring that a homeless child or youth is enrolled immediately pending resolution of the dispute;
7. working with school personnel, the student, parents or guardians, and/or other agencies to obtain critical enrollment records, including immunization and medical records, in a timely manner; and
8. working with the superintendent or designee to identify board policies or procedures that might serve as a barrier to enrollment of homeless students, including those related to immunization records, medical records, uniforms or dress codes, school fees, and school admission.
Homeless students transferring into the school system may provide cumulative and other records directly to school system personnel. The superintendent or designee shall not require that such records be forwarded from another school system before the student may enroll. However, school personnel shall immediately request the official records from the previous school.
School personnel shall immediately enroll homeless students, even if they do not have proof of residency, school and immunization records, birth certificates, or other documents, and even if they are not accompanied by an adult. The homeless liaison shall assist the students/parent in securing appropriate records or otherwise meeting enrollment requirements.
A homeless student (or his or her parent or guardian) may request to attend his or her school of origin or any public school that other students living in the same attendance area are eligible to attend. The school of origin is defined as the school the student attended before losing permanent housing or the school in which the student was last enrolled. To the extent feasible, the student will remain enrolled in the school of origin for the entire time the student is homeless or until the end of any academic year in which the student moves into permanent housing.
The superintendent shall designate the director of student assignment or other appropriate personnel to decide, in consultation with the homeless liaison, which school a homeless student will attend. The decision will be based upon the student's best interests. In making the enrollment decision, the superintendent's designee may consider the following factors:
1. the age of the student;
2. the distance of the commute and its impact on the student's education;
3. personal safety issues;
4. the student's need for special instruction (such as special education and related services);
5. the length of any anticipated stay in a temporary shelter or other temporary location; and
6. the time remaining in the school year.
If the superintendent's designee assigns a student to a school other than the one requested by the parent or guardian, he or she must provide a written explanation of the decision to the parent or guardian, along with a statement regarding the right to appeal the placement decision and referral to the homeless liaison.
The school system will implement an enrollment dispute resolution process that is consistent with the process required by the State Board of Education in the North Carolina Administrative Code, Section 6H .0112.
1. Initiation of the Dispute and Stay Put
If a dispute arises over school selection or enrollment in a school for a homeless student, the following must occur:
a. The homeless student will be immediately admitted to the school in which enrollment is sought, will receive all services for which he or she is eligible and will be allowed to participate fully in school activities, pending resolution of the dispute.
b. The unaccompanied youth or parent or guardian of the student will be provided a written explanation of the school's decision regarding the enrollment, including the right to appeal the decision. Such information must be provided in a language that the parent or guardian or unaccompanied youth can understand. The information must contain:
1. contact information, including telephone number and address of the homeless liaison and of the State coordinator for homeless education, with a brief description of their roles;
2. the right to initiate the dispute resolution process either orally or in writing;
3. a simple form that parents, guardians, or unaccompanied youth can complete and submit to the homeless liaison to initiate the dispute resolution process;
4. a step-by-step description of how to dispute the school's decision;
5. notice of the right to enroll immediately in the school of choice or remain in the school of origin with transportation provided pending resolution of the dispute;
6. notice that immediate enrollment includes full participation in all school activities; and
7. notice of the right to obtain assistance of advocates or attorneys.
c. The student or parent or guardian will be referred to the system's homeless liaison, who shall carry out the appeal process as expeditiously as possible after receiving notice of the dispute.
2. Homeless Liaison Review
a. Any parent or guardian or student initiating an enrollment dispute (hereinafter "complainant") is encouraged to attempt to resolve the dispute informally through discussion with the homeless liaison. If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, the complainant may present a formal complaint orally or in writing to the homeless liaison either directly or through the principal of the school at which enrollment is sought.
b. The complaint should include the date of the filing, a description of the disputed enrollment action, the name of the person(s) involved and a description of the relief requested. The complainant must be informed of the right to provide supporting written or oral documentation and to seek the assistance of an advocate or attorney.
c. Within five school days after receiving the complaint, the homeless liaison shall provide a written decision, including the reasons for the decision, to the complainant and the superintendent.
3. Appeal to the Superintendent of the Liaison's Decision
a. Within five school days of receiving the liaison's decision, the complainant may appeal the decision to the superintendent in writing. The homeless liaison shall ensure that the superintendent receives copies of the written complaint and the response.
b. The superintendent or designee shall schedule a conference with the complainant to discuss the complaint.
c. Within five school days of receiving the appeal, the superintendent or designee shall provide a written decision to the complainant including a statement of the reasons for the decision.
4. Appeal to the Board of the Superintendent's Decision
If the complainant is dissatisfied with the superintendent's decision, he or she may file a written appeal with the board of education. The board will provide the complainant with a written decision within 30 days of receiving the appeal. The board's decision will constitute the final decision of the school system. The written statement of the board's opinion will include the name and contact information of the State coordinator for homeless education and will describe the appeal rights to the State coordinator.
5. Appeal to the State Coordinator of the Board's Decision
If the complainant is dissatisfied with the action taken by the board of education, he or she may file an appeal with the State coordinator for homeless education, who will issue a final decision on the complaint. Within five school days following a request from the State coordinator, the homeless liaison shall provide the record of complaint and a copy of the board's decision along with any other information requested regarding issues in the appeal.
The board of education will provide homeless students with transportation services comparable to those of other students. In addition, at the parent or guardian's request (or the request of the homeless liaison for unaccompanied youth), the board will provide transportation services to/from the school of origin. The superintendent or designee and the homeless liaison shall coordinate homeless students' transportation needs, based on the child's best interest and feasibility. In situations in which a student attends school in this system but his or her temporary housing is in another system (or vice versa), the superintendent or designee shall work with the other system to share the cost and/or responsibility for transportation. If an agreement cannot be reached between the systems, the cost of such transportation will be divided evenly.
If a homeless student becomes permanently housed and chooses to remain in his or her school of origin, the board will provide transportation to the student for the remainder of the school year, except in extraordinary circumstances as recommended by the superintendent.
Homeless students are automatically eligible for Title I services. The homeless liaison and the Title I director shall collaborate to identify the needs of homeless students.

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On May 15, 2008, the Service published a rule listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the ESA.See Determination of Threatened Status for the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Throughout Its Range, 73 Fed. Reg. 28,212 (May 15, 2008). In the same rule, the Service also determined that the listing had the effect of designating the polar bear as "depleted" under the MMPA and that MMPA sections 101(a)(3)(B) and 102(b)(3) thus barred continued importation of sport-hunted polar bear trophies under that statute.
The Safari Club now appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on the importation issue, raising both statutory and procedural challenges. Several conservation groups, including the Humane Society of the United States, have intervened on behalf of the Service. On one of the issues regarding bears taken before the designation as depleted, according to the Safari Club, this provision applies only to mammals taken from species that had alreadybeen designated as depleted at the time they were taken. The Appeals Court said, "The district court disagreed, as do we. See In re Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing, 818 F. Supp. 2d at 256 & n.11. The provision refers not to mammals taken from species the Secretary had designated as depleted but instead mammals taken from species the Secretary has so designated. If Congress intended section 102(b)(3) to apply only to mammals taken after the species became depleted, it would have replaced the verb 'has' with 'had.'" The Appeals Court noted further, "Reinforcing this conclusion, other provisions of section 102(b) are expressly limited by the phrase 'at the time of taking.'"
Access the complete opinion (click here). [#Wildlife, #CADC]


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EURJPY under selling pressure towards 135.30~ target
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This pair is currently testing a critical historic resistance turned support and now back to resistance zone . Based on the longer upper candle tail, it looks like buyers are unable to penetrate this zone to go beyond the 136.50~ mark. Currently remain bearish . Trade recommendation is a sell to maximize the reward to risk ratio as the opportunity for a tight stop loss exists just above this zone.


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"The findings are stunning: environment-based education produces student gains in social studies, science, language arts, and math; improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages; and develops skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making." Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
At the Dunwoody Nature Center, classes move through the meadow and trails of our park led by our highly trained staff of environmental educators for a hands-on learning experience that reinforces and brings to life the STEM concepts that they are taught in the classroom. Our field trips are correlated to Georgia Standards of Excellence according to grade level and subject area using academically-based curriculum materials. We feature four distinct habitats — meadow, stream, wetlands, and forest — that are ideally suited to enhance the fundamentals of environmental science in a controlled setting. Many of our field trips are available for outreach at your school as well. To learn more, download our field trip brochure by clicking on the logo below or scroll down to see all of our field trips by grade level.
$50 deposit required at registration. One hour programs are a minimum charge of $75(covers up to 12 students ) / $6.00 per student after the minimum; one-and-a-half hour programs are a minimum charge of $100 (covers up to 12 students)/ $8.00 per student after the minimum.


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Coffee with a Cop: An Opportunity to Meet the Community's Security Providers at Burger King | Pasco, WA
Join the Coffee with a Cop event on September 28, 2016. This event will run from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and will be held at Burger King 2407 W.Court St., Pasco, WA. This event will be made possible by the Pasco Police Department. For more details, please visit the Coffee with a Cop page on Facebook.
About 'Coffee with a Cop'
The Coffee with a Cop event is rare opportunity to spend time with the community police officers. While having coffee, everybody gets a chance to engage in a conversation with the Pasco Police Department personnel.
Attendees can ask questions or have their concerns imparted with the officers. It's also a great opportunity to know what needs to be done in case help from the police needs to be sought.
Don't miss it!
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Watch Live: Neil Gorsuch Takes The Stand For Senate Confirmation Hearing
Watch live as Neil Gorsuch takes the stand ahead of what will undoubtedly be a fun day full of protests and political grandstanding. Updates posted below:
Update 1: Key notes from Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley's Opening Statement:
On the role of Judges:
But to endure, our system of self-government requires judges to apply the text of our laws as the people's representatives enacted them. So our judges, by design, play a critical–but limited—role. They decide cases or controversies. But in resolving those cases, they may look only to the laws the People wrote.
Judges aren't free to re-write statutes to get results they believe are more just. Judges aren't free to reorder regulations to make them more fair. And no, Judges aren't free to "update" the Constitution. That's not their job.
That power is retained by the People, acting through their elected representatives. When our Judges don't respect this limited role, when they substitute their own policy preferences for those in the legislative branch, they rob from the American people the right to govern themselves.
As that happens, inch by inch and step by step, democracy is undermined, the carefully constructed balance of power is upset, and individual liberty is lost.
On the independence of Gorsuch:
And if you are concerned about these things, as you should be: meet Judge Neil Gorsuch.
Fortunately for every American, we have before us today a nominee whose body of professional work is defined by an unfailing commitment to these principles. His grasp on the separation of powers—including judicial independence—enlivens his body of work.
As he explains: "To the founders, the legislative and judicial powers were distinct by nature and their separation was among the most important liberty-protecting devices of the constitutional design."
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For those who missed it, here is our preview from earlier this morning.
Later this morning at 11AM EST, Neil Gorsuch will take the stand before the Senate Judiciary Committee for three full, fun-packed days of grueling testimony that will no doubt come complete with several outbursts from disaffected liberal protesters and faux outrage from Democratic committee members. According to Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the panel will hear opening statements from committee members and Gorsuch on Monday, then begin questioning him on Tuesday.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has vowed that the Senate will vote on the Gorsuch nomination before leaving April 8 for its Easter recess. If confirmed, Gorsuch would take the bench in time to hear the last two weeks of courtroom argument left in the current Supreme Court term.
And while Democrats have vowed to fight his nomination "tooth and nail", Tom Goldstein, a Washington DC lawyer and publisher of the ScotusBlog, said it would be "shocking" if Gorsuch wasn't confirmed in the coming weeks. Per NBC:
"It would be shocking if Neil Gorsuch wasn't confirmed to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks."
"The Democrats are committed to opposing him. Their base is insisting on it, because of what happened to President Obama's nominee. But the reality is, they just don't have the votes and don't have the goods."
Of course, many of the Democrats on the panel will undoubtedly take a hostile tone during the hearings as they, like their leader Chuck Schumer, feel that Scalia's seat was 'stolen' from the Obama administration after Republicans refused to hold a hearing on Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland. If this interview is any indication of how the hearings will be conducted then we could be in for some fireworks:
For now, Gorsuch needs the support of at least eight Democrats to avoid a filibuster and win confirmation in the 52-48 GOP majority Senate. If Republicans can't get Gorsuch past the 60-vote filibuster threshold, they could go "nuclear" by removing the filibuster and eliminating not only Democrats' ability to filibuster Gorsuch but other Supreme Court nominations to come.
With that, per The Hill, here are the 5 things to watch for during Gorsuch's testimony:
1. How will Gorsuch handle pressure from Democrats to speak out against Trump?
Right out of the gate, Democrats are likely to ask Gorsuch what he thinks about Trump's recent attacks on the judges who have ruled against his travel ban.
Gorsuch called Trump's remarks "disheartening and demoralizing" in a closed door meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) last month, but refused the senator's request to make the statements publicly.
When a federal judge halted Trump's original order banning Muslims from seven countries from entering the United States, the president referred to him as a "so-called judge" and called his order "ridiculous."
"The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!' Trump tweeted.
As a member of the judiciary committee, the questions are likely to come from Blumenthal, who said last month that Gorsuch must prove he has the courage and independence to stand up to the president in public.
Now that two federal judges have blocked Trump's revised travel order, Gorsuch is sure to be asked whether he thinks the ban is constitutional.
2. Where do red-state Democrats fall on Gorsuch?
Since Republicans need 60 votes, the GOP will be looking to Democrats from swing or deep-red states for the eight votes they need across the aisle.
Support could come from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, who is running for re-election in North Dakota, a reliably red state. She was reportedly one of the few Democrats to publicly say she would oppose a filibuster.
There's also Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, who has said he doesn't believe Democrats should play games with the confirmation.
Senators facing tough re-election fights, like Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), might also be swayed. Her state voted for the GOP presidential nominee in 2016 for the first time in decades, and conservative groups are pressuring her not to block this nomination.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee ran an ad in Michigan during the University of Michigan versus Michigan State men's basketball game on ESPN last month. The ad told viewers to call Stabenow and tell her to "put your country ahead of your party" and allow a vote on Gorsuch, The Detroit News reported.
3. How much does Gorsuch reveal about his views?
Gorsuch's record shows very little, if anything, about where he stands on conservative issues like abortion and money in politics, while lawmakers could also press him on his position on gun rights.
Democrats will likely ask Gorsuch about whether he'd vote to overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationally.
Some have said the book he wrote in 2006, "The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia," signals that Gorsuch is anti-abortion.
In the book, Gorsuch premised the argument for retaining current laws that ban the practice "on the idea that all human beings are intrinsically valuable and the intentional taking of human life by private persons in always wrong."
Gorsuch is also likely to be asked about his views on Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) compares Gorsuch to Chief Justice John Roberts, who was calm and careful when he answered questions during his confirmation process. But, Schumer said, Roberts went on to become one of the most activist justices the country has seen, voting with the conservative majority in cases like Citizen United.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) office has in recent days also gone after Gorsuch on the issue of guns, with a release Friday highlighting what it called a "troubling record on gun safety."
The top Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat's office highlighted portions of past cases involving the possession of firearms for convicted felons or domestic violence abusers to label the judge a "pro-gun extremist."
4. Will Gorsuch give liberals any ammunition?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is confidant Gorsuch will get confirmed. "He's very, very hard to oppose," McConnell told Bret Baier during an appearance on Fox News's Special Report last month.
But Democrats will be looking for anything they can use against him. Question are likely to come about recent reports in The New York Times on Gorsuch's ties to conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz and work defending George W. Bush' anti-terror policies.
5. Will Gorsuch keep his composure?
Both sides know that composure, style and tone all play into a nominee's chances of winning confirmation.
Democrats aiming to draw some emotion from him are likely to play up the human impact of his rulings.
Schumer and Blumenthal held a press conference last week with people Gorsuch ruled against in three different cases while on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In one case, he sided with a trucking company that fired a driver for abandoning his cargo after his truck broke down in freezing temperatures. In another case, Gorsuch ruled against a professor at the University of Kansas who was battling cancer. He said the school did not have to give her more than six months of sick leave under the Rehabilitation Act.
He also wrote the majority opinion in a case that prevented a nurse from seeking compensation from Medtronics for injuries she claimed were caused by the company's improper, off-label promotion of its Infuse bone-graft device.


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Youmacon is the biggest anime convention of Michigan. Enjoy.
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Voice actress Tara Sands is the voice behind Bulbasaur (Pokemon), Biscuit Kreuger (Hunter x Hunter) and Konbu Infinity (One Punch Man). We talk about a hilarious comedy short, anime, Debbie Gibson and her role as a few plants in the Netflix show Disjointed. This interview is a fine example of the fun conversations I like to have with guests. Enjoy.
Continue reading Tara Sands at the Grand Rapids Comic Con 2017
Here are the photos from my very 1st visit and experience at the Cherry Capital Comic Con.


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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (KTLA) — A mother and her boyfriend were arrested Monday in connection with the death of her 14-month-old son at Centinela Hospital.
The child was brought to the hospital after his report reported he had stopped breathing.
Shortly after he arrived, the boy was pronounced dead.
Homicide detectives arrested the child's mother, Sandra Cartegena, 42, for child endangerment, and her boyfriend, Julio Mejia, 44, for murder.
Both were being held at the Hawthorne Police Department.
Cartegena's two other son's ages 9 and 14 were taken into protective custody by the Department of Children's and Family Services.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's COPS Bureau at (323) 627-8137.


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Bouncing around a bit this morning in my neverending pursuit of truth, justice and poker perfection, I noticed Pauly had a piece in the online version of Poker Player Newspaper, where he admitted to playing a lot of turbos.
I do, too, for a lot of the same reasons. The busier I get --- and I've been very busy lately --- the less likely I am to want to think about spending four or five or six hours glued to the computer screen, which would happen were I to run deep in a normal-paced SNG. Last night, for instance, after working a long morning and sneaking in an afternoon nap, I finally said awfuckit and fired up Stars for a couple of turbos. I took one down, too, a $27, 45-player job, for an itty-bitty bankroll boost to my depleted Stars account.
A lot of people stay away from turbos because the structure necessarily dictates high variance and a lot of bad beats. The flip side, as Pauly duly notes, is that a lot of the players suck; these things draw action junkies who are there to get the chips in, often as soon as possible. Add in the fact that turbos are often a couple or three percentage points cheaper in terms of rake paid to the site, and these things can be very profitable.
I'm pretty similar to Pauly in how I play these; I look for a chance to pick up some cheap chips early, though I don't force the issue in the early levels as much as you might think. Amazingly, if I had to recommend one word for playing these things, it's 'patience.' Players tend to panic and jam their chips before they're really forced to, and if you watch for the players getting splashy and short, you can often get the chips in with the best of it. Here's the pivotal point: Would you rather get 1,500 chips into the pot in a pure coin-flip situation, or would you rather get 1,350 chips into the pot as a 2:1 fave?
A little patience makes all the difference. Seems odd to say that in connection with a format where the action is so forced, but I do believe it.


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This is quite common in the web today; websites would be receiving traffic and increasing sales, and a very high page rank. Then suddenly, the rankings drop along with their traffic and eventually, the website is no longer available in search engines. Take note that when this happens, the website is experiencing a Google penalty - which is like the website being banned.
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Today's Gospel: Luke 10:1-12
This Gospel is a dozen lessons all wrapped into one. It's about trust, teamwork, awareness, truth and gratefulness. As I reflect on these verses, it provides an occasion to look at my relationship with the Lord to see which pieces of my discipleship are in order and which have a few kinks! This Gospel highlights the instructions given to a group of Christians long ago. Those instructions really haven't changed – they apply to our personal discipleship all these years later.
Today is my 26th wedding anniversary, and it's the day I celebrate the fact that God sent me out in a new way with the other half of my pair! Once we said "I do" we headed out together to help each other trust and serve. We lead each other, helping each other decide when we need to stick with something and when we need to shake the dust from our sandals and move on. When bills are high and the crops in our fields don't yield like expected, we remind each other that we have enough and God will fill in the gaps. When the world tries to deceive us or our children, we have to guide each other toward the truth. Together we have to discover and share the good news of Jesus with each other and those we love. Thank goodness for pairs and clear instructions!
Building His church on earth is our work, He didn't intend us to do it alone. So it's important to ask yourself, who is the other half of your pair? Who are you traveling and sharing your discipleship with on your journey to heaven?
Dear Father, thank You for loving me enough to send me a helper and show me the way to know You, love You and serve You in this life so I may be happy with You in the next.
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Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit behaves like foot fungus doused with tough actin' Tinactin.
Last month, we linked to a story about a good Dan Snyder who gets confused for the bad Dan Snyder and takes stick for it at his Blockbuster. Today, another Dan Snyder is making news. He's a landowner in the Adirondacks who is locked in a nasty tussle with his neighbor, The Nature Conservancy. He might even take legal action. Sound familiar? Hold on. The mountainous Dan Snyder has a stream running through his property and claims Nature Conservancy logging has dumped enough sediment in the water to endanger the local brook trout.
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The George B. Brooks, Sr. Community School will generate sufficient revenue to sustain its own operating costs, and provide ongoing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education through project-based learning to hundreds of families and K-8 children within walking distance of the campus. Also housed at this facility is a large greenhouse and two acres of gardens.
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Dec 7, 2009
Virtual Realities, Roller Coasters and Casino Gambling
It was really fun. Not just for the kids, but for me as well (however Mrs Wang got somewhat terrified by the Tower of Terror).
Now I'm looking forward to Singapore's own integrated resorts on Sentosa, especially the Universal Studios that will form part of the Resorts World IR.
At the same time, my Japan trip somewhat reinforces in my mind the drawbacks of Singapore's approach. Because of the casino element, we're inevitably going to face a host of social ills, such as prostitution, loansharking and gambling addiction.
In contrast, Disneyland, Disneysea and Universal Studios in Japan offer clean, wholesome, family-friendly fun. They are also huge attractions in their own right, drawing an endless stream of tourists and visitors all year round. Nothing sleazy about it.
Why did Singapore have to choose the sleazy route? Ah well, too late to ask now.
22 comments:
- Bloom said...
Did Singapore ( its people) have a choice? The decision was shoved down everyone's throats. To add insult to injury, it was 'debated' in Parliament.
- December 7, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- My grandfather's grandson said...
Some new features of the new IR in Singapore:
1. Fixing-Others Arcade halls
2. Cooling swimming pools
3. No-brainer Jackpot machines
4. Spot-the-swineflu games
5. Who wants to be bankrupt daily show
6. Redefining nepotism thesaurus/dictionary quiz
7. Speak Mandarin singing contest
8. Spot-the-foreigner-talent, instant draw
Just some of my ideas. Patented hor?
- December 7, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Rick said...
Hi Mr Wang,
No worries. I do remember PM Lee saying that he will "take a personal responsibility" for the decision. We should put this on the record and never forget this promise.
- December 8, 2009 at 10:14 AM
- The said...
/// Why did Singapore have to choose the sleazy route? ///
Your assumption is that Singapore is going for the theme parks.
Theme parks have never really taken off in part because there is no base support, and many of the attempts were half-hearted and neither here nor there. The only real "success" which lasted quite a while was Haw Par Villa.
Theme Parks such as the roller coaster in Kallang, Tang Dynasty Village, Sentosa etc are money-losing ventures.
The real reason the IRs are here is because of the casinos. Because of possible objections, such as yours, they have to throw in the theme parks, to make the casinos (euphemistically called IRs) more palatable and easier to sell to the public.
As usual, money and economics take precedence over everything else in Singapore, and you can stuff your morals where the sun don't shine.
Asians, and in particular Chinese, are die-hard gamblers. For years, we have seen Singaporeans going to Macau, Genting, and the cruises to nowhere to gamble, plus the dozens springing up in Batam and Bintan.
Then you have the official Toto, $-D, Big Sweep, Soccer bets, F1 bets, and what have you.
Bottomline is, gambling is big money, and in Singapore the bottomline is the be all and end all.
- December 8, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Lucky Tan said...
Has it occurred to you that the theme parks are there only to make the casinos more palatable? Otherwise, they can't be called IRs if they are purely for gambling.
The real purpose of the casinos? ...According to economist Andy Xie, is to attact a certain type of money. But I think the govt simply jumped onto the bandwagon given what was going on in Macau and Vegas.
What is going to happen next? The IRs created thousands of jobs few of which our education system prepared Singaporeans for. The entertainment posts will be filled by Filipinos, the dealers/pit managers/ gaming positions at the casinos probably by people from Macau & China. Cleaners? probably Singaporeans. Loan sharks - Singaporeans. Hookers from China and so on.
These casinos are nice billion$ buildings but other than making our skyline nicer and creating jobs for non-Singaporeans who now also fill many service sector jobs.
What's is really in it for Singaporeans? Wasn't there something else we could have invested in?
- December 8, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- the little eastern heretic said...
why is prostitution a 'social ill'? willing buyer, willing seller, unless there is coercion or any party is underaged, who are we to interfere?
- December 8, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Do we know the size of the sex industry in Japan?
Here are some numbers:-
In Singapore, I sincerely hope its very much in control.
- December 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Mr Wang, are you comparing oranges to apples when you are making comparison between Singapore to Japan? *snigger*
- December 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM
If there's no Casinos... nobody bother about whatever kind of IRs, thats the turth.
Macau had set the pace and condition for What should be an Asian "IR".
But can we bet on Singapore IR to bring about more good things?
check this out at, www.expertir.wordpress.com
- Involved Guy
- December 11, 2009 at 11:28 AM
There's this joke abt the IRs, but it has set people to think seriously:
The IR bidding was a case of a hawker (operator) who bidded for a monthly rental of $200,000 for a stall at food court to sell Wan Ton Noodle.
The financial question is, can this operator sell Wan Ton Noodle at $100 per plate/bowl? Or selling 3,000 plates at $4 per day?
- December 11, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Casinos will succeed as a business because the market is opened to the whole world. There will be more than enough rich and super rich. It is also not in the category of "wonton noodle" business.
But the magnitude of the negative social impact is not so clear cut. But as always, I think the govt knows how to manage the risks. They have a 44 year good unbroken record on this, despite whatever faults.
- December 11, 2009 at 3:08 PM
I believe we also need to look at the macro picture.... On average, each tourism stays about 3.6 to 4 days... and if we could get them to stay an additional 1 to 2 days, it has a great impact on the economy....and that is like a 30% to 40% boost to the economy, from tourism-related contribution
They have to pay for accomodation, transport, consume food and beverage, shop, etc...
I believe one of the objectives for the IR is to make the average tourist stay longer...
Let's not be too quick to judge and see how things pan out first.
- December 11, 2009 at 5:37 PM
"Why did Singapore have to choose the sleazy route?"
simply bo-pian. do not have advantage in manufacturing already. ancillary services will follow manufacturing.
so have to invent entertainment services lo.
whack those rich by making sing a big wonderland while trying to control local "casualties" (from social ills). and yeah, give out all the right responsible sound bites that gambling is to be discouraged.
- December 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Strange... many people dun seem to understand the realsm of casino biz and thot that moneies just flow in...
Wait till the first case of casino flops like the world's most expensive Wan Ton Noodle stall...
- December 11, 2009 at 8:57 PM
What part of "Cheaper Better Faster" do you not understand?
- December 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM
"They have a 44 year good unbroken record on this, despite whatever faults."
In managing casinos (IR ?) and the accompanying social ills ? Do you think you will see any broken records left lying around, if any.
"People do want to know, there is curiosity, it is a matter of public interest. That is not sufficient reason to disclose information. It is not sufficient that there be curiosity and interest that you want to disclose information."
- December 12, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wang said...
After looking at Tokyo's theme parks, I'm just wondering why we could not just have constructed some world-class, quality theme parks too, without the casinos. That's my main point.
These theme parks create a lot of jobs; draw visitors from all over the year; and yes, there are people who come again and again to visit.
Tokyo's Disney have at least five or six hotels built around them, specifically to cater for people who have travelled all the way to Japan just to visit the theme parks.
- December 12, 2009 at 7:17 PM
- SG Girl Next Door said...
Hi Mr Wang
I went to Tokyo Disneyland years ago. I remembered entering a haunted house with a narrator telling us a story as we went along. However he spoke Japanese so I didn't understand how creepy the house was supposed to be.. But overall, it was fun there. Healthy entertainment.
Any interesting pics to share?
- December 14, 2009 at 1:18 AM
Macau is not exactly a place for kids, but people can choose to visit HK which is just an hour away.
Japan have many theme parks but no casinos (although you can make some money if you know how to play pachinko and know where to collect the winnings).
To differentiate itself from Japan and Macau, Singapore is trying to have both theme parks and casinos in one destination. I will visit HK if SG builds a theme park without a casino, and visit Macau for 1-2 nights. Or Japan where they offers not just theme parks but many other activities.
Or Singapore can just build nothing and continue to rely on manufacturing...
- December 14, 2009 at 9:23 AM
"They have a 44 year good unbroken record on this, despite whatever faults."
Let's see the "good" work pap has done over the decades. 2 kids max policy, bilingual education policy, graduate mom benefits, to name a few.
Not forgetting herding an entire generation of students into engineering and semi-conductor industry.
Good record of screw ups.
- December 14, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- December 14, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Something tells me that Universal Studios Spore is going to be Pinoyland. Too many Filipinos recruited to work there by Genting.
You will not get the unique Spore experience of local culture embedded in Universal Studios Spore like the way you got the Jap experience at Osaka.
Personally, I do not wish to patronize a place where a Malaysian company has total disregard for our local citizens. Witness the uproar of Genting Resorts trying to do damage control where the press found out that they were hiring thousands of Pinoys abroad.
In the end, Genting only paid lip service to Spore citizens & still ended up hiring plenty of Pinoys to man the casions & theme park.
- December 27, 2009 at 10:31 AM


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There is a growing awareness of the seriousness of sexual violence in conflict zones, but the U.S. is worried about promoting abortions
U.S. threatens to veto UN resolution on sexual violence over phrase referring to 'reproductive health'
The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution condemning sexual violence in warfare, but only after language on a woman's right to "reproductive health" was removed to avert a veto by the anti-abortion Trump administration.
The resolution, put forward by Germany, aims to improve access to services for women and girls who are victims of sexual violence during conflicts and calls for commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights law.
It passed Tuesday with 13 votes in favour and abstentions by Russia and China.
The U.S. action is in line with previous positions the Trump administration has taken at the UN against language the Americans say implies support for abortion. This interpretation is rejected by other UNSC members.
"We are extremely surprised that some states asked to withdraw sexual and reproductive health rights" from the resolution text, said François Delattre, France's ambassador to the world body. "This kind of omission is unacceptable and undermines the dignity of women."
Among speakers urging action against sexual violence in emotionally charged speeches were Nobel Peace Laureates Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney,
Clooney, who represents Nadia Murad, a Yazidi refugee and rape victim, called on the security council to bring Islamic State perpetrators of rape to justice, telling diplomats this was their "Nuremberg moment."
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas collaborated with Angelina Jolie on a recent op-ed for The Washington Post, while Tuesday's debate featured presentations from Denis Mukwege and Murad, joint recipients of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Guardian also reported that the United States would not accept the language in a previously agreed-to resolution for 2013, which would have been a likely fall-back option if the security council failed to reach agreement on the current document.
"This is a pattern for the Trump administration, specifically on abortion and reproductive health generally," said Rupaleem Bhuyan, a professor at the University of Toronto who has researched the impact of sexual violence in refugee and immigrant communities.
She pointed to several actions taken by the Trump government that show the trend, including the re-institution of the "global gag rule" that prohibits U.S. funding of non-profits or NGOs that provide abortion services, referrals, or advocate for abortion rights.
With that history in mind, "It's no surprise that they are extending their political effort to disbar the rights of women to access reproductive health and services" to the UNSC, Bhuyan said.
Bhuyan said that the current resolution was meant to build on existing resolutions and a "growing awareness of sexual violence in war."
"Internationally, there has been support for this in the past," she said.
Bhuyan said it is incredibly difficult to accurately assess the prevalence of sexual violence in conflict zones, but that it was an extremely serious concern. A 2017 report on sexual violence by the UN Secretary General estimated that six months after conflict erupted in Yemen, incidents of sexual violence had increased by 60 per cent.


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BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion that ripped through a motor wheels factory in the eastern China province of Jiangsu killed 71 people and injured 186, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
Earlier it had said the blast, that occurred on Saturday, killed 69 and injured roughly 200.
The accident at the Zhongrong Metal Products Co Ltd plant, which makes aluminum wheels for automakers including General Motors Co
According to Zhongrong's website, the factory made wheels that are supplied to GM and many other carmakers.
The blast at the Zhongrong workshop occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday in Kunshan city, about an hour's drive from Shanghai.
A preliminary investigation suggested the blast was triggered when a flame was lit in a dust-filled room, the local government said at a news conference on Saturday, describing the incident as a serious safety breach.
(Reporting By Norihiko Shirouzu and Ran Li in Beijing; Editing by Stephen Powell)


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Lawrence Ross 1921 – 2012
By Ellen | September 20, 2012
Brother and uncle, Lawrence Joseph Ross, 91, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at Denali Center where he had lived for the past 39 years. Born in Ruby, on March 26, 1921, to Charles F. Ross, of Stockholm, Sweden, and Emma A. (Alexander) Ross, of Anvik, Lawrence recalled being raised by "the doctor" because of early diagnosis of polio. As Emma's ninth child, he remembered all his siblings and extended family well, having lived along the Yukon River until 1955. Lawrence began institutional living at Morningside Hospital in Portland, Ore., at age 34. He also lived in facilities in Anchorage and Valdez before moving permanently to Fairbanks in 1973 to be closer to his sister, Edith. His career as a janitor began in the days when he used to keep the Pioneer Hall in Ruby clean. Quite a storyteller, he would recount housekeeping chores he did at Harborview in Valdez. His jobs at Denali Center included picking up laundry, wiping down tables and handrails, and checking to make sure that office doors were locked after hours. Read More
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Gustav "Gus" Berglund 1881-1956
By Ellen | June 4, 2012
Lina Olafsson lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and recently discovered that her grandfather was sent to Morningside Hospital when he was a young man. She kindly provided the following story and photos. By Lina Olofsson My mother died last year, leaving a box with an old diary, some pictures and old letters from my grandfather.My grandfather, Gus Berglund, was born in 1881. He lived in the little mining town - Malmberget - in the north of Sweden, just about 100 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. He came from a large family, with three sisters and six brothers. His father and the older brothers worked as iron-ore miners. At the age of 27, my grandfather Gus immigrated to Canada with one of his younger brothers – Conrad - and four of their friends. They arrived to Quebec on the Empress of Ireland on May 1, 1909. Their brother Erik had emigrated some years before, and was living in Spokane, Washington with his young wife and a son. Their sister Elin emigrated some months after my grandfather, and she settled in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and four children. From 1910 to 1914, the two brothers, Gus and Erik Berglund, worked together in different railway camps in the Spokane-Seattle-Vancouver-area. Sometimes together - sometimes apart. My grandfather kept a diary during the first years in Canada and United States, where he wrote some short notes about the different jobs. But the last note is dated 1914, and there are no letters after that time saved between the siblings in Canada and their family in Sweden. But I found a [Download not found] from February 1917, written by a brother in Sweden to Doctor J. W. Luckey at Morningside Hospital, asking about my grandfather Gus. He had heard that Gus had been admitted at Morningside, but the family was worried and could not get in contact with him at the hospital. The patient records I found from Morningside state that my grandfather Gus Berglund was admitted from Knik on May 8, 1916. His diagnosis was, "Catatonia, Silent, uncommunicative, Morose". About a year later , on June 7, 1917, he was discharged to Seattle where his brother Conrad was living with his family. Gus probably went Alaska, to build the Alaskan railway, which was constructed at that time in the area of Knik. He probably lived in the Wasilla railway camp with his brother Eric when he was taken ill. Or maybe he went to Alaska for the gold? I probably never will find out what happened to my grandfather Gus in Alaska. After First World War grandfather Gus returned to Sweden. From 1923 to 1932 he was building railways in the north of Sweden.
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Native Tubercular Children
By Ellen | March 1, 2012
Three children were admitted to Morningside on September 16, 1930 from Riverton Sanitarium in Seattle. They all had tuberculosis and no mental illness or other disability. They were sent to Morningside by the US Department of Education and arrived with no records of any kind. The picture below is from 1931. The caption sayes, "Native tubercular children. These children are cared for in their own department at Morningside Hospital." [image title="tubercular children" size="full" id="1065" align="right" ][Download not found] from 1932 indicate that Bertha Koenig was 9 when she arrived at Morningside after spending 4 years in Seattle hospitals. Her family was from McGrath and the record notes that her father was white and her mother Native Alaskan. Her prognosis was, "poor for recovery. Duration of life uncertain, perhaps a few years." John Mosquito was 5 when he was admitted. His record noted, "We have never learned from what part of Alaska this child came, nor the names or where-abouts of his relatives, if any." He had the same prognosis as Bertha. In 1933, the National and Alaska American Legion demanded that the children be moved elsewhere. F.S. Fellows, the medical director of the Alaska Medical services, summarized their criticisms and demands in a [Download not found] to John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Dr. Fellows recommended that the children remain at Morningside. We have no information on the eventual outcome.
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Katharine Hodikoff
By Ellen | January 7, 2012
[image title="Morningside-Hospital-courtesy-Library-of-Congress" size="full" id="949" align="right" ]Katharine Hodikoff was admitted to Morningside Hospital from the Aleutian Islands on October 6, 1913. Her diagnosis was, "acute mania, irritable, resentful, improved, inclined to suicide, industrious, fair physical condition." She apparently improved over time, so much so that she was discharged in August 1916. A few days before she left Morningside, Dr. Henry Coe, the president of the Sanitarium Company, informed the Department of the Interior of her release. In the letter, he described her as, "strong, vigorous, active, cleanly, and the most capable Eskimo woman I ever saw." He goes on to say that she will be leaving with a baby named Mary McLoshkin (apparently born at Morningside?) who she adopted. You can read the [Download not found] here. [image title="1916 Xmas pictures-1" size="full" id="955" align="left" ]Coe notes that Katharine was in a photo with him and a Department of the Interior inspector (above, from the Library of Congress). He also wrote that she made fine baskets. I believe that this is a photo of one of her baskets. The caption under the 1916 photo (from the National Archives II) reads, "Made by an Alaska Native who was returned by Morningside to the island of Attu, 4000 miles distant." Dr. Coe ends the letter with, "I am going to write up her story, one of these days. It is stranger than fiction." I wish he had. I've checked many sources but can find nothing on Katharine after her discharge from Morningside. Please leave a comment if you know more about her or her family.
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Clara Simpson
By Ellen | April 29, 2011
Tom Ralphs contacted the blog wondering if we had any records indicating that his grandfather, Tom Shea, was at Morningside. When I wrote back that I didn't find anything, he mentioned that his grandmother, Clara Simpson, was sent there in the 1940's, and he had information on her life that he was willing to share. Here's Clara's story…
[image title="claratom1" size="full" id="672" align="right" alt="Clara Halferty Shea and Thomas Robert Shea, about 1907" linkto="http://documents.morningsidehospital.com/2011/04/claratom1.jpg" ]Clara Halferty was born in March 1887 in Brighton, Iowa. She married Tom Shea in 1907 and they adopted a daughter, Myrtle. In 1915, the family moved to Alaska where Tom took a job working on the construction of the Alaska Railroad. Clara immediately fell in love with Alaska.
(Photo Right: Clara and Tom Shea, circa 1907)
Tom and Clara divorced in 1916 and, over the next 20 years, she worked as a prospector and mail carrier, and she married three more times (including once more to Tom Shea). In May 1929, she visited family in Iowa and regaled family and friends with stories about her life in Alaska. A story about her in The Newton Daily News illustrates her adventurous spirit and self-reliance:
[image title="bear2" size="full" id="676" align="left" alt=""Clara Shea with Humpback Grizzley, Alaska"" linkto="http://documents.morningsidehospital.com/2011/04/bear2.jpg" ]"My first experience driving a dog team turned out badly. I hitched 7 dogs to a sled. A quarter of a mile later, the dogs, sled and myself rolled 150 feet off the side hill. I attempted to straighten the tangled harness when the dogs broke loose and headed to camp."
(Photo Left: Clara with Humpback Grizzly, Alaska)
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Lubova Pontelaief
By Ellen | March 10, 2011
[image title="Luba" size="full" id="644" align="right" linkto="viewer" ]Aleksandr Hazanov, who lives in Finland, contacted us wondering if we had information about his mother's cousin, Lubova Pontelaief. She was the daughter of Aleksandr Pontelaief, a Russian Orthodox priest who brought his family from Russia to Unalaska in the early 1900s. The photo to the right is believed to be the Pontelaief family in Unalaska when Lubova was a child. The Pontelaiefs later moved to Sitka where he served as the Bishop of Alaska from 1934 to 1944.
Lubova Pontelaief was born in 1907 and was admitted to Morningside Hospital from Sitka on June 24, 1934. A hospital quarterly report from 1935 included this information about her:
1550 (Patient Number) Lubova Pontelaiev: admitted June 24, 1934 White. Russian. Alaska born. Female, Single. Age 27. No occupation. Dementia precox, hebephrinic form. History indicates mental disorder existed for about 10 years. Pc. (Physical Condition) fair.
[image title="luba grave" size="full" id="633" align="left" linkto="viewer" ]Her name appears in a list of patients from 1955, but from there all we know is that she acquired a Social Security Number in Alaska in 1965 and died in October, 1977. At the time of her death, she was living in area code 97217, the Bridgeton neighborhood in Portland. She's buried in the Portland's Rose City Cemetery.
Aleksandr wants to know what happened to her after Morningside and who buried her. Please contact the blog if you have any information about Lubova or ideas for information sources we should pursue.
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Christmas at Morningside Hospital
By Ellen | December 15, 2009
Among the few pictures of Morningside are a two taken at Christmas celebrations in the 1920s. The US Department of the Interior records included correspondence from Wayne Coe about the 1922 Morningside Hospital Christmas party and an accounting of the party and patient gift expenses. These two photos, which are from the Oregon Historical Society, were not dated but appear to be from the 1920s. The caption on the photo above is an account of the Christmas Festivities at Morningside from a Portland newspaper. "Morningside Hospital provided three Christmas trees for the inmates. Natives helped to provide the entertainment which was held in the Assembly room of the new Parole House. Gifts were provided for all the patients in the institution by Dr. Coe, the Chief Officer. After the exercises in the main hall the women retired to their own buildings where trees awaited them, while the men had their remembrances in the assembly room." The founder of Morningside Hospital, Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, is standing to the right of the Christmas tree. The photo above appears to be from the early to mid-1920s. Children were first admitted to Morningside at the end of 1922 or early 1923. Read More »
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Patient Photos: Children 1923
By Ellen | September 4, 2009
Here are more pictures of children at Morningside Hospital in 1923. Children were sent to Morningside because they had mental and physical disabilities, many of which we would call developmental disabilities today. This is the diagnosis for a child from Anchorage: "Adrnitted November 7,1925. Anchorage. A native child of four years. Speaks no English. Physical examination affords no information aside from partial deafness. Physical condition good," The caption on the first photo below is, " Orphans of the Far North - Alaska defectives happily housed in the mild climate at Morningside."
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Children at Morningside Hospital
By Ellen | September 2, 2009
It was never clear to me when Morningside Hospital started admitting children. The patient lists during the early years seemed to be populated by miners, gamblers and other who came North to seek their fortunes. By the time Alaska assumed responsibility for providing mental health services to its citizens in 1956, a significant percentage of patients at Morningside were children with developmental disabilities. Some admitted soon after birth.The National Archives II provided the following information from the Department of the Interior files: On November 9, 1922, Scott C. Bone, the Governor of Alaska, sent a telegram to the Secretary of the Interior asking, "Can mentally defective children of Alaska be committed to Morningside under existing contract stop Institution is now equipped to handle such cases." The next day, Assistant Secretary of the Interior F. M. Goodwin responded, "Replying your telegram November ninth. Unless mentally defective children of Alaska are legally adjudged to be insane they cannot be cared for at Morningside Hospital under the contract with Sanitarium Company." The decision to commit children to Morningside in the same way adults were handled apparently came swiftly. Children were taken before a jury of six men and adjudicated "insane". The photo above is from 1923.
Patient Photos: 1935 Investigation
By Ellen | August 20, 2009
Over the years, the Department of the Interior conducted a number of investigations of Morningside Hospital. The photographs taken as part of these investigations are one of the few sources of images of patients that we've found. Here are a few from the 1935 investigation.
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