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Youth of Espiritu Santo (YES)
High School and Middle School Life Teen Ministries
The mission of the Youth Ministry program at Espiritu Santo is to bring teens together in an environment that will foster positive relationships with each other, to help them see where God is in our day-to-day life, and to bring them closer to Jesus through the sacraments and provide opportunities to serve God's people through service.
When and where do we meet?
Edge Middle School teens will meet on Tuesdays from 6:15pm - 7:30 pm in Padua Hall along with the Religious Education students and the Life-Teen High School
youth will meet in the John Bosco Center. Each group will experience the Living Word in their own lives. We hope to provide a comfortable, fun-filled atmosphere where teens can express their faith with friends and family.
Events and Activities
Rock the Universe, Night of Joy, Fall and/or Spring Retreats for high school students, fall retreat for middle school, helping at Pinellas hope, fun outings like bowling, Word on the Water and cook-outs, etc.
Volunteer Positions needed:
The youth ministry program is in need of you and your assistance. These positions include: core team members, chaperones, meal ministers, prayer partners, and possibly administrative assistants, etc.
|Volunteer Position
|Core Team Member
|Required of the Volunteer
|This commitment will involve being present at our Sunday night Lifeteen meetings, and or Tuesday night Edge meetings as well as Core Team planning meetings. The Core team is a group of volunteers that assist the youth minister with the planning and execution of the Life Nights. Their biggest role is to be present to our teens, and mentor them in their faith journey.
|Experience Necessary
|Training Required
First, we need to have two things completed through the Diocese of St. Petersburg.
|When is Training
|Scheduled as necessary.
|Time Commitment
|Sunday night after Life Teen Mass until 8:00 pm or Tuesday night Edge from 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm.The Core Team Planning Meetings as necessary.
Chaperone for youth events: Occasionally we will need parent volunteers to help drive and or chaperone youth group events. All chaperones must meet with the youth minister prior to the trip, as well as have all Safe Environment Training and background screening.
Meal Ministry: In order to establish a family-like atmosphere, we are providing our teens with a meal every Sunday night. We are in need of volunteers to cook or provide monetary donations for our meal and snack program.
Prayer Partners: We are in need of prayers for our young people. Prayer is the one gift that all of our parishioners can give to our youth. They are facing many obstacles in their lives, and they are in need of your help. Please consider praying for our youth.
Administrative Assistants: If you like to help with office work including making phone calls, and helping with all of the details for the youth ministry planning, your help is needed during the week.
I invite you to become a part of our Parish Youth Ministry program. I look forward to working with you. May the love and peace of Christ be with you and your family.
The future of the world is in your hands: Let us sow the seeds and watch them grow, to see what blessings they can produce.


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Just Wait...
Marines are poised to put some serious hurt on the Iraqi dogs of Fallujah.
That is their mission...their reason to exist...why they are there.
When the planets align, when the ducks are in a row, when the chickens have come home to roost, somebody's gonna get a spanking.
Film will not be seen at eleven. Bullets will fly...Iraqi's will die...buzzards will fly.
Two weeks, max. Mark this post on your calendar for a revisit. You do not call the Exterminator to catch flies in their hands, take them outside, and let them go.
The goats are about to be separated from the sheep, and there won't be enough of the goats left to put in shoeboxes, let alone those silly, flag-draped refridgerator crates the stupid ragheads use to parade the corpses of their dead.
Even now, grim-faced young American boys are cleaning and oiling their guns, and taking note of every face they see on FOX News and Al Jazeera that is dancing, stomping, and mutilating our dead.
I can't wait.

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Brekkie & Blooms March 2016 Wrap Upfeatured
We just had our first Brekkie & Blooms of 2016 (but not our last!) and it was pretty awesome – we just couldn't wait to share the photos with you! What a fast-learning talented group of ladies we had…but we are getting ahead of ourselves! Held at our favourite workshop spot, the Hop & Grain Brew Store Read more


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Red Hat Inc(NYSE:RHT) Downward Trend
Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards.
Short term: Prices are moving.
Intermediate term: Prices are ranging.
By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 74.12.
The projected upper bound is: 75.02.
The projected lower bound is: 70.23.
The projected closing price is: 72.62.
A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened).
During the past 10 bars, there have been 4 white candles and 6 black candles for a net of 2 black candles. During the past 50 bars, there have been 23 white candles and 26 black candles for a net of 3 black candles.
Three black candles occurred in the last three days. Although these candles were not big enough to create three black crows, the steady downward pattern is bearish.
Momentum Indicators
Momentum is a general term used to describe the speed at which prices move over a given time period. Generally, changes in momentum tend to lead to changes in prices. This expert shows the current values of four popular momentum indicators.
Stochastic Oscillator
One method of interpreting the Stochastic Oscillator is looking for overbought areas (above 80) and oversold areas (below 20). The Stochastic Oscillator is 42.4243. This is not an overbought or oversold reading. The last signal was a buy 3 period(s) ago.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The RSI shows overbought (above 70) and oversold (below 30) areas. The current value of the RSI is 41.05. This is not a topping or bottoming area. A buy or sell signal is generated when the RSI moves out of an overbought/oversold area. The last signal was a buy 50 period(s) ago.
Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
The CCI shows overbought (above 100) and oversold (below -100) areas. The current value of the CCI is -108.This is an oversold reading. However, a signal isn't generated until the indicator crosses above -100. The last signal was a buy 3 period(s) ago.
The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence indicator (MACD) gives signals when it crosses its 9 period signal line. The last signal was a sell 6 period(s) ago.
Rex Takasugi – TD Profile
RED HAT INC closed down -0.590 at 72.600. Volume was 16% above average (neutral) and Bollinger Bands were 58% narrower than normal.
Open High Low Close Volume___
73.060 73.220 72.530 72.600 369,548
Technical Outlook
Short Term: Neutral
Intermediate Term: Bearish
Long Term: Bearish
Moving Averages: 10-period 50-period 200-period
Close: 73.47 73.62 74.12
Volatility: 12 21 32
Volume: 379,733 318,812 342,013
Short-term traders should pay closer attention to buy/sell arrows while intermediate/long-term traders should place greater emphasis on the Bullish or Bearish trend reflected in the lower ribbon.
RED HAT INC is currently 2.1% below its 200-period moving average and is in an downward trend. Volatility is extremely low when compared to the average volatility over the last 10 periods. There is a good possibility that there will be an increase in volatility along with sharp price fluctuations in the near future. Our volume indicators reflect moderate flows of volume out of RHT.N (mildly bearish). Our trend forecasting oscillators are currently bearish on RHT.N and have had this outlook for the last 6 periods.


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A Quick Word on Hope Hicks and DV in general
Posted on March 4, 2018 by izzy82
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Wise Mind for a Chaotic World
Posted on January 28, 2017 by izzy82
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Dear White Ladies, let's talk.
Posted on November 19, 2016 by izzy82
Dear White Ladies, I write to you as one of your own as I, too, am a white lady. I know the sting of sexism and misogyny but I also am (at least somewhat) aware of my own privilege. It … Continue reading →
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Over It: The Oppression Olympics
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Supremacy, not privilege
Posted on June 11, 2016 by izzy82
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On Moms
Posted on May 18, 2016 by izzy82
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A Privileged White Lady processes BBHMM and challenges her own white supremacist beliefs
Posted on January 18, 2016 by izzy82
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RSA Conference 2012
RSA Conference is the big event of the year for enterprise security. All the biggest names of the security world come out to sell their books, lead a session or keynote, and sit on a panel (or 5). Everyone who sells a security product or service sets up a booth in the expo hall, or at least walks around meeting with clients and other vendors.
Long-time RSA attendees gripe about how folks leading the sessions are not presenting anything innovative or new. Dozens of vendors throw parties and receptions filled with free booze and food to connect with current and potential clients. Vendors give away hundreds of the latest hot technology (iPads and Kindle Fires!) and thousands of branded t-shirts. There are hundreds of security-centric sessions ranging from how to securely code an application, to legal aspects of security, to how to give a presentation to the board of directors, to a couple sessions this year titled, "Grilling Cloudicorns" and "Earth vs the Giant Spider." (Side note: My personal favorite session of the week was actually at Security B-sides. It was about how differently the movie Star Wars would have turned out if Darth Vader [the CSO for the Empire] had implemented a better security program.)
Unlike Blackhat or Defcon, the value of RSAC is not releasing new hacks
In the midst all of this noise, the astute observer can pick up interesting trends. RSA Conference does not make the news like Defcon or Blackhat with all the newly released hacks. RSA reports the news. RSA tells us what corporate security leaders are working on, what topics are most important to them and where they are spending their time and money. The news from RSA 2012 as I see it…
- We're getting tired of talking about the Cloud, but we haven't even begun to finish the conversation. The general tone I heard is that we're tired of the Cloud as a buzz-word. We're tired of having to discuss the same Cloud-y topics over and over. But the fact is, we need to keep doing it. The Cloud sessions were well-attended because for many security leaders, it's where our organizations are going, and we're not prepared to lead the way yet. So this love/hate relationship with Cloud security exists. We know we need to keep learning and pressing more into all the details of moving our services to the cloud, but we all hate to be trendy.
- BYOD is the phrase of the year. Some people call it "consumerization" of IT… but that's so 2010. Bring your own device (BYOD) was 2012's hottest topic, with long lines to get into those sessions, especially anything that dealt with the iPad or iPhone. This subject most reveals the lagging nature of security. The first iPhone was released in 2007, and the first CEO probably required his IT staff to support it about 15 minutes later. Yet we are still working on the right balance of corporate governance versus consumer freedom, and how we can enable remote access to corporate data without running the risk of this data getting into the wrong hands. The significant interest in this topic at RSA this year tells me that BYOD has reached the tipping point, and in a couple of years it will be expected in the same way VPN is assumed in all organizations today.
- Big data. Personally, I think this topic is cool, and this is probably my favorite trend from RSA. Analyzing big data is a relatively unexplored frontier. We're doing an adequate job of aggregating logs and amassing large databases. But we're terrible at figuring out how to parse this data and deliver real value to the business. This is a problem for all of us… the business, IT and InfoSec. There were a number of sessions where we could talk and learn more about how security can utilize big data to discover trends and better protect the environment. But there's so much more to learn, we haven't even scratched the surface.
A mathematician wakes up smelling smoke coming from the neighbor's house? He runs outside and sees the house ablaze. Thinking quickly, he sees a fire hydrant and a hose sitting nearby. "A ha! A solution exists!" Having solved the problem, he walks back home to get some sleep.
I believe that the interactions at the RSA Conference are an important step on the path to putting out the metaphorical fire. The information security community has a great supply of both mathematicians and firemen. No, not everyone at RSA is creating unique solutions, but they do spend time at the conference exchanging war-stories, providing tips regarding what has been successful, and getting revved up for another year's worth of fire-fighting. By getting involved in conversations with those who have been on the front-line, we can learn from each other's experiences and improve the entire community's ability to execute our strategies.
RSA 2012 is in the books. The crypto-geniuses have gone home and are again working on solving our most challenging technical problems. The rest of us have returned home with some new insights and an improved plan for implementing security in our own little corners of the world. RSA offers a unique value to each of us. I hope to see you there next year.
Cross-posted from Enterprise InfoSec Blog from Robb Reck


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Live's Transport jumps back to bar 1 when slaved to a MIDI clock
- Live Versions: All
- Operating System: All
- Live is slaved to a MIDI clock
- If the master MIDI clock position jumps to bars greater than 1024, Live's Song Position Pointer on the slaved computer jumps back to bar 1.
According to the MIDI protocol, the Song Position Pointer is limited to 1024 bars.
On the MIDI clock master:
- Disable the Song Position Pointer.
- If the master is another instance of Live, enable PATTERN mode in this instance's MIDI output port.
Additional Information
This solution avoids Song Position Pointer back-jumps on the slaved computer. It is not possible to jump to any bars in the set of the slaved computer - this is because the Song Position Pointer is not being sent. The technical reason is the limited MIDI data resolution: Two data-bytes encode 128*128 = 16384 values which can address as a maximum 1024 (4/4) bars.


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One condition it had to be One Direction and I jokingly said one direction to the bin lol.
I used centura pearl card
Matted and layered with black card
And another layer of centura pearl.
I got the picture from google.
And I added black pearl. And I used my favourite glue in the world collall all purpose.
I hope my mother in law likes it and I hope my great niece loves it.
Thank you for looking.


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I was perfectly satisfied with the OG Battlestar series. The 1st remake's pilot and first season or two were great!
NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, will launch next April with a substantial number of fan favorites and original series, including a reboot of Battlestar Galactica from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail.
This isn't a remake of Ronald D. Moore's Syfy version of Battlestar Galactica that drew in a dedicated fan base in the early 2000s. Still, Esmail's version of the show will be inspired by Moore's, according to The Hollywood Reporter, not Glen A. Larson's original 1978 series. The new series is supposed to have a more modern focus, but details on the reboot are being kept under wraps.


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Medical Acupuncture & Dry Needling Now Available at PureBody Health Sports Injury Clinic
What is Dry Needling?
Dry Needling is utilised by a trained therapist to treat a vast number of myofascial and muscular injuries and complaints. Acupuncture needles are used to alleviate tight bands within an active muscle. A very fine single filament needle is inserted into the skin targeting muscle trigger points or knots. The needles used are so thin they typically cannot be felt as they break the skin and rarely cause bleeding. The use of needles as a form of treatment is an invasive procedure. However, it is very safe and is only carried out by qualified and trained therapists.
What are Trigger Points/Taught Bands?
Myofascial trigger points are an extremely common cause of pain often caused by overuse, increased stress,
poor posture or as a response to injury. Trigger points can be classified into two phases, active and latent.
The active phase of the trigger point is the one which produces intense pain symptoms often motivating people
to seek relief. We identify trigger points by the patient's history and symptoms, pain pattern and by palpation.
Trigger points are painful when pressed or squeezed, they cause a shortening of the muscle fibres which can lead
to dysfunction, a characteristic called referred pain meaning that an active trigger point can refer pain in another
area of the body. Each trigger point has a specific referral pain that is reproduced when the trigger point
is activated by digital pressure or overuse.
A classic example of this is seen in the upper trapezes muscle. Many people complain about pain and tension
in the upper traps and neck area after a long day at work, or after a bout of housework or gardening etc.
Typically pain progression moves up the neck and into the base of their skull, in some cases it can cause
tension type headaches. The referral pattern for the upper traps are shown below in red with the
trigger points been shown by the marked X.
How do Trigger points occur?
- Repeated actions i.e. Housework/Work activities/Gardening.
- Sustained loading i.e. Gym work, Heavy lifting.
- Poor Posture.
- Tensing due to stress or depression.
- Inactivity and Sedentary lifestyles.
So, how does dry needling work and what does the science say?
Dry needling works by inserting the needle into the trigger point, which causes the muscle to grip onto the needle
in an attempt to resist the needle as a foreign body. This is called a localised twitch response or basically a large twitch.
This localised twitch response is necessary to deactivate the trigger point and to facilitate muscle relaxation.
This causes significant pain relief, decreased muscle tension and tightness as well as an increased range of motion.
A recent review of several studies found dry needling can be effective in providing immediate pain relief after treatment and at 4 weeks' post treatment in patients with upper body muscle pain (Kietrys et al, 2013). There has not been enough research evidence to determine its effectiveness on lower body conditions. However, it is widely believed when performed correctly it will cause the same effect as it does in the upper body. The effectiveness of this treatment depends greatly on the skill of the therapist to accurately palpate myofascial trigger points as well as an extensive knowledge of the anatomical structures.
What am I going to feel?
Typically, one does not feel the needle go into the skin. However, once the trigger point has been located and a localised twitch has occurred, the type of sensation can differ from person to person. What is described mostly by patients is a strong muscle cramping once the twitch response has been elicited. Once you become accustomed to the sensation you will have no problem relaxing as deactivating trigger points are reducing symptoms, decreasing pain, restoring muscle length and improving function. After the treatment, there may be localised muscle pain similar to muscle pain associated with exercise induced muscle damage or DOMs. This tends to last no more than 24 hours.
Injuries & Benefits.
Dry needling is used for a wide variety of different injuries and conditions. It may be used once as part of your overall treatment plan or to help alleviate stubborn trigger points and tight bands of muscle.
Prior to treatment, your Sports Injury Clinic therapist will perform a thorough assessment to determine if you are a suitable candidate for the procedure. Dry needling will also be used with other forms of therapy, such as manual therapy, stretching, exercise or as part of your ongoing treatment plan. It can also be used on several occasions throughout your treatment for more chronic longstanding issues, these include but are not limited to the following:
- Trigger Point Release
- Postural Dysfunction
- Low Back Pain
- Aids in the treatment of Muscle Tears and Strains
- Shin Splints
- Planter Fasciitis
- Chronic Muscle Pain
- Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Pain
- Tension Type Headaches
- Tennis/Golfer Elbow
- Vast Number of Neck Issues/Whiplash
- Knee and Patellofemoral Pain Sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome
I have a medical condition or am taking medication… am I a good candidate to be needled?
There are a very few reasons that would cause you to be an unsuitable candidate for this treatment. Most patients can receive dry needling treatment as it is extremely safe. However, it is important to know therapists do not needle for the sake of it and needling is only one tool that is used as part of your treatment plan. Your PureBody Health therapist will be able to answer all questions and alleviate any concerns prior to this treatment.
The following lists are contraindications or where dry needling is not advised.
The relative contraindications are where caution needs to be taken but the treatment can
still be carried out safely, meaning dry needling will be conducted at the therapist's discretion.
Absolute Contraindications (Dommerholt et al, 2013)
- In a patient with needle phobia.
- Patient unwilling – fear.
- Unable to give consent – communication, cognitive, age-related factors.
- Medical emergency or acute medical condition.
- Over an area or limb with lymphedema (risk of infection)
- Inappropriate for any other reason.
Relative Contraindications (Dommerholt et al, 2013)
- Abnormal bleeding tendency
- Compromised immune system
- Vascular disease
- Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- Children
- Frail patients
- Patients with epilepsy
- Psychological issues
- Patient allergies
- Patient medication
- Unsuitable patient for any reason
Final Thoughts
Dry Needling is an excellent tool that is utilised in conjunction with other treatments to get you back to full fitness
and health. In most cases, it is a faster way to relieve trigger point type pain over the traditional trigger
point pressure massage.
Your therapist will assess you to determine if you are a good candidate for the treatment.
Please contact Gavin at PureBody Health Sport's Injury Clinic on
01371 859991 or firstname.lastname@example.com
- Ana Mendigutia-Gómez, PT, PhD, Carolina Martín-Hernández, PT, Jaime Salom-Moreno, PT, PhD, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD. Effect of Dry Needling on Spasticity, Shoulder Range of Motion, and Pressure Pain Sensitivity in Patients With Stroke: A Crossover Study
- Dommerholt J., Fernandez-de-las-Penas C. Trigger Point Dry Needling. An Evidenced and Clinical-Based Approach. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone-Elsevier, 2013
- Furlan AD, van Tulder MW, Cherkin D, Tsukayama H, Lao L, Koes BW, Berman BM. Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 1.
Kietrys, D. M., Palombora, K. M., Azzaretto, E., Hubler, R., Schaller, B., Schlussel, J. M., & Tucker, M. (2013). Effectiveness of dry needling for upper-quarter myofascial pain : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Orthopaedic Sports & Physical Therapy, 43 (9), 620634


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LaVon Gunderson, of Montevideo, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 92.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday November 26, 2014 at 11:00 am at Big Bend Lutheran Church. Rev. Keith Long will officiate and interment will be in Big Bend Cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 777, Benson, Minnesota
November 12, 2014 – 7:00 a.m. – District Office
Burial services for John L. Goggin were held Wednesday, November 26 (today) at 12:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Benson.
John Goggin, 68, of Apple Valley, passed away October 27, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer in Farmington, Minnesota. Funeral services were held November 14.
He was the son of Larry and Gladys Goggin of Benson.
He is survived by his sister: Denise (Albert) Andersen of Mendota Heights.
Funeral services for Esther A. Monson of Benson were held Tuesday, November 25, at 11 a.m., at the West Zion Lutheran Church in rural Hancock. Visitation was held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday before the service.
Esther Agnes Monson, 81, was born in Kerkhoven, July 26, 1933, the daughter of John Axel and Katrina Johanna Linnea Johnson Magnusson. She was baptized and confirmed at West Zion Lutheran Church. She graduated from Kerkhoven High School.
December 6, 1952, Esther was united in marriage to Harlan Dwayne Monson at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
She enjoyed spending time with her family and sewing. She lived on a farm in Hoff Township, Pope County, in Clontarf, and Benson.
Esther was called from this life Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Northridge Care Center in Minneapolis.
Jessie Anderson of Benson died Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at the Swift County Benson Hospital.
Funeral services were 1 p.m., Saturday, November 29, 2014, at the Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson. Interment was in the Lake Hazel Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was held Friday, Nov. 28, from 4 - 7 p.m., at the Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Jessie (Grussing) Anderson was born March 31, 1924, in DeGraff, Minnesota, to Fred and Annie (Bontjes) Grussing. She was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Church in Benson in 1946 by Rev. M. Berg. She grew up in the DeGraff and Benson area and attended school in Swift County.
Betty Petersen, 80, of Clara City died Sunday, November 23, 2014 at the Clara City Care Center.
Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 26 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City.
Burial was held in Louriston Township Cemetery.
Visitation was held one hour prior to services at the church Wednesday.
Betty Petersen, 80, died Sunday, November 23, 2014, in the Clara City Care Center where she had resided for the past eight years, ending her long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Betty Jane was born July 13, 1934 to Morris and Marie (Radischat) Mitteness of rural Benson. Betty was the seventh of 11 children, attended rural grade school, and graduated in 1952 from Benson High, where she was mighty proud to have played the Tuba in band. She was baptized and confirmed at Swift Falls Lutheran Church.
LaVon Gunderson, of Montevideo, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 92.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday November 26, 2014 at 11:00 am at Big Bend Lutheran Church. Rev. Keith Long will officiate and interment will be in Big Bend Cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
A complete obituary will be posted later this week and in next week's Swift County Monitor-News.
Sade O. Ladd, age 102, of Starbuck, MN, and formerly of Benson, MN, died Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck. Private family funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 23, with Rev. Rebecca Worner officiating. Interment was in the Benson City Cemetery. Arrangements are with Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home of Glenwood.
Sade Ladd died Thursday morning, November 20th, at Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck, MN. She was born January 10, 1912 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Hannah (Wandersee) and William Lange. Sade grew up in Sleepy Eye and attended Sleepy Eye High High School. She was united in marriage to Jasper Arthur Ladd on July 29, 1932 in Emmitsburg, Iowa.
Darl Wayne Cleland, 77, of Glenwood, passed away at the St. Cloud Hospital, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, surrounded by family.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. at Starbuck Community Center, 307 East 5th St, Starbuck, Minnesota. Pastor Becky Worner of Shalom Community Lutheran Church will officiate the service. A private burial will be held at a later date.
He was born in Fonda, Iowa, to Raymond and Lyra Cleland. The family moved to a farm near Danvers in 1951. He graduated from Benson High School in 1956, married in 1958 and had four children. He farmed near Danvers until 1965, when the family moved to Hoffman.
Darl worked as a salesman for Occo Feeds for many years before operating Cleland's Meet N Eat in Hoffman. After moving to Glenwood in 1982, he began working for Osborne Industries until retiring in 2007.
Esther Nelson, age 94, formerly of Benson, died Sunday, November 16th, in Minneapolis. Funeral services were Friday, November 21st at 11:00AM, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Benson, with Pastor Art Wiese officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Friday. Burial will follow at the Benson City Cemetery. Arrangements are with Zniewski Funeral Home- Benson.
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Pilots of Polish President's Plane Warned They were Flying Too Law, but Ignored Alerts
The pilots of a jet which crashed in Russia killing Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others repeatedly ignored automatic alerts they were flying too low, a Polish investigator said Wednesday.
Investigator Edmund Klich told Poland's Rzeczpospolita daily that the crew "failed to react to automatic signals: the warning 'terrain ahead' or 'pull up'. These were ignored."
"When the pilots were at 100 meters altitude, they should have begun to pull up the plane, not assume that they would succeed in landing," said Klich, who has heard the black box recordings of cockpit conversations recovered from the crash site.
The president's Tupolev Tu-154 crashed on April 10 at Smolensk in western Russia while trying to land in thick fog. The passengers were heading to a memorial for Polish officers slaughtered in World War II.
On Tuesday, Klich confirmed that Poland's air force chief was in the cockpit when the jet crashed, but said there was nothing on the flight recorders suggesting General Andrzej Blasik had pressured pilots to land.
Klich did, however, suggest that Blasik's very presence in the cockpit could have caused some pressure.
"Isn't it stressful when you're writing on your computer and someone is watching over your shoulder? It stresses me out," Klich told Rzeczpospolita.
A second unidentified person also entered the cockpit about ten minutes before the catastrophe to find out about possible delays, but left before the crash, Klich said.
The jet was carrying Kaczynski, the NATO state's four top military officers including Blasik and dozens of other dignitaries.
Kaczynski's twin brother Jaroslaw is running in snap presidential elections on June 20.(AFP)


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I have posted questions before about why we believe Heaven is utterly joyous when it says little, that is, next to nothing, about joy in Heaven in the Bible.
Hebrews 12:2-3
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Does this proove that Heaven is joyous- and so joyous that God crusified His son to make it so- or is the joy set before him the joy of one who has 'made the plan work'- redeemed us and brought us closer to God?


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Let me tell you a little about railfans. These people–who spend most of their spare time photographing, riding, and talking about trains–are a highly sentimental lot.
Growing up obsessed with all things vehicular, I quickly learned that not all trains are created equal. The old, obsolete, and rare are always more interesting to fans.
This makes a lot of sense: older fans are nostalgic about the trains of their youth, and everyone is nostalgic for a time when railroading was more romantic.
Just like classic car enthusiasts who love 1950s Chevys and Buicks, railfans love the streamlined E-Unit and F-Unit locomotives GM was producing around the same time. Their shape is easily as recognizable as a tail-finned Bel Air; it even adorns railroad station signs in the New York metropolitan area.
Rarity is also a factor. It's just too easy to take a piece of railroad equipment for granted when it's common, but as older things are retired, they become more of a catch.
Which brings me to the Metro North Railroad electric-mulitple unit (EMU) cars I found humming away in the caverns of Grand Central last week during rush hour.
These older cars are quickly being replaced with new M7 and M8 models, but will anyone miss them when they're gone?
These cars never generated much enthusiasm among railfans when they were new, nor do they have much historical importance.
Younger generations also aren't as prone to sentimentality when it comes to vintage machinery as their predecessors.
Still, they're becoming increasingly hard to find on the commuter runs into and out of New York City. Will that rarity make them more attractive?
Manhattan car adventures
I spend a lot of time wandering around Manhattan, because I never know what I'm going to find. Last weekend, I headed to Alphabet City to check out the new (and slightly more spacious) Obscura, as seen on T.V.
On the way, I found plenty of other neat stuff, including a Hungarian bookstore and a few cool cars.
They're not new, they're not collectible and, out of context, they're not even necessarily that interesting. It's hard to say exactly what makes this random assortment of cars cool, but they definitely are. If you're as obsessed with cars as I am, there's something life-affirming about seeing an unusual model among the sea of beige Toyota Camrys.
Here are a few islands in that sea, in glamorous cellphone pic style.
Volvo Amazon
Plymouth Valiant
Ford F-Series
Buick Skylark
Other People's Cars: Oldsmobile Delta 88
This may not look like a very impressive car, but bear with me. You probably have a better chance of seeing a Porsche on today's roads than seeing one of these babies.
This is a car from a brand that no longer exists and, fittingly, it represents a type of car that is on the verge of extinction.
Ask a kindergartener to draw a car and they'll probably come up with something like this: a four-door sedan with no curved lines other than the wheels.
At one time, this Platonic automobile really was the most common sight on American roads. If it wasn't an Olds Delta 88, it was a Chevy Caprice, or a Ford LTD, or a Dodge Monaco.
Today, however, the automotive landscape is much more diverse. Cars try to be all things for all people, which is why we have crossovers that look like tough 4x4s, but are actually based on front-wheel drive sedans, and "four-door coupes" that try to combine style and practicality.
In contrast, the big American sedan has become a niche item. There are still a few around (Dodge Charger, Chevy Impala, Chrysler 300, Ford Taurus) but they are the automotive equivalent of vinyl.
That's not exactly a bad thing. Today's cars are safer, faster, and better for the environment than this gas-guzzling Olds, although maybe not as old-school-cool.
Either way, this 88 is a noteworthy sighting. It's both a historical reminder of a time when cars were expected to have the square footage of a small apartment, and a rare car in its own right.
Oldsmobile may have made legions of these things back in the '70s. but you'd be hard pressed to find one on the road today. That's why I'm glad I did.
A little blue caboose in Grand Central
I love finding old things, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this caboose sitting on Track 14 at Grand Central Terminal as I was catching a rush hour commuter train out of New York.
It's easy to recognize a caboose from children's books and model train displays, but they're actually quite rare. They were mobile offices and living quarters for freight train crews, but these days most trains run with two-person crews that can easily be accommodated in a locomotive cab.
Hauling around an extra car that doesn't produce any money for the company may be romantic, but it doesn't make business sense.
That makes this caboose a survivor. Perhaps it was forgotten in this dimly-lit corner of Grand Central, or left because it was too difficult to move it through the terminal's web of tracks to a scrapyard. Maybe it's been sitting for years, like a time capsule.
Actually, there's just no point in throwing away something that you still have a use for. Metro North, the commuter rail agency that serves points north and east of New York City, keeps this caboose for physical plant maintenance.
The letters MNCW on the side of the car are the "reporting marks," basically official initials, used for Metro North's maintenance equipment. That explains why this caboose isn't in a museum, and why this freight car is sitting on the platform of one of America's most famous passenger rail terminals.
It was coupled to some flatcars with garbage dumpsters on them. Apparently, it's part of a train that hauls trash out of Grand Central.
This old caboose won't become a subject for moody urban explorer photos just yet, and that's fine with me. There's nothing wrong with admiring historic objects for their oldness, but they were designed to serve a purpose, not to be gawked at.
Countless buildings, railroad cars, and other artifacts have outlived their usefulness, but this caboose hasn't.
A visit to Governors Island
When I found out that there was a secret military base within a mile of downtown Manhattan, I couldn't wait to check it out. Governors Island served as a Revolutionary War fort, a prison, and the headquarters of the U.S. First Army and the regional Coast Guard command. For over 200 years, the Island was closed to the public. A few weeks ago, I finally got a chance to visit. It was not what I expected.
Governors Island became a part of American history on April 9, 1776, when soldiers from the Continental Army arrived to fortify the Island (located at a strategic choke point in New York Harbor) to retard the British attack on New York. Those fortifications evolved into Fort Jay (later renamed Fort Columbus), which still stands today.
The Army also stayed. Governors Island remained a military base from the end of the Revolution through the 19th century. Elihu Root, Secretary of War under President (and native New Yorker) Theodore Roosevelt, ordered the expansion of the Island using fill from the IRT subway system, and it eventually became the headquarters of the United States First Army.
The First Army left in 1966 for Ford Meade, Maryland and Governors Island was taken over by the Coast Guard. The Captain of the Port of New York and command staff for the Coast Guard's Third District called Governors Island home until 1996, when budget cuts forced the government to leave.
Since it had been continuously occupied by the military since the Revolutionary War, Governors Island was off limits to civilians for over 200 years. That changed in the early 2000s, when the National Park Service rechristened the former base Governors Island National Monument.
It seemed like a great opportunity: a chance to explore a virtually unknown patch of land in the middle of America's busiest city. I was expecting a combination of earthworks and Cold War-style military buildings, all left just as they were when Governors Island was an active base 16 years ago.
Indeed, Fort Jay and the fort/prison Castle Williams still stand. Many of the old buildings from the Coast Guard era are still there too, but are in the process of being torn down. Some had scorch marks on the windows, and were apparently being used in UL testing.
What was surprising was the crowd. I had underestimated New York's art and hipster cultures' ability to rapidly colonize. A unicycle festival and a graphic design exhibit were being held the day I went. People lounged in droves on former parade grounds, in the shadow of Fort Jay's guns and some contemporary sculptures.
One wouldn't expect tourists to be that interested in military history, and there are other parks in New York that don't require a ferry ride to visit. There's a good reason for that, though: the views.
Governors Island is practically in the middle of New York Harbor, and paved trails encircle it. Walking around the Island, you can see all of Manhattan, along with Brooklyn and the Statue of Liberty. That alone makes Governors Island worth a visit.
Anyone who isn't interested in great views of Manhattan had better hurry. Most of the buildings are being demolished to add more park space, so Governors Island will soon lose its military feel. Historic buildings like Fort Jay and Castle Williams will remain, of course.
A prime urban exploration site might be lost, but the unique vantage point of Governors Island is the real story, even if it does attract hordes of unicycle-riding tourists and hipsters. It's also free, so if you're in New York and evenly mildly curious, you don't have much to lose.
The ferry (about a 10-minute ride) leaves from the Battery Marine Terminal, the old building next to the depressingly modern Staten Island Ferry terminal. The latter might be more famous, but Governors Island is much more pleasant.
Poughkeepsie's lost railroad
People like to talk about the downfall of American industry, but few of them realize that the remains of its glorious past are still among us. Poughkeepsie, New York used to be a major railroad hub; today it's a hub for urban decay. While trains still roll north and south along both banks of the Hudson River, there used to be more going on.
The most obvious relic is the Poughkeepsie Bridge, now Walkway Over the Hudson State Park. It used to carry the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad's "Maybrook Line" from New England across the Hudson to points west and it's a pretty spectacular hike. However, the Maybrook is not is not the only abandoned railroad in Poughkeepsie.
Poughkeepsie was a meeting point for two mainline railroads, but there was a third, much smaller line sharing the city. The "Hospital Branch" wound its way from the river, up a switchback and through city streets, to the Hudson River State Hospital. The hospital's power plant received coal by rail, giving the branch its nickname.
The line was constructed around 1873 to connect the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad with the Hudson River Railroad. It ultimately served their successors, the Central New England Railway (later New York, New Haven & Hartford) and New York Central, respectively.
With the Poughkeepsie Bridge, the New Haven already had a heavy east-west freight line, with a lucrative connection to Pennsylvania coal-hauling railroads at Maybrook, New York. The Central New England's connection with the New York Central at the small riverside yard (still known as "CNE Yard" today) couldn't compete, and was gradually marginalized.
Nonetheless, Hudson River State Hospital still needed coal, and local industries kept shipping small amounts of freight. The line hung on after its namesake hospital closed, surviving into the 1990s under Conrail.
When Conrail's New York state lines were taken over by CSX in 1999, the new management wanted to divest itself of the Hospital Branch. There was a short-lived attempt to revive the line as the New York & Eastern Railroad, but political opposition killed it before any trains could run.
CSX received permission to abandon the Hospital Branch in 2005, and the rails were lifted. The City of Poughkeepsie is currently seeking funds to turn the four-mile line into a rail trail.
Downtown Poughkeepsie isn't the most scenic place to ride a bike, but the Hospital Branch should attract plenty of ghost train hunters. No visible work on the branch has been done, but the roadbed is still intact and walkable.
The Hospital Branch forms a large "T," running north-south from Smith Street to the Hudson River State Hospital. It crosses under the former New Haven Maybrook Line (soon to be Dutchess County Rail Trail) just east of the parking lot for the Poughkeepsie Bridge/Walkway Over the Hudson.
At the Hospital, the line goes down a switchback to reach the river. The spot where the roadbed diverges from the active Metro North/Amtrak line just north of Poughkeepsie station can be seen clearly from the bridge.
The last mile or so of roadbed between the bridge and the current end of the rail trail is being paved, and when it's finished it will cross over the Hospital Branch just as the Maybrook Line freight trains once did. For now, the roadbed is still passable, and the former connection with the Hospital Branch is only a short hike from the Walkway parking area. A wye track used to connect the two lines, but modern explorers will have to climb down the embankment from the former Maybrook Line and walk under the bridge to reach the Hospital Branch.
Those willing to make the trek will find a forgotten piece of history. It's still an overgrown railroad right-of-way running through some seedy neighborhoods, so if you go, keep your wits about you. Also, watch out for broken glass: teenagers and homeless people like to use this secluded site for late night drinking.
Local police probably won't appreciate trespassing, but the former railroad is pretty well hidden. Hudson River State Hospital is a historic site in its own right, but it is heavily surveilled.
A visit to Nuclear Lake
Posted by lib1187 in Places, Technology on July 4, 2012
Chernobyl is now a tourist destination. Tour groups escorted by Geiger counter-wielding guides can explore the ghost city of Pripyat, which has been empty since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. However, you don't need to fly to Ukraine to see the site of a nuclear accident (albeit, a much smaller one). All you have to do is walk the Appalachian Trail in upstate New York.
Nuclear Lake in Pawling, NY was the site of a small laboratory run by the United Nuclear Corporation (UNC). The facility was built in 1958; it was privately run but licensed by the government to work with weapons-grade uranium and plutonium. It included a "Critical Building," which housed a reactor, and a "Plutonium Building" where tests were conducted.
In 1972, a chemical explosion released plutonium dust into the air, ultimately spelling the end for research at the site.
With the whole area contaminated with radioactive dust, the facility closed in 1973. Inspections of UNC's records also raised fears that the corporation was dumping radioactive waste into the lake. A 1975 cleanup effort rendered the site safe, according to federal inspectors.
In 1979, the National Park Service bought Nuclear Lake and 1,100 surrounding acres for $1 million, with the intention of rerouting the Appalachian Trail through the site and away from local roads. Tests of the site in 1984 indicated only background levels of radiation.
Today, Nuclear Lake doesn't look like a mini Chernobyl. In fact, the lake is one of the most beautiful sites on the Trail in New York. I saw plenty of flora and fauna, and none of it appeared to be mutated.
Urban explorers looking for an abandoned nuclear plant will be disappointed; the buildings were demolished during the 1980s trail construction. The only indication that this beauty spot was anything other than a placid lake is a small patch of concrete where the "Plutonium Building" once stood, and a clearing.
Nuclear Lake is a short roundtrip from the small parking area where the Appalachian Trail crosses Route 55 in Pawling (follow the trail from the parking lot side of the road). The undulating terrain makes for an interesting but manageable hike. Just watch out for mutants.


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In No Escape by Shannon K Butcher, Isabelle Carson is dealing with the deaths of three childhood friends. Something tells her that they were not suicides but she has no evidence to take to the police. On a whim she calls Grant Kent, another childhood friend, and warns him to be safe. Isabelle 's warning sounds strange to Grant so he decides to drop in for a visit on his way to his new job in Denver. Once they are reunited, a burning attraction develops and Grant is torn between going to Denver or staying put. As more of their friends die, it becomes obvious that someone is targeting them. Can Grant protect Isabelle? Will they discover who is stalking them before it's too late?
Isabelle is a force to be reckoned with. She might come off as shy and demure but underneath that calm façade is a very strong woman who will protect her loved ones at any cost. She reminded me a bit of a momma bear and how you should never mess with her cubs.
Grant has been featured in the other books and was described as a ladies man. Once he is reunited with Isabelle, there is no one else for him. It took a good chunk of the book though for him (and her) to get it through his thick skull that his life was in Missouri with Isabelle and not out west.
The suspense portion of the book is what really made it engrossing for me. All of the deaths are connected to a stay at a certain foster home. Even when Butcher reveals who the killer is Midway through the book, it was still interesting to watch Grant and Isabelle find the clues and realize who it was as well.
No Escape is the third and final book in the Delta Force series by Shannon K. Butcher. This book is somewhat a departure from the previous books in the series but still showcases Butcher's signature alpha hero and strong heroine. If you love romantic suspense this book would be a good read for you.
Title: No Escape
Author: Shannon K Butcher
Category: Romantic Suspense
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It was a discovery that caused medical providers to pause. One in five babies born at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center battled drug addiction – an alarming statistic on its own, but even more so considering the hospital only performs about 140 deliveries each year.
For several years, Providence and community providers noticed an increase in the number of babies born addicted to drugs. The increase in meth and opiate use was becoming frighteningly clear. Drug-affected babies go through varying levels of withdrawal that complicate their recovery, not to mention adding medical problems later in life. In response, Providence came together with the Lake County Public Health Department, Tribal Health and St. Luke Hospital to create the Wrapped in Hope initiative.
This group of partners received a grant for $200,000 from the Montana Health Care Foundation to implement their innovative ideas focused on helping drug-dependent moms get the prenatal care they need. Wrapped in Hope is currently creating standard processes and support systems across Lake County, including specialized education for hospital staff, launching a community awareness campaign, and fulfilling a critical need for licensed addiction counselors at both hospitals.


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Alien vs Predator Movie Review
Ah, "Alien vs. Predator." Scary. Riveting. Intelligent. Sadly, it is none of these.
Paul W.S. Anderson, the genius behind such films as "Mortal Kombat" and "Soldier," combines two of Hollywood's most lucrative franchises (okay, "Predator" only spawned one sequel) into a PG-13 action movie that lacks the thrills, the characters and the sense of isolation those classics instilled upon the audience. As can be expected from the director of "Resident Evil," "Alien vs. Predator" is a video game put onto the big screen, where characters die by the handfuls and we don't care, the Predators are larger than seen before and even the setting, an underground Aztec pyramid, changes its configuration every ten minutes like an annoying maze.
"Alien vs. Predator," compared to some of the garbage I've watched recently, is entertaining enough, but just barely. You need to watch the movie with someone else to truly enjoy the stupidity of the event, as it is much more fun to point out the plethora of absurdities to someone else than to yourself. There are enough scenes where the aliens spew acid blood and the Predators use their neat gadgets to keep the audience attentive, but, unfortunately, Anderson fails to include anything that made the originals what they are.
Sanaa Lathan is pretty and by no means a bad actress, but compared to Signourey Weaver, she pales in comparison. In the "Alien" franchise, Weaver withstood gruesome attack after gruesome attack, always alone even when with other people. Those films were dark and, while the aliens are probably the scariest ever conceived on screen, benefited the most from their claustrophobic settings. The scariest scenes in the "Alien" movies were when the characters had those motion sensors and they knew the creatures were coming, but still they couldn't see or hear them. "Predator," of course, was more action-based, but it too basically featured one man against the monster and there was some simple intelligence to that.
Unfortunately, "Alien vs. Predator" is PG-13 and nothing more than a relentless action movie, not a blend of action and horror. Fox clearly had revenue in mind when they told Anderson to make a gore-less version, and the restraint shows. There is no feeling of suspense or terror, and this is because we don't care for any of the characters. Sure, we strike up a simple bond with Lathan, but other than her the characters are so poorly developed it's impossible to feel for anyone else.
On top of that, "AVP" is filled with idiotic moments that show just how little time was spent in the preparation for the film (which is strange considering fans had been clambering for this movie for ten years). It's the little things that made the movie unintentionally funny. First off, it's too cold to snow in Antarctica, yet it does in the movie, nor do we get to see the cold breaths of the characters as they stand outside in the coldest place on Earth. As the research team (which of course comes fully prepared with guns for no apparent reason) begins to explore the temple, they keep using flares - why not just use a flashlight? As time progresses, they stop using the flares and turn over to flashlights, floodlights and glow sticks. The funniest line in the entire movie happens after one of the characters drops a glow stick down a long chute into another room. Later, the characters enter that room and Lathan says, "We must be directly below the Sacrificial Chamber." Well, isn't it obvious since that same glow stick is lying in the middle of the room? There are also times when the characters wipe away spider webs from the walls to read the inscriptions, which of course one of the characters can decipher perfectly and guess the entire history of the Aliens and the Predators within a minute. The special effects don't help, either; while cool for a computer desktop, the special effects do not even look remotely real, and Anderson also uses a series of slow motion shots, including one classic moment where he slows down the film to show the face clingers flying through the air.
"Alien vs. Predator" is not as terrible as one would expect, especially if you were prepared to laugh at all the absurd things contained within. As mindless entertainment goes, you could find worse, but had some real thought been put into the script and direction, Fox actually could have had a good movie on their hands. As is, the movie is unintentionally funny, but I guess that's part of the charm.
Review by Erik Samdahl unless otherwise indicated.


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* Declick features improved click detection and new Decrackle algorithm designed to treat continuous background crackle from vinyl and older media
* New channel operations left/right channel mixing and arbitrary phase rotation
* Spectral Repair now allows longer and unlimited selection processing
* Gain module has new advanced fade methods
Enhanced Visual Editing
* New Lasso, Brush and Magic Wand tools allow natural, freehand selections around problem sounds, so you're no longer constrained by a selection box
* Magic Wand can automatically select a sound and its harmonics for incredibly fast editing
* Make multiple selections and process them all together, saving time as you audition different options
* Ability to hide side and bottom panels provides a nearly full-screen view of your audio spectrogram or waveform
Optimized Workflow
* Session Support - your edit history is automatically saved when you quit and reloaded when you restart. The entire state of the program including your selection is saved. This new feature also works in the event of a computer crash or power outage. Get back up and running immediately.
* Updated batch processor allows you to chain together multiple modules and process multiple files at once, using multiple CPUs for full optimization
* Remove Hum now intelligently identifies the hum frequency for quick suppression
* And many other small keyboard, mouse and UI improvements
* Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (Universal Binary)
* Standalone application
* Plug-ins: Pro Tools 7+ (RTAS/ AudioSuite), VST, MAS, Audio Unit
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Alice Cooper once observed that writing simple songs is hard work. Two long-time practicioners of the craft are back on the scene with new albums. The Lemonheads and Paul Westerberg attempt to prove that axiom. One is successful, the other less so.
The Paul Westerberg-fronted Replacements were indie-pop darlings through much of the 1980s, famous for raucous performances and three-minute pop gems like "I'll Be You." Their irreverance was nearly as renowned as their music – they named one album ("Let It Be") after the first song that came on the radio during a drunken ride home from a gig.
With his solo career, Westerberg has traded excess for a kind of punk elder statesman status. For his latest project, he's headed down the same path as Jack Johnson and Ben Folds, scoring and providing the soundtrack for an animated film – the upcoming "Open Season."
Only a couple of the soundtrack's tunes seem direclty connected to the film. The rest could come from any Replacements disk. "Meet Me In the Meadow" leads the record off with Lennon-esque harp and bouncing guitar. "Right To Arm Bears" is wonderfully dumb, with lines like "Mr. Bruin, whatcha doin?" The most buoyant of the bunch, "Love You in the Fall," represents a band reunion of sorts, with Tommy Stinson contrbuting bass and harmonies.
Westerberg's well-turned phrasesn give "Open Season" its' charms. "Better Than This" starts with the glib, "I'm a knight in shining armchair/I'm a guy who's got it made," accompanied by pennywhistles and goofy, sing-song harmonies..
The moody "I Belong" is done twice on the record, first by a Plastic Ono Band-inspired Westerberg and then starkly by Pete Yorn. Westerberg's "Wild As I Wanna Be" is covered by Cake spinoff Deathray, who also contribute their own "I Wanna Lose Control (Uh Oh)."
Inspired by recent parenthood, Westerberb brings a child-like exhuberance to the project. Most of the songs were written after he previewed the CGI film, Sony's first full-length animated feature. But the album isn't a simple souvenier of a kid's movie. It's as a spirited as anything in Westerberg's catalog. With the innocent beauty of songs like "Whisper Me Luck" and "I Belong" it's in many ways even better.
The latest reconstitution of Evan Dando's Lemonheads might better be termed "Descendents Plus One," as he's joined by that band's Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez. Their contribution, along with guitar work on a couple of tracks by J. Mascis (Dinousaur Jr.) give the eponymous record a punkier edge, often to its detriment.
When the formula works, there are few craftsmen deft as Dando. "Become The Enemy" is an almost perfect distillation of pop and angst, one that sits right alongside such gems as "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" from the mid-90's gem "Car Button Cloth." "Let's Just Laugh" hints at the same genius, but sputters when it tries to be too many things at once. Broken into three distinct components, the main chorus does feature a classic bit of Dando wordplay: "Let's just laugh/We can never do anything about anything anyway/Whatever will be/I guess we'll see/let's just laugh."
The record is split into happy-go-lucky pop songs and pre-punk double time; the two melt together in "Poughkeepsie" and "Black Gown," which leads off the record with slashing guitar chords and feedback reminiscent of the Dead Boys' "Sonic Reducer.." Oddly, the Band's Garth Hudson has a keyboard credit on the song; it's an open challenge to the best set of ears to identify it.
The melancholy " Baby's Home," with ironic music box chimes leading in to a crushing tale of marriage gone woefully wrong, is a little too literal, with a clunky chorus and odd synchopation. "In Passing" has the clever opening couplet, "time goes by so very slow when you are fasting," but like most of the record, it twirls out of control before too long.
Simple songs, at least the good ones, are distinct and memorable. That's the main complaint to level at "Lemonheads" – it's well crafted, but with the exception of " Become the Enemy," it gone ten seconds after the song ends. Dando's best work has an insinuating quality that's missing here. It's punky, frenetic and forgettable.
That absence becomes all the more clear when considering Paul Westerber's return to form. "Open Season" has plentiful hooks, and words that are easy enough for preschooler to learn. For parents, that may be both a blessing and a curse. For pop fans, it's bliss.
Westerberg: 4 stars out of 5 //Lemonheads: 2 stars out of 5


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When you take a solo - rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic improvisation strategies can enhance your creative musicianship. The class will rotate among attendees (likely with different instruments, styles, and levels) so that Andy can provide constructive feedback and suggestions. This might be just the thing to take your improv up a notch!


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Grammy-nominated Jesse Houk amplifying The Scumfrog via Maven
SEATTLE -- Underground Dance Music DJ and producer Jesse Houk, known in music circles as The Scumfrog, is now amplifying his music on the digital media coalition Maven (ticker symbol MVEN).
"I am excited to expand beyond traditional social media with Maven, where I have the freedom to share music and video thanks to Maven's technology," says Houk. "I am looking forward to offering my fans a more substantive interaction as I share my musical knowledge and learn from them in return."
The Scumfrog features original and shared stories and updates on Houk and his music. There also is a members-only room where fans can download the DJ mixes that are keeping The Scumfrog on the front line of the underground scene.
Houk specializes in underground flavored remixes of artists like Kylie Minogue, New Order, and Annie Lennox, and received acclaim for his collaborations writing and producing techno-oriented works with David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper and Sting. Based in New York City, Houk has toured the world and is a staple at the annual Burning Man Festival. He hosts a series of New York City club nights called MBTS (Most Below The Surface), that are launching this summer in London and Barcelona as well.
"At Maven, we are raising up independent publishers, supporting them with the technology they require to expand their reach and directly engage their audiences," says Maven CEO James Heckman. "Jesse was seeking an outlet where he can more directly engage, inform, and share with his fans. He and Maven are a perfect fit."
Maven is a coalition of mavens operating on a shared digital publishing, advertising and distribution platform, unified under a single media brand. Based in Seattle, Maven is publicly traded under the ticker symbol MVEN.


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Hey I'm Roo a creative wedding photographer based in the Midlands and I spend my time travelling the length and breadth of the UK documenting love stories.
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Lynsey and Ben created a stunning festival themed wedding that was 100% them, with their personalities ingrained in every detail. Before the wedding they mentioned to me that they would have a row of tents that would light up at night, straight away I had a pretty good idea of the shot I would capture. It was my last frame from an awesome day and it tied up the story perfectly.
I saw the stunning sunset break through the clouds and scouted around the back of the venue to try and find a clearing to be able to get a portrait shot in the golden light. I stumbled across an amazing field and excitedly hurried back to see if the bride and groom (Natalie & Scott) would be up for crossing the muddy field with me. They were both totally on board, Natalie put on her 'wedding wellies' and we were off on an adventure hopping fences and puddles.... Legends.
This moment was captured during Hannah and Rob's beautiful wedding in Leicester, England. For the majority of the day we document the events candidly but we like to spend around 20 minutes with our couples capturing some epic portraits without taking them away from their friends and family for too long.
During our portrait session with Hannah and Rob we stumbled across this hopscotch court and instantly knew the image we wanted to capture here. I love how it portrays their easy going, fun nature and it was well worth almost having a kick to the head to capture the moment.


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Today's card has a clean and simple feeling in the colours of black, yellow and white. The yellow background has been made in the ombre technique using ProMarkers and the Tim Holtz Spritzer tool.
I have used the Summer Meadow stamp from Crafty Individuals and the Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad and stamped over the yellow background.
Other materials used are:
White card stock
Black card stock
Your Next Stamp Stitching die
Memory Box Chandra Stem die
Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps Grass Border die
Tonic Delicate Dragonfly
Memory Box Birthday Cloud die
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Things With Wings
Cute Card Thursday - Clean And Simple
Die Cuttin Divas - Garden Month
CASology - Ombre
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The Green County Barn Quilts Committee is looking for owners of barns, corn cribs, and other farm buildings who are interested in displaying a barn quilt. Quilts will be painted on a wood block (typically 8'x 8'), then hung on the building. This project is based on similar projects in Ohio, Iowa and the Appalachian states. Green County, Wisconsin is launching its own version to promote our agricultural area to tourists.
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When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson
|When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson
|Category: Crime
|Reviewer: Sue Magee
|Summary: A thought-provoking look at grooming and historical child abuse from the point of view of the police. A ggod read.
|Buy? Yes
|Borrow? Yes
|Pages: 496 16h5m
|Date: July 2016
|Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
|External links: Author's website
The naked body of a young girl was found in a remote lane in North Yorkshire. It became obvious fairly quickly that she'd been thrown from a moving van but she'd managed to pick herself up and walk for about ten minutes. Someone else then came along and killed the girl. It falls to DI Annie Cabbot to investigate the case: Alan Banks has been promoted to Detective Superintendent and although he's nominally in charge of the investigation he's heavily involved in an enquiry into historical sex abuse relating to a well-known local entertainer. Fifty years ago a renowned poet, the then fifteen year old Linda Palmer, was raped by Danny Caxton whilst on holiday in Blackpool and although it was reported to the police when the family returned home to Leeds no action was taken on the complaint.
Caxton puts it down to people wanting publicity after the cases of Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris. He doesn't quite say poor Jimmy and Rolf but somehow you suspect that's what he was thinking. There was a witness to the rape but tracing him is going to prove difficult - and Banks needs to understand why no action was taken half a century ago. Have the police simply been too understanding about a local celebrity or is there more to it? The role of the police becomes important in the case Cabbot is investigating too: it seems that the young girl had been raped by three different men and the DNA profiles taken from the girl's body suggest that the men concerned are of Asian origin.
When the identity of the girl is established the police in the area where the fifteen year old lived are nervous: the town's a racial powder keg and Cabot is inflaming the local community. The Pakistani community are playing the race card and the white community are complaining that the police will do nothing about the grooming which seems to have been going on for fear of causing offence to the black community. They can't win either way. Before I started reading the book I'd have said that I'd really heard far too much about Operation Yewtree and all its offshoots, but When the Music's Over shone light into some murky corners which I hadn't previously considered: it was a worthwhile and enlightening read. I'd never before really thought about the situation from the police point of view.
Rather than reading the book I treated myself to an audio download read by Simon Slater. He has a good range of voices - I was particularly impressed by some of the female voices which are very well done and I was never in any doubt as to which character - male or female - was speaking. At one point I had to increase the volume because of ambient noise and the voice was rather more 'breathy' than I liked, but it was not as noticeable at a more normal volume. The download was good - I was sorry when it ended and immediately went and bought another of the Robinson books which I'd missed.
The books all read reasonably well as stand alones, but if you'd prefer to read them in order (I must admit that it is better) than you'll find a complete list here.
You could get a free audio download of When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson with a 30-day Audible free trial at Amazon.co.uk.
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An inspirational, exclusive program geared towards the animal lover who enjoys adventure in conservation. This program gives you an insight into the daily activities at Tenikwa and is designed to keep you enthralled throughout the day.
With a window into our wildlife rehabilitation facilities and interesting "behind the scenes" activities, enjoy the day with the resident animals who call Tenikwa their home.
A special part of the day for guests and cheetahs alike is participation in the Wild Ways program. this is the time spent in the Cape Floral Fynbos where our cheetahs get the opportunity to explore their extended territory, and guests are able to observe them from the safety of a boma. Only a few guests each day are privileged to observe the cheetahs during this special time, making it a really unique experience. Surrounded by forest sounds and the Cape Floral Fynbos, one can easily get mesmerized by the beauty of nature.
The day is fun, it's adventurous. Expect the Unexpected.