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Review: Kevin Doherty – The American Bar, Belfast
What can you say about Kevin Doherty? As one fifth of Four Men and a Dog he holds his own as both a musician and a songwriter in a group of very talented traditional musicians. But he also stands out. Within the confines of the band, his songs are immediately identifiable – ranging from poetical ballads to light, almost pop tunes.
Want to talk about the playing and recording with Levon Helm and Rick Danko? There's another whole story. His background in music is diverse, taking in bluegrass, jazz, country as well as traditional, and it is as a solo artist his craft and musical sensibility come to the fore, making him one of the most interesting and unique singer-songwriters in Ireland.
This is the third time I've tried to see Kevin Doherty play live in the last couple of years and thankfully tonight I actually managed it. The concert tonight is part of an incredible run of shows in the American Bar courtesy of Old Flattop Promotions that has already given us shows by Andy White, Saoirse Casey, Paddy Nash, Wally Page, and with Brendan Quinn, Mick Hanly, The Four of Us, John Spillane and Tim Edey still to come.
Doherty takes the stage accompanied by James Delaney on keyboards and backing vocals. It has to be said that The American Bar must hold the current record for the smallest stage in Belfast and Doherty is a tall rangy figure squeezed in beside Delaney's keyboards. The opening track is "Sweet Water", the title track of his second solo album. This is a song that Paul Brady would be proud of, complete will full-on honky-tonk piano from Delaney. This is followed with "Maybelline", a song about fear and doubt made up of snippets and snapshots of stories involving Johnny Cash and Henry McCullough.
"Esplendido Corazon" is a beautiful Spanish-tinged ballad that is simultaneously big and sweeping and also incredibly soft and gentle. Doherty's story-telling ability is very much to the fore on "Jimmy Gallagher Played Saxophone." This is an almost spoken-word and poetical account of his childhood memories and of the men he grew up around. It evokes almost religious ideas, and it's no surprise that Doherty segues this seamlessly into "We Shall Overcome." Doherty is not shy about referencing his musical influences, turning "Christine," a new song and one that you could easily imagine Van Morrison singing, into "The Shape I'm In" by The Band. James Delaney gets a bit of space leading up to the interval and he fills this with some fantastic boogie-woogie piano that has the audience clapping along.
After the break, Doherty launches into a trio of American-themed songs, starting with the spiritual and slow "New York City", via the old-school Americana road trip of "I Belong" and ending with a pure country number, which he notes is "the last of the American numbers."
"Camden Street" is another new song and Doherty informs us that it tells of his 25 year exile in Dublin, this then leads into "Blooms Day," recorded with Four Men and a Dog. This is, as Doherty points out, James Joyce in his calypso phase and it's a wonderfully upbeat and rhythmical tune, loaded with catchy rhyming couplets as he provides us with a travelogue of Joycean Dublin.
If you believe Doherty, "Hold On" is the first time in 25 years that he has managed to write a song that has a real chorus and this is sung in a style that immediately reminds you of Motown and Smokey Robinson yet still manages to name check Icarus, Sisyphus and Samuel Beckett. The dark and Leonard Cohen-like "Rambling Irishman" morphs into Cohen's "The Partisan" for the final few verses. Doherty finishes with the bright and bouncy "The Flood" and he and Delaney play this with a real sense of urgency, although Doherty does note at one point that he is playing far too fast.
This is another night of top quality music at The American Bar. I'd recommend you keep your eyes open for what is still to come on Friday nights in Sailortown – you won't be disappointed.


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This year, my grandmother turned 86. She is adorable, and though challenged by heart disease, mini-strokes, fibroids and diabetes, Nan still has an appreciation for life, friends and family. We always enjoy our visits with her, and one of the highlights is making her a simple treat she can celebrate her long life with.
Because of her diabetes and high blood pressure, we made this recipe a little differently for her. I found the original version in a diabetic-friendly cookbook and it used Splenda as the main sweetener, as well as reduced fat peanut butter, with no added fruit or nuts. So that's how we made it for Nan and she loved it! She has already asked us to bring another batch.
For ourselves, we swapped in maple syrup and brown sugar, and went heavy on the sliced almonds and dried cranberries. Yum!
This recipe is in honor of Nan, affectionally known by our family as "Nannie Goat" – Happy Birthday #86, Nan! Love you!
Nan's Birthday Squares
non-stick spray
3 to 4 cups crumbled Shredded Wheat-type cereal (Post or Barbara's)
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup brown sugar (we like Wholesome Sweeteners)
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 cup natural peanut butter, smooth or crunchy
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. cinnamon
Spray an 8×8 casserole with non-stick spray; set aside.
Add crumbled shredded wheat cereal, slivered almonds and dried cranberries to a large mixing bowl. Toss to combine.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar, maple syrup, peanut butter, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Melt together, stirring frequently, until mixture is a liquid consistency.
Pour hot maple and peanut butter mixture over the dry ingredients. Quickly stir together to coat all dry ingredients and turn out into prepared 8×8 dish. Using your palms, press sticky mix down tightly.
Allow to set up for about 30 to 60 minutes or chill in fridge. Cut and serve. Makes about 9 portions.
Cooks' Note: This recipe is easy to play with! You can use almond butter or sunflower seed butter or cashew butter. Toss in chopped pecans or dried blueberries instead. Add a pinch of ginger – or chocolate chips! Have fun! This is fast and easy, and great for snacking, dessert or even breakfast on the go!

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The Phonica Podcast it's back! Miles picks his favourite summery jams for the July edition.
Miles Russell holds the privilege of opening the hot off the press boxes from the distributors to find out what goodies are inside. You guessed it, not only he knows inside out all the new releases but also gets first dibs at all those limited pressings. When not at Phonica, Miles also runs the South London party Spirit Level – their next event is about to be announced so keep your eyes peeled!
This kind young man woke up really early today to record this month's podcast, a journey through the best platters released this month, including the long-awaited reissue of Codek's sought-after Tam Tam, the impressive debut of the South Londoner Mallard on Rhythm Section, a new analogue venture from Berlin-based duo Nummer and Public Possession latest outing.
As usual, full tracklist down below, click on the titles to be redirected to each release page.
01. Sanza – Sounouh [Music for Dreams]
02. Shoc Corridor – Sargasso Sea [Dark Entries]
03. The Other People Place – Sorrow & A Cup Of Joe [Clone]
04. Nummer – Ajaja Rhythmus [Nummer]
05. Codek – Tam Tam [Dark Entries]
06. Cloud One – Patty Duke Instrumental Part 1 [Sound of New York, USA]
08. Mallard – Aquitaine 606 Lake Mix [Rhythm Section International]
09. Indoor Plants – Targitus [Udacha]
10 .Octave One – Terraforming [430 West]
11. Juho Kahilainen – The Tower That Stands In The Woods [HYV]
12. Earth Trax – L'Avventura Dub [Phonica Records]
14. Maurizio – Eleye [Maurizio]
15. Mr Tophat – Taxi Tbilisi [Public Possession]
16. Maurizio – Outerlude [Maurizio]


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At least 14 major U.S. hospitals have launched or will launch pilot programs to test the use of Apple's HealthKit platform to manage chronic health conditions, Reuters reports.
Background on HealthKit
In June 2014, Apple introduced a new mobile application and platform that aims to consolidate health data tracked by various other health apps into one location.
Apple's product includes both the platform, called HealthKit, and a user-facing app called Health. It was bundled into Apple's iOS8 software, which powers iPhones and iPads.
In September 2014, Apple announced that Duke University School of Medicine and Stanford University's School of Medicine would be testing its products.
Details of Pilot Projects
The hospital pilot programs aim to help providers monitor patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, by tracking patient-generated data from tools that report several metrics, including:
- Blood pressure;
- Caloric intake;
- Exercise levels;
- Glucose levels;
- Heart rate; and
- Weight.
For example, New Orleans-based Ochsner Medical Center is working with Apple and Epic Systems on a pilot program that tracks several hundred high-risk patients in an effort to control blood pressure. The patients use devices that track their blood pressure and send the data to providers' iPhones and iPads.


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West Lothian continued their late improvement in form in the Cities and Counties Championship with a strong team performance to score a commanding 38 shot victory (135-97) over Glasgow West in their quarterfinal of The Hamilton Trophy at Kilwinning.
It's a win that takes last years losing finalists into the 2015 semi finals a situation that had looked less than promising when losing three of their first five games in the tough East qualifying section. The encouraging factor for team manager Jimmy Mallon is that wins on five rinks – skipped by Stevie Fleming, Sandy McDougall, Neil Speirs, Raymond Logan, and Thomas Mann – suggest his team is in balance despite call-off's each week.
The only setback against a keen Glasgow West was inflicted on Scotland skip Grant Logan but the damage came late in the game and defeat was restricted to single figures. West Lothian won all three phases of the match, making a strong start to dominate the first seven-ends by an 18 shot margin (47-29) then moving into a high twenties comfort zone with a 9 shot edge (40-31) on the second. The third and final phase saw West Lothian coast it by an 11 shot margin (48-37) and the triumph came as a welcome counterbalance to fellow East section challengers E&L making a shock exit to Renfrewshire West at Bainfield. Fleming skipped David Rodgers, Alec Allan, and Andy Dunnett into a good 18-9 lead after 15-ends then accelerated to 28 with a run of 2, 3, 1, 2, 2 to beat S Wilson, 28-11.
McDougall reached 20-8 with a mighty count of 5 at end 17 and went on to skip John Black, Jamie Aitken, and Gary Orr to a 24-10 win over T McCartney. Speirs made a whiz-bang start that included three counts of 4 in a 13-1 lead after five ends but it took a strong 1, 2, 1, 2 finish for the 2014 gold medal hero to skip Ewan Shearer, Blair Mackie, and Mark Allison to a 23-16 win over S McWilliams. Logan (Ray) suffered the loss of 1, 6, 2 to trail 13-7 but hit back with 1, 5 and went on to skip Steven Forrest, Walter McDougall, and Gary Smith to a 20-16 win over R Moles. Mann held on from 19-12 up to skip Andrew Semple, James Speirs, and John Aitken to a 21-18 win over P Ward; but Grant Logan slipped from 19-15 up to a 26-19 defeat from K Bain.
Craigentinnty's reputation as strong finishers in the history of their record seven title triumphs in Division 1 of The Alpha Trophies sponsored Edinburgh Bowling League will be tested severely in tonight's top of the table visit to leaders Parkside. Parkside finished second to Craigentinny last year but have two title celebrations to their credit and go into tonight's confrontation holding a three and a half point lead and aware that they must keep their visitors at bay with a four game run in to follow. Holiday caused absentee's has created a piece of history making by 14 year old budding star Lewis Betts who becomes the youngest ever debut player for Craigentinny. Craigentinny enter this Lions Den fixture without the service of regular stars, Willie McDonald, Scott Rogers, Darren Smith, and Grant McLaren but do have strength in depth and line up as follows. Rink 1. Ian Duncan, Stuart Betts, David Brown, and Andy Caldwell. Rink 2. David Torrance, Scott Duncan, Josh Spalding, and Daniel Gormley. Rink 3. Craig McCall, Lewis Betts, Gordon Bold, and Andy Jeffrey. Rink 4. Kevin Hunter, Malky Milne, Scott Nisbet, and Kevin McFarlane.
Parkside have Ian Fleming on holiday but have Ewan Diven back in harness for a home team that failed to live up to expectations against Northern last week and know the chips are down again tonight. Rink 1. Craig Bryce, Davie Moran, Andy Hargan, and Neil Watson. Rink 2. Steven Rennie, Willie Watson, Kevin Boyd, and Derek Smith. Rink 3. Alex Hurry, Dave Sherriffs, Danny Jackson, and Robert Donaldson. Rink 4. Graeme Fraser, Ewan Diven, Brian Salvona, and Paul Veitch. The other fixtures tonight are, Summerside v Northern; Queensberry v Maitland; Leith v Hillside.


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Evelyn Hill works for Gray Preston's father Senator Preston, who is trying garner more votes for the upcoming national election. Senator Preston sends Evelyn to try to get Gray's help in swaying his many NASCAR fans into voting for Senator Preston. Gray wants nothing to do with his estranged father's campaign.
Evelyn will learn everything she can about race cars and she does not mind getting a little dirty doing it. The more she learns about the sport, the more she learns about the man and she is starting to like what she sees. There is no way their relationship could work with her in politics always working in DC and with him always on the road.
Will there love crash and burn or will it take the checkered flag. I loved this book, with both characters having to let go of some of their emotional baggage. Gray had the most he had to deal with and he was able to grow with the story, So I give it a 5/5 stars.
I always enjoy Jaci Burton's novels and I am anxiously awaiting the next in this series. It will be released
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Daniel Foor, Ph.D.
I'm a teacher and practitioner of practical animism who specializes in ancestral and family healing and in helping folks learn to relate well with the rest of the natural world.
My focus on the ancestors sources from my training as a doctor of psychology and licensed marriage and family therapist, from the guidance of my teachers in earth-honoring traditions (e.g., European pagan paths, Native American ways, Mongolian shamanism, and West African Ifá/Òrìṣà tradition), and from two decades of implementing the teachings of ancestor reverence in my own life. Since 2005 I've guided hundreds of ancestor trainings, rituals, and talks throughout the United States and helped many others to reconnect with their family ancestors through personal sessions. I'm the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing (Inner Traditions, 2017).
I've trained with teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and diverse indigenous paths, including the remnant and returning traditions of my older English, Irish, and German ancestors. I've been blessed to spend time as a student of culture and language in the Czech Republic, Mexico, Ecuador, Egypt, Morocco, and Nigeria. In recent years I've made four pilgrimages to Yorubaland as an initiate of Ifá, Ọbàtálá, Ọ̀ṣun, and Egúngún in the lineage of Olúwo Fálolú Adésànyà Awoyadé of Òdè Rẹ́mọ and student of Yorùbá culture.
My doctoral research in psychology focused on the use of shamanic healing practices by clinical mental health professionals. Training as a therapist, living in other societies, and immersion in different lineages of ritual work all inform my kind and non-dogmatic approach to ancestor and earth reverence. Although I draw inspiration from lineages of established practice, my public offerings and ritual methods aim to be culturally inclusive, and I hold work for cultural and earth healing to be inseparable from spiritual teaching and practice.
My wife, daughter, and I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, the traditional homeland of Tsalagi peoples.


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Part seven in a series: Congressional testimony: 5G on fast track!
Proposed new legislation comes with easy-to-embrace acronyms!
Industry gobbles spectrum, urges easy sledding for 800,000 'small cell' antenna sites
Editor's note: This is a verbatim transcript of Ms. Baker's presentation, titled "The Race to 5G: Exploring Spectrum Needs to Maintain U.S. Global Leadership," given July 25 of this year before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation.
By Meredith Attwell Baker, President & CEO | Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
WASHINGTON, DC – CTIA, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, applauds this Committee's commitment to advancing U.S. spectrum policy, and securing U.S. global leadership in the mobile marketplace. Today's hearing on the race to 5G comes at a critical time. The wireless industry needs your help to realize 5G's tremendous potential to create jobs, grow the economy, and ensure future innovation happens first here in the United States. With your leadership and the important legislative agenda you have before you, I'm confident the U.S. can win the 5G race.
Winning the Race to 5G
5G is the next generation of wireless, and our new networks will offer speeds up to 100 times faster than today's services, enable 100 times the number of devices, and be five times more responsive than today's. I'm excited by 5G's promise to drive transformational improvements in health care, education, transportation, and nearly every other industry. 5G will help create the smart industries and opportunities of the future, including smart communities, precision agriculture, and the Internet of Things.
The United States is not alone in identifying the global competiveness at stake in the potential of 5G services. Other countries, from Asia to Europe, are moving aggressively to lead the world. The United States currently ranks third in overall 5G readiness, behind China and South Korea, according to an Analysys Mason report released earlier this year.
China's position is due primarily to its government's aggressive steps to provide access to significant new spectrum bands for 5G. That commitment includes the Chinese regulatory authority's decision to release at least 100 megahertz of mid-band spectrum (with a focus on 3.4-3.6 GHz) and two gigahertz of high-band spectrum (above 24 GHz) to each wireless provider.
In South Korea, the government just completed an auction for 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz band spectrum. And the siting of wireless facilities in China and South Korea is dramatically easier, faster, and less costly than in the U.S.
It's clear: the global race to 5G is on, and the stakes are high. The nation that leads on 5G will capture millions of new jobs and billions in economic growth.
Under your leadership, the United States has led the world in 4G services. According to a study by Recon Analytics, the launch of 4G nearly doubled the number of U.S. wireless-related jobs in just three years, and 4G leadership helped drive nearly $100 billion GDP growth. 4G also helped create the world-leading app and sharing economies in America. Conversely, losing wireless leadership in the transition from 2G to 3G and 3G to 4G had significant, long-term, negative effects on the European and Japanese telecommunications sectors. The rest of the world has seen what 4G wireless leadership has meant to our economy and now seeks to leverage 5G and seize those benefits for themselves.
The good news is that while there's work to do to catch up to China and South Korea and fend off other countries on 5G, the United States is well positioned to win the race if we act fast and put the right policies in place. For our part, U.S. wireless providers will invest some $275 billion in 5G-related networks – creating three million new jobs and adding $500 billion to our economy according to Accenture. All the national providers have announced aggressive deployment schedules with the launch of services as early as this Fall — years ahead of schedule. American network and technology companies are investing aggressively to ensure that equipment, handsets, and devices are ready for American innovators and consumers to leverage the power of the new 5G platform.
But our industry cannot win the race to 5G alone. We need your help to capture global leadership. Today's hearing is focused on spectrum, one of the two critical areas where we need your help to modernize our nation's approach. The second is modernizing siting rules for tomorrow's networks.
Defining A 5G Spectrum Policy
Other countries are releasing hundreds of megahertz of new spectrum to promote 5G because they recognize sufficient spectrum is key to winning the 5G race and unlocking the corresponding economic and societal benefits. To fully realize the connected life and Internet of Things breakthroughs we are talking about this morning, we need more spectrum, and we need it now.
CTIA commends this Committee, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Administration for the ongoing work in identifying and repurposing spectrum for 5G. With your support, the wireless industry has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in private capital in acquiring and building out spectrum. But the need for additional spectrum remains pressing. A predictable pipeline of spectrum will do much to advance U.S. 5G interests, and help us match the aggressive efforts foreign governments are taking to allocate spectrum for 5G services. Encouragingly, the Committee has identified all the right bands. Now it is only a matter of us finishing the job fast.
Congress has already made an important "down payment" with the MOBILE NOW Act, bipartisan legislation championed by Chairman Thune and Ranking Member Nelson. CTIA thanks this Committee for its leadership in enacting this legislation earlier this year. Among other things, the MOBILE NOW Act directs the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to identify at least 255 megahertz of federal and non-federal spectrum for licensed and unlicensed wireless broadband use by December 31, 2022. With this direction from Congress, the FCC and NTIA are working to advance 5G here in the United States. MOBILE NOW also helped jump-start our nation's focus on mid- and high-band spectrum, leading to important steps taken by the FCC to make available new spectrum. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 also directed the Administration to provide access to important low-band spectrum, which is a key component of our nation's future spectrum planning as well.
From that foundation, CTIA strongly supports the Advancing Innovation and Reinvigorating Widespread Access to Viable Electromagnetic Spectrum ("AIRWAVES") Act, which establishes a much-needed schedule of future spectrum auctions critical to U.S. global leadership in 5G. CTIA thanks Senators Gardner and Hassan for introducing the AIRWAVES Act, and Committee cosponsors Tester, Young, Cortez Masto, and Johnson for their support. This bill enjoys broad bipartisan backing in both the Senate and the House. It also boasts bipartisan support from Chairman Pai and the FCC Commissioners, and has attracted widespread praise from a broad and diverse array of organizations, including the Consumer Technology Association, Connected Nation, the African American Mayors Association, and Public Knowledge.
The AIRWAVES Act sets a timeline for auctioning a series of key low-, mid-, and high-band frequencies over the next five years. By recognizing that we need different types of spectrum to unlock the full complement of 5G services, Senators Gardner and Hassan have identified a core challenge we face in the U.S. — the lack of access to sufficient mid-band spectrum. To achieve our 5G goals, we are going to need different types of spectrum, and mid-band is key as it can offer both capacity and coverage. Unfortunately, the U.S. ranks sixth globally in terms of mid-band spectrum availability. AIRWAVES remedies that by providing access to the same spectrum bands being made available throughout Asia and Europe. Congressional deadlines, like those in AIRWAVES, have always been an essential tool to enable U.S. spectrum leadership by ensuring timely access to new spectrum.
This auction schedule will allow wireless providers to plan and build their 5G networks to maximize efficiency and robustness. And knowing when and what spectrum will be auctioned creates a 5G pathway for industry "verticals" such as telemedicine, smart agricultural systems, and connected vehicles.
CTIA urges the Committee, and the Congress, to move this legislation forward expeditiously. Passage of the AIRWAVES Act is the most important step the Committee can take to ensure that our nation has the spectrum resources it needs to compete and win the 5G race.
Other Key Initiatives.
We also support the Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless ("SPECTRUM NOW") Act, introduced by Senators Wicker, Schatz, Udall, and Moran. This bipartisan legislation would help government agencies more efficiently and effectively manage spectrum resources. The Act allows use of approximately $8 billion in existing Spectrum Relocation Fund monies to support research into the feasibility of federal spectrum users either relocating or sharing spectrum with non-federal users.
Key Administration and FCC Roles.
In addition to legislative action, Congress should continue to encourage work at the FCC and NTIA to promote the development of a 5G spectrum agenda. CTIA commends Chairman Pai and the FCC for their commitment to winning the 5G race and the significant steps taken this year to address our nation's lack of access to mid- and high-band spectrum.
High-band spectrum will be critical to high-capacity future wireless services and applications. Yet at the start of 2018, there were no planned auctions for these spectrum bands. To the FCC's credit, and as envisioned by MOBILE NOW and AIRWAVES, Chairman Pai has announced the auctioning of five separate bands of high-band spectrum by the end of next year, starting this Fall. The FCC's decisiveness here should be commended.
Similarly, the FCC also has seized on the need for additional mid-band spectrum and is working to optimize rules for the 3.5 GHz band for mobile broadband, and the FCC launched a new proceeding to evaluate repurposing up to 500 MHz of mid-band spectrum between 3.7 and 4.2 GHz just this month. At the same time, the Administration has initiated its important review of the 3.45 GHz band under Administrator Redl's leadership at NTIA. These are important steps, and we urge the FCC and the Administration to commit to a clear auction schedule as soon as practicable for these three critical mid-band spectrum opportunities. Congressional support and encouragement for these initiatives would be beneficial, and would be strongly bolstered by timely passage of the AIRWAVES Act.
Promoting Small Cell Deployment
While not the focus of today's hearing, the other key set of reforms needed to secure 5G leadership is modernizing siting rules to allow the accelerated deployment of new wireless networks and small cells. Small cells are about the size of a backpack and are typically installed on utility poles, streetlights, and the sides of buildings. They complement existing cell towers by densifying wireless infrastructure and provide the capabilities needed for next-generation networks.
Building Tomorrow's Networks.
To handle growing mobile data demands and unlock new 5G applications, wireless providers will need to install hundreds of thousands of small cells in the next few years. Recent estimates have projected we will need over 800,000 small cells by 2026. To put that into perspective, our industry has a little over 150,000 cell towers in operation today, built over 30 years. If we do not update our approach and greatly accelerate the approval and deployment process, we will not be able to construct the networks we need fast enough to win the 5G race.
The good news is that a small cell often can be installed in about an hour. The challenge we face is that governmental approval processes can take more than a year, and the application and fee structures are often mismatched with the smaller footprint of tomorrow's networks. Indeed, many rules, regulations, and fees for wireless infrastructure applications are outdated, designed for a world in which 200-foot cell towers were the norm and the necessity.
Globally, the process for siting small cells and other wireless infrastructure is often simpler and more streamlined, while our 20-plus-year-old approach hampers the ability of U.S. operators to compete. Our new networks need new rules to keep pace, and we need to start our 5G build-out this year.
While we applaud the efforts of many cities and 20 states to update their approaches to facilitate small cell deployment, we risk falling further behind in the 5G race absent a clearly articulated national framework. As Congress has done before, America needs a modernized, national policy framework for small cell deployment that accommodates state and local interests while advancing our national interest in 5G leadership.
A Bipartisan National Framework.
Congress should expeditiously adopt the bipartisan Streamlining The Rapid Evolution And Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance Small Cell Deployment Act ("STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act"). We applaud and thank Chairman Thune and Senator Schatz for proposing such a common sense framework. The STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act addresses the central barriers to deployment of 5G infrastructure, while maintaining localities' prerogatives with regard to safety and neighborhood aesthetics. CTIA strongly supports the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act and urges its passage.
Other Key Reforms.
Additional measures that would make great strides toward modernizing siting processes include Senators Wicker and Cortez Masto's SPEED Act and Senator Moran's RAPID Act, which modernizes the federal siting approval process, and Senators Heller and Manchin's work on the Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act, which builds on federal reforms in MOBILE NOW and injects much-needed deadlines and reforms for siting requests on federal lands.
The FCC's Important Role.
Here again, under this Committee's watch, the FCC has similarly focused its attention on the need for infrastructure reform to promote small cell deployment. Led by Chairman Pai and Commissioner Carr, the FCC has taken a holistic approach to modernizing its rules with a clear focus on winning the 5G race. Earlier this year, the FCC updated historic preservation and environmental rules to reflect the differences between 200-foot towers and small cells. The Commission is now focused on equally important reforms updating the FCC's national guidelines and guardrails for local communities' small cell approval procedures. We urge Congress to encourage the FCC's excellent work in this area.
Need for Urgent Action.
Just as with spectrum policy, we have bipartisan support for critical 5G infrastructure initiatives that will help us close the gap with China and South Korea. A report prepared by Accenture last week found that accelerating infrastructure deployment by just one year would also result in an additional $100 billion to our economy. These benefits are within reach – but only if we act swiftly.
Delivering Mobile Broadband to More Americans.
I'm proud of our industry's commitment to building mobile service across America, driven by over $226 billion investment in our networks since 2010 alone, and over $25 billion just last year. In the past five years, we were able to connect for the first time 1.5 million additional rural consumers. Nevertheless, there are communities across the country that still do not have access to the benefits of wireless, and we need Congress's and the FCC's help to ensure these under- and unserved areas get connected. The AIRWAVES Act would provide key new low-band spectrum that offers great coverage and propagation characteristics that can help reach hard-to-serve areas. Further, the recently auctioned 600 MHz spectrum is rapidly being deployed as broadcasters vacate that spectrum. Both steps will help extend mobile coverage. Similarly, the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act and other siting reforms can help reduce the cost and complexity of deploying in rural America and on adjacent federal lands, particularly in the West. And lower siting fees will free capital for more deployment.
One of the most promising proposals for reaching more Americans is in Senators Gardner and Hassan's AIRWAVES Act. AIRWAVES not only provides us a roadmap to win the 5G race but will also help us shrink the digital divide through its "rural dividend" provision. That provision sets aside 10 percent of the proceeds from new spectrum auctions for deployment of wireless networks in rural America. If this provision had been in place during the last two spectrum auctions, the rural dividend would have made available an additional $6 billion to build out wireless in rural America and unserved communities. CTIA urges Congress to expeditiously pass this legislation and implement this program, which would drive greater rural investment without the need for taxpayer funding.
This Committee has also placed renewed focus on the key role the FCC and Administration can play in expanding access to broadband services. The FCC's Mobility Fund will provide nearly $500 million in annual support, which will provide much-needed universal service funding dedicated to wireless coverage. And ensuring that broadband mapping is accurate will help better inform broadband infrastructure planning.
Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. Just as winning the race to 4G required smart government policies, winning the race to 5G will require swift action on repurposing spectrum as well as modernizing small cell siting rules. CTIA looks forward to working with you to win the 5G race and urges swift adoption of the core 5G legislative proposals discussed this morning to make that a reality.


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There have been a few items in the press recently that have made me think about what diversity means to people. The Supreme Court case about triggering Article 50 prompted comments about the lack of diversity in the legal profession. This was shortly followed by former Football Association chiefs calling for change, as the FA is currently 'out of balance'. In both cases, the number of middle-aged/elderly white men in positions of influence was the focus of comment.
What made me stop and think (and get angry) was one particular response to observations about the judges and barristers in the Supreme Court case: "the most important Supreme Court case in UK history & these numpties are worried about diversity?"
Some people clearly just see diversity as a tick box exercise to keep women and minority ethnic groups happy, something that should be put to one side when really important decisions need to be made, presumably because only white middle-aged men can make important decisions.
Diversity matters. Why?
Putting aside the moral argument that it's the right thing to do, there are also strong business arguments. The consultancy firm McKinsey & Company carried out research that showed that gender-diverse companies are 15% and ethnically-diverse companies are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors. PwC found that 85% of the CEOs whose companies have a formal diversity and inclusiveness strategy said it's improved their bottom line.
But what might that strategy look like? One organisation where I recently ran some Recruitment and Selection training have a policy that all interview panels must be mixed gender. This is a good starter but of course only addresses one area of diversity. To find out more about what can and legally should be done, have a look at the Equality and Human Rights Commission website which has some great guidance.
Another source of inspiration is Melody Hobson's TED talk: Color blind or color brave? Here are some of the points that particularly resonated with me:
- We should all be discussing diversity openly – if we leave it just to 'the militant black woman' to raise the issue, it will be marginalised
- Colour blindness (going out of our way to ignore race) is dangerous – it doesn't ensure the absence of discrimination, it just ignores the problem
- If you're trying to solve a really hard problem you should have a diverse group of people including those with diverse intellects
- Observe your environment – purposefully and intentionally invite people into your life who don't look like you, don't think like you, don't act like you, don't come from where you come from, and you might find that they challenge your assumptions and make you grow as a person
But there's a downside to diversity, which is a powerful block to change.
Unless you're looking to significantly increase the overall number of opportunities available, increasing them for under-represented groups will inevitably mean that those currently benefiting will lose out. So what makes the former FA chiefs, all white elderly/middle-aged men, call for more diversity? Surely (to use a seasonal cliché) it's a bit like turkeys voting for Christmas? The clue is possibly in the word 'former' – any change won't directly affect them.


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Before the Fraser River gold rush, there were several Nlaka'pamux villages occupying the flat land along the Fraser Canyon. Trails led through the forests from winter village areas to food-gathering and hunting areas; every peak, every lake, every clearing was known to someone.
One of these villages was Tuckkwiowhum (Tuck-we-ohm) meaning 'great berry picking place'. For thousands of years, people lived at the spot where Anderson River meets the Fraser River. People stopped here on their travels to and from Klickumcheen (Lytton).
The ancient village of Kopchitchin was directly across the Fraser River.
Fraser Canyon War
The summer of 1858 was a brutal one for First Nations who sought to protect their territories. The American army was engaged in a full out war against several First Nations from Fort Simcoe to Fort Okanagan.
Steamboats plowed the waters up to Yale, unloading hundreds of miners at a time. Natives blamed the boats for preventing the salmon from their migration. Foreign goldseekers set up camps on every bar that could be seen, crowding out Natives who were also panning for gold.
Then the freshet came and goldseekers were impatient to head further north into Nlaka'pamux territory.
The walls of the Fraser Canyon echoed with gunshot as goldseekers attempted to gain ground above Hell's Gate. The Nlaka'pamux responded with poison-tipped arrows.
Hudson's Bay Company in the middle
Without any legal authority, the Hudson's Bay Company's chief factor of Fort Yale was powerless to stop the carnage except to appeal for peace. What could a handful of HBC clerks do against several thousand miners?
Fort Yale Chief factor Ovid Allard wrote to James Douglas:
The Miners have abused the Indians in many instances particularly at what is called New York Bar by insulting their women after they had voluntarily given up their arms. I understand that the same thing has also occurred at "Quayome". From what I can learn I have reason to believe that some 15 or 20 Indians have lost there lives and three or four whites.
At Yale, goldseekers armed with percussion revolvers and breech loading rifles formed into at least five American-style militia groups.
Villages Burned
In August 1858, these militia forces completely burned the villages of Kopchitchin and Tuckkwiowhum.
In all, the militias burned five 'rancheries'; three above the Big Cañon and two below. The militias destroyed all their provisions including salmon and dried berries.


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Survival Strategies
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I am so sorry you had to experience that horrific nightmare. And I'm sorry you didn't feel you had a support system that had your back.ReplyDelete
I'm thankful that I have never had to experience that myself. When I was a child, my mother used to be abused by my stepfather and I could never understand why she stayed. I asked but she refused to talk about it.
Because of my experience with living in an abusive household, I have to admit to being curious why women don't report abuse and sexual assault more. Not because I don't believe they are telling the truth (I do believe), but because reporting it could save another woman's life.
You can believe me when I say that if my child or grandchild ever tells me they have been abused in any way...I will accompany them to the police department to report it and pay for them to hide if necessary to protect them until the abuser is put away.
Good post that I wish with all my heart was unnecessary. Good Luck to you.Replies
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(Sorry for the repeat- trying to get the link to work- you may need to copy and paste.) Linda, thank you for your good wishes. For the record, it wasn't that I didn't feel there was a support system that had my back- there simply wasn't one. If you are interested in why women often don't report this crime this piece might offer you some insight. It's written by a previous crown prosecutor who has seen the system at work, first hand. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sandy-garossino/jian-ghomeshi-women-report-sex-assault_b_6059124.htmlDelete
(continued from previous comment)It's a long story, of which I will not go into any more detail. In the end I did break free and what I want to say - what I want to reaffirm - is that even in the most impossible situations - even in situations that, for the most part, go "unresolved", - even in situations where one continues to live and walk in the same communities as their abusers (or those that are in support of their abusers) - there is help. The world becomes a very small and frightening place when in the midst of such abuse. But help is there. The doors that seem to close in on us are doors that open if we only allow them. The courage it takes to see that sliver of light on the other side is nothing short of insurmountable - but it IS short. What makes it fall short is the courage, tenacity, resilience, fortitude and spirit of the human being that each of us are. It lies there within, always. What I felt was that the entire world conspired against me. Fear kept me there for a very long time. What I found in the end was a Universe waiting to hold me, to understand me, to guide me. That very Universe conspires WITH me, not against me. Today, I walk boldly. Today, when confronted with one of those people in the grocery line or at the pharmacy or walking down the street - I feel sad for what has transpired between us. I hope that they have somehow found their way, as I have, out of that world of violence and control. I hope that the same fear that kept us both in that circle of violence has lessoned in their life - if not left all together as it has for me. As I walk by or as I smile at them in line, I too pray for their healing. For the healing of our world. For the culture of knowledge, of understanding and of change. But not only do I send that prayer out into this Universe, I no longer keep silent. I'm not saying it's in the cards for all of us to become public speakers against domestic violence. In fact, because my children still live in this area I have chosen to live peacefully within our community. But I remain open. Just like you have. When the situation arises, when the Universe calls us to be that sliver of light, we "trust the impulse to do so". It's the very light that could ultimately save a life.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for this post. I spend a lot of time writing in my blog about my chronic illness (OneMomentOneLife.org) but I have yet feel the impulse to write about my past – until now. I feel a deep sense of hope for the person on the other side of that door, whoever she or he may be…Replies
Theresa, the first half of this seems to have gotten lost in the cyber-shuffle that is mysterious and beyond our control :-) but I wanted I appreciate all of your encouragement and heart. Blessings, OriahDelete
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Thank you Oriah. I imagine many of us will come out of the woodwork because of your words. I married what I thought was the man of my dreams at the age of 18. He was five years older than me and well on his way through Bible College and seminary to be a Lutheran pastor. I met him when I was 16. Maybe if I had been older I could have seen the signs. Signs that were mistakenly taken as love. Signs of disproportionate infatuation, control and adoration taken as care of me. Signs that should have been red flags. We spent 25 years together. Raised five daughters during that time and had four congregations. I developed and matured under this influence and because of his charismatic personality, because the communities in which we served all loved him dearly, because our families and friends all believed he "walked on water" - (as did I for many years) - I suffered in silence. When you say, "With good reason I did not trust that others- the police, the court system- could ensure my safety" I could not understand you more. After years of abuse, for reasons I won't get into here, I finally tried to make my move. We lived in a small town of less than 10,000. The judge for our county was also the president of our church counsel. Half the police department went to our church. When I finally reached out (after years of keeping silent, so you can imagine what must have occurred to get me to that point and what courage it took) the entire community conspired against me. The bishop of our synod "came to my rescue" and in a bold two faced move both silenced me and moved my husband up the food chain to a better position. The police records of my phone calls, of their visits to my home, of the pictures that were taken - all mysteriously disappeared. I managed to plead my case (with the help of an advocate from a domestic abuse project) in order to get a different judge, and they assigned a judge from the county next door. A judge who regularly went hunting with the judge in my own county. The two families actually spent Christmas together.
I was silenced. Over and over again I was silenced.
Wow- when someone says, "Well, if she didn't report it and get a conviction, she must be lying," I will think of your story Theresa. Congratulations for surviving, for finding your own freedom and not losing your mind and heart against such incredible odds. Much love and many blessings, OriahDelete
Oriah, I believe you. Thank you for sharing. I'm proud of you that you were ready to fight. I pray for you that you will be safe for the rest of your life and never will be assaulted again.ReplyDelete
Oriah, thanks for sharing from your tender heart. The cultural conversation around this is so disheartening. As with everything, I think the best thing I can do is to show up consistently and with love for this tragic too frequent set of circumstances, on a personal level, and in my community.ReplyDelete
With gratitude,
Sue, on one level of course, you are right- it is disheartening that this kind of conversation has to be happening. On the other hand, I have to say I have been moved by the quality of the conversation, by people actually changing their position (ie- assuming that if a woman didn't lay charges she must be lying) and apologizing on social media threads. It's a conversation that sadly we need to keep having. Blessings ,OriahDelete


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Kathirikai Theyal/Brinjal curry
Tamarind- small Lemon size ball
Coconut- 1/4 cup
Methi/ Fenugreek Seeds- 1/4 tsp
Red chillie powder- 1tsp
Coriander powder- 1tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Sambar powder(Home made/Store bought)- 3/4 tsp
* Peel the pearl onions and Chop them, chop the tomatoes, Crush 2 garlic pods
* Put the Tamarind in 1 cup of boiling water to squeeze the extract.
* Cube the Brinjal and soak in water.. to avoid color changing.
* Dry roast all the ingredients in the Roast and Grind table.. in medium flame for 4-5 mins..
* Make it cool and Grind to a fine paste.. it should in buttery…
* Heat the Pressure pan with Oil, temper it with mustard, methi seeds, urad dhal and curry leaves.
* Saute the onions for few mins add in the crushed garlic and garlic pods in it..
* Add in the Chopped Tomatoes and cook for 3-4 mins.
* Add in the Cubed Brinjal and Saute for 5 more mins in medium flame.
* Add the Grounded Paste, salt, and tamarind water..
* Cover the Pressure Cooker and cook it for 1 whistle..
Kathirikai Theyal/ Brinjal curry
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Pinups, Dodecahedrons, and Truncated Portraits
This is a section of what I'm working on now. I work on about 10(ish) things at once. I have to float in order to keep the lively touch I like. Some might call it halting or even ham-fisted and knowingly clumsy. I like that. I also like to work on that many things to get a broader sense of what the group is doing at the moment. Right now I'm looking a lot at one of my favorite Canadian painters, Joanne Tod. I'm fascinated by her work, her relationship to image-making. Well, back to the drawing board. Have a good Friday.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Greenbelt Studio
This is a photo of a studio I had in Greenbelt, Maryland. I was working on some murals for the Student Financial Assistance branch of the Department of Education in Washington D.C. I made three big multi-panel murals that summer, I think two of which are still extant. I know for a fact one hangs in Homeland Security, which I find very amusing. I was painting happy students, as Student Financial Assistance is the branch of Education that grants student loans (yes, they put out the FAFSA). The murals were intended to show the consumer of the SFA's product (the happy and educated student), and I think they turned out so well that the building kept them even after the SFA moved. The building where the murals are housed is a former tank warehouse, kind of dank, long hallways. This studio was delightful as it was in a converted school building in an unusual WPA-built town. I recall Greenbelt had housing that looked like coop-style apartments, all whitewashed, intriguing stone-relief murals, and great public spaces. I was absolutely CHARMED by Greenbelt and hope to go back there someday.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
From an Arcade Card
Great 30's era hairstyle (bob?) from an arcade card. Groovy gaze too, kind of faraway and out of frame. Not really sure what all these pencil sketches will amount to right now. They are just a nice sideline to the paintings. A good way to keep the hands going when I can't spend a full day at the studio. The portraits keep re-appearing in the paintings, so I'm sure I'll find ways to recycle the work... but they are interesting as a daily practice of drawing and image-making too. Why am I taking cheap antique photographs and ephemera and repeating them in pencil? Why do I change details? Alter beauties and sour faces to a kind of baseline? What does it mean to use arcade cards? Cards given as "rewards" or giveaways that are starlets' images or pinups.. alluring handouts for busy hands... I'm asking something of the portrait, of the photo-object, of ephemera, of beauty, but I'm not always sure what. I kind of enjoy not having a defined relationship to the image, to my project. If I explained it all it might become something I didn't want to do any more.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Sketchbook 2003-4: Monsters
I was organizing my home office and found my old sketchbooks from grad school and earlier. I thought I'd keep them around and look at them. Its helpful to look at them. Geez has it already been four years since I graduated? This image was made just after I started Jerry Mischak's Wintersession class at RISD on Monsters. We watched Monster flicks like the Blob and Invasion of the Body Snatchers and talked about camp and kitsch! It was fantastic. The work in that course ranged from highly conceptual to creature-feature models that were so good the kids could have trotted over to a studio and gone to work on the next feature film. I just made weird drawings and sculpture and learned about the Wolf Man's walk (very haggard and limpy).
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The Battle of the Oranges is a carnival and festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea, which includes a tradition of throwing of oranges between organized groups. It is the largest food fight in Italy.
History of the Festival
The festival's origins are somewhat unclear. A popular account has it that it commemorates the city's defiance against the city's tyrant, who is either a member of the Ranieri family or a conflation of the 12th century Ranieri di Biandrate and 13th century Marquis William VII of Montferrat. This tyrant attempted to rape a young commoner (often specified as a miller's daughter) on the eve of her wedding, supposedly exercising the (possibly fictional) droit de segneur. His plan backfired when the young woman instead decaptated the tyrant, after which the populace stormed and burned the palace. Each year, a young girl is chosen to play the part of Violetta, the defiant young woman.
Every year the citizens remember their liberation with the Battle of the Oranges where teams of "Aranceri" (orange handlers) on foot throw oranges (representing ancient arrows and stones) against Aranceri riding in carts, representing Arduino's allies. During the 19th century French occupation of Italy the Carnival of Ivrea was modified to add representatives of the French army who help the miller's wife. The carnival may have started in the 12th century and also includes a large bonfire.
The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the Oranges that involves some thousands of townspeople, divided into nine combat teams,who throw oranges at each other....with considerable violence...during the traditional carnival days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The carnival ends on the night of "Fat Tuesday" with a solemn funeral. Traditionally, at the end of the silent march that closes the carnival the "General" says goodbye to everyone with the classical phrase in dialect "arvedse a giobia a 'n bot", translated as "we'll see each other on Thursday at one", referring to the Thursday the carnival will start the next year".
Miller's Daughter
One of the citizens is elected Mugnaia. The legend has that a miller's daughter (a "Mungnaia") once refused to accept the "right" of the local duke to spend a night with each newly wed woman and chopped his head off. Today the carriages represent the duke's guard and the orange throwers the revolutionaries. Spectators are not allowed to throw oranges, but visitors are allowed to enlist in the teams. if they wear a red hat they are considered part of the revolutionaries and will not have oranges thrown at them.
Originally beans were thrown, then apples. Later, in the 19th century, oranges came to represent the duke's chopped off head. The origin of the tradition to throw oranges is not well understood, particularly as oranges do not grow in the foothills of the Italian Alps and must be imported from Sicily. In 1994 an estimated 580,000 pounds of oranges were brought to the city, mainly coming from the leftovers of the winter crop in southern Italy.


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A.B. Lugo, Indio Meléndez and Omar Pérez, shown at right, from left to right, were selected to present and perform in their self-penned solo shows for the Callback Series festival presented by Teatro Círculo. The plays are Manchild Machismo (directed by Omar Pérez), Someday A Father Be (directed by Dudley Findlay, Jr.), and Rhapsodia (directed by Mino Lora), respectively. The pieces will be presented together in March at Teatro Círculo's namesake space in Manhattan's East Village. For more information on the festival, click here.
Aileene Pérez and Edward Azcorra acted in Caravana de sueños. Presented by Producciones Barrera, it is written and directed by América Barrera, the play will be produced in January at the Poet's Den Theater in Manhattan's El Barrio neighborhood.
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Free Wes Anderson short film on iTunes Store September 28, 2007Posted by reverseengineer in Free Stuff, iTunes Store, Movies, Quicktime, Video.
A 13-minute short film by director Wes Anderson called The Hotel Chevalier is now up for free on the iTunes Store, starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman. It's supposed to be a prologue/companion piece to Anderson's forthcoming film The Darjeeling Limited.
Nice the things you find on iTunes, although Portman fans are specially excited about this one because it marks the first time on film Natalie shows up in her birthday suit, wearing nothing but bruises.
Download it here.
(Hmm. So let's see you not click on the link now.)
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Our In Your Corner team is helping Oklahoma families stay cool this summer.
We're teaming up with the Salvation Army, Bricktown Rotary Club, Rococo Restaurant and Wine Bar and OG&E to raise money and collect new fans.
The sweltering temperatures are all the state expects for the next few weeks and for some living without air conditioning, the dreadful conditions will prove life-threatening.
The Salvation Army is currently out of fans to help those on a fixed income living without air conditioning; they are in desperate need of donations.
Sue Bailey relies on a single, worn out ac unit to cool her entire home.
"I mean, in our room it gets hot. It's an older house," Sue said. "There's no insulation. We can't even sleep at night."
Sue was diagnosed with Lupus and is in a bitter battle with cancer.
Her family survives on next to nothing and depends on the Salvation Army for assistance.
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Recently OG&E helped kick off the Salvation Army's annual fan drive with a large boxed fan donation.
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Sue was a perfect candidate.
"A lot of sleeping, comfortably," Sue said. "I'll have my daughter in there with us, even though she's older and doesn't want to be."
If you would like to help, you can drop off a new fan at the Salvation Army's main building on 501 S. Harvey during normal business hours.
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Dear developer, fix your vending upgrade. Those feature already scammed me 8k Gems...
Sry for grammar, atleast you know what i mean...
First of all HOW COULD THIS FEATURE SCAMMED YOU 8K GEMS. HOW COULD IT BE.
Second.... Thus digivending machine is useful if you have vending hub since Non upgraded vending machine can't. At least you vending machine now looks dope with new look. XD
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Any mid-rich player has had this happen to them once already, I'm sure of it. Please, nobody here is gonna start en-masse turning their SSP' vends into digivends.
With that said, its more likely players will just upgrade one to ten vends about and adding a conformation button would not make much of a difference in time taken to upgrade a vend.
They are two types of people in the world. Me and not me.
i think digivend is working good for me
i don't need to going to my vend one by one just to store my item
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We recently held an industry roundtable at MWW Group with senior executives from major advertising, research, media and technology firms. The discussion focused on multiscreen media and its implications for the media, marketing and technology industries as well as consumers.
We also had two startups demo that I think are worth a close look in terms of how they represent, and are driving, changes in multiscreen entertainment. First, David Weinfeld, CSO of Screenreach showed how they create interactive content and engagement on top of existing content such as a sports broadcast (take a look at http://www.screenreach.com/the-platform/). Reece Pacheco, founder of Shelby.tv, then demoed their personalized online video platform showing new ways for mobile devices to interact with the larger digital living room screens.
The demos opened up a discussion between all participants, leading to a number of key takeaways.
- There is a blurring of the lines in terms of how companies are functioning as they were previously divided by how people consumed content (TV, mobile etc). However, in a true multiscreen world, a company needs to function seamlessly across all devicess.
- Companies need to change not only their strategy, but how they operate in order to meet the challenges of a multiscreen world. Previously, you had content creators, distributors, marketers. Companies are increasingly crossing these lines with brands as aggregators, agencies as creators and so on. For example, the Red Bull channel is both a branded channel that aggregates and has original content, like a cable channel. So what is the difference between their publisher and aggregator model? Who is a marketer, publisher and or an aggregator. It remains an open question…perhaps one not worth asking right now.Mul
- The definition of engagement and "liking" (with all its iterations) is changing
- How consumers engage with content, is changing. Engagement is being more segmented into types – viewing, sharing, chatting etc. -
- "Liking" is being segmented into passive with both passive (I.e., detect a favorite) and active (click a like button) engagement.
- The remote is alive, well and driving interaction with the TV. People definitely like using mobile devices while watching TV but the remote is still a strong habit and one of the most popular ways of interacting with the TV. It may be a primary device for another decade (even while people have a smartphone or tablet in the other hand).
- The big business opportunity? Data and analytics was the overwhelming choice with a focus on discovery/personalization and monetization. Other opportunities of note include the shift to mobile, TV replacement solutions (e.g., Roku and others), NFC and similar technology.
Of course, in the end, when it came to big opportunities, everyone agreed that content is still king.
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Here we are with a new recipe at Paperworks Co. This time we are to use distressing, lace and pearls. Here's my card:
I distressed the edges of the dp with my distress tool. I had some lace and pearls in my stash and just had to add it to the edge of the card. I also distressed the edge of my image with that same tool and added some TH distress ink to age it a bit. The image I used is one of July's new releases. It's called Driving to a New Beginning. It's a great image to color. Don't ya love the mice on the bumper?!!!!! That's my favorite part!
Hope you have a great weekend.
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By Colin Preston
The University of Mississippi
As humans, we love to be rewarded – a gold star for doing well in school, a raise and promotion for an excellent job at work.
A reward can offer the incentive to help others. And rewards are used by law enforcement agencies to help solve crimes.
We have seen this method in Western films – a bounty given to capture criminals. However, it is still used today, as seen in the recent Jessica Chambers case. A reward was offered, though no one has stepped forward with information that has led to a conviction.
Dr. Jeffery Johnson, a former member of the Kansas Highway Patrol – Capitol Police, has a master's degree in criminal justice and a doctorate in education. He teaches criminal justice and legal studies at the University of Mississippi. Johnson also has a gang specialist certification from the National Gang Crime Research Center.
Johnson said offering rewards in crimes often helps police.
"It could hinder, but many times it does help," he said. "You will, at times, have so many phone calls coming in that the investigation is back-logged trying to sort through all of the information. It is great that folks are trying to give information, but there are those who are simply calling with information that may or may not be relevant."
Johnson said reward money for criminal investigations comes from a variety of sources.
"That depends on who is wanting the information," Johnson said. "If it's a government entity, they have money in the budget. If it's Ole Miss, then it's the alumni. Some of it is private."
The reward money offered in the Jessica Chambers case comes from federal law agencies, such as the U.S. Marshals Office, the FBI, the Mississippi State Fire Marshal's Office and the nonprofit organization, Crime Stoppers.
Crime Stoppers is an organization that sometimes offers rewards for crime tips leading to an arrest.
Johnson said the amount of money offered depends on different things, including the severity and notoriety of the crime.
"I have seen from a few hundred dollars to millions," he said. "For instance, look at how much money the government offered for the sons of Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, etc. Compare that to JonBenet Ramsey."
Money offered for the capture of Saddam Hussein's sons was in the millions. The U.S. government has offered $25 million dollars for the terrorist, Ayman al-Zawahiri. According to a 1996 article published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, an award of $118,000 was offered for information leading to a conviction in the JonBenet Ramsey case. Ramsey, 6, was murdered in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colorado.
The reward in the Jessica Chambers case was $53,000 dollars as of January of 2015. The reward offer has increased with time.
Police do not always offer a reward to help solve a crime.
"I have seen (cases) where there is no reward and people just come forward to do the right thing," said Johnson. "An award is an incentive. Usually the bigger the case, the more the money. Sometimes, the only folks who know the information have to be enticed to give up the information. In other words, it's the 'what's in it for me' mentality."
Johnson said rewards can encourage people to come forward, even if they are scared, or they can tap into greed. Ultimately, Johnson said he believes rewards are helpful.
"I believe so," he said. "I, personally, am one who wants to do the right thing. Money, no matter how much it is, will not sway me. But we are usually looking at folks who need to be enticed because they have the information. As I stated earlier, we have to make it good for them."
There is often someone out there who holds the key to bringing justice for a victim and their families. The rewards offered in the Jessica Chambers case may one day be claimed and her assailant caught.


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Now that I wrote about the national flag in the article Hi-no-Maru, I should also write about the national anthem. In 1999 Kimi-ga-yo (Your reign) was recognized as the official national anthem, which was all the more controversial.
The lyrics are from a poem written around the 10th century and the music was chosen in 1880. The following is the translation of the lyrics:
May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with moss
The issue is that 'you' is interpreted as the emperor. The song was used as the national anthem from 1888 to 1945, the end of the Second World War. Though the song had been used as a de facto national anthem, a number of people including politicians opposed the law that the conservative government rammed through in 1999, as they deemed the song not suitable for a democratic Japan. After the passage of the law, the Ministry of Education pushed public schools to fly the flag and sing the anthem. I was one of the teachers who hated, not so much the song itself, but the imposition and punishment for not following MOE instructions.
When you hear the song, it is short and quiet. Some say it is solemn and others say it is not inspiring, and there is no distinct 'ending'. Though most of us accept this song as a national anthem, I wouldn't mind if another one is chosen in the future.